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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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\bkmkend 04. Other Books by SP}{\b\f27\fs56\cf0  04. Other Books Authored or permitted by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn "I think the best feature of the Hare Krsna movement is that it is providing scholars with excellent translations
 of the rarest books on {\b\i\f27\fs56\cf0 krsna-bhakti.}{\b\f27\fs56\cf0 " \line }{\b\i\f27\fs56\cf0 Dr. Lawrence Shinn\line Professor of Religion, Oberlin College \line \line }{\b\f27\fs56\cf0 "I have read Sri Bhaktivedanta Swami's books with great car
e, attention and profound interest, and have found them to be of incalculable value to anyone who is curious about India's spiritual and cultural heritage. The author of these books displays on every page an astounding scholarship in the subjects treated
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kauttama sloka gun\'e4nuv\'e4d\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pum\'e4n virajyeta vina pasughn\'e4t
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When someone sees our cover of the book like }{\b0\i0\ul\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 these countries, they ask immediately, \'93}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHO IS K\'c5\'d1\'cbA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? Who is the girl with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The immediate answer is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that? Because He confirms to the exact details of the Supreme Being Godhea
d. In other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Godhead because He is all-attractive, and without being all-attractive there is no meaning of Godhead. How one becomes all-attractive? First of all because of one's great riches. If one is very wealthy, he becomes att
ractive to the people in general. Similarly if someone is very powerful, he also becomes attractive. If someone is very famous, he also becomes attractive. So if someone is very beautiful, or wise, or unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becom
es attractive. So, by our practical experience, we can know that one is attractive only by his 1. wealth, 2. power, 3. reputation, 4. beauty, 5. wisdom, and 6. renunciation. These are called six opulences, and one who is in possession of all these six op
ulences at once and unlimitedly, He is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This understanding of the quality of Godhead is vedic version given by Par\'e4s\'e4r Muni, a great authority.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have seen many rich persons, many powerful persons, many famous persons, many beautiful persons, many learned and scholarly persons, and persons in the renounced
 order of life unattached to material possessions; but we have never seen any one person who is unlimitedly wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise, and unattached at the same time, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the history of the human kind. K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is an historical person because He appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago. He stayed on this earth for full 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but without any parallel. From the very moment of His appea
rance up to the last point of His disappearance, everything of His activities is unparalleled in the history of the world, and therefore anyone who knows what we mean by Godhead, will accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Godhead mean
s that nobody is equal to Him and nobody is greater than Him. That is the import of \'93God is Great.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are various classes of men in the world who speak of God in different ways, but according to Vedic literatures, and according to the great Acaryas, the author
ized persons in the knowledge of God, of all ages, like Acarya Samkara, Ramanuja, Madhya, Visnusvami, Lord Caitanya, and all their followers by disciplic succession, unanimously agree to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So far
 we, the followers of Vedic civilization, are concerned, we accept the history of the whole universe consisting of different planetary systems called by the names Svargalokas or the higher planetary systems, Martyalokas or the intermediary planetary syst
em, and P\'e4t\'e4lalokas or the lower planetary system. Modern historians of the world cannot supply historical evidences beyond three thousand of years, and the anthropologists says that ten thousand years ago there was no human being as the result of 
gradual process of evolution. The Vedic historical evidences are the Puranas and Mahabarata, and from these books we get history of the human society extending over millions and billions of years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example we get the history of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s appearances and disappearances for millions and billions of years ago. In the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad G
ita K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna that both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna had many births before, and all of them K\'e5\'f1\'eba remembered but Arjuna did not. Here is the difference of knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that of Arjuna. Arjuna may be a great wa
rrior, very cultured, and belonging to the Royal family of the Kuru dynasty, but after all he was an ordinary human being while K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead because of his vast extensive knowledge. As such there is the difference 
of memory which is part of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's knowledge is so perfect that He remembers all incidences of His past appearances some millions and billions of years ago, but Arjuna being an ordin
ary human being his memory and knowledge is limited by the time and space. K\'e5\'f1\'eba remembers His activities in His previous appearance when He instructed the lessons of the Bhagavad Gita some millions of years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is nowadays, a fasion of the atheistic class of men that they want to become God by following some mystic process. Generally the atheist claims to have become Go
d by meditation of their own imagination. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not that class of God by manufacturing of such mystic meditational process. He is Godhead without undergoing the severe processes of mystic yogic exercises, He is Godhead in any circumstance
s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just after his appearance within the prison bars of His maternal uncle Kamsa, where His father and mother were interned, He appeared as four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu Nara
yana without' his mother's body, and then He turned Himself like a baby and dictated His father to carry Him to the house of Nanda Maharaj Yasoda. When He was just a small baby, He was attempted to be killed by the giant Putana, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba sucked
 her breast along with her life. That is the difference between real Godhead and make up God in the mystic factory. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no chance to practice the mystic process and still He manifested Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in every step of his growth, from 
being a baby to childhood, from childhood to boyhood, from boyhood to youthhood, and so on. In this book }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , all His activities as a human being are described, but at the same time He has maintained His stability as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we have explained above that K\'e5\'f1\'eba being all-attractive, one should concentrate one's propensity of being attracted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the Bhagavad G
ita it is said that the individual person is the proprietor or master of his bodyly construction. But Krsna being the Super-soul present in everyone's heart, He is the Super-proprietor and Super-master of every individual body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As such, if we concentrate our loving propensities upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, then immediately the problems of universal love, unity, and tranquillity will be automa
tically performed as much as watering the root of the tree means watering the branches, twigs, leaves, and flowers of the tree., or supplying foodstuff to the stomach through the proper hole of the body, namely the mouth, satisfies all the different limb
s and parts of the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To know this art means to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We have inaugerated the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement for this purpose that every one can sat
isfy his propensity of love for others simply by reposing his love upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The whole world is very much anxious to satisfy the dormant propensity of love for others, but invention of various methods like socialism, communism, altruism, human
itarianism, nationalism, and everything that we may manufacture for the peace and prosperity of the world, will all become useless and complete frustration because of our gross ignorance of the art of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally people think that advancing the cause of moral principles and religious rites, the people will be happy. Another thinks that happiness may be achieved by 
economic development, and still another thinks that simply by sense gratification people will be happy. But the real fact is that people can only be happy by loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba can reciprocate perfectly one\'92s loving propensities saturated in different mellows. There are twelve different Rasas or mellows for reciprocating 
are porpensity of love for others. You can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme unknown, you can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Master, the Supreme Friend, the Supreme child, or the Supreme Lover, primarily. You can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba indirectly in se
ven different mellows which are apparently opposite to the five primary loving principles as above mentioned, but on the whole, if you can simply repose your dormant loving propensity upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then your life becomes successful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not a fiction, but it is a fact which we can realize by practical application in life and see the result by direct perception.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita, ninth chapter, this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is explained as the king of all knowledge, the king of all confidential things, th
e supreme science of transcendental realisation, but at the same time we can directly perceive the result of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness science although it is very easy to practice and it is simply pleasure to act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
And at last whatever percentage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness you can perform, it becomes an eternal asset of your life, imperishable in all circumstances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is now practically experimented how the modern confused and frustrated younger generation of the Western countries practically feeling the result of reposing one
's loving propensity upon Krishna only. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that you might have executed severe type of austerities, penances and sacrifices in your life, but if you have failed to awaken your dormant loving prope
nsity for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then all such activities are calculated to have no value. On the other hand, if you have awakened your dormant loving propensity for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then all such activities are calculated to have no value. On the other hand, if
 you have awakened your dormant loving propensity for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then what is the use of such execution of austerities and penances unnecessary as labor of love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the unique gift of Lord Caitanya to the fallen souls of this age in a very simple method which has practically been exp
erimented during the last four years in the western countries and there is no doubt about it how this movement can satisfy the dormant loving propensities of human kind. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This book K\'e5\'f1\'eba is another presentation to help the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement in the western world. This transcendental literature is published
 in two parts with profuse illustrations in colorful pictures. People love to read various kinds of stories and fictions to enjoy the waste of time and energy. The propensity for reading different kinds of literature can be utilized by reposing it upon K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the result is imperishable satisfaction of the souls both individually and collectively.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said in the Bhagavad Gita that a little execution of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness service can save all from the greatest danger. We can cite hundreds of 
thousands of such incidences as to how we have escaped from the greatest danger of life even by slight advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We therefore request everyone to take advantage of this great transcendental literature and all will find it practically how even by reading one page to another, on
e accumulates immense treasure of knowledge in art, science, literature, philosophy and religion and ultimately love of Godhead simply by reading this one book, 'K\'e5\'f1\'eba'.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [The following is handwritten}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My thankful acknowledgement is due to Sriman George Harrison of the Beatles fame for his liberal contribution of $19,000
 (nineteen thousand) to meet the entire cost of printing the book K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Part one. May K\'e5\'f1\'eba enrich this nice boy by more advancement in K\'c5\'d1\'cbA consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And at last my ever willing blessings are bestowed upon Sriman Syamasunder Dasadhikary }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for strenuous endeavour for publishing the book and upon }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sriman Hayagriva Dasadhikary, Sriman Satsvarupa Das Adhikary, Srimati
 Devahuti Devi, Srimati Jadurani Dasi, Sriman Muralidhar Brahmachary, Sriman Bharadvaj Das Adhikary & Sriman Pradyumna Das Adhikary for their hard labor in different ways to see the publication a great success.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krsna.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub                                     A.C.B.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advent Day of
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L.A. ISKCON H.Q
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3764 Watseka Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1134\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 26th, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Insert following verse to head Preface, page 1)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx360\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880\tx3240\tx3600\tx3960\tx4320\tx4680\tx5040\tx5400\tx5760\tx6120\tx6480\tx6840\tx7200\tx7560\tx7920\tx8280\tx8640\tx9000\tx9360\tx9720\tx10080\tx10440
\tx10800\tx11160\tx11520 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nib\'e5tta tar\'f1ai rupag\'e9ya m\'e4n\'e4d
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhavou\'f1adhi sotramanobhir\'e4m\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kauuttama slokagun\'e4nuv\'e4d\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pum\'e4n virajjeta vina pasughn\'e4t.        (pp    )
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\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 Preface
\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (addend the following acknowledgements to conclude the preface on page four)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My thankful acknowledgement is due to Sriman George Harrison of the Beatles fame for his liberal contribution of $19,000 (nineteen thousand) to meet the entire cost
 of printing the book K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Part one. May K\'c5\'d1\'cbA enrich this nice boy more advanced in K\'c5\'d1\'cbA consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And at last my ever-willing blessings are bestowed upon Sriman Syamasunder Das Adhikary, Brahmananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmachary, Sriman Hayagriva Das Adhikary, Sriman Satsvarupa Das Adhikary, Srimati Devahuti Devi, Srimati Jadurani Dasi, Sriman Muralidhar Das Brahmachary, S
riman Bharadraj Das Adhikary, and Pradyumna Das Adhikary etc for their hard labor in different ways to see the publication a great success.
\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 Krsna.
\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.C.B.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advent Day of Srila 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Siddhanta Saresvati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L.A. ISKCON H.Q.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3764 Watseka Avenue
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 26th, 1970
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rsonality of Godhead - Volume 1, 1970 Edition
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is 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  ("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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Of the twelve cantos 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 , the tenth canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes all the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead. }{\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  is a summary study of the tenth canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which appear to be like those of an ordinary human being, can only be properly understood with the help of a bona fide spiritual m
aster fully realized in the knowledge of this transcendental nature. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is authorized by an unbreakable disciplic succession of spiritual masters going back thousands of years to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared. Bec
ause he is the representative of the disciplic succession for this age and because of his complete immersion in love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Prabhup\'e4da is uniquely qualified to present K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the original speaker 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 , 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 interested 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And even the gross materialist will enjoy hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba because of the resemblance between His affairs with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Kb 1970 / To My Father, Gour Mohon De (1849-1930)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub To My Father, Gour Mohon De (1849-1930) 
\par }\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 pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who raised me as a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious child from the 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5danga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . He gave me R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Vigraha to worship, and he gave me Jagann\'e4tha-Ratha to duly observe 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.
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Words From Apple
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everybody is looking for K\'c5\'d1\'cbA.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some don't realize that they are, but they are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA is GOD, the Source of all that exists, the Cause of all that is, was, or ever will be.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As GOD is unlimited, HE has many Names.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Allah-Buddha-Jehova-Rama: All are K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, all are ONE.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is not abstract; He has both the impersonal and the personal aspects to His personality which is SUPREME, ETERNAL, BLISSFUL, and full of KNOWLEDGE. As a single 
drop of water has the same qualities as an ocean of water, so has our consciousness the qualities of GOD'S consciousness ... but through our identification and attachment with material energy (physical body, sense pleasures, material possessions, ego, et
c.) our true TRANSCENDENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS has been polluted, and like a dirty mirror it is unable to reflect a pure image.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With many lives our association with the TEMPORARY has grown. This impermanent body, a bag of bones and flesh, is mistaken for our true self, and we have accepted t
his temporary condition to be final.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through all ages, great SAINTS have remained as living proof that this non-temporary, permanent state of GOD CONSCIOUSNESS can be revived in all living Souls. Each 
soul is potentially divine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in Bhagavad Gita: "Steady in the Self, being freed from all material contamination, the yogi achieves the highest perfectional stage of happines
s in touch with the Supreme Consciousness." (VI, 28)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub YOGA (a scientific method for GOD (SELF) realization) is the process by which we purify our consciousness, stop further pollution, and arrive at the state of Perfec
tion, full KNOWLEDGE, full BLISS.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness and meditation are methods where you can
 actually obtain GOD perception. You can actually see God, and hear Him, play with Him. It might sound crazy, but He is actually there, actually with you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many yogic Paths\'97Raja, Jnana, Hatha, Kriya, Karma, Bhakti\'97which are all acclaimed by the MASTERS of each method.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMI BHAKTIVEDANTA is as his title says, a BHAKTI Yogi following the path of DEVOTION. By serving GOD through each thought, word, and DEED, and by chanting of HIS 
Holy Names, the devotee quickly develops God-consciousness. By chanting 
\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one inevitably arrives at K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Consciousness. (The proof of the pudding is in the eating!)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I request that you take advantage of this book K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, and enter into its understanding. I also request that you make an appointment to meet your God now, t
hrough the self liberating process of YOGA (UNION) and GIVE PEACE A CHANCE.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All you need is Love (Krishna) Hari Bol.
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Kb 1970 / Preface
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart KB-preface}{\*\bkmkend KB-preface}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36
\cf1\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niv\'e5tta-tar\'f1air upag\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4d\line bhavau\'f1adh\'e4c chrotramano\'92 bhir\'e4m\'e4t\line ka uttama-\'e7loka-gu
\'eb\'e4nuv\'e4d\'e4t\line pum\'e4n virajyeta vin\'e4 pa\'e7ughn\'e4t\line }{\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.1.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\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 these Western countries, when someone sees the cover of a book like }{\cs2873\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  he immediately asks, \'93Who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Who is the girl with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 etc.
\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 immediate answer is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that? Because He conforms in exac
t detail to descriptions of the Supreme Being, the Godhead. In other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Godhead because He is all-attractive. Outside the principle of all-attraction, there is no meaning to the word Godhead. How is it one can be all-attractive?
 First of all, if one is very wealthy, if he has great riches, he becomes attractive to the people in general. Similarly, if someone is very powerful, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very famous, he also becomes attractive, and if someone i
s very beautiful or wise or unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becomes attractive. So from practical experience we can observe that one is attractive due to 1) wealth, 2) power, 3) fame, 4) beauty, 5) wisdom, and 6) renunciation. One who is 
in possession of all six of these opulences at the same time, who possesses them to an unlimited degree, is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These opulences of the Godhead are delineated by Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni, a great Vedic authority
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have seen many rich persons, many powerful persons, many famous persons, many beautiful persons, many learned and schola
rly persons, and persons in the renounced order of life unattached to material possessions. But we have never seen any one person who is unlimitedly and simultaneously wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise and unattached, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the
 history of humanity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is an historical person who appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago. He stayed on this earth for 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were unparallele
d. From the very moment of His appearance to the moment of His disappearance, every one of His activities is unparalleled in the history of the world, and therefore anyone who knows what we mean by Godhead will accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead. No one is equal to the Godhead, and no one is greater than Him. That is the import of the familiar saying, \'93God is great.\'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 There are various classes of men in the world who speak of God in different ways, but according to Vedic literatures and ac
cording to the great }{\cs2873\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 authorized persons versed in the knowledge of God,
 in all ages, like }{\cs2873\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  \'c7a\'eckara, R\'e4m\'e4nuja, Madhva, Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m
\'e9, Lord Caitanya and all their followers by disciplic succession, all unanimously agree that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As far as we, the followers of Vedic civilization, are concerned, we accept the Vedic history of the who
le universe, which consists of different planetary systems called Svargalokas, or the higher planetary system, Martyalokas, or the intermediary planetary system, and P\'e4t\'e4lalokas, or the lower planetary system. The modern historians of this earth ca
nnot supply historical evidences of events that occurred before 5,000 years ago, and the anthropologists say that 40,000 years ago }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Homo sapiens}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had not appeared on this planet because evolution had not reached that point. But the Vedic histories, the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  relate human histories which extend millions and billions of years into the past.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, from these literatures we are given the histories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s appearances and disappearances millio
ns and billions of years ago. In the Fourth Chapter of the }{\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\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had had many births before and that He (K\'e5
\'f1\'eba) could remember all of them and that Arjuna could not. This illustrates the difference between the knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that of Arjuna. Arjuna might have been a very great warrior, a well-cultured member of the Kuru dynasty, but afte
r all, he was an ordinary human being, whereas K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the possessor of unlimited knowledge. Because He possesses unlimited kn}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ow
ledge, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a memory that is boundless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's knowledge is so perfect that He remembers all the incidences of His appearances some millions and billions of years in the past, but Arjuna\'92s m}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub emory and knowledge are limited by time and space, for he is an ordinary human being. In the Fourth Chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that He can remember instructing the lessons o
f the }{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  some millions of years ago to the sun-god, Vivasv\'e4n.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nowadays it is the fashion of the atheistic class of men to try to become God by following some mystic process. Generally the atheists claim to be God by dint of th
eir imagination or their meditational prowess. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not that kind of God. He does not become God by manufacturing some mystic process of meditation, nor does He become God by undergoing the severe austerities of the mystic yogic exercises. P
roperly speaking, He never }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub becomes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God because He is the Godhead in all circumstances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within the prison of His maternal uncle Ka\'e0sa, where His father and mother were confined, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared outside His mother\'92s body as the four-handed
 Vi\'f1\'ebu-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Then He turned Himself into a baby and told His father to carry Him to the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his wife Ya\'e7od\'e4. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was just a small baby the gigantic demoness P\'fctan\'e4 attempted to 
kill Him, but when He sucked her breast He pulled out her life. That is the difference between the real Godhead and a God manufactured in the mystic factory. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no chance to practice the mystic }{\cs2873\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  process, yet He manifested Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead at every step, from infancy to childhood, from c
hildhood to boyhood, and from boyhood to young manhood. In this book }{\cs2873\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  all o
f His activities as a human being are described. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays like a human being, He always maintains His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-attractive, one should know that all his desires should be focused on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [13.1-3]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that the individual person is the proprietor or master of the body, but Krsna, who is the Supersoul present in everyone's heart, is the supreme proprietor and supreme master o
f each and every individual body. As such, if we concentrate our loving propensities upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, then immediately universal love, unity and tranquility will be automatically realized. When one waters the root of a tree, he automatically wat
ers the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers; when one supplies food to the stomach through the mouth, he satisfies all the various parts of the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The art of focusing one\'92s attention on the Supreme and giving one\'92s love to Him is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We have inaugerated the K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness movement so that everyone can satisfy his propensity for loving others simply by directing his love towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The whole world is very much anxious to satisfy the dormant propensity of love for others, but the inventions of va
rious methods like socialism, communism, altruism, humanitarianism, nationalism, and whatever else may be manufactured for the peace and prosperity of the world, are all useless and frustrating because of our gross ignorance of the art of loving K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Generally people think that by advancing the cause of moral principles and religious rites, they will be happy. Others may think that happiness can be achieved by economic development, and yet others think that simply by sense gratification th
ey will be happy. But the real fact is that people can only be happy by loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba can perfectly reciprocate one\'92s loving propensities in different relationships called mellows or }{\cs2873\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  Basically there are twelve loving relationships. One can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the supreme unknown, as the supreme master, the 
supreme friend, the supreme child, the supreme lover. These are the five basic love }{\cs2873\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 
 One can also love K\'e5\'f1\'eba indirectly in seven different relationships, which are apparently different from the five primary relationships. All in all, however, if one simply reposes his dormant loving propensity in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then his life b
ecomes successful. This is not a fiction but is a fact that can be realized by practical application. One can directly perceive the effects that love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba has on his life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Ninth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the }{\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  this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss is called the king of all knowledge, the king of all confidential things, and the supreme science of transcendental realization. Yet we can directly experience the results of this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because it is very easy to prac
tice and is very pleasurable. Whatever percentage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we can perform will become an eternal asset to our life, for it is imperishable in all circumstances. It has now been actually proved that today\'92s confused and frustrate
d younger generation in the Western countries can directly perceive the results of chanelling the loving propensity toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that although one executes severe austerities, penances and sacrifices in his life, if he fails to awaken his dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then all h
is penances are to be considered useless. On the other hand, if one has awakened his dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then what is the use in executing austerities and penances unnecessarily?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the unique gift of Lord Caitanya to the fallen souls of this age. It is a very simple method which has actually been ca
rried out during the last four years in the Western countries, and there is no doubt that this movement can satisfy the dormant loving propensities of humanity. This book }{\cs2873\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  is another presentation to help the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the Western world. This transcendental literature is published in two p
arts with profuse illustrations. People love to read various kinds of fiction to spend their time and energy. Now this tendency can be directed to }{\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 result will be the imperishable satisfaction of the soul, both individually and collectively.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said in the }{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that even a little effort expended on the path o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can save one from the greatest danger. Hundreds of thousands of examples can be cited of people who have escaped the greatest dangers of life due to a slight advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We therefore request
 everyone to take advantage of this great transcendental literature. One will find that by reading one page after another, an immense treasure of knowledge in art, science, literature, philosophy and religion will be revealed, and ultimately, by reading 
this one book, }{\cs2873\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  love of Godhead will fructify.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My grateful acknowledgement is due to \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n George Harrison, now chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for his liberal contribution of $19,000 to meet the entire 
cost of printing this volume. May K\'e5\'f1\'eba bestow upon this nice boy further advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And at last my ever-willing blessings are bestowed upon \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n \'c7y\'e4masundarad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Brahm\'e4nandad\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r
\'e9, \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Hayagr\'e9vad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Satsvar\'fcpad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Devah\'fcti Dev\'e9, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9, \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Mural\'e9dharad\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, 
\'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Bh\'e4radv\'e4jad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Pradyumnad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, etc., for their hard labor in different ways to make this publication a great success.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s901 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Advent Day of\line \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 26th, 1970\line ISKCON Headquarters\line 3764 Watseka Avenue\line Los Angeles, California
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Kb 1970 / Introduction by 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 Introduction 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! he! \line K
\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! he! \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! rak\'f1a m\'e4m! \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba
! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! p\'e4hi m\'e4m! \line R\'e4ma! R\'e4ghava! R\'e4ma! R\'e4ghava! R\'e4ma! R\'e4ghava! rak\'f1a m\'e4m! \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Ke\'e7ava! K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Ke\'e7ava! K\'e5\'f1
\'eba! Ke\'e7ava! p\'e4hi m\'e4m! 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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  7.96) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While attempting to write this book, }{\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  let me first offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da. Then let 
me offer my respectful obeisances to the ocean of mercy, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, appearing in the role of a devotee just to distribute the highest principles 
of devotional service. Lord Caitanya began His preaching from the country known as Gau\'f2ade\'e7a (West Bengal). And as I belong to the M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-samprad\'e4ya, I must therefore offer my respectful obeisances to our disciplic succession. T
his M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-samprad\'e4ya is also known as Brahma-samprad\'e4ya because the disciplic succession originally began from Brahm\'e4. Brahm\'e4 instructed the sage N\'e4rada, N\'e4rada instructed Vy\'e4sadeva, and Vy\'e4sadeva instructed Madh
va Muni or Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya. M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, the originator of M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-samprad\'e4ya, belonged to the Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya disciplic succession; he had many renowned disciples both in the }{\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) and household orders of life, disciples such as Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu and \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9. \'c9
\'e7vara Pur\'e9 happened to be the spiritual master of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. So let us offer our respectful obeisances to \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya Prabhu, \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2it and \'c7r
\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara Pa\'eb\'f2it. Next, let us offer our respectful obeisances to Svar\'fcpa-D\'e4modara, who acted as the private secretary to Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; and let us offer our respectful obeisances to \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4sudeva Datta and the c
onstant attendant of Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9 Govinda, and the constant friend of Lord Caitanya, Mukunda, and also to Mur\'e4ri Gupta. And let us offer our respectful obeisances to the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself has explained 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 7.7}{\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  that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whenever there are discrepancies in the regulative principles of man's religious life and a prominence of irreligious activities, He appear
s on this earthly planet. In other words, when Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared, there was a necessity of minimizing the load of sinful activities accumulated on this planet, or in this universe. For affairs of the material creation, Lord Mah\'e4-V
i\'f1\'ebu, the plenary portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is in charge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord descends, the incarnation emanates from Vi\'f1\'ebu. Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the original cause of material creation, and from Him Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4yi
-Vi\'f1\'ebu expands, and then K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Generally, all the incarnations appearing within this material universe are plenary expansions from K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4yi-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Therefore, the business of minimizing the 
overload of sinful activities on this earth does not belong to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears, all the Vi\'f1\'ebu expansions also join with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's different expansions, namely N
\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the quadrupal expansion of V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, as well as the partial plenary expansion of Matsya or the incarnation of fish, and other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yuga-avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (incarnations for the millennium), and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manvantara-avat
\'e4ras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the incarnations of Manus\'97all combine together and appear with the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the complete whole
, and all plenary expansions and incarnations always live with Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu was also with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually appears to demonstrate His V\'e5nd\'e4vana pastimes and to attract the for
tunate conditioned souls and invite them back home, back to Godhead. The killing of the demons was simultaneous to His V\'e5nd\'e4vana activities and was carried out only by the Vi\'f1\'ebu portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\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  Eighth Chapter, 20th verse, it is stated that there is another eternal nature, the spiritual sky, which is transcendental to this manifested and nonmanifested matter. The manifested world can be seen in the form of many stars and pla
netary systems, such as the sun, moon, etc., but beyond this there is a nonmanifested portion which is not approachable to anyone in this body. And beyond that nonmanifested matter there is the spiritual kingdom. That kingdom is 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 supreme and eternal. It is never annihilated. This material nature is subjected t
o repeated creation and annihilation. But that part, the spiritual nature, remains as it is, eternally. 
\par }\pard {\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 also described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Brahm\'e4-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the abode of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub surabhi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Lord is served there by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune. His name is Govinda, the Primeval 
Lord, and He is the cause of all causes. There the Lord plays His flute, His eyes are like lotus petals, and the color of His body is like that of a beautiful cloud. On His head is a peacock feather. He is so attractive that He excels thousands of cupids
. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives only a little hint 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  of His personal abode which is t
he supermost planet in the spiritual kingdom. 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  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba actually appears with all His paraphernalia and demonstrates His activities in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, then at Mathur\'e4, and then at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. The subject matter of this book will gradually reveal all these activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The family in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared is called the Yadu dynasty. This Yadu dynasty belongs to the family descending from Soma, the god in the moon planet. Th
ere are two different }{\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 of the royal order, one descending from the king of th
e moon planet and the other descending from the king of the sun planet. Whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears, He generally appears in 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  family because He has to establish religious principles or the life of righteousness. 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  family is the protector of the human race, according to the Vedic system. When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord R\'e4macandra, He appeared in the family descend
ing from the sun-god, known as Raghu-va\'e0\'e7a; and when He appeared as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He did so in the family of Yadu-va\'e0\'e7a. There is a long list of the kings of the Yadu-va\'e0\'e7a in the Ninth Canto, 24th chapter 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  All of them were great powerful kings. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father's name was Vasudeva, son 
of \'c7\'fcrasena, descending from the Yadu dynasty. Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not belong to any dynasty of this material world, but the family in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears becomes famous, by His grace. For 
example, sandalwood is produced in the states of Malaya. Sandalwood has its own qualifications apart from Malaya, but because, accidently, this wood is mainly produced in the states of Malaya, it is known as Malayan sandalwood. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead belongs to everyone, but just as the sun rises from the east, although there are other directions from which it could rise, so, by His own choice, the Lord appears in a particular family, and that family becomes famous.
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears, all His plenary expansions also appear with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared along with Balar\'e4ma (Baladeva), who is known as His elder b
rother. Balar\'e4ma is the origin of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, of the quadrupal expansion. Balar\'e4ma is also the plenary expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this book, the attempt will be made to show how K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the family of the Yadu dynast
y and how He displayed His transcendental characteristics. This is very vividly 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 \'97specifically, the Tenth Canto\'97and the basis of this book will be }{\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 The pastimes of the Lord are generally heard and relished by liberated souls. Those who are conditioned souls are interested in reading fictional stories of the mat
erial activities of some common man. Narrations describing the transcendental activities of the Lord are found 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  and 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 But, the conditioned s
ouls still prefer to study ordinary narrations. They are not so interested in studying the narrations of the pastimes of the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And yet, the descriptions of the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so attractive that they are relishable
 for all classes of men. There are three classes of men in this world. One class consists of liberated souls, another consists of those who are trying to be liberated, and the third consists of materialistic men. Whether one is liberated or is trying to 
be liberated, or is even grossly materialistic, the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are worth studying. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Liberated souls have no interest in materialistic activities. The impersonalist theory that after liberation one becomes inactive and needs hear nothing does not pr
ove that a liberated person is actually inactive. A living soul cannot be inactive. He is either active in the conditioned state or in the liberated state. A diseased person, for example, is also active, but his activities are all painful. The same perso
n, when freed from the diseased condition, is still active, but in the healthy condition the activities are full of pleasure. Similarly, the impersonalists manage to get freed from the diseased conditional activities, but they have no information of acti
vities in the healthy condition. Those who are actually liberated and in full knowledge take to hearing the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; such engagement is pure spiritual activity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is essential for persons who are actually liberated to hear about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the supreme relishable subject matter for one in the li
berated state. Also, if persons who are trying to be liberated hear such narrations 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  then their path of liberation becomes very clear. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 preliminary study 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 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  one becomes fully conscious of the position of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and when he is situated at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he understands the narrations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as descri
bed 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  Lord Caitanya has therefore advised His followers that the
ir business is to propagate }{\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  
\par }\pard {\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  means narrations about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are two }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4s:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  narrations }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and narrations }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spoken about 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the na
rration or the philosophy or the science of God, spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. }{\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 narration about the activities and transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Both are }{\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  It is the order of Lord Caitanya that }{\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  
should be spread all over the world, because if the conditioned souls, suffering under the pangs of material existence, take 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  then their path of liberation will be open and clear. The purpose of presenting this book is primarily to induce people to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba or }{\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  because thereby they can become freed from material bondage. 
\par }\pard {\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will also be very much appealing to the most materialistic persons because K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes 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) are exactly like the loving affairs between young girls and boys within this material world. Actually, the sex feeling found in human society is not unnatural because this same sex feeling
 is there in the original Personality of Godhead. The pleasure potency is called \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. The attraction of loving affairs on the basis of sex feeling is the original feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we
, the conditioned souls, being part and parcel of the Supreme, have such feelings also, but they are experienced within a perverted, minute condition. Therefore, when those who are after sex life in this material world hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastime
s 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  they will relish transcendental pleasure, although it appears to be material
istic. The advantage will be that they will gradually be elevated to the spiritual platform. 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  it is stated that if one hears the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s from authorities}{\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 with submission,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then he will be promoted to the platform of transcende
ntal loving service to the Lord, and the material disease of lust within his heart will be completely vanquished. In other words, it will counteract the material sex life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be appealing to the liberated souls and to persons who are trying to be liberated, as well as to the gross, conditioned materialist. According t
o the statement of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, who heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\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  is equally applicable to every human being, in whatever condition of life he is in. Everyone will appreciate it to the highest magnitude. But Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it also warned that persons who are simply e
ngaged in killing animals and in killing themselves may not be very much attracted 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  In other words, ordinary persons who are following the regulative moral principles of scriptures, no matter in what condition they are found, will certainly be attracted, but not persons who are killing themselves. The exact word used 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.1.4]}{\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 pa\'e7ughna,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means killing animals or killing oneself. Persons
 who are not self-realized and who are not interested in spiritual realization are killing themselves; they are committing suicide. Because this human form of life is especially meant for self-realization, by neglecting this important part of his activit
ies, one simply wastes his time like the animals. So he is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'e7ughna.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The other meaning of the 
word refers to those who are actually killing animals. This means persons who are animal eaters (even dog eaters), and they are all engaged in killing animals in so many ways, such as hunting, opening slaughterhouses, etc. Such persons cannot be interest
ed in }{\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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it was especially interested in 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  because he knew that his forefathers and particularly his grandfather, Arjuna, were victorious in the great battle of Kuruk\'f1etra only because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We may also tak
e this material world as a battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Everyone is struggling hard for existence in this battlefield, and at every step there is danger. According to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra was just like a vast o
cean full of dangerous animals. His grandfather Arjuna had to fight with such great heroes as Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Dro\'eba, Kar\'eba, and many others who were not ordinary fighters. Such warriors have been compared to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub timi\'ecgila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fish in the ocean. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub timi\'ecgila}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fish can very easily swallow up big whales. The great fighters on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra could swallow many, many Arjunas very easily, but simply due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's me
rcy, Arjuna was able to kill all of them. Just as one can cross with no exertion over the little pit of water contained in the hoofprint of a calf, so Arjuna, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was able to very easily jump over the ocean of the battle of Ku
ruk\'f1etra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it very much appreciated K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities for many other reasons. Not only was his grandfather saved by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he
 himself also was saved by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At the end of the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, all the members of the Kuru dynasty, both the sons and grandsons on the side of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, as well as those on the side of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, died in 
the fighting. Except the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers, everyone died on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was at that time within the embryo of his mother. His father, Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna, also died on the battlef
ield of Kuruk\'f1etra, and so Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was a posthumous child. When he was in the womb of his mother, a }{\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  weapon was released by A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 to kill the child. When Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's mother, Uttar\'e4, approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, seeing the danger of abortion, entered her 
womb as the Supersoul and saved Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it's other name is Vi\'f1\'ebur\'e4ta because he was saved by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself while still within the womb. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus everyone, in any condition of life, should be interested in hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His activities because He is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Perso
nality of Godhead. He is all-pervading; He is living within everyone's heart, and He is living as His universal form. And yet, as 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.6]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 appears as He is
 in the human society just to invite everyone to His transcendental abode, back to home, back to Godhead. Everyone should be interested in knowing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this book is presented with this purpose: that people may know about K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and be perfectly benefitted in this human form of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Ninth 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  \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva is described as the son of Rohi\'eb\'e9, a wife of Vasudeva. Vasudeva, the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, had sixteen wives, and one of them was Rohi\'eb\'e9, the mother of Balar\'e4ma. But 
Balar\'e4ma is also described as the son of Devak\'e9, so how could He be the son of both Devak\'e9 and Rohi\'eb\'e9? This was one of the questions put by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and it will be answered in due course. 
Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it also asked \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 why \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just after His appearance as the son of Vasudeva, was immediately carried to the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Gokula. He also wanted to 
know what the activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were while He was in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and while He was in Mathur\'e4. Besides that, he was especially inquisitive to know why K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed His maternal uncle, Ka\'e0sa. Ka\'e0sa, being the brother o
f His mother, was a very intimate superior to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so how was it that He killed Ka\'e0sa? Also, he asked how many years Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba remained in human society, how many years He reigned over the kingdom of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and how many wi
ves He accepted there. 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 is generally accustomed to accept more than one wife; t
herefore Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it also inquired about His number of wives. The subject matter of this book is \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9's answering of these and other questions asked by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The position of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is unique. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it is the right person to hear about the transcend
ental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is the right person to describe them. If such a fortunate combination is made possible, then }{\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  immediately becomes revealed, and people may benefit to the highest possible degree from such a conversation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This narration was presented by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 when Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was prepared to give up his body, fasting on the bank of the Ganges. In
 order to assure \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that 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  he would not f
eel tired, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it expressed himself very frankly: "Hunger and thirst may give trouble to ordinary persons or to me, but the topics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so nice that one can continue to hear about them without feeling tired because
 such hearing situates one in the transcendental position." It is understood that one must be very fortunate to hear about }{\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  seriously, like Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. He was especially intent on the subject matter because he was expecting death at any moment. Every one of us should be conscious of death at every moment. Th
is life is not at all assured; at any time one can die. It does not matter whether one is a young man or an old man. So before death takes place, we must be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fully}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the point of his death, King Par\'e9k\'f1it was hearing }{\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 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. When King Par\'e9k\'f1it expressed his untiring desire to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was very pleased. \'c7ukadeva wa
s the greatest of all }{\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  reciters, and thus he began to speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pa
stimes, which destroy all inauspiciousness in this age of Kali. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thanked the King for his eagerness to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he encouraged him by saying, "My dear King, your intelligence is very keen because you are so e
ager to hear about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." He informed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that hearing and chanting of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so auspicious that the process purifies the three varieties of men involved: he who recites the 
transcendental topics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he who hears such topics, and he who inquires about Him. These pastimes are just like the Ganges water which flows from the toe of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu: they purify the three worlds, the upper, middle and lower planet
ary systems. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-1 / 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 1 /  Advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once the world was overburdened by the unnecessary defense force of different kings, who were actually demons, but were posing themselves as the royal order. At tha
t time, the whole world became perturbed, and the predominating deity of this earth, known as Bh\'fcmi, went to see Lord Brahm\'e4 to tell of her calamaties due to the demoniac kings. Bh\'fcmi assumed the shape of a cow and presented herself before Lord 
Brahm\'e4 with tears in her eyes. She was bereaved and was weeping just to invoke the Lord's compassion. She related the calamitous position of the earth, and after hearing this, Lord Brahm\'e4 became much aggrieved, and he at once started for the ocean 
of milk, where Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu resides. Lord Brahm\'e4 was accompanied by all the demigods headed by Lord \'c7iva, and Bh\'fcmi also followed. Arriving on the shore of the milk ocean, Lord Brahm\'e4 began to pacify the Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu who formerly save
d the earthly planet by assuming the transcendental form of a boar. 
\par }\pard {\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  there is a particular type of prayer called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Generally, the d
emigods offer their obeisances unto Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is understood herein that the predominating deity of every planet can see the supreme lord of this universe, Brahm\'e4, whenever there is some disturbance in his planet. And Brahm\'e4 can approach the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu
, not by seeing Him directly, but by standing on the shore of the ocean of milk. There is a planet within this universe called \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, and on that planet there is an ocean of milk. It is understood from various Vedic literatures that just as th
ere is the ocean of salt water within this planet, there are various kinds of oceans in other planets. Somewhere there is an ocean of milk, somewhere there is an ocean of oil, and somewhere there is an ocean of liquor and many other types of oceans. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the standard prayer which the demigods recite to appease the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead, K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Because He is lying on the ocean of milk, He is called K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-Vi\'f1\'ebu. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through whom all the incarnations within this universe ap
pear. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After all the demigods offered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they apparently heard no response. Then Lord Brahm\'e4 personally sat in meditation, and there was a message-transmission from Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu to Brahm\'e4. 
Brahm\'e4 then broadcast the message to the demigods. That is the system of receiving Vedic knowledge. The Vedic knowledge is received first by Brahm\'e4 from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through the medium of the heart. As stated in the beginning
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4:}{\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 transmitted to Lord Brahm\'e4 through the heart. Here also, in the same way, only Brahm\'e4 
could understand the message transmitted by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and he broadcast it to the demigods for their immediate action. The message was: the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear on the earth very soon along with His supreme powerful potencies
, and as long as He remains on the earth planet to execute His mission of annihilating the demons and establishing the devotees, the demigods should also remain there to assist Him. They should all immediately take birth in the family of the Yadu dynasty
, wherein the Lord will also appear in due course of time. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, personally appeared as the son of Vasudeva. Before He appeared, all the demigods, along with their wives
, appeared in different pious families in the world just to assist the Lord in executing His mission. The exact word used here is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tatpriy\'e4rtham, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which means the demigods should appear on the earth in order to please the Lord. In other words, any living entity who lives only to satisfy the Lord is a demigod. The demigods were further informed
 that the plenary portion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ananta, who is maintaining the universal planets by extending his millions of hoods, would also appear on earth before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance. They were also informed that the external potency o
f Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\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 with whom all the conditioned souls are enamoured, would also appear 
just to execute the purpose of the Supreme Lord.}{\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 After instructing and pacifying all the demigods, as well as Bh\'fcmi, with sweet words, Lord Brahm\'e4, the father of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praj\'e4patis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or progenitors of universal population, departed for his own abode, the highest material planet, called Brahmaloka.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The leader of the Yadu dynasty, King \'c7\'fcrasena, was ruling over the country known as Mathur\'e4 (the district of Mathur\'e4) as well as the district known as 
\'c7\'fcrasena. On account of the rule of King \'c7\'fcrasena, Mathur\'e4 became the capital city of all the kings of the Yadus. Mathur\'e4 was also made the capital of the kings of the Yadu dynasty because the Yadus were a very pious family and knew tha
t Mathur\'e4 is the place where Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives eternally, just as He also lives in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, Vasudeva, the son of \'c7\'fcrasena, just after marrying Devak\'e9, was going home on his chariot with his newly wedded wife. The father of Devak
\'e9, known as Devaka, had contributed a sufficient dowery because he was very affectionate toward his daughter. He had contributed hundreds of chariots completely decorated with gold equipment. At that time, Ka\'e0sa, the son of Ugrasena, in order to pl
ease his sister, Devak\'e9, had voluntarily taken the reins of the horses of Vasudeva's chariot and was driving. According to the custom of the Vedic civilization, when a girl is married, the brother takes the sister and brother-in-law to their home. Bec
ause the newly married girl may feel too much separation from her father's family, the brother goes with her until she reaches her father-in-law's house. The full dowery contributed by Devaka was as follows: 400 elephants fully decorated with golden garl
ands, 15,000 decorated horses, and 1800 chariots. He also arranged for two hundred beautiful girls to follow his daughter. 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  system of marriage, still current in India, dictates that when 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  is married, a few dozen of the bride's young girl friends (in addition to the bride) go to the house of the king. The followers of the queen are called maidservants, but actually they act as friends of the queen. This p
ractice is prevalent from time immemorial, traceable at least to the time before the advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 5,000 years ago. So Vasudeva brought home another two hundred beautiful girls along with his wife. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the bride and bridegroom were passing along on the chariot, there were different kinds of musical instruments playing to indicate the auspicious moment. There
 were conchshells, bugles, drums and kettledrums; combined together, they were vibrating a nice concert. The procession was passing very pleasingly, and Ka\'e0sa was driving the chariot, when suddenly there was a miraculous sound vibrated from the sky wh
ich especially announced to Ka\'e0sa: "Ka\'e0sa: you are such a fool. You are driving the chariot of your sister and your brother-in-law, but you do not know that the eighth child of this sister will kill you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa was the son of Ugrasena, of the Bhoja dynasty. It is said that Ka\'e0sa was the most demonic of all the Bhoja dynasty kings. Immediately after hearing the 
prophecy from the sky, he caught hold of Devak\'e9's hair and was just about to kill her with his sword. Vasudeva was astonished at Ka\'e0sa's behavior, and in order to pacify the cruel, shameless brother-in-law, he began to speak as follows, with great 
reason and evidence. He said, "My dear brother-in-law Ka\'e0sa, you are the most famous king of the Bhoja dynasty, and people know that you are the greatest warrior and a valiant king. How is it that you are so infuriated that you are prepared to kill a 
woman who is your own sister at this auspicious time of her marriage? Why should you be so much afraid of death? Death is already born along with your birth. From the very day you took your birth, you began to die. Suppose you are twenty-five years old; 
that means you have already died twenty-five years. Every moment, every second, you are dying. Why then should you be so much afraid of death? Final death is inevitable. You may die either today or in a hundred years; you cannot avoid death. Why should y
ou be so much afraid? Actually, death means annihilation of the present body. As soon as the present body stops functioning and mixes with the five elements of material nature, the living entity within the body accepts another body, according to his pres
ent action and reaction. It is just as when a man walks on the street; he puts forward his foot, and when he is confident that his foot is situated on sound ground, he lifts the other foot. In this way, one after another, the body changes and the soul tr
ansmigrates. See how the plantworms change from one twig to another so carefully! Similarly, the living entity changes his body as soon as the higher authorities decide on his next body. As long as a living entity is conditioned within this material worl
d, he must take material bodies one after another. His next particular body is offered by the laws of nature, according to the actions and reactions of this life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This body is exactly like one of the bodies which we always see in dreams. During our dream of sleep, we create so many bodies according to mental creation. We hav
e seen gold and we have also seen a mountain, so in a dream we can see a golden mountain by combining the two ideas. Sometimes in dreams, we see that we have a body which is flying in the sky, and at that time we completely forget our present body. Simil
arly, these bodies are changing. When you have one body, you forget the past body. During a dream, we may make contact with so many new kinds of bodies, but when we are awake we forget them all. And actually these material bodies are the creations of our
 mental activities. But at the present moment we do not recollect our past bodies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The nature of the mind is flickering. Sometimes it accepts something, and immediately it rejects the same thing. Accepting and rejecting is the process of the mind
 in contact with the five objects of sense gratification: form, taste, smell, sound, and touch. In its speculative way, the mind comes in touch with the objects of sense gratification, and when the living entity desires a particular type of body, he gets
 it. Therefore, the body is an offering by the laws of material nature. The living entity accepts a body and comes out again into the material world to enjoy or suffer according to the construction of the body. Unless we have a particular type of body, w
e cannot enjoy or suffer according to our mental proclivities inherited from the previous life. The particular type of body is actually offered to us according to our mental condition at the time of death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The luminous planets like the sun, moon or the stars reflect themselves in different types of reservoirs, like water, oil or ghee. The reflection moves according t
o the movement of the reservoir. The reflection of the moon is on the water, and the moving water makes the moon also appear to be moving, but actually the moon is not moving. Similarly, by mental concoction, the living entity attains different kinds of 
bodies, although actually he has no connection with such bodies. But on account of illusion, being enchanted 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  the living entity thinks that he belongs to a particular type of body. That is the way of conditioned life. Suppose a living entity is now in a human form of body. He thinks that he belongs to the human c
ommunity, or a particular country or particular place. He identifies himself in that way and unnecessarily prepares for another body which is not required by him. Such desires and mental concoctions are the cause of different types of body. The covering 
influence of material nature is so strong that the living entity is satisfied in whatever body he gets, and he identifies with that body with great pleasure. Therefore, I beg to request you not to be overwhelmed by the dictation of your mind and body." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva thus requested Ka\'e0sa not to be envious of his newly married sister. One should not be envious of anyone because envy is the cause of fear both in this w
orld and in the next when one is before Yamar\'e4ja (the lord of punishment after death). Vasudeva appealed to Ka\'e0sa on behalf of Devak\'e9, stating that she was his younger sister. He also appealed at an auspicious moment, at the time of marriage. A 
younger sister or brother are supposed to be protected as one's children. "The position is overall so delicate," Vasudeva reasoned, "that if you kill her, it will go against your high reputation." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva tried to pacify Ka\'e0sa by good instruction as well as by philosophical discrimination, but Ka\'e0sa was not to be pacified because his association was de
moniac. Because of his demoniac associations, he was always a demon, although born in a very high royal family. A demon never cares for any good instruction. He is just like a determined thief: one can give him moral instruction, but it will not be effec
tive. Similarly, those who are demoniac or atheistic by nature can hardly assimilate any good instruction, however authorized it may be. That is the difference between demigod and demon. Those who can accept good instruction and try to live their lives i
n that way are called demigods, and those who are unable to take such good instruction are called demons. Failing in his attempt to pacify Ka\'e0sa, Vasudeva wondered how he would protect his wife Devak\'e9. When there is imminent danger, an intelligent 
person should try to avoid the dangerous position as far as possible. But if, in spite of endeavoring by all intelligence, one fails to avoid the dangerous position, there is no fault on his part. One should try his best to execute his duties, but if the
 attempt fails, he is not at fault. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva thought of his wife as follows: "For the present let me save the life of Devak\'e9, then later on, if there are children, I shall see how to save them." He
 further thought, "If in the future I get a child who can kill Ka\'e0sa\'97just as Ka\'e0sa is thinking\'97then both Devak\'e9 and the child will be saved because the law of Providence is inconceivable. But now, some way or other, let me save the life of
 Devak\'e9." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no certainty how a living entity contacts a certain type of body, just as there is no certainty how the blazing fire comes in contact with a certain type o
f wood in the forest. When there is a forest fire, it is experienced that the blazing fire sometimes leaps over one tree and catches another by the influence of the wind. Similarly, a living entity may be very careful and fearful in the matter of executi
ng his duties, but it is still very difficult for him to know what type of body he is going to get in the next life. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bharata was very faithfully executing the duties of self-realization, but by chance he contacted temporary affection for a
 deer, and he had to accept his next life in the body of a deer. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva, after deliberating on how to save his wife, began to speak to Ka\'e0sa with great respect, although Ka\'e0sa was the most sinful man. Sometimes it happens
 that a most virtuous person like Vasudeva has to flatter a person like Ka\'e0sa, a most vicious person. That is the way of all diplomatic transactions. Although Vasudeva was deeply aggrieved, he presented himself outwardly as cheerful. He addressed the 
shameless Ka\'e0sa in that way because he was so atrocious. Vasudeva said to Ka\'e0sa, "My dear brother-in-law, please consider that you have no danger from your sister. You are awaiting some danger because you have heard a prophetic voice in the sky. Bu
t the danger is to come from the sons of your sister, who are not present now. And who knows? There may or may not be sons in the future. Considering all this, you are safe for the present. Nor is there cause of fear from your sister. If there are any so
ns born of her, I promise that I shall present all of them to you for 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. For the time being, he desisted from the heinous killing of his sister. T
hus Vasudeva was pleased and praised the decision of Ka\'e0sa. In this way, he returned to his home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After due course of time, Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 gave birth to eight male children, as well as one daughter. When the first son was born, Vasudeva kept his word of 
honor and immediately brought the child before Ka\'e0sa. It is said that Vasudeva was very much elevated and famous for his word of honor, and he wanted to maintain this fame. Although it was very painful for Vasudeva to hand over the newly born child, K
a\'e0sa was very glad to receive him. But he became a little compassionate with the behavior of Vasudeva. This event is very exemplary. For a great soul like Vasudeva, there is nothing considered to be painful in the course of discharging one's duty. A l
earned person like Vasudeva carries out his duties without hesitation. On the other hand, a demon like Ka\'e0sa never hesitates in committing any abominable action. It is said, therefore, that a saintly person can tolerate all kinds of miserable conditio
ns of life, a learned man can discharge his duties without awaiting favorable circumstances, a heinous person like Ka\'e0sa can act in any sinful way, and a devotee can sacrifice everything to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa became satisfied by the action of Vasudeva. He was surprised to see Vasudeva keeping his promise, and being compassionate upon him and pleased, he began to
 speak as follows: "My dear Vasudeva, you need not present this child to me. I am not in danger from this child. I have heard that the eighth child born of you and Devak\'e9 will kill me. Why should I accept this child unnecessarily? You can take him bac
k." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva was returning home with his first-born child, although he was pleased by the behavior of Ka\'e0sa, he could not believe in him because he knew that Ka
\'e0sa was uncontrolled. An atheistic person cannot be firm in his word of honor. One who cannot control the senses cannot be steady in his determination. The great politician, C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2it, said, "Never put your trust in a diplomat or in a
 woman." Those who are addicted to unrestricted sense gratification can never be truthful, nor can they be trusted with any faith. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time the great sage N\'e4rada came to Ka\'e0sa. He was informed of Ka\'e0sa's becoming compassionate to Vasudeva and returning his first-born child. N\'e4ra
da was very anxious to accelerate the descent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as soon as possible. He therefore informed Ka\'e0sa that personalities like Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and all the cowherd men and girls and the wives of the cowherd men in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a
nd, on the other side, Vasudeva, his father \'c7\'fcrasena and all his relatives born in the family of V\'e5\'f1\'ebi of the Yadu Dynasty, were preparing for the appearance of the Lord. N\'e4rada warned Ka\'e0sa to be careful of the friends and well-wish
ers and all the demigods taking birth in those families. Ka\'e0sa and his friends and advisors were all demons. Demons are always afraid of demigods. After being thus informed by N\'e4rada about the appearance of the demigods in different families, Ka
\'e0sa at once became alert. He understood that since the demigods had already appeared, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu must be coming soon. He at once arrested both his brother-in-law Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 and put them 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 a male child year after year, and Ka\'e0sa, thinking each of the babies to be the i
ncarnation of Vi\'f1\'ebu, killed them one after another. He was particularly afraid of the eighth child, but after the visit of N\'e4rada, he came to the conclusion that any child might be K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore it was better to kill all the babies w
ho took birth of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This action of Ka\'e0sa is not very difficult to understand. There are many instances in the history of the world of persons in the royal order who have killed fath
er, brother, or a whole family and friends for the satisfaction of their ambitions. There is nothing astonishing about this, for the demoniac can kill anyone for their nefarious ambitions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa was made aware of his previous birth by the grace of N\'e4rada. He learned that in his previous birth he was a demon of the name K\'e4lanemi and that he wa
s killed by Vi\'f1\'ebu. Having taken his birth in the Bhoja family, he decided to become the deadly enemy of the Yadu dynasty; K\'e5\'f1\'eba was going to take birth in that family, and Ka\'e0sa was very much afraid that he would be killed by K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, just as he was killed in his last birth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He first of all imprisoned his father Ugrasena because he was the chief king among the Yadu, Bhoja, and Andhaka dynasties, and he also occupied the kingdom of \'c7
\'fcrasena, Vasudeva's father. He declared himself the king of all such places. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the First Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-2 / Prayers by the Demigods for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 2 /  Prayers by the Demigods for
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Womb
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Ka\'e0sa not only occupied the kingdoms of the Yadu, Bhoja, and Andhaka dynasties and the kingdom of \'c7\'fcrasena, but he also made alliances with all the ot
her demoniac kings, as follows: the demon Pralamba, demon Baka, demon C\'e4\'eb\'fcra, demon T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta, demon Agh\'e4sura, demon Mu\'f1\'f6ika, demon Ari\'f1\'f6a, demon Dvivida, demon P\'fctan\'e4, demon Ke\'e7\'e9 and demon Dhenuka. At that ti
me, Jar\'e4sandha was the king of Magadha province (known at present as Behar state). Thus by his diplomatic policy, Ka\'e0sa consolidated the most powerful kingdom of his time, under the protection of Jar\'e4sandha. He made further alliances with such k
ings as B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura and Bhaum\'e4sura, until he was the strongest. Then he began to behave most inimically towards the Yadu dynasty into which K\'e5\'f1\'eba was to take His birth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being harassed by Ka\'e0sa, the kings of the Yadu, Bhoja and Andhaka dynasties began to take shelter in different states such as the state of the Kurus, the state o
f the Pa\'efc\'e4las and the states known as Kekaya, \'c7\'e4lva, Vidarbha, Ni\'f1adha, Videha and Ko\'e7ala. Ka\'e0sa broke the solidarity of the Yadu Kingdom, as well as the Bhoja and Andhaka. He made his position the most solid within the vast tract o
f land known at that time as Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Ka\'e0sa killed the six babies of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva one after another, many friends and relatives of Ka\'e0sa approached him and requested him to disconti
nue these heinous activities. But all of them became worshipers of Ka\'e0sa. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Devak\'e9 became pregnant for the seventh time, a plenary expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba known as Ananta appeared within her womb. Devak\'e9 was overwhelmed both 
with jubilation and lamentation. She was joyful, for she could understand that Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu had taken shelter within her womb, but at the same time she was sorry that as soon as her child would come out, Ka\'e0sa would kill Him. At that time, the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being compassionate upon the fearful condition of the Yadus, due to atrocities committed by Ka\'e0sa, ordered the appearance of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or His internal potency. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Lord of the universe, but He is especially the Lord of the Yadu dynasty. 
\par }\pard {\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 Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is the principal potency of the Personality of Godhead. 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 th
at the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has multipotencies. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All the different potencies are acting externally and internally, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is the chief of all potencies. He ordered the appearance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in th
e land of Vrajabh\'fcmi, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is always decorated and full with beautiful cows. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Rohi\'eb\'e9, one of the wives of Vasudeva, was residing at the house of King Nanda and Queen Ya\'e7od\'e4. Not only Rohi\'eb\'e9, bu
t many others in the Yadu dynasty were scattered all over the country due to their fear of the atrocities of Ka\'e0sa. Some of them were even living in the caves of the mountains. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord thus informed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Under the imprisonment of Ka\'e0sa are Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva, and at the present moment, My plenary expansion, \'c7e\'f1a, is within the womb of Devak\'e9. You can arrange the transfer of \'c7e\'f1a from the womb of D
evak\'e9 to the womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9. After this arrangement, I am personally going to appear in the womb of Devak\'e9 with My full potencies. Then I shall appear as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. And you shall appear as the daughter of Nanda and Ya
\'e7od\'e4 in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Since you will appear as My contemporary sister, people within the world will worship you with all kinds of valuable presentations: incense, candles, flowers and o
fferings of sacrifice. You shall quickly satisfy their desires for sense gratification. People who are after materialistic affection will worship you under the different forms of your expansions, which will be named Durg\'e4, Bhadrak\'e4l\'e9, Vijay\'e4,
 Vai\'f1\'ebav\'e9, Kumud\'e4, Ca\'eb\'f2ik\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4, M\'e4dhav\'e9, Kanyak\'e4, M\'e4y\'e4, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e9, \'c9\'e7\'e4n\'e9, \'c7\'e4rad\'e4 and Ambik\'e4." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  appeared as brother and sister\'97the Supreme Powerful and the supreme power. Although there is no clear distinction between the Powerful and the power, power is always subordinate to the Powerful. Those who are materialistic
 are worshippers of the power, but those who are transcendentalists are worshippers of the Powerful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Powerful, and Durg\'e4 is the supreme power within the material world. Actually people in the Vedic culture worship both th
e Powerful and the power. There are many hundreds of thousands of temples of Vi\'f1\'ebu and Dev\'e9, and sometimes they are worshipped simultaneously. The worshipper of the power, Durg\'e4, or the external energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, may achieve all kinds
 of material success very easily, but anyone who wants to be elevated transcendentally must engage in worshipping the Powerful in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord also declared to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that His plenary expansion, Ananta \'c7e\'f1a, was within the womb of Devak\'e9. On account of being forcibly attracted to the womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9, He would be known as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba and would be the source of al
l spiritual power or }{\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  by which one could be able to attain the highest bliss of life which i
s called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rama\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore the plenary portion Ananta would be known after His appearance eith
er as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba or Balar\'e4ma. 
\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 Upani\'f1ads}{\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 N\'e4yam \'e4tm\'e4 bala h\'e9nena labhya }{\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. Up.}{\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 3.2.4}{\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 purport is that one cannot atta
in the Supreme or any form of self-realization without being sufficiently favored by Balar\'e4ma. }{\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  does not mean physical strength. No one can attain spiritual perfection by physical strength. One must have the spiritual strength which is infused by Balar\'e4ma or Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ananta}{\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 \'c7e\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the power which sustains all the planets in their different positions. Materially this sustaining power is known as the law of gravitation, but actually it is the display of the potency of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba. Balar\'e4ma 
or Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba is spiritual power, or the original spiritual master. Therefore Lord Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, who is also the incarnation of Balar\'e4ma, is the original spiritual master. And the spiritual master is the representative of Balar\'e4ma,
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who supplies spiritual strength. 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 confirmed that the spiritual master is the manifestation of the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\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 Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  was thus ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, she circumambulated the Lord and then appeared within this material world according to His order. When the Supreme Powerful Personality of Godhead transferred Lord \'c7e\'f1a from the w
omb of Devak\'e9 to the womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9, both of them were under the spell of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 which is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-nidr\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When this was done, people understood that Devak\'e9's seven
th pregnancy was a miscarriage. Thus although Balar\'e4ma appeared as the son of Devak\'e9, He was transferred to the womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9 to appear as her son. After this arrangement, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is always rea
dy to place His full potencies in His unalloyed devotees, entered as the Lord of the whole creation within the mind of Vasudeva. It is understood in this connection that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba first of all situated Himself in the unalloyed heart of Devak
\'e9. He was not put into the womb of Devak\'e9 by seminal discharge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by His inconceivable potency, can appear in any way. It is not necessary for Him to appear in the ordinary way by seminal injection within the womb 
of a woman. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva was sustaining the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart, he appeared just like the glowing sun whose shining rays are always un
bearable and scorching to the common man. The form of the Lord situated in the pure unalloyed heart of Vasudeva is not different from the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The appearance of the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba anywhere, and specifically within the 
heart, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e4ma. Dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  does not only refer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, but His name, H
is form, His quality and His paraphernalia. Everything becomes manifest simultaneously. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the eternal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full potencies was transferred from the mind of Vasudeva to the mind of Devak\'e9, exactly as the s
etting sun's rays are transferred to the full moon rising in the east. 
\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, entered the body of Devak\'e9 from the body of Vasudeva. He was beyond the conditions of the ordinary living ent
ity. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, it is to be understood that all His plenary expansions, such as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and incarnations like Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha, Var\'e4ha, etc., are with Him, and they are not subject to the conditions of material existenc
e. 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. Devak\'e9 became the residence of the Absolute Truth, but because she was within the house of Ka\'e0sa, she lo
oked just like a supressed fire, or like misused education. When fire is covered by the walls of a pot or is kept in a jug, the illuminating rays of the fire cannot be very much appreciated. Similarly, misused knowledge, which does not benefit the people
 in general, is not very much appreciated. So Devak\'e9 was kept within the prison walls of Ka\'e0sa's palace, and no one could see her transcendental beauty which resulted from her conceiving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa, however, saw the transcendental beauty of his sister Devak\'e9, and he at once concluded that the Supreme Personality of Godhead had taken shelter in her 
womb. She had never before looked so wonderfully beautiful. He could distinctly understand that there was something wonderful within the womb of Devak\'e9. In this way, Ka\'e0sa became perturbed. He was sure that the Supreme Personality of Godhead would 
kill him in the future and that He had now come. Ka\'e0sa began to think: "What is to be done with Devak\'e9? Surely she has Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba within her womb, so it is certain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has come to execute the mission of the demigo
ds. And even if I immediately kill Devak\'e9, His mission cannot be frustrated." Ka\'e0sa knew very well that no one can frustrate the purpose of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Any intelligent man can understand that the laws of God cannot be violated. His purpose will be
 served in spite of all impediments offered by the demons. Ka\'e0sa thought: "If I kill Devak\'e9 at the present moment, Vi\'f1\'ebu will enforce His supreme will more vehemently. To kill Devak\'e9 just now would be a most abominable act. No one desires 
to kill his reputation, even in an awkward situation; if I kill Devak\'e9 now, my reputation will be spoiled. Devak\'e9 is a woman, and she is under my shelter; she is pregnant, and if I kill her, immediately all my reputation, the result of pious activi
ties and duration of life, will be finished." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He also further deliberated: "A person who is too cruel, even in this lifetime is as good as dead. No one likes a cruel person during his lifetime, and after his de
ath, people curse him. On account of his self-identification with the body, he must be degraded and pushed into the darkest region of hell." Ka\'e0sa thus meditated on all the pros and cons of killing Devak\'e9 at that time. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa finally decided not to kill Devak\'e9 right away but to wait for the inevitable future. But his mind became absorbed in animosity against the Personality o
f Godhead. He patiently waited for the deliverance of the child, expecting to kill Him, as he had done previously with the other babies of Devak\'e9. Thus being merged in the ocean of animosity against the Personality of Godhead, he began to think of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Vi\'f1\'ebu while sitting, while sleeping, while walking, while eating, while working\'97in all the situations of his life. His mind became so much absorbed with the thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that indirectly he could
 see only K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu around him. Unfortunately, although his mind was so absorbed in the thought of Vi\'f1\'ebu, he is not recognized as a devotee because he was thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an enemy. The state of mind of a great devo
tee is also to be always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but a devotee thinks of Him favorably, not unfavorably. To think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorably is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba unfavorably is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, accompanied by great sages like N\'e4rada and followed by many other demigods, invisibly appeared in the house of Ka
\'e0sa. They began to pray for the Supreme Personality of Godhead in select prayers which are very pleasing to the devotees and which award fulfillment of their desires. The first words they spoke acclaimed that the Lord is true to His vow. 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends in this material world just to protect the pious
 and destroy the impious. That is His vow. The demigods could understand that the Lord had taken His residence within the womb of Devak\'e9 in order to fulfill this vow. The demigods were very glad that the Lord was appearing to fulfill His mission, and 
they addressed Him as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satyam param, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or the Supreme Absolute Truth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is searching after the truth. That is the philosophical way of life. The demigods give information that the Supreme Absolute Truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One w
ho becomes fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious can attain the Absolute Truth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth. Relative truth is not truth in all the three phases of eternal time. Time is divided into past, present and future. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Truth alw
ays, past, present and future. In the material world everything is being controlled by supreme time, in the course of past, present and future. But before the creation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was existing, and when there is creation, everything is resting in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when this creation is finished, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will remain. Therefore, He is Absolute Truth in all circumstances. If there is any truth within this material world, it emanates from the Supreme Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If there is any opu
lence within this material world, the cause of the opulence is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If there is any reputation within this material world, the cause of the reputation is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If there is any strength within this material world, the cause of such st
rength is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If there is any wisdom and education within this material world, the cause of such wisdom and education is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all relative truths. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is composed of five principal elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether, and all such elements are emanations from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The materia
l scientists accept these primary five elements as the cause of material manifestation, but the elements in their gross and subtle states are produced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The living entities who are working within this material world are also products of 
His marginal potency. In the Seventh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.5}{\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  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  it is clearly stated that the whol
e manifestation is a combination of two kinds of energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the superior energy and the inferior energy. The living entities are the superior energy, and the dead material elements are His inferior energy. In its dormant stage, everythin
g remains in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods continued to offer their respectful prayers unto the supreme form of the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by analytical study of the material ma
nifestation. What is this material manifestation? It is just like a tree. A tree stands on the ground. Similarly, the tree of the material manifestation is standing on the ground of material nature. This material manifestation is compared with a tree bec
ause a tree is ultimately cut off in due course of time. A tree is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e5k\'f1a. V\'e5k\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 means that thing which will be ultimately cut off. Therefore, this tree of the material manifestation cannot be accepted as the Ultimate Truth. The influence of time is on the material manifestation, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is eternal. He existed befo
re the material manifestation, He is existing while the material manifestation is continuing, and when it will be dissolved, He will continue to exist. 
\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 Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also cites this example of the tree of material manifestation standing on the ground of material nature. This tree has two kinds of fruits, distress and happiness. Those who are living on the tree of the body are just like two birds.
 One bird is the localized aspect of K\'e5\'f1\'eba known as the Param\'e4tm\'e4, and the other bird is the living entity. The living entity is eating the fruits of this material manifestation. Sometimes he eats the fruit of happiness, and sometimes he e
ats the fruit of distress. But the other bird is not interested in eating the fruit of distress or happiness because he is self-satisfied. 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  states that one bird on the tree of the body is eating the fruits, and the other bird is simply witnessing. The roots of this tree extend in three directions. That means the root of the 
tree is the three modes of material nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. Just as the tree's root expands, so, by association of the modes of material nature (goodness, passion and ignorance), one expands his duration of material existence. The taste 
of the fruits are of four kinds: religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and ultimately, liberation. According to the different associations in the three modes of material nature, the living entities are tasting different kinds of religios
ity, different kinds of economic development, different kinds of sense gratification and different kinds of liberation. Practically all material work is performed in ignorance, but because there are three qualities, sometimes the quality of ignorance is 
covered with goodness or passion. The taste of these material fruits is accepted through five senses. The five sense organs through which knowledge is acquired are subjected to six kinds of whips: lamentation, illusion, infirmity, death, hunger and thirs
t. This material body, or the material manifestation, is covered by seven layers: skin, muscle, flesh, marrow, bone, fat and semina. The branches of the tree are eight: earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego. There are nine gates in t
his body: the two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, one mouth, one genital, one rectum. And there are ten kinds of internal air passing within the body: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eba, ap\'e4na, ud
\'e4na, vy\'e4na, sam\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc. The two birds seated in this tree, as explained above, are the living entity and the localized Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The root cause of the material manifestation described here is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead expands Himself and takes char
ge of the three qualities of the material world. Vi\'f1\'ebu takes charge of the modes of goodness, Brahm\'e4 takes charge of the modes of passion, and Lord \'c7iva takes charge of the modes of ignorance. Brahm\'e4, by the modes of passion, creates this 
manifestation, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu maintains this manifestation by the modes of goodness, and Lord \'c7iva annihilates it by the modes of ignorance. The whole creation ultimately rests in the Supreme Lord. He is the cause of creation, maintenance and dissol
ution. And when the whole manifestation is dissolved, in its subtle form as the energy of the Lord, it rests within the body of the Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "At the present," the demigods prayed, "the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is appearing just for the maintenance of this manifestation." Actually the Supreme Cause is 
one, but, being deluded by the three modes of material nature, less intelligent persons see that the material world is manifested through different causes. Those who are intelligent can see that the cause is one, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As it is stated in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4: sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam.}{\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 cause of all causes. Brahm\'e4 is the deputed agent for creation, Vi\'f1\'ebu is the expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for maintenance, and Lord \'c7iva is the expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for dissolution. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord," the demigods prayed, "it is very difficult to understand Your eternal form of personality. People in general are unable to understand Your actual f
orm; therefore You are personally descending to exhibit Your original eternal form. Somehow people can understand the different incarnations of Your Lordship, but they are puzzled to understand the eternal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with two hands, moving am
ong human beings exactly like one of them. This eternal form of Your Lordship is ever increasing in transcendental pleasure for the devotees. But for the nondevotees, this form is very dangerous." 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very pleasing to the }{\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 It is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But this form is very dang
erous for the demons because K\'e5\'f1\'eba also descends to kill the demons. He is, therefore, simultaneously pleasing to the devotees and dangerous to the demons. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear lotus-eyed Lord, You are the source of pure goodness. There are many great sages who simply by }{\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 transcendentally meditating upon Your lotus feet and thus being absorbed in Your thought, have easily transformed the great ocean of nescien
ce created by the material nature to no more than water in a calf's hoofprint." The purpose of meditation is to focus the mind upon the Personality of Godhead, beginning from His lotus feet. Simply by meditation on the lotus feet of the Lord, great sages
 cross over this vast ocean of material existence without difficulty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O self-illuminated one, the great saintly persons who have crossed over the ocean of nescience, by the help of the transcendental boat of Your lotus feet, have not
 taken away that boat. It is still lying on this side." The demigods are using a nice simile. If one takes a boat to cross over a river, the boat also goes with one to the other side of the river. And so when one reaches the destination, how can the same
 boat be available to those who are still on the other side? To answer this difficulty, the demigods say in their prayer that the boat is not taken away. The devotees still remaining on the other side are able to pass over the ocean of material nature be
cause the pure devotees do not take the boat with them when they cross over. When one simply approaches the boat, the whole ocean of material nescience is reduced to the size of water in a calf's hoofprint. Therefore, the devotees do not need to take a b
oat to the other side; they simply cross the ocean immediately. Because the great saintly persons are compassionate toward all conditioned souls, the boat is still lying at the lotus feet of the Lord. One can meditate upon His feet at any time, and by so
 doing, one can cross over the great ocean of material existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meditation means concentration upon the lotus feet of the Lord. Lotus feet indicate the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those who are impersonalists do not recogniz
e the lotus feet of the Lord, and therefore their object of meditation is something impersonal. The demigods express their mature verdict that persons who are interested in meditating on something void or impersonal cannot cross over the ocean of nescien
ce. Such persons are simply imagining that they have become liberated. "O lotus-eyed Lord! Their intelligence is contaminated because they fail to meditate upon the lotus feet of Your Lordship." As a result of this neglectful activity, the impersonalists
 fall down again into the material way of conditioned life, although they may temporarily rise up to the point of impersonal realization. Impersonalists, after undergoing severe austerities and penances, merge themselves into the Brahman effulgence or im
personal Brahman existence. But their minds are not free from material contamination; they have simply tried to negate the material ways of thinking. That does not mean that they have become liberated. Thus they fall down. 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 the impersonalist has to undergo great tribulation in realizing the ultimate goal
. At the beginning 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  it is also stated that without devotional s
ervice to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot achieve liberation from the bondage of fruitive activities. The statement of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the statement of the great sage N\'e4rada is there, and here also the demigods confirm it. "Persons who have not taken to devotional service are understood to have come short of the ultimate purpose of knowledge and are
 not favored by Your grace." The impersonalists simply }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub think}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that they are liberated, but actuall
y they have no feeling for the Personality of Godhead. They think that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes into the material world, he accepts a material body. They therefore overlook the transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'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  In spite of conquering material lust and rising up to the point of liberation, the impersonalists fall down. If they are eng
aged just in knowing things for the sake of knowledge and do not take to the devotional service of the Lord, they cannot achieve the desired result. Their achievement is the trouble they take, and that is all. It is clearly 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 to realize Brahman identification is not all. Brahman identification may help one b
ecome joyful without material attachment or detachment and to achieve the platform of equanimity, but after this stage, one has to take to devotional service. When one takes to devotional service after being elevated to the platform of Brahman realizatio
n, he is then admitted into the spiritual kingdom for permanent residence in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the result of devotional service. Those who are devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead never fall down like 
the impersonalists. Even if the devotees fall down, they remain affectionately attached to their Lordship. They can meet all kinds of obstacles on the path of devotional service, and freely, without any fear, they can surmount such obstacles. Because of 
their surrender, they are certain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will always protect them. As it is promised by 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  "My devotees are never vanquished." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, You have appeared in Your original unalloyed form, the eternal form of goodness, for the welfare of all living entities within this material world. 
Taking advantage of Your appearance, all of them can now very easily understand the nature and form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Persons who belong to the four divisions of the social order (the }{\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  the }{\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  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas}{\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 sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) can all take advantage of Your appearance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Lord, husband of the goddess of fortune, devotees who are dovetailed in Your service do not fall down from their high position like the impersonalists. Being 
protected by You, the devotees are able to traverse over the heads of many of }{\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  comman
ders-in-chief, who can always put stumbling blocks on the path of liberation. My dear Lord, You appear in Your transcendental form for the benefit of the living entities so that they can see You face to face and offer their worshipful sacrifices by ritua
listic performance 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  mystic meditation and devotional service as recommended in the s
criptures. Dear Lord, if You did not appear in Your eternal transcendental form, full of bliss and knowledge\'97which can eradicate all kinds of speculative ignorance about Your position\'97then all people would simply speculate about You according to th
eir respective modes of material nature." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The appearance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the answer to all imaginative iconography of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone imagines the form of the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead according to his mode of material nature. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4-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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.33]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that the Lord is the oldest person. Therefore a section of religionists imagine tha
t God must be very old, and therefore they depict a form of the Lord like a very old man. But in the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that is contradicted; although He is the oldest of all living entities, He has His eternal form as a fresh youth. The exact words used in this connection 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.2.35]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4nam aj\'ef\'e4nabhid \'e4pam\'e4rjanam. Vij\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  means transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Personality. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vij\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is als
o experienced knowledge. Transcendental knowledge has to be accepted by the descending process of disciplic succession as Brahm\'e4 presents the knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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\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  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as realized by Brahm\'e4's transcenden
tal experience, and in that way he presented the form and the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the transcendental abode. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aj\'ef\'e4nabhid}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that which can match all kinds of speculation. In ignorance, people are imagining the form of the Lord; sometimes He has no form and sometimes He has form, according to their different imaginations. But the 
presentation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97scientific, experienced knowledge given by Lord Brahm\'e4 and accepted by Lord Caitanya. There is no doubt a
bout it. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's color\'97everything is reality. Here it is said that this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is always defeating all kinds of speculative knowledge. "Therefore, without Your appearing as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as You are, neither }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'ef\'e4nabhid }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (nescience of speculative knowledge) nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4
nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  would be realized. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aj\'ef\'e4nabhid \'e4pam\'e4rjanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97by Your appearance the speculative knowledge of ignorance will be vanquished and the real experienced knowledge of authorities like Lord Brahm\'e4 will be established. Men influenced by the three modes of mater
ial nature imagine their own God according to the modes of material nature. In this way God is presented in various ways, but Your appearance will establish what the real form of God is." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The highest blunder committed by the impersonalist is to think that when the incarnation of God comes, He accepts the form of matter in the modes of goodness. Actua
lly the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is transcendental to any material idea. Even the greatest impersonalist, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, has admitted that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  paro 'vyakt\'e4t}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 material creation is caused by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  impersonal manifestat
ion of matter or the nonphenomenal total reservation of matter, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is transcendental to that material conception. That is expressed in 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.3.23]}{\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 \'e7uddha-sattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or transcendental. He does not belong to the material mode of goodness, and He
 is above the position of material goodness. He belongs to the transcendental eternal status of bliss and knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Lord, when You appear in Your different incarnations, You take different names and forms according to different situations. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Your name b
ecause You are all attractive; You are called \'c7y\'e4masundara because of Your transcendental beauty. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means blackish, yet they say that You are more beautiful than thousands of cupids. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kandarpa-ko\'f6i-kaman\'e9ya }{\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 Bs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.30}{\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 You appear in a color which is compared to the blackish cloud, because You are transcendental Absolute, Your beauty is many many 
times more attractive than the delicate body of Cupid. Sometimes You are called Giridh\'e4r\'e9 because You lifted the hill known as Govardhana. You are sometimes called Nandanandana or V\'e4sudeva or Devak\'e9nandana because You appear as the son of Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda or Devak\'e9 or Vasudeva. Impersonalists think that Your many names or forms are according to a particular type of work and quality because they accept You from the position of a material observer. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, the way of understanding is not to study Your absolute nature, form and activities by mental speculation. One must engage himself in devotional serv
ice; then one can understand Your absolute nature, transcendental form, name and quality. Actually only a person who has a little taste for the service of Your lotus feet can understand Your transcendental nature or form and quality. Others may go on spe
culating for millions of years, but it is not possible for them to understand even a single part of Your actual position." In other words, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, cannot be understood by the nondevotees because there is a curt
ain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which covers K\'e5\'f1\'eba's actual features. As confirmed in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Lord says, "I am not exposed to anyone 
and everyone." When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came, He was actually present on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, and everyone saw Him. But not everyone could understand that He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Still, everyone who died in His presence attaine
d complete liberation from material bondage and was transferred to the spiritual world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O Lord, the impersonalists or nondevotees cannot understand that Your name is identical with Your form." Since the Lord is Absolute, there is no difference between
 His name and His actual form. In the material world there is a difference between form and name. The mango fruit is different from the name of the mango. One cannot taste the mango fruit simply by chanting, "Mango, mango, mango." But the devotee who kno
ws that there is no difference between the name and the form of the Lord 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, and realizes that he is always in 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's company. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For persons who are not very advanced in absolute knowledge of the Supreme, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibits His transcendental pastimes. They can simply think of the p
astimes of the Lord and get the full benefit. Since there is no difference between the transcendental name and form of the Lord, there is no difference between the transcendental pastimes and the form of the Lord. For those who are less intelligent (like
 women, laborers or the mercantile class), the great sage Vy\'e4sadeva wrote }{\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  I
n 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in His different activities. }{\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  is history, and simply by studying, hearing and memorizing the transcendental activities o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the less intelligent can also gradually rise to the standard of pure devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The pure devotees, who are always absorbed in the thought of the transcendental lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who are always engaged in devotional service in ful
l K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, are never to be considered to be in the material world. \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has explained that those who are always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, by body, mind and activities, are to be considered li
berated even within this body. This 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  those who are e
ngaged in the devotional service of the Lord have already transcended the material position. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears to give a chance both to the devotees and nondevotees for realization of the ultimate goal of life. The devotees get the direct chance to see
 Him and worship Him. Those who are not on that platform get the chance to become acquainted with His activities and thus become elevated to the same position. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O dear Lord," the demigods continued, "You are unborn; therefore we do not find any reason for Your appearance other than for Your pleasurable pastimes." Although 
the reason for the appearance of the Lord 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 (He descends just 
to give protection to the devotee and vanquish the nondevotee), actually He descends for His pleasure-meeting with the devotees, not really to vanquish the nondevotees. The nondevotees can be vanquished simply by material nature. "The action and reaction
 of the external energy of material nature (creation, maintenance and annihilation) are being carried on automatically. But simply by taking shelter of Your holy name\'97because Your holy name and Your personality are nondifferent\'97the devotees are suf
ficiently protected." The protection of the devotees and the annihilation of the nondevotees are actually not the business of the Supreme Personality of Godhead when He descends. They are just for His transcendental pleasure. There cannot be any other re
ason for His appearance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, You are appearing as the best of the Yadu dynasty, and we are offering our respectful humble obeisance unto Your lotus feet. Before this appearance,
 You also appeared as the fish incarnation, the horse incarnation, the tortoise incarnation, the swan incarnation, as King R\'e4macandra, as Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, and as many other incarnations. You appeared just to protect the devotees, and we request You i
n Your present appearance as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself to give us similar protection all over the three worlds and remove all obstacles for the peaceful execution of our lives. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear mother Devak\'e9, within your womb is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appearing along with all His plenary extensions. He is the original Personality of G
odhead appearing for our welfare. Therefore you should not be afraid of your brother, the King of Bhoja. Your son Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the original Personality of Godhead, will appear for the protection of the pious Yadu dynasty. The Lord is appea
ring not only alone but accompanied by His immediate plenary portion, Balar\'e4ma." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devak\'e9 was very much afraid of her brother Ka\'e0sa because he had already killed so many of her children. She used to remain very anxious about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that in order to pacify Devak\'e9, all the demigods,
 along with their wives, used to always visit her to encourage her not to be afraid that her son would be killed by Ka\'e0sa. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was within her womb, was to appear not only to diminish the burden of the world but specifically to protect 
the interest of the Yadu dynasty, and certainly to protect Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second 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  "Prayers by the Demigods for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Womb."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-3 / 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 3 /  Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.8-9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 says that His appearance, birth, and activiti
es are all transcendental, and one who understands them factually becomes immediately eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. The Lord's appearance or birth 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 s
tar 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. According to the astrological conclusion, besides the proper situation of the stars, there ar
e auspicious and inauspicious moments due to the different situations of the different planetary systems. At the time of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth, the planetary systems were automatically adjusted so that everything became auspicious. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, in all directions, east, west, south, north, everywhere, there was an atmosphere of peace and prosperity. There were auspicious stars visible in the s
ky, 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 ful
l 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. At home, 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 accustomed to offer sacri
fices 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 }{\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  but now they could find the opportunity to start the fire peacefully. Being forbidden to offer sacrifices, 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 distressed in mind, intelligence and activities, but just on the point of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearanc
e, 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 began to offer prayers in the s
ervice of the Personality of Godhead. In the heavenly planets, the angels along with their wives, accompanied by the Apsaras, began to dance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When things were adjusted like this, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is residing within the heart of every living entity, appeared in the darkness of night as the Supreme Per
sonality 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 objection may be raised that, sin
ce 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 appear just as a full moon. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In an astronomical treatise by the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kham\'e4\'ebikya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 Brahman or the Absol
ute Truth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva saw that wonderful child born as a baby with four hands, holding conchshell, club, disc, and lotus flower, decorated with the mark of \'c7r\'e9vatsa, weari
ng 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, dressed in yellow silk, appearing dazzling like a bri
ght blackish cloud, wearing a helmet bedecked with the }{\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, valuable bracelets, ear
rings 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 understand that Lo
rd 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-pervading Person
ality 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 celebrations, 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva, who is also called \'c4nakadundubhi, was looking at his newborn baby, he was so happy that he wanted to give many thousands of cows in charity 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  According to the Vedic system, whenever there is an auspicious ceremony in 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  king's palace, the king gives many things in charity. Cows decorated with golden orna
ments are delivered 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  and sages. Vasudeva wanted to perform a charitable cer
emony to celebrate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance, but because he was shackled within the walls of Ka\'e0sa's 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\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\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 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. A
t 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 entit
ies 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 belong to this material world; Yo
u are the same person who brings about the cosmic manifestation simply by glancing over material nature." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may argue that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who creates the whole cosmic manifestation simply by His glance, cannot come within the womb of Devak\'e9, th
e 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 the 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 ente
red 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-pervading. 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 the five gross elements\'97namely earth, water, fire, air and e
ther. Whenever there is a material body, it appears that such elements are newly created, but actually the 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One has to understand Your appearance with great intelligence because the material energy is also emanating from You. You are the original source of the material e
nergy, just as the sun is the source of the sunshine. The sunshine cannot cover the sun globe, nor can the material energy\'97being an emanation from You\'97cover You. You appear to be in the three modes of material energy, but actually the three modes o
f 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We hear from the Vedic version that the Supreme Brahman exhibits His effulgence, and therefore everything becomes illuminated. We can understand from }{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
5.40}{\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  that 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  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\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 14.27}{\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 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 int
elligent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 be separated from His existence. In the Vedic injunction we find that the Supreme Soul or the root cause of ever
ything 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 matter and the living force\'97soul\'97are emanations from Him. Only the foolis
h 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 imperfec
t conclusions about the appearance and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. It is just like government officers working under the orders of the chief executive. Th
e 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uklam. \'c7uklam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or 'whiteness' is the symbolic representation of the Absolute Truth 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\cb1
\nosupersub rakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or red, because Brahm\'e4 represents the qualities of passion for creation. Darkness is entrusted to Lord \'c7iva because he annihilates the cosmos. The cre
ation, annihilation and maintenance of this cosmic manifestation is conducted by Your potencies, yet You are always unaffected by those qualities. As confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, Ha
rir hi nirgu\'eba\'f9 s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always free from all material qualities. It is also said that the qualities of passion and ignoran
ce are nonexistent in the person of the Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, You are the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, the supreme great, maintaining the order of this cosmic manifestation. And in spite of Your be
ing the supreme controller, You have so kindly appeared in my home. The purpose of Your appearance is to kill the followers of the demonic 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 him and his followers, he has a
lready killed so many of Your predecessors, elder 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After 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 millions of similar incarnations emanating from Vi\'f1\'ebu, are described in the Vedic literature as original. Y
ou are original because all Your forms as incarnations are outside of this material creation. Your form was existing before this cosmic manifestation was created. Your forms are eternal and all-pervading. They are self-effulgent, changeless and uncontami
nated by the material qualities. Such eternal forms are ever-cognizant and full of bliss; they are situated in transcendental goodness and are always engaged in different pastimes. You are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental et
ernal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After many millions of years, when Lord Brahm\'e4 comes to the end of his life, the annihilation of the cosmic manifestation takes place. At that time the five ele
ments\'97namely earth, water, fire, air and ether\'97enter into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahat-tattva.}{\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 mahat-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  again enters, by the force of time, into the nonmanifested total material energy; the total mat
erial energy enters into the energetic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pradh\'e4na,}{\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 pradh\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  enters into You. Therefore after the annihilation of the whole cosmic manifestation, You alone remain with Your tr
anscendental name, form, quality and paraphernalia. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy, and the ultimate reservoir 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 of all potent energies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 please rescue me from this fear
ful 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\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 [9.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by assuring Arjuna, "You may declare to
 the world, My devotee shall never be vanquished." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While thus praying to the Lord for rescue, mother Devak\'e9 expressed her motherly affection: "I understand that this transcendental form 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 Lor
d 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 this four-armed form of Your Lor
dship which holds the four symbols of Vi\'f1\'ebu\'97namely 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 u
nalloyed 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Praj\'e4patis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and his name at that time was Sutap\'e4, and you were his wife named P\'e5\'e7ni. At th
at 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\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, both you and your husband could tolerate all the influences of the material laws: the rainy season, the onslaught of the w
ind, 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 leaves of the trees 
which fell to the ground. Then with steady mind and controlled sex drive, you worshiped 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 t
his form just to fulfill your desire, and I 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 in
fluence of My energy, you asked Me to become your son." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, the Lord selected His mother and father\'97namely P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4\'97specifically to appear in the material world. 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 appearances, as will be explained in th
e 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 Hims
elf. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In due course of time P\'e5\'e7ni became pregnant and gave birth to the child. The Lord spoke to 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\'e7nigarbha, 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 V
asudeva. 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 Personalit
y 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 to 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 t
o Ya\'e7od\'e4." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva attempted to take his son from the delivery room, and exactly at that time, a daughter was born of Nan
da and Ya\'e7od\'e4. She was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the internal potency of the Lord. By the influence o
f this internal potency, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all the residents of Ka\'e0sa's palace, especially the d
oorkeepers, were overwhelmed with 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 {\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 Caitanya-carit\'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\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 22.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 a thunder in th
e sky and severe rainfall. While Vasudeva was carrying his son K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the falling rain, Lord \'c7e\'f1a 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 th
e 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. Still, in that furious feature, the river gave passage to Vasudeva to cross, just as the great Indian Ocean gave a path to Lo
rd 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 oppor
tunity 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 himself so that Ka\'e0sa could not recognize that so many things had happened. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 understood that a child was born of her, but because she was very tired from the labor of childbirth, she was fast asleep. When she awoke, she c
ould not remember whether she had given birth to a male or female child. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Third Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-4 / Ka\'e0sa Begins His Persecutions
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4 /  Ka\'e0sa Begins His Persecu
tions
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Vasudeva adjusted all the doors and gates, the gatekeepers awoke and heard the newborn child crying. Ka\'e0sa was waiting to hear the news of the child's birt
h, and the gatekeepers immediately approached him and informed him that the child was born. At that time, Ka\'e0sa got up from his bed very quickly and exclaimed, "Now the cruel death of my life is born!" Ka\'e0sa became perplexed now that his death was 
approaching, and his hair stood on end. Immediately he proceeded toward the place where the child was born. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devak\'e9, on seeing her brother approaching, prayed in a very meek attitude to Ka\'e0sa: "My dear brother, please do not kill this female child. I promise that thi
s child will be the wife of your son; therefore don't kill her. You are not to be killed by any female child. That was the omen. You are to be killed by a male child, so please do not kill her. My dear brother, you have killed so many of my children who 
were just born, shining as the sun. That is not your fault. You have been advised by demoniac friends to kill my children. 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 Ka\'e0sa was so cruel that he did not listen to the beautiful prayers of his sister Devak\'e9. He forcibly grabbed the newborn child to rebuke his sister and attemp
ted to dash her on the stone mercilessly. This is a graphic example of a cruel brother who could sacrifice all relationships for the sake of personal gratification. But immediately the child slipped out of his hands, went up in the sky and appeared with 
eight arms as the younger sister of Vi\'f1\'ebu. She was decorated with a nice dress and flower garlands and ornaments; in her eight hands she held a bow, lancet, arrows, bell, conchshell, disc, club and shield. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing the appearance of the child (who was actually the goddess Durg\'e4), all the demigods from different planets like Siddhaloka, C\'e4ra\'ebaloka, Gandharvaloka
, Apsaraloka, Kinnaraloka, and Uragaloka presented her articles and began to offer their respective prayers. From above, the goddess addressed Ka\'e0sa: "You rascal, how can you kill me? The child who will kill you is already born before me somewhere wit
hin this world. Don't be so cruel to your poor sister." After this appearance, the goddess Durg\'e4 became known by various names in various parts of the world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing these words, Ka\'e0sa became very much overwhelmed with fear. Out of pity, he immediately released Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 from the bondage of their sh
ackles and very politely began to address them. He said, "My dear sister and brother-in-law, I have acted just like a demon in killing my own nephews. I have given up all consideration of our intimate relationship. I do not know what will be the result o
f these acts of mine. Probably I shall be sent to the hell where killers 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  g
o. I am surprised, however, that the celestial prophecy has not come true. False propaganda is not found only in the human society. Now it appears that even the celestial denizens speak lies. Because I believed in the words of the celestial denizens, I h
ave committed so many sins by killing the children of my sister. My dear Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, you are both very great souls. I have nothing to instruct you, but still I request that you not be sorry for the death of your children. Every one of us is u
nder the control of superior power, and that superior power does not allow us to remain together. We are bound to be separated from our friends and relatives in due course of time. But we must know for certain that even after the disappearance of the dif
ferent material bodies, the soul remains intact eternally. For example, there are many pots made of earthly clay, and they are prepared and also broken. But in spite of this, the earth remains as it is perpetually. Similarly, the bodies of the soul under
 different conditions are made and destroyed, but the spirit soul remains eternally. So there is nothing to lament over. Everyone should understand that this material body is different from the spirit soul, and so long as one does not come to that unders
tanding, he is sure to accept the processes of transmigration from one body to another. My dear sister Devak\'e9, you are so gentle and kind. Please excuse me\'97don't be aggrieved by the death of your children, which I have caused. Actually this was not
 done by me because all these are predestined activities. One has to act according to the predestined plan, even unwillingly. People misunderstand that with the end of the body, the self dies, or they think that one can kill another living entity. All th
ese misconceptions oblige one to accept the conditions of material existence. In other words, as long as one is not firmly convinced of the eternality of the soul, one is subjected to the tribulation of being killer and killed. My dear sister Devak\'e9 a
nd brother-in-law Vasudeva, kindly excuse the atrocities I have committed against you. I am very poor-hearted, and you are so great-hearted, so take compassion upon me and excuse me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Ka\'e0sa was speaking to his brother-in-law and sister, tears flowed from his eyes and he fell down at their feet. Believing the words of Durg\'e4-dev\'e9, wh
om he had tried to kill, Ka\'e0sa immediately released his brother-in-law and sister. He personally unlocked the iron shackles and very sympathetically showed his friendship, just like a family member. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Devak\'e9 saw her brother so repentent, she also became pacified and forgot all his atrocious activities against her children. Vasudeva also, forgetting all pa
st incidents, spoke smilingly with his brother-in-law. Vasudeva told Ka\'e0sa, "My dear fortunate brother-in-law, what you are saying about the material body and the soul is correct. Every living entity is born ignorant, understanding this material body 
to be his self. This conception of life is due to ignorance, and on the basis of this ignorance we create enmity or friendship. Lamentation, jubilation, fearfulness, envy, greed, illusion and madness are different features of our material concept of life
. A person influenced like this engages in enmity due only to the material body. Being engaged in such activities, we 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 Vasudeva took the opportunity of Ka\'e0sa's benevolence and informed him that his atheistic activities were also due to this misconception of life\'97namely taking 
the material body to be the self. When Vasudeva talked with Ka\'e0sa in such an illuminating way, Ka\'e0sa became very pleased, and his guilt for killing his nephews subdued. With the permission of his sister Devak\'e9 and brother-in-law Vasudeva, he ret
urned to his home with a relieved mind. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the next day Ka\'e0sa called all his counsellors together and narrated to them all the incidents that had happened the night before. All the counsellors of Ka
\'e0sa were demons and eternal enemies of the demigods, so they became depressed upon hearing their master speak of the night's events. And although they were not very much experienced or learned, they began to give instructions to Ka\'e0sa as follows: "
Dear sir, let us now make arrangements to kill all children who were born within the last ten days in all towns, countries, villages and pasturing grounds. Let us execute this plan indiscriminately. We think that the demigods cannot do anything against u
s if we perform these atrocities. They are always afraid of fighting with us, and even if they wish to check our activities, they will not dare to do so. Because of the immeasurable strength of your bow, they fear you. Indeed, we have practical experienc
e that whenever you stood to fight with them and began to shower your arrows on them, they immediately began to flee in all directions just to save their lives. Many of the demigods were unable to fight with you, and they immediately surrendered themselv
es unto you by opening their turbans and the flag on their heads. With folded hands they begged you to spare them and said, 'My lord, we are all afraid of your strength. Please release us from this dangerous fight.' We have also seen many times that you 
would never kill such surrendered fighters when they were all fearful, their bows, arrows and chariots broken, forgetful of their military activities and unable to fight with you. So actually we have nothing to fear from these demigods. They are very pro
ud of being great fighters in peacetime outside of the warfield, but actually they cannot show any talent or military power on the warfield. Although Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4 are always ready to help the demigods headed by Indra,
 we have no reason to be afraid of them. As far as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is concerned, He has already hidden Himself within the hearts of all living entities, and He cannot come out. As far as Lord \'c7iva is concerned, he has renounced all activities; he has
 already entered into the forest. And Lord Brahm\'e4 is always engaged in different types of austerities and meditation. And what to speak of Indra\'97he is a straw in comparison to your strength. Therefore we have nothing to fear from all these demigods
. But we must not neglect them because the demigods are our determined enemies. We must be careful to protect ourselves. To root them out from their very existence, we should just engage ourselves in your service and be always ready for your command." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demons continued to say: "If there is some disease in the body which is neglected, it becomes incurable. Similarly, when one is not careful about restraining th
e senses and lets them loose, it is very difficult to control them at all. Therefore, we must always be very careful of the demigods before they get too strong to be subdued. The foundation of strength of the demigods is Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, because the ult
imate goal of all religious principles is to satisfy Him. The Vedic injunctions, 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, austerities, sacrifices, performances of charity and distribution of wealth are all for the satisfaction of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. So let us immediately begin by killing 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  who are in charge of the Vedic knowledge and the great sages who are in charge of sacrificial ritualistic performances. Let us kill all the
 cows which are the source of butter which is so necessary for performing sacrifices. Please give us your permission to kill all these creatures." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually the limbs of the transcendental body of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu are 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, Vedic knowledge, austerity, truthfulness, sense and mind control, faithfulness, charity, tolerance and performance of sacrifices. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is situate
d in everyone's heart and is the leader of all demigods, including Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4. "We think that to kill Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is to persecute the 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 " said the ministers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus being advised by the demonic ministers, Ka\'e0sa, who was from the very beginning the greatest rascal, decided to persecute 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 Vai\'f1\'ebavas, being entrapped by the shackles of all-devouring, eternal time. He ordered the demons to 
harass all kinds of saintly persons, and then he entered his house. The adherents of Ka\'e0sa were all influenced by the modes of passion as well as illusioned by the modes of ignorance, and their only business was to create enmity with saintly persons. 
Such activities can only reduce the duration of life. The demons accelerated the process and invited their deaths as soon as possible. The result of persecuting saintly persons is not only untimely death. The act is so offensive that the actor also gradu
ally loses his beauty, his fame and his religious principles, and his promotion to higher planets is also checked. Driven by various kinds of mental concoctions, the demons diminish all kinds of welfare. An offense at the lotus feet of the devotees 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  is a greater offense than that committed at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead. Thus a godless civilization becomes the source of all calamities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fourth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Ka\'e0sa Begins His Persecutions."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-5 / Meeting of Nanda and Vasudeva
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5 /  Meeting of Nanda and Vasude
va
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the real son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, because of Ka\'e0sa's atrocious activities Vasudeva could not enjoy the birth ceremony of his so
n. But Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the foster father, celebrated the birth ceremony of K\'e5\'f1\'eba very joyfully. The next day, it was declared that a male child was born of Ya\'e7od\'e4. According to Vedic custom, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja called for learned as
trologers 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. After the birth of a child, the astr
ologers calculate the moment of the birth and make a horoscope of the child's future life. Another ceremony takes place after the birth of the child: the family members take baths, cleanse themselves and decorate themselves with ornaments and garlands; t
hen they come before the child and the astrologer to hear of the future life of the child. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and other members of the family dressed and sat down in front of the birth place. 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  who were assembled there on this occasion chanted auspicious }{\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  according to the rituals, while the astrologers performed the birth ceremony. All the demigods are also worshiped on this occasion, as well as the forefat
hers of the family. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja distributed 200,000 well decorated, dressed and ornamented cows 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 not only gave cows in charity, but hills of grains, decorated with golden-bordered garments and many ornaments. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world we possess riches and wealth in many ways, but sometimes not in very honest and pious ways, because that is the nature of accumulating wealth.
 According to Vedic injunction, therefore, such wealth should be purified by giving cows and gold in charity 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  A newborn child is also purified by giving grains in charity 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  In this material world it is to be understood that we are always living in a contaminated state. We therefore have to purify the duration of our lives, our possession of wealth and ourselves. The duration of life is purified 
by taking daily bath and cleansing the body inside and outside and accepting the ten kinds of purificatory processes. By austerities, by worship of the Lord, and by distribution of charity, we can purify the possession of wealth. We can purify ourselves 
by studying 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 by striving for self-realization and by understanding the Supreme Absolute
 Truth. It is therefore stated in the Vedic literature that by birth 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  and by accepting the purificatory process one becomes twice-born. By studies 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  one can become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is the preliminary qualification for becoming 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  When one understands the Absolute Truth in perfection, he is called 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 when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
r\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  reaches further perfection, he becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava or a devotee. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In that ceremony, 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 assembled began to chant different kinds of 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 
 to invoke all good fortune for the child. There are different kinds of chanting known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcta, m\'e4gadha, vand\'e9,}{\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 virud\'e4val\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Along with this chanting of }{\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  and songs, bugles and kettledrums sounded outside the house. On this occasion, the joyous vibrations could b
e heard in all the pasturing grounds and all the houses. Within and outside of the houses there were varieties of artistic paintings, done with rice pulp, and scented water was sprinkled everywhere, even on the roads and streets. Ceilings and roofs were 
decorated with different kinds of flags, festoons and green leaves. The gates were made of green leaves and flowers. All the cows, bulls and calves were smeared with a mixture of oil and turmeric and painted with minerals like red oxide, yellow clay and 
manganese. They wore garlands of peacock feathers, and were covered with nice colored dresses and gold necklaces. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the ecstatic cowherd men heard that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was celebrating the birth ceremony of his son, they became spontaneousl
y joyful. They dressed themselves with very costly garments and ornamented their bodies with different kinds of earrings and necklaces and wore great turbans on their heads. After dressing themselves in this gorgeous way, they took various kinds of prese
ntations and thus approached the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as they heard that mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 had given birth to a child, all the cowherd women became overwhelmed with joy, and they also dressed themselves with 
various kinds of costly garments and ornaments and smeared scented cosmetics on their bodies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the dust on the lotus flower exhibits the exquisite beauty of the flower, all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g
op\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (cowherd girls) applied the dust of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on their lotus-like faces. These beautiful }{\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  took
 their different presentations and very soon reached the house of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda. Overburdened with their heavy hips and swollen breasts, 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  could not proceed very quickly towards the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, but out of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba they began to proceed as quickly as possible. Their ears were decorated with
 pearl rings, their necks were decorated with jewel padlocks, their lips and eyes were decorated with different kinds of lipstick and ointment, and their hands were decorated with nice golden bangles. As they were very hastily passing over the stone road
, the flower garlands which were decorating their bodies fell to the ground, and it appeared that a shower of flowers was falling from the sky. From the movement of the different kinds of ornaments on their bodies, they were looking still more beautiful.
 In this way, they all reached the house of Nanda-Ya\'e7od\'e4 and blessed the child: "Dear child, You live long just to protect us." While they were blessing child K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, they offered a mixture of turmeric powder with oil, yogurt, m
ilk and water. They not only sprinkled this mixture on the body of child K\'e5\'f1\'eba but on all other persons who were present there. Also on that auspicious occasion, there were different bands of expert musicians playing. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the cowherd men saw the pastimes of the cowherd women, they became very joyful, and in response they also began to throw yogurt, milk, clarified butter and wat
er upon the bodies 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  Then both parties began to throw butter on each other's bodie
s. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was also very happy to see the pastimes of the cowherd men and women, and he became very liberal in giving charity to the different singers who were assembled there. Some singers were reciting great verses from 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 Pur\'e4\'ebas
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  some were glorifying the family ancestors, and some were singing very sweet songs. There were also many 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  present, and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, being very satisfied on this occasion, began to give them different kinds of garments, ornaments, and co
ws in charity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is very important to note in this connection how wealthy the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were simply by raising cows. All the cowherd men belonged to 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  community, and their business was to protect the cows and cultivate crops. By their dress
 and ornaments and by their behavior, it appears that although they were in a small village, they still were rich in material possessions. They possessed such an abundance of various kinds of milk products that they were throwing butter lavishly on each 
other's bodies without restriction. Their wealth was in milk, yogurt, clarified butter and many other milk products, and by trading their agricultural products, they were rich in various kinds of jewelry, ornaments and costly dresses. Not only did they p
ossess all these things, but they could give them away in charity, as did Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the foster father of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, began to satisfy the desires of all the men assembled there. He respectively received them and 
gave them in charity whatever they desired. The 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  who had no other source 
of income, were completely dependent 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  and }{\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 communities for their maintenance, and they received gifts on such festive occasions as birthdays, marriages, etc. While Na
nda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu on this occasion and was trying to satisfy all the people there, his only desire was that the newborn child K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be happy. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja had no knowledge that this child was the or
igin of Vi\'f1\'ebu, but he was praying to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu to protect Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rohi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, mother of Balar\'e4ma, was the most fortunate wife of Vasudeva. She was away from her husband, yet just to congratulate Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda on
 the occasion of the birth ceremony of his son, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she dressed herself very nicely. Wearing a garland, a necklace and other bodily ornaments, she appeared on the scene and moved hither and thither. According to the Vedic system, a woman whos
e husband is not at home does not dress herself very nicely. But although Rohi\'eb\'e9's husband was away, she still dressed herself on this occasion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the opulence of the birth ceremony of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is very clear that at that time V\'e5nd\'e4vana was rich in every respect. Because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 took birth in the house of King Nanda and mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the goddess of fortune was obliged to manifest her opulences in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It appeared that V\'e5nd\'e4vana had already become a site for the pastimes of the goddess of fortune. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the birth ceremony, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja decided to go to Mathur\'e4 to pay the annual tax to the government of Ka\'e0sa. Before leaving, he called for the ab
le cowherd men of the village and asked them to take care of V\'e5nd\'e4vana in his absence. When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja arrived in Mathur\'e4, Vasudeva got the news and was very eager to congratulate his friend. He immediately went to the place where Nand
a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was staying. When Vasudeva saw Nanda, he felt that he had regained his life. Nanda, overwhelmed with joy, immediately stood up and embraced Vasudeva. Vasudeva was received very warmly and offered a nice place to sit. At that time Vasudev
a was anxious about his two sons who had been put under the protection of Nanda without Nanda's knowledge. With great anxiety, Vasudeva inquired about them. Both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were the sons of Vasudeva. Balar\'e4ma was transferred to the
 womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9, Vasudeva's own wife, but Rohi\'eb\'e9 was kept under the protection of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally delivered to Ya\'e7od\'e4 and exchanged with her daughter. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja knew that Balar\'e4ma was th
e son of Vasudeva, although he did not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also Vasudeva's son. But Vasudeva was aware of this fact and inquired very eagerly about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva then addressed him, "My dear brother, you were old enough and very anxious to beget a son, and yet you had none. Now by the grace of the Lord you are fortu
nate to have a very nice son. I think that this incident is very auspicious for you. Dear friend, I was imprisoned by Ka\'e0sa, and now I am released; therefore this is another birth for me. I had no hope of seeing you again, but by God's grace I can see
 you." Vasudeva then expressed his anxiety about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sent incognito to the bed of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and after very pompously celebrating His birth ceremony, Nanda went to Mathur\'e4. So Vasudeva was very pleased and said
, "This is a new birth for me." He never expected that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would live because all his other sons were killed by Ka\'e0sa. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva continued, "My dear friend, it is very difficult for us to live together. Although we have our family and relatives, sons and daughters, by nature's way we
 are generally separated from one another. The reason for this is that every living entity appears on this earth under different pressures of fruitive activities; although they assemble together, there is no certainty of their remaining together for a lo
ng time. According to one's fruitive activities, one has to act differently and thereby be separated. For example, many plants and creepers are floating on the waves of the ocean. Sometimes they come together and sometimes they separate forever: one plan
t goes one way and another plant goes another. Similarly, our family assembly may be very nice while we are living together, but after some time, in the course of the waves of time, we are separated." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport of this expression by Vasudeva is this: although he had eight sons born in the womb of Devak\'e9, unfortunately they were all gone. He could not even ke
ep his one son K\'e5\'f1\'eba with him. Vasudeva was feeling His separation, but he could not express the real fact. "Please tell me about the welfare of V\'e5nd\'e4vana," he said. "You have many animals\'97are they happy? Are they getting sufficient gra
ss and water? Please also let me know whether the place where you are now living is undisturbed and peaceful." This inquiry was made by Vasudeva because he was very anxious about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's safety. He knew that Ka\'e0sa and his followers were tryin
g to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba by sending various kinds of demons. They had already resolved that all children born within ten days of the birthday of K\'e5\'f1\'eba should be killed. Because Vasudeva was so anxious about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he inquired about the 
safety of His residence. He also inquired about Balar\'e4ma and His mother Rohi\'eb\'e9, who were entrusted to the care of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Vasudeva also reminded Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that Balar\'e4ma did not know His real father. "He knows you as H
is father. And now you have another child, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and I think you are taking very nice care for both of Them." It is also significant that Vasudeva inquired about the welfare of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's animals. The animals, and especially the cow
s, were protected exactly in the manner of one's children. Vasudeva 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  and Nanda 
Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was 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  It is the duty 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  to give protection to the citizens of mankind, and it is the duty of 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 give protection to the cows. The cows are as important as the citizens. Just as the human citizens should be given all kinds of prote
ction, so the cows also should be given full protection. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva continued to say that the maintenance of religious principles, economic development and the satisfactory execution of meeting the demands of the senses dep
end on cooperation among relatives, nations and all humanity. Therefore, it is everyone's duty to see that his fellow citizens and the cows are not put into difficulty. One should see to the peace and comfort of his fellow man and the animals. The develo
pment of religious principles, economic development and sense gratification can then be achieved without difficulty. Vasudeva expressed his sorrow due to not being able to give protection to his own sons born of Devak\'e9. He was thinking that religious 
principles, economic development and the satisfaction of his senses were therefore all lost. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja replied, "My dear Vasudeva, I know that you are very much aggrieved because the cruel king Ka\'e0sa has killed all your sons b
orn of Devak\'e9. Although the last child was a daughter, Ka\'e0sa could not kill her, and she has entered into the celestial planets. My dear friend, do not be aggrieved; we are all being controlled by our past unseen activities. Everyone is subjected t
o his past deeds, and one who is conversant with the philosophy 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  and its reaction is a ma
n in knowledge. Such a person will not be aggrieved at any incident, happy or miserable." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva then replied, "My dear Nanda, if you have already paid the government taxes, then return soon to your place, because I think that there may be some disturb
ances in Gokula." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the friendly conversation between Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Vasudeva, Vasudeva returned to his home. The cowherd men headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who had co
me to Mathur\'e4 to pay their taxes, also returned. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Meeting of Nanda and Vasudeva."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-6 / P\'fctan\'e4 Killed
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 6 / P\'fctan\'e4 Killed
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was returning home, he considered Vasudeva's warning that there might be some disturbance in Gokula. Certainly the advice was friendly an
d not false. So Nanda thought, "There is some truth in it." Therefore, out of fear, he began to take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is quite natural for a devotee in danger to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he has no other shelter. Wh
en a child is in danger, he takes shelter of his mother or father. Similarly, a devotee is always under the shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when he specifically sees some danger, he remembers the Lord very rapidly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After consulting with his demonic ministers, Ka\'e0sa instructed a witch named P\'fctan\'e4, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly sinful meth
ods, 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 chanting 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 calamaties\'97immediately disappear. And this is certainly true of the place where the chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is done seriously\'97especi
ally 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\cb1\nosupersub khecar\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means they can fly in the sky. This black art of witc
hcraft 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\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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 khecar
\'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 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, earrings, and flowers in her hair. She looked especially beautiful on account of her thin waist. She was glancing at everyone with very attracti
ve looks and smiling face, and all 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 persona
lly come to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is her 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 killer 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 immediately." 
\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.1
0]}{\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 M
ah\'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 Go
d 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\'e4d\'e9 theory holds that the living entity was formerly God but has now become overwhelmed b
y 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 infl
uence 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 taken away, then he again becomes God. This theory cannot be applied to th
e 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 are not the original fire, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Per
sonality 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: paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  v\'e9\'eb\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m.}{\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, or of a child, is forbidden. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was oblig
ed to kill the demon P\'fctan\'e4, and because the killing of a woman is forbidden according to Vedic \'c7\'e4stra, 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 nurse 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 {\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 Rohi\'eb\'e9 were present, but they did not forbid her because she was so beautif
ully dressed 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 o
n 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 dem
on. 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 P\'fctan\'e4 came to offer her breast-milk to Him, He fulfilled her desire and 
accepted 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 out her very breath, P\'fctan\'e4 fell dow
n on the ground, spread her arms and legs and began to cry, "Oh child, leave me, leave me!" She was crying loudly and perspiring, and her whole body became wet. 
\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. Thu
s 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 V\'e5tr\'e4sura when struck by the thunderbolt of Indra. The lon
g hair on 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 small hills, and her hair was a vast reddish bush. Her eye sockets appeared like blind wells, and her two thighs appeared like two banks of a river; her two hands appeared like two str
ongly constructed bridges, and her abdomen seemed like a dried-up lake. All the cowherd men 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 str
ongly. 
\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 fearlessly playing on P\'fctan\'e4's lap, they very quickly came and picked Him up. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Rohi\'eb\'e9, 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 t
he 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 from future inauspicious accidents. This incident gives us a clear indication of how important the cow is to the family, society and t
o living beings in general. The transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not require any protection, but to 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 up
raised 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 t
imes, as is the custom before chanting }{\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 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 Hayagr\'e9va protect Your abdomen; may Lord Ke\'e7ava protect Your heart; may Lor
d 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 protect 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 protect You from below the earth; may Lord Haladhara protect You from all sides; may
 the Personality of Godhead known as H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a protect all Your senses; may Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba protect Your breath; and may the Lord of \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, protect Your heart; may Lord Yoge\'e7vara protect Your mind; may L
ord P\'e5\'e7nigarbha 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 \'d2\'e4kin\'e9s, Y\'e4tudh\'e4n\'e9s, K\'fc\'f1m\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e4s, Yak\'f1as, R\'e4k\'f1asas, V\'e9\'eb\'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 a
ppear as 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 an
d the holy name of Vi\'f1\'ebu; therefore she took all shelter in the cows and the name of Vi\'f1\'ebu just to protect her child K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She recited all the holy names of Vi\'f1\'ebu so that He might save the child. Vedic culture has taken advant
age of keeping cows and chanting the holy name of Vi\'f1\'ebu since the beginning of history, and 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 {\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,}{\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 meantime, 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 }{\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  otherwise, how could he have foretold an incident that happened during his absence from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. After this, all the residents of Vraja cut the gigan
tic 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. This aroma was due to her being killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This mea
ns that the demon P\'fctan\'e4 was washed of all her sinful activities 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 transcendental 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 others who are affectionate to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the relationship of mother or father? 
\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. It 
is concluded therefore 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: sval
pam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apy}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  asya dharmasya.}{\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 or unknowingly, gives one the greatest 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 are 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 arcan\'e4}{\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 demig
ods 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 little child. The lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are worshiped by great sages and devotees, were placed on the body of P\'fcta
n\'e4. People worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer food, but automatically He sucked the milk from 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 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  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 and cowherd boys and cows 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 fl
avor 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 was killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they offered bl
essings 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 was saved 
from this great calamity. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has blessed 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\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  "P\'fctan\'e4 Killed."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-7 / Salvation of T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 7 / Salvation of T\'e5\'eb\'e4va
rta
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is always full of six opulences\'97namely complete wealth, complete strength, complete fame, complete knowledge,
 complete beauty and complete renunciation. The Lord appears in different complete, eternal forms of incarnation. The conditioned soul has immense opportunity to hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord in these different incarnations. 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 janma karma ca me }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 pastimes and activities of the Lord are not material; they are beyond the material conception. But the conditioned soul can benefit by hearing such uncommon activities. Hearing is an opportunity to associate with th
e Lord; to hear His activities is to evolve to the transcendental nature\'97simply by hearing. The conditioned soul has a natural aptitude to hear something about other conditioned souls in the form of fiction, drama and novel. That inclination to hear s
omething about others may be utilized in hearing the pastimes of the Lord. Then one can immediately evolve to his transcendental nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes are not only beautiful; they are also very pleasing to the mind. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If someone takes advantage of hearing the pastimes of the Lord, the material contamination of dust, accumulated in the heart due to long association with material n
ature, can be immediately cleansed. Lord Caitanya also instructed that simply by hearing the transcendental name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can cleanse the heart of all material contamination. There are different processes for self-realization, but this
 process of devotional service\'97of which hearing is the most important function\'97when adopted by any conditioned soul, will automatically cleanse him of the material contamination and enable him to realize his real constitutional position. Conditiona
l life is due to this contamination only, and as soon as it is cleared off, then naturally the dormant function of the living entity\'97rendering service to the Lord\'97awakens. By developing his eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, one becomes el
igible to create friendship with the devotees. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it recommended, from practical experience, that everyone try to hear about the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. This }{\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  treatise is meant for that purpose, and the reader may take advantage in order to attain the ultimate goal of human life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord, out of His causeless mercy, descends on this material world and displays His activities just like an ordinary man. Unfortunately the impious entities or t
he atheistic class of men consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary man like themselves, and so they deride Him. This is condemned 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  by the Lord Himself when He says, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'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 " The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the rascals, take K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary man or a slightly more powerful man; out of their great mi
sfortune, they cannot accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes such unfortunate persons misrepresent themselves as incarnations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without referring to the authorized scriptures. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba grew up a little more, He began to turn Himself backside up; He did not merely lie down on His back. And another function was observed by Ya\'e7
od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: K\'e5\'f1\'eba's first birthday. They arranged for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday ceremony, which is still observed by all followers of the Vedic principles. (K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday ceremony is observed in India by all Hind
us, irrespective of different sectarian views.) All the cowherd men and women were invited to participate, and they arrived in jubilation. A nice band played, and the people assembled enjoyed it. All the 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  were invited, and they chanted Vedic hymns for the good fortune of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. During the chanting of the Vedic hym
ns and playing of the bands, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was bathed by mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. This bathing ceremony is technically called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhi\'f1eka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and even today this is observed in all the temples of V\'e5nd\'e4vana as Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 Day or the birthday anniversary of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On this occasion, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 arranged to distribute a large quantity of grains, and first-class cows decorated with golden ornaments were made ready to be 
given in charity to the learned, respectable }{\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  Ya\'e7od\'e4 took her bath and dres
sed herself nicely, and taking child K\'e5\'f1\'eba, duly dressed and bathed, on her lap, she sat down to hear the Vedic hymns chanted 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  While listening to the chanting of the Vedic hymns, the child appeared to be falling asleep, and therefore mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 very silently laid Him down on the bed. Being engaged in re
ceiving all the friends, relatives and residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana on that holy occasion, she forgot to feed the child milk. He was crying, being hungry, but mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not hear Him cry because of the various noises. The child, however, b
ecame angry because He was hungry and His mother was not paying attention to Him. So He lifted His legs and began to kick His lotus feet just like an ordinary child. Baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been placed underneath a hand-driven cart, and while He was kick
ing His legs, He accidently touched the wheel of the cart, and it collapsed. Various kinds of utensils and brass and metal dishes had been piled up in the hand cart, and they all fell down with a great noise. The wheel of the cart separated from the axle
, and the spokes of the wheel were all broken and scattered hither and thither. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and 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  as well as Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and the cowherd men, were astonished as to how the cart could have collapsed by itself. All the men and women who were assembled for the holy function crowded around and began to suggest how the c
art might have collapsed. No one could ascertain the cause, but some small children who were entrusted to play with baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed the crowd that it was due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's striking His feet against the wheel. They assured the crowd tha
t they had seen how it happened with their own eyes, and they strongly asserted the point. Some were listening to the statement of the small children, but others said, "How can you believe the statements of these children?" The cowherd men and women coul
d not understand that the all-powerful Personality of Godhead was lying there as a baby, and He could do anything. Both the possible and impossible were in His power. While the discussion was going on, baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba cried. Without remonstration, mo
ther Ya\'e7od\'e4 picked the child up on her lap and called the 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  to chant 
holy Vedic hymns to counteract the evil spirits. At the same time she allowed the baby to suck her breast. If a child sucks the mother's breast nicely, it is to be understood that he is out of all danger. After this, all the stronger cowherd men put the 
broken cart in order, and all the scattered things were set up nicely as before. 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  thereafter began to offer oblations to the sacrificial fire with yogurt, butter, }{\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 water. They worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the good fortune of the child. 
\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\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  who were present at that time were all qualified because they were not envious; they never indulged in untruthfulness, they were never proud, they were nonviolent, and they never claimed any false prestige. They were all bona fide }{\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 there was no reason to think that their blessing would be useless. With firm faith 
in the qualified }{\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  Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja took his child on his lap and bathed Him w
ith water mixed with various herbs 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  chanted hymns from the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c5k, Yajus}{\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 S\'e4ma 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 It is said that without being a qualified }{\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  one should not read the }{\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  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  Here is the proof 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  were qualified with all the brahminical symptoms. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda also had full faith in them. Therefore they were allowed to perform the 
ritualistic ceremonies by chanting 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  There are many different varieties of sacri
fices recommended for different purposes, but the }{\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  are all to be chanted by qualified }{
\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 because in this age of Kali such qualified }{\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 not available, all Vedic ritualistic sacrifices are forbidden. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has theref
ore recommended only one kind of sacrifice in this age\'97namely }{\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  or si
mply chanting 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  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 As 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  chanted the Vedic hymns and performed the ritualistic ceremonies for the second time, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja again gave huge quantities of grains and many cows to them. All the cows which were given in charity were covered with nice gold-e
mbroidered garments, and their horns were bedecked with golden rings; their hooves were covered with silver plate, and they wore garlands of flowers. He gave so many cows just for the welfare of his wonderful child, 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  in return bestowed their heart-felt blessing. And the blessings offered by the able }{\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 never to be baffled. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, shortly after this ceremony, when mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was patting her baby on her lap, the baby felt too heavy, and being unable to carry Him, she unwillin
gly placed Him on the ground. After a while, she became engaged in household affairs. At that time, one of the servants of Ka\'e0sa, known as T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta, as instructed by Ka\'e0sa, appeared there in the shape of a whirlwind. He picked the child u
p on his shoulders and raised a great dust storm all over V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Because of this, everyone's eyes became covered within a few moments, and the whole area of V\'e5nd\'e4vana became densely dark so that no one could see himself or anyone else. Du
ring this great catastrophe, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not see her baby, who was taken away by the whirlwind, and she began to cry very piteously. She fell down on the ground exactly like a cow who has just lost her calf. When mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was so 
piteously crying, all the cowherd women immediately came and began to look for the baby, but they were disappointed and could not find Him. The T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta demon who took baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his shoulder went high in the sky, but the baby assum
ed such a weight that suddenly he could not go any further, and he had to stop his whirlwind activities. Baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba made Himself heavy and began to weigh down the demon. The Lord caught hold of his neck. T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta felt the baby to be as
 heavy as a big mountain, and he tried to get out of His clutches, but he was unable to do so, and his eyes popped out from their sockets. Crying very fiercely, he fell down to the ground of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and died. The demon fell exactly like Tripur
\'e4sura, who was pierced by the arrow of Lord \'c7iva. He hit the stone ground, and His limbs were smashed. His body became visible to all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\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 the demon killed and child K\'e5\'f1\'eba very happily playing on his body, they immediately picked K\'e5\'f1\'eba up with great affection. The cowherd men and women became very happy to get back their beloved child K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At th
at time they began to talk about how wonderful it was that the demon took away the child to devour Him but could not do so; instead he fell down dead. Some of them supported the situation: "This is proper because those who are too sinful die from their s
inful reactions, and child K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pious; therefore He is saved from all kinds of fearful situations. And we too must have performed great sacrifices in our previous lives, worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, giving great wealth in c
harity and acting philanthropically for the general welfare of men. Because of such pious activities, the child is saved from all danger." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  assembled there spoke among themselves: "What sort of austerities and penances we must have undergone in our previous lives! We must have worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, offered different kinds of sacrifices, made charities and
 performed many welfare activities for the public such as growing banyan trees and excavating wells. As a result of these pious activities, we have got back our child, even though He was supposed to be dead. Now He has come back to enliven His relatives.
" After observing such wonderful happenings, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja began to think of the words of Vasudeva again and again. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, when Ya\'e7od\'e4 once was nursing her child and patting Him with great affection, there streamed a profuse supply of milk from her breast, and
 when she opened the mouth of the child with her fingers, she suddenly saw the universal manifestation within His mouth. She saw within the mouth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the whole sky, including the luminaries, stars in all directions, the sun, moon, fire, air
, seas, islands, mountains, rivers, forests, and all other movable and immovable entities. Upon seeing this, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's heart began to throb, and she murmured within herself, "How wonderful this is!" She could not express anything, but simply 
closed her eyes. She was absorbed in wonderful thoughts. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's showing the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even when lying down on the lap of His mother, proves that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, whether He is manifested as a child on the lap of His mother or as a charioteer on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. The concoction of the impersonalist, that one can become God by meditation or by some artificial material activ
ities, is herewith declared false. God is always God in any condition or status, and the living entities are always the parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord. They can never be equal to the inconceivable supernatural power of the Supreme Personality of G
odhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Seventh Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Salvation of T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-8 / Vision of the 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 8 / Vision of the Universal Form
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, Vasudeva asked his family priest Gargamuni to visit the place of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in order to astrologically calculate the future life of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Gargamuni was a great saintly sage who underwent many austerities and penances and was appointed priest of the Yadu dynasty. When Gargamuni arrived at the home of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was very pleased to see him and i
mmediately stood up with folded hands and offered his respectful obeisances. He received Gargamuni with the feeling of one who is worshiping God or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He offered him a nice sitting place, and when he sat down, Nanda Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja offered him a warm reception. Addressing him very politely, he 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  your appearance in a householder's place is only to enlighten. We are always engaged in household duties and are forgetting our real duty of self-realization. Your coming to our house is to give us some enlightenment about spiritual life. Yo
u have no other purpose to visit householders." Actually a saintly person 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  has
 no business visiting householders who are always busy in the matter of dollars and cents. If it is asked, "Why don't the householders go to a saintly person or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eb
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for enlightenment?" the answer is that householders are very poor-hearted. Generally householders think that their engagement in family affairs is their prime duty and that 
self-realization or enlightenment in spiritual knowledge is secondary. Out of compassion only, saintly persons 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  go to householders' homes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja addressed Gargamuni as one of the great authorities in astrological science. The foretellings of astrological science, such as the occurrence o
f solar or lunar eclipses, are wonderful calculations, and by this particular science, a person can understand the future very clearly. Gargamuni was proficient in this knowledge. By this knowledge one can understand what his previous activities were, an
d by the result of such activities one may enjoy or suffer in this life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja also addressed Gargamuni as the "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 " 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  i
s one who is expert in the knowledge of the Supreme. Without knowledge of the Supreme Absolute, one cannot be recognized 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  The exact word used in this connection is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmavid\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  which means those who know the Supreme very well. An expert }{\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 able t
o give reformatory facilities to the sub-castes\'97namely 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  and }{\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  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  observe no reformatory performances. 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 considered to be the spiritual master or priest for 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 }{\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  Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja happened to be 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  and he accepted Gargamuni as a first class }{\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 therefore offered his two foster sons\'97namely K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma\'97to Him to purify. He agreed that not only these boys, but 
all human beings just after birth should accept a qualified }{\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 spiritual master. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon this request, Gargamuni replied, "Vasudeva has sent me to see to the reformatory performances of these boys, especially K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. I am their family pri
est, and incidentally, it appears to me that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the son of Devak\'e9." By his astrological calculation, Gargamuni could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the son of Devak\'e9 but that He was being kept under the care of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4
ja, which Nanda did not know. Indirectly he said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as well as Balar\'e4ma, were both sons of Vasudeva. Balar\'e4ma was known as the son of Vasudeva because His mother Rohi\'eb\'e9 was present there, but Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not kno
w about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Gargamuni indirectly disclosed the fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the son of Devak\'e9. Gargamuni also warned Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that if he would perform the reformatory ceremony, then Ka\'e0sa, who was naturally very sinful, woul
d understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. According to astrological calculation, Devak\'e9 could not have a female child, although everyone thought that the eighth child of Devak\'e9 was female. In this way Gargamuni intimat
ed to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that the female child was born of Ya\'e7od\'e4 and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born of Devak\'e9, and they were exchanged. The female child, or Durg\'e4, also informed Ka\'e0sa that the child who would kill him was already born som
ewhere else. Gargamuni stated, "If I give your child a name and if He fulfills the prophecy of the female child to Ka\'e0sa, then it may be that the sinful demon will come and kill this child also after the name-giving ceremony. But I do not want to beco
me responsible for all these future calamities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing the words of Gargamuni, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "If there is such danger, then it is better not to plan any gorgeous name-giving ceremony. It would be
 better for you to simply chant the Vedic hymns and perform the purificatory process. We belong to the twice-born caste, and I am taking this opportunity of your presence. So please perform the name-giving ceremony without external pomp." Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja wanted to keep the name-giving ceremony a secret and yet take advantage of Gargamuni's performing the ceremony. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Gargamuni was so eagerly requested by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he performed the name-giving ceremony as secretly as possible in the cowshed of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a. He informed Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that Balar\'e4ma, the son of Rohi\'eb\'e9, would be very pleasing to his family members and relatives and therefore would be called R\'e4ma. In the future He would be extraordinarily strong and therefore would be calle
d Balar\'e4ma. Gargamuni said further, "Because your family and the family of the Yadus are so intimately connected and attracted, therefore His name will also be Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba." This means that Gargamuni awarded three names to the son of Rohi\'eb
\'e9\'97namely Balar\'e4ma, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, and Baladeva. But he carefully did not disclose the fact that Balar\'e4ma also appeared in the womb of Devak\'e9 and was subsequently transferred to the womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma
 are real brothers, being originally sons of Devak\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gargamuni then informed Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "As far as the other boy is concerned, this child has taken different bodily complexions in different }{\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  (millennia). First of all He assumed the color white, then He assumed the color red, then the color ye
llow and now He has assumed the color black. Besides that, He was formerly the son of Vasudeva; therefore His name should be V\'e4sudeva as well as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Some people will call Him K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and some will call Him V\'e4sudeva. But one thin
g you must know: This son has had many, many other names and activities due to His different pastimes." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gargamuni gave Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja a further hint that his son will also be called Giridhar\'e9 because of His uncommon pastimes of lifting Goverdhana Hill. Since 
he could understand everything past and future, he said, "I know everything about His activities and name, but others do not know. This child will be very pleasing to all the cowherd men and cows. Being very popular in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He will be the cau
se of all good fortune for you. Because of His presence, you will overcome all kinds of material calamities, despite opposing elements." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gargamuni continued to say, "My dear King of Vraja, in His previous births, this child many times protected righteous persons from the hands of rogues and thieves w
henever there was political disruption. Your child is so powerful that anyone who will become a devotee of your boy will never be troubled by enemies. Just as demigods are always protected by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, so the devotees of your child will always be
 protected by N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This child will grow in power, beauty, opulence\'97in everything\'97on the level of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore I would advise that you protect Him 
very carefully so that He may grow without disturbance." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gargamuni further informed Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that because he was a great devotee of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba gave a son who is equal to Him. At 
the same time he indicated, \'93Your son will be disturbed by so many demons, so be careful and protect Him.\'94 In this way, Gargamuni convinced Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Himself had become his son. In various ways he described the tra
nscendental qualities of his son. After giving this information, Gargamuni returned to his home. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja began to think of himself as the most fortunate person, and he was very satisfied to be benedicted in this way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A short time after this incident, both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to crawl on Their hands and knees. When They were crawling like that, They pleased Their
 mothers. The bells tied to Their waist and ankles sounded fascinating, and They would move around very pleasingly. Sometimes, just like ordinary children, They would be frightened by others and would immediately hurry to Their mothers for protection. So
metimes They would fall into the clay and mud of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and would approach Their mothers smeared with clay and saffron. They were actually smeared with saffron and sandalwood pulp by Their mothers, but due to crawling over muddy clay, They would
 simultaneously smear Their bodies with clay. As soon as They would come crawling to their mothers, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9 would take Them on their laps and, covering the lower portion of their saris, allow Them to suck their breasts. When the bab
ies were sucking their breasts, the mothers would see small teeth coming in. Thus their joy would be intensified to see their children grow. Sometimes the naughty babies would crawl up to the cowshed, catch the tail of a calf and stand up. The calves, be
ing disturbed, would immediately begin running here and there, and the children would be dragged over clay and cow dung. To see this fun, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9 would call all their neighboring friends, 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  Upon seeing these childhood pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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  would be merged in transcendental bliss. In their enjoyment they would laugh very loudly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were so restless that Their mothers Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9 would try to protect Them from cows, bulls, monkeys, water, fi
re and birds while they were executing their household duties. Always being anxious to protect the children and to execute their duties, they were not very tranquil. In a very short time, both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma began to stand up and slightly
 move on Their legs. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma began to walk, other friends of the same age joined Them, and together they began to give the highest transcendental pleasure to 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  specifically to mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the }{\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  friends of Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9 enjoyed the naughty childish activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In order to enjoy further transcendental bliss, they all assembled and went to mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 to lodg
e complaints against the restless boys. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting before mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, all 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  began to lodge complaints against Him so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could hear. They said, "Dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, why don't you restrict your naughty K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He comes to our houses along with Balar\'e4ma every morning and eveni
ng, and before the milking of the cows They let loose the calves, and the calves drink all the milk of the cows. So when we go to milk the cows, we find no milk, and we have to return with empty pots. If we warn K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma about doing
 this, They simply smile charmingly. We cannot do anything. Also, your K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma find great pleasure in stealing our stock of yogurt and butter from wherever we keep it. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are caught stealing the yog
urt and butter, They say, 'Why do you charge us with stealing? Do you think that butter and yogurt are in scarcity in our house?' Sometimes They steal butter, yogurt and milk and distribute them to the monkeys. When the monkeys are well fed and do not ta
ke any more, then your boys chide, 'This milk and butter and yogurt are useless\'97even the monkeys won't take it.' And They 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 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma find it 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 our little babies and pinch their bodies so that they cry
, and then They go away. If we keep our stock of butter and yogurt high on the ceiling, hanging on a swing, although it is beyond Their reach, They arrange to reach it by piling all kinds of wooden crates over the grinding machine. And if They cannot rea
ch, They make a hole in the pot. We think therefore that you better take all the jeweled ornaments from the bodies of your children." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, Ya\'e7od\'e4 would say, "All right, I will take all the jewels from K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that He can not see the butter hidden in the darkness." Then 
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  would say, "No, no, don't do this. What good will you do by taking away the jewels? 
We do not know what kind of boys these are, but even without ornaments They spread some kind of effulgence so that even in darkness They can see everything." Then mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 would inform them, "All right, keep your butter and yogurt carefully so
 that They may not reach it." In reply to this, 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  said, "Yes, actually we do so, but b
ecause we are sometimes engaged in our household duties, these naughty boys enter our house somehow or other and spoil everything. Sometimes being unable to steal our butter and yogurt, out of anger They pass urine on the clean floor and sometimes spit o
n it. Just see your boy now\'97He is hearing this complaint. All day They simply make arrangements to steal our butter and yogurt, and now They are sitting just like very silent good boys. Just see His face." When mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 thought to chastise 
her boy after hearing all the complaints, she saw His pitiable face, and smiling, she did not chastise Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another day, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were playing with Their friends, all the boys joined Balar\'e4ma and told mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba h
ad eaten clay. On hearing this, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 caught hold of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand and said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why have You eaten earth in a solitary place? Just see, all Your friends including Balar\'e4ma are complaining about You." Being a
fraid of His mother, K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "My dear mother, all these boys, including My elder brother Balar\'e4ma, are speaking lies against Me. I have never eaten clay. My elder brother Balar\'e4ma, while playing with Me today, became angry, and ther
efore He has joined with the other boys to complain against Me. They have all combined together to complain so you will be angry and chastise Me. If you think they are truthful, then you can look within My mouth to see whether I have taken clay or not." 
His mother replied, "All right, if You have actually not taken any clay, then just open Your mouth. I shall see." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so ordered by His mother, He immediately opened His mouth just like an ordinary boy. Then mother Ya\'e7od
\'e4 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 stars. Along with the moon and the stars she also saw the entire elements, wate
r, sky, the extensive ethereal existence along with the total ego and the products of the senses and the controller of the senses, all the demigods, the objects of the senses like sound, smell, etc., and the three qualities of material nature. She also c
ould perceive that within His mouth were all living entities, eternal time, material nature, spiritual nature, activity, consciousness and different forms of the whole creation. Ya\'e7od\'e4 could find within the mouth of her child everything necessary f
or cosmic manifestation. She also saw, within His mouth, herself taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba on her lap and having Him sucking her breast. Upon seeing all this, she became struck with awe and began to wonder whether she were dreaming or actually seeing somethi
ng extraordinary. She concluded that she was either dreaming or seeing the play of the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She thought that she had become mad, mentally deranged, to see all those wonderful things. Then she thought, "It
 may be cosmic mystic power attained by my child, and therefore I am perplexed by such visions within His mouth. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead under whose energy bodily self and bodily possessions are conce
ived." She then said, "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Him, under whose illusory energy I am thinking that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is my husband and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is my son, that all the properties of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja belong to me and that a
ll the cowherd men and women are 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." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was thinking in this high philosophical way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba again expanded His internal energy just to bewilder her with maternal aff
ection. Immediately mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 forgot all philosophical speculation and accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her own child. She took Him on her lap and became overwhelmed with maternal affection. She thus began to think, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not understanda
ble to the masses through the gross process of knowledge, but He can be received through 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 the Ved\'e4nta or mystic Yoga system and Sa\'eckhya philosophy." Then she began to think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as her own begotten child. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Certainly mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 had executed many, many pious activities as a result of which she got the Absolute Truth, Supreme Personality of Godhead, as her son w
ho sucked milk from her breast. Similarly, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja also must have performed many great sacrifices and pious activities for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become his son and address him as father. But it is surprising that Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 did 
not enjoy the transcendental bliss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's childhood pastimes, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their real son. The childhood pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are glorified even today by many sages and saintly persons, but Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 could n
ot enjoy such childhood pastimes personally. The reason for this was explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the best of the Vasus of the name Dro\'eba along with his wife Dhar\'e4 were ordered to increase progeny by Lord Brahm\'e4, they said unto him, "Dear father, w
e are seeking your benediction." Dro\'eba and Dhar\'e4 then took benediction from Brahm\'e4 that in the future\'97when they would take birth again within the universe\'97the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His most attractive feature of childhood would ab
sorb their whole attention. Their dealings with K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be so powerful that simply by hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's childhood activities with them, anyone could very easily cross over the nescience of birth and death. Lord Brahm\'e4 agreed to 
give them the benediction, and as a result the same Dro\'eba appeared as Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the same Dhar\'e4 appeared as mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the wife of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his wife, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, developed their unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, having gotten Him as
 their son. And 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  and cowherd men who were associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba naturally 
developed their own different feelings of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, just to fulfill the benediction of Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared along with His plenary expansion, Balar\'e4ma, and performed all kinds of
 childhood pastimes in order to increase the transcendental pleasure of all residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Eighth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Vision of the Universal Form."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-9 / Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 Binding 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 9 / Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 Binding 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, seeing that her maidservant was engaged in different household duties, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 personally took charge of churning butter. And while sh
e churned butter, she sang the childhood pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and enjoyed thinking of her son. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The end of her sari was tightly wrapped while she churned, and on account of her intense love for her son, milk automatically dripped from her breasts which moved a
s she labored very hard, churning with two hands. The bangles and bracelets on her hands tinkled as they touched each other, and her earrings and breasts shook. There were drops of perspiration on her face, and the flower garland which was on her head sc
attered here and there. Before this picturesque sight, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as a child. He felt hungry, and out of love for His mother, He wanted her to stop churning. He indicated that her first business was to let Him suck her breast and then c
hurn butter later. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 took her son on her lap and pushed the nipples of her breasts into His mouth. And while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sucking the milk, she was smiling, en
joying the beauty of her child's face. Suddenly, the milk which was 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 in that state by His mother, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba became very angry, and His lips and eyes became red in rage. He pressed His teeth and lips, and taking up a piece of stone, He immediately broke the butter pot. He took butter out of it, and with false tears in His eyes, He began to eat the but
ter in a secluded place. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the meantime, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 returned to the churning place after setting the overflowing milk pan in order. She saw the broken pot in which the churning yo
gurt was kept. 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." After she sought all over, 
she found a big wooden grinding mortar which was kept upside down, and she found her son sitting on it. He was taking butter which was hanging from the ceiling on a swing, and He was feeding it to the monkeys. She saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba looking this way and 
that way in fear of her because He was conscious of His naughty behavior. After seeing her son so engaged, she very silently approached Him from behind. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, quickly saw her coming at Him with a stick in her hand, and immediately He g
ot down from the grinding mortar and began to flee in fear. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 chased Him to all corners, trying to capture the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is never approached even by the meditations of great }{\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  In other words, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is never caught by the
 }{\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 speculators, was playing just like a little child for a great devotee like mother Y
a\'e7od\'e4. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, however, could not easily catch the fast-running child because of her thin waist and heavy body. Still she tried to follow Him as fast as possible. Her hair loosened, and the flower in her hair fell to the ground. Althou
gh she was tired, she somehow reached her naughty child and captured Him. When He was caught, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was almost on the point of crying. He smeared His hands over His eyes, which were anointed with black eye cosmetics. The child saw His mother\'92
s face while she stood over Him, and His eyes became restless from fear. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was unnecessarily afraid, and for His benefit she wanted to allay His fears.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being the topmost well-wisher of her child, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 began to think, "If the child is too fearful of me, I don't know what will happen to Him." Mother Ya
\'e7od\'e4 then threw away her stick. In order to punish Him, she thought to bind His hands with some ropes. She did not know it, but it was actually impossible for her to bind the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was thinking that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba was her tiny child; she did not know that the child had no limitation. There is no inside or outside of Him, nor beginning or end. He is unlimited and all-pervading. Indeed, He is Himself the whole cosmic manifestation. Still, mother Ya\'e7
od\'e4 was thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 Him, she found that the rope she was using was too short\'97by two in
ches. 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 two inches too short. Mothe
r Ya\'e7od\'e4 was smiling, but she was astonished. How was it happening? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In attempting to bind her son, she became tired. She was perspiring, and the garland on her head fell down. Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appreciated the hard labor of H
is mother, and being compassionate upon her, He agreed to be bound up by the ropes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, playing as a human child in the house of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, was performing His own selected pastimes. Of course no one can control the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead. The pure devotee surrenders himself unto the lotus feet of the Lord, who may either protect or vanquish the devotee. But for his part, the devotee never forgets his own position of surrender. Similarly, the Lord also feels transcendental p
leasure by submitting Himself to the protection of the devotee. This was exemplified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's surrender unto His mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme bestower of all kinds of liberation to His devotees, but the benediction which was bestowed upon mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was never experie
nced even by Lord Brahm\'e4 or Lord \'c7iva or the goddess of fortune. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, is never so completely known to the }{\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 speculators. But He is easily available to His devotees. Nor is He appreciated as the supreme reservoir of
 all pleasure by the }{\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 speculators. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After binding her son, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 engaged herself in household affairs. At that time, bound up to the wooden mortar, K\'e5\'f1\'eba could see a pair of tre
es before Him which were known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. The great reservoir of pleasure, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, thus thought to Himself, "Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 first of all left without feeding Me sufficient milk, and therefore I broke the pot of yogurt and distributed the stock butter in charity to the monkeys. Now she has bound Me up to a wooden mor
tar. So I shall do something more mischievous than before." And thus He thought of pulling down the two very tall }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a history behind the pair of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. In their previous lives, the trees were born as the human sons of Kuvera, and their names were Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va. Fortunately, they came within the vision of the Lord. In their previous live
s they were cursed by the great sage N\'e4rada in order to receive the highest benediction of seeing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This benediction-curse was bestowed upon them because of their forgetfulness due to intoxication. This story will be narrated in the
 next chapter. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Ninth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 Binding Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-10 / Deliverance of Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 10 /  Deliverance of Nalak\'fcva
ra and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of the cursing of Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va and their deliverance by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under the all-blissful desire of the great sage N\'e4rada, is
 here described. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The two great demigods, Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va, were sons of the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, who was a great devotee of Lord \'c7iva. By the grace
 of Lord \'c7iva, Kuvera's material opulences had no limit. As a rich man's 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 L
ord \'c7iva in the province of Kail\'e4sa on the bank of Mand\'e4kin\'e9 Ganges. There they drank much and engaged in hearing the sweet singing of beautiful women who accompanied them in that garden of fragrant flowers. In an intoxicated condition, they 
both entered the water of the Ganges, which was full with lotus flowers, and there they began to enjoy the company of the young girls exactly as the male elephant enjoys the female elephants within the water. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While they were thus enjoying themselves in the water, all of a sudden N\'e4rada, the great sage, happened to pass that way. He could understand that the demigods N
alak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va were too intoxicated and could not even see that he was passing. The young girls, however, were not so intoxicated as the demigods, and they at once became ashamed at being naked before the great sage N\'e4rada. They bega
n to cover themselves with all haste. The two demigod-sons of Kuvera were so intoxicated that they could not appreciate the presence of the sage N\'e4rada and therefore did not cover their bodies. On seeing the two demigods so degraded by intoxication, N
\'e4rada desired their welfare, and therefore he exhibited his causeless mercy upon them by cursing them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the great sage was compassionate upon them, he wanted to finish their false enjoyment of intoxication and association with young girls and wanted them to se
e Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba eye to eye. He conceived of cursing them as follows. He said that the attraction for material enjoyment is due to an increase of the mode of passion. A person in the material world, when favored by the material opulence of riches, g
enerally becomes addicted to three things\'97intoxication, sex and gambling. Materially opulent men, being puffed up with the accumulation of wealth, also become so merciless that they indulge in killing animals by opening slaughterhouses. And they think
 that they themselves will never die. Such foolish persons, forgetting the laws of nature, become overly infatuated with the body. They forget that the material body, even though very much advanced in civilization, up to the position of the demigods, wil
l finally be burned to ashes. And while one is 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, materialists cannot unde
rstand the ultimate goal of life, and without knowing this goal of life, they generally glide down to a hellish condition. In their next birth, such foolish persons commit all kinds of sinful activities on account of this temporary body, and they are eve
n unable to consider whether this body actually belongs to them. Generally it is said that the body belongs to the persons who feed the body. One might therefore consider whether this body belongs to one personally or to the master to whom one renders se
rvice. The master of slaves claims full right to the bodies of the slaves because the master feeds the slaves. It may be questioned then whether the body belongs to the father, who is the seed-giving master of this body, or to the mother, who develops th
e child's body in her womb. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolish persons are engaged in committing all sorts of sins due to the misconception of identifying the material body with the self. But one should be intelligent e
nough to understand to whom this body belongs. A foolish person indulges in killing other animals to maintain the body, but he does not consider whether this body belongs to him or to his father or mother or grandfather. Sometimes a grandfather or a fath
er gives his daughter in charity to a person with a view of getting back the daughter's child as a son. The body may also belong to a stronger man who forces it to work for him. Sometimes the slave's body is sold to the master on the basis that the body 
will belong to the master. And at the end of life, the body belongs 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 and vultures. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before committing all kinds of sins to maintain the body, one should understand to whom the body belongs. Ultimately it is concluded that the body is a product of m
aterial nature, and at the end it merges into material nature; therefore, the conclusion should be that the body belongs to material nature. One should not wrongly think that the body belongs to him. To maintain a false possession, why should one indulge
 in killing? Why should one kill innocent animals to maintain the body? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 cir
cumstances, a poverty-stricken man is often better situated because a poor man thinks of himself in relation to other bodies. A poor man often does not wish to inflict injuries to other bodies because he can understand more readily that when he himself i
s injured he feels pain. As such, the great sage N\'e4rada considered that because the demigods Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va were so infatuated by false prestige, they should be put into a condition of life devoid of opulence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who has a pinprick in his body does not wish others to be pricked by pins; a considerate man in the life of poverty does not wish others to be also put int
o that condition. Generally it is seen that one who has risen from a poverty-stricken life and becomes wealthy creates some charitable institution at the end of his life so that other poverty-stricken men might be benefitted. In short, a compassionate po
or man may consider others' pains and pleasures with empathy. A poor man may be seldom puffed with false pride, and he may be freed from all kinds of infatuation. He may remain satisfied by whatever he gets for his maintenance by the grace of the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To remain in the poverty-stricken condition is a kind of austerity. According to Vedic culture, therefore, 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 matter of routine, keep themselves in a poverty-stricken condition to save themselves from the false prestige of material opulen
ce. False prestige due to advancement of material prosperity is a great impediment for spiritual emancipation. A poverty-stricken man cannot become unnaturally fat by eating more and more. And on account of not being able to eat more than he requires, hi
s senses are not very turbulent. When the senses are not very turbulent, he cannot become violent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another advantage of poverty is that a saintly person can easily enter a poor man's house, and thus the poor man can take advantage of the saintly person's associat
ion. A very opulent man does not allow anyone to enter his house; therefore, the saintly person cannot enter. According to the Vedic system, a saintly person takes the position of a mendicant so that on the plea of begging something from the householder,
 he can enter any house. The householder, who has usually forgotten everything about spiritual advancement because he is busy maintaining family affairs, can be benefitted by the association of a saintly person. There is a great chance for the poor man t
o become liberated through association with a saint. Of what use are persons who are puffed up with material opulence and prestige if they are bereft of the association of saintly persons and devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4rada thereafter thought that it was his duty to put those demigods into a condition where they could not be falsely proud of their material opul
ence and prestige. N\'e4rada was compassionate and wanted to save them from their fallen life. They were in the mode of darkness, and being therefore unable to control their senses, they were addicted to sex life. It was the duty of a saintly person like
 N\'e4rada to save them from their abominable condition. 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 Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va were two of his s
ons. And yet they became so animalistic and irresponsible that they could not understand, due to intoxication, that they were naked. To cover the lower part of the body is a principle of human civilization, and when a man or woman forgets this principle,
 they become degraded. N\'e4rada therefore thought that the best punishment for them was to make them immovable living entities, or trees. Trees are, by nature's laws, immovable. Although trees are covered by the mode of ignorance, they cannot do harm. T
he great sage N\'e4rada thought it fitting that, although the brothers, by his mercy, would be punished to become trees, they continue to keep their memory to be able to know why they were being punished. After changing the body, a living entity generall
y forgets his previous life, but in special cases, by the grace of the Lord, as with Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va, one can remember. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sage N\'e4rada therefore contemplated that the two demigods should remain for one hundred years, in the time of the demigods, in the form of trees, and after that t
hey 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 the demigods and great devotees of the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, the great sage N\'e4rada returned to his abode known as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c4\'e7rama, and the two demigods turned into trees, known as twin }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. The two demigods were favored by the causeless mercy of N\'e4rada and given a chance to gr
ow in Nanda's courtyard and see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the child K\'e5\'f1\'eba was bound up to the wooden mortar, He began to proceed towards the growing trees in order to fulfill the prophecy of His great dev
otee N\'e4rada. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew that N\'e4rada was His great devotee and that the trees standing before Him as twin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees were actually the sons of Kuvera. "I must now fulfill the words of My great devotee N\'e4rada," He thought. Then He began to proceed through the passage between the two trees. Although He was able to pass through 
the passage, the large wooden mortar stuck horizontally between the trees. Taking advantage of this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to pull the rope which was tied to the mortar. As soon as He pulled, with great strength, the two trees, with all branches and 
limbs, fell down immediately with a great sound. Out of the broken, fallen trees came two great personalities, shining like blazing fire. All sides became illuminated and beautiful by their presence. The two purified bodies immediately came before child 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba and bowed down to offer their respects and prayers in the following words. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the original Personality of Godhead, master of all mystic powers. 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  know very well that this cosmic manifestation is an expansion of Your potencies which are sometimes manifest and sometimes unmanifest.
 You are the original provider of the life, body and senses of all living entities. You are the eternal God, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is all-pervading, the principal controller of everything. You are the original source of the cosmic manifestation which is 
acting 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 on within their bodies and minds. Therefore Y
ou 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 contaminated qualities. No one under the jurisdic
tion of the material modes can understand Your transcendental qualities, which existed before the creation; therefore You are called the Supreme Brahman who is always glorified by His personal internal potencies. In this material world You can be known o
nly by Your different incarnations. Although You assume different types of bodies, these bodies are not part of the material creation. They are always full of transcendental potencies of unlimited opulence, strength, beauty, fame, 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 difference for You. When You appear, Your uncommon activities indicate that You are th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such uncommon activities are not possible for anyone in material existence. You are that Supreme Personality of Godhead, now appearing to cause the birth and death as well as liberation of the living entities, and You ar
e full with all Your plenary expansions. You can bestow on everyone all kinds of benediction. O Lord! O source of all fortune and goodness, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You. You are the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source 
of peace and the supreme person in the dynasty of King Yadu. O Lord, our father known as Kuvera, the demigod, is Your servant. Similarly, the great sage N\'e4rada 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 about Your transcendental activities. May our hands and other limbs be engaged in Your service and our minds always be conc
entrated at Your lotus feet and our heads always bowed down before the all-pervading universal form of Your Lordship." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the demigods Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va finished their prayers, the child, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master and proprietor of Gokula, bound to the wooden
 grinding mortar by the ropes of Ya\'e7od\'e4, began to smile and said, "It was already known to Me that My great devotee-sage N\'e4rada had shown his causeless mercy by saving you from the abominable condition of pride due to possessing extraordinary be
auty and opulence in the family of the 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 great 
opportunity to see him. If someone is able, by chance, to see a great saintly person like N\'e4rada face to face, who is always serene and merciful to everyone, then immediately that conditioned soul becomes liberated. This is exactly like being situated
 in the full light of the sun: there cannot be any visionary impediment. Therefore, O Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va, your lives have now become successful because you have developed ecstatic love for Me. This is your last birth within material existe
nce. Now you can go back to your father's residence in the heavenly planet, and by remaining in the attitude of devotional service, you will be liberated in this very life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, the demigods circumambulated the Lord many times and bowed down before Him again and again, and thus they left. The Lord remained bound up with ropes to
 the grinding mortar. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Tenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Deliverance of Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-11 / Killing the Demons Vats\'e4sura and Bak\'e4sura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 11 / Killing the Demons Vats\'e4
sura and Bak\'e4sura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the twin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  trees fell to the ground, making a sound like the falling of thunderbolts, all the inhabitants of Gokula, including Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, immediately came to the spot. They were very much astonished to see how the two great trees had sud
denly fallen. Because they could find no reason for their falling down, they were puzzled. When they saw child K\'e5\'f1\'eba bound up to the wooden mortar by the ropes of Ya\'e7od\'e4, they began to think that it must have been caused by some demon. Oth
erwise, how was it possible? At the same time, they were very much perturbed because such uncommon incidences were always happening to the child K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While the elderly cowherd men were thus contemplating, the small children who were playing th
ere informed the men that the trees fell due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pulling the wooden mortar with the ropes to which He was bound. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba came in between the two trees," they explained, "and the wooden mortar was topsy-turvied and stuck in between
 the trees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to pull the rope, and the trees fell down. When the trees fell down, two very dazzling men came out of the trees, and they began to talk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most of the cowherd men did not believe the statement of the children. They could not believe that such things were at all possible. Some of them, however, believed
 them and told Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "Your child is different from all other children. He just might have done it." Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja began to smile, hearing about the extraordinary abilities of his son. He came forward and untied the knot just to fre
e his wonderful child. After being freed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was taken onto the laps of 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  They took Him away to the courtyard of the house and began to clap, praising His wonderful activities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to clap along with them, just like an ordinary child. The Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being co
mpletely controlled by 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  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 Ya\'e7od\'e4 used to ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to bring her a wooden plank for sitting. Although the wooden plank was too heavy to be carried by a child, 
still somehow or other K\'e5\'f1\'eba would bring it to His mother. Sometimes while worshiping N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, His father would ask Him to bring his wooden slippers, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with great difficulty, would put the slippers on His head and bri
ng them to His father. When He was asked to lift some heavy article and was unable to lift it, He would simply move His arms. In this way, daily, at every moment, He was the reservoir of all pleasure to His parents. The Lord was exhibiting such childish 
activities before the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana because He wanted to show the great philosophers and sages searching after the Absolute Truth how the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead is controlled by and subject to the desires of His pu
re devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, a fruit vendor came before the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Upon hearing the vendor call, "If anyone wants fruits please come and take them from me!" chi
ld K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately took some grains in His palm and went to get fruits in exchange. In those days exchange was by barter; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba might have seen His parents exchange fruits and other things by bartering grains, and so He imit
ated. But His palms were very small, and He was not very careful to hold them tight, so He was dropping the grains. The vendor who came to sell fruits saw this 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 His hands wi
th fruits. In this 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 with jewels. The Lord 
is the bestower of all benediction. If someone gives something to the Lord, he is not the loser; he is the gainer by a million times. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the liberator of the twin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees, was playing with Balar\'e4ma and the other children on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, and because it was already late in the morning, Rohi\'eb\'e9, the mother of Balar\'e4ma, went to call them b
ack home. But Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were so engrossed in playing with Their friends that They did not wish to come back; They just engaged Themselves in playing more and more. When Rohi\'eb\'e9 was unable to take Them back home, she went home an
d sent mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 to call Them again. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was so affectionate toward her son that as soon as she came out to call Him back home, her breast filled up with milk. She loudly cried, "My dear child, please come back home. Your time f
or lunch is already past." She then said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O my dear lotus-eyed child, please come and suck my breast. You have played enough. You must be very hungry, my dear little child. You must be tired from playing for so long." She also ad
dressed Balar\'e4ma thus: "My dear, the glory of Your family, please come back with Your younger brother K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately. You have been engaged in playing since morning, and You must be very tired. Please come back and take Your lunch at home.
 Your father Nandaraja is waiting for You. He has to eat, so You must come back so that he can eat." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma heard that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was waiting for Them and could not take his food in Their absence, They started to return.
 Their other playmates complained, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is leaving us just at the point when our playing is at the summit. Next time we shall not allow Him to leave." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His playmates then threatened not to allow Him to play with them again. K\'e5\'f1\'eba became afraid, and instead of going back home, He went back again to play wit
h the boys. At that time, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 scolded the children and told K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, do You think that You are a street boy? You have no home? Please come back to Your home! I see that Your body has become very dirty from 
playing since early morning. Now come home and take Your bath. Besides, today is Your birthday ceremony; therefore You should come back home and give cows in charity 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  Don't You see how Your playmates are decorated with ornaments by their mothers? You should also be cleansed and decorated with nice dress and ornaments. Please,
 therefore, come back, take Your bath, dress Yourself nicely, and then again You may go on playing." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 called back Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma who are worshipable by great demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. She was 
thinking of Them as her children. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's children, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, came home, she bathed Them very nicely and dressed Them with ornaments. She then called for 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 through her children she gave many cows in charity for the occasion of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday. In this way she performed the birthday ceremony of K\'e5\'f1\'eba at home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, all the elderly members of the cowherd men assembled together, and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja presided. They began to consult amongst themselves how 
to stop great disturbances in the Mah\'e4vana on account of the demons. In this meeting, Upananda, brother of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, was present. He was considered to be learned and experienced, and he was a well-wisher of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. 
He was a leader, and he began to address the meeting as follows: "My dear friends! Now we should leave here for another place because we are continually finding that great demons are coming here to disturb the peaceful situation, and they are especially 
attempting to kill the small children. Just consider P\'fctan\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It was simply by the grace of Lord Hari that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was saved from the hands of such a great demon. Next the whirlwind demon took K\'e5\'f1\'eba away in the sky
, but by the grace of Lord Hari He was saved, and the demon fell down on a stone slab and died. Very recently, this child was playing between two trees, and the trees fell down violently, and yet there was no injury to the child. So Lord Hari saved Him a
gain. Just imagine the calamity if this child or any other child playing with Him were crushed by the falling trees! Considering all these incidences, we must conclude that this place is no longer safe. Let us leave. We have all been saved from different
 calamities by the grace of Lord Hari. Now we should be cautious and leave this place and reside somewhere where we can live peacefully. I think that we should all go to the forest known as V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where just now there are newly grown plants and
 herbs. It is very suitable for pasturing ground for our cows, and we and our families, 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  with their children, can very peacefully live there. Near V\'e5nd\'e4vana there is Govardhana Hill, which is very beautiful, and there is newly grown grass and fodder for the animals, so there will be no difficulty in living there. I therefo
re suggest that we start immediately for that beautiful place, as there is no need to waste any more time. Let us prepare all our carts immediately, and, if you like, let us go, keeping all the cows in front." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing the statement of Upananda, all the cowherd men immediately agreed. "Let us immediately go there." Everyone then loaded all their household furniture and 
utensils on the carts and prepared to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. All the old men of the village, the children and women were arranged on seats, and the cowherd men equipped themselves with bows and arrows to follow the carts. All the cows and bulls along wit
h their calves were placed in the front, and the men surrounded the flocks with their bows and arrows and began to blow on their horns and bugles. In this way, with tumultuous sound, they started for V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And who can describe the damsels of Vraja? They were all seated on the carts and were very beautifully dressed with ornaments and costly saris. They began to chant 
the pastimes of child K\'e5\'f1\'eba as usual. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and mother Rohi\'eb\'e9 were seated on a separate cart, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were seated on their laps. While mother Rohi\'eb\'e9 and Ya\'e7od\'e4 were riding on the cart, t
hey talked to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and feeling the pleasure of such talks, they looked very, very beautiful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, after reaching V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where everyone lives eternally, very peacefully and happily, they encircled V\'e5nd\'e4vana and kept the carts all toge
ther. After seeing the beautiful appearance of Govardhana on the bank of the River Yamun\'e4, they began to construct their places of residence. While those of the same age were walking together and children were talking with their parents, the inhabitan
ts of V\'e5nd\'e4vana felt very happy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were given charge of the calves. The first responsibility of the cowherd boys was to take care of the little calves. The
 boys are trained in this from the very beginning of their childhood. So along with other little cowherd boys, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma went into the pasturing ground and took charge of the calves and played with Their playmates. While taking charg
e of the calves, sometimes the two brothers played on Their flutes. And sometimes They played with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4malak\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  fruits and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bael}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fruits, just like small children play with balls. Sometimes They
 danced and made tinkling sounds with Their ankle bells. Sometimes They made Themselves into bulls and cows by covering Themselves with blankets. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma played. The two brothers also used to imitate the sounds of bulls and co
ws and play at bullfighting. Sometimes They used to imitate the sounds of various animals and birds. In this way, They enjoyed Their childhood pastimes apparently like ordinary, mundane children. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were playing on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, a demon of the name Vats\'e4sura assumed the shape of a calf and came there int
ending to kill the brothers. By taking the shape of a calf, the demon could mingle with other calves. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, specifically noticed this, and He immediately told Balar\'e4ma about the entrance of the demon. Both brothers then followed him
 and sneaked up upon him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba caught hold of the demon-calf by the two hind legs and tail, whipped him around very forcibly and threw him up into a tree. The demon lost his life and fell down from the top of the tree to the ground. When the de
mon lay dead on the ground, all the playmates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba congratulated Him, "Well done, well done," and the demigods in the sky began to shower flowers with great satisfaction. In this way, the maintainers of the complete creation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
and Balar\'e4ma, used to take care of the calves in the morning every day, and thus They enjoyed Their childhood pastimes as cowherd boys in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the cowherd boys would daily go to the bank of the River Yamun\'e4 to water their calves. Usually, when the calves drank water from the Yamun\'e4, the boys also
 drank. One day, after drinking, when they were sitting on the bank of the river, they saw a huge animal which looked something like a duck and was as big as a hill. Its top was as strong as a thunderbolt. When they saw that unusual animal, they became a
fraid of it. The name of this beast was Bak\'e4sura, and he was a friend of Ka\'e0sa's. He appeared on the scene suddenly and immediately attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his pointed, sharp beaks and quickly swallowed Him up. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thus swa
llowed, all the boys, headed by Balar\'e4ma, became almost breathless, as if they had died. But when the Bak\'e4sura demon was swallowing up K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he felt a burning fiery sensation in his throat. This was due to the glowing effulgence of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. The demon quickly threw K\'e5\'f1\'eba up and tried to kill Him by pinching Him in his beaks. Bak\'e4sura did not know that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing the part of a child of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, He was still the original father of Lo
rd Brahm\'e4, the creator of the universe. The child of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, who is the reservoir of pleasure for the demigods and who is the maintainer of saintly persons, caught hold of the beaks of the great gigantic duck and, before His cowherd boy f
riends, bifurcated his mouth, just as a child very easily splits a blade of grass. From the sky, the denizens of the heavenly planets showered flowers like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4meli,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the most fragrant of all flowers, as a token of their congratulations. Accompanying the showers of flowers was a vibration of bugles, drums and conchshells. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the boys saw the showering of flowers and heard the celestial sounds, they became struck with wonder. When they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they all, including Balar
\'e4ma, were so pleased that it seemed as if they had regained their very source of life. As soon as they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba coming towards them, they one after another embraced the son of Nanda and held Him to their chests. After this, they assembled al
l the calves under their charge and began to return home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When they arrived home, they began to speak of the wonderful activities of the son of Nanda. 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  and cowherd men all heard the story from the boys, they felt great happiness because naturally they loved K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and hearing about His glorie
s and victorious activities, they became still more affectionate toward Him. Thinking that the child K\'e5\'f1\'eba was saved from the mouth of death, they began to see His face with great love and affection. They were full of anxieties, but they could n
ot turn their faces from the vision of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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 the men began to converse
 amongst themselves about how the child K\'e5\'f1\'eba was attacked in so many ways and so many times by so many demons, and yet the demons were killed and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was uninjured. They continued to converse amongst themselves about how so many grea
t demons in such fierce bodies attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba to kill Him, but by the grace of Hari, they could not cause even a slight injury. Rather, they died like small flies in a fire. Thus they remembered the words of Gargamuni who foretold, by dint of hi
s vast 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  and astrology, that this boy would be attacked by many demons. Now 
they actually saw that this was coming true, word for word. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the elderly cowherd men, including Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, used to talk of the wonderful activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and they were always s
o much absorbed in those talks that they forgot the threefold miseries of this material existence. This is the effect of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. What was enjoyed 5,000 years ago by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja can still be enjoyed by persons who are in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness simply by talking about the transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoyed Their childhood pastimes, imitating the monkeys of Lord R\'e4macandra who constructed the bridge over the ocean and
 Hanum\'e4n, who jumped over the water to Ceylon. And They used to imitate such pastimes among Their friends and so happily passed Their childhood life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Eleventh Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Killing the Demons Vats\'e4sura and Bak\'e4sura."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-12 / The Killing of the Agh\'e4sura Demon
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 12 / The Killing of the Agh\'e4s
ura Demon
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once the Lord desired to go early in the morning with all His cowherd boy friends to the forest, where they were to assemble together and take lunch. As soon as He 
got up from bed, He blew a buffalo horn and called all His friends together. Keeping the calves before them, they started for the forest. In this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba assembled thousands of His boy friends. They were each equipped with a stick, flute
 and horn as well as lunch bag, and each of them was taking care of thousands of calves. All the boys appeared very jolly and happy in that excursion. Each and every one of them was attentive for his personal calves. The boys were fully decorated with va
rious kinds of golden ornaments, and out of sporting propensities they began to pick up flowers, leaves, twigs, peacock feathers and red clay from different places in the forest, and they began to dress themselves in different ways. While passing through
 the forest, one boy stole another boy's lunch package and passed it to a third. And when the boy whose lunch package was stolen came to know of it, he tried to take it back. But one threw it to another boy. This sportive playing went on amongst the boys
 as childhood pastimes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba went ahead to a distant place in order to see some specific scenery, the boys behind Him tried to run to catch up and be the first to touch
 Him. So there was a great competition. One would say, "I will go there and touch K\'e5\'f1\'eba," and another would say, "Oh you cannot go. I'll touch K\'e5\'f1\'eba first." Some of them played on their flutes or vibrated bugles made of buffalo horn. So
me of them gladly followed the peacocks and imitated the onomatopoetic sounds of the cuckoo. While the birds were flying in the sky, the boys ran after the birds' shadows along the ground and tried to follow their exact courses. Some of them went to the 
monkeys and silently sat down by them, and some of them imitated the dancing of the peacocks. Some of them caught the tails of the monkeys and played with them, and when the monkeys jumped in a tree, the boys also followed. When a monkey showed its face 
and teeth, a boy imitated and showed his teeth to the monkey. Some of the boys played with the frogs on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, and when, out of fear, the frogs jumped in the water, the boys immediately dove in after them, and they would come out of t
he water when they saw their own shadows and stand imitating, making caricatures and laughing. They would also go to an empty well and make loud sounds, and when the echo came back, they would call it ill names and laugh. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated personally by the Supreme Personality of Godhead 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  He is realized proportionately by transcendentalists as Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here, in confirmation of the same statement, Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, who awards the impersonalist Brahman realization by His bodily effulgence, also gives pleasure to the devotees as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those who are under the spell of external energy, }{\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  take Him only as a beautiful child. Yet He gave full transcendental pleasure to the cowherd boys who played with Him. Only 
after accumulating heaps of pious activities, those boys were promoted to personally associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Who can estimate the transcendental fortune of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana? They were personally visualizing the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, He whom 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  cannot find even after undergo
ing severe austerities, although He is sitting within the heart. This is also confirmed 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\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.38]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 search for K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
through the pages 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 }{\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  but if one is fortunate enough to associate with a devotee, he can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. After accumulating pious 
activities in many, many previous lives, the cowherd boys were seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face and playing with Him as friends. They could not understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but they were playing as intimate frie
nds with intense love for Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was enjoying His childhood pastimes with His boy friends, one Agh\'e4sura demon became very impatient. He was unable to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
playing, so he appeared before the boys intending to kill them all. This Agh\'e4sura was so dangerous that even the denizens of heaven were afraid of him. Although the denizens of heaven drank nectar daily to prolong their lives, they were afraid of this
 Agh\'e4sura and were wondering, "When will the demon be killed?" The denizens used to drink nectar to become immortal, but actually they were not confident of their immortality. On the other hand, the boys who were playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no fea
r of the demons. They were free of fear. Any material arrangement for protecting oneself from death is always unsure, but if one is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then immortality is confidently assured. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon Agh\'e4sura appeared before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends. Agh\'e4sura happened to be the younger brother of P\'fctan\'e4 and Bak\'e4sura, and he thought
, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba has killed my brother and sister. Now I shall kill Him along with all His friends and calves." Agh\'e4sura was instigated by Ka\'e0sa, so he had come with determination. Agh\'e4sura also began to think that when he would offer grains an
d water in memory of his brother and kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all the cowherd boys, then automatically all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana would die. Generally, for the householders, the children are the life and breath force. When all the children die
, then naturally the parents also die on account of strong affection for them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agh\'e4sura, thus deciding to kill all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, expanded himself by the yogic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahim\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The demons are generally expert in achieving almost all kinds of mystic powers. In 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 the perfection called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahima-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can expand himself 
as he desires. The demon Agh\'e4sura expanded himself up to eight miles and assumed the shape of a very fat serpent. Having attained this wonderful body, he stretched his mouth open just like a mountain cave. Desiring to swallow all the boys at once, inc
luding K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, he sat on the path. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon in the shape of a big fat serpent expanded his lips from land to sky; his lower lip was touching the ground and his upper lip was touching the clouds. His
 jaws appeared like a big mountain cave, without limitation, and his teeth appeared just like mountain summits. His tongue appeared to be a broad traffic way, and he was breathing just like a hurricane. The fire of his eyes was blazing. At first the boys
 thought that the demon was a statue, but after examining it, they saw that it was more like a big serpent lying down in the road and widening his mouth. The boys began to talk among themselves: "This figure appears to be a great animal, and he is sittin
g in such a posture just to swallow us all. Just see\'97is it not a big snake that has widened his mouth to eat all of us?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of them said, "Yes, what you say is true. This animal's upper lip appears to be just like the sunshine, and its lower lip is just like the reflection of red sun
shine on the ground. Dear friends, just look to the right and left hand side of the mouth of the animal. Its mouth appears to be like a big mountain cave, and its height cannot be estimated. The chin is also raised just like a mountain summit. That long 
highway appears to be its tongue, and inside the mouth it is as dark as in a mountain cave. The hot wind that is blowing like a hurricane is his breathing, and the fishy bad smell coming out from his mouth is the smell of his intestines." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then they further consulted among themselves: "If we all at one time entered into the mouth of this great serpent, how could it possibly swallow all of us? And even
 if it were to swallow all of us at once, it could not swallow K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will immediately kill him, as He did Bak\'e4sura." Talking in this way, all the boys looked at the beautiful lotus-like face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they began t
o clap and smile. And so they marched forward and entered the mouth of the gigantic serpent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supersoul within everyone's heart, could understand that the big statuesque figure was a demon. While He was planning how to s
top the destruction of His intimate friends, all the boys along with their cows and calves entered the mouth of the serpent. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not enter. The demon was awaiting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's entrance, and he was thinking, "Everyone has entered ex
cept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has killed my brothers and sisters." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the assurance of safety to everyone. But when He saw that His friends were already out of His hands and were lying within the belly of a great ser
pent. He became, momentarily, aggrieved. He was also struck with wonder how the external energy works so wonderfully. He then began to consider how the demon should be killed and how he could save the boys and calves. Although there was no factual concer
n on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's part, He was thinking like that. Finally, after some deliberation, He also entered the mouth of the demon. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered, all the demigods, who had gathered to see the fun and who were hiding within the clouds, began t
o express their feelings with the words, "Alas! alas!" At the same time, all the friends of Agh\'e4sura, especially Ka\'e0sa, who were all accustomed to eating flesh and blood, began to express their jubilation, understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had also
 entered the mouth of the demon. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the demon was trying to smash K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His companions, K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard the demigods crying, "Alas, alas," and He immediately began to expand Hi
mself within the throat of the demon. Although he had a gigantic body, the demon choked by the expanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His big eyes moved violently, and he quickly suffocated. His life-air could not come out from any source, and ultimately it burst 
out of a hole in the upper part of his skull. Thus his life-air passed off. After the demon dropped dead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His transcendental glance alone, brought all the boys and calves back to consciousness and came with them out of the mouth of t
he demon. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was within the mouth of Agh\'e4sura, the demon's spirit soul came out like a dazzling light, illuminating all directions, and waited in the sky. As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His calves and friends came out of the mouth of
 the demon, that glittering effulgent light immediately merged into the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within the vision of all the demigods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods became overwhelmed with joy and began to shower flowers on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus they worshiped Him. The denizen
s of heaven began to dance in jubilation, and the denizens in Gandharvaloka began to offer various kinds of prayers. Drummers began to beat drums in jubilation, 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  began to recite Vedic hymns, and all the devotees of the Lord began to chant the words, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J
aya! Jaya!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead!" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Brahm\'e4 heard those auspicious vibrations which sounded throughout the higher planetary system, he immediately came down to see what had happened. He sa
w that the demon was killed, and he was struck with wonder at the uncommon glorious pastimes of the Personality of Godhead. The gigantic mouth of the demon remained in an open position for many days and gradually dried up; it remained a spot of pleasure 
pastimes for all the cowherd boys. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The killing of Agh\'e4sura took place when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all His boy friends were under five years old. Children under five years old are called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After five years up to the tenth year they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and after the tenth year up to the fifteenth year they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After the fifteenth year, boys are called youths. So for one year there was no discussion of the incident of the Agh\'e4sura demon in the 
village of Vraja. But when they attained their sixth year, they informed their parents of the incident with great wonder. The reason for this will be clear in the next chapter. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is far greater than such demigods as Lord Brahm\'e4, it is not at all difficult to award one t
he opportunity of merging with His eternal body. This He awarded to Agh\'e4sura. Agh\'e4sura was certainly the most sinful living entity, and it is not possible for the sinful to merge into the existence of the Absolute Truth. But in this particular case
, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered into Agh\'e4sura's body, the demon became fully cleansed of all sinful reaction. Persons constantly thinking of the eternal form of the Lord in the shape of the Deity or in the shape of a mental form are awarded the trans
cendental goal of entering into the kingdom of God and associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So we can just imagine the elevated position of someone like Agh\'e4sura into whose body the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, perso
nally entered. Great sages, meditators and devotees constantly keep the form of the Lord within the heart, or they see the Deity form of the Lord in the temples; in that way, they become liberated from all material contamination and at the end of the bod
y enter into the kingdom of God. This perfection is possible simply by keeping the form of the Lord within the mind. But in the case of Agh\'e4sura, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally entered. Agh\'e4sura's position was therefore greater than 
the ordinary devotee's or the greatest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogi's.}{\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 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, who was engaged in hearing the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (who saved the life of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it wh
ile he was in the womb of his mother), became more and more interested to hear about Him. And thus he questioned the sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who was reciting }{\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  before the King. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it was a bit astonished to understand that the killing of the Agh\'e4sura demon was not discussed for one year, until after the boys attained the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was very inquisitive to learn this, for he was s
ure that such an incident was due to the working of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's different energies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, 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  or the administrative class are always busy with their political affairs, and they have very little chance to hear about the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But while Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was hearing these tr
anscendental pastimes, he considered himself to be very fortunate because he was hearing from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the greatest authority on 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  Thus being requested by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued to speak about the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the matter o
f His form, quality, fame and paraphernalia. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twelfth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Killing of the Agh\'e4sura Demon."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-13 / The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahm\'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 13 / The Stealing of the Boys an
d Calves by Brahm\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was very much encouraged when Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it asked him why the cowherd boys did not discuss the death of Agh\'e4sura until 
after one year had passed. He explained thus: "My dear King, you are making the subject matter of the transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba fresher by your inquisitiveness." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that it is the nature of a devotee to constantly apply his mind, energy, words, ears, etc., in hearing and chanting about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is called 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and for one who is rapt in hearing and chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the subject matter never becomes hackneyed or old. That is the significance of transcendental subject matter in contrast to material subject matter. Material su
bject matter becomes stale, and one cannot hear a certain subject for a long time; he wants change. But as far as transcendental subject matter is concerned, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya
navanav\'e4yam\'e4na.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that one can go on chanting and hearing about the Lord and never feel tired but will remain fresh and eager to hear more and more. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the duty of the spiritual master to disclose all confidential subject matter to the inquisitive and sincere disciple. Thus \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 began to 
explain why the killing of Agh\'e4sura was not discussed until one year had passed. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 told the King, "Now hear of this secret with attention. After saving His friends from the mouth of Agh\'e4sura and after killing the demon, Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought His friends to the bank of Yamun\'e4 and addressed them as follows: 'My dear friends, just see how this spot is very nice for taking lunch and playing on the soft sandy Yamun\'e4 bank. You can see how the lotus flowers in the wate
r are beautifully blown and how they distribute their flavor all around. The chirping of the birds along with cooing of the peacocks, surrounded by the whispering of the leaves in the trees, combine and present sound-vibrations that echo one another. And
 this just enriches the beautiful scenery created by the trees here. Let us have our lunch in this spot because it is already late and we are feeling hungry. Let the calves remain near us, and let them drink water from the Yamun\'e4. While we engage in o
ur lunch-taking, the calves may engage in eating the soft grasses that are in this spot.' " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this proposal from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the boys became very glad and said, "Certainly, let us all sit down here to take our lunch." They then let loose t
he calves to eat the soft grass. Sitting down on the ground and keeping K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the center, they began to open their different boxes brought from home. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was seated in the center of the circle, and all the boys kept 
their faces toward Him. They ate and constantly enjoyed seeing the Lord face to face. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared to be the whorl of a lotus flower, and the boys surrounding Him appeared to be its different petals. The boys collected flowers, leaves of flowe
rs and the barks of trees and placed them under their different boxes, and thus they began to eat their lunch, keeping company with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While taking lunch, each boy began to manifest different kinds of relations with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they 
enjoyed each other's company with joking words. While thus enjoying lunch with His friends, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute was pushed within the belt of His cloth, and His bugle and cane were pushed in on the left-hand side of His cloth. He was holding a lu
mp of foodstuff prepared with yogurt, butter, rice and pieces of fruit salad in His left palm, which could be seen through His petal-like finger joints. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who accepts the results of all great sacrifices, was laughing and
 joking, enjoying lunch with His friends in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. And thus the scene was being observed by the demigods from heaven. As for the boys, they were simply enjoying transcendental bliss in the company of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, the calves that were pasturing nearby entered into the deep forest, allured by new grasses, and gradually went out of sight. When the boys saw that th
e calves were not nearby, they became afraid for their safety, and they immediately cried out, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the killer of fear personified. Everyone is afraid of fear personified, but fear personified is afraid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. B
y crying out the word "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," the boys at once transcended the fearful situation. Out of His great affection, K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not want His friends to give up their pleasing lunch engagement and go searching for the calves. He therefore said,
 "My dear friends, you need not interrupt your lunch. Go on enjoying. I am going personally where the calves are." Thus Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately started to search out the calves in the caves and bushes. He searched in the mountain holes and in the
 forests, but nowhere could He find them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time when Agh\'e4sura was killed and the demigods were looking on the incident with great surprise, Brahm\'e4, who was born out of the lotus flower growing o
ut of the navel of Vi\'f1\'ebu, also came to see. He was surprised how a little boy like K\'e5\'f1\'eba could act so wonderfully. Although he was informed that the little cowherd boy was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he wanted to see more glorified
 pastimes of the Lord, and thus he stole all the calves and cowherd boys and took them to a different place. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, in spite of searching for the calves, could not find them, and He even lost His boy friends on the bank of the Ya
mun\'e4 where they had been taking their lunch. In the form of a cowherd boy, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very little in comparison to Brahm\'e4, but because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He could immediately understand that all the calves and bo
ys had been stolen by Brahm\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought, "Brahm\'e4 has taken away all the boys and calves. How can I alone return to V\'e5nd\'e4vana? The mothers will be aggrieved!" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore in order to satisfy the mothers of His friends as well as to convince Brahm\'e4 of the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead, He immediately expanded Hi
mself as the cowherd boys and calves. 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 the Supreme Personality of God
head expands Himself in so many living entities by His energy. Therefore it was not very difficult for Him to expand Himself again into so many boys and calves. He expanded Himself to become exactly like the boys, who were of all different features, faci
al and bodily construction, and who were different in their clothing and ornaments and in their behavior and personal activities. In other words, everyone has different tastes; being individual soul, each person has entirely different activities and beha
vior. Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba exactly expanded Himself into all the different positions of the individual boys. He also became the calves, who were also of different sizes, colors, activities, etc. This was possible because everything is an expansion of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's energy. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\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\fs24\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 parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7akti.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Whatever we actually see in the cosmic manifestation\'97be it matter or the activities of the living entities\'97is simply an expansion of the energies of the Lord, as heat and light
 are the different expansions of fire. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus expanding Himself as the boys and calves in their individual capacities, and surrounded by such expansions of Himself, K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the village of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana. The residents had no knowledge of what had happened. After entering the village, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the calves entered their respective cowsheds, and the boys also went to their respective mothers and homes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mothers of the boys heard the vibration of their flutes before their entrance, and to receive them, they came out of their homes and embraced them. And out of m
aternal affection, milk was flowing from their breasts, and they allowed the boys to drink it. However, their offering was not exactly to their boys but to the Supreme Personality of Godhead who had expanded Himself into such boys. This was another chanc
e for all the mothers of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to feed the Supreme Personality of Godhead with their own milk. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave not only Ya\'e7od\'e4 the chance of feeding Him, but this time He gave the chance to all 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the boys began to deal with their mothers as usual, and the mothers also, on the approach of evening, began to bathe their respective children, decorate them wi
th }{\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 ornaments and give them necessary food after the day's labor. The cows also, who we
re away in the pasturing ground, returned in the evening and began to call their respective calves. The calves immediately came to their mothers, and the mothers began to lick the bodies of the calves. These relations between the cows 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  with their calves and boys remained unchanged, although actually the original calves and boys were 
not there. Actually the cows' affection for their calves and 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  affection for 
the boys causelessly increased. Their affection increased naturally, even though the calves and boys were not their offspring. Although the cows and 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 had greater affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba than for their own offspring, after this incident, their affection for their offspring increased exactly as it did for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. For one year continually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself expanded as the calves and cowherd boys and was present in the pasturing ground. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.61}{\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's expansion is situated in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. Similarly, instead of expanding Himself as the Supersoul
, He expanded Himself as a portion of calves and cowherd boys for one continuous year. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Balar\'e4ma, was maintaining the calves in the forest, They saw some cows grazing on the top of Govardhana Hill. The cows c
ould see down into the valley where the calves were being taken care of by the boys. Suddenly, on sighting their calves, the cows began to run towards them. They leaped downhill with joined front and rear legs. The cows were so melted with affection for 
their calves that they did not care about the rough path from the top of Govardhana Hill down to the pasturing ground. They began to approach the calves with their milk bags full of milk, and they raised their tails upwards. When they were coming down th
e hill, their milk bags were pouring milk on the ground out of intense maternal affection for the calves, although they were not their own calves. These cows had their own calves, and the calves that were grazing beneath Govardhana Hill were larger; they
 were not expected to drink milk directly from the milk bag but were satisfied with the grass. Yet all the cows came immediately and began to lick their bodies, and the calves also began to suck milk from the milk bags. There appeared to be a great bonda
ge of affection between the cows and calves. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the cows were running down from the top of Govardhana Hill, the men who were taking care of them tried to stop them. Elderly cows are taken care of by the men,
 and the calves are taken care of by the boys; and as far as possible, the calves are kept separate from the cows, so that the calves do not drink all the available milk. Therefore the men who were taking care of the cows on the top of Govardhana Hill tr
ied to stop them, but they failed. Baffled by their failure, they were feeling ashamed and angry. They were very unhappy, but when they came down and saw their children taking care of the calves, they all of a sudden became very affectionate toward the c
hildren. It was very astonishing. Although the men came down disappointed, baffled and angry, as soon as they saw their own children, their hearts melted with great affection. At once their anger, dissatisfaction and unhappiness disappeared. They began t
o show paternal love for the children, and with great affection they lifted them in their arms and embraced them. They began to smell their children's heads and enjoy their company with great happiness. After embracing their children, the men again took 
the cows back to the top of Govardhana Hill. Along the way they began to think of their children, and affectionate tears fell from their eyes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Balar\'e4ma saw this extraordinary exchange of affection between the cows and their calves and between the fathers and their children\'97when neither the calve
s nor the children needed so much care\'97He began to wonder why this extraordinary thing happened. He was astonished to see all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana so affectionate for their own children, exactly as they had been for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similar
ly, the cows had grown affectionate for their calves\'97as much as for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Balar\'e4ma therefore concluded that the extraordinary show of affection was something mystical, either performed by the demigods or by some powerful man. Otherwise, h
ow could this wonderful change take place? He concluded that this mystical change must have been caused by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whom Balar\'e4ma considered His worshipable Personality of Godhead. He thought, "It was arranged by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and even I coul
d not check its mystic power." Thus Balar\'e4ma understood that all those boys and calves were only expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Balar\'e4ma inquired from K\'e5\'f1\'eba about the actual situation. He said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the beginning I thought that all these cows, calves and co
wherd boys were either great sages and saintly persons or demigods, but at the present it appears that they are actually Your expansions. They are all You; You Yourself are playing as the calves and cows and boys. What is the mystery of this situation? W
here have those other calves and cows and boys gone? And why are You expanding Yourself as the cows, calves, and boys? Will You kindly tell Me what is the cause?" At the request of Balar\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba briefly explained the whole situation: how th
e calves and boys were stolen by Brahm\'e4 and how He was concealing the incident by expanding Himself so people would not know that the original cows, calves, and boys were missing. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were talking, Brahm\'e4 returned after a moment's interval (according to the duration of his life). We have information of Lord
 Brahm\'e4's duration of life 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.17]}{\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  1,000 times the duration of the four ages, or 4,300,000 x 1,000, comprise Brahm\'e4's twelve hours. Similarly, one moment of
 Brahm\'e4 is equal to one year of our solar calculation. After one moment of Brahm\'e4's calculation, Brahm\'e4 came back to see the fun caused by his stealing the boys and calves. But he was also afraid that he was playing with fire. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was
 his master, and he had played mischief for fun by taking away His calves and boys. He was really anxious, so he did not stay away very long; he came back after a moment (of his calculation). He saw that all the boys, calves and cows were playing with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in the same way as when he had come upon them, although he was confident that he had taken them and made them lie down asleep under the spell of his mystic power. Brahm\'e4 began to think, "All the boys, calves and cows were taken away by m
e, and I know they are still sleeping. How is it that a similar batch of cows, boys and calves are playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Is it that they are not influenced by my mystic power? Have they been playing continually for one year with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" B
rahm\'e4 tried to understand who they were and how they were uninfluenced by his mystic power, but he could not ascertain it. In other words, he himself came under the spell of his own mystic power. The influence of his mystic power appeared like snow in
 darkness or the glow worm in daytime. During the night's darkness, the glow worm can show some glittering power, and the snow piled up on the top of a hill or on the ground can shine during the daytime. But at night the snow has no silver glitter; nor d
oes the glow worm have any illuminating power during the daytime. Similarly, when the small mystic power exhibited by Brahm\'e4 was before the mystic power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it was just like snow or the glow worm. When a man of small mystic power wants 
to show potency in the presence of greater mystic power, he diminishes his own influence; he does not increase it. Even a great personality like Brahm\'e4, when he wanted to show his mystic power before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, became ludicrous. Brahm\'e4 was thu
s confused about his own mystic power. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to convince Brahm\'e4 that all those cows, calves and boys were not the original ones, the cows, calves, and boys who were playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba tran
sformed into Vi\'f1\'ebu forms. Actually, the original ones were sleeping under the spell of Brahm\'e4's mystic power, but the present ones, seen by Brahm\'e4, were all immediate expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. Vi\'f1\'ebu is the expansion 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so the Vi\'f1\'ebu forms appeared before Brahm\'e4. All the Vi\'f1\'ebu forms were of bluish color and dressed in yellow garments; all of Them had four hands decorated with club, disc, lotus flower and conchshell. On Their heads were g
littering golden jeweled helmets; They were bedecked with pearls and earrings, and garlanded with beautiful flowers. On Their chests was the mark of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9vatsa;}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Their arms were decorated with armlets and other jewelry. Their necks were smooth just like the conchshell, Their legs were decorated with bells, Their waists decorated with golden bells
, and Their fingers decorated with jeweled rings. Brahm\'e4 also saw that upon the whole body of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, fresh }{\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  buds were thrown, beginning from His lotus feet up to the top of the head. Another significant feature of the Vi\'f1\'ebu forms was that all of Them were looking transcendentally beautiful. Their smiling resembled the m
oonshine, and Their glancing resembled the early rising of the sun. Just by Their glancing They appeared as the creators and maintainers of the modes of ignorance and passion. Vi\'f1\'ebu represents the mode of goodness, Brahm\'e4 represents the mode of 
passion, and Lord \'c7iva represents the mode of ignorance. Therefore as maintainer of everything in the cosmic manifestation, Vi\'f1\'ebu is also creator and maintainer of Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this manifestation of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Brahm\'e4 saw that many other Brahm\'e4s and \'c7ivas and demigods and even insignificant living entities down to the 
ants and very small straws\'97movable and immovable living entities\'97were dancing, surrounding Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Their dancing was accompanied by various kinds of music, and all of Them were worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Brahm\'e4 realized that all thos
e Vi\'f1\'ebu forms were complete, beginning from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  perfection of becoming small li
ke an atom, up to becoming infinite like the cosmic manifestation. All the mystic powers of Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva, all the demigods and the twenty-four elements of cosmic manifestation were fully represented in the person of Vi\'f1\'ebu. By the influence of
 Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, all subordinate mystic powers were engaged in His worship. He was being worshiped by time, space, cosmic manifestation, reformation, desire, activity and the three qualities of material nature. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Brahm\'e4 also realized
, is the reservoir of all truth, knowledge and bliss. He is the combination of three transcendental features, namely eternity, knowledge, and bliss, and He is the object of worship by the followers 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  Brahm\'e4 realized that all the different forms of cows, boys and calves transformed into Vi\'f1\'ebu forms were not transforme
d by a mysticism of the type that 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  or a demigod can display by specific powers invested 
in him. The cows, calves and boys transformed into Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcrtis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Vi\'f1\'ebu forms wer
e not displays of Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu energy, but were Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself. The
 respective qualifications of Vi\'f1\'ebu and Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\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  are just like fire and heat.
 In the heat there is the qualification of fire, namely warmth; and yet heat is not fire. The manifestation of the Vi\'f1\'ebu forms of the boys, cows and calves was not like the heat, but rather the fire\'97they were all actually Vi\'f1\'ebu. Factually,
 the qualification of Vi\'f1\'ebu is full truth, full knowledge and full bliss. Another example can be given with material objects, which are reflected in many, many forms. For example, the sun is reflected in many water pots, but the reflections of the 
sun in many pots are not actually the sun. There is no actual heat and light from the sun in the pot, although it appears as the sun. But the forms which K\'e5\'f1\'eba assumed were each and every one full Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means truth, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nam,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  full knowledge, and }{\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
 full bliss. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His person are so great that the impersonal followers 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  cannot reach the platform of knowledge to understand them. Particularly, the transcendental forms of the Lord are beyond t
he reach of the impersonalists who can only understand, through the studies of }{\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  that
 the Absolute Truth is not matter and that the Absolute Truth is not materially restricted by limited potency. Lord Brahm\'e4 understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His expansion into Vi\'f1\'ebu forms and could understand that, due to the expansion of energy of 
the Supreme Lord, everything movable and immovable within the cosmic manifestation is existing. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Brahm\'e4 was thus standing baffled in his limited power and conscious of his limited activities within the eleven senses, he could at least realize that he wa
s also a creation of the material energy, just like a puppet. As a puppet has no independent power to dance but dances according to the direction of the puppet master, so the demigods and living entities are all subordinate to the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. As it is stated 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\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 5.142}{\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 only master is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and all others are servants. The whole world is under the waves of the material spell, and beings 
are floating like straws in water. So their struggle for existence is continuing. But as soon as one becomes conscious that he is the eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 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  or illusory struggle for existence is immediately stopped. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4, who has full control over the goddess of learning and who is considered to be the best authority in Vedic knowledge, was thus perplexed, being unabl
e to understand the extraordinary power manifested in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the mundane world, even a personality like Brahm\'e4 is unable to understand the potential mystic power of the Supreme Lord. Not only did Brahm\'e4 fail to under
stand, but he was perplexed even to see the display which was being manifested by K\'e5\'f1\'eba before him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba took compassion upon Brahm\'e4's inability to see even how He was displaying the force of Vi\'f1\'ebu in transferring Himself into cows and cowherd b
oys, and thus, while fully manifesting the Vi\'f1\'ebu expansion, He suddenly pulled His curtain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  over the scene. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.25]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not visible due to the curtain spread by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That which covers the reality is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the external energy, which does not allow a conditioned soul to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead beyond the cosmic manifestation
. But the energy which partially manifests the Supreme Personality of Godhead and partially does not allow one to see, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Brahm\'e4 is not an ordinary conditioned soul. He is far, far superior to all the demigods, and yet he could not comprehend the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba will
ingly stopped manifesting any further potency. The conditioned soul not only becomes bewildered, but he is completely unable to understand. The curtain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was drawn so that Brahm\'e4 would not become more and more perplexed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Brahm\'e4 was relieved from his perplexity, he appeared to be awakened from an almost dead state, and he began to open his eyes with great difficulty. Thus he 
could see the eternal cosmic manifestation with common eyes. He saw all around him the super-excellent view of V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'97full with trees\'97which is the source of life for all living entities. He could appreciate the transcendental land of V\'e5
nd\'e4vana where all the living entities are transcendental to ordinary nature. In the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, even ferocious animals like tigers and others live peacefully along with the deer and human being. He could understand that, because of the 
presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, that place is transcendental to all other places and that there is no lust and greed there. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 thus found \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, playing the part of a small cowherd boy; he saw that little child with a lump of 
food in His left hand, searching out His friends, cows and calves, just as He was actually doing one year before, after their disappearance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately Brahm\'e4 descended from his great swan carrier and fell down before the Lord just like a golden stick. The word used among the Vai\'f1\'ebavas for offe
ring respect is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2avat.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This word means falling down like a stick; one should offer respe
ct to the superior Vai\'f1\'ebava by falling down straight, with his body just like a stick. So Brahm\'e4 fell down before the Lord just like a stick to offer respect; and because the complexion of Brahm\'e4 is golden, he appeared to be like a golden sti
ck lying down before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the four helmets on the heads of Brahm\'e4 touched the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Brahm\'e4, being very joyful, began to shed tears, and he washed the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his tears. Repeatedl
y he fell and rose as he recalled the wonderful activities of the Lord. After repeating obeisances for a long time, Brahm\'e4 stood up and smeared his hands over his eyes. Seeing the Lord before him, he, trembling, began to offer prayers with great respe
ct, humility and attention. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirteenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahm\'e4."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-14 / Prayers Offered by Lord Brahm\'e4 to 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 14 / Prayers Offered by Lord Bra
hm\'e4 to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 said, "My dear Lord, You are the only worshipful Supreme Lord, Personality of Godhead; therefore I am offering my humble obeisances and prayers just to pl
ease You. Your bodily features are of the color of clouds filled with water. You are glittering with a silver electric aura emanating from Your yellow garments. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Let me offer my respectful repeated obeisances unto the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda who is standing before me with conchshell, earrings and peacock feather on His 
head. His face is beautiful; He is wearing a helmet, garlanded by forest flowers, and He stands with a morsel of food in His hand. He is decorated with cane and bugle, and He carries a buffalo horn and flute. He stands before me with small lotus feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, people may say that I am the master of all Vedic knowledge, and I am supposed to be the creator of this universe, but it has been proved now that I c
annot understand Your personality, even though You are present before me just like a child. You are playing with Your boy friends, calves and cows, which might imply that You do not even have sufficient education. You are appearing just like a village bo
y, carrying Your food in Your hand and searching for Your calves. And yet there is so much difference between Your body and mine that I cannot estimate the potency of Your body. As I have already 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  Your body is not material." 
\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 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.1}{\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  it is stated that the body of the Lord is all spiritual; there is no difference between the Lord's body and His self. Each limb of His body can perform the actions of all the others. The Lord can see with His hands, He can hear with His 
eyes, He can accept offerings with His legs and He can create with His mouth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 continued: "Your appearance as a cowherd child is for the benefit of the devotees, and although I have committed offenses at Your lotus feet by stealing a
way Your cows, boys and calves, I can understand that You have mercy upon me. That is Your transcendental quality; You are very affectionate toward Your devotees. In spite of Your affection for me, I cannot estimate the potency of Your bodily activities.
 It is to be understood that when I, Lord Brahm\'e4, the supreme personality of this universe, cannot estimate the child-like body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then what to speak of others? And if I cannot estimate the spiritual potency of Your
 child-like body, then what can I understand about Your transcendental pastimes? Therefore, as it is said 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 [4.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  anyone who can understand a little of the transcen
dental pastimes, appearance and disappearance of the Lord becomes immediately eligible to enter into the kingdom of God after quitting the material body. This statement is also confirmed 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 it is stated simply: by understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can overcome the chain of repeated birth and death. I therefore re
commend that people should not try to understand You by their speculative knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The best process of understanding You is to submissively give up the speculative process and try to hear about You, either from Yourself as You have given statemen
ts 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 many similar Vedic literatures, or from a realized devotee who 
has taken shelter at Your lotus feet. One has to hear from a devotee without speculation. One does not even need to change his worldly position; he simply has to hear Your message. Although You are not understandable by the material senses, simply by hea
ring about You, one can gradually conquer the nescience of misunderstanding. By Your own grace only, You become revealed to a devotee. You are unconquerable by any other means. Speculative knowledge without any trace of devotional service is simply a use
less waste of time in the search for You. Devotional service is so important that even a little attempt can raise one to the highest perfectional platform. One should not, therefore, neglect this auspicious process of devotional service and take to the s
peculative method. By the speculative method one may gain partial knowledge of Your cosmic manifestation, but it is not possible to understand You, the origin of everything. The attempt of persons who are interested only in speculative knowledge is simpl
y wasted labor, like the labor of a person who attempts to gain something by beating the empty husk of a rice paddy. A little quantity of paddy can be husked by the grinding wheel, and one can gain some grains of rice, but if the skin of the paddy is alr
eady beaten by the grinding wheel, there is no further gain in beating the husk. It is simply useless labor. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, there are many instances in the history of human society where a person, after failing to achieve the transcendental platform, engaged himself in dev
otional service with his body, mind and words and thus attained the highest perfectional state of entering into Your abode. The processes of understanding You by speculation or mystic meditation are all useless without devotional service. One should ther
efore engage himself in Your devotional service even in his worldly activities, and one should always keep himself near You by the process of hearing and chanting Your transcendental glories. Simply by being attached to hearing and chanting Your glories,
 one can attain the highest perfectional stage and enter into Your kingdom. If a person, therefore, always keeps in touch with You by hearing and chanting Your glories and offers the results of his work for Your satisfaction only, he very easily and happ
ily attains entrance into Your supreme abode. You are realizable by persons who have cleansed their hearts of all contamination. This cleansing of the heart is made possible by chanting and hearing the glories of Your Lordship." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is all-pervading. As it is stated 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 }{\cs3774\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 9.4}{\cs3774\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 sustained by Me, but at the same time I am not in everything." Sinc
e the Lord is all-pervading, there is nothing existing without His knowledge. The all-pervasive nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can never be within the limited knowledge of a living entity; therefore, a person who has attained steadiness of 
the mind by fixing the mind on the lotus feet of the Lord is able to understand the Supreme Lord to some extent. It is the business of the mind to wander over varied subject matter for sense gratification. Therefore only a person who engages the senses a
lways in the service of the Lord can control the mind and be fixed at the lotus feet of the Lord. This concentration of the mind upon the lotus feet of the Lord 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  Until one reaches the stage 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  or trance, he cannot understand the nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There may be some philosophers or scientists who can study the cosmic nature from atom to atom; they may be so advanced that they can cou
nt the atomic composition of the cosmic atmosphere or all the planets and stars in the sky, or even the shining molecular parts of the sun or other stars and luminaries in the sky. But it is not possible to count the qualities of the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As described in the beginning of }{\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 Supreme Person is the origin of all qualities. He is generally called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Nirgu\'eba means without 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  means qualit
y, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means without. But impersonalists interpret this word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as "having no quality." Because they are unable to estimate the qualities of the Lord in transcendental realization
, they conclude that the Supreme Lord has no qualities. But that is actually not the position. The real position is that He is the original source of all qualities. All qualities are emanating constantly from Him. How, therefore, can a limited person cou
nt the qualities of the Lord? One may estimate the qualities of the Lord for one moment, but the next moment the qualities are increased; so it is not possible to make an estimation of the transcendental qualities of the Lord. He is therefore called }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His qualities cannot be estimated. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not uselessly labor in mental speculation to estimate the Lord's qualities. There is no need of adopting the speculative method or exercising the body to
 attain mystic }{\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  perfection. One should simply understand that the distress and happiness of t
his body are predestined; there is no need to try to avoid the distress of this bodily existence or to attempt to achieve happiness by different types of exercises. The best course is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead with body, mind a
nd words and always be engaged in His service. This transcendental labor is fruitful, but other attempts to understand the Absolute Truth are never successful. Therefore an intelligent man does not try to understand the Supreme Person, Absolute Truth, by
 speculative or mystic power. Rather, he engages in devotional service and depends on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He knows that whatever may happen to the body is due to his past fruitive activities. If one lives such a simple life in devotional 
service, then automatically he can inherit the transcendental abode of the Lord. Actually, every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and a son of the Godhead. Each has the natural right to inherit and share the transcendental pleasures o
f the Lord, but due to the contact of matter, conditioned living entities have been practically disinherited. If one adopts the simple method of engaging himself in devotional service, automatically he becomes eligible to become freed from the material c
ontamination and elevated to the transcendental position of associating with the Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 presented himself to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the most presumptuous living creature because he wanted to examine the wonder of His personal power. He s
tole the boys and calves of the Lord in order to see how the Lord would recover them. After his maneuver, Lord Brahm\'e4 admitted that his attempt was most presumptuous, for he was attempting to test his energy before the person of original energy. Comin
g to his senses, Lord Brahm\'e4 saw that although he was a very powerful living creature in the estimation of all other living creatures within this material world, in comparison to the power and energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his power wa
s nothing. The scientists of the material world have discovered wonders such as atomic weapons, and when tested in a city or insignificant place on this planet, such powerful weapons create so-called havoc, but if the atomic weapons are tested on the sun
, what is their significance? They are insignificant there. Similarly, Brahm\'e4's stealing the calves and boys from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba may be a wonderful display of mystic power, but when \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited His expansive power in s
o many calves and boys and maintained them without effort, Brahm\'e4 could understand that his own power was insignificant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 addressed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Acyuta because the Lord is never forgetful of a little service rendered by His devotee. He is so kind and affectionate to
wards His devotees that a little service by them is accepted by Him as a great deal. Brahm\'e4 has certainly rendered much service to the Lord. As the supreme personality in charge of this particular universe, he is, without a doubt, a faithful servant o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore he could appease K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He asked that the Lord understand him as a subordinate servant whose little mistake and impudence might be excused. He admitted that he was puffed up by his powerful position as Lord Brahm\'e4.
 Because he is the qualitative incarnation of the mode of passion within this material world, this was natural for him, and therefore he committed the mistake. But after all, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba would kindly take compassion upon His subordinate and excus
e him for his gross mistake. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 realized his actual position. He is certainly the supreme teacher of this universe, in charge of the production of material nature consisting of comp
lete material elements, false ego, sky, air, fire, water and earth. Such a universe may be gigantic, but it can be measured, just as we measure our body as seven cubits. Generally everyone's personal bodily measurement is calculated to be seven cubits of
 his hand. This particular universe may appear as a very gigantic body, but it is nothing but the measurement of seven cubits for Lord Brahm\'e4. Aside from this universe, there are unlimited other universes which are outside the jurisdiction of this par
ticular Lord Brahm\'e4. Just as innumerable atomic infinitesimal fragments pass through the holes of a screened window, so millions and trillions of universes in their seedling form are coming out from the bodily pores of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, and that Ma
h\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is but a part of the plenary expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Under these circumstances, although Lord Brahm\'e4 is the supreme creature within this universe, what is his importance in the presence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 therefore compared himself to a little child within the womb of his mother. If the child within the womb plays with his hands and legs, and while pla
ying touches the body of the mother, is the mother offended with the child? Of course she isn't. Similarly, Lord Brahm\'e4 may be a very great personality, and yet not only Brahm\'e4 but everything that be is existing within the womb of the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead. The Lord's energy is all-pervading; there is no place in the creation where it is not acting. Everything is existing within the energy of the Lord, so the Brahm\'e4 of this universe or the Brahm\'e4s of the many other millions and tril
lions of universes are existing within the energy of the Lord; therefore the Lord is considered to be the mother, and everything existing within the womb of the mother is considered to be the child. And the good mother is never offended with the child, e
ven if he touches the body of the mother by kicking his legs. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 then admitted that his birth was from the lotus flower which blossomed from the navel of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba after the dissolution of the three worlds,
 or three planetary systems, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka}{\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 Svarloka.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The universe is divided into three divisions, namely Svarga, Martya and P\'e4t\'e4la. These three planetary systems 
are merged into water at the time of dissolution. At that time N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the plenary portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, lies down on the water and gradually a lotus stem grows from His navel, and from that lotus flower, Brahm\'e4 is born. It is naturall
y concluded that the mother of Brahm\'e4 is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Because the Lord is the resting place of all the living entities after the dissolution of the universe, He is called N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. The word }{\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 the aggregate total of all living entities, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
yana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the resting place. The form of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is called N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba because He rests Himself on that water. In addition, He is the restin
g place of all living creatures. Besides that, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is also present in everyone's heart, as it 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.61}{\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  In that sense, also, He is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ayana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the source of knowledge as well as the resting place. 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  }{\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 that remembrance of the living entity is due to the presence of the Supersoul within the heart. After changing the body, a living creature forgets everything of his past life, but because N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba the Supersoul is presen
t within his heart, he is reminded by Him to act according to his past desire. Lord Brahm\'e4 wanted to prove that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, that He is the source of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is not an exhibiti
on of the external energy, }{\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 is an expansion of spiritual energy. The activities of
 the external energy or }{\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  are exhibited after the creation of this cosmic world, and the
 original spiritual energy of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba was acting before the creation. So the expansions of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, from K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, from Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu to K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 V
i\'f1\'ebu, and from K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu to everyone's heart, are manifestations of His spiritual energy. They are not conducted by the material energy; therefore they are not temporary. Anything conducted by the material energy is t
emporary, but everything executed by the spiritual energy is eternal. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 reconfirmed his statement establishing K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. He said that the gigantic universal body is still resting on
 the water known as Garbhodaka. He spoke as follows: "This gigantic body of the universe is another manifestation of Your energy. On account of His resting on the water, this universal form is also N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and we are all within the womb of thi
s N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba form. I see Your different N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba forms everywhere. I can see You on the water, I can feel You within my heart, and I can also see You before me now. You are the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, in this incarnation You have proved that You are the supreme controller 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  You remain within the cosmic manifestation, and yet the whole creation is within You. This fact has already been proved by You when You exhibited the w
hole universal creation within Your mouth before Your mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. By Your inconceivable potency of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You can make such things effective without external help. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the whole cosmic manifestation that we are visualizing at present is all within Your body. Yet I am seeing You outside, and You are al
so seeing me outside. How can such things happen without being influenced by Your inconceivable energy?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 stressed herein that without accepting the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot explain things as they are. He cont
inued: "My dear Lord, leaving aside all other things and just considering today's happenings\'97what I have seen\'97are they not all due to Your inconceivable energies? First of all I saw You alone; thereafter You expanded Yourself as Your friends, the c
alves and all the existence of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; then I saw You and all the boys as four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebus, and They were being worshiped by all elements and all demigods, including myself. Again They all became cowherd boys, and You remained alone as Y
ou were before. Does this not mean that You are the Supreme Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the origin of everything, and from You everything emanates, and again everything enters unto You, and You remain the same as before?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Persons who are unaware of Your inconceivable energy cannot understand that You alone expand Yourself as the creator Brahm\'e4, maintainer Vi\'f1\'ebu, and annihil
ator \'c7iva. Persons who are not in awareness of things as they are contemplate that I, Brahm\'e4, am the creator, Vi\'f1\'ebu is the maintainer, and Lord \'c7iva is the annihilator. Actually, You are alone everything\'97creator, maintainer, and annihil
ator. Similarly, You expand Yourself in different incarnations; among the demigods You incarnate as V\'e4manadeva, among the great sages You incarnate as Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, among the human beings You appear as Yourself, as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Lord R
\'e4ma, among the animals You appear as the boar incarnation, and among the aquatics You appear as the incarnation of fish. And yet You have no appearance; You are always eternal. Your appearance and disappearance are made possible by Your inconceivable 
energy just to give protection to the faithful devotees and to annihilate the demons. O my Lord, O all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Supersoul, controller of all mystic powers, no one can appreciate Your transcendental pastimes as they are 
exhibited within these three worlds. No one can estimate how You have expanded Your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 and Your incarnation and how You act by Your transcendental energy. My dear Lord, this whole cosmic manifestation is just like a flashing dream, and its temporary existence simply disturbs the mind. As a result, we are full of anxiety in this existence;
 to live within this material world means simply to suffer and to be full of all miseries. And yet this temporary existence of the material world appears to be pleasing and dear on account of its having evolved from Your body, which is eternal and full o
f bliss and knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My conclusion is, therefore, 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. The innumerable living entities are simply like sparks of the original fire. You
r Lordship, the conception of the Supersoul as impersonal is wrongly accepted because I see that You are the original person. A person with a poor fund of knowledge may think that, because You are the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, You are not the original
 person, that You are born just like a human being. They are mistaken. You are the actual original person; that is my conclusion. In spite of Your being the son of Nanda, You are the original person, and there is no doubt about it. You are the Absolute T
ruth, and You are not of this material darkness. You are the source of the original }{\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  a
s well as the material luminaries. Your transcendental effulgence is identical with }{\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  
As it is described in the }{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.40}{\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  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  is nothing but Your personal bodily effu
lgence. There are many Vi\'f1\'ebu incarnations and incarnations of Your different qualities, but all those incarnations are not on the same level. You are the original lamp. Other incarnations may possess the same candle power as the original lamp, but 
the original lamp is the beginning of all light. And because You are not one of the creations of this material world, even after the annihilation of this world, Your existence as You are will continue. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Because You are the original person, You are therefore described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-t
\'e4pan\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the Vedic }{\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 ), as well as 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 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Govinda is the original person, the cause of all causes. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.27}{\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  also it is stated that You are th
e source of the Brahman effulgence. No one should conclude that Your body is like an ordinary material body. Your body is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1ara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indestructible. The material body is always full of threefold miseries, but Your body is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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, bliss, knowledge and eternality. You are also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nira\'efjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because Your pastimes, as the little son of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 or the Lord 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  are never contaminated by the material qualities. And although You exhibited Yourself in so many cowherd boys, calves and cows, Your transcendental potency is not reduced. You are always complete. As it is described in 
the Vedic literature, even if the complete is taken away from the complete\'97Supreme Absolute Truth\'97it yet remains the complete, Supreme Absolute Truth. And although many expansions from the complete are visible, the complete is one without a second.
 Since all Your pastimes are spiritual, there is no possibility of their being contaminated by the material modes of nature. When You place Yourself subordinate to Your father and mother, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, You are not reduced in Your potency; this 
is an expression of Your loving attitude for Your devotees. There is no other competitor or second identity than Yourself. A person with a poor fund of knowledge concludes that Your pastimes and appearance are simply material designations. You are transc
endental to both nescience and knowledge, as it is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-t\'e4pan\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You a
re the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (nectar of immortality), indestructible. As it is confirmed in the 
\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 \'c7r\'e9-Bh\'e4gavat\'e4khila-V\'e5tta-Nir\'ebaya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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\line  satya\'f9 svayam-jyotir ananta \'e4dya\'f9\line nityo 'k\'f1aro 'jasr
a-sukho nira\'efjana\'f9\line  p\'fcr\'eb\'e4dvayo mukta up\'e4dhito 'm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\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 eka\'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 tvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Supersoul; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pur\'e4\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ancient; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya\'f9\'97}{\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 svayam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -j}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub self-effulgent; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub limitless; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dyasyn\'f9
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the first; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et
ernal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1ara\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub imperishable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ajasra-sukha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always blissful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nira\'efjana\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub untouched by matter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub perfect and complete; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without any rival; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
mukta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub free; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4dhita\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub from all material designations; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub immortal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  My conclusion is, therefore, that You are the Supreme Soul, Absolute Truth, and the supreme, original person, and although Yo
u 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. You are the Absolute Truth, and You are no
t of this material darkness. You are the source of the original }{\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  as well as the materi
al luminaries. Your transcendental effulgence is identical with 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 . Because You are 
not one of the creations of this material world, Your existence as You are will continue. Your body is indestructible. The material body is always full of threefold miseries, but Your body is full of being, bliss, knowledge, and eternity. You are always 
complete. Although many expansions from the complete are visible, the complete is one without a second. Since Your pastimes are spiritual, there is no possibility of their being contaminated by the material modes of nature. There is no other competitor o
f second identity than Yourself. You are the original nectar of immortality, indestructible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 comments:\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub This is so because You are beyond all limiting designations. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ruti-\'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  it is said:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta\'e0 \'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 brahma
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Supreme Personality of Godhead is eternal.
 He is far beyond any limiting designation."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this passage the word "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " means \'93The Supreme Personality of Godhead is beyond any limiting designation". The word "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " here may also be interpreted to mean "He who never dies".
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also quoted in \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub S\'e4r\'e4rtha-Dar\'e7ini-\'f6\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [10.14.23]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, am\'e5ta\'e0 \'e7\'e4\'e7
vata\'e0 brahme.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Brahman is the eternal, the supreme origin of everything, who has no birth or 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 Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that the Supreme Brahman is as effulgent as the sun and is the origin of everything, and anyone who can understand that original person becomes liberated from the material conditional life. Anyone who can simply be attached 
to You by devotional service can know Your actual position, Your birth, appearance, disappearance and activities. As 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.5]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  simply by understanding Your co
nstitutional position, appearance and disappearance, one can be immediately elevated to the spiritual kingdom after quitting this present body. Therefore to cross over the ocean of material nescience, an intelligent person takes shelter of Your lotus fee
t and is easily transferred to the spiritual world. There are many so-called meditators who do not know that You are the Supreme Soul. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.61}{\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  You are the Supreme Soul present in everyone's heart. Therefore there is no necessity of one's medit
ating on something beyond You. One who is always absorbed in meditation on Your original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba easily crosses over the ocean of material nescience. But persons who do not know that You are the Supreme Soul remain within this material wor
ld in spite of their so-called meditation. If, by the association of Your devotees, a person comes to the knowledge that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supersoul, then it is possible for him to cross over the ocean of material ignorance. For instanc
e, a person becomes transcendental to the mistake of thinking a rope is a snake; as soon as one understands that the rope is not a snake, he is liberated from fear. For one who understands You, therefore, through Your personal teachings, 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 through Your pure devotees, as 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.14.58]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all Vedic
 literatures\'97that You are the ultimate goal of understanding\'97he need no more fear this material existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So-called liberation and bondage has no meaning for a person who is already engaged in Your devotional service, just as a person who knows that the rope is not a s
nake is unafraid. 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. For a person who is already situated in the sun planet, there is no qu
estion of the appearance or disappearance of the sun in the name of day or night. It is also said that You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are just like 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  is like darkness. When the sun is present, there is no question of darkness; so, for those who are always in Your presence, there is no question of bondage or liberation. They are alread
y liberated. On the other hand, persons who falsely think themselves to be liberated without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, fall down because their intelligence is not pure. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one therefore thinks that the Supersoul is something different from Your personality and thus searches out the Supersoul somewhere else, in the forest or in the
 caves of the Him\'e4layas, his condition is very lamentable. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Your teachings 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 [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 are that one should give up all other processes o
f self-realization and simply surrender unto You, for that is complete. Because You are supreme in everything, those who are searching after the Brahman effulgence are also searching after You. And those who are searching after Supersoul realization are 
also searching after You. You have 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 You Yourself, by Your p
artial representation as the Supersoul, have entered into this material cosmic manifestation. You are present in everyone\'92s heart, and there is no need to search out the Supersoul anywhere else. If someone does so, he is simply in ignorance. One who i
s transcendental to such a position understands that You are unlimited; You are both within and without. Your presence is everywhere. Instead of searching for the Supersoul anywhere else, a devotee only concentrates his mind on You within. Actually one w
ho is liberated from the material concept of life can search for You; others cannot. The simile of thinking the rope to be a snake is applicable only to those who are still in ignorance of You. Actually the existence of a snake besides the rope is only w
ithin the mind. The existence 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 , similarly, is only within the mind. }{\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 nothing but ignorance of Your personality. When one forgets Your personality, that is the cond
itional state 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 one who is fixed upon You both internally and externally i
s not illusioned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who has attained a little devotional service can understand Your glories. Even one striving for Brahman realization or Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization cannot under
stand the different features of Your personality unless he treads the devotional path. One may be the spiritual master of many impersonalists, or he may go to the forest or to a cave or mountain and meditate as a hermit for many, many years, but he canno
t understand Your glories without being favored by a slight degree of devotional service. Brahman realization or Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization are also not possible even after one searches for many, many years unless one is touched by the wonderful effect 
of devotional service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I pray that I may be so fortunate that, in this life or in another life, wherever I may take my birth, I may be counted as one of Your devotees. Wher
ever I may be, I pray that I may be engaged in Your devotional service. I do not even care what form of life I get in the future, because I can see that even in the form of cows and calves or cowherd boys, the devotees are so fortunate to be always engag
ed in Your transcendental loving service and association. Therefore I wish to be one of them instead of such an exalted person as I am now, for I am full of ignorance. 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 cows of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are so fortunate that they have been able to supply their breast milk to You. Persons who are engaged in performing great sacrifices and offe
ring many valuable goats in the sacrifice cannot attain the perfection of understanding You, but simply by devotional service these innocent village women and cows are all able to satisfy You with their milk. You have drunk their milk to satisfaction, ye
t You are never satisfied by those engaged in performing sacrifices. I am simply surprised, therefore, with the fortunate position of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and the cowherd men and }{\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  because You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, are existing here as their most intimate lovable object. My dear Lord, 
no one can actually appreciate the good fortune of these residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. We are all demigods, controlling deities of the various senses of the living entities, and we are proud of enjoying such privileges, but actually there is no compariso
n between our position and the position of these fortunate residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana because they are actually relishing Your presence and enjoying Your association by dint of their activities. We may be proud of being controllers of the senses, but h
ere the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are so transcendental that they are not under our control. Actually they are enjoying the senses through service to You. I shall therefore consider myself fortunate to be given a chance to take birth in this land of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana in any of my future lives. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I am therefore not interested in either material opulences or liberation. I am most humbly praying at Your lotus feet for You to please give me any s
ort of birth within this V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest so that I may be able to be favored by the dust of the feet of some of the devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Even if I am given the chance to grow just as the humble grass in this land, that will be a glorious b
irth for me. But if I am not so fortunate to take birth within the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I beg to be allowed to take birth outside the immediate area of V\'e5nd\'e4vana so that when the devotees go out they will walk over me. Even that would be a gr
eat fortune for me. I am just aspiring for a birth in which I will be smeared by the dust of the devotees' feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can see that everyone here is simply full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; they do not know anything but Mukunda. 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  are indeed searching after the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to find 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And it is said 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.33]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that it is very difficult to find K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by systematic reading of the Vedi
c literature. But He is very easily available through the mercy of a pure devotee. The pure devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are fortunate because they can see Mukunda (Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba) all the time. This word "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " can be understood in two ways. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means liberation. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can give liberation and therefore transcendental bliss. The word also refers to His smiling face, which is just like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower. }{\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  also means face. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower is ver
y beautiful, and it appears to be smiling. Thus the comparison is made. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The difference between the pure devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and other devotees is that the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have no other desire but to be associated wi
th K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being very kind to His devotees, fulfills their desire; because they always want K\'e5\'f1\'eba's association, the Lord is always prepared to give it to them. The devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are also spontaneous lovers.
 They do not follow the regulative principles. They are not required to strictly follow regulative principles because they are already naturally developed in transcendental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Regulative principles are required for persons who have 
not achieved the position of transcendental love. Brahm\'e4 is also a devotee of the Lord, but he is subject to follow the regulative principles. He prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to give him the chance to take birth in V\'e5nd\'e4vana so that he might be eleva
ted to the platform of spontaneous love. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 continued: "My Lord, sometimes I am puzzled as to how Your Lordship will be able to repay, in gratitude, the devotional service of these residents of
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Although I know that You are the supreme source of all benediction, I am puzzled to know how You will be able to repay all the service that You are receiving from these residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. I think of how You are so kind, so ma
gnanimous, that even P\'fctan\'e4, who came to cheat You by dressing herself as a very affectionate mother, was awarded liberation and the actual post of a mother. And other demons belonging to the same family, such as Agh\'e4sura and Bak\'e4sura, were a
lso favored with liberation. Under the circumstances, I am puzzled. These residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have given You everything\'97their bodies, their minds, their love, their homes. Everything is being utilized for Your purpose. So how will You be able
 to repay their debt? You have already given Yourself to P\'fctan\'e4! I surmise that You shall ever remain a debtor to the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, being unable to repay their loving service. My Lord, I can understand that the superexcellent servic
e of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is due to their spontaneously engaging all natural instincts in Your service. It is said that attachment for material objects and home is due to illusion, which makes a living entity conditioned in the material world
. But this is only the case for persons who are not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the case of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, such obstructions, as attachment to hearth and home, are nonexistent. Because their attachment has been converted unto Y
ou, and their home has been converted into a temple because You are always there, and because they have forgotten everything for Your sake, there is no impediment. For a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, there is no such thing as impediments in hearth and
 home. Nor is there illusion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can also understand that Your appearance as a small cowherd boy, a child of the cowherd men, is not at all a material activity. You are so much obliged by their 
affection that You are here to enthuse them with more loving service by Your transcendental presence. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana there is no distinction between material and spiritual because everything is dedicated to Your loving service. My dear Lord, Your V
\'e5nd\'e4vana pastimes are simply to enthuse Your devotees. If someone takes Your V\'e5nd\'e4vana pastimes to be material, he will be misled. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, those who deride You, claiming that You have a material body like an ordinary man, are 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 demonic and less intelligent. You are always transcendental. The nondevotees are cheated because they c
onsider You to be a material creation. Actually, You have assumed this body, which resembles that of an ordinary cowherd boy, simply to increase the devotion and transcendental bliss of Your devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I have nothing to say about people who advertise that they have already realized God or that by their realization they have themselves become God. Bu
t as far as I am concerned, I admit frankly that for me it is not possible to realize You by my body, mind or speech. What can I say about You, or how can I realize You by my senses? I cannot even think of You perfectly with my mind, which is the master 
of the senses. Your qualities, Your activities and Your body cannot be conceived by any person within this material world. Only by Your mercy can one understand, to some extent, what You are. My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Lord of all creation, althou
gh I sometimes falsely think that I am the master of this universe. I may be master of this universe, but there are innumerable universes, and there are innumerable Brahm\'e4s also who preside over these universes. But actually You are the master of them
 all. As the Supersoul in everyone's heart, You know everything. Please, therefore accept me as Your surrendered servant. I hope that You will excuse me for disturbing You in Your pastimes with Your friends and calves. Now if You will kindly allow me, I 
will immediately leave so You can enjoy Your friends and calves without my presence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Your very name suggests that You are all-attractive. The attraction of the sun and the moon are all due to You. By the attraction of t
he sun, You are beautifying the very existence of the Yadu dynasty. With the attraction of the moon, You are enhancing the potency of the land, the demigods, 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  the cows and the oceans. Because of Your supreme attraction, demons like Ka\'e0sa and others are annihilated. Therefore it is my deliberate conclusion that You are the only
 worshipable Deity within the creation. Accept my humble obeisances until the annihilation of this material world. As long as there is sunshine within this material world, kindly accept my humble obeisances." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Brahm\'e4, the master of this universe, after offering humble and respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and circumambulating Hi
m three times, was ready to return to his abode known as Brahmaloka. By His gesture, the Supreme Personality of Godhead gave him permission to return. As soon as Brahm\'e4 left, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately appeared as He had on the very day
 the cows and cowherd boys had vanished. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had left His friends on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 while they were engaged in lunch, and although He returned exactly one year later, the cowherd boys
 thought that He had returned within a second. That is the way of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s different energies and activities. 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.61]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
Himself is residing in everyone\'92s heart, and He causes both remembrance and forgetfulness. All living entities are controlled by the supreme energy of the Lord, and sometimes they remember and sometimes they forget their constitutional position. His f
riends, being controlled in such a way, could not understand that for one whole year they were absent from the Yamun\'e4 bank and were under the spell of Brahm\'e4\'92s illusion. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared before the boys, they thought, \'93K\'e5\'f1
\'eba has returned within a minute.\'94 They began to laugh, thinking that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not willing to leave their lunchtime company. They were very jubilant and invited Him, \'93Dear friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You have come back so quickly! All right,
 we have not as yet begun our lunch, not even taken one morsel of food. So please come and join us and let us eat together.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba smiled and accepted their invitation, and He began to enjoy the lunchtime company of His friends. While eating,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thinking, \'93These boys believe that I have come back within a second, but they do not know that for the last year I have been involved with the mystic activities of Lord Brahm\'e4.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After finishing their lunch, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends and calves began to return to their Vrajabh\'fcmi homes. While passing, they enjoyed seeing the dead car
cass of Agh\'e4sura in the shape of a gigantic serpent. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned home to Vrajabh\'fcmi, He was seen by all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He was wearing a peacock feather in His helmet, which was also decorated with forest flower
s. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also garlanded with flowers and painted with different colored minerals collected from the caves of Govardhana Hill. Govardhana Hill is always famous for supplying natural red dyes, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends painted their b
odies with them. Each of them had a bugle made of buffalo horn and a stick and a flute, and each called his respective calves by their particular names. They were so proud of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's wonderful activities that, while entering the village, they al
l sang His glories. 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 saw beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba entering the
 village. The boys composed nice songs describing how they were saved from being swallowed by the great serpent and how the serpent was killed. Some described K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4, and others as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. "He i
s so wonderful that He saved us from the clutches of the great serpent and killed him," they said. But little did they know that one year had passed since the killing of Agh\'e4sura. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this regard, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it asked \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 how the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana suddenly developed so much love for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not a member of any of their families. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it enquired, "During the absence of the original cowherd boys, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself, why is it that the boys' parents became more loving 
toward Him than toward their own sons? Also, why did the cows become so loving toward the calves, more than toward their own calves?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 told Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that every living entity is actually most attached to his own self. Outward paraphernalia such as home,
 family, friends, country, society, wealth, opulence, reputation, etc., are all only secondary in pleasing the living entity. They please only because they bring pleasure to the self. For this reason, one is self-centered and is attached to his body and 
self more than he is to relatives like wife, children, and friends. If there is some immediate danger to one's own person, he first of all takes care of himself, then others. That is natural. That means, more than anything else, he loves his own self. Th
e next important object of affection, after his own self, is his material body. A person who has no information of the spirit soul is very much attached to his material body, so much so that even in old age he wants to preserve the body in so many artifi
cial ways, thinking that his old and broken body can be saved. Everyone is working hard day and night just to give pleasure to his own self, under either the bodily or spiritual concept of life. We are attached to material possessions because they give p
leasure to the senses or to the body. The attachment to the body is there only because the "I," the spirit soul, is within the body. Similarly, when one is further advanced, he knows that the spirit soul is pleasing because it is part and parcel of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Ultimately, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is pleasing and all-attractive. He is the Supersoul of everything. And in order to give us this information, K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends and tells us that the all-attractive center is He Himself. Without being 
an expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nothing can be attractive. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever is attractive within the cosmic manifestation is due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore the reservoir of all pleasure. The active principle of 
everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and highly elevated transcendentalists see everything in connection with Him. 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 stated that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bhagavata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or highly
 advanced devotee, sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the active principle in all movable and immovable living entities. Therefore he sees everything within this cosmic manifestation in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For the fortunate person who has taken shelter of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba as everything, liberation is already there. He is no longer in the material world. This 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  Whoever is engaged in the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is already on 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  or spiritual platform. The very name K\'e5\'f1\'eba suggests piety and liberation. Anyone who takes shelter of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba enters the boat for crossing over the ocean of nescie
nce. For him, this vast expansion of the material manifestation becomes as insignificant as a hoofprint. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of all great souls, and He is the shelter of the material worlds. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For one who is on the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, or the spiritual world, is not far away. He does not live within the material world
 where there is danger at every step. In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was fully explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 even recited to the king the statements and prayers of Lord Brahm
\'e4. These descriptions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes with His cowherd boys, His eating with them on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and Lord Brahm\'e4's prayers unto Him, are all transcendental subject matters. Anyone who hears, recites or chants them su
rely gets all his spiritual desires fulfilled. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba's childhood appearance, His sporting with Balar\'e4ma in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, was described. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fourteenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Prayers Offered by Lord Brahm\'e4 to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-15 / Killing of Dhenuk\'e4sura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 15 / Killing of Dhenuk\'e4sura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His elder brother Balar\'e4ma, passed the childhood age known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stepped into the age of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the sixth year up to the tenth. At that time, all the cowherd men conferred and agreed to give those boys who had passed their fifth year charge of the cows in the pasturing gro
und. Given charge of the cows, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma traversed V\'e5nd\'e4vana, purifying the land with Their footprints. 
\par }\pard {\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 through the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which was fu
ll of flowers, vegetables, and pasturing grass. The V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest was as sanctified as the clear mind of a devotee and was full of bees, flowers and fruits. There were chirping birds and clear water lakes with waters that could relieve one of al
l fatigues. Sweet flavored breezes blew always, refreshing the mind and body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His friends and Balar\'e4ma, entered the forest and, seeing the favorable situation, enjoyed the atmosphere to the fullest extent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw all t
he 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 the behavior 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: "My dear brother, You are superior to all of us, and Your lotus feet are worshiped by the dem
igods. Just see how these trees, 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\'e4vana
 are not ordinary living entities. Having held the impersonal point of view in their past lives, they are now 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 the trees are living entities in the modes of darkness. The impersonalist philosophers are in that darkness, but they eradicate it by taking full advantage of Your presence. I th
ink 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, an
d 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 ev
en for a moment. My dear brother, You are the supreme worshipable Godhead. Just see how the peacocks in great ecstasy are dancing before You. The deer, whose behavior 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  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 Yo
ur appearance is so auspicious in their home. 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 g
reat 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, cuckoo 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 and fatigued, He would sometimes take shelter of the root of a big tr
ee, or the lap 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 sweet 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 interna
l 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 a
nd cheat innocent 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 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 assume 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 tree 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 towards th
e forest, surrounded by all Their friends. 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 the ripe fruits fell down on the ground. Upon he
aring the sound of the falling fruits, the demon Dhenuk\'e4sura, who was living there in the form of an ass, began to approach with great force, shaking the whole field so that all the trees began to move as if there were an earthquake. The demon appeare
d first before Balar\'e4ma and began to kick His chest with his hind legs. At first, Balar\'e4ma did not say anything, but the demon with great anger began to kick Him again more vehemently. This time Balar\'e4ma immediately caught hold of the legs of th
e 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 demon'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 extraordinary strength is not astonishing 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 of 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 began to catch each of the asses by the hind legs and, exactly in the same way, wheel them around. Thus They killed all of them by thro
wing 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 began to sho
wer flowers on K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and began to beat their drums and offer 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 grown 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 began to look 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.}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were immediately received by Their affectionate mothers, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9, and, according to the time's demands, th
ey began 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 wa
s dressed in bluish garments, and Balar\'e4ma was dressed in yellowish 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 bea
utiful. 
\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to go with His boy friends and with Balar\'e4ma, and sometimes He used to go alone with His friends to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and t
end the cows. Gradually, the summer season arrived, and one day, while in the field, the boys and cows became very thirsty and began to drink the water of the Yamun\'e4. The river, however, was made poisonous by the venom of the great serpent known as K
\'e4liya. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the water was so poisonous, the boys and cows became visibly affected immediately after drinking. They suddenly fell down on the ground, apparently dead. Th
en K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the life of all lives, simply cast His merciful glance over them, and all the boys and cows regained consciousness and began to look at one another with great astonishment. They could understand that by drinking the water of Yam
un\'e4 they had died and that the merciful glance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba restored their life. Thus they appreciated the mystic power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Yoge\'e7vara, the master of all mystic }{\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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifteenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Killing of Dhenuk\'e4sura."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-16 / Subduing K\'e4liya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 16 / Subduing K\'e4liya
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When He understood that the water of the Yamun\'e4 was being polluted by the black serpent K\'e4liya, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba took action against him and made him leave
 the Yamun\'e4 and go elsewhere, and thus the water became purified. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When this story was being narrated by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it became eager to hear more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's childhood pastimes. 
He inquired from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 how K\'e5\'f1\'eba chastised K\'e4liya, who was living in the water for many years. Actually, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was becoming more and more enthusiastic to hear the transcendental pastimes of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and his inquiry was made with great interest. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 narrated the story as follows. Within the River Yamun\'e4 there was a great lake, and in that lake the black serpent K\'e4liya used to liv
e. Because of his poison, the whole area was so contaminated that it emanated a poisonous vapor twenty-four hours a day. If a bird happened to even pass over the spot, he would immediately fall down in the water and die. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to the poisonous effect of the Yamun\'e4's vapors, the trees and grass near the bank of the Yamun\'e4 had all dried up. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw the effect of th
e great serpent's poison: the whole river that ran before V\'e5nd\'e4vana was now deadly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who advented Himself just to kill all undesirable elements in the world, immediately climbed up in a big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree on the bank of the Yamun\'e4. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a round yellow flower, generally seen only in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana area. After climbing to the top of the tree, He tightened His belt cloth, and, flapping His arms just like 
a wrestler, jumped in the midst of the poisonous lake. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree from which K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 had jumped was the only tree there which was not dead. Some commentators say that due to touching the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the tree became immediately alive. In some 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  it is stated that Garu\'f2a, the eternal carrier of Vi\'f1\'ebu, knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would take this action in the future, so he put some nectar
 on this tree to preserve it. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba jumped into the water, the river overflooded its banks, as if something very large had fallen into it. This exhibition of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's strength is not at all uncommon because He is the reservoir 
of all strength. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was swimming about, just like a great strong elephant, He made a tumultuous sound which the great black serpent K\'e4liya could hear. The tumult
 was intolerable for him, and he could understand that this was an attempt to attack his home. Therefore he immediately came before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e4liya saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was indeed worth seeing because His body was so beautiful and delicate; 
its color resembled that of a cloud, and His legs resembled a lotus flower. He was decorated with \'c7r\'e9vatsa, jewels and yellow garments. He was smiling with a beautiful face and was playing in the River Yamun\'e4 with great strength. But in spite of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beautiful features, K\'e4liya felt great anger within his heart, and thus he grabbed K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his mighty coils. Seeing the incredible way in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba was enveloped in the coils of the serpent, the affectionate cow
herd boys and inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana immediately became stunned out of fear. They had dedicated everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their lives, property, affection, activities\'97everything was for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and when they saw Him in that condi
tion, they became overwhelmed with fear and fell down on the ground. All the cows, bulls and small calves became overwhelmed with grief, and they began to look at Him with great anxiety. Out of fear they could only cry in agony and stand erect on the ban
k, unable to help their beloved K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While this scene was taking place on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, there were ill omens manifest. The earth trembled, meteors fell from the sky, and the bodies of men 
shivered. All these are indications of great immediate danger. Observing the inauspicious signs, the cowherd men, including Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, became very anxious out of fear. At the same time they were informed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had gone to the pas
turing ground without His elder brother, Balar\'e4ma. As soon as Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 and the cowherd men heard this news, they became even more anxious. Out of their great affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, unaware of the extent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's potenci
es, they became overwhelmed with grief and anxiety because they had nothing dearer than K\'e5\'f1\'eba and because they dedicated their everything\'97life, property, affection, mind and activities\'97to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because of their great attachment f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they thought, "Today K\'e5\'f1\'eba is surely going to be vanquished!" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana came out of the village to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The assembly consisted of children, young and old men, women, animals and all 
living entities; they knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their only means of sustenance. While this was happening, Balar\'e4ma, who is the master of all knowledge, stood there simply smiling. He knew how powerful His younger brother K\'e5\'f1\'eba was and that
 there was no cause for anxiety when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fighting with an ordinary serpent of the material world. He did not, therefore, personally take any part in their concern. On the other hand, all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, being disturbed,
 began to search out K\'e5\'f1\'eba by following the impression of His footprints on the ground, and thus they moved towards the bank of the Yamun\'e4. Finally, by following the footprints marked with flag, bow and conchshell, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana arrived at the river bank and saw that all the cows and boys were weeping to behold K\'e5\'f1\'eba enwrapped in the coils of the black serpent. Then they became still more overwhelmed with grief. While Balar\'e4ma was smiling to see their lament
ation, all the inhabitants of Vrajabh\'fcmi merged into the ocean of grief because they thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was finished. Although the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana did not know much about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their love for Him was beyond comparison. 
As soon as they saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the River Yamun\'e4 enveloped by the serpent K\'e4liya and that all the boys and cows were lamenting, they simply began to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friendship, His smiling face, His sweet words and His deal
ings with them. Thinking of all these and believing that their K\'e5\'f1\'eba was now within the clutches of K\'e4liya, they at once felt that the three worlds had become vacant. Lord Caitanya also said that He was seeing the three worlds as vacant for w
ant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the highest stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Almost all of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana had the highest ecstasy, love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 arrived, she wanted to enter the River Yamun\'e4, and being checked, she fainted. Other friends who were equally aggrieved were shedding te
ars like torrents of rain or waves of the river, but in order to bring mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 to consciousness, they began to speak loudly about the transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 remained still, as if dead, because her consc
iousness was concentrated on the face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nanda and all others who dedicated everything, including their lives, to K\'e5\'f1\'eba were ready to enter the waters of the Yamun\'e4, but Lord Balar\'e4ma checked them because He was in perfect 
knowledge that there was no danger. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For two hours K\'e5\'f1\'eba remained like an ordinary child gripped in the coils of K\'e4liya, but when He saw that all the inhabitants of Gokula\'97including His 
mother and father, 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 boys and the cows\'97were just on the point of death and tha
t they had no shelter for salvation from imminent death, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately freed Himself. He began to expand His body, and when the serpent tried to hold Him, he felt a great strain. On account of the strain, his coils slackened, and he had no o
ther alternative but to let loose the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, from his grasp. K\'e4liya then became very angry, and his great hoods expanded. He exhaled poisonous fumes from his nostrils, his eyes blazed like fire, and flames issued from 
his mouth. The great serpent remained still for some time, looking at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Licking his lips with bifurcated tongues, the serpent looked at K\'e5\'f1\'eba with double hoods, and his eyesight was full of poison. K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately pounce
d upon him, just as Garu\'f2a swoops upon a snake. Thus attacked, K\'e4liya looked for an opportunity to bite Him, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba moved around him. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e4liya moved in a circle, the serpent gradually became fatigued, and his stre
ngth seemed to diminish considerably. K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately pressed down the serpent's hoods and jumped up on them. The Lord's lotus feet became tinged with red from the rays of the jewels on the snake's hoods. Then He who is the original artist of 
all fine arts, such as dancing, began to dance upon the hoods of the serpent, although they were moving to and fro. Upon seeing this, denizens from the upper planets began to shower flowers, beat drums, play different types of flutes and sing various pra
yers and songs. In this way, all the denizens of heaven, such as the Gandharvas, Siddhas and demigods, became very pleased. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dancing on his hoods, K\'e4liya tried to push Him down with some of his other hoods. K\'e4liya had about a hundred hoods, but K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a took control of them. He began to dash K\'e4liya with His lotus feet, and this was more than the serpent could bear. Gradually, K\'e4liya was reduced to struggling for his very life. He vomited all kinds of refuse and exhaled fire. While throwing up po
isonous material from within, K\'e4liya became reduced in his sinful situation. Out of great anger, he began to struggle for existence and tried to raise one of his hoods to kill the Lord. The Lord immediately captured that hood and subdued it by kicking
 it and dancing on it. It actually appeared as if the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vi\'f1\'ebu was being worshiped; the poisons emanating from the mouth of the serpent appeared to be like flower offerings. K\'e4liya then began to vomit blood instead of
 poison; he was completely fatigued. His whole body appeared to be broken by the kicks of the Lord. Within his mind, however, he finally began to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he began to surrender unto Him. H
e realized that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Lord, the master of everything. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The wives of the serpent, known as the N\'e4gapatn\'e9s, saw that their husband was being subdued by the kicking of the Lord, within whose womb the whole universe r
emains. K\'e4liya's wives prepared to worship the Lord, although, in their haste, their dress, hair and ornaments became disarrayed. They also surrendered unto the Supreme Lord and began to pray. They appeared before Him, put forward their offspring and 
anxiously offered respectful obeisances, falling down on the bank of the Yamun\'e4. The N\'e4gapatn\'e9s knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the shelter of all surrendered souls, and they desired to release their husband from the impending danger by pleasing the
 Lord with their prayers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The N\'e4gapatn\'e9s began to offer their prayers as follows: "O dear Lord, You are equal to everyone. For You there is no distinction between Your sons, friends or
 enemies. Therefore the punishment which You have so kindly offered to K\'e4liya is exactly befitting. O Lord, You have descended especially for the purpose of annihilating all kinds of disturbing elements within the world, and because You are the Absolu
te Truth, there is no difference between Your mercy and punishment. We think, therefore, that this apparent punishment to K\'e4liya is actually some benediction. We consider that Your punishment is Your great mercy upon us because when You punish someone
 it is to be understood that the reactions of his sinful activities are eradicated. It is already clear that this creature appearing in the body of a serpent must have been overburdened with all kinds of sin; otherwise, how could he have the body of a se
rpent? Your dancing on his hoods reduces all the sinful results of actions caused by his having this body of a serpent. It is, therefore, very auspicious that You have become angry and have punished him in this way. We are very astonished to see how You 
have become so pleased with this serpent who evidently performed various religious activities in his past lives. Everyone must have been pleased by his undergoing all kinds of penances and austerities, and he must have executed universal welfare activiti
es for all living creatures." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The N\'e4gapatn\'e9s confirm that one cannot come in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba without having executed pious activities in devotional service in his previous live
s. As Lord Caitanya advised 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\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 ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 has to execute devotional service by humbly 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  thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street and not expecting honor for himself but offering all kinds of honor to others. The N\'e4gapatn\'e9s were astonished that, although K\'e4liya had the body of a serpent as the
 result of grievous sinful activities, at the same time he was in contact with the Lord to the extent that the Lord's lotus feet were touching his hoods. Certainly this was not the ordinary result of pious activities. These two contradictory facts astoni
shed them. Thus they continued to pray: "O dear Lord, we are simply astonished to see that he is so fortunate as to have the the dust of Your lotus feet on his head. This is a fortune sought after by great saintly persons. Even the goddess of fortune und
erwent severe 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? We have heard from authoritative sources that those who are blessed with the dust of Your lotus fe
et do not care even for the highest post within the universe, namely the post of Lord Brahm\'e4, or the kingship of heavenly planets, or the sovereignty of this planet. Nor do such persons desire to rule the planets above this earth, such as Siddhaloka; 
nor do they aspire for the mystic powers achieved by 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  process. Nor do the pure devotees a
spire for liberation by becoming one with You. My Lord, although he is born in a species of life which is fostered by the most abominable modes of material nature, accompanied with the quality of anger, this King of the serpents has achieved something ve
ry, very rare. Living entities who are wandering within this universe and getting different species of life can very easily achieve the greatest benediction only by Your mercy." 
\par }\pard {\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\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 that the living entities are wandering within the universe in various species of life, but by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and the spiritual master, they can get the seed of devotional service, and thus their path of liberation can be cleared. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You," the N\'e4gapatn\'e9s continued, "our dear Lord, because You are the Supreme Person, You are living as the S
upersoul within every living entity; although You are transcendental to the cosmic manifestation, everything is resting in You. You are the personified indefatigable eternal time. The entire time force is existing in You, and You are therefore the seer a
nd the embodiment of total time in the shape of past, present and future, month, day, hour, moment\'97everything. In other words, O Lord, You can see perfectly all the activities happening in every moment, in every hour, in every day, every year, past, p
resent and future. You are Yourself the universal form, and yet You are different from this universe. You are simultaneously one and different from the universe. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You. You are Yourself the whole universe, 
and yet You are the creator of the whole universe. You are the superintendent and maintainer of this whole universe, and You are its original cause. Although You are present within this universe by Your three qualitative incarnations, Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1
\'ebu, and Mahe\'e7vara, You are transcendental to the material creation. Although You are the cause of the appearance of all kinds of living entities\'97their senses, their lives, their minds, their intelligence\'97You are to be realized by Your interna
l energy. Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You, who are unlimited, finer than the finest, the center of all creation and knower of everything. Different varieties of philosophical speculators try to reach You. You are the ultimate go
al of all philosophical efforts, 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 scripture and the source of knowledge. You are the
 root of all evidences, and You are the Supreme Person who can bestow upon us the supreme knowledge. You are the cause of all kinds of desires, and You are the cause of all kinds of satisfaction. You are 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  personified. Therefore we offer You our respectful obeisances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and You are also the supreme enjoyer now appeared as the son of Vasudeva, who is a manif
estation of the pure state of goodness. You are the predominating Deity of mind and intelligence, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, and You are the Lord of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas. By Your expansion as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub caturvy\'fcha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97namely V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Aniruddha and Pradyumna\'97You are the cause of the development of mind and intelligence. By Your act
ivities only, the living entities become covered by forgetfulness or discover their real identity. This 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  (Fifteenth Chapter): the Lord is sitting as the Supersoul in everyone's heart, and due to His presence the living entity either forgets himself or revives his original identity. We can partially un
derstand that You are within our hearts as the witness of all our activities, but it is very difficult to appreciate Your presence, although every one of us can do so to some extent. You are the supreme controller of both the material and spiritual energ
ies; therefore You are the supreme leader, although You are different from this cosmic manifestation. You are the witness and creator and the very ingredient of this cosmic manifestation. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You. Our dear Lo
rd, in the matter of creating this cosmic manifestation, personally You have nothing to exert; by expending Your different kinds of energy\'97namely the mode of goodness, the mode of passion and the mode of ignorance\'97You can create, maintain and annih
ilate this cosmic manifestation. As the controller of the entire time force, You can simply glance over the material energy, create this universe and energize the different forces of material nature which are acting differently in different creatures. No
 one can estimate, therefore, how Your activities are going on within this world. Our dear Lord, although You have expanded into the three principal Deities of this universe\'97namely Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and Lord \'c7iva\'97for creation, mai
ntenance and destruction, Your appearance as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is actually for the benediction of living creatures. Therefore, for those who are actually peaceful and who are aspiring after the supreme peace, worship of Your peaceful appearance as Lord Vi
\'f1\'ebu is recommended. O Lord, we are submitting our prayers unto You. You can appreciate that this poor serpent is going to give up his life. You know that for us women our lives and everything are our husband's; therefore, we are praying unto You th
at You kindly excuse K\'e4liya, our husband, because if this serpent dies, then we shall be in great difficulty. Looking upon us only, please excuse this great offender. Our dear Lord, every living creature is Your offspring, and You maintain everyone. T
his serpent is also Your offspring, and You can excuse him although he has offended You, undoubtedly without knowing Your potency. We are praying that he may be excused for this time. Our dear Lord, we are offering our loving service unto You because we 
are all eternal servitors of Your Lordship. You can order us and ask us to do whatever You please. Every living being can be relieved from all kinds of despair if he agrees to abide by Your orders." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the N\'e4gapatn\'e9s submitted their prayers, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba released K\'e4liya from his punishment. K\'e4liya was already unconscious from being struck 
by the Lord. Upon regaining consciousness and being released from the punishment, K\'e4liya got back his life force and the working power of his senses. With folded hands, he humbly began to pray to the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear Lord, I have 
been born in such a species that by nature I am angry and envious, being in the darkest region of the mode of ignorance. Your Lordship knows well that it is very difficult to give up one's natural instincts, although by such instincts the living creature
 transmigrates from one body to another." It is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3774\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 7.14}{\cs3774\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  tha
t it is very difficult to get out of the clutches of material nature, but if anyone surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the modes of material nature can no longer act on him. "My dear Lord," K\'e4liya continued, "You are t
herefore the original creator of all kinds of modes of material nature by which the universe is created. You are the cause of the different kinds of mentality possessed by living creatures by which they have obtained different varieties of bodies. My dea
r Lord, I am born as a serpent; therefore, by natural instinct, I am very angry. How is it then possible to give up my acquired nature without Your mercy? It is very difficult to get out of the clutches of Your }{\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 Your }{\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 remain enslaved. My dear Lord, kindly excuse me for my inevitable material tendencies. Now You can punish me or save me as You desire." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing this, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was acting as a small human child, ordered the serpent thus: "You must immediately 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 waters of the Yamun\'e4. Let it be drunk by My cows and cowherd boys without hindrance." The Lord then declared that 
the order given to the K\'e4liya snake be recited and heard by everyone so that no one need fear K\'e4liya any longer. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who hears the narration of the K\'e4liya serpent and his punishment will need fear no more the envious activities of snakes. The Lord also declared: "If one 
takes a bath in the K\'e4liya lake where My cowherd boy friends and I have bathed, or if one, fasting for a day, offers oblations to the forefathers from the water of this lake, he will be relieved from all kinds of sinful reaction." The Lord also assure
d K\'e4liya: "You came here out of fear of Garu\'f2a, who wanted to eat you in the beautiful land by the ocean. Now, after seeing the marks where I have touched your head with My lotus feet, Garu\'f2a will not disturb you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord was pleased with K\'e4liya and his wives. Immediately after hearing His order, the wives began to worship Him with great offerings of nice garments, flower
s, garlands, jewels, ornaments, sandal pulp, lotus flowers, and nice eatable fruits. In this way they pleased the master of Garu\'f2a, of whom they were very much afraid. Then, obeying the orders of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all of them left the lake within t
he Yamun\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Sixteenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Subduing K\'e4liya."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-17 / Extinguishing the Forest Fire
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 17 / Extinguishing the Forest Fi
re
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it, after hearing of the chastisement of K\'e4liya, inquired from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as to why K\'e4liya left his beautiful land and why Gar
u\'f2a was so antagonistic to him. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 informed the King that the island known as N\'e4g\'e4laya was inhabited by serpents and that K\'e4liya was one of the chief serpents there. Being accustomed to eating snakes, Garu\'f2a used to 
come to this island and kill many serpents at his will. Some of them he actually ate, but some were unnecessarily killed. The reptile society became so disturbed that their leader, V\'e4suki, appealed to Lord Brahm\'e4 for protection. Lord Brahm\'e4 made
 an arrangement by which Garu\'f2a would not create a disturbance: on each half-moon day, the reptile community would offer a serpent to Garu\'f2a. The serpent was to be kept underneath a tree as a sacrificial offering to Garu\'f2a. Garu\'f2a was satisfi
ed with this offering, and therefore he did not disturb any other serpents. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But gradually, K\'e4liya took advantage of this situation. He was unnecessarily puffed up by the volume of his accumulated poison, as well as by his material power,
 and he thought, "Why should Garu\'f2a be offered this sacrifice?" He then ceased offering any sacrifice; instead, he himself ate the offering intended for Garu\'f2a. When Garu\'f2a, the great devotee-carrier of Vi\'f1\'ebu, understood that K\'e4liya was
 eating the offered sacrifices, he became very angry and quickly rushed to the island to kill the offensive serpent. K\'e4liya tried to fight Garu\'f2a and faced him with his many hoods and poisonous sharp teeth. K\'e4liya attempted to bite him, and Garu
\'f2a, the son of T\'e4rk\'f1ya, in great anger and with the great force deserving the carrier of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, struck the body of K\'e4liya with his effulgent golden wings. K\'e4liya, who is also known as Kadr\'fcsuta, son of Kadr\'fc, immediately f
led to the lake known as K\'e4liyadaha, underneath the Yamun\'e4 River, which Garu\'f2a could not approach. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4liya took shelter within the water of the Yamun\'e4 for the following reason. Just as Garu\'f2a went to the island of the K\'e4liya snake, so he also used to g
o to the Yamun\'e4 to catch fish to eat. There was, however, 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  known as Saubhari Mu
ni, who used to meditate within the water there and who was sympathetic with the fish. He asked Garu\'f2a not to come there and disturb the fish. Although Garu\'f2a was not under anyone's order, being the carrier of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, he did not disobey t
he order of the 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  Instead of staying and eating many fish, he carried off one big fi
sh, who was their leader. Saubhari Muni was sorry that one of the leaders of the fish was taken away by Garu\'f2a, and thinking of their protection, he cursed Garu\'f2a in the following words: "Henceforward from this day, if Garu\'f2a comes here to catch
 fish, then\'97I say this with all my strength\'97he will be immediately killed." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This curse was known only to K\'e4liya. K\'e4liya was, therefore, confident that Garu\'f2a would not be able to come there, and so he thought it wise to take shelte
r of the lake within the Yamun\'e4. But K\'e4liya's taking shelter of Saubhari Muni was not successful; he was driven away from the Yamun\'e4 by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of Garu\'f2a. It may be noted that Garu\'f2a is directly related to the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead and is so powerful that he is never subjected to anyone's order or curse. Actually the cursing of Garu\'f2a\'97who is stated in the }{\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 [6.8.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to b
e of the stature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagav\'e4n\'97was an offense on the part of Saubhari Muni. Although Garu\'f2a did not try to retaliate, the Muni was not saved from his offensive act against a great Vai\'f1\'ebava personality. Due
 to this offence, Saubhari fell down from his yogic position and afterwards became a householder, a sense enjoyer in the material world. The falldown of Saubhari Muni, who was supposed to be absorbed in spiritual bliss by meditation, is an instruction to
 the offender of Vai\'f1\'ebavas. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba finally came out of K\'e4liya's lake, He was seen by all His friends and relatives on the bank of Yamun\'e4. He appeared before them nicely deco
rated, smeared all over with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pulp, bedecked with valuable jewels and stones, and almost c
ompletely covered with gold. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, cowherd boys and men, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and all the cows and calves, saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba coming from the Yamun\'e4, and it was as though they had recovered their very
 life. When a person regains his life, naturally he becomes absorbed in pleasure and joyfulness. They each in turn pressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba to their chests, and thus they felt a great relief. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Rohi\'eb\'e9, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and the 
cowherd men became so happy that they embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thought they had achieved their ultimate goal of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Balar\'e4ma also embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He was laughing because He had known what would happen to K\'e5\'f1\'eba when everyone else was so overwhelmed with an
xiety. All the trees on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, all the cows, bulls and calves were full of pleasure because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance there. 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  inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, along with their wives, immediately came to congratulate K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His family members. }{\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 considered to be the spiritual masters of society. They offered their blessings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the family on account of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's release. They also asked Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda to give them some charity on that occasion. Being so pleased by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's return, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda began to give many cows and much gold in charity 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  While Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was thus engaged, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 simply embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba and ma
de Him sit on her lap while she shed tears continually. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since it was almost night, and all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, including the cows and calves, were very tired, they decided to take their rest on the river 
bank. In the middle of the night, while they were taking rest, there was suddenly a great forest fire, and it quickly appeared that the fire would soon devour all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. As soon as they felt the warmth of the fire, they immed
iately took shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He was playing just like their child. They began to say, "Our dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba! O Supreme Personality of Godhead! Our dear Balar\'e4ma, the reservoir of all strength! 
Please try to save us from this all devouring and devastating fire. We have no other shelter than You. This devastating fire will swallow us all!" Thus they prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saying that they could not take any shelter other than His lotus feet. 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being compassionate upon His own townspeople, immediately swallowed up the whole forest fire and saved them. This was not impossible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is unlimited. He has unlimited power to do anything He desires. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Seventeenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Extinguishing the Forest Fire."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-18 / Killing the Demon Pralamb\'e4sura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 18 / Killing the Demon Pralamb
\'e4sura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After extinguishing the devastating fire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, surrounded by His relatives, friends, cows, calves and bulls and glorified by their singing, again entered
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is always full of cows. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were enjoying life in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, in the midst of the cowherd boys and girls, the season gradually changed to summer. The summer season in India is not very much we
lcomed because of the excessive heat, but in V\'e5nd\'e4vana everyone was pleased because summer there appeared just like spring. This was possible only because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, who are the controllers even of Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord 
\'c7iva, were residing there. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana there are many falls which are always pouring water, and the sound is so sweet that it covers the sound of the crickets. And because water flows all over, the forest always looks very green and beautiful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were never disturbed by the scorching heat of the sun or the high summer temperatures. The lakes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are surrounde
d by green grasses, and various kinds of lotus flowers bloom there, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalh\'e4ra-ka\'efjotpala,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and the air blowing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana carries the aromatic pollen of those lotus flowers. When the particles of water from the waves of the Yamun\'e4, the lakes and the waterfalls, touched the bodies of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, t
hey automatically felt a cooling effect. Therefore they were practically undisturbed by the summer season. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is such a nice place. Flowers are always blooming, and there are even various kinds of decorated deer. Birds are chirping, peacocks are crowing and 
dancing, and bees are humming. The cuckoos there sing nicely in five kinds of tunes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of pleasure, blowing His flute, accompanied by His elder brother Balar\'e4ma and other cowherd boys and cows, entered the beautiful fo
rest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to enjoy the atmosphere. They walked into the midst of newly grown leaves of trees whose flowers resembled peacock feathers. They were garlanded by those flowers and decorated with saffron chalk. Sometimes they were dancing and si
nging and sometimes wrestling with one another. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba danced, some of the cowherd boys sang, and others played on flutes; some bugled on buffalo horns or clapped their hands, praising K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Dear brother, You are dancing very nic
ely." Actually, all these boys were demigods descended from higher planets to assist K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His pastimes. The demigods garbed in the dress of the cowherd boys were encouraging K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His dancing, just as one artist encourages anothe
r with praise. Up to that time, neither Balar\'e4ma nor K\'e5\'f1\'eba had undergone the haircutting ceremony; therefore Their hair was clustered like crows' feathers. They were always playing hide-and-seek with Their boy friends or jumping or fighting w
ith one another. Sometimes, while His friends were chanting and dancing, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would praise them, "My dear friends, you are dancing and singing very nicely." The boys played at catching ball with bell shaped fruits and round }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4malak\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They played blindman's buff, challenging and touching one another. Sometimes they imitated the forest
 deer and various kinds of birds. They joked with one another by imitating croaking frogs, and they enjoyed swinging underneath the trees. Sometimes they would play like a king and his subjects amongst themselves. In this way, Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, along with all Their friends, played all kinds of sports and enjoyed the soothing atmosphere of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, full of rivers, lakes, rivulets, fine trees and excellent fruits and flowers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once while they were engaged in their transcendental pastimes, a great demon of the name Pralamb\'e4sura entered their company, desiring to kidnap both Balar\'e4ma 
and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing the part of a cowherd boy, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead He could understand everything\'97past, present and future. So when Pralamb\'e4sura entered their company, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to th
ink how to kill the demon, but externally He received him as a friend. "O My dear friend," He said. "It is very good that you have come to take part in our pastimes." K\'e5\'f1\'eba then called all His friends and ordered them: "Now we shall play in pair
s. We shall challenge one another in pairs." With this proposal, all the boys assembled together. Some of them took the side of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and some of them took the side of Balar\'e4ma, and they arranged to play in duel. The defeated members in duel
 fighting had to carry the victorious members on their backs. They began playing, and at the same time tended the cows as they proceeded through the Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana forest. The party of Balar\'e4ma, accompanied by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 and V\'e5
\'f1abha, came out victorious, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's party had to carry them on their backs through the Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana forest. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being defeated, had to carry \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 on His back, and 
Bhadrasena carried V\'e5\'f1abha. Imitating their play, Pralamb\'e4sura, who appeared there as a cowherd boy, carried Balar\'e4ma on his back. Pralamb\'e4sura was the greatest of the demons, and he had calculated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the most powerful
 of the cowherd boys. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to avoid the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Pralamb\'e4sura carried Balar\'e4ma far away. The demon was undoubtedly very strong and powerful, but he was carryi
ng Balar\'e4ma, who is compared with a mountain; therefore he began to feel the burden, and thus he assumed his real form. When he appeared in his real feature, he was decorated with a golden helmet and earrings and looked just like a cloud with lightnin
g carrying the moon. Balar\'e4ma observed the demon's body expanding up to the limits of the clouds, his eyes dazzling like blazing fire and his mouth flashing with sharpened teeth. At first, Balar\'e4ma was surprised by the demon's appearance, and He be
gan to wonder, "How is it that all of a sudden this carrier has changed in every way?" But with a clear mind He could quickly understand that He was being carried away from His friends by a demon who intended to kill Him. Immediately He struck the head o
f the demon with His strong fist, just as the king of the heavenly planets strikes a mountain with his thunderbolt. Being stricken by the fist of Balar\'e4ma, the demon fell down dead, just like a snake with a smashed head, and blood poured from his mout
h. When the demon fell, he made a tremendous sound, and it sounded as if a great hill were falling upon being struck by the thunderbolt of King Indra. All the boys then rushed to the spot. Being astonished by the ghastly scene, they began to praise Balar
\'e4ma with the words, "Well done, well done." All of them then began to embrace Balar\'e4ma with great affection, thinking that He had returned from death, and they offered their blessings and congratulations. All the demigods in the heavenly planets be
came very satisfied and showered flowers on the transcendental body of Balar\'e4ma, and they also offered their blessings and congratulations for His having killed the great demon Pralamb\'e4sura. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Eighteenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Killing the Demon Pralamb\'e4sura."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-19 / Devouring the Forest Fire
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 19 / Devouring the Forest Fire
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and Their friends were engaged in the pastimes described above, the cows, being unobserved, began to wander off on their own, e
ntering farther and farther into the deepest part of the forest, allured by fresh grasses. The goats, cows and buffalo travelled from one forest to another and entered the forest known as I\'f1ik\'e4\'f6avi. This forest was full of green grass, and there
fore they were allured; but when they entered, they saw that there was a forest fire, and they began to cry. On the other side, Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Their friends, could not find their animals, and they became very aggrieved. They b
egan to trace the cows by following their footprints, as well as the path of eaten grass. All of the boys were fearing that their very means of livelihood, the cows, were now lost. Soon, however, they heard the crying of their cows. K\'e5\'f1\'eba began 
to call the cows by their respective names, with great noise. Upon hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba calling, the cows immediately replied with joy. But by this time the forest fire surrounded all of them, and the situation appeared to be very fearful. The flames i
ncreased as the wind blew very quickly, and it appeared that everything movable and immovable would be devoured. All the cows and the boys became very frightened, and they looked towards Balar\'e4ma the way a dying man looks at the picture of the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead. They said, "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, we are now burning from the heat of this blazing fire. Let us take shelter of Your lotus feet. We know You can protect us from this great danger. Our dear friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we
 are Your intimate friends. It is not right that we should suffer in this way. We are all completely dependent on You, and You are the knower of all religious life. We do not know anyone except You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead heard the appealing voices of His friends, and casting a pleasing glance over them, He began to answer. By 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 from 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 that they were completely free fr
om 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, but some demigod. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the evening, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, along with the boys and cows, returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, playing Their flutes. As they approached the village, 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  became very joyous. Throughout the day 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  used to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while He was in the forest, and in His absence they were considering one moment to be like twe
lve years. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Nineteenth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Devouring the Forest Fire."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-20 / Description of Autumn
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 20 / Description of Autumn
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The killing of Pralamb\'e4sura and the devouring of the devastating forest fire by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma became household topics in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The co
wherd men described these wonderful activities to their wives and to everyone else, and all were struck with wonder. They concluded that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were demigods who had kindly come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to become their children. In this
 way, the rainy season ensued. In India, after the scorching heat of the summer, the rainy season is very welcome. The clouds accumulating in the sky, covering the sun and the moon, become very pleasing to the people, and they expect rainfall at every mo
ment. After summer, the advent of the rainy season is considered to be a life-giving source for everyone. The thunder and occasional lightning are also pleasurable to the people. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptoms of the rainy season may be compared to the symptoms of the living entities who are covered by the three modes of material nature. The unlimited sky is 
like the Supreme Brahman, and the tiny living entities are like the covered sky, or Brahman covered by the three modes of material nature. Originally, everyone is part and parcel of Brahman. The Supreme Brahman, or the unlimited sky, can never be covered
 by a cloud, but a portion of it can be covered. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.7]}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\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 are part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But they are only an 
insignificant portion of the Supreme Lord. This portion is covered by the modes of material nature, and therefore the living entities are residing within this material world. 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 \'97spiritual effulgence\'97is just like the sunshine; as the sunshine is full of molecular shining particles, so 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  is full of minute portions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Out of that unlimited expansion of minute portio
ns of the Supreme Lord, some are covered by the influence of material nature, whereas others are free. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Clouds are accumulated water drawn from the land by the sunshine. Continually for eight months the sun evaporates all kinds of water from the surface of the globe, 
and this water is accumulated in the shape of clouds, which are distributed as water when there is need. Similarly, a government exacts various taxes from the citizens which the citizens are able to pay by their different material activities: agriculture
, trade and industry; thus the government can also exact taxes in the form of income tax and sales tax. This is compared to the sun drawing water from the earth. When there is again need of water on the surface of the globe, the same sunshine converts th
e water into clouds and distributes it all over the globe. Similarly, the taxes collected by the government must be distributed to the people again, as educational work, public work, sanitary work, etc. This is very essential for a good government. The g
overnment should not simply exact tax for useless squandering; the tax collection should be utilized for the public welfare of the state. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the rainy season, there are strong winds blustering all over the country and carrying clouds from one place to another to distribute water. When water is urg
ently needed after the summer season, the clouds are just like a rich man who, in times of need, distributes his money even by exhausting his whole treasury. So the clouds exhaust themselves by distributing water all over the surface of the globe. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Da\'e7aratha, the father of Lord R\'e4macandra, used to fight with his enemies, it was said that he approached them just like a farmer uprooting
 unnecessary plants and trees. And when there was need of giving charity, he used to distribute money exactly as the cloud distributes rain. The distribution of rain by clouds is so sumptuous that it is compared to the distribution of wealth by a great, 
munificent person. The clouds' downpour is so sufficient that the rains even fall on rocks and hills and on the oceans and seas where there is no need for water. It is like a charitable person who opens his treasury for distribution and who does not disc
riminate whether the charity is needed or not. He gives in charity openhanded. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before the rainfall, the whole surface of the globe becomes almost depleted of all kinds of energies and appears very lean. After the rainfall, the whole surface of
 the earth becomes green with vegetation and appears to be very healthy and strong. Here, a comparison is made with the person undergoing austerities for fulfillment of a material desire. The flourishing condition of the earth after a rainy season is com
pared with the fulfillment of material desires. Sometimes, when a country is subjected by an undesirable government, persons and parties undergo severe penances and austerities to get control of the government, and when they attain control, they flourish
 by giving themselves generous salaries. This also is like the flourishing of the earth in the rainy season. Actually, one should undergo severe austerities and penances only to achieve spiritual happiness. 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 it is recommended that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasa}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or penance should be accepted for realizing the Supreme Lord. By accepting austerity in devotional service, one regains his spiritual life, and as soon as one regains his spir
itual life, he enjoys unlimited spiritual bliss. But if someone undertakes austerities and penances for some material gain, it is 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 7.20}{\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  that the results are temporary and that they are desired by persons of less intelligence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the rainy season, in the evening, there are many glowworms visible about the tops of trees, hither and thither, and they glitter just like lights. But the lu
minaries of the sky, the stars and the moons, are not visible. Similarly, in the age of Kali, persons who are atheists or miscreants become very prominently visible, whereas persons who are actually following the Vedic principles for spiritual emancipati
on are practically obscured. This age, Kaliyuga, is compared to the cloudy season of the living entities. In this age, real knowledge is covered by the influence of material advancement of civilization. The cheap mental speculators, atheists and manufact
urers of so-called religious principles become prominent like the glowworms, whereas persons strictly following the Vedic principles or scriptural injunctions become covered by the clouds of this age. People should learn to take advantage of the actual l
uminaries of the sky, the sun, moon, and stars, instead of the glowworm's light. Actually, the glowworm cannot give any light in the darkness of night. As clouds sometimes clear, even in the rainy season, and sometimes the moon, stars and sun become visi
ble, so even in this Kaliyuga there are sometimes advantages. The Vedic movement of Lord Caitanya's\'97the distribution of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is heard in this way. People seriously anxious to find real life should take advantage of this movement instead of looking toward the light of mental speculators and atheists. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the first rainfall, when there is a thundering sound in the clouds, all the frogs begin to croak, like students suddenly engaged in reading their studies. Stu
dents are generally supposed to rise early in the morning. They do not usually arise of their own accord, however, but only when there is a bell sounded in the temple or in the cultural institution. By the order of the spiritual master they immediately r
ise, and after finishing their morning duties, they sit down to study 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  or chant 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  Everyone is sleeping in the darkness of Kaliyuga, but when there is a great }{\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  by his calling only, everyone takes to the study 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  to acquire actual knowledge. During the rainy season, many small ponds, lakes and rivulets become filled with water; otherwise th
e rest of the year they remain dry. Similarly, materialistic persons are dry, but sometimes, when they are in a so-called opulent position, with a home or children or a little bank balance, they appear to be flourishing, but immediately afterwards they b
ecome dry again, like the small rivulets and ponds. The poet Vidy\'e4pati said that in the society of friends, family, children, wife, etc., there is certainly some pleasure, but that pleasure is compared to a drop of water in the desert. Everyone is han
kering after happiness, just as in the desert everyone is hankering after water. If, in the desert, there is a drop of water, the water is there of course, but the benefit from that drop of water is very insignificant. In our materialistic way of life, w
e are hankering after an ocean of happiness, but in the form of society, friends and mundane love, we are getting no more than a drop of water. Our satisfaction is never achieved, as the small rivulets, lakes and ponds are never filled with water in the 
dry season. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to rainfall, the grass, trees and vegetation look very green. Sometimes the grass is covered by a certain kind of red insect, and when the green and red combine
 with umbrella-like mushrooms, the entire scene changes, just like a person who has suddenly become rich. The farmer then becomes very happy to see his field full of grains, but the capitalists\'97who are always unaware of the activities of a supernatura
l power\'97become unhappy because they are afraid of a competitive price. In some places certain capitalists in government restrict the farmer from producing too much grains, not knowing the actual fact that all food grains are supplied by the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead. According to the Vedic injunction, }{\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  the Supreme Personality of Godhead maintains this creation; therefore, He arranges for a supply of whatever is required for all living entities. When there is population increase, it is the business of the Supreme Lord to feed them. But pers
ons who are atheists or miscreants do not like abundant production of food grains, especially if their business might be hampered. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the rainy season, all living entities, in the land, sky and water, become very refreshed, exactly like one who engages in the transcendental loving service o
f the Lord. We have practical experience of this with our students in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Before becoming students, they were dirty looking, although they had naturally beautiful personal features; but due to having no in
formation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they appeared very dirty and wretched. Since they have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, their health has improved, and by following the rules and regulations, their bodily luster has increased. When they ar
e dressed with saffron colored cloth, 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  on their foreheads and beads in their hands and
 on their necks, they look exactly as if they come directly from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the rainy season, when the rivers swell and rush to the oceans and seas, they appear to agitate the ocean. Similarly, if a person who is engaged in 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 -mystic process is not very advanced in spiritual life, he can become agitated by the sex impulse. H
igh mountains, however, although splashed by torrents of rain, do not change; so a person who is advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, even if put into difficulties, is not embarrassed because a person who is spiritually advanced accepts any adverse 
condition of life as the mercy of the Lord, and thus he is completely eligible to enter into the spiritual kingdom. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the rainy season some of the roads are not frequently used, and they become covered with long grasses. This is exactly like 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 is not accustomed to studying and practicing the reformatory methods of Vedic injunctions\'97he becomes cov
ered with the long grasses 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  In that condition, forgetful of his constitutional natu
re, he forgets his position of eternal servitorship to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By being deviated by the seasonal overgrowth of long grasses created 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  a person identifies himself with mayic production and succumbs to illusion, forgetting his spiritual life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the rainy season, lightning appears in one group of clouds and then immediately in another group of clouds. This phenomena is compared to a lusty woman who d
oes not fix her mind on one man. A cloud is compared to a qualified person because it pours rain and gives sustenance to many people; a man who is qualified similarly gives sustenance to many living creatures, such as family members or many workers in bu
siness. Unfortunately, his whole life can be disturbed by a wife who divorces him; when the husband is disturbed, the whole family is ruined, the children are dispersed or the business is closed, and everything is effected. It is therefore recommended th
at a woman desiring to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness peacefully live with a husband and that the couple not separate under any condition. The husband and wife should control sex indulgence and concentrate their minds on K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness so their life may be successful. After all, in the material world a man requires a woman, and a woman requires a man. When they are combined, they should live peacefully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and should not be restless like the lightning, 
flashing from one group of clouds to another. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes, in addition to the roaring thunder of the clouds, there is an appearance of a rainbow, which stands as a bow without a string. Actually, a bow is in the 
curved position, being tied at its two ends by the bowstring; but in the rainbow there is no such string, and yet it rests in the sky so beautifully. Similarly, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends to this material world, He appears just like
 an ordinary human being, but He is not resting on any material condition. 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 [4.6]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 says that He appears by His internal potency, which is free from the 
bondage of the external potency. What is bondage for the ordinary creature is freedom for the Personality of Godhead. In the rainy season, the moonlight is covered by clouds but is visible at intervals. It sometimes appears that the moon is moving with t
he movement of the clouds, but actually the moon is still; due to the clouds it also appears to move. Similarly, for one who has identified himself with the moving material world, his actual spiritual luster is covered by illusion, and with the movement 
of material activities, he thinks that he is moving through different spheres of life. This is due to false ego, which is the demarcation between spiritual and material existence, just as the moving cloud is the demarcation between moonlight and darkness
. In the rainy season, when the clouds appear for the first time, after seeing their appearance, the peacocks begin to dance with joy. This can be compared to persons who are very harassed in the materialistic way of life. If they can find the associatio
n of a person engaged in the loving devotional service of the Lord, they become enlightened, just like the peacocks when they dance. We have practical experience of this, because many of our students were dry and morose previous to their coming to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, but having come into contact with devotees, they are now dancing like jubilant peacocks. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plants and creepers grow by drinking water from the ground. Similarly, a person practicing austerities becomes dry; after the austere performances are completed and
 he gets the result, he begins to enjoy life in sense gratification, with family, society, love, home and other paraphernalia. Sometimes it is seen that cranes and ducks meander continually on the banks of the lakes and rivers, although the banks are fil
led with muddy garbage and thorny creepers. Similarly, persons who are householders without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are constantly tarrying in material life, in spite of all kinds of inconveniences. In family life, or any life, one cannot be perfect
ly happy without being K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur prays that he will have the association of a person\'97either a householder or a man in the renounced order of life\'97who is engaged in the transcendental loving
 service of the Lord and is always crying the holy name of Lord Caitanya. For the materialistic person, worldly affairs become too aggressive, whereas to a person who is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, everything appears to be happily situated. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The barriers around the agricultural field sometimes break due to heavy torrents of rain. Similarly, the unauthorized atheistic propaganda in the age of Kali breaks
 the boundary of the Vedic injunctions. Thus people gradually degenerate to godlessness. In the rainy season, the clouds, tossed by the wind, deliver water which is welcomed like nectar. When the Vedic followers, 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  inspire rich men like kings and the wealthy mercantile community to give charity in the performance of great 
sacrifices, the distribution of such wealth is also nectarean. The four sections of human society, namely 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 }{\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  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  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 meant to live peacefully in a cooperative mood; this is possible when they are guided by the expert Vedic }{\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 perform sacrifices and distribute wealth equally. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest improved from the rains and was replete with ripened dates, mangoes, blackberries and other fruits. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead, and His boy friends and Lord Balar\'e4ma, entered the forest to enjoy the new seasonal atmosphere. The cows, being fed by new grasses, became very healthy, and their milk bags were all very full. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba called them by na
me, they immediately came to Him out of affection, and in their joyful condition the milk flowed from their bags. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased when passing through the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest by the side of Govardhana Hill. On the bank of the Yamu
n\'e4 He saw all the trees decorated with bee hives pouring honey. There were many waterfalls on Govardhana Hill, and their flowing made a nice sound. K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard them as He looked into the caves of the hill. When the rainy season was not ended 
completely but was gradually turning to autumn, sometimes, especially when there was rainfall within the forest, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His companions would sit under a tree or within the caves of Govardhana Hill and enjoy eating the ripened fruits and talki
ng with great pleasure. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were in the forest all day, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 used to send Them some rice mixed with yogurt, fruits and sweetmeat. K\'e5\'f1\'eba would take them and sit on a slab of stone on the bank of the 
Yamun\'e4. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and Their friends were eating, they watched the cows, calves and bulls. The cows appeared to be tired from standing with their heavy milk bags. By sitting and chewing grass, they became happy, and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was pleased to see them. He was proud to see the beauty of the forest, which was nothing but the manifestation of His own energy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At such times K\'e5\'f1\'eba would praise nature\'92s special activities during the rainy season. 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  }{\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}{\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  that the material energy, or nature, is n
ot independent in its actions. Nature is acting under the superintendence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is also 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.44}{\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  that material nature, known as Durg\'e4, is acting as the shadow of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever order is sent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, material nature obeys. Therefore the natural beauty created by the rainy season was a
cted out according to the indications of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Soon all the water reservoirs became very clean and pleasing, and refreshing air was blowing everywhere because of the appearance of autumn. The sky was completely cleared of all clouds, and it rec
overed its natural blue color. The blooming lotus flower in the clear water in the forest appeared like a person who has fallen down from }{\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 but again has become beautiful by resuming his spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything becomes naturally beautiful with the appearance of the autumn season. Similarly, when a materialistic person takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and sp
iritual life, he also becomes as clear as the sky and water in autumn. The autumn season takes away the rolling of dark clouds in the sky as well as the polluted water. Filthy conditions on the ground also become cleansed. Similarly, a person who takes t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness immediately becomes cleansed of all dirty things within and without. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore known as Hari. }{\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  means "he who takes away." K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately takes away all unclean habits from anyone who takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The clouds of autumn are white, for they do not carry any 
water. Similarly, a retired man, being freed from all responsibility of family affairs (namely, maintaining the home, wife and children) and taking completely to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, becomes freed from all anxieties and looks as white as clouds 
in autumn. Sometimes in autumn the falls come down from the top of the hill to supply clean water, and sometimes they stop. Similarly, sometimes great saintly persons distribute clear knowledge, and sometimes they are silent. The small ponds which were f
illed with water because of the rainy season, gradually dry up in autumn. As for the tiny aquatics living in the reservoirs, they cannot understand that their numbers are diminishing day by day, as the materially engrossed persons cannot understand that 
their duration of life is being reduced day by day. Such persons are engaged in maintaining cows, property, children, wife, society and friendship. Due to the reduced water and scorching heat from the sun in the autumn season, the small creatures living 
in small reservoirs of water are much disturbed; they are exactly like uncontrolled persons who are always unhappy from being unable to enjoy life or maintain their family members. The muddy earth gradually dries up, and newly grown fresh vegetables begi
n to wither. Similarly, for one who has taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, desire for family enjoyment gradually dries up. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because of the appearance of the autumn season, the water of the ocean becomes calm and quiet, just as a person developed in self-realization is no longer disturbed
 by the three modes of material nature. In autumn, farmers save the water within the fields by building strong walls so that the water contained within the field cannot run out. There is hardly any hope for new rainfalls; therefore they want to save what
ever is in the field. Similarly, a person who is actually advanced in self-realization protects his energy by controlling the senses. It is advised that after the age of fifty, one should retire from family life and should conserve the energy of the body
 for utilization in the advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Unless one is able to control the senses and engage them in the transcendental loving service of Mukunda, there is no possibility of salvation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the daytime in autumn, the sun is very scorching, but at night, due to the clear moonshine, people get relief from the day's fatigue. If a person takes shelt
er of Mukunda, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can be saved from the fatigue of misidentifying the body with the self. Mukunda, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is also the source of solace to the damsels of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The damsels of Vrajabh\'fcmi are always suffering bec
ause of separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When they meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba during the moonlit autumn night, their fatigue of separation is also satiated. When the sky is clear of all clouds, the stars at night shine very beautifully; similarly, when a person 
is actually situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is cleared of all dirty things, and he becomes as beautiful as the stars in the autumn sky. 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  prescribe }{\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 the fo
rm of offering sacrifices, their ultimate purpose 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.42-44]}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 has to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness after thoroughly understanding the purpose 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  Therefore the clean heart exhibited by a devotee in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be c
ompared to the clean sky of the autumn season. During autumn, the moon looks very bright along with the stars in the clear sky. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appeared in the sky of the Yadu dynasty, and He was exactly like the moon surrounded by the stars,
 or the members of the Yadu dynasty. When there are ample blooming flowers in the gardens in the forest, the fresh, aromatic breeze gives a great relief to the person who has suffered during the summer and rainy seasons. Unfortunately, such breezes could
 not give any relief to 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  because of their hearts' dedication to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Peopl
e in general might have taken pleasure in that nice autumn breeze, 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  not being em
braced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, were not very satisfied. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On arrival of the autumn season, all the cows, deer, birds and females in general become pregnant, because in that season generally all the husbands become impelled
 by sex desire. This is exactly like the transcendentalists who, by the grace of the Supreme Lord, are bestowed with the benediction of their destinations in life. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has instructed in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upade\'e7am\'e5t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one should follow devotional service with great enthusiasm, patience and conviction and should follo
w the rules and regulations, keep oneself clean from material contamination and stay in the association of devotees. By following these principles, one is sure to achieve the desired result of devotional service. For he who patiently follows the regulati
ve principles of devotional service, the time will come when he will achieve the result, as the wives who reap results by becoming pregnant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the autumn, the lotus flowers in the lakes grow in large numbers because of the absence of lilies; both the lilies and the lotus flowers grow by sunshine, bu
t during the autumn season, the scorching sunshine helps only the lotus. This example is given in the case of a country where the king or the government is strong; the rise of unwanted elements like thieves and robbers cannot prosper. When the citizens b
ecome confident that they will not be attacked by robbers, they develop very satisfactorily. A strong government is compared to the scorching sunshine in the autumn season; the lilies are compared to unwanted persons like robbers, and the lotus flowers a
re compared to the satisfied citizens of the government. During autumn, the fields become filled with ripened grains. At that time, the people become happy over the harvest and observe various ceremonies, such as Nav\'e4nna\'97the offering of new grains 
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The new grains are first offered to the Deities in various temples, and all are invited to take sweet rice made of these new grains. There are other religious ceremonies and methods of worship, particularly in Benga
l, where the greatest of all such ceremonies is held, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Durg\'e4 P\'fcj\'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 In V\'e5nd\'e4vana the autumn season was very beautiful then because of the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. The merc
antile community, the royal order and great sages were free to move to achieve their desired benedictions. Similarly, the transcendentalists, when freed from the encagement of the material body, also achieved their desired goal. During the rainy season, 
the mercantile community cannot move from one place to another and so do not get their desired profit. Nor can the royal order go from one place to another to collect taxes from the people. As for saintly persons who must travel to preach transcendental 
knowledge, they also are restrained by the rainy season. But during the autumn, all of them leave their confines. In the case of the transcendentalist, be he a }{\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  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  or a de
votee, because of the material body he cannot actually enjoy spiritual achievement. But as soon as he gives up the body, or after death, 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  merges into the spiritual effulgence of the Supreme Lord; the }{\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  transfers himself to the various higher planets, and the devotee goes to the planet of the Supreme Lord, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, or the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has, and thus enjoys his eternal spiritual life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twentieth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Description of Autumn."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-21 / The Gop\'e9s Attracted 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 21 / The Gop\'e9s Attracted by t
he Flute
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased with the atmosphere of the forest where flowers bloomed and bees and drones hummed very jubilantly. While the birds, trees and branc
hes were all looking very happy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tending the cows, accompanied by \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute. After hearing the vibration of the flute of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 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\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were describing the sweet vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flut
e, they also remembered their pastimes with Him; thus their minds became disturbed, and they were unable to describe completely the beautiful vibrations. While discussing the transcendental vibration, they remembered also how K\'e5\'f1\'eba dressed, deco
rated 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\cb1\nosupersub vaij
ayant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  necklace. 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 they remembered Him, enterin
g the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is always glorified by the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His companions. 
\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 all living creatures who heard it. One 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  told her friends, "The highest perfection of the eyes is to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma entering the forest and playing Their flutes a
nd tending the cows with Their friends." 
\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. Sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
(trance) means absorption of all the activities of the senses on a particular object, 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  indicate that the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the perfection of all meditation and }{\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 absorb
ed 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.}{\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 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 
twigs 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 friend, "How is it K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are looking so beautiful?" 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, "My 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 nect
ar of the lips of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" 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  therefore the tr
anscendental 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: "How 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's lips? Because the flute is engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord, the mother an
d the father of the flute must be happy." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The lakes and the rivers are considered to be the mothers of the trees because the trees live simply by drinking water. So the waters of the lakes and rivers of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana were full of happy lotus flowers because the waters were thinking, "How is it our son, the bamboo rod, is enjoying the nectar of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lips?" The bamboo trees standing by the banks of the rivers and the lakes were also happy to 
see their descendant so engaged in the service of the Lord, just as persons who are 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, w
hich flowed from the beehives hanging on the 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 thus to their friends about K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Dear 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 Gov
inda plays His flute, the peacocks immediately become mad. When all the animals and trees and plants, either on the top of Govardhana Hill or in the valley, see the dancing of the peacock, they all stand still and listen to the transcendental sound of th
e flute with great attention. We think that this boon is not possible or available on any other planet." 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, "My dear friends, just see the deer! Although they are dumb animals, they have approached the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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 the flute, the deer, along with their husbands, offer respectful obeisances unto the Lord by looking at Him with great affection." 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, "My dear friends, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so nicely dressed that He appears to be the impetus to various kinds of ceremonies held by the womenfolk. Even the wives of the denizens of heaven become attracted after hearing the transcendental so
und of His flute. Although they are travelling in the air in their airplanes, enjoying the company of their husbands, on hearing the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, they immediately become perturbed. Their hair is loosened and their tight dresses are sl
ackened." This means that the transcendental sound of the flute of K\'e5\'f1\'eba extended to all corners of the universe. Also, it is 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, "My 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 in their mouths, but they cannot suck the milk. They remain struck with devotion, and tears glide down their eyes, illustrating vividly how t
hey are embracing K\'e5\'f1\'eba heart to heart." 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 can be culminated 
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, "My 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 features it appears that they have forgotten every
thing and are engaged only in hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute. This proves that they are not 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, but the essence of Vedic knowledge is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: vedai\'e7 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sarvair aham eva vedya\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Through the knowledge of t
he }{\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 appeared that
 they were great scholars in Vedic knowledge and that they 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, just to present flowers 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 sunshine was sometimes intolerable, and therefore the clouds in the sky appeared in sympathy above K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma a
nd Their 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. The wanton aborigine girls also became fully satisfied when they smeared their faces a
nd breasts with the dust of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which was reddish from the touch of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. The aborigine girls had very full breasts, and they were also very lusty, but when their lovers felt their breasts, they were not very satisfied
. When they came out into the midst of the forest, they saw that while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was walking, some of the leaves and creepers of V\'e5nd\'e4vana turned reddish from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku
\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder which fell from His lotus feet. His lotus feet were held by 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  on their breasts, which were also smeared with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba travelled in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest with Balar\'e4ma and His boy friends, the reddish powder fell on the ground of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest. So the lusty aborigine girls, while look
ing toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing His flute, saw the reddish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on the ground and immedia
tely took it and smeared it over their faces and breasts. In this way they became fully satisfied, although they were not satisfied when their lovers touched their breasts. All material lusty desires can be immediately satisfied if one comes in contact w
ith K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\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 in this way: "How fortunate is this 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 the 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, in presentatio
n 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.
\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 that everything appeared wonderful when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma travelled 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 activities, 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 
the 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 c
owherd boys, and therefore everything became wonderful and attractive. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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\'eb
a consciousness: to somehow or other 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 by any method which is better than 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 born 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  and not in big mercantile communities but in the families of cowherd men. They were not very well educated, although they heard all sorts of knowle
dge from 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 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 Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-first Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Gop\'e9s Attracted by the Flute."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-22 / Stealing the Garments of the Unmarried Gop\'e9 Girls
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 22 / Stealing the Garments of th
e Unmarried Gop\'e9 Girls
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic civilization, unmarried girls from ten to fourteen years of age are supposed to worship either Lord \'c7iva or the goddess Durg\'e4 in order to g
et a nice husband. But the unmarried girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were already attracted by the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They were, however, engaged in the worship of the goddess Durg\'e4 in the beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hemanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season (just prior to the winter season). The first month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub hemanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is called Agrah\'e4yana (October-November), and at that time all the unmarried }{\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 began to worship goddess Durg\'e4 with a vow. They first ate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub havi\'f1y\'e4nna,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a kind of foodstuff prepared by boiling together mung dahl and rice without any spices or turmeric. According to Vedic injunction, this kind of f
oodstuff is recommended to purify the body before one enacts a ritualistic ceremony. All the unmarried }{\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 used to daily worship goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9 early in the morning after taking bath in the River Yamun\'e4. K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9 is another name for goddess Durg\'e4. The goddess is worshiped by preparing a doll made
 out of sand mixed with earth from the bank of the Yamun\'e4. It is recommended in the Vedic scriptures that a deity may be made from different kinds of material elements; it can be painted, made of metal, made of jewels, made of wood, earth or stone or 
can be conceived within the heart of the worshiper. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher takes all these forms of the deity to be imaginary, but actually they are accepted in the Vedic literatures to be identical with either the Supreme Lord or a respect
ive demigod. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The unmarried }{\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  used to prepare the deity of goddess Durg\'e4 and worship it with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pulp, 
garlands, incense lamps and all kinds of presentations\'97fruits, grains and twigs of plants. After worshiping, it is the custom to pray for some benediction. The unmarried girls used to pray with great devotion to goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9, addressing 
her as follows: "O supreme eternal energy of the Personality of Godhead, O supreme mystic power, O supreme controller of this material world, O goddess, please be kind to us and arrange for our marriage with the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a." The Vai\'f1\'ebavas generally do not worship any demigods. \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur has strictly forbidden all worship of the demigods for anyone who wants to advance in pure devotional service. Yet 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 beyond compare in their affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, were seen to worship Durg\'e4. The worshipers of demig
ods also sometimes mention 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  also worshiped goddess Durg\'e4, but we must underst
and the purpose 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  Generally, people worship goddess Durg\'e4 for some material ben
ediction. Here, 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  prayed to the goddess to become wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The pu
rport is that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of activity, a devotee can adopt any means to achieve that goal. 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  could adopt any means to satisfy or serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That was the superexcellent characteristic 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  They worshiped goddess Durg\'e4 completely for one month in order to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband. Every day they prayed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, to become their husban
d. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Early in the morning, 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  used to go to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 to take bath. They would assemble together, capturing each other's hands, and loudly sing of the wonderful pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is an old system among Indian girls and women t
hat when they take bath in the river they place their garments on the bank and dip into the water completely naked. The portion of the river where the girls and women take bath was strictly prohibited to any male member, and this is still the system. The
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, knowing the minds of the unmarried 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  benedicted th
em with their desired objective. They had prayed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become their husband, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to fulfill their desires. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the end of the month, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His friends, appeared on the scene. Another name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Yoge\'e7vara, or master of all mystic powe
rs. By practicing meditation, 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 study the psychic movement of other men, and certainly
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand the desire 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  Appearing on the scene, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba immediately collected all the garments 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  climbed up in a nearby tree, and wi
th smiling face began to speak to them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear girls," He said. "Please come here one after another and pray for your garments and then take them away. I'm not joking with you. I'm just telling the trut
h. I have no desire to play any joke with you, for you have observed the regulative principles for one month by worshiping goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9. Please do not come here all at once. Come alone; I want to see each of you in your complete beauty, for
 you all have thin waists. I have requested you to come alone. Now please comply." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the girls in the water heard such joking words from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they began to look at one another and smile. They were very joyous to hear such a request f
rom K\'e5\'f1\'eba because they were already in love with Him. Out of shyness, they looked at one another, but they could not come out of the water because they were naked. Due to remaining in the water for a long time, they felt cold and were shivering,
 yet upon hearing the pleasing and joking words of Govinda, their minds were perturbed with great joy. They began to tell K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Dear son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, please do not joke with us in that way. It is completely unjust to us. You are a 
very respectable boy because You are the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and You are very dear to us, but You should not play this joke on us because now we are all shivering from the cold water. Kindly deliver our garments immediately, otherwise we shall s
uffer." They then began to appeal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great submission. "Dear \'c7y\'e4masundara," they said, "we are all Your eternal servitors. Whatever You order us to do, we are obliged to perform without hesitation because we consider it our reli
gious duty. But if You insist on putting this proposal to us, which is impossible to perform, then certainly we will have to go to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and lodge a complaint against You. If Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja does not take action, then we shall tell Ki
ng Ka\'e0sa about Your misbehavior." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing this appeal by the unmarried }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba answered, "My dear girls, if you think that you are My eternal servitors and you are always ready to execute My order, then My request is that, with your smiling faces, you please come here
 alone, one after another, and take away your garments. If you do not come here, however, and if you lodge complaints to My father, I shall not care anyway, for I know My father is old and cannot take any action against Me." 
\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 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was strong and determined, they had no alternative but to abide by His order. One after another they came out of the water, but because they were completely naked, they tried to cover their nakedness by placing their 
left hand over their pubic area. In that posture they were all shivering. Their simple presentation was so pure that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately became pleased with them. All the unmarried }{\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 prayed to K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9 to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband were thus satisfied. A woman cannot be naked before any male except her h
usband. The unmarried }{\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  desired K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband, and He fulfilled their de
sire in this way. Being pleased with them, He took their garments on His shoulder and began to speak as follows. "My dear girls, you have committed a great offense by going naked in the River Yamun\'e4. Because of this, the predominating deity of the Yam
un\'e4, Varu\'ebadeva, has become displeased with you. Please, therefore, just touch your foreheads with folded palms and bow down before the demigod Varu\'eba in order to be excused from this offensive act." 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 all simple souls, and whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba said they took to be true. In order to be freed from the wrath of Varu\'eba
deva, as well as to fulfill the desired end of their vows and ultimately to please their worshipable Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they immediately abided by His order. Thus they became the greatest lovers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His most obedient servitors. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nothing can compare to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness 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  Actually, 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  did no
t care for Varu\'eba or any other demigod; they only wanted to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very ingratiated and satisfied by the simple dealings 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 He immediately delivered their respective garments, one after another. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba cheated the young unmarried }{\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 made them stand naked before Him and enjoyed joking words with them, and although He treated them just like dolls and stol
e their garments, they were still pleased with Him and never lodged complaints against Him. This attitude 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  is described by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu when He prays, "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You may embrace me or trample me under Your feet, or You may make me brokenhearted by never being present before me. Whatever You like, You
 can do, because You have complete freedom to act. But in spite of all Your dealings, You are my Lord eternally, and I have no other worshipable object." This is the attitude 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  toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased with them, and since they all desired to have Him as their husband, He told them, "My dear well-behaved girls, I know of your desire
 for Me and why you worship goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9, and I completely approve of your action. Anyone whose full consciousness is always absorbed in Me, even if in lust, is elevated. As a fried seed cannot fructify, so any desire in connection with My 
loving service cannot produce any fruitive result, as in ordinary }{\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 " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : karm\'e4\'ebi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Everyone is bound by his fruitive activities, but the devotees, because they work completely for the satisfaction of the Lord, suffer no reactions. Similarly, 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  attitude toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although seemingly lusty, should not be considered to be like the lusty desires of ordinary women. The reason is explained by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself. Activities in devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba are transcendental to any fruitive result. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear }{\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 " K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, "your desire to have Me as your husband will be fulfilled because with this desire you have worshiped goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9. I promise you that during the next autumn season you shall be able to meet with Me, 
and you shall enjoy Me as your husband." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taking shelter of the shade of the trees, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very happy. While walking He began to address the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. "My dear Stokak
\'e5\'f1\'eba, My dear Var\'fcthapa, My dear Bhadrasena, My dear Sud\'e4m\'e4, My dear Subala, My dear Arjuna, My dear Vi\'e7\'e4la, My dear \'c5\'f1abha\'97just look at these most fortunate trees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They have dedicated their lives to th
e welfare of others. Individually they are tolerating all kinds of natural disturbances, such as hurricanes, torrents of rain, scorching heat and piercing cold, but they are very careful to relieve our fatigues and give us shelter. My dear friends, I thi
nk they are glorified in this birth as trees. They are so careful to give shelter to others that they are like noble, highly elevated charitable men who never deny charity to one who approaches them. No one is denied shelter by these trees. They supply v
arious kinds of facilities to human society, such as leaves, flowers, fruit, shade, roots, bark, flavor extracts and fuel. They are the perfect example of noble life. They are like a noble person who has sacrificed everything possible\'97his body, mind, 
activities, intelligence and words\'97in engaging in the welfare of all living entities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead walked on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, touching the leaves of the trees and their fruits, flowers and twigs, and praising thei
r glorious welfare activities. Different people may accept certain welfare activities to be beneficial for human society, according to their own views, but the welfare activity that can be rendered to people in general, for eternal benefit, is the spread
ing of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Everyone should be prepared to propagate this movement. As instructed by Lord Caitanya, one should be humbler than the grass on the ground and more tolerant than the tree. The toleration of the trees is e
xplained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and those who are engaged in the preaching of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should learn lessons from the teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Caitanya through Their direct disciplic succession. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While passing through the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sat down at a beautiful spot and allowed the cows to drink the cold
 and transparent water of the Yamun\'e4. Being fatigued, the cowherd boys, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma also drank. After seeing 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  taking bath in the Yamun\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba passed the rest of the morning with the boys. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-second Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Stealing the Garments of the Unmarried Gop\'e9 Girls."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-23 / Delivering the Wives of the Br\'e4hma\'ebas Who Performed Sacrifices
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 23 / Delivering the Wives of the
 Br\'e4hma\'ebas Who Performed Sacrifices
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The morning passed, and the cowherd boys were very hungry because they had not eaten breakfast. They immediately approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and said,
 "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, You are both all-powerful; You can kill many, many demons, but today we are much afflicted with hunger, and this is disturbing us. Please arrange for something that will mitigate our hunger." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Requested in this way by Their friends, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma immediately showed compassion on certain wives 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 performing sacrifices. These wives were great devotees of the Lord, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba took this opportunity t
o bless them. He said, "My dear friends, please go to the house 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  nearby. Th
ey are now engaged in performing Vedic sacrifices known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'ecgirasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for they desire elevat
ion to heavenly planets. All of you please go to them." Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba warned His friends, "These }{\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 not Vai\'f1\'ebavas. They cannot even chant Our names, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. They are very busy in chanting the Vedic hymns, although the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to find Me. But because they are not attrac
ted by the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, you had better not ask them for anything in My name. Better ask for some charity in the name of Balar\'e4ma." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charity is generally given to high 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  but K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma did not appear 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. Balar\'e4ma was known as the son of Vasudeva, 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  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was known in V\'e5nd\'e4vana as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who was 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  Neither belonged 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  community. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
considered 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  engaged in performing sacrifices might not be induced to give
 charity 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  and }{\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  "But at least if you utter the name of Balar\'e4ma, they may prefer to give in charity 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  rather than to Me, because I am only 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 " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being thus ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the boys went 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  and began to ask for some charity. They approached them with folded hands and fell down on the ground to offer respect. "O earthly gods, kindly hear us who are o
rdered by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. We hope you know Them both very well, and we wish you all good fortune. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are tending cows nearby, and we have accompanied Them. We have come to ask for some food from you. You a
re all }{\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 knowers of religious principles, and if you think that you should give
 us charity, then give us some food and we shall all eat along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. You are the most respectable }{\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  within the human society, and you are expected to know all the principles of religious procedure." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the boys were village boys and were not expected to be learned in all the Vedic principles of religious ritual, they hinted that because of their associati
on with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, they knew all those principles. When the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, asked for food, the boys would immediately deliver it without hesitation because 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 one should 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  (sacrifices) only for the satisfaction of Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The boys continued, "Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma is standing waiting, and you should immediately deliver whatever food you have in your stock
." They also explained 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  how foodstuffs are to be accepted. Generally, the V
ai\'f1\'ebavas, or pure devotees of the Lord, do not take part in ordinary sacrificial performances. But they know very well the ceremonials called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4 pa\'e7usamtha
 sautr\'e4mnya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One is permitted to take food after the procedure of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and before the animal sacrificial ceremony and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sautr\'e4ma\'eb\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or ceremony in which liquors are also offered. The boys said, "We can take your food at the present stage of your ceremony, for now it will not be prohibitory. So you can deliver us the foodstuff." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the companions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were simple cowherd boys, they were in a position to dictate even to the high 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  engaged in the Vedic rituals of sacrifices. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e4rta br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who were simply sacrificial-minded, could not understand the dictation of the transcendental devotees of the
 Lord. They could not even appreciate the begging of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Although they heard all the arguments on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, they did not care for them, and they refused to speak to the boys. D
espite being highly elevated in the knowledge of Vedic sacrificial rites, all such nondevotee }{\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  although they think of themselves as very highly elevated, are ignorant, foolish persons. All their activities are useless because they do not know the purpose 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  as it 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.15]}{\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  to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In spite 
of their advancement in Vedic knowledge and rituals, they do not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore their 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  is superficial. Lord Caitanya, therefore, gave His valuable opinion that a person does not have 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; if he knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba or the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is more than a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4h
ma\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and he is quite fit to become spiritual master. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are various details to be observed in the performance of sacrifices, and they are known collectively as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub de\'e7a. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They are as follows: }{\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 means the time, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e5thak dravya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the different 
detailed paraphernalia, }{\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  hymns, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  scriptural evidences, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub agni,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fire, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5tvij,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  learned performers of sacrifices, }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devat\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the demigods, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
vajam\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the performer of the sacrifices, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kratu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the sacrifice itself, and }{\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 procedures. All these ar
e for satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is confirmed that He is the actual enjoyer of all sacrifices }{\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  9.24]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because He is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supreme Absolute Tru
th, beyond the conception or speculation of material senses. He is present just like an ordinary human boy. But for persons who identify themselves with this body, it is very difficult to understand Him. 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 interested in the comforts of this material body and in elevation to the higher planetary residences called }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svarga-v\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They were therefore completely unable to understand the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the boys saw 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  would not speak to them, they became very disappointed. They then returned to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and explained everything that had happened. After hearing their statements, the Supreme Personality
 began to smile. He told them that they should not be sorry for being refused 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  because that is the way of begging. He convinced them that while one is engaged in collecting or begging, one should not think that he will be successful everywhere. He may be unsuccessful in some places, but that should not be cause for dis
appointment. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then asked all the boys to go again, but this time to the wives of those }{\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 sacrifices. He also informed them that these wives were great devotees. "They are always absorbed in thinking of Us. Go there and ask for some food in My name and the name of Balar\'e4ma, and I am sure that they will 
deliver you as much food as you desire." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carrying out K\'e5\'f1\'eba's order, the boys immediately went to 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  They found the wives sitting inside their house. They were very beautifully decorated with ornaments. After offering them all respectful obeisances, the boys sa
id, "Dear mothers, please accept our humble obeisances and hear our statement. May we inform you that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are nearby. They have come here with the cows, and you may know also that we have come here under Their instructions
. All of us are very hungry; therefore, we have come to you for some food. Please give us something to eat for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and ourselves." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately upon hearing this, 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  became anxious for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. These reactions were spontaneous. They did not have to be convinced of the importance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma; immediately upon hearing 
Their names, they became very anxious to see Them. Being advanced by thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba constantly, they were performing the greatest form of mystic meditation. All the wives then became very busily engaged in filling up different pots with nice 
foodstuff. Due to the performance of the sacrifice, the various food was all very palatable. After collecting a feast, they prepared to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their most lovable object, exactly in the way rivers flow to the sea. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For a long time the wives had been anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, when they were preparing to leave home to go see Him, their husbands, fathers, sons and r
elatives asked them not to go. But the wives did not comply. When a devotee is called by the attraction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he does not care for bodily ties. The women entered the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, which was verdant w
ith vegetation and newly grown vines and flowers. Within that forest, they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma engaged in tending the cows, along with Their very affectionate boy friends. 
\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\'ebas'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  wives saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba putting on a garment glittering like gold. He wore a nice garland of forest flowers and a peacock feather on His head. He was also painted with the minerals found in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and He looked exactly like a 
dancing actor on a theatrical stage. They saw Him keeping one hand on the shoulder of His friend, and in His other hand, He was holding a lotus flower. His ears were decorated with lilies, He wore marks of }{\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 He 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. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They began to embrace K\'e5\'f1\'eba to their hearts' content, and the distress of separation was mitigated immediately. They were just like great sages who, by the
ir advancement of knowledge, merge into the existence of the Supreme. As the Supersoul living in everyone's heart, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand their minds; they had come to Him despite all the protests of their relatives, fathers, husbands, brot
hers, and all the duties of household affairs. They came just to see Him who was their life and soul. They were actually following K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instruction 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 [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
 one should surrender to Him, giving up all varieties of occupational and religious duties. 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  actually carried out 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 in t
otal. He therefore began to speak to them, smiling very magnificently. It should be noted in this connection that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered into the wives' hearts and when they embraced Him and felt the transcendental bliss of being merged with Him, th
e Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not lose His identity, nor did the individual wives lose theirs. The individuality of both the Lord and the wives remained, yet they felt oneness in existence. When a lover submits to his lover without any pinch of perso
nal consideration, that is called oneness. Lord Caitanya has taught us this feeling of oneness 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 may act freely, doing whatever He likes, bu
t the devotee should always be in oneness or in agreement with His desires. That oneness was exhibited by 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  in their love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba welcomed them with the following words: "My dear 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  you are all very fortunate and welcomed here. Please let Me know what I can do for you. Your coming here, neglecting all the restrictions and hindrances of relatives, 
fathers, brothers and husbands, in order to see Me, is completely befitting. One who does this actually knows his self interest, because rendering transcendental loving service unto Me, without motive or restriction, is actually auspicious for the living
 entities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba here confirms that the highest perfectional stage of the conditional soul is surrender to Him. One must give up all other responsibilities. This
 complete surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the most auspicious path for the conditioned soul because the Supreme Lord is the supreme objective of love. Everyone is loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba ultimately, but realization is according to the 
advancement of his knowledge. One comes to understand that his self is the spirit soul, and the spirit soul is nothing but a part and parcel of the Supreme Lord; therefore the Supreme Lord is the ultimate goal of love, and thus one should surrender unto 
Him. This surrender is considered auspicious for the conditioned soul. Our life, property, home, wife, children, house, country, society and all paraphernalia which are very dear to us are expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the centr
al object of love because He gives us all bliss, expanding Himself in so many ways according to our different situations, namely bodily, mental or spiritual. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear 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 " K\'e5\'f1\'eba said. "You can now return to your homes. Engage yourselves in sacrificial activities and be engaged in the service of your husbands and household affairs so that your husbands will be pleased with you, a
nd the sacrifice which they have begun will be properly executed. After all, your husbands are householders, and without your help how can they execute their prescribed duties?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  replied, "Dear Lord, this sort of instruction does not befit You. Your eternal promise is that You will always protect Your devotees, and now You must fulfill this promise. Anyone who comes and surrenders unto You never goes bac
k to the conditioned life of material existence. We expect that You will now fulfill Your promise. We have surrendered unto Your lotus feet, which are covered by 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  leaves, so we have no more desire to return to the company of our so-called relatives, friends, and society and give up the shelter of Your lotus feet. And what shall we do, r
eturning home? Our husbands, brothers, fathers, sons, mothers and our friends do not expect to see us because we have already left them all. Therefore we have no shelter to return to. Please, therefore, do not ask us to return home, but arrange for our s
tay under Your lotus feet so that we can eternally live under Your protection." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead replied, "My dear wives, rest assured that your husbands will not neglect you on your return, nor will your brothers, sons, or fa
thers refuse to accept you. Because you are My pure devotees, not only your relatives but also people in general, as well as the demigods, will be satisfied with you." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is situated as the Supersoul in everyone's heart. So if someone becomes
 a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he immediately becomes pleasing to everyone. The pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never inimical to anyone. A sane person cannot be an enemy of a pure devotee. "Transcendental love for Me does not depend upon
 bodily connection," K\'e5\'f1\'eba said further, "but anyone whose mind is always absorbed in Me will surely, very soon, come to Me for My eternal association." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After being instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the wives again returned home to their respective husbands. Pleased to see their wives back home, 
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  executed the performances of sacrifices by sitting together, as it is enjoine
d 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  According to Vedic principle, religious rituals must be executed by the h
usband and wife together. 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  wives returned, the sacrifice was duly and ni
cely executed. One 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  wives, however, who was forcibly checked from going to
 see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, began to remember Him as she heard of His bodily features. Being completely absorbed in His thought, she gave up her material body conditioned by the laws of nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Govinda, the ever-joyful Personality of Godhead, revealed His transcendental pastimes, appearing just like an ordinary human being, and enjoyed the food o
ffered by 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  In this way, He attracted common persons to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. He attracted to His words and beauty all the cows, cowherd boys and damsels in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the return of their wives from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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  engaged in the performance of sacrifices began to regret their sinful activities in refusing food to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They could finally understand their mistake; enga
ged in the performance of Vedic rituals, they had neglected the Supreme Personality of Godhead who had appeared just like an ordinary human being and asked for some food. They began to condemn themselves after seeing the faith and devotion of their wives
. They regretted very much that, although their wives were elevated to the platform of pure devotional service, they themselves could not understand even a little bit of how to love and offer transcendental loving service to the Supreme Soul. They began 
to talk among themselves. "To hell with our being born }{\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 hell with our learning
 all Vedic literatures! To hell with our performing great sacrifices and observing all the rules and regulations! To hell with our family! To hell with our expert service in performing the rituals exactly to the description of scriptures! To hell with it
 all, for we have not developed transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the speculation of the mind, body and senses." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The 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  expert in Vedic ritualistic performances, were properly regretful, because without developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all discharge of religious duties is simply a waste of time and energy. They continued to talk among the
mselves; "The external energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so strong that it can create illusion to overcome even the greatest mystic }{\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  Although we expert }{\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 considered to be 
the teachers of all other sections of human society, we also have been illusioned by the external energy. Just see how fortunate these women are who have so devotedly dedicated their lives to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They could
 easily give up their family connection, which is so difficult to do. Family life is just like a dark well for the continuation of material miseries." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Women in general, being very simple in heart, can very easily take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and when they develop love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba they can easily get
 liberation from the clutches 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  which is very difficult for even so-called intellige
nt and learned men to surpass. According to Vedic injunction, women are not allowed to undergo the purificatory process of initiation by the sacred thread, nor are they allowed to live as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4ri\'eb\'e9}{\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 \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the spiritual master; nor are they advised to undergo the strict disciplinary procedure; nor are they very much expert in discussing philosophy or self-realization. And by nature they are not very pure; nor are
 they very much attached to auspicious activities. "But how wonderful it is that they have developed transcendental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord of all mystic }{\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 !" 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  exclaimed. "They have surpassed all of us in firm faith and devotion unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being too attached to the materialistic way of life, although we are considered to be masters in all purificatory processes, we did not actually know w
hat the goal is. Even though we were reminded of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma by the cowherd boys, we disregarded Them. We think now that it was simply a trick of mercy upon us by the Supreme Personality of Godhead that He sent His friends to beg foods
tuff from us. Otherwise, He had no need to send them. He could have satisfied their hunger then and there just by willing to do so." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If someone denies K\'e5\'f1\'eba's self-sufficiency on hearing that He was tending the cows for livelihood, or if someone doubts His not being in need of the foodst
uff, thinking that He was actually hungry, then one should understand that the goddess of fortune is always engaged in His service. In this way the goddess can break her faulty habit of restlessness. In Vedic literatures like }{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is served in His abode with great respect by not only one goddess of fortune but many thousands. Therefore it is simply illusion for one to think that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba begged food from 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  It was actually a trick to show them the merc
y of accepting Him in pure devotional service. The Vedic ceremonial paraphernalia, the suitable place, suitable time, different grades of articles for performing ritualistic ceremonies, the Vedic hymns, the priest who is able to perform such sacrifice, t
he fire and the demigods, the performer of the sacrifice and the religious principles are all meant for understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and the Lord of all mystic
 }{\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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Because He has appeared as a child in the dynasty of the Yadus, we were so foolish that we could not understand that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead," 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. "But on the other hand, we are very proud because we have such exalted wiv
es who have developed pure transcendental service of the Lord without being shackled by our rigid position. Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under whose illusory energy, 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  we are absorbed in fruitive activities. We therefore pray to the Lord to be kind enough to excus
e us because we are simply captivated by His external energy. We transgressed His order without knowing His transcendental glories." 
\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\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  repented for their sinful activities. They wanted to go personally to offer their obeisances unto Him, but being afraid of Ka\'e0sa, they could not go. In other words, it is very difficult for one to surrender fully unto the Personality of G
odhead without being purified by devotional service. The example of the 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  a
nd their wives is vivid. 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  because they were infused by pure devo
tional service, did not care for any kind of opposition. They immediately went to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But although 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 come to know the supremacy of the Lord and were repenting, they were still afraid of King Ka\'e0sa because they were too addicted to fruitive activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-third Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Delivering the Wives of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Who Performed Sacrifices."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-24 / Worshiping 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 24 / Worshiping Govardhana Hill
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While engaged with 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 too involved in the performance of Vedic sacrifices, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma also saw that the cowherd men were preparing a similar sacrifice in order to pacify Indra, the King of heaven, who is responsi
ble for supplying water. As stated 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [M. 22.142]}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\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 devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba has strong and firm faith in the understanding that if he is simply engaged in
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental loving service, then he is freed from all other obligations. A pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba doesn't have to perform any of the ritualistic functions enjoined 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  nor is he required to worship any demigods. Being a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is understood
 to have performed all kinds of Vedic rituals and all kinds of worship to the demigods. Just by performing the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies or worshiping the demigods, one does not develop devotional service for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But one who is engaged ful
ly in the service of the Lord has already finished all Vedic injunctions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered a stop to all such activities by His devotees, for He wanted to firmly establish exclusive devotional service during His presence in V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew that the cowherd men were preparing for the Indra sacrifice because He is the omniscient Personality of Godhead, but as a matter of etiquette, he began to inquire with great honor and submission from elder personalities like
 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and others. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked His father, "My dear father, what is this arrangement going on for a great sacrifice? What is the result of such sacrifice, and for whom is it 
meant? How is it performed? Will you kindly let Me know? I am very anxious to know this procedure, so please explain to Me the purpose of this sacrifice." Upon this inquiry, His father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, remained silent, thinking that his young boy w
ould not be able to understand the intricacies of performing the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, howeve
r, persisted: "My dear father, for those who are liberal and saintly, there is no secrecy. They do not think anyone to be a friend or enemy because they are always open to everyone. And even for those who are not so liberal, nothing should be secret for 
the family members and friends, although secrecy may be maintained for persons who are inimical. Therefore you cannot keep any secrets from Me. All persons are engaged in fruitive activities. Some know what these activities are, and they know the result,
 and some execute activities without knowing the purpose or the result. A person who acts with full knowledge gets the full result; one who acts without knowledge does not get such a perfect result. Therefore, please let Me know the purpose of the sacrif
ice which you are going to perform. Is it according to Vedic injunction? Or is it simply a popular ceremony? Kindly let Me know in detail about the sacrifice." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this inquiry from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda replied, "My dear boy, this ceremonial performance is more or less traditional. Because rainfall i
s due to the mercy of King Indra and the clouds are his representatives, and because water is so important for our living, we must show some gratitude to the controller of this rainfall, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Indra. We are arranging, therefore, to pacify King I
ndra, because he has very kindly sent us clouds to pour down sufficient quantity of rain for successful agricultural activities. Water is very important; without rainfall we cannot farm or produce grains. We cannot live if there is no rainfall. It is nec
essary for successful religious ceremonies, economic development, and, ultimately, liberation. Therefore we should not give up the traditional ceremonial function; if one gives it up, being influenced by lust, or greed or fear, then it does not look very
 good for him." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the presence of His father and all the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, spoke in such a wa
y as to make heavenly King Indra very angry. He suggested that they forego the sacrifice. His reasons for discouraging the sacrifice performed to please Indra were twofold. First, 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 7.20}{\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  there is no need to worship the demigods for 
any material advancement; all results derived from worshiping the demigods are simply temporary, and only those who are less intelligent are interested with temporary results. Secondly, whatever temporary result one derives from worshiping the demigods i
s actually granted by the permission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is clearly stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, mayaiva vihit\'e4n hi t\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Whatever benefit is supposed to be derived from the demigods is actually bestowed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Without the permission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot 
bestow any benefit upon others. But sometimes the demigods become puffed up by the influence of material nature; thinking themselves as all in all, they try to forget the supremacy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.25.1]}{\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  it is clearly stated that in this instance K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to make King Indra angry. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's advent was especially meant for the annihilation of the demons and p
rotection of the devotees. King Indra was certainly a devotee, not a demon, but because he was puffed up, K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to teach him a lesson. He first tried to make Indra angry by stopping the Indra P\'fcj\'e4 which was arranged by the cowherd m
en in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With this purpose in mind, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to talk as if He were an atheist supporting the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Advocates of this type of philosophy do not accept the supreme authority of the Personality of Godhead. They put forward th
e argument that if anyone works nicely, the result is sure to come. Their opinion is that even if there is a God who gives man the result of his fruitive activities, there is no need to worship Him because unless man works He cannot bestow any good resul
t. They say that instead of worshiping a demigod or God, people should give attention to their own duties, and thus the good result will surely come. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to speak to His father according to these principles of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy. "My dear father," He said, "I don't think you need to worship any demi
god for the successful performance of your agricultural activities. Every living being is born according to his past }{\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 leaves this life simply taking the result of his present }{\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  Eve
ryone is born in different types or species of life according to his past activities, and he gets his next birth according to the activities of this life. Different grades of material happiness and distress, comforts and disadvantages of life, are differ
ent results of different kinds of activities, either from the past or present life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and other elderly members argued that without satisfying the predominating god, one cannot derive any good result simply by material activities
. This is actually the fact. For example, it is sometimes found that, in spite of first-class medical help and treatment by a first-class physician, a diseased person dies. It is concluded, therefore, that first-class medical treatment or the attempts of
 a first-class physician are not in themselves the cause for curing a patient; there must be the hand of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, a father's and mother's taking care of their children is not the cause of the children's comfort. Some
times it is found that in spite of all care by the parents, the children go bad or succumb to death. Therefore material causes are not sufficient for results. There must be the sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja therefor
e advocated that, in order to get good results for agricultural activities, they must satisfy Indra, the superintending deity of the rain supply. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba nullified this argument, saying that the demigods give results only to persons who have 
executed their prescribed duties. The demigods cannot give any good results to the person who has not executed the prescribed duties; therefore demigods are dependent on the execution of duties and are not absolute in awarding good results to anyone. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear father, there is no need to worship the demigod Indra," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said. "Everyone has to achieve the result of his own work. We can actually see 
that one becomes busy according to the natural tendency of his work; and according to that natural tendency, all living entities\'97either human beings or demigods\'97achieve their respective results. All living entities achieve higher or lower bodies an
d create enemies, friends or neutral parties only because of their different kinds of work. One should be careful to discharge duties according to his natural instinct and not divert attention to the worship of various demigods. The demigods will be sati
sfied by proper execution of all duties, so there is no need to worship them. Let us, rather, perform our prescribed duties very nicely. Actually one cannot be happy without executing his proper prescribed duty. One who does not, therefore, properly disc
harge his prescribed duties, is compared with an unchaste woman. The proper prescribed duty 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  is the study 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 proper duty of the royal order, 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  is engagement in protecting the citizens; the proper duty 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  community is agriculture, trade and protection of the cows; and the proper duty of 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  is service to the higher classes, namely the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas,}{\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 vai\'e7yas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We belong to 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  community, and our p
roper duty is to farm, or to trade with the agricultural produce, to protect cows, or take to banking." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba identified Himself with 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  community because Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was protecting many cows, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was taking care of them. He enumerated four kinds of business engagements for 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  community, namely agriculture, trade, protection of cows and banking. Although 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  can take to any of these occupations, the men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were engaged primarily in the protection of cows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba further explained to His father: "This cosmic manifestation is going on under the influence of three modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion, a
nd ignorance. These three modes are the causes of creation, maintenance, and destruction. The cloud is caused by the action of the mode of passion; therefore it is the mode of passion which causes the rainfall. And after the rainfall, the living entities
 derive the result\'97success in agricultural work. What, then, has Indra to do in this affair? Even if you do not please Indra, what can he do? We do not derive any special benefit from Indra. Even if he is there, he pours water on the ocean also, where
 there is no need of water. So he is pouring water on the ocean or on the land; it does not depend on our worshiping him. As far as we are concerned, we do not need to go to another city or village or foreign country. There are palatial buildings in the 
cities, but we are satisfied living in this forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Our specific relationship is with Govardhana Hill and V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest and nothing more. I therefore request you, My dear father, to begin a sacrifice which will satisfy the loc
al }{\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 Govardhana Hill, and let us have nothing to do with Indra." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing this statement by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja replied, "My dear boy, since You are asking, I shall arrange for a separate sacrifice for the l
ocal }{\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 Govardhana Hill. But for the present let me execute this sacrifice known
 as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indra-yaj\'efa.}{\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 But K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "My dear father, don't delay. The sacrifice you propose for Govardhana and the local }{\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  will take much time. Better take the arrangement and paraphernalia you have already made for sacrificing Indra-yaj\'efa and immedia
tely engage it to satisfy Govardhana Hill and the local }{\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 " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda finally relented. The cowherd men then inquired from K\'e5\'f1\'eba how He wanted the }{\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  performed, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave them the following directions. "Prepare very nice foodstuffs of all descriptions from the grains and ghee 
collected for the }{\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  Prepare rice, dahl, then halavah, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4kor\'e4, puri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all kinds of milk preparations like sweet rice, sweetballs, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sande\'e7a, rasagull\'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 l\'e4\'f2\'f2u}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and invite the 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  who can chant the Vedic hymns and offer oblations to the fire. 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  s
hould be given all kinds of grains in charity. Then decorate all the cows and feed them well. After performing this, give money in charity 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  As far as the lower animals are concerned, such as the dogs, and the lower grades of people, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c
\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e4las,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the fifth class of men who are considered untouchable, they also may be given sumptuous }{\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  After giving nice grasses to the cows, the sacrifice known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govard
hana P\'fcj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may immediately begin. This sacrifice will very much satisfy Me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this statement, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba practically described the whole economy 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  community. In all communities of human society, and in the animal kingdom, among the cows, dogs, goats, etc., everyone has his part to play. Each is to work in coope
ration for the total benefit of all society, which includes not only animate objects but also inanimate objects like hills and land. 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  community is specifically responsible for the economic improvement of the society by producing grains, by giving protection to the cows, by transporting food when needed, and by banking and finance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From this statement we learn also that the cats and dogs, although not so important, are not to be neglected. Cow protection is actually more important than protect
ion of cats and dogs. Another hint we get from this statement is that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or
 the untouchables are also not to be neglected by the higher classes. Everyone is important, but some are directly responsible for the advancement of human society, and some are only indirectly responsible. However, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is t
here, then everyone's total benefit is taken care of. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sacrifice known as Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 is observed in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Lord Caitanya has recommended that since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is wo
rshipable, so His land, V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Govardhana Hill, are also worshipable. To confirm this statement, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 is as good as worship of Him. From that day, the Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 has been still going 
on and is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Annak\'fc\'f6a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In all the temples of V\'e5nd\'e4vana or outside of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, huge quantities of food are prepared in this ceremony and are very sumptuously distributed to the general population. Sometimes the food is thrown to the crowds, and they enjoy collecting it off the ground. From these instances, we can understa
nd 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  offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba never becomes polluted or contaminated, even if it 
is thrown on the ground. The people, therefore, collect it and eat with great satisfaction. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore advised the cowherd men to stop the Indra-yaj\'efa and begin the Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 in order to cha
stise Indra who was very much puffed up at being the supreme controller of the heavenly planets. 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 perfor
med Govardhana worship and circumambulation of the hill. (Following the inauguration of Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4, people in V\'e5nd\'e4vana still dress nicely and assemble near Govardhana Hill to offer worship and circumambulate the hill, leading their cows
 all around.) According to the instruction of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and the cowherd men called in 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  and began to worship Govardhana Hill by chanting Vedic hymns and offering }{\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  The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana assembled together, decorated their cows and gave them grass. Keeping the cows in front, they began to circumambulate 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  also dressed themselves very luxuriantly and sat in bull-driven carts, chanting the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. Asse
mbled there to act as priests for Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4, 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  offered their blessi
ngs to the cowherd men and their wives, 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When everything was complete, K\'e5\'f1\'eba assumed a great transcendental form and declared to the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana that He was Himself Govardhana H
ill in order to convince the devotees that Govardhana Hill and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are identical. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to eat all the food offered there. The identity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Govardhana Hill is still honored, and great devotees take
 rocks from Govardhana Hill and worship them exactly as they worship the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temples. Devotees therefore collect small rocks or pebbles from Govardhana Hill and worship them at home, because this worship is as good as Deity wor
ship. The form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who began to eat the offerings was separately constituted, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself along with other inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana began to offer obeisances to the Deity as well as Govardhana Hill. In offering obeisanc
es to the huge form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and Govardhana Hill, K\'e5\'f1\'eba declared, "Just see how Govardhana Hill has assumed this huge form and is favoring us by accepting all the offerings." K\'e5\'f1\'eba also declared at that meeting, "One wh
o neglects the worship of Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4, as I am personally conducting it, will not be happy. There are many snakes on Govardhana Hill, and persons neglecting the prescribed duty of Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 will be bitten by these snakes and killed.
 In order to assure the good fortune of the cows and themselves, all people of V\'e5nd\'e4vana near Govardhana must worship the hill, as prescribed by Me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus performing the Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 sacrifice, all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana followed the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva, and af
terwards they returned to their respective homes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-fourth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Worshiping Govardhana Hill."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-25 / Devastating Rainfall in V\'e5nd\'e4vana
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Indra understood that the sacrifice offered by the cowherd men in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was stopped by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he became angry, and he vented his anger upon 
the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who were headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, although Indra knew perfectly well that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally protecting them. As the director of different kinds of clouds, Indra called for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0vartaka.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This cloud is invited when there is a need to devastate the whole cosmic manifestation. The }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0vartaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was ordered by Indra to go over V\'e5nd\'e4vana and inundate the whole area with an ext
ensive flood. Demonically, Indra thought himself to be the all-powerful supreme personality. When demons become very powerful, they defy the supreme controller, Personality of Godhead. Indra, though not a demon, was puffed up by his material position, an
d he wanted to challenge the supreme controller. He thought himself, at least for the time being, 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 bei
ng 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has declared 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the worshipers of the demigods are
 not very intelligent. He has also declared that one has to give up all kinds of worship and simply concentrate on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's invoking the anger of Indra and later on chastising him is a clear indication to His devotee
 that those who are engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness have no need to worship any demigod, even if it is found that the demigod has become angry. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives His devotees all protection, and they should completely depend on His mercy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indra cursed the action of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and said, "By defying the authority of the demigods, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana will suffer in
 material existence. Having neglected the sacrifice to the demigods, they cannot cross over the impediments of the ocean of material misery." Indra further declared, "These cowherd men in V\'e5nd\'e4vana have neglected my authority on the advice of this 
talkative boy who is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is nothing but a child, and by believing this child, they have enraged me." Thus he ordered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0vartaka}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cloud to go and destroy the prosperity of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. "The men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana," said Indra, "have become too puffed up over their material opulence and their confidence in the p
resence of their tiny friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is simply talkative, childish, and unaware of the complete cosmic situation, although He is thinking Himself very advanced in knowledge. Because they have taken K\'e5\'f1\'eba so seriously, they must be pu
nished, and so I have ordered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0vartaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cloud to go there and inundate the place. They
 should be destroyed with their cows." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is indicated here that in the villages or outside the towns, the inhabitants must depend on the cows for their prosperity. When the cows are destroyed, the peopl
e are destitute of all kinds of opulences. When King Indra ordered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0vartaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and compa
nion clouds to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the clouds were afraid of the assignment. But King Indra assured them, "You go ahead, and I will also go, riding on my elephant, accompanied by great storms. And I shall apply all my strength to punish the inhabitant
s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ordered by King Indra, all the dangerous clouds appeared above V\'e5nd\'e4vana and began to pour water incessantly, with all their strength and power. There was con
stant lightning and thunder, blowing of severe wind and incessant falling of rain. The rainfall seemed to fall like piercing sharp arrows. By pouring water as thick as pillars, without cessation, the clouds gradually filled all the lands in V\'e5nd\'e4va
na with water, and there was no visible distinction between higher and lower land. The situation was very dangerous, especially for the animals. The rainfall was accompanied by great winds, and every living creature in V\'e5nd\'e4vana began to tremble fr
om the severe cold. Unable to find any other source of deliverance, they all approached Govinda to take shelter at His lotus feet. The cows especially, being much aggrieved from the heavy rain, bowed down their heads, and taking their calves underneath t
heir bodies, they approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead to take shelter of His lotus feet. At that time all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana began to pray to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba," they prayed, "You are all-powerful, and Yo
u are very affectionate to Your devotees. Now please protect us who have been much harrassed by angry Indra." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing their prayer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba could also understand that Indra, being bereft of his sacrificial honor, was pouring down rain that was accompanied by hea
vy pieces of ice and strong winds, although all this was out of season. K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood that this was a deliberate exhibition of anger by Indra. He therefore concluded, "This demigod who thinks himself supreme has shown his great power, but I s
hall answer him according to My position, and I shall teach him that he is not autonomous in managing universal affairs. I am the Supreme Lord over all, and I shall thus take away his false prestige which has risen from his power. The demigods are My dev
otees, and therefore it is not possible for them to forget My supremacy, but somehow or other he has become puffed up with material power and thus is now maddened. I shall act in such a way to relieve him of this false prestige. I shall give protection t
o My pure devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who are at present completely at My mercy and whom I have taken completely under My protection. I will save them by My mystic power." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thinking in this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately picked up Govardhana Hill with one hand, exactly as a child picks up a mushroom from the ground. Thus He exhib
ited His transcendental pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then began to address His 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,
 which 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
. I think this is a proper arrangement to relieve you from your immediate distress. Be happy along with your animals underneath this great umbrella." Being assured by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana entered beneath the great h
ill and appeared to be safe along with their property and animals. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and their animals remained there for one week without being disturbed by hunger, thirst or any other discomforts. They were simpl
y astonished to see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba was holding up the mountain with the little finger of His left hand. Seeing the extraordinary mystic power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Indra, the King of heaven, was thunderstruck and baffled in his determination. He immedia
tely called for all the clouds and asked them to desist. When the sky became completely cleared of all clouds and there was sunrise again, the strong winds stopped. At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, known now 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 inundation has gone down, along with the swelling waters of the river." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the men loaded their valuables on carts and slowly left with their cows and other paraphernalia. After they had cleared out everything, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba very
 slowly replaced Govardhana Hill exactly in the same position as it had been before. When everything was done, all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba and embraced Him with great ecstacy. 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  being naturally very affectionate to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, began to offer Him curd mixed with their tears, and they poured
 incessant blessings upon Him. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, mother Rohi\'eb\'e9, Nanda, and Balar\'e4ma, who is the strongest of the strong, embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba one after another and, from spontaneous feelings of affection, blessed Him over and over again. I
n the heavens, different demigods from different planetary systems, such as Siddhaloka, Gandharvaloka and C\'e4ra\'ebaloka, also began to show their complete satisfaction. They poured showers of flowers on the surface of the earth and sounded different c
onchshells. There was beating of drums, and being inspired by godly feelings, residents of Gandharvaloka began to play on their tampouras to please the Lord. After this incident, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, surrounded by His dear friends and anim
als, returned to His home. As usual, 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  began to chant the glorious pastimes of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba with great feeling, for they were chanting from the heart. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-fifth 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  "Devastating Rainfall in V\'e5nd\'e4vana."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-26 / Wonderful 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 26 / Wonderful K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without understanding the intricacies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and without knowing His uncommon spiritual opulences, the innocent cowh
erd boys and men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana began to discuss the wonderful activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which surpass the activities of all men. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of them said, "My dear friends, considering His wonderful activities, how is it possible that such an uncommon boy would come and live with us in V\'e5nd\'e4van
a? It is really not possible. Just imagine! He is now only seven years old! How was it possible for Him to lift Govardhana Hill in one hand and hold it up just like the king of elephants holds a lotus flower? To lift a lotus flower is a most insignifican
t thing for an elephant, and similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted Govardhana Hill without exertion. When He was simply a small baby and could not even see properly, He killed a great demon, P\'fctan\'e4. While sucking her breast, He also sucked out her life-a
ir. K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed the P\'fctan\'e4 demon exactly as eternal time kills a living creature in due course. When He was only three months old, He was sleeping underneath a hand-driven cart. Being hungry for His mother's breast, He began to cry and th
row His legs upwards. And from the kicking of his small feet the cart immediately broke apart and fell to pieces. When He was only one year old, He was carried away by the T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta demon disguised as a whirlwind, and although He was taken very 
high in the sky, He simply hung on the neck of the demon and forced him to fall from the sky and immediately die. Once His mother, being disturbed by His stealing butter, tied Him to a wooden mortar, and the child pushed it towards a pair of trees known 
as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yamala arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and caused them to fall. Once, when He was engaged in tending the calves in the 
forest along with His elder brother, Balar\'e4ma, a demon named Bak\'e4sura appeared, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba at once bifurcated the demon's beaks. When the demon known as Vats\'e4sura entered among the calves tended by K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a desire to kill Hi
m, He immediately detected the demon, killed him, and threw him into a tree. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His brother, Balar\'e4ma, entered the T\'e4lavana forest, the demon known as Dhenuk\'e4sura, in the shape of an ass, attacked Them and was immedi
ately killed by Balar\'e4ma, who caught his hind legs and threw him in a palm tree. Although the Dhenuk\'e4sura demon was assisted by his cohorts, also in the shape of asses, all were killed, and the T\'e4lavana forest was then open for the use of the an
imals and inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When Pralamb\'e4sura entered amongst His cowherd boy friends, He caused his death by Balar\'e4ma. Thereafter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved His friends and cows from the severe forest fire, and He chastised the K\'e4liya 
serpent in the lake of Yamun\'e4 and forced him to leave the vicinity of the Yamun\'e4 River; He thereby made the water of the Yamun\'e4 poisonless." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another one of the friends of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "My dear Nanda, we do not know why we are so attracted by your son K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We want to forget Him, b
ut this is impossible. Why are we so naturally affectionate toward Him? Just imagine how wonderful it is! On one hand He is only a boy of seven years old, and on the other hand there is a huge hill like Govardhana Hill, and He lifted it so easily! O Nand
a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, we are now in great doubt\'97your son K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be one of the demigods. He is not at all an ordinary boy. Maybe He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing the praises of the cowherd men in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, King Nanda said, "My dear friends, in reply to you I can simply present the statement of Gargamuni so 
that your doubts may be cleared. When he came to perform the name-giving ceremony, he said that this boy descends in different periods of time in different colors and that this time He has appeared in V\'e5nd\'e4vana in a dark color and is known as K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Previously, He has white color, then red color, then yellow color. He also said that this boy was once the son of Vasudeva, and everyone who knows of His previous birth calls Him V\'e4sudeva. Actually he said that my son has many varieties of 
names, according to His different qualities and activities. Garg\'e4c\'e4rya assured me that this boy will be all-auspicious for my family and that He will be able to give transcendental blissful pleasure to all the cowherd men and cows in V\'e5nd\'e4van
a. Even though we will be put into various kinds of difficulties, by the grace of this boy we will be very easily freed from them. He also said that formerly this boy saved the world from an unregulated condition, and He saved all honest men from the han
ds of the dishonest. He also said that any fortunate man who becomes attached to this boy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is never vanquished or defeated by his enemy. On the whole, He is exactly like Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who always takes the side of the demigods, who are
 consequently never defeated by the demons. Garg\'e4c\'e4rya thus concluded that my child will grow to be exactly like Vi\'f1\'ebu in transcendental beauty, qualification, activities, influence and opulence, and so we should not be very astonished by His
 wonderful activities. After telling me this, Garg\'e4c\'e4rya returned home, and since then we have been continually seeing the wonderful activities of this child. According to the version of Garg\'e4c\'e4rya, I consider that He must be N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb
a Himself, or maybe a plenary portion of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the cowherd men very attentively heard the statements of Garg\'e4c\'e4rya through Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, they better appreciated the wonderful activities of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and became very jubilant and satisfied. They began to praise Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, because by consulting him their doubts about K\'e5\'f1\'eba were cleared. They said, "Let K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is so kind, beautiful and merciful, protect u
s. When angry Indra sent torrents of rain, accompanied by showers of ice blocks and high wind, He immediately took compassion upon us and saved us and our families, cows and valuable possessions by picking up the Govardhana Hill, just as a child picks up
 a mushroom. He saved us so wonderfully. May He continue to mercifully glance over us and our cows. May we live peacefully under the protection of wonderful K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-sixth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Wonderful K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-27 / Prayers by Indra, the King of Heaven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 27 / Prayers by Indra, the King 
of Heaven
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana from the wrath of Indra by lifting Govardhana Hill, a }{\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  cow from Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, as well as King Indra from the heavenly planet, appeared before Him. Indra, the King of heaven, was 
conscious of his offence before K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore he stealthily appeared before Him from a secluded place. He immediately fell down at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although his own crown was dazzling like sunshine. Indra knew about the exalt
ed position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master of Indra, but he could not believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could come down and live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana among the cowherd men. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba defied the authority of Indra, Indra became a
ngry because he thought that he was all in all within this universe and that no one was as powerful as he. But after this incident, his false puffed up prestige was destroyed. Being conscious of his subordinate position, he appeared before K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 with folded hands and began to offer the following prayers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," Indra said, "being puffed up by my false prestige, I thought that You had offended me by not allowing the cowherd men to perform the Indra}{\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  and I thought that You wanted to enjoy the offerings that were arranged for the sacrifice. I 
thought that in the name of a Govardhana sacrifice, You were taking my share of profit, and therefore I mistook Your position. Now by Your grace I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord, Personality of Godhead, and that You are transcendental to al
l the material qualities. Your transcendental position is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7uddha-sattvam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is above the
 platform of the material mode of goodness, and Your transcendental abode is beyond the disturbance of the material qualities. Your name, fame, form, quality and pastimes are all beyond this material nature, and they are never disturbed by the three mate
rial modes. Your abode is accessible only for one who undergoes severe austerities and penances and who is completely freed from the onslaught of material qualities like passion and ignorance. If someone thinks that when You come within this material wor
ld You accept the modes of material nature, he is mistaken. The webs of the material qualities are never able to touch You, and You certainly do not accept them when You are present within this world. Your Lordship is never conditioned by the laws of mat
erial nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the original father of this cosmic manifestation. You are the supreme spiritual master of this cosmic world, and You are the original proprie
tor of everything. As eternal time, You are competent to chastise offenders. Within this material world there are many fools like myself who consider themselves to be the Supreme Lord or the all in all within the universe. You are so merciful that withou
t punishing their offenses, You devise means so that their false prestige is subdued and they can know that You, and none else, are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the supreme father, the supreme spiritual master and supreme king. Therefore, You have the right to chastise all living entities whenever the
re is any discrepancy in their behavior. The father, the spiritual master, and the supreme executive officer of the state are always well-wishers of their sons, their students and their citizens respectively. As such, the well-wishers have the right to c
hastise their dependents. By Your own desire You appear auspiciously on the earth in Your eternal varieties of forms; You come to glorify the earthly planet and specifically to chastise persons who are falsely claiming to be God. In the material world th
ere is regular competition between different types of living entities to become supreme leaders of society, and after being frustrated in achieving the supreme positions of leadership, foolish persons claim to be God, the Supreme Personality. There are m
any such foolish personalities in this world, like me, but in due course of time, when they come to their senses, they surrender unto You and again engage themselves properly by rendering service unto You. And that is the purpose of Your chastising perso
ns envious of You. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I committed a great offense unto Your lotus feet, being falsely proud of my material opulences, not knowing Your unlimited power. Therefore, my Lord,
 kindly excuse me, because I am fool number one. Kindly give me Your blessings so that I may not act so foolishly again. If You think, my Lord, that the offence is very great and cannot be excused, then I appeal to You that I am Your eternal servant; You
r appearance in this world is to give protection to Your eternal servants and to destroy the demons who maintain great military strength just to burden the very existence of the earth. As I am Your eternal servant, kindly excuse me. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the Supreme Person and the Supreme Soul. You ar
e the son of Vasudeva, and You are the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of all pure devotees. Please accept my prostrated obeisances. You are the personification of supreme knowledge. You can appear anywhere according to Your desire in any one of
 Your eternal forms. You are the root of all creation and the Supreme Soul of all living entities. Due to my gross ignorance, I created great disturbance in V\'e5nd\'e4vana by sending torrents of rain and heavy hailstorm. I acted out of severe anger caus
ed by Your stopping the sacrifice which was to be held to satisfy me. But my dear Lord, You are so kind to me that You have bestowed Your mercy upon me by destroying all my false pride. I therefore take shelter unto Your lotus feet. My dear Lord, You are
 not only the supreme controller, but also the spiritual master of all living entities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus praised by Indra, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, smiling beautifully, said, "My dear Indra, I have stopped your sacrifice just to sho
w My causeless mercy and to revive your memory that I am your eternal master. I am not only your master, but I am the master of all the other demigods as well. You should always remember that all your material opulences are due to My mercy. Everyone shou
ld always remember that I am the Supreme Lord. I can show anyone My favor, and I can chastise anyone, because no one is superior to Me. If I find someone overpowered by false pride, in order to show him My causeless mercy, I withdraw all his opulences." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is noteworthy that K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes removes all opulences in order to facilitate a rich man's becoming a surrendered soul to Him. This is a special favor
 of the Lord's. Sometimes it is seen that a person is very opulent materially, but due to his devotional service to the Lord, he may be reduced to poverty. One should not think, however, that because he worshiped the Supreme Lord he became poverty-strick
en. The real purport is that when a person is a pure devotee, but at the same time, by miscalculation, he wants to lord it over material nature, the Lord shows His special mercy by taking away all material opulences until at last he surrenders unto the S
upreme Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After instructing Indra, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked him to return to his kingdom in the heavenly planet and to remember always that he is never the supreme but is al
ways subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also advised him to remain as King of heaven, but to be careful of false pride. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, the transcendental }{\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  cow, who also came with Indra to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, offered her respectful obeisances unto Him and worshiped Him. The }{\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  offered her prayer as follows. "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the most powerful of all mystic }{\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  because You are the soul of the complete universe, and from You only all this cosmic manifestation has taken place. Therefore, although Indra tried his best to kill my desce
ndant cows in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they remained under Your shelter, and You have protected them all so well. We do not know anyone else as the Supreme, nor do we go to any other god or demigods for protection. Therefore, You are our Indra, You are the Supre
me Father of the whole cosmic manifestation, and You are the protector and elevator of all the cows, }{\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  demigods and others who are pure devotees of Your Lordship. O Supersoul of the universe, let us bathe You with our milk because You are our Indra. O Lord, You appear just to diminish the burden of impure activities on the earth." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was bathed by the milk of the }{\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  cows, and Indra was bathed by the water of the celestial Ganges through the trunk of his carrier elephant. After this, the heavenly King Indra, along with }{\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  cows and all other demigods and their mothers, worshiped Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by bathing Him with Ganges water and the milk of t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub surabhis.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus Govinda, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was pleased with all of them. The residents of al
l higher planetary systems, such as Gandharvaloka, Pit\'e5loka, Siddhaloka, and C\'e4ra\'ebaloka, all combined and began to glorify the Lord by chanting His holy name. Their wives and damsels began to dance with great joy. They very much satisfied the Lo
rd by incessantly pouring flowers from the sky. When everything was very nicely and joyfully settled, the cows overflooded the surface of the earth with their milk. The water of the rivers began to flow and give nourishment to the trees, producing fruits
 and flowers of different colors and taste. The trees began to pour drops of honey. The hills and mountains began to produce potent medicinal plants and valuable stones. Because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence, all these things happened very nicely, and the
 lower animals, who were generally envious, were envious no longer. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Lord of all the cows in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who is known as Govinda, King Indra took His permission to return to his heaven
ly kingdom. He was surrounded by all kinds of demigods who passed with him through cosmic space. This great incident is a powerful example of how K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can benefit the world. Even the lower animals forget their envious nature and b
ecome elevated to the qualities of the demigods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-seventh Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Prayers by Indra, the King of Heaven."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-28 / Releasing Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja from the Clutches of Varu\'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 28 / Releasing Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja from the Clutches of Varu\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Govardhana Ceremony took place on the new moon day. After this, there were torrents of rain and hailstorms imposed by King Indra for seven days. Nine days of th
e waxing moon having passed, on the tenth day King Indra worshiped Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus the matter was satisfactorily settled. After this, on the eleventh day of the full moon, there was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda observed fasting for the whole day, and just early in the morning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the day after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he went to take bath in the River Yamun\'e4. He entered deep into the water of the river, but he was arrested immediately by one of the servants of Varu\'ebadeva. These servants brou
ght Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja before the demigod Varu\'eba and accused him of taking a bath in the river at the wrong time. According to astronomical calculations, the time in which he took bath was considered demoniac. The fact was, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja want
ed to take a bath in the River Yamun\'e4 early in the morning before the sunrise, but somehow or other he was a little too early, and he bathed at an inauspicious time. Consequently he was arrested. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was taken away by Varu\'eba's servants, his companions began to call loudly for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Immediately K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and Balar\'e4ma could understand that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was taken by Varu\'eba, and thus They went to the abode of Varu\'eba, for They were pledged to give protection. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the unalloyed devotees of the Lord, having no 
shelter other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, naturally cried to Him for help, exactly like children who do not know anything but the protection of their parents. Demigod Varu\'eba received Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma with great respect 
and said, "My dear Lord, actually at this very moment, because of Your presence, I am materially defeated. Although I am the proprietor of all the treasures in the water, I know that such possessions do not make for a successful life. But this moment, as
 I look at You, my life is made completely successful because by seeing You I no longer have to accept a material body. Therefore, O Lord, Supreme Personality of Godhead, Supreme Brahman and Supersoul of everything, let me offer my respectful obeisances 
unto You. You are the supreme transcendental personality; there is no possibility of imposing the influence of material nature upon You. I am very sorry that by being foolish, by not knowing what to do or what not to do, I have mistakenly arrested Your f
ather, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. So I beg Your pardon for the offence of my servants. I think that it was Your plan to show me Your mercy by Your personal presence here. My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, be merciful upon me\'97here is Your father. You ca
n take him back immediately." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, rescued His father and presented him before his friends with great jubilation. Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja was surprised that, although the demigod was so opulent, he offered such respect to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That was very astonishing to Nanda, and he began to describe the incident to his friends and relatives with great wonder. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was acting so wonderfully, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not think of Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad. Instead, they always accepted Him as their beloved child. Thus Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not accept the fact that Varu\'eba worshiped K\'e5\'f1\'eba because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rather he took it that because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was such a wonderful child He was respected even by Varu\'eba. The friends of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, all the cowherd men, became eager to know if K\'e5\'f1\'eba were actually the Supreme Personality and if He were going to give them all salvatio
n. When they were all thus consulting among themselves, K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood their minds, and in order to assure them of their destiny in the spiritual kingdom, He showed them the spiritual sky. Generally, ordinary persons are engaged simply in work
ing hard in the material world, and they have no information that there is another kingdom or another sky, which is known as the spiritual sky, where life is eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge. As 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.6]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 person returning to that spiritual sky never returns to this material world of death and suffering. 
\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, is always anxious to give information to the conditioned soul that there is a spiritual sky far, far beyond this
 material sky, transcendental to the innumerable universes created within the total material energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, of course, always very kind to every conditioned soul, but, 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 is especially inclined to the devotees. Hearing their inquiries, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately thought that His devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana should be informed of the spiritual sky and the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets therein
. Within the material world, every conditioned soul is in the darkness of ignorance. This means that all conditioned souls are under the concept of this bodily existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is under the impression that he is of this material world, and with this concept of life, everyone is working in ignorance in different forms of life. The 
activities of the particular type of body are 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 action. All conditioned s
ouls under the impression of the bodily concept are working according to their particular types of body. These activities are creating their future conditional life. Because they have very little information of the spiritual world, they do not generally 
take to spiritual activities, which are called }{\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  Those who successfully 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 after giving up this present body, go directly to the spiritual world and become situated
 in one of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are all pure devotees. Their destination after quitting the body is K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. They even surpass the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas. The fact is, those who are always engaged in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and mature, pure devotional service are given the chance, after death, to gain K\'e5\'f1\'eba's association in the universes within the material world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes are continually going on, either in this univers
e or in another universe. Just as the sun globe is passing through many places across this earthly planet, so }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the transcendental advent and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are also going on continually, either in this or another universe. The mature devotees, who have completely executed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, are i
mmediately transferred to the universe where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is appearing. In that universe the devotees get their first opportunity to associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally and directly. The training goes on, as we see in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within this planet. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore revealed the actual feature of
 the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets so that the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana could know their destination. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed them the eternal ever-existing spiritual sky which is unlimited and full of knowledge. Within this material world there are different gra
dations of forms, and according to the gradations, knowledge is proportionately manifested. For example, the knowledge in the body of a child is not as perfect as the knowledge in the body of an adult man. Everywhere there are different gradations of liv
ing entities, in aquatic animals, in the plants and trees, in the reptiles and insects, in birds and beasts and in the civilized and uncivilized human forms of life. Above the human form of life there are demigods, C\'e4ra\'ebas and Siddhas on up to Brah
maloka where Lord Brahm\'e4 lives, and among these demigods there are always different gradations of knowledge. But past this material world, in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha sky, everyone is in full knowledge. All the living entities there are engaged in devotion
al service to the Lord, either in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets or in K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As it 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.55]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 knowledge means knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 [15.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also stated that in 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  or spiritual sky there is no need of sunlight, moonlight, or electricity. All those planets 
are self-illuminating, and all of them are eternally situated. There is no question of creation and annihilation in 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  spiritual sky. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.20}{\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  also confirms that beyond the material sky there is another eternal spiritual sky where everything is eternally existing. Information of the spiritual sky can be had only from great sages and saintly pers
ons who have already surpassed the influence of the three material modes of nature. Unless one is constantly situated on that transcendental platform, it is not possible to understand the spiritual nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore it is recommended that one should take 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  and keep himself engaged twenty-four hours in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which places one beyond the reach of the modes of material nature. One in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can easily underst
and the nature of the spiritual sky and Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, being always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, could therefore very easily understand the transcendental nature of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba led all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, to the lake where Akr\'fcra was later shown the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planetary system. They 
took their bath immediately and saw the real nature of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas. After seeing the spiritual sky and the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas, all the men, headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, felt wonderfully blissful, and coming out of the river, they saw K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was being worshiped with excellent prayers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-eighth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Releasing Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja from the Clutches of Varu\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-29 / The R\'e4sa Dance: Introduction
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 29 / The R\'e4sa Dance: Introduc
tion
\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  it is stated 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 took place on the full moon night of 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season. From the statement of previous chapters, it appears that the festival of Gov
ardhana P\'fcj\'e4 was performed just after the dark moon night of the month of K\'e4rttika, and thereafter the ceremony of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhr\'e4t\'e5dvit\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was performed; then the wrath of Indra was exhibited in the shape of torrents of rain and hailstorm, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba held up Govardhana Hill for seven days, up until the ninth day of the moon. The
reafter, on the tenth day, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were talking amongst themselves about the wonderful activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the next day, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was observed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. On the next day, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went to take a bath in the Ganges and was arrested by the men of Varu\'eba; then he was released by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, along with the cowherd me
n, was shown the spiritual sky. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, the full moon night of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season came to an end. The full moon night of \'c4\'e7vina is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rad-p\'fcr\'ebim\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It appears from the statement 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  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had to wait another year for such a moon before enjoying 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 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  At the age of seven years, He lifted Govardhana Hill. There
fore, 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 took place during His eighth year. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From Vedic literature it appears that when a theatrical actor dances among many dancing girls, the group-dance is called a }{\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. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw the full moon night of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season, He decorated Himself with various seasonal flowers, especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
allik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers, which are very fragrant. He remembered 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  prayers to goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9, wherein they prayed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be their husband. He thought that the full night of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season was just suitable for a nice dance. So their desire to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband would then be fulfilled. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The words used in this connection 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\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\cb1\nosupersub  10.29.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-b\'e4dar\'e4ya\'ebir uv\'e4ca\line bhagav\'e4n api t\'e4 r\'e4t\'e5\'e9\'f9\line \'e7\'e4radotphulla-mallik\'e4\'f9
\line v\'e9k\'f1ya rantu\'e0 mana\'e7 cakre\line yoga-m\'e4y\'e4m up\'e4\'e7rita\'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 \'e7r\'e9-b\'e4dar\'e4ya\'ebi\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9
 \'c7ukadeva, the son of \'c7r\'e9la Badar\'e4ya\'eba Vedavy\'e4sa, said; }{\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 \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\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; }{\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 \'97those; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4tr\'e9\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nights; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of autumn: }{\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 \'97blossoming; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mallik\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the jasmine flowers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e9k\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97seeing: }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rantum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to enjoy love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana
\'f9 cakre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He made up His mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His spiritual potency that makes the impossible possible; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4\'e7rita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
resorting to.
\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\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 B\'e4dar\'e4ya\'ebi said: \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upo
n seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 10.29.1]}
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  are }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n api.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  This means t
hat although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He has no desire that needs to be fulfilled because He is always full with six opulences. Yet He wanted to enjoy the company of 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 . }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n api}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub  signifies that this is not like the ordinary dancing of young boys and young girls. The specific word used in the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  is }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4m up\'e4\'e7rita\'f9,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  which means tha
t this dancing with 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  is on the platform of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  not }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  The dancing of young boys and girls within this material world is in the kingdom of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  or the external energy. The }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  dance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with 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  is on the platform of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yogam\'e4
y\'e4.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  The difference between the platform of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\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 mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  is compared in the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  4.164]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  to the difference between gold and iron. From t
he viewpoint of metallurgy, gold and iron are both metals, but the quality is completely different. Similarly, although the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  dance and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's association with 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  appear like the ordi
nary mixing of young boys and girls, the quality is completely different. The difference is appreciated by great Vai\'f1\'ebavas because they can understand the difference between love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and lust. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform, dances take place on the basis of sense gratification. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba called 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  by sounding His flute, 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  very hurriedly rushed towa
rds the spot of }{\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 with the transcendental desire of satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The au
thor 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\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  4.165]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, has explained that lust means sense gratification, and love also means sense gratification\'97but for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, when activities are enacted on the platform of personal se
nse gratification, they are called material activities, but when they are enacted for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then they are spiritual activities. On any platform of activities, the principle of sense gratification is there. But on the spiritu
al platform, sense gratification is for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas on the material platform it is for the performer. For example, on the material platform, when a servant serves a master, he is not trying to satisfy the s
enses of the master, but rather his own senses. The servant would not serve the master if the payment stopped. That means that the servant engages himself in the service of the master just to satisfy his senses. On the spiritual platform, the servitor of
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba without payment, and he continues his service in all conditions. That is the difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and material consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It appears that K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoyed 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 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 He was eight years
 old. At that time, many 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  were married, because in India, especially in those days
, girls were married at a very early age. There are even many instances of a girl giving birth to a child at the age of twelve. Under the circumstances, 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  who wanted to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband were already married. At the same time, they continued to hope that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be their husband. Their attitude toward
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was that of paramour love. Therefore, the loving affairs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A married man or a wife who desires another wife or husb
and is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa.}{\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, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the husband of everyone because He is the supreme enjoyer. 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  wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be their husband, but factually there was no possibility of His marrying 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  But because they had that natural tendency to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their supreme husband, the relationship between 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa.}{\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 parak\'e9ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is ever-existent in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the spiritual sky where there is no possibility of the inebriety which characterizes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9y
a-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the material world. In the material world, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is abominable, whereas in the spiritual world it is present in the superexcellent relationship of 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  There are many other relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba: master and servant, friends and friend, parent and son, and lover and beloved. Out of all these }
{\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  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9
ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is considered to be the topmost. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is the perverted reflection of the spiritual world; it is just like the reflection of a tree on the bank of a reservoir of water: the topmost pa
rt of the tree is seen as the lowest part. Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when pervertedly reflecte
d in this material world, is abominable. When people, therefore, imitate 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 of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  they simply enjoy the perverted, abominable reflection of the tr
anscendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no possibility of enjoying this transcendental }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  within the material world. It 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.33.30]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one should not imitate this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  even in dream or imagination. Those who do so drink the most deadly poison. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme enjoyer, desired to enjoy the company 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  on that full moon night of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season, exactly at that very moment, the moon, the lord of the stars, appeared in the sky, displaying its most beautiful features. The full moon night of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season is the most beautiful night in the year. In India there is a great monument called Taj Mahal in Agra, a city in the Uttar Pradesh province, and the
 tomb is made of first-class marble stone. During the night of the full moon of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  seas
on, many foreigners go to see the beautiful reflections of the moon on the tomb. Thus this full moon night is celebrated even today for its beauty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the full moon rose in the east, it tinged everything with a reddish color. With the rising of the moon, the whole sky appeared smeared by red }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When a husband long separated from his wife returns home, he decorates the face of his wife with
 red }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This long-expected moonrise of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7arat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  season was thus smearing the eastern sky. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The appearance of the moon increased K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire to dance with 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  The forests were filled with fragrant flowers. The atmosphere was cooling and festive. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to blow His flute, 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  all over V\'e5nd\'e4vana became enchanted. Their attraction to the vibration of the flute increased a thousand times 
due to the rising full moon, the red horizon, the calm and cool atmosphere, and the blossoming flowers. All these }{\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 by nature very much attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beauty, and when they heard the vibration of His flute, they became apparently lustful to satisfy the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately upon hearing the vibration of the flute, they all left their respective engagements and proceeded to the spot where K\'e5\'f1\'eba was standing. While t
hey ran very swiftly, all their earrings swung back and forth. They all rushed toward the place known as Va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a. Some of them were engaged in milking cows, but they left their milking business half finished and immediately went to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. One of them had just collected milk and put it in a milk pan on the oven to boil, but she did not care whether the milk overboiled and spilled\'97she immediately left to go see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Some of them were breast feeding their small babie
s, and some were engaged in distributing food to the members of their families, but they left all such engagements and immediately rushed towards the spot where K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing His flute. Some were engaged in serving their husbands, and some w
ere themselves engaged in eating, but neither caring to serve their husbands nor eat, they immediately left. Some of them wanted to decorate their faces with cosmetic ointments and to dress themselves very nicely before going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but unfor
tunately they could not finish their cosmetic decorations nor put on their dresses in the right way because of their anxiety to meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately. Their faces were decorated hurriedly and were haphazardly finished; some even put the lower p
art of their dresses on the upper part of their bodies and the upper part on the lower part. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While 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  were hurriedly leaving their respective places, their husbands, brothers and fathers were all struck with wonder to know where they were going. Being young girls, they were protected either by husbands, elderly brothers or fathers. All t
heir guardians forbade them to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but they disregarded them. When a person becomes attracted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and is in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he does not care for any worldly duties, even though very urgent. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness is so powerful that it gives everyone relief from all material activities. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\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 Brs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.239}{\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 has written a very nice verse wherein 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  advises anoth
er, "My dear friend, if you desire to enjoy the company of material society, friendship and love, then please do not go to see this smiling boy Govinda, who is standing on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and playing His flute, His lips brightened by the beams 
of the full moonlight." \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 indirectly instructs that one who has been captivated by the beautiful smiling face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba has lost all attraction for material enjoyments. This is the test of advancement in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness: a person advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness must lose interest in material activities and personal sense gratification. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some 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  were factually detained from going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by their husbands and were locked up by force within their rooms. Being unable to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they began to meditate upon His transcendental form by closing their eyes. They 
already had the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within their minds. They proved to be the greatest }{\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 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  a person who is constantly thinking of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart with faith and love is considered to be the topmost 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  Actually, 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  concentrates his mind on the form of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. That is r
eal }{\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 original form of all Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattvas.}{\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  could not go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally, so they began to meditate on Him as 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the conditioned stage of the living entities, there are two kinds of results of fruitive activities: the conditioned living entity who is constantly engaged in s
inful activities has suffering as his result, and he who is engaged in pious activities has material enjoyment as a result. In either case\'97material suffering or material enjoyment\'97the enjoyer or sufferer is conditioned by material nature. 
\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 gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who assemble in the place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is appearing, are from different groups. Most 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  are eternal companions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.37}{\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 , \'e4nanda-cin-maya-rasa-pratibh\'e4vit\'e4bhi\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the spiritual world the associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, especially 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  are the manifestation of the pleasure potency of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are expansions of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9
 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibits His transcendental pastimes within the material world in some of the universes, not only the eternal associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba come, but also those who are being promoted to that status from 
this material world. 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 joined K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes within this material world
 were coming from the status of ordinary human beings. If they had been bound by fruitive action, they were fully freed from the reaction 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  by constant meditation on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Their severe painful yearnings caused by their not being able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba freed them from all sinful reactions, and their ecstacy of transcendental love
 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His absence was transcendental to all their reactions of material pious activities. The conditioned soul is subjected to birth and death, either by pious or sinful activities, 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  who began to meditate on K\'e5\'f1\'eba transcended both positions and became purified and thus elevated to the status 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  already expanded by His pleasure potency. 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  who concentrated their minds on K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the spirit of paramour love became fully uncontaminated from all the fruitiv
e reactions of material nature, and some of them immediately gave up their material bodies developed under the three modes of material nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it heard \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explain the situation 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 assembled 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. When he heard that some 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  simply by concentrating on K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their paramour, became freed from all contamination of material birth and death, he said, "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  did not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They accepted Him as a beautiful boy and considered Him to be their paramour. So how was it possible for them to g
et freed from the material condition just by thinking of a paramour?" One should consider here that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and ordinary living beings are qualitatively one. The ordinary living beings, being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are also Brahman, bu
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme\'97Parabrahman. The question is, if it is possible for the devotee to get free from the material, contaminated stage simply by thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then why not others who are also thinking of someone? If one is thi
nking of a husband or son, or if anyone at all is thinking of another living entity, since all living entities are also Brahman, then why are they not all freed from the contaminated stage of material nature? This is a very intelligent question, because 
the atheists are always imitating K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In these days of Kaliyuga, there are many rascals who think themselves to be as great as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who cheat people into believing that thinking of them is as good as thinking of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, apprehending the dangerous condition of blind followers of demonic imitators, therefore asked this question, and fortunately it is recorded 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 warn innocent people that thinking of an ordinary man and thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not the same. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, even thinking of the demigods cannot compare with thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is also warned in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one who puts Vi\'f1\'ebu, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the same level of the demigods is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4sa\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a rascal. On hearing this question of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, \'c7ukadeva Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 replied, "My dear King, your question is already answered, even before this incident." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja wanted to clear up the situation, his spiritual master answered him very intelligently, \'93Why are you again asking the same 
subject matter which has already been explained to you? Why are you so forgetful?\'94 A spiritual master is always in the superior position, so he has the right to chastise his disciple in this way. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 knew that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par
\'e9k\'f1it asked the question not for his own understanding, but as a warning to the future innocent people who might think others to be equal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 then reminded Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja about the salvation of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was always envious of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and because of his envy K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed him. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la gained salvation simply by seeing Him. If an envious person can get salvation simply by concentrating his mind on K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, then what to speak 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 are so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and always th
inking of Him in love? There must be some difference between the enemies and the friends. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enemies could get freed from material contamination and become one with the Supreme, then certainly His dear friends 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  are freed and with Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides that, 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 [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.15}{\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 is called H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, the Supersoul, whereas an ordinary man is a conditioned soul covered by the material body. 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body are the same because He is H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a. Any person making a distinction between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is fool number one. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a and Adhok\'f1aja. These 
two particular words have been used by Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in this instance. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a is the Supersoul, and Adhok\'f1aja is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, transcendental to the material nature. Just to show favor to the ordinar
y living entities, out of His causeless mercy, He appears as He is. Unfortunately, foolish persons mistake Him to be another ordinary person, and so they become eligible to go to hell. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 reconfirmed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead, imperishable, immeasurable, and free from all material contamination. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued to inform Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an ordinary person. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
 full of all spiritual qualities. He appears in this material world out of His causeless mercy, and whenever He appears, He appears as He is without change. This 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  There the Lord says that He appears in His spiritual potency. He does not appear under the control of this material potency. The material pote
ncy is under His control. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\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 stated that the material potency is working under His superintendence. It is also confirmed 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.44}{\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  that the material potency known as Durg\'e4 is acting just as a shadow which moves with the movement of th
e substance. The conclusion is that if one somehow or other becomes attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or attracted to Him, either because of His beauty, quality, opulence, fame, strength, renunciation or knowledge, or even through lust, anger or fear, or affect
ion or friendship, then one's salvation and freedom from material contamination is assured. 
\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  Eighteenth Chapter, the Lord also states that one who is engaged in preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very dear to Him. A preacher has to face many difficulties in his struggle to preach pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Som
etimes he has to suffer bodily injuries, and sometimes he has to meet death also. All this is taken as a great austerity on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore has said that such a preacher is very, very dear to Him. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba's en
emies can expect salvation simply by concentrating their minds on Him, then what to speak of persons who are so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? The conclusion should be that the salvation of those who are engaged in preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the 
world is guaranteed in all circumstances. But such preachers never care for salvation, because factually one who is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service, has already achieved salvation. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore assured K
ing Par\'e9k\'f1it that he should always rest assured that one attracted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba attains liberation from material bondage because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the transcendental master of all mystic power. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When 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  assembled, as described, before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He began to speak to them, welcoming them as well as discouraging them by word jugglery. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme speaker; He is the speaker 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  He can speak on the highest elevated subjects of philosophy, politics, economics\'97everything. And He al
so spoke before 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 dear to Him. He wanted to enchant them by word jugglery,
 and thus He began to speak as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O ladies of V\'e5nd\'e4vana," K\'e5\'f1\'eba said. "You are very fortunate, and you are very dear to Me. I am very pleased that you have come here, and I hope ever
ything is well in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Now please order Me. What can I do for you? What is the purpose of coming here in this dead of night. Kindly take your seats and let Me know what I can do for you." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  had come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to enjoy His company, to dance with Him, embrace Him and kiss Him, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to receive them very officially, showing all kinds of etiquette, they were surprised. He was treating them as ordinar
y society women. Therefore they began to smile among themselves, and they very eagerly listened to K\'e5\'f1\'eba talk in that way. When He saw that they were smiling at Him, He said, "My dear friends, you must know now that it is the dead of night, and 
the forest is very dangerous. At this time all the ferocious jungle animals, the tigers, bears, jackals and wolves, are prowling in the forest. Therefore it is very dangerous for you. You cannot select a secure place now. Everywhere you go you will find 
that all these animals are loitering to find their prey. I think, therefore, that you are taking a great risk in coming here in the dead of night. Please turn back immediately, without delay." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When He saw that they continued to smile, He said, "I very much appreciate your bodily features. All of you have nice, very thin waists." All 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  there were exquisitely beautiful. They are described by the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sumadhyam\'e4;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the standard of beauty of a woman is said to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sumadhyam\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when the middle portion of the body is slender. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to impress on them that they were not old enough to take care of themselves. Actually, they required protection. It was not very wise for them
 to come in the dead of night to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also indicated that He was young and that they were young girls. "It does not look very well for young girls and boys to remain together in the dead of night." After hearing this advice, 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  did not seem very happy; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to stress the point in a differ
ent way. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear friends, I can understand that you have left your homes without the permission of your guardians; therefore I think your mothers, your fathers, your elderl
y brothers or even your sons, and what to speak of your husbands, must be very anxious to find you. As long as you are here, they must be searching in different places, and their minds must be very agitated. So don't tarry. Please go back and make them p
eaceful." 
\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  appeared to be a little bit disturbed and angry from the free advice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they diverted their attention to looking at the beauty of the forest. At that time the whole forest was illuminated by the bright shining of the moon, an
d the air was blowing very silently over the blooming flowers, and the green leaves of the trees were moving in the breeze. K\'e5\'f1\'eba took the opportunity of their looking at the forest to advise them. "I think you have come out to see the beautiful
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest on this night," He said, "but you must now be satisfied. So return to your homes without delay. I understand that you are all very chaste women, so now that you have seen the beautiful atmosphere of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forests, pl
ease return home and engage in the faithful service of your respective husbands. Some of you must have babies by this time, although you are very young. You must have left your small babies at home, and they must be crying. Please immediately go back hom
e and just feed them with your breast milk. I can also understand that you have very great affection for Me, and out of that transcendental affection you have come here, hearing My playing on the flute. Your feelings of love and affection for Me are very
 appropriate because I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All living creatures are My parts and parcels, and naturally they are affectionate to Me. So this affection for Me is very much welcome, and I congratulate you for this. Now you can go back to
 your homes. Another thing I must explain to you is that for a chaste woman, service to the husband without duplicity is the best religious principle. A woman should be not only faithful and chaste to the husband, but affectionate to the friends of her h
usband, obedient to the father and mother of the husband, and affectionate to the younger brothers of the husband. And most importantly, the woman must take care of the children." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba explained the duty of a woman. He also stressed the point of serving the husband: "Even if he is not of very good character, or even if 
he is not very rich or fortunate, or even if he is old or invalid on account of continued diseases, whatever her husband's condition, a woman should not divorce her husband if she actually desires to be elevated to the higher planetary systems after leav
ing this body. Besides that, it is considered abominable in society if a woman is unfaithful and goes searching for another man. Such habits will deter a woman from being elevated to the heavenly planets, and the results of such habits are very degrading
. A married woman should not search for a paramour, for this is not sanctioned by the Vedic principles of life. If you think that you are very much attached to Me and you want My association, I advise you not to personally try to enjoy Me. It is better f
or you to go home, simply talk about Me, think of Me, and by this process of constantly remembering Me and chanting My names, you will surely be elevated to the spiritual platform. There is no need to stand near Me. Please go back home." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The instruction given herein by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to 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  was not at all sarcastic. Such instructions should be taken very seriously by all honest women. The chastity of women is specifically stressed herein by the Supreme Personality
 of Godhead. Therefore this principle should be followed by any serious woman who wants to be elevated to a higher status of life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of all affection for all living creatures. When this affection is developed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, then one surpasses and transcends all Vedic injunctions. This was possible for 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  bec
ause they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face. This is not possible for any women in the conditioned state. Unfortunately, by imitating the behavior of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 sometimes a rascal takes the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, following the philosophy of monism or oneness, and he very irresponsibly takes advantage of this }{\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  to entice many innocent women and mislead them in the name of spiritual realization. As a
 warning, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has herein hinted that what was possible for 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  is not po
ssible for ordinary women. Although a woman can actually be elevated by advanced K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, she should not be enticed by an imposter who says that he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She should concentrate her devotional activities in chanting and m
editating upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as is advised herein. One should not follow the men called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sahajiy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the so-called devotees who take everything very lightly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke in such a discouraging way to 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  they became very sad, for they thought that their desire to enjoy }{\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 with K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be frustrated. Thus they became full of anxiety. Out of great sadness, 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  began to breathe very heavily. Instead of looking at K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face, they bowed their heads and looked to the ground, and they began to draw various types of curved line
s on the ground with their toes. They were shedding heavy tears, and their cosmetic decorations were being washed from their faces. The water from their eyes mixed with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku
\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of their breasts and fell to the ground. They could not say anything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but simply stood there silently. By their silence they expressed that their he
arts were grieviously wounded. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  were not ordinary women. In essence they were on an equal level with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are His eternal associates. As it is confirmed 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  they are expansions of the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as His potency they are nondifferent from Him. Although they were depressed by the words of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, they did not like to use harsh words against Him. Yet they wanted to rebuke K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His unkind words, and therefore they began to speak in faltering voices. They did not like to use harsh words against K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He was thei
r dearmost, their heart and soul. 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  had only K\'e5\'f1\'eba within their hearts. They 
were completely surrendered and dedicated souls. Naturally, when they heard such unkind words, they tried to reply, but in the attempt torrents of tears fell from their eyes. Finally they managed to speak. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," they said, "You are very cruel! You should not talk like that. We are full-fledged surrendered souls. Please accept us, and don't talk in that cru
el way. Of course, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and You can do whatever You like, but it is not worthy of Your position to treat us in such a cruel way. We have come to You, leaving everything behind, just to take shelter of Your lotus fee
t. We know that You are completely independent and can do whatever You like, but we request You, don't reject us. We are Your devotees. You should accept us as Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba accepts His devotees. There are many devotees of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
 who worship Him for salvation, and He awards them salvation. Similarly, how can You reject us when we have no other shelter than Your lotus feet? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba," they continued, "You are the supreme instructor. There is no doubt about it. Your instructions to the women to be faithful to their husband
s and to be merciful to their children, to take care of homely affairs and to be obedient to the elderly members of the family, are surely just according to the tenets of }{\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  But we know also that all these instructions of 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  may be observed perfectly by keeping oneself under the protection of Your lotus feet. Our husbands, friends, family members and children are all dear and pleasing to us only because of Your pres
ence, for You are the Supersoul of all living creatures. Without Your presence, one is worthless. When You leave the body, the body immediately dies, and according to the injunction of the }{\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  a dead body must immediately be thrown in a river or burned. Therefore, ultimately You are the dearmost personality in this world. By placing our
 faith and love in Your personality, there is no chance of our being bereft of husband, friends, sons or daughters. If a woman accepts You as the supreme husband, then she will never be bereft of her husband, as in the bodily concept of life. If we accep
t You as our ultimate husband, then there is no question of being separated, divorced or widowed. You are the eternal husband, eternal son, eternal friend, and eternal master, and one who enters into a relationship with You is eternally happy. Since You 
are the teacher of all religious principles, Your lotus feet first have to be worshiped. Accordingly, 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  state, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya-up\'e4san\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the worship of Your lotus feet is th
e first principle. Besides that, 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\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 are the only enjoyer, You are the only proprietor, and You are the only friend. As such, we have come to You, 
leaving aside all so-called friends, society and love, and now You have become our enjoyer. Let us be everlastingly enjoyed by You. Be our proprietor, for that is Your natural claim, and be our supreme friend, for You are naturally so. Let us thus embrac
e You as the supreme beloved." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then 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  told the lotus-eyed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Please do not discourage our long-cherished desires to have You as our husband. Any intelligent man who cares for his own self-interest reposes all his loving spirit in You. Persons who are simply misled 
by the external energy, who want to be satisfied by false concepts, try to enjoy themselves apart from You. The so-called husband, friend, son, daughter, or father and mother are all simply sources of material misery. No one is made happy in this materia
l world by having a so-called father, mother, husband, son, daughter and friend. Although the father and mother are expected to protect the children, there are many children who are suffering for want of food and shelter. There are many good physicians, 
but when a patient dies, no physician can revive him. There are many means of protection, but when one is doomed, none of the protective measures can help, and without Your protection the so-called sources of protection simply become sources of continued
 distress. We therefore appeal to You, dear Lord of all lords, please do not kill our long-cherished desires to have You as our supreme husband. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as women, we are certainly satisfied when our hearts are engaged in the activities of family affairs, but our hearts have already been stolen 
by You. We can no longer engage them in family affairs. Besides that, You are asking us repeatedly to return home, and that is a very appropriate instruction, but unfortunately we have been stunned here. Our legs have no power to move a step from Your lo
tus feet. Therefore, if even at Your request we return home, what shall we do there? We have lost all our capacity to act without You. Instead of engaging our hearts in family affairs as women, we have now developed a different type of lust which is cont
inually blazing in our hearts. Now we request You, dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to extinguish that fire with Your beautiful smile and the transcendental vibration emanating from Your lips. If You do not agree to do us this favor, we shall certainly be burned in 
the fire of separation. In that condition, we shall simply think of You and Your beautiful features and give up our bodies immediately. In that way we think it will be possible for us to reside at Your lotus feet in the next life. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if
 You say that if we go home our respective husbands will satisfy the lusty flame of our desire, we can only say that that is no longer possible. You have given us a chance to be enjoyed by You in the forest and have touched our breasts once in the past, 
which we accepted as a blessing, as did the goddesses of fortune, who are enjoyed in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas by You. Since we have tasted this transcendental enjoyment, we are no longer interested in going to anyone but You for the satisfaction of our l
ust. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune are always worshiped by the demigods, although she is always resting on Your chest in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. She underwent great austerity and penance to have some shelter at Your l
otus feet, which are always covered by }{\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. Your lotus feet are the proper shelter o
f Your servitors, and the goddess of fortune, instead of abiding on Your chest, comes down and worships Your lotus feet. We have now placed ourselves under the dust of Your feet. Please do not reject us, for we are fully surrendered souls. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are known as Hari. You destroy all the miseries of all living entities, specifically of those who have left their homes and family attachm
ent and have completely taken to You. We have left our homes with the hope that we shall completely devote and dedicate our lives to Your service. We are simply begging to be engaged as Your servants. We do not wish to ask You to accept us as Your wives.
 Simply accept us as Your maidservants. Since You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and like to enjoy the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and are famous as a transcendental woman hunter, we have come to satisfy Your transcendental desires. We are also after our own satisfaction, for simply by looking at Your smiling face we have become very lusty. We have
 come before You decorated with all ornaments and dress, but until You embrace us, all our dresses and beautiful features remain incomplete. You are the Supreme Person, and if You complete our dressing attempt as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a-bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the male ornament, then all our desires and bodily decorations are complete. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have simply been captivated by seeing You 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 with earrings and by seeing Your beautiful face covered with scattered hair and Your extraordinary smile. Not only that, but we are also attracted by Your arms, which always give
 assurance to the surrendered souls. And although we are also attracted by Your chest, which is always embraced by the goddess of fortune, we do not wish to take her position. We shall simply be satisfied by being Your maidservants. If You, however, accu
se us of encouraging prostitution, then we can only ask where is that woman within these three worlds who is not captivated by Your beauty and the rhythmic songs vibrated by Your transcendental flute? Within these three worlds there is no distinction bet
ween men and women in relation to You because both men and women belong to the marginal potency or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  No one is actually the enjoyer or the male; everyone is meant to be enjoyed by You. There is no woman within these three worlds who cannot but deviate from her path of chastity once she is attracted to You because Your beauty is so subli
me that not only men and women, but cows, birds, beasts and even trees, fruits and flowers\'97everyone and everything\'97become enchanted, and what to speak of ourselves? It is, however, definitely decided that as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is always protecting th
e demigods from the onslaught of demons, so You have also advented in V\'e5nd\'e4vana just to give the residents protection from all kinds of distress. O dear friend of the distressed, kindly place Your hand on our burning breasts as well as on our heads
, because we have surrendered unto You as Your eternal maidservants. If You think, however, that Your lotus-like palms might be burned to ashes if placed on our burning breasts, let us assure You that Your palms will feel pleasure instead of pain, as the
 lotus flower, although very delicate and soft, enjoys the scorching heat of the sun." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing the anxious plea 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 Supreme Personality of Godhead began to smile, and being very kind to 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 Lord, although self-sufficient, began to embrace them and kiss them as they desired. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, smiling, looked at the faces 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 beauty of their faces became a hundred times enhanced. When He was enjoying them in their midst, He appeared just like the full moon surrounded by mi
llions of shining stars. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead, surrounded by hundreds of }{\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 decorated with a flower garland of many colors, began to wander within the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, sometimes singing to Himself and sometimes singing 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  In this way, both the Lord 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  reached the cool sandy bank of the Yamun\'e4 where there were lilies and lotus flowers. In such a transcendental atmosphere, both the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g
op\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to enjoy one another. While they were walking on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would sometimes put His arms around a}{\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  head, breast or waist. Pinching one another and joking and looking at one another, they enjoyed. 
When K\'e5\'f1\'eba touched the bodies 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  their lust to embrace Him increased. They
 all enjoyed these pastimes. Thus 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 blessed with all mercy by the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead, for they enjoyed His company without a tinge of mundane sex life. 
\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 gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  however, soon began to feel very proud, thinking themselves to be the most fortunate women in the universe by being favored by the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Ke\'e7ava, could immediately understand their 
pride caused by their great fortune of enjoying Him personally, and in order to show them His causeless mercy and to curb their false pride, He immediately disappeared from the scene, exhibiting His opulence of renunciation. The Supreme Personality of Go
dhead is always full with six kinds of opulences, and this is an instance of the opulence of renunciation. This renunciation confirms K\'e5\'f1\'eba's total nonattachment. He is always self-sufficient and is not dependent on anything. This is the platfor
m on which the transcendental pastimes are enacted. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-ninth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\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 R\'e4sa}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Dance: Introduction."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-30 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Hiding from the Gop\'e9s
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 30 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Hiding fro
m the Gop\'e9s
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba suddenly disappeared from the company 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  they began to search for Him in every place. After not finding Him anywhere, they became afraid and almost mad after Him. They were simply thinking of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in g
reat love and affection. Being absorbed in thought, they experienced loss of memory, and with dampened eyes they began to see the very pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His beautiful talks with them, His embracing, kissing, and other activities. Being so attra
cted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they began to imitate His dancing, His walking and smiling, as if they themselves were K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absence, they all became crazy; each one of them began to tell the others that she was K\'e5\'f1\'eba H
imself. Soon they all began to assemble together and chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name very loudly, and they moved from one part of the forest to another searching for Him. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-pervasive; He is in the sky, and He is in the forest; H
e is within the heart, and He is always everywhere. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  therefore began to question the trees and plants about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There were various types of big trees and small plants in the forest, 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  began to address them. "Dear banyan tree, have you seen the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda passing this way, laughing and playing on His flute? He has stolen our hearts and has gone 
away. If you have seen Him, kindly inform us which way He has gone. Dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7oka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, dear }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower tree and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub campaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower tree, have you seen the younger brother of Balar\'e4ma pass this way? He has disappeared because of our pride." 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 aware of the reason for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sudden disappearance. They could understand that when they were enjoyin
g K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they thought themselves to be the most fortunate women within the universe, and since they were feeling proud, K\'e5\'f1\'eba disappeared immediately just to curb their pride. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not like His devotees to be proud of the
ir service to Him. He accepts everyone's service, but He does not like one devotee to be prouder than others. If sometimes there are such feelings, K\'e5\'f1\'eba ends them by changing His attitude toward the devotee. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  then began to address 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  plants: "Dear }{\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  you are much beloved by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba because your leaves are always at His lotus feet. Dear }{\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  flower, dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mall
ik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, dear jasmine flower, all of you must have been touched by K\'e5\'f1\'eba while He was passing this way after giving us transcendental enjoyment. Have you seen M
\'e4dhava passing this way? O mango trees, O trees of jack fruit, O pear trees and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees
! O blackberries and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bael}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees and trees of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower\'97you are all very pious trees to be living on the bank of Yamun\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have passed through this way. Will you ki
ndly let us know which way He has gone?
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  then looked upon the ground they were traversing and began to address the earth, "Dear earthly planet, we do not know how many penances and austerities you have undergone to be now living with the footprints of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba upon you. 
You are very jolly; the hairs on your body are these jubilant trees and plants. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have been very much pleased with you, otherwise how could He have embraced you in the form of Var\'e4ha the boar? When you were submerged in water, H
e delivered you, taking the whole weight of your existence on His tusks." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After addressing the innumerable trees and plants, they turned their faces toward the beautiful deer who were looking on them very pleasingly. "It appears," they ad
dressed the deer, "that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supreme N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Himself, must have passed through this way along with His companion, Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune. Otherwise, how is it possible that the aroma of His garland, which is 
smeared with the red }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the breast of the goddess of fortune, can be perceived in th
e breeze blowing here? It appears that they must have passed through here and touched your bodies, and thus you are feeling so pleasant and are looking toward us with sympathy. Will you kindly, therefore, inform us which way K\'e5\'f1\'eba has gone? K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the well-wisher of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is as kind to you as to us; therefore after leaving us, He must have been present in your company. O fortunate trees, we are thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the younger brother of Balar\'e4ma. While pas
sing through here, with one hand resting on the shoulder of the goddess of fortune and the other hand whirling a lotus flower, He must have been very pleased to accept your obeisances, and He must have glanced at you with great pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some 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  then began to address their other }{\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  friends, "Dear friends, why don't you 
question these creepers who are so jubilantly embracing the big trees as if the trees were their husbands? It appears that the flowers of the creepers must have been touched by the nails of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise, how could they feel so jubilant?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba here and there, 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  became fatigued, they began to talk like madwomen. They could only satisfy themselves by imitating the different pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One of them imitated the demon, P\'fctan\'e4,
 and one of them imitated K\'e5\'f1\'eba and sucked her breast. 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  imitated a hand-drive
n cart, and 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  lay down beneath the cart and began to throw up her legs, touching th
e wheels of the cart, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba did to kill the demon \'c7aka\'f6\'e4sura. They imitated child K\'e5\'f1\'eba, lying down on the ground, and 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  became the demon T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta and carried the small child K\'e5\'f1\'eba by force into the sky; and one 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  began to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba while He was attempting to walk, ringing His ankle bells. Two }{\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  imitated K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and many others imitated Their cowherd boy 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  assumed the form of Bak\'e4sura, and another forced her to fall down as the demon Bak\'e4sura did when he was killed; similarly, anot
her }{\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  defeated Vats\'e4sura. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to call His cows by their differen
t names, so 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  imitated Him, calling the cows by their respective names. One 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  began to play on a flute, and another praised her the way K\'e5\'f1\'eba's boy friends pra
ised Him while He played on His flute. One 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  took 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  on her shoulders, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to take His boy friends. Absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
the }{\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  who was carrying her friend began to boast that she was K\'e5\'f1\'eba herself: "All 
of you just see my movement!" One 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  raised her hand with her covering garments and 
said, "Now don't be afraid of torrents of rain and severe hurricanes. I'll save you!" In this way she imitated the lifting of Govardhana Hill. 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  forcibly put her feet on the head of 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  and said, "You rascal K\'e4liya! I shall punish you severely. You must leave this place. I have descended on this earth to punish all kinds of miscreants!" 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  told her friends, "Just see! The flames of the forest fire are coming to devour us. Please close your eyes, and I shall immediately save you from this immi
nent danger." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way 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  were madly feeling the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They enquired for Him from the trees and plants. In some places they found the imprints of the marks on the sole of His feet\'97namely the flag, the lotus flower, the trident, th
e thunderbolt, etc. After seeing those footprints, they exclaimed, "O here is the impression of the marks on the sole of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the marks, such as the flag, the lotus flower, the trident and the thunderbolt, are distinctly visible here." The
y began to follow the footprints, and shortly they saw another set of footprints beside them, and immediately they became very sorry. "Dear friends, just see! Whose are these other footprints? They are beside the footprints of the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja N
anda. It is certainly K\'e5\'f1\'eba passing through, resting His hand on some other }{\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  exa
ctly as an elephant goes side by side with his beloved mate. We must, therefore, understand that this particular }{\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  served K\'e5\'f1\'eba with greater affectionate love than ourselves. Because of this, although He has left us, He could not leave Her company. He has taken Her along with Him. Dear friends, just imagine how the dust of this plac
e is transcendentally glorious. The dust of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped even by Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, and the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9. But at the same time, we are very sorry that this particular }{\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  has gone along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for She is sharing the nectar of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kisses and leaving us 
aside to lament. O friends, just see! At this particular spot we do not see the footprints of that }{\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  It appears that because there were some pin-pricks from the dried grass, K\'e5\'f1\'eba took R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 on His shoulder. O, She is so dear to Him! K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have picked some flowers in this spot to satisfy R\'e4dh\'e4
r\'e4\'eb\'e9, because here, where He stood erect to get the flowers from the high branches of the tree, we find only half the impression of His feet. Dear friends, just see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have sat down here with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and tri
ed to set flowers in Her hair. You can be certain that both of Them sat together here. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is self-sufficient; He has nothing to enjoy from any other source, yet just to satisfy His devotee He has treated R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 exactly as a 
lusty boy treats his girl friend. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He always tolerates the disturbances created by His girl friends."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, 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 began to point out the faults of the particular }{\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  who had been tak
en alone by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They began to say that the chief }{\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  R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, w
ho was taken alone by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, must be very proud of Her position, thinking Herself the greatest 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  "Yet how could K\'e5\'f1\'eba take Her away alone, leaving all of us aside, unless She be extraordinarily qualified and beautiful? She must have taken K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the deep forest and told Him, 'My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am
 now very tired. I cannot go any further. Please carry Me wherever You like.' When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was spoken to in this way, He might have told R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, 'All right, better get on My shoulder.' But immediately K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have dis
appeared, and now R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 must be lamenting for Him, 'My dear lover, My dearest, You are so fine and so powerful. Where have You gone? I am nothing but Your most obedient maidservant. I am very much aggrieved. Please come and be with Me 
again.' K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is not coming to Her. He must be watching Her from a distant place and enjoying Her sorrow." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  then went further and further into the forest, searching out K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but when they learned that actually R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was left alone by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they became very sorry. This is the test of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. In the beginning they were a little envious that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had taken R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 alone, leaving aside all other }{\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  but as soon as they knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had also left R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and that She was alone lamenting for Him, they became more sympathetic to Her. 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  found R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and heard everything from Her, about how She misbehaved with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how Sh
e was proud and was insulted for Her pride. After hearing all this, they became actually very sympathetic. Then 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  including R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, began to proceed further into the forest until they could no longer see the moonlight. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When they saw that it was getting gradually darker, they stopped. Their mind and intelligence became absorbed in the thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; they all imitated t
he activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His speeches. Due to their heart and soul being completely given to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they began to chant His glories, completely forgetting their family interests. In this way, 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  assembled together on the bank of Yamun\'e4, and expecting that K\'e5\'f1\'eba must return to them, they simply engag
ed in the chanting of the glories of \'c7r\'e9 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. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirtieth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Hiding from the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Gop\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-31 / Songs by the Gop\'e9s
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 31 / Songs by the Gop\'e9s
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\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 gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, ever since You took Your birth in this land of Vrajabh\'fcmi, everything appears to be glorious. The land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana has become glorious, and it is as if the goddess of fortune is personally always exis
ting here. But it is only we who are very unhappy, because we are searching for You, but cannot see You with our greatest effort. Our life is completely dependent upon You; therefore we request that You again come to us." 
\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, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the life and soul even of the lotus flower that grows on the water of lakes made transparent by the clear rains of autumn. Although the lotus flowers are so beautiful, without Your glance they fade away
. Similarly, without You, we are also dying. Actually, we are neither Your wives nor slaves. You never spent any money for us, yet we are simply attracted by Your glance. Now, if we die without receiving Your glance, You'll be responsible for our deaths.
 Certainly the killing of women is a great sin, and if You do not come to see us and we die, You will suffer the reactions of sin. So please come see us. Do not think that one can be killed only by certain weapons. We are being killed by Your absence. Yo
u should consider how You are responsible for killing women. We are always grateful to You because You have protected us many times: from the poisonous water of Yamun\'e4, from the serpent K\'e4liya, from Bak\'e4sura, from the anger of Indra and his torr
ents of rain, from forest fire and so many other incidents. You are the greatest and most powerful of all. It is wonderful for You to protect us from so many dangers, but we are surprised that You are neglecting us at this moment. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, de
ar friend, we know very well that You are not actually the son of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 or the cowherd man Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supersoul of all living entities. You have, out of Your own causeless mercy,
 appeared in this world, requested by Lord Brahm\'e4 for the protection of the world. It is by Your kindness only that You have appeared in the dynasty of Yadu. O best in the dynasty of Yadu, if anyone afraid of this materialistic way of life takes shelt
er at Your lotus feet, You never deny him protection. Your movements are sweet, and You are independent, touching the goddess of fortune with one hand and in the other bearing a lotus flower. That is Your extraordinary feature. Please, therefore, come be
fore us and bless us with the lotus flower in Your hand. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the killer of all the fears of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. You are the supremely powerful hero, and we know that You can kill 
the unnecessary pride of Your devotee as well as the pride of women like us simply by Your beautiful smile. We are simply Your maidservants and slaves; please, therefore, accept us by showing us Your lotus-like beautiful face. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, actually we have become very lusty, having been touched by Your lotus feet. Your lotus feet certainly kill all kinds of sinful activities of d
evotees who have taken shelter there. You are so kind that even the ordinary animals take shelter under Your lotus feet. Your lotus feet are also the residence of the goddess of fortune, yet You dance on the head of the K\'e4liya serpent with them. Now w
e are requesting You to kindly place Your lotus feet on our breasts and pacify our lusty desires to touch You. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O Lord, Your attractive eyes, like the lotus, are so nice and pleasing. Your sweet words are so fascinating that they please even the greatest scholars, who also b
ecome attracted to You. We are also attracted by Your speaking and by the beauty of Your face and eyes. Please, therefore, satisfy us by Your nectarean kisses. Dear Lord, words spoken by You or words describing Your activities are full of nectar, and sim
ply by speaking or hearing Your words one can be saved from the blazing fire of material existence. Great demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva are always engaged in chanting the glories of Your words. They do so to eradicate the sinful activitie
s of all living entities in the material world. If one simply tries to hear Your transcendental words, he can very quickly be elevated to the platform of pious activities. For the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, Your words give transcendental pleasure, and saintly pers
ons who are engaged in distributing Your transcendental message all over the world are first-class charitable persons." (This is confirmed by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also when he addressed Lord Caitanya as the most munificent incarnation because Lord Caita
nya distributed the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba free of charge all over the world.) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba," 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  continued, "You are very cunning. You can imagine how much we are distressed simply by remembering Your cunning smile, Your pleasing glance, Your walking with us in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and Your auspicious meditatio
ns. Your talks with us in lonely places were heart-warming. Now we are all aggrieved to remember Your behavior. Please save us. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, certainly You know how much we are saddened when You go out of V\'e5nd\'e4vana village to tend the cows i
n the forest. How we are afflicted simply to think that Your soft lotus feet are being pricked by the dry grass and the tiny stones in the forest! We are so attached to You that we always think simply of Your lotus feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when You return from the pasturing ground with the animals, we see Your face covered by Your curly hair and dusted by the hoof-dust of the cows. 
We see Your mildly smiling face, and our desire to enjoy You increases. O dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the supreme lover, and You always give shelter to surrendered souls. You fulfill everyone's desire; Your lotus feet are even worshiped by Lord Brahm
\'e4, the creator of the universe. To whomever worships Your lotus feet, You without a doubt always bestow Your benedictions. So kindly be pleased with us and keep Your lotus feet on our breasts and thus relieve our present distresses. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, we are seeking Your kisses which You offer even to Your flute. The vibration of Your flute enchants the whole world and our hearts also. Kindly, therefore, return and kiss us with Your mouth of nectar." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba finally reappeared and assembled 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  He looked very beautiful, just befitting a person with all kinds of opulences. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.37}{\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  it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nand
a-cin-maya-rasa-pratibh\'e4vit\'e4bhi\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone is not particularly beautiful, but when His energy\'97especially His pleasure energy, represented by R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9\'97expands, He looks very magnificent. The M\'e4y\'e4vada conception of the perfection of the Absolute Truth without potency is due to insufficient knowledge. Actually, outside the exhibition of His different potencies, the Absolute Tru
th is not complete. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nanda-cin-maya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that His body is a transcendental form of etern
al bliss and knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always surrounded by different potencies, and therefore He is perfect and beautiful. We understand from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'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 Skanda Pur
\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always surrounded by many thousands of goddesses of fortune. 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  are all goddesses of fortune, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba took them hand in hand on the bank of the Yamun\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that out of many thousands of }{\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  16,000 are predominant
; out of those 16,000 }{\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 , 108 }{\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 are especially prominent; and out of 108 }{\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  eight }{\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  are still more
 prominent; out of eight }{\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  R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and Candr\'e4val\'e9 are prominent; a
nd out of these two }{\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  R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the most prominent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the forest on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, the moonlight dissipated the surrounding darkness. Due to the season, flowers like the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunda}{\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 kadamba}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were blooming, and a gentle breeze was carrying their aroma. Due to the aroma, the bees were also flying in the breeze, thinking that the aroma was honey. 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  made a seat for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by leveling the soft sand and placing cloths over 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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  who were gathered there were mostly all 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  In their previous bi
rths, during Lord R\'e4macandra's advent, they were Vedic scholars who desired the association of Lord R\'e4macandra in conjugal love. R\'e4macandra gave them the benediction that they would be present for the advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He would 
fulfill their desires. During K\'e5\'f1\'eba's advent, the Vedic scholars took birth in the shape 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  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana; as 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  they got the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a in fulfillment of their previous births' desire. The ultimate goal of their perfect desire was attained, and they were so joyous that they had nothing further to desire. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.15]}{\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  if one attains the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he has no desire for anything. 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  had K\'e5\'f1\'eba in their company, not only all their grief, but their lamenting in the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was relieved. They felt they had no desire to be fulfilled. Fully satisfied in the compa
ny of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they spread their cloths on the ground. These garments were made of fine linen and smeared with the red }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which decorated their breasts. With great care they spread a sitting place for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their life and soul, and they created a very comfortable seat for Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sitting on the seat amongst 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba became more beautiful. Great }{\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  like Lord
 \'c7iva, Lord Brahm\'e4 or even Lord \'c7e\'f1a and others always try to fix their attention upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba in their heart, but here 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  actually saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba seated before them on their cloths. In the society 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba looked very beautiful. They were the most beautiful damsels within the three worlds, and they assembled together around K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It may be asked herein how K\'e5\'f1\'eba seated Himself beside so many }{\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 yet sat alone. There is a significant word in this verse: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4nam. \'c9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the Supreme Lord as the Supersoul seated in everyone's heart. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also manifested this potency of expansion as Param\'e4tm\'e4 in this gathering 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting by the side of each }{\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  unseen by the others. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so kind to 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  that instead of sitting in their hearts to be appreciated in yogic meditation, He seated Himself by their sides. By seating Himself outside, He showed special favor to 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 the selected beauties of all creation. Having gotten their most beloved Lord, 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  began to please Him by moving their eyebrows and smiling and also by suppressing their ang
er. Some of them took His lotus feet in their laps and began to massage Him. And while smiling, they confidentially expressed their suppressed anger and said, "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are ordinary women of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and we do not know much about V
edic knowledge\'97what is right and what is wrong. We therefore put a question to You, and, since You are very learned, You can answer it properly. In dealing between lovers, we find that there are three classes of men. One class simply receives, another
 class reciprocates favorably, even if the lover is very contrary, and the third class neither acts contrary nor answers favorably in dealings of love. So out of these three classes, which do You prefer, or which do You call honest?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In answer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My dear friends, persons who simply reciprocate the loving dealings of the other party are just like merchants. They give in loving
 affairs as much as they get from the other party. Practically there is no question of love. It is simply business dealing, and it is self-interested or self-centered. Better the second class of men, who love in spite of the opposite party's contrariness
; even those without a tinge of loving affairs are better than the merchants. Sincere love can be seen when the father and mother love their children in spite of their children's neglect. The third class neither reciprocates nor neglects. They can be fur
ther divided into two classes. One is the self-satisfied, who do not require anyone's love. They are called }{\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  which means they are absorbed in the thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and so do not care whether one loves them or not. But another class are ungrateful men. They are called callous. The men in this group r
evolt against superior persons. For instance, a son, in spite of receiving all kinds of things from loving parents, may be callous and not reciprocate. Those in this class are generally known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurudruha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means they receive favors from the parents or the spiritual master and yet neglect them." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba indirectly answered the questions 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  even those questions which implied that K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not properly receive their dealings. In answer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that He, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is self-satisfied. 
He does not require anyone's love, but at the same time He said that He is not ungrateful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear friends," K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, "you might be aggrieved by My words and acts, but you must know that sometimes I do not reciprocate my devotees' dealin
gs with Me. It appears that my devotees are very much attached to Me, but sometimes I do not reciprocate their feelings properly in order to increase their love for Me more and more. If I can very easily be approached by them, they might think, 'K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is so easily available.' So sometimes I do not respond. 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 My devotees, sometimes I appear to be lost to them, and instead of forgetting Me, they feel their loving sentiments for Me increase. My dear friends, do not think for a moment that I have been dealing with You just like ordinary devotees. I know what
 you are. You have forsaken all kinds of social and religious obligations; you have given up all connection with your parents. Without caring for social convention and religious obligations, you have come to Me and loved Me, and I am so much obliged to y
ou that I cannot treat you as ordinary devotees. Do not think that I was away from you. I was near to you. I was simply seeing how much you were anxious for Me in My absence. So please do not try to find fault in Me. Because you consider Me so dear to yo
u, kindly excuse Me if I have done anything wrong. I cannot repay your continual love for Me, even throughout the lifetimes of the demigods in the heavenly planets. It is impossible to repay you or show gratitude for your love; therefore please be satisf
ied by your own pious activities. You have displayed exemplary attraction for Me, overcoming the greatest difficulties arising from family connections. Please be satisfied with your highly exemplary character, for it is not possible for Me to repay your 
debt." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The exemplary character of devotional service manifested by the devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the purest type of devotion. It is enjoined in authoritative }{\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  that devotional service must be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ahaituka}{\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 apratihata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be checked by political or religious convention. The stage of devotional service is always transcendental. 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  particularly showed pure devotional service towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so much so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself remained indebted to them. Lord Ca
itanya thus said that the devotional service manifested by 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 excell
ed all other methods of approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-first Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Songs by the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop\'e9
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  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-32 / Description of the R\'e4sa Dance
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 32 / Description of the R\'e4sa 
Dance
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus hearing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, speaking to pacify them, 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  became very much pleased. And not only by hearing His words, but also by touching the hands and legs of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they became co
mpletely relieved from the great suffering of separation. After this, the Supreme Personality of Godhead began His }{\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. When one dances in the midst of many girls, it is called a }{\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. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to dance among the most beautiful and fortunate girls within the three worlds. 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, who were so attracted to Him, danced with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hand in hand. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\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 should never be compared with any kind of material dance, such as a ball dance or a society dance. 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 is a completely spiritual performance. In order to establish this fact, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme mystic, expanded Himself in many forms and stood beside each }{\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  Placing His hands on the shoulders 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  on both sides of Him, He began to dance in their midst. The mystic expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were not perceived by 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  because K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared alone to each of them. Each }{\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  thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dancing with her alone. Above that wonderful dance flew many airplanes carrying the denizens of the heavenly planets, who were very anxiou
s to see the wonderful dance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  The Gandharvas and Kinnaras beg
an to sing, and, accompanied by their respective wives, all the Gandharvas began to shower flowers on the dancers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba danced together, a very blissful musical sound was produced from the tinkling of their bells, ornaments and bangles. It appeared that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a greenish sapphire locket in the midst of a golden necklace decorate
d with valuable stones. While 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  danced they displayed extraordinary
 bodily features. The movements of their legs, their placing their hands on one another, the movements of their eyebrows, their smiling, the movements of the breasts 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 their clothes, their earrings, their cheeks, their hair with flowers\'97as they sang and danced these combined together to appear like clouds, thunder, snow and ligh
tning. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily features appeared just like a group of clouds, their songs were like thunder, the beauty 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  appeared to be just like lightning in the sky, and the drops of perspiration visible on their faces appeared like falling snow. In this way, both 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba fully engaged in dancing. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The necks 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  became tinted with red due to their desire to enjoy K\'e5\'f1\'eba more and more. To satisfy them, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to clap His hands in time with their singing. Actually the whole world is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's singing, but i
t is appreciated in different ways by different kinds of living entities. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: ye yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prapadyante.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is dancing
, and every living entity is also dancing, but there is a difference in the dancing in the spiritual world and in the material world. This is expressed by the author of }{\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  who says that the master dancer is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everyone is His servant. Everyone is trying to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dancing. Those who are actual
ly in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness respond rightly to the dancing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: they do not try to dance independently. But those in the material world try to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The living entities are danc
ing under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\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 are thinking that they are equal to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. But this is not a fact. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, this misconception is absent, for a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme master and everyone is His servant. One has to dance to please K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, not to imitate or to become equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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  wanted to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore as K\'e5\'f1\'eba sang, they responded and encouraged Him by saying, "Well done, well done." Sometimes they presented beautiful music for His pleasure, and He responded by praising their singing
. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When some 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  became very tired from dancing and moving their bodies, they placed their hands on the shoulders of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then their hair loosened and flowers fell to the ground. When they placed their hands on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's s
houlder, they became overwhelmed by the fragrance of His body which emanated from the lotus, other aromatic flowers, and the pulp of sandalwood. They became filled with attraction for Him, and they began to kiss one another. Some }{\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  touched K\'e5\'f1\'eba cheek to cheek, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to offer them chewed betel nuts from His mouth
, which they exchanged with great pleasure by kissing. And by accepting those betel nuts, 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  spiritually advanced. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  became tired after long singing and dancing. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dancing beside them, and to alleviate their fatigue they took \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand and placed it on their raised breasts. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand, as well as the breast
s 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  are eternally auspicious; therefore when they combined, both of them became sp
iritually enhanced. 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  so enjoyed the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the husband of the god
dess of fortune, that they forgot that they had any other husband in the world, and upon being embraced by the arms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing and singing with Him, they forgot everything. 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  thus describes the beauty 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  while they were }{\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  d
ancing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There were lotus flowers over both their ears, and their faces were decorated with sandalwood pulp. They wore }{\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 there were drops of sweat on their smiling mouths. From their feet came the tinkling sound of ankle bells as well as bangles. The flowers within their hair were falling to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and He was very satisfied. 
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.37]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 these }{\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  are expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency. Touching their bodies with His hands and looking at their pleasing eyes, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba enjoyed 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  exactly as a child enjoys playing with the reflection of his body 
in a mirror. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba touched the different parts of their bodies, 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  felt s
urcharged with spiritual energy. They could not adjust their loosened clothes, although they tried to keep them properly. Their hair and garments became scattered, and their ornaments loosened as they forgot themselves in company with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was enjoying the company 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  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, the astonished dem
igods and their wives gathered in the sky. The moon, being afflicted with a sort of lust, began to watch the dance and became stunned with wonder. 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  had prayed to the goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9 to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband. Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fulfilling their desire by expanding Himself in as many forms as there were }
{\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 enjoying them exactly as a husband. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has remarked that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is self-sufficient\'97He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 doesn't need anyone else for His satisfaction. Because 
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  wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband, He fulfilled their desire. When K\'e5\'f1
\'eba saw 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  were tired from dancing with Him, He immediately began to smear His h
ands over their faces so that their fatigue would be satiated. In order to reciprocate the kind hospitality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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  began to look at Him lovingly. They were overjoyed by the auspicious touch of the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Their smiling cheeks shone with beauty, and they began to sing the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with 
transcendental pleasure. As pure devotees, the more 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  enjoyed K\'e5\'f1\'eba's company
, the more they became enlightened with His glories, and thus they reciprocated with Him. They wanted to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba by glorifying His transcendental pastimes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all masters, an
d 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  wanted to worship Him for His unusual exhibition of mercy upon them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the water of the Yamun\'e4 just to relieve their fatigue from 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. The lily flower garlands around the necks 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  were strewn to 
pieces due to their embracing the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the flowers were reddish from being smeared with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on their breasts. The bumblebees were humming about in order to get honey from the flowers. 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  entered the water of Yamun\'e4 just as an elephant enters a water tank with his many female companions. Both 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba forgot their real identity, playing in the water, enjoying each others' company and relieving the fatigue of }{\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  dancing. 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  began to splash water on the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the while smiling, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoyed this. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba was taking pleasure in the joking words and splashing water, the demig
ods in the heavenly planets began to shower flowers. The demigods thus praised the super-excellent }{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme enjoyer, and His pastimes 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  in 
the water of Yamun\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Lord 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  came out of the water and began to stroll along the bank of the Yamun\'e4, where a nice breeze was blowing, carrying the aroma of different kinds of flowers over the water and land. While strolling on the
 bank of the Yamun\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba recited various kinds of poetry. He thus enjoyed the company 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  in the soothing moonlight of autumn. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sex desire is especially excited in the autumn season, but the wonderful thing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's association 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  is that there was no question of sex desire. It was, as clearly stated in 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  description by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avaruddh
a-saurata\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namely the sex impulse was completely controlled. There is a distinction between Lord 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  and the ordinary dancing of living entities within the material world. In order to clear up further misconceptions about 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 and the affairs of 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  Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the hearer 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  told \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on the earth to establish the regulative principles of religion and to curb the predominan
ce of irreligion. But the behavior of 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  might encourage irreligious
 principles in the material world. I am simply surprised that He would act in such a way, enjoying the company of others' wives in the dead of night." This statement of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it's was very much appreciated by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9. The answer anticipates the abominable acts of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists who place themselves in the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and enjoy the company of young girls and women. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The basic Vedic injunctions never allow a person to enjoy sex with any woman except one's own wife. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appreciation 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  appeared to be distinctly in violation of these rules. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it understood the total situ
ation from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, yet to further clear the transcendental nature of 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  in }{\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, he expressed his surprise. This is very important in 
order to check the unrestricted association with women by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ta-sahajiy\'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 In his statement, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it has used several important words which require clarification. The first word, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jugupsitam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means abominable. The first doubt of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was as follows: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead who has advented Himself to establish religious principles. Why then did He mix with others' wives in the dead of night and enjoy dancing, embracing and kissing? According to the Vedic injunctions, this is not allowed. Also, 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  first came to Him, He gave instructions to them to return to their homes. To call the wive
s of other persons or young girls and enjoy dancing with them is certainly abominable 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  Why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba have done this? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another word used here is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4ptak\'e4ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Some may take it for granted that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very lusty among young girls, but Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said that this was not possible. He could not be lusty. First of all, from the material calculation He
 was only eight years old. At that age a boy cannot be lusty. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4ptak\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that the Supre
me Personality of Godhead is self-satisfied. Even if He were lusty, He doesn't need to take help from others to satisfy His lusty desires. The next point is that, although not lusty Himself, He might have been induced by the lusty desires 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  But Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it then used another word, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yadu-pati,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most exalted personality in the dynasty of the Yadus. The kings in the d
ynasty of Yadu were considered to be the most pious, and their descendants were also like that. Having taken birth in that family, how could K\'e5\'f1\'eba have been induced, even by 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 ? It is concluded, therefore, that it was not possible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to do anything abominable. But Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was in doubt as to }
{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba acted in that way. What was the real purpose? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another word Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it used when he addressed \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub suvrata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means to take a vow to enact pious activities. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was an educated }{\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  and under the circumstances, it was not possible for him to indulge in sex. This is strictly prohibited for }{\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 what to speak of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma
c\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. But because the circumstances of 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 were very suspect, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it inquired for clarification from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 immediately replied that transgressions of
 religious principles by the supreme controller testify to His great power. For example, fire can consume any abominable thing; that is the manifestation of the supremacy of fire. Similarly, the sun can absorb water from a urinal or from stool, and the s
un is not polluted; rather, due to the influence of sunshine, the polluted, contaminated place becomes disinfected and sterilized. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may also argue that since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme authority, His activities should be followed. In answer to this question, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has 
very clearly said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'ebam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the supreme controller, may sometimes violate His i
nstructions, but this is only possible for the controller Himself, not for the followers. Unusual and uncommon activities by the controller can never by imitated. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 warned that the conditioned followers, who are not actually in co
ntrol, should never even imagine imitating the uncommon activities of the controller. A M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher may falsely claim to be God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he cannot actually act like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He can persuade his followers to false
ly imitate }{\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, but he is unable to lift Govardhana Hill. We have many experiences in t
he past of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 rascals deluding their followers by posing themselves as K\'e5\'f1\'eba in order to enjoy }{\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  In many instances they were checked by the government, arrested and punished. In Orissa, \'d6h\'e4kur Bhaktivinode also punished a so-called incarnation of Vi\'f1\'ebu, who was imitating }{\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  with young girls. There were many complaints against him. At that time, Bhaktivinode \'d6
h\'e4kur was magistrate, and the government deputed him to deal with that rascal, and he punished him very severely. 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 cannot be imitated by anyone. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 warns that one should not even think of imitating it. He specifically mentions that if, out of foolishness, one tries to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's }{\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, he will be killed, just like a person who wants to imitate Lord \'c7iva's drin
king of an ocean of poison. Lord \'c7iva drank an ocean of poison and kept it within his throat. The poison made his throat turn blue; and therefore Lord \'c7iva is called N\'e9laka\'eb\'f6a. But if any ordinary person tries to imitate Lord \'c7iva by dr
inking poison or smoking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ga\'efja,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he is sure to be vanquished and will die within a very short t
ime. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dealing 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  was under special circumstances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most 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  in their previous lives were great sages, expert in the studies 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  an
d when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as Lord R\'e4macandra, they wanted to enjoy with Him. Lord R\'e4macandra gave them the benediction that their desires would be fulfilled when He would appear as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore the desire 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  to enjoy the appearance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was long cherished. So they approached goddess K\'e4
ty\'e4yan\'e9 to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband. There are many other circumstances also which testify to the supreme authority of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and show that He is not bound to the rules and regulations of the material world. In special cases, He
 acts as He likes to favor His devotees. This is only possible for Him, because He is the supreme controller. People in general should follow the instructions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as 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 should not even imagine imitating Lord 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. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lifting of Govardhana Hill, His killing great demons like P\'fctan\'e4 and others are all obviously extraordinary activities. Similarly, 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 is also an uncommon activity and cannot be imitated by any ordinary man. An ordinary per
son engaged in his occupational duty, like Arjuna, should execute his duty for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; that is within his power. Arjuna was a fighter, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted him to fight for His satisfaction. Arjuna agreed, although at fir
st he was not willing to fight. Duties are required for ordinary persons. They should not jump up and try to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba and indulge in }{\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  and thus bring about their ruin. One should know with certainty that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no personal interest in whatever He did for the benediction 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  As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4, na m\'e4\'e0 karm\'e4\'ebi }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub limpanti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 never enjoys or suffers the result of His activities. Therefore it is not possible for Him to act irreligiously. He is transcendental to all activities and religious principles. He is untouched by the mod
es of material nature. He is the supreme controller of all living entities, either in human society, in the demigod society in heavenly planets, or in lower forms of life. He is the supreme controller of all living entities and of material nature; theref
ore, He has nothing to do with religious or irreligious principles. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 further concludes that the great sages and devotees, who are washed clean of all conditional life, can move freely even within the contami
nation of material nature by keeping K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead within their hearts. In this way also they do not become subject to the laws of pleasure and pain in the modes of material nature. How, then, is it possible for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, who appears in His own internal potency, to be subjected to the laws 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 ? 
\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  the Lord clearly says that whenever He appears He does so by His internal potency; He is not forced to accept a body by the laws 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  like an ordinary living entity. Every other living entity is forced to accept a certain type of body by his previous actions. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears, He always appears in a body
; it is not forced upon Him by the action of His past deeds. His body is a vehicle for His transcendental pleasure which is enacted by His internal potency. He has no obligation to the laws 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  The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 monist must accept a certain type of body, being forced by the laws of nature; therefore, his claim to be one with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba or God is only theoretical. Such persons who claim to be equal with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and indulge in }{\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  create a dangerous situation for the people in general. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is already present as Supersoul within the bodies 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 their husbands. He is the guide of all living entities, as is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad, 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 Supersoul directs the individual soul to act, and the Supersoul is the actor 
and witness of all action. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It 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  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in everyone's heart, and from Him come all action, remembrance and forgetfulness. He is the original person to be known by Vedic knowledge. He is the author 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  philosophy, and He knows the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V
ed\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy perfectly well. The so-called Ved\'e4ntists and M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is; they simply mislead followers by imitatin
g the actions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in an unauthorized way. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supersoul of everyone, is already within the body of everyone; therefore if He sees someone or embraces someone there is no question of propriety. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some ask that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is self-sufficient, why should He at all manifest pastimes 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  which are disturbing to the so-called moralists of the world? The answer is that such activities show special mercy to the fallen, conditioned souls. 
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  are also expansions of His internal energy, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to exh
ibit 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  they also appeared as ordinary human beings. In the material world, 
pleasure is ultimately manifested in the sex attraction between man and woman. The man lives simply to be attracted by women, and the woman lives simply to be attracted by men. That is the basic principle of material life. As soon as these attractions ar
e combined, people become more and more implicated in material existence. In order to show them special favor, K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited this }{\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. It is just to captivate the conditioned soul. Since they are very much attracted by sexology, they can enjoy the same life with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus become liberated from the m
aterial condition. In 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  Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1
it also explains that the pastimes and activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are medicine for the conditioned souls. If they simply hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba they become relieved from the material disease. They are addicted to material enjoyment and are accu
stomed to reading sex literature, but by hearing these transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  they will be relieved from material contamination. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How they should hear and from whom is also explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. The difficulty is that the whole world is full of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, and when
 they become professional reciters 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 when people, without knowin
g the effect of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy, hear from such persons, they become confused. Discussion of }{\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  among people in general is not recommended because they are affected by the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy, but if one who is advanced explains, and people hear from him, certainly the hearers will be gradually elevated t
o the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and liberated from materially contaminated life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another important point is that 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  who danced with K\'e5\'f1\'eba were not in their material bodies. They danced with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in their spiritual bodies. All their husbands thought that their wives were sleeping by their sides. The s
o-called husbands 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  were already enamored by the influence of the external energy o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba; so by dint of this very energy they could not understand that their wives had gone to dance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What then is the basis of accusing K\'e5\'f1\'eba of dancing with others' wives? The bodies 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  which were their husbands', were lying in bed, but the spiritual parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were dan
cing with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme person, the whole spirit, and He danced with the spiritual bodies 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  There is therefore no reason to accuse K\'e5\'f1\'eba in any way. 
\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 r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  dance was over, the night turned into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the night of Brahm
\'e4, a very, very long period, as mentioned 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 [8.17]}{\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-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ta
kes place about one and a half hours before sunrise. It is recommended that one should rise from bed at that time and, after finishing daily ablutions, take to spiritual activities by performing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ma\'ecgala-\'e4r\'e4trika}{\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.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This period is very convenient for the execution of spiritual activities. When that auspicious moment arrived, K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked 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  to leave. Although they were not willing to quit His company, they were very obedient and dear to Him. As soon as K\'e5\'f1
\'eba asked them to go home, they immediately left and returned home. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 concludes this episode of }{\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  by pointing out that if a person hears from the right source of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself, 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  who are expansions of His energy, then he will be relieved from the most dangerous type of disease, namely lust. If one actually hears }{\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 he will become completely freed from the lusty desire of sex life and elevated to the hi
ghest level of spiritual understanding. Generally, because they hear from M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and they themselves are M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, people become more and more implicated in sex life. The conditioned soul should hear 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 from an authorized spiritual master and be trained by him so that he can understand the whole 
situation; thus one can be elevated to the highest standard of spiritual life, otherwise one will be implicated. Material lust is a kind of heart disease, and to cure the material heart disease of the conditioned soul, it is recommended that one should h
ear, but not from the impersonalist rascals. If one hears from the right sources with right understanding, then his situation will be different. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has used the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4nvita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for one who is trained in the spiritual life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7raddh\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or faith, is the beginning. One who has developed his faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Spirit Soul, can both describe and hear. \'c7ukadeva also uses the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anu\'e7\'e5\'ebuy\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One must hear from disciplic succession. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means following, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means always. So one must always follow the disciplic succession and not hear from any stray professional reciter, M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 or ordinary man. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Anu\'e7\'e5\'ebuy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that one must hear from an authorized person who is in the disciplic succession and is always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
 When a person wants to hear in this way, then the effect will be sure. By hearing }{\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  one will be elevated to the highest position of spiritual life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 uses two specific words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktim}{\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 par\'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 Bhaktim par\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means execution of devotional service above the neophyte stage. Those who are simply attracted to temp
le worship but do not know the philosophy 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  are in the neophyte stage. That sort 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 not the perfectional stage. The perfectional stage 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, is completely free from material contamination. The most dangerous aspect of contamination is lust or se
x life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktim par\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotional service is so potent that the more one advances in this line,
 the more he loses his attraction for material life. One who is actually deriving benefit from hearing }{\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 surely achieves the transcendental position. He surely loses all traces of lust in his heart. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur points out that according to }{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.17]}{\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  the Brahm\'e4 day and Brahm\'e4 night are periods of solar years expanding to 4,300,000 multiplied by 1,000. According to Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur, 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 was performed during the long period of Brahm\'e4's night, 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  could not understand that. In order to fulfill their desire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba extended the night to cover such a great period of time. One may ask how this was possible, a
nd Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur reminds us that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although bound by a small rope, could show His mother the whole universe within His mouth. How was this possible? The answer is that He can do anything for the pleasure of His
 devotees. Similarly, because 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  wanted to enjoy K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were given the op
portunity to associate with Him for a long period. This was done according to His promise. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba stole the garments 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  while they were taking bath at Cirghat on Yamun\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba promised to fulfill their desire in some future night. In one night, therefore, they enjoyed the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their belo
ved husband, but that night was not an ordinary night. It was a night of Brahm\'e4, and lasted millions and millions of years. Everything is possible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for He is the supreme controller. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-second 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  "Description of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4sa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Dance."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-33 / Vidy\'e4dhara Liberated and the}{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf8  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Demon \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura Killed
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 33 / Vidy\'e4dhara Liberated and
 the}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Demon \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura Killed
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, desired to go to Ambik\'e4vana to perform the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ivar\'e4tri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  performance. 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  was performed during the autumn, and after that the next big ceremony is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Holi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dolay\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremo
ny. Between the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dolay\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony and 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  ceremony there is one important ceremony which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ivar\'e4tri,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is especially observed by the \'c7aivites, or devotees of Lord \'c7iva. But sometimes the Vai\'f1\'ebavas also observe this ceremony bec
ause they accept Lord \'c7iva as the foremost Vai\'f1\'ebava. But the function of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ivar\'e4tri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 is not observed very regularly by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Under the circumst
ances, it is stated 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 the cowherd men headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja "once upon a time desired." That means that they were not regularly observing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ivar\'e4tri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  function, but that once upon a time they wanted to go to Ambik\'e4vana out of curiosity. Ambik\'e4vana is situated somewhere in the Gujarat province. Ambik\'e4vana is said to be situated on the river Sarasvat\'e9, yet we do not find any Sara
svat\'e9 River in the Gujarat province; the only river there is Savarmati. In India, all the big places of pilgrimage are situated on nice rivers like the Ganges, Yamun\'e4, Sarasvat\'e9, Narmad\'e4, God\'e4var\'e9, K\'e4ver\'e9, etc. Ambik\'e4vana was s
ituated on the bank of Sarasvat\'e9, and all the cowherd men and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went there. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They very devotedly began to worship the deity of Lord \'c7iva and Ambik\'e4. It is the general practice that wherever there is a temple of Lord \'c7iva, there must
 be another temple of Ambik\'e4 (or Durg\'e4) because Ambik\'e4 is the wife of Lord \'c7iva and is the most exalted of chaste women. She doesn't live outside the association of her husband. After reaching Ambik\'e4vana, the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
 first bathed themselves in the River Sarasvat\'e9. If one goes to any place of pilgrimage, his first duty is to take a bath and sometimes to shave his head. That is the first business. After taking bath, they worshiped the Deities and then distributed c
harity in the holy places. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic system, charity is given 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  It is stated in 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  that only 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 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  can accept charity. The cowherd men from V\'e5nd\'e4vana gave cows decorated with golden ornaments and beautiful garlands. Th
e }{\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 given charity because they are not engaged in any business profession. They
 are supposed to be engaged in brahminical occupations, as 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 
\'97namely, they must be very learned and must perform austerity and penances. They must not only themselves be learned, but they must also teach others. }{\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 not meant to be }{\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  alone; they should create other }{\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  also. If a man is found who agre
es to become a }{\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  disciple, he is also given the chance 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  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 always engaged in the worship of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Therefore 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 eligible to accept all kinds of charity. But if 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  receive excess charity, they are to distribute it for the service of Vi\'f1\'ebu. In the Vedic scripture, therefore, one is recommended to give in charity 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  and by so doing one pleases Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and all the demigods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The pilgrims take bath, worship the Deity, and give in charity; they are also recommended to fast one day. They should go to a place of pilgrimage and stay there at
 least for three days. The first day is spent fasting, and at night they can drink a little water because water does not break the fast. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, spent that night on the bank of the Sarasvat\'e9. They fasted all day and drank a little water at night. But while 
they were taking their rest, a great serpent from the nearby forest appeared before them and hungrily began to swallow up Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Nanda began to cry helplessly, "My dear son, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please come and save me from this danger! This se
rpent is swallowing me!" When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja cried for help, all the cowherd men got up and saw what was happening. They immediately took up burning logs and began to beat the snake to kill it. But in spite of being beaten with burning logs, the se
rpent was not about to give up swallowing Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on the scene and touched the serpent with His lotus feet. Immediately upon being touched by the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
he serpent shed its reptilian body and appeared as a very beautiful demigod named Vidy\'e4dhara. His bodily features were so beautiful that he appeared to be worshipable. There was a luster and effulgence emanating from his body, and he was garlanded wit
h a gold necklace. He offered obeisances to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and stood before Him with great humility. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then asked the demigod, "You appear to be a very nice demigod and to be favored by the goddess of fortune. How is it that you perform
ed such abominable activities, and how did you get the body of a serpent?" The demigod then began to narrate the story of his previous life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," he said, "in my previous life I was named Vidy\'e4dhara and was known all over the world for my beauty. Because I was a celebrated personality, I us
ed to travel all over in my airplane. While traveling, I saw a great sage named \'c4\'ecgir\'e4. He was very ugly, and because I was very proud of my beauty, I laughed at him. Due to this sinful action, I was condemned by the great sage to assume the for
m of a serpent." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should note here that before being favored by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a person is always under the modes of material nature, however elevated he may be materially. Vidy
\'e4dhara was a materially elevated demigod, and he was very beautiful. He also held a great material position and was able to travel all over by airplane. Yet he was condemned to become a serpent in his next life. Any materially elevated person can be c
ondemned to an abominable species of life if he is not careful. It is a misconception that after reaching the human body one is never degraded. Vidy\'e4dhara himself states that even though he was a demigod, he was condemned to become a serpent. But beca
use he was touched by the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he immediately came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He admitted, however, that in his previous life he was actually sinful. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person knows that he is always the servant of 
the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; he is most insignificant, and whatever good he does is by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 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 Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  74}{\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 The demigod Vidy\'e4dhara continued to speak to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Because I was very proud of the exquisite beauty of my body," he said, "I derided the ugl
y features of the great sage \'c4\'ecgir\'e4. He cursed me for my sin, and I became a snake. Now I consider that this curse by the sage was not at all a curse; it was a great benediction for me. Had he not cursed me, I would not have assumed the body of 
a serpent and would not have been kicked by Your lotus feet and thus freed from all material contamination." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In material existence, four things are very valuable: to be born in a decent family, to be very rich, to be very learned, and to be very beautiful. These are consid
ered to be material assets. Unfortunately, without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, these material assets sometimes become sources of sin and degradation. Despite Vidy\'e4dhara's being a demigod and having a beautiful body, he was condemned to the body of a
 snake due to pride. A snake is considered to be the most cruel and envious living entity, but those who are human beings and are envious of others are considered to be even more vicious than snakes. The snake can be subdued or controlled by charming }{
\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  and herbs, but a person who is envious cannot be controlled by anyone. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," Vidy\'e4dhara continued, "Now since I think I have become freed from all kinds of sinful activities, I am asking Your permission to return to my abo
de, the heavenly planet." This request indicates that persons who are attached to fruitive activities, desiring promotion to the comforts of higher planetary systems, cannot achieve their ultimate goal of life without the sanction of the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead. It is also 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  }{\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 7.23] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that the less intelligent want to
 achieve material benefits and therefore worship different kinds of demigods, but they actually get the benediction from the demigods through the permission of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Demigods have no power to bestow material profit. Even if
 one is attached to material benediction, he can worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead and ask Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is completely able to give even material benediction. There is a difference, however, in asking material benediction fr
om the demigods and from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead for material benediction, but when he actually achieved the favor of the Supreme Lord and saw Him, he was so satisfied that he refused to accept a
ny material benediction. The intelligent person does not ask favors from or worship the demigods; he directly becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, and if he has any desire for material benefit, he asks K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not the demigods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidy\'e4dhara, awaiting permission of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to return to the heavenly planets, said, "Now because I am touched by Your lotus feet, I am relieved from all k
inds of material pangs. You are the most powerful of all mystics. You are the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are the master of all the devotees. You are the provider of the planetary systems, and therefore I am asking Your permission. You m
ay accept me as fully surrendered unto You. I know very well that persons who are constantly engaged in chanting Your holy name attain release from all sinful reactions, and certainly persons who are fortunate enough to be personally touched by Your lotu
s feet are freed. Therefore I am sure that I am now relieved from the curse of 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 
 simply by being touched by Your lotus feet." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Vidy\'e4dhara got permission from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to return to his home in the higher planetary system. After receiving this honor, he began to cir
cumambulate the Lord. And after offering his respectful obeisances unto Him, he returned to his heavenly planet. Thus Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja also became relieved from the imminent danger of being devoured by the snake. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cowherd men who had come to execute the ritualistic function of worshiping Lord \'c7iva and Ambik\'e4 finished their business and prepared to return to V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. While returning, they recalled the wonderful activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By relating the incident of Vidy\'e4dhara's deliverance, they became more attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They had come to worship Lord \'c7iva and Ambik\'e4, but they becam
e more and more attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, 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  also worshiped goddess K\'e4t
y\'e4yan\'e9 to become more and more attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that persons who are attached to worshiping demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4, 
\'c7iva, Indra and Candra, for some personal benefit, are less intelligent and have forgotten the real purpose of life. But the cowherd men, inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, were no ordinary men. Whatever they did, they did for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one wors
hips demigods like Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4 to become more attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is approved. But if one goes to the demigods for some personal benefit, that is condemned. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, on a very pleasant night, both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His elder brother Balar\'e4ma, who are inconceivably powerful, went into the forest of V\'e5n
d\'e4vana. They were accompanied by the damsels of Vrajabh\'fcmi, and they began to enjoy each other's company. The young damsels of Vraja were very nicely dressed and anointed with pulp of sandalwood and decorated with flowers. The moon was shining in t
he sky, surrounded by glittering stars, and the breeze was blowing, bearing the aroma of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mallik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  flowers, and the bumblebees were mad after the aroma. Taking advantage of the pleasing atmosphere, both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma began to sing very melodiously. The damsels became so absorbed in their rhythmical song that they almost f
orgot themselves; their hair loosened, their dresses slackened, and their garlands began to fall to the ground. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, while they were so much absorbed, almost in madness, a demon associate of Kuvera (the treasurer of the heavenly planets) appeared on the scene. The de
mon's name was \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura because on his head there was a valuable jewel resembling a conchshell. Just as the two sons of Kuvera were puffed up over their wealth and opulence and did not care for N\'e4rada Muni's presence, this \'c7a\'eckh\'e4su
ra was also puffed up over material opulence. He thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were two ordinary cowherd boys enjoying the company of many beautiful girls. Generally, in the material world, a person with riches thinks that all beautiful wom
en should be enjoyed by him. \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura also thought that, since he belonged to the rich community of Kuvera, he, not K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, should enjoy the company of so many beautiful girls. He therefore decided to take charge of the
m. He appeared before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and the damsels of Vraja and began to lead the girls away to the north. He commanded them as if he were their proprietor and husband, despite the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Being forci
bly taken away by \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura, the damsels of Vraja began to call the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma for protection. The two brothers immediately began to follow them, taking up big logs in Their hands. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid,
" They called to 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  "We are coming at once to chastise this demon." Very quickly They 
reached \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura. Thinking the brothers too powerful, \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura left the company 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 ran for fear of his life. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not let him go. He entrusted 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  to the care of Balar\'e4ma and followed \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura wherever he fled. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to take the valuable jewel resembling a conchshell from the head of the demon. After following him a very short distance, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba caught him, struck his head with His fist and killed him. He then took the valuable jewel and returned. In the presence of all the damsels of Vraja, He presented the valuable jewel to His elder brother Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-third Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Vidy\'e4dhara Liberated and the Demon \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura Killed."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-34 / The Gop\'e9s' Feelings of 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 34 / The Gop\'e9s' Feelings of S
eparation
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were so attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that they were not satisfied simply with 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 at night. They wanted to associate with Him and enjoy His company during the daytime also. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the forest with His cowherd boy friends and cows, 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  did not physically take part, but their hearts went with Him. And because their hearts went, they were able to enjoy His company thr
ough strong feelings of separation. To acquire this strong feeling of separation is the teaching of Lord Caitanya and His direct disciplic succession of Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. When we are not in physical contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can associate with Him li
ke 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  through feelings of separation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental form, qualities,
 pastimes, and entourage are all identical with Him. There are nine different kinds of devotional service. Devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in feelings of separation elevates the devotee to the highest perfectional level, to the level 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4s\'e4c\'e4rya's prayer to the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s that they left the material opulences of government service and the princely status
 of life and went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where they lived just like ordinary mendicants, begging from door to door. But they were so much enriched 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  feelings of separation that they enjoyed transcendental pleasure at every moment. Similarly, when Lord Caitanya was at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, He was in the role of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9, feeling the separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who are in the disciplic succession of the M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-samprad\'e4ya should also feel the separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, worship His transcendental form, and discuss His transcendental teac
hings, His pastimes, His qualities, His entourage and His associations. The spiritual masters should enrich the devotees to the highest devotional perfection. Feeling constant separation while engaged in the service of the Lord is the perfection of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  used to discuss K\'e5\'f1\'eba amongst themselves, and their talks were as follows. "My dear 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  said, "do you know that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba lies on the ground He rests on His left elbow, and His head rests on His left hand. He moves His attractive eyebrows while playing His flute with His delicate fingers, and the
 sound He produces creates such a nice atmosphere that the denizens of the heavenly planets, who travel in space with their wives and beloved, stop their airplanes, for they are stunned by the vibration of the flute. The wives of the demigods who are sea
ted in the planes then become very much ashamed of their singing and musical qualifications. Not only that, but they become afflicted with conjugal love, and their hair and tightened dresses immediately loosen." 
\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, "My dear friends, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so beautiful that the goddess of fortune always remains on His chest, and He is always adorned with a golden necklace. Beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays His flute in order to enliven the hearts of many 
devotees. He is the only friend of the suffering living entities. When He plays His flute, all the cows and other animals of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, although engaged in eating, simply take a morsel of food in their mouths and stop chewing. Their ears raise up a
nd they become stunned. They do not appear alive but like painted animals. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute playing is so attractive that even the animals become enchanted, and what to speak of ourselves." 
\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, "My dear friends, not only living animals, but even inanimate objects like the rivers and lakes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana also become stunned when K\'e5\'f1\'eba passes with peacock feathers on His head and His body smeared with the minerals 
of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. With leaves and flowers decorating His body, He looks like some hero. When He plays on His flute and calls the cows with Balar\'e4ma, the River Yamun\'e4 stops flowing and waits for the air to carry dust from His lotus feet. The River
 Yamun\'e4 is unfortunate like us; it does not get K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. The river simply remains stunned, stopping its waves just as we also stop crying out of frustration for K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 constantly shedding tears, but sometimes, when they expected that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was coming, they would stop crying. But when they saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not coming, then again they would become frustrat
ed and begin to cry. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Personality of Godhead, the origin of all Vi\'f1\'ebu forms, and the cowherd boys are all demigods. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is always worshiped and surrounded by different demigods like Lord \'c7iva, Lord Brah
m\'e4, Indra, Candra, and others. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba traveled through the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest or walked on the Govardhana Hill, He was accompanied by the cowherd boys. While walking, He played His flute, just to call His cows. Just by His association
, the trees, plants and other vegetation in the forest immediately became K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person sacrifices everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although trees and plants are not very advanced in consciousness, by the assoc
iation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends they also become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. They then want to deliver everything\'97whatever they have\'97their fruits, flowers, and the honey incessantly falling from their branches. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba walked on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, He was seen nicely 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  on His head. He was garlanded with different kinds of forest flowers, and His body was smeared by the pulp of sandalwood and }{\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. The bumblebees became mad after the treasure and sweet nectar of the atmosphere. Being pleased by the hummin
g sound of the bees, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would play His flute, and together the sounds became so sweet to hear that the aquatics, the cranes, swans and ducks and other birds were charmed. Instead of swimming or flying, they became stunned. They closed their e
yes and entered a trance of meditation in worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\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 gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  said, "My dear friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are nicely dressed with earrings and pearl necklaces. They enjoy Themselves on the top of Govardhana Hill, and everything becomes absorbed in transcendental pleasure when K\'e5\'f1\'eba p
lays on His flute, charming the whole created manifestation. When He plays, the clouds stop their loud thundering, out of fear of Him. Rather than disturb the vibration of His flute, they respond with mild thunder and so congratulate K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thei
r friend." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the friend of the cloud because both the cloud and K\'e5\'f1\'eba satisfy the people when they are disturbed. When the people are burn
ing due to excessive heat, the cloud satisfies them with rain. Similarly, when people in materialistic life become disturbed by the blazing fire of material pangs, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives them relief. The cloud and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having the same bodily col
or also, are considered to be friends. Desiring to congratulate its superior friend, the cloud poured not water, but small flowers and covered the head of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to protect Him from the scorching sunshine. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One 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  told mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, "My dear mother, your son is very expert among the cowherd boys. He knows all the different arts, how to tend the cows and how to play the flute. He composes His own songs, and to sing them He puts His flute to His 
mouth. When He plays, either in the morning or in the evening, all the demigods, like Lord \'c7iva, Brahm\'e4, Indra and Candra, bow their heads and listen with great attention. Although they are very learned and expert, they cannot understand the musica
l arrangements of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute. They simply listen attentively and try to understand, but become bewildered and nothing more." 
\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, "My dear friend, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba returns home with His cows, the footprint of the soles of His feet\'97with flag, thunderbolt, trident, and lotus flower\'97relieves the pain the earth feels when the cows traverse it. He walks in a 
stride which is so attractive, and He carries His flute. Just by looking at Him we become lusty to enjoy His company. At that time, our movements cease. We become just like trees and stand perfectly still. We even forget what we look like." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had many thousands of cows, and they were divided into groups according to their colors. They were also differently named according to color. When He
 would return from the pasturing ground, He would find all the cows gathered. As Vai\'f1\'ebavas count 108 beads, which represent the 108 individual }{\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  so K\'e5\'f1\'eba would also chant 108 different groups of cows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba returns, He is garlanded 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," a }{\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  describes Him to a fr
iend. "He puts His hand on the shoulder of a cowherd boy friend, and begins to blow His transcendental flute. The wives of the black deer become enchanted upon hearing the vibration of His flute, which resembles the vibration of 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  The deer come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become so charmed that they stand still, forgetting their homes a
nd husbands. Like us, who are enchanted by the ocean of the transcendental qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the she-deer become enchanted by the vibration of His flute." 
\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  told mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, "My dear mother, when your son returns home, He decorates Himself with the buds of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, and just to enlighten and gladden His friends, He blows His flute. The breeze blowing from the south pleases the atmosphere because it is fragrant and very cool. Demigods like the Gandharvas and Siddhas take adv
antage of this atmosphere and offer prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by sounding their bugles and drums. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very kind to the inhabitants of Vrajabh\'fcmi, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and when He returns with His cows and friends, He is remembered as the lif
ter of Govardhana Hill. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the most exalted demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva come down to offer their evening prayers, and they accompany the cowherd boys in glorifying the qualities of 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 compared with the moon, born in the ocean of the womb of Devak\'e9. When He returns in the evening, it appears that He is fatigued, but He still 
tries to gladden the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana by His auspicious presence. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba returns, garlanded with flowers, His face looks beautiful. He walks into V\'e5nd\'e4vana with a stride just like the elephant and slowly enters His home. 
Upon His return, the men, women, and cows of V\'e5nd\'e4vana immediately forget the scorching heat of the day." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such descriptions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes and activities were remembered by 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  during His absence from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They give us some idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attraction. Everyone and everything is attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'97that is the perfect description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attraction. The example 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  i
s very instructive to persons who are trying to be absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One can very easily associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by remembering His transcendental pastimes. Everyone has a tendency to love someone. That K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 should be the object of love is the central point of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By constantly 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  and remembering the transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can be fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and thus make his life sublime and fruitful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-fourth 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 , "The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop\'e9s'}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Feel
ings of Separation."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-35 / Ka\'e0sa Sends Akr\'fcra for 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 35 / Ka\'e0sa Sends Akr\'fcra fo
r K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana was always absorbed in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everyone remembered His pastimes and was constantly merged in the ocean of transcendental blis
s. But the material world is so contaminated that even in V\'e5nd\'e4vana 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  or demons tr
ied to disturb the peaceful situation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One demon named Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura entered the village like a great bull with a gigantic body and horns, digging up the earth with his hoofs. When the demon entere
d V\'e5nd\'e4vana, it appeared that the whole land trembled, as if there were an earthquake. He roared fiercely, and after digging up the earth on the riverside, he entered the village proper. The fearful roaring of the bull was so piercing that some of 
the pregnant cows and women had miscarriages. Its body was so big, stout and strong that a cloud hovered over its body just as clouds hover over mountains. Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura entered V\'e5nd\'e4vana with such a fearful appearance that just on seeing thi
s great demon, all the men and women were afflicted with great fear, and the cows and other animals fled the village. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The situation became very terrible, and all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana began to cry, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please save us!" K\'e5\'f1\'eba also s
aw that the cows were running away, and He immediately replied, "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid." He then appeared before Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura and said, "You are the lowest of living entities. Why are you frightening the inhabitants of Gokula? What will
 you gain by this action? If you have come to challenge My authority, then I am prepared to fight you." In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba challenged the demon, and the demon became very angry by the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba stood before the bull
, resting His hand on the shoulder of a friend. The bull began to proceed towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba in anger. Digging the earth with his hoofs, Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura lifted his tail, and it appeared that clouds were hovering about the tail. His eyes were redd
ish and moving in anger. Pointing his horns at K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he began to charge Him, just like the thunderbolt of Indra. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately caught his horns and tossed him away, just as a gigantic elephant repels a small inimical elephant. 
Although the demon appeared to be very tired and although he was perspiring, he took courage and got up. Again he charged K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great force and anger. While rushing towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he breathed very heavily. K\'e5\'f1\'eba again caug
ht his horns and immediately threw him on the ground, breaking his horns. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then began to kick his body, just as one squeezes a wet cloth on the ground. Being thus kicked by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura rolled over and began to move h
is legs violently. Bleeding and passing stool and urine, his eyes starting from their sockets, he passed to the kingdom of death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods in the celestial planets began to shower flowers on K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His wonderful achievements. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was already the life and soul of the 
inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and after killing this demon in the shape of a bull, He became the cynosure of all eyes. With Balar\'e4ma, He triumphantly entered V\'e5nd\'e4vana village, and the inhabitants glorified Him and Balar\'e4ma with great jubil
ation. When a person performs some wonderful feat, his kinsmen and relatives and friends naturally become jubilant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was after this incident that the great sage N\'e4rada disclosed the secret of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. N\'e4rada Muni is generally known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devadar\'e7ana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that he can be seen only by demigods or persons on the same level with the demigods. But N\'e4rada
 visited Ka\'e0sa, who was not at all on the level of the demigods, and yet Ka\'e0sa saw him. Of course Ka\'e0sa also saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what to speak of N\'e4rada Muni, but generally one must have purified eyes to see the Lord and His devotees. Of cour
se, by association with a pure devotee, one can derive an imperceptible benefit, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'efatasuk\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He cannot understand how he is making progress, yet he makes progress by seeing the devotee of the Lord. N\'e4rada Muni's mission was to finish things quickly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared to kill the demons, and Ka\'e0sa was the chief am
ong them. N\'e4rada wanted to expedite things; therefore, he immediately approached Ka\'e0sa with all the real information. "You are to be killed by the eighth son of Vasudeva," N\'e4rada told Ka\'e0sa. "That eighth son is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You were misled
 by Vasudeva into believing that the eighth issue of Vasudeva was a daughter. Actually, the daughter was born of Ya\'e7od\'e4, the wife of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and Vasudeva exchanged the daughter, so you were misled. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the son of Vasudev
a, as is Balar\'e4ma. Being afraid of your atrocious nature, Vasudeva has tactfully hidden Them in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, out of your sight." N\'e4rada further informed Ka\'e0sa, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma have been living incognito in the care of Nanda M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja. All 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  your companions who were sent to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to kill different
 children, were all killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as Ka\'e0sa got this information from N\'e4rada Muni, he took out his sharpened sword and prepared to kill Vasudeva for his duplicity. But N\'e4rada pacifie
d him. "You are not to be killed by Vasudeva," he said. "Why are you so anxious to kill him? Better try to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma." But in order to satisfy his wrath, Ka\'e0sa arrested Vasudeva and his wife and shackled them in iron chains. 
Acting on the new information, Ka\'e0sa immediately called for the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon and asked him to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana immediately to fetch Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In actuality, Ka\'e0sa asked Ke\'e7\'e9 to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to be killed 
by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and thus get salvation. Then Ka\'e0sa called for the expert elephant trainers, C\'e4\'eb\'fcra, Mu\'f1\'f6ika, \'c7ala, To\'e7ala, etc., and he told them, "My dear friends, try to hear me attentively. At Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja's place in V\'e5nd\'e4vana there are two brothers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. They are actually two sons of Vasudeva. As you know, I have been destined to be killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba; there is a prophecy to this effect. Now I am requesting yo
u to arrange for a wrestling match. People from different parts of the country will come to see the festival. I will arrange to get those two boys here, and you will try to kill Them in the wrestling arena." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wrestling matches are still enjoyed by the indigenous people in the northern part of India, and it appears from the statements 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  that 5,000 years ago wrestling was popular. Ka\'e0sa planned to arrange such a wrestling competitio
n and to invite people to visit. He also told the trainers of the elephants, "Be sure to bring the elephant named Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a and keep him at the gate of the wrestling camp. Try to capture K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma on Their arrival and kil
l Them." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa also advised his friends to arrange to worship Lord \'c7iva by offering animal sacrifices and performing the sacrifice called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhanur-yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the sacrifice performed on the fourteenth day of the moon known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caturda\'e7\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This date falls three days after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4d
a\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and it is set aside for the worship of Lord \'c7iva. One of the plenary portions of Lord \'c7iva is called K\'e4labhairava. This form of Lord \'c7iva is worshiped b
y the demons who offer skinned animals before him. The process is still current in India in a place called Vaidyan\'e4tha-dh\'e4ma where the demons offer animal sacrifices to the deity of K\'e4labhairava. Ka\'e0sa belonged to this demonic group. He was a
lso an expert diplomat, and so he quickly arranged for his demon friends to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then called for Akr\'fcra, one of the descendants in the family of Yadu in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born as the son of Vasudeva. When Akr\'fcra came to see Ka
\'e0sa, Ka\'e0sa very politely shook hands with him and said, "My dear Akr\'fcra, actually I've no better friend than you in the Bhoja and Yadu dynasties. You are the most munificent person, so as a friend I am begging charity from you. Actually I have t
aken shelter of you exactly as King Indra takes shelter of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. I request you to go immediately to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and find the two boys named K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. They are sons of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Take this nice chariot, esp
ecially prepared for the boys, and bring Them here immediately. That is my request to you. Now, my plan is to kill these two boys. As soon as They come in the gate, there will be a giant elephant named Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a awaiting, and possibly he will
 be able to kill Them. But if somehow or other They escape, They will next meet the wrestlers and will be killed by them. That is my plan. And after killing these two boys, I shall kill Vasudeva and Nanda, who are supporters of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi and Bho
ja dynasties. I shall also kill my father Ugrasena and his brother Devaka, because they are actually my enemies and are hindrances to my diplomacy and politics. Thus I shall get rid of all my enemies. Jar\'e4sandha is my father-in-law, and I have a great
 monkey friend named Dvivida. With their help it will be easy to kill all the kings on the surface of the world who support the demigods. This is my plan. In this way I shall be free from all opposition, and it will be very pleasant to rule the world wit
hout obstruction. You may know also that \'c7ambara, Narak\'e4sura and B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura are my intimate friends, and when I begin this war against the kings who support the demigods, they will help me considerably. Surely I shall be rid of all my enemie
s. Please go immediately to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and encourage the boys to come here to see the beauty of Mathur\'e4 and take pleasure in the wrestling competition." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing this plan of Ka\'e0sa's, Akr\'fcra replied, "My dear King, your plan is very excellently made to counteract the hindrances to your diplomatic activiti
es. But you should maintain some discretion, or your plans will not be fruitful. After all, man proposes, God disposes. We may make very great plans, but unless they are sanctioned by the supreme authority, they will fail. Everyone in this material world
 knows that the supernatural power is the ultimate disposer of everything. One may make a very great plan with his fertile brain, but he must know that he will become subjected to the fruits, misery and happiness. But I have nothing to say against your p
roposal. As a friend, I shall carry out your order and bring K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma here, as you desire." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After instructing his friends in various ways, Ka\'e0sa retired, and Akr\'fcra went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-fifth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Ka\'e0sa Sends Akr\'fcra for K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-36 / Killing the Ke\'e7\'e9 Demon and Vyom\'e4sura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 36 / Killing the Ke\'e7\'e9 Demo
n and Vyom\'e4sura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After being instructed by Ka\'e0sa, the demon Ke\'e7\'e9 assumed the form of a terrible horse. He entered the area of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, his great mane flying and his
 hooves digging up the earth. He began to whinny and terrify the whole world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that the demon was terrifying all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana with his whinnying and his tail wheeling in the sky like a big cloud. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could
 understand that the horse was challenging Him to fight. The Lord accepted his challenge and stood before the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon. As He called him to fight, the horse began to proceed towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba, making a horrible sound like a roaring lion. Ke
\'e7\'e9 rushed toward the Lord with great speed and tried to trample Him with his legs, which were strong, forceful, and as hard as stone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, immediately caught hold of his legs and thus baffled him. Being somewhat angry, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba began to move around the horse dextrously. After a few rounds, He threw him a hundred yards away, just as Garu\'f2a throws a big snake. Thrown by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the horse immediately passed out, but after a little while he regained consciousness a
nd with great anger and force rushed toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba again, this time with his mouth open. As soon as Ke\'e7\'e9 reached Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba pushed His left hand within the horse's mouth. The horse felt great pain because the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 felt to him like a hot iron rod. Immediately his teeth fell out. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand within the mouth of the horse at once began to inflate, and Ke\'e7\'e9's throat choked up. As the great horse began to suffocate, perspiration appeared on his body, a
nd he began to throw his legs hither and thither. As his last breath came, his eyeballs bulged in their sockets, and he passed stool and urine simultaneously. Thus the vital force of his life expired. When the horse was dead, his mouth became loose and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba could extract His hand without difficulty. He did not feel any surprise that the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon was killed so easily, but the demigods were amazed, and out of their great appreciation they offered K\'e5\'f1\'eba greetings by showering flo
wers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, N\'e4rada Muni, the greatest of all devotees, came to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a solitary place and began to talk with Him. "My dear Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba," he said, "You are the unlimited Supersoul, the supreme controller of all mystic powers, the Lord of the whole universe, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead. You are the resting place of the cosmic manifestation, the master of all the dev
otees and the Lord of everyone. My dear Lord, as the Supersoul of all living entities, You remain concealed within their hearts exactly as fire remains concealed in every piece of fuel. You are the witness of all the activities of the living entities, an
d You are the supreme controller within their hearts. You are self-sufficient; before the creation, you existed, and by Your energy You have created the whole material universe. According to Your perfect plan, this material world is created by the intera
ction of the modes of nature, and by You they are maintained and annihilated. Although You are unaffected by all these activities, You are the supreme controller eternally. My dear Lord, You have advented Yourself on the surface of this world just to kil
l all the so-called kings who are actually demons. These hobgoblins are cheating people in the dress of the princely order. You have advented Yourself to fulfill Your own statement that You come within this material world just to protect the principles o
f religion and annihilate unwanted miscreants. My dear Lord, I am therefore sure that the day after tomorrow I shall see demons like C\'e4\'eb\'fcra, Mu\'f1\'f6ika and the other wrestlers and elephants, as well as Ka\'e0sa himself, killed by You. And I s
hall see this with my own eyes. After this, I hope I shall be able to see the killing of other demons like \'c7a\'eckha, Yavana, Mura, and Narak\'e4sura. I shall also see how You take away the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower from the kingdom of heaven, and how You defeat the king of heaven himself. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," N\'e4rada Muni continued, "I shall then be able to see how You marry princesses, the daughters of chivalrous kings, by paying the price of }{\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  strength." (Whenever 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  wants to marry a very beautiful and qualified princess of a great king, he must fight his competitors and emerge victorious. Then he is given the hand 
of the princess in charity.) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I shall also see how You save King N\'e5ga from a hellish condition," said N\'e4rada Muni. "This You shall enact in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. I shall also be able to see how 
You get Your wife and the Syamantaka jewel and how You save the son 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  from deat
h after he has already been transferred to another planet. After this, I will be able to see You kill the Pau\'eb\'f2raka demon and burn to ashes the kingdom of K\'e4\'e7\'e9. I will see how You kill the King of Cedi and Dantavakra in great fights, on be
half of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. Besides all this, it will be possible for me to see many other chivalrous activities while You remain in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. And all these activities performed by Your grace will be sung by great poets for all time. A
nd at the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra You will take part as the chariot driver of Your friend Arjuna, and as the invincible death incarnation, eternal time, You will vanquish all belligerents assembled there. I shall see a large number of military forces kil
led in that battlefield. My Lord, let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. You are situated completely in the transcendental position in perfect knowledge and bliss. You are complete in Yourself and are beyond all desires. By exhibitin
g Your internal potency, You have set up 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  Your unlimited potency cann
ot even be measured by anyone. My dear Lord, You are the supreme controller. You are under Your own internal potency, and it is simply vain to think that You are dependent on any of Your creations. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You have taken birth in the Yadu dynasty, or the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty. Your advent on the surface of the earth in Your original form of eternal blissful knowledg
e is Your own pastime. You are not dependent on anything but Yourself; therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni wanted to impress upon people in general that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fully independent. His activities, such as His appearance in the family of Yadu or Hi
s friendship with Arjuna, do not necessarily oblige Him to act to enjoy their results. They are all pastimes, and for Him they are all play. But for us they are actual, tangible facts. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After offering his respectful obeisances to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, N\'e4rada Muni took permission and left. After He had killed the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon, K\'e5\'f1\'eba r
eturned to tending the cows with His friends in the forest as though nothing had happened. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally engaged in His transcendental activities in V\'e5nd\'e4vana with His friends, the cowherd boys and }{\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  but sometimes He exhibits the extraordinary prowess of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by killing different types
 of demons. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later that morning K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to play with His cowherd boy friends on the top of the Govardhana Hill. They were imitating the play of thieves and police. S
ome of the boys became police constables, and some became thieves, and some took the role of lambs. While they were thus enjoying their childhood pastimes, a demon known by the name of Vyom\'e4sura, "the demon who flies in the sky," appeared on the scene
. He was the son of another great demon named Maya. These demons can perform wonderful magic. Vyom\'e4sura took the part of a cowherd boy playing as thief and stole many boys who were playing the parts of lambs. One after another he took away almost all 
the boys and put them in the caves of the mountain and sealed the mouths of the caves with stones. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand the trick the demon was playing; therefore He caught hold of him exactly as a lion catches hold of a lamb. The demon tried 
to expand himself like a hill to escape arrest, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not allow him to get out of His clutches. He was immediately thrown on the ground with great force and killed, just as an animal is killed in the slaughterhouse. After killing the Vyo
ma demon, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba released all His friends from the caves of the mountain. He was then praised by His friends and by the demigods for these wonderful acts. He again returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana with His cows and friends. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-sixth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Killing the Ke\'e7\'e9 Demon and Vyom\'e4sura."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-37 / Akr\'fcra's Arrival 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 37 / Akr\'fcra's Arrival in V
\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni did not mention K\'e5\'f1\'eba's killing Vyom\'e4sura, which means that he was killed on the same day as the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon. The Ke\'e7\'e9 demon w
as killed in the early morning, and after that the boys went to tend the cows on Govardhana Hill, and it was there that Vyom\'e4sura was killed. Both demons were killed in the morning. Akr\'fcra was requested by Ka\'e0sa to arrive in V\'e5nd\'e4vana by e
vening. After receiving instruction from Ka\'e0sa, Akr\'fcra started the next morning via chariot for V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Because Akr\'fcra himself was a great devotee of the Lord, while going to V\'e5nd\'e4vana he began to praise the Lord. Devotees are alw
ays absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Akr\'fcra was constantly thinking of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus eyes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He did not know what sort of pious activities he must have done to gain an opportunity to go see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Akr\'fcra thought that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba wille
d, he would be able to see Him. Akr\'fcra considered himself most fortunate that he was going to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whom great mystic }{\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  desire to see. He was confident that on that day all the sinful reactions of his past life would be finished and his fortunate human form of life would be successful. Akr\'fcra also considered that he was
 very much favored by Ka\'e0sa, who was sending him to bring back K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and thus enabling him to see the Lord. Akr\'fcra continued to consider that formerly great sages and saintly persons were liberated from the material world s
imply by seeing the shining nails of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That Supreme Personality of Godhead has now come just like an ordinary human being, and it is my great fortune to be able to see Him face to face," Akr\'fcra thoug
ht. He was thrilled with expectations of seeing the very lotus feet which are worshiped by great demigods like Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, and Lord \'c7iva, which traverse the ground of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and which touch the breasts 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  covered with tinges of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum
a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He thought, "I am so fortunate that I will be able to see those very lotus feet on this day, and certainly I shall be able to see the beautiful face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whic
h is marked on the forehead and the nose 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 I shall also see His smile and His curl
ing black hair. I can be sure of this opportunity because I see that today the deer are passing on my right side. Today it will be possible for me to actually see the beauty of the spiritual kingdom of Vi\'f1\'ebuloka because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Suprem
e Vi\'f1\'ebu, and He has advented Himself out of His own good will. He is the reservoir of all beauty; therefore my eyes will be filled today." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra knew beyond doubt that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Vi\'f1\'ebu. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu glances over the material energy, and thus the cosmic manifestatio
n comes into being. And although Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the creator of this material world, He is free, by His own energy, from the influence of material energy. By His internal potency He can pierce the darkness of material energy. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a the original Vi\'f1\'ebu, by expansion of His internal potency, created the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.37]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also confirmed that the paraphernalia and 
the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are expansions of His internal potency. The same internal potency is exhibited on earth as V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoys Himself with His parents and in the company of His friends, the cowherd boys and }{\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  By the statement of Akr\'fcra, it is clear that, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is transcendental to the
 modes of material nature, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who are engaged in loving service of the Lord, are also transcendental. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra also considered the necessity of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. He thought that the transcendental activities, instructions, qualities and pasti
mes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are all for the good fortune of people in general. The people can remain constantly in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by discussing the Lord's transcendental form, qualities, pastimes, and paraphernalia. By doing so, the whole univers
e can actually live auspiciously and advance peacefully. But without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, civilization is but a decoration for a dead body. A dead body may be decorated very nicely, but without consciousness such decorations are useless. Human s
ociety without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is useless and lifeless. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra thought, "That Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has now appeared as one of the descendants of the Yadu dynasty. The principles of religion 
are His enacted laws. Those who are abiding by such laws are the demigods, and those who are not abiding are demons. He has advented Himself to give protection to the demigods, who are very obedient to the laws of the Supreme Lord. The demigods and the d
evotees of the Lord take pleasure in abiding by the laws of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes pleasure in giving them all sorts of protection. These activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His protection of the devotees and killing the demons, as 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 always good for men to hear and narrate. The glorious activities of the Lord will ever increasingly be chanted by the devotees and demigods. 
\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, is the spiritual master of all spiritual masters; He is the deliverer of all fallen souls and the proprietor of
 the three worlds. Anyone is able to see Him by eyes smeared with love of Godhead. Today I shall be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who by His transcendental beauty has attracted the goddess of fortune to live with Him perpetually. As soo
n as I arrive in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I will get down from this chariot and fall prostrate to offer my obeisances to the Supreme Lord, the master of material nature and all living entities. The lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always worshiped by great mysti
c }{\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  so I shall also worship His lotus feet and become one of His friends in V\'e5nd\'e4va
na like the cowherd boys. When I bow down before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in that way, certainly He will place His fearless lotus hand on my head. His hand is offered to all conditioned souls who take shelter under His lotus feet. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultima
te goal of life for all people who fear material existence, and certainly when I see Him He will give me the shelter of His lotus feet. I am aspiring for the touch of His lotus-like hands on my head." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way Akr\'fcra expected blessings from the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He knew that Indra, who is the king of heaven and the master of the three worlds\'97the up
per, middle, and lower planetary systems\'97was blessed by the Lord simply for his offering a little water which K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted. Similarly, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja gave only three feet of land in charity to V\'e4manadeva, and he also offered a littl
e water which Lord V\'e4manadeva accepted, and thereby Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja attained the position of Indra. 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  were dancing 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, they became f
atigued, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba smeared His hand, which is as fragrant as a lotus flower, over the pearl-like drops of perspiration on the faces 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 immediately they became refreshed. Thus Akr\'fcra was expecting benediction from that supreme hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand is capable of bestowing benediction to all
 kinds of men if they take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one wants material happiness like the king of heaven, he can derive that benediction from the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; if one wants liberation from the pangs of material existence, he can also
 get benediction from the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and if one in pure transcendental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants personal association and the touch of His transcendental body, he can also gain benediction from His hand. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra was afraid, however, of being deputed by Ka\'e0sa, the enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He thought, "I am going to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a messenger of the enemy.
" And at the same time, he thought, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in each and everyone's heart as the Supersoul, so He must know my heart." Although Akr\'fcra was trusted by the enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his heart was clear. He was a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
He risked Ka\'e0sa's wrath just to meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He was certain that although he was going as a representative of Ka\'e0sa, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not accept him as an enemy. "Even though I am on a sinful mission, being deputed by Ka\'e0sa, when I a
pproach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I shall stand before Him with all humility and folded hands. Surely, He will be pleased with my devotional attitude, and maybe He will smile lovingly and look upon me and thereby free me from all kinds of sinfu
l reaction. I shall then be on the platform of transcendental bliss and knowledge. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows my heart, certainly when I approach Him, He will embrace me. I am not only one of the members of the Yadu dynasty, but I am an unalloyed pure de
votee. By His merciful embrace, my body, my heart and soul will be completely cleansed of the actions and reactions of my past life. When our bodies touch, I will immediately stand up with folded hands, with all humility. Certainly K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Bal
ar\'e4ma will call me, 'Akr\'fcra, uncle,' and at that time my whole life will be glorious. Unless one is recognized by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his life cannot be successful." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is clearly stated here that one should try to be recognized by the Supreme Personality of Godhead by one's service and devotion, without which the human form of 
life is condemned. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 Lord, Personality of Godhead, is equal to everyone. He has no friends and no enemies. But He is inclined to a de
votee who renders Him service with devotional love. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.55]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also declares that the Supreme Lord is responsive to the devotional service rendered by the devotee. Akr\'fc
ra thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was like the desire tree in the heavenly planets which gives fruit according to the desire of the worshiper. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is also the source of everything. A devotee must know how to render service unt
o Him and thus be recognized by Him. 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 therefore explained t
hat one should serve both the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba simultaneously and in that way make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Service rendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba under the direction of the spiritual master is bona fide service because th
e spiritual master is the manifested representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur }{\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  that when one satisfies the spiritual master, he satisfies the Supreme Lord. It is exactly like service in a government office. One has to work under the supervision of the departmental head. If the supervisor of the de
partment is satisfied with the service of a particular person, a promotion and increase in pay will automatically come. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra then thought, "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are pleased with my prayers, certainly They will take my hand, receive me within Their homes and offer 
me all kinds of respectable hospitalities, and They will surely ask me of the activities of Ka\'e0sa and his friends." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Akr\'fcra, who was the son of \'c7vaphalka, meditated on \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his journey from Mathur\'e4. He reached V\'e5nd\'e4vana by the end
 of the day. Akr\'fcra passed the whole journey without knowing how long it took. When he reached V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the sun was setting. As soon as he entered the boundary of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he saw the footprints of the cows and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's foo
tprints, impressed with the signs of His sole, the flag, trident, thunderbolt and lotus flower. Upon seeing the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Akr\'fcra immediately jumped down from the chariot, out of respect. He became overwhelmed with all the symptoms 
of ecstasy; he wept, and his body trembled. Out of extreme jubilation upon seeing the dust touched by the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Akr\'fcra fell flat on his face and began to roll on the ground. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra's journey to V\'e5nd\'e4vana is exemplary. One who intends to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana should follow the ideal footsteps of Akr\'fcra and always think of the
 pastimes and activities of the Lord. As soon as one reaches the boundary of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he should immediately smear the dust of V\'e5nd\'e4vana over his body without thinking of his material position and prestige. Narottamad\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur has 
sung in his celebrated song, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1aya-ch\'e4riy\'e4 kave \'e7uddha have mana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "When my mind will
 be purified after leaving the contamination of material sense enjoyment, I shall be able to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana." Actually, one cannot go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana by purchasing a ticket. The process of going to V\'e5nd\'e4vana is shown by Akr\'fcra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Akr\'fcra entered V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma engaged in supervising the milking of the cows. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dressed in yellow g
arments and Balar\'e4ma in bluish. Akr\'fcra also saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eyes were exactly like the beautifully grown lotus flower of the autumn season. He saw both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma in the spring of Their youth. Although both were simila
r in bodily features, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was blackish in complexion, whereas Balar\'e4ma was whitish. Both were the shelter of the goddess of fortune. They had well-constructed bodies, beautiful hands and pleasing faces, and They were as strong as elephants.
 Now, after seeing Their footprints, Akr\'fcra actually saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, face to face. Although They were the most influential personalities, They were glancing at him with smiling faces. Akr\'fcra could understand that both K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Balar\'e4ma had returned from tending cows in the forest; They had taken Their baths and were dressed with fresh clothing and garlanded with flowers and necklaces made of valuable jewels. Their bodies were smeared with the pulp of sandalwood. A
kr\'fcra greatly appreciated the aroma of flowers and sandalwood and Their bodily presence. He considered himself very fortunate to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His plenary expansion, Balar\'e4ma, face to face, for he knew 
that They were the original personalities of the creation. 
\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 }{\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 5.1}{\cs3545\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 is the original Personality of Godhead and the cause of all causes. Akr\'fcra could understand that the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead appeared personally for the welfare of His creation, to reestablish the principles of religion and to annihilate the demons. With Their bodily effulgence, the brothers were dissipating all the darkness of the world, as if They were mountains o
f sapphire and silver. Without hesitating, Akr\'fcra immediately got down from his chariot and fell flat, just like a rod, before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Upon touching the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he became overwhelmed wi
th transcendental bliss; his voice choked up and he could not speak. Due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental presence, incessant torrents of tears fell from his eyes. He remained stunned in ecstasy, as if devoid of all powers to see and speak. Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, who is very kind to His devotees, raised Akr\'fcra with His hand and embraced him. It appeared that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased with Akr\'fcra. Balar\'e4ma also embraced Akr\'fcra. Taking him by the hand, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4m
a brought him to Their sitting room where They offered him a very nice sitting place and water for washing his feet. They also worshiped him with suitable presentations of honey and other ingredients. When Akr\'fcra was thus comfortably seated, both K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma offered Him a cow in charity and then brought very palatable dishes of eatables, and Akr\'fcra accepted them. When Akr\'fcra finished eating, Balar\'e4ma gave him betel nut and spices, as well as pulp of sandalwood, just to 
make him more pleased and comfortable. The Vedic system of receiving a guest was completely observed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to teach all others how to receive a guest at home. It is a Vedic injunction that even if a guest is an enemy, he should b
e received so well that he does not apprehend any danger from the host. If the host is a poor man, he should at least offer a straw mat as a sitting place and a glass of water to drink. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma welcomed Akr\'fcra just befitting his
 exalted position. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Akr\'fcra was thus properly received and seated, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the foster father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, said, "My dear Akr\'fcra, what shall I inquire fro
m you? I know that you are being protected by Ka\'e0sa, who is most cruel and demoniac. His protection is just like the slaughterhouse keeper's protection of animals he will kill in the future. Ka\'e0sa is so selfish that he has killed the sons of his ow
n sister, so how can I honestly believe that he is protecting the citizens of Mathur\'e4?" This statement is most significant. If the political or executive heads of the state are simply interested in themselves, they can never look after the welfare of 
the citizens. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja spoke to Akr\'fcra with pleasing words, Akr\'fcra forgot all the fatigue of his day's journey from Mathur\'e4 to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-seventh Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Akr\'fcra's Arrival in V\'e5nd\'e4vana."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-38 / Akr\'fcra's Return Journey and His Visiting of Vi\'f1\'ebuloka Within the Yamun\'e4 River
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 38 / Akr\'fcra's Return Journey 
and His Visiting of Vi\'f1\'ebuloka Within the Yamun\'e4 River
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra was warmly received by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and offered a resting place for the night. In the meantime, the two brothers Balar\'e4
ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to take Their supper. Akr\'fcra sat on his bed and began to reflect that all the desires which he had anticipated while coming from Mathur\'e4 to V\'e5nd\'e4vana had been fulfilled. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the husband of the god
dess of fortune; being pleased with His pure devotee, He can offer whatever the devotee desires. But the pure devotee does not ask anything from the Lord for his personal benefit. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After taking Their supper, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma came to bid goodnight to Akr\'fcra. K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked about His maternal uncle, Ka\'e0sa, "How is he de
aling with his friends?" And He asked, "How are my relatives?" He also inquired into Ka\'e0sa's plans. The Supreme Personality of Godhead then informed Akr\'fcra that his presence was very much welcome. He inquired from him whether all his relatives and 
friends were well and free from all kinds of ailments. K\'e5\'f1\'eba stated that He was very sorry that His maternal uncle Ka\'e0sa was the head of the kingdom; He said that Ka\'e0sa was the greatest anachronism in the whole system of government and tha
t they could not expect any welfare for the citizens while he ruled. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My father has undergone much tribulation simply from My being his son. For this reason also he has lost many other sons. I think Myself so fortunate that you 
have come as My friend and relative. My good friend Akr\'fcra, please tell me the purpose of your coming to V\'e5nd\'e4vana." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this inquiry, Akr\'fcra, who belonged to the dynasty of Yadu, explained the recent events in Mathur\'e4, including Ka\'e0sa's attempt to kill Vasudeva, the fa
ther of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He related the things which happened after the disclosure by N\'e4rada that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the son of Vasudeva. Sitting by Him in the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Akr\'fcra narrated all the stories regarding Ka\'e0sa. He tol
d how N\'e4rada met Ka\'e0sa and how he himself was deputed by Ka\'e0sa to come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Akr\'fcra explained to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that N\'e4rada had told Ka\'e0sa all about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being transferred from Mathur\'e4 to V\'e5nd\'e4vana jus
t after His birth and about His killing all the demons sent by Ka\'e0sa. Akr\'fcra then explained to K\'e5\'f1\'eba the purpose of his coming to V\'e5nd\'e4vana: to take him back to Mathur\'e4. After hearing of these arrangements, Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, who are very expert in killing opponents, mildly laughed at the plans of Ka\'e0sa. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They asked Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja to invite all the cowherd boys to go to Mathur\'e4 to participate in the ceremony known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhanur-yaj\'efa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ka\'e0sa wanted them all to go there to participate in the function. On K\'e5\'f1\'eba's word, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja at
 once called for the cowherd boys and asked them to collect all kinds of milk preparations and milk to present in the ceremony. He also sent instructions to the police chief of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to tell all the inhabitants about Ka\'e0sa's great Dhanur-yaj
\'efa function and invite them to join. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja informed the cowherd boys that they would start the next morning. They therefore arranged for the cows and bulls to carry them all to Mathur\'e4. 
\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 that Akr\'fcra had come to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma away to Mathur\'e4, they became overwhelmed with anxiety. Some of them became so aggrieved that their faces turned black, and they began to breathe warmly and had palpitation
s of the heart. They discovered that their hair and dress immediately loosened. Hearing the news that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were leaving for Mathur\'e4, others who were engaged in household duties stopped working as if they had forgotten everyth
ing, like a person who is called forth to die and leave this world at once. Others immediately fainted due to separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Remembering His attractive smile and His talks with them, 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  became overwhelmed with grief. They all remembered the characteristics of the Personality of Godhead, how He moved within the area of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana and how, with joking words, He attracted all their hearts. Thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and of their imminent separation from Him, 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  assembled together with heavy beating hearts. Completely absorbed in thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tears fell from their eyes. They began to converse as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O Providence, you are so cruel! It appears that you do not know how to show mercy to others. By your arrangement, friends contact one another, but without fulfilli
ng their desires you separate them. This is exactly like children's play that has no meaning. It is very abominable that you arrange to show us beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose bluish curling hair beautifies His broad forehead and sharp nose, who is alway
s smiling to minimize all contention in this material world, and then arrange to separate Him from us. O Providence, You are so cruel! But most astonishingly You appear now as 'Akr\'fcra,' which means 'not cruel.' In the beginning we appreciated Your wor
kmanship in giving us these eyes to see the beautiful face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but now, just like a foolish creature, You are trying to take out our eyes so we may not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba here again. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, is also
 very cruel! He must always have new friends; He does not like to keep friendship for a long time with anyone. We }{\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, having left our homes, friends, and relatives, have become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's maidservants, but He is neglecting us and going away. He does not even look upon us, although we are completely surrendered unto Him
. Now all the young girls in Mathur\'e4 will have the opportunity. They are expecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrival, and they will enjoy His sweet smiling face and will drink its honey. Although we know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very steady and determined, we ar
e threatened that as soon as He sees the beautiful faces of the young girls in Mathur\'e4, He will forget Himself. We fear He will become controlled by them and will forget us, for we are simple village girls. He will no longer be kind to us. We therefor
e do not expect K\'e5\'f1\'eba to return to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He will not leave the company of the girls in Mathur\'e4." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  began to imagine the great functions in the city of Mathur\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba would pass through the streets, and the ladies and young girls of the city would see Him from the balconies of their respective houses. Mathur\'e4 City contained 
different communities, known then as Da\'e7\'e4rha, Bhoja, Andhaka and S\'e4tvata. All these communities were different branches of the same family in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared, namely the Yadu dynasty. They were also expecting the arrival of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. It had already been ascertained that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the rest of the goddess of fortune and reservoir of all pleasure and transcendental qualities, was going to visit Mathur\'e4 City. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  then began to condemn the activities of Akr\'fcra. They stated that he was taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was more dear than the dearest to them and who was the pleasure of their eyes. He was being taken from their sight without their being info
rmed or solaced by Akr\'fcra. Akr\'fcra should not have been so merciless but should have taken compassion on them. 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  went on to say: "The most astonishing feature is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda, without consideration, has already seated Himself on the chariot. From this it appears that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not very intelligent.
 Yet He may be very intelligent\'97but He is not very civilized. Not only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but all the cowherd men are so callous that they are already yoking the bulls and calves for the journey to Mathur\'e4. The elderly persons in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are a
lso merciless; they do not take our plight into consideration and stop K\'e5\'f1\'eba's journey to Mathur\'e4. Even the demigods are very unkind to us; they are not impeding His going to Mathur\'e4." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  prayed to the demigods to create some natural disturbance, such as a hurricane, storm or heavy rainfall, so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not go to Mathur\'e4. They then began to consider: "Despite our elderly parents and guardians, we shall per
sonally stop K\'e5\'f1\'eba from going to Mathur\'e4. We have no other alternative than to take this direct action. Everyone has gone against us to take away K\'e5\'f1\'eba from our sight. Without Him we cannot live for a moment." 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  thus decided to obstruct the passage through which the chariot of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was supposed to pass. They
 began to talk among themselves: "We have passed a very long night\'97which seemed only a moment\'97engaged 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 with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We were looking at His sweet smile and were embracing and talking. Now, how shall we live even for a moment if He goes away from us? At the end of the day, in the evening, along with His elder brother 
Balar\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would return home with His friends. His face would be smeared with the dust raised by the hooves of the cows, and He would smile and play on His flute and look upon us so kindly. How shall we be able to forget Him? How shall w
e be able to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is our life and soul? He has already taken away our hearts in so many ways throughout our days and nights, and if He goes away, there is no possibility of our continuing to live." Thinking like this, 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  became more and more griefstricken at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's leaving V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They could not 
check their minds, and they began to cry loudly, calling the different names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "O dear D\'e4modara! Dear M\'e4dhava!" 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  cried all night before the departure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as the sun rose, Akr\'fcra finished his morning bath, got on the chariot and began to start for Mathur\'e4 with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and the cowh
erd men got up on bullock carts, after loading them with milk preparations, such as yogurt, milk, and ghee, filled in big earthen pots, and began to follow the chariot of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. In spite of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's asking them not to obs
truct their way, 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  surrounded the chariot and stood up to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba with 
pitiable eyes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very much affected upon seeing the plight 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  but 
His duty was to start for Mathur\'e4, for this was foretold by N\'e4rada. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, consoled 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  He told them that they should not be aggrieved; He was coming back very soon after finishing His business. But they could not be persuaded to disperse. The chariot, however, began to head west, and as it proceeded, the minds 
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  followed it as far as possible. They watched the flag on the chariot as long as i
t was visible; finally they could only see the dust of the chariot in the distance. 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  
did not move from their places but stood until the chariot could not be seen at all. They remained standing still, as if they were painted pictures. 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  decided that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not returning immediately, and with greatly disappointed hearts, they returned to their respective homes. Being greatly disturbed by the absence of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, they simply thought all day and night about His pastimes and thus derived some consolation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord, accompanied by Akr\'fcra and Balar\'e4ma, drove the chariot with great speed towards the bank of the Yamun\'e4. Simply by taking a bath in the Yamun\'e4, 
anyone can diminish the reaction of his sinful activities. Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma took Their baths in the river and washed Their faces. After drinking the transparent crystal clear water of the Yamun\'e4, They took Their seats again on the c
hariot. The chariot was standing underneath the shade of big trees, and both brothers sat down there. Akr\'fcra then took Their permission to also take bath in the Yamun\'e4. According to Vedic ritual, after taking bath in the river, one should stand at 
least half submerged and murmur the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e4yatr\'e9 mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  While he was standing in the river, Akr
\'fcra suddenly saw both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba within the water. He was surprised to see Them there because he was confident that They were sitting on the chariot. Confused, he immediately came out of the water and went to see where the boys wer
e, and he was very surprised to see that They were sitting on the chariot as before. When he saw Them on the chariot, he began to wonder whether he saw Them in the water. He therefore went back to the river. This time he saw not only Balar\'e4ma and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba there, but many of the demigods and all the Siddhas, C\'e4ra\'ebas, and Gandharvas. They were all standing before the Lord, who was lying down. He also saw the \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga with thousands of hoods. Lord \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga was covered 
with bluish garments, and His necks were all white. The white necks of \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga appeared exactly like snowcapped mountains. On the curved lap of \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga, Akr\'fcra saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba sitting very soberly, with four hands. His eyes we
re like the reddish petals of the lotus flower. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, after returning, Akr\'fcra saw Balar\'e4ma turned into \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga and K\'e5\'f1\'eba turned into Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. He saw the fourhanded 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, smiling very beautifully. He was very pleasing to all and was looking towards everyone. He appeared beautiful with His raised nose, broad forehead, spread-up ears and reddish lips. His arms, reaching to the knees, were ver
y strongly built. His shoulders were high, His chest very broad and shaped like the conchshell. His navel was very deep, and His abdomen was marked with three lines. His waist was broad and big, resembling the hips of a woman, and His thighs resembled th
e trunks of elephants. The other parts of His legs, the joints and lower extremities, were all very beautiful, the nails of His feet were dazzling, and His toes were as beautiful as the petals of the lotus flower. His helmet was decorated with very valua
ble jewels. There was a nice belt around the waist, and He wore a sacred thread across His broad chest. Bangles were on His hands and armlets on the upper portion of His arms. He wore bells on His ankles. He possessed dazzling beauty, and His palms were 
like the lotus flower. He was still more beautiful with different emblems of the Vi\'f1\'ebu-m\'fcrti, the conchshell, club, disc and lotus flower, which He held in His four hands. His chest was marked with the particular signs of Vi\'f1\'ebu, and He wor
e fresh flower garlands. All in all, He was very beautiful to look at. Akr\'fcra also saw His Lordship surrounded by intimate associates like the four Kum\'e4ras, Sanaka, San\'e4tana, Sananda and Sanatkum\'e4ra, and other associates like Sunanda and Nand
a, as well as demigods like Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. The nine great learned sages were there, and devotees like Prahl\'e4da and N\'e4rada were engaged in offering prayers to the Lord with clean hearts and pure words. After seeing the transcendental Pe
rsonality of Godhead, Akr\'fcra immediately became overwhelmed with great devotion, and all over his body there was transcendental shivering. Although for the moment he was bewildered, he retained his clear consciousness and bowed down his head before th
e Lord. With folded hands and faltering voice, he began to offer prayers to the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-eighth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Akr\'fcra's Return Journey and His Visiting of Vi\'f1\'ebuloka Within the Yamun\'e4 River."}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-39 / Prayers by 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 39 / Prayers by Akr\'fcra
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra offered his prayers as follows: "My dear Lord, I here pay my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the supreme cause of all causes and the origin
al inexhaustible Personality, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. From Your navel a lotus flower grows, and from that lotus, Brahm\'e4, the creator of this universe, is born. Since Brahm\'e4 is the cause of this universe, You are the cause of all causes. All the elements
 of this cosmic manifestation\'97earth, water, fire, air, ether, ego and the total material energy, as well as nature, the marginal energy, the living entities, mind, senses, the sense objects and the demigods who control the affairs of the cosmos\'97are
 all produced from Your body. You are the Supersoul of everything, but no one knows Your transcendental form. Everyone within this material world is influenced by the modes of material nature. Demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4, being covered by the influence 
of material nature, do not exactly know Your transcendental existence beyond the cosmic manifestation of the three modes of material nature. Great sages and mystics worship You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original cause of all living entit
ies, all cosmic manifestation and all demigods. They worship You as all-inclusive. Some of the 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  also worship You by observing the ritualistic ceremony of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c5g-veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
. They offer different kinds of sacrifices in the names of different gods. And there are others also who are fond of worshiping transcendental knowledge. They are very peaceful and wish to give up all kinds of material activities. They engage themselves 
in the philosophical search for You, known as }{\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 . 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There are devotees also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who worship You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After being properly initiated in the method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4\'efcar\'e4tra,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they decorate their bodies 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 engage in worshiping Your different forms of Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\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  There are oth
ers also, known as \'c7aivites, followers of the different }{\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  who worship You in the 
form of Lord \'c7iva." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that worship of demigods is also indirectly worship of
 the Supreme Lord. But such worship is not orthodox, because the worshipable Lord is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Demigods such as Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva are incarnations of the material qualities, which are also emanations from 
the body of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Actually, there was no one existing before the creation except N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The worship of a demigod is not on the level with worship of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra said, "Although the minds of those who are devotees of the demigods are fixed on a particular demigod, because You are the Supersoul of all living entitie
s, including the demigods, worship of demigods indirectly goes to You. Sometimes, after flowing down from the mountains during the rainy season, small rivers fail to reach the sea; some reach the sea and some do not. Similarly, the worshipers of the demi
gods may or may not reach You. There is no guarantee. Their success depends on the strength of their worship." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic principle, when a worshiper worships a particular demigod, he also conducts some ritual for N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yaj\'efe\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for it is mentioned in }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  that demigods cannot fulfill the desires of their worshipers without the sanction of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The exact words used 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 are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mayaiva vihit\'e4n hi t\'e4n,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that the demigods can award some benediction after being authorized by the Supreme Lord. When the demigod worshiper comes to his senses, he can reason as follows: "The demigod can offer benediction only after being e
mpowered by the Supreme Lord, so why not worship the Supreme Lord directly?" Worshipers of the demigods may come to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but others, who take the demigod as all in all, cannot reach the ultimate goal. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra continued to pray: "My dear Lord, the whole world is filled with the three material modes of nature, namely, goodness, passion and ignorance. Everyone wit
hin this material world is covered by these modes, from Lord Brahm\'e4 down to the immovable plants and trees. My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, because You are beyond the influence of the three modes. Except for You, everyone is b
eing carried away by the waves of these modes. My dear Lord, fire is Your mouth, the earth is Your feet, the sun is Your eye, the sky is Your navel, and 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 Your hair, the mountains are Your bones and nails, the days and nights are the twinkling of Your eyelids; Praj\'e4pati
 (the progenitor) is Your genitals, and the rains are Your semina. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, all living entities, including different grades of demigods, different grades of overlords, kings and other living entities, are supposed to be resti
ng in You. As part and parcel of the big unit, one cannot know You by experimental knowledge. One can simply understand Your transcendental existence as the great ocean in which different grades of living entities are included, or as the fruit }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  out of which small mosquitoes come. My dear Lord, whatever eternal forms and incarnations You ac
cept and which appear in this world are meant for relieving the living entities from their ignorance, illusion and lamentation. All people, therefore, can appreciate the incarnations and pastimes of Your Lordship and eternally glorify Your activities. No
 one can estimate how many forms and incarnations You have, nor can anyone estimate the number of universes that are existing within You. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the incarnation of fish, who appeared in devastation, although Your Lordship is the cause of all causes. Let m
e offer my respectful obeisances unto the Hayagr\'e9va incarnation who killed the two demons, Madhu and Kai\'f6abha; let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You who appeared as the gigantic tortoise and held up the great mountain Mandara, and who appe
ared as the boar who rescued the earth planet which had fallen into the water of Garbhodaka. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Your Lordship, who appeared as N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, who delivered all kinds of devotees from the fearful condition of at
heistic atrocities. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You who appeared as V\'e4manadeva and covered the three worlds simply by expanding Your lotus feet. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You who appeared as the Lord of the Bh\'e5gus in
 order to kill all the infidel administrators of the world. And let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You who appeared as Lord R\'e4ma to kill demons like R\'e4va\'eba. You are worshiped by all devotees as the chief of the Raghu dynasty, Lord R\'e4m
acandra. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You who appeared as Lord V\'e4sudeva, Lord Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Lord Pradyumna and Lord Aniruddha. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who appeared as Lord Buddha in order to bewilder the at
heistic and demoniac. And let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who appeared as Kalki in order to chastise the so-called royal order degraded to the abominable condition of the }{\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  who are below the jurisdiction of Vedic regulative principles. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, everyone within this material world is conditioned by Your illusory energy. Under the impression of false identification and false possession, everyo
ne is transmigrating from one body to another in the path of fruitive activities and their reactions. My dear Lord, I am also no exception to these conditioned souls. I am falsely thinking myself happy in possessing my home, wife, children, state, proper
ty 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, due to my false identification, I have accepted ever
ything which is nonpermanent, such as this material body, which is not spiritual and is the source of all kinds of miserable conditions. Being bewildered by such concepts 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 and am just like a foolish creature who goes in search of water in the desert, leaving the water spot which is covered by water-nourished vegetables. The con
ditioned souls want to quench their thirst, but they do not know where to find water. They give up the 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 incapable of controlli
ng my mind, which is now driven by the unbridled senses and is 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 ha
ve come near Your lotus feet, and I consider this to be Your causeless mercy upon me. You can act in any way because You are the supreme controller. I can thus understand that when a person becomes eligible to be delivered from the path of repeated birth
 and death, it is only by Your causeless mercy that he further progresses to become attached to Your causeless devotional service." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra fell down before the Lord and said, "My dear Lord, Your transcendental eternal form is full of knowledge. Simply by concentrating one's mind upon Your for
m, one can understand in full knowledge everything that be, because You are the original source of all knowledge. You are the supreme powerful, possessing all kinds of energies. You are the Supreme Brahman and the Supreme Person, supreme controller and m
aster of the material energies. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are V\'e4sudeva, the resting place of all creation. You are the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, and You are also the Supreme Soul residing in everyone's h
eart and giving direction to act. Now, my Lord, I am completely surrendered unto You. Please give me Your protection." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Thirty-ninth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Prayers by Akr\'fcra."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-40 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Enters Mathur\'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 40 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Enters Mathu
r\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Akr\'fcra was offering his prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord disappeared from the water, exactly as an expert dramatic actor changes his
 dress and assumes his original feature. After the Vi\'f1\'ebu-m\'fcrti disappeared, Akr\'fcra got out of the water. Finishing the rest of his ritualistic performance, he went near the chariot of Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and was struck with wonder.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked whether he had seen something wonderful within the water or in space. Akr\'fcra said, "My 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 appearin
g in Your universal form. So when I have seen You, what wonderful things have I not seen?" This statement confirms the Vedic version that one who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything, and one who has seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba has seen everything, regardless o
f how wonderful a thing may be. "My dear Lord," Akr\'fcra continued, "there cannot be anything more wonderful than Your transcendental form. When I have seen Your transcendental form, what is there left to see?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After saying this, Akr\'fcra immediately started the chariot. By the end of the day, they had almost reached the precincts of Mathur\'e4. When passing from V\'e5nd
\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4, all passersby along the way who saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma could not help but look at Them again and again. In the meantime, the other inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, headed by Nanda and Upananda, had already reached Mathu
r\'e4 by going through forests and rivers, and they were awaiting the arrival of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Upon reaching the entrance to Mathur\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma got down from the chariot and shook hands with Akr\'fcra. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba informed Akr\'fcra, "You may go home now because We shall enter Mathur\'e4 along with Our associates." Akr\'fcra replied, "My dear Lord, I cannot go to Mathur\'e4 alone, leaving You aside. I am Your surrendered servant. Please do not try to avoid m
e. Please, come along with me, with Your elder brother and cowherd boy friends, and sanctify my house. My dear Lord, if You come, my home will be sanctified by the dust of Your lotus feet. The water emanating from the perspiration of Your lotus feet, nam
ely the Ganges, purifies everyone, including the forefathers, the fire-god and all other demigods. King Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has become famous simply by washing Your lotus feet, and all his relatives have achieved the heavenly planet due to his contact wi
th the Ganges water. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja himself enjoyed all material opulences and later on was elevated to the highest exalted position of liberation. The Ganges water not only sanctifies the three worlds but is carried on the head of Lord \'c7iva. O S
upreme Lord of all lords! O master of the universe! I offer my respectful obeisances unto You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, replied, "Akr\'fcra, I shall surely come to your home with My elder brother Balar\'e4ma, but on
ly after killing all the demons who are envious of the Yadu dynasty. In this way I shall please all My relatives." Akr\'fcra became a little disappointed by these words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but he could not disregard the order. He there
fore entered Mathur\'e4 and informed Ka\'e0sa about the arrival of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then he entered his own home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the departure of Akr\'fcra, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and the cowherd boys entered Mathur\'e4 to see the city. They observed that the gate of Mathur
\'e4 was made of first-class marble, very well constructed, and the doors were made of pure gold. There were gorgeous gardens all around, and the whole city was encircled by cannons so that no enemy could enter very easily. They saw that all the crossing
s of the roads were decorated with gold. And there were many rich men's houses, all appearing symmetrical, as if constructed by one engineer. The houses were decorated with costly jewels, and each and every house had nice compounds of trees, fruits and f
lowers. The gardens, corridors and verandas of the houses were decorated with silk cloth and embroidery work in jewels and pearls. In front of the balcony windows were pigeons and peacocks walking and cooing. All the grain dealers' shops within the city 
were decorated with different kinds of flowers and garlands, newly grown grass and blossoming roses. The central doors of the houses were decorated with water pots filled with water, and a mixture of water and yogurt was sprinkled all around. There were 
flowers decorated with burning lamps of different sizes over the doors, and there were also decorations of fresh mango leaves and silk festoons on all the doors of the houses. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the news spread that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and the cowherd boys were within Mathur\'e4 City, all the inhabitants gathered, and the ladies and girls immed
iately went up to the roofs of the houses to see Them. They had been awaiting the arrival of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma with great anxiety, and in their extreme eagerness to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, the ladies did not dress themselves very
 properly. Some of them placed their dress in the wrong place. Some annointed their eyes on one side only, and some wore ankle bells only on one leg or only one earring. Thus in great haste, not even decorated properly, they came to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba fr
om the roofs. Some of them had been taking their lunch, but as soon as they heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were in the city, they left their eating and ran to the roof. Some of them were in the bathroom, taking their baths, but without properl
y finishing their baths, they came to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Passing by very slowly and smiling, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately stole their hearts. He who is the husband of the goddess of fortune passed through the street like an elephant. 
For a very long time the women of Mathur\'e4 had heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and Their uncommon characteristics, and they were very much attracted and eager to see Them. Now when they actually saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma passing on 
the street and saw Them sweetly smiling, the ladies' joy reached the point of ecstasy. When they actually saw Them with their eyes, they took K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma within their hearts and began to embrace Them to their fullest desire. Their hair
s stood up in ecstasy. They had heard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but they had never seen Him, and now their longing was relieved. After going up on the roofs of the palaces of Mathur\'e4, the ladies began to shower flowers upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Wh
en the brothers were passing through the streets, 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  in the neighborhood als
o went out with sandalwood and flowers and respectfully welcomed Them to the city. All the residents of Mathur\'e4 began to talk among themselves about the elevated and pious activities of the people of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The residents of Mathur\'e4 were s
urprised at the pious activities the cowherd men in V\'e5nd\'e4vana must have performed in their previous lives to be able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma daily as cowherd boys. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were passing in this way, They saw a washerman and dyer of clothing. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased to ask him for some nice clothi
ng. He also promised that if the washerman would deliver the nicest dyed cloth to Him, he would be very happy, and all good fortune would be his. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was neither beggar nor was He in need of clothing, but by this request He indicated that ever
yone should be ready to offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba whatever He wants. That is the purpose of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, this washerman was a servant of Ka\'e0sa and therefore could not appreciate the demand of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Th
is is the effect of bad association. He could have immediately delivered the clothing to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who promised him all good fortune, but being a servant of Ka\'e0sa, the sinful demon could not accept the offer. Instead of being
 pleased, he was very angry and refused the Lord's request saying, "How is it that You are asking clothing which is meant for the king?" The washerman then began to instruct K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma: "My dear boys, in the future don't be so impuden
t as to ask for things which belong to the king. Otherwise, You will be punished by the government men. They will arrest You and punish You, and You will be in difficulty. I have practical experience of this fact. Anyone who unlawfully wants to use the k
ing's property is very severely punished." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Devak\'e9, became very angry at the washerman, and striking him with the upper portion of His hand, He separated th
e man's head from his body. The washerman fell down dead on the ground. In this way Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirmed the statement }{\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 Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that every limb of His body is capable of doing ever
ything He likes. Without a sword, but simply with His hand, he cut off the head of the washerman. This is proof that the Supreme Lord is omnipotent. If He wants to do something, He can do it without extraneous help. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this ghastly incident, the employees of the washerman immediately dispersed, leaving the clothing. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma took possession of it and dr
essed according to Their choice; the rest of the clothes were offered to the cowherd boys, who also used them as they desired. What they did not use remained there. They then continued to proceed. In the meantime, a devotee-tailor took the opportunity of
 service and prepared some nice clothes from the cloth for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Thus being very nicely attired, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma looked like elephants dressed with colored clothings on the full moon day of the dark moon. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was very much pleased with the tailor and gave him the benediction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  which means that after leaving his body, he would be liberated and would attain a body exactly like fourhanded N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba's in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. He also granted him that as long as he would live he would earn sufficient opu
lence to be able to enjoy sense gratification. By this incident K\'e5\'f1\'eba proved that those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees will not be lacking material enjoyment or sense gratification. They will have sufficient opportunity for such thing
s, but after leaving this life they will be allowed to enter the spiritual planets of Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka or K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After dressing nicely, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma went to a florist of the name Sud\'e4m\'e4. As soon as they reached the precinct of his house, the florist imm
ediately came out and with great devotion fell down on his face to offer his respectful obeisances. He offered a nice seat to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and asked his assistant to bring out flowers and betel nuts smeared with pulp of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The florist's welcome greatly satisfied the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The florist very humbly and submissively offered his prayers to the Lord, saying, "My dear Lord, because You have come to my place, I think all my forefathers and a
ll my worshipable superiors are pleased and delivered. My dear Lord, You are the supreme cause of all causes of this cosmic manifestation, but for the benefit of the residents of this earthly planet, You have appeared with Your plenary portion to give pr
otection to Your devotees and annihilate the demons. You are equally disposed as the friend of all living entities; You are the Supersoul, and You do not discriminate between friend and enemy. Yet You are pleased to give Your devotees the special result 
of their devotional activities. My Lord, I am praying that You please tell me whatever You wish me to do, because I am Your eternal servant. If You will allow me to do something, it will be a great favor to me." The florist, Sud\'e4m\'e4, was greatly ple
ased within his heart by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma in his place, and thus, as his choicest desire, he made two exquisite garlands of various flowers and presented them to the Lord. Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were very pleased with hi
s sincere service, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba offered the florist His salutation and benediction, which He is always prepared to bestow upon the surrendered souls. When the florist was offered benediction, he begged from the Lord that he might remain His eternal
 servant in devotional service and by such service do good to all living creatures. By this, it is clear that a devotee of the Lord in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should not be simply satisfied by his own advancement in devotional service; he must be wi
lling to work for the welfare of all others. This example was followed by the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It is therefore stated in their prayer }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hitak\'e4ri\'ebau:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or devotees of the Lord, are not selfish. Whatever benefit they derive from the Supreme Personality of Godhead as benediction they want to distribute to all other persons. That is the greatest of all humanitarian activities.
 Being satisfied with the florist, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba not only gave him benediction for whatever he wanted, but over and above that, He offered him all material opulences, family prosperity, long duration of life, and whatever else his heart desired wit
hin the material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fortieth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Enters Mathur\'e4."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-41 / The Breaking of the Bow in the Sacrificial Arena
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 41 / The Breaking of the Bow in 
the Sacrificial Arena
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After leaving the florist's place, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma saw a hunchbacked young woman carrying a dish of sandalwood pulp through the streets. Since K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure, He wanted to make all His companions joyous by cutting a joke with the hunchbacked woman. K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed her, "O tall young woman, who are you? Tell Me, for whom are you carrying this sandalwood pulp 
in your hand? I think you should offer this sandalwood to Me, and if you do so I am sure you will be fortunate." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He knew everything about the hunchback. By His inquiry He indicated that there was 
no use in serving a demon; one had better serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and get rid of the result of sins. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The woman replied to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear \'c7y\'e4masundara, dear beautiful dark boy, You may know that I am engaged as maidservant of Ka\'e0sa. I am supplying
 him pulp of sandalwood daily. The king is very pleased with me for supplying this nice thing, but now I see that there is no one who can better be served by this pulp of sandalwood than You two brothers." Being captivated by the beautiful features of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, Their talking, Their smiling, Their glancing and other activities, the hunchbacked woman began to smear the pulp of sandalwood over Their bodies with great satisfaction and devotion. The two transcendental beggars, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, were naturally beautiful and had beautiful complexions, and They were nicely dressed in colorful garments. The upper portions of Their bodies were already very attractive, and when the hunchbacked woman smeared Their bodies wit
h sandalwood pulp, They looked even more beautiful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased by this service, and He began to consider how to reward her. In other words, in order to draw the attention of the Lord, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee has to serve
 Him in great love and devotion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be pleased by any action other than transcendental loving service unto Him. Thinking like this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba pressed the feet of the hunchbacked woman with His toes and, capturing her cheeks w
ith His fingers, gave her a jerk in order to make her straight. At once the hunchbacked woman looked like a beautiful straight girl, with broad hips, thin waist and very nice, well shaped breasts. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased with the service of the 
hunchbacked woman, and since she was touched by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hands, she became the most beautiful girl among women. This incident shows that by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba the devotee immediately becomes elevated to the most exalted position. In all respe
cts, devotional service is so potent that anyone who takes to it becomes qualified with all godly qualities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was attracted to the hunchbacked woman not for her beauty but for her service; as soon as she rendered service, she immediately be
came the most beautiful woman. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person does not have to be qualified or beautiful; after becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and rendering service unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he becomes very qualified and beautiful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the woman was turned by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor into an exquisitely beautiful young girl, she naturally felt very much obliged to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and she was al
so attracted by His beauty. Without hesitation, she caught the rear part of His cloth and began to snatch it. She smiled flirtatiously and admitted that she was agitated by lusty desires. She forgot that she was on the street and before the elder brother
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She frankly proposed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear hero, I cannot leave You in this way. You must come to my place. I am already very much attracted to Your beauty, s
o I must receive You well, for You are the best among males. You must also be very kind upon me." In plain words she proposed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba come to her home and satisfy her lusty desires. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, of course, felt a little bit embarassed in f
ront of His elder brother, Balar\'e4ma, but He knew that the girl was simple and attracted; therefore He simply smiled at her words. Looking towards His cowherd boy friends, he replied to the girl, "My dear beautiful girl, I am very much pleased by your 
invitation, and I must come to your home after finishing My other business here. Such a beautiful girl like you is the only means of solace for a person like Me, for I am away from home and not married. Certainly, as a suitable girl friend, you can give 
us relief from all kinds of mental agitation." K\'e5\'f1\'eba satisfied the girl in this way with sweet words. Leaving her there, He began to proceed down the street of the marketplace where the citizens were prepared to receive Him with various kinds of
 presentations, especially betel nuts, flowers and sandalwood. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mercantile men in the market worshiped K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma with great respect. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was passing through the street, all the women in t
he surrounding houses came to see Him, and some of the younger ones almost fainted, being captivated by His beauty. Their hair and tight dresses loosened, and they forgot where they were standing. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba next inquired from the citizens as to the location of the place of sacrifice. Ka\'e0sa had arranged for the sacrifice called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhanur-yaj\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and to designate this particular sacrifice he had placed a big bow near the sacrificial altar. The bow
 was very big and wonderful and resembled the rainbow in the sky. Within the sacrificial arena, this bow was protected by many constables and watchmen engaged by King Ka\'e0sa. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma approached the bow, they were warned not to
 go nearer, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba ignored this warning. He forcibly went up and immediately took the big bow in His left hand. After stringing the bow in the presence of the crowd, He drew it and broke it at the middle into two parts, exactly as an elephant
 breaks sugar cane in the field. Everyone present appreciated K\'e5\'f1\'eba's power. The sound of the bow cracking filled both sky and land and was heard by Ka\'e0sa. When Ka\'e0sa heard what had happened, he began to fear for his life. The caretaker of
 the bow, who was standing by watching, became very angry. He ordered his men to take up weapons, and he began to rush towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba, shouting, "Arrest Him! Kill Him! Kill Him!" K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were surrounded. When They saw the t
hreatening motions of the guards, they became angry, and taking up the two pieces of the broken bow, They began to beat off all the caretaker's men. While this turmoil was going on, Ka\'e0sa sent a small group of troops to assist the caretakers, but both
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma fought with them also and killed them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not proceed further into the sacrificial arena but went out the gate and proceeded towards Their resting camp. Along the way, He visi
ted various places in Mathur\'e4 City with great delight. Seeing the activities and wonderful prowess of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the citizens of Mathur\'e4 began to consider the two brothers to be demigods who had come down to Mathur\'e4, and they all looked
 upon Them with great astonishment. The two brothers strolled carefree in the street, not caring for the law and order of Ka\'e0sa. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When evening came, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, with Their cowherd boy friends, went to the outskirts of the city where all their cars were assembled. Thus K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma gave some preliminary hints of Their arrival to Ka\'e0sa, and he could understand what severe type of danger was awaiting him the next day in the sacrificial arena. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were going from V\'e5nd\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana had imagined the great fortune of the citizens
 of Mathur\'e4 in being able to see the wonderful beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is worshiped by His pure devotees as well as the goddess of fortune. The fantasies of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were actually realized, for the citizens of Mathur\'e4 
became fully satisfied by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to His camp, He was taken care of by servants who washed His lotus feet, gave Him a nice seat and offered Him milk and palatable dishes
 of foodstuffs. After taking supper and thinking of the next day's program, He very peacefully began to take rest. Thus He passed the night there. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other side, when Ka\'e0sa came to understand about the breaking of his wonderful bow and the killing of the caretaker and soldiers by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he coul
d partially realize the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He could realize that the eighth son of Devak\'e9 had appeared and that now his death was imminent. Thinking of his imminent death, he could not rest the entire night. He began to have 
many inauspicious visions, and he could understand that both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, who had approached the precincts of the city, were his messengers of death. Ka\'e0sa began to see various kinds of inauspicious signs, both awake and dreaming. W
hen he looked in the mirror he could not see his head, although the head was actually present. He could see the luminaries in the sky in double, although there was only one set factually. He began to see holes in his shadow, and he could hear high buzzin
g sound within his ears. All the trees before him appeared to be made of gold, and he could not see his own footprints in dust or muddy clay. In dream he saw various kinds of ghosts being carried in a carriage drawn by donkeys. He also dreamed that someo
ne gave him poison, and he was drinking it. He dreamed also that he was going naked with a garland of flowers and was smearing oil all over his body. Thus, as Ka\'e0sa saw various signs of death both awake and sleeping, he could understand that death was
 certain, and thus in great anxiety he could not rest that night. Just after the night expired, he busily arranged for the wrestling match. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The wrestling arena was nicely cleansed and decorated with flags, festoons and flowers, and the match was announced by the beating of kettledrums. The platform appe
ared very beautiful due to streamers and flags. Different types of galleries were arranged for respectable persons\'97kings, }{\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 }{\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  The various kings had reserve
d thrones, and others had arranged seats also. Ka\'e0sa finally arrived, accompanied by various ministers and secretaries, and he sat on the raised platform especially meant for him. Unfortunately, although he was sitting in the center of all governing e
xecutive heads, his heart was palpitating in fear of death. Cruel death evidentally does not care even for a person as powerful as Ka\'e0sa. When death comes, it does not care for anyone's exalted position. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When everything was complete, the wrestlers, who were to exhibit their skills before the assembly, walked into the arena. They were decorated with bright ornaments 
and dress. Some of the famous wrestlers were C\'e4\'eb\'fcra, Mu\'f1\'f6ika, \'c7ala, K\'fc\'f6a and To\'e7ala. Being enlivened by the musical concert, they passed through with great alacrity. All the respectable cowherd men who came from V\'e5nd\'e4vana
, headed by Nanda, were also welcomed by Ka\'e0sa. After presenting Ka\'e0sa with the milk products they had brought with them, the cowherd men also took their respective seats by the side of the king, on a platform especially meant for them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-first Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Breaking of the Bow in the Sacrificial Arena."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-42 / The Killing of the Elephant Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 42 / The Killing of the Elephant
 Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After taking their baths and finishing all other morning duties, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma could hear the beating of the kettledrums in the wrestling camp. The
y immediately prepared Themselves to proceed to the spot to see the fun. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma reached the gate of the wrestling camp, They saw a big elephant of the name Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a being tended by a caretaker. The caretaker was 
deliberately blocking Their entrance by keeping the elephant in front of the gateway. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand the purpose of the caretaker, and He prepared Himself by tightening His dress before combatting the elephant. He began to address the ca
retaker in a very grave voice, as resounding as a cloud: "You miscreant caretaker, give way and let Me pass through the gate. If you block My way, I shall send you and your elephant to the house of death personified." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The caretaker, being thus insulted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, became very angry, and in order to challenge K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as was previously planned, he provoked the elepha
nt to attack. The elephant then moved before K\'e5\'f1\'eba like inevitable death. It rushed towards Him and tried to catch Him with its trunk, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba very dexterously moved behind the elephant. Being able to see only to the end of its nose, 
the elephant could not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba hiding behind its legs, but it tried to capture Him with its trunk. K\'e5\'f1\'eba again very quickly escaped capture, and He again ran behind the elephant and caught its tail. Holding the elephant by its tail, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba began to pull it, and with very great strength He dragged it for at least twenty-five yards, just as Garu\'f2a drags an insignificant snake. K\'e5\'f1\'eba pulled the elephant from this side to that, from right to left, just as He used to p
ull the tail of a calf in His childhood. After this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba went in front of the elephant and gave it a strong slap. He then slipped away from the elephant's view and ran to its back. Then, falling down on the ground, K\'e5\'f1\'eba placed Himsel
f in front of the elephant's two legs and caused it to trip and fall. K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately got up, but the elephant, thinking that He was still lying down, tried to push an ivory tusk through the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by forcibly stabbing it into 
the ground. Although the elephant was harassed and angry, the caretaker riding on its head tried to provoke it further. The elephant then rushed madly towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as it came within reach, K\'e5\'f1\'eba caught hold of the trunk and pu
lled the elephant down. When the elephant and caretaker fell, K\'e5\'f1\'eba jumped up on the elephant's back and broke it and killed the caretaker also. After killing the elephant, K\'e5\'f1\'eba took an ivory tusk on His shoulder. Decorated with drops 
of perspiration and sprinkled with the blood of the elephant, He felt very blissful, and thus He began to proceed towards the wrestling camp. Lord Balar\'e4ma took the other tusk of the elephant on His shoulder. Accompanied by Their cowherd boy friends, 
They entered the arena. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the wrestling arena with Balar\'e4ma and Their friends, He appeared differently to different people according to their different relatio
nships (}{\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 ) with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure and all kinds of }{\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  both favorable and unfavorable. He appeared to the wrestlers exactly like a thunderbolt. To the p
eople in general He appeared as the most beautiful personality. To the females He appeared to be the most attractive male, Cupid personified, and thus increased their lust. The cowherd men who were present there looked upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their own ki
nsman, coming from the same village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 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  kings who were present sa
w Him as the strongest ruler. To the parents of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, He appeared to be the most loving child. To Ka\'e0sa, the king of the Bhoja dynasty, He appeared to be death personified. To the unintelligent, He appeared to be an i
ncapable personality. To the }{\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  present, He appeared to be the Supersoul. To the members of
 the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty He appeared to be the most celebrated descendant. Thus appreciated differently by different kinds of men present, K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the wrestling arena with Balar\'e4ma and His cowherd boy friends. Having heard that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba had already killed the elephant, Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a, Ka\'e0sa knew beyond doubt that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was formidable. He thus became very much afraid of Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma had long hands. They were beautifully dressed, and The
y were attractive to all the people assembled there. They were dressed as if They were going to act on a dramatic stage, and They drew the attention of all people. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The citizens of Mathur\'e4 City who saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became very pleased and began to look on His face with insatiable glance
s, as if they were drinking the nectar of heaven. Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave them so much pleasure that it appeared that they were not only drinking the nectar of seeing His face, but were smelling the aroma and licking up the taste of His body and were 
embracing Him and Balar\'e4ma with their arms. They began to talk among themselves about the two transcendental brothers. For a long time they had heard of the beauty and activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, but now they were personally seeing T
hem face to face. They thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were two plenary incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, who had appeared in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The citizens of Mathur\'e4 began to recite K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, His birth as the son of Vasudeva, His being taken into the care of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and hi
s wife in Gokula, and all those events leading to His coming to Mathur\'e4. They spoke of the killing of the demon P\'fctan\'e4, as well as the killing of T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta, who came as a whirlwind. They also recalled the deliverance of the twin brother
s from within the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yamala arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. The citizens of Mathur\'e4 spoke among themselves: \'c7a
\'eckh\'e4sura, Ke\'e7\'e9, Dhenuk\'e4sura and many other demons were killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also saved all the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana from devastating fire. He chastised the K\'e4liya snake in
 the water of Yamun\'e4, and He curbed the false pride of the heavenly king, Indra. K\'e5\'f1\'eba held up the great Govardhana Hill in one hand for seven continuous days and saved all the people of Gokula from incessant rain, hurricane and windstorm." T
hey also began to remember other enlivening activities: "The damsels of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were so pleased by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beauty and participating in His activities that they forgot the purpose of material existence. By seeing and thinking of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, they forgot all sorts of material fatigue." The Mathur\'e4 citizens discussed the dynasty of Yadu, saying that because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance in this dynasty, the Yadus would remain the most celebrated family in the whole universe.
 While they were thus talking about the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, they heard the vibrations of different bands announcing the wrestling match. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The famous wrestler C\'e4\'eb\'fcra then began to talk with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma," he said, "we have heard about 
Your past activities. You are great heroes, and therefore the king has called you. We have heard that Your arms are very strong. The king and all the people present here desire to see a display of Your wrestling abilities. A citizen should be obedient an
d please the mind of the ruling king; acting in that way, the citizen attains all kinds of good fortune. One who does not care to act obediently is made unhappy because of the king's anger. You are cowherd boys, and we have heard that while tending Your 
cows in the forest, You enjoy wrestling with each other. We wish, therefore, for You to join with us in wrestling so that all the people present here, along with the king, will be pleased." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately understood the purpose of C\'e4\'eb\'fcra's statements, and He prepared to wrestle with him. But according to the time and circumstances,
 He spoke as follows: "You are the subject of the King of Bhoja, and you live in the jungle. We are also indirectly his subjects, and we try to please him as far as possible. This offer of wrestling is a great favor of his, but the fact is that We are si
mply boys. We sometimes play in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana with our friends who are our own age. We think that to combat persons of equal age and strength is good for us, but to fight great wrestlers like you would not be good for the audience. It wou
ld contradict their religious principles." K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus indicated that the celebrated, strong wrestlers should not challenge K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma to fight. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reply to this, C\'e4\'eb\'fcra said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can understand that You are neither a child nor a young man. You are transcendental to everyone,
 as is Your big brother, Balar\'e4ma. You have already killed the elephant Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a, who was capable of fighting and defeating other elephants. You have killed him in a wonderful way. Because of Your strength, it behooves You to compete with
 the stronger wrestlers amongst us. I therefore wish to wrestle with You, and Your elder brother, Balar\'e4ma, will wrestle with Mu\'f1\'f6ika." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-second Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Killing of the Elephant Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-43 / 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 43 / The Killing of Ka\'e0sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Ka\'e0sa's wrestlers expressed their determination, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the killer of Madhu, confronted C\'e4\'eb\'fcra, and Lord Balar\'e4ma,
 the son of Rohi\'eb\'e9, confronted Mu\'f1\'f6ika. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and C\'e4\'eb\'fcra and then Balar\'e4ma and Mu\'f1\'f6ika locked themselves hand to hand, leg to leg, and each began to press against the other with a view to come out victorious. They j
oined palm to palm, calf to calf, head to head, chest to chest and began to strike each other. The fighting increased as they pushed one another from one place to another. One captured another and threw him down on the ground, and another rushed from the
 back to the front of another and tried to overcome him with a hold. The fighting increased step by step. There was picking up, the dragging and pushing, and then the legs and hands were locked together. All the arts of wrestling were perfectly exhibited
 by the parties, as each tried his best to defeat his opponent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the audience in the wrestling arena was not very satisfied because the combatants did not appear to be equally matched. They considered K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar
\'e4ma to be mere boys before the wrestlers C\'e4\'eb\'fcra and Mu\'f1\'f6ika, who were huge men as solid as stone. Being compassionate and favoring K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, many members of the audience began to talk as follows. "Dear friends, the
re is danger here." Another said, "Even in front of the king this wrestling is going on between incompatable sides." The audience had lost their sense of enjoyment. They could not encourage the fighting between the strong and the weak. "Mu\'f1\'f6ika and
 C\'e4\'eb\'fcra are just like thunderbolts, as strong as great mountains, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are two delicate boys of very tender age. The principle of justice has already left this assembly. Persons who are aware of the civilized princi
ples of justice will not remain to watch this unfair match. Those taking part in this wrestling match are not very much enlightened; therefore whether they speak or remain silent, they are being subjected to the reactions of sinful activities." "But my d
ear friends," another in the assembly 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 the 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 wrestling match with Mu\'f1\'f6ika." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ladies in the assembly also addressed one another. "Dear friends, just imagine how fortunate the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is where the Supreme Personality of Godhead
 Himself is present, always decorated with flower garlands and engaged in tending cows along with His brother, Lord Balar\'e4ma. He is always accompanied by His cowherd boy friends, and He plays His transcendental flute. The residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
are fortunate to be able to constantly see the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, which are worshiped by great demigods like Lord \'c7iva and Brahm\'e4 and the goddess of fortune. We cannot estimate how many pious activities were executed by t
he damsels of Vrajabh\'fcmi so that they were able to enjoy the Supreme Personality of Godhead and look on the unparalleled beauty of His transcendental body. The beauty of the Lord is beyond compare. No one is higher or equal to Him in beauty of complex
ion or bodily luster. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are the reservoir of all kinds of opulence\'97namely wealth, strength, beauty, fame, knowledge and renunciation. 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  are so fortunate that they can see and think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours a day, beginning from their milking the cows or husking the paddy or churning the butter
 in the morning. While engaged in cleaning their houses and washing their floors, they are always absorbed in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  give a perfect example of how one can execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness even if he is in different types of material engagement. By constantly being absorbed in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one cannot be affected by the contamination of
 material activities. 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 are, therefore, perfectly 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  the highest perfectional stage of mystic power. 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 [6.47]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 confirmed that one who is constantly thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a first-class }{\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  among all 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  "My dear friends," one lady
 told another, "we must accept 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 activities to be the highest form of piety; otherwis
e, how could they have achieved the opportunity of seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba both morning and evening when He goes to the pasturing ground with His cows and cowherd boy friends and returns in the evening? They frequently see Him playing on His flute and smil
ing very brilliantly." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supersoul of every living being, understood that the ladies in the assembly were anxious for Him, He decided not to continue wrestling
 but to kill the wrestlers immediately. The parents of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, namely Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Ya\'e7od\'e4, Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, were also very anxious because they did not know the unlimited strength of their children. Lord Bala
r\'e4ma was fighting with the wrestler Mu\'f1\'f6ika in the same way that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was fighting and wrestling with C\'e4\'eb\'fcra. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared to be cruel to C\'e4\'eb\'fcra, and He immediately
 struck him thrice with His fist. The great wrestler was jolted, to the astonishment of the audience. C\'e4\'eb\'fcra then took his last chance and attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as one hawk swoops upon another. Folding his two hands, he began to strike t
he chest of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not even slightly disturbed, no more than an elephant that is hit by a flower garland. K\'e5\'f1\'eba quickly caught the two hands of C\'e4\'eb\'fcra and began to wheel him around, and simply by thi
s centrifugal action, C\'e4\'eb\'fcra lost his life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then threw him to the ground. C\'e4\'eb\'fcra fell just like the flag of Indra, and all his nicely decorated ornaments were scattered hither and thither. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'f1\'f6ika also struck Balar\'e4ma, and Balar\'e4ma returned the stroke with great force. Mu\'f1\'f6ika began to tremble, and blood and vomit flowed from his mou
th. Distressed, he gave up his vital force and fell down just as a tree falls down in a hurricane. After the two wrestlers were killed, a wrestler named K\'fc\'f6a came forward. Lord Balar\'e4ma immediately caught him in His left hand and killed him nonc
halantly. Another wrestler of the name \'c7ala came forward, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately kicked him and cracked his head. Another wrestler named To\'e7ala came forward and was killed in the same way. Thus all the great wrestlers were killed by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and the remaining wrestlers began to flee from the assembly out of fear for their lives. All the cowherd boy friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma approached Them and congratulated Them with great pleasure. While drums beat
 and they talked of the victory, the leg bells on the feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma tinkled. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All people gathered there began to clap in great ecstasy, and no one could estimate the bounds of their 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  present began to praise K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma ecstatically. Only Ka\'e0sa was morose; he neither clapped nor offered
 benediction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ka\'e0sa resented the drums' being beaten for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's victory, and he was very sorry that the wrestlers had been killed and had fled the assembly. He therefore immediately ordered the drum playing to stop and bega
n to address his friends as follows: "I order that these two sons of Vasudeva be immediately driven out of Mathur\'e4. The cowherd boys who have come with Them should be plundered and all their riches taken away. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja should immediately b
e arrested and killed for his cunning behavior, and the rascal Vasudeva should also be killed without delay. Also my father, Ugrasena, who has always supported my enemies against my will, should be killed." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Ka\'e0sa spoke in this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very angry with him, and within a second He jumped over the high guards of King Ka\'e0sa. Ka\'e0sa was p
repared for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attack, for he knew from the beginning that He was to be the cause of his death. He immediately unsheathed his sword and prepared to answer the challenge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with sword and shield. As Ka\'e0sa wielded his sword 
up and down, hither and thither, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme powerful Lord, caught hold of him with great force. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the shelter of the complete creation and from whose lotus navel the whole creation is manifes
ted, immediately knocked the crown from the head of Ka\'e0sa and grabbed his long hair in His hand. He then dragged Ka\'e0sa from his seat to the wrestling dias and threw him down. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba at once straddled his chest and began to strike him o
ver and over again. Simply from the strokes of His fist, Ka\'e0sa lost his vital force. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to assure His parents that Ka\'e0sa was dead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dragged him just as a lion drags an elephant after killing it. On sight of this, there wa
s a great roaring sound from all sides, as some spectators expressed their jubilation and others cried in lamentation. From the day Ka\'e0sa heard that he would be killed by the eighth son of Devak\'e9, he was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-fou
r hours a day without any stoppage\'97even while he was eating, while he was walking, while he was breathing\'97and naturally he got the blessing of liberation. 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  }{\cs3774\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 8.6}{\cs3774\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 stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-bh\'e4vita\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a person gets his next life according to the thoughts in which he is always absorbed. Ka\'e0sa was thinking of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba with His wheel, which means N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba who holds a wheel, conchshell, lotus flower and club. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the opinion of authorities, Ka\'e0sa attained }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya-mukti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  after death, that is to say he attained the same form as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (Vi\'f1\'ebu). On the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets all the inhabitants have the same bodily features as N\'e4r
\'e4ya\'eba. After his death, Ka\'e0sa attained liberation and was promoted to Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. From this instance we can understand that even a person who thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an enemy gets liberation and a place in a Vaik
u\'eb\'f6ha planet, so what to speak of the pure devotees who are always absorbed in favorable thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Even an enemy who is killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba gets liberation and is placed in the impersonal }{\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  Since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is all good, anyone thinking of Him, either as enemy or as friend, gets 
liberation. But the liberation of the devotee and the liberation of the enemy are not the same. The enemy generally gets the liberation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and sometimes he gets }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  libe
ration. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa had eight brothers, headed by Ka\'ecka. All of them were younger than he, and when they learned that their elder brother had been killed, they combined tog
ether and rushed towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba in great anger to kill Him. Ka\'e0sa and his brothers were all K\'e5\'f1\'eba's maternal uncles. They were all brothers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother, Devak\'e9. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Ka\'e0sa He killed His mater
nal uncle, which is against the regulation of Vedic injunction. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is independent of all Vedic injunction, He violates the Vedic injunction only in inevitable cases. Ka\'e0sa could not be killed by anyone but K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefor
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba was obliged to kill him. As far as Ka\'e0sa's eight brothers were concerned, Balar\'e4ma took charge of killing them. Balar\'e4ma's mother, Rohi\'eb\'e9, although the wife of Vasudeva, was not the sister of Ka\'e0sa; therefore Balar\'e4m
a took charge of killing all of Ka\'e0sa's eight brothers. He immediately took up an available weapon (most probably the elephant's tusk which He carried) and killed the eight brothers one after another, just as a lion kills a flock of deer. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Balar\'e4ma thus verified the statement that the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears to give protection to the pious and to kill the impious demons who are always enemies of the demigods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods from the higher planetary systems began to shower flowers, congratulating K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Among the demigods were powerful personalitie
s like Lord Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva, and all joined together in showing their jubilation over Ka\'e0sa's death. There was beating of drums and showering of flowers from the heavenly planets, and the wives of the demigods began to dance in ecstasy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The wives of Ka\'e0sa and his eight brothers became aggrieved on account of their husbands' sudden deaths, and all of them were striking their foreheads and sheddin
g torrents of tears. They were crying very loudly and embracing the bodies of their husbands. The wives of Ka\'e0sa and his brothers began to lament, addressing the dead bodies: "Our dear husbands, you are so kind and are the protectors of your dependent
s. Now, after your death, we are also dead, along with your homes and children. We are no longer looking very auspicious. On account of your death, the auspicious functions which were to take place, such as the sacrifice of the bow, have all been spoiled
. Our dear husbands, you treated persons ill who were faultless, and as a result you have been killed. This is inevitable because a person who torments an innocent person must be punished by the laws of nature. We know that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead. He is the supreme master of everything and the supreme enjoyer of everything, and therefore anyone who neglects His authority can never be happy, and ultimately, as you have, he meets death." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba was kind and affectionate to His aunts, He began to give them solace as far as was possible. The ritualistic ceremonies after death were then c
onducted under the personal supervision of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He happened to be the nephew of all the dead princes. After finishing this business, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma immediately released Their father and mother, Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 who
 had been imprisoned by Ka\'e0sa. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma fell at Their parents' feet and offered them prayers. Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 had suffered so much trouble because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their son; it was because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that Ka\'e0s
a was always giving them trouble. Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva were fully conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's exalted position as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba touched their feet and offered obeisances and prayers to them, th
ey did not embrace Him, but simply stood up to hear the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born as their son, Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 were always conscious of His position. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-third Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Killing of Ka\'e0sa."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-44 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Recovers the Son of His 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 44 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Recovers the
 Son of His Teacher
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 were remaining standing in a reverential attitude, He immediately expanded His influence of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so that they could treat Him and Balar\'e4ma as children. As in the material world the relati
onship existing between father and mother and children can be established amongst different living entities by the influence of the illusory energy, so, by the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog
am\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the devotee can establish a relationship in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead is his child. After creating this situation by His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appearing with His elder brother Balar\'e4ma as the most illustrious sons in the dynast
y of the S\'e4tvatas, very submissively and respectfully addressed Vasudeva and Devak\'e9: "My dear father and mother, although you have always been very anxious for the protection of Our lives, you could not enjoy the pleasure of having Us as your babie
s, as your growing boys and as your adolescent youths." K\'e5\'f1\'eba indirectly praised the fatherhood of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and motherhood of Ya\'e7od\'e4 as most glorious because although He and Balar\'e4ma were not their born sons, Nanda and Ya
\'e7od\'e4 actually enjoyed Their childhood pastimes. By nature's own arrangement, the childhood of the embodied living being is enjoyed by the parents. Even in the animal kingdom the parents are found to be affectionate to the cubs. Being captivated by 
the activities of their children, they take much care for their well-being. As for Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, they were always very anxious for the protection of their sons, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. That is why K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after His appearance, w
as immediately transferred to another's house. Balar\'e4ma was also transferred from Devak\'e9's womb to Rohi\'eb\'e9's womb. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 were full of anxieties for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's and Balar\'e4ma's protection, and they could not enjoy Their childhood pastimes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba s
aid, "Unfortunately, being ordered by Our fate, We could not be raised by Our own parents to enjoy childhood pleasures at home. My dear father and mother, a man has a debt to pay to his parents, from whom he gets this body which can bestow upon him all t
he benefits of material existence. According to the Vedic injunction, this human form of life enables one to perform all kinds of religious activities, fulfill all kinds of desires and acquire all kinds of wealth. And only in this human form is there eve
ry possibility that one can get liberation from material existence. This body is produced by the combined efforts of the father and mother. Every human being should be obliged to his parents and understand that he cannot repay his debt to them. If, after
 growing up, a son does not try to satisfy his parents by his actions or by an endowment of riches, he is surely punished after death by the superintendent of death and made to eat his own flesh. If a person is able to care for or give protection to old 
parents, children, the spiritual master, }{\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 other dependents, but does not do so
, he is considered to be already dead, although he is supposedly breathing. My dear father and mother, you have always been very anxious for Our protection, but unfortunately We could not render any service unto you. Up to date We have simply wasted Our 
time; We could not serve you for reasons beyond Our control. Mother and father, please excuse Us for Our sinful action." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Supreme Personality of Godhead was speaking as an innocent boy in very sweet words, both Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 became captivated by parental affection and
 embraced Them with great pleasure. They were amazed and could not speak or answer the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but simply embraced Him and Balar\'e4ma in great affection and remained silent, shedding incessant tears. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus consoling His father and mother, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appearing as the beloved son of Devak\'e9, approached His grandfather Ugrasena and announc
ed that Ugrasena would now be the King of the Yadu kingdom. Ka\'e0sa had been forcibly ruling over the kingdom of Yadu, in spite of the presence of his father, whom he had arrested. But after the death of Ka\'e0sa, Ka\'e0sa's father was released and anno
unced to be the King of the Yadu kingdom. It appears that in those days, in the western part of India, there were many small kingdoms, and they were ruled by the Yadu dynasty, Andhaka dynasty, V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty and Bhoja dynasty. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ugra
sena belonged to the Bhoja dynasty; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba indirectly declared that the king of the Bhoja dynasty would be emperor of the other small kingdoms. He willingly asked Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ugrasena to rule over Them because They were his subjects.
 The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used both for the progeny and for the citizens, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba belonged 
to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praj\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  both as a grandson to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ugrasena and as a member of the Yadu dynast
y. He voluntarily accepted the rule of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ugrasena. He informed Ugrasena: "Being cursed by the Yay\'e4ti, the kings of the Yadu dynasty will not rise against the throne. It will be Our pleasure to serve you as your servants. Our full cooperat
ion with you will make your position more exalted and secure so that the kings of other dynasties will not hesitate to pay their respective revenues. Protected by Us, you will be honored even by the demigods from the heavenly planets. My dear grandfather
, out of fear of My late uncle Ka\'e0sa, all the kings belonging to the Yadu dynasty, V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty, Andhaka dynasty, Madhu dynasty, Da\'e7\'e4rha dynasty and Kukura dynasty were very anxious and disturbed. Now you can pacify them all and give t
hem assurance of security. The whole kingdom will be peaceful." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the kings in the neighboring area had left their homes in fear of Ka\'e0sa and were living in distant parts of the country. Now, after the death of Ka\'e0sa and
 the reinstatement of Ugrasena as king, the neighboring kings were given all kinds of presentations and comforts. Then they returned to their respective homes. After this nice political arrangement, the citizens of Mathur\'e4 were pleased to live in Math
ur\'e4, being protected by the strong arms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. On account of good government in the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, the inhabitants of Mathur\'e4 felt complete satisfaction in the fulfillment of all their materi
al desires and necessities, and because they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma daily, eye to eye, they soon forgot all material miseries completely. As soon as they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma coming out on the street, very nicely dressed and smi
ling and looking here and there, the citizens were immediately filled with loving ecstasies, simply by seeing the personal presence of Mukunda. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who can award liberation and transcendental bliss. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence acted as such a vitalizing tonic that not only the younger generation, but even the old men of Mathur\'e4 
became fully invigorated with youthful energy and strength by regularly seeing Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4 were also living in Mathur\'e4 because K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were there, but after some time they wanted to go back t
o V\'e5nd\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma went before them and very feelingly and affectionately embraced Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to speak as follows: "My dear father and mother, although I was born of Vasudeva and Devak
\'e9, you have been Our real father and mother, because from Our very birth and childhood, you raised Us with great affection and love. Your affectionate love for Us was more than anyone can offer one's own children. You are actually Our father and mothe
r, because you raised Us as your own children at a time when We were just like orphans. For certain reasons We were rejected by Our father and mother, and you protected Us. My dear father and mother, I know you will be feeling separation by returning to 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana and leaving Us here, but please rest assured that I shall be coming back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana just after giving some satisfaction to My real father and mother, Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, My grandfather, and other relatives and family members."
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma satisfied Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 by sweet words and by presentation of various clothing, ornaments and properly made utensils. They satisfied them, along with their friends and neighbors who had come with them from V\'e5nd
\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4, as fully as possible. On account of his excessive parental affection for Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja felt tears in his eyes, and he embraced Them and started with the cowherd men for V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Vasudeva had his son initiated by sacred thread as the token of second birth, which is essential for the higher castes of human society. Vasudeva called
 for his family priest 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  and the sacred thread ceremony of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Balar\'e4ma was duly performed. During this ceremony, Vasudeva gave various ornaments in charity 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  and endowed them with cows decorated with silken cloths and golden ornaments. Previously, during the birth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, Vasudeva had wanted to give cows in charity 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  but being imprisoned by Ka\'e0sa, he was able to do so only within his mind. With the death of Ka\'e0s
a the actual cows were given 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  Then Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were dul
y initiated with the sacred thread ceremony, and They repeated the chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e4yatr\'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 mantra.}{\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\'e4ya
tr\'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 mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is o
ffered to the disciples after the sacred thread ceremony, and Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba properly discharged the duties of 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  Anyone who executes the chanting of 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  has to abide by certain principles and vows. Although Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were both transcendental personalities, They strictly followed the regulative principles. Both were initiated by Their family priest Garg\'e4c\'e4rya, usual
ly known as Gargamuni, 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  of the Yadu dynasty. According to Vedic culture, every re
spectable person has 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  or spiritual master. One is not considered to be a perfectl
y cultured man without being initiated and trained 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  It is said, therefore, tha
t one who has approached 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  is actually in perfect knowledge. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d Balar\'e4ma were the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all education and knowledge. There was no need for Them to accept a spiritual master 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  yet for the instruction of ordinary men, They also accepted a spiritual master for advancement in spiritual knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is customary, after being initiated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e4yatr\'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 mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for one to live away from home f
or some time under the care of 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 in order to be trained in spiritual life. During 
this period one has to work under the spiritual master as an ordinary menial servant. There are many rules and regulations for 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  living under the care of 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  and b
oth Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma strictly followed those regulative principles while living under the instruction of their spiritual master, S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni, in his place in northern India. According to scriptural injunctions, a spiritual mas
ter should be respected and be regarded on an equal level with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma exactly followed those principles with great devotion and underwent the regulations of }{\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 and thus They satisfied Their spiritual master, who instructed Them in Vedic knowledge. Being very satisfied, S
\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni instructed Them in all the intricacies of Vedic wisdom as well as in supplementary literatures such as 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  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma happened to be }{\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  They were specifically trained in military science, politics and mathematics. In politics there are six departments of knowledge\'97how to make peace, how to fight, how to pacify, how to divide and rule, how to give shelter, etc. All
 these items were fully explained and instructed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ocean is the source of water in a river. The cloud is created by the evaporation of ocean water, and the same water is distributed as rain all over the surface 
of the earth and then returns toward the ocean in rivers. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are the source of all kinds of knowledge, but because They were playing like ordinary human boys, They set the example so tha
t everyone would receive knowledge from the right source. Thus They agreed to take knowledge from a spiritual master. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing only once from the teacher, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma learned all the arts and sciences. In sixty-four days and sixty-four nights They learned al
l the necessary arts and sciences that are required in human society. During daytime They took lessons on a subject from the teacher, and by nightfall, after having heard from the teacher, They were expert in that department of knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First of all They learned how to sing, how to compose songs and how to recognize the different tunes; They learned the favorable and unfavorable accents and meters,
 how to sing different kinds of rhythms and melodies, and how to follow them by beating different kinds of drums. They learned how to dance with rhythm, melody and different songs. They learned how to write dramas, and They learned the various types of p
aintings, beginning from different village arts up to the highest perfectional stage. They also learned how to paint }{\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 the face and make different kinds of dots on the forehead and cheeks. Then They learned the art of painting on the floor with liquid paste of rice and flour; such paintings are very popular at auspicious ceremonies perform
ed at household affairs or in the temple. They learned how to make a resting place with flowers and how to decorate clothing and leaves with colorful paintings. They also learned how to set different valuable jewels in ornaments. They learned the art of 
ringing water pots. Water pots are filled with water to a certain measurement so that when one beats on the pots, different tunes are produced, and when the pots are beaten together they produce a melodious sound. They also learned how to throw water in 
the rivers or the lakes while taking a bath among friends. They also learned how to decorate with flowers. This art of decorating can still be seen in various temples of V\'e5nd\'e4vana during the summer season. It is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phulab\'e4\'f2i.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The dais, the throne, the walls and the ceiling are all fully decorated, and a small, aromatic fountain of fl
owers is fixed in the center. Because of these floral decorations, the people, fatigued from the heat of the summer season, become refreshed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma learned the art of dressing hair in various styles and fixing a helmet in different positions on the head. They also learned how to p
erform on the theatrical stage, how to decorate dramatic actors with flower ornaments over the ear, and how to sprinkle sandalwood pulp and water to produce a nice fragrance. They also learned the art of performing magical feats. Within the magical field
 there is an art called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahur\'fcp\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by which a person dresses himself in such a way that when 
he approaches a friend he cannot be recognized. They also learned how to make beverages which are required at various times, and They studied syrups and tastes and the effects of intoxication. They learned how to manipulate thin threads for dancing puppe
ts, and They learned how to string wires on musical instruments, such as 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  sitar
 and tampura, to produce melodious sound. Then They learned puzzles and how to set and solve them. They learned the art of reading books from which even a foolish student can very quickly learn to read the alphabet and comprehend writing. Then They learn
ed how to rehearse and act out a drama. They also studied the art of solving crossword puzzles, filling up the missing space and making complete words. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They also learned how to draw pictographic literature. In some countries in the world, pictographic literature is still current. A story is represented by pictures;
 for instance, a man and a house are pictured to represent a man going home. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma also learned the art of architecture\'97how to construct residential buildings. They learned to recognize valuable jewels by studying the luster a
nd the quality of their colors. Then They learned the art of setting jewels with gold and silver. They also learned how to study soil to find minerals. This study of soil is now a greatly specialized science, but formerly it was common knowledge even for
 the ordinary man. They learned to study herbs and plants and to extract medicine from the elements. By studying the different species of plants, They learned how to crossbreed plants and get different types of fruits. They learned how to train and engag
e lambs and cocks in fighting for sporting purposes. They then learned how to teach parrots to speak and answer the questions of human beings. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They learned practical psychology\'97how to influence another's mind and thus induce another to act according to one's own desire. Sometimes this is called hypnotis
m. They learned how to wash hair, dye it in different colors and curl it in different ways. They learned the art of telling what is written in someone's book without actually seeing it. They learned to tell what is contained in another's fist. Sometimes 
children imitate this art, although not very accurately. One child keeps something within his fist and asks his friend, "Can you tell what is within?" and the friend gives some suggestion, although He actually cannot tell. But there is an art by which on
e can understand and actually tell what is held within the fist. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma learned how to speak and understand the languages of various countries. They learned not only the languages of human beings. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba could also speak even with animals and birds. Evidence of this is found in Vai\'f1\'ebava literature compiled by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Then They learned how to make carriages and airplanes from flowers. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ram\'e4y\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that after defeating R\'e4va\'eba, R\'e4macandra was carried from La\'eck\'e4 to Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a o
n a plane of flowers called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'f1pa-ratha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba then learned the art of foretelling ev
ents by seeing signs. In a book called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Khan\'e4r vacana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the various types of signs and omens are
 described. If, when one is going out, one sees someone with a bucket full of water, that is a very good sign. But if one sees someone with an empty bucket, it is not a very good sign. Similarly, if one sees cow's milk along with her calf, it is a good s
ign. The result of understanding these signs is that one can foretell events, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba learned the science. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also learned the art of composing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4t
\'e5k\'e4.}{\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 m\'e4t\'e5k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is a crossword section with three letters in a line; counting any three from any side, it will count nine. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4t\'e5k\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are of different kinds and are for different purposes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba learned the art of cutting valuable stones such as diamonds, and He learned the art of questioning and answering by immediately composing poetry with
in His mind. He learned the science of the action and reaction of physical combinations and permutations. He learned the art of a psychiatrist, who can understand the psychic movements of another person. He learned how to satisfy one's desires. Desires a
re very difficult to fulfill; but if one desires something which is unreasonable and can never be fulfilled, the desire can be subdued and satisfied, and that is an art. By this art one can also subdue sex impulses when they are aroused, as they are even
 in }{\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  life. By this art one can make even an enemy his friend or transfer the dire
ct action of a physical element to other things. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, the reservoir of all knowledge of arts and sciences, exhibited Their perfect understanding when They offered to serve Their tea
cher by awarding him anything he desired. This offering by the student to the teacher or spiritual master is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru-dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is essential that a student satisfy the teacher in return for any learning received, either material or spiritual. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma offered Their service in this way, the teacher, S
\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni, thought it wise to ask Them for something extraordinary, something which no common student could offer. He therefore consulted with his wife about what to ask from Them. They had already seen the extraordinary potencies of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and could understand that the two boys were the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They decided to ask for the return of their son, who had drowned in the ocean on the bank of Prabh\'e4sak\'f1etra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma heard from Their teacher about the death of his son on the bank of Prabh\'e4sak\'f1etra, They immediately started for the ocean 
on Their chariot. Reaching the beach, They asked the controlling deity of the ocean to return the son of Their teacher. The ocean deity immediately appeared before the Lord and offered Him all respectful obeisances with great humility. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord said, "Some time back you caused the drowning of the son of Our teacher. I order you to return him." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ocean deity replied, "The boy was not actually taken by me, but was captured by a demon named Pa\'efcajana. This great demon generally remains deep in the water
 in the shape of a conchshell. The son of Your teacher might be within the belly of the demon, having been devoured by him." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba dove deep into the water and caught hold of the demon Pa\'efcajana. He killed him on the spot, but could not find the son of His tea
cher within his belly. Therefore He took the demon's dead body (in the shape of a conchshell) and returned to His chariot on the beach of Prabh\'e4sak\'f1etra. From there He started for Sa\'e0yaman\'e9, the residence of Yamar\'e4ja, the superintendent of
 death. Accompanied by His elder brother Balar\'e4ma, who is also known as Hal\'e4yudha, K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived there and blew on His conchshell. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing the vibration, Yamar\'e4ja appeared and received \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba with all respectful obeisances. Yamar\'e4ja could understand who K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d Balar\'e4ma were, and therefore he immediately offered his humble service to the Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had appeared on the surface of the earth as an ordinary human being, but actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are the Supersoul living within the h
eart of every living entity. They are Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself, but were playing just like ordinary human boys. As Yamar\'e4ja offered his services to the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked him to return His teacher's son, who had come to him as a result of
 his work. "Considering My ruling as supreme," said K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "you should immediately return the son of My teacher." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja returned the boy to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma brought him to his father. The brothers asked if Their teache
r had anything more to ask from Them, but he replied, "My dear sons, You have done enough for me. I am now completely satisfied. What further want can there be for a man who has disciples like You? My dear boys, You can go home now. These glorious acts o
f Yours will always be renowned all over the world. You are above all blessing, yet it is my duty to bless You. I give You the benediction that whatever You speak will remain as eternally fresh as the instruction 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  Your teachings will not only be honored within this universe or in this millennium, but in all places and ages and will
 remain increasingly new and important." Due to this benediction from His teacher, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 ever increasingly fresh and is not only renowned within this universe, but in other planets and in other universes also. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being ordered by Their teacher, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma immediately returned home on Their chariots. They traveled at great speeds like the wind and made sou
nds like the crashing of clouds. All the residents of Mathur\'e4, who had not seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma for a long time, were very pleased to see Them again. They felt joyful, like a person who has regained his lost property. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-fourth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Recovers the Son of His Teacher."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-45 / Uddhava Visits 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 45 / Uddhava Visits V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana without K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. He was accompanied only by the cowherd boys and men. It was certainly a ver
y pathetic scene for 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  mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9
 and all the inhabitants and residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Many devotees have tried to make adjustments to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being away from V\'e5nd\'e4vana because according to expert opinion, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
never goes even a step out of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He always remains there. The explanation of expert devotees is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was actually not absent from V\'e5nd\'e4vana; He came back with Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja as promised. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When He was going to Mathur\'e4 on the chariot driven by Akr\'fcra 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 practically blocking the way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba assured them that He was coming back just after finishing His business in Mathur\'e4. He told them not to be overwhelmed, and 
in this way He pacified them. But when He did not come back with Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, it appeared that He either cheated them or could not keep His promise. Expert devotees, however, have decided that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was neither a cheater nor a breaker o
f promises. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His original identity, returned with Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and stayed 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  and mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in His }{\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  expansion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4
ma remained in Mathur\'e4, not in Their original forms, but in Their expansions as V\'e4sudeva and Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba. The real K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were in V\'e5nd\'e4vana in Their }{\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  manifestation, whereas in Mathur\'e4 They appeared in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhava}{\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 vaibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  expansion
s. This is the expert opinion of advanced devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But when Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was preparing to return to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, there was discussion among him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma as to how the boys could live in separation fro
m Nanda. The conclusion to separate was reached by mutual agreement. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 happened to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma's real parents. They wanted to keep Them now because of the death of Ka\'e0sa. While Ka\'e0sa w
as alive, They were kept under the protection of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Now, naturally, the father and mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma wanted Them to remain with them, specifically for the reformatory function of purification, 
the sacred thread ceremony. They also wanted to give Them a proper education, for this is the duty of the father. Another consideration was that all the friends of Ka\'e0sa outside Mathur\'e4 were planning to attack Mathur\'e4. For that reason also K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's presence was required. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not want V\'e5nd\'e4vana to be disturbed by enemies like Dantavakra and Jar\'e4sandha. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba were to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, these enemies would not only attack Mathur\'e4, but would go on 
to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the peaceful inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana would be disturbed. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore decided to remain in Mathur\'e4, and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Although the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were feel
ing separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was always present with them by His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 or pastimes, and this made them ecstatic. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba had departed from V\'e5nd\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, especially mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, \'c7
r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'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  and the cowherd boys, were simply thinking of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba at every step. They were thinking, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing in this way. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was blowing His flute. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was joking with us, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was embracing us." This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4-smara\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and it is the process of association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba most recommended by great devotees; even Lord 
Caitanya enjoyed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4-smara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He was at Pur\'e9. Thos
e who are in the most exalted position of devotional service and ecstasy can live with K\'e5\'f1\'eba always by remembering His pastimes. \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur has given us a transcendental literature entitled }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-bh\'e4vanam\'e5t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is full with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. Devotees can remain a
bsorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba-thought by reading such books. Any book of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  e
ven this book, }{\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 our }{\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  is actually solace for devotees who are feeling the separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma did not come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana can be adjusted as follows: They did not break Their promise to return to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, nor w
ere They absent, but Their presence was necessary in Mathur\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the meantime, Uddhava, a cousin-brother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, came to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba from Dv\'e4rak\'e4. He was the son of Vasudeva's brother and was almost the
 same age as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His bodily features resembled K\'e5\'f1\'eba's almost exactly. After returning from His teacher's home, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased to see Uddhava, who happened to be His dearmost friend. He wanted to send him to V\'e5nd\'e4va
na with a message to the residents to pacify their deep feeling of separation. 
\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, ye yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prapadyante:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very re
sponsive. He responds in proportion to the devotee's advancement in devotional service. 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 thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in separation twenty-four hours a day. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also always thinking 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  mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, although He appeared to be away from them. He could understand how they were transcendentally aggrieved, and so He immediate
ly wanted to send Uddhava to give them a message of solace. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava is described as the most exalted personality in the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty, almost equal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He was a great friend, and on account of being t
he direct student of B\'e5haspati, the teacher and priest of the heavenly planets, he was very intelligent and sharp in decision. From the intellectual standpoint, he was highly qualified. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being a very loving friend of Uddhava, wanted to 
send him to V\'e5nd\'e4vana just to study the highly elevated ecstatic devotional service practiced there. Even if one is highly elevated in material education and is even the disciple of B\'e5haspati, he still has to learn from 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 the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the highest degree. Sending Uddhava to V
\'e5nd\'e4vana with a message to the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to pacify them was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's special favor to Uddhava. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is Hari, which means one who takes away all the distress from the surrendered souls. Lord Caitanya states that there cannot be, at any ti
me, a worship as exalted as that realized by 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  Being very anxious about 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  grief, K\'e5\'f1\'eba talked with Uddhava and politely requested him to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
 Shaking Uddhava's hand with His own hands, He said, "My dear gentle friend Uddhava, please go immediately to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and try to pacify My father and mother, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4devi, 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  They are very much griefstricken, as if suffering from great ailments. Go and give them a message. I hope their ailm
ents will be partially relieved. 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  are always absorbed in thoughts of Me. They have de
dicated body, desire, life and soul to Me. I am anxious not only for 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  but for anyone
 who sacrifices society, friendship, love and personal comforts for Me. It is My duty to protect such exalted devotees. 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  are the most dear. They are always thinking of Me in such a way that they remain overwhelmed and almost dead in anxiety due to separation from Me. They are keeping alive simply by thinking that I am returning to t
hem very soon." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Requested by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Uddhava immediately left on His chariot and carried the message to Gokula. He approached V\'e5nd\'e4vana at sunset, when the cows 
were returning home from the pasturing ground. Uddhava and his chariot were covered by the dust raised by the hooves of the cows. He saw bulls running after cows for mating; other cows, with overladened milkbags, were running after the calves to fill the
m with milk. Uddhava saw that the entire land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana was filled with white cows and their calves. Cows were running here and there all over Gokula, and he could hear the sound of milking. Every residential house in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was decorat
ed for the worship of the sun-god and the fire-god and for the reception of guests, cows, }{\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 demigods. Every home was illuminated with light and incense arranged for sanctification. All over V\'e5nd\'e4vana there were nice flower garlands, flying birds and the humming sound of the bees. The lakes were filled with lotus flowers a
nd with ducks and swans. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava entered the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and was received as a representative of V\'e4sudeva. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered him a place and sat down with hi
m to ask about messages from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and other family members in Mathur\'e4. He could understand that Uddhava was a very confidential friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and therefore must have come with good messages. "My dear Uddhava, how is m
y friend Vasudeva enjoying life? He is now released from the prison of Ka\'e0sa, and he is now with his friends and his children, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. So he must be very happy. Tell me about him and his welfare. We are also very happy that Ka
\'e0sa, the most sinful demon, is now killed. He was always envious of the family of the Yadus, his friends and relatives. Now because of his sinful activities, he is dead and gone, along with all his brothers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Please let us now know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is remembering His father and mother and His friends and companions in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Does He like to remember His 
cows, His }{\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  His Govardhana Hill, His pasturing ground in V\'e5nd\'e4vana? Or has He forgo
tten all these now? Is there any possibility of His coming back to His friends and relatives so that we can again see His beautiful face with its raised nose and lotus-like eyes? We remember how He saved us from the forest fire, how He saved us from the 
great snake K\'e4liya in the Yamun\'e4, how He saved us from so many other demons, and we simply think how much we are obliged to Him for giving us protection in so many dangerous situations. My dear Uddhava, when we think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beautiful f
ace and eyes and His different activities here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, we become so overwhelmed that all our activities cease. We simply think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how He used to smile and how He looked upon us. When we go to the banks of the Yamun\'e4 and oth
er lakes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana or near Govardhana Hill or the pasturing field, we see that the impressions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's footprints are still on the surface of the earth. We remember Him playing in those places, because He was constantly visiting them
. When His appearance within our minds becomes manifest, we immediately become absorbed in thought of Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We think, therefore, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma may be chief demigods in heaven who have appeared before us like ordinary boys in order to execute particu
lar duties on earth. This was also foretold by Gargamuni when making K\'e5\'f1\'eba's horoscope. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba were not a great personality, how could He have killed Ka\'e0sa, who possessed the strength of 10,000 elephants? Besides Ka\'e0sa, there we
re very strong wrestlers, as well as the giant elephant, Kuvalay\'e4p\'e9\'f2a. All these animals and demons were killed by Him just as a lion kills an ordinary animal. How wonderful it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba took in one hand the big, heavy bow made of t
hree joined palm trees and broke it very quickly. How wonderful it is that continually for seven days He held up Govardhana Hill in one hand. How wonderful it is that He has killed all the demons, like Pralamb\'e4sura, Dhenuk\'e4sura, Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura
, T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta and Bak\'e4sura. They were so strong that even the demigods in the heavenly planets were afraid of them, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed them as easily as anything." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While describing the uncommon activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba before Uddhava, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja gradually became overwhelmed and could not speak anymore. As for mot
her Ya\'e7od\'e4, she sat by the side of her husband and heard the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without speaking. She was simply crying incessantly, and milk was pouring from her breasts. When Uddhava saw Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 so extraordin
arily overwhelmed with thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and when he experienced their extraordinary affection for Him, he also became overwhelmed and began to speak as follows. "My dear mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4
r\'e4ja, you are most respectable among human beings because no one but you can meditate in such transcendental ecstasy." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the original Personalities of Godhead from whom the cosmic manifestation is emanating. They are chief among all personalitie
s. Both of Them are the effective cause of this material creation. Material nature is conducted by 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  incarnations, who are all acting under K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. By Their partial representation They enter in the hearts of all living entities. They are the source of all knowledge and all forgetfulness also. 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  Fifteenth Chapter: "I am present in everyone's heart, and I cause one t
o remember and to forget. I am the original compiler of 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  and I am the actual knowe
r 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, at the time of death, a person can fix his pure mind upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba eve
n for a moment, he becomes eligible to give up this material body and appear in his original spiritual body, just as the sun rises with all illumination. Passing from his life in this way, he immediately enters into the spiritual kingdom, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha
. This is the result of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious practice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this present body while we are in a healthy condition and in good mind, simply by chanting the holy }{\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, we will have every possibility of fixing our mind upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
t the time of death. If that is done, then our life becomes successful without any doubt. Similarly, if we keep our mind always absorbed in fruitive activities for material enjoyment, then naturally at the time of death we shall think of such activities 
and again be forced to enter into a material, conditioned body to suffer the threefold miseries of material existence. Therefore, to remain always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was the standard of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, as exhibit
ed by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, Ya\'e7od\'e4 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  If we can simply follow their footstep
s, even to a minute proportion, our lives will surely become successful, and we will enter into the spiritual kingdom, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja," Uddhava continued, "you have thus fixed your minds wholly and solely upon that Supreme Personality of Godhea
d, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, in His transcendental form, the cause of impersonal Brahman. The Brahman effulgence is only the bodily ray of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and because you are always absorbed in ecstatic thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, what activit
y remains to be performed by you? I have brought a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the effect that He will soon come back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and satisfy you both by His personal presence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba promised that He would come back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
after finishing His business in Mathur\'e4. This promise He will surely fulfill. I therefore request you both, who are the best among all fortunates, to be not aggrieved on account of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You are already perceiving His presence twenty-four hours a day, and yet He will come and see you very soon. Actually He is present everywhere and in everyone's he
art, just as fire is present in wood. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supersoul, no one is His enemy, no one is His friend, no one is equal to Him, and no one is lower or higher than Him. Actually He has no father, mother, brother or relative, nor does He re
quire society, friendship and love. He does not have a material body; He never appears or takes birth as an ordinary human being. He does not appear in higher or lower species of life like ordinary living entities, who are forced to take birth on account
 of their previous activities. He appears by His internal potency just to give protection to His devotee. He is never influenced by the modes of material nature, but when He appears within this material world, it seems that He acts like an ordinary livin
g entity under the spell of the modes of material nature. In fact, He is the overseer of this material creation and is not affected by the material modes of nature. He creates, maintains and dissolves the whole cosmic manifestation. We wrongly think of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma as ordinary human beings. We are like dizzy men who see the whole world wheeling around them. The Personality of Godhead is no one's son; He is actually everyone's father, mother and supreme controller. There is no doubt of 
this. Whatever is being experienced, whatever is already in existence, whatever is not in existence, whatever will be in existence in the future, whatever is the smallest and whatever is the biggest have no separate existence outside the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead. Everything is resting in Him, but He is out of touch with everything manifested." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda and Uddhava thus passed the whole night in discussing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the morning, 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  prepared for morning }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by lighting their lamps and sprinkling butter mixed with yogurt. After finishing their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4r\'e4trika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they engaged themselves in churning butter from yogurt. While 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 thus engaged, the lamps reflected on their ornaments became still more illuminated. The churning rod, their arms, their earrings, their bangles, their breasts\'97everything moved, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder gave their faces a saffron luster comparable to the rising sun. While churning, they also sang the
 glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The two sound vibrations mixed together, ascended to the sky and sanctified the whole atmosphere. After sunrise 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  came as usual to offer their respects to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4, but when they saw the golden chariot of Uddhava at the door, they began to inquire among themselves. What was that ch
ariot, and to whom did it belong? Some of them inquired whether Akr\'fcra, who had taken away K\'e5\'f1\'eba, had again returned. They were not very pleased with Akr\'fcra because, being engaged in the service of Ka\'e0sa, he took K\'e5\'f1\'eba away to 
the city of Mathur\'e4. 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  conjectured that Akr\'fcra might have come again to fulf
ill another cruel plan. But they thought, "We are now dead bodies without our supreme master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What further act can he perpetrate on these dead bodies?" While they were talking in this way, Uddhava finished his morning ablutions, prayers a
nd chanting and came before them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-fifth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Uddhava Visits V\'e5nd\'e4vana."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-46 / Delivery of the Message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the Gop\'e9s
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 46 / Delivery of the Message of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the Gop\'e9s
\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 Uddhava, they observed that his features almost exactly resembled the features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they could understand that he was a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. His hands were very long, and his arms were just like the petals
 of the lotus flower. He was dressed in yellow colored garments and wore a garland of lotus flowers. His face was very beautiful. Having achieved the liberation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpy
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and having the same bodily features as the Lord, Uddhava looked almost like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absence, 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  had been coming dutifully to visit mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's house early in the morning. They knew that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and mother 
Ya\'e7od\'e4 were always griefstricken, and they had made it their first duty to come and pay their respects to the most exalted elderly personalities of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Seeing the friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 would remember K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself and be satisfied, 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  also would be pleased by seeing Nanda and Ya
\'e7od\'e4. 
\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 that Uddhava was representing K\'e5\'f1\'eba even in his bodily features, they thought that he must be a soul completely surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They began to contemplate, "Who is this boy who looks just like
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba? He has the same eyes like lotus petals, the same raised nose and beautiful face, and he is smiling in the same way. In all respects he is resembling K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7y\'e4masundara, the beautiful dark boy. He is even dressed exactly l
ike K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Where has this boy come from? Who is the fortunate girl who has him for her husband?" Thus they talked among themselves. They were very anxious to know about him, and because they were simply unsophisticated village girls, they surrou
nded Uddhava. 
\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  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. They wanted to talk with him very freely and did not want to be embarrassed before unknown persons. They began 
to welcome him with polite words, in great submissiveness. "We know that you are a most confidential associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that He has therefore sent you to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to give solace to His father and mother. We can understand that family 
affection is very strong. Even great sages who have taken to the renounced order of life cannot give up family members. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has therefore sent you to His father and mother; otherwise He has no further business in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is now in 
town. What does He have to know about V\'e5nd\'e4vana Village or the cows' pasturing grounds? These things are not at all useful for K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is now a man in the city. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Surely He has nothing to do with persons who do not happen to be His family members. Why should one bother about those who are outside the family, especially and s
pecifically those who are attached as the wives of others. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is interested in them as long as there is a need of gratification, like the bumblebees who have interest in the flowers as long as they want to take the honey out of them. It is ve
ry natural and psychological that a prostitute does not care for her paramour as soon as he loses his money. Similarly, when the citizens find that a government is incapable of giving them full protection, they leave the country. A student, after finishi
ng his education, gives up his relationship with the teacher and the school. A rich man, after taking his reward from his worshiper, gives him up. When the fruit season is over, the birds are no longer interested in the tree. Just after eating in the hou
se of a lord, the guest gives up his relationship with the host. After a forest fire, when there is a scarcity of green grass, the deer and other animals give up the forest. And so a man, after enjoying his girl friend, gives up his connection with her."
 In this way, 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  began to indirectly accuse K\'e5\'f1\'eba by citing so many simile
s. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava understood 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  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were all simply absorbed in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His childhood activities. While talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Uddhava, they forgot all about their household business. They even forgo
t about themselves as their interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased more and more. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One 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  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 which was flying there and trying to touch Her l
otus feet. While 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  was talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's messenger Uddhava, \'c7r\'e9ma
t\'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 as follows. "Bumblebee, you are accustomed to drinking honey from the flowers, and therefore you have preferred to be a messenger of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, who is of the same nature as you. I have seen on your moustaches the red powder of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  which was smeared on the flower garland of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while He was pressing the breast of some other girl who is My competitor. You are feeling very proud by touching that flower, and your moustaches have become reddish. You have come he
re carrying a message for Me. You are anxious to touch My feet. But my dear bumblebee, let me warn you\'97don't touch Me! I don't want any messages from your unreliable master. You are the unreliable servant of an unreliable master." It may be that \'c7r
\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 purposely addressed that bumblebee sarcastically in order to criticize the messenger Uddhava. Indirectly, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 saw Uddhava as not only resembling K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily features b
ut as being equal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way She indicated that Uddhava was as unreliable as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 wanted to give specific reasons why She was dissatisfied with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His messen
gers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She addressed the bumblebee, "Your master K\'e5\'f1\'eba is exactly of your quality. You sit down on a flower, and after taking a little honey you immediately fly a
way and sit in another flower and taste. You're just like your master K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He gave us the chance of tasting the touch of His lips and then left altogether. I know also that the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, who is always in the midst of th
e lotus flower, is constantly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. But I do not know why she has become so captivated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She is attached to Him, although she knows His actual character. As far as we are concerned, we are more intelligent 
than that goddess of fortune. We are not going to be cheated anymore by K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His messengers." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to expert opinion, Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune is a subordinate expansion of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba has num
erous expansions of Vi\'f1\'ebu-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcrtis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so His pleasure potency, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, als
o has innumerable expansions of goddesses of fortune. Therefore the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9, is always anxious to be elevated to the position 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 continued: "You foolish bumblebee, you are trying to satisfy Me and get a reward by singing the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 but it is a useless attempt. We are bereft of all our possessions. We are away from our homes and families. We know very well about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We know even more than you. So whatever you make up about Him will be old stories to us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s now in the city and is better known as the friend of Arjuna. He now has many new girl friends, and they are no doubt very happy in association with Him. Because the lusty burning sensation of their breasts has been satisfied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are
 now happy. If you go there and glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they may be pleased to reward you. You are just trying to pacify Me by your behavior as a flatterer, and therefore you have put your head under My feet. But I know the trick which you are trying to 
play. I know that you are a messenger coming from a great trickster, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore please leave me. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can understand that you are very expert in reuniting two opposing parties, but at the same time you must know that I cannot place My reliance upon you, nor upon 
your master K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We left our families, husbands, children and relatives only for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and yet He did not feel any obligation in exchange. He has left us for lost. Do you think we can place our faith in Him again? We know that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba cannot be long without the association of young women. That is His nature. He is finding difficulty in Mathur\'e4 because He is no longer in the village among innocent cowherd girls. He is in the aristocratic society and must be feeling difficu
lty in making friendships with the young girls. Perhaps you have come here to canvass again or to take us there. But why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba expect us to return there? He is greatly qualified to entice all other girls, not only in V\'e5nd\'e4vana or Ma
thur\'e4, but all over the universe. His wonderfully enchanting smile is so attractive and the movement of His eyebrows so beautiful that He can call for any woman from the heavenly, middle or plutonic planets. Mah\'e4-Lak\'f1m\'e9, the greatest of all g
oddesses of fortune, also hankers to render Him some service. In comparison to all these women of the universe, what are we? We are very insignificant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba advertises Himself as very magnanimous, and He is praised by great saints. His qualifications could be perfectly utilized if He would only show us m
ercy because we are downtrodden and neglected by Him. You poor messenger, you are only a less intelligent servant. You do not know much about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how ungrateful and hardhearted He has been, not only in this life, but in His previous lives als
o. We have all heard this from our grandmother, Paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9. She has informed us that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born in 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  family previous to this birth and was known as R\'e4macandra. In that birth, instead of killing V\'e4li, an enemy of His friend, in the manner 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  He killed him just like a hunter. A hunter takes a secure hiding place and then kills an animal without facing it. So Lord R\'e4macandra, as 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  should have fought with V\'e4li face to face, but instigated by His friend, He killed 
him from behind a tree. Thus He deviated from the religious principles 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  Also, He
 was so attracted by the beauty of S\'e9t\'e4 that He converted \'c7\'fcrpa\'ebakh\'e4, the sister of R\'e4va\'eba, into an ugly woman by cutting off her nose and ears. \'c7\'fcrpa\'ebakh\'e4 proposed an intimate relationship with Him, and as 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  He should have satisfied her. But He was so selfish that He could not forget S\'e9t\'e4dev
\'e9 and converted \'c7\'fcrpa\'ebakh\'e4 into an ugly woman. Before that birth as 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 
 He took His birth 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  boy known as V\'e4manadeva and asked charity from Bali Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was so magnanimous that he gave Him whatever he had, yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba as V\'e4manadeva ungratefully arrested him just like a crow and pushed him down to the P\'e4t\'e4la kingdom. We know all about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how
 ungrateful He is. But here is the difficulty: in spite of His being so cruel and hardhearted, it is very difficult for us to give up talking about Him. Not only are we unable to give up this talk, but great sages and saintly persons are also engaged in 
talking about Him. We }{\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 do not want to make anymore friendships with th
is blackish boy, but we do not know how we shall be able to give up remembering and talking about His activities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute, His so-called unkind activities are as relishable as His kind activities. Saintly persons and great devotees 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  cannot give up K\'e5\'f1\'eba in any circumstances. Lord Caitanya therefore prayed, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, You are free and independent in all respects. You can either embrace me or crush me under Your feet\'97whatever You like. You may make me brokenhearted by not letting me see You throughout my whole life, but You are my only object of love." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In my opinion," \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 continued, "one should not hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because as soon as a drop of the nectar of His tran
scendental activities is poured into the ear, one immediately rises above the platform of duality, attraction and rejection. Being completely freed from the attraction of material attachment, one gives up the attachment for this material world, family, h
ome, wife, children and everything which is materially dear to every person. Being dispossessed of all material acquisition, one makes his relatives and himself unhappy. Then he wanders in search of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, either as a human being or in other spe
cies of life, even as a bird. It is very difficult to actually understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His name, His quality, His form, His pastimes, His paraphernalia and His entourage." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 continued to speak to the black messenger of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Please do not talk anymore about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is bette
r to talk about something else. We are already doomed, like the black-spotted she-deer in the forest who are enchanted by the sweet musical vibration of the hunter. In the same way, we have been enchanted by the sweet words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and again a
nd again we are thinking of the rays of the nails of His toes. We are becoming more and more lustful for His association; therefore, I request you not to talk of K\'e5\'f1\'eba anymore." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This talk of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 with the bumblebee messenger and Her accusing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and, at the same time, Her inability to give up talking about Hi
m, are symptoms of the topmost transcendental ecstasy, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The ecstatic }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  manifestation is possible only in the persons of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and Her asso
ciates. 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  like \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart
\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur have analyzed these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  speeches of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r
\'e4\'eb\'e9, and they have described the different sentiments such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub udgh\'fcr\'eb\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bewilde
rment, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jalpapratijalpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  talking in different ways. In R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is found the s
cience of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ujjala,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the brightest jewel or love of God. While R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was talki
ng with the bee and the bee was flying hither and thither, it all of a sudden disappeared from Her sight. She was in full mourning due to separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and was feeling ecstasy by talking with the bee. But as soon as the bee disappeared, 
She became almost mad, thinking that the messenger-bee might have returned to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to inform Him all about Her talking against Him. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have been very sorry to hear it," She thought. In this way She was very much overwhelmed wi
th another type of ecstasy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the meantime, the bee, flying hither and thither, appeared before Her again. She thought, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is still kind to Me. In spite of the messenger carrying
 disruptive messages, He is so kind that He has again sent the bee to take Me to Him." \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was very careful this time not to say anything against K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "My dear friend, I welcome you," she said. "K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is so kind that He has again sent you. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind and affectionate to Me that He has sent you back, fortunately, in spite of your carrying My message against Him. My dear friend, you can ask from Me whatever you want. I shall give yo
u anything because you are so kind upon Me. You have come to take Me to K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is not able to come here. He is surrounded by new girl friends in Mathur\'e4. But you are a tiny creature. How can you take Me there? How will you be able t
o help Me in meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba while He is taking rest there along with the goddess of fortune and embracing her to His chest? Never mind. Let us forget all these things about My going there or sending you. Please let Me know how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is f
aring in Mathur\'e4. Tell Me if He still remembers His foster father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, His affectionate mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4, His cowherd friends and His poor friends like us, 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  I am sure that He must sometimes sing about us. We served Him just like maidservants, without any payment. Is there any possibility that K\'e5\'f1\'eba w
ill again come back and place His arms around us? His limbs are always fragrant with the }{\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 sc
ent. Please put all these inquiries to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava was standing near, and he heard R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 talking in this way, as if She had become almost mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He was exceedingly surpr
ised at how 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 accustomed to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba constantly in that topmost ec
stasy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  love. He had brought a message in writing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and now h
e wanted to present it before 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  just to pacify them. He said, "My dear }{\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  your mission of human life is now successful. You are all wonderful devotees of the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead; therefore you are eligible to be worshiped by all kinds of people. You are worshipable throughout the three worlds because your minds are wonderfully absorbed in the thought of V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the goal of all kinds of
 pious activities and ritualistic performances, such as giving in charity, rigidly following the austerity of vows, undergoing severe penances and igniting the fire of sacrifice. He is the purpose behind the chanting of different }{\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 reading 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  controlling the senses and concentrating the mind in meditation. These are some of the many different processes for self-realization and attainment of perfection of life. But actu
ally they are only meant for realizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dovetailing oneself in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the last instruction 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also; although there are descriptions of different kinds of processes of self-realization, at the end K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommended one should give up everything and simply surrender unto Him. All other processes are meant for teac
hing one how to surrender ultimately unto the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also says that this surrendering process is completed by a sincere person ex
ecuting the processes of self-realization in wisdom and austerity after many births." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the perfection of such austerity was completely manifested in the life of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go
p\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Uddhava was fully satisfied upon seeing their transcendental position. He continued to say: "My dear }{\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 mentality which you have developed in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very, very difficult to attain, even for great sages and saintly persons. Y
ou have attained the highest perfectional stage of life. It is a great boon for you that you have fixed your mind upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba and have decided to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, giving up your family, home, relatives, husbands and children for the sake
 of the Supreme Personality. Because your mind is now fully absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Soul, universal love has automatically developed in you. I think myself very fortunate that I have been favored, by your grace, to see you in this situati
on." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Uddhava said that he had a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 more interested in hearing the message than in hearing about their exalted position. They did not very much like being praised for their high position. They showed their anxiety to 
hear the message which Uddhava had brought from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Uddhava said, "My dear }{\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  
I am especially deputed to carry this message to you, who are such great and gentle devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has specifically sent me to you because I am His most confidential servitor." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The written message which Uddhava brought from K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not delivered to 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  by Uddhava, but he personally read it before them. The message was very gravely written, so that not only 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  but all empiric philosophers might understand how pure love of God is intrinsically integrated with all the different energies of the Suprem
e Lord. From Vedic information it is understood that the Supreme Lord has multi-energies, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Also, 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 such intimate personal 
friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that while He was writing the message for them, He was much moved and could not write distinctly. Uddhava, as the student of B\'e5haspati, had very sharp intelligence, so instead of handing over the written message, he thought i
t wise to read it personally and explain it to them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava continued: "These are the words from the Personality of Godhead. 'My dear }{\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  My dear friends, please know that separation between ourselves is impossible at any time, at any place or under any circumstances, because I am all-pervading.'" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This all-pervasiveness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  both in the Ninth and Seventh Chapters. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-pervasive in His impersonal feature; everything is resting in Him, but He is not personally present everywhere. In th
e Seventh Chapter also, it is stated that the five gross elements, earth, water, fire, air and sky, and the three subtle elements, mind, intelligence, and ego, are all His inferior energies. But there is another, superior energy, which is called the livi
ng entity. The living entities are also directly part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of both the material and spiritual energies. He is always intermingled with everything as cause and effect. Not only 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  but all living entities are always inseparably connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all circumstan
ces. 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  however, are perfectly and thoroughly in cooperation in their relationship wit
h K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas the living entities 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  are forgetful of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. They think themselves as separate identities having no connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is therefore the perfectional stage of real knowledge in understanding things as they are. Our minds can ne
ver be vacant. The mind is constantly occupied with some kind of thought, and the subject matter of such thought cannot be outside the eight elements of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. One who knows this philosophical aspect of all thoughts is actually a wise m
an, and he surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  are the typical example of this perfectio
nal stage of knowledge. They are not simple mental speculators. Their minds are always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The mind is nothing but the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually, any person who can think, feel, act and will cannot be separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. But the stage in which he can understand his eternal realtionship is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The diseased condition in which he cannot understand his eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the contaminated stage, or }{\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  Since 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  are on the platform of pure transcendental knowledge, their minds are always filled with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. For example, as there is no separation between fire and
 air, so there is no separation between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the living entities. When the living entities forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are not in their normal condition. As for 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  because they are always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba they are on the absolute stage of perfection in knowledge. The so-called empiric philosophers sometime
s think that 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 meant for the less intelligent, but unless the so-called man o
f knowledge comes to the platform 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  his knowledge is certainly impure and imperfect. Act
ually, the stage of perfecting one's eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is love in separation. But that is also illusory because there is no separation. 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 never separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even from the philosophical point of view, there was no separation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cosmic manifestation is also not separate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Nothing is separate from Me; the whole cosmic manifestation is resting on Me and is not separate
 from Me. Before the creation, I was existing." This is confirmed in the Vedic literature: before creation, there was only N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. There were no Brahm\'e4 and no \'c7iva as assistants. The whole cosmic manifestation is manipulated by the three
 modes of material nature. Brahm\'e4 is the incarnation of the quality of passion. It is said that Brahm\'e4 created this universe, but Brahm\'e4 is the secondary creator; the original creator is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. This is also confirmed by \'c7a\'eckar
\'e4c\'e4rya: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  paro 'vyakt\'e4t}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is transcendental, beyond this cosmic creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba creates, maintains, and annihilates the whole cosmic manifestation by expanding Himself in different incarnations. Everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and 
everything is depending on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He is not perceived in the material energy. Material energy 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  or illusion. In the spiritual energy, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is perceived at every step, in all circumstances. This perfectional stage of understanding is present in 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  As K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always aloof from the cosmic manifestation, although it is completely dependent on Him, so a living entity is 
also completely aloof from his material conditional life. The material body has developed on the basis of spiritual existence. 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 whole cosmic manifestation is accepted as the mother of the living entities, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the father. As the father impregnates the mother by injecting the living entity within the wom
b, so all the living entities are injected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the womb of the material nature. They come out in different bodies according to their different fruitive activities. In all circumstances, the living entity is aloof from this material condi
tional life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we simply study our own bodies, we can understand how a living entity is always aloof from this bodily encagement. Every action of the body is taking place by th
e interaction of the three modes of material nature. We can see at every moment many changes taking place in bodies, but the spirit soul is aloof from all changes. One can neither create nor annihilate nor interfere with the actions of material nature. T
he living entity is therefore entrapped by the material body and is conditioned in three stages, namely while awake, asleep and unconscious. The mind is acting through all the three conditions of life; the living entity in his sleeping or dreaming condit
ion sees something as real, and in his awake condition he sees the same thing as unreal. It is concluded, therefore, that under certain circumstances he accepts something as real, and under other circumstances he accepts the very same thing as unreal. Th
ese matters are the subject matter of study for the empiric philosopher or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yog\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  In order to come to the right conclusion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  undergo severe aust
erities and penances. They practice control of the senses and renunciation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All these different ways of determining the ultimate goal of life are compared to rivers. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ocean. As the rivers flow down toward the ocean, all
 attempts for knowledge flow toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After many, many births of endeavor, when one actually comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he attains the perfectional stage. 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  All are pursuing the path of realizing Me, but those who have adopted courses without any }{\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  find their endeavor very troublesome." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kle\'e7o \'92dhik
ataras te\'f1\'e4m: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be understood unless one comes to the point 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Three paths are enunciated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4: karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\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-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those who ar
e too addicted to fruitive activities are advised to perform actions which will bring them 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  Those who are addicted to the frustration of empiric philosophy are also advised to realize }{\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 Karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is different from ordinary }{\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 j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is different from }{\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  Ultimately, as s
tated by the Lord in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, bhaktya m\'e4\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'e4n\'e4ti}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  only through execution of devotional service can one understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The perfectional stage of 
devotional service was achieved by 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  because they did not care to know anything but K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , yasmin eva vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva vij\'ef
\'e4tam bhavanti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that simply by knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba all other knowledge is automatically acquired. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "Transcendental knowledge of the Absolute is no longer necessary for you. You were accustomed to love Me from the very beginning of your l
ives." Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is specifically required for persons who want liberation from material existence. But one who has attained love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is already on the platform of liberation. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.26]}{\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  anyone engaged in unalloyed devotional service is to be considered situated on the transcendental platform of liberation. 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 actually feeling any pangs of material existence, but they were feeling the separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore said, 
"My dear }{\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 order to increase your superexcellent love for Me, I have purposely separat
ed Myself from you. I have done this so that you may be in constant meditation on Me." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are in the perfectional stage of meditation. The }{\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  are generally more fond of
 meditation than the execution of devotional service to the Lord, but they do not know that the perfectional stage of devotion is the attainment of the perfection 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. This constant meditation on K\'e5\'f1\'eba by 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  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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.47]}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be 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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew very well the psychology of women. When a woman's beloved is away, she thinks of him meditatively, and he is present before her. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to teach through 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  One who is constantly in trance 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  surely attains the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya taught people in general the method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipralambha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is the method of rendering service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the feeling of separation. The six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s also taught worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the feeling 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  in separation. The prayers of \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya about the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s e
xplain these matters very clearly. \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya said that the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were always absorbed in the ocean of transcendental feelings 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  When they lived in V\'e5nd\'e4vana they were searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, crying, "Where is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Where are 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  Where are You, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9?" They never said, "We have now seen R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 and therefore our mission is fulfilled." Their mission remained always unfulfilled; they never met R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At the time of 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, 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  who cou
ld not join 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  with K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave up their bodies simply by thinking of
 Him. Absorption in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by feeling separation is thus the quickest method for attainment of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the personal statement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 convinced about the strength of feelings of separation. They were actually experiencing the supernatural method of K\'e5\'f1\'eba worshi
p and were much relieved and happy to understand it. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They began to speak as follows: "We have heard that King Ka\'e0sa, who was always a source of trouble for the Yadu dynasty, has now been killed. This is good news f
or us. We hope, therefore, that the members of the Yadu dynasty are very happy in the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who can fulfill all the desires of His devotees. My dear Uddhava, kindly let us know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes thinks of us while 
in the midst of highly enlightened society girls in Mathur\'e4. We know that the women and girls in Mathur\'e4 are not village women. They are enlightened and beautiful. Their bashful smiling glances and other feminine features must be very pleasing to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. We know very well that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always fond of the behavior of beautiful women. It seems, therefore, that He has been entrapped by the women of Mathur\'e4. My dear Uddhava, will you kindly let us know if K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes r
emembers us while He is in the midst of other women?" 
\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  inquired: "Does He remember that night in the midst of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kumadini}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers and moonligh
t, when V\'e5nd\'e4vana became exceedingly beautiful? K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dancing with us, and the atmosphere was surcharged with the sound of foot bells. We exchanged pleasing conversation then. Does He remember that particular night? We remember that ni
ght, and we feel separation. Separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes us agitated, as if there were fire in our bodies. He proposed to come back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to extinguish the fire, just as a cloud appears in the sky to extinguish the forest fire by it
s downpour." 
\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, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba has killed His enemy, and He has victoriously achieved the kingdom of Ka\'e0sa. Maybe He is married with a king's daughter by this time and living very happily among His kinsmen and friends. Therefore, why should He com
e to this village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana?" 
\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, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the husband of the goddess of fortune, and He is self-sufficient. He has no business either with us, the girls in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, or with the city girls in Mathur\'e4. 
He is the great Supersoul; He has nothing to do with any of us, either here or there." 
\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, "It is an unreasonable hope for us to expect K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. We should try instead to be happy in disappointment. Even Pi\'ecgal\'e4, the great prostitute, said that disappointment is the greatest pleasu
re. We all know these things, but it is very difficult for us to give up the expectation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's coming back again. Who can forget a solitary conversation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, on whose breast the goddess of fortune always remains, in spite of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's not desiring her? My dear Uddhava, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the land of rivers, forests and cows. Here the vibration of the flute is heard, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His elder brother, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma, enjoyed the atmosphere in our
 company. Thus the environment of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is constantly reminding us of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. The impression of His footprints is on the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is the residential place of the goddess of fortune, but such signs c
annot help us to get K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  further expressed that V\'e5nd\'e4vana was still full of all opulence and good fortune; there was no scarcity or want in V\'e5nd\'e4vana as far as material necessities were concerned, but in spite of such opulence they could not forget K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We are constantly remembering various attractive features of beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His walking, His smiling and His joking words. We have all become lost by th
e dealings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is impossible for us to forget Him. We are always praying for Him, exclaiming, 'Dear Lord, dear husband of the goddess of fortune, dear Lord of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and deliverer of the distressed devotees! We are now fall
en and merged into an ocean of distress. Please, therefore, come back again to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and deliver us from this pitiable condition." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava minutely studied the transcendental abnormal condition 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  in their separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he thought it wise to repeat all the pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba over and over again. Materialistic persons are always in a burn
ing condition on account of the blazing fire of material miseries. 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 also were burning
 in a transcendental blazing fire due to separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The blazing fire which was exasperating 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  however, is different from the fire of the material world. 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  constantly want the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas the materialistic person wants the advantage of material comforts. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated by Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur that K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved the cowherd boys from the blazing forest fire within a second, while their eye
s were closed. Similarly, Uddhava advised 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  that they could be saved from the fire of 
separation by closing their eyes and meditating on the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the very beginning of their association with Him. From the outside, 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  could visualize all the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by hearing the descriptions of Uddhava, and from inside they could remember those pastimes. From the instruction of Uddhava, 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  could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not separate from them. As they were constantl
y thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also thinking of them constantly while at Mathur\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava's messages and instructions saved 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  from immediate death, 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  acknowle
dged the benediction from Uddhava. Uddhava practically acted as the preceptor spiritual master 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 they in return worshiped him as they would worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is recommended in authoritative scriptures that the spiritual master should be worshiped on the level of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because of his being H
is very confidential servitor, and it is accepted by great authorities that the spiritual master is the external manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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 relieved from their transcendental burning condition by realizing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was with them. Internally, they remembered His association within their hearts, and externally 
Uddhava helped them to appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba by conclusive instructions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in the scriptures as }{\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 indicates that He is beyond the perception of all material senses. Although He is beyond the perception of material senses, He is present in everyone's heart. At the same
 time, He is present everywhere by His all-pervasive feature of Brahman. All three transcendental features of the Absolute Truth (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the
 localized Supersoul, and the all-pervasive }{\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 ) can be realized simply by studying the condi
tion 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  in their meeting with Uddhava, as described by 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 It is said by \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya that the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were always merged in thoughts of the activities 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  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has also recommended 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  method of worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as superexcellent. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has also recommended that anyone who hea
rs from the right source about the dealings 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  with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who follows t
he instructions will be elevated to the topmost position of devotional service and will be able to give up the lust of material enjoyment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  were solaced by the instruction of Uddhava, and they requested him to stay in V\'e5nd\'e4vana for a few days more. Uddhava agreed to their proposal and stayed with them not only for a few days, but for a few months. He always kept them engag
ed in thinking of the transcendental message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pastimes, 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 feeling as if they were experiencing direct association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While Uddhava remained in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the inhabitants enjoyed his association. As they discussed the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the days passed just like moments. 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana's natural atmosphere, with the presence of the River Yamun\'e4, its nice orchards of trees decorated with various fruits, Govardhana Hill, caves, blooming flowers\'97all combined to inspire Uddhava to narrate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. Th
e inhabitants enjoyed Uddhava's association in the same way as they enjoyed the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava was attracted by the attitude 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  because they were completely attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Uddhava was inspired by 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  anxiety for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He began to offer them his respectful obeisances and composed songs in praise of their transcendental qualities as follows: "Among all the living entities who have accep
ted the human form of life, 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  are superexcellently successful in their mission. Their 
thought is thoroughly absorbed in the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Great sages and saintly persons are also trying to be absorbed in meditation upon the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is Mukunda Himself, the giver of liberation, 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  having lovingly accepted the Lord, are automatically accustomed to this habit. They do not depend 
on any yogic practice. The conclusion is that one who has attained 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  condition of lif
e does not have to take birth as Lord Brahm\'e4 or 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 or be initi
ated 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 " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Uddhava confirmed the statement 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
; one who takes shelter of Him for the right purpose, be he 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 lower, will attain t
he highest goal of life. 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  have set the standard of devotion for the whole world. By f
ollowing in the footsteps 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  by constantly thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can attai
n the highest perfectional stage of spiritual life. 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 born of any highly cult
ured family; they were born of cowherd men, and yet they developed the highest love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For self-realization or God realization there is no need to take birth in a high family. The only thing needed is ecstatic development of love of God. 
In achieving perfection in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, no other qualification is required than to be constantly engaged in the loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme nectar, the reservoir of all pleasure. The effect of taking u
p K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is just like that of drinking nectar; with or without one's knowledge, it will act. The active principle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will manifest itself everywhere; it does not matter how and where one has taken his bi
rth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will bestow His benediction upon anyone who takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, without any doubt. The supreme benediction attained by 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 spite of their being born in the family of cowherd men was never attained even by the goddess of fortune herself, and certainly not by the denizens of heaven, though their bodi
ly forms are like lotuses. 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  are so fortunate that during }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally embraced them with His arms. K\'e5\'f1\'eba kissed them face to face. Cert
ainly it is not possible for any women in the three worlds to achieve this except 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava appreciated the exalted position 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 wished to fall down and take the dust of their feet on his head. Yet he did not dare to ask 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  to offer the dust from their feet; perhaps they would not be agreeable. He therefore desired to have his head smeared with the dust 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  feet without their knowledge. He desired to become only an insignificant clump of grass or herbs in the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  were so much attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that when they heard the vibration of His flute, they instantly left their families, children, honor and feminine bashfulness and ran towards the place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba was standing. They did not 
consider whether they were passing over the road or through the jungles. Imperceptibly, the dust of their feet was bestowed on small grasses and herbs of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Not daring to place the dust 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  feet on his own head, Uddhava aspired to have a future birth in the position of a clump of grass and herbs. He would then be able t
o have the dust 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  feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava appreciated the extraordinary fortune 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 relieved themselves of all kinds of material contamination by placing on their high, beautiful breasts the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are not only worshiped by the goddess of fortune, 
but by such exalted demigods as Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, and which are meditated upon by great }{\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  within their hearts. Thus Uddhava desired to be able to constantly pray to be honored by the dust 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  lotus feet. 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  chanting of the transcendental pasti
mes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has become celebrated all over the three worlds. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana for some days, Uddhava desired to go back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he begged permission to leave from Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7o
d\'e4. He had a farewell meeting 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  and taking permission of them also, he mounte
d his chariot to start for Mathur\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Uddhava was about to leave, all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, headed by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, came to bid him good-bye and presented him
 with various kinds of valuable goods secured in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They expressed their feelings with tears in their eyes due to intense attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All of them desired benediction from Uddhava. They desired always to remember the glori
ous activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and wanted their minds to be always fixed upon His lotus feet, their words always engaged in glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and their bodies always engaged in bowing down and constantly remembering Him. This prayer of the inh
abitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the superexcellent type of self-realization. The method is very simple: to fix the mind always on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to talk always of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without passing on to any other subject matter, and to eng
age the body in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service constantly. Specifically in this human form of life, one should engage his life, his resources, words and intelligence for the service of the Lord. Such kinds of activities only can elevate a human being to the hi
ghest level of perfection. This is the verdict of all authorities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana said: "By the will of the supreme authority and according to the results of our own work, we may take our birth anywhere. It does
n't matter where we are born, but our only prayer is that we may simply be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." A pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba never desires to be promoted to the heavenly planets, or even to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or Goloka V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, because he has no desire for his own personal satisfaction. A pure devotee regards both heaven and hell to be on an equal level. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, heaven is hell; and with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hell is heaven. When Uddhava had sufficiently hono
red the worship of the pure devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he returned to Mathur\'e4 and to his master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After offering respects by bowing down before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, he began to describe the wonderful devotional life of
 the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He presented all of the gifts given by the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to Vasudeva, the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Ugrasena, the grandfather of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-sixth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Delivery of the Message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop\'e9s.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-47 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Pleases His Devotees
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 47 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Pleases His 
Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For days together, K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard from Uddhava all the details of his visit to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, of the condition of His father and mother, and 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 the cowherd boys. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fully satisfied that Uddhava was able to solace t
hem by his instruction and by the message delivered to them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then decided to go to the house of Kubj\'e4, the hunchback woman who had pleased Him by offering Him sandalwood when He was entering the city of
 Mathur\'e4. 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  }{\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\i\ul0\strike0\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 always tries to please His devotees, and the devotees try to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As the devotees always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within their hearts, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba also thinks of His devotees within
 Himself. When Kubj\'e4 was converted into a beautiful society girl, she wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come to her place so that she could try to receive and worship Him in her own way. Society girls generally try to satisfy their clients by offering their bo
dies to the men to enjoy. But this society girl, Kubj\'e4, was actually captivated by a lust to satisfy her senses with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired to go to the house of Kubj\'e4, He certainly had no desire for sense gratification. By sup
plying the sandalwood pulp to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kubj\'e4 had already satisfied His senses. On the plea of her sense gratification, He decided to go to her house, not actually for sense gratification, but to turn her into a pure devotee. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a
lways served by many thousands of goddesses of fortune; therefore He has no need to satisfy His senses by going to a society girl. But as He is kind to everyone, He decided to go there. It is said that the moon does not withhold its shining from the cour
tyard of a crooked person. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental mercy is never denied to anyone, whether one has rendered service unto Him through lust, anger, fear or pure love. 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [M. 22.16]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that if one wants to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and at the same time wants to satisfy his own lusty desires, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will handle it so that the devotee forgets his lusty desire and becomes fully puri
fied and constantly engaged in the service of the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to fulfill His past promise, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Uddhava, went to the house of Kubj\'e4. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba reached her house, He saw that it was c
ompletely decorated in a way to excite the lusty desires of a man. This suggests that there were many nude pictures, on top of which were canopies and flags embroidered with pearl necklaces, along with comfortable beds and cushioned chairs. The rooms wer
e provided with flower garlands and were nicely scented with incense and sprinkled with scented water. And the rooms were illuminated by nice lamps. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Kubj\'e4 saw that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come to her house in order to fulfill His promised visit, she immediately got up from the chair to receive Him. Accom
panied by her many girl friends, she began to talk with Him with great respect and honor. After offering Him a nice place to sit, she worshiped Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a manner just suitable to her position. Uddhava was similarly received by Kubj\'e4 and 
her girl friends, but he was not on an equal level with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he simply sat down on the floor. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without wasting time, as one does in such situations, K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the bedroom of Kubj\'e4. In the meantime, Kubj\'e4 took her bath and smeared her body w
ith sandalwood pulp. She dressed herself with nice garments, valuable jewelry, ornaments and flower garlands. Chewing betel nut and other intoxicating eatables and spraying herself with scents, she appeared before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Her smiling glance and m
oving eyes were full of feminine bashfulness as she stood gracefully before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as M\'e4dhava, the husband of the goddess of fortune. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that Kubj\'e4 was hesitating to come before Him, He immediately ca
ught hold of her hand, which was decorated with bangles. With great affection, He dragged her beside Him and made her sit by His side. Simply by having previously supplied pulp of sandalwood to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kubj\'e4 became free from 
all sinful reactions and eligible to enjoy with Him. She then took K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet and placed them on her breasts, which were burning with the blazing fire of lust. By smelling the fragrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, she immediately bec
ame relieved of all lusty desires. She was thus allowed to embrace K\'e5\'f1\'eba with her two arms and thus mitigate her long-cherised desire to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a visitor in her house. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that without being freed of all material sinful react
ions, one cannot be engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Simply by supplying sandalwood pulp to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kubj\'e4 was thus rewarded. She was not trained to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba in any other way; therefore she wanted to satis
fy Him by her profession. It 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the Lord can be worshiped even by one's profession, if it is sincerely offered for the pleasure of the Lord
. Kubj\'e4 then told K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear friend, kindly remain with me at least for a few days. Enjoy with me, You and Your lotus-eyed friend. I cannot leave You immediately. Please grant my request." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated in the Vedic versions, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has multi-potencies. According to expert opinion, Kubj\'e4 represents the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 represents His }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cit-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  potency. Although she requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba to remain with her for some days, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba politely impressed upon her that it was not possible for Him to stay. K\'e5\'f1\'eba visits this material world occasionally, whereas His connection with the spiritual world is eternal. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always present either in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha
 planets or in the Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana planet. The technical term for His presence in the spiritual world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praka\'f6a-l\'e9l\'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 After satisfying Kubj\'e4 with sweet words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to His place along with Uddhava. There is a warning 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  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not very easily worshiped because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
the chief among the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattvas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba or have association with Him i
s not a very easy job. Specifically, there is a warning for devotees who are attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba through conjugal love; it is not good for them to desire to have sense gratification by direct association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually, the activit
ies of sense gratification are material. In the spiritual world there are symptoms like kissing and embracing, but there is no sense-gratificatory process as it exists in the material world. This warning is specifically for those known as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sahajiy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who take it for granted that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary human being. They desire to enjoy se
x life with Him in a perverted way. In a spiritual relationship, sense gratification is most insignificant. Anyone who desires a relationship of perverted sense gratification with K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be considered to be less intelligent. His mentality re
quires to be reformed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a while, K\'e5\'f1\'eba fulfilled His promise to visit Akr\'fcra at his house. Akr\'fcra was in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His servitor, and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba wanted to get some service from him. He went there accompanied by both Lord Balar\'e4ma and Uddhava. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and Uddhava were approaching the house of Akr\'fcra, Akr\'fcra came forward, embraced Uddhava and offered resp
ectful obeisances, bowing down before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and Uddhava offered him obeisances in turn and were offered appropriate sitting places by Akr\'fcra. When all were comfortably seated, Akr\'fcra washed
 their feet and sprinkled the water on his head. Then he offered nice flowers and sandalwood pulp in regular worship. All three of them became very satisfied by the behavior of Akr\'fcra. Akr\'fcra then bowed down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, putting his head 
on the ground. Then, keeping K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet on his lap, Akr\'fcra began to gently massage them. When Akr\'fcra was fully satisfied in the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, his eyes became filled with tears of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, and he began to offer his prayers as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is very kind of You to have killed Ka\'e0sa and his associates. You have delivered the whole family of the Yadu dynasty from the gr
eatest calamity. Your saving of the great Yadu dynasty will always be remembered by them. My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, You are the original personality from whom everything has emanated. You are the original cause of all causes. You have 
inconceivable energy, and You are all-pervasive. But for Yourself, there is no other cause and effect, gross or subtle. You are the Supreme Brahman realized by the study 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  By Your inconceivable energy, You are actually visible before us. You create this cosmic manifestation by Your own potencies, and You enter into it Yourself. As the fiv
e material elements, earth, water, fire, air, and sky, are distributed in everything manifested by different kinds of bodies, so You alone enter into different varieties of bodies, created by Your own energy. You enter the body as the individual soul as 
well as independently as the Supersoul. The material body is created by Your inferior energy. The living entities, individual souls, are part and parcel of You, and the Supersoul is Your localized representation. This material body, the living entity and
 the Supersoul constitute an individual living being, but originally they are all different energies of the one Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the material world, You are creating, maintaining and dissolving the whole manifestation by interaction of three qualities, namely goodness, passion and ignoran
ce. You are not implicated by the activities of those material qualities because Your supreme knowledge is never overcome, as is the case with the individual living entity." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the Supreme Lord enters into this material creation and thus the creation, maintenance and destruction are going on in their due course, so the part and parcel l
iving entity enters the material elements and has his material body created for him. The difference between the living entity and the Lord is that the living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and has the tendency to be overcome by the interac
tion of material qualities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parambrahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the Supreme Brahman, being always
 situated in full knowledge, is never overcome by such activities. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acyuta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  meaning He who never falls down. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's knowledge of spiritual identity is never overcome by material action, whereas the identity of the minute part and parcel living entities is prone to be overcome by material action. The indivi
dual living entities are eternally part and parcel of God. As minute sparks of the original fire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they have the tendency to become extinguished. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra continued: "The less intelligent class of men misunderstand Your transcendental form to be also made of material energy. That concept is not at all applic
able to You. Actually, You are all spiritual, and there is no difference between You and Your body. Because of this, there is no question of Your being conditioned or liberated. You are ever-liberated in any condition of life. 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  }{\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 9.11}{\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  'Only the fools and rascals consider You to be an ordinary man.' To consider Your Lordship to be one of us, conditioned by the material nature, is a mistake due 
to our imperfect knowledge. When people deviate from the original 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  they tr
y to identify the ordinary living entities with Your Lordship. Your Lordship has appeared on this earth in Your original form in order to reestablish the real knowledge that the living entities are neither one with nor equal to the Supreme God. My dear L
ord, You are always situated in uncontaminated goodness (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uddha-sattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Your appearance is ne
cessary to reestablish actual Vedic knowledge, as opposed to the atheistic philosophy which tries to establish that God and living entities are one and the same. My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this time You have appeared in the home of Vasudeva as His son,
 along with Your plenary expansion, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma. Your mission is to kill all the atheistic royal families, along with their huge military strength. You have advented Yourself to minimize the overburden of the world, and in order to fulfill this
 mission, You have glorified the dynasty of Yadu, appearing in the family as one of its members. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, today my home has become purified by Your presence. I have become the most fortunate person in the world. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is 
worshipable by all different kinds of demigods, Pit\'e5s, living entities, kings and emperors, and who is the Supersoul of everything, has come into my home. The water of His lotus feet is purifying the three worlds, and now He has kindly come to my plac
e. Who is there in the three worlds among factually learned men who will not take shelter of Your lotus feet and surrender unto You? Who, knowing well that no one can be as affectionate as You are to Your devotees, is so foolish that he will decline to b
ecome Your devotee? Throughout the Vedic literature it is declared that You are the dearmost friend of every living entity. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: suh
\'e5d\'e4m sarva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'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  You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, completely capable of fulfilling the desires of Your devotees. You are the real friend of everyone. In spite of giving Yourself to Your devotees, You are never depleted of Your origina
l potency. Your potency neither decreases nor increases in volume. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, it is very difficult for even the great mystic }{\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 demigods to ascertain Your movement. You cannot be approached by them, and yet out of Your causeless mercy You have kindly consented to come to my home. This is the most auspicious m
oment in the journey of my material existence. By Your grace only, I can just understand that my home, my wife, my children and my worldly possessions are all different bonds to material existence. Please cut the knot and save me from this entanglement o
f false society, friendship and love." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased by Akr\'fcra's offering of prayers. His smile was captivating Akr\'fcra more and more. The Lord replied him as follow
s: "My dear Akr\'fcra, in spite of your submissiveness, I consider you to be My superior, on the level with My father and teacher and most well-wishing friend. You are, therefore, worshipable by Me, and since You are My uncle, I am always to be protected
 by you. I desire to be maintained by you because I am one of your own children. Apart from this filial relationship, you are always to be worshiped. Anyone who desires good fortune must offer his respectful obeisances unto personalities like you. You ar
e more than the demigods. People go to worship the demigods when they are in need of some sense gratification; the demigods offer benediction to their devotees after being worshiped by them. But a devotee like Akr\'fcra is always ready to offer the great
est benediction to the people. A saintly person or devotee is free to offer benediction to everyone, whereas the demigods can offer benediction only after being worshiped. One can take advantage of the place of pilgrimage only after going there. By worsh
iping the particular demigod, it takes a long time for fulfillment of the desire; but saintly persons like you, My dear Akr\'fcra, can immediately fulfill all the desires of the devotees. My dear Akr\'fcra, you are always our friend and well-wisher. You 
are always ready to act for our welfare. Kindly, therefore, go to Hastin\'e4pura and see what arrangement has been made for the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very anxious to know about the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, because at a very young age, they had lost their father. Being very friendly to His devote
es, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was anxious to know about them, and therefore He deputed Akr\'fcra to go to Hastin\'e4pura and get information of the real situation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued to say, "I have heard that after the death of King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, his young
 sons, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Bh\'e9ma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, along with their widowed mother, have come under the charge of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, who is to look after them as their guardian. But I have also heard that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is no
t only blind from birth, but also blind in his affection for his cruel son, Duryodhana. The five P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are the sons of King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, but Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, due to his plans and designs, is not favorably disposed towards the P\'e4
\'eb\'f2avas. Kindly go there and study how Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is dealing with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. On receipt of your report, I shall consider how to favor the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas." In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or
dered Akr\'fcra to go to Hastin\'e4pura, and then He returned home, accompanied by Balar\'e4ma and Uddhava. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-seventh Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Pleases His Devotees."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-48 / Ill-motivated Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 48 / Ill-motivated Dh\'e5tar\'e4
\'f1\'f6ra
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus being ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Akr\'fcra visited Hastin\'e4pura. Hastin\'e4pura is said to be the site of what 
is now New Delhi. The part of New Delhi, which is still known as Indraprastha, is accepted by people in general as the old capital of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. The very name Hastin\'e4pura suggests that there were many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hast\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or elephants. Because the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas kept many elephants in the capital, it was called Hastin\'e4pura. Keeping elepha
nts is a very expensive job; to keep many elephants, therefore, the kingdom must be very rich, and Hastin\'e4pura was full of elephants, horses, chariots and other opulences. When Akr\'fcra reached Hastin\'e4pura, he saw that the capital was full of all 
kinds of opulences. The kings of Hastin\'e4pura were taken to be the ruling kings of the whole world. Their fame was widely spread throughout the entire kingdom, and their administration was conducted under the good counsel of 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After seeing the very opulent capital city, Akr\'fcra met King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. He also saw grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma sitting with him. After meeting them, h
e went to see Vidura and then Vidura's sister, Kunt\'e9. One after another, he saw the son of Somadatta, and the King of B\'e4hl\'e9ka, Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, K\'e5p\'e4c\'e4rya, Kar\'eba and Suyodhana. (Suyodhana is another name of Duryodhana.) He saw the
 five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers and other friends and relatives living in the city. Akr\'fcra was known as the son of G\'e4nd\'e9, so whomever he met was very pleased to receive him. He was offered a good seat at his receptions, and he inquired all about
 his relatives' welfare and other activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since he was deputed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to visit Hastin\'e4pura, it is understood that he was very intelligent in studying a diplomatic situation. Dh\'e5tar\'e4
\'f1\'f6ra was unlawfully occupying the throne after the death of the King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, despite the presence of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's sons. Akr\'fcra wanted to study the whole situation by remaining there. He could understand very well that ill-motivated D
h\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was much inclined in favor of his own sons. In fact, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had already usurped the kingdom and was now instigating and planning to dispose of the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers. Akr\'fcra knew also that all the so
ns of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, headed by Duryodhana, were very crooked politicians. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra did not act in accordance with the good instruction given by Bh\'e9\'f1ma and Vidura, but he was being conducted by the ill instruction of such pe
rsons as Kar\'eba, \'c7akuni and others. Akr\'fcra decided to stay in Hastin\'e4pura for a few months to study the whole political situation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gradually Akr\'fcra learned from Kunt\'e9 and Vidura that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was very intolerant and envious of the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers because of t
heir extraordinary learning in military science and their greatly developed bodily strength. They acted as true chivalrous heroes, exhibited all the good qualities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atri
yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and were very responsible princes, always thinking of the welfare of the citizens. Akr\'fcra also learned that the envious Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, in consultation with h
is ill-advised son, had tried to kill the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas by poisoning them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra happened to be one of the cousins of Kunt\'e9; therefore, after meeting him, she began to inquire about her paternal relatives. Thinking of her birthplace
, she began to cry. She asked Akr\'fcra whether her father, mother, brothers, sisters and other friends at home were still remembering her. She especially inquired about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, her glorious nephews. She asked: "Does K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very affectionate to His devotees, remember my sons? Does Balar\'e4ma remember us?" Inside herself, Kunt\'e9 felt like a she-deer in the midst of tigers, and actually her position was like that. After 
the death of her husband, King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, she was supposed to take care of the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava children, but Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was always planning to kill them. She was certainly living as a poor innocent animal in the midst of several t
igers. Being a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she was always thinking of Him and expecting that one day K\'e5\'f1\'eba would come and save them from their dangerous position. She inquired from Akr\'fcra whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba proposed to come to advise 
the fatherless P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas how to get free of the intriguing policy of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and his sons. By talking with Akr\'fcra about all these affairs, she felt herself helpless and began to exclaim: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my dear K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, You are the supreme mystic, the Supersoul of the universe. You are the real well-wisher of the whole universe. My dear Govinda, at this time You are far away from me, yet I pray to surrender unto Your lotus feet. At the present moment I am ver
y much griefstricken with my five fatherless sons. I can fully understand that but for Your lotus feet there is no shelter or protection. Your lotus feet can deliver all aggrieved souls because You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One can be safe 
from the clutches of repeated birth and death by Your mercy only. My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the supreme pure one, the Supersoul and 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  What can I say? I can simply offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Accept me as Your fully surrendered devotee." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not present before her, Kunt\'e9 offered her prayers to Him as if she were in His presence face to face. This is possible for anyone fol
lowing in the footsteps of Kunt\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not have to be physically present everywhere. He is actually present everywhere by spiritual potency, and one simply has to surrender unto Him sincerely. When Kunt\'e9 was offering her prayers very
 feelingly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she could not check herself and began to cry loudly before Akr\'fcra. Vidura was also present, and both Akr\'fcra and Vidura became very sympathetic to the mother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. They began to solace her by glorify
ing her sons, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Arjuna and Bh\'e9ma. They pacified her, saying that her sons were extraordinarily powerful; she should not be perturbed about them, since they were born of great demigods, Yamar\'e4ja, Indra and V\'e4yu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra decided to return and report on the extreme circumstances in which he found Kunt\'e9 and her five sons. He first wanted to give good advice to Dh\'e5tar
\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, who was so favorably inclined toward his own son and unfavorably inclined toward the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. When Kunt\'e9 and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra were sitting among friends and relatives, Akr\'fcra began to address him, calling him "V\'e4
rcitrav\'e9rya." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4rcitrav\'e9rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the son of Vicitrav\'e9rya. Vicitrav\'e9rya was the na
me of the father of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, but Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was not actually the begotten son of Vicitrav\'e9rya. He was the begotten son of Vy\'e4sadeva. Formerly it was the system that if a man were unable to beget a child, his brother cou
ld beget a child in the womb of his wife. That system is now forbidden in this age of Kali. Akr\'fcra called Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra "V\'e4rcitrav\'e9rya" sarcastically because he was not actually begotten by his father. He was the son of Vy\'e4sadeva. W
hen a child was begotten in the wife by the husband's brother, the child was claimed by the husband, but of course the child was not begotten by the husband. This sarcastic remark pointed out that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was falsely claiming the throne o
n heriditary grounds. Actually the son of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u was the rightful king, and in the presence of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's sons, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra should not have occupied the throne. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra then said, "My dear son of Vicitrav\'e9rya, you have unlawfully usurped the throne of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Anyway, somehow or other you are now on the t
hrone. Therefore I beg to advise you to please rule the kingdom on moral and ethical principles. If you do so and try to teach your subjects in that way, then your name and fame will be perpetual." Akr\'fcra hinted that although Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra w
as ill-treating his nephews, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, they happened to be his subjects. "Even if you treat them not as the owners of the throne, but as your subjects, you should impartially think of their welfare as though they were your own sons. But if y
ou do not follow this principle and act in just the opposite way, then you will be unpopular among your subjects, and in the next life you will have to live in a hellish condition. I therefore hope you will treat your sons and the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u 
equally. Akr\'fcra hinted that if Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra did not treat the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and his sons as equals, then surely there would be a fight between the two camps of cousins. Since the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas cause was just, they would come out vic
torious, and the sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra would be killed. This was a prophecy told by Akr\'fcra to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra further advised Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, "In this material world, no one can remain as an eternal companion to another. By chance only we assemble togethe
r in the family, in the society, in the community or in the nation, but at the end, because every one of us has to give up the body, we must be separated. One should not, therefore, be unnecessarily affectionate toward family members." Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1
\'f6ra's affection was also unlawful and did not show much intelligence. In plain words, Akr\'fcra hinted to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra that his staunch family affection was due to his gross ignorance of fact. Although we appear to be combined together in f
amily, society or nation, each one of us has an individual destiny. Everyone takes birth according to individual past work; therefore everyone has to individually enjoy or suffer the result of his own }{\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  There is no possibility of improving one's destiny by cooperate living. Sometimes it happens that one's father accumulates wealth by illegal wa
ys, and the son takes away the money, although it is hard-earned by the father. It is just like a small fish in the ocean who eats the material body of the large, old fish. One ultimately cannot accumulate wealth illegaly for the gratification of his fam
ily, society, community or nation. That many great empires which developed in the past are no longer existing because their wealth was squandered away by later descendants is an illustration of this principle. One who does not know this subtle law of fru
itive activities and thus gives up the principles of moral and ethical principles only carries with him the reactions of his sinful activities. His ill-gotten wealth and possessions are taken by someone else, and he goes to the darkest region of hellish 
life. One should not, therefore, accumulate more wealth than is alloted to him by destiny; otherwise he will be factually blind to his own interest. Instead of fulfilling his self-interest, he will act in just the opposite way for his own downfall. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra continued: "My dear Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, I beg to advise you not to be blind about the fact of this material existence. Material conditional life, eit
her in distress or in happiness, is to be accepted as a dream. One should try to bring his mind and senses under control and live very peacefully for spiritual advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." 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 except for persons who are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, everyone is always in a disturbed
 condition of mind and is full of anxiety. Even those who are trying for liberation, or merging into the Brahman effulgence, or the }{\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 are trying to achieve perfection in mystic power, cannot have peace of mind. Pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba have no demands to make of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are simply satisfied with service to Him. A
ctual peace and mental tranquility can be attained only in perfect K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing moral instructions from Akr\'fcra, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra replied: "My dear Akr\'fcra, you are very charitable in giving me good instructions, but un
fortunately I cannot accept it. A person who is destined to die does not utilize the effect of nectar, although it may be administered to him. I can understand that your instructions are very valuable. Unfortunately, they do not stay in my flickering min
d, just as the glittering lightning in the sky does not stay in a fixed cloud. I can understand only that no one can stop the onward progress of the supreme will. I understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has appeared in the f
amily of the Yadus in order to decrease the overburdened load of this earth." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra gave hints to Akr\'fcra that he had complete faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the same time, he was very much
 partial to his family members. In the very near future, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would vanquish all the members of his family, and in a helpless condition, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra would take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's feet. In order to show His special favor to 
a devotee, K\'e5\'f1\'eba usually takes away all the objects of his material affection. He thus forces the devotee to be materially helpless, with no alternative than to accept the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This actually happened to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1
\'f6ra after the end of the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra could realize two opposing factors acting before him. He could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was there to remove all the unnecessary burden
s of the world. His sons were an unnecessary burden, and so he expected that they would be killed. At the same time, he could not rid himself of his unlawful affection for his sons. Understanding these two contradictory factors, he began to offer his res
pectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. "The contradictory ways of material existence are very difficult to understand; they can only be taken as the inconceivable execution of the plan of the Supreme, who by His inconceivable energy cr
eates this material world and enters into it and sets into action the three modes of nature. When everything is created, He enters into each and every living entity and into the smallest atom. No one can understand the incalculable plans of the Supreme L
ord." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing this statement, Akr\'fcra could clearly understand that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was not going to change his policy of discriminating against the P\'e4
\'eb\'f2avas in favor of his sons. He at once took leave of his friends in Hastin\'e4pura and returned to his home in the kingdom of the Yadus. After returning home, he vividly informed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma of the actual situation in Hasti
n\'e4pura and the intentions of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. Akr\'fcra was sent to Hastin\'e4pura by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to study. By the grace of the Lord, he was successful and informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba about the actual situation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-eighth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Ill-motivated Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-49 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Erects the Dv\'e4rak\'e4 Fort
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 49 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Erects the D
v\'e4rak\'e4 Fort
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After his death, Ka\'e0sa's two wives became widows. According to Vedic civilization, a woman is never independent. She has three stages of life: In childhood a wom
an should live under the protection of her father, a youthful woman should live under the protection of her young husband, and in the event of the death of her husband she should live either under the protection of her grown-up children, or if she has no
 grown-up children, she must go back to her father and live as a widow under his protection. It appears that Ka\'e0sa had no grown-up sons. After becoming widows, his wives returned to the shelter of their father. Ka\'e0sa had two queens. One was Asti, a
nd the other Pr\'e4pti, and both happened to be the daughters of King Jar\'e4sandha, the lord of the Behar Province (known in those days as Magadharaja). After reaching home, both queens explained their awkward position following Ka\'e0sa's death. The Ki
ng of Magadha, Jar\'e4sandha, was mortified on hearing their pitiable condition due to the slaughter. When informed of the death of Ka\'e0sa, Jar\'e4sandha decided on the spot that he would rid the world of all the members of the Yadu dynasty. He decided
 that since K\'e5\'f1\'eba had killed Ka\'e0sa, the whole dynasty of the Yadus should be killed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He began to make extensive arrangements to attack the kingdom of Mathur\'e4 with his innumerable military phalanxes, consisting of many thousands of chariots, horse
s, elephants and infantry soldiers. Jar\'e4sandha prepared thirteen such military phalanxes in order to retaliate the death of Ka\'e0sa. Taking with him all his military strength, he attacked the capital of the Yadu kings, Mathur\'e4, surrounding it from
 all directions. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who appeared as an ordinary human being, saw the immense strength of Jar\'e4sandha, which appeared as an ocean about to cover a beach at any moment. He also perceived that the inhabitants of Mathur\'e4 were over
whelmed with fear. He began to think within Himself about the situation of His mission as an incarnation and how to tackle the present situation before Him. His mission was to diminish the overburdened population of the whole world; therefore He took the
 opportunity of facing so many men, chariots, elephants, and horses. The military strength of Jar\'e4sandha had appeared before Him, and He decided to kill the entire force of Jar\'e4sandha so that they would not be able to go back and again reorganize t
heir military strength. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thinking in that way, two military chariots, fully equipped with drivers, weapons, flags and other implements, arrived for Him from ou
ter space. K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw the two chariots present before Him, and immediately addressed His attendant brother, Balar\'e4ma, who is also known as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba: "My dear elder brother, You are the best among the \'c4ryans, You are the Lord of t
he universe, and specifically, You are the protector of the Yadu dynasty. The members of the Yadu dynasty sense great danger before the soldiers of Jar\'e4sandha, and they are very much aggrieved. Just to give them protection, Your chariot is also here, 
filled with military weapons. I request You to sit down on Your chariot and kill all these soldiers, the entire military strength of the enemy. Naturally, both of Us have descended on this earth just to annihilate such unnecessary bellicose forces and to
 give protection to the pious devotees. So we have the opportunity to fulfill Our mission. Please let Us execute it." Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, the descendants of the Gadaha King, Da\'e7\'e4rha, decided to annihilate the thirteen military comp
anies of Jar\'e4sandha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba went upon the chariot on which D\'e4ruka was the driver and with a small army, and to the blowing of conchshells, He came out of the city of Mathur
\'e4. Curiously enough, although the other party was equipped with greater military strength, just after hearing the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conchshell, their hearts were shakened. When Jar\'e4sandha saw both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was 
a little bit compassionate, because both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma happened to be related to him as grandsons. He specifically addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Puru\'f1\'e4dhama, meaning the lowest among men. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known in all Vedic
 literatures as Puru\'f1ottama, the highest among men. Jar\'e4sandha had no intention of addressing K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Puru\'f1ottama, but great scholars have determined the true meaning of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1\'e4dhama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be "one who makes all other personalities go downward." Actually no one can be equal to or greater than the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jar\'e4sandha said, "It will be a great dishonor for me to fight with boys like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma." Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba had killed Ka\'e0sa, Jar\'e4
sandha specifically addressed Him as the killer of His own relatives. Ka\'e0sa had killed so many of his own nephews, yet Jar\'e4sandha did not take notice of it; but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba had killed His maternal uncle, Ka\'e0sa, Jar\'e4sandha tried to 
criticize Him. That is the way of demoniac dealing. Demons do not try to find their own faults, but try to find the faults of their friends. Jar\'e4sandha also criticized K\'e5\'f1\'eba for not even being 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  Because He was raised by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not 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  but a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7ya. Vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are generally called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guptas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the word }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gupta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can also be used to mean "hidden." So K\'e5\'f1\'eba was both hidden and raised by Nanda Mah\'e4
r\'e4ja. Jar\'e4sandha accused K\'e5\'f1\'eba of three faults: that He killed His own maternal uncle, that He was hidden in His childhood, and that He was not even a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriy
a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And therefore Jar\'e4sandha felt ashamed to fight with Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next he turned toward Balar\'e4ma and addressed Him: "You, Balar\'e4ma! If You like You can fight along with Him, and if You have patience, then You can wait to be 
killed by my arrows. Thus You can be promoted to heaven." 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 
 }{\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 2.37}{\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  that 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  can be
come benefited in two ways while fighting. If 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  gains victory in the fight, he enjoys
 the results of victory, but even if he is killed in the fight, he is promoted to the heavenly kingdom. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing Jar\'e4sandha speak in that way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba answered: "My dear King Jar\'e4sandha, those who are heroes do not talk much. Rather, they show their 
prowess. Because you are talking much, it appears that you are assured of your death in this battle. We do not care to hear you anymore, because it is useless to hear the words of a person who is going to die or one who is very distressed." In order to f
ight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Jar\'e4sandha surrounded Him from all sides with great military strength, and the sun appeared covered by the cloudy air and dust. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme sun, was covered by the military strength of Jar\'e4sandha
. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's and Balar\'e4ma's chariots were marked with pictures of Garu\'f2a and palm trees. The women of Mathur\'e4 were all standing on the tops of the houses and palaces and gates to see the wonderful fight, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba's chariot w
as surrounded by Jar\'e4sandha's military force, they became so frightened that some of them fainted. K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw Himself overwhelmed by the military strength of Jar\'e4sandha. His small number of soldiers were being harassed by them, so He immedi
ately took up His bow, named \'c7\'e4r\'ecga. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He began to take His arrows from their case, and one after another He set them on the bowstring and shot them toward the enemy. They were so accurate that the eleph
ants, horses and infantry soldiers of Jar\'e4sandha were quickly killed. The incessant arrows thrown by K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as a whirlwind of blazing fire killing all the military strength of Jar\'e4sandha. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba released His arrows, grad
ually all the elephants began to fall down, their heads severed by the arrows. Similarly, all the horses fell, and the chariots also, along with their flags. The chariot fighters and the chariot drivers fell as well. Almost all the infantry soldiers fell
 on the field of battle, their heads, hands and legs cut off. In this way, many thousands of elephants and horses were killed, and their blood began to flow just like the waves of a river. In that river, the severed arms of the men appeared to be snakes,
 their heads appeared to be tortoises, and the dead bodies of the elephants appeared to be small islands. The dead horses appeared to be sharks. By the arrangement of the supreme will, there was a great river of blood filled with paraphernalia. The hands
 and legs of the infantry soldiers were floating like seaweed, and the floating bows of the soldiers appeared to be waves of the river. And all the jewelry from the bodies of the soldiers and commanders appeared to be so many pebbles flowing down the riv
er of blood. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma, who is also known as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, began to fight with His club in such a heroic way that the river of blood created by K\'e5\'f1\'eba over
flooded. Those who were cowards became very much afraid upon seeing the ghastly and horrible scene, and those who were heroes began to talk delightedly among themselves about the heroism of the two brothers. Although Jar\'e4sandha was equipped with a vas
t ocean of military strength, the fighting of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma converted the whole situation into a ghastly scene which was far beyond ordinary fighting. Persons of ordinary mind cannot estimate how it could be possible, but when such 
activities are accepted as pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, under whose will everything is possible, then this can be understood. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is creating, maintaining and dissolving the cosmic manifestation by His wi
ll only. For Him to create such a vast scene of devastation while fighting with an enemy is not so wonderful. And yet, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were fighting with Jar\'e4sandha just like ordinary human beings, the affair appeared to be wond
erful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the soldiers of Jar\'e4sandha were killed, and he was the only one left alive. Certainly he became very depressed at this point. \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma immediate
ly arrested him, just as, with great strength, one lion captures another lion. But while Lord Balar\'e4ma was binding Jar\'e4sandha with the rope of Varu\'eba and ordinary ropes also, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with a greater plan in mind for the future, asked
 Him not to arrest him. Jar\'e4sandha was then released by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As a great fighting hero, Jar\'e4sandha became very much ashamed, and he decided that he would no longer live as a king, but would resign from his position in the royal order and 
go to the forest to practice meditation under severe austerities and penances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As he was returning home with other royal friends, however, they advised him not to retire, but to regain strength to fight again with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the near fu
ture. The princely friends of Jar\'e4sandha began to instruct him that ordinarily it would not have been possible for him to have been defeated by the strength of the Yadu kings, but the defeat which he had experienced was simply due to his ill luck. The
 princely order encouraged King Jar\'e4sandha. His fighting, they said, was certainly heroic; therefore, he should not take his defeat very seriously, as it was due only to his past mistakes. After all, there was no fault in his fighting. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Jar\'e4sandha, the King of Magadha Province, having lost all his strength and having been insulted by his arrest and subsequent release, could do nothi
ng but return to his kingdom. Thus Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba conquered the soldiers of Jar\'e4sandha. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba's army was tiny in comparison to Jar\'e4sandha's, not a pinch of His strength was lost, whereas all of Jar\'e4sandha's men were killed
. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time the denizens of heaven became very pleased and began to offer their respects by chanting in glorification of the Lord and by showering Him with flowers
. They accepted the victory with great appreciation. Jar\'e4sandha returned to his kingdom, and Mathur\'e4 City was made safe from the danger of an imminent attack. The citizens of Mathur\'e4 organized the combined services of a circus of professional si
ngers, like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctas,}{\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\'e4gadhas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and poets who could compose nice songs, and they began to chant the victory glorification of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the
 city after the victory, many bugles, conches and kettledrums were sounded, and the vibrations of various musical instruments, like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bherya, t\'fcrya, v\'e9\'eb\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flute and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub al
l joined together to make a beautiful reception. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was entering, the whole city was very much cleansed, all the different streets and roads were sprinkled with water, and the inhabitants, being joyous, decorated their respective houses
, roads and shops with flags and festoons. 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  chanted 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  at numerous places. The people constructed road crossings, entrances, lanes and streets. When Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was entering the nicely decorated city of Mathur\'e4 in a festive attitude, the ladies and girls of Mathur\'e4 prepared different kinds of flower garlands to make the ceremony more auspicious. In accordance with the Vedic custom, they took yogurt m
ixed with freshly grown green grass and began to strew it here and there to make the victory jubilation even more auspicious. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba passed through the street, all the ladies and women began to regard Him with great affection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd Balar\'e4ma carried various kinds of booty, ornaments and jewels carefully collected from the battlefield and presented them to King Ugrasena. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus offered His respect to His grandfather because he was at that time the crowned king of t
he Yadu dynasty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jar\'e4sandha, the King of Magadha, not only besieged the city of Mathur\'e4 once, but he attacked it seventeen times in the same way, equipped with the same number
 of military phalanxes. Each and every time, he was defeated, and all his soldiers were killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and each time he had to return disappointed in the same way. Each time, the princely order of the Yadu dynasty arrested Jar\'e4sandha in the
 same way and again released him in an insulting manner, and each time Jar\'e4sandha shamelessly returned home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Jar\'e4sandha was attempting one such attack, a Yavana king somewhere to the south of Mathur\'e4 became attracted by the opulence of the Yadu dynasty and also
 attacked the city. It is said that the king of the Yavanas, known as K\'e4layavana, was induced to attack by N\'e4rada. This story is narrated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Once, Gargamuni, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, was taunted by his brother-in-law. When the kings of the Yadu dynasty heard the taunt they laughed at him, and Gargamuni beca
me angry at the Yadu kings. He decided that he would produce someone who would be very fearful to the Yadu dynasty, so he pleased Lord \'c7iva and received from him the benediction of a son. He begot this son, K\'e4layavana, in the wife of a Yavana king.
 This K\'e4layavana inquired from N\'e4rada, "Who are the most powerful kings in the world?" N\'e4rada informed him that the Yadus were the most powerful. Being thus informed by N\'e4rada, K\'e4layavana attacked the city of Mathur\'e4 at the same time th
at Jar\'e4sandha attempted to attack it for the eighteenth time. K\'e4layavana was very anxious to declare war on a king of the world who would be a suitable combatant for him, but he had not found any. However, being informed about Mathur\'e4 by N\'e4ra
da, he thought it wise to attack this city. When he attacked Mathur\'e4 he brought with him thirty million Yavana soldiers. When Mathur\'e4 was thus besieged, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to consider how much the Yadu dynasty was in distress, bein
g threatened by the attacks of two formidable enemies, Jar\'e4sandha and K\'e4layavana. Time was growing very short. K\'e4layavana was already besieging Mathur\'e4 from all sides, and it was expected that the next day Jar\'e4sandha would also come, equip
ped with the same number of divisions of soldiers as in his previous seventeen attempts. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was certain that Jar\'e4sandha would take advantage of the opportunity to capture Mathur\'e4 when it was also being besieged by K\'e4layavana. He ther
efore thought it wise to take precautionary measures to defend the strategic points of Mathur\'e4. If both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were engaged in fighting with K\'e4layavana at one place, Jar\'e4sandha might come at another place to attack the wh
ole Yadu family and take his revenge. Jar\'e4sandha was very powerful, and having been defeated seventeen times, he might vengefully kill the members of the Yadu family or arrest them and take them to his kingdom. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore decided to cons
truct a formidable fort in a place where no two-legged animal, either man or demon, could enter. He decided to keep His relatives there so that He would then be free to fight with the enemy. It appears that formerly Dv\'e4rak\'e4 was also part of the kin
gdom of Mathur\'e4, because 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.50.49]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba constructed a fort in the midst of the sea. Remnants of the fort which K\'e5\'f1
\'eba constructed are still existing on the Bay of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He first of all constructed a very strong wall covering ninety-six square miles, and the wall itself was within the sea. It was certainly wonderful and was planned 
and constructed by Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4. No ordinary architect could construct such a fort within the sea, but an architect like Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4, who is considered to be the engineer among the demigods, can execute such wonderful craftmanship anywhere in an
y part of the universe. If huge planets can be floated in weightlessness in the outer space by the arrangement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, surely the architectural construction of a fort within the sea covering a space of ninety-six square mil
es was not a very wonderful act. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.50.50-53]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that this new, well-constructed city, developed within the sea, had regular planned roads, streets and lanes. Not only we
re there well-planned roads, streets and lanes, but there were well-planned paths and gardens filled with plants known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalpav\'e5k\'f1as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or desire trees. These desire trees are not like the ordinary trees of the material world; the desire trees are found in the spiritual world. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme will, everything is possible, so s
uch desire trees were planted in this city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 constructed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The city was also filled with many palaces and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gopuras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or big gates. These }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gopuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are still found in 
some of the larger temples. They are very high and constructed with extreme artistic skill. Such palaces and gates held golden waterpots (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kala\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). These water pots on the gates or in the palaces are considered to be auspicious signs. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Almost all the palaces were skyscrapers. In each and every house there were big pots of gold and silver and grains stocked in underground rooms. And there were many
 golden waterpots within the rooms. The bedrooms were all bedecked with jewels, and the floors were mosiac pavements of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub marakata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewels. The Vi\'f1\'ebu Deity, worshiped by the descendants of Yadu, was installed in each house in the city. The residential quarters were so arranged that the different castes, }{\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  }{\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  }{\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  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 had their respective quarters. It appears from this that the caste system was existing even at that time.
 In the center of the city there was another residential quarter made specifically for King Ugrasena. This place was the most dazzling of all the houses. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the demigods saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was constructing a particular city of His own choice, they sent the celebrated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower of the heavenly planet to be planted in the new city, and they also sent a parliamentary house, Sudharm\'e4. The 
specific quality of this assembly house was that anyone participating in a meeting within it would overcome the influence of invalidity due to old age. The demigod Varu\'eba also presented a horse, which was all white except for black ears and which coul
d run at the speed of the mind. Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods, presented the art of attaining the eight perfectional stages of material opulences. In this way, all the demigods began to present their respective gifts according to their different 
capacities. There are thirty-three million demigods, and each of them is entrusted with a particular department of universal management. All the demigods took the opportunity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's constructing a city of His own choice t
o present their respective gifts, making the city of Mathur\'e4 unique within the universe. This proves that there are undoubtedly innumerable demigods, but none of them are independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated 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\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 5.142}{\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 is the supreme master, and all others are servants. So all the servants took the opportunity of rendering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He was personally present within this univers
e. This example should be followed by all, especially those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, for they should serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba by their respective abilities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the new city was fully constructed according to plan, K\'e5\'f1\'eba transferred all the inhabitants of Mathur\'e4 and entrusted \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma as the c
ity father. After this He consulted with Balar\'e4ma, and being garlanded with lotus flowers, He came out of the city to meet K\'e4layavana, who had already seized Mathur\'e4 without taking up any weapons. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came out of the city, K\'e4layavana, who had never seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba before, saw Him to be extraordinarily beautiful, dressed in yellow garmen
ts. Passing through His assembly of soldiers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared like the moon in the sky passing through the assembled clouds. K\'e4layavana was fortunate enough to see the lines of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9vatsa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a particular impression on the chest of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the }{\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  jewel which He was wearing. K\'e4layavana saw Him, however, in His Vi\'f1\'ebu form, with a well-built body, with four hands, and eyes like newly bloomin
g lotus petals. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared blissful, with a handsome forehead and beauitful face, with smiling restless eyes and moving earrings. Before seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e4layvana had heard about Him from N\'e4rada, and now the descriptions of N
\'e4rada were confirmed. He noticed K\'e5\'f1\'eba's specific marks and the jewels on His chest, His beautiful garland of lotus flowers, His lotus-like eyes and similarly beautiful bodily features. He concluded that this beautiful personality must be V
\'e4sudeva, because every description of N\'e4rada's which he had heard previously was substantiated by the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e4layavana was very much astonished to see that He was passing through without any weapon in His hands and without 
any chariot. He was simply walking on foot. K\'e4layavana had come to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and yet he had sufficient principles not to take up any kind of weapon. He decided to fight with Him hand to hand. Thus he prepared to capture K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and fight. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, went ahead without looking at K\'e4layavana, and K\'e4layavana began to follow Him with a desire to capture Him. But in spite of all his sw
ift running, he could not capture K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be captured even by the mental speed attained by great }{\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 can be captured only by devotional service, and K\'e4layavana was not practiced in devotional service. He wanted to capture K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as he could not do so he was following him from behind. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4layavana began running very fast, and he was thinking, "Now I am nearer; I will capture Him," but he could not. K\'e5\'f1\'eba led him far away, and He entered
 the cave of a hill. K\'e4layavana thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was trying to avoid fighting with him and was therefore taking shelter of the cave. He began to chastise Him with the following words: "Oh You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! I heard that You are a great he
ro born in the dynasty of Yadu, but I see that You are verily running away from fighting, like a coward. It is not worthy of Your good name and family tradition." K\'e4layavana was following, running very fast, but still he could not catch K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 because he was not freed from all contaminations of sinful life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic culture, anyone who does not live following the regulative principles of life observed by the higher castes like the }{\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 even the laborer class is called }{\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  The Vedic social situation is so planned that persons who are accepted 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  can gradually be elevated to the position 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  by the cultural advancement known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0sk\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the purificatory process. The version of the Vedic scriptures is that no one becomes 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 }{\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  simply by birth; by birt
h everyone is accepted as }{\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  One has to elevate himself by the purificatory process to 
the stage of brahminical life. If he doesn't, if he degrades himself further, then he is called }{\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  K\'e4layavana belonged to the class of }{\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 yavanas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He was contaminated by sinful activities and could not approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The principles from which higher clas
s men are restricted, namely illicit sex indulgence, meat eating, gambling and intoxication, are part and parcel of the lives of the }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yavanas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Being bound by such sinful activit
ies one cannot make any advancement in God realization. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms that only one who is completely freed from all sinful reactions can be engaged in devotional
 service or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the cave of the hill, K\'e4layavana followed, chastising Him with various harsh words. K\'e5\'f1\'eba suddenly disappeared from the demo
n's sight, but K\'e4layavana followed and also entered the cave. The first thing he saw was a man lying down asleep within the cave. K\'e4layavana was very anxious to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when he could not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but saw instead on
ly a man lying down, he thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sleeping within this cave. K\'e4layavana was very puffed up and proud of his strength, and he thought K\'e5\'f1\'eba was avoiding the fight. Therefore, he very strongly kicked the sleeping man, thin
king him to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The sleeping man had been lying down for a very long time. When he was awakened by the kicking of K\'e4layavana, he immediately opened his eyes and began to look around in all directions. At last he began to see K\'e4layava
na, who was standing nearby. This man was untimely awakened and therefore very angry, and when he looked upon K\'e4layavana in his angry mood, rays of fire emanated from his eyes, and K\'e4layavana burned into ashes within a moment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Forty-ninth Chapter 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 , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba Erects the Dv\'e4rak\'e4 Fort.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-50 / Deliverance of Mucukunda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 50 / Deliverance of Mucukunda
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it heard this incident of K\'e4layavana's being burned to ashes, he inquired about the sleeping man from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9: 
"Who was he? Why was he sleeping there? How had he achieved so much power that instantly, by his glance, K\'e4layavana was burned to ashes? How did he happen to be lying down in the cave of the hill?" Many questions were put before \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9, and \'c7ukadeva also answered, as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear King, this person was born in the very great family of King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, in which Lord R\'e4macandra was also born, and he happened to be the son of a gr
eat king known as M\'e4ndh\'e4t\'e4. He himself was also a great soul and was known popularly as Mucukunda. King Mucukunda was a very strict follower of the Vedic principles of brahminical culture, and he was truthful to his promise. He was so powerful t
hat even demigods like Indra and others used to ask him to please help in fighting with the demons, and as such, he often fought against the demons to protect the demigods." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The commander-in-chief of the demigods, known as K\'e4rttikeya, was satisfied with the fighting of King Mucukunda, but once he asked that the King, having taken too
 much trouble in fighting with the demons, retire from fighting and take rest. The commander-in-chief, K\'e4rttikeya, addressed King Mucukunda, "My dear King, you have sacrificed everything for the sake of the demigods. You had a very nice kingdom undist
urbed by any kind of enemy. You left that kingdom, you neglected your opulence and possessions, and you never cared for fulfillment of your personal ambition. Due to your long absence from your kingdom while fighting with the demons on behalf of the demi
gods, your family, your children, your relatives and your ministers have all passed away in due course of time. Time and tide wait for no living man. Now even if you retire to your home, you will find that no one is living there. The influence of time is
 very strong; all your relatives have passed away in due course of time. Time is so strong and powerful because it is a representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; time is therefore stronger than the strongest. By the influence of time, changes
 in subtle things can be effected without any difficulty. No one can check the process of time. As an animal tamer tames the animals according to his own will, so time also enters things according to its own will. None can supersede the arrangement made 
by the supreme time." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus addressing Mucukunda, the demigods requested him to ask for any kind of benediction he might be pleased with, excepting the benediction of liberation. Liberati
on cannot be awarded by any living entity except the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu. Therefore another name of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Mukunda, He who can award liberation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Mucukunda had not slept for many, many years. He was engaged in the duty of fighting, and therefore he was very tired. So when the demigod offered benediction,
 Mucukunda simply thought of sleeping. He replied as follows: "My dear K\'e4rttikeya, the best of the demigods, I want to sleep now, and I want from you the following benediction. Grant me the power to burn, by my mere glance, anyone to ashes who tries t
o disturb my sleeping and awakens me untimely. Please give me this benediction." The demigod agreed and also gave him the benediction that he would be able to take complete rest. Then King Mucukunda entered the cave of the mountain. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the strength of the benediction of K\'e4rttikeya, K\'e4layavana was burnt into ashes simply by Mucukunda's glancing at him. When the incident was over, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba came before King Mucukunda. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had actually entered the cave to deliver King Mucukunda from his austerity, but He did not first appear before him. He arranged that first K\'e4layavana should come before him. That is the way of the activ
ities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; He does one thing in such a way that many other purposes are served. He wanted to deliver King Mucukunda, who was sleeping in the cave, and at the same time He wanted to kill K\'e4layavana, who had attacked Ma
thur\'e4 city. By this action He served all purposes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared before Mucukunda, the King saw Him dressed in a yellow garment, His chest marked with the symbol of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9vatsa,}{\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 Kaustubha-ma\'ebi}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hanging around His neck. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared before him with four hands, as Vi\'f1\'ebu-m\'fcrti, with a garland called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaijayant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hanging from His neck down to His knees. He was looking very lustrous, His face was very beautifully smiling, and He had nice jeweled ea
rrings in both His ears. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared more beautiful than a human can conceive. Not only did He appear in this feature, but He glanced over Mucukunda with great splendor, attracting the King's mind. Although He was the Supreme Personality of G
odhead, the oldest of all, He looked like a fresh young boy, and His movement was just like that of a free deer. He appeared extremely powerful; His excellence in power is so great that every human being should be afraid of Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When King Mucukunda saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba's magnificent features, he wondered about His identity, and with great humility he began to inquire from the Lord: "My dear L
ord, may I inquire how it is that You happened to be in the cave of this mountain? Who are You? I can see that Your feet are just like soft lotus flowers. How could You walk in this forest full of thorns and hedges? I am simply surprised to see this! Are
 You not, therefore, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the most powerful amongst the powerful? Are You not the original source of all illumination and fire? Can I consider You one of the great demigods, like the sun, the moon, or Indra, King of 
heaven? Or are You the predominating deity of any other planet?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mucukunda knew well that every higher planetary system has a predominating deity. He was not ignorant like modern men who consider that this earthly planet is full 
of living entities and all others are vacant. The inquiry from Mucukunda about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being the predominating deity of a planet unknown to him is quite appropriate. Because he was a pure devotee of the Lord, King Mucukunda could immediately und
erstand that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who had appeared before him in such an opulent feature, could not be one of the predominating deities in the material planets. He must be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has His many Vi\'f1\'ebu f
orms. He therefore took Him to be Puru\'f1ottama, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. He could see also that the dense darkness within the mountain cave had already been dissipated due to the Lord's presence; therefore He could not be other than the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead. He knew very well that wherever the Lord is personally present by His transcendental name, quality, form, etc., there cannot be any darkness of ignorance. He is like a lamp placed in the darkness; He immediately illuminates a dark place. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Mucukunda became very much anxious to know about the identity of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore he said, "O best of human beings, if You think that I am fi
t to know about Your identity, then kindly tell me who You are. What is Your parentage? What is Your occupational duty, and what is Your family tradition?" King Mucukunda thought it wise, however, to identify himself to the Lord; otherwise he had no righ
t to ask the Lord's identity. Etiquette is such that a person of less importance cannot ask the identity of a person of higher importance without first disclosing his own identity. King Mucukunda therefore informed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear Lord, I m
ust inform You of my identification. I belong to the most celebrated dynasty of King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, but personally I am not as great as my forefather. My name is Mucukunda. My father's name was M\'e4ndh\'e4t\'e4, and my grandfather's name was Yuvan\'e4
\'e7va, the great king. I was very much fatigued due to not resting for many thousands of years, and because of this all my bodily limbs were flattened and almost incapable of acting. In order to revive my energy, I was taking rest in this solitary cave,
 but I have been awakened by some unknown man who has forced me to wake up although I was not willing to do so. For such an offensive act, this person has been burnt into ashes simply by my glancing over him. Fortunately, now I can see You in Your grand 
and beautiful features. I think, therefore, that You are the cause of killing my enemy. My dear Lord, I must admit that due to the effulgence of Your body, unbearable to my eyes, I cannot see You properly. I can fully realize that by the influence of You
r effulgence my powerful potency has been diminished. I can understand that You are quite fit for being worshiped by all living entities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing King Mucukunda so anxious to know about His identity, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to answer smilingly, as follows: "My dear King, it is practically impossible 
to tell about My birth, appearance, disappearance and activities. Perhaps you know that My incarnation Anantadeva has unlimited mouths, and for an unlimited time he has been trying to narrate fully about My name, fame, qualities, activities, appearance, 
disappearance and incarnation, but still he has not been able to finish. Therefore, it is not possible to know exactly how many names and forms I possess. It may be possible for a material scientist to estimate the number of atomic particles which make u
p this earthly planet, but the scientist cannot enumerate My unlimited names, forms and activities. There are many great sages and saintly persons who are trying to make a list of My different forms and activities, yet they have failed to make a complete
 list. But since you are so anxious to know about Me, I may inform you that presently I have appeared on this planet just to annihilate the demoniac principles of the people in general and to reestablish the religious principles enjoined 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  I have been invited for this purpose by Brahm\'e4, the superintending deity of this universe, and
 thus I have now appeared in the dynasty of the Yadus as one of their family members. I have specifically taken My birth as the son of Vasudeva in the Yadu Dynasty, and people therefore know Me as V\'e4sudeva, the son of Vasudeva. You may also know that 
I have killed Ka\'e0sa, who was in a previous life known as K\'e4lanemi, as well as Pralamb\'e4sura and many other demons. They have acted as My enemies and have been killed by Me. The demon who was present before you also acted as My enemy, and you have
 very kindly burned him into ashes by glancing over him. My dear King Mucukunda, you are My great devotee, and just to show you My causeless mercy, I have appeared in this form. I am very affectionately inclined toward My devotees, and in your previous l
ife, before your present condition, you acted as My great devotee and prayed for My causeless mercy. I have, therefore, come to see you to fulfill your desire. Now you can see Me to your heart's content. My dear King, now you can ask from Me any benedict
ion that you wish, and I am prepared to fulfill your desire. It is my eternal principle that anyone who comes under My shelter must have all his desires fulfilled by My grace." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered King Mucukunda to ask a benediction from Him, the King became very joyful, and he immediately remembered the prediction of Gargamun
i, who had foretold long before that in the twenty-eighth millennium of Vaivasvata Manu, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba would appear on this planet. As soon as he remembered this prediction, he began to understand that the Supreme Person, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, was pre
sent before Him as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He immediately fell down at His lotus feet and began to pray as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I can understand that all living entities on this planet are illusioned by Your external energy and are enamored of
 the illusory satisfaction of sense gratification. Being fully engaged in illusory activities, they are reluctant to worship Your lotus feet, and because they are unaware of the benefits of surrendering unto Your lotus feet they are subjected to various 
miserable conditions of material existence. They are foolishly attached to so-called society, friendship and love, which simply produce different kinds of miserable conditions. Illusioned by Your external energy, everyone, both man and woman, is attached
 to this material existence, and all are engaged in cheating one another in a great society of the cheaters and the cheated. These foolish persons do not know how fortunate they are to have obtained this human form of life, and they are reluctant to wors
hip Your lotus feet. By the influence of Your external energy, they are simply attached to the glare of material activities. They are attached to so-called society, friendship and love like dumb animals that have fallen into a dark well." The example of 
a dark well is given because in the fields there are many wells, unused for years and covered over by grass, and the poor animals, without knowing of them, fall into them, and unless they are rescued, they die. Being captivated by a few blades of grass, 
the animals fall into a dark well and meet death. Similarly, foolish persons, without knowing the importance of the human form of life, spoil it simply for sense gratification and die unnecessarily, without any useful purpose. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I am not an exception to this universal law of material nature. I am also one of those foolish persons who has wasted his time for nothing. And my po
sition is especially difficult. On account of my being situated in the royal order, I was more puffed up than ordinary persons. An ordinary man thinks of becoming the proprietor of his body or of his family, but I began to think in that way on a larger s
cale. I wanted to be the master of the whole world, and as I became puffed up with ideas of sense gratification, my bodily concept of life became stronger and stronger. My attachment for home, wife and children, for money and for supremacy over the world
, became more and more acute; in fact, it was limitless. So I remained always attached to thoughts of my material living conditions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Therefore, my dear Lord, I wasted so much of my valuable lifetime without any benefit. My misconception of life having been intensified, I began to think of this m
aterial body, which is just a bag of flesh and bones, as the all in all, and in my vanity I was like a dog who believes that he has become the king of human society. In this misconception of bodily life, I began to travel all over the world, accompanied 
by my military strength\'97soldiers, charioteers, elephants and horses. Assisted by many commanders and puffed up by power, I could not trace out Your Lordship, who is always sitting within my heart as the most intimate friend. I did not care for You, an
d this was the fault of my so-called exalted material condition. I think that, like me, all living creatures are careless about spiritual realization and are always full of anxieties, thinking, 'What is to be done?' 'What is next?' But because we are str
ongly bound by material desires, we continue to remain in craziness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yet in spite of our being so absorbed in material thought, inevitable time, which is only a form of Yourself, is always careful about its duty, and as soon as the 
alloted time is over, Your Lordship immediately ends all the activities of our material dreams. As the time factor, You end all our activities, as the hungry blacksnake swiftly swallows up a small rat without any leniency. Due to the action of cruel time
, the royal body which was always decorated with gold ornaments during life and which moved on a chariot drawn by beautiful horses or on the back of an elephant nicely decorated with golden ornaments, and which was advertised as the king of human society
\'97that same royal body decomposes under the influence of inevitable time and becomes fit for being eaten by worms and insects or being turned into ashes or the stool of an animal. This beautiful body may be nice while in the living condition, but after
 death even the body of a king is eaten by an animal and therefore turns into stool or is cremated in the crematorium and turned into ashes or is put into an earthly grave where different kinds of worms and insects are produced out of it. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, not only do we become under the full control of this inevitable time after death, but also while living, in a different way. For example, I may be a 
powerful king, and yet when I come home after conquering over the world I become subjected to many material conditions. It may be that when I come back after being victorious all subordinate kings come and offer their respects, but as soon as I enter int
o the inner section of my palace, I myself become an instrument in the hands of the queens, and for sense gratification I have to fall down at the feet of women. The material way of life is so complicated that before taking the enjoyment of material life
 one has to work so hard that there is scarcely an opportunity for enjoying. And to attain the youthful condition with all material facilities one has to undergo severe austerities and penances and become elevated to the heavenly planets. If one gets the
 opportunity of taking birth in a very rich or royal family, even then in that condition he is always anxious to maintain the status quo and prepare for the next life by performing various kinds of sacrifices and by distributing charity. Even in the roya
l condition of life one is not only full of anxieties because of political administration, but he is also in anxiety over being elevated to heavenly planets. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is therefore very difficult to get out of the material entanglement, but somehow or other if one is favored by You, by Your mercy only he is given the opportuni
ty to associate with a pure devotee. That is the beginning point of liberation from the entanglement of material conditional life. My dear Lord, only by the association of pure devotees is one entrapped by Your Lordship, who is the controller of both the
 material and spiritual existences. You are the supreme goal of all pure devotees, and by association with pure devotees one can develop his dormant love for You. Therefore, development of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the association of pure devotees 
is the cause of liberation from this material entanglement. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are so merciful that in spite of my being reluctant to associate with Your great devotees You have shown Your extreme mercy upon me as a result o
f my slight contact with a pure devotee like Gargamuni. By Your causeless mercy only have I lost all my material opulences, my kingdom and my family. I do not think that I could have gotten rid of all these entanglements without Your causeless mercy. Kin
gs and emperors accept the life of austerity to forget the royal condition of life, but by Your special causeless mercy I have already been bereft of the royal condition. Other kings exert themselves to get out of the attachment of kingdom and family by 
acceptance of the hardships of renunciation, but by Your mercy I do not need to become a mendicant or to practice renunciation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I therefore pray that I may simply be engaged in rendering transcendental loving service unto Your lotus feet, which is the ambition of the pure devo
tees who are freed from all kinds of material contamination. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and You can offer me anything I want, including liberation. But who is such a foolish person that after pleasing You he would ask from You something 
which might be the cause of entanglement in this material world? I do not think any sane man would ask such a benediction from You. I therefore surrender unto You because You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the Supersoul living in everyon
e's heart, and You are the impersonal Brahman effulgence. Moreover, You are also this material world, because this material world is only the manifestation of Your external energy. Therefore, from any angle of vision, You are the supreme shelter for ever
yone. Everyone, either in the material plane or in the spiritual plane, must take shelter under Your lotus feet. I therefore submit unto You, my Lord. For many, many births I have been suffering from the threefold miseries of this material existence, and
 I am now tired of it. I have simply been impelled by my senses, and I was never satisfied. I therefore take shelter of Your lotus feet, which are the source of all peaceful conditions of life and which can eradicate all kinds of lamentation caused by ma
terial contamination. My dear Lord, You are the Supersoul of everyone, and You can understand everything. Now I am free from all contamination of material desire. I do not wish to enjoy this material world, nor do I wish to take advantage of merging into
 Your spiritual effulgence, nor do I wish to meditate upon Your localized aspect of Param\'e4tm\'e4, for I know that simply by taking shelter of You, I shall become completely peaceful and undisturbed." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this statement of King Mucukunda, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "My dear King, I am very much pleased with your statement. You have been the King of all t
he lands on this planet, but I am surprised to find that your mind is now freed from all material contamination. You are now fit to execute devotional service. I am most pleased to see that although I offered you the opportunity of asking from Me any kin
d of benediction, you did not take advantage of asking for material benefit. I can understand that your mind is now fixed in Me, and it is not disturbed by any material fault.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The material qualities are three, namely goodness, passion and ignorance. When one is placed in the mixed material qualities of passion and ignorance, he is impell
ed by various kinds of dirtiness and lusty desires to try to find comfort in this material world. When he is situated in the material quality of goodness, he tries to purify himself by performing various kinds of penances and austerities. When one reache
s the platform of a real }{\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 aspires to merge into the existence of the Lord, but 
when one desires simply to render service unto the lotus feet of the Lord, that is transcendental to all these three qualities. The pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person is therefore always free from all material qualities. My dear King, I offered to give
 you any kind of benediction, just to test how much you have advanced in devotional service. Now I can see that you are on the platform of the pure devotees because your mind is not disturbed by any kind of greedy or lusty desires of this material world.
 The }{\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 are trying to elevate themselves by controlling the senses and who meditate upo
n Me by practicing the breathing exercise of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are not so thoroughly freed fr
om material desires. It has been seen in several cases that as soon as there is allurement, such }{\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  again come down to the material platform." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The vivid example verifying this statement is Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni. Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni was 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 practiced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a breathing exercise, but still when he was visited by Menak\'e4, a society woman of the heavenly planet, he lost all control and begot in her a daughter named \'c7akuntal\'e4. But the pure devotee Harid
\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur was never disturbed, even when all such allurements were offered by the prostitutes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear King," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, "I therefore give you the special benediction that you will always think of Me. Thus you will be able to traverse thi
s material world freely, without being contaminated by the qualities." This statement of the Lord confirms that a person in true K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord under the direction of the spiritual m
aster, is never subjected to the contamination of material qualities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear King," the Lord said, "because you are 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  you have committed the offense of slaughtering animals, both in hunting and in political engagements. To become purified, just engage yourself 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 practice and always keep your mind absorbed in Me. Very soon you will be freed from all reactions to such sordid activities." In this s
tatement it appears that although 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 allowed to kill animals in the hunting pro
cess, they are not freed from the contamination of other sinful reactions. Therefore it does not matter whether one is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya,}{\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 br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everyone is recommended to t
ake }{\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  at the end of life, to engage himself completely in the service of the Lord and t
hus become freed from all sinful reactions of his past life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then assured King Mucukunda, "In your next life you will take your birth as a first-class Vai\'f1\'ebava, the best 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 in that life your only business will be to engage yourself in My transcendental service." The Vai\'f1\'eb
ava is the first-class }{\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  because one who has not acquired the qualification of a bo
na fide }{\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  cannot come to the platform of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. When one comes to the pla
tform of a Vai\'f1\'ebava, he is completely engaged in welfare activities for all living entities. The highest welfare activity for living entities is the preaching of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is stated herein that those who are specifically favo
red by the Lord can become absolutely K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and be engaged in the preaching work of the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fiftieth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Deliverance of Mucukunda."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-51 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Ranchor
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 51 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Ranchor
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mucukunda, the celebrated descendant of the Ik\'f1v\'e4ku dynasty, was favored by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he circumambulated the Lord within the cave and then cam
e out. On coming out of the cave, Mucukunda saw that the stature of the human species had surprisingly been reduced to pigmy size. Similarly, the trees had also far reduced in size, and Mucukunda could immediately understand that the current age was Kali
-yuga. Therefore, without diverting his attention, he began to travel north. Eventually he reached the mountain known as Gandham\'e4dana. It appeared there were many trees on this mountain, such as sandalwood and other flower trees, the flavor of which m
ade anyone joyful who reached them. He decided to remain in that Gandham\'e4dana Mountain region in order to execute austerities and penances for the rest of his life. It appears that this place is situated in the northernmost part of the Himalayan Mount
ains, where the abode of Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is situated. This place is still existing and is called Badarik\'e4\'e7rama. In Badarik\'e4\'e7rama he engaged himself in the worship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, forgetting all pain and pleasure and the other d
ualities of this material world. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also returned to the vicinity of the city of Mathur\'e4 and began to fight with the soldiers of K\'e4layavana and kill them one after another. After this, He collected all the booty from the dead bodie
s, and under His direction, it was loaded on bullock carts by big men and brought back to Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, Jar\'e4sandha again attacked Mathur\'e4, this time with bigger divisions of soldiers, numbering twenty-three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9s.}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to save Mathur\'e4 from the eighteenth attack of the great military divisions of King Jar\'e4sandha. In order to prevent furthe
r killing of soldiers and to attend to other important business, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba left the battlefield without fighting. Actually He was not at all afraid, but He pretended to be an ordinary human being frightened by the immense quantity of soldiers a
nd resources of Jar\'e4sandha. Without any weapons He left the battlefield. Although His lotus feet were as soft as the petals of the lotus flower, He proceeded for a very long distance on foot. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This time, Jar\'e4sandha thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were very much afraid of His military strength and were fleeing from the battlefield. He began 
to follow Them with all his chariots, horses and infantry. He thought K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma to be ordinary human beings, and he was trying to measure the activities of the Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as Ranchor, which means "one who has left t
he battlefield." In India, especially in Gujarat, there are many temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which are known as temples of Ranchorj\'e9. Ordinarily, if a king leaves the battlefield without fighting he is called a coward, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba enacts thi
s pastime, leaving the battlefield without fighting, He is worshiped by the devotee. A demon always tries to measure the opulence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas the devotee never tries to measure His strength and opulence, but always surrenders unto Him and 
worships Him. By following the footsteps of pure devotees we can know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Ranchorj\'e9, did not leave the battlefield because He was afraid, but because He had some other purpose. The purpose, as it will be revealed, was to attend to
 a confidential letter sent by Rukmi\'eb\'e9, His future first wife. The act of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's leaving the battlefield is a display of one of His six opulences. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme powerful, the supreme wealthy, the supreme famous, the suprem
e wise, the supreme beautiful; similarly He is the supreme renouncer. }{\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  
clearly states that He left the battlefield in spite of having ample military strength. Even without His militia, however, He alone would have been sufficient to defeat the army of Jar\'e4sandha, as He had done seventeen times before. Therefore, His leav
ing the battlefield is an example of His supermost opulence of renunciation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After traversing a very long distance, the brothers pretended to become very tired. To mitigate Their weariness They climbed up a very high mountain several miles a
bove sea level. This mountain was called Pravar\'f1a\'eba due to constant rain. The peak was always covered with clouds sent by Indra. Jar\'e4sandha took it for granted that the two brothers were afraid of his military power and had hidden Themselves at 
the top of the mountain. First he tried to find Them, searching for a long time, but when he failed he decided to trap and kill Them by setting fires around the peak. He therefore surrounded the peak with oil and set it on fire. As the blaze spread more 
and more, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma jumped from the top of the mountain down to the ground\'97a distance of eighty-eight miles. Thus, while the peak was burning up, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma escaped without being seen by Jar\'e4sandha. Jar\'e4s
andha concluded that the two brothers had been burned to ashes and that there was no need of further fighting. Thinking himself successful in his efforts, he left the city of Mathur\'e4 and returned to his home in the kingdom of Magadha. Gradually K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma reached the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, which was surrounded on all sides by the sea. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following this, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma married Revat\'e9, daughter of King Raivata, ruler of the \'c4narta province. This is explained in the Ninth 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  After the marriage of Baladeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba married Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Rukmi
\'eb\'e9 was the daughter of King Bh\'e9\'f1maka, ruler of the province known as Vidarbha. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 is the supreme goddess of fortune, Mah\'e4-Lak\'f1m\'e9. According to the aut
hority 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\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  4.76-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 98}{\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 expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is 
simultaneous; K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself into various }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  forms, and \'c7r\'e9
mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 expands Herself into various }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  forms by Her intern
al potency, as multi-forms of the goddess of fortune. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic convention, there are eight kinds of marriages. In the first-class marriage system, the parents of the bride and bridegroom arrange the marriage 
date. Then, in royal style, the bridegroom goes to the house of the bride, and in the presence 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  priests and relatives, the bride is given in charity to the bridegroom. Besides this, there are other systems, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gandharva}{\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\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  marriages. Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 was married to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  style because she was kidnapped by Him in
 the presence of His many rivals, like \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, Jar\'e4sandha, \'c7\'e4lva and others. While Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was being given in charity to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, she was snatched from the marriage arena by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, exactly as Garu\'f2a snatche
d the pot of nectar from the demons. Rukmi\'eb\'e9, the only daughter of King Bh\'e9\'f1maka, was exquisitely beautiful. She was known as Rucir\'e4nan\'e4, which means "one who has a beautiful face, expanding like a lotus flower." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always anxious to hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord. His activities of fighting, kidnapping and running away from 
the battlefield are all transcendental, being on the absolute platform, and devotees take a transcendental interest in hearing of them. The pure devotee does not make the distinction that some activities of the Lord should be heard and others should be a
voided. There is, however, a class of so-called devotees known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5ta sahajiy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who a
re very interested in hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\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  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  but not about His fighting activities with His enemies. They do not know that His bellicose activi
ties and His friendly activities 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  are equally transcendental, being on the absol
ute platform. The transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  are relished by pure devotees through submissive aural reception. They do not reject even a drop. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marriage with Rukmi\'eb\'e9 is described as follows. The King of Vidarbha, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bh\'e9\'f1maka, was a very qualified and dev
oted prince. He had five sons and only one daughter. The first son was known as Rukm\'e9; the second, Rukmaratha; the third, Rukmab\'e4hu; the fourth and youngest, Rukmake\'e7a; and the fifth, Rukmam\'e4l\'e9. The brothers had one young sister, Rukmi\'eb
\'e9. She was beautiful and chaste and was meant to be married to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Many saintly persons and sages like N\'e4rada Muni and others used to visit the palace of King Bh\'e9\'f1maka. Naturally Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had a chance to talk with them, 
and in this way she obtained information about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She was informed about the six opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and simply by hearing about Him, she desired to surrender herself to His lotus feet and become His wife. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had also he
ard of Rukmi\'eb\'e9. She was the reservoir of all transcendental qualities: intelligence, liberal-mindedness, exquisite beauty and righteous behavior. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore decided that she was fit to be His wife. All of the family members and relati
ves of King Bh\'e9\'f1maka decided that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 should be given in marriage to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However her elder brother, Rukm\'e9, despite the desire of the others, arranged for her marriage with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, a determined enemy of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. When the black-eyed, beautiful Rukmi\'eb\'e9 heard the settlement, she immediately became very morose. However, being a king's daughter, she understood political diplomacy and decided that there was no use in simply becoming morose. Some steps sho
uld be taken immediately. After some deliberation, she decided to send a message to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so that she might not be deceived, she selected a qualified }{\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 her messenger. Such a qualified }{\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 always truthful and is a devotee of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Without delay, 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 sent to 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 arrival, and the doorkeeper led him to the place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting on a golden throne. Since 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  had the opportunity of being Rukmi\'eb\'e9's messenger, he was fortunate enough to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, w
ho is the original cause of all causes. 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  is the spiritual teacher of all the soci
al divisions. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in order to teach everyone the Vedic etiquette of how to respect 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  immediately got up and offered him His throne. When 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 seated on the golden throne, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to worship him exactly in the manner in which the demigods worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way, He taught everyone that worshiping His devotee is more valuable than worship
ing Himself. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In due time, 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  took his bath, accepted his meals and took to rest on a bedstead completely bedecked with soft silk. As he was resting, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba silently approached and, with great respect, put 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  legs on His lap and began to massage them. In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared before 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 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 hope that you are executing the religious principles without any difficulty and that your mind is always in a peaceful condition." Different clas
ses of people in the social system are engaged in various professions, and when one inquires as to the well-being of a particular person, it must be done on the basis of that person's occupation. Therefore, when one inquires as to the welfare 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 questions should be worded according to his condition of life so as not to disturb
 him. A peaceful mind is the basis for becoming truthful, clean, equipoised, self-controlled and tolerant. Thus by attaining knowledge and knowing its practical application in life, one becomes convinced about the Absolute Truth. 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  knew K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and still he accepted the respectful se
rvice of the Lord on the grounds of Vedic social convention. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing just like a human being. Belonging to 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  division of the social system, and being a young boy, it was His duty to show respect to such 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "O best of 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  you should always remain satisfied because 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  is always self-satisfied he will not deviate from his prescribed duties; and simply by sticking to one's prescribed duties, everyone, especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
r\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can attain the highest perfection of all desires. Even if a person is as opulent as the King of heaven, Indra, if he is not satisfied he inevitably has to tran
smigrate from one planet to another. Such a person can never be happy under any circumstances; but if a person's mind is satisfied, even if he is bereft of his high position, he can be happy living anywhere and everywhere." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This instruction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  is very significant. The purport is that a true }{\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  should not be disturbed in any situation. In this modern age of Kali-yuga, the so-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  have accepted the abominable position of 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  or less than 
}{\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 and still want to pass as qualified }{\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  Actually, a qualified }{\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 sticks to his own duties and never accepts those 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 of one less than 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  It is advise
d in the authorized scriptures that 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  may, under awkward circumstances, accept the
 profession 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 even 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  but never is he to accept the profession 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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declared that 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  should never be disturbed by any adverse conditions of life if he scrupulously sticks to his religious principles. In conclusion, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba said: "I offer My respectful obeisances 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  and Vai\'f1\'ebavas, because 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 always self-satisfied, and the Vai\'f1\'ebavas are always engaged in actual welfare activities for the human society. They are the best friends
 of the people in general; both are free from false egoism and are always in a peaceful condition of mind." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then desired to know about the rulers (}{\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 ) in 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  king
dom, so He inquired whether the citizens of the kingdom were all happy. A king's qualification is judged by the temperament of the people in the kingdom. If they are very happy in all respects, it is to be understood that the king is honest and executing
 his duties rightly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that the king in whose kingdom the citizens are happy is very dear to Him. Of course K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand that 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  had come with a confidential message; therefore he said, "If you have no objection, I am giving you permission to speak about your mission." Thus, being very satisfied b
y these transcendental pastimes with the Lord, 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  narrated the whole story of his
 mission to come and see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He got out the letter which Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had written to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and said, "These are the words of Princess Rukmi\'eb\'e9: 'My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O infallible and most beautiful one, any human being who h
appens to hear about Your transcendental form and pastimes immediately absorbs through his ears Your name, fame and qualities; thus all his material pangs subside, and he fixes Your form in his heart. Through such transcendental love for You, he sees You
 always within himself; and by this process all his desires become fulfilled. Similarly, I have heard of Your transcendental qualities. I may be shameless in expressing myself so directly, but You have captivated me and taken my heart. You may suspect th
at I am an unmarried girl, young in age, and may doubt my steadiness of character, but my dear Mukunda, You are the supreme lion among the human beings, the supreme person among persons. Any girl, although not yet out of her home, or any woman who may be
 of the highest chastity, would desire to marry You, being captivated by Your unprecedented character, knowledge, opulence and position. I know that You are the husband of the goddess of fortune and 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 Your lotus feet. I have accepted Your Lordship as my selected husband, and I therefore request You to accept me as Your wife. You are the supreme powerful, 
O lotus-eyed one. Now I belong to You. If that which is enjoyable for the lion to eat is taken away by the jackal, it will be a ludicrous affair; therefore I request You to immediately take care of me before I am taken away by \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and other
 princes like him. My dear Lord, in my previous life I may have done public welfare work like digging wells and growing trees, or pious activities such as performing ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices and serving the superior spiritual master, 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 Vai\'f1\'ebavas. By these activities, perhaps I have pleased the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. If this is so, then I wish that You, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the brother of Lord Balar\'e4ma, would please come here and catch hold of my hand so that I may not be touched by \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and his company.'" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9's marriage with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was already settled; therefore she suggested that K\'e5\'f1\'eba kidnap her so that this might be changed. This sort
 of marriage, in which the girl is kidnapped by force, is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is practiced
 among 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  or the administrative, martial spirited type of men. Because her marriag
e was already arranged to take place the next day, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 suggested that K\'e5\'f1\'eba come there incognito to kidnap her and then fight with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and his allies like the King of Magadha. Knowing that no one could conquer K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and that He would certainly emerge victorious, she addressed Him as Ajita\'97the unconquerable. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 told K\'e5\'f1\'eba not to be concerned that many of her family members, including other women, might be wounded or even killed if the fig
hting took place within the palace. As the king of a country thinks of diplomatic ways to achieve his object, similarly Rukmi\'eb\'e9, being the daughter of a king, was diplomatic in suggesting how this unnecessary and undesirable killing could be avoide
d. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She explained that it was the custom of her family to visit the temple of the goddess Durg\'e4, their family deity, before a marriage. (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  kings were mostly staunch Vai\'f1\'ebavas, worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in either the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1
\'eba or Lak\'f1m\'e9-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba form; still, for their material welfare, they used to worship the goddess Durg\'e4. They never made the mistake, however, of accepting the demigods as the Supreme Lord on the level of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as did some of the less intelligent men.) In order to avoid the unnecessary killing of her relatives, Rukm
i\'eb\'e9 suggested that it would be easiest for Him to kidnap her while she was either going from the palace to the temple or else while she was returning home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She also explained to K\'e5\'f1\'eba why she was so anxious to be married to Him, even though her marriage was to take place with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, who was also qu
alified, being the son of a great king. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 said that she did not think anyone was greater than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not even Lord \'c7iva, who is known as Mah\'e4deva, the greatest of all demigods. Lord \'c7iva also seeks the pleasure of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in order to be delivered from his entanglement in the quality of ignorance within the material world. In spite of the fact that Lord \'c7iva is the greatest of all great souls, }{\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  he keeps on his head the purifying water of the Ganges, which emanates from a hole in this material universe made by the toe of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. L
ord \'c7iva is in charge of the material quality of ignorance, and in order to keep himself in a transcendental position, he always meditates on Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Therefore Rukmi\'eb\'e9 knew very well that obtaining the favor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not a
n easy job. If even Lord \'c7iva must purify himself for this purpose, surely it would be difficult for Rukmi\'eb\'e9, who was only the daughter 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  king. Thus she desired to dedicate her life to observing severe austerities and penances, such as fasting and going without bodily comforts. If it were not possible in this lifetime to g
ain K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor by these activities, she was prepared to do the same lifetime after lifetime. 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 [7.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that pure devotees of the Lord execute devotional service with great determination. Such determination, as exhibited 
by Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, is the only price for purchasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor and is the way to ultimate success in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After explaining Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9's statement to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eb
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chief of the Yadu dynasty, I have brought this confidential message for You from Rukmi\'eb\'e9; now it is placed before You for Your considera
tion. After due deliberation You can act as You please, but if You want to do something, You must do it immediately. There is not much time left for action." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifty-first Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Ranchor."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-52 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Kidnaps 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 52 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Kidnaps Rukm
i\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing Rukmi\'eb\'e9's statement, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased. He immediately shook hands with 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 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. My mind is always absorbed in the thought of the daughter of Bh\'e9\'f1maka, an
d sometimes I cannot sleep at night because I am thinking of her. I can understand that the marriage of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la has been arranged by her elder brother in a spirit of animosity toward Me; so I am determined to give a good less
on to all of these princes. Just as fire is extracted and utilized after manipulating ordinary wood, similarly, after dealing with these demoniac princes, I shall bring forth Rukmi\'eb\'e9, like fire, from their midst." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, upon being informed of the specific date of Rukmi\'eb\'e9's marriage, became anxious to leave immediately. He asked His driver, D\'e4ruka, to harnes
s the horses for His chariot and prepare to go to the kingdom of Vidarbha. The driver, just after hearing this order, brought K\'e5\'f1\'eba's four special horses. The names and descriptions of these horses are mentioned in 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  The first one, \'c7aivya, was greenish; the second, Sugr\'e9va, was grayish like ice; the third, Me
ghapu\'f1pa, was the color of a new cloud; and the last, Bal\'e4haka, was of ashen color. When the horses were yoked and the chariot ready to go, K\'e5\'f1\'eba helped 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  up and gave him a seat by His side. Immediately they started from Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and within one night arrived at the province of Vidarbha. The kingdom of Dv\'e4rak
\'e4 is situated in the western part of India, and Vidarbha is situated in the northern part. They are separated by a distance of not less than 1,000 miles, but the horses were so fast that they reached their destination, a town called Ku\'eb\'f2ina, wit
hin one night, or at most, twelve hours. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Bh\'e9\'f1maka was not very enthusiastic about handing his daughter over to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, but he was obliged to accept the marriage settlement due to his 
affectionate attachment for his eldest son, who had negotiated it. As a matter of duty, he was decorating the city for the marriage ceremony and was acting in great earnestness to make it very successful. Water was sprinkled all over the streets, and the
 city was cleansed very nicely. Since India is situated in the tropical zone, the atmosphere is always dry. Due to this, dust always accumulates on the streets and roads; so they must be sprinkled with water at least once a day, and in big cities like Ca
lcutta, twice a day. The roads of Ku\'eb\'f2ina were arranged with colored flags and festoons, and gates were constructed at particular crossings. The whole city was decorated very nicely. The beauty of the city was enhanced by the inhabitants, both men 
and women, who were dressed in washed cloth, decorated with sandalwood pulp, pearl necklaces and flower garlands. Incense was burning everywhere, and fragrances like }{\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  scented the air. Priests 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  were sumptuously fed and, according to ritualistic ceremony, were given sufficient wealth and cows in charity. In this way, they were engaged in chanting Vedic hymns. The King's daughter, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, was exquisitely beautiful
. She was very clean and had beautiful teeth. The auspicious sacred girdle was tied on her wrist. She was given various types of jewelry to put on and long silken cloth to cover the upper and lower parts of her body. Learned priests gave her protection b
y chanting }{\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  from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub S\'e4ma Veda, \'c5g Veda}{\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 Yajur Veda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After this they chanted }{\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  from 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  and offered oblations in the fire to pacify the ominous conjunctions of different stars. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Bh\'e9\'f1maka was very experienced in dealing with 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 priests when such ceremonies were held. He specifically distinguished 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  by giving them large quantities of gold and silver, grains mixed with molasses, and cows decorated with golden ornaments. Damagho\'f1a, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's father, executed all kinds
 of ritualistic performances to invoke good fortune for his own family. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's father was known as Damagho\'f1a due to his superior ability to cut down unregulated citizens. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Dama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means curbing down, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gho\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means famous; so he was famous for controlling the citizens. Damagho\'f1a thought that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to disturb the marriage ceremony, he would certainly cut Him down with his military power. Therefore, after p
erforming the various auspicious ceremonies, Damagho\'f1a gathered his military divisions, known as Madasravi. He took many elephants, garlanded with golden necklaces, and many chariots and horses which were similarly decorated. It appeared that Damagho
\'f1a, along with his son and other companions, was going to Ku\'eb\'f2ina, not completely forgetting the marriage, but mainly intent on fighting. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When King Bh\'e9\'f1maka learned that Damagho\'f1a and his party were arriving, he left the city to receive them. Outside the city gate there were many gardens wher
e the guests were welcomed to stay. In the Vedic system of marriage, the bride's father receives the large party of the bridegroom and accomodates them in a suitable place for two or three days until the marriage ceremony is performed. The party led by D
amagho\'f1a contained thousands of men, among whom the prominent kings and personalities were Jar\'e4sandha, Dantavakra, Vid\'fcratha and Pau\'eb\'f2raka. It was an open secret that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was meant to be married to K\'e5\'f1\'eba but that her eld
er brother, Rukm\'e9, had arranged her marriage to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. There was also some whispering going on about a rumor that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had sent a messenger to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore the soldiers suspected that K\'e5\'f1\'eba might cause a dist
urbance by attempting to kidnap Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Even though they were not without fear, they were all prepared to give K\'e5\'f1\'eba a nice fight in order to prevent the girl from being taken away. \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma received the news that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba had left for Ku\'eb\'f2ina accompanied 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 He also heard that \'c7i
\'e7up\'e4la was there with 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 arrived at 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  who took her message appeared, she became full of anxiety and began to think how unfortunate she was. "There is only one night betwe
en today and 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 \'c7y\'e4masundara has ret
urned. I cannot ascertain any reason for this." Having little hope, she thought perhaps K\'e5\'f1\'eba had found reason to become dissatisfied and had rejected her fair proposal. As a result, 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  might have become disappointed and not come back. Although she was thinking of various causes for the delay, she expected them both at every
 moment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9 further began to think that demigods such as Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and the goddess Durg\'e4 might have been displeased. It is generally said th
at the demigods become angry when they are not properly worshiped. For instance, when Indra found that the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were not worshiping him (K\'e5\'f1\'eba having stopped the Indra-yaj\'efa), he became very angry and wanted to chast
ise them. Thus Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was thinking that since she did not worship Lord \'c7iva or Lord Brahm\'e4 very much, they might have become angry and tried to frustrate her plan. Similarly she thought that the goddess Durg\'e4, the wife of Lord \'c7iva, mi
ght have taken the side of her husband. Lord \'c7iva is known as Rudra, and his wife is known as Rudr\'e4\'eb\'e9. Rudr\'e4\'eb\'e9 and Rudra refer to those who are very accustomed to putting others in a distressed condition so they might cry forever. Ru
kmi\'eb\'e9 was thinking of the goddess Durg\'e4 as Girij\'e4, the daughter of the Himalayan Mountains. The Himalayan Mountains are very cold and hard, and she thought of the goddess Durg\'e4 as hardhearted and cold. In her anxiety to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 Rukmi\'eb\'e9, who was after all still a child, thought this way about the different demigods. 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  worship goddess K\'e4ty\'e4yan\'e9 to get K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband; similarly Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was thinking of the various types of demigods, not for material benefit, but in respect to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Praying to the demigods to achieve 
the favor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not irregular, and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was fully absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even though she pacified herself by thinking that the time for Govinda to arrive had not yet expired, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 felt that she was hoping against hope. She began
 to shed tears, and when they became more forceful, she closed her eyes in helplessness. While Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was in such deep thought, auspicious symptoms appeared in different parts of her body. Trembling began to occur in her left eyelid and in her arm
s and thighs. When trembling occurs in these parts of the body, it is an auspicious sign indicating that something lucrative can be expected. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just then, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, full of anxiety, 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  messenger. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being the Supersoul of all living beings, could understand Rukmi\'eb\'e9's anxiety; therefore 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 could understand the auspicious trembling of her body and immediately became elated. She smiled and inquired from him whether or not K
\'e5\'f1\'eba had already 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 that the son of the Yadu dynasty, \'c7
r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, had arrived; he further encouraged her by saying that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had promised to carry her away without fail. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was so elated 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 suitable for presentation, she simply offered him her respectf
ul obeisances. The significance of offering respectful obeisances to a superior is that the one offering obeisances is obliged to the respected person. In other words, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 implied that she would remain ever grateful 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  Anyone who gets the favor of the goddess of fortune, as did 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  is without a doubt always happy in material opulence. 
\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. Immediately he arranged t
o receive Them, along with Their soldiers, in a suitable garden house. As was the Vedic custom, the King offered K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma honey and fresh washed cloth. He was hospitable not only to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and kings such as Jar
\'e4sandha, but he also received many other kings and princes according to their respective personal strength, age and material possessions. Out of curiosity and eagerness, the people of Ku\'eb\'f2ina assembled before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and b
egan to drink the nectar of Their beauty. With tearful eyes, they offered Them their silent respects. They were very pleased, considering Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba the suitable match for Rukmi\'eb\'e9. They were so eager to unite K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 that they began to pray to the Personality of Godhead: "My dear Lord, if we have performed any pious activities that You are satisfied with, kindly be merciful upon us and accept the hand of Rukmi\'eb\'e9." It appears that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was a very p
opular princess, and all the citizens, out of intense love for her, prayed for her best fortune. In the meantime, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, being very nicely dressed and protected by bodyguards, came out of the palace to visit the temple of Ambik\'e4, the goddess D
urg\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Deity worship in the temple has been in existence since the beginning of Vedic culture. There is a class of men 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da-rata;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they only b
elieve in the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, but not in the temple worship. Such foolish people may here take note that although this marriage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 took place more than 5,000 years ago, there were arrangements for temple wor
ship. 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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4nti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The worshipers of the d
emigods attain the abodes of the demigods." There were many people who worshiped the demigods and many who directly worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The system of demigod worship was directed mainly to Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, Lord Ga
\'ebe\'e7a, the sun-god and the goddess Durg\'e4. Lord \'c7iva and the goddess Durg\'e4 were worshiped even by the royal families; other minor demigods were worshiped by silly inferior people. As far as 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 Vai\'f1\'ebavas are concerned, they simply worship Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.20}{\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  the worship of demigods is condemned, but not forbidden; there it is clearly stated that the less intelligent class of men worship the different kinds of demigods for material benefit. On the other hand, even though Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was the god
dess of fortune, she went to the temple of the goddess Durg\'e4 because the family deity was worshiped there. 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  [10.53.40-41] it is stated that as Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was proceeding towards the temple of the goddess Durg\'e4, within her heart she was always thinking of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore when Ruk
mi\'eb\'e9 went to the temple it was not with the intention of an ordinary person, who goes to beg for material benefits; her only target was K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When people go to the temple of a demigod, the objective is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba, since it is
 He who empowers the demigods to provide material benefits. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Rukmi\'eb\'e9 proceeded toward the temple, she was very silent and grave. Her mother and her girl friend were by her side, and 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  was in the center; surrounding her were royal bodyguards. (This custom of a would-be bride going to t
he temple of a demigod is still practiced in India.) As the procession continued, various musical sounds were heard. Drums, conchshells, and bugles of different sizes such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
a\'ebavas,}{\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 turyas}{\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 bheris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  combined to make a sound which was not only auspicious but very sweet to hear. There w
ere thousands of wives of respectable }{\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  present. These women were all dressed very 
nicely with suitable ornaments. They presented Rukmi\'eb\'e9 with flower garlands, sandalwood pulp and a variety of colorful garments to assist her in worshiping Lord \'c7iva and the goddess Durg\'e4. Some of these ladies were very old and knew perfectly
 well how to chant prayers to the goddess Durg\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva; so, followed by Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and others, they led these prayers before the deity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9 offered her prayers to the deity by saying, "My dear goddess Durg\'e4, I offer my respectful obeisances unto you as well as to your children." The god
dess Durg\'e4 has four famous children: two daughters\'97the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, and the goddess of learning, Sarasvat\'e9\'97and two famous sons, Lord Ga\'ebe\'e7a and Lord K\'e4rttikeya. They are all considered to be demigods and goddesse
s. Since the goddess Durg\'e4 is always worshiped along with her famous children, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 specifically offered her respectful obeisances to the deity in that way; however her prayers were different. Ordinary people pray to the goddess Durg\'e4 for 
material wealth, fame, profit, strength and so on; Rukmi\'eb\'e9, however, desired to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba for her husband and therefore prayed to the deity to be pleased upon her and bless her. Since she desired only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, her worship of the de
migods is not condemned. While Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was praying, a variety of items were presented before the deity, chief of which were water, different kinds of flames, incense, garments, garlands and various foodstuffs prepared with ghee, such as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris}{\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 kacuris.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There were also fruits, sugar cane, betel nuts and spices offered. With great devotion, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 offered them to the deity according to the regulative principles directed by 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  ladies. After this ritualistic ceremony, the ladies offered the remnants of the f
oodstuffs to Rukmi\'eb\'e9 as }{\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  which she accepted with great respect. Then Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 offered her obeisances to the ladies and to the goddess Durg\'e4. After the business of deity worship was finished, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 caught hold of the hand 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 came to Ku\'eb\'f2ina for the marriage were assembled outside the temple to see Rukmi\'eb\'e9. The princes were especially very eag
er to see her because they all actually thought that they would have Rukmi\'eb\'e9 as their wife. Struck with wonder upon seeing Rukmi\'eb\'e9, they thought that she was specially manufactured by the Creator to bewilder all the great chivalrous princes. 
Her body was well-constructed, the middle portion being thin. She had green eyes, pink lips, and a beautiful face which was enhanced by her scattered hair and by different kinds of earrings. Around her feet she wore jeweled lockets. The bodily luster and
 beauty of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 appeared as if painted by an artist perfectly presenting beauty following the description of great poets. The breast of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 is described as being a little bit high, indicating that she was just a youth not more than thi
rteen or fourteen years old. Her beauty was specifically intended to attract the attention of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although the princes gazed upon her beautiful features, she was not at all proud. Her eyes moved restlessly, and when she smiled very simply, li
ke an innocent girl, her teeth appeared just like lotus flowers. Expecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba to take her away at any moment, she proceeded very slowly towards her home. Her legs moved just like a full-grown swan, and her ankle bells tinkled very mildly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As already explained, the great chivalrous princes who assembled there were so overwhelmed by Rukmi\'eb\'e9's beauty that they almost became unconscious. Full of lu
st, they hopelessly desired Rukmi\'eb\'e9's hand, comparing their own beauty with hers. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9, however, was not interested in any of them; in her heart she was simply expecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come and carry her away. As she wa
s adjusting the ornaments on her left-hand finger, she happened to look upon the princes and suddenly saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present amongst them. Although Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had never before seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she was always thinking of Him; thus she 
had no difficulty in recognizing Him amongst the princely order. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not being concerned with the other princes, immediately took the opportunity of placing Rukmi\'eb\'e9 on His chariot, marked by a flag bearing an image of Garu\'f2a. He then
 proceeded slowly, without fear, taking away Rukmi\'eb\'e9 exactly as the lion takes the deer from the midst of the 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 many times experienced defeat by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, began to roar: "How is this? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is taking Rukmi\'eb\'e9 away from us without any
 opposition! What is the use in our being chivalrous fighters with arrows? My dear princes, just look! We are losing our reputation by this action. It is just like the jackal taking away the booty from the lion." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifty-second Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Kidnaps Rukmi\'eb\'e9."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-53 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Defeats All the Princes and Takes Rukmi\'eb\'e9 Home to Dv\'e4rak\'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 53 / K\'e5\'f1\'eba Defeats All 
the Princes and Takes Rukmi\'eb\'e9 Home to Dv\'e4rak\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the princes led by Jar\'e4sandha became very angry at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kidnapping Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Struck by the beauty of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, they had fallen from the
 backs of their horses and elephants, but now they began to stand up and properly arm themselves. Picking up their bows and arrows, they began to chase K\'e5\'f1\'eba on their chariots, horses and elephants. To check their progress, the soldiers of the Y
adu dynasty turned and faced them. Thus terrible fighting between the two belligerant groups began. The princes opposing K\'e5\'f1\'eba were led by Jar\'e4sandha, and they were all very expert in fighting. They began to shoot their arrows at the soldiers
 of Yadu just as a cloud splashes the face of a mountain with torrents of rain. Gathered on the face of a mountain, a cloud does not move very much, and therefore the force of rain is much more severe on a mountain than it is anywhere else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The opposing princes were determined to defeat K\'e5\'f1\'eba and recapture Rukmi\'eb\'e9 from His custody, and they fought with Him as severely as possible. Rukmi
\'eb\'e9, seated by the side of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saw arrows raining from the opposing party onto the faces of the soldiers of Yadu. In a fearful attitude, she began to look on the face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, expressing her gratefulness that He had taken such 
a great risk for her sake only. Her eyes moving, she appeared to be very sorry, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba could immediately understand her mind. He encouraged her with these words: "My dear Rukmi\'eb\'e9, don't worry. Please rest assured that the soldiers of th
e Yadu dynasty will kill all the opposing soldiers without delay." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking with Rukmi\'eb\'e9, the commanders of the Yadu dynasty's soldiers, headed by Lord Balar\'e4ma, who is also known as Sa\'eckar\'f1a
\'eba, as well as by Gadadhara, not tolerating the defiant attitude of the opposing soldiers, began to strike their horses, elephants, and chariots with arrows. As the fighting progressed, the princes and soldiers of the enemy camp began to fall from the
ir horses, elephants and chariots. Within a very short time, it was seen that millions of severed heads, decorated with helmets and earrings, had fallen on the battlefield. The soldiers' hands were cut up along with their bows and arrows and clubs; one h
ead was piled upon another, and one horse was piled upon another. All the infantry soldiers, as well as their camels, elephants and asses, fell down with severed heads. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the enemy, headed by Jar\'e4sandha, found that they were gradually being defeated by the soldiers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they thought it unwise to risk losing in t
he battle for the sake of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la himself should have fought to rescue Rukmi\'eb\'e9 from the hands of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but when the soldiers saw that \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was not competent enough to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, th
ey decided not to lose their strength unnecessarily; therefore they ceased fighting and dispersed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of the princes, as a matter of etiquette, appeared before \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. They saw that \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was very much discouraged, like one who has lost h
is wife. His face appeared to be dried up, he had lost all his energy, and all the luster of his body had disappeared. They began to address \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la thus: "My dear \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, don't be discouraged in this way. You belong to the royal ord
er and are the chief amongst the fighters. There is no question of distress or happiness for a person like you because neither of these conditions is everlasting. Take courage. Don't be disappointed by this temporary reverse. After all, we are not the fi
nal actor; as puppets dance in the hands of a magician, we are all dancing by the will of the Supreme, and according to His grace only we suffer distress or enjoy happiness, which therefore balance equally in all circumstances." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole catastrophe of the defeat was due to the envious nature of Rukmi\'eb\'e9's elder brother, Rukm\'e9. Having seen his sister forcibly taken away by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba after he had planned to marry her with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, Rukm\'e9 was frustrated. So he and \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, his friend and intended brother-in-law, returned to their respective homes. Rukm\'e9, very much agitated, was determined to personal
ly teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba a lesson. He called for his own soldiers\'97a military phalanx consisting of several thousand elephants; horses, chariots and infantry\'97and, equipped with this military strength, he began to follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Dv\'e4rak
\'e4. In order to show his prestige, Rukm\'e9 began to promise before all the returning kings, "You could not help \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la marry my sister Rukmi\'eb\'e9, but I cannot allow Rukmi\'eb\'e9 to be taken away by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I shall teach Him a l
esson. Now I am going there." He presented himself as a big commander and vowed before all the princes present, "Unless I kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the fight and bring back my sister from His clutches, I shall no more return to my capital city, Ku\'eb\'f2in
a. I make this vow before you all, and you will see that I shall fulfill it." After thus vibrating all these boasting words, Rukm\'e9 immediately got on his chariot and told his chariot driver to pursue K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He said, "I want to fight with Him 
immediately. This cowherd boy has become very proud because of His tricky way of fighting with 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  but today I shall teach Him a good lesson. Because He has the impudency to kidnap my sister, I, with my sharpened arrows, shall teach Him very good lessons indeed." Thus this unintelligent man, Rukm\'e9, ignorant of the extent of the str
ength and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, began to voice impudent threats. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In great stupidity he soon stood before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, telling Him repeatedly, "Stop for a minute and fight with me!" After saying this he drew his bow and directl
y shot three forceful arrows against K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body. Then he condemned K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the most abominable descendant of the Yadu dynasty and asked Him to stand before him for a minute so that he could teach Him a good lesson. "You are carrying 
away my sister just like a crow stealing clarified butter meant for use in a sacrifice. You are simply proud of Your military strength, but You cannot fight according to regulative principles. You have stolen my sister; now I shall relieve You of Your fa
lse prestige. You can keep my sister under Your possession only as long as I do not pinion You to the ground for good with my arrows." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after hearing all these crazy words from Rukm\'e9, immediately shot an arrow and severed the string of Rukm\'e9's bow, making him unable to use
 another arrow. Rukm\'e9 immediately took another bow and shot another five arrows at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being attacked for the second time by Rukm\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba again severed his bowstring. Rukm\'e9 took a third bow, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba again cut off 
its string. This time, in order to teach Rukm\'e9 a lesson, K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally shot six arrows at him, and then He shot another eight arrows. Thus four horses were killed by four arrows, the chariot driver was killed by another arrow, and the uppe
r portion of Rukm\'e9's chariot, including the flag, was chopped off with the remaining three arrows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having run out of arrows, Rukm\'e9 took the assistance of swords, shields, tridents, lances and similar other weapons used for fighting hand-to-hand, but K\'e5\'f1
\'eba immediately severed them all in the same way. Being repeatedly baffled in his attempts, Rukm\'e9 simply took his sword and ran very swiftly toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as a fly proceeds toward a fire. As soon as Rukm\'e9 reached K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba cut his weapon to pieces. This time K\'e5\'f1\'eba took out His sharp sword and was about to kill him immediately, but Rukm\'e9's sister Rukmi\'eb\'e9, understanding that this time K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not excuse her brother, fell down at t
he lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in a very grievous tone, trembling with great fear, began to plead with her husband. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9 first addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as "Yoge\'e7vara." Yoge\'e7vara means one who is possessed of inconceivable opulence and energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba possess
es inconceivable opulence and energy, whereas Rukmi\'eb\'e9's brother had only limited military potency. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is immeasurable, whereas her brother was measured in every step of his life. Therefore, Rukm\'e9 was not even comparable to an insigni
ficant insect before the unlimited power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She also addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the God of the gods. There are many powerful demigods, such as Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, Indra, and Candra; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Lord of all these gods,
 whereas Rukmi\'eb\'e9's brother was not only an ordinary human being, but was, in fact, the lowest of all because he had no understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, a human being who has no conception of the actual position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
the lowest in human society. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 also addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as "Jagatpati," the master of the whole cosmic manifestation. In comparison, her brother was only a ordinary prince. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 compared the position of Rukm\'e9 to that of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and very feelingly pleaded with her husband not to kill her brother just befo
re the auspicious time of her being united with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but to excuse him. In other words, she displayed her real position as a woman. She was happy to get K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her husband just at the moment when her marriage to another was to be pe
rformed, but she did not want it to be at the loss of her elder brother, who, after all, loved his young sister and wanted to hand her over to one who was, according to his own calculations, a better man. While Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was praying to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 for the life of her brother, her whole body trembled, and because of her anxiety, her face appeared to be dried up, her throat became choked, and, due to her trembling, the ornaments on her body loosened and fell scattered on the ground. Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba immediately became compassionate and agreed not to kill the foolish Rukm\'e9. But, at the same time, He wanted to give him some light punishment, so He tied him up with a piece of cloth and snipped at his moustache, beard and hair, keeping some spo
ts here and there. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dealing with Rukm\'e9 in this way, the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty, commanded by Balar\'e4ma Himself, broke the whole strength of Rukm\'e9
's army just as an elephant in a tank discards the feeble stem of a lotus flower. In other words, as an elephant breaks the whole construction of a lotus flower while bathing in the reservoir of water, so the military strength of the Yadus broke up Rukm
\'e9's forces. Yet when the commanders of the Yadu dynasty came back to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were all surprised to see the condition of Rukm\'e9. Lord Balar\'e4ma became especially compassionate for His sister-in-law, who was newly married to His bro
ther. In order to please Rukmi\'eb\'e9, Balar\'e4ma personally untied Rukm\'e9, and in order to further please her, Balar\'e4ma, as the elder brother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, spoke some words of chastisement. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Your action is not at all satisfac
tory," He said. "This is an abomination very much contrary to our family tradition! To cut someone's hair and shave his moustache and beard is almost comparable to killing him. Whatever Rukm\'e9 might have been, he is now our brother-in-law, a relative o
f our family, and You should not have put him in such a condition." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, in order to pacify her, Lord Balar\'e4ma said to Rukmi\'eb\'e9, "You should not be sorry because your brother has been made very odd-looking. Everyone s
uffers or enjoys the results of his own actions." Lord Balar\'e4ma wanted to impress upon Rukmi\'eb\'e9 that she should not have been sorry for the consequences suffered by her brother due to his actions. There was no need of being too affectionate towar
d such a brother. Lord Balar\'e4ma again turned toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba and said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a relative, even though he commits such a blunder and deserves to be killed, should be excused. For when such a relative is conscious of his own faul
t, that consciousness itself is like death. Therefore, there is no need in killing him." He again turned toward Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and informed her that the current duty 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  in the human society is so fixed that, according to the principles of fighting, one's own brother may become an enemy on the opposite side. 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  does not hesitate to kill his own brother. In other words, Lord Balar\'e4ma wanted to instruct Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 that Rukm\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were right in not showing mercy to each other in the fighting, despite the family consideration that they happened to be brothers-in-law. \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma continued to inform Rukmi\'eb\'e9 that }{\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 typical emblems of the materialistic way of life; they become puffed-up whenever there is a
 question of material acquisition. Therefore, when there is a fight between two belligerent }{\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  on account of kingdom, land, wealth, women, prestige or power, they try to put one another into the most abominable condition. Balar\'e4ma instructed Rukmi\'eb\'e9 that her affection toward her brother Rukm\'e9, who had created enmity with s
o many persons, was a perverse consideration befitting an ordinary materialistic person. Her brother's character was not at all adorable, considering his treatment toward other friends, and yet Rukmi\'eb\'e9, as an ordinary woman, was so affectionate tow
ard him. He was not fit to be her brother, and still Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was lenient toward him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Besides that," Balar\'e4ma continued, "the consideration that a person is neutral or is one's friend or enemy is generally made by persons who are in the bodily co
ncept of life. Such foolish persons become bewildered by the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord. The spirit soul is of the same pure quality in any embodiment of matter, but those who are not sufficiently intelligent see only the bodily differentiations
 of animals and men, literates and illiterates, rich and poor, and so on, which cover the pure spirit soul. Such differentiation, observed purely on the basis of the body, is exactly like differentiation between fires in terms of the different types of f
uel they consume. Whatever the size and shape of the fuel, there is no such variety of size and shape of the fire which comes out. Similarly, in the sky there are no differences in size or shape." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way Balar\'e4ma appeased them by His moral and ethical instruction. He stated further: "This body is part of the material manifestation. The living entity o
r spirit soul, being in contact with matter, is transmigrating, due to illusory enjoyment, from one body to another, and that is known as material existence. This contact of the living entity with the material manifestation has neither integration nor di
sintegration. My dear chaste sister-in-law, the spirit soul is, of course, the cause of this material body, as much as the sun is the cause of sunlight, eyesight and the forms of material manifestation. The example of the sunshine and the material manife
station is very appropriate in the matter of understanding the living entities' contact with this material world. In the morning, there is sunrise, and the heat and light expand gradually throughout the whole day. The sun is the cause of all material pro
duction and shapes and forms; it is due to the sun that integration and disintegration of material elements take place. But as soon as the sun is set, the whole manifestation is no longer connected to the sun, which has passed from one place to another. 
When the sun passes from the eastern to the western hemisphere, the result of interaction due to the sunshine in the eastern hemisphere remains, but the sunshine itself is visible again on the western hemisphere. Similarly, the living entity accepts or p
roduces different bodies and different bodily relationships in a particular circumstance, but as soon as he gives up the present body and accepts another, he has nothing to do with the former body. Similarly, the living entity has nothing to do with the 
next body which he accepts. He is always free from the contact of this bodily contamination. Therefore, the conclusion is that the appearance and disappearance of the body have nothing to do with the living entity, as much as the waxing and waning of the
 moon have nothing to do with the moon. When there is waxing of the moon, we falsely think that the moon is developing, and when there is waning of the moon we think that the moon is decreasing. Factually the moon, as it is, is always the same; it has no
thing to do with such visible waxing and waning activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Consciousness of material existence can be compared to sleeping and dreaming. When a man sleeps, he dreams of many nonfactual happenings, and as a result of dreami
ng he becomes subjected to different kinds of distress and happiness. Similarly, when a person is in the dreaming condition of material consciousness, he suffers the effects of accepting a body and giving it up again in material existence. Opposite to th
is material consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In other words, when a man is elevated to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he becomes free from this false conception of life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma instructed them in spiritual knowledge. He addressed his sister-in-law thus: "Sweet, smiling Rukmi\'eb\'e9, do not be aggrieved b
y false motives caused by ignorance. Due to false notions only one becomes unhappy, but this unhappiness is immediately removed by discussing the philosophy of actual life. Be happy on that platform only." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing such enlightening instruction from \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 immediately became pacified and happy and adjusted her mental condition, which
 was very much afflicted by seeing the degraded position of her brother, Rukm\'e9. As far as Rukm\'e9 was concerned, neither was his promise fulfilled nor his mission successful. He had come from home with his soldiers and military phalanx to defeat K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and release his sister, but on the contrary, he lost all his soldiers and military strength. He was personally much degraded, and in that condition he was very sorry; but by the grace of the Lord he could continue his life to the fixed dest
ination. Because he 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  he could remember his promise that he would not return to 
his capital city, Ku\'eb\'f2ina, without killing K\'e5\'f1\'eba and releasing his sister, which he had failed to do; therefore, he decided in anger not to return to his capital city, and he constructed a small cottage in the village known as Bhojaka\'f6a
 and began to reside there for the rest of his life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After defeating all the opposing elements and forcibly carrying away Rukmi\'eb\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought her to His capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and then married 
her according to the Vedic ritualistic principle. After this marriage, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became the King of the Yadus at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. On the occasion of His marriage with Rukmi\'eb\'e9, all the inhabitants were happy, and in every house there were great c
eremonies. The inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City became so pleased that they dressed themselves with the nicest possible ornaments and garments, and they went to present gifts according to their means to the newly married couple, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi
\'eb\'e9. All the houses of Yadupur\'e9 (Dv\'e4rak\'e4) were decorated with flags, festoons and flowers. Each and every house had an extra gate specifically prepared for this occasion, and on both sides of the gate there were big water jugs filled with w
ater. The whole city was flavored by the burning of high quality incense, and at night there was illumination by thousands of lamps, decorating each and every building. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The entire city appeared jubilant on the occasion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marriage with Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Everywhere in the city there was profuse decoration of banan
a trees and betel nut trees. These two trees are considered very auspicious in happy ceremonies. At the same time there was an assembly of many elephants, who carried the respective kings of different friendly kingdoms. It is the habit of the elephant th
at whenever he sees some small plants and trees, out of his sportive frivolous nature, he uproots the trees and throws them hither and thither. The elephants assembled on this occasion also scattered the banana and betel nut trees, but in spite of such i
ntoxicated action, the whole city, with the trees thrown here and there, looked very nice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The friendly kings of the Kurus and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were represented by Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2u brothers, King Drupada, King Santarda
na, as well as Rukmi\'eb\'e9's father, Bh\'e9\'f1maka. Because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kidnapping Rukmi\'eb\'e9, there was initially some misunderstanding between the two families, but Bh\'e9\'f1maka, King of Vidarbha, being approached by \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4
ma and persuaded by many saintly persons, was induced to participate in the marriage ceremony of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Although the incidence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kidnapping was not a very happy occurrence in the kingdom of Vidarbha, kidnappin
g was not an unusual affair among 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  Kidnapping was, in fact, current in almost al
l marriages. Anyway, King Bh\'e9\'f1maka was from the very beginning inclined to hand over his beautiful daughter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In one way or another his purpose had been served, and so he was pleased to join the marriage ceremony, even though his e
ldest son was degraded in the fight. It is mentioned in 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  that Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a Nanda and the cowherd boys of V\'e5nd\'e4vana joined the marriage ceremony. Kings from the kingdoms of Kuru, S\'e5\'efjaya, Kekaya, Vidarbha and Kunti came to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 on this occasion with all their royal paraphernalia. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of Rukmi\'eb\'e9's being kidnapped by K\'e5\'f1\'eba was poeticized, and the professional readers recited it everywhere. All the assembled kings and, espe
cially, their daughters were struck with wonder and became very pleased upon hearing the chivalrous activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way, all visitors as well as the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City became joyful seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 together. In other words, the Supreme Lord, the maintainer of everyone, and the goddess of fortune were united, and all the people felt extremely jubilant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifty-third Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Defeats all the Princes and Takes Rukmi\'eb\'e9 Home to Dv\'e4rak\'e4."}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-1-54 / Pradyumna Born to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 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 54 / Pradyumna Born to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that Cupid, who is directly part and parcel of Lord V\'e4sudeva and who was formerly burnt to ashes by the anger of Lord \'c7iva, took birth in the womb 
of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 begotten by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is K\'e4madeva, a demigod of the heavenly planets especially capable of inducing lusty desires. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has many grades of parts and parcels, but the quadruple 
expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97Vasudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna and Aniruddha\'97are directly in the Vi\'f1\'ebu category. K\'e4ma, or the Cupid demigod, who later on took his birth in the womb of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, was also named Pradyumna, but he 
cannot be the Pradyumna of the Vi\'f1\'ebu category. He belongs to the category of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 but for special power in the category of demigods, he was a part and parcel of the super prowess of Pradyumna. That is the verdict of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Therefore, when Cupid was burnt into ashes by the anger of Lord \'c7iva he merged into the body of 
Vasudeva, and in order to get his body again, he was begotten by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself; he was directly released from his body in the womb of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and was born as the son of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, celebrated by the name Pradyumna. Because he was 
begotten by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly, his qualities were most similar to those of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a demon of the name \'c7ambara who was destined to be killed by this Pradyumna. The \'c7ambara demon knew of his destiny, and as soon as he learned that P
radyumna was born, he took the shape of a woman and kidnapped the baby from the maternity home less than ten days after his birth. The demon took him and threw him directly into the sea. But, as it is said, "Whoever is protected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no one
 can kill; and whoever is destined to be killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no one can protect." When Pradyumna was thrown in the sea, a big fish immediately swallowed him. Later on this fish was caught by the net of a fisherman, and the fish was later on sold to
 the \'c7ambara demon. In the kitchen of the demon there was a maidservant whose name was M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9. This woman had formerly been the wife of Cupid, and had been called Rati. When the fish was presented to the demon \'c7ambara, it was taken charg
e of by his cook, who was to make it into a palatable fish preparation. Demons and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are accustomed to eat meat, fish and similar non-vegetarian foods. Similarly, other demons, like R\'e4va\'eba, Ka\'e0sa and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, although born of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
r\'e4hma\'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 k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  fathers, used to take meat and flesh without discrimination. This practice is still prevalent in India, and those who are meat and fish eaters are generally called demons and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asas.}{\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 When the cook was cutting the fish, he found a nice baby within the belly of the fish, and he immediately presented him to the charge of M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9, who was 
an assistant in the kitchen affairs. This woman was surprised to see how such a nice baby could remain within the belly of a fish, and the situation perplexed her. The great sage N\'e4rada then appeared and explained to her about the birth of Pradyumna, 
how the baby had been taken away by \'c7ambara and later on thrown into the sea, and so on. In this way the whole story was disclosed to M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9, who had formerly been Rati, the wife of Cupid. M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9 knew that she had previously been
 the wife of Cupid; after her husband was burnt into ashes by the wrath of Lord \'c7iva, she was always expecting him to come back again in the material form. This woman was engaged for cooking rice and dahl in the kitchen, but when she got this nice bab
y and understood that he was Cupid, her own husband, she naturally took charge of him and with great affection began to bathe him. Miraculously, the baby very swiftly grew up, and within a very short period he became a very beautiful young man. His eyes 
were just like the petals of lotus flowers, his arms were very long, down to the knees, and any woman who happened to see him became captivated by his bodily beauty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9 could understand that her former husband, Cupid, born as Pradyumna, had grown into such a nice young man, and she also gradually became captivated
 and lusty. She was smiling before him with a feminine attractiveness, expressing her desire for sexual unity. He therefore inquired from her, "How is it possible that first of all you were affectionate like a mother, and now you are expressing the sympt
oms of a lusty woman? What is the reason for such a change?" On hearing this statement from Pradyumna, the woman, Rati, replied, "My dear sir, you are the son of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Before you were ten days old, you were stolen by the \'c7ambara demon a
nd later on thrown into the water and swallowed up by a fish. In this way you have come under my care, but actually, in your former life as Cupid, I was your wife; therefore, my manifestation of conjugal symptoms is not at all incompatible. \'c7ambara wa
nted to kill you, and he is endowed with various kinds of mystic powers. Therefore, before he again attempts to kill you, please kill him as soon as possible with your divine power. Since you were stolen by \'c7ambara, your mother, Rukmi\'eb\'e9devi, has
 been in a very grievous condition, like a cuckoo bird who has lost her babies. She is very affectionate toward you, and since you have been taken away from her, she has been living like a cow aggrieved over the loss of its calf." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9 had mystic knowledge of supernatural power. Supernatural powers are generally known as }{\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 to supersede all such supernatural power there is another supernatural power, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9 had the knowledge of the mystic power of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and she delivered to Pradyumna this specific energetic power in order to defeat the mystic powers of the \'c7ambara demon. Thus being empowe
red by his wife, Pradyumna immediately went before \'c7ambara and challenged him to fight. Pradyumna began to address him in very strong language, so that his temper might be agitated and he would be moved to fight. At Pradyumna's words, the demon \'c7am
bara, being insulted, felt just like a snake feels after being struck by one's leg. A serpent cannot tolerate being kicked by another animal or by a man, and he immediately bites the opponent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ambara felt the words of Pradyumna as if they were a kick. He immediately took his club in his hand and appeared before Pradyumna to fight. In great anger, he b
egan to beat Pradyumna with his club, just as a thunderbolt beats a mountain. The demon was also groaning and making a noise like a thundering cloud. Pradyumna protected himself with his own club, and eventually he struck the demon very severely. In this
 way, the fighting between \'c7ambar\'e4sura and Pradyumna began very seriously. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But \'c7ambar\'e4sura knew the art of mystic powers and could raise himself in the sky and fight from outer space. There is another demon of the name Maya, and \'c7
ambar\'e4sura learned many mystic powers from him. He thus raised himself high in the sky and began to throw various types of nuclear weapons at the body of Pradyumna. In order to combat the mystic powers or \'c7ambar\'e4sura, Pradyumna remembered anothe
r mystic power, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which was different from the black mystic power. The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mystic power is based on the quality of goodness. Understanding that his enemy was 
formidable, \'c7ambara took assistance from various kinds of demonic mystic powers belonging to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guhyakas,}{\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 Gandharvas,}{\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 Pi\'e7\'e4cas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the snakes and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4k\'f1asas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But although the demon exhibited his mystic powers and took shelter of supernatural strength, Pradyumna was able to counteract his strength and powers by the superior power of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4vidy\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When \'c7ambar\'e4sura was defeated in every respect, Pradyumna then took his sharpened sword and imme
diately cut off the demon's head, which was decorated with a helmet and with valuable jewels. When Pradyumna thus killed the demon, all the demigods in the higher planetary systems began to shower flowers on him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna's wife, M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9, could travel in outer space, and therefore they directly reached his father's capital, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, by the airways. They pass
ed above the palace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and began to come down as a cloud comes down with lightning. The inner section of a palace is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anta\'f9pura}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (private apartments). Pradyumna and M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9 could see that there were many women there, and they sat down among them. When the women saw Pradyumna, dressed in bluish garments, 
with very long arms, curling hair, beautiful eyes, a smiling reddish face, jewelry and ornaments, they first of all could not recognize him as Pradyumna, a personality different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They all felt themselves to be very much blessed by the
 sudden presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they wanted to hide in a different corner of the palace. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the women saw, however, that all the characteristics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were not present in the personality of Pradyumna, out of curiosity they came back again 
to see him and his wife, M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9. All of them were conjecturing as to who he was, for he was so beautiful. Among the women was Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, who was equally beautiful, with her lotus-like eyes. Seeing Pradyumna, she naturally remembered
 her own son, and milk began to flow from her breast out of motherly affection. She then began to wonder, "Who is this beautiful young boy? He appears to be the most beautiful person. Who is the fortunate young woman able to give birth to this nice boy i
n her womb and become his mother? And who is that young woman who has accompanied him? How have they met? Remembering my own son, who was stolen even from the maternity home, I can only guess that if he is living somewhere, he might have grown by this ti
me to be like this boy." Simply by intuition, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 could understand that Pradyumna was her own lost son. She could also observe that Pradyumna resembled Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in every respect. She was struck with wonder as to how he acquired all t
he symptoms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She therefore began to think more confidently that the boy must be her own grown-up son because she felt much affection for him, and, as an auspicious sign, her left arm was trembling. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that very moment, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His father and mother, Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva, appeared on the scene. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead, could understand everything, yet in that situation He remained silent. However, by the desire of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the great sage N\'e4rada also appeared on the scene, and he began to disclose all the 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub incidences\'97how Pradyumna had been stolen from the maternity home and how he had grown up and had come there with his wife M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9, who formerly had bee
n Rati, the wife of Cupid. When everyone was informed of the mysterious disappearance of Pradyumna and how he had grown up, they all became struck with wonder because they had gotten back their dead son after they were almost hopeless of his return. When
 they understood that it was Pradyumna who was present, they began to receive him with great delight. One after another, all of the members of the family\'97Devak\'e9, Vasudeva, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Balar\'e4ma, and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and all t
he women of the family\'97began to embrace both Pradyumna and his wife M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9. When the news of Pradyumna's return was spread all over the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, all the astonished citizens began to come with great anxiety to see the lost Prad
yumna. They began to say, "The dead son has come back. What can be more pleasing than this?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has explained that, in the beginning, all the residents of the palace, who were all mothers and stepmothers of Pradyumna, mist
ook him to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba and were all bashful, infected by the desire for conjugal love. The explanation is that Pradyumna's personal appearance is exactly like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and he was factually Cupid himself. There was no cause of astonishment,
 therefore, when the mothers of Pradyumna and other women mistook him in that way. It is clear from the statement that Pradyumna's bodily characteristics were so similar to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's that he was mistaken to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba even by his mother. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Fifty-fourth Chapter 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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Pradyumna Born to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends Volume One of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-1 / The Story of the Syamantaka Jewel
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 1 /  The Story of the Syamantaka
 Jewel
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a king of the name Satr\'e4jit within the jurisdiction of Dv\'e4rak\'e4dh\'e4ma. He was a great devotee of the sun-god, who awarded him the benediction of
 a jewel known as Syamantaka. Because of this Syamantaka jewel, there was a misunderstanding between King Satr\'e4jit and the Yadu dynasty. Later on the matter was settled when Satr\'e4jit voluntarily offered K\'e5\'f1\'eba his daughter, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4
, along with the jewel Syamantaka. Not only was Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 married to K\'e5\'f1\'eba on account of the Syamantaka jewel, but J\'e4mbavat\'e9, the daughter of J\'e4mbav\'e4n, was also married to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These two marriages took place before 
the appearance of Pradyumna, as described in the last chapter. How King Satr\'e4jit offended the Yadu dynasty and how he later on came to his senses and offered his daughter and the Syamantaka jewel to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since he was a great devotee of the sun-god, King Satr\'e4jit gradually entered into a very friendly relationship with him. The sun-god was much pleased with him an
d delivered to him an exceptional jewel known as Syamantaka. When this jewel was worn by Satr\'e4jit in a locket around his neck, he appeared exactly like an imitation sun-god. Putting on this jewel, he would enter the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and people w
ould think that the sun-god had come into the city to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was sometimes visited by the demigods, so while Satr\'e4jit was visiting the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 all the 
inhabitants except K\'e5\'f1\'eba took him to be the sun-god himself. Although King Satr\'e4jit was known to everyone, he could not be recognized because of the dazzling effulgence of the Syamantaka jewel. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, mistaking him to be the sun-god, some of the important citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 immediately went to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to inform Him that the sun-god had arrived
 to see Him. At that time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing chess. One of the important residents of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 spoke thus: "My dear Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In Your plenary portion of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or Vi\'f1
\'ebu, You have four hands with different symbols\'97the conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower. You are actually the owner of everything, but in spite of Your being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, You have descended in V\'e5nd
\'e4vana to act as the child of Ya\'e7od\'e4m\'e4t\'e4, who sometimes used to tie You up with her ropes, and You are celebrated, therefore, by the name D\'e4modara." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, as accepted by the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, was later on confirmed by the great M
\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophical leader, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. By accepting the Lord as impersonal, he did not reject the Lord's personal form. He meant that everything which has form in this material world is subjected to creation, maintenance and 
annihilation, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, does not have a material form subjected to these limitations. In order to convince the less intelligent class of men who take K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary human being, \'c7a\'ec
kar\'e4c\'e4rya therefore said that God is impersonal. This impersonality means that He is not a person of this material condition. He is a transcendental personality without a material body. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 addressed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba not only as D\'e4modara, but also as Govinda, which indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very affectionate t
o the cows and calves; and just to refer to their intimate connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they addressed Him as Yadunandana. He is the son of Vasudeva, born in the Yadu dynasty. In this way, the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 concluded that they were address
ing K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the supreme master of the whole universe. They addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba in many different ways, proud of being citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 who could see K\'e5\'f1\'eba daily. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Satr\'e4jit was visiting the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, the citizens felt great pride to think that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was living in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 like an ord
inary human being, the demigods were coming to see Him. Thus they informed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the sun-god, with his appealing bodily effulgence, was coming to see Him. The citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 confirmed that the sun-god's coming into Dv\'e4rak
\'e4 was not very wonderful, because people all over the universe who were searching after the Supreme Personality of Godhead knew that He had appeared in the family of the Yadu dynasty and was living in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as one of the members of that family
. Thus the citizens expressed their joy on this occasion. On hearing the statement of His citizens, the all-pervasive Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, simply smiled. Being pleased with the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed them th
at the person whom they described as the sun-god was actually King Satr\'e4jit, who had come to visit Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City to show his opulence in the form of the valuable jewel obtained from the sun-god. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satr\'e4jit, however, did not come to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba; he was instead overwhelmed by the jewel of Syamantaka. He installed the jewel in a temple to be worshiped 
by }{\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 engaged for this purpose. This is an instance of a less intelligent person 
worshiping a material thing. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.20}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is stated that less intelligent persons, in order to get immediate results from their fruitive activities, worship the dem
igods who are created within this universe. The word "materialist" means one concerned with gratification of the senses within this material world. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba later asked for this Syamantaka jewel, King Satr\'e4jit did not deliver it to Him,
 but he installed the jewel for his purposes of worship. And who would not worship that jewel? The Syamantaka jewel was so powerful that it was daily producing a large quantity of gold. A quantity of gold is counted by a measurement called a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to Vedic formulas, one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is equal to sixteen pounds of gold; one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mound}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  equals eighty-two pounds. The jewel was producing about 170 pounds of gold every day. Besides that, it is learned from Vedic literature that in whatever part of the world this jewel is worshiped th
ere is no possibility of famine; not only that, but wherever the jewel is present, there is no possibility of anything inauspicious, such as pestilence or disease. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to teach the world that the best of everything should be offered to the ruling chief of the country. King Ugrasena was the overlord of ma
ny dynasties and happened to be the grandfather of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked Satr\'e4jit to present the Syamantaka jewel to King Ugrasena. K\'e5\'f1\'eba pleaded that the best should be offered to the king. But Satr\'e4jit, being a worship
er of the demigods, had become too materialistic and, instead of accepting the request of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thought it wiser to worship the jewel in order to get the 170 pounds of gold every day. Materialistic persons who can achieve such huge quantities o
f gold every day are not interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Sometimes, therefore, in order to show special favor, K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes away great accumulations of materialistic wealth from a person and thus makes him a great devotee. But Satr
\'e4jit refused to abide by the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and did not deliver the jewel to him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, Satr\'e4jit's younger brother, in order to display the opulence of the family, took the jewel, put it on his neck and rode on horseback into th
e forest making a show of his material opulence. While the brother of Satr\'e4jit, who was known as Prasena, was moving here and there in the forest, a big lion attacked him, killing both him and the horse on which he was riding, and took away the jewel 
to his cave. The news was received by the gorilla king, J\'e4mbav\'e4n, who then killed that lion in the cave and took away the jewel. J\'e4mbav\'e4n had been a great devotee of the Lord since the time of Lord R\'e4macandra, so he did not take the valuab
le jewel as something he very much needed. He gave it to his young son to play with as a toy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the city, when Satr\'e4jit's younger brother Prasena did not return from the forest with the jewel, Satr\'e4jit became very upset. He did not know that his broth
er had been killed by a lion and that the lion had been killed by J\'e4mbav\'e4n. He was thinking instead that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted that jewel and it had not been delivered to Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba might have therefore taken the jewel away from Pr
asena by force and killed him. This idea grew into a rumor which was being spread by Satr\'e4jit in every part of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The false rumor that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had killed Prasena and had taken away the jewel was spread everywhere like wildfire. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not like to be defamed i
n that way, and therefore He decided that He would go to the forest and find the Syamantaka jewel, taking with Him some of the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Along with important men of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to search out Prasena, the brother
 of Satr\'e4jit, and He found him dead, killed by the lion. At the same time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba also found the lion which had been killed by J\'e4mbav\'e4n, who is generally called by the name \'c5k\'f1a. It was found that the lion had been killed by the ha
nd of \'c5k\'f1a without the assistance of any weapon. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 then found in the forest a great tunnel, said to be the path to \'c5k\'f1a's house. K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew that the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 would be
 afraid to enter the tunnel; therefore He asked them to remain outside, and He Himself entered the dark tunnel alone to find \'c5k\'f1a, J\'e4mbav\'e4n. After entering the tunnel, K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that the very valuable jewel known as Syamantaka had be
en given to the son of \'c5k\'f1a as a toy, and in order to take the jewel from the child, He went there and stood before him. When the nurse who was taking care of \'c5k\'f1a's child saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba standing before her, she was afraid, thinking the v
aluable Syamantaka jewel might be taken away by Him. She began to cry loudly out of fear. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing the nurse crying, J\'e4mbav\'e4n appeared on the scene in a very angry mood. J\'e4mbav\'e4n was actually a great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because
 he was in an angry mood he could not recognize his master; he thought Him to be an ordinary man. This brings to mind the statement 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [16.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which the Lord ad
vises Arjuna to get free from anger, greed and lust in order to rise up to the spiritual platform. Lust, anger and greed run parallel in the heart and check one's progress on the spiritual path. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not recognizing his master, J\'e4mbav\'e4n first challenged Him to fight. There was then a great fight between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and J\'e4mbav\'e4n in which they fough
t like two opposing vultures. Whenever there is an eatable corpse the vultures fight heartily over the prey. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and J\'e4mbav\'e4n first of all began fighting with weapons, then with stones, then with big trees, then hand to hand, until at la
st they were hitting one another with their fists, and the blows were like the striking of thunderbolts. Each was expecting victory over the other, but the fighting continued for days, both in daytime and at night, without stopping. In this way the fight
ing continued for twenty-eight days. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although J\'e4mbav\'e4n was the strongest living entity of that time, practically all the joints of his bodily limbs became slackened and his strength reduced to pr
actically nil after being constantly struck by the fists of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Feeling very tired, with perspiration all over his body, J\'e4mbav\'e4n was astonished. Who was this opponent who was weakening him? J\'e4mbav\'e4n was quite aware of h
is own superhuman bodily strength, but when he felt tired from being struck by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was no one else but his worshipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This incident has a special significance 
for the devotees. In the beginning, J\'e4mbav\'e4n could not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba because his vision was obscured by material attachment. He was attached to his boy and to the greatly valuable Syamantaka jewel, which he did not want to spare for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. In fact, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba came there he became angry, thinking that He had come to take away the jewel. This is the material position; although one is very strong in body, that cannot help him understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a sporting attitude, K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to engage in a mock fight with His devotee. As we have experienced from the pages 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  the Supreme Personality of Godhead has all the propensities and instincts of a human being. Someti
mes, in a sportive spirit, He wishes to fight to make a show of bodily strength, and when He so desires, He selects one of His suitable devotees to give Him that pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired this pleasure of mock fighting with J\'e4mbav\'e4n. Althoug
h J\'e4mbav\'e4n was a devotee by nature, he was without knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while giving service to the Lord by his bodily strength. But as soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased by the fighting, J\'e4mbav\'e4n immediately understood that his oppone
nt was none other than the Supreme Lord Himself. The conclusion is that he could understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by his service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes satisfied by fighting also. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e4mbav\'e4n therefore said to the Lord, "My dear Lord, I can now understand who You are. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the source
 of everyone's strength, wealth, reputation, beauty, wisdom and renunciation." This statement of J\'e4mbav\'e4n's is confirmed by 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  wherein the Supreme Lord is declared to be the source of everything. J\'e4mbav\'e4n identified Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu: "My dear Lord, You are the creato
r of the creators of the universal affairs." This statement is very instructive to the ordinary man, who is amazed by the activities of a person with an exceptional brain. The ordinary man is surprised to see the inventions of a great scientist, but the 
statement of J\'e4mbav\'e4n confirms that although a scientist may be a creator of many wonderful things, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the creator of the scientist. He is not only the creator of one scientist, but of millions and trillions, all over the universe. J
\'e4mbav\'e4n said further, "You are not only creator of the creator, but You are also creator of the material elements which are manipulated by the so-called creators." Scientists utilize the physical elements or laws of material nature and do something
 wonderful, but actually such laws and elements are also the creation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is actual scientific understanding. Less intelligent men do not try to understand who created the brain of the scientist; they are simply satisfied by seeing th
e wonderful creation or invention of the scientist. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e4mbav\'e4n continued: "My dear Lord, the time factor which combines all the physical elements is also Your representative. You are the supreme time factor in wh
ich all creation takes place, is maintained, and is finally annihilated. And not only the physical elements and the time factors but also the persons who manipulate the ingredients and advantages of creation are part and parcel of You. The living entity 
is not, therefore, an independent creator. By studying all factors in the right perspective, one can see that You are the supreme controller and Lord of everything. My dear Lord, I can therefore understand that You are the same Supreme Personality of God
head whom I worship as Lord R\'e4macandra. My Lord R\'e4macandra wanted to construct a bridge over the ocean, and I saw personally how the ocean became agitated simply by my Lord's glancing over it. And when the whole ocean became agitated, the living en
tities like the whales, alligators and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub timi\'ecgila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fish, all became perturbed. [The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub timi\'ecgila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fish in the ocean can swallow big aquatics like whales in one gulp.] In this way the ocean was 
forced to give way and allow R\'e4macandra to cross to the island known as La\'eck\'e4 [now supposed to be Ceylon]. This construction of a bridge over the ocean from Cape Comorin to Ceylon is still well-known to everyone. After the construction of the br
idge, a fire was set all over the kingdom of R\'e4va\'eba. During the fighting with R\'e4va\'eba, each and every part of R\'e4va\'eba's limbs was slashed and cut into pieces by Your sharp arrows, and his head fell to the face of the earth. Now I can unde
rstand that You are none other than my Lord R\'e4macandra. No one else has such immeasurable strength; no one else could defeat me in this way." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba became satisfied by the prayers and statements of J\'e4mbav\'e4n, and to mitigate the pains of his body, He began to smear the lotus palm of His
 hand all over the body of J\'e4mbav\'e4n. J\'e4mbav\'e4n at once felt relieved from the fatigue of the great fight. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then addressed him as King J\'e4mbav\'e4n, because he and not the lion was actually the king of the forest; with his 
naked hand, without a weapon, J\'e4mbav\'e4n had killed the lion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed J\'e4mbav\'e4n that He had come to him to ask for the Syamantaka jewel because since the Syamantaka jewel had been stolen His name had been defamed by the less inte
lligent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba plainly informed him that he had come there to ask him for the jewel in order to be free from this defamation. J\'e4mbav\'e4n understood the whole situation, and to satisfy the Lord he not only immediately delivered the Syamantaka
 jewel, but he also brought his daughter J\'e4mbavat\'e9, who was of marriagable age, and presented her to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The episode of J\'e4mbavat\'e9's marriage with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the delivery of the jewel known as Syamantaka was finished within the mountain cave. Although the 
fighting between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and J\'e4mbav\'e4n went on for twenty-eight days, the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 waited outside the tunnel for twelve days, and after that they decided that something undesirable must have happened. They could not unders
tand what had actually happened for certain, and being very sorry and tired, they had returned to the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the members of the family, namely the mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Devak\'e9, His father Vasudeva, and His chief wife Rukmi\'eb\'e9, along with all other friends, 
relatives and residents of the palace, became very sorry when the citizens returned home without K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because of their natural affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they began to call Satr\'e4jit ill names, for he was the cause of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dis
appearance. They went to worship the goddess Candrabh\'e4g\'e4, praying for the return of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The goddess was satisfied by the prayers of the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and she immediately offered them her benediction. Simultaneously, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba appeared on the scene accompanied by His new wife J\'e4mbavat\'e9, and all the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and relatives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba became joyful. The inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 became as joyful as someone receiving a dear relative ba
ck from the dead. The inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 had concluded that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been put into great difficulties due to the fighting; therefore, they had become almost hopeless of His return. But when they saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had actually re
turned, not alone but with a new wife, J\'e4mbavat\'e9, they immediately performed another celebration ceremony. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Ugrasena then called for a meeting of all important kings and chiefs. He also invited Satr\'e4jit, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba explained before the whole assembly the i
ncident of the recovery of the jewel from J\'e4mbav\'e4n. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to return the valuable jewel to King Satr\'e4jit. Satr\'e4jit, however, became ashamed because he had unnecessarily defamed K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He accepted the jewel in his hand,
 but he remained silent, bending his head downwards, and without speaking anything in the assembly of the kings and chiefs, he returned home with the jewel. Then he thought about how he could clear himself from the abominable action he had performed by d
efaming K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He was conscious that he had offended K\'e5\'f1\'eba very grievously and that he had to find a remedial measure so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would again be pleased with him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Satr\'e4jit was eager to get relief from the anxiety he had foolishly created due to being attracted by a material thing, specifically the Syamantaka jewel. Sa
tr\'e4jit was truly afflicted by the offense he had committed toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he sincerely wanted to rectify it. From within, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave him good intelligence, and Satr\'e4jit decided to hand over to K\'e5\'f1\'eba both the jewel and 
his beautiful daughter, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4. There was no alternative for mitigating the situation, and therefore he arranged the marriage ceremony of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and his beautiful daughter. He gave in charity both the jewel and his daughter to the Supre
me Personality of Godhead. Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 was so beautiful and qualified that Satr\'e4jit, in spite of being asked for the hand of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 by many princes, was waiting to find a suitable son-in-law. By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he decided to
 hand his daughter over to Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being pleased upon Satr\'e4jit, informed him that He did not have any need of the Syamantaka jewel. "It is better to let it remain in the templ
e as you have kept it," He said, "and every one of us will derive benefit from the jewel. Because of the jewel's presence in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, there will be no more famine or disturbances created by pestilence or excessive heat and cold." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, First Chapter, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "The Story of the Syamantaka Jewel."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-2 / The Killing of Satr\'e4jit and \'c7atadhanv\'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 2 /  The Killing of Satr\'e4jit 
and \'c7atadhanv\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Akr\'fcra visited Hastin\'e4pura and reported the condition of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there were further developments. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas
 were transferred to a house which was made of shellac and was later on set ablaze, and everyone understood that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas along with their mother, Kunt\'e9, had been killed. This information was also sent to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4
ma. After consulting together, They decided to go to Hastin\'e4pura to show sympathy to Their relatives. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma certainly knew that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas could not have been killed in the devastating fire, but in spite of this kno
wledge They wanted to go to Hastin\'e4pura to take part in the bereavement. On arriving in Hastin\'e4pura, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma first of all went to see Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, because he was the chief of the Kuru dynasty. They then saw Vidura, G\'e4
ndh\'e4r\'e9 and Dro\'eba. Other members of the Kuru dynasty were not sorry, because they wanted the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and their mother to be killed. But some family members, headed by Bh\'e9\'f1ma, were actually very sorry for the incident, and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma expressed equal sorrow, without disclosing the actual situation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were away from the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, there was a conspiracy to take away the Syamantaka jewel from Satr\'e4jit. The chief c
onspirator was \'c7atadhanv\'e4. Along with others, \'c7atadhanv\'e4 wanted to marry Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, the beautiful daughter of Satr\'e4jit. Satr\'e4jit had promised that he would give his beautiful daughter in charity to various candidates, but later o
n the decision was changed, and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 was given to K\'e5\'f1\'eba along with the Syamantaka jewel. Satr\'e4jit had no desire to give the jewel away along with his daughter, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, knowing his mentality, accepted his daughter but r
eturned the jewel. After getting back the jewel from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was satisfied and kept it with him always. But in the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma there was a conspiracy by many men, including even Akr\'fcra and K\'e5tavarm\'e4, who 
were devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to take the jewel from Satr\'e4jit. Akr\'fcra and K\'e5tavarm\'e4 joined the conspiracy because they wanted the jewel for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted the jewel and that Satr\'e4jit had not de
livered it properly. Others joined the conspiracy because they were disappointed in not having the hand of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4. Some of them incited \'c7atadhanv\'e4 to kill Satr\'e4jit and take away the jewel. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The question is generally raised, Why did a great devotee like Akr\'fcra join this conspiracy? And why did K\'e5tavarm\'e4, although a devotee of the Lord, join the
 conspiracy also? The answer is given by great authorities like J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and others that although Akr\'fcra was a great devotee, he was cursed by the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana because of his taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba away from their midst. 
Because of his wounding their feelings, Akr\'fcra was forced to join the conspiracy declared by sinful men. Similarly, K\'e5tavarm\'e4 was a devotee, but because of his intimate association with Ka\'e0sa, he was also contaminated by sinful reaction, and 
he also joined the conspiracy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being inspired by all the members of the conspiracy, \'c7atadhanv\'e4 one night entered the house of Satr\'e4jit and killed him while he was sleeping. \'c7atadhanv
\'e4 was a sinful man of abominable character, and although due to his sinful activities he was not to live for many days, he decided to kill Satr\'e4jit while Satr\'e4jit was sleeping at home. When he entered the house to kill Satr\'e4jit, all the women
 there began to cry very loudly, but in spite of their great protests, \'c7atadhanv\'e4 mercilessly butchered Satr\'e4jit without hesitation, exactly as a butcher kills an animal in the slaughterhouse. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba was absent from home, His wife 
Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 was also present on the night Satr\'e4jit was murdered, and she began to cry, "My dear father! My dear father! How mercilessly you have been killed!" The dead body of Satr\'e4jit was not immediately removed for cremation because Satyabh
\'e4m\'e4 wanted to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Hastin\'e4pura. Therefore the body was preserved in a tank of oil so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could come back and see the dead body of Satr\'e4jit and take real action against \'c7atadhanv\'e4. Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 imme
diately started for Hastin\'e4pura to inform K\'e5\'f1\'eba about the ghastly death of her father. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was informed by Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 of the murder of His father-in-law, He began to lament like an ordinary man. His great sorrow is, again, a stra
nge thing. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has nothing to do with action and reaction, but because he was playing the part of a human being He expressed His full sympathy for the bereavement of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, and His eyes filled with tears upon hearing about the 
death of His father-in-law. He thus began to lament, "Oh, what unhappy incidents have taken place!" In this way both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, along with Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, the wife of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, immediately returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and began 
to make plans to kill \'c7atadhanv\'e4 and take away the jewel. Although he was a great outlaw in the city, \'c7atadhanv\'e4 was still very much afraid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's power, and thus he became most afraid on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrival. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba's plan to kill him, he immediately went to take shelter of K\'e5tavarm\'e4. But on being approached by him, K\'e5tavarm\'e4 said, "I sh
all never be able to offend Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma because They are not ordinary persons. They are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Who can be saved from death if he has offended Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba? No one can be saved from Th
eir wrath." K\'e5tavarm\'e4 further said that Ka\'e0sa, although powerful and assisted by many demons, could not be saved from the wrath of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and what to speak of Jar\'e4sandha, who had been defeated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba eighteen times and eac
h time had to return from the fighting in disappointment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7atadhanv\'e4 was refused help by K\'e5tavarm\'e4 he went to Akr\'fcra and implored him to help. Akr\'fcra also replied, "Both Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a are Themselves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and anyone who knows Their unlimited strength would never dare to offend Them or fight with Them." He further informed \'c7atadhanv\'e4, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are so powerful that simply by w
illing They are creating the whole cosmic manifestation, maintaining it and dissolving it. Unfortunately, persons who are bewildered by the illusory energy cannot understand the strength of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although the whole cosmic manifestation is fully
 under His control." He cited, as an example, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even at the age of seven years, had lifted Govardhana Hill and had continued to hold up the mountain for seven days, exactly as a child carries a small umbrella. Akr\'fcra plainly informe
d \'c7atadhanv\'e4 that he would always offer his most respectful obeisances to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supersoul of everything that is created and the original cause of all causes. When Akr\'fcra also refused to give him shelter, \'c7atadhanv\'e4 decided to
 deliver to the hands of Akr\'fcra the Syamantaka jewel. Then, riding on a horse which could run at great speed and up to four hundred miles at a stretch, he fled the city. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were informed of the flight of \'c7atadhanv\'e4, They mounted Their chariot, its flag marked by the picture of Garu\'f2a, and fo
llowed immediately. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was particularly angry with \'c7atadhanv\'e4 and wanted to kill him because he had killed Satr\'e4jit, a superior personality. Satr\'e4jit happened to be the father-in-law of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is the injunction of 
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  that anyone who has rebelled against a superior person, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurudruha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must be punished in proportion to the volume of offense. Because \'c7atadhanv\'e4 had killed His father-i
n-law, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was determined to kill him by any means. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7atadhanv\'e4's horse became exhausted and died near a garden house in Mithil\'e4. Unable to take help of the horse, \'c7atadhanv\'e4 began to run with great spe
ed. In order to be fair to \'c7atadhanv\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma also left Their chariot and began to follow \'c7atadhanv\'e4 on foot. While both \'c7atadhanv\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were running on foot, K\'e5\'f1\'eba took His disk and cut of
f the head of \'c7atadhanv\'e4. After \'c7atadhanv\'e4 was killed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba searched through his clothing for the Syamantaka jewel, but He could not find it. He then returned to Balar\'e4ma and said, "We have killed this person uselessly because th
e jewel is not to be found on his body." \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma suggested, "The jewel might have been kept in custody of another man in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, so You'd better return and search it out." \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma expressed His desire to remain in Mithi
l\'e4 City for some days because He enjoyed an intimate friendship with the king. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and Balar\'e4ma entered the city of Mithil\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the King of Mithil\'e4 saw the arrival of \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma in his city, he became most pleased and received the Lord with great honor and hospitality. He 
presented many valuable presents to Balar\'e4maj\'e9 in order to seek His pleasure. At this time \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma lived in the city for several years as the honored guest of the King of Mithil\'e4, Janaka Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. During this time, Duryodhana
, the eldest son of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, took the opportunity of coming to Balar\'e4ma and learning from Him the art of fighting with a club. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After killing \'c7atadhanv\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and in order to please His wife Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, He informed her of the death of \'c7atad
hanv\'e4, the killer of her father. But He also informed her that the jewel had not been found in his possession. Then, according to religious principles, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, performed all kinds of ceremonies in honor of the deat
h of His father-in-law. In that ceremony all the friends and relatives of the family joined together. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra and K\'e5tavarm\'e4, who were prominent members in the conspiracy to kill Satr\'e4jit, had incited \'c7atadhanv\'e4 to kill him, but when they heard of th
e death of \'c7atadhanv\'e4 at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand, and when they heard also that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, they both immediately left Dv\'e4rak\'e4. The citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 felt themselves threatened with pestilence and natur
al disturbances due to the absence of Akr\'fcra from the city. This was a kind of superstition because while Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present there could not be any pestilence, famine or natural disturbances. But in the absence of Akr\'fcra there were som
e disturbances in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Once in the province of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 within the barricade of V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9 there was severe drought and practically no rainfall. At that time the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 arranged the marriage of his daughter, known 
as G\'e4ndin\'e9, with \'c7vaphalka, the father of Akr\'fcra. This was done by the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 on the advice of an astrologer, and actually it so happened that after the marriage of the King's daughter with \'c7vaphalka there was sufficient rai
nfall in the province. Due to this supernatural power of \'c7vaphalka, his son Akr\'fcra was also considered equally powerful, and people were under the impression that wherever Akr\'fcra or his father remained, there would be no natural disturbance, fam
ine or drought. That kingdom is considered to be happy where there is no famine, pestilence, or excessive heat and cold and where people are happy mentally, spiritually and bodily. As soon as there is some disturbance, people consider the cause to be due
 to the absence of an auspicious personality in the city. Thus there was a rumor that because of the absence of Akr\'fcra inauspicious things were happening. After the departure of Akr\'fcra, some of the elderly members of the town began to perceive that
 there were also inauspicious signs due to the absence of the Syamantaka jewel. When Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard these rumors spread by the people He decided to summon Akr\'fcra from the kingdom of K\'e4\'e7\'e9. Akr\'fcra was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's un
cle; therefore, when he came back to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba first of all welcomed him as befitting a superior person. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supersoul in everyone's heart; He knows everything going on in everyone's heart. He knew everything tha
t had happened in connection with Akr\'fcra's conspiracy with \'c7atadhanv\'e4. Therefore, He smilingly began to address Akr\'fcra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Addressing him as the chief among magnificent men, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My dear uncle, it is already known to Me that the Syamantaka jewel was left by \'c7atadhanv
\'e4 with you. Presently there is no direct claimant of the Syamantaka jewel, for King Satr\'e4jit has no male issue. His daughter Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 is not very anxious for this jewel, yet her expected son, as grandson of Satr\'e4jit, would, after perform
ing the regulative principles of inheritance, be the legal claimant of the jewel." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicated by this statement that Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 was already pregnant and that her son would be the real claimant for the jewel and would certainly ta
ke the jewel from him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, "This jewel is so powerful that no ordinary man is able to keep it. I know that you are very pious in activities, so there is no objection
 to the jewel being kept with you. There is one difficulty, and that is that My elder brother, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma, does not believe My version that the jewel is with you. I therefore request you, O large-hearted one, to show Me the jewel before My oth
er relatives so that they may be pacified. You cannot deny that the jewel is with you because from various kinds of rumors we can understand that you have enhanced your opulence and are performing sacrifices on an altar made of solid gold." The propertie
s of the jewel were known: wherever the jewel remained, it would produce for the keeper almost nine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mounds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  of pure gold daily. Akr\'fcra was getting gold in that proportion and was distributing it very profusely at sacrificial performances. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba cited Akr\'fcra's lavishly spending in gold as positive evidence of his possessing the 
Syamantaka jewel. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in friendly terms and in sweet language, impressed Akr\'fcra about the real fact and Akr\'fcra understood that nothing could be concealed 
from the knowledge of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he brought the valuable jewel, shining like the sun and covered by cloth, and presented it before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba took the Syamantaka jewel in His hand and showed it to all His relatives
 and friends present there and then again returned the jewel to Akr\'fcra in their presence so that they would know that the jewel was actually being kept by Akr\'fcra in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This story of the Syamantaka jewel is very significant. In the }{\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 [10.57.42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it
 is said that anyone who hears the story of the Syamantaka jewel or describes it or simply remembers it will be free from all kinds of defamation and the reactions of all impious activities and thus will attain the highest perfectional condition of peace
. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Second 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  "The Killing of Satr\'e4jit and \'c7atadhanv\'e4."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-3 / Five Queens Married 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 3 /  Five Queens Married by K
\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a great rumor that the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers, along with their mother Kunt\'e9, had, under the plan of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, died in a fire ac
cident in the house of shellac in which they were living. But then the five brothers were detected at the marriage ceremony of Draupad\'e9; so again another rumor spread that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and their mother were not dead. It was a rumor, but actua
lly it was so; they returned to their capital city, Hastin\'e4pura, and people saw them face to face. When this news was carried to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to see them personally, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba decided to go t
o Hastin\'e4pura. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba visited Hastin\'e4pura in state, as a royal prince, accompanied by His commander-in-chief, Yuyudh\'e4na, and by many other soldiers. He ha
d not actually been invited to visit the city, yet He went to see the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas out of His affection for His great devotees. He visited the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas without warning, and all of them got up from their respective seats as soon as they saw 
Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called Mukunda because as soon as one comes in constant touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba or sees Him in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one immediately becomes freed from all material anxieties. Not only that, but he immediately become
s blessed with all spiritual bliss. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On receiving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas became very enlivened, just as if awakened from unconsciousness or from loss of life. When a man is lying unconsc
ious, his senses and the different parts of his body are not active, but when he regains his consciousness, the senses immediately become active. Similarly, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas received K\'e5\'f1\'eba as if they had just regained their consciousness, a
nd so they became very much enlivened. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba embraced every one of them, and by the touch of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas immediately became freed from all reactions of material contamination, and therefore they
 were smiling in spiritual bliss. By seeing the face of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everyone was transcendentally satisfied. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was playing the part of an ordinary human being, and thus He immediate
ly touched the feet of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and Bh\'e9ma because they were His two older cousins. Arjuna embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a friend of the same age, whereas the two younger brothers, namely Nakula and Sahadeva, touched the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to show Him respect. After an exchange of greetings according to the social etiquette befitting the position of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was offered an exalted seat. When He was comfortably seated, the newly mar
ried Draupad\'e9, young and very beautiful in her natural feminine gracefulness, came before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to offer her respectful greetings. The Yadavas who accompanied K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Hastin\'e4pura were also very respectfully received; specifi
cally, S\'e4tyaki, or Yuyudh\'e4na, was also offered a nice seat. In this way, when everyone else was properly seated, the five brothers took their seats nearby Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After meeting with the five brothers, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally went to visit \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, the mother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, who was al
so the paternal aunt of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In offering His respects to His aunt, K\'e5\'f1\'eba also touched her feet. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9's eyes became wet, and, in great love, she feelingly embraced Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She then inquired from Him about the we
ll-being of her paternal family members\'97her brother Vasudeva, his wife, and other members of the family. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba also inquired from His aunt about the welfare of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava families. Although Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was related to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba by family ties, she knew immediately after meeting Him that He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She remembered the past calamities of her life and how by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and their mother had been sa
ved. She knew perfectly well that no one, without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace, could have saved them from the fire accident designed by Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and his sons. In a choked up voice, she began to narrate before K\'e5\'f1\'eba the past history of 
their life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9 said: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I remember the day when You sent my brother Akr\'fcra to gather information about us. This means that You a
lways remember us automatically. When You sent Akr\'fcra, I could understand that there was no possibility of our being put into danger. All good fortune in our life began when You sent Akr\'fcra to us. Since then, I have been convinced that we are not w
ithout protection. We may be put into various types of dangerous conditions by our family members, the Kurus, but I am confident that You remember us and that You always keep us safe and sound. Devotees who simply think of You are always immune from all 
kinds of material dangers, and what to speak of ourselves, who are personally remembered by You. So, my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of bad luck; we are always in an auspicious position because of Your grace. But because You have bestowed a 
special favor on us, people should not mistakenly think that You are partial to some and inattentive to others. You make no such distinction. No one is Your favorite and no one is Your enemy. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are equal to everyo
ne, and everyone can take advantage of Your special protection. The fact is that although You are equal to everyone, You are especially inclined to the devotees who always think of You. The devotees are related to You by ties of love. As such, they canno
t forget You even for a moment. You are present in everyone's heart, but because the devotees always remember You, You also respond accordingly. Although the mother has affection for all the children, she takes special care of the one who is fully depend
ent. I know certainly, my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that being seated in everyone's heart, You always create auspicious situations for Your unalloyed devotees." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira also praised K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality and universal friend of everyone, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was taking special c
are of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira said: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we do not know what sort of pious activities we have executed in our past lives that have made You so kind and graceful to us. We know very well that the great mystics wh
o are always engaged in meditation to capture You do not find it easy to obtain such grace, nor can they draw any personal attention from You. I cannot understand why You are so kind upon us. We are not }{\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, on the contrary, we are attached to material contaminations. We are householders dealing in politics, worldly affairs. I do not know
 why You are so kind upon us." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being requested by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, K\'e5\'f1\'eba agreed to stay in Hastin\'e4pura for four months during the rainy season. The four months of the rainy sea
son are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4turm\'e4sya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  During this period, the generally itinerant preachers 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  stop at a certain place and live under rigid regulative principles. Although Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is above all regulative principles, He agreed to stay at Hastin\'e4pura out of affection for the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Taking this opportunity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's residence in Hastin\'e4pura, all the citizens of the town got the privilege of s
eeing Him now and then, and thus they merged into transcendental bliss simply by seeing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba eye to eye. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was staying with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, He and Arjuna prepared themselves to go to the forest to hunt. Both of them sat down on the cha
riot, which flew a flag with a picture of Hanum\'e4n. Arjuna's special chariot is always marked with the picture of Hanum\'e4n, and therefore his name is also Kapidhvaja. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapi
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means Hanum\'e4n, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhvaja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "flag.") Thus Arjuna went to the forest with his bow and infallible arrows. He dressed himself with suitable protective garments, for he was to practice killing many enemies. He specifically entered that part of the forest where there 
were many tigers, deer and various other animals. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not go with Arjuna to practice animal killing because He doesn't have to practice anything; He is self-sufficient. He accompanied Arjuna to see how he was practicing because in the futu
re he would have to kill many enemies. After entering the forest, Arjuna killed many tigers, boars, bisons, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gavayas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a kind of wild animal), rhinoceroses, deer, hares, porcupines and similar other animals, which he pierced with his arrows. Some of the dead animals, which were fit to be offered in the sacrifices, were carried by the servants and se
nt to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. Other ferocious animals, such as tigers and rhinoceroses, were killed only to stop disturbances in the forest. Since there are many sages and saintly persons who are residents of the forests, it is the duty 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  kings to keep even the forest in a peaceful condition for living. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna felt tired and thirsty from hunting, and therefore he went to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When both the K\'e5\'f1\'ebas, namely K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna (Arjuna is sometimes called K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as is Draupad\'e9), reached the bank of the Yamun\'e4, they washed their hands and feet and mouths and drank the clear water of the Yamun\'e4. While they were resting and drinking water
, they saw a beautiful girl of marriagable age walking alone on the bank of the Yamun\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked His friend Arjuna to go forward and ask the girl who she was. By the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna immediately approached the girl, who was 
very beautiful. She had an attractive body and nice glittering teeth and smiling face. Arjuna inquired, "My dear girl, you are so beautiful with your raised breasts\'97may I ask you who you are? We are surprised to see you loitering here alone. What is y
our purpose in coming here? We can guess only that you are searching after a suitable husband. If you don't mind, you can disclose your purpose. I shall try to satisfy you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The beautiful girl was the river Yamun\'e4 personified. She replied, "Sir, I am the daughter of the sun-god, and I am now performing penance and austerity to have L
ord Vi\'f1\'ebu as my husband. I think He is the Supreme Person and just suitable to become my husband. I disclose my desire thus because you wanted to know it." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The girl continued, "My dear sir, I know you are the hero Arjuna; so I may further say that I'll not accept anyone as my husband besides Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, because H
e is the only protector of all living entities and the bestower of liberation for all conditioned souls. I shall be thankful unto you if you pray to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu to become pleased with me." The girl Yamun\'e4 knew it well that Arjuna was a great devo
tee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that if he would pray, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would never deny his request. To approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly may sometimes be futile, but to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba through His devotee is sure to be successful. She further told 
Arjuna, "My name is K\'e4lind\'e9, and I live within the water of the Yamun\'e4. My father was kind enough to construct a special house for me within the waters of the Yamun\'e4, and I have vowed to remain in the water as long as I cannot find Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba." The message of the girl K\'e4lind\'e9 was duly carried to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by Arjuna although K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the Supersoul of everyone's heart, knew everything. Without further discussion, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately accepted K\'e4lind\'e9 a
nd asked her to sit down on the chariot. Then all of them approached King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was asked by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to help in constructing a suitable house to be planned by the great architect Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4, the c
elestial engineer in the heavenly kingdom. K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately called for Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4, and He made him construct a wonderful city according to the desire of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. When this city was constructed, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6h
ira requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba to live with them a few days more in order to give them the pleasure of His association. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted the request of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and remained there for many days more. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the meantime, K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in the pastime of offering Kh\'e4\'eb\'f2ava Forest, which belonged to King Indra. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to give it to Agni,
 the fire-god. Kh\'e4\'eb\'f2ava Forest contained many varieties of drugs, and Agni required to eat them for rejuvenation. Agni, however, did not touch Kh\'e4\'eb\'f2ava Forest directly, but requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba to help him. Agni knew that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was very much pleased with him because he had formerly given Him the Sudar\'e7ana disc. So in order to satisfy Agni, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became the chariot driver of Arjuna, and both went to the Kh\'e4\'eb\'f2ava Forest. After Agni had eaten up the Kh
\'e4\'eb\'f2ava Forest, he was very much pleased. This time, he offered a specific bow known as G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va, four white horses, one chariot, and an invincible quiver with two specific arrows considered to be talismans, which had so much power tha
t no warrior could counteract them. When the Kh\'e4\'eb\'f2ava Forest was being devoured by the fire-god, Agni, there was a demon of the name Maya who was saved by Arjuna from the devastating fire. For this reason, that former demon became a great friend
 of Arjuna, and in order to please Arjuna he constructed a nice assembly house within the city constructed by Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4. This assembly house had some corners so puzzling that when Duryodhana came to visit this house he was misdirected, accepting w
ater as land and land as water. Duryodhana thus became insulted by the opulence of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and he became their determined enemy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a few days, K\'e5\'f1\'eba took permission from King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to return to Dv\'e4rak\'e4. When he got permission, he went to his country, accompanied
 by S\'e4tyaki, the leader of the Yadus who were living in Hastin\'e4pura with Him. K\'e4lind\'e9 also returned with K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Dv\'e4rak\'e4. After returning, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consulted many learned astrologers to find the suitable moment at which 
to marry K\'e4lind\'e9, and then He married her with great pomp. This marriage ceremony gave much pleasure to the relatives of both parties, and all of them enjoyed the great occasion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The kings of Avant\'e9pura (now known as Ujjain) were named Vinda and Anuvinda. Both kings were under the control of Duryodhana. They had one sister named Mitravind
\'e4, who was a very qualified, learned and elegant girl. She was the daughter of one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's aunts. She was to select her husband in the assembly of princes, but she strongly desired to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her husband. During the assembly
 for selecting her husband, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present, and He forcibly carried away Mitravind\'e4 in the presence of all other royal princes. Being unable to resist K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the princes were left simply looking at each other. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, K\'e5\'f1\'eba married the daughter of the King of Ko\'e7ala. The King of Ko\'e7ala Province was called Nagnajit. He was very pious and was a f
ollower of the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. His most beautiful daughter was named Saty\'e4. Sometimes Saty\'e4 was called Nagnajit\'e9, for she was the daughter of King Nagnajit. King Nagnajit wanted to give the hand of his daughter to any prince who co
uld defeat seven very strong, stalwart bulls maintained by him. No one in the princely order could defeat the seven bulls, and therefore no one could claim the hand of Saty\'e4. The seven bulls were very strong, and they could hardly bear even the smell 
of any prince. Many princes approached this kingdom and tried to subdue these bulls, but instead of controlling them, they themselves were defeated. This news was spread all over the country, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard that the girl Saty\'e4 could be 
achieved only by defeating the seven bulls, He prepared Himself to go to the kingdom of Ko\'e7ala. With many soldiers, He approached that part of the country, known as Ayodhy\'e4, making a regular state visit. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When it was known to the King of Ko\'e7ala that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come to ask the hand of his daughter, he became very pleased. With great respect and pomp, he wel
comed K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the kingdom. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba approached him, he offered Him a suitable sitting place and articles for reception. Everything appeared to be very elegant. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also offered him respectful obeisances, thinking him to be
 His future father-in-law. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Saty\'e4, the daughter of King Nagnajit, understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself had come to marry her, she was very much pleased that the husband of the goddes
s of fortune had so kindly come there to accept her. She had cherished the idea of marrying K\'e5\'f1\'eba for a long time and was following the principles of austerities in order to obtain her desired husband. She then began to think, "If I have perform
ed any pious activities to the best of my capacity and if I have sincerely thought all along to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my husband, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba may be pleased to fulfill my long-cherished desire." She began to offer prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba menta
lly, thinking, "I do not know how the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be pleased upon me. He is the master and Lord of everyone. Even the goddess of fortune, whose place is next to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Lord \'c7iva, Lord Brahm\'e4 a
nd many other demigods of different planets always offer their respectful obeisances unto the Lord. The Lord also sometimes descends on this earth in different incarnations in order to fulfill the desire of His devotees. He is so exalted and great that I
 do not know how to satisfy Him." She thought that the Supreme Personality of Godhead could be pleased only out of His own causeless mercy upon the devotee; otherwise, there was no other means to please Him. Lord Caitanya, in the same way, prayed 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  }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verses, "My Lord, I am Your eternal servant. Somehow or other I have fallen into this material existence. If You kindly pick me up and fix me as an atom of dus
t at Your lotus feet, it will be a great favor to Your eternal servant." The Lord can be pleased only by a humble attitude in the service spirit. The more we render service unto the Lord under the direction of the spiritual master, the more we make advan
cement on the path of approaching the Lord. We cannot demand any grace or mercy from the Lord because of our service rendered to Him. He may accept or not accept our service, but the only means to satisfy the Lord is through the service attitude, and not
hing else. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Nagnajit was already a pious king, and having K\'e5\'f1\'eba in his palace, he began to worship Him to the best of his knowledge and capacity. He presented him
self before the Lord thus: "My dear Lord, You are the proprietor of the whole cosmic manifestation, and You are N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the rest of all living creatures. You are self-sufficient and pleased with Your personal opulences, so how can I offer You 
anything? And how could I please You by such offering? It is not possible, because I am an insignificant living being. Actually I have no capacity to render any service unto You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supersoul of all living creatures, so He could understand the mind of Saty\'e4, the daughter of King Nagnajit. He was also very much pleased w
ith the respectful worship of the King in offering Him a sitting place, eatables, residence, etc. He was appreciative, therefore, that both the girl and the father of the girl were anxious to have Him as their intimate relative. He began to smile and in 
a great voice said, "My dear King Nagnajit, you know very well that anyone in the princely order who is regular in his position will never ask anything from anyone, however exalted he may be. Such requests by 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 from another person have been deliberately forbidden by the learned Vedic followers. If 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  breaks this regulation, his action is condemned by learned scholars. But in spite of this rigid regulative 
principle, I am asking you for the hand of your beautiful daughter just to establish our relationship in return for your great reception of Me. You may also be pleased to be informed that in our family tradition there is no scope for our offering anythin
g in exchange for accepting your daughter. We cannot pay any price which you may impose for delivering her." In other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted the hand of Saty\'e4 from the King without fulfilling the condition of defeating the seven bulls. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing the statement of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, King Nagnajit said, "My dear Lord, You are the reservoir of all pleasure, all opulences and all qualities. The g
oddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9, always lives on Your chest. Under these circumstances, who can be a better husband for my daughter? Both myself and my daughter have always prayed for this opportunity. You are the chief of the Yadu dynasty. You may 
kindly know that from the very beginning I have made a vow to marry my daughter to a suitable candidate, one who can come out victorious in the test I have devised. I have imposed this test just to understand the prowess and position of my intended son-i
n-law. You are Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and You are the chief of all heroes. I am sure You shall be able to bring these seven bulls under control without any difficulty. Until now they have never been subdued by any prince; anyone who has attempted to bring 
them under control has simply had his limbs broken." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Nagnajit continued his request: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if You'll kindly bridle the seven bulls and bring them under control, then undoubtedly You will be selected as
 the desired husband of my daughter, Saty\'e4." After hearing this statement, K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand that the King did not want to break his vow. Thus, in order to fulfill his desire, He tightened His belt and prepared to fight with the bulls. H
e immediately divided Himself into seven K\'e5\'f1\'ebas, and each one of Them immediately caught hold of a bull and bridled its nose, thus bringing it under control as if it were a plaything. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dividing Himself into seven is very significant. It was known to Saty\'e4, the daughter of King Nagnajit, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had already married m
any other wives, and still she was attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In order to encourage her, He immediately expanded Himself into seven. The purport is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is one, but He has unlimited forms of expansions. He married many hundreds of thousan
ds of wives, but this does not mean that while He was with one wife the others were bereft of His association. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could associate with each and every wife by His expansions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought the bulls under His control by bridling their noses, their strength and pride were immediately smashed. The name and fame which the bull
s had attained was thus vanquished. When the bulls had been bridled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He pulled them strongly, just as a child pulls a toy wooden bull. Upon seeing this advantage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, King Nagnajit became very much astonished and immediate
ly, with great pleasure, brought his daughter Saty\'e4 before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and handed her over to Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also immediately accepted Saty\'e4 as His wife. Then there was a marriage ceremony with great pomp. The queens of King Nagnajit also w
ere very much pleased because their daughter Saty\'e4 got K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her husband. Since the King and queens were very pleased on this auspicious occasion, there was a celebration all over the city in honor of the marriage. Everywhere was heard the
 sounds of the conchshell and kettledrum and various other vibrations of music and song. The 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  began to shower their blessings upon the newly married couple. In jubilation, all the inhabitants of the city dressed themselves with colorful garments and ornaments. King Nagnajit was so pleased that he began to give a dowry to the 
daughter and son-in-law, as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First of all he gave them ten thousand cows and three thousand well-dressed young maidservants, ornamented up to their necks. This system of dowry is still current 
in India especially for 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  princes. Also, when 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  prince is married, at least a dozen maidservants of similar age are given along with the bride. After giving the c
ows and maidservants, the King also enriched the dowry by giving 9,000 elephants and a hundred times more chariots than elephants. This means that he gave 900,000 chariots. And he gave a hundred times more horses than chariots, or 90,000,000 horses, and 
a hundred times more slaves than horses. Such slaves and maidservants were maintained by the royal princes with all provisions, as if they were their own children or family members. After giving this dowry as described, the King of the Ko\'e7ala Province
 bade his daughter and great son-in-law be seated on a chariot. He allowed them to go to their home, guarded by a division of well-equipped soldiers. When they were travelling fast to their new home, his heart became enlivened with affection for them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before this marriage of Saty\'e4 with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there had been many competitive engagements with the bulls of King Nagnajit, and many other princes of the Yad
u dynasty and of other dynasties as well had tried to win the hand of Saty\'e4. When the frustrated princes of the other dynasties heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was successful in getting the hand of Saty\'e4 by subduing the bulls, naturally they became envio
us. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was travelling to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, all the frustrated and defeated princes encircled Him and began to shower their arrows on the bridal party. When they attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba's party and threw arrows like incessant torrents of ra
in, Arjuna, the best friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, took charge of the challenge, and he alone drove them off very easily to please his great friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the occasion of His marriage. He immediately took up his bow of the name G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va
 and chased away all the princes; exactly as a lion drives away all other small animals simply by chasing them, Arjuna drove away all the princes without killing even one of them. After this, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with
 His newly married wife and a huge dowry, entered the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 with great pomp. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then lived there with His wife very peacefully. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had another aunt, His father's sister, whose name was \'c7rutak\'e9rti, and who was married and lived in the Kekaya province. She had a daughter whos
e name was Bhadr\'e4. Bhadr\'e4 also wanted to marry K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and her brother handed her over to Him unconditionally. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also accepted her as His bona fide wife. Thereafter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba married a daughter of the king of the Madras P
rovince, and her name was Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4. Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 had all good qualities. She was also forcibly married by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who took her in the same way that Garu\'f2a snatched the jar of nectar from the hands of the demons. K\'e5\'f1\'eba ki
dnapped this girl in the presence of many other princes in the assembly of her }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara. Svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is a ceremony in which the bride can select her own husband from an assembly of many princes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marriage with the five girls mentioned in this chapter is not sufficient. He had many other thousands of wives besides them. The
 other thousands of wives were accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba after killing one demon named Bhaum\'e4sura. All these thousands of girls were held captive in the palace of Bhaum\'e4sura, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba released them and married them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Third 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  "Five Queens Married by K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-4 / Deliverance of the Demon Bhaum\'e4sura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4 /  Deliverance of the Demon Bh
aum\'e4sura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of Bhaum\'e4sura\'97how he kidnapped and made captive 16,000 princesses by collecting them from the palaces of various kings and how he was killed by K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord of wonderful character\'97is all described by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to King Par\'e9k\'f1it 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  Generally, the demons are always against the demigods. This demon, Bhaum\'e4sura, having become very powerful, took by force the umbrella from the throne of the demigod Varu\'eba. He als
o took the earrings of Aditi, the mother of the demigods. He conquered a portion of heavenly Mount Meru and occupied the portion which was known as Ma\'ebiparvata. The King of the heavenly planets, Indra, therefore came to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to complain about
 Bhaum\'e4sura before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing this complaint by Indra, the King of heaven, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, accompanied by His wife Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, immediately started for the abode of Bhaum\'e4su
ra. Both of them rode on the back of Garu\'f2a, who flew them to Pr\'e4gjyoti\'f1apura, the capital city of Bhaum\'e4sura. It was not a very easy task to enter into the city of Pr\'e4gjyoti\'f1apura, because it was very well fortified. First of all, ther
e were four formidable forts guarding the four directions of the city, and it was well-protected on all sides by formidable military strength. The next boundary was a water canal all around the city, and in addition the whole city was surrounded with ele
ctric wires. The next fortification was of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anila,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a gaseous substance. After this, there was a ne
twork of barbed wiring constructed by a demon of the name Mura. It appeared that the city was well-protected even in terms of today's scientific advancements. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived, He broke all the forts to pieces by the strokes of His club, and the military strength scattered here and there by the constant onslaug
ht of the arrows of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. With His celebrated Sudar\'e7ana-cakra He counteracted the electrified boundary; the channels of water and the gaseous boundary were made null and void, and He cut to pieces the electrified network fabricated by the de
mon Mura. By the vibration of His conchshell, He not only broke the hearts of great fighters, but also the fighting machines which were there. Similarly, the walls around the city were broken by His invincible club. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The vibration of His conchshell sounded like the thunderbolt at the time of the dissolution of the whole cosmic situation. The demon Mura heard the vibration of the
 conchshell, awakened from his sleep, and personally came out to see what had happened. He had five heads and had long been living within the water. The Mura demon was as brilliant as the sun at the time of the dissolution of the cosmic manifestation, an
d his temper was like blazing fire. The effulgence of his body was so dazzling that it was difficult to see him with open eyes. When he came out, he first of all took out his trident and began to rush the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The onslaught of 
the demon Mura was like a big snake attacking Garu\'f2a. His angry mood was very severe, and he appeared ready to devour the three worlds. First of all he attacked the carrier of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Garu\'f2a, by whirling his trident and he began to vibrate 
sounds through his five faces like the roaring of a lion. The roaring produced by the vibration of his mouths spread all over the atmosphere until it extended not only all over the world, but also into outer space, up and down and out to the ten directio
ns. In this way, the sound was rumbling throughout the whole universe. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that the trident of the Mura demon was gradually rushing toward His carrier, Garu\'f2a. Immediately, by a trick of His hand, He took two arr
ows and threw them toward the trident, cutting it to pieces. Simultaneously, using many arrows, He pierced the mouths of the demon Mura. When he saw himself outmaneuvered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Mura demon immediately began to strike H
im in great anger with his club. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His own club, broke the club of Mura to pieces before it could reach Him. The demon, bereft of his weapon, decided to attack K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his strong arms, but by the aid of His Sudar
\'e7ana-cakra, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately separated the demon's five heads from his body. The demon then fell into the water, just as the peak of a mountain falls into the ocean after being struck by the thunderbolt of Indra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This demon Mura had seven sons, named T\'e4mra, Antarik\'f1a, \'c7rava\'eba, Vibh\'e4vasu, Vasu, Nabhasv\'e4n and Aru\'eba. All of them became puffed up and vengefu
l because of the death of their father, and in order to retaliate, they prepared in great anger to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They equipped themselves with necessary weapons and situated P\'e9\'f6ha, another demon, to act as commander in the battle. By t
he order of Bhaum\'e4sura, all of them combinedly attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When they came before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they began to shower Him with many kinds of weapons, like swords, clubs, lances, arrows and tridents. But they did not kn
ow that the strength of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is unlimited and invincible. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His arrows, cut all the weapons of the men of Bhaum\'e4sura into pieces, like grains. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then threw His weapons, and Bhaum\'e4sura's 
commander-in-chief, P\'e9\'f6ha, along with his assistants, fell down, their military dress cut off and their heads, legs, arms and thighs severed. All of them were sent to the superintendent of death, Yamar\'e4ja. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaum\'e4sura was also known as Narak\'e4sura, for he happened to be the son of the earth personified. When he saw that all his soldiers, commanders and fighters we
re killed on the battlefield by the strokes of the weapons of the Personality of Godhead, he became exceedingly angry at the Lord. He then came out of the city with a great number of elephants who had all been born and brought up on the seashore. All of 
them were highly intoxicated. When they came out, they saw that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His wife were beautifully situated high in outer space just like a blackish cloud about the sun, glittering with the light of electricity. The demon Bhaum\'e4sura imm
ediately released a weapon called \'c7ataghn\'e9, by which he could kill hundreds of warriors with one stroke, and simultaneously all his assistants also threw their respective weapons at the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to c
ounteract all these weapons by releasing His feathered arrows. The result of this fight was that all the soldiers and commanders of Bhaum\'e4sura fell to the ground, their arms, legs and heads separated from their trunks, and all their horses and elephan
ts also fell with them. In this way, all the weapons released by Bhaum\'e4sura were cut to pieces by the reaction of the Lord's arrows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord was fighting on the back of Garu\'f2a, and Garu\'f2a was also helping the Lord by striking the horses and the elephants with his wings and scratching their
 heads with his nails and sharpened beak. The elephants were feeling much pain by Garu\'f2a's attack on them, and they were all dispersing from the battlefield. Bhaum\'e4sura alone remained on the battlefield, and he engaged himself in fighting with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. He saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's carrier, Garu\'f2a, was causing great disturbance to his soldiers and elephants, and in great anger he struck Garu\'f2a with all his strength, which defied the strength of the thunderbolt. Fortunately, Garu\'f2
a was not an ordinary bird, and he felt the strokes given by Bhaum\'e4sura just as a great elephant feels the impact of a garland of flowers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaum\'e4sura thus came to see that none of his tricks would act upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he became aware that all his attempts to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be frus
trated. Yet he attempted for the last time, taking a trident in his hand to strike Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so dexterous that before Bhaum\'e4sura could touch his trident, his head was cut off by the sharp Sudar\'e7ana-cakra. His head, illuminated by earr
ings and helmets, fell down on the battlefield. On the occasion of Bhaum\'e4sura's being killed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the demon's relatives began to scream in disappointment, and the saintly persons began to glorify the chivalrous activities of the
 Lord. Taking this opportunity, the denizens of the heavenly planets began to shower flowers on the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time, the earth personified appeared before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and greeted Him with a garland of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaijayant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewels. She also returned the dazzling earrings of Aditi, bedecked with jewels and gold. She also returned the umbrella of Varu\'eba, along w
ith another valuable jewel, which she presented to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After this, the earth personified began to offer her prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality and master of the world, who is always worshiped by very exalted demigods. She fell
 down in obeisances and, in great devotional ecstasy, began to speak. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who is always present with four kinds of symbols, namely His conchshell, disc, lotus and club, and who is the 
Lord of all demigods. Please accept my respectful obeisances unto You. My dear Lord, You are the Supersoul, and in order to satisfy the aspiration of Your devotees, You descend on the earth in Your various transcendental incarnations, which are just appr
opriate to the devotees' worshipful desire. Kindly accept my respectful obeisances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, the lotus flower is grown out of Your navel, and You are always decorated with a garland of lotus flowers. Your eyes are always spread like the petal
s of the lotus flower, and therefore they are all-pleasing to the eyes of others. Your lotus feet are so soft and delicate that they are always worshiped by Your unalloyed devotees, and they pacify their lotus-like hearts. I therefore repeatedly offer my
 respectful obeisances unto You. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You possess all kinds of religions, fame, property, knowledge and renunciation; You are the shelter of all five opulences. Although You are all-pervading, You have
 nevertheless appeared as the son of Vasudeva. Please, therefore, accept my respectful obeisances. You are the original Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme cause of all causes. Only Your Lordship is the reservoir of all knowledge. Let me offer
 my respectful obeisances unto You. Personally You are unborn; still, You are the father of the whole cosmic manifestation. You are the reservoir and shelter of all kinds of energies. The manifestive appearance of this world is caused by You, and You are
 both the cause and effect of this cosmic manifestation. Please therefore accept my respectful obeisances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, as for the three gods\'97Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and \'c7iva\'97they are also not independent of You. When there is necessity of creating this cosmic 
manifestation, You create Your passionate appearance of Brahm\'e4, and when You want to maintain this cosmic manifestation, You expand Yourself as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the reservoir of all goodness. Similarly, You appear as Lord \'c7iva, master of the modes
 of ignorance, and thus dissolve the whole creation. Your transcendental position is always maintained, in spite of creating these three modes of material nature. You are never entangled like the ordinary living entities with these modes of material natu
re. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Actually, my Lord, You are the material nature, You are the father of the universe, and You are the eternal time that has caused the combination of nature and the 
material creator. Still, You are always transcendental to all these material activities. My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know that earth, water, fire, air, sky, the five sense objects, mind, the senses and their deities, egotism, as wel
l as the total material energy\'97everything animate and inanimate in this phenomenal world is resting upon You. Since everything is produced of You, nothing can be separated from You. Yet, since You are transcendentally situated, neither can anything ma
terial be identified with Your personality. Everything is, therefore, simultaneously one and different from You, and the philosophers who try to separate everything from you are certainly mistaken in their viewpoint. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, may I inform You that this boy, whose name is Bhagadatta, is the son of my son, Bhaum\'e4sura. He has been very much affected by the ghastly situatio
n created by the death of his father and has become very much confused, being afraid of the present situation. I have therefore brought him to surrender unto Your lotus feet. I request Your Lordship to give shelter to this boy and bless him with Your lot
us feet. I am bringing him to You so that he may become relieved from the reactions of all the sinful activities of his father." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard the prayers of mother Earth, He immediately assured her of immunity from all fearful situations. He said to Bhagadatta, "Don't be afr
aid." Then He entered the palace of Bhaum\'e4sura, which was equipped with all kinds of opulences. In the palace of Bhaum\'e4sura Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw 16,100 young princesses, who had been kidnapped and held captive there. When the princesses saw the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, enter the palace, they immediately became captivated by the beauty of the Lord and prayed for His causeless mercy. Within their minds, they decided to accept Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband without any
 hesitation. Each one of them began to pray to providence that K\'e5\'f1\'eba might become her husband. Sincerely and seriously, they offered their hearts to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with an unalloyed devotional attitude. As the Supersoul in ever
yone's heart, K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand their uncontaminated desire, and He agreed to accept them as His wives. Thus, He arranged for suitable dresses and ornaments for them, and each of them, seated on a palanquin, was dispatched to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 
City. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also collected unlimited wealth from the palace, along with chariots, horses, jewels and treasure. He took from the palace fifty white elephants, each with four tusks, and all of them were dispatched to Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 entered Amar\'e4vat\'e9, the capital city of the heavenly planet, and they immediately entered the pal
ace of King Indra and his wife, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9, who welcomed them. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then presented Indra with the earrings of Aditi. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 were returning from the capital city of Indra, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 remembered K\'e5\'f1\'eba's promise to give her the plant o
f the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower. Taking the opportunity of having come to the heavenly kingdom, she p
lucked a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant and kept it on the back of Garu\'f2a. Once N\'e4rada took a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower and presented it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senior wife, \'c7r\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9. 
On account of this, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 developed an inferiority complex; she also wanted a flower from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand the competitive womanly nature of His co-wives, and He smiled. He immediately asked Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, "Wh
y are you asking for only one flower? I would like to give you a whole tree of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flo
wers." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba had purposely taken His wife Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 with Him so she could collect the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with her own hand. But the denizens of the heavenly planet, including Indra, became very irritated. Without their permission, Satyabh\'e4m
\'e4 had plucked a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant, which is not to be found on the earth planet. Indra, alo
ng with other demigods, offered opposition to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 for taking away the plant, but in order to please His favorite wife Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became determined and adamant, so there was a fight between the demigod
s and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As, usual, K\'e5\'f1\'eba came out victorious, and He triumphantly brought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant chosen by His wife to this earth planet, to Dv\'e4rak\'e4. After this, the plant was installed in the palace garden of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4. On account of this extraordinary tree, the garden house of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 became extraor
dinarily beautiful. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant came down to the earthly planet, the fragrance of
 the flower also came down, and the celestial swans also migrated to this earth in search of its fragrance and honey. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Indra's behavior toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not very much appreciated by great sages like \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Out of His causeless mercy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
had gone to the heavenly kingdom, Amar\'e4vat\'e9, to present King Indra with his mother's earrings, which had been lost to Bhaum\'e4sura, and Indra had been very glad to receive them. But when a flower plant from the heavenly kingdom was taken by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Indra offered to fight with Him. This was self-interest on the part of Indra. He offered his prayer, tipping down his head to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but as soon as his purpose was served, he became a different creature. That is the 
way of the dealings of materialistic men. Materialistic men are always interested in their own profit. For this purpose they can offer any kind of respect to anyone, but when their personal interest is over, they are no longer friends. This selfish natur
e is not only found among the richer class of men on this planet, but is present even in personalities like Indra and other demigods. Too much wealth makes a man selfish. A selfish man is not prepared to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and is condem
ned by great devotees like \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. In other words, possession of too many worldly riches is a disqualification for advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After defeating Indra, K\'e5\'f1\'eba arranged to marry the 16,100 girls brought from the custody of Bhaum\'e4sura. By expanding Himself in 16,100 forms, He simulta
neously married them all in different palaces in one auspicious moment. He thus established the truth that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and no one else is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is nothing impossible, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead; He is all-powerful, omnipresent and imperishable, and as such there is nothing wonderful in this pastime. All the palaces of the more than 16,000 queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were full with suitable gardens, furniture and other paraphernalia, of wh
ich there is no parallel in this world. There is no exaggeration in this story 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 queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were all expansions of the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to live with them in different palaces, and He treated them in exactly the same way as an ordinary man treats his wife. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should always remember that the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing exactly like a human being; although He showed His extraordinary opulen
ces by simultaneously marrying more than 16,000 wives in more than 16,000 palaces, He behaved with them just like an ordinary man, and He strictly followed the relationship between husband and wife required in ordinary homes. Therefore, it is very diffic
ult to understand the characteristics of the Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead. Even demigods like Brahm\'e4 and others are unable to probe into the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. The wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were so fortunate that they go
t the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their husband, although their husband's personality was unknown even to the demigods like Brahm\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In their dealings as husband and wife, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His queens would smile, talk, joke, embrace, and so on, and their conjugal relationship ever increasingly 
developed. In this way, both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the queens enjoyed transcendental happiness in their household life. Although each and every queen had thousands of maidservants engaged for her service, the queens were all personally attentive in serving 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Each one of them used to receive K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally when He entered the palace. They engaged in getting Him seated on a nice couch, presenting Him with all kinds of worshipable paraphernalia, washing His lotus feet with Ganges wate
r, offering Him betel nuts and massaging His legs. In this way, they were giving Him relief from the fatigue of being away from home. They saw to fanning Him nicely, offering Him fragrant essential floral oil, decorating Him with flower garlands, dressin
g His hair, asking Him to lie down to take rest, bathing Him personally and feeding Him nice palatable dishes. All these things were done by each queen herself. They did not wait for the maidservants. In other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His different quee
ns displayed on this earth an ideal household life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Fourth 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  "The Deliverance of the Demon Bhaum\'e4sura."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-5 / Talks Between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 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 5 /  Talks Between K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a and Rukmi\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the bestower of all knowledge to all living entities from Brahm\'e4 to the insignificant a
nt, was sitting in the bedroom of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, who was engaged in the service of the Lord along with her assistant maidservants. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting on the bedstead of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, and the maidservants were engaged in fanning Him with }{\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  (yak-tail fly-whisks). 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dealings with Rukmi\'eb\'e9 as a perfect husband is a perfect manifestation of the supreme perfection of the Personality of Godhead. There are
 many philosophers who propound a concept of the Absolute Truth in which God cannot do this or that. They deny the incarnation of God, or the Supreme Absolute Truth in human form. But actually, the fact is different: God cannot be subjected to our imperf
ect sensual activities. He is the all-powerful, omnipresent Personality of Godhead, and by His supreme will, He can not only create, maintain and annihilate the whole cosmic manifestation, but He can also descend as an ordinary human being in order to ex
ecute the highest mission. 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  whenever there are discrepancies
 in the discharge of human occupational duties, He descends. He is not forced to appear by any external agency, but descends by His own internal potency in order to reestablish the standard functions of human activities as well as to simultaneously annih
ilate the disturbing elements in the progressive march of human civilization. In accordance with this principle of the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He descended in His eternal form of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the dyna
sty of the Yadus. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The palace of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was wonderfully finished. There were many canopies hanging on the ceiling with laces bedecked with pearl garlands, and the whole palace 
was illuminated by the effulgence of valuable jewels. There were many flower orchards of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an
d }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4meli,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which are considered to be the most fragrant flowers in India. There were many clust
ers of these plants, with blooming flowers enhancing the beauty of the palace. And because of the exquisite fragrance of the flowers, little groups of humming bees were gathered around the trees, and at night the pleasing moonshine glittered through the 
network of holes in the windows. There were many heavily flowered trees of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and th
e mild wind stirred the flavor of the flowers all around. Within the walls of the palace, there was incense burning, and the fragrant smoke was leaking out of the window shutters. Within the room there were mattresses covered with white bedsheets resembl
ing the foam of milk; the bedding was as soft and white as milk foam. In this situation, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very comfortably sitting and enjoying the service of Rukmi\'eb\'e9j\'e9 assisted by her maidservants. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was also very eager to get the opportunity of serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead as her husband. She therefore wanted to serve the Lord person
ally and took the handle of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the hand of the maidservant and began to move the 
fan. The handle of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was made of gold, decorated and bedecked with valuable jewels, a
nd it became more beautiful when it was taken by Rukmi\'eb\'e9, because all of her fingers were beautifully set with jeweled rings. Her legs were decorated with ankle bells and jewels, which rang very softly between the pleats of her sari. Rukmi\'eb\'e9'
s raised breasts were smeared with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and saffron; thus her beauty was enhanced by the re
flection of the reddish color emanating from her covered breasts. The highly raised lower part of her buttocks was decorated with a jeweled lace girdle, and a locket of great effulgence hung on her neck. Above all, because she was engaged in the service 
of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97although at that time she was old enough to have grown-up sons\'97her beautiful body was beyond compare in the three worlds. When we take account of her beautiful face, it appears that the curling hair on her head, the beautiful
 earrings on her ears, her smiling mouth, and her necklace of gold, all combined to shower rains of nectar; and it was definitely proved that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was none other than the original goddess of fortune who is always engaged in the service of the lo
tus feet of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 are accepted by great authorities as manifestations of those of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and Lak\'f1m\'e9
, which are of an exalted opulence. The pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are simple and rural, distinguished from the polished urban characteristics of those of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. The characteristics of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 were unusual
ly bright, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very much satisfied with her behavior. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had experienced that when Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was offered a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower by N\'e4rada Muni, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 had become envious of her co-wife and had immediately demanded a similar flower from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In fact, she could not be pacifi
ed until she was promised the whole tree. That was actually done by K\'e5\'f1\'eba; the tree was brought down to the earth planet from the heavenly kingdom. After this episode, K\'e5\'f1\'eba expected that because Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 had been rewarded by a 
full tree of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rukmi\'eb\'e9 would also demand something. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 did not men
tion anything of the incident, however, for she was grave and simply satisfied in her service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to see her a bit irritated, and therefore He schemed in order to see the beautiful face of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 in an irritated condition. Altho
ugh K\'e5\'f1\'eba had more than 16,100 wives, He used to behave with each of them with familial affection; He would create a particular situation between Himself and His wife in which the wife would criticize Him in the irritation of love, and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba would enjoy this. In this case, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not find any fault with Rukmi\'eb\'e9, for she was very great and always engaged in His service, He smilingly, in great love, began to speak to her. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was the daughter of King
 Bh\'e9\'f1maka, a powerful king. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not address her as Rukmi\'eb\'e9; He addressed her this time as the princess. "My dear princess, it is very surprising. Many great personalities in the royal order wanted to marry you. Although no
t all of them were kings, all possessed the opulence and riches of the kingly order; they were well-behaved, learned, famous among kings, beautiful in their bodily features and personal qualifications, liberal, very powerful in strength, and advanced in 
every respect. They were not unfit in any way, and over and above that, your father and your brother had no objection to such marriages. On the contrary, they gave their word of honor that you would be married with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la; the marriage was san
ctioned by your parents. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was a great king and was so lusty and mad after your beauty that if he had married you, I think he would always have remained with you just like your faithful servant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In comparison to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, with his personal qualities, I am nothing. And you may personally realize it. I am surprised that you rejected the marriage wit
h \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and accepted Me, who am inferior in comparison to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. I think myself completely unfit to be your husband because you are so beautiful, sober, grave and exalted. May I inquire from you the reason that induced you to acce
pt Me? Now, of course, I can address you as My beautiful wife, but still I may inform you of My actual position\'97that I am inferior to all those princes who wanted to marry you. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "First of all, you may know that I was so much afraid of Jar\'e4sandha that I could not dare to live on the land, and thus I have constructed this house within the 
water of the sea. It is not my business to disclose this secret to others, but you must know that I am not very heroic; I am a coward and am afraid of them. Still I am not safe, because all the great kings of the land are inimical to Me. I have personall
y created this inimical feeling by fighting with them in many ways. Another fault is that although I am on the throne of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, I have no immediate claim. Although I got a kingdom by killing My maternal uncle, Ka\'e0sa, the kingdom was to go to M
y grandfather; so actually I have no possession of a kingdom. Besides that, I have no fixed aim in life. People cannot understand Me very well. What is the ultimate goal of My life? They know very well that I was a cowherd boy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. People 
expected that I would follow the footsteps of My foster father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and be faithful to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and all Her friends in the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. But all of a sudden I left them. I wanted to become 
a famous prince. Still I could not have any kingdom, nor could I rule as a prince. People are bewildered about My ultimate goal of life; they do not know whether I am a cowherd boy or a prince, whether I am the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja or the son of V
asudeva. Because I have no fixed aim in life, people may call Me a vagabond. Therefore, I am surprised that you could select such a vagabond husband. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Besides this, I am not very much polished, even in social etiquette. A person should be satisfied with one wife, but you see I have married many times, and I have 
more than 16,000 wives. I cannot please all of them as a polished husband. My behavior with them is not very nice, and I know you are very much conscious of it. I sometimes create a situation with My wives which is not very happy. Because I was trained i
n a village in My childhood, I am not well acquainted with the etiquette of urban life. I do not know the way to please a wife with nice words and behavior. And from practical experience it is found that any woman who follows My way or who becomes attrac
ted by Me is ultimately left to cry for the rest of her life. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, many }{\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  w
ere attracted to Me, and now I have left them, and they are living but are simply crying for Me in separation. I have heard from Akr\'fcra and Uddhava that since I left V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all my cowherd boy friends, 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 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and My foster father Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja are simply crying constantly for Me. I have l
eft V\'e5nd\'e4vana for good and am now engaged with the queens in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, but I am not well-behaved with any of you. So you can very easily understand that I have no steadiness of character; I am not a very reliable husband. The net result of bei
ng attracted to Me is to acquire a life of bereavement only. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear beautiful princess, you may also know that I am always penniless. Just after My birth, I was carried penniless to the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and I 
was raised just like a cowherd boy. Although My foster father possessed many hundreds of thousands of cows, I was not proprietor of even one of them. I was simply entrusted to take care of them and tender them, but I was not the proprietor. Here also, I 
am not proprietor of anything, but am always penniless. There is no cause to lament for such a penniless condition; I possessed nothing in the past, so why should I lament that I do not possess anything at present? You may note also that My devotees are 
not very opulent persons; they also are very poor in worldly goods. Those who are very rich, possessing worldly wealth, are not interested in devotion to Me or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. On the contrary, when a person becomes penniless, whether by for
ce or by circumstances, he may become interested in Me if he gets the proper opportunity. Persons who are proud of their riches, even if they are offered association with My devotees, do not take advantage of consciousness of Me. In other words, the poor
er class of men may have some interest in Me, but the richer class of men have no interest. I think, therefore, that your selection of Me was not very intelligent. You appear to be very intelligent, trained by your father and brother, but ultimately you 
have made a great mistake in selecting your life's companion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But there is no harm; it is better late than never. You are at liberty to select a suitable husband who is actually an equal to you in opulence, family tradition, 
wealth, beauty, education\'97in all respects. Whatever mistakes you may have made may be forgotten. Now you may chalk out your own lucrative path of life. Usually a person does not establish a marital relationship with a person who is either higher or lo
wer than his position. My dear daughter of the King of Vidarbha, I think you did not consider very sagaciously before your marriage. Thus you made a wrong selection by choosing Me as your husband. You mistakenly heard about My having very exalted charact
er, although factually I was nothing more than a beggar. Without seeing Me and My actual position, simply by hearing about Me, you selected Me as your husband. That was not very rightly done. Therefore I advise you that it is better late than never; you 
can now select one of the great }{\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  princes and accept him as your life's companion, and 
you can reject Me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was proposing that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 divorce Him at a time when Rukmi\'eb\'e9 already had many grown-up children. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's whole propos
ition to Rukmi\'eb\'e9 appeared to be something unexpected, because according to Vedic culture there was no such thing as separation of husband and wife by divorce. Nor was it possible for Rukmi\'eb\'e9 to do so in advanced age, when she had many married
 sons. Each and every one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's proposals appeared to Rukmi\'eb\'e9 to be crazy, and she was surprised that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could say such things. Simple as she was, her anxiety was increasing more and more at the thought of separation from 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "After all, you have to prepare yourself for your next life. I therefore advise that you select someone who can help you both in this life
 and the next life, for I am completely unable to help. My dear beautiful princess, you know that all the members of the princely order, including \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, \'c7\'e4lva, Jar\'e4sandha, Dantavakra and even your elder brother Rukm\'e9, are all My 
enemies; they do not like Me at all. They hate Me from the core of their hearts. All these princes were very much puffed up with their worldly possessions, and they did not care a fig for anyone who came before them. In order to teach them some lessons, 
I agreed to kidnap you according to your desire; otherwise I actually have no love for you, although you loved Me even before the marriage. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As I have already explained, I am not very much interested in family life or love between husband and wife. By nature, I am not very fond of family life, wife, chi
ldren, home and opulences. As My devotees are always neglectful of all these worldly possessions, I am also like that. Actually, I am interested in self-realization; that gives Me pleasure, and not this family life." After submitting His statement, Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba suddenly stopped. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great authority \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 remarks that K\'e5\'f1\'eba almost always passed His time with Rukmi\'eb\'e9, and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was a bit proud to be 
so fortunate that K\'e5\'f1\'eba never left her even for a moment. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, does not like any of His devotees to be proud. As soon as a devotee becomes so, by some tactic He cuts down that pride. In this case also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said man
y things which were hard for Rukmi\'eb\'e9 to hear. She could only conclude that although she was proud of her position, K\'e5\'f1\'eba could be separated from her at any moment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was conscious that her husband was not an ordinary human being. He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the three worlds. By the way 
He was speaking, she was afraid of being separated from the Lord, for she had never heard such harsh words from K\'e5\'f1\'eba before. Thus she became perplexed with fear of separation, and her heart began to palpitate. Without replying to a word of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's statement, she simply cried in great anxiety, as if being drowned in an ocean of grief. She silently scratched the ground with the nails of her toes, which were reflecting reddish light on the ground. The tears from her eyes were pink, mi
xed with the black cosmetic ointment from her eyelids, and the waters were dropping down, washing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and saffron from her breasts. Choked up on account of great anxiety, unable to speak even a word, she kept her head downward and remained standing just like a stick. Due to extremely painful fearfulness and lamentation, she lost all her 
reasoning powers and became so weak that immediately her body lost so much weight that the bangles on her wrists became slackened. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rod with which she was serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately fell from her hand. Her brain and memory became puzzled, and she lost consciousness. The nicely combed hair on her head scattered here and there, a
nd she fell down straight, like a banana tree cut down by a whirlwind. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately realized that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had not taken His words in a joking spirit. She had taken them very seriously, and in her extreme anxiet
y over immediate separation from Him, she had fallen into this condition. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is naturally very affectionate toward His devotees, and seeing Rukmi\'eb\'e9's condition, His heart immediately became softened. At once He became mer
ciful to her. The relationship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was as Lak\'f1m\'e9-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; therefore, He appeared before her in His four-handed manifestation of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. He got down from the bedstead, brought her up by her h
ands, and, placing His cooling hands on her face, smoothed the scattered hairs on her head. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dried the wet breast of Rukmi\'eb\'e9j\'e9 with His hand. Understanding the seriousness of Rukmi\'eb\'e9's love for Him, He embraced her to Hi
s chest. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality is very expert in putting a thing reasonably for one's understanding, and thus He tried to retract all that He said before. He is the only r
esort for all the devotees, and so He knows very well how to satisfy His pure devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 could not follow the statements which He had made in a joking way. To counteract her confusion, He again began to speak, 
as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear daughter of King Vidarbha, My dear Rukmi\'eb\'e9, please do not misunderstand Me. Don't be unkind unto Me like this. I know you are sincerely and seriously
 attached to Me; you are My eternal companion. The words which have affected you so much are not factual. I wanted to irritate you a bit, and I was expecting you to make counter answers to those joking words. Unfortunately, you have taken them seriously;
 I am very sorry for it. I expected that your red lips would tremble in anger on hearing My statement and you would chastise Me in many words. O perfection of love, I never expected that your condition would be like this. I expected that you would put yo
ur blinking eyes upon Me in retaliation, and in that way, I would be able to see your beautiful face in that angry mood. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear beautiful wife, you know that we are householders. We are always busy in many household affairs, so we long for a time that we can enjoy some joking words 
between us. That is our ultimate game in household life. Actually, the householders work very hard day and night, but all fatigue of the day's labor becomes minimized as soon as they meet, husband and wife together, and enjoy life in many ways." Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to exhibit Himself just as an ordinary householder who delights himself by exchanging joking words with his wife. He therefore repeatedly requested Rukmi\'eb\'e9 not to take those words very seriously. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba pacified Rukmi\'eb\'e9 by His sweet words, she could understand that what was formerly spoken by Him was not actually meant, b
ut was spoken to evoke some joking pleasure between themselves. She was therefore pacified by hearing the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Gradually she was freed from all fearfulness of separation from Him, and she began to look on His face very cheerfully with
 her naturally smiling face. She said, "My dear lotus-eyed Lord, Your statement that we are not a fit combination is completely right. It is not possible for me to come to an equal level with You because You are the reservoir of all qualities, the unlimi
ted Supreme Personality of Godhead. How can I be a fit match for You? There is no possibility of comparison with You, who are the master of all greatness, controller of the three qualities and the object of worship for great demigods like Brahm\'e4 and L
ord \'c7iva. As far as I am concerned, I am a production of the three modes of material nature. The three modes of material nature are impediments towards the progressive advancement of devotional service. When and where can I be a fit match for You? My 
dear husband, You have rightly said also that being afraid of the kings, You have taken shelter in the water of the sea. But who is the king of this material world? I do not think that the so-called royal families are kings of the material world. The kin
gs of the material world are the three modes of material nature. They are actually the controllers of this material world. You are situated in the core of everyone's heart, where You remain completely aloof from the touch of the three modes of material n
ature, and there is not doubt about it. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You say You always maintain enmity with the worldly kings. But who are the worldly kings? I think the worldly kings are the senses. They are most formidable, and t
hey control everyone. Certainly You maintain enmity with these material senses. You are never under the control of the senses; rather, You are the controller of the senses, H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a. My dear Lord, You have said that You are bereft of all roya
l power, and that is also correct. Not only are You bereft of material world supremacy, but even Your servants, those who have some attachment to Your lotus feet, also give up the material world supremacy because they consider the material position to be
 the darkest region, which checks the progress of spiritual enlightenment. Your servants do not like material supremacy, so what to speak of You? My dear Lord, Your statement that You do not act as an ordinary person with a particular aim in life is also
 perfectly correct. Even Your great devotees and servants, known as great sages and saintly persons, remain in such a state that no one can get any clue to the aim of their lives. They are considered by the human society to be crazy and cynical. Their ai
m of life remains a mystery to the common human being; the lowest of the mankind can know neither You nor Your servant. A contaminated human being cannot even imagine the pastimes of You and Your devotees. O unlimited one, when the activities and endeavo
rs of Your devotees remain a mystery to the common human being, how can they understand Your motive and endeavor? All kinds of energies and opulences are engaged in Your service, but still they are resting at Your shelter. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You have described Yourself as penniless, but this condition is not poverty. Since there is nothing in existence but Yourself, You do not require to possess anythi
ng\'97You Yourself are everything. Unlike others, You do not require to purchase anything extraneously. With You all contrary things can be adjusted because You are absolute. You do not possess anything, but no one is richer than You. In the material wor
ld no one can be rich without possessing. Since Your Lordship is absolute, You can adjust the contradiction of possessing nothing but at the same time being the richest. 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 although You have no material hands and legs, You accept everything which is offered in devotion by the devotees. You have no material eyes and ears, b
ut still You can see everything everywhere, and You can hear everything everywhere. Although You do not possess anything, the great demigods who accept prayers and worship from others come and worship You to solicit Your mercy. How can You be categorized
 among the poor? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You have also stated that the richest section of human society does not worship You. This is also correct, because persons who are puffed up with mat
erial possessions think of utilizing their property for sense gratification. When a poverty-stricken man becomes rich, he makes a program for sense gratification. This is due to his ignorance of how to utilize his hard-earned money. Under the spell of th
e external energy, he thinks that his money is properly employed in sense gratification, and thus he neglects to render transcendental service. My dear Lord, You have stated that persons who possess nothing are very dear to You; renouncing everything, Yo
ur devotee wants to possess You only. I see, therefore, that a great sage like N\'e4rada Muni who does not possess any material property is still very dear to You. And such persons do not care for anything but Your Lordship. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You have stated that a marriage between persons equal in status of social standing, beauty, riches, strength, influence and renunciation can be a sui
table match. But this status of life can only be possible by Your grace. You are the supreme perfectional source of all opulences. Whatever opulent status of life one may have is all derived from You. As described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, janm\'e4dyasya yata\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are the supreme source from which everything emanates, the reservoir of all 
pleasures. Therefore, persons who are endowed with knowledge desire only to achieve You, and nothing else. To achieve Your favor, they give up everything\'97even the transcendental realization of Brahman. You are the supreme ultimate goal of life. You ar
e the reservoir of all interests of the living entities. Those who are actually well-motivated desire only You, and for this reason they give up everything to attain success. They therefore deserve to be associated with You. In the society of the servito
rs and served in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one is not subjected to the pains and pleasures of material society, which functions according to sex attraction. Therefore, everyone, man or woman, should seek to be an associate in Your society of servitor
s and served. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead; no one can excel You, nor can anyone come up to an equal level with You. The perfect social system is that in which You remain in the center, being served as the Supreme, and all others engage as 
Your servitors. In such a perfectly constructed society, everyone can remain eternally happy and blissful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, You have stated that only the beggars praise Your glories, and that is also perfectly correct. But who are those beggars? Those beggars are all exalted de
votees, liberated personalities and those in the renounced order of life. They are all great souls and devotees who have no other business than to glorify You. Such great souls forgive even the worst offender. These so-called beggars execute their spirit
ual advancement of life, tolerating all kinds of tribulations in the material world. My dear husband, do not think that out of my inexperience I accepted You as my husband; actually, I followed all these great souls. I followed the path of these great be
ggars and decided to surrender my life unto Your lotus feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You have said that You are penniless, and that is correct. You distribute Yourself completely to these great souls and devotees. Knowing this fact perfectly well, 
I rejected even such great personalities like Lord Brahm\'e4 and King Indra. My Lord, the great time factor acts under Your direction only. The time factor is so great and powerful that within moments it can effect devastation anywhere within the creatio
n. Considering all these factors, I thought Jar\'e4sandha, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and similar other princes who wanted to marry Me to be no more important than ordinary insects. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear all-powerful son of Vasudeva, Your statement that You have taken shelter within the water of the ocean, being afraid of all the great princes, is quite sui
table, but my experience with You contradicts this. I have actually seen that You kidnapped me forcibly in the presence of all these princes. At the time of my marriage ceremony, simply by giving a jerk to the string of Your bow, You very easily drove th
e others away and kindly gave me shelter at Your lotus feet. I still remember vividly that You kidnapped me in the same way as a lion forcibly takes his share of hunted booty, driving away all other small animals within the twinkling of an eye. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear lotus-eyed Lord, I cannot understand Your statement that women and other persons who have taken shelter under Your lotus feet pass their days only in berea
vement. From the history of the world we can see that princes like A\'ecga, P\'e5thu, Bharata, Yay\'e4ti and Gaya were all great emperors of the world, and there were no competitors to their exalted positions. But in order to achieve the favor of Your lo
tus feet, they renounced their exalted positions and entered into the forest to practice penances and austerities. When they voluntarily accepted such a position, accepting Your lotus feet as all in all, does it mean that they were in lamentation and ber
eavement? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You have advised me that I can still select another from the princely order and divorce myself of Your companionship. But, my dear Lord, it is perfec
tly well-known to me that You are the reservoir of all good qualities. Great saintly persons like N\'e4rada Muni are always engaged simply in glorifying Your transcendental characteristics. If someone simply takes shelter of such a saintly person, he imm
ediately becomes freed from all material contamination. And by coming in direct contact with Your service the goddess of fortune agrees to bestow all her blessings. Under the circumstances, what woman who has once heard of Your glories from authoritative
 sources and somehow or other has tasted the nectarean flavor of Your lotus feet can be foolish enough to agree to marry someone of this material world who is always afraid of death, disease, old age and rebirth? I have therefore accepted Your lotus feet
, not without consideration, but after mature and deliberate decision. My dear Lord, You are the master of the three worlds. You can fulfill all the desires of all Your devotees in this world and the next, because You are the Supreme Soul of everyone. I 
have therefore selected You as my husband, considering You to be the only fit personality. You may throw me in any species of life according to the reaction of my fruitive activities, and I haven't the least concern for this. My only ambition is that I m
ay always remain fast to Your lotus feet, because You can deliver Your devotees from the illusory material existence and are always prepared to distribute Yourself to Your devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You have advised me to select one of the princes such as \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, Jar\'e4sandha or Dantavakra, but what is their position in this world? Th
ey are always engaged in hard labor to maintain their household life, just like the bulls working hard day and night with the oil-pressing machine. They are compared to asses, beasts of burden. They are always dishonored like the dogs, and they are miser
ly like the cats. They have sold themselves like slaves to their wives. Any unfortunate woman who has never heard of Your glories may accept such a man as her husband, but a woman who has learned about You\'97that You are praised not only in this world, 
but in the halls of the great demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva\'97will not accept anyone besides Yourself as her husband. A man within this material world is just a dead body. In fact, superficially, the living entity is covered by this body
, which is nothing but a bag of skin decorated with beards and moustaches, hairs on the body, nails on the fingers and hairs on the head. Within this decorated bag there are bunches of muscles, bundles of bones, and pools of blood, always mixed up with s
tool, urine, mucus, bile and polluted air, and enjoyed by different kinds of insects and germs. A foolish woman accepts such a dead body as her husband and, in sheer misunderstanding, loves him as her dear companion. This is only possible because such a 
woman has never tasted the ever-blissful flavor of Your lotus feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear lotus-eyed husband, You are self-satisfied. You do not care whether or not I am beautiful or qualified; You are not at all concerned about it. Therefore Yo
ur nonattachment for me is not at all astonishing; it is quite natural. You cannot be attached to any woman, however exalted her position and beauty. Whether You are attached to me or not, may my devotion and attention be always engaged at Your lotus fee
t. The material mode of passion is also Your creation, so when You passionately glance upon me, I accept it as the greatest boon of my life. I am ambitious only for such auspicious moments." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing Rukmi\'eb\'e9's statement and her clarification of each and every word which He had used to arouse her anger of love toward Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba addres
sed Rukmi\'eb\'e9 as follows: "My dear chaste wife, My dear princess, I was expecting such an explanation from you, and for this purpose only I spoke all those joking words, so that you might be cheated of the real point of view. Now My purpose has been 
served. The wonderful explanation that you have given to each and every word of Mine is completely factual and approved by Me. O most beautiful Rukmi\'eb\'e9, You are My dearmost wife. I am greatly pleased to understand how much love you have for Me. Ple
ase take it for granted that no matter what ambition and desire you might have and no matter what you might expect from Me, I am always at your service. And it is a fact also that My devotees, My dearmost friends and servitors, are always free from mater
ial contamination, even though they are not inclined to ask from Me such liberation. My devotees never desire anything from Me except to be engaged in My service. And yet because they are completely dependent upon Me, even if they are found to ask someth
ing from Me, that is not material. Such ambitions and desires, instead of becoming the cause of material bondage, become the source of liberation from this material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear chaste and pious wife, I have tested, on the basis of strict chastity, your love for your husband, and you have passed the examination most successfully. I
 have purposely agitated you by speaking many words which were not applicable to your character, but I am surprised to see that not a pinch of your devotion to Me has been deviated from its fixed position. My dear wife, I am the bestower of all benedicti
ons, even up to the standard of liberation from this material world, and it is I only who can stop the continuation of material existence and call one back to home, back to Godhead. One whose devotion for Me is adulterated worships Me for some material b
enefit, just to keep himself in the world of material happiness, culminating in the pleasure of sex life. One who engages himself in severe penance and austerities just to attain this material happiness is certainly under the illusion of My external ener
gy. Persons who are engaged in My devotional service simply for the purpose of material gains and sense gratification certainly are very foolish. Material happiness based on sex life is available in the most abominable species of life, such as the hogs a
nd dogs. No one should try to approach Me for such happiness, because it is available even if one is put into a hellish condition of life. It is better, therefore, for persons who are simply after material happiness and not after Me to remain in that hel
lish condition." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material contamination is so strong that everyone is working very hard day and night for material happiness. The show of religiousness, austerity penance, humanitar
ianism, philanthropy, politics, science\'97everything is aimed at realizing some material benefit. For the immediate success of material benefit, the materialistic persons generally worship different demigods, and under the spell of material propensities
 they sometimes take to the devotional service of the Lord. Sometimes it so happens that if a person sincerely serves the Lord and at the same time maintains material ambition, the Lord very kindly removes the sources of material happiness. Without findi
ng any recourse in material happiness, the devotee then engages himself absolutely in pure devotional service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, "My dear best of the queens, it is clearly understood by Me that you have no material ambition; your only purpose is to serve Me, and
 you have long been engaged in unalloyed service. Exemplary unalloyed devotional service not only can bestow upon the devotee liberation from this material world, but it also promotes him to the spiritual world for being eternally engaged in My service. 
Persons who are too addicted to material happiness cannot render such service. Women whose hearts are polluted and full of material desires devise various means of sense gratification while outwardly showing themselves to be great devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear honored wife, although I have thousands of wives, I do not think that any one of them can love Me more than you. The practical proof of your extraordinary 
position is that you had never seen Me before your marriage; you had simply heard about Me from a third person, and still your faith in Me was so fixed that even in the presence of many qualified, rich and beautiful men of the royal order, you did not se
lect any one of them as your husband, but insisted on having Me. You neglected all the princes present, and very politely you sent Me a confidential letter inviting Me to kidnap you. While I was kidnapping you, your elder brother Rukm\'e9 violently prote
sted and fought with Me. As a result of the fight, I defeated him mercilessly and disfigured his body. At the time of Aniruddha's marriage, when we were all engaged in playing chess, there was another fight with your brother Rukm\'e9 on a controversial v
erbal point, and My elder brother Balar\'e4ma finally killed him. I was surprised to see that you did not utter even a word of protest over this incidence. Because of your great anxiety that you might be separated from Me, you suffered all the consequenc
es without speaking even a word. As the result of this great silence, My dear wife, you have purchased Me for all time; I have become eternally under your control. You sent your messenger to Me inviting Me to kidnap you, and when you found that there was
 a little delay in My arriving on the spot, you began to see the whole world as vacant. At that time you concluded that your beautiful body was not fit to be touched by anyone else; therefore, thinking that I was not coming, you decided to commit suicide
 and immediately end that body. My dear Rukmi\'eb\'e9, such great and exalted love for Me will always remain within My soul. As far as I am concerned, it is not within My power to repay you for your unalloyed devotion to Me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba certainly has no business being anyone's husband or son or father, because everything belongs to Him and everyone 
is under His control. He does not require anyone's help for His satisfaction. He is }{\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  self-satisfied; He can derive all pleasure by Himself, without anyone's help. When the Lord descends to play the part of a human being, He plays a role either as a husband, son, friend or enemy, in full perfection. As such, when He was playi
ng as the perfect husband of the queens, especially of Rukmi\'eb\'e9j\'e9, He enjoyed conjugal love in complete perfection. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic culture, although polygamy is allowed, none of the wives should be ill-treated. In other words, one may take many wives only if he is able to sat
isfy all of them equally as an ideal householder; otherwise it is not allowed. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the world-teacher; therefore, even though He had no need for a wife, He expanded Himself into as many forms as He had wives, and He lived with them as a
n ideal householder, observing the regulative principles, rules and commitments in accordance with the Vedic injunctions and the social laws and customs of society. For each of His 16,108 wives, He simultaneously maintained different palaces, different e
stablishments and different atmospheres. Thus the Lord, although one, exhibited Himself as 16,108 ideal householders. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Fifth 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  "Talks Between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-6 / The Genealogical Table of the Family of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had 16,108 wives, and in each of them He begot ten sons, all of them equal to their father in the opulences of strength, beauty, wisdom, fame, wealth
 and renunciation. "Like father like son." All the 16,108 wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were princesses, and when each saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was always present in her respective palace and did not leave home, they considered K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be a henpecked 
husband who was very much attached to them. Every one of them thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was her very obedient husband, but actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no attraction for any of them. Although each thought that she was the only wife of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and
 was very, very dear to Him, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, since He is }{\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  self-sufficient,
 was neither dear nor inimical to any one of them; He was equal to all the wives and treated them as a perfect husband just to please them. For Him, there was no need for even a single wife. In fact, since they were women, the wives could not understand 
the exalted position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor the truths about Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the princesses who were wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were exquisitely beautiful, and each one of them was attracted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eyes, which were just like lo
tus petals, and by His beautiful face, long arms, broad ears, pleasing smile, humorous talk and sweet words. Influenced by these features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they all used to dress themselves very attractively, desiring to attract K\'e5\'f1\'eba by their 
feminine bodily appeal. They used to exhibit their feminine characteristics by smiling and moving their eyebrows, thus throwing sharpened arrows of conjugal love just to awaken K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lusty desires for them. Still, they could not arouse the min
d of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His sex appetite. This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba never had any sex relations with any of His many wives, save and except to beget children. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The queens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were so fortunate that they got Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband and personal companion, although He is not approachable b
y exalted demigods like Brahm\'e4. They remained together as husband and wife, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as an ideal husband, treated them in such a way that at every moment there was an increase of transcendental bliss in their smiling exchanges, talking and 
mixing together. Each and every wife had hundreds and thousands of maidservants, yet when K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the palaces of His thousands of wives, each one of them used to receive K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally by seating Him in a nice chair, worshiping 
Him with all requisite paraphernalia, personally washing His lotus feet, offering Him betel nuts, massaging His legs to relieve them from fatigue, fanning Him to make Him comfortable, offering all kinds of scented sandalwood pulp, oils and aromatics, put
ting flower garlands on His neck, dressing His hair, getting Him to lie down on the bed and assisting Him in taking His bath. Thus they served always in every respect, especially when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was eating. They were always engaged in the service of 
the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of the 16,108 queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, each of whom had ten sons, there is the following list of the sons of the first eight queens. By Rukmi\'eb\'e9, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba had ten sons: Pradyumna, C\'e4rude\'f1\'eba, Sude\'f1\'eba, C\'e4rudeha, Suc\'e4ru, C\'e4rugupta, Bhadrac\'e4ru, C\'e4rucandra, Vic\'e4ru, and C\'e4ru. None of them were inferior in their qualities to their divine father, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Simil
arly, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 had ten sons, and their names are as follows: Bh\'e4nu, Subh\'e4nu, Svarbh\'e4nu, Prabh\'e4nu, Bh\'e4num\'e4n, Candrabh\'e4nu, B\'e5hadbh\'e4nu, Atibh\'e4nu, \'c7r\'e9bh\'e4nu and Pratibh\'e4nu. The next queen, J\'e4mbavat\'e9, had
 ten sons, headed by S\'e4mba. Their names are as follows: S\'e4mba, Sumitra, Purujit, \'c7atajit, Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Citraketu, Vasum\'e4n, Dravi\'f2a and Kratu. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was specifically very affectionate to the sons of J\'e4mbavat\'e9. By 
His wife Saty\'e4, the daughter of King Nagnajit, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had ten sons. They are as follows: V\'e9ra, Candra, A\'e7vasena, Citragu, Vegav\'e4n, V\'e5\'f1a, \'c4ma, \'c7a\'ecku, Vasu and Kunti. Amongst all of them, Kunt\'e9 was very powerful. 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba had ten sons by K\'e4lind\'e9, and they are as follows: \'c7ruta, Kavi, V\'e5\'f1a, V\'e9ra, Sub\'e4hu, Bhadra, \'c7\'e4nti, Dar\'e7a, P\'fcr\'ebam\'e4sa and the youngest, Somaka. For His next wife, Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, the daughter of the K
ing of Madras Province, He begot ten sons, of the names Pragho\'f1a, G\'e4trav\'e4n, Si\'e0ha, Bala, Prabala, \'dcrdhvaga, Mah\'e4\'e7akti, Saha, Oja and Apar\'e4jita. Similarly, His next wife, Mitravind\'e4, had ten sons. They are as follows: V\'e5ka, H
ar\'f1a, Anila, G\'e5dhra, Vardhana, Ann\'e4da, Mah\'e4\'e0sa, P\'e4vana, Vahni and K\'f1udhi. His next wife, Bhadr\'e4, had ten sons, of the names Sa\'ecgr\'e4majit, B\'e5hatsena, \'c7\'fcra, Prahara\'eba, Arijit, Jaya, Subhadr\'e4, V\'e4ma, \'c4yu and 
Satyaka. Besides these eight chief queens, K\'e5\'f1\'eba had 16,100 other wives, and all of them had ten sons each. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The eldest son of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, Pradyumna, was married with M\'e4y\'e4vat\'e9 from his very birth, and afterwards he was again married with Rukmavat\'e9, the daugh
ter of his maternal uncle, Rukm\'e9. From this Rukmavat\'e9, Pradyumna had a son named Aniruddha. In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's family\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His wives, along with their sons and grandsons and even great-grandsons\'97all combined together 
to include very nearly one billion family members. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukm\'e9, the elder brother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's first wife, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, was greatly harrassed and insulted in his fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but on the request o
f Rukmi\'eb\'e9 his life was saved. Since then Rukm\'e9 had held a great grudge against K\'e5\'f1\'eba and was always inimical toward Him. Nevertheless, his daughter was married with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's son, and his granddaughter was married with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's grandson, Aniruddha. This fact appeared to be a little astonishing to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it when he heard it from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. "I am surprised that Rukm\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who were so greatly inimical to one another, co
uld again be united by marital relationships between their descendants." Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was curious about the mystery of this incident, and therefore he inquired further from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Because \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was
 a practical }{\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  nothing was hidden from his power of insight. 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  like \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 can see past, present and future in all details. Therefore, from such }{\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  or mystics there can be nothing concealed. When Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquired from 
\'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 answered as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna, the eldest son of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, born of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, was Cupid himself. He was so beautiful and attractive that the daughter of Rukm\'e9, namely Rukm
avat\'e9, could not select any husband other than Pradyumna during her }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore, 
in that selection meeting, she garlanded Pradyumna in the presence of all other princes. When there was a fight among the princes, Pradyumna came out victorious, and therefore Rukm\'e9 was obliged to offer his beautiful daughter to him. Although a far-of
f enmity was always blazing in the heart of Rukm\'e9 because of his being insulted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kidnapping of his sister Rukmi\'eb\'e9, when his daughter selected Pradyumna as her husband Rukm\'e9 could not resist consenting to the marriage ceremo
ny just to please his sister, Rukmi\'eb\'e9. And so Pradyumna became the nephew of Rukm\'e9. Besides the ten sons described above, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had one beautiful daughter with big eyes, and she was married to the son of K\'e5tavarm\'e4, whose name was B
al\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Rukm\'e9 was a veritable enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he had great affection for his sister, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, and he wanted to please her in all respects. On thi
s account, when Rukmi\'eb\'e9's grandson Aniruddha was to be married, Rukm\'e9 offered his granddaughter Rocan\'e4 to Aniruddha. Such marriage between immediate cousins is not very much sanctioned by the Vedic culture, but in order to please Rukmi\'eb
\'e9, Rukm\'e9 offered his daughter and granddaughter to the son and grandson of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way, when the negotiation of the marriage of Aniruddha with Rocan\'e4 was complete, a big marriage party accompanied Aniruddha and started from Dv
\'e4rak\'e4. They travelled until they reached Bhojaka\'f6a, which Rukm\'e9 had colonized after his sister had been kidnapped by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This marriage party was led by the grandfather, namely Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, accompanied by Lord Balar\'e4ma, 
as well as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's first wife, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, His son Pradyumna, J\'e4mbavat\'e9's son S\'e4mba and many other relatives and family members. They reached the town of Bhojaka\'f6a, and the marriage ceremony was peacefully performed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King of Kali\'ecga was a friend of Rukm\'e9's, and he gave him the ill advice to play with Balar\'e4ma and thus defeat Him in a bet. Amongst 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  kings, betting and gambling in chess was not uncommon. If someone challenged a friend to play on
 the chessboard, the friend could not deny the challenge. \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4maj\'e9 was not a very expert chess player, and this was known to the King of Kali\'ecga. So Rukm\'e9 was advised to retaliate against the family members of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by ch
allenging Balar\'e4ma to play chess. Although not a very expert chess player, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4maj\'e9 was very enthusiastic in sporting activities. He accepted the challenge of Rukm\'e9 and sat down to play. Betting was with gold coins, and Balar\'e4m
a first of all challenged with one hundred coins, then 1,000 coins, then 10,000 coins. Each time, Balar\'e4ma lost, and Rukm\'e9 became victorious. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma's losing the game was an opportunity for the King of Kali\'ecga to criticize K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Thus the King of Kali\'ecga was t
alking jokingly and purposefully showing his teeth to Balar\'e4ma. Because Balar\'e4ma was the loser in the game, He was a little intolerant of the sarcastic joking words. He became a little agitated, and when Rukm\'e9 again challenged Balar\'e4ma, he ma
de a bet of 100,000 gold coins. Fortunately, this time Balar\'e4ma won. Although Balar\'e4maj\'e9 had won, Rukm\'e9, out of his cunningness, began to claim that Balar\'e4ma was the loser and that he himself had won. Because of this lie, Balar\'e4maj\'e9 
became most angry with Rukm\'e9. His agitation was so sudden and great that it appeared like a tidal wave in the ocean on a full moon day. Balar\'e4ma's eyes are naturally reddish, and when He became agitated and angry His eyes became more reddish. This 
time He challenged and made a bet of a hundred million coins. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again Balar\'e4ma was the winner according to the rules of chess, but Rukm\'e9 again cunningly began to claim that he had won. Rukm\'e9 appealed to the princes pres
ent, and He especially mentioned the name of the King of Kali\'ecga. At that time there was a voice from the air during the dispute, and it announced that for all honest purposes Balar\'e4ma, the actual winner of this game, was being abused and that the 
statement of Rukm\'e9 that he had won was absolutely false. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In spite of this divine voice, Rukm\'e9 insisted that Balar\'e4ma had lost, and by his persistence it appeared that he had death upon his head. Falsely puffed up by
 the ill advice of his friend, he did not give much importance to the oracle, and he began to criticize Balar\'e4maj\'e9. He said, "My dear Balar\'e4maj\'e9, You two brothers, cowherd boys only, may be very expert in tending cows, but how can You be expe
rt in playing chess or shooting arrows on the battlefield? These arts are well-known only to the princely order." Hearing this kind of pinching talk by Rukm\'e9 and hearing the loud laughter of all the other princes present there, Lord Balar\'e4ma became
 as agitated as burning cinders. He immediately took a club in His hand and, without any further talk, struck Rukm\'e9 on the head. From that one blow, Rukm\'e9 fell down immediately and was dead and gone. Thus Rukm\'e9 was killed by Balar\'e4ma on that 
auspicious occasion of Aniruddha's marriage. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These things are not very uncommon in }{\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  society, and the King of Kali\'ecga, being afraid that he would be the next to be attacked, fled from the scene. Before he could escape even a few steps, however, Balar\'e4maj\'e9 immediately captured him
 and, because the King was always showing his teeth while criticizing Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, broke all his teeth with His club. The other princes who were supporting the King of Kali\'ecga and Rukm\'e9 were also captured, and Balar\'e4ma beat th
em with His club, breaking their legs and hands. They did not try to retaliate but thought it wise to run away from the bloody scene. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During this strife between Balar\'e4ma and Rukm\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not utter a word, for He knew that if He supported Balar\'e4ma Rukmi\'eb\'e9 would be u
nhappy, and if He said that the killing of Rukm\'e9 was unjust, then Balar\'e4ma would be unhappy. Therefore, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was silent on the death of His brother-in-law, Rukm\'e9, on the occasion of His grandson's marriage. He did not disturb eith
er His affectionate relationship with Balar\'e4ma or with Rukmi\'eb\'e9. After this, the bride and the bridegroom were ceremoniously seated on the chariot, and they started for Dv\'e4rak\'e4, accompanied by the bridegroom's party. The bridegroom's party 
was always protected by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the killer of the Madhu demon. Thus they left Rukm\'e9's kingdom, Bhojaka\'f6a, and happily started for Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, 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  "The Genealogical Table of the Family of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-7 / The Meeting of U\'f1\'e4 and Aniruddha
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 7 /  The Meeting of U\'f1\'e4 an
d Aniruddha
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The meeting of Aniruddha and U\'f1\'e4, which caused a great fight between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord \'c7iva, is very mysterious and interesting. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja 
Par\'e9k\'f1it was anxious to hear the whole story from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and thus \'c7ukadeva narrated it. "My dear King, you must have heard the name of King Bali. He was a great devotee who gave away in charity all that he had\'97namely, the 
whole world\'97to Lord V\'e4mana, the incarnation of Vi\'f1\'ebu as a dwarf }{\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  King 
Bali had one hundred sons, and the eldest of all of them was B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This great hero B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, born of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bali, was a great devotee of Lord \'c7iva and was always ready to render service unto him. Because of his 
devotion, he achieved a great position in society, and he was honored in every respect. Actually, he was very intelligent and liberal also, and his activities are all praiseworthy because he never deviated from his promise and word of honor; he was very 
truthful and fixed in his vow. In those days, he was ruling over the city of \'c7onitapura. By the grace of Lord \'c7iva, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura had one thousand hands, and he became so powerful that even demigods like King Indra were serving him as most obed
ient servants. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Long ago, when Lord \'c7iva was dancing in his celebrated fashion called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4\'eb\'f2
ava-n\'e5tya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for which he is known as Na\'f6ar\'e4ja, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura helped Lord \'c7iva in his dancing by rythmically beating drums with his one thousand hands. Lord \'c7
iva is well-known as \'c4\'e7uto\'f1a, very easily pleased, and he is also very affectionate to his devotees. He is a great protector for persons who take shelter of him and is the master of all living entities in this material world. Being pleased with 
B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, he said, "Whatever you desire you can have from me because I am very much pleased with you." B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura replied, "My dear lord, if you please, you can remain in my city just to protect me from the hands of my enemies." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura came to offer his respects to Lord \'c7iva. By touching the lotus feet of Lord \'c7iva with his helmet, which was shining like t
he sun globe, he offered his obeisances unto him. While offering his respectful obeisances, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura said, "My dear lord, anyone who has not fulfilled his ambition will be able to do so by taking shelter of your lotus feet, which are just like d
esire trees\'97one can take from them anything he desires. My dear lord, you have given me one thousand arms, but I do not know what to do with them. Please pardon me, but it appears that I cannot use them properly in fighting. I cannot find anyone compe
tent to fight with me except your lordship, the original father of the material world. Sometimes I feel a great tendency to fight with my arms, and I go out to find a suitable warrior. Unfortunately, everyone flees, knowing my extraordinary power. Being 
baffled at not finding a match, I simply satisfy the itching of my arms by beating them against the mountains. In this way, I tear many great mountains to pieces." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva realized that his benediction had become troublesome for B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura and addressed him, "You rascal! You are very eager to fight, but since you h
ave no one to fight with, you are distressed. Although you think that there is no one in the world to oppose you except me, I say that you will eventually find such a competent person. At that time your days will come to an end, and your flag of victory 
will no longer fly. Then you will see your false prestige smashed to pieces!" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing Lord \'c7iva's statement, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura became very puffed up with his power. He was elated that he would meet someone who would be able to smash 
him to pieces. B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura then returned home with great pleasure, and he always waited for the day when the suitable fighter would come to cut down his strength. He was such a foolish demon. It appears that foolish, demonic human beings, when unne
cessarily overpowered with material opulences, want to exhibit these opulences, and such foolish people feel satisfaction when these opulences are exhausted. The idea is that they do not know how to expend their energy for right causes, being unaware of 
the benefit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Actually, there are two classes of men\'97one is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, the other is non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. The non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious men are generally devoted to the demigods, whereas the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious men are devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons utilize everything for the service of the Lord. The non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons utilize everything for sense gratifaction, and B\'e4
\'eb\'e4sura is a perfect example of such a person. He was very anxious to utilize for his own satisfaction his extraordinary power to fight. Not finding any combatant, he struck his powerful hands against the mountains, breaking them into pieces. In con
trast to this, Arjuna also possessed extraordinary powers for fighting, but he utilized them only for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura had a very beautiful daughter, whose name was U\'f1\'e4. When she had attained the age of marriage and was sleeping amongst her many girl friends,
 she dreamt one night that Aniruddha was by her side and that she was enjoying a conjugal relationship with him, although she had never actually seen him nor heard of him before. She awoke from her dream exclaiming very loudly, "My dear beloved, where ar
e you?" Being exposed to her other friends in this way, she became a little bit ashamed. One of U\'f1\'e4's girl friends was Citralekh\'e4, who was the daughter of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's prime minister. Citralekh\'e4 and U\'f1\'e4 were intimate friends, and
 out of great curiosity Citralekh\'e4 asked, "My dear beautiful princess, as of yet you are not married to any young boy, nor have you seen any boys until now; so I am surprised that you are exclaiming like this. Who are you searching after? Who is your 
suitable match?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing Citralekh\'e4's inquiries, U\'f1\'e4 replied, "My dear friend, in my dream I saw a nice young man who is very, very beautiful. His complexion is swarthy,
 his eyes are just like lotus petals, and he is dressed in yellow garments. His arms are very long, and his general bodily features are so pleasing that any young girl would be attracted. I feel much pride in saying that this beautiful young man was kiss
ing me, and I was very much enjoying the nectar of his kissing. I am sorry to inform you that just after this he disappeared, and I have been thrown into the whirlpool of disappointment. My dear friend, I am very anxious to find this wonderful young man,
 the desired lord of my heart." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing U\'f1\'e4's words, Citralekh\'e4 immediately replied, "I can understand your bereavement, and I assure you that if this boy is within these three worl
ds\'97the upper, middle, and lower planetary systems\'97I must find him for your satisfaction. If you can identify him from your dream, I shall bring you peace of mind. Now, let me draw some pictures for you to inspect, and as soon as you find the pictur
e of your desired husband, let me know. It doesn't matter where he is; I know the art of bringing him here. So, as soon as you identify him, I shall immediately arrange for it." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Citralekh\'e4, while talking, began to draw many pictures of the demigods inhabiting the higher planetary systems, then pictures of the Gandharvas, Siddhas, C\'e4ra
\'ebas, Pannagas, Daityas, Vidy\'e4dharas and Yak\'f1as, as well as many human beings. (The statements 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 other Vedic literature prove definitely that on each and every planet there are living entities of different varieties. Therefore, it is foolish to assert that there are no living entities but those on this ea
rth.) Citralekh\'e4 painted many pictures. Among those of the human beings was the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty, including Vasudeva, the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7\'fcrasena, the grandfather of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4maj\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a and many others. When U\'f1\'e4 saw the picture of Pradyumna, she became a little bashful, but when she saw the picture of Aniruddha, she became so bashful that she immediately lowered her head and smiled, having found the man she was seeking. She iden
tified the picture to Citralekh\'e4 as that of the man who had stolen her heart. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Citralekh\'e4 was a great mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogin\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and as soon as U\'f1\'e4 identified the picture, although neither of them had ever seen him nor knew his name, Citralekh\'e4 could immediately understand that the picture was of Aniruddha, a grandson of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. That very night she traveled in outer space and within a very short time reached the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, which was well-protected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She entered the palace and found Aniruddha sleeping in his bedroom on a very opulent bed. Citra
lekh\'e4, by her mystic power, immediately brought Aniruddha, in that sleeping condition, to the city of \'c7onitapura so that U\'f1\'e4 might see her desired husband. U\'f1\'e4 immediately bloomed in happiness and began to enjoy the company of Aniruddha
 with great satisfaction. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The palace in which U\'f1\'e4 and Citralekh\'e4 lived was so well fortified that it was impossible for any male to either enter or see inside. U\'f1\'e4 and Anirudd
ha lived together in the palace, and day after day the love of U\'f1\'e4 for Aniruddha grew four times upon four times. U\'f1\'e4 pleased Aniruddha with her valuable dresses, flowers, garlands, scents and incense. By his bedside sitting place were other 
paraphernalia for residential purposes\'97nice drinks such as milk and sherbet and nice eatables which could be chewed or swallowed. Above all, she pleased him with sweet words and very obliging service. Aniruddha was worshiped by U\'f1\'e4 as if he were
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By her excellent service, U\'f1\'e4 made Aniruddha forget all other things and was able to draw his attention and love upon her without deviation. In such an atmosphere of love and service, Aniruddha practically forgo
t himself and could not recall how many days he had been away from his real home. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In due course of time, U\'f1\'e4 exhibited some bodily symptoms by which it could be understood that she was having intercourse with a male friend. The symptoms wer
e so prominent that her actions could no longer be concealed from anyone. U\'f1\'e4 was always cheerful in the association of Aniruddha, but she did not know the bounds of her satisfaction. The housekeeper and the watchmen of the palace could guess very 
easily that she was having relations with a male friend, and without waiting for further development, all of them informed their master, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura. In Vedic culture, an unmarried girl having association with a male is the greatest disgrace to the
 family, and so the caretaker cautiously informed his master that U\'f1\'e4 was developing symptoms indicating a disgraceful association. The servants informed their master that they were not at all neglectful in guarding the house, being alert day and n
ight against any young man who might enter. They were so careful that a male could not even see what was going on there, and so they were surprised that she had become contaminated. Since they could not trace out the reason for it, they submitted the who
le situation before their master. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was shocked to understand that his daughter U\'f1\'e4 was no longer a virgin maiden. This weighed heavily on his heart, and without delay he rushe
d towards the palace where U\'f1\'e4 was living. There he saw that U\'f1\'e4 and Aniruddha were sitting together and talking. U\'f1\'e4 and Aniruddha looked very beautiful together, Aniruddha being the son of Pradyumna, who was Cupid himself. B\'e4\'eb
\'e4sura saw his daughter and Aniruddha as a suitable match, yet for family prestige, he did not like the combination at all. B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura could not understand who the boy actually was. He appreciated the fact that U\'f1\'e4 could not have selected 
anyone in the three worlds more beautiful. Aniruddha's complexion was brilliant and swarthy. He was dressed in yellow garments and had eyes just like lotus petals. His arms were very long, and he had nice, curling, bluish hair. The glaring rays of his gl
ittering earrings and the beautiful smile on his lips were certainly captivating. Still, B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was very angry. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura saw him, Aniruddha was engaged in playing with U\'f1\'e4. Aniruddha was nicely dressed, and U\'f1\'e4 had garlanded him with various beautifu
l flowers. The reddish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder put on the breasts of women was spotted here and there o
n the garland, indicating that U\'f1\'e4 had embraced him. B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was struck with wonder that, even in his presence, Aniruddha was peacefully sitting in front of U\'f1\'e4. Aniruddha knew, however, that his would-be father-in-law was not at al
l pleased and that he was gathering many soldiers in the palace to attack him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, not finding any other weapon, Aniruddha took hold of a big iron rod and stood up before B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura and his soldiers. He firmly took a posture indicatin
g that if he were attacked he would strike all of the soldiers down to the ground with the iron rod. B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura and his company of soldiers saw that the boy was standing before them just like the superintendent of death with his invincible rod. No
w, under the order of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, the soldiers from all sides attempted to capture and arrest him. When they dared to come before him, Aniruddha struck them with the rod, breaking their heads, legs, arms and thighs, and one after another, they beg
an to fall to the ground. He killed them just as the leader of a flock of hawks kills barking dogs, one after another. In this way, Aniruddha was able to escape the palace. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura knew various arts of fighting, and by the grace of Lord \'c7iva, he knew how to arrest his opposing enemy by the use of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4gap\'e4\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  snake-noose, and so Aniruddha was seized as he came out of the palace. When U\'f1\'e4 received the n
ews that her father had arrested Aniruddha, she became overwhelmed with grief and confusion. Tears began to glide down her eyes, and being unable to check herself, she began to cry very loudly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Seventh 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  "The Meeting of U\'f1\'e4 and Aniruddha."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-8 / Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Fights with B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 8 /  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Fights 
with B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the four months of the rainy season passed and still Aniruddha had not returned home, all the members of the Yadu family became much perturbed. They could not 
understand how the boy was missing. Fortunately, one day the great sage N\'e4rada came and informed the family about Aniruddha's disappearance from the palace. He explained how Aniruddha had been carried to the city of \'c7onitapura, the capital of B\'e4
\'eb\'e4sura's empire, and how B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura had arrested him with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4gap\'e4\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eve
n though Aniruddha had defeated his soldiers. This news was given in detail, and the whole story was disclosed. Then the members of the Yadu dynasty, all of whom had great affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, prepared to attack the city of \'c7onitapura. Practi
cally all the leaders of the family, including Pradyumna, S\'e4tyaki, Gada, S\'e4mba, S\'e4ra\'eba, Nanda, Upananda and Bhadra, combined together and gathered eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1au
hi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  military divisions into phalanxes. Then they all went to \'c7onitapura and surrounded it with soldiers, elephants, horses and chariots. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura heard that the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty were attacking the whole city, tearing down various walls, gates and nearby gardens. Becoming very ang
ry, he immediately ordered his soldiers, who were of equal caliber, to go and face them. Lord \'c7iva was so kind to B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura that he personally came as the commander-in-chief of the military force, assisted by his heroic sons K\'e4rttikeya and 
Ga\'ebapati. Seated on his favorite bull, Nand\'e9\'e7vara, Lord \'c7iva, led the fighting against Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. We can simply imagine how fierce the fighting was\'97Lord \'c7iva with his valiant sons on one side and Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His elder brother, \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4maj\'e9, on the other. The fighting was so fierce that those who saw the battle were struck with wonder, and the hairs on their bodies stood up. Lord \'c7iva was engaged
 in fighting directly with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Pradyumna was engaged with K\'e4rttikeya, and Lord Balar\'e4ma was engaged with B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's commander-in-chief, Kumbh\'e4\'eb\'f2a, who was assisted by K\'fcpakar\'eba. S\'e4mba, the son of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, was engaged in fighting with the son of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, and B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was engaged in fighting with S\'e4tyaki, commander-in-chief of the Yadu dynasty. In this way the fighting was waged. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub News of the fighting spread all over the universe. Demigods such as Lord Brahm\'e4, from higher planetary systems, along with great sages and saintly persons, Siddh
as, C\'e4ra\'ebas and Gandharvas\'97all being very curious to see the fight between Lord \'c7iva, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and their assistants\'97were hovering over the battlefield in their airplanes. Lord \'c7iva is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcta-n\'e4tha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  being assisted by various types of powerful ghosts and denizens of the inferno\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctas, pretas, pramathas, guhyakas, \'f2\'e4kin\'e9s, pi\'e7\'e4cas, ku\'f1m\'e4\'eb\'f2as, vet\'e4las, v\'e9\'eb\'e4yakas, and brahma-r\'e4k\'f1asas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Of all kinds of ghosts, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-r\'e4k\'f1asas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are v
ery powerful. }{\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  transferred to the role of ghosts become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-r\'e4k\'f1asas}{\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 Supreme Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply drove all these ghosts away from the battlefield, beating them with His celebrated bow, \'c7\'e4r
\'ecgadhanu. Lord \'c7iva then began to release all his selected weapons upon the Personality of Godhead. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without any difficulty, counteracted all these weapons with counter-weapons. He counteracted 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  similar to the atomic bomb, by another }{\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  and an air weapon by a mountain weapon. When Lord \'c7iva released a particular weapon bringing about a violent hurricane on the battlefield, Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba presented just the opposing element, a mountain weapon which checked the hurricane on the spot. Similarly when Lord \'c7iva released his weapon of devastating fire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba counteracted it with torrents of rain. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At last, when Lord \'c7iva released his personal weapon, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4\'e7upata-\'e7ast
ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately counteracted it by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-\'e7astra.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7iva then became exasperated in fighting with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then took the opportunity to release His yawning weapon. When this weapon is released, the oppos
ing party becomes tired, stops fighting, and begins to yawn. Consequently, Lord \'c7iva became so fatigued that he refused to fight anymore and began to yawn. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was now able to turn His attention from the attack of Lord \'c7iva to the effort
s of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, and He began to kill his personal soldiers with swords and clubs. Meanwhile, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's son Pradyumna was fighting fiercely with K\'e4rttikeya, the commander-in-chief of the demigods. K\'e4rttikeya was wounded, and his 
body was bleeding profusely. In this condition, he left the battlefield and, without fighting anymore, rode away on the back of his peacock carrier. Similarly, Lord Balar\'e4ma was smashing B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's commander-in-chief, Kumbh\'e4\'eb\'f2a, with
 the strokes of his club. K\'fcpakar\'eba was also wounded in this way, and both he and Kumbh\'e4\'eb\'f2a fell on the battlefield, the commander-in-chief being fatally wounded. Without guidance, all of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's soldiers scattered here and the
re. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura saw that his soldiers and commanders had been defeated, his anger only increased. He thought it wise to stop fighting with S\'e4tyaki, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's commander-in-chief, and instead directly attacked Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now having the opportunity to use his one thousand hands, he rushed towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba, simultaneously working 500 bows and 2,000 arrows. Such a foolish person could n
ever measure K\'e5\'f1\'eba's strength. Immediately, without any difficulty, K\'e5\'f1\'eba cut each of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's bows into two pieces and, to check him from going further, made his chariot horses lay on the ground. The chariot then broke to pi
eces. After doing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba blew His conchshell, P\'e4\'efcajanya. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a demigoddess named Ko\'f6ar\'e4 who was worshiped by B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, and their relationship was as mother and son. Mother Ko\'f6ar\'e4 was upset that 
B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's life was in danger, so she appeared on the scene. With naked body and scattered hair, she stood before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not like the sight of this naked woman, and to avoid seeing her, He turned His fa
ce. B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, getting this chance to escape K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attack, left the battlefield. All the strings of his bows were broken, and there was no chariot or driver, so he had no alternative than to return to his city. He lost everything in th
e battle. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being greatly harassed by the arrows of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the associates of Lord \'c7iva, the hobgoblins and ghostly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctas, pretas}{\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 k\'f1atriyas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  left the battlefield. Lord \'c7iva then took to his last resort. He released his greatest death weapon, known as \'c7ivajvara, which destroys by excessive temperature. It is said that at the end of
 this creation the sun becomes twelve times more scorching than usual. This twelve-times-hotter temperature is called \'c7ivajvara. When the \'c7ivajvara personified was released, he had three heads and three legs, and as he came toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba it
 appeared that he was burning everything into ashes. He was so powerful that he made blazing fire appear in all directions, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba observed that he was specifically coming toward Him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As there is a \'c7ivajvara weapon, there is also a N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara weapon. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara is represented by excessive cold. When there is excessive h
eat, one can somehow or other tolerate it, but when there is excessive cold, everything collapses. This is actually experienced by a person at the time of death. At the time of death, the temperature of the body first of all increases to 107 degrees, and
 then the whole body collapses and immediately becomes as cold as ice. To counteract the scorching heat of the \'c7ivajvara, there was no other weapon but N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that the \'c7ivajvara had been released by Lord \'c7iva, He had no other recourse than to release N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara. Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and the controller of the N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara weapon. When the N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara was released, there was a great fight between the two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jvaras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When excessive heat is counteracted by extreme cold, it is natural for the hot temperature to gradually reduce, and this is what occurred in t
he fight between \'c7ivajvara and N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara. Gradually, \'c7ivajvara's temperature diminished, and \'c7ivajvara began to cry for help from Lord \'c7iva, but Lord \'c7iva was unable to help him in the presence of the N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara. U
nable to get any help from Lord \'c7iva, the \'c7ivajvara could understand that he had no means of escape outside surrendering unto N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Lord \'c7iva, the greatest of the demigods, could not help him, what to sp
eak of the lesser demigods, and therefore \'c7ivajvara ultimately surrendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, bowing before Him and offering a prayer so that the Lord might be pleased and give him protection. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By this incidence of the fight between the ultimate weapons of Lord \'c7iva and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba it is proved that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives someone protection, no
 one can kill him. But if K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not give one any protection, then no one can save him. Lord \'c7iva is called Mah\'e4deva, greatest of all demigods, although sometimes Lord Brahm\'e4 is considered the greatest of all demigods, because he ca
n create, whereas Lord \'c7iva can annihilate the creations of Brahm\'e4. But both Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva act only in one capacity. Lord Brahm\'e4 can create, and Lord \'c7iva can annihilate, but neither of them can maintain. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, h
owever, not only maintains, but He creates, and annihilates also. Factually, the creation is not effected by Brahm\'e4, because Brahm\'e4 himself is created by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Lord \'c7iva is created, or born, of Brahm\'e4. The \'c7ivajvara thus unders
tood that without K\'e5\'f1\'eba or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, no one could help him. He therefore rightly took shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and, with folded hands, began to pray as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You have unlimited potencies. No one can surpass Your potencies, and thus You are the Lord of every
one. Generally people consider Lord \'c7iva to be the most powerful personality in the material world, but Lord \'c7iva is not all-powerful; You are all-powerful. This is factual. You are the original consciousness or knowledge. Without knowledge or cons
ciousness, nothing can be powerful. A material thing might be very powerful, but without the touch of knowledge or consciousness it cannot act. A material machine may be very gigantic and wonderful, but without the touch of someone conscious and in knowl
edge, the material machine is useless for all purposes. My Lord, You are complete knowledge, and there is not a pinch of material contamination in Your personality. Lord \'c7iva may be a powerful demigod because of his specific power to annihilate the wh
ole creation, and similarly, Lord Brahm\'e4 may be very powerful because he can create the entire universe, but actually neither Brahm\'e4 nor Lord \'c7iva is the original cause of this cosmic manifestation. You are the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Brahma
n, and You are the original cause. The original cause of the cosmic manifestation is not the impersonal Brahman effulgence. That impersonal Brahman effulgence is resting on Your personality. As is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3774\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 9.4}{\cs3774\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 cause of the impersonal
 Brahman is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This Brahman effulgence is likened to the sunshine which emanates from the sun globe. Therefore, impersonal Brahman is not the ultimate cause. The ultimate cause of everything is the supreme eternal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. All material actions and reactions are taking place in the impersonal Brahman, but in the personal Brahman, the eternal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no action and reaction. My Lord, Your body is therefore completely peaceful, completely blissful an
d is devoid of material contamination. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the material body there are actions and reactions of the three modes of material nature. The time factor is the most important element and is above all others, 
because the material manifestation is effected by time agitation. Thus natural phenomena come into existence, and as soon as there is the appearance of phenomena, fruitive activities are visible. As the result of these fruitive activities, a living entit
y takes his form. He acquires a particular type of nature which is packed up in a subtle body and gross body formed by the life air, the ego, the ten sense organs, the mind and the five gross elements. These then create the type of body which later becom
es the root or cause of various other bodies, which are acquired one after another by the transmigration of the soul. All these phenomenal manifestations are the combined actions of Your material energy. Unaffected by the action and reaction of different
 elements, You are the cause of this external energy, and because You are transcendental to such compulsions of material energy, You are the supreme tranquility. You are the last word in freedom from material contamination. I am therefore taking shelter 
at Your lotus feet, giving up all other shelter. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, Your appearance as the son of Vasudeva in Your role as a human being is one of the pastimes of Your complete freedom. To benefit Your devotees and to
 vanquish the nondevotees, You appear in multi-incarnations. All such incarnations descend in fulfillment of Your promise 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 You appear as soon as there are discrepancies in the system of progressive life. When there are disturbances by irregular principles, my dear Lord, You appear by Your internal potency. Your ma
in business is to protect and maintain the demigods and spiritually inclined persons and maintain the standard of material law and order. Simultaneous to the maintenance of such law and order, Your violence to the miscreants and demons is quite befitting
. This is not the first time You have incarnated; it is to be understood that You have done so many, many times before. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I beg to submit that I have been very greatly chastised by the release of Your N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara. It is certainly very cooling, yet at the same 
time very severely dangerous and unbearable for all of us. My dear Lord, as long as one is forgetful of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, driven by the spell of material desires and ignorant of the ultimate shelter at Your lotus feet, one who has accepted th
is material body becomes disturbed by the three miserable conditions of material nature. Because one does not surrender unto You, he therefore continues to suffer perpetually." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing the \'c7ivajvara, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "O three-headed one, I am pleased with your statement. Be assured there is no more suffering for you fr
om the N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara. Not only are you now free from fear of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara, but anyone in the future who simply recollects this fight between \'c7ivajvara and N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebajvara will also be freed from all kinds of fearfulness." Aft
er hearing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the \'c7ivajvara offered his respectful obeisances unto His lotus feet and left. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the meantime B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura somehow or other recovered from his setbacks and, with rejuvenated energy, returned to fight. This time B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura appeared
 before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was seated on His chariot, with different kinds of weapons in his one thousand hands. B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was very much agitated. He began to splash his different weapons, like torrents of rain, upon the body of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw the weapons of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura coming at Him, like water coming out of a strainer, He took His sharp-edged Sudar\'e7ana disc and began to cut off the demon's one thousand hands one after another, just as a garden
er trims the twigs of a tree with sharp cutters. When Lord \'c7iva saw that his devotee B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura could not be saved even in his presence, he came to his senses and personally came before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and began to pacify Him by offering th
e following prayers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva said, "My dear Lord, You are the worshipable object of the Vedic hymns. One who does not know You considers the impersonal }{\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  to be the ultimate Supreme Absolute Truth, without any knowledge that You are existing behind Your spiritua
l effulgence in Your eternal abode. My dear Lord, You are therefore called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parambrahman.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This wor
d, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parambrahman,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been used 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  to identify You. Saintly persons who have completely cleansed their hearts of all material contamination can realize Your transcendenta
l form, although You are all-pervading like the sky, unaffected by any material thing. Only the devotees can realize You, and no one else. In the impersonalists' conception of Your supreme existence, the sky is just like Your navel, the fire is Your mout
h, and the water is Your semina. The heavenly planets are Your head, all the directions are Your ears, the Urv\'e9 planet is Your lotus feet, the moon is Your mind, and the sun is Your eye. As far as I am concerned, I act as Your ego. The ocean is Your a
bdomen, and the King of heaven, Indra, is Your arm. Trees and plants are the hairs of Your body, the cloud is the hair on Your head, and Lord Brahm\'e4 is Your intelligence. All the great progenitors, known as Praj\'e4patis, are Your symbolic representat
ives. And religion is Your heart. The impersonal feature of Your supreme body is conceived of in this way, but You are ultimately the Supreme Person. The impersonal feature of Your supreme body is only a small expansion of Your energy. You are likened to
 the original fire, and the expansions are Your light and heat." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva continued: "My dear Lord, although You are manifested universally, different parts of the universe are the different parts of Your body, and by Your in
conceivable potency You can simultaneously be both localized and universal. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.37]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we also find it stated that although You always remain in Your abode, Goloka
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana, You are nevertheless present everywhere. 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  
You appear to protect the devotees, which indicates good fortune for all the universe. All of the demigods are directing different affairs of the universe by Your grace only. Thus the seven upper planetary systems are being maintained by Your grace. At t
he end of this creation, all manifestations of Your energies, whether in the shape of demigods, human beings or lower animals, enter into You, and all immediate and remote causes of cosmic manifestation rest in You without distinctive features of existen
ce. Ultimately, there is no possibility of distinction between Yourself and any other thing on an equal level with You or subordinate to You. You are simultaneously the cause of this cosmic manifestation and its ingredients as well. You are the Supreme W
hole, one without a second. In the phenomenal manifestation there are three stages: the stage of consciousness, the stage of semiconsciousness in dreaming, and the stage of unconsciousness. But Your Lordship is transcendental to all these different mater
ial stages of existence. You exist, therefore, in a fourth dimension, and Your appearance and disappearance do not depend on anything beyond Yourself. You are the supreme cause of everything, but for Yourself there is no cause. You Yourself cause Your ow
n appearance and disappearance. Despite Your transcendental position, my Lord, in order to show Your six opulences and advertise Your transcendental qualities, You have appeared in Your different incarnations\'97fish, tortoise, boar, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Ke
\'e7ava, etc.\'97by Your personal manifestation; and You have appeared as different living entities by Your separated manifestations. By Your internal potency, You appear as the different incarnations of Vi\'f1\'ebu, and by Your external potency You appe
ar as the phenomenal world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Because it is a cloudy day to the common man's eyes, the sun appears to be covered. But the fact is that because the sunshine creates the cloud, even though the wh
ole sky is cloudy, the sun can never actually be covered. Similarly, the less intelligent class of men claims that there is no God, but when the manifestation of different living entities and their activities is visible, enlightened persons see You prese
nt in every atom and through the via media of Your external and marginal energies. Your unlimited potential activities are experienced by the most enlightened devotees, but those who are bewildered by the spell of Your external energy identify themselves
 with this material world and become attached to society, friendship and love. Thus they embrace the threefold miseries of material existence and are subjected to the dualities of pain and pleasure. They are sometimes drowned in the ocean of attachment a
nd sometimes taken out of it. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, only by Your mercy and grace can the living entity get the human form of life, which is a chance to get out of the miserable condition of material ex
istence. However, a person who possesses a human body but who cannot bring the senses under control is carried away by the waves of sensual enjoyment. As such, he cannot take shelter of Your lotus feet and thus engage in Your devotional service. The life
 of such a person is very unfortunate, and anyone living such a life of darkness is certainly cheating himself and thus cheating others also. Therefore, human society without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a society of cheaters and the cheated. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, You are actually the dearmost Supersoul of all living entities and the supreme controller of everything. The human being who is always illusioned is afrai
d of ultimate death. A man who is simply attached to sensual enjoyment voluntarily accepts the miserable material existence and thus wanders after the will-o'-the-wisp of sense pleasure. He is certainly the most foolish man, for he drinks poison and puts
 aside the nectar. My dear Lord, all the demigods, including myself and Lord Brahm\'e4, as well as great saintly persons and sages who have cleansed their hearts of this material attachment, have, by Your grace, wholeheartedly taken shelter of Your lotus
 feet. We have all taken shelter of You, because we have accepted You as the Supreme Lord and the dearmost life and soul of all of us. You are the original cause of this cosmic manifestation, You are its supreme maintainer, and You are the cause of its d
issolution also. You are equal to everyone, the most peaceful supreme friend of every living entity. You are the supreme worshipable object for every one of us. My dear Lord, let us always be engaged in Your transcendental loving service so that we may g
et free from this material entanglement. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Lastly, my Lord, I may inform You that this B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura is very dear to me. He has rendered very valuable service unto me; therefore I want to see him always
 happy. Being pleased with him, I have given him the assurance of safety. I pray to You, my Lord, that as You were pleased upon his forefathers King Prahl\'e4da and Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, You will also be pleased with him." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing Lord \'c7iva's prayer, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed him also as lord and said, "My dear Lord \'c7iva, I accept your statements, and your desire for B
\'e4\'eb\'e4sura is also accepted by Me. I know that this B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura is the son of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and as such I cannot kill him because that is My promise. I gave a benediction to King Prahl\'e4da that all the demons who would appear in his 
family would never be killed by Me. Therefore, without killing this B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura, I have simply cut off his arms to deprive him of his false prestige. The large number of soldiers which he was maintaining became a burden on this earth, and I have ki
lled them all in order to minimize the burden. Now he has four remaining arms, and he will remain immortal, without being affected by the material pains and pleasures. I know that he is one of the chief devotees of your lordship, so you can now rest assu
red that henceforward he need have no fear from anything." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was benedicted by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, he came before the Lord and bowed down before Him, touching his head to the earth. He imme
diately arranged to bring Aniruddha along with his daughter U\'f1\'e4, seated on a nice chariot, and presented them before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba took charge of Aniruddha and U\'f1\'e4, who had become very opulent materially
 because of the blessings of Lord \'c7iva. Thus, keeping forward a division of one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  of soldiers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to proceed toward Dv\'e4rak\'e4. In the meantime, all the people at Dv\'e4rak\'e4, having received the news that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was returning with Aniruddha and U\'f1\'e4 in great opulence, decorated ev
ery corner of the city with flags, festoons and garlands. All the big roads and crossings were carefully cleansed and sprinkled with sandalwood pulp mixed with water. Everywhere there was the flavor of sandalwood. All the citizens, accompanied by their f
riends and relatives, welcomed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great pomp and jubilation. At that time, there was a tumultuous vibration of conchshells and drums and bugles to receive the Lord. In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba enter
ed His capital, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 assured King Par\'e9k\'f1it that the narration of the fight between Lord \'c7iva and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not at all inauspicious like o
rdinary fights. On the contrary, if one remembers the narration of this fight between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord \'c7iva in the morning and takes pleasure in the victory of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he will never experience defeat anywhere in his struggle o
f life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This episode of B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura's fighting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and later on being saved by the grace of Lord \'c7iva is confirmation of the statement 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 the worshipers of demigods cannot achieve any benediction without its being s
anctioned by the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here, in this narration, we find that although B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura was a great devotee of Lord \'c7iva, when he faced death by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord \'c7iva was not able to save him. But Lord \'c7iva appealed t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba to save his devotee, and it was thus sanctioned by the Lord. This is the position of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The exact words used in this connection in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mayaiva vihit\'e4n hi t\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that without the sanction of the Supreme Lord, no demigod can award any benediction to the worshiper. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Eighth 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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Fights with B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-9 / The Story of King N\'e5ga
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 9 /  The Story of King N\'e5ga
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once the family members of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, such as S\'e4mba, Pradyumna, C\'e4rubh\'e4nu and Gada, all princes of the Yadu dynasty, went for a long picnic in th
e forest near Dv\'e4rak\'e4. In the course of their excursion, all of them became thirsty, and so they began to try to find out where water was available in the forest. When they approached a well, they found that there was no water in it, but on the con
trary, within the well was a wonderful living entity. It was a large lizard, and all of them became astonished to see such a wonderful animal. They could understand that the animal was trapped and could not escape by its own effort, so out of compassion 
they tried to take the large lizard out of the well. Unfortunately, they could not get the lizard out, even though they tried to do so in many ways. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the princes returned home, their story was narrated before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the friend of all living entities. Therefore, after hear
ing the appeal from His sons, He personally went to the well and easily got the great lizard out simply by extending His left hand. Immediately upon being touched by the hand of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that great lizard gave up its former shape and appeared
 as a beautiful demigod, an inhabitant of the heavenly planets. His bodily complexion glittered like molten gold. He was decorated with fine garments, and he wore costly ornaments around his neck. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How the demigod had been obliged to accept the body of a lizard was not a secret to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but still, for others' information, the Lord inquired, "My 
dear fortunate demigod, now I see that your body is so beautiful and lustrous. Who are you? We can guess that you are one of the best demigods in the heavenly planets. All good fortune to you. I think that you are not meant to be in this situation. It mu
st be due to the results of your past activities that you have been put into the species of lizard life. Still, I want to hear from you how you were put in this position. If you think that you can disclose this secret, then please tell us your identity."
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually this large lizard was King N\'e5ga, and when he was questioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead he immediately bowed down before the Lord, touching to
 the ground the helmet on his head, which was as dazzling as the sunshine. In this way, he first of all offered his respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord. He then said, "My dear Lord, I am the son of King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, and am King N\'e5ga. If you 
have ever taken account of all charitably disposed men, I am sure that You must have heard my name. My Lord, You are the witness. You are aware of every bit of work done by the living entities\'97past, present and future. Nothing can be hidden from Your 
eternal cognizance. Still, You have ordered me to explain my history, and I shall therefore narrate the full story." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King N\'e5ga proceeded to narrate the history of his degradation, caused by his }{\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  activities. He was very charitably disposed and had given away so many cows that he said the number was equal to the amount of dust on the earth, the stars in t
he sky and the rainfall. According to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, a man who is charitably disposed is commanded to give cows 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  From King N\'e5ga's statement, it appears that he followed this principle earnestly; however, as a result of a slight discrepancy in his action, he was forced to take birth as a lizard. Therefor
e it is recommended by the Lord 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.27]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one who is charitably disposed and desires to derive the benefit of his charity should offer his gifts to please K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. To give in charity means to perform pious activities. As a result of pious activities one may be elevated to the higher planetary systems; but promotion to the heavenly planets is no guarantee that one will never fall down. Rather, from th
e example of King N\'e5ga, it is definitely proved that fruitive activities, even if they are very pious, cannot give us eternal blissful life. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.28]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 r
esult of work, either pious or impious, is sure to bind a man unless it is discharged as }{\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 
 on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King N\'e5ga continued to say that the cows given in charity were not ordinary cows. Each one was very young and had given birth to only one calf. They were full of
 milk, very peaceful and healthy. All the cows were purchased with money that had been earned legally. Furthermore, their horns were gold-plated, their hooves were bedecked with silver plates, and they were covered with silken wrappers which were embroid
ered with pearls and necklaces. He stated that these valuably decorated cows were not given to any worthless person, but were distributed to the first-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  whom he had also decorated with nice garments and gold ornaments. 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 well qualified, none of them were rich, and their family members were always in want for the necessities of life. A real }{\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  never hoards money for a luxurious life, like 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  or 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
 but always keeps himself in a poverty-stricken condition, knowing that money diverts the mind to materialistic ways of life. To live in this way is the vow of a qualified }{\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 all of these }{\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 well situated in that exalted vow. They were well learned in Vedic knowledge. They executed the required austerities and penances in their lives, and were liberal, meeting the standard of qualified }{\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  They were equally friendly to everyone; above all, they were young and quite fit to act as qualified }
{\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  Besides the cows, they were also given land, gold, houses, horses and elephants. 
Those who were not married were given wives, maidservants, grains, silver, utensils, garments, jewels, household furniture, chariots, etc. This charity was nicely performed as a sacrifice according to the Vedic rituals. The King also stated that not only
 had he bestowed gifts 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  but he had performed other pious activities, such 
as digging a well, planting trees on the roadside and installing ponds on the highways. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King continued, "In spite of all this, unfortunately one of 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  cows chanced to enter amongst my other cows. Not knowing this, I again gave it in charity to another }{\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 the cow was being taken away by 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  its former master claimed it as his own, stating, 'This cow was formerly given to me, so how is it that you are taking it away?' Thus there was arguing and fighting between 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  and they came before me and charged that I had taken back a cow that I had previously
 given in charity." To give something to someone and then to take it away is considered a great sin, especially in dealing with 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  When both 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  charged the King 
with the same complaint, he was simply puzzled as to how it had happened. Thereafter, with great humility, the King offered each of them one hundred thousand cows in exchange for the one cow that was causing the fight between them. He prayed to them that
 he was their servant and that there had been some mistake. Thus, in order to rectify it, he prayed that they would be very kind upon him and accept his offer in exchange for the cow. The King fervently appealed 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  not to cause his downfall into hell because of this mistake. A }{\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  property is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-sva,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and according to Manu's law, it cannot be acquired even by the government. 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  insisted that the cow was theirs and could not be taken back under any condition; neither of them agreed to exchange it for the one hundred thousand cows. Thus disagreeing with the King'
s proposal, 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  left the palace in anger, thinking that their lawful position ha
d been usurped. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, when the time came for the King to give up his body, he was taken before Yamar\'e4ja, the superintendent of death. Yamar\'e4ja asked him whethe
r he wanted to first enjoy the results of his pious activities or first suffer the results of his impious activities. Yamar\'e4ja also hinted that since the King had executed so many pious activities and charities, the limit of N\'e5ga's enjoyment would 
be unknown to him. There was practically no end to the King's material happiness, but in spite of this hint, he was bewildered. He decided to first suffer the results of his impious activities and then to accept the results of his pious activities; there
fore Yamar\'e4ja immediately turned him into a lizard. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King N\'e5ga had remained in a well as a big lizard for a very long time. He told Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "In spite of being put into that degraded condition of life, 
I simply thought of You, my dear Lord, and my memory was never vanquished." It appears from these statements of King N\'e5ga that persons who follow the principles of fruitive activities and derive some material benefits are not very intelligent. Being g
iven the choice by the superintendent of death, Yamar\'e4ja, King N\'e5ga could have first accepted the results of his pious activities. Instead he thought it would be better to first receive the effects of his impious activities and then enjoy the effec
ts of his pious activities without disturbance. On the whole, he had not developed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person develops love of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not love for pious or impious activities; therefore he is not subje
cted to the results of such action. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.54]}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\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 devotee, by the grace of the Lord, does not become subjected to the resultant reactions of fruitive acti
vities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Somehow or other, as a result of his pious activities, King N\'e5ga had aspired to see the Lord. He continued to say: "My dear Lord, I had a great desire that somed
ay I might be able to see You personally. I think that my tendency to perform ritualistic and charitable activities, combined with this great desire to see You personally, has enabled me to retain the memory of who I was in my former life, even though I 
became a lizard." (Such a person, who remembers his past life, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e4ti-smara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) "My dear
 Lord, You are the Supersoul seated in everyone's heart. There are many great mystic }{\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
 have eyes to see You 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 }{\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  In order to achieve the elevated position of being equal in quality with You, they always meditate on You within their hearts. Although 
such exalted saintly persons may see You constantly within their hearts, they still cannot see You eye to eye; therefore I am very much surprised that I am able to see You personally. I know that I was engaged in so many activities, especially as a king.
 Although I was in the midst of luxury and opulence and was subjected to so much of the happiness and misery of material existence, I am so fortunate to be seeing You personally. As far as I know, when one becomes liberated from material existence, he ca
n see You in this way." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When King N\'e5ga elected to receive the results of his impious activities, he was given the body of a lizard because of the mistake in his pious activities; thus h
e could not be directly converted to a higher status of life like a great demigod. However, along with his pious activities, he thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so he was quickly released from the body of a lizard and given the body of a demigod. By worshiping
 the Supreme Lord, those who desire material opulences are given the bodies of powerful demigods. Sometimes these demigods can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead eye to eye, but they are still not yet eligible to enter into the spiritual kingdom, the
 Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. However, if the demigods continue to become devotees of the Lord, the next chance they get they will enter into the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having attained the body of a demigod, King N\'e5ga, continuing to remember everything, said, "My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Lord and are worshiped by all the d
emigods. You are not one of the living entities, but You are the Supreme Person, Puru\'f1ottama. You are the source of all happiness to all living entities; therefore You are known as Govinda. You are the Lord of those living entities who have accepted a
 material body and those who have not yet accepted a material body." (Among the living entities who have not accepted a material body are those who are hovering in the material world as evil spirits or living in the ghostly atmosphere. However, those who
 live in the spiritual kingdom, the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas, have bodies that are not made of material elements.) "You are, my Lord, infallible. You are the Supreme, the purest of all living entities. You are living in everyone's heart. You are the shelter 
of all living entities, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Being seated in the heart of all living entities, You are the supreme director of everyone's sensual activities; therefore, You are called H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because You have given me this body of a demigod, I will have to go to some heavenly planet; so I am taking this opportunity t
o beg for Your mercy, that I may have the benediction of never forgetting Your lotus feet, no matter to which form of life or planet I may be transferred. You are all-pervading, present everywhere as cause and effect. You are the cause of all causes, and
 Your potency and power are unlimited. You are the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supreme Brahman. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You again and again. My dear Lord, Your body is full of transcendental bliss an
d knowledge, and You are eternal. You are the master of all mystic powers; therefore You are known as Yoge\'e7vara. Kindly accept me as insignificant dust at Your lotus feet." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before entering the heavenly planets, King N\'e5ga circumambulated the Lord. He touched his helmet to the lotus feet of the Lord and bowed before Him. Seeing the ai
rplane from the heavenly planets present before him, he was given permission by the Lord to board it. After the departure of King N\'e5ga, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba expressed His appreciation for the King's devotion 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  as well as his charitable disposition and his performance of Vedic rituals. Therefore, it is recommended that 
if one cannot directly become a devotee of the Lord, one should follow the Vedic principles of life. This will enable him, one day, to see the Lord by being promoted either directly to the spiritual kingdom or indirectly to the heavenly kingdom, where he
 has hope of being transferred to the spiritual planets. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present among His relatives who were members 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  class. To teach them through the exemplary character of King N\'e5ga, He said: "Even though 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 may be as powerful as fire, it is not possible for him to usurp the property 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 utilize it for his own purpose. If this is so, how can ordinary kings, who falsely think of themselves as the most powerful bein
gs within the material world, usurp a }{\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  property? I do not think that taking poiso
n is as dangerous as taking a }{\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  property. For ordinary poison there is treatment
\'97one can be relieved from its effects; but if one drinks the poison of taking a }{\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  property, there is no remedy for the mistake. The perfect example was King N\'e5ga. He was very powerful and very pious, but due to the small mistake of unknowingly usurping a }{\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  cow, he was condemned to the abominable life of a lizard. Ordinary poison affects only those who drink it, and ordinary fire can be extinguish
ed simply by pouring water on it; but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ara\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fire ignited by the spiritual potency 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  can burn to ashes the whole family of a person who provokes such 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 " (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  used to ignite the fire of sacrifice not with matches or any other external fire but with their powerful }{\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  called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ara\'ebi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) "If someone even touches a }{\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  pr
operty, he is ruined for three generations. However, if a }{\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  property is forcibly t
aken away, the taker's family for ten generations before him and for ten generations after him will become subject to ruination. On the other hand, if someone becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava or devotee of the Lord, ten generations of his family before his birth
 and ten generations after will become liberated." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "If some foolish king who is puffed up by his wealth, prestige and power wants to usurp a }{\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  property, it should be understood that such a king is clearing his path to hell; he does not know how much he has to s
uffer for such unwise action. If someone takes away the property of a very liberal }{\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 is encumbered by a large dependent family, then such a usurper is put into the hell known as Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka; not only is he put into this hell, but his family members also have to accept such a miserable condition of life. A person who takes away 
property which has either been awarded 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  or given away by him is condemned to l
ive for at least 60,000 years as miserably as an insect in stool. Therefore I instruct you, all My boys and relatives present here, do not, even by mistake, take the possession 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 thereby pollute Your whole family. If someone even wishes to possess such property, let alone attempts to take it away by force, the duration of
 his life will be reduced. He will be defeated by his enemies, and after being bereft of his royal position, when he gives up his body he will become a serpent. A serpent gives trouble to all other living entities. My dear boys and relatives, I therefore
 advise you that even 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  becomes angry with you and calls you by ill names or cu
ts you, still you should not retaliate. On the contrary, you should smile, tolerate him and offer your respects 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  You know very well that even I Myself offer My obeisances 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  with great respect three times daily. You should therefore follow My instruction and example. I shall not forgive anyone who does not follow them, and I shall punish him. You should learn from the example of King N\'e5ga that ev
en if someone unknowingly usurps the property 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 is put into a miserable con
dition of life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is always engaged in purifying the conditioned living entities, gave instruction not only to His family members and the inhabitants of
 Dv\'e4rak\'e4, but to all the members of human society. After this the Lord entered His palace. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Ninth 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  "The Story of King N\'e5ga."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-10 / Lord Balar\'e4ma Visits 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 10 /  Lord Balar\'e4ma Visits V
\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma became very anxious to see His father and mother, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4. Therefore He started for V\'e5nd\'e4vana on a chariot with
 great enthusiasm. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana had been anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma for a very long time. When Lord Balar\'e4ma returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the cowherd boys 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  had grown up; but still, on His arrival, they all embraced Him, and Balar\'e4ma embraced them in reciprocation. After this He 
came before Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 and offered His respectful obeisances unto them. In response, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered their blessings unto Him. They addressed Him as Jagad\'e9\'e7vara, or the Lord of the uni
verse who maintains everyone. The reason for this was that both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma maintain all living entities, and yet Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 were put into such difficulties on account of Their absence. Feeling like this, they embraced Bala
r\'e4ma and, seating Him on their laps, began their perpetual crying, wetting Balar\'e4ma with their tears. Lord Balar\'e4ma then offered His respectful obeisances to the elderly cowherd men and accepted the obeisances of the younger cowherd men. Thus, a
ccording to their different ages and relationships, Lord Balar\'e4ma exchanged feelings of friendship with them. He shook hands with those who were His equals in age and friendship, and with loud laughing embraced each one of them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After being received by the cowherd men and boys, 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 King Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, Lord Balar\'e4ma sat down, feeling satisfied, and they all surrounded Him. First Lord Balar\'e4ma inquired from them about their welfare, and then, not having seen 
Him for such a long time, they began to ask Him different questions. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana had sacrificed everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, simply being captivated by the lotus eyes of the Lord. Because of their great desire to love K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, they never desired anything like elevation to the heavenly planets or merging into the effulgence of Brahman to become one with the Absolute Truth. They were not even interested in enjoying a life of opulence, but were satisfied in living a simple
 life in the village as cowherd men. They were always absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and did not desire any personal benefits, and they were all so much in love with Him that in His absence their voices faltered when they began to inquire from Ba
lar\'e4maj\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9 inquired, "My dear Balar\'e4ma, are our friends like Vasudeva and others in the family doing well? Now You and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba are grown-up married men with children. In the happiness of family life, do You sometimes remember Your poor father and mother, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4dev\'e9? It is very good news that the most sinful King Ka\'e0sa has been k
illed by You and that our friends like Vasudeva and the others, who had been harrassed by him, have now been relieved. It is also very good news that both You and K\'e5\'f1\'eba defeated Jar\'e4sandha and K\'e4layavana, who now is dead, and that You are 
now living in a fortified residence in Dv\'e4rak\'e4." 
\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  arrived, Lord Balar\'e4ma glanced over them with loving eyes. Being overjoyed, 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 had so long been mortified on account of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's and Balar\'e4ma's absence, began to ask about the welfare of the two brothers. They specifically asked Balar\'e4ma whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba was enjoying His life surrounded by the e
nlightened women of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 Pur\'e9. "Does He sometimes remember His father Nanda and His mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and the other friends with whom He so intimately behaved while He was in V\'e5nd\'e4vana? Does K\'e5\'f1\'eba have any plans to come here 
to see His mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and does He remember us }{\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 now pitiably bereft of H
is company? K\'e5\'f1\'eba might have forgotten us in the midst of the cultured women of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, but as far as we are concerned, we are still remembering Him by collecting flowers and sewing them into garlands. When He does not come, however, we s
imply pass our time by crying. If only He would come here and accept these garlands that we have made. Dear Lord Balar\'e4ma, descendant of Da\'e7\'e4rha, You know that we would give up everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friendship. Even in great distress o
ne cannot give up the connection of family members, but although it might be impossible for others, we gave up our fathers, mothers, sisters and relatives without caring at all about our renunciation. Then, all of a sudden, K\'e5\'f1\'eba renounced us an
d went away. He broke off our intimate relationship without any serious consideration and left for a foreign country. But He was so clever and cunning that He manufactured very nice words. He said, 'My dear }{\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 do not worry. The service that you have rendered Me is impossible for Me to repay.' After all, we are women, so how could we
 disbelieve Him? Now we can understand that His sweet words were simply for cheating us." 
\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  protesting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absence from V\'e5nd\'e4vana, began to say: "My dear Balar\'e4maj\'e9, we are of course village girls, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba could cheat us in that way, but what about the women of Dv\'e4rak\'e4? Don't think they are 
as foolish as we are! We village women might be misled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the women in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 are very clever and intelligent. Therefore I would be surprised if such city women could be misled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and could believe Hi
s words." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then 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 speak. "My dear friend," she said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very clever in using words. No one can compete with Him in that art. He can manufacture such colorful words and talk so sweetly that the heart of any woman would be misled. B
esides that, He has perfected the art of smiling very attractively, and by seeing His smile women become mad after Him and would give themselves to Him without any hesitation." 
\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  after hearing this, said, "My dear friends, what is the use in talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba? If you are at all interested in passing away time by talking, let us talk on some subject other than Him. If cruel K\'e5\'f1\'eba can pass His time 
without us, why can't we pass our time without K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is passing His days very happily without us, but the difference is that we cannot pass our days very happily without Him." 
\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  were talking in this way, their feelings for K\'e5\'f1\'eba became more and more intensified, and they were experiencing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's smiling, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words of love, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attractive features, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's charact
eristics and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's embraces. By the force of their ecstatic feelings, it appeared to them that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally present and dancing before them. Because of their sweet remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they could not check their tear
s, and they began to cry without consideration. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma could, of course, understand the ecstatic feelings 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 therefore He wanted to pacify them. He was expert in presenting an appeal, and thus, treating 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  very respectfully, He began to narrate the stories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba so tactfully 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  became satisfied. In order to keep 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 satisfied, Lord Balar\'e4ma stayed there continually for two months, namely the months of Caitra (March-April) and Vai\'e7\'e4kha (April-May). For those two months He kept Himsel
f among 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 He passed every night with them in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana in ord
er to satisfy their desire for conjugal love. Thus Balar\'e4ma also enjoyed 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 wit
h 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  during those two months. Since the season was springtime, the breeze on the bank o
f the Yamun\'e4 was blowing very mildly, carrying the aroma of different flowers, especially of the flower known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaumud\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Moonlight filled the sky and spread everywhere, and thus the banks of the Yamun\'e4 appeared to be very bright and pleasing, and Lord Balar\'e4ma enjoyed the company 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  there. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigod known as Varu\'eba sent his daughter V\'e4ru\'eb\'e9 in the form of liquid honey oozing from the hollows of the trees. Because of this honey the whole f
orest became aromatic, and the sweet aroma of the liquid honey, V\'e4ru\'eb\'e9, captivated Balar\'e4maj\'e9. Balar\'e4maj\'e9 and 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  became very much attracted by the taste of V\'e4ru\'eb\'e9, and all of them drank it together. While drinking this natural beverage, V\'e4ru\'eb\'e9, 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  chanted the glories of Lord Balar\'e4ma, and Lord Balar\'e4ma felt very happy, as if He had become intoxicated by drinking tha
t V\'e4ru\'eb\'e9 beverage. His eyes rolled in a pleasing attitude. He was decorated with long garlands of forest flowers, and the whole situation appeared to be a great function of happiness because of this transcendental bliss. Lord Balar\'e4ma smiled 
beautifully, and the drops of perspiration decorating His face appeared to be soothing morning dew. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Balar\'e4ma was in that happy mood, He desired to enjoy the company 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  in the water of the Yamun\'e4. Therefore He called Yamun\'e4 to come nearby. But Yamun\'e4 neglected the order of Balar\'e4maj\'e9, considering Him to be intoxicated. Lo
rd Balar\'e4ma became very much displeased at Yamun\'e4's neglecting His order. He immediately wanted to scratch the land near the river with His plowshare. Lord Balar\'e4ma has two weapons, a plow and a club, and He takes service from them when they are
 required. This time He wanted to bring the Yamun\'e4 by force, and He took the help of His plow. He wanted to punish Yamun\'e4 because she did not come in obedience to His order. He addressed Yamun\'e4: "You wretched river! You did not care for My order
. Now I shall teach you a lesson! You did not come to Me voluntarily. Now with the help of My plow I shall force you to come. I shall divide you into hundreds of scattered streams!" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Yamun\'e4 was threatened like this, she became greatly afraid of the power of Balar\'e4ma and immediately came in person, falling at His lotus feet and praying
 thus: "My dear Balar\'e4ma, You are the most powerful personality, and You are pleasing to everyone. Unfortunately, I forgot Your glorious, exalted position, but now I have come to my senses, and I remember that You hold all the planetary systems on You
r head merely by Your partial expansion as \'c7e\'f1a. You are the sustainer of the whole universe. My dear Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are full of six opulences. Because I forgot Your omnipotence, I have mistakenly disobeyed Your order, and thus
 I have become a great offender. But, my dear Lord, please know that I am a surrendered soul unto You. You are very much affectionate to Your devotees. Therefore please excuse my impudence and mistakes and, by Your causeless mercy, may You now release me
." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon displaying this submissive attitude, Yamun\'e4 was forgiven, and when she came nearby, Lord Balar\'e4ma wanted to enjoy the pleasure of swimming within her wat
er along 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  in the same way an elephant enjoys himself along with his many she-ele
phants. After a long time, when Lord Balar\'e4ma had enjoyed to His full satisfaction, He came out of the water, and immediately a goddess of fortune offered Him a nice blue garment and a valuable necklace made of gold. After taking bath in the Yamun\'e4
, Lord Balar\'e4ma, dressed in blue garments and decorated with golden ornaments, looked very attractive to everyone. Lord Balar\'e4ma's complexion is white, and when He was properly dressed He looked exactly like the white elephant of King Indra in the 
heavenly planet. The River Yamun\'e4 still has many small branches due to being scratched by the plowshare of Lord Balar\'e4ma. And all these branches of the River Yamun\'e4 are still glorifying the omnipotency of Lord Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma 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  enjoyed transcendental pastimes together every night for two months, and time passed away so quickly that all those nights appeared to be only one night. In the presence of Lord Balar\'e4ma, 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  and inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana became as cheerful as they had been before in the presence of both brothers
, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Tenth 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  "Lord Balar\'e4ma Visits V\'e5nd\'e4vana."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-11 / Deliverance of Pau\'eb\'f2raka and the King of K\'e4\'e7\'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 11 /  Deliverance of Pau\'eb\'f2
raka and the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of King Pau\'eb\'f2raka is very interesting because there have always been many rascals and fools who have considered themselves to be God. Even in the pr
esence 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 declare himself to be 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 messen
ger, who stated that Pau\'eb\'f2raka, and not K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was V\'e4sudeva. In the present day there are many foolish followers of such rascals. Similarly, in his day, many foolish men accepted Pau\'eb\'f2raka as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Be
cause 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 Supreme Personality of Godhead, had des
cended on the earth just to deliver all distressed persons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Surrounded by many other 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 who is so selected thinks that he is the king. Similarly, many foolish persons, due to ignorance, select another fool as God, a
nd 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 descendant of the Yadu dynasty, pl
ease 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the members of the royal assembly, including King Ugrasena, heard this message sent by Pau\'eb\'f2raka, they laughed very loudly for a considerable time. A
fter 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 associat
es, 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 like
 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 waiting 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 whole city of K\'e4\'e7\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  divisions of soldiers. The King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 was also a friend to King Pau\'eb\'f2raka, and he came out
 with three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  divisions. When the two kings came before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to o
ppose 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 his chest wa
s the insignia of \'c7r\'e9vatsa. 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 the flag on his chariot carried the symbol o
f Garu\'f2a, 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 j
ust 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 with great satisfaction. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 kinds 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 universe the fire of devastati
on 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 and 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 were very much encouraged by s
eeing this, and they fought with greater strength. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 w
ill give it up to you. Be careful! You falsely declare yourself to be Vasudeva, 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 advertises himself as God is the great
est 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 chastising 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 King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 into the city
 of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 itself so that his relatives and family members could see it. This was done by K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 th
e battlefield, and then He returned to His capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 the 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\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpy
a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, 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\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation, and he attained the same form as the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the head of the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 was thrown through the city gate, people gathered and were astonished to see that wonderful thing. When they found out th
at there were earrings on it, they could understand that it was someone's head. They conjectured as to whose head it might be. Some thought it was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's head because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the enemy of K\'e4\'e7\'e9r\'e4ja, and they calculated tha
t the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 might have thrown K\'e5\'f1\'eba's head into the city so that the people might take pleasure that the enemy was killed. But it was finally detected that the head was not K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, but that of K\'e4\'e7\'e9r\'e4ja himse
lf. When it was so ascertained, the queens of the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 immediately approached and began to lament the death of their husband. "My dear lord," they cried, "upon your death, we have become just like dead bodies." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 had one son whose name was Sudak\'f1i\'eba. After observing the ritualistic funeral ceremonies, he took a vow that since K\'e5\'f1\'eba wa
s the enemy of his father, he would kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in this way liquidate his debts to his father. Therefore, accompanied by a learned priest qualified to help him, he began to worship Mah\'e4deva, Lord \'c7iva. The lord of the kingdom of K\'e4
\'e7\'e9 is Vi\'e7van\'e4tha (Lord \'c7iva). The temple of Lord Vi\'e7van\'e4tha is still existing in V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9, and many thousands of pilgrims still gather daily in that temple. By the worship of Sudak\'f1i\'eba, Lord \'c7iva was very much pl
eased, and he wanted to give a benediction to his devotee. Sudak\'f1i\'eba's purpose was to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore he prayed for a specific power by which he could kill Him. Lord \'c7iva advised that Sudak\'f1i\'eba, assisted 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  execute the ritualistic ceremony for killing one's enemy. This ceremony is also mention
ed in some of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tantras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7iva informed Sudak\'f1i\'eba that if such a black ritualistic
 ceremony were performed properly then the evil spirit named Dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4gni would appear to carry out any order given to him. He would have to be employed, however, to kill someone other than a qualified }{\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 such a case he would be accompanied by Lord \'c7iva's ghostly companions, and the desire of Sudak\'f1i\'eba to kill his en
emy would be fulfilled. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Sudak\'f1i\'eba was encouraged by Lord \'c7iva in that way, he became assured that he would be able to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba. With a determined vow of austerity,
 he began to execute the black art of chanting }{\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  assisted by the priests. After this, out 
of the fire came a great demonic form, whose hair, beard and moustache were exactly the color of hot copper. This form was very big and fierce. As the demon arose from the fire, cinders of fire emanated from the sockets of his eyes. The giant fiery demon
 appeared still more fierce due to the movements of his eyebrows. He exhibited long sharp teeth and, sticking out his long tongue, licked both sides of his lips. He was naked, and he carried a big trident, which was blazing like fire. After appearing fro
m the fire of sacrifice, he stood wielding the trident in his hand. Instigated by Sudak\'f1i\'eba, the demon proceeded toward the capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, along with many hundreds of ghostly companions, and it appeared that he was going to burn all o
uter space to ashes. The surface of the earth trembled because of his striking steps. When he entered the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, all the residents panicked, just like animals at the time of a forest fire. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged in playing chess in the royal assembly council hall. All the residents of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 approached and addressed Him, "Dear 
Lord of the three worlds, there is a great fiery demon ready to burn the whole city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Please save us." Thus, after approaching Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 began to appeal to Him for protection from the fiery 
demon who had just appeared in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to devastate the whole city. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who specifically protects His devotees, saw that the whole population of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 was most perturbed by the presence of the great fiery de
mon. He immediately began to smile and assured them, "Don't worry. I shall give you all protection." The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is all-pervading. He is within everyone's heart, and He is without also in the form of the cosmic man
ifestation. He could understand that the fiery demon was a creation of Lord \'c7iva, and in order to vanquish him He took His Sudar\'e7ana-cakra and ordered him to take the necessary steps. The Sudar\'e7ana-cakra appeared with the effulgence of millions 
of suns, his temperature being as powerful as that of the fire created at the end of the cosmic manifestation. By his own effulgence, the Sudar\'e7ana-cakra began to illuminate the entire universe, on the surface of the earth as well as in outer space. T
hen the Sudar\'e7ana-cakra began to freeze the fiery demon created by Lord \'c7iva. In this way, the fiery demon was checked by the Sudar\'e7ana-cakra of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and being defeated in his attempt to devastate the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, he tu
rned back. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having failed to set fire to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, he went back to V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9, the kingdom of K\'e4\'e7\'e9r\'e4ja. As a result of his return, all the priests wh
o had helped instruct the black art of }{\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  along with their employer, Sudak\'f1i\'eba were b
urned into ashes by the glaring effulgence of the fiery demon. According to the methods of black art }{\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  instructed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  if 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  fails to kill the enemy, then, because it must kill someone, it kills the original creator. Sudak\'f1i\'eba was the originator, and the prie
sts assisted him; therefore all of them were burned to ashes. This is the way of the demons: the demons create something to kill God, but by the same weapon the demons themselves are killed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following just behind the fiery demon, the Sudar\'e7ana-cakra also entered V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9. This city of V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9 had been very opulent and great f
or a very long time. Even now, the city of V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9 is very opulent and famous, and it is one of the important cities of India. There were then many big palaces, assembly houses, marketplaces and gates, with very important large monuments by 
the palaces and gates. Lecturing platforms could be found at each and every crossing of the roads. There was a treasury house, and elephant heads, horse heads, chariots, granaries and places for distribution of foodstuff. The city of V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9
 had been filled with all these material opulences for a very long time, but because the king of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 and his son Sudak\'f1i\'eba were against Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Vi\'f1\'ebu-cakra Sudar\'e7ana (the disc weapon of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba) devas
tated the whole city by burning all these important places. This excursion was more ravaging than modern bombing. The Sudar\'e7ana-cakra, having thus finished his duty, came back to his Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This narration of the devastation of V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9 by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's disc weapon, the Sudar\'e7ana-cakra, is transcendental and auspicious. Anyone who narr
ates this story or anyone who hears this story with faith and attention will be released from all reaction to sinful activities. This is the assurance of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 who narrated this story to Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Second Volume, Eleventh 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  "Deliverance of Pau\'eb\'f2raka and the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-12 / The Deliverance of Dvivida Gorilla
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 12 /  The Deliverance of Dvivida
 Gorilla
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued to speak on the transcendental pastimes and characteristics of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, King Par\'e9k\'f1it, upon hearing him,
 became more and more enthusiastic and wanted to hear further. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 next narrated the story of Dvivida, the gorilla who was killed by Lord Balar\'e4ma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This gorilla was a great friend of Baum\'e4sura's or Narak\'e4sura's, who was killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in connection with his kidnapping sixteen thousand princesses
 from all over the world. Dvivida was the minister of King Sugr\'e9va. His brother, Mainda, was also a very powerful gorilla king. When Dvivida gorilla heard the story of his friend Baum\'e4sura's being killed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he planned to create
 mischief throughout the country in order to avenge the death of Baum\'e4sura. His first business was to set fires in villages, towns, and industrial and mining places, as well as the residential quarters of the mercantile men who were busy dairy farming
 and protecting cows. Sometimes he would uproot a big mountain and tear it to pieces. In this way he created great disturbances all over the country, especially in the province of Kathwar. The city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 was situated in this Kathwar province, 
and because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to live in this city, Dvivida specifically made it his target of disturbance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dvivida was as powerful as 10,000 elephants. Sometimes he would go to the seashore, and with his powerful hands he would create so much disturbance in the sea that 
he would overflood the neighboring cities and villages. Often he would go to the hermitages of great saintly persons and sages and cause a great disturbance by smashing their beautiful gardens and orchards. Not only did he create disturbances in that way
, but sometimes he would pass urine and stool on their sacred sacrificial arena. He would thus pollute the whole atmosphere. He also kidnapped both men and women, taking them away from their residential places to the caves of the mountains. Putting them 
within the caves, he would close the entrances with large chunks of stone, like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e5\'ecg\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  insect, which arrests and carries away many flies and other insects and puts them within the holes of the trees where he lives. He thus regularly defied the law and order of the country. Not only that, but he would sometimes pollute the fema
le members of many aristocratic families by forcibly raping them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While creating such great disturbance all over the country, sometimes he heard very sweet musical sounds from the Raivataka mountain, and so he entered that mountai
nous region. There he saw that Lord Balar\'e4ma was present in the midst of many beautiful young girls, enjoying their company while engaged in singing and dancing. He became captivated by the beautiful features of Lord Balar\'e4ma's body, each and every
 part of which was very beautiful, decorated as He was with a garland of lotus flowers. Similarly, all the young girls present, dressed and garlanded with flowers, exhibited much beauty. Lord Balar\'e4ma seemed to be fully intoxicated from drinking the V
\'e4ru\'eb\'e9 beverage, and His eyes appeared to be rolling in a drunken state. Lord Balar\'e4ma appeared just like the king of the elephants in the midst of many she-elephants. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This gorilla by the name of Dvivida could climb up on the trees and jump from one branch to another. Sometimes he would jerk the branches, creating a particular typ
e of sound, "Kila, kila," so that Lord Balar\'e4ma was greatly distracted from the pleasing atmosphere. Sometimes Dvivida would come before the women and exhibit different types of caricatures. By nature young women are apt to enjoy everything with laugh
ter and joking, and when the gorilla came before them they did not take him seriously, but simply laughed at him. However, the gorilla was so rude that even in the presence of Balar\'e4ma he began to show the lower part of his body to the women, and some
times he would come forward to show his teeth while moving his eyebrows. He disrespected the women, even in the presence of Balar\'e4ma. Lord Balar\'e4ma's name suggests that He is not only very powerful, but that He takes pleasure in exhibiting extraord
inary strength. So He took a stone and threw it at Dvivida. The gorilla, however, artfully avoided being struck by the stone. In order to insult Balar\'e4ma, the gorilla took away the earthen pot in which the V\'e4ru\'eb\'e9 was kept. Dvivida, being thus
 intoxicated, with his limited strength began to tear off all the valuable clothes worn by Balar\'e4ma and the accompanying young girls. He was so puffed up that he thought that Balar\'e4ma could not do anything to chastise him, and he continued to offen
d Balar\'e4maj\'e9 and His companions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Balar\'e4ma personally saw the disturbances created by the gorilla and heard that he had already performed many mischievous activities all over the countr
y, He became very angry and decided to kill him. Immediately He took His club in His hands. The gorilla could understand that now Balar\'e4ma was going to attack him. In order to counteract Balar\'e4ma, he immediately uprooted a big oak tree, and with gr
eat force he came and struck at Lord Balar\'e4ma's head. Lord Balar\'e4ma, however, immediately caught hold of the big tree and remained undisturbed, just like a great mountain. To retaliate, He took His club by the name of Sunanda and began to hit the g
orilla with it. The gorilla's head was severely injured. Currents of blood flowed from his head with great force, but the stream of blood enhanced his beauty like a stream of liquid manganese coming out of a great mountain. The striking of Balar\'e4ma's 
club did not even slightly disturb him. On the contrary, he immediately uprooted another big oak tree, and after clipping off all its leaves, he began to strike Balar\'e4ma's head with it. But Balar\'e4ma, with the help of His club, tore the tree to piec
es. Since the gorilla was very angry, he took another tree in his hands and began to strike Lord Balar\'e4ma's body. Again Lord Balar\'e4ma tore the tree to pieces, and the fighting continued. Each time the gorilla would bring out a big tree to strike Ba
lar\'e4ma, Lord Balar\'e4ma would tear the tree to pieces by the striking of His club. The gorilla Dvivida would clutch another tree from another direction and again attack Balar\'e4ma in the same way. As a result of this continuous fighting, the forest 
became treeless. When no more trees were available, Dvivida took help from the hills and threw large pieces of stone, like rainfall, upon the body of Balar\'e4ma. Lord Balar\'e4ma, also in a great sporting mood, began to smash those big pieces of stone i
nto mere pebbles. The gorilla, being bereft of all trees and stone slabs, now stood before Him and waved his strong fists. Then, with great force, he began to beat the chest of Lord Balar\'e4ma with his fists. This time Lord Balar\'e4ma became most angry
. Since the gorilla was striking Him with his hands, He would not strike him back with His own weapons, the club or the plow. Simply with His fist He began to strike the collarbone of the gorilla. This striking proved to be fatal to Dvivida, who immediat
ely vomited blood and fell unconscious upon the ground. When the gorilla fell, it appeared that all the hills and forests tottered. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this horrible incident, all the Siddhas, great sages and saintly persons from the upper planetary system began to shower flowers on the person of Lord Balar
\'e4ma, and sounds glorifying the supremacy of Lord Balar\'e4ma were vibrated. All of them began to chant, "All glories to Lord Balar\'e4ma! Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. By Your killing this great demon, Dvivida, You have 
initiated an auspicious era for the world." All such jubilant sounds of victory were heard from outer space. After killing the great demon Dvivida and being worshiped by showers of flowers and glorious sounds of victory, Balar\'e4ma returned to His capit
al city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twelfth 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  "Deliverance of Dvivida Gorilla."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-13 / The Marriage of S\'e4mba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 13 /  The Marriage of S\'e4mba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Duryodhana, the son of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, had a marriageable daughter by the name of Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4. She was a very highly qualified girl of the Kuru dynas
ty, and many princes wanted to marry her. In such cases, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony is held so th
at the girl may select her husband according to her own choice. In Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  assembly, when the girl was to select her husband, S\'e4mba appeared. He was the son of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by J\'e4mbavat\'e9, one of the chief wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This son S\'e4mba is so named because he was a very bad child, and he a
lways lived close to his mother. The name S\'e4mba indicates a son who is very much his mother's pet. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means mother, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means with. So this special name was given to him because he al
ways remained with his mother. He was also known as J\'e4mbavat\'e9suta for the same reason. As previously explained, all the sons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were as qualified as their great father, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. S\'e4mba wanted the daughter of Duryodhana,
 Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, although she was not inclined to have him. Therefore S\'e4mba kidnapped Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 by force from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  assembly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because S\'e4mba took Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 away from the assembly by force, all the members of the Kuru dynasty, namely, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Vidura,
 Ujahan and Arjuna, thought it an insult to their family tradition that the boy, S\'e4mba, could possibly have kidnapped their daughter. All of them knew that Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 was not at all inclined to select him as a husband and that she was not given
 the chance to select her own husband; instead she was forcibly taken away by this boy. Therefore, they decided that he must be punished. They unanimously declared that he was most impudent and that he had degraded the Kurus' family tradition. Therefore,
 all of them, under the counsel of the elderly members of the Kuru family, decided to arrest the boy but not kill him. They concluded that the girl could not be married to any boy other than S\'e4mba since she had already been touched by him. (According 
to the Vedic system, once being used by some boy, a girl cannot be married or given to any other boy. Nor would anyone agree to marry a girl who had already thus associated with another boy.) The elderly members of the family, such as Bh\'e9\'f1ma, wante
d to arrest him. All the members of the Kuru dynasty, especially the great fighters, joined together just to teach him a lesson, and Kar\'eba was made the commander-in-chief for this small battle. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the plan was being made to arrest S\'e4mba, the Kurus counciled amongst themselves that upon his arrest, the members of the Yadu dynasty would be very angry w
ith them. There was every possibility of the Yadus' accepting the challenge and fighting with them. But they also thought, "If they came here to fight with us, what could they do? The members of the Yadu dynasty cannot equal the members of the Kuru dynas
ty because the kings of the Kuru dynasty are the emperors, whereas the kings of the Yadu dynasty are able to enjoy their landed property." The Kurus thought, "If they come here to challenge us because their son was arrested, we will nevertheless accept t
he fight. All of us will teach them a lesson, so that automatically they will become subdued under pressure, as the senses are subdued by the mystic }{\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  process, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " (In the
 mechanical system of mystic }{\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 airs within the body are controlled, and the senses are su
bdued and checked from being engaged in anything other than meditation upon Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu.) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After consultation and after receiving permission from the elderly members of the Kuru dynasty, such as Bh\'e9\'f1ma and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, six great warriors
\'97Kar\'eba, \'c7ala, Bhurisrava, Yaj\'efaketu, and Duryodhana, the father of the girl\'97all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rath\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and guided by the great fighter Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, attempted to arrest the boy S\'e4mba. There are different grades of fighters, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rath\'e9, eka
-rath\'e9,}{\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 rath\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  classified according to their fighting capacity. These }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rath\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  could fight
 alone with many thousands of men. All of them combined together to arrest S\'e4mba. S\'e4mba was also a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rath\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but he was alone and had to fight with the six other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rath\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 Still he was not deterred when he saw all the great fighters of the Kuru dynasty coming up behind him to arrest him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Alone, he turned towards them and took his nice bow, posing exactly as a lion stands adamant in the face of other animals. Kar\'eba was leading the party, and he ch
allenged S\'e4mba, "Why are you fleeing? Just stand, and we shall teach you a lesson!" When challenged by another }{\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  to stand and fight, 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  cannot go away; he must fight. The
refore, as soon as S\'e4mba accepted the challenge and stood alone before them, he was overpowered by showers of arrows thrown by all the great warriors. As a lion is never afraid of being chased by many wolves and jackals, similarly, S\'e4mba, the glori
ous son of the Yadu dynasty, endowed with inconceivable potencies as the son of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, became very angry at the warriors of the Kuru dynasty for improperly using arrows against him. He fought them with great talent. First of all, he struck 
each of the six charioteers with six separate arrows. Another four arrows were used to kill the charioteers' horses, four on each chariot. One arrow was used to kill the driver, and one arrow was used for Kar\'eba as well as the other celebrated fighters
. While S\'e4mba was so diligently fighting alone with the six great warriors, they all appreciated the inconceivable potency of the boy. Even in the midst of fighting, they admitted frankly that this boy S\'e4mba was wonderful. But the fighting was cond
ucted in 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  spirit, so all together, although it was improper, they obliged S\'e4mba
 to get down from his chariot, now broken to pieces. Of the six warriors, four took care to kill S\'e4mba's four horses, and one of them managed to cut the string of S\'e4mba's bow so that he could no longer fight with them. In this way, with great diffi
culty and after a severe fight, S\'e4mba was left bereft of his chariot, and they were able to arrest him. Thus, the warriors of the Kuru dynasty accepted their great victory and took their daughter, Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, away from him. Thereafter, they ent
ered the city of Hastin\'e4pura in great triumph. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4rada immediately carried the news to the Yadu dynasty that S\'e4mba was arrested and told them the whole story. The members of the Yadu dynasty 
became very angry at S\'e4mba's being arrested, and improperly so by six warriors. Now, with the permission of the head of the Yadu dynasty's king, Ugrasena, they prepared to attack the capital city of the Kuru dynasty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Lord Balar\'e4ma knew very well that by slight provocation people are prepared to fight with one another in the age of Kali, He did not like the idea that 
the two great dynasties, the Kuru dynasty and the Yadu dynasty, would fight amongst themselves, even though they were influenced by Kali-yuga. "Instead of fighting with them," He wisely thought, "let Me go there and see the situation, and let Me try to s
ee if the fight can be settled by mutual understanding." Balar\'e4ma's idea was that if the Kuru dynasty could be induced to release S\'e4mba along with his wife, Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, then the fight could be avoided. He therefore immediately arranged for a
 nice chariot to go to Hastin\'e4pura, accompanied by learned priests 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  as wel
l as by some of the elderly members of the Yadu dynasty. He was confident that the members of the Kuru dynasty would agree to this marriage and avoid fighting amongst themselves. As Lord Balar\'e4ma proceeded towards Hastin\'e4pura in this chariot, accom
panied by the 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  and the elderly members of the Yadu dynasty, He looked like
 the moon shining in the clear sky amongst the glittering stars. When Lord Balar\'e4ma reached the precincts of the city of Hastin\'e4pura, He did not enter, but stationed Himself in a camp outside the city in a small garden house. Then He asked Uddhava 
to see the leaders of the Kuru dynasty and inquire from them whether they wanted to fight with the Yadu dynasty or to make a settlement. Uddhava went to see the leaders of the Kuru dynasty, and he met all the important members, including Bh\'e9\'f1madeva
, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Bali, Duryodhana and B\'e4hl\'e9ka. After offering them due respects, he informed them that Lord Balar\'e4ma had already arrived at the garden, outside the city door. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The leaders of the Kuru dynasty, especially Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and Duryodhana, were very joyful because they knew very well that Lord Balar\'e4ma was a great w
ell-wisher of their family. There were no bounds to their joy on hearing the news, and so immediately they welcomed Uddhava. In order to properly receive Lord Balar\'e4ma, they all took auspicious paraphernalia for His reception in their hands and went t
o see Him outside the city door. According to their respective positions, they welcomed Lord Balar\'e4ma by giving Him in charity nice cows and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub argha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (an assortment of articles such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  water, sweet preparations of honey, butter, etc., and flowers, and garlands scented with pulp). Because all of them knew the exalted position of Lord Balar\'e4ma as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they bowed their heads before the Lord w
ith great respect. They all exchanged words of reception by asking one another of their welfare, and when such formality was finished, Lord Balar\'e4ma, in a great voice and very patiently, submitted before them the following words for their consideratio
n. "My dear friends, this time I have come to you as a messenger with the order of the all-powerful King Ugrasena. Please, therefore, hear the order with attention and great care. Without wasting a single moment, please try to carry out the order. King U
grasena knows very well that you warriors of the Kuru dynasty improperly fought with the pious S\'e4mba, who was alone, and that with great difficulty and tactics you have arrested him. We have all heard this news, but we are not very agitated because we
 are most intimately related to each other. I do not think we should disturb our good relationship; we should continue our friendship without any unnecessary fighting. Please, therefore, immediately release S\'e4mba and bring him, along with his wife, La
k\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, before Me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Balar\'e4ma spoke in a commanding tone full of heroic assertion, supremacy and chivalry, His statements were not appreciated by the leaders of the Kuru dy
nasty. Rather, all of them became agitated, and with great anger they said: "Hello! These words are very astonishing but quite befitting the age of Kali; otherwise how could Balar\'e4ma speak so vituperatively? The language and tone used by Balar\'e4ma a
re simply abusive, and due to the influence of this age, it appears that the shoes befitting the feet want to rise to the top of the head where the helmet is worn. We are connected with the Yadu dynasty by marriage, and because of this they have been giv
en the chance to come live with us, dine with us, and sleep with us; now they are taking advantage of these privileges. They had practically no position before we gave them a portion of our kingdom to rule, and now they are trying to command us. We have 
allowed the Yadu dynasty to use the royal insignias like the whisk, fan, conchshell, white umbrella, crown, royal throne, sitting place, bedstead, and everything befitting the royal order. They should not have used such royal paraphernalia in our presenc
e, but we did not check them due to our family relationships. Now they have the audacity to order us to do things. Well, this is enough of their impudence! We cannot allow them to do any more of these things, nor shall we allow them to use these royal in
signias. It would be best to take all these things away; it is improper to feed a snake with milk, since such merciful activities simply increase his venom. The Yadu dynasty is now trying to go against those who have fed them so nicely. Their flourishing
 condition is due to our gifts and merciful behavior, and still they are so shameless that they are trying to order us. How regrettable are all these activities! No one in the world can enjoy anything if the members of the Kuru dynasty like Bh\'e9\'f1ma,
 Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya and Arjuna do not allow them to. Exactly as a lamb cannot enjoy life in the presence of a lion, without our desire it is not even possible for the demigods in heaven, headed by King Indra, to find enjoyment in life, not to speak of o
rdinary human beings!" Actually the members of the Kuru dynasty were very puffed up due to their opulence, kingdom, aristocracy, family tradition, great warriors, family members and vast expansive empire. They did not even observe common formalities of c
ivilized society, and in the presence of Lord Balar\'e4ma they uttered insulting words about the Yadu dynasty. Speaking in this unmannerly way, they returned to their city of Hastin\'e4pura. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Lord Balar\'e4ma patiently heard their insulting words and simply observed their uncivil behavior, from His appearance it was clear that He was burning wit
h anger and was thinking of retaliating with great vengeance. His bodily features became so agitated that it was difficult for anyone to look at Him. He laughed very loudly and said: "It is true that if a man becomes too puffed up because of his family, 
opulence, beauty and material advancement, he no longer wants a peaceful life but becomes belligerent toward all others. It is useless to give such a person good instruction for gentle behavior and peaceful life, but on the contrary, one should search ou
t the ways and means to punish him." Generally, due to material opulence a man becomes exactly like an animal. To give an animal peaceful instructions is useless, and the only means is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub argumentum vaculum.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In other words, the only means to keep animals in order is a stick. "Just see how impudent the members of the Kuru dynasty are! I wanted to mak
e a peaceful settlement despite the anger of all the other members of the Yadu dynasty, including Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. They were preparing to attack the whole kingdom of the Kuru dynasty, but I pacified them and took the trouble to come here to s
ettle the affair without any fighting. Still these rascals behave like this! It is clear that they do not want a peaceful settlement, but that they are factually warmongers. With great pride they have repeatedly insulted Me by calling the Yadus dynasty i
ll names. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even the King of heaven, Indra, abides by the order of the Yadu dynasty; and you consider King Ugrasena, who is the head of the Bhojas, V\'e5\'f1\'ebis, Andhakas a
nd Y\'e4davas, to be the leader of a small phalanx! Your conclusion is wonderful! You do not care for King Ugrasena, whose order is obeyed even by King Indra. Consider the exalted position of the Yadu dynasty. They have forcibly used both the assembly ho
use and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree of the heavenly planet, and still you think that they cannot orde
r you. Don't you even think that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can sit on the exalted royal throne and command everyone? All right! If your thinking is like that, then you deserve to be taught a very good lesson. You have thoug
ht it wise that the royal insignias like the whisk, fan, white umbrella, royal throne and other princely paraphernalia not be used by the Yadu dynasty. Does this mean that even Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord of the whole creation and the husband of the go
ddess of fortune, cannot use this royal paraphernalia? The dust of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet is worshiped by all the great demigods. The Ganges water is inundating the whole world, and since it is emanating from His lotus feet, its banks have turned in
to great places of pilgrimage. The principal deities of all planets are engaged in His service, and they consider themselves most fortunate to take the dust of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on their helmets. Great demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord 
\'c7iva, and even the goddess of fortune and I are simply plenary parts of His spiritual identity, and still you think that He is not fit to use the royal insignia or even sit on the royal throne? Alas, how regrettable it is that these fools consider us,
 the members of the Yadu dynasty, to be like shoes and themselves like helmets. It is clear now that these leaders of the Kuru dynasty have become mad over their worldly possessions and opulence. Every statement they made was full of crazy proposals. I s
hould immediately take them to task and bring them to their senses. If I do not take steps against them, it will be improper on My part. Therefore, on this very day, I shall rid the whole world of any trace of the Kuru dynasty. I shall finish them off im
mediately!" While talking like this, Lord Balar\'e4ma seemed so furious that He looked as if He could burn the whole cosmic creation to ashes. He stood up steadily, and taking His plow in His hand, began striking the earth with it. In this way the whole 
city of Hastin\'e4pura was separated from the earth. Lord Balar\'e4ma then began to drag the city toward the flowing water of the river Ganges. Because of this, there was a great tremor throughout Hastin\'e4pura, as if there had been an earthquake, and i
t seemed that the whole city would be dismantled. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the members of the Kuru dynasty saw that their city was about to fall into the water of the Ganges and when they heard their citizens howling in great anxi
ety, they immediately came to their senses and understood what was happening. Thus without waiting another second they brought forward their daughter Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4. They also brought S\'e4mba, who had forcibly tried to take her away, keeping him in t
he forefront with Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 at his back. All the members of the Kuru dynasty appeared before Lord Balar\'e4ma with folded hands just to beg the pardon of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now using good sense, they said: "O Lord Balar\'e4ma, Yo
u are the reservoir of all pleasures. You are the maintainer and support of the entire cosmic situation. Unfortunately we were all unaware of Your inconceivable potencies. Dear Lord, please consider us most foolish. Our intelligence was bewildered and no
t in order. Therefore we have come before You to beg Your pardon. Please excuse us. You are the original creator, sustainer and annihilator of the whole cosmic manifestation, and still Your position is always transcendental. O all-powerful Lord, great sa
ges speak about You. You are the original puppeteer, and everything in the world is just like Your toys. O unlimited one, You have a hold on everything, and like child's play You hold all the planetary systems on Your head. When the time for dissolution 
comes, You close up the whole cosmic manifestation within Yourself. At that time nothing remains but Yourself lying in the Causal Ocean as Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Our dear Lord, You have appeared on this earth in Your transcendental body just for the mainte
nance of the cosmic situation. You are above all anger, envy and enmity. Whatever You do, even in the form of chastisement, is auspicious for the whole material existence. We are offering our respectful obeisances unto You because You are the imperishabl
e Supreme Personality of Godhead, the reservoir of all opulences and potencies. O creator of innumerable universes, let us fall down and offer You our respectful obeisances, again and again. We are now completely surrendered unto You. Please, therefore, 
be merciful upon us and give us Your protection." When the prominent members of the Kuru dynasty, beginning with grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1madeva down to Arjuna and Duryodhana, had offered their respectful prayers in that way, the Supreme Personality of Godh
ead, Lord Balar\'e4ma, immediately became softened and assured them there was no cause for fear and that they need not worry. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the most part it was the practice 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  kings to inaugurate some kind of fighting between the parties of the bride and bridegroom before the marriage. When S\'e4mba forcibly took away Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, the elderly members of the Kuru dynasty w
ere pleased to see that he was actually the suitable match for her. In order to see his personal strength, however, they fought with him, and without any respect for the regulations of fighting, they all arrested him. When the Yadu dynasty decided to rel
ease S\'e4mba from the confinement of the Kurus, Lord Balar\'e4ma came personally to settle the matter, and as a powerful }{\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  He ordered them to free S\'e4mba immediately. The Kauravas became superficially insulted by this order, so they challenged Lord Balar\'e4ma's power. They simply wanted to see Him exhibit His inconceivable strength
. Thus with great pleasure they handed over their daughter to S\'e4mba, and the whole matter was settled. Duryodhana, being affectionate towards his daughter Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, had her married to S\'e4mba in great pomp. For her dowry, he first gave 1,200
 elephants, each of which were at least sixty years old; then he gave 10,000 nice horses, 6,000 chariots, which were dazzling just like the sunshine, and 1,000 maidservants who were decorated with golden ornaments. Lord Balar\'e4ma, the most prominent me
mber of the Yadu dynasty, acted as guardian of the bridegroom S\'e4mba and very pleasingly accepted the dowry. Balar\'e4ma was very satisfied after His great reception from the side of the Kurus, and accompanied by the newly married couple, He started to
wards His capital city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma triumphantly reached Dv\'e4rak\'e4, where He met with many citizens who were all His devotees and friends. When they all assembled, Lord Balar\'e4m
a narrated the whole story of the marriage, and they were astonished to hear how Balar\'e4ma had made the city of Hastin\'e4pura tremble. It is confirmed by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that the site of Hastin\'e4pura is now known as New Delhi, and the rive
r flowing through the city is called the Yamun\'e4, although in those days it was known as the Ganges. From authorities like J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 it is also confirmed that the Ganges and Yamun\'e4 are the same river flowing in different courses. The par
t of the Ganges which flows through Hastin\'e4pura to the area of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is called the Yamun\'e4 because it is sanctified by the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The part of Hastin\'e4pura which slopes towards the Yamun\'e4 become
s inundated during the rainy season and reminds everyone of Lord Balar\'e4ma's threatening to cast the city into the Ganges. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Thirteenth 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  "The Marriage of S\'e4mba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-14 / The Great Sage N\'e4rada Visits the Different Homes 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 14 /  The Great Sage N\'e4rada V
isits the Different Homes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4rada heard that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had married 16,000 wives after He had killed the demon Narak\'e4sura, sometimes called Bhaum\'e4sura. N\'e4r
ada became astonished that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had expanded Himself into 16,000 forms and married these wives simultaneously in different palaces. Being inquisitive as to how K\'e5\'f1\'eba was managing His household affairs with so many wives, N\'e4rada
 desired to see these pastimes and so set out to visit K\'e5\'f1\'eba's different homes. When N\'e4rada arrived in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, he saw that the gardens and parks were full of various flowers of different colors and orchards that were overloaded with a 
variety of fruits. Beautiful birds were chirping, and peacocks were delightfully crowing. There were tanks and ponds full of blue and red lotus flowers, and some of these sites were filled with varieties of lilies. The lakes were full of nice swans and c
ranes whose voices resounded everywhere. In the city there were as many as 900,000 great palaces built of first-class marble with gates and doors made of silver. The posts of the houses and palaces were bedecked with jewels such as touchstone, sapphires 
and emeralds, and the floors gave off a beautiful luster. The highways, lanes, streets, crossings and marketplaces were all beautifully decorated. The whole city was full of residential homes, assembly houses, and temples, all of different architectural 
beauty. All of this made Dv\'e4rak\'e4 a glowing city. The big avenues, crossings, lanes, streets, and also the thresholds of every residential house, were very clean. On both sides of every path there were bushes, and at regular intervals there were lar
ge trees that shaded the avenues so that the sunshine would not bother the passersby. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this greatly beautiful city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had many residential quarters. The great kings and princes
 of the world used to visit these palaces just to worship Him. The architectural plans were made personally by Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4, the engineer of the demigods, and in the construction of the palaces he exhibited all of his talents and ingenuity. These res
idential quarters numbered more than 16,000, and a different queen of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba resided in each of them. The great sage N\'e4rada entered one of these houses and saw that the pillars were made of coral and the ceilings were bedecked with jewels
. The walls as well as the arches between the pillars glowed from the decorations of different kinds of sapphires. Throughout the palace there were many canopies made by Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4 that were decorated with strings of pearls. The chairs and other fu
rniture were made of ivory, bedecked with gold and diamonds, and jeweled lamps dissipated the darkness within the palace. There was so much incense and flavored gum burning that the scented fumes were coming out of the windows. The peacocks sitting on th
e steps became illusioned by the fumes, mistaking them for clouds, and began dancing jubilantly. There were many maidservants, all of whom were decorated with gold necklaces, bangles and beautiful saris. There were also many male servants, who were nicel
y dressed in cloaks and turbans and jeweled earrings. Beautiful as they were, the servants were all engaged in different household duties. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada saw that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting with Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, the mistress of that particular palace, who was bearing the rod of a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  whisk. Even though there were many thousands of maidservants who were equally beautiful and qualif
ied, and who were of the same age, Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9 personally was engaged in fanning Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped even by N\'e4rada, but still, as soon as He saw N\'e4rada enter the palace, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba got down immediately from Rukmi\'eb\'e9's bedstead and stood up to honor him. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the teacher of the whole world, and in order to instruct everyone how to respect a saintly person like N\'e4rada Muni, K\'e5\'f1\'eba bowed
 down, touching His helmet to the ground. Not only did K\'e5\'f1\'eba bow down, but He also touched the feet of N\'e4rada and with folded hands requested him to sit on His chair. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality worshiped by all devotees. H
e is the most worshiped spiritual master of everyone. The Ganges water which emanates from His feet sanctifies the three worlds. All qualified }{\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  worship Him, and therefore He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebya-deva.}{\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\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means one who fully possesses the brahminical qualifications, which are s
aid to be as follows: truthfulness, self-control, purity, mastery of the senses, simplicity, full knowledge by practical application, and engagement in devotional service. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally possesses all these qualities, and He is worshiped 
by persons who themselves possess such qualities. There are thousands and millions of names of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-sahasra-n\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and all of them are given to Him because of His transcendental qualities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 enjoyed the pastimes of a perfect human being. When, therefore, He washed the feet of the sage N\'e4rada and took the water on 
His head, N\'e4rada did not object, knowing well that the Lord did so to teach everyone how to respect saintly persons. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and eternal friend of all living entities, t
hus worshiped the sage N\'e4rada according to Vedic regulative principles. Welcoming him with sweet nectarean words, He addressed N\'e4rada as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or one who is self-sufficient, possessing all kinds of knowledge, renunciation, strength, fame, beauty, and similar other opulences. He particularly asked N\'e4rada, "What can I do in your servi
ce?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada replied, "My dear Lord, this kind of behavior by Your Lordship is not at all astonishing because You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and master of 
all species of living entities. You are the supreme friend of all living entities, but at the same time You are the supreme chastiser of the miscreants and the envious. I know that Your Lordship has descended on this earth for the proper maintenance of t
he whole universe. Your appearance, therefore, is not forced by any other agency. By Your sweet will only, You agree to appear and disappear. It is my great fortune that I have been able to see Your lotus feet today. Anyone who becomes attached to Your l
otus feet is elevated to the supreme position of neutrality and is uncontaminated by the material modes of nature. My Lord, You are unlimited; there is no limit to Your opulences. Great demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva are always busy placin
g You within their hearts and meditating upon You. The conditioned souls who have now been put into the blind well of material existence can get out of this eternal captivity only by accepting Your lotus feet. Thus, You are the only shelter of all condit
ioned souls. My dear Lord, You have very kindly asked what You can do for me. In answer to this I simply request that I may not forget Your lotus feet at any time. I do not care where I may be, but I pray that I may be allowed to constantly remember Your
 lotus feet." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The benediction which the sage N\'e4rada asked from the Lord is the ideal prayer of all pure devotees. A pure devotee never asks for any kind of material or spiritu
al benediction from the Lord, but his only prayer is that he may not forget the lotus feet of the Lord in any condition of life. A pure devotee does not care whether he is put in heaven or hell; he is satisfied anywhere, provided he can constantly rememb
er the lotus feet of the Lord. Lord Caitanya also taught this same process of prayer 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  in which He clearly stated that all He wanted was devotional service, birth after birth. A pure devotee does not even want to stop the repetition of birth and death. To a pure devotee, it does not matter whether he has to take b
irth again in the various species of life. His only ambition is that he may not forget the lotus feet of the Lord in any condition of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After departing from the palace of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, N\'e4radaj\'e9 wanted to see the activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's internal potency, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  thus he entered the palace of another queen. There he saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in playing chess,
 along with His dear wife and Uddhava. The Lord immediately got up from His seat and invited N\'e4rada Muni to sit on His personal seat. The Lord again worshiped him with as much paraphernalia for reception as He had in the palace of Rukmi\'eb\'e9. After
 worshiping him properly, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba acted as if He did not know what had happened in the palace of Rukmi\'eb\'e9. He therefore told N\'e4rada, "My dear sage, when your holiness comes here, you are full in yourself. Although we are householders 
and are always in need, you don't require anyone's help because you are self-satisfied. Under the circumstances, what reception can we offer you, and what can we possibly give you? Yet, since your holiness is 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 is our duty to offer you something as far as possible. Therefore, I beg your pleasure to order Me. What can I do for
 you?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4radaj\'e9 knew everything about the pastimes of the Lord, so without any further discussion, he simply left the palace silently, in great astonishment over the
 Lord's activities. He then entered another palace. This time N\'e4radaj\'e9 saw that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged as an affectionate father petting His small children. From there he entered another palace and saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba preparing to take
 His bath. In this way, Saint N\'e4rada entered each and every one of the sixteen thousand residential palaces of the queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in each of them he found K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in different ways. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one place he found K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in offering oblations to the sacrificial fire and performing the ritualistic ceremonies 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  as enjoined for householders. In another palace, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found performing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efca-yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice, which is compulsory for a householder. This }{\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  is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efca-\'e7\'fcna.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Knowingly or unknowingly, everyone, specifically the householder, is committing five kinds of sinful activities. When we receive water from a water pitcher, we kill many germs that are i
n it. Similarly, when we use a grinding machine or take foodstuff, we kill many germs. When sweeping a floor or igniting a fire we kill many germs, and when we walk on the street we kill many ants and other insects. Consciously or unconsciously, in all o
ur different activities, we are killing. Therefore, it is incumbent upon every householder to perform the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efca-\'e7\'fcna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice to rid himself of the reactions to such sinful activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one palace Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found engaged in feeding }{\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  after performing ritualistic }{\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  In another palace, N\'e4rada found K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in silently chanting the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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 in a third he found Him practicing fighting with a sword and shield. In some palaces Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found riding on horses or elephants or chariots and wandering hither and thither. Elsewhere He was found lying down
 on His bedstead taking rest, and somewhere else He was found sitting in His chair, being praised by the prayers of His different devotees. In some of the palaces He was found consulting with ministers like Uddhava and others on important matters of busi
ness. In one palace He was found surrounded by many young society girls, enjoying in a swimming pool. In another palace He was found engaged in giving well-decorated cows in charity 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  and in another palace He was found hearing the narrations 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  or histories, such as 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  which are supplementary literatures for disseminating Vedic knowledge to common people by narrating important instances in the history of the universe. Somewhere Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found enjoying the company 
of a particular wife by exchanging joking words with her. Somewhere else He was found engaged along with His wife in religious ritualistic functions. Since it is necessary for householders to increase their financial assets for various expenditures, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba was found somewhere engaged in matters of economic development. Somewhere else He was found enjoying family life according to the regulative principles of 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one palace He was found sitting in meditation as if He were concentrating His mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond these material universes.
 Meditation, as recommended in authorized scripture, is meant for concentrating one's mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Himself the original Vi\'f1\'ebu, but because He played the part of a human being, He ta
ught us definitely by His personal behavior what is meant by meditation. Somewhere Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found satisfying elderly superiors by supplying them things which they needed. Somewhere else N\'e4radaj\'e9 found that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was eng
aged in discussing topics of fighting, and somewhere else in making peace with enemies. Somewhere Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found discussing the ultimate auspicious activity for the entire human society with His elder brother Lord Balar\'e4ma. N\'e4rada sa
w Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in getting His sons and daughters married with suitable brides and bridegrooms in due course of time, and the marriage ceremonies were being performed with great pomp. In one palace He was found bidding farewell to His daugh
ters, and in another He was found receiving a daughter-in-law. People throughout the whole city were astonished to see such pomp and ceremonies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Somewhere the Lord was seen engaged in performing different types of sacrifices to satisfy the demigods, who are only His qualitative expansions. Somewhere He was s
een engaged in public welfare activities, establishing deep wells for water supply, rest houses and gardens for unknown guests, and great monastaries and temples for saintly persons. These are some of the duties enjoined 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 householders for fulfillment of their material desires. Somewhere K\'e5\'f1\'eba was found as 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 engaged in hunting animals in the forest and riding on very beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sindh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  horses. According to Vedic regulations, 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  were allowed to kill prescribed animals on certain occasions, either to maintain peace in the forests or to offer the animals in the sacrificial f
ire. }{\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 practice this killing art because they have to kill their enemie
s mercilessly to maintain peace in society. In one situation the great sage N\'e4rada saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and master of mystic powers, acting as a spy by changing His usual dress in order to understand the motives 
of different citizens in the city and within the palaces. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saint N\'e4rada saw all these activities of the Lord, who is the Supersoul of all living entities but who played the role of an ordinary human being in order to man
ifest the activities of His internal potency. He was smiling within himself and began to address the Lord as follows: "My dear Lord of all mystic powers, object of the meditation of great mystics, the extent of Your mystic power is certainly inconceivabl
e, even to mystics like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. But by Your mercy, because of my being always engaged in the transcendental loving service of Your lotus feet, Your Lordship has very kindly revealed to me the actions of Your internal potency. My 
dear Lord, You are worshipable by all, and demigods and predominating deities of all fourteen planetary systems are completely aware of Your transcendental fame. Now please give me Your blessings so that I may be able to travel all over the universes sin
ging the glories of Your transcendental activities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, replied to N\'e4rada as follows: "My dear N\'e4rada, O sage among the demigods, you know that I am the supr
eme instructor and perfect follower of all religious principles, as well as the supreme enforcer of such principles. I am therefore personally executing such religious principles in order to teach the whole world how to act. My dear son, it is My desire 
that you not be bewildered by such demonstrations of My internal energy." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead was engaged in His so-called household affairs in order to teach people how one can sanctify one's household life although he may
 be attached to the imprisonment of material existence. Actually, one is obliged to continue the term of material existence because of household life. But the Lord, being very kind upon householders, demonstrated the path of sanctifying ordinary househol
d life. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of all activities, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious householder's life is transcendental to Vedic injunctions and is automatically sanctified. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus N\'e4rada saw one single K\'e5\'f1\'eba living in sixteen thousand palaces by His plenary expansions. Due to His inconceivable energy, He was visible in each a
nd every individual queen's palace. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has unlimited power, and N\'e4rada's astonishment was boundless upon observing again and again the demonstration of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's internal energy. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba behaved by His personal
 example as if He were very much attached to the four principles of civilized life, namely religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and salvation. These four principles of material existence are necessary for the spiritual advancement of 
human society, and although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no need to do so, He exhibited His household activities so that people might follow in His footsteps for their own interest. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba satisfied the sage N\'e4rada in every way. N\'e4rada was 
very much pleased by seeing the Lord's activities in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and thus he departed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In narrating the activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explained to King Par\'e9k\'f1it how Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead, descends on this material universe by the agency of His internal potency and personally exhibits the principles which, if followed, can lead one to achieve the ultimate goal of life. All the queens in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, more than six
teen thousand in number, engaged their feminine attractive features in the transcendental service of the Lord by smiling and serving, and the Lord was pleased to behave with them exactly as a perfect husband enjoying household life. One should know defin
itely that such pastimes cannot be performed by anyone but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original cause of the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the whole cosmic manifestation. Anyone who attentively hears the
 narrations of the Lord's pastimes in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 or supports a preacher of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will certainly find it very easy to traverse the path of liberation and taste the nectar of the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And
 thus he will be engaged in His devotional service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Fourteenth 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  "The Great Sage N\'e4rada Visits the Different Homes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-15 / Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Daily 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 15 /  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Dail
y Activities
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From 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  we learn that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has nothing to do: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na tasya karya\'e0 krana\'e0 ca vidyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If the Supreme Lord has nothing to do, then how can we speak of the activities of the Supreme Lord? From the previous chapter it is clear that no one can act in the way that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba does. We should clearly note th
is fact: the activities of the Lord should be followed, but they cannot be imitated. For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ideal life as a householder can be followed, but if one wants to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba by expanding into many forms, that is not possible.
 We should always remember, therefore, that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although playing the part of a human being, nevertheless simultaneously maintains the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We can follow Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dealing with His wi
ves as an ordinary human being, but His dealing with more than sixteen thousand wives at one time cannot be imitated. The conclusion is that to become ideal householders we should follow in the footsteps of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He displayed His daily a
ctivities, but we cannot imitate Him at any stage of our life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to lie down with His sixteen thousand wives, but also He would rise up from bed very early in the morning, three hours before sunrise. By n
ature's arrangement the crowing of the cocks warns of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour. There is no 
need of alarm clocks; as soon as the cocks crow early in the morning, it is to be understood that it is time to rise from bed. Hearing that sound, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would get up from bed, but His rising early was not very much to the liking of His wives. Th
e wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were so much attached to Him that they would lie in bed embracing Him, but as soon as the cocks crowed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's wives would be very sorry and would immediately condemn the crowing. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the garden within the compound of each palace there were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is no
t an artificial flower. We remember that K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees from hea
ven and implanted them in all His palaces. Early in the morning, a mild breeze would carry the aroma of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would smell it just after rising from bed. Due to this aroma, the honeybees would begin their humming vibration, and the birds also would begin their sweet chirping sounds. All together it would sound 
like the singing of professional chanters engaged in offering prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, the first queen of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, knew that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the most auspicious time in the entire day, she would feel disgusted at the appearance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because she was not very happy to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba leave her side in bed. Despite \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev
\'e9's disgust, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba would immediately get up from bed exactly on the appearance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  An ideal householder should learn from the behavior of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba how to rise early in the morning, however comfortably he may be lying in bed embraced by his wife. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After rising from bed, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba would wash His mouth, hands and feet and would immediately sit down and meditate on Himself. This does not mean, however,
 that we should also sit down and meditate on ourselves. We have to meditate upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is real meditation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself; therefore He was teaching us that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be utilized for meditation on R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By doing so, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would
 feel very much satisfied, and similarly we will also feel transcendentally pleased and satisfied if we utilize the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  period to meditate on R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and if we think of how \'c7r\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba acted as ideal householders to teach the whole human society to rise early in the morni
ng and immediately engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There is no difference between meditating on the eternal forms of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 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. As for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's meditation, He had no alternative but to meditate on Himself. The object of meditation is Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 or the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is all three: He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagav\'e4n; the localized Param\'e4tm\'e4 is His plenary parcel expansion; and the all-pervading Brahman effulgence is the personal rays o
f His transcendental body. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always one, and for Him there is no differentiation. That is the difference between an ordinary living being and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For an ordinary living being there are many distinctions. An ordinary 
living being is different from his body, and he is different from other species of living entities. A human being is different from other human beings and different from the animals. Even in his own body, there are different bodily limbs. We have our han
ds and legs, but our hands are different from our legs. The hand cannot act like the leg, nor can the leg act like the hand. The eyes cannot hear like the ears, nor can the ears see like the eyes. All these differences are technically called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svajtiya vijtiya.}{\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 bodily limitation whereby one part of the body cannot act as another part is totally absent in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no difference betwee
n His body and Himself. He is completely spiritual, and therefore there is no material difference between His body and His soul. Similarly, He is not different from His millions of incarnations and plenary expansions. Baladeva is the first expansion of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and from Baladeva expand Sa\'ebkar\'f1a\'eba, V\'e4sudeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. From Sa\'ebkar\'f1a\'eba there is again an expansion of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and from N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba there is a second quadruple expansion of Sa\'ebkar
\'f1a\'eba, V\'e4sudeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Similarly there are innumerable expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but all of them are one. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many incarnations, such as Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha, Lord Boar, Lord Fish and Lord Tortoise, but there i
s no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's original two-handed form, like that of a human being, and these incarnations of gigantic animal forms. Nor is there any difference between the action of one part of His body and that of another. His hands can act 
as His legs, His eyes can act as His ears, or His nose can act as another part of His body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's smelling and eating and hearing are all the same. We limited living entities have to use a particular part of our body for a particular purpose, 
but there is no such distinction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'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 a\'ecg\'e4ni yasya sakalendriya-v\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : He can perform the activities of one limb with any other limb. So by analytical study of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His person, it is concluded that He is the complete whole. When He meditates, therefore, He meditates on Himself. Th
e self-meditation by ordinary men, designated in Sanskrit as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so 'ham,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is simply imitation. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba may meditate on Himself because He is the complete whole, but we cannot imitate Him and meditate on ourselves. Our body is a designation; K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is not a designation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no exis
tence of anything foreign in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever there is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is therefore the supreme, indestructible complete existence, or the supreme truth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's existence is not relative existence. Everything else but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a relative truth, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba does not depend on anything but Himself for His existence. Our existence, however is relative. For example, only when there is the light of the sun, the moon or electricity are we able to see. Our seeing, therefore, is relative, and the lig
ht of the sun and moon and electricity is also relative; they are called illuminating only because we see them as such. Dependence and relativity do not exist in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His activities are not dependent on anyone else's appreciation, nor does He 
depend on anyone else's help. He is beyond the existence of limited time and space, and because He is transcendental to time and space, He cannot be covered by 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  whose activities are limited. In the Vedic literature we find that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has multi-potencies. Since all such potencies are emanations 
from Him, there is no difference between Him and His potencies. Certain philosophers say, however, that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes He accepts a material body. But even if it is accepted that when He comes to the material world He accepts a material body, 
it should be concluded also that because the material energy is not different from Him, this body does not act materially. 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, therefore, that He appears by His own internal potency, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-}{\cs2873\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\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 called the Supreme Brahman because He is the cause of creation, the cause of maintenance and the cause of dissolution. Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord Vi\'f1
\'ebu and Lord \'c7iva are different expansions of these material qualities. All these material qualities can act upon the conditioned souls, but there is no such action and reaction upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba because these qualities are all simultaneously one 
and different from Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is simply }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 eternal form
 of bliss and knowledge, and because of His inconceivable greatness, He is called the Supreme Brahman. His meditation on Brahman or Param\'e4tm\'e4 or Bhagav\'e4n is on Himself only and not on anything else beyond Himself. This meditation cannot be imita
ted by the ordinary living entity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After His meditation, the Lord would regularly bathe early in the morning with clear sanctified water. Then He would change into fresh clothing, cover Himself with 
a wrapper and then engage Himself in His daily religious functions. Out of His many religious duties, the first was to offer oblations into the sacrificial fire and silently chant the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the ideal householder, executed all the religious functions of a householder without deviation. When the sunrise becam
e visible, the Lord would offer specific prayers to the sun-god. The sun-god and other demigods mentioned in the Vedic scriptures are described as different limbs of the body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is the duty of the householder to offer respects
 to the demigods and great sages, as well as the forefathers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As it is said 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 [3.22]}{\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  The Lord has no specific duty to perform in this world,
 and yet He acts just like an ordinary man living an ideal life within this material world. In accordance with Vedic ritualistic principles, the Lord would offer respects to the demigods. The regulative principle by which the demigods and forefathers are
 worshiped is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tarpa\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means pleasing. One's forefathers might have to take a bod
y on another planet, but by performance of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tarpa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, they become very happy whereve
r they may be. It is the duty of the householder to make his family members happy, and by following this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tarpa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system he can make his forefathers happy also. As the perfect exemplary householder, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba followed this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tarpa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system and offered respectful obeisances to the elderly superior members of His family. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His next duty was to give cows in charity 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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to give as many as 13,084 cows. Each of them was decorated with a silken cover and pearl necklace, their horns were covered with gold plating, and their hooves were silv
er-plated. All of them were full of milk, due to having their first-born calves with them, and they were very tame and peaceful. When the cows were given in charity 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  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  also were given nice silken garments, and each was given a deerskin and sufficient quantity of sesame grains. The Lord is generally known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go-br\'e4hma\'eba-
hit\'e4ya ca,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that His first duty is to see to the welfare of the cows and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4
hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus He used to give cows in charity 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  with opulent decorations and paraphernalia. Then, wishing for the welfare of all living entities, He would touch auspicious articles such as milk, fire, honey, ghee (clarified butter), gold, jewels
 and fire. Although the Lord is by nature very beautiful due to the perfect figure of His transcendental body, still He would dress Himself in yellow colored garments and put on His necklace of Kaustubha jewels. He would wear flower garlands, smear His b
ody with the pulp of sandalwood and decorate Himself with other similar cosmetics and ornaments. It is said that the ornaments themselves became beautiful upon being placed on the transcendental body of the Lord. After decorating Himself in this way, the
 Lord would then look at marble statues of the cow and calf and visit temples of God or demigods like Lord \'c7iva. There were many }{\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 would come daily to see the Supreme Lord before taking their breakfast; they were anxious to see Him, and He welcomed them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His next duty was to please all kinds of men belonging to the different castes, both in the city and within the palace compound. He made them happy by fulfilling th
eir different desires, and when the Lord saw them happy He also became very much pleased. The flower garlands, betel nuts, sandalwood pulp and other fragrant cosmetic articles which were offered to the Lord would be distributed by Him, first 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  and elderly members of the family, then to the queens, then to the ministers, and if t
here were still some balance He would utilize it for His own personal use. By the time the Lord finished all these daily duties and activities, His charioteer D\'e4ruka would come with His wonderful chariot to stand before the Lord with folded hands, int
imating that the chariot was ready, and the Lord would come out of the palace to travel. Then the Lord, accompanied by Uddhava and S\'e4tyaki, would ride on the chariot just as the sun-god rides on his chariot in the morning, appearing with his blazing r
ays on the surface of the world. When the Lord was about to leave His palaces, all the queens would look at Him with feminine gestures. The Lord would respond to their greetings with smiles, attracting their hearts so much so that they would feel intense
 separation from the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the Lord would go to the assembly house known as Sudharm\'e4. It may be remembered that the Sudharm\'e4 assembly house was taken away from the heavenly planet 
and was reestablished in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. The specific significance of the assembly house was that anyone who entered it would be freed from the six kinds of material pangs, namely hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death. These
 are the webs of material existence, and as long as one remained in that assembly house of Sudharm\'e4 he would not be infected by these six material webs. The Lord would say good-bye in all the sixteen thousand palaces, and again He would become one and
 enter the Sudharm\'e4 assembly house in procession with other members of the Yadu dynasty. After entering the assembly house, He used to sit on the exalted royal throne and would be seen to emanate glaring rays of transcendental effulgence. In the midst
 of all the great heroes of the Yadu dynasty, K\'e5\'f1\'eba resembled the full moon in the sky, surrounded by multi-luminaries. In the assembly house there were professional jokers, dancers, musicians and ballet girls, and as soon as the Lord sat on His
 throne, they would begin their respective functions in order to please the Lord and put Him in a happy mood. First of all the jokers would talk in such a way that the Lord and His associates would enjoy their humor which would refresh the morning mood. 
The dramatic actors would then play their parts, and the dancing ballet girls would separately display their artistic movements. All these functions would be accompanied by the beating of }{\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 and the sounds of 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  and flutes and bells, followed by the sound of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4khvaj,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  another type of drum. Along with these musical vibrations, the auspicious sound of the conchshell would also be added. The professional singers called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctas
}{\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 m\'e4gadhas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  w
ould sing, and others would perform their dancing art. In this way, as devotees, they would offer respectful prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes the 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  present in that assembly would chant Vedic hymns and explain them to the audience to their best knowledge, and sometimes some of them would recite 
old historical accounts of the activities of prominent kings. The Lord, accompanied by His associates, would be very much pleased to hear them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, a person arrived at the gateway of the assembly house who was unknown to all the members of the assembly, and with the permission of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba he was admitted into the assembly by the doorkeeper. The doorkeeper was ordered to present him before the Lord, and the man appeared and offered his respectful obeisances unto the Lord with folded hands. It had happened that when King Jar\'e4sa
ndha conquered all other kingdoms many kings did not bow their heads before Jar\'e4sandha, and as a result of this all of them, numbering twenty thousand, were arrested and made his prisoners. The man who was brought before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the doo
rkeeper was a representative messenger from all these imprisoned kings. Being duly presented before the Lord, the man began to explain the actual situation as follows: 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the eternal form of transcendental bliss and knowledge. As such, You are beyond the reach of the mental speculation or vocal description of a
ny materialistic man within this world. A slight portion of Your glories can be known by persons who are fully surrendered unto Your lotus feet, and by Your grace only such persons become freed from all material anxieties. My dear Lord, I am not one of t
hese surrendered souls; I am still within the duality and illusion of this material existence. I have therefore come to take shelter of Your lotus feet, for I am afraid of the cycle of birth and death. My dear Lord, I think that there are many living ent
ities like me who are eternally entangled in fruitive activities and their resultant reactions. They are never inclined to follow Your instructions by performance of devotional service, although it is pleasing to the heart and most auspicious for one's e
xistence. On the contrary, they are against the path of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life, and they are wandering within the three worlds impelled by the illusory energy of material existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, who can estimate Your mercy and Your powerful activities? You are present always as the insurmountable force of eternal time, engaged in baffling the
 indefatigable desires of the materialists, who are thus repeatedly becoming confused and frustrated. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You in Your form of eternal time. My dear Lord, You are the proprietor of all the worlds, and You have i
ncarnated Yourself along with Your plenary expansion Lord Balar\'e4ma. It is said that Your appearance in this incarnation is for the purpose of protecting the faithful and destroying the miscreants. Under the circumstances, how is it possible that miscr
eants like Jar\'e4sandha can put us into such deplorable conditions of life against Your authority? We are puzzled at the situation and cannot understand how it is possible. It may be that Jar\'e4sandha has been deputed to give us such trouble because of
 our past misdeeds, but we have heard from revealed scriptures that anyone who surrenders unto Your lotus feet immediately becomes immuned to the reactions of sinful life. I have therefore been deputed by all the imprisoned kings to whole-heartedly offer
 ourselves unto Your shelter, and we hope that Your Lordship will now give us full protection. We have now come to the real conclusion of our lives. Our kingly positions are nothing but the reward of our past pious activities, just as our suffering impri
sonment by Jar\'e4sandha is the result of our past impious activities. We realize now that the resultant reactions of both pious and impious activities are temporary and that we can never be happy in this conditioned life. This material body is awarded t
o us by the modes of material nature, and on account of this we are full of anxieties. The material condition of life simply involves bearing the burden of this dead body. As a result of fruitive activities we have thus been subjected to being beasts of 
burden for these bodies, and being forced by conditional life, we have given up the pleasing life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Now we realize that we are the most foolish persons. We have been entangled in the network of material reaction due to our 
ignorance. We have therefore come to the shelter of Your lotus feet, which can immediately eradicate all the results of fruitive action and thus free us from the contamination of material pains and pleasures. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Lord, because we are now surrendered souls at Your lotus feet, You can give us relief from the entrapment of fruitive action made possible by the form of Jar
\'e4sandha. Dear Lord, it is known to You that Jar\'e4sandha possesses the power of ten thousand elephants, and with this power he has imprisoned us, just as a lion hypnotizes a flock of sheep. My dear Lord, You have already fought with Jar\'e4sandha eig
hteen times consecutively, out of which You have defeated him seventeen times by surpassing his extraordinary powerful position. But in Your eighteenth fight, You exhibited Your human behavior, and thus it appeared that You were defeated. My dear Lord, w
e know very well that Jar\'e4sandha cannot defeat You at any time because Your power, strength, resources and authority are all unlimited. No one can equal You or surpass You. The appearance of defeat by Jar\'e4sandha in the eighteenth engagement is noth
ing but an exhibition of human behavior. Unfortunately, foolish Jar\'e4sandha could not understand Your tricks, and he has since then become puffed up over his material power and prestige. Specifically, he has arrested us and imprisoned us, knowing fully
 that as Your devotees, we are subordinate to Your sovereignty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now I have explained our awful position, and Your Lordship can consider and do whatever You like. As the messenger and representative of all those imprisoned kings
, I have submitted my words before Your Lordship and presented our prayers to You. All the kings are very anxious to see You so that they can all personally surrender at Your lotus feet. My dear Lord, be merciful upon them and act for their good fortune.
" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the very moment the messenger of the imprisoned kings was presenting his appeal before the Lord, the great sage N\'e4rada also arrived. Because he was a great sa
int, his hair was dazzling like gold, and when he entered the assembly house it appeared that the sun-god was personally present in the midst of the assembly. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the worshipable master of even Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, yet as s
oon as He saw that the sage N\'e4rada had arrived, He immediately stood up along with His ministers and secretaries to receive the great sage and offer His respectful obeisances by bowing His head. The great sage N\'e4rada took a comfortable seat, and Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba worshiped him with all paraphernalia, as required for the regular reception of a saintly person. While He was trying to satisfy N\'e4radaj\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke the following words in His sweet and natural voice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear great sage among the demigods, I think that now everything is well within the three worlds. You are perfectly eligible to travel everywhere in space in the
 upper, middle and lower planetary systems of this universe. Fortunately, when we meet you we can very easily take information from your holiness of all the news of the three worlds; within this cosmic manifestation of the Supreme Lord, there is nothing 
concealed from your knowledge. You know everything, and so I wish to question you. Are the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas doing well, and what is the present plan of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira? Will you kindly let Me know what they want to do at present?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4rada spoke as follows: "My dear Lord, You have spoken about the cosmic manifestation created by the Supreme Lord, but I know that You are the al
l-pervading creator. Your energies are so extensive and inconceivable that even powerful personalities like Brahm\'e4, the lord of this particular universe, cannot measure Your inconceivable power. My dear Lord, You are present as the Supersoul in everyo
ne's heart by Your inconceivable potency, exactly like the fire which is present in everyone but which no one can see directly. In conditioned life, every living entity is within the jurisdiction of the three modes of material nature. As such, they are u
nable to see Your presence everywhere with their material eyes. By Your grace, however, I have seen many times the action of Your inconceivable potency, and therefore when You ask me for news of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, which is not at all unknown to You, 
I am not surprised at Your inquiry. My dear Lord, by Your inconceivable potencies You create this cosmic manifestation, maintain it and again dissolve it. It is by dint of Your inconceivable potency only that this material world, although a shadow repres
entation of the spiritual world, appears to be factual. No one can understand what You plan to do in the future. Your transcendental position is always inconceivable to everyone. As far as I am concerned, I can simply offer my respectful obeisances unto 
You again and again. In the bodily concept of knowledge, everyone is driven by material desires, and thus everyone develops new material bodies one after another in the cycle of birth and death. Being absorbed in such a concept of existence, one does not
 know how to get out of this encagement of the material body. Out of Your causeless mercy, my Lord, You descend to exhibit Your different transcendental pastimes, which are illuminating and full of glory. Therefore I have no alternative but to offer my r
espectful obeisances unto You. My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Parambrahman, and Your pastimes as an ordinary human are another tactical resource, exactly like a play on the stage in which the actor plays parts different from his own identity. You have
 inquired about Your cousins the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas in the role of their well-wisher, and therefore I shall let You know about their intentions. Now please hear me. First of all may I inform You that King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira has all material opulences which
 are possible to achieve in the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka. He has no material opulence for which to aspire, and yet he wants to perform R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifices only to get Your association and please You. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada informed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira is so opulent that he has attained all the opulences of Brahmaloka even on this earthly planet. H
e is fully satisfied, and he does not need anything more. He is full in everything, but now he wants to worship You in order to achieve Your causeless mercy, and I beg to request You to fulfill his desires. My dear Lord, in these great sacrificial perfor
mances by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira there will be an assembly of all the demigods and all the famous kings of the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Brahman, Personality of Godhead. One who engages himself in Your devotional service by the prescribed methods of hearing, chantin
g and remembering certainly becomes purified from the contamination of the modes of material nature, and what to speak of those who have the opportunity to see You and touch You directly. My dear Lord, You are the symbol of everything auspicious. Your tr
anscendental name and fame have spread all over the universe, including the higher, middle and lower planetary systems. The transcendental water which washes Your lotus feet is known in the higher planetary system as Mand\'e4kin\'e9, in the lower planeta
ry system as Bhogavat\'e9, and in this earthly planetary system as the Ganges. This sacred, transcendental water flows throughout the entire universe, purifying wherever it flows." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just before the great sage N\'e4rada arrived in the Sudharm\'e4 assembly house of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His ministers and secretaries had been cons
idering how to attack the kingdom of Jar\'e4sandha. Because they were seriously considering this subject, N\'e4rada's proposal that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba go to Hastin\'e4pura for Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's great R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice did not muc
h appeal to them. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand the intentions of his associates because He is the ruler of even Lord Brahm\'e4. Therefore, in order to pacify them, He smilingly said to Uddhava, "My dear Uddhava, you are always my well-wishing con
fidential friend. I therefore wish to see everything through you because I believe that your counsel is always right. I believe that you understand the whole situation perfectly. Therefore I am asking your opinion. What should I do? I have faith in you, 
and therefore I shall do whatever you advise." It was known to Uddhava that although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was acting like an ordinary man, He knew everything\'97past, present and future. However, because the Lord was trying to consult with him, Uddhava, i
n order to render service to the Lord, began to speak. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Fifteenth 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  "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Daily Activities."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-16 / Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Indraprastha 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 16 /  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Ind
raprastha City
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the presence of the great sage N\'e4rada and all the other associates of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Uddhava considered the situation and then spoke as follows: "My dea
r Lord, first of all let me say that the great sage N\'e4rada Muni has requested You to go to Hastin\'e4pura to satisfy King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, your cousin, who is making arrangements to perform the great sacrifice known as R\'e4jas\'fcya. I think, there
fore, that Your Lordship should immediately go there to help the King in this great adventure. However, although to accept the invitation offered by the sage N\'e4rada Muni as primary is quite appropriate, at the same time, my Lord, it is Your duty to gi
ve protection to the surrendered souls. Both purposes can be served if we understand the whole situation. Unless we are victorious over all the kings, no one can perform this R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice. In other words, it is to be understood that King Yudh
i\'f1\'f6hira cannot perform this great sacrifice without gaining victory over the belligerent King Jar\'e4sandha. The R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice can only be performed by one who has gained victory over all directions. Therefore, to execute both purposes, 
we first of all have to kill Jar\'e4sandha. I think that if we can somehow or other gain victory over Jar\'e4sandha, then automatically all our purposes will be served. The imprisoned kings will be released, and with great pleasure we shall enjoy the spr
ead of Your transcendental fame at having saved the innocent kings whom Jar\'e4sandha has imprisoned. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But King Jar\'e4sandha is not an ordinary man. He has proved a stumbling block even to great warriors because his bodily strength is equal to the strength of 10,00
0 elephants. If there is anyone who can conquer this king, he is none other than Bh\'e9masena because he also possesses the strength of 10,000 elephants. The best thing would be for Bh\'e9masena to fight alone with him. Then there would be no unnecessary
 killing of many soldiers. In fact, it will be very difficult to conquer Jar\'e4sandha when he stands with his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  divisions of soldiers. We may therefore adopt a policy more favorable to the situation. We know that King Jar\'e4sandha is very much devoted 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 is very charitably disposed towards them; he never refuses any request from 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  I think, therefore, that Bh\'e9masena should approach Jar\'e4sandha in the dress 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  beg charity from Him, and then personally engage in fighting Him. And in order to assure Bh\'e9masena's victory, I think that Your Lor
dship should also accompany him. If the fighting takes place in Your presence, I am sure Bh\'e9masena will emerge victorious because simply by Your presence everything impossible is made possible, just as Lord Brahm\'e4 creates this universe and Lord 
\'c7iva destroys it simply through Your influence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Actually, You are creating and destroying the entire cosmic manifestation; Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva are only the superficially visible causes. Creation and 
destruction are actually being performed by the invisible time factor, which is Your impersonal representation. Everything is under the control of this time factor. If Your invisible time factor can perform such wonderful acts through Lord Brahm\'e4 and 
Lord \'c7iva, will not Your personal presence help Bh\'e9masena to conquer Jar\'e4sandha? My dear Lord, when Jar\'e4sandha is killed, then the queens of all the imprisoned kings will be so joyful at their husbands' being released by Your mercy that they 
will all begin to sing Your glories. They will be as pleased as 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 when they were 
relieved from the hands of \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura. All the great sages, the King of the elephants, Gajendra, the goddess of fortune, S\'e9t\'e4, and even Your father and mother, were all delivered by Your causeless mercy. We also have been thus delivered, a
nd we are always singing the transcendental glories of Your activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Therefore, I think that if the killing of Jar\'e4sandha is undertaken first, that will automatically solve many other problems. As for the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice
 arranged in Hastin\'e4pura, it will be held, either because of the pious activities of the imprisoned kings or the impious activities of Jar\'e4sandha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, it appears that You are also personally to go to Hastin\'e4pura to perform this great sacrifice so that demoniac kings like Jar\'e4sandha and \'c7i\'e7up
\'e4la may be conquered, the pious imprisoned kings released, and at the same time the great R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice performed. Considering all these points, I think that Your Lordship should immediately proceed to Hastin\'e4pura." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This advice of Uddhava's was appreciated by all who were present in the assembly, and everyone considered that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's going to Hastin\'e4pura would b
e beneficial from all points of view. The great sage N\'e4rada, the elderly personalities of the Yadu dynasty, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself all supported the statement of Uddhava. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then took permission 
from His father Vasudeva and grandfather Ugrasena, and He immediately ordered His servants D\'e4ruka and Jaitra to arrange for travel to Hastin\'e4pura. When everything was prepared, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba especially bid farewell to Lord Balar\'e4ma and the
 King of the Yadus, Ugrasena, and after dispatching His queens along with their children and sending their necessary luggage ahead, He mounted His chariot, which bore the flag marked with the symbol of Garu\'f2a. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before starting the procession, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba satisfied the great sage N\'e4rada by offering him different kinds of worshipable articles. N\'e4radaj\'e9 wante
d to fall at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because the Lord was playing the part of a human being, he simply offered his respects within his mind, and fixing the transcendental form of the Lord within his heart, he left the assembly house by the 
airways. Usually the sage N\'e4rada never walks on the surface of the globe, but travels in outer space. After the departure of N\'e4rada, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed the messenger who had come from the imprisoned kings. He told him that they should no
t be worried. He would very soon arrange to kill the King of Magadha, Jar\'e4sandha. Thus He wished good fortune to all the imprisoned kings and the messenger. After receiving this assurance from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the messenger returned to the impriso
ned kings and informed them of the happy news of the Lord's forthcoming visit. All the kings became joyful at the news and began to wait very anxiously for the Lord's arrival. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chariot of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to proceed, accompanied by many other chariots, along with elephants, cavalry, infantry and similar royal paraphernalia. Bu
gles, drums, trumpets, conchshells, horns and coronets all began to produce a loud auspicious sound which vibrated in all directions. The 16,000 queens, headed by the goddess of fortune Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, the ideal wife of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and acc
ompanied by their respective sons, all followed behind Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They were dressed in costly garments decorated with ornaments, and their bodies were smeared with sandalwood pulp and garlanded with fragrant flowers. Riding on palanquins which 
were nicely decorated with silks, flags, and golden lace, they followed their exalted husband, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The infantry soldiers carried shields, swords and lances in their hands and acted as royal bodyguards to all the queens. In the rear of th
e procession were the wives and children of all the other followers, and there were many society girls also following. Many beasts of burden like bulls, buffaloes, mules, and asses carried the camps, bedding and carpets, and the women who were following 
were seated in separate palanquins on the backs of camels. This panoramic procession was accompanied by the shouts of the people and was full with the display of different colored flags, umbrellas and whisks and different varieties of weapons, dress, orn
aments, helmets and armaments. The procession, being reflected in the sunshine, appeared just like an ocean with high waves and sharks. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way the procession of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's party advanced towards Hastin\'e4pura (New Delhi) and gradually passed through the kingdoms of \'c4narta (Gujara
t Province), Sauv\'e9ra (Sauret), the great desert of R\'e4jasth\'e4n, and then Kuruk\'f1etra. In between those kingdoms there were many mountains, rivers, towns, villages, pasturing grounds and mining fields. The procession passed through all of these p
laces in its advance. On His way to Hastin\'e4pura, the Lord crossed two big rivers, the D\'e5\'f1vat\'e9 and the Sarasvat\'e9. Then He crossed the province of Pa\'efch\'e4la and the province of Matsya. In this way, ultimately He arrived at Indraprastha.
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The audience of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is not very commonplace. Therefore, when King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira heard that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba h
ad already arrived in his capital city, Hastin\'e4pura, he became so joyful that all his hairs stood on end in great ecstasy, and he immediately came out of the city to properly receive Him. He ordered the musical vibration of different instruments and s
ongs, and the 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  of the city began to chant the hymns 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  very loudly. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, the master of the senses, and King 
Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira went forward to receive Him exactly as the senses meet the consciousness of life. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was the elderly cousin of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Naturally he had great affection for the Lord, and as soon as he saw Him, his heart becam
e filled with great love and affection. He had not seen the Lord for many days, and therefore he thought himself most fortunate to see Him present before him. The King therefore began to embrace Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba again and again in great affection. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The eternal form of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the everlasting residence of the goddess of fortune. As soon as King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira embraced Him, he became free from 
all the contamination of material existence. He immediately felt transcendental bliss, and he merged in an ocean of happiness. There were tears in his eyes, and his body shook due to ecstasy. He completely forgot that he was living in this material world
. After this, Bh\'e9masena, the second brother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, smiled and embraced Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thinking of Him as his own maternal cousin, and thus he was merged in great ecstasy. Bh\'e9masena also was so filled with ecstasy that for t
he time being he forgot his material existence. Then Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself embraced the other three P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. The eyes of all three brothers were inundated with tears, and Arjuna began to embrace K
\'e5\'f1\'eba again and again because they were intimate friends. The two younger P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers, after being embraced by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, fell down at His lotus feet to offer their respects. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thereafter offered His obei
sances 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  present there, as well as to the elderly members of the Kuru dynast
y, like Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Dro\'eba and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. There were many kings of different provinces such as Kuru, S\'e5\'efjaya and Kekaya, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba duly reciprocated greetings and respects with them. The professional reciters like th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctas, m\'e4gadhas, }{\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 vandinas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  accompanied 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  began to offer their respectful prayers to the Lord. Artists and musicians like the Gandharvas, as well as the royal jokers, began to play their drums, conchshells, kettledrums, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4s, m\'e5da\'ecgas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and bugles, and they exhibited their dancing art in order to please the Lord. Thus the all-fam
ous Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, entered the great city of Hastin\'e4pura, which was opulent in every respect. While Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was entering the city, everyone was talking amongst themselves about the glories of the Lord,
 praising His transcendental name, quality, form, etc. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The roads, streets and lanes of Hastin\'e4pura were all sprinkled with fragrant water through the trunks of intoxicated elephants. In different places of the city t
here were colorful festoons and flags decorating the houses and streets. At important road crossings there were gates with golden decorations, and at the two sides of the gates there were golden water jugs. These beautiful decorations glorified the opule
nce of the city. Participating in this great ceremony, all the citizens of the city gathered here and there, dressed in colorful new clothing, decorated with ornaments, flower garlands, and fragrant scents. Each and every house was illuminated by hundred
s and thousands of lamps placed in different corners of the cornices, walls, columns, bases and architraves, and from far away the rays of the lamps resembled the festival of D\'e9p\'e4val\'e9 (a particular festival observed on the New Year's Day of the 
Hindu calendar). Within the walls of the houses, fragrant incense was burning, and smoke rose through the windows, making the entire atmosphere very pleasing. On the top of every house flags were flapping, and the gold water pots kept on the roofs shone 
very brilliantly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus entered the city of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, enjoyed the beautiful atmosphere and slowly proceeded ahead. When the young girls in every house
 heard that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the only object worth seeing, was passing on the road, they became very anxious to see this all-famous personality. Their hair loosened, and their tightened saris became slack due to their hastily rushing to see Him. They
 gave up their household engagements, and those who were lying in bed with their husbands immediately left them and came directly down onto the street to see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The procession of elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry was very crowde
d; some, being unable to see properly in the crowd, got up on the roofs of the houses. They were pleased to see Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba passing with His thousands of queens. They began to shower flowers on the procession, and they embraced Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba within their minds and gave Him a hearty reception. When they saw Him in the midst of His many queens, like the full moon situated amidst many luminaries, they began to talk amongst themselves. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One girl said to another, "My dear friend, it is very difficult to guess what kind of pious activities these queens might have performed, for they are always enjoyi
ng the smiling face and loving glances of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." While Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thus passing on the road, at intervals some of the opulent citizens, who were all rich, respectable and freed from sinful activities presented auspicious articles to
 the Lord, just to offer Him a reception to the city. Thus they worshiped Him as humble servitors. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the palace, all the ladies there became overwhelmed with affection just upon seeing Him. They immediately received Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba with glittering eyes expressing their love and affection for Him, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba smiled and accepted their feelings and gestures of reception. When Kunt\'e9, the mother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, saw her nephew Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead, she became overpowered with love and affection. She at once got up from her bedstead and appeared before Him with her daughter-in-law, Draupad\'e9, and in maternal love and affection she embraced Him. As he brought K\'e5\'f1
\'eba within the palace, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira became so confused in his jubilation that he practically forgot what he was to do at that time in order to receive K\'e5\'f1\'eba and worship Him properly. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba delightfully offered His respe
cts and obeisances to Kunt\'e9 and other elderly ladies of the palace. His younger sister, Subhadr\'e4, was also standing there with Draupad\'e9, and both offered their respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of the Lord. At the indication of her mothe
r-in-law, Draupad\'e9 brought clothing, ornaments and garlands, and with this paraphernalia they received the queens Rukmi\'eb\'e9, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, Bhadr\'e4, J\'e4mbavat\'e9, K\'e4lind\'e9, Mitravind\'e4, Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 and the devoted Saty\'e4. Th
ese principal queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were first received, and then the remaining queens were also offered a proper reception. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira arranged for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's rest and saw that all who came along with Him\'97namely His queens, 
His soldiers, His ministers and His secretaries\'97were comfortably situated. He had arranged that they would experience a new feature of reception everyday while staying as guests of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was during this time that Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with the help of Arjuna, for the satisfaction of the fire-god, Agni, allowed Agni to devour the Kh\'e4
\'eb\'f2ava Forest. During the forest fire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved the demon May\'e4sura, who was hiding in the forest. Upon being saved, May\'e4sura felt obliged to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he constructed a wonderful assembly hou
se within the city of Hastin\'e4pura. In this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in order to please King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, remained in the city of Hastin\'e4pura for several months. During His stay, He enjoyed strolling here and there. He used to drive on chario
ts along with Arjuna, and many warriors and soldiers used to follow them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Sixteenth 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  "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Indraprastha City."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-17 / Liberation of King Jar\'e4sandha
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 17 /  Liberation of King Jar\'e4
sandha
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the great assembly of respectable persons, citizens, friends, relatives, }{\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  }{\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 }{\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 King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, in the presence of all, including his brothe
rs, directly addressed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the sacrifice known as the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  is to be performed by the emperor, and it is considered to be the king of all sacrifices. By performing this sacrifice, I wish to satisfy all the demigods, who are Your empowered representatives within this materi
al world, and I wish that You will kindly help me in this great adventure so that it may be successfully executed. As far as the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are concerned, we have nothing to ask from the demigods. We are personally fully satisfied by being Your de
votees. As You say 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 7.20}{\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  "Persons who are bewildered by material desires worship the demigods," but our purpose is different. I want to perform this R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice and invite the demigods to show them that they have no power independent of 
You. They are all Your servants, and You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Foolish persons with a poor fund of knowledge consider Your Lordship an ordinary human being. Sometimes they try to find fault in You, and sometimes they defame You. Therefo
re I wish to perform this R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  I wish to invite all the demigods, beginning f
rom Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and other exalted chiefs of the heavenly planets, and in that great assembly of demigods from all parts of the universe, I want to substantiate that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that everyone is Your ser
vant. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, those who are constantly in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and who think of Your lotus feet or of Your shoes certainly become free from all contaminati
on of material life. Persons who are engaged in Your service in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, who meditate upon You only or who offer prayers unto You, are purified souls. Being constantly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious service, such persons be
come freed from the cycle of repeated birth and death. They do not even desire to become freed from this material existence or to enjoy material opulences; their desires are fulfilled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities. As far as we are concerned, we
 are fully surrendered unto Your lotus feet, and by Your grace we are so fortunate to see You personally. Therefore, naturally we have no desire for material opulences. The verdict of the Vedic wisdom is that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I
 want to establish this fact, and I also want to show the world the difference between accepting You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and accepting You as an ordinary powerful historical person. I wish to show the world that one can attain the highe
st perfection of life simply by taking shelter at Your lotus feet, exactly as one can satisfy the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers of an entire tree simply by watering the root. Thus, if one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his life becomes fulf
illed both materially and spiritually. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This does not mean that You are partial to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person and are indifferent to the non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person. You are equal to eve
ryone; that is Your declaration. You cannot be partial to one and not interested in others because You are sitting in everyone's heart as the Supersoul and giving everyone the respective results of his fruitive activities. You give every living entity th
e chance to enjoy this material world as he desires. As Supersoul, You are sitting in the body along with the living entity, giving him the results of his own actions as well as opportunities to turn toward Your devotional service by developing K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. You openly declare that one should surrender unto You, giving up all other engagements, and that You will take charge of him, giving him relief from the reactions of all sins. You are like the desire tree in the heavenly planets, whi
ch awards benediction according to one's desires. Everyone is free to achieve the highest perfection, but if one does not so desire, then Your awarding of lesser benedictions is not due to partiality." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this statement of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied as follows: "My dear King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, O killer of enemies, O ideal justice p
ersonified, I completely support your decision to perform the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice. By performing this great sacrifice, your good name will remain well established forever in the history of human civilization. My dear King, may I inform you that it i
s the desire of all great sages, your forefathers, the demigods, and your relatives and friends, including Myself, that you perform this sacrifice, and I think that it will satisfy every living entity. But, because it is necessary, I request that you fir
st of all conquer all the kings of the world and collect all requisite paraphernalia for executing this great sacrifice. My dear King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, your four brothers are direct representatives of important demigods like Varu\'eba, Indra, etc. [It i
s said that Bh\'e9ma was born of the demigod Varu\'eba, and Arjuna was born of the demigod Indra, whereas King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira himself was born of the demigod Yamar\'e4ja.] Your brothers are great heroes, and you are the most pious and self-controlled 
king and are therefore known as Dharmar\'e4ja. All of you are so qualified in devotional service unto Me that automatically I have become rivalled by you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba told King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira that He becomes conquered by the love of one who has conquered his senses. One who has not conquered his senses cann
ot conquer the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the secret of devotional service. To conquer the senses means to engage them constantly in the service of the Lord. The specific qualification of all the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers was that they alway
s engaged their senses in the service of the Lord. One who thus engages his senses becomes purified, and with purified senses one can actually render service to the Lord. The Lord can thus be conquered by the devotee by loving transcendental service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "There is no one in the three worlds of the universe, including the powerful demigods, who can surpass My devotees in any of the six 
opulences, namely, wealth, strength, reputation, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. Therefore, if you want to conquer the worldly kings, there is no possibility of their emerging victorious." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus encouraged King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the King's face brightened like a blossoming flower because of transcendental happiness, and thus h
e ordered his younger brothers to conquer all the worldly kings in all directions. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba empowered the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas to execute His great mission of chastising the infidel miscreants of the world and giving protection to His faithful de
votees. In His Vi\'f1\'ebu form, the Lord therefore carries four kinds of weapons in His four hands. He carries a lotus flower and a conchshell in two hands, and in the other two hands He carries a club and a disc. The club and disc are meant for the non
devotees, but because the Lord is the Supreme Absolute, the resultant action of all His weapons is one and the same. With the club and the disc He chastises the miscreants so that they may come to their senses and know that they are not all in all. Over 
them there is the Supreme Lord. And by bugling with the conchshell and by offering blessings with the lotus flower, He always assures the devotees that no one can vanquish them, even in the greatest calamity. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, being thus assured by
 the indication of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, ordered his youngest brother, Sahadeva, accompanied by soldiers of the S\'e5\'efjaya tribe, to conquer the southern countries. Similarly, he ordered Nakula, accompanied by the soldiers of Matsyade\'e7a, to conquer 
the kings of the western side. He sent Arjuna, accompanied by the soldiers of Kekayade\'e7a, to conquer the kings of the northern side, and Bh\'e9masena, accompanied by the soldiers of Madrade\'e7a (Madras), was ordered to conquer the kings on the easter
n side. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It may be noted that by dispatching his younger brothers to conquer in different directions, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira did not actually intend that they declare war wi
th the kings. Actually, the brothers started for different directions to inform the respective kings about King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's intention to perform the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice. The kings were thus informed that they were required to pay taxes for t
he execution of the sacrifice. This payment of taxes to Emperor Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira meant that the king accepted his subjugation before him. In case of a king's refusal to act accordingly, there was certainly a fight. Thus by their influence and strength, 
the brothers conquered all the kings in different directions, and they were able to bring in sufficient taxes and presentations. These were brought before King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira by his brothers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was very anxious, however, when he heard that King Jar\'e4sandha of Magadha did not accept his sovereignty. Seeing King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's a
nxiety, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed him of the plan explained by Uddhava for conquering King Jar\'e4sandha. Bh\'e9masena, Arjuna and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then started together for Girivraja, the capital city of Jar\'e4sandha, dressing themselves in the g
arb 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  This was the plan devised by Uddhava before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba started f
or Hastin\'e4pura, and now it was given practical application. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Jar\'e4sandha was a very dutiful householder, and he had great respect for 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 was a great fighter, 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, but he was never neglectful of the Vedic injunctions. According to Vedic injunctions, 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 considered to be the spiritual masters of all other castes. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna and Bh\'e9masena were actually }{\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  but they dressed themselves 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  and at the time when King Jar\'e4sandha was to give charity 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  and receive them as guests, they approached him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the dress 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  said to the King: "We wish all glories to your majesty. We are three guests at your royal palace, and we are coming from a great distance. We have come to ask you for charity, and we hope that you will ki
ndly bestow upon us whatever we ask from you. We know about your good qualities. A person who is tolerant is always prepared to tolerate everything, even though distressful. Just as a criminal can perform the most abominable acts, so a greatly charitable
 person like you can give anything and everything he is asked for. For a great personality like you, there is no distinction between relatives and outsiders. A famous man lives forever, even after his death; therefore, any person who is completely fit an
d able to execute acts which will perpetuate his good name and fame and yet does not do so becomes abominable in the eyes of great persons. Such a person cannot be condemned enough, and his refusal to give charity is lamentable throughout his whole life.
 Your majesty must have heard the glorious names of charitable personalities such as Hari\'e7candra, Rantideva and Mudgala, who used to live only on grains picked up from the paddy field, and the great Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c7ibi, who saved the life of a pige
on by supplying flesh from his own body. These great personalities have attained immortal fame simply by sacrificing this temporary and imperishable body." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the garb 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  thus informed Jar\'e4sandha that fame is imperishable, but the body is perishable. If one can attain imperishable name and fame by sacrific
ing his perishable body, he becomes a very respectable figure in the history of human civilization. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking in the garb 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  along with Arjuna and Bh\'e9ma, Jar\'e4sandha marked that the three of them did not appear to be actual }{\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  There were signs on their bodies by which Jar\'e4sandha could understand that they were }{\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  Their shoulders were marked with an impression due to carrying bows; they had beautiful bodily structure, and their voices were grave and commanding.
 Thus he definitely concluded that they were not }{\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  but }{\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  He was also thinking that he had seen them somewhere before. Although these three persons were }{\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  they had come to his door begging alms like }{\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  Therefore he decided that he would fulfill their desires, in spite of their being }{\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  He thought in this way because their position had already been diminished by their appearing before him as beggars. "Unde
r the circumstances," he thought, "I am prepared to give them anything. Even if they ask for my body, I shall not hesitate to offer it to them." In this regard, he began to think of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in the dress 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  appeared as a beggar before Bali, and in that way He snatched away all of his opulence and ki
ngdom. He did this for the benefit of Indra, who, having been defeated by Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, was bereft of his kingdom. Although Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was cheated, his reputation as a great devotee who was able to give anything and everything in charity 
is still glorified throughout the three worlds. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja could guess that 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 Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself and that He had come to him just to take away his opulent kingdom on behalf of Indra. Bali's spiritual master and family priest, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya, repeatedly warned him about this, and yet Bali did not hesitat
e to give in charity whatever 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  wanted, and at last he gave up everything to tha
t }{\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 is my strong determination," thought Jar\'e4sandha, "that if I can achieve 
immortal reputation by sacrificing this perishable body, I must act for that purpose; the life 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  who does not live for the benefit of 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 certainly condemned."
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually King Jar\'e4sandha was very liberal in giving charity 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  and thus he informed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Bh\'e9ma and Arjuna: "My dear }{\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 can ask from me whatever you like. If you so desire, you can take my head also. I am prepared to give it." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed Jar\'e4sandha as follows: "My dear King, please note that we are not actually }{\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  nor have we come to ask for foodstuffs or grains. We are all }{\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 we have come to beg a duel with you. We hope that you will agree to this proposal. You may note that here is the second son of King P\'e4\'eb
\'f2u, Bh\'e9masena, and the third son of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, Arjuna. As for Myself, you may know that I am your old enemy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cousin of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba disclosed their disguise, King Jar\'e4sandha began to laugh very loudly, and then in great anger and in a grave voice he exclaimed, "You fo
ols! If you want to fight with me, I immediately grant your request. But, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I know that You are a coward. I refuse to fight with You because You become very confused when You face me in fighting. Out of fear of me You left Your own city, Ma
thur\'e4, and now You have taken shelter within the sea; therefore I must refuse to fight with You. As far as Arjuna is concerned, I know that he is younger than me and is not an equal fighter. I refuse to fight with him because he is not in any way an e
qual competitor. But as far as Bh\'e9masena is concerned, I think he is a suitable competitor to fight with me." After speaking in this way, King Jar\'e4sandha immediately handed a very heavy club to Bh\'e9masena, and he himself took another, and thus al
l of them went outside the city walls to fight. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e9masena and King Jar\'e4sandha engaged themselves in fighting, and with their respective clubs, which were as strong as thunderbolts, they began to strike one 
another very severely, both of them being eager to fight. They were both expert fighters with clubs, and their techniques of striking one another were so beautiful that they appeared to be two dramatic artists dancing on a stage. When the clubs of Jar
\'e4sandha and Bh\'e9masena loudly collided, they sounded like the impact of the big tusks of two fighting elephants or like a thunderbolt in a flashing electrical storm. When two elephants fight together in a sugarcane field, each of them snatches a sti
ck of sugarcane and, by catching it tightly in its trunk, strikes the other. Each elephant heavily strikes his enemy's shoulders, arms, collarbones, chest, thighs, waist, and legs, and in this way the sticks of sugarcane are smashed. Similarly, all the c
lubs used by Jar\'e4sandha and Bh\'e9masena were broken, and so the two enemies prepared to fight with their strong-fisted hands. Both Jar\'e4sandha and Bh\'e9masena were very angry, and they began to smash each other with their fists. The striking of th
eir fists sounded like the striking of iron bars or like the sound of thunderbolts, and they appeared to be like two elephants fighting. Unfortunately, however, neither was able to defeat the other because both were very expert in fighting, both were of 
equal strength, and their fighting techniques were equal also. Neither Jar\'e4sandha nor Bh\'e9masena became fatigued or defeated in the fighting, although they struck each other continually. At the end of a day's fighting, both lived at night as friends
 in Jar\'e4sandha's palace, and the next day they fought again. In this way they passed twenty-seven days in fighting. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the twenty-eighth day, Bh\'e9masena told K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I must frankly admit that I cannot conquer Jar\'e4sandha." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 however, knew the mystery of the birth of Jar\'e4sandha. Jar\'e4sandha was born in two different parts from two different mothers. When his father saw that the baby was useless, he threw the two parts in the forest, where they were later found by a blac
k-hearted witch named Jar\'e4. She managed to join the two parts of the baby from top to bottom. Knowing this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore also knew how to kill him. He gave hints to Bh\'e9masena that since Jar\'e4sandha was brought to life by the join
ing of the two parts of his body, he could be killed by the separation of these two parts. Thus Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba transferred His power into the body of Bh\'e9masena and informed him of the device by which Jar\'e4sandha could be killed. Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba immediately picked up a twig from a tree and, taking it in His hand, bifurcated it. In this way He hinted to Bh\'e9masena how Jar\'e4sandha could be killed. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is omnipotent, and if He wants to 
kill someone, no one can save that person. Similarly, if He wants to save someone, no one can kill him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Informed by the hints of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Bh\'e9masena immediately took hold of the legs of Jar\'e4sandha and threw him to the ground. When Jar\'e4sandha fell t
o the ground, Bh\'e9masena immediately pressed one of Jar\'e4sandha's legs to the ground and took hold of the other leg with his two hands. Catching Jar\'e4sandha in this way, he tore his body in two, beginning from the anus up to the head. As an elephan
t breaks the branches of a tree in two, so Bh\'e9masena separated the body of Jar\'e4sandha. The audience standing nearby saw that the body of Jar\'e4sandha was now divided into two halves, so that each half had one leg, one thigh, one testicle, one brea
st, half a backbone, half a chest, one collarbone, one arm, one eye, one ear, and half a face. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as the news of Jar\'e4sandha's death was announced, all the citizens of Magadha began to cry, "Alas, alas," while Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna embraced Bh
\'e9masena to congratulate him. Although Jar\'e4sandha was killed, neither K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor the two P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers made a claim to the throne. Their purpose in killing Jar\'e4sandha was to stop him from creating a disturbance against the pro
per discharge of world peace. A demon always creates disturbances, whereas a demigod always tries to keep peace in the world. The mission of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to give protection to the righteous persons and to kill the demons who disturb a peaceful 
situation. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately called for the son of Jar\'e4sandha, whose name was Sahadeva, and with due ritualistic ceremonies He asked him to occupy the seat of his father and reign over the kingdom peacefully. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is the master of the whole cosmic creation, and He wants everyone to live peacefully and execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. After installing Sahadeva on the throne, He released all the kings and princes who had been imprisoned unnecessarily by Jar
\'e4sandha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Seventeenth 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  "Liberation of King Jar\'e4sandha."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-18 / Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Returns to the City of Hastin\'e4pura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 18 /  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Return
s to the City of Hastin\'e4pura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The kings and the princes released by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba after the death of Jar\'e4sandha were rulers of different parts of the world. Jar\'e4sandha was so powerfu
l in military strength that he had conquered all these princes and kings, numbering 20,800. They were all incarcerated within a mountain cave especially constructed as a fort, and for a long time they were kept in that situation. When they were released 
by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they all looked very unhappy, their garments were niggardly, and their faces were almost dried up for want of proper bodily care. They were very weak due to hunger, and their faces had lost all beauty and luster. Beca
use of the kings' long imprisonment, every part of their bodies had become slackened and invalid. But although suffering in that miserable condition of life, they had the opportunity to think about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now before them they saw the color of the transcendental body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, exactly like the hue of a newly arrived cloud in the sky. He appeared before t
hem nicely covered by yellow colored silken garments, with four hands like Vi\'f1\'ebu, and carrying the different symbols of the club, the conchshell, the disc and the lotus flower. There were marks of golden lines on His chest, and the nipples of His b
reast appeared to be like the whorl of a lotus flower. His eyes appeared to be spread like the petals of a lotus flower, and His smiling face exhibited the symbol of eternal peace and prosperity. His glittering earrings were set beautifully, and His helm
et was bedecked with valuable jewels. The Lord's necklace of pearls and the bangles and bracelets nicely situated on His body all shone with a transcendental beauty. The Kaustubha jewel hanging on His chest glittered with great luster, and the Lord wore 
a beautiful flower garland. After so much distress, when the kings and princes saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His beautiful transcendental features, they looked upon Him to their hearts' content, as if they were drinking nectar through their eyes, licking
 His body with their tongues, smelling the aroma of His body with their noses, and embracing Him with their arms. Just by dint of their being in front of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all reactions to their sinful activities were washed away. There
fore, without reservation, they surrendered themselves at the lotus feet of the Lord. 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that unless one is freed from all kinds of sinful reactions,
 one cannot fully surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord. All the princes who saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba forgot all their past tribulations. With folded hands and with great devotion, they began to offer prayers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, master of all demigods, You can immediately remove all Your devotees' pangs because Your devotees are fully surrendere
d unto You. O dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O eternal Deity of transcendental bliss and knowledge, You are imperishable, and we offer our respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. It is by Your causeless mercy that we have been released from the imprisonme
nt of Jar\'e4sandha, but now we pray unto You to release us from the imprisonment with the illusory energy of this material existence. Please, therefore, stop our continuous cycle of birth and death. We now have sufficient experience of the miserable mat
erial condition of life in which we are fully absorbed, and having tasted its bitterness, we have come to take shelter under Your lotus feet. Dear Lord, O killer of the demon Madhu, we can now clearly see that Jar\'e4sandha was not at fault in the least;
 it is actually by Your causeless mercy that we were bereft of our kingdoms because we were very proud of calling ourselves rulers and kings. Any ruler or king who becomes too puffed up with false prestige and power does not get the opportunity to unders
tand his real constitutional position and eternal life. Such foolish so-called rulers and kings become falsely proud of their position under the influence of Your illusory energy; they are just like a foolish person who considers a mirage in the desert t
o be a reservoir of water. Foolish persons think that their material possessions will give them protection, and those who are engaged in sense gratification falsely accept this material world as a place of eternal enjoyment. O Lord, O Supreme Personality
 of Godhead, we must admit that, before this, we were puffed up with our material opulences. Because we were all envious of each other and wanted to conquer one another, we all engaged in fighting for supremacy, even at the cost of sacrificing the lives 
of many citizens." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the disease of political power. As soon as a king or a nation becomes rich in material opulences, it wants to dominate other nations by military aggression.
 Similarly, mercantile men want to monopolize a certain type of business and control other mercantile groups. Degraded by false prestige and infatuated by material opulences, human society, instead of striving for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, creates ha
voc and disrupts peaceful living. Thus men naturally forget the real purpose of life: to attain the favor of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The kings continued: "O Lord, we were simply engaged in the abominable task of killing citizens and alluring them to be unnecessarily killed, just to satisfy our po
litical whims. We did not consider that Your Lordship is always present before us in the form of cruel death. We were so fooled that we became the cause of death for others, forgetting our own impending death. But, dear Lord, the retaliation of the time 
element, which is Your representative, is certainly insurmountable. The time element is so strong that no one can escape its influence; therefore we have received the reactions of our atrocious activities, and we are now bereft of all opulences and stand
 before You like street beggars. We consider our position to be Your causeless, unalloyed mercy upon us because now we can understand that we were falsely proud and that our material opulences could be withdrawn from us within a second by Your will. By Y
our causeless mercy only, we are now able to think of Your lotus feet. This is our greatest gain. Dear Lord, it is known to everyone that the body is a breeding ground of diseases. Now we are sufficiently aged, and instead of being proud of our bodily st
rength, we are getting weaker day by day. We are no longer interested in sense gratification or the false happiness derived through the material body. By Your grace, we have now come to the conclusion that hankering after such material happiness is just 
like searching for water in a desert mirage. We are no longer interested in the results of our pious activities, such as performing great sacrifices in order to be elevated to the heavenly planets. We now understand that such elevation to a higher materi
al standard of life in the heavenly planets may sound very relishable, but actually there cannot be any happiness within this material world. We pray for Your Lordship to favor us by instructing us how to engage in the transcendental loving service of Yo
ur lotus feet so that we may never forget our eternal relationship with Your Lordship. We do not want liberation from the entanglement of material existence. By Your will we may take birth in any species of life; it does not matter. We simply pray that w
e may never forget Your lotus feet under any circumstances. Dear Lord, we now surrender unto Your lotus feet by offering our respectful obeisances unto You because You are the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva.
 You are the Supersoul in everyone's heart, and You are Lord Hari, who can take away all miserable conditions of material existence. Dear Lord, Your name is Govinda, the reservoir of all pleasure. One who is engaged in satisfying Your senses automaticall
y satisfies his own senses also, and therefore You are known as Govinda. Dear Lord, You are ever famous, for You can put an end to all the miseries of Your devotees. Please, therefore, accept us as Your surrendered servants." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing the prayers of the kings released from the prison of Jar\'e4sandha, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is always the protector of surrendered souls and the ocea
n of mercy for the devotees, replied to them as follows in His sweetly transcendental voice, which was grave and full of meaning. "My dear kings," He said, "I bestow upon you My blessings. From this day forth you will be attached to My devotional service
 without fail. I give you this benediction, as you have desired. You may know from Me that I am always sitting within your hearts as Supersoul, and because you have now turned your faces towards Me, I, as master of everyone, shall always give you good co
unsel so that you may never forget Me and so that gradually you will come back home, back to Godhead. My dear kings, your decision to give up all conceptions of material enjoyment and turn instead toward My devotional service is factually the symptom of 
your good fortune. Henceforward you will always be blessed with blissful life. I confirm that all you have spoken about Me in your prayers is factual. It is a fact that the materially opulent position of one who is not fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is t
he cause of his downfall and of his becoming a victim of the illusory energy. In the past, there were many rebellious kings, such as Haihaya, Nahu\'f1a, Vena, R\'e4va\'eba and Narak\'e4sura. Some of them were demigods, and some of them were demons, but b
ecause of their false perception of their positions, they fell from their exalted posts, and thus they no longer remained the kings of their respective kingdoms. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "While lost in the violence of conditional life, every one of you must understand that anything material has its starting point, growth, expansion, deterioration, a
nd, finally, disappearance. All material bodies are subjected to these six conditions, and any relative acquisitions which are accumulated by this body are definitely subject to final destruction. Therefore, no one should be attached to perishable things
. As long as one is within this material body, he should be very cautious in worldly dealings. The most perfect way of life in this material world is simply to be devoted to My transcendental loving service and to honestly execute the prescribed duties o
f one's particular position of life. As far as you are concerned, you all belong to }{\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  f
amilies. Therefore, you should live honestly, according to the prescribed duties befitting the royal order, and you should make your citizens happy in all respects. Keep to the standard of }{\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  life. Do not beget children out of sense gratification, but simply take charge of the welfare of the people in general. Everyone takes birth in thi
s material world because of the contaminated desires of his previous life, and thus he is subjected to the stringent laws of nature, such as birth and death, distress and happiness, profit and loss. One should not be disturbed by duality, but should alwa
ys be fixed in My service and thus remain balanced in mind and satisfied in all circumstances, considering all things to be given by Me, and one should remain undeviated from engagement in devotional service. Thus one can live a very happy and peaceful l
ife, even within this material condition. In other words, one should actually be callous to this material body and its by-products and should remain unaffected by them. He should remain fully satisfied in the interests of the spirit soul and be engaged i
n the service of the Supersoul. One should engage his mind only on Me, one should simply become My devotee, one should simply worship Me, and one should offer his respectful obeisances unto Me alone. In this way, one can cross over this ocean of nescienc
e very easily and at the end come back to Me. In conclusion, your lives should constantly be engaged in My service." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After delivering His instructions to the kings and princes, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately arranged for their comfort and asked many servants and maidservants to t
ake care of them. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba requested Sahadeva, the son of King Jar\'e4sandha, to supply all necessities to the kings and also asked him to show them all respect and honor. In pursuance of the order of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Sahadeva offered them
 all honor, and presented them with ornaments, garments, garlands, and other paraphernalia. After taking their baths and dressing very nicely, the kings appeared happy and gentle. Then they were supplied nice foodstuffs. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplied ever
ything for their comfort, as was befitting their royal positions. Since the kings were so mercifully treated by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they felt great happiness, and all their bright faces appeared just like the stars in the sky after the end of the rainy 
season. They were all nicely dressed and ornamented, and their earrings glittered. Each one was then seated on a chariot bedecked with gold and jewels and drawn by decorated horses. After seeing that each was taken care of, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in a swee
t voice, asked them to return to their respective kingdoms. By His very liberal behavior, unparalleled in the history of the world, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba released all the kings who had been in the clutches of Jar\'e4sandha, and being fully satisfied, the k
ings began to engage in chanting His holy name, thinking of His holy form, and glorifying His transcendental pastimes as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So engaged, they returned to their respective kingdoms. The citizens of their kingdoms were very 
greatly pleased to see them return, and when they heard of the kind dealings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they all became very happy. The kings began to manage the affairs of their kingdoms in accordance with the instructions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and all t
hose kings and their subjects passed their days very happily. This is the vivid example of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society. If the people of the world divide the whole society, in terms of their respective material qualities, into four orders for ma
terial and spiritual progress, centering around K\'e5\'f1\'eba and following the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  the entire human society will undoubtedly be happy. This is the lesson that we have to take from this incident. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After thus causing the annihilation of Jar\'e4sandha by Bh\'e9masena and after being properly honored by Sahadeva, the son of Jar\'e4sandha, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, ac
companied by Bh\'e9masena and Arjuna, returned to the city of Hastin\'e4pura. When they reached the precincts of Hastin\'e4pura, they blew their respective conchshells, and by hearing the sound vibrations and understanding who was arriving, everyone imme
diately became cheerful. But upon hearing the conchshells, the enemies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very sorry. The citizens of Indraprastha felt their hearts become joyful simply by hearing the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conchshell because they could und
erstand that Jar\'e4sandha had been killed. Now the performance of the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was almost certain. Bh\'e9masena, Arjuna, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, arrived before King Yudhi\'f1\'f6h
ira and offered their respects to the King. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira attentively heard the narration of the killing of Jar\'e4sandha and the setting free of the kings. He also heard of the tactics which were adopted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to kill Jar\'e4sandha.
 The king was naturally affectionate toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but after hearing the story, he became even more bound in love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba; tears of ecstasy glided from his eyes, and he became so stunned that he was almost unable to speak. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Eighteenth 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  "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Returns to the City of Hastin\'e4pura."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-19 / The Deliverance of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 19 /  The Deliverance of \'c7i
\'e7up\'e4la
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira became very happy after hearing the details of the Jar\'e4sandha episode, and he spoke as follows: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O eternal form of
 bliss and knowledge, all the exalted directors of the affairs of this material world, including Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and King Indra, are always anxious to receive and carry out orders from You, and whenever they are fortunate enough to receive s
uch orders, they immediately take them and keep them in their hearts. O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are unlimited, and although we sometimes think of ourselves as royal kings and rulers of the world and become puffed up over our paltry positions, we are very poo
r in heart. Actually, we are fit to be punished by You, but the wonder is that instead of punishing us, You so kindly and mercifully accept our orders and carry them out properly. Others are very surprised that Your Lordship can play the part of an ordin
ary human, but we can understand that You are performing these activities just like a dramatic artist. Your real position is always exalted, exactly like that of the sun, which always remains at the same temperature both during the time of its rising and
 the time of its setting. Although we feel the difference in temperature between the rising and the setting sun, the temperature of the sun never changes. You are always transcendentally equiposed, and thus You are neither pleased nor disturbed by any co
ndition of material affairs. You are the Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, and for You there are no relativities. My dear M\'e4dhava, You are never defeated by anyone. Material distinctions\'97'This is me.' 'This is you.' 'This is mine.' 'This
 is yours.'\'97are all conspicious by dint of their absence in You. Such distinctions are visible in the lives of everyone, even the animals, but those who are pure devotees are freed from these false distinctions. Since these distinctions are absent in 
Your devotees, they cannot possibly be present in You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira arranged to perform the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice. He invited all the qualified }{\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 sages to take part and appointed them to different positions as priests in charge of the
 sacrificial arena. He invited the most expert }{\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 sages, whose names are as foll
ows: K\'e5\'f1\'eba-dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sadeva, Bharadv\'e4ja, Sumantu, Gautama, Asita, Vasi\'f1\'f6ha, Cyavana, Ka\'ebva, Maitreya, Kava\'f1a, Trita, Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra, V\'e4madeva, Sumati, Jaimini, Kratu, Paila, Par\'e4\'e7ara, Garga, Vai\'e7amp\'e4yana
, Atharv\'e4, Ka\'e7yapa, Dhaumya, Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c4suri, V\'e9tihotra, Madhucchand\'e4, V\'e9rasena, and Ak\'e5tavra\'eba. Besides all these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hm
a\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and sages, he invited such respectful old men as Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, the grandfather of the Kurus, K\'e5p\'e4c\'e4rya, and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. He a
lso invited all the sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, headed by Duryodhana, and the great devotee Vidura was also invited. Kings from different parts of the world, along with their ministers and secretaries, were also invited to see the great sacrifice pe
rformed by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and the citizens, comprising 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  chivalro
us }{\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  well-to-do }{\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  and faithful }{\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  all visited the ceremony. 
\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  priests and sages in charge of the sacrificial ceremony constructed the sacrificial arena as usual with a plow of gold, and they initiated King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira as the performer of the great sacrifice, in accordance with Vedic rituals. Long
 years ago, when Varu\'eba performed a similar sacrifice, all the sacrificial utensils were made of gold. Similarly, in the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, all the utensils required for the sacrifice were golden. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to participate in the great sacrifice performed by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, all the exalted demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, and Indra the King o
f heaven, accompanied by their associates, as well as the predominating deities of higher planetary systems like Gandharvaloka, Siddhaloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, N\'e4galoka, Yak\'f1aloka, R\'e4k\'f1asaloka, Pak\'f1iloka and C\'e4ra\'ebaloka, as well as fa
mous kings and their queens, were all present by the invitation of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. All the respectable sages, kings and demigods who assembled there unanimously agreed that King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was quite competent to take the responsibility of 
performing the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice; no one was in disagreement on this fact. All of them knew thoroughly the position of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira; because he was a great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no accomplishment was extraordinary for him. The 
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  and priests saw to it that the sacrifice by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6h
ira was performed in exactly the same way as in bygone ages by the demigod Varu\'eba. According to the Vedic system, whenever there is an arrangement for sacrifice, the members participating in the sacrifice are offered the juice of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant. The juice of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
oma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant is a kind of life-giving beverage. On the day of extracting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  juice, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira very respectfully received the special priest who had been engaged to detect any mistake in the formalities of sacrificial procedures. The idea is that 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  must be enuciated perfectly and chanted with the proper accent; if the priests who 
are engaged in this business commit any mistake, the checker or referee priest immediately corrects the procedure, and thus the ritualistic performances are perfectly executed. Unless it is perfectly executed, a sacrifice cannot yield the desired result.
 In this age of Kali there is no such 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  or priest available; therefore, all 
such sacrifices are forbidden. The only sacrifice recommended 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  is the chantin
g 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another important procedure is that the most exalted personality in the assembly of such a sacrificial ceremony is first offered worship. After all arrangements wer
e made for Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's sacrifice, the next consideration was who should be worshiped first in the ceremony. This particular ceremony is called Agrap\'fcj\'e4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means first, and }{\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  means worship. This Agrap\'fcj\'e4 is similar to election of the president. In the sacrificial assembly, all the members were very exalted. Some proposed to elect one person as the perfect candidate for accepting Agrap\'fcj\'e4, and others p
roposed someone else. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the matter remained undecided, Sahadeva began to speak in favor of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He said, "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the best amongst the members of the Yadu
 dynasty and the protector of His devotees, is the most exalted personality in this assembly. Therefore I think that He should without any objection be offered the honor of being worshiped first. Although demigods such as Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, In
dra, the King of heavenly planets, and many other exalted personalities are present in this assembly, no one can be equal to or greater than K\'e5\'f1\'eba in terms of time, space, riches, strength, reputation, wisdom, renunciation or any other considera
tion. Anything which is considered opulent is present originally in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As an individual soul is the basic principle of the growth of his material body, similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supersoul of this cosmic manifestation. All kinds of Vedi
c ritualistic ceremonies, such as the performance of sacrifices, the offering of oblations in the fire, the chanting of the Vedic hymns and the practice of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all are meant for realizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whether one follows the path of fruitive activities or the path of philosophical speculation, the ultimate destination is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
; all bona fide methods of self-realization are meant for understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ladies and gentlemen, it is superfluous to speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because every one of you exalted personalities know the Supreme Brahman, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, f
or whom there are no material differences between body and soul, between energy and the energetic, or between one part of the body and another. Since everyone is a part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no qualitative difference between K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and all living entities. Everything is an emanation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies, the material and spiritual energies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies are like the heat and light of the fire; there is no difference between the quality of heat and light a
nd the fire itself. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can do anything He likes with any part of His body. We can execute a particular action with the help of a particular part of our body, but He 
can do anything and everything with any part of His body. And because His transcendental body is full of knowledge and bliss in eternity, He doesn't undergo the six kinds of material changes\'97birth, existence, growth, fruitive action, dwindling and van
ishing. Unforced by any external energy, He is the supreme cause of the creation, maintenance and dissolution of everything that be. By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, everyone is engaged in the practice of religiousness, the development of economic co
nditions, the satisfaction of the senses and, ultimately, the achievement of liberation from material bondage. These four principles of progressive life can be executed by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. He should therefore be offered the first worship
 of this great sacrifice, and no one should disagree. As by watering the root, the watering of the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers is automatically accomplished, or as by supplying food to the stomach, the nutrition and metabolism of all parts of the
 body are automatically established, so by offering the first worship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everyone present in this meeting\'97including the great demigods\'97will be satisfied. If anyone is charitably disposed, it will be very good for him to give in char
ity only to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supersoul of everyone, regardless of his particular body or individual personality. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present as the Supersoul in every living being, and if we can satisfy Him, then automatically every living being 
becomes satisfied." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sahadeva was fortunate to know of the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and after describing them in brief, he stopped speaking. After this speech was delivered, all the m
embers present in that great sacrificial assembly applauded, confirming his words continuously by saying, "Everything that you have said is completely perfect. Everything that you have said is completely perfect." King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, after hearing th
e confirmation of all present, especially 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  and learned sages, worshiped Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions. First of all, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira\'97along with his brothers, wives, children, other relatives and ministers\'97washed the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and sprinkle
d the water on their heads. After this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was offered various kinds of silken garments of yellow color, and heaps of jewelry and ornaments were presented before Him for His use. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira felt such ecstasy by honoring K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was his only lovable object, that tears glided down from his eyes, and although He wanted t
o, he could not see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba very well. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thus worshiped by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. At that time all the members present in that assembly stood up with folded hands and began to chant, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jaya! Jaya! Nama\'f9! Nama\'f9!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " When all joined together to offer their respectful obeisances to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there were s
howers of flowers from the sky. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In that meeting, King \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was also present. He was an avowed enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for many reasons, especially because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's having s
tolen Rukmi\'eb\'e9 from the marriage ceremony; therefore, he could not tolerate such honor to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and glorification of His qualities. Instead of being happy to hear the glories of the Lord, he became very angry. When everyone offered respect 
to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by standing up, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la remained in his seat, but when he became angry at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being honored, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la stood up suddenly, and, raising his hand, began to speak very strongly and fearlessly against Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. He spoke in such a way that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba could hear him very distinctly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ladies and gentlemen, I can appreciate now the statement 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  that, after all, time is the predominating factor. In spite of all endeavors to the contrary, the time element executes its own plan without opposition. For example, one may try his best
 to live, but when the time for death comes, no one can check it. I see here that although there are many stalwart personalities present in this assembly, the influence of time is so strong that they have been misled by the statement of a boy who has foo
lishly spoken about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are many learned sages and elderly persons present, but still they have accepted the statement of a foolish boy. This means that by the influence of time, even the intelligence of such honored persons as are pres
ent in this meeting can be misdirected. I fully agree with the respectable persons present here that they are competent enough to select the personality who can be first worshiped, but I cannot agree with the statement of a boy like Sahadeva, who has spo
ken so highly about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and has recommended that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fit to accept the first worship in the sacrifice. I can see that in this meeting there are many personalities who have undergone great austerities, who are highly learned and w
ho have performed many penances. By their knowledge and direction, they can deliver many persons who are suffering from the pangs of material existence. There are great }{\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  here whose knowledge has no bounds, as well as many self-realized persons 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  also, and therefore I think that any one of them could have been selected for the first worship because they are worshipable even by the great demigods, kings and emper
ors. I cannot understand how you could have selected this cowherd boy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and have left aside all these other great personalities. I think K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be no better than a crow\'97how can He be fit to accept the first worship in this gr
eat sacrifice? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We cannot even ascertain as yet to which caste this K\'e5\'f1\'eba belongs or what His actual occupational duty is." Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not belong to an
y caste, nor does He have to perform any occupational duty. 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  that the Su
preme Lord has nothing to do as His prescribed duty. Whatever has to be done on His behalf is executed by His different energies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la continued: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not belong to a high family. He is so independent that no one knows His principles of religious life. It appears t
hat He is outside the jurisdiction of all religious principles. He always acts independently, not caring for the Vedic injunctions and regulative principles. Therefore He is devoid of all good qualities." \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la indirectly praised K\'e5\'f1
\'eba by saying that He is not within the jurisdiction of Vedic injunction. This is true because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That He has no qualities means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no material qualities, and because He is the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead, He acts independently, not caring for conventions or social or religious principles. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la continued: "Under these circumstances, how can He be fit to accept the first worship in the sacrifice? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so foolish that He has le
ft Mathur\'e4, which is inhabited by highly elevated persons following the Vedic culture, and He has taken shelter in the ocean, where there is not even talk 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  Instead of living openly, He has constructed a fort within the water and is living in an atmosphere where there is no discussion of Vedic knowledge. And whenever He comes out of t
he fort, He simply harrasses the citizens like a dacoit, thief or rogue." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la went crazy because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being elected the supreme first-worshiped person in that meeting, and he spoke so irresponsibly that it app
eared that he had lost all his good fortune. Being overcast with misfortune, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la continued to insult K\'e5\'f1\'eba further, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba patiently heard him without protest. Just as a lion does not care when a flock of jackals h
owl, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba remained silent and unprovoked. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not reply to even a single accusation made by \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, but all the members present in the meeting, except a few who agreed with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, became very agitated 
because it is the duty of any respectable person not to tolerate blasphemy against God or His devotee. Some of them, who thought that they could not properly take action against \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, left the assembly in protest, covering their ears with th
eir hands in order not to hear further accusations. Thus they left the meeting condemning the action of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. It is the Vedic injunction that whenever there is blasphemy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must immediately leave. If h
e does not do so, he becomes bereft of his pious activities and is degraded to the lower condition of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the kings present, belonging to the Kuru dynasty, Matsya dynasty, Kekaya dynasty and S\'e5\'efjaya dynasty, became very angry and immediately took up their swor
ds and shields to kill \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was so foolish that he did not become even slightly agitated, although all the kings present were ready to kill him. He did not care to think of the pros and cons of his foolish talking, and whe
n he saw that all the kings were ready to kill him, instead of stopping, he stood to fight with them and took up his sword and shield. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that they were going to engage in fighting in the arena of the auspicious R\'e4jas\'fcya }
{\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  He personally pacified them. Out of His causeless mercy He Himself decided to kill \'c7i
\'e7up\'e4la. When \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was abusing the kings who were about to attack him, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba took up His disc, which was as sharp as the blade of a razor, and immediately separated the head of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la from his body. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was thus killed, a great roar and howl went up from the crowd of that assembly. Taking advantage of that disturbance, the few kings who were 
supporters of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la quickly left the assembly out of fear of their lives. But despite all this, the fortunate \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's spirit soul immediately merged into the body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the presence of all members, exactly as a
 burning meteor falls to the surface of the globe. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's soul's merging into the transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba reminds us of the story of Jaya and Vijaya, who fell to the material world from the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets upon being cu
rsed by the four Kum\'e4ras. For their return to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha world, it was arranged that both Jaya and Vijaya for three consecutive births would act as deadly enemies of the Lord, and at the end of these lives they would again return to the Vaiku
\'eb\'f6ha world and serve the Lord as His associates. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la acted as the enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was not for a single moment out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He was always absorbed in thoug
ht of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus he got first the salvation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  merging into the e
xistence of the Supreme, and finally became reinstated in his original position of personal service. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.5-7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  corroborates the fact that if one is absorbed in the though
t of the Supreme Lord at the time of death, he immediately enters the kingdom of God after quitting his material body. After the salvation of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira rewarded all the members present in the sacrificial assembly. He suffi
ciently remunerated the priests and the learned sages for their engagement in the execution of the sacrifice, and after performing all this routine work, he took his bath. This bath at the end of the sacrifice is also technical. It is called the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avabh\'e5tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bath. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus enabled the performance of the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  arranged by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to be successfully completed, and, being requested by His cousins and relatives, He remained in Hastin\'e4pura for a few months more. Although K
ing Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and his brothers were not willing to have Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba leave Hastin\'e4pura, K\'e5\'f1\'eba arranged to take permission from the King to return to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and thus He returned home along with His queens and ministers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of the fall of Jaya and Vijaya from the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets to the material world is described in the Seventh 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  The killing of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la has a direct link with that narration of Jaya and Vijaya, but the
 most important instruction that we get from this incident is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, being absolute, can give salvation to everyone, whether one acts as His enemy or as His friend. It is therefore a misconception that the Lord acts with
 someone in the relationship of a friend and with someone else in the relationship of an enemy. His being an enemy or friend is always on the absolute platform. There is no material distinction. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira took his bath after the sacrifice and stood in the midst of all the learned 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  he seemed exactly like the King of heaven and thus looked very beautiful. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira sufficiently rewarded all t
he demigods who participated in the }{\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  and being greatly satisfied, all of them left prais
ing the King's activities and glorifying Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was narrating these incidents of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's killing \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and describing the successful execution of the R\'e4jas
\'fcya }{\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  by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, he pointed out also that after the successfu
l termination of the }{\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  there was only one person who was not happy. He was Duryodhana. Dur
yodhana by nature was very envious because of his sinful life, and he appeared in the dynasty of the Kurus as a chronic disease personified in order to destroy the whole family. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 assured Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97the killing of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and Jar\'e4sandha and t
he releasing of the imprisoned kings\'97are all transcendental vibrations, and anyone who hears these narrations from the authorized persons will be immediately freed from all the reactions of the sinful activities of his life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Nineteenth 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  "The Deliverance of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-20 / Why Duryodhana Felt Insulted at the End of the R\'e4jas\'fcya Sacrifice
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 20 /  Why Duryodhana Felt Insult
ed at the End of the R\'e4jas\'fcya Sacrifice
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4ta\'e7atru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a person who has no enemy. Therefore, when all men, all demigods, all kings, sages and saints saw the successful termination of the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  performed by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, they became very happy. That Duryodhana alone was not happy was astonishing to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k
\'f1it, and therefore he requested \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to explain this. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "My dear King Par\'e9k\'f1it, your grandfather, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, was a great soul. His congenial disposition attracted everyo
ne as his friend, and therefore he was known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4ta\'e7atru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one who never created an enemy.
 He engaged all the members of the Kuru dynasty in taking charge of different departments for the management of the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice. For example, Bh\'e9masena was put in charge of the kitchen department, Duryodhana in charge of the treasury depa
rtment, Sahadeva in charge of the reception department, Nakula in charge of the store department, and Arjuna was engaged in looking after the comforts of the elderly persons. The most astonishing feature was that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead, took charge of washing the feet of all the incoming guests. The Queen, the goddess of fortune Draupad\'e9, was in charge of administering the distribution of food, and because Kar\'eba was famous for giving charity, he was put in charge of the
 charity department. In this way S\'e4tyaki, Vikar\'eba, H\'e4rdikya, Vidura, Bh\'fcri\'e7rav\'e4, and Santardana, the son of B\'e4hl\'e9ka, were all engaged in different departments for managing the affairs of the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice. They were all
 so bound in loving affection for King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira that they simply wanted to please him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la had died by the mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and had become merged in the spiritual existence, and after the end of the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  when all friends, guests and well-wishers had been sufficiently honored and rewarded, King Y
udhi\'f1\'f6hira went to bathe in the Ganges. The city of Hastin\'e4pura is today standing on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, and the statement 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 [10.75.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that King Yud
hi\'f1\'f6hira went to bathe in the Ganges indicates, therefore, that during the time of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, the River Yamun\'e4 was also known as the Ganges. While the King was taking the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub avabh\'e5tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bath, different musical instruments, such as }{\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  conchshells, drums, kettledrums and bugles, vibrated. In addition, the ankle bells of the dancing girls jingled. Many groups of professional singers played }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flutes, gongs and cymbals, and thus a tumultuous sound vibrated in the sky. The princely guests from ma
ny kingdoms, like S\'e5\'efjaya, K\'e4mboja, Kuru, Kekaya and Ko\'e7ala, were present with their different flags and gorgeously decorated elephants, chariots, horses and soldiers. All were passing in a procession, and King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was in the fo
refront. The executive members, such as the priests, religious ministers 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  wer
e performing a sacrifice, and all were loudly chanting the Vedic hymns. The demigods, the inhabitants of the Pit\'e5loka and Gandharvaloka, as well as many sages, showered flowers from the sky. The men and women of Hastin\'e4pura, Indraprastha, their bod
ies smeared with scents and floral oils, were nicely dressed in colorful garments and decorated with garlands, jewels and ornaments. They were all enjoying the ceremony, and they threw on each other liquid substances like water, oil, milk, butter and yog
urt. Some even smeared these on each other's bodies. In this way, they were enjoying the occasion. The professional prostitutes were also engaged by jubilantly smearing these liquid substances on the bodies of the men, and the men reciprocated in the sam
e way. All the liquid substances had been mixed with turmeric and saffron, and their color was a lustrous yellow. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to observe the great ceremony, many wives of the demigods had come in different airplanes, and they were visible in the sky. Similarly, the queens of the r
oyal family arrived gorgeously decorated and surrounded by bodyguards on the surface on different palaquins. During this time, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the maternal cousin of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and His special friend Arjuna, were both throwing the liquid
 substances on the bodies of the queens. The queens became bashful, but at the same time their beautiful smiling brightened their faces. Because of the liquid substances thrown on their bodies, the saris covering them became completely wet. The different
 parts of their beautiful bodies, particularly their breasts and their waists, became partially visible because of the wet cloth. The queens also brought in buckets of liquid substances and sprinkled them on the bodies of their brothers-in-law. As they e
ngaged in such jubilant activities, their hair fell loose, and the flowers decorating their bodies began to fall. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna and the queens were thus engaged in these jubilant activities, persons who were not clean in heart became a
gitated by lustful desires. In other words, such behavior between pure males and females is enjoyable, but persons who are materially contaminated become lustful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, in a gorgeous chariot yoked by excellent horses, was present with his queens, including Draupad\'e9 and others. The festivities of the sacri
fice were so beautiful that it appeared as if R\'e4jas\'fcya was standing there in person with the functions of the sacrifice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice, there was the Vedic ritualistic duty known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
patn\'e9sa\'e0y\'e4ja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This sacrifice was performed along with one's wife, and it was also duly performed by the priests of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. When Queen Draupad\'e9 and 
King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira were taking their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avabh\'e5tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bath, the citizens of Hastin\'e4pura as wel
l as the demigods began to beat on drums and blow trumpets out of feelings of happiness, and there was a shower of flowers from the sky. When the King and the Queen finished their bath in the Ganges, all the other citizens, consisting 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  or castes\'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  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  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  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 \'97took their baths in the Ganges. Bathing in the Ganges is recommended in the Vedic literatures because by such bathing one becomes free
d from all sinful reactions. This is still current in India, especially at particularly auspicious moments. At such times, millions of people bathe in the Ganges. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After taking his bath, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira dressed in a new silken cloth and wrapper and decorated himself with valuable jewelry. The King not only dressed himse
lf and decorated himself, but he also gave clothing and ornaments to all the priests and to the others who had participated in the }{\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  In this way, they were all worshiped by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. He constantly worshiped his friends, his family members, his relatives, his well-wishers and everyone present, and because he was a great de
votee of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or because he was a Vai\'f1\'ebava, he therefore knew how to treat everyone well. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4di philosophers' endeavor to see everyone as God is an artificial way towards oneness, but a Vai\'f1\'ebava or a devotee
 of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba sees every living entity as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Therefore, a Vai\'f1\'ebava's treatment of other living entities is on the absolute platform. Since one cannot treat one part of his body differently from another
 part because they all belong to the same body, so a Vai\'f1\'ebava does not see a human being as distinct from an animal because in both of them he sees the soul and the Supersoul seated simultaneously. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When everyone was refreshed after bathing and was dressed in silken clothing with jeweled earrings, flower garlands, turbans, long wrappers and pearl necklaces, the
y looked, altogether, like the demigods from heaven. This was especially true of the women, who were very nicely dressed. Each wore a golden belt around the waist. They were all smiling. Spots of }{\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 curling hair were scattered here and there. This combination was very attractive. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who had participated in the R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice\'97including the most cultured priests, 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 had assisted in the performance of the sacrifice, the citizens of all }{\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  kings, demigods, sages, saints and citizens of the Pit\'e5loka\'97were all very much satisfied by the dealings of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and at the
 end they happily departed for their residences. While returning to their homes, they talked of the dealings of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and even after continuous talk of his greatness they were not satiated, just as one may drink nectar over and over aga
in and never be satisfied. After the departure of all others, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira restrained the inner circle of his friends, including Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by not allowing them to leave. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not refuse the request of t
he King. He therefore sent back all the heroes of the Yadu dynasty, like S\'e4mba and others. All of them returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally remained in order to give pleasure to the King. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world, everyone has a particular type of desire to be fulfilled, but one is never able to fulfill his desires to his full satisfaction. But King Yud
hi\'f1\'f6hira, because of his unflinching devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, could fulfill all his desires successfully by the performance of the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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 . From the description of the execution of the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  it appears that such a function is a great ocean of opulent desires. It is not possible for an ordinary man to cross over such an ocean; nevertheless, by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, King Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira was able to cross over it very easily, and thus he became freed from all anxieties. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Duryodhana saw that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira had become very famous after performance of the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  and was fully satisfied in every respect, he began to burn with the fire of envy because his mind was always poisonous. For on
e thing, he envied the imperial palace which had been constructed by the demon Maya for the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. The palace was excellent in its puzzling artistic workmanship and was befitting the position of great princes, kings or leaders of the demons. 
In that great palace, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were living with their family members, and Queen Draupad\'e9 was serving her husbands very peacefully. And because in those days Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also there, the palace was also decorated by His thousand
s of queens. When the queens, with their heavy breasts and thin waists, moved within the palace, and their ankle bells rang very melodiously with their movement, the whole palace appeared to be more opulent than the heavenly kingdoms. Because a portion o
f their breasts was sprinkled with saffron powder, the pearl necklaces on their breast appeared to be reddish. With their full earrings and flowing hair, the queens appeared very beautiful. After looking at such beauties in the palace of King Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira, Duryodhana became envious. He became especially envious and lustful upon seeing the beauty of Draupad\'e9 because he had cherished a special attraction for her from the very beginning of her marriage with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. In the marriage 
selection assembly of Draupad\'e9, Duryodhana had also been present, and with other princes he had been very much captivated by the beauty of Draupad\'e9, but had failed to achieve her. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was sitting on the golden throne in the palace constructed by the demon Maya. His four brothers and other relatives, as wel
l as his great well-wisher, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, were present and the material opulence of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira seemed no less than that of Lord Brahm\'e4. When he was sitting on the throne surrounded by his friends, and 
the reciters were offering prayers to him in the form of nice songs, Duryodhana, with his younger brother, came to the palace. Duryodhana was decorated with a helmet, and he carried a sword in his hand. He was always in an envious and angry mood, and the
refore, on a slight provocation, he spoke sharply with the doorkeepers and became angry. He was irritated because he failed to distinguish between water and land. By the craftmanship of the demon Maya, the palace was so decorated in different places that
 one who did not know the tricks would consider water to be land and land to be water. Duryodhana was also illusioned by this craftmanship, and when he was crossing water thinking it to be land, he fell down. When Duryodhana, out of his foollishness, had
 thus fallen, the queens enjoyed the incident by laughing. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, could understand the feelings of Duryodhana, and he tried to restrain the queens from laughing, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicated that King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira should not re
strain them from enjoying the incident. K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired that Duryodhana might be fooled in that way and that all of them might enjoy his foolish behavior. When everyone laughed, Duryodhana felt very insulted, and his hair stood up in anger. Being 
thus insulted, he immediately left the palace, bowing his head. He was silent and did not protest. When Duryodhana left in such an angry mood, everyone regretted the incident, and King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira also became very sorry. But despite all occurrences
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was silent. He did not say anything against or in favor of the incident. It appeared that Duryodhana had been put into illusion by the supreme will of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this was the beginning of the enmity between the two sects of
 the Kuru dynasty. It appeared that it was a part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's plan in His mission to decrease the burden of the world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it had inquired from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as to why Duryodhana was not satisfied after the termination of the great R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice, 
and thus it was explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twentieth 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  "Why Duryodhana Felt Insulted at the End of the R\'e4jas\'fcya Sacrifice."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-21 / The Battle Between \'c7\'e4lva and the Yadu Dynasty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 21 /  The Battle Between \'c7
\'e4lva and the Yadu Dynasty
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was narrating various activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in playing the role of an ordinary human being, he also narrated the history
 of the battle between the dynasty of Yadu and a demon of the name \'c7\'e4lva, who had managed to possess a wonderful airship named Saubha. King \'c7\'e4lva was a great friend of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's. When \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la went to marry Rukmi\'eb\'e9, 
\'c7\'e4lva was one of the members of the bridegroom's party. When there was a fight between the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty and the kings of the opposite side, \'c7\'e4lva was defeated by the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty. But, despite his defeat, he ma
de a promise before all the kings that he would in the future rid the whole world of all the members of the Yadu dynasty. Since his defeat in the fight during the marriage of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, he had maintained within himself an unforgettable envy of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he was, in fact, a fool, because he had promised to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Usually such foolish demons take shelter of a demigod like Lord \'c7iva to execute their ulterior plans, and so \'c7\'e4lva, in order to get strength, took shelter 
of the lotus feet of Lord \'c7iva. He underwent a severe type of austerity during which he would eat no more than a handful of ashes daily. Lord \'c7iva, the husband of P\'e4rvat\'e9, is generally very merciful, and he becomes very quickly satisfied if s
omeone undertakes severe austerities in order to please him. So after continued austerities by \'c7\'e4lva for one year, Lord \'c7iva became pleased with him and asked him to beg for the fulfillment of his desire. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4lva begged from Lord \'c7iva the gift of an airplane which would be so strong that it could not be destroyed by any demigod, demon, human being, Gandharva, 
N\'e4ga, or even by any R\'e4k\'f1asa. Moreover, he desired that the airplane be able to fly anywhere and everywhere he would like to pilot it, and be specifically very dangerous and fearful to the dynasty of the Yadus. Lord \'c7iva immediately agreed to
 give him the benediction, and \'c7\'e4lva took the help of the demon Maya to manufacture this iron airplane, which was so strong and formidable that no one could crash it. It was a very big machine, almost like a big city, and it could fly so high and a
t such a great speed that it was almost impossible to see where it was, and so there was no question of attacking it. Although it might be dark outside, the pilot could fly it anywhere and everywhere. Having acquired such a wonderful airplane, \'c7\'e4lv
a flew it to the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, because his main purpose in obtaining the airplane was to attack the city of the Yadus, toward whom he maintained a continual feeling of animosity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4lva thus not only attacked the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 from the sky, but he also surrounded the city by a large number of infantry. The soldiers on the surfac
e began to attack the beautiful spots of the city. They began to destroy the baths, the city gates, the palaces and the skyscraper houses, the high walls around the city and the beautiful spots where people would gather for recreation. While the soldiers
 were attacking on the surface, the airplane began to drop big slabs of stone, tree trunks, thunderbolts, poisonous snakes and many other dangerous things. \'c7\'e4lva also managed to create such a strong whirlwind within the city that all of Dv\'e4rak
\'e4 became dark because of the dust that covered the sky. The airplane occupied by \'c7\'e4lva put the entire city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 into distress equal to that caused on the earth long, long ago by the disturbing activities of Tripur\'e4sura. The inhabi
tants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 Pur\'e9 became so harrassed that they were not in a peaceful condition for even a moment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great heroes of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City, headed by commanders such as Pradyumna, counterattacked the soldiers and the airplane of \'c7\'e4lva. When he saw the extrem
e distress of the citizens, Pradyumna immediately arranged his soldiers and personally got upon a chariot, encouraging the citizens by assuring safety. Following his command, many warriors like S\'e4tyaki, C\'e4rude\'f1\'eba and S\'e4mba, all young broth
ers of Pradyumna, as well as Akr\'fcra, K\'e5tavarm\'e4, Bh\'e4nuvinda, Gada, \'c7uka and S\'e4ra\'eba\'97all came out of the city to fight with \'c7\'e4lva. All of them were great fighters; each one could fight with thousands of men. All were fully equi
pped with necessary weapons and assisted by hundreds and thousands of charioteers, elephants, horses and infantry soldiers. Fierce fighting began between the two parties, exactly as was formerly carried on between the demigods and the demons. The fightin
g was very severe, and whoever observed the fierce nature of the fight felt his hairs stand on end. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna immediately counteracted the mystic demonstration occasioned by the airplane of \'c7\'e4lva, the King of Saubha. By the mystic power of the airplane, \'c7
\'e4lva had created a darkness as dense as night, but Pradyumna all of a sudden appeared like the rising sun. As with the rising of the sun the darkness of night is immediately dissipated, so with the appearance of Pradyumna the power exhibited by \'c7
\'e4lva became null and void. Each and every one of Pradyumna's arrows had a golden feather at the end, and the shaft was fitted with a sharp iron edge. By releasing twenty-five such arrows, Pradyumna severely injured \'c7\'e4lva's commander-in-chief. He
 then released another one hundred arrows toward the body of \'c7\'e4lva. After this, he pierced each and every soldier by releasing one arrow, and he killed the chariot drivers by firing ten arrows at each one of them. The carriers like the horses and e
lephants were killed by the release of three arrows directed toward each one of them. When everyone present on the battlefield saw this wonderful feat of Pradyumna, the great fighters on both the sides began to praise his acts of chivalry. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But still the airplane occupied by \'c7\'e4lva was very mysterious. It was so extraordinary that sometimes there would appear to be many airplanes in the sky, and s
ometimes it would be seen that there was none. Sometimes it was visible, and sometimes it was not visible, and the warriors of the Yadu dynasty became puzzled about the whereabouts of the peculiar airplane. Sometimes they would see the airplane on the gr
ound, and sometimes they would see it flying in the sky. Sometimes they would see the airplane resting on the peak of a hill, and sometimes it was seen floating on the water. The wonderful airplane was flying in the sky like a firefly in the wind\'97it w
as not steady even for a moment. But despite the mysterious maneuvering of the airplane, the commanders and the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty would immediately rush toward \'c7\'e4lva wherever he was present with his airplane and soldiers. The arrows rele
ased by the dynasty of the Yadus were as brilliant as the sun and as dangerous as the tongues of serpents. All the soldiers fighting on behalf of \'c7\'e4lva became soon distressed by the incessant release of arrows upon them by the heroes of the Yadu dy
nasty, and \'c7\'e4lva himself became unconscious from the attack of these arrows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The soldiers and the fighters fighting on behalf of \'c7\'e4lva were also very strong, and the release of their arrows also harassed the heroes of the Yadu dynasty.
 But still the Yadus were so strong and determined that they did not move from their strategic positions. The heroes of the Yadu dynasty were determined to either die in the battlefield or gain victory. They were confident of the fact that if they would 
die in the fighting they would attain a heavenly planet, and if they would come out victorious they would enjoy the world. The name of \'c7\'e4lva's commander-in-chief was Dyum\'e4n. He was very powerful, and although bitten by twenty-five of Pradyumna's
 arrows, he suddenly attacked Pradyumna with his fierce club and struck him so strongly that Pradyumna became unconscious. Immediately there was a roaring, "Now he is dead! Now he is dead!" The force of the club on the chest of Pradyumna was very severe,
 enough to tear asunder the chest of an ordinary man. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna's chariot was being driven by the son of D\'e4ruka. According to Vedic military principles, the chariot driver and the hero on the chariot have to coopera
te during the fighting. As such, it was the duty of the chariot driver to take care of the hero on the chariot during the dangerous and precarious fighting on the battlefield. Thus D\'e4ruka removed the body of Pradyumna from the battlefield. Two hours l
ater, in a quiet place, Pradyumna regained his consciousness, and when he saw that he was in a place other than the battlefield he addressed the charioteer and condemned him: 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, you have done the most abominable act! Why have you moved me from the battlefield? My dear charioteer, I have never heard that anyone in our family was ever re
moved from the battlefield. None of them left the battlefield while fighting. By this removal you have overburdened me with a great defamation. It will be said that I left the battlefield while fighting was going on. My dear charioteer, I must accuse you
\'97you are a coward and emasculator! Tell me, how can I go before my uncle Balar\'e4ma and before my father K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and what shall I say before them? Everyone will talk about me and say that I fled from the fighting place, and if they inquire fr
om me about this, what will be my reply? My sisters-in-law will play jokes upon me with sarcastic words: 'My dear hero, how have you become such a coward? How have you become a eunuch? How have you become so low in the eyes of the fighters who opposed yo
u?' I think, my dear charioteer, that you have committed a great offense by removing me from the battlefield." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The charioteer of Pradyumna replied, "My dear sir, I wish a long life for you. I think I did not do anything wrong, as it is the duty of the charioteer to help the 
fighter in the chariot when he is in a precarious condition. My dear sir, you are completely competent in the battlefield activities. It is the mutual duty of the charioteer and the warrior to give protection to each other in a precarious condition. I wa
s completely aware of the regulative principles of fighting, and I did my duty. The enemy all of a sudden struck you with his club so severely that you lost consciousness. You were in a dangerous position, surrounded by your enemies. Therefore I was obli
ged to act as I did." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-first 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  "The Battle between \'c7\'e4lva and the Members of the Yadu Dynasty."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-22 / The Deliverance of \'c7\'e4lva
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 22 /  The Deliverance of \'c7
\'e4lva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After talking with his charioteer, the son of D\'e4ruka, Pradyumna could understand the real circumstances, and therefore he refreshed himself by washing his mouth 
and hands. Arming himself properly with bows and arrows, he asked his charioteer to take him near the place where \'c7\'e4lva's commander-in-chief was standing. During the short absence of Pradyumna from the battlefield, Dyum\'e4n, \'c7\'e4lva's commande
r-in-chief, had been taking over the position of the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty. By appearing in the battlefield, Pradyumna immediately stopped him and struck him with eight arrows. With four arrows he killed his four horses, with one arrow he killed h
is chariot driver and with another arrow he cut his bow in two; with another arrow, he cut his flag into pieces, and with another he severed his head from his body. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other fronts, heroes like Gada, S\'e4tyaki and S\'e4mba were engaged in killing the soldiers of \'c7\'e4lva. The soldiers who were staying with \'c7\'e4lva i
n the airplane were also killed in the fighting, and they fell into the ocean. Each party began to strike the opposite party very severely. The battle was fierce and dangerous and continued for twenty-seven days without stop. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the fight was going on in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was staying at Indraprastha along with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. T
his fighting with \'c7\'e4lva took place after the R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  had been performed by 
King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and after the killing of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood that there was great danger in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, He took permission from the elderly members of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava family, especially from h
is aunt Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, and started immediately for Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to think that while He was arriving in Hastin\'e4pura with Balar\'e4ma after the killing of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's men mus
t have attacked Dv\'e4rak\'e4. On reaching Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that the whole city was greatly endangered. He placed Balar\'e4maj\'e9 in a strategic position for the protection of the city, and He Himself asked His charioteer D\'e4ruka
 to prepare to start. He said, "D\'e4ruka, please immediately take Me to where \'c7\'e4lva is staying. You may know that this \'c7\'e4lva is a very powerful, mysterious man. Don't fear him in the least." As soon as he got his orders from Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, D\'e4ruka had Him seated on the chariot and drove very quickly toward \'c7\'e4lva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chariot of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was marked with the flag bearing the insignia of Garu\'f2a, and as soon as the soldiers and warriors of the Yadu dynasty saw the 
flag, they could understand that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was on the battlefield. By this time, almost all the soldiers of \'c7\'e4lva had been killed, but when \'c7\'e4lva saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come to the battlefield, he released a great, powerful wea
pon which flew through the sky with a roaring sound like a great meteor. It was so bright that the whole sky lit up by its presence. But as soon as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared, He tore the great weapon into hundreds and thousands of pieces by releasing 
His own arrow. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba struck \'c7\'e4lva with sixteen arrows, and with showers of arrows He overpowered the airplane, just as the sun in a clear sky overpowers the wh
ole sky by an unlimited number of molecules of sunshine. \'c7\'e4lva struck a severe blow to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's left side, where the Lord was carrying His bow, \'c7\'e4r\'ecga, and as a result the \'c7\'e4r\'ecga bow fell from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand. T
his dropping of the bow was indeed wonderful. Great personalities and demigods who were observing the fighting between \'c7\'e4lva and K\'e5\'f1\'eba became most perturbed by this, and they began to exclaim, "Alas! Alas!" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4lva thought that he had become victorious, and with a roaring sound began to address Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "You rascal, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! You kidnap
ped Rukmi\'eb\'e9 forcibly, even in our presence. You baffled my friend \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and married Rukmi\'eb\'e9 Yourself. And in the great assembly at King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's R\'e4jas\'fcya }{\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  while my friend \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was a little absent-minded, You took an opportunity to kill him. Everyone thinks that You are a great fighter a
nd that no one can conquer You. So now You'll have to prove Your strength. I think that if You stand before me any longer, with my sharpened arrows I shall send You to a place wherefrom You will never return." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To this Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "Foolish \'c7\'e4lva, you are talking nonsensically. You do not know that the moment of death is already upon your head. Those 
who are actually heroes do not talk much. They prove their prowess by practical exhibition of chivalrous activities." After saying this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in great anger, struck \'c7\'e4lva on the collarbone with His club so severely that he began to 
bleed internally and tremble as if he were going to collapse from severe cold. Before K\'e5\'f1\'eba was able to strike him again, however, \'c7\'e4lva became invisible by his mystic power. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within a few moments, a mysterious unknown man came before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Crying loudly, he bowed down at the Lord's lotus feet and said to Him, "Since You ar
e the most beloved son of Your father Vasudeva, Your mother Devak\'e9 has sent me to inform You of the unfortunate news that Your father has been arrested by \'c7\'e4lva and taken away by force. He took him just as a butcher mercilessly takes away an ani
mal." When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard this unfortunate news from the unknown man, He at first became most perturbed, just like an ordinary human being. His face showed signs of grief, and He began to cry in a pitious tone, "How could that happen? My broth
er Lord Balar\'e4ma is there, and it is impossible for anyone to conquer Balar\'e4maj\'e9. He is in charge of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City, and I know He is always alert. How could \'c7\'e4lva possibly enter the city and arrest My father in that way? Whatever he m
ay be, \'c7\'e4lva's power is limited, so how could it be possible that he has conquered the strength of Balar\'e4maj\'e9 and taken away My father, arresting him as described by this man? Alas! Destiny is, after all, very powerful." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thinking like this, \'c7\'e4lva brought before Him in custody a man exactly resembling Vasudeva, His father. These were all creat
ions of the mystic power of \'c7\'e4lva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4lva began to address K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "You rascal, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Look. This is Your father who has begotten You and by whose mercy You are still living. No
w just see how I kill Your father. If You have any strength, try to save him." The mystic juggler, \'c7\'e4lva, speaking in this way before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, immediately cut off the head of the false Vasudeva. Without hesitation he took away the dead 
body and got into his airplane. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the self-sufficient Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet because He was playing the role of a human being, He became very depressed for a moment, as if He had actually lost His father. But at the next
 moment He could understand that the arrest and killing of His father were demonstrations of the mystic powers which \'c7\'e4lva had learned from the demon Maya. Coming to His right consciousness, He could see that there was no messenger and no head of H
is father, but that only \'c7\'e4lva had left in his airplane, which was flying in the sky. He then began to think of slaying \'c7\'e4lva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's reaction is a controversial point among great authorities and saintly persons. How could K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the re
servoir of all power and knowledge, be bewildered in such a way? Lamentation, aggrievement and bewilderment are characteristics of persons who are conditioned souls, but how can such things affect the person of the Supreme, who is full of knowledge, powe
r and all opulence? Actually, it is not at all possible that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was misled by the mystic jugglery of \'c7\'e4lva. He was displaying His pastime in playing the role of a human being. Great saintly persons and sages who are engaged in the 
devotional service of the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who have thus achieved the greatest perfection of self-realization have transcended the bewilderments of the bodily concept of life. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal of life for such
 saintly persons. How then could K\'e5\'f1\'eba have been bewildered by the mystic jugglery of \'c7\'e4lva? The conclusion is that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bewilderment was another opulence of His supreme personality. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7\'e4lva thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been bewildered by his mystic representations, he became encouraged and began to attack the Lord with greater stren
gth and energy by showering volumes of arrows upon Him. But the enthusiasm of \'c7\'e4lva can be compared to the speedy march of flies into a fire. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by hurling His arrows with unfathomable strength, injured \'c7\'e4lva, whose armor, b
ow and jewelled helmet all scattered into pieces. With a crashing blow from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's club, \'c7\'e4lva's wonderful airplane burst into pieces and fell into the sea. \'c7\'e4lva was very careful, and instead of crashing with the airplane, he manag
ed to jump onto the land. He again rushed towards Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When \'c7\'e4lva ran swiftly to attack K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His club, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba cut off his hand, which fell to the ground with the club. Finally deciding to kill him, the Lo
rd took up His wonderful disc, which was shining like the brilliant sun at the time of the dissolution of the material creation. When Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba stood up with His disc to kill \'c7\'e4lva, He appeared just like the red sun rising over 
a mountain. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then cut off his head, and the head, with its earrings and helmet, fell on the ground. \'c7\'e4lva was thus killed in the same way as V\'e5tr\'e4sura was killed by Indra, the King of heaven. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7\'e4lva was killed, all his soldiers and followers began to cry, "Alas! Alas!" While \'c7\'e4lva's men were thus crying, the demigods from the heavenly pla
nets showered flowers on K\'e5\'f1\'eba and announced the victory by beating on drums and blowing bugles. At this very moment, other friends of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, such as Dantavakra, appeared on the scene to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in order to avenge t
he death of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. When Dantavakra appeared before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was extremely angry. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-second 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  "The Deliverance of \'c7\'e4lva."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-23 / The Killing of Dantavakra, Vid\'fcratha and Romahar\'f1a\'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 23 /  The Killing of Dantavakra,
 Vid\'fcratha and Romahar\'f1a\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the demise of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, \'c7\'e4lva and Pau\'eb\'f2ra, another foolish demoniac king of the name Dantavakra wanted to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba in order to
 avenge the death of his friend \'c7\'e4lva. He became so agitated that he personally appeared on the battlefield without the proper arms and ammunition and without even a chariot. His only weapon was his great anger, which was red-hot. He carried only a
 club in his hand, but he was so powerful that when he moved, everyone felt the earth tremble. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw him approaching in a very heroic mood, He immediately got down from His chariot, for it was a rule of military etiquette that figh
ting should take place only between equals. Knowing that Dantavakra was alone and armed with only a club, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba responded similarly and prepared Himself by taking His club in His hand. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared before him, Dantavakra's h
eroic march was immediately stopped just as the great, furious waves of the ocean are stopped by the beach. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, Dantavakra, who was the King of Kar\'fc\'f1a, stood up firmly with his club and spoke to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "It is a great pleasure and f
ortunate opportunity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that we are facing each other eye to eye. My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after all, You are my eternal cousin, and I should not kill You in this way, but unfortunately You have committed a great mistake by killing my friend
 \'c7\'e4lva. Moreover, You are not satisfied by killing my friend, but I know that You want to kill me also. Because of Your determination, I must kill You by tearing You into pieces with my club. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although You are my relative, You are fo
olish. You are our greatest enemy, so I must kill You today just as a person removes a boil on his body by a surgical operation. I am always very much obliged to my friends, and I therefore consider myself indebted to my dear friend \'c7\'e4lva. I can on
ly liquidate my indebtedness to him by killing You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the caretaker of an elephant tries to control the animal by striking it with his trident, so Dantavakra tried to control K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by speaking strong
 words. After finishing his vituperation, he struck K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the head with his club and made a roaring sound like a lion. Although struck strongly by the club of Dantavakra, K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not move even an inch, nor did He feel any pain. Tak
ing His Kaumodak\'e9 club and moving very skillfully, K\'e5\'f1\'eba struck the chest of Dantavakra so fiercely that the heart of Dantavakra split in twain. As a result, Dantavakra began to vomit blood, his hairs became scattered, and he fell to the grou
nd, spreading his hands and legs. Within only a few minutes all that remained of Dantavakra was a dead body on the ground. After the death of Dantavakra, just as at the time of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la's death, in the presence of all persons standing there, a s
mall particle of spiritual effulgence came out of the demon's body and very wonderfully merged into the body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dantavakra had a brother named Vid\'fcratha who became overwhelmed with grief at the death of Dantavakra. Out of grief and anger, Vid\'fcratha was breathing very he
avily, and just to avenge the death of his brother he also appeared before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a sword and a shield in his hands. He wanted to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood that Vid\'fcratha was looking for the
 opportunity to strike Him with his sword, He employed His Sudar\'e7ana cakra, His disc, which was as sharp as a razor, and without delay he cut off the head of Vid\'fcratha, with its helmet and earrings. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, after killing \'c7\'e4lva and destroying his wonderful airplane and then killing Dantavakra and Vid\'fcratha, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba at last entered His c
ity, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. It would not have been possible for anyone but K\'e5\'f1\'eba to kill these great heroes, and therefore all the demigods from heaven and the human beings on the surface of the globe were glorifying Him. Great sages and ascetics, the d
enizens of the Siddha and Gandharva planets, the denizens known as Vidy\'e4dharas, V\'e4suki and the Mah\'e4n\'e4gas, the beautiful angels, the inhabitants of Pit\'e5loka, the Yak\'f1as, the Kinnaras and the C\'e4ra\'ebas all began to shower flowers upon
 Him and sing the songs of His victory in great jubilation. Decorating the entire city very festively, the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 held a great celebration, and when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba passed through the city all the members of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dyna
sty and the heroes of the Yadu dynasty followed Him with great respect. These are some of the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the master of all mystic power and the Lord of all cosmic manifestations. Those who are fools, who are li
ke animals, sometimes think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is defeated, but factually He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and no one can defeat Him. He always remains victorious over everyone. He is the only one God, and all others are His subservient order c
arriers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, Lord Balar\'e4ma heard that there was an arrangement being made for a fight between the two rival parties in the Kuru dynasty, one headed by Duryo
dhana and the other by the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. He did not like the idea that He was to be only a mediator to stop the fighting. Finding it unbearable not to take an active part on behalf of either of the parties, He left Dv\'e4rak\'e4 on the plea of visit
ing various holy places of pilgrimage. He first of all visited the place of pilgrimage known as Prabh\'e4sak\'f1etra. He took His bath there, and He pacified the local }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hm
a\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and offered oblations to the demigods, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pit\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  great sages and people in general, in accordance with Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. That is the Vedic method of visiting holy places. After this, accompanied by some respectable }{\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 decided to visit different places on the bank of the River Sarasvat\'e9. He gradually visited such places 
as P\'e5th\'fcdaka, Bindusara, Tritak\'fcpa, Sudar\'e7anat\'e9rtha, Vi\'e7\'e4lat\'e9rtha, Brahmat\'e9rtha and Cakrat\'e9rtha. Besides these, He also visited all the holy places on the bank of Sarasvat\'e9 River running toward the east. After this He vis
ited all the principal holy places on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and on the bank of the Ganges. Thus He gradually came to the holy place known as Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This holy place, Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, is still existing in India, and in ancient times it was especially used for the meetings of great sages and saintly persons 
with the aim of understanding spiritual life and self-realization. When Lord Balar\'e4ma visited that place there was a great sacrifice being performed by a great assembly of transcendentalists. Such meetings were planned to last thousands of years. When
 Lord Balar\'e4ma arrived, all the participants of the meeting\'97great sages, ascetics, }{\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 scholars\'97immediately arose from their seats and welcomed Him with great honor and respect. Some offered Him respectful obeisances, and those who were elderly 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  offered Him blessings by standing up. After this formality, Lord Balar\'e4ma was offered a suitable seat, and everyone present wors
hiped Him. Everyone in the assembly stood up in the presence of Balar\'e4ma because they knew Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Education or learning means to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore, although Lord Balar\'e4ma
 appeared on the earth as 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  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 sages stood up because they knew who Lord Balar\'e4ma was. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, after being worshiped and seated at His place, Lord Balar\'e4ma saw Romahar\'f1a\'eba, the disciple of Vy\'e4sadeva (the literary incarnation of Godh
ead), still sitting 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  He had neither gotten up from his seat nor offered Hi
m respects. Because he was seated 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  he foolishly thought himself greater th
an the Lord; therefore he did not get down from his seat or bow down before the Lord. Lord Balar\'e4ma then considered the history of Romahar\'f1a\'eba: he was born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fct
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  family or a mixed family, born 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  woman and }{\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  man. Therefore although Romahar\'f1a\'eb
a considered Balar\'e4ma 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  he should not have remained sitting on a higher seat. Lor
d Balar\'e4ma considered that Romahar\'f1a\'eba, according to his position by birth, should not have accepted the higher sitting position, because there were many 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  and sages present. He also observed that Romahar\'f1a\'eba not only did not come down from his exalted seat, but he did not even stand up and offer his respects 
when Balar\'e4maj\'e9 entered the assembly. Lord Balar\'e4ma did not like the audacity of Romahar\'f1a\'eba, and he became very angry with him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is seated on the Vy\'e4s\'e4sana, he does not generally have to stand up to receive a particular person entering the assembly, but in this case the si
tuation was different because Lord Baladeva is not an ordinary human being. Therefore, although Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta was voted to the Vy\'e4s\'e4sana by 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  he should have followed the behavior of other learned 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  who were present and should have known that Lord Balar\'e4ma is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Respects are always due to Him, even though such respects can be avoided in the ca
se of an ordinary man. The appearances of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are especially meant for reestablishment of the religious principles. 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\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  the 
highest religious principle is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the topmost perfection of religiousness is to be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Balar\'e4ma saw that Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta did not understand the highest principle of religiousness in spite of having studied 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  He certainly could not support his position. Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta had been given a chance to bec
ome a perfect }{\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  but because of his ill behavior in his relationship with the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, his low birth was immediately remembered. Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta had been given 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  but he had not been born in the family 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 had been born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pratiloma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  family. According to the Vedic concept, there are tw
o kinds of mixed family heritage. They are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anuloma}{\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 pratiloma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When a male is united with a female of a lower caste, the offspring is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anuloma;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but when a male unites with a woman of a higher caste, the offspring is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pratiloma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta belonged to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prat
iloma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  family because his father 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  and his mother 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  Because Romahar\'f1a\'eba's t
ranscendental realization was not perfect, Lord Balar\'e4ma remembered his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pratiloma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  heritage. Th
e idea is that any man can be given the chance 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  but if he improperly u
ses 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  without actual realization, then his elevation to the brahmi
nical position is not valid. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After seeing the deficiency of realization in Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta, Lord Balar\'e4ma decided to chastise him for being puffed up. Lord Balar\'e4ma therefore sa
id, "This man is liable to be awarded the death punishment because, although he has the good qualification of being a disciple of Lord Vy\'e4sadeva and although he has studied all the Vedic literature from this exalted personality, he was not submissive 
in the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.1
8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 person who is actually 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 is very learned must automatically become very gentle also. In the case of Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta, although he was very learned and had been 
given the chance 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  he had not become gentle. From this we can understan
d that when one is puffed up by material acquisition, he cannot acquire the gentle behavior befitting 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 learning of such a person is as good as a valuable jewel decorating the hood of a serpent. Despite the valuable jewel on the hood, a serpent is still a serpent and is as fearful as an ordinary serpent. If a person does not b
ecome meek and humble, all his studies 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 }{\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 his vast knowledge 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  become simply outward dress, like the costume of a theatrical artist dancing on the stage. Lord Balar\'e4ma began to consider thus: "I have appeared in order to chastise fals
e persons who are internally impure but externally pose themselves to be very learned and religious. My killing of such persons is proper to check them from further sinful activity." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma had avoided taking part in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, and yet because of His position, the reestablishment of religious principles was his prime 
duty. Considering these points, He killed Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta simply by striking him with a }{\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  straw, which was nothing but a blade of grass. If someone questions how Lord Balar\'e4ma could kill Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta simply by striking him with a blade 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, the answer is given 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.78.28] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by the use of the
 word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (master). The Lord's position is always transcendental, and because He is omnipotent
 He can act as He likes without being obliged to the material laws and principles. Thus it was possible for Him to kill Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta simply by striking him with a blade 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. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the death of Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta, everyone present became much aggrieved, and there was roaring and crying. Although 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 sages present there knew Lord Balar\'e4ma to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they did not hesitate 
to protest the Lord's action, and they humbly submitted, "Our dear Lord, we think that Your action is not in line with the religious principles. Dear Lord Yadunandana, we may inform You that we }{\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  posted Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta on that exalted position for the duration of this great sacrifice. He was seated on the Vy\'e4s\'e4sana by
 our election, and when one is seated on the Vy\'e4s\'e4sana, it is improper for him to stand up to receive a person. Moreover, we awarded Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta an undisturbed duration of life. Under the circumstances, since Your Lordship has killed 
him without knowing all these facts, we think that Your action has been equal to that of killing 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  Dear Lord, deliverer of all fallen souls, we know certainly that You are the knower of all Vedic principles. You are the master of all mystic powers; therefore ordinarily the Vedic injunctions cannot be applied to Your personality. B
ut we request that You show Your causeless mercy upon others by kindly atoning for this killing of Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta. We do not, however, suggest what kind of act You should perform to atone for killing him; we simply suggest that some method of 
atonement be adopted by You so that others may follow Your action. What is done by a great personality is followed by the ordinary man." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord replied, "Yes, I must atone for this action, which may have been proper for Me, but is improper for others; therefore, I think it is My duty to execute a s
uitable act of atonement enjoined in the authorized scriptures. Simultaneously I can also give this Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta life again, with a span of long duration, sufficient strength, and full power of the senses. Not only this, if you desire, I sha
ll be glad to award him anything else which you may ask. I shall be very glad to grant all these boons in order to fulfill your desires." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement of Lord Balar\'e4ma definitely confirms that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is free to act in any way. Although it may be considered that His kil
ling of Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta was improper, He could immediately counteract the action with greater profit to all. Therefore, one should not imitate the actions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; one should simply follow the instructions of the L
ord. All the great learned sages present realized that although they considered the action of Lord Balar\'e4ma to be improper, the Lord was able to immediately compensate with greater profits. Not wanting to detract from the mission of the Lord in killin
g Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta, all of them prayed, "Our dear Lord, the uncommon use of Your }{\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 
 weapon to kill Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta may remain as it is; because of Your desire to kill him, he should not be brought to life again. At the same time Your Lordship may remember that we 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  voluntarily gave him long life; therefore, such a benediction should not be nullified." Thus the request of all the 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  in the assembly was ambiguous because they wanted to keep intact the benediction given b
y them that Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta would continue to live until the end of the great sacrifice, but at the same time they did not want to nullify Balar\'e4ma's killing him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead therefore solved the problem in a manner befitting His exalted position, and said, "Because the son is produced from the body of 
the father, it is the injunction 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  that the son is the father's representative. Theref
ore I say that Ugra\'e7rav\'e4 S\'fcta, the son of Romahar\'f1a\'eba S\'fcta, should henceforth take his father's position and continue the discourses on 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 because you wanted Romahar\'f1a\'eba to have a long duration of life, this benediction will be transferred to his son. The son, Ugra\'e7rav\'e4, will therefore have all the
 facilities you offered\'97long duration of life in a good and healthy body, without any disturbances and full strength of all the senses. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma then implored all the 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  that aside from the benediction offered to the son of Romahar\'f1a\'eba, they should ask from Him any other benediction, and He would be prepared to fulfill it immediately. The Lord thus placed 
Himself in the position of an ordinary }{\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 informed the sages that He did not know in
 what way He could atone for His killing of Romahar\'f1a\'eba, but whatever they would suggest He would be glad to accept. 
\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\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  could understand the purpose of the Lord, and thus, they suggested that He atone for His action in a manner which would be beneficial for them. They said, "Our dear Lord, there is a demon of the name Balvala. He is the son of Ilvala, but he 
is a very powerful demon, and he visits this sacred place of sacrifice every fortnight on the full moon and moonless days and creates a great disturbance to the discharge of our duties in the sacrifice. O descendant of the Da\'e7\'e4rha family, we all re
quest You to kill this demon. We think that if You kindly kill him, that will be Your atonement on our behalf. The demon occasionally comes here and profusely throws upon us contaminated, impure things like puss, blood, stool, urine and wine, and he poll
utes this sacred place by showering such filth upon us. After killing Balvala, You may continue touring all these sacred places of pilgrimage for twelve months, and in that way You will be completely freed from all contamination. That is our prescription
." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-third 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  "The Killing of Dantavakra, Vid\'fcratha and Romahar\'f1a\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-24 / The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balar\'e4ma's Touring the Sacred Places
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 24 /  The Liberation of Balvala,
 and Lord Balar\'e4ma's Touring the Sacred Places
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma prepared Himself to meet the demon Balvala. At the time when the demon usually attacked the sacred place, there appeared a great hailstorm, the who
le sky became covered with dust and the atmosphere became surcharged with a filthy smell. Just after this, the mischievous demon Balvala began to shower torrents of stool and urine and other impure substances on the arena of sacrifice. After this onslaug
ht, the demon himself appeared with a great trident in his hand. He was a gigantic person, and his black body was like a huge mass of carbon. His hair, his beard and his moustache appeared reddish, like copper, and because of his great beard and moustach
e, his mouth appeared to be very dangerous and fierce. As soon as He saw the demon, Lord Balar\'e4ma prepared to attack him. He first began to consider how He could smash the great demon to pieces. Lord Balar\'e4ma called for His plow and club, and they 
immediately appeared before Him. The demon Balvala was flying in the sky, and at the first opportunity Lord Balar\'e4ma dragged him down with His plow and angrily smashed the demon's head with His club. By Balar\'e4ma's striking, the forehead of the demo
n became fractured. There was a profuse flow of blood from his forehead, and he began to scream loudly. In this way the demon, who had been such a great disturbance to the pious }{\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  fell to the ground. His falling was like a great mountain with a red oxide peak being struck by a thunderbolt and smashed to the ground. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, learned 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  became most pleased by seeing this, and they offered their respectful prayers to Lord Balar\'e4ma. They offered their heartfelt blessings upon the Lord, and all agreed that Lord Bala
r\'e4ma's attempt to do anything would never be a failure. The 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  then per
formed a ceremonial bathing of Lord Balar\'e4ma, just as King Indra is bathed by the demigods when he is victorious over the demons. 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 sages honored Lord Balar\'e4ma by presenting Him first-class new clothing and ornaments and the lotus flower garland of victory, the reservoir of all beauty, which was never to be dried up, bei
ng in everlasting existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incidence, Lord Balar\'e4ma took permission from 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  assembled at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya and, accompanied by other }{\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  went to the bank of the River Kau\'f1ik\'e9. After taking His bath in this holy place, He proceeded toward the River Saray\'fc and visited the source of the river. He began to travel on the bank of
 the Saray\'fc River, and He gradually reached Pray\'e4ga, where there is a confluence of three rivers, the Ganges, Yamun\'e4 and Sarasvat\'e9. Here also He regularly took His bath, worshiped the local temples of God and, as it is enjoined in the Vedic l
iterature, offered oblations to the forefathers and sages. He gradually reached 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  
of the sage Pulaha and from there went to Ga\'eb\'f2ak\'e9 on the River Gomati. After this He took His bath in the River Vip\'e4\'e7\'e4. Then gradually He came to the bank of the \'c7o\'eba River. (The \'c7o\'eba River is still running as one of the big
 rivers in the Behar Province.) He also took His bath there and performed the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. He continued His travels and gradually came to the pilgrimage city of Gay\'e4 where there is a celebrated Vi\'f1\'ebu temple. According to the adv
ice of His father Vasudeva, He offered oblations to the forefathers in this Vi\'f1\'ebu temple. From here He traveled to the delta of the Ganges, where the sacred River Ganges mixes with the Bay of Bengal. This sacred place is called Ga\'ecg\'e4s\'e4gara
, and at the end of January every year there is still a great assembly of saintly persons and pious men, just as there is an assembly of saintly persons in Pray\'e4ga every year which is called the Magh Mela Fair. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After finishing His bathing and ritualistic ceremonies at Ga\'ecg\'e4s\'e4gara, Lord Balar\'e4ma proceeded toward the mountain known as Mahendra Parvata. At this pl
ace He met Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, the incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He offered him respect by bowing down before him. After this He gradually turned toward southern India and visited the banks of the River God\'e4var\'e9. After taking His bath in th
e River God\'e4var\'e9 and performing the necessary ritualistic ceremonies, He gradually visited the other rivers\'97the Ve\'eb\'e4, Pamp\'e4 and Bh\'e9marath\'e9. On the bank of the River Bh\'e9marath\'e9 there is the deity called Sv\'e4m\'e9 K\'e4rttik
eya. After visiting K\'e4rttikeya Lord Balar\'e4ma gradually proceeded to \'c7ailapura, a pilgrimage city in the province of Mah\'e4r\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. \'c7ailapura is one of the biggest districts in Mah\'e4r\'e4\'f1\'f6ra Province. He then gradually procee
ded towards the Dravi\'f2ade\'e7a. Southern India is divided into five parts, called Pa\'efcadravi\'f2a. Northern India is also divided into five parts, called Pa\'efcagaura. All the important }{\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 the modern age, namely \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m\'e9, and Nimb\'e4rka, ad
vented themselves in these Dravi\'f2a Provinces. Lord Caitanya appeared in Bengal, which is part of the five Gaurade\'e7as. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most important place of pilgrimage in southern India, or Dravi\'f2a, is Ve\'ecka\'f6\'e4cala, commonly known as B\'e4laj\'e9. After visiting this place Lord Bal
ar\'e4ma proceeded toward Vi\'f1\'ebuk\'e4\'efc\'e9, and from there He proceeded on the bank of the K\'e4ver\'e9. He took His bath in the River K\'e4ver\'e9; then He gradually reached Ra\'ecgak\'f1etra. The biggest temple in the world is in Ra\'ecgak\'f1
etra, and the Vi\'f1\'ebu deity there is celebrated as Ra\'ecgan\'e4tha. A similar temple of Ra\'ecgan\'e4tha is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, although it is not as big as the temple in Ra\'ecgak\'f1etra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While going to Vi\'f1\'ebuk\'e4\'efc\'e9, Lord Balar\'e4ma also visited \'c7ivak\'e4\'efc\'e9. After visiting Ra\'ecgak\'f1etra, He gradually proceeded toward Mathu
r\'e4, commonly known as the Mathur\'e4 of southern India. After visiting this place, He gradually proceeded toward Setubandha. Setubandha is the place where Lord R\'e4macandra constructed the stone bridge from India to La\'eck\'e4 (Ceylon). In this part
icularly holy place, Lord Balar\'e4ma distributed ten thousand cows to the local }{\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  p
riests. It is the Vedic custom that when a rich visitor goes to any place of pilgrimage he gives in charity to the local priests gifts of horses, cows, ornaments and garments. This system of visiting places of pilgrimage and providing the local }{\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  priests with all necessities of life has greatly deteriorated in this age of Kali. The ri
cher section of the population, because of its degradation in Vedic culture, is no longer attracted by these places of pilgrimage, 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  priests who depended on such visitors have also deteriorated in their professional duty of helping the visitors. These }{\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  priests in the places of pilgrimage are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2a}{\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 pa\'eb\'f2it.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that they fo
rmerly were very 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  and used to guide the visitors in all details of the pur
pose of coming there, and thus both the visitors and the priests were benefitted by mutual cooperation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is clear from the description 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  that when Lord Balar\'e4ma was visiting the different places of pilgrimage, He properly followed the Vedic system. After distributing cows at Setubandha, Lord Balar\'e4ma proceeded toward the K\'e5
tam\'e4l\'e4 and T\'e4mrapar\'eb\'e9 Rivers. These two rivers are celebrated as sacred, and Lord Balar\'e4ma bathed in both. He then proceeded toward Malaya Hill. This Malaya Hill is very great, and it is said that it is one of seven peaks called the Mal
aya Hills. The great sage Agastya used to live there, and Lord Balar\'e4ma visited him and offered His respects by bowing down before him. After taking the sage's blessings, Lord Balar\'e4ma, with the sage's permission, proceeded toward the Indian Ocean.
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the point of the cape there is a big temple of the goddess Durg\'e4 where she is known as Kany\'e4kum\'e4r\'e9. This temple of Kany\'e4kum\'e4r\'e9 was also visi
ted by Lord R\'e4macandra, and therefore it is to be understood that the temple has been existing for millions of years. From there, Lord Balar\'e4ma went on to visit the pilgrimage city known as Ph\'e4lgunat\'e9rtha, which is on the shore of the Indian 
Ocean, or the Southern Ocean. Ph\'e4lgunat\'e9rtha is celebrated because Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in His incarnation of Ananta is lying there. From Ph\'e4lgunat\'e9rtha, Lord Balar\'e4ma went on to visit another pilgrimage spot known as Pa\'efc\'e4psarasa. There
 also He bathed according to the regulative principles and observed the ritualistic ceremonies. This site is also celebrated as a shrine of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu; therefore Lord Balar\'e4ma distributed ten thousand cows to the local }{\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  priests. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From Cape Comarin Lord Balar\'e4ma turned toward Kerala. The country of Kerala is still existing in southern India under the name of South Kerala. After visiting th
is place, He came to Gokar\'ebat\'e9rtha, where Lord \'c7iva is constantly worshiped. Balar\'e4ma then visited the temple of \'c4ry\'e4dev\'e9, which is completely surrounded by water. From that island, He went on to a place known as \'c7\'fcrp\'e4raka. 
After this He bathed in the rivers known as T\'e4p\'e9, Payo\'f1\'eb\'e9, and Nirvindhy\'e4, and He came to the forest known as Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya. This is the same Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya Forest where Lord R\'e4macandra lived while He was in exil
e. Lord Balar\'e4ma next came to the bank of the River Narmad\'e4, the biggest river in central India. On the bank of this sacred Narmad\'e4 there is a pilgrimage spot known as M\'e4hi\'f1mat\'e9 Pur\'e9. After bathing there, according to regulative prin
ciples, Lord Balar\'e4ma returned to Prabh\'e4sat\'e9rtha, wherefrom He had begun His journey. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Balar\'e4ma returned to Prabh\'e4sat\'e9rtha He heard from the }{\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  that most of 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  in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra had been killed. Balar\'e4ma felt relieved to hear that the burden of the world had been reduced. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma appeared on this earth to lessen the burden of military strength created
 by the ambitious }{\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  kings. This is the way of materialistic life: not being satisfied b
y the absolute necessities of life, people ambitiously create extra demands, and their illegal desires are checked by the laws of nature or by laws of God, appearing as famine, war, pestilence and similar catastrophes. Lord Balar\'e4ma heard that althoug
h most of 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  had been killed, the Kurus were still engaged in fighting. Therefore H
e returned to the battlefield just on the day Bh\'e9masena and Duryodhana were engaged in a personal duel. As well-wisher of both of them, Lord Balar\'e4ma wanted to stop them, but they would not stop. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Balar\'e4ma appeared on the scene, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and his young brothers, Nakula, Sahadeva, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna, immediately offered Hi
m their respectful obeisances, but they did not speak at all. The reason they were silent was that Lord Balar\'e4ma was somewhat affectionate toward Duryodhana, and Duryodhana had learned from Balar\'e4maj\'e9 the art of fighting with a club. Thus, when 
the fighting was going on, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and others thought that Balar\'e4ma might come there to say something in favor of Duryodhana, and they therefore remained silent. Both Duryodhana and Bh\'e9masena were very enthusiastic in fighting with c
lubs, and in the midst of large audiences, each was very skillfully trying to strike the other, and while attempting to do so they appeared to be dancing. But although they appeared to be dancing, it was clear that both of them were very angry. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma, wanting to stop the fighting, said, "My dear King Duryodhana and Bh\'e9masena, I know that both of you are great fighters and are well known in th
e world as great heroes, but still I think that Bh\'e9masena is superior to Duryodhana in bodily strength. On the other hand, Duryodhana is superior in the art of fighting with a club. Taking this into consideration, My opinion is that neither of you is 
inferior to the other in fighting. Under the circumstances, there is very little chance of one of you being defeated by the other. Therefore I request you not to waste your time in fighting in this way. I wish you to stop this unnecessary fight." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The good instruction given by Lord Balar\'e4ma to both Bh\'e9masena and Duryodhana was intended for the equal benefit of both of them. But they were so enwrapped in
 anger against each other that they could only remember their long-lasting personal enmity. Each thought only of killing the other, and they did not give much importance to the instruction of Lord Balar\'e4ma. Both of them then became like madmen in reme
mbering the strong accusations and ill behavior they had exchanged with one another. Lord Balar\'e4ma, being able to understand the destiny which was awaiting them, was not eager to go further in the matter. Therefore, instead of staying, He decided to r
eturn to the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When He returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, He was received with great jubilation by relatives and friends, headed by King Ugrasena and other elderly persons; all of them ca
me forward to welcome Lord Balar\'e4ma. After this, He again went to the holy place of pilgrimage at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, and the sages, saintly persons 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  all received Him standing. They understood that Lord Balar\'e4ma, although 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  was now retired from the fighting business. 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 the sages, who were always for peace and tranquility, were very pleased at this. All of them embraced Balar\'e4ma with great affection and induced Him to perform various kinds of sacrifices in that sacred spot
 of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya. Actually Lord Balar\'e4ma had no business performing the sacrifices recommended for ordinary human beings; He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore He Himself is the enjoyer of all such sacrifices. As such, His e
xemplary action in performing sacrifices was only to give a lesson to the common man to show how one should abide by the injunction 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 Supreme Personality of Godhead Balar\'e4ma instructed the sages and saintly persons at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya on the subject matter of the living entities' relat
ionship with this cosmic manifestation, on how one should accept this whole universe and on how one should relate with the cosmos in order to achieve the highest goal of perfection, the understanding that the whole cosmic manifestation is resting on the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead and that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also all-pervading, even within the minutest atom, by the function of His Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma then took the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avabh\'e5tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bath which is accepted after finishing sacrificial performances. After taking His bath, He dressed Himself in new silken garments and decorated Himself with beautiful jewelry amidst His relatives and friends. He a
ppeared to be a shining full moon amidst the luminaries in the sky. Lord Balar\'e4ma is the Personality of Godhead Ananta Himself; therefore He is beyond the scope of understanding by mind, intelligence or body. He descended exactly like a human being an
d behaved in that way for His own purpose; we can only explain His activities as the Lord's pastimes. No one can even estimate the extent of the unlimited demonstrations of His pastimes because He is all-powerful. Lord Balar\'e4ma is the original Vi\'f1
\'ebu; therefore anyone remembering these pastimes of Lord Balar\'e4ma in the morning and evening, will certainly become a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus his life will become successful in all respects. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-fourth 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  "The Liberation of Balvala, and Lord Balar\'e4ma's Touring Sacred Places."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-25 / Meeting of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Sud\'e4m\'e4 Br\'e4hma\'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 25 /  Meeting of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba with Sud\'e4m\'e4 Br\'e4hma\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it was hearing the narrations of the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Balar\'e4ma from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. These pastimes are all tr
anscendentally pleasurable to hear, and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it addressed \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as follows: "My dear Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the bestower of both liberation and love of God simultaneously. Anyo
ne who becomes a devotee of the Lord automatically attains liberation without having to make a separate attempt. The Lord is unlimited, and as such, His pastimes and activities for creating, maintaining and destroying the whole cosmic manifestation are u
nlimited. I therefore wish to hear about His other pastimes of which you may not have spoken as yet. My dear master, the conditioned souls within this material world have been frustrated by searching out the pleasure of happiness derived from sense grati
fication. Such desires for material enjoyment are always piercing the heart of conditioned souls. But I am actually experiencing how the transcendental topics of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes can relieve one from the state of being affected by such sens
e gratificatory material activities. I think that no intelligent person can reject this method of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord again and again; simply by hearing, one can remain always steeped in transcendental pleasure. Thus one will 
not be attracted by material sense gratification." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this statement, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it has used two important words: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1a
\'eb\'eba\'f9}{\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 vi\'e7e\'f1aj\'efa\'f9: vi\'f1a\'eb\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "morose." The materialistic persons are inventing many ways and means to become fully satisfied, but actually they remain morose. The point may be raised that sometimes those who are transcendentali
sts also remain morose. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has used, however, the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7e\'f1aj\'efa\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  There are two kinds of transcendentalists, namely the impersonalists and the personalists. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7e\'f1aj\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the personalists, who are interested in transcendental variegatedness. The devotees become jubilant by hearing the descriptions of the personal activities of the Supreme Lord, whereas the impersonalists, who a
re actually more attracted by the impersonal feature of the Lord, are only superficially attracted by the personal activities of the Lord. As such, in spite of coming in contact with the pastimes of the Lord, the impersonalists do not fully realize the b
enefit to be derived, and thus they remain in exactly the same morose position, due to fruitive activity, with the materialists. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it continued: "The capacity for talking can be perfected only by describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The capacity for working with
 one's hands can be successful only when one engages himself in the service of the Lord with those hands. Similarly, one's mind can be pacified only when he simply thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This does not mean that one
 has to be very thoughtful, but one simply has to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, is all-pervasive, by His localized aspect as Param\'e4tm\'e4. If only one can think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as Param\'e4tm\'e4, is everywhere, even within 
the atom, then one can perfect the thinking, feeling and willing function of his mind. The perfect devotee does not see the material world as it appears to material eyes, but he sees everywhere the presence of his worshipable Lord in His Param\'e4tm\'e4 
feature." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it continued to say that the function of the ear can be perfected simply by engagement in hearing the transcendental activities of the Lo
rd. He said further that the function of the head can be fully utilized when the head is engaged in bowing down before the Lord and His representative. That the Lord is represented in everyone's heart is a fact, and therefore the highly advanced devotee 
offers his respects to every living entity, considering that the body is the temple of the Lord. But it is not possible for all men to come to that stage of life immediately, because that stage is for the first-class devotee. The second-class devotee can
 consider the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or the devotees of the Lord, to be representatives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the devotee who is just beginning, the neophyte or third-class devotee, can bow his head before the Deity in the temple and before the spiritual mast
er, who is the direct manifestation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the neophyte stage, in the intermediate stage, or in the fully advanced perfected stage, one can make the function of the head perfect by bowing down before the Lord or His rep
resentative. Similarly, he can perfect the function of the eyes by seeing the Lord and His representative. In this way, everyone can elevate the functions of the different parts of his body to the highest perfectional stage simply by engaging them in the
 service of the Lord or His representative. If one is able to do nothing more, he can simply bow down before the Lord and His representative and drink the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the water which has washed the lotus feet of the Lord or His devotee. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing these statements of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 became overwhelmed with devotional ecstasy because of King Par\'e9k\'f1it's 
advanced understanding of the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was already engaged in describing the activities of the Lord, and when he was asked by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it to describe them further, he continued with great plea
sure to narrate }{\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 There was a very nice }{\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  friend of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As a perfect }{\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 very elevated in transcendental knowledge, and because of his advanced knowledge, he was not at all attached to material enjoyment. Therefore he was very peaceful and had achieved supreme control over his senses. This means that 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 a perfect devotee because unless one is a perfect devotee, he cannot achieve the highest 
standard of knowledge. 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  }{\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  that a person who has come to the point of perfection of knowledge surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
In other words, any person who has surrendered his life for the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has come to the point of perfect knowledge. The result of perfect knowledge is that one becomes detached from the materialistic way of life. Thi
s detachment means complete control of the senses, which are always attracted by material enjoyment. The senses of the devotee become purified, and in that stage the senses are engaged in the service of the Lord. That is the complete field of devotional 
service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although 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  friend of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a householder, he was not busy accumulating wealth for very comfortable living; therefore he was satisfied by the income which automatically came to him according to his destiny. This is the sign of 
perfect knowledge. A man who is in perfect knowledge knows that one cannot be happier than he is destined to be. In this material world, everyone is destined to suffer a certain amount of distress and to enjoy a certain amount of happiness. The amount of
 happiness and distress is already predestined for every living entity. No one can increase or decrease the happiness of the materialistic way of life. 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  therefore, did not exert himself for more material happiness, but he used his time for advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Externally he appeared to be very poor because 
he had no rich dress and could not provide a very rich dress for his wife, and because their material condition was not very opulent they were not even eating sufficiently, and thus both he and his wife appeared to be very thin. The wife was not very anx
ious for her personal comfort, but she felt very concerned for her husband, who was such a pious }{\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 trembling due to her weak health, and although she did not like to dictate to her husband, she spoke as follows: 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear lord, I know that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the husband of the goddess of fortune, is your personal friend. You are also a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, and He is always ready to help His devotee. Even if you think that you are not rendering any devotional service to the Lord, still you are surrendered to Him, and the Lord is the protector of the surrendered soul. Moreover, I know that Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the ideal personality of Vedic culture. He is always in favor of brahminical culture and is very kind to the qualified }{\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 are the most fortunate person because you have as your friend the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only shelter for personalities like you because you are fully surrendered u
nto Him. You are saintly, learned and fully in control of your senses. Under the circumstances, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is your only shelter. Please, therefore, go to Him. I am sure that He will immediately understand your impoverished position. You are also
 a householder; therefore without any money you are in a distressed condition. But as soon as He understands your position, He will certainly give you sufficient riches so that you can live very comfortably. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is now the King of the Bho
ja, V\'e5\'f1\'ebi and Andhaka dynasties, and I have heard that He never leaves His capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. He is living there without outside engagements. He is so kind and liberal that He immediately gives everything, even His personal self, to an
y person who surrenders unto Him. When He is prepared to give Himself personally to His devotee, then there is nothing wonderful in giving some material riches. Of course, He does not give much material wealth to His devotee if the devotee is not very fi
xed, but I think in your case He knows perfectly well how much you are fixed in devotional service. Therefore He will not hesitate to award you some material benefit for the bare necessities of life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, the wife of 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  again and again requested, in great humility and submission, that he go to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  thought that there was no need to ask any material benefit from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he was induced by the repeated requests of his wife. Moreover, he thought, "If I go there I sha
ll be able to see the Lord personally. That will be a great opportunity, even if I don't ask any material benefit from Him." When he had decided to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he asked his wife if she had anything in the home that he could offer to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, because he must take some presentation for his friend. The wife immediately collected four palmsful of chipped rice from her neighboring friends and tied it in a small cloth, like a handkerchief, and gave it to her husband to present to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Without waiting any longer, 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  took the presentation and began to proceed 
toward Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to see his Lord. While he was proceeding toward Dv\'e4rak\'e4 he was absorbed in the thought of how he could be able to see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He had no thought within his heart other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was of course very difficult to reach the palaces of the kings of the Yadu dynasty, but }{\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 allowed to visit, and when 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  friend of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba went there, he, along with other }{\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 to pass through three military encampments. In each camp there were very big gates, and he also had to pass through them. After the gates and the camps, there were sixteen thousand big palaces,
 the residential quarters of the sixteen thousand queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  entered one palace which was very gorgeously decorated. When he entered this beautiful palace, he felt that he was swimming in the ocean of transcendental pleasure. He felt himself constantly diving and surfacing in that transcendental ocean
. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting on the bedstead of Queen Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Even from a considerable distance He could see 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  coming to His home, and He could recognize him as His friend. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately left His s
eat and came forward to receive 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  friend and, upon reaching him, embraced 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  with His two arms. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all transcendental pleasu
re, and yet He Himself felt great pleasure upon embracing the 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  because He was 
meeting His very dear friend. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had him seated on His own bedstead and personally brought him all kinds of fruits and drinks to offer him, as is proper in receiving a worshipable guest. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme pure,
 but because He was playing the role of an ordinary human being, He immediately washed 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  feet and, for His own purification, sprinkled the water onto His head. After this the Lord smeared the body of 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  with different kinds of scented pulp, such as sandalwood, }{\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  and saffron. He immediately burned several kinds of scented incense, and, as is usual, He offered him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with burning lamps. After thus offering him an adequate welcome and after 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  had taken food and drink, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My dear friend, it is a great fortune that you have come here." 
\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  being very poor, was not dressed nicely; his clothing was torn and dirty, and his body was also very lean and thin. He appeared not to be very clean, and because of his weak body, his bones were distinctly visible. The goddess of fortune Ruk
mi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9 personally began to fan him with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fan, but the other women in the 
palace became astonished at Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's behavior in receiving 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  in tha
t way. They were surprised to see how eager Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was to welcome this particular }{\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 began to wonder how Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba could personally receive 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 was poor, not very neat or clean, and poorly dressed; but at the same time they could realize that 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 not an ordinary living being. They knew that he must have performed great pious activities; otherwise why was Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the husband of the goddess of fortune, taking so much care for him? They were 
still more surprised to see that 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 seated on the bedstead of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. They were especially surprised to see that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had embraced him exactly as He embraced His elder brother, Balar\'e4maj\'e9, because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to embrace only Rukmi\'eb\'e9 or Balar\'e4ma, and no one else. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After receiving 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  nicely, and seating him on His own cushioned bed, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  friend, you are a most intelligent personality, and you know very well the principles of religious life. I believe that after you finished your education at the house of our teacher and after you sufficiently remunerate
d him, you must have gone back to your home and accepted a suitable wife. I know very well that from the beginning you were not at all attached to the materialistic way of life, nor did you desire to be very opulent materially, and therefore you are in n
eed of money. In this material world, persons who are not attached to material opulence are very rarely found. Such unattached persons haven't the least desire to accumulate wealth and prosperity for sense gratification, but sometimes they are found to c
ollect money just to exhibit the exemplary life of a householder. They show how by proper distribution of wealth one can become an ideal householder and at the same time become a great devotee. Such ideal householders are to be considered followers of My
 footsteps. I hope, 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  friend, you remember all those days of our school life
 when both you and I were living together at the boarding house. Actually, whatever knowledge both you and I received in our life was accumulated in our student life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If a man is sufficiently educated in student life under the guidance of a proper teacher, then his life becomes successful in the future. He can very easily cross 
over the ocean of nescience, and he is not subjected to the influence of illusory energy. My dear friend, everyone should consider his father to be his first teacher because by the mercy of one's father one gets this body. The father is therefore the nat
ural spiritual master. Our next spiritual master is he who initiates us into transcendental knowledge, and he is to be worshiped as much as I am. The spiritual master may be more than one. The spiritual master who instructs the disciples about spiritual 
matters is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ik\'f1a-guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the spiritual master who initiates the disciple is called
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4-guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Both of them are My representatives. There may be many spiritual masters wh
o instruct, but the initiator spiritual master is one. A human being who takes advantage of these spiritual masters and, receiving proper knowledge from them, crosses the ocean of material existence, is to be understood as having properly utilized his hu
man form of life. He has practical knowledge that the ultimate interest of life, which is to be gained only in this human form, is to achieve spiritual perfection and thus be transferred back home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear friend, I am Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul present in everyone's heart, and it is My direct order that human society must follow the principles of }{\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.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As I have 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.13]}{\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  the human society should be divided, according to quality and
 action, into 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  Similarly, everyone should divide his life into four parts. One sho
uld utilize the first part of life in becoming a bona fide student, receiving adequate knowledge and keeping oneself in the vow of }{\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  so that one may completely devote his life for the service of the spiritual master without indulging in sense gratification. 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 meant to lead a life of austerities and penance. The householder is meant to live a regulated life of sense gratification, but no one should remain a house
holder for the third stage of life. In that stage, one has to return to the austerities and penances formerly practiced in }{\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  life and thus relieve himself of the attachment to household life. After being relieved of his attachments to the materialistic way of life, one may accept the order 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As the Supersoul of the living entities, sitting in everyone's heart, I observe everyone's activity in every stage and order of life. Regardless of which stage one
 is in, when I see that one is engaged seriously and sincerely in discharging the duties ordered by the spiritual master, and is thus dedicating his life to the service of the spiritual master, that person becomes most dear to Me. As far as the life of }
{\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  is concerned, if one can continue the life of 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  under the direction of a spiritual master, that is extremely good; but if in }{\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  life one feels sex impulses, then he should take leave of his spiritual master, satisfying him according to 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  desire. According to the Vedic system, a gift is offered to the spiritual master, which is call
ed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru-dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then the disciple should take to householder life and accept a wife acc
ording to religious rites." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These instructions given by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba while talking with His friend the 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  are very good for the guidance of human society. A system of human civilization that does not promote }{\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is nothing but polished animal society. Indulgence in sex life by a man or woman living single is never acceptable in human society. A man should either strictly follow the principles of }{\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  life or, with the permission of the spiritual master, should get married. Single life with 
illicit sex is animal life. For the animals there is no marriage institution. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern society does not aim at fulfilling the mission of human life. The mission of human life is to go back home, back to Godhead. To fulfill this mission, the sys
tem of }{\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must be followed. When the system is followed rigidly and consciously, it fulfills this mission of life. When it is followed indirectly, without guidance of super
ior order, then it simply creates a disturbing condition in human society, and there is no peace and prosperity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued to talk with 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  friend: "My dear friend, I think you remember our activities during the days when we were living as students. 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\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wife. While we were collecting the dried wood, we by chance entered the dense forest and became l
ost. 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 dark jungle. After 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\cb1\nosupersub guru's \'e4\'e7rama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 eac
h other's hand and tried to find our way out. We passed the whole night in that way, and early in the morning when our absence became known to our }{\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  he sent his other disciples 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "With great compassion our }{\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  said, 'My 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 }{\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 without caring for bodily comforts you have taken so much trouble for me. I am also glad to see that bona fid
e students like you will undergo any kind of trouble for the satisfaction of 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 s
ervice of the spiritual master. My dear best of the twice-born, I am greatly pleased by your action, and I bless you: May all your desires and ambitions be fulfilled. May the understanding 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  which you have learned from me always continue to remain within your memory, so that at every moment you can remember 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  and quote their instructions without difficulty. Thus you will never be disappointed in this life 
or in the next.'" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "My dear friend, you may remember that many such incidents occurred while we were in 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  of our spiritual master. Both of us can realize that without the blessings of the spiritual master no one can be happy. By the m
ercy of the spiritual master and by his blessings, one can achieve peace and prosperity and be able to fulfill the mission of human life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, the 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  replied, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the Supreme Lord and the supreme spiritual master of everyone, and since I was fortunate enough to live with You in the house of our }{\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 think I have nothing more to do in the matter of prescribed Vedic duties. My dear Lord, the Vedic hymns, ritualistic ceremonies
, religious activities, and all other necessities for the perfection of human life, including economic development, sense gratification and liberation, are all derived from one source: Your supreme personality. All the different processes of life are ult
imately meant for the understanding of Your personality. In other words, they are the different parts of Your transcendental form. And yet You played the role of a student and lived with us in the house 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  This means that You adopted all these pastimes for Your pleasure only; otherwise there was no need for Your playing the role of a human
 being." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-fifth 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  "Meeting of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Sud\'e4m\'e4 Br\'e4hma\'eba."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-26 / The Br\'e4hma\'eba Sud\'e4m\'e4 Benedicted by 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 26 /  The Br\'e4hma\'eba Sud\'e4
m\'e4 Benedicted by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of all living entities, knows very well everyone's heart. He is especially inclined 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  devotees. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebyadeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that He is 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  Therefore it is understood that a devotee who is fully surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead has already acquired 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  Without becoming 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  one cannot approach the Supreme Brahman, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is especially concerned with vanquishing the distress of His devotees,
 and He is the only shelter of pure devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged for a long time in talking with Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra about their past association. Then, just to enjoy the company of an old friend, L
ord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to smile, and asked, "My dear friend, what have you brought for Me? Has your wife given you some nice eatable for Me?" While He was addressing His friend, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was looking upon him and smiling with great love. He c
ontinued: "My dear friend, you must have brought some presentation for Me from your home." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew that Sud\'e4m\'e4 was hesitating to present Him the paltry chipped rice which was actually unfit for His eating, and understanding the mind
 of Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra the Lord said, "My dear friend, certainly I am not in need of anything, but if My devotee gives Me something as an offering of love, even though it may be very insignificant, I accept it with great pleasure. On the other hand, if a
 person is not a devotee, even though he may offer Me very valuable things, I do not like to accept them. I actually accept only things which are offered to Me in devotion and love; otherwise, however valuable the thing may be, I do not accept it. If My 
pure devotee offers Me even the most insignificant things\'97a little flower, a little piece of leaf, a little water\'97but saturates the offering in devotional love, then I not only gladly accept such an offering, but I eat it with great pleasure." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba assured Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra that He would be very glad to accept the chipped rice which he had brought from home, yet out of great shyness, Sud
\'e4m\'e4 Vipra hesitated to present it to the Lord. He was thinking, "How can I offer such insignificant things to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" and he simply bowed his head. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supersoul, knows everything in everyone's heart. He knows everyone's determination and everyone's want. He knew, therefore, the reason for 
Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra's coming to Him. He knew that, driven by extreme poverty, he had come there at the request of his wife. Thinking of Sud\'e4m\'e4 as His very dear class friend, He knew that Sud\'e4m\'e4's love for Him as a friend was never tainted by a
ny desire for material benefit. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought, "Sud\'e4m\'e4 has not come asking anything from Me, but being obliged by the request of his wife, he has come to see Me just to please her." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore decided that He would give 
more material opulence to Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra than could be imagined even by the King of heaven. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then snatched the bundel of chipped rice which was hanging on the shoulder of the 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  packed in one corner of his wrapper, and said, "What is this? My dear friend, you have brought Me nice, palatable chipped rice!" He encouraged Sud
\'e4m\'e4 Vipra, saying, "I consider that this quantity of chipped rice will not only satisfy Me, but will satisfy the whole creation." 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 considered the highest welfare work for everyone, because the 
benefit of such an offering is distributed throughout the creation. Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes distributed to all living entities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking to Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra, He ate one morsel of chipped rice from his bundle, and when He attempted to eat a second morsel, Rukmi
\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, who is the goddess of fortune herself, checked the Lord by catching hold of His hand. After touching the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 said, "My dear Lord, this one morsel of chipped rice is sufficient to cause him who offered it
 to become very opulent in this life and to continue his opulence in the next life. My Lord, You are so kind to Your devotee that even this one morsel of chipped rice pleases You very greatly, and Your pleasure assures the devotee opulence both in this l
ife and in the next." This indicates that when food is offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with love and devotion and He is pleased and accepts it from the devotee, Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, the goddess of fortune, becomes so greatly obliged to the devotee that s
he has to personally go to the devotee's home to turn it into the most opulent home in the world. If one feeds N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba sumptuously, the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, automatically becomes a guest in one's house, which means that one's home 
becomes opulent. The 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  Sud\'e4m\'e4 passed that night at the house of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and while he was there he felt as if he were living in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planet. Actually he was living in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, because wherever Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, the goddess of fo
rtune, live is not different from the spiritual planet, Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The 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  Sud\'e4m\'e4 did not appear to have received anything substantial from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba while he was at His place, and yet he did not ask anything from the Lord. The next morning he started for his home, thinking always about his 
reception by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus he became merged in transcendental bliss. All the way home he was simply remembering the dealings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he was feeling very happy to have seen the Lord. 
\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  began to think as follows: "It is most pleasurable to see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is most devoted 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  How great a lover He is of the brahminical culture! He is the Supreme }{\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 Himself, yet He reciprocates with 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 also respects 
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  so much that He embraced to His chest a 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  like me, although He never embraces anyone to His chest except the goddess of fortune. How can there be any com
parison between me, a poor, sinful }{\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 the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is th
e only shelter of the goddess of fortune? And yet, considering me 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  He embrace
d me with heartfelt pleasure in His two transcendental arms. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so kind to me that He allowed me to sit down on the same bedstead where the goddess of fortune lies down. He considered me to be His real brother. How can I appreciate m
y obligation to Him? When I was tired, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, the goddess of fortune, began to fan me, holding the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  whisk in her own hand. She never considered her exalted position as the first queen of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and by massaging my legs and feeding me with His own hand, He practically worshi
ped me! Aspiring for elevation to the heavenly planets, or liberation or all kinds of material opulences, or perfection in the mystic }{\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  powers, everyone throughout the universe worships the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yet the Lord was so kind to me that He did not give me even a farthing, knowing very well that I am a poverty-stric
ken man who, if I got some money, might become puffed up and mad after material opulence and so forget Him." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The statement of 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  Sud\'e4m\'e4 is correct. An ordinary man who is very poor and prays to the Lord for benediction in material opulence, and who somehow or other becomes richer in material opulence, immediately forgets his obligation to the Lor
d. Therefore, the Lord does not offer opulences to His devotee unless the devotee is thoroughly destitute. Rather, if a neophyte devotee serves the Lord very sincerely and at the same time wants material opulence, the Lord keeps him from obtaining it. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thinking in this way, the 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  gradually reached his own home. But on reaching there he saw that everything was wonderfully changed. He saw that in place of his cottage there were big palaces made of valuable stones and jewels, glitter
ing like the sun, moon and rays of fire. Not only were there big palaces, but at intervals there were beautifully decorated parks, in which many beautiful men and women were strolling. In those parks there were nice lakes full of lotus flowers and beauti
ful lilies, and there were flocks of multicolored birds. Seeing the wonderful conversion of his native place, 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  began to think to himself, "How am I seeing all these changes? Does this place belong to me, or to someone else? If it is the same place where I used to live, then how has it so wonderfully changed?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the 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  was considering this, a group of beautiful men and women with features resembling those of the demigods, accompanied by musical chanters, approached to welcome him. All were singing auspicious songs. The wife of 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 glad on hearing the tidings of her husband's arrival, and with great haste she al
so came out of the palace. 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  wife appeared so beautiful that it seemed as if t
he goddess of fortune herself had come to receive him. As soon as she saw her husband present before her, tears of joy began to fall from her eyes, and her voice became so choked up that she could not even address her husband. She simply closed her eyes 
in ecstasy. But with great love and affection she bowed down before her husband, and within herself she thought of embracing him. She was fully decorated with a gold necklace and ornaments, and while standing among the maidservants she appeared like the 
wife of a demigod just alighting from an airplane. 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 surprised to see his wi
fe so beautiful, and in great affection and without saying a word he entered the palace with his wife. 
\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 br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  entered his personal apartment in the palace, he saw that it was not an apartment, but the residence of the King of heaven. The palace was surrounded by many columns of jewels. The couches and the bedsteads were made of ivory, bedecked w
ith gold and jewels, and the bedding was as white as the foam of milk and as soft as a lotus flower. There were many whisks hanging from golden rods, and many golden thrones with sitting cushions as soft as the lotus flower. In various places there were 
velvet and silken canopies with laces of pearls hanging all around. The structure of the building was standing on first-class transparent marble, with engravings made of emerald stones. All the women in the palace were carrying lamps made of valuable jew
els. The flames and the jewels combined to produce a wonderfully brilliant light. When 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  saw his position suddenly changed to one of opulence, and when he could not determine the cause for such a sudden change, he began to consider very gravely how it had happened. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He thus began to think, "From the beginning of my life I have been extremely poverty-stricken, so what could be the cause of such great and sudden opulence? I do no
t find any cause other than the all-merciful glance of my friend Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the chief of the Yadu dynasty. Certainly these are gifts of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's causeless mercy. The Lord is self-sufficient, the husband of the goddess of fortune, a
nd thus He is always full with six opulences. He can understand the mind of His devotee, and He sumptuously fulfills the devotee's desires. All these are acts of my friend, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My beautiful dark friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far more liberal 
than the cloud which can fill up the great ocean with water. Without disturbing the cultivator with rain during the day, the cloud brings liberal rain at night just to satisfy him. And yet when the cultivator wakes up in the morning, he considers that it
 has not rained enough. Similarly, the Lord fulfills the desire of everyone according to his position, and yet one who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness considers all the gifts of the Lord to be less than his desire. On the other hand, when the Lord
 receives a little thing in love and affection from His devotee, He considers it a great and valuable gift. The vivid example is myself. I simply offered Him a morsel of chipped rice, and in exchange He has given me opulences greater than the opulence of
 the King of heaven." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What the devotee actually offers to the Lord is not needed by the Lord. He is self-sufficient. If the devotee offers something to the Lord, it acts for his own inte
rest because whatever a devotee offers to the Lord comes back in a quantity a million times greater than what was offered. One does not become a loser by giving to the Lord, but he becomes a gainer by millions of times. 
\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  feeling great obligation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thought, "I pray to have the friendship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to engage in His service, and to surrender fully unto Him in love and affection, life after life. I do not want any opulence. I on
ly desire not to forget His service. I simply wish to be associated with His pure devotees. May my mind and activities be always engaged in His service. The unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows that many great personalities have fal
len from their positions because of extravagant opulence. Therefore, even when His devotee asks for some opulence from Him, the Lord sometimes does not give it. He is very cautious about His devotees. Because a devotee in an immature position of devotion
al service may, if offered great opulence, fall from his position due to being in the material world, the Lord does not offer opulence to him. This is another manifestation of the causeless mercy of the Lord upon His devotee. His first interest is that t
he devotee may not fall. He is exactly like a well-wishing father who does not give much wealth into the hand of his immature son, but who, when the son is grown up and knows how to spend money, gives him the whole treasury house." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The 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  thus concluded that whatever opulences he had received from the Lord should not be used for his extravagant sense gratification, but for the service of the Lord. 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  accepted his newly-acquired opulence, but he did so in a spirit of renunciation, unattached to sense gratification, and thus he lived very peacefull
y with his wife, enjoying all the facilities of opulence as }{\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  of the Lord. He enjoyed v
arieties of foodstuff by offering it to the Lord and then taking it as }{\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  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\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  remained in that position, and instead of deteriorating due to great opulence, his love and a
ffection for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased day after day. Material opulence can be the cause of degradation and also the cause of elevation, according to the purposes for which it is used. If opulence is used for sense gratification, it is the cause of d
egradation, and if it is used for the service of the Lord, it is the cause of elevation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is evident from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dealings with Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very, very pleased with a person who is possess
ed of brahminical qualities. A qualified }{\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  like Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra is naturally a de
votee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebo vai\'f1\'ebava\'f9:}{\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 br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai
\'f1\'ebava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Or sometimes it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hmana\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'f9. Pa\'eb\'f2ita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means a highly learned person. 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  cannot be foolish or uneducated. Therefore there are two divisions 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  namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\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\'eb\'f2itas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those who are simply learned are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2itas,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but not yet devotees of the Lord, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not especially pleased with them. Simply the qualification of being 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  is not sufficient to attract the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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  must not only be well qualified according to the requirements stated in scriptures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad 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  but at the same time he must be a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The vivid example is Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra. He was a qualified }{\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  unattached to all sorts of material sense enjoyment, and at the same time a great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the enjoyer of all sacrifices and penances, is very fond 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  like Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra, and we have seen by the actual behavior of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba how much He adores such 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 ideal stage of human perfectio
n is to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba-vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra realized that although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unconquerable, He nevertheless agrees to be conquered by His devotees. He realized how kind Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba was to him, and he was always in trance, constantly thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By such constant association with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whatever darkness of material contamination was remaining within his heart was completely cleared away, a
nd very shortly he was transferred to the spiritual kingdom, which is the goal of all saintly persons in the perfectional stage of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has stated that all persons who hear this history of Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba will know how affectionate Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is 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  devotees like Sud\'e4m\'e4. Therefore anyone who hears this histor
y gradually becomes as qualified as Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra, and he is thus transferred to the spiritual kingdom of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-sixth Chapter, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "The Br\'e4hma\'eba Sud\'e4m\'e4 Benedicted by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-27 / Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma Meet the Inhabitants of 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 27 /  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Ba
lar\'e4ma Meet the Inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time while Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were living peacefully in Their great city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, there was the rare occasion of a full solar 
eclipse, such as takes place at the end of every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or day of Brahm\'e4. At the end of every 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the sun is covered by a great cloud, and incessant rain covers the lower planetary systems 
up to Svargaloka. By astronomical calculation, people were informed about this great eclipse prior to its taking place, and therefore everyone, both men and women, decided to assemble at the holy place in Kuruk\'f1etra known as Samanta-pa\'efcaka. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Samanta-pa\'efcaka pilgrimage site is celebrated because Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma performed great sacrifices there after having killed all 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  in the world twenty-one times. Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma killed all 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  and their accumulated blood flowed like a stream. Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma dug five big lakes at Samanta-pa\'efcaka
, and filled them with this blood. Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As stated in the 
}{\cs2873\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 , Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be contaminated by any sinful activity. Yet although Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma is fully powerful and uncontaminated, in order to exhibit ideal character, He performed great sacrifices at Samanta-pa\'efcaka to atone for His
 so-called sinful killing of 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  By His example, Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma established 
that the killing art, although sometimes necessary, is not good. Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma considered Himself culpable for the sinful killing of 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  therefore, how much more are we culpable for such abominable unsanctioned acts. Thus, killing of living entities is prohibited from time immemorial all over the world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taking advantage of the occasion of the solar eclipse, all important persons visited the holy place of pilgrimage. Some of the important personalities are mentioned
 as follows. Among the elderly persons there were Akr\'fcra, Vasudeva and Ugrasena; among the younger generation there were Gada, Pradyumna, S\'e4mba, and many other members of the Yadu dynasty who had come there with a view to atone for sinful activitie
s accrued in the course of discharging their respective duties. Because almost all the members of the Yadu dynasty went to Kuruk\'f1etra, some important personalities, like Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna, and K\'e5tavarm\'e4, the commander-in-chief of t
he Yadu dynasty, along with Sucandra, \'c7uka and S\'e4ra\'eba remained in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to protect the city. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the members of the Yadu dynasty were naturally very beautiful, and yet on this occasion, when they appeared duly decorated with gold necklaces and flower garlan
ds, dressed in valuable clothing and properly armed with their respective weapons, their natural beauty and personalities were a hundred times enhanced. The members of the Yadu dynasty came to Kuruk\'f1etra in their gorgeously decorated chariots resembli
ng the airplanes of the demigods, pulled by big horses that moved like the waves of the ocean, and some of them rode on sturdy, stalwart elephants that moved like the clouds in the sky. Their wives were carried on beautiful palanquins by beautiful men wh
ose features resembled those of the Vidy\'e4dharas. The entire assembly looked as beautiful as an assembly of the demigods of heaven. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After arriving in Kuruk\'f1etra, the members of the Yadu dynasty took their baths ceremoniously, with self-control, as enjoined 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 they observed fasting for the whole period of the eclipse in order to nullify the reactions of their sinful
 activities. Since it is a Vedic custom to give in charity as much as possible during the hours of the eclipse, the members of the Yadu dynasty distributed many hundreds of cows in charity 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  All those cows were fully decorated with nice dress and ornaments. The special feature of these cows was that they had golden ankle bells 
and flower garlands on their necks. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the members of the Yadu dynasty again took their baths in the lakes created by Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma. After this they sumptuously fed 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 first-class cooked food, all prepared in butter. According to the Vedic system, there are two clas
ses of food. One is called raw food, and the other is called cooked food. Raw food does not include raw vegetables and raw grains, but food boiled in water; whereas cooked food is made in ghee. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Capatis,}{\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 dahl,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  rice and ordinary vegetables are called raw foods, as are fruits and salads. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pur\'e9s, kacuri, sa\'ecgosas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sweet balls, etc., are called cooked foods. 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  invited on that occasion by the members of the Yadu dynasty were fed sumptuously with cooked food. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ceremonial functions performed by the members of the Yadu dynasty externally resembled the ritualistic performances performed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When a }{\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  performs some ritualistic ceremony, his ambition is sense gratification\'97good position, good wife, good house, good children or good wealth; but the ambition of the members of the Yadu
 dynasty was different. Their ambition was to offer perpetual faith and devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the members of the Yadu dynasty were great devotees. As such, after many births of accumulated pious activities, they were given the chance to associa
te with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In going to take their baths in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruk\'f1etra or observing the regulative principles during the solar eclipse or feeding 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 \'97in all their activities\'97they simply thought of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Their ideal worshipable Lord was K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and no one else. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After feeding 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  it is the custom for the host, with their permission, to accept }{\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  Thus, with the permission 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  all the members of the Yadu dynast
y took lunch. Then they selected resting places underneath big, shadowy trees, and when they had taken sufficient rest, they prepared to receive visitors, among whom there were relatives and friends, as well as many subordinate kings and rulers. There we
re the rulers of the Matsya Province, U\'e7\'e9nara Province, Ko\'e7ala Province, Vidarbha Province, Kuru Province, S\'e5\'efjaya Province, K\'e4mboja Province, Kekaya Province and many other countries and provinces. Some of the rulers belonged to opposi
ng parties, and some were friends. But above all, the visitors from V\'e5nd\'e4vana were most prominent. The residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, had been living in great anxiety because of separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Bala
r\'e4ma. Taking advantage of the solar eclipse, they all came to see their life and soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were well-wishers and intimate friends of the Yadu dynasty. This meeting of the two parties after long separation was a very touc
hing incident. Both the Yadus and the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana felt such great pleasure in meeting and talking together that it was a unique scene. Meeting after long separation, they were all jubilant; their hearts were throbbing, and their faces ap
peared like freshly bloomed lotus flowers. There were drops of tears falling from their eyes, the hair on their bodies stood on end, and because of their extreme ecstasy, they were temporarily speechless. In other words, they began to dive in the ocean o
f happiness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the men were meeting in that way, the women were also meeting one another in the same manner. They were embracing each other in great friendship, smiling very
 mildly, and looking at one another with much affection. When they were embracing each other in their arms, the saffron and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  spread on their breasts was exchanged from one person to another, and they all felt heavenly ecstasy. Due to such heart-to-heart embracing, torrents of tears glided down their cheeks. The juniors were offering obe
isances to the elders, and the elders were offering their blessings to the juniors. They were thus welcoming one another and asking after each other's welfare. Ultimately, however, all their talk was only of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the neighbors and relative
s were connected with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes in this world, and as such K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the center of all their activities. Whatever activities they performed\'97social, political, religious, or conventional\'97were transcendental. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real elevation of human life rests on knowledge and renunciation. As 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  in the First Canto, devotional service rendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba automatically produces perfect knowledge and renunciation. The family members of 
the Yadu dynasty and the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana had their minds fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the symptom of all knowledge, and because their minds were always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were automatically freed from all material activiti
es. This stage of life is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yukta-vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as enunciated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 }{\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 Brs}{\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 1.2.255}{\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 . Knowledge and r
enunciation, therefore, do not mean dry speculation and renunciation of activities. Rather, one must start speaking and acting only in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this meeting at Kuruk\'f1etra, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 and Vasudeva, who were sister and brother, met after a long period of separation, along with their respective sons
 and daughters-in-law, wives, children and other family members. By talking among themselves, they soon forgot all their past miseries. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 especially addressed her brother Vasudeva as follows: "My dear brother, I am very unfortunate, because
 not one of my desires has ever been fulfilled; otherwise how could it happen that although I have such a saintly brother as you, perfect in all respects, you did not inquire from me as to how I was passing my days in a distressed condition of life." It 
appears that Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was remembering the miserable days when she had been banished along with her sons through the mischevious plans of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and Duryodhana. She continued; "My dear brother, I can understand that when providence
 goes against someone, even one's nearest relatives also forget him. In such a condition, even one's father, one's mother or one's own children will forget him. Therefore, my dear brother, I do not accuse you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva replied to his sister: "My dear sister, do not be sorry, and do not blame me in that way. We should always remember that we all are only toys in the hands 
of providence. Everyone is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is under His control only that all kinds of fruitive actions and the resultant reactions take place. My dear sister, you know that we were very much harrassed by King 
Ka\'e0sa, and by his persecutions we were scattered here and there. We were always full of anxieties. Only in the last few days have we returned to our own places, by the grace of God." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this conversation, Vasudeva and Ugrasena received the kings who came to see them, and they sufficiently welcomed them all. Seeing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba present 
on the spot, all the visitors felt transcendental pleasure and became very peaceful. Some of the prominent visitors were as follows: Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Duryodhana, and G\'e4ndh\'e4r\'e9 along with her sons; Ki
ng Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira along with his wife, and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas along with Kunt\'e9; S\'e5\'efjaya, Vidura, K\'e5p\'e4c\'e4rya, Kuntibhoja, Vir\'e4\'f6a, King Nagnajit, Purujit, Drupada, \'c7alya, Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6aketu, the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9, Damag
ho\'f1a, Vi\'e7\'e4l\'e4k\'f1a, the King of Mithil\'e4, the King of Madras (formerly known as Madra), the King of Kekaya, Yudh\'e4manyu, Su\'e7arm\'e4, B\'e4hl\'e9ka along with his sons, and many other rulers who were subordinate to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hir
a. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When they saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His thousands of queens, they became fully satisfied at the sight of such beauty and transcendental opulence. All who were th
ere personally visited Lord Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and being properly welcomed by the Lord they began to glorify the members of the Yadu dynasty, especially K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Because he was the King of the Bhojas, Ugrasena was cons
idered the chief Yadu, and therefore the visitors specifically addressed him: "Your majesty Ugrasena, King of the Bhojas, factually the Yadus are the only persons within this world who are perfect in all respects. All glories unto you! All glories unto y
ou! The specific condition of your perfection is that you are always seeing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is sought after by many mystic }{\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  undergoing severe austerities and penances for great numbers of years. All of you are in direct touch with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba at every moment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All the Vedic hymns are glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Ganges water is considered sanctified because of its being the water use
d to wash the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Vedic literatures are nothing but the injunctions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The purpose of the study of 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  is to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore, the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the message of His pastimes are always purifying. By the influence of time and circumstances, all the opulences 
of this world had become almost completely wiped out, but since K\'e5\'f1\'eba has appeared on this planet, all auspicious features have again appeared due to the touch of His lotus feet. Because of His presence, all our ambitions and desires are gradual
ly being fulfilled. Your majesty, King of the Bhojas, you are related with the Yadu dynasty by matrimonial relationship, and by blood relationship also. As a result, you are constantly in touch with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you have no difficulty in seei
ng Him at any time. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba moves with you, talks with you, sits with you, rests with you, and dines with you. The Yadus appear to be always engaged in worldly affairs which are considered to lead to the royal road to hell, but due to the pre
sence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Personality of Godhead in the Vi\'f1\'ebu catagory, who is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent, all of you are factually relieved from all material contamination, and are situated in the transcendental positi
on of liberation and Brahman existence." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When they had heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be present in Kuruk\'f1etra because of the solar eclipse, the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, headed by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja N
anda, had also decided to go there, and therefore all the members of the Yadu dynasty were attending. King Nanda, accompanied by his cowherd men, had loaded all their necessary paraphernalia on bullock carts, and all of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana residents had 
come to Kuruk\'f1etra to see their beloved sons Lord Balar\'e4ma and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana arrived in Kuruk\'f1etra, all the members of the Yadu dynasty became most pleased. As soon as they saw the residents of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, they stood up to welcome them, and it appeared that they had again regained their life. Both had been very eager to meet, and when they actually came forward and met, they embraced one another to their heart's satisfaction and remained in
 embrace for a considerable time. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as Vasudeva saw Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he jumped and ran over to him and embraced him very affectionately. Vasudeva began to narrate his past history\'97how 
he had been imprisoned by King Ka\'e0sa, how his babies had been killed, and how immediately after K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth he had carried Him to the place of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and how K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma had been raised by Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja and his queen, Ya\'e7od\'e4, as their own children. Similarly, Lord Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba also embraced King Nanda and mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and then offered Their respect unto their lotus feet by bowing down. Because of Their filial affect
ion for Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma became choked up, and for a few seconds They could not speak. The most fortunate King Nanda and mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 placed their sons on their laps and began to embrace Them to thei
r full satisfaction. Because of separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, both King Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 had been merged in great distress for a very long time. Now, after meeting Them and embracing Them, all their sufferings were mitigated. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother, Devak\'e9, and Balar\'e4ma's mother, Rohi\'eb\'e9, both embraced mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. They said, "Dear Queen Ya\'e7od\'e4devi, 
both you and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja have been great friends to us, and when we remember you we are immediately overwhelmed by the thought of your friendly activities. We are so indebted to you that even if we were to return your benediction by giving you t
he opulence of the King of heaven, it would not be enough to repay you for your friendly behavior. We shall never forget your kindly behavior toward us. When both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were born, before they even saw Their real father and mother
, They were entrusted to your care, and you raised Them as your own children, fostering Them as birds take care of their offspring in the nest. You have nicely fed, nourished and loved Them and have performed many auspicious religious ceremonies for Thei
r benefit. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Actually They are not our sons; They belong to you. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and yourself are the real father and mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. As long as 
They were under your care They had not even a pinch of difficulty. Under your protection, They were completely out of the way of all kinds of fear. This most affectionate care which you have taken for Them is completely befitting your elevated position. 
The most noble personalities do not discriminate between their own sons and the sons of others, and there cannot be any personalities more noble than Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and yourself." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as 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 were concerned, from the very beginning of their lives, they did not know anything beyond K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were their life and soul. 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 so attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that they could not even tolerate not seeing Him momentarily when their eyelids blinked and impeded the
ir vision. They condemned Brahm\'e4, the creator of the body, because he foolishly made eyelids which blinked and checked their seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because they had been separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba for so many years, 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  having come along with Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, felt intense ecstasy in seeing K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. No one can even imagine how anxious 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 to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba again. As soon
 as K\'e5\'f1\'eba became visible to them, they took Him inside their hearts through their eyes and embraced Him to their full satisfaction. Even though they were embracing K\'e5\'f1\'eba only mentally, they became so ecstatic and overwhelmed with joy th
at for the time being they completely forgot themselves. The ecstatic trance which they achieved simply by mentally embracing K\'e5\'f1\'eba is impossible to achieve even for great }{\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  constantly engaged in meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand 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  were rapt in ecstasy by embracing Him in their minds, and therefore, since He is present in everyone's heart, He also reciproc
ated the embracing from within. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting with mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and His other mothers, Devak\'e9 and Rohi\'eb\'e9, but when the mothers engaged in talking, He took the opportun
ity and went to a secluded place to meet 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  As soon as He approached 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 Lord began to smile, and after embracing them and inquiring about their welfare, He began to e
ncourage them, saying, "My dear friends, you know that both Lord Balar\'e4ma and Myself left V\'e5nd\'e4vana just to please Our relatives and family members. Thus We were long engaged in fighting with Our enemies and were obliged to forget you, who were 
so much attached to Me in love and affection. I can understand that by this action I have been ungrateful to you, but still I know you are faithful to Me. May I inquire if you have been thinking of Us although We had to leave you behind? My dear }{\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  do you now dislike remembering Me, considering Me to have been ungrateful to you? Do you take 
My misbehavior with you very seriously? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After all, you should know it was not My intention to leave you; our separation was ordained by providence, who after all is the supreme controller and does as he 
desires. He causes the intermingling of different persons, and again disperses them as he desires. Sometimes we see that due to the presence of clouds and strong wind, atomic particles of dust and broken pieces of cotton are intermingled together, and af
ter the strong wind subsides, all the particles of dust and cotton are again separated, scattered in different places. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is the creator of everything. The objects which we see are different manifestations of His energy. By His s
upreme will we are sometimes united and sometimes separated. We can therefore conclude that ultimately we are absolutely dependent on His will. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Fortunately, you have developed loving affection for Me, which is the only way to achieve the transcendental position of association with Me. Any living entity who
 develops such unalloyed devotional affection for Me certainly at the end goes back to home, back to Godhead. In other words, unalloyed devotional service and affection for Me are the cause of supreme liberation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear }{\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  friends, you may know from Me that it is My energies only which are acting everywhere. Take, for example, an earthen pot. It is nothing but a combination of earth, water, air, fire and sky. It is always of the same physical composites, wheth
er in its beginning, during its existence or after its annihilation. When it is created, the earthen pot is made of earth, water, fire, air and sky; while it remains, it is the same in composition; and when it is broken and annihilated, its different ing
redients are conserved in different parts of the material energy. Similarly, at the creation of this cosmic manifestation, during its maintenance, and after its dissolution, everything is but a different manifestation of My energy. And because the energy
 is not separate from Me, it is to be concluded that I am existing in everything. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the same way, the body of a living being is nothing but a composition of the five elements, and the living entity embodied in the material condition is also par
t and parcel of Me. The living entity is imprisoned in the material condition on account of his false conception of himself as the supreme enjoyer. This false ego of the living entity is the cause of his imprisonment in material existence. As the Supreme
 Absolute Truth, I am transcendental to the living entity, as well as to his material embodiment. The two energies, material and spiritual, are both acting under My supreme control. My dear }{\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  I request that instead of being so afflicted, you try to accept everything with a philosophical attitude. Then you will understand that you are alway
s with Me and that there is no cause of lamentation in our being separated from one another." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This important instruction of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's to 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  can be utilized by all devotees engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The whole philosophy is considered on the basis of inconceivable, simultaneous oneness and difference. 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  }{\cs3774\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 9.4}{\cs3774\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 Lord says that He is present everywhere in His impersonal feature. Everything is existing in Him, but still He is not personally present everywhere. The cosmic manifestation is nothing but a display of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, and becaus
e the energy is not different from the energetic, nothing is different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When this absolute consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is absent, we are separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba; but fortunately, if this K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness is present, then we are not separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The process of devotional service is the revival of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and if the devotee is fortunate enough to understand that the material energy is not separated from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, then he can utilize the material energy and its products in the service of the Lord. But in the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the forgetful living entity, although part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, falsely puts himself in the posit
ion of enjoyer of the material world and, being thus implicated in material entanglement, is forced by the material energy to continue his material existence. This 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [3.27]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although a living entity is forced to act by the material energy, he falsely thinks that he is the all-in-all and the supreme enjoyer. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the devotee knows perfectly that the }{\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  or Deity form of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple, is exactly the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, then his service to the temple Deity becomes direct service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, the temple itself, the temple paraphernalia and the food offered to 
the Deity are also not separate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One has to follow the rules and regulations prescribed 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  and thus, under superior guidance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-realization is fully possible, even in this material existence. 
\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 gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  having been instructed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this philosophy of simultaneous oneness and difference, remained always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and thus became liberated from all material contamination. The consciousness of the living en
tity who falsely presents himself as the enjoyer of the material world is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-ko\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 which means imprisonment by the false ego. Not only 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  but anyone who follows these in
structions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes immediately freed from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-ko\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  imprisonment. A p
erson in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is always liberated from false egoism; he utilizes everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service and is not at any time separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  therefore prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, from Your navel emanated the original lotus flower which is the birthsite of Brahm\'e4, the creator. No one can estimate Your glories or Your opulence, which therefore remain always a
 mystery even to the highest thoughtful men, the masters of all yogic power. The conditioned soul fallen in the dark well of this material existence can very easily, however, take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus his deliverance is 
guaranteed." 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  continued: "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are always busy in our family affai
rs. We therefore request that You remain within our hearts as the rising sun, and that will be Your greatest benediction." 
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are always liberated souls, because they are fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They only pretended to be entangled in household affairs in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In spite of their long separation, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 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 interested in the idea of going with K\'e5\'f1\'eba to His capital city, Dv\'e4rak
\'e4. They wanted to remain busy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and thus feel the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in every step of their lives. They immediately invited K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This transcendental emotional existence 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  is the basic principle of Lord Caitanya's teaching. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Festival observed by Lord Caitanya is the emotional process of taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \'c7r
\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 refused to go with K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to enjoy His company in the atmosphere of royal opulence, but wanted to enjoy His company in the original V\'e5nd\'e4vana atmosphere. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being profo
undly attached to 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  never goes away from V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 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  and other residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana remain fully satisfied in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, twenty-seventh 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  "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma Meet the Inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-28 / Draupad\'e9 Meets the Queens 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 28 /  Draupad\'e9 Meets the Quee
ns of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There were many visitors who came to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and among them were the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, headed by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. After talking 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  and bestowing upon them the greatest benediction, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to welcome King Yudh
i\'f1\'f6hira and other relatives who had come to see Him. He first of all inquired from them whether their situation was auspicious. Actually, there is no question of ill fortune for anyone who sees the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, yet when Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, as a matter of etiquette, inquired from King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira about his welfare, the King became very happy by such a reception and began to address the Lord thus: "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, great personalities and devotees in full K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness always think of Your lotus feet and remain fully satisfied by drinking the nectar of transcendental bliss. The nectar which they constantly drink sometimes comes out of their mouths and is sprinkled on others as the narration 
of Your transcendental activities. This nectar coming from the mouth of a devotee is so powerful that if one is fortunate enough to have the opportunity to drink it, he immediately becomes freed from the continuous journey of birth and death. Our materia
l existence is caused by our forgetfulness of Your personality, but fortunately, the darkness of forgetfulness is immediately dissipated if one is privileged to hear about Your glories. Therefore, my dear Lord, where is the possibility of ill fortune for
 one who is constantly engaged in hearing Your glorious activities? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Since we are fully surrendered unto You and have no other shelter than Your lotus feet, we are always confident of our good fortune. My dear Lord, You are the ocea
n of unlimited knowledge and transcendental bliss. The result of the action of mental concoction is to exist in the three temporary phases of material life\'97wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep. But these conditions cannot exist in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness. All such reactions are invalidated by practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You are the ultimate destination of all liberated persons. Out of Your independent will only, You have descended on this earth by the use of Your own internal potency,
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and in order to reestablish the Vedic principles of life, You have appeared just
 like an ordinary human being. Since You are the Supreme Person, there cannot, therefore, be any ill luck for one who has fully surrendered unto You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was busy meeting various kinds of visitors and while they were engaged in offering prayers to the Lord, the female members of the Kuru dyna
sty and the Yadu dynasty took the opportunity of meeting with one another and engaging in talk of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes. The first inquiry was made by Draupad\'e9 to the wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She addressed them: "My dear R
ukmi\'eb\'e9, Bhadr\'e4, J\'e4mbavat\'e9, Saty\'e4, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, K\'e4lind\'e9, \'c7aibya, Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4, Rohi\'eb\'e9 and all other wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, will you please let us know how Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead, accepted you as His wives and married you in pursuance of the marriage ceremonies of ordinary human beings?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To this question, the chief of the queens, Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9, replied, "My dear Draupad\'e9, it was practically a settled fact that princes like Jar\'e4sandha an
d others wanted me to marry King \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, and, as is usual, all the princes present during the marriage ceremony were prepared with their armor and weapons to fight with any rival who dared to stop the marriage. But the Supreme Personality of G
odhead kidnapped me the way a lion takes away a lamb from the flock. This was not, however, a very wondrous act for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because anyone who claims to be a very great hero or king within this world is subordinate to the lotus feet of the L
ord. All the kings touch their helmets to the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My dear Draupad\'e9, it is my eternal desire that life after life I may be engaged in the service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the reservoir of all pleasure and beauty. Th
is is my only desire and ambition in life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 began to speak. She said, "My dear Draupad\'e9, my father was very much afflicted on the death of his brother, Prasena, and he falsely 
accused Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba of killing his brother and stealing the Syamantaka jewel, which had actually been taken by J\'e4mbav\'e4n. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in order to establish His pure character, fought with J\'e4mbav\'e4n and rescued the Syamantaka je
wel, which was later delivered to my father. My father was very much ashamed and sorry for accusing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba of his brother's death. After getting back the Syamantaka jewel, he thought it wise to rectify his mistake, so although he had promise
d others my hand in marriage, he submitted the jewel and myself at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus I was accepted as His maidservant and wife." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, J\'e4mbavat\'e9 replied to Draupad\'e9's question. She said, "My dear Draupad\'e9, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba attacked my father J\'e4mbav\'e4n, the King 
of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5k\'f1as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  my father did not know that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was his former master, Lord R
\'e4macandra, the husband of S\'e9t\'e4. Not knowing the identity of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my father remained continually engaged in fighting with Him for twenty-seven days. After this period, when he became very tired and fatigued, he could understand th
at since no one but Lord R\'e4macandra could defeat him, his opponent, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, must be the same Lord R\'e4macandra. He thus came to his senses and not only immediately returned the Syamantaka jewel, but in order to satisfy the Lord, he prese
nted me to Him to become His wife. In this way I was married to the Lord, and thus my desire to remain life after life as a servitor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fulfilled." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, K\'e4lind\'e9 said, "My dear Draupad\'e9, I was engaged in great austerities and penances in order to get Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my husband. When Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba became aware of this fact, He very kindly came to me along with His friend Arjuna and accepted me as His wife. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then took me away from the bank of Yamun\'e4, and since then I have been engaged in the house of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba as a sweeper. And the Lord is treating me as His wife." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Mitravind\'e4 said, "My dear Draupad\'e9, there was a great assembly of princes at my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also present in that meeting, and He accepted me as His maidservant by defeating all the princes present there. He 
immediately took me away to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, exactly as a lion takes a deer from a pack of dogs. When I was thus taken away by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my brothers wanted to fight with Him, and later on they were defeated. Thus my desire to become the maidserv
ant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba life after life was fulfilled." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Saty\'e4 addressed Draupad\'e9 in this way: "My dear Draupad\'e9, my father arranged for an assembly for my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the personal selection of a husband], and in order to test the strength and heroism of the prospective bridegrooms, my father 
stipulated that they each fight with his seven ferocious bulls, which had long, serpentine horns. Many heroic prospective bridegrooms tried to defeat the bulls, but unfortunately they were all severely struck, and they returned to their homes as defeated
 invalids. When Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba came and fought with the bulls, they were just like playthings for Him. He captured the bulls and roped each one of them by their nostrils. Thus they came under His control, just like a goat's small kids come
 very easily under the control of children. My father became very pleased and married me with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in great pomp, giving as my dowry many divisions of soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants, along with hundreds of maidservants. Thus Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought me to His capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. On the way back, He was also assaulted by many princes, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba defeated all of them, and thus I have the privilege of serving His lotus feet as a maidservant." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Bhadr\'e4 began to speak. She said, "My dear Draupad\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the son of my maternal uncle. Fortunately, I became attracted to His lo
tus feet. When my father understood these feelings of mine, he personally arranged for my marriage, inviting Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to marry me and giving Him in dowry one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1a
uhi\'eb\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or division of armed forces, along with many maidservants and other royal paraphernalia. I do not know whether I shall be able to have the shelter of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba life after life, but still I pray to the Lord that wherever I may take my birth I may not forget my relationship with His lotus feet." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Lak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4 said, "My dear Queen, many times I have heard the great sage N\'e4rada glorifying the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I became attracted to 
the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba when I heard N\'e4rada say that the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, was also attracted to His lotus feet. Since then I have always been thinking of Him, and thus my attraction for Him has increased. My dear Queen, my fa
ther was very affectionate toward me. When he understood that I was attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he devised a plan. His plan was like that devised by your father; during the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv
aya\'e0vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the prospective bridegrooms had to pierce the eyes of a fish with their arrows. The difference between the competition in your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mine was that in your case the fish was hanging openly on the ceiling, in clear view, but in my case the fis
h was covered with a cloth and could only be seen by the reflection of the cloth in a pot of water. That was the special feature of my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara.}{\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 news of this device was spread all over the world, and when the princes heard of it, they arrived at my father's capital city from all directions, fully equipp
ed with armor and guided by their military instructors. Each one of them desired to win me as his wife, and one after another they raised the bow and arrow which was left there for piercing the fish. Many could not even join the bowstring to the two ends
 of the bow, and without attempting to pierce the fish, they simply left the bow as it was and went away. Some with great difficulty drew the string from one end to the other, and being unable to tie the other end, they were suddenly knocked down by the 
spring-like bow. My dear Queen, you will be surprised to know that at my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meeting th
ere were many famous kings and heroes present. Heroes like Jar\'e4sandha, Amba\'f1\'f6ha, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, Bh\'e9masena, Duryodhana and Kar\'eba were, of course, able to string the bow, but they could not pierce the fish, because it was covered, and th
ey could not trace it out from the reflection. The celebrated hero of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, Arjuna, was able to see the reflection of the fish on the water, but although with great caution he traced out the location of the fish and shot an arrow, he did
 not pierce the fish in the right spot. His arrow at least touched the fish, and so he proved himself better than all other princes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All the princes who had tried to pierce the target were disappointed, being baffled in their attempts, and some candidates had even left the place without making a
n attempt, but when at last Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba took up the bow, He was able to tie the bowstring very easily, just as a child plays with a toy. He placed the arrow, and looking only once at the reflection of the fish in the water, He shot the arrow, and
 the pierced fish immediately fell down. This victory of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was accomplished at noon, during the moment called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhijit,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is astronomically calculated as auspicious. At that time the vibration of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'Jaya! Jaya!'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was heard all over the world, and from the sky came sounds of drums beat by the denizens of heaven. Great demigods were overwhelmed with joy and began to shower flowers on the earth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "At that time, I entered the arena of competition, and the ankle bells on my legs were sounding very melodiously as I walked. I was nicely dressed with new silken g
arments, flowers were decorating my hair, and because of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's victory, I was in ecstatic joy and smiling very pleasingly. I was carrying in my hands a golden necklace bedecked with jewels, which was glittered at intervals. My curling hai
r encircled my face, which was shining with a bright luster due to the reflection of my various rings. My eyes blinking, I first of all observed all the princes present, and when I reached my Lord I very slowly placed the golden necklace on His neck. As 
I have already informed you, from the very beginning my mind had been attracted by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus I considered the garlanding of the Lord to be my great victory. As soon as I placed my garland on the neck of the Lord, there sounded immedia
tely the combined vibration of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas, pa\'f6ahas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  conchshells, drums, kettledrums and ot
her instruments, causing a tumultuous sound, and while the music played, expert male and female dancers began to dance, and singers began to sing sweetly. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Draupad\'e9, when I accepted Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my worshipable husband, and He also accepted me as His maidservant, there was a tumultuous roaring amon
g the disappointed princes. All of them became very agitated because of their lusty desires, but without caring for them, my husband, in His form as the four-handed N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, immediately took me on His chariot, which was drawn by four excellent 
horses. Expecting opposition from the princes, He armored Himself and took up His bow named \'c7\'e4r\'ecga, but our celebrated driver, D\'e4ruka, drove the beautiful chariot without a moment's delay toward the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Thus, in the presenc
e of all the princes, I was carried away very quickly, exactly as a deer is carried away from the flock by a lion. Some of the princes, however, wanted to check our progress, and thus, equipped with proper weapons, they opposed us, just as dogs try to op
pose the progressive march of a lion. At that time, due to the arrows released by the \'c7\'e4r\'ecga bow of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, some of the princes were cut on their left hands, some of them lost their legs, and some lost their heads and their lives, a
nd others fled from the battlefield. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Supreme Personality of Godhead then entered the most celebrated city of the universe, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and as He entered the city, He appeared like the shining s
un. The whole city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 was profusely decorated on that occasion. There were so many flags and festoons and gates all over Dv\'e4rak\'e4 that the sunshine could not even enter the city. I have already told you that my father was very much aff
ectionate to me, so when he saw that my desire was fulfilled by getting Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my husband, in great happiness he began to distribute to friends and relatives various kinds of gifts, such as valuable dresses, ornaments, bedsteads and sitti
ng carpets. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always self-sufficient, yet my father, out of his own accord, offered my husband a dowry consisting of riches, soldiers, elephants, chariots, horses and many rare and valuable weapons. He presented all these to the Lord
 with great enthusiasm. My dear Queen, at that time I could guess that in my previous life I must have performed some wonderfully pious activity, and as a result I can in this life be one of the maidservants in the house of the Supreme Personality of God
head." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the principal queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had finished their statements, Rohi\'eb\'e9, as the representative of the other sixteen thousand queens, began 
to narrate the incident of their becoming wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Queen, when Bhaum\'e4sura was conquering all the world, he collected wherever possible all the beautiful daughters of the kings and kept us arrested within
 his palace. When news of our imprisonment reached Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He fought with Bhaum\'e4sura and released us. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Bhaum\'e4sura and all his soldiers, and although He had no need to accept even one wife, He nevertheless, by 
our request, married all sixteen thousand of us. My dear Queen, our only qualification was that we were always thinking of the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is the way to release oneself from the bondage of repeated birth and death. My dear Qu
een Draupad\'e9, please take it from us that we are not after any opulence such as kingdom, empire, or a position of heavenly enjoyment. We do not want to enjoy such material opulences, nor do we desire to achieve the yogic perfections, nor the exhalted 
post of Lord Brahm\'e4. Nor do we want any of the different kinds of liberation\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4lokya, s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i, s\'e4m\'e9pya or s\'e4yujya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are not at all attracted by any of these opulences. Our only ambition is to bear on our heads life after life the dust particles attached to the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The goddess of fortun
e also desired to keep that dust on her breast along with the fragrant saffron. We simply desire this dust, which accumulates underneath the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He travels on the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a cowherd boy. 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  especially, and also the cowherd men and the aborigine tribeswomen, always desire to become the gra
ss and straw on the street of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, to be trampled on by the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My dear Queen, we wish to remain as such life after life, without any other desire." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-eighth 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  "Draupad\'e9 Meets the Queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
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formed by Vasudeva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among the women present at Kuruk\'f1etra during the solar eclipse were Kunt\'e9, G\'e4ndh\'e4r\'e9, Draupad\'e9, Subhadr\'e4 and the queens of many other kings, as 
well as 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  from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When the different queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were 
submitting their statements as to how they were married and accepted by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His wives, all the female members of the Kuru dynasty were struck with wonder. They were filled with admiration at how all the queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were at
tached to Him with love and affection. When they heard about the queens' intensity of love and affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they could not check their eyes from filling up with tears. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the women were engaged in conversations among themselves and the men were similarly engaged in conversation, there arrived almost all the important sages and 
ascetics from all directions, who had come for the purpose of seeing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Chief among the sages were K\'e5\'f1\'eba-dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, the great sage N\'e4rada, Cyavana, Devala, Asita, Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra, \'c7at\'e4nand
a, Bharadv\'e4ja, Gautama, and Lord Para\'e7ur\'e4ma along with his disciples; Vasi\'f1\'f6ha, G\'e4lava, Bh\'e5gu, Pulastya, Ka\'e7yapa, Atri, M\'e4rka\'eb\'f2eya, B\'e5haspati, Dvita, Trita, Ekata; the four Kum\'e4ra sons of Brahm\'e4, Sanaka, Sanandan
a, San\'e4tana and Sanatkum\'e4ra; A\'ecgira and Agastya, Y\'e4j\'efavalkya and V\'e4madeva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as the sages and ascetics arrived, all the kings, including Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4
ma, immediately got up from their seats and offered their respects by bowing down to the universally respected sages. After this, the sages were properly welcomed by being offered seats and water for washing their feet. Palatable fruits, garlands of flow
ers, incense, and sandalwood pulp were presented, and all the kings, led by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, worshiped the sages according to the Vedic rules and regulations. When all the sages were comfortably seated, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who descended f
or the protection of religion, began to address them on behalf of all the kings. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to speak, all became silent, being eager to hear and understand His welcoming words to the sages. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke thus: "All glories to the assembled sages and ascetics! Today we are all feeling that our lives have become successful. Today we have achi
eved the desired goal of life, because we are now seeing face to face all the exalted liberated sages and ascetics whom even the great demigods in the heavens desire to see. Persons who are neophytes in devotional service and who simply offer their respe
ctful obeisances to the Deity in the temple but cannot realize that the Lord is situated in everyone's heart, and those who simply worship different demigods for fulfillment of their own lusty desires, are unable to understand the importance of these sag
es. They cannot take advantage of receiving these sages by seeing them with their eyes, by touching their lotus feet, by inquiring about their welfare or by diligently worshiping them." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Neophyte devotees or religionists cannot understand the importance of great }{\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  They go to the temple as a matter of formality and pay their respectful obeisances unto the Deity. When one is promoted to the next platform of trance consciousness, on
e can understand the importance of }{\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  and devotees, and in that stage the devotee tri
es to please them. Therefore, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that the neophyte cannot understand the importance of great sages, devotees or ascetics. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, "One cannot purify himself by traveling to holy places of pilgrimage and taking bath there or by seeing the Deities in the temples. But if
 one happens to meet a great devotee, 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  who is representative of the Personality of
 Godhead, one becomes immediately purified. In order to become purified, there is the injunction to worship the fire, the sun, the moon, the earth, the water, the air, the sky and the mind. By worshiping all the elements and their predominating deities, 
one can become free from the influence of envy, but all the sins of an envious person can be nullified immediately simply by serving a great soul. My dear revered sages and respectable kings, you can take it from Me that a person who accepts this materia
l body made of three elements\'97mucus, bile and air\'97as his own self, who considers his family and relatives as his own, and who accepts material things as worshipable, or who visits holy places of pilgrimage just to take a bath there, but never assoc
iates with great personalities, sages and }{\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 \'97such a person, even in the form of a 
human being, is nothing but an animal, like an ass." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the supreme authority, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was thus speaking with great gravity, all the sages and ascetics remained in dead silence. They became amazed upon 
hearing Him speaking the absolute philosophy of life in such a concise way. Unless one is very much advanced in knowledge, one thinks his body to be his self, his family members to be his kith and kin, and the land of his birth to be worshipable. From th
is concept of life, the modern ideology of nationalism has sprung up. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba condemned such ideas, and He also condemned persons who take the trouble to go to holy places of pilgrimage just to take a bath and come back without taking the opp
ortunity to associate with the great devotees and }{\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  living there. Such persons are c
ompared to the most foolish animal, the ass. All those who heard considered the speech of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for some time, and they concluded that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, playing the role of an ordinary huma
n being who is forced to take a certain type of body as a result of the reactions of his past deeds. He was assuming this pastime as an ordinary human simply to teach the people in general how they should live for perfection of the human mission. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having concluded that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the sages began to address Him thus: "Dear Lord, we, the leaders of human society, are 
supposed to possess the proper philosophy of life, and yet we are becoming bewildered by the spell of Your external energy. We are surprised to see Your behavior, which is just like that of an ordinary human being and which conceals Your real identity as
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we therefore consider Your pastimes to be all-wonderful. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, by Your own energy You are creating, maintaining and annihilating the whole cosmic manifestation of different names and forms, in the same way as th
e earth creates many forms of stone, trees and other varieties of names and forms and yet remains the same. Although You are creating varieties of manifestation through Your energy, You are unaffected by all those actions. Our dear Lord, we remain simply
 stunned by seeing Your wonderful actions. Although You are transcendental to this entire material creation and are the Supreme Lord and the Supersoul of all living entities, You nevertheless appear on this earth by Your internal potency to protect Your 
devotees and destroy the miscreants. By such appearance You reestablish the principles of eternal religion, which the human society forgets by long association with the material energy. Our dear Lord, You are the creator of the social orders and spiritua
l statuses of the human society according to quality and work, and when these orders are misguided by unscrupulous persons, You appear and set them right. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Lord, the Vedic knowledge is the representation of Your pure heart. Austerities, study 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 meditative trances lead to different realizations of Your Self in Your manifested and nonmanifested aspects. The entire phenomenal world is a manife
station of Your impersonal energy, but You Yourself, as the original Personality of Godhead, are nonmanifested there. You are the Supreme Soul, the Supreme Brahman. Persons who are situated in brahminical culture, therefore, can understand the truth abou
t Your transcendental form. Thus You always hold 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  in respect, and thus You are
 considered to be the topmost of all followers of brahminical culture. You are therefore known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebya-deva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Our dear Lord, You are the last word in good fortune and the last resort of all saintly persons; therefore we all consider that we have achieved the perfection of our life, education, austerity and acquisition of transcendental knowl
edge by meeting You. Factually, You are the ultimate goal of all transcendental achievements. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, there is no end to Your unlimited knowledge. Your form is transcendental, eternally existing in full bliss and knowledge. You are the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead, the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Soul. Being covered by the spell of Your internal potency, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You are now temporarily concealing Your unlimited potencies, but still we can understand Your exalted position, and therefore all of us offer You our respectful obeisances. Dear Lord, You are enjoying Your pastimes in the rol
e of a human being, concealing Your real character of transcendental opulence; therefore, all the kings who are present here, even the members of the Yadu dynasty who are constantly mingling with You, eating with You, and sitting with You, cannot underst
and that You are the original cause of all causes, the soul of everyone, the original cause of all creation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When a person dreams at night, hallucinatory figures created by the dream are accepted as real, and the imaginary dream body is accepted as one's real body. For th
e time being one forgets that besides the body created in hallucination, there is another, real body in his awakened state. Similarly, in the awakened state also, the bewildered conditioned soul considers sense enjoyment to be real happiness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By the process of enjoyment of the senses of the material body, the spirit soul is covered, and his consciousness becomes materially contaminated. It is due to mat
erial consciousness that one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All great mystic }{\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  endeavor to revive their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by mature 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 and thus understand Your lotus feet and meditate upon Your transcendental form. In this way the accumulated result of sinful activities is counteracted. It is said that the water of the Ganges can vanquish volumes of a person's si
nful actions, but the Ganges water is glorious only due to Your lotus feet. The Ganges water is flowing as perspiration from the lotus feet of Your Lordship. And we are all so fortunate that today we have been able to directly see Your lotus feet. Dear L
ord, we are all surrendered souls, devotees of Your Lordship; therefore, please be kind and bestow Your causeless mercy upon us. We know well that persons who have become liberated by constant engagement in Your devotional service are no longer contamina
ted by the material modes of nature; thus they have become eligible to be promoted to the kingdom of God in the spiritual world." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After first offering prayers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the assembled sages wanted to take permission from King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and 
then depart for their respective }{\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  At that time, however, Vasudeva, the father of Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the most celebrated of all pious men, approached the sages and with great humility offered his respects by falling down at their feet. Vasudeva said, "My dear great sages, you are more respected than the demigods. I therefore offer 
my respectful obeisances unto you. I wish that you will accept my one request, if you so desire. I shall consider it a great blessing if you kindly explain the supreme fruitive activity by which one can counteract the reactions of all other activities." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4rada was the leader of all the sages present there. Therefore he began to speak. "My dear sages," he said, "it is not very difficult to understa
nd that because of his great goodness and simplicity, Vasudeva, who has become the father of the Personality of Godhead by accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his son, is inclined to ask us about his welfare. It is said that familiarity breeds contempt. As such,
 Vasudeva, having K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his son, does not regard K\'e5\'f1\'eba with awe and veneration. Sometimes it is seen that persons who are living on the bank of the Ganges do not consider the Ganges to be very important, and they go far away in order
 to take their baths at a place of pilgrimage. Being that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose knowledge is never second in any circumstances, is personally present, there is no need of Vasudeva's asking us for instruction. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not affected by the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation; His knowledge is never influenced by any agency beyond Himself. He is
 not agitated by the interaction of the material qualities, which changes things in the modes of time. His transcendental form is full of knowledge which never becomes agitated by ignorance, pride, attachment, envy or sense enjoyment. His knowledge is ne
ver subjected to the laws 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  regarding pious or impious activities; nor is it influenced by
 the three modes of material energy. No one is greater than or equal to Him, because He is the supreme authority, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The ordinary conditioned human being may think the conditioned soul, who is covered by his materialistic senses, mind and intelligence, to be equal to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like the sun, which, although it sometimes may appear to be so, is never covered by the cloud, snow or fog or by other planets. When the eyes of less intelligent men are covered by such influences, they think the su
n to be invisible. Similarly, persons influenced by the senses and addicted to material enjoyment cannot have a clear vision of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sages present then began to address Vasudeva in the presence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and many other kings, and, as requested by him, they gave their
 instructions: "To counteract the reaction 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  or desires impelling one to fruitive activit
ies, one must execute the prescribed sacrifices which are meant for worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu with faith and devotion. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the beneficiary of the results of all sacrificial performances. Great personalities and sages who are sufficientl
y experienced to possess vision of the three phases of the time element, namely past, present and future, and those who are able to see everything clearly through the eyes of revealed scriptures, have unanimously recommended that to purify the dust of ma
terial contamination accumulated in the heart and to clear the path of liberation and thereby achieve transcendental bliss, one must please Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. For everyone in the different social orders (}{\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\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 }{\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 ) who are living as householders, this wors
hip of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is known as Puru\'f1ottama, the original person, is recommended as the only auspicious path. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All conditioned souls within this material world have deep-rooted desires to lord it over the resources of material nature. Everyone wants to accumulate riches, ev
eryone wants to enjoy life to the greatest extent, everyone wants a wife, home and children, and everyone wants to become happy in this world and be elevated to the heavenly planets in the next life. But these desires are the causes of one's material bon
dage. Therefore, to get liberation from this bondage, one has to sacrifice his honestly earned riches for the satisfaction of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The only process to counteract all sorts of material desire is to engage oneself in the devotional service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. In this way a self-controlled perso
n, even while remaining in householder life, should give up the three kinds of material desires, namely desire for the acquisition of material opulences, the enjoyment of wife and children, and elevation to higher planets. Eventually he may give up house
holder life and accept the renounced order of life, engaging himself completely in the devotional service of the Lord. Everyone, even if born in a higher status of life as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'eba, 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 vai\'e7ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is certainly indebted to the demigods, to the sages, to the forefathers, to living entities and so on, and in order to liquidate all these debts, one has to perform sacrifices, study the Vedic literature, and generate children i
n religious householder life. If somehow one accepts the renounced order of life without fulfilling this debt, certainly he falls down from his position. Today you have already liquidated your debts to your forefathers and the sages. Now, by performing s
acrifices, you can free yourself from indebtedness to the demigods and thus take complete shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. My dear Vasudeva, certainly you have already performed many pious activities in your previous lives. Otherwise, how c
ould you be the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saintly Vasudeva, after hearing all the sages, offered his respectful obeisances unto their lotus feet. In this way he pleased the sages, and then he elected for th
em to perform the }{\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  When the sages were elected as priests of the sacrifices, they also 
in their turn induced Vasudeva to collect the required paraphernalia for executing the }{\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  
in that place of pilgrimage. Thus Vasudeva was persuaded to start to perform the }{\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  and a
ll the members of the Yadu dynasty took their baths, dressed themselves very nicely, and decorated themselves beautifully and garlanded themselves with lotus flowers. Vasudeva's wives, dressed with nice garments and ornaments and golden necklaces, approa
ched the arena of sacrifice carrying in their hands the required articles to offer in the sacrifice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When everything was complete, there was heard the vibration of }{\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  conchshells, kettledrums and other musical instruments. Professional dancers, both male and female, began to dance. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctas}{\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 m\'e4gadhas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who were professional singers, began to offer prayers by singing. The Gandharvas and their wives, whose voices were very sweet, began to sing many auspicious songs. Vasudeva anointed his eyes with collyrium, smeared butter over 
his body, and then, along with his eighteen wives, headed by Devak\'e9, sat before the priests to be purified by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhi\'f1eka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony. All such ceremonies were observed strictly according to the principles of scriptures, as was done formerly in the case of the moon with the stars. Vasudeva, because he was being initiated for the sacrifice, wa
s dressed in deerskin, but all his wives were dressed with very nice saris, bangles, necklaces, ankle bells, earrings and many other ornaments. Vasudeva looked very beautiful surrounded by his wives, exactly like the King of heaven when he performs such 
sacrifices. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Balar\'e4ma, along with Their wives, children and relatives, sat down in that great sacrificial arena, it appeared t
hat the Supreme Personality of Godhead was present along with all His part and parcel living entities and multi-energies. We have heard 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  that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has multi-energies and parts and parcels, but now in that sacrificial arena all could actually experience how the Supreme Personality of Godhead eternally exists
 along with His different energies. At that time, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and Lord Balar\'e4ma appeared as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, the reservoir of all living entities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva satisfied Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu by performing different kinds of sacrifices, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub jyoti\'f1\'f6oma, dar\'f1a }{\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 p\'fcr\'ebam\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Some of these }{\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  are called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and some of them are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sauryasatra or vaik\'e5ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thereafter, the other sacrifices, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub agnihotra,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were also performed, and the prescribed articles were offered in the proper way. In this way Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu became pleased. The ultimate purpose of offering oblations in sac
rifice is to please Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. But in this age of Kali it is very difficult to collect the different articles required for offering sacrifices. People have neither the means to collect the required paraphernalia nor the necessary knowledge or tend
ency to offer such sacrifices. Therefore, in this age of Kali, when people are mostly unfortunate, full of anxieties and disturbed by various kinds of calamities, the only sacrifice recommended is the performance of }{\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  Worshiping Lord Caitanya by 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 the only recommended process in this age. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the performance of the different sacrifices, Vasudeva offered ample riches, clothing, ornaments, cows, land and maidservants to the priests. Thereafter, all t
he wives of Vasudeva took their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avabh\'e5tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  baths and performed the part of the sacrificial duti
es known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub patn\'e9sa\'e0y\'e4ja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After finishing the offering with all the required paraphernal
ia, they all took their baths together in the lakes constructed by Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, which are known as the R\'e4ma-hrada. After Vasudeva and his wives took their baths, all the garments and ornaments which they wore were distributed to the subordinate p
ersons who were engaged in singing, dancing and similar activities. We may note that the performance of sacrifice necessitates the profuse distribution of riches. Charity is offered to the priests 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  in the beginning, and used garments and ornaments are offered in charity to the subordinate assistants after the performance 
of the sacrifice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After offering the used articles to the singers and reciters, Vasudeva and his wives, dressed with new ornaments and dresses, fed everyone very sumptuously, beginni
ng from 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  down to the dogs. After this, all the friends, family members, wives 
and children of Vasudeva, along with all the kings and members of the Vidarbha, Ko\'e7ala, Kuru, K\'e4\'e7\'e9, Kekaya and S\'e5\'efjaya dynasties, assembled together. The priests, the demigods, the people in general, the forefathers, the ghosts and the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4ra\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were all sufficiently remunerated by being offered ample gifts and respectful honor
. Then all the persons assembled there took permission from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the husband of the goddess of fortune, and while glorifying the perfection of the sacrifice made by Vasudeva, they departed to their respective homes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, when King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Vidura, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Bh\'e9ma, Arjuna, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Kunt\'e9, Nakula, Sahadeva, N
\'e4rada, Lord Vy\'e4sadeva and many other relatives and kinsmen were about to part, they felt separation and therefore embraced each and every member of the Yadu dynasty with great feeling. Many others who were assembled in that sacrificial arena also d
eparted. After this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Balar\'e4ma, along with King Ugrasena, satisfied the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, headed by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and the cowherd men, by profusely offering all kinds of gifts in order to worship them a
nd please them. Out of their great feelings of friendship, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana remained there for a considerable time along with the members of the Yadu dynasty. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After performing this sacrifice, Vasudeva felt so satisfied that there was no limit to his happiness. All the members of his family were with him, and in their pres
ence he caught hold of the hands of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and addressed him thus: "My dear brother, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has created a great tie of bondage which is known as the bondage of love and affection. I think it is a very difficult j
ob for even the great sages and saintly persons to cut such a tie of love. My dear brother, you have exhibited feelings of love for me, which I was not able to return. I think, therefore, that I am ungrateful. You have behaved exactly as is characteristi
c of saintly persons, but I shall never be able to repay you. I have no means to repay you for your friendly dealings. Nevertheless I am confident that our tie of love will never break. Our relationship of friendship must ever continue, in spite of my in
ability to repay you. I hope you will excuse me for this inability. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear brother, in the beginning, due to my being imprisoned, I could never serve you as a friend, and although at the present moment I am very opulent, because o
f my material prosperity I have become blind. I therefore cannot satisfy you properly even at this time. My dear brother, you are so nice and gentle that you offer all respect to others, but you don't care for any respect for yourself. A person seeking f
or auspicious progress in life must not possess too much material opulence with which to become blind and puffed up, but he should take care of his friends and relatives." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva was speaking to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in this way, he was influenced by a great feeling for the friendship of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and the beneficial a
ctivities executed by King Nanda on his behalf. As such, his eyes filled with tears, and he began to cry. Desiring to please his friend Vasudeva and being affectionately bound with love for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja passed
 three months in their association. At the end of this time, all the members of Yadu dynasty tried to please the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to their hearts' content. The members of the Yadu dynasty tried to satisfy Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his associ
ates by offering them clothing, ornaments, and many other valuable articles, and they all became fully satisfied. Vasudeva, Ugrasena, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Balar\'e4ma, Uddhava and all other members of the Yadu dynasty presented their individual gift
s to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his associates. After Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja received these farewell presentations, he, along with his associates, started for Vrajabh\'fcmi, V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The minds of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana remained, however, 
with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and therefore all of them started for V\'e5nd\'e4vana without their minds. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the members of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi family saw all their friends and visitors departing, they observed that the rainy season was approaching, and thus they decid
ed to return to Dv\'e4rak\'e4. They were fully satisfied, for they regarded K\'e5\'f1\'eba as everything. When they returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, they began with great satisfaction to describe the sacrifice performed by Vasudeva, their meeting with various 
friends and well-wishers, and various other incidences which occurred during their travels in the places of pilgrimage. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Twenty-Ninth 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  "Sacrificial Ceremonies Performed by Vasudeva." 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-30 / Spiritual Instruction for Vasudeva and Return of the Six Dead Sons of Devak\'e9 by 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 30 /  Spiritual Instruction for 
Vasudeva and Return of the Six Dead Sons of Devak\'e9 by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is a Vedic custom that the junior members of the family should offer respects to the elderly persons every morning. The children or the disciples especially shou
ld offer their respects to the parents or the spiritual master in the morning. In pursuance of this Vedic principle, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma used to offer Their obeisances to Their father, Vasudeva, along with his wives. One day, after having
 returned from the sacrificial performances at Kuruk\'f1etra, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma went to offer Their respect to Vasudeva, Vasudeva took the opportunity of appreciating the exalted position of his two sons. Vasudeva had the opportuni
ty to understand the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma from the great sages who had assembled in the arena of the sacrifice. He not only heard from the sages, but on many occasions he actually experienced that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were
 not ordinary human beings, but were very extraordinary. Thus he believed the words of the sages that his sons K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With firm faith in his sons, he addressed them thus: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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  Supreme Personality of Godhead, and my dear Balar\'e4ma, You are Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, the master of all mystic powers. I have now understood that You are eternal. Both of You are transcendental to this material manifestation and
 to its cause, the Supreme Person Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. You are the original controller of all. You are the rest of this cosmic manifestation. You are its creator, and You are also its creative ingredients. You are the master of this cosmic manifestation,
 and actually this manifestation is created for Your pastimes only. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The different material phases from the beginning to the end of the cosmos manifest under different time formulas are also Yourself, because You are both the cause 
and effect of this manifestation. The two features of this material world, the predominator and the predominated, are also You, and You are the supreme transcendental controller who stands above them. Therefore, You are beyond the perception of our sense
s. You are the supreme soul, unborn and unchanging. You are not affected by the six kinds of transformations which occur in the material body. The wonderful varieties of this material world are also created by You, and You have entered as the Supersoul i
nto each living entity and even into the atom. You are the maintainer of everything. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The vital force which is acting as the life principle in everything and the creative force derived from it are not acting independently, but are dependent upon You
, the Supreme Person behind these forces. Without Your will, they cannot work. Material energy has no cognizance. It cannot act independently without being agitated by You. Because the material nature is dependent upon You, the living entities can only a
ttempt to act. But without Your sanction and will they cannot perform anything or achieve the result they desire. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The original energy is only an emanation from You. My dear Lord, the shining of the moon, the heat of the fire, the rays of the sun, the glittering of the stars, a
nd the electric lightning which is manifested as very powerful, as well as the gravity of the mountains, the energy of the earth and the quality of its flavor\'97all are different manifestations of You. The pure taste of water and the vital force which m
aintains all life are also features of Your Lordship. The water and its taste are also Yourself. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, although the forces of the senses, the mental power of thinking, willing and feeling, and the strength, movement and growth of the body appear to be 
performed by different movements of the airs within the body, they are all ultimately manifestations of Your energy. The vast expanse of outer space rests in Yourself. The vibration of the sky, its thunder, the supreme sound }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub omk\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the arrangement of different words to distinguish one thing from the other are symbolic representations of Yours
elf. Everything is Yourself. The senses, the controllers of the senses, the demigods, and the acquisition of knowledge which is the purpose of the senses, as well as the subject matter of knowledge\'97all are Yourself. The resolution of intelligence and 
the sharp memory of the living entity are also Yourself. You are the egotistic principle in ignorance which is the cause of this material world, the egotistic principle of passion which is the cause of the senses, and the egotistic principle of goodness 
which is the origin or the different controlling deities of this material world. The illusory energy, or }{\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  which is the cause of the conditioned soul's perpetual transmigration from one form to another, is Yourself. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the original cause of all causes, exactly as the earth is the original cause of different kinds of trees, plants an
d similar varieties of manifestation. As the earth is represented in everything, so You are present throughout this material manifestation as Supersoul. You are the supreme cause of all causes, the eternal principle. Everything is, in fact, a manifestati
on of Your one energy. The three qualities of material nature\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva, rajas}{\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 tamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and the result of their interaction, are linked up with You by Your agency of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They are supposed to be independent, but actually the total material energy is resting upon You, the
 Supersoul. Since You are the supreme cause of everything, the interactions of material manifestation\'97birth, existence, growth, transformation, deterioration and annihilation\'97are all absent in Yourself. Your supreme energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is acting in variegated manifestations, but because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is Your energy, You are therefore present in everything." 
\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  this fact is very nicely explained in the Ninth Chapter, wherein the Lord says, "In My impersonal form I am spread all over the material energy; everything is resting in Me, but I am not there." This very statement is also given by V
asudeva. To say He is not present everywhere means that He is aloof from everything, although His energy is acting everywhere. This can be understood by a crude example: In a big establishment, the energy, or the organization of the supreme boss, is work
ing in every nook and corner of the business, but that does not mean that the original proprietor is present there, although in every department and every atmosphere the presence of the proprietor is felt by the worker. The physical presence of the propr
ietor in every department is formality only. Actually his energy is working everywhere. Similarly, the omnipresence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is felt in the action of His energies. Therefore the philosophy of inconceivable simultaneous onenes
s with and difference from the Supreme Lord is confirmed everywhere. The Lord is one, but His energies are diverse. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva said, "This material world is like a great flowing river, and its waves are the three material modes of nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance. This mat
erial body, as well as the senses, the faculties of thinking, feeling and willing and the stages of distress, happiness, attachment and lust\'97all are are different products of these three qualities of nature. The foolish person who cannot realize Your 
transcendental identity above all this material reaction continues to remain in the entanglement of fruitive activity and is subjected to the continuous process of birth and death without a chance of being freed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is also confirmed in a different way by the Lord in the Fourth Chapter of }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There it is said that anyone who knows the appearance and activities of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes freed from the clutches of material nature and go
es back home, back to Godhead. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental name, form, activities and qualities are not products of this material nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," Vasudeva continued, "despite all these defects of the conditioned soul, if someone somehow or other comes in contact with devotional service, he ach
ieves this civilized human form of body with developed consciousness and thereby becomes capable of executing further progress in devotional service. And yet, illusioned by the external energy, people generally do not utilize this advantage of the human 
form of life. Thus they miss the chance of eternal freedom and unnecessarily spoil the progress they have made after thousands of births. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the bodily concept of life, one is attached to the offspring of the body, due to false egotism, and everyone in conditioned life is entrapped by false relations
hips and false affection. The whole world is moving under this false impression of material bondage. I know that neither of You are my sons; You are the original chief and progenitor, the Personalities of Godhead, known as Pradh\'e4na and Puru\'f1a. But 
You have appeared on the surface of this globe in order to minimize the burden of the world by killing 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  kings who are unnecessarily increasing their military strength. You have already informed me about this in the past. My dear Lord, You are the shelter of the surrendered soul, the supreme well-wisher of the meek and humble. I am
 therefore taking shelter of Your lotus feet, which alone can give one liberation from the entanglement of material existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For a long time I have simply considered this body to be myself, and although You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I consider You to be my son. My dear Lord
, at the very moment when You first appeared in Ka\'e0sa's prison house, I was informed that You were the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that You had descended for the protection of the principles of religion as well as the destruction of the unfaith
ful. Although unborn, You descend in every millennium to execute Your mission. My dear Lord, as in the sky there are many forms appearing and disappearing, so You also appear and disappear in many eternal forms. Who, therefore, can understand Your pastim
es or the mystery of Your appearance and disappearance? Our only business should be to glorify Your supreme greatness." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva was addressing his divine sons in that way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were smiling. Because They are very affectionate to Their devotees, Th
ey accepted all the appreciation of Vasudeva with a kindly smiling attitude. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then began to confirm all Vasudeva's statements as follows: "My dear father, whatever you may say, We are, after all, your sons. What you have said about us is ce
rtainly a highly philosophical understanding of spiritual knowledge. I accept it in total without exception." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva was in the complete perfection of life in considering Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma to be his sons, but because the sages assembled in the place of p
ilgrimage at Kuruk\'f1etra had spoken about the Lord as the supreme cause of everything, Vasudeva simply repeated it out of his love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not wish to detract from His relationship with Vasudeva as fa
ther and son; therefore in the very beginning of His reply He accepted the fact that He is the eternal son of Vasudeva and that Vasudeva is the eternal father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed His father of the spiritual identit
y of all living entities. He continued, "My dear father, everyone, including Myself and My brother Balar\'e4ma, as well as all the inhabitants of the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and the whole cosmic manifestation, is exactly as you have already explained, but 
all of us are also qualitatively one." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba intended for Vasudeva to see everything in the vision of 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  a first-class devotee. A first-class devotee sees that all living entities are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and that the Supreme Lord is situated in every
one's heart. In fact, every living entity has spiritual identity, but in contact with material existence he becomes influenced by the material modes of nature. He becomes covered by the concept of bodily life, forgetting that his spirit soul is of the sa
me quality as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One mistakenly considers one individual to be different from another simply because of their material bodily coverings. Because of differences between bodies, the spirit soul appears before us differently
. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then gave a nice example in terms of the five material elements. The total material elements, namely, the sky, the air, the fire, the water and 
the earth, are present in everything in the material world, whether in an earthen pot or in a mountain or in the trees or in an earring. These five elements are present in everything, in different proportions and quantities. A mountain is a gigantic form
 of the combination of these five elements, and a small earthen pot is of the same elements, but in a smaller quantity. Therefore all material items, although in different shapes or different quantities, are of the same ingredients. Similarly, the living
 entities\'97beginning from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and including the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and millions
 of Vi\'f1\'ebu forms, and then the living entities in different forms, beginning from Lord Brahm\'e4 down to the small ant\'97are all of the same quality in spirit. Some are great in quantity, and some are small, but qualitatively they are of the same n
ature. It is therefore 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  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the Supreme Lord, is
 the chief among all living entities, and He maintains them and supplies them with all necessities of life. Anyone who knows this philosophy is in perfect knowledge. The Vedic version }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tat tvam asi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Thou art the same," does not mean that everyone is God, but everyone is qualitatively of the same nature as that of God. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba speak the entire philosophy of spiritual life in an abbreviated summation, Vasudeva was exceedingly pleased with his son. Being thus el
ated, he could not speak, but remained silent. In the meantime, Devak\'e9, the mother of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, sat by the side of her husband. Previously she had heard that both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were so kind upon Their teacher that They had 
brought back the teacher's dead sons from the clutches of the superintendent of death, Yamar\'e4ja. Since she had heard this incident, she had been also thinking of her own sons who were killed by Ka\'e0sa, and while remembering them she became overwhelm
ed with grief. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In compassion for her dead sons, Devak\'e9 began to appeal to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma thus: "My dear Balar\'e4ma, Your very name suggests that You give 
all pleasure and all strength to everyone. Your unlimited potency is beyond the reach of our minds and words, and my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the master of all mystic }{\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  I also know that You are the master of the Praj\'e4patis like Brahm\'e4 and his assistants, and You are the original Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. I also k
now for certain that You have descended to annihilate all kinds of miscreants who have been misled in the course of time. They have lost control of their minds and senses, fallen from the quality of goodness, and have deliberately neglected the direction
 of the revealed scriptures by living a life of extravagancy and impudency. You have descended on the earth to minimize the burden of the world by killing such miscreant rulers. My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I know that Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is lying in the
 causal ocean of the cosmic manifestation and who is the source of this whole creation, is simply an expansion of Your plenary portion. Creation, maintenance and annihilation of this cosmic manifestation are being effected only by Your plenary portion. I
 am, therefore, taking shelter of You without any reservation. I have heard that when You wanted to reward Your teacher, S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni, and he asked You to bring back his dead son, You and Balar\'e4ma immediately brought him from the custody of Ya
mar\'e4ja, although he had been dead for a very long time. By this act I understand You to be the supreme master of all mystic }{\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  I am, therefore, asking You to fulfill my desire in the same way. In other words, I am asking You to bring back all my sons who were killed by Ka\'e0sa; upon Your bringing them back, my heart will be content, and 
it will be a great pleasure for me just to see them once." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing Their mother speak in this way, Lord Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately called for the assistance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and started for the lower planetary system known as Sutala. Formerly, in His incarnation of V\'e4mana, the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead was satisfied by the king of the demons, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who donated to Him everything he had. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was then given the whole of Sutala for his residence and kingdom. Now when this great devotee, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, 
saw that Lord Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come to his planet, he immediately merged in the ocean of happiness. As soon as he saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma in his presence, he and all his family members stood up from their seats and bowed
 down at the lotus feet of the Lord. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma the best seat he had in his possession, and when both Lords were seated comfortably, he began to wash Their lotus feet. He then sprinkled the water on hi
s head and on the heads of his family members. The water used to wash the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma can purify even the greatest demigods, such as Lord Brahm\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja brought valuable garments, ornaments, sandalwood pulp, betel nuts, lamps and various nectarean foodstuffs, and along with his family
 members he worshiped the Lord according to the regulative principles and offered his riches and body unto the lotus feet of the Lord. King Bali was feeling such transcendental pleasure that he repeatedly grabbed the lotus feet of the Lord and kept them 
on his chest; and sometimes he put them on the top of the head, and in this way he was feeling transcendental bliss. Tears of love and affection began to flow down from his eyes, and all his hairs stood on end. He began to offer prayers to the Lords in a
 voice which choked up intermittently. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord Balar\'e4ma, You are the original Anantadeva. You are so great that Anantadeva Se\'f1a and other transcendental forms have originally emanated from You and
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are the original Personality of Godhead, and Your eternal form is all-blissful and full of complete knowledge. You are the creator of the whole world. You are the original initiator and propounder of the systems of }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yo
ga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You are the Supreme Brahman, the original Personality of Godhead, I therefore with all respect offer my obeisances unto both of You. My dear Lords, it is very difficult fo
r the living entities to get to see You, yet when You are merciful upon Your devotees it becomes easy for them to see You. As such, only out of Your causeless mercy have You agreed to come here and be visible to us, who are generally influenced by the qu
alities of ignorance and passion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, we belong to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daitya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or demon category. The demons or demonic persons\'97the Gandharvas, the Siddhas, the Vidy\'e4dharas, the C\'e4ra\'ebas, the Yak\'f1as, the R\'e4k\'f1asas, the Pi\'e7\'e4cas, the ghosts and the hobgoblins\'97are incapabl
e, by nature, of worshiping You or becoming Your devotees. Instead of becoming Your devotees, they simply become impediments on the path of devotion. But, opposed to them, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, representing 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  and situated in the mode of uncontaminated goodness. Your position is always transcendental. For this 
reason, some of us, although born of the modes of passion and ignorance, have taken shelter of Your lotus feet and become devotees. Some of us are actually pure devotees, and some of us have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, desiring to gain something fr
om devotion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By Your causeless mercy only we demons are in direct contact with Your personality. This contact is not possible even for the great demigods. No one knows how You 
act through Your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  potency. Even demigods cannot calculate the expanse of the activi
ties of Your internal potency, so how is it possible for us to know it? I therefore place my humble prayers before You: please be kind to me, who am fully surrendered unto You, and favor me with Your causeless mercy so that I may simply remember Your lot
us feet birth after birth. My only ambition is that I may live alone just like 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
 who, traveling alone here and there in great peace of mind, depend simply upon Your lotus feet. I also desire that if I have to associate with anyone, they may be only Your pure devotees and no one else, because Your pure devotees are always well-wisher
s of all living entities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the supreme master and director of the whole world. Please, therefore, engage me in Your service and let me thus become freed from all materi
al contaminations. You can purify me in that way because if someone engages himself in the loving service of Your Lordship, he immediately becomes free from all kinds of regulative principles enjoined 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 " 
\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 paramaha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  mentioned here means the supreme swan. It is said that the swan can draw milk out from a reservoir of water; it can take only the milk portion and reject the watery portion. Similarly, a person who can draw out the spiritual portion from
 this material world and who can live alone, depending only on the Supreme Spirit, not on the material world, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When one achieves the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform, he is no 
longer under the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  accepts only th
e association of pure devotees and rejects others who are too materially addicted. In other words, those who are materially addicted cannot understand the value of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha
\'e0sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but those who are fortunately advanced in spiritual sense take shelter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha
\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and thus successfully complete the mission of human life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard the prayers of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, He spoke as follows: "My dear King of the demons, in the millennium of the Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu, 
the Praj\'e4pati known as Mar\'e9ci begot six sons, all demigods, in the womb of his wife, \'dcr\'eb\'e4. Once upon a time, Lord Brahm\'e4 became captivated by the beauty of his daughter and was following her, impelled by sex desire. At that time, these 
six demigods looked at the action of Lord Brahm\'e4 with abhorrence. This criticism of Brahm\'e4's action by the demigods constituted a great offense on their part, and for this reason they were condemned to take birth as the sons of the demon Hira\'ebya
ka\'e7ipu. These sons of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu were thereafter put in the womb of mother Devak\'e9, and as soon as they took their birth, Ka\'e0sa killed them one after another. My dear King of the demons, again, mother Devak\'e9 is very anxious to see the
se six dead sons again, and she is very much aggrieved on account of their early death at the hand of Ka\'e0sa. I know that all of them are living with you. I have decided to take them with Me in order to pacify My mother Devak\'e9. After seeing My mothe
r, all these six conditioned souls will be liberated, and thus in great pleasure they will be transferred to their original planet. The names of these six conditioned souls are as follows: Smara, Udg\'e9tha, Pari\'f1va\'ecga, Pata\'ecga, K\'f1udrabh\'e5t
 and Gh\'e5\'eb\'e9. They will be again reinstated in their former position as demigods." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After thus informing the King of the demons, K\'e5\'f1\'eba stopped speaking, and Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja understood the Lord's purpose. He worshiped Him sufficiently, 
and thereafter Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Balar\'e4ma took away the six conditioned souls and returned to the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, where He presented them as little babies before His mother, Devak\'e9. Mother Devak\'e9 became overwhelmed with joy and
 was so ecstatic in motherly feeling that immediately milk began to flow from her breasts, and she fed the babies with great satisfaction. She began to take them on her lap again and again, smelling their heads and thinking, "He has gotten my lost childr
en back!" For the time being she became overpowered by the energy of Vi\'f1\'ebu, and in great motherly affection she began to enjoy the company of her lost children. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The milk from the breast of Devak\'e9 was transcendental nectar because the same milk had been sucked by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As such, the babies who sucked the bre
ast of Devak\'e9j\'e9, which had touched the body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, immediately became self-realized persons. The babies therefore began to offer their obeisances unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma, their father Vasudeva, and mother Devak\'e9. A
fter this, they were immediately transferred to their respective heavenly planets. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After they departed, Devak\'e9 became stunned with wonder that her dead children had come back and had again been transferred to their respective planets. She could
 adjust the events only by thinking of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, in which, because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's potencies are all inconceivable, anything wonderful can be performed. Without accepting the inconceivable, unlimited potencies of the Lord, one
 cannot understand that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Soul. By His unlimited potencies, He performs unlimited pastimes also, and no one can describe them in full nor can anyone know them all. S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, speaking }{\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  before the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, headed by \'c7aunaka \'c5\'f1i, gave his verdict 
in this connection as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Great sages, please understand that the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are all eternal. They are not ordinary narrations of historical incidences. 
Such narrations are identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Anyone, therefore, who hears such narrations of the Lord's pastimes becomes immediately freed from the contamination of material existence. And those who are pure devotees enj
oy these narrations as nectar entering into their ears." Such narrations were described by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the exalted son of Vy\'e4sadeva, and anyone who hears them, as well as anyone who describes them for the hearing of others, becomes K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. And it is only the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons who become eligible for going back home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Thirtieth 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  "Spiritual Instruction for Vasudeva and Return of the Six Dead Sons of Devak\'e9 by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-31 / The Kidnapping of Subhadr\'e4 and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Visiting \'c7rutadeva and Bahul\'e4\'e7va
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 31 /  The Kidnapping of Subhadr
\'e4 and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Visiting \'c7rutadeva and Bahul\'e4\'e7va
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing this incident, King Par\'e9k\'f1it became more inquisitive to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pastimes, and thus he inquired from \'c7ukadeva Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 how his grandmother Subhadr\'e4 was kidnapped by his grandfather Arjuna at the instigation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. King Par\'e9k\'f1it was very much eager to learn about his grandfather's kidnapping and marriage of his grandmother. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 began to narrate the story as follows: "Once upon a time, your grandfather Arjuna, the great hero, was visiting several holy places o
f pilgrimage, and while he was thus traveling all over he happened to come to the Prabh\'e4sak\'f1etra. In the Prabh\'e4sak\'f1etra he heard the news that Lord Balar\'e4ma was negotiating the marriage of Subhadr\'e4, the daughter of Arjuna's maternal unc
le, Vasudeva. Although her father, Vasudeva, and her brother, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, were not in agreement with Him, Balar\'e4ma was in favor of marrying Subhadr\'e4 to Duryodhana. Arjuna, however, desired to gain the hand of Subhadr\'e4." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As he thought of Subhadr\'e4 and her beauty, Arjuna became more and more captivated with the idea of marrying her, and with a plan in mind he dressed himself like a
 Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  carrying a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trida\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in his hand. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\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  take one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or one rod, whereas the Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  take three }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or three rods. The three rods, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trida\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicate that a Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  vows to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his body, mind and words. The system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trid
a\'eb\'f2a-sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been in existence for a long time, and the Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trida\'eb\'f2\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or sometimes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trida\'eb\'f2i-sv\'e4m\'e9s}{\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 trida\'eb\'f2i-gosv\'e4m\'e9s.}{\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 Sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are generally meant to travel all over the country for preaching work,
 but during the four months of the rainy season in India, from September through December, they do not travel, but take shelter in one place and remain there without moving. This non-movement of the }{\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 called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4turm\'e4sya-vrata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When 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 in a place f
or four months, the local inhabitants of that place take advantage of his presence to become spiritually advanced. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna, in the dress of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trida\'eb\'f2i-sanny\'e4s\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  remained in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 for four months, devising a plan whereby he could get Subhadr\'e4 as his wife. The inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as well as Lord Balar\'e4ma could not recognize the }{
\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  to be Arjuna; therefore all of them offered their respect and obeisances to the }{
\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  without knowing the actual situation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day Lord Balar\'e4ma invited this particular }{\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  to lunch at His home. Balar\'e4maj\'e9 very respectfully offered him all kinds of palatable dishes, and the so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
anny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was eating sumptuously. While eating at the home of Balar\'e4maj\'e9, Arjuna was simply looking over beautiful Subhadr\'e4, who was very enchanting even to the g
reat heroes and kings. Out of love for her, Arjuna's eyes brightened, and he began to see her with glittering eyes. Arjuna decided that somehow or other he would achieve Subhadr\'e4 as his wife, and his mind became agitated on account of this strong desi
re. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna, the grandfather of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, was himself extraordinarily beautiful, and his bodily structure was very much attractive to Subhadr\'e4. S
ubhadr\'e4 also decided within her mind that she would accept only Arjuna as her husband. As a simple girl, she was smiling with great pleasure, looking at Arjuna. Thus Arjuna also became more and more attracted by her. In this way, Subhadr\'e4 dedicated
 herself to Arjuna, and he resolved to marry her by any means. He then became absorbed twenty-four hours a day in the thought of how he could get Subhadr\'e4 as his wife. He was afflicted with the thought of getting Subhadr\'e4, and had not a moment's pe
ace of mind. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, Subhadr\'e4, seated on a chariot, came out of the palace fort to see the gods in the temple. Arjuna took this opportunity, and with the permission
 of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, he kidnapped her. After getting on Subhadr\'e4's chariot, he prepared himself for a fight. Taking up his bow and holding off with his arrows the soldiers ordered to check him, Arjuna took Subhadr\'e4 away. While Subhadr\'e4 wa
s being thus kidnapped by Arjuna, her relatives and family members began to cry, but still he took her, just as a lion takes his share and departs. When it was disclosed to Lord Balar\'e4ma that the so-called }{\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  was Arjuna and that he had planned such a device simply to take away Subhadr\'e4 and that he had actually taken her, He became
 very angry. Just as the waves of the ocean become agitated on a full moon day, Lord Balar\'e4ma became greatly disturbed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in favor of Arjuna; therefore, along with other members of the family, He tried to pacify Balar\'e4ma by falling at His feet and begging Him
 to pardon Arjuna. Lord Balar\'e4ma was then convinced that Subhadr\'e4 was attached to Arjuna, and He became pleased to know that she wanted Arjuna as her husband. The matter was settled, and in order to please the newly married couple, Lord Balar\'e4ma
 arranged to send a dowry, consisting of an abundance of riches, elephants, chariots, horses, servants and maidservants. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was very anxious to hear more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so, after finishing the narration of Arjuna's kidnapping Subhadr\'e4, \'c7ukad
eva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 began to narrate another story, as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a householder }{\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 the city of Mithil\'e4, the capital of the kingdom of Videha. 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  whose name was \'c7rutadeva, was a great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Due to his being fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and always engaged in the service of the Lord, he was completely peaceful in mind and detached from all mat
erial attraction. He was very learned and had no other desire than to be fully situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Although in the order of householder life, he never took great pains to earn anything for his livelihood; he was satisfied with whate
ver he could achieve without much endeavor, and somehow or other he lived in that way. Every day he would get necessities for life in just the quantity required, and not more. That was his destiny. 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  had no desire to get more than what he needed, and thus he was peacefully executing the regulative principles of a }{\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  life, as enjoined in the revealed scriptures. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fortunately, the King of Mithil\'e4 was as good a devotee 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 name of this famous King was Bahul\'e4\'e7va. He was very well established in his reputation as a good king, and he was not at all ambitious to extend his kingdom for the sake
 of sense gratification. As such, both 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 King Bahul\'e4\'e7va remained pure 
devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Mithil\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very merciful upon these two devotees, King Bahul\'e4\'e7va 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  \'c7rutadeva, He one day asked His driver, D\'e4ruka, to take His chariot into the capital city of Mithil\'e4. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was accompanied 
by the great sages N\'e4rada, V\'e4madeva, Atri, Vy\'e4sadeva, Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, Asita, Aru\'ebi, B\'e5haspati, Ka\'ebva, Maitreya, Cyavana and others. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the sages were passing through many villages and towns, and everywhere the cit
izens would receive them with great respect and offer them articles in worship. When the citizens came to see the Lord and all of them assembled together in one place, it seemed that the sun was present along with his various satellite planets. In that j
ourney, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the sages passed through the kingdoms of \'c4narta, Dhanva, Kuruj\'e4\'ecgala, Ka\'ecka, Matsya, P\'e4\'efc\'e4la, Kunti, Madhu, Kekaya, Ko\'e7ala and Ar\'eba, and thus all the citizens of these places, both men and women,
 could see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba eye to eye. In this way they enjoyed celestial happiness, with open hearts full of love and affection for the Lord, and when they saw the face of the Lord, it seemed to them that they were drinking nectar through their eyes
. When they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the ignorant misconceptions of their lives dissipated. When the Lord passed through the various countries and the people came to visit Him, simply by glancing over them the Lord would bestow all good fortune upon them 
and liberate them from all kinds of ignorance. In some places, the demigods also would join with the human beings, and their glorification of the Lord would cleanse all directions of all inauspicious things. In this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba slowly and gr
adually reached the kingdom of Videha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the news of the Lord's arrival was received by the citizens, they all felt unlimited happiness and came to welcome Him, taking gifts in their hands to offer. A
s soon as they saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their hearts immediately blossomed in transcendental bliss, just as a lotus flower blooms on the rising of the sun. Previously they had simply heard the names of the great sages, but had never seen them. Now, by th
e mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they had the opportunity of seeing both the great sages and the Lord Himself. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Bahul\'e4\'e7va, as well 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  \'c7rutadeva, knowing well that the Lord had come there just to grace them with favor, immediately fell at the Lord's lotus feet and offered their respects. With folded hands, the King 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  each simultaneously invited Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all the sages to his home. In order to pl
ease both of them, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself into two and went to the houses of each one of them; yet neither the King 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  could understand that the Lord had gone to the house of the other. Both thought that the Lord had gone only to his own house. That He and His companions were present in both houses, although both t
he }{\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 the King thought He was present in his house only, is another opulence of t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead. This opulence is described in the revealed scriptures as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaibhava-prak\'e4\'e7a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba married sixteen thousand wives, He also expanded Himself into sixteen thousand forms, each one of them as powerful as He Himself. Similarly, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, when Brahm\'e4 stole away K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's cows, calves and cowherd boys, K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself into many new cows, calves and cowherd boys. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bahul\'e4\'e7va, the King of Videha, was very intelligent and was a perfect gentleman. He was astonished that so many great sages, along with the Supreme Personalit
y of Godhead, were personally present in his home. He knew perfectly well that the conditioned soul, especially when engaged in worldly affairs, cannot be a hundred percent pure, whereas the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees are always
 transcendental to worldly contamination. Therefore, when he found that the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all the great sages were at his home, he was astonished, and he began to thank Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His causeless mercy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Feeling very much obliged and wanting to receive his guests to the best of his capacity, he called for nice chairs and cushions, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with
 all the sages, sat down very comfortably. At that time, King Bahul\'e4\'e7va's mind was very restless, not because of any problems, but because of great ecstasy of love and devotion. His heart was filled with love and affection for the Lord and His asso
ciates, and his eyes were filled with tears of ecstasy. He arranged to wash the feet of his divine guests, and after washing them he and his family members sprinkled the water on their own heads. After this, he offered to the guests nice flower garlands,
 sandalwood pulp, incense, new garments, ornaments, lamps, cows and bulls. In a manner just befitting his royal position, he worshiped each one of them in this way. When all had been fed sumptuously and were sitting very comfortably, Bahul\'e4\'e7va came
 before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and caught His lotus feet. He placed them on his lap and, while massaging the feet with his hands, began to speak about the glories of the Lord in a sweet voice. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are the Supersoul of all living entities and as witness within the heart are cognizent of everyone's activities. As such, being duty-bound, we al
ways think of Your lotus feet so that we can remain in a secure position without deviating from Your eternal service. As a result of our continuous remembrance of Your lotus feet, You have kindly visited my place personally to favor me with Your causeles
s mercy. We have heard, my dear Lord, that by Your various statements You confirm Your pure devotees to be more dear to You than Lord Balar\'e4ma or Your constant servitor the goddess of fortune. Your devotees are dearer to You than Your first son, Lord 
Brahm\'e4, and I am sure that You have so kindly visited my place in order to prove Your divine statement. I cannot imagine how people can be godless and demoniac even after knowing of Your causeless mercy and affection for Your devotees who are constant
ly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. How can they forget Your lotus feet? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, it is known to us that You are so kind and liberal that when a person leaves everything just to engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, You sometimes
 give Yourself in exchange for that unalloyed service. You have appeared in the Yadu dynasty to fulfill Your mission of reclaiming all conditioned souls rotting in the sinful activities of material existence, and this appearance is already famous all ove
r the world. My dear Lord, You are the ocean of unlimited mercy, love and affection. Your transcendental form is full of bliss, knowledge and eternity. You can attract everyone's heart by Your beautiful form as \'c7y\'e4masundara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Your kn
owledge is unlimited, and to teach all people how to execute devotional service You have sent Your incarnation Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, who is engaged in severe austerities and penances at Badar\'e9n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Kindly, therefore, accept my humble ob
eisances at Your lotus feet. My dear Lord, I beg to request You and Your companions, the 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  to remain at my place so that this family of the famous King Nimi may be sanctified by the dust of Your lotus feet at least for a few days." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not refuse the request of His devotee, and thus He remained t
here for a few days along with the sages in order to sanctify the city of Mithil\'e4 and all its citizens. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, 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  simultaneously receiving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates at his home, became transcendentally overwhelmed with joy. After offering his guests nice sitting places, 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  began to dance, throwing his wrap around his body. \'c7rutadeva, being not at all rich, offered only mattresses, wooden planks, straw c
arpets, etc., to his distinguished guests, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the sages, but he welcomed them to his best capacity. He began to speak very highly of the Lord and the sages, and he and his wife washed the feet of each one of them. After this, he took
 the water and sprinkled it over all the members of his family, and although it appeared that 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 very poor, he was at that time most fortunate. While \'c7rutadeva was welcoming Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates, he simply forgot himself in transcendental joy. After welcoming the Lord and His companions, according to his cap
acity he brought fruits, incense, scented water, scented clay, }{\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, }{\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  straw and lotus flowers. They were not very costly items and could be secured very easily, but becau
se they were offered with devotional love, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates accepted them very gladly. 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  wife cooked very simple foods like rice and dahl, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His followers were very pleased to accept them because they were offered in devotional love. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates were
 fed in this way, 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  \'c7rutadeva was thinking thus: "I am fallen into the deep, 
dark well of householder life and am the most unfortunate person. How has it become possible that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His associates, the great sages, whose very presence makes a place as sanctified as a pi
lgrimage site, have agreed to come to my place?" 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 thinking in this wa
y, the guests finished their lunch and sat back very comfortably. At that time, 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  \'c7rutadeva, and his wife, children and other relatives, appeared there to render service to the distinguished guests. While touching the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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  began to speak. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," he said, "You are the Supreme Person, Puru\'f1ottama, situated transcendentally to the manifested and unmanifested material creation. The activities
 of this material world and of the conditioned souls have nothing to do with Your position. We can appreciate that it is not that only today You have given me Your audience. You are associating with all the living entities as Param\'e4tm\'e4 since the be
ginning of creation." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement of 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 very instructive. It is a fact that the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead in His Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature entered the creation of this material world as Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu and K
\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, and in a very friendly attitude the Lord is sitting along with the conditioned soul in the body. Therefore, every living entity has the Lord with him from the very beginning, but due to his mistaken consciousness 
of life, the living entity cannot understand this. When his consciousness is, however, changed into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can immediately understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is trying to assist the conditioned souls to get out of the material entang
lement. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rutadeva continued, "My dear Lord, You have entered this material world as if in a sleeping condition. A conditioned soul, while sleeping, creates false or temp
orary worlds; he becomes busy in many illusory activities\'97sometimes becoming a king, sometimes being murdered or sometimes going to an unknown city\'97and all these are simply temporary affairs. Similarly, Your Lordship, apparently also in a sleeping 
condition, enters this material world to create a temporary manifestation, not for Your personal necessities, but for the conditioned soul who wants to imitate Your Lordship as enjoyer. The conditioned soul's enjoyment in the material world is temporary 
and illusory. And yet the conditioned soul is by himself unable to create such a temporary situation for his illusory enjoyment. In order to fulfill his desires, although they are temporary and illusory, You enter in this temporary manifestation to help 
him. Thus, from the beginning of the conditioned soul's entering into the material world, You are his constant companion. When, therefore, the conditioned soul comes in contact with a pure devotee and takes to devotional service, beginning from the proce
ss of hearing Your transcendental pastimes, glorifying Your transcendental activities, worshiping Your eternal form in the temple, offering prayers to You and engaging in discussion to understand Your transcendental position, he then gradually becomes fr
eed from the contamination of material existence. His heart becomes cleansed of all material dust, and thus gradually You become visible in the heart of the devotee. Although You are constantly with the conditioned soul, only when he becomes purified by 
devotional service do You become revealed to him. Others, who are bewildered by fruitive activities, either by Vedic injunction or customary dealings, and who do not take to devotional service, become captivated by the external happiness of the bodily co
ncept of life. You are not revealed to such persons. Rather, You remain far, far away from them. But for one who, being engaged in Your devotional service, has purified his heart by constant chanting of Your holy name, You become very easily understood a
s his eternal constant companion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is said that Your Lordship, sitting in the heart of a devotee, gives him direction by which he can very quickly come back to home, back to You. This direct dict
ation by You reveals Your existence within the heart of the devotee. Only a devotee can immediately appreciate Your existence within his heart, whereas for a person who has only a bodily concept of life and is engaged in sense gratification You always re
main covered by the curtain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Such a person cannot realize that You are very nea
r, sitting within his heart. For a nondevotee, You are appreciated only as ultimate death. The difference is like the difference between a cat's carrying its kittens in its mouth and a cat's carrying a rat in its mouth. In the mouth of the cat, the rat f
eels its death, whereas the kittens in the mouth of the cat feel motherly affection. Similarly, You are present to everyone, but the nondevotee feels You as ultimate cruel death, whereas for a devotee You are the supreme instructor and philosopher. The a
theist, therefore, understands the presence of God as death, but the devotee understands the presence of God always within his heart, takes dictation from You, and lives transcendentally, not being affected by the contamination of the material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You are the supreme controller and superintendent of the material nature's activities. The atheistic class of men simply observe the activities of material nature,
 but cannot find You as the original background. A devotee, however, can immediately see Your hand in every movement of material nature. The curtain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot cover the eyes of the devotee of Your Lordship, but it can cover the eyes of the nondevotee. The nondevotee is unable to see You eye to eye, just as a person whose eyes are in
terrupted by the covering of a cloud cannot see the sun, although persons who are flying above the cloud can see the sunshine brilliantly, as it is. My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. My dear self-effulgent Lord, I am Your eternal s
ervitor. Therefore, kindly order me\'97what can I do for You? The conditioned soul feels the pangs of material contamination as threefold miseries as long as You are not visible to him. And as soon as You are visible by development of K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness, all miseries of material existence simultaneously become vanquished." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba is naturally very much affectionately inclined to His devotees. When He heard \'c7rutadeva's prayers of pure devot
ion, He was very much pleased and immediately caught his hands and began to address Him thus: "My dear \'c7rutadeva, all these great sages and saintly persons have been very kind to you by personally coming here to see you. You should consider this oppor
tunity to be a great fortune for you. They are so kind that they are traveling with Me, and wherever they go they immediately make the whole atmosphere as pure as transcendence simply by the touch of the dust of their feet. People are accustomed to go to
 the temples of God. They also visit holy places of pilgrimage, and after prolonged association with such activities, for many days by touch and by worship, gradually they become purified. But the influence of great sages and saintly persons is so great 
that by seeing them one immediately becomes completely purified. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Moreover, the very purifying potency of pilgrimages or worship of different demigods is also achieved by the grace of saintly persons. A pilgrimage site becomes a 
holy place because of the presence of the saintly persons there. My dear \'c7rutadeva, when a person is born 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  he immediately becomes the best of all human beings. And if such 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  remaining self-satisfied, practices austerities, studies 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 engag
es in My devotional service, as is the duty of 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 \'97or in other words, 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  becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava\'97how wonderful is his greatness! My feature of four-hande
d N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is not so pleasing or dear to Me as is 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  Vai\'f1\'ebava. }{\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  means 'one well conversant with Vedic knowledge'; 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  is the insignia of perfect knowledge, and I am the full-fledged manifestation of all gods. The less intelligent
 class of men do not understand Me as the highest knowledge, nor do they understand the influence of 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  Vai\'f1\'ebava. They are influenced by the three modes of material nature and thus dare to criticize Me and My pure devotees. 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  Vai\'f1\'ebava, or a devotee already on the brahminical platform, can realize Me within his heart, and therefore he definitely concludes that the whole cosmic manifestation and its d
ifferent features are effects of different energies of the Lord. Thus he has a clear conception of the whole material nature and the total material energy, and in every action such a devotee sees Me only, and nothing else. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear \'c7rutadeva, you may therefore accept all these great 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  and sages as My bona fide representatives. By worshiping them faithfully, you will be worshiping Me more diligently. I consider worship of My devotees to be bett
er than direct worship of Me. If someone attempts to worship Me directly without worshiping My devotees, I do not accept such worship, even though it may be presented with great opulence." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way both 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  \'c7rutadeva, and the King of Mithil\'e4, under the direction of the Lord, worshiped both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His followers, the great sages and saintly }{\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  on an equal level of spiritual importance. Both }{\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 King ultimately achieved the supreme goal of being transferred to the spiritual world. The devotee does not know anyone except Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is most 
affectionate to His devotee. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba remained in Mithil\'e4 both at the house of 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  \'c7rutadeva and at the palace of King Bahul\'e4\'e7va. And after favoring them lavishly by His transcendental instructions, He went back to His capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The instruction we receive from this incident is that King Bahul\'e4\'e7va and \'c7rutadeva 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  were accepted by the Lord on the same level because both were pure devotees. This is the real qualification for being recognized by the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead. Because it has become the fashion of this age to become falsely proud of having taken birth in the family 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 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  we see persons without 
any qualification other than birth claiming to be }{\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  or }{\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  But as it is stated in the scriptures, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalau }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sambhava:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "In this age of Kali, everyone is 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 " This is because there is no performance of the purificatory processes known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0sk\'e4ras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which begin from the time of the mother's pregnancy and continue up to the point of the individual's d
eath. No one can be classified as a member of a particular caste, especially of a higher caste\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, 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 vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97simply by birthright. If one is not purified by the 
process of the seed-giving ceremony, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garbh\'e4dh\'e4na-sa\'e0sk\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he is immediately class
ified amongst 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  because only 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 undergo this purificatory process. Sex life without the purificatory process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is merely th
e seed-giving process of 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  or the animals. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the
 highest perfection, by which everyone can come to the platform of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. This includes having all the qualifications 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 Vai\'f1\'ebavas are trained to become freed from the four kinds of sinful activities\'97illicit sex, indulgence in intoxicants, gambling, and eating animal foodstuffs. No one can be on the brah
minical platform without having these preliminary qualifications, and without becoming a qualified }{\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  one cannot become a pure devotee. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Thirty-First 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  "The Kidnapping of Subhadr\'e4 and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Visiting \'c7rutadeva and Bahul\'e4\'e7va."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-32 / Prayers by the Personified Vedas
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 32 /  Prayers by the Personified
 Vedas
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it inquired from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 about a very important topic in understanding transcendental subject matter. His question was, "Since Ve
dic knowledge generally deals with the subject matter of the three qualities of the material world, how then can it approach the subject matter of transcendence, which is beyond the approach of the three material modes? Since the mind is material and the
 vibration of words is a material sound, how can the Vedic knowledge, expressing by material sound the thoughts of the mind, approach transcendence? Description of a subject matter necessitates describing its source of emanation, its qualities and its ac
tivities. Such description can be possible only by thinking with the material mind and by vibrating material words. Although Brahman, or the Absolute Truth, has no material qualities, our power of speaking does not go beyond the material qualities. How t
hen can Brahman, the Absolute Truth, be described by your words? I do not see how it is possible to understand transcendence from such expressions of material sound." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of King Par\'e9k\'f1it's inquiring was to ascertain from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 whether 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  ultimately describe the Absolute Truth as impersonal or as personal. Understanding of the Absolute Truth progresses in three features\'97imperso
nal Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 localized in everyone's heart and, at last, 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 }{\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  deal with three departments of activities. One is called }{\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  or ac
tivities under Vedic injunction which gradually purify one to understand his real position; the next is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the process of understanding the Absolute Truth by speculative methods; and the third is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub up\'e4san\'e4-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and sometimes of the demigods also. The worship of the demigods recommended 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  is ordered with the understanding of the demigods' relationship to the Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has many parts and parc
els; some are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4\'e0\'e7as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or His personal expansions, and some are called }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the living entities. All such expansions, both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4\'e0\'e7as}{\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 vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7as,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are emanations from the original Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sv\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  expansions are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 whereas the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  expansions are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-tattva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The different demigods are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9
va-tattva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The conditioned souls are generally put into the activities of the material world for sense gratification; therefore, 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 7.20}{\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  to regulate those who a
re very much addicted to different kinds of sense gratification the worship of demigods is sometimes recommended. For example, for persons who are very much addicted to meat-eating, the Vedic injunction recommends that after worshiping the form of the go
ddess K\'e4l\'e9 and sacrificing a goat (not any other animal) under }{\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  regulat
ion, the worshipers may be allowed to eat meat. The idea is not to encourage one to eat meat, but to allow one who is persistent to eat meat under certain restricted conditions. Therefore, worship of the demigods is not worship of the Absolute Truth, but
 by worshiping the demigods one gradually comes to accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead in an indirect way. This indirect acceptance is 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.23]}{\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 avidhi. Avidhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means not bona fide. Since demigod worship is not bona fide, the impersonalists stre
ss concentration on the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth. King Par\'e9k\'f1it's question was, which is the ultimate target of Vedic knowledge\'97this concentration on the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth or concentration on the personal f
eature? After all, both the impersonal and personal features of the Supreme Lord are beyond our material conception. The impersonal feature of the Absolute, the Brahman effulgence, is but the rays of the personal body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These rays of the
 personal body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are cast all over the creation of the Lord, and the portion of the effulgence which is covered by the material cloud is called the created cosmos of the three material qualities\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva, rajas}{\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 tamas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How can persons who are within this clouded portion called the material world conceive of the Absolute Truth by the speculative method? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In answering King Par\'e9k\'f1it's question, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 replied that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has created the mind, senses and living force
 for the purpose of sense gratification in transmigration from one kind of body to another, as well as for the purpose of allowing liberation from the material conditions. In other words, the senses, mind and living force can be utilized for sense gratif
ication and transmigration from one body to another or for the matter of liberation. The Vedic injunctions are there just to give the conditioned souls the chance for sense gratification under regulative principles, and thereby also give them the chance 
for promotion to the higher conditions of life; ultimately, if the consciousness is purified, one comes to his original position and goes back home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living force is intelligent. One therefore has to utilize his intelligence over the mind and the senses. When the mind and senses are purified by the proper use
 of intelligence, then the conditioned soul is liberated; otherwise, if the intelligence is not properly utilized in controlling the senses and mind, the conditioned soul continues to transmigrate from one kind of body to another simply for sense gratifi
cation. Another point clearly stated in the answer of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is that the Lord created the mind, senses and intelligence of the individual living force. It is not stated that the living entities themselves were ever created. Just as the
 shining particles of the sun's rays are always existing along with the sun, the living entities exist eternally as parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The conditioned souls, although eternally existing as part of the Supreme Lord, a
re sometimes put within the cloud of the material concept of life, in the darkness of ignorance. The whole Vedic process is to alleviate that darkened condition. Ultimately, when the senses and mind of the conditioned being become fully purified, he then
 comes to the original position, called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that is liberation. 
\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 Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or code, questions about the Absolute Truth. }{\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 nature of the Absolute Truth? The next }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  answers that the nat
ure of the Absolute Truth is that He is the origin of everything. Whatever we experience, even in this material condition of life, is but an emanation from Him. The Absolute Truth created the mind and senses and intelligence. This means that the Absolute
 Truth is not without mind, intelligence and senses. In other words, He is not impersonal. The very word "created" means that He has transcendental intelligence. For example, when the father begets a child, the child has senses because the father also ha
s senses. The child is born with hands and legs because the father also has hands and legs. Sometimes it is said, therefore, that man is made after the image of God. The Absolute Truth is therefore the Supreme Personality, with transcendental mind, sense
s and intelligence. When one's mind, intelligence and senses are purified of material contamination, one can understand the original feature of the Absolute Truth as a person. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic process is to gradually promote the conditioned soul from the mode of ignorance to the mode of passion and from the mode of passion to the mode of goodnes
s. In the mode of goodness there is sufficient light for understanding things as they are. For example, from earth a tree grows, and from the wood of the tree, fire is ignited. In that igniting process we first of all find the smoke, and the next stage i
s heat, and then fire. When there is actually fire, we can utilize it for various purposes; therefore, fire is the ultimate goal. Similarly, in the gross material stage of life the quality of ignorance is very much prominent. Dissipation of this ignoranc
e takes place in the gradual progress of civilization from the barbarian stage to civilized life, and when one comes to the form of civilized life, he is said to be in the mode of passion. In the barbarian stage, or in the mode of ignorance, the senses a
re gratified in a very crude way, whereas in the mode of passion or in the civilized stage of life, the senses are gratified in a polished manner. But when one is promoted to the mode of goodness, one can understand that the senses and the mind are only 
engaged in material activities due to being covered by perverted consciousness. When this perverted consciousness is gradually transformed into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then the path of liberation is opened. So it is not that one is unable to approa
ch the Absolute Truth by the senses and the mind. The conclusion is, rather, that the senses, mind and intelligence in the gross stage of contamination cannot appreciate the nature of the Absolute Truth, but, when purified, the senses, mind and intellige
nce can understand what the Absolute Truth is. This purifying process is called devotional service, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\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  }{\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  it is clearly stated that the purpose of Vedic knowledge is to unde
rstand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is understood by devotional service, beginning with the process of surrender. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.7]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 has to think of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba always. One has to render loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba always, and one has to always worship and bow down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By this process only can one enter into the kingdom of God without any doubt. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is enlightened in the mode of goodness by the process of devotional service, he is freed from the modes of ignorance and passion. The word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tmane}{\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 [10.87.2]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates the stage of brahminical qualification in which one is allowed to study the Vedic literatures known as 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 Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describe in different ways the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord. The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Lord, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That does not mean that He has no qualities. It is only because He has qualities that the conditioned living entities can have qualities. The purpose of studying 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  is to understand the transcendental quality of the Absolute Truth, as opposed to the material q
ualities of ignorance, passion and goodness. That is the way of Vedic understanding. Great sages like the four Kum\'e4ras, headed by Sanaka, followed these principles of Vedic knowledge and came gradually from impersonal understanding to the platform of 
personal worship of the Supreme Lord. It is therefore recommended that we must follow the great personalities. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is also one of the great personalities, and his answer to the inquiry of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it is authorized.
 One who follows in the footsteps of such great personalities surely walks very easily on the path of liberation and ultimately goes back to home, back to Godhead. That is the way of perfecting this human form of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued to speak to Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. "My dear King," he said, "I will narrate in this regard a nice story. This story is i
mportant because it is in connection with N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This narration is a conversation between N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i and the great sage N\'e4rada. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i still resides in Badarik\'e4
\'e7rama in the Himalayan hills and is accepted as an incarnation of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Once when N\'e4rada, the great devotee and ascetic amongst the demigods, was traveling in different planets, he desired to personally meet the ascetic N\'e4r\'e4ya
\'eba in Badar\'e9k\'e4\'e7rama and offer him his respects. This great sage incarnation of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, has been undergoing great penances and austerities from the very beginning of the creation in order to teach the inhabitants 
of Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a how to attain the highest perfectional stage of going back to Godhead. His austerities and penances are exemplary practices for the human being." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Badar\'e9k\'e4\'e7rama is situated in the northernmost part of the Himalayan Mountains and is always covered with snow. Religious Indians still go to visit this pla
ce during the summer season, when the snowfall is not very severe. Once, the incarnation of God N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i was sitting amongst many devotees in the village known as Kal\'e4pagr\'e4ma. Of course, these were not ordinary sages who were sit
ting with him, and the great sage N\'e4rada also appeared there. After offering his respects to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, N\'e4rada asked him exactly the same question asked by King Par\'e9k\'f1it of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. When N\'e4rada asked his
 question of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, the \'c5\'f1i also answered by following in the footsteps of his predecessors. He narrated a story of how the same question had been discussed on the planet known as Janaloka. Janaloka is above the Svargaloka pla
nets, such as the moon, Venus, etc. In this planet, great sages and saintly persons live, and they were also discussing the same point regarding the understanding of Brahman and His real identity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba began to speak. "My dear N\'e4rada," he said, "I will tell you a story which took place long, long ago. There was a great meeting o
f the denizens of the heavenly planets, and almost all the important }{\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  such as t
he four Kum\'e4ras\'97Sanat, Sanandana, Sanaka and San\'e4tana Kum\'e4ra\'97attended. Their discussion was on the subject matter of understanding the Absolute Truth, Brahman. You were not present at that meeting because you went to see My expansion Aniru
ddha, who lives on the island of \'c7vetadv\'e9pa. In this meeting, all the great sages and }{\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  very elaborately discussed the point about which you have asked me, and it was very interesting. The discussion was so delicate that even 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  were unable to answer the intricate questions raised.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i told N\'e4radaj\'e9 that the same question which N\'e4radaj\'e9 had raised had been discussed in that meeting in Janaloka. This is the w
ay of understanding through 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. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k
\'f1it was sent to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9; \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 referred the matter to N\'e4rada, who had in the same way questioned N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, who had put the matter to still higher authorities in the planet of Janaloka, where 
it was discussed among the great Kum\'e4ras\'97Sanat, San\'e4tana, Sanaka Kum\'e4ra and Sanandana. These four }{\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  are recognized scholars 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 }{\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  Their unlimited volumes of knowledge, backed by austerities and penances, are exhibited by their subl
ime, ideal character. They are very amiable and gentle in behavior, and for them there is no distinction between friends, well-wishers and enemies. Being transcendentally situated, such personalities as the Kum\'e4ras are above all material consideration
s and are always neutral in respect to material dualities. In the discussions held among the four brothers, one of them, namely Sanandana, was selected to speak, and the other brothers became the audience to hear him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanandana said, "After the dissolution of the whole cosmic manifestation, the entire energy and the whole creation in its nucleus form enters into the body of Garbh
odaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. The Lord at that time remains asleep for a long, long time, and where there is again necessity of creation, 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  personified assemble around the Lord and begin to glorify Him, describing His wonderful transcendental pastimes. It is exactly like a king: when he is asleep in the morning, the appointed reciters 
come around his bedroom and begin to sing of his chivalrous activities, and while hearing of his glorious activities, the king gradually awakens. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Vedic reciters or 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  sing thus: 'O unconquerable, You are the Supreme Personality. No one is equal to You or greater than You. No one can be more glorious in His activities. All glories unto You! All glories unto You! By Your own tran
scendental nature You fully possess all six opulences. As such, You are able to deliver all conditioned souls from the clutches 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  O Lord, we fervently pray that You kindly do so. All the living entities, being Your parts and parcels, are naturally joyful, eternal and full of knowledge, but due to their own faults they try to imitate
 You by trying to become the supreme enjoyer; thus they disobey Your supremacy and become offenders. And because of their offenses, Your material energy has taken charge of them; thus, their transcendental qualities of joyfulness, bliss and wisdom have b
een covered by the clouds of the three material qualities. This cosmic manifestation, made of the three material qualities, is just like a prison house for the conditioned souls. The conditioned souls are struggling very hard to escape from the material 
bondage, and according to their different conditions of life they have been given different types of engagement. But all engagements are based on Your knowledge. Pious activities can be executed only when inspired by Your mercy. Therefore, without taking
 shelter at Your lotus feet one cannot surpass the influence of material energy. Actually, we, as personified Vedic knowledge, are always engaged in Your service to help the conditioned soul understand You.' " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This prayer 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  personified illustrates 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  are meant for helping the conditioned
 souls to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rutis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or 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  offered glories to the Lord again and again, singing, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jaya! Jaya!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " This indicates that the Lord is praised for His glories. Of all His glories the most important is His causeless mercy upon the conditioned sou
ls in reclaiming them from the clutches 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are unlimited numbers of living entities in different varieties of bodies, some moving and some standing in one place, and the conditioned life of these livin
g entities is due only to their forgetfulness of their eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the living entity wants to lord it over the material energy by imitating the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is immediately captured 
by the material energy and, according to his desire, is offered a variety of 8,400,000 different kinds of bodies. Although undergoing the threefold miseries of material existence, the illusioned living entity falsely thinks himself the master of all he s
urveys. Under the spell of the material energy, which represents the threefold material qualities, the living entity is so entangled that it is not at all possible for him to become free unless he is graced by the Supreme Lord. The living entity cannot c
onquer the influence of the material modes of nature by his own endeavor, but because material nature is working under the control of the Supreme Lord, the Lord is beyond its jurisdiction. Except for Him, all living entities, beginning from Brahm\'e4 dow
n to an ant, are conquered by the contact of material nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because He possesses in full the six opulences of wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, the Lord alone is beyond the spell of material nature.
 Unless the living entity is situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he cannot approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet the Lord, by His omnipotency, can dictate from within as the Supersoul. 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 [9.27]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 advises, "Whatever you do, do for Me; whatever you eat, first of all offer to Me; whatever charity you want to give, first give to Me; and whatever austerities and penances you want to perform, p
erform for Me." In this way the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are directed to gradually develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba directs the philosophers to approach Him gradually by discriminating between Brahman 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  At last when one is mature in knowledge, he surrenders unto 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.19]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "After many, many birt
hs, the wise philosopher surrenders unto Me." The }{\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  are also directed to concentrate their
 meditation upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba within the heart, and by such continued process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the }{\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 become free from the clutches of material energy. But, as 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 [10.10]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because the devotees are engaged in devotional service with 
love and affection from the very beginning, the Lord directs them so that they can approach Him without difficulty or deviation. Only by the grace of the Lord can the living entity understand the exact position of Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 and Bhagav\'e4n
. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The statements of 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  give clear evidence that the Vedic literature is presented only for understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that thro
ugh 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  it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone who has to be understood. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always e
njoying, either in the material world or in the spiritual world; because He is the supreme enjoyer, for Him there is no distinction between the material world and spiritual worlds. The material world is an impediment for the ordinary living entities beca
use they are under its control, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being the controller of the material world, has nothing to do with the impediments it offers. Therefore, in different parts 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  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  declare: "Brahman is eternal, full of all knowledge and all bliss, but the one Supreme Personality of Godhead is existing in the heart of every living entity." Because of His all-pervasiveness, He is able to enter not only into the h
earts of the living entities, but even into the atoms also. As the Supersoul, He is the controller of all activities of the living entities. He is living within all of them and witnessing their actions, allowing them to act according to their desires, an
d also giving them the results of their different activities. He is the living force of all things, but still He is transcendental to the material qualities. He is omnipotent; He is expert in manufacturing everything, and on account of His superior, natu
ral knowledge, He can bring everyone under His control. As such, He is everyone's master. He is sometimes manifest on the surface of the globe, but He is simultaneously within all matter. Desiring to expand Himself in multi-forms, He glanced over the mat
erial energy, and thus innumerable living entities became manifest. Everything is created by His superior energy, and everything in His creation appears to be perfectly done without deficiency. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who aspire for liberation from this material world must therefore worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate cause of all causes. He is just lik
e the total mass of earth, from which varieties of earthly pots are manufactured: the pots are made of earthly clay, they rest on the earth, and after being destroyed, their elements ultimately merge back into earth. Although the Personality of Godhead i
s the original cause of all varieties of manifestation, the impersonalists especially stress the Vedic statement, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 Brahman." The impersonalists do not take into account the varieties of manifestation emanating from the supreme cause of Brahman. They simply take into consideration that everything emanate
s from Brahman and after destruction merges into Brahman and that the intermediate stage of manifestation is also Brahman. Although the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s believe that prior to its manifestation the cosmos was in Brahman, after creation it remains in 
Brahman and after destruction it merges into Brahman, they do not know what Brahman is. This fact is clearly 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  The living entities, space, time, and the material elements like fire, earth, sky, water and mind, constitute the total cosmic manifestation, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcr bhuva\'f9 sva\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is manifested by Govinda. It flourishes on the strength of Govinda and after annihilation enters into and is
 conserved in Govinda. Lord Brahm\'e4 }{\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 5.1}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  therefore says, "I worship Lord Govinda, the original personality, the cause of all causes." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word Brahman indicates the greatest of all and the maintainer of everything. The impersonalists are attracted by the greatness of the sky, but because of their 
poor fund of knowledge they are not attracted by the greatness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In our practical life, however, we are attracted by the greatness of a person and not by the greatness of a big mountain. Actually the term }{\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  can be applied to K\'e5\'f1\'eba only; therefore 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Arjuna admitted that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Parambrahman}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 the
 supreme rest of everything. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Brahman because of His unlimited knowledge, unlimited potencies, unlimited strength, unlimited influence, unlimited beauty and unlimit
ed renunciation. Therefore the word }{\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  can be applied to K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. Arjuna affirms
 that because the impersonal Brahman is the effulgence emanating as rays of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Parambrahman. Everything is resting on Brahman, but Brahman itself is resting on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the ultimate Brahman or Parambrahman. The material elements are accepted as inferior energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because by their interaction the cosmic manifestation takes place, rests on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and after dissolution again enters into t
he body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His subtle energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore the cause of both manifestation and dissolution. 
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\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 means everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is t
he vision of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4gavatas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They see everything in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The imp
ersonalists argue that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has transformed Himself into many and that therefore everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and worship of everything is worship of Him. This false argument is answered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3774\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 9.4}{\cs3774\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  although everything is 
a transformation of the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He is not present everywhere. He is simultaneously present and not present. By His energy He is present everywhere, but as the energetic He is not present everywhere. This simultaneous presence and non-pr
esence is inconceivable to our present senses. But a clear explanation is given in the beginning of 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  in which it is stated that the Supreme Lord is so complete that although unlimited energies and their transformations are emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personality is not in the least bit transformed. Theref
ore, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes, intelligent persons should take shelter of His lotus feet. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises everyone just to surrender unto Him alone, and that is the way of Vedic instruction. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes, He is w
orshiped by all kinds of sages and saints by observance of the regulative principles. When there is a necessity for meditation, great personalities meditate on the transcendental form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within the heart. In this way the minds of great per
sonalities are always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. With minds engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, naturally the captivated devotees simply talk of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Talking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or singing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  Lord Caitanya also recommends }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 hari\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means always thinking and talking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nothing else. That is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so sublime that anyone who takes to this process is
 elevated to the highest perfection of life\'97far, far beyond the concept of liberation. 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  therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises everyone to always think of Him, render devotional service to Him, worship Him and offer obeisances to Him. In this way a devotee becomes fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized and, being always situated in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, ultimately goes back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  have recommended worship of different demigods as different parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is to be understood that such instructions are meant for the less intelligent class of men, who are still attracted by material sense enjoyme
nt. But the person who actually wants perfect fulfillment of the mission of human life should simply worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that will simplify the matter and completely guarantee the success of his human life. Although the sky, the water and th
e land are all part and parcel of the material world, when one stands on the solid land his position is more secure than when he stands in the sky or the water. An intelligent person, therefore, does not stand under the protection of different demigods, 
although they are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Rather, he stands on the solid ground of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That makes his position sound and secure. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Impersonalists sometimes give the example that if one stands on a stone or a piece of wood, one certainly stands on the surface of the land, because the stone and w
ood are both resting on the surface of the earth. But it may be replied that if one stands directly on the surface of the earth, he is more secure than on the wood or stone which are resting on the earth. In other words, taking shelter of Param\'e4tm\'e4
 or taking shelter of impersonal Brahman is not as secure a course as taking direct shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The position of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n
\'e9s}{\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 yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 is therefore not as secure as the position of the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has therefore advised 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.20}{\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  that only a person who has lost his senses takes to the worship of demigods. And regarding persons who are attache
d to the impersonal Brahman, 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, "My dear Lord, those who are th
inking of themselves as liberated by mental speculation are not yet purified of the contamination of material nature because of their inability to find the shelter of Your lotus feet. Although they rise to the transcendental situation of existence in imp
ersonal Brahman, they certainly fall from that exalted position because they have neglected to desire Your lotus feet." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore advises that the worshipers of the demigods are not very intelligent persons because they derive only te
mporary, exhaustible results. Their endeavors are those of less intelligent men. But the Lord assures that His devotee has no fear of falling. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued to pray: "Dear Lord, considering all points of view, if one has to worship someone superior to him, then just out of good behavior one should stick to the worship of Your lotus feet because You are the ultimate controller of cr
eation, maintenance and dissolution. You are the controller of the three worlds, Bh\'fcr, Bhuvar and Svar, You are the controller of the fourteen upper and lower worlds, and You are the controller of the three material qualities. Demigods and persons adv
anced in spiritual knowledge are always engaged in hearing and chanting about Your transcendental pastimes because this has the specific potency of nullifying the accumulated results of sinful life. Intelligent persons factually take a dip in the ocean o
f Your nectarean activities and very patiently hear of them. Thus they immediately become freed from the contamination of the material qualities; they do not have to undergo severe penances and austerities for advancement of spiritual life. This chanting
 and hearing of Your transcendental pastimes is the easiest process for self-realization. Simply by submissive aural reception of the transcendental message, one's heart becomes cleansed of all dirty things. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness becomes fixe
d in the heart of a devotee. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The great authority Bh\'e9\'f1madeva has also given the opinion that this process of chanting and hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the essence o
f all Vedic ritualistic performances. Dear Lord, the devotee who wants to elevate himself simply by this process of devotional activities, especially by hearing and chanting, very soon comes out of the clutches of the dualities of material existence. By 
this simple process of penance and austerity the Supersoul within the devotee's heart becomes very pleased and gives the devotee directions so that he may go back to home, back to Godhead. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one who engages all his activit
ies and senses in the devotional service of the Lord becomes completely pacified because the Supersoul is satisfied with him; thus the devotee becomes transcendental to all kinds of dualities, such as heat and cold, honor and dishonor. Being freed from a
ll dualities, he feels transcendental bliss, and he no longer suffers cares and anxieties due to material existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 [9.13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms that the devotee who is always absorbed
 in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has no anxieties for his maintenance or protection. Being constantly absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he ultimately achieves the highest perfection. While in the material existence, he lives very peacefully and b
lissfully without any cares and anxieties, and after quitting this body he goes back to home, back to Godhead. The Lord confirms 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.6}{\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  'My supreme abode is a transcendental place where going no one returns to this material world. Anyone who attains the suprem
e perfection, being engaged in My personal devotional service in the eternal abode, reaches the highest perfection of human life and doesn't have to come back again to the miserable material world.' 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, it is imperative that the living entities be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, always rendering devotional service by prescribed methods such 
as hearing and chanting and executing Your orders. If a person is not engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service, it is useless for him to exhibit the symptoms of life. Generally it is accepted that if a person is breathing he is aliv
e. But a person without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may be compared to a bellows in a blacksmith's shop. The big bellows is a bag of skin which exhales and inhales air, and a human being who is simply living within the bag of skin and bones without taki
ng to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and loving devotional service is no better than the bellows. Similarly, a nondevotee's long duration of life is compared to the long existence of a tree, his voracious eating capacity is compared to the eating of dogs a
nd hogs, and his enjoyment in sex life is compared to that of hogs and goats. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The cosmic manifestation has been possible because of the entrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu within this material world. The tot
al material energy becomes agitated by the glance of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, and only then does the interaction of the three material qualities begin. Therefore it should be concluded that whatever material facilities we are trying to enjoy are available on
ly due to the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Within the body there are five different departments of existence, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub annamaya,
 pr\'e4\'ebamaya, manomaya, vij\'ef\'e4namaya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and at last }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the beginning of life, every living entity is food conscious. A child or an animal is satisfied only by getting nice food. This stage of consciousness, in which the goal is to eat sumptuously, i
s called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub annamaya. Anna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means food. After this one lives in the consciousness of being alive. If 
one can continue his life without being attacked or destroyed, one thinks himself happy. This stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebamaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or consciousness of one's existence. After this stage, when one is situated on the mental platform, that consciousness is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manomaya.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The material civilization is primarily situated in these three stages, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub annamaya, pr\'e4\'ebamaya}{
\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 manomaya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The f
irst concern of civilized persons is economic development, the next concern is defense against being annihilated, and the next consciousness is mental speculation, the philosophical approach to the values of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If by the evolutionary process of philosophical life one happens to reach to the platform of intellectual life and understands that he is not this material body, b
ut is a spirit soul, then by evolution of spiritual life he comes to the understanding of the Supreme Lord or the Supreme Soul. When one develops his relationship with Him and executes devotional service, that stage of life is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the blissful life of knowledge and eternity. As it is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'e4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Supreme Brahman and the subordinate Brahman, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities, are both joyful by nature. As long as the living entities are situated in the lower f
our stages of life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub annamaya, pr\'e4\'ebamaya, manomaya}{\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 vij\'ef\'e4namaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they are considered to be in the material condition of life, but as soon as one reaches the stage of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he becomes a liberated soul. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage 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  as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fct\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sta
ge. There it is said that in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fct\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage of life there is no anxiety and no hank
ering. This stage begins when one becomes equally disposed toward all living entities, and it then expands to the stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in which one always hankers to render service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This hankering 
for advancement in devotional service is not the same as hankering for sense gratification in material existence. In other words, hankering remains in spiritual life, but it becomes purified. When our senses are purified, they become freed from all mater
ial stages, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub annamaya,}{\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 pr\'e4\'ebamaya, manomaya}{\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 vij\'ef\'e4namaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and they become situated in the highest stage\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or blissful life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers consider }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be the state of being merged in the Supreme. To them, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means that the Supersoul and the individual soul become one. But the real fact is that oneness does not mean merging into the Supreme and losing one's own individual existence. Merging in the spiritual existence is the living entity's realiz
ation of qualitative oneness with the Supreme Lord in His eternity and knowledge aspects. But the actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (blissful) stage is obtained when one is engaged in devotional service. That is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Mad-bhakti\'e0 labhate }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'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 }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fct\'e4 \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage is complete only when there is the exchange of love between the S
upreme and the subordinate living entities. Unless one comes to this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage of life,
 his breathing is like the breathing of a bellows in a blacksmith's shop, his duration of life is like that of a tree, and he is no better than the lower animals like the camels, hogs and dogs. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Undoubtedly the eternal living entity cannot be annihilated at any point. But the lower species of life exist in a miserable condition, whereas one who is engaged i
n devotional service of the Supreme Lord is situated in the pleasurable or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  status o
f life. The different stages described above are all in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although in all circumstances there exist both the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities, the difference is that the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead always exists in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage, whereas the subordinate living ent
ities, because of their minute position as fragmental portions of the Supreme Lord, are prone to fall to the other stages of life. Although in all the stages both the Supreme Lord and the living entities exist, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is alway
s transcendental to our concept of life, whether we are in bondage or in liberation. The whole cosmic manifestation becomes possible by the grace of the Supreme Lord, it exists by the grace of the Supreme Lord, and when it is annihilated, it merges into 
the existence of the Supreme Lord. As such, the Supreme Lord is the supreme existence, the cause of all causes. Therefore the conclusion is that without development of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one's life is simply a waste of time. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are very materialistic and cannot understand the situation of the spiritual world cannot understand the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For such persons, great s
ages have recommended the yogic process whereby one gradually rises from meditation on the adbomen, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcl\'e4dh\'e4ra}{\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 ma\'ebip\'fcraka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meditation. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'fcl\'e4dh\'e4ra}{\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 ma\'ebip\'fcraka}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are technical terms which refer to the intestines within the abdomen. Grossly materialistic persons think that economic development is of foremost importance because they are u
nder the impression that a living entity exists only by eating. Such grossly materialistic persons forget that although we may eat as much as we like, if the food is not digested it produces the troubles of indigestion and acidity. Therefore, in itself, 
eating is not the cause of the vital energy of life. For digestion of eatables we have to take shelter of another, superior energy, which is mentioned 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.14]}{\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 vai\'e7v\'e4nara.}{\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 He helps the digestion in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
vai\'e7v\'e4nara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-pervasive; therefore, His presence as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
vai\'e7v\'e4nara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not extraordinary. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually present everywhere. The Vai\'f1\'ebava, therefore, marks his body with temples of Vi\'f1\'ebu: he first marks a }{\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  temple on the abdomen, then on the chest, then between the collarbones, then on the forehead, and gradually he m
arks the top of the head, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-randhra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The thirteen temples of }{\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  marked on the body of a Vai\'f1\'ebava are known as follows: On the forehead is the temple of Lord Ke\'e7ava, on
 the belly is the temple of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, on the chest is the temple of Lord M\'e4dhava, and on the throat, between the two collarbones, is the temple of Lord Govinda. On the right side of the waist is the temple of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, on the rig
ht arm is the temple of Lord Madhus\'fcdana, and on the right side of the collarbone is the temple of Lord Trivikrama. Similarly, on the left side of the waist is the temple of Lord V\'e4manadeva, on the left arm is the temple of \'c7r\'e9dhara, on the l
eft side of the collarbone is the temple of H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, on the upper back the temple is called Padman\'e4bha, and on the lower back the temple is called D\'e4modara. On the top of the head the temple is called V\'e4sudeva. This is the process o
f meditation on the Lord's situation in the different parts of the body, but for those who are not Vai\'f1\'ebavas, great sages recommend meditation on the bodily concept of life\'97meditation on the intestines, on the heart, on the throat, on the eyebro
ws, on the forehead and then on the top of the head. Some of the sages in the disciplic succession from the great saint Aru\'eba meditate on the heart because the Supersoul is also staying within the heart along with the living entity. This is confirmed 
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  Fifteenth Chapter, wherein the Lord states, "I am situated in everyone's 
heart." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the Vai\'f1\'ebava, the protection of the body for the service of the Lord is a part of devotional service, but those who are gross materialists accept the body
 as the self. They worship the body by the yogic process of meditation on the different bodily parts, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ebip\'fcraka, dahara}{\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 h\'e5daya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gradually rising to the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-randhra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on the top of the head. The first-class }{\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 attained perfection in the 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 ultimately passes through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-randhra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to any one of the planets in either the material or spiritual worlds. How 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 transfer himself to another planet is very vividly described in 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this regard, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has recommended that the beginners worship the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6a puru\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the gigantic universal form of the Lord. One who cannot believe that the Lord can be worshiped with equal success in the Deity or }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form, or who cannot concentrate on this form, is advised to worship the universal form of the Lo
rd. The lower part of the universe is considered the feet and legs of the Lord's universal form, the middle part of the universe is considered the navel or abdomen of the Lord, the upper planetary systems such as Janaloka and Maharloka are the heart of t
he Lord, and the topmost planetary system, Brahmaloka, is considered the top of the Lord's head. There are different processes recommended by great sages, according to the position of the worshiper, but the ultimate aim of all meditational and yogic proc
esses is to go back home, back to Godhead. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.6}{\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  anyone who reaches the high
est planet, the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or even the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, never has to come down again to this miserable material condition of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic recommendation, therefore, is that one make the lotus feet of Vi\'f1\'ebu the target of all one's efforts. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tad }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  parama\'e0 pada\'e0,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vi\'f1\'ebuloka or the Vi\'f1\'ebu planets, are situated above all the material planets. These Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dh\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and they are eternal. They are never annihilated, not even by the annihilation of this material world. The conclusion is that if
 a human being does not fulfill the mission of his life by worshiping the Supreme Lord and does not go back to Godhead, then it is to be understood that he has been frustrated in fulfilling the main purpose of human life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next prayer of 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  to the Lord concerns His entering into different species of life. 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Fourteenth Chapter, that in every species and form of life the spiritual part and parcel of the Supreme Lord is present. The Lord Himself claims 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  }{\cs3774\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 14.4}{\cs3774\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  that He is the seed-giving father of all forms and species
, and therefore they must all be considered sons of the Lord. The entrance of the Supreme Lord into everyone's heart as Param\'e4tm\'e4 sometimes bewilders the impersonalists, who think in terms of the equality of the living entities with the Supreme Lor
d. They think that because the Supreme Lord enters into different bodies along with the individual soul, there is no distinction between the Lord and the individual entities. Their challenge is, "Why should individual souls worship the Param\'e4tm\'e4 or
 Supersoul?" According to them, both the Supersoul and the individual soul are on the same level; they are one, without any difference between them. There is a difference, however, between the Supersoul and the individual soul, and this is 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  Fifteenth Chapter, wherein the Lord says that although He is situated with th
e living entity in the same body, He is superior. He is dictating to or giving intelligence to the individual soul from within. It is clearly 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  }{\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  that the Lord gi
ves intelligence to the individual soul and that both memory and forgetfulness are due to the influence of the Supersoul. No one can act independently of the sanction of the Supersoul. Therefore, the individual soul acts according to his past }{\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  reminded by the Lord. The nature of the individual soul is forgetfulness, but the presence of the Lor
d within the heart reminds him of what he wanted to do in his past life. The intelligence of the individual soul is exhibited like fire in wood. Although fire is always fire, it is exhibited in a size proportionate to the size of the wood. Similarly, alt
hough the individual soul is qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord, he exhibits himself according to the limitations of his present body. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord or the Supersoul is said to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka-rasa. Eka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means one, and }{\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  means mellow. The tra
nscendental position of the Supreme Lord is that of eternity, bliss and full knowledge. His position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  does not change in the slightest when He becomes a witness and advisor to the individual soul in each individual body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The individual soul, beginning from Lord Brahm\'e4 down to the ant, exhibits his spiritual potency according to his present body. The demigods are in the same categ
ory with the individual souls in the bodies of the human beings or in the bodies of lower animals. Intelligent persons, therefore, do not worship different demigods, who are simply infinitesimal representatives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifesting in conditione
d bodies. The individual soul can exhibit his power and potencies only in proportion to the shape and constitution of the body. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, can exhibit His full potencies in any shape or form without any change. The M\'e4
y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers' thesis that God and the individual soul are one and the same cannot be accepted because the individual soul has to develop his power and potencies according to the development of different types of bodies. The individual sou
l in the body of a baby cannot show the full power and potency of a grown man, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even when lying on the lap of His mother as a baby, could exhibit His full potency and power by killing P\'fctan\'e4 and
 other demons who tried to attack Him. Therefore the spiritual potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is said to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or without change. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only worshipable object, and this is perfectly known to persons who are uncontaminated by the force of material nature. In other words, only t
he liberated souls can worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Less intelligent M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s take to the worship of demigods, thinking that the demigods and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are on the same level. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued to offer their obeisances. "Dear Lord," they prayed, "after many, many births, those who have actually become wise take to the worship of Your lotus feet in complete knowledge." This 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.19]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein the Lord says that after many, many births, a great soul or }{\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  surrenders unto the Lord, knowing well that V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the cause of all causes. 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  continued: "As has already been explained, since our mind, intelligence and senses have been given to us by God, when these instruments are actually purified there is no alternative 
than to engage them all in the devotional service of the Lord. A living entity's entrapment in different species of life is due to the misapplication of his mind, intelligence and senses in material activities. Various kinds of bodies are awarded as the 
result of a living entity's actions, and they are created by the material nature according to the living entity's desire. Because a living entity desires and deserves a particular kind of body, it is given to him by the material nature under the order of
 the Supreme Lord. 
\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  Third Canto, it is explained that under the control of superior authority a living entity is put within the semina of a male and injected into the womb of a particular female in order to develop a particular type of body. A l
iving entity utilizes his senses, intelligence, mind, etc., in a specific way of his own choosing and thus develops a particular type of body within which he becomes encaged. In this way the living entity becomes situated in different species of life, ei
ther in a demigod, human or animal body, according to different situations and circumstances. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is explained in the Vedic literatures that the living entities entrapped in different species of life are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The M\'e4y\'e4v
\'e4d\'e9 philosophers mistake the living entity for the Param\'e4tm\'e4, who is actually sitting with the living entity as a friend. Because the Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized aspect of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the individual living entit
y are both within the body, a misunderstanding sometimes takes place that there is no difference between the two. But there is a definite difference between the individual soul and the Supersoul, and it is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'e4ha }{\cs2873\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  as follows. The Su
preme Lord has two kinds of parts and parcels: the living entity is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 the Param\'e4tm\'e4 or the plenary expansion of the Supreme Lord is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv
\'e4\'e0\'e7a.}{\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 sv\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality is as powerful as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. There is not even the slightest difference between the potency of the Supreme Person and that of His plenary expansion as Param
\'e4tm\'e4, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  parts and parcels possess only a minute portion of the p
otencies of the Lord. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-Pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  states that the living entities who 
are the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord are undoubtedly of the same quality of spiritual existence as the Lord Himself, but they are prone to be tinged with the material qualities. Because he is prone to be subjected to the influence of material qua
lities, the minute living entity is called }{\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  Sometimes the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
is also known as \'c7iva, the all-auspicious. So the difference between \'c7iva and }{\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  is th
at the all-auspicious Personality of Godhead is never affected by the material qualities, whereas the minute portions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are prone to be affected by the qualities of material nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supersoul within the body of a particular living entity, although a plenary portion of the Lord, is worshipable by the individual living entity. Great sages hav
e therefore concluded that the process of meditation is designed so that the individual living entity may concentrate his attention on the lotus feet of the Supersoul form (Vi\'f1\'ebu). That is the real 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  The living entity cannot become liberated from material entanglement by his own effort. He must therefore take to the devot
ional service of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, or the Supersoul within himself. \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9, the great commentator 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  has composed a nice verse in this regard, the purport of which is as follows: "My dear Lord, I am eternally Your part and parcel, but I have been entrapped by the material potencies,
 which are also an emanation from You. As the cause of all causes, You have entered my body as the Supersoul, and I have the prerogative to enjoy the supreme blissful life of knowledge along with You. Therefore, my dear Lord, please order me to render Yo
u loving service so that I can again be brought to my original position of transcendental bliss." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Great personalities understand that a living entity entangled in this material world cannot become freed by his own efforts. With firm faith and devotion, such grea
t personalities engage themselves in rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord. That is the verdict of 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Dear Lord, it is very difficult to achieve perfect knowledge of the Absolute Truth. Your Lordship is so kind to the fallen souls that You appear in different incarnations and execute different activities. You appear even as a
 historical personality of this material world, and Your pastimes are very nicely described in the Vedic literatures. Such pastimes are as attractive as the ocean of transcendental bliss. People in general have a natural inclination to read narrations in
 which ordinary }{\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  are glorified, but when they become attracted by the Vedic literatures w
hich delineate Your eternal pastimes, they actually dip into the ocean of transcendental bliss. As a fatigued man feels refreshed by dipping into a reservoir of water, so the conditioned soul who is very much disgusted with material activities becomes re
freshed and forgets all the fatigue of material activities simply by dipping into the transcendental ocean of Your pastimes. And eventually he merges in the ocean of transcendental bliss. The most intelligent devotees, therefore, do not take to any means
 of self-realization except devotional service and constant engagement in the nine different processes of devotional life, especially hearing and chanting. When hearing and chanting about Your transcendental pastimes, Your devotees do not care even for t
he transcendental bliss derived from liberation or from merging into the existence of the Supreme. Such devotees are not interested even in so-called liberation, and certainly they have no interest in material activities for elevation to the heavenly pla
nets for sense gratification. Pure devotees seek only the association of }{\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  or grea
t liberated devotees, so that they can continually hear and chant about Your glories. For this purpose the pure devotees are prepared to sacrifice all comforts of life, even giving up the material comforts of family life and so-called society, friendship
 and love. Those who have tasted the nectar of devotion by relishing the transcendental vibration of chanting Your glories, 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, do not care for any other spiritual bliss or for material comforts, which appear to the pure devotee to be less important than the straw in the street." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Dear Lord, when a person is able to purify his mind, senses and intelligence by engaging himself in devotional service in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his mind becomes his friend. Otherwise, his mind is always his enemy
. When the mind is engaged in devotional service of the Lord, it becomes the intimate friend of the living entity because the mind can then think of the Supreme Lord always. Your Lordship is eternally dear to the living entity, so when the mind is engage
d in thought of You, one immediately feels the great satisfaction for which he has been hankering life after life. When one's mind is thus fixed on the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one does not take to any kind of inferior worship or
 inferior process of self-realization. By attempting to worship a demigod or by taking to any other process of self-realization, the living entity becomes a victim of the cycle of birth and death, and no one can estimate how much the living entity become
s degraded by entering the abominable species of life such as the cats and dogs." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur }{\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 hari hari! vifale }{\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 has sung that persons who do not take to devotional service of the Lord but are attracted to the process of philosophical speculation and fruitive activities drink the poisonous results of such actions. Su
ch persons are forced to take birth in different species of life and are forced to adopt obnoxious practices like meat-eating and intoxication. Materialistic persons generally worship the transient material body and forget the welfare of the spirit soul 
within the body. Some take shelter of materialistic science to improve bodily comforts, and some take to the worship of demigods in order to be promoted to the heavenly planets. Their goal in life is to make the material body comfortable while forgetting
 the interest of the spirit soul. Such persons are described in the Vedic literature as suicidal because attachment for the material body and its comforts forces the living entity to wander through the process of birth and death perpetually and suffer th
e material pangs as a matter of course. The human form of life is a chance for one to understand his position, and the most intelligent person takes to devotional service just to engage his mind, senses and body in the service of the Lord without deviati
on. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Dear Lord, there are many mystic }{\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 are very learned and d
eliberate in achieving the highest perfection of life. They engage themselves in the yogic process of controlling the life-air within the body. Concentrating the mind upon the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu and controlling the senses very rigidly, they practice 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, but even after much laborious austerity, penance, and regulation, they achieve the 
same destination as persons who are inimical toward You. In other words, both the }{\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 gr
eat, wise philosophical speculators ultimately attain the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is also automatically attained by the demons who are regular enemies of the Lord. Demons like Ka\'e0sa, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and Dantavakra also attain the Brahma
n effulgence because they constantly meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Women such as 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 attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and captivated by His beauty, and their mental concentration on K\'e5\'f1\'eba was provoked by lust. They wanted to be embraced by the arms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which resemble the beautiful round shape of a 
snake. Similarly, there are the Vedic hymns, and we also simply concentrate our minds on the lotus feet of Your Lordship. Women 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  concentrate upon You dictated by lust, and we concentrate upon Your lotus feet to go back home, back to Godhead. Your enemies also concentrate upon You, thinking always how to kill You, and the }{\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  undertake great penances and austerities just to attain Your impersonal effulgence. All these d
ifferent persons, although concentrating their minds in different ways, achieve spiritual perfection according to their different perspectives because You are equal to all Your devotees." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has composed a nice verse in this regard: "My dear Lord, to be engaged always in thinking of Your lotus feet is very difficult. It is pos
sible by great devotees who have already achieved love for You and who are engaged in transcendental loving service. My dear Lord, I wish that my mind also may be engaged somehow or other on Your lotus feet, at least for some time." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attainment of spiritual perfection by different spiritualists 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  wherein the Lord says that He grants the perfection the devotee desires in proportion to the devotee's surrender unto Him. The impersonalists, }{\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 the enemies of the Lord enter into the Lord's transcendental effulgence, but the personalists w
ho are following in the footsteps of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana or strictly following the path of devotional service are elevated to the personal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, or to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. Both the imperso
nalists and the personalists enter into the spiritual realm or the spiritual sky, but the impersonalists are given their place in the impersonal Brahman effulgence, whereas the personalists are given a position in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets or in the V
\'e5nd\'e4vana planet, according to their desire to serve the Lord in different mellows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  stated that persons who are born after the creation of this material world cannot understand the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by manipulating their material knowledge. Just as a person born in a particular family canno
t understand the position of his great-grandfather who lived before the birth of the recent generation, we are unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who exists eternally in the spiritual world. In t
he Eighth 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.22]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is clearly said that the Supreme Person, who lives eternally in the spiritual kingdom of God (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), can be approached only by devotional service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for the material creation, Brahm\'e4 is the first created person. Before Brahm\'e4 there was no living creature within this material world; it was void and dark 
until Brahm\'e4 was born on the lotus flower sprouted from the abdomen of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is an expansion of K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is 
an expansion of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, and Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba is an expansion of Balar\'e4ma. Balar\'e4ma is an immediate expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After the creation of Brahm\'e4, the two kinds of demigods were born: demigods like the four brothe
rs Sanaka, San\'e4tana, Sananda and Sanat-kum\'e4ra, who are representatives of renunciation of the world, and demigods like Mar\'e9ci and their descendants who are meant to enjoy this material world. From these two kinds of demigods were gradually manif
ested all other living entities, including the human beings. Thus any living creature within this material world, including Brahm\'e4, all the demigods and all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1as
as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are to be considered modern. This means that they were all recently born. Therefore, just as a person recently born in a family cannot understand the situation of his dist
ant forefather, so anyone within this material world cannot understand the position of the Supreme Lord in the spiritual world because the material world has only recently been created. Although they have a long duration of existence, all the manifestati
ons of the material world, namely, the time elements, the living entities, 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 gro
ss and subtle elements, are all created at some point. Anything manufactured within this created situation or accepted as a means to understanding the original source of creation is to be considered modern. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore by the process of self-realization or God realization through fruitive activities, philosophical speculation or mystic }{\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  one cannot actually approach the supreme source of everything. When the creation is completely terminated, when there is
 no existence 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  no existence of material time, no existence of the gross and subtle m
aterial elements, and when all the living entities are in the nonmanifested stage resting within N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, then all these manufactured processes become null and void and cannot act. Devotional service, however, is eternally going on in the etern
al spiritual world. Therefore the only factual process of self-realization or God realization is devotional service, and if one takes to this process he takes to the real process of God realization. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has therefore co
mposed a verse in this regard which conveys the idea that the supreme source of everything, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is so great and unlimited that it is not possible for the living entity to understand Him by any material acquisition. Everyon
e should therefore pray to the Lord to be engaged in His devotional service eternally, so that by the grace of the Lord one can understand the supreme source of creation. The supreme source of creation, the Supreme Lord, reveals Himself only to the devot
ees. In the Fourth 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says to Arjuna, "My dear Arjuna, because you are My devotee and because you are My intimate friend I shall therefore reveal to
 you the process of understanding Me." In other words, the supreme source of creation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be understood by our own endeavor. We have to please Him with devotional service, and then He will reveal Himself to us. The
n we can understand Him to some extent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of philosophers who have tried to understand the supreme source by their mental speculation. There are generally six kinds of mental specu
lators, and they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2-dar\'e7ana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All these philosophers are impersonalists and a
re known as M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s. Every one of them has tried to establish his own opinion, although they all have later compromised and stated that all opinions lead to the same goal and that every opinion is therefore valid. According to the prayers o
f 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  however, none of them are valid because their process of knowledge is cr
eated within the temporary material world. They have all missed the real point: the Supreme Personality of Godhead or the Absolute Truth can be understood only by devotional service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One class of philosophers, known as M\'e9m\'e4\'e0sakas, represented by sages such as Jaimini, have concluded that everyone should be engaged in pious activities or
 prescribed duties and that such activities will lead one to the highest perfection. But this is contradicted 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  where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that by pious activities one may be elevated to the heavenly planets, but as soon as one's accumulation of pious activities is used up, one has to leave the enjoym
ent of a higher standard of material prosperity in the heavenly planets and immediately come down again to these lower planets, where the duration of life is very short and where the standard of material happiness is of a lower grade. The exact words use
d 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  are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub k\'f1\'e9\'ebe pu\'ebye martya-loka\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7anti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 the conclusion of the M\'e9m\'e4\'e0saka philosophers, that pious activities will lead one to the Absolute Truth, is not valid. Although a pure devotee is by nature inclined to pious acti
vities, no one can attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by pious activities alone. Pious activities may purify one of the contamination caused by ignorance and passion, but this is automatically attained by a devotee who is constantly e
ngaged in hearing the transcendental message of Godhead in the form of the }{\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  or similar scriptures. 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we understand that even a person who is not up to the standard of pious activities but who is absolut
ely engaged in devotional service is to be considered well situated on the path of spiritual perfection. It is also said 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that a person who is engaged in
 devotional service with love and faith is guided from within by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord Himself as Param\'e4tm\'e4, or the spiritual master sitting within one's heart, gives the devotee exact direction by which he can gradually go b
ack to Godhead. The conclusion of the M\'e9m\'e4\'e0saka philosophers is not actually the truth which can lead one to real understanding. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there are S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers, metaphysicians or material scientists who study this cosmic manifestation by their invented scientific method and w
ho do not recognize the supreme authority of God as the creator of the cosmic manifestation. Rather, they wrongly conclude that the reaction of material elements is the original cause of creation. 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, does not accept this theory. It is clearly said therein that behind the cosmic activities is the direction of the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead. This fact is corroborated by the Vedic }{\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 Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.2.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  injunction }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asad
 v\'e4 idam agra \'e4s\'e9t,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that the origin of the creation existed before the cosmic manifestation. Therefore, the material elements cannot be the cause of mater
ial creation. Although the material elements are accepted as material causes, the ultimate cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\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, therefore, that material nature works under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion of the atheistic S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy is that because the effects of the material worlds are temporary or illusory, the cause is therefore also i
llusory. The S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers are in favor of voidism, but the actual fact is that the original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and this cosmic manifestation is the temporary manifestation of His material energy. When this temporary
 manifestation is annihilated, its cause, the eternal existence of the spiritual world, continues as it is, and therefore the spiritual world is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dh\'e4ma,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the eternal abode. The conclusion of the S\'e4\'eckhya philosopher is therefore not valid. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then there are the philosophers headed by Gautama and Ka\'eb\'e4da. They have very minutely studied the cause and effect of the material elements and have ultimatel
y come to the conclusion that atomic combination is the original cause of creation. Present material scientists also follow in the footsteps of Gautama and Ka\'eb\'e4da, who propounded this theory of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param\'e4nuv\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This theory, however, cannot be supported because the original cause of everything is not inert atoms. This is confirmed 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 }{\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 well as 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  wherein it is stated }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eko n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'e4s\'e9t}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  only N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba existed before the creation. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1}{\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 and }{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\cb1\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also say that the original cause is sentient and both indirectly and directly cognizant of everything within this creation. 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, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhava\'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  
"I am the original cause of everything," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "From Me everything 
comes into existence." Therefore, atoms may form the basic combinations of material existence, but these atoms are generated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus the philosophy of Gautama and Ka\'eb\'e4da cannot be supported. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, impersonalists headed by A\'f1\'f6\'e4vakra and later on by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya accept the impersonal Brahman effulgence as the cause of everything.
 According to their theory, the material manifestation is temporary and unreal, whereas the impersonal Brahman effulgence is reality. But this theory cannot be supported either, because the Lord Himself 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 Brahman effulgence is resting on His personality. It is also confirmed 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 that the Brahman effulgence is the personal bodily rays of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As such, impersonal Bra
hman cannot be the original cause of the cosmic manifestation. The original cause is the all-perfect sentient Personality of Godhead, Govinda. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most dangerous theory of the impersonalists is that when God comes as an incarnation He accepts a material body created by the three modes of material nature. T
his M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 theory has been condemned by Lord Caitanya as most offensive. He has said that anyone who accepts the transcendental body of the Personality of Godhead to be made of this material nature commits the greatest offense at the lotus 
feet of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Similarly, 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.11}{\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  also states that only the fools and rascals deride the Personality of Godhead when He descends in a human form. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord R\'e4ma and Lord Caitanya actually move within human society as hu
man beings. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  condemn the impersonal conception as a gross misrepresentation. 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  the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cin-maya-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The Supreme Personality of Godhead possesses a spiritual body, not a material body. He can enjoy anything through any part of His body, and therefore He is omnipotent. The limbs of a material body can perform only a particular function, just
 as hands can hold, but they cannot see or hear. Because the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is made of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cin-maya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 can enjoy anythin
g and do everything with any of His limbs. Acceptance of the spiritual body of the Lord as material is dictated by the tendency to make the Supreme Personality of Godhead equal to the conditioned soul. The conditioned soul has a material body. Therefore,
 if God also has a material body, then the impersonalistic theory that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities are one and the same can be very easily propagandized. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Factually, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes He exhibits different pastimes, and yet there is no difference between His childish body when He is lying o
n the lap of His mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and His so-called grown up body fighting with the demons. In His childhood body also, He fought with demons such as P\'fctan\'e4, T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta, Agh\'e4sura, etc., with strength equal to that with which He fought
 in His youth against demons like Dantavakra, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and others. In material life, as soon as a conditioned soul changes his body, he forgets everything of his past body, but 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because He has a }{\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
 body, did not forget instructing the sun-god about 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  millions of years ago
. The Lord is therefore known as Puru\'f1ottama because He is transcendental to both material and spiritual existence. That He is the cause of all causes means that He is the cause of the spiritual world and of the material world as well. The Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead is omnipotent and omniscient. Therefore, because a material body can be neither omnipotent nor omniscient, the Lord's body surely is not material. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 theory that the Personality of Godhead comes within this mater
ial world with a material body cannot be supported by any means. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It can be concluded that all the theories of the material philosophers are generated from the temporary illusory existence, like the conclusions in a dream. Such co
nclusions certainly cannot lead us to the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth can only be realized through devotional service. As the Lord says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, bhakt
y\'e4 m\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'e4n\'e4ti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Only by devotional service can one understand Me." \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has composed a nice verse in this regard, which states: "My dear Lord, let others be engaged in false argument and dry speculation, theorizing
 upon their great philosophical theses. Let them loiter in the darkness of ignorance and illusion, falsely enjoying as if very learned scholars, although they are without knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As far as I am concerned, I wish t
o be liberated simply by chanting the holy names of the all-beautiful Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97M\'e4dhava, V\'e4mana, Trinayana, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, \'c7r\'e9pati and Govinda. Simply by chanting His transcendental names, let me become free from
 the contamination of this material existence." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way 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  said, "My dear Lord, when a living entity, by Your grace only, comes to the right conclusion about Your exalted transcendental position, at that time he no longer bothers with the different theories manufactured by the mental
 speculators or so-called philosophers. This is a reference to the speculative theories of Gautama, Ka\'eb\'e4da, Pata\'efjali and Kapila (Nir\'e9\'e7vara). There are actually two Kapilas: one Kapila, the son of Kardama Muni, is an incarnation of God, an
d the other is an atheist of the modern age. The atheistic Kapila is often misrepresented to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead who appeared as the son of Kardama Muni during the time of Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu. Lord Kapila, the incarnation of Godhead, ap
peared long long ago; the modern age is the age of Vaivasvata Manu, whereas He appeared during the time of Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy, this manifested world or the material world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mithy\'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 m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  false. Their preaching principle is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-satya jagat-mithy\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According 
to them, only the Brahman effulgence is true, and the cosmic manifestation is illusory or false. But according to Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy, this cosmic manifestation is caused by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\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 Lord says that He enters wi
thin this material world by one of His plenary portions, and thus the creation takes place. 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  also, we can understand that this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or temporary cosmic manifestation is also an 
emanation from the Supreme }{\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  or fact. From 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  }{\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]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  also it is understood that everything has emanated from the Supreme Brahman. As such the Vai\'f1\'ebavas d
o not take this cosmic manifestation to be false. The Vai\'f1\'ebava philosopher sees everything in this material world in relationship with the Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This conception of the material world is very nicely explained by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\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 Brs}{\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 1.2.256}{\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 , who said that renunciation of this material world as illusory or false wit
hout knowledge that the material world is also the manifestation of the Supreme Lord is of no practical value. The Vai\'f1\'ebavas, however, are free of attachment to this world because generally the material world is accepted as an object of sense grati
fication. The Vai\'f1\'ebavas are not in favor of sense gratification; therefore, they are not attached to material activities. The Vai\'f1\'ebava accepts this material world according to the regulative principles of the Vedic injunctions. Since the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of everything, the Vai\'f1\'ebava sees everything in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even in this material world. By such advanced knowledge, everything becomes spiritualized. In other words, everything 
in the material world is already spiritual, but due to our lack of knowledge we see things as material. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  presented the example that those who are seeking after gold do not reject gold earrings, gold bangles or anything else made of gold simply because they are shaped differently from the original gold. All living entities are part and parce
l of the Supreme Lord and are qualitatively one, but they are now differently shaped in 8,400,000 species of life, just like many different ornaments which have been manufactured from the same source of gold. As one who is interested in gold accepts all 
the differently shaped gold ornaments, so a Vai\'f1\'ebava, knowing well that all living entities are of the same quality as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, accepts all living entities as eternal servants of God. As a Vai\'f1\'ebava, then, one has am
ple opportunity to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead simply by reclaiming these conditioned, misled living entities, training them in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and leading them back to home, back to Godhead. The fact is that the minds of the li
ving entities are now agitated by the three material qualities, and the living entities are therefore transmigrating, as if in dreams, from one body to another. When their consciousness is changed into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, they immediat
ely fix K\'e5\'f1\'eba within their hearts, and thus their path for liberation becomes clear. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 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  the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities are stated to be of the same quality\'97}{\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  or spiritual. This is also confirmed in 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  wherein
 it is said that there are two kinds of spiritual entities; one is called 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  and the ot
her is called the Supreme Lord. Beginning from Lord Brahm\'e4 down to the ant, all living entities are }{\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  whereas the Lord is the Supreme four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu or Jan\'e4radana. The word }{\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  can be applied only to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because the living entities are His parts and parcels, sometimes the word }{\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 applied to them also. The living entities are therefore called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jiv\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the Supreme Lord is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Both the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'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 jiv\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are within this material world, and therefore this material has a purpose other than sense gratification. The conception of a life of se
nse gratification is illusion, but the conception of service by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jiv\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  even in this material world, is not at all illusory. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person 
is fully aware of this fact, and thus he does not take this material world to be false, but acts in the reality of transcendental service. The devotee therefore sees everything in this material world as an opportunity to serve the Lord. He does not rejec
t anything as material, but dovetails everything in the service of the Lord. Thus a devotee is always in the transcendental position, and everything that he uses becomes spiritually purified by being used in the service of the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has composed a nice verse in this regard: "I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is always manifested as reality even within t
his material world, which is considered by some to be false." The conception of the falsity of this material world is due to lack of knowledge, but a person advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead in everything. T
his is actually realization of the Vedic aphorism, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 i
s Brahman."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Dear Lord, less intelligent men take to other ways of self-realization, but actually there is no chance to become purified from material contamination or to stop the repeated cycle of birth and death unless one is a thoroughl
y pure devotee. Our dear Lord, everything is resting on Your different potencies; and everyone is supported by You, as 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  (}{\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 ). Therefore Your Lordship is the supporter and maintainer of all living entities\'97demigods, human beings and animals. Everyone is supported by You, and You are also situated in everyone's heart. In other words, You are the root of the whol
e creation. Therefore those who are engaged in Your devotional service without deviation always worship You. Such devotees actually pour water on the root of the universal tree. By devotional service, therefore, one satisfies not only the Personality of 
Godhead but also all others, because everyone is maintained and supported by Him. Because he understands the all-pervasive feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a devotee is the most practical philanthropist and altruist. Such pure devotees, tho
roughly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, very easily overcome the cycle of birth and death, and they as much as jump over the head of death." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee is never afraid of death or of changing his body; his consciousness is transformed into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and even if he does not go back to G
odhead, even if he transmigrates to another material body, he has nothing to fear. A vivid example is Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Although in his next life he became a deer, in the life after that he became completely free from all material contamination and
 was elevated to the kingdom 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  affirms, therefore, that a devotee is never vanquished. A devotee's path to the spiritual kingdom, back home, back to G
odhead, is guaranteed. Even though a devotee slips in one birth, the continuation of his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness elevates him further and further until he goes back to Godhead. Not only does a pure devotee purify his own personal existence, but whoe
ver becomes his disciple also ultimately becomes purified and able to enter the kingdom of God without difficulty. Not only can a pure devotee easily surpass death, but by his grace his followers also can do so without difficulty. The power of devotional
 service is so great that a pure devotee can electrify another person by his transcendental instruction on crossing over the ocean of nescience. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The instructions of a pure devotee to his disciple are also very simple. No one feels any difficulty in following in the footsteps of a pure devotee. Anyone who fol
lows in disciplic succession from recognized devotees of the Lord, such as Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, the Kum\'e4ras, Manu, Kapila, King Prahl\'e4da, King Janaka, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Yamar\'e4ja, etc., very easily finds the door of liberation o
pen. On the other hand, those who are not devotees but are engaged in uncertain processes of self-realization, such as }{\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  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  are understood to be still contaminated. Such
 contaminated persons, although apparently advanced in self-realization, cannot even liberate themselves, not to speak of others who follow them. Such nondevotees are compared to chained animals, for they are not able to go beyond the jurisdiction of the
 formalities of a certain type of faith. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.42] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they are condemned as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da
\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They cannot understand 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  deal with activities of the material modes of nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised Arjuna that one has to go beyond the jurisdiction of the duties prescribed 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 take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, nistraigu\'ebyo bhav\'e4rjuna,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'93My dear Arjuna, just try to become transcendental to the Vedic rituals.\'94 This transcendental positio
n beyond the Vedic ritualistic performances is devotional service. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord clearly says that persons who are engaged in His devotional service without adult
eration are situated in Brahman. Actual Brahman realization means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and engagement in devotional service. The devotees are therefore real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4
r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because their activities are always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore a supreme call to all kinds of religionists asking them with great authority to join this movement by which o
ne can learn how to love God and thus surpass all formulas and formalities of scriptural injunction. A person who cannot overcome the jurisdiction of stereotyped religious principles is compared to an animal chained up by his master. The purpose of all r
eligion is to understand God and develop one's dormant love of Godhead. If one simply sticks to the religious formulas and formalities and does not become elevated to the position of love of God, he is considered to be a chained animal. In other words, i
f one is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is not eligible for liberation from the contamination of material existence. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has composed a nice verse which says, "Let others engage in severe austerities, let others fall to the land from the tops of 
hills and give up their lives, let others travel to many holy places of pilgrimage for salvation, or let them be engaged in deep study of philosophy and Vedic literatures; let the mystic }{\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  engage in their meditational service, and let the different sects engage in unnecessary arguing as to which is the best. But it is a fact that unless one 
is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, unless one is engaged in devotional service, and unless one has the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he cannot cross over this material ocean." An intelligent person, therefore, gives up all stereotyped ideas and 
joins the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement for factual liberation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued their prayers. "Our dear Lord, Your impersonal feature is explained 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  You have no hands, but You can accept all sacrifices which are offered to You; You have no legs, but You can walk more swiftly than anyone. Although You have no eyes, You can see whatever happens in the past, present and future. Although You
 have no ears, You can hear everything that is said. Although You have no mind, You know everyone and everyone's activities, past, present and future, and yet no one knows who You are. You know everyone, but no one knows You; therefore, You are the oldes
t and supreme personality." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in another part 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  it is said, "You have nothing to do. You are so perfect in Your knowledge and potency that everything becomes manifest simply by Your will. There is no one equal to or greater than You, and everyone is acting as Your et
ernal servant." Thus the Vedic statements describe that the Absolute has no legs, no hands, no eyes, no ears and no mind, and yet He can act through His potencies and fulfill the needs of all living entities. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [13.14]}{\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  His hands and legs are everywhere; He is all-pervasive. The hands, legs, ears and eyes of all living entities are acting and moving by the direction of the Supersoul sitting within the l
iving entity's heart. Unless the Supersoul is present, it is not possible for the hands and legs to be active. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so great, independent and perfect, however, that even without having any eyes, legs and ears, He is not d
ependent on others for His activities. On the contrary, others are dependent on Him for the activities of their different sense organs. Unless the living entity is inspired and directed by the Supersoul, he cannot act. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fact is that ultimately the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Person. But because He is acting through His different potencies which are impossible for the gross ma
terialists to see, the materialists accept Him as impersonal. For example, one can observe the personal artistic work in a painting of a flower, and one can understand that the color adjustment, the shape, etc., have demanded the minute attention of the 
artist. The artist's work is clearly exhibited in a painting of different blooming flowers. But the gross materialist, without seeing the hand of God in such artistic manifestations as the actual flowers blooming in nature, concludes that the Absolute Tr
uth is impersonal. Actually, the Absolute is personal, but He is independent. He does not require to personally take a brush and colors to paint the flowers, but His potencies are acting so wonderfully that it appears as if flowers have come into being w
ithout the aid of an artist. The impersonal view of the Absolute Truth is accepted by less intelligent men because unless one is engaged in the service of the Lord, he cannot understand how the Supreme is acting\'97he cannot even know His name. Everythin
g about His activities and personal features is revealed to the devotee only through his loving service attitude. 
\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 clearly said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa tapas\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord is the enjo
yer of all kinds of sacrifices and of the results of all austerities. Then again the Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the proprietor of all planets." So that is the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although He is present in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and enjoys transcendental pleasure in the company of His eternal associates, 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 the cowherd boys, His potencies are acting under His direction all over the creation. 
They do not disturb His eternal pastimes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through devotional service only can one understand how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by His inconceivable potencies, simultaneously acts impersonally and as a
 person. He is acting just like the supreme emperor, and many thousands of kings and chiefs are working under Him. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme independent controlling person, and all the demigods\'97including Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord 
\'c7iva, Indra the king of heaven, the king of the moon planet, and the king of the sun planet\'97are working under His direction. It is confirmed 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  that the sun is shining, the air is blowing, and fire is distributing heat out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The material nature is producing all kinds of movable and im
movable objects within the material world, but none of them can independently act or create without the direction of the Supreme Lord. All of them are acting as tributaries, just like subordinate kings who offer their annual taxes to the emperor. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic injunction states that every living entity lives by eating the remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Personality of Godhead. In great sacrifices the injun
ction is that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba should be present as the supreme predominating Deity of the sacrifice, and after the sacrifice is performed, the remnants of foodstuffs are distributed amongst the demigods. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efa-bh\'e4ga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Every demigod has an allotment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yaj\'efa-bh\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which he accepts as }{\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  The conclusion is that the demigods are not independently powerful; they are posted as different executives under the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they are 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  or the remnants of sacrifices. They are executing the order of the Supreme Lord exactly according to His
 plan. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is in the background, and His orders are carried out by others. It only appears that He is impersonal. In our grossly materialistic way, we cannot conceive how the Supreme Person is above the impersonal activitie
s of material nature. Therefore the Lord 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  }{\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 7.7}{\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 that there is nothing superior to Himself and that the impersonal Brahman is subordinately situated as a manifestation of His personal rays. \'c7r\'e9pada \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv
\'e4m\'e9 has therefore composed a nice verse in this regard: "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has no material senses but through whose direction and will all the material senses are working. He is the s
upreme potency of all material senses or sense organs. He is omnipotent, and He is the supreme performer of everything. Therefore He is worshipable by everyone. Unto that Supreme Person do I offer my respectful obeisances." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself declares 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that He is Puru\'f1ottama, whic
h means the Supreme Personality. }{\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  means person, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means supreme or transcendental. Also 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 [15.18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the Lord declares that because He is transcendental to all sentient and insentient beings, He is therefore known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1ottama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In another place }{\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  9.6-8]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says that as the air is situated in the all-pervading sky, so everyone is situated in Him, 
and everyone is acting under His direction. 
\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  personified continued. "Our dear Lord," they prayed, "You are equal to all, with no partiality toward a particular type of living entity. As Your parts and parcels, all living entities enjoy or suffer in different conditions of life. They ar
e just like the sparks of a fire. Just as sparks dance on a blazing fire, so all living entities are dancing on Your support. You are providing them with everything they desire, and yet You are not responsible for their position of enjoyment or suffering
. There are different types of living entities\'97demigods, human beings, animals, trees, birds, beasts, germs, worms, insects and aquatics\'97and all are enjoying or suffering in life by resting on You. The living entities are of two kinds: one class is
 called ever-liberated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-mukta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the other class is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-baddha}{\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 nitya-mukta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  living entities are in the spiritual kingdom, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-baddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are in the material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the spiritual world both the Lord and the living entities are manifest in their original status, like live sparks in a blazing fire. But in the material world, 
although the Lord is all-pervasive in His impersonal feature, the living entities have forgotten their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, just as sparks sometimes fall from a blazing fire and lose their original brilliant condition. Some sparks fall onto dry 
grass and thus ignite another big fire. This is a reference to the pure devotees who take compassion on the poor and innocent living entities. The pure devotee enlightens K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the hearts of the conditioned souls, and thus the b
lazing fire of the spiritual world becomes manifest even within this material world. Some sparks fall onto water; they immediately lose their original brilliance and become almost extinct. This is comparable to the living entities who take their birth in
 the midst of gross materialists, in which case their original K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness becomes almost extinct. Some sparks fall to the ground and remain midway between the blazing and extinct conditions. Thus some living entities are without K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, some are between having and not having K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and some are actually situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The demigods in the higher planets, beginning from Lord Brahm\'e4, Indra, Candra, the sun-god, t
he moon-god, and various other demigods, are all K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Human society is between the demigods and the animals, and thus some are more or less K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, and some are completely forgetful of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
The third-grade living entities, namely the animals, beasts, plants, trees and aquatics, have completely forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This example stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the sparks of a blazing fire is very appropriate for understanding the condition of different types of living entities. But above all other living entities is the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Puru\'f1ottama, who is always liberated from all material conditions. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The question may be raised as to why the living entities have fallen by chance into different conditions of life. To answer this question, we first have to underst
and that there cannot be any influence of chance for the living entities; chance is for nonliving entities. According to the Vedic literatures, living entities have knowledge, and thus they are called \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cetana}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub caitan}{\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y}{\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  which means in knowledge. Their situation in different conditions of life, therefore, is not accidental. It is by their cho
ice because they have knowledge. 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 [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says, 'Give up everything and just surrender unto Me.' This process of realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead is open for everyone, but still it is the choice of the particular living entit
y whether to accept or reject this proposal. In the last portion 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.72}{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba very plainly said to Arjuna, 'My dear Arjuna, now I have spoken everything to You. Everything now depends on whether you choose to accept it.' Similarly, the l
iving entities who have come down to this material world have made their own choice to enjoy this material world. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent them into this material world. The material world is created for the enjoyment of living entities who wan
ted to give up the eternal service of the Lord to become the supreme enjoyer themselves. According to Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy, when a living entity desires to gratify his senses and forgets the service of the Lord, he is given a place in the material w
orld to act freely according to his desire, and therefore he creates a condition of life in which he either enjoys or suffers. We should know definitely that both the Lord and the living entities are eternally cognizant. There is no birth and death for e
ither the Lord or the living entities. When creation takes place, it does not mean that the living entities are created. The Lord creates this material world to give the conditioned souls a chance to elevate themselves to the higher platform of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. If the conditioned soul does not take advantage of this opportunity, then after the dissolution of this material world, he enters into the body of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and remains there in deep sleep until the time of another creation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this connection the example of the rainy season is very appropriate. Seasonal rainfall may be taken as the agent for creation because after the rainfall the wet
 fields are favorable for growing different types of vegetation. Similarly, as soon as there is creation by the Lord's glancing over the material nature, immediately the living entities spring up in their different living conditions, just as different ty
pes of vegetation grow after a rainfall. The rainfall is one, but the creation of the different vegetables is varied. The rain falls equally on the whole field, but the different vegetables sprout up in different shapes and different forms according to t
he seeds planted. Similarly, the seeds of our desires are varied. Every living entity has a different type of desire, and that desire is the seed which causes his growth in a certain type of body. This is explained by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 by the word }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4pa-b\'e9ja. P\'e4pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means sinful. All our material desires are to be taken as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4pa-b\'e9ja,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the seeds of sinful desires. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 [7.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains that our sinful desire is that we do not surrender unto the Supreme Lord. The Lord 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\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  'I shall give you
 protection from the resultant actions of sinful desires.' These sinful desires are manifested in different types of bodies; therefore, no one can accuse the Supreme Lord of partiality in His giving one type of body to a certain type of living entity and
 another type of body to another living entity. All the bodies of the 8,400,000 species come according to the mental condition of the individual living entities. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Puru\'f1ottama, only gives them a chance to act accordin
g to their desires. Therefore, the living entities are acting, taking advantage of the facility given by the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "At the same time, they are born from the transcendental body of the Lord. This relationship between the Lord and the living entities is explained in the Vedic lite
ratures, wherein it is said that the Supreme Lord maintains all His children, giving them whatever they want. Similarly, 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, 'I am the seed-giving father of all living entities.' It is very simple to understand that the father gives birth to the children, but the children act according to their own desires
. Therefore the father is never responsible for the different futures of his children. Each child can take advantage of the father's property and instruction, but even though the inheritance and instruction may be the same for all the children, out of th
eir different desires, each child creates a different life and thereby suffers or enjoys. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Similarly, 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  instructions are equal for everyone; everyone should s
urrender unto the Supreme Lord, and He will take charge of them and protect them from sinful reactions. The facilities of living in the creation of the Lord are equally offered to all living entities. Whatever there is, either on the land, on water or in
 the sky, is equally given to all living entities. Since they are all sons of the Supreme Lord, everyone can enjoy the material facilities given by the Lord, but unfortunate living entities create unfavorable conditions of life by fighting among themselv
es. The responsibility for this fighting and creating favorable and unfavorable situations of life lies with the living entities, not with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, if the living entities take advantage of the Lord's instructions as 
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 develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then their lives becom
e sublime, and they can go back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One may argue that because this material world is created by the Lord, He is therefore responsible for its condition. Certainly He is indirectly responsible for th
e creation and maintenance of this material world, but He is never responsible for the different conditions of the living entities. The Lord's creation of this material world is compared to the cloud's creation of vegetation. In the rainy season the clou
d creates different varieties of vegetables. The cloud pours water on the surface of the earth, but it never touches the earth directly. Similarly, the Lord creates this material world simply by glancing over the material energy. This is confirmed in the
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 t
hrew His glance over the material nature, and thus there was creation. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\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 also confirmed that simply by His transcendental glance over the material nature, He creates different varieties of entities, both movable and immovable, living and dead.
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The creation of the material world can therefore be taken as one of the pastimes of the Lord; it is called one of the pastimes of the Lord because He creates this 
material world whenever He desires. This desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also extreme mercy on His part because it gives another chance to the conditioned souls to develop their original consciousness and thus go back to Godhead. Therefor
e no one can blame the Supreme Lord for creating this material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "From the subject matter under discussion, we can gain a clear understanding of the difference between the impersonalists and the personalists. The impersonal conce
ption recommends merging in the existence of the Supreme, and the voidist philosophy recommends making all material varieties void. Both these philosophies are known as M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da. Certainly the cosmic manifestation comes to a close and becomes vo
id when the living entities merge into the body of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba to rest until another creation, and this may be called an impersonal condition, but these conditions are never eternal. The cessation of the variegatedness of the material world and the
 merging of the living entities into the body of the Supreme are not permanent because the creation will take place again, and the living entities who merge into the body of the Supreme without having developed their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will aga
in appear in this material world when there is another creation. 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 [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\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  confirm
s the fact that this material world is created and annihilated. This is going on perpetually, and conditioned souls who are without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness come back again and again whenever the material creation is manifest. If such conditioned sou
ls take advantage of this opportunity and develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness under the direct instruction of the Lord, then they are transferred to the spiritual world and do not have to come back again to the material creation. It is said, therefore, 
that the voidists and the impersonalists are not very intelligent because they do not take shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord. Because they are less intelligent, these voidists and impersonalists take to different types of austerities, either to at
tain the stage of }{\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  which means finishing the material conditions of life, or to att
ain oneness by merging into the body of the Lord. All of them again fall down because they neglect the lotus feet of the Lord." 
\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 Caitanya-carit\'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\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 5.142}{\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 author, K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, after st
udying all the Vedic literature and hearing from all authorities, has given his opinion that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only supreme master and that all living entities are His eternal servants. His statement is confirmed in the prayers by 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  The conclusion is, therefore, that everyone is under the control of the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead, everyone is serving under the supreme direction of the Lord, and everyone is afraid of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is out of fear of Him that activities are being rightly executed. Everyone's position is to be subordinate to the Su
preme Lord, yet the Lord has no partiality in His view of the living entities. He is just like the unlimited sky; as the sparks of a fire dance in the fire, similarly, all living entities are like birds flying in the unlimited sky. Some of them are flyin
g very high, some are flying at a lesser altitude, and some are flying at a still lesser altitude. The different birds are flying in different positions according to their respective abilities to fly, but the sky has nothing to do with this ability. In 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [4.11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also, the Lord confirms that He awards different positions to different living entities according to their proportionate surrender. This proportionate rewar
d by the Personality of Godhead to the living entities is not partiality. Therefore, in spite of the living entities' being situated in different positions, in different spheres, and in different species of life, all of them are always under the control 
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and yet He is never responsible for their different living conditions. It is foolish and artificial, therefore, to think oneself equal to the Supreme Lord, and it is still more foolish to think that one has not seen
 God. Everyone is seeing God in His different aspects; the only difference is that the theist sees God as the Supreme Personality, the most beloved, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the atheist sees the Absolute Truth as ultimate death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued to pray. "Our dear Lord, from all Vedic information it is understood that You are the supreme controller, and all living entities are controlled. Both the Lord and the living entities are called }{\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, and so are qualitatively one, yet the singular }{\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  or the Supreme Lord, is the controller, whereas the plural }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityas}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are controlled. The individual controlled living entity resides within the body, and the supreme controller, as Supersoul, is also present there, but the Supersoul is controlling the
 individual soul. That is the verdict 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 the individual soul were not controlled by
 the Supersoul, then how could one explain the Vedic version that a living entity transmigrates from one body to another, enjoying and suffering the effects of his past deeds? Sometimes he is promoted to a higher standard of life, and sometimes he is deg
raded to a lower standard of life. Thus the conditioned souls are not only under the control of the Supreme Lord, but they are also conditioned by the control of the material nature. This relationship of the living entities to the Supreme Lord as the con
trolled and the controller definitely proves that although the Supersoul is all-pervasive, the individual living entities are never all-pervasive. If the individual souls were all-pervasive, there would be no question of their being controlled. The theor
y that the Supersoul and the individual soul are equal is therefore a polluted conclusion, and no sensible person accepts it; rather, one should try to understand the distinctions between the supreme eternal and the subordinate eternals." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  therefore concluded, "O Lord, both You and the limited }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhruvas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the living entit
ies, are eternal. The form of the unlimited eternal is sometimes calculated as the universal form, and in the Vedic literatures like 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 form of the limited eternal is vividly described. It is said therein that the original spiritual form of the living entity is one ten-thousandth the size of the tip of a hair. It is stated that
 the spirit is greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest. The individual living entities, who are eternally part and parcel of God, are smaller than the smallest. With our material senses, we can perceive neither the Supreme, who is greater
 than the greatest, nor the individual soul, who is smaller than the smallest. We have to understand both the greatest and the smallest from the authoritative sources of Vedic literature. Vedic literature states that the Supersoul is sitting within the b
ody of a living entity and is as big as a thumb. Therefore the argument may be put forward, how can something the size of a thumb be accommodated within the heart of an ant? The answer is that this thumb measurement of the Supersoul is imagined in propor
tion to the body of the living entity. In all circumstances, therefore, the Supersoul and the individual living entity cannot be taken as one, although both of them enter within the material body of a living entity. The Supersoul living within the heart 
is for directing or controlling the individual living entity. Although both are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhruva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or eterna
l, the living entity is always under the direction of the Supreme. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It may be argued that because the living entities are born of the material nature, they are all equal and independent. In the Vedic literature, however, it is said
 that the Supreme Personality of Godhead impregnates the material nature with the living entities, and then they come out. Therefore, the appearance of the individual living entities is not factually due to material nature alone, just as a child produced
 by a woman is not her independent production. A woman is first impregnated by a man, and then a child is produced. As such, the child produced by the woman is part and parcel of the man. Similarly, the living entities are apparently produced by the mate
rial nature, but not independently. It is due to the impregnation of material nature by the supreme father that the living entities are present. Therefore the argument that the individual living entities are not part and parcel of the Supreme cannot stan
d. For example, the different parts and parcels of the body cannot be taken as equal to the whole; rather, the whole body is the controller of the different limbs. Similarly, the parts and parcels of the supreme whole are always dependent and are always 
controlled by the source of the parts and parcels. It 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  tha
t the living entities are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No sane man, th
erefore, will accept the theory that the Supersoul and the individual soul are of the same category. They are equal in quality, but quantitatively the Supersoul is always the Supreme, and the individual soul is always subordinate to the Supersoul. That i
s the conclusion 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 Two significant words used in this connection are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yanmaya}{\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 cinmaya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In Sanskrit grammar, the wo
rd }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mayat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used in the sense of transformation, and also in the sense of sufficiency. The M\'e4y
\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers interpret that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yanmaya}{\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 cinmaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that the living entity is always equal to the Supreme. But one has to consider whether this affix, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mayat,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used for sufficiency or for transformation. The living entity never possesses anything exactly in 
the same proportion as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mayat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  affix cannot be 
used to mean that the individual living entity is self-sufficient. The individual living entity never has sufficient knowledge; otherwise, how could he have come under the control of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub maya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the material energy? The word sufficient can be accepted, therefore, only in proportion to the magnitude of the living entity. The spiritual oneness of th
e Supreme Lord and the living entities is never to be accepted as homogeneity. Each and every living entity is individual. If homogenous oneness is accepted, then by the liberation of one individual soul, all other individual souls would have been libera
ted immediately. But the fact is that every individual soul is differently enjoying and suffering in the material world. 
\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 mayat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is also used in the sense of transformation, or sometimes it is used to mean by-product. The impersonalist theory is that Brahman Himself has accepted different types of bodies and that this is His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or pastime. There are, however, many hundreds and thousands of species of life in different standards of living conditions, 
such as human beings, demigods, animals, birds and beasts, and if all of them were expansions of the Supreme Absolute Truth, then there would be no question of liberation because Brahman is already liberated. Another interpretation put forward by the M
\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s is that in every millennium different types of bodies are manifested, and when the millennium is closed, all the different bodies or expansions of Brahman automatically become one, ending all different manifestations. Then in the nex
t millennium, according to this theory, Brahman again expands in different bodily forms. If we accept this theory, then Brahman becomes subject to change. But this cannot be accepted. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we understand that Brahman is by nature joyful. He can
not, therefore, change Himself into a body which is subject to painful conditions. Actually, the living entities who are part and parcel of Brahman are infinitesimal particles prone to be covered by the illusory energy. As explained before, the particles
 of Brahman are like sparks blissfully dancing within a fire, but there is a chance of their falling from the fire to smoke, although smoke is another condition of fire. This material world is just like smoke, and the spiritual world is just like a blazi
ng fire. The innumerable living entities are prone to fall down to the material world from the spiritual world when influenced by illusory energy, and it is also possible for the living entity to become liberated again when by cultivation of real knowled
ge he becomes completely freed from the contamination of the material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The theory of 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  is that the living entities are born of material nature, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in t
ouch with 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  This theory also cannot be accepted because both the material nature and
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead are eternally existing. Neither the material nature nor the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be born. The Supreme Lord is known as }{\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  or unborn. Similarly, the material nature is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Both these terms, }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean unborn. Because both the material nature and the Supreme Lord are unborn, it is not possible that they 
can beget the living entities. As water in contact with air sometimes presents innumerable bubbles, so a combination of material nature and the Supreme Person causes the appearence of the living entities within this material world. As bubbles in the wate
r appear in different shapes, similarly the living entities also appear in the material world in different shapes and conditions, influenced by the modes of material nature. As such, it is not improper to conclude that the living entities appearing withi
n this material world in different shapes, such as human beings, demigods, animals, birds, beasts, etc., all get their respective bodies due to different desires. No one can say when such desires were awakened in them, and therefore it is said, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4di-karma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the cause of such material existence is untraceable. No one knows when material life beg
an, but it is a fact that it does have a point of beginning because originally every living entity is a spiritual spark. As sparks falling onto the ground from a fire have a beginning, similarly the living entities coming to this material world have a be
ginning, but no one can say when. Even during the time of dissolution, these living entities remain merged in the spiritual existence of the Lord, as if in deep sleep, but their original desires to lord it over the material nature do not subside. Again, 
when there is cosmic manifestation, they come out to fulfill the same desires, and therefore they appear in different species of life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This merging into the Supreme at the time of dissolution is compared to honey. In the honeycomb, the taste of different flowers and fruits are conserved. When one d
rinks honey, one cannot distinguish what sort of honey has been collected from what sort of flower, but the palatable taste of the honey presupposes that the honey is not homogenous, but is a combination of different tastes. Another example is that altho
ugh different rivers ultimately mix with the water of the sea, that does not mean that the individual identities of the rivers are thereby lost. Although the water of the Ganges and the Yamun\'e4 mixes with the water of the sea, the River Ganges and Rive
r Yamun\'e4 still continue to exist independently. The merging of different living entities into Brahman at the time of dissolution involves the dissolution of different types of bodies, but the living entities, along with their different tastes, remain 
individually submerged in Brahman until another manifestation of the material world. As the salty taste of sea water and the sweet taste of Ganges water are different, and this difference continually exists, so the difference between the Supreme Lord and
 the living entities continually exists, even though it appears that at the time of dissolution they merge. The conclusion is, therefore, that even when the living entities become free from all contamination of material conditions, they merge into the sp
iritual kingdom, but still their individual tastes in relationship with the Supreme Lord continue to exist. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Our dear Lord, it is our conclusion that all living entities are attracted by Your material energy, and only due to their mistakenly identifying themselves as products of the material nature are they transmigrating from one k
ind of body to another in forgetfulness of their eternal relationship with You. Because of ignorance, these living entities are misidentifying themselves in different species of life, and especially when they are elevated to the human form of life, they 
identify with a particular class of men, or a particular nation or race or so-called religion, forgetting their real identity as eternal servants of Your Lordship. Due to this faulty conception of life, they are undergoing repeated birth and death. Out o
f many millions of them, if one becomes intelligent enough, by association with pure devotees, he comes to the understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and comes out of the jurisdiction of the material misconception." 
\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is confirmed by Lord Caitanya that the living entities are wandering within this universe in different species of life, but if one of them becomes intelligent enough, by the mercy of the spiritual master and the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then he begins his devotional life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  v\'e9\'eb\'e4 na m\'e5tim taranti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without the help of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot get out of the clutches of repeated bi
rth and death. In other words, only the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, can relieve the conditioned souls from the cycle of repeated birth and death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "The influence of time\'97past, present and future\'97and the material miseries, such as excessive heat, excessive cold, birth, death, old age, disease, are all simply the movement of Your eyebrows. Everything is working under
 Your direction. It is said 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\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  that all material activity is going on under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the conditions of material existence are opposing elements for persons who are not surrendered 
unto You. But for those who are surrendered souls and are in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, these things cannot be a source of fearfulness. When Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva appeared, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was never afraid of Him, whereas his atheist 
father was immediately faced with death personified and was killed. Therefore, although Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva appears as death for an atheist like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, He is always kind and is the reservoir of all pleasure to the devotees like Prahl\'e4
da. A pure devotee is not, therefore, afraid of birth, death, old age and disease. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has composed a nice verse, the purport of which is as follows: "My dear Lord, I am a living entity perpetually disturbed
 by the conditions of material existence. I have been cracked into different pieces by the smashing wheel of material existence, and because of my various sinful activities while existing in this material world, I am burning in the blazing fire of materi
al reaction. Somehow or other, my dear Lord, I have come to take shelter under Your lotus feet. Please accept me and give me protection." \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur also prays like this: "My dear Lord, O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, assoc
iated with the daughter of V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, I have come to take shelter under Your lotus feet after suffering greatly in the material condition of life, and I am praying that You please be merciful upon me. Please do not kick me away; I have no other 
shelter but You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that any process of self-realization or God realization other than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
hakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devotional service, is extremely difficult. Taking shelter of devotional service to the Lord in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is therefore the only way to b
ecome free from the contamination of material conditional life, especially in this age. Those who are not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are simply wasting their time, and they have no tangible proof of spiritual life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said by Lord R\'e4macandra, "I always give confidence and security to anyone who surrenders unto Me and decides definitely that He is My eternal servant becau
se that is My natural inclination." Similarly, 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 }{\cs3774\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 7.14}{\cs3774\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 influence of the material nature is insurmountable, but anyone who surrenders unto Me can verily overcome the influence of material nature." The devotees ar
e not at all interested in arguing with the nondevotees to nullify their theories. Rather than wasting their time, they always engage themselves in the transcendental loving service of the Lord in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Our dear Lord, although great mystic }{\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  may have full control 
over the elephant of the mind and the hurricane of the senses, unless they take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, they fall victims to the material influence and never become successful in their attempts at self-realization. Such unguided persons 
are compared to merchants going to sea on a ship without a captain. By his personal attempts, therefore, no one can get free from the clutches of material nature. One has to accept a bona fide spiritual master and work according to his direction. Then it
 is possible to cross over the nescience of material conditions. \'c7r\'e9pada \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has composed a nice verse in this connection, in which he says, "O all-merciful spiritual master, representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad, when will my mind be completely surrendered unto your lotus feet? At that time, only by your mercy, I shall be able to get relief from all obstacles to spiritual life, and I shall be situated in blissful life." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, ecstatic }{\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 absorption in the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be achieved by constant engagement in His service, and this constant engagement in devotional service can be performed only when one is working under the direction of a bon
a fide spiritual master. 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  therefore instruct that in order to know the science of devoti
onal service, one has to submit himself unto the bona fide spiritual master. The bona fide spiritual master is he who knows the science of devotional service in disciplic succession. This disciplic succession is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 prime symptom of one
 who has become a spiritual master in disciplic succession is that he is one hundred percent fixed 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  Sometimes people neglect to accept a spiritual master, and instead they endeavor for self-realization by mystic }{\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, but there are many instances of failure, even by great }{\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  like Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra. Arjuna said 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that controlling the mind is as impractical as stopping the blowing of a hurricane. Sometimes the min
d is compared to a maddened elephant. Without following the direction of a spiritual master one cannot control the mind and the senses. In other words, if one practices }{\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  mysticism and does not accept a bona fide spiritual master, he will surely fail. He will simply waste his valuable time. The Vedic injunction is that no one can have full knowl
edge without being under the guidance of an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya. \'c4c\'e4ryav\'e4n puru\'f1o }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub veda
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 has accepted 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  knows what is what. The Absolute Truth cannot be understood by arguments. One who has attained the perfect brahminical stage naturally becomes renounc
ed; he does not strive for material gain because by spiritual knowledge he has come to the conclusion that in this world there is no insufficiency. Everything is sufficiently provided by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hmana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  therefore, does not endeavor for material perfection; rather, he approaches a bona fide spiritual master t
o accept orders from him. A spiritual master's qualification is that he is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmani\'f1\'f6ham,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  w
hich means that he has given up all other activities and has dedicated his life to working only for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When a bona fide student approaches a bona fide spiritual master, he submissively prays to the spiritu
al master, "My dear Lord, kindly accept me as your student and train me in such a way that I will be able to give up all other kinds of processes for self-realization and simply engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotee engaged by the direction of the spiritual master in the transcendental loving service of the Lord contemplates as follows: "My dear Lord, You are the re
servoir of pleasure. Since You are present, what is the use of the transient pleasure derived from society, friendship and love? Persons who are unaware of the supreme reservoir of pleasure falsely engage in deriving pleasure from sense gratification, bu
t this is transient and illusory." In this connection, Vidy\'e4pati, a great Vai\'f1\'ebava devotee and poet, says, "My dear Lord, undoubtedly there is some pleasure in the midst of society, friendship and love, although it is materially conceived, but s
uch pleasure cannot satisfy my heart, which is like a desert." In a desert there is need of an ocean of water. But if only a drop of water is poured on the desert, what is the value of such water? Similarly, our material hearts are full of multi-desires,
 which cannot be fulfilled within the material society of friendship and love. When our hearts begin to derive pleasure from the supreme reservoir of pleasure, then we can be satisfied. That transcendental satisfaction is only possible in devotional serv
ice, in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Our dear Lord, You are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 ever-blissful fo
rm of knowledge, and because the living entities are parts and parcels of Your personality, their natural state of existence is to be fully conscious of You. In this material world, anyone who has developed such K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is no longer 
interested in the materialistic way of life. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious being becomes disinterested in family life or opulent living conditions, and he requires only a little concession for his bodily needs. In other words, he is no longer interested in 
sense gratification. The perfection of human life is based on knowledge and renunciation, but it is very difficult to attempt to reach the stage of knowledge and renunciation while in family life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons therefore take shelter o
f the association of devotees or sanctified places of pilgrimage. Such persons are aware of the relationship between the Supersoul and the individual living entities, and they are never in the bodily concept of life. Because they always carry You in full
 consciousness within their hearts, they are so purified that any place they go becomes a holy place of pilgrimage, and the water which washes their feet is able to deliver many sinful persons hovering within this material world." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was asked by his atheistic father to describe something very good which he had learned, he replied to his father that for a material
istic person who is always full of anxieties due to being engaged in temporary and relative truths, the best course is to give up the blind well of family life and go to the forest to take shelter of the Supreme Lord. Those who are actually pure devotees
 are celebrated as }{\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  or great sages, personalities perfect in knowledge. They alway
s think of the Supreme Lord and His lotus feet, and thus they become automatically liberated. Devotees who are always situated in that position become electrified by the inconceivable potencies of the Lord, and thus they themselves become the source of l
iberation for their followers and devotees. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person is fully electrified spiritually, and therefore anyone who touches or takes shelter of such a pure devotee becomes similarly electrified with spiritual potencies. Such devotees
 are never puffed up with material opulences. Generally, the material opulences are good parentage, education, beauty and riches, but although a devotee of the Lord may possess all four of these material opulences, he is never carried away by the pride o
f possessing such distinctions. Great devotees of the Lord travel all over the world from one place of pilgrimage to another, and on their way they meet many conditioned souls and deliver them by their association and distribution of transcendental knowl
edge. They reside in places like V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Mathur\'e4, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 and Navadv\'e9pa because only devotees assemble in such places. In this way they take advantage of saintly association, and by such association the devotee
s advance more and more in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Such advancement is not possible in ordinary household life which is devoid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continue: "Our dear Lord, there are two classes of transcendentalists, the impersonalists and the personalists. The opinion of the impersonalists is that this material manifestation is false and that only the Absolute Truth is factual. T
he view of the personalist, however, is that the material world, although very temporary, is nevertheless not false, but is factual. Such transcendentalists have different arguments to establish the validity of their philosophies. Factually, the material
 world is simultaneously both truth and untruth. It is truth because everything is an expansion of the Supreme Absolute Truth, and it is untruth because the existence of the material world is temporary; it is created, and it is annihilated. Because of it
s different conditions of existence, the cosmic manifestation has no fixed position. Those who advocate acceptance of this material world as false are generally known by the maxim }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahma satya jagan mithy\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They put forward the argument that everything in the material world is prepared from matter. For example, there are many things made 
of clay, such as earthen pots, dishes and balls. After their annihilation, these things may become transformed into many other material objects, but in all cases, their existence as clay continues. An earthen water jug, after being broken, may be transfo
rmed into a bowl or dish, but either as a dish, bowl or water jug, the earth itself continues to exist. Therefore, the forms of a water jug, bowl or dish are false, but their existence as earth is real. This is the impersonalists' version. This cosmic ma
nifestation is certainly produced from the Absolute Truth, but because its existence is temporary, it is therefore false; the impersonalists' understanding is that the Absolute Truth, which is always present, is the only truth. In the opinion of other tr
anscendentalists, however, this material world, being produced of the Absolute Truth, is also truth. The impersonalists' counter-argument is that the material world is not factual because sometimes it is found that matter is produced from spirit soul, an
d sometimes spirit soul is produced from matter. Such philosophers push forward the argument that although cow dung is dead matter, sometimes it is found that scorpions come out of cow dung. Similarly, dead matter like nails and hair comes out of the liv
ing body. Therefore, things produced of a certain thing are not always the same. On the strength of this argument, M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers establish that although this cosmic manifestation is certainly an emanation from the Absolute Truth, the 
cosmic manifestation does not necessarily have truth in it. According to this view, the Absolute Truth, Brahman, should therefore be accepted as truth, whereas the cosmic manifestation, although a product of the Absolute Truth, cannot be taken as truth. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The view of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher, however, 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  }{\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 
16.8}{\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  to be the view of 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  or demons. The Lord says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, asatyam aprati\'f1\'f6ham te
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e4hur an\'e9\'e7varam.}{\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 asuras'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  view of this cosmic manifestation is that the whole creation is 
false. 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  think that the mere interaction of matter is the source of the creation, and th
ere is no controller or God. But actually that is not the fact. From the Seventh 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  we understand that the five gross elements\'97earth, water, air, fire and sky\'97plus the subtle elements\'97mind, intelligence and false ego\'97are the eight separated energies of the Supreme Lord. Beyond this inferior material ener
gy, there is a spiritual energy, which is known as the living entities. The living entities are also accepted as the superior energy of the Lord. The whole cosmic manifestation is a combination of the inferior and superior energies, and the source of the
 energies is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has many different types of energies. That is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas: par\'e4sya \'e7aktir v
ividhaiva }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'fcyate}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 energies of the Lord are variegated, and because such varieties have emanated from the Supreme Lord, they cannot be false. The Lord is ever-existing, and the energies are ever-existing. Some of the energy is temporary\'97s
ometimes manifested and sometimes unmanifested\'97but that does not mean that it is false. The example may be given that when a person is angry he does things which are different from his normal condition of life, but that the mood of anger only appears 
and disappears does not mean that the energy of anger is false. As such, the argument of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers that this world is false is not accepted by the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers. It is confirmed by the Lord Himself that the view 
that there is no supreme cause of this material manifestation, that there is no God, and that everything is only the creation of the interaction of matter is a view of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asur
as.}{\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 M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher sometimes puts forward the argument of the snake and the rope. In the dark of evening, a curled up rope is sometimes, due to ig
norance, taken for a snake. But mistaking the rope as a snake does not mean that the rope or the snake is false, and therefore this example, used by the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s to illustrate the falsity of this material world, is not valid. When a thing is
 taken as fact but actually has no existence at all, it is called false. But if something is mistaken for something else, that does not mean that it is false. The Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers use a very appropriate example comparing this material world to
 an earthen pot. When we see an earthen pot, it does not at once disappear and turn into something else. It may be temporary, but the earthen pot is taken into use for bringing water, and we continue to see it as an earthen pot. Therefore, although the e
arthen pot is temporary and is different from the original earth, still we cannot say that it is false. We should therefore conclude that the entire earth and the earthen pot are both truths because one is the product of the other. We understand 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  that after the dissolution of this cosmic manifestation, the energy enters into
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is ever-existing with His varied energies. Because the material creation is an emanation from Him, we cannot say that this cosmic manifestation is a product of something void. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is not void. Whenever we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He is present with His form, quality, name, entourage and paraphernalia. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not impersonal. The original cause of everything is neither void nor impersonal, but is the 
Supreme Person. Demons may say that this material creation is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without a controlle
r or God, but such arguments ultimately cannot stand. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The example given by the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers that inanimate matter like nails and hair comes out from the living body is not a very sound argument. Na
ils and hair are undoubtedly inanimate, but they come not from the animate living being, but from the inanimate material body. Similarly, the argument that the scorpion comes from cow dung, meaning that a living entity comes from matter, is also not soun
d. The scorpion which comes out of the cow dung is certainly a living entity, but the living entity does not come out of the cow dung. Only the living entity's material body, or the body of the scorpion, comes out of the cow dung. The sparks of the livin
g entity, as we understand 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.3]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 impregnated within material nature, and then they come out. The body of the living entity in different forms is supplied by mater
ial nature, but the living entity himself is begotten by the Supreme Lord. The father and the mother give the body which is necessary for the living entity under certain conditions. The living entity transmigrates from one body to another according to hi
s different desires. The desires in the subtle form of intelligence, mind and false ego accompany the living entity from body to body, and by superior arrangement a living entity is put into the womb of a certain type of material body, and then he develo
ps a similar body. Therefore, the spirit soul is not produced from matter, but it takes on a particular type of body under superior arrangement. To our present experience, this material world is a combination of matter and spirit. The spirit is moving th
e matter. The spirit soul (the living entity) and matter are different energies of the Supreme Lord. Since both the energies are products of the supreme eternal or the supreme truth, they are therefore factual; they are not false. Because the living enti
ty is part and parcel of the Supreme, he is existing eternally. Therefore, there cannot be any question of birth or death. So-called birth and death occur because of the material body. The Vedic version }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means that since both the energies have emanated from the Supreme Brahman, everything that we experience is not different from Brahman. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many arguments about the existence of this material world, but the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophical conclusion is the best. The example of the earthen pot is 
very suitable: the form of the earthen pot may be temporary, but it has a specific purpose. The purpose of the earthen pot is to carry water from one place to another. Similarly, this material body, although temporary, has a special use. The living entit
y is given a chance from the beginning of the creation to evolve different kinds of material bodies according to the reserve desires he has accumulated from time immemorial. The human form of body is a special chance in which the developed form of consci
ousness can be utilized. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers push forward the argument that if this material world is truth, then why are householders advised to give up their c
onnection with this material world and 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 ? But the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosopher's vie
w 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  is not that because the world is false, one must therefore give up material acti
vities. The purpose of Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  is to utilize things as they are intended. \'c7
r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given two formulas for our dealing with this material world. When a Vai\'f1\'ebava renounces this materialistic way of life and takes to }{\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  it is not on the conception of the falsity of the material world, but to devote himself fully to engaging everything in the service of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Go
sv\'e4m\'e9 therefore gives this formula: one should be unattached to the material world because material attachment is meaningless. The entire material world, the entire cosmic manifestation, belongs to God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, everything should 
be utilized for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the devotee should remain unattached to material things. This is the purpose of Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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 materialist sticks to the world for sense gratification, but a Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  although not accepting anything for his personal sense gratification, knows the art of utilizing everything for the service of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has therefore criticized the M
\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\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  because they do not know that everything has a utilization fo
r the service of the Lord. On the contrary, they take the world to be false and thus falsely think of being liberated from the contamination of the material world. Since everything is an expansion of the energy of the Supreme Lord, the expansions are as 
real as the Supreme Lord is. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That the cosmic world is only temporarily manifested does not mean that it is false or that the source of its manifestation is false. Since the source of its manife
station is truth, the manifestation is also truth, but one must know how to utilize it. The same example can be cited: the temporary earthen pot is produced from the whole earth, but when it is utilized for a proper purpose, the earthen pot is not false.
 The Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers know how to utilize the temporary construction of this material world, just as a sane man knows how to utilize the temporary construction of the earthen pot. When the earthen pot is utilized for a wrong purpose, that is f
alse. Similarly, this human form of body, or this material world, when utilized for false sense gratification, is false. But if this human form of body and the material creation are utilized for the service of the Supreme Lord, their activities are never
 false. It is therefore 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that a little service attitude in utilizing this body and the material world for the service of the Lord can deliver a 
person from the gravest danger of life. When they are properly utilized, neither the superior nor inferior energies emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead are false. As far as fruitive activities are concerned, they are mainly based on the pla
tform of sense gratification. Therefore an advanced K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person does not take to them. The result of fruitive activities can elevate one to the higher planetary system, but as it is said 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 [9.21]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 persons, after exhausting the results of their pious activities in the heavenly kingdom, come back again to this lower planetary system and then again try to go to the higher planetary system. The
ir only profit is to take the trouble of going and coming back, just as at present many material scientists are spoiling their time by trying to go to the moon planet and again come back. Those who are engaged in such activities are described 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  personified as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
andha-parampar\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or blind followers of the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. Although such ceremonies are certainly mentioned 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  they are not meant for the intelligent class of men. Men who are too much attached to material enjoyment are captivated by the p
rospect of being elevated to the higher planetary systems, and so they take to such ritualistic activities. But a person who is intelligent, or who has taken shelter of a bona fide spiritual master to see things as they are, does not take to fruitive act
ivities, but engages himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who are not devotees take to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies for materialistic reasons, and then they are bewildered. A vivid example can be given: an inte
lligent person possessing millions of dollars in currency notes does not hold the money without using it, even though he knows perfectly well that the currency notes in themselves are nothing but paper. When one has one million dollars in currency notes,
 he is actually holding only a huge bunch of papers, but if he utilizes it for a purpose, then he benefits. Similarly, although this material world may be false, just like the paper, it has its proper beneficial utilization. Because the currency notes, a
lthough paper, are issued by the government, they therefore have full value. Similarly, this material world may be false or temporary, but because it is an emanation from the Supreme Lord, it has its full value. The Vai\'f1\'ebava philosopher acknowledge
s the full value of this material world and knows how to properly utilize it, whereas the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher, mistaking the currency note for false paper, gives it up and cannot utilize the money. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore
 declares that if one rejects this material world as false, not considering the importance of this material world as a means to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such renunciation has very little value. A person who knows the intrinsic value of t
his material world for the service of the Lord, who is not attached to the material world, and who renounces the material world by not accepting it for sense gratification is situated in real renunciation. This material world is an expansion of the mater
ial energy of the Lord. Therefore it is real. It is not false, as it is sometimes concluded from the example of the snake and the rope.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "The cosmic manifestation, because of the flickering nature of its impermanent existence, appears to less intelligent men to be false." The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers take advantage of the flickering nature of this cosm
ic manifestation to prove their thesis that this world is false. According to the Vedic version, before the creation this world had no existence, and after dissolution the world will no longer be manifested. Voidists also take advantage of this Vedic ver
sion and conclude that the cause of this material world is void. But Vedic injunction does not say that it is void. The Vedic injunction defines the source of creation and dissolution as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yato }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  im\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni j\'e4yante,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "He from whom this cosmic manifestation has emanated and in whom, after annihilation, everything will merge." The same is explained 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  and in the first}{\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 verse of the First Chapter 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 the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He from whom all things emanate. All these Vedic injunctions indicat
e that the cosmic manifestation is due to the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead, and when it is dissolved it merges into Him. The same 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.18-21]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  th
is cosmic manifestation is coming into existence and again dissolving, and after dissolution it merges into the existence of the Supreme Lord. This statement definitely confirms that the particular energy known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahi-ra\'ecg\'e4-m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the external energy, although of flickering nature, is the energy of the Supreme Lord, and as such it c
annot be false. It simply appears to be false. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers conclude that because the material nature has no existence in the beginning and is nonexistent after dissolution, it is therefore false. But by the example of the earthe
n pots and dishes the Vedic version is presented: although the existence of the particular by-products of the Absolute Truth are temporary, the energy of the Supreme Lord is permanent. The earthen pot or water jug may be broken or transformed into anothe
r shape, such as that of a dish or bowl, but the ingredient, or the material basis, namely the earth, continues to be the same. The basic principle of this cosmic manifestation is always the same, Brahman, or the Absolute Truth; therefore, the M\'e4y\'e4
v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers' theory that it is false is certainly only mental concoction. That the cosmic manifestation is flickering and temporary does not mean that it is false. The definition of falsity is that which never had any existence but is existin
g only in name. For instance, the eggs of a horse or the flower of the sky or the horn of a rabbit are phenomena which exist only in name. There are no horse's eggs, there is no rabbit's horn, nor are there flowers growing in the sky. There are many thin
gs which exist in name or imagination but actually have no factual manifestation. Such things can be called false. But the Vai\'f1\'ebava cannot take this material world to be false simply because its temporary nature is manifesting and again dissolving.
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued to say that the Supersoul and the individual soul, or Param\'e4tm\'e4 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be equal in any circumstance, although both of them are sitting within the same body, like two birds sitting in the same tree. As declared 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  these two birds, although sitting as friends, are not equal. One is simply a witness. This bird is Param\'e4tm\'e4, or the Supersoul. And the other bird is 
eating the fruit of the tree. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When there is cosmic manifestation, the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the individual soul, appears in the creation in different forms, according to
 his previous fruitive activities, and due to his long forgetfulness of real existence, he identifies himself with a particular form awarded to him by the laws of material nature. After assuming a material form, he becomes subjected to the three material
 modes of nature and acts accordingly to continue his existence in the material world. While enwrapped in such ignorance, his natural opulences, although existing in minute quantity, are almost extinct. The opulences of the Supersoul, or the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead, however, are not diminished, although He appears within this material world. He maintains all opulences and perfections in full and yet keeps Himself apart from all the tribulations of this material world. The conditioned soul becomes
 entrapped in the material world, whereas the Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leaves it without affection, just as a snake sheds his skin. The distinction between the Supersoul and the conditioned individual soul is that the Supersoul, 
or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, maintains His natural opulences, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2-ai\'e7varya, a\'f1\'f6a-siddhi}{\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 a\'f1\'f6a-gu\'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 Because of their poor fund of knowledge, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers forget the fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always full of six opulences, eight transcende
ntal qualities and eight kinds of perfection. The six opulences are that no one is greater than K\'e5\'f1\'eba in wealth, in strength, in beauty, in fame, in knowledge and in renunciation. The first of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's six transcendental qualities is tha
t He is always untouched by the contamination of material existence. This is also mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad: ap\'e4pa-viddham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  just as the sun is never polluted by any contamination, the Supreme Lord is never polluted by any sinful activities. Similarly, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba's actions might sometimes seem to be impious, He is never pol
luted by such actions. The second transcendental quality is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba never dies. 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  Fourth Chapter, He informs Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had many appearances in this material world, but He alone remembers all such activities\'97past, present and future. This means that He never dies. Forgetfulness is due t
o death. As we die, we change our bodies. That is forgetfulness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is never forgetful. He can remember everything that has happened in the past. Otherwise, how could He remember that He first 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  }{\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 to the sun-god, Vivasv\'e4n? Therefore, He never dies. Nor does He ever become an old man. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a great-grandfather when He appeared on the Battlefield of K
uruk\'f1etra, He did not appear as an old man. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be polluted by any sinful activities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba never dies, K\'e5\'f1\'eba never becomes old, K\'e5\'f1\'eba never becomes subjected to any lamentation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never hun
gry, and He is never thirsty. Whatever He desires is perfectly lawful, and whatever He decides cannot be changed by anyone. These are the transcendental qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Besides that, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as Yoge\'e7vara. He has all the op
ulences or facilities of mystic powers, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebima-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the power to become smaller than
 the smallest. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has entered even within the atom, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntarastha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntarastham}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, is within the gigantic universe, and He is lying in the Causal Ocean as Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu in a body so gigantic that
 when He exhales, millions and trillions of universes emanate from His body. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahima-siddhi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba also has the perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laghim\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He can become the lightest. 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  }{\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 15.13}{\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 that it is because K\'e5\'f1\'eba enters within this universe and within the atoms that all the planets are floating in the air. That is the explanation of weightlessness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also has the perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He can get whatever He likes. Similarly, He has the facility of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7it\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  controlling power. He is called the supreme controller, Parame\'e7vara. In addition, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can bring anyone un
der His influence. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e7it\'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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is endowed with all opulences, transcendental qualities and mystic powers. No ordinary living being can be compared to Him. Therefore, the M\'e4y\'e4
v\'e4d\'e9s' theory that the Supersoul and the individual soul are equal is only a misconception. The conclusion is, therefore, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshipable and that all other living entities are simply His servants. This understanding is called se
lf-realization. Any other realization of one's self beyond this relationship of eternal servitorship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is impelled 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  It is said that the last snare 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
 to dictate to the living entity to try to become equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher claims to be equal to God, but he cannot reply to the question of why he has fallen into material entanglement. If He is t
he Supreme God, then how is it that he has been overtaken by impious activities and thereby subjected to the tribulations 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 ? When the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are asked about this, they cannot properly answer. The speculation that one is equal to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is another symptom of sinful life. One cannot tak
e to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness unless he is completely freed from all sinful activities. The very fact that the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 claims to become one with the Supreme Lord means that he is not yet freed from the reactions of sinful activities. }{
\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 [10.2.3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that such persons are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avi\'e7uddha-buddhay\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that they falsely think themselves liberated, although at the same time they think themselves equal with the Absolute Truth. Their intelligence is not purified. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  said that if the }{\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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  do not free themselves from sinful desires, then their particular process of self-realization will never be successful. "My d
ear Lord," 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  continued, "if saintly persons do not take care to eradicate com
pletely the roots of sinful desires, they cannot experience the Supersoul, although He is sitting side by side with the individual soul. }{\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 meditation, means that one has to find the Supersoul within himself. One who is not free from sinful reactions cannot see the Supersoul. If a person has a jeweled locket in his necklace but forg
ets the jewel, it is almost as though he does not possess it. Similarly, if an individual soul meditates but does not actually perceive the presence of the Supersoul within himself, he has not realized the Supersoul. Persons who have taken to the path of
 self-realization must therefore be very careful to be uncontaminated 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  \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that a devotee should be completely free from all sorts of material desires. A devotee should not be affected by the resultant actions 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  and }{\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  One simply has to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba and carry out His desires. That is the pure devotional stage. Mystic }{\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 still have contaminated desires for sense gratification never become successful in their attempt, nor can they realize the Supersoul within the individual self. As such, the so-called }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are simply wasting their time in different types of sense gratification, either by mental speculation or by exhibition of limited mystic powers, will never become liberated
 from conditional life and will continue to go through repeated births and deaths. For such persons, both this life and the next life becomes sources of tribulation. Such sinful persons are already suffering tribulation in this life, and because they are
 not perfect in self-realization, they will be plagued with further tribulation in the next life. Despite all endeavors to attain perfection, such }{\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  contaminated by desires for sense gratification, will continue to suffer in this life and in the next.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur remarks in this connection that if }{\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 persons in the renounced order of life who have left their homes for self-realization do not engage themselves in the devotional service of the
 Lord but become attracted by philanthropic work, such as opening educational institutions, hospitals, or even monastaries, churches or temples of demigods, they find only trouble from such engagements, not only in this life but in the next. }{\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  who do not take advantage of this life to realize K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply waste their time and
 energy in activities outside the jurisdiction of the renounced order of life. A devotee's attempt to engage his energies in such activities as constructing a Vi\'f1\'ebu temple is, however, never wasted. Such engagements are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rthe akhila-ce\'f1\'f6\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  variegated activities performed to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A philanthrop
ist's opening a school building and a devotee's constructing a temple are not on the same level. Although a philanthropist's opening an educational institution may be pious activity, it comes under the laws 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  whereas constructing a temple for Vi\'f1\'ebu is devotional service. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional service is never within the jurisdiction 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  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 devotees transcend the reaction of the three modes of material nature and stand on the platform of Brahman realization: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpate.}{\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 s
ays, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa gu\'eb\'e4n samatityait\'e4n brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya: kalpate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotees of the Personality o
f Godhead transcend all the reactions of the three modes of material nature and are situated on the transcendental Brahman platform. The devotees are liberated both in this life and in the next life. Any work done in this material world for Yaj\'efa or V
i\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is considered to be liberated work, but without connection with Acyuta, the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no possibility of stopping the resultant actions 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  The life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the life of liberation. The conclusion is that a devotee, by the grace of t
he Lord, is liberated, both in this life and the next, whereas }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\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 yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are never liberated, either in this life or in the next. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  continued: "Dear Lord, anyone who, by Your grace, has understood the glories of Your lotus feet is callous to material happiness and distress. The material pangs are inevitable as long as we are existing within the material world, but a 
devotee does not divert his attention to such actions and reactions, which are the result of pious and impious activities. Nor is a devotee very much disturbed or pleased by praise or condemnation by the people in general. A devotee is sometimes greatly 
praised by the people in general because of his transcendental activities, and sometimes he is criticized, even though there is no reason for adverse criticism. The pure devotee is always callous to praise or condemnation by the ordinary people. Actually
, the devotee's activities are on the transcendental plane. He is not interested in the praise or condemnation of people engaged in material activities. If the devotee can thus maintain his transcendental position, then his liberation in this life and in
 the next life is guaranteed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee's transcendental position within this material world is maintained in the association of pure devotees, simply by hearing the glorious activities enacted by the Lord in differe
nt ages and in different incarnations." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is based on this principle. \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur has sung, "My dear Lord, let me be engaged in Your 
transcendental loving service, as indicated by 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  and let me live in the
 association of pure devotees. That is my desire, life after life." In other words, a devotee does not much care whether or not he is liberated, but he is anxious only for devotional service. Devotional service means that one does not do anything indepen
dently of the sanction 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 actions of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness move
ment are directed by 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  headed by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; in 
the association of devotees following these principles, a devotee is able to perfectly maintain his transcendental position. 
\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  the Lord says that a devotee who knows Him perfectly is very dear to Him. Four kinds of pious men take to devotional service. If a man is pious, then in his distressed condition he approaches the Lord for mitigation of his distress. 
If a pious man is in need of material help, he also prays to the Lord for such help. If a pious man is actually inquisitive about the science of God, he also approaches the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, a pious man who is sim
ply anxious to know the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba also approaches the Supreme Lord. Out of these four classes of men, the last is praised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-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 [7.17]}{\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  A person who tries to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba with full knowledge and devotion by following in the footsteps of 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  conversant with the scientific knowledge of the Supreme Lord is praiseworthy. Such a devotee can understand that all cond
itions of life, favorable and unfavorable, are created by the supreme will of the Lord. And when he has fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, he does not care whether his condition of life is favorable or unfavorable. A devotee takes
 even an unfavorable condition to be the special favor of the Personality of Godhead. Actually, there are no unfavorable conditions for a devotee. He sees everything coming by the will of the Lord as favorable, and in any condition of life he is simply e
nthusiastic to discharge his devotional service. This devotional attitude is explained 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
\fs28\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\i\ul0\strike0\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 devotee is never distressed in reverse conditions of life, nor is he overjoyed in favorable conditions. In the higher stages of devotional service, a devot
ee is not even concerned with the list of do's and do not's. Such a position can be maintained only by following in the footsteps 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  Because a pure devotee follows in the footsteps 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  any action he performs to discharge devotional service is to be understood to be on the transcendental platform. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore instructs us that 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  is above criticism. A neophyte devotee should not consider himself to be on the same plane as 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  It should be accepted that 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  are on the same platform as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such, neither K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor His representative }{\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  should be subject to any adverse criticism by the neophyte devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  thus worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead in different ways. Offering worship to the Supreme Lord by praying means remembering His transcendental qualities, pastimes and activities. But the Lord's pastimes and qualities are unlim
ited. It is not possible for us to remember all the qualities of the Lord. Therefore, 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  worshiped to the best of their ability, and at the end they spoke as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Lord, although Lord Brahm\'e4, the predominating deity of the highest planet, Brahm\'e4loka, and King Indra, the predominating demigod of the heavenly pla
net, as well as the predominating deities of the sun planet, the moon planet, etc., are all very confidential directors of this material world, they have very little knowledge about You. Then what to speak of ordinary human beings and mental speculators?
 It is not possible for anyone to enumerate the unlimited transcendental qualities of Your Lordship. No one, including the mental speculators and the demigods in higher planetary systems, is actually able to estimate the length and breadth of Your form a
nd characteristics. We think that even Your Lordship does not have complete knowledge of Your transcendental qualities. The reason is that You are unlimited. Although it is not befitting in Your case to say that You do not know Yourself, it is neverthele
ss practical to understand that because You have unlimited qualities and energies and because Your knowledge is also unlimited, there is unlimited competition between Your knowledge and Your expansion of energies." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea is that because God and His knowledge are both unlimited, as soon as God is cognizant of some of His energies, He perceives that He has still more energies
. In this way, both His energies and His knowledge increase. Because both of them are unlimited, there is no end to the energies and no end to the knowledge with which to understand the energies. God is undoubtedly omniscient, but 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  say that even God Himself does not know the full extent of His energies. This does not mean that G
od is not omniscient. When an actual fact is unknown to a certain person, this is called ignorance or lack of knowledge. This is not applicable to God, however, because He knows Himself perfectly, but still His energies and activities increase. Therefore
 He also increases His knowledge to understand it. Both are increasing unlimitedly, and there is no end to it. In that sense it can be said that even God Himself does not know the limit of His energies and qualities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How God is unlimited in His expansion of energies and activities can be roughly calculated by any sane and sober living entity. It is said in the Vedic literature t
hat innumerable universes issue forth when Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu exhales in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-nidr\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and 
innumerable universes enter His body when He again inhales. We have to imagine that these universes, which, according to our limited knowledge, are expanded unlimitedly, are so great that the gross ingredients, the five elements of the cosmic manifestati
on, namely earth, water, fire, air and sky, are not only within the universe, but are covering the universe in seven layers, each layer ten times bigger than the previous one. In this way, each and every universe is very securely packed, and there are nu
mberless universes. All these universes are floating within the innumerable pores of the transcendental body of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. It is stated that just as the atoms and particles of dust are floating within the air along with the birds and their numb
er cannot be calculated, so innumerable universes are floating within the pores of the transcendental body of the Lord. For this reason, 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 God is beyond the capacity of our knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ab\'e4\'ecmanasagocara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to understand the length and breadth of God is beyond the jurisdiction of our mental speculation. Therefore, a person who is actually learned and sane does not claim to be God, but tries to understand God, making distin
ctions between spirit and matter. By such careful discrimination, one can clearly understand that the Supreme Soul is transcendental to both the superior and inferior energies, although He has a direct connection with both. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3774\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 9.4}{\cs3774
\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba explains that although everything is resting on His energy, He is different or separate from the energy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nature and the living entities are sometimes designated as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\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 puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  respectively. T
he whole cosmic manifestation is an amalgamation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\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 puru\'f1a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Nature is the ingredient cause, and the living entities are the effective cause. These two causes combine to
gether, and the effect is this cosmic manifestation. When one is fortunate enough to come to the right conclusion about this cosmic manifestation and everything which is going on within it, he knows it to be caused directly and indirectly by the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead Himself. It is concluded 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  therefore, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9 sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam.}{\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 much deliberation and consideration, when one has attained the perfection of knowledge, he comes to the conclusion that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is the origina
l cause of all causes. Instead of speculating about the measurement of God\'97whether He is so long or so wide\'97or philosophizing, one should come to the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma
-sa\'e0hit\'e4: sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is the cause of all causes." That is the perfection of knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda-stuti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or the prayers offered by 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  to the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 V
i\'f1\'ebu, were first narrated in disciplic succession by Sanandana to his brothers, all of whom were born of Brahm\'e4. In the beginning the four Kum\'e4ras were the first-born of Brahm\'e4; therefore they are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcrva-j\'e4ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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  }{\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 4.1}{
\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 that 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  system, or the disciplic succession, begins with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Similarly, here, in the prayers of 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  it is to be understood that 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  system begins with the Personality of Godhead N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i. We should remember that this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda
-stuti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is being narrated by Kum\'e4ra Sanandana, and the narration is being repeated by N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i in Bodi \'c4\'e7rama. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i is the in
carnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for showing us the path of self-realization by undergoing severe austerities. In this age Lord Caitanya demonstrated the path of pure devotional service by putting Himself in the role of a pure devotee. Similarly, in the past 
Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i was an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who performed severe austerities in the Himalayan ranges. \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni was hearing from Him. So in the statement given by N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i to N\'e4rada Muni, as 
it was narrated by Kum\'e4ra Sanandana in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda-stuti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is understood that God is th
e one supreme and that all others are His servants. 
\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 Caitanya-carit\'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\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 5.142}{\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 stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekal\'e4 \'e9\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only Supreme God." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c4ra sava bh\'e5tya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "All others are His servants." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y\'e4re yaiche n\'e4c\'e4ya, se
 taiche kare n\'e5tya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Supreme Lord, as He desires, is engaging all the living entities in different activities, and thus they are exhibiting their different talents and 
tendencies." This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda-stuti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is thus the original instruction regarding the relationship existing
 between the living entity their different talents and tendencies." This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda-stuti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is thus the o
riginal instruction regarding the relationship existing between the living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The highest platform of realization for the living entity is the attainment of this devotional life. One cannot be engaged in devoti
onal life or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness unless he is fully free from material contamination. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i informed N\'e4rada Muni that the essence of all }{\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 Vedic literatures (namely, the 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 }{\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 Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) teaches the rendering of transcendental loving service to the Lord. In this connection N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i has u
sed one particular word\'97}{\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  In devotional service this }{\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  is the via media or the basic principle for exchanging a relationship between the Lord and the living entity. A }{\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  is also 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 \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Supreme Lord is the reservoir of all pleasure." All the Vedic literatures, 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  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 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\'fctras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc., are teaching the living entities how to attain the stage of }{\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  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  also says that the statements in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4pur\'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 \'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) contain the essence of }{\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  in all Vedic literatures. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 phala\'e0.}{\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 Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the essence of the ripen fruit in the tree of the Vedic literat
ure. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We understand that with the breathing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead there issued forth the 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  namely the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c5g-veda,}{\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 S\'e4ma-veda,}{\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 Yajur-veda,}{\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 Atharva-veda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the histories like 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  an
d all 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  which are also considered to be the history of the world. The Vedic hist
ories like 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 Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are called the fifth }{\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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda-stuti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are to be considered the essence of all Vedic knowledge. The four Kum\'e4ras and all other authorized sages know perfectly that devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the essence of all Vedic literatures, and they are 
preaching this in different planets, traveling in outer space. It is stated herein that such sages, including N\'e4rada Muni, hardly ever travel on land; they are perpetually traveling in space. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sages like N\'e4rada and the Kum\'e4ras travel throughout the universe in order to educate the conditioned souls and show them that their business in the world is n
ot that of sense gratification, but of reinstating themselves again in their original position of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is stated in several places that the living entities are like sparks of the fire, and the Supre
me Personality of Godhead is like the fire itself. Somehow or other when the sparks fall out of the fire they lose their natural illumination; thus it is ascertained that the living entities come into this material world exactly as sparks fall from a gre
at fire. The reason for this fall, as stated by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, is sense gratification. The living entity wants to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba and tries to lord it over material nature; thus he forgets his original position, and his illuminating power, hi
s spiritual identity, is extinguished. However, if a living entity takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is reinstated in his original position. Sages and saints like N\'e4rada and the Kum\'e4ras are traveling all over the universe educating people a
nd encouraging their disciples to preach this process of devotional service so that all the conditioned souls may be able to revive their original consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and thus gain relief from the miserable conditions of mater
ial life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6ika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are four types of }{\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
 and the first is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4vitra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to 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  who, after initiation and the sacred thread ceremony, must observe at least three days celibacy. The next is called }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4j\'e4patya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to 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  who strictly observes celibacy for at least one year after initiation. The next is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to 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  who observes celibacy from the time of initiation up to the time of the completion of his study of Vedic literature. The next stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6ika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to 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  who is celibate throughout his whole life. Out of these, the first three are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upakurv\'e4na,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that 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  can marry later on after 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  period is over. The }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6ika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is completely reluctant to have any sex life; therefore the Kum\'e4ras a
nd N\'e4rada are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6ika-brahmac\'e4r\'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 brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system of life is especially advantageous in that it increases the power of memory and determination. It is s
pecifically mentioned in this connection that because N\'e4rada was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6ika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  he could remember whatever he heard from his spiritual master and would never forget it. One who can remember everything perpetually is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruta-dhara.}{\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 \'e7ruta-dhara}{\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 brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can repeat all that he has heard verbatim without notes and without reference to book
s. The great sage N\'e4rada has this qualification, and therefore, taking instruction from N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, he is engaged in propagating the philosophy of devotional service all over the world. Because such great sages can remember everything
, they are very much thoughtful, self-realized and completely fixed in the service of the Lord. Thus the great sage N\'e4rada, after hearing from his spiritual master N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, became completely realized. He became established in the t
ruth, and he became so happy that he offered the following prayers to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i.
\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 nai\'f1\'f6hika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9ra-vrata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  N\'e4rada Muni addressed }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i as an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he specifically addressed him as the sup
reme well-wisher of the conditioned souls. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.8]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends in every millennium just to give protection to His devotees and to annihilate the nondevotees. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, also being an incarnatio
n of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is also addressed as the well-wisher of the conditioned souls. As 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everyone should know that there is no well-wisher like K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Everyone should understand that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the well-wisher of everyone and should take shelter unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way one can become completely confident and satisfied knowing that he has someone who is able to give him a
ll protection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, His incarnations and His plenary expansions are all supreme well-wishers of the conditioned souls, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the well-wisher even for the demons, for He gave salvation to all demons who came to kill Him 
at V\'e5nd\'e4vana; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s welfare activities are absolute, for even though He annihilates a demon or gives protection to a devotee, His activities are one and the same. It is said that the demon P\'fctan\'e4 was elevated to the sa
me position as K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mother. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills a demon it should be known that the demon is supremely benefitted by this; however, a pure devotee is always protected by the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni, after offering respects to his spiritual master, went to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7r
ama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Vy\'e4sadeva and narrated the entire story to his disciple. Thus N\'e4rada Muni, being properly received by Vy\'e4sadeva in his }{\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  and seated very comfortably, began to narrate what he had heard from N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i. In this way \'c7ukadeva 
Gosv\'e4m\'e9 informed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it of the answers to his questions regarding the essence of Vedic knowledge and regarding what is considered to be the ultimate goal 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 supreme goal in life is to seek the transcendental blessings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become engaged in the loving service of 
the Lord. One should follow in the footsteps of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and all the Vai\'f1\'ebavas in the disciplic succession and should pay respectful obeisances unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari. The four sects of Vai
\'f1\'ebava disciplic succession, namely the Madhva-samprad\'e4ya, the R\'e4m\'e4nuja-samprad\'e4ya, the Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m\'e9-samprad\'e4ya, and the Nimb\'e4rka-samprad\'e4ya, in pursuance of all Vedic conclusions, agree that one should surrender unto 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literatures are divided into two parts: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rutis}{\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 sm\'e5tis.}{\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 \'e7rutis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas: 
\'c5k, S\'e4ma, Atharva}{\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 Yajus,}{\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 Upani\'f1ads,}{\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 sm\'e5tis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are 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  like }{\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 includes }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 of all these is that one should know \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the Parampuru\'f1a, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead under whose superintendence material nature works, being created, maintained and destroyed. After the creation, the Supreme Lord incarnates into three, Brahm
\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and Lord \'c7iva. All of these take charge of the three qualities of material nature, but the ultimate direction is in the hand of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. The complete activities of material nature under the three modes are being conducted un
der the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub typo/ }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba }{\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 ]}}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n}{\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yadar\'e7}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ana, }{\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 Vedas:}{\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 sa aik\'f1ata}{\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 atheistic S\'e4\'eckhyaite philosophers offer their arguments that this material cosmic manifestation is due to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\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 puru\'f1a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They argue that nature and material energy constitute the material cause and the effective cause. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes. He is the cause of all material and effective causes. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti}{\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 puru\'f1a
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are not the ultimate cause. Superficially it appears that a child is born due to the combination of the father and mother, but the ultimate cause of both the father and the m
other is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is therefore the original cause, or the cause of all causes, as is confirmed 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 .}{\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 the material nature, both the Supreme Lord and the living entities enter. The Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by one of His plenary expansions, manifests as the K
\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu and the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, the gigantic Vi\'f1\'ebu form lying in the Causal Ocean. Then from that gigantic form of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu expands in every universe. From
 Him, Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and \'c7iva expand. Vi\'f1\'ebu enters into the hearts of all living entities, as well as into all material elements, including the atom. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm
a-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\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 a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntarastha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntarastham.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is within this universe and also within every atom. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entity has a small material body taken from various species and forms, and similarly the whole universe is but the material body of the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead. This body is described 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  as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6a r\'fcpa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As the individual living entity maintains his particular body, the Supreme Personality of Godhead mainta
ins the whole cosmic creation and everything within it. As soon as the individual living entity leaves the material body, the body is immediately annihilated, and similarly as soon as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu leaves the cosmic manifestation, everything is annihi
lated. Only when the individual living entity surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is his liberation from material existence assured. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4: m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Surrendering unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is therefore the cause of liberation and nothing else. How the living entity becomes liberated from the modes of material nature afte
r surrendering unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is illustrated by a sleeping man within a room. When a man is sleeping, everyone sees that he is present within the room, but actually the man himself is not within that body, for while sleeping a ma
n forgets his bodily existence, although others may see that his body is present. Similarly, a liberated person engaged in devotional service of the Lord may be seen by others to be engaged in the household duties of the material world, but since his con
sciousness is fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba he does not live within this world. His engagements are different, exactly as the sleeping man's engagements are different from his bodily engagements. It 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that a devotee engaged full time in the transcendental loving service of the Lord has already surpassed the influence of the three modes of material nature. He is already situated on the Brahman pl
atform of spiritual realization, although he appears to be living within the body or within the material world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 stated in this connection in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-rasam\'e5t
\'e4-}{\cs2873\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  that the person whose only desire is to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad may be situated in any condition in the material world, but he is to be understood as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vanmukta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  that is to say he is to be considered liberated while living within the body or the material world. The conclusion, therefore, is that a person fully engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a liberated person. Such a person has actually n
othing to do with the material world. Those who are not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\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 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and they hover on the bodily and mental platform and thus are n
ot liberated. This situation is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaivalya-nirasta-yoni.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A person situated on the transcende
ntal platform becomes freed from the repetition of birth and death. This is also confirmed 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  Fourth Chapter. Simply by knowing the transcendental nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one becomes free from the chains of the repetition of birth and death, and after quitting his present body he goes back
 home, back to Godhead. This is the conclusion of 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  Thus one should surrender unto t
he lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba after understanding the prayers offered by 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 . 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Volume, Thirty-Second 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  "Prayers by the Personified Vedas."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-33 / The Deliverance of Lord \'c7iva
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 33 /  The Deliverance of Lord 
\'c7iva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, King Par\'e9k\'f1it was already liberated, but for clarification he was asking various questions of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
 In the previous chapter, King Par\'e9k\'f1it's question was, "What is the ultimate goal 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 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explained the matter, giving authoritative descriptions from the disciplic succession, beginning with Sanandana down to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'c5\'f1i, N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sadeva, and then he himself. The conclusion
 was that devotional service, or }{\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 the ultimate goal 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  A neophyte devotee may question, "If the ultimate goal of life, or the conclusion 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 to elevate oneself to the platform of devotional service, then why is it observed that a devotee of Lord Vi
\'f1\'ebu is generally not very prosperous materially, whereas a devotee of Lord \'c7iva is found to be very opulent?" In order to clarify this matter, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja asked \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "My dear \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, it 
is generally found that those who engage in the worship of Lord \'c7iva, whether in human, demoniac, or demigod society, become very opulent materially, although Lord \'c7iva himself lives just like a poverty-stricken person. On the other hand, the devot
ees of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is the controller of the goddess of fortune, do not appear to be very prosperous, and sometimes they are even found to be living without any material opulence at all. Lord \'c7iva lives underneath a tree or in the snow of the
 Himalayan Mountains. He does not even construct a house for himself, but still the worshipers of Lord \'c7iva are very rich. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, however, lives very opulently, whether in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or in this material world, but Hi
s devotees appear to be poverty-stricken. Why is this so?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it's question is very intelligent. The two classes of devotees, namely the devotees of Lord \'c7iva and the devotees of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu,
 are always in disagreement. Even today in India these two classes of devotees still criticize each other, and especially in South India, the followers of R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya and the followers of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya hold occasional meetings fo
r understanding the Vedic conclusion. Generally, the followers of R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya come out victorious in such meetings. So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja wanted to clarify the situation by asking this question of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. That 
Lord \'c7iva lives as a poor man although his devotees appear to be very opulent, whereas Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is always opulent, and yet His devotees appear to be poverty-stricken, is a situation which appears contradictory and puzzli
ng to a discriminating person. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 began to reply to King Par\'e9k\'f1it's inquiry about the apparent contradictions regarding the worship of Lord \'c7iva and that of Lord V
i\'f1\'ebu. Lord \'c7iva is the master of the material energy. The material energy is represented by goddess Durg\'e4, and Lord \'c7iva happens to be her husband. Since goddess Durg\'e4 is completely under the subjugation of Lord \'c7iva, it is to be und
erstood that Lord \'c7iva is the master of this material energy. The material energy is manifested in three qualities, namely goodness, passion and ignorance, and therefore Lord \'c7iva is the master of these three qualities. Although he is in associatio
n with these qualities for the benefit of the conditioned soul, Lord \'c7iva is the director and is not affected. Although the conditioned soul is affected by the three qualities, Lord \'c7iva, because he is the master of these qualities, is not affected
 by them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the statements of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 we can understand that the effects of worshiping different demigods are not, as some less intelligent persons suppo
se, the same as the effects of worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. He clearly states that by worshiping Lord \'c7iva one achieves one reward, whereas by worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu one achieves a different reward. This 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.12]}{\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  those who worship the different demigods achieve the desired results which the respective demigods can reward. Similarly, those who worship the material energy receive the suit
able reward for such activities, and those who worship the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pit\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  receive similar results. But 
those who are engaged in devotional service or worship of the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, go to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets or K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. One cannot approach the transcendental region or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paravyoma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the spiritual sky, by worshiping Lord \'c7iva or Brahm\'e4 or any other demigod. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since this material world is a product of the three qualities of material nature, all varieties of manifestations come from those three qualities. With the aid of m
aterialistic science, modern civilization has created many machines and comforts of life, and yet they are only varieties of the interactions of the three material qualities. Although the devotees of Lord \'c7iva are able to obtain many material acquisit
ions, we should know that they are simply collecting products manufactured by the three qualities. The three qualities are again subdivided into sixteen, namely the ten senses (five working senses and the five knowledge-acquiring senses), the mind, and t
he five elements (earth, water, air, fire and sky). These sixteen items are further extensions of the three qualities. Material happiness or opulence means gratification of the senses, specifically the genitals, the tongue and the mind. By exercising our
 minds we create many pleasurable things just for enjoyment by the genitals and the tongue. The opulence of a person within this material world is estimated in terms of his exercise of the genitals and the tongue, or in other words, how well he is able t
o utilize his sexual capacities and how well he is able to satisfy his fastidious taste by eating palatable dishes. Material advancement of civilization necessitates creating objects of enjoyment by mental concoction just to become happy on the basis of 
these two principles: pleasures for the genitals and pleasures for the tongue. Herein lies the answer to King Par\'e9k\'f1it's question to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as to why the worshipers of Lord \'c7iva are so opulent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of Lord \'c7iva are only opulent in terms of the material qualities. Factually, such so-called advancement of civilization is the cause of entanglement
 in material existence. It is actually not advancement, but degradation. The conclusion is that because Lord \'c7iva is the master of the three qualities, his devotees are given things manufactured by the interaction of these qualities for satisfaction o
f the senses. 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 get instruction from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba th
at one has to transcend the qualitative existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nistraigu\'ebyo bhav\'e4rjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the mission of 
human life is to become transcendental to the three qualities. Unless one is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nistraigu\'ebya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he 
cannot get free from material entanglement. In other words, favors received from Lord \'c7iva are not actually beneficial to the conditioned souls, although apparently such facilities seem to be opulent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari is transcendental to the three qualities of material nature." 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  }{\cs3774\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 7.14}{\cs3774\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  that anyone who surrenders unto Him surpasses the control of the three qualities of material nature. Therefore, since Hari's devotees are transcendental to the control of the three material qualities, certainly He Himself is transcendental. 
It is stated, therefore, 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.3.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that Hari, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the original Supreme Personality. There are two kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5tis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or potencies, namely the internal potency and the external potency, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the overlord of 
both these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5tis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or potencies. He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-d\'e5k,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the overseer of all the actions of the internal and external potencies, and He is also described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upadra\'f1\'f6a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the supreme advisor. Because He is the supreme advisor, He is above all the demigods, who merely follow the d
irections of the supreme advisor. As such, if one directly follows the instructions of the Supreme Lord, as inculcated 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  then gradua
lly one becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or above the interaction of the material qualities. To be }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to be bereft of material opulences because, as we have explained, material opulence means a
n increase of the actions and reactions of the three material qualities. By worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, instead of being puffed up with material opulences one becomes enriched with spiritual advancement of knowledge in K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness. To become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to achieve eternal peace, fearlessness, religiousness, k
nowledge and renunciation. All these are symptoms of becoming free from the contamination of the material qualities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in answering Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's question, went on to cite an historical instance regarding Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's g
randfather, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. He said that after finishing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7vamedha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice in th
e great sacrificial arena, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, in the presence of great authorities, enquired on that very same point: how is it that the devotees of Lord \'c7iva become materially opulent, whereas the devotees of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu do not? \'c7ukadeva
 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 specifically referred to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira as "your grandfather" so that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it would be encouraged to think that he was related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that his grandfathers were intimately connected with the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always very satisfied by nature, when this question was asked by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira He became even more satisfied because t
hese questions and their answers would bear a great meaning for the entire K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society. Whenever Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks about something to a specific devotee, it is not only meant for that devotee, but for the entire human societ
y. Instructions by the Supreme Personality of Godhead are important even to the demigods, headed by Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and others, and anyone who does not take advantage of the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who descends wi
thin this world for the benefit of all living entities, is certainly very unfortunate. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba answered the question of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira as follows: "If I especially favor a devotee and especially wish to care for him, the 
first thing I do is take away his riches." When the devotee becomes a penniless pauper or is put into a comparatively poverty-stricken position, his relatives and family members no longer take interest in him, and in most cases they give up their connect
ion with him. The devotee then becomes doubly unhappy. First of all he becomes unhappy because his riches have been taken away by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he is made even more unhappy when his relatives desert him because of his poverty-stricken position. We 
should note, however, that when a devotee falls into a miserable condition in this way, it is not due to past impious activities, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-phala;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the poverty-stricken position of the devotee is a creation of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly, when a devotee becomes materially opulent, that is also not due to his pious activities. In eith
er case, whether the devotee becomes poorer or richer, the arrangement is made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This arrangement is especially made by K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His devotee just to make him completely dependent upon Him and to free him fro
m all material obligations. He can then concentrate his energies, mind and body\'97everything\'97for the service of the Lord, and that is pure devotional service. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r
ada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is therefore explained, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmuktam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "being freed from all designations." Works performed for family, society, community, nation, or humanity are all designated: "I belong to this society," "I belong to this community," "I
 belong to this nation," "I belong to this species of life." Such identities are all merely designations. When, by the grace of the Lord, a devotee becomes freed from all designation, his devotional service is actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1karma. J\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are very much attracted by the position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which one's actions no longer have material effect. When the devotee's actions are freed from effects, they are no longer in the cate
gory of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-phalam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or fruitive activities. As explained before by 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  the unhappiness and distress of a devotee are produced by the Personality of Godhead for the devotee,
 and the devotee therefore does not care whether he is in happiness or in distress. He goes on with his duties in executing devotional service. Although his behavior seems to be subject to the action and reaction of fruitive activities, he is actually fr
eed from the results of action. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It may be questioned why a devotee is put into such tribulation by the Personality of Godhead. The answer is that this kind of arrangement by the Lord is just like 
the father's sometimes becoming unkind to his sons. Because the devotee is a surrendered soul and is taken charge of by the Supreme Lord, whenever the Lord puts him into any condition of life\'97either in distress or happiness\'97it is to be understood t
hat behind this arrangement there is a large plan designed by the Personality of Godhead. For example, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba put the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas into a distressed condition so acute that even Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma could not comprehend how such dis
tress could occur. He lamented that although the whole P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava family was headed by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the most pious king, and protected by the two great warriors Bh\'e9ma and Arjuna, and although, above all, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were all
 intimate friends and relatives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they still had to undergo such tribulations. Later on, however, it was proved that this was planned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba as part of His great mission to annihilate th
e miscreants and protect the devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another question may be raised: Since a devotee is put into different kinds of happy and distressful conditions by the arrangement of the Personality of Godhead, an
d a common man is put into such conditions as a result of his past deeds, then what is the difference? How is the devotee any better than the ordinary }{\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 answer is that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and the devotees are not on the same level. In whatever condition of life 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  may be, he continues in the cycle of birth and death because the seed 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  or f
ruitive activity, is there, and it fructifies whenever there is opportunity. By 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  
a common man is perpetually entangled in repeated birth and death, whereas a devotee's distress and happiness, not being under the laws 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  are part of a temporary arrangement by the Supreme Lord which does not entangle the devotee. Such an arrangement is made by the Lord only to serve a temporary purpose. If a }{\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  performs auspicious acts, he is elevated to the heavenly planets, and if he acts impiously, he is put into a hellish 
condition of life. But whether a devotee acts in a so-called pious or in an impious manner, he is neither elevated nor degraded, but is transferred to the spiritual kingdom. Therefore a devotee's happiness and distress and a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  happiness and distress are not on the same level. This fact is corroborated by a speech by Yamar\'e4ja to his serva
nts in connection with the liberation of Aj\'e4mila. Yamar\'e4ja advised his followers that persons who have never uttered the holy name of the Lord nor remembered the form, quality and pastimes of the Lord should be approached by his watchguards. Yamar
\'e4ja also advised his servants never to approach the devotees. On the contrary, he instructed his messengers that if they meet a devotee they should offer their respectful obeisances. So there is no question of a devotee's being promoted or degraded wi
thin this material world. As there is a gulf of difference between the punishment awarded by the mother and the punishment awarded by an enemy, so a devotee's distressed condition is not the same as the distressed condition of a common }{\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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here another question may be raised. If God is all-powerful, why should He try to reform His devotee by putting him into distress? The answer is that when the Supre
me Personality of Godhead puts His devotee into a condition of distress, it is not without purpose. Sometimes the purpose is that in distress a devotee's feelings of attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba are magnified. For example, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, before lea
ving the capital of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas for His home, was asking for permission to leave, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in our distressed condition You are always present with us. Now, because we have been elevated to a royal position,
 You are leaving us. I would therefore prefer to live in distress than to lose You." When a devotee is put into a situation of distress, his devotional activities are accelerated. Therefore, to show special favor to a devotee, the Lord sometimes puts him
 into distress. Besides that, it is stated that the sweetness of happiness is sweeter to those who have tasted bitterness. The Supreme Lord descends to this material world just to protect His devotees from distress. In other words, if devotees were not i
n a distressed condition, the Lord would not have come down. As for His killing the demons or the miscreants, this can be easily done by His various energies, just as many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asur
as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are killed by His external energy, goddess Durg\'e4. Therefore the Lord does not need to come down personally to kill such demons, but when His devotee is in distress He mu
st come. Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva appeared not to kill Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu but to see Prahl\'e4da and to give him blessings. In other words, because Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was put into very great distress, the Lord appeared. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When, after the dense, dark night, there is finally sunrise in the morning, it is very pleasant. When there is scorching heat, cold water is very pleasant. And when
 there is freezing winter, hot water is very pleasant. Similarly, when a devotee, after experiencing the condition of the material world, relishes the spiritual happiness awarded by the Lord, his position becomes still more pleasant and enjoyable. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continued: "When My devotee is bereft of all material riches and is deserted by his relatives, friends and family members, because he has no one to look af
ter him, he completely takes shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord." \'c7r\'e9la Narottamad\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur has sung in this connection, "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, You are now standing before me along with \'c7r\'e9ma
t\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu. I am now surrendering unto You. Please accept me. Please do not kick me away. I have no shelter other than You." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is thus put into so-called miserable conditions and is bereft of riches and family, he tries to revive his original position of material opulence. Bu
t although he tries again and again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba again and again takes away all his resources. Thus he finally becomes disappointed in material activities, and in that stage of frustration in all endeavors, he can fully surrender unto the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead. Such persons are advised by the Lord from within to associate with devotees. By associating with devotees they naturally become inclined to render service to the Personality of Godhead, and they immediately get all facilities from the
 Lord to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The non-devotees, however, are very careful about preserving their material condition of life. Generally, therefore, such nondevotees do not come to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but worship
 Lord \'c7iva or other demigods for immediate material profit. 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 s
aid, therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4\'ebk\'f1anta\'f9 karma\'eb\'e4\'e0 siddhi\'e0 yajanta iha devat\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in order to achieve success within this material world, worship the various demigods
. It is also stated by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba that those who worship the demigods are not mature in their intelligence. The devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, therefore, because of their strong attachment for Him, do not foolishly go to the dem
igods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira: "My devotee is not deterred by any adverse conditions of life; he always remains firm and steady. Therefore I gi
ve Myself to him, and I favor him so he can achieve the highest success in life." The mercy bestowed upon the tried devotee by the Supreme Personality is described as }{\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  which indicates that the greatness of that mercy can be compared only to the all-pervasive greatness. }{\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  means unlimitedly great and unlimitedly expanding. That mercy is also described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub parama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for it has no comparison within this material world, and it is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'fck\'f1mam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very fine. The Lord's mercy upon the tried devotee is not only great and unlimitedly expansive, but it is of the finest quality of transcendental love between th
e devotee and the Lord. Such mercy is further described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cinm\'e4tram,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  completely spiritual. Th
e use of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4tram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates absolute spirituality, with no tinge of material qualities.
 That mercy is also called }{\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  eternal, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anantakam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unlimited. Since the devotee of the Lord is awarded such unlimited spiritual benefit, why should he worship the demigods? A devotee of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba does not worship Lord \'c7iva or Brahm\'e4 or any other subordinate demigod. He completely devotes himself to the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued: "The demigods, headed by Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva and including Lord Indra, Candra, Varu\'eba and others, are apt to bec
ome very quickly satisfied and very quickly angered by the good and ill behavior of their devotees. But this is not so with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu," This means that any living entity within this material world, including the demi
gods, is conducted by the three modes of material nature, and therefore the qualities of ignorance and passion are very prominent within the material world. Those devotees who take blessings from the demigods are also infected with the material qualities
, especially passion and ignorance. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has therefore 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that to take blessings from the demigods is less intelligent because whe
n one takes benedictions from the demigods, the results of such benedictions are temporary. It is easy to get material opulence by worshiping the demigods, but the result is sometimes disastrous. As such, the benedictions derived from demigods are apprec
iated by the less intelligent class of men. Persons who derive benedictions from the demigods gradually become puffed up with material opulence and neglectful of their benefactors. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 addressed King Par\'e9k\'f1it thus: "My dear King, Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and Lord \'c7iva, the principal trio of the material 
creation, are able to bless or to curse anyone. Of this trio, Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva become very easily satisfied, and at the same time they become very easily angered. When they are satisfied they give benedictions without any consideration, an
d when they are angry, they curse the devotee without any consideration. But Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is not like that. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is very considerate. Whenever a devotee wants something from Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu first of all considers whethe
r such a benediction will ultimately be good for the devotee. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu never bestows any benediction which will ultimately prove disastrous to the devotee, He is, by His transcendental nature, always merciful; therefore, before giving any benedic
tion, He considers whether it will prove beneficial for the devotee. Since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always merciful, even when it appears that He has killed a demon, or even when He apparently becomes angry toward a devotee, His actions are 
always auspicious. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is therefore known as all-good. Whatever He does is good.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for the benedictions given by demigods like Lord \'c7iva, there is the following historical incident cited by great sages. Once, Lord \'c7iva, after giving bened
iction to a demon named V\'e5k\'e4sura, the son of \'c7akuni, was himself entrapped in a very dangerous position. V\'e5k\'e4sura was searching after a benediction and was trying to decide which of the three presiding deities to worship in order to get it
. In the meantime he happened to meet the great sage N\'e4rada and consulted with him as to whom he should approach to achieve quick results from his austerity. He inquired, "Of the three deities, namely Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and Lord \'c7iva,
 who is most quickly satisfied?" N\'e4rada could understand the plan of the demon, and he advised him, "You had better worship Lord \'c7iva; then you will quickly get the desired result. Lord \'c7iva is very quickly satisfied and very quickly dissatisfie
d also. So you try to satisfy Lord \'c7iva." N\'e4rada also cited instances wherein demons like R\'e4va\'eba and B\'e4\'eb\'e4sura were enriched with great opulences simply by satisfying Lord \'c7iva with prayers. Because the great sage N\'e4rada was awa
re of the nature of the demon V\'e5k\'e4sura, he did not advise him to approach Vi\'f1\'ebu or Lord Brahm\'e4. Persons such as V\'e5k\'e4sura who are situated in the material mode of ignorance, cannot stick to the worship of Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After receiving instruction from N\'e4rada, the demon V\'e5k\'e4sura went to Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha. The pilgrimage site of Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha still exists near Kashmere.
 It is almost always covered by snow, but for part of the year, during the month of July, it is possible to see the deity, and devotees go there to offer their respects. Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha is for the devotees of Lord \'c7iva. According to the Vedic princi
ple, when something is offered to the deities to eat, it is offered in a fire. Therefore a fire sacrifice is necessary in all sorts of ceremonies. It is specifically stated 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  that gods are to be offered something to eat through the fire. The demon V\'e5k\'e4sura therefore went to Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha and ignited a sacrificial
 fire to please Lord \'c7iva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After igniting the fire in the name of \'c7iva, he began to offer his own flesh, by cutting it from his body so as to please Lord \'c7iva. Here is an instance of wo
rship in the mode of ignorance. 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 [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.9}{\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  different types of sacrifice are mentioned. Some sacrifices are in the mode of goodness, some are in the mode of passion, and some are in the mode of ignorance. There are different kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and worship because there are different kinds of people within this world. But the ultimate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, 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  and the topmost sacrifice. As 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.65]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 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  is to think always of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba within the heart, and the topmost sacrifice is to perfo
rm 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  
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.20}{\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  it is stated that the worshipers of the demigods have lost their intelligence. As will be revealed later in this chapter, V\'e5k\'e4sura wanted to s
atisfy Lord \'c7iva for a third-class materialistic objective, which was temporary and without real benefit. 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  or persons within the mode of ignorance will accept such benedictions from the demigods. In complete contrast to this sacrifice in the modes of ignorance, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub arcan\'e4-viddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process for worshiping Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very simple. 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  }{\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  that He accepts from His devotee even a little fruit, a flower or some water, which can be gathered by any person, poor or rich. Of course, those who are rich are not expected to offer only a little water
, a little piece of fruit or a little leaf to the Lord. A rich man should offer according to his position, but if the devotee happens to be a very poor man the Lord will accept even the most meager offering. The worship of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is very simple, and it can be executed by anyone in this world. But worship in the mode of ignorance, as exhibited by V\'e5k\'e4sura, is not only very difficult and painful, but it is also a useless waste of time. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 that the worshipers of the demigods are bereft of intelligence; their process of worship is ve
ry difficult, and at the same time the result obtained is flickering and temporary. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although V\'e5k\'e4sura continued his sacrifice for six days, he was nevertheless unable to personally see Lord \'c7iva, which was his objective; he wanted to see h
im face to face and ask him for a benediction. Here is another contrast between a demon and a devotee. A devotee is confident that whatever he offers to the Deity in full devotional service is accepted by the Lord, but a demon wants to see his worshipabl
e deity face to face so that he can directly take the benediction. A devotee, however, does not worship Vi\'f1\'ebu or Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for any benediction. Therefore a devotee is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ak\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  free of desire, and a nondevotee is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or desirous of everything. On the seventh day, the demon V\'e5k\'e4sura decided that he should cut off his head and offer it to satisfy Lord \'c7iva. Thus he took bath in the nearby lake
, and without drying his body and hair, he prepared to cut off his head. According to the Vedic system, an animal which is to be offered as a sacrifice has to be bathed first, and while the animal is wet he is sacrificed. When the demon was thus preparin
g to cut off his head, Lord \'c7iva became very compassionate. This compassion, however, is a symptom of the quality of goodness. Lord \'c7iva is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trili\'ecga.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore his manifestation of the nature of compassion is a sign of the quality of goodness. This compassion, however, is present in every living entity. The compassion of Lord \'c7
iva was aroused because the demon was offering his flesh to the sacrificial fire. This is natural compassion. Even if a common man sees someone preparing to commit suicide, it is his duty to try to save him. He does so automatically. There is no need to 
appeal to him. Therefore when Lord \'c7iva appeared from the fire to check the demon from suicide, it was not as a very great favor to him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon was saved from committing suicide by the touch of Lord \'c7iva; his bodily injuries immediately healed, and his body became as it was before. Then Lord 
\'c7iva told the demon, "My dear V\'e5k\'e4sura, you do not need to cut off your head. You can ask from me any benediction you like, and I shall fulfill your desire. I do not know why you wanted to cut off your head to satisfy me. I become satisfied even
 by an offering of a little water." Actually, according to the Vedic process, the \'c7iva }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub li\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 in the temple or the form of Lord \'c7iva in the temple is worshiped simply by offering Ganges water because it is said that Lord \'c7iva is greatly satisfied when Ganges water is poured upon his head. Generally, devotees offer Ganges water and the leav
es of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bilva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, which are especially meant for offering to Lord \'c7iva and the goddess Dur
g\'e4. The fruit of this tree also is offered to Lord \'c7iva. Lord \'c7iva assured V\'e5k\'e4sura that he becomes satisfied by a very simple process of worship. Why then was he so anxious to cut off his head, and why was he taking so much pain by cuttin
g his body to pieces and offering it in the fire? There was no need of such severe penances. Anyway, out of compassion and sympathy, Lord \'c7iva prepared to give him any benediction he liked. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the demon was offered this facility by Lord \'c7iva, he asked for a very fearful and abominable benediction. The demon was very sinful, and sinful persons do n
ot know what sort of benediction should be asked from the deity. Therefore he asked Lord \'c7iva to be benedicted with such power that as soon as he would touch anyone's head, immediately it would crack, and the man would die. The demons are 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5tinas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or miscreants. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means very meritorious, but when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is added, it me
ans abominable. Instead of surrendering unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5tinas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  worship different demigods in order to derive abominable material benefits. Sometimes such demons as material scientists discover lethal weapons. They cannot show their meritorious power by discovering something which can save man from death
, but instead they discover weapons which accelerate the process of death. Because Lord \'c7iva is powerful enough to give any benediction, the demon could have asked of him something beneficial for human society, but for his personal interest he asked t
hat anyone whose head would be touched by his hand would at once die. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva could understand the motive of the demon, and he was very sorry that he had assured him whatever benediction he liked. He would not withdraw his promis
e, but he was very sorry in his heart that he was to offer him a benediction so dangerous to human society. The demons are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5tinas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , miscreants, because although they have brain power and merit, the merit and brain power are used for abominable activities. Sometimes, for example, the materialistic demons discover a lethal weapo
n. The scientific research for such a discovery certainly requires a very good brain, but instead of discovering something beneficial to human society, they discover something to accelerate the death which is already assured to every man. Similarly, V
\'e5k\'e4sura, instead of asking Lord \'c7iva for something beneficial to human society, asked for something very dangerous to human society. Therefore Lord \'c7iva felt sorry within himself. Devotees of the Personality of Godhead, however, never ask any
 benediction from Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and even if they ask something from the Lord, it is not at all dangerous for human society. That is the difference between the demons and the devotees, or the worshipers of Lord \'c7iva and the worshi
pers of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was narrating the history of V\'e5k\'e4sura, he addressed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  referring to King Par\'e9k\'f1it's birth in a family of devotees. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was saved by Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba while he was in his mother's womb. Similarly, he could have asked Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to save him from the curse of 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  but he did not do so. The demon, however, wanted to become immortal by killing everyone with the touch of his hand. Lord \'c7iva could understand this, but because he had promised, he gave him the benedic
tion. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon, however, being very sinful, immediately decided that he would use the benediction to kill Lord \'c7iva and take away Gaur\'e9 (P\'e4rvat\'e9) for his per
sonal enjoyment. He immediately decided to place his hand on the head of Lord \'c7iva. Thus Lord \'c7iva was put into an awkward position because he was endangered by his own benediction to a demon. This is also another instance of a materialistic devote
e's misusing the power derived from the demigods. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without further deliberation, the demon V\'e5k\'e4sura immediately approached Lord \'c7iva to place his hand on Lord \'c7iva's head. Lord \'c7iva was so afraid of h
im that his body trembled, and he began to flee from the land to the sky and from the sky to other planets until he reached the limits of the universe, above the higher planetary systems. Lord \'c7iva fled from one place to another, but the demon V\'e5k
\'e4sura continued to chase him. The predominating deities of other planets, such as Brahm\'e4, Indra and Candra, could not find any way to save Lord \'c7iva from the impending danger. Wherever Lord \'c7iva went, they remained silent. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At last Lord \'c7iva approached Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is situated within this universe in the planet known as \'c7vetadv\'e9pa. \'c7vetadv\'e9pa is the local Vaiku
\'eb\'f6ha planet beyond the jurisdiction of the influence of external energy. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in His all-pervasive feature remains everywhere, but wherever He remains personally is the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha atmosphere. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that the Lord remains within the heart of all living entities. As such, the Lord remains within the heart of many low-born living entities, but that does not mean that He is low-bor
n. Wherever He remains is transformed into Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. So the planet within this universe known as \'c7vetadv\'e9pa is also Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4
stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that residential quarters within the forest are in the mode of goodness, residential quarters in big cities, towns and villages are in the mode of passion, and residenti
al quarters in an atmosphere wherein indulgence in the four sinful activities of illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling predominate are in the mode of ignorance. But residential quarters in a temple of Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Lord, are in V
aiku\'eb\'f6ha. It doesn't matter where the temple is situated, but the temple itself, wherever it may be, is Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Similarly, the \'c7vetadv\'e9pa planet, although within the material jurisdiction, is Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva finally entered \'c7vetadv\'e9pa Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. In \'c7vetadv\'e9pa there are great saintly persons who are completely freed from the envious nature 
of the material world and are beyond the jurisdiction of the four principles of material activities, namely, religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Anyone who enters into that Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planet never comes back agai
n to this material world. Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is celebrated as a lover of His devotees, and as soon as He understood that Lord \'c7iva was in great danger, He appeared 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  and personally approached Lord \'c7iva to receive him from a distant place. The Lord appeared as a perfect }{\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  with a belt around His waist, sacred thread, deerskin, 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  stick and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raudra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  beads. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raudra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  beads are different from }{\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  beads. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raudra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  beads are used by the devotees of Lord \'c7iva.) Dressed 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  Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba stood before Lord \'c7iva. The shining effulgence emanating from His body attracted not only Lord \'c7iva but also the demon V\'e5k\'e4sura. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba offered his respects and obeisances unto V\'e5k\'e4sura, just to attract his sympathy and attention. Thus checking the demon, the Lord addres
sed him as follows: "My dear son of \'c7akuni, you appear to be very tired, as if coming from a very distant place. What is your purpose? Why have you come so far? I see that you are very tired and fatigued, so I request you to take a little rest. You sh
ould not unnecessarily tire your body. Everyone greatly values his body because with this body only can one fulfill all the desires of one's mind. We should not, therefore, unnecessarily give trouble to this 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 brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  addressed V\'e5k\'e4sura as the son of \'c7akuni just to convince him that He was known to his father, \'c7akuni. V\'e5k\'e4sura then took 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  to be someone known to his family, and therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sympathetic words appealed to him. Before the demon could argue that he had no time to take rest, the Lord began to inform him about the importance of the body, and the demon was convinced. Any man
, especially a demon, takes his body to be very important. Thus V\'e5k\'e4sura became convinced about the importance of his body. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, just to pacify the demon, 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  told him, "My dear lord, if you think that you can disclose the mission for which you have taken the trouble to come here, maybe I shall be able to help you so that your purpose will be easily served." In
directly, the Lord informed him that because the Lord is the Supreme Brahman, certainly He would be able to adjust the awkward situation created by Lord \'c7iva. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon was greatly pacified by the sweet words of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in the form of 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  and at last he disclosed all that had happened in regard to the benediction offered by Lord \'c7iva. The Lord replied to the demon as follows: "I
 myself cannot believe that Lord \'c7iva has in truth given you such a benediction. As far as I know, Lord \'c7iva is not in a sane mental condition. He had a quarrel with his father-in-law Dak\'f1a, and he has been cursed to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pi\'e7\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (ghost). Thus he has become the leader of the ghosts and hobgoblins. Therefore I cannot put any faith i
n his words. But if you have faith still in the words of Lord \'c7iva, my dear king of the demons, then why don't you make an experiment by putting your hand on your head? If the benediction proves false, then you can immediately kill this liar, Lord 
\'c7iva, so that in the future he will not dare to give out false benedictions." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, by Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba's sweet words and by the expansion of His superior illusion, the demon became bewildered, and he actually forgot the power of
 Lord \'c7iva and his benediction. He was thus very easily persuaded to put his hand on his own head. As soon as the demon did that, his head cracked, as if struck by thunder, and he immediately died. The demigods from heaven began to shower flowers on L
ord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, praising Him with all glories and all thanksgiving, and they offered their obeisances to the Lord. On the death of V\'e5k\'e4sura, all the denizens in the higher planetary systems, namely, the demigods, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pit\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Gandharvas and the inhabitants of Janaloka, began to shower flowers on the Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in the form of 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  released Lord \'c7iva from the impending danger and saved the whole situation. Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba then informed Lord \'c7iva that this demon, V\'e5k\'e4sura, was killed as the result of his sinful act
ivities. He was especially sinful and offensive because he wanted to experiment on his own master, Lord \'c7iva. Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba then told Lord \'c7iva, "My dear lord, a person who commits an offense to great souls cannot continue to exist. He bec
omes vanquished by his own sinful activities, and this is certainly true of this demon, who has committed such an offensive act against you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, who is transcendental to all material qualities, Lord \'c7iva was saved from being kille
d by a demon. Anyone who hears this history with faith and devotion certainly becomes liberated from material entanglement as well as from the clutches of his enemies. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Thirty-third 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  "Deliverance of Lord \'c7iva."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-34 / The Superexcellent Power 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 34 /  The Superexcellent Power o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Long, long ago, there was an assembly of great sages on the bank of the River Sarasvat\'e9, and they performed a great sacrifice of the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satrayaj\'efa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In such assemblies, the great sages present usually discuss Vedic subject matters and philosophical topi
cs, and in this particular meeting the following question was raised: The three predominating deities of this material world, namely, Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and Lord \'c7iva, are directing all the affairs of the this cosmos, but who among them 
is the Supreme? After much discussion on this question, the great sage named Bh\'e5gu, who is the son of Lord Brahm\'e4, was deputed to test all three predominating deities and report to the assembly as to who is the greatest. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being thus deputed, the great sage Bh\'e5gumuni first of all went to his father's residence in Brahm\'e4loka. The three deities are the controllers of the three mat
erial qualities, namely the qualities of goodness, passion and ignorance. The plan decided upon by the sages was for Bh\'e5gu to test which of the predominating deities possesses the quality of goodness in full. Therefore, when Bh\'e5gumuni reached his f
ather, Lord Brahm\'e4, because he wanted to test whether he had the quality of goodness, he purposely did not offer his respects to his father either by offering obeisances or by offering prayers. It is the duty of a son or a disciple to offer respects a
nd recite suitable prayers when he approaches his father or spiritual master. But Bh\'e5gumuni purposefully failed to offer respects, just to see Lord Brahm\'e4's reaction to this negligence. Lord Brahm\'e4 was very angry at his son's impudency, and he s
howed signs which definitely proved this to be so. He was even prepared to condemn Bh\'e5gu by cursing him, but because Bh\'e5gu was his son, Lord Brahm\'e4 controlled his anger with his great intelligence. This means that although the quality of passion
 was prominent in Lord Brahm\'e4, he had the power to control it. Lord Brahm\'e4's anger and his controlling his anger are likened to fire and water. Water is produced from fire, but at the same time, fire can be extinguished with water. Similarly, altho
ugh Lord Brahm\'e4 was very angry due to his quality of passion, he could still control his passion because Bh\'e5gumuni was his son. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After testing Lord Brahm\'e4, Bh\'e5gumuni went directly to the planet Kail\'e4sa, where Lord \'c7iva resides. Bh\'e5gumuni happened to be Lord \'c7iva's brother. T
herefore, as soon as Bh\'e5gumuni approached, Lord \'c7iva became very glad and personally rose to embrace him. But when Lord \'c7iva approached, Bh\'e5gumuni refused to embrace him. "My dear brother," he said, "you are always very impure. Because you sm
ear your body with ashes, you are therefore not very clean. Please do not touch me." When Bh\'e5gumuni refused to embrace his brother, saying that Lord \'c7iva was very impure, the latter became very angry with him. It is said that an offense can be comm
itted either with the body, with the mind or by speech. Bh\'e5gumuni's first offense, committed towards Lord Brahm\'e4, was an offense with the mind. His second offense, committed towards Lord \'c7iva by insulting him, criticizing him for unclean habits,
 was an offense by speech. Because the quality of ignorance is prominent in Lord \'c7iva, when he heard Bh\'e5gu's insult, his eyes immediately became red with anger. With uncontrollable rage, he took up his trident and prepared to kill Bh\'e5gumuni. At 
that time, Lord \'c7iva's wife, P\'e4rvat\'e9, was present. Her personality is a mixture of the three qualities, and therefore she is called Trigu\'ebamay\'e9. In this case, she saved the situation by evoking Lord \'c7iva's quality of goodness. She fell 
down at the feet of her husband, and with her sweet words she talked him out of killing Bh\'e5gumuni. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After being saved from the anger of Lord \'c7iva, Bh\'e5gumuni went directly to the planet \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, where Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu was lying on a bed of flowers, a
ccompanied by His wife, the goddess of fortune, who was engaged in massaging His lotus feet. There Bh\'e5gumuni purposely committed the greatest sin by offending Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu by his bodily activities. The first offense committed by Bh\'e5gumuni was m
ental, the second offense was vocal, and the third offense was corporal. These different offenses are progressively greater in degree. An offense committed within the mind is a positive offense, the same offense, committed verbally is comparitively more 
grave, and when committed by bodily action it is superlative in offensiveness. So Bh\'e5gumuni committed the greatest offense by touching the chest of the Lord with his foot in the presence of the goddess of fortune. Of course, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is all-me
rciful. He did not become angry at the activities of Bh\'e5gumuni because Bh\'e5gumuni 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  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  is to be excused even if he sometimes commits an offense, a
nd Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu set the example. Yet it is said that from the time of this incident, the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, has not been very favorably disposed 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  and therefore because the goddess of fortune witholds her benedictions from them, 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 generally very poor. Bh\'e5gumuni's touching the chest of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu with his foot was certainly a great offense, but Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is
 so great that He did not care. The so-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  of the Kali-yuga are sometimes very
 proud that they can touch the chest of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu with their feet. But when Bh\'e5gumuni touched the chest of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu with his feet, it was different because although it was the greatest offense, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, being greatly magnanimou
s, did not take it very seriously. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Instead of being angry or cursing Bh\'e5gumuni, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu immediately got up from His bed along with His wife, the goddess of fortune, and offered respectful
 obeisances 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  He addressed Bh\'e5gumuni as follows: "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  it is a great blessing for Me that you have come here. Please, therefore, sit down on this c
ushion for a few minutes. 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 sorry that when you first entered I c
ould not receive you properly. It was a great offense on My part, and I beg you to pardon Me. You are so pure and great that the water which washes your feet can purify even the places of pilgrimage. Therefore, I request you to purify the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha
 planet where I live with My associates. My dear father, O great sage, I know that your feet are very soft, like a lotus flower, and that My chest is as hard as a thunderbolt. I am therefore afraid that you may have felt some pain by touching My chest wi
th your feet. Let Me therefore touch your feet to relieve the pain you have suffered." Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu then began to massage the feet of Bh\'e5gumuni. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continued to address Bh\'e5gumuni. "My dear lord," He said, "My chest has now become sanctified because of the touch of your feet, and I am now assured tha
t the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, will be very glad to live there perpetually." Another name for Lak\'f1m\'e9 is Ca\'efcal\'e4. She does not stay in one place for a long time. Therefore, we see that a rich man's family sometimes becomes poor after 
a few generations, and sometimes we see that a poor man's family becomes very rich. Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune, is Ca\'efcal\'e4 in this material world, whereas in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets she eternally lives at the lotus feet of the Lord. B
ecause Lak\'f1m\'e9 is famous as Ca\'efcal\'e4, Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba indicated that she might not have been living perpetually by His chest, but because His chest had been touched by the feet of Bh\'e5gumuni, it was now sanctified, and there was no cha
nce that the goddess of fortune would leave. Bh\'e5gumuni, however, could understand his position and that of the Lord, and he was struck with wonder at the behavior of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because of his gratitude, his voice choked up, an
d he was not able to reply to the words of the Lord. Tears glided from his eyes, and he could not say anything. He simply stood silently before the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After testing Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Bh\'e5gumuni returned to the assembly of great sages on the bank of the River Sarasvat\'e9 and desc
ribed his experience. After hearing him with great attention, the sages concluded that of all the predominating deities, certainly Vi\'f1\'ebu is situated in the mode of goodness in the highest degree. 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  these great sages are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
brahma-v\'e4din\'e4m. Brahm\'e4-v\'e4din\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means those who talk about the Absolute Truth but have not yet come to a conclusion. Generally }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-v\'e4d\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the impersonalists or to those who are students 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  It is to be understood, therefore, that all the gathered sages were serious students of Vedic literature, but had not come to de
finite conclusions as to who is the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing of Bh\'e5gumuni\'92s experience in meeting all three predominating deities, Lord \'c7iva, Lord Brahm\'e4, and Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the sages concluded th
at Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the Supreme Truth, the Personality of Godhead. It is said 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.89.8-9]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that after hearing the details from Bh\'e5gumuni, the sages wer
e astonished because although Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva were immediately agitated, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, in spite of being kicked by Bh\'e5gumuni, was not agitated in the least. The example is given that small lamps may become agitated by a little bree
ze, but the greatest lamp or the greatest illuminating source, the sun, is never moved, even by the greatest hurricane. One\'92s greatness has to be estimated by one\'92s ability to tolerate provoking situations. The sages gathered on the bank of the Riv
er Sarasvat\'e9 concluded that if anyone wants actual peace and freedom from all fearfulness, he should take shelter of the lotus feet of Vi\'f1\'ebu. If Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva lost their peaceful attitude upon a slight provocation, how could th
ey maintain the peace and tranquility of their devotees? As for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, however, 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that anyone who accepts Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1
\'eba as the supreme friend attains the highest perfection of peaceful life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sages thus concluded that by following the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava-dharma,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one becomes actually perfect. But if one follows all the religious principles of a particular sect and does not become advanced in understanding the Supreme Personality of Godh
ead, Vi\'f1\'ebu, all such labor of love is fruitless. To execute religious principles means to come to the platform of perfect knowledge. If one comes to the platform of perfect knowledge, then he will be disinterested in material affairs. Perfect knowl
edge means to know one's own self and to know the Supreme Self. The Supreme Self and the individual self, although one in quality, are different in quantity. This analytical understanding of knowledge is perfect. Simply to understand, "I am not matter; I
 am spirit," is not perfect knowledge. The real religious principle is devotional service, or }{\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  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  }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Give up all other rel
igious principles and simply surrender unto Me." Therefore, the term }{\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  applies only to the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava-dharma}{\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 bhagavad-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  following which all other good qualities and advancements in life are automatically achieved. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The highest perfectional knowledge is to know the Supreme Lord. He cannot be understood by any process of religion other than devotional service; therefore, the imm
ediate result of perfect knowledge is achieved by executing devotional service. After attainment of knowledge, one becomes disinterested in the material world. This is not because of dry philosophical speculation. The devotees become disinterested in the
 material world, not simply because of theoretical understanding, but practical experience. When a devotee realizes the effect of association with the Supreme Lord, he naturally hates the association of so-called society, friendship and love. This detach
ment is not dry, but is due to achieving a higher status of life by relishing transcendental mellows. It is further 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  that after attainment of such knowledge and detachment from material sense gratification, one's advancement in the eight opulences attained by mystic }{\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, namely the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'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 pr\'e4pti siddhis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc., 
are also achieved without separate effort. The perfect example is Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ambar\'e9\'f1a. He was not a mystic }{\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  but was a great devotee, yet in a disagreement with Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ambar\'e9\'f1a, the great mystic Durv\'e4s\'e4 was defeated in the presence of his devotional attitude. In other words, a devotee does not need to practice th
e mystic }{\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 to achieve power. The power is behind him by the grace of the Lord, just as 
when a small child is surrendered to a powerful father, all the powers of the father are behind him. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person becomes famous as a devotee of the Lord, his reputation is never to be extinguished. Lord Caitanya, when discoursing with R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, que
stioned, "What is the greatest fame?" R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya replied that to be known as a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the perfect fame. The conclusion, therefore, is that Vi\'f1\'ebu-}{\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 the religion of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is meant for persons who are thoughtful. By proper utilization of th
oughtfulness, one comes to the stage of thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one becomes free from the contamination of the faulty association of the material world, and thus one becomes peace
ful. The world is in a disturbed condition because of a scarcity of such peaceful devotees in human society. Unless one is a devotee, one cannot be equal to all living entities. A devotee is equally disposed towards the animals, the human beings and all 
living entities because he sees every living entity as a part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. In 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
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\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\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is clearly stated that one who has come to the stage of seeing all living beings equally does not hate anyone or favor anyone. The devotee does not hanker to possess more than he requires. Devotees are therefore }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in any condition of life a devotee is satisfied. It is said that a devotee is evenminded whethe
r he is in hell or in heaven. A devotee is callous to all subjects other than his engagement in devotional service. This mode of life is the highest perfectional stage, from which one can be elevated to the spiritual world, back home, back to Godhead. Th
e devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are especially attracted by the highest material quality, goodness, and the qualified }{\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 the symbolic representation of this goodness. Therefore, a devotee is attached to the brahminical stage of life. He is not very much interested in passion or ignorance, although these qualities 
also emanate from the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.89.14-17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the devotees are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub nipu\'eba-buddhaya\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that they are the most intelligent class of men. Uninfluenced by attachment or hatred, the devotee lives very peacefully an
d is not agitated by the influence of passion and ignorance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It may be questioned here why a devotee should be attached to the quality of goodness in the material world if he is transcendental to all material qualities. The a
nswer is that there are different kinds of people existing in the modes of material nature. Those who are in the mode of ignorance are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asas,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those in the mode of passion are called }{\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  and those in the mode of goodness are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or demigods. Under the d
irection of the Supreme Lord, these three classes of men are created by material nature, but those who are in the mode of goodness have a greater chance to be elevated to the spiritual world, back home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus all the sages who assembled on the bank of the River Sarasvat\'e9 to try to determine who is the supreme predominating Deity became freed from all doubts about
 Vi\'f1\'ebu worship. All of them thereafter engaged in devotional service, and thus they achieved the desired result and went back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are actually anxious to become liberated from material entanglement would do better to accept at once the conclusion given by \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 in the beginning 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [1.1.3]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 there that hearing 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 extremely conducive to liberation because it is spoken by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. The same fact is again confirmed by S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9: if anyone who
 is travelling aimlessly within this material world cares to hear the nectarean words spoken by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, certainly he will come to the right conclusion; simply by discharging devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead he w
ill be able to stop the fatigue of migrating from one material body to another perpetually. In other words, by proper hearing one will become fixed in loving devotional service to Vi\'f1\'ebu. He will certainly be able to get relief from this material jo
urney of life, and the process is very simple. One has to give aural reception to the sweet words spoken by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the form 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another conclusion is that we should never consider the demigods, even Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4, to be on an equal level with Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. If we do this
, then 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  we immediately become atheists. In the Vedic literature k
nown as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hariva\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also stated that only the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1
\'ebu, is to be worshiped. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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 any such Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\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 always to be chanted. In 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  Lord Brahm\'e4 says, "Both Lord \'c7iva and myself are engaged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to act in di
fferent capacities under His direction." 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\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  6.83]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also stated that the only master is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and everyone in all categories of life are servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. 
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.7}{\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  it is confirmed by the Lord that there is no truth superior to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also, in order to draw attention to the fac
t that among all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  forms, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is one hundred percent the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead, narrated the story of an incident which took place when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once upon a time, a }{\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  wife gave birth to a child. Unfortunately, however, just after being born and touching the ground, the child immediately died. 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  father took the dead child and went directly to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to the palace of the king. 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 very upset because of the untimely death of the child in the presence of his young father and mother. Thus his mind became very disturbed. Forme
rly, when there were responsible kings, up to the time of Dv\'e4para-yuga, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present, the king was liable to be blamed for the untimely death of a child in the presence of his parents. Similarly, such responsibility was there d
uring the time of Lord R\'e4macandra. As we have explained in the First 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\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [1.10.6]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 king was so responsible for the comforts of the citizens that he was to
 see that there was not even excessive heat or cold. Although there was no fault on the part of the king, 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  whose child had died immediately went to the palace door and began to accuse the king as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The present King, Ugrasena, is envious 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 !" The exact word used in this connection is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-dvi\'f1a\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who is envious 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  or one who is envious of a qualified
 }{\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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hmana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  caste is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-dvit.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So the King was accused of being }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-dvit.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He was also accu
sed of being }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7a\'f6ha-dh\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  falsely intelligent. The executive head of a state must be very 
intelligent to see to the comforts of the citizens, but, according 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  the king
 was not at all intelligent, although he was occupying the royal throne. Therefore he also called him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lubdha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  which means greedy. In other words, a king or an executive head of state should not occupy the exalted post of presidency or kingship if he is greedy and self-interested. But it is natural that an executive head becomes self-interested when 
he is attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, another word used here is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e4tmana\'f9.}{\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 br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  also accused the king of being }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atra-bandhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to a person born in th
e family of }{\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  or the royal order who is without the qualifications of a royal personal
ity. A king should protect brahminical culture and should be very alert to the welfare of his citizens; he should not be greedy due to attachment to material enjoyment. If a person with no qualifications represents himself as 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  of the royal order, he is not called 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  but a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atra-bandhu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, if a person is born 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  father but 
has no brahminical qualification, he is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bandhu,}{\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 dvija-bandhu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that 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 }{\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  is
 not accepted simply by birth. One has to qualify himself for the particular position; only then is he 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  or 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  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  accused the King that his newly born baby was dead due to the disqualifications of the king. 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  took it most unnaturally, and therefore he held the king to be responsible. We also find in Vedic history that if 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 were irresponsible, sometimes a consulting board 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  maintained by the monarchy would dethrone him. Considering all these points, it appears that the post of monarch in the Vedic civilization is a very responsible one. 
\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  therefore said, "No one should offer respects or worship to a king whose only business is envy. Such a king spends his time either hunting and killing animals in the forest or killing citizens for criminal acts. He has no self-control and po
ssesses bad character. If such a king is worshiped or honored by the citizens, the citizens will never be happy. They will always remain poor, full of anxieties and aggrievement, and always unhappy." Although in modern politics the post of monarch is abo
lished, the president is not held responsible for the comforts of the citizens. In this age of Kali, the executive head of a state somehow or other gets votes and is elected to an exalted post, but the condition of the citizens continues to be full of an
xiety, distress, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction. 
\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's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  second child was also born dead, and the third also. He had nine children, and each of them was born dead, and each time he came to the gate of the palace to accuse the King. When 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  came to accuse the King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 for the ninth time, Arjuna happened to be present with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. On hearing that 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  was accusing the King of not properly protecting him, Arjuna became inquisitive and app
roached 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  He 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  why do you say that there are no proper }{\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  to protect the citizens of your country? Is there not even someone who can pretend to be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1a
triya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who can carry a bow and arrow at least to make a show of protection? Do you think that all the royal personalities in this country simply engage in performing sacrifice
s with 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  but have no chivalrous power?" Thus Arjuna indicated that }{\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 not sit back comfortably and engage only in performing Vedic rituals. Rather, they must 
be very chivalrous in protecting the citizens. }{\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  being engaged in spiritual activi
ties, are not expected to do anything which requires physical endeavor. Therefore, they need to be protected by 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  so that they will not be disturbed in the execution of their higher occupational duties. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If 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  feel unwanted separation from their wives and children," Arjuna continued, "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  kings do not take care of them, then such }{\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 to be considered no m
ore than stage players. In dramatical performances in the theater, an actor may play the part of a king, but no one expects any benefits from such a make-believe king. Similarly, if the king or the executive head of a state cannot give protection to the 
head of the social structure, he is considered merely a bluffer. Such executive heads simply live for their own livelihood while occupying exalted posts as chiefs of state. My lord, I promise that I shall give protection to your children, and if I am una
ble to do so, then I shall enter into blazing fire so that the sinful contamination which has infected me will be counteracted." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing Arjuna speak in this way, 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, "My dear Arjuna, Lord Balar\'e4ma is present, but He could not give protection to my children. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also present, but He also could not give them protection. There are al
so many other heroes, such as Pradyumna and Aniruddha, carrying bows and arrows, but they could not protect my children." 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  directly hinted that Arjuna could not do that which was impossible for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He felt that Arjuna was promising something beyond his power. 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  said, "I consider your promise to be like that of an inexperienced child. I cannot put my faith in your promise
." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna then understood that 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  had lost all faith in 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  kings. Therefore, 
to encourage him, Arjuna spoke as if criticizing even his friend, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and others were listening, he specifically attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba by saying, "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 neither Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba nor K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sons like Pradyumna or Aniruddha. My name is Arjuna, a
nd I carry the bow known as G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va. You cannot insult me because I have satisfied even Lord \'c7iva by my prowess when we were both hunting in the forest. I had a fight with Lord \'c7iva, who appeared before me as a hunter, and when I satisf
ied him by my prowess, he gave me the weapon known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'e7upat\'e4stra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Do not doubt my chivalr
y. I shall bring back your sons even if I have to fight with death personified." When 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 assured by Arjuna in such exalted words, he somehow or other was convinced, and thus he returned home. 
\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 br\'e4hma\'eba's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wife was to give birth to another child, 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  began to chant, 
"My dear Arjuna, please come now and save my child." After hearing him, Arjuna immediately prepared himself by touching sanctified water and uttering holy }{\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  to protect his bows and arrows from danger. He specifically took the arrow which was presented to him by Lord \'c7iva, and while going out, he began to remember Lord \'c7iva and his grea
t favor. In this way, he appeared in front of the maternity home, equipped with his bow, known as G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va, and with various other weapons. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It appears that Arjuna did not leave Dv\'e4rak\'e4 because he had to fulfill his promise 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  He was called at night when 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  wife was to give birth to the child. While going to the maternity home to attend to the delivery case of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4h
ma\'eba's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wife, Arjuna remembered Lord \'c7iva, and not his friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba; he thought that since K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not give protection 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  it was better to take shelter of Lord \'c7iva. This is another instance of how a person takes shelter o
f the demigods. This is explained 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 7.20}{\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 : k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta
-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a person who loses his intelligence because of greediness and lust forgets the Supreme Personality of Godhead and takes shelter of the demigods. Of course
, Arjuna was not an ordinary living entity, but because of his friendly dealings with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was unable to give protection to the }{\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  and that he would do better to remember Lord \'c7iva. Later on it was proved that Arjuna's taking shelter of Lord \'c7iva instead of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not at all suc
cessful. Arjuna, however, did his best by chanting different }{\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  and he took up his bow to g
uard the maternity home from all directions. 
\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's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  wife delivered a male child, and as usual the child began to cry. But suddenly, within a few minutes, both the child and Arjuna's arrows disappeared in the sky. It appeared that 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  house was near K\'e5\'f1\'eba's residence and that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was enjoying everything that was taking place apparently in de
fiance of His authority. It was He who played the trick of taking away 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  baby 
as well as the arrows, including the one given by Lord \'c7iva, of which Arjuna was so proud. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tad bhavati alpamedhas\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  less intelligent men take shelter of the demigods due to bewilderment and are satisfied with the benefits they award. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the presence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and others, 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  began to accuse Arjuna: "Everyone see my foolishness! I put my faith in the words of Arjuna, who is impotent and who is expert only in false promises. How foolish I was to believe Arjuna
. He promised to protect my child when even Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Lord Balar\'e4ma and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba failed. If such great personalities could not protect my child, then who can do so? I therefore condemn Arjuna for his false promise, and I also co
ndemn his celebrated bow G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va and his impudency in declaring himself greater than Lord Balar\'e4ma, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. No one can save my child, for he has already been transferred to another planet. Due to sheer
 foolishness only, Arjuna thought that he could bring back my child from another planet." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus condemned by 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  Arjuna empowered himself with a mystic }{\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  perfection so that
 he could travel to any planet to find 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  baby. It seems that Arjuna had master
ed the mystic yogic power by which }{\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 travel to any planet they desire. He first of all
 went to the planet known as Yamaloka, where the superintendent of death, Yamar\'e4ja, lives. There he searched for 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  baby, but he was unable to find him. He then immediately went to the planet where the King of heaven, Indra, lives. When he was unable to find the baby there, he went to the planets of the fire demigods, Nair\'e5t
i, and then to the moon planet. Then he went to V\'e4yu and to Varu\'ebaloka. When he was unable to find the baby in those planets, he went down to the Ras\'e4tala planet, the lowest of the planetary systems. After traveling to all these different planet
s, he finally went to Brahmaloka, where even the mystic }{\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  cannot go. By the grace of Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna had that power, and he went above the heavenly planets to Brahmaloka. When he was unable to find the baby even after searching all possible planets, he then attempted to throw himself into a fire, as he had promised 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  if unable to bring back his baby. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, was very kind toward Arjuna b
ecause Arjuna happened to be the most intimate friend of the Lord. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba persuaded Arjuna not to enter the fire in disgrace. K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicated that since Arjuna was His friend, if he were to enter the fire in hopelessness, indirectly
 it would be a blemish on Him. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore checked Arjuna, assuring him that He would find the baby. He told Arjuna, "Do not foolishly commit suicide." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After addressing Arjuna in this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba called for His transcendental chariot. He mounted it along with Arjuna and began to proceed north. Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, could have brought the child back without effort, but we should always remember that He was playing the part of a human being. As a human being has to endeavor to achieve certain results, so Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, like an ordinary human being, or like His friend Arjuna, left Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to bring back 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  baby. By appearing in human society and exhibiting His pastimes as a human being, K\'e5\'f1\'eba definitely showed that there was not a single personality greater than He. "God is great." That is the definition of the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead. So at least within this material world, while He was present, K\'e5\'f1\'eba proved that there was no greater personality within the universe. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seated on His chariot with Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to proceed north, crossing over many planetary systems. These are 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.21.12]}{
\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 sapta-dv\'e9pa. Dv\'e9pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means island. All these planets are sometimes described in the Vedic literature as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvipas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The planet on which we are living is called Jamb\'fcdv\'e9pa. Outer space is taken as a great ocean of air, and within that great ocean of air there are many islands, which are the different planets. In each and every planet there are oceans
 also. In some of the planets, the oceans are of salt water, and in some of them there are oceans of milk. In others there are oceans of liquor, and in others there are oceans of ghee or oil. There are different kinds of mountains also. Each and every pl
anet has a different type of atmosphere. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba passed over all these planets and reached the covering of the universe. This covering 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.89.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as great darkness. This material world as a whole is described as dark. In the open space there is sunlight, and therefore it is illuminated, but in the covering, because of the absence of sunli
ght, it is naturally dark. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba approached the covering layer of this universe, the four horses which were drawing His chariot\'97\'c7aibya, Sugr\'e9va, Meghapu\'f1pa and Bal\'e4haka\'97all appeared to hesitate to enter the darkness. This 
hesitation is also a part of the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba because the horses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not ordinary. It is not possible for ordinary horses to go all over the universe and then enter into its outer covering layers. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 transcendental, similarly His chariot and His horses and everything about Him are also transcendental, beyond the qualities of this material world. We should always remember that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing the part of an ordinary human being, and His ho
rses also, by the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, played the parts of ordinary horses in hesitating to enter the darkness. 
\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, as is stated in the last portion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4. Yoge\'e7vara Hari:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all mystic powers are under His control. In our experience, we can see many human beings who have yogic mystic power. Sometimes they perform ver
y wonderful acts, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is understood to be the master of all mystic power. Therefore, when He saw that His horses were hesitant to proceed into the darkness, He immediately released His disc, known as the Sudar\'e7ana cakra, which illuminat
ed the sky a thousand times brighter than sunlight. The darkness of the covering of the universe is also a creation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and the Sudar\'e7ana cakra is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's constant companion. Thus the darkness was penetrated by His keeping th
e Sudar\'e7ana cakra in front. }{\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 [10.89.50]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  states that the Sudar\'e7ana cakra penetrated the darkness just as an arrow released from the \'c7\'e4r\'ecga bow of Lord R
\'e4macandra penetrated the army of R\'e4va\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Su}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means very nice, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub darsana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means observation; by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's disc, Sudar\'e7ana, everything can be seen very nicely
, and nothing can remain in darkness. Thus Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna crossed over the great region of darkness covering the material universes. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna then saw the effulgence of light known as 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  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  is situated outside t
he covering of the material universes, and because it cannot be seen with our present eyes, this }{\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  is sometimes called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyakta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This spiritual effulgence is the ultimate destination o
f the impersonalists known as Ved\'e4ntists. 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  is also described as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anantap\'e4ram,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unlimited and unfathomed. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna reached this region of 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  Arjuna could not tolerate the glaring effulgence, and he closed his eyes. Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's and Arjuna's reaching 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  region is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hariva\'e0\'e7a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In that portion of the Vedic literature, K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed Arjuna, "My dear Arjuna, the glaring 
effulgence, the transcendental light which you are seeing, is My bodily rays. O chief of the descendants of Bharata, this }{\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  is Myself." As the sun disc and the sunshine cannot be separated, similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His bodily rays, 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  cannot be separated. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba claimed that 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  is He Himself. This is clearly stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hariva\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 sa\'f9.}{\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 brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a combination of the minute particles known as spiritual sparks, or the living entities known as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub citkana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Vedic word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so'ham
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or "I am 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 " can also be applied to the living entities, who can also claim to belong to 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  In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hariva\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba further explains, "This }{\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  is an expansion of My spiritual energy." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna, "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  is beyond the region of My external energy, known as }{\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  When one is situated within this material world, it is not possible for him to experience this Brahman effulgence. Therefore, in the material world this effulgence is not manifested, whereas in the spiritual world, it is manifested. 
That is the purport of the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyakta-avyakta.}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.20}{\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 said }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyakto \'92vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana
\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  both these energies are eternally manifested. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna entered a vast extensive spiritual water. This spiritual water is called the K\'e4ra\'eb\'e4r\'ebava Ocean or Viraj\'e4 w
hich means that this ocean is the origin of the creation of the material world. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e5tyu\'efjaya Tantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  a Vedic literature, there is a vivid description of this K\'e4ra\'eba Ocean, or Viraj\'e4. It is stated there that the highest planetary system within the material world is Satyaloka, or Brahmaloka. Beyond that there are Rudraloka and Ma
h\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebuloka. Regarding this Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebuloka, it is 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\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [5.47]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , ya\'f9 k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4r\'ebava-jale bhajati sma yoga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1
\'ebu is lying in the K\'e4ra\'eba Ocean. When He exhales, innumerable universes come into existence, and when He inhales, innumerable universes enter within Him." In this way, the material creation is generated and again withdrawn. When Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Arjuna entered the water, it appeared that there was a strong hurricane of transcendental effulgence brewing, and the water of the K\'e4ra\'eba Ocean was greatly agitated. By the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna had the unique experience of
 being able to see the very beautiful K\'e4ra\'eba Ocean. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Accompanied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna saw a large palace within the water. There were many thousands of pillars and columns made of valuable jewels, and the glaring
 effulgence of those columns was so beautiful that Arjuna became charmed by it. Within that palace, Arjuna and K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw the gigantic form of Anantadeva, who is also known as \'c7e\'f1a. Lord Anantadeva or \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga was in the form of a 
great serpent with thousands of hoods, and each one of them was decorated with valuable, effulgent jewels, which were beautifully dazzling. Each of Anantadeva's hoods had two eyes which appeared to be very fearful. His body was as white as the mountainto
p of Kail\'e4sa, which is always covered by snow. His neck was bluish, as were His tongues. Thus Arjuna saw the \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga form, and he also saw that on the very soft, white body of \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga, Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu was lying very comfor
tably. He appeared to be all-pervading and very powerful, and Arjuna could understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead in that form is known as Puro\'f1ottama. He is known as Puru\'f1ottama, the best, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because
 from this form emanates another form of Vi\'f1\'ebu, which is known as Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu within the material world. The Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu form of the Lord, Puru\'f1ottama, is beyond the material world. He is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uttama.}{\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 Tama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means darkness, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means 
above, transcendental; therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uttama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means above the darkest region of the material world. Ar
juna saw that the bodily color of Puru\'f1ottama, Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, was as dark as a new cloud in the rainy season; He was dressed in very nice yellow clothing. His face was always beautifully smiling, and His eyes, which were like lotus petals, were 
very attractive. Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu's helmet was bedecked with valuable jewels, and His beautiful earrings enhanced the beauty of the curling hair on His head. Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu had eight arms, all very long, reaching to His knees. His neck 
was decorated with the Kaustubha jewel, and His chest was marked with the symbol of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9vatsa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  which means the resting place of the goddess of fortune. The Lord wore a garland of lotus flowers down to His knees. This long garland is known as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaijayant\'e9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  garland. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord was surrounded by His personal associates Nanda and Sunanda, and the personified Sudar\'e7ana disc was also standing by Him. As 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  the Lord has innumerable energies, and they were also standing there personified. The most import
ant among them were as follows: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'f1\'f6i,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the energy for nourishment, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the energy of beauty, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rti
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the energy of reputation, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the energy of material creation. All these energies are invested in the administrators of the material world, namely Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and in the kings of the heavenly planets, Indra, Candra, Var
u\'eba and the sun-god. In other words, all these demigods, being empowered by the Lord with certain energies, engage in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu feature is an expansion of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's body. It is also confirmed 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.48] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is a portion of a plenary expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All such expansions are nondifferent fr
om the Personality of Godhead, but since K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared within this material world to manifest His pastimes as a human being, He and Arjuna immediately offered their respects to Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu by bowing down before Him. It 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [10.89.57]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba offered respect to Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu; this means that He offered obeisances unto Him only because Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'eb
u is nondifferent from He Himself. This offering of obeisances by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is not, however, the form of worship known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'ecgraha-up\'e4san\'e4
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is sometimes recommended for persons who are trying to elevate themselves to the spiritual world by performing the sacrifice of knowledge. This is also stated in the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efena c\'e4py ante yajanto m\'e4m up\'e4sate.}{\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 Although there was no necessity for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to offer obeisances, because He is the master teacher, He taught Arjuna just how respect should be offered to Lor
d Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Arjuna, however, became very much afraid upon seeing the gigantic form of everything, distinct from the material experience. Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba offering obeisances to Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, he immediately followed Him and sto
od before the Lord with folded hands. After this, the gigantic form of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, greatly pleased, smiled pleasingly and spoke as follows. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna, I was very anxious to see you both, and therefore I arranged to take away the babies of 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 keep them here. I have been expecting to see you both at this palace. You have appeared in the material wor
ld as My incarnations in order to minimize the force of the demoniac persons who burden the world. Now after killing all these unwanted demons, you will please again come back to Me. Both of you are incarnations of the great sage Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. 
Although you are both complete in yourselves, to protect the devotees and to annihilate the demons and especially to establish religious principles in the world so that peace and tranquility may continue, you are teaching the basic principles of factual 
religion so that the people of the world may follow you and thereby be peaceful and prosperous." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna then offered their obeisances to Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, and taking back 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  children, they returned to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 via the same route by which they had entered the spiritual world. All the children 
of 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  had duly grown up. After returning to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d Arjuna delivered 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  all of his sons. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna, however, was struck with great wonder after visiting the transcendental world by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he cou
ld understand that whatever opulence there may be within this material world is an emanation from Him. Any opulent position a person may have within this material world is due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. One should therefore always be in K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness, in complete gratefulness to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because whatever one may possess is all His mercy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna's wonderful experience due to the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is one of the many thousands of pastimes performed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba during His stay in this m
aterial world. They were all unique and have no parallel in the history of the world. All these pastimes prove fully that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet while He was present within this material world, He played just like an or
dinary man possessing many worldly duties. He played the part of an ideal householder, and although He possessed 16,000 wives, 16,000 palaces and 160,000 children, He also performed many sacrifices, just to teach the royal order how to live in the materi
al world for the welfare of humanity. As the ideal Supreme Personality, He fulfilled the desires of everyone, from 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 highest persons in human society, down to the ordinary living entities, including the lowest of men. Just as King Indra is in charge of distributing rain all over the world to satisfy everyone in due course, s
o Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba satisfies everyone by pouring down His causeless mercy. His mission was to give protection to the devotees and to kill the demoniac kings; therefore, He killed many hundreds and thousands of demons. Some of them He killed personally
, and some of them were killed by Arjuna, who was deputed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way He established many pious kings such as Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira at the helm of world affairs. Thus, by His divine arrangement He created the good government of King Yudhi
\'f1\'f6hira, and there ensued peace and tranquility. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Thirty-fourth 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  "The Superexcellent Power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KB 1970-2-35 / Summary Description of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's 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 35 /  Summary Description of Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Pastimes
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After returning from the spiritual kingdom, which he was able to visit personally along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna was very much astonished. He thought to himself 
that although he was only an ordinary living entity, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba it had been possible for him to see personally the spiritual world. Not only had he seen the spiritual world, but he had also personally seen the original Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1
\'ebu, the cause of the material creation. It is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba never goes out of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'e0 parityajya na p\'e4dam eka\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gacchati.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supreme in Mathur\'e4, He is more supreme in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and He is most supre
me in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 are displayed by His V\'e4sudeva portion, yet there is no difference between the V\'e4sudeva portion manifested in Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and the original manifestation of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba at V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In the beginning of this book we have discussed that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears, all His incarnations, plenary portions and portions of the plenary portions come with Him. Thus some of His different pastimes are manifested not 
by the original K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself but by His different portions and plenary portions of incarnation. Arjuna was therefore puzzled about how K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to see the K\'e4ra\'eb\'e4r\'ebava\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu in the spiritual world. This 
is fully discussed in the commentaries of \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is understood from the speech of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu that He was very anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It may be said, however, that since Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu took
 away 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  sons, He certainly must have gone to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to do so. Therefore
, why did He not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba there? A possible answer is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be seen even by the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu who is lying in the Causal Ocean of the spiritual world, unless K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives His permission. Thus Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1
\'ebu took away 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  sons one after another just after their births so that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba would come personally to retrieve them and then Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu would be able to see Him there. If that is so, the next question is this: Why would Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu come to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 personally if He were not able to see K\'e5\'f1
\'eba? Why did He not send some of His associates to take away the sons of 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 ? A 
possible answer is that it is very difficult to put any of the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 into trouble in the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, it was not possible for any of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu's associates to take away 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  sons, and thus He personally came to take them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another question may also be raised: The Lord is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebya-deva,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the worshipable Deity 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  so why was He inclined to put 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  into such a terrible conditio
n of lamentation over one son after another until the ninth son was taken away? The answer is that Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu was so anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba that He did not hesitate even to give trouble 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  Although giving trouble 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  is a forbidden act, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu was prepared to do anything in order to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97He was so anxious to see Him. After losing each of his sons, 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  would come to the gate of the palace and accuse the King of not being able to give 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  protection and of thus being unfit to sit on the royal throne. It was Mah\'e4-Vi
\'f1\'ebu's plan that 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  would accuse 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  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be obliged to come see Him to take back 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  sons. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still another question may be raised: If Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then how was K\'e5\'f1\'eba obliged to come before Him after all to take bac
k the sons of the br\'e4hma\'eba? The answer is that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to see Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu not exactly to take away the sons of 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  but only for Arjuna's sake. His friendship with Arjuna was so intimate that when Arjuna prepared himself to die by entering the fire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to give him complete prote
ction. Arjuna, however, would not desist from entering the fire unless the sons of 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  were brought back. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba promised him, "I will bring back 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  sons. Do not try to commit suicide." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were going to see Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu only to reclaim the sons of 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 He would not have waited until the ninth son was taken. But when the ninth son was taken away by Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu and Arjuna was there
fore ready to enter the fire because his promise was going to prove false, that serious situation made Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba decide to go with Arjuna to see Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. It is said that Arjuna is an empowered incarnation of Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. 
He is even sometimes called Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. The Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba incarnation is also one of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's plenary expansions. Therefore, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna went to see Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, it is to be understood that Arjuna vi
sited in His Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba capacity, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when He displayed His pastimes in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, acted in His V\'e4sudeva capacity. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After visiting the spiritual world, Arjuna concluded that whatever opulence anyone can show within the material or spiritual worlds is all a gift of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is manifested in various forms, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\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 j\'e9va-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or, in other words, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0\'e7a,}{\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 j\'e9va-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is kno
wn as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He can, therefore, display Himself by His different transcendental pa
stimes, either in the portion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\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 vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as He likes, but still He remains the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The concluding portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes is found in the Nintieth Chapter 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  and in this chapter \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 wanted to explain how K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived happily at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 with all
 opulences. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's opulence of strength has already been displayed in His different pastimes, and now it will be shown how His residence at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 displayed His opulences of wealth and beauty. In this material world, which is only a perv
erted reflection of the spiritual world, the opulences of wealth and beauty are considered to be the highest of all opulences. Therefore, while K\'e5\'f1\'eba stayed on this planet as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His opulences of wealth and beauty
 had no comparison within the three worlds. K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoyed sixteen thousand beautiful wives, and it is most significant that He lived at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as the only husband of these hundreds and thousands of beautiful women. It is specifically stat
ed in this connection that He was the only husband of sixteen thousand wives. It is, of course, not unheard of in the history of the world that a powerful king would keep many hundreds of queens, but although such a king might be the only husband of so m
any wives, he could not enjoy all of them at one time. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, enjoyed all of His sixteen thousand wives simultaneously. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although it may be said that }{\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  also can expand their bodies into many forms, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogis\'92}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ex
pansion and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expansion are not one and the same. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore sometimes called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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  In the Vedic literature we find th
at the }{\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  Saubhari Muni expanded himself into eight. But that expansion was like a televisio
n expansion. The television image is manifested in millions of expansions, but those expansions cannot act differently; they are simply reflections of the original and can only act exactly as the original does. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expansion is not material 
like the expansion of the television or the }{\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  When N\'e4rada visited the different palaces
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His different expansions, was variously engaged in each and every palace of the queens. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as the husband of the goddess of fortune. Queen Rukmi\'eb\'e9 is the goddess of fortune, and all the othe
r queens are her expansions. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the chief of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty, enjoyed with the goddess of fortune in full opulence. The queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are described as permanently youthful and beautiful. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba had g
randchildren and great-grandchildren, neither K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor His queens looked older than sixteen or twenty years of age. The young queens were so beautiful that when they moved they appeared like lightning moving in the sky. They were always dressed
 with exalted ornaments and garments and were always engaged in sportive activities like dancing, singing or playing ball on the roofs of the palaces. The dancing and tennis playing of girls in the material world appear to be perverted reflections of the
 original pastimes of the original Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His wives. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The roads and streets of the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were always crowded with elephants, horses, chariots and infantry soldiers. When elephants are engaged in service
, they are given liquor to drink, and it is said that the elephants in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were given so much liquor that they would sprinkle a great quantity of it on the road and still would walk on the streets intoxicated. The infantry soldiers passing on t
he streets were profusely decorated with golden ornaments, and horses and golden chariots plied along the streets. In all directions of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 City, wherever one would turn his eyes he would find green parks and gardens, and each of them was fille
d with trees and plants laden with fruits and flowers. Because there were so many nice trees of fruits and flowers, all the sweetly chirping birds and the buzzing bumblebees joined together to make sweet vibrations. The city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 thus fully d
isplayed all opulences. The heroes in the dynasty of Yadu used to think themselves the most fortunate residents of the city, and actually they enjoyed all transcendental facilities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the sixteen thousand palaces of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's queens were situated in this beautiful city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme eternal enjo
yer of all these facilities, expanded Himself into sixteen thousand forms and simultaneously engaged in different family affairs in those sixteen thousand palaces. In each and every one of the palaces there were nicely decorated gardens and lakes. The cr
ystal clear water of the lakes contained many blooming lotus flowers of different colors like blue, yellow, white and red, and the saffron powder from the lotus flowers was blown all around by the breeze. All the lakes were full of beautiful swans, ducks
 and cranes, crying occasionally with melodious sounds. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes entered those lakes, or sometimes the rivers, with His wives and enjoyed swimming pastimes with them in full jubilation. Sometimes the wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, who were all goddesses of fortune, would embrace the Lord in the midst of the water while swimming or taking bath, and the red vermilion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  decorating the beauty of their breasts would adorn the chest of the Lord with a reddish color. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists would not dare to believe that in the spiritual world there are such varieties of enjoyment, but in order to demonstrate the factual, ever-blissf
ul enjoyment in the spiritual world, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended on this planet and showed that the spiritual world is not devoid of such pleasurable facilities of life. The only difference is that in the spiritual world such facilities are eternal, ne
ver-ending occurrences, whereas in the material world they are simply impermanent perverted reflections. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged in such enjoyment, the Gandharvas and professional musicians would glorify Him with melodious musical concerts, 
accompanied by }{\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, kettledrums, stringed instruments and brass bugles, and the
 whole atmosphere would change into a greatly festive celebration. In a festive mood, the wives of the Lord would sometimes sprinkle water on the Lord's body with a syringe-like instrument, and the Lord would similarly wet the bodies of the queens. When 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the queens engaged themselves in these pastimes, it seemed as if the heavenly King, Yak\'f1ar\'e4ja, were engaged in such pastimes with his many wives. (Yak\'f1ar\'e4ja is also known as Kuvera and is considered to be the treasurer of t
he heavenly kingdom.) When the wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus became wet, their breasts and thighs would increase in beauty a thousand times, and their long hair would fall down to decorate those parts of their bodies. The beautiful flowers which were
 placed in their hair would fall, and the queens, being seemingly harassed by the Lord's throwing water at them, would approach Him on the plea of snatching the syringe-like instrument, and this attempt would create a situation wherein the Lord could emb
race them as they willingly approached Him. Upon being embraced, the wives of the Lord would feel on their mouths a clear indication of conjugal love, and this would create an atmosphere of spiritual bliss. When the garland on the neck of the Lord then t
ouched the breasts of the queens, their whole bodies became covered with saffron yellow. Being engaged in their celestial pastimes, the queens forgot themselves, and their loosened hair appeared like the beautiful waves of a river. When the queens sprink
led water on the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or He sprinkled water on the bodies of the queens, the whole situation appeared just like an elephant enjoying in a lake along with many she-elephants. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After enjoying fully amongst themselves, the queens and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba would come out of the water, and their wet garments, which were very valuable, would be 
given up by them to be taken away by the professional singers and dancers. These singers and dancers had no other means of subsistence than the rewards of valuable garments and ornaments left by the queens and kings on such occasions. The whole system of
 society was so well planned that all the members of society in their different positions as }{\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  had no difficulty in earning their live
lihood. There was no competition among the divisions of society. The original conception of the caste system was so planned that one group of men engaged in a particular type of occupation would not compete with another group of men engaged in a differen
t occupation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to enjoy the company of His sixteen thousand wives. Devotees of the Lord who want to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead i
n the mellow of conjugal love are elevated to the position of becoming wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba also keeps them always attached to Him by His kind behavior. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's behavior with His wives, His movements, His talking with them
, His smiling, His embracing, and similar other activities just like a loving husband kept them always very much attached to Him. That is the highest perfection of life. If someone remains always attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is to be understood that he
 is liberated, and his life is successful. With any devotee who loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his heart and soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba reciprocates in such a way that the devotee cannot remain unattached to Him. The reciprocal dealings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His de
votees are so attractive that a devotee cannot think of any subject matter other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For all the queens, K\'e5\'f1\'eba only was their worshipable objective. They were always absorbed in thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the lotus-eyed and beautifully blac
kish Personality of Godhead. Sometimes, in thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they remained silent, and in great ecstasy 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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they sometimes spoke as if in delirium. Sometimes, e
ven in the presence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they vividly described the pastimes they had enjoyed in the lake or in the river with Him. Some of such talk may be described here. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the queens said to the bird }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kurar\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kurar\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  now it is very late at night. Everyo
ne is sleeping. The whole world is now calm and peaceful. At this time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is sleeping, although His knowledge is undisturbed by any circumstance. Then why are you not sleeping? Why are you lamenting like this throughout t
he whole night? My dear friend, is it that you are also attracted by the lotus eyes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by His sweet smiling and attractive words, exactly as I am? Do those dealings of the Supreme Personality of Godhead pinch your h
eart as they do mine? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Hello }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cakrav\'e4k\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  Why have you closed your eyes? Are you searching after your husband, who might have gone to foreign countries? Why are you lamenting so pitiably? Alas, it appears that you are very much aggrieved. Or is it a fact that you also are willin
g to become an eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? I think that you are anxious to put a garland on the lotus feet of the Lord and then place it on your hair. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O my dear ocean, why are you roaring all day and night? Don't you like to sleep? I think that you have been attacked by insomnia, or, if I am not wrong, my dear 
\'c7y\'e4masundara has tactfully taken away your gravity and power of forbearence, which are your natural qualifications. Is it a fact that for this reason you are suffering from insomnia like me? Yes, I admit that there is no remedy for this disease. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear moon-god, I think that you have been attacked by a severe type of tuberculosis. For this reason, you are becoming thinner and thinner day by day. O my lord
, you are now so weak that your thin rays cannot dissipate the darkness of night. Or is it a fact that, just as I have, you also have been stunned by the mysteriously sweet words of my Lord \'c7y\'e4masundara. Is it a fact that it is because of this seve
re anxiety that you are so grave? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O breeze from the Himalayas, what have I done to you that you are so intent on teasing me by awakening my lust to meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Do you not know that I have 
already been injured by the crooked policy of the Personality of Godhead? My dear Himalayan breeze, please know that I have already been stricken. There is no need to injure me more and more. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear beautiful cloud, the color of your beautiful body exactly resembles my dearmost \'c7y\'e4masundara's bodily hue. I think, therefore, that you are very much
 dear to my Lord, the chief of the dynasty of the Yadus, and because you are so dear to Him, you are, exactly as I am, absorbed in meditation. I can appreciate that your heart is full of anxiety for \'c7y\'e4masundara. You appear to be excessively eager 
to see Him, and I see that for this reason only, there are drops of tears gliding down from your eyes, just as there are from mine. My dear black cloud, we must admit frankly that to establish an intimate relationship with \'c7y\'e4masundara means to pur
chase unnecessary anxieties while we are otherwise comfortable at home." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally the cuckoo sounds its cooing vibration at the end of night or early in the morning. When the queens heard the cooing of the cuckoo at the end of night, th
ey said, "Dear cuckoo, your voice is very sweet. As soon as you vibrate your sweet voice, we immediately remember \'c7y\'e4masundara because your voice exactly resembles His. We must frankly admit that your voice is imbued with nectar, and it is so invig
orating that it is competent to bring back life to those who are almost dead in separation from their dearmost friend. So we are very much obliged to you. Please let us know how we can welcome you or how we can do something for you." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The queens continued talking like that, and they addressed the mountain as follows: "Dear mountain, you are very generous. By your gravitation only, the whole crust
 of this earth is properly maintained, and because you are discharging your duties very faithfully, you do not know how to move. Because you are so grave, you do not move hither and thither, nor do you say anything. Rather, you always appear to be in a t
houghtful mood. It may be that you are always thinking of a very grave and important subject matter, but we can guess very clearly what you are thinking of. We are sure that you are thinking of placing the lotus feet of \'c7y\'e4masundara on your raised 
peaks, as we want to place His lotus feet on our raised breasts. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear dry rivers, we know that because this is the summer season, all your beds are dry and you have no water. Because all your water has now been dried up, you are
 no longer beautified by blooming lotus flowers. At the present moment, you appear to be very lean and thin, so we can understand that your position is exactly like ours. We have lost everything due to being separated from \'c7y\'e4masundara, and we no l
onger hear His pleasing words. Our hearts no longer work properly, and therefore we also have become very lean and thin. We think, therefore, that you are just like us. You have turned lean and thin because you are not getting any water from your husband
, the ocean, through the clouds." The example given herewith by the queens is very appropriate. The river beds become dry when the ocean no longer supplies water through the clouds. The ocean is supposed to be the husband of the river and therefore is su
pposed to support her. Unless a woman is supported by the husband with the necessities of life, she also becomes as dry as a dry river. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One queen addressed a swan as follows. "My dear swan, please come here, come here. You are welcome. Please sit down and take some milk. My dear swan, can you tell m
e if you have any message from \'c7y\'e4masundara? I take you to be a messenger from Him. If you have any such news, please tell me. Our \'c7y\'e4masundara is always very independent. He never comes under the control of anyone. We have all failed to cont
rol Him, and therefore we ask you, is He keeping Himself well? I may inform you that \'c7y\'e4masundara is very fickle. His friendship is always temporary; it breaks even by slight agitation. But would you kindly explain why He is so unkind to me? Former
ly He said that I alone am His dearmost wife. Does He remember this assurance? Anyway, you are welcome. Please sit down. But I cannot accept your entreaty to go to \'c7y\'e4masundara. When He does not care for me, why should I be mad after Him? I am very
 sorry to let you know that you have become the messenger of a poor-hearted soul. You are asking me to go to Him, but I am not going. What is that? You talk of His coming to me? Does He desire to come here to fulfill my long expectation for Him? All righ
t. You can bring Him here. But don't bring with Him His most beloved goddess of fortune. Do you think that He cannot be separated from the goddess of fortune even for a moment? Could He not come here alone, without Lak\'f1m\'e9? His behavior is very disp
leasing. Does it mean that without Lak\'f1m\'e9, \'c7y\'e4masundara cannot be happy? Can't He be happy with any other wife? Does it mean that the goddess of fortune has the ocean of love for Him, and none of us can compare to her?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were completely absorbed in thought of Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 all the wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 used to keep this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub within their hearts. Instead of trying to be master of all yogic mystic powers, it is better if one simply keeps the supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo
ge\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, within his heart. Thus one's life can become perfect, and one can very easily be transferred to the kingdom of God. It is to be understood that all
 the queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who lived with Him at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were in their previous lives very greatly exalted devotees who wanted to establish a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in conjugal love. Thus they were given the chance to become His wives 
and enjoy a constant loving relationship with Him. Ultimately, they were all transferred to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead is never impersonal. All the Vedic literatures glorify the transcendental performance of His various personal acti
vities and pastimes. It is said that 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 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ram\'e4y\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  only the activities of the Lord are described. Everywhere in the Vedic literature, His glories are sung. As
 soon as soft-hearted people such as women hear those transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they immediately become attracted to Him. Soft-hearted women and girls are therefore very easily drawn to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. One
 who is thus drawn to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and tries to keep himself in constant touch with such consciousness certainly gets the supreme salvation, going back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba at Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. If simply by developing K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one can be transferred to the spiritual world, one can simply imagine how blissful and blessed were the queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who talked with Him personally and who saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba eye to eye. No one can prope
rly describe the fortune of the wives of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They took care of Him personally by rendering various transcendental services like bathing Him, feeding Him, pleasing Him and serving Him. Thus no one's austerities can compare to the service 
of the queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 informed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that for self-realization the austerities and penances performed by the queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 hav
e no comparison. The objective of self-realization is one: K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, although the dealings of the queens with K\'e5\'f1\'eba appear just like ordinary dealings between husband and wife, the principal point to be observed is the queens' a
ttachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The entire process of austerity and penance is meant to detach one from the material world and to enhance one's attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the shelter of all persons a
dvancing in self-realization. As an ideal householder, He lived with His wives and performed the Vedic rituals just to show less intelligent persons that the Supreme Lord is never impersonal. K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived with wife and children in all opulence, e
xactly like an ordinary conditioned soul, just to exemplify to those souls who are actually conditioned that one may enter into the circle of family life as long as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center. For example, the members of the Yadu dynasty lived in the f
amily of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the center of all their activities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Renunciation is not as important as enhancing one's attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is especially meant for this purpose. We
 are preaching on the principle that it does not matter whether a man is 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  or }{
\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 . One simply has to increase his attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then his life is suc
cessful. Following in the footsteps of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can live with his family members or within the society or nation, not for the purpose of indulging in sense gratification but to realize K\'e5\'f1\'eba by advancing in attachment f
or Him. There are four principles of elevation from conditional life to the life of liberation, which are technically known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma}{\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 mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (religion, economic develop
ment, sense gratification and liberation). If one lives a family life following in the footsteps of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's family members, one can achieve all four of these principles of success simultaneously by making K\'e5\'f1\'eba the center of all ac
tivities. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is already known to us that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had 16,108 wives. All these wives were exalted liberated souls, and among them Queen Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was the chief. Afte
r Rukmi\'eb\'e9 there were seven other principal wives, and the names of the sons of these eight principal queens have already been mentioned. Besides these eight queens, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had ten sons by each of the other queens. Thus all together K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's children numbered 16,108 times ten. One should not be astonished to hear that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had so many sons. One should always remember that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that He has unlimited potencies. He cl
aims all living entities as His sons, so even if He had sixteen million sons attached to Him personally, there would be no cause for astonishment. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among K\'e5\'f1\'eba's greatly powerful sons, eighteen sons were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rathas.}{\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\'e4-rathas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cou
ld fight alone against many thousands of soldiers, charioteers, cavalry and elephants. The reputations of these eighteen sons are very widespread and are described in almost all the Vedic literatures. The eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-ratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sons are listed as Pradyumna, Aniruddha, D\'e9ptim\'e4n, Bh\'e4nu, S\'e4mba, Madhu, B\'e5hadbh\'e4nu, Citrabh\'e4nu, V
\'e5ka, Aru\'eba, Pu\'f1kara, Vedab\'e4hu, \'c7rutadeva, Sunandana, Citrab\'e4hu, Vir\'fcpa, Kavi and Nyagrodha. Of these eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-ratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Pradyumna is considered to be the foremost. Pradyumna happened to be the eldest son of Queen Rukmi\'eb\'e9, and he inherited all the qualities of his great father, Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. He married the daughter of his maternal uncle, Rukm\'e9, and Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna, was born from that marriage. Aniruddha was so powerful that he could fight against ten thousand elephants. He married the granddaughter of Rukm\'e9, the 
brother of his grandmother, Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Because the relationship between these cousins was distant, such a marriage was not uncommon. Aniruddha's son was Vajra. When the whole Yadu dynasty was destroyed by the curse 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  only Vajra survived. Vajra had one son whose name was Pratib\'e4hu. The son of Pratib\'e4hu was named Sub\'e4h
u, the son of Sub\'e4hu was named \'c7\'e4ntasena, and the son of \'c7\'e4ntasena was \'c7atasena. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that all the members of the Yadu dynasty had many children. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba had many sons, grandsons and great-gran
dsons, so each one of the kings named herewith also had similar family extensions. Not only did all of them have many children, but all were extraordinarily rich and opulent. None of them were weak or short-lived, and above all, all the members of the Ya
du dynasty were staunch devotees of the brahminical culture. It is the duty 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  ki
ngs to maintain the brahminical culture and to protect the qualified }{\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 all the
se kings discharged their duties very rightly. The members of the Yadu dynasty were so numerous that it would be very difficult to describe them all even if one had a duration of life of many thousands of years. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 info
rmed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that he had heard from reliable sources that simply to teach the children of the Yadu dynasty, there were as many as 38,800,000 tutors or }{\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  If so many teachers were needed to educate their children, one can simply imagine how vast was the number of family members. As for their military strength, it 
is said that King Ugrasena alone had ten quadrillion soldiers as personal bodyguards. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before the advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba within this universe, there were many battles between the demons and the demigods. Many demons died in the fighting, and th
ey all were given the chance to take birth in high royal families on this earth. Because of their royal exalted posts, all these demons became very much puffed up, and their only business was to harass their subjects. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on this
 planet just at the end of Dv\'e4para-yuga in order to annihilate all these demonic kings. As it is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  v\'e9\'eb\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Lord comes to protect the devotees and to annihilate the miscreants. Some of the demigods were also asked to appear on this earth to assist in the transcendental pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1
\'eba appeared, He came in the association of His eternal servitors, but the demigods also were requested to come down to assist Him, and thus all of them took their births in the Yadu dynasty. The Yadu dynasty had 101 clans in different parts of the cou
ntry. All the members of these different clans respected Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a manner befitting His divine position, and all of them were His devotees heart and soul. Thus all the members of the Yadu dynasty were very opulent, happy and prosperous, an
d they had no anxieties. Because of their implicit faith in and devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were never defeated by any other kings. Their love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so intense that in their regular activities\'97in sitting, sleeping, traveling,
 talking, sporting, cleansing and bathing\'97they were simply absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and paid no attention to bodily necessities. That is the symptom of a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as when a man is fully absorbed in some p
articular thought, he sometimes forgets his other bodily activities, so the members of the Yadu dynasty acted automatically for their bodily necessities, but their actual attention was always fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Their bodily activities were performe
d mechanically, but their minds were always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has concluded the Ninetieth Chapter 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  by pointing out five particular excellences of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The first excellence is that before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance
 in the Yadu family, the River Ganges was known as the purest of all things; even impure things could be purified simply by touching the water of the Ganges. This superexcellent power of the Ganges water was due to its having emanated from the toe of Lor
d Vi\'f1\'ebu. But when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Vi\'f1\'ebu, appeared in the family of the Yadu dynasty, He traveled personally throughout the kingdom of the Yadus, and by His intimate association with the Yadu dynasty, the whole family not only
 became very famous but also became more effective in purifying others than the water of the Ganges. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next excellence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance was that although apparently He gave protection to the devotees and annihilated the demons, both the devotee
s and the demons achieved the same result. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the bestower of five kinds of liberation, of which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the liberation of becoming one with the Supreme, was given to the demons like Ka\'e0sa, whereas 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 given the chance to associate with Him personally. 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  kept their individuality to enjoy the company of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but Ka\'e0sa was accepted into His impersonal }{\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  In other words, both the demons 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 spiritually liberated, but because the demons were enemies 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 friends, the demons were killed 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 protected. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The third excellence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance was that the goddess of fortune, who is worshiped by demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4, Indra and Candra, remain
ed always engaged in the service of the Lord, even though the Lord gave more preference to 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  Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9, the goddess of fortune, tried her best to be on an equal level 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  but she was not successful. Nevertheless, she remained faithful to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although generally she does not remain at one place even if worshiped by demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fourth excellence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance concerns the glories of His name. It is stated in the Vedic literature that by chanting the different name
s of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu a thousand times, one may be bestowed with the same benefits as by thrice chanting the holy name of Lord R\'e4ma. And by chanting the holy name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba only once, one receives the same benefit. In other words, of all 
the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, including Vi\'f1\'ebu and R\'e4ma, the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most powerful. The Vedic literature therefore specifically stresses the chanting of 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. Lord Caitanya introduced this chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this age, thus making liberation more easil
y obtainable than in other ages. In other words, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more excellent than His other incarnations, although all of them are equally the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fifth excellence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance is that He established the most excellent of all religious principles by His one statement 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.6
6]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that simply by surrendering unto Him, one can discharge all the principles of religious rites. In the Vedic literature there are twenty kinds of religious principles mentio
ned, and each of them is described in different }{\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  But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind
 to the fallen conditioned souls of this age that He personally appeared and asked everyone to give up all kinds of religious rites and simply surrender unto Him. It is said that this age of Kali is three-fourths devoid of religious principles. Hardly on
e fourth of the principles of religion are still observed in this age. But by the mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this vacancy of Kali-yuga has not only been completely filled, but the religious process has been made so easy that simply by rendering transc
endental loving service unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by chanting 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, one can achieve the highest result of
 religion, namely, being transferred to the highest planet within the spiritual world, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. One can thus immediately estimate the benefit of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance and can understand that His giving relief to the people of th
e world by His appearance was not at all extraordinary. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thus concludes his description of the superexalted position of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by glorifying Him in the following way: "O 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all glories unto You. You are present in everyone's heart as Param\'e4tm\'e4. Therefore You are known as Jananiv\'e4sa, one who lives in everyone's heart." As confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4na\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 Lord in His Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature lives within everyone's heart. This does not mean, however, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no sepa
rate existence as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers accept the all-pervading feature of Parabrahman, but when Parabrahman, or the Supreme Lord, appears, they think that He appears under the control of material natu
re. Because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as the son of Devak\'e9, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary living entity who takes birth within this material world. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 warns them that 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devak\'e9-janma-v\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.90.48]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 means that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is famous as the son of Devak\'e9, actually He is the Supersoul or the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead.
 The devotees, however, take this word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devak\'e9-janma-v\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a different way. The devotees u
nderstand that actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the son of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba first of all appeared as the son of Devak\'e9, He immediately transferred Himself to the lap of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and His childhood pastimes were blissf
ully enjoyed by mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. This fact was also admitted by Vasudeva himself when he met Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4 at Kuruk\'f1etra. He admitted that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were actually the sons of mo
ther Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 were only Their official father and mother. Their actual father and mother were Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 addressed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devak\'e9-janma-v\'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 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 then glorifies the Lord as one who is honored by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yadu-va
ra-pari\'f1at,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the assembly house of the Yadu dynasty, and as the killer of different kinds of demons. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could have killed al
l the demons by employing His different material energies, but He wanted to kill them personally in order to give them salvation. There was no need of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's coming to this material world to kill the demons. Simply by His willing, many hundreds
 and thousands of demons could have been killed without His personal endeavor. But actually He descended for His pure devotees, to play as a child with mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and to give pleasure to the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
 By killing the demons and by giving protection to the devotees, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba established the real religious principle, which is simply love of God. By following the factual religious principles of love of God, even the living entities known as }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sthira-cara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were also delivered of all material contamination and were transferred to the spiritual
 kingdom. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sthira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the trees and plants, which cannot move, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the moving animals, specifically the cows. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present, He delivered all the trees, monkeys and
 other plants and animals who happened to see Him and serve Him both in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is especially glorified for His giving pleasure to 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 the queens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 glorifies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His enchanting smile, by which He enchanted not only 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  at V\'e5nd\'e4vana but also the queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. The exact word used in this connection is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vardhayan k\'e4madevam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In V\'e5nd\'e4vana as the boy friend of many }{\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 in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as the husband of many queens, K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased their lusty desires to enjoy with Him. For God re
alization or self-realization, one generally has to undergo severe austerities and penances for many, many thousands of years, and then it may be possible to realize God. 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 the queens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, simply by enhancing their lusty desires to enjoy K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their boy friend or husband, received the highest type
 of salvation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This behavior of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  and queens is unique in the history of self-realization. Usually people understand that for self-realization one has to go to the forest or to the mountains and undergo severe austerities and penances. Bu
t 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 the queens, simply by being attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in conjugal love and en
joying His company in a so-called sensuous life full of luxury and opulence, achieved the highest salvation, which is impossible to be achieved even by great sages and saintly persons. Similarly, the demons such as Ka\'e0sa, Dantavakra, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la
, etc., also got the highest benefit of being transferred to the spiritual world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 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  \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva offered his respectful obeisances to the Supreme Truth, V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After that he taught his son, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, to preach }{\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 is in this connection that \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 glorifies the Lord as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jayati.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Following in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and all 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 disciplic succession, the whole population of the world should glorify Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 and for their best interest they should take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The process is easy and helpful. It is simply to chant 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  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 has therefore recommended th
at one should be callous to the material ups and downs. Material life is temporary, and so the ups and downs of life may come and go. When they come, one should be as tolerant as a tree and as humble and meek as the straw in the street, but certainly he 
must engage himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supersoul of all living entities, out of His causeless mercy comes down and manifests His different transcen
dental pastimes in different incarnations. Hearing the attractive pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's different incarnations is a chance for liberation for the conditioned soul, and the most fascinating and pleasing activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himsel
f are still more attractive because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally is all-attractive. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following in the holy footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, we have tried to present this book }{\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  for being read and heard by the conditioned souls of this age. By hearing the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is sure and certain 
to get salvation and be transferred back home, back to Godhead. It is recommended by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that as we hear the transcendental pastimes and activities of the Lord, we gradually cut the knots of material contamination. Therefore, regard
less of what one is, if one wants the association of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the transcendental kingdom of God for eternity in blissful existence, one must hear about the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chant 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  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 transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so powerful that simply by hearing, reading and memorizing this book }{\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  one is sure to be transferred to the spiritual world, which is ordinarily very difficult
 to achieve. The description of the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so attractive that automatically it gives us an impetus to study repeatedly, and the more we study the pastimes of the Lord, the more we become attached to Him. This very attachment t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes one eligible to be transferred to His abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. As we have learned from the previous chapter, to cross over the material world is to cross over the stringent laws of material nature. The stringent laws of mater
ial nature cannot check the progress of one who is attracted by the spiritual nature. 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  }{\cs3774\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 7.14}{\cs3774\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  by the Lord Himself: although the stringent laws of material nature are very difficult to overcome, if anyone surrenders unto the Lor
d, he can very easily cross over nescience. There is, however, no influence of material nature in the spiritual world. As we have learned from 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  the ruling power of the demigods and the influence of material nature are conspicuous by their absence in the spiritual world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has therefore advised Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it in the beginning of the Second Canto that every conditioned soul should en
gage himself in hearing and chanting the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also informed King Par\'e9k\'f1it that previously many other kings and emperors went to the jungle to prosecute severe austerities and pen
ances in order to go back home, back to Godhead. In India, it is still a practice that many advanced transcendentalists give up their family lives and go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to live there alone and completely engage in hearing and chanting of the holy pas
times of the Lord. This system is recommended 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 six Gosv
\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana followed it, but at the present moment many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and pseudo-de
votees have overcrowded the holy place of V\'e5nd\'e4vana just to imitate this process recommended by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. It is said that many kings and emperors formerly went to the forest for this purpose, but \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sara
svat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja does not recommend that one take up this solitary life in V\'e5nd\'e4vana prematurely. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who goes prematurely to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to live in pursuance of the instructions of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 again falls a victim 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  even while residing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. To check such unauthorized residence in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, \'c7r\'e9l
a Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur has sung a nice song in this connection, the purport of which is as follows: "My dear mind, why are you so proud of being a Vai\'f1\'ebava? Your solitary worship and chanting of the holy name of the Lord are
 based on a desire for cheap popularity, and therefore your chanting of the holy name is only a pretension. Such an ambition for a cheap reputation can be compared to the stool of a hog because such popularity is another extension of 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 " One may go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana for cheap popularity, and instead of being absorbed in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one may always think of money and women, which are simply temporary sources of happiness. It is better that one engage whatever money and women he may have in his possession in the service of the Lord because sense enjoyment 
is not for the conditioned soul. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The master of the senses is H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, the senses should always be engaged in His service. As for material reputation, th
ere were many demons like R\'e4va\'eba who wanted to go against the laws of material nature, but they all failed. One should therefore not take to the demoniac activity of claiming to be a Vai\'f1\'ebava just for false prestige, without performing servic
e to the Lord. But when one engages oneself in the devotional service of the Lord, automatically the Vai\'f1\'ebava reputation comes to him. There is no need to be envious of the devotees who are engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord. We have prac
tical experience of being advised by the so-called }{\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  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana that there
 is no need to preach and that it is better to live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana in a solitary place and chant the holy name. Such }{\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 do not know that if one is engaged in preaching work or in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the good reputation of a preacher automatically follows one. One should not, therefore, prematurely
 give up the honest life of a householder to lead a life of debauchery in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9's recommendation to leave home and go to the forest in search of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not for immature persons. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja P
ar\'e9k\'f1it was mature. Even in his householder life, or from the very beginning of his life, he worshiped Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\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  In his childhood he worshiped the Deity of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and later, although he was a householder, he was always detached, and therefore when he got the notice of his death, he immediately gave up 
all connection with household life and sat down on the bank of the Ganges to hear }{\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 the association of devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Ninetieth 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  "Summary Description of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Pastimes."}{\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 Thus ends Volume Two of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\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 {\*\bkmkstart The Nectar of Devotion - 1970}{\*
\bkmkend The Nectar of Devotion - 1970}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 The Nectar of Devotion - 1970 Edition
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8  NoD-1970: Front Flap
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Front Flap & pages
\par }\pard {\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  is a unique spiritual text that explains the devotional 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Astonishingly intimate in its detailed descript
ions of the loving relationships between Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees, it is at the same time practical, authoritative and philosophically substantial. It is a summary study of }{\cs2873\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 , which was written in Sanskrit over 400 years ago by the great philosopher-devotee \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 P
rabhup\'e4da, and it contains hundreds of quotes from such important Vedic literatures as }{\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 , }{\cs2873\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, Mah}{\cs2873\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 bh}{\cs2873\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 rata }{\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}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'eb}{\b0\i\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 .
\par }\pard {\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  has been called the "lawbook of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," 
for it is the text which guides the devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement in the details of their daily lives. It elaborately explains the philosophical background behind the many rules and regulations that devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba voluntarily f
ollow, and it probes deeply into the thoughts and emotions that motivate a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most importantly, }{\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  goes beyond the limitations of both empty religious sentiment and dry, impersonal philosophy. It brings the reader to a factual understanding of the eternal activities of the spiritual world and offers practical step-by
-step instructions which can enable the serious student to actually enter into these pastimes, in a personal, face-to-face loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Summary Study o
f \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's \line }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\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 ISKCON PRESS\line 38\tab North Beacon Street \line Boston, Massachusetts 02134
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Copyright \'a9 1970 by ISKCONPRESS\line Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 78-118082\line All Rights Reserved
\line Printed in the United States of America by ISKCON PRESS \line Boston, Massachusetts
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau\line lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hitak\'e4ri\'ebau tribh
uvane 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 "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the 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, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of esta
blishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the }{\cs2873\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 engaged in the transcendental loving service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD-1970: Preface
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  is a summary study of }{\cs2873\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  which was written in Sanskrit by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. He was 
the chief of the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s who were the direct disciples of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. When he first met Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da was engaged as a minister in the Mohammedan government of Bengal. He and hi
s brother San\'e4tana were then named S\'e4kara Mallik and Dabir Kh\'e4s respectively, and they held responsible posts as ministers of Nawab Hussain Shah. At that time, five hundred years ago, the Hindu society was very rigid, and if a member of the }{
\cs2873\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  caste accepted the service of a Mohammedan ruler he was at once rejected from
 }{\cs2873\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  society. That was the position of the two brothers, Dabir Kh\'e4s and S
\'e4kara Mallik. They belonged to the highly situated }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4rasvata-br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  communit
y, but they were ostracized due to their acceptance of ministerial posts in the government of Hussain Shah. It is the grace of Lord Caitanya that He accepted these two exalted personalities as His disciples and raised them to the position of }{\cs2873\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  the highest position of brahminical culture. Similarly, Lord Caitanya accepted Harid
\'e4sa Th\'e4kur as His disciple although he happened to be born of a Mohammedan family, and Lord Caitanya later on made him the }{\cs2873\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 chanting of the holy name 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's principle is universal. Anyone who knows the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and is engaged in the service of the Lord is accepted as being in a higher po
sition than a person born in the family of a }{\cs2873\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  That is the original principl
e accepted by all Vedic literatures, especially by the }{\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  and the }{
\cs2873\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 principle of Lord Caitanya's movement in educating and eleva
ting everyone to the exalted post of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is taught in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya met the two brothers, Dabir Kh\'e4s and S\'e4kara Mallik, in a village known as R\'e4makeli in the district of Maldah, and after that meeting the brot
hers decided to retire from government service and join Lord Caitanya. S\'e4kara Mallik, who was later to become R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, retired from his post and collected all the money he had accumulated during his service. It is described in the }{
\cs2873\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 his accumulated savings in gold coins equalled millions of do
llars and filled a large boat. He divided the money in a very exemplary manner which should be followed by devotees in particular and by humanity in general. Fifty percent of his accumulated wealth was distributed to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons,
 namely the }{\cs2873\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 the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; twenty-five percent was distributed t
o relatives; and twenty-five percent was kept against emergency expenditures and personal difficulties. Later on when Dabir Kh\'e4s also proposed to retire, the Nawab was very much agitated and put him into jail. But Dabir Kh\'e4s, who was later to becom
e \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, took advantage of his brother's personal money, which had been deposited with a village banker, and escaped from the prison of Hussain Shah. In this way both brothers joined Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 first met Lord Caitanya at Pray\'e4g (Allahabad, India), and on the Da\'e7\'e4\'e7vamedha bathing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of that holy city the Lord instructed him continually for ten days. The Lord particularly instructed R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. These teachings of Lord Caitanya to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da are narrated in our book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachin
gs of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da elaborated the teachings of the Lord with profound knowledge of revealed scriptures and authoritative referen
ces from various Vedic literatures. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya describes in his prayers to the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s that they were all highly learned scholars, not only in Sanskrit but also in foreign languages such as Persian and Arabian.
 They very scrutinizingly studied all the Vedic scriptures in order to establish the cult of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu on the authorized principles of Vedic knowledge. The present K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is also based on the authority of \'c7r
\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. We are therefore generally known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'fcp\'e4nugas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or followers in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. It is only for our guidance that \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 prepared his book }{\cs2873\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  which is now presented in the form of }{\cs2873\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  Persons engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement may take advantage of this great literature and be very solidly situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  means devotional service. Every service has some attractive feature whic
h drives the servitor progressively on and on. Every one of us within this world is perpetually engaged in some sort of service, and the impetus for such service is the pleasure we derive from it. Driven by affection for his wife and children, a family m
an works day and night. A philanthropist works in the same way for love of the greater family, and a nationalist for the cause of his country and countrymen. That force which drives the philanthropist, the householder and the nationalist is called }{
\cs2873\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  or a kind of mellow (relationship) whose taste is very sweet. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a mellow different from the ordinary }{\cs2873\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  enjoyed by mundane workers. Mundane workers labor very hard day and night in order to relish a certain kind of }{\cs2873\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  which is understood as sense gratification. The relish or taste of the mundane }{\cs2873\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  does not long endure, and therefore mundane workers are always apt to change their position of enjoymen
t. A businessman is not satisfied by working the whole week; therefore, wanting a change for the weekend, he goes to a place where he tries to forget his business activities. Then, after the weekend is spent in forgetfulness, he again changes his positio
n and resumes his actual business activities. Material engagment means accepting a particular status for some time and then changing it. This position of changing back and forth is technically known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoga-ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means a position of alternating sense enjoyment and renunciation. A living entity cannot steadily remain either in sens
e enjoyment or in renunciation. Change is going on perpetually, and we cannot be happy in either state because of our eternal constitutional position. Sense gratification does not endure for long, and it is therefore called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub capala-sukha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or flickering happiness. For example, an ordinary family man who works very hard day and night and is suc
cessful in giving comforts to the members of his family thereby relishes a kind of mellow, but his whole advancement of material happiness immediately terminates along with his body as soon as his life is over. Death is therefore taken as the representat
ive of God for the atheistic class of men. The devotee realizes the presence of God by devotional service, whereas the atheist realizes the presence of God in the shape of death. At death everything is finished, and one has to begin a new chapter of life
 in a new situation, perhaps higher or lower than the last one. In any field of activity, political, social, national or international, the result of our actions will be finished with the end of life. That is sure.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  however, the mellow relished in the transcendental loving service 
of the Lord, does not finish with the end of life. It continues perpetually and is therefore called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that which does not die but exists eternally. This is confirmed in all Vedic literatures. The }{\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  says that a little advancement in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  can save the devotee from the greatest danger, that of missing the opportunity for human life. The }{\cs2873\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  derived from our feelings in social life, in family life, or in the greater family life of altruism, philanthropism, nationalism, socialism, communism, etc., do not guarantee that one's next life will be as a human being. We 
prepare our next life by our actual activities in the present life. A living entity is offered a particular type of body as a result of his action in the present body. These activities are taken into account by a superior authority known as }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the authority of God. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is explained in the }{\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  as the prime cause of everything, and in the }{\cs2873\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 is stated that a man takes his next body by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub netre\'eba}{\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  which means by the supervision of the authority of the Supreme. In
 an ordinary sense }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is explained as destiny. Daiva supervision gives us a body select
ed from 8,400,000 forms; the choice does not depend on our selection, but is awarded to us according to our destiny. If our body at present is engaged in the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then it is guaranteed that we will have at least a h
uman body in our next life. A human being engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, even if unable to complete the course of }{\cs2873\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 allowed to take birth in the higher division of human society so that he can automatically further his advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore, all bona fide activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or permanent. This is the subject matter of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This eternal engagement in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be understood by a serious student upon studying }{\cs2873\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  Adoption of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will 
immediately bring one to an auspicious life free from anxieties and will bless one with transcendental existence, thus minimizing the value of liberation. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-rasa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  itself is sufficient to produce a feeling of liberation because it attracts the attention of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Generally, neophyte devotees are anxious to see K
\'e5\'f1\'eba or God, but God cannot be seen or known by our present materially blunt senses. The process of devotional service as it is recommended in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Dev
otion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will gradually elevate one from the material condition of life to the spiritual status, wherein the devotee becomes purified of all designations. The senses can then bec
ome uncontaminated, being constantly in touch with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When the purified senses a
re employed in the service of the Lord, one becomes situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  life, and any 
action performed for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this transcendental }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 stage of life can be relished perpetually. When one is thus engaged in devotional service, all varieties of }{\cs2873\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  or mellows turn into eternity. In the beginning one is trained according to the principles of regulation under the guidance of the }{\cs2873\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 spiritual master, and gradually, when one is elevated, devotional service becomes automatic and spontaneous eagerness to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are twelve kinds of }{
\cs2873\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  as will be explained in this book, and by renovating our relationship with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba in five primary }{\cs2873\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  we can live eternally in full knowledge and bliss.
\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. A
t 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 propensity so that everyone can become happy. That missing point is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{
\cs2873\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  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 our 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 }{\cs2873\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 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. }{\cs2873\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  teaches us the science of loving every one of the living entities perfectly by the easy method of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. 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 very simple, but one has to understand it with a cool head. }{\cs2873\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  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, then it is very easy to immediately and simultaneously love every living being. 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 stoma
ch, the energy created by such action is immediately distributed throughout 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 different parts of the body separately. }{\cs2873\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  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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as material necessities are concerned, the human civilization at the present moment is very much advanced in living comfortably, but still we are not happy b
ecause 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 material comfort, is producing a class of men completely co
nfused and frustrated in life. I am appealing herewith to such confused men to learn the art of devotional service as directed in }{\cs2873\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  and I am sure that the fire of material existence burning within their hearts will be immediately extinguished. The root cause of our dissatisfaction is that our dormant loving propensit
y has not been fulfilled despite our great advancement in the materialistic way of life. }{\cs2873\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  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. }{\cs2873\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  is 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 discomfiture, 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, b
ut 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. Similar
ly, unless one has realized K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no question of self-realization.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  is specifically presented for persons who are now engage
d in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. I beg to offer my sincere thanks to all my friends and disciples who are helping me to push forward the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the Western countries, and I beg to acknowledge, with thanks,
 the contribution made by my beloved disciple \'c7r\'e9mad Jay\'e4nanda Brahmac\'e4r\'e9. My thanks are due as well to the directors of ISKCON Press, who have taken so much care in publishing this great literature. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13 April 1970
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Headquarters
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD-1970: Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Invoking auspiciousness: Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes, the reservoir of all }{\cs2873\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  or relationships, which are called neutrality (passive adoration), servitorship, friendship, parentho
od, conjugal love, comedy, compassion, fear, chivalry, ghastliness, wonder and devastation. He is the supreme attractive form, and by His universal and transcendental attractive features He has captivated all the }{\cs2873\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 T\'e4rak\'e4, P\'e4lik\'e4, \'c7y\'e4m\'e4, Lalit\'e4, and ultimately, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9. Let His Lordship's grace be on us so that there may not be any hindrance in the execution of this duty of writing }{\cs2873\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  impelled by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da and of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, by whose inspiration I have been engaged in the matter of compiling this summary study of }{\cs2873\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  This is the sublime science of devotional service as propounded by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who appeared 500 years ago in West Bengal, India, to propagate the movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 begins his great book by offering his respectful obeisances unto \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who is his elder brother and
 spiritual master, and he prays that }{\cs2873\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  may be very pleasing to 
him. He further prays that by residing in that ocean of nectar he may always feel transcendental pleasure in the service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let us offer our respectful obeisances to all the great devotees and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4r
yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (holy teachers), who are compared with sharks in the great ocean of nectar and who do not care for the various rivers of liberation. Impersonalists are very fond of mergin
g into the supreme, like rivers that come down and merge into the ocean. The ocean can be compared with liberation and the rivers with all the different paths of liberation. The impersonalists are dwelling in the river water, which eventually comes to mi
x with the ocean. They have no information, however, that within the ocean, as within the river, there are innumerable aquatic living entities. The sharks who dwell in the ocean do not care for the rivers which are gliding down into it. The devotees eter
nally live in the ocean of devotional service, and they do not care for the rivers. In other words, those who are pure devotees always remain in the ocean of transcendental loving service to the Lord and have no business with the other processes, which a
re compared to the rivers that only gradually come to the ocean.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 prays to his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, for the protection of }{\cs2873\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 \'97}{\cs2873\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 Ocean of the Pure Nectar of Devotional Service\'97from the argumentative logicians who unnecessarily meddle in the science of service to the Lord. He compares their arguments an
d logic to volcanic eruptions in the midst of the ocean. In the midst of the ocean such volcanic eruptions can do very little harm, and similarly, those who are against devotional service to the Lord and who put forward many philosophical theses about th
e ultimate transcendental realization cannot disturb this great ocean of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, very humbly submits that he is just trying to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world, although he humbly thinks himself unfit for this work. That should 
be the attitude of all preachers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, following in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. We should never think of ourselves as great preachers, but should always consider that we are simply instrumen
tal to the previous }{\cs2873\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  and simply by following in their footsteps we may be ab
le to do something for the benefit of suffering humanity.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  is divided into four parts, just as the ocean is s
ometimes divided into four parts, and there are different sections within each of these four divisions. Originally in }{\cs2873\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  the ocean is divided like the watery ocean into east, west, north and south, while the sub-sections within these different divisions are called waves. As in the ocean there are always different 
waves, either on the eastern side, the western side, the northern side or the southern side, so similarly }{\cs2873\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  has different waves. In the first part there are four waves, the first being a general description of devotional service. The second concerns the regulative principles for executing devotional service, an
d the third wave devotional service in ecstasy. In the fourth is the ultimate goal, love of God. These will be explicitly described along with their different symptoms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The authorized description of }{\cs2873\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, following in the footsteps of previous }{\cs2873\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  can be summarized in the following statement by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "First-class devotional service is known by one's tendency to be fully engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, serving the Lord favorably." T
he purport is that one may also be in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness unfavorably, but that cannot be counted as pure devotional service. Pure devotional service should be free from the desire for any material benefit or for sense gratification, as these de
sires are cultivated through fruitive activities and philosophical speculation. Generally, people are engaged in different activities to get some material profit, while most philosophers are engaged in proposing transcendental realization through volumes
 of word jugglery and speculation. Pure devotional service must always be free from such fruitive activities and philosophical speculations. One has to learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or pure devotional service from the authorities by spontaneous lovi
ng service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This devotional service is a sort of cultivation. It is not simply inaction for people who like to be inactive or devote their time to silent meditation. There are 
many different methods for people who want this, but cultivation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is different. The particular word used by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in this connection is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anu\'e7\'e9lana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or cultivation by following the predecessor teachers (}{\cs2873\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 ). As soon as we say "cultivation," we must refer to activity. Without activity, consciousness alone cannot help us. All activities may be divided int
o two classes: one class may be for achieving a certain goal, and the other may be for avoiding some unfavorable circumstance. In Sanskrit, these activities are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
rav\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niv\'e5tti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub positive and negative action. There are many examples of negative action. For instance, a diseased person has to be cautious and take medicine in order to avoid some unfavorable illness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are cultivating spiritual life and executing devotional service are always engaged in activity. Such activity can be performed with the body or with the m
ind. Thinking, feeling and willing are all activities of the mind, and when we will to do something, the activity comes to be manifest by the gross bodily senses. Thus, in our mental activities we should always try to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and try to p
lan how to please Him, following in the footsteps of the great }{\cs2873\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  and the perso
nal spiritual master. There are activities of the body, activities of the different senses and activities of speech. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person engages his words in preaching the glories of the Lord. This is called }{\cs2873\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 by his mind a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person always thinks of the activities of the Lord\'97as He is s
peaking on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra or engaging in His various pastimes at V\'e5nd\'e4vana with His devotees. In this way one can always think of the activities and pastimes of the Lord. This is the mental culture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, we can offer many services with our bodily activities. But all such activities must be in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This relationship is establis
hed by connecting oneself with the bona fide spiritual master who is the direct representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in disciplic succession. Therefore, the execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities with the body should be directed by the spiritual ma
ster and then performed with faith. The connection with the spiritual master is called initiation. From the date of initiation by the spiritual master, the connection between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and a person cultivating K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is establi
shed. Without initiation by a bona fide spiritual master, the actual connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is never performed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This cultivation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not material. The Lord has generally three energies\'97namely, the external energy, the internal energy, and the
 marginal energy. The living entities are called marginal energy, and the material cosmic manifestation is the action of the external or material energy. Then there is the spiritual world, which is a manifestation of the internal energy. The living entit
ies, who are called marginal energy, perform material activities when acting under the inferior external energy. And when they engage in activities under the internal spiritual energy, their activities are called K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. This means that
 those who are great souls or great devotees do not act under the spell of material energy, but act instead under the protection of the spiritual energy. Any activities done in devotional service or in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are directly under the 
control of spiritual energy. In other words, energy is a sort of strength, and this strength can be spiritualized by the mercy of both the bona fide spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  by K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, 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 spir
itual life is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba the intelligence to come 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 energy\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master. This has nothing to do with the material world. When 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\'e4sudeva, 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 }{\cs2873\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 be as numerous 
as the uncountable waves. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba includes all such expansions, as well as His pure devotees. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expansions are all complete in eternity, blissfulness and cognizance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional service means to prosecute K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities which are favorable to the transcendental pleasure of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and
 any activities which are not favorable to the transcendental favor of the Lord cannot be accepted as devotional service. For example, great demons like R\'e4va\'eba, Ka\'e0sa and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu were always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but they were 
thinking of Him as their enemy. This sort of thinking cannot be accepted as }{\cs2873\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 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists sometimes misunderstand devotional service in such a way that they divide K\'e5\'f1\'eba from His paraphernalia and pastimes. For example, the }{
\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  is spoken on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, and the impersonalists sa
y that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is of interest, the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra isn't. The devotees, however, also know that the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra by itself has nothing to do with their business, but in addition they know that "K\'e5\'f1\'eba"
 does not mean just K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone. He is always with His associates and paraphernalia. For instance, if someone says, "Give something to eat to the man with the weapons," the eating process is done by the man and not by the weapons. Similarly, in 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a devotee may be interested in the paraphernalia and locations\'97such as the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra\'97which are associated with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he is not concerned with simply any battlefield. He is concerned wit
h K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97His speech, His instructions, etc. It is because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there that the battlefield is so important.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the summary understanding of what K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is. Without this understanding one is sure to misunderstand why the devotees are interested i
n the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. One who is interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes interested in His different pastimes and activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The definition of a pure devotee, as given by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-r
as\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be summarized thus: his service is favorable and is always in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In order to keep the purity of such K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s activities, one must be freed from all material desires and philosophical speculation. Any desire except for the service of the Lord is called material desire. And philosophical speculation refers to the sort of speculation which ultimately arrives at 
a conclusion of voidism or impersonalism. This conclusion is useless for a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person. Only rarely by philosophical speculation can one reach the conclusion of worshiping V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is confirmed in the }{
\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  itself. The ultimate end of philosophical speculation, then, must be K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, with the understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything, the cause of all causes, and that one should therefore surrender unto Him. If this ultimate goal is reached, then philosophical advancement is favorable, but if the conclusion of ph
ilosophical speculation is voidism or impersonalism, that is not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 activities are sometimes understood to be ritualistic activit
ies. There are many persons who are very much attracted by the ritualistic activities described in the }{\cs2873\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 if one becomes attracted simply to ritualistic activities without understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his activities are unfavorable to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be based simply on hearing
, chanting, remembering, etc. Described in the }{\cs2873\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  are nine differe
nt processes, besides which everything done is unfavorable to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Thus, one should always be guarding against falldowns.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has also mentioned in this definition of }{\cs2873\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  the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4di.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (fruitive work) consists of activities which are
 unable to help one attain to pure devotional service. Many forms of so-called renunciation are also not favorable to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has also quoted a definition from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa
\'efcar\'e4tra}{\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  as follows: "One should be free from all material designations and must be
 cleansed of all material contamination by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He should be restored to his pure identity, where he engages his senses in the service of the proprietor of the senses." So when our senses are engaged for the actual proprietor of 
the senses, that is called devotional service. In our conditional state, our senses are engaged in serving these bodily demands. When the same senses are engaged in executing the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as one identifies himself as belonging to a certain family, a certain society or a certain person, he is said to be covered with designations. When one is f
ully aware that he does not belong to any family, society or country, but is eternally related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he then realizes that his energy should be employed not in the interests of so-called family, society or country, but in the interests of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is purity of purpose and the platform of pure devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s382 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs48\cf1 PART ONE
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 1-1970: Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter 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 Characteristics of Pure Devotion
al Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Third Canto, 29th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1075 \sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub 3.29.12\line 3.29.13}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub th verse, \'c7r\'e9la Kapiladeva, while instructing His mother, has given the following characteristics of pure devotional service: "My dear Mo
ther, those who are My pure devotees, and who have no desire for material benefit or philosophical speculation, have their minds so much engaged in My service that they are never interested in asking Me for anything\'97except to be engaged in that servic
e. They do not even beg to live in My abode with Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are five kinds of liberation, namely to become one with the Lord, to live with the Supreme Lord on the same planet, to have the same features as the Lord, to 
enjoy the same opulences as the Lord, and to live as a companion of the Lord. A devotee, not to speak of rejecting material sense gratification, does not even want any of the five kinds of liberation. He is satisfied simply by discharging loving service 
to the Lord. That is the characteristic of pure devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the above statement by Kapiladeva from the }{\cs2873\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 actual position of a pure devotee is described, and the primary characteristics of devotional service are also defined. Further characteristics of devotional service are descr
ibed by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 with evidences from different scriptures. He states that there are six characteristics of pure devotional service, which are as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6) Pure devotional service is the only means to attract 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 all-attractive, but pure devotional service attracts even Him. This means that pure devotional service is even transcendentally stronger than K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's internal potency.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\*\bkmkstart NOD:Relief from Material Distress}{\*\bkmkend NOD:Relief from Material Distress}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Relief
 from Material Distress
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  the Lord says that one should surrender unto Him, giving up all other engagements. The Lord also gives His word there that He will protect such surrendered souls from the reactions of all sinful activities. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcp
a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that the distresses from sinful activities are due both to the sins themselves and to sins committed in our past lives. Generally, one commits sinful activities due to ignorance. But ignorance is no excuse for evading the reaction
\'97sinful activities. Sinful activities are of two kinds: those which are mature and those which are not mature. The sinful activities for which we are suffering at the present moment are called mature. The many sinful activities stored within us for wh
ich we have not yet suffered are considered immature. For example, a man may have committed criminal acts but is not yet arrested for them. Now, as soon as he is detected, arrest is awaiting him. Similarly, for some of our sinful activities we are awaiti
ng distresses in the future, and for others, which are mature, we are suffering at the present moment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way there is a chain of sinful activities and their concomitant distresses, and the conditioned soul is suffering life after life due to these sins. He is s
uffering in the present life the results of sinful activities from his past life, and he is meanwhile creating further sufferings for his future life. Mature sinful activities are exhibited if one is suffering from some chronic disease, if one is sufferi
ng from some legal implication, if one is born in a low and degraded family, or if one is uneducated or very ugly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many results of past sinful activities for which we are suffering at the present moment, and we may be suffering in the future due to our present sinful a
ctivities. But all of these reactions to sinful deeds can immediately be stopped if we take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As evidence for this, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 quotes from the }{\cs2873\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  Eleventh Canto, 14th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse. This verse is in connection with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instruction to Uddhava, where He says, "My dear Uddhava, devotional service unto Me is just like a blazing fire which can burn int
o ashes unlimited fuel supplied to it." The purport is that as 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. For example, in the }{
\cs2873\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  Arjuna thought that fighting was a sinful activity, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged hi
m on the battlefield under His order, and so the fighting became devotional service. Therefore, Arjuna was not subjected to any sinful reaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 quotes another verse from the Third Canto of }{\cs2873\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  33rd Chapter, 6th verse, in which Devah\'fcti addresses her son, Kapiladeva and says, "My dear Lord, there are nine different kinds of devotional s
ervice, beginning from hearing and chanting. Anyone who hears about Your pastimes, who chants about Your glories, who offers You obeisances, who thinks of You and, in this way, executes any of the nine kinds of devotional service\'97even if he is born in
 a family of dog-eaters [the lowest grade of mankind]\'97becomes immediately qualified to perform sacrifices." As such, for anyone who is actually engaged in devotional service in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, how is it possible that he has not beco
me purified? It is not possible. One who is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service has without doubt become freed from all contaminations of material sinful activities. Devotional service therefore has the power to actually nullif
y all kinds of reactions to sinful deeds. A devotee is nevertheless always alert not to commit any sinful activities; this is his specific qualification as a devotee. Thus the }{\cs2873\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  states that by performing devotional service a person who was born even in a family of dog-eaters may become eligible to take part in th
e performance of the ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the }{\cs2873\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 implicit in th
is statement that a person born into a family of dog-eaters is generally not fit for performing }{\cs2873\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  or sacrifice. The priestly caste in charge of performing these ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the }{\cs2873\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 called the }{\cs2873\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  order. Unless one is
 a }{\cs2873\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 cannot perform these ceremonies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person is born in a }{\cs2873\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 or in a family of dog-eaters due to his past activities. If a person is born in a family of dog-eaters it means that his past activities are all sinful. But if even such a person takes to the path of devoti
onal service and begins to chant the holy names of the Lord\'97}{\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/ 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 \'97he is at once fit to perform the ritualistic ceremonies. This means that his sinful reactions have immediately become neutralized.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that there are four kinds of effects due to sinful activities, which are listed as follows: 1) the effect which is not yet fructified, 2)
 the effect which is lying as seed, 3) the effect which is already mature, and 4) the effect which is almost mature. It is also stated that all these four effects become immediately vanquished for those who surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad, Vi\'f1\'ebu, and become engaged in His devotional service in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those effects described as "almost mature" refer to the distress from which one is suffering at present, and the effects "lying as seed" means that in the core of t
he heart there is a certain stock of sinful desires which are like seeds. The Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'fc\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  means that they are almost ready to produce the seed, or the effect of the seed. An "immature effect" refers to the case where the seedling has not begun. From this statement of }{\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  it is understood that material contamination is very subtle. Its beginning, its fruition and results, and how one suffers such r
esults in the form of distress, are part of a great chain. When one catches some disease, it is often very difficult to ascertain the cause of the disease, where it originated, and how it is maturing. The suffering of a disease, however, does not appear 
all of a sudden. It actually takes time. And, as in the medical field, for precaution's sake, the doctor injects a vaccination to prevent the growing of contamination, similarly, the practical injection to stop all the fructifications of the seeds of our
 sinful activities is simply engagement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 speaks in the Sixth Canto of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2nd Chapter, 17th verse, about the story of Aj\'e4mila, who began life as a fine and dutiful }{\cs2873\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  but in his young manhood became wholly corrupted by a prostitute. At the end of his wicked life, just by calling the name of "N\'e4r
\'e4ya\'eba [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]," he was saved despite so much sin. \'c7ukadeva points out that austerity, charity and the performance of ritualistic ceremonies for counteracting sinful activities are recommended processes, but that by performing them one c
annot remove the sinful desire-seed from the heart, as was the case with Aj\'e4mila in his youth. This sinful desire-seed can be removed only by achieving K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And this can be accomplished very easily by chanting the }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  }{\cs2873\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 recommended by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. In other words, unless one adopts the path of devotional service, he cannot be one hundred percent clean from all the reactions of sinful activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By performing Vedic ritualistic activities, by giving money in charity and by undergoing austerity, one can temporarily become free from the reactions of sinful act
ivities, but at the next moment he must again become engaged in sinful activities. For example, a person suffering from venereal disease on account of excessive indulgence in sex life has to undergo some severe pain in medical treatment, and he is then c
ured for the time being. But because he has not been able to remove the sex desire from his heart, he must again indulge in the same thing and become a victim of the same disease. So medical treatment may give temporary relief from the distress of such v
enereal disease, but unless one is trained to understand that sex life is abominable, it is impossible to be saved from such repeated distress. Similarly, the ritualistic performances, charity and austerity, which are recommended in the }{\cs2873\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  may temporarily stop one from acting in sinful ways, but as long as the heart is not clear, one wi
ll have to repeat sinful activities again and again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another example is given in the }{\cs2873\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  of the elephant who enters into a lake and takes a bath very seriously, cleansing his body thoroughly. Then as soon as he comes onto shore he again takes some dust from the earth and throws it o
ver his body. Similarly, a person who is not trained in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness cannot become completely free from the desire for sinful activities. Neither the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process, nor philosophical speculations, nor fruitive activities can save one from the seeds of sinful desires. Only by being engaged in devotional service can this be done.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another evidence in the Fourth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  22nd Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse, wherein Sanat-kum\'e4ra says, "My dear King, the false ego of a human being is so strong that it keeps him in material existence as if tied up by a strong rope. Only the devotees can cut off the knot of this strong rope very easily, by engaging th
emselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Others, who are not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness but are trying to become great mystics or great ritual-performers, cannot advance like the devotees. Therefore, it is the duty of everyone to engage himself in 
the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to be freed from the tight knot of false ego and engagement in material activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This tight knot of false ego is due to ignorance. As long as one is ignorant about his identification, he is sure to act wrongly and thereby become entangled in mat
erial contamination. This ignorance of factual knowledge can also be dissipated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as is 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  as follows: "Pure devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the highest enlightenment, and when such enlightenment is there, it is just like a blazing forest fire, killing al
l the inauspicious snakes of desire." The example is being given in this connection that when there is a forest fire the extensive blazing automatically kills all the snakes in the forest. There are many, many snakes on the ground of the forest, and when
 a fire takes place, it burns the dried foliage, and the snakes are immediately attacked. Animals who have four legs can flee from the fire or can at least try to flee, but the snakes are immediately killed. Similarly, the blazing fire of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness is so strong that the snakes of ignorance are immediately killed.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\*\bkmkstart NOD:Krsna Consciousness is All-Auspicious}{\*\bkmkend NOD:Krsna Consciousness is All-Auspicious}{\b\v\f0
\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is All-Auspicious
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given a definition of auspiciousness. He says that actual auspiciousness means welfare activities for all the people of the wo
rld. At the present moment groups of people are engaged in welfare activities in terms of society, community or nation. There is even an attempt in the form of the United Nations for world-help activity. But due to the shortcomings of limited national ac
tivities, such a general mass welfare program for the whole world is not practically possible. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, however, is so nice that it can render the highest benefit to the entire human race. Everyone can be attracted by th
is movement, and everyone can feel the result. Therefore, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and other learned scholars agree that a broad propaganda program for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement of devotional service all over the world is the highest humanit
arian welfare activity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement can attract the attention of the whole world and how each and every man can feel pleasure in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness is stated 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  as follows: "A person who is engaged in devot
ional service in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to be understood to be doing the best service to the whole world and to be pleasing everyone in the world. In addition to human society, he is pleasing even the trees and animals because they also bec
ome attracted by such a movement." A practical example of this was shown by Lord Caitanya when He was traveling through the forests of Jharikhanda in central India for spreading His }{\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. The tigers, the elephants, the deer and all other wild animals joined Him and were participating, in their own ways, by dancing and 
chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Furthermore, a person engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, acting in devotional service, can develop all the good qualities that are generally found in the demi
gods. It is said by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the Fifth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  18th Chapter, 12th verse, "My dear King, persons who have unflinching faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are without any duplicity can develop all the good qualities of the demigods. On account of a devotee's high grade of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess even the demigods like to live with him, and therefore it can be understood that the qualities of the demigods have developed within his body."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, a person who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has no good qualities. He may be highly educated from the academic point of view, but in the 
actual field of his activities he can be seen to be baser than the animals. Even though a person is highly educated academically, if he cannot go beyond the sphere of mental activities then he is sure to perform only material activities and thus remain i
mpure. There are so many persons in the modern world who have been highly educated in the materialistic universities, but it is seen that they cannot take up the movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and develop the high qualities of the demigods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious boy, even if he is not very well educated by the university standard, can immediately give up all illicit sex life, gambling
, meat-eating and intoxication; whereas those who are not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, although very highly educated, are often drunkards, meat-eaters, sex-mongers and gamblers. These are practical proofs of how a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person beco
mes highly developed in good qualities, whereas a person who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness cannot do so. We experience that even a young boy in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is unattached to cinemas, night clubs, naked dance shows, restaurants, l
iquor shops, etc. He becomes completely freed. He saves his valuable time from being extravagantly spent in the way of smoking, drinking, attending the theater and dancing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness usually cannot sit silently even for half an hour. The }{\cs2873\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 teaches that if you become silent you will realize that you are God. This system may be all right for materialistic persons, but how long 
will they be able to keep themselves silent? Artificially, they may sit down for so-called meditation, but immediately after their yogic performance, they will engage themselves again in such activities as illicit sex life, gambling, meat-eating and many
 other nonsensical things. But a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person gradually elevates himself without endeavoring for this so-called silent meditation. Simply because he is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he automatically gives up all this nonsense
 and develops a high character. One develops the highest character by becoming a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The conclusion is that no one can truly have any good qualities if he is lacking K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\*\bkmkstart NOD:Happiness in Krsna Consciousness}{\*\bkmkend NOD:Happiness in Krsna Consciousness}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 
Happiness in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has analyzed the different sources of happiness. He has divided happiness into three categories, which are: 1) happiness derived f
rom material enjoyment, 2) happiness derived by identifying oneself with the Supreme }{\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  and
 3) happiness derived from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\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 T}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub antra-\'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7iva speaks to his wife, Sat\'e9, in this way: "My dear wife, a person who has surrendered himself at the lotus feet of Govinda and who 
has thus developed pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be very easily awarded all the perfections desired by the impersonalists; and beyond this, he can enjoy the happiness achieved by the pure devotees."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Happiness derived from pure devotional service is the highest because it is eternal. But the happiness derived from material perfection or understanding oneself to 
be }{\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  is inferior because it is temporary. There is no preventing one's falling down from ma
terial happiness, and there is even every chance of falling down from the spiritual happiness derived out of identifying oneself with the impersonal Brahman.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has been seen that great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (impersonalist) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very 
highly educated and almost realized souls\'97may sometimes take to political activities or to social welfare activities. The reason is that they actually do not derive any ultimate transcendental happiness in the impersonal understanding and therefore mu
st come down to the material platform and take to such mundane affairs. There are many instances, especially in India, where these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9}{\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 sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  descend to the ma
terial platform again. But a person who is fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will never return to any sort of material platform. However alluring and attracting they may be, he always knows that no material welfare activities can be compared with the
 spiritual activity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mystic perfections achieved by actually successful }{\cs2873\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  are eight in number. }{\cs2873\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  refers to the power by which one can become so small that he can enter into a stone. Modern scientific improvements also enable us to enter into stone because they provide for excavating so many subways, penetrating the hills, etc. S
o, }{\cs2873\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  the mystic perfection of trying to enter into stone, has also been 
achieved by material science. Similarly, all of the }{\cs2873\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 perfections, are mate
rial arts. For example, in one }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is development of the power to become so 
light that one can float in the air or on water. That is also being performed by modern scientists. They are flying in the air, they are floating on the surface of the water, and they are traveling under the water.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After comparing all these mystic }{\cs2873\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  to materialistic perfections it is found that the materialistic scientists try for the same perfections. So actually there is no difference between mystic perfection and materialistic perfection. A German
 scholar once said that the so-called }{\cs2873\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  perfections have already been achieved by the m
odern scientists, and so he was not concerned with them. He intelligently went to India to learn how he could understand his eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord by means of }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, in the categories of mystic perfection there are certain processes which the material scientists have not yet been able to develop. For instance, a mysti
c }{\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  can enter into the sun planet simply by using the rays of the sunshine. This per
fection is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laghim\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, a }{\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  can touch the moon with his finger. Though the modern astronauts go to the moon with the help of spaceships, they undergo many 
difficulties, whereas a person with mystic perfection can extend his hand and touch the moon with his finger. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or acquisition. With this }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pti-siddhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the perfect 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  can not only touch the moon planet, but he can extend his hand anywhere and take whatever he likes. He may be sitting thousands of mi
les away from a certain place, and if he likes he can take fruit from a garden there. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pti-siddhi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The modern scientists have manufactured nuclear weapons with which they can destroy an insignificant part of this planet, but by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7it
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can create and destroy an entire planet simply at will. Another perfection is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub va\'e7it\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and by this perfection one can bring anyone under his control. This is a kind of hypnotism which is almost irresistible. Sometimes it is found that a
 }{\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  who may have attained a little perfection in this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mystic power comes out among the people and speaks all sorts of nonsense, controls their minds, exploits t
hem, takes their money and then goes away.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another mystic perfection which is known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e4mya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (magic). By this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e4mya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  power one can achieve anything he likes. For example, one can make water enter into his eye and then again come out from within the eye. Simply by his will he can perform such wonderful activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The highest perfection of mystic power is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4vas\'e4yit\'e4.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is also magic, but whereas the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e4mya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  power acts to create wonderful effects within the scope of nature, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4vas\'e4yit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  permits one to contradict nature\'97in other words, to do the impossible. Of course, one can derive great amounts of temporary happiness by achieving such yogic materialistic perfections.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolishly, people who are enamored of the glimmer of modern materialistic advancement are thinking that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is for less intell
igent men. "I am better off being busy with my material comforts\'97maintaining a nice apartment, family and sex life." These people do not know that at any moment they can be kicked out of their material situation. Due to ignorance, they do not know tha
t real life is eternal. The temporary comforts of the body are not the goal of life, and it is due only to darkest ignorance that people become enamored of the glimmering advancement of material comforts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur has therefore said that the advancement of material knowledge renders a person more foolish because it causes one to forget his r
eal identification by its glimmer. This is doom for him, because this human form of life is meant for getting out of the material contamination. By the advancement of material knowledge, people are becoming more and more entangled in material existence. 
They have no hope of being liberated from this catastrophe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, a great devotee of the Lord, prayed to N\'e5si\'e0hadeva (the half-lion half-man incarnation), as follows: "My dear Lord, I repeatedly pray unto Your lotus feet that I may simply b
e 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 othe
r perfections of religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and even the attainment of liberation from material existence."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, a pure devotee does not aspire after any of these perfections because the happiness derived from devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so 
transcendental and so unlimited that no other happiness can be compared with it. It is said that even one drop of happiness in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness stands beyond comparison with an ocean of happiness derived from any other activity. Thus, any per
son who has developed even a little quantity of pure devotional service can very easily kick out all the other kinds of happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya known as Khol\'e4vec\'e4 \'c7r\'e9dhara, who was a very poor man. He was doing a small business selling cups made from th
e leaves of plantain trees, and his income was almost nothing. Still, he was spending fifty percent of his small income on the worship of the Ganges, and with the other fifty percent he was somehow living. Lord Caitanya once revealed Himself to this conf
idential devotee, Khol\'e4vec\'e4 \'c7r\'e9dhara, and offered him any opulence that he liked. But \'c7r\'e9dhara informed the Lord that he did not want any material opulence. He was quite happy in his present position and wanted only to gain unflinching 
faith and devotion unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. That is the position of the pure devotees. If they can be engaged twenty-four hours each day in devotional service they do not want anything else, not even the happiness of liberation or of becomin
g one with the supreme.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is also said that any person who has developed even a small amount of devotional service doesn't care a fig for any kind of happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification, or the five
 kinds of liberation. Any kind of happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, liberation or sense gratification cannot even dare to enter into the heart of a pure devotee. It is stated that as the personal attendants and maidservants of a
 queen follow the queen with all respect and obeisances, similarly the joys of religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and liberation follow the devotional service of the Lord. In other words, a pure devotee does not lack any kind of hap
piness derived from any source. He does not want anything but service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but even if he should have another desire, the Lord fulfills this without the devotee's asking.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\*\bkmkstart NOD:Rareness of Pure Devotional Service}{\*\bkmkend NOD:Rareness of Pure Devotional Service}{\b\v\f0
\fs32\cf5 Rareness of Pure Devotional Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the preliminary phase of spiritual life there are different kinds of austerities, penances and similar processes for attaining self-realization. However, even if
 an executor of these processes is without any material desire, he still cannot achieve devotional service. And aspiring by oneself alone to achieve devotional service is also not very hopeful because K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not agree to award devotional ser
vice to merely anyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can easily offer a person material happiness or even liberation, but He does not agree very easily to award a person engagement in His devotional service. Devotional service can in fact be attained only through the m
ercy of a pure devotee. In the }{\cs2873\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  19.151) it is said: "By 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The rarity of devotional service is also confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tantra-\'e7\'e4stra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  where Lord \'c7iva says to Sat\'e9, "My dear Sat\'e9, if one is a very fine philosopher, analyzing the different processes of knowledge, he can achieve liberation from the mate
rial entanglement. By performance of the ritualistic sacrifices recommended in the }{\cs2873\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  o
ne can be elevated to the platform of pious activities and thereby enjoy the material comforts of life to the fullest extent. But all such endeavors can hardly offer anyone devotional service to the Lord, not even if one tries for it by such processes fo
r many, many thousands of births."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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 is also confirmed by Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j that merely by personal efforts or by the instructions of higher authorities one cannot attain to the stage of devotional service. One must become blessed by the dust of
 the lotus feet of a pure devotee who is completely freed from the contamination of material desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Fifth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  6th Chapter, 18th verse, N\'e4rada also says to Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, "My dear King, it is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as Mukunda, who is the eternal protector of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and the Yadus. He is al
so your spiritual master and instructor in every respect. He is the only worshipable God for you. He is very dear and affectionate, and He is the director of all your activities, both individual and familial. And what's more, He sometimes carries out you
r orders as if He were your messenger! My dear King, how very fortunate you are, because for others all these favors given to you by the Supreme Lord would not even be dreamt of." The purport to this verse is that the Lord easily offers liberation, but H
e rarely agrees to offer a soul devotional service because by devotional service the Lord Himself becomes purchased by the devotee.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\*\bkmkstart NOD:The Happiness of Becoming One with the Supreme}{\*\bkmkend NOD:The
 Happiness of Becoming One with the Supreme}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 The Happiness of Becoming One with the Supreme
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that if }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4nanda,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the happiness of becoming one with the Supreme, is multiplied by one trillionfold, still it cannot be compared with an atomic fraction of the happiness derived from the ocean of devot
ional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, while satisfying Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva by his prayers, says: "My dear Lord of the universe, I am feeling transcendental pleasure in Your presence and have become merged in the ocean of happiness. I
 now consider the happiness of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be no more than the water in the impressi
on left by a cow's hoof in the earth, compared to this ocean of bliss." Similarly, it is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4v\'e4rtha-d\'e9pik\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9's commentary on the }{\cs2873\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  "My dear Lord, some of the fortunate persons who are swimming in the ocean of Your nectar of devotion, and who are relishing the nectar of the narration of Your pastimes, certainly know ecstasies which immediately minim
ize the value of the happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. Such a transcendental devotee regards any kind of happiness other than devotional service as no better than straw in the street."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\*\bkmkstart NOD:Attracting Krsna}{\*\bkmkend NOD:Attracting Krsna}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Attracting K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has stated that devotional service attracts even K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba attracts everyone, but devotional service attracts
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The symbol of devotional service in the highest degree is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madana-mohana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which means that He is so attractive that He can defeat the attraction of thousands of Cupids. But R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is still more attractive, for She can even attract K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore de
votees call Her }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madana-mohana-mohan\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the attractor of the attractor of Cupid.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To perform devotional service means to follow in the footsteps of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana put themselves under the care of R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in order to achieve perfection in their devotional service. In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. In }{\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  it is confirmed that the }{\cs2873\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  or great souls, are under the protection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 prak\'e5t
i,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the internal energy\'97R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. So, being directly under the control of the internal potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, devotional service attracts even K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This fact is corroborated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1st}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, where He says: "My dear Uddhava, you may know it from Me that th
e attraction I feel for devotional service rendered by My devotees is not to be attained even by the performance of mystic }{\cs2873\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  philosophical speculation, ritualistic sacrifices, the study of }{\cs2873\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  the practice of severe austerities or the giving of 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes attracted by the devotional service of His devotees is described by N\'e4rada in the }{\cs2873\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  Seventh Canto, 10th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1075 \sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub 7.10.48\line 7.10.49}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub 37th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub  verse. There N\'e4rada addr
esses King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira while the King is appreciating the glories of the character of Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j. A devotee always appreciates the activities of other devotees. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4j was appreciating the qualities of Prahl
\'e4da, and that is one symptom of a pure devotee. A pure devotee never thinks himself as great; he always thinks that other devotees are greater than himself. The King was thinking, "Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j is actually a devotee of the Lord, while I a
m nothing," and while thinking this he was addressed by N\'e4rada as follows: "My dear King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, in this world you [the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers] are the only fortunate people. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has appeared on this planet
 and is presenting Himself to you as an ordinary human being. He is always with you in all circumstances. He is living with you and covering Himself from the eyes of others. Others cannot understand that He is the Supreme Lord, but He is still living wit
h you as your cousin, as your friend and even as your messenger. Therefore you must know that nobody in this world is more fortunate than you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in His universal form, Arjuna prayed: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I thought of You as my cousin-brother, and so I have shown disrespect to You in so many ways, calling You K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or friend. 
But You are so great that I could not understand." So that was the position of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas; although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the greatest among all greats, still He remained with those royal brothers, being attract
ed by their devotion, by their friendship and by their love. That is the proof of how great this process of devotional service is. It can attract even the Supreme Personality of Godhead. God is great, but devotional service is greater than God because it
 attracts Him. People who are not in devotional service can never understand what great value there is in rendering service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 2-1970: The First Stages of Devotion
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter 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 The First Stages of Devotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The three categories of devotional service which \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes in }{\cs2873\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  are listed as devotional service in practice, devotional service in ecstasy and devotional service in pure love of Godhead. Th
ere are many sub-headings in each of these categories. Generally it is understood that in the category of devotional service in practice there are two different qualities, devotional service in ecstasy has four qualities, and devotional service in pure l
ove of Godhead has six qualities. These qualities will be explained by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 later on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 suggests that the person eligible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or devotional service can be classified by 
his particular taste. He says that devotional service is a continual process from one's previous life. No one can take to devotional service unless he has had some previous connection with it. For example, suppose in this life I practice devotional servi
ce to some extent. Even though it is not one hundred percent perfectly performed, still whatever I have done will not be lost. In my next life, from the very point where I stopped in this life, I shall begin again. In this way there is always a continuit
y. But even if there is no continuity, if only by chance a person takes interest in a pure devotee's instruction, he can be accepted and advance in devotional service. Anyway, for persons who have a natural taste for understanding books like the }{
\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  and }{\cs2873\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  devotional service is easier than for those who are simply accustomed to mental speculation and argumentative processes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To support this statement there are many authoritative assertions by the learned scholars of bygone ages. According to their general opinion, a person may become go
verned by certain convictions derived by his own arguments and decisions. Then another person, who may be a greater logician, will nullify these conclusions and establish another thesis. In this way the path of argument will never be safe or conclusive. 
The }{\cs2873\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, therefore, that one follow in the footsteps of 
the authorities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is a general description of devotional service given by \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his }{\cs2873\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  Previously, it has been stated that devotional service can be divided into three categories\'97namely, devotional servic
e in practice, devotional service in ecstasy, and devotional service in pure love of God. Now \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 proposes to describe devotional service in practice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Practice means employing our senses in some particular type of work. Therefore devotional service in practice means utilizing our different sensory organs in servic
e to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Some of the senses are meant for acquiring knowledge, and some are meant for executing the conclusions of our thinking, feeling and willing. So practice means employing both the mind and the senses in practical devotional service. Th
is practice is not for developing something artificial. For example, a child learns or practices to walk. This walking is not unnatural. The walking capacity is there originally in the child, and simply by a little practice he walks very nicely. Similarl
y, devotional service to the Supreme Lord is the natural instinct of every living entity. Even uncivilized men like the aborigines offer their respectful obeisances to something wonderful exhibited by nature's law, and they appreciate that behind some wo
nderful exhibition or action there is something supreme. So this consciousness, though lying dormant in those who are materially contaminated, is found in every living entity. And, when purified, this is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are certain prescribed methods for employing our senses and mind in such a way that our dormant consciousness for loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be invoked, as mu
ch as the child, with a little practice, can begin to walk. One who has no basic walking capacity cannot walk by practice. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness cannot be aroused simply by practice. Actually there is no such practice. When we wish to d
evelop our innate capacity for devotional service there are certain processes which, by our accepting and executing them, will cause that dormant capacity to be invoked. Such practice is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every living entity under the spell of material energy is held to be in an abnormal condition of madness. In the }{\cs2873\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 is said: "Generally, the conditioned soul is mad because he is always engaged in activities which are the cause
s of bondage and suffering." Spirit soul in its original condition is joyful, blissful, eternal and full of knowledge. Only by his implication in material activities has he become miserable, temporary and full of ignorance. This is due to }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikarma. Vikarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means actions which should not be done. Therefore, we must practice }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which means to offer }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Deity worship) in the morning, to refrain from certain material activities, to offer obeisances to the spiritual master and to f
ollow many other rules and regulations which will be discussed here one after another. These practices will help one to become cured of madness. As a man's mental disease is cured by the directions of a psychiatrist, so this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cures the conditioned soul of his madness under the spell of }{\cs2873\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  material illusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni mentions this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{\cs2873\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  Seven
th Canto, 1st Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse. He says there to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira: "My dear King, one ha
s to fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba by any means." That is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is the duty of the }{\cs2873\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 spiritual master, to find the ways and means for his disciple to fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the beginning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has given us an authorized program for this purpose, centered around the chanting of the }{\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  }{\cs2873\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  This chanting has so much power that it immediately attaches one to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the beginning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'e4dhana-bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Somehow or other, one has to fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The great saint Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4j, although a responsible king, fixed his mind on K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and similarly anyone who tries to fix his mind in this way will very rapidly make progress in successfully reviving his original K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or practice of devotional service, can also be divided into two parts. The first part is called regulative principles: one has to follow these different regulative principles by the order of the spiritual master, or on the st
rength of authoritative scriptures, and there can be no question of refusal. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaidhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or regulated. One has to do it without any argument. Another part of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4. R\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the point at which, 
by following the regulative principles, one becomes a little more attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and executes devotional service out of natural love. For example, a person engaged in devotional service may be ordered to rise early in the morning and offer }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is a form of Deity worship. In the beginning, by the order of his spir
itual master, one rises early in the morning and offers }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but then he develo
ps real attachment. When he gets this attachment, he automatically tries to decorate the Deity and prepare different kinds of dresses and thinks of different plans to execute his devotional service nicely. Although it is within the category of practice, 
this offering of loving service is spontaneous. So the practice of devotional service, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  can be divided into two parts\'97namely, regulative and spontaneous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 defines the first part of devotional practice, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaidhi-
bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: "When there is no attachment or no spontaneous loving service to the Lord, and one is engaged in the service of the Lord simply out of obedience to the ord
er of the spiritual master or in pursuance of the scriptures, such obligatory service is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaidhi-bhakti.}{\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 principles of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaidhi-bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are also described in the }{\cs2873\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  S
econd Canto, 1st Chapter, verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 5, where \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 instructs the dying Mah\'e4r
\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it as to his course of action. Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it met \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 just a week before his death, and the King was perplexed as to what should be done before he was to pass on. Many other sages also arrived there, 
but no one could give him the proper direction. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, however, gave this direction to him as follows: "My dear King, if you want to be fearless in meeting your death next week (for actually everyone is afraid at the point of death), 
then you must immediately begin the process of hearing and chanting and remembering God." If one can chant and hear Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and always remember Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then he is sure to become fearless of death, which may come at any moment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the statements of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 it is said that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore \'c7ukadeva recommends that one shoul
d always hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He does not recommend that one hear and chant about the demigods. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (impersonalists) say that you can chant any name, either that of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or those of the demigods, and the result will be the same. But actually this is not a fact. According to the authorized version of }{
\cs2873\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  one has to hear and chant about Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba
) only.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has recommended to Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j that in order to be fearless of death one has to hear and chant and remember the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by all means. He also mentions that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4tm\'e4. Sarv\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the supersoul of everyone." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also mentioned as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the supreme controller who is situated in everyone's heart. Therefore, if some way or other we become attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will make us free from all danger. In the }{\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  it is said that anyone who becomes a devotee of the Lord is never vanquished. Others, ho
wever, are always vanquished. Vanquished means that after getting this human form of life, a person does not come out of the entanglement of birth and death and thus misses his golden opportunity. Such a person does not know where he is being thrown by t
he laws of nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suppose one does not develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this human form of life. He will be thrown into the cycle of birth and death involving 8,400,000 specie
s of life, and his spiritual identity will remain lost. One does not know whether he is going to be a plant, or a beast, or a bird, or something like that, because there are so many species of life. The recommendation of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 for revivin
g our original K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is that somehow or other we should apply our minds to K\'e5\'f1\'eba very seriously and thus also become fearless of death. After death we do not know our destination, because we are completely under the contro
l of the laws of nature. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is controller over the laws of nature. Therefore, if we take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba seriously, there will be no fear of being thrown back into the cycle of so many speci
es of life. A sincere devotee will surely be transferred to the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as affirmed in the }{\cs2873\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 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  also the same process is advised. There it is said that one should always remember Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhy\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or meditation\'97always remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is said that one has to meditate with his mind fixed upon Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\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  recommends that one always fix his mind on the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu by meditation and not forget Him at any moment. And this state o
f consciousness is called }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should always try to mold the activities of our lives in such a way that we will constantly remember Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. Whether one concentrates his mind on the four-handed form of Vi\'f1\'ebu or on the form of two-handed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is the same. 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  recommends: somehow or other, always think of Vi\'f1\'ebu without forgetting Him under any circumstances. Actually, this is the most basic of all regulative principles. For, wh
en there is an order from a superior about doing something, there is simultaneously a prohibition. When the order is that one should always remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the prohibition is that one should never forget Him. Within this simple order and prohibi
tion all regulative principles are found complete.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This regulative principle is applicable to all }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  the castes and
 occupations of life. There are four }{\cs2873\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  namely, the }{\cs2873\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  (priests and intellectuals), the }{\cs2873\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  (warriors and statesmen), the }{\cs2873\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  (businessmen and farmers) and the }{\cs2873\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  (laborers and servants). There are also four standard }{\cs2873\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  name
ly }{\cs2873\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  (student life), }{\cs2873\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), }{\cs2873\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) and }{\cs2873\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  (ren
ounced). The regulative principles are not only for the }{\cs2873\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  (celibate studen
ts) to follow, but are applicable for all. It doesn't matter whether one is a beginner\'97a }{\cs2873\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 or if one is very advanced\'97a }{\cs2873\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 principle of 
remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead constantly and not forgetting Him at any moment is meant to be followed by everyone without fail.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If this injunction is followed, then all other rules and regulations will automatically fall into line. All other rules and regulations should be treated as assista
nts or servants to this one basic principle. The injunctions of rules and regulations and the resultant reactions are mentioned in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  5th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.5.2}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1st}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.5.3}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2nd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verses. Camasa Muni, one of the nine sages who came to instruct King Nimi, addressed the King and said, "
The four social orders, namely the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  the }{\cs2873\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  and the }{\cs2873\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  have come out of the different parts of the universal form of the Supreme Lord as follows: the }{\cs2873\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  have come out from the head, the }{\cs2873\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  have come
 out from the arms, the }{\cs2873\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  have come out from the waist, and the }{\cs2873\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  have come out from the legs. Similarly, the }{\cs2873\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  have come out from the head, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v
\'e4naprasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the arms, the }{\cs2873\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  from the waist, and the }{\cs2873\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  from th
e legs."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These different orders of society and grades of spiritual advancement are conceived in terms of qualification. It is confirmed in the }{\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  that the four social orders and the four spiritual orders are created by the Lord Himself, in terms
 of different individual qualities. As the different parts of the body have different types of activities, so the social orders and spiritual orders also have different types of activities in terms of qualification and position. The target of these activ
ities, however, is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed in the }{\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  "He is the supreme enjoyer." So whether one is a }{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\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 has to satisfy the Supreme Lord by his activities. This is also confirmed in
 the }{\cs2873\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 a verse which reads: "Everyone must be engaged in his p
articular duty, but the perfection of such work should be tested by how far the Lord is satisfied with such activities." The injunction herein is that one has to act according to his position, and by such activities one must either satisfy the Supreme Pe
rsonality or else fall down from his position.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, a }{\cs2873\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 is born out of the head of the Lord has as his business to preach the transcendental Vedic sounds, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abda-brahman.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because the }{\cs2873\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 the head, he has to preach the transcendental sound, and he also has to eat on behalf of the Supreme Lord. According to Vedic injunctions, when a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4h
ma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eats it is to be understood that the Personality of Godhead is eating through him. It is not, however, that the }{\cs2873\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  should simply eat on behalf of the Lord and not preach the message of the }{\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  to the world. Actually, one who preaches the message of the }{\cs2873\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 dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\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. Such a preacher is factually a }{\cs2873\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 thus by feeding him one feeds the Supreme Lord directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, the }{\cs2873\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  has to protect people from the onslaughts of }{\cs2873\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 his duty. For example, as soon as Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it saw that a black man was attempting to kill a cow, he immediately took his sword, wanting to kill the black man, whose name was Kali.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Not to be confused with K\'e4
l\'e9, the demigoddess who is the devastating feature of material nature.}* That is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  duty. Violence is required in order to give protection. In the }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly gave His order to Arjuna to commit violence on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, just to give protection to the people in general.
\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 vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  are meant for producing agricultural products, trading them and distributing them. And the working class, or }{\cs2873\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 those who haven't the intelligence of the }{\cs2873\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  or the }{\cs2873\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  or the }{\cs2873\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  and therefore they are meant to help these higher classes by bodily labor. In this way, there is full cooperation 
and spiritual advancement amongst all the different orders of society. And when there is no such cooperation, the members of society will fall down. That is the present position in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kali-yuga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this age of quarrel. Nobody is doing his duty, and everyone is simply puffed-up by calling himself a }{\cs2873\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) or a }{\cs2873\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  (soldier or statesman). But actually, such people are without status. They are out of touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead because they are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. The
refore the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is intended to set the whole of human society in proper condition so that everyone will be happy and take profit from developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed Uddhava that by following the injunctions of the social and spiritual orders of human society one can satisfy the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead, and as a result of such satisfaction the whole society gets all the necessities of life amply and without difficulty. This is because, after all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead maintains all other living entities. If the whole 
society performs its respective duties and remains in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no doubt that all of its members will live very peacefully and happily. Without wanting the necessities of life, the whole world will be turned into }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a spiritual abode. Even without being transferred to the kingdom of God, by following the i
njunctions of the }{\cs2873\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 prosecuting the duties of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness, all human society will be happy in all respects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar statement by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to Uddhava in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 27th}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.27.49
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0 kriy\'e4-yoga-pathai\'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 pum\'e4n vaidika-t\'e4ntrikai\'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 arcann ubhayata\'f9 siddhi\'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 matto vindaty abh\'e9psit\'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 evam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this way; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kriy\'e4-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of regulated Deity worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub pathai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the processes; }{\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 \'97a person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vaidika-t\'e4ntrikai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97presented in 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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tantras; arcan}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worshiping; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ubhayata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in 
both this life and the next; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddhim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub matta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vindati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he achieves; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9psit\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desired.
\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 worshiping Me through the various methods prescribed in 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  and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub tantras,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  on
e will gain from Me his desired perfection in both this life and the next.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2nd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse. The Lord says there, "My dear Uddhava, all persons are engaged in activi
ties, whether those indicated in the revealed scriptures or ordinary worldly activities. If by the result of either of such activities they worship Me in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then automatically they become very happy within this world as well as
 in the next. Of this there is no doubt." We can conclude from this statement by K\'e5\'f1\'eba that activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will give everyone all perfection in their desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is so nice that there is no need of even designating oneself }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya, \'e7\'fcdra, brahmac\'e4r\'e9, g\'e5hastha, v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  Let everyone be engaged in whatever occupation he now has. Simply let him worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the r
esult of his activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That will adjust the whole situation, and everyone will be happy and peaceful within this world. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad
a-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the regulative principles of devotional service are described as follows: "Any activities sanctioned in the revealed scriptures and aiming at the satisfacti
on of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are accepted by saintly teachers as the regulative principles of devotional service. If somebody regularly executes such service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead under the direction of a bona fide spiritual
 master, then gradually he rises to the platform of serving in pure love of God."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 3-1970: Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Three
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Eligibility of the Candidate for
 Accepting Devotional Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On account of his association with }{\cs2873\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  or great souls one hundred percent in the devotional service of the Lord, one may attain a little bit of attraction for \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But at the same time one may remain very much attac
hed to fruitive activities and material sense enjoyment and not be prepared to undergo the different types of renunciation. Such a person, if he has unflinching attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, becomes an eligible candidate for discharging devotional servic
e.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in association with pure devotees is the sign of great fortune. It is confirmed by Lord Caitanya that only the fort
unate persons, by the mercy of both a bona fide spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, will get the seed of devotional service. In this connection, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs2873\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  Eleventh Canto, 20th Chapter, verse 8: "My dear Uddhava, only by exceptional fortune does someone become attracted to Me (K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a). And even if one is not completely detached from fruitive activities, or is not completely attached to devotional service, such service is quickly effective."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees can be divided into three classes. The first or uppermost class is described as follows: one is very expert in the study of relevant scriptures, and he is 
also expert in putting forward arguments in terms of those scriptures. He can very nicely present conclusions with perfect discretion and can consider the ways of devotional service in a decisive way. He understands perfectly that the ultimate goal of li
fe is to attain to the transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only object of worship and love. This first-class devotee is one who has strictly followed the rules and regulations under the training of a b
ona fide spiritual master and has sincerely obeyed him in accord with revealed scriptures. Thus being fully trained to preach and become a spiritual master himself, he is considered first-class. A first-class devotee never deviates from the principles of
 higher authority, and he attains firm faith in the scriptures by understanding with all reasons and arguments. When we speak of arguments and reason, it means arguments and reason on the basis of revealed scripture. The first-class devotee is not intere
sted in dry speculative methods meant for wasting time. In other words, one who has attained a mature determination in the matter of devotional service can be accepted as the first-class devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The second-class devotee has been defined by the following symptoms: he is not very expert in arguing on the strength of revealed scripture, but he has firm faith i
n the objective. The purport of this description is that the second-class devotee has firm faith in the procedure of devotional service unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he may sometimes fail to offer arguments and decisions on the strength of revealed scripture 
to an opposing party. But at the same time he is still undaunted within himself as to his decision that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme object of worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The neophyte or third-class devotee is one whose faith is not strong and, at the same time, does not recognize the decision of the revealed scripture. The neophyte'
s faith can be changed by someone else with strong arguments or by an opposite decision. Unlike the second-class devotee, who also cannot put forward arguments and evidences from the scripture, but who still has all faith in the objective, the neophyte h
as no firm faith in the objective. Thus he is called the neophyte devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Further classification of the neophyte devotee is made in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\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  It is stated there that four classes of men\'97namely those who are distressed, thos
e who are in need of money, those who are inquisitive and those who are wise\'97begin devotional service and come to the Lord for relief in the matter of their respective self-satisfaction. They go into some place of worship and pray to God for mitigatio
n of material distress, or for some economic development, or to satisfy their inquisitiveness. And a wise man who simply realizes the greatness of God is also counted among the neophytes. Such beginners can be elevated to the second-class or first-class 
platform if they associate with pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of the neophyte class is Mah\'e4r\'e4j Dhruva. He was in need of his father's kingdom and therefore engaged himself in devotional service to the Lord. Th
en in the end when he was completely purified he declined to accept any material benediction from the Lord. Similarly, Gajendra was also distressed and prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for protection, after which he became a pure devotee. Similarly, Sanaka, San
\'e4tana, Sananda and Sanat-kum\'e4ra were all in the category of wise, saintly persons, and they were also attracted by devotional service. A similar thing happened to the assemblage in the Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya forest, headed by the sage \'c7aunaka. Th
ey were inquisitive and were always asking S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus they achieved the association of a pure devotee and became pure devotees themselves. So that is the way of elevating oneself. In whatever condition one may be, if
 he is fortunate enough to associate with pure devotees, then very quickly he is elevated to the second-class or first-class platform.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These four types of devotees have been described in the Seventh Chapter of the }{\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  and they have all been accepted as pious. Without becoming pious no one can come to devotional service. It is explained in the }{\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  that only one who has continually executed pious activities and whose sinful reactions in life h
ave completely stopped can take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Others cannot. The neophyte devotees are classified into four groups\'97the distressed, those in need of money, the inquisitive and the wise\'97according to their gradations of pious activi
ties. Without pious activities, if a man is in a distressed condition he becomes an agnostic, communist or something like that. Because he does not firmly believe in God, he thinks that he can adjust his distressed condition by totally disbelieving in Hi
m.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, has explained in the }{\cs2873\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  that out of these four types of neophytes, the one who is wise is very dear to Him because a wise man, if he is attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is not seeking an exchange of material benefit
s. A wise man who becomes attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want any return from Him, neither in the form of relieving distress, nor in gaining money. This means that from the very beginning his basic principle of attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, more 
or less, love. Furthermore, due to his wisdom and study of }{\cs2873\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), he 
can understand also that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is confirmed in the }{\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  that after many, many births, when one becomes actually wise, he surrenders unto V\'e4sudeva, knowing perfectly well that K\'e5\'f1\'eba (V\'e4sudeva) is the origin and cause of all causes. Therefore, he 
sticks to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and gradually develops love for Him. Although such a wise man is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the others are also accepted as very magnanimous because even though they are distressed or in need of money, they ha
ve come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for satisfaction. Thus they are accepted as liberal, broad-minded }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without being elevated to the position of a }{\cs2873\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  or wise man, no one can stick to the principle of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Others who are less intelligent, or those whose intelligence has been taken away by the spell of 
}{\cs2873\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  are attached to different demigods, on account of the influence of the modes o
f nature. The wise man is he who has thoroughly understood that he is spirit soul and not simply a body. Because he realizes that he is spirit and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme spirit, he knows that his intimate relationship should be with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, not with this body. The distressed and the man in want of money are in the material concept of life because distress and need of money are both in relationship with this body. One who is inquisitive may be a little above the distressed and the man
 in need of money, but still he is on the material platform. But a wise man who seeks K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows perfectly well that he is spirit soul, or }{\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  and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme spirit soul, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param-Brahman.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He knows that the spirit soul, being subordinate and finite, should always dovetail himself with the infinite and supreme soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the relationship of the wise man with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It can be concluded that a person who is freed from the bodily concept of life is an eligible candidate for pure devotional service. It is also confirmed in the }{
\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  that after Brahman realization, when one is freed from material anxietie
s and can see every living entity on an equal level, he is eligible to enter into devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As has been stated before, there are three kinds of happiness: material, spiritual and devotional. Devotional service and the happiness due to its execution are not
 possible so long as one is materially affected. If someone has desire for material enjoyment or for becoming one with the supreme, these are both considered material concepts. Because the impersonalists cannot appreciate the spiritual happiness of assoc
iation 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 simply an extension of the material idea. In the material world, everyone is trying to be the topmost h
ead-man amongst all his fellow men or neighbors. Either communally, socially or nationally, everyone is competing to be greater than all others, in the material 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, the perfect spiritual concept of life is complete knowledge of one's constitutional position, and thus one knows enough to dovetail himself in the transcen
dental loving service to the Lord. One must know that he is finite and that the Lord is infinite. Thus it is not possible to actually become one with the Lord even if one aspires for this. It is simply not possible. Therefore, anyone who has any desire o
r aspiration for satisfying his senses by becoming more and more important, either in the material sense or in the spiritual sense, cannot actually relish the really sweet taste of devotional service. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has therefore compa
red possessing these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (material) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (liberation) desires with being influenced by the black art of a witch: in both cases one is in trouble. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means material enjoyment, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to become freed from material anxiety and to become one with the Lord. These desires are compared to being haunted by ghosts and witches, because w
hile these aspirations for material enjoyment or spiritual oneness with the supreme remain, no one can relish the actual transcendental taste of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee never cares for liberation. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear son of Nanda, I do not want any 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 from You is that my devotion unto You may always remain unfl
inching."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attention of a pure devotee is so much attracted to glorification of the pastimes, name, qualities, forms, etc., of the Lord that the devotee does not care for 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur has said, "If I am engaged in devotional servic
e unto You, my dear Lord, then very easily can I perceive Your presence everywhere. And as far as liberation is concerned, I think liberation stands at my door with folded hands waiting to serve me." To pure devotees, therefore, liberation and spiritual 
emancipation are not very important things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, in the Third Canto of }{\cs2873\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  Chapter 25, verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Kap
iladeva has advised His mother, Devah\'fcti, as follows: "My dear Mother, My pure devotees are charmed by seeing My different forms, the beauty of My face, the structure of My body so enchanting. My laughing, My pastimes and My glance appear to them so b
eautiful that their minds are always absorbed in thoughts of Me, and their lives are dedicated fully unto Me. Although such people do not desire any kind of liberation or any kind of material happiness, still I give them a place amongst My associates in 
the supreme abode."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This evidence from }{\cs2873\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  gives assurance to the pure devotee of being elevated to association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 remarks in this connection that one who is actually attracte
d by the beauty of the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His service, and whose heart, by such attraction, is always full with transcendental bliss, will naturally never aspire after the liberation which is so valuable to the impersonalists.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar passage is also there in the Third Canto, 15th Chapter, of the same book, wherein Uddhava addresses Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and says, "My dear Lord, for perso
ns who are engaged in Your transcendental loving service there is nothing worth obtaining from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification or liberation\'97although happiness from these different sources can be very easily had by them. In sp
ite of such facilities, my dear Lord, I do not aspire to achieve any such results. My only prayer is that I may have unflinching faith and devotion unto Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar passage appears in the Third Canto, 25th Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 st verse, wherein Kapiladeva instructs His mother and says, "My dear Mother, devotees whose hearts are always filled in the service of My lotus feet, and who are prepared to do anything for My satis
faction, especially those who assemble together to understand My qualities, pastimes and form, and thus glorify Me congregationally and derive transcendental pleasure therefrom, such fortunate devotees never desire to become one with Me. And not to speak
 of becoming one with Me, if they are offered a post like Mine in My abode, or opulence like Mine, or even personal association with Me with similar bodily features, they refuse to accept because they are satisfied simply by being engaged in My devotiona
l service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Fourth Canto, 9th Chapter, 10th verse, King Dhruva says, "My dear Lord, the transcendental pleasure derived by meditation upon Your lotus feet, which is enjoyed by the pure devotees, cannot be approached by the transcen
dental pleasure derived by the impersonalists through self realization. So how can the fruitive workers, who at most can aspire to promotion to the higher heavenly planets, understand You, and how can they be described as enjoying a happiness similar to 
the devotees' happiness?"
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 4-1970: Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Four
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Surpasses All
 Liberation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How much a devotee is seriously attached to the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood from the statement of Mah\'e4r\'e4j P\'e5
thu (\'c4dir\'e4ja) which is described in }{\cs2873\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 Fourth Canto, 20th C
hapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 st verse. He prays to the Supreme Personality of Godhead thusly: "My dear Lord, if afte
r taking liberation I have no chance of hearing the glories of Your Lordship, glories chanted by pure devotees from the core of their hearts in praise of Your lotus feet, and if I have no chance for this honey of transcendental bliss, then I shall never 
ask for liberation or this so-called spiritual emancipation. I shall simply always pray unto Your Lordship that You may give me millions of tongues and millions of ears so that I can constantly chant and hear of Your transcendental glories."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists desire to merge into the existence of the supreme, but without keeping their individuality they have no chance of hearing and chanting the glorie
s of the Supreme Lord. Because they have no idea of the transcendental form of the Supreme Lord there is no chance of their chanting and hearing of His transcendental activities. In other words, unless one is already beyond liberation, one cannot relish 
the transcendental glories of the Lord, nor can one understand the transcendental form of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is found in the }{\cs2873\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, 14th Chapter, 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 
rd verse. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 addresses Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j there and says, "The great soul of King Bharata was so much attached to the service of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that he very easily gave up his lordship over the earthly p
lanet 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 these material opulen
ces." \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 eulogizes this behavior of King Bharata very highly. He says, "Any person whose heart is attracted by the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Madhus\'fcdana, not to speak of material opulences, 
does not care even for that liberation which is aspired to by many great sages."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Sixth Canto, 11th Chapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 rd verse, there is a similar statement by 
V\'e5tr\'e4sura, who addresses the Lord as follows: "My dear Lord, by leaving Your transcendental service I may be promoted to the planet called Dhruva-loka [the Pole Star], or I may gain lordship over all the planetary systems of the universe. But I do 
not aspire to this. Nor do I wish the mystic perfections of }{\cs2873\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, nor do I aspire
 to spiritual emancipation. All I wish for, my Lord, is Your association and transcendental service eternally."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement is confirmed by Lord \'c7iva in the }{\cs2873\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  Sixth Canto, 17th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 52nd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  verse, wherein Lord \'c7iva addresses Sat\'e9 thusly: "My dear Sat\'e9, persons who are devoted to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] are not afraid of anything. If they are elevated to the higher planetary systems, or if they get libera
tion from material contamination, or if they are pushed down to the hellish condition of life\'97or, in fact, in any situation whatever\'97they are not afraid of anything. Simply because they have taken shelter of the lotus feet of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, for
 them any position in the material world is as good as another."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar statement by Indra, the King of heaven, in }{\cs2873\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  Sixth Canto, 18th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 52}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nd verse. There Indra addresses his mother in this manner: "My dear Mother [Aditi], persons who have given up all kinds of desire and are simply engaged in devotional service to the Lord know what is actually their self-interest.
 Such persons are actually serving their self-interests and are considered first-class experts in the matter of advancing to the perfectional stage of life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Seventh Canto of the }{\cs2873\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  6th Chapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3rd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Prahl
\'e4da says: "My dear friends who are born into atheistic families, if you can please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then there is nothing more rare in this world. In other words, if the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased with yo
u, then any desire that you may have within the core of your heart can be fulfilled without any doubt. As such, what is the use of elevating yourself by the results of fruitive activities, which are automatically achieved in all events by the modes of ma
terial nature? And what is the use for you of spiritual emancipation or liberation from material bondage? If you are always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord and always relishing the nectar of the lotus feet of the Lord, then there is n
o necessity for any of these." By this statement of Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j it is clearly understood that one who takes pleasure in chanting and hearing the transcendental glories of the Lord has already surpassed all kinds of material benedictions, in
cluding the results of pious fruitive activities, sacrifices and even liberation from material bondage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the same Seventh Canto, 8th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 39th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, when the demigods are offering prayers to Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha, Indra, the King of heaven, says, "O Supreme One, these demons talk of our share of participation in the performances of ritualistic sac
rifices, but simply by Your appearance as Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva You have saved us from terrible fears. Actually, our shares in the sacrificial performances are due to You only, because You are the supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices. You are the supersoul
 of every living entity, and therefore You are the actual owner of everything. Long were our hearts always filled with fear of this demon, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. But You are so kind towards us that, by killing him, You have removed that fear from within ou
r hearts and have given us the chance to place Your Lordship within our hearts again. For persons who are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Your Lordship, all the opulences which were taken away from us by the demons are counted as nothing.
 Devotees do not care even for liberation, not to speak of these material opulences. Actually, we are not enjoyers of the fruits of sacrifices. Our only duty is to always be engaged in Your service, for You are the enjoyer of everything."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport of this statement by Indra is that, beginning from Brahm\'e4 down to the insignificant ant, no living entities are meant for enjoying the material opule
nces. They are simply meant for offering everything to the supreme proprietor, the Personality of Godhead. By doing so, they automatically enjoy the benefit. The example can be cited again of the different parts of the body collecting foodstuffs and cook
ing them so that ultimately a meal may be offered to the stomach. After it has gone to the stomach, all the parts of the body equally enjoy the benefit of the meal. So, similarly, everyone's duty is to satisfy the Supreme Lord, and then automatically eve
ryone will become satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar verse is found in the Eighth Canto, 3rd Chapter, of }{\cs2873\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  verse 20. Gajendra says there, "My dear Lord, I have no experience in the transcendental bliss derived from Your devotional service, so therefore I have asked fro
m You some favor. But I know that persons who are pure devotees and have, by serving the lotus feet of great souls, become freed from all material desires, are always merged in the ocean of transcendental bliss and, as such, are always satisfied simply b
y glorifying Your auspicious characteristics. For them there is nothing else to aspire to or pray for."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Ninth Canto of the }{\cs2873\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  4th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 49th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, the lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha rep
lies to Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni thusly: "My pure devotees are always satisfied being engaged in devotional service, and therefore they do not aspire even after the five liberated stages, which are 1) to be one with Me, 2) to achieve residence on My planet, 3)
 to have My opulences, 4) to possess bodily features similar to Mine and 5) to gain personal association with Me. So, when they are not interested even in these liberated positions, you can know how little they care for material opulences or material lib
eration."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar prayer by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4gapatn\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (wives of the K\'e4liya serpent), in the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  16th Chapter, verse \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.16.37
\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 n\'e4ka-p\'e5\'f1\'f6ha\'e0 na ca s\'e4rva-bhauma\'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 p\'e4rame\'f1\'f6hya\'e0 na ras\'e4dhipatyam
\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 yoga-siddh\'e9r apunar-bhava\'e0 v\'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 v\'e4\'efchanti yat-p\'e4da-raja\'f9-prapann\'e4\'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 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 n\'e4ka-p\'e5\'f1\'f6ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97heaven; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na ca}{\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 s\'e4rva-bhaumam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97suprem
e sovereignty on earth; }{\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 p\'e4rame\'f1\'f6hyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the topmost position of Brahm\'e4; }{\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 rasa-adhipatyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97rulersh
ip over the lower planets; }{\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 yoga-siddh\'e9\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the perfections of yogic practice; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apuna\'f9-bhavam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freedom from rebirth; }{\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 v\'e4\'efchanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desire; }{\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; }{\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 lotus feet; }{\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 \'97the dust; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapann\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those who have attained.
\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 Those who have attained the dust of Your lotus feet never hanker for the kingship of heaven, limitless sovereignty on earth, the position of Brahm\'e4 or rulership o
ver the lower planetary systems. They are not interested even in the perfections of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or in libe
ration itself.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4gapatn\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  say there, "My dear Lord, the dust of Your lotus feet is very wonder
ful. Any person who is fortunate enough to achieve this dust does not care for heavenly planets, lordship over all the planetary systems, the mystic perfections of }{\cs2873\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  or even liberation from material existence. In other words, anyone who adores the dust of Your lotus feet does not care a fig for all other perfectional stages."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar statement in the Tenth Canto, 87th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.87.21
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub duravagam\'e4tma-tattva-nigam\'e4ya tav\'e4tta-tano\'e7 \line carita-mah\'e4m\'e5t\'e4bdhi-parivarta-pari\'e7rama\'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 na parila\'f1anti kecid apavargam ap\'e9\'e7vara te \line cara\'eba-saroja-ha\'e0sa-kula-sa\'ecga-vis\'e5\'f1\'f6a-g\'e5h\'e4\'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 duravagama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97difficult to understand; }{\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 self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ta
ttva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the truth; }{\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 \'97in order to propagate; }{\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 \'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 tano\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your personal forms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
of the pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97vast; }{\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 \'97of nectar; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abdhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the ocean; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parivarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by diving; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pari\'e7rama\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who have been relieved of fatigue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na parila\'f1anti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do not wish for; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kecit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a few persons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apavargam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97liberation; }{\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 \'e9\'e7vara}
{\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 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 cara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub saroja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of swans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the community; }{\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 \'97because of association; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vis\'e5\'f1\'f6a}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97abandoned; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5h\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97whose homes.
\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 My Lord, some fortunate souls have gotten relief from the fatigue of material life by diving into the vast nectar ocean of Your pastimes, which You enact when You ma
nifest Your personal forms to propagate the unfathomable science of the self. These rare souls, indifferent even to liberation, renounce the happiness of home and family because of their association with devotees who are like flocks of swans enjoying at 
the lotus of Your feet.}}}{\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 th verse, when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rutis}{\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 Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  personified, prayed to the Lord as follows: "My dear Lord, it is very difficult to understand spiritual knowledge. Your appearance here just as You are, is to explain to us this most difficult subject of knowledge
 of the spirit. As such, Your devotees who have left their domestic comforts to associate with the liberated }{\cs2873\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  [teachers] are now fully merged in the devotional service of Your Lordship, and thus they do not care for any so-called liberation."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In explaining this verse it should be noted that spiritual knowledge means understanding the self and the supersoul, or superself. The individual soul and the super
soul are qualitatively one, and therefore both of them are known as }{\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  or spirit. But knowl
edge of }{\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  is very difficult to understand. There are so many philosophers engaged in the ma
tter of understanding the soul, but they are unable to make any tangible advancement. It is confirmed in the }{\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  that out of many millions of persons, only one may try to understand what is spiritual knowledge, and out of many such persons who are trying to understand, only one or a few may know what is the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead. So this verse says that spiritual knowledge is very difficult to achieve, and so in order to make it more easily attainable, the Supreme Lord Himself comes in His original form as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and gives His instruction directly
 to an associate like Arjuna, just so that the people in general may take advantage of this spiritual knowledge. This verse also explains that liberation means having completely given up all the material comforts of life. Those who are impersonalists are
 satisfied by simply being liberated from the material circumstances, but those who are devotees can automatically give up material life and also enjoy the transcendental bliss of hearing and chanting the wonderful activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  20th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.20.34
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na ki\'efcit s\'e4dhavo dh\'e9r\'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 bhakt\'e4 hy ek\'e4ntino mama
\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\'e4\'efchanty api may\'e4 datta\'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 kaivalyam apunar-bhavam
\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 na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97never; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki\'efcit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97anything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4dhava\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97saintly persons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e9r\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97with deep intelligence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devotees; }{\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 ek\'e4ntina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97completely dedicated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97u
nto Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4\'efchanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desire; }{\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 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 dattam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaivalyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97liberation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apuna\'f9-bhavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freedom from birth and death.
\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 Because My devotees possess saintly behavior and deep intelligence, they completely dedicate themselves to Me and do not desire anything besides Me. Indeed, even if 
I offer them liberation from birth and death, they do not accept it.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 34th verse, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Uddhava as follows: "My dear Uddhava, the devotees who have compl
etely taken shelter of My service are so steadfast in devotional service that they have no other desire. Even if they are offered the four kinds of spiritual opulences,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn The fifth kind of liberation, merging with the Supreme, is no
t considered an opulence in spiritual variegated existence.}* they will refuse to accept them. So what to speak of their desiring anything within the material world!" Similarly, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in another passage of the }{\cs2873\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  Eleventh Canto, 14th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.14.14
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na p\'e4rame\'f1\'f6hya\'e0 na mahendra-dhi\'f1\'ebya\'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 s\'e4rvabhauma\'e0 na ras\'e4dhipatyam
\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 yoga-siddh\'e9r apunar-bhava\'e0 v\'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 mayy arpit\'e4tmecchati mad vin\'e4nyat
\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 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 p\'e4rame\'f1\'f6hyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the position or abode of Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\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 \'97never; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-indra-dhi\'f1\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the position of Lord Indra; }{\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\'e4rvabhaumam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97empire on the earth; }{\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 rasa-\'e4dhipatyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sovereignty in the lower planetary systems; }{\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 \'97never; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-siddh\'e9\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the eightfold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yo
ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  perfections; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apuna\'f9-bhavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97liberation; }{\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 \'97nor; }{\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 \'97in Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arpita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fixed; }{\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 \'97consciousness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat}{\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 vin\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without; }{
\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 \'97anything else.
\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 One who has fixed his consciousness on Me desires neither the position or abode of Lord Brahm\'e4 or Lord Indra, nor an empire on the earth, nor sovereignty in the l
ower planetary systems, nor the eightfold perfection of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nor liberation from birth and death. 
Such a person desires Me alone.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, "My dear Uddhava, a person whose consciousness is c
ompletely absorbed in My thought and activities does not aspire even to occupy the post of Brahm\'e4, or the post of Indra, or the post of lordship over the planets, or the eight kinds of mystic perfections, or even liberation itself." In the Twelfth Can
to of }{\cs2873\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  10th Chapter, verse \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc
\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 12.10.6
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'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 naivecchaty \'e4\'e7i\'f1a\'f9 kv\'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 brahmar\'f1ir mok\'f1am apy uta
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti\'e0 par\'e4\'e0 bhagavati
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub labdhav\'e4n puru\'f1e 'vyaye
\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 powerful l
ord 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 \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7i\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97benedictions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kva api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in any realm; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-\'e5\'f1i\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the saintly }{\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 mok\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97liberation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub api uta}{\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 bhaktim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e4m}{\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 bhagavati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labdhav\'e4
n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he has achieved; }{\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 \'97for the Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who is inexhaustible.
\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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva replied:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Surely this saintly br\'e4hma\'eba does not desire any benedictio
n, not even liberation itself, for he has attained pure devotional service unto the inexhaustible Personality of Godhead.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6, Lord \'c7iva says to Dev\'e9: "My dear Dev\'e9, t
his great }{\cs2873\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  sage M\'e4rka\'eb\'f2eya has attained unflinching faith and devot
ion unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such he does not aspire after any benedictions, including liberation from the material world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there is a statement in }{\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  describing the ritualistic function during the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (October-November). During this month, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana it is the regulative principle to pray daily to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His D\'e4modara form. The D\'e4modara form refers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His childhood when He was
 tied up with rope by His mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means ropes, and }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub udara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the abdomen. So Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, being very disturbed by naughty K\'e5\'f1\'eba, bound H
im round the abdomen with a rope, and thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is named }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  During the month 
of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  D\'e4modara is prayed to as follows: "My dear Lord, You are the Lord of all, the 
giver of all benedictions." There are many demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva who sometimes offer benedictions to their respective devotees. For example, R\'e4va\'eba was blest with many benedictions by Lord \'c7iva, and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu wa
s blest by Lord Brahm\'e4. But even Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4 depend upon the benedictions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is addressed as the Lord of all benefactors. As such, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can offer His devotees anythin
g they want, but still, the devotee's prayer continues, "I do not ask You for liberation or any material facility up to the point of liberation. What I want as Your favor is that I may always think of Your form as I see You now as D\'e4modara. You are so
 beautiful and attractive that my mind does not want anything else besides this wonderful form." In this same prayer, there is another passage in which it is said, "My dear Lord D\'e4modara, once when You were playing as a naughty boy in the house of Nan
da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, You broke the box containing yogurt, and because of that Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 considered You an offender and tied You with rope to the household grinding mortar. At that time You delivered two sons of Kuvera, Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr
\'e9va, who were staying there as two }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees in the yard of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j. My 
only request is that by Your merciful pastimes You may similarly deliver me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story behind this verse is that the two sons of Kuvera (the treasurer of the demigods) were puffed up on account of the opulence of their father, and so once on
 a heavenly planet they were enjoying themselves in a lake with some naked damsels of heaven. At that time the great saint N\'e4rada Muni was passing on the road and was sorry to see the behavior of the sons of Kuvera. Seeing N\'e4rada passing by, the da
msels of heaven covered their bodies with cloth, but the two sons, being drunkards, did not have this decency. N\'e4rada became angry with their behavior and cursed them thusly: "You have no sense, so it is better if you become trees instead of the sons 
of Kuvera." Upon hearing this, the boys came to their senses and begged N\'e4rada to be pardoned for their offenses. N\'e4rada then said, "Yes, you shall become trees, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
rjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees, and you will stand at the courtyard of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself will appear in time as the foster son of Nanda, and He will deliver you." I
n other words, the curse of N\'e4rada was a benediction to the sons of Kuvera because indirectly it was foretold that they would be able to receive the favor of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After that, Kuvera's two sons stood as two big }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees in the courtyard of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j until Lord D\'e4modara, in order to fulfill the desire 
of N\'e4rada, dragged the milling pestle to which He was tied and struck the two trees, violently causing them to fall down. From out of these fallen trees came Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va, who had by then become great devotees of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a passage in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Haya\'e7\'e9r\'f1a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which states, "My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I do not want any resultant benediction from my religious life, nor do I want any economic development, nor do I want to enjoy sens
e gratification, nor liberation. I simply pray to be an eternal servant at Your lotus feet. Kindly oblige me and give me this benediction."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Haya\'e7\'e9r\'f1a Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  after N\'e5si\'e0hadeva wanted to give benediction to Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, Prahl\'e4da did not accept any material benediction and simply asked the favor of the Lord to remain His eternal devotee. I
n this connection, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j cited the example of Hanum\'e4n, the eternal servitor of Lord R\'e4macandra, who also set an example by never asking any material favor from the Lord. He always remained engaged in His service. That is the ide
al character of Hanum\'e4n, for which he is still worshiped by all devotees. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j also offered his respectful obeisances unto Hanum\'e4n. There is a well-known verse spoken by Hanum\'e4n in which he says, "My dear Lord, if You like Y
ou can give me salvation from this material existence, or the privilege of merging into Your existence, but I do not wish any of these things. I do not want anything which diminishes my relationship with You as master and servant, even after liberation."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a similar passage in }{\cs2873\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  it is stated, "My dear Lord, I do not wish any perfectional stage by performing the ritualistic religious ceremonies or by economic development or by sense gratification or liberation. I simply pra
y that You grant me the favor of keeping me under Your lotus feet. I do not wish any kind of liberation such as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4lokya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to reside on Your planet, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to have the
 same bodily features as You. I simply pray for Your favor that I may be always engaged in Your loving service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the Sixth Canto, 14th Chapter, 4th verse of }{\cs2873\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  Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it inquires from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, "My dear }{\cs2873\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 understand that the demon V\'e5tr\'e4sura was a great sinful person and that his mentality was completely absorbed in the modes of passion and ignorance. How d
id he develop to such a perfectional stage of devotional service to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba? I have heard that even great persons who have undergone severe austerities and who are liberated with full knowledge must strive to become devotees of the Lord. It is 
understood that such persons are very rare and almost never to be seen, so I am astonished that V\'e5tr\'e4sura has become such a devotee!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the above verse, the most important thing to be noted is that there may be many liberated persons who might have merged into the existence of the impersonal }{
\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 a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, is very, very rare
. Even out of millions of liberated persons, only one is fortunate enough to become a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter, Queen Kunt\'e9 is praying to Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba at the time of His departure: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are so great that You are inconceivable even to great stalwart scholars and }{\cs2873\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  [fully liberated souls]. So if such great sages, who are transcendental to all the reactions of material existence, are unable to know You, then as far as we are concerned, belong
ing to the less intelligent woman class, how is it possible for us to know Your glories? How can we understand You?" In this verse, the particular thing to be noted is that the Personality of Godhead is not understood by great liberated persons, but only
 by devotees such as Queen Kunt\'e9 in her humbleness. Although she was a woman and considered less intelligent than a man, still she realized the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the purport of this verse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another passage which is very important is in the }{\cs2873\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, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th Ch
apter, 10th verse, and is called the "}{\cs2873\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  verse." In this }{\cs2873\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  verse it is stated that even those who are completely liberated from material contaminatio
n are attracted by the transcendental qualities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn This {\cs2873\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  verse was once nicely explained by Lord Caitanya to San\'e4tana Gosw\'e4m\'e9. There is a detailed explanation of this verse in the author's }{\cs2873\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 purport of this verse is that a liberated soul has absolutely no desire at all for material enjoyment; he is wholly freed from all kinds of 
material desires, yet still he is irresistibly attracted by the desire to hear and understand the pastimes of the Lord. We can therefore conclude that the glories and pastimes of the Lord are not material. Otherwise, how could the liberated persons known
 as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4mas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  be attracted by such pastimes? That is the important point in this 
verse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the above statement it is found that a devotee is not after any of the stages of liberation. There are five stages of liberation, already explained as being 1)
 to become one with the Lord, 2) to live on the same planet as the Lord, 3) to obtain the same bodily features as the Lord, 4) to have the same opulences as the Lord and 5) to have constant association with the Lord. Out of these five liberated stages th
e one which is known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or to merge into the existence of the Lord, is the las
t to be accepted by a devotee. The other four liberations, although not desired by devotees, still are not against the devotional ideals. Some of the liberated persons who have achieved these four stages of liberation may also develop affection for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and be promoted to the Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana planet in the spiritual sky. In other words, those who are already promoted to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets and possess the four kinds of liberation may also sometimes develop affection for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and become promoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So those who are in the four liberated states may still be going through different stages of existence. In the beginning they may want the opulences of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, but at the mature stage the dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited in V\'e5nd\'e4vana becomes prominent in their hearts. As such, the pure devotees never accept the liberation of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to become one with the supreme, though sometimes they may accept as favorable the other four liberated states.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of many kinds of devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the one who is attracted to the original form of the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, i
s considered to be the foremost, first-class devotee. Such a devotee is never attracted by the opulences of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, nor even of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, the royal city where K\'e5\'f1\'eba ruled. The conclusion of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is that t
he devotees who are attracted by the pastimes of the Lord in Gokula, or V\'e5nd\'e4vana,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the transcendental place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoys His eternal pastimes as a boy, and it is considered the topmost spher
e in all existence. When this V\'e5nd\'e4vana is exhibited in the material world the place is called Gokula, and in the spiritual world it is called Goloka, or Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana.}* are the topmost devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee who is attached to a particular form of the Lord does not wish to change his devotion to other forms. For example, Hanum\'e4n, the devotee of Lord R\'e4ma
candra, knew that there is no difference between Lord R\'e4macandra and Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and yet he still wanted to render service only unto Lord R\'e4macandra. That is due to the specific attraction of a particular devotee. There are many, many f
orms of the Lord, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is still the original form. Though all of the devotees of the different forms of the Lord are in the same category, still it is said that those who are devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the topmost in the list of al
l devotees.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 5-1970: Purity of Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Five
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Purity of Devotional Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of the previous instructions imparted by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his broad statements can be summarized thusly: as long as one is materially inclin
ed or desirous to merge into the spiritual effulgence, one cannot enter into the realm of pure devotional service. Next, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states that devotional service is transcendental to all material considerations and that it is not limited to a
ny particular country, class, society or circumstance. As is stated in the }{\cs2873\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  devotional service is transcendental and has no cause. Devotional service is executed without any hope for gain, and it cannot be checked by any material circumstances. It is open for all, without any distinction, and it is the constitutiona
l occupation of the living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Middle Ages, after the disappearance of Lord Caitanya's great associate Lord Nity\'e4nanda, a class of priestly persons claimed to be the descendents of Nity
\'e4nanda, calling themselves the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  caste. They further claimed that the pract
ice and spreading of devotional service belonged only to their particular class, which was known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nity\'e4nanda-va\'e0\'e7a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this way, they exercised their artificial power for some time, until \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Th\'e4kur, the powerful }{\cs2873\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\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 samprad\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  completely smashed their 
idea. There was a great hard struggle for some time, but it has turned out successfully, and it is now correctly and practically established that devotional service is not restricted to a particular class of men. Besides that, anyone who is engaged in de
votional service is already on the status of being a high-class }{\cs2873\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 \'c7r
\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Th\'e4kur's struggle for this movement has come out successful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is on the basis of his position that anyone can now become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1
\'ebava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from any part of the world or any part of the universe. Anyone who is a pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'eb
ava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is situated transcendentally, and therefore the highest qualification in the material world, namely, to be in the modes of goodness, is already achieved by such a person. 
Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the Western world is based on the above-mentioned proposition of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, our spiritual master. On his authority, we are claiming members from al
l sections of the Western countries. The so-called }{\cs2873\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  claim that one who is n
ot born into a }{\cs2873\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 cannot receive the sacred thread and cannot become a 
high-grade }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But we do not accept such a theory because it is not supported by R
\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 nor by the strength of the various scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 specifically mentions herein that every man has the birthright to accept devotional service and to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
. He has given many evidences from many scriptures, and he has especially quoted one passage from }{\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  wherein sage Vasi\'f1\'f6ha tells King Dil\'e9pa: "My dear King, everyone has the right to execute devotional service, just as he has the right to take early bath in the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4gh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [December-January]." There is more evidence in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adma Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4\'e7\'e9kha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  portion, where it is said: "In the country known as May\'fcradhvaja, the lower caste people who are considered less than }{
\cs2873\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 also initiated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cult of devotional service. And when they are properly dressed, with }{\cs2873\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 bodies and beads in their hands and on their necks, they appear to be coming from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. In fact, they look so very beautiful tha
t immediately they surpass the ordinary }{\cs2873\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 "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  automatically becomes a }{\cs2873\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  This idea is also supported by Sa
n\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  guide. Therein he has clearly stated that any person who is properly initiated into the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cult certainly becomes a }{\cs2873\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 much as the metal known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka\'e0sa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (bell metal) is turned into gold by the mixture of mercury. A bona fide spiritual master, under the guidance of authorities, can turn anyone to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cult so that naturally he may come to the topmost position of a }{\cs2873\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 \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 warns, however, that if a person is properly initiated by a bona fide spiritual master, he should not think that simply by the acc
eptance of such initiation his business is then finished. One still has to follow the rules and regulations very carefully. If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, t
hen he is again fallen. One must be very vigilant to remember that he is the part and parcel of the transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is his duty as part and parcel to give service to the whole, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we do not render service 
to K\'e5\'f1\'eba then again we fall down. In other words, simply becoming initiated does not elevate one to the position of a high-class }{\cs2873\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  One also has to discharge the duties and follow the regulative principles very rigidly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also says that if anyone is regularly discharging devotional service there will be no question of a falldown. But even if circumstan
tially there is some falldown, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub need have nothing to do with the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4ya\'e7citta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the ritualistic ceremony for purification. If someone falls down from the principles 
of devotional service, he need not take to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4ya\'e7citta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  performances for reformat
ion. He has simply to execute the rules and regulations for discharging devotional service, and that is sufficient for his reinstatement. This is the mystery of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'eb
ava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (devotional) cult.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Practically there are three processes for elevating one to the platform of spiritual consciousness. These processes are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  Ritualistic performances are in the field of }{\cs2873\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  Speculative processes are in the field of }{\cs2873\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  
One who has taken to }{\cs2873\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  the devotional service of the Lord, need have nothing to do w
ith }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  It has been already explained that pure devotional service is without any tinge of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should have no tinge of philosophical speculation or ritualistic performances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gives evidence from }{\cs2873\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 11.21.2
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sve sve 'dhik\'e4re y\'e4 ni\'f1\'f6h\'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 sa gu\'eba\'f9 parik\'e9rtita\'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 viparyayas tu do\'f1a\'f9 sy\'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 ubhayor e\'f1a ni\'e7caya\'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 sve sve}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97each in his own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhik\'e4re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97position; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4}{\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 ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97steadiness; }{\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 \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97piety; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parik\'e9rtita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is declared to be; }{\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 \'97the opposite; }{
\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 \'97whereas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub do
\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97impiety; }{\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 \'97is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ubhayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the two; }{\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 ni\'e7caya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the definite conclusion.
\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 Steadiness in one's own position is declared to be actual piety, whereas deviation from one's position is considered impiety. In this way the two are definitely asce
rtained.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eleventh Canto, in which it is said by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Uddhava, "The distinction between qualification and disqualification may be made in this way: persons w
ho are already elevated in discharging devotional service will never again take shelter of the processes of fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. If one sticks to devotional service and is conducted by regulative principles given by the autho
rities and }{\cs2873\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  that is the best qualification."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement is supported in the }{\cs2873\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, 5th Chapter, 17th verse, wherein \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni advises Vy\'e4sadeva thusly: "Even if one does not execute his specific occupational duty, but immediately takes di
rect shelter of the lotus feet of Hari [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], there will be no fault on his part, and in all circumstances his position is secure. Even if, by some bad association, he falls down while executing devotional service, or if he doesn't finish the 
complete course of devotional service and dies untimely, still he is not at a loss. A person who is simply discharging his occupational duty in }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  howe
ver, with no K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, practically does not gain the true benefit of human life." The purport is that all conditioned souls who are engaged very frantically in activities for sense gratification, without knowing that this process will
 never help them to get out of material contamination, are awarded only with repeated births and deaths.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Fifth Canto of }{\cs2873\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 is clearly stated by \'c5\'f1abhadeva to his sons: "Persons engaged in fruitive activities are repeatedly accepting birth and death, and until they develop a loving feeling for V\'e4sudeva, there will 
be no question of getting out from these stringent laws of material nature." As such, any person who is very seriously engaged in his occupational duties in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eba
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  and who does not develop love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V\'e4sudeva, is to be understood as simply spoiling his human form of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is confirmed also in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  11th Chapter, 32nd verse, in which the Lord says to Uddhava, "My dear Uddhava, any person who takes shelter of Me in complete surrender and follows My instructions, giving up a
ll occupational duties, is to be considered the first-class man." In this statement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is understood that people who are generally attracted to philanthropic, ethical, moral, altruistic, political and social welfare
 activities may be considered nice men only in the calculation of the material world. From }{\cs2873\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 authentic Vedic scriptures we learn further that if a person simply acts in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and discharges devotional service, he is considered to be far, far better situated than all of those persons e
ngaged in philanthropic, ethical, moral, altruistic and social welfare activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same thing is still more emphatically confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Eleventh Canto, 5th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, in which Karabh\'e4jana Muni addresses Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nimi as follows: "My dear King, if somebody gives up his occupational duties as they are prescribed for the different }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  but takes complete shelter, surrendering himself unto the lotus feet of the Lord, such a person is no more a debtor, nor has he any obligation to perform the different kinds of activities we ren
der to the great sages, ancestors, living entities and family and society members. Neither has he any need to bother executing the five kinds of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'ef\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [sacrifices] for becoming free from sinful contamination. Simply by discharging devotional service he is freed from all kinds of obligations." The purport is that as soon as a man takes 
his birth, he is immediately indebted to so many sources. He is indebted to the great sages because he profits by reading their authoritative scriptures and books. For example, we take advantage of the books written by Vy\'e4sadeva. Vy\'e4sadeva has left
 for us all the }{\cs2873\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  Before Vy\'e4sadeva's writing, the Vedic literature was simply hear
d, and the disciples would learn the }{\cs2873\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  quickly by hearing and not by reading. Later 
on, Vy\'e4sadeva thought it wise to write down the }{\cs2873\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  because in this age people are sh
ort-memoried and unable to remember all the instructions given by the spiritual master. Therefore, he left all the Vedic knowledge in book form, such as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba
s, Ved\'e4nta, Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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 There are many other sages, like \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, Gautama Muni, N\'e4rada Muni, etc., to whom we are indebted because we take advantage of their knowledge.
 Similarly, we are obliged to our forefathers because we take our birth in a particular family, where we take all advantages and inherit property. Therefore, we are indebted to the forefathers and have to offer them }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pi\'eb\'f2a}{\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 pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) after they are dead. Similarly, to the people in general we are also indebted, as well as to our relatives, friends and even animals such as cows and dogs who render us so much service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, we are indebted to the demigods, to the forefathers, to the sages, to the animals and to society in general. It is our duty to repay them all by proper
 discharge of service. But by the one stroke of devotional service, if someone gives up all obligations and simply surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is no longer a debtor, nor obliged to any other source of benefit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  also the Lord says: "Give up all your occupations and just become surrendered unto Me. I give you assurance that I shall give you protection from all sinful reactions." One may think that because he is surrendering unto the S
upreme Personality of Godhead, he will not be able to perform all of his other obligations. But the Lord says repeatedly, "Don't hesitate. Don't consider that because you are giving up all other engagements there will be some flaw in your life. Don't thi
nk like that. I will give you all protection." That is the assurance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\cs2873\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 There is additional evidence in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agastya-sa\'e0hit\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "As the regulative principles of scripture are not required by a liberated person, similarly a person who is engaged duly in the service of Lord R\'e4macandra is also not required to discharge t
he ritualistic principles which are indicated in the Vedic supplimentaries." In other words, the devotees of Lord R\'e4macandra, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are already liberated persons and are not required to follow all the regulative principles mentioned in th
e ritualistic portions of the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  5th Chapter, Karabh\'e4jana Muni addresses King Nimi and says, "My dear King, a person who has given up the worship of the demigods and has completely concentrated his energy in the devo
tional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has become very, very dear to the Lord. As such, if by chance or mistake he does something which is forbidden, there is no need for him to perform any purificatory ceremonies. Because the Lord is situa
ted within his heart, He takes compassion for the devotee's accidental mistake and corrects him from within." It is also confirmed in the }{\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  in many places that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, takes a special interest in His devotees and declares emphatically that nothing can cause His devotees to fall dow
n. He is always protecting them.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 6-1970: How to Discharge Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Six
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Discharge Devotional Serv
ice
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states that his elder brother (San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9) has compiled }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for the guidance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and therein has mentioned many rules and regulations to be followed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Some of them are very important and prominent, and he will now mention these very important items for our benefit. The purport of this statement is that \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 proposes to mention only basic principles, not details. For example, a basic principle is that one has to accept a spiritual master. Exactly how one follows the instructions of his spiritual master is considered a detail. For example, if one is foll
owing the instruction of his spiritual master and that instruction is different from the instructions of another spiritual master, this is called detailed information. But the basic principle of acceptance of a spiritual master is good everywhere, althou
gh the details may be different. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 does not wish to enter into details here, but he wants to place before us only the principles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He mentions the basic principles as follows: 1) accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master, 2) becoming initiated by the spiritual mast
er and learning how to discharge devotional service from him, 3) obeying the orders of the spiritual master with faith and devotion, 4) following in the footsteps of great }{\cs2873\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  (teachers) under the direction of the spiritual master, 5) inquiring from the spiritual master how to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, 6) bei
ng prepared to give up anything material for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba (This means that when we are engaged in the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must be prepared to give up something which
 we may not like to give up, and also we have to accept something which we may not like to accept.), 7) residing in a sacred place of pilgrimage like Dv\'e4rak\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 8) dealing with the material world only as far as necessary, 9) observ
ing the fasting day on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and 10) worshiping sacred trees like the banyan tree and
 others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These ten items are preliminary necessities for beginning the discharge of devotional service in regulative principles. In the beginning, if a neophyte devotee obse
rves the above-mentioned ten principles, surely he will quickly make good advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next set of instructions is listed as follows: 1) One should rigidly give up the company of nondevotees. 2) One should not instruct a person who is not desirous
 of accepting devotional service. 3) One should not be very enthusiastic about constructing costly temples or monasteries. 4) One should not try to read too many books, nor should one develop the idea of earning his livelihood by lecturing on or by profe
ssionally reciting }{\cs2873\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  or the }{\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  5) One should not be neglectful in ordinary dealings. 6) One should not be under the spell of lamentation
 in loss or tribulation in gain. 7) One should not disrespect the demigods. 8) One should not give unnecessary trouble to any living entity. 9) One should carefully avoid the various offenses in chanting the holy name of the Lord, or in worshiping the De
ity in the temple. 10) One should be very intolerant towards the blasphemy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or His devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without following the above-mentioned ten principles, one cannot properly elevate himself to the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devotional service in practice. Altogether, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 mentions twenty items, and all of them ar
e very important. Out of the twenty, the first three\'97namely, accepting the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, taking initiation from him and serving him with respect and reverence\'97are the most important.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next important items are as follows: 1) One should decorate the body with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t
ilaka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is the sign of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (The idea is that as soon as a person sees these marks on the body of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he will immediately remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya said that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is he whom, when seen, reminds one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, it is essential that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mark his body with }{\cs2873\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  to remind others of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
) 2) In marking such }{\cs2873\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  sometimes one may write }{\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  on the body. 3) One should accept flowers and garlands that have been offered to the Deity and the spiritu
al master and put them on his body. 4) One should learn to dance before the Deity. 5) One should learn to bow down immediately upon seeing the Deity or the spiritual master. 6) As soon as one visits a temple of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one must stand up. 7) 
When the Deity is being borne for a stroll in the street, a devotee should immediately follow the procession. (In this connection it may be noted that in India, especially in Vi\'f1\'ebu temples, the system is that apart from the big Deity who is permane
ntly situated in the main area of the temple, there is another set of smaller Deities which are taken in procession in the evening. In some temples it is the custom to hold a big procession in the evening with a band playing and a nice big umbrella over 
the Deities, who sit on decorated thrones on the cart or palanquin which is carried by devotees. The Deities come out onto the street and travel in the neighborhood while the people of the neighborhood come out to offer }{\cs2873\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  The residents of the neighborhood all follow the procession so that it is a very nice scene. When the Deit
y is coming out, the servitors in the temple put forward the daily accounts before Them: so much was the collection, so much was the expenditure. The whole idea is that the Deity is considered to be the proprietor of the whole establishment, and all the 
priests and other people taking care of the temple are considered to be the servants of the Deity. This system is very, very old and is still followed. So, therefore, it is mentioned here that when the Deity is on stroll the people should follow behind.)
 8) A devotee must visit a Vi\'f1\'ebu temple at least once or twice every day, morning and evening. (In V\'e5nd\'e4vana this system is followed very strictly. All the devotees in town go every morning and evening to visit different temples. Therefore du
ring these times there are considerable crowds all over the city. There are about 5,000 temples in V\'e5nd\'e4vana City. Of course it is not possible to visit all the temples, but there are at least one dozen very big and important temples which were sta
rted by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s and which should be visited.) 9) One must circumambulate the temple building at least three times. (In every temple there is an arrangement to go around the temple at least three times. Some devotees go around more than three t
imes: ten times, fifteen times\'97according to their vows. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s used to circumambulate Govardhan Hill.) 10) One should circumambulate the whole V\'e5nd\'e4vana area. 11) One must worship the Deity in the temple according to the regulative p
rinciples. (Offering }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika,}{\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 pras\'e4dam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  decorating the Deity, etc.\'97these things must be observed regularly.) 12) Rendering personal service to the Deities. 13) Singi
ng. 14) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'eck\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  15) Chanting. 16) Offering prayers. 17) Reciting notable prayers. 18) Tasting }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (food from the very plate offered before the Deities). 19) Drinking }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (water from the bathing of the Deities which is offered to guests). 20) One must smell the incense and flowers offered to the Deity. 21) One must touch the lotus feet of the Deity. 22) One must see the Deity with great devotion.
 23) One must offer }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub at different times. 24) One must hear about the Lord an
d His pastimes from }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\cs2873\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  Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and similar books. 25) One must pray to the Deity for His mercy. 26) One should remember the Deit
y. 27) One should meditate upon the Deity. 28) One should render some voluntary service. 29) One should think of the Lord as his friend. 30) One should offer everything to the Lord. 31) One should offer a favorite article (as food or a garment). 32) One 
should take all kinds of risks for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's benefit. 33) In every condition, be a surrendered soul. 34) Pour water on the }{\cs2873\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. 35) Regularly hear }{\cs2873\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 similar literature. 36) Live in a sacred place like Mathur\'e4, V\'e5nd\'e4vana or Dv\'e4rak\'e4. 37) Offer service to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (devotees). 38) Arrange your devotional service according to your means. 39) In the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (October and November), make arrangements for special services. 40) During }{\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  (the time of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance in this world) observe a special service. 41) Do whatever is done with great care and devotion for the Deity. 42) Relish the pleasure of }{
\cs2873\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  reading amongst devotees and not amongst outsiders. 43) Associate with devotee
s who are considered more advanced. 44) Live in the jurisdiction of Mathur\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, the total regulative principles come to an aggregate of sixty-four items. As we have mentioned, the first are the primary ten regulative principles. Then come 
the secondary ten regulative principles, and added to these are forty-four other activities. So altogether there are sixty-four items for discharging the regulative practice of devotional service. Out of these sixty-four items, five items\'97namely, offe
ring water to 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, hearing }{\cs2873\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  associating amongst the devotees, }{\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  and living in Mathur\'e4\'97are very important.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sixty-four items of devotional service should include all of our activities of body, mind and speech. As it was stated in the beginning, the regulative principl
e of devotional service enjoins that all of our senses must be employed in the service of the Lord. Exactly how they can be thus employed is described in the above sixty-four items. Now, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 will give evidences from differen
t scriptures supporting the authenticity of many of these points.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 7-1970: Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Seven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Evidence Regarding Devotional Pr
inciples
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  Prabuddha tells Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nimi: "My dear King, please know for certain that in the material world there is no happiness. It is simply a mistake to think that there is happiness here, because th
is place is full of nothing but miserable conditions. Any person who is seriously desirous of achieving real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of a spiritual master is that he mu
st 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 considerations, a
re 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport is that one should not accept as a spiritual master someone who is Fool Number One, who has no direction according to the scriptural injunctions, whose 
character is doubtful, who does not follow the principles of devotional service, or who has not conquered the influence of the six sense gratifying agents. The six agents of sense gratification are the tongue, the genitals, the belly, anger, the mind and
 words. Anyone who has practiced controlling these six is permitted to make disciples all over the world. To accept such a spiritual master is the crucial point for advancement in spiritual life. One who is fortunate enough to come under the shelter of a
 bona fide spiritual master is sure to traverse the path of spiritual salvation without any doubt.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 To Accept Initiation from the Spiritual Master and Receive Instructions from Him
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sage Prabuddha continued to speak to the King as follows: "My 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." This is confirmed in every scripture, and a disci
ple should accept the spiritual master as such. One should learn }{\cs2873\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
 seriously and with all respect and veneration for the spiritual master. Hearing and speaking }{\cs2873\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 religious process which elevates one to the platform of serving and loving the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attitude of the disciple should always be to satisfy the bona fide spiritual master. Then it will be very easy for him to understand spiritual knowledge. This i
s confirmed in the }{\cs2873\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 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.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 To Serve the Spiritual Master with Faith and Confidence
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding accepting initiation from the spiritual master, in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  17th Chapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 nd verse, it is stated by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear Uddhava, the 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 ordina
ry 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, on
e is able to serve all the demigods."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 To Follow in the Footsteps of Saintly Persons
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is advised that a devotee follow the past }{\cs2873\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  an
d saintly persons because by such following one can achieve the desired results, with no chance of lamenting or being baffled in his progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the scripture known as }{\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  it is stated as follows: "If someone wants to pose himself as
 a great devotee without following the authorities of the revealed scriptures, then his activities will never help him to make progress in devotional service. Instead, he will simply create disturbances for the sincere students of devotional service." Th
ose who do not strictly follow the principles of revealed scriptures are generally called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sahajiy\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub those who have imagined everything to be cheap, and who have their own concocted ideas, and who do not follow the scriptural injunctions. Such persons are simply creating disturbances in the discharge of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, an objection may be raised by those who are not in devotional service and who do not care for the revealed scriptures. An example of this is see
n in Buddhist philosophy. Lord Buddha appeared in the family of a high-grade }{\cs2873\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  k
ing, but his philosophy was not in accord with the Vedic conclusions and therefore was rejected. Under the patronage of a Hindu king, Mah\'e4r\'e4j A\'e7oka, the Buddhist religion was spread all over India and the adjoining countries. However, after the 
appearance of the great stalwart teacher, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, this Buddhism was driven out beyond the border of India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Buddhists or other religionists who do not care for revealed scriptures sometimes say that there are many devotees of Lord Buddha who show devotional service to
 Lord Buddha and who therefore should be considered devotees. In answer to this argument, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that the followers of Buddha cannot be accepted as devotees. Although Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the fo
llowers of such incarnations are not very advanced in their knowledge of the }{\cs2873\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 stu
dy the }{\cs2873\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  means to come to the conclusion of the supremacy of the Personality of Godhea
d. Therefore any religious principle which denies the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead is not accepted and is called atheism. Atheism means defying the authority of the }{\cs2873\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 decrying the great }{\cs2873\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  who teach Vedic scriptures for the benefit of the people in general.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\cs2873\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 in the same }{\cs2873\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 is stated that Lord Buddha appeared in order to bewilder the atheist class of men. Therefore his philosophy is meant for bewildering the atheists and should not be accepted. If someone asks, "Why shoul
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba propagate atheistic principles?" the answer is that it was the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to end the violence which was then being committed in the name of the }{\cs2873\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 so-called religionists were falsely using the }{\cs2873\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 justify such violent acts as meat-eating, and Lord Buddha came to lead the fallen people away from such a false interpretation of the }{\cs2873\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, for the atheist class, Lord Buddha preached atheism so that they would follow him and thus be tricked into devoti
onal service to Lord Buddha, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Inquiring about External Religious Principles
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said: "If one is actually very serious about devotional service, then all of his purposes will be served without any delay."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Residing in a Sacred Place
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  it is stated: "For one who has given up his material sense enjoyment and has accepted the principles of devotional service, the opulence of Vi\'f1\'ebu-loka [the kingdom of God] is awaiting." In the same}{\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  it is also said that for a person who has lived in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 for six months, for one
 month, or even for one fortnight, there is awaiting elevation to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-lokas and all the profits of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the privilege of having the same four-handed bodily features as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said: "The transcendental significance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama-k\'f1etra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  which is the 80-square-mile field of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, cannot be properly described. Even the demigods from higher planetary systems see the inhabitants of this Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 as having exactly the same features of body as are posse
ssed by one in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. That is, the demigods see the inhabitants of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 as being four-handed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there was a meeting of great sages at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was reciting }{\cs2873\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 importance of the Ganges was stated as follows: "The waters of the Ganges are always carrying the flavor of }{
\cs2873\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  offered at the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as such the waters of t
he Ganges are ever flowing, spreading the glories of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Wherever the waters of the Ganges are flowing, all will be sanctified, both externally and internally."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 To Accept Only What is Necessary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is directed: "One should not accept more than necessary if he is serious about discharging devotional service." The purport is that one should not neglect following the principles of devotional service, nor should on
e accept the rulings of devotional service which are more than what he can easily perform. For example, it may be said that one should chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873
\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  at least 100,000 times daily on his beads. But if this is not possible, then one must minimi
ze his chanting according to his own capacity. Generally, we recommend our disciples to chant at least 16 rounds on their }{\cs2873\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 daily, and this should be completed. But if one is not even able to chant 16 rounds, then he must make it up the next day. He must be sure to keep his vow. If he does not strictly follow this out, then he is
 sure to be negligent. That is offensive in the service of the Lord. If we encourage offenses, we shall not be able to make progress in devotional service. It is better if one fixes up a regulative principle according to his own ability and then follows 
that vow without fail. That will make him advanced in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Observing Fasting on Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-vaivarta Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that one who observes fasting on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  day is freed from all kinds of reactions to sinful activities and advances in pious life. The basic principle is not just to fast, but to increase one's faith and love for Govinda, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The real reason for observing fasting on 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is to minimize the demands of the body and to engage our time in the service of 
the Lord by chanting or performing similar service. The best thing to do on fasting days is to remember the pastimes of Govinda and to hear His holy name constantly.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 To Offer Respect to the Banyan Trees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is directed that a devotee should offer water to the }{\cs2873\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 and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4malaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. He should offer respect to the cows and to the }{
\cs2873\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 should serve the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by offering them respectful obeisances and meditating upon them. All of these processes will help the devotee to diminish the reaction
s to his past sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 To Give Up the Company of Nondevotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya was once asked by one of His householder devotees what the general behavior of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be. In this connection, Lord Caitanya replied that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1
\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should always give up the company of nondevotees. Then He explained that there are two kinds of nondevotees: one class is against the supremacy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and 
another class is too materialistic. In other words, those who are after material enjoyment and those who are against the supremacy of the Lord are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avai\'f1\'ebava
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and their company should be strictly avoided.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4ty\'e4yana-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that even if one is forced to live within a cage of iron or in the midst of a blazing fire, he should accept this position rather than live with nondevotees who are through and through against the sup
remacy of the Lord. Similarly, in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-rahasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement to the effect 
that one should prefer to embrace a snake, a tiger or an alligator rather than associate with persons who are worshipers of various demigods and who are impelled by material desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the scriptures it is instructed that one may worship a certain demigod if he is desirous of achieving some material gain. For example, one is advised to worship 
the sun god if he is desirous of getting rid of a diseased condition. For a beautiful wife, one can worship Um\'e4, the wife of Lord \'c7iva, and for advanced education one may worship Sarasvat\'e9. Similarly, there is a list in the }{\cs2873\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 worshipers of all demigods, according to different material desires. But all 
of these worshipers, although they appear to be very good devotees of the demigods, are still considered to be nondevotees. They cannot be accepted as devotees.
\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 m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (impersonalists) say that one can worship any form of the Lord and that it doesn't matter because one reaches the same destination anyway. But it is clearly stated in the }{\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  that those who are worshipers of the demigods will ultimately reach only the planets of those demigods, while those who are devote
es of the Lord Himself will be promoted to the Lord's abode, the kingdom of God. So actually these persons who are worshipers of demigods have been condemned in the }{\cs2873\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  It is described that due to their lusty desires they have lost their intelligence, and therefore they have taken to worshiping the different demigods. So in the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-rahasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  these demigod worshipers are forcefully condemned by the statement that 
it is better to live with the most dangerous animals than to associate with these persons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another stricture is that a person may have many disciples, but he should not act in such a way that he will be obliged to any of them for some particular action or
 some favor. And one should also not be very enthusiastic about constructing new temples, nor should one be enthusiastic about reading various types of books, save and except the ones which lead to the advancement of devotional service. Practically, if o
ne very carefully reads the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and this }{\cs2873\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  that will give him sufficient knowledge to u
nderstand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One need not take the trouble of reading other books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Seventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  13th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, N\'e4rada Muni,
 while discussing with Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira the various functions of the different orders in society, especially mentions rules for the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub those persons who have renounced this material world. One who has accepted the }{\cs2873\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  order of life is forbidden to accept as a disciple anyone who is not fit. A }{\cs2873\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 first of all examine whether a prospective student is sincerely seeking K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If he is not, he should not be accepted. However, Lord Caitanya's 
causeless mercy is such that He advised all bona fide spiritual masters to speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness everywhere. Therefore, in the line of Lord Caitanya, even the }{\cs2873\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  can speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness everywhere, and if someone is seriously inclined to become a disciple, the }{\cs2873\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  always accepts him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The one point is that without increasing the number of disciples, there is no propagation of the cult of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore, sometimes even at 
a risk, a }{\cs2873\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  in the line of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu may accept even a person wh
o is not thoroughly fit to become a disciple. Later on, by the mercy of such a bona fide spiritual master, the disciple is gradually elevated. However, if one increases the number of disciples simply for some prestige or false honor, he will surely fall 
down in the matter of executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, a bona fide spiritual master has no business to read many books simply to show his proficiency or to get popularity by lecturing in different places. One
 should avoid all these things. It is also stated that a }{\cs2873\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 be enth
usiastic about constructing temples. We can see in the life of various }{\cs2873\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 th
e line of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu that they are not very enthusiastic about constructing temples. However, if somebody comes forward to offer some service, the same reluctant }{\cs2873\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  will encourage the building of costly temples by such servitors. For example, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was offered a favor by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Mansingh
, the commander-in-chief of Emperor Akbar, and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 instructed him to construct a large temple for Govindaj\'e9, which cost vast amounts of money.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So a bona fide spiritual master should not personally take any responsibility for constructing temples, but if someone has money and wants to spend it in the servic
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, an }{\cs2873\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  like R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 may utilize the devotee's 
money to construct a nice costly temple for the service of the Lord. Unfortunately, it happens that someone who is not fit to become a spiritual master may approach wealthy persons to contribute for temple constructions. If such money is utilized by unqu
alified spiritual masters to live comfortably in costly temples without actually doing any preaching work, this is not acceptable. In other words, a spiritual master needn't be very enthusiastic for constructing temple buildings simply in the name of so-
called spiritual advancement. Rather, his first and foremost activity should be to preach. In this connection, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j recommended that a spiritual master print books. If one has money, inst
ead of constructing costly temples, one should spend his money for the publication of authorized books in different languages for propagating the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Straightforwardness in Ordinary Dealings
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement 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  "Persons who are engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should never be disturbed by some material gain or loss. Even if there is some material loss, one should not be perturbed, but should always think 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within Himself." The purport is that every conditioned soul is always absorbed in thinking of materialistic activities; he has to make himself freed from such thoughts and transfer himself completely to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As 
we have already explained, the basic principle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should not be disturbed in material loss, but, rather, should concentrate his mind upon the lotus feet of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee should not be subjected to lamentation or illusion. There is the following statement 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  "Within the heart of a person who is overpowered by lamentation or anger, there is no possibility of K\'e5\'f1\'eba being manifest
ed."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 The Demigods
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not become neglectful to offer due respect to the demigods. One may not be a devotee of demigods, but that does not mean that he should be disrespectful 
to them. For example, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not a devotee of Lord \'c7iva or Lord Brahm\'e4, but he
 is duty-bound to offer all respects to such highly-positioned demigods. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  philosophy, one should offer respect even to an ant, so then what need is there to speak of such exalted persons like Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  it is said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Hari, is the master of all demigods, and therefore He is always worshipable. But this does not mean that one should not offer respect to the demigods."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Not Giving Pain to Any Living Entity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the statement of }{\cs2873\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  "A person who does not disturb or cause painful action in the mind of any living entity, who treats everyone just like a loving father does his children, whose heart is so pure, certainly very soon become
s favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In so-called civilized society there is sometimes agitation against cruelty to animals, but at the same time regular slaughterhouses are always maintained. A }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not like that. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can never support animal slaughter nor even give pain to any living entity.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 8-1970: Offenses to Be Avoided
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Eight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Offenses to be Avoided
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the supplementary Vedic literature, there is the following list of 32 offenses in the matter of serving the Lord: 1) One should not enter the temple of the Deity
 in a car or palanquin or with shoes on the feet. 2) One should not fail to observe the various festivals for the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janm
\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc. 3) One should not avoid bowing down before the Deity. 4) One should not enter the temple to worship the Lord without having washed 
his hands and feet after eating. 5) One should not enter the temple in a contaminated state. (According to Vedic scripture, if someone dies in the family the whole family becomes contaminated for some time, according to its status. For example, if the fa
mily is }{\cs2873\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  their contamination period is 12 days, for the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  it is 15 days, and for }{\cs2873\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  30 days.) 6) One should not bow down on one hand. 7) One should not circumambulate in front of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. (The process of circumambulating the temple is that one should begin circumambulating from the Dei
ty's right-hand side of the temple and come round. Such circumambulation should be performed outside the temple structure at least three times daily.) 8) One should not spread his legs before the Deity. 9) One should not sit before the Deity holding the 
ankles, elbows or knees with his hands. 10) One should not lie down before the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 11) One should not accept }{\cs2873\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  before the Deity. 12) One should never speak a lie before the Deity. 13) One should not talk very loudly before the Deity. 14) One should not talk with others before the Deity. 15) One should not c
ry or howl before the Deity. 16) One should not quarrel or fight before the Deity. 17) One should not chastise anyone before the Deity. 18) One should not be charitable to beggars before the Deity. 19) One should not speak very harshly to others before t
he Deity. 20) One should not wear a fur blanket before the Deity. 21) One should not eulogize or praise anyone else before the Deity. 22) One should not speak any ill names before the Deity. 23) One should not pass air before the Deity. 24) One should no
t fail to worship the Deity according to his means. (In the }{\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  it is stat
ed that the Lord is satisfied even if some devotee offers him a leaf or a little water. This formula prescribed by the Lord is universally applicable, even for the poorest man. But that does not mean that one who has sufficient means to worship the Lord 
very nicely should also adopt this method and try to satisfy the Lord simply by offering water and a leaf. If he has sufficient means, he should offer nice decorations, nice flowers, nice foodstuffs and observe all ceremonies. It is not that one should t
ry to satisfy the Supreme Lord with a little water and a leaf, and for himself spend all his money in sense gratification.) 25) One should not eat anything which is not offered first to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 26) One should not fail to offer fresh fruit and gra
ins to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, according to the season. 27) After cooking, no one should be offered any foodstuff unless it is first offered to the Deity. 28) One should not sit with his back towards the Deity. 29) One should not offer obeisances silently to the
 spiritual master; or in other words, one should recite }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aloud}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the prayers to the spiritual
 master while offering obeisances. 30) One should not fail to offer some praise in the presence of the spiritual master. 31) One should not praise himself before the spiritual master. 32) One should not deride the demigods before the Deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a list of 32 offenses. Besides these, there are a number of offenses which are mentioned in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'e4ha Pur\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They are as follows: 1) One should not touch the Deity in a dark room. 2) One should not fail to strictly follow the rules and
 regulations in worshiping the Deity. 3) One should not enter the temple of the Deity without first making some sound. 4) One should not offer any foodstuff to the Deity which has been seen by dogs or other lower animals. 5) One should not break the sile
nce while worshiping. 6) One should not pass urine or evacuate while engaged in worshiping. 7) One should not offer incense without offering some flower. 8) Useless flowers without any fragrance should not be offered. 9) One should not fail to wash his t
eeth very carefully every day. 10) One should not enter the temple directly after sexual intercourse. 11) One should not touch a woman during her menstrual period. 12) One should not enter the temple after touching a dead body. 13) One should not enter t
he temple wearing garments of red or blue color, or which are unwashed. 14) One should not enter the temple after seeing a dead body. 15) One should not pass air within the temple. 16) One should not be angry within the temple. 17) One should not enter t
he temple after visiting a crematorium. 18) One should not belch before the Deity. So, until one has fully digested his food, he should not enter the temple. 19) One should not smoke marijuana or }{\cs2873\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  20) One should not take opium or similar intoxicants. 21) One should not enter the Deity room or touch the body of the Deity after hav
ing smeared oil over his body. 22) One should not show disrespect to a scripture teaching about the supremacy of the Lord. 23) One should not introduce any opposing scripture. 24) One should not chew betel before the Deity. 25) One should not offer a flo
wer which was kept in an unclean pot. 26) One should not worship the Lord while sitting on the bare floor: one must have a sitting place or carpet. 27) One should not touch the Deity before he has completed taking bath. 28) One should not decorate his fo
rehead with the three-lined }{\cs2873\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  29) One should not enter the temple without washing hi
s hands and feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Other rules are that one should not offer foodstuff which is cooked by a non-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1
\'ebava. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not worship the Deity before a nondevotee. One should not engage himself in the worship of the Lord while seeing a nondevotee. One should begin the worship
 of the demigod Ga\'ebapati, who drives away all impediments in the execution of devotional service. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is stated that Ga\'ebapati worships the lotus feet of Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, and in that way he has become auspicious for the devotees in clearing out all impediments. Therefore, all devotees should worship Ga
\'ebapati. The Deities should not be bathed in water which has been touched by the nails or fingers. When a devotee is perspiring, he should not engage himself in worshiping the Deity. Similarly, there are many other prohibitions, such as one should not 
cross or step over the flowers offered to the Deities, nor should one take a vow in the name of God. These are all different kinds of offenses in the matter of executing devotional service, and one should be careful to avoid them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  it is stated that even a person whose life is completely sinful will be completely protected by the Lord if he simply surrenders unto Him. So it is accepted that one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes
 freed from all sinful reactions. And even when a person becomes an offender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he can still be delivered simply by taking shelter of the holy names of the Lord: }{\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/ 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  I
n other words, 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  is beneficial for eradicating all sins; but if
 one becomes an offender to the holy names of the Lord, then he has no chance of being delivered.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The offenses against the chanting of the holy name are as follows: 1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the holy name of the 
Lord. 2) To consider the names of demigods like Lord \'c7iva or Lord Brahm\'e4 to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. (Sometimes the atheistic class of men take it that any demigod is as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhea
d, Vi\'f1\'ebu. But one who is a devotee knows that no demigod, however great he may be, is independently as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore if someone thinks that he can chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4l\'e9, K\'e4l\'e9! or Durg\'e4, Durg\'e4!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and it is the same as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that is the greatest offense.) 3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master. 4) To blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic
 version. 5) To consider the glories of chanting }{\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  as imagination. 6) To give s
ome interpretation on 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 }{\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  to neutralize his sins.
 Such a dangerous mentality is very offensive and should be avoided.) 8) To consider 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  as one of the auspicious ritualistic activities which are offered in the }{\cs2873\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 fruitive activities (}{\cs2873\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 ). 9) To 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 potency of the Lord. Those who are too sinful cannot appreciate the transc
endental 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 ma
tter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every devotee who claims to be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must guard against these offenses in order to quickly achieve the desired success.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 9-1970: Further Consideration of Devotional Principles
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Nine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Further Consideration of Devotio
nal Principles
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Blasphemy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not tolerate blaspheming of the Lord or His devotees. In this connection, in the Tenth Canto, 70th Chapter, 25th verse, of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j: "My dear King, if a person, a
fter hearing blasphemous propaganda against the Lord and His devotees, does not go away from that place, he becomes bereft of the effect of all pious activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one of Lord Caitanya's }{\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  verses it is stated: "The devotee should be more tolerant than the tree and more submissive than the grass. He should offer all honor to others, but may not accept any honor for himself." In spite of Lord
 Caitanya's being so humble and meek as a devotee, when He was informed about injuries inflicted on the body of \'c7r\'e9 Nity\'e4nanda, He immediately ran to the spot and wanted to kill the offenders, Jagai and Madhai. This behavior of Lord Caitanya is 
very significant. It shows that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be very tolerant and meek, foregoing everyth
ing for his personal honor, but when it is a question of the honor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His devotee, he will not tolerate any insult.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three ways of dealing with such insults. If someone is heard blaspheming by words, one should be so expert that he can defeat the opposing party by argume
nt. If he is unable to defeat the opposing party, then the next step is that he should not just stand there meekly, but should give up his life. The third process is followed if he is unable to execute the above-mentioned two processes, and this is that 
one must leave the place and go away. If a devotee does not do any of the above-mentioned three processes, he falls down from his position of devotion.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Tilaka, Tulas\'e9 Beads and Flower Garlands
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a statement describing how a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should decorate hi
s body with }{\cs2873\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 beads: "Persons who put }{\cs2873\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  beads on the neck, who mark twelve places of their body as Vi\'f1\'ebu temples with Vi\'f1\'ebu's symbolic represent
ations [the four items held in the four hands of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu\'97conch, mace, disk and lotus], and who have V}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\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 forehead, are to be understood as the devotees of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in this world. Their presence makes the wor
ld purified, and anywhere they remain they make that place as good as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which says: "Persons who are decorated with }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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  [a kind of clay resembling fuller's earth which is
 produced in certain quarters of V\'e5nd\'e4vana], and who mark their bodies all over with the holy names of the Lord, and on whose neck and breast there are }{\cs2873\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  beads, are never approached by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yama-d\'fctas.}{\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 Yama-d\'fctas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the constables of King Yama (the Lord o
f death), who punishes all sinful men. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are never called for by such constables of
 Yamar\'e4j. In the }{\cs2873\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 the narration of Aj\'e4mila's deliveran
ce, it is said that Yamar\'e4j gave clear instructions to his assistants not to approach the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}{\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 Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are beyond the jurisdiction of Yamar\'e4j's activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  it is also mentioned: "A person whose body is decorated with the pulp of sandalwood, with paintings of the holy name of the Lord, is delivered from all sinful reactions, and after his death he goes directly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba-lok
a to live in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next instruction is that one should put on flower garlands which are offered to the Deity. In this connection, in the Eleventh Canto, 6th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 31st}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, of }{\cs2873\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  Uddhava says to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have taken things which You have used and enjoyed, such as garlands of flowers, saintly articles,
 garments and ornaments, and I eat only the remnants of Your foodstuff because I am Your menial servant. So, therefore, I am sure that I shall not be attacked by the spell of material energy." The purport of this verse is that for any person who simply f
ollows these rules and regulations of decorating the body with the marks of }{\cs2873\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  of }{
\cs2873\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  or sandalwood pulp, and who puts on the garlands which were offered to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, there is no question of being conquered by the spell of material energy. At the time of death, there is no question of such a person being called by the constables of Yamar\'e4j. Even if one does not accept all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  principles, but still takes the remnants of foodstuff offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4dam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he 
will gradually become qualified to rise to the platform of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Brahm\'e4 tells N\'e4rada: "My dear N\'e4rada, anyone who puts on his neck the flower garland which was formerly used by K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes relieved from all disease and reactions to sinful activities, an
d gradually he gets liberated from the contamination of matter."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dancing before the Deity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dv\'e4rak\'e4-m\'e4h\'e4tmya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the importance of dancing before the Deity is stated by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "A person who is in a jubilant spirit, who feels profound devotional ecstasy while dancing before Me, and who manifests diffe
rent features of bodily expression, can burn away all the accumulated sinful reactions he has stocked up for many, many thousands of years." In the same book there is a statement by N\'e4rada wherein he asserts: "From the body of any person who claps and
 dances before the Deity, showing manifestations of ecstasy, all the birds of sinful activities fly away upwards." Just as by clapping the hands one can cause many birds to fly away, similarly the birds of all sinful activities which are sitting on the b
ody can be made to fly away simply by dancing and clapping before the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Bowing Down and Standing Up in Honor of the Deity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about bowing down and offering respect to the Deity. It is said there: "A person who has performed a great ritualistic sacrifice and a person who has simply offered his respectful obeisances by bowi
ng down before the Lord cannot be held as equals." The person who has executed many great sacrifices will attain the result of his pious activities, but when such results are finished, he has to take birth again on the earthly planet; whereas the person 
who has once offered respects, bowing down before the Deity, will not again come back to this world, because he will go directly to the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is said: "A person who sees the Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  car festival and then stands up to receive the Lord can purge all kinds of sinful results from his body." A similar statement is there in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhavi\'f1ya Pu
r\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which it is said: "A person who follows the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  car when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rathas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [Deities] pass in
 front or from behind, even if born of a lowly family, will surely be elevated to the position of achieving equal opulence with Vi\'f1\'ebu."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Going to the Temple of Vi\'f1\'ebu or to Places of Pilgrimage
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 "Persons who attempt to visit the holy places of pilgrimage, like V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Mathur\'e4 or Dv\'e4rak\'e4, are actually glorified. By such traveling activities, they can pass over the desert of material existe
nce."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about the benefit of visiting the temples of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As we have explained previously, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4 the system is that all the devotees take advantage
 of visiting various temples situated in those holy places. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "Persons who 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's womb." T
he conditioned soul forgets the trouble of living within the mother's womb during birth, but it is a very painful and terrible experience. In order to make an escape from this material condition, one is advised to visit a temple of Vi\'f1\'ebu with devot
ional consciousness. Then one can very easily get out of the miserable condition of material birth.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Circumambulating the Temple of Vi\'f1\'ebu
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said in the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "A person who is circumambulating the Deity of Vi\'f1\'ebu can counteract the circumambulation of repeated birth and death in this material world." The conditioned soul is circumambulating through repeated births 
and deaths on account of his material existence, and this can be counteracted simply by circumambulating the Deity in the temple.
\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 C\'e4turm\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony is observed during the four months of the rainy season in India, beginning from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e4va\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (approximately July, August, September and October). During these four months, saintly persons who are accustomed to travel from one place to another to propagate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness remain at one place, usually a holy 
place of pilgrimage. During these times, there are certain special rules and regulations which are strictly followed. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that during this period, if someone circumambulates the temple of Vi\'f1\'ebu at least four times, it is understood that he has traveled all over the universe. By such circumambulation, 
one is understood to have seen all the holy places where the Ganges water is flowing, and by following the regulative principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4turm\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can very quickly be raised to the platform of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Arcan\'e4
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arcan\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to worship the Deity in the temple. By executing this process o
ne confirms himself as not body but spirit soul. In the Tenth Canto, 81st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.81.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svarg\'e4pavargayo\'f9 pu\'e0s\'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 ras\'e4y\'e4\'e0 bhuvi sampad\'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 sarv\'e4s\'e4m api siddh\'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 m\'fcla\'e0 tac-cara\'eb\'e4rcanam
\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 svarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of heaven; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apavargayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of ultimate liberation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub pu\'e0s\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for all men; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ras\'e4y\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the subterranean regions; }{\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 \'97and on the earth; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sampad\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of opulences; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sarv\'e4s\'e4m}{\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 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 siddh\'e9n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of mystic perfections; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fclam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the root cause; }{\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 \'97His; }{\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 arcanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the worship.
\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 Devotional service to His lotus feet is the root cause of all the perfections a person can find in heaven, in liberation, in the subterranean regions and on earth.}}
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of the
 }{\cs2873\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 is told how Sud\'e4m\'e4, an intimate friend of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, while going to the house of a }{\cs2873\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  murmured to himself, "Simply by worshi
ping K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can easily achieve all the results of heavenly opulence, liberation, supremacy over the planetary systems of the universe, all the opulences of this material world, and the mystic power of performing the }{\cs2873\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The events leading to Sud\'e4m\'e4's murmuring this statement are as follows: \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba had ordered His friend Sud\'e4m\'e4 to go to a }{\cs2873\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  house and ask for some food. The }{\cs2873\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 performing a great sacrifice, and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Sud\'e4m\'e4 to plead with them that He and Balar\'e4ma 
were feeling hungry and needed some food. When Sud\'e4m\'e4 went there, the }{\cs2873\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
 refused to offer anything, but the wives of the }{\cs2873\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  upon hearing that \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted some foodstuff, immediately took many palatable dishes and went to offer them to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-rahasya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also, it is stated: "Any person within this world who is engaged in the worship of Vi\'f1\'ebu can very easily achieve the ever-blissful kingdom of God, known as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Rendering Service to the Lord
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-rahasya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Any person who can arrange for service to the Lord in the same way that a king is given service by his attendants is surely elevated to the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba after death." Actually, in India, the temples ar
e just like royal palaces. They are not ordinary buildings because the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba should be performed in just the way that a king is worshiped in his palace. So in V\'e5nd\'e4vana there are many hundreds of temples wherein the Deity is wor
shiped exactly like a king. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated: "If a person 
stays in the Lord's temple even for a few moments, he can surely achieve the transcendental kingdom of God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that those who are rich men in society should construct beautiful temples and arrange for the worship of Vi\'f1\'ebu, so that people may be attrac
ted to visit such temples and thereby be offered the opportunity of dancing before the Lord, or chanting the holy name of the Lord, or else of hearing the holy name of the Lord. In this way, everyone will be given the chance to elevate himself to the kin
gdom of God. In other words, even a common man, simply by visiting such a temple, will be able to attain the highest benedictions, not to mention the devotees who are constantly engaged in the service of the Lord in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, there is a statement in the Fourth Canto of the }{\cs2873\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  wherein King P\'e5thu says to his subjects: "My dear citizens, please note that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is actually the deliverer of all fal
len conditioned souls. No demigod can perform this act of delivering the conditioned souls, because the demigods themselves are conditioned. A conditioned soul cannot deliver another conditioned soul. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His bona fide representative c
an deliver him. The Ganges water which is flowing down from the toe of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu falls upon the earthly planet and other planets and thereby delivers all the conditioned sinful living entities. So what need is there to speak of the deliverance of 
persons who are always engaged in the service of the Lord? There is no doubt about their liberation, even if they have stocks of sinful activities from many, many births." In other words, a person who is engaged in the worship of the Deities can minimize
 his stock of sinful reactions coming from many, many previous births. This process of worshiping the Deity has already been described, and one should try to follow these rules and regulations seriously.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  there is a statement about glorifying and singing about the Lord. It is said there: "A }{\cs2873\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 is constantly engaged in singing the glories of the Lord is surely elevated to the same planet as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appreciates this singing even more than the prayers off
ered by Lord \'c7iva."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person loudly chants the glories of the Lord's activities, qualities, form, etc., it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also refers to the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement glorifying this process of congregational chanting: "My dear King, this word '}{\cs2873\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 so auspicious that anyone who chants this holy name immediately gets rid of the resultant actions of sinful activities from many, many births." That is a fact. There is the following statement i
n }{\cs2873\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  "A person who chants the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba once can
 counteract the resultant actions of more sinful activities than he is able to perform." A sinful man can perform many, many sinful activities, but he is unable to perform so many that they cannot be wiped out by one single uttering of "}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Seventh Canto, 9th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of }{\cs2873\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  Mah\'e4r\'e4j P
rahl\'e4da offers the following prayers to the Lord: "My dear Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha, if I can be elevated to the position of Your servant, then it will be possible for me to hear about Your activities. You are the supreme friend, the supreme worshipable Dei
ty. Your pastimes are transcendental, and simply by hearing of them one can counteract all his sinful activities. Therefore, I shall not care for all those sinful activities because simply by hearing about Your pastimes I shall get out of all the contami
nation of material attachment."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many songs about the Lord's activities. For example, there is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bra
hma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sung by Lord Brahm\'e4, }{\cs2873\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  sung by N\'e4rada Muni, and }{\cs2873\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  sung by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. If these songs are heard by any person, he can easily get out of the clutches of material contamination. There should be no difficulty in hearing these songs of God. They are coming down from m
any, many millions of years ago, and people are still taking advantage of them. So why, at this time, should one not take full advantage and thus become liberated?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glorifying the Lord's Transcendental Activities
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the First Canto, 5th Chapter, 22nd verse, of the }{\cs2873\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  N\'e4rada Muni tells his disciple, Vy\'e4sadeva, "My dear Vy\'e4sa, you should know that persons who are engaged in executing austerities and penances, studying the }{\cs2873
\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  performing big sacrifices, chanting the hymns of the }{\cs2873\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  speculating on transcendental knowledge and performing charitable functions have for all their auspicious activities si
mply to gain a place in the association of devotees and to chant the glories of the Lord." It is indicated here that chanting and glorifying the Lord is the ultimate activity of the living entity.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Japa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a }{\cs2873\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 hymn is chanted softly and slowly, that is called }{\cs2873\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  The same }{
\cs2873\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 loudly, is called }{\cs2873\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  For example, the }{\cs2873\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\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/ 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  when uttered very softly only for one's own hearing is called }{\cs2873\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  The same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, when c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hanted loudly for being heard by all others, is called }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  can be used for }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  also. When }{\cs2873\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  is practiced i
t is for the personal benefit of the chanter, but when }{\cs2873\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 performed it is for t
he benefit of all others who may hear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a statement: "For any person who is chanting the holy name either softly or loudly, the paths to liberation and even heavenly happiness are at once open."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Submission
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about submission unto the lotus feet of the Lord. It is said there that those who are sober devotees can offer their submission to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the following three ways: 1) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sampr\'e4than\'e4tmik\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very feelingly offering prayers; 2) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dainyavodhik\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  humbly submitting oneself; 3) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4las
\'e4may\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  desiring some perfectional stage. This desiring some perfectional stage in spiritual life is not sense gratification. When one realizes something of his constitut
ional relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he understands his original position and wants to be reinstated in this position, either as friend, servant, parent or conjugal lover of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4las\'e4may\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or very eagerly desiring to go to one's natural position. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4las\'e4may\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage of submission comes in the stage of perfect liberation, which is technically called }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svar\'fcpa-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when the living entity understands, by perfect spiritual advancement and revelat
ion, his original relationship with the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1656 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tqdec\tx32766\tqdec\tx32767 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Submission in Feeling
\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 S}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement by devotees praying to the Lord: "My Lord, I know that young girls have natural affection for young boys, and that young bo
ys have natural affection for young girls. I am praying at Your lotus feet that my mind may become attracted unto You in the same spontaneous way." The example is very appropriate. When a young boy or girl sees a member of the opposite sex there is a nat
ural attraction, without the need for any introduction. Without any training there is a natural attraction due to the sex impulse. This is a material example, but the devotee is praying that he may develop a similar spontaneous attachment for the Supreme
 Lord, free from any desire for profit and without any other cause. This natural attraction for the Lord is the perfectional stage of self realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about submission and humbleness. It is stated there: "My dear Lord, there is no sinful living entity who is more of a sinner than myself. Nor is there a greater offender than myself. I am so greatly
 sinful and offensive that when I come to confess my sinful activities before You, I am ashamed." This is a natural position for a devotee. As far as the conditioned soul is concerned, there is no wonder that he has some sinful activities in his past lif
e, and this should be admitted and confessed before the Lord. As soon as this is done the Lord excuses the sincere devotee. But that does not mean that one should take advantage of the Lord's causeless mercy and expect to be excused over and over again, 
while he commits the same sinful activities. Such a mentality is only for shameless persons. Here it is clearly said, "When I come to confess my sinful activities I become ashamed." So if a person is not ashamed of his sinful activities and continues to 
commit the same sinful activities with the knowledge that the Lord will excuse him, that is a most nonsensical proposition. Such an idea is not accepted in any part of the Vedic literature. It is a fact that by chanting the holy name of the Lord one beco
mes washed clean of all sinful activities from his past life. But that does not mean that after being washed off, one should again begin sinful activities and expect to be washed again. These are nonsensical propositions and are not admitted in the devot
ional service. Someone may think: "For a whole week I may commit sinful activities, and for one day I will go to the temple or church and admit my sinful activities so that I can become washed off and again begin my sinning." This is most nonsensical and
 offensive and is not acceptable to the author of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  there is a statement of submission accompanied by the desire for perfection. The devotee says, "My dear Lord, when shall that day come when You will ask me to fan Your body, and according to Your pleasure, You will say,
 'You just fan Me in this way'?" The idea in this verse is that the devotee is desiring to personally fan the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That means that he is desiring to become the personal associate of the Supreme Lord. Of course, any 
devotee in any capacity, either as servant, friend or conjugal lover, always has direct association with the Lord. But according to his different individual taste, a person desires for just one of these relationships. Here the devotee is desiring to beco
me a servant of the Lord and desires to fan the Lord, as does His internal energy, Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune. He also wishes that the Personality of Godhead will be pleased to give him directions as to how to fan. This submission with transcen
dental desire, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4las\'e4may\'e9 vij\'efapti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the highest perfectional stage of sp
iritual realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the same }{\cs2873\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  there is another expression of submission, wherein the devotee says, "My dear Lord, O lotus-eyed one, when will that day come when on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, I shall become just like a madman and continue to ch
ant Your holy name while incessant tears flow from my eyes?" This is another perfectional stage. Lord Caitanya also desired that "a moment will appear unto Me as twelve years of time, and the whole world will appear to Me as vacant on account of not seei
ng You, My dear Lord." One should feelingly pray and become eager to render his particular type of service to the Lord. This is the teaching of all great devotees, especially Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, one should learn how to cry for the Lord. One should learn this small technique, and he should be very eager and actually cry to become engaged in s
ome particular type of service. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laulyam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and such tears are the price for t
he highest perfection. If one develops this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laulyam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or excessive eagerness for meeting an
d serving the Lord in a particular way, that is the price to enter into the kingdom of God. Otherwise, there is no material calculation for the value of the ticket by which one can enter the kingdom of God. The only price for such entrance is this }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laulyam l\'e4las\'e4may\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or desire and great eagerness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Prayers
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to great learned scholars, the whole }{\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  contains many authorized prayers, especially in the Eleventh Chapter, where Arjuna prays to the universal form of the Lord. Similarly, in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gautam\'e9ya Tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all the verses are called prayers. Again in the }{\cs2873\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 are hundreds of prayers to the Lord. So a devotee should select some of these prayers for his recitation. In the 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the glories of these prayers are stated as follows: "Devotees whose to
ngues are decorated always with prayers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always given respect even by the great saintly persons and sages, and such devotees are actually worshipable by the demigods."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are less intelligent want to worship different demigods for some material gain rather than worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But here it is stated that a devotee wh
o is always engaged in offering prayers to the Lord is worshipable even by the demigods themselves. The pure devotees have nothing to ask from any demigod, but rather the demigods are anxious to offer prayers to the pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated: "Any person who comes before the Deity of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and begins to chant different prayers is immediately relieved from all the reactions of sinful activities and becomes eligible, without any dou
bt, to enter into the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loka."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Partaking of Pras\'e4dam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is this specific statement 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  "A person who honors the }{\cs2873\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 regularly eats it, not exactly in front of the Deity, along with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  [the water offered to the lotus feet of the Lord, which is mixed with seeds of the }{\cs2873\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], immediately can achieve the results of pious activities which are obtained through ten thousand performances of sacrificial rites."
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is obtained in the morning while the Lord is being washed 
before dressing. Scented with perfumes and flowers, the water comes gliding down through His lotus feet and is collected and mixed with yogurt. In this way this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb
\'e4m\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  not only becomes very tastefully flavored, but it also has tremendous spiritual value. It is described 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  that even a person who has never been able to give in charity, who has never been able to perform a great sacrifice, who h
as never been able to study the }{\cs2873\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  who has never been able to worship the Lord\'97or, 
in other words, even one who has never done any pious activities\'97if he simply drinks the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is kept in the temple, he will become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. In the temple it is the custom that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m
\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  be kept in a big pot. The devotees who come to visit and offer respects to the Deity very submissively take three drops of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and feel themselves happy in transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Smelling the Incense
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about the incense which is offered in the temple: "When the devotees smell the good flavor of the incense which is offered to the Deity, they thus become cured of the poisonous effects of material contami
nation, as much as one becomes cured of a snake bite by smelling the prescribed medicinal herbs." The explanation of this verse is that there is an herb which is found in the jungles which expert persons know how to use to revive the consciousness of one
 who is bitten by a snake. Simply by smelling that herb one becomes immediately relieved of the poisonous effects of the snake bite. The same example is applicable: when a person comes to visit the temple and smells the incense offered to the Deity, he i
s cured at that time from all his material contamination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any devotee coming into the temple should always offer something to the Deity\'97fruit, flowers, incense, etc. If one cannot offer anything in cash, something else 
must be offered. In India the system is that all the ladies and gentlemen who come in the morning to visit the temple bring so many things. Even one morsel of rice or one morsel of flour can be offered. It is a regulative principle that one should not go
 to see a saintly person or the Deity in the temple without any offering. The offering may be very humble, or it may be priceless. Even a flower, a little fruit, a little water\'97whatever is possible\'97must be offered. So when a devotee comes to offer 
something to the Deity in the morning, he is sure to smell the good flavor of the incense, and then at once he will become cleansed of the poisonous effect of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tantra-\'e7\'e4stra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "If the smell of the garland which was offered to the Deity in the temple enters into the nostril of a person, immediately his bondage to sinful activities becomes cleared. And even if one has no sinful activities
, still, by smelling such remnants of flowers, one can advance from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (imperso
nalist) to devotee." There are several instances of this, a prime one being the advancement of the four Kum\'e4ras. They were impersonalist }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but after smelling the remnants of flowers and incense in the temple, they turned to become devotees. From the above verse it appears that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or impersonalists are more or less contaminated. They are not pure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\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  "One who has not washed off all reactions of sinful activities cannot be a pure devotee. A pure devotee has no more doubts about the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead, and thus he engages him
self in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service." A similar statement is in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agastya-sa\'e0hit\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just to purify the impurities of our nostrils, we should try to smell the remnants of flowers offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Touching the Deity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-dharmottara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about touching the lotus feet of the Lord. It is said: "Only a person who is initiated as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and is executing devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has the right to touch the body of the Deity." In India there was agitation during Gandhi's political movement because 
the lowborn classes of men like street-sweepers and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are prohibited, acco
rding to the Vedic system, from entering the temple. Due to their unclean habits they are prohibited, but at the same time they are given other facilities so they may be elevated to the highest grade of devotional service by association with pure devotee
s. A man born in any family is not barred, but he must be cleansed. That cleansing process must be adopted. Gandhi wanted to make them clean simply by stamping them with a fictitious name, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub H}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ari-jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (children of God), and so there was a great tug of war between t
he temple owners and Gandhi's followers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But anyway, the present law is the law of all scripture\'97that if anyone is purified he can enter into the temple. Actually, that is the position. Only one who is 
properly initiated, who is properly following the rules and regulations, can enter and touch the Deity\'97not all. And one who touches the body of the Deity, following such regulative principles, is immediately delivered from the contamination of materia
l sins, and all of his desires become fulfilled without delay.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'e4ha Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement praising the touching of the Deity of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple. A devotee says there: "My dear
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasundhar\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  any person who goes to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and sees the Deity of Govindadeva is free 
from the courthouse of Yamar\'e4j and is allowed to enter into the highest planetary system, in which reside the demigods." This means that even an ordinary person who goes to V\'e5nd\'e4vana out of inquisitiveness and by chance sees the temple, especial
ly that of Govindadeva, even if he is not elevated to the spiritual kingdom, is still assured promotion to the higher planetary systems. This means that simply by visiting the Deity of Govinda in V\'e5nd\'e4vana one becomes highly elevated in pious life.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Observing \'c4r\'e4trika and Celebrations of the Lord
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the following description of the result of seeing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (worship) of the Deity: "If someone sees the face of the Lord while }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is going on, he can be relieved of all sinful reactions coming from many, many thousands and millions of years past. He is even excused from the killing of a }{\cs2873\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 similar prohibited activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we have already explained, there are different ceremonies to be observed, such as the birthday of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the birthday of Lord R\'e4macandra, the birthda
y of some prominent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the ceremony of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jhulan-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with the Lord sitting on a swing, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dola-y\'e4
tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the Lord's activities in the month of March), and so on. In all festivals the Lord is seated on the car, and the car moves through different streets of the city so tha
t people may take advantage of visiting the Lord. In the }{\cs2873\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 sa
id: "In such a ceremony, if even a }{\cs2873\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  [dog-eater], simply out of curiosity, 
sees the Lord on the cart, he becomes counted as one of the associates of Vi\'f1\'ebu."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated: "Any person who in gladness sees the worship of the Deity in the temple will obtain the results of }{\cs2873\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  which are described in the }{\cs2873\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  scripture." }{\cs2873\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  is a system of practice much like prac
tical devotional service, but it is especially meant for the mystic }{\cs2873\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  In other wor
ds, by this gradual process, the mystic }{\cs2873\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  are eventually elevated to the devotional
 service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 10-1970: Techniques of Hearing and Memorizing
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Ten
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Techniques of Hearing and Memori
zing
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service is hearing, in Sanskrit called }{\cs2873\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  All people should be given the chance to come and join devotional parties so that they may hear. This hearing is very important for pr
ogressing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When one links his ears to give aural reception to the transcendental vibrations he can quickly become purified and cleansed in the heart. Lord Caitanya has affirmed that this hearing is very important. It clean
ses the heart of the contaminated soul so that he becomes quickly qualified to enter into devotional service and to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the stress on hearing is expressed very nicely. It is said there: "The state of conditioned life in the material world is just like a man lying unconscious, having been bitten by a snake. This is because both such uncon
scious states can be ended by the sound of a }{\cs2873\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 a man is snake-bitten he does n
ot die immediately, but first becomes unconscious 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 mean
s that one is bitten by the snake of }{\cs2873\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 thus, without any K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, he is almost dead. Now the so-called dead man bitten by a snake can be brought back again to life by the chanting of some }{\cs2873\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  There are expert chanters of these }{\cs2873\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  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 }{\cs2873\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\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/ 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 the Fourth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  29th Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, the importance
 of hearing of the pastimes of the Lord is stated by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, one should stay at a place where the great }{\cs2873\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  [holy teachers] speak about the transcendental activities of the Lord, and one should give aural reception to the nectarean river flowing from the moonlike faces
 of such great personalities. If someone eagerly continues to hear such transcendental sounds, then certainly he will become freed from all material hunger, thirst, fear and lamentation, as well as all illusions of material existence."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also recommended this process of hearing as a means of self realization in the present age of Kali. In this age it is very difficul
t to follow thoroughly the regulative principles and studies of the }{\cs2873\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 were forme
rly recommended. However, if one gives aural reception to the sound vibrated by great devotees and }{\cs2873\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  that alone will give him relief from all material contamination. Therefore it is the recommendation of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu that one should simply hear from authorities who are actually devotees of the Lord. Hearing from profe
ssional men will not help. If we hear from those who are actually self realized, then the nectarean rivers, like those which are flowing on the moon planet, will flow into our ears. This is the metaphor used in the above verse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As is stated in the }{\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  "A materialistic person can give up his material hankerings only by becoming situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." Unless one finds a superior engagement he will not be able to give up his inferior engagement
. In the material world everyone is engaged in the illusory activities of inferior energy, but when one is given the opportunity to relish the activities of the superior energy performed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then he forgets all his lesser pleasures. When K
\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, to the materialistic person it appears that this is simply talk between two friends, but actually it is a river of nectar flowing down from the mouth of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Arjuna gave aural
 reception to such vibrations, and thus he became freed from all the illusions of material problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Twelfth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  3rd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 12.3.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yas t\'fcttama-\'e7loka-gu\'eb\'e4nuv\'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 sa\'ecg\'e9yate 'bh\'e9k\'f1\'ebam ama\'ecgala-ghna\'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 tam eva nitya\'e0 \'e7\'e5\'ebuy\'e4d abh\'e9k\'f1\'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 k\'e5\'f1\'ebe 'mal\'e4\'e0 bhaktim abh\'e9psam\'e4na\'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 ya\'f9}{\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 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 uttama-\'e7loka}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is praised in transcendental verses; }{\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 qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuv\'e4da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97the recounting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecg\'e9yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is sung; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9k\'f1\'ebam}{\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 ama\'ecgala-ghna\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which destroys everything inauspicious; }{\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 \'97that; }{\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 nityam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97regularly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ebuy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one should hear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9k\'f1nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97constantly; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amal\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97untainted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9psam\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he w
ho desires.
\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 The person who desires pure devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba should hear the narrations of Lord Uttama\'f9\'e7loka's glorious qualities, the constant chanti
ng of which destroys everything inauspicious. The devotee should engage in such listening in regular daily assemblies and should also continue his hearing throughout the day.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
12th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, it is stated: "A person who desires unalloyed devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is praised by transcendental sound vibrations, should always hear abou
t His glorification and transcendental qualities. This will surely kill all kinds of inauspiciousness in the heart."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, in the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, 8th verse, it is said: "My dear Lord, any person who is constantly awaiting Your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon him, an
d who goes on suffering the resultant actions of his past misdeeds, offering You respectful obeisances from the core of his heart, is surely eligible to become liberated, for it has become his rightful claim."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement of }{\cs2873\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  should be the guide of all devotees. A devotee should not expect immediate relief from the reactions of his past misdeeds. No conditioned soul is free from such reactionary experiences because material ex
istence means continued suffering or enjoying of past activities. If one has finished his material activities then there is no more birth. This is only possible when one begins K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities, because such activities do not produce r
eaction. Therefore, as soon as one becomes perfect in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities, he is not going to take birth again in this material world. A devotee who is not perfectly freed from the resultant actions should therefore continue to act in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seriously, even though there may be so many impediments. When such impediments arise he should simply think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and expect His mercy. That is the only solace. If the devotee passes his days in that spirit, it is 
certain that he is going to be promoted to the abode of the Lord. By such activities, he earns his claim to enter into the kingdom of God. The exact word used in this verse is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub d\'e4yabh\'e4k. D\'e4yabh\'e4k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to a son's becoming the lawful inheritor of the property of the father. In a similar way, a pure devotee who is prepared to u
ndergo all kinds of tribulations in executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness duties becomes lawfully qualified to enter into the transcendental abode.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Remembrance
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some way or other, if someone establishes in his mind his continuous relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this relationship is called remembrance. About this remembran
ce there is a nice statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  where it is said: "Simply by
 remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead all living entities become eligible for all kinds of auspiciousness. Therefore let me always remember the Lord, who is unborn and eternal." 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  the same remembrance is explained as follows: "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, becau
se if someone remembers Him, either at the time of death or during his span of life, he becomes freed from all sinful reactions."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Meditation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meditation means to engage the mind in thinking of the form of the Lord, of the qualities of the Lord, of the activities of the Lord and of the service of the Lord.
 Meditation does not mean anything impersonal or void. According to Vedic literature, meditation is always on the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about meditation on the form of the Lord. It is said there: "Meditation focusing on the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has been accepted as transcendental and beyond the experience
 of material pain and pleasure. By such meditation even one who is grossly miscreant can be delivered from the sinful reactions of his life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about meditation on the transcendental quality of the Lord. It is said, "Persons who are constantly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and who remember the transcendental qualities of the Lord, become 
free from all reactions to sinful activities, and after being so cleansed they become fit to enter into the kingdom of God." In other words, no one can enter into the kingdom of God without being freed from all sinful reactions. Sinful reactions can be a
voided simply by remembering the form, qualities, pastimes, etc., of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a statement about remembering the activities of the Lord: "A person who is always engaged in meditation on the sweet pastimes and wonderful activities of the Lord surely becomes freed from all material contamination."
\par }\pard \s1656 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tqdec\tx32766\tqdec\tx32767 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditation on Executing Devotional Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In some of the }{\cs2873\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 evidence is given that if someone is simply meditating on devotional activities, he has achieved the desired result and has seen face to face the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this connection, there is a story in the
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-vaivarta Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that in the city of Prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4napura in South India 
there was once a }{\cs2873\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 not very well-to-do, but who was nevertheless sati
sfied in himself, thinking that because of his past misdeeds, and by the desire of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he did not get sufficient money and opulence. So he was not at all sorry for his poor material position, and he used to live very peacefully. He was very o
penhearted, and sometimes he went to hear some lectures delivered by great realized souls. At one such meeting, while he was very faithfully hearing about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  activities, he was informed that these activities can be performed even by meditation. In other words, if a person is unable to actually perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  activities physically, he can meditate upon the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  activities and thereby acquire all of the same results. Because the }{\cs2873\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 not very well-to-do financially, he decided that he would simply meditate on grand, royal devotional activities, and he began this business thus
ly:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes he would take his bath in the River God\'e4var\'e9. After taking his bath he would sit in a secluded place on the bank of the river, and, by practicing th
e }{\cs2873\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  exercises of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the usual breathing exercise, he would concentrate his mind. This breathing exercise is meant to mechanically make the mind fixed upon a
 particular subject. That is the result of the breathing exercise and also of the different sitting postures of }{\cs2873\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  Formerly, even quite ordinary persons used to know how to fix the mind upon the remembrance of the Lord, and so the }{\cs2873\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 doing this. When he had fixed the form of the Lord in his mind, he began to imagine in his meditations that he was dressing the Lord very nicely in costly clothing, with ornament
s, helmets and other paraphernalia. Then he offered his respectful obeisances by bowing down before the Lord. After finishing the dressing he began to imagine that he was cleaning the temple very nicely. After cleansing the temple, he imagined that he ha
d many water jugs made of gold and silver, and he took all those jugs to the river and filled them with the holy water. Not only did he collect water from God\'e4var\'e9, but he collected from the Ganges, Yamun\'e4, Narmad\'e4 and K\'e4ver\'e9. Generally
 a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub while worshiping the Lord, collects water from all these rivers by }{\cs2873
\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  chanting. This }{\cs2873\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  instead of chanting some }{\cs2873\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  imagined that he was physically securing water from all these rivers in golden and silver water pots. Then he collected all kinds of worshipful paraphernalia\'97flowers, fruits, incense and sandalwood pul
p. He collected everything to place before the Deity. All these waters, flowers and scented articles were then very nicely offered to the Deities to Their satisfaction. Then he offered }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and with the regulative principles he finished all these activities in the correct worshiping method.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He would daily execute similar performances as his routine work, and he continued to do so for many, many years. Then one day the }{\cs2873\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  imagined in his meditations that he had prepared some sweet rice with milk and sugar and offered the pre
paration to the Deity. However, he was not very satisfied with the offering because the sweet rice had been prepared recently and it was still very hot. (This preparation, sweet rice, should not be taken hot. The cooler the sweet rice, the better its tas
te.) So because the sweet rice was prepared by the }{\cs2873\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  very recently, he wanted
 to touch it so that he could know whether it was fit for eating by the Lord. As soon as he touched the sweet rice pot with his finger, he immediately was burnt by the heat of the pot. In this way, his meditation broke. Now, when he looked at his finger,
 he saw that it was burnt, and he was wondering in astonishment how this could have happened. Because he was simply meditating on touching the hot sweet rice, he never thought that his finger would actually become burnt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While he was thinking like this, in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, seated with the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, began to smile humorously. On seeing t
his smiling of the Lord, all the goddesses of fortune who were attending the Lord became very curious and asked Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba why He was smiling. The Lord, however, did not reply to their inquisitiveness, but instead immediately sent for the }{
\cs2873\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 airplane sent from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha immediately brought the }{\cs2873\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  into Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba's presence. When the }{\cs2873\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 thus present before the Lord and the goddesses of fortune, the Lord explained the whole story. The }{
\cs2873\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 then fortunate enough to get an eternal place in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha in the a
ssociation of the Lord and His Lak\'f1m\'e9s. This shows how the Lord is all-pervading, in spite of His being locally situated in His abode. Although the Lord was present in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, He was present also in the heart of the }{\cs2873\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  when he was meditating on the worshiping process. Thus, we can understand that things offered
 by the devotees even in meditation are accepted by the Lord, and they help one achieve the desired result.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 11-1970: Aspects of Transcendental Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Eleven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Aspects of Transcendental Servic
e
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Servitorship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the opinion of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (fruitive workers), offering the results of }{\cs2873\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 ca
lled servitorship. But according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\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 \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, servitorship means to be constantly engaged in some kind of service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that those who are attached to ritualistic activities, the four orders of social life and the four orders of spiritual life, are considered devotees. But when devotees are actually engaged in offering service to th
e Lord directly, these must be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavatas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or pure devotees. Those who are engaged in f
ruitive activities, or prescribed duties according to the four orders of social and spiritual life, are not actually pure devotees. But still, because they are offering the result to the Lord, they are accepted as devotees. When one has no such desire, b
ut acts spontaneously out of love of God, such a person must be accepted as a pure devotee. The conditioned souls who have come into contact with the material world are all more or less desirous of lording it over material nature. The system of }{\cs2873
\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 the prescribed duties under this system are so designed that the conditione
d soul may enjoy in the material world according to his desire for sense gratification and at the same time gradually become elevated to spiritual understanding. Under these prescribed duties of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  there are many activities which belong to devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Those devotees who are householders accept Vedic ritualistic performances as well as the prescribed duties of 
devotional service, because both are meant for satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When householder devotees perform some Vedic ritualistic duties, they do so to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As we have previously discussed, any activity aiming at satisfying the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead is considered devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes one who is fit for becoming engaged in devotional service. He says that persons who are neophytes and who have developed
 a little love of Godhead are not interested in the activities of sense gratification, in proportion to their devotion. But if there is still some attraction for sense gratifying activities, then the result of such activities should be offered to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. This is also called engagement in the service of the Lord, with the Lord as the master and the worker as the servant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement of how this servitorship is transcendental. It is said there that a person who is constantly engaged in devotional service by his body, mind and words, or even a person who is not practically engage
d but is simply desiring to be so, is considered to be liberated.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Devotional Service in Friendship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional service in friendship can be divided into two categories: one is to act as the confidential servant of the Lord, and the other is to act as the well-wish
er of the Lord. The devotee who has confidence in devotional service to the Lord systematically follows the rules and regulations, with the faith that he will achieve the platform of transcendental life. The second type of devotional friendship is to bec
ome a well-wisher of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the }{\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  it is 
said that the Lord accepts a preacher as the most dear servant. Anyone who is preaching the confidential message of the }{\cs2873\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  to the people in general is so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that no one can be equal with him in human society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Draupad\'e9 says, "My dear Govinda, Your promise is that Your devotee can never be vanquished. I believe in that statement, and therefore in all kinds of tribulations I simply remember Your promise, and thus I live." The purport
 is that Draupad\'e9 and her five husbands, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, were put into severe tribulations by their cousin-brother, Duryodhana, as well as by others. The tribulations were so severe that even Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, who was both a lifelong }{\cs2873
\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  and a great warrior, would sometimes shed tears thinking of them. He was always su
rprised that, although the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were so righteous and Draupad\'e9 practically the goddess of fortune, and although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their friend, still they had to undergo such severe tribulations. Though their tribulations were not ordina
ry, still Draupad\'e9 was not discouraged. She knew that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their friend, ultimately they would be saved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is there in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  2nd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  11.2.53
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tri-bhuvana-vibhava-hetave 'py aku\'eb\'f6ha-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5tir ajit\'e4tma-sur\'e4dibhir vim\'e5gy\'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 na calati bhagavat-pad\'e4ravind\'e4l
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lava-nimi\'f1\'e4rdham api ya\'f9 sa vai\'f1\'ebav\'e4grya\'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 tri-bhuvana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the three worlds comprising th
e material universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhava-hetave}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the sake of the opulences; }{\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 aku\'eb\'f6ha-sm\'e5ti\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose remembrance is undisturbed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajita-\'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of whom the unconquerable Lord is the very soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sura-\'e4dibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by the demigods and others; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vim\'e5gy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which are sought; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na calati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he does not go away; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b
hagavat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-aravind\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of eight forty-fifth
s of one second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nimi\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or of three times that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ardham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one half; }{\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 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 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 vai\'f1\'ebava-agrya\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the foremost of devotees of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\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 The lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are sought even by the greatest of demigods, such as Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva, who h
ave all accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their life and soul. A pure devotee of the Lord can never forget those lotus feet in any circumstance. He will not give up his shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord for a single moment\'97indeed, not
 for half a moment\'97even in exchange for the benediction of ruling and enjoying the opulence of the entire universe. Such a devotee of the Lord is to be considered the best of the Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 5th}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  verse, where Havi, the son of King \'c5\'f1abha, addresses Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nimi: "My dear King, a person who never deviates even for a moment from engagement
 in service at the lotus feet of the Supreme Person (engagement which is sought after even by great demigods like Indra) with firm conviction that there is nothing more worshipable or desirable than this, is called the first-class devotee."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that a neophyte devotee who has simply developed a slight love of Godhead is certainly a prospective candidate for devotional s
ervice. When he becomes firmly fixed in such devotional service, that assured status becomes a confidential part of his devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is found that a pure devotee lies down in the temple of the Lord in order to serve Him as a confidential friend. Such friendly behavior of a devotee ma
y be accepted as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or spontaneous. Although, according to regulative prin
ciples, no one can lie down in the temple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this spontaneous love of Godhead can be grouped under devotional service in friendship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding complete self-surrender, there is a nice description in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  29th Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 nd verse, where the Lord says: "A person who has completely surrendered unto Me and has completely given up all other activities is protected by Me personally, both in this life and in the next. In other words, I w
ish to help him become more and more advanced in spiritual life. Such a person is to be understood as having already achieved }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [having equal opulences with the supreme]." It is also confirmed in the }{\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  that as soon as a person surrenders unto the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes charge of him and gives him a guarantee of protection from all sinful reactions. He also instructs
 from within, so that the devotee may very quickly make advancement towards spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This self-surrender is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-nivedana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to different authorities, "}{\cs2873\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  is differently defined. "S}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub elf"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is sometimes considered to refer to the spiri
t self, or soul, and "}{\cs2873\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  is sometimes considered to refer to the mind or to the body. 
Full self-surrender, therefore, means not only surrendering one's self as spirit soul, but also surrendering one's mind and body to the service of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur has sung a nice song in this connection. While offering himsel
f as a fully surrendered soul, he said, "My mind, my household affairs, my body, whatever is in my possession, my dear Lord, I offer to You for Your service. Now You can do with them as You like. You are the supreme possessor of everything, so if You lik
e You can kill me, or if You like You can give me protection. All authority belongs to You. I have nothing to claim as my own."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya, in his prayers to the Lord, has expressed a similar idea in the following words: "My dear Lord, I may be living within some body as 
a human being or as a demigod, but whatever mode of life, I do not mind, because these bodies are simply by-products of the three modes of material nature, and I, who am in possession of these bodies, am surrendering myself unto You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-viveka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement regarding how one can offer his body in self-surrender. There the devotee says, "My dear Lord, as a sold-out animal has no need to think about his maintenance and sustenance, so, because I have given up m
y body and soul unto You, I am no longer concerned with my maintenance and sustenance." In other words, one should not bother about his personal or family maintenance or sustenance. If one is actually surrendered in body and soul, he should always rememb
er that his only concern is to be engaged in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that devotional service in friendship and devotional service in self-surrender are two difficult processes. Therefore such re
lationships with the Lord can very rarely be seen. Only for the advanced devotees are these two processes easily executed. The purport is that it is very rare to see surrender which is mixed with sincere ecstatic devotion. One must give himself completel
y to the will of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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 11.11.34-41
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mal-li\'ecga-mad-bhakta-jana-dar\'e7ana-spar\'e7an\'e4rcanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paricary\'e4 stuti\'f9 prahva-gu\'eba-karm\'e4nuk\'e9rtanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mat-kath\'e4-\'e7rava\'ebe \'e7raddh\'e4 mad-anudhy\'e4nam uddhava
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-l\'e4bhopahara\'eba\'e0 d\'e4syen\'e4tma-nivedanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maj-janma-karma-kathana\'e0 mama parv\'e4numodanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e9ta-t\'e4\'eb\'f2ava-v\'e4ditra-go\'f1\'f6h\'e9bhir mad-g\'e5hotsava\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4tr\'e4 bali-vidh\'e4na\'e0 ca sarva-v\'e4r\'f1ika-parvasu
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaidik\'e9 t\'e4ntrik\'e9 d\'e9k\'f1\'e4 mad\'e9ya-vrata-dh\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mam\'e4rc\'e4-sth\'e4pane \'e7raddh\'e4 svata\'f9 sa\'e0hatya codyama\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub udy\'e4nopavan\'e4kr\'e9\'f2a-pura-mandira-karma\'ebi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samm\'e4rjanopalep\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 seka-ma\'eb\'f2ala-vartanai\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5ha-\'e7u\'e7r\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'e0 mahya\'e0 d\'e4sa-vad yad am\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e4nitvam adambhitva\'e0 k\'e5tasy\'e4parik\'e9rtanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub api d\'e9p\'e4valoka\'e0 me nopayu\'efjy\'e4n niveditam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad yad i\'f1\'f6atama\'e0 loke yac c\'e4ti-priyam \'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat tan nivedayen mahya\'e0 tad \'e4nanty\'e4ya kalpate
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mat-li\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97My appearance in this world as t
he Deity, etc.; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mat-bhakta jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97My devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97seeing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub spar\'e7ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97touching; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub arcanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97and worshiping; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub paricary\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97rendering personal service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub stuti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97offering prayers of glorification; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub prahva}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97My quali
ties; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97and activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf2\nosupersub anuk\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97constantly glorifying; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mat-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97topics about Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in heari
ng; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97faith due to love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mat-anudhy\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97always meditating on Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub uddhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Uddhava; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub sarva-l\'e4bha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97all that o
ne acquires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub upahara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97offering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4syena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97by accepting oneself as My servant; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-nivedanam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-surrender; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mat-janma-karma-kathanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf2\nosupersub \'97glorifying My birth and activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97My; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub parva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in festivals such as Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub anumodanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97taking great pleasure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub g\'e9ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97by songs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4\'eb\'f2ava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97dancing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4ditra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97musical instruments; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub 
go\'f1\'f6h\'e9bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97and discussions among devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mat-g\'e5ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in My temple; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub utsava\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97festivals; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97celebrations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub bali-vidh\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97making offerings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4r\'f1ika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97annual; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub parvasu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the celebrations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub vaidik\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97ment
ioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub Vedas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub t
\'e4ntrik\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97mentioned in literatures such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub Pa\'efcar\'e4tra;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97initiation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mad\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in relation to Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub vra
ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97vows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ra\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub \'97observing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97My; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Deity form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub sth\'e4pane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the installation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97being faith
fully attached; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub svata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97by oneself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0hatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97with others; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub udyama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97endeavor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub udy\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97of flower gardens; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub upavana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97orchards; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e4kr\'e9\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub \'97places of pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub pura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97devotional cities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mandira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97and temples; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub karma\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the construction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub samm\'e4rjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by thoroughly sweeping and dusting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub upalep\'e4bhy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97then by smearing water a
nd cow dung; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub seka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97by sprinkling scented water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub ma\'eb\'f2ala-vartanai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97by construction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub ma\'eb\'f2alas; g
\'e5ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub -of the temple, which is My home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e7u\'e7r\'fc\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mahyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97for My sake; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4sa-vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97being like a servant; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub am\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf2\nosupersub \'97without duplicity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub am\'e4nitvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97being without false prestige; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub adambhitvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97being prideless; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97one's devotional activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub aparik\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97not advertising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97moreover; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97of lamps; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub avalokam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97the light; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf2\nosupersub \'97which belong to Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub upayu\'efjy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97one should engage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub niveditam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97things already offered to others; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub yat yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub \'97anything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub i\'f1\'f6a-tamam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97most desired; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub loke}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the material world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub yat ca}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97and anything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub ati-priyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97mos
t dear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97of oneself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf2\nosupersub tat tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97that very thing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub nivedayet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97one should offer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub mahyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97that offering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanty\'e4
ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub \'97for immortality; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub kalpate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub 
-qualifies one.
\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 My dear Uddhava, one can give up false pride and prestige by engaging in the following devotional activities. One may purify oneself by seeing, touching, worshiping,
 serving, and offering prayers of glorification and obeisances to My form as the Deity and to My pure devotees. One should also glorify My transcendental qualities and activities, hear with love and faith the narrations of My glories and constantly medit
ate on Me. One should offer to Me whatever one acquires, and accepting oneself as My eternal servant, one should give oneself completely to Me. One should always discuss My birth and activities and enjoy life by participating in festivals, such as Janm
\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, which glorify My pastimes. In My temple, one should also participate in festivals and ceremonies by singing, dancing, playing musical instruments and discussing Me with other Vai\'f1\'ebavas. One should observe all the regularly celeb
rated annual festivals by attending ceremonies, pilgrimages and making offerings. One should also observe religious vows such as Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9 and take initiation by the procedures mentioned in the Vedas, Pa\'efcar\'e4tra and other, similar literature
s. One should faithfully and lovingly support the installation of My Deity, and individually or in cooperation with others one should work for the construction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temples and cities as well as flower gardens, fruit gardens and sp
ecial areas to celebrate My pastimes. One should consider oneself to be My humble servant, without duplicity, and thus should help to clean the temple, which is My home. First one should sweep and dust thoroughly, and then one should further cleanse with
 water and cow dung. Having dried the temple, one should sprinkle scented water and decorate the temple with mandalas. One should thus act just like My servant. A devotee should never advertise his devotional activities; therefore his service will not be
 the cause of false pride. One should never use lamps that are offered to Me for other purposes simply because there is need of illumination, and similarly, one should never offer to Me anything that has been offered to or used by others. Whatever is mos
t desired by one within this material world, and whatever is most dear to oneself\'97one should offer that very thing to Me. Such an offering qualifies one for eternal life.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, 11th Chapter, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Uddhava: "My dear friend, if someone offers M
e the best thing in his possession, or anything which is very pleasing to him, he will be eternally benefitted."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  there is a statement of how one can act in all spheres of life for the satisfaction of the Lord. It is stated there that a person who is actually in devotional service must be engaged in all kinds of activities, those p
rescribed in the revealed scriptures and also those which are accepted for livelihood. In other words, a devotee should engage himself not only in the prescribed duties of devotional service which are mentioned in the revealed scriptures, but he should a
lso perform the duties of his practical life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. For example, a devotee who has a great establishment, or factory, may offer the fruits of such a material possession for the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the following statement about self-surrender: "My dear Lord, a person who has surrendered himself unto You, and who is in firm conviction that he is Yours, and actually acts in that way by his body, mind and words, c
an actually relish transcendental bliss."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0ha Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva says: "Anyone who prays unto Me and takes shelter from Me becomes My ward, and I protect him always from all sorts of calamities."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Serving Trees such as the Tulas\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement eulogizing the }{\cs2873\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 as follows
: "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the }{\cs2873\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, which can immediately va
nquish volumes of sinful activities. Simply by seeing or touching this tree one can become relieved from all distresses and diseases. Simply by offering obeisances to and pouring water on the }{\cs2873\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, one can become freed from the fear of being sent to the court of Yamar\'e4j [the King of death, who punishes the sinful]." If someone 
sows a }{\cs2873\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 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\cb1\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  leaves are offered in devotion at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the
re is the full development of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India every Hindu, even those not belonging to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  group, take special care of the }{\cs2873\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. Even in great cities where it is very difficult to keep a }{\cs2873\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, people are to be found very carefully keeping this plant. They water it and offer obeisances to it, because worship of the }{\cs2873\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 is very important in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is another statement about }{\cs2873\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  as follows: "}{
\cs2873\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  is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seeing, simply by touching, simply by rem
embering, simply by praying to, simply by bowing before, simply by hearing about or simply by sowing this tree, there is always auspiciousness. Anyone who comes in touch with the }{\cs2873\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 in the above-mentioned ways lives eternally in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha world."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 12-1970: Revealed Scriptures
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twelve
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Revealed Scriptures
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, any book which gives enlightenment in the matter of advancing devotional service is considered to be revealed script
ure. \'c7r\'e9la Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya has also defined }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub revealed scriptures}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as referring to b
ooks such as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, Pur\'e4\'ebas, Upani\'f1ads, Ved\'e4nta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and any other literature which is written in pursuance of such revealed scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the statement, "A person who is constantly engaged in reading literature enunciating the cultivation of Vai\'f1\'ebava devotional service is always glorious in human society, and certainly Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes
 pleased with him. A person who very carefully keeps such literature at home and offers respectful obeisances to it becomes freed from all sinful reactions and ultimately becomes worshipable by the demigods."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also said to N\'e4rada Muni: "My dear N\'e4rada, a person who writes Vai\'f1\'ebava literature and keeps such literature at home has Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba al
ways residing in his house."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Twelfth Canto, 12th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, it is stated: }{
\cs2873\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 essence of all }{\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  philosophy. Any person who has become attached in some way or other to the reading of }{\cs2873\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  cannot have any taste for reading any other literature. In other words, a person who has relished t
he transcendental bliss of }{\cs2873\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  cannot be satisfied with mundane wri
tings."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'e4ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement praising the residential quarters of Mathur\'e4. Lord Var\'e4ha tells the men of earth: "Any person who becomes attracted to places other than Mathur\'e4 will certainly be captivated by the illusory
 energy." In the }{\cs2873\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  it is said that all the results of travel
ing on all the pilgrimages within the three worlds can be achieved simply by touching the holy land of Mathur\'e4. In many }{\cs2873\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) it is said that simply by hearing, remembering, glorifying, desiring, seeing, or touching the land of Mathur\'e4, one can achieve all desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a nice statement praising the service of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 or devotees. In that scripture Lord \'c7iva tells P\'e4rvat\'e9, "My 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 wors
hip of the Lord is the worship of the Lord's devotees."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is in the Third Canto, 7th Chapter, 19th verse, of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Let me become a sincere servant of the devotees because by serving them 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 deep devotional love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a similar statement: "Persons whose bodies are marked with }{\cs2873\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  symbolizing the conchshell, wheel, club and lotus\'97and who keep the leaves of }{\cs2873\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  on their heads, and whose bodies are always decorated with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9-candana\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub even}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  seen once, can help the seer be relieved from all sinful activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is found in the First Canto, 19th Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 is no doubt about one's becoming freed from all reactions to sinful activities after visiting a devotee or touching his lotus feet or giving him a sitting place. Even by remembering the activities of such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one becomes purified, along with his whole family. And what, then, can be said of rendering direct ser
vice to him?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  there is the following statement by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, addressed to Arjuna: "My dear P\'e4rtha, one who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of My devotee is actually My devo
tee." No one can approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly }{\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 Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  74}{\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 . One must approach H
im through His pure devotees. Therefore, in the system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  activities, the first du
ty is to accept a devotee as spiritual master and then to render service unto him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 affirms that all the quotations given in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh
akti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from different scriptures are accepted by the great }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ry
as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and devotees of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a statement that one should perform the ceremonies for the Lord according to one's financial position. Everyone should observe the different ceremonies and celebrations of the Lord by all means. One of the most importan
t of these ceremonial functions is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'dcrja-vrata. \'dcrja-vrata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is observed in the month o
f }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (October-November); especially in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, there is a specific program for 
temple worship of the Lord in His D\'e4modara form. D\'e4modara refers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being bound with rope by His mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4. It is said that just as Lord D\'e4modara is very dear to His devotees so the month known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\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\'e4rttika}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also very dear to them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The execution of devotional service during }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'dcrja-vrata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is especially recom
mended to be performed at Mathur\'e4. This system is still followed by many devotees. They go to Mathur\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana and stay there during the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  specifically to perform devotional services during this period.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  it is said: "The Lord may offer liberation or material happiness to a devotee, but after some devotional service has been executed, particularly in Mathur\'e4 during the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rttika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the devotees want only to attain pure devotional service unto the Lord." The purport is that the Lord does not award devotional 
service to ordinary persons who are not serious about it. But even such unserious persons who execute devotional service according to the regulative principles during the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e4rttika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and within the jurisdiction of Mathur\'e4 in India, are very easily awarded the Lord's personal service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  there is a statement about observing different ceremonies celebrating the Lord's appearance (birthday) and other transcendental activities. It is said, "My Lord Jan\'e4rdana [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], please let us know the date
 when Your mother Devak\'e9 dev\'e9 gave birth to You. If You kindly inform us about this, then we shall observe a great celebration on this date. O killer of Ke\'e7\'e9, we are souls one hundred percent surrendered unto Your lotus feet, and we wish only
 to please You with our ceremonies."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement of the }{\cs2873\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  gives evidence that by observing different functions in relationship with the Lord one is sure to become pleasing to the Lord. It is said in the }{\cs2873\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  "A person who is constantly engaged in chanting the holy name and who feels transcendental pleasure, being engaged in devotion
al service, is certainly awarded the facilities of devotional service, and is never given just }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  [liberation]."
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means liberation from material contamination; when liberated, one does no
t have to take birth again in the material world. The impersonalists desire to merge into the spiritual existence, to end their individual existence, but according to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is only the beginning of one's becoming situated in his normal condition. The normal condition of every living entity is to be engaged in the
 devotional service of the Lord. From the statement of the }{\cs2873\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  it appears 
that a devotee is satisfied simply with being engaged in devotional service. He does not aspire for any liberation from material conditional life. In other words, anyone who is engaged in devotional service is not in the material condition of life, altho
ugh he may appear so.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Recitation of \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 desire-tree of Vedic wisdom. }{\cs2873\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  itself means the aggregate of knowledge. And whatever knowledge is required for human society is pe
rfectly presented in the }{\cs2873\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 are different branches of knowl
edge in the Vedic writings, including sociology, politics, medicine and military art. All these and other branches of knowledge are perfectly described in the }{\cs2873\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  So, as far as spiritual knowledge is concerned, that is also perfectly described there, and }{\cs2873\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 considered to be the ripened fruit of this desire-fulfilling tree of the }{\cs2873\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  A tree is honored by the production of its fruit. For example, a mango tree is considered very valuable because it produces the king of all fruits, the 
mango. When the mango fruit becomes ripened it is the greatest gift of that tree, and }{\cs2873\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 similarly held to be the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree. And, as ripened fruit becomes more relishable when first touched by the beak of a parrot, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7uka, }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so }{\cs2873\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  has become more relishable by being delivered through the transcendental mouth of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  should be received in disciplic succession without a
ny breakage. When a ripened fruit comes from the upper part of the tree onto the ground by the process of being handed down from a higher branch to a lower branch by persons in the tree, the fruit does not break. }{\cs2873\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  when received in the }{\cs2873\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  system, or disciplic succession, will likewise remain unbroken. It is stated in the }{\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  that the disciplic succession, or }{\cs2873\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  is the way of receiving transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge must come down through the disciplic succession, through authorized persons who know the real purpose of the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommended that one learn }{\cs2873\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  from the mouth of the self realized person called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavatam. Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "in relationship with the Personality of Godhead }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bhagav\'e4n)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." So the devotee is sometimes called }{\cs2873\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 book which is in relationship with devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also called }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommended that in order to relish the real taste of }{\cs2873\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  one should take instruction from the person }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavatam. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is relishable even by a liberated person. It was admitted by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that although he was liberated from within the very womb of his mother, it was only after
 relishing }{\cs2873\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 became a great devotee. Thus, one who is des
irous of advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should relish the purport of }{\cs2873\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  through the discussions of authorized devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Second Canto, 1st Chapter, 9th verse, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 admits that although he was very much attracted by the impersonal }{\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 , when he heard the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead from the mouth of his father, Vy\'e4sadeva, he became more attracted to }{\cs2873\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 idea is that Vy\'e4sadeva was also a self realized soul, and his mature cont
ribution of transcendental knowledge was delivered directly to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the manner indicated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The importance of discussing }{\cs2873\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 the society of pure devotees is explained by \'c7aunaka Muni during the meeting at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, in the presence of S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9. S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 confirmed that if someon
e is fortunate enough to associate with a pure devotee of the Lord even for a moment, that particular moment is so valuable that even those pious activities which can promote one to the heavenly planets or give liberation from material miseries cannot co
mpare with it. In other words, those who are attached to }{\cs2873\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  do not
 care for any kind of benefit derived from elevation to the higher planetary kingdoms, or for the liberation which is conceived of by the impersonalists. As such, the association of pure devotees is so transcendentally valuable that no kind of material h
appiness can compare with it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a conversation between Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j and his father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, in which Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu addresses Prahl\'e4da in this way: "My dear son, association is very important. It acts just like a c
rystal-stone which will reflect anything which is put before it." Similarly, if we associate with the flowerlike devotees of the Lord, and if our hearts are crystal clear, then certainly the same action will be there. Another example given in this connec
tion is that if a man is potent and if a woman is not diseased, then by their conjugation there will be conception. In the same way, if the recipient of spiritual knowledge and the deliverer of spiritual knowledge are sincere and bona fide, there will be
 good results.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 13-1970: The Mah\'e4-mantra
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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\'e4-mantra
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The importance of chanting}{\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/ 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  is very strongly stressed in the Second Canto, 1st Chapter, 11th verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 the following way: \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k
\'f1it: "My dear King, if one is spontaneously attached to the chanting of the }{\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
 }{\cs2873\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  it is to be understood that he has attained the highest perfectional stag
e." It is specifically mentioned that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are aspiring after the fruitive re
sults of their activities, the salvationists who are aspiring to become one with the Supreme Person, and the }{\cs2873\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 are aspiring after mystic perfections can achieve the results of all perfectional stages simply by chanting the }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva uses the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'eb\'e9tam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "it is already decided." He was a liberated soul and therefore could not accept anything which was not conclusive. So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 especially stresses that it is already concluded that one who has come t
o the stage of chanting the }{\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  }{\cs2873\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  with determination and steadiness must be considered as having already passed the trials of fruitive activities, mental speculat
ion and mystic }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same thing is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\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  by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While addressing Arjuna He says, "Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that fo
r such a devotee I become easily purchased."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  also it is stated: "The chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  is present only on the lips of a person who has for many births worshiped V\'e4sudeva." It is further said 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  "There is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself. As such, the holy name is as perfect as the Lor
d Himself in fullness, purity and eternity. The holy name is no material sound vibration, nor has it any material contamination." The holy name cannot, therefore, be chanted offenselessly by one who has failed to purify his senses. In other words, materi
alistic senses cannot properly chant the holy names of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mant
ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But, by adopting this chanting process, one is given a chance to actually purify himself so that he may very soon chant offenselessly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has recommended that everyone chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\cs2873\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  just to cleanse the dust from the heart. If the dust of the heart is cleansed away, t
hen one can actually understand the importance of the holy name. For persons who are not inclined to clean the dust from their heart and want to keep things as they are, it is not possible to derive the transcendental result of chanting the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 should, therefore, be encouraged to develop his service attitude tow
ard the Lord, because this will help him to chant without any offense. And so, under the guidance of a spiritual master, the disciple is trained simultaneously to render service and at the same time to chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\cs2873\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 soon as one develops his spontaneous service attitude, he can immediately understand the transcendental nature of the holy names of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a statement about the importance of living at holy places like Mathur\'e4 or Dv\'e4rak\'e4. It is stated there: "To travel to different places of pilgrimage means to attain emancipation from material bondage. This emanc
ipation, however, is not the highest perfectional stage. After attaining this liberated stage, one has to become engaged in devotional service to the Lord. After attainment of the }{\cs2873\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 [liberation] stage one can further advance to engagement in devotional service. So this attainment of transcendental loving devotional service to t
he Lord is the goal of life, and it can be achieved very easily for one who lives in Mathur\'e4-ma\'eb\'f2ala even for a few seconds."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is further said: "Who is that person who will not agree to worship the land of Mathur\'e4? Mathur\'e4 can deliver all the desires and ambitions of the fruitive w
orkers and of the salvationists, who desire to become one with the supreme }{\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  Certainly Mat
hur\'e4 will deliver the desires of the devotees, who simply aspire to be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord." In the Vedic literature it is also stated: "How wonderful it is that simply by residing in Mathur\'e4 even for one day, one can achi
eve a transcendental loving attitude toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead! This land of Mathur\'e4 must be more glorious than Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-dh\'e4ma, the kingdom of God!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has stated that the five kinds of devotional activities\'97namely, residing in Mathur\'e4, worshiping the Deity of the Lord, reciting }{
\cs2873\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  serving a devotee, and chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are 
so potent that a small attachment for any one of these five items can arouse devotional ecstasy even in a neophyte.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding worship of the form of the Lord, or Deity, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has written the following verse: "My dear friends, if you still have any desire to enjoy 
the company of your friends within this material world, then don't look upon the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is standing on the bank of Ke\'e7\'e9-gh\'e4\'f6 [a bathing place in V\'e5nd\'e4vana]. He is known as Govinda, and His eyes are very enchanting. 
He is playing upon His flute, and on His head there is a peacock feather. And His whole body is illuminated by the moonlight in the sky."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport of this verse is that if someone becomes attached to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9 M\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by worshiping at home, then he will forget his relationshi
p of so-called friendship, love and society. Thus it is the duty of every householder to install Deities of the Lord at home and to begin the process of worshiping along with all of his family members. This will save everyone from such unwanted activitie
s as going to clubs, cinemas, dancing parties, smoking, drinking, etc. All such nonsense will be forgotten if one stresses the worship of the Deities at home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 further writes, "My dear foolish friend, I think that you have already heard some of the auspicious }{\cs2873\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 decries seeking the results of fruitive activities, economic development and liberation. I t
hink now it is certain that gradually the verses of the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  describing the pastimes of the Lord, will enter your ears and go into your heart."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of the }{\cs2873\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 is said that unless one has the capacity to throw out, just like garbage, the fruitive results of ritualistic ceremonies, economic development and becoming one with the supreme (or salvation), o
ne cannot understand }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  deals exclusively with devotional service. Only one who studies }{\cs2873\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 the spirit of renunciation can understand the pastimes of the Lord which are described in the Tenth Canto
. In other words, one should not try to understand the topics of the Tenth Canto, such as the }{\cs2873\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  (love dance), unless he has spontaneous attraction for }{\cs2873\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  One must be situated in pure devotional service before he can relish }{\cs2873\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 it is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the above two verses of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 there are some metaphorical analogies, which indirectly condemn the association of materialistic society, friendshi
p and love. People are generally attracted to society, friendship and love, and make elaborate arrangements and strong endeavors to develop these material contaminations; but to see the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 M\'fcrtis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to forget such endeavors for material association. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 composed his verse in suc
h a way that he was seemingly praising the material association of friendship, love, etc., and was condemning the audience of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 M\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Govinda. This metaphorical analogy is constructed in such a way that things which seem to be eulogized are condemned, and things which are to be condemned are eulogized. The actual import of the
 verse is that one must see the form of Govinda if one at all wants to forget the nonsense of material friendship, love and society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has similarly described the transcendental nature of relishing topics which concern K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A devotee once said, "It is ve
ry astonishing that since I have seen this Personality of Godhead who is washed by the tears of my eyes, there is shivering of my body, and He has made me a failure in executing my material duties. Since seeing Him I cannot remain silently at home. I wis
h to go out to Him always." The purport of this statement is that as soon as one is fortunate enough to contact a pure devotee, he must be anxious immediately to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or, in other words, to become full
y K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there is a statement about hearing and chanting the }{\cs2873\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  "It is said that saints have been able to hear the vibrating strings of the }{\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  in the hands of N\'e4rada, who is always singing the glories of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now this same sound vibration has entered my ears, and I am always feeling the presence of
 the Supreme Personality. Gradually I am becoming bereft of all attachment for material enjoyment."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again, he has described Mathur\'e4-ma\'eb\'f2ala: "I remember the Lord standing by the banks of the Yamun\'e4 River, so beautiful amidst the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees, where many birds are chirping in the gardens. And these impressions are always giving me tran
scendental realization of beauty and bliss." This feeling about Mathur\'e4-ma\'eb\'f2ala and V\'e5nd\'e4vana by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 can actually be felt even by nondevotees. The places in the eighty-four-square-mile district of Mathur\'e4 are so beauti
fully situated on the banks of the River Yamun\'e4 that anyone who goes there will never want to return to this material world. These statements by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 are factually realized descriptions of Mathur\'e4 and V\'e5nd\'e4vana. All these qua
lities prove that Mathur\'e4 and V\'e5nd\'e4vana are situated transcendentally. Otherwise, there is no possibility of invoking our transcendental sentiments in these places. Such transcendental feelings are aroused immediately and without fail after one 
arrives in Mathur\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In these statements about devotional service, sometimes it may appear that the results have been overestimated; but actually there is no overestimation. Some devote
es, as is evidenced from revealed scriptures, have had immediate results by such association, although this is not possible for all. For example, the Kum\'e4ras immediately became devotees simply by smelling the incense in the temple. Bilvama\'ecgala Th
\'e4kur simply heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then immediately gave up his beautiful girl friend and started out for Mathur\'e4 and V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where he became a perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V
ai\'f1\'ebava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So these statements are not overestimations, nor are they stories. They are actual facts, but are true for certain devotees and do not necessarily apply to all.
 These descriptions, even if considered overestimations, must be taken as they are in order to divert our attention from the fleeting material beauty to the eternal beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And for a person who is already in contact with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the described results are not unusual.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some scholars argue that simply by following the principles of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  o
ne can gradually rise up to the perfections reached by practicing devotional service, but this argument is not accepted by the great authorities. Lord Caitanya also condemned this idea while He was talking with R\'e4m\'e4nanda Rai about the gradual devel
opment of devotional service. He rejected the idea of the importance of }{\cs2873\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  when it was put forward by R\'e4m\'e4nanda Rai. He said that this advancement of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is merely external. There is a higher principle. In the }{
\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  also the Lord says that one has to give up all other principles of eleva
tion and take simply to the method of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That will help him in achieving the highest perfection of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto, 20th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 Lord Him
self says: "One should execute the prescribed duties of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  as long as he has not developed spontaneous attachment for hearing about My pastimes and activi
ties." In other words, the prescribed forms of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  are ritualistic ceremonies of religion intended for economic development, sense gratification or for salva
tion. All of these things are recommended for persons who have not developed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; in fact, all such activities are recommended in the revealed scriptures only to bring one to the point of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But one who
 has already developed spontaneous attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not require to execute the duties prescribed in the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 14-1970: Devotional Qualifications
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Fourteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Qualifications
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some scholars recommend that knowledge and renunciation are important factors for elevating oneself to devotional service. But actually that is not a fact. Actually
, the cultivation of knowledge or renunciation, which are favorable for achieving a footing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, may be accepted in the beginning, but ultimately they may also come to be rejected, for devotional service is dependent on nothin
g other than the sentiment or desire for such service. It requires nothing more than sincerity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the opinion of expert devotees that mental speculation and the artificial austerities of }{\cs2873\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 may be favorable for becoming liberated from material contamination, but they will also make one's heart harder and harder. They will not help at
 all in the progress of devotional service. These processes are, therefore, not favorable for entering into the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97devotional service itself\'97is the only way of advancing 
in devotional life. Devotional service is absolute; it is both the cause and the effect. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause and effect of all that be, and to approach Him, the absolute, the process of devotional service\'97which is also abso
lute\'97has to be adopted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is confirmed in the }{\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  by the Lord Himself: "One can understand Me only through devotional service." In beginning His teaching of the }{\cs2873\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 Lord said to Arjuna, "Because you are My devotee I shall teach these secrets to you." Vedic knowledge means ultimately to understand the Supreme Lord, and the proces
s of entering into His kingdom is devotional service. That is accepted by all authentic scriptures. Mental speculators neglect the process of devotional service, and by simply trying to defeat others in philosophical research they fail to develop the ecs
tasy of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto, 20th Chapter, 31st verse, of the }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My dear Uddhava, for persons who are seriously engaged in My service, the cultivation of philosophical speculation and artificial renunciation are n
ot very favorable. When a person becomes My devotee he automatically attains the fruits of the renunciation of material enjoyment, and he gets sufficient knowledge to understand the absolute truth." That is the test of advancement in devotional service. 
A devotee cannot be in darkness because the Lord shows him special favor and enlightens him from within.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto, 20th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 11.20.32-33
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yat karmabhir yat tapas\'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 j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gyata\'e7 ca yat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogena d\'e4na-dharme\'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 \'e7reyobhir itarair api
\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\'e0 mad-bhakti-yogena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mad-bhakto labhate '\'efjas\'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 svarg\'e4pavarga\'e0 mad-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 katha\'efcid yadi v\'e4\'efchati
\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 yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that which is obtained; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karmabhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by fruitive activities; }{\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 \'97that which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapas\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by penance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by cultivation of knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vair\'e4gyata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by detachment; }{\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 yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97that which is achieved; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yogena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the 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  system; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by charity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharme\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by religious duties; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7reyobhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by processes for making life auspicious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub itarai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by others; }{\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 sarvam}{\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 mat-bhakti-yogena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by loving service unto Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub mat-bhakta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97My devotee; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labhate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97achieves; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'efjas\'e4}{\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 svarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97promotion to heaven; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apavargam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97liberation from all misery; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat-dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97residence in My abode; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub katha\'efcit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97somehow or other; }{\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 va\'efchati}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he desires.
\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 Everything that can be achieved by fruitive activities, penance, knowledge, detachment, mystic }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yoga,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  charity, religious duties and all other means of perfecting life is easily achieved by My devotee through loving service unto Me. If somehow or other My devot
ee desires promotion to heaven, liberation, or residence in My abode, he easily achieves such benedictions.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 32nd and 33rd verses, of the }{\cs2873\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 Lord further instructs Uddhava: "My dear friend, the profits derived from fruitive activities, 
austerities, the culture of philosophical knowledge, renouncement, the practice of mystic }{\cs2873\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  charity and all similar auspicious activities are automatically achieved by My devotees\'97those who are simply attached to Me by loving service. These devotees have everything at their disposal, but they desire nothing outside of My devotio
nal service. If ever a devotee should desire some material profit\'97to be promoted to the heavenly planets\'97or some spiritual profit\'97to go to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has\'97by My causeless mercy their desires are very easily fulfilled."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually a person who is developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and still has some attachment to material enjoyment will soon be freed from such a tendency by regu
larly discharging devotional service under the instruction of a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, then, recommends that one should not be attached to material sense enjoyment, but accept everything enjoyable which is in relatio
nship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, eating is necessary, and one wants some palatable dishes to satisfy his sense of taste. So in that case, for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba rather than for the satisfaction of the tongue, some palatable dishes ma
y be prepared and offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then it is renunciation. Let the palatable dishes be prepared, but unless they are offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba one should not accept them for eating. This vow of rejecting anything which is not offered to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is actually renunciation. And by such renunciation one is able to satisfy the demands of the senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists who try to avoid everything material may undergo severe austerities, but they miss the opportunity of being engaged in the service of the Lord. T
hus their renunciation is not sufficient for perfection. There are many instances where, following such artificial renunciation without any contact with devotional service, the impersonalist again fell down and became attracted to the material contaminat
ion. There are many supposed renouncers even at the present moment who officially become }{\cs2873\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  or renouncers and outwardly claim that spiritual existence is truth and material existence untruth. In this way, artificially they make a show of renunciation of the material world. However, because they cannot reach the point of devotio
nal service, they fail to achieve the goal and again come back to material activities, such as philanthropic work, political agitation, etc. There are many instances of so-called }{\cs2873\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  who gave up the world as untruth, but again came to the material world because they were not seeking their real repose at the lotus feet of the Lor
d.
\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. That is a secret of devotional service. Anything that can be utilized in advancing
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service should be accepted. 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, microphone
s 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 consciousnes
s. This is the same principle on which, in the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised
 Arjuna to utilize his fighting abilities in devotional service. Similarly, we are utilizing these machines for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. With such sentiment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we can accept everything. 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 machine 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. That is our vision.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This does not mean, however, that we should give up the principles of discharging devotional service or neglect abiding by the rules and regulations prescribed ther
ein. In the neophyte stage of devotion one must follow all the principles, regulated by the authority of the spiritual master. The acceptance and rejection of things should always be in pursuance of the devotional principles; not that one can independent
ly manufacture some idea of what should be accepted or rejected. The spiritual master as the visible manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is necessary, therefore, to direct the devotee on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master must never be carried away by an accumulation of wealth or a large number of followers. A bona fide spiritual master will never become like tha
t. But sometimes, if a spiritual master is not properly authorized, and only on his own initiative becomes a spiritual master, he may be carried away by an accumulation of wealth and large numbers of disciples. His is not a very high grade of devotional 
service. If a person is carried away by such achievements, then his devotional service becomes slackened. One should, therefore, strictly adhere to the principles of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, being naturally purified, has no need of developing any other purificatory process of thought or action. On account of his being 
highly elevated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he has already acquired all the good qualities and is following the rules and regulations prescribed for the mystic yogic process. Such rules are automatically practiced by the devotees. A concrete example
 is the quality of nonviolence, which is considered a good qualification. A devotee is naturally nonviolent and therefore doesn't have to practice nonviolence separately. Some people seek purification by joining a vegetarian movement, but a devotee is au
tomatically a vegetarian. He doesn't need to practice separately in this matter or to join any society for vegetarians. He is automatically a vegetarian.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many other instances showing that a devotee needn't practice anything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; all the good qualities of the demigods automatical
ly develop within him. Those who are intentionally practicing to be vegetarians or to become nonviolent may have good qualifications by a material estimation, but these qualifications are not sufficient to make them devotees. A vegetarian is not necessar
ily a devotee, nor is a nonviolent person. But a devotee is automatically both vegetarian and nonviolent. We must conclude, therefore, that vegetarianism or nonviolence is not the cause of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, there is a story in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  about a hunter who was converted into a great devotee under the instruction of N\'e4rada Muni. When the hunter became a perfect devotee, he was not prepared even to kill an ant. Parvata 
Muni, a friend of N\'e4rada's, saw the wonderful transformation of the hunter by devotional service, and remarked: "My dear hunter, your unwillingness to kill even an ant is not very astonishing. Any person who develops the devotional attitude has }{
\cs2873\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 good qualities automatically manifested in his person. A devotee is never a cause of
 distress to anyone."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 affirms herein that purification of consciousness, purification of bodily activities, austerities, peace of mind, etc., all become a
utomatically manifest in the person who is engaged in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 affirms herein that there are nine different kinds of devotional service, which are listed as hearing, chanting, remembering, servin
g, worshiping the Deity in the temple, praying, carrying out orders, serving Him as a friend and sacrificing everything for Him. Each and every one of these processes is so powerful that if anyone follows even one single one of them, he can achieve the d
esired perfection without fail. For example, if one is attached simply to hearing about the Lord, and another is attached to chanting the glories of the name, both will achieve their desired goal in devotional service. In the }{\cs2873\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  this has been explained. One may execute one, two, three or all the different processes of
 devotional service, and at the ultimate end he will achieve the desired goal of being established in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are concrete examples of how a devotee discharged one of these services and achieved perfection. King Par\'e9k\'f1it achieved the desired goal of life simply 
by hearing }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 achieved the desired goal
 of life simply by reciting }{\cs2873\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  Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j became s
uccessful in his devotional service by always remembering the Lord. Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune, was successful by engaging herself in massaging the lotus feet of the Lord. King P\'e5thu became successful by worshiping in the temple. Akr\'fcra b
ecame successful by offering prayers. Hanum\'e4n became successful by rendering personal service to Lord R\'e4macandra. Arjuna became successful by being a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4j became successful simply by offering all of his p
ossessions to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are also examples of devotees who discharged all the different items together. In the Ninth Canto, 4th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verses, of the }{\cs2873\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 is a statement about Mah\'e4r\'e4j Ambar\'e9\'f1a, who followed every one of the devotional processes
. In these verses, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, "King Ambar\'e9\'f1a first of all concentrated his mind on the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then engaged his speech in describing the pastimes and activities of the Lord. He engaged his hands in
 washing the temple of the Lord. He engaged his ears in hearing of the transcendental glories of the Lord. He engaged his eyes in seeing the beautiful Deity in the temple. He engaged his body in associating with the pure devotees of the Lord. [When you a
ssociate with someone you have to sit down together, eat together, etc.\'97and in this way the touch of your body with their body is inevitable. Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4j made his association only with pure devotees and did not allow his body to be to
uched by anyone else.] He engaged his nostrils in smelling the flowers and }{\cs2873\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  which
 were offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he engaged his tongue in tasting K\'e5\'f1\'eba-}{\cs2873\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  [food prepared specifically for offering to the Lord, the remnants of which are taken by the devotees]. Mah\'e4r\'e4j Ambar\'e9\'f1a was able to offer very nice }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he was a king and had no scarcity of finance. He used to offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba the most royal dishes and would then taste the 
remnants as K}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2873\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  There was no scarcity in his royal style because he had a very beautiful temple wherein the Deity of the Lord was decorated with costly paraphernalia and offered high grade food. So everything was available, and h
is engagement was always completely in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea is that we should follow in the footsteps of great devotees. If we are unable to execute all the different items of devotional service, we must try to exec
ute at least one of them, as exemplified by previous }{\cs2873\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  If we are engaged in t
he execution of all the items of devotional service, as was Mah\'e4r\'e4j Ambar\'e9\'f1a, then the perfection of devotional service is guaranteed from each one of these items. With the first complete engagement, one becomes automatically detached from ma
terial contamination, and liberation becomes the maidservant of the devotee. This idea is confirmed by Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur: If one develops unalloyed devotion to the Lord, liberation will follow the devotee as his maidservant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that the regulative principles of devotional service are sometimes described by authorities as the path of serving the Lord i
n opulence.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 15-1970: Spontaneous Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Fifteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Spontaneous Devotional Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The examples of spontaneous devotional service can be easily seen in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direct associates in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The spontaneous dealings of the resident
s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The
se beings don't have to learn anything about devotional service; they are already perfect in all regulative principles and have achieved the spontaneous loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For example, the cowherd boys who are playing w
ith K\'e5\'f1\'eba do not have to learn by austerities or penances or yogic practice how to play with Him. They have passed all tests of regulative principles in their previous lives, and as a result they are now elevated to the position of direct associ
ation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His dear friends. Their spontaneous attitude is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4-bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has defined }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4-bhakti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as spontaneous attraction for something while completely absorbed in thoughts of it, with an intense desire of love. Devotional service executed with such feelings of spontaneous lov
e is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4-bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Devotional service under the heading of }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be further divided into two categories: one category is called sensuous attracti
on, and the other is called relationship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, there is a statement by N\'e4rada Muni to Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira in the Seventh Canto, 1st Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 N\'e4rada says, "My dear King, there are many devotees who first become attracted to the Personality of Godhead for purposes of sense gratification, from being envious of Him, 
out of fear of Him, or from desiring to associate affectionately with Him. Ultimately these attractions become freed from all material contamination, and gradually the worshiper develops spiritual love and achieves that ultimate goal of life which is des
ired by the pure devotee."
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  may be considered to be examples of spontaneous love in sensual attraction. The }{\cs2873\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  are young girls, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a young boy. Superficially it seems that the }{\cs2873\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  are attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba on grounds of sex. Similarly, King Ka\'e0sa was attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba because of fearfulness. Ka\'e0sa was always fearful of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because it had been foretold that his sister's son, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, would kill him. \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was also always envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the descendants of King Yadu, due to their family relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are always thinking of Him as one of their members. All of these different kin
ds of devotees have a spontaneous attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in different categories, and they achieve the same desired goal of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attraction of the }{\cs2873\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  for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the affection of the members of the Yadu dynasty are both accepted as spontaneous, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The attraction of Ka\'e0sa to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in fearfulness and the attraction of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la in enviousness are not accepted as devotional service, however, because their a
ttitudes are not favorable. Devotional service should be executed only in a favorable frame of mind. Therefore, according to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, such attractions are not considered to be in devotional service. Again, he analyzes the affect
ion of the Yadus: If it is on the platform of friendship, then it is spontaneous love, but if it is on the platform of regulative principles, then it is not. And only when affection comes to the platform of spontaneous love is it counted in the category 
of pure devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There may be some difficulty in understanding that both the }{\cs2873\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 Ka\'e0sa achieved the same goal, so this point should be clearly understood, because the attitudes of Ka\'e0sa and \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la were different from that of the }{\cs2873\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  Although in all these cases the focus is on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all of t
he devotees are elevated to the spiritual world, there is still a distinction between these two classes of souls. In the First Canto of }{\cs2873\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 is said that the absolute truth is one, and He is manifested as impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman, Param\'e4tm
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (supersoul), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  (the Supreme Personality of Godhead). Here is a spiritual distinction. Although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'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 Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the same and one absolute truth, still devotees lik
e Ka\'e0sa or \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la could attain only to the }{\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  effulgence. They could not have 
realization of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'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 Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . That is the distinction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An analogy can be given with the sun globe and the sunshine: to remain in the sunshine does not mean one has gone to the sun globe. The temperature of the sun globe
 is different from the temperature of the sunshine. One who has gone through the sunshine in jet planes or in space ships has not necessarily gone to the sun globe. Although the sunshine and the sun globe are actually one and the same, still there is a d
istinction, for one is the energy and one is the energetic source. The absolute truth and His bodily effulgence are in the same way simultaneously one and different. Ka\'e0sa and \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la attained to the absolute truth, but they were not allowed
 to enter into the Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana abode. Impersonalists and the enemies of the Lord are, because of attraction to God, allowed to enter into His kingdom, but they are not allowed to enter into the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets or the Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4
vana planet of the Supreme Lord. To enter the kingdom and to enter the king's palace are not the same thing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is trying here to describe the different achievements of the impersonalists and the personalists. Generally, those who are imperso
nalists and inimical to the Supreme Personality of Godhead get entrance only into the impersonal }{\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  when and if they reach spiritual perfection. The 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 e
ffulgence of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So it is to be understood that they are of similar classifi
cation. 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 proclaimed the impersonalists to be offenders of the Lord. The Lord is so kind, however, that even though they are His enemies, they are still allowed to enter into the spiritual kingdom and remain in the impersonal }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the undifferentiated light of the absolute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes an impersonalist may gradually elevate himself to the personal conception of the Lord. The }{\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  confirms this: "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me." By such surrender, an impersona
list can be elevated to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loka (spiritual planet) where, as a surrendered soul, he attains bodily features like the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is stated: "Those who have achieved liberation from material contamination, and those who are demons and are killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, become absorbed in the }{\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  concept of life and reside in the spiritual sky of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " That spiritual sky is far beyond the material sky, and it is confirmed also in the }{\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  that beyond this material sky there is another, eternal sky. The enemies and the impersonalists may be allowed to enter i
nto this }{\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  effulgence, but the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are promoted all the way to the s
piritual planets. Because the pure devotees have developed their spontaneous love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are allowed to enter into the spiritual planets to enjoy spiritual bliss in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 87th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 19th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  personified address the Lord in this way: "My dear Lord, }{\cs2873\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  meditate upon Your localized features, and thus they achieve the spiritual perfection of being merged in the imperson
al }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Persons who treat You as an enemy achieve the same perfection without med
itating. The }{\cs2873\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 embraced by Your serpentine hands and who have such lusty a
ttitudes, also achieve the same perfection. And, as far as we are concerned, being different demigods in charge of the different parts of Vedic knowledge, we are always following in the footsteps of the }{\cs2873\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  Thus we hope to attain the same perfection." By "the same perfection" we must always remember the example of the sun and the sunshi
ne. Those who are impersonalists can merge into the sunshinelike }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  whereas tho
se who are in love with the Supreme Person enter into the supreme abode of the Lord, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The "lusty attitude" of the }{\cs2873\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  does not refer to any sort of sex indulgence. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explains that this "lusty desire" refers to the devotee's particular attitude of association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Every devotee in hi
s perfectional stage has a spontaneous attraction to the Lord. This attraction is sometimes called the "lusty desire" of the devotee. The lust is the devotee's excessive desire to serve the Lord in a particular capacity. Such desire may seem to be a desi
re for enjoying the Lord, but actually the endeavor is to serve the Lord in that capacity. For example, a devotee may be desiring to associate with the Personality of Godhead as His cowherd friend. He will want to serve the Lord by assisting Him in contr
olling the cows in the pasturing ground. This may appear to be a desire to enjoy the company of the Lord, but actually it is spontaneous love, serving Him by assisting in managing the transcendental cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This extreme desire to serve the Lord is manifest in the transcendental land of Braja. And it is specifically manifested amongst the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so elevated that for our understanding it is sometimes explained as being "lusty desire."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author of }{\cs2873\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  Kavir\'e4ja K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4s, has explained the distinction between lusty desire and the service attitude in this statement: "Lusty desire refers to the desire to gratify one's personal senses,
 and transcendental desire refers to the desire for serving the senses of the Lord." In the material world there is no such thing as a lover wanting to please the senses of his beloved. Actually, in the material world, everyone wants mainly to gratify hi
s own personal senses. The }{\cs2873\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  however, wanted nothing at all but to gratify the sen
ses of the Lord, and there is no instance of this in the material world. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes described by scholars as being like the "lusty desire" of the material world, but actually this should not be taken as a literal fact. It is simply a way of trying to understand the transcendenta
l situation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Great devotees up to the standard of Uddhava are very dear friends of the Lord, and they desire to follow in the footsteps of the }{\cs2873\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  So the }{\cs2873\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  love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is certainly not material lusty desire. Otherwise, how could Uddhava aspire to follow in their footsteps? Another instance is Lord Caitanya Himself. After acc
epting the }{\cs2873\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  order of life, He was very, very strict about avoiding association 
with women, but still He taught that there is no better method of worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba than that conceived by the }{\cs2873\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  Thus the }{\cs2873\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  method of worshiping the Lord,
 as if impelled by lusty desire, was praised very highly even by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This very fact means that although the attraction of the }{\cs2873\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  for K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears to be lusty, it is not in the least bit material. Unless one is fully situated in the transcendental position, it is very difficult to understand the re
lationship of the }{\cs2873\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  with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But because it appears to be just like ord
inary dealings of young boys and girls, it is sometimes misinterpreted to be like the ordinary sex of this material world. Unfortunately, persons who cannot understand the transcendental nature of the love affairs of the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba take it for granted that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love affairs with the }{\cs2873\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  are mundane transactions, and therefore they sometimes indulge in painting licentious pictures in some mode
rnistic style.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, the lusty desire of Kubj\'e4 is described by learned scholars as being "almost lusty desire." Kubj\'e4 was a hunchback woman who also wanted K
\'e5\'f1\'eba with a great ecstatic love. But her desire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba was almost mundane, and so her love cannot be compared with the love of the }{\cs2873\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  Her loving affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma-pr\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or almost like the }{\cs2873\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  love
 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 16-1970: Varieties of Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Sixteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Varieties of Love for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Parental Relationship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the attitude of the denizens of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, such as Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, is to be found the ideal transcendental concept of becoming
 the father and mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Personality of Godhead. Factually, no one can become the father or mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; but a devotee's possession of such transcendental feelings is called love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in parental re
lationship. The V\'e5\'f1\'ebis (K\'e5\'f1\'eba's relatives at Dv\'e4rak\'e4) also felt like that. So spontaneous love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the parental relationship is found both amongst those denizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 who belonged to the dynasty of V
\'e5\'f1\'ebi, as well as amongst the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spontaneous love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as exhibited by the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis and the denizens of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is eternally existing in them. In the stage of devotional
 service where regulative principles are followed, there is no necessity of discussing this love, for it must develop of itself at a more advanced stage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons desiring to follow in the footsteps of such eternal devotees of the Lord as the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis and V\'e5nd\'e4vana denizens are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotees, which means that they are trying to attain to the perfection of those devotees. 
These }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotees do not follow the regulative principles of devotional ser
vice very strictly, but by spontaneous nature they become attracted to some of the eternal devotees such as Nanda or Ya\'e7od\'e4, and they try to follow in their footsteps spontaneously. There is a gradual development of the ambition to become like a pa
rticular devotee, and this activity is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must always remember, however, that such eagerness to follow in the footsteps of the denizens of Braja (V\'e5nd\'e4vana) is not possible unless one is freed from
 material contamination. In following the regulative principles of devotional service, there is a stage which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anartha-niv\'e5tti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means the disappearance of all material contamination. Sometimes it is found that someone is imitating such devotional love, but factually he is not freed from }{\cs2873\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  or unwanted habits. It has been seen that a so-called devotee proclaims himself a follower of Nanda, Ya\'e7od\'e4 or
 the }{\cs2873\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  while at the same time his abominable attraction for mundane sex life is vi
sible. Such a manifestation of divine love is mere imitation and has no value. When one is actually spontaneously attracted to the loving principles of the }{\cs2873\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 will be found no trace of any mundane contamination in his character.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, in the beginning, everyone should strictly follow the regulative principles of devotional service, according to the injunctions of the scriptures and the
 spiritual master. Only after the stage of liberation from material contamination can one actually aspire to follow in the footsteps of the devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said by \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "When one is actually liberated from material contamination, he can always remember an eternal devotee in V\'e5nd\'e4
vana in order to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the same capacity. And developing such an aptitude, one will always live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, even within his mind." The purport is that, if it is possible, one should go and physically be present at Brajabh\'fcmi, 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and be engaged always in the service of the Lord, following the devotees in Brajadh\'e4ma, the spiritual realm of Braja. If it is not possible, however, to be physically present at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, one can meditate anywhere upon living i
n that situation. Wherever he may be, one must always think about life in Brajadh\'e4ma and about following in the footsteps of a particular devotee in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee who is actually advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, who is constantly engaged in devotional service, should not manifest himself even though he has 
attained perfection. The idea is that he should always continue to act as a neophyte devotee as long as his material body is there. Activities in devotional service under regulative principles must be followed even by the pure devotee. But when he realiz
es his actual position in relationship with the Lord, he can, along with the discharging of regulative service, think within himself of the Lord, under the guidance of a particular associate of the Lord, and develop his transcendental sentiments in follo
wing that associate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, we should be careful about the so-called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddha-pra\'ebai.}
{\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 siddha-pra\'ebai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  process is followed by a class of men who are not very authorized and who have manufactured their own way of devotional service. They imagine that they have become associates of the Lord simply by thinking of themselves like that. This exter
nal behavior is not at all according to the regulative principles. The so-called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddha-pra\'ebai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  process is followed by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ta sahajiy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a pseudo-sect of so-called
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the opinion of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, such activities are simply disturbance
s to the standard way of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that learned }{\cs2873\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  recommended that we follow the regulative principles even after the development of spontaneous love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. According to the regulative principles, there are nine departmenta
l activities, as described above, and one should specifically engage himself in the type of devotional service for which he has a natural aptitude. For example, one person may have a particular interest in hearing, another may have a particular interest 
in chanting, and another may have a particular interest in serving in the temple. So these, or any of the other six different types of devotional service (remembering, serving, praying, engaging in some particular service, being in a friendly relationshi
p or offering everything in one's possession) should be executed in full earnestness. In this way everyone should act according to his particular taste.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Conjugal Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional service following in the footsteps of the }{\cs2873\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 or the queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 is called devotional service in conjugal love. This devotional service in conjugal love can be divided into two categories. One is indir
ect conjugal love, the other direct. In both of these categories one has to follow the particular }{\cs2873\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  who is engaged in such service in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. To be directly attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in conjugal love is technically called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub keli.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub keli}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  performance means to directly join with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are other devotees who do not wish direct contact with the Supreme Person, but who relish the conjugal love affairs of the Lord with the }{\cs2873\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  Such devotees enjoy simply by hearing of the activities of the Lord with the }{\cs2873\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 This development of conjugal love can only be possible only with those who are already engaged in following the regulative principles of devotional service, specifi
cally in the worship of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple. Such devotees gradually develop a spontaneous love for the Deity, and by hearing of the Lord's exchange of loving affairs with the }{\cs2873\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  they gradually become attracted to these pastimes. After this spontaneous attraction becomes highly developed, the devotee is place
d in either of the above-mentioned categories.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This development of conjugal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not manifested in women only. The material body has nothing to do with spiritual loving affairs. A woman may
 develop an attitude for becoming a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and, similarly, a man may develop the feature of becoming a }{\cs2873\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  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. How a devotee in the form of a man can desire to become a }{\cs2873\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  is stated 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  as follows: "
In days gone by there were many sages in Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 is the name of the forest where Lord R\'e4macandra lived after being banished by his father for fourteen years. At that time there were many advanced sages who were captivated by the beauty of Lord R\'e4macandra and who desired to become women in order 
to embrace the Lord. Later on these sages appeared in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana when K\'e5\'f1\'eba advented Himself there, and they were born as }{\cs2873\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  or girl friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way they attained the perfection of spiritual life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of the sages of Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya can be explained as follows: When Lord R\'e4macandra was residing in Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya, the sages who were
 engaged in devotional service there became attracted by His beauty and immediately thought of the }{\cs2873\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  at V\'e5nd\'e4vana who enjoyed conjugal loving affection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this instance it is clear that the sages of Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya desired conjugal love in the manner of the }{\cs2873\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  although they were well aware of the Supreme Lord as both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord R\'e4macandra. They knew that R
\'e4macandra was an ideal king and could not accept more than one wife; but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being the full-fledged Personality of Godhead, could fulfill the desires of all of them in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. These sages also concluded that the form of Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more attractive than that of Lord R\'e4macandra, and so they prayed to become }{\cs2873\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 their future lives to be associated with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord R\'e4macandra remained silent, and His silence shows that He accepted the prayers of the sages. Thus they were blest by Lord R\'e4macandra to have association with Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in their future lives. As a result of this benediction, they all took birth as women in the wombs of }{\cs2873\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  at Gokula, and, as they had desired in their previous lives, they enjoyed the company of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was present at that time in Gokula V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The perfection of their human form of life was thus a
chieved by their generating a transcendental sentiment to share conjugal love with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conjugal love is divided into two classifications\'97namely, conjugal love as husband and wife and conjugal love as lover and beloved. One who develops conjugal lov
e for K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a wife is promoted to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, where the devotee becomes the queen of the Lord. Those who develop conjugal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a lover are promoted to Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, to associate with the }{\cs2873\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 enjoy loving affairs with K\'e5\'f1\'eba there. We should note carefully, however, that this co
njugal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, either as }{\cs2873\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  or queen, is not limited only to women. 
Even men can develop such sentiments, as was evidenced by the sages of Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya. If someone simply desires conjugal love but does not follow in the footsteps of the }{\cs2873\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  he is promoted to association with the Lord at Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4-k\'fcrma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated: "Great sages who were the sons of fire gods rigidly followed the regulative principles in their desire to have conjugal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As such, in their next lives they were able to associa
te with the Lord, the origin of all creation, who is known as V\'e4sudeva, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Every one of them got Him as their husband."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Parenthood or Friendship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees who are attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as parents or as friends should follow in the footsteps of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j or Subala, respectively. Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4j is the foster father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and out of all of the friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Subala is the most intimate in Brajabh\'fcmi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the development of becoming either the father or friend of the Lord, there are two varieties. One method is that one may try to become the father of the Lord dir
ectly, and the other is that one may follow Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j and cherish the ideal of being K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father. Out of these two, the attempt to directly become the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not recommended. Such a development can become pollut
ed with }{\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  (impersonal) philosophy. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or monists think that they themselves are K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if one thinks that he himself has become Nanda Mah
\'e4r\'e4j, then his parental love will become contaminated with 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 philosophy
. 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  philosophical way of thinking is offensive, and no offender can enter int
o the kingdom of God to associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a story of an old man residing in Hastin\'e4pur, capital of the kingdom of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2us, who desired K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his beloved son. This old man was instructed by N\'e4rada to follow in the footsteps of Na
nda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, and thus success was achieved by him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-vy\'fcha-stava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prayers that persons who are always engaged in thinking of the Lord as their husband, friend, father or well-wisher are always worshipable by everyone. This spontaneous love for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba can only be developed by the special mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His pure devotee. This process of devotional service is sometimes called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'f1\'f6i-m\'e4rga. 
Pu\'f1\'f6i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means nourishing and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4rga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means path. Such development of sentiment nourishes devotional service to the highest standard. Thus it is called the path of nourishment, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pu\'f1\'f6i-m\'e4rga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Vallabha-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which belongs to the Vi\'f1\'ebu-sv\'e4m\'e9 sect of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  religion, worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'f1\'f6i-m\'e4rga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
Generally devotees in Gujerat worship B\'e4la-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under this heading of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'f1\'f6i-m\'e4rga.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 17-1970: Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Seventeen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the process of executing regulated devotional service, one is actually elevated onto the transcendental stage, beyond the material modes of nature. At that time 
one's heart becomes illuminated like the sun. The sun is far above the planetary systems, and there is no possibility of its being covered by any kind of cloud; similarly, when a devotee is purified like the sun, from his pure heart there is a diffusion 
of ecstatic love which is more glorious than the sunshine. Only at that time is the attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba perfect. Spontaneously, the devotee becomes eager to serve the Lord in his ecstatic love. At this stage the devotee is on the platform of }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttama adhik\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  perfect devotion. Such a devotee has no agitation from material affec
tions and is only interested in the service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To clarify, in the previous chapters, the symptoms of devotional service were explained along with instructions as to how they can be executed with our present sens
es, gradually rising to the platform of ecstasy of spontaneous love. And the two kinds of devotional service\'97namely devotional service through regulative principles and through spontaneous love\'97were discussed. Within the stage of the regulative pri
nciples of devotional service there are two divisions\'97namely executive and effective. This effective portion of devotional service is called }{\cs2873\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  or ecstasy. In this connection, there is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that ecstasy is the first symptom of pure love for the Personality of Godhead, and in that stage one is sometimes found shedding tears or shivering. Not always are these symptoms manifest, but occasionall
y. When King Ambar\'e9\'f1a was put into difficulty by Durv\'e4s\'e4, he began to think of the lotus feet of the Lord, and thus there were some changes in his body, and tears were falling from his eyes. These symptoms are activities of ecstasy. They are 
visible in the shivering of the body and the shedding of tears. After the outward appearance of these ecstatic symptoms, they stay within the mind, and continuation of the ecstasy is called }{\cs2873\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  This stage of appreciation becomes the cause of future exchanges of loving affairs with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Elevation to this stage of ecstasy can be possible in two ways. One way is constant association with pure devotees. The other way is by the special mercy of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, or by the mercy of a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Elevation to the ecstatic stage of life is generally attained through association with pure devotees, while elevation to that stage by the special mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His devotee is v
ery rare. The purport is that one should execute devotional service rigidly in the association of devotees so that there will be certainty in raising oneself to that ecstatic position. In special cases, of course, there is special favor from K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and although we should always expect that, we should not sit idly and simply wait for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's special mercy; the regular duties must be performed. It is just as when, sometimes, it is found that a person who never attended school or colle
ge may be recognized as a great scholar, or an honorary degree from great universities may be offered to him. But this does not mean that one should avoid school and expect to automatically receive an honorary degree from some university. Similarly, one 
should devoutly execute the regulative principles of devotional service and at the same time hope for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor or for His devotee's favor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of rising to the stage of ecstatic love by executing the regulative principles of devotional service is given in the life story of N\'e4rada, which is de
scribed to Vy\'e4sadeva in the }{\cs2873\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  N\'e4rada tells there of his pr
evious life and how he developed to the stage of ecstatic love. He was engaged in the service of great devotees and used to hear their talks and songs. Because he had the opportunity to hear these pastimes and songs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the mouths of p
ure devotees, he became very attracted within his heart. Because he had become so eager to hear these topics, he gradually developed within himself an ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This ecstatic love is prior to the pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, becau
se in the next verse N\'e4rada confirms that by the gradual process of hearing from the great sages he developed love of Godhead. In that connection, N\'e4rada continues to say in the First Canto, 5th Chapter, 28th verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 "First I passed my days in the association of the great sages during the rainy autumn season.
 Every morning and evening I heard them while they were singing and chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 thus gradually my heart became purified. As soon as I heard them with great attention, the influence of the modes of material ignorance and passion dis
appeared, and I became firmly fixed in devotional service to the Lord."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are practical examples of how one can develop to the stage of ecstatic love simply by the association of pure devotees. It is essential, therefore, that one c
onstantly associate with pure devotees who are engaged morning and evening in chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 way one will get the chance to purify his heart and develop this ecstatic pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement is also confirmed in the Third Canto, 25th Chapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2nd}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, of the }{\cs2873\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  where Lord Kapila says, "My dear Mother, when a person is actually in association with pure devotees, the sublime potency of My devotional service can be experienced." In other words, when a pure devotee speaks, his words act upon th
e hearts of the audience. What is the secret of hearing and chanting? A professional speaker cannot impress transcendental ecstasy within the hearts of the listeners. However, when a realized soul who is engaged in the service of the Lord is speaking, he
 has the potency to inject spiritual life within the audience. One should, therefore, seek the association of such pure unalloyed devotees, and by such association and service a neophyte devotee will certainly develop attachment, love and devotion for th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is the story of a neophyte devotee who, in order to raise himself to the ecstatic platform, danced all night to invoke the Lord's grace upon him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes, however, it is found that without undergoing any devotional process, one all of a sudden develops devotion for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This sudden developme
nt of the devotional attitude in a person must be understood as a special mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or of His devotee. This apparently accidental development of ecstatic feelings through the causeless mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be divided into three group
s: simply by speaking, simply by glancing and simply by good wishes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about development of ecstatic love simply by speaking. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to N\'e4rada, "O best of the }{\cs2873\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 wish that you may develop unalloyed devotional service to Me, which is full of transcendental bliss and all auspiciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about developing ecstatic love towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by glancing. It is stated there: "When the inhabitants of Ja\'ecgala Province saw the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were so stri
cken with feeling that they could not withdraw their glance from Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as heartfelt wishes are concerned, there is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7uka-s
a\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  where N\'e4rada tells \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, "You have a son who is the greatest devotee of the Personality of Godhead, and I can observe that without any foll
owing of the regulative principles of devotional service, he is already enriched with many of the symptoms achieved by the execution of devotional service after many, many births."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for ecstatic love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is a statement in the Seventh Canto, 4th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 6th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 which N\'e4rada addresses King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira: "My dear King, it is very difficult to describe the character of Prahl\'e4da. He developed a natural attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and whatever I can 
explain about his character will simply be an arrangement of words; his actual character is impossible to describe." This means N\'e4rada himself admitted that the natural development of Prahl\'e4da's ecstatic love was by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This natural attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the part of Prahl\'e4da was developed simply by the mercy of N\'e4rada. When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j was within the 
womb of his mother, she was being sympathetically instructed by N\'e4rada about the science of devotional service, and at the same time N\'e4rada was wishing that the child within the womb could also take advantage of the instructions. Because N\'e4rada,
 an authorized devotee and great associate of the Personality of Godhead, was desiring auspiciousness for Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, he developed all the characteristics of a high-grade devotee. This is called natural attraction. It is caused by the spec
ial grace of the Personality of Godhead or by the special grace of a great devotee like N\'e4rada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein Parvata Muni tells N\'e4rada: "My dear N\'e4rada, of all saintly persons you are so great and glorious that simply by your good wishes a lowborn hunter also has become a great, elevated devotee of
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be divided into five divisions, which will be described by \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 later on.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 18-1970: Character of One in Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Eighteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Character of One in Ecstatic Lov
e
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 next describes the characteristics of a person who has actually developed his ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The characteristics are as fol
lows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) He is always anxious to utilize his time in the devotional service of the Lord. He does not like to be idle. He wants service always, twenty-four hours a day wit
hout deviation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) He is always reserved and perseverant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) He is always detached from all material attraction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) He does not long for any material respect in return for his activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) He is always certain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will bestow His mercy upon Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6) He is always very eager to serve the Lord faithfully.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) He is very much attached to the chanting of the holy names of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8) He is always eager to describe the transcendental qualities of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9) He is very pleased to live in a place where the Lord's pastimes are performed, e.g., Mathur\'e4, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, or Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Utilization of Time
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An unalloyed devotee who has developed ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always engaging his words in reciting prayers to the Lord. Within the mind he is always t
hinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and with his body he is either offering obeisances by bowing down before the Deity or is engaging in some other service. During these ecstatic activities he sometimes sheds tears. In this way his whole life is engaged in the se
rvice of the Lord, with not a moment wasted on any other engagement.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Perseverance
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is undisturbed even in the presence of various causes of disturbance, he is called reserved and perseverant. An example of this perseverance and reser
vation is found in the behavior of King Par\'e9k\'f1it, as described in the First Canto, 19th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 King says there to all the sa
ges present before him at the time of his death, "My dear }{\cs2873\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 should alwa
ys accept me as your surrendered servant. I have come to the bank of the Ganges just to devote my heart and soul unto the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So please bless me, that Mother Ganges may also be pleased with me. Let the curse of the }{
\cs2873\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 fall upon me\'97I do not mind. I only request that at the last moment o
f my life all of you will kindly chant the holy name of Vi\'f1\'ebu, so that I may realize His transcendental qualities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This example of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it's behavior, his remaining patient even at the last point of his life, his undisturbed condition of mind, is an example 
of reservation. This is one of the characteristics of a devotee who has developed ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Detachment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The senses are always desiring sense enjoyment, but when a devotee develops transcendental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba his senses are no longer attracted by material de
sires. This state of mind is called detachment. There is a nice example of this detachment in connection with the character of King Bharata. In the Fifth Canto, 14th Chapter, 43rd verse, of }{\cs2873\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 is stated: "Emperor Bharata was so attracted by the beauty of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that even in his youthful
 life he gave up all kinds of attachments to family, children, friends, kingdom, etc., as though they were untouchable stools."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Emperor Bharata is a typical example of detachment. He had everything enjoyable in the material world, but he left it. This means that detachment does not mean arti
ficially keeping oneself aloof and apart from the allurements of attachment. Even in the presence of such allurements, if one can remain unattracted by material attachments, that is called detachment. In the beginning, of course, a neophyte devotee must 
try to keep himself apart from all kinds of alluring attachments, but the real position of a mature devotee is that even in the presence of all allurements, he is not at all attracted. This is the actual criterion of detachment.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Pridelessness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee, in spite of possessing all the qualities of pure realization, is not proud of his position, that is called pridelessness. 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  it is stated that King Bhag\'e9ratha was the emperor above all other kings, yet he develo
ped such ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba that he became a mendicant and went out begging even to the homes of his political enemies and untouchables. He was so humble that he respectfully bowed down before them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many similar instances in the history of India. Even very recently, about 200 years ago or less, one big landlord known as Lalababu, a Calcutta landholder
, became a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and lived in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He was also begging from door to door, ev
en at the homes of his political enemies. Begging involves being ready to be insulted by persons at whose home one has come. That is natural. But one has to tolerate such insults for the sake of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can accept an
y position in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Great Hope
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The strong conviction that one will certainly receive the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called in Sanskrit }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7\'e4-bandha. \'c4\'e7\'e4-bandha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to continue to think, "Because I'm trying my best to follow the routine princip
les of devotional service, I am sure that I will go back to Godhead, back to home."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, one prayer by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is sufficient to exemplify this hopefulness. He says, "I have no love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor for the causes 
of developing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97namely, hearing and chanting. And the process of }{\cs2873\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 which one is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and fixing His lotus feet in the heart, is also lacking in me. As far as philosophical knowledge or pious words are concerned, I don't see any opportunity for me to execute such activities. B
ut above all, I am not even born of a nice family. Therefore I must simply pray to You, Gop\'e9-jana-vallabha [K\'e5\'f1\'eba, maintainer and beloved of the }{\cs2873\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 ]. I simply wish and hope that some way or other I may be able to approach Your lotus feet, and this hope is giving me pain, because I think myself quite incompetant to approach
 that transcendental goal of life." The purport is that under this heading of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7\'e4-bandha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  one should continue to hope against hope that some way or other he will be able to approach the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Eagerness for Achieving the Desired Success
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is sufficiently eager to achieve success in devotional service, that is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub samutka\'eb\'f6h\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means complete eagerness. Actually this eagerness is the price for achieving success in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Everything has som
e value, and one has to pay the value before obtaining or possessing it. It is stated in the Vedic literature that to purchase the most valuable thing, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one has to develop intense eagerness for achieving success. This intense
 eagerness is very nicely expressed by Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur in his book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He says, "I am eagerly waiting to see that boy of V\'e5nd\'e4vana whose bodily beauty is captivating the whole universe, whose eyes are always bounded by black eyebrows and expanded like lotus petals, who is always eagerly glanc
ing over His devotees and therefore moving slightly here and there. His eyes are always moist, and His lips are colored like copper, and through those lips there comes a sound vibration which drives one madder than a mad elephant. I want so much to see H
im at V\'e5nd\'e4vana!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is another statement about the chanting of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. It is said by one of the associates of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9: "O Lord Govinda, the girl who is daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu is now she
dding tears, and She is anxiously chanting Your holy name\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This attachment for chanting the glories of the Lord is also stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kar
\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: "What shall I do for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is pleasing beyond all pleasurable conceptions, and who is naughtier than all restless boys? The idea of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's beautiful activities is attracting my heart, and I do not know what I can do!"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Attraction for Living in a Place Where K\'e5\'f1\'eba Has His Pastimes
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 there is the following statement about V\'e5nd\'e4vana: "In this place the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda used to live with His father, who was king of all cowherd men. In this place Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba b
roke the cart in which the \'c7aka\'f6\'e4sura demon was concealed. At this place D\'e4modara, who can cut the knot of our material existence, was tied up by His mother Ya\'e7od\'e4."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba resides in the district of Mathur\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana and visits all the places where K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes were perfor
med. At these sacred places K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His childhood activities with the cowherd boys and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. The system of circumambulating all these places is still current among devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and those coming to Mathu
r\'e4 and V\'e5nd\'e4vana always feel transcendental pleasure. Actually, if someone 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such attraction for remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities is known as attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are impersonalist philosophers and mystics, however, wh
o by a show of devotional service want ultimately to merge into the existence of the Supreme Lord. They sometimes try to imitate a pure devotee's sentiment for visiting the holy places where K\'e5\'f1\'eba had His pastimes, but they simply have a view fo
r salvation, and so their activities cannot be considered attachment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that the attachment exhibited by pure devotees for K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot possibly be perfected in the heart of fruitive workers 
(}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) or mental speculators because such attachment in pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness is very rare and not possible to achieve even for many liberated persons. As is stated in the }{\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  liberation from material contamination is the stage at which devotional service can be achieved. For a person who simply wants to have liberation and to merge into the impersonal }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is not possible to acquire attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This attachment is very confidentially kept by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and is only bestowed upon pure devotees. Even ordinary devotees cannot have such pure attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, how is it possible for success to be achieved by persons whose hearts are contaminated by the actions and reactions 
of fruitive activities and who are entangled by various types of mental speculation?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many so-called devotees who artificially think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, which are known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6a-k\'e4l\'e9ka-l\'e9l\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 possessing imitative attachment to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, that will not be accepted as real attachment. It may be said, however, that such attachment is like giving a future hope to the pretender, so that he may eventually rise onto the actual platform of pure devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This imitative attachment can be divided into two headings\'97namely, shadow attachment and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (transcendental) attachment. If someone, without undergoing the regulative principles of devotional service or without being guided by a bona fide spir
itual master, shows such imitative attachment, it is called shadow attachment. Sometimes it is found that a person actually attached to material enjoyment or salvation has the good fortune to associate with pure devotees while they are engaged in chantin
g the holy name of the Lord. By the good grace of the Lord one may also cooperate and join in the chanting. At that time, simply by the association of such pure devotees, the moonlike rays from their hearts reflect on him, and by the influence of the pur
e devotees he may show some likeness of attachment caused by inquisitiveness, but this is very flickering. And, if by the manifestation of such shadow attachment one feels the disappearance of all material pangs, then it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attachment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such shadow attachment or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attachment can develop by associating with a pure devotee or by visiting holy places like V\'e5nd\'e4vana or Mathur\'e4; or if an ordinary man develops such attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and fortunately performs devotio
nal activities in the association of pure devotees, he can also rise up to the platform of pure devotional service. The conclusion is that transcendental attachment is so powerful that even if such attachment is seen manifested in some common man, by the
 association of a pure devotee it can bring one to the perfectional stage. But such attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be invoked in a person without his being sufficiently blessed by the association of pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As attachment can be invoked by the association of pure devotees, so attachment can also be extinguished by committing offenses at the lotus feet of pure devotees. 
To be more clear, by the association of pure devotees attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be aroused, but if one commits offenses at the lotus feet of a devotee, his shadow attachment or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attachment can be extinguished. This extinguishing is like the waning moon, which gradually decreases and at last becomes darkness. One should therefor
e be very careful while associating with pure devotees to guard against committing an offense at their lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental attachment, either shadow or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be nullified by different degrees of offenses at the lotus feet of pure devotees. If the offense is very serious, then one's attachment becomes almost nil, and if the offense is not very seriou
s, one's attachment can become second-class or third-class.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If someone becomes attached to the principles of salvation or to merging into the existence of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  his ecstasies gradually diminish into shadow and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attachment or else transform into the principles of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'ecgrahop\'e4san\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'ecgrahop\'e4san\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  describes a living entity when he begins spiritual realization by identifying himself with the Supreme Lord. This state of self realization is technically known as monism. The monist thinks himself one with the Supreme Lord. Thus, without di
fferentiating between himself and the Supreme Lord, it is his view that by worshiping himself he is worshiping the supreme whole.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is found that a neophyte is taking part in chanting and dancing very enthusiastically, but within himself he is under the impression that he has become
 one with the supreme whole. This conception of monism is completely different from pure transcendental devotional service. If, however, it is seen that a person has developed a high standard of devotion without having undergone even the regulative princ
iples, it is to be understood that his status of devotional service was achieved in a former life. For some reason or another it had been temporarily stopped, most probably by committing an offense at the lotus feet of a devotee. Now, with a good second 
chance, it has again begun to develop. The conclusion is that steady progress in devotional service can be attained only in the association of pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one can gradually advance his status in devotional service, it is to be understood that it is due to the causeless mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. If a person i
s completely detached from material enjoyment and has developed pure ecstatic devotion, even if he is sometimes accidentally found not to be living up to the standard of devotional service, one should not be envious of him. It is confirmed also in the }{
\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  that a devotee who has unflinching faith in and devotion to the Lord, ev
en if he is sometimes found to be accidentally deviated from pure devotional characteristics, should still be counted amongst the pure. Unflinching faith in devotional service, in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in the spiritual master makes one highly elevated 
in the activities of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated: "If a person has completely engaged his mind, body and activities in the service of the Supreme Godhead, and externally he is found to be engaged in some abominable activities, these abominable activities 
will surely be very quickly vanquished by the influence of his staunch devotional force." The example is given that on the full moon there are some spots which may appear to be pockmarks. Still, the illumination spread by the full moon cannot be checked.
 Similarly, a little fault in the midst of volumes of devotional service is not at all to be counted as fault. Attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is transcendental bliss. Amidst unlimited volumes of transcendental bliss, a spot of some material defect cannot 
act in any way.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 19-1970: Devotional Service in Love of God
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Nineteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 in Love of Go
d
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one's desire to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba in his particular relationship becomes intensified, this is known as pure love of Godhead. In the beginning a devotee is en
gaged in the regulative principles of devotional service by the order of his spiritual master. When one thereby becomes completely purified of all material contamination, there develops an attachment and taste for devotional service. This taste and attac
hment, when gradually intensified in the course of time, becomes love. The word "}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ca
n only be actually applied in relationship with the Personality of Godhead. In the material world, love is not applicable at all. What goes on under the name of love in the material world is nothing but lust. There is a gulf of difference between love an
d lust, like the difference between gold and iron. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is
 clearly stated that when lust is completely transferred to the Supreme Godhead and the concept of kinship is completely reposed in Him, such is accepted as pure love of God by great authorities like Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Prahl\'e4da, Uddhava and N\'e4rada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A great authority like Bh\'e9\'f1ma has explained that love of Godhead means completely giving up all so-called love for any other person. According to Bh\'e9\'f1ma
, love means to repose one's affection completely upon one person, withdrawing all affinities for any other person. This pure love can be transferred to the Supreme Personality of Godhead under two conditions\'97out of ecstasy and out of the causeless me
rcy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ecstatic love of Godhead can be potently invoked simply by following the rules and regulations of devotional service as they are prescribed in scriptures, under the
 direction of a bona fide spiritual master. In the Eleventh Canto, 2nd Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, of th
e }{\cs2873\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 ecstatic love, born of the execution of regulative devot
ional service, is explained: "A devotee, in the course of executing the regulative principles of devotional service, develops his natural K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and being thus softened at heart he chants and dances like a madman. While performing 
chanting of the holy name of the Lord, he sometimes cries, sometimes talks wildly, sometimes sings, and sometimes\'97without caring for any outsider\'97dances like a madman."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  there is a statement about ecstatic love born of spontaneous affection. Candrak\'e4nti, a celebrated fair-faced girl, rigidly observed celibacy in order to obtain K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her husband. She always engaged herself in medi
tating on the transcendental form of the Lord and always chanted the glories of the Lord. She did not desire to accept anyone else as her husband. She had firmly decided that only Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be her husband.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 The Lord's Extraordinary Mercy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is found to be always associated with the Lord in ecstatic love, it is to be understood that such a position is awarded by the Lord Himself out of Hi
s causeless extraordinary mercy. An example of such extraordinary mercy is given in the Eleventh Canto, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 2th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.12.7
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te n\'e4dh\'e9ta-\'e7ruti-ga\'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 nop\'e4sita-mahattam\'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 avrat\'e4tapta-tapasa\'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 mat-sa\'ecg\'e4n m\'e4m up\'e4gat\'e4\'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 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 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 adh\'e9ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having studied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ruti-ga\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Ve
dic literatures; }{\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 up\'e4sita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having worshiped; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat-tama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97great saints; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avrata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without vows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atapta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not having undergone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tap
asa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97austerities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat-sa\'ecg\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97simply by association with Me and My devotees; }{\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 up\'e4gat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they achieved.
\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 The persons I have mentioned did not undergo serious studies of the Vedic literature, nor did they worship great saintly persons, nor did they execute severe vows or
 austerities. Simply by association with Me and My devotees, they achieved Me.}}}{\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 th verse, of th
e }{\cs2873\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  wherein Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Uddhava: "The }{\cs2873\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 did not study the }{\cs2873\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 achieve Me. Nor had they ever been in holy places of pilgrimage. Nor did they devoutly execute any regulative principle. Nor did the
y undergo any kind of austerity. It is simply by My association that they have attained the highest perfection of devotional service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the example of Candrak\'e4nti as found 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  and from the example of the }{\cs2873\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  as found in the }{\cs2873\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 appears that a devotee
 who always thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who always chants His glories in ecstatic love, regardless of his condition, will attain the highest perfection of unalloyed devotional love due to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's extraordinary mercy. This is confirmed in t
he }{\cs2873\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 Hari, the Supreme Lord, is worshiped, adored and loved 
by a person, it should be understood that the person has finished all kinds of austerities, penances and similar processes for self realization. On the other hand, if after undergoing all types of austerities, penances and mystic }{\cs2873\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  practices, one does not develop such love for Hari, then all his performances are to be considered a us
eless waste of time. If someone always sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba inside and out, then it is to be understood that he has surpassed all austerities and penances for self realization. And if, after executing all kinds of penances and austerities, one cannot alwa
ys see K\'e5\'f1\'eba inside and out, then he has executed his performances uselessly."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spontaneous attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is said to be due to the extraordinary mercy of the Lord, can be placed under two headings: one is profound venerati
on for the greatness of the Lord, and the other may be one's automatically being attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba without any extraneous consideration. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is said that if on account of profound veneration for the greatness of the Supreme Lord, one attains a great affection and steady love for Him, one is certai
nly assured of attaining the four kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation\'97namely, achieving the sam
e bodily features as the Lord, achieving the same opulence as the Lord, dwelling on the planet where the Lord is residing, and attaining eternal association with the Lord. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation is completely different from 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  liberation, which is simply a matter of being merged into the effulgence of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  pure unalloyed devotional service is explained as being without any motive for personal benefit. If a devotee is continuously in love with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and his mind is always fixed upon Him, that devotional attit
ude will prove to be the only means of attracting the attention of the Lord. In other words, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  who is incessantly thinking of the form of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to be known as a pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, a devotee who has achieved the causeless mercy of the Lord on account of following the strict rules and regulations of devotional service becomes attract
ed by the supreme greatness of the Lord, by the transcendental beauty of the Lord and by the spontaneous execution of devotional service. To be more clear, by executing the regulative principles of devotional service, one can fully appreciate the transce
ndental beauty of the Lord. In any case, such exalted positions are only possible by the extraordinary mercy of the Lord upon the devotee.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Association with Pure Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although many different processes for developing love of Godhead have been explained so far, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 now gives us a general description of
 how one can best achieve such a high position. The beginning of ecstatic love of Godhead is basically faith. There are many societies and associations of pure devotees, and if someone with just a little faith begins to associate with such societies, his
 advancement to pure devotional service is rapid. The influence of a pure devotee is such that if someone comes to associate with him with a little faith, he gets the chance of hearing about the Lord from authoritative scriptures like the }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  Thus, by the mercy of the Lord, who is situated in everyone's heart, one gradually develops his faith in the descriptions of such autho
ritative scriptures. This is the first stage of association with pure devotees. In the second stage, after one becomes a little advanced and mature, he automatically offers to follow the principles of devotional service under the guidance of the pure dev
otee and accepts him as the spiritual master. In the next stage, under the guidance of the spiritual master, the devotee executes regulative devotional service, and, as a result of such activities, he becomes freed from all unwanted occupations. When he 
is freed from unwanted occupations, his faith becomes steadily fixed, and he develops a transcendental taste for devotional service, then attachment, then ecstasies, and in the last stage there is pure love of Godhead. These are the different stages of t
he development of pure love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only the most fortunate persons can achieve such success in life. Those who are simply academic students of the Vedic scriptures cannot appreciate how such a develo
pment takes place. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7iva therefore tells 
P\'e4rvat\'e9: "My dear supreme goddess, you can know from me that any person who has developed the ecstasy of love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and who is always merged in transcendental bliss on account of this love, cannot even perceive the
 material distress or happiness coming from the body or mind."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Affection and the dealings of love are different branches of the original tree of love preceding the many varieties of affectionate manifestations, which will not b
e discussed here. These different manifestations have been described by San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although the subject of such affections and dealings of love are very confidential, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has described them very explicitly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thus concludes the first division of the }{\cs2873\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  offering up his treatise for the transcendental pleasure of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who has established the transcendental beauty, and of Gop\'e4la 
Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Raghun\'e4thad\'e4s Gosv\'e4m\'e9. It appears from this statement that the great \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was not yet active when }{\cs2873\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  was written.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta summary study of the first division of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5
ta-sindhu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , up to the descriptions of ecstatic love of Godhead, which are to follow next.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s382 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs48\cf1 PART TWO
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 20-1970: Transcendental Mellow
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Mellow
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this second division of }{\cs2873\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  the author offers his respectful obeisances unto }{\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  This }{\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  can be interpreted as either \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
Himself or as San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the elder brother and spiritual master of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. In the case where }{\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  is accepted to mean \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the obeisances are offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is naturally so beautiful and because He is the killer of the demon Agha. If it is interpreted to mean San\'e4t
ana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, then it is because he is so greatly favored by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, being always served by him, and because he is the annihilator of all kinds of sinful activities. In this division of }{\cs2873\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  the author wants to describe the general symptoms of the transcendental mellow (loving mood) of dischargin
g devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this division of }{\cs2873\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  there are five general topics: 1) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub special symptoms of ecstasy, 2) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub subsequent ecstasy, 3) }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4ttvika-bh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub constitutional ecstasy, 4) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyabhic\'e4r\'e9-bh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aggressive ecstasy and 5) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sth\'e4yi-bh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fervent ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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  used in the }{\cs2873\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  is understood by different pers
ons differently because the exact English equivalent is very difficult to find. But as we have seen our spiritual master translate this word }{\cs2873\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  into "mellow," we shall follow in his footsteps and also translate the word in that way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The particular loving mood or attitude relished in the exchange of love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called }{\cs2873\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  or mellow. The different types of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r
asa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when combined together, help one to taste the mellow of devotional service in the highest degree of transcendental ecstasy. Such a position, although entirely transcenden
tal to our experience, will be explained in this section as far as possible, following in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without relishing some sort of mellow or loving mood in one's activities, no one can continue to perform such activities. Similarly, in the transcendental life of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service there must be some mellow or specific taste from the service. Generally this mellow is experienced by chanting, hearing, worshiping in the temple and being engaged in the service of the Lord. So when a p
erson feels transcendental bliss, that is called "relishing the mellow." To be more clear, we may understand that the various feelings of happiness derived from discharging devotional service may be termed the "mellows" of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This relishing of transcendental mellow in discharging devotional service cannot be experienced by all classes of men because this sweet loving mood is developed on
ly from one's previous life's activities, or by the association of unalloyed devotees. As explained above, association with pure devotees is the beginning of faith in devotional service. Only by developing such faith in the association of a pure devotee,
 or by having in one's previous life executed devotional activities, can one actually relish the mellow of devotional service. In other words, this transcendental bliss is not to be enjoyed by any common man unless he is so extraordinarily fortunate as t
o be in association with devotees or to be continuing his previous birth's devotional activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The gradual process of development to the stage of devotional service is explained in the }{\cs2873\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: "The beginning is to hear about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the association of devotees who have themselves cleansed their hear
ts by association. Hearing about the transcendental activities of the Lord will result in one's feeling transcendental bliss always." It is also explained in the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that for one who has actually come to the spiritual platform, the first symptom visible will be that he is always joyful. This joyous life is attained by one's re
action to reading the }{\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  or }{\cs2873\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  or else from associating with persons who are very interested in the spiritual life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness\'97specifically those who have made the determination to achieve the favor of Govinda by being engaged in transcendental loving service at His lotus feet. Being encouraged by such a feeling, one who is constantly engaged in discharging the regul
ative principles of devotional service in such a way as to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead develops two principles of compelling force, which come under the heading of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vibh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus one enjoys transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are several origins or causes for this compulsive love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, such as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pla
ying on the flute, etc. The effect is sometimes loving and sometimes stunted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are eight transcendental symptoms found in the body during ecstasy, and all of them are possible only by a mixture of the above-mentioned five ecstatic divisi
ons. Without some mixture of these five ecstatic principles, one cannot relish transcendental bliss. The cause or basis for relishing transcendental mellow is exactly what we mean by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is divided into two\'97namely, basic and impetuous. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agni Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the description of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is given as follows: "The basis fr
om which ecstatic love is born is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is divided into two\'97basic an
d impetuous." In other words, there are two kinds of ecstatic love. The object of basic ecstatic love is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotee. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the object of basic ecstatic love, and His pure devotee, a reservoir of such love, is the obje
ct of impetuous ecstatic love. Impetuous ecstatic love, then, is that love which develops when one sees an object which reminds him of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the possessor of inconceivable potencies and qualities of transcendental knowledge and bliss, is the basic cause of ecstatic love. Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba also becomes the reservoir (impetus) of ecstatic love by His different incarnations and expansions. In the }{\cs2873\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 is a statement in connection with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vimohana}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which demonstrates something of this impetuous fe
ature of ecstatic love. When Brahm\'e4 was deluded by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who expanded Himself into so many cowherd boys, calves and cows, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's elder brother, \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva (a direct expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself), felt astonishment an
d said, "How wonderful it is that my ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is again being attracted to so many cowherd boys, calves and cows!" He was struck with wonder by thinking in this way. This is one of the examples in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself becom
es the object and reservoir of ecstatic love in the impetuous aspect.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 21-1970: Qualities of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-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 Qualities of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Personal features can be divided into two: one feature is covered, and the other feature is manifested. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba is covered by different kinds of dress, 
His personal feature is covered. There is an example of His covered personal feature in the }{\cs2873\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 connection with His D}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4rak\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (His residence in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as its king). Sometimes Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to play by dressing Himself like a woman. Seeing this form, Uddhava said, "How wonderful it is th
at this woman is attracting my ecstatic love exactly as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba does. I think she must be K\'e5\'f1\'eba covered by the dress of a woman!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee praised the bodily features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba when he saw the Lord in His manifested personal feature. He exclaimed, "How wonderful is the personal feat
ure of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba! How His neck is just like a conchshell! His eyes are so beautiful, as though they themselves are encountering the beauty of a lotus flower. His body is just like the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, very blackish. His head is protected with a canopy of hair. There are the marks of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9vatsa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on His chest, and He is holding His conchshell. By such beautiful bodily features, the enemy of the demon Madhu has appeared so plea
sing that He can bestow upon me transcendental bliss simply by my seeing His transcendental qualities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, after consulting various scriptures, has enumerated the transcendental qualities of the Lord as follows: 1) beautiful features of
 the entire body; 2) marked with all auspicious characteristics; 3) extremely pleasing; 4) effulgent; 5) strong; 6) ever-youthful; 7) a wonderful linguist; 8) truthful; 9) talks pleasingly; 10) can speak fluently in all languages; 11) highly learned; 12)
 highly intelligent; 13) a genius; 14) artistic; 15) extremely clever; 16) expert; 17) grateful; 18) firmly determined; 19) an expert judge of time and circumstances; 20) sees and speaks on the authority of }{\cs2873\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  or scriptures; 21) pure; 22) self-controlled; 23) steadfast; 24) forebearing; 25) forgiving; 26) grave; 27) self-satisfied; 28) 
possesses equilibrium; 29) magnanimous; 30) religious; 31) heroic; 32) compassionate; 33) respectful; 34) gentle; 35) liberal; 36) shy; 37) the protector of surrendered souls; 38) happy; 39) the well-wisher of devotees; 40) controlled by love; 41) all-au
spicious; 42) most powerful; 43) all-famous; 44) popular; 45) partial to devotees; 46) very attractive to all women; 47) all-worshipable; 48) all-opulent; 49) all-honorable; 50) the supreme controller. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has all these fif
ty transcendental qualities in fullness as deep as the ocean. In other words, the extent of His qualities is inconceivable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As 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 dev
otees 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 present in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides these, there are other transcendental qualities which are described by Lord \'c7iva to P\'e4rvat\'e9 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  and in the First Canto of }{\cs2873\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 connection with a conversation between the demigod of the earth and the King of religion, Yamar\'e4j. It is said therein: "Persons who are desirous o
f becoming great personalities must be decorated with the following qualities: truthfulness, cleanliness, mercy, perseverence, renunciation, peacefulness, simplicity, control of the senses, equilibrium of the mind, austerity, equality, forbearance, placi
dity, learning, knowledge, opulence, chivalry, influence, strength, memory, independence, tactfulness, luster, patience, ability to talk, gravity, steadiness, faithfulness, fame, respectfulness and lack of false egotism." Persons who are desiring to beco
me great souls cannot be without any of the above qualities, so we can know for certain that these qualities are found in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides all of the above-mentioned fifty qualities, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses five more, which are sometimes partially manifested in the persons of Lord Brahm
\'e4 or Lord \'c7iva. These transcendental qualities are as follows: 51) changeless; 52) all-cognizant; 53) ever-fresh; 54) }{\cs2873\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  (possessing an eternal blissful body); 55) possessing all mystic perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba also possesses five other qualities, which are manifest in the body of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and they are listed as follows: 56) He has inconceivable po
tency. 57) Uncountable universes generate from His body. 58) He is the original source of all incarnations. 59) He is the giver of salvation to the enemies whom He kills. 60) He is the attractor of liberated souls. All these transcendental qualities are 
manifest wonderfully in the personal feature of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides these sixty transcendental qualities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has four more, which are not manifest even in the N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba form of Godhead, not to speak of th
e demigods or living entities. They are as follows: 61) He is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes (especially His childhood pastimes). 62) He can attract all living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute. 63) He is surrounde
d by devotees endowed with wonderful love of Godhead. 64) He has a wonderful excellence of beauty which cannot be rivalled anywhere in the creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adding to the list these four exceptional qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is to be understood that the aggregate number of qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sixty-four
. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has attempted to give evidences from various scriptures about all sixty-four qualities present in the person of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 1. Beautiful Bodily Features
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any comparison of the different parts of the Lord's body to different material objects cannot factually be a complete comparison. Ordinary persons, who cannot under
stand how exalted are the bodily features of the Lord, are simply given a chance to understand by a material comparison. It is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's face is as beautiful as the moon, His thighs are powerful, just like the trunks of elephants, His ar
ms are just like two pillars, His palms are expanded like lotus flowers, His chest is just like a doorway, His hips are dens, and the middle of His body is a terrace.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 2. Auspicious Characteristics
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are certain characteristics of different limbs which are considered to be very auspicious and are fully present in the body of the Lord. In this connection, o
ne friend of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, speaking about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's auspicious bodily symptoms, said, "My dear King of the cowherds, I can find 32 auspicious symptoms on the body of your son! I am wondering how this boy could have taken his birth in t
he family of cowherd men." Generally, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears He does so in a family of }{\cs2873\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  (kings), as did Lord R\'e4macandra, and sometimes in a family of }{\cs2873\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  But K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted the role of son to Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda, despite the fact that Nanda belonged to the }{\cs2873\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  community. The business of the }{\cs2873\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 
 community is trade, commerce and the protection of cows. Therefore his friend, who may have been born into a }{\cs2873\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, expressed his wonder at how such an exalted child could take birth in a family of }{\cs2873\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  Anyway, he pointed out the auspicious signs on the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the boy's foster father.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He continued: "This boy has a reddish luster in seven places\'97His eyes, the ends of His hands, the ends of His legs, His palate, His lips, His tongue and His nail
s. A reddish luster in these seven places is considered to be auspicious. Three parts of His body are very broad: His waist, forehead and chest. Three parts of His body are short: His neck, thighs and genitals. Three parts of His body are very deep: His 
voice, intelligence and navel. There is highness in five parts of His body: His nose, arms, ears, forehead and thighs. In five parts of His body there is fineness\'97His skin, the hairs on His head and on the other parts of His body, His teeth and finger
 tips. The aggregate of all these bodily features are manifest only in the bodies of great personalities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fate lines on the palm are also considered to be auspicious bodily symptoms. In this connection, one old }{\cs2873\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  informed King Nanda: "Your son possesses various wonderful fate lines on His palms. There are the signs of lotus flowers and wheels o
n His palms, and on His soles there are the signs of a flag, thunderbolt, fish, rod for controlling elephants and a lotus flower. Please observe how auspicious these signs are!"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 3. Pleasing
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beautiful bodily features which automatically attract the eyes are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rucir
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (pleasing). K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses this attractive feature of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rucira}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in His personal features. In the Third Canto, 2nd Chapter, 13th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 is a statement about this. "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His pleasing dress, appeared at the scene of the sacrificial arena when King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was per
forming the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fcya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice. All important personalities from different parts of the un
iverse had been invited to the sacrificial arena, and all of them, upon beholding K\'e5\'f1\'eba there, considered that the Creator had ended all of His craftsmanship in the creation of this particular body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that the transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba resembles the lotus flower in eight parts\'97namely, His face, His two eyes, His two hands, His navel, and
 His two feet. The }{\cs2873\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 inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana used to see the luster of l
otus flowers everywhere, and they could hardly withdraw their eyes from such a vision.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 4. Effulgent
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The effulgence pervading the universe is considered to be the rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The supreme abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always throwing off
 the effulgence known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and that effulgence is emanating from His body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The luster of the hosts of jewels fixed on the chest of the Lord can defeat even the luster of the sun, and still, when compared with the bodily luster of the Lord,
 that crest of jewels appears to be only as bright as one of the stars in the sky. Therefore the transcendental influence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so great that it can defeat anyone. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present in the sacrificial arena of His enemy, King
 Ka\'e0sa, the wrestlers present, although appreciating the softness of the body of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, were nevertheless afraid and perturbed when they thought of engaging with Him in battle.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 5. Strong
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who has extraordinary bodily strength is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bal\'e9y\'e4n.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura, some of the }{\cs2873\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  said, "My dear friends, just see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba has killed Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura! Although he was stronger than a mountain, K\'e5\'f1\'eba plucked him up just like a piece of cotton and threw him
 away without any difficulty!" There is another passage wherein it is said: "O my dear devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, may the left hand of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which has lifted Govardhana Hill like a ball, save you from all dangers."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 6. Ever-youthful
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beautiful at His different ages\'97namely, His childhood, His boyhood and His youth. Out of these three, His youth is the reservoir of all pleasur
es and is the time when the highest varieties of devotional service are acceptable. At that age, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full with all transcendental qualities and is engaged in His transcendental pastimes. Therefore, devotees have accepted the beginning of Hi
s youth as the most attractive feature in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this age K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described as follows: "The force of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's youth was combined with His beautiful smile, which defeated even the beauty of th
e full moon. He was always nicely dressed, in beauty surpassing even Cupid, and He was always attracting the minds of the }{\cs2873\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 thereby always feeling pleasure."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 7. Wonderful Linguist
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that a person who knows the languages of different countries, especially the Sanskrit language, which is spoken in the cities of the demi
gods\'97as well as other worldly languages, including those of the animals\'97is called a wonderful linguist. It appears from this statement that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can also speak and understand the languages of the animals. An old woman in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 
present at the time of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, once stated in surprise: "How wonderful it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who owns the hearts of all the young girls of Brajabh\'fcmi, can nicely speak the language of Brajabh\'fcmi with the }{\cs2873\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  while in Sanskrit He speaks with the demigods, and in the language of the animals He can even spea
k with the cows and buffalo! Similarly, in the language of the Kashmere Province, and with the parrots and other birds, as well as in most common languages, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so expressive!" She inquired from the }{\cs2873\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  as to how K\'e5\'f1\'eba had become so expert in speaking so many different types of languages.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 8. Truthful
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person whose word of honor is never broken is called truthful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba once promised Kunt\'e9, the mother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, that He would bring her
 five sons back from the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. After the battle was finished, when all the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas had come home, Kunt\'e9 praised K\'e5\'f1\'eba because His promise was so nicely fulfilled. She said, "Even the sunshine may one day beco
me cool and the moonshine may one day become hot, but still Your promise will not fail. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Bh\'e9ma and Arjuna, went to challenge Jar\'e4sandha, He plainly told Jar\'e4sandha that He was the eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 present along with two of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. The story is that both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas\'97in this case Bh\'e9ma and Arjuna\'97were }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (warrior-kings). Jar\'e4sandha was also a }{\cs2873\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 was very charitable toward the }{\cs2873\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  Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who had planned to fight with Jar\'e4sandha, went to him with Bh\'e9ma and Arjuna in the dress of }{\cs2873\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  Jar\'e4sandha, being very charitable toward the }{\cs2873\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  asked them what they wanted, and they expressed their desire to fight with him. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dressed as a }{\cs2873\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  declared Himself to be the same K\'e5\'f1\'eba who was the King's eternal enemy.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 9. Pleasing Talker
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can speak sweetly even with his enemy just to pacify him is called a pleasing talker. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was such a pleasing talker that after defeating Hi
s enemy, K\'e4liya, in the water of Yamun\'e4, He said: "My dear King of the snakes, although I have given you so much pain, please do not be dissatisfied with Me. It is My duty to protect these cows, which are worshiped even by the demigods. Only in ord
er to save them from the danger of your presence have I been obliged to banish you from this place."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4liya was residing within the water of the Yamun\'e4, and as a result the back portion of that river had become poisoned. Thus so many cows who had drunk the wa
ter had died. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even though He was only four or five years old, dipped Himself into the water, punished K\'e4liya very severely and then asked him to leave the place and go elsewhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba said at that time that the cows are worshiped even by the demigods, and He practically demonstrated how to protect the cows. At least people who are 
in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should follow in His footsteps and give all protection to the cows. Cows are worshiped not only by the demigods. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself worshiped the cows on several occasions, especially on the days of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 }{\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 Govardhana P
\'fcj\'e4.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 10. Fluent in All Languages
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can speak meaningful words and with all politeness and good qualities is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4vad\'fcka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or fluent. There is a nice statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-B
h\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba's speaking politely. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba politely bade His father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, to stop the ritualistic offering of sacrifice to 
the raingod, Indra, a wife of one village cowherd man became captivated. She later thus described the speaking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to her friends: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking to His father so politely and gently that it was as if He were pouring nectar in
to the ears of all present there. After hearing such sweet words from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who will not be attracted to Him?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's speech, which contains all good qualities in the universe, is described in the following statement by Uddhava: "The words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so 
attractive that they can immediately change the heart of even His opponent. His words can immediately solve all of the questions and problems of the world. Although He does not speak very long, each and every word from His mouth contains volumes of meani
ng. These speeches of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are very pleasing to my heart."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 11. Highly Learned
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is highly educated and acts strictly on moral principles, he is called highly learned. A person conversant in different departments of knowledge is ca
lled educated, and because he acts on moral principles, he is called morally stout. Together, these two factors constitute learning.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's receiving education from S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni is described by \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni as follows: "In the beginning, Lord Brahm\'e4 and others are
 as clouds of evaporated water from the great ocean of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, Brahm\'e4 first received the Vedic education from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the clouds receive water from the ocean. That Vedic education or instruction which was spoken by B
rahm\'e4 to the world was then reposed upon the mountain of S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni. S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni's instructions to K\'e5\'f1\'eba are like a reservoir of water on the mountain, which flows as a river and goes again to mix with the source, the ocean
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." To be more clear, the idea is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually cannot be instructed by anyone, just as the ocean does not receive water from any source but itself. It only appears that the rivers are pouring water into the ocean. So it i
s clear that Brahm\'e4 received his education from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and from Brahm\'e4, via the disciplic succession, this Vedic instruction was distributed. S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni is likened to the river which is flowing down again to that same original oc
ean of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\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 Siddhas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the inhabitants of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siddha-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (where all are born with fully developed mystic power
s), and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4ra\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the inhabitants of a similar planet, pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows
: "My Lord Govinda, the goddess of learning, who is decorated with fourteen kinds of educational ornaments, whose intelligence is all-pervading within the four departments of the }{\cs2873\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  whose attention is always on the lawbooks given by great sages like Manu, and who is appareled in six kinds of expert knowledge\'97namely Vedic evidence, gr
ammar, astrology, rhetoric, vocabulary, and logic, and whose constant friends are the supplements of the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  decorated with the final conclusion of all educati
on\'97has now acquired an opportunity to sit with You as a class friend in school, and she is now engaged in Your service."
\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, does not require any education, but He gives a chance to the goddess of learning to serve Him. Being self-suffic
ient, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not require the service of any living entity, although He has many devotees. It is because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind and merciful that He gives the opportunity to everyone to serve Him, as though He requires the service of His d
evotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding His moral principles, it is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ruling over V\'e5nd\'e4vana as death personified to the thieves, as pleasing bliss to the pious, as the most beautiful Cupid to the young girls and as t
he most munificent personality to the poor men. He is as refreshing as the full moon to His friends, and to His opponents He is the annihilating fire generated from Lord \'c7iva. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore the most perfect moralist in His reciprocal dea
lings with different kinds of persons. When He is death personified to the thieves, it is not that He is without moral principles or that He is cruel; He is still kind, because to punish thieves with death is to exhibit the highest quality of moral princ
iples. In the }{\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  also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He deals with different 
kinds of persons according to their dealings with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dealings with devotees and with nondevotees, although different, are both equally good. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all good, His dealings with everyone are always good.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 12. Highly Intelligent
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A man is called intelligent if he has a sharp memory and fine discretion. As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's memory is concerned, it is said that when He was studying in th
e school of S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni in Avant\'e9pur, He showed such a sharp memory that by once taking instructions from the teacher He immediately became perfect in any subject. Actually, His going to the school of S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni was to show the peop
le of the world that however great or ingenious one may be, he must go to higher authorities for general education. However great one may be, he must accept a teacher or spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fine discretion was exhibited when He was fighting with the untouchable king who attacked the city of Mathur\'e4. According to Vedic rites, those w
ho are untouchable are not to be touched by the }{\cs2873\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  kings, not even for killing. T
herefore, when the untouchable king seized the city of Mathur\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not think it wise to kill him directly with His own hand. Still the king had to be killed, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba decided with fine discretion that He should flee
 from the battlefield so that the untouchable king would chase Him. He could then lead the king to the mountain where Mucukunda was lying asleep. Mucukunda had received a benediction from Lord \'c7iva to the effect that when he awoke from his sleep, whom
ever he might see would at once be burnt to ashes. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought it wise to lead the untouchable king to that cave so that the king's presence would awaken Mucukunda, and he would at once be burnt to ashes.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 13. Genius
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person is called a genius when he can refute any kind of opposing element with newer and newer arguments. In this connection there is a statement in }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which contains the following conversation between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4: One 
morning, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to R\'e4dh\'e4, R\'e4dh\'e4 asked Him, "My dear Ke\'e7ava, where is Your }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at present?" The Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has three meanings: one m
eaning is residence, one meaning is fragrance, and another meaning is dress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 inquired from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Where is Your dress?" But K\'e5\'f1\'eba took the meaning as residence, and He replied to R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, "My dear captivated one, at the present moment my residence is in Your beautiful eyes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To this R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 replied, "My dear cunning boy, I did not ask You about Your residence. I inquired about Your dress."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba then took the meaning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as fragrance and said, "My dear fortunate one, I have just assumed this fragrance in order to be associated with Your body."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 again enquired from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Where did You pass Your night?" The exact Sanskrit word used in this connection was }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4miny\'e4mu\'f1ita\'f9. Y\'e4miny\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means at night, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u\'f1ita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means pass. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, divided the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4miny\'e4mu\'f1ita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into two separate words, namely }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub y\'e4miny\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mu\'f1ita\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By dividing this word into two, it came out to mean that He was kidnapped by Y\'e4min\'e9, or night. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore replied to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, "My dear R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, is it possible that n
ight can kidnap Me?" In this way He was answering all of the questions of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 so cunningly that He gladdened this dearest of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 14. Artistic
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who can talk and dress himself very artistically is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidagdha.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This exemplary characteristic was visible in the personality of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is spoken of by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 as follows: "My dear friend, just see how K
\'e5\'f1\'eba has nicely composed songs and how He dances and speaks funny words and plays on His flute, wearing such nice garlands. He has dressed Himself in such an enchanting way, as though He has defeated all kinds of players at the chessboard. He li
ves wonderfully at the topmost height of artistic craftsmanship."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 15. Clever
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can perform various types of work at once is called clever. In this connection one of the }{\cs2873\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  said: "My dear friends, just see the clever activities of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba! He has composed nice songs about the cowherd boys and is 
pleasing the cows. By the movement of His eyes He is pleasing the }{\cs2873\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 at the sam
e time, He is fighting with demons like Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura and others. In this way, He is sitting with different living entities in different ways, and He is thoroughly enjoying the situation."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 16. Expert
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who can quickly execute a very difficult task is called expert. About the expertise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is a statement in the Tenth Canto, 59th Chapt
er, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub  SB 10.59.17-19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4ni yodhai\'f9 prayukt\'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 \'e7astr\'e4str\'e4\'ebi kur\'fcdvaha
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub haris t\'e4ny acchinat t\'e9k\'f1\'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 \'e7arair ekaika\'e7as tr\'e9bhi\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uhyam\'e4na\'f9 supar\'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 pak\'f1\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 nighnat\'e4 gaj\'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 gurutmat\'e4 hanyam\'e4n\'e4s
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tu\'eb\'f2a-pak\'f1a-nakher gaj\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puram ev\'e4vi\'e7ann \'e4rt\'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 narako yudhy ayudhyata
\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\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yodhai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the warriors; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pray
ukt\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97used; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7astra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97cutting weapons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astr\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and missile weapons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuru-udvaha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O hero of the Kurus (King Par\'e9k\'f1it); }{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ni}{\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 acchinat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97cut to pieces; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9k\'f1\'ebai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sharp; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7
arai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with arrows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97each one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tribhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with three; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uhyam\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being carried; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-par\'ebena}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by him of the great wings (Garu\'f2a); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pak\'f1\'e4bhy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with both his wings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nighnat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who was striking; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaj\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the elephants; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub gurutmat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Garu\'f2a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hanyam\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being beaten; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with his beak; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nakhe\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and talons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaj\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the elephants; }{\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 \'97into the city; }{\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 \'e4vi\'e7ann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97going back inside; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97distr
essed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub naraka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Naraka (Bhauma); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yudhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the battle; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ayudhyata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97continued fighting.
\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 Lord Hari then struck down all the missiles and weapons the enemy soldiers threw at Him, O hero of the Kurus, destroying each and every one with three sharp arrows. 
Meanwhile Garu\'f2a, as he carried the Lord, struck the enemy's elephants with his wings. Beaten by Garu\'f2a's wings, beak and talons, the elephants fled back into the city, leaving Narak\'e4sura alone on the battlefield to oppose K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of the }{
\cs2873\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  wherein \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k
\'f1it: "O best of the Kurus, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba cut into pieces all the different weapons used by different fighters." Formerly, fighting was done by releasing different kinds of arrows. One party would release a certain arrow, and the other party
 had to defeat it by counteracting it with another arrow. For example, one party might release an arrow which would cause water to pour from the sky, and to counteract this, the opposing party would have to release an arrow which could immediately turn t
he water into clouds. So from this statement it appears that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very expert in counteracting the enemy's arrows. Similarly, at the }{\cs2873\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, each and every }{\cs2873\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  requested that K\'e5\'f1\'eba individually become her partner, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately expanded Himself into so many K\'e5\'f1\'ebas in order to be coupled with each and every }{\cs2873\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  The result was that each }{\cs2873\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  found K\'e5\'f1\'eba by her side.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 17. Grateful
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is conscious of his friend's beneficent activities and never forgets his service is called grateful. In the }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "When I was away from Draupad\'e9, she cried with the words, }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'Hey, Govinda!'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This call for Me has put Me in her debt, and that indebtedness is gradually increasing in My
 heart." This statement by K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives evidence of how one can please the Supreme Lord simply by addressing Him: }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Hey, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Hey, Govinda!"
\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 mah\'e4-mantra}{\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 (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\cb1\nosupersub  is also simply an address to the Lord and His energy. So to anyone who is constantly engaged in addressing the Lord and His energy, we can imagine how much the Supreme Lord is obliged. I
t is impossible for the Lord to ever forget such a devotee. It is clearly stated in this verse that anyone who addresses the Lord immediately attracts the attention of the Lord, who always remains obliged to him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another instance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's feeling of obligation is stated in connection with His dealings with J\'e4mbav\'e4n. When the Lord was present as Lord R\'e4mac
andra, J\'e4mbav\'e4n, the great king of the monkeys, rendered very faithful service to Him. When the Lord again appeared as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He married J\'e4mbav\'e4n's daughter and paid him all the respect that is usually given to superiors. Any ho
nest person is obliged to his friend if some service has been rendered unto Him. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme honest personality, how can He forget an obligation to His servitor?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 18. Determined
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who observes regulative principles and fulfills his promises by practical activity is called determined. As far as the Lord's determination is concerned,
 there is an example in His dealings in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hariva\'e0\'e7a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is in connection with Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fighting the King of heaven, Indra, who was forcibly bereft of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  flower. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a kind of lotus flower grown on the heavenly planet
s. Once, Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's queens, wanted that lotus flower, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba promised to deliver it; but Indra refused to part with his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4r
ij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower. Therefore there was a great fight, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas on one side and all of the demigods on the other. Ultimately, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
defeated all of them and took the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, which He presented to His queen. 
So, in regard to that occurrence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba told N\'e4rada Muni, "My dear great sage of the demigods, now you can declare to the devotees in general, and to the nondevotees in particular, that in this matter of taking the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, all the demigods\'97the Gandharvas, the N\'e4gas, the demon R\'e4k\'f1asas, the Yak\'f1as, th
e Pannagas\'97tried to defeat Me, but none could make Me break My promise to My queen."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another promise by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\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  to the effect that His devotee will never be vanquished. So a sincere devotee who is always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord should know for certain that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba will never break His promise. He will always protect His devotees in every circumstance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed how He fulfills His promise by delivering the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij
\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower to Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, by saving Draupad\'e9 from being insulted and by freeing Arjuna from the attacks of all enemies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The promise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that His devotees are never vanquished had also previously been admitted by Indra when he was defeated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govardhana}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -l\'e9l\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
When K\'e5\'f1\'eba stopped the villagers of Braja (V\'e5nd\'e4vana) from worshiping Indra, Indra became angry and therefore inundated V\'e5nd\'e4vana with continual rain. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, protected all of the citizens and animals of V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana by lifting Govardhan Hill, which served as an umbrella. After the incident was over, Indra surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with many prayers, in which he admitted, "By Your lifting Govardhan Hill and protecting the citizens of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, You have
 kept Your promise that Your devotees are never to be vanquished."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 19. Expert Judge of Time and Circumstances
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very expert in dealing with people according to circumstances, country, time and paraphernalia. How He could take advantage of a particular time,
 circumstance and person is expressed by Him while talking to Uddhava about His }{\cs2873\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  da
nce with the }{\cs2873\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  He says: "The most opportune time is the full moon night in autumn,
 like tonight. The best place within the universe is V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the most beautiful girls are the }{\cs2873\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  So, My dear friend Uddhava, I think I should now take advantage of all these circumstances and engage Myself in the }{\cs2873\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."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 20. Seer by the Authority of the Scriptures
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who acts exactly according to the tenets of scripture is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7
\'e4stra-cak\'f1us. \'c7\'e4stra-cak\'f1us}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means one who sees through the eyes of the authorized scriptures. Actually, any man of knowledge and experience should see everythin
g through these books. For example, with our naked eye we perceive the sun globe simply as some glaring substance, but when we see through authorized books of science and other literature, we can understand how much greater the sun globe is than this ear
th and how powerful it is. So seeing things through the naked eye is not actually seeing. Seeing things through the authorized books or authorized teachers is the correct way to see. So, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and c
an see all that is past, present and future, to teach the people in general He used to always refer to the scriptures. For example, in the }{\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  although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking as the supreme authority, He still mentioned and quoted }{\cs2873\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  as authority. There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\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  wherein a person jokingly says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the enemy of Ka\'e0sa, is known as the seer through the }{\cs2873\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  In order to establish His authority, however, He is now engaged in seeing the }{\cs2873\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  whereby the }{\cs2873\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  are becoming maddened.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 21. Pure
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of supreme purity. When one type is possessed, one is able to deliver a sinful person. When the other type is possessed, one does not do anythin
g which is impure. A person who possesses either of these qualities is called supremely pure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is both; He can deliver all sinful conditioned souls, and at the same time, He never does anything by which He can be contaminated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, Vidura, while trying to detach his elder brother, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, from his familial attachments, said, "My dear brother, you just fix y
our mind on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is worshiped with beautiful erudite verses by great sages and saintly persons. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme deliverer amongst all other deliverers. Undoubtedly there are great demigods like Lord \'c7iva 
and Lord Brahm\'e4, but their positions as deliverers depend always upon the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Therefore Vidura advised his elder brother Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra to concentrate his mind and worship only K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one simply chants the ho
ly name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this holy name will rise within one's heart like the powerful sun and will immediately dissipate all the darkness of ignorance. Vidura advised Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra to therefore think always of K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that the volu
mes of contaminations due to sinful activities would be washed off immediately. In the }{\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  also K\'e5\'f1\'eba is addressed by Arjuna as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  para\'e0 dh\'e4ma pavitram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the supreme pure. There are many other instances exhibiting K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme purity.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 22. Self-controlled
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can control his senses fully is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or self-controlled. In this connection it is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 the 16,000 wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were so exquisitely beautiful that their smiling and shyness were able to captivate the minds of great demigods like Lord \'c7iva. But still they 
could not even agitate the mind of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in spite of their attractive feminine behavior." Every one of the thousands of wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thinking that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was captivated by her feminine beauty, but this was not the case. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore the supreme controller of senses, and this is admitted in the }{\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  where He is addressed as }{\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 \'97the master of the senses.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 23. Steadfast
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who continues to work until his desired goal is achieved is called steadfast.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a fight between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and King Syamantaka, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was to take a valuable jewel from the King. The King tried to hide himself in the f
orest, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not become discouraged. K\'e5\'f1\'eba finally got the jewel by seeking out the King with great steadfastness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 24. Forbearing
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who tolerates all kinds of troubles, even though such troubles appear to be unbearable, is called forbearing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was residing at the place of His spiritual master, He did not mind taking all troubles in rendering service to His }{\cs2873\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  although His body was very soft and delicate. It is the duty of the disciple to execute all services unto the spi
ritual master, despite all kinds of difficulties. The disciple living at the residence of the spiritual master has to go begging from door to door and bring everything back to the spiritual master. When }{\cs2873\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 being served, the spiritual master is supposed to call each and every disciple to come eat. If by chance the spiritual master 
forgets to call a disciple to partake of the }{\cs2873\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  it is enjoined in the scriptures
 that the student should fast on that day rather than accept food on his own initiative. There are many such strictures. Sometimes, also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the forest to collect dry wood for fuel.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 25. Forgiving
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can tolerate all kinds of offenses from the opposite party is known to be forgiving.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's forgiving quality is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in connection with His forbidding the killing of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. King \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la wa
s the monarch of the Cedi Kingdom, and although he happened to be a cousin of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, he was always envious of Him. Whenever they would meet, \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la would try to insult K\'e5\'f1\'eba and call Him ill names as much as possible. In th
e arena of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fcya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, when \'c7i\'e7up\'e4
la began to call Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba ill names, K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not care and remained silent. Some of the people at the arena were prepared to kill \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba restricted them. He was so forgiving. It is said that when there 
is a thundering sound in the clouds, the mighty lion immediately replies with his thundering roar. But the lion doesn't care when all the foolish jackals begin to make their less important sounds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya praises K\'e5\'f1\'eba's power of forgiveness with the following statement: "My dear Lord R\'e4macandra, You are so merciful to have 
excused the crow's clawing on the nipples of J\'e4nak\'e9 simply because of his bowing down before You." Once Indra, the King of heaven, assumed the form of a crow and attacked S\'e9t\'e4 (J\'e4nak\'e9), Lord R\'e4macandra's wife, by striking her on the 
breast. This was certainly an insult to the universal mother, S\'e9t\'e4, and Lord R\'e4macandra was immediately prepared to kill the crow. But because later on the crow bowed down before the Lord, He excused his offense. \'c7r\'e9 Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya f
urther says in his prayer that the forgiving power of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is even greater than that of Lord R\'e4macandra, because \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was always in the habit of insulting K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97not only in one lifetime, but continually througho
ut three lives. Still, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so kind that He gave \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la the salvation of merging into His existence. From this we can understand that the goal of the monist to merge into the effulgence of the supreme is not a very difficult prob
lem. Persons like \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la who are consistently inimical to K\'e5\'f1\'eba can also get this liberation.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 26. Grave
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who does not express his mind to everyone, or whose mental activity and plan of action are very difficult to understand, is called grave. After Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been offended by Brahm\'e4, Brahm\'e4 prayed to Him to be excused. But in spite of his offering nice prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Brahm\'e4 could not understand whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba was satisfied or still dissatisfied. In other wo
rds, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so grave that He did not take the prayers of Brahm\'e4 very seriously. Another instance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's gravity is found in connection with His love affairs with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was always very silent 
about His love affairs with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, so much so that Baladeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's elder brother and constant companion, could not understand the transformations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on account of His gravity.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 27. Self-satisfied
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is fully satisfied in himself, without any hankering, and who is not agitated even in the presence of serious cause for distress, is called self-satisf
ied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's self-satisfaction was exhibited when He, Arjuna and Bh\'e9ma went to challenge Jar\'e4sandha, the formidable king of Magadha, and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba gave all credit to Bh\'e9ma for the killing of Jar\'e4sandha. From this we can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba never cares at all for fame, although no one can be more famous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of His not being disturbed was shown when \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la began to call Him ill names. All the kings and }{\cs2873\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  assembled at the sacrificial arena of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira became perturbed and immediately wanted to satisf
y K\'e5\'f1\'eba by offering nice prayers. But all these kings and }{\cs2873\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  could n
ot discover any disturbance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's person.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 28. Possessing Equilibrium
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is unaffected by attachment and envy is said to possess equilibrium.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's equilibrium is given in the Tenth Canto, 16th Chapter, \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\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 10.16.33}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 connection with His chastising K\'e4liya, the hundred-headed serpent. While K\'e4liya was being severely punish
ed, all of his wives appeared before the Lord and prayed as follows: "My dear Lord, You have descended to punish all kinds of demoniac living creatures. Our husband, this K\'e4liya, is a greatly sinful creature, and so Your punishment for him is quite ap
propriate. We know that Your punishment for Your enemies and Your dealings with Your sons are both the same. We know that it is in thinking of the future welfare of this condemned creature that You have chastised him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In another prayer it is said, "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, best of all the Kuru dynasty, You are so impartial that even if Your enemy is qualified, You will reward
 him; and if one of Your sons is a culprit, You will chastise him. This is Your business, because You are the supreme author of universes. You have no partiality. If anyone finds any partiality in Your characteristics, he is surely mistaken."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 29. Magnanimous
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is very charitably disposed is called magnanimous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was reigning over Dv\'e4rak\'e4, He was so magnanimous and charitably disposed that there was no limit to His charity. In fact, so great was His
 charity in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 that even the spiritual kingdom, with all of its opulence of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (touchstone), desire trees and }{\cs2873\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  cows, was surpassed. In the spiritual 
kingdom of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, named Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, there are }{\cs2873\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  cows which
 give unlimited quantities of milk. There are desire trees from which anyone can take all kinds of fruits, as much as he may desire. The land is made of touchstone, which when touched to iron will transform it into gold. In other words, although in the s
piritual kingdom, the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everything is wonderfully opulent, still when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 His charity exceeded the opulence of Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Wherever K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present, the limitless opulence of Go
loka V\'e5nd\'e4vana is automatically present.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also stated that while Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was living in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, He expanded Himself into 16,108 forms, and each and every expansion resided in a palac
e with a queen. Not only was K\'e5\'f1\'eba happily living with His queens in those palaces, but He was giving in charity from each palace an aggregate number of 13,054 cows completely decorated with nice clothing and ornaments. From each of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's 16,108 palaces, these cows were given daily. This means that 13,054 multiplied by 16,108 cows were being given in charity by K\'e5\'f1\'eba every day. No one can estimate the value of such a large number of cows given in charity, but that was the
 system of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's daily affairs while He was reigning in Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 30. Religious
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who personally practices the tenets of religion as they are enjoined in the }{\cs2873\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 who also teaches others the same principles is called religious. Simply professing a kind of faith is not a sign of religiousness. One must act a
ccording to religious principles, and by his personal example he should teach others. Such a person is to be understood as religious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this planet there was no irreligion. In this connection, N\'e4rada Muni once addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba jokingly: "My dear Lord of 
the cowherd boys, Your bulls [bulls are the representation of religion], while eating grass from the pasturing ground and moving on their four legs, have certainly eaten up all the grass of irreligion!" In other words, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, rel
igious principles were so well cared for that hardly any irreligious activities could be found.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was constantly performing various types of sacrifices and was inviting the demigods from the higher planetary systems, the de
migods were almost always absent from their consorts. Therefore the wives of the demigods, regretting the absence of their husbands, began to pray for the appearance of Lord Buddha, the ninth incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the age of Kali. In other wor
ds, instead of being pleased that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come, they began to pray for Lord Buddha, who is the ninth incarnation, because Lord Buddha stopped the ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices recommended in the }{\cs2873\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  in order to discourage animal killing. The demigods' wives thought that if Lord Buddha appeared, all kinds of sac
rifices would be stopped, and thus their husbands would not be invited to such ceremonies and thus would not be separated from them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is enquired, "Why don't the demigods from higher planetary systems come to this earth planet nowadays?" The plain answer is that since Lord Buddha appe
ared and began to deprecate the performance of sacrifice in order to stop animal killing on this planet, the process of offering sacrifices has been stopped, and the demigods do not care to come here anymore.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 22-1970: Qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Further Explained
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-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 Qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Furt
her Explained
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 31. Heroic
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is very enthusiastic in military activities and expert in releasing different kinds of weapons is called heroic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba's heroism in fighting, there is the following statement: "My dear killer of the enemy, just as the elephant while taking bath in the lake d
estroys all the lotus stems within the water by swinging its trunk, so simply by moving Your arms, which are compared to the trunks of elephants, You have killed so many lotus-like enemies."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expertise in releasing weapons, when Jar\'e4sandha, along with thirteen divisions of soldiers, attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba's army, they were 
unable to hurt even one soldier on the side of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This was due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expert military training. This is unique in the history of military art.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 32. Compassionate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is unable to bear another's distress is called compassionate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's compassion for distressed persons was exhibited when He released all of the kings imprisoned by Magadhendra. While dying, Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma 
prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and described Him as the sun which eradicated darkness. The kings who were imprisoned by Magadhendra were put into dark cells, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared there, the darkness immediately disappeared, just as if the sun had r
isen. In other words, although Magadhendra was able to imprison so many kings, upon the appearance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba they were all released. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did this out of His sincere compassion for the kings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's compassion was also exhibited when Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma was lying on the bed of arrows which had been shot through his body. While lying in thi
s position, Bh\'e9\'f1ma was very anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared there. Upon seeing the pitiable condition of Bh\'e9\'f1ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began speaking with tears in His eyes. Not only was He shedding tears, but He also
 forgot Himself in His compassion. Therefore, instead of offering obeisances to K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly, devotees offer obeisances to His compassionate nature. Actually, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is very difficult t
o approach Him. But the devotees, taking advantage of His compassionate nature, which is represented by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, always pray to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's compassion.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 33. Respectful
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who shows adequate respect to a spiritual master, a }{\cs2873\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 an old person is to be understood as being respectful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When superior persons assembled before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba first of all offered respect to His spiritual master, then to His father and then to His elder
 brother, Balar\'e4ma. In this way Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the lotus-eyed, was completely happy and pure at heart in all of His dealings.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 34. Gentle
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who neither becomes impudent nor exhibits a puffed-up nature is called gentle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The example of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's gentle behavior was manifested when He was coming to the arena of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fcya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice arranged by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's older cousin. Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he was attempting to get down from his chariot to receive K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But before Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira could get down, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba got down from His own chariot and immediately fell at the feet of the K
ing. Even though K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He never forgets to show social etiquette in His dealings.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 35. Liberal
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is by his natural behavior very mild is called liberal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A statement by Uddhava after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Syamantaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewel plundering confirms that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind and favorable that if a servitor is accused even of great offenses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not take this into consideration. He simply considers the service th
at is rendered by His devotee.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 36. Shy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who sometimes exhibits humility and bashfulness is called shy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's shyness was manifested when He lifted Govardhan Hill by the little finger of His left hand. All of the }{\cs2873\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 observing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's wonderful achievement, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also smiling at seeing the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance went over the breasts of the }{\cs2873\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  His hand began to shake, and upon seeing His hand shake, all of the cowherd men underneath the hill became a little disturbed. Then there was a tumultuous roaring sound
, and they all began to pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for safety. At this time Lord Balar\'e4ma was smiling, thinking that these cowherd men had been frightened by the shaking of Govardhan Hill. But, seeing Balar\'e4ma smile, K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought that Balar
\'e4ma had understood His mind in observing the breasts of the }{\cs2873\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 He immediatel
y became bashful.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 37. Protector of Surrendered Souls
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the protector of all surrendered souls.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's was enlivened with the thought that he needn't fear K\'e5\'f1\'eba because if he simply surrendered unto Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would gi
ve him all protection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes compared with the moon, which does not hesitate to distribute its soothing rays, even on the houses of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2
\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and untouchables.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 38. Happy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is always joyful and untouched by any distress is called happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enjoyment is concerned, it is stated that the ornaments which decorated the bodies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His queens were beyond the dream
s of Kubera, the treasurer of the heavenly kingdom. The constant dancing before the doors of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's palaces was not to be imagined even by the demigods in the heavenly kingdom. In the heavenly kingdom, Indra always sees the dancing of the socie
ty girls. But even Indra could not imagine how beautiful were the dances being performed at the gates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's palaces. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gaur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means white woman, and Lord \'c7iva's wife is called Gaur\'e9. The beautiful women residing within the palaces of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were so much whiter than Gaur\'e9 that they were compared to the moonshine,
 and they were constantly visible to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, no one can be enjoying more than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The conception of enjoyment is beautiful women, ornaments and riches. And all of these things were fabulously present in the palaces of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, defeating even the imagination of Kubera, Lord Indra or Lord \'c7iva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not even a slight distress can touch K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once some of the }{\cs2873\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  went to the place where the }{\cs2873\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 performing sacrifices and said, "My dear wives of the }{\cs2873\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 must know that not even a slight smell of distress can touch K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He knows no loss, He knows no defamation, He has no fear, He has no anxiety, and He does not know calamity. He is simply encircled by the dancers of Bra
ja and is enjoying their company in the }{\cs2873\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."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 39. Well-wisher of His Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees that if they offer even a little water or a }{\cs2873\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  leaf in devotion to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is so kind that He will sell Himself to them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favoritism towards His devotees was exhibited in His fight with Bh\'e9\'f1ma. When Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma was lying at the point of death on the 
bed of arrows, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present before him, and Bh\'e9\'f1ma was remembering how K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been kind to him on the battlefield. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had promised that in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra He would not even touch a weapon to help ei
ther side; He would remain neutral. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was Arjuna's charioteer, He had promised that He would not help Arjuna by using any weapons. But one day Bh\'e9\'f1ma, in order to nullify K\'e5\'f1\'eba's promise, exhibited his fighting spirit
 so magnificently against Arjuna that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was obliged to get down from His chariot. Taking up a broken chariot wheel, He ran toward Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma as a lion runs toward an elephant to kill it. Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma remembered this
 scene, and He later praised K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His glorious favoritism towards His devotee, Arjuna, even at the risk of breaking His own promise.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 40. Controlled by Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes obliged to the loving spirit of the devotee and not exactly to the service rendered. No one can serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba completely. He is so com
plete and self-sufficient that He has no need of any service from the devotee. It is the devotee's attitude of love and affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba that makes Him obliged. A very nice example of this obligatory behavior was manifested when Sud\'e4m\'e4 
Vipra went to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's palace. Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra had been a class friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and due to his poverty he was induced by his wife to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba to request some aid. When Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra reached K\'e5\'f1\'eba's palace, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba received him very well, and both He and His wife washed the feet of Sud\'e4m\'e4 Vipra, showing respect to the }{\cs2873\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  Remembering His loving affairs with Sud\'e4m\'e4 in their childhood, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to shed tears while receiving him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another instance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's obligation to His devotee is described in the Tenth Canto, 9th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\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 th verse, of }{\cs2873\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  where \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, when Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was perspiring, tired of trying to bind K\'e5\'f1\'eba up with rope, K\'e5\'f1\'eba agreed to allo
w her to bind Him." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as a child, was disturbing His mother by His naughty activities, and she wanted to bind Him up. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 brought some rope from the house and tried to tie up the child, but she could not tie a knot due to th
e shortness of the rope. She tied together many ropes, but when she finished still the rope was too short. After a while she felt very tired and began to perspire. At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba agreed to be bound up by His mother. In other words, no one ca
n bind K\'e5\'f1\'eba by any means other than love. He is bound only by obligation to His devotees, because of their ecstatic love for Him.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 41. All-auspicious
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is always engaged in auspicious welfare activities for everyone is known as all-auspicious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the disappearance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba from this planet, Uddhava began to remember the activities of the Lord and said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba satisfied all great 
sages by His wonderful pastimes. He demolished all of the demoniac activities of the cruel royal order, protected all pious men, and killed all cruel fighters on the battlefield. Therefore He is all-auspicious for all men."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 42. Most Powerful
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can always put his enemy into calamities is called powerful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this planet, just as the powerful sun drives all darkness to take shelter in caves, He drove away all of His enemies, who fled li
ke owls to take shelter beyond His sight.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 43. All-famous
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who becomes well-known due to his spotless character is called famous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated that the diffusion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fame is like the moonshine which turns darkness into light. In other words, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is p
reached all over the world, the darkness of ignorance and the anxiety of material existence will turn into the whiteness of purity, peacefulness and prosperity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the great sage N\'e4rada was chanting the glories of the Lord, the bluish line on the neck of Lord \'c7iva disappeared. Upon seeing this, Gaur\'e9, the wife of
 Lord \'c7iva, suspected Lord \'c7iva of being someone else disguised as her husband, and out of fear she immediately left his company. Upon hearing the chanting of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, Lord Balar\'e4ma saw that his dress had become white, although He 
was generally accustomed to a bluish dress. And the cowherd girls saw all of the water of the Yamun\'e4 River turn into milk, so they began to churn it into butter. In other words, by the spreading of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or the glories of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, everything became white and pure.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 44. Popular
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is very dear to people in general is called a popular man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's popularity, there is a statement in the First Canto, 11th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 deals with His returning home from the capital of Hastin\'e4pur. While He had been absent from Dv\'e4rak\'e4 at the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, all the citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 had become morose. Then,
 when He returned, the citizens joyfully received Him and said, "My dear Lord, while You were absent from the city, we passed our days in the darkness of night. As in the darkness of night every moment appears to be a long duration of time, so while You 
were gone every moment appeared to us like millions of years. Your separation is completely unbearable to us." This statement shows how popular K\'e5\'f1\'eba was all over the country.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar incident occurred when K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the arena of sacrifice, arranged by King Ka\'e0sa for His death. As soon as He entered the place, all the sa
ges began to cry, "Jai! Jai! Jai!" (which means "Victory!") K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a boy at that time, and all the sages offered their respectful blessings to Him. The demigods who were present also began to offer beautiful prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the
 ladies and girls present expressed their joy from all corners of the arena. In other words, there was no one in that particular place with whom K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not very popular.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 45. Partiality to Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is therefore not partial to anyone, it is stated in the }{\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  that He has special attraction for a devotee who worships His name in love and affection. When K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was on this planet, one devotee expressed his feeling in this way: "My dear Lord, if You had not appeared on this planet, then the }{\cs2873\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] and atheists would have surely created havoc against the activities of the devotees. I cannot imagine the magnitude of such devastation prevented by Your presence." From the very beginning
 of His appearance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the greatest enemy of all demoniac persons, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enmity toward the demons is actually comparable to His friendship with the devotees. This is because any demon who is killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba re
ceives immediate salvation.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 46. Very Attractive to All Women
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who has special qualifications becomes immediately very attractive to women.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee made the following statement about the queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4: "How shall I describe the glories of the queens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 who were personally engag
ed in the service of the Lord? The Lord is so great that simply by chanting His name all the great sages like N\'e4rada can enjoy transcendental bliss. So what can be said about those queens who were at every moment seeing the Lord and serving Him person
ally?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba had 16,108 wives in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and each and every one of them was attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba just as iron is attracted by a magnet. There is a statement by a devotee: "My dear Lord, You are just like a magnet, and all the damse
ls of Braja are just like iron: in whichever direction You are moving they are following You as iron is attracted by magnetic force."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 47. All-worshipable
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is respected and worshiped by all kinds of human beings and demigods is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4r\'e4dhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or all-worshipable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped not only by all living entities, including the great demigods like Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4, but also by Vi\'f1\'ebu expansions (
forms of Godhead) such as Baladeva and \'c7e\'f1a. Baladeva is a direct expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He still accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as worshipable. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the arena of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fcya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice organized by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, to all present, including great sages and demigods, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became t
he cynosure, the center of attraction, and everyone offered Him their respects.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 48. All-opulent
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full in all opulences\'97namely, strength, wealth, fame, beauty, knowledge, and renunciation. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Hi
s family, which is known as the Yadu dynasty, consisted of 560 million members. And all of these family members were very obedient and faithful to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There were more than 900,000 big palatial buildings there to house all the people, and ever
yone in them respected K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the most worshipable. Devotees were astonished to see the opulence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This was verified by Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur when in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb
\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus: "My dear Lord, what can I say about the opulence of Your V\'e5nd\'e4vana? Simply the ornaments on the legs of the damsels of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana are more than }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and their dresses are as good as the heavenl
y }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers. And the cows exactly resemble the }{\cs2873\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  cows in the transcendental abode. Therefore Your opulence is just like an ocean that no one can measure."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 49. All-honorable
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is chief among all important persons is called all-honorable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was living at Dv\'e4rak\'e4, demigods like Lord \'c7iva, Lord Brahm\'e4, Indra the King of heaven and many others used to come to visit Him. The
 doorkeeper, who had to manage the entrance of all these demigods, one very busy day said, "My dear Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, please sit down on this bench and wait. My dear Indra, please desist from reading your prayers. This is creating a distur
bance. Please wait silently. My dear Varu\'eba, please go away. And my dear demigods, do not waste your time uselessly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very busy; He cannot see You!"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 50. Supreme Controller
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of controllers, or lords: one who is independent is called controller, and one whose orders cannot be neglected by anyone is called controller.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba's complete independence and lordship, }{\cs2873\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 that although K\'e4liya was a great offender, K\'e5\'f1\'eba still favored him by marking his head with His lotus feet, whereas Lord Brahm\'e4, although havin
g prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with so many wonderful verses, still could not attract Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This contradictory treatment by K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just befitting His position, because in all the Vedic literature He is described as the complete independent. In t
he beginning of the }{\cs2873\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 Lord is described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svar\'e4\'f6,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means completely independent. That is the position of the supreme absolute truth. The ab
solute truth is not only sentient, but He is also completely independent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's orders not being neglected by anyone, in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-B
h\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Third Canto, 2nd Chapter, 21st verse, Uddhava tells Vidura: "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master of the three modes of material nature. He is the enjoyer of all op
ulences, and therefore there is no one equal to or greater than Him." All the great kings and emperors used to come before Him, offer their gifts and pay obeisances with their helmets at the feet of the Lord. One devotee said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, wh
en You order Brahm\'e4\'97'Now you may create the universe,'\'97and when You order Lord \'c7iva\'97'Now you dissolve this material manifestation,'\'97You are in this way creating and dissolving the material creation Yourself. Simply by Your orders and by
 Your partial representation as Vi\'f1\'ebu, You are maintaining the universes. In this way, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O enemy of Ka\'e0sa, there are so many Brahm\'e4s and \'c7ivas who are simply carrying out Your orders."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 51. Changeless
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not change His constitutional position, not even when He appears in this material world. Ordinary living entities have their constitutional spir
itual positions covered. They appear in different bodies, and under the different bodily concepts of life they act. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not change His body. He appears in His own body and is therefore not affected by the modes of material nature. In 
the First Canto, 11th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 is stated that the special prerogative of the supreme controller is that He is not at all affected by the modes
 of nature. The practical example of this is that devotees who are under the protection of the Lord are also not affected by material nature. To overcome the influence of material nature is very difficult, but the devotees or the saintly persons who are 
under the protection of the Lord are not affected. So what need is there to speak of the Lord Himself? To be more clear, although the Lord sometimes appears in this material world, He has nothing to do with the modes of material nature, and He acts with 
full independence in His transcendental position. This is the special quality of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 52. All-cognizant
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who can understand the feelings of all persons and incidents in all places at all times is called all-cognizant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A nice example of the all-cognizant quality of the Lord is described in }{\cs2873\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, 15th Chapter, 11th verse, in connection with Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni's visit to the house of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas in the forest. Following a ca
lculated plan, Duryodhana sent Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni and his ten thousand disciples to be guests of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas in the forest. Duryodhana arranged for Durv\'e4s\'e4 and his men to reach the place of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas just when the P\'e4\'eb
\'f2avas' lunchtime was ended, so that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas would be caught without sufficient means to feed such a large number of guests. Knowing Duryodhana's plan, K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and asked their wife Draupad\'e9 if there
 were any remnants of food which she could offer to Him. Draupad\'e9 offered Him a container in which there was only a little fragment of some vegetable preparation, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba at once ate it. At that moment all of the sages accompanying Durv\'e4
s\'e4 were taking bath in the river, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba felt satisfaction from eating Draupad\'e9's offering, they also felt satisfaction, and their hunger was gone. Because Durv\'e4s\'e4 and his men were unable to eat anything more, they went away 
without coming into the house of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. In this way the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were saved from the wrath of Durv\'e4s\'e4. Duryodhana had sent them because he knew that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas would not be able to receive such a large number, an
d thus Durv\'e4s\'e4 would become angry, and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas would be cursed. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved them from this calamity by His trick and by His all-cognizant quality.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 53. Ever-fresh
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always remembered, and His name is always chanted by millions of devotees, but the devotees never become saturated. Instead of becoming disinteres
ted in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in chanting His holy name, the devotees get newer and newer impetus to continue the process. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ever-fresh. Not only K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's knowledge is ever-fresh.
 The }{\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  which was imparted 5,000 years ago, is still being read repeated
ly by many, many men, and still new light is always being found in it. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name, fame, qualities\'97and everything in relationship with Him\'97is ever-fresh.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were goddesses of fortune. It is said in the }{\cs2873\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, 11th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, that the goddesses of fortune are very fickle and restless, so no one can consistently captivate them. Thus one's luck will always change sometime. Yet the goddesses of fortune could not leave K\'e5\'f1
\'eba for even a moment when they were residing with Him at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attraction is ever-fresh. Even the goddesses of fortune cannot leave His company.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attractive features being ever-fresh, there is a statement by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared with the greatest sculptor because He is expert in chisling at the chas
tity of women. In other words, although chaste women may follow the rules and regulations of Vedic principles to become ever-faithful to their husbands, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is able to break their stone-like chastity with the chisel of His beauty. Most of the 
girl friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were married, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their friend before their marriages, they could not forget His attractive features, which were always fascinating to them, even after their marriages.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 54. Sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental body is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. }{\cs2873\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  means ever-existing for all time and in all places; in other words, all-pervading in time and space. }{\cs2873\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  means full of knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has nothing to learn from anyone. He is independently full of all knowledge. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the reservoir of all pleasure. The impersonalists are seeking to merge into the }{\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  effulgence of eternity and knowledge, but the major portion of the absolute pleasure which is in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is avoided by them. One can enjoy the transcendental blissfulness of merging into the }{\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  effulgence after being freed from the contamination of material illusion, false identification, attachment, detachment and material absorption. These are the preliminary qualifications of a person who can realize }{\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 . It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one has to become full of joyfulness; this is not exactly joyfulness, but a sense of freedom from all anxieties. Freedom from all anxieties may be the firs
t principle of joyfulness, but it is not actual joyfulness. Those who realize the self, or become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\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  are only preparing themselves for the platform of joyfulness. That joyfulness can be actually achieved only when one comes into contact wit
h K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so complete that it includes the transcendental pleasure derived from impersonal or }{\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  realization. Even the impersonalist will become attracted to the personal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as }{\b0\i\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is confirmed by the statement of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the }{\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  effulgence is the bodily ray of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; the }{\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  effulgence is simply an exhibition of the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of the }{\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  effulgence, as He Himself confirms in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\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  From this we can conclude that the impersonal feature of t
he absolute truth is not the ultimate end; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate end of the absolute truth.
\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 Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub schools therefore never try to merge into the }{\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 effulgence in their pursuit of 
spiritual perfection. They accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the ultimate goal of self realization. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parambrahman}{\b0\i0\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 Brahman}{\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 parame\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the supreme controller). \'c7r\'e9 Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya has prayed as follows: "My dear Lord, I know th
at the gigantic universe and gigantic space and time within the universe are covered by the ten layers of the material elements, each layer ten times larger than the previous one. The three material modes of nature, the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'eb
u, the K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu and the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, and beyond them the spiritual sky and its spiritual planets, known as Vaiku\'eb\'f6has, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bra
hman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  effulgence in that spiritual sky\'97all of these taken together are nothing but a small exhibition of Your potency."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 55. Possessing All Mystic Perfections
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many standards of perfection. The highest material perfections, obtained by perfect }{\cs2873\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  are listed as eight: to become the smallest of the small, to become the greatest of the great, etc. All of these material perfections, as well as all
 spiritual perfections, can be found fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personality.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 56. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Inconceivable Potencies
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present everywhere, not only within the universe, not only within the heart of all living entities, but also within every atom. In the prayers of 
Queen Kunt\'e9 we find mention of this inconceivable potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was talking with Kunt\'e9, He simultaneously entered the womb of Uttar\'e4, who was in danger due to the atomic weapon of A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba can illusion even Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, and He can protect all surrendered devotees from the reaction of sinful activities. These are some of the examples of His inconceivable potencies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore offers his obeisances unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba by saying, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is present as a human being, has as His mere s
hadow the whole material nature. He has expanded Himself into so many cows, calves and cowherd boys, and He has again manifested Himself in all of them as the four-handed N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. He has taught millions of Brahm\'e4s self realization, and thus 
He is worshipable not only by the heads of all universes, but by everyone else also. Therefore let me always accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Indra was defeated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the matter of taking the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij
\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant from heaven, N\'e4rada met Indra and criticized him: "O Indra, great King of heaven, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has already defeated Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. So what 
can be said of an insignificant demigod like you?" N\'e4rada Muni, of course, was criticizing Indra jokingly, and Indra enjoyed it. In N\'e4rada's statement it is confirmed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was able to illusion even Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva as 
well as Indra. So there is no question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's power to do the same to lesser living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's power in minimizing the sufferings of sinful reactions is given in }{\cs2873\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 follows: "Beginning from the great King of heaven down to the ant, everyone is undergoing the reactions of past deeds. But a d
evotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is relieved from such reactions by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This was clearly proved when K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the place of Yamar\'e4ja, the Lord of death, to reclaim the dead sons of His teacher. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teacher h
ad requested Him to bring back his dead sons, and to do so K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the place of Yamar\'e4ja to claim all of those souls who had been brought there by Yamar\'e4ja and were being kept under his control. K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately ordered Yam
ar\'e4ja, "Be benefitted by My order and return those souls unto Me!" The purport of this incident is that even a person who is under the regulative principles of the laws of nature, and is therefore punishable by Yamar\'e4ja under these laws, can be gra
nted complete immunity by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inconceivable potencies have been described by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as follows: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is bewildering my intelligence because, althou
gh He is unborn, He has appeared as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j. He is all-pervading, but still He is held on the lap of Ya\'e7od\'e4. In spite of His being all-pervasive, He has become limited by the love of Ya\'e7od\'e4. Although He has innumerable 
forms, still He is moving as one K\'e5\'f1\'eba before His father and mother, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also it is said that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally living in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, His transcendental abode, He is sti
ll present everywhere, even within the atoms.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 57. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Body Generates Innumerable Universes
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, 11th verse, of the }{\cs2873\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 Brahm\'e4 says, "My dear Lord, false ego, intelligence, mind, sky, air, fire, water and earth are the material ingredients of this universe, which can be compared to a 
gigantic pot. In that gigantic pot my body is of insignificant measurement, and even though one of the many universes is created by me, innumerable universes are coming and going from the pores of Your body, just as atomic particles are seen flickering i
n the sunlight. I think I am very, very insignificant before You, and I am therefore begging Your pardon. Please be merciful toward me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one takes account of only one universe, he will find so many combinations of wonderful things within, because there are innumerable planets, innumerable residenc
es and places of demigods. The length and breadth of the universe is 400 million miles by 400 million miles, and it is infested with many unfathomable regions known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4t
\'e4las,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or downward planetary systems. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of all this, He can always be seen in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, exhibiting His inconceivable potencies. So
 who can adequately worship such an all-powerful Lord, possessed of such inconceivable energy?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 58. The Original Source of All Incarnations
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9ta-govinda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has sung as follows: "The Lord has saved the }{\cs2873\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  in His form as a fish, and He has borne the whole universe on His back in the form of a tortoise. He has picked up this earthly planet from the water in the form of a boar. He has killed Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu in the form of N\'e5si\'e0ha. He h
as cheated Mah\'e4r\'e4j Bali in the form of V\'e4mana. He has annihilated all the dynasties of the }{\cs2873\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  in the form of Para\'e7ur\'e4ma. He has killed all the demons in the form of Lord R\'e4ma. He has accepted the great plow in the form of Balar\'e4ma. He has annihilated all the atheistic persons in the form of Kalki. And He has 
saved all the poor animals in the form of Lord Buddha."* These are some of the descriptions of the incarnations emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and from the }{\cs2873\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 is understood that innumerable incarnations are always coming out from the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just like waves in the ocean. No one can even count how man
y waves there are, and similarly no one can count how many incarnations are coming from the Lord's body.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 59. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gives Salvation to the Enemies that He Kills
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another name for salvation is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga. Apavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the opposite of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the vario
us miserable conditions of material existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consists of the combinations of five letters: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa, pha, ba, bha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These letters are the first letters of the words for fiv
e different conditions as described below. The first letter, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  comes from the word }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4bhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "defeat." In this material struggle for existence, we are simply m
eeting defeat. Actually, we have to conquer birth, death, disease and old age, and because there is no possibility of overcoming all these miserable conditions, due to the illusion of }{\cs2873\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 simply meeting with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4bhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or defeat. The next letter, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is taken from the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phenila. Phenila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the foam which is found on the mou
th when one is very tired (as is commonly observed with horses). The letter }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  comes from 
the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bandha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or bondage. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is taken from the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e9ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or fearfulness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is taken from 
the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or death. So the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  signifies our struggle for existence and our meeting with defeat, exhaustion, bondage, fearfulness and, at last, death. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that which can nullify all of these material conditions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sa
id to be the giver of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the path of liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the impersonalist and the enemies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, liberation means to merge into the supreme. The demons and the impersonalists do not care for K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He gives this liberation even to His enemies and to the impersonalists. There is the following statement in this connection: "O Mur\'e4ri [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]! How wonderful it is that although the demons, who were alway
s envious of the demigods, have failed to penetrate Your military phalanx, they have penetrated the region of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mitra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the sun globe." The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mitra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used metaphorically. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mitra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the sun globe, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mitra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also means friend. The demons who opposed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as enemies wanted to penetrate His military phalanx; but instead of doing this, they di
ed in battle, and the result was that they penetrated the planet of Mitra, or the sun planet. In other words, they entered into the }{\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  effulgence. The example of the sun planet is given here because the sun is ever-illuminating, like the spiritual sky, where there are innumerable illuminating Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. The enemies of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba were killed, and instead of penetrating K\'e5\'f1\'eba's phalanx, they entered into the friendly atmosphere of the spiritual effulgence. That is the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore He is known as the deliverer of His enemies also.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 60. The Attractor of Liberated Souls
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many examples of how K\'e5\'f1\'eba attracted even great liberated souls like \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and the Kum\'e4ras. In this connection the followi
ng statement was given by the Kum\'e4ras: "How wonderful it is that although we are completely liberated, free from desire and situated at the stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we are still aspiring to taste the pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 61. Performer of Wonderful Activities
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5had-V\'e4mana Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says, "Although I have many fascinating pastimes, whenever I think of the }{\cs2873\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  which I perform with the }{\cs2873\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
 I become eager to have it again."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee has said, "I know about N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the husband of the goddess of fortune, and I also know about many other incarnations of the Lord. Certainly a
ll the pastimes of such incarnations are exciting to my mind, but still, the pastimes of the }{\cs2873\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  performed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are wonderfully increasing my transcendental pleasure."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 31st Chapter, 15th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 
 lament: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, during the daytime when You go out into the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana with Your cows, we consider one moment to be twelve years, and it is very difficult for us to pass the time. And again when You come back at the end o
f the day, by seeing Your beautiful face we are so much attracted that we are unable to stop looking upon You constantly. At these times, when there is occasional blinking of our eyelids, we condemn the creator, Lord Brahm\'e4, as a dunce, because he doe
s not know how to make perfect eyes!" In other words, the }{\cs2873\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 disturbed by the b
linking of their eyes because for the moment that their eyes were closed they could not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This means that the }{\cs2873\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  love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so great and ecstatic that they were disturbed by even His momentary absence. And when they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were also disturbed. This is a paradox.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One }{\cs2873\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  expressing herself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, says: "When we meet You at night, we consider the duration of night to be very small. And why speak of only this night? Even if we had a night of Brahm\'e4\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 4,300,000,000 solar yea
rs equals twelve hours, or one night, of Brahm\'e4.}* we would consider it a very short time!" We get an idea of Brahm\'e4's day from the following statement of the }{\cs3545\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 : "By human calculation, a thousand }{\cs2873\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  cycles taken together is 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 (Bg.}{\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 )}{\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said that even if they could have that duration of night, it would still not be sufficient for their meeting with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 62. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Attractive Flute
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 35th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub  SB 10.35.14-15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vividha-gopa-cara\'ebe\'f1u vidagdho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ve\'ebu-v\'e4dya urudh\'e4 nija-\'e7ik\'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 tava suta\'f9 sati yad\'e4dhara-bimbe
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub datta-ve\'ebur anayat svara-j\'e4t\'e9\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub savana\'e7as tad upadh\'e4rya sure\'e7\'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 \'e7akra-\'e7arva-parame\'f1\'f6hi-purog\'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 kavaya \'e4nata-kandhara-citt\'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 ka\'e7mala\'e0 yayur ani\'e7cita-tattv\'e4\'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 vividha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of cowherds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'ebe\'f1u}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidagdha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97expert; }{\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 \'97of the flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4dye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the matter of playing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub urudh\'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 nija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of His own pr
oduction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ik\'f1\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose teachings; }{\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 suta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O pious lady (Ya\'e7od\'e4); }{\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 \'97when; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhara}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon His lips; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bimbe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whi
ch are like red }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bimba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  fruits; }{\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 \'97placing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anayat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He brought forth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of musical sound; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4t\'e9\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the harmonic tones; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub savana\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97with a variety of low, high and middle pitches; }{\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 upadh\'e4rya}{\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 sura-\'e9
\'e7\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the principal demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Indra; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7arva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7iva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parame\'f1\'f6hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pura\'f9-g\'e4\'f9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97headed by; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kavaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97learned scholars; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kandhara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their necks; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub citt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'e7malam yayu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they be
came bewildered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ani\'e7cita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unable to ascertain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tattv\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97its essence.
\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 pious Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, your son, who is expert in all the arts of herding cows, has invented many new styles of flute-playing. When He takes His flute to His }
{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bimba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -red lips and sends forth the tones of the harmonic scale in variegated melodies, Brahm\'e4, 
\'c7iva, Indra and other chief demigods become confused upon hearing the sound. Although they are the most learned authorities, they cannot ascertain the essence of that music, and thus they bow down their heads and hearts.}}}{\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 th verse of the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  tell Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, "When your son plays on His flute, Lord \'c7iva, Lord Brahm\'e4 and Indra\'97although they are supposed to be the greatest learned scholars and personalities\'97all become bewildered. Although they are all very 
great personalities, by hearing the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute they humbly bow down and become grave from studying the sound vibrated."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thus describes the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute: "The sound vibration created by the flute of K\'e5\'f1\'eba wonderfully stopped Lord \'c7iva from playing his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f2i\'eb\'f2ima}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  drum, and the same flute has caused great sages like the four Kum\'e4ras to become disturbe
d in their meditation. It has caused Lord Brahm\'e4, who was sitting on the lotus flower for the creative function, to become astonished. And Anantadeva, who was calmly holding all the planets on his hood, was moving in this way and that due to the trans
cendental vibration from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, which penetrated through the covering of this universe and reached to the spiritual sky."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 63. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Surrounded by Loving Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not alone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means His name, His qualities, His fame, His friends, His paraphernalia, His entourage
\'97all of these are included. When we speak of a king, it is to be understood that he is surrounded by ministers, secretaries, military commanders and many other people. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not impersonal. In His V\'e5nd\'e4vana }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  especially, He is surrounded by the }{\cs2873\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 cowherd boys, His father, His mother and all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 64. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Exquisite Beauty
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Third Canto, 2nd Chapter, 12th verse, of }{\cs2873\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  Uddhava tells Vidura, "My dear sir, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form was most wonderful when He appeared on this planet and exhibited the potency of His internal energy. His wonderfully a
ttractive form was present during His pastimes on this planet, and by His internal potency He exhibited His opulences, which are striking to everyone. His personal beauty was so great that there was no necessity for His wearing ornaments on His body. In 
fact, instead of the ornaments beautifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beauty enhanced the ornaments."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding the attractiveness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily beauty and the sound vibration of His flute, in the Tenth Canto, 29th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  address K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "Although our attitude towards You resembles loving affairs with a paramour, we cannot but wonder at how no woman can maintain her chastity upon hearing the vibration from Your flute. And not only women, bu
t even stronghearted men are subject to falling down from their position at the sound of Your flute. In fact, we have seen that in V\'e5nd\'e4vana even the cows, the deer, the birds, the trees\'97everyone\'97has been enchanted by the sweet vibration of Y
our flute and the fascinating beauty of Your person."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said: "One day K\'e5\'f1\'eba happened to see the shadow of His beautiful form reflected on the jeweled foreground. Upon seeing this bodily reflection, He expressed His feelings: 'How wonderful it i
s that I have never seen such a beautiful form! Although it is My own form, still, like R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, I am trying to embrace this form and enjoy celestial bliss.' " This statement shows how K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His shadow reflection are one and
 the same. There is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His shadow reflection, nor between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His picture. That is the transcendental position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The above statements describe some of the wonderful reservoirs of pleasure within K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as well as the transcendental qualities of His personality. The tr
anscendental qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are compared to the ocean: no one can estimate the length and breadth of the ocean. But, as one can understand the ocean's contents simply by testing one drop of it, so these statements will give us some understan
ding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental position and qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, 7th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 Brahm\'e4 says, "My dear Lord, the inconceivable qualities, beauties and activities which You have revealed by Your presence on this planet cannot be calculated by any mat
erial measurement. If one even tries to imagine that 'K\'e5\'f1na may be like this,' that is also impossible. The day may come when the material scientist, after many, many births or after many, many years, will be able to estimate the atomic constitutio
n of the whole world, or he may be able to count the atomic fragments that permeate the sky, or he may even give an estimate of all the atoms within the universe, but still he will never be able to count the transcendental qualities in Your reservoir of 
transcendental bliss."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 23-1970: K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Personality
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-three
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Personality
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states that although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of unlimited pleasure and the greatest leader of all, He is still depend
ent upon His devotees in three ways. According to the emotional status of the devotee, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is appreciated in three ways: as the most perfect, as very perfect and as perfect. When He exhibits Himself in fullness, He is appre
ciated by great learned scholars as most perfect. When He exhibits Himself in lesser degrees, He is called very perfect. And when He exhibits still less, He is called perfect. This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is appreciated for three degrees of perfection.
 These three degrees of perfection are especially exhibited as follows: when He is in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana His transcendental qualities are exhibited as most perfect, when He is in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 He exhibits His qualities as very perfect, and when He is
 in Mathur\'e4 He exhibits His qualities as perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personality is analyzed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9rod\'e4tta, dh\'e9ra-lalita, 
dh\'e9ra-pra\'e7\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9roddhata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one asks how a personality can be beheld in four quite opposing ways, the answer is that the Lord is the reservoir of all transcendental qualities and activities. Therefore, His different aspects can be analyzed acco
rding to the exhibition of His limitless variety of pastimes, and as such there is no contradiction.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dh\'e9rod\'e4tta
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9rod\'e4tta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a person who is naturally very grave, gentle, forgiving, merciful, determined, humble, highly qualified, chivalrous and bodily attractive.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, the following statement given by Indra, the King of heaven, is very significant: "My dear Lord, I admit that I have committed great offenses unt
o You, but I cannot express my feelings of regret, being bewildered at seeing Your extraordinary chivalrous spirit, Your endeavor to protect Your devotees, Your determination, Your steadiness in lifting the great Hill of Govardhana, Your beautiful bodily
 features and Your astonishing characteristic of being pleased simply by accepting the prayers of Your devotees and offenders."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The above statement by the King of heaven is an exact corroboration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9rod\'e4tta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Many learned scholars have agreed to also accept Lord R\'e4macandra as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9rod\'e4tta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but all of Lord R\'e4macandra's qualities are also included in the character of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dh\'e9ra-lalita
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra-lalita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  if he is naturally very funny, always in full youthfulness, expert in joking, and free from all anxieties. Such a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra-lalita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  personality is generally found to be domesticated and very submissive to his lover. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh
\'e9ra-lalita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trait in the personality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in }{\cs2873\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  where Yaj\'efapatn\'e9, the wife of one of the }{\cs2873\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 performing sacrifices in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, tells her friends: "One day \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, accompanied by Her associates, was taking rest in Her garden, an
d at that time Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived in that assembly. After sitting down, He began to narrate very impudently about His previous night's pastimes with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. While He was speaking in that way, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 
became very embarrassed. She was feeling ashamed and was absorbed in thought, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba took the opportunity to mark Her breasts with different kinds of }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba proved Himself to be very expert in that art." In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dh\'e9ra-lalita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was enjoying His youthful proclivities in the company of the }{\cs2873\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 Generally, those who are expert in writing drama choose to call Cupid the ideal }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
dh\'e9ra-lalita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but we can more perfectly find in the personality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the characteristics of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra-lalita.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dh\'e9ra-pra\'e7\'e4nta
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is very peaceful, forebearing, considerate and obliging is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
dh\'e9ra-pra\'e7\'e4nta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra-pra\'e7\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trait of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was exhibited in His dealings with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. On account of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas' faithful devotion to the Lord, He agreed to become their charioteer, their advisor, t
heir friend, their messenger and sometimes their bodyguard. Such is an example of the result of devotional service towards Vi\'f1\'ebu. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking to Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira about religious principles, He demonstrated Himsel
f to be a great learned scholar, but because He accepted the position of younger cousin to Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, He was speaking in a very gentle tone which enhanced His beautiful bodily features. The movements of His eyes and the mode of His speech proved 
that He was very, very expert in giving moral instruction. Sometimes, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira is also accepted by learned scholars as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra-pra\'e7\'e4nta.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dh\'e9roddhata
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is very envious, proud, easily angered, restless and complacent is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dh\'e9roddhata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by learned scholars. Such qualities were visible in the character of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba because, when He was writing a letter to K\'e4layavana, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed him as a sinful frog. In His letter K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised K\'e4layavana that he should immediately go and find some dark well for his residence, because there was a black snake named K\'e5\'f1\'eba who was very eager to devour al
l such sinful frogs. K\'e5\'f1\'eba reminded K\'e4layavana that He could turn all the universes to ashes simply by looking at them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The above statement by K\'e5\'f1\'eba seems apparently to be of an envious nature, but according to different pastimes, places and times this quality is accepted as
 a great characteristic. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9roddhata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  qualities have been accepted as g
reat because K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses them only to protect His devotees. In other words, even undesirable traits may also be used in the exchange of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes Bh\'e9ma, the second brother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, is also described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dh\'e9roddhata.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, while fighting with a demon who was appearing as a deer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba challenged him in this way: "I have come before you as a great elephant named K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. You must leave the battlefield, accepting defeat, or else there is death awaiting you." This challenging spirit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's is not contradictory to His sublime character because, as the Supreme Being, everything is possible in His char
acter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'fcrma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  about these contradictory traits of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is stated there that the Supreme Person is neither very fat nor very thin; He is always transcendental to material qualiti
es, and yet His bodily luster is blackish. His eyes are reddish, He is all-powerful, and He is equipped with all different kinds of opulences. Contradictory traits in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's person are not at all surprising: one should not consider the characte
ristics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to be actually contradictory. One should try to understand the traits of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from authorities and try to understand how these characteristics are employed by the supreme will of th
e Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4-var\'e4ha }{\cs2873\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  it is confirmed that the transcendental bodies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His expansions are all existing eternal
ly. Such bodies are never material and are completely spiritual and full of knowledge. They are reservoirs of all transcendental qualities. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Tantra}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement that the Personality of Godhead and His expanded bodies are always free from the eighteen kinds of material contaminations,* because such bodies are alway
s full of knowledge, bliss and eternity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Regarding all of the above-mentioned statements, it is understood that the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the source of all incarnations in the material world. But because
 of His greater extraordinary opulence, we can understand that the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j is the source of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu also. This is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bra
hma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein it is stated: "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Govinda, whose partial representation is the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu." The gigantic form of th
e Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the source of generation for innumerable universes. Innumerable universes are coming out of His exhaling breath, and the same universes are going back in with His inhaling breath. This Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is also a plenary portio
n of a portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 24-1970: Further Traits of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-four
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Further Traits of \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After describing the different opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tries to further describe the transcendental beauties and qualities of
 the Lord as: decorated, enjoying, pleasing, dependable, steady and predominating. He is also described as a meticulous dresser and a magnanimous personality. These are generally considered to be the qualities of great personalities.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Decorated
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that a person is great if he is decorated with the qualities of being very merciful toward the unfortunate, very powerful, superior, chivalrous, enthusia
stic, expert and truthful. These decorations were manifested in the character of K\'e5\'f1\'eba during His }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govardhana-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At that time the whole tract of land in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was being disturbed by the rains sent by Indra, as described elsewh
ere above. At first K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought, "Let me retaliate against this vengeance of Indra by destroying his heavenly kingdom," but later on, when He thought of the insignificance of the King of heaven, K\'e5\'f1\'eba changed His mind and felt mercifu
l toward Indra. No one is able to tolerate the wrath of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so instead of retaliating against Indra, He simply showed His compassion for His friends in V\'e5nd\'e4vana by lifting the whole of Govardhan Hill to protect them.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Enjoying
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is seen to be always happy and is accustomed to speak smilingly, he is considered to be in the mode of enjoyment. This trait was found in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba when He appeared at the sacrificial arena of King Ka\'e0sa. It is described that the lotus-eyed K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered amongst the wrestlers without being impolite to them, glanced over them with determination, and seemed to them just like an eleph
ant attacking some plants. Even while speaking to them, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was still smiling, and in this way He stood valiantly upon the wrestling dais.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Pleasing
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one's characteristics are very sweet and desirable, his personality is called pleasing. An example of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasing nature is thus described in the
 }{\cs2873\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  "One day while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was awaiting the arrival of 
\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 by the bank of the Yamun\'e4, He began to make a garland of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers. In the meantime, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 appeared there, and at that time Mur\'e4ri [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], the enemy of Mura, glanced over R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 very sweetly."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dependable
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is reliable in all circumstances is called dependable. In this connection R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that even the demons were relying upon the depen
dability of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because they were confident that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would never attack them without due cause. Therefore, with faith and confidence, they used to live with their doors wide open. And the demigods, although afraid of the demons, wer
e confident of the protection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, even in the midst of danger they were engaged in sportive activities. Persons who had never undergone the reformatory ritualistic ceremonies of the }{\cs2873\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  were confident that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would accept only faith and devotion, and so they were engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 and were freed from all anxieties. In other words, all kinds of men, from the demigods down to the uncultured, can rely on the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Steady
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is not disturbed even in a situation of reverses is called steady. This steadiness was observed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba in connection with His killing the de
mon known as B\'e4\'eba. The B\'e4\'eba demon had many hands, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was cutting off these hands one after another. This B\'e4\'eba was a great devotee of Lord \'c7iva and the goddess Durg\'e4. Thus, when B\'e4\'eba was being killed, Lord 
\'c7iva and Durg\'e4 became very furious at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not care for them.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Predominating
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who can affect the mind of everyone is called predominating. As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's predomination is concerned, in the Tenth Canto, 43rd Chapter, 
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.43.17
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mall\'e4n\'e4m a\'e7anir n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 nara-vara\'f9 str\'e9\'eb\'e4\'e0 smaro m\'fcrtim\'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 gop\'e4n\'e4\'e0 sva-jano 'sat\'e4\'e0 k\'f1iti-bhuj\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4st\'e4 sva-pitro\'f9 \'e7i\'e7u\'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 m\'e5tyur bhoja-pater vir\'e4\'f2 avidu\'f1\'e4\'e0 tattva\'e0 para\'e0 yogin\'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 v\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e9n\'e4\'e0 para-devateti vidito ra\'ecga\'e0 gata\'f9 s\'e4graja\'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 mall\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the wrestlers; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7ani\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lightning; }{\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 \'97for the males; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara-vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the best of men; }{\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 \'97for the women; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Cupid; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrti-m\'e4n
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97incarnate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97for the cowherds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-jana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their relative; }{\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 \'97impious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti-bhuj\'e4m}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the kings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4st\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97a punisher; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-pitro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for His parents; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7i\'e7u\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a child; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5tyu\'f9}{\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 bhoja-pate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for th
e King of the Bhojas, Ka\'e0sa; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the totality of the material universe; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidu\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the unintelligent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tattvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the 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 yogin\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yog\'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 v\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e9n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the members of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-devat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97their most worshipable Deity; }{\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 \'97in these ways; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97understood; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ra\'ecgam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the arena; }{\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 \'97He e
ntered; }{\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 \'97along with; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub agra-ja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His elder brother.
\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 The various groups of people in the arena regarded K\'e5\'f1\'eba in different ways when He entered it with His elder brother. The wre
stlers saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a lightning bolt, the men of Mathur\'e4 as the best of males, the women as Cupid in person, the cowherd men as their relative, the impious rulers as a chastiser, His parents as their child, the King of the Bhojas as death, th
e unintelligent as the Supreme Lord's universal form, the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  as the Absolute Truth and the V\'e5\'f1
\'ebis as their supreme worshipable Deity.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 14th}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  verse, of }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described thus by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is a thunderbolt to the wrestlers; to the common man He is the most beautiful human being; to the young girls He is just like Cupid; to the cowherd men and women He is the most intimate relative; to the impious kings He is the supreme ruler; to His paren
ts, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, He is just a baby; to Ka\'e0sa, the King of Bhoja, He is death personified; to the dull and stupid He is just like a stone; to the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  He is the supreme absolute truth; and to the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In such a predominating position K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in that arena along with H
is older brother Balar\'e4ma." When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of all mellows, was present in the arena of Ka\'e0sa, He appeared differently to the different persons who were related to Him in different mellows. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  that He appears to every person according to one's relationship with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes learned scholars describe "predominating" to mean a person intolerant of being neglected. This peculiarity in K\'e5\'f1\'eba was visible when Ka\'e0sa was
 insulting Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda, and Vasudeva asking K\'e5\'f1\'eba's assistance in killing Ka\'e0sa. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was glancing over Ka\'e0sa with longing eyes, just like a prostitute, and He was just preparing to jump at the King.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Meticulous Dresser
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is very fond of dressing Himself is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lalita,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a meticulous dresser. This characteristic was found in K\'e5\'f1\'eba in two ways: sometimes He used to decorate \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 with various marks, and some
times, when He was preparing to kill demons like Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura, He would take care to arrange His belt very nicely.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Magnanimous
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who can give themselves to anyone are called magnanimous. No one could be more magnanimous than K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is always prepared to give Himself
 completely to His devotee. Even to one who is not a devotee, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His form of Lord Caitanya is prepared to give Himself and to grant deliverance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is independent of everyone, out of His causeless mercy He is dependent upon Garga \'c5\'f1i for religious instruction; for learning the mili
tary art He is dependent upon S\'e4tyaki; and for good counsel He is dependent upon His friend, Uddhava.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 25-1970: Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-five
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is called a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that all the transcend
ental qualities discussed above are also found in the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be classified into two groups: those who are cultivating devotional service in order to enter into the transcendental kingdom, and those 
who are already in the perfectional stage of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who has attained the stage of attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who is not freed from the material impasse, but who has qualified himself to enter into the
 kingdom of God, is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhaka. S\'e4dhaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means one who is cultivating devotion in
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The description of such a devotee is found in the Eleventh Canto, 2nd Chapter, 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 is said there that a person wh
o has unflinching faith in and love for the Personality of Godhead, who is in friendship with devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and who is very merciful to the ignorant, raising them to the standard of devotional service, and who is uninterested in nondevotees
, is considered to be situated in the position of cultivating devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is found shedding tears by hearing of the pastimes of the Lord, it is to be understood that the blazing fire of material existence will be extinguished by 
such watering. When there is shivering of the body and the hairs of the body stand up, it is to be understood that the devotee is nearing perfection. An example of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'e4dhaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cultivating devotional service is Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is never tired of executing devotional service and is always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities, constantly relishing the transcendental m
ellows in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the devotee is called perfect. This perfectional stage can be achieved in two ways: one may achieve this stage of perfection by gradual progress in devotional service, or one may become perfect by the causeless
 mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even though he has not executed all the details of devotional service. There is the following nice statement in the Third Canto, 15th Chapter, 25th verse, of }{\cs2873\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  describing a devotee who achieves perfection by regularly executing devotional service: A person who is freed from the false egotism
 of material existence, or an advanced mystic, is eligible to enter into the kingdom of God known as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Such a mystic becomes so joyful by constant execution of the regulative principles of devotional service that he thereby achieves the sp
ecial favor of the Supreme Lord. Yamar\'e4ja, the mighty superintendent of death, is afraid to go near such a devotee; so we can imagine the potency of advanced devotional service, especially when devotees sit together and engage in talking of the pastim
es of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those devotees express their feelings in such a way that they automatically melt with ecstasy, and many transcendental symptoms become manifested in their bodies. Anyone desiring advancement in devotional service
 must follow in the footsteps of such devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j said that no one can attain the perfectional stage of devotional service without bowing down before exalted devotees. Learned sages like M
\'e4rka\'eb\'f2eya \'c5\'f1i attained perfection in devotional service simply by executing such regulative principles of service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person's achieving perfection in devotional service simply by the causeless mercy of the Lord is explained in the }{\cs2873\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 connection with the }{\cs2873\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 their wives who were engaged in performing }{\cs2873\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  or sacrifice. When the wives of the }{\cs2873\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 favored by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and immediately attained the ecstasy of love of Godhead, their husbands began to say, "How wonderful it is that although these women have undertaken no reformatory performances such a
s accepting the sacred thread, have not resided in the monastaries of the spiritual master, have not observed the strict principles of celibacy, have not undergone any austerities, nor philosophized upon the observance of all ritualistic ceremonies\'97th
ey still have attained the favor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is aspired after even by great mystics! How wonderful it is that these women have attained such perfection, while we, although }{\cs2873\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 performed all the reformatory activities, cannot attain to this advanced stage!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar statement by N\'e4rada, addressed to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "My dear \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, you never took the trouble to reside under th
e care of a spiritual master, and yet you have attained such a great status of transcendental knowledge. You never took the trouble to undergo severe austerities, and still, how wonderful it is that you have been situated in the most perfect stage of lov
e of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and the wives of the }{\cs2873\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 performing }{\cs2873\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  are vivid examples of devotees who achieved the perfectional stage of devotional service by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Eternal Perfection
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who have achieved eternal, blissful life exactly on the level of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and who are able to attract Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by their transcen
dental loving service, are called eternally perfect. The technical name is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  T
here are two classes of living entities\'97namely, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-baddha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The distinction is that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddhas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are eternally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious without any forgetfulness, whereas the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-baddhas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or eternally conditioned souls, are forgetful of their relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The position of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddhas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is explained 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  in connection wi
th the narration of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4dev\'e9. The Lord tells Satyabh\'e4m\'e4: "My dear Satyabh\'e4m\'e4dev\'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 eternal associates. My dear wife, you should not consider that My associates are ever separated from Me; they are My personal expansions, and as such, you must know that they are almost as powerful as I am. Be
cause of their transcendental qualities, they are very, very dear to Me, as I am very, very dear to them." Anyone who becomes exhilarated by hearing of the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He was present on this earth with His associates is to be und
erstood as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eternally perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 is the sta
tement: "How wonderful are the fortunate residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, such as Nanda and the other cowherd men. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme }{\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 , has actually become their intimate friend!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is there in the Tenth Canto, 26th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.26.13
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dustyaja\'e7 c\'e4nur\'e4go 'smin
\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\'e4\'e0 no vrajaukas\'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 nanda te tanaye 'sm\'e4su
\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\'e4py autpattika\'f9 katham
\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 dustyaja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97impossible to give up; }{\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 anur\'e4ga\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97loving affection; }{\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 \'97for Him; }{\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 \'97on the part of all; }{\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 vraja-okas\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the residents of Vraja; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97dear Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja; }{\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 tanaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4su}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97toward us; }{\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 \'97on His part; }{\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 autpattika\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97natural; }{\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 \'97ho
w.
\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 Dear Nanda, how is it that we and all the other residents of Vraja cannot give up our constant affection for your son? And how is it that He is so spontaneously attr
acted to us?}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th
 verse, of }{\cs2873\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  When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted Govardhan Hill, the
 cowherd men, under the protection of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, became struck with wonder and went to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j and inquired from him, "My dear Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, how is it that we are so intensely attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 also so affectionately attached to us? Does it mean that He is the supersoul of everyone?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Dv\'e4rak\'e4\'97namely the cowherd men and the members of the Yadu family\'97are eternally perfect devotees of the Lord
. As the Lord descends by His causeless mercy upon this planet, so, in order to help in the pastimes of the Lord, these devotees also come here. They are not ordinary living entities or conditioned souls; they are ever-liberated persons, associates of th
e Personality of Godhead. And, just as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba behaves like an ordinary man when He descends to this planet, so the members of the Yadu dynasty and the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana execute activities just like ordinary men. But they are not o
rdinary men; they are as liberated as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba, Uttara-kha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  section, it is stated: "Just as Lord R\'e4macandra descends along with Lak\'f1ma\'eba and Bharata, an expansion of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba,* so the members of the Yadu dynasty and the cowherd men of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana also descend with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in order to join in the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. When the Supreme Lord returns to His eternal abode, His associates return with Him to their respective places. As such, these ever liberated }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are not bound by the material laws of birth and death."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As is stated in the }{\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  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 o
neself 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is described that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the 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 of Godhead in any of five transcendental mellows\'97namely, neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love. These relation
ships with the Lord are eternal, and therefore }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 26-1970: Stimulation for Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-six
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Stimulation for Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some things which give stimulation to ecstatic love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are His transcendental qualities, His uncommon activities, His smiling features, His apparel, 
His garlands, His flute, His buffalo horn, His leg bells, His conchshell, His footprints, His place of pastimes (such as V\'e5nd\'e4vana), His favorite plant (}{\cs2873\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 ), His devotee and the periodical occasions for remembering Him. One such occasion for remembrance is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which comes twice a month on the eleventh day of the moon, both waning and waxing. On that day all the devotees remain fasting throughout the nig
ht and continually chant the glories of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Transcendental Qualities, \line His Uncommon Activities and His Smile
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental qualities are concerned, they can be divided into three groups: qualities pertaining to His transcendental body, qualities
 pertaining to His transcendental speech, and qualities pertaining to His transcendental mind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's age, His transcendental bodily features, His beauty, and His mildness are qualities pertaining to His body. There is no difference between K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and His body, and therefore the transcendental features pertaining to His body are the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. But because these qualities stimulate the devotee's ecstatic love, they have been analyzed as separate causes of that love. T
o be attracted by the qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba means to be attracted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because there is no real distinction between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His qualities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fame is also 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's entourage is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everything related with K\'e5\'f1\'eba which gives stimulation to love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are all K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but for our understanding these items can be considered
 separately.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all transcendental pleasure. Therefore, the impetuses to love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although seemingly different, are not actually d
istinct from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. In the technical Sanskrit terms, such qualities as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, fame, etc., are accepted both as reservoirs of and stimulation for love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's age is considered in three periods: from His appearance day to the end of His sixth year is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the beginning of the sixth year up to the tenth year is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and from the tenth to the sixteenth year is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kai\'e7ora;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  after the beginning of the sixteenth year, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yauvana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a youth, and this continues with no change.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes are concerned, they are mostly executed during the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra, pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  periods. His affectionate pastimes with His parents are executed during His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age. His friendship with the cowherd boys is exhibited during the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  period. And His friendship with the }{\cs2873\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  is exhibited during the age of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes at V\'e5
nd\'e4vana are finished by the end of His fifteenth year, and then He is transferred to Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4, where all other pastimes are performed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gives us a vivid description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the reservoir of all pleasures in his }{\cs2873\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  Here are some parts of that description.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age can be divided into three parts. In the beginning of His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  age\'97that is, at the beginning of His eleventh year, the luster of His body becomes so bright that it becomes an impetus for ecstatic love. Similarly, there are reddish borders around His eyes, and a growth of soft hairs on His body. In de
scribing this early stage of His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, Kundalat\'e4, one of the residents of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, said to her friend, "My dear friend, I have just seen an extraordinary beauty appearing in the person of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His blackish bodily hue appears just like the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub indran\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewel. There are reddish signs on His eyes, and small soft hairs are coming out on His body. The appearance of these symptoms has made Him extraor
dinarily beautiful."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, in the Tenth Canto, 21st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.21.5
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub barh\'e4p\'e9\'f2a\'e0 na\'f6a-vara-vapu\'f9 kar\'ebayo\'f9 kar\'ebik\'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 bibhrad v\'e4sa\'f9 kanaka-kapi\'e7a\'e0 vaijayant\'e9\'e0 ca m\'e4l\'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 randhr\'e4n ve\'ebor adhara-sudhay\'e4p\'fcrayan gopa-v\'e5ndair
\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\'e5nd\'e4ra\'ebya\'e0 sva-pada-rama\'eba\'e0 pr\'e4vi\'e7ad g\'e9ta-k\'e9rti\'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 barha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a peacock feather; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4p\'e9\'f2am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as the decoration of His head; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub na\'f6a-vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the best of dancers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vapu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the transcendental body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'ebayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on the
 ears; }{\cs2873\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 \'97a particular kind of blue lotuslike flower; }{\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 \'97wearing; }{\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 \'97garments; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kanaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like gold; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kapi\'e7am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97yellowish; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vaijayant\'e9m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97named Vaijayant\'e9; }{\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\'e4l\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the garland; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub randhr\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the holes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of His flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of 
His lips; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sudhay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the nectar; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4p\'fcrayan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97filling up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopa-v\'e5ndai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the cowherd boys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4-ara\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-pada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of the marks of His lotus feet; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rama\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enchanting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
pr\'e4vi\'e7at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He entered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e9ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97being sung; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9rti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His glories.
\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 Wearing a peacock-feather ornament upon His head, blue }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kar\'ebik\'e4ra}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers on His ears, a yellow garment as brilliant as gold, and the Vaijayant\'e9 garland, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited His transcendental form as the greatest of dancers as He entered 
the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, beautifying it with the marks of His footprints. He filled the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips, and the cowherd boys sang His glories.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 5th verse, of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells King
 Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, I shall try to describe how the minds of the }{\cs2873\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  beca
me absorbed in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  would meditate on K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's dressing Himself just like a dancing actor and entering the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, marking the ground with His footprints. They meditated on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's having a helmet with a peacock feather and wearing earrings on His ears and yellow-gold 
colored garments covered with jewels and pearls. They also meditated on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's blowing His flute and on all the cowherd boys' singing of the glories of the Lord." That is the description of the meditation which the }{\cs2873\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  used to perform.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the }{\cs2873\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  would think about His soft nails, moving eyebrows and His teeth, which were catechu colored from chewing pan. One description was given by a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go
p\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to her friend: "My dear friend, just see how the enemy of Agha has assumed such wonderful features! His brows are just like the brows of Cupid, and they are moving just 
as though they were dancing. The tips of His nails are so soft\'97it is as if they were dried bamboo leaves. His teeth are reddish, and so it appears that He has assumed a feature of anger. Under the circumstances, where is the chance for a young girl no
t to be attracted by such beautiful features and not to be afraid of becoming a victim to such beauty?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attractive features are also described by V\'e5nd\'e4, the }{\cs2873\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  after whom V\'e5nd\'e4vana was named. She told K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear M\'e4dhava, Your newly-invented smile has so captivated the hearts of the }{\cs2873\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  that they are simply unable to express themselves! As such, they have become bewildered and will no
t talk with others. All of these }{\cs2873\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  have become so affected that it is as if they ha
d offered three sprinkles of water upon their lives. In other words, they have given up all hope for their living condition." According to the Indian system, when a person is dead there is a sprinkling of water on the body. Thus, the statement of V\'e5nd
\'e4 shows that the }{\cs2873\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 so enchanted by the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that becaus
e they could not express their minds, they decided to commit suicide.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived at the age of thirteen to fourteen years, His two arms and chest assumed an unspeakable beauty, and His whole form became simply enchant
ing. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba attained thirteen years of age, His two arms were challenging the trunks of elephants, His rising chest was trying to come to peace talks with doors of jewels, and His two arms were minimizing the value of the bolts found on door
s. Who can describe the wonderful beauty of these features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? The special beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body was His mild smiling, His restless eyes and His world-enchanting songs. These are the special features of this age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in this connection that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, on arriving at this age, manifested such beautiful bodily features that His restless eyes became the pl
aythings of Cupid, and His mild smile resembled the newly-grown lotus flower. The enchanting vibration of His songs became a great impediment to the young girls, who were supposed to remain chaste and faithful to their husbands.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this age K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoyed the }{\cs2873\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  exhibiting His power of joking with the cowherd girls and enjoying their company in the bushes of the gardens by the bank of the Yamun\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection there is the following statement: "Throughout the whole tract of land known as V\'e5nd\'e4vana there were the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and th
e }{\cs2873\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 in some places peacock feathers were strewn about. In some places there we
re nice beddings in the bushes of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana gardens, and in some places there were piles of dust due to the group-dancing of Govinda and the }{\cs2873\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 some of the features which are due to the different pastimes invented by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the place known as V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following statement by one }{\cs2873\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  describing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attractive feature during this age: "My dear friend, just see how all of a sudden in the sky of K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is a powerful rising sun and how this rising sun is minimiz
ing the rays of our chastity moon. Our attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so intense that it is drying up the lotus flower of our discrimination, and we are losing our senses in deciding whether we shall continue as chaste women or be victimized by the bea
uty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My dear friend, I think that we have lost all hope of life!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, beginning from the eleventh year and continuing up to the end of the fifteenth year, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arms, legs and thighs became marked with three divisional lines. At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba's chest challenged the hill of th
e }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub marakata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewel. His arms challenged the pillars of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indran\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewel, the three lines of His waist challenged the waves of the River Yamun\'e4, and His thighs challenged
 beautiful bananas. One }{\cs2873\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, "With all these exquisite features of His body, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is too extraordinarily beautiful, and therefore I am always thinking of Him to protect me because He is the killer of all demons."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea expressed in this statement is that the }{\cs2873\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 comparing their attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to an attack by demons; and to counteract their attraction for the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were also turning to K\'e5\'f1\'eba hopefully
, because He is the killer of all kinds of demons. In other words they were perplexed because on one hand they were attracted by the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and on the other they needed K\'e5\'f1\'eba to drive away the demon of such attraction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  age can be translated as adolescence. At the end of this period all the }{\cs2873\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  said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the killer of the attraction of Cupid, and as such He disturbs the patience of all newly-married girls. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily features have become so exquisite\'97it is as if they are all manifesting an artistic se
nse of the highest sort. His dancing eyes have dimmed the brilliance of the most expert dancer, and so there is no longer any comparison to the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Learned scholars therefore describe the features of His body at this time as }{
\cs2873\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  newly-invented youthfulness. At this stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily features
, the conjugal love affairs with the }{\cs2873\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 similar pastimes become very prominent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are six features of conjugal love affairs, called peacemaking, picking a quarrel, going to meet one's lover, sitting together, separation and support. Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded an empire of these six features, of which He was the ruling prince. Somewhere He was picking quarrels with the young girls, somewhere He was scratching them with the nails of parrots, somewhere He was busy going to visit the }{
\cs2873\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 somewhere He was negotiating through cowherd friends to take shelter of the }{
\cs2873\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 Some of the }{\cs2873\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  addressed Him thusly: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because of Your adolescent age, You have just become the spiritual master of these young girls, and You are teaching them to whisper among themselves. You are teaching them to offer sole
mn prayers, as well as training them to cheat their husbands and to join You in the gardens at night, without caring for the instructions of their superiors. You are enthusing them by the vibration of Your enchanting flute; and, as their teacher, You are
 teaching them all the intricacies of loving affairs."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that even when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a boy of five He manifested such youthful energies, but learned scholars do not explain them because of the absence of 
suitable age. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was beautiful because every part of His body was perfectly arranged without any defect. Such perfect bodily features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are described as follows: "My dear enemy of Ka\'e0sa, Your broad eyes, Your rising chest, 
Your two pillar-like arms and the thin middle portion of Your body are always enchanting to every lotus-eyed beautiful girl." The ornaments on the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were not actually enhancing His beauty, but just the reverse\'97the ornaments were b
eautified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person is called mild when he cannot even bear the touch of the most soft thing. It is described that every part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body was so soft that even at
 the touch of newly-grown leaves, the color of the touched part of His skin would change. At this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's endeavors were always bent toward arranging the }{\cs2873\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, as well as toward killing the demons in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged in enjoyment with the boys and girls within the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Ka\'e0sa used to send his associates to kill Him, and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba would show His prowess by killing them.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Apparel and Garlands
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, there are four kinds of garments on the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: His shirt, turban, belt and wearing garments. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He used to put on reddi
sh garments, with a golden shirt on His body and an orange colored turban on His head. The different kinds of belts, combined with His enchanting smile, used to always increase the transcendental bliss of His associates. This dress of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is d
escribed as gorgeous. As a baby elephant is sometimes dressed in colorful clothing, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba's gorgeousness was manifested by decoration with such colorful clothing on the different parts of His body.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4kalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the texture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hair, His nicely dressed bo
dy annointed with sandalwood pulp and decorated with flower garlands, His }{\cs2873\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 His 
chewing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba was decorated constantly in this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4kalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hair was sometimes decorated with flowers placed on the middle of His head, or else reachi
ng down to His back. In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba dressed His hair differently at different times. As for the ointment on His body, the pulp of sandalwood generally appeared to be white, and when it was mixed with saffron dye it appeared to be yellow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to put a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaijayant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  garland around His neck. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaijayant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  garland is made of at least five differently colored flowers. The length of such a garland was always touching K\'e5\'f1\'eba's knees or feet. Besides this garland of flowers, there were other kinds of flower garlands too\'97sometimes decora
ting His head, sometimes hanging around His neck and chest. Artistic painting with sandalwood pulp and colored sandalwood were also to be found on the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One }{\cs2873\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  addressed her friend and began to praise the bodily features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She praised His blackish complexion, the reddish color of chewing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pan}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  enhancing His beauty hundreds of times, the curling hair on His head, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ku\'eckuma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a sweetly scented reddish powder which is thrown on the bodies o
f worshipable persons.}}}{\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 red spots on His body and the tilaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on His forehead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His helmet, His earrings, His necklace, His four garments, the bangles on His head, the rings on His fingers, His ankle bells and His flute\'97these are the differe
nt features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ornaments. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the enemy of Agha, always looked beautiful with His incomparable helmet, His earrings made of diamonds, His necklace of pearls, His bangles, embroidered garments and the beautiful rings on His fi
ngers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vanam\'e4l\'e9. Vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means forest and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4l\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means
 gardener, so }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vanam\'e4l\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who extensively uses flowers and garlands on di
fferent parts of His body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dressed like this not only in V\'e5nd\'e4vana but also on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Seeing such colorful dress and the garlands of different flowers, some great sages prayed, "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was 
going to the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra not to fight, but to grace all of the devotees with His presence."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Flute
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as His flute is concerned, it is said that the vibration of this wonderful instrument was able to break the meditation of the greatest sages, and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was thus challenging Cupid by advertising His transcendental glories all over the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three kinds of flutes used by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ve\'ebu,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mural\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and the third is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9. Ve\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very small, not more t
han six inches long, with six holes for whistling. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mural\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is about eighteen inches long
 with a hole at the end and four holes on the body of the flute. This kind of flute produces a very enchanting sound. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flute is about fifteen inches long, with nine holes on its body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to play on these three flutes occasionally when they were needed. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a longer }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4nanda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanmohin\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When it is still longer it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4kar\'f1i\'eb\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  When it is even longer it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandin\'e9.}{\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 \'e4nandin\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flute is very pleasing to the cowherd boys and is technically named }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va\'e0sul\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These flutes were sometimes bedecked with jewels. Sometimes they were made of marble and some
times of hollow bamboo. When the flute is made of jewels it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanmohin\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When m
ade of gold, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4kar\'f1i\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Buffalo Horn
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba used a buffalo horn as a bugling instrument. This instrument was always highly polished and circled with gold bands, and on the middle there was a ho
le. Regarding these instruments, there is a metaphorical statement about a }{\cs2873\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  named T
\'e4r\'e4val\'e9. It is said that T\'e4r\'e4val\'e9 became bitten by the most venomous snake of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute. Then, in order to neutralize the poisonous effect, she drank the milk produced by the buffalo horn in the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But 
instead of decreasing the poisonous effect, it increased it a thousand times. The }{\cs2873\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  
was thus put into the most miserable poisoned condition.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 The Attraction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Leg Bells
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A certain }{\cs2873\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  once stated to her friend, "My dear friend, when I heard the sound of the leg bell of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I immediately started to go out of the house to see Him. But most regrettably, my superiors were present just before me a
t that time, and I could not go out."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Conchshell
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conchshell is known as P\'e4\'efcajanya. This P\'e4\'efcajanya conch is also mentioned in the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba sounded it before the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra. It is said that when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba blows on His tran
scendental conchshell, the wives of the demons become subject to abortions, and the wives of the demigods become blest with all auspiciousness. In this way, the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conchshell used to vibrate and circulate all over the world.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Footprints
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 when Akr\'fcra, who drove K\'e5\'f1\'eba from V\'e5nd\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4, saw the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, his ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased so muc
h that the hairs on his body stood up. His eyes became overflooded with tears, and in such ecstasy he jumped out of the chariot and fell down on the ground and began to chant, "How wonderful this is! How wonderful this is!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similar feelings were expressed by the }{\cs2873\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 they were going to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba's footprints in the dust. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba walked on the ground of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the marks of His sole (flag, thunderbolt, fi
sh, a rod for controlling elephants and lotus flower) would be imprinted upon the dust of the land. The }{\cs2873\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  became overwhelmed simply at seeing those marks on the ground.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Places of Pastimes
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee has exclaimed, "Oh, I have not as yet visited the wonderful places where the pastimes of the Lord were performed. But simply by hearing the name of Math
ur\'e4 I have become overwhelmed with joy!"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Favorite Plant: Tulas\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very fond of }{\cs2873\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 and buds. Because }{\cs2873\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  buds 
are usually offered up to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a devotee once prayed to the }{\cs2873\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  buds to give him some information about the lotus feet of the Lord. The devotee expected that the }{\cs2873\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  buds would know something about the glories of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may sometimes become overwhelmed with joy by seeing a devotee of the Lord. When Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4j saw two associates of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba approaching him, he
 immediately stood up out of sincere respect and devotion and remained before them with folded hands; but because of his ecstatic love he could hardly offer them a proper reception.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement by a }{\cs2873\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  who addressed Subala, a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear Subala, I know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is your friend and you always enjoy smiling and joking with Him. The other day I saw you both standing together, and you were
 keeping your hand upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba's shoulder, and both of you were joyfully smiling. When I saw the two of you standing like that in the distance, my eyes at once became overflooded with tears."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Special Days for Remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many statements about the festive days in connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's different activities. One of these festive days is }{\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  the day of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth. This }{\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  Day is the most opulent festival day for the devotees, and it is still observed with great pomp in every Hindu house in India. 
Sometimes even the devotees of other religious groups take advantage of this auspicious day and enjoy the performance of the ceremony of }{\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  Ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also aroused on the days of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which are other festive days in connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 27-1970: Symptoms of Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-seven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Symptoms of Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The bodily symptoms which are manifested by a devotee in expressing ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Practical examples of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are as follows: dancing, rolling on the ground, singing very loudly, stretching the body, crying loudly, yawning, breathing very heavily, neglecting the presence of others, drooling,
 laughing like a madman, wheeling the head and belching. When there is an extraordinary excess of ecstatic love, with all of these bodily symptoms manifested, one feels relieved transcendentally.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These symptoms are divided into two parts: one is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e9ta,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the other is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1epa\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When there is yawning, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e9ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and when there is dan
cing it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1epa\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dancing
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While watching the }{\cs2873\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 performed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\cs2873\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  Lord
 \'c7iva beheld the beautiful face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and immediately began to dance and beat upon his small }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f2i\'eb\'f2ima}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  drum. While Lord \'c7iva was dancing in ecstasy, his eldest son, Gane\'e7a, joined him.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Rolling on the Ground
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Third Canto, 1st Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 st verse, of }{\cs2873\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  Vidura inquires from 
Uddhava, "My dear friend, is Akr\'fcra in an auspicious condition? He is not only a learned scholar and sinless, but he is also a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has such ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba that I have seen him rolling upon K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's footprints in the dust as if bereft of all senses." Similarly, one }{\cs2873\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  gave a mess
age to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, because of Her separation from Him and because of Her enchantment with the flavor of His flower garlands, was rolling on the ground, thereby bruising Her soft body.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Singing Loudly
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One }{\cs2873\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  informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba that when \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was singing about His glories, She enchanted all of Her friends in such a way that they became stonelike and dull. At the same time, the nearby stones began to melt 
away in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Stretching the Body
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there was stretching of the body of N\'e4rada Muni from chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  he chanted so loudly that it was apprehended that Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha had appeared. Thus all the demons began to flee in different directions. It is als
o said that sometimes when N\'e4rada, the carrier of the }{\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  remembers his Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in great ecstasy, he begins to stretch his body so vigorously that his sacred thread gives way.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Crying Loudly
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\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  once said to K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, by the sound of Your flute \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 has become full of lamentation and fear, and thus, with faltering voice, She is crying like a }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kurobi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bird.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is described that by hearing the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute Lord \'c7iva becomes very puzzled and begins to cry so loudly into space that the demons bec
ome vanquished and the devotees become overwhelmed with joy.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Yawning
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that when the full moon rises, the lotus petals become expanded. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to appear before R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Her face,
 which is compared with the lotus flower, would expand by Her yawning.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Breathing Heavily
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as breathing heavily is concerned, it is stated: "Lalit\'e4 [one of the }{\cs2873\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 ] is just like a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tak\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bird, which only takes water falling directly from the rain cloud and not from any other source." In this statement K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared to the dark cloud, and Lalit\'e4 is compared to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tak\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bird seeking only K\'e5\'f1\'eba's company. The metaphor continues to say, "As a heavy wind sometimes disp
erses a mighty cloud, so the heavy breath from Lalit\'e4's nostrils caused her to miss K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who had disappeared by the time she recovered herself."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Neglecting the Presence of Others
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as neglecting the presence of others is concerned, the wives of the }{\cs2873\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 performing sacrifices at V\'e5nd\'e4vana left home as soon as they heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was nearby. They left their homes without caring for their 
learned husbands. The husbands began to discuss this amongst themselves: "How wonderful is the attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that it has made these women leave us without any care!" This is the influence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Anyone who becomes attracted t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be relieved from the bondage of birth and death, which can be compared to the locked-up homes that were neglected by the wives of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba
s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement by some devotees: "We shall not care for any outsiders. If they should deride us, we shall still not care for them. We shall simply enjoy the transcendental mellow of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus w
e shall roll on the ground and dance ecstatically. In this way we shall eternally enjoy transcendental bliss."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Drooling
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As an example of the running down of saliva from the mouth, it is stated that sometimes when N\'e4rada Muni was chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  he remained stunned for a while, and saliva oozed from his mouth.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Laughing like a Madman
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee laughs very loudly like a madman, it is done out of an extraordinary agitation of ecstatic love within the heart. Such mad laughing is an expression 
of the condition of the heart, which is technically called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f6\'f6a-h\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When a devo
tee becomes affected with this mental condition, his love is expressed through the lips. The laughing sounds, coming one after another, are compared to flowers falling from the creeper of devotion which grows within the heart of the devotee. In the }{
\cs2873\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  devotional service to the Lord is also compared to a creeper which
 rises up to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Wheeling of the Head
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One }{\cs2873\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 friend: "It appears that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the enemy of the demon Agha, has released from His mouth a whirlwind which is acting on your head and is gradually proceeding to do the same to the other lotus-eyed }{\cs2873\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 "
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Belching
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes belching also becomes a symptom of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is evidence of this in Paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9's address to one crying associate of
 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9: "My dear daughter, don't be worried because \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is belching. I am about to offer a remedial measure for this symptom. Do not cry so loudly. This belching is not due to indigestion; it is a 
sign of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I shall arrange to cure this belching symptom immediately. Don't be worried." This statement of Paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9 is evidence that ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes manifested through belching.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes trembling of the whole body and hemorrhaging from some part of the body are also manifested in response to ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but such symp
toms are very rare, and therefore \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 does not discuss any further on this point.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 28-1970: Other Ecstatic Symptoms
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-eight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Other Ecstatic Symptoms
\par }\pard \s1654 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb113\sa113\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Existential Ecstatic Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is always intensely affected by love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a direct relationship with Him\'97or even a little apart from Him\'97his status is called 
existential ecstatic love. The symptoms originating from such existential ecstatic love are divided into three headings\'97namely, moist, burnt and dried-up.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moist existential ecstatic love aroused in connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is divided into two: direct and indirect. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was weaving a garland o
f }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers, and, upon hearing the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, She immediatel
y stopped Her work. This is an example of direct moistened existential ecstatic love. Indirect moistened existential ecstatic love is described in the following statement: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is also called Puru\'f1ottama, is to the eyes of Mother Ya\'e7
od\'e4 just like the cloud is to the eyes of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tak\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bird. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba ha
d been brought to Mathur\'e4, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, being very anxious and angry, began to rebuke the King of Mathur\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Burnt existential ecstatic love is divided into three, and one example is as follows: One day, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was dreaming that the gigantic demon, P\'fctan
\'e4, was lying on the courtyard of her house, and she immediately became anxious to seek out K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there are manifestations of ecstatic symptoms in the body of a nondevotee, these are called dried-up symptoms of ecstatic love. The nondevotees are actually ma
terialistic, but in contact with some pure devotee, they sometimes may manifest some symptoms of ecstasy. Devotional scholars call these dried-up symptoms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are eight symptoms of existential ecstatic love: becoming stunned, perspiring, standing of the hairs on the body, faltering of the voice, trembling of the bod
y, changing bodily colors, shedding tears, and devastation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scientific explanation of these eight symptoms is given by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as follows: When the vital force of life is in contact with the earth, it is ca
lled stunning. When the same force comes into contact with water, there is the shedding of tears. When the same force comes into contact with fire, there is perspiration. When the same force comes into contact with the sky, there is complete devastation.
 And when that force comes into contact with the air, there is trembling, failing of the voice and standing of the hairs on the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These symptoms are sometimes manifested internally and sometimes externally. The pure devotee always feels such symptomatic expressions within himself, but being af
raid of outsiders he does not generally manifest them externally.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Becoming Stunned
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptom of becoming stunned is caused by ecstatic tribulation, fearfulness, astonishment, lamentation and anger. This symptom is exhibited by a stoppage of talk
ing, a stoppage of movement, a feeling of voidness and an extreme feeling of separation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Uddhava was describing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes to Vidura, he said, "One day the }{\cs2873\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  became stunned when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the dress of a gardening maid, entered the greenhouse and enlivened them with joking and laughter. Then when K\'e5
\'f1\'eba left the greenhouse, the }{\cs2873\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 seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba so ecstatically tha
t it was as though both their minds and eyes were following Him." These symptoms signify that although the }{\cs2873\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  business was not finished, they had become stunned with ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another example of being stunned took place when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was surrounded by various wrestlers in the sacrificial arena of Ka\'e0sa. His mother, Devak\'e9,
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Devak\'e9 was the "natural" mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His father being Vasudeva. In order to protect the divine baby from Devak\'e9's brother, Ka\'e0sa, Vasudeva delivered K\'e5\'f1\'eba to N\'e4nda and mother Ya\'e7oda in V\'e5n
d\'e4vana, and it was there that He exhibited His childhood pastimes. At sixteen years of age He returned to Mathur\'e4 (where Devak\'e9 had given birth to Him) and vanquished Ka\'e0sa in the arena mentioned here. See the author's {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\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  as well
 as his }{\cs2873\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 fuller details of these events.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * then became stunned, and her eyes dried up when she saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba amongst the wrestlers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is also an example of the astonishment of Lord Brahm\'e4. It is explained in the Tenth Canto, 13th Chapter, 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 st verse of }{\cs2873\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 when Brahm\'e4 understood that this cowherd boy was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he became stunned. All of his sensual activities became stopped upon seeing all the c
owherd boys again, along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Brahm\'e4 was so stunned that he appeared to be a golden statue with four heads. Also, when the residents of Braja found that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had lifted Govardhan Hill with His left hand, they became stun
ned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Astonishment caused by lamentation is exemplified when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was entering into the belly of the Bak\'e4sura demon and all the demigods from higher planets 
became stunned with lamentation. A similar example of becoming stunned was visible in Arjuna when he saw that A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 was attempting to release his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4
stra\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn The {\cs2873\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  was a nuclear weapon controlled by }{\cs2873
\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 sound vibration.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Perspiration
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of perspiring because of jubilation is described in }{\cs2873\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  One }{\cs2873\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  addressed R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 thusly: "My dear R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, You are rebuking the sunshine unnecessarily, but I can understand that You are perspiring only because of Your becoming too lusty at seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perspiration caused by fearfulness was exhibited by Raktak, one of the servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One day K\'e5\'f1\'eba dressed Himself just like Abhimanyu, the h
usband of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Abhimanyu did not like R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore when Raktak saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the dress of Abhimanyu and thus mistook His identity, he began to strongly rebuke Him. 
As soon as Raktak finally understood that it was K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the dress of Abhimanyu, he began perspiring. This perspiration was caused by fearfulness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perspiration due to anger was exhibited by Garu\'f2a, the eagle who is the carrier of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Once the heavenly king, Indra, was sending torrents of rain over 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Garu\'f2a was observing the incident from above the clouds, and because of his anger, he began perspiring.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Standing of Hairs on the Body
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The standing up of hair on the body was manifested when Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 found within K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mouth all of the universal planetary systems. She had aske
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba to open His mouth wide just to see whether He had eaten dirt. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba opened His mouth, she saw not only the entire earth, but also many other planets within His mouth. This caused a standing up of the hair on her body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The standing up of hair on the body resulting from jubilation is described in the Tenth Canto, 30th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180
\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.30.10
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ki\'e0 te k\'e5ta\'e0 k\'f1iti tapo bata ke\'e7av\'e4\'ecghri-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spar\'e7otsavotpulakit\'e4\'ecga-nahair vibh\'e4si
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apy a\'ecghri-sambhava urukrama-vikram\'e4d v\'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 \'e4ho var\'e4ha-vapu\'f1a\'f9 parirambha\'ebena
\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 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 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 k\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97performed; }{\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 \'97O earth; }{\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 \'97austerity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bat
a}{\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 ke\'e7ava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\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 \'97by the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub spar\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on account of being touched; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utsava}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97due to the joyful experience; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utpulakita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97standing on end in jubilation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecga-ruhai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with your bodily hairs (th
e grass and growing plants on your surface); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibh\'e4si}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97you appear beautiful; }{\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 \'97perhaps; }{\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 \'97by the feet (of K\'e5\'f1\'eba present now on your surface); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambhava\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97generated; }{\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 \'97of Lord V\'e4manade
va, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dwarf incarnation, who covered the entire universe in three mighty steps; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vikram\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of the stepping; }{\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 \'e4ha u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or else perhaps; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub var\'e4ha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's incarnation as a boar; }{\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 \'97by the body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parirambha\'ebena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of the embrace.
\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 mother earth, what austerity did you perform to attain the touch of Lord Ke\'e7ava's lotus feet, which has brought you such great joy that your bodily hairs are st
anding on end? You appear very beautiful in this condition. Was it during the Lord's current appearance that you acquired this ecstatic symptom, or was it perhaps much earlier, when He stepped upon you in His form of the dwarf V\'e4manadeva, or even earl
ier, when He embraced you in His form of the boar Var\'e4hadeva?}}}{\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 th verse of }{\cs2873\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 connection with the }{\cs2873\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  engaged in the }{\cs2873\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. During this }{\cs2873\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 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba disappeared all of a sudden with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and the }{\cs2873\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 
 began to search Him out. At that time they addressed the earth and began to say, "My dear earthly planet, how many austerities and penances you must have undergone to have the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always touching your surface. I think that you m
ust be very jubilant because the trees and plants, which are just like hairs on your body, are standing up so gloriously. May we ask when did you first get these symptoms? Are you enjoying this jubilation since you were touched by the incarnation of V
\'e4mana or since you were delivered by the incarnation of Var\'e4ha?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba would sometimes perform mock fighting along with the cowherd boys. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba blew His horn in this mock fighting, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, who 
was on the opposing side, felt his bodily hairs stand up. Similarly, when Arjuna saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His gigantic universal form, there was a standing of the hairs on his body.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Faltering of the Voice
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was going to Mathur\'e4 on the chariot driven by Akr\'fcra, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and all the }{\cs2873\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  came to try to forbid Him to pass and to block His way. At that time R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was so perturbed that in a faltering voice, 
She requested Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 to please stop Akr\'fcra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Faltering of the voice resulting from wonder was exhibited by Brahm\'e4. It is said in }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 13th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse that, after bowing down before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when Brahm\'e4 began to rise he prayed to the Lord in a faltering voice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 29th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.29.30
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pre\'f1\'f6ha\'e0 priyetaram iva pratibh\'e4\'f1am\'e4\'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 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 tad-artha-vinivartita-sarva-k\'e4m\'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 netre vim\'e5jya ruditopahate sma ki\'efcit
\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\'e0rambha-gadgada-giro 'bruvat\'e4nurakt\'e4\'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 pre\'f1\'f6ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their beloved; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priya-itaram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97just the opposite of a beloved; }{\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 pratibh\'e4\'f1am\'e4\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97addressing them; }{\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 tat-artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for His sake; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vinivartita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desisted from; }{\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 k\'e4m\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their material desires; }{\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 \'97their eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vim
\'e5jya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wiping; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rudita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97their crying; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upahate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having stopped; }{\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 \'97then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki\'efcit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97something; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0rambha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with agitation; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gadgada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97choking up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub gira\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their voices; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abruvata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they spoke; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anurakt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97firmly attached.
\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 Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their beloved, and although they had abandoned all other objects of desire for His sake, He had been speaking to them unfavorably. Noneth
eless, they remained unflinching in their attachment to Him. Stopping their crying, they wiped their eyes and began to speak, their voices stammering with agitation.}}}{\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 th verse, another example of faltering of the voice was exhibited by the }{\cs2873\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 they came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, desiring to dance with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked them to go back to their husbands and homes. The }{\cs2873\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  apparently became very angry and began to talk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with faltering voices.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 39th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.39.56-57
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vilokya su-bh\'e5\'e7a\'e0 pr\'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 bhakty\'e4 paramay\'e4 yuta\'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 h\'e5\'f1yat-tan\'fcruho bh\'e4va-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pariklinn\'e4tma-locana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gir\'e4 gadgaday\'e4stau\'f1\'e9t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattvam \'e4lambya s\'e4tvata\'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 pra\'ebamya m\'fcrdhn\'e4vahita\'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 k\'e5t\'e4\'efjali-pu\'f6a\'f9 \'e7anai\'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 vilokya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(Akr\'fcra) seeing; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-bh\'e5\'e7am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97greatly; }{\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 \'97pleased; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakty\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97with devotion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paramay\'e4}{\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 yuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enthused; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1yat}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97standing on end; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tan\'fc-ruha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the hairs of his body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97out of loving ecstasy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pariklinna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wet; }{\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 \'97his body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub locana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and
 eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gir\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with words; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub gadgaday\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97choking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astau\'f1\'e9t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He offered homage; }{\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 \'97soberness; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4lambya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97taking hold of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
\'e4tvata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the great devotee; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebamya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowing down; }{\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 \'97with his head; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avahita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97attentively; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ta
-a\'efjali-pu\'f6a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97joining his palms in supplication; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7anai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97slowly.
\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 As the great devotee Akr\'fcra beheld all this, he became extremely pleased and felt enthused with transcendental devotion. His intense ecstasy caused His bodily hai
rs to stand on end and tears to flow from his eyes, drenching his entire body. Somehow managing to steady himself, Akr\'fcra bowed his head. Then he joined his palms in supplication and, in a voice choked with emotion, very slowly and attentively began t
o pray.}}}{\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 th verse, of }{\cs2873\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 faltering voice due to jubilation was exhibited by Akr\'fcra when he was shown all of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets resting within t
he River Yamun\'e4. When Akr\'fcra understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he bowed his head to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet and with folded hands began to pray in a faltering voice. There are also examples of faltering of t
he voice caused by fearfulness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends praised Him thusly: "My dear friend, Your flute was given to Your servant, Patr\'e9, and when I asked him to return it he began spea
king in a faltering voice, and his complexion became yellow."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Trembling
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was trying to capture the demon \'c7a\'eckha, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 began trembling out of fearfulness. Similar trembling of the body was exh
ibited in Sahadeva, the younger brother of Nakula. When \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was vehemently blaspheming the Lord, Sahadeva began to tremble out of anger.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trembling of the body was also exhibited by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 out of tribulation. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 trembled as She told one of the }{\cs2873\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  "Don't joke with this disappointing boy! Please ask Him not to approach Me, because He is always t
he cause of all grief for us."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Changing of Bodily Color
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes, due to great aggrievement caused by the dealings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the body changes color. The }{\cs2873\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 addressed the Lord thusly: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, due to separation from You, all of the denizens of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have chan
ged their color. And because of this change of color even the great sage N\'e4rada was thinking of V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a white island in the ocean of milk."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were present in the arena of Ka\'e0sa, Ka\'e0sa's body changed color. Similarly, Indra's face changed color when he saw that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba was protecting all the denizens of Braja by lifting Govardhan Hill. If the color change takes place due to excessive jubilation, the hue turns red. Because such change of color is so rare, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 does not further 
discuss this point.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Tears
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of jubilation, anger, or separation there may be the pouring down of tears from the eyes. When such tears are very cold they are due to jubilation, and when the
y are due to anger the tears become hot. In all cases there is a severe movement of the eyes, and the eyes generally become reddish. There is also an itching sensation which causes the sufferer to rub his eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the lotus-eyed Rukmi\'eb\'e9, the first queen of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, was shedding tears out of ecstatic jubilation, she did not like the tears. Th
ere is a passage in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 begins to shed tears bec
ause of her great affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of shedding tears because of anger was exhibited by Bh\'e9ma when he saw that \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was insulting K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fcya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  arena of sacrifice. Bh\'e9ma wanted to kill \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la immediately, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a did not order him to do so, he became morose with anger. It is described that there were hot tears covering his eyes, as a thin cloud sometimes covers the evening moon. In the evening, when the moon is slightly covered by a thin cloud, it looks very ni
ce, and when Bh\'e9ma was shedding tears on account of his anger, he also looked very nice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  Chapter 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 , verse \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 
\s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.60.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pad\'e4 su-j\'e4tena nakh\'e4ru\'eba-\'e7r\'e9y\'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 bhuva\'e0 likhanty a\'e7rubhir a\'efjan\'e4sitai\'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 \'e4si\'efcat\'e9 ku\'eckuma-r\'fc\'f1itau stanau
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasth\'e4v adho-mukhy ati-du\'f9kha-ruddha-v\'e4k
\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 pad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with her foot; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-j\'e4tena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very tender; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nakha}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of its nails; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aru\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97reddish; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having the effulgence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub likhant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97scratching; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7rubhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97w
ith her tears; }{\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 \'97because of her eye shadow; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asitai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which were black; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4si\'efcat\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sprinkling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  powder; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'fc\'f1itau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97red; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stanau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97breasts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasthau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97she stood still; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97downward; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97her face; }{\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 \'97extreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub du\'f9kha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97due to the sorrow; }{\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 \'97checked; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97her speech.
\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 her tender foot, effulgent with the reddish glow of her nails, she scratched the ground, and tears darkened by her eye makeup sprinkled her }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -reddened breasts. There she stood, face downward, her voice choked up by extreme sorrow.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 23, there is a nice example of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 shedding tears of lamentation. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rukmi\'eb\'e9 were talking, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 became frightened of separation from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and therefore she began scratching the earth with her red, lotus-like nails. Because she was shedding tears, the black ointment from her eyes was dripping, along with the tears, onto her breasts, which were covered with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was so aggrieved that her voice was choked up.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Devastation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is confused by simultaneous happiness and tribulation and does not know what to do, this state of confusion is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pralaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devastation. In this condition of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pralaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one sometimes falls down on the ground, and all the symptoms of ecstatic love become manifest. When the }{\cs2873\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 searching after K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all of a sudden He came out from the bushes and creepers, all of them became stunned and alm
ost senseless. In this state the }{\cs2873\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  appeared very beautiful. This is an example of }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pralaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devastation in happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are also instances of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pralaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in distress. One such example is described in the Tenth Canto, 39th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub 
SB 10.39.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any\'e4\'e7 ca tad-anudhy\'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 niv\'e5tt\'e4\'e7e\'f1a-v\'e5ttaya\'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\'e4bhyaj\'e4nann ima\'e0 lokam
\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-loka\'e0 gat\'e4 iva
\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 any\'e4\'f9}{\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 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 tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anudhy\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by fixed medita
tion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niv\'e5tta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ceased; }{\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 \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ttaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their sensory functions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na abhyaj\'e4nan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they were unaware; }{
\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 \'97of this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lo
kam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97world; }{\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 self-realization; }{\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 \'97the realm; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those who have attained; }{\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 \'97just as.
\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 Other }{\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  entirely stopped their sensory activities and became fixed in meditation on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They lost all awareness of the external world, just like those who attain the platform of self-realization.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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  where \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, when the }{\cs2873\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 missing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were so much absorbed in meditation upon Him that all of their senses stopped functioning, and they lost all bodily sense. It was as though they 
had become liberated from all material conditions."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of the many ecstatic symptoms of the body, the symptom of being stunned is especially significant. According to the degree of being stunned, the vital force wit
hin the body becomes agitated, and due to such a state, the other ecstatic loving symptoms sometimes become altered. These transcendental ecstatic symptoms gradually develop, and in the course of such development, they are sometimes called smoky, sometim
es called blazing, and sometimes called shining. These three degrees are experienced for many, many years and extend to different parts of the body. Unlike the shedding of tears and faltering of the voice, the condition of being stunned is spread all ove
r the body. The shedding of tears and faltering of the voice are simply localized symptoms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The shedding of tears, however, sometimes makes the eyes become swollen and whitish, and sometimes the lenses of the eyes become differently focused. Faltering of t
he voice may sometimes cause choking in the throat and extreme anxiety. As the different symptoms of these ecstatic manifestations are localized, they are accompanied by different local reactions; e.g., when the throat is choked up because of a faltering
 voice, there may be a sound like }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "ghra."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Such sounds choke up the voice, and with extrem
e mental anxiety they may manifest in different ways. All these symptoms are listed under the dried-up existential condition known as smoky, and they are exhibited in different ways.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes, while participating in ceremonies celebrating K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, or in the society of devotees, there is dancing ecstasy. Such sentiments are cal
led blazing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub None of the above symptoms can be manifested without the basic principle of strong attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the smoky condition of such ecstatic expression
s, the symptoms could otherwise be hidden. This type of symptom was experienced by Priest Gargamuni, who was performing some ritualistic ceremony in the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j. When he heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's killing of the Agh\'e4sura demon, 
there were some tears visible in his eyes, his throat was trembling, and perspiration covered his whole body. In this way Priest Gargamuni's beautiful face assumed a nice condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When several such ecstatic symptoms are visible, the condition is called blazing. For example, some of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends told Him, "My dear friend, as soon a
s I heard the sound of Your flute from within the forest, my hands became almost motionless and my eyes became full of tears. So much so, in fact, that I could not recognize Your peacock feather. My thighs became almost completely stunned so that I could
 not move even an inch. Therefore, my dear friend, I must acknowledge the wonderful vibration of Your transcendental flute."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, one }{\cs2873\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 another, "My dear friend, when I heard the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, I tried to hide myself from the reaction of the vibrations. But still I could not check the trembling of my body, and therefore all of my friend
s in the house could detect my attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba without any doubt."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the ecstatic symptoms cannot be checked, and they simultaneously appear in four or five different categories, this stage of ecstatic love is called shining. Th
e example is cited, in this connection, that when the sage N\'e4rada saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba standing before him, his body became so stunned that he stopped playing on 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  Because of his faltering voice he could not offer any prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and his eyes became filled with tears. Thus, N\'e4rada's ability to
 see K\'e5\'f1\'eba was also obstructed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When similar symptoms were manifest in the body of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, some of Her friends criticized Her: "My dear friend, You are blaming t
he flavor of the flowers for the tears in Your eyes. You are rebuking the air for the standing of the hairs on Your body. And You are cursing Your walking in the forest for Your thighs being stunned. But Your faltering voice reveals the cause to be diffe
rent: it is just Your attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 remarks that when various symptoms become manifest very prominently, the devotee's condition can be called the brightest. For exam
ple, a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed Him as follows: "My dear P\'e9t\'e4mbara, because of separation from You all the residents of Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana are perspiring. They are lamenting with different words, and their eyes have become moistened w
ith tears. Actually, all of them are in great confusion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a supreme symptom of ecstatic love which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  expression was possible only in R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, but later on when \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya appeared to feel the mode of love of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, He also expressed all of the symptoms of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says in this connection that when the symptoms of ecstatic love bec
ome the most bright, that stage is accepted as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 further analyzes the ecstatic loving expression into four divisions which are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4ttv\'e4bh\'e4s\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes impersonalists who are not actually in devotional service may also exhibit such symptoms of ecstatic love, but this is not accepted as actual ecstasy. It 
is a reflection only. For example, sometimes in V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9, a holy city for impersonalist scholars, there may be seen a }{\cs2873\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  crying from hearing the glories of the Lord. Impersonalists also sometimes chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 dance, but their aim is not to serve the Lord. It is to become one with the Lord and merge into His existence. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore says that even if the reacti
ons to chanting are manifested in the impersonalist's body, they should not be considered to be symptoms of actual attachment, but reflections only, just like the sun reflected in a dark room through some polished glass. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, however, is so nice and transcendental that it will eventually melt even the hearts of persons who are impersonalists. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that the impersonalists' symptoms are simply reflections of ecstatic love, not the real thing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is found that when staunch logicians, without any trace of devotional service and without actually understanding the transcendental glories of the Lord
, sit down to hear the glories of the Lord, they appear to be melting and shedding tears. In this connection there is a statement by a devotee who is addressing the Lord thusly: "My dear Mukunda, I cannot properly express the glories of Your pastimes. Ev
en when the nondevotees hear of Your glorious pastimes they become affected and shed tears and start to tremble." Such nondevotees are not actually melted; they are hard-hearted. But the influence of the glories of the Lord is so great that even the nond
evotees sometimes shed tears.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is found that a nondevotee who has practically no taste for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who follows no rules or regulations can, by practice, make a show of dev
otional symptoms, even crying in an assembly of devotees. This shedding of tears is not actually an ecstatic loving expression, however. It is done simply by practice. Although there is no need to describe these reflections of ecstatic love, R\'fcpa Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 gives some instances where there is no actual devotional service and such expressions are manifested.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 29-1970: Expressions of Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-nine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Expressions of Love for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are some bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love. They are counted at thirty-one as follows: disappointment, lamentation, humility, guilt, fa
tigue, intoxication, pride, doubt, apprehension, intense emotion, madness, forgetfulness, disease, confusion, death, laziness, inertness, bashfulness, concealment, remembering, argumentativeness, anxiety, thoughtfulness, endurance, happiness, eagerness, 
haughtiness, envy, impudence, dizziness and alertness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Disappointment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is forced to act in a way which is forbidden, or to refrain from acting in a way which is proper, he becomes regretful and thinks himself dishonored. At th
at time there is a sense of disappointment. In this kind of disappointment one becomes full of anxiety, sheds tears, changes bodily color, feels humility and breathes heavily.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in punishing the K\'e4liya serpent, appeared to have drowned Himself in the poisonous water of the Yamun\'e4, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j addressed Ya
\'e7od\'e4 Dev\'e9 thusly: "My dear wife, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has gone deep into the water, and so there is no longer any need to maintain our bodies, which are so full of sinful activities! Let us also enter into the poisonous water of the Yamun\'e4 and comp
ensate for the sinful activities of our lives!" This is an instance of severe shock, where the devotee becomes greatly disappointed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Subala, His intimate friend, decided to leave also. While leaving, Subala was contemplating that without K\'e5\'f1\'eba th
ere was no longer any pleasure to be found in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The analogy is given that, as the bees go away from a flower that has no honey, so Subala left V\'e5nd\'e4vana when he found there was no longer any relishable transcendental pleasure there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4na-keli-kaumud\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 addresses one of Her friends in this manner: "My dear friend, if I cannot hear of the glorious activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is better for Me to become deaf. And because I am now u
nable to see Him, it would be good for Me to be a blind woman." This is another instance of disappointment due to separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, one of the queens of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, tells her husband: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, since I heard N\'e4rada glorifying Rukmi\'eb\'e9 before You, I can understand th
at there is no need of any talking about myself." This is an instance of disappointment caused by envy. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 were co-wives, and because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was husband of both, there naturally was some feminine envy between them.
 So when Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 heard the glories of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, she was envious of her and thus became disappointed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 51st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.51.47
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mamai\'f1a k\'e4lo 'jita ni\'f1phalo gato
\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\'e4jya-\'e7riyonnaddha-madasya bh\'fc-pate\'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 marty\'e4tma-buddhe\'f9 suta-d\'e4ra-ko\'e7a-bh\'fc\'f1v
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4sajjam\'e4nasya duranta-cintay\'e4
\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 mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my; }{\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 k\'e4la\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O unconquerable one; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1phala\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fruitlessly; }{\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 \'97now gone; }{\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 \'97by kingdom; }{\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 \'97and opulence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unnaddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97built up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madasya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose intoxication; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcpate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97a king of the earth; }{\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 \'97the mortal 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 \'97as the self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub buddhe\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose mentality; }{\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 \'97to chi
ldren; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ko\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97treasury; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fc\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and land; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sajjam\'e4nasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97becoming attached; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub duranta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97endless; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cintay\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with anxiety.
\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 I have wasted all this time, O unconquerable one, becoming more and more intoxicated by my domain and opulence as an earthly king. Misidentifying the mortal body as 
the self, becoming attached to children, wives, treasury and land, I suffered endless anxiety.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is this statement: "My dear K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, I cannot say that it is only other people who are implicated in material existence, because I too am much entangled with the bodily concept of life. I am always too anxious about my family, home, wife, wealth, land and kingdom. And because I h
ave been so maddened by this material atmosphere, I am thinking now that my life has been simply spoiled." This statement is an instance of disappointment caused by lamentation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Bharata Muni, this disappointment is inauspicious. But there are other learned scholars who have accepted such disappointment as being in the mood of n
eutrality and as being a preservative for ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Lamentation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is unsuccessful in achieving his desired goal of life, when one finds no fulfillment in his present occupation, when one finds himself in reversed conditio
ns and when one feels guilt\'97at such a time one is said to be in state of lamentation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this condition of lamentation one becomes questioning, thoughtful, tearful, regretful and heavy-breathed. His bodily color changes, and his mouth becomes dry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One aged devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed Him in this way: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O killer of the demon Agha, my body is now invalid due to old age. I cannot s
peak very fluently, my voice is faltering, my mind is not strong, and I am often attacked with forgetfulness. But, my dear Lord, You are just like the moonlight, and my only real regret is that for want of any taste for Your pleasant shining I did not ad
vance myself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." This statement is an instance of lamentation due to one's being unable to achieve his desired goal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee said, "This night I was dreaming of collecting various flowers from the garden, and I was thinking of making a garland to offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But I
 am so unfortunate that all of a sudden my dream was over, and I could not achieve my desired goal!" This statement is an instance of lamentation resulting from nonfulfillment of one's duties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j saw his foster son, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, embarrassed in the sacrificial arena of Ka\'e0sa, he said, "How unfortunate I am that I did not keep my
 son bolted within a room. Unfortunately, I have brought Him to Mathur\'e4, and now I see that He's embarrassed by this giant elephant named Kuvalaya. It is as though the moon of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eclipsed by the shadow of the earth." This is an instance
 of lamentation caused by reversed conditions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.14.9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'e7ye\'e7a me 'n\'e4ryam ananta \'e4dye
\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\'e4tmani tvayy api m\'e4yi-m\'e4yini
\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\'e0 vitatyek\'f1itum \'e4tma-vaibhava\'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 hy aha\'e0 kiy\'e4n aiccham iv\'e4rcir agnau
\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 pa\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97just see; }{\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 me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4ryam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97contemptible behavior
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97against the unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the primeval; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-\'e4tmani}{\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 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 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 m\'e4yi-m\'e4yini}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the masters of illusion; }{\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 \'97(my) illusory potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vitatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spreading; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9k\'f1itum}{\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 \'e4tma}{\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 vaibhavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97power; }{
\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kiy\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97how m
uch; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aiccham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I desired; }{\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 \'97just like; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arci\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97a small spark; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agnau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in comparison to the whole fire.
\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 My Lord, just see my uncivilized impudence! To test Your power I tried to extend my illusory potency to cover You, the unlimited and primeval Supersoul, who bewilder
 even the masters of illusion. What am I compared to You? I am just like a small spark in the presence of a great fire.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is a statement by Brahm\'e4: "My dear Lord, just see my impudence! You are unlimited, the ori
ginal Personality of Godhead, the supersoul\'97and You rule over the most perfect illusory energies! And just see my impudence! I wanted to supersede You by my own personal power, and I was very puffed up with this tiny power of mine. Just as a simple sp
ark from a fire cannot do any harm to the fire, so my bewildering potency was completely unsuccessful in thwarting Your superior illusory power. Therefore I find myself to be most insignificant and think of myself as a most useless person." This statemen
t by Brahm\'e4 is an instance of lamentation caused by committing an offense.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Humility
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A sense of weakness caused by distress, fearfulness or offensiveness is called humility. In this condition one becomes talkative, small in heart, dirty in mind, ful
l of anxiety and inactive.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 51st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.51.57
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ciram iha v\'e5jin\'e4rtas tapyam\'e4no 'nut\'e4pair
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avit\'e5\'f1a-\'f1a\'f2-amitro 'labdha-\'e7\'e4nti\'f9 katha\'efcit
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eba-da samupetas tvat-pad\'e4bja\'e0 par\'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 abhayam \'e5tam a\'e7oka\'e0 p\'e4hi m\'e4pannam \'e9\'e7a
\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 ciram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for a long time; }{\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 v\'e5jina}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by disturbances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97distressed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapyam\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97tormented; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anut\'e4pai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with remorse; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avit\'e5\'f1a}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unsatiated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f1a\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97six; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amitra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose enemies (the five senses and the mind); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alabdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not attaining; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nti\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97peace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub katha\'efcit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97b
y some means; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O bestower; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samupeta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who have approached; }{\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-abjam}{\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 para-
\'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 abhayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97fearless; }{\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 truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7okam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97free from sorrow; }{\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 protect; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4}{\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 \'e4pannam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who am confronted with dangers; }{\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.
\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 For so long I have been pained by troubles in this world and have been burning with lamentation. My six enemies are never satiated, and I can find no peace. Therefor
e, O giver of shelter, O Supreme Soul, please protect me. O Lord, in the midst of danger I have by good fortune approached Your lotus feet, which are the truth and which thus make one fearless and free of sorrow.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 39}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is the following statement by King Mucukunda: "My dear Lord, because of my bad deeds in the past I am everlastingly aggrieved. I am always suffering from my desires, but still 
my senses are never satisfied with material enjoyments. Somehow or other I am, by Your grace, now in a peaceful condition because I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, which are always free from all lamentation, fear and death. O supreme protector, O 
supreme soul! O supreme controller! Kindly give me Your protection. I am so much embarrassed." This statement by Mucukunda is an instance of humility resulting from a severely miserable condition of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Uttar\'e4 was attacked by the }{\cs2873\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  of A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4, she became afraid of losing her child, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it, who was still within the womb. She immediately surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and said, "My dear Lord, kindly sa
ve my child! I do not mind if I myself must be killed by the }{\cs2873\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  of A\'e7vatth
\'e4m\'e4." This is an instance of humility caused by fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.14.10
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ata\'f9 k\'f1amasv\'e4cyuta me rajo-bhuvo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hy aj\'e4natas tvat-p\'e5thag-\'e9\'e7a-m\'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 aj\'e4valep\'e4ndha-tamo-'ndha-cak\'f1u\'f1a
\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\'f1o 'nukampyo mayi n\'e4thav\'e4n iti
\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 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 k\'f1amasva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please excuse; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O infallible Lord; }{\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 
\'97me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raja\'f9-bhuva\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who have taken birth in the mode of passion; }{\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 aj\'e4nata\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being ignorant; }{\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 \'97
from You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5thak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97separate; }{\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 \'97a controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4nina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97presuming myself; }{\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 \'97the unborn creator; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avalepa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the covering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andh
a-tama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by such darkness of ignorance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andha}{\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 cak\'f1u\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my eyes; }{\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 person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anukampy
a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97should be shown mercy; }{\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 \'97Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4tha-v\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having as his master; }{\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 thinking.
\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 Therefore, O infallible Lord, kindly excuse my offenses. I have taken birth in the mode of passion and am therefore simply foolish, presuming myself a controller ind
ependent of Your Lordship. My eyes are blinded by the darkness of ignorance, which causes me to think of myself as the unborn creator of the universe. But please consider that I am Your servant and therefore worthy of Your compassion.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10th verse of }{\cs2873\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 Brahm\'e4 says, "O infallible one! I am born in the modes of passion, and therefore I have been falsely proud of being the creator of this material world. My false pride was just like dense darkness, and in this darkness I had b
ecome blind. In my blindness I was considering myself a competitor to You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But, my dear Lord, even though I am accepted as the creator of this universe, I am eternally Your servant. Therefore, kindly always be compassi
onate toward me and excuse me in that way." This statement by Brahm\'e4 is another instance of humility resulting from committing an offense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes there is humility due to shyness. For example, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba stole all of the garments from the }{\cs2873\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  while they were bathing in the river, all of them begged K\'e5\'f1\'eba not to commit this injustice upon them. The }{\cs2873\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  addressed Him thus: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we know that You are the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4
j and that You are the most beloved of all V\'e5nd\'e4vana. And You are very much loved by us also! But why are You giving us this trouble? Kindly return our garments. Just see how we are trembling from the severe cold!" This humility was due to their sh
yness from being naked before K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Guilt
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person blames himself for committing an inappropriate action, his feeling is called guilt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was churning curd for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At that time the jeweled bangles on Her hands were circling around, and She 
was also chanting the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All of a sudden She thought, "I am chanting the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and My superiors\'97My mother-in-law and My sister-in-law\'97may hear Me!" By this thought R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 became ove
ranxious. This is an instance of feeling guilty because of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day the beautiful-eyed \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 entered into the forest to collect some flowers to prepare a garland for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While 
collecting the flowers, She became afraid that someone might see Her, and She felt some fatigue and weakness. This is an instance of guilty feelings caused by labor for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rasa-sudh\'e4kara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that after passing the night with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 became so weak that She was unable to get up from bed. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba took Her hand to help Her, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 fe
lt guilty about having passed the night with Him.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Fatigue
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fatigue is felt after walking a long distance, after dancing and after sex activity. In this kind of fatigue there is dizziness, perspiration, inactivity of the lim
bs, yawning and very heavy breathing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day Ya\'e7od\'e4 was chasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the yard after He had offended Her. After a while Ya\'e7od\'e4 became very fatigued, and therefore she was perspi
ring, and her bunched hair became loosened. This is an instance of becoming fatigued because of working too much.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes all of the cowherd friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Balar\'e4ma, danced together in some ceremony. At these times the garlands on Their necks would m
ove, and They would begin to perspire. Their whole bodies became wet from Their ecstatic dancing. This is an instance of fatigue caused by dancing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 33rd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.33.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 rati-vih\'e4re\'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 \'e7r\'e4nt\'e4n\'e4\'e0 vadan\'e4ni sa\'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\'e4m\'e5jat karu\'eba\'f9 prem\'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 \'e7antamen\'e4\'ecga p\'e4\'ebin\'e4
\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 t\'e4s\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of them, the }{\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 rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of conjugal love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vih\'e4re\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the
 enjoyment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e4nt\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who were fatigued; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vadan\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the faces; }{\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 pr\'e4m\'e5jat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wiped; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karu\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97merciful; }{\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 \'e7antamena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97most comforting; }{\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 \'97my dear (King Par\'e9k\'f1it); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4\'ebin\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with His hand.
\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 Seeing that 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  were fatigued from conjugal enjoyment, my dear King, merciful K\'e5\'f1\'eba lovingly wiped their faces with His comforting hand.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20th verse it is said that after enjoying love affairs with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by dancing, embracing and kissing, the }{\cs2873\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  would sometimes become very tired, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, out of His causeless mercy and compassion, would smear their faces with
 His lotus hands. This is an example of fatigue caused by laboring in the }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Intoxication
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one becomes arrogant with false prestige due to drinking intoxicants or being too lustful, the voice becomes faulty, the eyes become swollen, and there are sym
ptoms of redness on the body. There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that Lord Bala
deva, intoxicated from drinking excessive quantities of honey, once began to address the ants: "O you kings of the ants! Why are you hiding yourselves in these holes?" At the same time He also addressed the King of heaven: "O King Indra! You plaything of
 \'c7ac\'e9! Why are you laughing? I am now prepared to smash the whole universe, and I know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not be angry with Me."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Baladeva, or Balar\'e4ma, is the elder brother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is an expansion of t
he Godhead Himself, and therefore to be considered and incarnation of God, as explained in {\cs2873\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 * Then He addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tell Me immediately why the whole world is trembling, and why the moon has become elongated! And O you members of the Yadu dynasty, why are you laughing at Me?
 Please give me back My liquors made of honey from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower!" \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcp
a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 prays that Lord Balar\'e4ma will be pleased with all of us while He is thus talking just like an intoxicated person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this state of intoxication, Balar\'e4ma felt tired and lay down for rest. Generally, those who are exalted personalities lie down when they feel intoxicated, whe
reas those who are mediocre laugh and sing during intoxication, and those who are lowly use vulgar language and sometimes cry. Such intoxication is manifested according to different ages and mentalities. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 does not describ
e further in this direction because there is no necessity for such a discussion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another description of the symptoms of intoxication in the person of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 after She saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba: sometimes She was wal
king hither and thither, sometimes She was laughing, sometimes She was covering Her face, sometimes She was talking without any meaning, and sometimes She was praying to Her associate }{\cs2873\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  Seeing these symptoms in R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the }{\cs2873\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  began to talk among themselves: "Just see how R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 has become intoxicated simply by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba before Her!" This is an instance of ecstatic love
 in intoxication.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Pride
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Expressions of ecstatic love in pride may be the result of excessive wealth, exquisite beauty, first-class residence, or the attainment of one's ideal goal. One is 
also considered to be proud when he does not care about the neglect of others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are leaving me, forcibly getting out of my clutches. But I shall be impressed by Your strength only whe
n You can go forcibly from the core of my heart." This is an instance of feeling pride in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once during the }{\cs2873\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, when R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 left the arena, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to seek Her out, one of the dear friends of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 began to address K\'e5\'f1\'eba thusly: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You have been ver
y much obliging in serving the form of our \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and now You have left all the other }{\cs2873\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  to search for Her. Please allow me to inquire how You want Her to treat You." This is an instance of feeling pride on account of exquisite beauty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 felt pride within Herself and said, "Although the cowherd boys prepare nice flower garlands for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when I present My
 garland to Him, He becomes struck with wonder and immediately accepts it and puts it on His heart."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the Tenth Canto, 2nd Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse of }{\cs2873\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 Brahm
\'e4 says: "My dear Madhus\'fcdana, persons who are pure devotees of Your Lordship actually feel Your ecstatic friendship, and as such they are never vanquished by enemies. They know they are always protected by You, and so they can matter-of-factly pass
 over the heads of their enemies without any care." In other words, one who has taken complete shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord is always proud of being able to conquer all enemies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One weaver at Mathur\'e4 addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way: "My dear King of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I have become so proud of Your causeless mercy upon me that I do no
t even count upon the mercy of the Lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, which is sought after by many great sages in deep meditation." In other words, although the }{\cs2873\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 great sages sit in meditation upon Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is residing in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so proud that he does not consider such meditation to be v
ery valuable. This feeling of pride is due to one's having achieved the highest goal of life\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Doubt
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Lord Brahm\'e4 had stolen all of the calves, cows and cowherd boys from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was trying to go away. But all of a sudden he became doubtful about
 his stealing affairs and began to watch on all sides with his eight eyes. Lord Brahm\'e4 has four heads, and therefore he has eight eyes. This is an instance of ecstatic love in doubtfulness, caused by stealing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, just to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Akr\'fcra stole the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Syamantaka-}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ebi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a stone which can produce unlimited quantities of gold, but later on he repented his stealing
. This is another instance of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in doubt caused by stealing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King of heaven, Indra, was advised to surrender himself at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba when he was causing torrents of rain to fall on the land of Braja. A
t that time Indra's face became very darkened out of doubtfulness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Apprehension
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person becomes disturbed in his heart by seeing lightning in the sky, by seeing a ferocious animal, or by hearing a tumultuous sound, his state of mind is ca
lled apprehensive. In such a state of apprehension, one tries to take shelter of something which provides safety. There may be standing of the hairs on the body, trembling of the body and sometimes the committing of mistakes. And sometimes the body may b
ecome stunned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the following statement: "My dear friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's residence in the demonic circle at Mathur\'e4, under the supremacy of the King of demons, Ka\'e0sa, is causing me much worry." This is one instance of apprehend
ing some danger to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ecstatic love for Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When V\'e5\'f1\'e4sura appeared in V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a bull, all of the }{\cs2873\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  became greatly affected with fear. Being perturbed in that way, they began to embrace the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub t\'e4mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees. This is an instance of fearfulness caused by a ferocious animal and of the search for shelter while remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ecstatic love. U
pon hearing the jackals crying in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 sometimes became very careful about keeping K\'e5\'f1\'eba under her vigilance, fearing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba might be attacked by them. This is an instance of ecstatic lo
ve for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in fearfulness caused by a tumultuous sound. This kind of fearfulness is a little different from being actually afraid. When one is afraid of something, he can still think of past and future. But when there is this kind of ecstatic 
apprehension, there is no scope for such thinking.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Intense Emotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Emotion is caused by something very dear, by something very detestable, by fire, strong wind, strong rainfall, by some natural disturbance, the sight of a big eleph
ant, or the sight of an enemy. When there is emotion caused by seeing something very dear, one can speak very swiftly and use kind words. When there is emotion caused by seeing something detestable, one cries very loudly. When there is emotion caused by 
seeing fire, one tries to fly away. There may also be trembling of the body, closing of the eyes and tears in the eyes. When one becomes emotional on account of a strong wind, one tries to run very swiftly and rubs his eyes. When one is emotional because
 of rainfall, one takes an umbrella, and there is tension in his body. When there is emotion due to a sudden disturbance, one's face becomes discolored, one becomes struck with wonder, and there is trembling of the body. If there is emotion from seeing a
n elephant, one may jump, show various signs of fearfulness, and sometimes one may keep looking behind him. When there is emotion due to the presence of an enemy, one looks for a fatal weapon and tries to escape.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned from the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was so emotional from seeing her son that milk began to flow from her breasts. 
This is an instance of emotion caused by seeing a dear object.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 23rd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.23.18
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rutv\'e4cyutam up\'e4y\'e4ta\'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 nitya\'e0 tad-dar\'e7anotsuk\'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 tat-kath\'e4k\'f1ipta-manaso
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub babh\'fcvur j\'e4ta-sambhram\'e4\'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 \'e7rutv\'e4}{\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 acyutam}{\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 up
\'e4y\'e4tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97come nearby; }{\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 \'97constantly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-dar\'e7ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the sight of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utsuk\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eager; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by descriptions of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4k\'f1pita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97enchanted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manasa\'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 babh\'fcvu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they became; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4ta-sambhram\'e4
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97excited.
\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 wives of 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  were always eager to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for their minds had been enchanted by descriptions of Him. Thus as soon as they heard that He had come, they became very excited.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 informs King Par\'e9k\'f1it
: "My dear King, the wives of the }{\cs2873\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 usually very much attached to the g
lorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they were always anxious to get an opportunity to see Him. Because of this, when they heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was nearby, they became very anxious to see Him and immediately left their homes." This is an instance of 
emotional activity caused by the presence of someone who is very dear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When P\'fctan\'e4, the demoniac witch, was struck down and killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was struck with wonder and began to cry emotionally, "Oh, w
hat is this? What is this?" When she saw that her dear baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing on the chest of the dead demonic woman, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, at a loss what to do, began to walk this way and that. This is an instance of being emotional on account o
f seeing something ghastly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba uprooted the two }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees and Ya\'e7od\'e4 heard the sound of the trees crashing down, she became overcome with emotion and simply stared upwards, being too bewildered to know what else to do. This is an instance of being em
otional from hearing a tumultuous sound.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there was a forest fire in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the cowherd men assembled together and desperately appealed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for protection. This is an instan
ce of emotion caused by fire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whirlwind demon known as T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta once carried K\'e5\'f1\'eba off from the ground and blew Him around, along with some very big trees. At that time, M
other Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not see her son, and she was so disturbed that she began to walk this way and that. This is an instance of emotion caused by severe wind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 25th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.25.11
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty-\'e4s\'e4r\'e4ti-v\'e4tena
\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\'e7avo j\'e4ta-vepan\'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 gop\'e4 gopya\'e7 ca \'e7\'e9t\'e4rt\'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 govinda\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 yayu\'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 ati-\'e4s\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the excessive rainfall; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ati-v\'e4tena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the excessive wind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7ava\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cows and other animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4ta-vepan\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97trembling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
he cowherd men; }{\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 cowherd ladies; }{\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 \'e7\'e9ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the cold; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97distressed; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Lord Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e7ara\'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 yayu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97they went.
\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 cows and other animals, shivering from the excessive rain and wind, and the cowherd men and ladies, pained by the cold, all approa
ched Lord Govinda for shelter.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is a description of Indra's causing severe torrents of rain at V\'e5nd\'e4vana. All the cows and cowherd boys became so afflicted by the wind and cold that they all gathered together to take shelter
 under the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is an instance of emotion caused by severe rainfall.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There were severe torrents of hail when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was staying in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the elderly persons bade Him: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, don't You mo
ve now! Even persons who are stronger and older than You cannot move, and You are just a little boy. So please stay still!" This is an instance of emotion caused by heavy hailing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was chastising K\'e4liya in the poisonous water of the Yamun\'e4, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 began to speak emotionally: "Oh, see how the earth appears
 to be trembling! There appears to be an earth tremor, and in the sky tears are flying here and there! My dear son has entered into the poisonous water of the Yamun\'e4. What shall I do now?" This is an instance of emotion resulting from a natural distur
bance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the arena of Ka\'e0sa, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was attacked by big elephants, all of the ladies present began to address Him in this way: "My dear boy\'97please leav
e this place immediately! Please leave this place immediately! Don't You see the big elephants coming to attack You? Your innocent gazing upon them is causing us too much perturbation!" K\'e5\'f1\'eba then told Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, "My dear Mother, don't
 be perturbed by the appearance of the elephants and the horses that are so forcibly coming and raising dust, causing blindness to these lotus-eyed women. Let even the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon come before Me; My arms will still be adequate for victory. So please
 don't be perturbed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a friend tells Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4: "How wonderful it is that when the \'c7a\'eckhac\'fc\'f2a demon\'97vast and strong as a great hill\'97attacked your Cupid-like beautiful son, there was no one present in V\'e5nd\'e4vana to hel
p. And yet the demon was killed by your little son. It appears to be due to the result of severe penances and austerities in your past lives that your son was saved in this way."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is an account of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kidnapping Rukmi\'eb\'e9 at her royal marriage ceremony. At that time all of the princes present began to converse amongst themselves, saying, "We have our elephants, horses, char
iots, bows, arrows and swords, so why should we be afraid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Let us attack Him! He is nothing but a lusty cowherd boy! He cannot take away the Princess in this way! Let us all attack Him!" This is an instance of emotion caused by the pres
ence of enemies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is trying to prove by the above examples that in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no question of impersonalism. All perso
nal activities are there in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Madness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur prays in his book as follows: "Let \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 purify the whole world, because She has surrender
ed Herself completely unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Out of Her ecstatic love for Him, She sometimes acted just like an addled person and attempted to churn curd, although there was no curd in the pot. And seeing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became so enchanted by R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 that He began to milk a bull instead of a cow." These are some of the instances of insanity or madness in connection with the love affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\cs2873\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 is said that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the poisonous waters of the Yamun\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Ya\'e7od\'e4 D
ev\'e9 went insane. Instead of searching for curative herbs, she began to speak to the trees as if they were snake chanters. With folded hands she began to bow down to the trees, asking them, "What is the medicinal herb which can check K\'e5\'f1\'eba's d
ying from this poisonous water?" This is an instance of insanity caused by some great danger.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How a devotee can be in a state of insanity because of ecstatic love is described in the Tenth Canto, 30th Chapter, 4th verse of }{\cs2873\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  where the }{\cs2873\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 searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The }{\cs2873\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 loudly singing the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and wandering from one forest to another in search of Him. They knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not localize
d, but all-pervading. He is in the sky, He is in the water, He is in the air, He is the supersoul in everyone's heart. Thus the }{\cs2873\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  began to inquire from all kinds of trees and plants about the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is an instance of ecstatic madness on the part of devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there are symptoms of diseases caused by ecstatic love. This condition is credited by learned scholars as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This highly elevated condition is also called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub divyonm\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or transcendental madness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Forgetfulness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was absent from V\'e5nd\'e4vana and was staying in Mathur\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 sent news to Him that His mother, the Q
ueen of Braja, was feeling such separation from Him that there was foam coming from her mouth, like the foam on the shore of the ocean. And sometimes she was raising her arms like the waves of the ocean, and because of her intense feelings of separation,
 she was rolling on the ground and creating a tumultuous roaring sound. And sometimes she was remaining completely silent, like a calm sea. These symptoms of separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apasm\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or forgetfulness. One completely forgets his position when he manifests these symptoms in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another message was once sent to K\'e5\'f1\'eba informing Him that after He had killed Ka\'e0sa, one of Ka\'e0sa's demon friends had gone insane. This demon was foa
ming at the mouth, waving his arms and rolling on the ground. This demonic demonstration is in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ghastly humor. This mellow or flavor is one of the indirect relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The first five kinds of rela
tionships are called direct, and the other seven are called indirect. Some way or other, the demon must have had some relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because these symptoms developed when he heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had already killed Ka\'e0sa. \'c7r
\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 remarks that there is also transcendental excellence in this kind of symptom.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Disease
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was absent from V\'e5nd\'e4vana and was staying at Mathur\'e4, some of His friends informed Him, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because of their separ
ation from You, the inhabitants of Braja are so afflicted that they appear to be diseased. Their bodies are feverish, and they cannot move properly. They are simply lying down on the ground and breathing heavily."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 st verse of }{\cs2873\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  Mah\'e4r\'e4j Pa
r\'e9k\'f1it asked about Lord Ananta, and upon hearing this question, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 began to show symptoms of collapsing. Yet he checked himself and answered King Par\'e9k\'f1it's question in a mild voice. This collapsing condition is describ
ed as a feverish state resulting from ecstatic pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another statement in the }{\cs2873\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  telling of the damsels of Braja meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the sacred place of Kuruk\'f1etra, many years after their childhood pastimes. When they met in that sacred place, all the }{
\cs2873\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  became stunned by the occurrence of a solar eclipse. Their breathing, blinking of t
he eyes and all similar activities stopped, and they stood before K\'e5\'f1\'eba just like statues. This is another instance of a diseased condition resulting from exhuberant transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 30-1970: Further Features of Ecstatic Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Further Features of Ecstati}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub c Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Confusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "One day when \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was feeling much affliction because of Her separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She went to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 with some of Her friends. Th
ere R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 saw a cottage wherein She and K\'e5\'f1\'eba had experienced many loving pleasures, and by remembering those incidents She immediately became overcome with dizziness. This dizziness was very prominently visible." This is an i
nstance of confusion caused by separation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there is a statement describing confusion caused by fearfulness. These symptoms were exhibited by Arjuna when he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba's universal form on t
he battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. His confusion was so strong that his bow and arrows fell from his hand, and he could not perceive anything clearly.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Death
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once the Bak\'e4sura demon assumed the shape of a very big duck and opened his mouth in order to swallow K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all the cowherd boys. When K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a was entering into the demon's mouth, Balar\'e4ma and the other cowherd boys almost fainted and appeared as though they had no life. Even if they are illusioned by some ghastly scene or by any accidental occurrence, devotees never forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 Even in the greatest danger they can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the benefit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: even at the time of death, when all the functions of the body become dislocated, the devotee can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba in his innermost 
consciousness, and this saves him from falling down into material existence. In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness immediately takes one from the material platform to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection there is a statement about persons who died at Mathur\'e4: "These persons had a slight breathing exhiliration, their eyes were wide open, the col
ors of their bodies were changed, and they began to utter the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this condition they gave up their material bodies." These symptoms are prior manifestations of death.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Laziness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When, because of self-satisfaction or dislike of excessive labor, a person does not perform his duty in spite of having the energy, he is called lazy. This laziness
 also is manifest in ecstatic love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, when some }{\cs2873\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 requested by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j to circumambulate Govardhan Hill, they told him that they were more interested in offering benedictions than in circumambulating Govardhan Hill. This is an instance of laziness caused by self-satisfactio
n.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His cowherd boy friends, was having a mock battle, Subala showed the symptoms of fatigue. K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately told His o
ther friends: "Subala is feeling too fatigued from mock-fighting with Me. So please do not disturb him anymore by inviting him to fight." This is an instance of laziness caused by dislike of excessive labor.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Inertness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 21st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.21.13
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e4va\'e7 ca k\'e5\'f1\'eba-mukha-nirgata-ve\'ebu-g\'e9ta-
\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\'e9y\'fc\'f1am uttabhita-kar\'eba-pu\'f6ai\'f9 pibantya\'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 \'e7\'e4v\'e4\'f9 snuta-stana-paya\'f9-kaval\'e4\'f9 sma tasthur
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govindam \'e4tmani d\'e5\'e7\'e4\'e7ru-kal\'e4\'f9 sp\'e5\'e7antya\'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 g\'e4va\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cows; }{\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 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-mukha}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the mouth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirgata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97emitted; }{\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 \'97of the flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e9ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the song; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e9y\'fc\'f1am}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the nectar; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttabhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97raised high; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their ears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'f6ai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which were acting as vessels; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pibantya\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97drinking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4v\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the calves; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub snuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97exuding; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from their udders; }{\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 \'97the milk; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaval\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose mouthfuls; }{\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 tasthu\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97stood still; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam}{\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 \'e4tmani}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within their minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'e7\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their vision; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7ru-kal\'e4
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their eyes full of tears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sp\'e5\'e7antya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97touching.
\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 Using their upraised ears as vessels, the cows are drinking the nectar of the flute-song flowing out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mouth. The ca
lves, their mouths full of milk from their mothers' moist nipples, stand still as they take Govinda within themselves through their tear-filled eyes and embrace Him within their hearts.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is an appreciation by the }{\cs2873\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 the inertia of the cows in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The }{\cs2873\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 that the cows were hearin
g the sweet songs vibrated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute and were appearing to be drinking the nectar of these transcendental sounds. The calves were stunned, and they forgot to drink the milk from the milk bags. Their eyes seemed to be embracing K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and there were tears in their eyes. This is an instance of inertia resulting from hearing the transcendental vibrations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lak\'f1ma\'eba became disturbed upon hearing words against K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she remained inert and did not move her eyelids. This is another example of inertia 
caused by hearing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 71st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.71.39
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govinda\'e0 g\'e5ham \'e4n\'e9ya
\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-deve\'e7am \'e4d\'e5ta\'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\'fcj\'e4y\'e4\'e0 n\'e4vidat k\'e5tya\'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 pramodopahato n\'e5pa\'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 govindam}{\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 g\'e5ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to his quarters; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4n\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bringing; }{\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 all gods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva-\'e9\'e7am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme God and controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4d\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97reverential; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
\'fcj\'e4y\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the ritual worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na avidat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97did not know; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5tyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the details of performance; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pramoda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by his great joy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub upahata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97overwhelmed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5pa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the King.
\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 King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira respectfully brought Lord Govinda, the Supreme God of gods, to his personal quarters. The King was so overcome 
with joy that he could not remember all the rituals of worship.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse of the }{\cs2873\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 is an account of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's b
ewilderment after his bringing K\'e5\'f1\'eba into his home with the greatest respect. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was very much bewildered because of his transcendental pleasure at having K\'e5\'f1\'eba present in his house. In fact, while receiving K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira forgot himself. This is an instance of inertia resulting from the ecstasy of seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance in the Tenth Canto, 39th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.39.36
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4vad \'e4lak\'f1yate ketur
\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\'e4vad re\'eb\'fc rathasya 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 anuprasth\'e4pit\'e4tm\'e4no
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lekhy\'e4n\'e9vopalak\'f1it\'e4\'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 y\'e4vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as long as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4lak\'f1yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97was visible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ket
u\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the flag; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97as long as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'ebu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the dust; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rathasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the chariot; }{\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 anuprasth\'e4pita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sending after; }{
\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 \'97their minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub lekhy\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97painted figures; }{\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 upalak\'f1it\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they appeared.
\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 Sending their minds after K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 stood as motionless as figures in a painting. They remained there as long as the flag atop the chariot was visible, and even until they could no longer see the dust raised by the chari
ot wheels.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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  When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was going to Mathur\'e4, all of the }{\cs2873\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 standing behind K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and upon seeing the chariot leaving, they stood there stunned and did not move. They remained like that until the fla
g of the chariot and the dust thrown up by its wheels became invisible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was once addressed by His friend thus: "My dear Mukunda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], due to their being separated from You, the cowherd boys are standing just l
ike neglected Deities in the house of a professional }{\cs2873\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 " There is a class of 
professional }{\cs2873\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 take to Deity worship as a means of earning their livelih
ood. }{\cs2873\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 this class are not very interested in the Deity; they are interest
ed mainly in the money they can earn as holy men. So the Deities worshiped by such professional }{\cs2873\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 not properly decorated, Their dress is not changed, and Their bodies are not cleaned. They look dirty and are not very attractive. Actually, Deity worship should be done very carefully: the dress should be changed daily, and
 as far as possible there should be ornaments. Everything should be so clean that the Diety is attractive to all visitors. Here the example is given of the Deities in the house of a professional }{\cs2873\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  because such Deities are not at all attractive. The friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, were appearing like
 such neglected Deities.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Bashfulness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was first introduced to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She felt very bashful. One of Her friends addressed Her in this way: "My dear friend, You have
 already sold Yourself and all Your beauty to Govinda. Now You should not be bashful. Please look upon Him cheerfully. One who has sold an elephant to another person should not make a miserly quarrel about selling the trident which controls the elephant.
" This kind of bashfulness is due to a new introduction in ecstatic love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The heavenly King, Indra, upon being defeated in his fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba for possession of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, became very bashful because of his defeat. He was standing before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, bowing down his head, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba sai
d, "All right, Indra, you can take this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower. Otherwise, you will not be 
able to show your face before your wife, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9." Indra's bashfulness was due to defeat. In another instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to praise Uddhava for his various high qualifications. Upon being praised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Uddhava also bowed 
down his head bashfully.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, feeling slighted by Rukmi\'eb\'e9's high position, said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Raivataka Mountain is always full of spring flowers, but when I have become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub persona non grata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to You, what is the use of my observing them?" This is an instance of bashfulness resulting from being defeated.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Concealment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a symptom of ecstatic love known as concealment, or trying to hide one's real mental condition by externally showing another attitude. In this state of min
d one tries to hide his mind by looking away in different directions, by unnecessarily trying for something which is impossible, or by using words which cover one's real thoughts. According to }{\cs2873\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  expert in the study of psychological activities, these attempts at hiding one's real affections are another part of ecstatic feeling for
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 32nd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.32.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sabh\'e4jayitv\'e4 tam ana\'ecga-d\'e9pana\'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 sah\'e4sa-l\'e9lek\'f1a\'eba-vibhrama-bhruv\'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 sa\'e0spar\'e7anen\'e4\'ecka-k\'e5t\'e4\'ecghri-hastayo\'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\'e0stutya \'e9\'f1at kupit\'e4 babh\'e4\'f1ire
\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 sabh\'e4jayitv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97honoring; }{\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 ana\'ecga}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of lusty desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9panam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97the inciter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-h\'e4sa}{\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 l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97playful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9k\'f1a\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with glances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sporting; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhruv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their eyebrows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sa\'e0spar\'e7anena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with touching; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon their laps; }{\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 \'97placed; }{\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 His feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hastayo
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and hands; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0stutya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97offering praise; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'f1at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97somewhat; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kupit\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97angry; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub babh\'e4\'f1ire}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they spoke.
\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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba had awakened romantic desires within 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  and they honored Him by glancing at Him with playful smiles, gesturing amorously with their eyebrows, and massaging His hands and feet as they held them in th
eir laps. Even while worshiping Him, however, they felt somewhat angry, and thus they addressed Him as follows.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states, "My dear King, the }{\cs2873\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 always beautiful and decorated with confidential smiles and alluring garments. In their movements, intended to give impetus to lusty feelings, they w
ould sometimes press K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand on their laps, and sometimes they would keep His lotus feet on their breasts. After doing this, they would talk with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as if they were very angry with Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance of this concealment in ecstatic love. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme joker, planted the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree in the courtyard of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, the daughter of King V}{\cs2873\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 rabhadra, became very angry, but due to her natural gentle behavior, she did not express anything. No one could understand
 Rukmi\'eb\'e9's real mental condition. This is an instance of competitive concealment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance in the First Canto, 11th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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  After entering Dv\'e4rak\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was received in different ways by different members of His family. Upon seeing their husband from a distance, the queens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 immediately embraced Him within their minds and slowly gla
nced over Him. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba came nearer, they pushed their sons forward to embrace Him. Others were trying, out of shyness, not to shed tears, but they still could not keep the tears from gliding down. This is an instance of concealment caused by sh
yness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On another occasion, when \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was involved with another woman, She addressed Her friend in this ma
nner: "My dear friend, as soon as I think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the cowherd boy attached to some other woman, I become stricken with fearfulness and the hairs on My body stand up. I must be very careful that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not see Me at such times." Thi
s is an instance of concealment caused by shyness and diplomatic behavior.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has been stated: "Although \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 developed a deep loving affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She hid Her attitude in the core of He
r heart so that others could not detect Her actual condition." This is an instance of concealment caused by gentleness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His cowherd friends were enjoying friendly conversation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to address His associates in casual language. At that tim
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant, Patr\'e9, was also enjoying the conversation. But then, remembering his position of servitude, Patr\'e9 bowed down before his master, and with great respect and control, he stifled his smiling. This subdued smiling is an insta
nce of concealment caused by a respectful attitude.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Remembering
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many symptoms of ecstatic love caused by remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, one friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed Him, "My dear Mukunda, just after 
observing a bluish cloud in the sky, the lotus-eyed R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 immediately began to remember You. And simply by observing this cloud She became lusty for Your association." This is an instance of remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ecstatic love 
because of seeing something resembling Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily complexion is very similar to the bluish hue of a cloud, so simply by observing a bluish cloud, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 remembered Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee said that even when he was not very attentive he would sometimes, seemingly out of madness, remember the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart. 
This is an instance of remembrance resulting from constant practice. In other words, devotees who are constantly thinking of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even if they are momentarily inattentive, will see the figure of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing 
within their hearts.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Argumentativeness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhuma\'ecgala was an intimate friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba coming from the }{\cs2873\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  community. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends were mostly cowherd boys belonging to the }{\cs2873\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  community, but there were others who belonged to the }{\cs2873\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  community. Actually, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana the }{\cs2873\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  community and the }{\cs2873\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  community are consider
ed prominent. This Madhuma\'ecgala one day addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this fashion: "My dear friend, I can see that You are not aware of the peacock feathers that are falling on the ground, and at the same time You are unmindful of the flower garlands w
hich are offered to You. I think I can guess the reason for Your absent-mindedness when I see Your two eyes flying over to the eyes of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, just like black drones flying to lotus flowers." This is an instance of an a
rgumentative suggestion in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was out walking, one of the associates of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 told Her: "My dear friend, do You think that this walking personality i
s a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4mala }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tree?\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn The {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tam\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree is always described as being the same color as K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * If He is a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, then how is it possible for
 Him to walk and be so beautiful? Then, this personality might be a cloud. But if He's a cloud, then where is the beautiful moon within? Under the circumstances, I think it may be granted that this person is the same enchanting Personality of Godhead by 
whose flute vibration the three worlds are captivated. He must be the same Mukunda who is standing before Govardhan Hill." This is another instance of an argumentative presentation of ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Anxiety
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 29th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.29.29
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5tv\'e4 mukh\'e4ny ava \'e7uca\'f9 \'e7vasanena \'e7u\'f1yad
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bimb\'e4dhar\'e4\'ebi cara\'ebena bhuva\'f9 likhantya\'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 asrair up\'e4tta-masibhi\'f9 kuca-ku\'eckum\'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 tasthur m\'e5jantya uru-du\'f9kha-bhar\'e4\'f9 sma t\'fc\'f1\'eb\'e9m
\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 k\'e5tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97placing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukh\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their faces; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ava}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97downward; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uca\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97out of sorrow; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7vasanena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by sighing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7u\'f1yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97drying up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bimba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(appearing like) red }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bimba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  fruits; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhar\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their lips; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara
\'ebena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their toes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuva\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ground; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub likhantya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97scratching; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asrai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their tears; }{\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 \'97which carried; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub masibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kajjala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  from their eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub kuca}{\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 ku\'eckum\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the vermilion powder; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasthu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they stood still; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5jantya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97washing away; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97excessive; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub du\'f9kha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of unhappiness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhar\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97feeling the burden; }{\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 t\'fc\'f1\'eb\'e9m}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97silently.
\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 Their heads hanging down and their heavy, sorrowful breathing drying up their reddened lips, 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  scratched the ground with their toes. Tears flowed from their eyes, carrying their }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub kajjala}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and washing away the vermilion smeared on their breasts. Thus they stood, silently bearing the burden of their unhappiness.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse of }{\cs2873\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  when K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked all the }{\cs2873\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  to go back to their homes, they did not like it. Because of their grief at this, they were sighing 
heavily, and their beautiful faces appeared to be drying up. In this condition they remained, without making a sound. They began to draw lines on the ground with their toes, and with their tears they washed the black ointment from their eyes onto their b
reasts, which were covered with red }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder. This is an instance of anxiety in e
cstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba once informed Him, "My dear killer of the demon Mura, Your kind and gentle mother is very anxious because You have not returned
 home, and with great difficulty she has passed the evening constantly sitting on the corridor platform of Your home. It is certainly astonishing how You could forget Your mother while You are off somewhere engaged in Your playful activities!" This is an
other instance of deep anxiety in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was very anxiously waiting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to return from Mathur\'e4, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda gave her this solace: "My dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, p
lease don't be worried. Please dry your beautiful lotus-like face. There is no need for you to breathe so hotly. I will go immediately with Akr\'fcra to the palace of Ka\'e0sa and get your son back for you." Here is an instance of anxiety in ecstatic lov
e caused by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's awkward position.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Thoughtfulness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'e7\'e4kha-m\'e4h\'e4tmya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  section of 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  a devotee state
s that though in some of the eighteen }{\cs2873\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 process of glorifying Lord Vi\'f1
\'ebu is not mentioned, and the glorifying of some demigod is offered, such glorification must be continued for millions of years. For when one studies the }{\cs2873\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  very scrutinizingly, he can see that, ultimately, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is an instance of ecstatic love developed out of thoughtfulness
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.60.39
\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 nyasta-da\'eb\'f2a-munibhir gadit\'e4nubh\'e4va
\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\'e4tma-da\'e7 ca jagat\'e4m iti me v\'e5to 'si
\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\'e4 bhavad-bhruva ud\'e9rita-k\'e4la-vega-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhvast\'e4\'e7i\'f1o 'bja-bhava-n\'e4ka-pat\'e9n kuto 'nye
\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 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 nyasta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who have renounced; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2a}{\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 sanny\'e4s\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  staff; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub munibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by sages; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub gadita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spoken of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anubh\'e4va\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose prowess; }{\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 \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your own self; }{\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 \'97who give away; }{\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 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 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 me}{\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 v\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97chosen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You have been; }{\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 \'97rejecting; }{\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 \'97You
r; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhruva\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the eyebrows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e9rita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97generated; }{\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 \'97of time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vega}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the impulses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhvasta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97destroyed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7i\'f1a\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose hopes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lot
us-born (Lord Brahm\'e4); }{\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 \'97Lord \'c7iva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of heaven; }{\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 \'97the masters; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what then of; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -others.
\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 Knowing that great sages who have renounced the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sanny\'e4s
\'e9's da\'eb\'f2a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  proclaim Your glories, that You are the Supreme Soul of all the worlds, and that You are so gracious that You give away even Your own self, I chose You as my hus
band, rejecting Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and the rulers of heaven, whose aspirations are all frustrated by the force of time, which is born from Your eyebrows. What interest, then, could I have in any other suitors?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th 
verse of }{\cs2873\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 is an account of Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9's writing
 a letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba requesting Him to kidnap her before her marriage to another person. At that time the specific attachment of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba was expressed by Rukmi\'eb\'e9 as follows: "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Your transce
ndental glories are chanted by great sages who are free from material contamination, and in exchange for such glorification You are so kind that You freely distribute Yourself to such devotees. As one can elevate oneself simply by Your grace, so also by 
Your direction alone one may be lost to all benedictions under the influence of eternal time. Therefore I have selected Your lordship as my husband, brushing aside personalities like Brahm\'e4 and Indra\'97not to mention others." Rukmi\'eb\'e9 enhanced h
er love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by thinking of Him. This is an instance of thoughtfulness in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Endurance
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is fully satisfied due to attaining knowledge, transcending all distress, or achieving his desired goal of life in transcendental devotional service t
o God\'97at that time his state of endurance or steady mind is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At this st
age one is not perturbed by any amount of loss, nor does anything appear to be unachieved by him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the opinion of Bhart\'e5hari, the learned scholar, when a person is elevated to this state of endurance, he thinks as follows: "I do not wish to be a h
ighly posted government servant. I shall be satisfied even if I have to eat food collected by begging. I shall prefer to remain naked, without proper dress of garments. I shall prefer to lie down on the ground without any matress. And despite all these d
isadvantages, I shall refuse to serve anyone, not even the government." In other words, when one is in ecstatic love with the Personality of Godhead, he can endure any kind of disadvantages calculated under the material concept of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, used to think: "In my pasturing ground the goddess of fortune is personally present, and I possess more than ten 
hundred, thousand cows which loiter here and there. And above all, I have a son like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is such a powerful, wonderful worker. Therefore, even though I am a householder, I am feeling so satisfied!" This is an instance of mental endurance 
resulting from the absence of all distress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In another instance a devotee says, "I am always swimming in the nectarean ocean of the pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, and as such I have no more attractio
n for religious rituals, economic development, sense gratification, or even the ultimate salvation of merging into the existence of }{\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 ." This is an instance of the mind's endurance due to achieving the best thing in the world. The best thing in the world is absorption in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Happiness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that when Akr\'fcra came to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma to Mathur\'e4, just by seeing Their faces he became so cheerful that all over his body there were symptoms of ecstatic love. This state is c
alled happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the Tenth Canto, 33rd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.33.11
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tatraik\'e4\'e0sa-gata\'e0 b\'e4hu\'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\'f1\'ebasyotpala-saurabham
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candan\'e4liptam \'e4ghr\'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 h\'e5\'f1\'f6a-rom\'e4 cucumba ha
\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 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 ek\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one (}{\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 ); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon her shoulder; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gatam}{\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 b\'e4hum}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the arm; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utpala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a blue lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saurabham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the fragrance of which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub candana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with sandalwood pulp; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4liptam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97smeared; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ghr\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97smelling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97standing on end; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rom\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97her bodily hairs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cucumba ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97she kis
sed.
\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 Upon the shoulder of one }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba placed His arm, whose natural blue-lotus fragrance was mixed with that of the sandalwood pulp anointing it. As the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop
\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  relished that fragrance, her bodily hair stood on end in jubilation, and she kissed His arm.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse of }{\cs2873\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  "Upon seeing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arm was placed on 
her shoulder, one of the }{\cs2873\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  engaged in the }{\cs2873\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 became so ecstatically happy that she kissed K\'e5\'f1\'eba on His cheek." This is an instance of feeling happin
ess because of achieving a desired goal.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Eagerness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 71st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.71.33}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is said: "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba first came from His Kingdom, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, to Indraprastha,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Indraprastha is the present-day Delhi.}* the young females of the city became so eager to see Him that even at night, when 
they were lying down with their husbands, they could not restrain their eagerness. Even though they were not properly dressed and although their hair was loose and there were many household duties to perform, they still gave up everything and immediately
 went into the street to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is an instance of eagerness of ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stav\'e4val\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has prayed for the mercy of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who was so captivated by the flute vibrations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that She immediately asked information of His whereabouts from residents in
 the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest. Upon first seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She was filled with such ecstatic love and pleasure that She began to scratch her ears. The damsels of Braja and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 were very expert in talking cunningly, so as soon as 
they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba they began their talkings; and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, pretending to go for some flowers for them, immediately left that place and entered into a mountain cave. This is another instance of eager loving exchanges on the parts of both the }
{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fighting with the K\'e4liya snake by dancing on his heads, K\'e4liya bit K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the leg. At that time Garu\'f2a became infuriated
 and began to murmur: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful that simply by His thundering voice the wives of K\'e4liya have had miscarriages. Because my Lord has been insulted by this snake, I wish to immediately devour him, but I cannot do so in the presence o
f my Lord, because He may become angry with me." This is an instance of eagerness to act in ecstatic love as a result of dishonor to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la objected to the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fcy
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  arena at a sacrifice organized by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Nakula, the younger brother of Arjuna, said, "A person who cannot tolerate the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s my enemy and is possessed of a demonic nature. Therefore I wish to strike my left foot upon his broad head, just to punish him more strongly than the wand of Yamar\'e4ja!" Then Nakula began to lament like this: "O, all auspiciousness to Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba! I am so surprised to see that the condemned descendants of the Kuru dynasty, who so unlawfully occupied the throne of the Kuru kingdom, are at the same time criticizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba with diplomatic devices. O, this is intolerable!" This is anoth
er instance of eagerness caused by dishonor to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Haughtiness, Resulting in Dishonorable Words
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ku\'f6il\'e4, a sister-in-law of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, began to criticize K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are standing here, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who has just been married to my brother, is also 
standing here. Now I know both of You very well, so why should I not be very anxious to protect my sister-in-law from Your dancing eyes?" This is an instance of dishonorable words used to indirectly criticize K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, some of the }{\cs2873\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  once began to address K\'e5\'f1\'eba with these dishonorable words: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are a first-class thief. So please leave this place immediately. We know You love Candr\'e4val\'e9 more than us, but there
 is no use in praising her in our presence! Kindly do not contaminate the name of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in this place!" This is another instance of dishonorable words cast upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another statement in the Tenth Canto, 31st Chapter, 16th verse of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When all the }{\cs2873\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  came out of their homes to meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, K\'e5\'f1\'eba refused to accept them and asked them to go home, giving them some moral instruction. At that time the }{\cs2873\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  began to speak as follows: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is extreme distress in being out of Your 
presence, and there is extreme happiness simply in seeing You. Therefore we have all left our husbands, relatives, brothers and friends and have simply come to You, being captivated by the sound of Your transcendental flute. O infallible one, You had bet
ter know what is the reason for our coming here. In plain words, we are here simply because we have been captivated by the sweet sound of Your flute. We are all beautiful girls, and You are so foolish that You are rejecting our association. We do not kno
w anyone, other than Yourself, who would miss this opportunity to associate with young girls in the dead of night!" This is another instance of indirect insults used against K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one of the friends of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 once addressed Her thusly: "My dear friend, please do not be too puffed up because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has decorated Your forehead with His own hand. It may be that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is yet
 attracted by some other beautiful girl. I see that the decoration on Your forehead is very nicely made, and so it appears that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not too disturbed in painting it. Otherwise, he could not have painted such exact lines!" This is an instan
ce of indirect dishonor caused by R\'e4dh\'e4's good fortune.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 30th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.30.30
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasy\'e4 am\'fcni na\'f9 k\'f1obha\'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 kurvanty uccai\'f9 pad\'e4ni yat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaik\'e4pah\'e5tya gop\'e9n\'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 raho bhunkte 'cyut\'e4dharam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na lak\'f1yante pad\'e4ny 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 tasy\'e4 n\'fcna\'e0 t\'e5\'eb\'e4\'eckurai\'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 khidyat-suj\'e4t\'e4\'ecghri-tal\'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 unninye preyas\'e9\'e0 priya\'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 tasy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Her; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'fcni}{\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 na\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1obham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97agita
tion; }{\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 \'97create; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uccai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97exceedingly; }{\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 footprints; }{\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 y\'e4}{\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 ek\'e4}{\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 apah\'e5tya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being taken aside; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all the }{\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 raha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97in seclusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhu\'eckte}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97She enjoys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adharam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the lips; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na lak\'f1yante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ar
e not seen; }{\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 feet; }{\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 \'97here; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Her; }{\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 \'97certainly; }{\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 \'97by the blades of grass; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'eckurai\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the growing sprouts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khidyat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97being caused pain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suj\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97tender; }{\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 whose feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tal\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the soles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unninye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He has li
fted up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub preyas\'e9m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His beloved; }{\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 \'97Her dear 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 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub These footprints of that special }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  greatly disturb us. Of all 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  She alone 
was taken away to a secluded place, where She is enjoying the lips of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Look, we can't see Her footprints over here! It's obvious that the grass and sprouts were hurting the tender soles of Her feet, and so the lover lifted up His beloved.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is the following statement: "When the }{\cs2873\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 searching after K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4 after the }{\cs2873\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, they thus began to speak amongst themselves: 'We have seen the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4 on the ground of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and they are giving us great pain, be
cause K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything to us. But that girl is so cunning that She has taken Him away alone and is enjoying His kissing without sharing Him with us!' " This is another instance of casting dishonorable words against K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh
\'e4, pouting over the good fortune of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Envy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes when the cowherd boys used to play in the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would play on one side, and Balar\'e4ma would play on another. There 
would be competition and mock fighting between the two parties, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba's party was defeated by Balar\'e4ma, the boys would say, "If Balar\'e4ma's party remains victorious, then who in the world can be weaker than ourselves?" This is an i
nstance of envy in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Impudence
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 52nd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9
\nosupersub SB 10.52.41
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7vo bh\'e4vini tvam ajitodvahane vidarbh\'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 gupta\'f9 sametya p\'e5tan\'e4-patibhi\'f9 par\'e9ta\'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 nirmathya caidya-magadhendra-bala\'e0 prasahya
\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 r\'e4k\'f1asena vidhinodvaha v\'e9rya-\'e7ulk\'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 \'e7va\'f9 bh\'e4vini}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97tomorrow; }{\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 ajita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O unconquerable one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udvahane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97at the time of the marriage ceremony; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidarbh\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Vidarbha; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gupta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unseen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sametya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97coming; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5tan\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of Your army; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the leaders; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e9ta\'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 nirmathya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97crushing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caidya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Caidya, \'c7i\'e7up
\'e4la; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub magadha-indra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the King of Magadha, Jar\'e4sandha; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub balam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the military strength; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasahya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by force; }{\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 r\'e4k\'f1asena vidhin\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the R\'e4k\'f1asa style; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udvaha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97take in marriage; }{\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 \'97Your prowess; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ulk\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
he payment for 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 O unconquerable one, tomorrow when my marriage ceremony is about to begin, You should arrive unseen in Vidarbha and surround Yourself 
with the leaders of Your army. Then crush the forces of Caidya and Magadhendra and marry me in the R\'e4k\'f1asa style, winning me with Your valor.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rd verse of the }{\cs2873\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  Rukmi\'eb\'e9 addresses a letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "My dear unconquerable K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my marriage day is fixed 
for tomorrow. I request that You come to the city of Vidarbha without advertising Yourself. Then have Your soldiers and commanders suddenly surround and defeat all the strength of the King of Magadha and by thus adopting the methods of the demons, please
 kidnap and marry me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic system there are eight kinds of marriages, out of which one is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa-viv\'e4ha. R\'e4k\'f1asa-viv\'e4ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to kidnapping a girl and marrying her by force and is considered to be a demonic method. When Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 was going to be married to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la by the choice of her elder brother, she wrote the above letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba requesting Him to kidnap her. This is an instance of impudence in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the }{\cs2873\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  said, "May K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sweet flute be washed away by the waves of the Yamun\'e4, and let it fall into the ocean! The sweet sound of that flute is so impudent that it makes us lose all composure before our superiors."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dizziness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every evening at sunset K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to return from the pasturing ground where He herded cows. Sometimes when Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not hear the sweet vi
bration of His flute she would become very anxious, and because of this she would feel dizzy. Thus, dizziness caused by anxiety in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Ya\'e7od\'e4 had tied K\'e5\'f1\'eba up one time, she began to think, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is so soft and delicate, how could I have tied Him with rope?" Thi
nking this, her brain became puzzled, and she felt dizziness.
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  were advised by their superiors to bolt the doors at night, but they were so carefree that they did not carry out this order very rigidly. Sometimes, by thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they became so confident of being out of all danger that the
y would lie down at night in the courtyards of their houses. This is an instance of dizziness in ecstatic love due to natural affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It may be questioned why devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba should be attacked by dizziness, which is usually considered a sign of the modes of ignorance. To answer this qu
estion, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has said that the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always transcendental to all the modes of material nature; when they feel dizziness or go to sleep, they are not considered to be sleeping under the modes of na
ture, but are accepted as being in a trance of devotional service. There is an authoritative statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  about mystic }{\cs2873\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 are under the 
direct shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: "In all three stages of their consciousness\'97namely, wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep\'97the devotees are absorbed in the thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, in their compl
ete absorption in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they do not sleep."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Alertness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee once stated, "I have already conquered the modes of ignorance, and I am now on the platform of transcendental knowledge. Therefore I shall be engaged only
 in searching after the Supreme Personality of Godhead." This is an instance of alertness in ecstatic love. Transcendental alertness is possible when the illusory condition is completely overcome. At that stage, when in contact with any reaction of mater
ial elements, such as sound, smell, touch or taste, the devotee realizes the transcendental presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this condition the ecstatic symptoms (i.e. standing of the hair on the body, rolling of the eyeballs and gettin
g up from sleep) are persistently visible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 first saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She suddenly became conscious of all transcendental happiness, and the functions of Her dif
ferent limbs were stunned. When Lalit\'e4, Her constant companion, whispered into Her ear the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 immediately opened Her eyes wide. This is an instance of alertness caused by hearing the sound of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's name.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, in a joking mood, K\'e5\'f1\'eba informed R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, "My dear R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, I am going to give up Your company." Upon saying thi
s, He immediately disappeared, and because of this R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 became so afflicted that the hue of Her body changed, and She immediately fell down upon the ground of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. She had practically stopped breathing, but when She smelle
d the flavor of the flowers on the ground, She awoke in ecstasy and got up. This is an instance of transcendental alertness caused by smelling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was touching the body of one }{\cs2873\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  the }{\cs2873\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 address h
er companion thus: "My dear friend, whose hand is this touching my body? I had become very afraid after seeing the darkened forest on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, but suddenly the touch of this hand has saved me from hysterical fits." This is an instance o
f alertness caused by touching.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the }{\cs2873\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  informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when You disappeared from the arena of the }{\cs2873\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, our most dear friend, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, immediately fell on the ground and lost consciousness. But after this, when I offered Her some of Your chewed betel nut remnants, She immediately returned to consci
ousness with jubilant symptoms in Her body." This is an instance of alertness caused by tasting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One night \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was talking in a dream. "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba," She said. "Please do not play any more jokes on Me! Please sto
p! And please don't touch My garments either. Otherwise I shall inform the elderly persons, and I shall disclose all of Your naughty behavior." While She was talking like this in a dream, She suddenly awoke and saw some of Her superiors standing before H
er. Thus R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 became ashamed and bowed Her head. This is an instance of alertness after awakening from sleep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance of this. A messenger from K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 while She was sleeping, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9 immediately awakened. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to blow on His flute in the night, all of the }{\cs2873\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 beautiful daughters of the cowherd men, immediately got up from their sleep. There is a very beautiful comparison made in this connection: "The lotus flower is sometimes surrounded by white swans, and sometimes it i
s surrounded by black wasps who are collecting its honey. When there is a thundering in the sky, the swans go away, but the black wasps stay to enjoy the lotus flowers." The }{\cs2873\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  sleeping condition is compared to the white swans, and the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute is compared to a black wasp. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute sound
ed, the white swans, which represent the sleeping condition of the }{\cs2873\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 immediat
ely vanquished, and the black wasp sound of the flute began to enjoy the lotus flower of the }{\cs2873\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  beauty.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 31-1970: Additional Symptoms
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-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 Additional Symptoms
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the above-mentioned thirty-one symptoms of ecstatic love are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyabhic
\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or disturbing. All these symptoms refer to apparently disturbed conditions, but even in such disturbed conditions there is acute ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. T
hese symptoms, however, can be divided into three groups: first class, second class and third. There are many other disturbing symptoms in ecstatic love, such as envy, anxiety, pride, jealousy, conclusion, cowardliness, forgiveness, impatience, hankering
, regret, doubtfulness and impudence. These are included in all the thirty-one conditions of ecstatic love. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has very nicely analyzed the different kinds of disturbing symptoms, and although it is very difficult to find t
he exact English equivalents for many Sanskrit words used here, his analysis will now be presented.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one becomes malicious upon seeing another's advancement of life, his state of mind is generally called envy. When one becomes frightened at seeing a lightning 
bolt in the sky, that fearfulness brings on anxiety. Therefore, fearfulness and anxiety can be taken as one. When someone wants to hide his real mentality, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
avahittha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or concealment. When a person wants to exhibit superiority, it is called pride. Both of these can be classified under pretension. In a pretentious attitude both }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avahittha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and pride are to be found. When one cannot tolerate an offense committed by anothe
r, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub amar\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and when one cannot tolerate the opulence of another it is call
ed jealousy. Jealousy and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub amar\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are both caused by intolerance. When one is able to es
tablish the correct import of a word, it can be called conclusiveness. And before such a conclusive determination of import, there must be thoughtful consideration. Therefore, the act of consideration is present during the establishment of a conclusion. 
When one presents himself as ignorant, it is called humility, and when there is absence of enthusiasm it is called cowardice. Therefore, in humility, there is cowardice also. When the mind is steadfast it is called enduring, and when one can tolerate oth
ers' offenses, that is called endurance. Therefore, forgiveness and endurance can be synonymous. When one becomes anxious for time to pass, that is called impatience, and when one sees something wonderful one is said to be struck with wonder. Impatience 
may be caused by being struck with wonder, and so impatience and being struck with wonder can be synonymous. When anxiety is in its dormant stage it is called hankering. Therefore, anxiety and hankering can also be synonymous. When one becomes regretful 
for some offense, his feeling is called bashfulness. In this way, bashfulness and regret can be synonymous. Doubtfulness is one of the aspects of argument. After exhibiting impudence one becomes restless. Therefore restlessness and impudence can be synon
ymous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all such symptoms are included in ecstatic love, they are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'efc
\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or continuously existing ecstatic symptoms. All of these symptoms are transcendental, and they are exhibited in different ways, acting and interacting under differe
nt conditions. They are like the reciprocation of love between the lover and beloved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is envious or defamed, there may be a change in the color of the body. This can be classified as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or sub-ecstasy. Sometimes illusion, collapse and strong anxiety are also considered to be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When there are many such symptoms, they can simply be grouped together under ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that fright, sleep, fatigue, laziness and the madness of intoxication are sometimes grouped under continuous symptoms of ecst
atic love, and they are due to a strong attraction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub False argument, determination, steadiness, remembrance, joyfulness, ignorance, humility and unconsciousness are also different symptoms of ecstatic love. Dependence
 is also grouped under ecstatic love, and this can be divided into superior dependence and inferior dependence. The direct differentiations between superior and inferior dependence are ascertained by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and will be presented in due cou
rse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee exclaimed, "Oh, I cannot see the district of Mathur\'e4! Even though by simply hearing the name of Mathur\'e4 the hairs of my body are standing up, I ca
nnot see the place. So of what use are my eyes?" This statement reveals a strong anxiety to see the district of Mathur\'e4 resulting from a strong attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is another instance of this strong attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba expres
sed by Bh\'e9ma when he began to murmur, "My arms are just like thunderbolts, but despite these arms I could not smash \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la while he was blaspheming K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, of what use are these strong arms?" In this instance Bh\'e9ma bec
ame angry, and, being influenced by such anger, his hopelessness became a cause for strong attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This instance can be described as strong attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in anger.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Arjuna witnessed the universal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose dazzling teeth were practically devouring the very existence of the universe, Arjuna's mouth becam
e dried up. At that time Arjuna forgot himself and could not understand that he was Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend, although he was always dependent upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. This incident is an example of inferior dependence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes ghastly activities also support strong ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This state of mind is called ecstatic fearfulness under illusion. In the Tenth Ca
nto, 23rd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.23.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhig janma nas tri-v\'e5d yat tad
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhig vrata\'e0 dhig bahu-j\'efat\'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 dhik kula\'e0 dhik kriy\'e4-d\'e4k\'f1ya\'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 vimukh\'e4 ye tv adhok\'f1aje
\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 dhik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to hell; }{\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 \'97with the birth; }{\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 tri-v\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97threefold (t
he first from the physical parents, the second at the time of brahminical initiation, and the third at the time of initiation into the performances of Vedic sacrifice); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat 
tat}{\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 dhik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97to hell; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vratam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with our vow (of celibacy); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to hell; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahu-j\'efat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with our extensive knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to h
ell; }{\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 \'97with our aristocratic lineage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to hell; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kriy\'e4-d\'e4k\'f1yam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with our expertise in ritualistic activities; }{\cs2873\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 \'97inimical; }{\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 tu}{\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 adhok\'f1aje}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the transcendental 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 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [The br\'e4hma\'ebas said:] }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub To hell with our threefold birth
, our vow of celibacy and our extensive learning! To hell with our aristocratic background and our expertise in the rituals of sacrifice! These are all condemned because we were inimical to the transcendental Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nd verse of }{\cs2873\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 is the following statement by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4h
ma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who were performing sacrifices: "We have all been born into three advantageous conditions: we are in high }{\cs2873\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  families, we have ceremoniously received the sacred thread, and we are also properly initiated by a spiritual master. But, alas, in spi
te of all these advantages, we are condemned. Even our observance of }{\cs2873\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  [celibacy
] is condemned.' The }{\cs2873\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  thus began to condemn their own activities. They real
ized that in spite of being so elevated by birth, education and culture, they still were under the spell of the illusory energy. They also admitted that even great }{\cs2873\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 are not devotees of the Lord are covered by the influence of material energy. This kind of hopelessness felt by the }{\cs2873\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 performing ritualistic ceremonies shows practically no attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is another hopeles
sness, however, which shows attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the bull demon attacked the damsels of Braja, they began to cry out, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97please save us! We are now gone!" This is hopelessness with attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon was assassinated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ka\'e0sa became hopeless. He began to say, "Ke\'e7\'e9daitya was as dear to me as my own life, but he 
has been killed by some cowherd boy who is crude, uneducated and ignorant of fighting. Even though I have defeated the King of heaven without difficulty, still I do not know the value of life." Because this hopelessness has a slight touch of attraction f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is considered to be a reflection of ecstatic love in hopelessness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa once rebuked Akr\'fcra by saying, "You are such a fool that you are accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be a cowherd boy, simply because He has
 defeated some harmless water snake! The boy may have lifted one pebble called Govardhan Hill, but what is more surprising than that is your statement that this boy is the Personality of Godhead!" This is an instance of a maliciously opposing element, ca
used by hopelessness in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee tried to console a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree when the tree was lamenting because K\'e5\'f1\'eba had not touched even its shadow. The devotee said, "My dear }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, do not be worried. Just after defeating the K\'e4liya snake in the Yamun\'e4 River, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will come and satisfy your desire." This is an instance of inappropriate h
opelessness in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a, the eagle, the carrier of Vi\'f1\'ebu, once said, "Who can be more pure than I? Where is there a second bird like me, so able and competent? K\'e5\'f1
\'eba may not like me; He may not wish to join my party, but still He has to take advantage of my wings!" This is an instance of hopelessness in the neutral mood of ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptoms of ecstatic love are sometimes grouped under four headings\'97namely, generation, conjunction, aggregation and satisfaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba once told R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, "My dear friend, when You tried to meet Me alone in the morning, Your friend Mekhal\'e4 remained hungry with envy
. Just look at her!" When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was joking with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in this way, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 moved her beautiful eyebrows crossly. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 prays that everyone may become blessed by this movement of \'c7r\'e9mat
\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's eyebrows. This is an instance of the generation of malice in ecstatic love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One night, after the P\'fctan\'e4 demon had been killed, baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba could be seen playing upon her breast. Upon seeing this, Ya\'e7od\'e4 became stunned fo
r some time. This is an example of a conjunction of various symptoms of ecstatic love. The conjunction can be auspicious or inauspicious. That the P\'fctan\'e4 demon had been killed was auspicious, but that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing on her breast in the
 dead of night, with no one to help Him in case of trouble, was inauspicious. Ya\'e7od\'e4 was caught between auspiciousness and inauspiciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After K\'e5\'f1\'eba had just learned to walk, He was going in and out of the house very frequently. Ya\'e7od\'e4 became surprised and said, "This child is too rest
less and cannot be controlled! He is incessantly going about the neighborhood of Gokula [V\'e5nd\'e4vana], and then He is coming back inside the house. I see that the child is very fearless, but in spite of His fearlessness, I am becoming more and more a
fraid of His falling into some danger." This again is an instance of the conjunction of two opposing elements: the child was very fearless, but at the same time Ya\'e7od\'e4 was becoming fearful of some danger. Here danger is the cause, and Ya\'e7od\'e4'
s feelings are in conjunction of two opposing symptoms. In other words, Ya\'e7od\'e4 was feeling both happiness and doubt, or growing fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Devak\'e9, the mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saw her son very jubilant in the presence of the wrestlers in Ka\'e0sa's arena, two kinds of tears were simultaneously
 gliding down her cheeks: sometimes her tears were warm, and sometimes they were cold. This is an instance of a conjunction of jubilation and lamentation due to different causes of ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once when \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was standing on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 River in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, She was attacked by K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, who was stronger than She. Although She externally expressed a disturbed mood from this incident, within Herself She was smiling and feeling great satisfaction. Externally She moved Her eyebrows and made a show of rejecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this
 mood R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 looked very beautiful, and \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 glorified Her beauty. This is an instance of exhibiting varying feelings in ecstatic love, although the cause is one only\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes there were great festivals in the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, and all of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana would assemble for these festivals. During o
ne such festival, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was seen wearing a golden necklace given Her by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This was immediately detected by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 as well as by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's mother, because the necklace was too
 long for R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's neck. At the same time R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 could see K\'e5\'f1\'eba nearby, as well as Her own husband, Abhimanyu. So all of these things combined to make R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 feel very much ashamed, and with
 Her face shrivelled She began to look very beautiful. In this case there was a combination of bashfulness, anger, jubilation and lamentation. This is an instance of an aggregate of symptoms of ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa once said, "What harm can this boy do to me? He has no power." The next moment Ka\'e0sa was informed that all of his friends had been killed by the boy. Th
en Ka\'e0sa began to think in perplexity, "Shall I go immediately and surrender unto Him? But how can a great warrior do this?" The next moment he thought, "Why should I be afraid of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Him}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? There are still so many wrestlers standing to support me." But the next moment he began to consider: "The boy is certainly not common, because He has lift
ed Govardhan Hill with His left hand. So what can I do in this connection? Let me go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and inflict pains on all the residents there. But still I cannot even go out, because my heart is trembling from fear of this boy!" This condition of 
Ka\'e0sa's mind reveals an instance of pride, lamentation, humility, determination, remembrance, doubtfulness, anger and fear. Actually eight different symptoms comprised the mental condition of Ka\'e0sa. This is another instance of an aggregate of sympt
oms in hopeless ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One householder devotee once said, "My Lord, I am so wretched that these two eyes are never desiring to see the glorious city of Mathur\'e4. Therefore, my eyes are 
actually condemned. I am nicely educated, but my education has simply been used in government service. I have not considered formidable time, stronger than anything else, which creates and annihilates everything. To whom shall I leave all of my wealth an
d fortune? I am becoming older and older. What shall I do? Shall I execute devotional service from here at home? This I cannot do, because my mind is being attracted by the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is an instance of hopelessness, pride, doubtfulness, patience, lamentation, determination and eagerness\'97an aggregation of seven different symptoms in ecstat
ic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a proverb in Sanskrit which says, "Disappointment gives rise to the greatest satisfaction." In other words, when one's sentiment or ambition becomes too gr
eat and is not fulfilled until after seemingly hopeless tribulation, that is taken as the greatest satisfaction. Once the cowherd boys in V\'e5nd\'e4vana were vainly searching after K\'e5\'f1\'eba for a long time, and for that reason their faces became b
lackened, and their complexions appeared faded. Just then they could hear on the hill a faint vibration from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute. Immediately all of them became very much engladdened. This is an instance of satisfaction in the midst of disappointment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that although he has no expert knowledge about the sounds and meanings and mellows of the symptoms of ecstatic love, he has t
ried to give some examples of different varieties of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He further states that the thirty-one disturbing symptoms of ecstatic love, plus nine other symptoms, all taken together equal forty primary symptoms of ecstatic love. These sym
ptoms create transformations of bodily activities as well as movements of the senses. All of them can be accepted as different feelings of the heart. Sometimes some of the feelings are quite natural. Sometimes some of the feelings are just temporary appe
arances. Those symptoms which are very natural always remain, both within and without the devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As one can detect the color of dye a cloth was soaked in by looking at the cloth, so, simply by understanding the different signs of these symptomatic features, one
 can understand the actual position. In other words, although attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is one, nevertheless, because there exist different kinds of devotees, such attachment is manifested in many varieties. As clothing tinged red appears red, so the
 temporary appearance of a certain type of feeling can be detected or observed by the specific ecstatic symptom. In fact, all the different humors and mellows of the devotees possess various specific feelings within the mind. And, according to these diff
erences, the symptoms of ecstatic love appear in different forms and degrees. If one's heart is highly elevated, grave and magnanimous, or if one's heart is rough and crude, different symptoms of ecstatic love will appear, influenced by the condition of 
the heart. Actually, people cannot generally understand such different qualities of mentality, but when one's heart is very soft or gentle, these symptoms become very easily visible, and one can understand very clearly. The heart of one who is highly ele
vated and grave is compared with gold. If one's heart is very soft and gentle, his heart is compared with a cotton swab. When there is an ecstatic sensation within the mind, the golden heart or grave heart is not agitated, but the soft heart immediately 
becomes agitated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To offer another example, a grave, magnanimous heart is compared to a great city, and a soft heart to an insignificant cottage. There may be many lights, or even gr
eat elephants in the big city, but no one will take particular notice of them. But when such lights or elephants are seen near a small cottage, everyone can distinctly point them out.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hardness of the heart is compared to a lightning bolt, with gold and with shellac. The lightning bolt is very strong and never becomes soft. Similarly, the hearts o
f those who are engaged in severe austerities and penances do not become very easily softened. The golden heart becomes melted at high temperature, as in ecstatic love. And the shellac heart is very easily melted in slight temperature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Softness of the heart is compared with honey, with butter and with nectar. And the condition of the mind is compared with sunshine. As honey and butter become melte
d even in slight sunshine, so softhearted persons become easily melted. Nectar, however, is by its nature always liquid. And the hearts of those who are in pure ecstatic love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are by nature always liquified, just like nectar.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always specifically qualified with nectarean qualifications and sometimes with the qualifications of butter and honey. On the wh
ole, all the different conditions of the heart mentioned above can be melted under certain circumstances, just as a hard diamond sometimes is melted by a combination of certain chemicals. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4na-keli-kaumud\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated, "When love develops in the heart of a devotee, he cannot check the transformation of his sentiments. It is ju
st like at the rising of the moon, when the ebb tide of the ocean cannot be checked: immediately there must be movement of high waves." Although in its natural state, the ocean is always very grave and unfathomable, when the moon rises, nothing can check
 the ocean's agitation. Similarly, those who are pure devotees cannot on any account check the movements of their feelings within.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 32-1970: Symptoms of Continuous Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-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 Symptoms of Continuous Ecstasy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuous ecstasy of love can remain like a powerful king, subduing all temporary manifestations of love as well as any opposing elements of anger. It can be e
xhibited directly or indirectly, and thus ecstatic love can be described as direct or indirect. These symptoms of ecstatic love are possible only when one is fully situated in a transcendental position. Direct ecstatic love can be divided into two groups
\'97namely, selfish and selfless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When noncontradictory symptoms of ecstatic love are distinctly manifest, any contradictory symptoms create a sense of abomination. Contradictory ecstatic love is ca
lled selfish. That ecstatic love which can adjust all contradictory or noncontradictory symptoms is called direct selfless love. These selfless symptoms can again be divided into five groups: neutrality, servitude, fraternity, parenthood and conjugal lov
e. Such ecstatic love assumes a particular mode in contact with different objects of love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Neutrality can be further subdivided into general, transparent and peaceful. An attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the people in general or by children cannot take an
y specific or satisfactory position. It can be manifest sometimes in trembling of the body and changing of the color of the eyes (to red, white, etc.), although there is no symptom of any particular affection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One old man was told by a young man: "Just see how this child\'97only three years old\'97is so jubilant! Simply by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba he is running so swiftly, m
aking a tumultuous sound. Just see!" This is an instance of neutral ecstatic love in the heart of a child, without any specific subdivision. Due to the different types of attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are different varieties of devotees. Their sym
ptoms are manifested transparently, just like jewels.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that a great devotee }{\cs2873\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 sometimes address the Supreme Personality of Godhead as master, and sometimes he would joke with the Lord, using different kinds of familiar words; sometimes he would protect the Lord with a filial 
affection, and sometimes he would cry out to the Lord, addressing Him as his beloved; and sometimes he would meditate on the Lord as the supersoul. This means that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
r\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  expressed his ecstatic loving symptoms in different ways at different times. But in each instance, because of ecstatic love, the }{\cs2873\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  merged himself in the ocean of happiness and became situated in pure love. Thus he was a transparent med
ium, like a jewel that shows reality in varying colors according to its own nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the great sage N\'e4rada was glorifying the pastimes of the Lord with 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  the four Kum\'e4ras, headed by Sanaka, although merged in the impersonal conception of }{\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  were trembling all over. Another devotee once exclaimed, "Although I can achieve liberation simply by serving the devotees, my mind is still very much anx
ious to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily complexion is just like a dark cloud." When a devotee is so anxious to contact the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that can also be accepted as a symptom of neutral love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be placed into one of three groups. One group consists of those who are completely dependent on the merciful affecti
on of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; another group consists of devotees who are dealing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba on friendly terms; and the third group consists of those who are dealing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His superior, with parental affection. These 
three classes of devotees gradually develop different relationships of transcendental mellow with the Personality of Godhead. When the attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is based only on one particular humor, that is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kevala,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or pure state. One in this pure state of devotional service gradually develops the desire to follow in the foot
steps of an eternal associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, e.g., to follow in the footsteps of Ras\'e4la, the personal attendant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, or to follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends, like \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 and Sud\'e4m\'e4, or to fo
llow Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, devotees in parenthood. Ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never manifested directly with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The devotee has to follow in the footsteps of the eternal associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4va
na.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When transcendental humors in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba become mixed (e.g., when the relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in friendship, servitorship and parent
al love become mixed together), the result is called mixed humor or flavor. Such mixed transcendental flavors are manifested by such devotees as Uddhava, Bh\'e9ma and Mukhar\'e4, the personal attendant of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. Although devotional humors a
re sometimes found in mixtures, a particular humor is always found to be a prominent and constant factor. That prominent humor is to be accepted as the devotee's main relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, Uddhava is in relationship with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba as a friend, but in Uddhava's character a trace of servitude to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also visible. Such friendship is called friendship in reverence. The friendship typified by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 and Sud\'e4m\'e4, however, is the standard of frie
ndship without any tinge of reverence.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Subordinate Ecstatic Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees who always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a superior are in subordinate ecstatic love. To such a devotee the concept of inferiority to the Lord is very pro
minent, and he rarely takes interest in any other kind of transcendental loving humor with the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  compiled by King Kula\'e7ekhara, one of the prayers says, "My dear Lord, You are the deliverer of living entities from the hellish condition of materialistic life, but that does not matter to me. Whether I am elevated t
o the heavenly platform or remain on this earthly planet or am dispatched to some hellish planet, that does not matter at all to me. My only prayer is that at the time of my death I may simply remember Your two beautiful feet, which are just like lotus f
lowers fructifying during the autumn season."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Friendship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as friendship is concerned, those high-grade devotees who are almost like K\'e5\'f1\'eba are considered to be great authorities in the modes of friendly rela
tions with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On that friendly platform there are different kinds of laughing and joking conversations. An example of such a friendly relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in the }{\cs2873\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  when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was once thinking, "Today, while I was engaged in tending the cows in th
e pasturing ground of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I went to collect some flowers in a beautiful garden. At that time My friends, the cowherd boys, were unhappy even to tolerate a two-minute separation from Me. And, when they found Me, there was competition between 
us as to who would touch the other first with the flowers we had in hand."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One friend criticized K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus: "My dear D\'e4modara, although You have been defeated by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 and have become sufficiently minimized in st
rength, by a false expression of strength You have somehow covered Your shameful condition of defeat."
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Parenthood, or Superiority
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows were being forcibly moved by the strong servants of Ka\'e0sa and that the tender cowherd boys were trying 
to protect their cows, she began to think, "How can I protect these poor boys from the invasion of Ka\'e0sa's servants?" This is an instance of a superior attitude in a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 found her son K\'e5\'f1\'eba returning from the pasturing ground, she immediately began to pat Him, touching her fingers to the cheek
s of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 33-1970: Conjugal Affection
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-three
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Conjugal Affection
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above even the humor of love between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His parents is the relationship of conjugal love. This is exhibited between the Lord and the young }{\cs2873
\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 different ways\'97glancing, moving the eyebrows, speaking very sweet words, and exchang
ing smiles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to this effect: "\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was looking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba very anxiously and almost disappointedly." When there is such indirect expression of conjugal love, there is smili
ng, astonishment, enthusiasm, lamentation, anger, dread and sometimes ghastliness. These seven exchanges of conjugal love form another state of ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a direct relationship of conjugal love, there is laughter, astonishment, chivalry, lamentation, anger and dread, but there is no ghastliness. These expressions a
re cons}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub idered to be the great reservoirs of pleasure. When these seven kinds of ecstatic loving exchanges are manifested, they attain the status of steadiness by which the tas
te of conjugal love expands.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Laughter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After He had stolen some curd from the pots of two }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba told one of His }{\cs2873\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  friends: "My dear beautiful friend, I can take oath that I have not stolen even a drop of curd from your pot! But still, your friend, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, is very shamelessly smelling the flavor of My mouth. Kindly forbid Her from t
his devious policy of putting Her face near Mine." When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking like this, the friends of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 could not check their laughter. This is an instance of ecstasy in conjugal love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Astonishment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once Brahm\'e4 was watching all the cows and the cowherd boys dressed in yellow garments and decorated with valuable jewels. The boys were expanding their four arms
 and were being worshiped by many hundreds of other Brahm\'e4s. All the cowherd boys began to express their joyfulness for being with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme }{\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  At that time, Brahm\'e4 showed his astonishment by exclaiming, "What am I }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seeing}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  here?" This is an instance of astonishment in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Chivalry
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the bank of the Yamun\'e4 once there was the crackling sound of dry leaves, giggling from the cowherd boys, and thundering from the sky. \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 was 
tightening his belt to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the conqueror of the demon Agha. This is an instance of chivalry in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Lamentation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 7th Chapter, 22nd verse of }{\cs2873\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 is a description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being taken away by the whirlwind demon T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba was being thus carried up into the sky, all the }{\cs2873
\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  began to cry aloud. They approached Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, stating that they could not find 
the son of Nanda. He had been taken away by a whirlwind. This is an instance of lamentation in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fighting with K\'e4liya, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 exclaimed, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is now entrapped within the hoods of the K\'e4liya snake, and yet I 
am not tattered to pieces! So I must admit how wonderful is the preserving power of this material body!" This is another instance of lamentation in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Anger
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Ku\'f6il\'e4, the sister of Abhimanyu, saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba wearing a necklace, she could understand that the jeweled ornament had been given to Him by R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. She therefore became absorbed in anger and began to move her eyebrows, expressing her anger in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Ghastliness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement by Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya to this effect: "Since I have begun to enjoy these transcendental exchanges of love, which are always newer and newer, 
whenever I remember the pleasure of past sex life, my lips curl and I wish to spit on the idea." This is an instance of ecstatic love in ghastliness.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dread
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One old devotee said, "My dear Lord, when we are away from You we become so anxious to see You again, and there is great misery in our lives. But then, when we do s
ee You, there immediately comes the fear of separation. Under the circumstances, both when we see You and when we do not see You, we are subjected to different kinds of tribulation." This is an instance of a contradictory mixture of ecstatic love for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such ecstatic love is palatable, and expert critics have compared such ecstatic love with a mixture of curd, sugar candy and a little black pepper. The combined taste is very palatable.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 34-1970: The Nectar of Devotion
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-four
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Nectar of Devotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The particular type of ecstatic loving sentiment that develops within the heart of a particular devotee is considered to be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And the resultant manifestations such as moving the eyebrows, fear, astonishment and smiling, which have been expl
ained hereinbefore, are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The different causes for developing }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vibh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are called steady ecstasy, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'efc\'e4ri-bh\'e4va.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whenever there is a recitation of poetry or a dramatic play on the different pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the audience develops different kinds of transcendental lov
ing service for the Lord. They enjoy different types of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'e4va, anubh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'efc\'e4ri-bh\'e4va.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one, while remaining on the material platform, should discuss these different descriptions of }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by quoting different statements of transcendental literatures. Such manifestations are displays of the transcendental pleasure potency of the Lord. One should simply try to understand that on the spiritual platform, the
re are many varieties of reciprocal love. Such loving exchanges should never be considered to be material. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata Udyama-parva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is warned that things which are inconceivable should not be subjected to arguments. Actually, the transactions of the spiritual world are inconceivable to us in our present state of life. Great 
liberated souls like R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and others have tried to give us some hints of transcendental activities in the spiritual world, but on the whole these transactions will remain inconceivable to us at the present moment. Understanding the excha
nges of transcendental loving service with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is possible only when one is actually in touch with the pleasure potency of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gives an example of the clouds in the sky: the clouds in the sky arise from the ocean, and when the clouds become
 water again and fall to the ground, they glide back to the ocean. Similarly, the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared with the ocean. The pure devotee is the pleasure-possessing cloud, and when he is filled with transcendental loving service, 
then he can bestow his mercy as a downpour of rain\'97and the pleasure potency returns to the ocean of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Direct and Indirect Attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental pleasure derived from devotional service can be divided into two groups: direct devotional service and indirect devotional service. Direct devotional
 service is divided into five transcendental humors or flavors, and indirect devotional service is divided into seven transcendental humors. Direct devotional services are as follows: neutrality, servitude, fraternity, paternity and conjugal love. Indire
ct devotional service is divided into laughter, compassion, anger, chivalry, dread, astonishment and ghastliness. Devotional service can therefore be divided into twelve types, each of which has a different color. The colors are white, multicolored, oran
ge, red, light green, grey, yellow, off-whitish, smoky, pink, black and cloudy. The twelve different kinds of transcendental humors are controlled by different incarnations of God, such as Kapila, M\'e4dhava, Upendra, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Nandanandana, Balar
\'e4ma, K\'fcrma, Kalki, R\'e4ghava, Bh\'e4rgava, Var\'e4ha and Matsya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sustenance, manifestation, expansion, reflection and lamentation are the five visible symptoms in exchanges of ecstatic love. The test of devotional service can the
refore be made in terms of these five symptoms. In the devotional service of neutrality there is sustenance; there is expansion in chivalrous devotional service; there is reflection in compassionate devotional service; in angry devotional service there i
s lamentation, and so on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An apparently pitiable condition in devotional service may appear to be distressing to the inexperienced student, but the feelings of the devotee in this pitiable c
ondition are considered to be ecstatic by expert devotees. For example, the subject matter of the }{\cs2873\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  is sometimes considered to be pitiable and distressing to the heart, but actually that is not the fact. The }{\cs2873\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  narrates how Lord R\'e4ma was sent to the forest by His father just when He was going to be enthroned. After Lord R\'e4ma's departure, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Da\'e7aratha, His father, died. In th
e forest His wife, S\'e9t\'e4dev\'e9, was kidnapped by R\'e4va\'eba, and there was a great war. When S\'e9t\'e4dev\'e9 was finally delivered from the clutches of R\'e4va\'eba, R\'e4va\'eba's whole family and kingdom, and R\'e4va\'eba himself, were vanqui
shed. When S\'e9t\'e4dev\'e9 came home she was tried by fire, and after some days she was again banished to the forest. All of these subjects in the }{\cs2873\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  seem very pitiable, and they may appear to be very distressing to the reciter, but actually this is not so. Otherwise, why would Hanum\'e4n, the great devotee of Lord R\'e4maca
ndra, read daily about the activities of Lord R\'e4macandra, as described in the }{\cs2873\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  itself? The fact is that in any of the above-mentioned twelve transcendental humors of devotional service, everything is transcendentally pleasing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 mourns in this connection for persons who are in the fire of false renunciation, the dry speculative habit, and who neglect devoti
onal service. Persons who are attached to the ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the }{\cs2873\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 to the impersonal }{\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  cannot relish the transcendental pleasure of devotiona
l service. \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 advises, therefore, that devotees who have already tasted the nectar of devotion should be very careful to protect devotional service from such dry speculators, formal ritualistic elevationists and impersonal sa
lvationists. Devotees should protect their valuable jewel of spiritual love from the clutches of thieves and burglars. In other words, a pure devotee should not describe devotional service and its different analytical aspects to dry speculators and false
 renouncers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are not devotees can never achieve the benefits of devotional service. For them the subject of devotional service is always very difficult to understand. 
Only persons who have dedicated their lives unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can relish the real nectar of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one transcends the status of ecstatic love and thus becomes situated on the highest platform of pure goodness, one is understood to have cleansed the heart of 
all material contamination. In that pure stage of life, one can taste this nectar, and this tasting capacity is technically called }{\cs2873\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  or transcendental mood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta summary study of the second division of }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras
\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the matter of general devotional service.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s382 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs48\cf1 PART THREE
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 35-1970: Neutral Love of God
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-five
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Neutral Love of God
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 offers his respectful prayers to the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead who is always so beautiful and for whom the pure devotee
s are always engaged in loving transcendental service. This third division of }{\cs2873\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  describes the five primary kinds of devotional service\'97namely, neutrality, servitude, fraternity, parenthood and conjugal love. These five items will be very elaborately explained here, and thus they have been figuratively described a
s the five waves on the western side of this ocean of nectar of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is actually able to maintain the transcendental position, his stage is called neutrality in devotional service. Some great sages have attained this neutral
 position by practicing austerity, penance and meditation to control the senses. Such sages are generally called mystic }{\cs2873\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 in most cases they are inclined to appreciate the spiritual pleasure of the impersonal feature of the absolute truth. They are practically unaware of the transcendental pleasure derived from personal contact w
ith the Supreme Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually the transcendental pleasure derived in association with the Supreme Person is far greater than the pleasure derived from impersonal }{\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  realization, because of the direct meeting with the eternal form of the Lord. Impersonalists do not directly de
rive 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 }{\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  in which the Lord is personally talking with Arjuna. The basic principle of their impersonal attitude does not allow them the tra
nscendental pleasure which is relished by a devotee whose basic principle of understanding is the Supreme Person. The impersonalistic commentary on the }{\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  is therefore disastrous because, without understanding the transcendental pleasure of the }{\cs2873\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 impersonalist wants to interpret it in his own way. If an impersonalist can, however, come in contact with a pure devotee, his transcendental posit
ion can be changed for greater elevation. Great sages are therefore recommended to worship the form of the Lord in order to achieve that highest transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without worshiping the }{\cs2873\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 form or Deity of the Lord, one cannot understand such literature as the }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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 thos
e great sages situated in the position of transcendental neutrality, the beginning should be to take shelter of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the four-handed eternal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mystic }{\cs2873\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  are therefore advised to meditate on the form of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu as recommended by Kapila Muni in the }{\cs2873\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  system. Unfortunately, many mystic }{\cs2873\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  try to meditate on something void, and as is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 result is that they simply undergo trouble and do not achieve any tangible result.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When some great saintly persons who had undergone penances and austerities saw the four-handed transcendental form of Vi\'f1\'ebu, they began to remark as follows: 
"This four-handed form of the Lord, manifested in a bluish color, is the reservoir of all pleasure and the center of our living force. Actually, when we see this eternal form of Vi\'f1\'ebu, we, along with many other }{\cs2873\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  become immediately captivated by the beauty of the Lord." This appreciation of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu by saintly pe
rsons is an instance of situation in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the neutral stage of devotional 
service. In the beginning, those who are aspiring for salvation try to get out of the material entanglement by performing painful austerities and penances, and ultimately they come to the impersonal status of spiritual realization. At this }{\cs2873\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  stage of liberation from the material entanglement, the symptoms, as explained in the }{
\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  are that one becomes joyous beyond any hankering or lamentation and gai
ns a universal vision. When the devotee is situated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or neutral st
age of devotional service, he appreciates the Vi\'f1\'ebu form of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, all Vedic culture is aiming at understanding Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'c5g Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one }{\cs2873\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  says that any advanced saintly person is always aspiring to be fixed in meditation upon the lotus feet of Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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 is said that the foolish do not know that Vi\'f1\'ebu is the ultimate goal of life. According to the conclusion of all authoritative Vedic scriptures, when a person comes to the stage of appreciating Vi\'f1\'ebu, he 
is at the beginning of devotional service. If one cultivates devotional service further and further, under proper guidance, other features of devotional service will gradually become manifest. At this stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can see Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer of even the demons. The Lord
 is appreciated by such would-be devotees as the eternal transcendental form, chief of all self-realized souls, the supersoul, the supreme }{\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  completely pacified, completely controlled and pure, merciful to the devotees and untouched by any material condition. This appreciation of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in awe and veneration by the saintly is 
to be understood as the sign that they are situated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or neutral st
age of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be attained by the impersonalists only when they are in association with pure devotees. Otherwise it is not possible. After }{\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  realization, when a liberated soul comes in contact with a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and submissively accepts the teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba without misinterpretat
ion, he becomes situated in this neutral stage of devotional service. The best example of saintly persons situated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are Sanaka, San\'e4tana, Sananda, and Sanat-kum\'e4ra, the Kum\'e4ra brothers. These four saintly persons (known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Catu\'f9sa
na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) were sons of Lord Brahm\'e4. After their birth, when they were ordered by their father to become householders and increase human society, they refused the order. They said
 that they had already decided not to become entangled with family life; they would rather live as saintly }{\cs2873\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  for their own perfection. So these great saints have been living for millions of years now, but still they appear to be just like boys of four or five years. Their complexions are very fair, there is an effulgence in th
eir bodies, and they always travel naked. These four saintly persons almost always remain together.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one of the prayers of the Kum\'e4ra brothers, the declaration is made: "My Lord Mukunda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the giver of liberation], only so long as one does not h
appen to see Your eternal form of bliss and knowledge, appearing just like a newly-grown }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  tree, with a bluish hue\'97only for so long can the impersonal feature of the absolute truth, known as }{\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 be very pleasing to a saintly person."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The qualifications of a saintly person are described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5
ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: A saintly person is one who understands fully that simply by discharging devotional service he can become confident of liberation. He is always situated 
in the regulative principles of devotional life and at the same time aspires to be liberated from the material entanglement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A saintly person thinks like this: "When shall I be able to live alone in the caves of the mountains? When shall I be dressed simply with undergarments? When shall 
I be satisfied by eating simply a little fruit and vegetables? When will it be possible for me to always think of the lotus feet of Mukunda, who is the source of the }{\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 effulgence? When, in such a spiritual condition of life, shall I fully understand my days and nights to be insignificant moments in eternal time?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees and self-realized persons who are engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord always maintain an ecstatic love for the Lord within their hearts. Thus 
they are benefitted by the rays of the ecstatic moon, and they are called saintly persons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impulse of a saintly person is to be engaged in the study of the }{\cs2873\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  especially the Upani\'f1adic portions, to always live in a place where there is no disturbance from the common people, to always think of the eternal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to
 be ready to consider and understand the absolute truth, to always be prominent in exhibiting knowledge, to see the Supreme Lord in His universal form (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), to associate always with learned devotees and to discuss the conclusion of the }{\cs2873\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  with similarly elevated persons. All of these qualifications of a saintly person serve to raise him to the status of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is stated that all those who attended the pious meeting held by Lord Brahm\'e4 for the study of Vedic literature like the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upa
ni\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  became overwhelmed with ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the chief of the Yadu dynasty. Actually, the result of studying 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  is to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Negation of material existence is only one of the subjects o
f 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  The next subject concerns becoming situated in the impersonal realizat
ion. And then, after penetrating through the impersonal }{\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  when one comes to the platform o
f associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one reaches the ultimate goal in studying the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are situated on the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  get their impetus for advancement in devotional service by smelling the }{\cs2873\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  offered at the lotus feet of the Lord, by hearing the sound of His conchshell, by seeing a sanctified place in some mountain or hill, by observing a forest like the ones in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, by goin
g to a place of pilgrimage, by visiting the course of the Ganges River, by being victorious over the dictations of bodily demands (i.e., eating, sleeping, mating and defending), by understanding the devastation of eternal time, and by constantly associat
ing with devotees engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All these different items are favorable in elevating saintly persons situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the advanced stage of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Third Canto, 15th Chapter, 43rd verse of }{\cs2873\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 is a statement by the four saintly persons known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Catu\'f9sana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  headed by Sanaka-kum\'e4ra. They went to visit the Lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loka in the spiritual sky, and when they bowed down before the Lord, the aroma of the }{\cs2873\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  mixed with saffron, entered their nostrils and immediately attracted their minds. Although these four saintly perso
ns were always absorbed in the thought of impersonal }{\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  from association with the Lord and 
from smelling the }{\cs2873\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, the hairs on their bodies immediately stood up. This s
hows that even a person who is situated in }{\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  realization, if he is put into association wit
h devotees in pure devotional service, will immediately become attracted to the personal feature of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are certain symptoms of great sages who are situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotional service, and these symptoms are exhibited as follows: they concentrate their eyesight on the tip of the nose, and they behave just like an }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avadh\'fcta. Avadh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means a highly elevated mystic who does not care for any social, religious or Vedic
 conventions. Another symptom is that such persons are very careful to step forward when giving speeches. When they speak, they join together the forefinger and thumb. (This is called the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-mudr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  position.) They are not against the atheists, nor are they particularly inclined to the devotees. Such persons give stress to liberati
on and detachment from the materialistic way of life. They are always neutral and have no affection for nor misidentification with anything material. They are always grave, but fully absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These uncom
mon features develop in devotees who are situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding concentration of the eyesight on the tip of the nose, there is a statement in the }{\cs2873\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  by a devotee who observed this being performed by a }{\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  He remarked, "This great sage is concentrating his eyesight on the tip of his nose, and from this it appears that he has already realized the eternal form
 of the Lord within himself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes a devotee in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yawns, stretches his limbs, instructs on devotional service, offers respectful obeisances unto the form of the Lord, offers nice prayers to the Lord and has a desire to give direct service with his body. These are
 some of the common symptoms of the devotee who is situated in neutrality. One devotee, after observing the yawning of another devotee, addressed him thus: "My dear mystic, I think that within your heart there is some ecstatic devotional love which is ca
using you to yawn." It is sometimes found that a devotee in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  falls dow
n on the ground, his hairs stand up on his body, and he trembles all over. In this way, different symptoms of ecstatic trance are exhibited automatically by such devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is said that when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was blowing His conchshell known as P\'e4\'efcajanya many great sages who were living in the caves of the mountains immediately reacted, being awakened from their trance of
 meditation. They immediately saw that the hairs of their bodies were standing. Sometimes devotees in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  become stunned, peaceful, jubilant, deliberate, reflective, anxious, dexterous and argumentative. These symptoms indicate continuous ecstasy, or established emotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a great realized sage was lamenting that the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was living in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 but that he was unable to take advantage of seeing Him. Af
ter thinking this, the sage immediately became stunned. He was thinking that he was simply wasting his time. In other words, the sage lamented because the Supreme Personality of Godhead was personally present, and he still could not take advantage of thi
s because of his meditation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a mystic is transcendental to all kinds of mental concoctions and is situated in }{\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 , his state is called trance beyond the influence of the material conception of life. In that stage, when one hears about the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, there
 may be shivering in the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a }{\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 realized devotee who has come to the stage of steady trance comes into contact with the eternal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his transcendental pleasure increases millions of times. One great sage once inquired from another, "My dear friend, do yo
u think that after I perfect the eightfold }{\cs2873\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  performance I shall be able to see the ete
rnal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?" This enquiry from the sage is an instance of inquisitiveness in a devotee situated in the neutral stage of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His elder brother Balar\'e4ma and sister Subhadr\'e4, came to Kuruk\'f1etra in a chariot on the occasion of a solar eclipse, ma
ny mystic }{\cs2873\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  also came. When these mystic }{\cs2873\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  saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, they exclaimed that now that they had seen the excellent bodily effulgence o
f the Lord, they had almost forgotten the pleasure derived from impersonal }{\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  realization. I
n this connection one of the mystics approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba and said, "My dear Lord, You are always full with transcendental bliss, excelling all other spiritual positions. And so, simply by seeing You from a distant place, I have come to the conclusi
on that there is no need of my being situated in the transcendental bliss of impersonal }{\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 "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a great mystic was once awakened from his meditative trance by hearing the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's P\'e4\'efcajanya conchshell, the mystic became overpow
ered. So much so, in fact, that he began to bash his head on the ground, and with eyes full of tears of ecstatic love, he violated all the rules and regulations of his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y
oga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  performances. Thus he at once neglected the process of }{\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  realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur, in his book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says, "Let the impersonalists be engaged in the process of transcendental realization by worshiping the impersonal }{\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  Although I was also initiated into that path of }{\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  realization, I have now become misled by a naughty boy\'97one who is very cunning, who is very much attached to the }{\cs2873\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 who has made me His maidservant. So I have now forgotten the process of }{\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  realization."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur was first spiritually initiated for impersonal realization of the absolute truth, but later on, by his association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he became an experienced devotee. The same thing happened to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who also reformed himself by the grace of the Lord and took to the path of devotional service, giving up the way of impersonal realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur's giving up of the impersonal conception of the absolute truth and taking to devotional service are the best
 examples of devotees being situated in the neutral state. According to some authorities, this condition cannot be accepted as one of the transcendental humors, or }{\cs2873\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  but \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that even if one does not accept it as a transcendental humor, one must still accept it as the beginning position of devotional se
rvice. However, if one is not further raised to the platform of actual service to the Lord, he is not considered to be on the platform of transcendental mellow. In this connection, in the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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 personally instructs Uddhava like this: "The state of being established in My personal 
form is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and without being situated in this position, no one can a
dvance to actual pure devotional service." In other words, no one can be situated in the personal feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being situated at least in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 36-1970: Transcendental Affection (Servitude)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-six
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Affection (Servit
ude)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental mellow of affection has been accepted by authorities like \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 as a perfectional stage of devotion. It is just above the hu
mor of neutrality and is a requisite for the development of the serving humor. In literature such as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4ma-kaumud\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this state of existence is accepted as continual affection for or attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Authorities like \'c7ukadeva consider this stage of affection to be in the neutral stage, but in any case this affection is
 relished by the devotees in different transcendental tastes, and therefore the general name for this state is affection, or pure affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees engaged in servitude are attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the affection of reverence. Some of the inhabitants of Gokula (V\'e5nd\'e4vana as exhibited on earth
) are attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba on this platform of affection in reverence. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana used to say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always manifest before us with a complexion like a blackish cloud. He holds His wonderful flute in His lotus h
ands. He is dressed in yellow silks and bedecked with a peacock feather on His head. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba walks near Govardhan Hill with these personal features, all the inhabitants of the heavenly planets, as well as the inhabitants of this earth, feel t
ranscendental bliss and consider themselves the eternal servants of the Lord." Sometimes the devotee becomes filled with the same awe and reverence by seeing a picture of Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is dressed like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who has a similar complexion. T
he only difference is that Vi\'f1\'ebu has four hands, in which He holds the conchshell, the disc, the club and the lotus flower. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is always decorated with many valuable jewels, such as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candrak\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stone and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcryak\'e4nta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 there is the following statement by D\'e4ruka, one of the servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Certainly Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is very beautiful with His necklace of }{\cs2873\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  jewels, His four hands holding conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower and His dazzlingly beautiful jewelry. He is also very 
beautiful in His eternal position, riding upon the shoulder of Garu\'f2a. But now the same Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is present as the enemy of Ka\'e0sa, and by His personal feature I am completely forgetting the opulence of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another devotee once said, "This Supreme Personality of Godhead from whose bodily pores come millions of universes, permanently rising, who is the ocean of mercy, w
ho is the owner of inconceivable energies, who is always equipped with all perfections, who is the origin of all incarnations, who is the attraction for all liberated persons\'97this very Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme controller, the supr
emely worshipable, all-cognizant, fully determined, fully opulent, the emblem of forgiveness, the protector of surrendered souls, munificent, true to His promise, expert, all-auspicious, powerful, religious, a strict follower of the scripture, the friend
 of the devotees, magnanimous, influential, grateful, reputable, respectable, full of all strength and submissive to pure love. Surely He is the only shelter of devotees who are attracted to Him by the affection of servitorship."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of the Lord in servitude are divided into four classes: appointed servants (such as Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, who are appointed to control over 
the material modes of passion and ignorance), devotees in servitude who are protected by the Lord, devotees who are always associates, and devotees who are simply following in the footsteps of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a conversation between J\'e4mbavat\'e9, one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's wives, and K\'e4lind\'e9, her friend, J\'e4mbavat\'e9 enquired, "Who is this personality circumam
bulating our K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9 replied, "He is Ambikeya, the superintendent of all universal affairs."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then J\'e4mbavat\'e9 enquired, "Who is this personality who is trembling at the sight of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9 replied, "He is Lord \'c7iva."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then J\'e4mbavat\'e9 enquired, "Who is the person offering prayers?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9 replied, "He is Lord Brahm\'e4."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e4mbavat\'e9 then asked, "Who is that person who has fallen on the ground and is offering respect to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9 replied, "He is Indra, the King of heaven."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e4mbavat\'e9 next inquired, "Who is this person who has come with the demigods and is laughing with them?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9 replied, "He is my elder brother, Yamar\'e4ja, the superintendent of death."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This conversation offers a description of all the demigods, including Yamar\'e4ja, who are engaged in services appointed by the Lord. They are called }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhik\'e5ta-devat\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or demigods appointed to particular types of departmental service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One resident of V\'e5nd\'e4vana once told Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O pleasure of V\'e5nd\'e4vana! Being afraid of this material existence, we h
ave taken shelter of You, for You can completely protect us! We are well aware of Your greatness. As such, we have given up our desire for liberation and have taken complete shelter under Your lotus feet. Since we have heard about Your ever-increasing tr
anscendental love, we have voluntarily engaged ourselves in Your transcendental service." This statement is by a devotee who is under the protection and shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon being chastised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's constant kicking on his head, K\'e4liya, the black snake of the Yamun\'e4, came to his senses and admitted, "My dear Lord, 
I have been so offensive unto You, but still You are so kind that You have marked my head with the impression of Your lotus feet." This also is an instance of one's taking shelter under the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apar\'e4dha-bha\'efjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a pure devotee expresses his feelings: "My dear Lord, I am ashamed to admit before You that I have carried out the orders of my masters named lust, anger, avarice, illusion and envy. Sometimes I have carried out their o
rders in a way most abominable. Yet in spite of my serving them so faithfully, they are neither satisfied nor are they kind enough to give me relief from their service. They are not even ashamed of taking service from me in that way. My dear Lord, O head
 of the Yadu dynasty, now I have come to my senses, and I am taking shelter of Your lotus feet. Please engage me in Your service." This is another instance of surrendering and taking shelter of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many instances in the various Vedic writings of persons who were aspiring after liberation by speculative knowledge but gave up this process in order to t
ake complete shelter under the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Examples of such persons are the }{\cs2873\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  headed by \'c7aunaka in the forest of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn These are the {\cs2873\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 whom }{\cs2873\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 s
poken by S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, as described in the author's }{\cs2873\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  F
irst Canto, First Chapter.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * Learned scholars accept them as devotees having complete wisdom. There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which these great }{\cs2873\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  and sages, headed by \'c7aunaka \'c5\'f1i, told S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "My dear great soul, just see how wonderful it is! Although as human beings we are contaminated with 
so many taints of material existence, simply by our conversing with you about the Supreme Personality of Godhead we are now gradually decrying our desire for liberation."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a devotee says, "Persons who are attached to speculative knowledge for self realization, who have decided that the supreme truth is beyond meditation and who have thus become situated in the modes of goodness\'97let them peacefully e
xecute their engagement. As for us, we are simply attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is by nature so pleasing, who possesses a complexion like a blackish cloud, who is dressed in yellow garments and who has beautiful lotus-like eyes. We 
wish only to meditate upon Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are from the very beginning of their self realization attached to devotional service are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sev\'e4ni\'f1\'f6ha. Sev\'e4ni\'f1\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means simply attached to devotional service. The best examples of such devotees are Lord \'c7iva, King Ind
ra, King Bahul\'e4\'e7va, King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, \'c7rutadeva and Pu\'eb\'f2ar\'e9ka. One devotee says: "My dear Lord, Your transcendental qualities attract even the liberated souls and carry them to the assembly of devotees where Your glories are constantl
y chanted. Even great sages who are accustomed to live in solitary places are also attracted by the songs of Your glory. And, observing all Your transcendental qualities, I have also become attracted and have decided to dedicate my life to Your loving se
rvice."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 the following devotees are known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's close associates: Uddhava, D\'e4ruka, S\'e4tyaki, \'c7rutadeva, \'c7atr\'e4jit, Na
nda, Upananda and Bhadra. All of these personalities remain with the Lord as His secretaries, but still they are sometimes engaged in His personal service. Among the Kuru dynasty, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it and Vidura are also known as cl
ose associates of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is said, "All the associates of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba have lustrous bodily features, and their eyes are just like lotus flowers. They have sufficient power to defeat the strength of the demigods, and the specific f
eature of their persons is that they are always decorated with valuable ornaments."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the capital of Indraprastha, someone addressed Him thus: "My dear Lord, Your personal associates, headed by Uddhava, are always awaiting 
Your order by standing at the entrance gate of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. They are mostly looking on with tears in their eyes, and in the enthusiasm of their service they are not afraid even of the devastating fire generated by Lord \'c7iva. They are souls simply su
rrendered unto Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of the many close associates of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Uddhava is considered the best. The following is a description of him: "His body is blackish like the color
 of the Yamun\'e4 River, and it is similarly as cool. He is always decorated with flower garlands first used by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he is dressed with yellow silk clothing. His two arms are just like the bolts of a door, His eyes are just like lotus
 flowers, and he is the most important devotee amongst all the associates. Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto Uddhava's lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava has described the transcendental qualities of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is our master and worshipable Deity, 
who is the controller of Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4, the controller of the whole universe as well, accepts the controlling orders of Ugrasena, His grandfather. He is the proprietor of millions of universes, but still He begged a little land from the
 ocean. And although He is just like an ocean of wisdom, still He sometimes consults me. He is so great and magnanimous, yet He is engaged in His different activities just like an ordinary person."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are constantly engaged in the personal service of the Lord are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
anugas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or followers. Examples of such followers are Sucandra, Ma\'eb\'f2ana, Stamba and Sutamba. They are all inhabitants of the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and they are dressed a
nd ornamented like the other associates. The specific services entrusted to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are
 varied. Ma\'eb\'f2ana always bears the umbrella over the head of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sucandra is engaged in fanning the white }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4mara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bunch of hair, and Sutamba is engaged in supplying betel nuts. All of them are great devotees, and they are always busy in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As there are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, so there are many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana also. T
he names of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are as follows: Raktaka, Patraka, Patr\'e9, Madh
uka\'eb\'f6ha, Madhuvrata, Ras\'e4la, Suvil\'e4sa, Premakanda, Marandaka, \'c4nanda, Candrah\'e4sa, Payoda, Bakula, Rasada, and \'c7\'e4rada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Descriptions of the bodily features of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are given in the following statement: "Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the constant associates of the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda. They always stay in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and th
eir bodies are decorated with garlands of pearls and with bangles and bracelets of gold. Their colors are like black bees and the golden moon, and they are dressed just to suit their particular special bodily features. Their specific duties can be unders
tood from a statement by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, who said, 'Bakula, please cleanse the yellowish dress of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. V\'e4rida, you just flavor the bathing water with }{\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  scent. And Ras\'e4la, you just prepare the betel nuts. You can all see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is approaching. There is dust overhead, and the cows can be seen very distinct
ly.'"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amongst all the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Raktaka is considered to be the chief. The description of his bodily features is as follows: "He wears yellow clothing, and his bodily color is just like newly-grown grass. He is very expert in singing and is always engaged in t
he service of the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda. Let us all become the followers of Raktaka in offering transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" An example of the attachment felt by Raktaka toward Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be understood from his stat
ement to Rasada: "Just hear me! Please place me so that I may always be engaged in the service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has now become famous as the lifter of the Govardhan Hill."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in His personal service are always very cautious because they know that becoming personal servitors of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 not an ordinary thing. A person who offers respect even to the ants engaged in the service of the Lord becomes eternally happy, so what is there to say of one who offers K\'e5\'f1\'eba direct service? Raktaka once said within himself, "Not only is K\'e5
\'f1\'eba my worshipable and servable Lord, but also the girl friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\cs2873\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  are equally worshipable and servable by me. And not only the }{\cs2873\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  but an
yone who is engaged in the service for the Lord is also worshipable and servable by me. I know that I must be very careful not to become overly proud that I am one of the servitors and devotees of the Lord." From this statement one can understand that th
e pure devotees, those who are actually engaged in the service of the Lord, are always very cautious and are never overly proud of their service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This mentality of the direct servitor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhurya.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to expert analytical studies of the direct associates of the Lord, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has divided these into three classes\'97namely, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhurya, dh\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v
\'e9ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Raktaka is classified among the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhurya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or those who are always attached to serve the most beloved }{\cs2873\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 One }{\cs2873\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  associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the son of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4's nurse. Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 is one of the queens of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and when she was married to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of her nurse was allowed to go with her be
cause they had lived together from childhood as brother and sister. So this gentleman, the son of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4's nurse, used to live with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His brother-in-law, and sometimes as brother-in-law he used to play jokes with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 He once addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I never tried to gain the favor of the goddess of fortune, who is married to You, but still I am so fortunate that I am considered one of the members of Your house, the brother of Sa
tyabh\'e4m\'e4."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This same person once expressed his pride, declaring, "Lord Baladeva may be a great enemy of Pralamb\'e4sura, but I have nothing to worry about from Him. And as far
 as Pradyumna is concerned, I have nothing to take from him, because he is simply a boy. Therefore I do not expect anything from anyone else. I simply expect the favorable glance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba upon me, and so I am not even afraid of Satyabh\'e4m\'e4,
 who is so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Fourth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  20th Chapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, King P\'e5thu 
addresses the Lord, saying, "My dear Lord, it may happen that the goddess of fortune becomes dissatisfied with my work, or I may even have some misunderstanding with her, but I will not mind this because I have full confidence in You. You are always caus
elessly merciful to Your servants, and You consider even their menial service to be very much advanced. So I have confidence that You will accept my humble service, although it is not worthy of being recognized. My dear Lord, You are self-sufficient. You
 can do anything You like without the help of anyone else. So even if the goddess of fortune is not satisfied with me, I know You will always accept my service anyway."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees attached to the transcendental loving service of the Lord may be described either as surrendered souls, as souls advanced in devotional knowledge, or as so
uls completely engaged in the transcendental loving service. Such devotees are called, respectively, neophyte, perfect and eternally perfect.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 37-1970: Impetuses for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Service
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-seven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Impetuses for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's S
ervice
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The causeless mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the dust of His lotus feet, His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4
dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and association with His devotees are some impetuses toward a devotee's engagement in transcendental loving service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited His causeless mercy when He was present at the departure of Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma. During the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva,
 the grandfather of Arjuna, was lying on a bed of arrows before departing from this mortal world. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and the other P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas approached Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, he was very grateful to Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and he addressed the }{\cs2873\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  military commander, K\'e5p\'e4c\'e4rya, thu
s: "My dear K\'e5p\'e4c\'e4rya, just see the wonderful causeless mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba! I am most unfortunate. I have no qualifications. I was opposing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's most intimate friend, Arjuna\'97I even tried to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kill}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  him! I have so many disqualifications, and yet the Lord is still so kind that He has come to see me at the last po
int of my life. He is worshipable by all great sages, but still He is so merciful that He has come to see an abominable person like me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the vibration of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, His bugling, His smiling, His footmarks on the ground, the transcendental fragrance of His body and the appe
arance of a new cloud in the sky also become impetuses for ecstatic love of Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the following statement: "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing on His flute, Baladeva very anxiously declared, 'Just see how, after hearing the transcendental sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, Indra the King of heaven is c
rying in his heavenly kingdom! And from his teardrops falling on the ground, V\'e5nd\'e4vana appears to have become a celestial residence for the demigods.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is symptomized by the following signs: one becomes engaged exclusively in the service of the Lord, being attentive to carry out the orders of the Lord faithfully; one becomes undisturbed
 and non-envious in full transcendental loving service to the Lord; and one makes friendship with the devotees of the Lord who are situated in faithful service to Him. All of these symptoms are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first symptom of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or engagement in a particular type of service, is exemplified by D\'e4ruka, a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who used to fan K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub c\'e4mara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a bunch of hair. When he was engaged in such service, he was filled with ecstatic love, and the symptoms of ecstatic love became manifest in his body. B
ut D\'e4ruka was so serious about his service that he checked all of these manifestations of ecstatic love and considered them hindrances to his engagement. He did not care very much for these manifestations, although they automatically developed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 86th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.86.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rutadevo 'cyuta\'e0 pr\'e4pta\'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-g\'e5h\'e4\'ef janako 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 natv\'e4 mun\'e9n su-sa\'e0h\'e5\'f1\'f6o
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhunvan v\'e4so nanarta ha
\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 \'e7rutadeva\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7rutadeva; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyutam}{\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
pr\'e4ptam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obtained; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-g\'e5h\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97at his house; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janaka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Bahul\'e4\'e7va; }{\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 natv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowing down; }{\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; }{\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 much; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sa\'e0h\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97delighted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhunvan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97waving; }{\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 \'97his cloth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanarta ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he danced.
\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 \'c7rutadeva received Lord Acyuta into his home with as much enthusiasm as that shown by King Bahul\'e4\'e7va. After bowing down to th
e Lord and the sages, \'c7rutadeva began to dance with great joy, waving his shawl.
\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 th verse, there is a statement of how \'c7rutadeva, a }{\cs2873\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  from the country called Mithil\'e4 in northern India, would become so overpowered with joy as soon as
 he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba that immediately after bowing to the Lord's lotus feet, he would stand up and begin to dance, raising his two arms above his head.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba once addressed Him in this manner: "My dear Lord, although You are not a professional dancer, by Your dancing You have so
 astonished us that we can understand that You are personally the master of all dancing. Certainly You must have learned this dancing art directly from the goddess of love." When a devotee dances in ecstatic love, there are manifestations of symptoms whi
ch are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4ttvika. S\'e4ttvika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that they are from the transcendental platfor
m. They are not symptoms of material emotions; they come from the soul proper.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 85th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.85.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa indraseno bhagavat-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 bibhran muhu\'f9 prema-vibhinnay\'e4 dhiy\'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 uv\'e4ca h\'e4nanda-jal\'e4kulek\'f1a\'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 prah\'e5\'f1\'f6a-rom\'e4 n\'e5pa gadgad\'e4k\'f1aram
\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 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 indra-sena\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Bali, who conquered the army of Indra; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhagavat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Supreme Lords; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-ambujam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the lotus feet; }{\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 \'97taking hold of; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muhu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97repeatedly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97out of love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhinnay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which was melting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhiy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from his heart; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uv\'e4ca ha}{\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 \'e4nanda}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97caused by his ecstasy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97with water (tears); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97filled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9k\'f1a\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prah\'e5\'f1\'f6a}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97standing erect; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rom\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the hair on whose limbs; }{\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 \'97O King (Par\'e9k\'f1it); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gadgada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97choking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1aram}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose syllables.
\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 Taking hold of the Lords' lotus feet again and again, Bali, the conqueror of Indra's army, spoke from his heart, which was melting out
 of his intense love. O King, as tears of ecstasy filled his eyes and the hair on his limbs stood on end, he began to speak with faltering words.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th 
verse, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it that after surrendering everything unto the lotus feet of V\'e4manadeva, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4j immediately caught hold of the lotus feet of the Lord and pressed them to his heart. Being ove
rwhelmed with joy, he manifested all the symptoms of ecstatic love, with tears in his eyes and a faltering voice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In such expressions of ecstatic love there are many other subsidiary symptoms, such as jubilation, withering, silence, disappointment, moroseness, reverence, though
tfulness, remembrance, doubtfulness, confidence, eagerness, indifference, restlessness, impudence, shyness, inertness, illusion, madness, ghastliness, contemplation, dreaming, disease and signs of death. When a devotee meets K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are sym
ptoms of jubilation, pride and perseverence, and when he is feeling great separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the symptoms of ghastliness, disease and the signs of death become prominent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the First Canto of the }{\cs2873\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  11th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, that
 when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned from the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra to His home at Dv\'e4rak\'e4, all the residents of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 began to talk with Him, as a child talks lovingly to his father after the father's return from foreign countries. Th
is is an example of jubilation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Bahul\'e4\'e7va, the King of Mithil\'e4, saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba at his palace, he decided to offer his respects by bowing down before Him at least a hundred times,
 but he was so overcome by feelings of love that, after bowing down only once, he forgot his position and could not rise up again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a devotee tells Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear Lord, as the sun evaporates all the water on the ground by its scorching heat, so my mental state has dried away the luster of my face and body, due to separation from You." This 
is an example of withering in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An expression of disappointment was made by Indra, the King of heaven. When he saw the sungod, he told him, "My dear sungod, your sunshine is very glorious because 
it reaches unto the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of the Yadu dynasty. I have thousands of eyes, but they have proved to be useless because not even for a moment are they able to see the lotus feet of the Lord."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Reverential devotion for the Lord gradually increases and transforms itself into ecstatic love, then affection and then attachment. In the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873
\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  38th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180
\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.38.6
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mam\'e4dy\'e4ma\'ecgala\'e0 na\'f1\'f6a\'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 phalav\'e4\'e0\'e7 caiva me bhava\'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 yan namasye bhagavato
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogi-dhyey\'e4nghri-pa\'eckajam
\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 mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my; }{\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 ama\'ecgalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inauspicious sinful reactions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97eradicated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phala-v\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fruitful; }{\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 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 me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava\'f9}{\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 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 namasye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I am going to offer obeisances; }{\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 the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yogi-dhyeya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97meditated upon by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yog\'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 a\'ecghri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'eckajam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotuslike.
\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 Today all my sinful reactions have been eradicated and my birth has become worthwhile, since I will offer my obeisances to the Supreme
 Lord's lotus feet, which mystic }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  meditate upon.
\par }\pard }}{\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 th verse, Akr\'fcra says: "Because I am going to see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba today, al
l symptoms of inauspiciousness have already been killed. My life is now successful because I shall be able to offer my respects unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another devotee in ecstatic reverential affection once said, "When will that glorious day in my life come when it will be possible for me to go to the bank of the Y
amun\'e4 and see Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing there as cowherd boy?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there is no diminishing of this ecstatic love and when it is freed from all kinds of doubt, that stage is called steady love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this stage 
all expressions of unhappiness by the devotee are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or ecstatic loving s
ymptoms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptom of ecstatic affection with reverence felt by Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4j is expressed as follows: "My dear Lord, You have simultaneously punished me and showed m
e Your causeless mercy. My conclusion is that when I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet I shall never be disturbed in any condition of life. Whether You give me the opportunity to enjoy all the yogic perfections, or You put me into the most abominable
 condition of hellish life, I shall never be disturbed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, after seeing Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4j, told Uddhava, "My dear friend, how can I express the glorious characteristics of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4j, the so
n of Virocana? Although the king of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [demigods] was cursed by this son of Virocan
a, and although I cheated him in my incarnation as V\'e4mana, taking away his dominions throughout the universe, and although I still criticized him for not fulfilling his promise, I have just now seen him in his kingdom, and he feelingly expressed his }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for me."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Bali was a king of the demons who waged war against t
he demigods and nearly conquered the universe. When the demigods prayed for help, the Lord appeared as V\'e4manadeva, a dwarf {\cs2873\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 asked Bali for three paces of land. Bali agreed, and V\'e4mana covered all the worlds with His first two steps. Then He demanded to know where His third pace was to be. Bali offered his own hea
d beneath the Lord's foot and thus became a }{\cs2873\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  or a great devotee.}}}{\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 When such a feeling of love becomes intensified, it is called affection. In that affectional stage no one can bear separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba even for a moment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee told D\'e4ruka, the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear D\'e4ruka, when you become like wood because of your separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not s
o wonderful. Whenever }{\cs2873\b0\i\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  devotee sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his eyes become filled with water, 
and in separation any devotee like you would become stunned, standing just like a wooden doll. That is not a very wonderful thing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement about Uddhava's symptoms of love. When he saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba his eyes filled with tears and created a river which flowed down toward the s
ea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to offer tribute, as a wife offers tribute to her husband. When his body erupted with goose-pimples, he appeared like the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, and when he began to offer prayers, he appeared completely distinct from all other devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When affection is symptomized by direct happiness and distress, that is called attraction. In such an attracted state of ecstatic love, one can face all kinds of di
sadvantages calmly. Even at the risk of death such a devotee is never bereft of the transcendental loving service of the Lord. A glorious example of this ecstatic love was exhibited by King Par\'e9k\'f1it when he was at the point of death. Although he wa
s bereft of his entire kingdom, which spread over all the world, and although he was accepting not even a drop of water in the seven days remaining to him, because he was engaged in hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord from \'c7ukadeva Gosv
\'e4m\'e9, he was not in the least distressed. On the contrary, he was feeling direct transcendental ecstatic joy in association with \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee has confidently expressed this opinion: "If a drop of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy can be bestowed upon me, then I shall feel completely carefree, even i
n the midst of a fire or an ocean. But if I become bereft of His causeless mercy, then even if I became the King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, I would be simply an object for pinpricks."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees such as Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it and Uddhava are all situated in ecstatic attraction on the basis of affection, and in that state of affection a feelin
g of friendship becomes manifest. When Uddhava was freed from all material contamination, he saw the Lord, and his throat became choked up, and he could not speak. By the movements of his eyebrows alone he was embracing the Lord. Such ecstatic love has b
een divided by great scholars into two groups\'97addition and subtraction. If a devotee is not directly associated with the Lord, it is called subtraction. In this state of love, one is constantly fixed with his mind at the lotus feet of the Lord. A devo
tee in this state becomes very eager to learn of the transcendental qualities of the Lord. The most important business of such a devotee is attaining the association of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a statement about King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku which illustrates this state of ecstatic love. Because of his great affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku became greatly attached to the black cloud, the black de
er, the deer's black eyes and to the lotus flower, which is always compared to the eyes of the Lord. In the Tenth Canto, 38th Chapter, 9th verse of the }{\cs2873\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  Akr\'fcra thinks: "Since the Lord has now appeared to diminish the great burden of the world and is now visible to everyone's eyes in His personal transcendental body, when we 
see Him before us, is that not the ultimate perfection of our eyes?" In other words, Akr\'fcra realized that the perfection of the eyes is fulfilled when one is able to see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was visible on the earth
 by direct appearance, everyone who saw Him surely attained perfection of sight.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  written by Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur there is this expression of eagerness in ecstatic love: "How miserable it is, my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O friend of the hopeless! O merciful Lord, how can I pass these thankless 
days without seeing You?" A similar sentiment was expressed by Uddhava when he wrote a letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and said, "My dear Supreme King of Braja, You are the vision of nectar for the eyes, and without seeing Your lotus feet and the effulgence of 
Your body, my mind is always morose. I cannot perceive any peace under any circumstance. Besides that, I am feeling every moment's separation to be like the duration of many, many long years."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also said, "My dear Lord, You are the ocean of mercy. With my arms placed upon my head, I am bowing down before You with all humility and sincerity. I am praying unto You, my Lord. Would You be pleased just 
to sprinkle a little of the water of Your glance upon me? That will be a great satisfaction."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "When even \'c7a\'e7i\'e7ekhara [Lord \'c7iva] is unable to see You, what chance is there for me, who am lower than an ordina
ry worm? I have only committed misdeeds. I know that I am not at all fit to offer my prayers to You, but because You are known as D\'e9nabandhu, the friend of the fallen, I humbly pray that You will kindly purify me by the beams of Your transcendental gl
ance. If I become thoroughly bathed by Your merciful glance, then I may be saved. Therefore, my Lord, I am requesting You to please bestow upon me Your merciful glance."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 38-1970: Indifference and Separation
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-eight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Indifference and Separation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great devotee Uddhava once wrote a letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have just finished the study of all kinds of philosophical books and Ved
ic verses about the goal of life, and so now I have a little reputation for my studies. But still, in spite of my reputation, my knowledge is condemned, because although enjoying the effulgence of Vedic knowledge, I could not appreciate the effulgence em
anating from the nails of Your toes. Therefore, the sooner my pride and Vedic knowledge are finished, the better it will be!" This is an example of indifference.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another devotee very anxiously expressed himself thusly: "My mind is very flickering, so I cannot concentrate it upon Your lotus feet. And seeing this inefficiency 
in myself I become ashamed, and the whole night I am unable to sleep because I am exasperated by my great inability."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur has explained his restlessness as follows: "My dear Lord, Your naughtiness in boyhood is the most wonderful thing in the three worlds. And You Yourself know what this naughtiness is. As s
uch, You can very easily understand my flickering mind. This is known to You and myself. Therefore, I am simply yearning to know how I can fix my mind on Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another devotee expressed his impudency by saying: "My dear Lord, without considering my lowly position, I must confess to You that my eyes are just like black wasp
s, desiring to hover at Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Seventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  4th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 7th verse, the great sage 
N\'e4rada informs Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira about Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, who was a devotee from the very beginning of his life. The proof of Prahl\'e4da's natural devotion is that even when he was a small child he did not play with his playmate
s, but was always eager to preach the glories of the Lord. Instead of joining in their sportive acrobatic feats, he remained as an inactive child because he was always in trance, meditating on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As such, there was no possibility of his bein
g touched by the external world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following statement is about a }{\cs2873\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  devotee: "This }{\cs2873\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 very ex
pert in all kinds of activities, but I do not know why he is looking up without moving his eyes. It appears that his body is fixed motionless just like a doll's. In this condition, I can guess that he has been captivated by the transcendental beauty of t
hat expert flute-player, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and, being attached to Him, he is simply staring at the black cloud, remembering the bodily hue of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is an example of how a devotee can become inert due to ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Seventh Canto, 4th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 0th verse, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r
\'e4j says that even in his childhood, when he was loudly speaking the glories of the Lord, he used to dance just like a shameless madman. And sometimes, being fully absorbed in thought on the pastimes of the Lord, he used to imitate such pastimes. This 
is an instance of a devotee's being almost like a madman. Similarly, it is said that the great sage N\'e4rada was so ecstatically in love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba that he would sometimes dance naked, and sometimes his whole body would become stunned. Sometime
s he would laugh very loudly, sometimes he would cry very loudly, sometimes he would remain silent, and sometimes he would appear to be suffering from some disease, although he had no disease. This is another instance of becoming like a madman in the ecs
tasy of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that when Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j was thinking himself unfit to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he immersed himself in great distress, in an ocean of unhappiness. As such, he used to shed tears and
 lie down on the floor as though unconscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The students of a great devotee once talked amongst themselves in this way: "My dear Godbrothers, our spiritual master, after seeing the lotus feet of the Lord, has
 thrown himself into the fire of lamentation, and because of this fire the water of his life has almost dried away. Let us now pour the nectar of the holy name through his ears, and by doing so the swan of his life may again show signs of life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the city of \'c7o\'ebitapura to fight with Bali's son B\'e4\'eba and to cut off all his hands, Uddhava, being separated from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and thinking of His fight, was almost completely stunned into unconsciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is fully in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there may be the following symptoms due to his feelings of separation from the Lord: feveri
sh condition of the body, withering of the body, lack of sleep, nonattachment, inertness, appearing diseased, madness, unconsciousness and sometimes death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the feverish condition of the body is concerned, Uddhava once told N\'e4rada, "My dear great sage, the lotus flower that is a friend of the sun may be a c
ause of distress for us; and the fire in the ocean may cause us some burning sensation; and Ind\'e9vara, the friend of a demon, may distress us in various ways\'97we do not mind. But the most regrettable factor is that all of them remind us of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and this is giving us too much distress!" This is an instance of the feverish condition which is due to being separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of the devotees who went to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and were detained at the door said: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O friend of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2us, a
s the swan loves to dive into the water amongst the lily flowers and would die if he were taken from the water, so we only wish to be with You. Our limbs are being shrunken and faded because You have been taken away from us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King of Bahul\'e4, although very comfortably situated in his palace, began to think the nights very long and distressing because of his separation from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira once said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the chariot driver of Arjuna, is the only relative of mine within the three worlds. Therefore, my mind is becomin
g maddened day and night with separation from His lotus feet, and I do not know how to situate myself or where I shall go to attain any steadiness of mind." This is another example of lack of sleep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of the cowherd friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O enemy of the Mura demon, just think of Your personal servant Raktaka. Simply because 
he saw a peacock feather he is now closing his eyes and is no longer attentive to pasturing the cows. Rather, he has left them in a faraway pasture and has not even bothered to use his stick to control them." This is an instance of mental imbalance due t
o separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the capital of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Uddhava was so afflicted by the fire of separation from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the pe
rspiring water from his enflamed body and the tears from his eyes poured from him, and in this way he became completely stunned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba left the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to seek out the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Syamantak
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewel, He was late returning home. Uddhava became so afflicted that the symptoms of disease became manifest on his body. Actually, due to his excessive ecstatic love for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, Uddhava became known in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 as crazy. To his great fortune, on that day Uddhava's reputation as a crazy fellow was firmly established. Uddhava's craziness was practically proved when he went to Raivataka Hill to minutely observe 
the congested black clouds. In his disturbed condition, he began to pray to these clouds, and he expressed his jubilation by bowing down before them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uddhava informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear leader of the Yadu dynasty, Your servants in V\'e5nd\'e4vana cannot sleep at night thinking of You, so now they are all ly
ing down on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 almost paralyzed. And it appears that they are almost dead because their breathing is very slow." This is an instance of becoming unconscious due to separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was once informed, "You are the life and soul of all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. So because You have left V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all of the servito
rs of Your lotus feet there are suffering. It is as if the lakes filled with lotus flowers have dried up from the scorching heat of separation from You." In the example given here, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are compared to lakes filled with lotu
s flowers, and because of the scorching heat of separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the lakes\'97along with the lotus flowers of their lives\'97are being burned up. And the swans in the lakes, who are compared to the vitality of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, are no longer desiring to live in that lake. In other words, because of the scorching heat, the swans are leaving the lakes. This metaphor is used to describe the condition of the devotees separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 39-1970: Ways of Meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-nine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Ways of Meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees meet, it is technically called }{\cs2873\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  or linking up with the Lord. Such meetings between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees can be divided into three classes\'97namely, perfection, satisfaction, and steadiness. When the 
devotee meets with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in great eagerness, that state of meeting is called perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bilvama\'ecgala Th\'e4kur describes how K\'e5\'f1\'eba meets His devotee\'97with peacock feather on His head, with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mara
kata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewels on His chest, with His ever-enchanting smile, His restless eyes and His very delicate body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  38th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.38.34
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rath\'e4t t\'fcr\'ebam avaplutya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so 'kr\'fcra\'f9 sneha-vihvala\'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 pap\'e4ta cara\'ebop\'e4nte
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2a-vad r\'e4ma-k\'e5\'f1\'ebayo\'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 rath\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from his chariot; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'fcr\'ebam}{\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 avaplu
tya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97climbing down; }{\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 akr\'fcra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Akr\'fcra; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sneha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by affection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vihvala\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97overcome; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pap\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fell; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-up\'e4nte}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97next to the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2a-vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97flat like a rod; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ma-k\'e5\'f1\'ebayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Balar\'e4ma and 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 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Akr\'fcra, overwhelmed with affection, quickly jumped down from his chariot and fell at the feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma lik
e a rod.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 st 
verse, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, as soon as Akr\'fcra the chariot driver saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His elder brother Balar\'e4ma in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he immediately got down from the chariot and, being greatly a
fflicted by affection for the transcendental Lord, fell down upon His lotus feet to offer respectful obeisances." These are some of the instances of perfectional meetings with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee meets K\'e5\'f1\'eba after long separation, it is called satisfaction. In the First Canto of }{\cs2873\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  11th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, it is stated that when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to His capital, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, the inhabitants began to say, "My dear Lord, if You remain in foreign countries for so long, we shall 
certainly be bereft of seeing Your smiling face! And observing Your face, we, Your eternal servitors, become greatly satisfied. All the anxieties of our existence are immediately mitigated. If we cannot see You because You are long absent from Dv\'e4rak
\'e4, then it will be impossible for us to live anymore." This is an instance of satisfaction in meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba after long separation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personal servant, D\'e4ruka, seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the door of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, forgot to offer Him respects with folded hands.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is ultimately situated in association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his position is called steadiness in devotional service. This steady position in devotiona
l service is explained in the book known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is described there how Akr
\'fcra, who was considered by the }{\cs2873\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  to be terror personified, would talk with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba about the activities of the Kuru dynasty. A similar steady position was held by Uddhava, the disciple of B\'e5haspati. He would always massage the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while kneeling down on the ground before Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is engaged in the service of the Lord, it is called the attainment of }{\cs2873\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 English equivalent to the word "}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\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  is "linking up." So actual linking up with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, begins when the devote
e renders service unto Him. Devotees situated in the transcendental }{\cs2873\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  of servitorship r
ender their particular service whenever there is an opportunity. Sometimes they sit down in front of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to receive orders. Some persons are reluctant to accept this level of devotional service as actual }{\cs2873\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 in some of the }{\cs2873\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  also this servitorship in devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not accepted as the actual }{\cs2873\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  system. But in the }{\cs2873\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 has been clearly indicated that the servitor relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the actual beginning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y
oga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Eleventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  3rd Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.3.32
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kvacid rudanty acyuta-cintay\'e4 kvacid
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhasanti nandanti vadanty alaukik\'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 n\'e5tyanti g\'e4yanty anu\'e7\'e9layanty aja\'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 bhavanti t\'fc\'f1\'eb\'e9\'e0 param etya nirv\'e5t\'e4\'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 kvacit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sometimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rudanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they cry; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the infallible Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cintay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by the thought; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kvacit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sometimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hasanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they laugh; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nandanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97take great pleasure; }{\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 \'97speak; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alaukik\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97acting amazingly; }{\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 \'97they dance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4yanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anu\'e7\'e9layanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and imitate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the unborn; }{\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 \'97they become; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'fc\'f1\'eb\'e9m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97silent; }{\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 \'97the Supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obtaining; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirv\'e5t\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freed from distress.
\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 Having achieved love of Godhead, the devotees sometimes weep loudly, absorbed in thought of the infallible Lord. Sometimes they laugh,
 feel great pleasure, speak out loud to the Lord, dance or sing. Such devotees, having transcended material, conditioned life, sometimes imitate the unborn Supreme by acting out His pastimes. And sometimes, achieving His personal audience, they remain pe
aceful and silent.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 rd 
verse, it is stated that when devotees are engaged in the discharge of }{\cs2873\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  someti
mes they cry from thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, sometimes they laugh, sometimes they become jubilant, and sometimes they talk in very uncommon ways. Sometimes they dance, sometimes they sing, sometimes they are actually engaged in the service of the Lord, 
and sometimes they sit down silently as if absorbed in trance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the Seventh Canto of }{\cs2873\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  Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Prahl\'e4da Mah
\'e4r\'e4j says to his friends: "My dear friends, as soon as pure devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba hear of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, who is the eternal reservoir of pastimes, or hear about His transcendental qualities they become overpowere
d with jubilation. Ecstatic symptoms are manifested in their bodies. They shed tears, talk falteringly, glorify the Lord in a loud voice and chant and dance in ecstasy. These ecstasies are always there, but sometimes they overcome all limits, and the sym
ptoms become manifest to all."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the process of surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead there are six items: to accept everything which is favorable for devotional service, to reject e
verything which is unfavorable for devotional service, to believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will always give protection, to identify oneself with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, to always feel inability without the help of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and to always think onesel
f inferior to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even though one may have full capacity to perform something on his own. When one is substantially convinced that he is always protected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all circumstances, that feeling is called reverential devotion. Rev
erential devotion is executed in relation with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and with His other protected devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was residing in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, some of the elderly members of the Yadu family would occasionally put some important matter before Him. At such a
 time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would carefully give attention to those matters. And if there were some humorous topics mentioned, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would immediately respond with a smiling face. Sometimes when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was executing His duties in the assembly 
known as Sudharm\'e4, He would ask the elderly members for good advice. By such activities He is manifest as the supreme spiritual master, the supreme executive head, the superior intelligence, the supreme power, protector and maintainer.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 40-1970: Reverential Devotion of Sons and Other Subordinates
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Reverential Devotion of Sons and
 Other Subordinates
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub True reverential devotion is exhibited by persons who think themselves subordinate to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and by persons who think themselves sons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The
 best examples of this subordination are S\'e4ra\'eba, Gada and Subhadr\'e4. They were all members of the Yadu dynasty, and they used to always think themselves protected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sons, such as Pradyumna, C\'e4rude
\'f1\'eba, and S\'e4mba, felt the same way. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had many sons in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. He begot ten sons by each of His 16,108 queens, and all of these sons, headed by Pradyumna, C\'e4rude\'f1\'eba and S\'e4mba, used to think themselves always protec
ted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sons dined with Him, they would sometimes open their mouths for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to feed them. Sometimes when K\'e5\'f1\'eba would pat one of His sons, the son would sit on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lap, and while K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was blessing the son's head by smelling it, the others would shed tears, thinking how many pious activities he must have performed in his previous life. Out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's many sons, Pradyumna, a son of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's chief queen, Rukmi
\'eb\'e9, is considered the leader. Pradyumna's bodily features resembled K\'e5\'f1\'eba's exactly. Pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba glorify Pradyumna because he is so fortunate: like father like son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a description in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Pradyumna's activities when he kidnapped Prabh\'e4vat\'e9. Pradyumna addressed Prabh\'e4vat\'e9 at that time and said: "My dear Prabh\'e4vat\'e9, just look at the head of our family, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba: He is Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself, the supreme driver of Garu\'f2a, and He is our supreme master. Because we have become so proud and confident of His protecting us, we sometimes do not even care about fighting with Tripur\'e4ri [Lord \'c7iva]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of devotees engaged in devotional service with awe and veneration, and the servitors in the abode of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 always worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 as the most respectable and revered Personality of Godhead. They are captivated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba because of His super-excellent opulences. The members who always thought themselves protected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba could readily convert their conviction into
 practical demonstration, because it was sometimes found that the sons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba acted very unlawfully in various places. Nonetheless they were given full protection by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even Balar\'e4ma, the elder brother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, sometimes unknowingly offered respect to Him. Once when K\'e5\'f1\'eba came before Lord Balar\'e4ma, He was a
nxious to offer His respects to His elder brother, but at that time Balar\'e4ma's club was lowered down upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. In other words, the club in Balar\'e4ma's hand offered its own respects to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These feelings of subordi
nation, as explained above, are sometimes manifested as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When demigods from the heavenly planets came to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sons followed them, and Lord Brahm\'e4 sprinkled water from his }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kama\'eb\'f2alu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  upon them. When the demigods came before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, instead of sitting 
on golden chairs, the sons sat down on the floor, which was covered with deerskin.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the behavior of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sons appears similar to the behavior of His personal servants. For example, the sons used to offer their obeisances, they
 were silent, submissive and gentle, and they were always ready to carry out K\'e5\'f1\'eba's orders, even at the risk of life. When present before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they bowed down on the ground. They were very silent and steady, and they used to restrain
 coughing and laughing before the Lord. Also, they never discussed K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes in conjugal love. In other words, devotees who are engaged in reverential devotional service should not discuss the conjugal love affairs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. No o
ne should claim his eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba unless he is liberated. In the conditioned state of life, the devotees have to execute the prescribed duties as recommended in the codes of devotional service. When one is mature in devotional 
service and is a realized soul, he can know his own eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should not artificially try to establish some relationship. In the premature stage it is sometimes found that a lusty, conditioned person will artificially 
try to establish some relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in conjugal love. The result of this is that one becomes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ta-sahajiy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or one who takes everything very cheaply. Although such persons may be very anxious to establish a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in conjugal love, their conditioned life in the material world is still 
most abominable. A person who has actually established his relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba can no longer act on the material plane, and his personal character cannot be criticized.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Cupid came on one occasion to visit Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, some devotee addressed him thus: "My dear Cupid, because you have been so fortunate as to have placed 
your eyesight on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the drops of perspiration on your body have become frozen, and they resemble }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka\'eb\'f6aki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fruits [a kind of a small fruit found in thorny bushes]." These are signs of ecstasy and veneration unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the princes of the Yadu dynasty heard the vibration
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's P\'e4\'efcajanya conchshell, the hairs on their bodies immediately stood up in ecstatic jubilation. It seemed at that time that all the hairs on the bodies of the princes were dancing in ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to jubilation, there are sometimes symptoms of disappointment. Pradyumna once addressed S\'e4mba with these words: "My dear S\'e4mba, you are such a glo
rified personality! I have seen that once when you were playing on the ground, your body became covered with dust; yet, our father, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, still took you up on His lap. But I am so unfortunate that I could never get such love from our fathe
r!" This statement is an example of disappointment in love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To regard K\'e5\'f1\'eba as one's superior is called reverential feeling, and when, in addition to this, a devotee feels that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is his protector, his t
ranscendental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is increased, and his combined feelings are called reverential devotion. When this steady reverential devotion increases further, it is called love of Godhead in reverential devotion. Attraction and affection are two
 prominent symptoms of this stage. In this reverential devotional attitude, Pradyumna never talked to his father in a loud voice. In fact, he never so much as unlocked the lips of his mouth, nor did he ever show his face filled with tears. He would alway
s glance only at the lotus feet of his father.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another example of steady and fixed love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the instance of Arjuna's informing Him of the death of Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu, who was also
 the nephew of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Abhimanyu was the son of Subhadr\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's younger sister. He was killed at the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra by the combined efforts of all the commanders in King Duryodhana's army\'97namely, Kar\'eba, A\'e7vatth\'e4
m\'e4, Jayadratha, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, K\'e5p\'e4c\'e4rya and Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya. In order to assure K\'e5\'f1\'eba that there was no change of love on Subhadr\'e4's part, Arjuna informed Him: "Although Abhimanyu was killed almost in Your presence, Subhadr
\'e4's love for You is not agitated at all, nor has it even slightly changed its original color."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The affection that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has for His devotees was expressed by Himself when He asked Pradyumna not to feel so bashful before Him. He addressed Pradyumna th
us: "My dear boy, just give up your inferiority complex, and do not hang your neck. Just talk with Me in a clear voice, and do not shed tears. You can look straight at Me, and you can place your hands on My body without any hesitation. There is no need o
f exhibiting so much reverence before your father."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna's attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba was always exhibited by his action. Whenever he was ordered by his father to execute something, he would immediately execu
te the order, taking the task as nectarean even though it may have been poison. Similarly, whenever he would find something to be disapproved of by his father, he would immediately reject it as poison, even though it may have been nectarean.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna's attachment in anxiety for K\'e5\'f1\'eba was expressed when he said to his wife Rati: "The enemy, \'c7ambara, is already killed. Now I am very anxious t
o see my father, who is my spiritual master and who always carries the conchshell known as P\'e4\'efcajanya." Pradyumna felt great separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He was absent from Dv\'e4rak\'e4 at the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. He said, "Since m
y father has left Dv\'e4rak\'e4, I do not take much pleasure in practicing fighting, nor am I interested in any kind of sporting pastimes. And what need is there to speak of these things? I do not even wish to stay at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 in the absence of my f
ather."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Pradyumna came back home after killing the \'c7ambar\'e4sura, and as soon as he saw his father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, before him, he became so overjoyed that he hims
elf could not understand his joy on that occasion. This is an instance of success in separation. A similar satisfaction was observed when K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned from the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra to His home at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. All of His sons were so 
overjoyed that, out of ecstasy, they repeatedly made many mistakes. These mistakes were a sign of complete satisfaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every day Pradyumna looked over K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet with tears in his eyes. These signs of reverential devotion on the part of Pradyumna can be described in
 the same way they have been described in the case of other devotees.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 41-1970: Fraternal Devotion
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-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 Fraternal Devotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is permanently situated in devotional service, and by different symptoms of ecstasy he has developed and matured a fraternal mellow or flavor in rela
tionship with the Personality of Godhead, at that time his feeling is called fraternal love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impetus for such fraternal love of God is God Himself. When one is liberated and discovers his eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, the Lord Himself beco
mes the impetus for increasing fraternal love. The eternal associates of the Lord in V\'e5nd\'e4vana have described this as follows: "The Lord, Hari, whose bodily hue is like the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub indran\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewel, whose smiling is as beautiful as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunda}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, whose silk dress is as yellow as golden autumn foliage, whose chest is beautified with garlands of flowers and who is always playing upon His flute\'97this enemy of the Agha demo
n is always attracting our hearts by wandering about V\'e5nd\'e4vana."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are similar statements of fraternal love expressed outside the jurisdiction of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, headed by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi
\'f1\'f6hira, saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His fourhanded form on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, holding His conchshell, disk, club and lotus flower, they completely forgot themselves and became merged in the ocean of nectarean happiness. This shows how the 
sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u-King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Bh\'e9ma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva\'97were all caught up in fraternal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the different names, forms, paraphernalia and transcendental qualities provoke fraternal love: For instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's nice dress, the all-auspicio
us symptoms on His body, His strongly-built body, His knowledge of different languages, His learned teachings in the }{\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  His uncommon genius in all fields of endeavor, His exhibition of expert knowledge, His mercy, His chivalry, His behavior as a conjugal lover, His intelligence, His forgiveness, His attraction for all kind
s of men, His opulence and His happiness\'97all provoke fraternal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impetus to fraternal love upon seeing the associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is also very natural, for their personal bodily features, their qualit
ies and dress are all equal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. These associates are always happy in their service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they are generally known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or friends of the same age. These }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are fully confident of protection by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Devotees sometimes pray: "Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who are firmly convinced of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friendship and protection and whose devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ever-fixed. They are fearless, and on a level equal 
with K\'e5\'f1\'eba they discharge their transcendental loving devotional service." Such eternal }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  are also found beyond the jurisdiction of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, in places such as Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and Hastin\'e4pura. Except for V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the places of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (towns). Mathur\'e4 and Hastin\'e4pura, the capital of the Kurus, are both }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Personalities like Arjuna, Bh\'e9ma, Draupad\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 Br\'e4hma\'eba are counted amongst K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fra
ternal devotees in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puras.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, enjoy K\'e5\'f1\'eba's association is described as follows: "When \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived in Indrapr
astha, the capital of the Kurus, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira immediately came out to smell the flavor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's head." It is the Vedic custom that superiors smell the heads of their subordinates when the subordinates offer respect to the su
perior by touching his feet. Similarly, Arjuna and Bh\'e9ma embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great jubilation, and the two younger brothers, namely Nakula and Sahadeva, touched the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with tears in their eyes and offered their respe
cts. In this way all the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers enjoyed the fraternal friendship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in transcendental mellow. Of the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, Arjuna is the most intimately connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has a nice bow in his hand
 which is called G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va. His thighs are compared with the trunks of elephants, and his eyes are always reddish. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna are together on a chariot, they become celestial beauties, pleasing to the eyes of everyone. It is
 said that once Arjuna was lying in his bed with his head upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lap and was talking and joking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in great relaxation and was enjoying K\'e5\'f1\'eba's company with smiling and great satisfaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (friends) in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are concerned, they become greatly distressed when they cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba even for a moment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following prayer by a devotee for the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana: "All glories to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba in their age, qualities, pastimes, dress and beauty. They are accustomed to playing on their flutes made of palm leaves, and they all have buffalo-horn bugles ornamented like K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's with jewels such as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indran\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and with gold and coral. They are always jubilant
 like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. May these glorious companions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always protect us!"
\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 vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are in such intimate friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba that sometimes they think themselves as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here is an instance of such friendly feeling: When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was holding up Govardhan Hill with His l
eft hand, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said, "My dear friend, You have been standing for the last seven da
ys and nights without any rest. This is very troublesome for us because we see that you have undertaken a severely laborious task. We think, therefore, that you need not continue to stand in that way holding the hill. You can just transfer it onto Sud
\'e4m\'e4's hand. We are very much aggrieved to see You in this position. If You think that Sud\'e4m\'e4 is not able to support Govardhan Hill, then at least You should change hands. Instead of supporting it with Your left hand, please transfer it to You
r right hand, so that we can give Your left hand a massage." This is an instance of intimacy, showing how much the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  considered themselves to be equal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the learned transcendentalist, He is the supreme happiness for the impersonalist, He is the supreme worshipable Deity for the devotee, and He is just l
ike an ordinary boy to one who is under the spell of }{\cs2873\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 just imagine\'97these
 cowherd boys are now playing with the Supreme Person as though they are on an equal level! By this anyone can understand that these boys must have accumulated heaps of the results of pious activities to enable them to associate with the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead in such intimate friendship."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's feeling for his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He once said to Balar\'e4ma, "My dear brother, when My companions were being devoured by the Agh\'e4sura, hot tears poured down from My eyes. And as they were washing
 My cheeks, My dear elder brother, for at least one moment I completely lost Myself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within Gokula, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vayasyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are generally divided into four groups: 1) well-wishers, 2) friends, 3) confidential friends and 4) intimate friends. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's well-wisher friends are a little bit older than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they have 
some parental affection for Him. Because of their being older than K\'e5\'f1\'eba they always try to protect Him from any harm. As such, they sometimes bear weapons so that they can chastise any mischievous persons who want to do harm to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
Counted amongst the well-wisher friends are Subhadra,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Not to be confused with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sister, Subhadr\'e4.}* Ma\'eb\'f2al\'e9bhadra, Bhadravardhana, Gobha\'f6a, Yak\'f1a, Indrabha\'f6a, Bhadr\'e4\'ecga, V\'e9rabhadra, Mah
\'e4gu\'eba, Vijaya, and Balabhadra. They are older than K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are always thinking of His welfare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the elderly friends said, "My dear Ma\'eb\'f2al\'e9bhadra, why are you wielding a shining sword as though you were running towards Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura to kil
l him? My dear Baladeva, why are you unnecessarily bearing that heavy plow? My dear Vijaya, don't be unnecessarily agitated. My dear Bhadravardhana, there is no need to make these threatening motions. If you will all look more closely you will see that i
t is only a thunder cloud upon Govardhana Hill; it is not the Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura in the shape of a bull, as you have imagined." These older, well-wishing friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba imagined a large cloud to be the Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura, appearing in the sh
ape of a huge bull. In the midst of their excitement one of them ascertained that it was actually only a cloud on Govardhan Hill. He therefore informed the others not to take the trouble of worrying about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because there was no present dang
er from Ari\'f1\'f6\'e4sura.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amongst the well-wisher friends, Ma\'eb\'f2al\'e9bhadra and Balabhadra are the chiefs. Ma\'eb\'f2al\'e9bhadra is described as follows: his complexion is yellowish, 
and his dress is very attractive. He always carries a stick of various colors. He wears a peacock feather on his head and always looks very beautiful. Ma\'eb\'f2al\'e9bhadra's attitude is revealed in his statement: "My dear friends, our beloved K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is now very tired from working with the cows in the pasturing grounds and from traveling all over the forests. I can see that He is very fatigued. Let me massage His head silently while He is taking rest in His house. And you, Subala\'97you just ma
ssage His thighs."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee described the personal beauty of Baladeva as follows: "Let me take shelter of the lotus feet of Balar\'e4ma, whose beauty is enhanced by the earrings to
uching his cheeks. His face is decorated with }{\cs2873\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  made from }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kast\'fcr\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (musk), and His broad chest is decorated with a garland of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'efja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (small conchshells). His complexion is as white as an autumn cloud, He wears garments of blue color, and His voice is
 very grave. His arms are very long, touching His thighs, and He has shown His great strength by killing the Pralamba demon. Let me take shelter of this chivalrous Balar\'e4ma."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Balar\'e4ma and Baladeva are different names for the
 same expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's elder brother.}*
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Baladeva's affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is illustrated in this statement to Subala: "My dear friend, please inform K\'e5\'f1\'eba not to go to K\'e4liya's lake toda
y. Today is His birthday, and so I wish to go along with Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 to bathe Him. Tell Him He should not leave the house today." This shows how Balar\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's elder brother, took care of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with parental love, within t
he scope of fraternal affection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Friends who were younger than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who were always attached to Him and who gave Him all kinds of service, are called ordinary friends, or, simply, friend
s. Such ordinary friends are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the names of some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are Vi\'e7\'e4la, V\'e5\'f1abha, Ojasvi, Devaprastha, Var\'fcthapa, Maranda, Kusum\'e4p\'e9\'f2a, 
Ma\'ebibandha, and Karandhama. All of these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba sought only
 to serve Him. Sometimes some of them would rise early in the morning and immediately go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's place and wait at the door to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to accompany Him to the pasturing grounds. In the meantime, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be dressed 
by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and when she would see a boy standing at the door, she would call him: "Well, Vi\'e7\'e4la, why are you standing there? Come here!" So with the permission of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, he would immediately enter the house. And while Mot
her Ya\'e7od\'e4 was dressing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he would try to help put on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ankle bells, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would jokingly strike him with His flute. Then Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 would call, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what is this? Why are You teasing Y
our friend?" And K\'e5\'f1\'eba would laugh, and the friend would also laugh. These are some of the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Sometimes the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  would tak
e care of the cows who were going hither and thither. They would tell K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Your cows were going off here and there," and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would thank them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  went to the pasturing ground, Ka\'e0sa would send a demon to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, almost every day there was a fight with some different kind of demon. After fighting with a demon, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba would feel fatigued, the hairs on His head would be scattered, and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wou
ld immediately come and try to relieve Him in different ways. Some friends would say, "My dear Vi\'e7\'e4la, please take this fan of lotus leaves and fan K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that He may feel some comfort. Var\'fcthapa, you just brush the scattered hairs on
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's head which have fallen upon His face. V\'e5\'f1abha, don't talk unnecessarily! Immediately massage K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body. His arms have become tired from fighting and wrestling with that demon. Oh, just see how our friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 has become tired!" These are some examples of the treatment given to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  known as Devaprastha, is described as follows: he is very strong, a ready scholar, and is very expert in playing ball. He wears a white dress, and he ties his hair into a bunch with a rope. Whenever there is a fight between K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and the demons, Devaprastha is the first to help, and he fights just like an elephant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the }{\cs2873\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  once said to her friend, "My dear beautiful friend, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda, was taking rest within the cave of a hill, He was keeping His head on the arms of \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, and He was putting His le
ft hand on D\'e4m\'e4's chest. Taking this opportunity, Devaprastha, out of his strong affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, immediately began to massage His legs." Such are the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends out on the pasturing grounds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The more confidential friends are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub priya-sakh\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and are almost K\'e5\'f1\'eba's age. Because of their very confidential friendship, their behavior is only on the basis of pure friendship. Other friends' behavior is on the ground of paternal love
 or servitude, but the basic principle of the confidential friends is simply friendship on an equal level. Some confidential friends are as follows: \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, Sud\'e4m\'e4, D\'e4m\'e4, Vasud\'e4m\'e4, Ki\'ecki\'ebi, Stokak\'e5\'f1\'eba, A\'e0
\'e7u, Bhadrasena, Vil\'e4sina, Pu\'eb\'f2ar\'e9ka, Vi\'f6a\'ecka and Kalavi\'ecka. By their various activities in different pastimes, all of these friends used to give transcendental pleasure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The behavior of these confidential friends is described by a friend of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who told R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9: "My dear graceful R\'e4dh\'e4r
\'e4\'eb\'e9, Your intimate friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is also served by His intimate boy friends. Some of them cut jokes with Him in mild voices and please Him very much by this." For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba had one }{\cs2873\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  friend whose name was Madhuma\'ecgala. This boy would joke by playing the part of a greedy }{\cs2873\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  Whenever the friends ate, he would eat more than all others, especially }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2us,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of which he was very fond. Then after eating more }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2us}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  than anyone else, Madhuma\'ecgala would still not be satisfied, and he would say to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "If You gi
ve me one more }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2u,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then I shall be pleased to give You my blessings so that Yo
ur friend R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 will be very much pleased with You." The }{\cs2873\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 supposed to give blessings to the }{\cs2873\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  (farming and merchant caste), and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba presented Himself as the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda, a }{\cs2873\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  so the }{
\cs2873\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 was right in giving blessings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba was 
very pleased by His friend's blessings, and He would supply him with more and more }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes a confidential friend would come before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and embrace Him with great affection and love. Another friend would then come up from the rear and 
cover K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eyes with his hands. K\'e5\'f1\'eba would always feel very happy by such dealings with His confidential friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of all these confidential friends, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 is considered to be the chief. \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 used to put on a yellow-colored dress. He would carry 
a buffalo horn, and his turban was of reddish, copper color. His bodily complexion was blackish, and around his neck there was a nice garland. He would always challenge K\'e5\'f1\'eba in joking friendship. Let us pray to \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 to bestow his
 mercy upon us!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 used to address K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Oh, You are so cruel that You left us alone on the bank of Yamun\'e4, and we were all mad from not se
eing You there! Now it is our great fortune that we are able to see You here. If You want to pacify us, You must embrace each one of us with Your arms. But believe me, my dear friend, a moment's absence from You creates great havoc, not only for us but f
or the cows also. Everything becomes disarranged, and we become mad after You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are other friends who are still more confidential. They are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub priya-
narm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or intimate friends. Counted among the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub priya-narm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  friends are Subala, Arjuna, Gandharva, Vasanta and Ujjvala. There was talk among the friends of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the }{\cs2873\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  about these most intimate friends. One }{\cs2873\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  addressed R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 thusly: "My dear K\'e5\'e7\'e4\'ecg\'e9 [delicate one], just see how Subala is whispering Your message into K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ear, how he is delivering 
the confidential letter of \'c7y\'e4m\'e4d\'e4s\'e9 silently into K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hand, how he is delivering the betel nuts prepared by P\'e4lik\'e4 into K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mouth, and how he is decorating K\'e5\'f1\'eba with the garland prepared by T\'e4r
ak\'e4. Did you know, my dear friend, that all these most intimate friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always engaged in His service in this way?" Out of the many intimate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pri
ya-narm\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Subala and Ujjvala are considered to be the most prominent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Subala's body is described as follows. His complexion is just like molten gold. He is very, very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He always has a garland around his neck, an
d he wears yellow clothing. His eyes are just like lotus flower petals, and he is so intelligent that by his talking and his moral instructions, all the other friends take the highest pleasure. Let us all offer our respectful obeisances unto K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's friend Subala!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The degree of intimacy shared by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Subala can be understood by the fact that the talks between them were so confidential that no one else could und
erstand what they were saying.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The description of Ujjvala, another intimate friend, is given as follows. Ujjvala always wears some garment of orange color, and the movements of his eyes are alway
s very restless. He likes to decorate himself with all kinds of flowers, his bodily hue is almost like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and on his neck there is always a necklace of pearls. He is always very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Let us all worship Ujjvala, the most 
intimate friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About the confidential service of Ujjvala, this statement is to be found, addressed by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 to one of Her friends: "My dear friend, it is imposs
ible for Me to keep My prestige! I wanted to avoid talking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba anymore\'97but just see! There again is His friend, Ujjvala, coming to Me with his canvassing work. His entreaties are so powerful that it is very difficult for a }{\cs2873\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  to resist her love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even though she may be very bashful, devoted to her famil
y duties and most faithful to her husband."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is a statement by Ujjvala, showing his jubilant nature: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O killer of Agh\'e4sura, You have extended Your loving affairs so muc
h that You can be compared to the great ocean, which is without limitations. At the same time, the young girls of the world who are all searching after the perfect lover have become just like rivers running into this ocean. Under the circumstances, all t
hese rivers of young girls may try to divert their courses to some other place, but at the end they must come unto You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amongst the groups of different friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, some are well-known from various scriptures, and some are well-known by popular tradition. There are thre
e divisions amongst K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends: some are eternally in friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, some are elevated demigods, and some are perfected devotees. In all of these groups there are some who by nature are fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service and
 are always engaged in giving counsel; some of them are very fond of joking and naturally cause K\'e5\'f1\'eba to smile by their words; some of them are by nature very simple, and by their simplicity they please Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; some of them create w
onderful situations by their activities, apparently against K\'e5\'f1\'eba; some of them are very talkative, always arguing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and creating a debating atmosphere; and some of them are very gentle and give pleasure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by th
eir sweet words. All of these friends are very intimate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they show expertise in their different activities, their aim always being to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 42-1970: Fraternal Loving Affairs
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-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 Fraternal Loving Affairs
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's age, His beauty, His bugle, His flute, His conchshell and His pleasing attitude all provoke love in friendship for Him. His exceptional joking abil
ities, exhibited sometimes by His pretending to be a royal prince, or even the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also give impetus to devotees developing love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in friendship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Learned scholars have divided K\'e5\'f1\'eba's age into three periods: the age up to five years is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the age from the sixth to the tenth year is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
pauga\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the age from the eleventh to fifteenth year is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  While K\'e5\'f1\'eba is spending His days as a cowherd boy, He is in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 ages. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared at Gokula, He acted as a cowher
d boy, and then, when He was sixteen, He went to Mathur\'e4 to kill Ka\'e0sa.
\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 kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  age is just suitable for reciprocating the love of a child with Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. In the Tenth Canto, 13th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadev
a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer and the beneficiary of all kinds of sacrificial ceremonies, He still used to eat with His cowherd boy friends. This is because at that time He a
ccepted the pastimes of an ordinary boy, keeping His flute under His arm and His bugle on the right side in His belt, along with His cane. In His left hand He would hold a lump of rice paste with yogurt, and in His fingers would be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e9lu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the king of fruits. When He would thus sit amongst His friends, it would appear that He was the who
rl of a lotus flower and that the friends surrounding Him were petals. As they thus enjoyed joking amongst themselves, the denizens of heaven would become struck with wonder and would only stare at the scene."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age can be further divided into three periods\'97namely, the beginning, middle and end. In the beginning of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age there is a very nice reddish luster on His lips, His abdomen is very thin, and on His neck are circles like those on a conchshell. Sometimes, some outside visitors would return t
o V\'e5nd\'e4vana to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and, upon seeing Him again, would exclaim, "My dear Mukunda, Your beauty is gradually increasing, just like the leaf on a banyan tree! My dear lotus-eyed one, Your neck is gradually manifesting circles like the con
chshell. And in the shining moonlight Your teeth and cheeks are competing with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub padmar\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  jewels in their beautiful arrangement. I am sure that Your beautiful bodily development is now giving much pleasure to Your friends."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this age K\'e5\'f1\'eba was garlanded with various kinds of flowers. He used to put on a silk dress, colored with various kinds of dye. Such beautiful decoration
s are considered cosmetics for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba would wear this dress when He used to go into the forest to tend the cows. Sometimes He would wrestle there with His different friends, and sometimes they would dance all together in the fores
t. These are some of the specific activities of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cowherd friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were so happy in His company that they expressed their transcendental feelings within themselves thus: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, You are always busy tending the cows which are scattered all over beautiful V\'e5nd\'e4vana. You have a beautiful garland, a small conchshell, a peacock feather on Your turban, yellow-colored silk cloth, decorations of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kar\'ebik\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers on Your ears and a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mall\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower garland on Your chest. Appearing so beautiful, when You pretend, just like an actor, to be fighting with us, You give us unlimited transcenden
tal bliss."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more grown-up, in the middle age of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His nails become finely sharp, and His chubby cheeks become lustrous and round. On the two sides of His waist above His belt there are three distinct lines of folded skin, called 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tribali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cowherd boy friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba felt very proud of their association with Him. At that time the tip of His nose defeated the beauty of the sesame flowers,
 the luster of His cheeks defeated the glow of pearls, and the two sides of His body were exquisitely beautiful. In this age K\'e5\'f1\'eba wore a silk dress that glittered like lightning, His head was decorated with a silk turban covered with gold lace,
 and in His hand He carried a stick about fifty-six inches long.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn The specific pastimes in this period took place in the forest known as Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana. This Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana, along with eleven other {\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vanas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or forests, is still existing in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana area, and devotees who circumambulate the wh
ole area of V\'e5nd\'e4vana can know the beauty of these forests even today.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * Seeing this exquisitely beautiful dress of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one devotee addressed his friend in 
this manner: "My dear friend, just look at K\'e5\'f1\'eba! See how He is carrying in His hand a stick which is bound up and down with golden rings, how His turban with golden lace is showing such a beautiful luster, and how His dress is giving his friend
s the highest transcendental pleasure!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the end of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hair sometimes hangs down to His hips, and sometimes it becomes scattered. In this age His two shoulders become higher and broader, and His face is always decorated with marks of }{
\cs2873\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  When His beautiful hair scatters over His shoulders, it appears to be a goddess of f
ortune embracing Him, and this embracing is highly relished by His friends. Subala once addressed Him in this way: "My dear Ke\'e7ava, Your round turban, the lotus flower in Your hand, the vertical marks of }{\cs2873\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 Your forehead, Your }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum-}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flavored musk and all of Your beautiful bodily features are defeating me today, although I am usually stronger than You or any of our friends. Since this is so, I do not know how thes
e features of Your body can fail to defeat the pride of all the young girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When I am so defeated by this beauty, what chance is there for those who are naturally very simple and flexible?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this age K\'e5\'f1\'eba took pleasure in whispering into the ears of His friends, and the subject of His talks was the beauty of the }{\cs2873\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 just tarrying before them. Subala once addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Yo
u are very cunning. You can understand the thoughts of others; therefore I am whispering within Your ear that all these five }{\cs2873\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 most beautiful, have been attracted by Your dress. And I believe that Cupid has entrusted them with the responsibility of conquering You." In other words, the beauty of the }{\cs2873\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  was capable of conquering K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the conqueror of all universes
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptoms of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age are already described, and it is at this age that devotees generally most appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is worshiped as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ki\'e7ora-ki\'e7or\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not increase His age beyond this form of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and it is confirmed 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 that although He is the oldest personality and has innumerable different forms, His original form is always youthful. In the pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra
 we can see that He is youthful, although at that time He was old enough to have sons, grandsons, and great grandsons. The cowherd boy friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba once said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You need not decorate Your body with so many ornaments. Y
our transcendental features are themselves so beautiful that You do not require any ornamentation." At this age, whenever K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins to vibrate His flute early in the morning, all of His friends immediately get up from bed just to join Him in 
going to the pasturing grounds. One of the friends once said, "My dear cowherd friends, the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute from above Govardhan Hill is telling us that we need not go to search Him out on the bank of the Yamun\'e4."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4rvat\'e9, the wife of Lord \'c7iva, told her husband: "My dear Pa\'efcamukha [five-faced], just look at the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas! After hearing the sound of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's conchshell known as P\'e4\'efcajanya, they have regained their strength and are just like lions."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this age, K\'e5\'f1\'eba once dressed Himself up exactly like R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, just to create fun among His friends. He put on golden earrings; and beca
use He was blackish, He smeared the pulp of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all over His body in order to become
 as fair as She. By seeing this dress, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend Subala became very astonished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes played with His intimate friends by engaging in fighting or wrestling with their arms, sometimes by playing ball, sometimes by playing ches
s, sometimes by carrying one another on the shoulders, and sometimes by exhibiting their expertness at whirling logs. And the cowherd friends used to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba by sitting together with Him on coaches or on swings, by lying together on their b
eds, by joking together and by swimming in the pool. All these activities are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Whenever all the friends would assemble in the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they would immediately engage in all these functions, especially in dancing together. Regarding their wrestling, one friend once asked K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear friend,
 O killer of the Agha demon, You are very proudly wandering among Your friends trying to exhibit Your arms as very strong. Is it that You are envious of me? I know that You cannot defeat me in wrestling, and I also know that You were sitting idly for a l
ong time because You were hopeless of defeating me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the friends were very daring and would risk any difficulty, because they were confident that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would help them to be victorious in all adventures. 
They used to sit together and advise one another what to do, sometimes inducing one another to be engaged in welfare work. Sometimes they would offer betel nuts to one another, decorate one another's faces with }{\cs2873\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  or smear pulp of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on one another's bodies. Sometimes, for the sake of amusement, they used to decorate their faces in strange ways. Another business of the friends was that each of them wanted to defe
at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sometimes they used to snatch His clothing or snatch away the flowers from His hands. Sometimes one would try to induce another to decorate his body for him, and failing this, they were always ready to fight, challenging one another to
 combat in wrestling. These were some of the general activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another important pastime of the friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was that they served as messengers to and from the }{\cs2873\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  they introduced the }{\cs2873\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  to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and canvassed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the }{\cs2873\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 in disagreement with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, these friends would support K\'e5\'f1\'eba's side in His presence\'97but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not present, they would support the side of the }{\cs2873\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 this way, sometimes supporting one side, sometimes the other, they would talk very privatel
y, with much whispering in the ears, although none of the business was very serious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were sometimes engaged in collecting flowers, decorating His body with valuable ornaments and trinkets, dancing before Him, singing, 
helping Him herd the cows, massaging His body, preparing flower garlands and sometimes fanning His body. These were some of the primary duties of the servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The friends and servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were combined together in serving
 Him, and all of their activities are known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came out from the Yamun\'e4 after chastising the K\'e4liyan\'e4ga, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 wanted to embrace Him first, but he could not raise his a
rms because of his great feeling of respect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to play on His flute, it appeared just like the roaring of clouds in the sky during the constellation of Sv\'e4ti. According to Vedic astro
nomical calculation, if there is rain during the constellation of the Sv\'e4ti star, any rain falling on the sea will produce pearls, and rain falling on a serpent will produce jewels. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute roared like a thundercloud und
er the Sv\'e4ti constellation, the resulting perspiration on \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4's body appeared to be just like pearls.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Subala were embracing one another, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 became a little envious, and hiding Her hot temperament She sai
d, "My dear Subala, you are very fortunate, because even in the presence of superiors you and K\'e5\'f1\'eba have no hesitation in putting your arms on each other's shoulders. I think it must be admitted that in your previous lives you have succeeded in 
many kinds of austerities." The idea is that although R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was accustomed to put Her arms on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's shoulders, it was not possible for Her to do such a thing in the presence of Her superiors, whereas Subala could do so freel
y. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 therefore praised his good fortune.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the lake of K\'e4liya, His intimate friends became so perturbed that their bodily colors faded, and they all produced horrible gurgling 
sounds. At that time all of them fell down on the ground as if they were unconscious. Similarly, when there was a forest fire all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends neglected their own protection and surrounded K\'e5\'f1\'eba on all sides to protect Him from th
e flames. This behavior of the friends toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described by thoughtful poets as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyabhic\'e4r\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyabhic\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is so
metimes madness, dexterity, fear, laziness, jubilation, pride, dizziness, meditation, disease, forgetfulness and humbleness. These are some of the common symptoms in the stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vyabhic\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there are dealings between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends which are completely devoid of any feelings of respect, and they all treat one another on an equal le
vel, such ecstatic love in friendship is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sth\'e4y\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When one is situated in this
 confidential friendly relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one shows symptoms of love such as attraction, affection, affinity and attachment. An example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sth\'e4y\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was exhibited when Arjuna\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn This Arjuna, living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is different from the friend of the same name to whom {\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  was spoken.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * told 
Akr\'fcra: "My dear son of G\'e4ndin\'e9, please ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba when I shall be able to embrace Him in my arms."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there is full knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superiority and yet in dealings with Him on friendly terms respectfulness is completely absent, that stage is calle
d affection. There is one brilliant example of this affection. When the demigods, headed by Lord \'c7iva, were offering respectful prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, describing the glorious opulences of the Lord, Arjuna\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn This Arjuna, livin
g in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is different from the friend of the same name to whom {\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  was spoken.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * stood before Him with his hand on His shoulders and brushed the dust from His peacock feather.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were banished by Duryodhana and forced to live incognito in the forest, no one could trace out where they were staying. At that time, the
 great sage N\'e4rada met Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and said, "My dear Mukunda, although You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the all-powerful person, by making friendship with You the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas have become bereft of their legitimate right to th
e kingdom of the world\'97and, moreover, they are now living in the forest incognito. Sometimes they must work as ordinary laborers in someone else's house. These symptoms appear to be very inauspicious materially, but the beauty is that the P\'e4\'eb
\'f2avas have not lost their faith and love for You, in spite of all these tribulations. In fact, they are always thinking of You and chanting Your name in ecstatic friendship."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another example of acute affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is given in the 10th Canto, 15th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.15.18
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anye tad-anur\'fcp\'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 manoj\'ef\'e4ni 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 g\'e4yanti sma mah\'e4-r\'e4ja
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sneha-klinna-dhiya\'f9 \'e7anai\'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 anye}{\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 tat-anur\'fcp\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97suitable for the occasion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub mana\'f9-j\'ef\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97attractive to the mind; }{\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 \'97of the great personality (Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4yanti sma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they would sing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-r\'e4ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O King Par\'e9k\'f1it;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sneha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub klinna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97melted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhiya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97their hearts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7anai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97slowly.
\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 King, other boys would sing enchanting songs appropriate to the occasion, and their hearts would melt out of love for the Lord
.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse of }{\cs2873\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 the pasturing ground K\'e5\'f1\'eba felt a little 
tired and wanted to take rest, so He laid down on the ground. At that time, many cowherd boys assembled there and with great affection began to sing suitable songs so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would rest very nicely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice example of the friendship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. When the fighting was going on, A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4
, the son of Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, unceremoniously attacked K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although according to the prevailing rules of chivalry one's chariot driver should never be attacked by the enemy. But A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 behaved heinously in so many ways that h
e did not hesitate to attack K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was acting only as charioteer for Arjuna. When Arjuna saw that A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 was releasing various kinds of arrows to hurt K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he immediately stood in front of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba to intercept all of them. At that time, although Arjuna was being harmed by those arrows, he felt an ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the arrows appeared to him like showers of flowers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in friendship: Once when a cowherd boy named V\'e5\'f1abha was collecting flowers from the forest to p
repare a garland to be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the sun reached its zenith, and although the sunshine was scorching hot, V\'e5\'f1abha felt it as the moonshine. That is the way of rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord: When devotees are p
ut into great difficulties\'97even like the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, as described above\'97they feel all their miserable conditions as great facilities for serving the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another instance of Arjuna's friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described by N\'e4rada, who reminded K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "When Arjuna was learning the art of shooting ar
rows, he could not see You for so many days. But when You arrived there, he stopped all His activities and immediately embraced You." This means that even though Arjuna was engaged in learning about the military art, he had not forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba f
or a moment, and as soon as there was an opportunity to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he immediately embraced Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba named Patr\'e9 once addressed Him like this: "My dear Lord, You protected the cowherd boys from the hunger of the Agh\'e4sura demon, a
nd You protected them from the poisonous affects of the K\'e4liya snake. And You also saved them from the fierce forest fire. But I am suffering from Your separation, which is more severe than the hunger of Agh\'e4sura, the poison of Lake K\'e4liya, and 
the burning of the forest fire. So why should You not protect me from the pangs of separation?" Another friend once told K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear enemy of Ka\'e0sa, since You have left us, the heat of separation has become extraordinary. And this heat is
 felt more severely when we understand that in Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana You are being refreshed by the waves of the cooling river known as Bh\'e4n\'fctanay\'e4 [R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9]." The purport is that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged with R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the cowherd boys headed by Subala were feeling great separation, and that was unbearable for them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another friend addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O killer of Agh\'e4sura, when You left V\'e5nd\'e4vana to kill King Ka\'e0sa in Mathur\'e4, a
ll the cowherd boys became bereft of their four }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the elements of earth, water, f
ire and space]. And the fifth }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the air, was flowing very rapidly within their nos
trils." When K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to Mathur\'e4 to kill King Ka\'e0sa, all the cowherd boys became so afflicted by the separation that they almost died. When a person is dead it is said that he has given up the five elements, known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the body again mixes with the five elements from which it was prepared. In this case, although
 the four elements of earth, water, fire and ether were already gone, the remaining element, air, was still very prominent and was blowing through their nostrils furiously. In other words, after K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they were always anxio
us about what would happen in His fight with King Ka\'e0sa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another friend once informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "When one of Your friends was feeling much separation from You, there were tears covering his lotus eyes, so the black 
drones of sleep became discouraged from entering his eyes and left that place." When there is a lotus flower, the black drones fly into it to collect honey. The eyes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend are compared to the lotus flower, and because they were full 
of tears the black drones of sleep could not collect honey from his lotus eyes and therefore left the place. In other words, because he was too much afflicted, his eyes were full of tears, and he could not sleep. This is an example of staying up at night
 because of separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of helplessness is described in the following statement: "Due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's departure from V\'e5nd\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dearest 
cowherd boys felt as mentally light as possible. They were like fragments of cotton, lighter than the air, and were all floating in the air without any shelter." In other words, the minds of the cowherd boys became almost vacant on account of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's separation, and they are compared with fragments of cotton floating in the air without any shelter. An example of impatience was also shown by the cowherd boys when K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to Mathur\'e4. Out of the sorrow of separation, all these boy
s forgot to take care of their cowherding and tried to forget all the melodious songs they used to sing in the pasturing ground. At last they had no desire to live anymore, being separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of stillness was described by a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who informed Him in Mathur\'e4 that all the cowherd boys had become just like leafless trees on
 the tops of hills. They appeared almost naked, skinny and frail, and did not carry any fruits or flowers. He informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba that all the cowherd boys residing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana were as still as the trees at the tops of hills. Sometimes they fe
lt diseased from their separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and being so greatly disappointed, they were aimlessly wandering on the banks of the Yamun\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is also an example of madness caused by separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was absent from V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the cowherd boys became bewil
dered, and having given up all kinds of activities, they appeared to be mad and forgot all their regular business. They were sometimes lying down on the ground, sometimes rolling in the dust, sometimes laughing and sometimes running very swiftly. All of 
these symptoms gave them the appearance of madmen. One friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's criticized Him by saying, "My dear Lord, You have become the King of Mathur\'e4 after killing Ka\'e0sa, and that is very good news for us. But at V\'e5nd\'e4vana all the re
sidents have become blind from their continuous crying over Your absence. They are full only of anxieties and are not cheered at all by Your becoming the King of Mathur\'e4."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes there were also signs of death caused by separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once K\'e5\'f1\'eba was told: "My dear enemy of Ka\'e0sa, because of their separa
tion from You, the cowherd boys are suffering too much, and they are now lying down in the valleys, breathing only slightly. In order to sympathize with the boys' regrettable condition, even the forest friends, the deer, are shedding tears."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mathur\'e4-kha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  chapter of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a descript
ion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, surrounded by all the cowherd boys, always engaged in taking care of the cows and calves. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was met by Arjuna at a potter's shop in the city of Drupadanagara, because of the similarity of their bod
ily features they made intimate friendship. This is an instance of friendship caused by the attraction of similar bodies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  71st Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.71.27
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'e0 m\'e4tuleya\'e0 parirabhya nirv\'e5to
\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\'e9ma\'f9 smayan prema-jal\'e4kulendriya\'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 yamau kir\'e9\'f6\'e9 ca suh\'e5ttama\'e0 mud\'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 prav\'e5ddha-b\'e4\'f1p\'e4\'f9 parirebhire 'cyutam
\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 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 m\'e4tuleyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his mother's brother's son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parirabhy
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97embracing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirv\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97filled with joy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e9ma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Bh\'e9masena; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smayan}{\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 prema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97due to love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the water (te
ars); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97filled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub indriya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yamau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kir\'e9t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Arjuna; }{\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 suh\'e5t-tamam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their dearmost friend; }{\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 pleasure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prav\'e5ddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97profuse; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4\'f1p\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose tears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parirebhire}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they embraced; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the infallible 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 Then Bh\'e9ma, his eyes brimming with tears, laughed with joy as he embraced his maternal cousin, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Arjuna and the twins
\'97Nakula and Sahadeva\'97also joyfully embraced their dearmost friend, the infallible Lord, and they cried profusely.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 25th verse, it is stated that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived in the city of Indraprastha, Bh\'e9ma was so overwhelmed with joy that, with tears in his eyes and a smi
ling face, he immediately embraced his maternal cousin. Following him were his young brothers Nakula and Sahadeva, along with Arjuna, and they all became so overwhelmed at seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba that with full satisfaction they embraced the Lord, who is k
nown as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the infallible). There is a similar statement about the cowherd boys of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, all the cowherd boys came to see Him, wearing jeweled earrings in their ears. Becoming so greatly overjoyed, they extended their arms and embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their old friend. 
These are instances of full satisfaction in friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse of }{\cs2873\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 is stated that
 even after undergoing severe penances and austerities and performing the yogic principles, the great mystic }{\cs2873\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 hardly become eligible to achieve the dust of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the same Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is easily available to the vision of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This means there 
is no comparison to these devotees' great fortune. The friendly relationship of the cowherd boys with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a particular type of spiritual ecstasy almost similar to the ecstasy of conjugal love. It is very difficult to explain this ecstasy of
 loving affairs between the cowherd boys and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Great expert devotees like R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and others express their astonishment at the inconceivable feelings which are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His cowherd boy friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This particular type of ecstatic love shared between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His confidential friends further develops into parental love, and on from there it may devel
op into conjugal love, the most exalted humor or mellow of ecstatic love between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 43-1970: Parenthood
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-three
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Parenthood
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When ecstatic love develops into the relationship of parenthood and becomes steadily established, the relationship is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The exhibition of this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
v\'e4tsalya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  standard of devotional service can be found in the dealings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His devotees who represent themselves as superior personalities like father
, mother, teacher, etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Learned scholars have described the impetus of parental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, existing in the elderly personalities who are in relation with Him, as follows: "Th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily complexion is just like a bluish, new-grown lotus flower, whose body is very delicate and whose lotus eyes are surrounded by scattered hair as black as bees, was walking on the streets of V\'e5nd\'e4vana whe
n Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the beloved wife of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, saw Him. Immediately the milk began to flow from her breasts, soaking her body." Some specific provocations for parental love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are listed as His blackish bodily hue, which i
s very attractive and pleasing to see, His all-auspicious bodily features, His mildness, His sweet words, His simplicity, His shyness, His humility, His constant readiness to offer respect to the elderly, and His charity. All of these qualities are consi
dered ecstatic provocations for parental love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 8th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 5th verse, it is stated by \'c7ukad
eva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 accepted Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her son, although He is accepted in the }{\cs2873\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 the King of heaven, in 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  as the imper
sonal }{\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  and in philosophy as the supreme male. By the }{\cs2873\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 is accepted as the supersoul and by the devotees as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Once Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 a
ddressed one of her friends in this way: "Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, the leader of the cowherdsmen, worshiped Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu along with me, and as a result of this worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba has been saved from the clutches of P\'fctan\'e4 and other demons. T
he twin }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees were, of course, broken due to a strong wind, and although K\'e5\'f1
\'eba appeared to have lifted Govardhan Hill along with Balar\'e4ma, I think that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j actually held the mountain. Otherwise how could it have been possible for a little boy to lift such a great hill?" This is another example of ecstasy in
 parental love. This kind of parental love is generated in a devotee out of his conviction, in love, that he himself is superior to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that without being taken care of by such devotee K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not possibly live. One devotee th
erefore prayed to the parents of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "Let me take shelter of the elderly parental devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are always anxious to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to maintain Him, and they are always so kind to Him. Let us
 offer our respectful obeisances unto them for being so kind to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the parent of the whole universe!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar prayer by a }{\cs2873\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 says, "Let others worship the }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  and let others worship the }{\cs2873\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  if they are afraid of material existence and want to become liberated from that condition. But as far as I a
m concerned, I wish only to worship Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda because the supreme absolute Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is crawling in his courtyard as his own child."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following is a list of respectful personalities who enjoy parental affection toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba: 1) Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the Queen of Braja, 2) Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nan
da, the King of Braja, 3) Mother Rohi\'eb\'e9, the mother of Balar\'e4ma, 4) all the elderly }{\cs2873\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  whose sons were taken away by Lord Brahm\'e4, 5) Devak\'e9, the wife of Vasudeva, 6) the other fifteen wives of Vasudeva, 7) Kunt\'e9, the mother of Arjuna, 8) Vasudeva, the real father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and 9) S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's teacher. All these are considered respectable elderly personalities with parental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This list is in order of superior importance, and thus we can see that Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda are considered to be
 the supermost of all elderly personalities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 9th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 nd verse, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9
 gives Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it a description of the form and beauty of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. He says, "My dear King, the wide hips of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 were surrounded by silk and linen clothes, and her breasts were flowing with milk because of her
 affection. When she was churning butter and tightly holding the rope, the bangles on her hands and the earrings on her ears were moving, and from the nice decoration in her hair the flowers were slackening and falling down. Due to her excessive labor, t
here were drops of perspiration on her face."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another description of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in a devotee's prayer: "Let me be given protection by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, whose curly hairs are bound with thre
ad, whose hair is very brightly beautified by the vermilion placed in the part, and whose bodily frame derides all her ornaments. Her eyes are always engaged in seeing the face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus they are always filled with tears. She has a comp
lexion like the bluish lotus flower, which is enhanced in beauty by her dressing herself with many colorful garments. Let her merciful glance fall on all of us so that we may be protected from the clutches of }{\cs2873\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 smoothly progress in our devotional service!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following description of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba: After rising early in the morning, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 first of all offere
d her breast milk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then she began to chant various }{\cs2873\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  for His p
rotection. Then she would decorate His forehead very nicely and bind His arms with protective talismans. By all of these activities, it is definitely understood that she is the emblem of all maternal affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The description of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j's bodily features is as follows. The hairs on his head are generally black, but some of them are grey. His garments are of gr
eenish color, like the new-grown leaves of a banyan tree. His belly is fatty, his complexion is exactly like the full moon, and he has a beautiful moustache. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a baby, one day He was walking in the courtyard, capturing the finger of
 His father, and because He could not walk steadily He appeared to be almost falling down. While Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j was giving protection to His transcendental son in this way, all of a sudden there were drops of tears in his eyes, and he became overwhe
lmed with joy. Let us all offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of King Nanda!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Childhood age, childish dress, movements by the child, sweet words spoken by the child, nice smiling and various forms of childish play are considered provocations 
for increasing the parental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The childhood ages of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are divided into three periods: the beginning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, the middle of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
age, and the end of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age. During the beginning and middle of the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's thighs are fatty, and the inner part of His eyes are whitish. There are
 signs of teeth coming out, and He is very mild and gentle. He is described as follows: "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba had only three or four teeth coming out of His gums, His thighs were fatty, His body was very, very short, and He began to enhance the parental l
ove of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 with the activities of His childish body. He was sometimes stepping with His legs again and again, sometimes crying, sometimes smiling, sometimes sucking His thumb and sometimes lying down flat. These ar
e some of the different activities of the child K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was lying down flat, sometimes sucking the toes of His feet, sometimes throwing His legs upwards, sometimes crying and sometimes smiling, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, seeing her 
son in such pastimes, did not show any sign of restricting Him, but rather began to watch her child with eagerness, enjoying these childhood pastimes." In the beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, there were the nails of tigers set in a golden necklace about His neck. There was protective }{\cs2873\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 His forehead, black mascara around His eyes and silk thread around His waist. These are the descriptions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's 
dress at the beginning of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j saw the beauty of child K\'e5\'f1\'eba with tiger nails on His chest, a complexion like the new-grown }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, beautifully decorated }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub til
aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  made with cow's urine, arm decorations of nice silk thread and silk clothes tied around His waist\'97when Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j saw his child like this, he never became sati
ated by the child's beauty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the middle }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, the upper portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hair falls around His eyes. Sometimes He is covered with cloth around the lower part of His body, and sometimes He is completely naked. Sometimes He tries to walk, taking step by step, 
and sometimes He talks very sweetly, in broken language. These were some of the symptoms of His middle }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age. He is thus described when Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 once saw Him in His middle }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age: His scattered hairs were touching His eyebrows, and His eyes were restless, but He could not express His feelings with proper words; still, when He was talking, it was so nice and sweet to hear. When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 loo
ked at His little ears and saw Him naked, trying to run very quickly with His little legs, she was merged into the ocean of nectar. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ornaments at this age are a pearl hanging from the septum of His nose, butter on His lotus-like palms and
 some small bells hanging from His waist. It is stated that when Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 saw that the child was moving, ringing the bells on His waist, smiling at her with a pearl between His nostrils and with butter on His hands, she became wonderfully plea
sed to see her little child in that fashion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the middle of His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, His waist became thinner, His chest became broader, and His head was decorated with His curly hairs, resembling the falling of the wings of a crow. These wonderful features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's
 body never failed to astonish Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. At the end of His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba carried a small stick in His hand, His clothing was a little longer, and He had a knot around His waist, resembling the hood of a snake. In that dress He used to take care of the calves near the house, and sometimes He played with cowherd b
oys of about the same age. He had a slender flute and a buffalo horn bugle, and sometimes He played on a flute made from the leaves of trees. These are some of the symptoms of the end of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a little grown up and was taking care of the small calves, He would often go near the forest. And when He was a little bit late returning ho
me, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j would immediately get up on the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candra\'e7\'e4lik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a small she
d built on the roof for getting a bird's eye view all around), and he would watch for Him. Worrying about the late arrival of his little son, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j would remain on the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub candra\'e7\'e4lik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until he could indicate to his wife that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, surrounded by His little cowherd friends, was coming back with the calves. Nanda
 Mah\'e4r\'e4j would point out the peacock feather on his child's head and would inform his beloved wife how the child was pleasing his eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 then addressed Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, "See my dear son, whose eyes are white, who has a turban on His head, a wrapper on His body and leg bells wh
ich tinkle very sweetly on His feet. He is coming near, along with His }{\cs2873\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  calves, and
 just see how He is wandering upon the sacred land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Nanda addressed his wife, "My dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, just look at your offspring, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! See His blackish bodily luster, His eyes ting
ed with red color, His broad chest and His nice golden necklace! How wonderful He looks, and how He is increasing my transcendental bliss more and more!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the beloved son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, steps into His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai
\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, although He becomes more beautiful, His parents still consider Him as being in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age\'97even though He is between the ages of ten and fifteen. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pauga\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, some of His servants also accept Him as being in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba performs His childish pastimes, His general practice is to break the milk and yogurt pots, throw the yogurt in the cour
tyard and steal the cream from the milk. Sometimes He breaks the churning rod, and sometimes He throws butter on the fire. In this way, he increases the transcendental pleasure of His Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 once told Mukhar\'e4, her maidservant, "Just look at K\'e5\'f1\'eba looking stealthily toward all sides and slowly stepping f
orward from the bushes. It appears that He is coming just to steal the butter. Don't expose yourself or He may understand that we are looking towards Him. I want to enjoy the sight of His eyebrows moving in this cunning way, and I want to see His fearful
 eyes and beautiful face."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In enjoying K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attitude of stealing butter very stealthily, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 experienced the ecstasy of maternal love by smelling His head, sometim
es patting His body with her hand, sometimes offering blessings, sometimes ordering Him, sometimes gazing at Him, sometimes maintaining and sometimes giving Him good instructions not to become a thief. Such activities are in maternal ecstatic love. An im
portant point to be observed in this connection is that the childish propensity of stealing is there even in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore this propensity is not artificial. However, in the spiritual relationship there is no inebriety
 to this stealing propensity, as there is in the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 13th Chapter, verse 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 , \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9
 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "My dear King, as soon as the elderly }{\cs2873\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 their sons 
coming, there was an inexpressible sign of parental love, and all of them became absorbed in affection. At first they were planning to chastise their sons for stealing butter, but as soon as the sons came before their eyes, they lost all of their angry a
ttitudes and became overwhelmed with affection. They began to embrace their sons and smell their heads. While doing this, they became almost mad after their children." In their childhood pastimes, all these cowherd boys joined with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in stea
ling butter. But rather than become angry, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 became wet from the milk flowing out of her breasts. Out of her affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she began to smell His head repeatedly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The general activities of all the mothers of the cowherd boys were to kiss them, to embrace them, to call them by their names and sometimes to mildly chastise them 
for their stealing habits. These manifestations of parental love are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4ttvika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ec
stasy, wherein manifestations of eight kinds of ecstatic symptoms are visible in full. In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 13th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it: "All the mothers of the cowherd boys were illusioned by the covering influence of the }{\cs2873\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  potency of the Personality of Godhead, and as soon as they heard the flute-playing of their boys, they immediately stood up and mentally embraced their sons, who had been created by the direct internal po
tency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Accepting them as their born sons, they lifted them into their arms and began to embrace them, resting the children's bodies upon their own. The emotions created by this incident were sweeter than nectar turned into a palatable i
ntoxicant, and the milk flowing out of their breasts was immediately drunk up by the children."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  compiled by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is addressed as follows: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when You are engaged in herding the animals, the dust caused by the hooves of the calves and cows covers Your nice face and arti
stic }{\cs2873\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 You appear very dusty. But when You return home, the milk flowing out of 
the breasts of Your mother washes Your face of its dust covering, and it appears that You are purified by this milk. It is just like when the Deity is washed during the performance of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhi\'f1eka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony." It is the custom in the temples of Deities that if there have been some impure activities, the Deity has to be washed with milk. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He was washed by the milk from the breast of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, which purified Him from the dust covering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes there are examples of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's becoming stunned in ecstasy. This was exhibited when she saw her son lifting Govardhan Hill. When K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was standing, raising the hill, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 hesitated to embrace Him and became stunned. The dangerous position that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had accepted by lifting the hill brought tears to her eyes. And with her eyes filled with tears she could no
t see K\'e5\'f1\'eba anymore, and because her throat was choked up by anxiety she could not even instruct K\'e5\'f1\'eba as to what He should do in that position. This is a symptom of becoming stunned in ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 sometimes enjoyed transcendental ecstasy in happiness when her child was saved from a dangerous situation, such as being attacked by P\'fctan
\'e4 or some other demon. In }{\cs2873\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  10th Canto, 17th Chapter, \chftn{
\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.17.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'e7od\'e4pi mah\'e4-bh\'e4g\'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 na\'f1\'f6a-labdha-praj\'e4 sat\'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 pari\'f1vajy\'e4\'eckam \'e4ropya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mumoc\'e4\'e7ru-kal\'e4\'e0 muhu\'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 ya\'e7od\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Mother Ya\'e7od\'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 \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4
g\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the greatly fortunate; }{\cs2873\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 \'97having lost; }{\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 \'97and regained; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97her son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the chaste lady; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pari\'f1vajya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97embracin
g; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'eckam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon her lap; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4ropya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97raising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mumoca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97she released; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7ru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of tears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kal\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a torrent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muhu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97repeatedly.
\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 greatly fortunate Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, having lost her son and then regained Him, placed Him on her lap. That chaste lady cried co
nstant torrents of tears as she repeatedly embraced Him.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 felt very, very fortunate when she got back her lost child. She immediately placed Him on her lap and began to embrace Him again and again. While she was thus embracing her son repeatedly, tor
rents of tears fell from her eyes, and she was unable to express her transcendental joy. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the touch of Your mother is so pleasing and cooling that it surpasses the cooling capacity of the pulp of sandalwood and of bright moonshine mixed wit
h the pulp of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u\'e7\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  root." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub U\'e7\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a kind of root which when soaked with water has a very, very cooling effect. It is especially used in the scorching heat of th
e sun.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The parental love of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba steadily increases, and her love and ecstasy are sometimes described as intense affection and sometimes 
as overwhelming attachment. An example of attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba with overwhelming affection is given in the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 6th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, wh
ere \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 addresses Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it in this way: "My dear King, when magnanimous Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j returned from a tour, he began to smell the head of his son, and he was merged in the ecstasy of parental love." A simil
ar statement is there in connection with Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 when she was too anxious to hear the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, expecting Him back from the pasturing ground. Because she thought that it was getting very late, her anxiety to hear the so
und of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute became doubled, and milk began to flow out from her breast. In that condition she was sometimes going within the house, sometimes coming out of the house. She was constantly looking to see if Govinda was coming back along th
e road. When many very great sages were offering prayers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, glorifying His activities, the Queen of Gokula, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, entered the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, wetting the lower part of her }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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  with the milk flowing from her breast. This entrance of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 at Kuruk\'f1etra was not during the Ba
ttle of Kuruk\'f1etra. At other times K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to Kuruk\'f1etra from His paternal home (Dv\'e4rak\'e4) during the solar eclipse, and at these times the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana also went to see Him there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrived at Kuruk\'f1etra in pilgrimage, all the people assembled there began to say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba the son of Devak\'e9 had arrived. At tha
t time Devak\'e9, just like an affectionate mother, began to pat K\'e5\'f1\'eba's face. And again when people cried that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva, had come, both King Nanda and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 became overwhelmed with affection and expresse
d their great pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the Queen of Gokula, was going to see her son K\'e5\'f1\'eba at Kuruk\'f1etra, one of her friends began to address her thus: "My dear Quee
n, the milk flowing out of your breast-mountain has already whitened the River Ganges, and the tears from your eyes, mixed with black mascara, have already blackened the color of the Yamun\'e4. And as you are standing just between the two rivers, I think
 there is no need for your anxiety to see your son's face. Your parental affection has already been exhibited to Him by these two rivers!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same friend of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "My dear Mukunda, if Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the Queen of Gokula, is forced to stand on fir
e, but is allowed to see Your lotus face, then this fire will appear to her as the Himalayan Mountains: full of ice. In the same way, if she is allowed to stay in the ocean of nectar, but is not allowed to see the lotus face of Your Grace, then even this
 ocean of nectar will appear to her as an ocean of arsenic poison." Let the anxiety of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 of Braja, always expecting to see the lotus face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, be glorified all over the universe!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement was given by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 to Akr\'fcra: "My dear brother Akr\'fcra, my nephew Mukunda is long absent from us. Will you kindly tell Him that H
is Aunt Kunt\'e9 is sitting amongst the enemy and would like to know when she will be able to see His lotus face again?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 46th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.46.28
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'e7od\'e4 var\'ebyam\'e4n\'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 putrasya carit\'e4ni 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 \'e7\'e5\'ebvanty a\'e7r\'fc\'eby av\'e4sr\'e4k\'f1\'e9t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sneha-snuta-payodhar\'e4
\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 ya\'e7od\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub var\'ebyam\'e4n\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being described; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub putrasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of her son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carit\'e4ni}{\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 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 \'e7\'e5\'ebvant\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as she heard; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7r\'fc\'ebi
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97tears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub av\'e4sr\'e4k\'f1\'e9t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97poured down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sneha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97out of love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub snuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97moistened; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub payodhar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97her breasts.
\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 As Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 heard the descriptions of her son's activities, she poured out her tears, and milk flowed from her breasts out 
of love.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2nd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, there is this statement: "When Uddhava was present at V\'e5nd\'e4vana an
d was narrating the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, while hearing this narration, began to pour milk from her breasts and shed tears from her eyes." Another incident demonstrating Ya\'e7od\'e4's extreme love for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba occurred when K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to Mathur\'e4, the kingdom of Ka\'e0sa. In separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was looking at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's makeup utensils, and she fell down on the ground almost unconscious, with a great s
ound. When she was rolling over on the ground, there were many scratches on her body, and in that piteous condition she began to cry, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O my dear son! My dear son!"}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And she slapped her breasts with her two hands. This activity of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 is explained by expert devotees as ecstatic love in separation. Sometimes there are many other sympto
ms, such as great anxiety, lamentation, frustration, being stunned, humility, restlessness, madness and illusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's anxieties are concerned, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was out of the house in the pasturing ground, a devotee once told her, "Ya\'e7od\'e4, I
 think your movements have been slackened, and I see that you are full of anxieties. Your two eyes appear to be without any movement, and I feel in your breathing a kind of warmth which is bringing your breast milk to the boiling point. All these conditi
ons prove that out of separation from your son you have a severe headache." These are some of the symptoms of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's anxiety for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Akr\'fcra was present in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and was narrating the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was informed that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba had married so many queens and was very busy there in His householder affairs. Hearing this, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 lamented how unfortunate she was that she could not get her son married just after passing His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  age, and thus she could not receive both her son and daughter-in-law at her home. She exclaimed, "My dear Akr\'fcra
, you are simply throwing thunderbolts on my head!" These are the signs of lamentation on the part of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 felt frustration when she thought, "Although I have millions of cows, the milk of these cows could not satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Theref
ore let a curse be on this milk! And I also am condemned because although I am so opulent in material prosperity, I am now unable to smell the head of my child and feed Him with my breast milk as I used to do when He was here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana." This is
 a sign of frustration on the part of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's addressed Him thus: "My dear lotus-eyed one, when You were living in Gokula You were always bearing a stick in Your hand. That stick 
is now lying idle in the house of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and whenever she sees it she becomes motionless just like the stick." This is the sign of becoming stunned in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 bec
ame so humble that she prayed to the creator of the universe, Lord Brahm\'e4, with tears in her eyes: "My dear creator, won't you kindly bring my dear son K\'e5\'f1\'eba back to me so that I can see Him at least for a moment?" Sometimes in restlessness l
ike a madwoman Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 used to accuse Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, "What are you doing in the palace? You shameless man! Why do people call you the King of Braja? It is very astonishing that while being separated from your dear son K\'e5\'f1\'eba, yo
u are still living within V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a hard-hearted father!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Someone informed K\'e5\'f1\'eba about the madness of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in the following words: "In madness Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 has addressed the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees and inquired from them, 'Where is my son?' Similarly, she has addressed the birds and the 
drones and inquired from them as to whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba has passed before them, and she has inquired if they can say anything about You. In this way, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in illusion was asking everybody about You, and she has been wandering all over V
\'e5nd\'e4vana." This is madness in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j was accused by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 of being "hard-hearted," he replied, "My dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, why are you becoming so agitated? Kindly loo
k more carefully. Just see, your son K\'e5\'f1\'eba is standing before you! Don't become a madwoman like this. Please keep my home peaceful." And K\'e5\'f1\'eba was informed by some friend that His father Nanda was also in illusion in this way, in separa
tion from Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the wives of Vasudeva were present in the arena of Ka\'e0sa, they saw the most pleasing bodily features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and immediately, out of parental
 affection, milk began to flow from their breasts, and the lower parts of their }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bec
ame wet. This symptom of ecstatic love is an example of the result of fulfillment of desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the First Canto of }{\cs2873\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  11th Chapter, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, it is stated, "When K
\'e5\'f1\'eba entered Dv\'e4rak\'e4 after finishing the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, He first of all saw His mother and all His different stepmothers and offered His respectful obeisances unto their feet. The mothers immediately took K\'e5\'f1\'eba upon thei
r laps, and because of their parental affection, there was milk flowing out of their breasts. So their breast milk, mixed with the water of tears, became the first offering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is one of the examples of being satisfied after a great s
eparation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "How wonderful it is that Ya\'e7od\'e4, the wife of King Nanda, out of her parental affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, mixed her tears and the milk from her breasts and thus bathed her dear son K\'e5
\'f1\'eba." In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a devotee addresses Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "M
y dear Mukunda, just after seeing Your face full with the flavor of the lotus flower, and being attracted by the moonlight of Your face, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 became so overjoyed in her affection that immediately from the nipples of her waterpot-like breas
ts, milk began to flow." She was thus constantly engaged in supplying milk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba after wetting the covering cloth over the jug.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are some of the signs of parental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by His mother, father and elderly persons. Symptoms of ecstatic love in parental affection are expre
ssed when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the son. These constant transcendental emotions for K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called steady ecstasy in parental love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states herein that according to some learned scholars, the three kinds of transcendental mellow so far described\'97namely, servit
ude, fraternity and parental affection\'97are sometimes mixed up. For example, the fraternal feelings of Balar\'e4ma are mixed with servitude and parental affection. Similarly, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also mixed with par
ental affection and servitude. Similarly, the transcendental mellow of Ugrasena, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grandfather, is mixed with servitude and parental affection. The affection of all the elderly }{\cs2873\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 is a mixture of parental love, servitude and fraternity. The affection of the sons of M\'e4dr\'e9, Nakula and Sahadeva, as
 well as the affection of sage N\'e4rada, is a mixture of friendship and servitude. The affection of Lord \'c7iva, Garu\'f2a and Uddhava is a mixture of servitude and fraternity.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 44-1970: Devotional Service in Conjugal Love
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-four
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 in Conjugal L
ove
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee's attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in conjugal love is called devotional service in conjugal love. Although such conjugal feelings are not at all materia
l, there is some similarity between this spiritual love and material activities. Therefore, persons who are interested only in material activities are unable to understand this spiritual conjugal love, and these devotional reciprocations appear very myst
erious to them. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore describes conjugal love very briefly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impetuses of conjugal love are K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His very dear consorts, such as R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and Her immediate associates. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has
 no rival: no one is equal to Him, and no one is greater than Him. His beauty is also without any rival, and because He excels all others in the pastimes of conjugal love, He is the original object of all conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9ta-govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 one }{\cs2873\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  tells her friend: "K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure within this universe. His body is as soft as the lotus flower. And His free behavior with the }{\cs2873\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  which appears exactly like a young boy's attraction to a young girl, is a subject matter of transcendental conjugal love." A pure devotee follows in the footsteps of the }{\cs2873\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 worships the }{\cs2873\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  as follows: "Let me offer my respectful obeisances to all the young cowherd girls, whose bodily features are so attractive. Simply by their beautiful attractive features
 they are worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Out of all the young }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the most prominent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The beauty of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is described as follows: "Her eyes defeat the attractive features of the eyes of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cakor\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bird. When one sees the face of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, he immediately hates the beauty of the m
oon. Her bodily complexion defeats the beauty of gold. Thus, let us all look upon the transcendental beauty of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9." K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attraction for R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is described by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself thu
s: "When I create some joking phrases in order to enjoy the beauty of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 hears these joking words with great attention; but by Her bodily features and counter words She neglects Me. And I even possess unlim
ited pleasure by Her neglect of Me, for She becomes so beautiful that She increases My pleasure one hundred times." A similar statement can be found in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9ta-govinda,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein it is said that when the enemy of Ka\'e0sa, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, embraces \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, He immediately becomes entangled in a loving 
condition and gives up the company of all other }{\cs2873\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 In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 it is stated that when the }{\cs2873\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  hea
r the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, they immediately forget all rebukes offered by the elderly members of their families, their defamation and the harsh behavior of their husbands. Their only thought is to go out in search of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the 
}{\cs2873\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  meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the display of their exchanging glances as well as their jok
ing and laughing behavior is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anubh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or sub-ecstasy in conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explains that the movements of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eyebrows are just like the Yamun\'e4, and the smiling of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is just like the moonshine. When the Yamun\'e4 and the moonshine come in con
tact on the bank of the river, the water tastes just like nectar, and drinking it gives great satisfaction. It is as cooling as piles of snow. Similarly, in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4
val\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one constant companion of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 says, "My dear moon-faced R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Your whole body appears to be very content, yet there are signs
 of tears in Your eyes. Your speech is faltering, and Your chest is also heaving. By all these signs I can understand that You must have heard the blowing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, and, as a result of this, Your heart is now melting."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the following description, which is taken as a sign of frustration in conjugal love. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 said, "Dear Mr. Cupid, please do not excite Me by throwing your arrows at My body. Dear M
r. Air, please do not arouse Me with the fragrance of flowers. I am now bereft of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's loving attitude, so under the circumstances, what is the use of My sustaining this useless body? There is no need for such a body by any living entity." Th
is is a sign of frustration in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4na-keli-kaumud\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, pointing to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, says, "This clever boy of the forest has the beauty of a bluish lotus flower, and He can attract all the young girls of the universe. Now afte
r giving Me a taste of His transcendental body, He has enthused Me, and it is more than I can tolerate. I am now feeling like a female elephant who has been enthused by a male elephant!" This is an instance of jubilation in ecstatic love with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Steady ecstasy of conjugal love is the original cause of bodily enjoyment. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this original cause of union is described when R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 tells one of Her constant companions: "My dear friend, who is this boy whos
e eyelids, dancing constantly, have increased the beauty of His face and attracted My desire for conjugal love? His ears are decorated with the buds of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7oka}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers, and He has dressed Himself in yellow robes. By the sound of His flute, this boy has already made Me impatient."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conjugal love of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never disturbed by any personal consideration. The undisturbed nature of the conjugal love between R\'e4dh\'e4 an
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described thus: "Just a little distance away from K\'e5\'f1\'eba was Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was surrounded by all of His friends. In front of His eyes there was Candr\'e4val\'e9, and, at the same time, on a chunk of s
tone in front of the entrance to Braja, there was standing the demon known as V\'e5\'f1\'e4sura. But even in such circumstances, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 standing just behind a bush of many creepers, immediately His beautiful eyeb
rows moved just like lightning towards Her."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another instance is described as follows: "On one side of the courtyard the dead body of \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura was lying, surrounded by many jackals. On another side 
were many learned }{\cs2873\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 all self-controlled. They were offering nice pr
ayers, which were as soothing as the cool breeze in summer. In front of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Baladeva was standing, causing a cooling effect. But even amidst all these different circumstances of soothing and disturbing effects, the lotus flower of ecstat
ic conjugal love that K\'e5\'f1\'eba felt for R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 could not wither." This love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is often compared to a blooming lotus: the only difference is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love remains ever-incre
asingly beautiful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conjugal love is divided into two portions: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipralambha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or conjugal love in separation, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambhoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or conjugal love in direct contact. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vipralambha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  separation, has three sub-di
visions known as 1) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcrva-r\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or preliminary attraction, 2) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or seeming anger, and 3) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub prav\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or separation by distance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the lover and the beloved have a distinct feeling of not meeting each other, that stage is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcrva-r\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or preliminary attraction. In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 told Her companion, "My dear friend, I was just going to the bank of the Yamun\'e4, and all of a sudden a very nice boy whose complexion is like a dark
 blue cloud became visible in front of My eyes. He glanced over Me in a way that I cannot describe. But since this has occured, I am sorry that I can no longer engage My mind in the duties of My household affairs." This is an instance of preliminary attr
action for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 53rd Chapter, verse
 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.53.2
\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 tath\'e4ham api tac-citto
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nidr\'e4\'e0 ca na labhe ni\'e7i
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4ham rukmi\'eb\'e4 dve\'f1\'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 mamodv\'e4ho niv\'e4rita\'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 \'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 tath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the same way; }{\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 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 tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fixed on her; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub citta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97My mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidr\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sleep; }{\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 na labhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I cannot get; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni
\'e7i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at night; }{\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 
\'97know; }{\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 rukmi\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Rukm\'e9; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dve\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97out of enmity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97My; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udv\'e4ha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97marriage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niv\'e4rita\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97forbidden.
\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 Lord said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Just as Rukmi\'eb\'e9's mind is fixed
 on Me, My mind is fixed on her. I can't even sleep at night. I know that Rukm\'e9, out of envy, has forbidden our marriage.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2, K\'e5\'f1\'eba told the messenger }{\cs2873\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 came from Rukmi\'eb\'e9: "My dear }{\cs2873\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 like Rukmi\'eb\'e9 I cannot sleep at night, and My mind is always fixed on her. I know that her brother Rukm\'e9 is against Me, and due to his persuasion, My marriage with her has been cancelled." This is another instance of pre
liminary attraction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or anger, is concerned, there is the following incident described in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9ta-govinda:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  "When \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoying Himself in the company of several other }{\cs2873\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  She became a little jealous because Her special prestige was being dimmed. Therefore, She immediately left the scene and took shelter in a nice flower bush where the black drones were humming. Then
, hiding Herself behind the creepers, She began to express Her sorrow to one of Her consorts." This is an instance of a seeming disagreement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prav\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or being out of contact because of living in a distant place, is given in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: "Since the auspicious day when K\'e5\'f1\'eba left for Mathur\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 has been pressing Her head on one of Her hands and constantly shedding tears. Her face is always w
et now, and therefore there is no chance of Her sleeping even for a moment." When the face becomes wet, the sleeping tendency is immediately removed. So when R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was always weeping for K\'e5\'f1\'eba because of His separation, there 
was no chance of Her getting any sleep for Herself. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Uddha
va says, "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, painstricken due to being pierced by the arrows of Cupid, is always thinking of you [the }{\cs2873\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 He is not even accepting His regular lunch. Nor is He getting any proper rest."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the lover and beloved come together and enjoy one another by direct contact, this stage is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambhoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is a statement in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba embraced \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in such an expert manner that He appeared to be celebrating the dancing ceremony of the peacocks."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thus ends the fifth wave of his Ocean of the Nectar of Devotion. He offers his respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of G
odhead who appeared as Gop\'e4la, the eternal form of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta summary study of the third division of}{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\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 matter of the five primary relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s382 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs48\cf1 PART FOUR
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 45-1970: Laughing Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-five
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Laughing Ecstasy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the fourth division of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has described seven kinds of indirect ecstasies of devotional service\'97known as laughing, astonishment, chivalry, compassion, anger, dread and ghastliness. In th
is portion, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 further describes these ecstasies of devotional feelings, some being compatible and others incompatible with one another. When one kind of ecstatic devotional service overlaps with another in a conflicting wa
y, this state of affairs is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4bh\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or perverted presentation of mellows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Expert learned scholars say that laughing is generally found amongst youngsters or in the combination of old persons and young children. This ecstatic loving laughi
ng is sometimes also found in persons who are very grave by nature. Once an old mendicant approached the door of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's house, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Ya\'e7od\'e4, "My dear Mother, I don't wish to go near this skinny villain. If I go ther
e, he might put Me within his begging bag and take Me away from You!" In this way, the wonderful child, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, began to look at His mother, while the mendicant, who was standing in the door, tried to hide his smiling face, although he could not 
do so. He immediately expressed his smiling. In this instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is the object of laughing affairs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends informed Him, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if You will open Your mouth, then I shall give You one nice sugar candy mixed with yogur
t." K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately opened His mouth, but instead of giving Him sugar candy with yogurt, the friend dropped a flower in His mouth. After tasting this flower, K\'e5\'f1\'eba turned His mouth in a disfigured way, and upon seeing this all His fri
ends standing there began to laugh very loudly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a palmist came to the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j asked him, "My dear sage, will you kindly check the hand of my child, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a? Tell me how many years He will live and whether He will become the master of thousands of cows." Upon hearing this, the palmist began to smile, and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j asked him, "My dear sir, why are you laughing, and why are you covering your face?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In such a laughing ecstasy of love, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or matters pertaining to K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the cause of the laughter. In such laughing devotional service, there
 are symptoms of jubilation, laziness, concealed feelings and similar other seemingly disturbing elements.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's calculation, laughter in ecstatic love can be broken down into six divisions. These divisions, according to differe
nt degrees of smiling, are called in the Sanskrit language }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smita, hasita, vihasita, avahasita, apahasita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atihasita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These six classes of smiling can be classified as major an
d minor. The major division includes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smita, hasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vihasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling, and the minor division includes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub avahasita, apahasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atihasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is smiling but his teeth are not visible, one can distinctly mark a definite change in the eyes and in the cheeks. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling. Once when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was stealing yogurt, Jarat\'e9, the headmistress of the house, could
 detect His activities, and she was therefore coming very hurriedly to catch Him. At that time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very much afraid of Jarat\'e9 and went to His elder brother Baladeva. He said, "My dear brother, I have stolen yogurt! Just see\'97Jarat
\'e9 is coming hurriedly to catch Me!" When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thus seeking the shelter of Baladeva because He was being chased by Jarat\'e9, all the great sages in the heavenly planets began to smile. This smiling is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Smiling in which the teeth are slightly visible is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hasita}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling. One day Abhimanyu, the so-called husband of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, was returning home, and at that time he could not see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was there in his house. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba immediately changed His dress to look exactly like Abhimanyu and approached Abhimanyu's mother, Ja\'f6il\'e4, addressing her thus: "My dear Mother, I am your real son Abhimanyu, but just see\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dressed up like me, is coming before y
ou!" Ja\'f6il\'e4, the mother of Abhimanyu, immediately believed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was her own son and thus became very angry at her real son who was coming home. She began to drive away her real son, who was crying, "Mother! Mother! What are you doing
?" Seeing this incident, all the girl friends of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who were present there, began to smile, and a portion of their teeth was visible. This is an instance of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub hasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the teeth are distinctly visible in a smile, that is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vihasita.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One day when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged in stealing butter and yogurt in the house of Ja\'f6il\'e4, He assured His friends, "My dear friends, I know that this old lady is now slee
ping very profoundly because she is breathing very deeply. Let us silently steal butter and yogurt without making any disturbance." But the old lady, Ja\'f6il\'e4, was not sleeping; so she could not contain her smiling, and her teeth immediately became d
istinctly visible. This is an instance of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vihasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a state of smiling, when the nose becomes puffed and the eyes squint, the smiling is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub avahasita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Once, early in the morning when K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned home after performing His }{\cs2873\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, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 looked upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba's face and addressed Him thus: "My dear son, why do Your eyes look like they have been smeare
d with some oxides? Have You dressed Yourself with the blue garments of Baladeva?" When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was addressing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in that way, a girl friend who was nearby began to smile with a puffed nose and squinting eyes. This is an instance 
of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avahasita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiling. The }{\cs2873\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  knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been enjoying the }{\cs2873\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 and that Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not detect her son's activities nor understand how He had become covered with the }{\cs2873\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  makeup. Her smiling was in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avahasita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  feature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When tears from the eyes are added to the smiling, and the shoulders are shaking, the smile is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apahasita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When child K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dancing in response to the singing of the old maidservant Jarat\'e9, N\'e4rada was astonished. The Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead, who controls all the movements of great demigods like Brahm\'e4 and others, was now dancing to the indications of an old maidservant. Seeing this fun, N\'e4rada also began to dance, and his shoulders trembled, and his eyes moved. Du
e to his smiling, his teeth also became visible, and on account of the glaring effulgence from his teeth, the clouds in the skies turned silver.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a smiling person claps his hands and leaps in the air, the smiling expression changes into }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atihasita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or overwhelming laughter. An example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atihasita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was manifested in the following incident: K\'e5\'f1\'eba once addressed Jarat\'e9 thus: "My dear good woman, the skin of your face is now slackened, and so your face exactly resemble
s a monkey's. As such, the King of the monkeys, Bal\'e9mukha, has selected you as his worthy wife." While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was teasing Jarat\'e9 in this way, she replied that she was certainly aware of the fact that the King of the monkeys was trying to ma
rry her, but she had already taken shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the killer of many powerful demons, and therefore she had already decided to marry K\'e5\'f1\'eba instead of the King of the monkeys. On hearing this sarcastic reply by the talkative Jarat\'e9
, all the cowherd girls present there began to laugh very loudly and clap their hands. This laughter, accompanied by the clapping of hands, is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atihasita.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes there are indirect sarcastic remarks which also create }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atihasita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  circumstances. An example of one such remark was made by one of the cowherd girls to Ku\'f6il\'e4, the daughter of Ja\'f6il\'e4 and sister of Abhimanyu, the so-called husband of R
\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Indirectly Ku\'f6il\'e4 was insulted by the following statement: "My dear Ku\'f6il\'e4, daughter of Ja\'f6il\'e4, your breasts are as long as string beans\'97simply dry and long. Your nose is so gorgeous that it is defying the be
auty of the noses of frogs. And your eyes are more beautiful than the eyes of dogs. Your lips are defying the flaming cinders of fire, and your abdomen is as beautiful as a big drum. Therefore, my dear beautiful Ku\'f6il\'e4, you are the most beautiful o
f all the cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and because of your extraordinary beauty, I think you must be beyond the attraction of the sweet blowing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute!"
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 46-1970: Astonishment and Chivalry
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-six
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Astonishment and Chivalry
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Astonishment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ecstasy of astonishment in devotional service is perceived in two ways: directly, by the experience of one's own eyes, and indirectly, by hearing from others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When N\'e4rada came to see the activities of the Lord at Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and he saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present within every palace in the same body and was enga
ged in different activities, he was struck with wonder. This is one of the examples of astonishment in devotional service by direct perception. One of the friends of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 says, "Ya\'e7od\'e4, just see the fun! On the one hand, there is you
r child who is always captivated by sucking the milk from your breast, and on the other hand there is the great Govardhan Hill which can obstruct the passing of the clouds. But still, just see how wonderful it is that this great Govardhan Hill is resting
 on the finger of your child's left hand, just as though it were a toy. Is this not very mysterious?" This statement is another example of astonishment in devotional service by direct perception.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An instance of astonishment in devotional service by indirect perception occurred when Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it heard from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 about K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's killing Narak\'e4sura, who had been fighting K\'e5\'f1\'eba with eleven divisions of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  soldiers. Each division of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  soldiers contained
 several thousand elephants, several thousand horses and chariots, and several hundreds of thousands of infantry soldiers. Narak\'e4sura possessed eleven such divisions, and all of them were throwing arrows toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba kille
d them all, simply by throwing three arrows from His side. When Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it heard of this wonderful victory, he immediately rubbed the tears from his eyes and became overwhelmed with joy. This instance is an example of astonishment in de
votional service by indirect perception through aural reception.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another example of indirect astonishment. Trying to test K\'e5\'f1\'eba to see if He were truly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Brahm\'e4 stole al
l the cowherd boys and cows from Him. But after a few seconds, he saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was still present with all the cows, calves and cowherd boys, exactly in the same way as before. When Lord Brahm\'e4 described this incident to his associates on th
e Satya-loka planet, they all became astonished. Brahm\'e4 told them that after taking away all the boys, he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba again playing with the same boys in the same fashion. Their bodily complexion was blackish, almost like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and 
they all had four arms. The same calves and cows were still present there, in the same original fashion. Even while describing this incident, Brahm\'e4 became almost overwhelmed. "And the most astonishing thing," he added, "was that many other Brahm\'e4s
 from many different universes had also come there to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, when there was a forest fire in the Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed His friends to close their eyes tightly, and they all did this. T
hen when K\'e5\'f1\'eba had extinguished the fire, the cowherd boys opened their eyes and saw that they had been relieved from the danger and that their cows and calves were all safe. They began to perceive the wonder of the situation simply by guessing 
how K\'e5\'f1\'eba had saved them. This is another instance of indirect perception causing astonishment in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of a person, even if they are not very extraordinary, create an impression of wonder in the heart and mind of the person's friends. But even very won
derful activities performed by a person who is not one's friend will not create any impression. It is because of love that one's wonderful activities create an impression in the mind.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Chivalry
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When on account of love and devotional service for the Lord there is special valorous enthusiasm, the resultant activities are called chivalrous. These chivalrous a
ctivities can be manifested in the acts of mock-fighting, giving in charity, showing mercy and executing religious principles. By performing chivalrous activities in fighting, one is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yuddha-v\'e9ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By charitable activities one is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4na-v
\'e9ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By showing extraordinary mercy one is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day\'e4-v\'e9ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And when one is munificent in executing religious rites, he is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-v\'e9ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In all such different chivalrous activities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the object.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a friend wants to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba by performing some chivalrous activities, the friend becomes the challenger, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself becomes the op
ponent; or else K\'e5\'f1\'eba may give audience to the fighting, and by His desire another friend becomes the opponent. A friend once challenged K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus: "My dear M\'e4dhava, You are very restless because You think that no one can defeat You
. But if You do not flee from here, then I shall show You how I can defeat You. And my friends will be very satisfied to see this!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 were very intimate friends, yet \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, out of anger with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, challenged Him. When both of them bega
n to fight, all the friends on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 enjoyed the wonderful fighting of the two friends. They prepared some arrows for mock-fighting, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba began to throw his arrows at \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4. \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 began to blo
ck these arrows by whirling his pole, and by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4's chivalrous activities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very satisfied. Such mock-fighting generally takes place amongst chivalrous persons and creates wonderful excitement for all viewers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that sometimes Arjuna and K\'e5\'f1\'eba fought in the presence of Kunt\'e9, and Arjuna would be defeated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In such chivalrous fighting between friends, there is sometimes bragging, self-complacence, pride, power, taking to weapons, challenging and standing as opponent. A
ll of these symptoms become impetuses to chivalrous devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One friend challenged K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus: "My dear friend D\'e4modara, You are an expert only in eating. You have defeated Subala only because he is weak and You a
dopted cheating means. Don't advertise Yourself to be a great fighter by such action. You have advertised Yourself as a serpent, and I am the peacock who will now defeat You." The peacock is the ablest enemy of the serpent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In such fighting between friends, when the self-advertisement becomes personal, learned scholars say it is sub-ecstasy. When there is a roaring challenge, certain k
inds of movement for fighting, enthusiasm, no weapons and assurance given to frightened witnesses\'97all these chivalrous activities are called sub-ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One friend addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this manner: "My dear Madhus\'fcdana, You know my strength, yet You are encouraging Bhadrasena, and not me, to challenge migh
ty Baladeva. By this action You are simply insulting me because my arms are as strong as the bolts of the gate!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee once said, "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, may Your challenger, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, become glorious for his chivalrous activities, such as vibrating like a
 thunder cloud and roaring like a lion. May all glories go to \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4's chivalrous activities!" Chivalrous activities in the matter of fighting, charity, mercy and execution of religious rituals are called constitutional; whereas the expressi
on of pride, emotions, endurance, kindness, determination, jubilation, enthusiasm, jealousy and remembrance are called unconstitutional. When Stokak\'e5\'f1\'eba, one of the many friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was fighting with Him, his father chastised him 
for fighting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was the life and soul of all residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Upon hearing these chastisements, Stokak\'e5\'f1\'eba stopped his fighting. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued to challenge him, and thus, in order to meet the cha
llenge, Stokak\'e5\'f1\'eba took his pole and began to display his dexterity by whirling it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 challenged Bhadrasena and said to him, "My dear friend, you needn't be afraid of me yet. I shall first of all defeat our brother Balar\'e4m
a, then I shall beat K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then I shall come to you." Bhadrasena therefore left the party of Balar\'e4ma and joined K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he agitated his friends as much as the Mandara Hill had agitated the whole ocean. By his roaring sounds 
he deafened all his friends, and he enthused K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his chivalrous activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once K\'e5\'f1\'eba challenged all His friends and said, "My dear friends, just see\'97I am jumping with great chivalrous prowess. Please do not flee away." Upon he
aring these challenging words, another friend named Var\'fcthapa counter-challenged the Lord and struggled against Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the friends once remarked, "Sud\'e4m\'e4 is trying his best to see D\'e4modara defeated, and I think that if our powerful Subala joins him, they will be a ve
ry beautiful combination, like a valuable jewel bedecked with gold."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In these chivalrous activities, only K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends can be the opponents. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enemies can never actually be His opponents. Therefore, this ch
allenging by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends is called devotional service in chivalrous activities.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4na-v\'e9ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or chivalry in the giving in charity, can be divided into two 
parts: munificence and renunciation. A person who can sacrifice everything for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called munificent. When a person desires to make a sacrifice because of his seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called the impetus o
f the munificent activity. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, in clear consciousness Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j desired all auspiciousness for his son and thus began to give in charity valuable cows to all the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 so satisfied by this charitable action that they were obliged to say that the charity of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j had excelled the charity of such past kings as 
Mah\'e4r\'e4j P\'e5thu and N\'e5ga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person knows the glories of the Lord completely and is prepared to sacrifice everything for the Lord, he is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4naka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or one who gives everything in charity for the sake of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira went with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the arena of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r
\'e4ja-s\'fcya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sacrifice, in his imagination he began to anoint the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with pulp of sandalwood, he decorated Him with a garland hanging down to His knees, 
he began to give Him garments all embroidered with gold, he gave Him ornaments all bedecked with valuable jewels, and he gave Him many fully decorated elephants, chariots and horses. He further wished to give K\'e5\'f1\'eba in charity his kingdom, his fa
mily and his personal self also. After so desiring, when there was nothing to actually give in charity, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira became very perturbed and anxious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Bali once told his priest, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya: "My dear sage, you are fully expert in knowledge of the }{\cs2873\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 as such you worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu, by Vedic rituals. As far as this }{
\cs2873\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  dwarf [the incarnation V\'e4manadeva] is concerned, if He is Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu
, a simple }{\cs2873\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 even my enemy, I have decided to give to Him in charity all 
the land He has asked for." Mah\'e4r\'e4j Bali was so fortunate that the Lord extended before Him His hand, which was reddish from touching the breast of the goddess of fortune, who is always smeared with red }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder. In other words, although the Personality of Godhead is so great that the goddess of fortune is always under His comma
nd for enjoyment, He still extended His hands to take charity from Mah\'e4r\'e4j Bali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who wants to give everything in charity to K\'e5\'f1\'eba but does not want anything in return is considered the real renouncer. Thus, a devotee will refus
e to accept any kind of liberation, even if it is offered by the Lord. Real love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes manifested when K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes the recipient of charity and the devotee becomes the giver.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is another example, forwarded by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Dhruva. He says there, "My dear Lord, I have practiced austerities and penances because I was desiring to receive something from You, but in exchange You have allowed me to
 see You, who are never visible even to the great sages and saintly persons. I had been searching out some pieces of broken glass, but instead I have found the most valuable jewel. I am therefore fully satisfied, my Lord. I do not wish to ask anything mo
re from Your Lordship."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement is to be found in the Third Canto of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  15th Chapter, 48th verse. The four sages headed by Sanaka Muni addressed the Lord as follows: "My dear Supreme Personality of Godhead, Your reputation is very attractive
 and free from all material contamination. Therefore You are worthy of being glorified and are actually the reservoir of all pilgrimages. Auspicious persons, who are fortunate enough to be engaged in glorifying Your attributes and who actually know what 
Your transcendental position is, do not even care to accept liberation offered by You. Because they are so transcendentally enriched, they do not care to accept even the post of Indra, the heavenly King. They know that the post of the King of heaven is a
lso fearful, whereas for those who are engaged in glorifying Your transcendental qualities there is only joyfulness and freedom from all danger. As such, why should persons with this knowledge be attracted by a post in the heavenly kingdom?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee has described his feelings about the charity exhibited by King May\'fcradhvaja: "I am faltering even to speak about the activities of Mah\'e4r\'e4j May
\'fcradhvaja, to whom I offer my respectful obeisances." May\'fcradhvaja was very intelligent, and he could understand why K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to him once, in the garb of a }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba demanded from him half of his body, to be sawed off by his wife and son, and King May\'fcradhvaja agreed to this proposal. On accoun
t of his intense feeling of devotional service, King May\'fcradhvaja was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when he understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come in the garb of a }{\cs2873\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 did not hesitate to part with half of his body. This sacrifice of Mah\'e4r\'e4j May\'fcradhvaja for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake is unique in the world
, and we should offer our all-respectful obeisances to him. He had full knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the garb of a }{\cs2873\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 he is known as the perfect }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4na-v\'e9ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or renouncer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any person who is always ready to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who is always dexterous in executing devotional service is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-v\'e9ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or chivalrous in executing religious rituals. Only advanced devotees performing religious ritualistic performa
nces can come to this stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-v\'e9ra. Dharma-v\'e9ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are produced after going th
rough the authoritative scriptures, following moral principles, being faithful and tolerant and controlling the senses. Persons who execute religious rituals for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are steady in devotional service, whereas persons who exe
cute religious rituals without intending to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba are only called pious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The best example of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. A devotee once told K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O killer of all demons, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the eldest son of Mah\'e4r\'e4j P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, has perform
ed all kinds of sacrifices just to please You. He has always invited the heavenly King, Indra, to take part in the }{\cs2873\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]. Because King Indra was thus absent so often from \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9, she had to pass much of her time pining over Indra's absence, with her cheeks upon her hands."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The performance of different }{\cs2873\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  for the demigods is considered to be worship of the limbs of the Supreme Lord. The demigods are considered to be different parts of the universal body of the Lord, and therefore the ultimate purpose in worshiping 
them is to please the Lord by partially worshiping His different limbs. Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira had no such material desire; he executed all sacrifices under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and not to take any personal advantage from them. He on
ly desired to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba and was therefore called the best of the devotees. He was always merged in the ocean of loving service.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 47-1970: Compassion and Anger
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-seven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 and Anger
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Compassion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the ecstasy of devotional service produces some kind of lamentation in connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is called devotional service in compassion. The impet
us of this devotional service is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental quality, form and activities. In this ecstasy of devotional service there are sometimes symptoms like regret, heavy breathing, crying, falling on the ground and beating upon one's chest. So
metimes symptoms like laziness, frustration, defamation, humility, anxiety, moroseness, eagerness, restlessness, madness, death, forgetfulness, disease and illusion are also visible. When in the heart of a devotee there is expectation of some mishap to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba it is called devotional service in bereavement. Such bereavement is another symptom of this devotional service in compassion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  Tenth Canto, 16th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.16.10
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'e0 n\'e4ga-bhoga-pariv\'e9tam ad\'e5\'f1\'f6a-ce\'f1\'f6am
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4lokya tat-priya-sakh\'e4\'f9 pa\'e7up\'e4 bh\'e5\'e7\'e4rt\'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 k\'e5\'f1\'ebe 'rpit\'e4tma-suh\'e5d-artha-kalatra-k\'e4m\'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 du\'f9kh\'e4nu\'e7oka-bhaya-m\'fc\'f2ha-dhiyo nipetu\'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 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 n\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the serpent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the coils; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pariv\'e9tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97envel
oped; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ad\'e5\'f1\'f6a-ce\'f1\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not exhibiting any movement; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4lokya}{\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 tat-priya-sakh\'e4\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His dear friends; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u-p\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cowherds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e5\'e7a-\'e4rt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97greatly disturbed; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub arpita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97offered; }{\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 \'97their very selves; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-h\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their relations; }{\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 \'97wealth; }{\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 \'97wives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97an
d all objects of desire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub du\'f9kha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by pain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anu\'e7oka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97remorse; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and fear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha}{\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 dhiya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their intelligence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni
petu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they fell down.
\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 the members of the cowherd community, who had accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their dearmost friend, saw Him enveloped in the snake's 
coils, motionless, they were greatly disturbed. They had offered K\'e5\'f1\'eba everything\'97their very selves, their families, their wealth, wives and all pleasures. At the sight of the Lord in the clutches of the K\'e4liya snake, their intelligence be
came deranged by grief, lamentation and fear, and thus they fell to the ground.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th 
verse, there is the following description. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was chastising the K\'e4liyan\'e4ga in the Yamun\'e4, the big snake wrapped his coils all over K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body, and upon seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this situation, all His dear cowherd fr
iends became greatly disturbed. Out of bereavement, distress and fearfulness, they became bewildered and began to fall on the ground. Because the cowherd boys were under the illusion that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could be in some mishap, their symptoms are not at 
all astonishing; they had dedicated their friendship, their possessions, their desires and their very selves to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the Yamun\'e4 River, which had become very poisonous from the presence of K\'e4liya, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 feared all kinds of mishaps, an
d she was breathing hotly. Tears from her eyes were soaking her clothes, and she was almost collapsing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, when the \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura demon was attacking K\'e5\'f1\'eba's queens one after another, Lord Baladeva became more and more bluish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the following incident is described: The }{\cs2873\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  requested Ha
\'e0sad\'fcta to search after the marks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet and to accept them as Lord Brahm\'e4 had accepted them on his helmet after he had stolen all K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cowherd boys. Regretting his challenge to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Brahm\'e4 
had bowed down before the Lord, and his helmet became marked with the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  reminded Ha\'e0sad\'fcta that sometimes even the great sage N\'e4rada becomes very ecstatic by seeing these footprints, and sometimes great liberated sages also aspire to see them. "You should therefore seek very enthusiasticall
y to find the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba," they urged. This is another instance of devotional service in compassion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance when Sahadeva, the younger brother of Nakula, became greatly gladdened at seeing the effulgent glowing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's footprints. He 
began to cry and call out, "Mother M\'e4dr\'e9! Where are you now? Father P\'e4\'eb\'f2u! Where are you now? I am very sorry that you are not here to see these footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" This is another instance of devotional service in compassion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In such devotional service in compassion there are sometimes smiling symptoms, but never is there any stress or lamentation. The basic principle is always ecstatic 
love. The apprehension of some mishap to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or to His beloved queens, as exhibited by Baladeva and Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, has been explained above. This apprehension is not exactly due to their ignorance of the inconceivable potencies of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba but to their intense love for Him. This kind of apprehension of some mishap to K\'e5\'f1\'eba first of all becomes manifested as an object of lamentation, but gradually it develops into such compassionate loving ecstasy that it turns to another
 channel and gives transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Anger
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In ecstatic loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in anger, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always the object. In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Second Canto, 53rd verse, Lalit\'e4gop\'e9 expressed her anger, which was caused by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when she addressed \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R
\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 thus: "My dear friend, my inner desires have been polluted. Therefore I shall go to the place of Yamar\'e4ja. But I am sorry to see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has still not given up His smiling over cheating You. I do not know how You co
uld repose all Your loving propensities upon this lusty young boy from the neighborhood of the cowherds."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Jarat\'e9 sometimes said, "O You thief of young girls' properties! I can distinctly see the covering garment of my daughter-in-law on Y
our person." Then she cried very loudly, addressing all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to inform them that this son of King Nanda was setting fire to the household life of her daughter-in-law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similar ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in anger was expressed by Rohi\'eb\'e9-dev\'e9 when she heard the roaring sound of the two falling }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  trees to which K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been tied. The whole neighborhood proceeded immediately towards the
 place where the accident took place, and Rohi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9 took the opportunity to rebuke Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 as follows: "You may be very expert in giving lessons to your son by binding Him with rope, but don't you look to see if your son is in a dan
gerous spot? The trees are falling on the ground, and He is simply loitering there!" This expression of Rohi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9's anger toward Ya\'e7od\'e4 is an example of ecstatic love in anger caused by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the pasturing ground with His cowherd boys, His friends requested Him to go to the T\'e4lavana Forest, where Gardabh\'e4sura, a di
sturbing demon in the shape of an ass, resided. The friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to eat the fruit from the forest trees, but they could not go because of fear of the demon. Thus they requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba to go there and kill Gardabh\'e4sura. Afte
r K\'e5\'f1\'eba did this, they all returned home, and their report of the day's activity perturbed Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 because K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been sent alone into such danger in the T\'e4lavana Forest. Thus she looked upon the boys with anger.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance of anger on the part of a friend of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's. When R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was dissatisfied with the behavior of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and had stopped talking with Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very sorry for R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's great dissatisfaction, and in order to beg forgiveness, He fell down at Her lotus feet. But even after this, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was not satisfi
ed, and She did not talk with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At that time, one of Her friends chastised Her in the following words: "My dear friend, You are allowing Yourself to be churned by the rod of dissatisfaction, so what can I say unto You? The only advice I can
 give You is that You had better leave this scene immediately, because Your misbehavior is giving me too much pain. I cannot bear to see Your behavior, because even though K\'e5\'f1\'eba's peacock feather has touched Your feet, You still appear to be red
-faced."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The above attitudes of dissatisfaction and anger in devotional service are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e9r\'f1yu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Uddhava was leaving V\'e5nd\'e4vana, some of the elderly }{\cs2873\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  rebuked him as follows: "O son of G\'e4ndin\'e9, your cruelty is defaming the dynasty of King Yadu. You are taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba away, keeping us in such pitiable condition without 
Him. Now, even before you have left, the life air of all the }{\cs2873\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  has practically disa
ppeared."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was insulted by \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la in the assembly of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-s\'fc
ya }{\cs2873\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  convened by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, there was a great turmoil amongst
 the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Kurus, involving grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma. At that time Nakula said with great anger, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the nails of His toes are beautified by the light emanating from the jeweled helme
ts of the authorities of the }{\cs2873\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 He is derided by anyone, I declare herewith as a P
\'e4\'eb\'f2ava that I will kick his helmet with my left foot, and I will strike him with my arrows, which are as good as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub amada\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the sceptor of Yamar\'e4ja!" This is an instance of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in anger.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In such a transcendental angry mood sometimes sarcastic remarks, unfavorable glances and insulting words are exhibited. Sometimes there are other symptoms, like rub
bing the two hands, clacking the teeth, clamping the lips, moving the eyebrows, scratching the arms, lowering the head, breathing rapidly, uttering strong words, nodding the head, exhibiting yellowishness at the corner of the eyes, and exhibiting trembli
ng lips. Sometimes the eyes turn red, and sometimes they fade. And there is sometimes chastisement and silence. All these symptoms of anger can be divided into two parts: constitutional and unconstitutional, or permanent and temporary symptoms. Sometimes
 great emotion, bewilderment, pride, frustration, illusion, impotence, jealousy, dexterity, negligence and signs of hard labor are also manifest as unconstitutional symptoms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In all these humors of ecstatic love, the feeling of anger is accepted as the steady factor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Jar\'e4sandha angrily attacked the city of Mathur\'e4, he looked at K\'e5\'f1\'eba with sarcastic glances. At that time Baladeva took up His plow weapon and ga
zed upon Jar\'e4sandha with colored eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a statement in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, in an angry mood, addressed Her mother, Paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9, after she had accused R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 of going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "My dear mother,"
 R\'e4dh\'e4 declared, "what can I say to you? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so cruel that He often attacks Me on the street, and if I want to cry out very loudly, this boy with a peacock feather on His head immediately covers My face so that I cannot cry. And if I 
want to go away from the scene because I am afraid of Him, He will immediately spread His arms to block My path. If I piteously fall down at His feet, then this enemy of the Madhu demon, in an angry mood, bites My face! Mother, just try to understand My 
situation, and don't be unnecessarily angry with Me. Instead, please tell Me how I can save Myself from these terrible attacks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes amongst contemporary personalities there are signs of ecstasy in anger because of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. An example of such anger was exhibited in the q
uarrel between Ja\'f6il\'e4 and Mukhar\'e4. Ja\'f6il\'e4 was the mother-in-law of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and Mukhar\'e4 was Her great grand-mother. Both of them were talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's unnecessary harrassment of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 wh
en She was walking on the street. Ja\'f6il\'e4 said, "You cruel-faced Mukhar\'e4! By hearing your words my heart feels like it is burning in a fire!" And Mukhar\'e4 replied, "You sinful Ja\'f6il\'e4, by hearing your words, there is aching in my head! You
 cannot give any evidence that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has attacked R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the daughter of my granddaughter K\'e9rtid\'e4."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, when R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was taking off the necklace given to Her by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ja\'f6il\'e4, her mother-in-law, told a friend: "My dear friend, jus
t see the beautiful necklace that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has presented to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. She is now holding it, but still she wants to tell us that She has no connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This girl's activities have disgraced our whole family!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Natural jealousy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by persons like \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la cannot be accepted as ecstatic love in anger with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 48-1970: Dread and Ghastliness
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-eight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Dread and Ghastliness
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Dread
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in dread, there are two causes of fear: either K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself or some dreadful situation for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When a devo
tee feels himself to be an offender at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, at that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself becomes the objective of dreadful ecstatic love. And when out of ecstatic love friends and well-wishers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba apprehend some danger for Hi
m, that situation becomes the object of their dread.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c5k\'f1ar\'e4j was in front of K\'e5\'f1\'eba fighting and suddenly realized that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba addres
sed him thus: "My dear \'c5k\'f1ar\'e4j, why is your face so dry? Please do not feel threatened by Me. There is no need for your heart to tremble like this. Please calm yourself down. I have no anger toward you. You can, however, become as angry as you l
ike with Me\'97to expand your service in fighting with Me and to increase My sporting attitude." In this dreadful situation in ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is the object of dread.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another instance of a dreadful situation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the object as follows: After being sufficiently chastised by child K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Ya
mun\'e4 River, the K\'e4liya snake began to address the Lord, "O killer of the Mura demon, I have acquired many mystic powers by my austerity and penances, but before You I am nothing, I am most insignificant. Therefore, please be kind upon a poor soul l
ike me, and don't be angry with me. I did not know Your actual position, and out of ignorance I have committed such horrible offenses. Please save me. I am a most unfortunate, foolish creature. Please be merciful to me." This is another instance of the e
cstasy of dread in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon was causing disturbance in V\'e5nd\'e4vana by assuming a large horse's body that was so big that he could jump over the trees, Mother Ya
\'e7od\'e4 told her husband, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j, "Our child is very restless, so we had better keep Him locked up within the house. I have been very worried about the recent disturbances of the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon, who has been assuming the form of a giant
 horse." When it was learned that the demon was entering Gokula in an angry mood, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 became so anxious to protect her child that her face dried up and there were tears in her eyes. These are some of the signs of the ecstasy of dread in d
evotional service, caused by seeing and hearing something that is dangerous to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the P\'fctan\'e4 witch had been killed, some friends of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 inquired from her about the incident. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 at once requested her fr
iends, "Please stop! Please stop! Don't bring up the incident of P\'fctan\'e4. I become distressed just by remembering this incident. The P\'fctan\'e4 witch came to devour my son, and she deceived me into letting her take the child on her lap. After that
, she died and made a tumultuous sound with her gigantic body."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the ecstasy of devotional service in dread, the unconstitutional symptoms are drying up of the mouth, exuberance, glancing towards the back side, concealing ones
elf, bewilderment, searching after the endangered lovable object and crying very loudly. Some other unconstitutional symptoms are illusion, forgetfulness, and expectation of danger. In all such circumstances the ecstatic dread is the steady or constant f
actor. Such dreadfulness is caused either by offenses committed or by dreadful circumstances. Offenses can be committed in varieties of ways, and the dread is felt by the person who has committed the offense. When dread is caused by a fearful object, thi
s fearful object is generally a person who is fearsome in his features, nature and influence. An example of an object which caused ecstatic dread is the P\'fctan\'e4 witch. Dread can be caused by mischievous demonic characters, such as King Ka\'e0sa, and
 it can be caused by great powerful demigods, such as Indra or \'c7a\'eckara.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demons like Ka\'e0sa feared K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but their feelings cannot be described as ecstatic dread in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf5 Ghastliness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is understood from authoritative sources that an attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba because of feelings of disgust sometimes presents a ghastly ecstasy in devotional 
service. The person experiencing such ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is almost always in the neutral stage of devotional service, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A description of ecstatic love caused by ghastliness is found in the following statement: "This person was formerly interested solely in the matter of lust and sense gratification, and h
e had perfected the greatest skill in exploiting women to fulfill his lusty desires. But now how wonderful it is that this same man is chanting the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with tears in his eyes, and as soon as he sees the face of a woman, he immediately
 becomes disgusted. From the indication of his face, I would think that now he hates sex life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this mellow of devotional service in ghastliness, the sub-ecstatic symptoms are spitting upon the consideration of one's past life, contorting the face, covering
 the nose and washing the hands. There is also trembling of the body, forcible twisting of the body and perspiration. Other symptoms which may be present are shame, exhaustion, madness, illusion, frustration, humility, self-pity, restlessness, eagerness 
and stunning of the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee, lamenting for his past abominable activities, shows special symptoms on his body, his feeling is called ecstasy in devotional service in ghastliness
. This is caused by the awakening of his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection there is the following statement: "How can a person take pleasure in the enjoyment of sex life in this body, which is a bag of skin and bones, fi
lled with blood, covered by skin and flesh and which produces mucus and evil smells?" This perception is possible only for one who is awakened to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and who has become fully cognizant of the abominable nature of this material bo
dy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A fortunate child in the womb of his mother prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "O enemy of Ka\'e0sa, I am suffering so much because of this material body. Now I a
m trapped within a mess of blood, urine and liquid stool, within the womb of my mother. Because I am living in such a condition, I am suffering great pangs. Therefore, O divine ocean of mercy, please be kind to me. I have no capacity to be engaged in You
r loving devotional service, but please save me!" There is a similar statement by a person fallen in the hellish condition of life. He addressed the Supreme Lord thus: "My dear Lord, Yamar\'e4ja has placed me in a situation which is full of filthy and ob
noxious smells. There are so many insects and worms, surrounded by the stools left by different kinds of diseased persons. And after visualizing this horrible scene, my eyes have become sore, and I am becoming nearly blind. I therefore pray, O my Lord, O
 deliverer from the hellish conditions of life. I have fallen into this hell, but I shall try to remember Your holy name always, and in this way I shall try to keep my body and soul together." This is another instance of ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
in an abominable situation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is to be understood that any person who is constantly engaged in chanting 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, has attained a transcendental affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as such, in any condition of life, he remains satisfied simply by remembering the Lord's name in full affect
ion and ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In conclusion, it may be stated that the ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ghastliness appears during the development of dormant neutrality into developed affecti
on.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 49-1970: Mixing of Rasas
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Forty-nine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Mixing of Rasas
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As already described, there are twelve different kinds of }{\cs2873\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  or ecstatic relationships which are shared with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Five of these }{\cs2873\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  are direct, and they are listed as neutrality, servitude, fraternal love, parental love, and conjugal love. Seven of the }{\cs2873\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  are indirect, and they are listed as humor, astonishment, chivalry, compassion, anger, dread and ghastliness. The five direct }{\cs2873\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  are eternally manifested in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha world, the spiritual kingdom, whereas the seven indire
ct }{\cs2873\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  are eternally manifesting and unmanifesting in Gokula V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where K
\'e5\'f1\'eba displays His transcendental pastimes in the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Very often, in addition to one's regular }{\cs2873\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  there is found the presence of some other }{\cs2873\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  and the mixture of these loving humors is sometimes compatible, or palatable, and sometimes incompatible, or unpalatable. The following is a scientific analysis of the compatibility and incompatibility of the mixtures of these various }{
\cs2873\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  or loving moods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When in the }{\cs2873\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  of neutral love (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) there are found traces of dread or ast
onishment, the result is compatible. When with this neutral love there are manifestations of conjugal love, chivalry, anger or dread, the result is incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When in the ecstasy of a serving humor, there are manifestations of dread, neutral love, or chivalry (such as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4na-v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) the result is compatible. The ecstasy of devotional service in chivalry (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yuddha-v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and anger are directly produced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of fraternal love, a mixture of conjugal love, laughter or chivalry is highly compatible. With the same fraternal love, a mixture of dread or paren
tal love is most incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although there are gulfs of differences between them, with the ecstasy of parental affection, a mixture of laughter, compassion or dread is compatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of parental love, a mixture of conjugal love, chivalry or anger is incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of devotion in conjugal love, a mixture of laughter or fraternity is compatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to certain expert opinions, in the ecstasy of conjugal love, the feelings of chivalry which are known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yuddha-v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the only compatible additions. According to this view, except for these two humors, all other manifestations are taken as incompatible with conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of devotional laughter, a mixture of dread, conjugal love or parental love is compatible, whereas a mixture of compassion or ghastliness is incompa
tible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of devotion in astonishment, a mixture of chivalry or neutral love is compatible; whereas a mixture of anger or dread is always incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of devotional chivalry, a mixture of astonishment, laughter or servitude is compatible, while a mixture of dread or conjugal love is incompatible. 
According to some expert opinions, the ecstasy of neutral love is always compatible with devotional service in chivalry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of compassion in devotional service, a mixture of anger or parental love is compatible; while a mixture of laughter, conjugal love or astonishment 
is always incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of anger in devotional service, a mixture of compassion or chivalry is compatible; while a mixture of laughter, conjugal union or dread is complete
ly incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of dread in devotional service, a mixture of ghastliness or compassion is compatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the ecstasy of chivalry in devotional service, a mixture of conjugal union, laughter or anger is always incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the ecstasy of ghastliness in devotional service, feelings of neutral love, laughter or servitude are compatible; whereas feelings of conjugal union and fraterni
ty are incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The above analysis is a sample of the study of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4bh\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or incompatible mixing of }{\cs2873\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  This transcendental science of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4bh\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can thoroughly explain the hum
ors in ecstatic love which are compatible and incompatible with one another. When Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was residing in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, many poets and devotees used to come to Him and offer their different kinds of poetry, but the regulation
 was that Lord Caitanya's secretary, Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, first examined all of these writings scrutinizingly, and then if he would find that there were no incompatibilities in the }{\cs2873\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  or transcendental mellows, he would then allow the poet to approach Lord Caitanya and recite his poetry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The topic of incompatibility is a very important one, and those who are pure devotees always expect to find perfect compatibility in descriptions of the different r
elationships with the Personality of Godhead. The study of compatibility and incompatibility sometimes becomes very involved, and a hint of why this is so is given as follows: When a friend meets another friend, the mellow produced out of that meeting is
 generally taken as very palatable. But actually with such meetings between two friends, there are so many feelings involved that it is difficult to ascertain when these feelings are actually becoming compatible and when they are becoming incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Expert literary scholars have analyzed the }{\cs2873\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  which are compatible with one another by contrasting the various }{\cs2873\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  in a particular mixture under the names "}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and "}
{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub part."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to this method, the prominent feeling is called the "whole," and the subo
rdinate feeling is called the "part."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following statement elucidates the subject of part and whole: "All living entities are just like sparks from the supreme fire, and as such, I do not know if I, 
a tiny spark, shall be able to engage myself in the transcendental loving service of this supreme fire, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba." In this statement, the feelings of neutral love are taken as the whole, whereas the desire to serve the Lord is taken as the par
t. Actually, in the }{\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  effulgence there is no chance for reciprocation of loving ecstasy bet
ween the Lord and the devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another quotation by a devotee who laments as follows: "Alas, I am still trying to relish different pleasurable states from this body, which is simply some
 skin covering mucus, semina and blood. In this state of consciousness I am so condemned that I cannot relish the transcendental ecstasy of remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead." In this statement there are two ecstatic loving humors, namely ne
utrality and ghastliness. Neutrality is taken here as the whole, whereas the ecstasy of ghastliness is the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a similar statement by a devotee as follows: "I shall now begin my service of fanning the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is 
seated on a golden throne. He is the supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param-brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in His eternal transcendental form of a
 cloudy blackish complexion. Now I shall give up my affection for my material body, which is nothing but a bunch of flesh and blood." Herein also there is a combination of servitude and ghastliness, where the ecstasy of servitude is taken as the whole, a
nd the ecstasy of ghastliness is taken as the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another statement as follows: "When shall I be freed from the mode of ignorance? And being thus purified, when shall I attain the stage of serving K\'e5
\'f1\'eba eternally? Only then shall I be able to worship Him, always observing His lotus eyes and beautiful face." In this statement the whole is the ecstasy of neutrality, and the part is servitorship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another statement as follows: "Please look at this devotee of the Lord who is dancing just from remembering the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Simply by obs
erving his dance you will lose all interest in even the most beautiful women!" In this statement the whole is in neutrality, and the part is in ghastliness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee boldly said, "My dear Lord, now I am turning my face from any thought of association with young girls. As far as }{\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  realization is concerned, I have lost all interest because I am completely absorbed in thinking about You. And being absorbed s
o blissfully, I have lost all other desires, even the desire for mystic powers. Now my mind is only attracted to worshiping Your lotus feet." In this statement, the whole is the ecstasy of neutrality, and the part is chivalry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In another statement, Subala is addressed thus: "My dear Subala, the damsels of V\'e5nd\'e4vana who had the opportunity of enjoying K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kissing must be
 the foremost of all the fortunate women in the world." In this example, the ecstasy of fraternal devotional service is the whole, and the ecstasy of conjugal love is the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following statement was made by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the }{\cs2873\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  "My dear enchanted, don't gaze at Me with longing eyes like this. Be satisfied and return to your homes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There is no necessity of your presence here." While K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was joking in this way with the damsels of Braja, who with great hope had come to enjoy the }{\cs2873\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 with Him, Subala was also on the scene, and he began to look at K\'e5\'f1\'eba with wide and laughing eyes. Subala's feeling contained a mixture of fraternity and laughter in devotional service. Fraternity is considered here as the
 whole, and the laughter is considered as the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following example contains a mixture of ecstatic fraternity and laughter, taken respectively as the whole and part. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that Subala, in the 
dress of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, was silently hiding under the shade of a beautiful }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7oka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  tree on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, He immediately arose from His seat in surprise. Upon seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Subala tried to hide his laughter by covering his cheeks.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is also an example of a mixture of parental love and compassion in devotional service. When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was thinking that her son was walking in the f
orest without any umbrella or shoes, she became greatly perturbed to think of how much difficulty K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have been feeling. In this example the whole is the paternal love, and the part is compassion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following example of a mixture of parental love and laughter. A friend of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 told her, "My dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, your son has very cunnin
gly stolen a lump of butter from my home. And to make me blame my own son for His mischief, He has smeared some of the butter on my son's face while he was sleeping!" Upon hearing this, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 shook her curved eyebrows. She could only look a
t her friend with a smiling face. May Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 bless everyone with this smiling attitude. In this example the whole is the parental love, and the part is the laughter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is an example of a mixture of several humors with devotional service as follows. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was holding up Govardhan Hill with His left hand, His hai
rs became scattered all over His shoulders, and He appeared to be perspiring. When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 saw this scene, she began to tremble. Then, as she stared at the scene with broadened eyes, she saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba begin to exhibit varieties of facial
 caricatures. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 then became very happy and began to smile. Then again, when she thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was holding up the hill for such an extremely long time, her clothes became soaked with perspiration. May Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 Br
aje\'e7var\'e9 protect the whole universe by her infinite mercy! In this example, the whole is parental love, and the part is dread, wonder, laughter, compassion, etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is an example of a mixture of conjugal love and fraternal affection when \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 said, "My dear friends, just see how K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is resting His hand on the shoulder of Subala, who is dressed up just like a young girl! I think He must be sending some message to Me through Subala. The purport is that the superiors of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 do not like K\'e5\'f1\'eba or H
is cowherd friends to associate with Her; therefore these friends sometimes clothe themselves in female dress so they can give R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this example the whole is conjugal love and the part is fraternity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is an example of a mixture of conjugal love and laughter in devotional service: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the dress of a young girl, told R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9, "Oh, You hard-hearted girl! Don't You know that I am Your sister? Why are You unable to recognize Me? Be merciful upon Me and please capture My shoulders and embrace Me with love!" While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dressed up exactly like R\'e4dh\'e4r
\'e4\'eb\'e9, He was speaking these nice words, and \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 could understand His purpose. But because She was in front of many of Her superiors, She simply smiled and did not say anything. In this instance, the ecstasy o
f conjugal love is taken as the whole, and the ecstasy of laughter is taken as the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following illustrates a mixture of several feelings. When one of the consort friends of Candr\'e4val\'e9 saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was preparing to fight with the
 V\'e5\'f1\'e4sura demon, she began to think: "How wonderful K\'e5\'f1\'eba is! His mind is captivated by the eyebrows of Candr\'e4val\'e9 in a smiling spirit, His snake-like arms are on the shoulder of His friend, and at the same time He is roaring like
 a lion to encourage V\'e5\'f1\'e4sura to fight with Him!" This is an example of conjugal love, fraternity, and chivalry. The conjugal love is taken here as the whole, and the fraternity and chivalry are taken as the parts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Kubj\'e4 caught hold of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's yellow garment because she was feeling almost lusty with sex urge, K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply bowed down His head with His 
cheeks glowing in front of the many people who were standing there and laughing. This is an example of a mixture of ecstatic conjugal love and laughter. The laughter is taken as the whole, and the conjugal love is taken as the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4la, a cowherd boy who was attempting to fight with Bhadrasena, was addressed by another cowherd boy as follows: "Why are you attempting to show your chiva
lrous spirit before me? Before this, you even attempted to fight with \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, but you must know that \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 does not even care to fight with hundreds of Balar\'e4mas. So why are you acting so enthusiastically when you actually h
ave no importance at all?" This is an example of a mixture of devotional fraternity and chivalry. The chivalry is taken as the whole, and the fraternity is taken as the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was habituated to calling K\'e5\'f1\'eba ill names, and by his insults he irritated the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u more than he irritated K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas therefore equipped themselves with all kinds of weapons to kill \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. Their feelings were a mixture of ecstatic anger and fraternity, the anger being taken as the whole, and fraternity as the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once K\'e5\'f1\'eba was watching \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 very expertly using his stick to fight with Balar\'e4ma, who was an expert club-fighter and who had even killed
 the Pralamb\'e4sura demon with His club. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw Balar\'e4ma finally defeated by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, who was using only a small stick, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became filled with pleasure and began to look upon \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 with great wond
er. In this instance there is a mixture of astonishment, fraternity and chivalry in devotional service. The fraternity and chivalry are considered as the parts, and the astonishment is considered as the whole.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Expert analyzers of these various kinds of mellows instruct us that when different mellows overlap one another, the mellow which is the whole, or the prominent humo
r, is called the permanent ecstasy. It is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-dharmottara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that wh
en there are many mellows of devotional ecstasy mixed together, the prominent one, or the whole, is called the steady ecstasy of devotional service. Although the subordinate mellow may be manifested for a certain time, at length it will become merged int
o the prominent whole. Thus it is called an unconstitutional ecstasy of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a good analogy in this connection, showing the relationship between the part and the whole. Lord V\'e4manadeva is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad, but He appeared to have been "born" as one of the brothers of Indra. Although V\'e4manadeva is sometimes taken as a less-important demigod, He is actually the maintainer of Indra, the King of the demigods. Thus, although sometimes V\'e4manadeva is co
nsidered to be a subordinate demigod, His actual position is that of the supreme whole, the source of the entire demigod system. In the same way, a }{\cs2873\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  which is actually prominent may sometimes appear to be manifested in a subordinate way, although its actual position is as the main or prominent loving feeling of a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When an unconstitutional ecstasy of devotional service is manifested prominently at a certain time, it is still accepted as the part. If it is not very prominently 
manifested, it appears only slightly and quickly merges back into the whole. At such times of slight appearance, no consideration is given to it; as when one is eating some palatable dishes, if one also eats a small blade of grass, he will not taste it, 
nor will he care to distinguish what its taste is like.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 50-1970: Further Analysis of Mixed Rasas
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Fifty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Further Analysis of Mixed Rasas
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As already described, if certain kinds of mellows become mixed and there is a joining of opposite mellows, then the situation is called incompatible. When one is ea
ting sweet rice and something salty or sour is mixed in, the mixture is not very tasteful, and it is called incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An exemplary instance of incompatibility is the following statement by an impersonalist who was lamenting aloud, "I have been attached simply to the impersonal }{
\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 feature, and I have passed my days uselessly in practicing trance. I have not given any pro
per attention to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the source of the impersonal }{\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  and who is
 the reservoir of all transcendental pleasures." In this statement there are traces of neutrality and conjugal love, and the resulting humor is incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is found in places like V\'e5nd\'e4vana that a person with a slight devotional attitude of neutral love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba may immediately and artifici
ally try to attain to the platform of conjugal love. But because of the incompatibility of neutrality and conjugal love, the person is found to fall from the standard of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Incompatibility was expressed by a great devotee on the platform of neutrality when he sarcastically prayed, "I am very anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead, who is many millions of times more affectionate than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pit\'e5s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (forefat
hers) in the Pit\'e5-loka, and who is always worshiped by the great demigods and sages. I am a little surprised, however, that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the husband of the goddess of fortune, His body is often marked with the nail pricks of ordinary soc
iety girls!" Here is an example of incompatibility due to a mixture of neutrality and high conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following statement by a }{\cs2873\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  "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the first thing You should do is just embrace me with Your strong arms. Then, my dear friend, I shall first smell Your head, and then I shall enjoy with You." This is an example o
f incompatibility in which conjugal love is the whole and servitorship is the part.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how can I address You as my son when You are addressed by the great Ved\'e4ntists as the absolute truth and by the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who follow the principles of }{\cs2873\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  as the Supreme Personality of Godhead? You are the same Supreme Person, so how shall my tongue be so extraordinarily bol
d as to address You as an ordinary son?" In this statement there is a mixture of neutrality and parental love, and the result is incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another devotee said, "My dear friend, my youthful beauty is as temporary as lightning in the sky, and therefore, my possessing attractive bodily features is unimpo
rtant. I have never met K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so I request you to please arrange for my meeting Him immediately." In this statement there is the incompatibility of a neutral mellow mixed with conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A lusty woman in Kail\'e4sa once told K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, may You have a long life!" Then, after saying this, she embraced K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This
 is an example of incompatibility resulting from a mixture of parental love and conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of the above analysis is to show that in the mixture of various mellows, or reciprocations of ecstatic love between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the devotees, if 
the result is not pure, there will be incompatibility. According to the opinion of stalwart devotees like R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, as soon as there are contradictory feelings, the result is incompatible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once an ordinary female devotee addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear boy, I know that my body is just a composition of flesh and blood and can never be enjoyable to Y
ou. But still, I have been so attracted by Your beauty that I wish that You accept me as Your conjugal lover." In this statement there is incompatibility caused by a mixture of ghastliness and conjugal love in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 warns devotees to not commit such incompatibilities in their writings or in their dealings. The presence of such contradictory fee
lings is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4bh\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When there is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4bh\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in any book of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, no learned scholar or devotee will accept it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  second act, verse 29, Paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9 tells N\'e4nd\'e9mukh\'e9: "Just see how wonderful it is! Great sages meditate upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba after being relieved from all material transactions, and with great difficulty they 
try to situate K\'e5\'f1\'eba in their hearts. And opposed to this, this young girl is trying to withdraw her mind from K\'e5\'f1\'eba so she can apply it in the material activities of sense gratification. What a regrettable thing it is that this girl is
 trying to drive away from her heart the same K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is sought after by great sages through severe austerities and perseverance!" Although in this statement there are contradictory mellows of ecstatic devotion, the result is not incompatible 
because conjugal love is so elevated that it is defeating all other varieties of mellows. \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 comments in this connection that such a loving state of mind is not possible for all. It is only possible in the case of the }{
\cs2873\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. There are many other instances of contradictory mellows where t
here is no perverted experience of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4bh\'e4sa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once some minor demigod of the heavenly planets remarked: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose joking words were once the source of so much laughter for the residents of Braja, h
as now been attacked by the serpent king, K\'e4liya, and He has become the object of everyone's overwhelming lamentation!" In this instance there is a mixture of laughter and compassion, but there is no incompatibility because by both of these }{\cs2873
\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  the loving affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is increased.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was once told that although She had stopped all activities, She was still the supreme source of inspiration for all kinds 
of devotional service. The statement says, "My dear R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba You are now as still as the most beautiful tree, whose gracefulness is not blocked by any covering of leaves. Your tranquil mood makes You app
ear to be completely merged in }{\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  realization!" In this example there is a mixture of conjug
al love and neutral love, but the conjugal love has surpassed everything. Actually, }{\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  reali
zation is only a stunted existence. There is the following statement by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself: "\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 has become peace personified for Me. Because of Her I now go without sleep. I stare constantly without blinking my 
eyes, and I am always in a meditative mood. Because of Her I have even made My home in the cave of a mountain!" This is an example of conjugal love mixed with neutral love, but there is no incompatibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is a conversation consisting of questions put before Rambh\'e4, a celebrated beautiful woman, and her corresponding answers. Rambh\'e4 was asked, "My 
dear Rambh\'e4, who are you?" She answered, "I am peace personified." Question: "Then why are you in the sky?" Answer: "I am in the sky to experience the supreme absolute truth." Question: "Then why are you staring?" Answer: "Just to look into the suprem
e beauty of the absolute truth." Question: "Then why do you appear to be disturbed in mind?" Answer: "Because Cupid is acting." In the above example also there is no perverted representation of mellows because on the whole the ecstasy of conjugal love ha
s exceeded the neutral position of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  60th Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.60.45
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvak-\'e7ma\'e7ru-roma-nakha-ke\'e7a-pinaddham antar
\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\'e0s\'e4sthi-rakta-k\'e5mi-vi\'f6-kapha-pitta-v\'e4tam
\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\'e9vac-chava\'e0 bhajati k\'e4nta-matir vim\'fc\'f2h\'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 y\'e4 te pad\'e4bja-makarandam ajighrat\'e9 str\'e9
\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 tvak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with skin; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ma\'e7ru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whiskers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub roma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bodily hair; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nakha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nails; }{
\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 \'97and hair on the head; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub pinaddham}{\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 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 m\'e4\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97flesh; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asthi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bones; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97blood; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97stool; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kapha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -mucus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pitta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bile; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and air; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vat}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97living; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7avam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a co
rpse; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worships; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as husband or lover; }{\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 \'97whose idea; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97totally bewildered; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4}{\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 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-abja}{\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 makarandam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the honey; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ajighrat\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not smelling; }{\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 \'97woman.
\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 A woman who fails to relish the fragrance of the honey of Your lotus feet becomes totally befooled, and thus she accepts as her husban
d or lover a living corpse covered with skin, whiskers, nails, head-hair and body-hair and filled with flesh, bones, blood, parasites, feces, mucus, bile and air.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, Rukmi\'eb\'e9dev\'e9 said, "My dear husband, a woman who has no taste f
or the transcendental pleasure available from Your personal contact must be inclined to accept as her husband somebody who is externally a combination of mustaches, beard, body hairs, fingernails and some head hair. And within him there are muscles, bone
s, blood, intestinal worms, stools, mucus, bile, and similar things. Actually, such a husband is only a dead body, but due to not being attracted to Your transcendental form, a woman will have to accept this combination of stools and urine for her husban
d." This statement, which lists the ingredients of a material body, is not a perverted mellow in transcendental realization because it shows correct discrimination between matter and spirit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  second act, 42nd verse, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells His friend, "My dear friend, what a wonderful thing it is that since I have seen the beautiful lotus eyes of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, I have developed a tendency 
to spit on the moon and the lotus flower!" This is an example of conjugal love mixed with ghastliness, but there is no incompatibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is a statement which describes different mellows of devotional service: "Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was invincible to any enemy, the cowherd boys of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana became almost blackish with astonishment upon seeing His wonderful royal garments and His fighting feats on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra." In this statement, although there is a mixture of chivalrous activities and astonishment in devo
tional service, there is no perverted reflection of mellows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One resident of Mathur\'e4 requested her father to bolt the doors and then go with her to the school of S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni to find K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She complained 
that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had completely stolen her mind. In this incident there is a mixture of conjugal love and parental love, but there is no incompatibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4nand\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (impersonalist) expressed his desire as follows: "When shall I be able to see that supreme absolute Personality of Godhead who is eternal bliss and knowledge, and whose chest has become smeared with red }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'eckum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  powder by touching the breast of Rukmi\'eb\'e9?" Here there is a mixture of conjugal love and neutrality. Alt
hough this is a contradiction of mellows, there is no incompatibility because even a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4nand\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  will become attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j told his wife, "My dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, although your son, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is as delicate and soft as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mall\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flower, He has gone to kill the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon, who is as strong as the mountain. Therefore I have become a li
ttle disturbed. But never mind, all auspiciousness to my son! I shall raise this hand which is as strong as a pillar, and I shall kill the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon, just to give freedom from all anxieties to the inhabitants of Brajama\'eb\'f2ala!" In this statem
ent there are two kinds of mellows: chivalry and dread. Both of them, however, improve the position of parental love, and therefore there is no incompatibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 it is stated, "After K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrival in Ka\'e0sa's arena, Ka\'e0sa's priest looked at K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a detestful expression. The entire arena was filled with dread on the part o
f Ka\'e0sa and his priest and restless expressions of pleasure on the cheeks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends. Frustration was felt by His envious rivals. The great sages meditated. Hot tears were in the eyes of Devak\'e9 and other motherly ladies, and hairs 
stood on the bodies of the expert warriors. There was astonishment in the hearts of demigods such as Indra. The servants danced, and the restless eyes of all the young girls glanced about." In this statement there is a description of a combination of dif
ferent mellows, but there is no incompatibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar statement, which is free from incompatibility, is in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4
dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein the author blesses all the readers of the book in the following manner: "Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is able to lift a mountain with a finger of 
His left hand, He is always humble and meek. He is always very kind to His loving devotees. He has frustrated Indra's attempt at vengeance by refusing him the sacrifice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indr
a-yaj\'efa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is the cause of all pleasure to all young girls. May He be ever compassionate upon you all!"
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NoD 51-1970: Perverted Expression of Mellows
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Fifty-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 Perverted Expression of Mellows
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ras\'e4bh\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or incompatible mixtures of mellows, can be classified as }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (false expression) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anurasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (imitation) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aparasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (perverted or misrepresented mellows).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is the following statement by an impersonalist who had just seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "When a person has passed completely from all contamination of material exist
ence, he relishes a transcendental bliss of being established in trance. But as soon as I saw You, the original Personality of Godhead, I experienced the same bliss." This perverted reflection of mellows is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-uparasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a perverted reflection of mixed impersonalism and personalism.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another statement as follows: "Wherever I am glancing I simply see Your personality. Therefore I know You are the uncontaminated }{\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  effulgence, the supreme cause of all causes. I think there is nothing but You in this cosmic manifestation." Th
is is another example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a perverted reflection of impersonalism and personali
sm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Madhuma\'ecgala, an intimate friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was dancing before K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a joking manner, no one was paying attention to him, and he jokingl
y said, "My dear Lord, please be merciful upon me. I am praying for Your mercy." This is an example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in fraternal affection and neutrality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa once addressed his sister Devak\'e9 as follows: "My dear sister, having seen your dear son K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I think that He is so strong that He can kill ev
en wrestlers strong as the mountains. So I will have no more anxieties about Him, even if He is engaged in a terrible fight." This is an instance of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a perverted reflection of parental love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, "The wives of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efic br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were all young girls, and they were attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the same way as the }{\cs2873\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. Out of their attraction they distributed food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Here the two devotional mellows are conjugal love and parental love, and the result is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upa-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the friends of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 told Her, "My dear friend G\'e4ndharvik\'e4 [R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9], You were the most chaste gir
l in our village, but now You have divided Yourself and are partially chaste and partially unchaste. It is all due to Cupid's influence upon You after You saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and heard the sound of His flute." This is another example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  caused by divided interests in conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to some expert learned scholars, the feelings between lover and beloved create perverted reflections of mellows in many ways.
\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 gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  have become purified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance, and as such, Cupid's influence is distinctly visible on their bodies." Although in the material sense the glancing of a boy at a girl is a kind of pollution, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba threw His 
transcendental glance at the }{\cs2873\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  they became purified. In other words, because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the absolute truth, any action by Him is transcendentally pure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After K\'e5\'f1\'eba chastised the K\'e4liyan\'e4ga in the Yamun\'e4 River by dancing on his heads, the K\'e4liyan\'e4ga's wives addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear 
cowherd boy, we are all only young wives of the K\'e4liyan\'e4ga, so why do you agitate our minds by sounding Your flute?" K\'e4liya's wives were flattering K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that He would spare their husband. Therefore this is an example of }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or imitation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One devotee said, "My dear Govinda, here is a nice flowery bush in Kail\'e4sa. I am a young girl, and You are a young poetic boy. After this, what more can I say? Y
ou just consider." This is an example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uparasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  caused by impudency in conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When N\'e4rada Muni was passing through V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he came to the Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ravana Forest and saw in one of the trees the famous parrot couple that al
ways accompanies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The couple was imitating some discussion they heard upon the }{\cs2873\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  philosophy, and thus were seemingly arguing upon various philosophical points. Upon seeing this, N\'e4rada Muni was struck with wonder, and he began to stare without moving his eyelids. This is an example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anurasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or imitation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was fleeing away from the battlefield, from a distant place Jar\'e4sandha was watching Him with restless eyes and was feeling very proud. Being 
thus puffed up with his conquest, he was repeatedly laughing. This is an example of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aparasa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything in connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called ecstatic devotional love, although it may be exhibited in different ways: sometimes in right order and someti
mes as a perverted reflection. According to the opinion of all expert devotees, anything that will arouse ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to be taken as an impetus for transcendental mellow.
\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 Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta summary study of }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\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 by \'c7r
\'e9la R\'fcpa 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 Concluding Words
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 concludes by saying that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5t
a-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very difficult for ordinary men to understand, yet he hopes that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, will be pleased with his presenta
tion of this book.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By rough calculation it is estimated that \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 finished }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in Gokula V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the year 1552. While physically present, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was living in differ
ent parts of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and his headquarters were in the temple of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara in the present city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The place of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhajana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  execution of devotional service, is commemorated still. There are two different tomb-like structures in the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple; one structure 
is called his place of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and in the other his body is entombed. Behind this very to
mb I have my place of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but since 1965 I have been away. The place, however, is bei
ng taken care of by my disciples. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will, I am now residing at the Los Angeles Temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. This purport is finished today, the 30th of June, 1969.
\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 {\*\bkmkstart Teachings of Lord Caitanya - 1968}{
\*\bkmkend Teachings of Lord Caitanya - 1968}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Teachings of Lord Caitanya - 1968 Edition
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 Front flap & pages
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Front flap & pages
\par }\pard \s1273 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li340\ri340\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In the Kali Yuga the Supreme Lord comes as One Who always chants the Holy Name of Sri Krishna, Who is Sri Krishna Himsel
f, Whose complexion is yellow.
\par }\pard \s1273 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa228\li340\ri340\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'97Srimad Bhagwatam (XI:5:32)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These words of the massive }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , recorded by the author of the famous }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Vya
sadev, foretell the advent of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Chaitanya, like Christ, was a spiritual revolutionary Who taught that conceptions of being Hindu, Christian, Muslim, black, white, male and female are "bodily designations that are finished wh
en the body is finished." His Peace Formula is this: all living entities, including trees, bacteria, ants, cows and humans are eternal spiritual sparks of the Supreme Lord and all are brothers who have the same One Father. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami presents to the West the sublime life and teachings of this grea
t transcendental Personality of the 15th century Whose Sankirtan Movement swept first India, and now the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many philosophers recognise God to be a force that is beyond name or form, but Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taught that God is a Person Who has Form, Qualities, Name and Pa
stimes\'97but Who is nevertheless Absolute and Transcendental and beyond anything we have experienced in this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya journeyed up and down the subcontinent of India to deliver the easiest, most glorious method of self-realisation: chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra
. His explanations of the esoteric Vedanta Sutra converted many impersonalists, turning them "from dried sticks into blooming flowers." He led thousands in massive Kirtan parades of ecstacy, and even caused tigers in the jungles to swoon.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a remarkable book which answers definitively the unansw
ered questions burning within man's heart. The Swamiji's chapter entitled "The Beauty of Krishna" is a description of the stunning beauty of God which stands by itself as one of the most sublime lyrical achievements in all mystic literature. His vast sch
olarship qualifies him as the most erudite Vedic scholar now writing in English. As Acharya (meaning one who teaches by example) of the Sankirtan Movement today, the Swami lectures at numerous temples and writes out of his daily experiences with the auth
ority of a master, so that his books are both learned and practical, instructive as well as deeply moving. To read A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's books is to understand that here is one who knows the Absolute Truth, one who can teach It perfectly.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness \line 61 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003
\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\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub OTHER BOOKS BY A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita As It Is\line Srimad Bhagwatam\line Easy Journey to Other Planets\line Ishopanishad\line Brahma Samhita
\line Nectar of Devotion\line Back to Godhead Magazine }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Editor)
\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\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TEACHINGS 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of\line LORD CHAITANYA\line \line A TREATISE ON FACTUAL SPIRITUAL LIFE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BY\line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI\line Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published by:\line International Society for Krishna Consciousness\line \line Branches Throughout the World\line 
\line Headquarters: 61 Second Avenue\line New York City, N.Y. 10003 \line U.S.A.
\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\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Copyright \'a9 1968 International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc. (ISKCON)\line Library of Congress Catalogue 
Card Number: 68-29320\line ALL RIGHTS RESERVED\line FIRST EDITION
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Prologue is reprinted from\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cha
itanya\'97His Life and Precepts\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode\line Calcutta, India (1895)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Readers interested in the subject matter of this \line book are invited by the International Society for \line Krishna
 Consciousness to correspond with its Secretary.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12/14 Point Bembo Typeface\line Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.\line Tokyo, Japan
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 The Publishers
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Publishers
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Namah om vishnu padaya krishna presthaya bhutale\line Srimate bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We offer our respectful obeisances to Bhaktivedanta Swami \line Who is so dear unto Krishna on this earth due to His 
\line taking shelter unto the Lord's Lotus Feet.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We prostrate ourselves at the Lotus Feet of our Beloved Spiritual Master and offer this treasured book to His Divine Grace on our bowed heads. We came to Him
 looking for broken pieces of glass, and He has bestowed upon us a priceless gem. He has opened our eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of atheism, mental speculation, and sense gratification, to the glorious light of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. His 
transcendental words are seeds which in our hearts have bloomed into the perfection of human life\'97the discovery that God lives and that we can live with Him\'97Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Publishers
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 DEDICATION
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub DEDICATION
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DEDICATED TO\line The Sacred Service\line of\line SRILA SACHCHIDANANDA BHAKTIVINODE THAKUR\line \line Who Initiated The Tea
chings of Lord Chaitanya\line in\line The Western World\line (McGill University, Canada)\line in 1896\line The Year Of My Birth
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My thankful acknowledgement is due to Sriman Brahmananda Brahmachary (Mr. Bruce Scharf), Sriman Gargamuni Brahmachary (Mr. Gregory Scharf) and Sriman Satyabrata Bra
hmachary (Mr. Stanley Moskowitz) for their financial help for this publication, and I beg to thank Sriman Rayarama Brahmachary (Mr. Raymond Marais), Sriman Satsvarupa Brahmachary (Mr. Stephen Guarino) and Sriman Madhusudan Brahmachary (Mr. Michael Blumer
t) for editing and typing the manuscript, and Sriman Goursundar Das Adhikary (Mr. Gary McElroy) and his good wife, Srimati Govinda Dasi (Mrs. Bonnie McElroy) who are always engaged to see to my personal comforts and I am so much obliged to them for their
 drawing all the nice pictures contained in this great publication.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All glories to the devotees engaged in the matter of Krishna Consciousness. I am sure that Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu will bestow His Causeless Mercy upo
n everyone who is engaged in pushing the cause of Krishna Consciousness.\line A.C.B
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 The Author
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Author
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami was born Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896 in Calcutta. In 1920 he finished his education, majoring in philosophy, English, and economi
cs, at the University of Calcutta. Because of his involvement in Gandhi's national non-cooperation movement, however, he rejected any formal diploma. Soon afterward Abhay Charan De took up the duties of manager of a large chemical concern. Then, in 1922,
 he met His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, the founder of 64 Goudiya Vaishnava Maths in India, Berlin, and London. His Divine Grace liked this educated young man and injected in him the idea of preaching Lord Chaitany
a's message all over the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Allahabad in 1933, Abhay Charan De was formally initiated, and in 1936, just days before His Divine Grace's departure from this mortal world, he was specifically
 ordered to spread Krishna Consciousness in the English language and to the West.
\par }\pard {\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 Back To Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  magazine was started in 1944 with Abhay Charan De serving as editor-in-chief }{\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 now being published monthly in America by his American disciples.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Goudiya Vaishnava Society recognised him as BHAKTIVEDANTA in 1947. In 1954 he became }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vanaprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , retired from family life. In 1959 he took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the renounced order of spiritual life and is now known as A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In September 1965, at the advanced age of 70, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami arrived in New York City to fulfil his master's sacred mission. Immediately, young Americans
 were attracted to him, and in July 1966, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formally incorporated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is the author of the remarkable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita As It Is}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , published in 1968 by the Macmillan Company. Presently he is working on his masterpiece, a projected 60 volume work of translation and elaborate commentary of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , three volumes of which have already been published. He has also recorded a unique 33 1/3 r
.p.m. record album of the mystical mantra }{\b0\i\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 , entitled "Krishna Consciousness," which h
as met with extraordinary popularity in India and America.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 Preface
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no difference between the teachings of Lord Chaitanya presented here and the teachings of Lord Krishna in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 . The teaching of Lord Chaitanya is a practical demonstration of the teaching of Lord Krishna. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  the last word of the Lord is that everyone should surrender unto Him, Lord Krishna, and that He will take
 immediate charge of such a surrendered soul. The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is already in charge of the maintenance of this Creation by His plenary expansion as Kshirodakashayee Vishnu. But such maintenance by the Lord is not specific. Wh
en, therefore, the Lord takes charge, it means that He takes particular charge of a pure devotee. A pure devotee is a soul ever surrendered to the Lord, like a child to his parents or an animal to its master. This surrendering process is manifested in si
x different stages, namely: ( 1) to accept things favorable for discharging devotional service, (2) to reject things unfavorable for discharging devotional service, (3) to believe firmly that the Lord will protect His devotee always, (4) to feel exclusiv
ely dependent on the Mercy of the Lord, (5) to have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord, and (6) always to feel oneself meek and humble.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Lord Krishna demanded that one should surrender unto Him through the above-mentioned six phases of the surrendering process; but the less intelligent clas
s of men and so-called scholars of the world misunderstood these demands of the Lord, and thus misguided the general mass of people to reject them. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , at the end of the Ninth Chapter, the Lord directly orders one to always think of Him, become His devotee, worship Him only, offer obeisances unto Him only\'97and by doing so one is 
sure to come to Him in His Transcendental Abode. But so-called scholarly demons misguide the mass of people, directing them not to surrender like that to the Personality of Godhead, but rather to the impersonal, non-manifested, eternal, unborn Truth. The
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , impersonalist, philosophers do not accept that the last word in the matter of understa
nding the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one desires to understand the Sun as he is, one faces first of all the sunshine, and then the Sun globe, and at last if one is able to enter into that globe, there is the possibility of s
eeing face-to-face the predominating Deity of the Sun. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophers, due to a poor f
und of knowledge, cannot go beyond the Brahman effulgence which is like the sunshine. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  confirm that one has to penetrate the dazzling effulgence of Brahman, and then one can see the real Face of the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya therefore teaches us directly that one has to worship Lord Krishna, Who appeared as the foster Child of the King of Braja. He also recommends that th
e place known as Vrindaban is as good as Lord Krishna because, Lord Krishna being the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, there is no difference between His Name, Quality, Form, Pastimes, Entourage, and Paraphernalia.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya also recommended that the mode of worshipping the Lord in the highest perfectional stage is the method of worship conceived by the Damsels of Braja. 
The Damsels of Braja, the Gopis, simply loved Krishna without any motive for material or spiritual gain. He also recommended that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the spotless narration of transcendental knowledge and that the highest gain in the human form of life is to develop unalloyed love of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya's teachings are identical to those given by Lord Kapila, the original propounder of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samkhya Yoga}{\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  the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samkhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system of philosophy. This authorized system of }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 on the principle of meditation on the Transcendental Form of the Lord. There is no meditating on something Void or impersonal involved. When one is practiced
 to meditate upon the Transcendental Form of Lord Vishnu, even without the sitting posture in a particular place and atmosphere, the stage is called perfect }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samadhi}{
\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  This perfect }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Samadhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samkhya Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\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 at the end of the Sixth Chapte
r, where the Lord says that of of all the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogis, one who constantly thinks of the Lord within the core of his heart with love and devotion is the greatest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya instructed this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samkhya Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or system of philosophy\'97called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Achintya Bhedabheda Tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (simultaneously one and different)\'97most practically for everyone among the mass of people, simply by chanting the Holy Name of the Lord. He says that the Holy Name of the Lord is the Sound Vibration Form of the Lord. The Lord being the Ab
solute Whole, there is no difference between His Holy Name and His Transcendental Form. Therefore, by chanting the Holy Name of the Lord, one can directly associate with the Supreme Lord by Sound Vibration. This Sound Vibration of the Lord has three stag
es of development, namely: (1) offensive stage, (2) clearing stage, and (3) transcendental stage. In the offensive stage one may desire all kinds of material happiness or distress as one acts, but in the second stage of chanting, one becomes cleared from
 all material contamination. But when one is situated on the transcendental stage, one achieves the most covetable perfection, the stage of loving God. Lord Chaitanya recommended that this is the highest stage of perfection for the human being.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yoga practice is essentially meant for controlling the senses. Mind is the central controlling factor of all senses; and therefore one has to practice first control
ling the mind by engaging the mind in the matter of Krishna Consciousness. The gross activities of the mind are expressed through the external senses, either for acquiring knowledge or functioning under the will, and the subtle activities of the mind are
 thinking, feeling, and willing, according to the different attitudes of consciousness. This consciousness is either polluted or clear. If the mind is fixed up in Krishna (His Name, Quality, Form, Pastimes, Entourage, and Paraphernalia), then the whole o
f the activities, subtle and gross, is changed favorably. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process of purifyin
g consciousness is to fix the mind on Krishna\'97to talk of His Transcendental Activities, to cleanse the Temple of the Lord, to walk to the Temple of the Lord, to see the Beautiful Transcendental Form of the Lord nicely decorated, to hear His Transcende
ntal Glories, to taste foodstuffs offered to the Lord, to smell the flowers and Tulsi leaves offered to the Lord, to associate with the Lord's devotees, to engage oneself in the activities for the interest of the Lord, and to become angry also at those w
ho are envious of the devotees. No one can stop the activities of the mind or the senses, but one can purify such activities by changing the account. This change of account is recommended in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  (Chapter II/39). A human being is sometimes restricted in the matter of sense-gratification under certain circumstances of disease, etc. But 
that prescription or regulative principle is for the less intelligent class of men. Such less intelligent men, without knowing the actual process of controlling the mind and senses, either want to stop them by force, or to give them up or to be carried a
way by the waves of sense-gratification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The eight formulas of practicing Yoga\'97regulative principles, following the rules, practicing the different sitting postures, breathing exercise, and thus to with
draw the senses from the sense objects, etc.\'97are meant for the persons who are too engrossed in the bodily concept of life. But the intelligent man who is situated in Krishna Consciousness, does not forcibly stop his senses from acting on behalf of Kr
ishna. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You cannot stop a child from his playful activities and leave him inactive, but you can stop him by engaging him in superior activities. Similarly, the forceful res
traint of the sense activities, by following the eight principles of Yoga practice, is recommended for an inferior class of men; but the superior class of men, being engaged in the better activities of Krishna Consciousness, naturally retire from the inf
erior activities of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya in this way teaches us the science of Krishna Consciousness, which is absolute. Dry mental speculators try to restrain themselves from material attac
hment, but it is generally found that the mind, being too strong to be controlled, sometimes drags such speculators down in the matter of sensual activities; but there is no such chance for persons in Krishna Consciousness. Therefore, one has to engage o
ne's mind and senses in Krishna conscious activities, and how this is practically possible is taught by the Lord, Sri Krishna Chaitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before His acceptance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or renounced order of life, Lord Chaitanya was known as Viswambhar. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Viswambhar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the one who maintains the whole Universe as leader of all living entities. The very same maintainer and leader of all living entities appeared as Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya to give us the sublime teachings of life, and was the 
ideal Teacher of the prime necessities of life. He is the most munificent Giver of the love of Krishna. He is the complete Reservoir of all mercies and auspiciousness. Although He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, as is confirmed in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Bha
gavad Gita, Mahabharata}{\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 Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , He appeared as worshipable by everyone in this age of disagreement. Everyone can join in His Samkirtan movement without any previous qualification, and everyone can become the most perfect human being by following His teachings. If 
anyone is fortunate enough to be attracted by all His Features of manifestation, one is sure to be successful in the mission of one's life. In one word, those who are interested in being situated in spiritual existence can get easily relieved from the cl
utches of Maya by the Grace of Lord Chaitanya, now presented in the book form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , non-different from the Lord.
\par }\pard {\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 history of all kinds of material activities. But the Teachings of Lord Chaitanya 
can help the human society to stop such unnecessary and temporary activities, and can elevate one to the topmost platform of spiritual activities, which begin after liberation from material bondage. Such liberated activities in Krishna Consciousness are 
the goal of human perfection. The false prestige of acquiring lordship over the material Nature is illusion only, and one can get illuminating knowledge from the Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, in order to advance in one's spiritual existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One has to suffer or enjoy the fruits of one's activity, and nobody can check the laws of material Nature which govern such things. So long as one is engaged in suc
h activities, one is sure to be baffled in attempting to achieve the ultimate goal of life. I hope therefore most sincerely that by understanding the Teachings of Lord Chaitanya human society will have a new light of spiritual life, opening the field of 
activities of the pure soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Om Tat Sat
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14 March, 1968
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Birthday of Lord Chaitanya)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, N.Y.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sa0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 Prologue
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Prologue
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE LIFE OF CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by \line Srila Thakur Bhaktivinoda 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayapur in the town of Nadia, just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Falgoon 1407 Sakabda, answering to the 18th February 148
6 of the Christian Era. The moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth, and the people of Nadia were then engaged, as is usual on such occasions, in bathing in the Bhagirathi with loud cheers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Haribol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . His father, Jagannath Misra, was a poor Brahmin of the Vaidic order, and His mother, Sachi Devi, was a model good woman, both descended from Brahm
in stocks originally residing in Sylhet. Mahaprabhu was a beautiful child and the ladies of the town came to see Him with presents. His mother's father, Pandit Nilambar Chakravarti, a renowned astrologer, foretold that the Child would be a great personag
e in time; and he, therefore, gave Him the name Vishwambhar. The ladies of the neighbourhood styled Him Gour Hari on account of His golden complexion, and His mother called Him Nimai on account of the Nim tree near which He was born. Beautiful as the Lad
 was, everyone heartily loved to see Him every day. As He grew up He became a whimsical and frolicsome Lad. After His fifth year, He was admitted into a school where He picked up Bengali in a very short time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most of His contemporary biographers have mentioned certain anecdotes regarding Chaitanya which are simply records of His early miracles. It is said that when He wa
s an infant in His mother's arms, He wept continually, and when the neighbouring ladies and His mother cried }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Haribol!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He used to stop. Thus there was a continuation of the utterance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Haribol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
n the house, foreshowing the future mission of the Hero. It has also been stated that when His mother once gave Him sweetmeats to eat, He ate clay instead of the food. His mother asking for the reason, He stated that as every sweetmeat was nothing but cl
ay transformed, He could eat clay as well. His mother, who was the consort of a pandit, explained that every article in a special state was adapted to a special use. Earth, while in the state of a jug, could be used as a water pot, but in the state of a 
brick such a use was not possible. Clay, therefore, in the form of sweetmeats was usable as food and not clay in its other states. The Lad was convinced and admitted His stupidity in eating clay, and agreed to avoid the mistake in future. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another miraculous act has been related. It is said that a Brahmin on pilgrimage became a guest in His house, and cooked his food and read his grace with meditation
 on Krishna. In the meantime, the Lad came and ate up the cooked rice. The Brahmin, astonished at the Lad's act, cooked again at the request of Jagannath Misra. The Lad again ate up the cooked rice while the Brahmin was offering the rice to Krishna with 
meditation. The Brahmin was persuaded to cook for a third time. This time all the inmates of the house had fallen asleep, and the Lad showed Himself as Krishna to the traveller, and blessed him. The Brahmin was then lost in ecstasy at the appearance of t
he Object of his worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has also been stated that two thieves stole away the Lad from His father's door with a view to purloin His jewels and gave Him sweetmeats on the way. The Lad exe
rcised His illusory energy and deceived the thieves back towards His own house. The thieves, for fear of detection, left the Boy there and fled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another miraculous act has been described of the Lad's demanding and getting from Hiranya and Jagadisha all the offerings they had collected for worshipping Krishna
 on the day of Ekadashi. When only four years of age He sat on rejected cooking pots which were considered unholy by His mother. He explained to His mother that there was no question of holiness and unholiness as regards earthen pots thrown away after th
e cooking was over. These anecdotes relate to the tender age up to the fifth year.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In His eighth year, He was admitted into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Gangadas Pandit in Ganganagar close by the village of Mayapur. In two years He became well read in Sanskrit Grammar and Rhetoric. His readings after that were of the nature of self-study in His own hou
se, where He had found all-important books belonging to His father, who was a pandit himself. It appears that He read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Smriti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in His own study and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also, in competition with His f
riends who were then studying under the celebrated Pandit Raghunath Shiromani.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, after the tenth year of His age, Chaitanya became a passable scholar in Grammar, Rhetoric, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Smriti}{\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 Nyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It was after this that His elder brother Vishwarup left his house and accepted the asram (status) of a sanyasi (ascetic). Chaitanya, though a very young Boy, consoled His parents, saying that He would serve them with a view to pleas
e God. Just after that, His father left this world. His mother was exceedingly sorry, and Mahaprabhu, with His usually contented appearance, consoled his widowed mother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was at the age of 14 or 15 that Mahaprabhu was married to Lakshmi Devi, the daughter of Ballabha Acharya, also of Nadia. He was at this age considered one of the
 best scholars of Nadia, the renowned seat of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy and Sanskrit learning. Not to spea
k of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pandits, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub naiyaiks}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were all afraid of confronting Him in literary discussions. Being a married man, He went to Eastern Bengal on the banks of the Padma for acquirement of we
alth. There He displayed His learning and obtained a good sum of money. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was at this time that He preached Vaishnavism at intervals. After teaching him the principles of Vaishnavism, He ordered Tapan Misra to go and live in Benares. D
uring His residence in East Bengal, His wife Lakshmi Devi left this world from the effects of snake-bite. On returning home, He found His mother in a mourning state. He consoled her with a lecture on the uncertainty of human affairs. It was at His mother
's request that He married Vishnupriya, the daughter of Raj pandit Sanatan Misra. His comrades joined Him on His return from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pravas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or sojourn. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was now so renowned that He was considered to be the best pandit in Nadia. Keshab Misra of Kashmere, who had called himself the Great Digvijayi, came to Nadia wi
th a view to discuss with the pandits of that place. Afraid of the so-called conquering pandit, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  professors of Nadia left their town on pretence of invitation, and Keshab met Mahaprabhu at the Barokonaghat in Mayapur and, after a very short discussion with Him, he got defeated by the Boy and mortification obliged him to decamp. Nimai Pa
ndit was now the most important pandit of His times.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was at the age of 16 or 17 that He travelled to Gaya with a host of His students, and there took His spiritual initiation from Iswara Puri, a Vaishnava sanyasi a
nd a disciple of the renowned Madhavendra Puri. Upon His return to Nadia, Nimai Pandit turned religious preacher, and His religious nature became so strongly represented that Advaita Prabhu, Srivasa and others, who had before the birth of Chaitanya alrea
dy accepted the Vaishnava faith, were astonished at the change in the young Man. He was then no more a contending }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naiyaika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a wrangling }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and a criticizing rhetorician. He swooned at the Na
me of Krishna, and behaved as an inspired man under the influence of His religious sentiment. It has been described by Murari Gupta, an eyewitness, that He showed His heavenly powers in the house of Srivasa Pandit in the presence of hundreds of His follo
wers, who were mostly well-read scholars. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was at this time that He opened a nocturnal school of kirtan in the compound of Srivasa Pandit with His sincere followers. There He preached, there He sang, ther
e He danced, and there He expressed all sorts of religious feelings. Nityananda Prabhu, who was then a preacher of Vaishnavism, and who had then completed his travels all over India, joined Him by that time. In fact a host of pandit preachers of Vaishnav
ism, all sincere at heart, came and joined Him from different parts of Bengal. Nadia now became the regular seat of a host of Vaishnava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acharyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , saintly teachers, whose mission it was to spiritualize Mankind with the highest influence of the Vaishnava, devotional, creed. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first mandate that He issued to Prabhu Nityananda and Haridas, His close associates, 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 with a holy life, and you then come and report to Me every evening the result of your preaching." Thus ordered, the two preachers went on and met Jagai and Madhai, the two most abominable characters. They 
insulted the preachers on hearing Mahaprabhu's mandate, but were soon converted by the influence of bhakti, inculcated by their Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The people of Nadia were now surprised. They said, "Nimai Pandit is not only a gigantic genius, but He is certainly a missionary from God Almighty." From this time 
to His 23rd year, Mahaprabhu preached His principles not only in Nadia but in all important towns and villages around His city. In the houses of His followers He showed miracles, taught the esoteric principles of bhakti, and sang His samkirtan with other
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotees. His followers of 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 bhaktas were highly pleased. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , caste-conscious Brahmins, became jealous of Nimai Pandit's success, and complained to Chand Kazi against the character of Chaitanya as un-Hindu. The Kazi came to Srivas Pandit's house and broke a 
mridanga (drum used in samkirtan) there, and declared that unless Nimai Pandit ceased to make noise about His queer religion, he should be obliged to enforce Mohamedanism on Him and His followers. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This was brought to Mahaprabhu's notice. He ordered the town-people to appear in the evening, each with a torch in his hand. This they did, and Nimai marched out wi
th His samkirtan divided into 14 groups, and on His arrival at the Kazi's house, He held a long conversation with the Kazi, and in the end communicated into his heart His Vaishnava influence by touching his body. The Kazi then wept and admitted that he h
ad felt a keen spiritual influence which had cleared up his doubts and produced in him a religious sentiment which gave him the highest ecstasy. The Kazi then joined the samkirtan party. The world was astonished at the spiritual power of the Great Lord, 
and hundreds and hundreds of heretics converted, joining the banner of Vishwambhar after this affair. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was after this that some of the jealous and low-minded Brahmins of Kulia picked a quarrel with Mahaprabhu and collected a party to oppose Him. Nimai Pandit was n
aturally a soft-hearted Person, though strong in His principles. He declared that party feeling and sectarianism were the two great enemies of progress, and as long as He should continue to be an inhabitant of Nadia, belonging to a certain family, His mi
ssion would not meet with complete success. He then resolved to be a citizen of the world by cutting off His connection with a particular family, caste and creed; and, with this resolution, He embraced the position of a sanyasi at Kutwa, under the guidan
ce of Keshab Bharati of that town, in the 24th year of His life. His mother and wife wept bitterly for His separation, but our Hero, though soft in heart, was a strong Person in principle. He left His little world in His house for the unlimited spiritual
 world of Krishna with Man in general. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After His sanyasa, He was induced to visit the house of Advaita prabhu in Santipur. Advaita managed to invite all His friends and admirers from Nadia and brought Sa
chi Devi to see her Son. Both pleasure and pain invaded her heart when she saw her Son in the attire of a sanyasi. As a sanyasi Krishna Chaitanya put up nothing but a kaupin and a bahirbas (outer covering). His head was without hair and His hands bore a 
danda (stick) and a kamandalu (hermit's water pot). 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The holy Son fell at the feet of His beloved mother and said, "Mother! this Body is yours and I must obey your orders. Permit Me to go to Vrindaban for My spiritual
 attainments." The mother, in consultation with Advaita and others, asked her Son to reside in Puri, the town of Lord Jagannath, so that she might obtain His information now and then. Mahaprabhu agreed to that proposition, and in a few days left Santipur
 for Orissa. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His' biographers have described the journey of Krishna Chaitanya (that was the name He got after His sanyasa) from Santipur to Puri in great detail. He travelled al
ong the side of the Bhagirathi as far as Chhatrabhog, situated now in Thana Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour 24 Pergs. There He took a boat and went as far as Pryag Ghat in the Midnapur District. Thence He walked through Balasore and Cuttack to Puri, seeing t
he temple of Bhubaneswar on His way. Upon His arrival at Puri, He saw Jagannath in the temple, and put up with Sarvabhauma at the request of the latter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarvabhauma was a gigantic pandit of the day. His readings knew no bounds. He was the best }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Naiyaik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the times, and was known as the most erudite scholar in the Vedanta Philosophy of the school of Shankaracharya. He was born in Nadia (Vidyanagar) and ta
ught innumerable pupils in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Philosophy in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there. He had left for Puri sometime before the birth of Nimai Pandit. His brother-in-law, Gopinath Misra, introduced our new Sanya
si to Sarvabhauma, who was astonished at His personal beauty, and feared that it would be difficult for the young Man to maintain sanyas-dharma during the long run of His life. Gopinath, who had known Mahaprabhu from Nadia, had a great reverence for Him 
and gave out that the Sanyasi was not a common human being. On this point Gopinath and Sarvabhauma had a hot discussion. Sarvabhauma then requested Mahaprabhu to hear his recitation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , to which the latter tacitly submitted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya heard with silence what the great Sarvabhauma uttered with gravity, for seven days, at the end of which the latter said, "Krishna Chaitanya! I think You d
o not understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as You do not say anything after hearing my recitation and explanat
ions."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reply of Chaitanya was that He understood the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very well, but He could not make out what Shankaracharya meant by his commentaries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Astonished at this, Sarvabhauma said, "How is it that You understand the meanings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and do not understand the commentaries which explain the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? All well! If You understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , please let me have Your interpretations!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahaprabhu thereupon explained all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in His own way, without touching the pantheistic commentary of Shankara. The keen understanding of Sarvabhauma saw the truth, beauty and harmony of arguments in the explanations given by Chaitanya, 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\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in
 such a simple manner. He admitted also that the commentaries of Shankara never gave such natural explanations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as he had obtained from Mahaprabhu. He then submitted himself as an advocate and follower. In a few days Sarvabhauma turned out as one of the best Vaishnavas of the time. Report ran out, and the whole of Orissa sa
ng the praise of Krishna Chaitanya. and hundreds and hundreds came to Him and became His followers. In the meantime, Mahaprabhu thought of visiting Southern India, and He started with one Krishnadas Brahmin for the journey.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His biographers have given us a detail of the journey. He first went to Kurmakshetra, where He did a miracle by curing a leper named Vasudev. He met Ramananda Rai, 
the governor of Vidyanagar on the banks of the Godavari, and had a philosophical conversation with him on the subject of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prembhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , loving devotion. He worked another miracle by touching (making them immediately disappear) the seven Tal trees, through which Ramchandra, the son of Dasarath, had shot His arrow and killed the great Bali Raj. He preach
ed Vaishnavism and nam-samkirtan, chanting of the Holy Names of God, throughout the journey. At Rangakshetra He stayed for four months in the house of one Venkata Bhatta in order to spend the rainy season. There He converted the whole family of Venkata f
rom Ramanuji Vaishnavism into Krishna bhakta, along with the son of Venkata, a boy of ten years named Gopal, who afterwards came to Vrindaban and became one of the six Gosvamins or Prophets serving under their leader Sri Krishna Chaitanya. Trained up in 
Sanskrit by his uncle Probodhananda Saraswati, Gopal wrote several books on Vaishnavism.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya visited numerous places in Southern India as far as Cape Comorin and returned to Puri in two years by Panderpur on the Bhima. In this latter place He spir
itualized one Tukaram, who became from that time a religious preacher himself. This fact has been admitted in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhangas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which have been collected in a volume by Mr. Satyendra Nath Tagore of the Bombay Civil Service. During His journey He had discussions with the Buddhists, the Jains and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in several places, and converted His opponents to Vaishnavism, the worship of God as a Person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon His return to Puri, Raja Prataprudra Dev and several pandit Brahmins joined the banners of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He was now twenty-seven years of age. In His 2
8th year He went to Bengal as far as Gaud in Maldah. There He picked up two great personages named Rupa and Sanatan. Though descended from the lines of the Karnatic Brahmins, these two brothers turned out demi-Moslems by their continual contact with Hoss
ain Shah, the then-Emperor of Gaud. Their names had been changed by the Emperor into Dabirkhash and Saker Mallik, and their master loved them heartily as they were both learned in Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit, and were loyal servants of the state. The tw
o gentlemen had found no way to come back as regular Hindus, and had written to Mahaprabhu while He was at Puri, for spiritual help. Mahaprabhu had written in reply that He would come to them and extricate them out of their spiritual difficulties. Now th
at He had come to Gaud both the brothers appeared before Him with their longstanding prayer. Mahaprabhu ordered them to go to Vrindaban and meet Him there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya returned to Puri through Santipur, where He again met His dear mother. After a short stay at Puri He left for Vrindaban. This time He was accompanied by o
ne Balabhadra Bhattacharya. He visited Vrindaban and came down to Prayag (Allahabad), converting a large number of Mohamedans to Vaishnavism by argument from the }{\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 . The descendants of those converts are still known as Pathan Vaishnavas. Rupa Goswami met Him at Allahabad, and Chaitanya trained him up in spirituality in ten days, and directed him
 to go to Vrindaban on missions. His first mission was to write theological works explaining scientifically pure }{\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 }{\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 , devotional service, and love of Godhead. The second mission 
was to revive the places where Krishna Chandra had in the end of Dvapara Yuga, the previous Age, exhibited His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Pastimes, for the benefit of the religious world. Rupa Goswami left Allahabad for Vrindaban, and Mahaprabhu came down to Benares. There He put up in the house of Chandrasekhar, and accepted His daily }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhiksha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (meal) in the house of Tapan Misra. Here it was that Sanatan Goswami joined Him, and took instruction for two months i
n spiritual matters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The biographers, especially Krishnadas Kaviraj, have given us details of Chaitanya's teachings to Rupa and Sanatan. Krishnadas was not a contemporary writer, but he
 gathered his information from the Goswamins themselves, the direct disciples of Mahaprabhu. Jiva Goswami, who was the nephew of Sanatan and Rupa, and who has left us his invaluable work the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Sad-sandarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has philosophized on the precepts of his great leader. We have gathered and summarized the precepts of Chaitanya from the books of those great wr
iters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While at Benares, Chaitanya had an interview with the learned sanyasis of that town in the house of a Marhatta Brahmin, who had invited all the sanyasis for an ente
rtainment. At this interview, Chaitanya showed a miracle which attracted all the sanyasis to Him. Then ensued reciprocal conversation. The sanyasis were headed by their most learned leader Prakasananda Saraswati. After a short controversy, they submitted
 to Mahaprabhu, and admitted that they had been misled by the commentaries of Shankaracharya. It was impossible even for learned scholars to oppose Chaitanya for a long time, as there was some spell in Him which touched their hearts and made them weep fo
r their spiritual improvement. The sanyasis of Benares soon fell at the Feet of Chaitanya and asked for His grace (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kripa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Chaitanya then preached pure bhakti, and instilled into their hearts spiritual love for Krishna which obliged them to give up sectarian feelings. The whole of Benares, on this wonderful conversion of the sanyasis, turned Vaish
nava, and they made a master samkirtan with their new Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After sending Sanatan to Vrindaban, Mahaprabhu went to Puri again by the jungles, with His comrade Balabhadra. Balabhadra reported that Mahaprabhu had shown a good 
many miracles on His way to Puri, such as making tigers and elephants dance, on hearing the name of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From this time, that is, from His 31st year, Mahaprabhu continually lived in Puri in the house of Kasi Misra, until His disappearance in His forty-eighth year at th
e time of samkirtan in the temple of Tota Gopinath. During these 18 years, His life was one of settled love and piety. He was surrounded by numerous followers, all of whom were of the highest order of the Vaishnavas, and distinguished from the common peo
ple by their purest character and learning, firm religious principles and spiritual love of Radha Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svarup-Damodar, who had been known by the name of Purushottamacharya while Mahaprabhu was in Nadia, joined Him from Benares and accepted His service as His secretar
y. No production of any poet or philosopher could be laid before Mahaprabhu unless Svarup had passed it as pure and useful. Rai Ramananda was his second mate. Both he and Svarup sang while Mahaprabhu expressed His sentiment on a certain point of worship.
 Paramananda Puri was His minister in matters of religion. There are hundreds of anecdotes described by His biographers which we do not think it meet here to reproduce. Mahaprabhu slept short. His sentiments carried him farther and farther in the firmame
nt of spirituality every day and night, and all His admirers and followers watched Him throughout. He worshipped, communicated with his missionaries at Vrindaban, and conversed with those religious men who newly came to visit Him. He sang and danced, too
k no care of Himself and oft-times lost Himself in religious beatitude. All who came to Him believed Him as the All-beautiful God appearing in the netherworld for the benefit of Mankind. He loved His mother all along, and sent her Mahaprasad, spiritual f
oods, now and then with those who went to Nadia. He was most amiable in nature. Humility was personified in Him. His sweet appearance gave cheer to all who came in contact with Him. He appointed Prabhu Nityananda as the missionary in charge of Bengal. He
 despatched six disciples, the Goswamis, to Vrindaban to preach love in the upcountry. He punished all of His disciples who deviated from a holy life. This He markedly did in the case of junior Haridas. He never lacked in giving proper instructions in li
fe to those who solicited them. This will be seen in His teachings to Raghunath Das Goswami. His treatment of Haridas (senior) shows how He loved spiritual men, and how He defied caste distinction in the cause of spiritual brotherhood.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC-1968 Mission
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya's Mission
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the Science of Krishna, a task which those who follow Him have continued to carry out down to t
he present day. The elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught by Lord Chaitanya are in fact the most voluminous, exacting and consistent\'97due to the unbreakable system of disciplic succession\'97of any religious culture in the world. Yet Lo
rd Chaitanya, in His youth widely renowned as a scholar, Himself left us only eight verses, called }{\b0\i\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 , in which His mission and precepts are revealed. Here, rendered by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, are these eight supremely valuable prayers:
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glory to the Sri Krishna Samkirtan 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 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 transcendental bliss, and it hel
ps to have a taste of thefull nectar for which we are always anxious.
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\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 millions of Names, 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 h
ave no attraction for Them.
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\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 se
nse 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 \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor I have any desire to enjoy beautiful women; neither do I want any number of followers of mine. What I wan
t only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life\'97birth after birth.
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\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 in the ocean of birth 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 \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\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 my words be choked up when uttering the Hol
y Name? And when will all the holes of hair on my body have eruptions by the recitation of Your Name?
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\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 \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\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 embrace; or He may make me brokenhearted 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 TLC-1968 Intoduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delivered as five morning lectures on the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the authoritative biography of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, written by Krishna Das Kaviraj; before the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, New York City, April 10-14, 1967.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the living force. You and I can move, but a table cannot because it ha
s no living force. Not only movement, but resistance is also a sign of living force. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  me
ans activities, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means immortal, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charitra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means character. There is no activity without living force. The material condition has living force but is not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , immortal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , then, means the Character of the Living Force in Immortality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But how is this displayed? It is not displayed by you or I\'97none of us are immortal in these bodies. We have living force and activities, and we are immortal by n
ature and constitution. But the material condition into which we have been put doesn\'92t allow these qualities to be displayed. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Katha Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that eternality and living force are characteristic of both ourselves and God. But God and ourselves, although both immortal, are different. The living entities have many activities, but
 have a tendency to fall down. God has no such tendency. He is All-powerful. He never comes under the control of material Nature, because material Nature is only a display of His energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice example of this: When I was flying from San Francisco, the plane was above the cloud ocean. Above the cloud was the sun; and though we came down thr
ough the cloud and everything in New York was dim, still, above the cloud, the sun was shining. A cloud cannot cover the whole world\'97it can\'92t even cover the whole United States, which is not more than a speck in the universe. From the sky the skysc
rapers are very tiny, just as from God\'92s position all this nonsense becomes insignificant. I, the living entity, am very insignificant, and my tendency is to come down; but God hasn\'92t got this tendency. The Supreme Lord doesn\'92t come down to Maya
, and more than the sun comes under the cloud. But we have the tendency to be controlled by Maya. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , impersonalist philosophers, say that because we are under the control of Maya in this world, when God comes, He is also put under the control of Maya. This is the fallacy of their philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya therefore is not one of us. He is Krishna Himself, the Supreme Living Entity. He doesn\'92t come under the cloud of Maya. Krishna and His expansions,
 or even His higher devotees, are never in the clutches of Maya. Lord Chaitanya came to preach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub : Lord Krishna Himself is teaching us how to approach Krishna; just as the teacher, seeing a student not doing well, takes the pencil and says, \'93Do it like this, write like this: A, B, C.\'94 But we must not mistakenly think that the teach
er is learning the ABC\'92s. Teaching us how to become Krishna conscious is Lord Chaitanya\'92s position, and we must study Him in that light.
\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 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\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says, \'93Give up all this nonsense and surrender to Me.\'94 And we say \'93Oh\'97surrender? Give up? But I have so many responsibilities.\'94 And Maya 
says to us, \'93Don\'92t do it, or you\'92ll be out of my clutches. Stay in my clutches, and I\'92ll kick you.\'94 It\'92s true; you are being kicked by Maya. Do you know how Maya kicks? The she-ass kicks the male-ass in the face when he comes for sex. A
mong the cats, they fight and whine. These are the teachings of Nature. She tricks. It is like the capture of an elephant. He is caught in the forest by the use of a trained she-elephant, who leads him and makes him fall into a pit. Maya has many activit
ies, and her shackle is the female. Of course, male and female means this outer dress\'97we are all actually Krishna\'92s servants. But we are shackled by iron chains which are beautiful women. Every male is bound up by sex life; and therefore sex life s
hould be controlled. Unrestricted sex life puts you fully in the clutches of Maya. Lord Chaitanya got away from this Maya at the age of twenty-four\'97His wife was sixteen and his mother seventy, and He was the only male of the family; He was a Brahmin, 
and not rich\'97but He took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the renounced order, and didn\'92t care for the Maya of wif
e and mother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you want to become fully Krishna conscious, you have to give up the shackles of Maya. Or, if you remain with Maya, you should live in such a way that there is no
 illusion. Lord Chaitanya had many house-holders among His closest devotees. Yet one renounced devotee of His, Junior Haridas, who was important for being a good }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kirtan}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  singer, glanced lustfully at a young woman, and he was at once rejected by Lord Chaitanya: \'93You are living with Me in the renounced order, and yet looking at a woman with lust.
\'94 This Junior Haridas later committed suicide in despair over his separation from Chaitanya. Other devotees had approached Chaitanya and asked Him to forgive Junior Haridas, but Chaitanya replied, \'93You all go live with him and forgive him. I\'92ll 
stay alone.\'94 And when the news of Junior Haridas\'92 suicide reached Him, Lord Chaitanya, Who was aware of everything that was happening, said, \'93Very good, that is very good.\'94 A householder devotee of His pleased Chaitanya, and Chaitanya, on lea
rning of the devotee\'92s wife being pregnant, asked that the baby be given a certain auspicious name. So He approved of householders, having sex in a regulated way; but He was strict\'97like a thunderbolt\'97with those of the renounced order who cheated
 by the method known as \'93drinking water underwater while taking a bath on a fast day.\'94
\par }\pard {\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 Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we learn how Chaitanya has taught people to become immortal. Krishna and all reformers also taught this to people; They are mortified that people should prolong their mortal life, instead of arranging it so as to make the next life i
mmortal.
\par }\pard {\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 Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the Immortal Character of the Living Force. The Supreme Living Force is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are innumerable living entities, all individual. This is very easy to understand: We are all different, in though
t, in desires\'97and the Supreme Lord is also an individual Person, like you and me. But He is the Leader. No one can excel Him. Among us, one can excel another in one capacity or another. Similarly, the Lord is individual, but He is Supreme. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Achyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is another name for Krishna\'97The Infallible. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Arjuna had a delusion, but Krishna had none. God is infalliable. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  He states:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I appear in My own internal potency.\'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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.6]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is not overpowered by the material potency w
hen He is in the material world; Krishna and the incarnations are not under its control\'97They are free. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this is the definition of godly nature\'97one is not affected although in material Nature. Even a devotee can attain this freedom. Rupa Goswami explains that, if you want to remain unattached to material contamination, the fo
rmula is to make your ambition to serve Krishna. How to serve? It is not done by simply meditating, which is just an activity of the mind, but by practical work. It is achieved by working for Krishna. No resource should be left unused; whatever is there,
 whatever you have, should be used for Krishna by practical work. We can use everything: airplanes, the atom bomb, anything. If you speak to an audience of Krishna Consciousness, that is also service. If your mind, senses, speech, money, and energy are e
ngaged, then you are not in material Nature. Krishna and His expansions and His devotees are not in material Nature, but foolish persons think that They are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that the spirit soul is immortal, and that activities in 
the Spiritual World are also immortal. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , those who hold to the view that the Absolut
e is impersonal and formless, say that a realized soul has no more need to talk. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sa
ys, \'93No, talking begins at that stage. Our previous talk was nonsense and had no value; now let us begin real talk: talks of Krishna.\'94
\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 Mayavadis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  use the example of the water pot: when the pot is not filled with water, it makes a sound; but when the pot is filled it makes no sound. But am I a water pot? Can I be compared to a water pot? Logically, an analogy points out similarities, a
nd the greatest number of similarities between the two objects makes the best analogy. A water pot is not an active living force. A pot can\'92t move. So ever-silent meditation is inadequate. Why? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we have so much to say about Krishna that we don\'92t have time to finish when there are only twenty-four hours in a day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The fool, however, i
s celebrated as long as he doesn\'92t speak. When he breaks his silence his lack of knowledge is exposed. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub shows that there are so many things to discover, simply for glorifying the Supreme.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami writes: \'93I offer my respects to my Spiritual Masters.\'94 He uses the plural to express the disciplic succession. Not that }{\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  Spiritual Master only is offered obeisances, but the whole }{\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 , the chain of disciplic succession. 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 addressed in the plural to show the highest respect. After offering respect to the disciplic succession, it is offered to devotees, other Godbrothers, the Spiritual Master, 
expansions of Godhead, and His first manifestation of energy. Krishna Chaitanya appears in all together: God, Guru, devotee, expansion. As His associate Nityananda, He is a manifestation; as Adwaita, He is an incarnation; as Gadadhar, He is the internal 
potency; and as Srivas, He is the marginal living entity. Krishna is not thought of alone, but is conceived all at once, as is described by Ramanujacharya: In Suddha Adwaita philosophy energy, expansion, and incarnation are Oneness in diversity. Everythi
ng together is God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is thus the post-graduate study of spiritual knowledge. One adv
ances from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Although all are on the same Absolute level, yet by comparative study, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is on this higher platform, and every verse is perfectly composed. The process of offering obeisances is to directly offer respects to Chaitanya and Nityananda\'97these two Personalities are compared to t
he Sun and the Moon, who dissipate darkness. Both the Sun and the Moon have risen together in this case: Chaitanya is so kind that to dissipate the darkness They both appear together.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who is Krishna Chaitanya? In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Supreme Absolute Truth is described in an impersonal way, but the Personal view is also given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Isha Upanishad }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , at the end, after a description of the All-pervading: \'93My dear Lord, You are hidden by the Cover of
 }{\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 . Let me penetrate that }{\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  to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94 Those who have no such power stop at the effulgence; but at the end of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a hymn to the Personality of Godhead. The impersonal Brahman is described there. That Bra
hman is the glaring effulgence of the body of Chaitanya. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paramatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the partial representat
ion of Chaitanya. He is that Supreme Personality of Godhead, full with six opulences: wealth, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge, and renunciation. You should know that He is Krishna, and nothing is equal to, or greater than, Him. There is no superior con
ception. He is the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice verse by Rupa Goswami, who, as a confidential devotee, was taught for more than ten days continuously by Lord Chaitanya. He has written about Lord C
haitanya: \'93There were many incarnations of Krishna, but He excels all others. He is giving something that was never given by an incarnation before, not even by Krishna Himself.\'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
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya begins from the surrendering point, and He is completely spiritual. He begins at the end of material existence, when one gives up all material attachment.
 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Krishna began by distinguishing the soul from matter, and ended at the poi
nt of the soul surrendered in devotion. But there is no stoppage of talk there, as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
would have it. The real talk only begins. As is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93Now talking begi
ns. Now we can inquire into the Supreme Absolute Truth.\'94 Rupa Goswami writes: \'93Your incarnation is greater than all. What You have given! It is the highest form of devotional service.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who accepts the existence of God is in devotional service. To acknowledge, \'93God is great\'94 is something\'97but not much. Chaitanya preached like an }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acharya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a great teacher, up to the point of friendship. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Krishna showed Arjuna His Universal Form because he was a dear friend; but Arjuna asked forgiveness for this friendship on seeing
 Krishna as the Lord of the Universes. Through Lord Chaitanya you can become a friend of Krishna, where there is no limit. You can become a friend, not in adoration, but in complete freedom. You can also be related to God as His father. This is }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy. There is no other literature in the world where God is treated as the devot
ee\'92s son. Usually He is the Father Who supplies the demands of the son. Chaitanya is the first to treat God as a son. How? By service. The son demands, and the father supplies. You don\'92t take the supply, you give. Krishna\'92s mother, Yasoda, said 
to the Lord: \'93Here\'97eat or You\'92ll die. Eat nicely.\'94 Krishna will depend on your mercy. This is such a uniquely high level of friendship. And you can believe that you are His father.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And, above all, you can treat Krishna as your Lover, as if He\'92s so much attached to you that He expresses His inability to reciprocate. \'911 cannot repay your l
ove. I have no more assets to return.\'94 Krishna was thus so obliged to the Gopis, that He felt His inability to return their love. Devotional service is such an excellent platform\'97and this was given by Chaitanya. It was never given by any previous i
ncarnation or Acharya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'91Devotional service itself is the highest platform\'97the glorious platform which You have contributed. You are Krishna, yellowish, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sachinandan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , son of Sachi. Chaitanya Charitamrita hearers may keep You in their hearts. Then it will be easy to understand Kri
shna through Chaitanya.\'94 Chaitanya came to deliver Krishna. Rupa Goswami writes: \'91You are the most charitable Personality. You are delivering Krishna }{\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 , unalloyed love for Krishna. And so I offer You my respects.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have heard the phrase, \'91Love of Godhead.\'94 How far this love of Godhead can actually be developed we can learn from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy. Simply theoretical knowledge of love of God you can find in many places and many Scriptures; but what th
at love of Godhead actually is, and how it is developed\'97that can be found in the Vaishnava literature. It is the unique and the highest development of love of God that is given by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now we have a little sense of love. Why? It is due to love of Godhead. Anything which we find within our experience, even in this conditional life, is situated in t
he Supreme Lord, Who is the ultimate Source of Everything. In our original relationship with the Supreme Lord there is real love. That love is reflected through material conditions, but reflected pervertedly, and not exactly. Real love means that which i
s continuous, and without a break, but because that love is reflected pervertedly in this material world, love lacks continuity and is inebriating. If we want real, transcendental love, then we have to transfer our love to the Supreme Lovable Object\'97K
rishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the whole basic principle of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In material consciousness we are trying to love that which is not at all lovable. We are giving our love to dogs, to cats\'97with the risk that if we love cats and 
dogs too much, at the time of our death we may be fixed in thinking of them, and therefore take our next birth in a family of cats or dogs. Everything without love of Krishna leads downward. In the Hindu Scripture, the chastity of woman is very much reco
mmended. Why? Because if a woman becomes much addicted in love of her husband, at the time of death she will remember him, and in the next life she is promoted to a man\'92s body. Man\'92s life is better than woman\'92s, because a man has better facility
 for understanding spiritual science.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Krishna Consciousness is so nice that it makes no distinction between man and woman. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  }{\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 9.32}{\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  you will find: \'93If somebody, even if he is born in a low family, even a wom
an or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sudra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Vaishya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97anyone who takes shelter of Me is sure to achieve My association.\'94 That is guaranteed. And Krishna says that if these people can achieve the highest perfection o
f life, then why not the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , devotees, and saintly kings? They are sure to achieve the
 highest perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave us information: First of all you must know that in every country or every Scripture there is some hint of love of Godhead, but nobody know
s what love of Godhead actually is. That is the distinction between other Scriptures and the Vedic Scriptures. The others have some idea of love of God\'97but regarding }{\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  to love Godhead, and }{\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  is Godhead, they have no idea. They promote official love of Godhead. But here Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gives a practical demonstration of how to love God in a conjugal relationship. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu takes the part of Radharani and tries to 
love Krishna as Radharani loved Him. Krishna could not understand, \'93How does Radharani give Me such pleasure?\'94 So in order to study Radharani, Krishna lived Her role and tried to understand Himself. This is the secret of Lord Chaitanya\'92s incarna
tion. That is explained in the next verse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse says, \'93I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Who is absorbed in the modes of Radharani\'92s thought.\'94 He is Krishna, but He has t
aken the mode of Radharani to show how to love Krishna. And what is Radha Krishna? Radha Krishna is the exchange of love. And what is that love? This is not ordinary love. Krishna has immense potencies, of which three are principal: internal, external, a
nd marginal potency. In the internal potency there are three divisions: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sambit, Alahadini}{\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 Sandhini}{\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 Alahadini potency is the pleasure potency. We must always know that we also have this pleasure-seeking potency. We are all trying to have pleasure; this is the 
nature of the living entity. We are now trying to enjoy our pleasure potency in this material condition, with this body, by bodily contact. But do you think that Krishna, Who is always Spiritual, will also seek pleasure on this material plane? What nonse
nse this is! Krishna describes this place as non-permanent and full of miseries. Do you think Krishna is going to seek pleasure in this material form? How is it possible? He is the Supersoul, He is the Supreme Spirit; how can He seek pleasure in matter?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, to learn how Krishna\'92s pleasure can be obtained, you have to study the first Nine Cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the Tenth Canto, Krishna\'92s pleasure potency is displayed as He plays with Radharani, and as He plays with the damsels of Vraja. Unf
ortunately, people of less intelligence turn at once to the pleasure potency sports of Krishna in the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Dasama Skanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Tenth Canto. These pictures of Krishna embracing Radharani, or of the }{\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, are unfortunately not understood by ordinary men, because they do not understand Krishna. They will falsely understand that Krishna is like us, and just as we want to embrace a young girl, so He embraces the Gopis. These people write 
books because they think that this is a kind of religion where we can indulge in sex and become religionists. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakrita Sahajia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97materialistic lust.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should understand what Radha Krishna is. Radha and Krishna display the pleasure potency of the internal energy of Krishna. That pleasure potency of Krishna\'92s
 internal energy is a most difficult subject matter, unless one understands what Krishna is. Krishna cannot see any pleasure in this material world. But He has got that pleasure potency. Because we are part and parcel of Krishna, therefore that pleasure 
potency is within us also. But we are trying to exhibit that pleasure potency in matter, while Krishna does not. The object of His pleasure potency is Radharani. That means Krishna exhibits His potency or His energy as Radharani, and then exchanges lovin
g affairs with Her. Krishna cannot take pleasure in this external energy. This is very difficult to understand\'97but just try: Krishna exhibits His internal energy, His pleasure potency, as Radharani. That means that Krishna manifests Himself. As He has
 so many extensions, so many expansions, so many incarnations; so Radharani is the manifestation of His internal pleasure potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Radharani is also Krishna. There is no difference between the energy and the energetic. Without energy there is no meaning to energetic, and without the energetic t
here is no meaning to energy. Similarly, without Radha there is no meaning to Krishna, and without Krishna there is no meaning to Radha. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy first of all worships the internal pleasure potency of the Supreme Lord. It is always said, \'93Radha Krishna.\'94 Although the author is going to explain the intricacies of t
his pleasure potency, he first of all utters the name of Radha. Similarly, those who worship the Name of Narayan first of all utter the name of Lakshmi; those who are worshippers of Lord Rama first of all utter the name of Sita. Sita Rama, Radha Krishna,
 Lakshmi Narayan\'97the potency always first.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Radha and Krishna are One. When Krishna desires to enjoy pleasure He manifests Himself. The spiritual exchange of love affair is the display of the internal potency
 or pleasure potency of Krishna. We say \'93when\'94 Krishna desires, although just when He did desire, we cannot say. But we speak in this way because in conditional life we take it that everything has some beginning. In the Absolute, or spiritual life,
 there is no beginning; there is no end. But in order to understand that Radha and Krishna are One, and that They become divided, that question \'93When?\'94 automatically comes to be asked. When Krishna desired to enjoy His pleasure potency, He manifest
ed Himself in the separate Form of Radharani. Again, when Krishna wanted to understand Himself through the agency of Radha, They became united\'97and that unification is called Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why has Krishna assumed that Form? That will be explained. \'93What is the glory of Radha\'92s love?\'94 Krishna asks. \'93Why is She so much in love with Me? What 
is the special qualification in Me that Radharani is attracted to, and what is Radharani\'92s process of loving Me?\'94 He is the Supreme\'97why should He be attracted by anyone\'92s love? He is full in Himself. We search after the love of a woman becaus
e we are imperfect. The love of woman, that potency, that pleasure, is absent in me, and therefore I want a woman. But Krishna is surprised: \'93Why am I attracted by Radharani? And what is the special significance in Me that Radharani is so much attache
d to? Now, when Radharani feels My love, what is Her feeling?\'94 In order to taste the flavor or the quality, the essence of that loving affair, Krishna appeared as the Moon appears in the sea. Just as the Moon was produced by the churning of the sea, s
o by churning the spiritual love affairs, the Moon appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, whose complexion was just like the Moon. This is figurative language, but it is the purport of why Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has appeared. The full significance will be expla
ined in later chapters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is describing the manifestation of the Supreme. After offering His respects to Lord Chaitanya, he next offers them to Nityananda. Who is Nityananda? He now explains. First of all, Nityananda is manifested as Samkarshan.
 Samkarshan is the origin of Maha Vishnu, a form of God. This first manifestation of Krishna is Valaram, and then Samkarshan; from Samkarshan to Pradyumna: in this way the expansion takes place. It works in the same way as one candle is the origin, and a
nother candle is lit from that original and from that another and another\'97this is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub : The Supreme Lord Govinda is the Original Candle, and from that Original Candle many thousands of candles, one after another, are expanded, and they are called Vishnu. Just as one candle after another makes a very nice exhibition of ligh
t, similarly, Krishna has expanded Himself into so many lights, and wp are also lights. We are smaller lights, while Vishnu is the bigger light. But they are all Krishna, all expansions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That Vishnu, when there is a need of material creation, expands Himself as Maha Vishnu, Who lies down on the Causal Ocean. From His nostrils all the Universes are b
reathed out. From that Causal Ocean all the Universes have sprung up, and this Universe also is floating in that Causal Ocean. Outside is water. You have seen the picture of Vamanadev when He expanded His leg up to the covering of the sky of this Univers
e. There was a hole there, and through that hole Karana water leaked in; and a little drop is flowing as the river Ganges. Therefore the Ganges is accepted as the most sacred water of Vishnu, and is worshipped by all Hindus, from the Himalayas down to th
e Bay of Bengal. The Maha Vishnu, lying on the Causal Ocean, is a plenary expansion of Rama. This Rama, when we say }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE RAMA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97this Rama means the Samkarshan, Nityananda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes what is \'93beyond this material expansion.\'94 The cosmic material expansion is called Maya because it has no eternal existence. It is sometimes manifested and sometimes not manifested. Therefore it is called
 Maya. Krishna Das now says, \'93beyond this manifestation.\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  Eighth Chapt
er, it is explained that there is another Nature which is eternal, and which is beyond }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bakta }{\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 Abakta}{\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 Bakta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means manifested, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means unmanifested. This material world has a manifested aspect and a potential state, which is called non-manifested. Beyond both the potential non-manifested stage and the manifested stage there is another, spiritual Nature. We can underst
and this superior Nature as the living force. That is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 . The living 
force is manifest in this body: this body is of the inferior Nature, matter. The superior Nature is the spirit that is moving the world. The symptom of that superior Nature is consciousness. Similarly, beyond this material Nature there is another, superi
or, Nature which is conscious. There everything is conscious. We cannot imagine that. Here the objects are not conscious. But in the Spiritual World the table is conscious, the land is conscious, the tree is conscious\'97everything is conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, you cannot imagine how far this material manifestation is extended. You have no measurement. Everything is calculated by imagination or by some imperfect metho
d. But here we are getting information of what lies beyond this. Those who believe in experimental knowledge may inquire how it is possible: We cannot calculate how far this Universe is extended, and we cannot reach even the nearest planet; so how is it 
that we can obtain information beyond this material Nature? That which is beyond your conceivable power is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Achintya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , inconceivable. What is inconceivable, don\'92t argue about. It is useless. How can you? It is inconceivable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That which is inconceivable to your limited energy, limited sense perception\'97how can you reach that plane by argumentative logic? Don\'92t argue. Then, how is it
 known? Accept it. The }{\b0\i\ul0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says: \'93It has to be understood by the disciplic succession.\'94 Just as Brahma, the original creature, was given lessons by Krishna, Brahma impart
ed those lessons to his disciple Narada, and Narada imparted that knowledge to his disciple, Vyasdeva. Vyasdeva imparted that knowledge to his disciple, Madhvacharya; Madhvacharya on down to Madhavendra Puri, who imparted the same lesson to Ishwara Puri.
 And Ishwara Puri imparted the same lesson to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People may ask that, if Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, then why did He need a Spiritual Master? Of course, He did not need any Spiritual Master, but just 
because He was playing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acharya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (teaching how to behave in spiritual life), He accepted a Spiritua
l Master. Even Krishna accepted a Spiritual Master. That is the system. If you want to know that which is inconceivable, you must accept the disciplic succession. Because the knowledge is coming down from the Supreme, down, down, down\'97it is perfect. S
uppose a hundred generations before, there was something confidential that your forefather told his son, which has finally been passed down to you. Although you are not in touch with the direct personality, yet because it is coming through disciplic succ
ession, the same truth is expressed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How was Brahma informed of this sort of knowledge? That is also stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad B
hagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : The original learned scholar is Brahma; and Krishna, the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, impressed transcendental knowledge into the heart of Bra
hma. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the heart}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So two processes of knowledge exist: One process depends upon the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead as the Supersoul seated within you. He informs you. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He also expands Himself as the Spiritual Master}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Guru also informs you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So in both ways, from within and from without, the information is transmitted. We simply have to receive it. If we receive knowledge in this way, it doesn\'92t matt
er that it is inconceivable. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , you will find much information about the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  planetary systems, which are beyond the material Universe. Just as with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the knowledge is there, and you simply have to take it. But you have to receive it by the }{\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  system. You cannot approach the Truth, which is inconceivable to your experimental knowledge
. It is not possible. We want to know everything by experimental knowledge. That is foolishness. It is not possible. According to the Vedic way, sound is evidence. Sound is very important in Vedic understanding. Sound is evidence, if the sound is pure. I
n the material world, also, you understand things thousands of miles away simply by sound vibration. As soon as you call by telephone or radio, there is sound. In San Francisco, 3000 miles away, as soon as you receive the sound\'97\'93Mr. Such-and-Such s
peaking\'94\'97you understand. The evidence is sound. Where is the informant, is he standing there before you? No\'97but as soon as you hear the sound you know. Sound is the most authoritative evidence. These things are received by sound vibration.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have the information that beyond this cosmic manifestation there are the very extensive }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vaikunthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This material manifestation is only one-fourth of the manifestation. There is not only this Universe, but there are innumerable Universes. Just as ther
e are innumerable planets within this Universe, so this is only one Cosmos; there are innumerable Universes, and, all combined together they are one-fourth of the manifestation of the Creation. The other three-fourths of the manifestation is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha Loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Spiritual World. In that Vaikuntha Loka every Narayan has His four expansions:. Samkarsh
an, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Vasudeva. (That Samkarshan is Nityananda.) These Universes surround the body of the Supreme; and Vishnu is Master of this material Nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the husband and wife combine together to create, so Maya is the wife and the Supreme Maha Vishnu is her Husband. This is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\cs3774\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 14.4}{
\cs3774\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 : \'93This expansive material Nature is My wife, and all the living entities are born of M
e.\'94 How is Vishnu contacting Maya? That contact is also described in the Bhagavad Gita: Simply by a glance: \'93He glanced over the material Nature and it became impregnated.\'94 This is Spiritual. We must impregnate by a particular part of our body, 
but the Supreme Lord, Krishna or Vishnu, can impregnate any part by any part. Simply by glancing He can cause conception. The reason }{\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  is found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : the spiritual body of th
e Supreme Lord is so powerful that any part can perform the duty of any other part. We can only touch with the hand, but Krishna can touch you by glancing. We can only see with the eyes, we cannot touch or smell with our eyes; but Krishna can smell and c
an also eat with His eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we offer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , foodstuffs, to Krishna, we don\'92t see that He is eating; but, simply by glancing at the food, He can eat. Simply by seeing. We have the idea, because we have this mouth, that unless we devour the whole thing, we cannot eat. But that }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everything is spiritual}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that we cannot imagine. We see that we are offering to Krishna, and He 
is not eating. Is it by our imagination that He is accepting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? No, it is not like that. A
ctually, He is eating, but His eating is different from our eating. Our eating process will be similar to His when we are completely on the spiritual platform. There, every part of the body can act for the other parts of the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You have seen that picture where Brahma is born from the navel of Vishnu, Who is lying down. And Vishnu\'92s energy, Lakshmi, the Goddess of Fortune, is serving Him
, sitting by the side of His leg. Vishnu does not require Lakshmi to give birth to Brahma. How then can you expect that there is sex life in the Spiritual World? Sex life here in this material world is required to produce children, but in the Spiritual W
orld you can produce children, as many as you like, without any help from a wife. So there is no sex life there. Vishnu produces Brahma from His navel without the help of His wife. There are many such instances. This is the inconceivable spiritual energy
. Because we do not experience spiritual energy, we think these are fictional stories. No. You think that way because you have no conception of spiritual energy: it is so powerful that it can do anything and everything. It has full independence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From each pore of the body of Maha Vishnu these Universes emanate, seedlike, and then they develop. They are exhaled when He breathes also. Just as when a man is di
seased the infection is carried by perspiration, by breathing and by touching: that is a scientific fact. If a man is infected with smallpox bacteria, you can simply touch his perspiration and become infected. This occurs even in this material world. So 
this is all possible. It is not impossible. It simply requires some intellectual capacity to understand. From Maha Vishnu\'92s Spiritual Body so many Universes emanate. When He exhales they come out, and when He inhales the whole thing is gone. This is t
he material Universe. Just imagine: the existence of each and every Universe is contained in one breath of Vishnu. That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . We have calculated the age of Brahma, but actually you cannot conceivably calculate even one day of Maha Vishnu. 4,200,000,000 years is only twelve hours of Brahma. And the whole life of Brahma is
 just within the period of one breath of Maha Vishnu. Just consider what is the breathing power of the Supreme Lord. That Maha Vishnu is the plenary partial representation of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next comes the Garbodakshayee Vishnu, from Whom Brahma is born. Within that lotus stem from this Vishnu\'92s navel there are so many Universes. And just as the moth
er increases the family members, similarly Brahma was first created by Garbodakshayee Vishnu, and Brahma created the whole human society, animal society\'97everything. Maha Vishnu\'92s plenary expansion is Garbodakshayee Vishnu, and His plenary expansion
 is Kshirodakshayee Vishnu. In this way, in each and every Universe, there is one Garbodakshayee Vishnu and one Kshirodakshayee Vishnu. That Kshirodakshayee Vishnu lies on the milk ocean, within this Universe, and He is the Controller and the Maintainer 
of the Universe. Brahma is the Creator, Vishnu is Maintainer, and when it will be required to annihilate the Universe, then Shiva will come and finish everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far, Krishna Das Kaviraj has discussed Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda, and now he describes Adwaita Acharya. In our morning prayers we sing the Names of Lord
 Chaitanya and His Associates:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, Sri Adwaita, Gadadhar, Srivasadi Gour bhaktavrinda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They are all expansions of the same One. So Adwaita Acharya is an expansion of Maha Vishnu. You have seen the picture of Maha Vishnu lying on the Causal Ocean and b
reathing out innumerable universes. That Maha Vishnu is incarnated as Adwaita. This Adwaita Acharya is the incarnation of that Maha Vishnu, Who creates this material world through the agency of the material energy. Therefore Adwaita Acharya is also the L
ord, or an expansion of the Lord. Why is He called Adwaita? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adwaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means nondual. His name is su
ch because He is non-different from the Supreme Lord. And He is called Acharya, teacher, because He disseminated Krishna Consciousness. In this He is just like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\'97although He is Sri Krishna Himself, He appeared as a devotee to teach 
how to love Krishna. So Adwaita Acharya appeared just to distribute the knowledge of Krishna Consciousness. He is also the incarnation of a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna is manifested in five different expansions, and Himself and all of His other Associates appear as devotees of the Supreme Lord. Some of them are like Adwait
a Acharya\'97He is an incarnation of Maha Vishnu. And one is known as Bhakta Nityananda Prabhu, Who also appeared as a devotee. So Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the Source of energy for all devotees. If we take shelter of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for Krishna Consc
iousness, it becomes very easy. There is a very nice song: \'93My dear Lord Chaitanya, please have mercy upon me, because there is no one who is such a merciful Lord as You are. You have descended to deliver all fallen souls, but You will not find a more
 fallen soul than me; therefore, my claim to be delivered is most urgent. Because Your mission is to deliver the fallen souls, and nobody is more fallen than me, I have my priority.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now the author begins his obeisances to Krishna. The author, Krishna Das, was an inhabitant of Vrindaban. Some incidents from his life will be described in the Fift
h Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He was a great devotee. He had been living in Katwa, a s
mall subdivisional city in the district of Bardwan in Bengal, with his family who also worshipped Radha Krishna, when there was some misunderstanding\'97not on family matters, but about devotional service. In the midst of this misunderstanding, Nityanand
a Prabhu advised him in a dream to leave his home and go to Vrindaban. Although he was very old, he started out that very night, and came to live at Vrindaban. He met some of the Goswamis there. His tomb remains in the temple where I live in Vrindaban. T
his is Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\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 Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was requested by the devotees of Vrindaban. He began at a very old age, but by the gr
ace of Lord Chaitanya he finished this nice, most authoritative book on Chaitanya\'92s philosophy and life: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Character and Activities of the Eternal Living Force}{\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 he lived in Vrindaban, there are three temples that are very important: One temple is Madanmohan, another is Govinda, and the third is Gopinath. These templ
es are the ones visited by all pilgrims. About 300 or 400 years after the construction of these temples, with the development of Vrindaban city, many other temples were built, but when Krishna Das Goswami was living, there were not so many. The only prin
ciple temples were these three\'97Madanmohan, Govinda, and Gopinath. Because he was a resident of Vrindaban, he must offer his respects to the deities. And his first offering is respect. He considers himself as a layman and very slow to make progress. He
 asks God\'92s favor: \'93My progress in spiritual life is very slow, so I am asking Your help.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is offering his obeisances first to Vigraha. Vigraha, according to devotional service, is the deity Who can help us in dovetailing ourselves with Krishna Conscio
usness. Our first business is to know Krishna, and to know our relationship with Krishna. To know Krishna is to know oneself, and to know oneself means to know one\'92s relationship with Krishna. What is our relationship with Krishna? That is learned by 
worshipping Madanmohan Vigraha. Therefore, Krishna Das Goswami first establishes his relationship with Madanmohan Vigraha. When one is established in relationship with Krishna, then he begins his function. The functional deity is Govinda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He offers his obeisances to Govinda, Who resides in Vrindaban. Vrindaban is the place where there are desire trees. Actually, in the Spiritual World of Vrindaban, i
t is explained, that the land is of touchstone and the trees are desire trees. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Desire tree}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means 
whatever you want you can have. And the Lord is herding spiritual 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  cows. An
d He is worshipped by hundreds and thousands of Gopis, who are all Goddesses of Fortune. When Krishna descends, this same Vrindaban descends. Just as when a Governor or a President goes to someplace, all his entourage and paraphernalia, secretary, milita
ry\'97everything goes there with him. Similarly, when Krishna comes, His land also comes. Therefore Vrindaban is considered to be not in the material world. And therefore devotees take shelter in Vrindaban. Vrindaban in India is considered the replica of
 the original Vrindaban; and so one should accept the trees of Vrindaban as being the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalpa briksha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , desire trees. Now, one may say of the Vrindaban trees, \'93Oh, we can ask anything?\'94 But first of all you should become a devotee. You simply cannot go and test them to see whether these trees are desire trees. Actually, when the Goswami
s were there, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalpa briksha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was there. The Goswamis were each under one tree for one night, a
nd all their wants were satisfied. So how could they live that way unless the trees were so nice as desire trees? For the common man it seems very wonderful that the Goswamis could simply live underneath one tree one night, and the next tree another nigh
t, and have everything they needed. But it is all possible. As we make progress in our devotional service, we can realize this.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another devotee, an Acharya, who describes Vrindaban: \'93When my mind becomes cleansed of all dirty hankering for material enjoyment, then I shall be able
 to see Vrindaban !\'94 So Vrindaban is actually experienced by persons who have finished with material enjoyment. Everything is spiritual. This becomes revealed. We cannot challenge it. As you become more Krishna conscious, as you become more advanced, 
everything is revealed to you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, Vrindaban is as good as the Spiritual Vrindaban, and therefore Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami says that underneath one of the desire trees of Vrindaban there
 is a nice throne decorated with valuable jewels on which Radharani and Krishna are seated. And His dear friends and the Gopis are all serving Them: somebody is singing, and somebody is dancing, somebody is offering betel nuts and refreshment, somebody i
s decorating with flowers. In this way there are 108 Gopis who are the constant companions of Sri Radha and Krishna. That scene is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\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 India it is still a fashion of recreation to sit on a swinging throne, and, if it is moving, it is very refreshing. In each and every home they have a hanging th
rone, and when a man comes home from the office, if it is practical, it is moved for some time and he becomes refreshed. So, similarly, the same system prevails, especially in the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Sravam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , July, when there is the function called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Julun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . During }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Julun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in all the houses\'97not 
only of Vrindaban but all over India\'97the people hang thrones. In every house and village they place Krishna and Radha and decorate them with flowers and move the throne and offer dancing and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you like you can introduce that system here. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Julun}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  goes on for one month, the temples are decorated and thousands of visitors come as spectators. Generally, people go to Vrindaban at that time. Krishna and Radha are seated on the throne,
 surrounded by His friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I offer my respects to Radha and Krishna,\'94 Krishna Das says. This Radha and Krishna deity shows us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub how to serve Radha and Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Madanmohan is simply to establish that \'93I am Your eternal servant.\'94 Now, in Govinda, there is actually acceptance of 
service. Therefore it is the functional deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next deity is Gopinath. The author offers blessings here to the audience in the Name of Gopinath, the Master or Proprietor of the Gopis, Who attracted all the G
opis by the sound of His flute, because He wanted to dance with them. In the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  this is described: Some of the Gopis are sleeping somewhere with their husbands, some are taking milk, some are caring for their children\'97they were all busy young girls. But as soon as they heard Krishna\'92s flute, they at once left thei
r places.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All these Gopis were childhood friends. In India the girls are married by the age of twelve years, and the boys are married at not less than eighteen years. Krishna
 was not married at that time as He was a Boy fifteen or sixteen years old. So, He called these girlfriends from their homes, although they were married, and they used to come and dance together. That is called the Rasa Dance. Hearing the transcendental 
sound of the flute, as soon as He would sound the vibration, all the Gopis would come and join Him at a particular place, which was called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bonsibat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you go to Vrindaban you will find that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bonsibat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  still exists. It is a very sanctified place, and pilgrims go there and offer their respects. Believe it or not, it is said that there are the same trees that were there at the time of Krishna. That is not so astonishing, however, because I s
aw some redwood trees in Muir Forest in San Francisco which were said to be 7000 years old. So it is not impossible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna advented 5000 years ago, and if some of the trees are still standing, it is not unprecendented, because here also there are very old trees. The particular t
ree under which Krishna used to call the Gopis to come and dance the }{\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 at night with Him
\'97that tree is still there. That is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\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 \'93May that Gopinath, the Master of the Gopis, Krishna, bless you. May you become blessed by Gopinath.\'94 Gopinath is called for blessing because He used to attra
ct the Gopis. As He attracted the Gopis by the sweet sound of His flute, so the author desires that He may also attract your mind by that transcendental vibration.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s382 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs48\cf1 PART I
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 1-1968: Teachings to Rupa Goswami
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter 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 Teachings to Rupa Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Rupa Goswami, the younger brother of Sanatan Goswami, went to Prayag, the modern Allahabad, with his younger brother Ballabha, and when they heard that Lord S
ri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was staying there, both of them became very much pleased. They went to see Lord Chaitanya and saw that the Lord was going to visit the temple of Bindumadhava. While the Lord was going, chanting and dancing, thousands of people wer
e following Him and some of them were crying, some were laughing, some were dancing, and some singing. Some of them were fallen on the ground, offering obeisances to the Lord. And all of them were roaring with the Holy Name of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna, Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Prayag is situated on the confluence of the Rivers Ganges and Yamuna. And it is said that in spite of
 its being at the junction of two rivers, it remained without being overflooded until the appearance of Lord Chaitanya, when the city was overflooded by the tide of love of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The two brothers, Rupa Goswami and Ballabha, saw the great crowd and the wonderful scene, staying aloof in an uncrowded place. The Lord was dancing, raising His two
 hands, and roaring with the words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari Bol! Hari Bol! }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the people assembled there were aston
ished, struck with wonder at the Lord\'92s activity, and it is very difficult to describe the actual situation. The Lord was acquainted with one Deccanist Brahmin, and the Lord came back to the Brahmin\'92s house to accept prasadam. While Lord Chaitanya 
was sitting at the house of this Deccanist Brahmin, the two brothers, Rupa Goswami and Ballabha, arrived there. From a distant place they fell down on the ground to offer obeisances, and were chanting many Sanskrit verses from Scriptures. The Lord saw Ru
pa Goswami in front of Him, thus offering obeisances. He was very much pleased, and asked him: \'93My dear Rupa, please get up." The Lord informed Rupa Goswami about the causeless mercy of Krishna on him, because Krishna had delivered him from the materi
alistic way of life which is based simply on pound-shilling-pence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord accepted the two brothers as His own devotees, and cited one verse from the Scriptures which states that a Brahmin who has studied the four Vedas may not b
e His devotee, but a pure devotee coming from a very low family may be accepted by Him. The Lord then embraced the two brothers, and by His causeless mercy He touched His Lotus Feet on their heads. When they were so blessed both the brothers came to offe
r their prayers to the Lord in their own words. The prayers said that Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Who is Krishna Himself, has assumed the Form of fair complexion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Go
uranga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and is the most munificent Incarnation of Krishna, because He is distributing love of Krishna. Srila Rupa Goswami also quoted one verse which was later on found in the
 book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda Lilamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The verse says as follows: \'93Let me be surrendered unto the Lotus Fee
t of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Who is the greatest, most merciful Personality of Godhead, and Who delivers those merged in ignorance, and offers them the highest gift of love of Krishna, and thus makes them mad after Krishna Consciousness. \'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident the Lord was invited by Ballabha Bhatta to the other side of the Ganges, and He went there. But wherever He used to go, Rupa Goswami would follo
w Him, and was staying with Him. The Lord felt inconvenience in crowded places, and therefore He asked Rupa Goswami to accompany Him to the bank of the Ganges known as Dasaswamedhaghat. And for ten days He instructed Rupa Goswami about the Truth of Krish
na, the principles of devotional service, and the transcendental mellows. All was described in full detail, so that in future he could distribute the science of Krishna in his book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Srila Rupa Goswami has described this incident in the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which speaks about the causeless mercy of the Lord upon him. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is cognizant, All-Powerful, and, by His cau
seless mercy, He empowers a living entity to receive His mercy. People in general, being under the spell of conditional life, are averse to devotional service and Krishna Consciousness. They are unaware of the principles of Krishna Consciousness: namely,
 one\'92s eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the ultimate goal of life, which is to return back to Home, back to Godhead; and the process of returning to the spiritual world. These things are unknown to the conditioned soul. Lo
rd Chaitanya, out of His causeless mercy, instructed Rupa Goswami on the principles of devotional service, and later on Rupa Goswami distributed to the people in general the science of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Rupa Goswami has described Lord Chaitanya in the Prologue to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Si
ndhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: \'93I am offering my respectful obeisances unto the Lotus Feet of the Personality of Godhead, known as Lord Chaitanyadeva because, inspired by Him, I am feeli
ng it within my heart to write something about devotional service. Therefore, I am engaged in writing this great book on the science of devotion, known as Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed Rupa Goswami continually for ten days, and He began His teaching as follows: \'93My Dear Rupa, the science of devotional se
rvice 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 out of it; and you can thus taste it and understand 
what is that ocean of devotional service.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , or Universe, there are innumerable living entities, and according to their own fruitive activities they are transmigrating from one species of life to another, and from one planet to another. In this way their encagement in material exi
stence is being continued since time immemorial. The living entities are atomic parts and parcels of the Supreme Spirit. There is, however, a measurement for the length and breadth of the atomic spiritual spark. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Eighty-seventh Chapter, 36th verse, that if you divide the tip of a hair into two parts,
 and again if you divide one part of that into another 100 parts, such 1/10,000th part of the tip of a hair is the length and breadth of the individual soul. This is also confirmed in the Vedas, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svetasvataro Upanishad}{\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 [5.9]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This atomic magnitude of the individual living entity is again described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad
 Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, 11th verse, as follows: (This is a speech given by one of the four Kumaras, known as Sananda, on the occasion of performing a gr
eat sacrifice;) He said, O Supreme Truth! if the living entities were not infinitesimal living sparks of the Supreme Spirit, then each minute spark would have been all-pervading, and there would be no necessity of its being controlled by superior power. 
But if the constitution of the living entity is accepted as being the minute part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, then automatically he becomes a controlled living entity under supreme energy or power. This is his constitutional position. Therefore, if h
e remains as he is created in that natural position, he can attain full freedom. As such, if somebody by mistake calculates that his constitutional position is equal to the constitutional position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he becomes co
ntaminated by the doctrine of non-duality and his efforts in transcendental life are without any effect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continues His teaching, saying that there are two kinds of living entities: one is called eternally liberated, and the other is called eternally conditione
d. Out of the eternally conditioned living entities, again they are divided into two classes, namely, the moving and the non-moving entities. Those who cannot move, who, like trees, for example, are standing in one place, are called non-moving entities. 
And those who are moving, such as birds and beasts, are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jangam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or moving entities. These 
moving entities are also divided into three: there are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tiryak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the birds: some of them can
 fly in the sky, and swim on the water, as well as walk on the land. Besides this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tiryak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there a
re aquatics; and there are animals and human beings, who are moving on the land. Out of the many millions and trillions of living entities on the land, the species of human beings are very few. Out of that small quantity of human beings there are many wh
o are actually without any advancement in spiritual science, and are without cleanliness in their habits, without any faith in the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and are simply like animals. They may be deducted from the human society o
r from the civilized society of human beings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We shall hardly find a few human beings who believe in the Scriptures or in the existence of God, or in good behavior for the human being. Such believers are known 
as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aryans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or those who believe in advancing in spiritual life. Out of such persons believing in 
the Scriptures and in the advancement of human civilization, there are two classes of men, who are known as the righteous and the unrighteous. Of those who are righteous, most execute fruitive activities. That means they prefer to perform righteous activ
ities in order to derive some good result from them for sense gratification. Out of many, many such persons who are engaged in good righteous activities for sense gratification some of them come to know about the Absolute Truth, and they are called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jnanins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , meaning persons who are seeking after the Absolute Truth, or philosophers\'97empiric philosop
hers. Out of many hundreds and thousands of such empiric philosophers some actually become liberated. This liberation means that theoretically one can understand that a living entity is not made of any of the material elements; that he is spirit soul, di
fferent from matter. Simply by understanding this doctrine, even theoretically, one may be called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , or liberated; but actually a mukta, or liberated soul, is he who understands his constitutional position as part and parcel eternal servitor of the Lord. Such liberated souls, if they are engaged with faith and devotion in the service of th
e Lord, are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna-bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Krishna conscious persons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These Krishna conscious persons are free from all material desires. Those who are liberated theoretically simply know that the living entity is not made of any mate
rial element. Although they may be classified amongst the liberated souls, they have desire. They have the desire to become one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such persons are very much attached to the ritual performance of the Vedic injunction
s, and to righteous activities, in order to enjoy material welfare. And even when some of them are out of material enjoyment, they want enjoyment in the spiritual world, to merge into the existence of the Supreme Lord. And some of them are also desirous 
of getting the perfection of mystic powers, known as the Yoga principles. So long as all these desires are within the heart of a person, he cannot understand the nature of pure devotional service, and on account of being agitated by such desires, he is n
ot peaceful. So long as there is any desire for material perfection, he cannot be at peace. The devotees of Lord Krishna are not desirous of material achievement, and as such they are the only peaceful persons within this material world. This is confirme
d in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sixth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse: It is said there as follows: \'93O great sage, out of many millions of liberated persons, and persons who have achi
eved success in mystic Yoga powers, one who is completely devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is therefore very peaceful is very rarely to be found.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continued to explain that in this way many thousands and millions of living entities are wandering within this material world, and some of them, by the gra
ce of Lord Krishna and the Spiritual Master, can get the seed of devotional service. The pious or religious man is generally inclined to worship the deities in various temples and if by chance he offers obeisances and worshipful respects to Lord Vishnu, 
even without his knowledge, and he receives the favor of a Vaishnava, a devotee of the Lord, at that time he accumulates some asset in the matter of approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is very plainly understood from the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the matter of the life of the great sage Narada. Narada got the chance of serving the Va
ishnavas in his previous life, and thus he was favored by the devotees of the Lord, with the result that he became a great sage, as he is known\'97Narada Muni.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vaishnavas or devotees are generally very compassionate toward the conditioned souls, and even being uninvited by any conditioned soul, a devotee goes from door
 to door to enlighten people from the darkness of nescience, and to inject in them knowledge in various ways about their constitutional position of being engaged in devotional service, or Krishna Consciousness. Such persons are devotees empowered by the 
Lord, and they are especially empowered to distribute devotional consciousness, or Krishna Consciousness, to the people in general. They are known as authorized Spiritual Masters. It is just by the mercy of such an authorized Spiritual Master that a cond
itioned soul gets the seed of devotional service. The causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is first appreciated when one is in touch with a bona fide Spiritual Master who can enlighten the conditioned soul to the highest position of devo
tional life. Therefore, Lord Chaitanya said that by the mercy of the Spiritual Master, one can achieve the causeless mercy of the Lord; and by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can get the mercy of the bona fide Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By such mercy from the Spiritual Master and Krishna one receives the seed of devotional service, and one has to sow the seed in the field of his heart just as a gar
dener sows the seed of a valuable tree. After sowing the seed one has to pour water in the form of chanting and hearing the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord, or by taking part in the discussion of the science of devotional service in the society of pure dev
otees. When the plant of devotional service sprouts up from the seed of devotion, it begins to grow freely, and when it is full grown it then surpasses the length and breadth of this Universe and enters into the transcendental position of the spiritual w
orld, where everything is effulgent in 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 the plant penetrates even 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 then gradually enters into the planet known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka Vrindaban}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and there the plant takes shelter at the Lotus Feet of Krishna. That is the ultimate goal of devotional service. Afte
r attaining such a position, the plant produces fruit which is known as the fruit of love of Godhead. The devotee or the transcendental gardener has, however, to pour water on the plant daily, in regulation, by the process of chanting and hearing. Withou
t chanting and hearing, or without pouring water on the root of the plant, there is every chance of the plant becoming dried up.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continued to say that there is another source of danger while pouring water on the root of the plant. When the plant of devotional service grows, some anim
al may come and eat the whole thing or destroy the plant, just like an ordinary plant is also destroyed by the animal. And when the green leaves of the plant are taken away by some animal, the plant generally dries up. So one has to take precaution about
 the plant of devotional service not being disturbed by other animals. An animal is used to refer to offenses unto the pure devotee of the Lord, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava Apara
dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This offense unto the pure devotee is compared to a mad elephant: As a mad elephant, if it enters into the garden, causes tremendous loss to the plants and trees, so in th
e devotional discharge, if there is any offense unto the feet of the pure devotee, it creates havoc in the matter of advancing in devotional service. Therefore, one has to defend the plant by fencing it properly; one has to take care, while discharging d
evotional service, not to commit any offense to the pure devotees. If one is cautious in the matter of not committing offenses unto the pure devotees, then the plant of devotional service is properly protected.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Offenses are of ten kinds, and they are also known as offenses unto the Holy Name: The first offense is to blaspheme great devotees who have tried to spread the Glo
ries of the Holy Name all over the world. If one is unnecessarily envious of a devotee who is trying to spread the Holy Name all over the world, in execution of the order of his Spiritual Master, such a rascal is the greatest offender at the Feet of the 
Holy Name. The Holy Name of Krishna is non-different from Krishna, and Lord Krishna cannot tolerate such offenses as to decry a pure devotee who is spreading His Holy Name all over the world. The second offense is to deny that Lord Vishnu is the Absolute
 Truth; There is no difference between His Name, Quality, Form, Pastimes, and Activities; but one who sees a difference in these different functions of the Supreme Lord is also an offender. In the same way, the Lord being supreme, nobody is equal to or g
reater than the Supreme Lord. Therefore, if anybody thinks that the Lord or His Name are equal to the personality of some demigod, he is also an offender. Such a conception of equality between the Supreme Lord and the demigods is not very congenial to th
e performance of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The third offense is to consider the bona fide Spiritual Master as one of the common men. The fourth offense is to blaspheme Vedic literature and the corollaries of
 Vedic literature, the Puranas. The fifth offense is to consider the Glories of the Holy Name as an exaggeration. The sixth offense is to imagine a perverted meaning of the Holy Name. The seventh offense is to commit sinful activities on the strength of 
chanting the Holy Name. It is understood that by chanting the Holy Name one gets freed from sinful reactions, but that does not mean that one should perversely act sinfully on the strength of his chanting the Holy Name of the Lord. That is the greatest o
ffense. The eighth offense is to consider that religious ritualistic performances, austerity or renunciation or the performance of sacrifices are on an equal level with chanting the Holy Name. Chanting of the Holy Name is as good as the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead, and other pious activities may be a means to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but when they are employed for some material achievement they are called offensive. The ninth offense is that the Glories of the Holy Name of God may
 not be preached to a faithless person, and to speak about the Glories of the Holy Name unto such persons is also another offense. The tenth and last offense is to maintain material attachment even after hearing and chanting the Holy Name of God. The ide
a is that by chanting the Holy Name without any offense, one may be elevated to the liberated condition. And the liberated condition means that one gets freedom from all kinds of material attachment: so if it is found that a chanter of the Holy Name stil
l has material attachment, then that is called an offense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the plant of devotional service is growing, there is still another chance of disturbance. Along with the growth of the plant of devotional service there are ot
her plants also growing. They are material desires. When one is advanced in devotional service, it is natural that many persons will come to the devotee for becoming his disciples, and will offer him some material gains. So if a person becomes attracted 
by the increased number of disciples and the material conveniences offered by the disciples, and forgets his duty as a bona fide Spiritual Master, that is another disturbance in the growth of the plant of devotional service. It may be that, by taking adv
antage of material convenience, one becomes addicted to enjoy the material comforts of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another disadvantage is to desire liberation. Another disadvantage is to be neglectful of the restrictions or prohibitions. The prohibitions are mentioned in the au
thorized Scriptures: one should not indulge in the association of woman or illicit sex life, one should not indulge in intoxication, one should not eat anything other than Krishna }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (food offered to Krishna), and one should not take part in gambling. These are the restrictions for devotional service, and if one does not follow these p
rinciples strictly then there may be a severe disturbance in the discharge of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another disturbing element is to aspire after material name and fame by discharging devotional service. If one is not particularly careful, then by the process of w
atering the plant of devotional service, other unnecessary plants, as described above, may grow, and that may hamper the progress of devotional service. The idea is that, by the watering process, these unnecessary plants grow very luxuriantly and the gar
dener does not see the impediments offered to the main plant of devotional service. It is the duty of the neophyte devotee to cut out all the unnecessary plants grown by the watering process. In other words, if one is careful against the growth of unnece
ssary plants, then the main plant grows luxuriantly and reaches the ultimate goal, the planet known as Goloka Vrindaban. To reach the ultimate goal, the Goloka Vrindaban planet, is the real result of devotional service, the real fruit grown of the plant 
of devotional service. When the living entity engaged in such devotional service relishes that fruit of love of Godhead, then he forgets all other ritualistic activities, religiousness for improvements in economic conditions, satisfaction of the senses, 
and the desire to become one with the Supreme Lord by merging into His effulgence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many phases of spiritual knowledge and transcendental bliss, such as performance of the ritualistic sacrifices recommended in the Vedas, the execution of 
austerities and pious duties, and the practice of mystic Yoga. They have their different respective results to be enjoyed by the performer, but all these results may appear to be very glittering only so long as one is not elevated to the transcendental l
oving service of the Lord. There is a nice comparison in this connection: that a person bitten by a serpent remains unconscious so long as there is no smelling of the particular type of medicine recommended. As soon as the bitten person smells that parti
cular type of medicine, however, he at once becomes conscious, and no longer can he remain unconscious by the poisonous effects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Love of Godhead can be awakened from the dormant position by executing pure devotional service. And what is that devotional service? What are its symptoms? These we
re all described by Lord Chaitanya to Rupa Goswami:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the matter of pure devotional service, there cannot be any other desire than to become advanced in Krishna Consciousness. In Krishna Consciousness there is no sc
ope for worshipping any demigods, or any other Form of Krishna, or to indulge in speculative empiric philosophy, or to be engaged in fruitive activities. One should be freed from all these contaminations. One should accept only favorable things for keepi
ng the body and soul together, not for increasing the demands of the body. Only the bare necessities of the body should be accepted, and putting the bodily necessities second, one should primarily cultivate Krishna Consciousness by chanting the Holy Name
 of God. Pure devotional service means to engage all the senses that we have in the service of the Lord. At the present moment our senses are all designated because the body is designated. So we think that this body belongs to a particular society or a p
articular country or a particular family: that is the designative understanding of the body; and similarly the senses belong to the body, and if the senses act under such a designative concept of life, family-wise, society-wise, or nation-wise, then one 
cannot cultivate Krishna Consciousness. The senses must be purified. One should purely understand that he belongs to Krishna, his life belongs to Krishna, his identity is eternal servitorship to Krishna\'97and in this way if one engages his senses in the
 service of the Lord, that is called pure devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee accepts transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but does not accept any kinds of liberation for his personal sense grati
fication. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter, verses \chftn{
\*\footnote\chftn {\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  (3.29.11-14)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10-12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as follows: Lord Kapiladeva explains in those verses about the pure nature of devotional service: that as soon as a pure devotee
 hears the Glories and transcendental Qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is seated in everyone\'92s heart, at once his mind flows towards the Lord, as the water of the Ganges flows down towards the sea. Such spontaneous attraction of th
e devotee\'92s mind to the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the significance of pure devotional service. Devotional service, engagement in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without any cause, and without being hampered by 
any material impediment, is called pure devotion. The pure devotee does not desire to live in the same planet with the Personality of Godhead, he does not desire the same opulence as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he does not desire to have the 
same form as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He does not desire to live along with Him side by side, neither does he desire at any time to merge into the existence of the Supreme Person, even if these things are offered by God to the devotee. The thi
ng is that a devotee is so much absorbed in the transcendental loving service of the Lord that he has no time to think of any other benefit beyond his engagement. Just as an ordinary materialistic businessman, when he is absorbed in his business, does no
t think of any other thing, so a pure devotee, when he is engaged in the pure devotional service of the Lord, does not think of anything beyond that engagement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By these symptoms alone one can be understood to be elevated to the topmost position of devotional service. And it is with such transcendental loving service alone 
that one can surpass the influence of Maya, and can relish pure love of Godhead. So long as one has the desire for material benefit, or for liberation, which are called the two witches of allurement, one cannot relish the taste of transcendental loving s
ervice to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three stages of devotional service: the first stage is called the beginner's cultivation stage, and the second is called the realization of the service, a
nd the third, the supreme stage, is called attainment of love of Godhead. There are nine different methods for cultivating devotional service, such as hearing, chanting, remembering, etc. All these processes are employed in the neophyte stage of cultivat
ion. If one is engaged in the matter of chanting and hearing with devotion and faith, then gradually his material misgivings become vanquished. Gradually his faith in devotional service increases more and more, and such stages assure him a higher perfect
ional position. Thus, one becomes firmly fixed, increases the taste for it, becomes attached to it, and feels an ecstasy which is called the preliminary stage of love of Godhead. Attainment of ecstasy is produced by execution of the cultivation of devoti
onal service. Such attainment, when still more developed by that same process of hearing and chanting, gradually becomes thickened, and it assumes the name of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the stage of transcendental love of God, there are further developments, which are known as transcendental affection, emotion, ecstasy, and extreme, intense atta
chment. These are technically known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raga, anuraga, bhava, mahabhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . These are technical terms
. The process is exemplified by the gradual thickness of sugarcandy juice. Sugarcandy juice in the first stage is liquid; and when by evaporation it becomes thicker and thicker, it becomes molasses, then granules, then sugar, then rock candy, and so on. 
These are different stages of the liquid sugar juice, and similarly there are different stages of the development of transcendental love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is situated on the transcendental platform, that stage is called steady. Unless one is situated on the transcendental platform, the practice or love of God
head may not be steady. One may fall down. But when one is situated on the transcendental platform he becomes steady, and there is no fear of falling down. This stage of understanding is technically called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sthaibhava}{\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 still further developments stepping forward from the position of sthaibhava, and these are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhava, anubhava, satwik}{\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 byabhibhachary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; and when these four ingredients are added to the steadfast position of pure transcendental life, that is called exchange of rasa or transcendental flavor. This exchange of loving reciprocation bet
ween the lover and the beloved is generally called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna-bhakti-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the transcendental taste 
of exchanging loving sentiments between the devotee and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But we must know that this development of the transcendental loving exchange of flavors, stands on the steadfast position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sthaibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as explained before. The basic principle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vibhava}{\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 sthaibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , and the other activities are auxilliary assistants for the development of transcendental love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ecstasy of transcendental love has two components, the context, and the cause of the excitement. The context is also divided into two parts: the subject and the
 object: The exchange of devotional service is the subject, and Krishna is the Object. And the transcendental Qualities of Krishna are the causes of excitement. That means that a devotee becomes excited to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna
, being enamoured by the transcendental Qualities of Krishna. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophers say that 
the Absolute Truth is without specific qualities, and the Vaishnava philosophers say that being without qualities, (nirguna) means that the Absolute Truth has }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no material quali
ties, but that the spiritual qualities are so great and so enchanting that even liberated persons become attracted by the Supreme Lord.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This fact is very nicely explained in t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : those who are already situated in self-realization are also attracted by the transcendental Qualities of Krishna. That means Krishna\'92s Qualiti
es are not material\'97they are pure and simple transcendental qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The highest stage of ecstasy can be divided into thirteen transcendental activities, which are as follows: 1. dancing, 2. rolling on the floor, 3. singing, 4. clapp
ing, 5. bristling of the body, 6. thundering, 7. yawning 8. breathing, 9. forgetting social conventions, 10. throwing down saliva, 11. laughing 12. headache, 13. coughing. All these thirteen symptoms do not awake simultaneously or at one time, but they a
ct according to the exchange of transcendental flavor. Sometimes one symptom is prominent and at other times the other symptom is prominent. Transcendental flavor is also divided into five. Principally, the initial stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , appreciation of the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by persons who are liberated from the m
aterial contamination, but not exactly engaged in transcendental loving service. They are on the appreciative neutral stage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The second stage is when a person appreciates that he is everlastingly subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he is everlastingly dependant on the c
auseless mercy of the Supreme Person. At that time there is an awakening of natural affection, as a grownup son becomes attracted with the father\'92s benediction. At that stage a living entity wants to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead instead of
 being engaged in the service of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Illusion. This stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya rati}{\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 next developed stage of transcendental love is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakhya rati}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Here one associates with the Supreme on an equal level with love and respect. That stage is further developed in the matter of joking and in exchange of different relaxations, by laughi
ng, and so forth. This is called fraternity with the Personality of Godhead without any bondage. Practically, at that stage one forgets his inferior position as a living entity, although he has the greatest respect for the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the transcendental flavor or taste of fraternity is further developed, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vatsalya rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , filial affection. At that time the living entity tries to be the parent of God. Instead of the Lord being worshipped, the living entity as a parent 
of the Supreme Person becomes the object of worship for the Supreme Person. Then the Lord depends on the mercy of such pure devotees. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vatsalya rati}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Lord puts Himself under the control of the devotee for being brought up nicely. Such a devotee attains to the position of embracing the Supreme Personality of Godhead or kissing His
 Head. These are developments of parental filial affection for the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next developed stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub madhurya rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the transcendental exchange of tastes between the lover and the beloved in conjugal love. At this stage of loving affairs the damsels of Braja and Krishna glanced over one another in conjugal love. In
 that stage of transcendental loving service there is an exchange of glancing and a movement of the eyebrows and an exchange of nice pleasing words and attractive smiling between one another. Besides the five primary reciprocations of flavor there are se
ven secondary reciprocations, consisting of laughing, wonderful vision, chivalry, pitiableness, anger, ghastliness, and devastation. Bhisma, for example exchanged with Krishna in the transcendental flavor of chivalry. Hiranya Kasipu experienced an exchan
ge of the ghastly and devastating Feature of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The five primary }{\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 , or flavors, constantly remain within the heart of the pure devotee, and the other seven, which are secondary, sometimes appear and disappear, and enrich the existing flavors and tastes. After enriching the primary flavors, they disappea
r. The example of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santa Bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or santa devotees are the nine yogis named Kavi, Havi, Antariksha
, Prabuddha, Pippalayana, Havirhotra, Dravid or Drumil, Chamass, and Karabhajan. The four Kumaras, great sages, are: Sanaka, Sanandan, Sanatkumar and Sanatana. Examples of devotees in the transcendental mode of servitorship are, in the Gokula, Raktak, Ch
itrik, Patrak; these are all servants of Krishna. In Dwarka there are Daruka, and in the Vaikuntha planets, there is Hanuman, and other persons. Devotees in friendship are like Sridam in Vrindaban, and Bhima and Arjuna in Dwarka or on the Battlefield of 
Kurukshetra. So far as those in paternal love with Krishna are concerned, the devotees are his mother, father, uncle, and similar relatives. In conjugal love, the devotees are first the damsels of Braja, Vrindaban, and the Queens and Goddesses of Fortune
 in Dwarka. No one can count how many they are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Attachment for Krishna is also of two kinds: One kind of attachment is with awe and veneration. There is a lack of freedom in such attachments, which are exhibited 
in Mathura and the Vaikuntha planets. In such Abodes of the Lord, the flavor of transcendental loving service is restricted. But in the Gokula, Vrindaban, the exchange of loving is freely done, and the cowherd boys and the damsels of Vrindaban, although 
they know that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, do not show awe and veneration on account of their thick and thin relationship in great intimacy with Him. Out of these five principal transcendental tastes, awe and veneration are sometimes i
mpediments to perceiving the Lord\'92s greatness, or in the matter of service to the Lord. But in the matter of friendship and paternal affection, and in conjugal love, such awe and veneration is reduced. For example, when Krishna appeared as the Son of 
Vasudeva and Devaki they prayed to the Lord with awe and veneration, because they understood that the Supreme Lord Krishna or Vishnu had appeared before them as their little child. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fourty-fourth Chapter, 51st verse: Devaki and Vasudeva, after knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bega
n to pray to Him, although He was present as their Child. Similarly, when Arjuna saw the Universal Form of the Lord, he was also afraid, and he begged pardon because in his dealings with Krishna as an intimate friend, he had engaged in much unceremonious
 behaviour with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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 11.41}{\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 , that Arjuna prayed, \'93My Dear Krishna, I have sometimes insulted You, calling You my dear Friend Krishna, without knowing the greatness of Your inconceivable power. Therefore, please forgive me, because I was mad to 
address You like a common friend or a common man.\'94 Similarly, when Lord Krishna was playing jokes on Rukmini, she thought Krishna might leave her, and therefore she was very much afraid and became perturbed. At that time Rukmini was fanning Krishna, a
nd as soon as she was afraid that Krishna would leave, the fan fell down from her hand and the hairs on her head became scattered. As a plantain tree falls by a blast of windy air, so she became almost unconscious and fell down. But so far as Yasoda, Kri
shna\'92s mother in Vrindaban is concerned, it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Ei
ghth Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 36}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse, that the Personality of Godhead, Who is worshipped by all the Vedas and
 Upanishads, and the Samkhya system of philosophy, and all such authorized Scriptures\'97that: Personality of Godhead was accepted as if born in her belly. In the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad B
hagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Ninth Chapter, 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, it is stated that mother Yasoda bound the Boy Krishna with a rope as if He was the Son born of her body, and appeared just like an ordinary child with a material body. Similarly, the description of Krishna\'92s being tr
eated as an ordinary man is given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Eighteenth Chapter, 24th 
verse: When He was defeated by His friends, the cowherd boys, Krishna carried. Sridam on His shoulders.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, regarding the Gopis\'92 dealings with Sri Krishna at Vrindaban, it is described in the Srimad Bhagwatam, Tenth Canto, Thirtieth Chapter, verses. 36-38, a
s follows: When Sri Krishna took away Srimati Radhika alone from. the group of the Rasa Dance, at that time Srimati Radhika thought that Krishna had left all the other Gopis. Although they are equally beautiful,. He satisfied Her in this way. With pride,
 She began to say, \'93My Dear Lord. Krishna has left the beautiful Gopis, and He is satisfied with Me alone.\'94 She thought like that and felt pride. Addressing Krishna in the forest She said, \'93My Dear Krishna, I am unable to move anymore. Now if Yo
u like You. can take Me anywhere as You desire.\'94 When Radhika requested Krishna in. such a way, Krishna replied, \'93You\'92d better come to My shoulder,\'94 and as soon as He said this, He disappeared from the scene, on which Srimati Radhika. repente
d very much.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Krishna disappeared from the scene of the Rasa Dancing, all thee Gopis began to repent, saying, \'93My Dear Krishna! We have come here,. leaving aside our husb
ands, sons, relatives, brothers, and friends! Neglecting their advice we have come to You, and You know better what is the reason for our coming here. You know that we are captivated by the sweet sound of Your flute, and therefore we have come. O, You ar
e so cunning that at this dead of night You have left girls and women like us! It is not very good for You.\'94
\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 sama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means controlling the mind from being diverted in various ways, and fixing it up in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And one who is so fixed up in the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform. On that platform the devotee understands that Krishna is the basic principle of everything that be within our e
xperience. The same thing is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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 : after many, many births in the cultivation of knowledge, one surrenders unto Vasudeva because he can understand that Krishna is present in everything, that He is distributed all over the cosmic manifesta
tion. Everything is under the control of the Supreme Lord, and everything, being situated in His energy, is different from Krishna in His Personal Form. The same thing is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which it is said that when intelligence is fixed on Krishna, that is called the quality of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sam
o mannisthata buddhee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : that without being elevated to the platform of santa rati, nobody can be fixed in knowing the greatness of Krishna, the diffusion of His different energ
ies which are the cause of all manifestation. The same thing is further explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 rd verse: equilibrium of the mind can be achi
eved by one who has fixed his conclusion on the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the Original Source of everything, and when one can control his senses, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When one is ready to tolerate all kinds of suffering for controlling the senses and to keep the mind in equilibrium, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub titiksha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or tolerance. And when one can control the urges of the tongue and the genital, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhriti}{\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 dhriti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the pacified. A pacif
ied person is never disturbed by the urges of the tongue and genital.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one can fix up his mind in Krishna without any deviation, such a steadfast position in Krishna Consciousness is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\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 santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  two things are visible\'97unflinching faith in Krishna, and cessation from all material desires. The specific qualities of santa rasa, unflinching faith in Krishna and withdrawal from all kinds of desires
 which are not in connection with Krishna, are common factors in all the other }{\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  as well. Jus
t like sound vibration is generally present in all other elements, namely air, fire, water, and earth: sound vibration is produced from the sky, so this sound is present in all other elements. Similarly, the qualities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , unflinching faith in Krishna and desirelessness toward anything which is not Krishna\'97these two qualities are pr
esent in other transcendental relationships, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , servitorship, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , fraternity, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vatsalya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , paternal affection, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub madhurya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , conjugal love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we speak of non-Krishna it does not mean that anything exists without Krishna. There cannot be anything non-Krishna because everything is a product of the ener
gy of Krishna. And Krishna and His energies being identical, indirectly, everything is Krishna. As an example: consciousness is common to every living entity, but consciousness when it is purely centered on Krishna, when it is called Krishna Consciousnes
s, is pure. And consciousness when it is other than Krishna Consciousness, or consciousness directed at sense gratification, is called non-Krishna. So in the polluted state the conception of non-Krishna comes. But in the pure state there is nothing but K
rishna Consciousness. The active interest in Krishna\'97that Krishna is mine or I am Krishna\'92s, and therefore my business is to satisfy the senses of Krishna\'97is a higher status than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simply to understand the greatness of Krishna is to achieve that status of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which the worshipable object is the impersonal Brahman or Paramatman. This activity of worship of the impersonal Brahman and the Paramatman is the f
ield of activities in empiric philosophical speculation and mystic Yoga practice. But when one develops still further in Krishna Consciousness or spiritual understanding, one appreciates that that Paramatman, the Supersoul, is the eternal worshipable obj
ect, and he surrenders unto Him: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bohunam Janmanamante }{\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 : after many, many births. After many, many births in worship of the Brahman and Paramatman, when one surrenders unto Vasudeva Paramatman as the Supreme Master, and accepts oneself as eternally the servant
 of Vasudeva, he becomes a great transcendental realized soul. And at that time, on account of thick and thin relationship with the Supreme Absolute Truth, one begins to render some sort of transcendental loving service unto the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead. And therefore the status of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , neutrality, transforms into servitorship. It is th
en called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya rasa}{\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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  status, the conception of the Supreme Lord is exhibited in the greatest quantity of awe and veneration. The greatness of the Supreme Lord is appreciated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya r
asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also. It is marked here that in the status of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is no spiritual activity of service, but in the status of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , that service begins. Therefore, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  two qualities are
 there: this means the quality of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the consciousness of the transcendental tas
te of fraternity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The existence of the transcendental qualities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\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 dasya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is certainly there, but b
eyond that there is another quality, confidential attachment, which is pure transcendental love. This confidence in the Supreme Personality is technically known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub visrambha}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In that status of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub visrambha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , fraternity, there is no sense of awe or veneration toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As such, in the transcendental relationship of sakhya rasa there are three transcendental qualities: the sense of greatness, the sense of kinship,
 and the sense of intimacy without any impression of awe or veneration. Therefore, in the relationship of fraternity, one transcendental quality is further increased.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in the status of paternal affection there are four qualities: above the three qualities already mentioned there is another sense of the devotee, that the
 Supreme Lord is dependent on the mercy of the devotee. As parent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee also sometimes chastises the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and considers Him as maintained by such devotee. This transcendental sense o
f being the maintainer of the Supreme Maintainer is very much pleasing both to the devotee and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord instructed Srila Rupa Goswami to write the transcendental literature named }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh
akti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Science of Devotional Service, indicating therein the substance of the five transcendental relationships. It is explained there how the transcendent
al quality of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the shape of unflinching faith in Krishna, is further developed to th
e form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dasya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with the spirit of service, and then to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakhya rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for undeterred fraternity, and can be still more developed in the transcendental flavor of paternal love, with the
 sense of maintaining the Lord. All culminates in the highest platform of conjugal love, wherein all the different transcendental relationships exist
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 2-1968: Sanatan Goswami
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter 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 Sanatan Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a person in the lowest status of life can find direction in transcendental devot
ional service to 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 Madhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20.1]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order of life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyasa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , He travelled all over India. During this period, He went to Maldaha, a district in Bengal, and in that portion of the land there was a village by the name of Ramkeli. Two government
 ministers of the Nawab Hussain Shah\'92s regime lived there, namely Dabir Khas and Shakar Mallik, later renamed Sanatan Goswami and Rupa Goswami. They had a chance to meet Lord Chaitanya, and after meeting Him they decided that they would retire from th
e government service and join His Samkirtan movement. The two brothers at once took steps to leave their material engagements, and appointed two learned Brahmins to perform certain Vedic religious rituals in order to achieve complete freedom for the devo
tional service of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These preliminary activities are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purascharya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The ritual function of this process is that three times a day one has to worship and offer respects to one\'92s forefathers, offer oblation to the fire, and respectfully offer foodstuffs to a learned Bra
hmin. Five items; the time, the worship, the offering of respect, the offering of oblation into the fire, and the offering of foodstuffs to a Brahmin; comprise }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purascharya}{\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 Hari Bhakti Vilas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , the directional authoritative book, these rituals are mentioned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After performance of these religious rituals, the younger brother Shakar Mallik (Rupa Goswami), returned to his home with an immense amount of money which he had ac
quired during his government service. The silver and gold coins he brought back filled a large boat. After arriving home he divided the accumulated wealth first into two, and distributed one part to the Brahmins and Vaishnavas. Thus, for the satisfaction
 of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he distributed fifty per cent of his accumulated wealth to persons engaged in the Supreme Lord\'92s transcendental loving service. The Brahmins are meant to understand the Absolute Truth; and thereafter, when one i
s actually engaged in the loving service of the Lord, he is called a Vaishnava. Both the Brahmins and the Vaishnavas are supposed to be fully engaged in transcendental service, and Rupa Goswami, considering their important transcendental position, gave t
hem fifty per cent of his wealth. The balance was again divided into two: one part he distributed to his relatives or dependent family members, and the other he kept against personal emergency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This distribution of personal wealth is very instructive for all who desire to be elevated to the advancement of spiritual knowledge. Generally, a person bequeaths 
all his accumulated wealth to the family members, and then retires from family activities for progress in spiritual knowledge. But here we find the exemplary behavior of Rupa Goswami: he gave fifty per cent of his wealth for spiritual purposes. This shou
ld be the example for every one of us. The twenty-five per cent of his accumulated wealth which he kept against personal emergency he deposited with a good business firm, since in those days there were no banks. Another ten thousand coins were deposited 
for expenditures by his elder brother, Sanatan Goswami.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rupa Goswami at this time received information that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was preparing to proceed toward Vrindaban from Jagannath Puri. He sent two messengers 
to receive actual information of the Lord\'92s itinerary, and he made his own plans to go to Mathura to meet the Lord there. It appears that Rupa Goswami got permission to join Lord Chaitanya, but Sanatan Goswami did not. Therefore, Sanatan Goswami entru
sted his responsibility in the government service to his immediate assistants, and he remained at home to study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 He engaged some ten or twenty learned Brahmins, and began an intensive study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad
 Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in their company. While he was thus engaged, he submitted sick reports to the Nawab, but the ruler was very anxious for his advice in government matters, and theref
ore he suddenly appeared one day at Sanatan Goswami\'92s house. The Nawab entered the assembly of Sanatan Goswami and the Brahmins, and out of respect all of them stood up to receive him and they offered him a place to sit. The Nawab said:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93You have submitted sick reports, but I sent my physician to see you, and he reported that you have no illness. I did not know why you were submitting sick repor
ts and not attending to your service, so I have personally come to see you. And I\'92m much perturbed by your behavior. As you know, I completely depend on you and your responsible work in governing. I was therefore free to act in other matters because I
 was depending on you, but if you do not join me, your past devotion will be spoiled. Now, what is your intention? Please tell me.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, Sanatan Goswami replied that he was unable to work anymore and it would be very kind of the Nawab if he appointed somebody else to execute the work
 that was entrusted to him. The Nawab became very angry at this and said, \'93Your elder brother lives like a hunter, and if you also retire from the administration then everything will be finished.\'94 It is said that the Nawab used to treat Sanatan Gos
wami as a younger brother. The Nawab was engaged in conquering different parts of the country, and he was also engaged in hunting, and therefore he depended more or less on Sanatan Goswami for administration; and so he pleaded with him: \'93If you also r
etire from the government service, how will the administration be run?\'94 Sanatan Goswami replied very gravely: \'93You are the governor of Gouda, and you punish different kinds of criminals in different ways. So you are at liberty to punish anyone acco
rding to his activity.\'94 The purpose of his reply was that the governor was engaged in hunting animals and killing men to expand his kingdom; so let both of them suffer according to the acts they were performing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nawab was intelligent, and he understood Sanatan Goswami\'92s purpose and left the place in an angry mood. Shortly afterward, he went off to conquer Orissa, and
 ordered the arrest of Sanatan Goswami until he returned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rupa Goswami then learned that his elder brother Sanatan had been arrested by the Nawab. He sent information by messenger that the ten thousand coins in Gouda (Beng
al) in custody of the Grocer, could be used to release him from the Nawab\'92s detention. Rupa Goswami, with his younger brother whose name was Sri Ballabha, then started for Vrindaban to meet Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Sanatan offered five thousand coins to 
the keeper of the jail in which he was being kept in custody. He advised the jailkeeper to gladly accept the five thousand coins from him and let him go, because by accepting such money he would be materially benefitted, and at the same time he would be 
acting very righteously in freeing Sanatan for spiritual activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The custodian replied, \'93Of course I can let you go, because you have done many services for me and you are in government service. I know that, but I am afraid of
 the Nawab when he hears that you are free. I\'92ll have to explain. How can I accept such a proposal?\'94 Sanatan gave a story which the custodian might submit to the Nawab\'97as to how he had escaped\'97and he then raised his offer to ten thousand coin
s. The custodian then agreed to the proposition. as he was very anxious to get the ten thousand coins. And so he let him go.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan then proceeded to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He did not go on the open road but travelled instead through the jungles until he arrived at a place in Bihar c
alled Pabda, and rested there in the hotel. The hotel keeper, meanwhile, was informed by an astrologer employed at the hotel that Sanatan Goswami had some gold coins with him, and he wanted to take them from him. And so he spoke with superficial respect:
 \'93You just take your rest tonight, and in the morning I shall arrange for you to get out of this jungle trap.\'94 Sanatan, however, was suspicious of the behavior of the hotel keeper. and he inquired from his accompanying servant Isan whether he had s
ome money. Isan told him that he had seven gold coins with him. Sanatan did not like the idea of the servant carrying such money. He was angry with him and said, \'93Why do you carry this death knell on the road?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan at once took the seven gold coins and offered them to the hotel keeper; he then requested the hotel keeper to help him through the jungle. He informed him t
hat he was on a special journey for the government and could not travel on the open road, and therefore it would be very kind if the hotel keeper would help him to get over the jungle mountain. The hotel keeper replied, \'93I understood that you had eigh
t coins with you and I was thinking of killing you to take them. But you are very good, I can understand, and so you don\'92t have to offer me the money. I\'92ll get you out of the hill-tract."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan replied, \'93If you don\'92t accept these coins then somebody else will take them from me. Somebody will kill me for them, so better you take them. I offer 
them to you.\'94 The hotel keeper then gave him full assistance and that very night he helped him to get past the hills.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Sanatan emerged, he requested his servant to go home with the one coin that he had still with him, and he would go on alone. After the departure of his servant
, Sanatan felt completely free. With torn clothing and with a water-pot in his hand he began to proceed toward Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. On the way he met his rich brother-in-law who was also in the service of the government, and who offered him an exce
llent blanket, which Sanatan accepted at his special request. Then he parted from him and went on alone to see Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at Benares.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When he reached Benares, he understood that the Lord was there and he was very glad. He was informed by people that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was staying at the hou
se of Chandra Sekhar Acharya, and he went there. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was inside the house and He could understand that Sanatan had arrived at the door. He asked Chandra Sekhar to call the man who was sitting at His door, \'93He is a Vaishnava, a great d
evotee of the Lord.\'94 Chandra Sekhar went out to see the man but he saw no Vaishnava at the door; he saw only a man who appeared to be a mendicant. The Lord then asked to see the mendicant. When Sanatan entered the courtyard of the house, Lord Chaitany
a hurriedly came to receive him and embraced him. When the Lord embraced him, Sanatan became overwhelmed with spiritual ecstasy, and he began to say, \'93My dear Lord, please do not touch me.\'94 But both of them embraced each other and began to cry. See
ing Sanatan and Lord Chaitanya acting thus, Chandra Sekhar was struck with wonder. Lord Chaitanya received Sanatan in this way, and asked him to sit down with Him on a bench.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was touching the body of Sanatan with his hand and Sanatan asked Him, \'93My dear Lord, please do not touch me.\'94 The Lord replied, \'93I am touching you just 
for My purification, because you are a great devotee. By your devotional service you can deliver the whole universe for going back to Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection the Lord quoted a nice verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The purport of the verse is that a person who is a devotee of Lord Krishna, one hundred per cent engaged in devotional service, is far better than a Brahmin who is learned in all the Ve
dic literature, but who is not engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. The devotee can purify every place and every thing because he is carrying the Supreme Lord within his heart.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literature it is also stated that the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not recognize even a person who is very learned in all the divisions of the V
edas; but, rather, He likes a person even if born of a low family, provided that person is a devotee. Instead of offering charities to some Brahmin who is not a devotee, if something is offered to a devotee, that offering is accepted by the Lord. In othe
r words, anything offered to the Lord may be given to His devotees. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also quoted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that, if a Brahmin, although qualified with the twelve different qualities of a Brahmin, is not a devotee of the Supreme Lord, then he is lower than the lowest of the low\'97even though born in a high family. A devotee, although
 born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dogeater) family, can purify his whole family for 100 generations past and f
uture by devotional service, whereas a proud Brahmin cannot even purify himself. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari Bhakti Sudodaya }{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.2}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93O devotee of the Lord, to see you is the perfection of the eyes, to touch your body is the perfection of bodily activities, to glorify your qualities is the perfection of the tongue\'97because it is very rare
 to find a pure devotee like you.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord next said to Sanatan that Krishna is very merciful, and is the Deliverer of the fallen soul. \'93He has saved you from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maharauraba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maharauraba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , hell, is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . It is for persons who are engaged in killing animals. It is stated there that butchers or animal-eaters go to that hell. Sanatan replied, \'93I do not know the mercy of Krishna, but I can understand that Your mercy is causeless upon me. You
 have delivered me from the entanglement of material life.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the Lord inquired: \'93How did you get free from your custody? I understood that you were arrested.\'94 Sanatan narrated the whole story of how he was released
. Lord Chaitanya then informed him, \'93I have seen your two brothers, and I have advised them to proceed toward Vrindaban.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya now introduced Chandra Sekhar to Sanatan, and there was a pleasant invitation made for Sanatan to dine with him. The Lord requested Chandra Sekhar to
 take Sanatan to the barber and make him gentle, because Sanatan had grown a long beard which Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not like. He therefore asked Chandra Sekhar to take Sanatan to a bath and get him dean-shaved. He asked him to change his clothes a
lso.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After taking a bath and cleansing himself, Sanatan requested Chandra Sekhar to give him some good cloth. When Lord Chaitanya was informed that Sanatan did not accep
t new garments, but accepted only some used garments from Chandra Sekhar, He was very glad. The Lord sat down for lunch and asked Chandra Sekhar to keep food for Sanatan. Chandra Sekhar did not offer him food immediately, however, but after the Lord fini
shed His eating there were some remnants of His foodstuff, and that was offered to Sanatan while the Lord went for His rest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Lord Chaitanya introduced one Maharastrian Brahmin, His devotee, to Sanatan; and that Maharastrian Brahmin invited Sanatan to accept lunch daily at his 
place, as long as he remained at Benares. Sanatan said, \'93So long as I remain at Benares, I will beg from door to door; and the Lord will be so good as to accept from you this invitation for daily lunch at the Brahmin\'92s house.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By this behavior of Sanatan Lord Chaitanya was very much pleased; but He noticed the valuable blanket that was given to Sanatan by his brother-in-law while on route
 to Benares. Although Lord Chaitanya was overlooking the blanket, Sanatan understood that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not approve of such a valuable garment on his body, and he planned to get rid of it. He immediately went to the bank of the Ganges and
 there saw a mendicant washing an old quilt. Sanatan asked him to trade the old quilt for the valuable blanket. The poor medicant thought that Sanatan was joking with him, so he said, \'93How is that? You appeared to be a very nice gentleman, but you are
 mocking me in this unmannerly way.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan informed him, \'93I am not joking with you. I am very serious. Will you kindly exchange that torn quilt for this blanket?\'94 Then Sanatan exchanged his bla
nket for the torn quilt, and he came before the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord inquired, \'93Where is your valuable blanket?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan informed Him about the exchange at the Ganges of the blanket for the torn quilt. The Lord then loved him for this and He thanked Sanatan: \'93You are intell
igent enough and you have now finished all your attraction for material wealth.\'94 In other words, the Lord accepts a person for devotional service only when he is completely free from all materialistic possessions. The Lord said to Sanatan, \'93It woul
d not look well to become a mendicant and go begging from door to door while at the same time you have such a valuable blanket on your body; it is contradictory, and people would look at it with abhorrence.\'94 Sanatan replied to the Lord, \'93Whatever I
 am doing to become free from material attachment, it is all Your mercy.\'94 The Lord was very much pleased with him, and both of Them discussed spiritual advancement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Previous to this meeting of Sanatan and Lord Chaitanya, Lord Chaitanya met the householder-devotee, Ramananda Roy. In that meeting, which is discussed in a differen
t chapter, Lord Chaitanya asked Ramananda Roy questions and Ramananda replied as if he were the teacher of the Lord. But in this case Sanatan will put questions to the Lord and the Lord will answer them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The instruction and teachings of Lord Chaitanya are very important for people in general. He teaches the process of devotional service, which is the constitutional 
position of every living entity; it is every man\'92s duty to advance in spiritual science. All these things are very nicely discussed in the talks between Lord Chaitanya and Sanatan Goswami. At the mercy of Lord Chaitanya Sanatan was able to put questio
ns before Him, and these are replied to properly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The meeting of Sanatan and Lord Chaitanya teaches us that in order to understand spiritual subject matters, one must approach a Spiritual Master like Lord Chaitanya
 Mahaprabhu and make submissive enquiries. This is also confirmed in the instruction of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [4.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : that one should approach a man of authority, and learn from him about spiritual science.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 3-1968: Teachings to Sanatan Goswami
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Three
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 to Sanatan Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the instructions of Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami we can understand the science of God in the matter of His transcendental Form, His opulences, and His devot
ional service\'97for everything is being described to Sanatan Goswami by the Lord Himself. At that time Sanatan fell at the feet of the Lord and with great humility asked about his own real identity. He spoke as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I am born of a lower family, my associations are all abominable, and I am fallen, the most wretched of Mankind. I was suffering in the dark well of material enj
oyment, and I never knew the actual goal of my life. I do not know what is beneficial to me. Although in the mundane sphere I am what is known as a great 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 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
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, as we see by this plea, liberation is not the final word in perfection. There must be activities in liberation. Sanatan clearly asks: \'93You have s
aved me from the entanglement of material existence. Now, after liberation, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub what is my duty}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? Kind
ly explain it to me.\'94 Sanatan further inquired, \'93Who am I? Why are the three-fold miseries always giving me trouble? And, finally, tell me how I will be relieved from this material entanglement? I do not know how to question You about the advanceme
nt of spiritual life, but I beg that You kindly, mercifully, let me know everything that I should know.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the process of acceptance of a spiritual master by the disciple: One should approach a spiritual master and humbly submit to him, and then inquire from him 
about one\'92s spiritual progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord was pleased by Sanatan\'92s submissive behavior, and He replied as follows: \'93You have already received benediction from Lord Krishna, and therefore you 
know everything, and you are free from all the 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada B
hakti Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 fulfilled ve
ry soon. 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 everything step by step.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the duty of a disciple approaching a spiritual master to enquire about his constitutional position. In conformity to that spiritual process, Sanatan has alrea
dy asked, \'93What am I, and why am I suffering from the three-fold miseries?\'94 The three-fold miseries are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhyatmic, adhibhautic}{\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 adhidaivic}{\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 Adhyatmic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means caused by the body and mind: sometimes the living entity suffers bodily, and sometimes he is distressed mental
ly\'97both are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhyatmic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  miseries. We experience these miseries even in the womb of our mother. T
here are many forms of misery that take advantage of our delicate body and give us pain.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miseries inflicted by other living entities are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhibhautic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There are many living entities, such as bugs born of eggs, that cause us miseries while we are sleeping in bed. There are many living entities, like cockroaches, that sometimes give us pain, an
d there are other living entities born on different kinds of planets, and they also cause us miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhidaivic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  miseries are concerned, they originate with the demigods from the higher planets. For instance, sometimes we suffer from serious cold weather, sometimes we suffer from the thunderbolt, sometimes from earthquakes, tornadoes, droughts and 
other natural disasters. So we are always suffering one or another of these three kinds of miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan\'92s enquiry was: \'93What is the position of the living entities? Why are they always undergoing these three kinds of miseries?\'94 Sanatan has admitted hi
s weakness: although he was known by the mass of people as a greatly learned man (and actually he was a highly learned Sanskrit scholar)\'97and although he accepted the designation of a very learned man given him by the mass of people, yet he did not act
ually know what his constitutional position was, and why he was subjected to the threefold miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The necessity of approaching a spiritual master is not a fashion, but is for he who is seriously conscious of the material miseries, and who wants to be free of the
m. It is the duty of such a person to approach the spiritual master. We find similar circumstances in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 : When Arjuna was perplexed by so many problems involving whether to fight or not, he accepted Lord Krishna as his Spiritual Master. There also it was a case of the Supreme Spiritual Master instructing Arjuna about the constituti
onal position of the living entity.
\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 Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  we are informed that the constitutional nature of the individual entity is spirit soul: he is not matter. Therefore, as spirit soul, he is part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. We also learn
 that it is the duty of the spirit soul to surrender; for only then can he be happy. The last instruction of the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  is that the spirit soul is to surrender completely unto the Supreme Soul, Krishna, and in that way realize happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here, also, Lord Chaitanya, in answering the questions of Sanatan, repeats the same truth; but without giving him information about the spirit soul which is already
 described in the Gita. He begins from the point where Krishna ended His instruction. It is accepted by great devotees that Lord Chaitanya is Krishna Himself. And from the point where He ended His instruction in the Gita, He now begins His instruction ag
ain, to Sanatan. The Lord said to Sanatan:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'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 of the self. Your identity is that you are the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord, Krishna. Your position is that you are transcendental. The superior energy of Krishna is spiritual in constit
ution, and the inferior external energy is material. You are between the material energy and the spiritual energy, and therefore your position is marginal. In other words, you belong to the marginal potency of Krishna. You are simultaneously one with, an
d different from, Krishna. Because 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 Him.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This simultaneous oneness and difference always exists in the relationship between the living entities and the Supreme Lord. From the marginal position of the livin
g entities, this \'93simultaneously one and different\'94 concept is understood. The living entity is just like a molecular part of the sunshine, whereas Krishna is compared to the blazing, shining sun. Lord Chaitanya compared the living 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.22.53]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which it is stated that everything that is manifested within this cosmic world is but an energy of the Supreme L
ord. For example, as the fire emanating from one place exhibits its illumination and heat all around, so the Lord, although situated in one place in the spiritual world, manifests His different energies everywhere. And the whole world of cosmic represent
ation is but different manifestations of His energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The energy of the Supreme Lord is transcendental and spiritual, and the living entities are part and parcel of that energy. But there is another energy called mater
ial energy, which is covered by the cloud of ignorance, and thereby divided into the three modes, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gunas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , of material Nature }{\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 Vp}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.7.61]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord Chaitanya quoted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\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 [1.3.2] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that all inconceivable energies
 reside in the Supreme Personality of the Lord, and the whole cosmic manifestation acts due to the same inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says that the living entities are also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kshetrajna}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or \'93Knower of the field of activities.\'94 In the Thirteenth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , the body is described as the field of activities, and the living entity as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kshetrajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the knower of that field. Although the living entity is constitutionally conversant with spiritual energy, or has the potency to understand, he is covered by the material energy, and he consequently beli
eves this body to be himself. This is called false ego. In material existence, deluded by this false ego, the bewildered living entity changes his different bodies and suffers various kinds of miseries. The knowledge of his true position is present to di
fferent extents in different varieties of living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 is inferior energy
, and therefore man has the potency to become uncovered from this material energy and utilize the spiritual energy. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  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, in proportion to the different degrees o
f obscureness, he suffers material miseries. Those who are a little enlightened suffer less, but, on the whole, everyone is subjected to material miseries, due to being covered by the material energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord also quoted from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Seventh Chapter, in which it is stated that earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and ego all combine together to form the inferior energy of the Supreme Lord. But the Superior Energy is the real identity of th
e living being. Because of that energy the whole material world functions. The cosmic manifestation, made of material elements, has no power to act unless it is moved by the superior energy, the living entity. So, actually, the conditional life of the li
ving entity is forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord in the superior energy. When that relationship is forgotten, conditional life is the result. Only when man revives his real identity, that of eternal servitor to the Lord, does he bec
ome liberated.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 4-1968: The Wise Man
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Four
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Wise Man
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nobody can trace the history of the living entity\'92s entanglement in material energy. Therefore the Lord says that it is beginningless. Beginningless means that c
onditional life exists prior to the Creation\'97it is simply manifested with, and after, the creation. Due to forgetfulness of his nature, the living entity, although spirit, suffers all kinds of miseries in material existence. It is to be understood her
e that there are also 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 always engaged in Krishna Consciousness, in devotional serv
ice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of those who are conditioned by material Nature are taken into account, and in their next life, according to these activities, they are offered diffe
rent grades of material bodies. In the material 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 becom
es one of the many demigods. And when he is punished 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 pun
ishment: Formerly 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 water. Material Nature punishes and rewards the individual entity in just the same way. W
hen he is punished he is dunked into the water of material 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 submerged in the water. All this goes on in this material existence. Sometimes one is elevated to the higher planetary system, and sometimes one is thrown into the hellish condition of material life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection the Lord recites a nice verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\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 11.2.37]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , taken from the
 instruction of Narada Muni to Vasudeva, the father of Krishna. In this quotation from the nine sages who were instructing Maharaj Nemi, it is stated that forgetfulness of the relationship with Krishna is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Actually, Maya means \'93that which is not.\'94 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 has no relationship with God, but these are all \'93illusions,\'94 or Maya. Due to his absorption in this false conception of life, man is always fearful 
and full of anxieties. In other words, a Godless concept of life is Maya; and, therefore, one who is actually learned in the Vedic literature surrenders unto the Supreme Lord with great devotion, and accepts Him as the Supreme Goal. When a living entity 
becomes forgetful of the constitutional nature of his relationship with God, then he is at once overwhelmed by the external energy, and this is the cause of his false ego, identifying his body as himself His whole conception of the material Universe is d
ue to this false conception of the body. He becomes attached to this body, and to the by-products of this body. To escape 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A conditioned soul falsely thinks himself happy in the material world, but if he is favored by an unalloyed devotee\'97by hearing instruction from the unalloyed dev
otee\'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 he 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 Supreme Lord, and thereby becomes released from the clutches of illusory material energy. In this connection the Lord quotes a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Seventh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , to the effect that the material energy containing the three modes of material Nature is very strong. It is very difficult to escape the process of material energy, but one who surrenders unto Krishna easily becomes fre
e from the clutches of Maya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord went on to teach that the conditioned soul, for each and every moment in which he is engaged in some fruitive activity, is forgetting his real identity. So
metimes when he is fatigued, when he is tired of material activities, he wants liberation and wants to become one with the Supreme, but at other times he thinks that by working hard for his sense gratification he will be happy. In both cases he is covere
d by material energy. For the enlightenment of such bewildered conditioned souls, who are working under false identification, the Lord has presented us with so much Vedic 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 , the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97all intended to guide the human being back to Godh
ead. The Lord has presented further instructions, advising that when a conditioned soul is accepted by the mercy of the spiritual master, and when he is guided by the Supersoul, he takes advantage of the various Vedic Scriptures, becomes enlightened, and
 makes progress in his spiritual realization. It is understood that Lord Krishna is always merciful to His devotees, and therefore He has presented all this Vedic literature, by which one can understand his relationship with Krishna, and can act in that 
relationship\'97with the result that he is gifted with the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually every living entity is destined to reach the Supreme Lord, and everyone can understand his relationship with the Supreme Lord. The execution of duties to a
ttain perfection is known as devotional service, and in maturity such devotional service becomes Love of God, the factual goal of life for every living being. The living entity is not intended to achieve success in religious perfection or economic develo
pment or sense enjoyment. Religiousness, economic development, sense enjoyment, and liberation should not actually be desired by the living entity. The real desire of the entity should be to achieve the stage of loving transcendental service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 relatio
nship between Krishna and himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection the Lord quotes one story from the commentary of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhva}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which occurs in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , Fifth Canto }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.5.10-13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The story involves the instruction of Sarvajna to a poor 
man who came to him to have his future told. When Sarvajna saw the horoscope of the poor man, he was at once astonished that the man was so poor, and he said to him, \'93Oh, why are you so unhappy? I see from your horoscope that you have some hidden trea
sure 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.\'94 This story is cited b
ecause the living entity is suffering due to his ignorance of the hidden treasure of his Father. The hidden treasure of the Father, Krishna, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Love of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In every Vedic Scripture the conditioned soul is advised to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub find that hidden treasure}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which is known as Love of God. As is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , a conditioned soul, although he is the son of the Wealthiest\'97the 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarvajna further advised the poor man: \'93Don\'92t try to dig on the southern side of your house to find the hidden treasure. If you do so, you\'92ll be attacked b
y 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\'97which is called devotional service, or Krishna Consciousness. On the southern side there is ritualistic performanc
e 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 the meditational process for self realization.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If somebody searches for his ultimate goal by the ritualistic process, he will be baffled. Such a process involves the performance of rituals under the guidance of 
the priest who takes money in exchange for service. A man thinks he will be happy by such performances, but actually they 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 will never become truly happy by such a ritualistic process. Instead, his material pangs increase more and more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, digging for the hidden treasure on the northern side is compared with one\'92s self-realization by dint of the meditational process. By the meditational 
process perfection is to think oneself One with the Supreme Lord. This merging into the Supreme by the living entity is something like the great serpent swallowing up the smaller serpent. From practical experience we see sometimes that a big serpent swal
lows up a smaller one, and the merging into the spiritual existence of the Supreme is analogous. The small serpent is, therefore, searching after perfection, and he is swallowed by the big serpent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Digging on the western side is compared to the hidden treasure protected by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yakasa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the evil spirit that protects it. The idea is that hidden treasure can never be delivered by one who asks the favor of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yakasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for attaining it. The result is that he will simply be killed. The Yogins who practice meditation are analogous to the small serpents. The s
peculative process of self-realization, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jnana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is also suicidal in this case.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, one has to dig for the hidden treasure from the eastern side, which is called devotional service in full Krishna Consciousness. That is the perpetual hidd
en 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 suffers the bites of poisonous things, and sometimes he i
s baffled; sometimes he follows the philosophy of monism and therefore loses his identity, and sometimes he is swallowed 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 TLC 5-1968: How to Approach God
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Five
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Approach God
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, all Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The paths of fruitive activities, speculative knowledge and meditation 
do not lead one to the perfectional stage, but the Lord actually becomes approachable by the process of devotional service. Therefore, one is recommended throughout the Vedic literature to accept the process of devotional service. Lord Chaitanya quoted i
n this connection a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [20, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 21}{\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 which the Lord says, \'93My dear Uddhava, neither philosophical speculation nor Yoga achievements nor penances can give Me such pleasure as can devotional service practiced by the li
ving entities.\'94 He can only be achieved by devotional service, as He is dear only to the devotees. If a person born in the lowest family of humanity is a devotee, then he becomes freed from all contamination. Devotional service is the only path by whi
ch to achieve the Supreme Personality of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the only perfection accepted in all Vedic literature. As a poor man upon receiving some treasure becomes at once happy, so, when one attains to devotional s
ervice, 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 material bondage. The disappearance of pover
ty and liberation from bondage are not, however, the end results of love of Krishna. Actually, the love of Krishna, love of God, exists in relishing the reciprocation of loving service. In all Vedic literature one will find that attainment of this loving
 relationship between the Supreme Lord and the living entities is the function of devotional service. Our actual function is devotional service, and our ultimate goal of achievement is love of Godhead. Therefore, in all Vedic literature Krishna is the ul
timate center. By knowledge of Krishna all problems of life are solved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord said that, according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there are different }{\b0\i\ul0\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  for worshipping different t
ypes of demigods; but such indications for worship only bewilder persons into thinking that the demigods are supreme. And yet, if the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Markandio Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is mention of Devi worship, worship of the goddess Durga or Kali. But in that same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also stated that all these demigods\'97even in the shape of Durga or Kali\'97are different energies of Vishnu. Therefore, even
 the study of the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  will reveal Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to be the only 
Object of worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that, directly or indirectly, all types of worship are more or less indicating a worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. In the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 it is confirmed that anyone who worships the demigods is in fact only worshipping Krishna, because the demigods are different parts of the Body of Vishnu, or Krishna. That such worship of demigods is really irregular is also clearly stated in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [11.21.42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms this by the question: What is the object of worshipping the different types of demigods? In Vedic literature there are various divisions of rit
ualistic activities. One is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karmakanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or purely ritualistic activities; another is calle
d }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upasana-kanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or speculating on the Supreme Absolute Truth. What then is the purpose of the ri
tualistic 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\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [11.21.4
3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  replies that all these different methods defined in Vedic literature 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 portion of the literature are to satisfy the Supreme Lord Vishnu, because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , sacrifice, is specifically meant to satisfy Vishnu. Vishnu\'92s Name is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yajneshwara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Lord of the Sacrifices.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The neophytes are not all on the transcendental level, and therefore, according to their situations in the different modes of material Nature, they are advised to w
orship different types of demigods so that, gradually, they may rise to the transcendental plane and be engaged in the devotional service of Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For example, it may be said that some of the neophytes are attached t
o flesh-eating; and for them the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  prescribe that they can eat flesh after offering it to t
he deity Kali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The philosophical sections of the Vedic hymns are meant to enable one to distinguish the Supreme Personality of Godhead from Maya. After 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\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  in the Seventh Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bahunam janmanam ante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93The philosophical speculators and empiric philosophers, 
after speculating for many, many births, ultimately come unto the Supreme Lord Krishna, and accept that Vasudeva (Krishna) is everything.\'94 Therefore, all Vedic rituals and different types of worship or philosophical speculation ultimately aim at Krish
na.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then told Sanatan Goswami about Krishna\'92s multiforms and His unlimited opulence. He also described the nature of the spiritual manifestation, the materi
al manifestation, and the manifestation of the living entity. He also informed Sanatan Goswami that the planets in the Spiritual Sky, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikunthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the Universes of the material manifestation, are to be known as different types of manifestations; for they are creative manifestations of the two different types of energies\'97namely, the ma
terial energy and the spiritual energy. Therefore, as far as Krishna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or specifically in His internal potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To help us understand the difference between the manifestation of the spiritual energy and the material energy, there is clear analysis of the two in the Second Can
to of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Also, Sukadeva Goswami, by commenting on Verse One of the Tenth Canto, ma
kes a similar clear, analytical study. Lord Chaitanya accepts Sukadeva Goswami. as an authorized commentator on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore He quotes his writing in this connection; and He explains that in the Tenth Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the life and activities of Krishna are described because Krishna is the Shelter of all other manifestations. Therefore Sukadeva Goswami worshipped and offered his obeisances unto Krishna, the Shelt
er of everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This purport maintains that in this world there are two different principles: the one principle is the origin, or the shelter of everything, and the other principle
 is the deduction from the original principle. The Supreme Truth is the shelter of all manifestations. That Supreme Truth is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asraya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . All other principles, which remain under the control of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asraya-tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Absolute Truth, are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or subordinate corollarie
s and reactions. The purpose of the material manifestation is to give the conditioned soul a chance to become liberated and return to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asraya-tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So everything that is in the cosmic Creation is dependent on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asraya-tattwa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Supreme Absolute Truth. As such, the creative manifestation, or Vishnu manifestation, the different types of demigods and manifestations of energy, the living entities, the mate
rial elements\'97everything is dependent on Krishna, the Supreme Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicate
s that everything, directly and indirectly, has Krishna as the Supreme Shelter. Therefore the analytical study of Krishna is the perfect knowledge, as is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga
vad Gita}{\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 Chaitanya described the different features of Lord Krishna in the following manner, and asked Sanatan Goswami to hear attentively: He said that Krishna origina
lly is the Son of Nanda Maharaj, and He is the Absolute Supreme Truth. He is the Cause of all causes, and He is the Origin of all emanations and all incarnations, yet there in Vraja or Goloka Vrindaban He is just like a young boy. His Form is eternal, fu
ll of bliss and full of knowledge absolute. He is the Shelter of everything, and He is the Proprietor or Master of everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection Lord Chaitanya gives evidence from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Chapter, 1st 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 Go
vinda, and He is the Cause of all causes. Therefore, Krishna is the Original Personality of Godhead; He is full of all six opulences, and His Abode is known as Goloka Vrindaban, the highest planetary system in the Spiritual Sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya also quotes a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Third Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.3.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , i
n which it is stated clearly that all the incarnations described in that particular verse are either direct expansions of Krishna, or are, indirectly, expansions of the expansions of Krishna. But the Krishna Name mentioned there is the Original Personali
ty of Godhead, and He appears on this Earth, in this Universe or in any other Universe, when there is a disturbance created by the demons, who are always trying to disrupt the administration of the demigods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To understand Krishna there are three different processes: the process of empiric philosophical speculation, the process of meditation in the mystic }{\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, and the process of Krishna Consciousness, or devotional service. Accordingly, in these differen
t processes: I) by empiric philosophical speculation, the impersonal }{\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  feature of Krishna i
s understood; 2) by the process of meditation or }{\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  mysticism, the feature of the Supersoul, th
e All-pervading expansion of Krishna, is understood; and 3) by devotional service in full Krishna Consciousness, the Original Personality of Godhead, Krishna is realized.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection Lord Chaitanya quotes first from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , which states that those who are knowers of the Absolute Truth describe the Absolute Truth in three features: some describe the Absolute as impersonal }{\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 , 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 word
s, }{\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 , the impersonal manifestation, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paramatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the localized manifestation, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are One and the same; but, according to the different processes ado
pted, He is realized in different features\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman, Paramatma}{\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 Bhagavan}{\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 Impersonal }{\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  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: just as the sun disc is there, the sun planet is there, 
and the Sungod is there, and the sunshine is the shining effulgence of that original Sungod. Similarly, }{\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 , the spiritual effulgence, impersonal Brahman, is nothing but the Personal effulgence of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To support this analysis Lord Chaitanya quotes one important verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where Lord Brahma says: \'93I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, by W
hose Personal effulgence there is the unlimited manifestation of 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 in that }{
\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  (the impersonal manifestation of Krishna\'92s Bodily effulgence) there are innumerable 
Universes, each full of innumerable planets.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya further says that the Paramatma, the All-pervading feature situated in everyone\'92s body, is but a partial manifestation or expansion of Krishna. Bu
t because Krishna is the Soul of the soul, there He is called Paramatma, Supreme Self. Lord Chaitanya now quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [10.14.55]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  concerning the talks of Maharaj Par
ikshit and Sukadeva Goswami. In that verse it is understood that Maharaj Parikshit, while hearing about the transcendental Pastimes of Krishna in Vrindaban, inquired from his Spiritual Master, Sukadeva Goswami, as to why the inhabitants of Vrindaban were
 so much attached to Krishna. To this question Sukadeva 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 acting just like a human be
ing to attract persons to Him and to show that He is not formless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is as good as other living beings, but He is the Supreme and other living beings are all subordinate to Him. All living beings therefore can enjoy spiritual blis
s, eternal life and full knowledge in His association. Lord Chaitanya also quotes a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [10.42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which the Supreme Lord speaks to Arjuna about His different kinds of opulences, saying that He Himself enters into this Universe by one of His plenary 
portions, Garbodakshayee Vishnu, and He also enters into each Universe as the Kshirodakshayee Vishnu, and then expands Himself as Supersoul in everyone\'92s 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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 6-1968: His Forms Are One and the Same
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Six
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Forms Are One and the Same
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By devotional service one can understand that Krishna first of all manifests Himself as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Svayamrupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , His Personal Form, then as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tadekatmarupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and then as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avesharupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In these three feature
s He manifests Himself in His transcendental Form. The feature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svayamrupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svayamrupa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or His Personal Form. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tadekatmarupa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is that Form which most resembles the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svayamrupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but has some differences of bodily 
features. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tadekatmarupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is divided into two manifestations, called the Personal expansion an
d the Pastime expansion. As far as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avesharupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is concerned, sometimes Krishna empowers some suita
ble living entity to represent Him. When a living entity acts as a representative of the Supreme Lord, he is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avesharupa}{\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 Shaktavesha Avatara}{\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 His Personal Form is again divided into two: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svayamrupa }{\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 Svayaprakash}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . As far as His }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svayamrupa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (or Pastime Form) is concerned, it is in that Form that He remains always in Vrindaban with all t
he inhabitants of Vrindaban. That Personal Form is again divided into two, known categorically as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhava}{\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 Baibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Forms. For example, Krishna expanded Himself in multiple Forms in t
he }{\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. When He danced with the Gopis, He expanded Himself in multiple Forms to dance with
 each and every Gopi who took part in that dance. Similarly, He expanded Himself into 16,108 Forms at Dwarka when He married 16,108 wives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are some instances of great mystics also expanding their bodily features in a different way, but that sort of expansion by the Yoga process is not applicable 
to Krishna. In the Vedic history, for example, Saubhary Rishi, a sage, expanded himself into eight forms by the Yoga process, but that expansion was simply a manifestation, for 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 at this, and yet Narada is never astonished to see the expansion of the body of a Yogi s
ince he knows the trick himself. Yet, in a verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it states that Narada w
as astonished to see the expansions of Krishna. He wonders how the Lord was present in each and every house of the 16,108 palaces with His queens.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 in 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaibhavaprakash}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, there are other unlimited expansions of the Forms of Krishna, but
 even when they are divided or expanded without limit, they are still one and the same. There is no difference between one Form and another; that is the Absolute nature of the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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  10.39.44-57
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There Akr\'fcra now saw Ananta \'c7e\'f1a, the Lord of the serpents, receiving praise from Siddhas, C\'e4ra\'ebas, Gandharvas
 and demons, who all had their heads bowed. The Personality of Godhead whom Akr\'fcra saw had thousands of heads, thousands of hoods and thousands of helmets. His blue garment and His fair complexion, as white as the filaments of a lotus stem, made Him a
ppear like white Kail\'e4sa Mountain with its many peaks.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra then saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead lying peacefully on the lap of Lord Ananta \'c7e\'f1a. The complexion o
f that Supreme Person was like a dark-blue cloud. He wore yellow garments and had four arms and reddish lotus-petal eyes. His face looked attractive and cheerful with its smiling, endearing glance and lovely eyebrows, its raised nose and finely formed ea
rs, and its beautiful cheeks and reddish lips. The Lord's broad shoulders and expansive chest were beautiful, and His arms long and stout. His neck resembled a conchshell, His navel was deep, and His abdomen bore lines like those on a banyan leaf.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He had large loins and hips, thighs like an elephant's trunk, and shapely knees and shanks. His raised ankles reflected the b
rilliant effulgence emanating from the nails on His petallike toes, which beautified His lotus feet.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adorned with a helmet, bracelets and armlets, which were all bedecked with many priceless jewels, and also with a belt, a sac
red thread, necklaces, ankle bells and earrings, the Lord shone with dazzling effulgence. In one hand He held a lotus flower, in the others a conchshell, discus and club. Gracing His chest were the \'c7r\'e9vatsa mark, the brilliant Kaustubha gem and a f
lower garland.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Encircling the Lord and worshiping Him were Nanda, Sunanda and His other personal attendants; Sanaka and the other Kum\'e4ras
; Brahm\'e4, Rudra and other chief demigods; the nine chief br\'e4hma\'ebas;  and the best of the saintly devotees, headed by Prahl\'e4da, N\'e4rada and Uparicara Vasu. Each of these great personalities was worshiping the Lord by chanting sanctified word
s of praise in his own unique mood. Also in attendance were the Lord's principal internal potencies\'97\'c7r\'e9, Pu\'f1\'f6i, G\'e9r, K\'e4nti, K\'e9rti, Tu\'f1\'f6i, Il\'e4 and \'dcrj\'e4\'97as were His material potencies Vidy\'e4, Avidy\'e4 and M\'e4y
\'e4, and His internal pleasure potency, \'c7akti.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the great devotee Akr\'fcra beheld all this, he became extremely pleased and felt enthused with transcendental devotion.
 His intense ecstasy caused His bodily hairs to stand on end and tears to flow from his eyes, drenching his entire body. Somehow managing to steady himself, Akr\'fcra bowed his head. Then he joined his palms in supplication and, in a voice choked with em
otion, very slowly and attentively began to pray.}}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated, in the Tenth Canto, Fortieth Chapter, that at the time when Akrura was carrying both Krishna and Valaram from Gokula to Mathura, he entered into the water of the Yamuna River and coul
d see in the waters all the spiritual planets in the Spiritual Sky. He saw there the Lord in His Vishnu Form, along with Narada and the four Kumaras, and he saw how they were worshipping. This is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as \'93Form.\'94 It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavat Purana}{\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 [10.40.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  that there are many worshippers who are purified by different processes of worship, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the Aryans, who also worship the Supreme Lord according to their convictions and their spiritual understanding. Each process of worship involves the understanding of different Forms of the Lord, as mentioned in the Scriptures
, but the ultimate idea is to worship the Supreme Lord Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the feature of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaibhavaprakash}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord manifests Himself as Valaram. The feature of Valaram is as good as Krishna; the difference is that Krishna is blackish and Valaram is whitish. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vaibhavaprakash}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Form was also displayed when Krishna appeared in the four-handed Form of Narayana before Devaki when He entered this world, and then at the req
uest 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 hands, that is actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaibhavaprakash}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and when He is four-handed, that is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vrabhavavilasa}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In His Personal Form He is just like a cowherd boy, and He thinks Himself that; but when He is in the Vasudeva Form He thinks Himself the son of a Kshatriya, and He feels Himself
 also to be a Kshatriya, a princely administrator.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Form, Opulence, Beauty, Wealth, Attractiveness and Pastimes are fully exhibited in His Form as the Son of Nanda. In some of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  literature it is found that sometimes, in His Form as Vasudeva, He becomes attracted to the Form of Govinda in Vrind
aban. Sometimes, as Vasudeva, He desires to enjoy as Govinda does, although the Govinda Form and the Vasudeva Form are one and the same. There is a passage in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laleeta Madha
va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fourth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , 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, attracted by this Govinda Form.\'94 Similarly, in the Eighth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Krishna says: \'93O how wonderful It is! Who is this Personality? After seeing Him I am attracted by
 Him, so that now I am desiring to embrace Him just like Radhika.\'94 When this Form of Krishna becomes a little differentiated, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tadekatma}{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tadekatmarupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  Form there are two divisions also: One is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svamsa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Both in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vilasa}{\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 Svamsa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Forms there are again many differential features, which are also divided into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhava}{\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 Baibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . As far as the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Forms are concerned, there are innumerable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhava Vilasas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Krishna expands Himself as Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna, Aniruddha. Sometimes the Lord thinks Himself a cowherd boy, and sometime
s He thinks Himself the son of Vasudeva, a Kshatriya\'97and this \'93thinking\'94 of Krishna is called \'93Pastimes.\'94
\par }\pard {\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 Prabhava Prakasa }{\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 Prabhava Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is in the same Form, but appears differently as Krishn
a and Valadeva. His expansion as Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, mentioned above, is in the Original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaturvuha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or four-armed Forms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are innumerable four-armed manifestations in different planets and different places. For instance, these four-armed manifestations are both in Dwarka and Math
ura eternally. And from these four Forms originally there are the principle twenty-four Forms, named differently in terms of the different adjustments of the symbols held in the hands\'97and they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Baibhava Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The same four Formal manifestations of Krishna are on each planet of the Spiritual Sky, called the Narayan}{\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  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha Loka.}{\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 Vaikuntha Loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
He is manifested in a four-handed Form, called Narayan. And from each Narayan there is a manifestation of the four Forms mentioned above (Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddha). Therefore, Narayan is in the center, and the four Forms surround the
 Narayan Form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each of the four Forms again expands into three, and they all have their different Names, beginning from Kesava. They are twelve in all. Such Forms are known by dif
ferent Names according to the different placements of the symbols in the hands of Narayan.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the Vasudeva Form is concerned, the three expansions are Kesava, Narayana, and Madhava. The three Forms of Govinda are known as Govinda, Vishnu, and Sri M
adhusudan. 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, Pradyumna is also divided into three Forms known as Trivikrama, Vamana, and Sridhar; and, similarly, 
there are three Forms of Aniruddha, known as Hrishikesha, Padmanava and Damodara.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 7-1968: Unlimited Forms of Godhead
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Seven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Unlimited Forms of Godhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These twelve different Vaikuntha Forms of Lord Krishna are known as the predominating deities for the twelve months. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  almanac, the months are called by the different Names of Krishna. This calendar begins from the month of Margasirsa,
 equivalent to late October-November. The month of November is known by the Vaishnavas as Kesava. December is called Narayan. January is called Madhab, and February is Govinda. March is Vishnu, April Vasudeva, May Trivikram and June Vamana. July is calle
d Sridhar; August Hrishikesha, September is called Padmanava and October is Damodar.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 o
f October is a different manifestation. 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 on the belly, t
he breast and on the arms there are different Names, the same as those of the months.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The four Forms, Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddha, are also expanded in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vilasa Murti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . These are eight in number, and their Names are Purushottam, Achyuta, Nrishingha, Janardana, Hari, Krishna, Adhoksaja and Upendra. Out of these eight 
Names, two Names, Adhoksaja and Purushottam, are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Forms of Vasudeva. Similarly, Upen
dra and Achyuta are the Forms of Sanikarshan; Nrishingha and Janardana are the Vilasa Forms of Pradyumna; and Hari and Krishna are the two Vilasa Forms of Aniruddha. This Krishna is different from the original Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These twenty-four Forms are known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  manifestation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pravhav}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (four-handed) Form, and the
y are differently named according to the different position of the symbolic representations, that is, the mace, the disc, the lotus flower and the conch shell. Out of these twenty-four Forms, there is also a division of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vilasa}{\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 Baibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Names mentioned herein, such as Pradyumna, Trivikram, Vamana, Hari and Krishna are also different in features. Then, corning to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Prahava Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Krishna, which is Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddha; there are a total of twenty further variations. All of them have }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  planets in the Spiritual Sky, which are situated in eight different directions. And, although each
 of them is eternally in the Spiritual Sky, still, some of them manifest in the material world also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Spiritual Sky all the planets dominated by the feature of Narayan are eternal. And the topmost planet in the Spiritual Sky is called Krishna Loka. That Krish
na Loka is divided into three different portions: Gokula, Mathura, and Dwarka. In the Mathura portion the Form of Kesava is always situated. He is also represented on this earthly planet. In India there is a place called Mathura where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kesava Murti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is worshipped and, similarly, there is a Purushottam Form in Jagannath Puri in Orissa. In Anandaranya t
here is the Form of Vishnu, and in Mayapur, the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya, there is the Form of Hari. Many other Forms are situated elsewhere on this earthly planet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only in this Universe, but in all the other Universes such Forms are distributed everywhere. On this earthly planet also it is indicated that all the world is d
ivided into seven islands, and 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 parts of the world, but at present there is no information te
lling where they are situated. But from Vedic literature we can understand that there are Forms in other parts of the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These different Forms of Krishna are distributed all over the world and the Universes to give pleasure to the devotees. Not that the devotees are only born in India
. Actually, in all parts of the world, there are devotees who have simply forgotten their identity. Such Forms-incarnate come not only to give pleasure to the devotee but to re-establish devotional service, and to perform other activities which vitally c
oncern the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Some of them are incarnations as mentioned in the Scriptures, such as the Vishnu incarnation, Trivikram incarnation, Nrishingha incarnation and Vamana incarnation.
\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 Siddhartha Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a description of the twentyfour Forms of Vishnu, named differently in terms of the different symbolic representations in the four hands. When describing the different positions of paraphernalia in the hands of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Murti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the counting should begin first with the lower right hand, then to the upper right hand, next 
to the upper left hand and, lastly, to the lower left hand. In this way Vasudeva is represented by club, conch shell, wheel and lotus flower. Sarnkarshan is represented by club, conch shell, lotus flower and wheel. Similarly, Pradyumna is represented by 
wheel, conch shell, club and lotus flower. Aniruddha is represented by wheel, club, conch shell and lotus flower.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Spiritual Sky the representations of Narayan, twenty in number, are calculated as follows: Hrishikesha 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 club, wheel, conch shell and lotus flower. Sri Govinda is represented by wheel, club, lotus flower and conch shell. Vishnu Murti is represented by club, l
otus 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 lotus flower. Sridhar is represented by lotus flower, wheel, club and conch shell. Padma
nava 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 Achyuta is represented by club, lotus flo
wer, wheel and conch shell. Sri Nrishingha 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 Krishn
a 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hayasirsha Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are sixteen Forms, and they are all different in Name, in terms of the wheel and club being differently situated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead is Krishna\'97He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Leela }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purushottam, and He is principally in Vrindaban as the Son of Nanda. It is also learned from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hayasirsha Pancharacha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that nine forms are protecting two Puris, known as the Mathura Puri and the Dwarka Puri: the four Forms of Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pra
dyumna, and Aniruddha, and besides these four Forms, there are Narayan Forms, Nrishingha Forms, Hayagriva Forms, Varaha Forms and Brahma. The above descriptions are different manifestations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasa}{\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 Vilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Forms of Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now Lord Chaitanya informs Sanatan Goswami that there are different Forms of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svams
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svamsa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  For
ms are divided into the Samkarshan division and the incarnation division. From the Samkarshan division come the three Purusha Avatars: the Karanodakshayee Vishnu, Garbhodakshayee Vishnu and Kshirodakshayee Vishnu. The other division is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  avatars, such as the Lord\'92s incarnation as a Fish, as a Tortoise, etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are six kinds of incarnations: 1. the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purusha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatar incarnations, 2. the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leela }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avatar incarn
ation, 3. the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatar, 4. the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Manu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatar, 5. 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  Avatar, and 6. the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saktavesh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatar. Out of six kinds of Vilasa manifes
tations of Krishna there are two divisions based on His age. They are called Balya and Pauganda. The original Form of Krishna as the Son of Nanda enjoys in two Forms of childhood, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Balya}{\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 Pauganda}{\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 conclusion is that there is no end to the expansions and incarnations of Krishna. Here Lord Chaitanya describes some of them to Sanatan just to give him an idea
 of how the Lord is expanding and how He is enjoying. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 
in the First Canto, Third Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is said there that there is no limit to the emanation
s of incarnations of the Supreme Lord, just as there is no limit to the waves of the ocean.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna\'92s first incarnation is as the three Purusa Avatars, namely the Maha Vishnu (or Karanodakshayee) Avatar, Garbhodakshayee Avatar and Kshirodakshayee Avatar
. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sasvata, Tantra}{\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 Krishna\'92s energies are also divisible into three: His energy of thinking, His energy of feeling, and His energy of acting. In His energy of thinking He is the Su
preme 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 could be no possibility of the Creation. Although there is no creation of the Spiritual World, yet
 there is the creation of this material world. But both the Spiritual World and the material world are manifestations of the energy of acting\'97in the Form of Samkarshan and Valaram\'97of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Spiritual World, the Vaikuntha planets and Krishna Loka, is situated in His energy of thinking. Although there is no creation of the eternal Spiritual World, st
ill it is to be understood that they depend on the thinking energy of the Supreme Lord. This thinking energy is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Chapter, second verse. It is said there that the Supreme Abode, known as Goloka, is manifested just like a lotus flower with hundreds of petals. Everything is manifested by the Ananta or Valaram or
 Samkarshan Form. The material cosmic manifestation and the different Universes are manifest through the Maya, or material energy. The material Nature or material energy is not the cause of all this cosmic manifestation. It is caused by the Supreme Lord,
 by His different expansions through the material Nature; and without the superintendence of the Supreme Lord there is no possibility of any creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Form by which the energy of the material Nature works to bring about creation is called Samkarshan. It is understood that under the superintendent energy of the
 Supreme Lord this cosmic manifestation is created. The example is given: iron becomes hot in contact with fire, and when it is red hot, it is just like fire.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Forty-sixth Chapter, it is said that Rama and Krishna are the Origin of all living entities. These two Personalities enter into everything. A list of the incarnations occurs in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Third Chapter, as follows: 1. Kumaras, 2. Narada, 3. Varaha, 4. Matsya, 5. Yajna, 6. Naranarayan, 7. Kar
demikapeel, 8. Duttatreya, 9. Hayasirsha, 10. Hansa, 11. Dhruvapriya Prishni Garva, 12. Rishava, 13. Prithu, 14. Nrishingha, 15. Kurma, 16. Dhanvantari, 17. Mohini, 18. Vamana, 19. Bhargava, 20. Raghavendra, 21. Vyas, 22. Pralambari Valarama, 23. Krishna
, 24. Buddha, 25. Kalki. Almost all of these twenty-five }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatars appear in one day of Brahm
a, which is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and sometimes they are called Kalpa Avatars. Out of these, the incarn
ation of Hansa Mohini is not permanent; but Kapila, Dattatreya, Rishava, Dhanvantari and Vyas are five eternal Forms, and they are more celebrated. The incarnations of the Tortoise, the Fish, Naranarayan, Baraha, Hayagriva, Prisnigarbha, and Valadeva are
 considered as incarnations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, there are three incarnations of the qualitati
ve modes of Nature. They are called Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
\par }\pard {\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 Manvantara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Avatars,there are fourteen: 1. Yajna, 2. Bibhu, 3. Satyasen, 4. Hari, 5. Vaikuntha, 6. Arjita, 7. Vaman, 8. Sarbabhouma, 9. Rishava, 10. Viswaksen, 11. Dharmasetu, 12. Sudhama, 13. Yogeswar, 14. Vrihatbhanu. Out of these fourteen Manvatar in
carnations, Yajna and Vamana are also Leela Avatars. The balance are Pastime Manvantar Avatars. These fourteen Manvantar Avatars are also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The four }{\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  Avatars are also described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\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 Satya Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the incarnation of God is white, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Treta Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the incarnation of God is red, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dvarpara Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the incarnation of God is blackish; and the incarnation in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also blackish, but sometimes in a special }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the col
or is yellowish. So far as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saktavesh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatars are concerned, they include Kapila and Rishava, 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saktavesh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatar, Ananta, Brahma (sometimes the Lord Himself becomes Brahma), Satyasen as the
 incarnation of knowledge, Narada as the incarnation of devotional service, King Prithu as the incarnation of administrative power and Rishava as the incarnation of subduing evil principles.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 8-1968: The }{\cs2873\i0\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Avataras
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Eight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Avataras
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya continued: The expansions of Lord Krishna Who come to the material Creation are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Avataras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or incarnations. Avatara means one who descends from the higher Spiritual Sky. In the Spiritual Sky there are innumerable Vaikuntha planets, and from 
such a planet the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes into this Universe, and therefore He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avatara. Avataran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to descend.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first descent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead from the expansion of Samkarshan is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Purusha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , both in the First Canto, Third Chapter, as well as in the Sixth Chapter. It is said there that the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends as the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purusha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation for the material Creation, and He immediately manifests sixteen elementary energies. He is known as Maha Vishnu, lying on
 the Causal Ocean, and He is the Original incarnation in the material world. He is the Lord of time, Nature, cause' and effect, mind, ego, and the five elements, the three modes of nature, the senses, and the Universal Form. He is independent, and the Ma
ster of all objects movable and immovable in the material world }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.6.2]}{\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 influence of material Nature cannot reach beyond the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Viroja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Causal Ocean, and this is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Second Canto, Ninth Chapter. On the Vaikuntha planets there is no influence of the modes of material Nature. There is no mixture of the modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance, and neither is there any influence of material t
ime. On those planets the liberated associates of Krishna live eternally, and they are worshipped both by the demigods and the demons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material Nature acts in two capacities, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya}{\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 Pradhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Maya is the direct cause and Prad
hana means the elements of material manifestation. The first Purusha Avatara, Maha Vishnu, glances over the material Nature and thereby the material Nature becomes agitated, and the Purusha Avatara thus impregnates matter with the living entities. By thi
s glancing, consciousness is created, and consciousness is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maha Tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The predominatin
g deity of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maha Tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is Vasudeva. Consciousness is then divided into three departmental activit
ies, under the three gunas, or modes of material Nature. Consciousness in the mode of goodness is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Eleventh Canto, and the predominating deity is called Aniruddha. Consciousness in the mode of material passion produces intelligence, and the predominating deity is called Pradyurnna. He is the Master of the senses. Con
sciousness in the mode of ignorance is the cause of production of the ether, the sky, and the cause of production of the hearing instrument, the ear. The cosmic manifestation is the combination of all these, and thereby innumerable Universes are created.
 Nobody can count how many Universes there are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These innumerable Universes are being produced from the pores on the body of Maha Vishnu. It is also said that, as innumerable atoms are coming and going through th
e holes in a window, so from the pores of the body of Maha Vishnu innumerable Universes emanate. From His breathing also innumerable Universes are being produced and annihilated. All His energies are spiritual\'97they have nothing to do with the material
 energy. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\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 [5.48]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this fact is stated also. In the fifth Chapter, 54th verse, it is said that the predominating deity of each Universe, Brahma, lives only during one brea
th of Maha Vishnu. Maha Vishnu again is the original Supersoul of all the Universes, and He is also the Master of all the Universes. That is the description of the first incarnation, known as Maha Vishnu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The second Vishnu incarnation enters into each and every Universe. In each and every Universe He spreads water from His body, and on that water He lies down. From H
is navel the stem of a lotus flower grows, and on that lotus flower the first creature, Brahma, is born. Within the stem of that lotus flower there are fourteen divisions of planetary systems, which are created by Brahma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In each Universe the Lord as Vishnu maintains the Universe, tending to its needs, and although He is within the Universe, the influence of material energy cannot to
uch Him. The same Vishnu, when it is required, takes the Form of Lord Shiva and annihilates the cosmic creation. These three secondary incarnations; namely, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, are the predominating deities of the three modes of material Nature. Th
e second incarnation of Vishnu, known as Garbhodakshayee, is worshipped as the Hiranygarbha Supersoul, Who has thousands of heads, as described in the Vedic hymns. This second incarnation, Garbhodakshayee Vishnu, is the Master of the Universe, and in eac
h Universe there is a manifestation of the Garbhodakshayee Vishnu. Although He is within the material Nature, still He is not touched by it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The third incarnation of Vishnu is also an incarnation of the mode of goodness. As the Kshirodhakshayee Vishnu, He is also the Supersoul of all living entities, and
 He resides on the ocean of milk within the Universe. Thus Lord Chaitanya described the Purusha Avatars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then described the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Avatars: He said that there is no limit or counting for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or \'93Pa
stime,\'94 Avatars, but some of them are described by the Lord, for example: Matsya, Kurma, Raghunath, Nrishingha, Vamana and Baraha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A description of the qualitative incarnations of Vishnu, or Guna Avatars, is as follows: Brahma is one of the living entities, but he is very powerful on account of
 his devotional service. Such a primal living entity, by the influence of the mode of material passion, is situated as Brahma. He is made powerful by Garbhodakshayee Vishnu directly, and therefore Brahma has power to create innumerable living entities. A
 description of Brahma is given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 50}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th Verse. Brahma is likened to the valuable stones influenced by the rays of the Sun, and the Sun is likened to the S
upreme Lord Garbhodakshayee Vishnu. If in some Kalpa there is no suitable living entity who can act in the position of Brahma, then Garbhodakshayee Vishnu Himself manifests as Brahma and acts in that way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, by expanding Himself as Lord Shiva, He is engaged when there is a necessity to annihilate the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bramhanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord Shiva, in association with Maya, has many Forms; generally, they are numbered at eleven. Lord Shiva is not one of the living entities\'97he
 is more-or-less Krishna Himself. The example is given of the distinction between milk and yogurt. Yogurt is a preparation of milk, but still yogurt cannot be used as milk. Similarly, Lord Shiva is an expansion of Krishna, but he cannot act as Krishna, n
or can we derive the spiritual restoration from Lord Shiva that we can derive from Krishna. The essential difference is that Lord Shiva has a connection with the material Nature, but Vishnu has nothing to do with the material Nature. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Eighteenth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.88.3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , it is said that Lord Shiva is a combination of the three kinds of transformed consciousness, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Baikrik, Taijsa}{\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 Tamasa}{\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 Vishnu incarnation, although Master of the modes of goodness within each Universe, is in no way in touch with the influence of material Nature. Everything of Vi
shnu is equal to Krishna, but still Krishna is the original Source. Vishnu is partial, and Krishna is whole. This is the version of the Vedic literature. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.46]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 is th
e example of an original lamp which lights a second lamp; although both the lamps are of equal candle power, still one is accepted as the original, and the other is said to be kindled by the original lamp. The Vishnu expansion is like that. He is Vishnu,
 He is equally powerful, but the original Vishnu is Krishna. Brahma and Lord Shiva are obedient servants of the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Lord as Vishnu is an expansion of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After describing the Leela Avatara and Guna Avatara, Lord Chaitanya then explained to Sanatan Goswami about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manvantara Avatara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He states that there is no counting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manvan
tara Avatara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Manus are fourteen in one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or one day of Brahma. One day of Brahma is calculated at 432 million years, and during that period of time there are fourteen Manus. Brahma lives for 100 years on this scale. Therefore, during the lifetime of Brahma, i
f fourteen Manus appear in one day, then there are 420 Manus during the month of Brahma, and during the year of Brahma there are 5,040 Manus. Brahma lives for 100 years, and it is calculated that there are five hundred four thousand Manus in one Brahma
\'92s duration of life. There are innumerable Universes, and one can just imagine how many Manvantara incarnations there are in the total.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Universes are being produced by the breathing out of Maha Vishnu, and no one can calculate how many Manus there are at one time. Each Manu is called by a differ
ent name. The first Manu is called Svayambhuba. He is the son of Brahma personally. The second Manu is called Swarochis; he is the son of the predominating deity of fire. The third Manu is called Uttam; and he is the son of King Priyabratha. The fourth M
anu is called Tamasa; and he is the brother of Uttama. The fifth Manu is called Raivata. He is the brother of Tamasa. The sixth Manu is also the brother of Tamasa. The sixth Manu is called Chaksus; and he is the son of Chaksu. The seventh Manu is called 
Baivasvata. He is the son of the Sungod, born of a different wife, whose name is Chakya. The ninth Manu is called Daksasavarni. He is the son of Baruna. The tenth Manu is called Brahmasavarni, and he is the son of Upsloka. Four other Manus are known as R
udrasavarni, Dharmasavarni, Indrasavarni, and Raichya. All are sons of Lord Shiva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After finishing the description of the Manu incarnations, the Lord described to Sanatan Goswami 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  Avatars. He said that there are four Yugas, or millennia. The first Yuga is called Satya, the second is called Treta, the third is called Dvapara, and the
 fourth is called Kali. In each millennium the Lord takes different colors in different incarnations. In the Satya Yuga the color of the principal incarnation is white. In the Treta Yuga the color of the principal incarnation is red, and in the Dvapara Y
uga the color of the principal incarnation is blackish\'97Krishna. And, in the Kali Yuga, the color of the principal incarnation is yellow. This is confirmed in the Srimad Bhagwatam, Tenth Canto, Eighth Chapter, as spoken by Gargamuni while calculating t
he horoscope of Krishna in the house of Nanda Maharaj.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Satya Yuga the process of self-realization is meditation, and this process of meditation was taught by the incarnation of God in the color of whiteness. This
 incarnation gave benediction to the sage Kardum for obtaining, as his son, an incarnation of the Personality of Godhead. In the Satya Yuga everyone meditates on Krishna, and each and every living entity is in full knowledge. Other meditations, which are
 not recommended in this present age, are still being attempted as meditational processes by people who are not in full knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process for self-realization in the Treta millennium is performance of different sacrifices, and this is taught by the incarnation of God in His red color. In t
he Dvapara millennium, Krishna is Personally present, and He is worshipped by everyone, and that is the process of self-realization for that age. Krishna is blackish in color, He is the incarnation Himself, and He induces people to worship Him, as is sta
ted in the Bhagavad Gita. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also, in the Eleventh Canto, Fifth Chapter }{\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 11.5.29}{\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 , states that the worship of Krishna is made by the hymn: \'93Let me offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva.\'94 This is the hymn generally practiced by the
 people to worship the Supreme Lord Krishna in the Dvapara millennium.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next millennium is Kali Yuga, in which we are now. In this age the Lord incarnates to preach chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna. The Lord appears in this age 
in yellowish color, and He teaches people love of God by chanting the Name of Krishna. The process of teaching is done Personally by Krishna, and He exhibits His love of Godhead by chanting, singing, and dancing with thousands of people following Him. Th
is particular incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is foretold in the Srimad Bhagwatam, Eleventh Canto, Fifth Chapter }{\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 11.5.32}{\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 which it is stated that the Lord incarnates
 in the Age of Kali as a devotee, always chanting }{\b0\i\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}{\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 But, it is stated there, His complexion is not like the Krishna of the Dvapara Yuga. He is always engaged in preaching love of Godhead through the Samkirtan movemen
t, and those who are intelligent adopt this process of selfrealization. It is also stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Twelfth Canto, Third Chapter }{\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 12.3.52}{\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 , that the self-realization which could be achieved in the Satya millennium by meditation, in the Treta millennium by the performance 
of different sacrifices, and in the Dvapara millennium by worshipping the Lord Krishna, could be achieved in the Age of Kali simply by chanting these Holy Names: }{\b0\i\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 . In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\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 [6.2.17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also the same thing is confirmed: that for this age there is no use of med
itation or the performance of sacrifices or temple worship. Simply by chanting the Holy Name of Krishna\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Har
e Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97one can achieve perfect self-realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya was describing the incarnation in this Age of Kali, Sanatan Goswami, who had been a government minister and was perfectly capable of drawing a c
onclusion, indirectly asked Lord Chaitanya, \'93How can one understand the advent of an incarnation?\'94 He could understand that Lord Chaitanya was the incarnation of Krishna, corroborating the description of the incarnation of the Kali millennium; and 
he also could understand that, in the future, there would be many imitation incarnations following the incarnation of Lord Chaitanya, because Lord Chaitanya played as an ordinary Brahmin boy, though His devotees accepted Him as an incarnation. Sanatan kn
ew there would be many pretenders, and so he inquired from Lord Chaitanya: \'93How can one understand the symptoms of an incarnation?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord replied to the inquiry of Sanatan Goswami: \'93As one can understand different incarnation of different millenniums with reference to the context of the Ve
dic literature, similarly, one can understand who is actually the incarnation of Godhead in this Age of Kali.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Specially stressed is the reference to authoritative Scriptures: one should try to understand the characteristics of an incarnation with reference to the Scripture,
 not whimsically. An incarnation of the Supreme Lord never declares Himself to be an incarnation. But His followers, with reference to the context of the authoritative Scriptures, must ascertain who is an incarnation and who is a pretender.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real incarnation is described with reference to two features: the principal feature is called Personality, and the other is called the marginal feature. Any int
elligent person can understand the characteristics of an Avatara, or incarnation, by these two features. There is a description of the characteristics of the body and of the activities. The description of the body is the principal feature for identifying
 an incarnation, and the activities are the marginal feature. This is confirmed in the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where the features are very nicely described in the 1st verse of the First Canto. In that verse there are two terms, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param}{\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 Satyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord Chaitanya indicated that the w
ords }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param}{\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 Saty
am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  show Krishna in His principal feature. The other, marginal features are that He taught Vedic knowledge to Brahma, and that He incarnates as the Purusha Avatar to create the
 cosmic manifestation. These are occasional features for some special purposes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should try to understand and distinguish the principal feature and the marginal feature of an Avatar. Nobody can declare himself an incarnation without these tw
o features, and therefore, any intelligent man will study the principal features and marginal features before accepting a pretender. Sanatan Goswami tried to confirm Lord Chaitanya\'92s Personal characteristics as those of the incarnation of this age, an
d Lord Chaitanya confirmed it\'97though not directly. He simply said: \'93Leave aside all this discussion, let us go on about the description of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saktavesh Avatar}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then said that there is no limit or counting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saktavesh Avatars}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but some of them can be mentioned as examples. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saktavesh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation are of two kinds: one direct, and the other indirect. When the Lord Himself comes, He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shakshat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or direct Saktavesh Avatar, and when He empowers some living entity to represent Him, that one is called indirect, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Avesa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , incarnation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Examples of indirect Avatars are the four Kumaras, Narada, Prithu, and Parsuram. They are actually living entities, but there is specific power given to them by the
 Supreme Personality of God. Examples of direct, or Shakshat, Avatar are the Shesha incarnation or Ananta incarnation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a specific opulence of the Supreme Lord is invested in some specific entities, they are called Avesa Avatars, The four Kumaras represent the specific opulence 
of knowledge of the Supreme Lord. Narada specifically represents the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. The devotional service of the Lord is there also in Lord Chaitanya, Who is considered to be the full representation of devotional service. In Bra
hma the opulence of creative power is invested. In Ananta the power of the sustenance of all the planets is invested. In the Shesha incarnation the power is in serving the Supreme Lord. And in King Prithu is the power of maintaining the living entities. 
Similarly, in Parsuram the power of killing the evil elements is invested. So far as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vibhuti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or 
the special favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is concerned, there is a description in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth Chapter. It is said there that any living entity who appears to be especially powerful or beautiful should be known as specifically favored by the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord, after finishing the description of the Saktavesh incarnation, began to speak about the age of the Supreme Lord. He said that the Supreme Lord Krishna is a
lways like a 16-year-old boy, and when He desires to descend to this Universe, He first of all sends His father and mother, who are His devotees, and then He advents Himself as the incarnation, or comes Personally. All His activities, beginning from the 
killing of the Putana demon, are being displayed in innumerable Universes, and there is no limit to them. At every moment, at every second, His manifestations of different Pastimes are seen in the different }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmandas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Universes. Therefore, His Pastime activities are just like the waves of the Ganges River: as there is no limit to the flowing 
of the waves of the Ganges, similarly, there is no cessation of the manifestations of the different features of Lord Krishna\'92s incarnation in different Universes. He displays from childhood many Pastime functions, and ultimately He exhibits the }{\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that all the Pastime functions of Krishna are eternal, and that is confirmed in every Scripture. People in general cannot understand how Pastimes are bei
ng performed by Krishna, but Lord Chaitanya gave a comparable instance in the orbit of the Sun. According to Vedic astrological calculation, the twenty-four hours of a day and night are divided into 60 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dandas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The days are again divided into three thousand six hundred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa
laas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So the Sun disc can be perceived in every 60 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Palaas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the time constitutes a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Danda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Eight Dandas make one
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parahara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the Sun rises and sets within four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paraharas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paraharas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  constitute the duration of night, and after that the Sun is again seen as risen. Similarly, all the Pastimes of Krishna can be seen in any of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmandas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , just like the Sun can be seen in its movement through three thousand six hundred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Palaas}{\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 Krishna remains in this Universe for 125 years only, but all the Pastimes of that period are exhibited in each and every Universe, including His Appearance, Hi
s Boyhood Pastimes, His Youth, and His manifestation of later Pastimes\'97until the last at Dwarka. All those Pastimes are present in one or another of the myriad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmandas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , at any given time. Therefore the Pastimes are called eternal. In other words, as the Sun is eternally existing and we can see it rise and set due to our different planetary po
sition, similarly, the Lord\'92s Pastimes are going on, but only at certain intervals can we see the Pastimes of Krishna in this particular Universe. As described above, His Abode is the Supreme Planet known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka Vrindaban}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and, being Absolute, His Name, Fame, everything is equal to Krishna. And, by the will of Krishna, the same }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka Vrindaban}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is manifested in this Universe and other Universes also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, although the Lord is always in His Supreme Abode, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka Vrindaban}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Supreme will the activities there are also manifested in the innumerable Universes; and when He appears, He appears in those particular places. And in every manifestation of 
Krishna the six opulences are displayed.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 9-1968: The Opulences of Krishna
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Nine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Krishna
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya is especially merciful to the innocent, unsophisticated person. His name is Patitpavan, the Deliverer of the most fallen conditioned soul. A conditio
ned soul may be fallen to the lowest position, but that does not prevent him from advancing in spiritual science, provided he is innocent. Sanatan Goswami was considered to be fallen in the social status because he was in the service of the Mohammedan go
vernment, and had been excommunicated from the Brahmin society. But because he was a sincere soul Lord Chaitanya showed him special favor by granting him a wealth of information in the matter of spiritual science.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord next explained to Sanatan Goswami about the situation of different spiritual planets in the Spiritual Sky. The spiritual planets are known as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  planets. The Universes of the material Creation have a limited length and breadth; but so far as t
he Vaikuntha planets are concerned, because they are spiritual, there is no limitation to their dimensions. Lord Chaitanya informed Sanatan Goswami that the length and breadth of each and every Vaikuntha planet is hundreds and thousands of millions and b
illions of miles. Nobody can measure billions of miles or measure the actual extent of such Vaikuntha planets. Each of them is unlimitedly expanded, and in each and every one of them there are residents who are full with all six opulences\'97wealth, stre
ngth, knowledge, beauty, fame, and renunciation. And the Supreme Personality of Godhead is present in each. In each and every Vaikuntha planet a different expansion of Krishna has His eternal Abode. And Krishna has His original eternal Abode on the plane
t called Krishna Loka, or Goloka Vrindaban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have experience in this Universe that even the largest planet is lying in only one corner of outer space. For example the Sun is supposed to be some million time
s bigger than the Earth, and still it lies in one corner of outer space. Similarly each of the Vaikuntha planets, although unlimited in length and breadth, lies in some corner of the Spiritual Sky, known as }{\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 . In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\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 Brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is described as }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Niskla ananta Asesa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or undivided and unlimited, without any trace of the material modes of Nature. All 
the Vaikunthas are like the petals of a lotus flower, and the principal part of that lotus is the center of all the Vaikunthas, and that is called Krishna Loka, or Goloka Vrindaban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, the expansions of Krishna in various forms as described herein, as well as His different Abodes on the Spiritual Planets in the Spiritual Sky, are unlimi
ted. Even demigods like Brahma and Shiva cannot see or even estimate how many planets there are or how vast is their extension. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.14.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93No one can estimate the length and breadth of all the Vaikuntha planets.\'94 It is said there that not only the demigods like Brahma and Shiva are unable to make such an estimate, but also Ananta, Who is an incarnation of t
he Lord in His opulence of strength, cannot describe any limitation to the Lord\'92s potency, or to the area of the different Vaikuntha planets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection the prayers of Brahma, mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.14.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are very convincing. Lord Brahma says, \'93O my dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Supersoul, O Master of all Mystic Powers\'97nobody can know or explain Your potential expansion through Your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  energy, which extends all over the three worlds. The scientist and the learned man cannot even estimate the at
omic constitution of any single planet. They may be able to count the molecules of snow in the sky, or they may even count the number of stars in the sky, but no one can estimate how You descend on this Earth or in this Universe, with Your innumerable tr
anscendental potencies and energies and qualities.\'94 Lord Brahma informed Narada that, of all the great sages who were born before Narada, including he himself, none can understand the potential strength and energy of the Supreme Lord. So he admitted t
hat if even Ananta, who has thousands of tongues, tries to estimate the Lord\'92s potential energy, he will fail.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  pray}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma prayed, therefore: \'93My Lord, You are unlimited, and no one has estimated the limit to Your potencies. I think that even
 Your Lordship does not know the range of Your potential energies. An unlimited number of planets float in the sky just like atoms, and great Vedantists who are engaged in research to find You find everything different from You, and at last they decide t
hat You are everything.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.87.41]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Krishna was within this Universe, Brahma played a trick on Him in order to confirm that the cowherd boy in Vrindaban was actually Krishna. By his power he
 stole all the cows and calves, and the friends of Krishna, who were engaged in herding the animals. But when he returned from hiding them to see the result, he saw that Krishna was playing with the same cows and calves and cowherd boys; because by His }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  potency He had expanded all the stolen cows, calves and friends. He saw millions and bil
lions of them, and he also saw millions and billions of tons of cane and fruit, and lotus flowers and horns. And all the cowherd boys were decorated with different clothes and ornaments, and nobody could count their vast number. Brahma saw that each of t
he cowherd boys had become a fourhanded Narayan, like the predominating deity of each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 
and he saw that innumerable Brahmas also were engaged in offering obeisances to the Lord. He also saw that all of them were emanating from the body of Krishna, and after a second they were also entering into the body of Krishna. Brahma became struck with
 wonder by this extraordinary feat of Krishna, and in his prayer he admitted that anybody and everybody could say that he knows about Krishna\'97but so far as he was concerned, he did not know anything about Krishna. \'93My dear Lord,\'94 he said, \'93th
e potencies and opulences which You have exhibited just now are beyond the capacity of my mind and understanding.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then explained that not only Krishna Loka, but even Krishna\'92s Abode on this planet, known as Vrindaban, cannot be estimated in potency. Vrindaban 
is estimated as thirty-two Scriptural miles, but even though Vrindaban in India is thirty-two miles, yet in some part of Vrindaban all the Vaikunthas exist. The area of the present Vrindaban consists of twelve orests and is about eighty-four }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub croses}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or one hundred sixty-eight miles in area. But Vrindaban City is estimated at about sixteen }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub croses}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or thirty-two miles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord again said that the potencies and opulences of Krishna are unlimited. Whatever He told to Sanatan Goswami was only a partial presentation, but by such a pa
rtial presentation one can at least imagine the whole. While Lord Chaitanya was speaking to Sanatan Goswami about the opulences of Krishna, He was deep in ecstasy, and in that transcendental state He began to cite a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which runs as follows: After the disappearance of Krishna, Uddhava, when he met Vidura, spoke as follows: \'93Krishna is the Master of all demigods, includin
g Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and the expansion of Vishnu within this Universe. Therefore, no one is equal to or greater than Him, and He is full in all six opulences. All the demigods engaged in the administration of each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  offer their respectful obeisances, and therefore the helmets on their heads are beautiful, being decorated with desi
gns of the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, as is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Chapter, 1st Verse, Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and no one can be equal to or greater than Him. That is the conclusion. The rulers of this Universe, known as Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, alt
hough being masters of each and every Universe, are also servants of the Supreme Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Krishna is the Cause of all causes. He is also the Cause of the Maha Vishnu, or the first incarnation controlling this material Creation. From Maha Vishnu ther
e is Garbhodakshayee Vishnu and Kshirodakshayee Vishnu. Krishna is the Master of the Garbhodakshayee Vishnu, the Kshirodakshayee Vishnu, and He is also the Supersoul within every living entity and every Universe. The Maha Vishnu is described in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.48]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : 
Through His breathing innumerable Universes are produced, and in each Universe there are innumerable Vishnu Tattwas. But Lord Krishna is the Master of Them all; or They are partial plenary expansions of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From revealed Scriptures it is understood that Krishna lives in three transcendental places: The most confidential residence of Krishna is Goloka Vrindaban. There H
e stays with His father, mother, and friends; and He exhibits His transcendental relationships and His Mercy amongst His eternal entourage. There the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  acts as a maidservant in the matter of His dancing of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rasa Leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The residents of the Vrajabhumi think, \'93The Lord is glorified by particles of His transcendental mercy and affection, and we, the residents of Vrindaban, have not the slightest anxiety on account of His mercif
ul existence.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 49}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th verse: all the Vaikuntha planets in the Spiritu
al Sky are below the planet known as Krishna Loka. The other planets are known as Vishnu Loka. In that Krishna Loka the Lord enjoys His transcendental bliss in multiple forms; and all the opulences of the Vaikunthas are fully displayed in the one Krishna
 planet. The associates of Krishna are also full with six opulences. In the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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  }{\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  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Uttara-kha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  255.57)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padmollar Khand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Two hundred twenty-fifth Chapter, \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 Text 247
\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 ca p\'e4dmottara-kha\'eb\'f2e\line \line pradh\'e4na-parama-vyomnor\line  antare viraj\'e4 nad\'e9\line ved\'e4\'ecga-sved
a-janita-\line  toyai\'f9 prasravit\'e4 \'e7ubh\'e4
\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 kim ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97furthermore; }{\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 \'97of the Padma Purana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttara-khande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97in the Uttara-khanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pradhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97of the primordial material energy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parama-vyomnoh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97and the spiritual world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub antare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97between; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub viraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the Viraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97river; }{\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 \'97of the Vedas; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97of the bodies; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97from the perspiration; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97produced; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub toyaih}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97with water; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prasravita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97flowing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub subha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97auspicious.
\par }\pard {\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 Furthermore, in Padma Pur\'e4\'eba (Uttara-kha\'eb\'f2a 255.57-64):
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "On the border of the material and spiritual worlds flows the auspicious Viraj\'e4 river, whose waters were manifest from the perspiration of the Personified Vedas.
"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\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  1.5.247]\line }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 57th verse, it is stated that the material energy and the spiritual energy are separated by water which is ca
lled the Viroja River. That river is flowing from the perspiration of the first incarnation of Purusha. On the other bank of the Viroja is the eternal Nature, unlimited and all-blissful, called the Spiritual Sky; which is the Spiritual Kingdom, or the Ki
ngdom of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Spiritual Planets are called "Vaikuntha\'94 because there is no lamentation there, no fear, and everything is eternal. The Spiritual World is calculated to be t
hree-fourths the energies of the Supreme Lord, and the material world is one-fourth of His energy. No one can understand this three-fourths, since even this material world, which is only one-fourth of His energy, cannot be described. Lord Chaitanya now t
ried to convey to Sanatan Goswami something about the extent of the one-fourth display of Krishna\'92s energy. In this connection He cited an incident from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when Brahma, the Lord of the Universe, came to see Krishna at Dwarka:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Brahma, the first creature of this Universe, approached Krishna, the doorman informed Krishna that Brahma had arrived to see Him. On hearing this Krishna inqui
red as to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Brahma had come? The doorman again came to Brahma and asked him, \'91Which Brahma
 are you? Krishna has asked.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma was struck with wonder. Why was this question asked by Krishna? He informed the doorman, \'91Please tell Him that Brahma who is the father of the four Kumara
s and who has four heads has come to see Him.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The doorman informed Krishna, and then asked Brahma to come inside. Brahma offered his obeisances unto the Lotus Feet of Krishna, and Krishna received him with all 
honor, and then asked him why he had come, what his purpose was.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma replied, \'91I shall speak about my purpose in coming here, but first I have a doubt. Will You kindly remove it? You have asked through Your doorman }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Brahma has come to see You. So may I inquire if there are any other Brahmas besides me?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this Krishna smiled, and He at once called for many Brahmas from many other Universes. The four-headed Brahma then saw many Brahmas coming to see Krishna
, and to offer their respects. Some of them had ten heads, some of them had twenty, some of them one hundred heads, and some of them a million heads. This four-headed Brahma could not even count the Brahmas coming to see Krishna to offer their obeisances
. Krishna then callcd many demigods from other Universes, and all came to offer their respects to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing this wonderful exhibition by Krishna, the four-headed Brahma became nervous, and he began to think that he was just like a mosquito in the midst of many elep
hants. All of them came and offered their respectful obeisances unto the Lotus Feet of Krishna, and therefore Brahma thought that nobody can estimate the unlimited potency of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the helmets of the different demigods and Brahmas shone as they assembled there, and when combined together there was a great sound of all of them praying to th
e Lord. They began to say, \'93My dear Lord, it is a great mercy upon us that You have called us to see You. Is there any particular order? If there is any order, we will carry it out at once.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Krishna replied, \'93There is nothing especially required of you, but I wanted to see you so I called you all together at one time. I offer My blessings upon y
ou. Don\'92t be afraid of the demons.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of them replied that by His mercy, \'93Everything is all right. There are no disturbances at the present moment. By Your incarnation everything inauspicious is 
vanquished.\'94 As each of the Brahmas saw Krishna, every one thought Krishna was only within his Universe. After this incident He wished all the Brahmas farewell, and after offering their respects, they returned to their respective Universes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On seeing this, the four-headed Brahma who had come to see Krishna at once fell down at the Feet of Krishna and said, \'93What I thought about You before is all non
sense. Let everyone say that they may know You in perfection, but as far as I am concerned, I cannot even conceive how great You are. You are beyond my conception, beyond my understanding.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna then informed the four-headed Brahma; \'93This particular Universe is only four thousand million miles broad, but there are many other millions and billions
 of Universes which are far, far greater than this one. Some of them are millions and billions and trillions of miles broad. All these Universes require similar strong Brahmas; not only four-headed.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna also informed Brahma, \'93This is only the one-quarter part of My creative potency. The three-quarters part of My creative potency is in the Spiritual Kingd
om.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The four-headed Brahma then parted from Krishna, after offering his obeisances; and he could understand what the meaning of the Lord of the three-quarters energy wa
s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is known therefore as Tradhiesa. This name stands for His principle Abodes; namely, Gokula, Mathura, and Dwarka. These three places are full of opulences, 
and Lord Krishna is the Master of them all. Krishna is therefore situated in His transcendental potency. He is the Master of all transcendental energies, and He is full with six opulences. Because He is the Master of all opulences, all the Vedic literatu
re acclaims Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then sang before Sanatan Goswami a very nice song about the opulences of Krishna:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93All the Pastimes of Krishna are exactly like the activities of a human being. Therefore it is to be understood that His Form is like that of a human being. A hu
man being is an imitation of His Form. His dress is just like a cowherd boy\'92s, with a flute in His hand, and He seems to be just like a newly grown youth, always playful, playing just like an ordinary boy.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord wanted to explain to Sanatan Goswami about the beautiful aspects of Krishna. He said that if anyone can understand these beautiful qualities of Krishna, he
 is dipped into the ocean of nectar. One of Krishna\'92s potencies is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yogamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which is t
ranscendental and beyond the material energy, but He exhibits His transcendental potency even within this material world just to satisfy His confidential devotees. His appearance in this material world is meant for His devotees. His qualities are so attr
active that Krishna Himself becomes eager to understand Himself. He is fully decorated and stands with His body curved in three ways, and His eyebrows are always moving and His eyes are so attractive that all the Gopis become enchanted. His special Abode
 is on top of the Spiritual Sky, and He resides there with His similar associates, the Gopis, and all the Goddesses of Fortune. He is known there as Madanmohan.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many different Pastimes of Krishna such as His Pastime in the Forms of Vasudeva and Samkarshan. In the material sky His Pastimes are as the first incarnat
ion of the Purusha, or the Creator of the material world. There are also Pastimes as the incarnation of the Fish or Tortoise, as manifestations of His incarnation of energies. There are His Pastimes in the Form of Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva, as the incar
nation of the material qualities; His Pastimes as King Prithu as an empowered incarnation; His Pastimes as the Supersoul in everyone\'92s heart; and His Pastimes as the impersonal }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He has innumerable Pastimes, but the most important Pastimes of Krishna are His human-like activities, in which He frolics in Vrindaban, dances with the Gopis, play
s with the Pandavas on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, and plays in Mathura and Dwarka. The most important part of His exhibition of Pastimes is in the human Form, especially as a cowherd Boy with flute in hand and appearing just like a newly grown youth
. A partial manifestation of His Pastimes in Goloka Mathura and Dvaravati, or Dwarka, can overflood the whole Universe with love of Godhead. Everyone can become attracted by the beautiful qualities of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The manifestation of His internal potency is not even exhibited in the Kingdom of God, or on the planets of Vaikuntha. But He exhibits that internal potency within 
the Universe, by descending from His Personal Abode, through His inconceivable mercy. Krishna is so wonderful and attractive that He Himself becomes attracted by His beauty, and that is proof that He is full of all inconceivable potencies. So far as Kris
hna\'92s ornaments are concerned, when they decorate His body it appears that the ornament does not beautify Krishna, but that the ornament itself becomes beautiful since it is on His body. He appears always curved in three ways, and He attracts all the 
living entities and all the demigods. He attracts even the Narayan Form in each and every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  planet.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 10-1968: The Beauty of Krishna
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Ten
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Beauty of Krishna
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna is known as Madanmohan because He conquers the mind of Cupid. He is Madanmohan by His favors to the damsels of Vraja, and by accepting their devotional serv
ice. The Lord is engaged there in the Rasa Dance as the new Cupid, after conquering Cupid\'92s pride. He is Madanmohan by His capacity to conquer the minds of women with His five arrows called Form, Taste, Smell, Sound and Touch. The pearls of the neckla
ce which is hanging on the neck of Krishna are as white as ducks; and the feather of the peacock which is decorating the head of Krishna is colored just like the rainbow. His yellow garment is like lightning in the sky. Krishna is like the newly arrived 
clouds; and the Gopis are just like footbells on His feet. When the cloud pours rain on the grains in the field it appears that Krishna is nourishing the hearts of the Gopis by calling down His Pastime rain of mercy. The ducks fly in the sky in the rainy
 season, and the rainbow is also seen in the sky at that time. Krishna freely moves with His friends as a cowherd boy in Vrindaban; and when He plays His flute all the living creatures, mobile and immobile, become overwhelmed with ecstasy, and they quive
r and tears flow in their eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His conjugal love is the summit of His various opulences. The Lord is the Master of all riches, all strength, all fame, all beauty, all knowledge, and all renunciat
ion. Out of these, His perfect beauty is His conjugal attraction. The Form of Krishna, the conjugal beauty, is eternally existent in Krishna alone, whereas His other opulences are present in His Narayan Form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya was describing the superexcellence of Krishna\'92s conjugal attraction, He felt a transcendental ecstasy, and caught up the hands of Sanatan Gos
wami and began to say how fortunate the damsels of Braja were. He recited in this connection a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Twenty-fourth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.44.14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93How much penance and austerities the damsels of Vrindaban must have undergone, for they are able to drink the 
nectar of Krishna, Who is All Beauty, All Strength, All Riches, All Fame, and Who is the center of all the beauties of bodily luster.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Body of Krishna, the ocean of the eternal beauty of youth, can be seen as moving in waves of beauty. And there is a whirlwind at the sound of His flute. Those w
aves and that whirlwind make the hearts of the Gopis flutter like dry leaves on the trees, and when the leaves fall down to Krishna\'92s Lotus Feet, they can never rise up again from there. There is no comparison with that beauty, because no one has beau
ty greater than, or equal to, Krishna. He is the Origin of all incarnations, including the Form of Narayan. Otherwise, how could the Goddess of Fortune, who is a constant companion of Narayan, give up the association of Narayan, and engage herself in pen
ance for gaining the association of Krishna? This is the superexcellent beauty of Krishna, the everlasting mine of all beauty. And from that beauty all other beautiful things emanate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attitude of the Gopis is just like a mirror on which the reflection of Krishna\'92s beauty develops at every moment. Both Krishna and the Gopis increase their t
ranscendental beauty at every moment, and there is always transcendental competition between them. Nobody can appreciate the beauty of Krishna by proper discharge of his occupational duty, or by austerities, or by mystic Yoga, or by cultivation of knowle
dge, or by offering different kinds of prayer. Only those who are on the transcendental platform of love of God\'97who only out of love are engaged in devotional service\'97can appreciate the transcendental beauty of Krishna. Such beauty of Krishna is th
e essence of all opulences, and His characteristics in that connection are only appreciable in Goloka Vrindaban and not anywhere else. In the Form of Narayan the beauties of mercy, reputation, etc. are all established by Krishna. But His gentleness and m
agnanimity cannot be possible in Narayan. They are found only in Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya very much relished all these verses from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which He explained to Sanatan. In particular He explained the verse from the Ninth Canto, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ninth}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.24.65]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, as follows: \'93The Gopis used to relish the beauty of Krishna as a ceremony of perpetual e
njoyment. They enjoyed the beautiful Face of Krishna, His beautiful Ears with earrings, His broad Forehead, and His Smile; and while enjoying the sight of Krishna\'92s beauty they used to criticise the defect of the creator, Brahma, for the separation fr
om their vision of Krishna by the momentary blinking of their eyelids.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic hymn which is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes the Face of Krishna as the king of all moons. In metaphorical language there are many different moons, and they are all one in Krishna\'97the moon of the mouth, the moon of the cheeks, the moon-spots of 
sandalwood pulp, the beauty moon of the fingertips of His hand, and the tip of His toes\'97in this way there are twenty-four and a half moons, and Krishna is the central figure of all these different kinds of moons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The dancing movement of Krishna\'92s earrings, eyes, and eyebrows are very attractive to the damsels of Vraja. Activities in devotional service increase the sense o
f devotional service. What else is there for two eyes to see beyond the face of Krishna? One cannot sufficiently see Krishna with only two eyes; and one feels incapable and thus becomes bereaved. Such bereavement is slightly reduced when one criticizes t
he creative power of the creator. The unsatiated seer of the face of Krishna then laments as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I do not have thousands of eyes; I have only two eyes and even these two eyes are disturbed by the movements of the eyelids. So it is to be understood that the 
creator of this body is not very intelligent. He is not conversant in the art of ecstasy. He is simply a prosaic creator. He does not know how to fix things in different positions for only seeing Krishna.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Gopi\'92s minds are always engaged in relishing the sweetness of Krishna\'92s Body. He is the Ocean of beauty, and His beautiful Face, His beautiful Smile, and 
the luster of His Body are always attractive to the Gopi\'92s mind. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Karnamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the
se three things have been described as sweet, sweeter, and sweetest. When there are three kinds of contamination in the constitutional body, it is called convulsion. So, similarly, a perfect devotee of Krishna attains a stage of convulsion when he is so 
overwhelmed by seeing the beauty of Krishna\'92s Body, His Face, and the beauty of Krishna\'92s Smile, This ocean of transcendental convulsion before Krishna\'92s beauty sometimes continues without any treatment, just as with ordinary convulsions a physi
cian does not allow one to drink water for relief.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotee increasingly feels }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the absence of Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , because without Him one cannot drink the nectar of His beauty. When there is the transcendental sound of Krishna\'92s flute, the devotee\'92s anxiety to hear that flute penetrates the covering of this ma
terial world and enters into the Spiritual Sky, and the transcendental sound of the flute enters into the ears of the followers of the Gopis. The sound of Krishna\'92s flute always resides within the ear of the Gopis, and increases their ecstasy. At the 
time when it is heard no other sound can enter into the ear, and in their family activities they are not able to reply properly because all these beautiful sounds are vibrating.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord Chaitanya explained the transcendental constitution of Krishna, His expansions, His bodily luster, and everything connected with Him. In short, Lord Chait
anya explained Krishna as He is. And, Krishna being the essence of everything, He began to explain the process by which one can approach Krishna. He said that devotional service to Krishna is the only process. This is the verdict of all Vedic literature.
 The sages have declared as follows: \'93If' somebody inquires into the Vedic literature as to what is the process of transcendental realization, or if somebody consults the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pu
ranas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (which are considered the sister literature)\'97in all of them the conclusion is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the Object of worship.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is situated in His internal potency, which is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swarupshakti}{\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 Atma-shakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 . H
e expands Himself in various multiple Forms. Some of them are known as Personal Forms, and some of them are known as separated Forms. Thus He is enjoying in all the spiritual planets as well as in the material Universes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The expansions of His separated Forms are called living entities, and they are classified according to the energies of the Lord. Such living entities are divided in
to two classes: one is eternally liberated, and the other is eternally conditioned. Eternally liberated living entities never come into contact with the material Nature, and they do not have any experience of material life. They are eternally engaged in 
Krishna Consciousness, or devotional service to the Lord, and they are counted as associates of Krishna. Their pleasure, the only enjoyment of their life, is derived by rendering transcendental loving service to Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are eternally conditioned, on the other hand, are ever divorced from the transcendental loving service of Krishna, and thus they are subjected to the thre
e-fold miseries of material existence. On account of the conditioned soul\'92s eternally existing attitude of divorce from Krishna, the spell of material energy awards him two kinds of bodily existence: one is the gross body, consisting of the five eleme
nts, and the other is the subtle body, consisting of mind, intelligence, and ego. Because he is covered by these two kinds of bodies, the conditioned soul is eternally suffering the pangs of material existence, known as the three-fold miseries. We are su
bjected to six kinds of enemies, such as lust and anger, etc., and that is the everlasting disease of the conditioned soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Diseased and conditioned, the living entity is transmigrating all over the Universe. Sometimes he is situated in the upper planetary system, and sometimes he is tra
velling in the lower planetary system. That becomes his normal conditioned life. This disease can be cured only when the expert physician, the bona fide Spiritual Master, is met and followed. When the conditioned soul faithfully follows the instructions 
of such a bona fide Spiritual Master, the material disease is cured and the living entity is promoted to the liberated stage, and again attains to the devotional service of Krishna, and goes back Home, back to Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A conditioned living entity should come to the consciousness of his real position. He should pray to the Lord: how long and how much will I be under the rule of the
 different bodily functions, such as lust and anger? As masters of the conditioned soul, lust and anger are never merciful; and there is no cessation of the conditioned soul\'92s service to such bad masters. When he comes to his real consciousness, or Kr
ishna Consciousness, he gives up serving those bad masters and approaches Krishna with a frank and open heart to achieve His shelter. Then he prays to Krishna to be engaged in His transcendental loving service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literature fruitive activities have sometimes been highly praised, and sometimes the mystic process of Yoga is praised; and, sometimes, the speculative
 search for knowledge is praised. They are each considered as a different way to self-realization. But in spite of praise for the different paths of self-realization, in every writing the path of devotional service has been accepted as the foremost. In o
ther words, devotional service to Lord Krishna is the highest perfectional path of self-realization, recommended to be performed directly. The effects of fruitive activities, mystic meditation, and the cultivation of speculative knowledge are not direct 
methods of self-realization. They are indirect methods because without the addition of devotional service none of these recommended paths can lead to the highest perfection of selfrealization. Therefore, such paths to self-realization are ultimately depe
ndent on the path of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 11-1968: Service to the Lord
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Eleven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 to the Lord
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Any recommended path for self-realization can be successful only when it is mixed with devotional service. This was explained by Narad
a Muni, the Spiritual Master of Vyasadeva, when Vyasadeva was not satisfied even after compiling heaps of books of Vedic knowledge. Vyasadeva was sitting in a state of depression by the banks of the River Saraswati when Narada Muni arrived. Upon seeing V
yasa so dejected, he explained the deficiency in the compilation of his various books. He said as follows:
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Even pure knowledge without being completed by transcendental devotional service does not look well. What to speak of fruitive act
ivities when they are not in devotional service? How can they be of any benefit to the performer?\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many sages who are expert in performing austerities; there are many men who give much in charity; there are many famous men,
 scholars and thinkers; and those who are very expert in the Vedic hymns. All such achievements are certainly very auspicious, but unless they are utilized for attaining devotional service to the Lord, they are unable to award the desired results. Theref
ore, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.4.17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , Sukadeva Goswami offered his respectful obeisances to the Supreme Lord, Who is the only One Who can award such success.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is accepted by all classes of philosophers and transcendentalists that no one who lacks knowledge can be liberated from the materia
l entanglement. Still, knowledge without being mixed with devotional service holds no possibility of awarding liberation. In other words, when Jnana, or the cultivation of knowledge, opens the path of devotional service, then alone can it give one libera
tion, and not otherwise.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.14.4] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is also stated by Brahma: \'93My dear Lord,
 devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If somebody gives up that path and becomes engaged in the cultivation of knowledge, or in speculation, he will undergo a troublesome process, without achieving any desired results. Just 
as a person who beats the empty husk of the wheat cannot get the grain, so those who are engaged simply in speculative knowledge cannot achieve the desired result of self-realization. Their only gain is trouble.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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 Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, in the Seventh Chapter, 14th verse, that this material Nature is very strong, and not surmountable by an ordinary living entity. Only those who surrender unto the Lotus Feet of Krishna can cross over the ocean o
f material existence. The self-forgetfulness of the living entity \'97forgetting that he is eternally the servitor of Krishna\'97is the cause of his hondage in conditional life, and the cause of his being attracted by the material energy. That attraction
 is the shackle of material energy. It is very difficult for a person to become free as long as he desires to lord it over the material Nature. It is recommended, therefore, that one should approach a Spiritual Master who can train him in devotional serv
ice, and thus he can get out of the clutches of material Nature, and achieve the Lotus Feet of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are divisions of human society, like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmins}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or intellectuals; the Kshatriyas, administrators; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaishyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , businessmen; and the }{\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 , or laborers; and there is the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmachary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or student, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Grihastha}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or householder, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vanaprasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
, retired; and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sannyasis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , renounced life. And, in every case, if the individuals lack engagement in d
evotional service, Krishna Consciousness, even though engaged in their prescribed duty, they cannot get release because of their material consciousness. On the contrary, even by discharging their prescribed duties, they glide down to hell. Therefore, all
 persons engaged in their prescribed occupational duties must cultivate Krishna Consciousness in devotional service, if they want liberation from the material clutches.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection, Lord Chaitanya cited a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr
imad Bhagwatam}{\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 [11.5.2-3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  whi
ch was delivered by Narada as the path of Bhagavat cultivation. He said that the four divisions of human social life, as well as the four different orders of life, are born out of the gigantic Form of the Lord: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are born out of the mouth of the Universal Form of the Lord, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Kshatriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are born out of the arms of His Personality, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaishyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are born out of His waist, and the }{\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  are born f
rom the legs of that Personality. As such, they are qualified in different modes of material Nature, within the Form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Virata Purusha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Out of these four orders of life, or social divisions, if anyone is not engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, then in spite of his being in his prescribed occupational, functional duty, he falls from his position.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya says that those of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or impersonalist, school may artificially think themselves as one with God, or liberated, but according to Him and to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.2.32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , they are not actually liberated. In this connection, He quoted a
 verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, in which it is said: \'93Those who think t
hat they are liberated in the Mayavadi philosophical way, but who do not take to the devotional service of the Lord, even after undergoing the severest type of penance or austerity, and even after sometimes approaching the Supreme post, still, for want o
f devotional service, fall.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord explained that Krishna is just like the Sun, and Maya, or the illusory material energy, is just like darkness. Therefore, one
 who is constantly in the sunshine of Krishna does not have any chance of being deluded by the darkness of material energy. This is very nicely explained in the four prime verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.9.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and is also confirmed in the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [13]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which states: \'93The illusory energy, or Maya, is ashamed to stand before the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the living entities are constantly being bewildered by the same illusory energy. The living entity in his conditioned state discov
ers many kinds of word-jugglery for getting apparent liberation from the clutches of Maya; but actually a person who sincerely surrenders unto Krishna even by saying only once, \'94My dear Lord Krishna, from this day, I am yours,\'94 at once gets out of 
the clutches of the material energy.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramayan, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn (
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yuddha-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  12.20)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub L
ankakanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There the Lord says, \'93It is My duty and vow that if somebody surrenders unto Me without any reservation, then I give him all protection.\'94 Somebody may develop the
 idea of enjoying fruitive activities, or liberation, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jnana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or perfection in the Yoga system, but if 
such a person by chance becomes very intelligent, then he will give up all those paths and engage himself in sincere devotional service to the Lord. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also confirms, in the Second Canto, Third Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , that a person\'97whatever he may be, either full with all desires for material enjoyment or desirous of liberation\'97if he is actually intelligent, should engage himself in perfect devotional service.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Persons who are ambitious for deriving material benefit from devotional service are not pure devotees, but because they are engaged in
 devotional service they are considered fortunate. They do not know that the result of devotional service is not material benediction; but, because they engage themselves in devotional service of the Supreme Lord, ultimately they will come to the underst
anding that material enjoyment is not the result of engagement in His devotional service. Krishna says that such persons, engaged in His devotional service, are certainly foolish for wanting some material benefit in exchange. Such persons are foolish bec
ause, instead of achieving the stage of love of Godhead, they try to accept something which is poisonous for them. Although such persons want material benefit from Krishna, Krishna being All-powerful considers the person\'92s position and gradually liber
ates him from such an ambitious life, and engages him in devotional service. And when he is actually in devotional service he forgets his past ambitions and desires for material benefits.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Fifth Canto, Nineteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [27]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , this is confirmed a
s follows: \'93Lord Krishna certainly fulfills the desire of His devotees who come to Him in devotional service. But He does not fulfill such desires as would again cause miseries. In spite of being materially ambitious, because they are engaged in the t
ranscendental service of the Lord, such devotees are gradually purified of desire for material enjoyment, and come to desire the pleasure of devotional service.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally people come to the association of devotees for mitigating some material wants. But the influence of a pure devotee frees a m
an from all material desires, and he relishes the taste of devotional service. Devotional service is so nice and pure that it purifies the devotee, and he forgets all material ambitions as he engages fully in the transcendental loving service of Krishna.
 A practical example is Druva Maharaj, who wanted something from Krishna, and for that reason engaged in devotional service. But when the Lord appeared as four-handed Vishnu before Druva, he said, \'93My dear Lord, I engaged myself in Your devotional ser
vice with great austerity and penances, and thus I am now seeing You. It is always very difficult to see You, even for the great demigods and great sages, and I am now pleased and all my desires are satisfied.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not want anything further. While I was searching for some broken glass, I have found a great and valuable gem.\'94 Druva Maharaj 
stated his full satisfaction, and he refused to ask anything from the Lord.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entity who is transmigrating through the 8,400,000 species of life is sometimes likened to a log which is gliding downstrea
m on the waves of the river. Sometimes, by chance, the log comes to the shore and it is saved from being forced to drift further downstream. There is a nice verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bha
gwatam}{\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 [10.38.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in which eve
ry conditioned soul is encouraged: \'93Nobody should be depressed, thinking that he will never be out of the clutches of matter; because there is the possibility of being rescued exactly like the log which floats on the river for some time, and then come
s to rest on the bank.\'94 This fortunate opportunity is also discussed here by the Lord.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such fortunate incidents are considered the beginning of the decline of one\'92s conditional life. They occur if there is the associat
ion of pure devotees of the Lord. By association of pure devotees of the Lord, one actually develops his attraction for Krishna. There are different types of rituals and activities: some of them develop into material enjoyment, and some of them develop i
nto material liberation. If a living entity takes to ritualistic activities which develop into his pure devotional service to the Lord, in the association of pure devotees, then he naturally develops devotional service in his mind.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a nice verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth Canto, Fifty-first Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.51.53]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , where it is stated by Muchakunda: \'93My dear Lord, a living entity, while travelling in this material world through different species of life, may develop towards liberation. By chance he may come in contact with pure devotees. Only at tha
t time is he liberated from the clutches of the material energy, and he becomes a devotee of Yourself, the Personality of Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a conditioned soul becomes a devotee of Krishna, Krishna by His causeless Mercy trains him in two ways: He trains him by the Spir
itual Master from the outside, and He trains him from the inside by the Supersoul. In this connection there is a very nice verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Eleventh Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [11.29.6]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in
 which it is said: \'93O my dear Lord, if somebody should get a duration of life like Brahma\'92s, still he would be unable to express his gratitude to You for the benefits derived from remembering You; because, out of Your causeless mercy, You drive awa
y all inauspicious conditions for a devotee, expressing Yourself from outside as the Spiritual Master, and from inside as the Supersoul.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Somehow or other, if somebody gets in touch with a pure devotee and thus develops a desire for devotional service to Krishna, he gradu
ally rises up to the platform of love of Godhead, and thus he is freed from the clutches of the material energy. This is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Eleventh Canto, Twentieth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [11.20.8]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , where
 the Lord says: \'93For one who becomes attracted by the topics of My Activities out of his own accord\'97being neither lured nor repelled by material activities\'97the path of devotional service, leading to the perfection of love of God, becomes possibl
e.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible, however, to achieve such a stage of perfection without being favored by a pure devotee, or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a great soul. Without the mercy of a great soul no one can even be liberated from the material clutches, what to sp
eak of rising to the platform of love of Godhead? This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Fifth Canto,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eleventh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chapter, spoken in connection with the meeting of the King Rohugana of the Sind province in Sib
eria with King Bharata. The King expressed surprise at seeing Bharata\'92s great stage of spiritual perfection in life.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharata replied: \'93My dear Rohugana, no one can attain the perfected stage of devotional service without being favored by a great so
ul, or pure devotee. No one can attain such perfectional stages simply by following the regulative principles of Scriptures, nor by acceptance of the renounced order of life, nor by prosecuting the prescribed duties of householder life, nor by becoming a
 great student of spiritual science, nor by accepting severe austerity and penances performed for realization.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, in the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Seventh Canto, Fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in connection w
ith the conversation of Prahlad Maharaj with his father, Hiranyakasipu, the following statement appears: \'93When the atheist father Hiranyakasipu inquired from his son where he got such an attitude of devotional service, the boy replied: \'91So long as 
one is not favored by the dust of the feet of pure devotees, then he cannot even touch the path of devotional service, which is the solution of all the varieties of problems of material life.\'94\'92
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya said to Sanatan Goswami that all the Scriptures stress association with pure devotees of Godhead. The opportunity to as
sociate with a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord is the beginning of one\'92s complete perfection. This statement is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , First Canto, Eighteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 13}{\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 . It is said there that the facility and benediction achieved by the association of a pure devotee cannot be compar
ed with anything: neither elevation to the heavenly kingdom, nor liberation from this material energy.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Krishna, also, while giving instruction to Arjuna, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , confirmed this as the most confidential instruction, in the Eighteenth Chapter, 65th verse. The Lord said there: \'93My dear Arjuna, you are My a
ffectionate friend and relative, and therefore, for your benefit, I am giving you the most confidential knowledge: Just become always mindful of Me, become always a devotee of Mine, become a constant worshipper of Me, and just become a soul surrendered t
o Me. That is the only way by which you can achieve My Abode. Because you are My very dear friend, My most confidential knowledge is disclosed herewith to you.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a direct instruction of Krishna to Arjuna is more important than any Vedic injunctions or regulative service. There are certainly
 many Vedic injunctions, such as ritualistic performances, sacrificial performances, regulative duties, meditation, and the speculative process of knowledge; but Krishna\'92s direct order\'97\'93You just give up everything and become My devotee, My worsh
ipper\'94\'97should be taken as the final order of the Lord, and one should follow that principle.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is convinced by this direct order of the Lord in the }{\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 , and becomes attached to His devotional service and gives up all other engagements, then he undoubtedly becomes successful. }{\b0\i\ul0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [11.20.9] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also says, to confirm this statement, that one should be engaged in other paths of selfrealization only so long as one is not convinced by the direct order of the Lord, Sri Krishna. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\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  and }{\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 , the direct order of the Lord is to give up everything and be engaged in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This firm conviction is known as faith. Faith means that one is firmly convinced that, simply by devotional service to Lord Krishna, e
verything else is performed\'97including the regulative principles of ritualistic duties, sacrifices, performance of Yoga, and the speculative pursuit of knowledge. Everything else is performed if one is convinced that devotional service to the Lord incl
udes everything. This is also found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Fourth Canto, Thirty-first Chapter }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is said there: \'93As by watering the root of the tree the branches, the twigs, the leaves, and the fru
its become nourished; and as in supplying foodstuffs to the stomach all the senses become satisfied\'97similarly, simply by devotional service to Krishna, all other worship and all other processes are completed.\'94 Such a faithful and firmly convinced p
erson is eligible to be elevated as a pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, amongst the devotees there are three classes, according to the degree of conviction: The first class devotee is one who is conver
sant with all kinds of Vedic literature, and at the same time has the firm conviction mentioned above. He is a first class devotee, and he can deliver all others from the pangs of material miseries. The second class devotee is firmly convinced and of str
ong faith, but has no power to cite evidence from revealed Scriptures. The third class devotee is one whose faith is not very strong but is eligible to be promoted to the position of second class devotee or first class devotee by the gradual cultivation 
of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter, that the first class devotee always sees the Supreme Lord as the Soul of all living entities. Therefore, in seeing all living entities, he sees Krishna and nothing but Krishna
. A devotee who places his full faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who makes friendship with the pure devotees, who shows favor to the innocent person, and who avoids those who are atheistic or are against devotional service\'97such a devotee i
s called a second class pure devotee. And a person who is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord according to the direction of the Spiritual Master, or by family tradition, and worships the diety of the Lord, but has not much cultivation of knowle
dge in devotional service, and does not know who is a devotee and who is a non-devotee\'97such a person is called a third class pure devotee. The last-mentioned are not actually pure devotees. They are almost in the devotional line, but their position is
 not very secure.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purport is that, when a person shows his love for God and his friendship for the devotees and his mercy for the innocent and his r
eluctance to the non-devotees, he becomes in the category of a pure devotee. Such a person, by developing devotional service, can perceive that every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme. In each and every living entity he can see the Supreme 
Person, and therefore he becomes highly developed in Krishna Consciousness. At this stage he does not make any distinction as to who is a devotee and who is a non-devotee. He sees everyone in the service of the Lord. A pure devotee, however, continues to
 develop all great qualities in his body, while engaged in Krishna Consciousness and devotional service. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Fifth Canto, Chapter Eighteen }{\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 , that anyone who has attained p
ure unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Lord develops all the good qualities of the demigods; whereas a person who hasn\'92t developed pure devotional service to the Lord, in spite of his being materially qualified, is sure to go astray as he hov
ers on the mental plane. Therefore, his material qualification is valueless.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 12-1968: The Devotee
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twelve
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Devotee
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person in Krishna Consciousness, fully devoted in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, develops many good qualities, or godly qualities\'97pertaining to
 the demigods. There are many such qualities, but Lord Chaitanya described only some of them to Sanatan Goswami: A devotee of the Lord is always kind to everyone. He does not pick a quarrel with anyone. He takes the essence of life, spiritual life. He is
 equal to everyone. Nobody can find fault in a devotee. His magnanimous mind is always fresh and clean and without any material obsessions. He is a benefactor to all living entities. He is peaceful and always surrendered to Krishna. He has no material de
sire. He is very humble and is fixed in his direction. He is victorious over the six material qualities such as lust and anger. He does not eat more than what he needs. He is always sane. He is respectful to others; but for himself he does not require an
y respect. He is grave. He is merciful. He is friendly. He is a poet. He is an expert. And he is silent.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the person in Krishna Consciousness, d
evoted to the loving service of the Lord, is also described: Such a devotee or person in Krishna Consciousness is always tolerant and merciful. He is a friend to all living entities. He has no enemies. He is peaceful, and he is decorated with all good qu
alities. These are the symptoms of the person in Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that if one gets the opportunity to serve a great soul\'97a Mahatma\'97then his path to liberation is open. Those who are, however, attached to persons in the materialistic conception of life are on the path of darkness. Those w
ho are actually holy are transcendentalists, equipoised, very peaceful, without any anger, and friendly to all living entities. Therefore becoming Krishna conscious, or a devotee of the Lord, is caused simply by association with such holy men. And to dev
elop love of Godhead, the association of holy devotees is also needed. For anyone who comes in contact with a holy man, as mentioned above, the path of advancement in spiritual life is now opening. And, by following that path, he is sure to develop Krish
na Consciousness in full devotional service.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.2.30]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Vasudeva, the father of Krishna, ask
s Narada Muni about the welfare of life. In reply, Narada Muni quotes a passage from the discussion of the nine sages with King Nimi: \'93O holy sages, I am just trying to ask what the paths of well-being for every living entity are. And, a moment of ass
ociation with holy men is the most valuable thing in life. That moment will open the path of advancement in spiritual life.\'94 This is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [25]}{\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 Association with holy persons, and the discussion of transcendental subject matters with them convinces one about the purposeful course. Very soon, hearing of Krish
na becomes pleasing to the ear, and satisfactory to one\'92s heart. After reception of such messages from holy persons or pure devotees, if one tries to apply them in his own life, then naturally the path of Krishna Consciousness becomes developed in fai
th, attachment, and devotional service\'97one after another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then informed Sanatan Goswami about the behavior of a devotee. The sum and substance of such behavior enunciated by the Lord is that one should always be a
loof from unholy association. That is the sum and substance of the behavior of a devotee. And what is unholy association? It is association with one who is too attached to women, and one who is not a devotee of Lord Krishna. These are unholy persons. The
 purport is that, as one is advised to associate with holy devotees of the Lord, so one has to be careful to avoid the association of unholy non-devotees of the Lord. Those who are pure devotees of Krishna are very careful to keep aloof from these two ki
nds of unholy non-devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The result of unholy association with non-devotees is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwata
m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Thirty-first Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [33-35]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is said there that one should simply give up association with a person who is a playmate for women; because, in association with such an unholy person, one becomes bereft of all good qualities, such as truthfulness, clean
liness, mercifulness, gravity, intelligence, shyness, beauty, fame, forgiveness, control of the mind, control of the senses, and all opulences that are automatically achieved by the devotee. A man is never so degraded as when he is degraded by associatio
n with persons who are too attached to women.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding this matter of disassociation from unholy persons, Lord Chaitanya quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Katyayani Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93One should rather tolerate the miseries of being locked in a cage full of fire than tolerate the miseries of associating with those who are 
not devotees of the Lord.\'94 It is also advised that one should not see the faces of persons who are irreligious, or without any devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is recommended by the Lord that one should scrupulously renounce the ass
ociation of unwanted persons, and completely take shelter of the Supreme Lord Krishna. The same instruction is also given to Arjuna by Krishna in the last pages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Git
a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93You give up everything and just surrender unto Me, and I shall take care of you, 
and protect you from all the reactions to sinful activities.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is very kind to His devotees. He is very grateful. He is able and magnanimous. Therefore, it is our duty to believe in the words of the Supreme Personality
 of Godhead. And if we are intelligent enough and educated enough, we shall follow this principle without any hesitation. As said by Aukrur in addressing Krishna, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad
 Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eighty-fourth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.48.26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93Who can become a surrendered soul to any other than
 Yourself? Who is so dear, Who is so truthful, Who is so friendly, and Who is so grateful? You are so perfect and complete that even though You give Yourself to Your devotee, still You are full and perfect. You can therefore satisfy all the desires of th
e devotee, even to delivering Yourself to Your devotee.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is intelligent and able to understand the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness, therefore, naturally gives up everything and takes to the shelter of Kri
shna only. In this connection, Lord Chaitanya recited a verse spoken by Uddhava in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , Third Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [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 \'93How can one take shelter of anyone else but Krishna, Who is so kind? Even though Bakasur\'92s sister planned to kill Him when He was an infant, by applying pois
on to her breast and offering it to Him to suck and thus to die\'97still that heinous woman received salvation, and was elevated to the same post as His own mother.\'94 The verse refers to the time Putana planned to kill Krishna when He was a child, by p
oisoning her breast and offering it to Him to suck. Krishna accepted it and sucked the milk from the breast of that demoniac woman, and at the same time sucked out her life also. But the result was that Putana was raised to the same post as His own mothe
r.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no essential difference between a fully surrendered soul and a man in the renounced order of life. The only difference is that a fully surrendered soul has
 the distinguishing symptom of being completely dependent upon Krishna. This surrendering process can be characterized by six different qualities: The first quality is that one should accept everything that is favorable to the discharge of Krishna duties
 or devotional service. One should be determined to accept the process. The second is that he should give up everything which is unfavorable to the discharge of devotional service; and one should be so determined to give it all up. Thirdly, one should be
 convinced that nobody else can protect him except Krishna, and therefore he has full faith that he will be protected by the Lord. It should be mentioned here that the impersonalists think that being One with Krishna, or One with the Supreme Lord, is the
ir actual identity. A devotee, however, does not destroy his identity, but he lives with full faith that Krishna will kindly protect him in every respect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fourthly, a devotee should always accept Krishna as his Maintainer. Fruitive performers generally expect protection from demigods; but a devotee does not expect any
 protection from any demigod. He is fully convinced that Krishna will protect him from all kinds of unfavorable conditions. Fifth, a devotee is always conscious that his desires are not independent. Unless Krishna fulfills them, his desires cannot be ful
filled. Lastly, one should always think of himself as the most fallen, so that Krishna may take care of him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such a surrendered soul should take shelter in a holy place like Vrindaban, Mathura, Dwarka, Mayapur, and should surrender himself to the Lord, saying, \'93My Lord,
 from today I am Yours. You can protect me or kill me as You like.\'94 The devotee takes shelter of Krishna in such a way. Krishna is grateful and accepts him and gives him all kinds of protection. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [11.29.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is said there that if a person who is about to die takes full shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offers himself fully under His care,
 he actually attains immortality at that time, and is eligible to become in association with the Supreme Lord, and to enjoy transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then explained to Sanatan Goswami about the various types and symptoms of practical devotional service. When devotional service becomes practical\'97to be 
performed with our present senses\'97at that time it is called practical devotional service. Actually, devotional service is the eternal life of the living entity, and is lying dormant in everyone\'92s heart. The practice which invokes that dormant devot
ional service is called practical devotional service. The purport is that a living entity is constitutionally part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The Lord is compared to the Sun, and the living entities are compared to the molecules of sunshine. Under t
he spell of illusory energy, that spiritual spark is almost extinct. But, by practical devotional service, one is again revived to his natural constitutional position. When one is practicing such devotional service, it means that he is going back to his 
original normal position of liberation. Such devotional service can be practiced with one\'92s senses, under the direction of a bona fide Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The beginning of such spiritual activities for making advancement in Krishna Consciousness, or devotional service, is to hear. Hearing is the most important subject
 matter for advancement in Krishna Consciousness. One should be very eager to hear favorably about Krishna. One should give up speculative knowledge or fruitive activities, and simply worship and desire to achieve love of Godhead. That love of Godhead is
 eternally existent within oneself. One has to simply practice the process of hearing. Hearing and chanting are the principal processes of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such devotional service may be regulative or affectionate. One who has not developed transcendental affection for Krishna should conduct his life under the directio
n of Scriptural injunction, and the guidance of the Spiritual Master. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Se
cond Canto, First Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sukadeva Goswami advises Maharaj Parikshit as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93O best amongst the Bharatas, it is the prime duty of persons who want to become fearless to hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and to chant ab
out Him, and always remember Him. Lord Vishnu is always to be remembered, and not to be forgotten for even a moment. He is the sum and substance of all regulative principles.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport is that there are so many rules and regulations in the revealed Scriptures: so many recommended activities, and so many prohibited activities\'97but whe
n all of them are taken together, it appears that remembrance of the Supreme Lord is always the essence of everything. Remembrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead always within one\'92s heart is the practical action of devotional service. In that p
erformance of devotional service there is no regulative principle. There are no do\'92s and don\'92t\'92s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, in devotional service, one should accept the following principles: 1. One is to take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master. 2. It is necessary to be in
itiated by the spiritual master; 3. to serve the spiritual master; 4. to inquire and to learn love from the Spiritual Master; 5. to follow in the footsteps of holy persons devoted to the transcendental loving service of the Lord. 6. For the satisfaction 
of Krishna one should be prepared to give up all kinds of enjoyment and miseries. 7. One should live in a place where Krishna had His Pastimes. 8. One should be satisfied with whatever is sent by Krishna for maintenance of his body and should not be anxi
ous to receive more than that. 9. One should observe fasting on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekadasee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  day, the eleventh day af
ter the full moon and the eleventh day after the new moon, when no grains, cereals or beans are eaten. Simple vegetables and milk are taken in moderate amounts, and chanting of }{\b0\i\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 , reading Scripture, etc. is increased. 10. One should show respect to devotees, the cow and trees such as the banyan tree.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These ten items are essential for a neophyte devotee who is beginning to follow the path of devotional service. The next stage is as follows: 11. One should try to 
avoid offenses in the service to the Lord, and in chanting the Holy Names of the Lord. There are ten kinds of offenses in chanting the Holy Name and they should be avoided. The offenses are: I. Blaspheming a devotee of the Lord; 2. Considering the Lord a
nd the demigods on the same level, or to think that there are many Gods; 3. To neglect the orders of the spiritual master; 4. To minimize the authority of Scriptures (the Vedas); 5. To interpret the Holy Names of God; 6. To commit sin on the strength of 
chanting; 7. To instruct the Glories of the Lord\'92s Name to the unfaithful; 8. To compare the Holy Name with material piety; 9. To be inattentive while chanting the Holy Name; 10. To remain attached to material things in spite of chanting the Holy Name
s. 12. One should avoid the association of unholy non-devotees. 13. One should not attempt to have many disciples. 14. One should not take the trouble of understanding various books or to understand partially any particular book, and one should avoid dis
cussing different doctrines. 15. One should be equipoised both in gain and loss. 16. One should not be subject to any kind of lamentation. 17. One should not disrespect demigods, or other Scriptures. 18. One should not tolerate blaspheming the Supreme Lo
rd and His devotees. 19. One should avoid ordinary topics of novels and fiction, but there is no injunction that one should avoid hearing ordinary news. 20. One should not give any trouble to any living creature, including a small bug.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first ten items are affirmative, and the second ten are prohibitive. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti
 Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  complied by Sri Rupa Goswami, it is said that one should be very liberal in behavior and should avoid any undesirable behavior. Out of the twenty regulations
 mentioned above, the most important are to accept the shelter of a bona fide Spiritual Master, to be initiated by him, and to serve him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of devotional service can be analyzed as follows: 1. Hearing, 2. Chanting, 3. Remembering, 4. Worshipping, 5. Praying, 6. Serving, 7. Engaging as a serv
itor, 8. Being friendly, 9. Offering everything, 10. Dancing before the deity, 11. Singing, 12. Informing, 13. Offering obeisances, 14. Standing up to show respect to the devotees, 15. When a devotee goes, following him up to the door, 16. Entering into 
the temple of the Lord, 17. Circumambulating the temple, 18. Reading prayers, 19. Vibrating hymns, 20. Performing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Samkirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or congregational chanting, 21. Smelling the incense and the flowers offered to the deity, 22. Accepting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (food offered to Krishna), 23. Seeing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aritrik }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub or ceremonial performance of receiving the Lord, 24. Seeing the deity, 25. Offering to the Lord His own palatable foodstuff, 26. Meditating, 27. Offering water to the tulsi tree, 28. Offering respect to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or advanced devotees, 29. Living in Mathura or Vrindaban, 30. Understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 31. Trying for Krishna to one\'92s utmost, 32. Expecting the mercy of Krishna, 33. Performing the ceremonial function
s of Krishna with devotees, 34. Surrendering in all respects, 35. Observing different ceremonial functions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To these thirty-five items another four are to be added: 1. Marking the body with sandalwood pulp to show that he is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 2. Painting the body with the Holy Names of the Lord, 3. Covering the body with the remnants of the cover of the deity, 4. Accepti
ng }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charanamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the water washed of the Lord. Adding these four items to the above thirty-fiv
e, we have thirty-nine items for devotional service. Out of them, 1. To associate with devotees, 2. To chant the Holy Name of the Lord, 3. To hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 4. To live in a holy place such as Mathura or Vrindaban, 5. With great devotion, to serve the deity\'97these five items are very important. They are especially mentioned by Rupa Goswami
 in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\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 thirty-nine items above, added with these five items, become forty-four. Add to that 20 preliminary occupations, and the total is sixty-four different items for
 conducting devotional service. One can adopt these sixty-four items by his body, mind and senses, so that gradually his devotional service becomes pure. Some of the items are completely separate, and some are identical, and others appear to be mixed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Rupa Goswami has recommended that one should live in association of those of the same mentality. Therefore, it is necessary to form some association of Krishn
a Consciousness and live together for the cultivation of Krishna knowledge and devotional service. The most important item for living in that association is to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srima
d Bhagavad Gita}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mutually. When faith and devotion are developed, they become transformed into the worship of the deity and chanting of the Holy Name, and living in a place like Mathura and Vrindaban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These five items, mentioned after the thirty-nine, are very important and essential. If one can simply discharge the last mentioned five items, even if they are not
 done sufficiently, one can be elevated to the highest perfectional stage. One may be able to perform one item or many items, according to one\'92s capacity, but the principle factor of one\'92s complete attachment to devotional service makes him advance
 on the path. There are many devotees in history who' attained the perfection of devotional service simply by discharging the duties in one item. And there are many other devotees, like Maharaj Amburish, who executed all the different items.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some individual devotees who attained perfection in devotional service by executing only one item are: Maharaj Parikshit, who was liberated in full perfection simpl
y by hearing. Sukadeva Goswami who became liberated and perfect in devotional service simply by chanting. Lakshmi, simply by serving the Lotus Feet of the Lord. King Prithu attained perfection simply by worshipping; Akrura simply by praying; Hanuman only
 by becoming the servant of Lord Rama. Arjuna attained perfection simply by becoming a friend to Krishna, and Bali Maharaj simply by offering whatever he had in his possession.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far as Maharaj Amburish is concerned, he practically performed all the items of devotional service: he first of all engaged his mind on the Lotus Feet of Krishna
. He engaged his words, his power of speaking, in describing the transcendental qualities of the "Supreme Personality" of Godhead. He engaged his hands in washing the temple of the deity, his ears in hearing the words of Krishna, and he engaged his eyes 
in beholding the deity of Krishna. He engaged his touch for rendering service to the devotees, and he engaged his sense of smell to accept the fragrance of the flowers offered to Krishna. He engaged his tongue in tasting the tulsi leaves offered to the L
otus Feet of Krishna, his legs in going into the temple of Krishna, and he engaged his head in offering obeisances unto the deity of Krishna. All his desires and ambitions were engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. Therefore, he is the leader in
 discharging all kinds of devotional service in different ways.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who engages in the devotional service of the Lord in full Krishna Consciousness becomes freed of all debts to the sages and demigods and forefathers, to whom
 we are generally indebted. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [11.5.41] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this is confirmed: \'93Anyone who fully engages himself in the service of the Lord, without discharging any other duty, O King, is 
no longer indebted or servant to the demigods, to the sages, to other living entities, to his relatives, to any man, or to the forefathers.\'94 The purport is that every man, just after his birth, becomes at once indebted to all the above personalities, 
and one is expected to discharge many kinds of ritualistic functions because of this indebtedness. But for a person who is fully surrendered unto Krishna, there is no obligation. In spite of not discharging such obligations, he is free from all debt to s
uch persons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It should be carefully noted, however, that when a person gives up all other duties and simply takes to the transcendental service of Krishna, he has no desire, and
 he is not subjected to, or apt to be performing, sinful activities. If, however, he performs any sinful activities\'97not wilfully, but by chance\'97then Krishna gives him all protection. He does not require to purify himself by any other method. This i
s confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Fifth Chapter }{\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 11.5.42}{\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 : \'93A devotee who is fully engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord is protected by the Supreme Person. But in case such a devotee unintentionally commits some sinful activity, or may be 
obliged to act in some sinful activity under certain circumstances, God gives him all protection, being situated within his heart.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The processes of speculative knowledge and renunciation are not practically the chief items for acquiring a higher standard of devotional service. One doesnot have 
to take to the principles of nonviolence and sense control, although there are rules and regulations for acquiring these qualities in other processes. Without being engaged in the practice of such processes, a devotee develops such high qualities simply 
by discharging devotional service to the Lord. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.20.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, the Lord says that for those who are actually engaged in the devotional service of the Lord there is no necessity for cultivating speculative knowledge or renunciation.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 13-1968: Devotional Service in Attachment
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 in Attachment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of sheer misunderstanding some transcendentalists think that knowledge and renunciation are some of the items necessary for rising to the standard of devotional
 service. This is not so. The cultivation of knowledge and the renunciation of fruitive activities may be necessary to understand one\'92s spiritual existence in relation to the material conception of life, but they are not part and parcel of the devotio
nal service. The results of knowledge and fruitive activities are liberation and material sense gratification, respectively. Therefore, they cannot be part and parcel of devotional service. Rather, they have no intrinsic value in the discharge of devotio
nal service. When one is freed from the resultant action of knowledge and fruitive activities, then one can be situated in devotional service. A devotee of Lord Krishna is by nature nonviolent and self-controlled, both in the mind and the senses. Therefo
re, he does not have to try separately to acquire the qualifications which result from cultivating knowledge and from fruitive activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Sri Uddhava was asking Krishna about the rules and regulations, and the subjects of restriction as they are stated in the Vedic language, he asked, \'93Why is 
it that from the Vedic hymns one is enlivened in the matter of material enjoyment, while, from the instruction of Vedas, one also is freed from all illusion and is encouraged to have liberation?\'94 The rules are supposed to be ordained by the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead, but apparently there are contradictions, and so Uddhava inquired about how to be free from these contradictory statements of the Vedas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reply to this, Lord Krishna informed him about the superexcellence of devotional service: \'93For persons who are already engaged in devotional service to Me, an
d who are fixed in their minds about Me, endeavoring for the cultivation of knowledge and renunciation are not practical or necessary.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport is that devotional service is by itself independent of any other process. The processes of cultivating knowledge and renunciation, or meditation, may be
 a little helpful in the beginning, but they cannot be considered paraphernalia for discharging devotional service. In other words, devotional service can be discharged independently of the cultivation of knowledge and renunciation. In this connection, t
here is a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which Parbut Muni said to a hunter tribesman: \'93O hunter
, the qualifications which you have now acquired, such as nonviolence and others, are not astonishing, because one who is engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Lord cannot be the source of any trouble for anyone under any circumstances.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord next said to Sanatan Goswami: \'93So far I have explained devotional service under regulative principles. Now I shall explain devotional service to you in 
terms of transcendental attachment.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of Vrindaban, Vrajabhumi, are practical living examples of devotional service. Theirs is ideal devotional service with attachment, Such devotion can
not be found anywhere else except in Vrajabhumi, Vrindaban. If one develops devotional service and attachment by following in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Raga Marga Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotional service in pursuance of attachment for the Lord. There is a statement in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\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 [1.2.272] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub about this: \'93Devotional service with ecstatic attachment for that service, which becomes a natural factor for the devotee, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Raga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or transcendental attachment.\'94 The devotional service discharged in that standard of Raga is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ragatmika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , devotion. Deep attachment and complete absorption in the object of love is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raga atmika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , devotion. Examples can be seen in the activities of the residents of Vrajabhumi, and one who becomes attracted to Krishna by hearing of s
uch attachment is certainly very fortunate. When he becomes deeply affected by such devotional service as that of the residents of Vrajabhumi, and tries to follow in their footsteps, he does not care for the restrictions or regulations of the revealed Sc
riptures. That is the characteristic of discharging }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raga Bhakti}{\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 Devotional service with attachment is a natural inclination. One who has been attracted by such a natural inclination does not accept any argument against his convi
ction, even though such arguments are presented according to Scriptural injunction. This natural inclination is also based on injunction, and so a person who has attachment for that particular type of devotional service toward the Supreme Lord is not req
uired to change it simply on the strength of Scriptural argument. In this connection we should note that the class of so-called devotees known as Prakrita-sahajia follow their own concocted ideas and represent themselves as Krishna and Radha, and indulge
 in debauchery. This kind of devotional service and attachment is false. They are actually gliding down the hellish path. This is not the standard of Ragatmika, or devotion. This Prakrita sahajia community is actually cheated and very unfortunate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional service with attachment can be executed in two ways: externally and internally. Externally, the devotee strictly follows the regulative principles, begin
ning with chanting and hearing and other regulations, while internally he always thinks of the attachment which attracts him to serve the Supreme Lord. He always thinks of his special devotional service and attachment. Such a real devotee\'92s attachment
 docs not violate the regulative principles of devotional service, but he adheres to them strictly; and yet, within his mind, he always thinks of his particular attachment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the inhabitants of Vrajabhumi, Vrindaban, are very dear to Krishna. A devotee in attachment selects one of the inhabitants and follows in his footsteps in order
 to be successful in his own devotional service. A pure devotee in attachment always follows such a personality of Vrajabhumi within himself It is advised in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita S
indhu}{\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 [1.2.294]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t
hat a pure devotee in devotional service with attachment, should always remember the activities of a particular inhabitant of Vraja, even though he is not able to live directly in Vrajabhumi or Vrindaban. Thus he may always think of Vrajabhumi and Vrinda
ban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such confidential devotees in attachment are divided into several categories: some of them are servants, some of them are friends, some of them are parents and some
 of them are conjugal lovers. In devotional service with attachment one has to follow a particular type of devotee of Vrajabhumi.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [38]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is stated: \'93The word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matpara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used only for persons who are satisfied with the idea of becoming an adherent of Me alone. They c
onsider that I am their Soul, I am their Freind, I am their Son, I am their Master, I am their Well-wisher, I am their God, and I am their Supreme Goal. My dear Mother, there is no action of time upon such devotees.\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the author offers his respectful obeisances to such persons who always think of Krishna as He 
is, as when He is Son, Well-wisher, Brother, Father, Friend, or any such relationship. Anyone following the principles of devotional service with attachment, and in terms of a particular devotee in Vrajabhumi certainly achieves the highest perfectional l
ove of Godhead in that spirit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two developmental characteristics for such seeds of love of Godhead. They are known as }{\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 , or attachment, and }{\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 , the condition immediately preceding love of Godhead. By these two characteristics the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna is conquered by such devotees. These two characteristics are there before any symptoms of love of Godhead. This was 
explained by Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami. Lord Chaitanya said that there is really no end to describing the system of devotional service with attachment, and He is simply trying to offer a sampling of such devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then said to Sanatan Goswami that He would describe the ultimate goal of devotional service, that which is meant for such a person who wants to attai
n perfection. When one\'92s attachment for Krishna becomes very deep, this condition is called love of Godhead. Such a state of being is called the permanent situation of the devotee. Kaviraj Goswami has offered in this connection his respectful obeisanc
es unto Lord Chaitanya for His sublime teachings of love of Godhead. It is stated in the Chaitanya Charitamrita }{\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 23.1)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93O You Supreme Personality of Godhead, whoever awarded such pur
e devotional service to anyone else? O most magnanimous Incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, for my part I offer my respectful obeisances to this Incarnation, known as Gaura Krishna.\'94
\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 Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\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 [1.3.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the state of being in love of Godhead is compared to the sunsh
ine emanating from the Sun of love for Godhead; and this shining makes the devotee\'92s heart more and more lovely. The heart of such a devotee is situated in a transcendental position, beyond the modes of goodness of material Nature. And the process of 
making the heart further and further sterilized by the sunshine of love is called }{\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 . This des
cription of }{\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  is given by Rupa Goswami. }{\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  is called the permanent characteristic; and the crucial point of progress for }{\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  is called the marginal state of love of Godhead. When the }{\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  state becomes deeper and deeper, the learned devotees call that state of being love of Godhead. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narad
a Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a verse in which it is stated: \'93When one is firmly convinced that Vishnu is the only Object of love and worship, and there is no one else and no demi
god for his devotional service, it is accepted that he is feeling intimacy in love of Godhead, as is approved by such personalities as Bhisma, Prahlad, Uddhava and Narada.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If someone, on account of some righteous activities which provoke devotional service, is influenced by such an attitude of service, and takes shelter of the good as
sociation of the pure devotees, then he develops an attachment for chanting and hearing. In such a state of mind the development of chanting and hearing makes him advance further and further in the matter of regulative devotional service to the Supreme L
ord. And, as he advances in the regulative service of the Supreme Lord, so, proportionately, his misgivings for the material world diminish. Beginning with faith, and advancing in the process of hearing and chanting, the devotee becomes more and more fir
mly fixed in that faith. That faith gradually develops into taste, and that taste gradually develops into attachment. When the attachment becomes purer, then it is exhibited in two characteristics, which are called }{\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  and }{\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 . When this principle of }{\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  becomes deeper, it is calle
d love of Godhead. Love of Godhead is the ultimate goal of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is summarized in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\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 [1.4.15-16]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Rupa Goswami: \'93The fi
rst thing required is faith, and from faith one associates with pure devotees, and, by such association, one develops devotional service. And when he develops devotional service, his misgivings are diminished. Then he is situated in firm conviction, and 
from that conviction he develops a taste and advances up to the attachment stage of life, known as the regulated principles of devotional service. And, after that stage, when he still further makes progress, it is called }{\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 , or a permanent situation. Such love of God can go further and deeper and deeper, and then is called the highest stage o
f love of Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Sanskrit, this highest stage is called }{\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 . The word }{\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  can be explained as love of God without 
any exchange or return. Actually, the words }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are not synonymous, but still one can say that }{\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  is the highest stage of love. One who has attained this stage of }{\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  is the most perfect human being. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  also confirms this statement in the Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [25]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Only by
 the association of pure devotees can one develop a taste for Krishna Consciousness; and when he tries to apply such developed Krishna Consciousness in his life, one can achieve all other things up to the stages of }{\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  and }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya next described the symptoms of a person who has developed from faith to the stage of }{\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 . He is characterized as follows: he is never agitated even if there are causes for agitation. The next characteristic is that he does not waste his time 
for a moment. He is always anxious to do something for Krishna Consciousness. Even if he has no engagement, he\'92ll find some work to do for Krishna\'92s satisfaction. The next characteristic is that he does not like anything which is not connected with
 Krishna. He never hankers after personal respect. Although he is in the best position, still he does not hanker after being honored by others. And he is confident in his task. He is never under the impression that he is not making progress or achieving 
the Supreme goal of life or going back to Godhead, going back to Home. He is fully convinced that he is making progress toward that site. As such, with more and more confidence, he is always very busy to achieve that highest goal of life. He is very much
 attached to the gratification of the Lord, or chanting, or hearing about the Lord. At all times he is always attached to describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord. He wants to live in such places as Mathura, Vrindaban, or Dwarka. These symptom
s are all visible in a person who has developed to the stage of }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This state of }{\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  is described in connection with King Parikshit, when he was sitting on the bank of the Ganges to meet his death because of being cursed by a Brahmin boy. He spoke as follows: \'93All the Brahmins present here, as well as Mother Ganges, may k
now that I am a soul completely surrendered to Krishna. I do not mind even if I am immediately bitten by the snake sent by the Brahmin boy. Let the snake bite me as it likes, but I shall be pleased if all of you present here go on chanting the message of
 Krishna.\'94 Such a devotee is always anxious to see that his time is not wasted in anything which is not connected with Krishna. As such, desires derived from fruitive activities, or from yogic meditation, or by the cultivation of knowledge are not lik
ed by him. He is simply attached to favorable words in relation with Krishna. Such pure devotees of the Lord always go on praying to the Supreme Lord with tears in their eyes, and their minds are always engaged in recollecting the activities of the Lord,
 and with their bodies they offer obeisances. Thus they are satisfied. Any devotee who is acting in such devotional service dedicates his life and body for that purpose.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Bharata was also a pure devotee, and under his name India is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bharatvarsa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He left his household life and kingdom at an early age. He left his devoted, beautiful wife, his son and friends and kingdom and everything just as if they were stool. Such ar
e the symptoms of persons who have developed }{\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  in their devotional service. Such a person in 
devotional service always thinks of himself as the most wretched, and he is only satisfied that someday or other Krishna will be kind enough to favor him by engaging him in devotional service. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  another instance of the pure devotee is found, where the king, although the best of all human beings, was begging from door to door and w
as even praying to the lowest of human society, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandala}{\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 Sri Sanatan Goswami later composed the following verse: \'93I am low in love of Godhead, and I haven\'92t any asset for hearing about devotional service. Neither do
 I have any understanding of the science of devotional service, nor do I have any cultivation of knowledge, nor any righteous activities behind me; nor am I born of high family. But, O Darling of the damsels of Braja, still I maintain a hope for achievin
g You, and that hope is disturbing me.\'94 So a devotee, being touched deeply by such strong desire, always chants }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare R
ama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\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 connection a nice verse by Bilvamongal appears in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Karnamrita }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93O Player of the nice flute, Krishna, the beauty of Your boyhood activities is very wonderful i
n this world. You know the agitation of my mind, and I know what You are. Nobody knows how confidential our relationship is. Now my eyes are anxious to sec You and Your face, but I cannot see You. Please\'97let me know what I shall do.\'94 A similar pass
age appears in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.3.38]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by Rupa Goswami, which states: \'93O Govinda! this young girl with tears in her eyes is crying in a sweet voice, chanting Your Glories.\'94 Such pure devotees are always anxious to describe the Glories of Krishna, and 
to live in a place where Krishna exhibited His Pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A similar verse appears again in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Karnamrita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [92]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93This Body of Krishna is so nice, His Face is so nice\'97everything about Him is only sweet and fragrant.\'94 A simil
ar passage also appears in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.2.156]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93O Lotus-eyed One, when shall I be able to always chant Your Holy Name, and being agitated in that, chanting, when shall I be able to dance on the bank of the Yamuna?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the above descriptions made by Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami are called symptoms of the }{\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  stage of devotional service. Next He proceeds to describe the symptoms of actual love for Krishna. He says that nobody can understand a person who has develo
ped love of Krishna\'97neither his words, his activities, nor his symptoms. Even if one is very learned, it is very difficult for him to understand a pure devotee in love of Godhead. This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person engaged in devotional service becomes slackened in his heart when singing the glorification of the Supreme Lord. Because the Lord is very dear to him, in g
lorifying the Lord\'92s Name, Fame, etc., he becomes almost like an insane man, and in such a condition of life sometimes he laughs, sometimes he cries, sometimes he dances\'97and without any consideration of the situation, he continues in such activitie
s. And,, by gradual development of his love of Godhead he increases his affection, his emotion, his ecstasy. Such attachment, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahabhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is the highest stage of devotional love. It can be found like molasses or sugar, which are different stages of the same thing. But the highest stage is called sugar candy. In different stages of the same juice, s
ugar candy becomes more and more palatable. Similarly, in love of Godhead, by a gradual process of development, transcendental pleasure is increased to the highest stage for the real devotee.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 14-1968: The Ecstasy of the Lord and His Devotees
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Fourteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Ecstasy of the Lord and His 
Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptoms of highly developed devotional service exhibited by the pure devotees sometimes are imitated by persons who are not actually pure devotees of Krishna. 
This is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Such symptoms without devotional service to Kri
shna are purposeful, they are not actual. Sometimes those who are not conversant with this science of devotional service are captivated by the exhibition of such symptoms, but those who are in knowledge of the science of devotional service do not accept 
such symptoms. They are simply imitation, or only the beginning. That is accepted by the learned devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the different divisions and grades of devotees, the permanent situations of the devotional attitude are divided into five categories: 1. peacefulness, 
2. servitude toward Krishna, 3. friendship with Krishna, 4. parental affection toward Krishna, and 5. conjugal love for Krishna. There is a different taste and relish in each of the different divisions of love of Godhead, and a devotee situated in a part
icular type of devotional service is happy in that position. The characteristic symptoms of a pure devotee are laughing and crying; when emotions are favorable, they laugh; and when the emotion is not favorable, they cry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But above these two emotions there is the permanent situation of love which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Sthaaibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other words, the attachment to Krishna is called a permanent situation. That permanent loving attitude is sometimes mixed with different kinds of tastes, and t
hey are named }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bibhava, Anubhava, Byabhichary}{\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 Bibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a particular taste for attachment to Krishna, and is divided into two further categories, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Alambana}{\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 Uddipana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The cause that increases one\'92s love of Krishna is said to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bibhava}{\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 Agni}{\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 Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other authoritative Scriptures. Such taste is increased as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Alamban
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , when Krishna is the Objective. When Krishna\'92s transcendental qualities include a devotional emotion, by His Activities, His beautiful smiling Face and flavor of Body, th
e sound of His flute, His sound of the Nopur, or conch shell, the marks of His sole, His dwelling place, His paraphernalia of devotional service: such as tulsi leaves, devotees, and the performance of ceremonies, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekadasee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97this devotional emotion so induced is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Alambana}{\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 Uddipana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . When feelitlg and emotions within oneself are exhibited, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anubhava}{\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 Anubhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attitude, one dances and sometimes falls down, sometimes sings loudly, sometime
s shows convulsions, sometimes yearns, sometimes breathes very heavily\'97all without any concern for the situation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those external features exhibited on the body of the devotees are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Udbhasvar}{
\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 Byabhichary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sy
mptoms are thirty-three in number. Such symptoms principally comprise the matter of words and different features of the body. These different features of the body, such as dancing and trembling and laughing, etc., when mixed with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Byabhichary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  symptoms are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samcha
ry}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And, when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhava, Anubhava}{\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 Byabhichary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  symptoms are mixed together they make the devotee dive into the ocea
n of immortality. That is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , The Ocean of the Pure Nectar of Dev
otional Service; and one who is merged into that ocean is always concentratedly in transcendental pleasure on the waves and sound of that particular ocean.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The particular flavors, or tastes of the devotees who merge into that ocean of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti 
Rasamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are known as neutrality, servitude, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love. The conjugal love taste, however, with symptoms of decorating the body for attracting K
rishna, is very prominent. The flavor of servitude increases up to affection, anger, fraternity and attachment. The relish of friendship increases up to affection, anger, fraternity, attachment and devotion. In the relish of parenthood, the attachment in
creases up to affection, anger, fraternity and devotion. There are special flavors of friendship with the Supreme Lord, as manifested in friends such as Subal. There the devotion increases up to }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The different flavors are also divided into two kinds of ecstasy, called }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Biyoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or meeting an
d separation. In the relish of friendship and parenthood, the feelings of meeting and separation are various.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The situations known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rudha}{\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 Adhirudha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are possible in the flavor or conjugal love. Conjugal lov
e, as exhibited by the queens at Dwarka, is called Rudha, and the conjugal love exhibited at Vrindaban by the damsels of Vraja is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adhirudha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The highest perfections of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adhirudha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  affection
 in conjugal love can be divided into two: when they are actually getting together it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , and when they are separated it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mohana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the ecstasy of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are symptoms of kissing one another, and in the ecstasy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mohana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are two kinds of symptoms: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Udghurna
}{\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 Chitrajalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
There are altogether ten divisions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chitrajalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [10.47.12-21]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a portion known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhramorgita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , and different kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chitrajalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are mentioned there. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Udghurna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a symptom of separation, and there is also the symptom called transcendental insanity. In that transcendent
al insanity one thinks that he himself has become the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In such an ecstasy he imitates the symptoms of Krishna in different ways.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of dresses in conjugal love. They are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sambhoga}{\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 Bipralambha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . On the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sambhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform the dresses are unlimited, and on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bipralambha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform they are four in number.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ecstasy exhibited before the meeting of the love and the beloved, and the ecstasy between them after meeting, and the state of mind of not meeting the beloved i
s called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bipralambha}{\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 Bipralambha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or previous state of love is a nourishing element for meeting afterwards. When the lover and beloved meet all of a sudden and embrace one another, feel
ing an ecstasy of happiness, that state of mind is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sambhoga. Sambhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ecstasy is also know
n, in different situations, by four names: 1. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samksipta}{\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 Samkirna}{\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 Sampanna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samriddhiman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Such symptoms are also 
visible during dreams.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The state of being before actually meeting one another is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purvaraga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The obstacles to the meeting of the lover and the beloved are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or anger. When the lover and beloved are separated in different places, that sense is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pravas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And the feelings of separation which are present even during the meeting, under certain conditions, are called love anxieties. This anxiety of love is exhibited in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Ninetieth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [10.90.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , when the princesses were keeping awake nights watching Krishna sleeping. They were afraid of Krishna\'92s separation, and were talking amongst themselv
es of how they had been affected by the beautiful Eyes and Smiling of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lover is Krishna and He is situated in Vrindaban. The Supreme Beloved is Radharani. As Krishna is the Supreme Lover, there are 64 important qualificatio
ns of Krishna, on hearing which, the devotee takes transcendental pleasure. The characteristics of Krishna are explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: 1. His body is well-constructed. 2. It is full of auspicious symptoms; 3. beautiful; 4. very glorious; 5. strong; 6. always looking like a boy of sixteen; 7. well-versed in different la
nguages; 8. truthful; 9. decorated with pleasing words; 10. expert in speaking; 11. very learned; 12. intelligent; 13. influential; 14. joyful; 15. cunning; 16. expert; 17. grateful; 18. firmly convinced. 19. He knows how to deal with different circumsta
nces; 20. is always conversant with Scriptural injunctions; 21. clean; 22. controlled by devotees; 23. steady; 24. self-controlled; 25. forgiving; 26. grave; 27. speculative; 28. fairdealing; 29. magnanimous; 30. religious; 31. a great hero; 32. merciful
; 33. respectful; 34. competent; 35. gentle; 36. modest; 37. Protector of the surrendered soul; 38. Deliverer; 39. Friend of the devotees; 40. submissive to love; 41. all auspicious; 42. most Powerful; 43. famous; 44. devoted to all living entities; 45. 
worshipable by everyone; 48. full with opulence; 49. Supreme; 50. full with riches.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the above-mentioned 50 qualities are fragmentally present in every living entity. When they are completely spiritually free and situated in their original condi
tion, all the above-mentioned 50 qualities can be perceived in human life\'97but in minute quantity. There are five other transcendental qualities, as mentioned below, which can be seen in Vishnu, the Supreme Lord, and partially in Lord Shiva also\'97but
 they are not visible in the living entities. They are as follows: 1. always situated in His original condition; 2. omniscient; 3. evergreen or always fresh; 4. eternally blissful; 5. conversant, the master of all perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides the above-mentioned five transcendental qualities, there are five other qualities which can be seen in the Spiritual Sky, especially in the Vaikuntha planet
s where Narayana is the predominating deity. They are: 1. inconceivable potencies; 2. able to sustain innumerable Universes; 3. the Seed of all incarnations; 4. to give the highest perfection to enemies who are killed by Narayana; and 5. the most attract
ive of the self-realized persons. The above-mentioned 60 qualities are visible up to Narayana. And Krishna has four other special qualities which are: 1. able to manifest wonderful Pastimes, 2. His transcendental flute-playing; 3. eternal youth; 4. His P
ersonal Beauty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Krishna has 64 transcendental qualities, described above, so Srimati Radharani has 25 transcendental qualities by creation, material and spiritual. But Radharani
 can control even Krishna by Her transcendental qualities. Such transcendental qualities are described as follows: 1. She is sweetness personified. 2. She is a fresh young girl. 3. Her eyes are always moving. 4. She is always brightly smiling. 5. She has
 all the signs of fortunate lines in Her body. 6. By the flavor of Her person even Krishna becomes agitated. 7. She is expert in the art of singing. 8. She can speak very nicely and sweetly. 9. She is expert in presenting Herself by feminine attraction. 
10. She is modest and gentle. 11. She is always very merciful. 12. She is transcendentally cunning. 13. She knows how to dress nicely. 14. She is always shy. 15. She is always respectful. 16. She is always patient. 17. She is very grave. 18. She is enjoy
able by Krishna. 19. She is always situated on the highest devotional platform. 20. She can give shelter to all kinds of devotees. 22. She is always affectionate to superior and inferior. 23. She is always obliged by the dealings of Her associates. 24. S
he is the greatest among all the girlfriends of Krishna. 25. She always keeps Krishna under Her control.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So Krishna and Radharani are both transcendentally qualified, and both are attractive for each other. But still, in that transcendental attractiveness, Radharani is
 better than Krishna. This attractiveness of Radharani is the transcendental taste in conjugal love. Similarly, there are transcendental tastes in the flavors of servitude, friendship, and other relationships with Krishna. They can be described as follow
s, with reference to the context of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\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 Persons who have been thoroughly cleansed by devotional service and are always joyful and full of elevated consciousness, who are very much attached to the studies 
of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , always cheerful in the association of devotees, and who have accepted the Lo
tus Feet of Krishna as the ultimate shelter of their lives; who are pleased to perform all details of devotional service\'97have in their pure hearts the transcendental ecstasy of attachment, developed out of old and new reformatory performance. That sta
te of being, enriched with love of Krishna and transcendental experience, becomes gradually developed into the mature oneness of spiritual life. Such a spiritual taste of life cannot be possible for those who are not in Krishna Consciousness and in devot
ional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This fact is further corroborated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.5.131]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where it is said: \'93For the non-devotee it is very difficult to understand the taste of devotional serv
ice. Only one who has completely taken shelter of the Lotus Feet of Krishna, and whose life is merged in the ocean of devotional service, can understand this transcendental relish.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya thus explained briefly about the transcendental situation or spiritual relish of life, and He said that this is the fifth stage of perfection. The fi
rst stage of perfection is to become a religious man in the ordinary sense in the material world. The second stage of perfection is to become materially rich. The third, stage of material perfection is complete sense enjoyment; and the fourth stage of ma
terial existence is knowledge of liberation. But above liberation are those who are already liberated: they can stand on the fifth stage of perfection, which is called Krishna Consciousness, or devotional service to the Lord. The highest perfection of su
ch devotional service in Krishna Consciousness is described as the taste of the ecstasy of spiritual relish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then related to Sanatan Goswami that, before teaching him, He had already taught his younger brother, Rupa Goswami, at Prayag Allahabad. He assured Sanatan
 Goswami that Rupa Goswami had been empowered by Him to spread the knowledge which He had given him. Similarly, He ordered Sanatan Goswami to write books on the transcendental loving service of the Lord, and authorized him to re-excavate the different si
tes of Krishna's Pastimes in the district of Mathura. He was also advised to construct temples at Vrindaban, and to write books on the principles of Vaishnavism, as authorized by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Sanatan Goswami executed all His desires; he cons
tructed the temple of Madanmohan at Vrindaban, and he wrote books on the principles of devotional service such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari Bhakti Vilasa}{\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 Chaitanya taught Sanatan Goswami how to live in the material world in complete relationship with Krishna, and He taught him also that there is no necessity of 
dry renunciation. The purport is that, in the present day, there are many persons who accept the renounced order of life without any spiritual advancement. Lord Chaitanya did not approve of such acceptance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without perfect knowledge in Krishna Consciousness. Actually we find that there are many so called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyasis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are acting like less than ordinary men, yet are passing themselves off as the renounced order of life. Lord Chai
tanya Mahaprabhu did not accept such hypocrisy, and He taught Sanatan Goswami to write elaborately on the subject matter in his different books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This perfectional stage of spiritual life, even while being in the material world, is described in the Twelfth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [12.13-14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: \'93Such a devotee, who is not envious of any living entity, who is friendly, who is merciful, who is detached from material possessions, who is situated in pure identification without any fal
se conception of the body, who is equipoised both in happiness and distress, who is forgiving, always satisfied and always engaged in devotional service, always being surrendered with body and mind unto the Supreme Lord\'97he is very dear to Me.\'94 Such
 a devotee, who never gives trouble to any living entity either by the body or by the mind, who is never affected by material distress and happiness, is never angry or pleased with anything material, who is freed from all kinds of material affection,..is
 very dear to the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee is never dependent on anyone in this world. He who is a soul completely surrendered to the Supreme Lord, who is purified, expert, neutral, painless, and aloof from any material endeavor which requires too mu
ch attention\'97such a devotee is also very dear to Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is never subjected to material happiness, material hatred, lamentation and ambition, and who is aloof from all auspicious and inauspicious activities o
f the material world and fully devoted in Krishna Consciousness\'97he is very dear to Lord Krishna. A devotee who treats equally a so-called enemy, and a so-called friend in the material world, and who is not disturbed by any warmth or coolness due to th
e affection of his skin, and who is without any attachment and equally situated when he is respected or when insulted, always grave, satisfied in any condition of life, without any fixed house for residence and always fixed in Krishna Consciousness\'97is
 very dear to Lord Krishna. Even if one is not situated in some transcendental position, still, if and when one approves of such transcendental life he also becomes very dear to Krishna.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Second Canto, Second Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there is a very nice verse in which it is sa
id that a devotee should always remain dependent on the mercy of the Supreme Lord. As far as his material necessities are concerned, he should be satisfied with whatever is obtained without any endeavor. Sukdeva Goswami advised in that connection: that a
 devotee should never approach a materialistic person for any kind of help. So far as his bodily necessities are concerned, he may pick up a torn cloth thrown in the street, he can take fruits offered by the tree, he can drink water which is flowing in t
he river, and he can live in the cave constructed by Nature herself, in the hill and mountain regions. Above all, if he is unable to do all these things, he should completely depend on the Supreme Lord, understanding that the Supreme Lord provides everyo
ne with food and shelter, and therefore He will never fail to care for His devotees who have fully surrendered unto Him. In both ways the devotee is always protected, and therefore he should not be at all anxious for his maintenance of life. Sanatan Gosw
ami thus inquired into all phases of devotional service, and Lord Chaitanya taught him most confidentially from authoritative Scriptures like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the matter of devotional service and Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then referred to the Vedic literature known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harivansa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , about the situation of the transcendental Abode of Krishna. This information was disclosed by Indra when he offered his prayer after his defeat in challenging the potency of Krishna. In the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harivansa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that above the Earth there is sky, where the birds can fly, and those who are e
xpert in operating airplanes can fly; but the birds and those flying airplanes arc unable to reach the higher planetary systems. The first higher planetary system begins from the Sun planet. The Sun planet is situated in the middle of the Universe, and a
bove the Sun planet there are other planetary systems where persons elevated by great austerities and penances are situated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole material Universe is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devidham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and above the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devidham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shivadham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where Lord Shiva with his wife Parvati eternally reside. In that planetary system is the Spiritual Sky, wher
e innumerable Spiritual Planets, known as Vaikunthas, are situated. And, above Them, there is Krishna\'92s Planet known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka. Goloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the planet of the cows. Krishna is very fond of cows, and therefore His Abode is known as Goloka. Goloka is bigger than all the material and spiritual planets put together.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In that prayer of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harivansa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Indra admitted that he could not understand the situation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  even by
 asking Brahma. Those who are devotees of Narayana, another expansion of Krishna, become situated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Planets; but it is very difficult to reach the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Planet. That can be re
ached only by persons who are devotees of Lord Chaitanya or Lord Sri Krishna. Indra then admitted that, \'93You have descended from that Goloka Planet in the Spiritual World, and the disturbance which I have created was due to my foolishness\'94\'97and h
e therefore begged excuse from Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The last phase of the Pastimes of Lord Krishna is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{
\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 Mousala Leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , i
ncluding the mystery of Krishna\'92s disappearance from this material world. He played a Pastime that He was killed by a hunter. There are many disruptive explanations of the last portions of Lord Krishna\'92s Pastimes, such as the description of the inc
arnation of His hair, and Lord Chaitanya described them in their right interpretation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the incarnation of King Kansa is concerned, this is mentioned in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhag
watam}{\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 Vishnu Purana}{\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 Mahabharata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is stated there that the Lord snatched from His Head two kin
ds of hair: a grey hair and a black hair, and the separate hairs entered into the wombs of two queens of the Yadu dynasty, namely Rohini and Devaki. It is stated there that Lord Krishna descends to this material world for vanquishing all the demons; but 
some say that Krishna is the incarnation of Vishnu, Who is lying on the ocean of milk within this Universe. Srila Rupa Goswami and his commentator, Sri Valadev Vidya Bihshan, have discussed this point fully, and have established the exact truth. Sri Jiva
 Goswami also discussed this point in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Sandarbha}{\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 When Lord Chaitanya finished his instruction to Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sanatan, being empowered and enlightened, was so transcendentally pleased that he at once fell 
at the Feet of Lord Chaitanya, and began to speak:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I am born of a very low family and I have always been in association with lowly people, and therefore I am the lowest of the sinful persons. But You are so kind
 that You have taught me lessons which are not even understandable by the greatest being, Brahma. And by Your grace I have appreciated the conclusions which You have taught me. But I am so low that I cannot touch even a drop of the ocean of Your instruct
ion. If You therefore want me, who am nothing but a lame man, to dance\'97then kindly give me Your benediction, by placing Your Feet on my head.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He prayed for the Lord\'92s confirmation that the teachings might be actually evolved in his heart, by the grace of the Lord\'97otherwise there was no possibility o
f them being described by him. The purport is that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acharyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or spiritual masters, are authorized
 by higher authorities. Instruction alone cannot make one an expert. Unless one is blessed by the spiritual master, or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acharya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , such teaching cannot become fully manifested. Therefore, one should seek the mercy of the spiritual master, so that the instruction of the spiritual master may develop within himself. After the prayer of Sanatan Goswam
i, Lord Chaitanya placed His Feet over the head of Sanatan, and gave him benediction, that all the instruction He had given him would develop in him fully.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That was the description of the ultimate stage of love of Godhead. Lord Chaitanya said that such a description cannot be made very elaborately, but He had informed 
him as far as possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CONCLUSION: Anyone who attentively hears these discussions and instructions of Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami very soon becomes situated in Krishna Consciousness
, and can be engaged in devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 15-1968: Explanation of the Atmarama Verse in }{\cs2873\i0\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Srimad Bhagavatam
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Fifteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Explanation of the }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  Verse in }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya next explained a verse, appearing in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which is very famous and known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse: It runs as follows: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas cha munayanirg rantha apiurukrame, Kurvanti ahaituki bhaktim ittlhvambhuta guna harih}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The general meaning is that those who are liberated souls and fully satisfied within themselves will later become devotees of the Lord. This is especially meant for the impersonalist class, because the i
mpersonalist souls have no information of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They try to be satisfied in the impersonal Brahman, but Krishna is so attractive and so strong that He attracts even the minds of such impersonalists. That is the purport of th
e verse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse had been explained previously to a great Vedantist, known as Sarvabhouma Bhattacharya. Sanatan Goswami, after taking his lessons from Lord Chaitanya, ref
erred the incident to the Lord and prayed again for His explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse. The au
thor of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , appreciating this explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, has glorified Lord Chaitanya by his prayer. Sanatan Goswami fell flat at the Feet of Lord Chaitanya, an
d requested Him to explain the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse as He formerly had explained it to Sarvabhouma Bhat
tacharya. He explained his eagerness to hear the same explanation again, so that he might be enlightened.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord was thus requested by Sanatan Goswami He replied: \'93I do not understand why Sarvabhouma Bhattacharya has so much appreciated my explanation. As far 
as I am concerned I don\'92t remember what I said to him. But because you are asking, I shall try to explain whatever I can remember, by your association.\'94 The speakerand the audience are very intimately connected; the speaker is enlightened by the pr
esence of the audience. In transcendental subject matters the speaker or the Master can speak very nicely in relationship with the understanding of the audience. Therefore, Lord Chaitanya said, \'93Generally I do not know how to explain a Sanskrit verse,
 but I shall try to explain whatever I can by your association only.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then said that there are 11 different items in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse. They are as follows: 1. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\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 Cha}{\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 Munayah
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\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 Api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 6. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrame}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 7. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kurvanti}{\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 Ahaituki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktim
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 10. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Itthvambhuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
, 11. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harih}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Lord then began to explain each and every items as mentioned above:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is concerned, He said that the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used to mean:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1. the Supreme Absolute Truth, 2. the body, 3. the mind, 4. endeavor, 5. intelligence, 6. conviction, and 7. nature. Therefore, anyone who takes pleasure in the cul
tivation of the knowledge of these items, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . (The Lord explained hereinafter abo
ut the different kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or transcendentalists).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next item is }{\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 . Persons who are very great thinkers are called }{\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 . Sometimes this }{\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  is also used for persons who are very grave. }{\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  is also used for great sages, great austere persons, great mystics and learned scholars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fourth item, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , means freed from the bondage of illusion. Another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is 
\'93one who has no connection with spiritual injunctions.\'94 }{\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  means revealed Scriptures. 
There are many instructions for spiritual realization, but persons who have no connection with such Scriptural injunctions are also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\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 Nir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is an affix which is used with thre
e meanings: it is used to mean no connection, and to mean constructing, and also prohibiting. There are many persons who are foolish, low-born and misbehaved, and they have no entrance into the revealed Scriptures and injunctions. Therefore, they are als
o called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Because }{\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  is also used for the purpose of riches, and for the purpose of collection, therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in other words, means one who is after collecting riches and who is bereft of all riches.
\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 Urukrama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is used in the sense of a highly powerful person. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also used in the sense of 
stepping: one who can step very far forward is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The greatest stepping forwar
d was shown by Lord Vamanadev: by stepping forward with His Foot, He covered the whole Universe. Therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the Supreme Lord Vamanadev. This extraordinary feature of Lord Vamanadev is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [2.7.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: \'93Nobody can estimate the inconc
eivable potencies of Lord Vishnu. Even if one can count the number of the atomic combinations of this material world, still he is not able to count the different energies of the Supreme Lord. The Lord, Vamanadev, was so powerful that by stepping forward 
with His foot He covered the whole Universe, beginning from the Brahmaloka down to the Patalaloka.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inconceivable energies of the Lord are spread all over the Creation of the Supreme Lord. He is All-pervading, and by His energy He sustains all planetary system
s. And, by His display of pleasure potency, He is situated in His personal Abode, known as Goloka. By His expansion of opulence He is situated all over the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikuntha}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Planets as Narayan. By expanding His material energy, He has created innumerable Universes with innumerable planets within them. Therefore, no one can estimate the wonderful activiti
es of the Supreme Lord. As such, the Supreme Lord is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the wonderful Actor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Visvaprakash Dictionary, the meaning of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is described as an expert display of energies, as well as stepping forward very quickly, and the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kurvanti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used for working for others. There is another word similar to this, used when the activities are done for one\'92s personal sense gratification. But the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kurvanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used when activities are performed for the satisfaction of the Supreme. Therefore this word can be used 
only for the purpose of rendering transcendental service to the Lord.
\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 Hetu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is used as the reason, or the cause. People are engaged generally in transcendental activities for three causes: namely, some of them want material happiness, some of them want mystic perfection, and some of them want liberation from this ma
terial bondage. So far as material enjoyment is concerned, there are varieties; nobody can ennumerate how many kinds of material enjoyments there are. So far as perfections in mystic powers are concerned, there are eighteen. So far as kinds of liberation
 from the material bondage are concerned, there are five. The state of being where all these different kinds of enjoyment are conspicuous by their absence is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ahaituki}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The qualification }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ahaituki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is especially mentioned because by Ahaituki service of the Lord one can achieve the favor of the Lord.
\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 Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is taken in ten different ways. Out of the ten, one is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sadhan Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , occupat
ional devotional service. The other nine are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prema Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , love of Godhead. Those who are 
situated in the neutral position attain the development of perfection up to love of Godhead. Similarly, those who are situated in the relationship of master and servant attain love of Godhead up to the stage of attachment. Those who are in the relationsh
ip of friends attain their love of Godhead up to the point of fraternity. Those who are in love of Godhead as parents are elevated up to the point of emotion. But only those who are in conjugal love with the Supreme have ecstasy elevated to the highest o
f ecstasies. These are the different meanings of the term }{\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then explained the different meanings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub itthambhutagunah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He also explained the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in i
ts different meanings. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ittham bhuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means full transcendental, before which even the transcendent
al pleasure known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  becomes like straw. In the }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.36] }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said by the devotee: \'93My Lord, O Supreme, simply by understanding You or seeing You, the pleasure which we derive is so great that the pleasure in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  becomes insignificant.\'94 In other words, the pleasure derived by understanding Krishna as He is, the All-attract
ive Reservoir of all pleasures, and. the Reservoir of all pleasure-giving tastes, with all transcendental qualifications, attracts one to become His devotee. By such attraction one can give up fruitive activities, endeavoring for liberation, or the inten
se desire to achieve success in Yoga mystic power. The attractive power of Krishna is so intense, that without any respect for any other means of self-realization, one surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97simply by that attraction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the unlimited transcendental qualities of Krishna, primarily His }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sat-Chit-Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Form. In His transcendental blissful knowledge and eternity He is fully perfect; and, th
erefore, such perfection becomes more manifest when He becomes controlled by the attention of the devotee. God is so kind and merciful that He can give Himself in exchange for the devotional service of a devotee. His transcendental qualities are such tha
t His perfection in His beauty, His perfect reciprocation of love between Himself and His devotees, and His flavor of all transcendental qualities attract different kinds of transcendentalists and liberated souls, by different manifestations of these qua
lities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, He attracted the mind of one of the Kumaras, Sanaka, simply by the flavor of the flowers offered to Him. And the mind of Sukadeva Goswami was attracted
 by the transcendental Pastimes of Lord Krishna. He attracted by His Personal Beauty the minds of the damsels of Vrindaban, and He attracted the attention of Rukmini by His bodily feature and transcendental qualities. He attracts the mind of the Goddess 
of Fortune by playing the flute and by different other features of transcendental attraction. He attracts the minds of all young girls; He attracts the minds of elderly ladies by His childlike activities; and He attracts the minds of His friends by His f
riendly activities. When He appeared in Vrindaban, He attracted even the birds and beasts and the trees and the plants. Everyone became attracted in love and affection for Krishna.
\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 Hari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  has different meanings, of which two are principals. }{\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  means that He takes away a
ll inauspicious things from the devotee\'92s life, and that He attracts the mind of the devotee by awarding him transcendental love of Godhead. He is so attractive that anybody remembering Krishna in some way or other becomes free from the four kinds of 
material miseries. With special attention for His devotee, the Lord banishes the devotee\'92s different forms of sinful activities, which are a stumbling block for the advancement of devotional service. This is called routing the influence of ignorance. 
And, by hearing alone, one develops love for Him. That is the gift of the Lord. On one side He takes away our inauspicious things, and on the other side He awards the most auspicious things. That is the meaning of }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person becomes developed in love of Godhead, then by His attractive power of transcendental qualities, He attracts the devotees body, mind and everything for
 the Lord. Such are the merciful activities of Krishna and such are His transcendental qualities. He is so attractive that, out of transcendental attachment for Him, a devotee will give up all the four principles of spiritual life: namely religiousness, 
economic development, regulation of sense gratification, and salvation. The words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Api}{\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 Cha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are adverbs. They can be utilized for virtually any purpose, but still the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or \'93and,\'94 means that the whole construction may have seven different readings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord established the import of eleven items in the verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma rama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Then He began to explain the imports of each item as follows: the word }{\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  means the greatest in all respects. He is the greatest in all opulences. Nobody can excel over His richness, nobody can excel over His strength, nobody can excel over His fame, nobody can excel ove
r His beauty, nobody can excel over His knowledge, and nobody can excel over His renunciation. Therefore, the real meaning of }{\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  is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna.
\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 Vishnu Purana}{\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 [1.12.57]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the meaning of }{\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 is given: He is the greatest and there is no limit to His expanding as the greatest. One may conceive of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  greatness, yet it is growing in such a way that nobody can estimate how far or how great He actually is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That Supreme Personality of Godhead is realized in three aspects, but they are all one and the same. The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality, Krishna, is everla
sting. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [2.9.33]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that He exists before the manifestation of this cosmic world, and He exists during its continuance, and He will continue to exist after the
 annihilation of this cosmic manifestation. Therefore, He is the Soul of everything great. He is All-pervading, He is All-witnessing, and He is the Supreme Form of everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To understand and achieve that Supreme perfection of the Absolute Truth, there are three different kinds of transcendental processes mentioned in the Vedic literatu
re. They are called: the process of knowledge, the process of mystic Yoga, and the process of devotional service. The followers of different processes realize the Supreme Truth in different aspects; namely, those who are following the process of knowledg
e realize Him as impersonal }{\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 ; those who are following the 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  realize Him as the localized Supersoul; and those who are following the process of devotional service realize H
im as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. In other words, although }{\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  means Kri
shna and nothing else, still, according to the process followed by different transcendentalists, He is realized in three different aspects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far as devotional service is concerned, it is divided into two processes. In the beginning, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bidhibhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotional service with regulated principles. And in the highest stage it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raga bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotional service in pure love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Absolute Truth, but He is manifested by expansions of different energies also. Those who are following the principles of d
evotional service in regulative forms ultimately achieve the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaikunthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the Spiritual World. W
hereas one who is following the principles of love in devotional service reaches to the Supreme Abode, Krishna Loka or Goloka.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendentalists can also be divided into three: namely the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or one who does not have any material desires; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moksa kama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or persons who seek liberation from the material miseries; and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarva kama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , or persons who have material desires to enjoy. The most intelligent transcendentalist gives up all other processes and engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord, even though he may have many desires. Not by any kind of transcend
ental activities, either in fruitive action or the cultivation of knowledge, nor by mystic yogic cultivation, can a person achieve the highest perfection, without adding a tinge of devotional service to them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Except for devotional service, all other forms of transcendental processes are just like nipples on the neck of a goat. There are some nipples hanging on the neck o
f a goat, but they do not supply milk. If one is to derive, therefore, the actual perfection of his process he must take to the devotional service of Krishna.
\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 Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  it is stated, in the Seventh Chapter, 16th verse, that there are four kinds of beginners in devotional service whose backgrounds are very righteous. They are the distressed, the inquisitive, the seeker of material profit, and the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jnani}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the wise man. These four kinds of people, when they are coated by previous righteous activities, c
ome to the devotional service of the Lord. Out of these four, those who are distressed and those who are in need of material possessions are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotees with desires}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , whereas the other two, the inquisitive and the wise, are under the heading of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seeking liberation}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But, because they worship Krishna, they are considered to be very fortunate. In due course of time, if they give up all their desires and become pure devotees of the Supreme L
ord, they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the most fortunate}{\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 Such fortunate beginners can develop only in the association of pure devotees of Lord Krishna. When one is associated with such pure devotees, one becomes a pure de
votee himself. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the First Canto, Tenth Chapter }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as follows: \'93A person who is actually intelligent is able, by association with pure devotees
, to hear about Lord Krishna and His activities.\'94 These activities are very attractive, and he does not give up such association with the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Except for the association of pure devotees, any association is called Kaitava, or cheating. This is also confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.1.2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; where it is stated that any cheating process which obstructs transcendental realization is to be thrown off. By the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr
imad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can understand reality as it is, and that becomes auspicious in helping one to transcend the three kinds of material miseries. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is compiled by the greatest sage, Vyasadeva, as a work of his mature experience; and therefore, by understand
ing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , one can immediately capture the Supreme Lord within his heart, by devotiona
l service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then explained that the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Projjhitta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means desire for liberation, which is explained by one great commentator as the most obstructive stumbling block for realization of the Supreme Lord. But, somehow or other, if somebody comes to Krishna an
d begins to hear about Him, Krishna is so kind that He awards him His Lotus Feet as a center for the devotee. Such a devotee or transcendentalist forgets everything and engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For anyone who comes to the Lord in devotional service, or in full Krishna Consciousness, the reward is the Supreme. Once engaged for the Supreme, he will no longer
 ask for anything, as does the distressed man and he who desires material possessions. The method of devotional service, the service itself, association with pure devotees in the causeless mercy of the Lord\'97these three things can act so wonderfully th
at, whether the devotee is a distressed soul or in want of material possessions or inquisitive\'97or even if he is a wise man cultivating knowledge\'97he can give up all activities, and his mind becomes absorbed in Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The summary is that, henceforward, whatever meaning would apply for all the words in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse will be meant only for Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far, Lord Chaitanya has spoken only of the introduction to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse. Now he will explain its real position:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the cultivation of knowledge there are two kinds of transcendentalists. One of them is the worshipper of the impersonal }{\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 , and the other is the desirer of liberation. Monists worship the impersonal feature of }{\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 , and therefore they are called the worshippers of }{\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 . The worshippers of }{\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  are divided into three further stages: the neophyte practitioner, one who is absorbed in }{\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  realization, and one who has actually realized himself as }{\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 . If devoti
onal service is added, the knower of }{\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  can then become liberated. Otherwise, there is no po
ssibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who is fully engaged in devotional service in Krishna Consciousness is understood to be already a soul realized in }{\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 . Devotional service is so strong that one is attracted to Krishna even from the process of }{\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  worship. The Lord awards such a devotee the perfection of a spiritual body, and he is eternally engaged in the transce
ndental quality of Krishna. When he understands and becomes attracted by transcendental qualities, he wholeheartedly becomes engaged in devotional service. For example, the four Kumaras and Sukadeva Goswami were liberated souls from the very beginning, a
nd still, later in life, they became attracted to the Pastimes of Krishna\'97and they became devotees. Devotees like the four Kumaras\'97one of whom, Sanaka Kumara, was attracted by the flavor of the flowers offered to Krishna\'97were all attracted by th
e transcendental qualities of the Lord, and thus became engaged in His devotional service. The nine mystics mentioned in the Eleventh Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are understood to have been transcendentalists from birth by hearing the transcendental qualities of Krishna from Brahma and Lord Shiva and Narada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes one becomes attracted to Krishna and His transcendental qualities simply by looking upon the beautiful features of His transcendental Body, and in that ca
se also one gives up the desire for liberation and becomes engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. The devotee repents his loss of time in the so-called cultivation of knowledge, and becomes a pure devotee of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of liberated souls even in this material body: the soul liberated by devotional service, and the soul liberated by the cultivation of knowledge.
 The difference is that the liberated soul in devotional service becomes more and more elevated, being attracted by the transcendental qualities of Krishna, whereas the dry speculators who simply cultivate knowledge without any connection with devotional
 service become fallen on account of their many offences.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.2.32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is said there, 
\'93 O my Lord, the intelligence of those who think themselves liberated without a touch of devotional service is not pure, because, even though they rise to the highest point of liberation by severe penances and austerity, still, with no center at Your 
Lotus Feet, they are sure to fall down again into this material existence.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\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 also
 confirms this, in the Eighteenth Chapter, 54th verse\'97one who is actually situated in the }{\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  realization has nothing to lament for and nothing to desire. He is equipoised toward everyone, and thus is eligible for being situated in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This same thing is accepted by Bilvamongal Thakur. In his later life, he lamented that, \'93I was situated as a monist, to become One with the Supreme Lord, but som
ehow or other, I contacted a Naughty Boy, and I became His eternal servitor.\'94 In other words, those who become self-realized souls by executing devotional service can achieve a transcendental body, and by being attracted to the transcendental qualitie
s of Krishna, they become engaged fully in pure devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who is not attracted to Krishna is understood to be still under the spell of Maya. Therefore, one who is trying to be liberated by devotional service is actu
ally liberated from the spell of Maya. In the Eleventh Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are many i
nstances of devotees who became liberated in this life simply by their engagement in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 16-1968: Conclusion of Teachings to Sanatan Goswami
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Sixteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Conclusion of Teachings to Sanat
an Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who desire liberation by the cultivation of knowledge are of three kinds: the desirers for liberation; the liberated in this material existence; and the act
ually self-realized. As for desiring to become liberated, there are many such persons in this world, and sometimes they engage themselves in devotional service for this purpose. It is corroborated also in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in the First Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [26]}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , that those who actually desire liberation give up all kinds of worship of the demigods, and, without being envious of them concentrate their minds in the worship of Narayan, the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such persons are engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayan; and when they are in contact with pure devotees, they become engaged in the devotional service of Krishna, and give up the idea of lib
eration. In the }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there is a nice verse in which it is stated: \'93O great s
oul, although there are many faults within this miserable life, yet there is one glory\'97the association of pure devotees. Cultivate such association. By such association our desire for liberation diminishes.\'94
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter, verse 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 , it is stated that man\'92s fearfulnes
s is due to his material conception of life and to his forgetting his eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord. Therefore, he finds himself having only perverted memories. Such things have happened due to the spell of material energy. Therefore, a pers
on with enough intelligence will engage himself in full devotional service with the Supreme Lord as his Spiritual Master and worshippable God. The purport is that nobody can attain a revolution without being engaged in devotional service to the Lord. Whe
n, however, he is free from this material contamination, he can fully engage himself in Krishna Consciousness.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.14.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is clearly said that, for a pers
on who is engaged in devotional service to understand things as they are, but who lacks any intention of being engaged in Krishna Consciousness, the trouble undergone for his understanding is his only achievement. There is no substance to his life. Every
 living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and therefore it is the duty of every living entity to serve that Supreme Whole. Without doing that the living entity falls into material contamination, and his service is lost.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then concluded that these six kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub engage themselves in some kind of devotional service to Krishna. In other words, all the transcendentalists at different times ultimately come to the understanding of rendering devotional service to
 Krishna, and become fully Krishna conscious. Even when one is very learned, or if one is very extravangant, still, he can be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The six kinds of transcendentalists are the neophyte transcendentalist, the absorbed transcendentalist, one actually situated in transcendence, a person caring for 
liberation, persons actually liberated, and persons who are actually engaged in their constitutional position. All of them are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When a person becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or a great thi
nker in Krishna Consciousness, he is fully engaged in devotional service. There are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 according to the grammatical rules, but one word, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is sufficient to represent all other
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the collective sense all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are inclined to worship the Supreme Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mystic who worships the Supersoul within himself is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Such Atmarama yogis are of two kinds: the one is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sagarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the other is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nigarbha}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated, in the Second Canto, Second Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93Some of the yogis meditate within the heart on the localized situation of Vishnu, Who is four-handed with four symbols: the conch shell, t
he wheel, the club and the lotus.\'94 The yogi who thinks of the four-handed Vishnu becomes developed in devotional ecstasy, and attains the different symptoms of that position. Sometimes he cries, sometimes he feels separation. In this way he becomes me
rged in transcendental bliss. So, as a result of such transcendental bliss, he is practically entrapped like a fish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sagarbha}{\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 Nigarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yogis can be divided into three: the beginner, the person who is alread
y on the ascendent, and he who has already achieved a perfection. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  they have 
been described in the Sixth Chapter as follows: Persons who are trying to ascend on the path of the mystic Yoga system are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aruruksha}{\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 Aruruksha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yoga there are different kinds of
 sitting postures and there is concentration of the mind. For one who is already ascended on the path of Yoga, meditation and detachment are the causes. And when one has no attachment for working in the matter of sense gratification, then gradually he be
comes free, and becomes situated in ecstasy and is called Yoga }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rudha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Such mystic yogis, if they 
in some way or other come in contact with a saintly person, also are converted to become devotees of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So far as the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is concerned, it is already explained: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the Supreme Lord, and 
all these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are engaged in devotional service to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Before engaging themselves in devotional service, such transcendentalists are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shantas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or they are called pacified devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , self, is also known as the mind. Sometimes there are mental speculationists who 
present philosophical thoughts in different ways, but when they come into contact with saintly persons engaged in devotional service, they also become devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Concerning the two classes of yogis, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sagarbha}{\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 Nigarbha}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in the Tenth Canto, Eighty-seventh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [10.87.18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , describes them as follows: \'93The yogis begin their practice by worshipping the abdomen, and try to concentrate their attention on their intestines. T
hen gradually they rise to the heart, and concentrate the mind on the heart. Then gradually they rise to the top of the head. One who can rise to that portion is understood to have become perfect, and is no longer subjected to birth and death.\'94 Even s
uch yogis, if they come in contact with pure devotees, will also render causeless devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is to endeavor. In every practice there is endeavor, and the ultimate endeavor is to reach the highest perfectional stage of devotional service. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad 
Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Fifth Chapter, 18th verse, it is stated that one should try for the highest achievement, which cannot be attained even in the highest planetary system
\'97nor in the lowest. The idea is that material happiness and miseries are available, in the course of time, in any of the planetary systems; but the highest achievement, devotional service, cannot be achieved anywhere without endeavor. Therefore, in th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is said that one who is serious about understanding the highest perfectional 
stage of devotional service, simply by his endeavor, can become successful in everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One cannot, therefore, achieve the highest perfectional stage of devotional service without personal endeavor. And, as is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10]}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93For he who is constantly engaged in such devotional service, the Supreme Lord, Who is situated in everyone\'92s heart, gives the intelligence by which he can make undeterred 
progress in devotional activities.\'94
\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 Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is also meant for patience and perseverance. By patience and perseverance one can achieve the highest stage of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another meaning for }{\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  is \'93the bird and large black bee.\'94 Another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is 
\'93the foolish person.\'94 Even the birds, even the black bee, and even the foolish engage themselves in the service of the Supreme Lord, when they are favored by the pure devotee. For example, it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [10.21.14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the birds are devoted to the service of the Supreme Lord. In the Tenth Canto, Fifteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.15.6]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there is a statement that the black bees are following Krishna and Valarama. Taking that incident, Lord Valarama described the devotional service of the wasps unto the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead. He said, \'93O Supremely Virtuous One, the Original Personality of Godhead, just see how these bees and wasps are following You, glorifying Your transcendental Fame, and thus worshipping You. Actually, these wasps are not as they appea
r, but they are great sages, and are taking the opportunity to worship the Supreme Soul now. Although You are not knowable by ordinary persons, still they know You and they are following You and glorifying You.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there is another verse in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fifteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\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]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which the peacocks were receiving Valarama and Krishna, and it is said
 in this connection: \'93O Worshippable One, just see how the peacocks who are returning to their nests are receiving You in full pleasure. The peacocks are just like the damsels of Vraja. And the cuckoos on the branches of the trees are also receiving Y
ou in their own way. The residents of Vrindaban are so glorious that everyone is prepared to render their respective devotional service to the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, there is another verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Thirty-fifth Chapter, 11th verse, in which it is stated. \'93O just see how the cranes and swans on the water are singing the glories of the Lord! And they are meditating, standing in
 the water, worshipping the Supreme Lord.\'94 There is another verse in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Second 
Canto, Fourth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which it is stated: \'93Even the aborigines and uncivilized human
 beings like Kiratas, Huns, Andhra, Pulinda, Pukksa, Abhira, Kank, Yuvana and Khasa, and many other human beings in the lower species of life\'97all can be purified simply by taking center of the pure devotees.\'94 So Sukadeva Goswami offered his respect
ful obeisances unto the Lord, Vishnu, Whose devotees can work so wonderfully.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Driti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is to realize oneself as elevated. In that position one feels himself free from all miseries, and is elevated to the highest standard of life. Therefore, all devotees of Krishna in full Krishna Consciousness are free from all kinds o
f material pleasures. They are full with the service of the Lord, and they are always jolly, being engaged in such transcendental service. They are experienced men of happiness. They are so happy that they do not even desire to be promoted to the spiritu
al planets, because they are happy in every sphere of life. Being fully in the transcendental service of the Lord, they do not desire any material things or material sense pleasures. There is another verse spoken by the Goswamis in which it is stated, 
\'93Persons who have fixed up their moving senses in the service of the Supreme Lord can be called peaceful.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And so, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means that even the birds, even the beasts, even the fools\'97everyone\'97becomes attracted by the transcendental qualities of Krishna, and they engage in His service, and therefore become liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is \'93intelligence.\'94 One who has special intelligence is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with special intelligence are of two kinds: One is the learned sage,
 and another is the fool, one without book knowledge. But both of them may have the opportunity of associating with the pure devotee. The foolish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can also give up everything, and in pure devotional service engage themselves in Krishna Consciousness. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srima
d \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 (10.8)}}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is said that the Lord is the Origin of everything, and that everything emanates from Him. Anyone who is actually intelligent can understand the Supreme Lord Krishna as the Source of everything, and th
us engages himself in His service. There is another verse in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Second Canto, Seve
nth Chapter, 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse: \'93What to speak of persons who are intelligent enough by study 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 \'97even less intelligent persons, like the woman, the laborer class and the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Huna savarapi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the birds, the beasts\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub everyone}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can achieve the highest perfectional stage of life.\'94 It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth Chapter, 10th verse, that when a person becomes highly intelligent and engages himself in Krishna Consciousness, then Krishna in reciprocation gives him t
he intelligence by which he can be promoted to the Abode of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord said to Sanatan Goswami that the association of good devotees, engagement in the transcendental service of the Lord, understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and chanting the Holy Name of the Lord, as well as residing in a place like Vrindaban or Mathura\'97t
hese five things are very important for elevating oneself to the transcendental plane. Not to speak of attaining all the five\'97if one becomes expert in one of them, then he also is, without fail, elevated to the stage of love of Godhead. But anyone who
 is actually intelligent should give up all other desires and engage himself in the transcendental service of Krishna. The influence of devotional service is such that a person so engaged gives up all material desires and becomes fully attached to taking
 center unto Krishna, being moved by the transcendental qualities of the Lord. That is the beauty of the Lord to His devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is \'93nature.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that everyone is enjoying the particular natur
e he has acquired. But the ultimate nature, or the perpetual, eternal nature of the living entity is to serve the Supreme Lord. Anyone who attains to the perfection of understanding his real nature\'97of eternally being the servitor of the Lord\'97gives 
up his designative (material, or bodily) conception of life. That is real knowledge. Those who are in pursuit of knowledge and get the opportunity of associating with a pure devotee also become engaged in devotional service of the Lord. Sages like the fo
ur Kumaras, as well as the fools and the birds, can be engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord. Being favored by Krishna\'92s causeless mercy, everyone can be elevated to the standard of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One becomes attracted by the transcendental qualities of Krishna and begins his devotional service. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fifteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.15.8]}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in glorifying the land of Vrindaban: \'93This land, Vrajabhumi, is glorified by the touching of Your Sole. By the touching of Your Fingers, the creepers also glorify You. By Y
our looking on the hills and the rivers and the lower animals, they are all glorified. And, so far as the Gopis are concerned, they, being embraced by Your transcendental Arms, are also glorified.\'94 The Gopis glorified Vrindaban in the following words:
 \'93My dear friends, all these inhabitants of our Vrajabhumi, including the birds, beasts and trees, everyone, while seeing Lord Krishna going to the pasturing ground with His friends, accompanied by Valadeva and singing on Their flutes\'97all are glori
fied.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  also means \'93this body.\'94 The yogis who practice bodily exercises, considering the body as the self, also are elevated to the transcendental service of the Lord if they are associated with pure devotees. There are many persons who ha
ve the concept of this body being the self. They are engaged in many kinds of fruitive activities, including bathing rituals and ordinary worldly activities. But when they come in contact with a pure devotee, they also engage themselves in the transcende
ntal service of the Lord.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Eighteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is stated: \'93O my dear Suta Goswami
, you have given us the nectar of Krishna\'92s Lotus Feet, although we have become darkened by the sacrificial smoke of these fruitive activities.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fourth Canto, Twenty-first Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , states: \'93The Ganges water is flowing from the tip of the Lotus Feet of Krishna, and by bathing in that Ganges water, everyone\'97including the fruitive actors and all the sages\'97is washing the dirty things from within the mind.
"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are in the concept of the body as the self, or those who are full of material desires, are also called, in a sense, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When they are associated with the pure devotees of the Lord, they give up their material desires and become perfect in the se
rvice of the Lord. The best example of this is found in the }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in connection 
with the character of Druva. In the Seventh Chapter, 28th verse, it is stated by Maharaj Druva: \'93My dear Lord, I came to worship You desirous of having some land on this Earth; but, fortunately, I have You, Who are beyond the perception of great sages
 and saintly persons. I came to search out some particles of colored glass, but I\'92ve found instead a very valuable gem like You. I am satisfied. I have no desire to ask You anything.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another meaning to the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97\'93foolish hunter,\'94 or \'93wretched poor man.\'94 Such a hunter also got salvation and engaged himself in the devotional service of the Lord by association of the pure devotee Narada. The following story is
 about this hunter\'92s meeting with Narada:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was a hunter in the forest of Prayag, who was fortunate enough to meet Narada while he was coming back from Vaikuntha after visiting Lord Narayan. Narada came
 to Prayag to bathe in the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna. While passing through the forest, he saw a bird lying on the ground, half-killed, and pierced by an arrow. It was chirping piteously. At another place he saw a deer flapping in agony. In
 another place he saw that a boar was suffering and, in another place, he saw a rabbit flapping in pain. All this made him very compassionate, and he bagan to think, \'93Who is the foolish man that has committed such sinful activities?\'94 A devotee of t
he Lord is generally compassionate for the miseries of the living entities, and so what to speak of great Narada? He became very aggrieved by this scene, and after proceeding a few steps, he saw the hunter engaged in hunting with his bow and arrows. The 
hunter\'92s complexion was very black, and his eyes were red, and it was dangerous even to see him standing there with his bow and arrows, just like an associate of Yamaraja\'97Death. Seeing him in that position, Narada Muni entered deeper into the fores
t and approached him. And, while Narada Muni was passing through the forest, all the animals who were caught in the hunter\'92s traps fled away. The hunter became very angry over this, and he was just going to call Narada vile names but, by the influence
 of Narada, who was such a saintly person, the hunter could not utter ill names.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rather, with gentle behavior, he inquired from Narada: \'93My dear sir, why have you come before me while I am hunting? Are you astray from the general path? By you
r coming here all the animals assembled in my traps have now fled away.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada replied, \'93Yes, I\'92m sorry. I have come to you to find my own path, just to inquire from you. But I have seen that there are many boars and deer and rabb
its on the path, and they are lying on the forest floor flapping before death, half-dead. Who has committed these sinful acts?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, \'93What you have seen is all right; it is done by me.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Narada said, \'93If you are hunting all these poor animals, why don\'92t you kill them at once? You half-kill them, and they are flapping in death-pains. This 
is a great sin. If you want to kill any animal, why don\'92t you kill it completely? Why do you leave it half-killed, and allow the animal to die flapping?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, \'93My dear Lord, my name is Mrigari, the enemy of the animals. According to the teachings of my father, I have been raised to half-kill the ani
mals by leaving them flapping. When a half-dead animal flaps, I take great pleasure in that.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada then implored the hunter; \'93I beg one thing from you, and please accept it.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, \'93Oh, yes sir, I shall give you whatever you like. If you want some animal skins, come to my home. I have so many skins of animals, tigers, an
d deer. Whatever you like I shall give you.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada replied, \'93I do not want such things. But I want something else. If you kindly grant it to me, then I shall tell you. Please, henceforth from tomorrow, whe
never you kill an animal, please kill it completely, and don\'92t leave it half-dead.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, \'93Oh, my dear sir, what are you asking of me? Why are you asking this? What is the difference between half-killing and killing completely?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada replied, \'93If you half-kill the animals, then they suffer too much pain, and if you give too much pain to other living entities, it is a great sin. When yo
u kill an animal completely, there is much offense, but it is not so great as that accrued by half-killing an animal. In other words, pain which you give to the half-dead animals will have to be accepted by you also in some of the future births awaiting 
you.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the hunter was very sinful, yet in association of a great devotee like Narada, his mind became softened, and he was afraid of the sins. Those who are gross
ly sinful are not afraid at all of committing sins; but here we can see that because his purification began in the association of a great devotee like Narada, he was afraid of his sinful activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter therefore said, \'93My dear sir, from my childhood I have been taught to kill animals like that. So would you kindly tell me how can I get rid of all the
 offenses and sinful activities which I have committed? I am surrendering unto your feet. Please save me from all the reactions of my sinful activities in the past, and just direct me in the proper path so that I can be free.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada replied, \'93If you actually want to follow my direction, then I can tell you the real path of being freed from these sinful reactions.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter agreed, and told Narada Muni, \'93Whatever you direct, I shall follow without any hesitation.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada then asked him to first break his bow, and then he would disclose the path of liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, \'93You are asking me to break my bow, but if I break it then what will be the means of my living?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada replied, \'93Don\'92t worry for your living. I shall send you sufficient grains so that you can live.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thereupon, the hunter broke his bow and fell down at the feet of Narada. Narada got him to stand up, and instructed him: \'91Just go to your home and whatever money
 and valuables you have there, distribute amongst the devotees and Brahmins, and just come out with me, wearing only one cloth. Construct a small thatched house on the bank of the river, and sow the tulsi plant by the house. Just circumambulate the tulsi
 tree, and every day taste one fallen leaf, and always chant }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So far as your living is concerned, I shall send you the required grains. But you will only accept as much grain as you require for yourself and your wife.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada then relieved the half-dead animals and, after getting free from that dreadful condition, they fled away. By seeing the miracle executed by Narada, the black
 hunter was struck with wonder, and after taking him to his home, he again bowed down at his feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada returned to his place, and the hunter, after returning to his home, began to execute the instructions which Narada had given him. In the meantime, the news s
pread among all the villages that the hunter had become a devotee, and therefore the residents of the villages came to see the new }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is the custom of persons following the Vedic way of life to bring some grains or some fruits whenever they go to see some saintly person. All the villagers saw that the hunter now had turned into a gr
eat devotee, and they began to bring eatables. So every day he was offered grains and fruit, so much that no less than ten to twenty people might eat there. But, according to Narada\'92s instruction, he did not accept anything more than what he required 
to live on, for both himself and his wife.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After some days had passed, Narada said to his friend Parbut Muni: \'93I have a disciple. Let us go and see him, and see if he is doing well.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the two great sages, Narada and Parbut, came to the place of the hunter, and the hunter saw his Spiritual Master coming from the distance, he began to go to hi
m with great respect. But while he was going to receive the great sages, there were ants on the field, and it was a hindrance to his passing. When he reached the sages, he wanted to bow down before them, but he saw there were many ants and he slowly clea
red away the ants with his cloth. When Narada saw that the hunter was trying to save the lives of the ants in such a way, it reminded him of a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Purana}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . That verse states: \'93Is it not wonderful for a devotee of the Lord, that he is not inclined to give any sort of pain, even to the ant?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport is that, formerly, the hunter took pleasure by half-killing animals, but now that he had become a great devotee of the Lord, he was not prepared to give
 pain even to an ant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter received the two great sages at his house, and he offered them a sitting place, and brought water and washed their feet, and took water to them for drink
ing, and both the husband and wife touched the water on their heads. After this they began to feel ecstasy, and began to dance, singing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Kris
hna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97raising their hands and dancing with their clothing flying.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the two great sages saw the ecstasy of love of Godhead in the body of the hunter, Parbut Muni addressed Narada: \'93You are a touchstone, and so by your associ
ation even a great hunter has turned into a great devotee.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which says: \'93My dear Devarsi (Narada), you are glorious, and by your mercy even the lowest creature, such as a hunter, also became elevated to such a state of devotion, and attained transcendental attachment fo
r Krishna.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada then enquired of the hunter-devotee: \'93Are you getting your foodstuff regularly?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, \'93You send so many people, and they bring so much eatables that we both cannot eat so much.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narada replied, \'93That\'92s all right. Whatever you are getting, it is all right. Now continue your devotional service in that way.\'94 And after saying that, bot
h Narada and Parbut Muni disappeared from that place.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This recitation of the story of the hunter is offered by Lord Chaitanya to show that even a hunter can be engaged in the devotional service of Krishna by the influe
nce of pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then said that another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is: all varieties of the Personality of Godhead. Generally, the Personality of Godhead Himself, Krishna, and His different expansions, are all known as the Personality of Godhead. So anyone who is engaged in the devotio
nal service of any Form or extension of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
, and all such devotees engage themselves either in the regulative principles of devotional service, or in devotional service in transcendental love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These two kinds of devotees also are divided into three categories: the associates, those in the perfection of devotional service, and those newly-engaged in devoti
onal service. Newly engaged devotees can be divided into two: ones who have already attained an attachment for the Lord, and others who have not attained such attachment for the Lord. And, according to the two divisions of devotional service, namely the 
regulative principles and attachment by transcendental love, all these four classes of devotees become eight in number. By following the regulative principles of devotion, the perfect associates of the Lord are divided further into four classes: the serv
ants, the friends, the parental superiors, and the fiancees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as devotees are sometimes perfected by devotional service, so some of them are eternally perfect. In the regulative principle of devotional service, according 
to the advanced standard and the beginner\'92s standard, there are sixteen kinds of devotees in transcendental loving service of the Lord. Therefore, such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmaramas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be considered to exist in 32 divisions. If you apply the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muni, Nirgrantha, Cha}{\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 Api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the 32 classes, then it be
comes a description of 58 different types of devotees. All these devotees can be sheltered by one word: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . Just as in the forest, there may be different kinds of trees, but only by saying that there are trees there, the meaning is understood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the Lord completed 60 different meanings of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And then He again said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mea
ns \'93the living entity, beginning from the first living creature, Brahma, down to the ant.\'94 He cited a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sixth Chapter, in which it is stated that the energies of the Lord are all spiritual. Of them, the energy which is known as the source of the living entity is also spiritual, but the other energy, which is full o
f ignorance and is manifested in material activities, is called material Nature. The living entities are innumerable, even in the material creation, and if by chance one of them or some of them can get the association of a pure devotee, then they can be 
engaged in the pure devotional service of Krishna. The Lord said, \'93Formerly I thought of 60 different meanings for the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but here another meaning came to My mind by your association.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan Goswami, after hearing from the Lord about different meanings of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma
rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , was struck with wonder and fell down in devotion at the feet of Lord Chaitanya. He said, \'93I understand that You are Personally the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kri
shna, and with Your breathing there are many manifestations of the Vedic literature. You are the Teacher of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , so You know best the meanings of the verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It
 is not possible for others to understand the confidential meanings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without Y
our mercy.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then replied to Sanatan Goswami, \'93Do not try to eulogize Me in that way. Just try to understand the real nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the sound representation of the Supreme Lord Krishna: therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not different from Krishna. So, as Krishna is unlimited, similarly, in each word and each letter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there are unlimited meanings, and one can understand them by association of devotees. Don\'92t, then, say that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a collection of answers to questions.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There were six questions put by the sages of Nayamisharanya to Sukadeva Goswami, and Sukadeva Goswami explained or answered the six questions in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There is a verse in the Vedic literature in which Lord Shiva says, \'93So far as }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is concerned, I may know or Sukadeva may know or Vyasadeva may know It or not know It\'97but a
ctually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is to be understood by devotional service, and from a devotee, and not by one
\'92s own intelligence or by learned comments.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sages of Nayamisharanya asked }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.1.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93My dear sir, kindly tell us now, after the departure of the Lord for His own Abode, if the principles of religion have gone with Him. How can we find such principles after His departure?\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reply was as follows }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.3.43]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93After the departure of Krishna to His Abode with all religious principles, His representation, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Maha Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stands as the blazing,
 illuminating sun.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then said, \'93I am just like a madman, to describe this verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in so many ways; so you must not mind if I have said something mad. But if somebody becomes a madman like Me, he can understand the real meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as I have explained it.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Sanatan Goswami, with folded hands, fell down at the feet of Lord Chaitanya and prayed as follows: \'93My dear Lord, You have asked me to prepare the regulativ
e principles of devotional service, but I belong to the lowest caste. I have no knowledge. I do not know how such an important task can be finished my me. If You will kindly give me some hints about the preparation of such a book on devotional service, t
hen it may be that I shall be qualified to write such a book.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then blessed him, saying, \'93Whatever you write, by the grace of Krishna, everything will come out of your heart to be accepted as you have asked. I\'92ll
 give you some notes that you can take down: The first and foremost thing is that one should accept a bona fide Spiritual Master. That is the beginning of spiritual life.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After indicating that one should begin by accepting a Spiritual Master, He requested Sanatan Goswami to write the symptoms of a true }{\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 the symptoms of a true devotee. The symptoms of a devotee are described 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : A person who is a qua
lified Brahmin, and at the same time qualified with all the symptoms of a devotee, can become the Spiritual Master of all classes of men, and such a devotee and Spiritual Master must be respected as God Himself. But a person, even though he may be born o
f a very respectful Brahmin family, cannot become a bona fide Spiritual Master if he is not a devotee of the Lord. One should not, therefore, be misguided to think that a bona fide Spiritual Master is required to be born of a so-called Brahmin family. Th
e idea is that a Spiritual Master must be a qualified Brahmin\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by the symptoms of his activities}{\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 confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [7.11.35]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when Narada speaks of the different symptoms of the
 different divisions of social life, and when he summarizes that Brahmins and Kshatriyas and Sudras should be selected by their particular individual qualificational symptoms. And Sridhar Swami has noted, in his comment, that birth in the family of a Bra
hmin does not mean that one is a Brahmin\'97he must be qualified with the symptoms of a Brahmin, as they are described in the Shastras. Practically, also, we have experience that there are many devotees in the disciplic succession of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gaudiya Vishnu Sampradaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , such as the two great acharyas Thakur Narottam and Shyamananda Goswami, who were 
not born in Brahmin families, but were accepted as Spiritual Masters by many Brahmins of fame, such as Ganganarayana }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ramakrishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, there are symptoms of the prospective devotee; and both the disciple and the Spiritual Master must each see whether the other is eligible to become a b
ona fide Spiritual Master or a bona fide student of the Spiritual Master. Then one should know that the worshippable object is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all kinds of different Mantras, sacred songs, should be understood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord also instructed that Sanatan should describe the symptoms of persons who are eligible to accept the Mantra, and how the Mantras should be understood and pe
rfected by ritualistic performances. Then He described initiation, morning duties, and duties of cleanliness\'97washing the face, washing the teeth\'97working, and prayers both in the morning and in the evening; how to worship the Spiritual Master, how t
o mark the body with Gopi-chandan, how to collect the tulsi leaves, how to wash the room and the temple of the Lord, and how to awaken Krishna from His sleeping. He described different methods for worshipping the Lord, which is called the method of fivef
old paraphernalia and fifty-fold paraphernalia. How to worship the Lord by five times offering worship and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ; how to offer foodstuff to Krishna, how to lay Him down on the bed. There are different symptoms of the Form of the Lord and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Salagram Seela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , such as the effect of going to holy places where there are different temples of the Lord, and seeing the Form of God in the temples. There is the glorifying of the transcendental Name of the Lo
rd, and the different offences in the matter of worshipping. When worshipping the Lord there are other things: paraphernalia such as the conch shell, water, and fragrant flowers; prayers and hymns, circumambulation, offering obeisances, regulative princi
ples of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puroscharam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and accepting Krishna }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , rejecting foodstuff which is not offered to Krishna, and not indulging in defaming a devotee who has the actual symptoms of a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are also symptoms of a holy man, the process of satisfying the sage, and rejecting the society of undesirable persons; and hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  constantly. Also to be followed are duties of the day, duties of the fortnight, and observing fasting 
on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekadasee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  day; the duties of the month, observing ceremonies like the birthday of the Lord, the
 three specific dates of fasting, Ekadasee, Janmastami, Vamanadvadasi, Sri Ramanavami and Nrishingha Chaturdasi. And, in observing such fasting days, there is the consideration of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Beeddhaa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or overlapping of fasting days with other situations of the month, and how they are helpful in the advancement of devotional service. Lord Chaitanya inst
ructed Sanatan Goswami that in every step he should give documentary evidence from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 . A
lso mentioned is how to establish the temples of the Lord, and the general behavior and symptoms of a Vaishnava, and the duties and occupation of the Vaishnava. Thus the Lord in summary explained all the details of writing books on Vaishnava regulative p
rinciples.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanatan Goswami was a great devotee of the Lord, and was directly instructed to spread the cult 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  by writing many books. There is a description of him in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Chandrod
aya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where it is said that Sanatan Goswami was one of the ministers of the Nawab Hussein 
government; in fact, he was the most important personality in the government. His brother, Rupa Goswami, was also a minister in the government, and both of them gave up the lucrative government service and became mendicants to serve the Supreme Lord. Wit
hin their hearts they are full of transcendental loving service, but externally they are just like ordinary mendicants, with a great liking for the cowherd boy of Vrindaban. Sanatan Goswami was very dear to all pure devotees of his time.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s382 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf9\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs48\cf1 PART II
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 17-1968: Lord Chaitanya, The Original Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Seventeen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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, The Original Per
sonality of Godhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following in the footsteps of Kaviraj Krishnadas Goswami, we may offer our respectful obeisances unto the Lotus Feet of Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is described as follows: Lord Chaitanya is the only shelter for the forlorn, or the most fallen, and He is the only hope for persons who are completely devoid of
 spiritual knowledge. Let us try to discuss His great contribution of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supremely Powerful Lord Krishna becomes manifest in five different potentialities. Although He is One without any second, still, for serving five different spec
ific spiritual purposes, He is manifested in five. Such diversity is eternal and blissful, as opposed to the conception of montonous oneness. From the version of Vedic literature, we can understand that the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godh
ead, eternally exists with His diverse energies. Lord Chaitanya appeared with full diverse energies, and they are five in number; and, therefore, He is said to be Krishna with diverse energies, presented as Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As there is no difference between the energy and the energetic, so it is in the Lord\'92s appearance as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His four Associates, Nityananda
 Prabhu, Adwaita Prabhu, Gadadhara, and Srivas. Among these five diverse manifestations of the Supreme Lord as incarnation, expansion and energies there is no spiritual difference. They are five in One Absolute Truth. For relishing transcendental flavors
 in the Absolute Truth they are five diverse manifestations, and they are called the Form of a devotee, the identity of a devotee, and pure devotional service personified.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of these five diversities of the Absolute Truth, the Form of Lord Chaitanya is the Original Personality of Godhead, Krishna. The identity of Krishna as Lord Nit
yananda is as the manifestation of the first expansion of the Supreme Lord. And, similarly, Adwaita Prabhu is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord. All these three belong to the category of Vishnu Tattwa, or the Supreme Absolute Truth. Srivas is the repres
entation of a pure devotee, and Gadadhara is the representation of the internal energy of the Lord for advancement in the cause of pure devotion. Therefore Gadadhara and Srivas, although within the category of Vishnu, are diverse energies of the Supreme 
Lord. In other words, they are not different from the energetic, but, still, for relishing transcendental relationships, they are manifested diversely. The whole process of devotional service is transcendental reciprocation of the flavors of relationship
 between the worshipped and the worshipper. Without such a diverse exchange of transcendental flavors, devotional service has no meaning.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literature (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Katho Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) there is a verse which says that the Supreme Lord is the Supreme Living Entity amongst all living entities. There are innumerable living entities, but there is One Living Entity Who is the Supreme Absolute Godhead. The
 difference between that Singular Living Entity and the plural number of living entities is that the Singular Living Entity is the Lord of all. Lord Chaitanya is that Supreme Living Entity, Who descended Himself for claiming the fallen innumerable living
 entities. In other words, the specific purpose of Lord Chaitanya\'92s advent in recent ages was to establish the Vedic fact that there is One Supreme Personality of Godhead predominating over, or maintaining, the numerous personalities of living entitie
s. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , impersonalist, philosophers cannot understand this, and therefore Lord Chaitanya
 advented Himself, to convince the people in general about the real nature of the relationship between the Supreme and the many entities.
\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 Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the last instruction of Lord Krishna is that everyone should give up all other engagements and should engage in the devotional service of the Lord. Bu
t after His disappearance, persons with less intelligence misunderstood Him. They became contaminated with the Mayavadi philosophy, which produced so many mental speculators that people became misled about the actual position of the Absolute Truth and th
e living entity. Lord Chaitanya, therefore, although the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself, again appeared to teach the fallen souls of this material world how to approach Lord Krishna. The philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\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  is that one should give up everything and be done with this world of material attachment. A pure devotee of Lord Krishna and one who fol
lows the philosophy of Lord Chaitanya are the same. Chaitanya\'92s philosophy is: one should give up everything and worship God, Krishna. The difference is that Krishna, as the Supreme Lord, the personality of Godhead, spoke the same words indicating Him
self, and the Mayavadi philosophers misunderstood Him. Therefore, Lord Chaitanya indicated the same thing: one should not declare himself to be as good as Krishna, but should worship Krishna as the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is a great mistake if we accept Lord Chaitanya as one of the conditioned souls; He is to be understood as the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead,
 Sri Krishna Himself, In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , therefore, it is said of Lord Chaitanya: 
\'93Krishna is now present in His five diverse manifestations,\'94 as is being explained here. Unless one is in uncontaminated goodness, it is very difficult to understand Lord Chaitanya as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Therefore, to unders
tand Lord Chaitanya one has to follow the direct disciples of Lord Chaitanya, the six Goswamis, and especially the path chalked out by Srila Jiva Goswami.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most astonishing factor is that Lord Chaitanya, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, never exhibited Himself as Krishna. Rather, whenever He wa
s detected by intelligent devotees as Lord Krishna, and addressed as Lord Krishna, He denied it, and sometimes He closed His ears, protesting that one should not be addressed as the Supreme Lord. This was His indirect teaching to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophers: that one should never pose oneself as the Supreme Lord falsely, and thereby misdirect the fol
lowers. The followers also should not be foolish enough to accept anyone and everyone as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without testing with the Scriptures and by activities. One should not, however, mistake Lord Chaitanya with His five diverse mani
festations as ordinary human beings. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna Himself. The beauty of Lord Chaitanya is that, although He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, He Himself as a great devotee is teaching all the conditioned
 souls how devotional service should be conducted. The conditioned souls who are interested in devotional service should follow, therefore in the exemplary footsteps of Lord Chaitanya, to learn how Krishna can be achieved by devotional service. In other 
words, the Supreme Lord Himself teaches the conditioned soul how He should be approached by devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By analytical study of the five diverse manifestations of the Supreme Lord we can know that Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Absolute, and that Lord Nit
yananda is an immediate expansion of the Supreme Absolute Truth. We can understand that Adwaita Prabhu is also in the category of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but he is the subordinate to Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda Prabhu. The Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead and His immediate subordinate expansions are all worshippable by the other two, namely, the internal potential representation, and the marginal potential representation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The internal potential representation, Gadadhara, represents the pure devotee, and the marginal potential representation is a confidential devotee. Both these categ
ories are worshippers of the other three categories, but all of them\'97the two worshippable categories and the two in the worshipper category\'97are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Chaitanya Mahapr
abhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a specific difference between the pure devotee and the confidential devotee. Different potencies of the Lord are engaged in serving the Supreme Lord in dif
ferent transcendental relationships. They are situated in conjugal love, in parental affection, in friendly affinity and in obedient servitude. By impartial judgement, it is found that the internal potencies of the Supreme Lord, engaged in conjugal love 
with Him, are the best of all devotees. As such, both internal devotees and confidential devotees are attracted by the conjugal love of the Supreme Absolute Truth, and are the most confidential devotees of Lord Chaitanya. Other pure devotees, who are mor
e or less attached to Sri Nityananda Prabhu and to Adwaita Prabhu, are attracted by other transcendental relationships, such as parental affection, friendly affinity and obedient servitude. When such devotees are very much attached to the activities of L
ord Chaitanya, at once they become confidential devotees in conjugal love with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a very nice song sung by a great devotee and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acharya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the disciplic succession from Lord Chaitanya. His name is Sri Thakur Narottamdas. Sri Thakur says as follows: \'93When will there be a transcendental vibration all over my body simply by attendi
ng to the Name of Gauranga? When will there be incessant flowing of my tears simply by uttering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harer Nama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  of the Lord? When will Lord Nityananda be merciful upon me, and all my desires for material enjoyment become insignificant? When shall I be purified by giving up all contaminations of material enjoyment; and when shall I be able to see the t
ranscendental Abode, Vrindaban? When shall I be eager to accept the six Goswamis as my prime guidance? And when shall I be able to understand the conjugal love of Krishna?\'94 In other words, nobody should be eager to understand the conjugal love of Kris
hna without undergoing disciplinary training under the six Goswamis of Vrindaban.
\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 Samkirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  movement inaugurated by Lord Chaitanya is a transcendental Pastime of the Lord: \'93So that I may live simultaneously to preach and popularize this movement in the material world.\'94 And in that Samkirtan movement of Lord Chaitanya, Nityana
nda and Adwaita are His expansions, and Gadadhara and Srivas are His internal and marginal potencies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entities are called marginal potency because they have, potentially, both attitudes, namely the tendency to surrender unto Krishna, and the tendency for 
becoming independent of the Supreme Lord, and being contaminated by the material world through the propensity for material enjoyment. When a living entity is predominated over by the desire for material enjoyment and becomes entangled in material contami
nation, at that time he is subjected to the three-fold miseries of material existence. There is a very nice example in this connection. It is just like a seed sewn in the earth. If it is overpowered by too much water, there is no possibility of the seed 
being fructified. Similarly, even if a man is captivated by material enjoyment, and even if the seed of such enjoyment is within the heart of the conditioned soul but he is overwhelmed, over powered by a flood of transcendental activities in love of God,
 then his potential seed cannot fructify into a conditional life of material existence. The conditional living entities in the material world, especially at the present age of Kali, are being overpowered by the flood of love of God inaugurated by Lord Ch
aitanya and His Associates.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice verse in this connection, written by His Holiness Prabodhananda Saraswati in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Sri Chaitanya Chandramrita }{\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 ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In that verse it is stated that materialistic persons are very enthusiastic in the matter of maintaining their family members, wife and children; and there are many mystic speculators who are engaged in speculating on 
being liberated from the miseries of material life, and therefore they undergo various kinds of austerities and penances. But persons who have discovered the greatest transcendental flavor, in the movement of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, no longer have any
 taste for all those activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who are under the impression that, in the Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in the matter of His devotional service, there is material contami
nation, are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . According to their imperfect speculation, the impersonal Brahman is 
considered the only existence of the cosmic manifestation. As soon as there is a conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they consider that it is in contact with Maya, or the external material energy. Similarly, such persons consider all incarn
ations of the Supreme Lord to be contaminated by this material Nature. According to them, this material body of the living entity, and the action of matter on all the differ. kinds of identifications of the living entity, are called material manifestatio
n. According to them, liberation means that there is no longer any individual identification, or pure living entity. In other words, a living entity, when he is liberated, becomes One with the Supreme Impersonal Brahman.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Mayavadi philosophy it is understood that, in the Personality of Godhead, in the Abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in the matter of devo
tional service, the emotional devotees are all under the spell of Maya, and are therefore subjected to the material condition. Persons who forget the transcendental nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His transcendental Abode and devotional ser
vice, as well as the devotee, consider that these are different examples of material activity. Such persons are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karmis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or actors in fruitive activities. When one thinks that there is a possibility of arguing about transcendence, he is called agnostic. And when one thinks that there is the possibility to criticize transcendence, he is called 
atheist. Lord Chaitanya wanted to accept all these different kinds of agnostics, atheists, skeptics, and unfaithfuls, and swallow them in the flood of love of God. Therefore, He accepted the four orders of life\'97and He accepted the renounced order of l
ife, in order to attract all these forces.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya remained a householder until twenty-four only, and in the twenty-fifth year of His life, He accepted the renounced order. After accepting the renounc
ed order, He attracted many other renounced order Sannyasis. During the time that He had been executing the Samkirtan movement in His family, many Mayavadi Sannyasis did not take His movement very seriously. Similarly, the speculative students, atheists,
 and those who are attached to fruitive activities and unnecessary criticism were also delivered by the Lord after He accepted the Sannyasi order of life. The Lord was so kind that He accepted all of them, and delivered to them the most important factor 
of life: love of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To fulfill the mission of the Lord, bestowing love of God upon the conditioned souls, He devised many methods to accept all those disinterested in the matter of lov
e of God. After He accepted the renounced order, all agnostics and critics, atheists and mental speculators became the students and followers of Lord Chaitanya. Even many of those who were not Hindus or the followers of the Vedic principles of life also 
accepted Lord Chaitanya as the Supreme Teacher.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those Sannyasis who were known as the Mayavadi philosophers of Benares were the only persons who avoided the mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The plight of the Ma
yavadi philosophers is described as follows by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami: \'93The Mayavadi philosophers of Benares are less intelligent because they want to measure everything by direct perception. But everything they have is a calculation of
 material perception. The Absolute Truth is transcendence, but according to them there is no variegatedness in transcendence, because they say that anything which is full of variegatedness is Maya.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\'92s time there were other philosophers, known as the Mayavadi philosophers of Sarnatha. Sarnatha is a place near Benares where Buddhist
 philosophers were residing, and even today there are many Stupas of the Buddhist Mayavadi. The Mayavadi philosophers of Sarnatha are different from the impersonalists who believe in the impersonal manifestation of Brahman. According to the Sarnatha phil
osophers there is no spiritual existence. Spiritually, both the Mayavadi philosophers of Benares and the philosophers of Sarnatha are entrapped by the material Nature. None of them actually knows the nature of the Absolute Transcendence. The philosophers
 of Benares, although accepting the Vedic principles superficially and accepting themselves as transcendentalists, do not agree to accept spiritual variegatedness. They have no information about devotional service, and therefore they are called \'93non-d
evotees,\'94 or against the devotional service of Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists speculate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees, subjected to the direct perception of knowledge. The Lord and His devotee and H
is devotional service, however, are not subject to direct perception. In other words, spiritual variegatedness is unknown to the Mayavadi philosophy, and therefore all the Mayavadi philosophers and Sannyasis began to criticize Him because He was conducti
ng the Samkirtan movement. They were surprised to see Lord Chaitanya, because He belonged to the Mayavadi sect of Sannyasis, having accepted His Sannyasa order from Keshav Bharati, who belonged to the Mayavadi school. They were surprised to see Him engag
ed in chanting and dancing, and not engaged in the matter of hearing or reading Vedanta, as is the custom. The Mayavadi philosophers are very fond of Vedanta, and misinterpret it in their own way. The Mayavadi Sannyasis, instead of understanding their ow
n position, began to critize Lord Chaitanya as an unauthorized Sannyasi. They criticized that He was sentimental and not actually a bona fide Sannyasi. All these criticisms were carried to Lord Chaitanya when He was at Benares, and He was not at all surp
rised. He smiled when the news was carried to Him. He, however, did not associate with the Mayavadi Sannyasis, but used to remain alone and execute His own mission. And after staying for some days in Benares, He started for Mathura.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 18-1968: The Conversations with Prakasananda
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Eighteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Conversations With Prakasana
nda
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the principles of the Mayavadi Sannyasis, 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 simply in the matter of Vedanta study. When the Mayavadi Sannyasis in Benares saw that Lord Chaitanya was indulging in singing, dancing and playing musical instruments, and 
was always chanting }{\b0\i\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 Ranta, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , they concluded that this Sannyasi was not educated, and, out of sentiment, He was misleading some of the followers. Sankaracharya has said that a Sannyasi should always be engaged in studying Vedanta, and should be satisfied si
mply 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya got this news from His students and disciples, and when He heard that they were all criticizing Him, He simply smiled and started for Mathura and Vri
ndaban. But He came back again to Benares on His way to Jagannath Puri from Mathura. When He came back to Benares, He stayed at the house of Chandra Sekhar, who was considered a Sudra because he was a clerk. In spite of Sekhar being a Sudra, Lord Chaitan
ya Mahaprabhu made His residential quarter at his place. Lord Chaitanya made no such distinction between Brahmin or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sudra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97anyone devoted, He accepted. Customarily, a Sannyasi is supposed to take shelter in the house of a Brahmin, or eat at the house of a Brahmin, but Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, as the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, had Hi
s own discretion, and He decided to stay at Chandra Sekhar\'92s house.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In those days, by misuse of the Brahminical hereditary principle, the Brahmins made it a law that anyone who was not born of a Brahmin family was a Sudra. So even t
he Kshatriyas and the Vaidyas were also called Sudras. Vaidyas are supposed to be descendents of Brahmin fathers and Sudra wives, and therefore they are sometimes called Sudras. So Chandra Sekhar Acharya, although born of a Vaidya family, was called, at 
Benares, a Sudra. As long as Lord Chaitanya stayed at Benares, He stayed at Chandra Sekhar\'92s apartment, and He used to take His food at the place of Tapan Mishra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Sanatan Goswami met Lord Chaitanya at Benares he learned from Lord Chaitanya the process and principles of devotional service during two months of continuous t
eaching. The instructions of Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami have been described in our First Part of Lord Chaitanya\'92s teachings. After that teaching, Sanatan Goswami was authorized to propagate the principles of devotional service and the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But, during this time, both Tapan Mishra and Chandra Sekhar Acharya were feeling very 
sorry about strong criticism against Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and they came together and prayed for the Lord to meet the Mayavadi Sannyasis.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They informed Lord Chaitanya: \'93We have been mortified by hearing unfavorable criticism from the Mayavadi Sannyasis against You. It has become intolerable for us.
\'94 They requested He do something so that these criticisms would be stopped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While they were thus discussing the criticism of the Mayavadi Sannyasis, a Brahmin came to Lord Chaitanya and invited Him, as he had invited all the other Sannyasis
, to his place. Only Chaitanya had not been invited, and so he now had come to invite Him. He knew that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not mix with the Mayavadi Sannyasis, and therefore he fell down at Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\'92s feet and implored Him: \'93Altho
ugh I know that You do not accept invitations, still, it is my request\'97please come and take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  at my place with the other Sannyasis. If You accept this invitation it will be considered a special favor to me.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord took this opportunity and accepted the invitation of the Brahmin, in order to meet the Mayavadi Sannyasis. It was, practically, an arrangement made by the 
Lord Himself The Brahmin who invited Him knew that Lord Chaitanya did not accept any invitations, but still he was very eager to invite Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day Lord Chaitanya went to the house of the Brahmin. He saw that all the Mayavadi Sannyasis were sitting there. He offered His respects to all the Sannyasi
s, as was usual, and then He went to wash His Feet. After washing His Feet, He sat down at that spot, not amongst the Mayavadi Sannyasis, but in a place where water was kept for washing the feet. While He was sitting there, the other Sannyasis saw a glar
ing effulgence emanating from His body. All the Mayavadi Sannyasis were attracted by this glaring effulgence, and they stood up and showed Him respects. Amongst them there was one Sannyasi whose name was Prakasananda Saraswati. He was the chief amongst a
ll the impersonalist Sannyasis, and he addressed Lord Chaitanya with great humility, and asked Him to come and sit amongst them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He said, \'93My dear sir, why are You sitting in that filthy place? Please come and sit with us.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya replied: \'93Oh, I belong to an inferior sect of Sannyasis. Therefore I think I should not sit with you. Let Me sit down here.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasananda Saraswati was surprised to hear such a thing from such a learned man, and he actually took His hand and requested Him to please come and sit down with 
him. Lord Chaitanya was seated, and Prakasananda Saraswati enquired, \'93I think Your name is Sri Krishna Chaitanya, and I understand that You belong to our Mayavadi sect because You have taken Your Sannyasa from Keshav Bharati, who belongs to the Sankar
a Sampradaya.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Sankara sect, there are ten different names for Sannyasi. Out of them, the three names, Tirtha, Asram and Saraswati, are considered to be the most 
enlightened and cultured among the Sannyasis. Lord Chaitanya was a Vaishnava, and therefore naturally He was humble and meek, and He wanted to give the better place to Prakasananda, who belonged to the Saraswati Sampradaya. According to Sankara principle
s, a disciple of the Bharatic school is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a
lthough He took Sannyasa, kept His Brahmachary name, without the title Bharati.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasananada Saraswati inquired from Lord Chaitanya: \'93Well sir, You belong to our Sankara sect, and You are living at Benares. Why don\'92t You mix with us? Wha
t is the reason? Another thing\'97You are a Sannyasi. You are supposed to engage Your time simply in Vedanta study. But we see that instead of doing that You are always engaged in chanting, dancing, and playing on musical instruments. What are the reason
s? These things are done by emotional and sentimental people. But You are a qualified Sannyasi. Why should You not engage Yourself in the study of Vedanta? By Your effulgence it appears to us that You are just like the Supreme Narayana, the Personality o
f Godhead, but Your behavior appears to be otherwise. So we are inquisitive to know, what are the reasons?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya replied: \'93My dear sir, I may inform you that My Spiritual Master saw Me as a great fool, and therefore he more or less punished Me and said that, 
because I am such a fool, I have no jurisdiction in the study of Vedanta. So he kindly gave Me the chanting of }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . My Spiritual Master told Me: \'91You go on Chanting this Krishna Mantra, and it will make You all-perfect.\'94\'92
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, Lord Chaitanya was neither a fool nor ignorant of the principles of Vedanta, but His purpose was to demonstrate to modern society that for fools who have 
no penance and austerity behind them, and simply for some recreational purpose want to study Vedanta\'97that is not recommended. In His }{\b0\i\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  }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Lord Chaitanya said that one should be in
 a humble state of mind, should think of himself as lower than the grass on the street, more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all false sense of prestige, and ready to offer all kinds of respects to others. In such a state of mind, one can chant Vedanta
 philosophy or the Holy Name of God constantly. He also wanted to teach that a serious student of transcendental science should follow exactly the words of the Spiritual Master. According to the calculation of the Spiritual Master, Lord Chaitanya appeare
d to be a fool, so he said that He should not indulge in the study of Vedanta but should go on chanting the Krishna Mantra. Therefore, He strictly obeyed. In other words Lord Chaitanya impressed on the Mayavadis that the words of a bona fide Spiritual Ma
ster must be strictly followed. That would make one perfect in all respects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta means that the last word of the Vedic knowledge is to understand Krishna }{\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. }{\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\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 Vedaischa sarvai aham eva vedyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Actual understanding of the Vedanta is to know Krishna, and our relationship with Krishna. And one who understands Krishna understands everything. The knower of Krishna is always engaged in the transcendental loving se
rvice of Krishna. The Lord confirms this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.8]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93I am the Source of everything, and everything emanates from Me. Therefore, one who knows Me perfectly well is fully engaged in My transcendental loving service.\'94 A living entity is eternally relat
ed with Krishna by that relationship of Master and servant, and once that service is wanting\'97or, in other words, when one is not situated in Krishna Consciousness\'97it is to be understood that his study of Vedanta is insufficient. When one does not u
nderstand what is Krishna Consciousness, or is not engaged in the trascendental loving service of Lord Krishna, it is to be understood that he is adverse to the study of Vedanta or understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The path shown by Lord Chaitanya in the matter of studying Vedanta philosophy, as explained in this connection, should be followed by all. A person who is puffed up
 over his so-called education, has no humility and therefore does not seek after the protection of a bona fide Spiritual Master, thinks that he does not require a bona fide Spiritual Master, and, rather by his own effort, he can achieve the highest perfe
ction. Such persons are not eligible for the study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Those who are under the spel
l 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 Vedanta study. A bona fide Spiritual Master must always condemn such independen
t mental speculators. If the bona fide Spiritual Master directly points out the foolishness of a disciple, that should not be taken otherwise. In other words, a person who is completely innocent in the Science of God is actually not learned. And, more or
 less, everyone who is not in Krishna Consciousness is subject to that foolishness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes we display our foolishness by accepting somebody who is barely even educated as our Spiritual Master. That is another sign of our foolishness. It is our d
uty to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Whose Lotus Feet are worshipped by all the Vedas. One who does not understand that Supreme Personality of Godhead, and is proud of his false understanding of Vedanta, is actually a fool. Mundane attem
pts at academic knowledge are another foolishness. So long as one cannot understand the cosmic manifestation as a representation of the three modes of material Nature, one must be considered in the darkness of inebriety and caught in the duality of this 
material world. Actually, a person who is in perfect knowledge of the Vedanta becomes a servitor of the Supreme Lord, Who is the Maintainer and Sustainer of the whole cosmic manifestation. So long as one is not transcendental to the service of the limite
d, he cannot be a person with Vedanta knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So long as one is in the limited jurisdiction of fruitive activities, or involved in mental speculation, he is perhaps eligible for studying or instructing on the t
heoretical knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but he cannot be on the platform of understanding the Supr
eme, Eternal, transcendental (completely liberated) vibration of }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other words, anyone who has achieved his perfection in chanting the transcendental vibration Hare Krishna does not have to learn separately the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 Persons who are not eligible by thorough understanding of the transcendental vibration as nondifferent from the Supreme, and who try to become Mayavadi philosophers
 and expert in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are all fools according to the teaching of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, or
 the bona fide Spiritual Master. To study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by the ascending process is another sign 
of foolishness. On the other hand, he who has attained the taste for chanting the transcendental vibration is actually situated at the conclusion of Vedanta. In this connection there are two verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which are very instructive: The purport of the first is that, even if a person is born in the family of the lowest of human beings, b
ut is engaged in chanting the transcendental vibration, then it is to be understood that he has already performed all kinds of renunciation and austerities, and has performed all kinds of sacrifices, and has studied all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97so that he is now able to chant }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The purport of the second verse is that a person who is chanting the two syl
lables }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha-re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (ray) must be considered as having studied all the Vedas: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Yaju Veda}{\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 Sam
a Veda}{\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 On the other hand, there are many so-called devotees who think that Vedanta is meant for a particular class of men, and is not meant for the devotees. They do not k
now that Vedanta is the only plaform of pure devotees. All the great Acharyas of the four Sampradayas of the Vaishnava sect have made their commentaries on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but the so-called devotee class, who are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakrita Sahajia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , carefully avoid the study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakrita Sahajia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  misunderstand the pure devotees and Vaishnav Acharyas as being mental speculat
ors or fruitive actors. As a result of such a conclusion, they themselves become Mayavadis, and leave the service of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by academic knowledge never qualifies a man for understanding the value of the transcendental vibration. Such persons who are entangled in academic knowledge are conditioned souls who are confused about the facts of }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My understanding}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . As such, they are unable to detach their minds from the external energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person actually attains transcendental knowledge, he becomes free from this duality and becomes engaged in transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord.
 The transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord is the only means for being detached from material activities. A person properly initiated by a bona fide Spiritual Master, and engaged in chanting }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , gradually becomes freed from the conception of I
 and Mine, and therefore becomes attached to the transcendental loving service, in one of the five different transcendental relationships. Such transcendental service is not subject matter for the gross and subtle bodies. When, however, one can understan
d that there is no difference between the Supreme and His Name, at that time only can he be situated in Krishna Consciousness. At that time he has no longer any necessity for grammatical adjustment of the language. Rather, he becomes more interested in t
he subject matter of the address: }{\b0\i\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 \'97O my Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage 
me in Your service!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya explained all this to Prakasananda Saraswati and told him that He had heard it from His Spiritual Master in these words. He informed Prakasananda Sar
aswati that His Spiritual Master had taught Him that the actual commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Vyasadeva, the Author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 perfection of a student is to understand the identity of the Holy Name and the Supreme Lord. And, without being under the shelter of such a realized Spiritual M
aster, one\'92s understanding of the Supreme is simply foolishness. One can, however, fully understand the transcendental by service and devotion. When Lord Chaitanya uttered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K
rishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without any offense, or when He offenselessly chanted the Krishna Mantra, or Maha Mantra, He declared that it can at once deliver a conditioned soul from the material c
ontamination. In this Age of Kali there is no other alternative to chanting this Maha Mantra. It is stated that the essence of all Vedic literature is to chant this Holy Name of Krishna: }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He also said to Prakasananda Saraswati that, in order to convinc
e Me about this essential fact of Vedic knowledge, he has taught Me a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brihad Naradiya Puranam}{\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 38.126}{\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 :
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harer Nama Harer Nama Harer Nama Eva Kevalam. Kalau Nasteva Nasteva Nasteva Gatir Anyatha}{\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 \'93In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is to chant the Holy Name of the Lord\'97and there is no other means of success.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In three out of the four millenniums, namely the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga }{\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 Dvapara Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there was ho
nor in understanding transcendence through the path of disciplic succession. In the present age, on account of Kali, people have no interest in the matter of the disciplic succession, but they have invented many paths of argument and logic. Such an ascen
ding process of understanding transcendence is not approved according to the Vedic way. The Absolute Truth must descend from the Absolute platform. It is not to be understood by the ascending process. The Holy Name of the Lord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a transcendental vibration. T
herefore it comes down from the transcendental platform, the Supreme Abode of Krishna. And, because there is no difference between Krishna and His Name, therefore the Holy Name of Krishna is as pure, as perfect, and as liberated as Krishna Himself. For u
nderstanding the transcendental nature of the Holy Name of God, the academic scholars have no entrance by their logic and argument. The single path to understanding the transcendental nature of }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is to chant these Names with faith and adherence. Such c
hanting will release one from the designated conditions of gross and subtle bodies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age of logical argument and disagreement the chanting of }{\b0\i\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  is the only means for self realization, and because this transcendental vibration alone can deliver the conditioned soul, therefore it is the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the material conception there may be duality and differences between the Name, Form, quality, emotion
 and activities of a person and the person himself; but so far as this transcendental vibration is concerned, there is no such limitation, because it descends from the Spiritual World. In the Spiritual World there is no such difference between the Name o
f the Person Whose Name is a Quality, and the Person of the Quality. There is no such difference as there is in the material world. The Mayavadi philosophers cannot understand this, and therefore they are not eligible to utter the transcendental vibratio
n.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then said to Prakasananda Saraswati that, because He got that order from His Spiritual Master, therefore He was constantly engaged in chanting }{\b0
\i\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}{\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 \'93As a result of this chanting, sometimes I become impatient and cannot restrain Myself from dancing and laughing or crying or singing\'97just like a madman. When
 I first wondered whether I had become a madman by chanting this }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I approached My Spiritual Master and informed him that by chanting this }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'91I am becoming just like a madman, so what is my actual position?\'94\'92
\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 Narada Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that all the Vedic rituals and Mantras and understanding are compressed into the eight words}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare
 Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalisantra Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is stated that }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97these sixteen words\'97are especially meant for counteracting the contamination of Kali. To save oneself from the contamination of Kali there is no other alternative than these sixteen words.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya informed Prakasananda Saraswati that when His Spiritual Master understood Him, the Spiritual Master said: \'93It is the transcendental nature of the 
Holy Name of }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  to transport a man into spiritual madness. Anyone who sincerely chants this 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 perfe
ctional stage of the human being.\'94 Generally the human being is after religiousness, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation. But this love of God is above all such perfections of life, The process is that a bona fide Spiritual Maste
r chants the Holy Name, }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the transcendental sound vibration enters into the ear of the disciple. If the disciple follows in the footsteps of his Spiritual Master and chants the Holy Name with equal respect, that becomes the worship of the transcend
ental Name.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the transcendental Name becomes worshipped by the devotee, the Name Himself spreads His Glories within the heart of the devotee, and when he is perfectly quali
fied 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. The chanting of the Holy Name is so powerful that, gradually, it establishes its supremacy above all
 in the world. And the devotee who chants it becomes transcendentally situated in ecstasy, and sometimes he laughs and cries and dances in his ecstasy. Sometimes less intelligent persons put some hindrances in the way of the chanting of }{\b0\i\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 , or the Maha Mantra; but one who is situated on the platform of love of Godhead chants the Holy
 Name loudly for the benefit of all persons concerned. As a result of that, everyone becomes initiated in chanting the Holy Name, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, H
are Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . By the chanting and hearing of the Holy Name of Krishna, a person can remember the Forms and Qualities of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 19-1968: The Goal of Vedanta Study
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Nineteen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Goal of Vedanta Study
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental ecstatic attachment for Krishna by perfectly understanding that Krishna the Person and Krishna the Name are identical is called }{\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 . One who has achieved such Bhava is certainly not in the contamination of material Nature. He actually
 enjoys transcendental pleasure from such Bhava. And, when Bhava is more intensified, it is called love of Godhead. The Holy Name of Krishna is called the Maha Mantra (Great Chanting): therefore Lord Chaitanya explained to Prakasananda Saraswati that the
 Holy Name of Krishna has a specific influence on anyone who chants It and he can attain the stage of love of Godhead, or intensified Bhava. Such love of Godhead is the ultimate goal of human necessity. When one compares this love of Godhead with the oth
er necessities of the human society, namely, religiousness, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation, they are seen as most insignificant. When one is absorbed in temporary designative existence, one hankers after sense gratification, or
 else after liberation. But love of Godhead is the eternal nature of the soul; it is unchangeable, without beginning, and it has no end; therefore, temporary sense gratification or a desire for liberation cannot compare with the transcendental nature of 
love of God. This love of God is called the fifth dimension in the human goals of life. Compared with the ocean of love of transcendental pleasure, the impersonal Brahman conception cannot measure as even one drop of water.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya now explained that His Spiritual Master had confirmed the ecstatic situation of His chanting the Holy Name of God, and had confirmed that the essence
 of all Vedic literature is the attainment of love of Godhead. His Spiritual Master said that Lord Chaitanya was fortunate enough to have attained such a stage of love of Godhead. By attainment of such transcendental love of Godhead, one\'92s heart becom
es very anxious to attain direct contact with the Lord; and with that transcendental sentiment he sometimes laughs, sometimes cries, sometimes sings, sometimes dances like a madman, and sometimes he traverses hither and thither.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are various ecstatic symptoms of the body: crying, changing the color of the body, madness, bereavement, silence, feeling proud, ecstasy, gentleness, and, oft
en, the person in love of Godhead dances. Such dancing puts him into the ocean of the nectar of love of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya\'92s Spiritual Master said to Him: \'93It is very good that You have attained such a perfectional stage of love of Godhead, and by Your attainment I 
am very much obliged to You.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The father becomes more enlightened when he sees his son advance beyond himself. Similarly, when the Spiritual Master sees a disciple advancing, he takes more pleas
ure in that than in his own advancement. Lord Chaitanya\'92s Spiritual Master blessed Him, telling Him to \'93dance, sing and propagate this Samkirtan movement, and by instructing people about Krishna, try to deliver them from the nescience.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Spiritual Master taught Him a very nice verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is from the Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.2.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93A person who is constantly engaged in devotional service to Krishna by chanting His Holy Name becomes so transcendentally attached to the chanting that his heart becomes softened without any extraneous endeavor. In
 such a condition of softened heart he exhibits transcendental ecstasies, sometimes by laughing, sometimes by crying, sometimes by singing, sometimes by dancing\'97not exactly in an artistic way, but just like a madman.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya informed Prakasananda Saraswati, \'93I have full faith in my Spiritual Master\'92s words, and therefore I am always engaged in the matter of chanting
 }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
. I do not know how I have become just like a madman, but the Name Krishna Himself induces Me to become so.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I realize that the transcendental pleasure derived from chanting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Kr
ishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is just like an ocean and, in comparison, all other pleasures, including the pleasure of the impe
rsonal conception, are like shallow water in channels.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It appears from the talks of Lord Chaitanya that a person who cannot keep his faith in the words of the Spiritual Master and thus acts independently cannot ever att
ain the desired success in the matter of chanting }{\b0\i\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 . In the Vedic literature it is sai
d that, for one who has unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord, and similar faith in his Spiritual Master, the import of the transcendental literature becomes revealed. Lord Chaitanya firmly believed in this statement of His Spiritual Master, and He never
 stopped His Samkirtan movement by neglecting the instruction of His Spiritual Master. Therefore, the transcendental potency of the Holy Name encouraged Him more and more in chanting }{\b0\i\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 , or the Maha Mantra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya immediately informed Prakasananda that people in general in the modern age are more or less bereft of all spiritual intellect. When such persons come
 under the influence of Sankaracharya\'92s Mayavadi, or impersonalist, philosophy before beginning the most confidential }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , their natural tendency toward obediance to the Supreme is checked. The Supreme Source of everything is naturally respected by everyone, but by the impersonalist conception of Sankara, this natural tendency is ham
pered. Therefore, the Spiritual Master of Lord Chaitanya suggested that it is better not to study the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarirakabhasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Sankaracharya, which is very harmful to people in general. Neither has the common man the intelligence to penetrate into the jugglery of words. He is better advised to chant the Maha Mantra: }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In this quarrelsome Age of Kali, the
re is no alternative for self realization to the chanting of the }{\b0\i\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  Maha Mantra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing the arguments and talks of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, all the the Mayavadi Sannyasis who were present became pacified, and replied in sweet words: \'93My d
ear sir, whatever You have spoken is all true. A person who attains love of Godhead is certainly very fortunate. And undoubtedly You are very fortunate that You have attained such a stage of love of Godhead. But what is the fault in Vedanta that You do n
ot study it, although it is the duty of a Sannyasi to read and understand Vedanta?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Mayavadi philosophers, Vedanta means the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sariraka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  commentary of Sankaracharya. By \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'94 and \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,\'94 impersonal philosophers mean \'93according to the commen
tary of Sankaracharya,\'94 the greatest teacher of Mayavadi philosophy. After Sankaracharya came Sadananda Yogi, who said that Vedanta and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be understood through the commentary of Sankaracharya. Factually, it is not so; for the Vedanta philosophy or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are many other commentaries made by the Vaishnava Acharyas, rather than those of Sankaracharya. Mayavadi philosophers influenced by Sankaracharya 
do not find any importance in the different Vaishnava philosophical understandings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are four different sects of Vaishnava Acharyas, called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suddhadvaita, Visista
dvaita, Dvaidadvaita}{\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 Achintya Bhedabheda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; and all the Vaishnava Acharyas have written commentaries on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , which the Mayavadi philosophers do not recognize. Mayavadis make a distinction between Krishna and Krishna\'92s Body, and therefore the worship of Krishna by the Vaishnava philosophers is not recognized by them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, when the Mayavadi Sannyasis inquired from Lord Chaitanya as to why He did not study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Lord replied as follows: \'93My dear sir, you have inquired why I do not study Vedanta. In answer to this question I may speak something, if you
 won\'92t be sorry on hearing it.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the Mayavadi Sannyasis present said, \'93Now, we shall be very much pleased to hear You, because we see You are just like Narayan, and Your speeches are so nice
 that we are taking a great pleasure in hearing Your words. We are very much obliged to see You and hear You. Therefore, whatever You say, we shall be very glad to accept and hear patiently.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the Lord began to speak about Vedanta philosophy as follows: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is spoken by the Supreme Lord Himself. The Supreme Lord, by His incarnation as Vyasadeva, has compiled this great philosophical treatise, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Vyasadeva\'92s incarnation of the Supreme Lord means that He cannot be likened to the ordinary person, who has the four 
defects of material existence. The defects of the conditioned soul are: 1. he must commit mistakes, 2. he must be illusioned, 3. he must possess the tendency to cheat others, and 4. his senses must be all imperfect. When we speak of the incarnation of Go
dhead, we understand that He is transcendental to all these defects of the conditioned living entity. Therefore, whatever has been spoken and written by Vyasadeva is to be understood as perfect. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\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 Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  aim at the same subject matter: the Supreme Absolute Truth; and, when we accept the import of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  directly, as they are
 stated, it becomes very glorious for us. But the commentary made by Sankaracharya is indirect, and is very dangerous for the common man, because, by understanding the import of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in such an indirect, disruptive way, one becomes practically barred from spiritual realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda}{\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 Vayn Puranas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94 means a condensed form of words, which carries meaning and import of immeasurable strength without any mistake or fault. \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94 means the end of Vedic knowledge. In other words, any book which deals with the subject indicated by all th
e Vedas is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . For example, the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  is also Vedanta, because in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  we will find that the Lord says that the ultimate end of all Vedic research is Krishna, Therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , which aim only at Krishna, are to be understood as Vedanta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In transcendental realization there are three divisions of knowledge, and they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Prasthana Trai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The department of knowledge which is proven by Vedic instruction, like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sruti Prasthan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Authoritative books indicating the same thing and written by liberated souls like Vyasa\'97for example }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita, Mahabarata}{\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 Puranas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , especially t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Maha Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nyaaprasthana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . From the Vedas we understand that the Vedas originated from the breathing of Narayan. Vyasadeva, Who is an incarnation of the power of Narayan, has compiled the Vedanta Sutra. According to the Sankara commentary there 
appears another name, Apantartama Rishi, who is also credited with having compiled the codes of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . According to Lord Chaitanya, the Codes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the codes of Vedanta 
are one and the same. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , being compiled by Vyasadeva, is to be understood as spok
en by Narayan Himself. From the whole descriptive literature about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is under
stood that there were many other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rishis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contemporary with Vyasadeva who also discussed this }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The following sages\'97Atriya, Asmarathyk, Audulomi, Karshnajini, Kasakritsna, Jaimimi,
 Badari, and other sages such as Parasarikarmandi\'97also discussed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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, in the first three chapters of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the relationship of the living entities with the Supreme Lord is explained, and in the Third Chapter the discharge of devotional service is explained. In the Fourth Chapter the result of the relationship
 of discharging devotional service is explained.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The natural commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The great Acharyas of the four sect
ions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  community\'97namely, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Vishnu Swami, and Nimbar
ka\'97have also written commentaries on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in following the principles of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . At present the followers of all the Acharyas have written many books following the pri
nciples of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the commentary on the Vedanta. Sankara\'92s commentary on the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Sarirakabhasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very much adored by the impersonalist class of scholars. But commentary on the Vedanta from the materialistic point of view is completely adverse
 to the transcendental loving position of devotional service to the Lord. And, therefore, Lord Chaitanya said that the direct commentary of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\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 Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is glorious, and anyon
e who follows the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarirakabhasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Sankaracharya without following the direct path is certainly 
doomed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya admitted that Sankaracharya was an incarnation of Lord Shiva, and Lord Shiva is one of the greatest devotees, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahajan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the Bhagwat school. There are twelve great authorities on devotional service, and Lord Shiva is one of them. Then, 
why did he adopt the process of Mayavadi philosophy? The answer is given 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where there is a statement by Lord Shiva as follows: \'93The Mayavadi philosophy is veiled Buddhist philosophy.\'94 In other words, the void philosophy of Buddha is
 more or less repeated in the Mayavadi philosophy of impersonalism, althouth the Mayavadi philosophy claims to be directed by the Vedic conclusions. Lord Shiva thus admits that this philosophy was manufactured by him in the Age of Kali as a Brahmin boy t
o mislead the atheist class of men: \'93Actually, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has His transcendental Body, but I describe the Supreme as impersonal. Similarly, I have explained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also on the same principles of Mayavadi philosophy.\'94
\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 Shiva Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  there is one statement by the Supreme Lord: \'93In the beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dvapara Yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , under My order, there will be many sages who will bewilder the people in general by Mayavadi philosophy." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Lord Shiva personally says to Bhagavati Devi: \'93My dear Devi, sometimes I speak Mayavadi philosophy for persons who are engrossed in the modes of ignorance. But anyone in the modes of goodness who happ
ens to hear this Mayavadi philosophy falls. In the Mayavadi philosophy I say that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are one and the same.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sadanada Yogi, one of the greatest Mayavadi Acharyas, has written in his book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta
 Sara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as follows: \'93Absolute Truth of eternity, knowledge and bliss is }{\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 . Ignorance and all products of ignorance are non-}{\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 . Any products out of the three modes of material Nature are covered by ignorance, and all are different from the Supreme Cause and effect. This ignorance is manifested in a collective and individual sense. Collective ignoranc
e is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Visuddhasatvapradhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Visuddhasatvapradhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  becomes manifested within the ignorance of material Nature it is called the Lord, and the Lord manifests all kinds of ignoran
ce. Therefore Hs is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarvajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 According to the Mayavadi philosophy the Lord is the p
roduct of this material Nature, and the living entity is in the lowest grade of ignorance. That is the sum and substance of the Mayavadi philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If, however, we accept directly the import of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is clear that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a Person with unlimited Potency. For example, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brihadarny
ak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Origin of everything, and He has multiple different potencies: \'93The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transce
ndental to the cosmic manifestation of His time through His material energy, and He is the Origin of all religiousness, and He is the Supreme Deliverer, and He is Possesser of all opulences. Let me understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is ju
st like the Sun, profusely distributing His different energies, while beyond the cloud of this material cosmic manifestation. He is the Master of masters, and He is the Supreme of the supremes. He is known as the Greatest Lord, the Personality of Godhead
. His energies and potencies are multiple, variously distributed.\'94 It is \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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 \'c5g Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.22.20)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stated that Vishnu is the Supreme, and those who are saintly pe
rsons are always anxious to see the Lotus Feet of Vishnu. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aitariya Upanishad}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1-2}{\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  also it is stated that the Lord glanced over the material Nature, and thus the cosmic manifestation came about. This is also stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasna Upanishad}{\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 When there is a negative description of the Lord in the Vedic literature, just like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ap
ani Pada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , such a Mantra indicates that the Lord has no material body, and that He has no material Form. But He has His Spiritual Body, He has His transcendental Body, and He h
as His transcendental Form. The Mayavadi philosophers misunderstand this transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord, and explain the Supreme Lord as impersonal. The Lord, His Name, Form, Quality, Entourage and Abode all being in the transcendental world
\'97how can He be a transformation of this material Nature? Everything connected with the Supreme Lord is eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, in effect, Sankaracharya delivered this Mayavadi philosophy to bewilder a certain class of atheistic people. Actually, he never meant that the Supreme Lord, the
 Personality of Godhead, is impersonal, with no Body or no Form. Therefore, the intelligent persons should not attend any lecture on Mayavadi philosophy. We should understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vishnu is not impersonal. He is a trans
cendental Person. The basic principle of the cosmic manifestation is the energy of Vishnu. Mayavadi philosophy cannot trace the energy of the Supreme Lord, but in all the Vedic literature we have various evidences of the Supreme Lord\'92s various mainfes
tations of energies. Vishnu is not the product of the material Nature, but material Nature is the product of Vishnu\'92s potency. The Mayavadi philosopher understands that Vishnu is a product of this material Nature. If Vishnu is a product of the materia
l Nature, He can be counted as one of the demigods. One who accepts Vishnu as one of the demigods is certainly mistaken and misled. And how he is misled is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.13-14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93My material energy is so powerful that it is very difficult to surpass
 the spell of material Nature, even for the greatest scholar.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 20-1968: The Mayavadi Philosophers Are Converted
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Mayavadi Philosophers Are Co
nverted
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is concluded that Lord Krishna, or Vishnu, is not of this material world, but that He belongs to the Spiritual World. Anyone considering Him as one of the demigo
ds of the material world is a great offender. This is called blasphemy. Lord Vishnu is, therefore, not subject to perception by the material senses, and neither can He be realized by mental speculation. There is no difference between the Body and Soul of
 the Supreme Lord Vishnu. In the material world there is always the difference between the body and soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anything material is enjoyed by the living entities because the living entities are superior in nature, whereas the material Nature is of inferior quality. Therefor
e, the superior quality of Nature, the living entities, can enjoy the inferior quality of Nature, matter. Because Lord Vishnu, is in no way touched by matter, He is not subject to the enjoyment of the living entities. The living entities cannot gain know
ledge of Vishnu by enjoying their mental speculative habits. The infinitesimal living entities are not, therefore, the enjoyers of Vishnu, but they are enjoyed by Lord Vishnu. If somebody thinks that Vishnu is enjoyable, then he is the greatest offender.
 The greatest act of blasphemy is to consider Vishnu and the living entity on the same level.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is compared with the blazing fire, whereas the innumerable living entities are compared with the sparks eman
ating from the blazing fire. So, although both of them are fire in quality, yet there is the distinction that Vishnu the Supreme is infinite, whereas the living entities, which are sparks, are infinitesimal. The infinitesimal living entities are emanatio
ns from the original infinite spirit. In other words, in their constitutional position as infinitesimal spirits, there is no trace of matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entities are not as great as Narayan, Vishnu, Who is beyond the Creation of this material world. This is accepted even by Sankaracharya\'97that Narayan i
s beyond this material Creation. So neither Vishnu nor the living entity are of the material Creation. Somebody may then enquire: Why were such small particles of the spirit created at all? The answer is that the completeness of perfection of the Supreme
 Absolute Truth is possible when He is both infinite and infinitesimal. If He is simply infinite and He is not infinitesimal, then He is not perfect. The infinite portion is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vishnu Tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead; and the infinitesimal portion is the living entity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the infinite desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is the existence of the Spiritual World, and by the infinitesimal desires of the living entities
 there is this material world. When the infinitesimal living entities are engaged in their infinitesimal desires for material enjoyment, they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jiva Shakti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; but when they are dove-tailed with the infinite, they are called liberated souls. There is no question, therefore, as to why God created the infinitesimal portions. It is the complement
ary and supplementary side of the Supreme. It is essential, without any doubt, that the infinite must have the infinitesimal portions. They are inseparable parts and parcels of the Soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And, because they are infinitesimal parts and parcels of the Supreme, there is a reciprocation of feelings between the infinite and the infinitesimal. Had there bee
n no infinitesimal living entities, then of course the Supreme Lord would have been inactive, and there would have not been any variegatedness in spiritual life. As there is no meaning of a king if there is no subject, therefore there is no meaning of th
e Supreme God if there are no infinitesimal living entities. There would have been no meaning of the word \'93Lord,\'94 if there were none to overlord. The conclusion is that the living entities are counted as expansions of the energy of the Supreme Lord
, and the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the Energetic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In all the Vedic literature, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there is innumerable evidenc
e for this distinction between the energy and the Energetic. In }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Seventh Chapter, }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, it is clearly stated that earth, water, fire, air and sky are five principal gross elem
ents of the material world. Mind, intelligence and false ego are elements of the subtle matter. The whole material Nature is considered to be divided into these eight elements, which are the inferior quality of Nature. Another name for this inferior qual
ity of Nature is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or illusion. Beyond these eight kinds of inferior Nature there is another 
superior quality of Nature, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paraprakriti}{\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 Paraprakriti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the living entity, and the entities are found all over this material world. The purport is that the Supreme Lo
rd is the Absolute Truth, the Energetic, and that He has energy also. That energy, when not properly manifested, or when covered by some shadow, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya Shakti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The cosmic manifestation is a product of that covered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya Shakti}{\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 living entities are factually beyond this covered inferior energy. The living entities have their pure spiritual existence, and their pure identity, and they ha
ve their pure mental activities. And all of them are beyond the manifestation of this cosmic world. The living entity, his mind, his intelligence, and his identity are beyond the range of this material world, but when he enters into this material world b
y his desire to lord it over matter, then his original mind, intelligence, and body become covered by the material energy. When he is again uncovered from these material or inferior energies, he is called liberated. And when he is liberated he has no fal
se ego, but his real ego comes again into existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolish mental speculators think that after liberation even the identity is lost, but that is not so. Because we are eternally part and parcel, the living entity, w
hen liberated, revives his original, eternal part-and-parcel identity. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aham Brahmasmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (I am not t
his body) does not mean that I lose my identity. At the present moment I say that I am matter, but in my liberated state I will understand that I am not matter, I am spirit soul, as part of the infinite. So to become Krishna conscious or spiritually cons
cious and to be engaged in this loving transcendental service of Krishna is the sign of the liberated stage.
\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 Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Sixth Chapter, 7th verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.7.61]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is very nicely and clearly stated: \'93T
he energy of the Supreme Lord is divided into three: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para, Kshetrajna}{\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 Avidya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  energy is actually the energy of the Supreme Lord; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kshetrajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  energy is called the living entities; and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avidya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  energy is called t
his material world, or Maya. It is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avidya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or ignorance, because under the spell of this m
aterial energy one forgets his actual position and his relationship with the Supreme Lord. It is concluded, therefore, that the living entities represent one of the energies of the Supreme Lord. Such an infinitesimal part and parcel of the Supreme Lord i
s called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If the Jiva is artificially put onto the same level with the infinite Supreme\'97b
ecause both of them are Brahman, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spirit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that will certainly lead to bewilderment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Mayavadi philosophers are perplexed before a learned Vaishnava philosopher because the Mayavadi cannot explain the cause of bondage of the living entities. They
 simply say: \'93It is out of ignorance,\'94 but they cannot explain why the Supreme is covered by this ignorance. The actual solution is that the living entities, although qualitatively one with the Supreme are infinitesimal, and are not infinite. Had t
hey been infinite there would not have been any possibility of being covered by ignorance. But, because the living entities are infinitesimal, they are covered by another, an inferior, energy. We can see their foolishness and ignorance when they try to e
xplain that the infinite is covered by ignorance. It is an offensive attempt to qualify the infinite as subject to the spell of ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sankara, although he attempted to cover the Supreme Lord by his Mayavadi philosophy, was doing so only by the order of the Supreme Lord. It is to be understood that
 his teaching was a timely necessity, but not a permanent fact. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this distinc
tion between energy and the Energetic is accepted from the very beginning. In that }{\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 , or }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta, Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 2nd\line {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\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 1.1.2
\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}{\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 first aphorism, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janmadyasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a clear explanation that the Supreme Absolute Truth i
s the Origin or Source of all emanation. Therefore the emanations are His energy, whereas He is the Energetic. Sankara has falsely put his argument in this way: that if the transformation of energy is accepted, then the Supreme Absolute cannot remain imm
utable. But that is not true; in spite of unlimited energy being generated, why not accept that the Supreme Absolute Truth remains always the same, even though there is the emanation of unlimited energies from Him? Sankaracharya has therefore incorrectly
 and wrongly established the theory of illusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection Ramanujacharya has discussed the point very nicely as follows: \'93If you argue that before the creation of this material world there was only on
e Absolute Truth, then how is it possible that the living entity emanated from Him? If He was alone, how could He produce or generate the infinitesimal living entities?\'94 In reference to this question 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 everything is generated from the Absolute Truth, everything is being maintained by the Absolute Truth, and, after annihilati
on, everything enters into Him. From this statement of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is clear that the livin
g entities enter into the Supreme Existence in their liberated state without changing their original constitutional position of activity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must always remember that the Supreme Lord has His creative function; and, similarly, the infinitesimal living entities have also a creative function. When they 
are liberated and enter into the Supreme after the dissolution of this material body, their creative function is not lost. On the contrary, the creative function of the living entity becomes properly manifested in the liberated stage. If the living entit
y\'92s activities are definitely manifested when he is in this material condition, then how is it possible that when he is in his spiritual liberated stage his activities can be stopped? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Entering}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is therefore understood in the sense that the bird enters into the trees, or the animals enter into the forest, or the flying vehicle enters into the sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While explaining Code Number }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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  of the First Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta \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 1.1.2
\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 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\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   janma-adi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and de
struction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\cs2873\b\i\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.}}}{
\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Sutra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , Sankara has most unceremoniously tried to explain that Brahman or the Supreme Absolute Truth is
 impersonal. Similarly, he has tried to twist most cunningly the doctrine of by-product into the doctrine of state of change. Actually, there is no change of state for the Supreme Absolute. It is simply by His inconceivable power of doing things that the
re comes a by-product. A relative truth produced out of another truth is called the transformation of a by-product. For example, when a sitting chair is produced out of crude wood it is the transformation of a by-product. Similarly, the Supreme Absolute 
Truth, Brahman, is immutable, and when we find a by-product\'97the living entity or this cosmic manifestation\'97it is called a transformation of that byproduct of the Supreme. Another example can be cited in this connection: that of milk and yogurt. Yog
urt is a transformation of milk. In this way, if we study the living entities and the cosmic manifestation, it will appear that they are not different from the original Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But from the Vedic literature we understand that the Absolute Truth has various multiforms of energy, and therefore the living entities and the cosmic manifestation
 are only a demonstration of His various energies. As energies are non-separable from the Energetic, therefore this transformation of the living entity and the cosmic manifestation is an inseparable truth which is part of the same Absolute Truth. Such a 
conclusion about the Absolute Truth and the relative truth should not be unacceptable to any sane man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth has His inconceivable potency, and out of that potential energy this cosmic manifestation has been effected. In other words, the Supreme 
Absolute Truth is the ingredient and the living entity and the cosmic manifestation are by-products. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taittiriya Upanishad}{\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 clearly stated: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yato }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  imani bhutani jayande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This clearly st
ates that the Absolute Truth is the original reservoir of all ingredients, and this material world of the living entities is produced out of those ingredients.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Less intelligent persons who cannot understand the doctrine of by-products cannot grasp how this cosmic manifestation and the living entity are simultaneously one a
nd different from the Absolute Truth. Without understanding this truth, if, out of unnecessary fear, one concludes that this cosmic manifestation and the living entity are false, by putting forward the example of mistaking a rope for a snake, as Sankarac
harya does, or mistaking the oyster shell for gold, surely that sort of argument is simply cheating. The examples of mistaking a rope for a snake and the oyster shell for gold, mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mandukya Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , have their different applications, and can be understood as follows: the living entity in his original constitution is pure spirit. And
 when a human being identifies himself with this material body, that is a case of accepting the rope as a snake, or the oyster shell as gold. The doctrine of transformation of state is accepted when one thing is mistaken for another. Actually, the body i
s not the living entity; and to accept the body as the living entity is the doctrine of transformation of state. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every conditioned soul is undoubtedly contaminated by this doct
rine of transformation of state}{\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 conditional state of the living entity is a diseased condition. Originally, the living entity and the Original Cause of this cosmic manifestation are certainly
 not in this state of transformation. But mistaken thoughts and arguments can overcome a person when he forgets about the inconceivable energies and activities of the Supreme Lord. Even in the material world there are many examples: the Sun is producing 
unlimited energies from time immemorial, and so many by-products result from the Sun; yet there is no change in the heat and temperature of the Sun itself. If the Sun can maintain itself in its original state of temperature\'97although it is a material p
roduct\'97in spite of producing so many by-products, then is it very difficult to understand that the Supreme Absolute Truth, in spite of His producing so many by-products by His inconceivable energy, is not changed at all? Therefore, there is no questio
n of the transformation of His state.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is learned from the Vedic literature that there is a material product which is called touchstone which, simply by touch, can transform iron into gold. The touchs
tone can produce an unlimited quantity of gold, and still the touchstone itself does not change its state. Therefore, to suppose that this cosmic manifestation and the living entities are false or illusory, as advocated by the Mayavadi philosopher, is ig
norance. No sane man should impose ignorance and illusion upon the Supreme Absolute Truth, Who is Absolute in everything. There is no possibility of change or ignorance or illusion with Him. Supreme Brahman is transcendental and completely different from
 any sort of material conception. Therefore, in the Supreme Absolute Truth, there is every possibility of inconceivable potential energy.
\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 Svetasvetara Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead is full of inconceivable energies, and no one else has such energy. By the misunderstanding of such inconceivable energies of the Supreme, one may conclude that the S
upreme Absolute Truth is impersonal, but this is false. Such a conclusion is only a delusion experienced by a living being when he is in an acute stage of disease. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bh
agwatam}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.33.3}{
\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  also there are statements that the Supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Lord, has got inconceivable, innumerable potencies. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bra
hma Samhita}{\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 [5.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 also it is stated that in the Supreme Spirit there are many variegated, inconceivable energies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Absolute Truth there is no possibility of ignorance. Ignorance and knowledge are conceptions of this world of duality, but in the Absolute there cannot be an
y ignorance. Therefore it is simply foolishness to consider that the Absolute becomes covered by ignorance. If the Absolute Truth has the possibility of ignorance, how can it be said to be Absolute?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding of the inconceivable energy of the Absolute is the only solution to the question of duality. In other words, the inconceivable energy of the Absolute 
is the cause of the doctrine of duality. By such inconceivable energy, the Supreme Absolute Truth, without being changed, can produce this cosmic manifestation and the living entities, just as the touchstone can produce unlimited quantities of gold witho
ut being changed. Because the Absolute Truth has such inconceivable energy, the material quality of covering by ignorance cannot be applied to the Absolute Truth. True variegatedness in the Absolute Truth is therefore a product of that inconceivable ener
gy. It can be safely concluded that this cosmic manifestation is by-product of that inconceivable energy. And when we accept the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord, then there is no duality at all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The expansion of the energy of the Supreme Lord is as true as the Supreme Lord. In the manifestation of the Supreme energy there is no question of transformation of
 state. The same example of the touchstone can be cited again: that, in spite of producing unlimited quantities of gold, the touchstone remains the same. (We hear, therefore, some sages say that the Supreme is the Ingredient or Cause of this cosmic manif
estation.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The example of accepting the rope as the snake is also not irregular. When we accept the rope as the snake it is to be understood that one has previous experience o
f the snake. Otherwise, how can one mistake the rope as a snake? Therefore, the conception of the snake is not untrue or unreal. It is the question of application. When, by mistake, we impose our conviction on the rope as being a snake, that is ignorance
. But the very idea of the snake is not itself ignorance. Similarly, when we accept a mirage of water in the desert, there is no question of water being a false concept. Water is a fact, but the application of water in the desert is a mistake.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, this cosmic manifestation is not false, as is stated by Sankara. There is nothing false here. To consider this material manifestation as false is another
 ignorance. The Mayavadi theory that this world is false is ignorance. The conclusion of Vaishnava philosophy is that this cosmic manifestation is a by-product of the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The principal word in the Vedas, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pranava Omkara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is the sound representation of the Supreme Lord. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Omkara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  should be taken as the sound Supreme. Sankara has falsely preached }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the 
Supreme vibration in the Vedas, instead of Omkara. Omkara is the reservoir of all the energies of the Supreme Lord. The accent on the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Sankara, as the Supreme vibration of the Vedas, is wrong, because this word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a secondary word only. This word suggests only a partial representation of the Vedas. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  the Lord has in many places given importance to Omkara. The importance of Omkara is mentioned in the Eighth Chapter, 13th verse, Ninth Chapter, 17th verse, and Seventeenth Chapter, 2}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 rd verse. Similarly, the importance of Omkara is stated 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 . Similarly, we get the importance of Omkara vibration in the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160
\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Om-ityetadak\'f1aram idam sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ' says the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4n\'f2\'fckya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (1.1) ``}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The letter Om is all this}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 (Adi Sankara, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dvadasalinga Stotram}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 "}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This entire universe is identical with the sac
red syllable Om}{\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 M\'e4n\'f2\'fckya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.1 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavat-sandarbha}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  47)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mandukya Upanishad}{\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 Srila Jiva Goswami has given great importance to the word Omkara in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavat Sanda
rbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He says: \'93Omkara is the most confidential sound representation of the Supreme Lord.\'94 The sound representation or Name of the Supreme Lord is as good as the Supreme
 Lord. By vibration of such sound as Omkara, or of }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , one can be delivered from the contamination of this material world. And, because such vibrations of transcendental sound can deliver a conditional soul, it is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tarak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or deliverer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sound vibration of the Supreme Lord is identical with the Supreme Lord. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nar
ada \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn The name is the {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svar\'fcpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the Lord. This is made clear in }{\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 :
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyakta\'e0 hi bhagav\'e4n eva s\'e4k\'f1\'e4n-n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9 svayam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4k\'f1ara-svar\'fcpena mukhe\'f1u parivartate
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 vyaktam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manifested; }{\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 bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'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 s\'e4k\'f1\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub directly; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub personally; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4k\'f1ara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the eight-syllable mantra; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svar\'fcpe\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the form
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukhe\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the mouth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
arivartate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goes.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub It is clear that the Lord, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is directly in the mouth in the form of the eight syllable mantra.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4\'eb\'f2ukya Upani\'f1ad describes }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'eb
ava}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O\'e0 ity etad ak\'f1aram ida\'e0 sarva\'e0}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is everything.  Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad says }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra eveda\'e0 sarvam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : o\'e0 is everything.}{\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 (J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavat-sandarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  47)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also it is stated that when sound vibr
ation is practiced by the conditioned soul, the Supreme Lord is present on the tongue of such a vibrating person. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mandukya Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the same importance is given, in that whatever is seen as spiritual, with the addition of Omkara, is perfect spiritual vision. In the Spiritual World or in the spiritual vision there is nothing except Omk
ara, or the one alternate, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Om}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Unfortunately, Sankara has given up this chief word, Omkara, and h
e has whimsically accepted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the Supreme vibration of the Vedas. By accepting such a s
econdary word of the Vedas as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , leaving aside the principal word Omkara, he has given up
 direct interpretation in favor of his own indirect interpretation of the Scripture.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 21-1968: Further Talks With Prakasananda
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-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 Further Talks With Prakasananda
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sripad Sankaracharya has unceremoniously obscured the Krishna Consciousness described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Purusa Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by manufacturing an indirect interpretation, and giving up the direct interpretation. But unless we take all the statements of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as self-evident, there is no need to study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . To interpret the verses of Vedanta Sutra according to one\'92s own whimsy is the greatest disservice to the self-evident }{\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 So far as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Omkara Pranava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is concerned, He is considered the sound incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; as such Omkara is eternal, unlimited, transcendental, supreme, and indestructible. He is the beginningless, and He is the beginning, middle a
nd end. When one understands the Omkara as such, then he becomes immortal. One should know Omkara as a representation of the Supreme situated in everyone\'92s heart. Anyone who understands Omkara and Vishnu as one and the same and all-pervading, never la
ments in the material world, nor does he remain anymore as a Sudra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although He (Omkara) has no material Form, He is unlimitedly expanded, and has unlimited Form. By understanding the Omkara one can become free from the duality of t
he material world and be placed in Absolute Knowledge. Therefore, Omkara is the most auspicious representation of the Supreme Lord. Such is the description of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mandukya Upan
ishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . One should not foolishly interpret such a description of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and say that because the Supreme Personality of Godhead \'93cannot\'94 appear Himself in this material world in His own Form, therefore the sound representation Omkara is here. By such a false 
interpretation, Omkara comes to be considered as something material, and the eulogizing of Omkara is misunderstood as simply }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an exhibition}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of His value. Actually, Omkara is as good as other incarnations of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord has innumerable incarnations, and Omkara is one of them, as an incarnation of the alphabet. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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 9.17}{\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 : \'93Amongst the letters I am Omkara\'94. This means that Omkara is non-different from Krishna\'97that is the right interpre
tation. The impersonalist, however, gives more importance to the Omkara than to the Personality of Godhead, Krishna. In fact, however, any representational incarnation of the Supreme Lord is non-different from Him. Such an incarnation or representation i
s as good spiritually as the Supreme Lord. Omkara is therefore the ultimate representation of all the Vedas. The Vedic Mantras or hymns have transcendental value because they are prefixed by the pronoun Omkara. The Vaishnavas, however, interpret Omkara a
s follows: By the letter }{\b0\i\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 , Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead is indicated; by the lette
r }{\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 , Krishna\'92s eternal consort Srimati Radharani is indicated; and by the letter}{\b0\i\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\cb1\nosupersub , the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord, the living entity, is indicated. Sankara has not given so much
 importance to the Omkara. It is found, however, 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 in 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 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahabarata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , from t
he beginning to the end, and in the middle\'97everywhere. Thus the glories of the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are declared.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord Chaitanya condemned the attempt at indirect interpretation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Su
tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the Sannyasis present were all struck with wonder by His explanation. After hearing the direct interpretation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from Lord Chaitanya, one of the Sannyasis in the meeting immediately declared, \'93O Sripad Chaitanya, whatever You have explai
ned by condemning the indirect interpretation of Omkara is not at all a useless argument. Only the fortunate persons can accept Your interpretation as the right one. Actually, every one of us now knows that the interpretations given by Sankara are all ar
tificial and imaginary, but because we belong to the sect, therefore we took it for granted to be the right interpretation. We shall be very glad to hear You if You explain further the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by direct interpretation.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this, Lord Chaitanya explained each and every verse of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by direct interpretation. He thus explained the word }{\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 . Brahman means the greatest, and the direct interpretation of greatest is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Greatest means full with six opulences. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Reservoir of all wealth, al
l fame, all strength, all beauty, all knowledge, and all renunciation. When Lord Krishna was present Personally on the Earth, He exhibited these six opulences in full. Nobody was richer than Lord Krishna, nobody was more learned than Krishna, nobody was 
more beautiful than Krishna, nobody was stronger than Krishna, nobody was more famous than Krishna, and nobody was more renounced than Krishna. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Krishna is the Supreme Brahman. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\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 , Tenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , when Arjuna thus addressed Him: \'93You are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,\'94 the Supreme Brahman. Therefore, Brahman means the Greatest, and the greatest means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. He is the Shelter of the Absolute Truth, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para Tattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , because He is Param Brahman. But, at the same time, in all His opulences and exhibitions of wealth, fame, strengt
h, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, there is nothing material. Everything spiritual and transcendental in all the Vedic verses and hymns indicates that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Wherever, therefore, the word }{\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  appears in the Vedas, it should be understood to indicate Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The inte
lligent person at once replaces the Name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherever there is the word }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental to the material modes of Nature, but He is fully qualified with transcendental qualities. To accept the Supreme
 as impersonal is to deny the manifestation of spiritual energies. When the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Brahman, is full with spiritual energies, and somebody simply accepts His impersonal exhibition of spiritual energy, then he does not accept this 
Absolute Truth in full. To accept It in full means to accept the spiritual variegatedness also, which is transcendental to the material modes of Nature. Therefore, failing to indicate the Supreme Lord, the impersonalist conception is incomplete.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The approved method of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the path of devotional service, as is confirmed in every Vedic Scripture. The d
evotional service of the Lord begins by hearing about Him. There are nine different methods in devotional service, of which hearing is the basic one. Hearing, chanting, remembering, worshipping\'97all these are the process of attaining the highest perfec
tion of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This process of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abhidheya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or practice of devotional service within our conditional life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In practice it is also experienced that anyone who takes to Krishna Consciousness does not like to deviate to any other consciousness. This Krishna Consciousness is
 a development of love for Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And this development of love of Godhead is called the fifth dimensional interest of the human being. When one takes to this process of transcendental devotional service, or love of G
odhead, he relishes his relationship with Krishna directly, and by such reciprocation in relishing transcendental dealings with Krishna, Krishna becomes gradually a Personal associate of the devotee. The devotee eternally enjoys blissful life. Therefore,
 the purport of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is to re-establish the lost relationship of the human being wit
h the Supreme Lord Krishna, to execute devotional service, and ultimately to achieve the highest goal of life, love of Godhead. These three principles of transcendental life are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and nothing more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this explanation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by direct interpretation of the verses. one of the disciples of Prakasananda Saraswati, considered to be the chief amongst all his disciples, stood up in the assembly and began to praise Lord Chaitanya as Personally the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayan. He very much appreciated the explanation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  by Lord Chaitanya, and said publicly that the direct explanation by Lord Chaitanya of the meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\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 Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93is so pleasing that we forget ourselves
, and forget that we belong to the Mayavadi sect.\'94 It must be admitted herewith that the explanations by Sankaracharya of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\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 Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are all imaginary. We sometim
es accept such imaginary explanations for the sake of sectarian feuds, but actually such an explanation does not satisfy us. Simply by accepting the order of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyasa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one does not become free from material entaglements. Actually, if we understand the explanation given by Lord Chaitanya, that will help us. Sri Krishna Chaitanya has very nicely expl
ained the meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harer Nama Harer Nama Harer Nama Eva Kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and we are all very much ple
ased. There is no alternative to devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without devotional service nobody can become liberated from the material clutches. Especially in this age, when simply by chanting }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , one can achieve the highest
 liberation.\'94
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.14.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is stated that, for a person who
 gives up the path of devotional service and simply undergoes some labor of life for knowledge, there is no other profit than taking the trouble to understand what is matter and what is spirit. It is considered useless labor to try to get grains from the
 husks which are empty. Similarly, in the Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, it is also said that a person who gives up the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord and artificially considers himself liberated, never attains to actual liberation. On t
he contrary, with great labor of austerity and penances he may be elevated to the status of liberation, but for want of shelter unto the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord, he falls down again into the material contamination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Brahman cannot be accepted as impersonal. Otherwise the six opulences, meaning the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will not be acceptable in the concept
 of Brahman. 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  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  affirm that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full of spiritual energies. Foolish persons do not accept the energy of the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead, and therefore His Pastimes and His Activities are derided by them. They misinterpret the transcendental Body of Krishna as a creation of the Material Nature, and this is the greatest offense and sinful act. One should, therefore, accept the words 
of Chaitanya just as He explained in this assembly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The individual Personality of the Supreme Absolute Truth is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bh
agwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Ninth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [3-4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93O my Supreme Lord, the transcendental Form which I am just seeing is simple transcendental pleasure without any change and without any contamination of the material modes. It is full of effulgence and there is no greater ma
nifestation of the Absolute Truth than this. O Soul of everyone, You are the Creator of this cosmic manifestation with all the material elements, and I surrender unto You, Your transcendental Form, O Krishna! O Most Auspicious Universe! You advent Yourse
lf in Your Original Personal Form for the Purpose of being worshipped by us. We perceive You either by meditation or by worshipping directly. Foolish persons, mostly contaminated by the material Nature, do not give much importance to Your transcendental 
Form, and therefore they are understood to be gliding down to hell.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same statement is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Ninth Chapter, 11th verse: \'93Only the foolish persons mock at Me because I am here just like human being. Such foolish persons do not know the intrinsic value of this transcendental Form, that I am the
 Proprietor, I am the Master, I am the Lord of All Creation.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For such foolish, demoniac persons, hell is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Sixteenth Chapter, 19th verse: \'93Such deriding persons who are envious of Me and My devotee, I put into this material world in the most degraded species of life, and being thus
 situated in such degraded forms, the demoniac persons have no chance to understand the Supreme Personality of God.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The doctrine of by-product, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parinamavada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is ascertained from the very beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 
but Acharya Sankara has artificially tried to hide it and to establish the doctrine of transformation of state, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vivartavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and he has the audacity to say that Vyasa is mistaken. All the Vedic literature, including the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , confirm that the Supreme Lord is the center of Spiritual energy and variegatedness. The Mayavadi philosopher, however, is puffed up, in his own incompetence, and cannot understand variegatedness in spiritual ener
gy. He therefore falsely conceives that the spiritual variegatedness is no more than material variegatedness. Deluded by this false belief, he derides the Pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such foolish persons, being unable to understand th
e spiritual activities of the Supreme Lord, consider Krishna as one of the products of this material Nature. This is the greatest offense which can be committed by any human being. Lord Chaitanya therefore establishes that Krishna is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sat Chit Ananda Vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Form of Eternity, Knowledge and Bliss, and is always engaged in His transcendental Past
imes of spiritual variegatedness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The student of Prakasananda summarized the explanation of Lord Chaitanya and concluded: \'93We have practically given up the actual path of spiritual realization. W
e simply engage in nonsense talk. The Mayavadi philosophers who are serious about attaining benediction should engage in the devotional service of Krishna, but instead they take pleasure only in useless talk. We admit herewith that by the explanation of 
Sankara the actual import of Vedic literature is hidden. Only the explanation given by Chaitanya is acceptable, and all other interpretations are useless.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After thus explaining his position, that particular student of Prakasananda Saraswati engaged himself in the chanting of }{\b0\i\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.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Prakasananda Saraswati saw that his 
chief student was engaged in chanting }{\b0\i\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 , and he too admitted the fault of Sankarachary
a, and spoke as follows: \'93Acharya Sankara wanted to establish the doctrine of monism, and therefore he had no other alternative than to interpret the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a different way. If he accepts the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then the doctrine of monism cannot be established. Therefore, by his illusory scholarship, he has tried to cover
 the actual meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Not only Sankara, but any author who wants to give his 
own views must curtail and misinterpret the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord therefore gave the direct meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . No Vedic Scripture can be used for indirect speculation; not only Sankara, but other materialistic philosophers like Kapila, Gautama, Astavakra, Patanjali \'97every one of them has tried to put fo
rward philosophical speculations in a different way. The philosopher Jaimina and his other followers, who are all more or less logicians, have given up the real meaning 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 , devotional service, and have tried to establish the Absolute Truth as subject to the material world. It is their opinion that if we do our material activities nicely, t
hen if there is any God He will be pleased and give us the desired result. Similarly, the atheist Kapila has tried to establish that there is no God Who is the Creator of this material world. But he (Kapila) has analyzed the material world\'92s elements 
and their combination as the cause of creation. He has tried to establish this. Similarly, Gautama and Kanad have given stress to the material elements, and have tried to establish that atomic energy is the origin of creation. Similarly, the impersonalis
ts and monists like Astavakra have tried to establish the impersonal effulgence of 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
 as the Supreme. Similarly, Patanjali, one of the greatest authorities on 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, has tr
ied to conceive an imaginary Form of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To summarize their philosophy, it is understood that all these materialistic philosophers have tried to avoid the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as they wanted to 
put forward their own mentally concocted philosophies. But Vyasadeva, the learned sage and incarnation of Godhead, has thoroughly studied all these philosophical speculations of different sages; and to answer all of them he has compiled the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which simply indicates the relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, execution of
 devotional service, and ultimate achievement of love of Godhead. In the very beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , the verse }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janmadyasa yata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  appears and is explained in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which Vyasa establishes at the very beginning that the Supreme Source of everything is a cognizant,
 Transcendental Person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalist tries to explain that the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Lord, or }{\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 , is beyond these material modes of Nature, but at the same time he wants to establish the Supreme Personality of Godhead as contaminated by the modes o
f material Nature. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  establishes that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not o
nly transcendental to the material modes of nature, but also that He has innumerable transcendental qualities and energies. All these speculative'philosophers are one in denying the existence of the Supreme Lord Vishnu, and they are very much enthused to
 put forward their own theories to be recognized by the people. Unfortunate persons become enamoured of these atheistic philosophers, and thus they can never understand the real nature of the Absolute Truth. It is better for them, therefore, to follow in
 the footsteps of great souls who are called Mahajans. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are tw
elve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahajans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or great souls. They are: 1. Brahma, 2. Lord Shiva, 3. Narada, 4. Vaivasvata Manu, 
5. Kapila (not the atheist, but the original Kapila), 6. the Kumaras, 7. Prahlada, 8. Bhisma, 9. Janaka, 10. Bali, 11. Sukadeva Goswami, 12. Yamaraj.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\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  there is no use of arguing about the Absolute Truth. Because there are different kinds of Vedic Scriptures and philosophical understandings, and no philosopher is agreeable to another philosopher. Everyone is trying to give us his ow
n point of view, rejecting the other. Therefore, to understand the prime necessity of religious principles is very difficult. It is better to follow in the footsteps of the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mahajans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Great Souls, as above mentioned. One is then able to achieve the desired success. Lord Chaitanya\'92s teaching 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 TLC 22-1968: The }{\cs2873\i0\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Srimad Bhagavatam
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-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 The }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident of the conversion of the Mayavadi Sannyasis into the path of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, many many scholars and inquisitive persons used to visit Lord
 Chaitanya at Benares. All of them could not see Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at His residence, and therefore they used to stand in line to see Lord Chaitanya as He used to pass on His way to the temple of Viswanath and Bindumadhav. One day He visited the temple
 along with His associates\'97Chandra Sekhar Acharya, Paramananda, Tapan Mishra, Sanatan Goswami, etc. He was singing, 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari haraye namah Krishna Yadavaya namah \line Gopala Govinda Rama Sri Madhusudana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \'97and while He was singing like that, chanting and dancing, thousands of people gathered around Him, and there was a roarin
g following the vibration of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This vibration was so tumultuous that \'92Prakasananda Saraswati, who was sitting nearby, came immediately along with his disciples, and as soon as he saw the beautiful Body of Lord Chaitanya and His nic
e dancing, along with His associates, he also joined and began to sing with Him: 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari! Hari!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the inhabitants of Benares were struck with wonder by seeing the dancing of Lord Chaitanya in ecstasy. Lord Chaitanya, ho
wever, checked Himself in His continuous ecstasy, and stopped His dancing when He saw that the Mayavadi Sannyasis were also present. As soon as He stopped His chanting and dancing, Prakasananda Saraswati fell at the feet of Lord Chaitanya. Lord Chaitanya
 tried to stop him and said: \'93Oh, you are the Spiritual Master of the whole world, Jagat Guru, and I am not equal even to your disciple. You should not therefore worship an inferior like Me, Who is not even equal to the disciple of your disciple. You 
are exactly like Supreme Brahman, and if you fall down at My Feet it is a very great offense on My part. Although you have no vision of duality, still for the teachings of the people in general you should not do this.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasananda Saraswati replied, \'93Previously I spoke ill of You many times. Therefore, in order to free myself from the result of my offense, I fall down at Your 
Feet.\'94 He quoted in this connection a verse of Vedic literature in which it is stated that when even a liberated soul commits offense to the Supreme Lord he becomes again a victim of the material contamination. He quoted another verse from }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , from the Tenth Canto, Thirty-fourth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.34.9]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in connection with Nanda Maharaj and the attack of a serpent who was previously Vidyadhavarehita. This serpent, being touched by t
he Lotus Feet of Krishna, regained his previous body and thus he was freed from the reaction of his sinful activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya, after hearing the equation of himself with Krishna, mildly protested against such behavior. The fact is, He wanted to warn people in general not to 
compare the Supreme Lord with any living entity. Although He was the Supreme Lord Himself, still, to teach us, He protested against this comparison, and said that nobody should be compared with the Supreme Lord Krishna\'97that is the greatest offense. Lo
rd Chaitanya always maintained that Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is great and the living entities, however great they may be, are not the infinite, but are infinitesimal. He quoted, in this connection, a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava Tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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 Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.117]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where it is stated: \'93Any person who compares the Supreme Lord even with the greatest of demigods like Brahma and Shiva, must be consi
dered a number one atheist.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasananda replied, \'93I can understand that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, but even though You present Youself as a devotee, still You are
 worshippable by me, because You are greater than all of us in education and in realization. Therefore, by blaspheming You, we committed the greatest offense and You should excuse us.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How a devotee becomes the greatest of all transcendentalists is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad B
hagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sixth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93There are many liberated souls, and there are many perfected souls; but out of all such liberated and perfected souls, one who is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the best. Such devotees of the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead are always calm and quiet, and their perfection is very rarely to be seen even in millions of persons.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasananda quoted another verse from the Tenth Canto, Fourth Chapter, in which it is stated that duration of life, prosperity, fame, religiousness, and the benedi
ction of higher authorities\'97everything gained, becomes lost by transgressing the respect of a devotee. He quoted another verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Seventh Canto, Fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in 
which it is stated that the touch of the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead causes the disappearance of all kinds of misgivings of the conditioned soul. But this facility of touching the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord is not possible unless
 one receives benediction by the dust of the Lotus Feet of a pure devotee of the Lord. In other words, nobody can become a pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by another pure devotee of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakasananda Saraswati spoke further: \'93Now I am taking shelter of Your Lotus Feet, for I want to be elevated to be a devotee of the Supreme Lord.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After talking in this way, both Prakasananda Saraswati and Lord Chaitanya sat together and Prakasananda Saraswati began to enquire from the Lord as follows: \'93Wha
tever You have said in pointing out discrepancies in the Mayavadi philosophy is known to us also, because we know that all the commentaries on Vedic Scriptures by Mayavadi philosophers are in error by interpretation\'97especially those by Sankaracharya, 
whose interpretation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is all his own imagination. You have not explained the code
s of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Your imagination, but You have explained them as they are, and by hearing Your explanation, all of us are very pleased. Such explanations of the codes
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  could not be given by anyone else except the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and You have all the potencies. Kindly explain further about the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , so that I may be benefitted.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya again protested against His being called the Supreme Lord, and He said, \'93My dear sir, I am an ordinary living entity. I cannot know the meaning of
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but Vyasadeva, Who is an incarnation of Narayan, knows the real meaning of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . No ordinary living being can interpret the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with his mundane education. In order to curb commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by unscrupulous persons, the author, Vyasadeva Himself, has already commented on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by writing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 In other words, if the author himself explains the purport of his book, that is excellent. Nobody can understand the author\'92s mind unless the author himself discloses the purport of his language. 
Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be understood by the commentary of the Author Himself, which is }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Pranava or Omkara is the divine substance of 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 . Omkara is explained further in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , as exactly explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There are four verses in this connect
ion. These verses are explained to Brahma, and Brahma explained them again to Narada, and Narada explained them to Vyasa. Therefore the purport of the verses in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhag
watam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  comes down in disciplic succession. It is not that anyone and everyone can make his own commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  foolishly, and mislead the readers. Anyone who wants to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  carefully. Under the instruction of Narada Muni, Vyasadeva compiled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  with the purpose of explaining the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  codes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was written before }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwata
m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . After hearing from Narada Muni, Vyasadeva commentated on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . By writing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He colle
cted all the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the purpose of which was explained also in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra. Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is therefore the essence of all Vedic knowledge. That which is stated in
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is explained very nicely in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 is a passage from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Isho Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , similiar to one in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eighth Canto, First 
Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the purport of which is that whatever one sees in the cosmic manifestation, everyw
here, is the Supreme Lord\'92s energy, which is non-different from Him. Therefore, He is the Controller of all living entities, and the Friend and Maintainer of everyone. We should live by the mercy of God, and by the things allotted to our particular li
ving condition. Thus one enjoys life, and nobody should encroach on any other\'92s property.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, the purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\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 Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and that of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are one and the same. If anyone studies }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  carefully, he will find that all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\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 Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  codes are nicely ex
plained there. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also the subject matter is divided into three: to establish the etern
al relationship with the Supreme Lord, how to act in that relationship, and, lastly, how to achieve the highest benefit from it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The four verses dealing with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ahameva asam agrey}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the gist of the whole }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam }{\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 2.9.33-36]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and this is very nicely explained as follows: \'93I am the Supreme Center of relationship of all
 living entities, and My knowledge is the Supreme Knowledge, and the process by which I can be achieved by the living entity is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abhidheya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And, by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abhidheya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process, one attains to 
the highest perfection of life, love of Godhead. When one attains that stage of life, love of Godhead, then his life becomes perfect.\'94 The explanation of these four verses is given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 connection Lord Chaitanya gave a short description of the principles of the four slokas of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: Nobody can understand the consitutional position of the Supreme Lord\'97how He is situated, what are His transcendental qualities,
 what are His transcendental activities, how He is full with six kinds of opulences. These things cannot be understood by mental speculators or by one\'92s academic education. These things are to be understood by the mercy of the Lord, as has been stated
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.55]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub : one who is fortunate enough to be favored by the Supreme Lord can understand all these explanations by the mercy of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord existed before the material Creation; therefore the material ingredients and Nature and the living entities all emanated from Him, and again after dissolut
ion they rest in Him. When the Creation is correct it is maintained by Him; at the same time, whatever manifestation we see, that is only a transformation of the external energy. When the external energy is withdrawn by the Supreme Lord, then everything 
enters into Him. In the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ahameva}{\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 Aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I, is mentioned three times. That is to stress that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full with all opulences. For anyone, th
erefore, who cannot understand or does not believe in the transcendental Nature and Form of the Supreme Lord, and who says He is without any Form\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is stated three times just to chastise him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord possesses His internal energy, besides His external, marginal and relative energies, as well as the manifestation of His cosmic world and the living entiti
es. The external energy is manifested by the qualitative modes, or gunas, of material Nature. One who can understand the nature of the living entity in the Spiritual World can actually understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or perfect knowledge. One cannot understand the Supreme Lord simply by seeing the material energy and the conditioned soul. But when one is in perf
ect knowledge, then he is free from the influence of the external energy. Just as the Moon is the reflection of the Sun, and without the existence of the Sun the Moon cannot illuminate, so this material cosmic manifestation is something like the reflecti
on of the Spiritual World.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is actually liberated from the spell of the external energy, he can understand the constitutional nature of the Supreme Lord. Devotional service to the Lor
d is the only means for attaining Him. And this devotional service of the Lord can be accepted by everyone and anyone, in any country, in any atmosphere, and under any circumstance. Devotional Service is above the four principles of religiousness, or abo
ve the understanding of liberation. Even the preliminary process of executing devotional service is transcendental to the highest subject matter of liberation in the ordinary course of religiousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should, therefore, approach a bona fide Spiritual Master, irrespective of caste, creed, color, country and place, and he must hear from that bona fide Spiritual
 Master everything about devotional service. The real purpose of life is to revive our dormant love of God. That is our ultimate necessity. How that love of God can be achieved is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There is theoretical knowledge and specific, or realized knowledge. The perfect, realized knowledge, is obtained in realization of t
he teaching received from the Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 23-1968: Why Study the }{\cs2873\i\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Vedanta Sutra}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ?
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-three
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Study the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge means information gathered from the Scriptures, and science means practical realization of the knowledge gathered from the Scriptures. It is scientific kn
owledge when it is gathered from the Scriptures through the practical application of the bona fide Spiritual Master, but when interpreted by mental concoction it is personal. By scientific understanding of the information from the Scripture, through the 
bona fide Spiritual Master, one learns, by one\'92s own realization, each actual conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The transcendental Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is different from material manifestation and different from t
he reactions of matter. Therefore, without scientific understanding of the Spiritual Form of the Personality of Godhead one becomes an impersonalist. The sunshine is itself an illumination, but that illumination is different from the Sun. Yet the Sun and
 the sunshine are not differently situated; without the Sun there is no sunshine, and without the sunshine there is no Sun.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless one is freed from the influence of material energy, one cannot understand the Supreme Lord and His different energies. One who is captivated by the spell of 
material energy cannot understand the Spiritual Form of the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless there is realization of the transcendental Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is
 no question of love of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Without realization of the transcendental Form of the Supreme Lord, love of Godhead is fictitious, and without realization of love of Godhead 
there is no perfection of human life. Such realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is as follows: it is just like the five gross elements of Nature, namely earth, water, fire, air and ether: they are both within and without all living beings in
 this world. Similarly, those who are devotees of the Supreme Lord can realize the Personality of Godhead both inside and outside this existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pure devotees know very well that they are meant to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all things that exist are the means for service to the Supreme Lor
d. Because a devotee has been blessed by the Supreme within the core of his heart, therefore, wherever he looks, he can see the Supreme Lord and nothing more. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub confirms this type of relationship between the devotee and the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.2.55]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as follows: \'93For a person whose heart is always tied to the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord by the rope of love of Godhead
, the Lord does not leave him even if remembrance is not very carefully done; such a person is called a first class devotee.\'94 An example of this is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavat
a \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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  (10.30.4)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tasumskunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : The Gopis were assembled for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ra
sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Dance with Krishna, but Krishna left them, and so the assembled Gopis began to chant the Holy Name of Krishna. They became overwhelmed with madness, and began to inquire fr
om the flowers and creepers in the forest about Krishna, Who is compared with the sky and Who is situated everywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , therefore, means to be informed about our eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, the procedure for how to regain Him, and the ultimate realization, which is love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya next explained to Prakasananda Saraswati how to achieve the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service. He quoted in this connection a vers
e from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , from the Eleventh Canto, Fourteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.14.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which the Lord says He can be realized only through devotional service, with faith and the love of the d
evotee, and it is devotional service only which purifies the heart of the devotee and elevates him into the ultimate realization of faith and service unto the Supreme Lord. Even though he is born of a low family such as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97one who eats dogs\'97yet by realization of the Supreme stage of love of Godhead one becomes full with transcendent
al symptoms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These symptoms are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Third Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.3.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as f
ollows: \'93When devotees discuss the subject of the Supreme Lord, Who can cleanse the heart of a devotee from all kinds of sinful reaction, they become overwhelmed with ecstasies of different symptoms, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on account of their devotional service}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; and, as such, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.2.40] }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub when they chant the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord, due to their spontaneous attachment for Him, they sometimes cry, sometimes laugh, sometimes dance, sometimes sing, without car
ing for any social convention.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should understand, therefore, that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the real explanasion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , an
d it is compiled by the Author Himself. In the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a \chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4\'f1ya\'e0 brahma-s\'fctr\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\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 bh\'e4\'f1yam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97commentary;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  brahma-s\'fctr\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fct
ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub .
\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam is the (actual) commentary on the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra (Brahma-s\'fctra).
\par }\pard {\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 the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artho 'ya\'e0 brahma-s\'fctr\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0\line bh\'e4rat\'e4rtha-vinir\'ebaya\'f9\line g\'e4yatr\'e9-bh\'e4\'f1ya-r\'fcpo 'sa
u\line ved\'e4rtha-parib\'e5\'e0hita\'f9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grantho '\'f1\'f6\'e4da\'e7a-s\'e4hasra\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9mad-bh\'e4gavat\'e4bhidha\'f9
\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the authorized explanation of }{\cs2873\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  and i
t is a further explanation of }{\cs2873\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  It is the expansion of the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e4yatr\'e9 mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the essence of all Vedic knowledge. This }{\cs2873\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  containing eighteen thousand verses, is known as the explanation of all Vedic literature." 
\par }\pard {\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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said:\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam is the perfect commentary on Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra."\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Mah\'e4-pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  affirms 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  is the natural commentary on }{\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 .\line (J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paramatma-san
darbha, Anuccheda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  105 Text 9)\line -----------------------------------\line Garu\'f2a Pur. / 21.1\line }}{\b0\i0\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 Guru}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said: \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the actual explanation of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and is a further explanation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahabarata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is the explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the essence of all Vedic knowledge. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contains 18,000 verses, and is known as the explanation of all Vedic literature.\'94 In the First Canto of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is an enquiry by the sages of Naimisharanya to Suta Goswami, on how to know the essence of Vedic literature. In answer to the enquiry, Suta Goswami presented }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as the essence of 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  and histories and other Vedic literature. In the Twelfth Canto, Thirteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [12.13.15]}{
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
, it is clearly stated the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the essence of all Vedanta knowledge, and one who 
relishes the knowledge from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has no taste for studying any other literature. 
In the very beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the meaning and purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also described: \'93I am offering my obeisances unto the Supreme Truth.\'94 This is the first introdu
ctory verse on the Supreme Truth, described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the Source of creation, maintenan
ce, and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, directly indicate Lord Sri Krishna, Who is the Divine Son of Vasudeva and Devaki. The fact will be more explic
itly presented later in the text of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.3.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by the direct statement of the Author, in His assertion that Sri Krishna is the Original Personality of Godhead, and all others are either His direct or indirect plenary portions, or portions of the port
ion. Srila Jiva Goswami has later on still more explicitly developed this subject matter in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Sandarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , and Brahmaji, the original living being, has explained the subject of Sri Krishna substantially in his treatise, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\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 Samveda Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also sai
d that Lord Sri Krishna is the Divine Son of Devaki.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, in this prayer of the Author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the first proposition is that Lord Sri Krishna is the Primeval Lord, and if any transcendental nomenclature for the Absolute Personality of Godhead has to be understood, it must be the Name indicated by 
the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the All-attractive. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.12-14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in many passages the Lord has affirmed Himself as the Original Personality of Godhead, and it is confirmed by Arjuna, with the authorized statements of great sages like Narada, Vyasa, and many others. In the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also it is said that, of innumerable Names of the Lord, the Name of Krishna is the princ
ipal Name. Therefore, although Vasudeva indicates the plenary portion of the Personality of Godhead, and although all the different Forms of the Lord are identical with Vasudeva, in this text Vasudeva is principally meant to indicate the Divine Son of Va
sudeva and Devaki. Sri Krishna is always meditated upon by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paramhansas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the most perfect o
f the renounced order of life. This Vasudeva, or Lord Sri Krishna. is the Cause of all causes. Everything that exists is an emanation from the Lord, and how this so happens is explained in later chapters of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Bhagwat Puranam (Srimad Bhagwatam)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is described by Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya as the spotless Puranam, because It contains the transcendental narration of the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. The history of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also very glorious. It was compiled by Sri Vyasadeva from His mature experience of transcendental knowledge under the ins
truction of Sri Naradaji, His Sprirtual Master. Vyasadeva compiled all the Vedic literature, namely the four divisions 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 Vedanta Sutra}{\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 Brahma Sutras}{\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 Puranas}{\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 Mahabarata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But He was still not delig
hted in His mind. This was observed by His Spiritual Master, and thus Narada advised Him to write on the transcendental activities of the Lord, Sri Krishna. The transcendental activities of Lord Sri Krishna are described specifically in the Tenth Canto o
f the Book, which is considered to be the substance. But, in order to reach the substance of the Tenth Canto, one has to approach gradually by developed knowledge of the categories.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, a philosophical mind is inquisitive to know what is the Origin of all creations. He sees the night sky and naturally asks what are the stars, how are the
y situated, who lives there, and so on. All these inquiries are quite natural for a human being, because he has a more developed consciousness than the animals. And to answer at once such a sincere inquirer, the Author of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that the Lord is the Origin of all creations. He is not only the Creator, but He is also the Main
tainer of the cosmic situation, and He is also the Destroyer. The manifested Cosmic Nature is created at a certain period by the will of the Lord, it is maintained for some time, and then it is annihilated by His Will; and as such He is the Supreme Will 
behind all these activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are atheists of various categories who do not believe in the conception of a Creator, but that is due only to their poor fund of knowledge. The modern scienti
st has created a sputnik, and by some arrangement or other the sputnik is thrown into outer space to fly on for some time at the control of a scientist who is far away from the flying sputniks. All the Universes, with innumerable planets within them, are
 similar to the sputniks, and are controlled by the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literature it is said that the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is the Chief amongst the living personalities. All living beings, from the f
irst created being, Brahmaji, down to the smallest ant, are all individual living beings. And, above Brahmaji, there are many other living beings with individual capacities, and the Personality of Godhead is also a similar living being, as individual as 
the other living beings. But the Supreme Lord, or the Supreme Living Being, has the greatest mind, with the supermost inconceivable energies of different varieties. If a man\'92s mind can produce a sputnik, we can very easily imagine that minds higher th
an man\'92s can produce similar other wonderful things far superior to the man-made sputniks. A reasonable person will easily accept this argument, but there are stubborn, obstinate ones who may not believe in these reasonable statements.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Srila Vyasadeva at once accepts the Supreme Mind as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parameswara}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Supreme Controller. He proposes to offer His respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And that Parameswara is Sri Krishna, as is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\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  and all other Scriptures delivered by Srila Vyasadeva, and specifically in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Bhaga
vad 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  th
e Lord says that there is no other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paratattwa (Summum bonum)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  than Himself. Therefore, the Author 
at once worships the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paratattwa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sri Krishna, Whose transcendental activities are described in th
e Tenth Canto.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unscrupulous persons go at once to the Tenth Canto, and especially the five chapters where a description of the Lord\'92s }{\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 is kindly given. This portion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bh
agwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , however, is the most confidential part of the great literature. Unless one has thoroughly accomplished himself in the transcendental knowledge of the Lord, one is sur
e to misunderstand the Lord\'92s worshippable transcendental Pastimes in the form of }{\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, 
and His love affairs with the Gopis. The subject matter is highly spiritual and technical, and only liberated persons who have gradually attained to the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paramhansa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as referred to before, can transcendentally relish the worshippable }{\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Vyasadeva, therefore, gives us the chance for gradual development of spiritual realization before we can actually relish the essence of the Pastimes of the Lo
rd, He therefore purposely invokes the Gayatri Mantra, \'93Dheemahi.\'94 This Gayatri Mantra is meant for the spiritually advanced people. When one has attained success in the matter of chanting the Gayatri Mantra he can enter into the transcendental pos
ition of the Lord. One must acquire the Brahminical qualities, or be perfectly situated in the quality of goodness of the modes of material Nature, in order to chant the Gayatri Mantra successfully, and then attain to the stage of transcendentally realiz
ing the Lord, His Name, His Fame, His Qualities, etc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the narration of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swarupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Form of the Lord, manifested by His internal potency; and this potency is distingushed f
rom the external potency, which has manifested the cosmic world which is within our experience. Srila Vyasadeva makes a clear distinction between the two in the 1st verse of the First Chapter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He says there that the manifestation of the internal potency is factual reality, whereas the external manifested energy in the form of material existence is tempora
ry and illusory, no more real than the mirage in the desert. In the mirage of the desert there is no actual water. By the interaction of something else there is the appearance of water. Real water is somewhere else. Similarly, the manifestive cosmic Crea
tion appears like reality, but the true reality, of which this is but a reflection only, is somewhere else in the Spiritual World, in which there are no mirages. Absolute Truth is there, and not here. Here everything is relative truth, one seeming truth 
depending on another. This cosmic Creation is an interactory resultant of the three modes of Nature, and the temporary manifestations are so created as to present an illusion of reality to the bewildered mind of the conditioned soul, appearing as so many
 species of life, including the higher demigods like Brahma, Indra, Chandra, etc. In fact there is no reality in the manifested world, but it appears so on account of the True Reality in the Spiritual World, where the Personality of Godhead eternally exi
sts with His transcendental paraphernalia.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chief engineer of a complicated construction does not personally take part in the construction, but it is he only who knows all the nooks and corners of the con
struction, because everything is done by his direction only. He knows everything about the construction directly and indirectly. Similarly, the Personality of Godhead, Who is the Supreme Engineer of this cosmic Creation, knows very well what is happening
 in the nooks and corners of the cosmic Creation, although the things are apparently done by someone else. From Brahma down to the insignificant ant, nobody is independent in material Creation, and everywhere there is the Hand of the Supreme Lord. All ma
terial elements as well as spiritual sparks are but emanations from Him only. And whatever is created in this material world is but the interaction of the two energies, material and spiritual, or the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishn
a (Vasudeva).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A living entity called a chemist can manufacture water in the chemical laboratory by mixing hydrogen and oxygen gases, but in reality the living entity works in the
 laboratory under the direction of the Supreme Lord, and the materials with which the chemist works are also supplied by the Lord. As such, the Lord knows everything directly and indirectly, and He is cognizant of all the minute details of everything, an
d He is fully independent. He is compared with the mine of gold, and the cosmic creations in different forms are compared with the gold rings and necklaces, etc. The gold ring and the gold necklace are qualitatively one with the gold in the mine, but qua
ntitatively the gold in the mine and the gold in the earring or necklace are different. The whole philosophy of the Absolute Truth is, therefore, that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is simultaneously one 
and different}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Nothing is absolutely equal to the Absolute Truth, but at the same time nothing is independent of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conditioned souls, beginning from Brahma, the engineer of this particular Universe, down to the insignificant ant, are all creating something, but none of them are 
independent of the Supreme Lord. The materialist wrongly thinks that there is no Creator save and except his own good self, and this is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or illusion. On account of his poor fund of knowledge the materialist cannot see beyond the purview of his imperfect senses, and thus he thinks that matter automatically takes its own shape withou
t a conscious background. This is refuted in the 1st verse of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Srila Vyasadeva, W
ho is a liberated soul and compiled this book of authority after His mature spiritual perfection. The Complete Whole, or the Absolute Truth, being the Source of everything, nothing is independent of the Whole Body. Any action and reaction on the body bec
omes a cognizable fact to the embodied Whole. Similarly, if the whole Creation is the Body of the Absolute Whole, then nothing is unknown to the Absolute, directly or indirectly.
\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 Sruti Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  it is also stated that the Absolute Whole, or Brahman, is the Ultimate Source of everything. Everything emanates from Him, and everything is maintained by Him, and at the end everything enters into Him only. That is the law of Nature. In the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Smriti Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also the same thing is confirmed. It is said there that at the beginning of Brahma
\'92s millennium the Source from which everything emanates\'97and, at the end of that millennium, the reservoir that everything enters into\'97is the Absolute Truth, or Brahman. Material scientists haphazardly take it for granted that the ultimate source
 of all the planetary systems is the Sun. But they are unable to explain the source of the Sun. Herein the ultimate Source is explained. According to the Vedic literature, Brahma is the creator of this Universe, and yet he also had to meditate to get ins
piration for such creation. Therefore Brahma, or the Sun, is not the ultimate creator.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated here in the 1st verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that Brahma was taught the Vedic knowledge by the Personality of Godhead. One may argue that Brahma is the original living being within this Universe, and who could then give him inspiration, as there was
 no second being at that time? In the 1st verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that the Supreme L
ord inspired the secondary creator, Brahma, who then could go on with the creative functions. What we have already mentioned above about the supervising engineer is applicable here. The Real Mind behind all creative agents is the Absolute Personality of 
Godhead, Sri Krishna. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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}{\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 Lord Sri Krishna has Personally admitted that it is He only Who superintends over the creative energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prakriti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the sum total of matter. Sri Vyasadeva, therefore, worships neither Brahma nor the Sun, but the Supreme Lord Who guides both Brahma and the Sun in their different activities of creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the 1st verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the particular Sanskrit words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avijna}{\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 Swarat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are significant. These two words distinguish the Lord from all other living entities. No living entity other 
than the Supreme Being, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is either }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avijna}{\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 Swarat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97i.e., none of the entities are either fully cognizant, or fully independent. Everyone has to learn
 from the superior all about knowledge. Even Brahma, who is the first living being within this material world, has to meditate upon the Supreme Lord and take help from Him in order to create. When Brahma, or the Sun, cannot create anything without acquir
ing required knowledge from the superior, then what to speak of the material scientists who are fully dependent on so many things? Jagadish Chandra Bose, Isaac Newton, Prof. Einstein, etc. of the modern scientists who may be boastful of their respective 
creative energies, were also dependent on the Supreme Lord for so many things. After all, the respective, highly intelligent brains of these gentlemen were certainly not the products of any human being. The brain is created by another agent, other than t
he celebrated scientists themselves. If brains like that of Jagadish Bose or of Isaac Newton could have been manufactured by any human being, then they would have produced many such brains instead of eulogizing the brains of these scientists. Even the sc
ientists could not manufacture a similar brain, what to speak of other foolish atheists who defy the authority of the Lord?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even the Mayavadi impersonalists who flatter themselves that they have become the Lord are not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Avijna}{\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 Swarat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , fully cognizant or fully independent. Such Mayavadi monists undergo a severe process of austerity and penances to acquire the knowledge of becoming one with the Lord, but ultimately they become dependent on some rich follower who supplies t
hem the requisite paraphernalia to conduct a great establishment in the form of monastery and temples. Atheists like Ravana and Hiranya Kashipu had to undergo severe penances before they could flout the authority of the Lord, and ultimately they were so 
helpless that they could not save themselves when the Lord appeared before them as cruel Death. The same is applicable to the modern atheists also who dare to flout the authority of the Lord. Such atheists will be dealt similar awards as were meted out t
o the past great atheists like Ravana and Hiranya Kashipu. History repeats itself and so what was accorded in the past, will recur again and again whenever there is such necessity. Whenever there is negligence of the authority of the Lord, the penalty by
 the laws of Nature is always there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, is All-perfect is confirmed in all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Sruti Mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sruti Mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that the All perfect Lord glanced over matter, and thus He created all living beings. The living beings are parts and parcels of the Lord, and He impregnates the vast material Nature with the seeds of spiritual sparks, and th
us the creative energies are set in motion for so many wonderful creations. One atheist friend argued that God is no more expert than the manufacturer of a subtle watch which moves by delicate machineries. We had to reply to the atheist friend that God i
s still a greater mechanic than the watchmaker in the sense that He creates one machine in duplicate male and female forms. The male and female forms of different grades of machinery go on producing innumerable quantities of similar machines without the 
further attention of God. If a man could manufacture such sets of duplicate machines to produce further machines without any attention from the original manufacturer, then of course a man, could equal the intelligence of God. But that is not possible. Ea
ch and every one of the imperfect machines have to be handled individually by the mechanic, for nobody can be equal in intelligence to God. Another Name of God is therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asm
aurdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Nobody is equal to or greater than Him. Everybody has his equal or superior in intelligence, and nobody can claim that he has neither. This fact is corroborated in the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sruti Mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where it is said that before the Creation of the material Universe, there was the
 Lord, Who is the Master of everyone. The Lord instructed Brahma in the Vedic knowledge. That Personality of Godhead has to be obeyed in all respects. Anybody who wants to become free of the material entanglement must, therefore, surrender unto Him. This
 is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  also }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.66]}{\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 Unless one surrenders unto the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead it is sure and certain that one must be bewildered, even if he happens to be a great
 mind. When the great minds surrender unto the Lotus Feet of Vasudeva and know fully that Lord Vasudeva is the Cause of all causes, as is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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 , then only can such great minds become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahatmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the truly broad-minded. But such a broad-minded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahatma}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is rarely seen. Only the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahatmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , however, can understand the Supreme Lord, Who is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, the Primeval Cause of all creations. He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Ultimate Truth, because all other truths are relatively dependent on Him. And because He is the Source of everyone\'92s knowledge He is omniscient, and for Him there is no illusion as there is 
for the relative knower.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some scholars of the Mayavadi school argue that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was not compiled by Sri Vyasadeva, and some of them suggest that this book is a creation in the modern age of somebody by the name of Bopedeva. Srila Sridhar Swami, in order to refute this meani
ngless argument, says that there is reference to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in many other of the oldest }{\b0
\i\ul0\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 . The first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sloka
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or verse, of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is begun with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and there is reference to this as the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matsya Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the oldest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said, with reference to the context of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\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 Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , that there are many narrations of spiritual instructions, beginning with the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and also the history of Vitrasura is in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Anyone who makes a gift of this great work on the full moon day, attains to the highest perfection of life by going back to Godhead
. Similarly, there is a reference to this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in other }{\b0\i\ul0\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  where it is said that the work consists of twelve cantos and 18,000 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Slokas}{\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 Padma Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also there is reference to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , during the con
versation of Goutam and Maharaj Amburish. The king was advised therein to read regularly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  if he at all desired liberation from the material bondage. Under the circumstances, there is no doubt regarding the authority of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam Puranam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Within five hundred years from the present era, many scholars, even after the time of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, have made elaborate commentaries on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with unique scholarship; and the serious student will do well to make an attempt to go through them, 
to relish more happily the transcendental messages from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\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 Srila Viswanath Chakravarty Thakur specifically deals with the original and pure sex psychology (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Adirasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) devoid of all mundane inebriety. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole material world is turning on the 
basic principle of sex life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the modern human civilization, sex life is the central point of all activities. Wherever we may turn our face we see a great prominence of sex 
life. Therefore, sex life is not unreal. Its true reality is experienced in the Spiritual World. Material sex life is but a perverted reflection of the original. The original, therefore, is in the Absolute Truth; and the Absolute Truth cannot be imperson
al and have a sense of pure sex life. The impersonal monist philosophy has given an indirect impetus to the abominable mundane sex life, because it has given too much stress to the impersonality of the Ultimate Truth. The result is that men who lack know
ledge have accepted the perverted sex life as all-in-all without any information about the actual spiritual form of sex. There is a distinction between sex life in the diseased condition of material life and that in the spiritual existence. The }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will gradually elevate the unbiased reader to the highest perfectional stage of transce
ndence, above the three modes of material activities, namely fruitive actions. speculative philosophy, and worshipping the functional deities as they are inculcated in the Vedic verses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the embodiment of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, Krishna. It is therefore situated in a superior position over all other Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The term religiousness includes four primary subjects: namely, (1) pious activities, (2) economic development, (3) satisfaction of the senses, and (4) liberation fr
om the material bondage. Religious life is distinguished from the irreligious life of barbarism, and human life begins from the life of religiousness. The four principles of animal life\'97eating, sleeping, defending and mating \'97are common both to the
 animals and the human beings. Religion is the extra concern of the human being, and without religion the so-called human life is no better than that of the animal. Therefore, in real human society there is some form of religion aiming at self realizatio
n, with reference to the eternal relationship with God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the lower stage of human civilization there is always a competition in lording it over material Nature; or in other words, there is a continuous rivalry for sati
sfying the senses. And, driven by this consciousness of sense gratification, religiousness is performed. Pious activities or religious functions are performed with an aim generally for some material gain. If such material gain is obtainable in another wa
y, then the so-called religiousness is neglected, as we can see in the modern human civilization. The economic desires being seemingly fulfilled in another way, nobody is interested in religion now. The church, mosque, or the temple is practically always
 a vacant place, and people are more interested in the factories, shops, and cinemas than in the religious places formerly erected by the forefathers of different paths of religiousness. This proves definitely that religiousness is performed for economic
 development, and economic development is needed for sense gratification. And where one is baffled in the matter of sense gratification, he takes to the cause of salvation in order to become one with the Supreme Whole. Therefore, all these stages are dif
ferent examples of the same aim of life, namely sense gratification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedas, the above-mentioned four activities are prescribed in a regulative way so that there may not be any undue competition for the purpose of sense gratifi
cation. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is transcendental to all these sense gratifying activities of the ma
terial world. It is purely transcendental literature, understandable by a particular class of men known as devotees of the Lord, who are above the competitive field of sense gratification. In the material world there is keen competition between the anima
ls, between men, communities, or even nations in this sense gratifying activity, but the devotees of the Lord are above this. Devotees have nothing to compete for with the materialists because they are on the path back to Godhead, where everything is ete
rnal, full, blissful. Such transcendentalists are a hundred per cent non-envious, and therefore pure in heart. In the material world everyone is envious of everyone and therefore there is competition. But the transcendentalists or devotees of the Lord ar
e not only freed from all material enviousness, but they are kind to everyone, endeavoring to establish a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub competitionless society}{\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 with God in the center.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The socialist idea of society is artificially competitionless, because even in the socialistic state there is competition for the post of dictator. The fact is, the
refore, that the state of sense gratification is the order of materialistic life, take it either from the Vedas or from the common human activities. As mentioned above, there are three divisions of the Vedas, namely the stage of fruitive activities for g
etting advancement to better planets like heaven, etc. And, above this, there are the activities of worshipping different demigods with the same intentions\'97of getting advanced into the different planets of the different types of demigods. And, lastly,
 there are the activities of reaching the Absolute Truth in His impersonal Feature, to become One with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonal aspect of the Absolute Truth is not the last word. Above the impersonal Feature is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Paramatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or Supersoul, aspect, and above that there is the Personal quality of the Absolute Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gives us information about the Absolute Truth in His Personal quality, beyond the impersonal aspect. It is therefore greater than the topi
cs of impersonal philosophical speculations, and as such, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is given higher status
 than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jnanakanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  division of the Vedas. It is higher than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karmakanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  division as well as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jnanakanda}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  division and it is above the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upashanakanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  division, because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  recommends the worship of the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, the Divine Son of Vasudeva. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karmakanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the Vedas
 there is competition for supremacy in reaching the heavenly planets for better sense gratification. And the same competition is there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jnanakanda}{\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 Upashanakandas}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is above all of them because It aims at the Supreme Truth, the Substance or the Root of all
 categories. In other words, from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we can know the Substance as well as the relat
ivities in the true sense and prespective. The Substance is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all emanations from Him are relativities in different forms of energies. The living entities are also related to all different types o
f His energies, and therefore nothing is different from the Substance. But, at the same time, the energies are different from the Substance. This concept is not self-contradictory. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explicitly deals with this simultaneously one and different philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which begins with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janmadyasya Sutra}{\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 Such knowledge of the simultaneously one and different nature of the Absolute Truth is really for the well-being of the knower. Otherwise the mental speculators mis
lead the people wrongly establishing the energy as Absolute. When it is understood, the truth becomes more pleasing than the imperfect concept of monism or dualism. Development of this consciousness leads one at once to the stage of freedom from the thre
efold miseries. The threefold miseries are 1. in relation to the body and the mind, 2. in relation to our dealings with other beings, and 3. in relation to the acts of providence, over which we have no control.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begins from the surrender of the living entity }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unto the Absolute Person, with clear consciousness of the devotee's oneness with the Absolute, and, at the same time, his awareness of his eternal position of servitorship toward the Lord.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the material conception of his life he thinks of himself falsely as the lord of all he surveys, and therefore he is always troubled with the abovementioned threefold miseries of l
ife. But, as soon as he comes to know his real position of transcendental servitude, he at once becomes freed from all the above-mentioned miseries. The servitor position of the living being is wasted in the material concept of his life. With a false sen
se of overlordship, the living being must offer his service to the relative energies of matter. When this servitorship is transferred unto the Lord in pure consciousness of spiritual identity, the living entity at once becomes freed from the encumbrances
 of material affliction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over and above this, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam is the Personal commentary on the Vedanta Sutra 
by the great Author Himself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and that also in the mature stage of His spiritual realization, through the mercy of Narada. Sri Vyasadeva is the authorized incarnation of Nara
yan, the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, there is no question about His Authority. He is the Author of all other Vedic literature; but, surpassing all of It, He recommends the study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other }{\b0\i\ul0\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  there are different methods of worshipping the demigods, but in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  only the Supreme Personality of Godhead is mentioned. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Whole Body, and the demigods are the different parts of the body. As such, by worshipping the Supreme Lord there is no need to worship the demigo
ds, because the Supreme Lord is at once fixed in the heart. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the spotless }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as distinguished from all other }{\b0\i\ul0
\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mode of receiving the transcendental message is to get it through the ears by submissiveness. No challenging mode can help the receiver in getting or realizing 
the transcendental message. Therefore, in the 1st verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , one particular word 
is used for our proper guidance. This particular word is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shushrusu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : one must be anxious to hear a
bout the transcendental message. And this qualification of hearing with interest is the prime qualification for assimilating transcendental knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, some persons are not interested in giving patient hearing to the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The process is simple, but the application is difficult. Unfortunate persons will find enough time to hear ordinary social, political, and all so
rts of idle talks, but when they are invited to attend a meeting of the devotees assembled to hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the unfortunate creatures will either be reluctant to attend such a meeting, or they will indulge in hearing the portion they are unfit to enter into. Professional readers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indulge in the confidential topics of the Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, which seemingly appear to be sex literature. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is meant to be heard from the beginning, and the class of persons who are fit to assimilate it is also
 mentioned in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1/1/2: A bona fide audience for hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is generated after many pious deeds. But an intelligent person, by thoughtful discretion, can believe 
in the assurance of the great sage Vyasadeva, and give patient hearing to the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , in order to realize directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And without undergoing the different Vedic stages, one can at once be lifted to the position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P
aramhansa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , simply by agreeing to receive patiently the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The sages at Naimisharanya confirmed before Suta Goswami that they were increasing in their intense desire to understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . They were hearing from Suta Goswami about Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They were never satiated by such discussion, becau
se persons who are really attached to Krishna never cease to want to hear more and more about Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya therefore advised Prakasananda Saraswati, \'93Always read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwa
tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and try to understand each and every verse, and you will actually understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Sutra
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . You say you are very anxious about the study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but you cannot understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  withou
t understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 He also advised Prakasananda Saraswati to always chant }{
\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
\'93And, by doing that, very easily you will be liberated. And after liberation you\'92ll be eligible to achieve the highest goal of life, love of Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then recited many verses from authoritative Scriptures like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavad G
ita}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 Nrishingha Tapani}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Eighteenth Chapter, 54th verse, that when one actually becomes self-realized, knowing he is Brahman, he becomes
 happy and joyful, and has no more cause for lamentation and hankering. Such a person sees all living entities on an equal level, and he becomes a pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nrishingha Tapani}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that when a person is actually liberated, then he can understand the transcendental Pastimes of t
he Supreme Lord, and thus become engaged in His devotional service. He also quoted a verse from the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.1.9]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which Sukadeva Goswami admits that, although he was elevated to the liberated stage and free from the clutches of Maya, sti
ll, he was attracted by the transcendental Pastimes of Krishna. And, as such, he studied }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  from his great father Vyasadeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He also quoted another sloka from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, Fifteenth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [43]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , about th
e Kumaras. When the Kumaras entered the temple of the Lord they were attracted by the odor of flowers and tulsi leaves offered to the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord with pulp of sandalwood, And, simply being incensed by the aroma of such flowers and tuls
i, their minds became inclined to the service of the Supreme Lord, although they were already liberated souls. Therefore, according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Seventh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , eve
n if one is a liberated soul and is actually free from material contamination, still he becomes attracted to the devotional service of the Supreme Lord without any cause, and without being hampered by any material propensities. God is so attractive\'97th
erefore He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna}{\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 Chaitanya was discussing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with Prakasananda Saraswati.
 His admirer, the Maharastrian Brahmin related in the assembly that the Lord has already explained the verse in 64 different ways. All the people assembled there were very eager to hear again from the Lord about the different versions of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama Sloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and as they were so eager, Lord Chaitanya explained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama Sloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  again, in the same way that He had explained it before to Sanatan Goswami. All the people assembled there heard
 the explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama Sloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the Supreme Lord, and they were amazed and considered
 that the Lord was nobody else than Sri Krishna Himself
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 24-1968: Talks with Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-four
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Talks with Sarbabhouma Bhattacha
rya
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya met Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya at Jagannath Puri, Bhattacharya, as the great logician of the day, also wanted to teach Him Vedanta. Bhattacharya w
as an elderly man of the age of Lord Chaitanya\'92 s father, and therefore he took compassion on the young Sannyasi; he requested that He should learn }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from him, otherwise it would be difficult to continue as a young Sannyasi. When the Lord agreed to learn Vedanta philosophy from Bhattacharya, he began to teach Him in the temple of Jaga
nnath. Bhattacharya spoke to the Lord about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  continually for seven days, and the Lor
d silently heard him without speaking a word. On the eighth day of teaching, Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya enquired from the Lord, \'93You are hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from me for the last week, but You do not inquire or say anything as to whether I am explaining it nicely. So I cannot tell whether You understand me or not.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord replied as follows: \'93I am a fool, I have no study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but you asked Me to hear you, and therefore I am trying to hear you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You said that it is the duty of every Sannyasi to hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , so I simply hear; but the meaning which you create\'97that I cannot understand.\'94 In other words, the Lord was explaining that in the Mayavadi Sampradaya there are many so-called Sann
yasis who are even illiterate and have not sufficient intelligence but just as a matter of formality they hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from their Spiritual Master, although they do not understand anything. So far as Lord Chaitanya was concerned, He did not understand the explanation of Bhattacharya because He did not approve of the explanation of Mayavadi ph
ilosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When He said that He was an uneducated fool Who could not follow, Bhattacharya replied to Him, \'93If You do not follow what I am saying, how is it that You do not 
inquire, but simply sit down silently? It appears that You do have something to say about my explanation.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the Lord replied, \'93My dear sir, so far as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the codes of the Vedanta are concerned, I can understand the meaning very nicely, but the explanation which you are promoting is not understandable by Me. There is nothing difficult a
bout the meaning of the original codes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But the way you were explaining them app
ears to be obscuring the real meaning of the codes. You do not elucidate the direct meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , but you imagine something and hide the true meaning. I think you have a particular doctrine, and you are trying to expound it through the codes.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there are 108 Upanishads. Some of them are: 1. Iso, 2. Kena, 3. Katha, 4. Prasna, 5. Mund, 6. Mandukya, 7. Tittirih, 8. Aitriya, 9. Chhandogya, 10. Brihadaranoyakam, 11. Brahma, 12. Jaivalya, 13. Javala, 14. Svetsva, 15. Hansa,
 16. Arunih, 17. Garbha, 18. Narayana, etc. These 108 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contain all knowledge about the 
Absolute Truth. Sometimes people inquire about the meaning of these 108 prayer beads, but we think because there are 108 Upanishads which contain full knowledge of the Absolute Truth, therefore 108 beads are accepted. Sometimes, on the other hand, the Va
ishnava transcendentalists think there are 108 companions of Lord Krishna in His }{\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, and 
therefore 108 beads are accepted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya protested against misinterpretations of the statements of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and so any explanation which did not follow the direct meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He did not accept. The direct interpretation is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abhidavritti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , whereas the indirect method is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lakshnavritti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Th
e indirect meaning, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lakshnavritti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , serves no purpose. There are four kinds of understanding, c
alled: (1) direct understanding, (2) hypothetical understanding, (3) historical understanding, and (4) sound understanding. Out of these four kinds of understanding, to receive knowledge by sound understanding, the understanding from the Vedic Scriptures
 (which are the sound representation of the Absolute Truth), is the best. The traditional Vedic students accept this sound understanding as the best.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, the stool and bone of any living entity is considered the most impure thing by the Vedic literature; but, at the same time, the Vedic literature assert
s that cow dung and the conch shell are the purest of all. Apparently these statements are contradictory, but because cow dung and the conch shell have been called pure in the Vedic literature, although they are the stool and bone of living entities, the
y are accepted as pure without any argument. They cannot be changed by our mundane arguments added to the statements of the Vedas. If we want to understand the statements by indirect interpretation under some hypothesis, then we challenge the evidential 
quality of the Vedic statement. In other words, Vedic statements cannot be accepted by our imperfect interpretation; they must be accepted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as they are}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Otherwise there is no authority in the Vedic statement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Lord Chaitanya, persons who try to always find some interpretation of the Vedic statements are not at all intelligent. They mislead their followers by 
some innovation of their own interpretation. In India there is a class who are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aryasamajist}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , who say that they accept only the original Vedas and no other Vedic literature. But their purpose is only to make their own interpretation, and according to Lord Chaitanya such interpretation is not accepted. Neither are they Vedic. Lord Ch
aitanya then said that the Vedic statements of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are just like sunlight; as in the s
unlight everything is clear and very distinct, so the statements in the Vedas are distinct and clear. The Mayavadi philosophers cover the sunlight with the cloud of their misinterpretation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then said that all Vedic statements of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  aim at the truth, known as }{\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 . The meaning
 of the word }{\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  is \'93the greatest,\'94 and when you speak of the greatest we must immediat
ely understand that greatest means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Source of all emanations. Unless the greatest is filled with six opulences it cannot be the greatest; therefore the greatest, with the fullness of six opulences, means the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead. In other words, the Supreme Brahman is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  also, in the Tenth Chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is accepted as the Supreme Brahman. The conceptions of the impersonal Brahman and the localized Supersoul are contained within the understanding of the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whenever we speak of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we add the word \'91'Sri\'94: this means that He is full with six opulences, and, in other words, He is ete
rnally a Person. Otherwise the six opulences cannot be present in fullness. Therefore, if we say that the Supreme Absolute Truth is impersonal, it means that He is not a Person of this material world. To distinguish His transcendental Body from the mater
ial body, some have explained Him as materially impersonal. In other words, material personality has been denied and Spiritual Personality has been established. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svetasva
tara Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Chapter, 19th verse, it has been clearly explained that the Absolute Truth has no material legs and hands, but still He has spiritual hands by which He a
ccepts everything which we offer to Him. He has no material eyes, but He has spiritual eyes by which He can see everything and anything. He has no material ears but He can hear everything and anything. He has perfect senses\'97therefore He knows past, fu
ture and present. He knows everything, but nobody can understand Him, because by material senses He cannot be understood. He is the Origin of all emanations and therefore He is the Supreme, the greatest, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many such Vedic hymns which definitely establish that the Supreme Absolute Truth is a Person, but that He is not a Person of this material world. In the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hayasirsa \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Haya\'e7\'e9r\'f1a Pancar\'e4tra states: 
\par \pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4 y\'e4\'e7rutir jalpati nirvi\'e7e\'f1a\'e0, s\'e4 s\'e4bhidhatte sa-vi\'e7e\'f1am eva \line vic\'e4ra-yoge sati hanta t\'e4
s\'e4\'e0, pr\'e4yo bal\'e9ya\'f9 sa-vi\'e7e\'f1am eva 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever Vedic mantras describe the Absolute Truth impersonally only prove in the end that the Absolute Truth is a person. The Supreme Lord is understood in two feat
ures, impersonal and personal. If one considers the Supreme Personality of Godhead in both features, he can actually understand the Absolute Truth. He knows that the personal understanding is stronger because he can see that everything is full of variety
. No one can see anything that is not full of variety.}}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a nice verse which e
xplains that, in each and every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Supreme Brahman is first viewed as impersonal, but 
at the end there is acceptance of the Personal Form of the Supreme Lord. Another example, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Isa Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97the 15th Mantra\'97runs as follows:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hiranmayena patrena satysya apihitam mukhm\line Jat tvam pusan, apavrinu satya dharmaya dri staye 
\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 verse indicates that everyone should be engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Lord; \'93O my Lord, the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead, You are the Maintainer of the whole Universe. Everyone is sustained by Your mercy. Therefore, devotional service unto You is the true religion of life. I am therefore engaged in such devotional service, and I expect that You will pl
ease maintain me, and ever increasingly engage me in Your transcendental service. For the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the eternal Form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sat-Chit-Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and Your effulgence is spread all over the Creation, just like the sunshine. Where the sun disc is covered by the glaring sunshine, similarly Your transcendental Form is covered by 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 . I desire to find You within 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 \'97therefore please remove this glaring effulgence.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Isa Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is clearly stated that the eternal, blissful, cognizant Form of the Supreme Lord is to be found within the glaring effulgence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmajyoti. Brahm
ajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the emanation from the Personal Body of the Supreme Lord. Therefore the Personal Body of the Personality of Godhead is the source of 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 as it is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad Gita }{\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 14.27}{\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 impersonal Brahman is dependent on the Supreme Personality. This is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hayasirs
a Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; and, in any Upanishad or Vedic Scripture, wherever there is talk first of the impersonal Brahman, the Supreme Personality is finally established at the end. Jus
t as we have quoted above from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Isa Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Supreme Absolute Truth is both impersonal a
nd Personal eternally, but His Personal aspect is more important than the impersonal concept.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Mantra in the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taittir\'e9ya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 3.1.1)}}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taetreia}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Upanishad}{\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 Yato va imani b
hutani jayante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . According to this Mantra this cosmic manifestation is an emanation from the Supreme Absolute Truth, and it rests also in the Supreme Absolute Truth. So the Abs
olute Truth becomes the ablative and causative and locative Performer. Therefore, as Performer, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These are the symptoms of Personality. This Absolute Truth being ablative Performer of this cosmic manifestation, it
 is to be concluded that He has thinking, feeling and willing. Without these three psychic symptoms there is no possibility of such a nice arrangement and design of the cosmic manifestation. Then again He is causative: He is the Original Designer of the 
cosmic manifestation. And He is locative: everything is resting in His energy. These are the clear symptoms of His Personality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then again, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandyago Upanishad }{\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 6.2.3}{\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 , when the Supreme Personality of Godhead desires to become many, He turns over the material Nature. As it is confirmed in the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike\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 sa aik\'f1ata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) Aitareya Upani\'f1ad 1.1.1}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taiitariya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93The Lord glanced over the material Na
ture.\'94 There was no existence of the cosmic manifestation before His glancing, and therefore this glancing does not mean that He has a glancing or seeing power which is materially contaminated. His seeing power existed before the material Creation, an
d therefore His body is also not material. His thinking, feeling and acting are transcendental. In other words it is to be concluded that the mind by which the Lord thinks, feels and wills, is transcendental; the eyes by which He glances over the materia
l Nature are also transcendental. All of His senses existed before the material Creation, and so He has His transcendental Body, transcendental Mind, and transcendental thinking, feeling and willing, This conclusion is the purpose of all the Vedic litera
ture. In all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\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 Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is found everywhere. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Brahman, Paramatma and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are together calculated as the Absolute Truth. Therefore the Brahman conception and Paramatma realization also are grades or stages, and w
hen ultimate realization is reached, that realization is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the conclusion of all Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, by the evidences of the different Vedic Scriptures, the Supreme Lord Krishna is accepted as the ultimate Goal of Brahman realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms that there is nothing superior to Krishna. The great Acharya of Brahma\'92s disciplic succession, Madhva Acharya, has described\'97in connection with his explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that everything can be seen through the authorities of the Scriptures. He has quoted a vers
e from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhobishya Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which it is stated that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rig Veda, Sam Veda, Atharva Veda, Mahabharata, Pancharatracum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramayan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are actually evidential Vedic literature, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  which are accepted by the Vaishnavas are also accepted as evidential Vedic literature. Whatever is spoken in that literaute should be taken without any argument as the ultimate co
nclusion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and in all that literature it is found that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 25-1968: Personal and Impersonal Realization
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-Five
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Personal and Impersonal Realizat
ion
\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 Puranas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are called the supplementary Vedic literature, because sometimes in the original Vedas the subject matter is too difficult to be understood by the common man. The }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , therefore, explain things nicely by different stories and historical incidents. So, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated in the Tenth Canto, Fourteenh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.14.32]}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , that Maharaj Nanda and the cowherd men and inhabitants of Vrindaban generally are very fortunate because the Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Gobhead, full of bliss, is now en
gaged there in His eternal Pastimes as their Friend.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svetasvatara Upanishad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [3.19]}{\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 Mantra}{\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 Apanipado javano grahita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  comfirms that although Brahman has
 no materially created hands and legs, still He walks very stately, and He accepts everything offered to Him. These words suggest that He has transcendental limbs of the body, and therefore He is not impersonal. The person who does not understand the Ved
ic principles simply stresses the impersonal material features of the Supreme Absolute Truth, and thus unceremoniously calls the Absolute Truth impersonal. Although the impersonalist Mayavadi philosophers want to establish the Absolute Truth as impersona
l, yet the Vedic literature itself does not confirm this. Vedic literature confirms that the Supreme Absolute has multiple energies, and still the Mayavadi impersonalists want to establish that the Absolute Truth has no energy. The Absolute Truth is ther
efore full of energy and He is a Person. He cannot be established as impersonal.
\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 Vishnu Purana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.7.61\'963]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the living entities are considered as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kshetrajna}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  energy. Although the living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and is fully cognizant, still he becomes entrapped in the material contamination, and therefore suffers all
 the miseries therein. Such living entities live in different positions in proportion to their entanglement in material Nature. The purport is that the original energy of the Supreme Lord is spiritual and non-different from the Supreme Absolute Personali
ty of Godhead. The living entity is called the marginal energy of the Supreme Lord, whereas the material energy is called inferior. On account of possessing inert and material inebriety, the living entity, although in the marginal position, becomes entan
gled with the inferior energy, matter. At that time he forgets his spiritual significance and identifies himself with the material energy and therefore becomes subjected to threefold miseries. When he is, however, free from that material contamination, h
e proportionately becomes situated in different standards of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic instruction, everyone should understand the constitutional position of the living entity, the Lord, and the material energy in their inter-re
lation. First of all, one should try to understand the constitutional position of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. That Supreme Personality of Godhead has eternal, cognizant, blissful Body; His spiritual energy is distributed as eternity, kn
owledge, and bliss. In His blissful identity there is His pleasure potency, and in His eternal identity He is the Cause of everything, and in His cognizant identity He is the Supreme Knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that Supreme Knowledge. In other words, the Supreme Personality of Krishna is the Reservoir of all knowledge, all pleasure, and all eternity.
 That Supreme Knowledge of Krishna is exhibited in three different energies; they are called internal energy, marginal energy, and external energy. By internal energy, He exists in Himself with His spiritual paraphernalia, by marginal existence He exhibi
ts Himself as the living entities, and by His external energy He exhibits Himself as the material energy. In each and every exhibition of His different energies there is the background of eternity, pleasure potency, and cognizance potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conditioned soul is the marginal potency, overpowered by the external potency. When the marginal potency, however, comes under the spiritual potency, the margin
al potency becomes eligible for love of Godhead. The Supreme Lord enjoys with six kinds of opulences and nobody can establish that He is Formless or that He is without energy. If somebody says that, it is completely against the Vedic instruction. Actuall
y, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Master of all energies. The living entity, being an infinitesimal part and parcel, becomes overpowered by the material energy.
\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 Mundaka Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that two birds of the same feather are sitting on one tree. One of them is eating the fruit of the tree, and the other is not eating the fruit of the tree, but is witnessing the activities of the other bird. When the bir
d eating the fruit of the tree looks on the other bird, he becomes freed from all anxieties. This is the position of the infinitesimal living entity. So long as he is forgetful of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is subjected to the threefold miser
ies; but when he looks to the Supreme Lord, or becomes a devotee of the Supreme Lord, he becomes free from all anxieties and miseries of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This position of the living entity means that he is eternally subordinate to the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is always the Master of all energies, whereas the li
ving entities are always under the energies of the Supreme Lord. The living entity, although qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord, has a tendency to lord it over the material Nature; but, being infinitesimal, the living entity has the tendency to be c
ontrolled by material Nature. This qualification of the living entity is called marginal potency. Because the living entity has a tendency for being controlled by the material Nature, he cannot at any stage of life become One with the Supreme Lord. If a 
living entity were equal to the Supreme Lord then there would be no chance of his being controlled by the material energy. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.5}{\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 living entity has been described as 
one of the energies of the Supreme Lord. Energy, although inseparable from the energetic, is still energy, and cannot be equal with the energetic. In other words, the living entity is simultaneously one and different from the Supreme Lord. The }{\b0\i
\ul0\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 , in the Seventh Chapter, verses 4-5, clearly states that earth, water, fire, air, ether, m
ind, intelligence, and false ego are the eight different elementary energies of the Supreme Lord. All these energies are of inferior quality, whereas the living entity has energy of superior quality. Therefore Vedic instruction confirms the transcendenta
l Form of the Supreme Lord as eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conception of impersonalism is the opposite of the transformations of the material modes of Nature. The form beyond the modes of material Nature is not exactly 
like the form of this material world, but there is form, which is called spiritual form. That spiritual form cannot be compared with any one of these material forms. Anyone, therefore, who does not agree to accept the spiritual Form of the Supreme Lord, 
is counted among the atheists. Lord Buddha did not accept these Vedic principles, and therefore the Vedic teachers considered Him an atheist. Although Mayavadi philosophers do pretend to accept the Vedic principles, they indirectly preach the Buddhist ph
ilosophy or atheistic philosophy, without acceptance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This philosophy is inferior to Buddha\'92s philosophy, which directly denies the Vedic authority; for the Mayavadi philosophy is disguised as Vedanta philosophy, 
and is thus more dangerous than Buddhism or atheism.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is purely compiled by Vyasadeva for the benefit of all living entities i
n order to understand the philosophy 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 . Unfortunately, the Mayavadi commentary, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarirakabhasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , has practically defeated the purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the Mayavadi commentary, the spiritual, transcendental Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead has been denied and
 the Supreme Brahman has been dragged down to a level equal with the individual Brahman, the living entity. Both of them have been denied the spiritual form of individuality, although it is clearly stated that the Supreme Lord is the One Supreme Living e
ntity, and the living entities are many. Therefore, to consider the commentary of the Mayavadi philosophy on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is always dangerous. The danger is in the false understanding of the living entity as equal to the Supreme Lord. A living entity can thus be falsely directed; and as a result he can never come to his actual position, hi
s eternal activity in Bhakti Yoga. In other words, the Mayavadi philosophy has rendered the greatest disservice to humanity by promoting the impersonal view of the Supreme Lord. These philosophers are depriving human society of the real message of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\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 From the very beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is accepted that the cosmic manifestation is a display of the energy of the Supreme Lord. In the very beginning, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janmadyasya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is described that the Supreme Brahman is That from Whom everything is taking appearance. Everything is being maintained and everything is dissolved in Him. The Absolute Truth is 
the Cause of Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution. The cause of the fruit is the tree. When the tree produces a fruit it does not mean that the tree is impersonal. The tree produces many hundreds and thousands of fruits but it remains as it is. The fru
it is produced, developed, stays for some time, dwindles, and then vanishes. That does not mean that the tree has vanished. From the very beginning, therefore, the purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the exposition of the doctrine of by-products. These activities of production, maintenance and dissolution are going on by the inconceivable energ
y of the Supreme Lord. The cosmic manifestation is a transformation of the energy of the Supreme Lord, although the energy of the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Lord Himself are non-different and inseparable. An example is the touchstone which produces gre
at quantities of gold by contact with iron\'97but still the touchstone remains as it is. The Supreme Lord, therefore, in spite of His producing the huge material cosmic manifestation, is always in His transcendental Form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi philosophy has the audacity to decline acceptance of the purpose of Vyasadeva, as explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and has tried instead to establish transformation of the Supreme: a doctrine of transformation by imagination. According to Mayavadi ph
ilosophy, the cosmic manifestation is a transformation of the Absolute Truth, and the Absolute Truth has no separate existence. This is not the message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This transformation has been explained by Mayavadi philosophers as false; but it is not false\'97it is temporary. Mayavadi philosophy says that the Absolute Truth is the only 
truth, and this manifestation of the world is false, Actually it is not so. The material contamination is not false; it is relative truth, and therefore it is temporary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pranava }{\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 Omkara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the chief indication of Vedic hymns, and Omkara is considered as the sound Form of the Supreme Lord. From Omkara, all Vedic hymns have emanated, and the 
world has also emanated from the Omkara sound. The world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , picked up from the Vedic hymn
s, is not the chief word, but it is an explanation of the constitutional position of the living entity. The meaning of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tatvamasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that the living entity is a spiritual particle of the Supreme spirit; but this is not the chief motif of the Vedanta or Vedic literature. The chief sound representation of the Supreme is Omkara.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All these faulty explanations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are atheism. The Mayavadi philosophers do not agree to accept the eternal, transcendental Form of the Supreme Lord and they are therfore unable to be engaged in real devotional service. The Mayavadi philosopher is
 ever bereft of Krishna Consciousness and Krishna\'92s devotional service. The pure devotee of the Personality of Godhead never accepts the Mayavadi philosophy as an actual path to transscendental realization. The Mayavadi philosophers are hovering on th
e moral and immoral material atmosphere of the cosmic world; they are always engaged in rejecting and accepting material enjoyment. They have falsely accepted the nonspiritual as the spiritual. As a result of this misconception they have forgotten the sp
iritual, eternal Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His Name, Quality and Entourage. They consider the transcendental Pastimes, Name, Form and Quality of the Supreme as a product of material Nature, and so the Mayavadi is eternally subjected to 
the material miseries because of his acceptance or rejection of material pleasure and misery.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The actual devotees of the Lord are always different from the Mayavadi philosophers. lmpersonalism cannot be a representation of eternity, blissfulness, and knowled
ge. Being situated in imperfect knowledge of liberation, the Mayavadi decries eternity, knowledge, and blissfulness, under a misconception of materialism. They reject devotional service. Therefore they are less intelligent men. They are unable to underst
and the effect of devotional service. Their jugglery of words for amalgamating knowledge and the knowable and the knower into one has proved their very existence as a less intelligent class of men. The doctrine of by-product is the real purport of the be
ginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Lord is empowered with innumerable unlimited energies, and as such 
He displays the by-products of such energies in different ways. Everything is under His control. The Supreme Controller is called the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is manifested in innumerable energies and expansions.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 26-1968: Bhattacharya Is Converted
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-six
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhattacharya Is Converted
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the impersonalist and void philosophers the next world is senseless eternity and bliss. The void philosophers want to establish that ultimately everything is se
nseless, and the impersonalists want to establish that the next world is simply knowledge without any activities. In other words, less intelligent salvationists want to carry imperfect knowledge into the perfect sphere of spiritual activity. The imperson
alist, having experienced a great disadvantage in material activity, wants to establish spiritual life without activity. He cannot understand the activities of devotional service. Spiritual activity in devotional service is not intelligeble to the void p
hiolsophers and impersonalists. The Vaishnava philosophers know perfectly well that the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, having the power of innumerable potencies, can never be impersonal or void. He can present Himself in multiple For
ms with innumerable energies, and still He remains Himself as the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is competent Himself to maintain His transcendental position in spite of His becoming expanded in multiple Forms and diffused by His innumerable
 multiple Forms of energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord Chaitanya showed many defects in the Mayavadi philosophy, and although Bhattacharya wanted to establish himself with various juggleries of words and logic
, Lord Chaitanya was able to maintain Himself from such attacks, and He established that the Vedic literature is meant for three things: to understand our relationship with the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead, to act according to that understandi
ng, and at the end to achieve the highest perfection of life, love of Godhead. Anybody who wants to prove something other than the above-mentioned three purposes must be the victim of his own imagination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then quoted some verses from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , by which He wanted to establish that Sankaracharya was meant to do his teaching by the Supreme order of the Personality of Godhead. He quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which it is stated that the Lord ordered Mahadeva Lord Shiva to present some imaginary interpretation of the Vedic literature
, and thus try to distract persons from the actual position of the }{\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 . \'93By such activity you
 try to make them atheists, and after that they can be engaged in producing more population.\'94 In the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also said that Lord Shiva explained to his wife, Parvati, that in the Age of Kali, in the form of a Brahmin, he would preach the imperfect explanation of the }{\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 , known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayavadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which is actually a second edition of the atheist philosophy of Buddha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By such explanations of Lord Chaitanya, Bhattacharya was overwhelmed. And, hearing the explanation of Mayavadi philosophy from Lord Chaitanya, he could not speak, a
nd simply remained silent for some time. Lord Chaitanya asked him, \'93My dear Bhattacharya, don\'92t be hampered with this explanation. Please take it from Me that the devotional service of the Supreme Lord is the highest perfectional stage of human und
erstanding. Devotional service of the Lord is so attractive that even persons who are already liberated become devotees of the Lord by the inconceivable potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94 There are many instances of this in the Vedic lite
rature, such as in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, Seventh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : therein is the famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse for persons who are attached to self-realization, and liberated from all material attachment. Such liberated impersonalist sages become attracted to devotional service by th
e various activities of Lord Krishna. That is the transcendental Quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, the pure consciousness of the living entity is to understand himself as the eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. Under the spell of illusion, a less intel
ligent person accepts the gross body and the subtle body as his self; such a conception is the basis of the doctrine of transference. Actually the part and parcel of the Supreme is not subjected eternally to such a false conception of gross and subtle bo
dily life. The covering of the living entity by the gross and subtle body is not his eternal form, but can be changed; or, the living entity can become free from such existence. While he is in the conception of the body and mind he has certainly transfer
red his position from spirit to matter. Mayavadi philosophers, of course, take advantage of this doctrine of transference: they say that the living entity under the wrong impression thinks himself as part and parcel, but he is the Supreme Himself This do
ctrine cannot be tenable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhattacharya then asked Lord Chaitanya to explain the famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse, as he desired to hear it from the Lord, Lord Chaitanya replied to him that, first of all, he should explain the verse according to his own understanding, and then Lord Chaitanya w
ould explain it by His own understanding. Bhattacharya then began to explain the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama Sloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  w
ith his method of logic and grammar. He explained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama Sloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in nine different ways. The 
Lord appreciated his erudite scholarship in explaining the verse, and said: \'93My dear Bhattacharya, I know that you are personally a representation of the learned scholar, like Brihashpati, and you can explain any portion of the Shastras in such a nice
 way. And yet your explanation is more or less based on academic education only. But there is another explanation, beside the academic, scholarly explanation.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, at the request of Bhattacharya, Lord Chaitanya explained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama Sloka }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thus: On the basis of the analytical parts of the verse, the verse is explained as follows: 1. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atma
rama}{\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 Cha}{\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 Munayah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirgrant
hah}{\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 Api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 6. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 7. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kurvanti
}{\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 Ahaituki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 9. 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 10. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ittham
bhutagunah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 11. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harih}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . (This verse is already explained in connection with the Lord\'92s teachings to Sanatan Goswami). Lord Chaitanya did not touch the nine different explanations of Bhattacharya, but He explained on the basis of 11 analyses of the verse, and ea
ch analytical basis He divided into five and six and, in this way, He expounded a total of 61 different explanations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atmarama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse. It is summarized, then, that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full of innumerable potencies: nobody can estimate how many transcendental qualities are possessed by Him. They are always inconceivable, a
nd any process of self-relization generally inquires into these inconceivable potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His energies, and His qualities. But those who are devotees at once accept this inconceivable position of the Supreme Lord. He 
explained that even great liberated souls like the Kumaras and Sukadeva Goswami also become attracted to the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhattacharya then appreciated the explanation of Lord Chaitanya, and he concluded that Lord Chaitanya is none other than Krishna Himself. And he began to deprecate 
his own position. He related that at first he had considered Lord Chaitanya as an ordinary human being, and therefore he felt that he had been offensive to the identity of Lord Chaitanya. He fell down at the Lotus Feet of Lord Chaitanya, deprecating his 
own position, and requested Lord Chaitanya to show His causeless mercy upon him. Lord Chaitanya appreciated the humbleness of such a great learned scholar. He therefore exhibited His own Form, first with four hands, and then the six-handed form called }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sadabhuj}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya then repeatedly fell down on the Lotus Feet of the Lord and bega
n to pray with various kinds of prayers composed by himself. He was a great scholar undoubtedly, and after receiving the causeless mercy of the Lord he was empowered to explain the Lord\'92s activities in different ways\'97such as being able to express t
he benefit of chanting }{\b0\i\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}{\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 is said that Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya then composed 100 verses in appreciation of the Lord\'92s activities, and those verses are so important that even Brihashpa
ti, the learned scholar in the heavenly planet, could not compose such nice verses. The Lord was very much pleased by hearing his composition of 100 verses, and He embraced Bhattacharya. By His touching, Bhattacharya became overwhelmed with ecstasy, and 
practically became unconscious. He was crying, sometimes trembling, sometimes shivering, sometimes perspiring, sometimes dancing, sometimes singing, and in this way he fell at the Lotus Feet of Lord Chaitanya. His brother-in-law, Gopinath Acharya, and th
e devotees of the Lord, were surprised to see the condition of Bhattacharya as he was transformed into a great devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gopinath Acharya addressed the Lord and began to thank Him: \'93Sir, it is by Your grace only that Bhattacharya has been transformed from his stonelike position int
o such a devotee.\'94 Lord Chaitanya replied to Gopinath Acharya that, due to a devotee\'92s favor upon others, a stonelike man can be transformed to a mild flower-like devotee. Actually, Gopinath Acharya, the brother-in-law of Bhattacharya, had sincerel
y desired that such a scholar as Bhattacharya should become a devotee of the Lord. He had sincerely desired that the Lord show favor to Bhattacharya, and was glad to see his desire fulfilled by Lord Chaitanya. In other words, a devotee of the Lord is mor
e merciful than the Lord Himself. When a devotee desires to show his mercy to a person, the Lord accepts, and by His grace such a person becomes a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya pacified Bhattacharya and asked him to go home. Bhattacharya again began to praise the Lord and said, \'93You have descended Yourself to deliver all 
the fallen souls of this material world. That project is not so difficult for You, but You have turned a stonehearted man like me, and that is Your wonderful act. I am very expert at logical arguments and grammatical explanations of the Vedic process. I 
am as hard as a lump of iron. But Your influence and temperature is so strong that You could melt away even hard iron like me.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then returned to His place and Bhattacharya, through Gopinath Acharya, sent various kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from Jagannath temple. The next day, the Lord went to see the temple of Jagannath early in the morning, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mongalarati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The priests in the temple brought Him a garland from the deity and offered Him various kinds of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Lord was very much pleased to receive them, and He at once went to the house of Bhattachar
ya, taking the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the flowers to present to Bhattacharya. It was early in the morning, 
and Bhattacharya understood that the Lord had come and was knocking on his door. He at once rose up from his bed and began to say }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna, Krishna!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which was heard by Lord Chaitanya. And at once he came to the door and opened it and saw the Lord standing there. He was so pleased to see the Lord early in the morning, and wanted to receive Him 
with all care. He again offered Him a nice seat, and both of them sat there and Lord Chaitanya offered him the Prasadam which He had received in the temple of Jagannath. Bhattacharya was very glad to receive Prasadam from the hand of Lord Chaitanya, and 
without taking his bath and without performing his daily duties or washing his teeth he began immediately to eat the Prasadam. Actually, he was now freed from all contamination of material attachment; and he cited a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as he began to eat the Prasadam.
\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 Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  it is stated that when Prasadam is brought or is received, even if it has become very dry or it is even very old or brought from a distant place, as soon as it is received it must be eaten immediately, without following any of the rules or d
uties of one\'92s daily activities. It is enjoined in the Shastras that Prasadam should be immediately taken, and there is no restriction of time and space\'97that is the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In other words, there are restrictions
 in accepting foodstuff from different kinds of people, but there are no such restrictions in accepting Prasadam from different kinds of people\'97neither a restriction as to time, place, or atmosphere. Prasadam is always transcendental, and it can be ta
ken under any condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya was very much pleased to see that Bhattacharya, who always obeyed rules and regulations, could accept Prasadam without following any such rulesand re
gulations. Being so pleased Himself, Lord Chaitanya. embraced Bhattacharya. Both of Them began to dance in transcendental ecstasy. In that ecstasy, Lord Chaitanya explained: \'93My mission in Jagannath Puri is now fulfilled because I have converted a per
son like Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continued: \'93I shall be able now to attain Vaikuntha without fail.\'94 The missionary activity of a devotee is to convert one person to become a pure dev
otee. Then admission to the Spiritual Kingdom is guaranteed. The Lord was so much pleased with Bhattacharya\'92s philosophy that He began to bless him repeatedly: \'93Dear Bhattacharya, now you are a completely pure devotee of Lord Krishna, and Krishna i
s now very much pleased with you. From today you are free from the contamination of this material body, and from today you are free from any entanglement under the spell of material energy. You are now fit to go back to Godhead, back to Home.\'94 He then
 cited one nice verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Second Canto, Seventh Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93Anyone who takes complete shelter of the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord is favored by the Supreme 
Lord, Who is known as Unlimited. And such a person gets permission to cross over the ocean of nescience. Anyone who is under the misconception that this material body is himself, cannot have appreciation or causeless mercy from the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this incident, Lord Chaitanya returned to His place, and Bhattacharya became a pure devotee without any faults. Since he was formerly an academic scholar, thi
s conversion of Bhattacharya was possible only by the causeless mercy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. From that day forward he never explained any Vedic literature without an explanation of devotional service. Gopinath Acharya, his brother-in-law, was very much
 pleased to see the condition of Bhattacharya, and he began to dance in ecstasy, vibrating the transcendental sound, }{\b0\i\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}{\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 next day, after visting Jagannath temple early in the morning, Bhattacharya came to the place of Lord Chaitanya and offered his respects by falling down before 
the Lord; and he began to explain his past undesirable behavior. He asked the Lord to say something about devotional service, and the Lord began to instruct him on the verses of \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brihadnaradia Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which is stated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Harer Nama Harer Nama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord Chaitanya explained the meaning of this verse very explicitly. After hearing the explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harer Nama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from Lord Chaitanya, Bhattacharya became more and more ecstatic. Seeing his condition, his brother-in-law, Gopinath
 Acharya, addressed him and said, \'93My dear Bhattacharya, what I stated before\'97\'91when he is favored by the Supreme Lord he will understand about the techniques of devotional service\'92 \'97I am today seeing fulfilled.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhattacharya offered him his due respect and replied, \'93My dear Gopinath Acharya, it is through your mercy that I have the mercy of the Supreme Lord.\'94 The merc
y of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be achieved through the agency of the pure devotee. Lord Chaitanya\'92s mercy was bestowed upon Bhattacharya because of Gopinath Acharya\'92s endeavor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhattacharya said to his brother-in-law: \'93You are a great devotee of the Lord, and I was simply blind with my academic education. So I have achieved the mercy of
 the Lord through your agency only.\'94 The Lord was very much pleased to hear from Bhattacharya that a man can achieve the mercy of the Lord through the agency of the devotee, and he appreciated the verses and embraced Bhattacharya, confirming his state
ment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then requested Bhattacharya to go and see Jagannath temple. Bhattacharya then started out for Jagannath temple, accompanied by Jagadananda and Damodar, two
 principal associates of Lord Chaitanya. He returned to his home after seeing Jagannath temple, and brought with him much nice Prasadam purchased from the temple. He sent all this Prasadam to Lord Chaitanya through his Brahmin servant, and also dispatche
d two verses written by him on palm tree leaves, and requested Jagadananda to do this favor and deliver them. All of them again came back to Lord Chaitanya and offered Him the Prasadam and the verses on the palm leaf. But before reaching the Lord, Mukund
a Datta, who also undertook the delivery of the written palm leaf, had noted the verses down in his book. Lord Chaitanya read those verses and tore them into pieces, because He never liked to be praised by anyone. But his devotees had the verses written 
by Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya, from the notes of Mukunda Datta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport of the verses written by Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya was praise of the Lord, the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead. He\'97Lord Chaitanya\'97has desce
nded to preach detachment and transcendental knowledge along with devotional service to the people in general. Lord Chaitanya is the Original Personality of Godhead, and is compared with the ocean of mercy. \'93Let me surrender unto that Lord Chaitanya M
ahaprabhu.\'94 The other verse states, \'93The Lord, seeing that devotional service was absent, descended Himself in the Form of Lord Chaitanya to preach that devotional service. Let us all surrender unto His Lotus Feet to learn from Him what is actual d
evotional service.\'94 These two important verses are taken, by the devotees of the Lord in disciplic succession, as the most important jewels, and Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya has become highest amongst the devotees because of these famous verses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya was thus converted to become one of the important devotees of the Lord, and he had no other interest than to serve the Lord. His only conce
rn was to think of Lord Chaitanya constantly, and this meditation and chanting became the main purpose of his life. One day Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya came before the Lord, and after offering his respects he began to read a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This verse is stated in the Tenth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, in connection with Lord Brahm
a\'92s prayer to the Lord. Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya wanted to change two letters in the last portion of the verse, where the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muktipade}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  occurs. Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya wanted to change it into }{\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 . The purport of the verse is: A person who devotes his mind, body and speech to the service of the Lord, even in the midst of miserable life due to past misdeeds, is assured of liberation. And Bhattacharya wanted to change the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\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 Bhakti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord inquired from Bhattacharya, \'93Why have you changed the original verse? The word is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and why have you changed it into }{\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 ?\'94 Bhattacharya replied that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not so valuable 
as }{\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 therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a sort of punishment for the pure devotee. He had therefore changed the word from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mukti}{\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 Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . He began to explain his realization 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 , and said, \'93Any person who does no
t accept the transcendental Personality of Godhead and His transcendental Form cannot know the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who does not understand the transcendental nature of the Body of Krishna becomes His enemy and decries or fights with Him. And for such enemies of the Lord, 
the destination is to merge into the Brahman effulgence of the Lord. Such kind of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or libera
tion is never befitting the devotees of the Lord. Although there are five kinds of liberation, as, (1) getting admission to the same planet in which the Lord resides, (2) being able to associate with the Lord, (3) having a transcendental body like the Lo
rd, (4) having opulence like the Lord, and (5) merging into the existence of the Lord, a devotee is satisfied being engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, without any particular interest for any one of the above mentioned kinds of stat
e of liberation. Specifically, a devotee is most averse to merging into the existence of the Lord, and becoming without any individual identity. A devotee considers oneness with the Lord as worse than hell, even though he may accept one of the other four
 kinds of liberation in consideration of being engaged in the service of the Lord. Of the two possibilities for merging in the Transcendence, namely, (1) becoming one with the Impersonal Brahman effulgence, and (2) becoming one with the Personality of Go
dhead, the latter is still more abominable to a devotee. The devotee has no other aspiration than to be always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. On hearing this, Lord Chaitanya informed Bhattacharya that there is another purport o
f the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti. Muktipada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means directly the Personality of Godhead. That is to say, the Person
ality of Godhead has innumerable liberated souls engaged in His transcendental loving service, or He is the ultimate Resort for the ninth subject, called liberation. So, in either of the above mentioned import, Krishna becomes the ultimate Shelter. Sarva
bhouma replied, \'93Inspite of such import, I prefer }{\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  to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although according to You, there are two kinds of imports of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , still, because this sound is equivocal, I shall prefer directly }{\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  to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  because by direct perception, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to the context of becoming one with the S
upreme. I therefore hate to utter the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and I feel enthusiastic in uttering the word }{
\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 .\'94 At this, Lord Chaitanya laughed very loudly, and embraced the Bhattacharya with great l
ove.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the same Bhattacharya who took pleasure in explaining Mayavadi philosophy became a staunch devotee, so much so that he hated to utter the word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This is only possible by the causeless mercy of Lord Sri Chaitanya, and by His Grace He can turn iron
 into gold, like a touchstone. After this incident, all persons marked a great change in the Bhattacharya and they concluded that this was possible only by the inconceivable power of Lord Chaitanya. And they took it for granted that Lord Chaitanya was no
ne other than Lord Krishna Himself.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 27-1968: Lord Chaitanya and Ramananda Roy
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-seven
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 and Ramananda Roy
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has described Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as the ocean of transcendental knowledge, and Sri Ramananda Roy as the cloud which is produced from the ocean. Ramananda Roy was a greatly advanced scholar in de
votional service, and by the grace of Lord Chaitanya he gathered all such transcendental conclusions, just as the cloud achieves its existence from the water of the ocean. As the cloud appears from the ocean and redistributes water all over the world, an
d then again goes back to the ocean, so by the grace of Lord Chaitanya Ramananda Roy achieved his higher knowledge in devotional service, and thus he again went to Lord Chaitanya at Puri after retirement from service.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya was visiting the southern part of India, He first of all visited the great temple Bisakhapattan, the temple known 
as Jiayar Nrishingha Kshetra. It is situated at a place known as Singachalam, five miles from the railway station Bisakhapattan. The temple is situated on the top of a hill, and there are many temples in that quarter, but Jiayar Nrishingha Kshetra temple
 is the biggest of them all. The temple is full of beautiful sculpture, still wonderful for many students; and, on account of its popularity, it is a very rich temple. There is an inscription in the temple which states that the king of Vijynagar formerly
 decorated this temple with gold, and smeared the body of the deity with gold. For facilitating attendance at the temple there are free apartments for the visitors. The temple is managed by priests who belong to the sect of Ramanujacharya.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya visited this temple He praised the deity, and He quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\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 7.9.1}{\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 : \'93Although Lord Nrishingha is very servere to the demons and the non-devotees, He is very kind to His submissive devotees like Prahlad.\'94 Lord Nrish
ingha appeared as an incarnation of Krishna when Prahlad, a boy devotee of the Lord, was too much harassed by his father, Hiranya Kasipu. As the lion is very ferocious to other animals, but is very kind and submissive to his cubs, so Lord Nrishingha, alt
hough He appeared ferocious to Hiranya Kasipu, was very kind to Prahlad, His devotee.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After visiting the temple of Jiayar Nrishingha, the Lord proceeded farther south into India, and ultimately He reached the bank of the
 Gudabudee. On the bank of the Gudabudee the Lord remembered the Yamuna of Vrindaban, and the nice trees on the bank were considered by Him the forest of Vrindaban; so He was in ecstasy there. After taking His bath on the bank of the Gudabudee, the Lord 
was sitting a little off from the bank and was chanting }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Sitting in that way, the Lord saw that the governor of the province, Sri Ramananda Roy, had reached the bank of the river accompanied by his associates, many Brahmins, and a band party. The Lord had a
sked about Ramananda Roy, the governor of this province, from Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya, and the Lord was requested by Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya to see the great devotee Ramananda Roy at Kabur.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord could understand that this man approaching was Ramananda Roy, and He wanted to see him immediately. But, because He was in th
e renounced order of life, He restrained Himself from seeing a person of political affairs. But Ramananda Roy, as a great devotee, was attracted by the Features of Lord Chaitanya as a Sannyasi, and he himself came to see Him. Ramananda Roy, on reaching C
haitanya, prostrated himself to offer Him obeisances and respect. Lord Chaitanya received him by vibrating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Ra
ma, Rama Rama, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When Ramananda Roy presented his credentials, Lord Chaitanya embraced him, and both of them became overwhelmed with ecstasy. The Brahmins who accompanied
 Ramananda Roy were surprised that these two persons were overwhelmed with transcendental ecstasy simply by embracing. The Brahmins were all stalwarts of the rituals, and they could not understand the meaning of these devotional symptoms. They were rathe
r surprised to see that a great Sannyasi could touch a Sudra, and they were also surprised that Ramananda Roy, who was a great governor, and practically king of that province, was crying simply by touching a Sannyasi. While the Brahmins were considering 
this, Lord Chaitanya understood the unfavorable situation, and He pacified Himself.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this, Lord Chaitanya and Ramananda Roy both sat down together, and Lord Chaitanya informed him that, \'93Sarbabhouma Bhattachary
a has spoken very highly of you, so I have come to see you.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramananda Roy replied, \'93Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya considers myself as one of his devotees, and therefore he very kindly recommended 
You to see me.\'94 Ramananda Roy very much appreciated the Lord\'92s behavior for His touching a man of wealth. A king or governor or any politician is always absorbed in thoughts of political affairs and pounds-shilling-pence; therefore, such persons ar
e avoided by a Sannyasi. But Lord Chaitanya knew Ramananda Roy to be a great devotee, and so He did not hesitate to touch and embrace him. Ramananda Roy was surprised by the behavior of Lord Chaitanya, and he cited a nice verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.8.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in which it is stated 
that, \'93The great personalities and sages appear in the houses of worldly men just to show them mercy.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya\'92s special treatment of Ramananda Roy indicated that, although Ramananda Roy was born of a family who were not Brahmi
ns, still he was far, far advanced in spiritual knowledge and activity. Therefore he was more respectable than a Brahmin who happens to born in a Brahmin family. Although Sri Ramananda, out of his meek and gentle behavior, accepted himself as born of a l
ower Sudra family, still Lord Chaitanya considered him to be situated in the highest transcendental stage of great devotion. The devotees never advertize themselves as being great, but the Lord is very anxious to advertize the glory of the devotee. Raman
anda Roy and Lord Chaitanya, just acquainted for the first time that morning at the bank of the Gudabudcc, separated, and there was an engagement made that Ramananda Roy would come in the evening to see the Lord.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the evening, when the Lord was seated after taking His bath, Ramananda Roy came to see Him with a servant. He offered his respects 
and sat down before the Lord. Before Ramananda Roy could ask the Lord anything about advancement of spiritual knowledge, the Lord Himself inquired, \'93Please quote some verses from Scripture about the ultimate goal of life for the human being.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Ramananda Roy at once replied to the Lord that, \'93A person who is sincere in his occupational duty will gradually develop the se
nse of God consciousness.\'94 In this connection he quoted a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in which it is
 stated that the Supreme Lord is worshipped by following the principles of one\'92s occupational duty, and there is no other alternative for satisfying the Supreme Lord from the formalities of performing one\'92s occupational duties. The purport is that 
human life is meant for understanding one\'92s relationship with the Supreme Lord and acting in that way. Any human being can dovetail himself with the service of the Lord by discharging his prescribed duties or occupational performances.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For this purpose, human society may be divided into four classes: namely, the intelligent class, or the Brahmins, the administrative c
lass, or the Kshatriyas, the merchantile, or productive class, called Vaishyas, and the laborer class or the helping class, the Sudras. For each division of human society there are prescribed rules and regulations and occupational functions. The prescrib
ed duties of the four classes or four divisions of human society are very nicely described in the }{\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 , Eighteenth Chapter, 42-44 verses. An organized, civilized society of humanity should follow such prescribed rules and regulations for particular divisions. At the same time, for spiritual advancement, they must follow the four stages of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ashrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : namely, the student life, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmachary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life; then householder\'92s life, then retired life, and then renounced life.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramananda Roy stated that persons who are strictly following the rules and regulations of these eight divisions of human society are t
he best, and they are actually satisfying the Supreme Lord. One who does not follow the principles of the social division and the rules of spiritual advancement is certainly spoiling his human form of life and gliding down towards hell. One can peacefull
y execute the goal of his human life simply by following the rules and regulations which apply to himself. The character of a particular person becomes developed by following the principles of regulation according to his birth and association and educati
on. The divisions of society are so designed that many persons of different characteristics can be regulated under them, for the peaceful administration of social life and spiritual advancement. The social divisions of human society may be divided as fol
lows: 1. One who has taken as the aim of his life to understand the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, and for which aim he has devoted himself to the learning of the Vedas and similar literatures, is called a Brahmin. 2. A person who has taken to
 the occupation of showing his force and of administering the government is called a Kshatriya. 3. One who is engaged in agriculture and herding cows and trade and business is called a Vaishya. 4. Persons who have no special knowledge but are satisfied b
y serving the three other higher social divisions are called Sudras. If one faithfully discharges his prescribed duties, it is surely an advancement toward perfection. Therefore, regulated life is the source of perfection for everyone. This regulated lif
e, when culminating in devotional service to the Lord, attains its perfection. Otherwise it is a useless waste of time.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, Lord Chaitanya, after hearing from Ramananda Roy about the proper execution of regulated life, said that this is external. 
Indirectly, He asked Ramananda to state something which is better than this external exhibition of life. Formal execution of this ritualistic life or religious life is not very congenial unless it attains the perfection of devotional service. Actually. L
ord Vishnu is not satisfied simply by the ritualistic performance of Vedic instructions, but He is actually pleased when one attains the stage of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The verse cited by Ramananda Roy in reply to Lord Chaitanya means that, by the divisional ritualistic performances, one can rise up to
 the point of devotional service. In the }{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.45-46]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we find that Lord Sri Krishna, Who appeared Himself for the deliverance of all classes of people, has mentioned that the human being can a
ttain the highest perfectional stage of life by worshipping the Supreme Lord, from Whom everything has emanated, by dint of his occupational duties. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 : \'93A person duly engaged in his occupational duties attains the highest perfection.\'94 This perfectional process is followed by great devotees like Bodhyana, Tanaka, Dramida
, Guhadeva, Kapardi, Bharuchi\'97all these great personalities have followed this particular path of perfection of the human life. The Vedic injunctions also aim at this point of life. Ramananda Roy wanted to present this fact before the Lord. But, appar
ently, simply discharging the ritualistic duties is not perfection. Therefore Lord Chaitanya said that it is external. Lord Chaitanya\'92s purport was that a man having a material conception of life, even if he follows the ritualistic regulations, cannot
 attain the highest perfection.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 28-1968: Relationship with the Supreme Lord
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-eight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Relationship with the Supreme Lo
rd
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reason Lord Chaitanya rejected the statement of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  made by Ramananda Roy is that He thus rejected a class of philosophers who are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karmamimsat. Karmamims
at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophers accept God as being subject to one\'92s work. If one works nicely, God is bound to give them good results: that is their conclusion. Therefore, from the statem
ent of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as enunciated by Ramananda Roy, the meaning is sometimes drawn that Vish
nu, the Supreme Lord, has no independence. He is bound to award a certain kind of result to the worker. Such a non-independent Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes subjected to the worshipper, and the worshipper accepts the Supreme Lord }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as he wishes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , both impersonal and Personal, although they give more or less stress to the impersonal Feature
 of the Supreme Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya did not like this idea of impersonalism, and therefore He rejected it. He said: \'93Tell Me if you know of something beyond this conception of the Su
preme Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Ramananda Roy stated that it is better to give up the result of fruitive activities. Ramananda Roy understood the purpose of Lord Chaitanya. He quoted a v
erse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Ninth Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 7th verse. The Lord says there that, whatever one does, whatever one eats, whatever one sacrifices, whatever one gives or whatever austerity one u
ndergoes for a certain achievement\'97everything should be dedicated to the service of the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also, Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.2.36
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4yena v\'e4c\'e4 manasendriyair v\'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 buddhy\'e4tman\'e4 v\'e4nus\'e5ta-svabh\'e4v\'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 karoti yad yat sakala\'e0 parasmai
\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\'eb\'e4yeti samarpayet tat
\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 k\'e4yena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the body; }{\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 \'97speech; }{\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 \'97mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indriyai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97senses; }{\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 buddhy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the intelligence; }{\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 \'97the purified consciousness; }{\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 anus\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97followed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub svabh\'e4v\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to one's conditioned nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one does; }{\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 sakalam}{\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 par
asmai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the Supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4ya iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thinking, "This is for N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba"; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samarpayet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he shou
ld offer; }{\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.
\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 In accordance with the particular nature one has acquired in conditioned life, whatever one does with body, words, mind, senses, intel
ligence or purified consciousness one should offer to the Supreme, thinking, "This is for the pleasure of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba."
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 36th verse, has a similar passage, in which it is stated that one should submit everything, the result of his fruitive activities, either by his body, by his spee
ches, by his mind, by his senses, by his intelligence, by his soul, or by his practical natural modes of Nature\'97everything should be surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayan.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya rejected this second statement of Ramananda Roy, and He said, \'93If you know something higher, state it.\'94 The instructions of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\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  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad B
hagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , to offer everything to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a better proposal than the impersonal idea of the Supreme Lord, and making the Supreme Lord subject to 
our work. But it is. still short of surrendering activities to the Supreme Lord. The worker\'92s. identification with material existence is not changed without proper guidance. Such activity of the fruitive worker will continue his material existence. He
 is simply instructed here to offer the fruitive result of his work to the Supreme Lord, but he has no idea of how to get out of the material entanglement. Therefore Lord Chaitanya rejected this proposal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this second rejection by Lord Chaitanya, Ramananda proposed that one should forsake his occupational activities, and by such detachment rise to the transcende
ntal plane. This is, in other words, renunciation of one\'92s. worldly life. In this connection Ramananda Roy gave two evidences from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shastras}{\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto, Eleve
nth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [11.11.32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Lord says, \'93In the religious Scriptures I have described ritualis
tic principles, and how one becomes situated in devotional service. That is the highest perfectional stage of religiousness.\'94 Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Eighteenth Chapter, 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th ver
se, the Lord says: \'93You give up all kinds of religiousness. and just surrender unto Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I shall protect you from all sinful reactions, and you have nothing to be aggrieved over.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this from Ramananda Roy, Lord Chaitanya rejected it again. By rejecting Ramananda Roy\'92s third proposal, Lord Chaitanya wanted to demonstrate that simp
le renunciation is not sufficient. There must be positive engagement. Without positive engagement the highest perfectional stage cannot be attained. Generally, in the renounced order of life, there are two kinds of philosophers: the goal of one is }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nirvana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and of the other, the impersonal quality of the Brahman effulgence. They cannot conceive that
 they can reach beyond, or that there is a Spiritual Sky with Vaikuntha Planets. Because such mentalities cannot have any conception of the Spiritual Planets and activities, therefore Lord Chaitanya rejected the proposal of renunciation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy then gave evidence from }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Eighteenth Chapter, 54th verse, wherein the Lord says as follows: \'93When a person realizes himself as not different from the Supreme Absolute Truth by cultivation of knowledge, he becomes joyful and fr
eed from all kinds of lamentation and material desires. At that time he perfects his Brahman realization by looking at everyone on the same spiritual level. This stage of Brahman realization can elevate one to the transcendental stage of devotional servi
ce.\'94 The purport is that Ramananda Roy first suggested devotional service with renunciation of fruitive results from one\'92s work; but better than that stage of life is devotional service with full knowledge and spiritual realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya again rejected this proposal because in that stage of simply renouncing material results in Brahman realization there is no realization of the Spirit
ual World and the spiritual activities. Although in the Brahman realization stage there is no material contamination, yet, because there is no positive engagement in spiritual activity, it is not perfectly cleansed. It is still on the mental plane, and t
herefore external. The pure living entity is not liberated unless he has the complete spiritual idea and is engaged in spiritual activity. When one is absorbed in impersonal thought, or void thought, then his entrance into eternal life, blissful life, an
d life of knowledge is not complete. When spiritual knowledge is not complete, people will hinder you in your attempt to vacate the mind of all material variegatedness. Impersonalists are hindered in such attempts to make the mind void by artificial medi
tation. It is very difficult to make the mind void of material conceptions. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [12.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that those who indulge in such voidness or impersonal meditation make very d
ifficult spiritual advancement, and what they attain is not complete liberation. Therefore Lord Chaitanya rejected it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After rejection of this fifth proposal, Ramananda Roy said that devotional service without any attempt at cultivation of knowledge or mental speculation is the high
est stage of perfection. In this connection he gave evidence from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 
Fourteenth Chapter, in which Lord Brahma says to the Supreme Personality of Godhead: \'93My dear Lord, one should give up monistic speculation and the cultivation of knowledge altogether. He should begin his spiritual life in devotional service by receiv
ing the information of the activities of the Lord from a realized devotee of the Lord. If one prosecutes his spiritual cultivation by following these-two principles and keeping himself rightly in the honest path of living, then, although Your Lordship is
 never conquerable You become conquered by him by such a process.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When this prescription was presented by Ramananda Roy to Lord Chaitanya, the Lord at once said, \'93Yes, this is right.\'94 In other words, the mission of Lord Chai
tanya is as follows: In this age there is no possibility of acquiring spiritual knowledge by renunciation, or by mixed devotional service, or by fruitive results in mixed devotional service, or by the culture of knowledge. Because the people are not so a
dvanced, and in fact most of them are fallen, and because there is no time to elevate them in a general process, the best thing, Lord Chaitanya prescribed, is to let them remain in whatever condition they are\'97but let them hle engaged in hearing about 
the activities of the Lord, as they are explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Such messages should be received by aural reception from realized souls. By this principle a person m
ay live in whatever condition he is in, and still make progress in spiritual advancement. He will advance surely and certainly, so much so that he will be a fully realized soul of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya accepted these principles, but He requested Ramananda Roy to go further in advanced devotional service. Lord Chaitanya gave Ramananda Roy a chance to
 develop gradually the advancement from the principles of Varnashram Dharma (caste and the four orders of spiritual life); and, further, offering the results of all fruitive activities. Then he recommended discussion of spiritual knowledge. Lord Chaitany
a rejected all of these, because in the field of executing pure devotional service there is very little use for such principles. Artificial methods of devotional service without self realization cannot be accepted as pure devotional service. Self-realize
d pure devotional service is completely different from all other kinds of transcendental activities. The highest stage of transcendental activities is always free from all material desires and fruitive activities, and speculative attempts at knowledge. T
he highest stage concentrates on a simple, favorable execution of pure devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy could understand the motive of Lord Chaitanya, and therefore he stated that attainment of pure love of Godhead is the highest perfectional stage. Ther
e is a very nice verse in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padya Vali}{\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 [13, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 14}{\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  which is understood to be composed by Ramananda Roy himself. The purport of the verse is: \'93So long as there is hunger within the belly and one has a feeling for eating and drinking\'97so long, by taking anything eatable, one becomes happy
. Similarly, there may be much paraphernalia for worshipping the Supreme Lord, but when that is mixed with pure love of Godhead, it becomes an actual source of transcendental happiness.\'93 There is another verse in that connection composed by Ramananda 
Roy, in which it is stated that even after millions and millions of births one cannot achieve a sense of devotional service. But if, somehow or other, one becomes desirous of achieving the stage of devotional service, the association of a pure devotee wi
ll help such a strong desire for serving the Lord to become prominent. One should try to have such a strong desire to become engaged in devotional service, if it is available from any source. In these two verses, Ramananda Roy has described first the reg
ulative principles, and, second, the developed love of Godhead. Lord Chaitanya wanted to bring him up to this stage of developed love of Godhead, and to speak from that basis. Therefore, the discussion between Ramananda Roy and Lord Chaitanya will now pr
oceed on the basis of love of Godhead:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If love of Godhead becomes elevated to personal affinity, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prema Bhakti}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prema Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  there is no establishment of a particular relationship between the Supreme Lord and the devotee, but when this stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prema Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  develops further, there is manifested, in different transcendental flavors, a relationship with the Supreme Lord. The first stage is called servitude\'97to accept the Supreme Lord as the Master, an
d the devotee as the eternal servitor. When Lord Chaitanya accepted this process, Ramananda Roy described the relationship of the servitor and the Master. As cited in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srima
d Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Ninth Canto, Fifth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [16]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Durbasamuni was a great mystic Yogi and considered himself to be very elevated. Yet he envied Maharaj Amburish, who was known as the greatest devotee of the time. Durbasamani wanted to harass Maharaj Amburish, and as a resul
t he met with great catastrophe, and Durbasamani was defeated by the Sudarsan Chakra of the Lord. The Yogi admitted his fault and said, \'93For pure devotees who are always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, nothing is considered i
mpossible to obtain, because they\'92re engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, hearing Whose very Name is sufficient for liberation.\'94 Yamunacharya has composed various verses in his book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Strotraratna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Strotraratna }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [43]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Yamunacharya writes a nice verse, the purport of which is as fol lows: \'93My Lord, persons who are keeping th
emselves independent of Your service are helpless. They\'92re working on their own account, and they have no support from superior authority. Therefore I long for the time when I shall be fully engaged in Your transcendental loving service, without any d
esire for material satisfaction or hovering over the mental plane. When I shall be engaged in such unalloyed devotional service I shall enjoy actual spiritual life.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing that statement of Ramananda Roy, the Lord requested him to go still further.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 29-1968: The Transcendental Pastimes of Radha and Krishna
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Twenty-nine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Pastimes of R
adha and Krishna
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya said that that was accepted, and that he might advance further, Ramananda Roy said that fraternal relationship wit
h Lord Krishna is a still higher transcendental position. Ramananda Roy\'92s purport in saying this is that, when the relationship with Krishna is increased by a more affectionate tendency, then the mood of fearfulness, the consciousness of the extra-sup
eriority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, becomes diminished; and there is the development of a mood of faithfulness. And this faithfulness is called friendship. In this friendly relationship, there is a sense of equality between Lord Krishna and H
is friends.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection, Ramananda Roy quoted a nice verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S
rimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 12th Chapter, where Sukdeva Goswami describes Lord Krishna\'92s lunch with His friends in the forest where they went to play with the cows. It is sai
d there that the cowherds boys who went to play in the forest with Krishna enjoyed transcendental friendship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is considered the Impersonal Brahman by great sages, considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead b
y the devotees; and, for the ordinary man, He is considered an ordinary human being.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya appreciated this statement by Ramananda Roy very much, but still He said, \'93You can advance further.\'94 At the reque
st of Lord Chaitanya, Ramanada Roy stated that the relationship with Krishna as son and father, the relationship of parenthood, is a still higher transcendental position.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramananda Roy\'92s meaning was that the friendly attitude toward Krishna, increased by still more affection becomes the relationship b
etween parents and their children. In this connection Ramananda Roy quoted a nice verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth canto, 8th chapter, where it is stated that the King inquired from Sukdeva Goswami as to the magnitude of righteous activities which had been performed by Yasoda, the mother of Krishna, for which the Supreme Personality of Godhead cal
led her \'93mother,\'94 and sucked at her breast. And he quoted still another verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\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 
 (Tenth Canto, 9th Chapter), in which it is stated that Yasoda, the wife of Nanda, a cowherd man, received mercy from the Supreme Personality of Godhead which is incomparable, even by the mercy which is received by Brahma, the first created living being,
 or Lord Shiva, or even the Goddess of Fortune, Lakshmi, who is always situated on the chest of Lord Vishnu.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya asked Ramananda Roy to proceed further, to come to the point of conjugal love. Ramananda Roy, understanding the mind of
 Lord Chaitanya, immediately answered that the relationship of conjugal love with Krishna is the highest position. In other words, intimate relationship with Krishna develops from an ordinary conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to the conce
ption of Master and servant. And when it has become confidential, it develops into a friendly relationship, and when it is further developed, it is the relationship between parents and the children; and when it is developed to the highest point of comple
te love and affection, it is known as conjugal love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection, Ramananda Roy quoted a nice stanza from the }{\b0\i\ul0\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 , Tenth Canto, 47th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.47.60]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in which it is stated that the transcendental mode of ecstasy which was exhibited during the Rasa Dance of the Gopis with Krishna was never relishable even by the Goddess of Fortune, who is always situated o
n the chest of the Lord in the spiritual kingdom. What to speak of die experience of ordinary women?
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramananda Roy then explained the gradual process of the development of pure love with Krishna. He stated that a person who is related 
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any one of the different modes of affection is in the relationship just suitable for him. But actually a relationship with the Supreme Lord begins with the relationship of Master and servant, and further develops 
into friendship, and further develops into paternal love, and further develops into conjugal love. Anyone who is situated in his particular relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead is in the best relationship for him, but when we study all th
ese different flavors of transcendental taste in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can see that the first stage is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmabuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the neutral stage of realization of the Supreme Lord. The state accompanying the conception of accepting the Lord as Master and oneself as His servant is better; and the more developed conception of that 
relationship is as a friend; and still further as a father; this is the superior quality of development. From friendship to paternal love, the relationship is advanced and of superior quality, and the further advance to conjugal love is the supreme relat
ionship with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Self realization with the sense of servitude is certainly a transcendental development. And the mode of Master and servant, with frate
rnity added, is a further development. And with progressive affection, it develops into parenthood. But the highest development is conjugal love in relationship with the Supreme Lord. In this connection, Ramananda Roy quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.5.38]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is s
tated there that the development of spiritual affection for the Supreme Lord is in all categories transcendental, but that the specific aptitude of a devotee to a particular state is more relishable by him than others.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a transcendental relationship with the Supreme Lord cannot, however, be manufactured by the mental concoction of a pseudo devotee
. In this connection, Rupa Goswami in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu }{\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 1.2.101}{\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 , has stated that devotional service without refere
nce to the Vedic Scriptures as well as to Vedic literature, following the principles of Vedic Scripture, can never be approved. Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj remarks that those who are professional spiritual masters, professional }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reciters, professional performers of Kirtan, or persons who are engaged in so-called devotional servic
e of their own mental concoction, cannot be accepted. There are different kinds of professional communities known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aul, Vaul, Kartabhaza, Nada Darbesa, Snai, Atibibadi, Chudadhar
i, Gaurnaganagari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A member of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ventor Goswami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  society, or the caste called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goswami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , cannot be accepted as the descendent of the s
ix original Goswamis. Similarly, so-called devotees who manufacture different kinds of songs in connection with Lord Chaitanya, or those who are professional priests or paid recitors, cannot be accepted in this connection. One who does not follow the pri
nciple of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pancharatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and one who is an impersonalist, and one who is addicted to sex life, cannot be co
mpared with persons who have dedicated their lives to the service of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee who is always engaged in Krishna Consciousness can sacrifice everything for the service of the Lord. A person who has d
edicated his life to the service of Lord Chaitanya and Krishna and the Spiritual Master, or a person who is following the principles of householder life, and similarly those who are following the principles of the renounced life in the order of Chaitanya
 Mahaprabhu, are devotees and cannot be compared to the professional men.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is freed from all material contamination, any one of the relationships with Krishna is relishable transcendentally. Unfortuna
tely, those who are inexperienced in the transcendental science cannot appreciate these different stages of relationship with the Supreme Lord, and they think that all such different stages of relationship with the Supreme Lord, and all these explanation
s, are due to Maya. But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the author has given a very nice practical example of 
this matter. He states that earth, water, fire, air, and ether are the five elements, and these five elements develop from the subtle form to the grosser form. For example, in the ether there is a characteristic which is called sound. But in the air, the
re is the characteristic of ether, sound, plus a sensation of touch. When one comes to the fire, there is the characteristic of ether plus the characteristic of air, plus the characteristic which is called form. So, in fire there are three characteristic
s; similarly, when we come to water, there are four characteristics\'97namely sound, touch, form and taste. When you go to earth, there are five characteristics, namely sound, touch, form, taste, and smell. As there is a development of different characte
ristics, beginning from ether down to earth, so, if we analyze the different relationships with Lord Krishna and the devotee, we find that all the five characteristics of the devotional attitude are present in the relationship of conjugal love. Therefore
, the relationship with Krishna in conjugal love can only be accepted as the highest perfectional stage of love of God.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a nice verse from the Tenth Canto, 82nd Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.82.44]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which can be cited here: \'93Devotional service for the Supreme Personality
 of Godhead is the life of every living entity.\'94 And the Lord, addressing the damsels of Vraja, informed them that their love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only cause of their achieving the association of the Lord. It is said that Lord
 Krishna, in relationship with His devotees, accepts all kinds of devotional service according to the aptitude of each particular devotee, and Krishna also responds to such a devotee in a reciprocal way. For anyone who wants the relationship with Krishna
 of Master and servant, He plays the part of the perfect Master. For anyone who wants Krishna as his Son, in the parental relationship, Krishna plays the part of the perfect Son. Similarly, if a devotee wants to worship Krishna in conjugal love, Krishna 
plays the part of husband or paramour in perfection. But He has admitted that His loving relationship with the damsels of Vraja in conjugal love is the highest perfectional stage.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 32nd Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.32.22]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Krishna addressed the Gopis 
and said, \'93My dear Gopis, your relationship with Me is completely transcendental, and in exchange for your love, it is not possible for Me to offer anything, even after many births. You have been able to give up all attachment for material enjoyment, 
and you have searched after Me. I am unable to repay your love; and therefore, be pleased with your own activities.\'94
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharajhas remarked that there is a class of common men who say as follows: Anyone and everyo
ne can worship the Supreme Lord according to his particular invention of some mode of worship, and he will still achieve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One may try to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, either by fruitive activities or by s
peculative knowledge or by meditation or by austerity\'97any one of the methods accepted will help one to reach the perfectional stage. They generally give the example that if anyone wants to reach a certain destination he can accept one of many differen
t paths, and still reach the same place. Similarly, they say the Supreme Absolute Truth may be worshipped either as the Goddess Kali, or the Goddess Durga, or Lord Shiva, or Ganesha, or Rama, or Hari, or Brahma\'97any way that the Absolute Truth is addre
ssed, it is all one and the same. They give an example in this connection that a man might have different names, but if he is called by any of those names he will answer. 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such explanations by mental concoction might be very pleasing to the ordinary person, but they are full of misconceptions of transcend
ental life. One who worships different demigods conducted by material lust cannot achieve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The external energy of the Supreme Lord can award them some result for worshipping the particular demigods, as is stated in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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 7.23]}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93One who does not worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly cannot achieve His association by worshipping the demigods.\'94 The Supreme Personality of Godhead awards 
the benediction of His association only to persons who worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and not via the demigods. It is not a fact, therefore, that everyone and anyone can reach the Supreme Personality of Godhead by worshipping material demigo
ds. It is surprising, therefore, how a man can imagine he will become perfect by worshipping the demigods. The result of devotional service in full Krishna Consciousness cannot be compared with the result of worshipping different demigods or by functioni
ng in fruitive activities or by mental speculation. The results of fruitive activities are that, either one can go to the heavenly planets, or one can go to hell.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 30-1968: Pure Love For Krishna
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pure Love For Krishna
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The difference between executing ordinary religious procedures and devotional service is very great. By executing religious rituals one can achieve the stage of the
 perfection of material gain, economic development, sense gratification, or liberation\'97being merged into the existence of the Supreme. But the result of transcendental devotional service is completely different from such temporary benefits of the mate
rial condition. Devotional service of the Lord is evergreen, and it is increasingly transcendentally pleasing. Therefore, there is a gulf of difference between the result of devotional service and the result of the four goals of the religious rituals. Th
e great spiritual energy known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagatdhatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Superintendent of the material world, or }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the material executive departmental directors, the demigods, and all of the products 
of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, are perverted reflections of the opulence of the Supreme Lord. They are, practically, order carriers of the Supreme Lord in the material creation and its management. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\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 [5.44, 52, 49]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that the working of the supremely powerful superintendent, Durga, is just like a shadow indication of the Supreme Lord. The sun works just like the eye of the Supreme Lord. 
Brahma works just as reflected light of the Supreme Lord. In this way, all these demigods, and the external energy herself, Durgadevi, and different departmental directors are servants of the Supreme Lord in the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Spiritual World there is another energy, the superior spiritual energy, or internal energy, which acts under the direction of Yogamaya. Yogamaya means the in
ternal potency of the Supreme Lord. She also works under direction, but in the Spiritual World. When the living entity puts himself under the direction of this Yogamaya instead of Mahamaya, the result is that he becomes gradually, causelessly, a devotee 
of Krishna. On the other hand, those who are after material opulence and the advancement of material happiness put themselves under the care of the material energy, Mahamaya, or under the care of material demigods such as Lord Shiva and others. In the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is found that when the Gopis of Vrindaban desired to have Krishna as their husb
and, they prayed for the gratification of their desire before the spiritual energy, Yogamaya. And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shapta Shati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is found that King Shurath and another merchant of the name Samadi, wanted opulence of material existence according to their material mode of Nature\'97and they worshipped Mahamaya. Therefore, one should not mistakenly equalize Yo
gamaya and Mahamaya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no difference between the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Lord Himself, Because the Lord is on the Absolute platform, there is no difference 
between His Name and Himself, There are different Names of the Supreme Lord, such as Paramatma, the Supersoul, Brahman the Supreme Absolute, Shristikarta the Creator, Narayan the Transcendental Lord, Rukminiraman the husband of Rukmini, Gopinath the Enjo
yer of the Gopis, and Krishna. The Lord has different Names, and they have different purposes. When one understands the Supreme Lord as the Creator, He is different from the aspect of the Lord as Narayan. Some of the Names of the Lord as the Creator are 
the conception of the materialistic men. One cannot fully realize the essence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by understanding the name of the Creator, because this material creation is the function of the external energy of the Supreme Lord. Such 
a conception of God includes only the external feature of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, when we call the Supreme Lord }{\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 , we cannot have any understanding of the six full opulences of the Supreme Lord. In the Brahman realization of the Supreme Lord there is no realization of His six opulences in full. Therefore, Brahman rea
lization is not complete understanding of the Supreme Lord, not recognition of eternity, bliss, and knowledge. When we speak of the Supersoul, that is also not a full realization of the Supreme Personality of God; we understand the Supreme Lord by His Al
l-Pervading Nature as a partial representation of His opulence. In our transcendental relationship also, one who is a devotee of Narayan in Vaikuntha, cannot realize the nature of the relationship with Krishna in Goloka Vrindaban. Nor do devotees of Kris
hna relish the devotional service to Narayan, because devotional service to Krishna is so attractive that such devotees do not desire to worship other forms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again, the Gopis of Vrindaban do not like to see Krishna as the Husband of Rukmini, neither do they address Him as Rukminiraman. In Vrindaban, Krishna is addressed 
as Radha-Krishna, or Krishna the Property of Radharani. In the ordinary sense, although the Husband of Rukmini and Radha\'92s Krishna are on the same level, still in the Spiritual World the Names are different understandings of different aspects of this 
Transcendental Personality. If somebody equalized Rukminiraman and Radharaman and Narayan and any other Name of the Supreme Lord as all on the same level, there is the fault of overlapping tastes, which is techically called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rasabhasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Those who are expert devotees do not accept such amalgamation of different conceptions and aspects of the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead. It is against the conclusion of pure devotional service. But when the conceptions are scrutinizingly discriminated, many less intelligent men understand such discrimination as bigotry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is Superexcellence and beauty, still, when He is amongst the damsels of Vraja, He is known as Gopijanaball
abh; then He becomes the highest perfectional stage for devotees. The devotees cannot relish the beauty of the Supreme Lord more than this. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is confirmed, in the Tenth Canto, 33rd Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.33.6]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , that although Krishna the Son of Devaki is Superexcellence and the last word of beauty, still, when He is amongst the Gopis, it appears that He is a sublime Jewel set amongst divine golden craftsmanship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya accepted this statement of the highest realization of the Supreme Lord as conjugal lover. Still, He requested Ramananda Roy to advance further.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this request, Ramananda Roy remarked that this was the first time that he was requested to go still further than the Gopis in the matter of understanding Krishna
. It has been described that there is certainly a transcendental intimacy between the damsels of Vraja and Krishna, but out of all the Gopis the relationship of Sri Radharani with Krishna in conjugal love is the most perfect stage. No common man can unde
rstand the ecstasy of transcendental love between Radharani and Krishna. Neither can he understand the transcendental flavor of the transcendental love between Krishna and the Gopis. But if anyone tries to follow in the footsteps of the Gopis, there is t
he possibility of becoming situated in the highest stage of such transcendental love. Anyone who wants to be elevated to such a transcendental stage of perfection should follow in the footsteps of the damsels of Vraja as the assistant maid servant of suc
h Gopis. Lord Chaitanya exhibited the mood of Srimati Radharani when She is delegated from Dwarka by Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such a mode of transcendental love is not possible for any common man. Therefore, one should not imitate the highest perfectional stage of the loving attitude exhib
ited by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. But, if somebody desires to be in that association, they may follow in the footsteps of the Gopis. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that, as Radharani is dear to Krishna, similarly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Radhakunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is also very dear to Krishna. Radharani 
is the only selected Gopi who is dearer to Krishna than all the other Gopis. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 30th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.30.28]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is also stated that Radharani and the Gop
is render the highest perfectional loving service to the Lord, and that the Lord is so pleased with them that He does not wish to go anywhere else to leave the company of Srimati Radharani.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya heard from Ramananda Roy about the loving affairs of Krishna and Radharani, still He requested, \'93You may go further, on and on.\'94 The Lord 
said that He was enjoying the description of the loving affairs between Krishna and the Gopis very relishingly, \'93As if the river of nectar is flowing from your lips.\'94 When Krishna danced amongst all the Gopis, He thought that, \'93I am not giving a
ny special attention to Radharani.\'94 So, because amongst the other Gopis, Radharani was not so much an object of special love, Krishna stole Her away from the area of the Rasa Dance, and thus exhibited His special favor for Her.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When this was explained by Lord Chaitanya, Ramananda Roy replied, \'93Now let us relish the transcendental loving affair between Krishna and Radha to which there is
 no comparison in this material world.\'94 When there was a performance of Rasa Dance, Radharani all of a sudden left the area, as if She was angry that there was no special favor shown to Her. Krishna was desirous to see Radharani in order to fulfill th
e purpose of the Rasa Dance, but in the absence of Radharani He was sorry, and He went to search Her out. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita Govinda}{\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 [3.1, 2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a nice verse in which it is stated that the enemy
 of Kansa, Krishna, also wanted to be entangled in love affairs with women, and thus He simply took Radharani, away, and left the company of the other damsels of Vraja.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna was much afflicted by the absence of Radharani and being thus distressed in mind, He began to search out Radharani along the banks of the Yamuna. Failing to
 find Her, He entered into the bushes of Vrindaban, and began to lament for Radharani. Ramananda Roy said that when we discuss the purport of these two special verses from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srim
ad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , we can relish the highest nectar of Krishna and Radha\'92s loving affairs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although there were many Gopis to dance with Krishna, still Krishna was pleased to dance with Radharani especially. In the Rasa Dance Krishna placed Himself between
 each two Gopis, but He was present especially with Radharani.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Radharani was not pleased with the behavior of Krishna, which is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ujjal Ni
lmoni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: \'93The path of loving affairs is just like the movement of a snake; amongst the young lovers there are two kinds of mental features, causeless and causal.
\'94 So, when Radharani, out of Her anger for not being treated specially, left the area of the Rasa Dance, Krishna was very sorry not to see Her in the presence of the other Gopis. The perfection of the Rasa Dance was considered to be complete on accoun
t of the presence of Radharani, and in Her absence Krishna thought that the Rasa Dance was now disturbed, and therefore He left the arena to search Her out.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After wandering in several places, when He could not find Radharani, He was very distressed in mind; therefore it is understood that Krishna could not enjoy His ple
asure potency in the midst of all the Gopis; but in the presence of Radharani He was satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This transcendental love between Radharani and Krishna was described by Ramananda Roy. Lord Chaitanya admitted that, \'93I came to you for understanding about the t
ranscendental loving affairs of Krishna and Radha, and I am very much satisfied that you have described it so nicely. I can understand now from your version that this is the highest loving state between Krishna and Radha.\'94 Lord Chaitanya still request
ed him to try something more: What are the transcendental features of Krishna and the transcendental features of Radharani, and what are the transcendental features of the reciprocation of Their feelings, and what is the love between Them? If you will ki
ndly describe all this to Me, I think I shall be very much obliged, because I know that except for you, nobody can describe such things.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy in all humility replied, \'93I do not know anything, but whatever You are causing me to say I am saying. I know You are Krishna Himself, but still You
 are relishing hearing about Krishna from me. Therefore, You will excuse me for my faulty expression. I am just trying to express whatever You are causing me to express.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya said, \'93I am a Mayavadi Sannyasi. I have no knowledge of the transcendental features of devotional service. By the grace of Sarbabhouma Bhattachary
a My mind is now clear and I am trying to understand the nature of devotional service to Lord Krishna. He recommended that I see you for understanding Krishna, and he said that Ramananda Roy is the only person who knows something about love of Krishna. I
 have come to you recommended by Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya, so you should not hesitate to relate to Me all the confidential affairs of Radha and Krishna.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The example Lord Chaitanya set, before Ramananda Roy, was actually to take the subordinate position. And this has a very great significance. The purport is that, if
 anyone is serious about understanding the transcendental nature of Krishna, he should approach a person who is actually enriched with Krishna Consciousness. One should not be proud of his material birth, material opulence, material education, and materi
al beauty and thereby try to conquer the mind of an advanced student of Krishna Consciousness. Somebody who goes thus to such an advanced Krishna conscious person, so that he will be induced favorably toward him, is under a misconception regarding this s
cience.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should approach a Krishna conscious person with all humility, and put relevant questions to him, and not challenge him. If anyone goes to challenge him, such a 
highly elevated Krishna conscious person will not be available for any tangible service. A challenging, puffed-up person will not be able to gain from a Krishna conscious man, and will continue to remain in the material conception of life. Although Lord 
Chaitanya was born of a high Brahmin family, and was situated in the highest perfectional stage of Sannyas, still He showed by His behavior that even an elevated person did not hesitate to take lessons from Ramananda Roy, although he appeared to be a hou
seholder, and situated in social status beneath that of a Brahmin.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya clearly showed that a sincere student never minds whether his spiritual master may be born of a very high grade Brahmin family, or of a Kshatriya fam
ily; or he may be a high grade Sannyasi, or a Brahmachary, or whatever status of life. Whoever can teach him about Krishna Science is 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 .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 31-1968: The Supreme Perfection
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-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 The Supreme Perfection
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever he may be, whatever position He may have, if a person is fully conversant with the science of Krishna, Krishna Consciousness, he can become a bona fide Spi
ritual 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 science of Krishna, Krishna Consciousness; it does not depend on a particular position
 in society or of birth. This conclusion of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is not against the Vedic injunction. On the strength of this conclusion, Lord Chaitanya, previously known as Viswambhar, accepted a Spiritual Master, Iswara Puri, who was a sannyasi. S
imilarly, Lord Nityananda Prabhu also accepted as his Spiritual Master Madavendra Puri, another sannyasi. This Madhavendra Puri is also known as Laksmipati Tirtha. Sri Adwaita Acharya also accepted this Madhavendra Puri as his Spiritual Master. Similarly
, another great Acharya, Sri Rasikananda, accepted as his Spiritual Master Sri Shymananda, who was not born of a Brahmin family. So also Ganganarayana-chakravarty accepted as his Spiritual Master Das Gadadhar. In ancient days there was a hunter whose nam
e was Dharma. He also became the Spiritual Master of many persons. There are plain instructions in }{\b0\i\ul0\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Seventh Canto, 11th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [32]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) in which it is stated that a person should be accepted\'97either a Brahmin or a Kshatriya or a Vaishya or a Sudra\'97by 
his personal qualification, and not by birth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And, if such personal qualifications become applicable to a person who is born in a family outside the ordinary field of his actual qualification, he should be acce
pted by his personal qualification alone. For example, if a man is born of a Brahmin family but his personal qualification is that of a Sudra, then he should be accepted as a Sudra. Similarly, if a person is born of a Sudra family but his personal charac
teristics are those of a Brahmin, he should be accepted as a Brahmin. All Shastric injunctions, and the version of great sages and authorities\'97and their practical behavior as well\'97establish that a bona fide Spiritual Master is not necessarily of th
e caste Brahmin class. The only qualification is that he must be conversant in the science of Krishna, Krishna Consciousness. That will make him perfectly eligible to become a Spiritual Master. That is the conclusion of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in His di
scussions with Ramananda Roy.
\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 Hari Bhakti Vilasa}{\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 [2.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is the statement that, if there is a bona fide Spriritual Mast
er born of a Brahmin family, and another who is qualified but born of a Sudra family, one should accept the Spiritual Master who is born of the Brahmin family, and not of the Sudra family. This statement is somewhat of a compromise to social understandin
g; but is not meant for spiritual understanding. For persons who prefer to count social status as more important than spiritual status, this injunction of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari Bhakti Vilas
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is applicable. But not for the persons who are spiritually serious. For a person spiritually serious, the instruction of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is that anyone\'97never mind wh
at he is\'97if he is conversant with Krishna science must be accepted as the Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many injunctions 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which state as follows: a highly elevated, spiritually advanced devotee of the Lord is always a first class devotee, and t
herefore he is a Spiritual Master. But a highly elevated person born in a Brahmin family, who is not a devotee of the Lord, cannot be a Spiritual Master. A person born in a Brahmin family may be conversant with all the rituals of the Vedic Scripture, but
 if he is not a pure devotee of the Lord, he cannot be a Spiritual Master. In all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , t
he chief qualification of a bona fide Spiritual Master is that he must be a qualified person conversant in the science of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya therefore requested Ramananda Roy to go on teaching Him, and not to hesitate about speaking on the science of Krishna because Lord Chaitanya Mahaprab
hu was a sannyasi in the renounced order of life. He requested him to go on speaking on the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy then humbly submitted: \'93Because You are asking me to speak on the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna, of course I must obey Your order, and whatever You
 would like me to say, I will speak in that way.\'94 Ramananda Roy humbly submitted himself as a puppet, and Lord Chaitanya was the puppeteer. So, he wanted to dance according to the will of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He expressed that his tongue was just lik
e a string instrument, and \'93You are the player of the string instrument.\'94 So, as Lord Chaitanya would play, Ramananda Roy would vibrate the sound.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He said that Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Source of all incarnations, and the Cause of all causes. There are innumerable Vaikuntha planet
s, and there are innumerable incarnations and expansions of the Supreme Lord, and there are innumerable universes also. Of all these existences the Supreme Lord Krishna is the only Source. His transcendental Body is composed of eternity and blissfulness 
and knowledge, and He is known as the Son of Maharaj Nanda, or as the Inhabitant of Goloka Vrindaban; He is full with six opulences\'97namely, all wealth, all strength, all fame, all beauty, all knowledge, and all renunciation.
\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 Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Chapter, 1st verse, it is confirmed that Krishna is the Supreme Lord, He is the Lord of all lords, and His transcendental Body is Sat-chit-ananda. And no one is the Source of Krishna, but Krishna is the Source of everyone. He is t
he Supreme Cause of all causes. He is Resident of Vrindaban, and very attractive, just like Cupid. One can worship Him by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kam Gayatri Mantra}{\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 description of Vrindaban is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: the transcendental land of Vrindaban is always spiritual. That spiritual land is full of Goddesses of Fortune, who are known as Gopis; and they are all beloved of Krishna, and Krishna i
s the only Lover of all those Gopis. The trees of that land are all desire trees: you can have anything you want from any tree. The land is made of touchstone, and the water is nectar, and all speech is song, and all walking is dancing, and the constant 
companion is the flute. Everything is self-illuminated, just as we experience the sun and the moon in this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The human form of life is meant for understanding this transcendental land of Vrindaban, and one who is fortunate should cultivate knowledge of Vrindaban and the re
sidents of Vrindaban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In that Supreme Abode, there are the }{\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  cows, who are overflooding the land with milk. In that land, the Supreme Abode of Krishna, even a moment is not misused. Therefore, there is no past, present or future. An expansion of that Vrindaban, the Supreme 
Abode of Krishna, is here also on this Earth. Superior devotees worship this earthly Vrindaban as being as good as the Supreme Abode Vrindaban. Nobody can appreciate Vrindaban without being highly elevated in spiritual knowledge, Krishna Consciousness. V
rindaban in ordinary experience appears to be just like ordinary land; but in the eyes of a highly elevated devotee, it is as good as the original Vrindaban. A great saintly person, an Acharya, has expressed this in his song: \'93When will my mind be cle
ared of all dirty things, and when shall I be able to see Vrindaban as It is? And when shall I be able to understand the literature left by the Goswamins\'97so that I will be able to understand the transcendental Pastimes of Radha and Krishna?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The loving affairs in Vrindaban between Krishna and the Gopis are also transcendental. They appear to be like the ordinary lust of this material world, but there is
 a gulf of difference between the moods of Vrindaban and this material world. In the material world there may be the temporary awakening of lust, but it disappears after so-called satisfaction. But in the Spiritual World the love between the Gopis and Kr
ishna is constantly going on, and it is increasing at every moment. That is the difference between the love of the transcendental world, and the lust of the material world. The lust of so-called love arising out of this body, is as temporary as the body 
itself But the love in the Spiritual World is on the spiritual platform, and the spirit soul is eternal. And so that love is also eternal. Therefore, Krishna is addressed as the evergreen Cupid.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Krishna is worshipped by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the specific }{\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 called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Kamagayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is stated in the Vedic literature: that sound vibration which can elevate one from mental concoction is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri}{\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 Kamagayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is composed of 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up8 /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  syllables, and is stated as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Klim kamadevaya vidmahe puspavanaya dheemahi tanna\'92 nanga prachodayat}{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is received from the Spiritual Master when a disciple is far advanced by chanting }{\b0\i\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other words, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri Mantra}{\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 Sanksar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or reformation of a perfect Brahmin, are of
fered by the Spiritual Master to a student when he sees that the disciple is advanced in spiritual knowledge. Even such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not uttered under certain circumstances. Still, the chanting of Hare Krishna is sufficient to elevate one to the highest spiritual platform.
\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 Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  there is a nice description of the flute of Krishna. The purport of the description is thus: \'93When Krishna began to play on His flute, the sound vibration entered into the ear of Brahma as the Vedic Mantra, OM. This OM is composed of 
three letters: A, U, and M, or a description of our relationship with the Supreme Lord. It describes our activities to achieve the highest perfection of love, and the actual position of the loving condition in the spiritual platform. When the sound vibra
tion of Krishna\'92s flute became expressed through the mouth of Brahma, it became }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There
fore, being influenced by the sound vibration of the flute of Krishna, Brahma, the supreme creature and first living entity of this material world, was initiated as a Brahmin.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This remark on Brahma\'92s becoming a Brahmin, initiated by the flute of Krishna, is confirmed by Srila Jiva Goswami. When Brahma was enlightened by the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  through the flute of Krishna, he became possessed of all Vedic knowledge. He acknowledged the
 benediction offered to him by Krishna, and thus he became the original Spiritual Master of all living entities.
\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  Klim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  added to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the transcendental seed of love of Godhead, or the seed of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The object is Krishna, Who is the evergreen Cupid. And, by utterance of Klim Mantra, Krishna is worshipped. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gopal Tapini Upanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is further stated that when we speak of Krishna as Cupid we should not misunderstand that He
 is the Cupid of this material world. As we have explained, Vrindaban is the Spiritual Abode of Krishna, and so this word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cupid}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also spiritual and transcendental. One should not misunderstand the material Cupid and Krishna as being on the same level. Material Cupid is the attraction of this external flesh and body, but the spiritual Cupid is 
the attraction of the Supersoul upon the individual soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, lust and the sex urge are there in spiritual life, but because the spirit soul is now embodied in material elements, that spiritual urge is expressed thro
ugh this material body; and therefore it is pervertedly reflected. When one becomes actually conversant in the science of Krishna Consciousness, he can understand that his material affection of sex life is abominable, whereas spiritual sex life is desira
ble.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual sex life is of two kinds: one completely in the constitutional position of the self, and the other according to the object. When one has understood the tr
uth about this life but is not completely out of the material contamination, then, although there is an understanding of spiritual life, he is not factually situated in the transcendental Abode, Vrindaban. When, however, one becomes free from all bodily 
sex urges, he is actually situated in the Supreme Abode of Vrindaban. When one is situated in that stage of life, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamagayatri}{\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 Kamavija Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be uttered by the student.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy then explained that Krishna is Attractive both for men and women, for the movable and the immovable\'97for all living entities. Therefore, He is calle
d the transcendental Cupid. And He quoted a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 32nd Chapte
r }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.32.2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where the Lord appeared before the damsels of Vraja just like Cupid, while smiling 
and playing His flute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of devotees of the Lord, and they have different aptitudes and relationships with the Supreme Lord. Any kind of relationship with the Supr
eme Lord is as good as any other, because the central point is Krishna. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  there is a nice verse in this connection, which states as follows: \'93Krishna is the Reservoir of all pleasure, and by the spiritual luster of His Body, He is always attracting the Gopis, especially Taraka, Pali, Shyama, and Lalita. Krishna
 is very dear to Radharani, the foremost Gopi.\'94 Like Krishna, the Gopis were glorified by His Pastime activities. In other words, there are different kinds of specific relationships with Krishna, and anyone who is attracted to Krishna by a particular 
flavor is glorified.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna is so beautiful and transcendental, and so attractive, that sometimes He becomes attractive to Himself. There is a very nice verse in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Gita Govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93My dear friend, do you see how Krishna is enjoying His transcendental Pastimes in the springtime, by
 expanding the beauty of His Personal Body? And, just like the most beautiful moon, His soft legs and hands are being used on the bodies of the Gopis, and He is embracing them by different parts of the body, and thus He is so beautiful! Krishna is so bea
utiful that He is attractive even to Narayan, and not only to Narayan\'97He is also attracting the Goddesses of Fortune who associate with Narayan.\'94
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\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 [10.89.58]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a nice verse in this connection. The Bhuma Purusa said to Krish
na, \'93My dear Krishna and Arjuna, just to see You I have brought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  before You.\'94 T
his is in connection with Arjuna\'92s attempt to save some youths, who he heard had died untimely at Dwarka. And when he failed to save them, Krishna took him to the Bhuma Purusa, and when the Bhuma Purusa brought forth those dead bodies as living entiti
es he expressed his feelings in the following words: \'93Both of You appeared for the preservation of religious principles in this world, and to annihilate the demoniac persons.\'94 In other words, the Bhuma Purusa was also attracted by the beauty of Kri
shna, and under some pretext He wanted to see Krishna and this Pastime was invented by him. There is another nice verse in the Srimad Bhagwatam, Tenth Canto, 16th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.
16.36]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which it is stated, \'93My dear Lord, we cannot estimate how this fallen snake got the opportunity of being kicked by Your Lotus Feet, for which even the Goddess of
 Fortune underwent austerities for several years\'97just to see You.\'94 This was spoken by the wife of Kaliya, in connection with Kaliya\'92s punishment by Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How Krishna is attracted by His own beauty is also stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laleeta Madhav}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eighth Chapter, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (8.34)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20th verse. Krishna, by seeing His own picture, is lamenting, \'93How nice this picture is, how glorious this picture is. I am
 also becoming attracted just like Radhika is attracted by this picture.\'94 Krishna was attracted as much as Radhika, or Radharani, was when She saw the picture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, Ramananda Roy explained about the beauty of Krishna in summary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He again began to speak about the spiritual energy of Krishna, headed by Srimati Radharani. It is said that Krishna has immense expansions of energy, out of which t
hree energies are predominant: one is called internal energy, the second is called external energy, and the third is called marginal energy, or the living entity. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 6th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.7.61]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Vishnu has one energy, which is called spiritual energy, and it is manifested in three ways. When spiritual energy is overwhelmed by ignorance, that is called marginal energy. So far as spiritual energy is concerned
\'97because Krishna is a combination of eternity, bliss, and knowledge, the spiritual energy is also exhibited in three forms. So far as Krishna\'92s bliss and peacefulness are concerned, His spiritual energy is manifested as pleasure-giving potency, His
 eternity is manifestive energy, and His knowledge is manifested as spiritual perfection. It is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vishnu Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , First Canto, 12th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.12.69]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93The pleasure potenc
y of Krishna can give Krishna transcendental pleasure and bliss.\'94 Therefore, when Krishna wants to enjoy pleasure, He exhibits His own spiritual potency, known as Alhadini.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna in His Spiritual From enjoys the spiritual energy, and that is the sum and substance of the Radha Krishna Pastime. These Radha Krishna Pastimes can be under
stood by elevated devotees only. From the ordinary platform one should not try to understand this Radha Krishna Potency, and their Pastimes. People only misunderstand it as being material.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the pleasure potency is further condensed, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahabhava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Srimati Radharani, the eternal Consort of Krishna is a personification of that Mahabhava. This Mahabhava representation is explained by Rupa Goswami in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ujjal Nilmoni}{\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 [4.3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Second}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Canto, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2nd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Sloka. It is stated there, that although there were two competitors in love of Krishna, Radharani and Cha
ndravali; still, by comparison, it appears that Radharani is the best, and She is possessed of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahabhava Svarupa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore, this Mahabhava Svarupa, or personification, is applicable to Radharani only, and no one else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahabhava is full of the pleasure potency, and is an exhibition of the highest attitude of love towards Krishna. She is therefore known throughout the world as the 
Most Beloved of Krishna. And Her name is always associated with Krishna, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Radha Krishna}{\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 Samhita}{\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 [5.37]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also confirms this: Krishna expands Himself by His pleasure potency in the Spiritual World, and the potencies are all non-different from Krishna in the Abso
lute. Krishna, although He is always enjoying the company of His expansions of the pleasure potency, is All-pervading. Therefore, Brahma offers his respectful obeisances to Govinda, the Cause of all causes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Krishna is the highest emblem of spiritual perfection, so Radharani is the highest emblem of the spiritual pleasure potency meant for satisfying Krishna. Krishna
 is unlimited, and so Radharani is also unlimited, for His satisfaction. Krishna is satisfied by seeing Radharani, but Radharani also expands Herself in such a way that Krishna still wants to enjoy more. And, because Krishna was unable to estimate the pl
easure potency of Radharani, He wanted to accept the role of Radharani. That combination is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu}{\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 Ramananda Roy then began to explain that Radharani is therefore the supreme emblem of the pleasure potency of Krishna. And Radharani expands Herself into different 
forms, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita Visakha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and Her confidential associates. The Characteristics of Srimati Ra
dharani are explained by Rupa Goswami in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uijal Nilmoni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and they can be understood as fo
llows: The body of Radharani is an evolution of transcendental pleasure. That body is decorated with flowers and fragrant aromas, complete with transcendental love for Krishna. That is the personification. That transcendental body takes birth three times
: first in the water of mercy, second in the water of useful beauty, and third in the water of youthful luster. After taking birth three times in that way, covered with shining garments and decorated with His Personal beauty, which is compared with cosme
tics (Her beauty being the highest artistry) Her body is decorated with ornaments of the ecstasies of spiritual emotion\'97trembling, tears, checking of the body in transcendental pleasure, stopping of all functions of the body, perspiration, choking of 
the voice, blood pressure, madness, and stumbling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are nine symptoms of decorative transcendental pleasure potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five are by Her expansion of personal beauty, decorated with garlands of flowers; and Her patient calmness is compared with a covering of cloths, cleansed by campho
r. Her confidential agony for Krishna is the knot of Her hair, and the mark of telok on Her forehead is Her fortune. The hearing of Radharani is fixed on Krishna\'92s Name and Fame, eternally. By chewing betal nuts the lips become reddish. Similarly, the
 complete attachment of Radharani to Krishna has blackened the border of Her eyes. It can be compared to ointment, due to Nature joking with Radha and Krishna. Her smiling is just like the taste of camphor. The garland of separation moves on Her body whe
n She lies down on the bed of pride, within the room of aroma. Her breast is covered by the blouse of anger, out of ecstatic affection for Krishna; and a stringed instrument is Hers for Her reputation of being the best amongst all the girlfriends of Kris
hna. She puts Her hand on the shoulder of His youthful posture. Although She possesses so many transcendental qualities, still She is always engaged in the service of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimati Radharani is decorated with Suddipta Sattvik emotions, which include sometimes tribulation, sometimes pacification. All these transcendental ecstasies are s
ymptoms of the body of Srimati Radharani. Suddipta Sattvik emotion is when a lover is overwhelmed with certain kinds of feelings which he or she cannot check. Radharani has another emotion which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kilakinchita}{\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 Kilakinchita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  emotion has twenty different manifestations. Such manifestations are partly due to the body, due to the mind, and due to habit. So far as the bodily emotions are concerned, they are called posture and mov
ement. So far as the emotions of the mind are concerned, they are the exposition of beauty, luster, complexion, mellows, talking, magnanimity and patience. As far as habitual emotions are concerned, they are pastimes, enjoyment, preparation, forgetfulnes
s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jhere is the fortune telok on the forehead of Srimati Radharani, and She has a locket of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Premvaichittya. Premvaichittya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the symptom of a lover that occurs when the lover and the beloved meet together, and still have a fear of separation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimati Radharani is fifteen days younger than Krishna. She always keeps Her hand on the shoulder of Her friends; and She is always talking and thinking of Pastimes
 with Krishna. She always offers Krishna, by Her sweet talks, a kind of intoxication. She is always prepared to fulfill all the desires of Sri Krishna. In other words, She is the supply source for all the demands of Sri Krishna, and She is qualified with
 unnatural or uncommon qualities for the satisfaction of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda Lilamrita}{\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 [11.122]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which is stated as follows: \'93Who is the 
breeding ground of Krishna\'92s affection? The answer is, it is only Srimati Radhika. Who is the most dear lovable object of Krishna? The answer is, it is only Srimati Radhika, and nobody else.\'94 Sheen in the hair and a moistness in the eyes, and firmn
ess in the breast\'97all these qualities are there in Srimati Radhika. Therefore only Srimati Radhika is able to fulfill all the desires of Krishna, and nobody else can.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sottabhama is another competitor of Srimati Radharani, but she always desires to come to the standard of Srimati Radharani. Srimati Radharani is so expert in every 
affair that all the damsels of Vraja come and learn all those arts from Her. She is so extraordinarily beautiful that even the Goddess of Fortune and Parvati, the wife of Lord Shiva, also desire to be elevated to the standard of Srimati Radharani\'92s be
auty. Arundhuthi, who is known as the most chaste lady in the universe, desires to learn the standard of chastity from Srimati Radharani. Even Lord Krishna cannot estimate the highly transcendental qualities of Srimati Radharani; and therefore it is not 
possible for any ordinary man to estimate those qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya, after hearing from Sri Ramananda Roy about the qualities of Srimati Radharani and Krishna, desired to hear from him about the reciprocal exchange of
 love between Radharani and Krishna. Krishna is described by Ramananda Roy as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhirlalita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and He 
is always engaged in love affairs with Radharani. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhirlalita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes a person who is very cunni
ng and youthful, and always expert in joking, without any anxiety, and always subservient to his girlfriend. This Krishna is always engaged in the bushes of Vrindaban to enjoy lusty activities with Radharani, and thus He successfully carried out the inst
incts of lust.
\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 Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a very nice verse in connection with the dealings of Radha and Krishna, and it is said there: \'93This Krishna, by His impudent and daring talks about sex indulgence, obliged Srimati Radhika to close her eyes and taking
 the opportunity of the closed eyes of Srimati Radharani, Krishna painted many pictures on the breasts of Radharani, which was the subject matter for joking for the friends of Radharani. Krishna was always engaged in such lustful activities, and thus He 
made successful His primary youthful life.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing of these transcendental activities between Radha and Krishna, Lord Chaitanya said, \'93My dear Ramananda, what you have explained about the transcendenta
l Pastimes of Sri Radha and Krishna is perfectly right, but still there must be something more I should like to hear from you.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, Ramananda Roy said, \'93It is very difficult for me to express anything beyond this. But I can only say that there is an emotional activity which i
s called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prembilasa Bivarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . I may try to explain the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prembilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . I do not know whether You will be happy to hear it, but I must explain it toYou.\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prembilasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  emotion there are two kinds of emotional activities, which are called separation and meeting. That transcendental s
eparation is so acute that it becomes more ecstatic than meeting. Ramananda Roy was expert in understanding such highly elevated dealings between Radha and Krishna, and he composed a very nice song which he narrated to the Lord. The purport of that song 
is as follows: the lover and the beloved, before their meeting, by the exchange of their transcendental activities, generate a kind of emotion. That emotion is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raga}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or attraction. Srimati Radharani expressed Her willingness, that \'93This attraction and affection between Ourselves has risen to the highest extent\'94\'97but the cause of such 
attraction is Radharani Herself. \'93Whatever the cause may be, that affection between Yourself and Myself,\'94 said Radharani, \'93has mixed Us in oneness. Now it is the time of separation, so I cannot see the history of the evolution of this love betwe
en You and Me. There was no other cause or mediator in Our love, the only cause was Our meeting and visionary exchange of feelings.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This exchange of feelings between Krishna and Radharani is very difficult to understand, unless one is elevated onto the pure platform of goodness. Such transcenden
tal reciprocation between Radha and Krishna is not possible to understand even on the platform of material goodness. One has to transcend even material goodness in order to understand. Such an exchange of feelings between Radha and Krishna is not any sub
ject matter of the material world. Even the highest mental speculators cannot understand this, directly or indirectly. Material activities are manifested either for the gross body or the subtle mind, but this exchange of feeling between Radha and Krishna
 is beyond such intellectual mental speculation. This transcendental subject matter can be understood by purified senses, freed from all the designations of the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purified senses can understand these transcendental features, but those who are impersonalists, who have no knowledge of spiritual senses, can simply discriminate w
ithin the scope of the material senses, and cannot understand the spiritual exchange or spiritual-sensual activities. Persons who are elevated in experimental knowledge can simply satisfy their blunt material senses, either by gross bodily activities or 
by mental speculation. Everything generated from the body or the mind is always imperfect and perishable, but transcendental spiritual activity is always bright and wonderful. Pure love on the transcendental platform is the symbol of purity\'97this means
 without any material affection, or completely spiritual. Affection for matter is perishable, therefore the inebriety of sex is there in the material world, but there is no such inebriety in the Spiritual World. Hindrances in the performance of sense sat
isfaction are the cause of material distress, and that is not exactly comparable with spiritual separation. In spiritual separation there is no inebriety or ineffectiveness as with matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya admitted that this is the highest position of transcendental loving reciprocation, and He said to Ramananda Roy, \'93By your grace only I have been a
ble to understand such a high transcendental position. This transcendental position cannot be achieved without the performance of transcendental activities; so would you kindly explain to Me how I can raise Myself to this platform?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda replied, \'93It is similarly difficult for me to make You understand, but so far as I am concerned, I can speak what You would like me to say before You. 
For no one can escape Your Supreme Will. There is nobody in the world who can surpass Your Supreme Will, and although I appear to be speaking, I am not actually the speaker\'97You are speaking. Therefore, You are both the speaker and the audience. Let me
 speak as You will me to speak, about the performance required to achieve this highest transcendental position.\'94 Ramananda Roy then began:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental activities of Radha and Krishna are very confidential. They are not to be understood in the emotional relationship of master and servant, friend 
and friend, or parent and son to the Supreme Lord. This confidential subject matter can be understood in the association of the damsels of Vraja, because such confidential activities have arisen from the feelings and emotions of those damsels. Without th
e association of Vraja, no one can nourish or cherish such transcendental understanding. In other words, these confidential Pastimes of Radha and Krishna have expanded through the mercy of the damsels\'97and without their mercy we cannot understand. One 
has to adopt this life, to follow in the footsteps of the damsels of Vraja, and then one can understand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is actually situated in that understanding, he is eligible to enter into the confidential Pastimes of Radha and Krishna. There is no other alternative way 
to understand this confidential part of the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda Lilamrita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in a verse which reads as follows: \'93The emotional exchanges of Radha and Krishna, although manifest and very happy and expanded and unlimi
ted, are limited for understanding to the damsels of Vraja only, or to their followers.\'94 As no one can understand the expansion of spiritual energy of the Supreme Lord without the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord, similarly, no one can understand t
he transcendental sex life between Radha and Krishna without following in the footsteps of the damsels of Vraja. There are different names for the associates of Radharani: they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Shaktis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or personal associates, and also the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manjarys}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the near assistants.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is very difficult to express their dealings with Krishna, as they have no desire to mix with or to enjoy Krishna Personally. But they are always ready to help Ra
dharani be with Krishna. Their affection for Krishna and Radharani is so pure that they are simply satisfied when Radha and Krishna are together, and they simply enjoy the transcendental pleasure of seeing Radha and Krishna combined, united. The actual f
orm of Radharani is just like a creeper embracing the tree of Krishna. The damsels of Vraja, the associates of Radharani, are just like the leaves and flowers of the creeper. And when the creeper embraces the tree, automatically the leaves and flowers al
so take the opportunity to embrace the tree, along with the creeper.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda Lilamrita}{\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 [10.16]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as follows: Radharani is expressed as the expan
sion of the pleasure potency of Krishna. As She is compared with the creeper, Her associates, the damsels of Vraja, are just like the flowers and and leaves of that creeper. When Radharani and Krishna enjoy Themselves, the damsels of Vraja enjoy the plea
sure more than Radharani Herself. Although the associates of Radharani do not expect any personal attention from Krishna, still Radharani is so pleased with Her associates that She arranges a meeting of Krishna and the damsels of Vraja, individually. By 
many transcendental maneuvers, Radharani tries to combine or unite the associates with Krishna. Radharani takes more pleasure in these meetings than in Her own affairs. And, when Krishna sees that both Radharani and Her associates are pleased by His asso
ciation, He becomes more satisfied. Such association and reciprocation of love has nothing to do with material lust, but because it resembles such unification between man and woman, or the similarity to the combination of man and woman is there, therefor
e sometimes it is called, in transcendental language, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub transcendental lust}{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goutamiyatantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  this combination of Radharani and Her relationships with Krishna is explained as follows: \'93Lust means that one is attached to one\'92s personal sense gratification. But, so far as the associates of Radharani and Radharani Herself are conc
erned, They had no desire for Their personal sense gratification. They want only to satisfy Krishna.\'94 In the Srimad Bhagwatam this is further confirmed in the Tenth Canto, 31st Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [10.31.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , when the Gopis or damsels of Vraja were talking among themselves, as follows: \'93My dear Friend, Krishna, You are now roaming in the forest with Y
our bare feet, which You may sometimes keep on our breasts, and although we keep Your Foot on our breasts, still we think that our breasts are so hard, and Your sole is so soft. Now You are wandering in the forest, traversing over the particles of stones
; and we do not know how You are feeling, because You are our life and soul. And so Your displeasure in travelling over the rough stone is giving us much distress.\'94 Such feelings of the damsels of Vraja, are the highest emotions of Krishna Consciousne
ss, and anyone who becomes captivated by Krishna Consciousness approaches this highest level of the Gopis.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are sixty-four kinds of devotional service, and by performing these regulative principles one can rise up to the stage of this unconditional devotion of the G
opis. Affection for Krishna exactly on the level of the Gopis is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raganuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , spontaneous lov
e. In that spontaneous loving affair with Krishna, there is no necessity of following the Vedic rules and regulations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of personal devotees of Lord Krishna in the transcendental Abode. For example, the servants of Krishna known as Raktak and Bhadrak are fri
ends of Krishna, just like Sridham and Subhad; and there are parents of Krishna, just like Nanda and Yasoda, who are also engaged in the service of Krishna in their different transcendental emotions. One who desires to enter into the Supreme Abode of Kri
shna may take shelter of one of the above transcendental servitors, and then execute loving service in such a way as to achieve the highest result of transcendental affection with Krishna at the end. In other words, the devotee in this material world who
 executes loving service in pursuance of the activities of those eternal associates of Krishna also achieves the same post when he is perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sages who are known in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and in Sruti also desire the post of the Gopis, and they also follow in the footsteps of the Gopis in order to achieve that highest goal of life. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 86th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.87.23]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as follows: The sages practice Pranayam, a trance, by controlling the breathing process and the mind and the senses, by the mystic Yoga practice. And thus try to enter into the Supr
eme Brahman, or be merged into the Supreme. The same thing is also obtained by persons who, atheist by Nature, fight the principle of the existence of God; if they are killed by an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they also achieve the 
same result, or merging into the Brahman existence of the Supreme Lord. But the damsels of Vrindaban worship Sri Krishna, being bitten by Him as a person is bitten by a snake, because Krishna\'92s body is compared with the body of a snake. The snake\'92s
 body never goes straight but it always curling, and as Krishna stands always in three-curved postures, He is compared to the snake. This snake, Krishna, had bitten the Gopis with transcendental love, and they were in a better position than all the mysti
c Yogis or the persons who desired to merge into the Supreme Brahman. Therefore, the sages of Dundakarannya also follow in the footsteps of the damsels of Vraja, in order to achieve a similar position. By a simple execution of the regular principles one 
cannot achieve that position; not unless and until one is seriously following the principles of the Gopis. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 9th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.9.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by
 a verse in which it is stated that Lord Sri Krishna, the Son of Srimati Yasoda, is not so easily available to persons following the principles of mental speculation. But He is very easily available for all kinds of living beings who follow the path of d
evotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many pseudo devotional parties claiming to belong to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\'92s sect. Such pseudo devotional parties in the sect of Lord Chaitanya Mah
aprabhu, dress themselves up artificially as the damsels of Vraja. This sort of dressing is not approved by advanced spiritualists or advanced students of devotional service. Such dressing of the outward material body is another foolishness of the concep
t of the body being the soul. They are mistaken in considering that the spiritual body of Krishna and Radharani and their associates, the damsels of Vraja, are of material Nature. One should know perfectly that all such manifestations are expansions of e
ternal bliss and knowledge in the transcendental world. They have nothing to do with this material body. Therefore, the body, the dress, the decoration, and the activities of the damsels of Vrindaban do not belong to this material cosmic manifestation. S
uch damsels of Vrindaban are not subject matter for the attraction of persons who are in the material world. They are the transcendental attraction for the All-Attractive. Krishna is All-Attractive\'97therefore His name is \'93Krishna.\'94 But the damsel
s of Vrajabhumi, Vrindaban, are attractive even to Krishna. Therefore, they are not anything of this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If somebody wrongly thinks that this material body is as perfect as the spiritual body, and thus begins to worship by imitating the damsels of Vrindaban, he becomes
 part and parcel of the Mayavadi or impersonal philosophy. The impersonalists also recommend a process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aham Grahapasana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This process recommends that one should worship his own body as the Supreme. By this material way of thinking, the pseudo transcendentalists dress themselves as the damsels of Vraja; but they are to be taken as the Aham Grahapa
sana, and are not acceptable in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Jiva Goswami, the most authentic Acharya of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gaudiya Sampradaya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , has condemned this attempt by imitators. The process of transcendental realization is to follow in the footsteps of the associates of the Supreme Lord, Krishna. And so, to think of ones
elf as one of the direct associates of the Supreme Lord is also condemned. The process, according to authorized }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  principles, is that one should follow a particular devotee and not think of himself an associate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Ramananda Roy explained, therefore, that one should accept the mood of the damsels of Vraja. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is clearly said that one should accept the emotional activities, and not imitate the dress, of the associates of Krishna, the damsels
 of Vraja. One should always think within himself about the dealings of Radha and Krishna in the transcendental world. He should think of Radha and Krishna all twenty-four hours, and be engaged in Their service within himself; not externally change his d
ress only. This is called the mood of the associates of friends of Radharani; and, by following the associates of Radharani, one can ultimately achieve the perfectional stage of being transferred to Goloka Vrindaban, the transcendental Abode of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This mood of emotional pursuit of the Gopis is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siddhadeha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Siddhadeha means the pure spiritual body which is beyond the senses, mind, and intelligence. Siddhadeha is the purified soul; and is just suitable for serving the Supreme Lord. No one can serve
 the Supreme Lord as His associate without being situated in that perfectly pure spiritual identity. That identity is completely free from all material contamination. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\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  that a person materially contaminated transmigrates to another material body by material consciousness. At the time of death he thinks in that way, a
nd therefore is transferred to another material body. Similarly, when one is situated in his pure spiritual identity, and thinks of spiritual loving service rendered to the Supreme Lord, he is transferred into the Spiritual Kingdom, to enter into the ass
ociation of Krishna. In other words, to think of Krishna and His associates in the spiritual identity is the qualification for transference to the Spriritual Kingdom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can contemplate or think of the activities of the Spiritual Kingdom without being situated in pure spiritual identity. That pure spiritual identity is called
 Siddhadeha. Ramananda Roy therefore expressed himself to the effect that, without attending to that Siddhadeha, no one can become an associate of the damsels, or render service directly to the Personality of Godhead, Krishna, and His eternal consort, Ra
dharani. He quoted, in this connection, a nice verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 47th
 Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.47.60]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in which is stated the following: \'93Neither the Goddess of Fortune, Laksh
mi, nor even the damsels of the Heavenly Kingdom could attain the facilities of the damsels of Vrajabhumi\'97and what to speak of others?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya was very satisfied upon hearing this statement from Ramananda Roy, and He embraced him. Both of them began to cry in ecstasy in that transcendental r
ealization. Both the Lord and Ramananda Roy discussed throughout the whole night the transcendental Pastimes of Radharani and Krishna, and in the morning They separated. Ramananda left to go to his place, and the Lord went to take His bath.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of separation, Ramananda Roy fell down at the feet of Lord Chaitanya and prayed as follows: \'93My dear Lord, You have come just to deliver me from this
 mire of nescience. Therefore I request that You may remain here at least for ten days, and You can purify my mind of this material contamination. There is nobody else who can deliver such transcendental love of God.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord replied, \'93I have come to you to purify Myself by hearing from you of the transcendental Pastimes of Krishna and Radha; and I am so fortunate, for you ar
e the only teacher of such transcendental Pastimes. I do not find anyone else in this world who can realize this transcendental loving reciprocation between Radha and Krishna. You are requesting Me to stay here for ten days, but I feel that I wish to rem
ain with you for the rest of My life. Please come toJagannath Puri, My headquarters, and We may remain together for the rest of My life, and I can pass My remaining days in understanding Krishna and Radha by your association.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sriman Ramananda Roy came to see the Lord the next day in the evening, and there were discourses on this transcendental subject matter. And the Lord again began to 
inquire from Ramananda Roy, as follows: \'93What is the highest standard of education?\'94 Ramananda Roy immediately replied that the highest standard of education is to know the science of Krishna. The standard of material education is sense gratificati
on, but the standard of spiritual education, especially the highest standard, is to know the science of Krishna. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fourth Canto, 29th Chapter, 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 th verse, it is stated th
at work which pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the highest standard of work, and the science or knowledge which places one in full Krishna Consciousness is the highest standard of knowledge. Similarly, Prahlad Maharaj, while instructing his 
childhood friends at school, also stated that hearing or chanting of the Lord, remembering, worshipping, praying, serving, making friendship with Krishna and offering everything to Him, is to be understood as the highest standard of spiritual knowledge. 
Then Lord Chaitanya asked Ramananda Roy, \'93What is the highest standard of reputation?\'94 Ramananda Roy immediately replied that if a person is famous by a reputation of Krishna Consciousness, he is to be called the most famous man in the world. In ot
her words, if a man is known as Krishna conscious, he is the greatest, most famous of men.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLC 32-1968: Conclusion
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Thirty-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 Conclusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is famous as the man of Krishna Consciousness has eternal fame. In the material world, everyone is after three things: he wants his name to be perpetuated, 
he wants his fame to be broadcast all over the world, and he wants some profit out of his material activities. But he does not know that all this material name, fame, and profit belong to this temporary body; and, as soon as the body is finished, all nam
e, fame and profit are finished. Due to ignorance, everyone is after name, fame and profit in connection with this body. But to become very famous in connection with this body, or to become known as a man of spiritually developed consciousness, without a
ny knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, Vishnu, must be deprecated. Real fame is if one attains Krishna Consciousness in this very life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , there are twelve authorities. They are famous because they were all great devotees of the Lord\'97Brahma, Narada, Lord Shiva, Manu, Kapila, Prahlad, Janaka, Bhisma, Sukadeva Goswami, Bali, Jamaraja and the Kumaras. All these gr
eat stalwarts are devotees of the Lord, and therefore they are still remembered.
\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 Garuda Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  there is a verse in which it is said that, instead of be coming a demigod such as Brahma or Lord Shiva, if one becomes a famous devotee of the Supreme Lord in this Age of Kali, that is very rare. Yudhisthira also, in connection with talk
s between Narada and Pundarik, said, \'93After many, many births, if somebody comes to understand that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he is the servant of Vasudeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , that person is the most famous, and can deliver all others. Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\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  it said, \'93Anyone who understands that Vasudeva is everything and surrenders to Him is the most learned and wise man.\'94 In t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agni Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that liberation or transcendental life follows all the devotees of God
head. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vrihat Naradia Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is also stated that even personalities like Brahma and the
 other demigods do not know the value of a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garuda Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  also it is stated that, out of many thousands of Brahmins, one is prominent who is expert in performing sacrifices; and out of thousands of such Brahmins who are expert in the performance of sacrifice, one Brahmin who is expert in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the most famous; and out of many, many thousands of Vedantists, one person who is 
a devotee of Lord Vishnu is the most famous. There are many devotees of Vishnu, and out of them, one who is an unflinching devotee is eligible to enter into the Kingdom of God. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, 13th Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is also stated that there are many students 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 one who is always thinking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart is the best. In the Narayan prayers it is said that even Brahma if not a devotee of the Lord, He is therefore insignificant, whereas even a bacteria w
ho is a devotee of the Lord is famous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya at this point inquired from Ramananda Roy, \'93What are the most valuable riches in this world?\'94 Ramananda Roy replied that one who has love for R
adha Krishna has the most valuable jewel, the greatest riches. One who is too much addicted to material sense gratification, or to material wealth, has no such value. When one comes to the spiritual platform in Krishna Consciousness he can understand tha
t there are no more valuable riches than love of Radha Krishna. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Maharaj 
Dhruva sought out the Supreme Lord because he wanted to get some land, but when he saw Krishna he said, \'93I am so pleased that I don\'92t want anything.\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad G
ita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is also stated that if one takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or is elevated to the Supreme State of love of Godhead, then there is nothing more to as
pire to. Although such devotees can obtain anything they desire from the Personality of Godhead, still, a pure devotee does not ask anything from God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Chaitanya asked Ramananda Roy what is the most painful existence, Ramananda Roy replied that separation from a pure devotee is the most painful existence 
in human society. In other words, where there is no known devotee of the Lord, society becomes painful, and association also becomes painful. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Third Canto, 30th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6-7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , it is stated that if somebody tries to become happy simply in association with society, friendship, and love\'97without Krishna Consciousness\'97he is in the most distressed condition, bereft of the association of a pure devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then inquired from Sri Ramananda Roy: \'93Out of so many so-called liberated souls, who is actually liberated?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda replied that the person who is completely saturated with devotional love of Radha and Krishna is to be considered the best of all liberated persons. In th
e \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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  (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.5.54}{\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 Srimad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Fifth Canto, it is stated that the association of a pure devotee is more desirable than life itself, and in separa
tion from the association of the devotee, not even a second is passed happily. Similarly, it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sixth Canto, 14th Chapter: a devotee of Narayan is so rare that you can find only one out of millions and millions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu inquired from Sri Ramananda Roy: \'93There are many songs; which song do you think the best of all?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda replied that any song which describes the Pastimes of Sri Radha and Krishna is the best song. The conditioned soul is such that everyone is captivated by 
sex life; all the material fiction\'97dramas and novels\'97are descriptions of love between a man and woman. As people have so much attraction for this literature, Krishna therefore appeared on this material world and displayed His transcendental loving 
affairs with the Gopis, and there is an immense literature dealing with the transactions between the Gopis and Krishna. Anyone who takes shelter of this story of Radha and Krishna enjoys actual happiness. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 33rd Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.33.36
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugrah\'e4ya bhakt\'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 m\'e4nu\'f1a\'e0 deham \'e4sthita\'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 bhajate t\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9\'f9 kr\'e9\'f2\'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 y\'e4\'f9 \'e7rutv\'e4 tat-paro bhavet
\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 anugrah\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to show mercy; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakt\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to His devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub m\'e4nu\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97humanlike; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a body; }{\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 \'97assuming; }{\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 t\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97such; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kr\'e9\'f2\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pas
times; }{\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 \'97about which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rutv\'e4}{\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 tat-para\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97dedicated to Him; }{\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 \'97one becomes.
\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 the Lord assumes a humanlike body to show mercy to His devotees, He engages in such pastimes as will attract those who hear about
 them to become dedicated to Him.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.33.36]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is said that the Lord, in order to show His actual life, displayed Hi
s Pastimes at Vrindaban; and any intelligent person who tries to understand the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna is the most fortunate. And that sort of song and story is the highest in the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then inquired from Sri Ramananda Roy, \'93What is the most profitable thing in this world, the essence of all auspicious events?\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy replied that there is nothing so profitable as the association of pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya inquired: \'93What do you recommend a person think of?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy replied that one should always think of the Pastimes of Krishna. This is Krishna Consciousness. Krishna has multiple activities, and they are describe
d in so many Vedic Scriptures. One should think of all those Pastimes, always; that is the best meditation, and the highest ecstasy.
\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 Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Second Canto, 2nd Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [36]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is confirmed by Sukadeva Goswami that peopl
e should always think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; not only think of Him\'97one should hear and chant the Name, Fame, and Glories of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya now inquired of Ramananda Roy: \'93What is the best type of meditation?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And Ramananda replied, \'93One who always meditates upon the Lotus Feet of Radha and Krishna is the best meditator.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms this in the First Canto, 2nd Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , wherein it is stated: \'93It is only the Supreme Personality of Godhead Who is the Master of all devotees, Whose 
Name we should always be chanting, and Who should be always thought of in meditation, and worshipped regularly.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya inquired from Ramananda Roy, \'93Where should a person live, giving up all other pleasures?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And Ramananda Roy replied that one should give up all other pleasures and should live in Vrindaban, the place where Lord Krishna had so many Pastimes. In the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 47th Chapter }{\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 10.47.61}{\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 said by Uddhava that it is best to live at Vrindaban, even as one of the plants or creepers of the land; where the Supreme Lord was, and where the Gopis went, worshipping the Supreme Lord, the ultimate Goal of all Vedic knowle
dge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu now asked, \'93What is the best subject to hear of?\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And Ramananda Roy replied, \'93The best subject matter to hear of is the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna.\'94 Actually, when the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna are hea
rd from the right source, one becomes at once a liberated soul. But sometimes it happens that people do not hear the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna from a person who is a realized soul. And they are therefore sometimes misguided. It is stated in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Tenth Canto, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th Chapter }{\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 10.33.39}{\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 , that one who hears about the Pastimes of Krishna with the Gopis will atta
in to the highest platform of devotional service, and he will be freed from the material lust which is overwhelming everyone\'92s heart. In other words, the actual result of hearing the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna is to get rid of all material lust. If
 one does not become freed from material lust, then he should not indulge in hearing the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna. Unless we hear from the right source, the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna will be misrepresented, and we shall think that it is an ordin
ary affair between a man and woman, and we shall be misguided.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu next inquired from Ramananda Roy: \'93Who is the most worshippable deity?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And Ramananda Roy immediately replied that the transcendental couple, Sri Radha and Krishna, is the ultimate Object of worship. There are different kinds of worship
pable objects, just as the impersonalists worship the impersonal }{\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 . But the result of s
uch worship is that one becomes bereft of his living activities, and becomes just like the tree and other unmoving entities. Those who are worshippers of the Void also attain such a result. And those who are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who are after material enjoyment, worship demigods and achieve the planets of the demigods, and in that body they enjoy material happ
iness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya inquired about those who are after material happiness, and liberation from this material bondage. Where do they ultimately go? Ramananda Roy replied 
that ultimately, some of them become as good as the standing tree, and some of them achieve the heavenly planets to enjoy material happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramananda Roy went on to say that those who have no taste for Krishna Consciousness or spiritual life are just like crows who take pleasure in eating the bitter mar
gosa fruit, while the poetic cuckoo eats the seeds of the mango. Similarly, the unfortunate transcendentalists are simply speculating on dry philosophy, whereas the transcendentalists who are in love with Radha Krishna enjoy, just like the cuckoo. Theref
ore, those who are devotees of Radha and Krishna are the most fortunate persons in the world. Ramananda Roy compared mental speculation with the bitter margosa fruit, which is not at all edible; simply full of dry speculation, and so fit for the crowlike
 philosophers; however, mango seeds are very relishable, and those who are in the devotional service of Krishna and Radha are like those mango-tasting cuckoos.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Ramananda Roy and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu talked together for the whole night, sometimes dancing, sometimes singing, sometimes crying. In this way the night was p
assed, and at dawn Ramananda Roy went to his own place, and again in the evening he came back to see Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The next day, after talking and discussing Krishna for some time, Ramananda Roy fell at the feet of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and began 
to submit: \'93My dear Lord, You are so kind upon me that You have spoken to me about the science of Krishna, about the science of Radharani and Their loving affairs, and Their affairs of the Rasa Dance, and Their Pastimes\'97I never thought that I shoul
d be able to speak on this subject matter. So have You taught me, as You formerly taught Brahma the Vedas.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the system of instruction from the Supersoul. Externally He is not to be seen. Yet, internally, He speaks to the devotee, and that is confirmed in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [10.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : 
to anyone who is sincerely engaged in the service of the Lord, the Lord from within dictates, and He acts in such a nice way that he ultimately achieves the Supreme goal of life. When Brahma was born there was nobody else to instruct him. Therefore, in t
he Vedic literature, we find that the Supreme Lord Himself instructed Brahma about the Vedic knowledge through his heart. The same thing is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwat
am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Second Canto, 4th Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [22]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by Sukadeva Goswami: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gayatri Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was first of all instructed by the 
Supreme in the heart of Brahma. Similarly, Sukadeva Goswami prayed to the Lord to also help him in speaking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  before Maharaj Parikshit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first verse of the First Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes the Supreme Absolute Truth, Who instructed Brahma through the heart. It is stated there by Vyasadeva, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is the Cause of cosmic manifestation, its maint
enance, and its dissolution.\'94 If we scrutinizingly try to understand the Supreme Truth, we can understand that He knows everything directly and indirectly. He is the only Supreme Personality fully independent, and it is He only, alone, Who instructed 
Brahma as the Supersoul from within. Even the greatest learned scholar becomes bewildered about understanding the Supreme Truth, because the whole perceivable cosmic manifestation is situated in Him. Although this material manifestation is a byproduct of
 fire, water, and earth, still it appears just like the truth. But it is in Him only that the spiritual manifestation, the material manifestation, and the manifestation of the living entities\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everything}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97rests. Therefore He is the Supreme Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Ramananda Roy continued to speak to Lord Chaitanya: \'93Sir, first of all I saw You as a Sannyasi, and again I saw You as a cowherd Boy. Further, I see before Y
ou a golden doll. Due to the presence of that golden doll, Your complexion has become gold, and yet I see Your complexion to be black, as a cowherd boy. Will You kindly explain why I am seeing You with such different complexions? Will You kindly explain 
to me without any reservation?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya replied, \'93It is the nature of highly elevated devotees to see Krishna in everything. Whenever they see anything, they do not see the form of that 
particular thing, but they see Krishna.\'94 This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Eleventh Canto
, 2nd Chapter: that a person who is highly elevated in devotional service sees the Supersoul, Krishna, Who is the Soul of all individual souls. A similar passage is found in the Tenth Canto, 35th Chapter, in which it is stated that all the creepers, plan
ts and trees, full with flowers and fruits, were bent over on account of the ecstasy of love for Krishna, because Krishna was the Soul of their soul; and those trees and plants, after Krishna manifested before them, were growing thorny.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then continued to speak, addressing Ramananda: \'93You have the highest conception of the Pastimes of Radha and Krishna, and you are therefore seeing
 Radha Krishna everywhere.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reply to this Ramananda Roy said, \'93Sir, I may request that You don\'92t try to hide Yourself I understand that You have accepted the complexion and mode of th
inking of Srimati Radharani, so that You are trying to understand Yourself from the viewpoint of Radharani; and You are advented to take this point of view. Your incarnation is chiefly for understanding Your Own Self, but, side by side, You are distribut
ing love of Krishna to the world. You have personally come here to deliver me. Now don\'92t try to deceive me, I request You, it is not good for You.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya became very satisfied, and He smiled and showed Ramananda His real form. In other words, the Form which Lord Chaitanya manifested as the combination 
of Sri Radha and Krishna was first shown to Ramananda Roy. Lord Chaitanya was, therefore, Sri Krishna Himself, with the external features of the mode of Srimati Radharani. This transcendental ability of one becoming two and two becoming one is possible, 
and was seen by Sri Ramananda Roy. Persons who are fortunate enough to understand Lord Chaitanya as well as the Pastimes at Vrindaban of Radha and Krishna can be able, by the mercy of Sri Rupa Goswami, to know about the real identity of Sri Krishna Chait
anya Mahaprabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing this unique feature of Lord Chaitanya, Ramananda Roy fainted and fell down flat on the floor. While he was unconscious, Lord Chaitanya touched him, and he ca
me to his senses. Ramananda Roy was surprised to see Lord Chaitanya in His dress of a mendicant. Lord Chaitanya then embraced him and pacified him and informed him that nobody had seen this Form except himself. \'93You have understood the purpose of My i
ncarnation, and therefore you are privileged to see this particular feature of My Personality.\'94 Lord Chaitanya continued: \'93My dear Ramananda, I am not a different person with fair complexion known as Gaura Purusa. I am the Selfsame Krishna\'97Son o
f Maharaj Nanda, and due to contact with the body of Srimati Radharani I have now assumed this Form. Srimati Radharani does not touch anyone else but Krishna, and therefore Srimati Radharani has influenced Me with Her complexion, mind and words, and I am
 just trying to understand the transcendental flavor of Krishna\'92s relationship.\'94 No one should therefore eliminate Lord Chaitanya from Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fact is that both Krishna and Lord Chaitanya are the Original Personality of Godhead. In His Form of Sri Krishna He is the Supreme Enjoyer, in His Form of Lord 
Chaitanya He is the Supreme Enjoyed. No one can be more superexcellently attractive than Sri Krishna, and except for Krishna no one can be the Enjoyer of the Supreme Form of Devotion, Srimati Radharani. Except Sri Krishna, all other Vishnu Forms are lack
ing this quality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is explained in the Govinda description of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaitanya Charitamrita }{\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  4.82]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where it is said that Srimati Radharani is the only personality who can infuse Sri Krishna' with transcendental pleasure. Therefore, Srimati Radharani is the chief of all the damsels of
 Vraja who love Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'91\'91Please take it from Me that I have nothing to hide from you. And even if I do try to hide from you, you are such an advanced devotee that you can understand
 everything of My secret. I request that you plese keep this secret, and do not disclose it to anyone. It would be considered that I am a madman. The facts which are disclosed to you cannot be understood by any materialistic person. When they hear all th
is description they will laugh at Me. You can understand yourself, and keep it for yourself. As a devotee becomes mad in his ecstasy of love for Krishna, so from the materialistic point of view, both yourself and Myself are the same as madmen. Therefore,
 don\'92t disclose these facts to the ordinary men, or they will laugh at Me.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then passed ten nights with Ramananda Roy, and enjoyed his company in discussing the Pastimes of Krishna and Radha. The discussion between Sri Chaita
nya and Sri Ramananda Roy was on the highest level of love of Krishna. Some of the talks are described, but most of them could not be described. This has been analyzed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C
haitanya Charitamrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as an examination in metallurgy. The comparison is that the discussion proceeds just like metals being studied: first copper, then bronze, then silver, g
old, and at last touchstone. The preliminary discussions between Lord Chaitanya and Ramananda Roy are considered copper, and a higher discussion is considered gold. But the fifth dimension of the discussion between Ramananda Roy and Lord Chaitanya is con
sidered to be touchstone. If, however, one is very eager to progress higher and higher to the position of the highest metallurgist, then he can understand\'97beginning with inquiring into the difference between copper and bronze, and then silver, and so 
on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, Lord Chaitanya asked Ramananda Roy to allow Him to go back to Jagannath Puri, \'93So that the rest of Our lives We can remain together at Jagannath Pu
ri, and We can pass Our time in discussing Krishna.\'94 Lord Chaitanya thus embraced Ramananda Roy and sent him to his own place. In the morning He started His further journey. Ramananda Roy and Lord Chaitanya met on the river bank where there was a deit
y, a temple of Hanuman. After seeing the temple of Hanuman He left that place. So long as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu remained at Kavur, all kinds of people met Him, and by His Grace everyone became a devotee of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 aga
in at Jagannath Puri. This discussion of Ramananda Roy with Lord Chaitanya is the most concentrated form of devotional service, and by hearing the discussion of Ramananda Roy and Lord Chaitanya one can understand the Pastimes of Sri Radha and Krishna. On
e can also understand the confidential part played by Lord Chaitanya. If one is fortunate enough, he can place his faith in this discussion, and can enter into the transcendental association of Radha and Krishna.
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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 THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A New Translation with Commentary by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With appreciations by\line Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, and Thomas Merton
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a major new translation of, and commentary upon, T
he Bhagavad Gita. Prepared by one of the most distinguished teachers of Vedic religion and thought, it offers illuminating new perspectives on one of the world\'92s great spiritual texts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93There are many commentaries on The Bhagavad Gita, and the necessity for another should be explained on the following basis: An American lady asked me to recomme
nd an English edition of The Bhagavad Gita which she could read. I was unable to do so in good conscience. Of course, there are many translations, but of those I have seen\'97not only in America, but also in India\'97none can be said to be authoritative,
 because in almost every one of them the author has expressed his personal opinion through the commentaries, without touching the spirit of The Bhagavad Gita as it is.\'94\line \'97from the Introduction by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93This translation and the commentary which accompanies it has as its purpose the determination to direct the reader }{\b0\i\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  Krishna, rather than away from Him. In this, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\'92s work is unique among all the translations and commentari
es available in this language. Unique also is the fact that The Bhagavad Gita is thus made wholly consistent and comprehensible. Krishna being the Speaker of The Gita, and It\'92s ultimate goal as well, this is necessarily the only translation that can p
resent this great scripture in its true terms.\'94\line \'97from the Preface by Rayarama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 318 pages\tab MACMILLAN hardcover edition: $6.95
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COLLIER softcover edition: $2.95 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At your bookstore or available from ISKCON
\par }\pard \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the founder of the International Society for Krishn
a Consciousness, which now has centers in every major city in the United States, Canada, England and Germany.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ONE OF THE MOST SUBLIME LYRICAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN ALL MYSTIC LITERATURE
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Praise of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami brings to the West a salutary reminder that our highly activistic and one-sided culture lacks the inner depth of Krishna Consciou
sness. Without such depth our moral and political protestations are just so much verbiage.\'94\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thomas Merton
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93He writes from not only a scholar\'92s but a practitioner\'92s, a dedicated life-long devotee\'92s, point of view that is honest and very moving. \'94
\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Denise Leverton
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The HARE KRISHNA meditation led by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami transports the disciples into a state of religious ecstasy so rapturous it\'92s almost embarra
ssing to witness.\'94\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jane Howard "Life"
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The task he has undertaken in translating and commenting on the Bhagavata Purana, Bhagavad Gita, and Chaitanya Charitamrita necessitates a considerable er
udition. His teachings are obviously significant to many of our young people and is therefore important to all of us. \'94\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub professor Edward C. Dimock\line university of ch
icago
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93He is doing valuable work and his books are significant contributions to the salvation of human kind. \'94\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri \line late prime minister of india}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I am greatly impressed by the recent surge of interest in Krishna Consciousness. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is due our respects and good wishes. \'94\line }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub professor Joseph Cambell \line sarah lawrence college
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The purports or explanations of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami are transparent and exquisitely detailed expositions presented here for the first time to common 
public Western mind\'97a storehouse of old age, experience, devotion, learning, scholarship, Hindu granny wisdom sincerity, gaiety and sweet transcendental insight.\'94\line Allen Ginsberg:
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- 1969 Edition
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Iso back cover & front pages-1969
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Back cover & front pages 
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Isopanisad is the foremost of the 108 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upa
nisads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Contained within is the essence of all Vedic knowledge. Presented with the original Sanskrit text, transliterations, English synonyms and purports, by a self-realized 
Teacher (Acharya), this book is recommended for the novices and neophytes as well as the most highly elevated souls. Its\'92 contents are transcendentally pleasing to the non-deceptive and sincere aspirants of spiritual advancement in life.
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\par }\pard {\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 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is\line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam\line Teachings of Lord Chaitanya\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead\line 
The Nectar of Devotion\line Easy Journey to Other Planets\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line Back to Godhead Magazine (Founder)\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement is 
the Genuine Vedic Way\line The First Step in God Realization\line The Lord in the Heart\line Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart The Process of Creation The Cause of All Causes
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With Introduction, Translation and Authorized Purport\line By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada\line Founder-Acharya of the International Society
 for Krishna Consciousness\line Iskcon Books\line Los Angeles, New York, London, Bombay
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Copyright 1969 by ISKCON Books All Rights Reserved\line Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-102853\line First edition published by ISKCON Books in 1969 
\line Fifth Printing 1972\line ISKCON Books \line 3764 Watseka Avenue \line Los Angeles, California 90034 USA\line Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Iso Introduction-1969
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (Teachings of the Vedas)
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Delivered as a lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bh
aktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da on October 6, 1969, at Conway Hall, London, England.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ladies and gentlemen, today's subject matter is 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  What 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 Sanskrit verbal root of }{\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  can be interpreted variously, but the purpose is finally o
ne. }{\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. Any knowledge you accept is }{\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  for 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  are the original knowledge. In the conditioned state, our knowledge is subjected to so many deficiencies. The difference between a conditioned soul and a liberated soul is that the conditioned soul has four kinds of defects
. The first defect is that he must commit mistakes. For example, in our country, Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi was considered to be a very great personality, but he committed many mistakes. Even at the last stage of his life, his assistant warned, "Mah\'e4tm\'e4 
Gandhi, don't go to the New Delhi meeting. I have some friends, and I have heard there is danger." But he did not hear. He persisted on going and was killed. Even great personalities like Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi, President Kennedy\'97there are so many of th
em\'97make mistakes. To err is human. This is one defect of the conditioned soul.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another defect: to be illusioned. Illusion means to accept something which is 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  }{\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 what is not. Everyone is accepting the body as the self. If I ask you what you are, you will say, "I am Mr. John; I am a rich man; I am this, I am that." All these are bodily identifications. But you are not this body. This is illu
sion.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third defect is the cheating propensity. Everyone has the propensity to cheat others. Although a person is fool number one, he pos
es himself as very intelligent. Although it is already pointed out that he is in illusion and makes mistakes, he will theorize: "I think this is this, this is this." But he does not even know his own position. He writes books of philosophy, although he i
s defective. That is his disease. That is cheating.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lastly, our senses are imperfect. We are very proud of our eyes. Often, someone will challenge, "Can you show me God?" But do you have
 the eyes to see God? You will never see if you haven't the eyes. If immediately the room becomes dark, you cannot even see your hands. So what power do you have to see? We cannot, therefore, expect knowledge (}{\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 ) with these imperfect senses. With all these deficiencies, in conditioned life, we cannot give perfect knowledge to anyone. Nor are we ourselve
s perfect. Therefore we 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 they are.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You may call 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  Hindu, but Hindu is a foreign name. We are not Hindus. Our real identification is }{\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  }{\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  denotes 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  those who accept the human society in eight divisions of }{\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  and }{\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  There are four divisions of society and four divisions of spiritual life. This is 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  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 , "These divisions are there 
everywhere, because they are created by God." The divisions of society are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya, \'e7\'fcdra.}{\b0\i0\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\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the very intelligent class of men, those who know what 
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 . Similarly, 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 administrator group, are the next intelligent class of men. Then 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 mercantile group. These natural classifications are found everywhere. This is the Vedic principle, and we accept it. Vedic principles are accepted as axiomatic truth, for there canno
t be any mistake. That is acceptance. For instance, in India, cow dung is accepted as pure, and yet cow dung is the stool of an animal. In one place you'll find the Vedic injunction that if you touch stool, you have to take a bath immediately. But in ano
ther place it is said that the stool of a cow is pure. If you smear cow dung in an impure place that place becomes pure. With our ordinary sense we can argue, "This is contradictory." Actually, it is contradictory from the ordinary point of view, but it 
is not false. It is fact. In Calcutta, a very prominent scientist and doctor analyzed cow dung and found that it contains all antiseptic properties.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India if one person tells another, "You must do this," the other party may say, "What do you mean? Is this a Vedic injunction that 
I have to follow you without any argument?" Vedic injunctions cannot be interpreted. But ultimately, if you carefully study why these injunctions are there, you will find that they are all correct.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 not compilations of human knowledge. Vedic knowledge comes from the Spiritual World, from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Another name for 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 \'e7ruti.}{\b0\i0\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  refers to that knowledge which is acquired by hearing. It is not experimental knowledge. }{\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  is considered to be like a mother. We take so much knowledge from our mother. For example, if you want to know who your fathe
r is, who can answer you? Your mother. If the mother says, "Here is your father," you have to accept it. It is not possible to experiment to find out whether he is your father. Similarly, if you want to know something beyond your experience, beyond your 
experimental knowledge, beyond the activities of the senses, then you have to accept }{\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 no q
uestion of experimenting. It has already been experimented. It is already settled. The version of the mother, for instance, has to be accepted as truth. There is no other way.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 considered to be the mother and Brahm\'e4 is called the grandfather, the forefather, because he was the first to be instructed in the Vedic knowledge. In the beginning the first living creature was Brahm\'e4. He received this
 Vedic knowledge and imparted it to N\'e4rada and other disciples and sons, and they also distributed it to their disciples. In this way, the Vedic knowledge comes down by disciplic succession. It is also 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  that Vedic knowledge is understood in this way. If you make experimental endeavor, you come to the same conclusio
n, but just to save time you should accept. If you want to know who your father is and if you accept your mother as authority, then whatever she says can be accepted without argument. There are three kinds of evidences: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratyak\'f1a, anum\'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 \'e7abda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pratyak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means direct. Direct evidence is not
 so good because our senses are not perfect. We are seeing the sun daily, and it appears to us just like a small disc, but it is actually far, far larger than many planets. Of what value is this seeing? Therefore we have to read books, then we can unders
tand about the sun. So direct experience is not perfect. Then there is inductive knowledge: "It may be like this," hypothesis. For instance, Darwin's theory says it may be like this, it may be like that, but that is not science. That is a suggestion, and
 it is also not perfect. But if you receive the knowledge from the authoritative sources, that is perfect. If you receive a program guide from the radio station authorities, you accept it. You don't deny it; you don't have to make an experiment because i
t is received from the authoritative sources.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic knowledge is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda-pram\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another name is }{\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  }{\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  means that this knowledge has to be received simply by aural reception. 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 that in order to understand transcendental knowledge we have to hear from the authority. Transcendental knowledge is kn
owledge from beyond this universe. Within this universe is material knowledge, and beyond this universe is transcendental knowledge. We cannot even go to the end of the universe, so how can we go to the Spiritual World? Thus to acquire full knowledge is 
impossible.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a Spiritual Sky. There is another nature that is beyond manifestation and non-manifestation. But how will you know that there
 is a sky where the planets and inhabitants are eternal? All this knowledge is there, but how will you make experiments? It is not possible. Therefore you have to take the assistance 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  This is called Vedic knowledge. In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement, we are accepting knowledge from the highest authority, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is accepted as the highest authority by all classes of men. I am speaking first of the two classes of transcendentalists. One class of transcendentalist is called impersonalist, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-v\'e4d\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They are generally known as Ved\'e4ntists, led by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. And there is another class of transcendentalist, called Vai\'f1\'eba
vas, like R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m\'e9. Both the \'c7a\'eckara-samprad\'e4ya and the Vai\'f1\'ebava-samprad\'e4ya have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya is supp
osed to be an impersonalist who preached impersonalism, 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 , but it is a fact that he is a
 covered personalist. 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  he wrote: "N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead, is beyond this cosmic manifestation." And then again he confirms, "That Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has come as the Son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva." He has particularly mentioned the
 names of His father and mother. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by all transcendentalists. There is no doubt about it. Our source of knowledge in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is directly from 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  We have published }{\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  because we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is speaking without any interpretation. That is Vedic knowledge. Since the Vedic knowledge is pure, we accept 
it. Whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, we accept. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness. That saves much time. If you accept the right authority or the source of knowledge, then you save much time. For example, there are two systems of knowledge in the materia
l world, inductive and deductive. From deductive, you accept that man is mortal. Your father says man is mortal, your sister says man is mortal, everyone says man is mortal\'97but you do not experiment. You accept it as fact that man is mortal. If you wa
nt to research to find out whether man is mortal, you have to study each and every man, and you may come to think that there may be some man who is not dying, but you have not seen him yet. So in this way your researching will never be finished. This pro
cess is called in Sanskrit, }{\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  the ascending process. If you want to attain knowledge by any perso
nal endeavor, by exercising your imperfect senses, you will never come to the right conclusions. That is not possible.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a statement 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  Just ride on the airplane which runs at the speed of mind. Our material airplanes can run 2,000 miles per hour, but what is the speed of mind? You are sitting at home, you immediately think 
of India, say 10,000 miles away, and at once it is in your home. Your mind has gone there. The mind-speed is so swift. Therefore it is stated, "If you travel at this speed for millions of years, you'll find that the Spiritual Sky is unlimited." It is not
 possible even to approach it. Therefore, the Vedic injunction is that one must approach\'97the word "compulsory" is used\'97a bona fide spiritual master, 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  And what is the qualification of a spiritual master? He has rightly heard the Vedic message from the right source. Otherwise he is not bona fide. He must practically be firmly established 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 . These are the two qualities. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness movement is completely authorize
d from Vedic principles. 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, "The actual aim of Vedic researc
h is to find out K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 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 also stated, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda
, has innumerable Forms, but they are all one." They are not like our forms, which are fallible. His Form is infallible. My form has a beginning, but His Form has no beginning. It is }{\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  And His Form\'97so many multiforms\'97has no end. My form is sitting here and not in my apartment. You are sitting there and not in your apartment. But K\'e5
\'f1\'eba can be anywhere at one time. He can sit down in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana and at the same time He is everywhere, all-pervading. He is Original, the Oldest, but whenever you look at a picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba you'll find a young Boy of 15-20 years
 old. You will never find an old man. You have seen pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a charioteer 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  At that time He was not less than 100 years old. He had great-grandchildren, but He looked just like a boy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, never becomes old. That is His Supreme power. And if you want to search out K\'e5\'f1\'eba by studying 
the Vedic literature, then you will be baffled. It may be possible, but it is very difficult. But you can very easily learn about Him from His devotee. His devotee can deliver Him to you: "Here He is, take Him." That is the potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's de
votees.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Originally there was only one }{\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  and there was no necessity of reading it. People were so intelligent and had such sharp memories that by once hearing from the lips of the spiritual master they would understand. They would immediately
 grasp the whole purport. But 5,000 years ago Vy\'e4sadeva put 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 writing for the people in thi
s age, }{\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 knew that eventually the people would be short-lived, their memories would be very p
oor and their intelligence would not be very sharp. "Therefore, let me teach this Vedic knowledge in writing." He 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  into four: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5k, S\'e4ma, Atharva,}{\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 Yajus.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then he gave the charge of 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  to his different disciples. He then thought of the less intelligent class of men, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub str\'e9, \'e7\'fcdra}{\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 dvija-bandhu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He considered the woman
 class 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  class (worker class) and }{\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  }{\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  refers to those who are born in a high family but who are not properly qualified. 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 who 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  is called }{\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  For these persons, he compiled }{\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  called the history of India, and 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  These are all Vedic literatures: 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 Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\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  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  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 part 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  Then Vy\'e4sadeva summarized all Vedic knowledge for scholars and philosophers in what is 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  This is the last word 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 personally wrote }{\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  und
er the instructions of N\'e4rada, his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spiritual master, but still he was not satisfie
d. That is a long story, 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  Vedavy\'e4sa was not very satisfied
 even after compiling many }{\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  }{\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 even after }{\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  Then his spiritual master, N\'e4rada, instructed him, "You explain }{\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 " }{\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 Ultimate Knowledge, and the Ultimate Knowledge is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says that throughout 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  one has to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-k\'e5d veda-vid eva c\'e4ham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "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 am the Knower 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 the Ultimate Objective is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is explained in all the Vai\'f1\'ebava commentaries 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  philosophy. We Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebavas have our commentary 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  philosophy, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govinda-bh\'e4\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Baladeva 
Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba. Similarly, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya has a commentary and Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya has one. The version of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya is not the only commentary. There are many }{\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  commentaries, but because the Vai\'f1\'ebavas did not present the first }{\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  commentary, people are under the wrong impression that \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's is the only }{\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  commentary. Besides that, Vy\'e4sadeva himself wrote the perfect }{\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  commentary, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \'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 also begin
s with the first words 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  }{\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  And that }{\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 fully 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
 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  simply hints at what 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 , the Absolute Truth: "The Absolute Truth is that from Whom everything emanates." This is a summary, but it is explained in detail 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  If everything is emanating from the Absolute Truth, then what is the nature of the Absol
ute Truth? That is explained 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 Absolute Truth must be conscious. }{\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 . He is Self-effulgent. We develop our consciousness and knowledge by receiving knowledge from other
s, but for Him it is said that He is Self-effulgent. The whole summary of Vedic knowledge is 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  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  is explained by the writer himself 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 finally request those who are actually after Vedic knowledge to try to understand the explanatio
n of all Vedic knowledge 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  and the }{\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 Iso Texts-1969
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso Invocation-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub INVOCATION
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub V paUNARmad": paUNARimadM"\line paUNAARtpaUNARmaud"cyatae\line paUNARsya paUNARmaAd"Aya\line paUNARmaevaAvaizASyatae
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4
d\'e4ya\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate.
\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 \'97the Complete Whole; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly complete; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ada\'f9}{\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 p\'fcr\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly comple
te; }{\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 phenomenal world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the all perfect; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete unit; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udacyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97produced; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Complete Whole; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97completely all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4d\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97having been taken away; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the complete balance; }{\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 \'97even; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ava\'e7i\'f1yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is remaining.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenom
enal 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 balance. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [& }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'ebyaka Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub 5.1]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700427IP.LA\line 700428IP.LA\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\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  forms an incomplete realization of the Absolute Complete, and so also does the conception of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supersoul. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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 : 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  realization is the realization of His }{\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 , or eternity aspect, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Supersoul realization, is the realization of His }{\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  and }{\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 , eternity and knowledge aspects. But realization of the Personality of Godhead i
s realization of all the transcendental features, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat, cit,}{\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 \'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or bliss. In the Personal concept, this is realized in complete 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 ). 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 extran
eous 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 C
omplete.
\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 as 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 inter-planetary, will remain incomplete unless and until it is dovetailed with the Complete Whole. And, when everything is dovetailed with the Complete Whole, the attached p
arts and parcels also become complete in themselves.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 1-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra One
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub wRzAAvaAsyaimad"ms$ava<\line yaitk(\'c2a jagAtyaAM jagAta,\line taena tya\'b7e(na Bau\'c3aITaA\line maA gA\{Da: k(sya isva\'dc"n
ama,
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97by the Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4syam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97controlled; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarvam}{\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 yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whatever; }{\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 \'97it (is); }{\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 jagaty\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the universe; }{\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 \'97all that is animate or inanimate; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Him; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tyaktena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97set apart quota; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhu\'ef
j\'e9th\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97must you accept; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97do not; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5dha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97make into use; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kasya svid}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whom does it belong; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97things necessary.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only thos
e 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 681030IP.LA\line 700429IP.LA\line 700430IP.LA\line 700502IP.LA\line 700503IP.LA\line 700504IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28
\cf9 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 t
he 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 }{\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 , not delivered by any person of the mundane world. A living being of the mundane world has four defects, which are: 1. that he must commit mistakes, 2. he must sometimes b
e illusioned, 3. he must try to cheat others, and 4. he is endowed with imperfect senses. With these four principles of imperfection one cannot deliver perfect information in the matter of all-pervading 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  are not known like that. The Vedic knowledge was originally imparted into the heart of Brahm\'e4 the first created living being,
 and Brahm\'e4 in his turn disseminated the 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 }{\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 , or all-perfect, there is no chance of His being subjected to the laws of material Nature, while the living entities and inanimate objects are all controlled by the laws of Nature, and thus, ultimately, by th
e potency of the Lord. This }{\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 a part of the }{\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 , and as such it contains information as to the proprietorship of all things that exist 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Seventh Chapter }{\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'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 apar\'e4 pra
k\'e5ti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are discussed: The elements of Nature\'97earth, fire, water, air, sky, mind, intelligence and ego\'97all belong to the inferior or material energy of the Lord, whereas the
 living being, the organic energy, is the superior energy, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'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 , of the Lord. Both the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5tis}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'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 apar\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and therefore everything is under the proprietary 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 every thing, the Benefactor of everyone, and is full of all inconceivable opulences: po
wer, 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; one should accept onl
y 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 ar
rangement 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 }{\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 , then we must know that we cannot produce any of the, above-m
entioned 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 proprietor 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. }{\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  cannot give advice to the cats and dogs, but It delivers the message of Godhead to man through the bona fide }{\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 , or holy teachers. And the human race may take this Vedic wisdom from }{\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 : 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 communist or the capitalist o
r 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 }{\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 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 for quarreling like cats and dogs. They must be intelligent enough to realize the importance of human life, 
and 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 satisfa
ction 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's milk becaus
e 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. Among
st 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 respo
nsibility.
\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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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  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 L
ord, and offer to the Lord all his food, and only then partake 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 , 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 thus 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 3.13}{\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 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 \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 BTG}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  1956]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 2-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Two
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ku(vaR\'aaaevaeh" k(maARiNA\line ijajaIivaSaecC$taM s$amaA:\line WvaM tvaiya naAnyaTaetaAe'ista\line na k(maR ilapyatae nare"
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kurvann eveha karm\'e4\'ebi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jij\'e9vi\'f1ec chata\'e0 sam\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 eva\'e0 tvayi n\'e4nyatheto 'sti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 na karma lipyate nare.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kurvan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97doing continuously; }{\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 \'97thus; }{\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 \'97during this span of life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karm\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97work; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jij\'e9vi\'f1et}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one should desire to live; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7atam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one hundred; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97years; }{\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 \'97so living; }{\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 \'97unto you; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anyath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97alternative; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from this path; }{\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; }{\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; }{\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 \'97work; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lipyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97can be bound; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto a man.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 will not bin
d him to the law of karma. And there is no alternative to this way for man.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700506IP.LA [Mantra 2-4]\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 
also 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 }{\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  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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma-bandhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or being bound 
by one's 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 \s1207 \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, how
ever, it is his chance to gel free from the chain of the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. 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 akarma}{\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 vikarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are principles very clearly described in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Actions which are done in terms of the prescribed duties mentioned in the revealed Scriptures are 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 . Actions which make one free from the cycle of birth and death are called }{\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 . A
nd actions which are performed by the misuse of one's freedom, thereby directing oneself toward the lower regions of life, are called }{\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 . 
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 }{\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 preferred by intelligent men. Ordinary men want to perform good work in order to be recognized and to achieve some sta
tus of life in this world or in heaven, hut more advanced men want to he 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 se
ek 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 }{\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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The instruction 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  is better explained in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , sometimes called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9topani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the cream of all 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 . In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3545\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.9-16}{\cs3545\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 Personality of Godhead says that no one can attain the state of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nai\'f1karma}{\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 akarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 Supreme 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\'97cannot act, one is enabled to work on the basis of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nai\'f1karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or work which does not bind one to the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 
not 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 
for 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, national
ism, humanitarianism, etc. These isms are certainly very attractive forms of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma-bandhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the bondage 
of one's own work, but the Vedic instruction 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  is as follows: if you actua
lly live for any of the above isms, make them God-centered. There is no harm in becoming a family man, an altruist, socialist, communist, nationalist, or humanitarian\'97provided all such activities are executed in relation with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the God-centered conception.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [2.40]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as being s
o rich that even a little bit of them can save one from the greatest 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 hum
an 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. }{\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  advises us, therefore, to exert our energy in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7
\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spirit, and in that engagement we may wish to live for many, many years. Otherwise, one's long life is no better than that of a tree, which is also a living being, an
d which lives for hundreds and hundreds of years. There is no point in living a long time like the trees, or breathing like the bellows, or begetting children like the hog and the dog, or eating like the camel. Even a humble life, with God-centered activ
ities, is more valuable than the colossal hoax of so-called altruism or socialism without any relation to God.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 }{\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 , every one of them becomes a form 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 , as is recommended in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18.5-9}{\cs3545\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 . And that guarantees the executor against the dangers of the evolutionary 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 3-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Three
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @s$auyaAR naAma tae laAek(A\line @nDaena tamas$aAva\{taA:\line taAMstae \'91aetyaAiBagAcC$inta\line yae ke( caAtmah"naAe janaA:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 asury\'e4 n\'e4ma te lok\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 andhena tamas\'e4v\'e5t\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4\'e0s te prety\'e4bhigacchanti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye ke c\'e4tma-hano jan\'e4\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asury\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97meant for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asuras;}{\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 n\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97famous by the name; }{\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 \'97those; }{\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 \'97planets; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andhena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tamas\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97darkness; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4v\'e5t\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97covered by; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4n}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there; }{\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 pretya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97after death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhigacchanti}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do enter into; }{\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 \'97anyone;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97everyone; }{\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 \'e4tma-hana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the killer of
 the soul; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jan\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97persons.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 igno
rance.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700505IP.LA\line 700506IP.LA [Mantra 2-4]\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the godly. And those who are either neglectful of the respo
nsibilities or who have no information about them are called 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 , or demons. There are only these 
two kinds of human beings all over the universe. 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  it is stated that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  always aim at the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, 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 }{\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  or saintly teachers, are compared with the 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 }{\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  must be considered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-hana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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 }{\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 in clear terms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\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 these
 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 an
d other animals? Why is a highly placed servant given all the facilities of comfortable life, rather than 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 du
ties 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 quest
ion 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 }{\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  is sent to work, revealed by this verse 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 . If a man fails to discharge his duties as a human being, he is forced to transmigrate to the 
planets called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asurya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the degraded species of life, 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [6.41-43]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is also stated that the half-self-real
ized 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 t
he family of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uci}{\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 \'e7r
\'e9mata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7uci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means a spir
itually advanced }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9mata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means 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 member of the mercantile community. This 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 t
aking birth in respectable noble families, we can hardly imagine 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, as 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 }{\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  sometimes make a show of religiousness with the ultimate aim of material prosperity. The }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\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 [16.17-18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , however, rebukes them as men called great on the strength of false perfection, empowered by the votes of
 the ignorant and by material wealth. 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 , devoid of self realization and the conception of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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 platform, but we are also meant for solving 
the problems of the material life into which we have been placed by the conditions of Nature.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 4-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Four
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @naejade"kM( manas$aAe javaIyaAe\line naEna\'dae"vaA @A\'abauvana, paUvaRmaSaRta,\line ta\'dc"AvataAe'nyaAnatyaeita ita\'ef"ta,
\line taisma\'aaapaAe maAtair"\'ecA d"DaAita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 anejad eka\'e0 manaso jav\'e9yo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nainad dev\'e4 \'e4pnuvan p\'fcrvam ar\'f1at
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad dh\'e4vato 'ny\'e4n atyeti ti\'f1\'f6hat
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tasminn apo m\'e4tari\'e7v\'e4 dadh\'e4ti.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anejat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fixed up; }{\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 \'97one; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manasa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97more than the mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jav\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97speedy; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this Supreme Lord; }{\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 li
ke Indra, etc.; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pnuvan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97can approach; }{\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 \'97the first of all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ar\'f1at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one who knows everything; }{\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\'e4vata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those who are running; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atyeti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97surpasses; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97although placed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ta
smin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in one place; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4tari\'e7v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the gods who control air and rains; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dadh\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97execute.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead, although fixed in His Abode, is more swift than the mind, and can overcome all others running. The powerfu
l 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 710709IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line 700506IP.LA [Mantra 2-4]\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 speculat
ion. He can be known only by His devotees through His mercy 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 [5.34] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that the non-devotee philosopher who can travel at the speed of the mind, or at the velocity of th
e 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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  (5.37)}}}{\b0\i0\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 Absolut
e Personality of Godhead has His transcendental Abode, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , where He remains, en
gaged in His Pastimes. But by His inconceivable potency He can simultaneously reach every part of the creative energy. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\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  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, although fixed up in His transcendental Abode, can diffuse His different energies everywhere.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 ext
ernal 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 wi
thin 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 \s1207 \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 betw
een Him and His energies, still one should not wrongly conclude that the Supreme Lord, being thus distributed everywhere, has His Personal existence solely in the impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma
n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 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 }{\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  warn us: no one can approach the Lord by his own limited potency.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.2}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord says that no one, not even the great }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , can know Him. So what is there to say of 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 , who are not even qualified to understand the ways of the Lord? All these words mentioned in Mantra Four 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  suggest very clearly that the Absolute Truth is ultimately the Absolute Person; otherwise there would have been no necessity of mentioning so many varied things in support of His Personal features.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 
of 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, un
der the influence of the material energy, try to make a conjecture on the transcendental position of the Lord. }{\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  warns them not to make any mental speculation about the identity of the Lord. Try to know the Transcendence from the superior source of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved
as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is already in knowledge of the Transcendence.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 activ
ities 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 , illusion. }{\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  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's initiative, active nature, with intelligence to understand that ever
ything 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 }{\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 external energy.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 oth
erwise. 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 b
y the Lord in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 essence of all 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 .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 5-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Five
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub tade"jaita ta\'aaaEjaita\line ta\'e4," \'e4U"re" ta\'e3"intake(\line tad"ntar"sya s$avaRsya\line ta\'e4u" s$avaRsyaAsya baA\'f7t
a:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad ejati tan naijati
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad d\'fcre tad vantike
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad antarasya sarvasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad u sarvasy\'e4sya b\'e4hyata\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97this Supreme Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ejati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97does walk; }{\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 \'97He; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ejati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97does walk; }{\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 \'97He (is); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'fcre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97far away; }{\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 \'97He (is); }{\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 \'97also; }{\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 \'97very near; }{\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 \'97He (is); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub antar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97within; }{\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; }{\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 \'97all; }{\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 \'97He (is); }{\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 \'97also; }{\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 \'97all; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4hyata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97external to.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 outsid
e of everything.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700507IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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's transcendental activities by His inconceivable potencies. There are two sets of contradict
ory 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 inconceivabl
e 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-v\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  school accept only the impersonalist part of the Lord's activities, and refute His Personal feature. 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  school, however, accepts the Lord in both ways, i.e., as Personal and impersonal. And 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  also accept His inconceivable potencies. Without inconceivable potency there is no meaning to the words }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Supreme Lord}{\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 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, }{\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  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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\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 [15.6}{\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 . But, in spite of the Lord's being so far away, He can at onc
e, 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 co
ndemned by the Lord in the }{\cs3545\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\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.11}{\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 . 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 scholars 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 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 energeti
c Source. For example, the Lord appears in the Form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arca}{\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.
\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' service. This does not mean that such devotees, who are in the lowest stage of devotional service, are 
worshiping an idol. In fact, they are worshiping the Lord, Who has agreed to appear before them in a particular way which is approachable by them. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Form is not fashioned in terms of the order or whim of the worshiper. It is eternally existent 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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-surren
dered 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: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sagu\'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 nirgu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97with qualities and without qualities. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sagu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not mean that the Lord b
ecomes subject 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 Contro
ller 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 b
y 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 }{\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  effulgence, is the glow of His Personal rays, as the Sun's 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 Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j was in the presence of his atheist father, his father asked him, "Where is your God?" The 
child Prahl\'e4da 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 app
eared as N\'e5si\'e0ha (the half-man, 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 a
ny place in order to favor His sincere devotee. Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha appeared from within the pillar not at the order of the atheist king, but by the wish of the devotee Prahl\'e4da. An atheist cannot order the Lord to appear, but to show mercy to His devo
tee the Lord can appear 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [4.8] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms this, in the statement that the Lord appear
s to vanquish the unbelievers and to protect the believers. To vanquish 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 incarn
ation. He does so only to favor His devotees, then, and not for any 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 }{\cs3545\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 [5.35] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that Govinda, the Primeval Lord, 
enters everything by His plenary portion. He enters the universe as well as the atom of the universe. He is outside in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vir\'e4\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Form, and He is within as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Antary\'e4m\'e9}{\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 Antary\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is witness of everything that we are doing, and He gives us the result of our actions as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-phala.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 \s1207 \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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 6-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Six
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yastau s$avaARiNA BaUtaA-\line nyaAtmanyaevaAnaupazyaita\line s$avaRBaUtaeSau caAtmaAnaM\line tataAe na ivajaugAups$atae
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yas tu sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ny
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4tmany ev\'e4nupa\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u c\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tato na vijugupsate.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97a person; }{\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 \'97but; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarv\'e4\'ebi}{\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 bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\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 \'e4tmani}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in relation with the Supreme Lord; }{\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 \'97only; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anupa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97observes in a systematic way; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in every living being; }{\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 \'e4tm\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supersoul; }{\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 \'97thereafter;
 }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vijugupsate}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hates anyone.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub A 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, never hates anything, nor any being.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700508IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\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 , 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 }{\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 , 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 of 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 devotional 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 }{\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 , in the lowest stage of devotion, are called materialistic devotees, or those j
ust 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 }{\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  are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyam adhik\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the devo
tees who are in the intermediate stage of devotional service. These }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyam adhik\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  observe four 
principles in relation to the Supreme Lord, which are as follows:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\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 innoce
nt, 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyam adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyam adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is 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  devotee, who sees
 everything in relation to the Supreme Lord. He does not 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 }{\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 in the street, because both of them are of the Lord, though in different embodiments 
due to the different qualities of material action. 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  particle of the Supreme Lord has no
t misused the little independence given him by the Lord, but the dog particle has misused his independence, and thus 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
 }{\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 the dog, 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  tries to do good to both. Such a learned devotee of the Lord is not misled by the material bodies 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 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 }{\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  in terms of the sense of oneness or fellowship, but who behave in terms of bodily relationships, are false philanthropists. Therefore the concept of universal brotherhood must be learnt from
 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  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 expansion 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 }{\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  it is clearly mentioned that one should }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub observe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or see. This means one must follow 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 , the perfected Teacher. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anupa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the exact Sanskrit word used in this connection. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means by following, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 its 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 Brahm\'e4, from Brahm\'e4 to N\'e4rada, from N\'e4rada to Vy\'e4sa, and from Vy\'e4sa to many of His disciples. Formerly there was no necessity of recording the message 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 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 \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, Wh
o originally taught the Vedic wisdom. The final, most perfect and sublime work of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva 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 , Which is the correct 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 . Similar
ly, there is 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 spoken by the Lord Himself and Which was recorded by Vy
\'e4sadeva. These are the more important of the many revealed Scriptures, and any commentary which does not conform to the principles 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  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  is unauthorized. T
here is complete symmetrical agreement between 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 , }{\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 , 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 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 . Therefore, no one should try to reach any conclusion about 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 being instructed by members of the line of Vy\'e4sadeva, or at least those who believe in the Personality of Godhead and His diverse energies.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 }{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18.54}{\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 , can become 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  devotee, and can see everyone 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 som
e such reward) but is not service to the spirit soul. Such imitators have no information of the Spiritual World. 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  sees the spirit soul of an entity, and serves him as spirit, which includes matter automatically.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 7-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Seven
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yaismana, s$avaARiNA BaUtaA-\line nyaAtmaEvaABaUi\'e3"jaAnata:\line ta\'87a k(Ae maAeh": k(: zAAek(\line Wk(tvamanaupazyata:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasmin sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ny
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4tmaiv\'e4bh\'fcd vij\'e4nata\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tatra ko moha\'f9 ka\'f9 \'e7oka
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ekatvam anupa\'e7yata\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasmin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the situation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarv\'e4\'ebi}{\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 bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\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 \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the spi
ritual spark; }{\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 \'97only; }{\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 \'97becomes a fact; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'e4nata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97one who knows; }{\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 \'97therein; }{\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 \'97what; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub moha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7oka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97anxiety; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekatvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the same quality; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anupa\'e7yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one who sees through authority, or one who sees constantly like that.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 th
ere as illusion or anxiety for him?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700509IP.LA\line 700510IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\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 , 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 oneness. Without heat and light there is no meaning of fire, and yet heat and light from the analyt
ical 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, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekatvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anupa\'e7yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , mean to see the unity of the livi
ng entities from the viewpoint of the revealed 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 qua
ntity, 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 qu
ality of the salt present in the drop is equal 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's being
 submerged by the influence of material energy. It has already been discussed in previous }{\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  that no
 living being, even the powerful demigods, can surpass the Supreme Being in any respect. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekatvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 does not mean that a living being 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 a
re 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\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 [7.5-6]}{\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 sa
me family of the Supreme Being. There is no clash of interest 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 spiritual entities are meant for enjoyment. By nature, by constitution, every living being\'97both the Supreme Lord and each differ
ent part and parcel\'97is meant for enjoyment eternally.}{\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 living beings who are encaged in the materi
al tabernacle are also seeking enjoyment always, but they are seeking their enjoyment on a platform which is not meant for them. Aside from this material world, there is the spiritual platform where the Supreme Being is enjoying with His innumerable asso
ciates, without any trace of material qualities. That platform is called }{\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 . On the }{\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  platform there is no clash of enjoyment. Here in the material world there is always a clash between diffe
rent 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 }{\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. 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 suc
h 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\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, means a Godless civilization, the re
sult of which is lamentation. The Godless civilization sponsored by the modern politicians is always full of anxieties, and that is the law of Nature. No one can surpass this law, as is stated in the }{\cs3545\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.14}{\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 . 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  interest mentioned here 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 . This and 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  interest mentioned in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\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 are one and the same thing: The Supreme }{\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 , or Soul, is the Lord Himself, and the minute }{\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  is the living entity. The Supreme }{\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  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 transcendental
ly arranged in the }{\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 , or Absolute family of the }{\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 Supreme Spirit.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 Param Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is as much a Person as the individual entities are. None of them are impersonal. Such transcendental personalities are full of transcendental bliss, knowledge and life eternal. That is the real position of spiritual e
xistence, and as soon as one is fully cognizant of this transcendental position he at once surrenders unto the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Being, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
ah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Great Souls, are very rarely seen, because such transcendental realization is achieved only after many, many births. Once attained, however, there is no more illusi
on or distress, no more of the misery of material existence, and there is no birth and death as we experience in the present status of our life. That is the information we get from 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  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 .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 8-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Eight
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s$a payaRgAAcC]$\'82(mak(Ayama\'98aNA-\line ma\'b5aAivar"mzAu\'dc"mapaApaiva\'dc"-\line mk(ivamaRnaISaI pair"BaU: svayamBaU-
\line yaARTaAtaTyataAe'TaARna, vyad"DaAcC$A\'ectaIBya: s$amaABya:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa paryag\'e4c chukram ak\'e4yam avra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 asn\'e4vira\'e0 \'e7uddham ap\'e4pa-viddham
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kavir man\'e9\'f1\'e9 paribh\'fc\'f9 svayambh\'fcr
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4th\'e4tathyato 'rth\'e4n vyadadh\'e4c ch\'e4\'e7vat\'e9bhya\'f9 sam\'e4bhya\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97that person; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paryag\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97must know in fact; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ukram}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the omnipotent; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'e4yam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unembodie
d; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avra\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without any reproach; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub asn\'e4viram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without any veins; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uddham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97antiseptic; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ap\'e4pa-viddham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97prophylactic; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kavi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97omniscient; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub man\'e9\'f1\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97philosopher; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paribh\'fc\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the gre
atest of all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayambh\'fc\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-sufficient; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4th\'e4tathyata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97just in pursuance of; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arth\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desirables; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vyadadh\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97awards; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9bhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97immemorial; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
sam\'e4bhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97time.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Such a person must know in fact the Greatest of all, Who is unembodied, omniscient, beyond reproach, without veins, pure and uncontami
nate, the self-sufficient Philosopher Who is awarding everyone's desire since time immemorial.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700511IP.LA\line 700512IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\cs3545\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  }{\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 the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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 . 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 transcendenta
l body, and thus He is sometimes described as 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-s
a\'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 [5.32] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is fur
ther said that the Lord can do anything and everything with any one of the parts of His 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 w
alk with His hands, He can accept a thing by His legs, He can see by His hands and feet, and He can eat by His eyes. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ruti 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. These things are confirmed in 
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  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  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's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , His worshipable form, Which is installed in the temples by authorized }{\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 have realized the Lord in terms 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  Seven, is also non-different
 from the Original Form of the Lord. The Original Form of the Lord is that of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself by an unlimited number of Forms like Baladeva, R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Var\'e4ha, etc.\'97and all of These ar
e 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arc\'e4-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Which is worshiped in the temples is also an expanded Form of the Lord. By worshiping the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arc\'e4-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\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  of the Lord descends by request 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 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or of any other}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7ruti mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , consider that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who is worshiped by the pure devotees
 is made of material elements. To the imperfect eyes of the foolish people, or to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha adhikaris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , this Form is considered material. But such people with little knowledge do not know that the Lord, being omnipotent and omniscient, 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\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 [9.11-12]}{\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's surrender t
o 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 }{\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 well as in many others 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 clearly mentioned: from tim
e 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. Similarly, the Lord awards enjoyment to the living being in proportion to his qualifications\'97in other words, 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 . 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 2.41}{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as divided, or splayed, intelligence. Spiritual intelligence is one, but the opposite number is of many varieties. 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\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 7.5.30-31}{\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 said that persons who are captivated by the temporary beauties of the external energy forget their real aim of life, which is to go back to Godhead. Forgetting this, one trie
s 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 so without interfering in his activities. If a living being wa
nts 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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is described here as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paribh\'fc\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the greatest of all. No one, is greater than, or equal to Him. Other living beings are described here as beggars who ask from the Lord, and the Lord supplies their desirables. If other entities wer
e 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 liberation. The real liberation of the living being is to go back to Godhead. 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 senses and realizes his constitutional position.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is self-sufficient. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth 5,000 years ago, He displayed the full manifestation o
f Godhead by His various activities. In His childhood He killed many powerful demons, and there was no question of His having acquired such power through any extraneous endeavor. He lifted Govardhana Hill without any practicing of weight-lifting. He danc
ed 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  without any social restriction, and without any reproach. 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  approached Him with feelings of amorous of love, the mixing 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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has been worshiped even by Lord Caitanya, Who was a strict }{\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 rigid follower of disciplinary regulations. To confirm this, }{\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 that He is "antiseptic" and "prophylactic," 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\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 [9.30-31]}{\cs3545\b0\i\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 it is said that a 
scrupulous devotee may appear in the beginning to be }{\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  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's association. 
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ap\'e4paviddham, }{\b0\i0\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 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nothing like sin can touch Him. Even if He m
ay do something which appears to be sinful, such actions are all good, for there is no question of the Lord's being affected by sin. He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uddham,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  most purified, often compared to the Sun. The Sun extracts moisture from many untouchable places on the earth, and itself remains pure. In fact it purifies obnoxious things by its sterilizing effect. If the S
un is so powerful, , although only a material object, we can imagine the purity and strength of the All-powerful Lord.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 9-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Nine
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @nDaM tama: \'91aivazAinta yae'iva\'e2AmaupaAs$atae\line tataAe BaUya wva tae tamaAe ya o iva\'e2AyaA\'95ataA:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 andha\'e0 tama\'f9 pravi\'e7anti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye 'vidy\'e4m up\'e4sate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tato bh\'fcya iva te tamo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya u vidy\'e4y\'e4\'e0 rat\'e4\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97gross ignorance; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravi\'e7anti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enter into; }{\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 \'97those; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nescience; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4sate}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worship; }{\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 \'97further; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97considered; }{\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; }{\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 \'97those; }{\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; }{\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 \'97those; }{\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 \'97also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy\'e4y\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the culture of knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rat
\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaged in.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Those who are engaged in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance. Worse still are those en
gaged in the so-called culture of knowledge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700513IP.LA\line 700514IP.LA 9-10\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 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  there is a comparative study 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  and }{\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or ignorance, is undoubtably dangerous, but }{\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 knowledge,
 when mistaken or misguided, is even more dangerous. In modern human civilization this explanation 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  is more applicable than at any other time, in the past. Modern civilization has advanced considerably in the matter of mass education, and yet the result is that people are more unhappy than before on account of too much st
ress 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 As far as }{\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  is concerned, 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  has explained very clearly that the Supreme Lord is the Proprietor of everything, and forgetfulness of t
his 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 than 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karmis}{\b0\i0\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\'e4nins}{\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 . The }{\b0\i\ul0\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 those who are engaged in the 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 ac
tivities such as industrialism, economic development, altruism, political consciousness, 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 }{\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 \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the language 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 , people who are engaged in gross sense gratification are }{\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 \'97in darkness like the ass, 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 }{\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  worshiping }{\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 . And those who play the role of helping this sort of civilization 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 decorated 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 }{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a decoration for a dead 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 se
lf realization, realization of the spiritual values of the soul. Any education which does not lead to such a realization of life must be considered }{\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 , or nescience. And to culture such nescience means going down to the darkest region of ignorance. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\fi0 {\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 \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\fi0 {\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 veda-v\'e4da-rata}{\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  2.42]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\fi0 {\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 m\'e4yay\'e4 apah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \line 3. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \line 4
. }{\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 . }{\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  7.15]
\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 veda-v\'e4da-rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  people pose themselves as very learned in the Vedic literature, but unfortunately they are completely diverted from 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 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 [15.15] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that 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  is to know the Personality of Godhead, but these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da-rata}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As is said in }{\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 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 , we should know that t
he Personality of Godhead is the Proprietor of everything, and we must be satisfied with our alloted 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's various 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\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 veda-v\'e4da-rata}{\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  2.42] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people, instead of realizing the 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 , 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 }{\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 . Such people misguide others by misinterpreting the Vedic literature, and somet
imes they condemn 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 are authentic Vedic explanations for laymen. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da-ratas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  make their own explanations 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 , neglecting the authority of the great teachers, called }{\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 they tend to raise some unscrupulous person from among themselves as the leading exponent of Vedic knowledge. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These men are especially condemned by 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  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  with
 the very appropriate Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\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  means }{\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 , because 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  is the original in all knowledge; and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means engaged. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidy\'e4-rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means engaged in 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 . As such, th
e so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-ratas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are condemned here because they do not know what 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  is, on account of disobeying 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 . Such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da-ratas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  are accustomed to finding meaning in every word 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 suit their own purposes. The
y do not know that the Vedic literature is not a collection of ordinary books and cannot be understood except through the chain of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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 }{\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 is the direction of the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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 Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\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 Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da-rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  people have their own }{\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 , who is not in th
e chain of transcendental disciplic succession. Thus they will progress into the darkest region of ignorance by misinterpreting the Vedic literature, even more so than those who have no 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  at all.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 m\'e4yay\'e4 apah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na}{\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 class of men are self-made "Gods." Such men think that they are themselves God, and there is no necessity of worshiping 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 God can ever have been entra
pped 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 over-powered by illusion? The self-made Gods cannot answer all
 these questions very clearly, but they are satisfied that they have become God themselves.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 10-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Ten
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @nyade"vaA\'f2"ivaR\'e2yaA-\line nyad"A\'f2"r"iva\'e2yaA\line wita zAu\'99auma DaIr"ANAAM\line yae nastai\'e3"cacai\'baare"
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 anyad ev\'e4hur vidyay\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  a}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nyad \'e4hur avidyay\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 iti \'e7u\'e7ruma dh\'e9r\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye nas tad vicacak\'f1ire.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97different; }{\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 \'e4hu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97said; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by culture of knowledge; }{\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 \'97different; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4hu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97said; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nescience; }{\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 \'e7u\'e7ruma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97heard; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e9r\'e4\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fro
m the sober sect; }{\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 \'97those; }{\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; }{\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 vicacak\'f1ire}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97explained.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The wise have explained to us that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge, and it is said that a different result is obta
ined from the culture of nescience.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700514IP.LA 9-10\line 700515IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The culture of knowledge can be practically conducted in the following way, as is advised 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). There it is said that:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. One, should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name, and fame.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. One should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, mind or words.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. One should learn forbearance, even if there is provocation from others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. One should learn to avoid duplicity in his dealings with others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. One must have a bona fide spiritual master who can lead him gradually to the stage of spiritual realization, and to such 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  or spiritual master he must submit himself with service and relevant questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7. One must follow the regulative principles enjoined in the revealed Scriptures, in order to approach the platform of self realization
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8. One must be fixed up in the tenets of the revealed Scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9. One should completely refrain from practices which are detrimental to the interest of self realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10. One should not accept more than what he requires for the maintenance of the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11. One should not falsely identify himself with the material covering of the gross body nor consider as his own those who are related 
with his body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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
 disease. 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.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13. One should not be attached to more than the necessities of life required for spiritual advancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14. One should not be more attached to wife, children and home than is ordained 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 15. One should not be happy or distressed in regard to the desirables and undesirables created by the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16. One should become an unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and serve Him with rapt attention.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 17. One should develop a feeling for residing in a secluded place with a calm and quiet atmosphere favorable for spiritual culture, and
 thus avoid congested places where the nondevotees congregate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18. One should become a scientist or philosopher, and make research into spiritual knowledge\'97not material knowledge\'97recognizing t
hat 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. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, 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 , 
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 }{\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 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 civilization as satanic, but unfortunately they do not care for the culture of real knowledge which 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 , 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 }{\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  warns very strongly that the culture of nescience is different from that of knowledge. The universities are, so to speak, centers of nescience only, and therefore the scientists are busy dis
covering 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the spiritual process of life, nor do 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 created their own nationalisms within these planets 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\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  warns of this faulty mode of ed
ucation, 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  gives instructions as to the development of real knowledge. In 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  there is a hint that the instruction 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 , knowledge, must be gained from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ra. Dh\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means undisturbed, not disturbed by material illusion. No one can be undisturbed unless and until he has perfect spiritual realization. When one is perfectly spiritually realized he has no more hankeri
ng for anything acquired, nor does he lament for anything lost. Such a }{\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  has realized that the mat
erial body and mind which he has acquired by chance material association are foreign elements, and therefore he simply makes the best use of a bad bargain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\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 wo
rld, but this material world is dead. As 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 m
ove the world. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are those who have come to know all these facts by hearing of them from supe
rior 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 }{\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  only by such submissive 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 lear
ning }{\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 , knowledge, from 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 , the undisturbed.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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 , one who has not undergone the training of a }{\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 , cannot be an instructive leader. Modern politicians who pose themselves as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are themselves }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adh\'e9ras}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 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? O
ne must hear submissively from 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 in order to get actual education in life.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 11-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Eleven
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub iva\'e2AM caAiva\'e2AM ca ya-\line sta\'e3e"d"AeBayaM s$ah"\line @iva\'e2yaA ma\{tyauM taItvaAR\line iva\'e2yaAma\{tama\'b4autae
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vidy\'e4\'e0 c\'e4vidy\'e4\'e0 ca yas
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad vedobhaya\'e0 saha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 avidyay\'e4 m\'e5tyu\'e0 t\'e9rtv\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vidyay\'e4m\'e5tam a\'e7nute.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97knowledge in fact; }{\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 avidy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nescience; }{\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 ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a person; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tad}{\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 veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97knows: }{\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; }{\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 \'97simultaneously; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by culture of nescience; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5tyum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97repeated death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9rtv
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcending; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by culture of knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deathlessness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7nute}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enjoys.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repea
ted birth and death, and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700516IP.LA\line 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\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  we learn of the activities of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu: This king was materially very much advanced, and by his material acquisitions, by the strength of his nescience, he wanted to conquer death. He underwent a type of me
ditation so severe that all the planetary systems became disturbed by his mystic powers. He forced the creator of the universe, the demigod named Brahm\'e4, to come down to him, and then he asked him for the benediction of becoming an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub amara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one who does not die. Brahm\'e4 refused to award this, however, because even he, the material creator, who has comman
d over all the planets, is not himself an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub amara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He has a long duration of life, as 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8.17}{\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 , but that does not mean that he doesn't have to die.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hira\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means gold, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'e7ipu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 Brahm\'e4 many things indirectly in hopes of fulfilling his desire to become an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub amara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He asked benediction that he might not be killed by any man, animal, god, or any living being 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, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu thought foolishly that this would guarantee him against death. But in the end, although Brahm\'e4 granted him all these benedictions, he was killed by the Personality of Godhead in the Form of a ha
lf-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 Living 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 Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, the most powerful of materialists, could not become deathless by his various pla
ns. What, then, will be accomplished by the tiny Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipus of today, who make plans which are throttled from moment to moment?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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  instructs us not to make one-si
ded attempts to win the struggle for existence. Everyone is struggling hard for existence, 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 God
head.
\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 }{\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 , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved
\'e4nta, 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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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 knowledge. 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 countries 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 hack 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 }{\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. 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 }{\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 human being
s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path 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 , or material advancement of knowledge for sense gratification, means repetition of death and repetition of birth 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 pulling on and taking off of outward garments. Foolish 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 , nescience, do not mind this cruel process, but, being enamored of the beauty of the illusory energy, they do the same things over repeatedly, without learni
ng 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 }{\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 is essential for the human being. Unrestricted sense enjoyment in the diseased, material 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 spi
ritual form, freed from all material contamination, pure enjoyment of the senses is possible. The aim of human life should, therefore, not be perverted sense enjoyment, but should be to cure the material disease. Aggravating the material disease is no si
gn of knowledge. It is the sign of culturing }{\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 , 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 th
at 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 }{\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  that we must not follow 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's temperature altogether when trying to recover from a disease. We have already tried to explain the matter by the expression "to make the best use of a bad bargain." The culture of spiritual knowledge 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
 l07. 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 }{\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  under the principles of Salvation. This system is found in four divisions: religion, economic development, sense gratification and salvat
ion. 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 }{\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 , true knowledge, which is the aim of human life. This life is not meant for working like an ass or for 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  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 }{\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  is most perfectly presented 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub
[}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.14}{\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 .}{\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  directs a human 
being to utilize his life in the matter of enquiring about the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth is realized step by step as }{\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 , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and, at last, }{\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. This Absolute Truth is realized by the broad-minded man who has attained knowledge and detachment, having fo
llowed the 18 principles 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  described above. The central point in these 18 princi
ples is the attainment of transcendental devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. Therefore it is recommended for all classes of men to learn the art of devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 diffe
rent forms of nescience, as will, he shown hereafter 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 . Thus, to culture }
{\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 , 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 12-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Twelve
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @nDaM tama: \'91aivazAinta\line yae's$amBaUitamaupaAs$atae\line tataAe BaUya wva tae tamaAe\line ya o s$amBaUtyaA\'95ataA:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 andha\'e0 tama\'f9 pravi\'e7anti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye 'sambh\'fctim up\'e4sate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tato bh\'fcya iva te tamo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya u sambh\'fcty\'e4m rat\'e4\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97ignorance; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravi\'e7anti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do enter into; }{\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 \'97those; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asambh\'fctim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97demigods; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4sate}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do worship; }{\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 \'97more than that
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97again; }{\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 that; }{\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 \'97who; }{\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; }{\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 \'97those; }{\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 \'97also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambh\'fcty\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the Absolute; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rat\'e4\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaged.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Those who are engaged in the worship of demigods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do the worshipers of th
e Absolute.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 710708IP.LA 1\'9612\line BTG 1968\line BTG 1960}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asambh\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means those who have no independent existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sambh\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, Who is absolutely independent of everything. 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\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.2}{\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 
, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, positively describes Himself in the, following words: "I am the Supreme Cause of the powers delegated to the demigods, the great sages and the mystics. And because these are endowed with li
mited powers, it is very difficult for them to know how I appear Myself, by My own internal potency, in the form of a man."
\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 }{\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 mystics, try to distinguish the Absolute from the relative by their tiny brain power. However, this can only help them to reach the point of negating relativity, without realizing any positive trac
e of the Absolute. Definition of the Absolute by negation is not a 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 can at the utmost reach to the impersonal diligence of God, known as }{\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 one cannot make further progress to the stage of }{\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.
\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, and that the 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  is the glaring effulgence of His transcendental body, while }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supersoul, is His all-pervading representation. They do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His eternal Form, with transcendental qua
lities of eternal bliss and knowledge. The dependent demigods and great sages imperfectly realize Him as one of the powerful demigods, but they consider that the }{\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  effulgence is the ultimate Absolute Truth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, however\'97who by dint of their unalloyed devotion surrender unto Him\'97can know that He is the Absolute Person, an
d that everything emanates from Him only. Such devotees continuously render loving service unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [7.20, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub 23}{\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 also said that only bewildered persons, driven by a strong desire for sense gratification, worship the demigods for the satisfaction of tempo
rary 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 perma
nent 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 7.23}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that the worshipers of the demigods can go to the plane
ts of the respective demigods. The Moon worshipers 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 huma
n being with his advanced consciousness is naturally 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 sa
id 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 }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-lokas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , found in the spiritual sky, where the Personality of Godhead predominates. 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 [8.16]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confirms this as follows:
\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 Even though one may rise to the highest planet, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , one has to come back again. But if someone attains to Me (in the spiritual world), he doesn't have to lake birth again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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  suggests that one, remains in t
he darkest region by hovering over the material planets, whatever his means may he. The whole universe is covered by the gigantic material dements, 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 the inside of the universe. Outside the universe there is a vast expansion of unlimited }{\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  space, full of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-lokas}{\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 biggest and the highest planet 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  is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka}{\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 Goloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, resides. Lord \'c7r\'e9
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba never quits this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\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 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 it
s 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 cannot be solved by going to the Moon. There are many pseudo-worshipers who become religionists for the sake of nam
e 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 atheists 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 preaching the impersonal exis
tence of the Supreme Lord. As far as we have gone through }{\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 , we have not come
 across any }{\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  where the Personality of Godhead is denied. It is said that He can run faster than any
one. Those who are running after 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 v
ision 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 }{\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\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is clearly stated that the results of worshiping the demigods are not permanent. The whole material world is not permanent, a
nd 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 G
odhead\'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 neither
 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 sentiments
 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 }{\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 holy teachers in the strict disciplic succession; and to mislead the people in general they themselves becom
e so-called }{\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 , without even following the principles 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 .
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 punish
ed by the law of the state. They cannot, however, avoid the law of the Supreme, Who has clearly declared 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 [16.19-20] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that these envious demons, in the garb of religious propagandi
sts, shall be thrown down into the darkest region of hell. It is confirmed 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  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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 13-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Thirteen
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @nyade"vaA\'f2": s$amBavaA-\line d"nyad"A\'f2"r"s$amBavaA-\line itaita zAu\'99auma DaIr"ANAAM\line yae nastai\'e3"cacai\'baare"
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 anyad ev\'e4hu\'f9 sambhav\'e4d
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 anyad \'e4hur asambhav\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 iti \'e7u\'e7ruma dh\'e9r\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye nas tad vicacak\'f1ire.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97different; }{\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 \'e4hu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97it is said; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambhav\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by worshiping the Supreme Lo
rd, the Cause of all causes; }{\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 \'97different; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4hu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97it is said; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asambhav\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by worshiping what is not the Supreme; }{\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 \'e7u\'e7ruma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I heard it; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e9r\'e4\'eb\'e4m}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the undisturbed authorities; }{\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 \'97those; }{\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 \'97unto us; }{\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 \'97about that subject matter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vicacak\'f1ire}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly explained.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 heard from the undisturbed authorities who clearly explained it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700518IP.LA 13-15\line BTG 1968}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 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  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 system of hearing from the undisturbe
d authorities is confirmed. Unless one hears from the 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 , who is never disturbed by t
he changes of the material world, one cannot have the real key to transcendental knowledge. The bona fide spiritual master, who has also heard the, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ruti mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or Vedic knowledge, from his undisturbed }{\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 , never manufactures or presents anything which is not mentioned in the Vedic literature. 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 [9.25] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is clearly said that the worshipers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pit\'e5s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or fore-fathers, 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 }{\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 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 worshi
p 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 commissions 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 }{\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 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 worship of the demigods or of the Supreme\'97it leads to the same goal. For a common man it is very easy to understa
nd 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, whateve
r spiritual ticket you may purchase, it will take you to the Supreme Goal. Such mundane and compromising offers attract many foolish creatures to become puffed up with their manufactured methods of spiritual realization, but the Vedic instruction doesn't
 uphold them. Unless one has received knowledge from the bona fide spiritual master\'97one who is in the recognized line of disciplic succession\'97one cannot have the real thing as it is. 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 [4.2] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\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 Thus, O chastiser of the foe, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub y
oga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  principles [of the }{\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 ] were known to the great kings. But, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present in this world, 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  principles defined 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 4.3}{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had become distorted, and so the Lord had to re-establish the disciplic system, b
eginning 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 }{\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 understandable to him. In other words, no one can understand 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  who is not a devotee and friend of the Lord. This means that only one who follows the path of Arjuna can understand 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 \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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. T
hey interpret the verses 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 their own ways, and postulate all sorts of rubbish
 in the name 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  Such interpreters believe neither in \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor in His 
eternal Abode. So, then, what can they explain 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 ?
\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  }{\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 worshi
p the demigods. K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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, an
d 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 }{\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 Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambhav\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , worship of the Supreme Cause, is very sign
ificant. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Original Personality of Godhead, and everything that exists has emanated from Him. 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 [10.8] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord explains Himself. He says there That He is the Creator of everyone, including Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and \'c7iva. And because t
hese 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\i\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 de
votees take shelter of Him.}}}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Atharva-veda}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  it is similarly said that One Who existed before the creat
ion of Brahm\'e4 and One Who enlightened Brahm\'e4 with Vedic knowledge, is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Upani\'f1ad}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  ( of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Ath\'e4rva Veda}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) says:
\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\'e0\tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atha puru\'f1o ha vai n\'e4r\'e4ya
\'ebo 'k\'e4mayata praj\'e4\'f9 s\'e5jeyeti\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4yan\'e4t pr\'e4\'ebo j\'e4yate\line \tab mana\'f9 sarvendriy\'e4\'ebi ca kha\'e0 v\'e4yur jyotir \'e4pa\'f9 p\'e5thiv\'e9 vi\'e7vasya dh\'e4ri\'eb\'e9 \line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d brahm
\'e4 j\'e4yate\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d rudro j\'e4yate\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d indro j\'e4yate\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d praj\'e4pati\'f9 praj\'e4yante\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d dv\'e4da\'e7\'e4ditya rudr\'e4 vasava\'f9 sarva
\'ebi chand\'e4g\'e0si\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d eva samutpadyante\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4d pravartante\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebe pral\'e9yante\line \tab ya eva\'e0 veda\line \tab ity upani\'f1at(e)\line \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atha nityo n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab brahm\'e4 n\'e4r\'e4yana\'f9\line \tab \'e7iva\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
\'f9\line \tab \'e7akra\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab k\'e4la\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab di\'e7a\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab vidi\'e7a\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab \'fcrdhva\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab
adha\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab antar bahi\'e7 ca n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab n\'e4r\'e4yana evedag\'e0 sarva\'e0\line \tab yad bh\'fcta\'e0 yac ca bhavyam\line \tab ni\'f1kala\'ecko nira\'efjano nirvikalpo nir\'e4khyata\'f9\line \tab 
\'e7uddho deva eko n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\line \tab na dvit\'e9yo 'sti ka\'e7cit(e)\line \tab sa vi\'f1\'ebur eva bhavati sa vi\'f1\'ebur eva bhavati\line \tab ya eva\'e0 veda\line \tab ity upani\'f1at(e)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 "Then the Supreme Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba desir
ed to create living entities. From N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba came the life airs; from N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba came the mind and all the senses; from N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba came the elements - ether, air, light, water and earth, which supports the universe. From N\'e4r\'e4y
a\'eba came Brahm\'e4, Rudra, Indra, Praj\'e4pati. From N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba came the twelve \'c4dityas, the twelve Rudras, the twelve Vasus, all the vedic metres and all the dev\'e4s. Everything came from N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in the beginning and everything e
nters into N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba at the end.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is the eternal being. Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva, Indra, time, the directions, the subdirections, up and down, 
inside and outside, are all pervaded by N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is everything, past, present and future. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is the eternal pure effulgent Lord, without a second to compare. He is Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Lord, says the upani
\'f1ad."\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Gopala Bhatta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sat Kriy\'e4 S\'e4ra D\'e9pik\'e4}{\b0\i0\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 Supreme Person desired to create the living entities, and thus N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba created all the being
s. From N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Brahm\'e4 was born. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba created all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Praj\'e4patis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . N
\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba created Indra. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba created the eight Vasus. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba created the eleven Rudras. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba created the twelve \'c4dityas." This N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba being the plenary manifestation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, N\'e4
r\'e4ya\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 Devak\'e9. His childhood with Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva a
nd His identity with N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba have also been confirmed by \'c7r\'e9pad \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, even though \'c7a\'eckara does not belong to the Vai\'f1\'ebava, or personalist, cult. There are still other readings, also 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 , such as this: "Only N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba existed in the beginning, and there was no existence of Brahm
\'e4 or \'c7iva, 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."
\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 Mok\'f1a-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said: "I created the Praj\'e4patis and the Rudras. They have not complete knowledge of Me because they are also covered by My illusory energy."
\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 Var\'e4ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said: "N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and from Him the four-headed Brahm\'e4 became manifested, as also did Rudra, who later became omniscient."
\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 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 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 [}{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also it is said that the Supreme Lord is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is "Govinda," 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 }{\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 will thus decide to worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or really learned, who fasten themselves only to the worship of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This conviction can he established when one hears the transcendental message from the undisturbed }{\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 , with faith and love. One who has no faith in, or love for, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be convinced of this sim
ple truth. Such faithless persons are 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\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , foolish as the ass. It is said that 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  deride the Personality of Godhead because they don't have complete knowledge from the undisturbed }{\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 . One who is disturbed by the whirlpool movements of the material energy is not qualified to become 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 .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before hearing 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 was disturbed by this whirlpool-the reaction of family, society and community affection-and thus he wanted to become a philanthropist and a nonviolent man of the world. But when he became }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by hearing the Vedic knowledge 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  from the Supreme Person, lie changed his decision and became a worshiper of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Who had Himself designed the Battle of K
uruk\'f1etra. 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not by worshiping some fabricated "K\'e5\'f1\'eba"
 inaugurated by foolish men who are without knowledge of the intricacies of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba described 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 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 .
\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 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 Sambh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the source of birth and sustenan
ce, and the reservoir after annihilation. 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 upon 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  by the same author, comments that the source of all emanations is not a dead stone,
 but 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 , or fully conscious. Therefore, the Primeval Lord \'c7r\'e9 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.26] }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He is fully conscious of the past, the present and the future; and no one, including demigods such as \'c7iva and Brahm\'e4, knows Him fully. Those who are disturbed by the tides 
of material existence cannot know Him fully. Such half-educated spiritual masters 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 p
erfect. 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's 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\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  advises us to pour water on the
 root, the Source of all germination. Worshiping the mass population by rendering bodily 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 }{\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 reaction. To serve only the human being by medical aids, social amenities and educational f
acilities, 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sambh\'fctam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Real service to humankind is to teach surrender unto t
he Supreme Lord, and to worship Him only, with full love and energy. That is the instruction 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  in 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 .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\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 specu
lators, 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 be
come 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 }{\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  indirectly draw our attention to the Primeval Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 , which is the summary of all }{\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 points out \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should, therefore, hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is 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 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 [1.2.17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , and that will gradually help him in cleansing his mind of all contaminated things. 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: "By hearing the activities of the Lord, one draws the attention of the Lord towards the devotee. And the Lord, being situated in the heart of every living being, helps the devotee by giving him proper direction." 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 [10.10] }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 }{\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 stage of brahminical qualification can be earned by anyone and ever
yone, provided he follows the path of devotional service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. 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 [2.4.18] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that any lowborn living entity can be made purified under the guidan
ce of a pure devotee of the Lord, because the Lord is so extraordinarily powerful.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 
service 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambhav\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as described in 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  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 .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 14-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Fourteen
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s$amBaUitaM ca ivanaAzAM ca\line yasta\'e3e"d"AeBayaM s$ah"\line ivanaAzAena ma\{tyauM taItvaAR\line s$amBaUtyaAma\{tama\'b4auta
e
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sambh\'fcti\'e0 ca vin\'e4\'e7a\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yas tad vedobhaya\'e0 saha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vin\'e4\'e7ena m\'e5tyu\'e0 t\'e9rtv\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sambh\'fcty\'e4m\'e5tam a\'e7nute.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambh\'fctim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the eternal Personality of Godhead, His
 transcendental Name, Form, Pastimes, Qualities, Paraphernalia, and the variegatedness of His abode, etc; }{\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 vin\'e4\'e7am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the temporary material manifestation of demigods, man, animals,
 etc., along with their false name, fame, etc.; }{\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; }{\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 \'97as they are; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tad}{\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 veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97knows; }{\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; }{\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 \'97along with; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7ena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97everything liable to be vanquished; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5tyum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9rtv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97surpassing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambh\'fcty\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the 
eternal Kingdom of God; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deathlessness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7nute}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enjoys.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One should know perfectly well about the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental Name, as well as the temporary material creatio
n 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700518IP.LA 13-15\line BTG 1968}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 Brahm\'e4, the chief living being within this material world, may continue his
 life 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, a
nd, if they have life then they grow, create generations, then dwindle gradually, and at last are annihilated. By that law even the Brahm\'e4s (there are millions of Brahm\'e4s in different universes\'97each one bigger than the last) are all liable to de
ath, either today or tomorrow. Therefore, the whole material world is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Martya-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the place of de
ath.
\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Vedas, Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.7.61]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we have information. that Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the P
ersonality of Godhead, possesses different energies, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , superior, and }{\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 , or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inferior. The material energy in which we are at present involved is called the }{\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 , inferior, energy; and the material creation is made possible by such energy. But there is another, superior energy called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4-\'e7akti
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , where everything is different from this material inferior Nature. That nature is the eternal or deathless creation of the Lord. }{\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]
\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. These 
planets exist only during the lifetime of Brahm\'e4. Some lower planets, however, are vanquished after the end of one day of Brahm\'e4, and they are again recreated during the next daytime of Brahm\'e4. 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 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satya, Tret\'e4, Dv\'e4para, Kali}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) make a duration of twenty-two thousand years and five months in terms of the lime of these upper planets. Such a length of time multiplied by one thousand is one day of Brahm\'e4,
 and one night of Brahm\'e4 is the same. With such days and nights accumulating into months and years, Brahm\'e4's 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Martya-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system\'97which includes this Earth and many planets below the Earth\'97are all merged into devastating water during the nighttime of Brahm\'e4. During thi
s time no living beings or species of life remain manifested, although spiritually they continue to exist. This non-manifested stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And again, when the entire universe is vanquished at the end of Brahm\'e4's lifetime, there is an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state. But beyond these two non-manifested states there is another, spiritual atmosphere or nature, where there is a great number of spiritual planets, existing eternally even when all the planets with
in this material universe are vanquished. The cosmic manifestation within the jurisdiction of the various Brahm\'e4s is a display of one-fourth the energy of the Lord, and this energy is called inferior. The spiritual nature beyond the jurisdiction of Br
ahm\'e4 is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tri-pada-vibh\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , three-fourths the energy of the Lord, and is the superior energy, 
or }{\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 .
\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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He can be approached only by unqualified dev
otional service, and not by anything else, such as the processes 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  (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  (mysticism), much less that of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (fruitive work). }{\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  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karmis}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or fruitive workers, can elevate themselves to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svarga-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  planets, including the Sun and the Moon. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4nins}{\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  can reach still higher planets, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Brahma-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; and, becoming still more qualified by devotional service, they are allowed to enter into the spiritual nature, either in the illuminating cosmic atmosphere of the spi
ritual sky (the }{\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 ), or on the planets, according to qualification. It is certain, however, that no 
one can enter into the spiritual planets called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  without being trained in devotional serv
ice.
\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 Brahm\'e4 down to the ant is trying to lord it over material Nature, and this is called the mate
rial disease. As 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 he has to endure the unmanifested condition during the two ki
nds of devastations: the night of Brahm\'e4, and at the end of Brahm\'e4's 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 Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba by His plenary expansions is the dominating Figure on each and every one of 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 Gop\'e4la-t\'e4pan\'e9 Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \'93In the {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-t\'e4pany-upa
ni\'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 Purva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  21, we read: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eko va\'e7\'e9 sarva-ga\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba \'e9\'f2ya\'f9 \line eko \'91pi san bahudh\'e4 yo \'91vabh\'e4ti 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93\'91\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only Supreme Personality who can bring every being under His sway. He is the Absolute Brahman, omnipresent and without a sec
ond, and the Divine Object of the worship of everyone. Although He is singular, yet by the power of His inconceivable potency He manifests Himself in a myriad of forms and thus performs unlimited variegated pastimes.\'92
\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 Jaiva-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  13.1]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.21]
\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And anyone trying to predominate over material Nature is called a conditioned soul, being s
ubject 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 t
he last portion 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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 spiritual kingd
om 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 devastati
ng power of Nature. But they don't 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 overlook the factual method presented there to pacify material Nature. Powerful Nature can only be pacified by the awakening of God consciousness, as is clearl
y mentioned 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 7.14}{\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 .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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 , however, teaches in 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 that one must know both the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
ambh\'fcti}{\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 vin\'e4\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 perfectly, side by side. By knowing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  alone\'97the temporary material manifestation\'97yo
u 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 can 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 gratification, but that sort of service which thus misleads them is most degraded.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 b
e saved from repeated birth and death you must take to the devotional service of the Lord. There can be no compromise in The matter of necessity.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 15-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Fifteen
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ih"r"Nmayaena paA\'87aeNA\line s$atyasyaAipaih"taM mauKa-\line mta\'d4vaM paUSa\'aaapaAva\{NAu\line s$atyaDamaARya \'e4\{"\'ed"y
ae
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hira\'ebmayena p\'e4tre\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 satyasy\'e4pihita\'e0 mukham
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat tva\'e0 p\'fc\'f1ann ap\'e4v\'e5\'ebu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 satya-dharm\'e4ya d\'e5\'f1\'f6aye.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hira\'ebmayena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by effulgence of light; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4tre\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by dazzling covering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat
yasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Supreme Truth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apihitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97covered; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the face; }{\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 covering; }{\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 \'97your Self; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fc\'f1an}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O the Sustainer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ap\'e4v\'e5\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97kindly remove; }{\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 \'97pure; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharm\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto the devotee; }{\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 \'97for exhibiting.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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, Sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering and exhibit
 Yourself to Your pure devotee.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 700518IP.LA 13-15\line BTG 1968}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\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 Lord explains about His Personal rays, called }{\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 \'97the dazzling effulgence of His Personal Form\'97as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am the basis of the impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br
ahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is immortal and imperishable, eternal, the constitutional position of ultimate happiness. (}{\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 14/27}{\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 Brahman, Param\'e4tman}{\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 Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are three angles of vision of the same Absolute Truth. }{\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 the phase of the Absolute Truth most perceptible to the beginner. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the phase of the Absolute Truth for those who have progressed. 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  is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth. This is confirmed 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 [7.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , where the Lord says that He is the ultimate concept of the Absolute Truth. He is the source of }{\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 , as well as of the all-pervading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  feature. As He says that He is the ultimate reservoir of 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 , or impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth, so also 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.42] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97He maintains the complet
e material cosmic creation. And in the Spiritual World also He maintains all manifestations. Therefore, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ruti 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 , He is addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fc\'f1an}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is always full with transcendental bliss. When He was present at V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
in India 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, Buka, P\'fctan\'e4 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 every one of His associates was enjoying celestial bliss by His stealing. The Lord is known as the Butter Thief, but the term is never used in a dero
gatory 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 V\'e5nd\'e4vana was for the pleasure of His associates there. Such manifestations w
ere created by Him to attract the dry speculators in the transcendental line, as well as the acrobats of the so-called }{\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  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, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.12.11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  of bliss, Who is worshiped as the Supreme 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 }
{\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 , calmness, }{\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 , friends
hip, }{\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 , paternal affection, 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.
\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4van
a-dhama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and so it may be asked how He manages the affairs of His different creations. This is answered 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 [13.14-18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : He pervades all the material creation by His plenary part, known as t
he }{\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  incarnation. The Lord has nothing to do with material creation, maintenance and destruction,
 but He causes it to be done by His plenary expansion, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or Supersoul feature. Every liv
ing entity is known as }{\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 , soul. The principal }{\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 , Who controls them all, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Supersoul.
\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 }{\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 , the Lord. The impersonal transce
ndentalists are simply bewildered by the glaring effulgence of 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 . If one wants to see the 
Absolute Truth in full, one has to penetrate beyond the twenty-four material elements and the glaring effulgence as well. }{\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  hints at this direction, praying for removal of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hira\'ebmaya-p\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the dazzling covering. Unless this covering is removed, and unless one can perceive the 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  feature of the Personality of Godhead is one of three plenary expansions, collectively called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-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 Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  within the universe (one of the thr
ee principal deities\'97Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and \'c7iva) is known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'f1\'e9rodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . He is the all-pervading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in each and every individual living entity. And the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Garbhodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the collective Supersoul of all living entities. Beyond these two 
there is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ra\'ebodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lying in the Causal Ocean. He is the Creator of a
ll the universes. 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 teaches the serious student to meet such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattvas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  after overcoming the twenty-four material elements of cosmic creation. The culture of empiric philosophy helps one
 to realize the impersonal }{\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 , which is the glaring effulgence of the transcendental body of Lo
rd \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  }{\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 14.27}{\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\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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . This 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  is the Personal ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Whom I do worship. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This mantra of 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  is the position of factual realization of the Absolute Truth, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ruti mantra}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  under discussion is a confirmation of 
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  as a process of realization. It is a simple, prayer to the Lord to remove the \chftn{
\*\footnote\chftn {\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-jyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  effulgence is described in detail in several }{\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  of the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (2.2.10\'9612):}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 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 }{\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 root 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  is Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in scriptures such 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  the science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is perfectly elaborated. 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 , the author, \'c7r\'e9la Vyasadeva, has established b
y realization that the Supreme Truth is described either as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, Param\'e4tman}{\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 Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But he has never said that the Supreme Truth is anywhere described as }{\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 ordinary living entity. Therefore the living entity is not the all powerful Supreme Truth. Otherwise, there would be no need of pr
ayer by the entity for the Lord to remove the dazzling cover in order to see His 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 }{\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 realized. Similarly, when there is realization of the material potencies of the Lord, with little or no information 
of the spiritual potency, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  realization. Therefore, both }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  realization of the Absolute Truth are partial realizations. But when one realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in full potency after the removal of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hira\'ebmaya-p\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as is prayed for in 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 , then he realizes 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 :  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as Vasudeva, is everything\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, Param\'e4tman}{\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 Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is }{\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 root, and }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [6.46-47] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a comparative, analysis of the three gr
ades of transcendentalists, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the worshipers of the 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 , the }{\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 , or worshipers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  feature, and }{\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 devotees of 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 G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that amongst all types of transcendentalists, one who is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who has cultured the Vedic knowledge, is supreme. Yet the }{\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 are still more than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nins}{\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  yogis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are far superior to fruitive workers as well. And amongst all kinds of }{\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 , "the one who constantly serves the Lord with all his energy is topmost."
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 
}{\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 , one who is following }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bha
kti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord, is the highest. }{\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  directs us toward this perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 16-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Sixteen
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub paUSa\'aaaek(SaeR yama s$aUyaR \'91aAjaApatya\line vyaUh" r"zmaIna, s$amaUh"\line taejaAe ya\'d4ae \'e8&paM k(lyaANAtamaM\line t
a\'d4ae pazyaAima yaAe's$aAvas$aAE pau\'e7&Sa: s$aAe'h"maisma
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'fc\'f1ann ekar\'f1e yama s\'fcrya pr\'e4j\'e4patya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vy\'fcha ra\'e7m\'e9n sam\'fcha teja\'f9 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yatte r\'fcpa\'e0 kaly\'e4\'ebatama\'e0 tatte pa\'e7y\'e4mi 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yo 's\'e4vasau puru\'f1a\'f9 so 'hamasmi.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fc\'f1an}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Maintainer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'e5\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the primeval Philosopher; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yama}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the regulating principal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fcrya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the destination of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub S\'fcris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  (great devotees); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4j\'e4patya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the well-wisher of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Praj\'e4patis}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  (progenitors of Mankind); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'fcha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97kin
dly arrange; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ra\'e7m\'e9n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the rays; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sam\'fcha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wind up; }{\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 \'97effulgence; }{\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 \'97that; }{\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; }{\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 \'97form; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaly\'e4\'eba-tamam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97auspicious; }{\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 te}{\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 pa\'e7y\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I may see; }{\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 \'97one who is; }{\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 \'97the sun; }{\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 \'97that; }{\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 \'97Personality of Godhead; }{\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; }{\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; }{\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.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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, O primeval Philosopher, Maintainer of the universe, O regulating Principle, Destination of the pure devotees, Well-wisher o
f 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 BTG 1968}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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's rays are one and the same qualitatively. Similarly, the Lord and the living entities are one and the same in qual
ity. The Sun is one, but the molecules of the Sun's rays are innumerable. The Sun's 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 supreme spirit
ual planet, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4van}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , from which the effulgent }{\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, there is the eternal Lord, as is stated in the }{\cs3545\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\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 transcendental Abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the land of touchstones, of which the houses are built, sh
aded 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the }{\cs3545\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 Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is described there as the supreme rays from that planet, just as the Sun's rays come from the Sun globe. Unless one surpasses 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  glare, one cannot have any information of the land of the Lord. The impersonalist philosopher, being blinded by the dazzling }{\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 , cannot realize the factual Abode of the Lord, nor His transcendental form. Affected by such a poor fund of knowledge, the thinkers cannot unders
tand the all blissful transcendental form of Lord 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 , therefor
e, offers this prayer to the Lord to remove the effulgent rays of 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 , so that the pure devo
tee can see His all-blissful transcendental form. 
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By realization of the impersonal}{\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 , one experiences the auspicious aspect of the Supreme; by experience of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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 feat
ure 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 }{\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 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 }{\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 , when the devotee sees the personal aspect of the Lord and His mo
st auspicious eternal form, then the devotee realizes the Absolute Truth in full. \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata-sandarbha}{\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 The complete conception of the Absolute Truth is realized in the Personality of Godhead, because, He is Almig
hty, with full potency in transcendence. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub the full potency of the Absolute Truth is no
t realized, and therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  realization is only partial realization of the Personality of Godhead. 
O learned sages, the first letter of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  is twice significant: first in the sense of "on
e who fully maintains," and second in the sense of "guardian." The second letter\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub means guide, le
ader or creator. The letter }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub va}{\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 ba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ) means that every being lives in Him, and He also lives in every being. In other words, the transcendental sound }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  represents the infinite knowledge, potency, energy, opulence, strength and influence, all without any tinge of material inebrieties.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 Le
ader 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 
supermost spiritual planet, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4van}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As Creator, He can create all the necessary qualificat
ions 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 \s1207 \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 }{\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 , and it is in these forms that He maintains the features of the material manifestation. By such expansions does He create, maintain and an
nihilate the cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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, imitati
ng 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 stirre
d 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P
aram\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supersoul, which is one of the }{\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 .
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 }{\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 , and the controlling Lord, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul and the Supersoul. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the cont
roller, and }{\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  is controlled; therefore they cannot be on the same level. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  fully cooperates with the }{\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 , and thus He is known as the constant companion of the living being.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 fr
om Which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (living force) is generated\'97as both the conditioned and the liberated so
uls\'97is known as }{\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 . 
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tman}{\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 Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and therefore He is the 
Origin of all living entities, and all else that exists. 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 }{\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  feature or the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Param\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  feature of the Lord, cannot appreciate the activities of such perfect devotees. But the Lord always helps such pure devotees by supplying necessary knowledge within their hearts, and by His special fav
or He dissipates all the darkness of ignorance. This the philosophers 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  cannot imagine, because t
hey more or less depend on their own strength. As is stated in the }{\cs3545\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.23}{\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 Lord can be known only t
o those whom He favors, and not to anyone else. And such special favors are, bestowed upon His pure devotees only. }{\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  here, indicates such favor of the Lord, beyond the purview of 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 .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 17-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Seventeen
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub vaAyaur"inalamama\{ta-\line maTaedM" BasmaAntaM zAr"Ir"-\line maAe"M \'82(taAe smar" k\{(taM smar"\line \'82(taAe smar" k\{(taM 
smar"
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4yur anilam am\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 atheda\'e0 bhasm\'e4nta\'e0 \'e7ar\'e9ram
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 om krato smara k\'e5ta\'e0 smara
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 krato smara k\'e5ta\'e0 smara.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4yu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97air of life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anilam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97total reservoir of air; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5tam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indestructible; }{\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 \'97now; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhasm\'e4ntam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97after being turned into ashes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ram}{\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 om}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub krato}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Enjoyer of all sacrifices; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please remember; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all that has been done by me; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please remember; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub krato}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Beneficiary; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
please remember; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all that I have done for You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please remember.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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, please rememb
er all my sacrifices, and because You are the ultimate Beneficiary, please remember all that I have done for You.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 BTG 1968}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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. 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 [2.20] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub it is clearly said that after the destruction of the 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, i
t is the material dress which is formless, and which takes a shape 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 }{\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  Seventeen of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opan
i\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the principle is supported that the living entity exists after the annihilation 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 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\'97that of a hog. Similarly, the tiger has such a body that it can live by enjoying 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.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material bodies of all animals and men are foreign to the living entity, 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, from 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 }{\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 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 : 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's activities are performed within the body by movements of different kinds of air, and this is called, in sum, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eba-v\'e4yu}{\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 yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-randhra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or
 highest circle of air. Then the perfect }{\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 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 when the living entity is able to give up this material body altogether, as is suggested in 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 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 Brahm\'e4 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 demig
od. 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 }{
\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 , surrenders 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, c
alled V\'e4sudeva. But even after attaining knowledge in the matter of one's 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 ha
s to fall down again into the material atmosphere, even after having become one with 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 .
\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-jyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  emanating from the transcendental body of the Lord is full of spiritual sparks. The spiritual sparks being individual identities with the full sense of existence, sometimes desire to become the enjoyers of the senses, and t
hus they are given places in the material world to become false lords, under the dictation of the senses. This sense of over-lordship is the material disease of the living being, and under the spell of such sense enjoyment he transmigrates through the di
fferent shapes of body manifested in the material world. The sense of becoming one with 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  
is not, therefore, mature knowledge. The sense of surrendering 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 }{\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 living entity prays to enter into the spiritual Kingdom of God after relinquishing the material body and the material air. The devotee prays to the Lord to remember his activities and the sacrifices he has performed, no
w 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 ultimate goal. One who is completely under the rules of material law remembers the heinous activities performe
d during the existence of his material body, and therefore he gets another material body after death. 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8.6}{\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  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's 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 }{\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 9.30-34}{\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 . \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur explains 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  verses 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 "loose character." 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 development, 
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 connection
 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 devotional s
ervice. And as 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 t
he 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 advancement of s
elf realization. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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 G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Itself, 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 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 Kunt\'e9, it is My promise that My devotee will never perish. O son of P\'e5th\'e4, anyone who will take shelter in Me, whether a woman or a merchan
t or born in a low family, can yet approach the Supreme Destination. How much greater then are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub , 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 surrender unto Me. Completely absorbed in Me, surely will you come to Me. (}{\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 , IX/30-34)
\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 }{\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  feature of the Lord. They can neither penetrate 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 , as is suggested in the previous }{\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 , 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, as is confirmed 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  in the Twelfth Chapter }{\b0\i0\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 \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 }{\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  can easi
ly 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 \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\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 L
ord,\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 unto the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. By hearing only, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it, the hero 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 , achieved the desired result.\line 2. Just by glorifying the Lord, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the 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 , achieved his perfection.\line 3. By praying, Akr\'fcra achieved the desired result.\line 4. By remembering
, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j achieved the desired result.\line 5. By worshiping, P\'e5thu Mah\'e4r\'e4j achieved perfection.\line 6. By serving the Lotus Feet of the Lord, the Goddess of Fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, achieved perfection.\line 7. By personal serv
ice to the Lord, Hanuman achieved the desired result.\line 8. By friendship, Arjuna achieved the result.\line 9. By surrendering everything that he had, Mah\'e4r\'e4j 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 }{\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 of practically 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 of the Vedic h
ymns is summarized 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 then again they are properly 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 . }{\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 the mature fruit of the Vedic tree of wisdom. 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 particular }{\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 explaine
d in the questions and answers of Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9 \'c7ukadeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 }{\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 heard by Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9ksit and chanted by Gosv\'e4m\'e9 \'c7ukadeva. Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it enquired from \'c7ukadeva because \'c7ukadeva was a greater spiritual master than any great }{\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  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 Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it's question was, "What is the duty of every man, specifically 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 answer by Gosv\'e4m\'e9 \'c7ukadeva 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. }{\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 2.1.5}{\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 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's existence in so many 
ways, especially by declaring Him to be impersonal-that is, without any sense perception. But in the Vedic literature, whether 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  or 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  or 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 , 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. One should
 therefore not indulge in hearing and speaking of the rubbish activities of worldly politicians and the so-called big men of society, but should so mold his life that not a second is wasted without engagement in godly activities. }{\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  directs us towards such activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 how 
can he pray to the Almighty Lord to remember his sacrifices? 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's lifetime, so that one can utilize the result at
 the time of death.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Iso 18-1969
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mantra Eighteen
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @\'a2ae naya s$aupaTaA r"Ayae @smaAna,\line iva\'ecAina de"va vayaunaAina iva\'e3"Ana,\line yauyaAeDyasma\'c0au\'f2"r"ANAmaenaAe
\line BaUiya\'ef"AM tae namaoi\'b7M( ivaDaema
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 agne naya supath\'e4r\'e4ye asm\'e4n
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'e7v\'e4ni deva vayun\'e4ni vidv\'e4n
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yuyodhy asmaj juhur\'e4\'ebam eno
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bh\'fcyi\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'e0 te nama-ukti\'e0 vidhema.
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O my Lord, powerful like the fire; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub naya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97kindly lead me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supath\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the right path; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O th
e Omnipotent; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all of us; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97everything including; }{\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 my Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vayun\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all actions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidv\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the knower; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yuyodhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97get me freed from; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ourselves; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub juhur\'e4\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all hindrances on the path; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub enas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all vices; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcyi\'f1\'f6h\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being fallen on the ground; }{\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; }{\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 \'97of obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uktim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97words; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do I act.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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, powerful as the fire, Omnipotent One, now I do offer You all obeisances, falling at Your Feet on the ground. O my Lord, ple
ase lead me on 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 BTG 1968}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 }{\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 real or ultimate aspect of the Absolute is His feature as the Personality of Godhead. His impersonal feature of 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  is a dazzling covering over the face of the Lord. Fruitive activities, or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  path of self realization, is the lowest stage in this endeavor. As soon as such activities become even slightly deviated from the regulative principles 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 , such activities are transformed into }{\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 , or acts against the interest of the actor. Such }{\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 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's high parentage. To be 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 a cha
nce 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 , just as being the son of a big man is a chance to become a big man. But s
uch a birthright is not everything, because one still has to attain the Brahminical qualifications for himself. As soon as one becomes proud of his birth as 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  and neglects to acquire the qualifications of a real }{\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 at once becomes degraded and drawn from the path of self realization, 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [6.41-42] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is assured us by the Lord that the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or souls fallen from the path of self realization, are given a chance for rectification by 
taking birth either in the families of good }{\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 in the families of rich merchants. These a
re the higher chances for self realization: to become a rich man's son, or to become the son of a good }{\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 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 }{\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 [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 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 }{\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  activities there are many sinful actions, and in }{\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 , the path of philosophical development, the number of such actions is less. But in devotional service, to the Lord, 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 , there is practically no chance of sinful reactions. One who is a devotee of the Lord attains all the good qu
alifications of the Lord Himself, not to mention becoming 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 devotee automatically attai
ns the qualifications of an expert }{\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  authorized to perform sacrifices, even though such a de
votee may not have taken his 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 . Such is the omnipotence of the Lord
 that He can make 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  as degraded as a lowborn dog-eater, and He
 can also make a lowborn dog-cuter more than a qualified }{\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 on the strength of devoti
onal 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\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 }{\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 \'97acts against the directions 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 \'97the Lord at once rectifies the mistakes o
f 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}{\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 devotee prays to the Lord to rectify him from within his heart. To 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 t
o 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 solved simply by surrendering oneself unto the Lord and acting in terms of the Lord's directions. Such d
irections 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\sb0\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 Vedi
c }{\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 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}{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 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 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 around, is sure to reach the ultimate destination of perfection. The whole process is hinted at in 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  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 , 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  }{\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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus end the Bhaktived\'e4nta Purports to \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, the knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personalit
y of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Iso About the author-1969
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub ABOUT THE AUTHOR
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da was born Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896 in Calcutta. In 1920 he finished his schooling, major
ing in philosophy, English and economics at the University of Calcutta. Soon afterward, Abhay Charan De took up the duties of manager of a large chemical concern. Then in 1922, he met His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat
\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j, the founder of 64 Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Ma\'f6hs in India, Berlin and London. His Divine Grace recently recalled the key to his approaching his spiritual master: "When I first started going to see my Guru Mah\'e4r
\'e4j, he said of me, 'This boy hears very nicely. He does not go away. So I shall make him a disciple.' That was my qualification, or whatever you may call it. I would simply ask when Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j would speak, then I'd sit down and go on hearing. 
I would understand, or not understand; others would disperse, I'd not disperse. So he remarked, 'This boy is interested to hear. Because I was serious in hearing, therefore I am now serious about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which means speaking or preaching. If one has heard nicely, then he will speak nicely."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Allahabad in 1933, Abhay Charan De was formally initiated, and in 1936, just days before Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9's departure from this mortal world, he 
was specifically ordered to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness in the English language to the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da has told us that at first he did not take the mission given to him by his spiritual master with the
 utmost seriousness. But then he was reading a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  commentary by \'c7r\'e9la Bhak
tivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, who was the father of Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 and the pioneer of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness movement in the modern age. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode has written that just as one cannot separate the body from the soul whi
le in this conditioned state, so the disciple cannot separate the spiritual master's order from his very life. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da took these words seriously, and gradually his whole life became dedicated to carrying out the orders of his Guru Mah
\'e4r\'e4j. In 1959 he look }{\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 in 1965, at t
he advanced age of 70, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da arrived in New York City to fulfill his master's sacred mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One must try to understand that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is neither an Indian author nor Indian culturist nor Hindu sectarian. The first teaching 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  is that no one is Indian, no one is American\'97our real self is beyond this tempora
ry bodily designation; our permanent identity, eternal, blissful and full of knowledge, is with the Supreme Personality of Godhead as His eternal servant; and our position is to be situated beyond the material universes in the spiritual planets, within t
he spiritual sky. This is the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To think, "I am American," "I am Russian," etc. is our disease, and is due to forgetfulness of our eternal nature as spirit soul. Unfortunately, under the spell of 
illusion, every embodied creature is satisfied with his present material body. Even the worm in the stool is thinking, "I am all right." Despite so many disadvantages and miseries, all living entities are engaged in satisfying their senses and are thinki
ng it is all right. Therefore when 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  comes with the transcendental message, call
ing the souls back to home, back to Godhead, they do not want to come out of material encagement. Often, people prefer to be encouraged in illusion and therefore pay fees to learn that they are God or equal to God in all respects and thus "free" to go on
 "enjoying" material life of sense gratification. So we see }{\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 teachers advertis
ing that they will improve one's material facilities. They overlook the fact that elimination of sense gratification is the first step in the standard }{\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  or transcendental system. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da does not encourage unrestricted sense gratification, or the belief that one is God, or that God is impersonal or void. He is 
passing on, as it is, the information from Vedic literature, that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a Person and that devotional service unto Him is the perfection of all purificatory processes. 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  is recognized as the Supreme Lord, 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  confirms the Personality of Godhead as the anti-material Supreme Controller and the only Enjoyer. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktived
\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da is teaching surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the living example of the saintly person pointed to in all Vedic literature who is personally free from all material contamination and 
active in spiritual understanding. He is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious personality who is so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who understands that the highest welfare is not to pose oneself as the friend of humanity, but to teach that God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the 
dear-most Friend Who alone is capable of alleviating the misery of each and every living entity. His Divine Grace is teaching what is really common sense to our intelligence, but we are so bewildered by the glitter of the material nature that we are dist
racted from his message. He is simply canvassing for God on the order of his spiritual master. Once \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was asked, "Are you an incarnation of God?" "No," he answered, "I am servant of God." Then he paused and went on, "Not exactly s
ervant. To be servant of God is not an ordinary thing." The servants or devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so great that they are beyond the desire to merge with God. Sometimes, in their intimate association and exchange with God, they even become "greater" 
than Him, as when He allows some devotee to become His mother or lover. Prabhup\'e4da's mission is not less than to distribute this topmost love of God to all persons. It is stated in the Vedic literature that a small man wants to make only himself happy
, a somewhat bigger man wants to make his family or his country happy, but the great man wants to make all persons happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace produces his books by speaking them on a dictaphone. He is presently working on five books at once. These books are a matter of realization. As he 
has said, "When you become self-realized you automatically write volumes of books." And one of the qualifications of a devotee is that he is poetic. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is always immersed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba by speaking, dictating, singing about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's Glories, preaching formally at meetings or planning the expansion of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness movement. In the Seventh Chapter, it is stated that out of thousands of men few seek perfection, and out of the thousands who attain per
fection hardly one knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also declares in the Eighteenth Chapter that the dearmost devotee of all is he who spreads the teaching of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Never will there be one dearer to Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace's spiritual master, Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, once drew a picture of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub m\'e5danga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a drum used on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and, beside it, a printing press. he said that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5danga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  can be heard for several blocks, but that the press can be heard around the world. He therefore called the printing press "the big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5danga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." For the purpose of world-wide service to humanity, ISKCON Press has been established, for the exclusive printing of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1968, Macmillan published }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad G\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  translated with commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. 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 the gist of the entire Vedic literature. Just this one book can free anyone from the clutches of material nature and fix one in eternal loving service unto \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, the Personality of Godhead. As originally written by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the manuscript of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad G\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is many times larger than the Macmillan version. Publication of this original expanded version is being undertaken by ISKCON. Another important published literature by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is his }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This book outlines the precepts of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Golden Avatar Wh
o appeared in India 500 years ago and propagated 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 the means of G
od realization for the present age. A book called }{\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 , an authorized summary s
tudy of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\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 , has just been published. 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is presently, writing a several volume work called }{\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 , whic
h contains all of the Pastimes of the Supreme Lord when present on this planet 5000 years ago. Translations are also underway of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras, Caitanya-carit\'e4m
\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and his 12 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 . The literatures compiled by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da are authorized by the disciplic succession, which is descending from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da'
s whole life mission is to faithfully pass on the original understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness without distortion. According to the Vedic literature this descending process is the only way to realization of the Absolute Truth, since the Absolut
e Truth is beyond the reach of our mundane speculation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author is not a retired personality, despite his prodigious literary output. He personally and very intimately guides his disciples through the most practical p
roblems of daily life. Spiritual life is practical and, due to the predominent material atmosphere of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali-yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , often problematic. As spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da is the last recourse and the ultimate standard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness, and he writes some twenty-five letters a day to lea
ders and students of his various worldwide centers. He himself resides in no one place but travels from center to center and regularly lectures. The spiritual master is responsible for his devotees; when he accepts a sincere soul as his disciple, he prom
ises to take him back home, back to Godhead. No one should think, "Oh, everyone is taking a spiritual master; let me take one." The spiritual master as a style or as a pet is useless. Rather, his order is to be taken as one's life and soul. By taking she
lter at the feet of 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  and serving him twenty-four hours a day, the fallen soul c
an be lifted to the spiritual sky. It is said that if the spiritual master is pleased, then one can make great advances in spiritual life. And one pure convinced devotee can make many pure devotees by his example and teachings. Those serious students wit
h an understanding of the absolute value of the spiritual platform of life therefore honor the spiritual master with the honor due to God because 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 transparent via medium or representative of God and is distributing unalloyed love of God. The intelligent reader is invited to take to this philosophy with the utmost seriousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Iso Glossary-1969
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GLOSSARY
\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 The Nectar of Instruction - 19
76 Edition
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI Front pages
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Front pages
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ELEVEN LESSONS IN THE ANCENT SCIENCE OF BHAKTI-YOGA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Across five centuries and half the globe comes this compact guidebook of essential spiritual teachings. How to choose 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 , how to 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 , even where to live\'97you'll find it all in this invaluable work originally written in Sanskrit by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the greatest spiritual genius of medieval India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now translated and illuminated by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's modern successor, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Instruction}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the key to enlightenment for all seekers on the path of spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS by\line His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is\line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Cantos 1-8 (24 Vols.)\line \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta (17 Vols.)\line Teachings of Lord
 Caitanya \line The Nectar of Devotion \line The Nectar of Instruction \line \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\line Easy Journey to Other Planets\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad (3 Vols.)\line Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers\line Dialectic Spiritualism\'97A Vedic View of Western Philosophy (3 Vols.)\line Transcendental Teachings of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line Life Comes fro
m Life\line The Perfection of Yoga\line Beyond Birth and Death\line On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: The King of Knowledge\line Elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Matchless Gift\line Back t
o Godhead Magazine (Founder)
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A complete catalog is available upon request
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness\line 3764 Watseka Avenue\line Los Angeles, California 90034
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the cover: 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 \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 at the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India.
\par }\pard {\b\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 All Glory to \'c7r\'e9 Guru and Gaur\'e4\'ecga
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF INSTRUCTION
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An Authorized English Presentation of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 }{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta}{\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with the original Sanskrit text, \line roman transliterations, synonyms, \line translations and elaborate purports by
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\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. Bhaktived
\'e4nta 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 Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BHAKTIVED\'c4NTA BOOK TRUST\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N
ew York - Los Angeles. London. Bombay
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Readers interested in the subject matter \line of this book are invited by \line the International Society for Krishn
a Consciousness \line to correspond with its Secretary.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub International Society \line for Krishna Consciousness \line 3764 Watseka Avenue \line Los Angeles, California 90034
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'a9 1975 Bhaktived\'e4nta Book Trust\line All Rights Reserved\line Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-39755
 \line International Standard Book Number: 0-912776-85-4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First printing, 1975: 10,000 copies \line Second printing, 1976: 100,000 copies
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Printed in the United States of America
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI Preface
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is conducted under the supervision of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. The Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or Bengali Vai
\'f1\'ebavas, are mostly followers of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, of whom the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are direct disciples. Therefore \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has sung:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'fcpa-raghun\'e4tha-pade ha-ibe \'e4kuti\line kabe h\'e4ma bujhaba se yugala-p\'e9riti\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 L\'e4las\'e4may\'e9 }{\b0\i\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When I am eager to understand the literature given by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental lovin
g affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba." \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appeared in order to bestow upon human society the benediction of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The most exalted of all the activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are His pastimes
 of conjugal love with the }{\cs2873\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\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appeared in the mood of \'c7
r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the best of the }{\cs2873\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  Therefore, to understand the miss
ion of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and follow in His footsteps, one must very seriously follow in the footsteps of the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s\'97\'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa, San\'e4tana, Bha\'f6\'f6a Raghun\'e4tha, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a a
nd D\'e4sa Raghun\'e4tha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was the leader of all the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, and to guide our activities he gave us this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta}{\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 The Nectar of Instruction}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) to follow. As \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu left behind Him the eight verses known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik
\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\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  R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gave us }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so that we may become pure Vai\'f1\'ebavas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In all spiritual affairs, one's first duty is to control his mind and senses. Unless one controls his mind and senses, one cannot make any advancement in spiritual 
life. Everyone within this material world is engrossed in the modes of passion and ignorance. One must promote himself to the platform of goodness, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by following the instructions of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and then everything concerning how to make further progress will be revealed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness depends on the attitude of the follower. A follower of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement should become a perfect
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vai\'f1\'ebavas are generally known as }{\cs2873\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  In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, this is the title by which the director of each temple is known. One who wants to b
ecome a perfect devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba must become a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Go means "the sense
s," and }{\cs2873\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  means "the master." Unless one controls his senses and mind, one canno
t become a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To achieve the highest success in life by becoming a }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and then a pure devotee of the Lord, one must follow the instructions known as }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which have been given by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'c7r\'e9l
a R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given many other books, such as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  constitutes the first instructions for neophyte devotees. One should follow these instructions very stric
tly. Then it will be easier to make one's life successful. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2057 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs48\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub September 20, 1975\line Vi\'e7var\'fcpa-mahotsava\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Mandira\line Rama\'eba-reti\line V\'e5nd\'e4vana
, India
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 1
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT ONE
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub vaAcaAe vaegAM manas$a: \'82(AeDavaegAM\line ija\'f9"AvaegAmaud"r"AepasTavaegAma,\line WtaAna, vaegAAna, yaAe ivaSahe"ta DaIr":
\line s$avaARmapaImaAM pa\{iTavaI%M s$a izASyaAta,
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4co vega\'e0 manasa\'f9 krodha-vega\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jihv\'e4-vegam udaropastha-vegam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 et\'e4n veg\'e4n yo vi\'f1aheta dh\'e9ra\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sarv\'e4m ap\'e9m\'e4\'e0 p\'e5thiv\'e9\'e0 sa \'e7i\'f1y\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97of speech; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vegam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97urge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manasa\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub krodha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a
nger; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vegam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub urge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jihv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the tongue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vegam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97urge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udara-upastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the belly and genitals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vegam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97urge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et\'e4n}{\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 veg\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97urges; }{
\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 \'97whoever; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
vi\'f1aheta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub can tolerate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e9ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sober; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarv\'e4m}{\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 api}{\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 im\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5thiv\'e9m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97world; }{\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 \'97that personality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7i
\'f1y\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97can make disciples.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and gen
itals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  3.6p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.1.9-10}{\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  Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja placed a number of intelligent questions before \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. One of these questions was: "Why do 
people undergo atonement if they cannot control their senses?" For instance, a thief may know perfectly well that he may be arrested for his stealing, and he may actually even see a thief arrested by the police, yet he continues to steal. Experience is g
athered by hearing and seeing. One who is less intelligent gathers experience by seeing, and one who is more intelligent gathers experience by hearing. When an intelligent person hears from the lawbooks and }{\cs2873\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, that stealing is not good and hears that a thief is punished when arrested, he refrains from theft. A less intell
igent person may first have to be arrested and punished for stealing to learn to stop stealing. However, a rascal, a foolish man, may have the experience of both hearing and seeing and may even be punished, but still he continues to steal. Even if such a
 person atones and is punished by the government, he will again commit theft as soon as he comes out of jail. If punishment in jail is considered atonement, what is the benefit of such atonement? Thus Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquired:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6a-\'e7rut\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 yat p\'e4pa\'e0\line j\'e4nann apy \'e4tmano 'hitam\line karoti bh\'fcyo viva\'e7a\'f9
\line pr\'e4ya\'e7cittam atho katham\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kvacin nivartate 'bhadr\'e4t\line kvacic carati tat puna\'f9\line pr\'e4ya\'e7cittam atho 'p\'e4rtha\'e0\line manye ku\'efjara-
\'e7aucavat}{\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.10
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He com}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pared atonement to an elephant's bathing. The ele
phant may take a very nice bath in the river, but as soon as it comes onto the bank, it throws dirt all over its body. What, then, is the value of its bathing? Similarly, many spiritual practitioners chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 at the same time commit many forbidden things, thinking that their chanting will counteract their
 offenses. Of the ten types of offenses one can commit while chanting the holy name of the Lord, this offense is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4mno bal\'e4d yasya hi p\'e4pa-buddhi\'f9}{
\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  committing sinful activities on the strength of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  Similarly, certain Christians go to church to confess their sins, thinking that confessing their
 sins before a priest and performing some penance will relieve them from the results of their weekly sins. As soon as Saturday is over and Sunday comes, they again begin their sinful activities, expecting to be forgiven the next Saturday. This kind of }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ya\'e7citta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or atonement, is condemned by Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the most intelligent
 king of his time. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, equally intelligent, as befitting the spiritual master of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, answered the King and confirmed that his statement concerning atonement was correct. A sinful activity cannot be counte
racted by a pious activity. Thus real }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ya\'e7citta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  atonement, is the awakening of our dorman
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real atonement involves coming to real knowledge, and for this there is a standard process. When one follows a regulated hygienic proc
ess, he does not fall sick. A human being is meant to be trained according to certain principles to revive his original knowledge. Such a methodical life is described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tap
asya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One can be gradually elevated to the standard of real knowledge, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, by practicing austerity and celibacy (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), by controlling the mind, by controlling the senses, by giving up one's possessions in charity, by being avowedly t
ruthful, by keeping clean and by practicing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-\'e4sanas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  However, if one is fortunate enough to
 get the association of a pure devotee, he can easily surpass all the practices for controlling the mind by the mystic }{\cs2873\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 simply by following the regulative principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97refraining from illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling\'97and by engaging in the service of the Supreme Lord under the di
rection of the bona fide spiritual master. This easy process is being recommended by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First one must control his speaking power. Every one of us has the power of speech; as soon as we get an opportunity we begin to speak
. If we do not speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we speak about all sorts of nonsense. A toad in a field speaks by croaking, and similarly everyone who has a tongue wants to speak, even if all he has to say is nonsense. The croaking of the toad, 
however, simply invites the snake: "Please come here and eat me." Nevertheless, although it is inviting death, the toad goes on croaking. The talking of materialistic men and impersonalist M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers may be compared to the croaking
 of frogs. They are always speaking nonsense and thus inviting death to catch them. Controlling speech, h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub owever, does not mean self-imposed silence (the external process of }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mauna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), as M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers think. Silence may appear helpful for some time
, but ultimately it proves a failure. The meaning of controlled speech conveyed by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 advocates the positive process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kat
h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , engaging the speaking process in glorifying the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The tongue can thus glorify the name, form}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , qualities and pastimes of the Lord. The preacher of }{\cs2873\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  is always beyond the clutches of death. This is the significance of controlling the urge to speak.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The restlessness or fickleness of the mind (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mano-vega
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is controlled when one can fix his mind on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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.
31) says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like the sun, and }{\cs2873\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 just like darkness. If the sun is present, there is no question of darkness. Similarly, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in the mind, there is no possibility of the mind's being agi
tated by }{\cs2873\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  influence. The yogic process of negating all material thoughts will not help
. To try to create a vacuum in the mind is artificial. The vacuum will not remain. However, if one always thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba best, one's mind will naturally be controlled.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, anger can be controlled. We cannot stop anger altogether, but if we simply become angry with those who blaspheme the Lord o
r the devotees of the Lord, we control our anger in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu became angry with the miscreant brothers Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i, who blasphemed and struck Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu. In His }{\cs2873\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  Lord Caitanya wrote, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub t\'e5\'eb\'e4d api sun\'e9cena}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  taror api sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "One should be humbler th
an the grass and more tolerant than the tree." One may then ask why the Lord exhibited His anger. The point is that one should be ready to tolerate all insults to one's own self, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His pure devotee is blasphemed, a genuine devote
e becomes angry and acts like fire against the offenders. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krodha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  anger, cannot be stopped, but it
 can be applied rightly. It was in anger that Hanum\'e4n set fire to La\'eck\'e4, but he is worshiped as the greatest devotee of Lord R\'e4macandra. This means that he utilized his anger in the right way. Arjuna serves as another example. He was not will
ing to fight, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba incited his anger: "You must fight!" To fight without anger is not possible. Anger is controlled, however, when utilized in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the urges of the tongue, we all experience that the tongue wants to eat palatable dishes. Generally we should not allow the ton
gue to eat according to its choice, but should control the tongue by supplying }{\cs2873\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 dev
otee's attitude is that he will eat only when K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives him }{\cs2873\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  That is the way
 to control the urge of the tongue. One should take }{\cs2873\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 scheduled times and should not e
at in restaurants or sweetmeat shops simply to satisfy the whims of the tongue or belly. If we stick to the principle of taking only }{\cs2873\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 urges of the belly and tongue can be controlled.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a similar manner, the urges of the genitals, the sex impulse, can be controlled when not used unnecessarily. The genitals should be
 used to beget a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious child, otherwise they should not be used. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement encourages marriage not for the satisfaction of the genitals but for the begetting of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children. As soon
 as the children are a little grown up, they are sent to our Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas, where they are trained to become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees. Many such K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children are required, and one who is capable of b
ringing forth K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious offspring is allowed to utilize his genitals.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is fully practiced in the methods of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious control, he can become qualified to be a bona fide spiritual ma
ster.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his }{\cs2873\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  explanation of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9la Bha
ktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura writes that our material identification creates three kinds of urges\'97the urge to speak, the urge or demands of the mind and the demands of the body. When a living entity falls victim to these three types of u
rges, his life becomes inauspicious. One who practices resisting these demands or urges is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasv\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or one who practices austerities. By such }{\cs2873\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  one can overcome victimization by t
he material energy, the external potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we refer to the urge to speak, we refer to useless talking, such as that of the impersonal M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers, or 
of persons engaged in fruitive activities (technically called }{\cs2873\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 of materia
listic people who simply want to enjoy life without restriction. All such talks or literatures are practical exhibitions of the urge to speak. Many people are talking nonsensically and writing volumes of useless books, and all this is the result of the u
rge to speak. To counteract this tendency, we have to divert our talking to the subject of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is explained in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.10-11}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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\'e7ikk\'f1ay\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considere
d 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."
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 '\'eckit
\'e4ni yat\line \'e7\'e5\'ebvanti g\'e4yanti g\'e5\'ebanti s\'e4dhava\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, et
c., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, 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 co
mposed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ion is that only when we talk about devotion
al service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can we refrain from useless nonsensical talk. We should always endeavor to use our speaking power solely for the purpose of realizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for the agitations of the flickering mind, they are divided into two divisions. The first is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avirodha-pr\'e9ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or unrestricted attachment, and the other is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub virodha-yukta-krodha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  anger arising from frustration. Adherence to the philosophy of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, belief in the fruitive 
results of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-v\'e4d\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and belief in plans based on materialistic desires are c
alled }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avirodha-pr\'e9ti. J\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and materialistic planmakers generally
 attract the attention of conditioned souls, but when the materialists cannot fulfill their plans and when their devices are frustrated, they become angry. Frustration of material desires produces anger.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, the demands of the body can be divided into three categories\'97the demands of the tongue, the belly and the genitals. 
One may observe that these three senses are physically situated in a straight line, as far as the body is concerned, and that the bodily demands begin with the tongue. If one can restrain the demands of the tongue by limiting its activities to the eating
 of }{\cs2873\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 urges of the belly and the genitals can automatically be controlled. I
n this connection \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says:
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra avidy\'e4-j\'e4la,     ja\'f2endriya t\'e4he k\'e4la,\line j\'e9ve phele vi\'f1aya-s\'e4gare\line t\'e4'ra madhye 
jihv\'e4 ati,     lobham\'e4y\'e4 sudurmati,\line t\'e4'ke jet\'e4 ka\'f6hina sa\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba ba\'f2a day\'e4maya,     karib\'e4re jihv\'e4 jaya,\line sva-pras\'e4da-anna dila bh\'e4i\line sei ann\'e4m\'e5t
a kh\'e4o,     r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gu\'eba g\'e4o,\line preme \'f2\'e4ka caitanya-nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O Lord! This material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths leading to death. Somehow or other we ha
ve fallen into the ocean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses the tongue is the 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. You have sent th
is nice }{\cs2873\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 help us conquer the tongue; therefore let us take this }{\cs2873\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 our full satisfaction and glorify Your Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and in love call for the help of Lord Caitanya and Prabhu Nity\'e4nanda." }{\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 P
ras\'e4da-sev\'e4ya}{\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 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
]
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are six kinds of }{\cs2873\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  (tastes), and if one is agitated by any one of them, he becomes controlled by the urges of the tongue. Some persons are attracted to the eating of meat, fish, crabs, eggs and other thing
s produced by semina and blood and eaten in the form of dead bodies. Others are attracted by eating vegetables, creepers, spinach or milk products, but all for the satisfaction of the tongue's demands. Such eating for sense gratification\'97including the
 use of extra quantities of spices like chili and tamarind\'97is to be given up by K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons. The use of pan, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub typo should be}
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  h\'e4\'f6aka - }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [cannabis indica]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "made from an intoxicating herb known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e4\'f6aka" }{\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}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g. 5.24.16]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub haritak\'e9}{\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  betel nuts, various spices used in pan-making, tobacco, LSD, marijuana, opium, liquor, coffee and tea is indulged in to fulfill illicit demands. 
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we can practice accepting only remnants of food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is possible to get free from }{\cs2873\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  victimization. Vegetables, grains, fruits, milk products and water are proper foods to offer to
 the Lord, as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself prescribes. However, if one accepts }{\cs2873\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  o
nly because of its palatable taste and thus eats too much, he also falls prey to trying to satisfy the demands of the tongue. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu taught us to avoid very palatable dishes even while eating }{\cs2873\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  If we offer palatable dishes to the Deity with the intention of eating such nice food, we are involved in trying t
o satisfy the demands of the tongue. If we accept the invitation of a rich man with the idea of receiving palatable food, we are also trying to satisfy the demands of the tongue. In }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Antya}{\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 6.227}{\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 stated:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jihv\'e4ra l\'e4lase yei iti-uti dh\'e4ya\line \'e7i\'e7nodara-par\'e4ya\'eba k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4hi p\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That person who runs here and there seeking to gratify his palate and who is always attached to the desires of his stomach and ge
nitals is unable to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated before, the tongue, belly and genitals are all situated in a straight line, and they fall in the same category. Lord Cai
tanya has said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4la n\'e4 kh\'e4ibe \'e4ra bh\'e4la n\'e4 paribe:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Do not dress luxur
iously and do not eat delicious foodstuffs." }{\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 Antya}{\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 6.236}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who suffer from diseases of the stomach must be unable to control the urges of the belly, at least according to this analysi
s. When we desire to eat more than necessary we automatically create many inconveniences in life. However, if we observe fasting days like Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9 and Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, we can restrain the demands of the belly.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the urges of the genitals are concerned, there are two\'97proper and improper, or legal and illicit sex. When a man is p
roperly mature, he can marry according to the rules and regulations of the }{\cs2873\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  a
nd use his genitals for begetting nice children. That is legal and religious. Otherwise, he may adopt many artificial means to satisfy the demands of the genitals, and he may not use any restraint. When one indulges in illicit sex life, as defined by the
 }{\cs2873\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  either by thinking, planning, talking about or actually having sexual inte
rcourse, or by satisfying the genitals by artificial means, he is caught in the clutches of }{\cs2873\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  These instructions apply not only to householders but also to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4g\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or those who are in the renounced order of life. In his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rema-vivarta,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter Seven, \'c7r\'e9 Jagad\'e4nanda Pa\'eb\'f2ita says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vair\'e4g\'e9 bh\'e4i gr\'e4mya-kath\'e4 n\'e4 \'e7unibe k\'e4ne\line gr\'e4mya-v\'e4rt\'e4 n\'e4 kahibe yabe milibe \'e4ne
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svapane o n\'e4 kara bh\'e4i str\'e9-sambh\'e4\'f1a\'eba\line g\'e5he str\'e9 ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 bh\'e4i \'e4siy\'e4cha vana
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yadi c\'e4ha pra\'ebaya r\'e4khite gaur\'e4\'ecgera sane\line cho\'f6a harid\'e4sera kath\'e4 th\'e4ke yena mane
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4la n\'e4 kh\'e4ibe \'e4ra bh\'e4la n\'e4 paribe\line h\'e5dayete r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba sarvad\'e4 sevibe
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear brother, you are in the renounced order of life and should not listen to talk about ordinary worldly things, nor should y
ou talk about worldly things when you meet with others. Do not think of women even in dreams. You have accepted the renounced order of life with a vow that forbids you to associate with women. If you wish to associate with Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, you mus
t always remember the incident of Cho\'f6a Harid\'e4sa and how he was rejected by the Lord. Do not eat luxurious dishes or dress in fine garments, but always remain humble and serve Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba in your h
eart of hearts." }{\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 Prema-vivarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4g\'e9 bh\'e4\'e9 gr\'e4mya-k\'e4th\'e4 n\'e4 sunibe k\'e4ne\line gr\'e4mya-v\'e4rtt\'e4 n\'e4 kahib
e, jabe milibe \'e4na
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My renounced brother, if you sometimes meet with others, do not hear or discuss mundane topics.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svapne o n\'e4 kara bh\'e4\'e9 str\'e9-sambh\'e4\'f1a\'eba\line g\'e5he str\'e9-ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 bh\'e4\'e9 \'e4siy\'e4cha bana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Bhai, do not talk with women, even in dreams. Remember how you have left your wife at home and have come to the forest (\'c7r
\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana) to engage wholeheartedly in bhajana.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yadi c\'e4ha pra\'ebaya r\'e4khite gaur\'e4\'ecgera sane\line cho\'f6a-harid\'e4sera kath\'e4 th\'e4ke yena mane
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub If you desire to repose your love at \'c7r\'e9 Gauracandra's lotus feet, always keep in mind \'c7r\'e9man Mah\'e4prabhu's stern de
alings with Cho\'f6a Harid\'e4sa in this connection.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4la n\'e4 kh\'e4ibe, \'e4ra bh\'e4la n\'e4 paribe\line h\'e5dayete r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba sarvad\'e4 sevibe
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Do not eat opulent food or wear fine clothes, but always render sev\'e4 to \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba within your heart 
of hearts.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 7.3.1-4]
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that one who can control these six items\'97speech, mind, anger, tongue, belly and genitals\'97is to be called a
 }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9. Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means master, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means master of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or senses. Wh
en one accepts the renounced order of life, he automatically assumes the title of }{\cs2873\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  This does not mean that he is the master of his family, community or society; he must be master of his senses. Unless one is master of his senses, he should not be called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,}{\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 go}{\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 d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  servant of the senses. Following in the footsteps of the six
 Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  should fully engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. As opposed to this, the }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go-d\'e4sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  engage in the service of the senses or in the service of the material world. They have 
no other engagement. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has further described the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go-d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ad\'e4nta-go,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to one whose senses are not controlled. An }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ad\'e4nta-go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot become a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs3545\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\nosupersub 7.5.30}{\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 , Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has said
:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matir na k\'e5\'f1\'ebe parata\'f9 svato v\'e4\line mitho 'bhipadyeta g\'e5havrat\'e4n\'e4m\line ad\'e4nta-gobhir vi\'e7at
\'e4\'e0 tamisra\'e0\line puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For those who have decided to continue their existence in this material world for the gratification of their senses, there is no 
chance of becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, not by personal endeavor, by instruction from others or by joint conferences. They are dragged by the unbridled senses into the darkest region of ignorance, and thus they madly engage in what is called 'chewin
g the chewed.' "
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 2
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT TWO
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @tyaAh"Ar": \'91ayaAs$a\'ea\line \'91ajalpaAe inayamaA\'83ah":\line janas$a\'cb\'ff\'ea laAElyaM ca\line Sai\'d1"BaRi\'b7(ivaRna
zyaita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 aty\'e4h\'e4ra\'f9 pray\'e4sa\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prajalpo niyam\'e4graha\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jana-sa\'ecga\'e7 ca laulya\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f1a\'f2bhir bhaktir vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ati-\'e4h\'e4ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97overeating or too muc}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub h collecting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub pray\'e4sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\cb1\nosupersub \'97overendeavoring; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub prajalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97idle talking;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  niyama}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97rules and regulations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'e4graha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97too much attachment to (or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub agraha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97too much neglect of)
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub jana-sa\'ecga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97association with worldly-minded persons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub laulyam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97ardent longing or greed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1
\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97by these six; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub bhakti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 
vina\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'97is destroyed.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub One's devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary 
or collecting more funds than required; (2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain; (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters; (4) practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following 
them and not for the sake 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 consciousness; and
 (6) being greedy for mundane achievements.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  19.157p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is meant for plain living and high thinking. Since all conditioned living beings are under the control of the Lord's th
ird energy, this material world is designed so that one is obliged to work. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has three primary energies, or potencies. The first is called }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'f6ast
ha-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the marginal potency. The third is called }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 external potency. When they are under the control of the internal potency, they display their natural, constitutional activity\'97namely, constant engagement in the devotional service of the Lord. T
his is stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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\nosupersub (9.13)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 e
ngaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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  refers to those who are broad-minded, not cripple-minded. Cripple-minded persons, always engaged in satisfying their senses, sometimes expand their activities in order to do good for others through
 some "ism" like nationalism, humanitarianism or altruism. They may reject personal sense gratification for the sense gratification of others, like the members of their family, community or society\'97either national or international. Actually all this i
s extended sense gratification, from personal to communal to social. This may all be very good from the material point of view, but such activities have no spiritual value. The basis of such activity is sense gratification, either personal or extended. O
nly when a person gratifies the senses of the Supreme Lord can he be called a }{\cs2873\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
, or broad-minded person.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the above-quoted verse from }{\cs2873\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  the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refer to the control of the internal potency, or pleasure potency, of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This pleasure potency is manifested as \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, or Her expansion Lak\'f1m\'e9, 
the goddess of fortune. When the individual }{\cs2873\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 are under the control of the int
ernal energy, their only engagement is the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. This is the position of a }{\cs2873\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  If one is not a }{\cs2873\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  he is a }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dur\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a cripple-minded person. Such mentally crippled }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dur\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are put under the control of the Lord's external potency, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, all living entities within this material world are under the control of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhidaivika-kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (sufferings caused by the 
demigods, such as droughts, earthquakes and storms), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhibhautika-kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (sufferings caused by other living entities like insects or enemies), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhy\'e4tmika-kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (sufferings caused by one's own body and mind, such as mental and physical infirmities). }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Daiva-bh\'fct\'e4tma-hetava\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the conditioned souls, subjected to these three miseries by
 the control of the external energy, suffer various difficulties.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The main problem confronting the conditioned souls is the repetition of birth, old age, disease and death. In the material world o
ne has to work for the maintenance of the body and soul, but how can one perform such work in a way that is favorable for the execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone requires possessions such as food grains, clothing, money and other things necessary for the maintenance of the body, but
 one should not collect more than necessary for his actual basic needs. If this natural principle is followed, there will be no difficulty in maintaining the body.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to nature's arrangement, living entities lower on the evolutionary scale do not eat or collect more than necessary. Cons
equently in the animal kingdom there is generally no economic problem or scarcity of necessities. If a bag of rice is placed in a public place, birds will come to eat a few grains and go away. A human being, however, will take away the whole bag. He will
 eat all his stomach can hold and then try to keep the rest in storage. According to scriptures, this collecting of more than necessary (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) is prohibited. Now the entire world is suffering because of it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Collecting and eating more than necessary also causes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pray\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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 can solve all economic problems. Fortunately, man has been given higher intelligence for the cultivation of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, or the understanding of God, one's relationship with Him, and the ultimate goal of life, love of God. Unfortunately, so-called civilized man, not caring for God realization, utilizes his intelligence to get more than necessary an
d simply eat to satisfy the tongue. 
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By God's arrangement there is sufficient scope for the production of milk and grains for human beings all over the world, but inst
ead of using their higher intelligence to cultivate God consciousness, so-called intelligent men misuse their intelligence to produce many unnecessary and unwanted things. Thus factories, slaughterhouses, brothels and liquor shops are opened. If people a
re advised not to collect too many goods, eat too much or work unnecessarily to possess artificial amenities, they think they are being advised to return to a primitive way of life. Generally people do not like to accept plain living and high thinking. T
hat is their unfortunate position.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is meant for God realization, and the human being is given higher intelligence for this purpose. Those who believe that
 this higher intelligence is meant to attain a higher state should follow the instructions of the Vedic literatures. By taking such instructions from higher authorities, one can actually become situated in perfect knowledge and give real meaning to life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs3545\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\nosupersub (1.2.9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 S\'fcta Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 describes the proper human }{\cs2873\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  in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya\line n\'e4rtho 'rth\'e4yopakalpate\line n\'e4rthasya dharmaik\'e4ntasya\line k\'e4mo l\'e4bh
\'e4ya hi sm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All occupational engagements [}{\cs2873\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 ] are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service [}{\cs2873\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 ] should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first step in human civilization consists of occupational engagements performed according to the scriptural injunctions. The h
igher intelligence of a human being should be trained to understand basic }{\cs2873\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  In human
 society there are various religious conceptions characterized as Hindu, Christian, Hebrew, Mohammedan, Buddhist and so on, for without religion, human society is no better than animal society.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated above (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya
 n\'e4rtho 'rth\'e4yopakalpate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), religion is meant for attaining emancipation, not for getting bread. Sometimes human society manufactures a system of so-called religion aimed
 at material advancement, but that is far from the purpose of true }{\cs2873\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  Religion entail
s understanding the laws of God because the proper execution of these laws ultimately leads one out of material entanglement. That is the true purpose of religion. Unfortunately people accept religion for material prosperity because of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or an excessive desire for such prosperity. True religion, however, instructs people to be s
atisfied with the bare necessities of life while cultivating K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Even though we require economic development, true religion allows it only for supplying the bare necessities of material existence. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e9vasya tattva jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the real purpose of life is to inquire about the Absolute Truth. If our endeavor (}
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pray\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) is not to inquire about the Absolute Truth, we will simply increase our endeavo
r to satisfy our artificial needs. A spiritual aspirant should avoid mundane endeavor.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another impediment is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prajalpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unnecessary talking. When we mix with a few friends, we immediately begin unnecessary talking, sounding just like croaking toads. If we must talk, we should talk about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness movement. Those 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 people simply wast
e their valuable time and energy. In the Western countries old men, retired from active life, play cards, fish, watch television and debate about useless socio-political schemes. All these and other frivolous activities are included in the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prajalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  category. Intelligent persons interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should never take part
 in such activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jana-sa\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to associating with pers
ons not interested 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 (}{\cs2873\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 ). One should always engage in the service of the Lord in the association of the Lord's d
evotees. Association with those engaged in a similar line of business is very conducive to advancement in that business. Consequently materialistic persons form various associations and clubs to enhance their endeavors. For example, in the business world
 we find such institutions as the stock exchange and chamber of commerce. Similarly, we have established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to give people an opportunity to associate with those who have not 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 joining this Society to awaken their dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura writes in his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anuv\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  commentary that too much endeavor to acquire knowledge on the part of mental speculators or dry philosophers falls within the category 
of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (collecting more than needed). According to }{\cs2873\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 endeavor of philosophical speculators to write volumes of books on dry philosophy de
void of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is entirely futile. The work of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who write v
olumes of books on economic development also falls within the category of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
Similarly, those who have no desire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and who are simply interested in possessing more and more material things\'97either in the shape of scientific knowledge or monetary gain\'97are all included under the control of }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karm\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub labor to accumulate more and more money fo
r future generations only because they do not know their future position. Interested only 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 ma
ny incidents that illustrate this point. Once a great }{\cs2873\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  accumulated a vast fortune 
for his sons and grandsons, but later, according to his }{\cs2873\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  he took his birth in a cobb
ler's house located near the building which in his previous life he had constructed for his children. It so happened that when this very cobbler came to his former house, his former sons and grandsons beat him with shoes. Unless the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4
n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  become interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they will simply continue to waste their life in fruitless activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Accepting some of the scriptural rules and regulations for immediate benefit, as utilitarians advocate, is called }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niyama-\'e4graha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and neglecting the rules and regulations of the }{\cs2873\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  which are meant for spiritual development, is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niyama-agraha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4graha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "eagerness to accept," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub agraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "failure to accept." By the addition of either of these two words to the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niyama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  ("rules and regulations"), the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niyam\'e4graha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is formed. Thus }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niyam\'e4graha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has a twofold meaning that is understood according to the particular combinat
ion of words. Those interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should not be eager to accept rules and regulations for economic advancement, yet they should very faithfully accept scriptural rules and regulations for the advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness. They should strictly follow the regulative principles by avoiding illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should also avoid association with M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, who simply blaspheme Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees). }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhukti-k\'e4m\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are interested in material happiness, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti-k\'e4m\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who desire liberation by merging in the existence of the formless Absolute (Brahman), and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhi-k\'e4m\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who desire the perfection of mystic }{\cs2873\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, are classified as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4r\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To associate with such persons is not at all desirable.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Desires to expand the mind by perfecting mystic }{\cs2873\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  merging in the existence of Brahman, or attaining whimsical material prosperity are all included within the category of greed (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laulya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). All attempts to acquire such material benefits or so-called spiritual advancement are impediments on the path 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern warfare waged between capitalists and communists is due to their avoiding the advice of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 regar
ding }{\cs2873\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  Modern capitalists accumulate more wealth than necessary, and the communists,
 envious of their prosperity, want to nationalize all wealth and property. Unfortunately the communists do not know how to solve the problem of wealth and its distribution. Consequently when the wealth of the capitalists falls into the hands of the commu
nists, no solution results. Opposed to these two philosophies, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious ideology states that all wealth belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus unless all wealth comes under the administration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there can be no solution to th
e economic problem of mankind. Nothing can be solved by placing wealth in the hands of the communists or the capitalists. If a hundred-dollar bill is lying on the street, someone may pick it up and put it in his pocket. Such a man is not honest. Another 
man may see the money and decide to let it remain there, thinking that he should not touch another's property. Although this second man does not steal the money for his own purposes, he is unaware of its proper use. The third man who sees the hundred-dol
lar bill may pick it up, find the man who lost it and deliver it to him. This man does not steal the money to spend for himself, nor does he neglect it and let it lie in the street. By taking it and delivering it to the man who has lost it, this man is b
oth honest and wise.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 problem of modern politics, for it has been demonstrated th
at when a communist gets money, he uses it for his own sense gratification. The wealth of the world actually belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and every living entity, man and animal, has the birthright to use God's property for his maintenance. When one takes 
more than his maintenance requires\'97be he a capitalist or a communist\'97he is a thief, and as such he is liable to be punished by the laws of nature.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The wealth of the world should be used for the welfare of all living entities, for that is the plan of Mother Nature. Everyone has the
 right to live by utilizing the wealth of the Lord. When people learn the art of scientifically utilizing the Lord's property, they will no longer encroach upon one another's rights. Then an ideal society can be formed. The basic principle for such a spi
ritual society is stated in the first }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only tho
se things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong."
\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 conscious devotees know very well that this material world is designed by the complete arrangement of the Lord to fulfi
ll 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 needs, and thus everyone may li
ve peacefully according to the principle of plain living and high thinking. Unfortunately, materialists who have neither faith in the plan of God nor any aspiration for higher spiritual development misuse their God-given intelligence only to augment thei
r material possessions. They devise many systems\'97such as capitalism and materialistic communism\'97to advance their material position. They are not interested in the laws of God or in a higher goal. Always anxious to fulfill their unlimited desires fo
r sense gratification, they are conspicuous by their ability to exploit their fellow living beings.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 enumerated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (}{\cs2873\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  etc.), all enmity will cease between men and animals, capitalists and communists, and so forth. In addition, al
l problems of economic or political maladjustment and instability will be solved. This pure consciousness is awakened by the proper spiritual education and practice offered scientifically by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 offers a spiritual community that can bring about a peaceful condition in the world. Every 
intelligent man should purify his consciousness and rid himself of the above-mentioned six hindrances to devotional service by taking wholehearted shelter of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 3
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT THREE
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ots$aAh"Ai\'aaa\'eayaA\'dcE"yaARta,\line ta\'d4atk(maR\'91avataRnaAta,\line s$a\'cb\'fftyaAgAAts$ataAe va\{\'d4ae:\line Sai\'d1"
BaRi\'b7(: \'91ais$aDyaita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 uts\'e4h\'e4n ni\'e7cay\'e4d dhairy\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat-tat-karma-pravartan\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'ecga-ty\'e4g\'e4t sato v\'e5tte\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f1a\'f2bhir bhakti\'f9 prasidhyati
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uts\'e4h\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by enthusiasm; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'e7cay\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by confidence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dhairy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by patience; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-tat-karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various activities favorable for devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravartan\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by performing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecga-ty\'e4g\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by giving up the association of nondevotee
s;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the great previous }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas;}{\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 v\'e5tte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by following in the footsteps; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by these six;
 }{\cs2873\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 \'97devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasidhyati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97advances or becomes successful.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: (1) being enthusiastic, (2) endeavoring with confidenc
e, (3) being patient, (4) acting according to regulative principles [such as }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam\'97hearing, chanting and remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba], (5) abandoning the association of nondevotees, and (6) following in the footsteps of the previous \'e4c\'e4ryas. These six principles undoubtedly assure the co
mplete success of pure devotional service.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs2539\b\i0\strike0\v\f0\fs16\cf9 760503AR.HON}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service is not a matter of sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstasy. Its substance is practical activity. \'c7r\'e9la
 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in his }{\cs3545\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.11}{\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 , has defined devotional service as follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 uttam\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Uttam\'e4 bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or unalloyed devotion unto the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, involves the rendering of devotional service in a way that is favorable to the Lord. This devotional service should be free from any extraneous motive and devoid of fruitive }{\cs2873\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  impersonal }{\cs2873\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 all other selfish desires."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\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 sort of cultivation. As soon as we say "c
ultivation," we must refer to activity. Cultivation of spirituality does not mean sitting down idly for meditation, as some pseudo-}{\cs2873\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  teach. Such idle meditation may be good for those who have no information of devotional service, and for this reason it is sometimes recommended as a way to check distracting materialistic activities. Meditat
ion means stopping all nonsensical activities, at least for the time being. Devotional service, however, not only puts an end to all nonsensical mundane activities, but also engages one in meaningful devotional activities. \'c7r\'e9 Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja recommends:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0
\line sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam\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 7.5.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The nine processes of devotional service are as follows:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. hearing the name and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead\line 2. chanting His glories\line 3. remembering the Lord
\line 4. serving the Lord's feet\line 5. worshiping the Deity\line 6. offering obeisances unto the Lord\line 7. acting as the Lord's servant\line 8. making friends with the Lord\line 9. surrendering oneself fully to the Lord\line 
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or hearing, is the first step in acqu
iring transcendental knowledge. One should not give aural reception to unauthorized persons, but should approach the proper person, as recommended in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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-re
alized soul can impart knowledge unto you, because he has seen the truth."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is further recommended in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "To understand that transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master." Thus this method of submissively receiving transcendental confidential knowledge is not merely based on menta
l speculation. In this regard, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu told R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the course of traversing the universal creation of Brahm\'e4, some fortunate soul may receive the seed of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-lat\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the creeper of devotional service. This is all by the grace of }{\cs2873\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." }{\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\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  }{
\cs3545\b0\i\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) The materia
l world is a place of confinement for the living entities who are by nature }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pleasur
e-seeking. They actually want to be free from the confinement of this world of conditional happiness, but not knowing the process of liberation, they are bound to transmigrate from one species of life to another and from one planet to another. In this wa
y the living entities are wandering throughout the material universe. When by good fortune one comes in contact with a pure devotee and hears from him patiently, one begins to follow the path of devotional service. Such an opportunity is offered to a per
son who is sincere. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is giving such a chance to humanity at large. If by fortune one takes advantage of this opportunity to engage in devotional service, the path of liberation immediately opens.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should accept this opportunity to return home, back to Godhead, very enthusiastically. Without enthusiasm, one cannot be successfu
l. Even in the material world one has to be very enthusiastic in his particular field of activity in order to become successful. A student, businessman, artist or anyone else who wants success in his line must be enthusiastic. Similarly, one has to be ve
ry enthusiastic in devotional service. Enthusiasm means action, but action for whom? The answer is that one should always act for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rth\'e4k
hila-ce\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike\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 ).
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In all phases of life one has to perform devotional activities under the direction of the spiritual master in order to attain perfecti
on in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. }{\cs2873\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 not that one has to confine or narrow one's activities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-pervading. Therefore nothing is independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line na c\'e4ha\'e0 te
\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Under the direction of
 the bona fide spiritual master, one has to make everything favorable for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. For example, at present we are using a dictaphone. The materialist who invented this machine intended it for businessmen or writers of mundane subject mat
ters. He certainly never thought of using the dictaphone in God's service, but we are using this dictaphone to write K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature. Of course, the manufacture of the dictaphone is wholly within the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the 
parts of the instrument, including the electronic functions, are made from different combinations and interactions of the five basic types of material energy\'97namely, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh
\'fcmi, jala, agni, v\'e4yu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4\'e7a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The inventor used his brain to make this complicated machine, and his brain, as well as the ingredients, were supplied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. According to the statement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni }{\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 9.4}{\cs3774\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 :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Everything is depending on My e
nergy." Thus the devotee can understand that since nothing is independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, everything should be dovetailed in His service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Endeavor executed with intelligence in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uts\'e4ha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or enthusiasm. The devotees find the correct means by which everything can be utilized in the service of the Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirbandha\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandhe yukta\'e0 vair\'e4gyam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ucyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The execution of devotional service is not a matter of idle meditation but practical action in the foreground of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These activities must be executed with patience. One should not be impatient in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Indeed, this K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement was started single-handedly, and in the beginning there was no response, but because we continued to execute our devotional activities with patience, people gradually began to understand the importance of this movement, and n
ow they are eagerly participating. One should not be impatient in discharging devotional service, but should take instructions from the spiritual master and execute them with patience, depending on the mercy of }{\cs2873\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. The successful execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities requires both patience and confidence. A newl
y married girl naturally expects offspring from her husband, but she cannot expect to have them immediately after marriage. Of course, as soon as she is married she can attempt to get a child, but she must surrender to her husband, confident that her chi
ld will develop and be born in due time. Similarly, in devotional service surrender means that one has to become confident. The devotee thinks, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ava\'e7ya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  rak\'f1ibe k\'e5\'f1\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba will surely protect me and give me help for the successful execution of 
devotional service." This is called confidence.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As already explained, one should not be idle but should be very enthusiastic about executing the regulative principles\'97}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-tat-karma-pravartana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Neglect of the regulative principles will destroy devotional service. In this K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement there are four basic regulative principles, forbidding illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. A devotee must be very enthusiastic about following these principles. If he becomes slack in following any of the
m, his progress will certainly be checked. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore recommends, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-tat-karma-pravartan\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "One must strictly follow the regulative principles of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaidh\'e9 bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub " In addition to these four prohibitions (}{\cs2873\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 ), there are positive regulative princip
les (}{\cs2873\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 ), such as the daily chanting of sixteen rounds on }{\cs2873\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  beads. These regulative activities must be faithfully performed with enthusiasm. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-tat-karma-pravartana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or varied engagement in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, in order to be successful in devotional service one must give up the association of undesirable people. This includes }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other nondevotees. Once \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu wa
s asked by one of His householder devotees about the general principles of Vai\'f1\'ebavism, as well as the general routine activities of the Vai\'f1\'ebava, and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu immediately replied, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asat-sa\'ecga-ty\'e4ga,\'97ei vai\'f1\'ebava-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ra}{\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  "Characteristically, a Vai\'f1\'ebava is one who gives up the association of worldly people, or nondevotees." \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has therefo
re recommended, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4\'ecdera cara\'eba sevi}{\cs2873\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 has to live in the company of pure devotees and execute the regulative principles laid down by the previous }{\cs2873\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 six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s (namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Go
sv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9). If one lives in the association of devotees, there is little chance of associating with nondevotees. The International Society for Krishn
a Consciousness is opening many centers just to invite people to live in the company of devotees and practice the regulative principles of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service means transcendental activities. On the transcendental platform there is no contamination by the three modes of mat
erial nature. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7uddha-sattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the platform of pure goodness, or goodness free f
rom contamination by the qualities of passion and ignorance. In this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we require everyone to rise early in the morning, by A.M., and attend }{\cs2873\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  or morning worship, then read }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  perform }{\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  and so for
th. Thus we hold continuous activities in devotional service twenty-four hours daily. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sato v\'e5tti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or following in the footsteps of the previous }{\cs2873\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 expertly fil
led every moment of time with K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one strictly follows the advice given in this verse by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'97namely, being enthusiastic, being confi
dent, being patient, giving up the association of unwanted persons, following the regulative principles and remaining in the association of devotees\'97one is sure to advance in devotional service. In this regard \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat
\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura remarks that the cultivation of knowledge by philosophical speculation, the collection of mundane opulence by the advancement of fruitive activities, and the desire for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga-siddhis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  material perfections, are all contrary to the principles of devotional service. One has to become thoroughly callous to such nonpermanent activities 
and turn his intention instead to the regulative principles of devotional service. According to }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (2.69):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4 ni\'e7\'e4 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line tasy\'e4\'e0 j\'e4garti sa\'e0yam\'e9\line yasy\'e4\'e0 j\'e4grati bh\'fct\'e4n
i\line s\'e4 ni\'e7\'e4 pa\'e7yato mune\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for 
the introspective sage."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Engagement in the devotional service of the Lord is the life and soul of the living entity. It is the desired goal and supreme perfect
ion of human life. One has to become confident about this, and one also has to be confident that all activities other than devotional service\'97such as mental speculation, fruitive work or mystic endeavor\'97will never yield any enduring benefit. Comple
te confidence in the path of devotional service will enable one to attain his desired goal, but attempting to follow other paths will only succeed in making one restless. In the Seventh Canto of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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: "One must be calmly convinced that those who have given up devotional service to engage in severe austeritie
s for other purposes are not purified in their minds, despite their advanced austerities, because they have no information of the transcendental loving service of the Lord."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is further stated in the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.2.32
}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seventh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Canto: "Although mental speculators and fruitive actors may perform great austerities and penan
ces, they still fall down because they do not have information about the lotus feet of the Lord." The devotees of the Lord, however, never fall down. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (9.31}{\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 Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead assures Arjuna, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi 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."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (2.40) K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neh\'e4bhikrama-n\'e4\'e7o 'sti\line pratyav\'e4yo na vidyate\line svalpam apy asya dharmasya\line tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this endeavor there is no loss or dimunition, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type o
f fear."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success. Sometimes a person will
 give up his ordinary material engagements and out of sentiment take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord and thus begin the preliminary execution of devotional service. Even if such an immature devotee falls down, there is no loss on his part. 
On the other hand, what is the gain of one who executes the prescribed duties according to his }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  but does not take to devotional service? Although a fallen devotee m
ay take his next birth in a low family, his devotional service will nonetheless resume from where it left off. Devotional service is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ahaituky apratihat\'e4}{\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 it is not the effect of any mundane cause, nor can it be terminated by any mundane cause or permanently curtailed 
by any material interruption. Therefore a devotee should be confident about his engagement and should not be very interested in the activities of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n
\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are certainly many good qualities among fruitive actors, philosophical speculators and mystic }{\cs2873\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 all good qualities automatically develop in the character of a devotee. No extraneous endeavor is needed. As conf
irmed by }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 5.18.12}{\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 , al
l the good qualities of the demigods manifest progressively in one who has developed pure devotional service. Because a devotee is not interested in any material activity, he does not become materially contaminated. He is immediately situated on the plat
form of transcendental life. However, one who engages in mundane activity\'97be he a so-called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, yog\'e9, karm\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philanthropist, nationalist, or whatever\'97cannot attain the higher stage of }{\cs2873\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  He remains a }{\cs2873\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. Accordi
ng to }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (9.13):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 engag
ed in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since all the devotees of the Lord are under the protection of His supreme potency, they should not deviate from the path of devotiona
l service and take to the path of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uts\'e4h\'e4n ni\'e7ca
y\'e4d dhairy\'e4t tat-tat-karma-pravartan\'e4t,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enthusiastically executing the regulative activities of devotional service with patience and confidence. In this way one can advan
ce in devotional service without hindrance.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 4
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT FOUR
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub d"d"Aita \'91aitagA\{\'f5"Aita\line gAu\'f7maAKyaAita pa\{cC$ita\line Bau\'c8e\'ff BaAejayatae caEva\line Sai\'d2"DaM \'91aIital
a\'baaNAma,
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dad\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 guhyam \'e4khy\'e4ti p\'e5cchati
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhu\'eckte bhojayate caiva
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f1a\'f2-vidha\'e0 pr\'e9ti-lak\'f1a\'ebam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dad\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gives charity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97accepts in return; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub guhyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub confidential topics; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4khy\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97explains; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5cchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhu\'eckte\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eats; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhojayate}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97feeds; }{\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 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 
\'f1a\'f6-vidham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97six kinds; }{\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 \'97of love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97symptoms.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting pras
\'e4da and offering pras\'e4da are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  12.195p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this verse \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explains how to perform devotional activities in the association of other devotees. Th
ere are six kinds of activities: (1) giving charity to the devotees, (2) accepting from the devotees whatever they may offer in return, (3) opening one's mind to the devotees, (4) inquiring from them about the confidential service of the Lord, (5) honori
ng }{\cs2873\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  or spiritual food, given by the devotees, and (6) feeding the devotees with }{
\cs2873\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  An experienced devotee explains, and an inexperienced devotee learns from him. This is }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guhyam \'e4khy\'e4ti p\'e5cchati.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When a devotee distributes }{\cs2873\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 food offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in order to maintain our spirit of devotional service we m
ust accept this }{\cs2873\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  as the Lord's grace received through the pure devotees. We should also 
invite pure devotees to our home, offer them }{\cs2873\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 be prepared to please them in all resp
ects. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhu\'eckte bhojayate caiva.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even in ordinary social activities, these six types of dealings between two loving friends are absolutely necessary. For instance, whe
n one businessman wishes to contact another businessman he arranges a feast in a hotel, and over the feast openly expresses what he wishes to do. He then inquires from his business friend how he should act, and sometimes presents are exchanged. Thus when
ever there is a dealing of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e9ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or love in intimate dealings, these six activities are execut
ed. In the previous verse, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 advised that one should renounce worldly association and keep company with the devotees (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'ecga-ty\'e4g\'e4t s
ato v\'e5tte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been established to facilitate these six kinds of loving exchanges between devotees. This Society was st
arted single-handedly, but because people are coming forward and dealing with the give-and-take policy, the Society is now expanding all over the world. We are glad that people are donating very liberally to the development of the Society's activities, a
nd people are also eagerly accepting whatever humble contribution we are giving them in the shape of books and magazines dealing strictly with the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We sometimes hold Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festivals and invite 
life members and friends to participate in the feasting by accepting }{\cs2873\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  Although most of 
our members come from the higher rungs of society, they nonetheless come and take whatever little }{\cs2873\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  we are able to offer them. Sometimes the members and supporters inquire very confidentially about the methods of performing devotional service, and we try to explain this. In this way our Society is successfully spreading all over the world,
 and the intelligentsia of all countries is gradually appreciating our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities. The life of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society is nourished by these six types of loving exchange among the members; therefore people must be gi
ven the chance to associate with the devotees of ISKCON because simply by reciprocating in the six ways mentioned above an ordinary man can fully revive his dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 2.62}{\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 stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'ecg\'e4t sa\'efj\'e4yate k\'e4ma\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one's desires and ambitions develop according to the company one keeps. It is often said that a man i
s known by his company, and if an ordinary man associates with devotees, he will certainly develop his dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is innate in every living entity, and it is already developed t
o some extent when the living entity takes a human body. It is said in }{\cs2873\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  (
}{\cs3545\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally established in the hearts of living entities. It is not something to be gained from another
 source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chantin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g, the living entity naturally awakens." Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is inherent in every living entity, every
one should }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be given a chance to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Simply by hearing and chanting\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r
ava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\cs2873\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 one's heart is directly purified, and one's original K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness is immediately awakened. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not artificially imposed upon the heart, it is already there. When one chants the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the heart is cleansed of all mundane contamination. In
 the first stanza of His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabh
u says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\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\'eba\'e0\line \'e7reya\'f9-kairava-candrik\'e4-vitara\'eba
\'e0 vidy\'e4-vadh\'fc-j\'e9vanam\line \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhana\'e0 prati-pada\'e0 p\'fcr\'eb\'e4m\'e5t\'e4sv\'e4dana\'e0\line sarv\'e4tma-snapana\'e0 para\'e0 vijayate \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam\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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All glories to the \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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  which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This }{\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  movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benedict
ion moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only is the chanter of the }{\cs2873\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  purified, but the heart of anyone who happens to hear the transcendental 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, Ha
re R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare is also cleansed. Even the souls embodied in lower animals, insects, trees and other species of life also become purified and prepared to become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious simply by hearing the transcendental vi
bration. This was explained by \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa when Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu inquired from him how living entities lower than human beings can be delivered from material bondage. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura said that the chanting of the holy names 
is so powerful that even if one chants in the remotest parts of the jungle, the trees and animals will advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness simply by hearing the vibration. This was actually proved by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself when He p
assed through the forest of Jh\'e4rikha\'eb\'f2a. At that time the tigers, snakes, deer and all other animals abandoned their natural animosity and began chanting and dancing in }{\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  Of course, we cannot imitate the activities of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, but we should follow in His footsteps. We are not powerful enough to
 enchant the lower animals such as tigers, snakes, cats and dogs or entice them to dance, but by chanting the holy names of the Lord we can actually convert many people throughout the world to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Contributing or distributing th
e holy name of the Lord is a sublime example of contributing or giving charity (the }{\cs2873\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  prin
ciple). By the same token, one must also follow the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  principle and be willing
 and ready to receive the transcendental gift. One should inquire about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and open his mind in order to understand the situation of this material world. Thus the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guhyam \'e4khy\'e4ti p\'e5cchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  principles can be served.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 invite the Society's members and supporters to dine with them when 
they hold love feasts in all their branches every Sunday. Many interested people come to honor }{\cs2873\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 whenever possible they invite members of the Society to their homes and feed them sumptuously with }{\cs2873\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 this way both the members of the Society and the general public are benefited. People should give up the company of so-called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s, j
\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and philanthropists because their association can benefit no one. If one really wants to attain the goal of human life, he should associate with devotees
 of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement because it is the only movement that teaches one how to develop love of God. Religion is the special function of human society, and it constitutes the distinction between human society and animal society. Ani
mal society has no church, mosque or religious system. In all parts of the world, however downtrodden human society may be, there is some system of religion. Even tribal aborigines in the jungles also have a system of religion. When a religious system de
velops and turns into love of God, it is successful. As stated in the First Canto of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The supreme occupation [}{\cs2873\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 transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upted in order to completely satisfy the self."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the members of human society actually want peace of mind, tranquility and friendly relations between men and nations, they must
 follow the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious system of religion, by which they can develop their dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As soon as people do so, their minds will immediately be filled with peace and tranquility.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this regard, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura warns all devotees engaged in broadcasting the K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement not to speak to the impersonalist M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s who are always determined to oppose such theistic movements. The world is full of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and atheists, and the political parties of the world take advanta
ge of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da and other atheistic philosophies to promote materialism. Sometimes they even back a strong party to oppose the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and other atheists do not want the K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness movement to develop because it educates people in God consciousness. Such is the policy of the atheists. There is no benefit in feeding a snake milk and bananas because the snake will never be satisfied. On the contrary, by taking milk and bana
nas the snake simply becomes more poisonous (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kevala\'e0 vi\'f1a-vardhanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). If a snake is give
n milk to drink, its poison simply increases. For a similar reason, we should not disclose our minds to the serpent M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Such disclosures will never help. It is best to avoid association with them completely and never ask them about anything confidential because they cannot give good advice. Nor should we 
extend invitations to M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and atheists nor accept their invitations, for by such intimate intermingling we may become affected by their atheistic mentality (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'ecg\'e4t sa\'efj\'e4yate k\'e4ma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). It is the negative injunction of this verse that we should refrain from giving anything to or accepting anything from th
e M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and atheists. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has also warned, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e9ra anna kh\'e4ile du\'f1\'f6a haya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mana}{\cs2873\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By eating food prepared by worldly people, one's mind becomes wicked." Unless one is very advanced, he is unable to utilize everyone's contribution to further the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement; therefore o
n principle one should not accept charity from the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s or atheists. Indeed, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has forbidden devotees to associate even with ordinary men wh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub o are too addicted to material sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is that we should always keep company with devotees, observe the regulative devotional principles, follow in the footst
eps of the }{\cs2873\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 in full obedience carry out the orders of the spiritual master. In th
is way we shall be able to develop our devotional service and dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The devotee who is neither a neophyte nor a }{\cs2873\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  (a greatly advanced devotee) but is within the middle status of devotional service is expected to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make friends with the devotees, show favor to t
he ignorant and reject the jealous and demoniac. In this verse there is brief mention of the process of making loving transactions with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and making friends with the devotees. According to the }{\cs2873\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  principle, an advanced devotee is supposed to spend at least fifty percent of his income on the service of the Lor
d and His devotees. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has set such an example in his life. When he decided to retire, he distributed fifty percent of his life's earnings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service and twenty-five percent to his relatives and kept twenty
-five percent for personal emergencies. This example should be followed by all devotees. Whatever one's income, fifty percent should be spent on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees, and this will fulfill the demands of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4ti.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the next verse, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 informs us what kind of Vai\'f1\'ebava should be selected as a friend and how Vai
\'f1\'ebavas should be served.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 5
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT FIVE
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\{(SNAeita yasya igAir" taM manas$aAi\'89"yaeta\line d"I\'baaAista caet\'91aNAitaiBa\'ea BajantamaIzAma,\line zAu\'99aUSayaA Ba
janaiva\'c1amananyamanya\line inand"Aid"zAUnya\'f4$d"maIips$atas$a\'cb\'fflabDyaA
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'ebeti yasya giri ta\'e0 manas\'e4driyeta
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9k\'f1\'e4sti cet pra\'ebatibhi\'e7 ca bhajantam \'e9\'e7am
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7u\'e7r\'fc\'f1ay\'e4 bhajana-vij\'efam ananyam anya-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nind\'e4di-\'e7\'fcnya-h\'e5dam \'e9psita-sa\'ecga-labdhy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97the holy name of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba; }{\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 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 giri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97in the words or speech; }{\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 manas\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4driyeta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one must honor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub initiati
on; }{\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 cet}{\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 pra\'ebatibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\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 \'97engaged in devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7am}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7u\'e7r\'fc\'f1ay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by practical service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajana-vij\'efam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one wh
o is advanced in devotional service; }{\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 deviation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anya-nind\'e4-\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of blasphemy of others, etc.; }{\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 \'97completely devoid; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5dam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose heart; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9psita}{\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 sa\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97association; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labdhy\'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by gaining.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one should offer humble obeisances to the devot
ee who has undergone spiritual initiation [d\'e9k\'f1\'e4] and is engaged in worshiping the Deity, and one should associate with and faithfully serve that pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional service and whose heart is completely devoid 
of the propensity to criticize others.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to intelligently apply the sixfold loving reciprocations mentioned in the previous verse, one must select proper persons with
 careful discrimination. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore advises that we should meet with the Vai\'f1\'ebavas in an appropriate way, according to their particular status. In this verse he tells us how to deal with three types of devotees\'97t
he }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9, madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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 a neophyte who has received the }{\cs2873\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 from the spiritual master and is trying to chant the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should respect such a person within his mind as a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-vai\'f1\'ebava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A }{\cs2873\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  has received spiritual initiation from the spiritual master and has been fully engaged by him in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The }{\cs2873\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  should be considered to be situated midway in devotional service. The }{\cs2873\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  or highest devotee, is one who is very advanced in devotional service. An }{\cs2873\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  is not interested in blaspheming others, his heart is completely clean, and he has attained the realized state of unalloyed K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. According to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the association and service of such a }{\cs2873\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  or perfect Vai\'f1\'ebava, are most desirable.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not remain a }{\cs2873\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  one who is situated on the lowest platform of devotional service and is interested only in worshiping the Deity in the temple. Such a devotee is described in the Eleventh Canto 
of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (11.2.47}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4y\'e4m eva haraye\line p\'fcj\'e4\'e0 ya\'f9 \'e7raddhayehate\line na tad-bhakte\'f1u c\'e4nye\'f1u\line sa bhakta\'f9 pr
\'e4k\'e5ta\'f9 sm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A person who is very faithfully engaged in the worship of the Deity in the temple, but who does not know how to behave toward devotee
s or people in general is called a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5ta-bhakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4ri.}{\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 One therefore has to raise himself from the position of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik
\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9.}{\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 madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is described
 in }{\cs3545\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 11.2.46}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vare tad-adh\'e9ne\'f1u\line b\'e4li\'e7e\'f1u dvi\'f1atsu ca\line prema-maitr\'e9-k\'e5popek\'f1\'e4\line ya\'f9 karoti
 sa madhyama\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The }{\cs2873\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 a devotee who worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the highest object of love, makes friends with the Lord's devotees, is merciful to the ignorant and avoids those who are envious by natur
e."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the way to cultivate devotional service properly; therefore in this verse \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has advised us how
 to treat various devotees. We can see from practical experience that there are different types of Vai\'f1\'ebavas. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5ta-sahajiy\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  generally chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  yet they are attached to women, money and intoxication. Although such persons may chant the holy name of the Lord, they are not yet properly purified. Such people should be respected within one's mind, but their association should be avoided
. Those who are innocent but simply carried away by bad association should be shown favor if they are eager to receive proper instructions from pure devotees, but those neophyte devotees who are actually initiated by the bona fide spiritual master and ar
e seriously engaged in carrying out the orders of the spiritual master should be offered respectful obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement a chance is given to everyone without discrimination of caste, creed or color. Everyone 
is invited to join this movement, sit with us, take }{\cs2873\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 about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When
 we see that someone is actually interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and wants to be initiated, we accept him as a disciple for the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. When a neophyte devotee is actually initiated and engaged in devotional serv
ice by the orders of the spiritual master, he should be accepted immediately as a bona fide Vai\'f1\'ebava, and obeisances should be offered unto him. Out of many such Vai\'f1\'ebavas, one may be found to be very seriously engaged in the service of the L
ord and strictly following all the regulative principles, chanting the prescribed number of rounds on }{\cs2873\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 and always thinking of how to expand the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Such a Vai\'f1\'ebava should be accepted as an }{\cs2873\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  a highly advanced devotee, and his association should always be sought.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process by which a devotee becomes attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Antya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  4.192):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4-k\'e4le bhakta kare \'e4tma-samarpa\'eba\line sei-k\'e4le k\'e5\'f1\'eba t\'e4re kare \'e4tma-sama
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "At the time of initiation, when a devotee fully surrenders to the service of the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts him to be as good as He
 Himself."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e9k\'f1\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual initiation, is explained
 in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-sandarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 868}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) by \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub divya\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 yato dady\'e4t\line kury\'e4t p\'e4pasya sa\'eck\'f1ayam\line tasm\'e4d d\'e9k\'f1eti s\'e4 prokt\'e4
\line de\'e7ikais tattva-kovidai\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one gradually becomes disinterested in material enjoyment and gradually becomes interested in spiritual life."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have seen many practical examples of this, especially in Europe and America. Many students who come to us from rich and respectable
 families quickly lose all interest in material enjoyment and become very eager to enter into spiritual life. Although they come from very wealthy families, many of them accept living conditions that are not very comfortable. Indeed, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's
 sake they are prepared to accept any living condition as long as they can live in the temple and associate with the Vai\'f1\'ebavas. When one becomes so disinterested in material enjoyment, he becomes fit for initiation by the spiritual master. For the 
advancement of spiritual life }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 6.1.13}{\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  prescribes: }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When a person is s
erious about accepting }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he must be prepared to practice austerity, celibacy and con
trol of the mind and body. If one is so prepared and is desirous of receiving spiritual enlightenment (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub divya\'e0 j\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), he is fit for being initiated. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Divya\'e0 j\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is technica
lly called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or knowledge about the Supreme. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\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 when one is interested in the transcendental subject matter of the Absolute Truth, he should be initiated. Such a person should approach a spiritual master in order 
to take }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e9k\'f1\'e4. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (11.3.21) also prescribes: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "When one is actually interested in the transcende
ntal science of the Absolute Truth, he should approach a spiritual master."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not accept a spiritual master without following his instructions. Nor should one accept a spiritual master just to make a f
ashionable show of spiritual life. One must be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4su,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very much inquisitive to learn from 
the bona fide spiritual master. The inquiries one makes should strictly pertain to transcendental science (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttamam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to that which is above mat
erial knowledge. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the darkness of this material world," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "transcendental." Generally people are very interested in inquiring about mundane subject matters, but when one has
 lost such interest and is simply interested in transcendental subject matters, he is quite fit for being initiated. When one is actually initiated by the bona fide spiritual master and when he seriously engages in the service of the Lord, he should be a
ccepted as a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 so sublime that if one chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  offenselessly, carefully avoiding the ten offenses, he can certainly be gradually elevated to the point of un
derstanding that there is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself. One who has reached such an understanding should be very much respected by neophyte devotees. One should know for certain that without chanting the holy name 
of the Lord offenselessly, one cannot be a proper candidate for advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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  22.69)}{\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 said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4ra komala \'e7raddh\'e4, se 'kani\'f1\'f6ha' jana\line krame krame te\'echo bhakta ha-ibe 'uttama'
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One whose faith is soft and pliable is called a neophyte, but by gradually following the process, he will rise to the platform of a f
irst-class devotee." Everyone begins his devotional life from the neophyte stage, but if one properly finishes chanting the prescribed number of rounds of }{\cs2873\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  he is elevated step by step to the highest platform, }{\cs2873\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  The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement prescribes sixteen rounds daily because people in the Western countries cannot concentrate for long periods while chanting on beads. Therefore the minimum numb
er of rounds is prescribed. However, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura used to say that unless one chants at least sixty-four rounds of }{\cs2873\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  (one hundred thousand names), he is considered fallen (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). According to his calculation, practically every one of us is fallen, but because we are trying to serve the Supreme Lord with all seriousness and without duplicity, we can expect the mercy of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu, who is famous as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patita-p\'e4vana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the deliverer of the fallen.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Satyar\'e4ja Kh\'e4n, a great devotee of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, asked the Lord how a Vai\'f1\'ebava could 
be recognized, the Lord replied:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhu kahe,\'97"y\'e4\'ecra mukhe \'e7uni eka-b\'e4ra\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma, sei p\'fcjya,\'97\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha sab\'e4k
\'e4ra"
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one hears a person say even once the word 'K\'e5\'f1\'eba,' that person should be accepted as the best man out of the common group
." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  15.106) Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu continued:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "ataeva y\'e4\'ecra mukhe eka k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma\line sei ta 'vai\'f1\'ebava, kariha t\'e4\'ech\'e4ra samm\'e4na"
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who is interested in chanting the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or who by practice likes to chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba's names should be 
accepted as a Vai\'f1\'ebava and offered respects as such, at least within one's mind." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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
 15.111) One of our friends, a famous English musician, has become attracted to chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and even in his records he has several times mentioned the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At his home he offers respect to pictures o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba and also to the preachers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In all regards, he has a very high estimation for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities; therefore we offer respects to him without reservation, for we are actual
ly seeing that this gentleman is advancing gradually in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Such a person should always be shown respect. The conclusion is that anyone who is trying to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by regularly chanting the holy name
 should always be respected by Vai\'f1\'ebavas. On the other hand, we have witnessed that some of our contemporaries who are supposed to be great preachers have gradually fallen into the material conception of life because they have failed to chant the h
oly name of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While giving instructions to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu divided devotional service into three categories.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra-yukti n\'e4hi j\'e4ne d\'e5\'f2ha, \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n\line 'madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9' sei mah\'e4-bh\'e4gyav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A person whose conclusive knowledge of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4s
tras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not very strong but who has developed firm faith in chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 who is also undeterred in the execution of his prescribed devotional service should be considered a }{\cs2873\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  Such a person is very fortunate." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  22.67) A }{\cs2873\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 a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a staunchly faithful person, and he is actually a candidate
 for further advancement in devotional service. Therefore in the }{\cs2873\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  (}{
\cs3545\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  22.64) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n jana haya bhakti-adhik\'e4r\'e9\line 'uttama', 'madhyama', 'kani\'f1\'f6ha'\'97\'e7raddh\'e4-anus\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One becomes qualified as a devotee on the elementary platform, the intermediate platform and the highest platform of devotional servi
ce according to the development of his }{\cs2873\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  [faith]." Again in }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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  22.62) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub '\'e7raddh\'e4'-\'e7abde\'97vi\'e7v\'e4sa kahe sud\'e5\'f2ha ni\'e7caya\line k\'e5\'f1\'ebe bhakti kaile sarva-karma k\'e5ta hay
a
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " 'By rendering transcendental service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities.' This confident, firm 
faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called }{\cs2873\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 " }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7raddh\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Faith means strong fai
th. The words 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  are authoritative instructions for faithful men, and whatever
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\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 to be accepted as it is, without interpretation. Th
is was the way Arjuna accepted }{\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  After hearing }{\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  Arjuna told K\'e5\'f1\'eba: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarvam etad \'e5ta\'e0 manye yan m\'e4\'e0 vadasi ke\'e7ava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me." (}{\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 10.14)
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the correct way of understanding }{\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  and this is called }{\cs2873\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  It is not that one accepts a portion 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  according to his
 own whimsical interpretations and then rejects another portion. This is not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4. \'c7raddh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means accepting the instructions 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 their totality, especially
 the last instruction: }{\cs2873\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." (}{\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) When one becomes completely faithful 
in regard to this instruction, one's strong faith becomes the basis for advancing in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one fully engages in chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 gradually realizes his own spiritual identity. Unless one faithfully chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not reveal Himself: }{\cs2873\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  }{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\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 1.2.234}{\b0\i0\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 realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead by any artificial means. We must engage faithfully in the service of the Lord. Such serv
ice begins with the tongue (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), which means that we should always chant th
e holy names of the Lord and accept }{\cs2873\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 should not chant or accept anyth
ing else. When this process is faithfully followed, the Supreme Lord reveals Himself to the devotee.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a person realizes himself to be an eternal servitor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he loses interest in everything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servi
ce. Always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, devising means by which to spread the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he understands that his only business is in spreading the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement all over the world. Such a person is to be recognize
d as an }{\cs2873\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  and his association should be immediately accepted according to the
 six processes (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc.). Indeed, the advanced }{\cs2873\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  Vai\'f1\'ebava devotee should be accepted as a spiritual master. Everything one possesses shou
ld be offered to him, for it is enjoined that one should deliver whatever he has to the spiritual master. The }{\cs2873\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 particular is supposed to beg alms from others and offer them to the spiritual master. However, one should not imitate the behavior of an advanced devotee or }{\cs2873\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  without being self-realized, for by such imitation one will eventually become degraded.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this verse \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 advises the devotee to be intelligent enough to distinguish between the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9, madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  The devotee should also know his own position and should not try to imitate a devotee situated on a higher platform. \'c7r\'e9
la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura has given some practical hints to the effect that an }{\cs2873\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  Vai\'f1\'ebava can be recognized by his ability to convert many fallen souls to Vai\'f1\'ebavism. One should not become a spiritual master unless he has attained the platform of }{\cs2873\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  A neophyte Vai\'f1\'ebava or a Vai\'f1\'ebava situated on the intermediate platform can also accept disciples, but such disciples must 
be on the same platform, and it should be understood that they cannot advance very well toward the ultimate goal of life under his insufficient guidance. Therefore a disciple should be careful to accept an }{\cs2873\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  as a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 6
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT SIX
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4\{"\'edE": svaBaAvajainataEvaRpauSa\'ea d"AeSaEr,"\line na \'91aAk\{(tatvaimah" Ba\'b7( janasya pazyaeta,\line gA\'cb\'ffAmB
as$aAM na Kalau bau\'e4,"baud"Pe(napa\'c6E\'ffr,"\line \'93a\'f6\'89"vatvamapagAcC$ita naIr"DamaE=:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6ai\'f9 svabh\'e4va-janitair vapu\'f1a\'e7 ca do\'f1air
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 na pr\'e4k\'e5tatvam iha bhakta janasya pa\'e7yet
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ga\'ecg\'e4mbhas\'e4\'e0 na khalu budbuda-phena-pa\'eckair
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brahma-dravatvam apagacchati n\'e9ra-dharmai\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6ai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97seen by ordinary vision; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svabh\'e4va-janitai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97born of one's own nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vapu\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the body; }{\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 do\'f1ai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the faults; }{\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 pr\'e4k\'e5tatvam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the state of being material; }{\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 bhakta-janasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a pure devotee; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7yet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one should see; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ga\'ecg\'e4-am
bhas\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Ganges waters; }{\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 \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub budbuda-phena-pa\'eckai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by bubbles, foam and mud; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-drav
atvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the transcendental nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apagacchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is spoiled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e9ra-dharmai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the characteristics of water.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Being situated in his original K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body. Such a devotee shoul
d not be seen from a materialistic point of view. Indeed, one should overlook a devotee's having a body born in a low family, a body with a bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body. According to ordinary vision, such imperfections ma
y seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted. It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges, which sometimes during the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud. The G
anges waters do not become polluted. Those who are advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe in the Ganges without considering the condition of the water.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7uddha-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the activity of the soul proper\'97
in other words, engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord\'97is performed in a liberated condition. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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 natu
re and thus comes to the level of Brahman."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avyabhic\'e4ri\'eb\'e9 bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means unalloyed devotio
n. A person engaged in devotional service must be free from material motives. In this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, one's consciousness must be changed. If consciousness is aimed toward material enjoyment, it is material consciousness, and if it
 is aimed toward serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A surrendered soul serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba without material considerations (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it
\'e4-\'e7\'fcnyam}{\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 J\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unalloyed devotional service, which is transcendental to the activities of the body and mind, such as }{\cs2873\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  (mental speculation) and }{\cs2873\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  (fruitive work
), is called pure }{\cs2873\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 the proper activity of the soul, and when one actual
ly engages in unalloyed, uncontaminated devotional service, he is already liberated (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gu
\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee is not subjected to material condition, even though his bodily features may appear materially conditioned. One should ther
efore not see a pure devotee from a materialistic point of view. Unless one is actually a devotee, he cannot see another devotee perfectly. As explained in the previous verse, there are three types of devotees\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9, madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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  cannot distinguish between a devotee and nondevotee. He is simply concerned with worshiping the Deity in the temple. A }{\cs2873\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  however, can distinguish between the devotee and nondevotee, as well as between the devotee and the Lord. Thus he treats the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the d
evotee and the nondevotee in different ways.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one should criticize the bodily defects of a pure devotee. If there are such defects, they should be overlooked. What should be tak
en into account is the spiritual master's main business, which is devotional service, pure service to the Supreme Lord. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (9.30}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if a devotee sometimes seems to engage in abominable activities, he should be considered a }{\cs2873\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 saintly person, because his actual identity is that of one engaged in the loving service of the Lord. In other words, he i
s not to be considered an ordinary human being.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even though a pure devotee may not be born in a }{\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  or }{\cs2873\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  family, if he is engaged in the service of the Lord he should not be neglected. In actuality there cannot be a family of }{\cs2873\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  based on material considerations, caste or heredity. The }{\cs2873\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  title is actually the monopoly of the pure devotees; thus we speak of the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, headed by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 had practicall
y become Mohammedans and had therefore changed their names to Dabira Kh\'e4sa and S\'e4kara Mallika, but \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself made them }{\cs2873\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  Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  title is not hereditary. The word }{\cs2873\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  refers to one who can control his sen
ses, who is master of the senses. A devotee is not controlled by the senses, but is the controller of the senses. Consequently he should be called }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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  even though he m
ay not be born in a }{\cs2873\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  family.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to this formula, the }{\cs2873\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 are descendants of \'c7r\'e9 Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu and \'c7r\'e9 Advaita Prabhu are certainly devotees, but devotees coming from other families should not be discriminated against; in
deed, whether the devotees come from a family of previous }{\cs2873\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  or from an ordinary family
, they should be treated equally. One should not think, "Oh, here is an American }{\cs2873\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
nd discriminate against him. Nor should one think, "Here is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nity\'e4nanda-va\'e0\'e7a-gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub " There is an undercurrent of protest against our awarding the title }{\cs2873\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  to 
the American Vai\'f1\'ebavas of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Sometimes people flatly tell the American devotees that their }{\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  or title of }{\cs2873\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 not bona fide. H
owever, according to the statements of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in this verse, an American }{\cs2873\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  and a }{\cs2873\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  in a family of }{\cs2873\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 nondifferent.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the other hand, a devotee who has attained the title of }{\cs2873\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 is not born of a }{\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  father or of a }{\cs2873\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  in the family of Nity
\'e4nanda or Advaita Prabhu should not be artificially puffed up by thinking that he has become a }{\cs2873\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 should always remember that as soon as he becomes materially puffed up, he immediately falls down. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a transcendental science, and there is no room for jealousy. This movement is meant for t
he }{\cs2873\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  who are completely free from all jealousy (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama\'e0 nirmatsar\'e4\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). One should not be jealous, whether he is born in a family of }{\cs2873\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  or has the title of }{\cs2873\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  awarded to him. As soon as anyone becomes envious, he falls from the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we consider the bodily defects of a Vai\'f1\'ebava, we should understand that we are committing an offense at the lotus feet of the
 Vai\'f1\'ebava. An offense at the lotus feet of a Vai\'f1\'ebava is very serious. Indeed, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has described this offense as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4t\'e9-m\'e4t
\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the mad elephant offense. A mad elephant can create a disaster, especially when it enters into a nicely trimmed garden. One should therefore be very careful not to commit an
y offense against a Vai\'f1\'ebava. Every devotee should be ready to take instructions from a superior Vai\'f1\'ebava, and a superior Vai\'f1\'ebava must be ready to help an inferior Vai\'f1\'ebava in all respects. One is superior or inferior according t
o his spiritual development in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One is forbidden to observe the activities of a pure Vai\'f1\'ebava from a material point of view. For the neophyte especially, considering a pure devotee from a material point of view is very 
injurious. One should therefore avoid observing a pure devotee externally, but should try to see the internal features and understand how he is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. In this way one can avoid seeing the pure devotee fr
om a material point of view, and thus one can gradually become a purified devotee himself.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is limited to a certain section of people, a certain section of devotees or a certai
n tract of land are generally prone to see the external features of the devotee. Such neophytes, unable to appreciate the exalted service of the advanced devotee, try to bring the }{\cs2873\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  to their platform. We experience such difficulty in propagating this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world. Unfortunately we are surroun
ded by neophyte Godbrothers who do not appreciate the extraordinary activities of spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world. They simply try to bring us to their platform, and they try to criticize us in every respect. We very much regret
 their naive activities and poor fund of knowledge. An empowered person who is actually engaged in the confidential service of the Lord should not be treated as an ordinary human being, for it is stated that unless one is empowered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one
 cannot spread the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement all over the world.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one thus criticizes a pure devotee, he commits an offense (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava-apar\'e4dha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) that is very obstructive and dangerous for those who desire to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A person cannot derive any spiritua
l benefit when he offends the lotus feet of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. Everyone should therefore be very careful not to be jealous of an empowered Vai\'f1\'ebava, or a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uddha-vai
\'f1\'ebava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is also an offense to consider an empowered Vai\'f1\'ebava an object of disciplinary action. It is offensive to try to give him advice or to correct him. One can d
istinguish between a neophyte Vai\'f1\'ebava and an advanced Vai\'f1\'ebava by their activities. The advanced Vai\'f1\'ebava is always situated as the spiritual master, and the neophyte is always considered his disciple. The spiritual master must not be 
subjected to the advice of a disciple, nor should a spiritual master be obliged to take instructions from those who are not his disciples. This is the sum and substance of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's advice in the sixth verse.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 7
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT SEVEN
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub syaAtk\{(SNAnaAmacair"taAid"is$ataApyaiva\'e2A\line ipa\'d4aAepata\'e6ar"s$anasya na r"Aeicak(A nau\line ik(ntvaAd"r"Ad"nauid"na
M Kalau s$aEva jau\'ed"A\line svaA\'e3"I \'82(maA\'e0"vaita ta\'d5"d"maUlah"n\'87aI
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sy\'e4t k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma-carit\'e4di-sit\'e4py avidy\'e4-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pittopatapta-rasanasya na rocik\'e4 nu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kintv \'e4dar\'e4d anudina\'e0 khalu saiva ju\'f1\'f6\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sv\'e4dv\'e9 kram\'e4d bhavati tad-gada-m\'fcla-hantr\'e9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97is; }{\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 \'97of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\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 holy name; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carita-\'e4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97character, pastimes and so forth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sugar candy; }{\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 avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of ignorance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pitta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by t
he bile; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upatapta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97afflicted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub rasanasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the tongue; }{\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 rocik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97palatable; }{\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 \'97oh, how wonderful it is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kintu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97but; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dar\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97carefully;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anudinam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97every day, or twenty-four hours daily; }{\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 \'97naturally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that (sugar candy of the holy name); }{\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 \'97certa
inly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ju\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97taken or chanted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e4dv\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97relishable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kram\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gradually; }{\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 \'97becomes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-gada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of that disease; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcl
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the root; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hantr\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the destroyer.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tong
ue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidy\'e4 [ignorance] cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and his disease is gradually destroyed at
 the root.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The holy name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His quality, pastimes and so forth are all of the nature of absolute truth, beauty and bliss. Na
turally they are very sweet, like sugar candy, which appeals to everyone. Nescience, however, is compared to the disease called jaundice, which is caused by bilious secretions. Attacked by jaundice, the tongue of a diseased person cannot palatably relish
 sugar candy. Rather, a person with jaundice considers something sweet to taste very bitter. }{\cs2873\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  (ignorance) similarly perverts the ability to relish the transcendentally palatable name, quality, form and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Despite this disease, if one with great care and attention takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, chantin
g the holy name and hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes, his ignorance will be destroyed and his tongue enabled to taste the sweetness of the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His paraphernalia. Such a recovery of spiritual health 
is possible only by the regular cultivation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a man in the material world takes more interest in the materialistic way of life than in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is cons
idered to be in a diseased condition. The normal condition is to remain an eternal servant of the Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya}{\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 k\'e5\'f1\'ebera}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  'nitya-d\'e4sa'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). This healthy condition is lost when the living entity forgets K\'e5\'f1\'eba due to being attracted by the external features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\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  energy. This world of }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4\'e7raya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which means "false
 or bad shelter." One who puts his faith in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4\'e7raya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  becomes a candidate for hoping against
 hope. In the material world everyone is trying to become happy, and although their material attempts are baffled in every way, due to their nescience they cannot understand their mistakes. People try to rectify one mistake by making another mistake. Thi
s is the way of the struggle for existence in the material world. If one in this condition is advised to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and be happy, he does not accept such instructions.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 being spread all over the world just to remedy this gross ignorance. People in general a
re misled by blind leaders. The leaders of human society\'97the politicians, philosophers and scientists\'97are blind because they are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. According to }{\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  because they are bereft of all factual knowledge due to their atheistic way of life, they are actually sinful rascals and are the lowest among men
.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheist
ic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me." (}{\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  7.15)
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such people never surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they oppose the endeavor of those who wish to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba's shelter. When s
uch atheists become leaders of society, the entire atmosphere is surcharged with nescience. In such a condition, people do not become very enthusiastic to receive this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, just as a diseased person suffering from jaundi
ce does not relish the taste of sugar candy. However, one must know that for jaundice, sugar candy is the only specific medicine. Similarly, in the present confused state of humanity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the chanting of the holy name of the Lor
d\'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 only remedy for setting the world aright. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may not be very pala
table for a diseased person, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 nonetheless advises that if one wants to be cured of the material disease, he must take to it with great care and attention. One begins his treatment by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\cs2873\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  because by chanting this holy name of the Lord a person in the material condition wil
l be relieved from all misconceptions (}{\cs2873\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 ). }{\cs2873\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  a misconception about one's spiritual identity, provides the foundation for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or false ego within the heart.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real disease is in the heart. If the mind is cleansed, however, if consciousness is cleansed, a person cannot be harmed by the mat
erial disease. To cleanse the mind and heart from all misconceptions, one should take to this chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 is both easy and beneficial. By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one is immediately freed from the blazing fire of material existence.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three stages in chanting the holy name of the Lord\'97the offensive stage, the stage of lessening offenses, and the pure sta
ge. When a neophyte takes to the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 generally commits 
many offenses. There are ten basic offenses, and if the devotee avoids these, he can glimpse the next stage, which is situated between offensive chanting and pure chanting. When one attains the pure stage, he is immediately liberated. This is called }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4panam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as one is liberated from the blazing fire of mate
rial existence, he can relish the taste of transcendental life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is that in order to get freed from the material disease, one must take to the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is especially meant for creating an atmosphere in 
which people can take to the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 must begin with faith
, and when this faith is increased by chanting, a person can become a member of the Society. We are sending }{\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  parties all over the world, and they are experiencing that even in the remotest part of the world, where there is no knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  attracts thousands of men to our camp. In some areas, people begin to imitate the devotees by shaving their heads and chanting the Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  only a few days after hearing the }{\cs2873\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 may be imitative, but imitation of a good thing is desired. Some imitators gradually become interested in being in
itiated by the spiritual master and offer themselves for initiation.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is sincere, he is initiated, and this stage is called }{\cs2873\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  One then actually engages in the service of the Lord by regularly chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  sixteen rounds daily, and refraining from illicit sex, intoxicants, meat-eating and gambling. By }{\cs2873\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  one attains freedom from the contamination of materialistic life. He no longer goes to a restaurant or hotel t
o taste so-called palatable dishes made with meat and onions, nor does he care to smoke or drink tea or coffee. He not only refrains from illicit sex, but avoids sex life entirely. Nor is he interested in wasting his time in speculating or gambling. In t
his way it is to be understood that one is becoming cleansed of unwanted things (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anartha-niv\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anartha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to unwanted things. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anarthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are vanquished when one becomes attached to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a person is relieved from unwanted things, he becomes fixed in executing his K\'e5\'f1\'eba activities. Indeed, he becomes attach
ed to such activities and experiences ecstasy in executing devotional service. This is called }{\cs2873\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  the preliminary awakening of dormant love of Godhead. Thus the conditioned soul becomes free from material existence and loses interest in the bodily conception of life, including material opulence, material knowledge and material attraction
 of all variety. At such a time one can understand who the Supreme Personality of Godhead is and what His }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although }{\cs2873\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  may be present, it cannot disturb a devotee once he attains the }{\cs2873\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  stage. This is because the devotee can see the real position of }{\cs2873\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  means forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness stand side by side like light and shadow. If one remains in shadow, he cannot enjoy the facilities offered by light, and if one remai
ns in light, he cannot be disturbed by the darkness of shadow. By taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one gradually becomes liberated and remains in light. Indeed, he does not even touch the darkness. As confirmed in }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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  22.31):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared to sunshine, and }{\cs2873\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 compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the darkness of illusion, the influence o
f the external energy, will immediately vanish."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 8
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT EIGHT
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ta\'aaaAma\'e8&pacair"taAid"s$auk(LtaRnaAnau\line sma\{tyaAe: \'82(maeNA r"s$anaAmanas$aI inayaAejya\line ita\'ef"na, \'98ajae t
ad"naur"AigA janaAnaugAAmaI\line k(AlaM nayaed"iKalaimatyaupade"zAs$aAr"ma,
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tan-n\'e4ma-r\'fcpa-carit\'e4di-suk\'e9rtan\'e4nu-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sm\'e5tyo\'f9 krame\'eba rasan\'e4-manas\'e9 niyojya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ti\'f1\'f6han vraje tad-anur\'e4gi-jan\'e4nug\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4la\'e0 nayed akhilam ity upade\'e7a-s\'e4ram
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\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 \'97of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\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 holy name; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fc
pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carita-\'e4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97character, pastimes and so on; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in discussing or chanting nicely; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anusm\'e5tyo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and in remembering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub krame\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gradually; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasan\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the tongue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyojya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaging; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6han}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97residing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vraje}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97i
n Vraja; }{\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 \'97to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'e4gi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97attached; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97persons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anug\'e4m\'e9}{\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 k\'e4lam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nayet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97should utilize; }{\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 \'97full; }{
\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 upade
\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of advice or instruction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the essence.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The essence of all advice is that one should utilize one's full time\'97twenty-four hours a day\'97in nicely chanting and remembering 
the Lord's divine name, transcendental form, qualities and eternal pastimes, thereby gradually engaging one's tongue and mind. In this way one should reside in Vraja [Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma] and serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba under the guidance of devotee
s. One should follow in the footsteps of the Lord's beloved devotees, who are deeply attached to His devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the mind may be one's enemy or one's friend, one has to train the mind to become his friend. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mo
vement is especially meant for training the mind to be always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's business. The mind contains hundreds and thousands of impressions, not only of this life but also of many, many lives of the past. These impressions sometimes come 
in contact with one another and produce contradictory pictures. In this way the mind's function can become dangerous for a conditioned soul. Students of psychology are aware of the mind's various psychological changes. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (8.6}{\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  it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 ta\'e0 evaiti kaunteya\line sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4
va-bh\'e4vita\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the time of death, the mind and intelligence of a living entity create the subtle form of a certain type of body for the next life.
 If the mind suddenly thinks of something not very congenial, one has to take a corresponding birth in the next life. On the other hand, if one can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the time of death, he can be transferred to the spiritual world, Goloka V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. This process of transmigration is very subtle; therefore \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 advises devotees to train their minds in order that they will be unable to remember anything other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, the tongue should be t
rained to speak only of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to taste only }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9la R
\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 further advises, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6han vraje:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one should live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana or a
ny part of Vrajabh\'fcmi. Vrajabh\'fcmi, or the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is supposed to be eighty-four }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kro\'e7as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  in area. One }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kro\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  equals two square miles. When one makes V\'e5nd\'e4vana his
 residence, he should take shelter of an advanced devotee there. In this way one should always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pastimes. This is further elucidated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his }{\cs3545\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  (1.2.294):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 smaran jana\'e0 c\'e4sya\line pre\'f1\'f6ha\'e0 nija-sam\'e9hitam\line tat-tat-kath\'e4-rata\'e7 c\'e4sau
\line kury\'e4d v\'e4sa\'e0 vraje sad\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A devotee should always reside in the transcendental realm of Vraja and always engage in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 smaran jana\'e0 c\'e4sya pre\'f1\'f6ham,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the remembrance of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His beloved associates. By
 following in the footsteps of such associates and by entering under their eternal guidance, one can acquire an intense desire to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bha
kti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1.2.295):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sev\'e4 s\'e4dhaka-r\'fcpe\'eba\line siddha-r\'fcpe\'eba c\'e4tra hi\line tad-bh\'e4va-lipsun\'e4 k\'e4ry\'e4\line vraja-lok\'e4
nus\'e4rata\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the transcendental realm of Vraja [Vraja-dh\'e4ma] one should serve the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with a feeling sim
ilar to that of His associates, and one should place himself under the direct guidance of a particular associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and should follow in his footsteps. This method is applicable both in the stage of }{\cs2873\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  [spiritual practices executed while in the stage of bondage] and in the stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [God realization], when one is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddha-pur
u\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or a spiritually perfect soul."
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 has commented as follows upon this verse: "One who has not yet developed int
erest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should give up all material motives and train his mind by following the progressive regulative principles, namely chanting and remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name, form, quality, pastimes and so forth. In this wa
y, after developing a taste for such things, one should try to live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and pass his time constantly remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, fame, pastimes and qualities under the direction and protection of an expert devotee. This is the sum a
nd substance of all instruction regarding the cultivation of devotional serivce.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the neophyte stage one should always engage in hearing }{\cs2873\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  This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba-da\'e7\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the stage of hearing. By constantly hearing the transcendental holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and hearing of His transcendental form, qualities and pastimes, one can attain to the stage of acceptance c
alled }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'eba-da\'e7\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one attains this stage, he becomes attached to the hearing of }{
\cs2873\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  When one is able to chant in ecstasy, he attains the stage of }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smara\'eb\'e4vasth\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the stage of remembering. Recollection, absorption, meditation, constant remembrance a
nd trance are the five items of progressive }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-smara\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At first, remembrance of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba may be interrupted at intervals, but later remembrance proceeds uninterrupted. When remembrance is uninterrupted, it becomes concentrated and is called meditation. When meditation expands and becomes constant, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anusm\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By uninterrupted and unceasing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub anusm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one enters the stage of }{\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  or spiritual trance. After }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smara\'eba-da\'e7\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or 
}{\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  has fully developed, the soul comes to understand his original constitutional position.
 At that time he can perfectly and clearly understand his eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sampatti-da\'e7\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advises those who are neophytes to give up all kinds of motivated desires and simply engage in the regulative devotional service of the Lord according to the directions of scripture. In this way a neop
hyte can gradually develop attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, fame, form, qualities and so forth. When one has developed such attachment, he can spontaneously serve the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba even without following the regulative principles. Thi
s stage is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4ga-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or devotional service in spontaneous love. At that stage the dev
otee can follow in the footsteps of one of the eternal associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nuga-bhakti. R\'e4g\'e4nuga-bhakti,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spontaneous devotional service, can be executed in the }{\cs2873\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  when one aspires to be like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows or the stick or flute in the hand of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the flowers around K\'e5\'f1\'eba's neck. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one follows in the footsteps of servants like Citraka, Patraka or Raktaka. In the friendly }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one can become a friend like Baladeva, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 or Sud\'e4m\'e4. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  characterized by parental affection, one can become like Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Ya\'e7od\'e4, and in the }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  characterized by conjugal love, one can become like \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 or Her lady friends such as Lalit\'e4 and Her serving maids (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'efjar\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) like R\'fcpa and
 Rati. This is the essence of all instruction in the matter of devotional service." 
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 9
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT NINE
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub vaEku(NQ&A\'c0ainataAe var"A maDaupaur"I ta\'87aAipa r"As$aAets$avaA\'e4,"\line va\{nd"Ar"Nyamaud"Ar"paAiNAr"maNAA\'d4a\'87aAipa
 gAAevaDaRna:\line r"ADaAku(Nx"imah"Aipa gAAeku(lapatae: \'91aemaAma\{taAplaAvanaAta,\line ku(yaARd"sya ivar"AjataAe igAir"taqe% s$aevaAM ivavaek(L na k(:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vaiku\'eb\'f6h\'e4j janito var\'e4 madhu-pur\'e9 tatr\'e4pi r\'e4sotsav\'e4d
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5nd\'e4ra\'ebyam ud\'e4ra-p\'e4\'ebi-rama\'eb\'e4t tatr\'e4pi govardhana\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2am ih\'e4pi gokula-pate\'f9 prem\'e4m\'e5t\'e4pl\'e4van\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kury\'e4d asya vir\'e4jato giri-ta\'f6e sev\'e4\'e0 vivek\'e9 na ka\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vaiku\'eb\'f6h\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97than Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the
 spiritual world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of birth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub var\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97better; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhu-pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the transcendental city known as Mathur\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub superior to that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa-utsav\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of the performance of the }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4; v\'e5nd\'e4-ara\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4ra-p\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
rama\'eb\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of various kinds of loving pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97superior to that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govardhana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Govard
hana Hill; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the place known as R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97superior to this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub go
kula-pate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of Gokula; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-am\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the nectar of divine love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pl\'e4van\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub because of being overflooded; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kury\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97would do; }{\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 (R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vir
\'e4jata\'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 giri-ta\'f6e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the foot of Govardhana Hill; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sev\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vivek\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who is intelligent; }{\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 ka\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The holy place known as Mathur\'e4 is spiritually superior to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the transcendental world, because the Lord appeared the
re. Superior to Mathur\'e4-pur\'e9 is the transcendental forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4 pastimes. And superior to the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is Govardhana Hill, for it was raised by the divine hand of \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and was the site of His various loving pastimes. And, above all, the superexcellent \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a stands supreme, for it is overflooded with the ambrosial nectarean prema of the Lord of Gokula, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Where, then, is that intelligent person who is unwilling to serve this divine R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, which is situated at the foot of Govardhana Hill?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  19.102p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual world is three fourths of the total creation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it is the most exalted region. T
he spiritual world is naturally superior to the material world; however, Mathur\'e4 and the adjoining areas, although appearing in the material world, are considered superior to the spiritual world because the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself appea
red at Mathur\'e4. The interior forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are considered superior to Mathur\'e4 because of the presence of the twelve forests (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dv\'e4da\'e7a-vana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), such as T\'e4lavana, Madhuvana and Bahul\'e4vana, which are famous for the various pastimes of the Lord. Thus the interior V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest is considered superior to Mathur\'e4, 
but superior to these forests is the divine Govardhana Hill because K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted Govardhana Hill like an umbrella, raising it with His lotuslike beautiful hand to protect His associates, the denizens of Vraja, from the torrential rains sent by t
he angry Indra, King of the demigods. It is also at Govardhana Hill that K\'e5\'f1\'eba tends the cows with His cowherd friends, and there also He had His rendezvous with His most beloved \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and engaged in loving pastimes with Her. R
\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, at the foot of Govardhana, is superior to all because it is there that love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba overflows. Advanced devotees prefer to reside at R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a because this place is the site of many memories of the eternal 
loving affairs between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rati-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) it is stated that when 
\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu first visited the area of Vrajabh\'fcmi, He could not at first find the location of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a. This means that \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was actually searching for the exact location of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku
\'eb\'f2a. Finally He found the holy spot, and there was a small pond there. He took His bath in that small pond and told His devotees that the actual R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a was situated there. Later the pond was excavated by Lord Caitanya's devotees, h
eaded first by the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, such as R\'fcpa and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa. Presently there is a large lake known as R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a there. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given much stress to R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a because of \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's desire to find it. Who, then, would give up R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and try to reside elsewhere? No person with transcendental intelligence would do so. The importance of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, however, cannot be realized 
by other Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nor can persons uninterested in the devotional service of 
Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu understand the spiritual importance and divine nature of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a. Thus R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a is mainly worshiped by the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebavas, the followers of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya M
ah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 10
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT TEN
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k(imaRBya: pair"taAe h"re": i\'91ayatayaA vyai\'b7M( yayau\'c1aARinanas$a,\line taeByaAe \'c1aAnaivamau\'b7(Bai\'b7(par"maA: 
\'91aemaEk(ina\'ef"Astata:\line taeByastaA: pazAupaAlapa\'c6\'ffja\'e4\{"zAstaAByaAe'ipa s$aA r"AiDak(A\line \'91ae\'ef"A ta\'e3"id"yaM tad"Iyas$ar"s$aI taAM naA\'99ayaetk(: k\{(taI
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 karmibhya\'f9 parito hare\'f9 priyatay\'e4 vyakti\'e0 yayur j\'ef\'e4ninas
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tebhyo j\'ef\'e4na-vimukta-bhakti-param\'e4\'f9 premaika-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4s tata\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tebhyas t\'e4\'f9 pa\'e7u-p\'e4la-pa\'eckaja-d\'e5\'e7as t\'e4bhyo 'pi s\'e4 r\'e4dhik\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4 tadvad iya\'e0 tad\'e9ya-saras\'e9 t\'e4\'e0 n\'e4\'e7rayet ka\'f9 k\'e5t\'e9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karmibhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97than all fruitive workers; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in all respects; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hare\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priyatay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of being favored; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vyaktim yayu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97it is said in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra; j\'ef\'e4nina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those advanced in knowledge; }{\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 \'97superior to them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vimukta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97liberated by knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-param\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those engaged in devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-eka-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those who have attained pure love of God; }{\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 \'97supe
rior to them; }{\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 \'97better than them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u-p\'e4la-pa\'eckaja-d\'e5\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\cs2873\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  who are always
 dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cowherd boy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4bhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97above all of them; }{\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 \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97She; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dhik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r
\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4}{\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 tadvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97similarly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iyam}{\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 tad\'e9ya-saras\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Her lake, 
\'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a; }{\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 \'e4\'e7rayet}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97would take shelter of; }{\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 k\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97most fortunate.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub In the \'e7\'e4stra it is said that of all types of fruitive workers, he who is advanced in knowledge of the higher values of life is 
favored by the Supreme Lord Hari. Out of many such people who are advanced in knowledge [j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s], one who is practically liberated by virtue of his knowledge may take to devotional service. He is superior to the others. However, one who has actu
ally attained prema, pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is superior to him. The gop\'e9s are exalted above all the advanced devotees because they are always totally dependent upon \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the transcendental cowherd boy. Among the gop\'e9s, 
\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the most dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Her ku\'eb\'f2a [lake] is as profoundly dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as this most beloved of the gop\'e9s. Who, then, will not reside at R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and, in a spirit
ual body surcharged with ecstatic devotional feelings [apr\'e4k\'e5tabh\'e4va], render loving service to the divine couple \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-Govinda, who perform Their a\'f1\'f6ak\'e4l\'e9ya-l\'e9l\'e4, Their eternal eightfold daily pastime
s. Indeed, those who execute devotional service on the banks of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a are the most fortunate people in the universe.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment almost everyone is engaged in some kind of fruitive activity. Those who are desirous of gaining material profits
 by working are called }{\cs2873\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 workers. All living entities within this material wo
rld have come under the spell of }{\cs2873\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 described in the }{\cs3545\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  (6.7.61):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-\'e7akti\'f9 par\'e4 prokt\'e4\line k\'f1etraj\'ef\'e4khy\'e4 tath\'e4 par\'e4\line avidy\'e4-karma-sa\'e0j\'ef\'e4n
y\'e4\line t\'e5t\'e9y\'e4 \'e7aktir i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sages have divided the energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead into three categories\'97namely, the spiritual energy, marginal 
energy and material energy. The material energy is considered to be the third-class energy (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5t\'e9y\'e4 \'e7akti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Those living beings within the jurisdiction of the material energy sometimes engage themselves like dogs and hogs in working very hard simply for sense gratification. However, in this life, or, after executing pious activities,
 in the next life, some }{\cs2873\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  become strongly attracted to performing various kinds of sacrifi
ces mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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  Thus on the strength of their pious merit, they are elevated to heaven
ly planets. Actually those who perform sacrifices strictly according to Vedic injunctions are elevated to the moon and planets above the moon. As mentioned in }{\cs3545\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  (9.21), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1\'e9\'ebe pu\'ebye martya-loka\'e0 vi\'e7anti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  after exhausting the results of their so-called pious activities, they again return to the earth, which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub martya-loka,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the place of death. Although such persons may be elevated to the heavenly planets by their pious activities and although they may enjoy life there for many thousands of years, the
y nonetheless must return to this planet when the results of their pious activities are exhausted.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the position of all }{\cs2873\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  including those who act piously and those who act impiously. On this planet we find many businessmen, politicians and others who are simply interested in material happiness. They attempt to 
earn money by all means, not considering whether such means are pious or impious. Such people are called }{\cs2873\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 gross materialists. Among the }{\cs2873\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 some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikarm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  people who act without the guidance of Vedic knowledge. Those who act on the basis of Vedic knowledge p
erform sacrifices for the satisfaction of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and to receive benedictions from Him. In this way they are elevated to higher planetary systems. Such }{\cs2873\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 superior to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikarm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  for they are faithful to the directions of the }{\cs2873\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 are certainly dear to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.11}{\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 , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs2873\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  "In whatever way one surrenders unto Me, I reward him accordingly." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He fulfilled the desires of the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  not to speak of the }{\cs2873\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  Altho
ugh the }{\cs2873\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 sometimes elevated to higher planetary systems, as long as they remain attac
hed to fruitive activities they must accept new material bodies after death. If one acts piously, he can attain a new body among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, or he may attain some other position in which he can enjoy a higher standard of
 material happiness. On the other hand, those who are engaged in impious activities are degraded and take birth as animals, trees and plants. Thus those fruitive actors who do not care for the Vedic directions (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikarm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) are not appreciated by learned saintly persons. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\nosupersub 5.5.4}{\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\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'fcna\'e0 pramatta\'f9 kurute vikarma\line yad indriya-pr\'e9taya \'e4p\'e5\'eboti\line na s\'e4dhu manye yata \'e4tmano 'yam
\line asann api kle\'e7ada \'e4sa deha\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Materialists who work hard like dogs and hogs simply for sense gratification are actually mad. They simply perform all kinds of abomi
nable activities simply for sense gratification. Materialistic activities are not at all worthy of an intelligent man, for as a result of such activities, one gets a material body, which is full of misery." The purpose of human life is to get out of the 
threefold miserable conditions, which are concomitant with material existence. Unfortunately, fruitive workers are mad to earn money and acquire temporary material comforts by all means; therefore they risk being degraded to lower species of life. Materi
alists foolishly make many plans to become happy in this material world. They do not stop to consider that they will live only for a certain number of years, out of which they must spend the major portion acquiring money for sense gratification. Ultimate
ly such activities end in death. Materialists do not consider that after giving up the body they may become embodied as lower animals, plants or trees. Thus all their activities simply defeat the purpose of life. Not only are they born ignorant, but they
 act on the platform of ignorance, thinking that they are getting material benefits in the shape of skyscraper buildings, big cars, honorable positions and so on. The materialists do not know that in the next life they will be degraded and that all their
 activities simply serve as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4bhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  their defeat. This is the verdict of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 5.5.5}{\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 : }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4bhavas t\'e4vad abodha-j\'e4ta\'f9.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should therefore be eager to understand the science of the soul (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Unless one comes to the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by which one understands that the soul and not the body is oneself, one remains on the platform of ignorance. Out of thousands and even millions of ignorant people who are wasting their time
 simply gratifying their senses, one may come to the platform of knowledge and understand higher values of life. Such a person is called a }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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  knows that frui
tive activities will bind him to material existence and cause him to transmigrate from one kind of body to another. As indicated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [5.5.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by the term }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra-bandha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (bound to bodily existence), as long as one maintains any conception of sense enjoyment, his min
d will be absorbed in }{\cs2873\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  fruitive activity, and this will oblige him to transmigrate from one 
body to another.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus a }{\cs2873\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 considered superior to a }{\cs2873\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  because he at l
east refrains from the blind activities of sense enjoyment. This is the verdict of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, although a }{\cs2873\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  may be liberated from the ignorance of the }{\cs2873\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  unless he comes to the platform of devotional service he is still considered to be in ignorance (}{\cs2873\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 ). Although one may be accepted as a }{\cs2873\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  or one advanced in knowl
edge, his knowledge is considered impure because he has no information of devotional service and thus neglects the direct worship of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a }{\cs2873\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  takes to devotional service, he rapidly becomes superior to an ordinary }{\cs2873\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  Such an advanced person is described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vimukta-bhakti-parama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  How a }{\cs2873\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  takes to devotional service is mentioned in }{\cs3545\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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), wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all th
at is. Such a great soul is very rare." Actually a person is wise when he surrenders unto the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but such a }{\cs2873\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, is very rare.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After taking to devotional service under the regulative principles, a person may come to the platform of spontaneous love of Godhead, 
following in the footsteps of great devotees like N\'e4rada and Sanaka and San\'e4tana. The Supreme Personality of Godhead then recognizes him to be superior. The devotees who have developed love of Godhead are certainly in an exalted position.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all these devotees, the }{\cs2873\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 recognized as superior because they do not know anything other than satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nor do the }{\cs2873\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  expect any return from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed, sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba puts them into extreme suffering by separating Himself from them. Nonetheless, they cannot forget 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana for Mathur\'e4, the }{\cs2873\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 most 
dejected and spent the rest of their lives simply crying in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This means that in one sense they were never actually separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no difference between thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and associating wit
h Him. Rather, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vipralambha-sev\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in separation, as \'c7r\'e9 Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu did, is far better than serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly. Thus of all the devotees who have developed unalloyed devotional love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\cs2873\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 most exalted, and out of all these exalted }{\cs2873\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 highest. No one can excel the devotional service of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Indeed, even K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot understand the attitude of 
\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9; therefore He took Her position and appeared as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, just to understand Her transcendental feelings.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gradually concludes that \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the most exalted d
evotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that Her }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (lake), \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, is th
e most exalted place. This is verified in a quotation from }{\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  (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Uttara-kha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'eb\'f2}{\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  45), as quoted in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 r\'e4dh\'e4 priy\'e4 vi\'f1\'ebos\line tasy\'e4\'f9 ku\'eb\'f2a\'e0 priya\'e0 tath\'e4\line sarva-gop\'e9\'f1u saivaik
\'e4\line vi\'f1\'ebor atyanta-vallabh\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just as \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is dear to the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba [Vi\'f1\'ebu], so Her bathing place [R
\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a] is equally dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Among all the }{\cs2873\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  She alone stand
s supreme as the Lord's most beloved."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore everyone interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should ultimately take shelter of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and execute de
votional service there throughout one's life. This is the conclusion of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the tenth verse of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI: verse 11
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT ELEVEN
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\{(SNAsyaAe\'bbaE: \'91aNAyavas$aita: \'91aeyas$aIByaAe'ipa r"ADaA\line ku(NxM" caAsyaA mauinaiBar"iBatastaA\'e4\{"gAeva vyaDaA
iya\line yat\'91ae\'efE"r"pyalamas$aulaBaM ikM( paunaBaRi\'b7(BaAjaAM\line tat\'91aemaedM" s$ak\{(d"ipa s$ar": \'b5aAtaur"AivaSk(r"Aeita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'ebasyoccai\'f9 pra\'ebaya-vasati\'f9 preyas\'e9bhyo 'pi r\'e4dh\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ku\'eb\'f2a\'e0 c\'e4sy\'e4 munibhir abhitas t\'e4d\'e5g eva vyadh\'e4yi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yat pre\'f1\'f6hair apy alam asulabha\'e0 ki\'e0 punar bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat premeda\'e0 sak\'e5d api sara\'f9 sn\'e4tur \'e4vi\'f1karoti
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uccai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very highly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebaya-vasati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97object of love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub preyas\'e9bhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97out of the many lovable }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s; api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97c
ertainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ku\'eb\'f2am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lake; }{\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 asy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Her; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub munibhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by great sages; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub abhita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in all respects; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4d\'e5k eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97similarly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vyadh\'e4yi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is described; }{\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 pre\'f1\'f6hai\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the most advanced devotees; }{\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 alam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enough; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asulabham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97difficult to obtain; }{\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 puna\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97again; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for persons engaged in devotional service; }{\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 prema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97love of Godhead; }{\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 sak\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97once; }{\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 sara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lake; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sn\'e4tu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of one who has bathed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4vi\'f1karoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97arouses.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Of the many objects of favored delight and of all the lovable damsels of Vrajabh\'fcmi, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is c
ertainly the most treasured object of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love. And, in every respect, Her divine ku\'eb\'f2a is described by great sages as similarly dear to Him. Undoubtedly R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a is very rarely attained even by the great devotees; there
fore it is even more difficult for ordinary devotees to attain. If one simply bathes once within those holy waters, one's pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fully aroused.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why is R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a so exalted? The lake is so exalted because it belongs to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who
 is the most beloved object of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Among all the }{\cs2873\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  She is the most b
eloved. Similarly, Her lake, \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, is also described by great sages as the lake that is as dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as R\'e4dh\'e4 Herself. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love for R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the same in all respects. R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a is very rarely attained, even by great personalities fully engaged in devotional service, not to speak of ordinary devotees who are only engaged in the practice of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaidh\'e9 bhakti.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated that a devotee will at once develop pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the wake of the }{\cs2873\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  if he once takes a bath in R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends that even if one cannot live
 permanently on the banks of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, he should at least take a bath in the lake as many times as possible. This is a most important item in the execution of devotional service. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura writes in this connec
tion that \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a is the most select place for those interested in advancing their devotional service in the wake of the lady friends (}{\cs2873\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 ) and confidential serving maids (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'efjar\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Living entities who are eager to return home to the transcendental kingdom of God, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, by means of attaining their spiritual bodies (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddha-deha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) should live at R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, take shelter of the confidential serving maids of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 an
d under their direction engage constantly in Her service. This is the most exalted method for those engaged in devotional service under the protection of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. In this connection \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 
\'d6h\'e4kura writes that even great sages and great devotees like N\'e4rada and Sanaka do not get an opportunity to come to R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a to take their baths. What, then, to speak of ordinary devotees? If, by great fortune, one gets an opportu
nity to come to R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and bathe even once, he can develop his transcendental love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, exactly as the }{\cs2873\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. It is also recommended that one should live on the banks of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and should be absorbed in the loving service of the Lord. One should bathe there regularly and give up all material con
ceptions, taking shelter of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and Her assistant }{\cs2873\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  If one is thus const
antly engaged during his lifetime, after giving up the body he will return back to Godhead to serve \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 in the same way as he contemplated during his life on the banks of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a. The conclusion is that to live on the ba
nks of the R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and to bathe there daily constitute the highest perfection of devotional service. It is a difficult position to attain, even for great sages and devotees like N\'e4rada. Thus there is no limit to the glory of \'c7r\'e9 
R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a. By serving R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, one can get an opportunity to become an assistant of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 under the eternal guidance of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NoI Appendixes
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Appendixes
\par }\pard \s2092 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 The Author
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spi
ritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, a prominent devotional scholar and the founder of sixty-four Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6has (Vedic institutes), liked this educated y
oung man and convinced him to dedicate his life to teaching Vedic knowledge. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became his student, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad he became his formally initiated disciple.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At their first meeting, in 1922, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura requested \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to broa
dcast Vedic knowledge through the English language. In the years that followed, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote a 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 , assisted the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha in its work and, in 1944, without assistance, started an English fortnightly magazine, edited it, typed the manuscripts and checked the galley proofs. He even distr
ibuted the individual copies freely and struggled to maintain the publication. Once begun, the magazine never stopped; it is now being continued by his disciples in the West.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recognizing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's philosophical learning and devotion, the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Society honored him in 1
947 with the title "Bhaktived\'e4nta." In 1950, at the age of fifty-four, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da retired from married life, and four years later he adopted the }{\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  (retired) order to devote more time to his studies and writing. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da traveled to the holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where he lived in very humble circumstances 
in the historic medieval temple of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara. There he engaged for several years in deep study and writing. He accepted 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 ) in 1959. At R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began work on his life's masterpiece: a multivolume translation and commentary on the eighteen thousand verse }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Bh\'e4gava
ta Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). He also wrote }{\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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After publishing three volumes 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 , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the United States, in 1965, to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. Since that time, His Divine Grace has written over forty volumes of authoritati
ve translations, commentaries and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1965, when he first arrived by freighter in New York City, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was practically penniless. It was after almost
 a year of great difficulty that he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in July of 1966. Under his careful guidance, the Society has grown within a decade to a worldwide confederation of almost one hundred }{\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 , schools, temples, institutes and farm communities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1968, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da created New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virginia. Inspire
d by the success of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, now a thriving farm community of more than one thousand acres, his students have since founded several similar communities in the United States and abroad.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1972, His Divine Grace introduced the Vedic system of primary and secondary education in the West by founding the Gurukula school i
n Dallas, Texas. The school began with 3 children in 1972, and by the beginning of 1975 the enrollment had grown to 150.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has also inspired the construction of a large international center at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur in Wes
t Bengal, India, which is also the site for a planned Institute of Vedic Studies. A similar project is the magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple and International Guest House in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. These are centers where Westerners can live 
to gain firsthand experience of Vedic culture.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's most significant contribution, however, is his books. Highly respected by the academic community for their
 authoritativeness, depth and clarity, they are used as standard textbooks in numerous college courses. His writings have been translated into eleven languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, established in 1972 exclusively to publish the works of His Div
ine Grace, has thus become the world's largest publisher of books in the field of Indian religion and philosophy. Its latest project is the publishing of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's most recent work: a seventeen-volume translation and commentary\'97compl
eted by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in only eighteen months\'97on the Bengali religious classic \'c7r\'e9 }{\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 .
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the past ten years, in spite of his advanced age, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours tha
t have taken him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continues to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.
\par }\pard \s2092 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Glossary
\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 Easy Journey to other planets 
(1970)
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.25
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub OTHER BOOKS
\par }\pard \qj\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 Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is 
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Cantos 1-3 (6 Vols.)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360\tx360\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880\tx3240\tx3600\tx3960\tx4320\tx4680\tx5040\tx5400\tx5760\tx6120\tx6480\tx6840\tx7200\tx7560\tx7920\tx8280\tx8640\tx9000\tx9360\tx9720\tx10080\tx10440
\tx10800\tx11160\tx11520 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Chaitanya 
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\tx10800\tx11160\tx11520 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion 
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\tx10800\tx11160\tx11520 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead (2 Vols.)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Teachings of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4raj
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Teachings of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Perfection of Yoga
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\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: The King of Knowledge
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\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead Magazine (Founder)
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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 Practice of Supreme Yoga 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Revised Edition
\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 Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 
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\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Collier Paperbacks Edition 1972
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\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dedicated to THE SCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with blessings of
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HIS DIVINE GRACE \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my spiritual master
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contents
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Preface  9
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx342 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1. Anti-material Worlds 11
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx361 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2. Varieties of Planetary Systems 53
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glossary 91 
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Index 94
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 EJ'70:Preface
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A living being, especially civilized man, has a natural desire to live forever in happiness. This is quite natural because,
 in his original state, the living being is both eternal and joyful. However, in the present conditioned state of life, he is engaged in a struggle against recurring birth and death. Therefore he has attained neither happiness nor immortality.
\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 latest desire man has developed is the desire to travel to other planets. This is also quite natural, because he has th
e constitutional right to go to any part of the material or spiritual skies. Such travel is very tempting and exciting because these skies are full of unlimited globes of varying qualities, and they are occupied by all types of living entities. The desir
e to travel there can be fulfilled by the 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 , which serves as a means by which one c
an transfer himself to whatever planet he likes\'97possibly to planets where life is not only eternal and blissful, but where there are multiple varieties of enjoyable energies. Anyone who can attain the freedom of the spiritual planets need never return
 to this miserable land of birth, old age, disease and death.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can attain this stage of perfection very easily by his individual effort. He can simply.follow, in his own home, the pr
escribed method 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 . This method, under proper guidance, is simple and enjoyable. An a
ttempt is made herein to give}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub information to the people in general, and to philosophers and reli
gionists in particular, as to how one can transfer oneself to other planets by this 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 \'97the highest of all yogic processes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 EJ'70:1 Anti-material Worlds
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 1 Anti-material Worlds
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Materialistic science may one day finally discover the eternal anti-material world which has for so long been unknown to th
e wranglers of gross materialism. Regarding the scientists\'92 present conception of antimatter, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Times of India }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Oct. 27, 1959) published the following news release:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Stockholm, Oct. 26, 1959}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Two America
n atomic scientists were awarded the 1959 Nobel Physics Prize today for the discovery of the antiproton, proving that matter exists in two forms -as particles and anti-particles. They are Italian-born Dr. Emilio Segre, 69, and Dr. Owen Chamberlain, born 
in San Francisco. According to one of the fundamental assumptions of the new theory, there may exist another world, or an anti-world, built up of anti-matter. This anti-material world would consist of atomic and sub-atomic particles spinning in reverse o
rbits to those of the world we know. If these two worlds should ever clash, they would both be annihilated in one blinding flash.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this statement, the following propositions are put forward:
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx498 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.\tab There is an anti-material atom or particle which is made up of the anti-qualities of material atoms.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx550 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.\tab There is another world besides this material world of which we have only limited experience.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx495 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.\tab The anti-material and material worlds may clash at a certain period and may annihilate one another.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of these three items, we, the students of theistic science, can fully agree with items No. 1 and 2, but we can agree wi
th the third item only within the limited scientific definition of anti-matter. The difficulty lies in the fact that the scientists\'92 conception of anti-matter extends only to another variety of material energy, whereas the real antimatter must be anti
-material, or spirit. Matter as it is constituted is subjected to annihilation, but anti- matter\'97if it is to be free from all material symptoms\'97must also be free from annihilation, by its very nature. If matter is destructible or separable, antimat
ter must be indestructible and inseparable. We shall try to discuss these propositions from the angle of authentic scriptural vision.
\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 most widely recognized scriptures in the world are 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 Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  have been divided into four parts: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4ma, Yajus, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Atharva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The subject matter 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 very
 difficult for a man of ordinary understanding. For elucidation, the 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  are explained in 
the historical epic called 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 in eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i\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 R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also a historical epi
c which contains all the necessary information 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 . So the 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 original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\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  by Valm\'e9ki, 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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Pur\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i\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  are classified as Vedic literatures. The }{\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  are parts of the 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 , and the }{\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  represent 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 . To summarize all these Vedic literatures, 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 a
ccepted as the essence of all }{\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 the preliminary explanation of the }{\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 . One may then conclude that 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  alone one can have 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 Personality of Godhead, who descends upon this material world from the anti-material world in order to give complet
e information of the superior form of energy.
\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 superior form of energy of the Personality of Godhead is 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 }{\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 . The scientists have recently discovered that there are two forms of perishable matter, but 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  describes most perfectly the transcendental concept of matter and anti-matter in terms of two forms of energy. There is an energy which created the material world, and in its superio
r form, also created the anti-material (transcendental) world. The living entities belong to the category of superior energy. The inferior energy or material energy is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
par\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\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  the creative energy is thus presented in two forms, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apar\'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 par\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matter itself has no creative power. When it is manipulated by the living energy, material things are produced. Matter in i
ts crude form is therefore the latent energy of the Supreme Being. Whenever we think of energy, it is natural that we think of the source of energy. For example, when we think of electrical energy, we simultaneously think of the powerhouse where it is ge
nerated. Energy is not selfsufficient. It is under the control of a superior living being. For example, fire is the source of two other energies, namely light and heat. Light and heat have no independent existence outside of fire. Similarly, the inferior
 and superior energies are derived from a source, which one may call by any name. That source of energy must be a living being with full sense of everything. That supreme living being is the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the all-at
tractive living being.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the supreme living being, or the absolute truth, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the opulent one, the living being who is the fountainhead of all energies. The discovery of the two forms of limited energies by the modern scientists is just the beginning of the progress of science. Now they must go further
 to discover the source of the two particles or atoms which they term material and anti-material.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can the anti-material particle be explained? We have experience with material particles or atoms, but we have no experi
ence with anti-material atoms. However, 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  gives the following vivid descrip
tion of the anti-material particle:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This anti-material particle is within the material-body. This material body is progressively changing from childhood to b
oyhood, from boyhood to youth to old age, after which the anti-material particle leaves the old, unworkable body and takes up another material body. (}{\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  2.13)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This description of a living body confirms the scientific discovery that energy exists in two forms.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one of them, the anti-material particle, is separated from the material body, the latter becomes useless for all purpo
ses. As such, the anti-material particle is undoubtedly superior to the material energy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one, therefore, should lament for the loss of material energy. All varieties of sense perception in the categories of 
heat and cold, happiness and distress, are but interactions of material energy which come and go like seasonal changes. The temporary appearance and disappearance of such material interactions confirms that the material body is formed of a material energ
y inferior to the living force, or }{\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  energy.}{\b0\i0\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 (}{\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  2.14)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any intelligent man who is not disturbed by happiness and distress, understanding that they are different material phases
 resulting from the interactions of the material energy, is competent to regain the anti-material world where life is eternal, full of permanent knowledge and bliss.}{\b0\i0\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 (}{\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  2.15)
\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 anti-material world is mentioned here, and in addition information is given that in the anti-material world there is no
 "seasonal" fluctuation. Everything there is permanent, blissful, and full of knowledge. But when we speak of it as a "world," we must remember that it has forms, paraphernalia and categories beyond our material experiences.
\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 material body is destructible, and as such i it is changeable and temporary. So is the material world. But the anti-m
aterial living force is non-destructible, and therefore it is permanent. Expert scientists have thus distinguished the different qualities of the material and antimaterial particles as temporary and permanent respectively. \line (}{\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  2.16)
\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 discoverers of the two forms of matter have yet to find out the qualities of anti-matter. But a vivid description is al
ready 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  as follows. The scientist can make further re-search on th
e basis of this valuable information. 
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li567\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The anti-material particle is finer than the finest of material particles. This living force is so powerful that it spread
s its influence all over the material body. The anti-material particle has immense potency in comparison to the material particle, and consequently it cannot be destroyed. \line (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.17)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is but the beginning of the description of the anti-material particle 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 . It is further explained as follows:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li567\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The finest form of the anti-material particle is encaged within the gross and subtle material bodies. Although the materia
l bodies (both gross and subtle) are subject to destruction, the finer anti-material particle is eternal. One\'92s interest, therefore, should be in this eternal principle. \line (}{\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  2.18)
\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 perfection of science will occur when it is possible for the material scientists to know the qualities of the anti-mate
rial particle and liberate it from the association of non-permanent material particles. Such liberation would mark the culmination of scientific progress.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is partial truth in the scientists\'92 suggestion that there may exist also another world consisting of anti-material
 atoms and that a clash between the material and anti-material worlds will result in the annihilation of both. There is a clash which is continually going on: the annihilation of the material particles is taking place at every moment, and the nonmaterial
 particle is striving for liberation. This 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  as follows:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li567\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The nonmaterial particle, which is the living entity, influences the material particle to work. This living entity is alwa
ys indestructible. As long as the nonmaterial particle. is within the lump of material energy-known by the names of gross and subtle bodies-then the entity is manifest as a living unit. In the continuous clashing between the two particles, the nonmateria
l particle is never annihilated. No one can destroy the anti-material particle at any time-past, present, or future. \line (}{\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  2.19)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, we think that the theory maintaining that the material and anti-material worlds may clash, resulting in the anni
hilation of both worlds, is correct only within the context of the scientists\'92 limited definition of anti-matter. 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 the nature of the anti-material particle, which can never be annihilated:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li567\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fine and immeasurable anti-material particle is always indestructible, permanent and eternal. After a certain period, 
it is liberated from material bondage by annihilation of the material particle. This same principle also operates in the case of the material and anti-material worlds. No one should fear the annihilation of the anti-material particle, for it survives the
 annihilation of material worlds. \line (}{\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  2.21-22)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything that is created is annihilated at a certain stage. Both the material body and the material world are created, an
d they are therefore subject to annihilation. The anti-material particle, however, is never created, and consequently it is never annihilated. This also is corroborated 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 :
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li567\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The anti-material particle, which is the vital force, is never born or created. It exists eternally. It has neither birth 
dates nor death dates. It is neither repeatedly created nor repeatedly destroyed. It is eternally existing, and therefore it is the oldest of the old, and yet it is always fresh and new. Although the material particle is annihilated, the anti-material pa
rticle is never affected. \line (}{\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)
\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 principle is also applicable to the anti-material universe as well as to the anti-material particle. When the material 
universe is annihilated, the anti-material universe exists in all circumstances. This will be explained in more detail later.
\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 scientist may also learn the following 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 :
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li567\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The learned man who knows perfectly well that the anti-material particle is indestructible knows that it cannot be annihil
ated by any means. \line (}{\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  2.30)
\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 atomic scientist may consider annihilating the material world by nuclear weapons, but his weapons cannot destroy the an
ti-material world. The antimaterial particle is more clearly explained in the following lines:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is neither cut into pieces by any material weapon, nor is it burnt by fire. Nor is it moistened by water, nor withered,
 nor dried up, nor evaporated in the air. It is indivisible, nonflammable, and insoluble. Because it is eternal, it can enter into and leave any sort of body. Being steady by constitution, its qualities are always fixed. It is inexplicable, because it is
 contrary to all material qualities. It is unthinkable by the ordinary brain. It is unchangeable. No one, therefore, should ever lament for what is an eternal anti-material principle. \line (}{\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  2.23-25)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, 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 in all other Vedic literatures the superior energy (anti-material principle) is accepted as the vital force or the living spirit. This is also called 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 . This living principle cannot be generated by any combination of material elements. There are eight material pr
inciples which are described as inferior energies, and they are: l) earth, 2) water, 3) fire, 4) air, 5) ether, 6) mind, 7) intelligence, and 8) ego. Apart from these is the living force, or the anti-material-principle, which is described as the superior
 energy. These are called energies because they are wielded and controlled by the supreme living being, the Personality of Godhead (K\'e5\'f1\'eba).
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For a long time the materialist was limited within the boundary of the eight material principles mentioned above. Now it is
 encouraging to see that he has a little preliminary information of the antimaterial principle and the anti-material universe. We hope that with the progress of time the materialist will be able to estimate the value of the anti-material world in which t
here is no trace of material principles. Of course the very word "anti-material" indicates that the principle is in opposition to all material qualities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx4345 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are, of course, the mental speculators who comment upon the anti-material principle. These fall into two main 
groups, and they arrive at two different erroneous conclusions. One group (the gross materialists) either denies the anti-material principle or admits only the disintegration of material combination at a certain stage (death). The other group accepts the
 anti-material principle as being in direct opposition to the material principle with its twenty-four categories. This group is known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'ec}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and they investigate the material pri
nciples and analyze them minutely. At the end of their investigation, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhyaites}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  final
ly accept a transcendental (anti-material) nonactive principle. However, difficulties arise for all these mental speculators because they speculate with the help of inferior energy. They do not accept information from the superior. In order to realize th
e real position of the anti-material principle, one must rise to the transcendental plane of superior energy. }{\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 very activity of superior energy.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the platform of the material world, one cannot estimate the real position of the anti-material world. To try to do so 
is like the attempt of a frog in a well to approximate the breadth and depth of the Pacific Ocean. "Is it twice as big as this well?" he asks. "Three times as big? Four times as big?" Obviously it is impossible to calculate in this way. But the Supreme L
ord, who is the controller of both material and anti-material energies, descends out of His causeless mercy and gives us complete information of the anti-material world. In this way we can know what the anti-material world is. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord and the living entities are both anti-material in quality}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , we are informed. Thus, we can have 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 literatures the supreme person is properly claimed to be K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. The name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," indicating the Supreme Lord, is the one truly intelligible name of the highest order. He is the controller of both material and antimaterial energies, and the very word "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" signifies that He is the s
upreme controller. 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 Lord confirms this 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 There are two worlds-the material and antimaterial. The material world is composed of inferior qualitative energy divided 
into eight material principles. The anti-material world is made of superior qualitative energy. Because both the material and anti-material energies are emanations of the Supreme Transcendence Personality of Godhead, it is proper to conclude that I [Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba] am the ultimate cause of all creations and annihilations. \line (}{\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  7.4-6)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the Lord\'92s two energies (inferior and superior) manifest the material and anti-material worlds, He is called the
 supreme absolute truth. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains this 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  thus:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am, Arjuna, the highest principle of transcendence, and there is nothing greater than Me. Everything that be rests on My
 energies exactly like pearls on a thread. \line (}{\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  7.7)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Long, long before the discovery of the principles of antirmatter and the anti-material worlds, the subject was delineated i
n 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 }{\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 indicates that its philosophy had previously been taught to the presiding deity of the sun, which implies that the principles 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  were expounded by the Personality of Godhead long before the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra\'97at least 
some 120,000,000 years before. Now modern science has just discovered a fraction of the truths that are available 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 .
\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 assumption of an anti-material universe is also found 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 from all data available it is to be assumed without the slightest doubt that the antimaterial world is situated in the anti-material sky, a
 sky which is mentioned 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  as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the eternal nature.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Exactly as material atoms create the material world, the anti-material atoms create the anti-material world with all its pa
raphernalia. The anti-material world is inhabited by anti-material living beings. In the anti-material world there is no inert matter. Everything there is a living principle, and the Supreme Personality in that region is God Himself. The denizens of the 
anti-material world possess eternal life, eternal knowledge and eternal bliss. In other words, they have all the qualifications of God.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world the topmost planet is called Satyaloka or Brahmaloka. Beings of the greatest talents live in this pla
net. The presiding deity of Brahmaloka is Brahm\'e4, the first created being of this material world. Brahm\'e4 is a living being like so many of us, but he is the most talented personality in the material world. He is not so talented that he is in the ca
tegory of God, but he is in the category of those living entities directly dominated by God. God and the living entities both belong to the antimaterial world. The scientist, therefore, would be rendering service to everyone by researching the constituti
on of the anti-material world\'97how it is administered, how things are shaped there, who are the presiding personalities, and so on. Of the Vedic literatures, }{\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  deals elaborately with these matters. 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 the preliminary study 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 . These two important books of knowledge should be thoroughly studied by all men in the scientific world. They would give many clues to scientific progress and would indicate many new discoveries.
\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 transcendentalists and the materialists are two distinct classes of men. The transcendentalist gathers knowledge from a
uthoritative scriptures like 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 . Vedic literature is received from authoritative sources w
hich are in the line of transcendental disciplic succession. This disciplic succession (}{\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 ) is also mentioned 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 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  that hundreds of thousands of years ago 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  was spoken to the presiding deity of the sun, who delivered the knowledge to his son Manu, from whom the present generation of Man has descended
. Manu, in his turn, delivered this transcendental knowledge to his son King Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, who is the fore-father of the dynasty in which the Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4ma appeared. This long chain of disciplic succession was broken during th
e advent period of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (5,000 years ago), and for this reason K\'e5\'f1\'eba restated 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  to Arjuna, thereby making him the first disciple of this knowledge in this age. The transcendentalist of this age, therefore, is in the disciplic line that starts with Arjuna. Without troubling himself with materialistic research wor
k, the transcendentalist acquires the truths concerning matter and anti-matter in the most perfect way (through this disciplic succession) and thereby saves himself much botheration.
\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 gross materialists, however, do not believe in the anti-material worlds of the Personality of Godhead. They are therefo
re unfortunate creatures, although sometimes very talented, educated and advanced otherwise. They are bewildered by the influence of the material manifestation and are devoid of knowledge of things anti-material. It is a good sign, therefore, that the ma
terialistic scientists are gradually progressing towards the region of the antimaterial world. It may even be possible for them to make sufficient progress to be able to know the details of this anti-material world, where the Personality of Godhead resid
es as the predominating figure and where the living entities live with Him and serve Him. The living entities who serve the Godhead are equal in quality to Him, but at the same time they are pre-dominated as servitors. In the anti-material world there is
 no difference between the predominated and the predominator\'97the relationship is in perfection and without tinge of materialism.
\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 nature of the material world is destructive. 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 , there is some partial truth to the assumption of the physical scientist that there is annihilation of the material and anti-material world
s when they chance to clash. The material world is a creation of changing modes of nature. These modes (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\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 sattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (goodness), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (passion), and }{\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  (ignorance). The material world is created by the mode of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , maintained by the mode of }{\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 , and annihilated by the mode 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 . These modes are omnipresent in the material world, and as such, at every hour, every minute, every se
cond, the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation is taking place all over the material universe. The highest planet of the material universe, Brahmaloka, is also subjected to these modes of nature, although the duration of life on that planet,
 due to the predominance of the mode of }{\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 , is said to be 4,300,000 x 1,000 x 2 x 30 x 12 x 1
00 solar years. Despite this long duration, however, Brahmaloka is subject to destruction. Although life on Brahmaloka is fantastically long compared to life on earth, it is only a flash in comparison to the eternal life of the nonmaterial worlds. Conseq
uently, the speaker 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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, asserts the importance of t
he anti-material universe which is His abode.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs that all the planets within the material universe are destroyed at the end of 4,300,000 x 1,0
00 x 2 x 30 x 12 x 100 solar years. And all the living beings inhabiting these material planets are destroyed materially along with the destruction of the material worlds. The living entity, however, is constitutionally an anti-material particle. But unl
ess he elevates himself to the region of the anti-material worlds by cultivation of anti-material activities, he is destroyed materially at the annihilation of the material worlds and is subject to take rebirth in a material shape with the rebirth of a n
ew material universe. In other words, he is subject to the pains of repeated birth and death. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only those living entities who take to the loving service of the Personality of Go
dhead during the manifested stage of material life are undoubtedly transferred to the antimaterial worlds after quitting the material body.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Immortality is only obtained by tho
se who return to Godhead by practice of anti-material activities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What are these anti-material activities? They are medicines. For example, when a man falls ill, he goes to a physician who 
prescribes medicines which eventually cure the suffering patient. Similarly, the materialist is ailing, and he should consult an expert transcendentalist physician. What is his ailment? He is suffering the tribulations of repeated births, deaths, disease
s and old age. Once he agrees to put himself under the "back to Godhead treatment," he is able to transfer himself to the anti-material world where there is eternal life instead of birth and death.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Annihilation of the material world takes place in two ways. Partial annihilation occurs at the end of. every 4,300,000 x 1,
000 solar years, or at the end of each day of Brahmaloka, which is the topmost planet in the material world. During that time of partial annihilation, the topmost planets such as Brahmaloka are not annihilated, but at the end of each duration of 4,300,00
0 x 1,000 x 2 x 30 x12 x 100 solar years, the entire cosmic manifestation is merged into the anti-material body from whence the material principles emanate, manifest and merge after annihilation. The anti-material world, which is far removed from the mat
erial sky, is never annihilated. It absorbs the material world. It may be that a "clash" occurs between the material and anti-material worlds, as suggested by the scientists, and that the material worlds are destroyed, but there is no annihilation of the
 anti-material worlds. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The eternally existing antimaterial world is nonmanifested to the material scientist. He can simply have information of it insofar as the principles of i
ts existence are contrary to the modes of the material world}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . However, full details of the anti-material universe can be known only from the infallible source of liberated aut
horities who have thoroughly realized the constitution of the antimaterial principle. This information is received by aural reception by a submissive disciple of the Personality 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 Vedic knowledge was thus imparted unto the heart of Brahm\'e4, the first living being in the material creation. It was 
Brahm\'e4 who related this knowledge to the sage N\'e4rada Muni. Similarly, 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 spoken by the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to Vivasv\'e4n, the presiding deity of the sun, and when the aural chain of disciplic succession was broken, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba repeated 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  to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. At that time, Arjuna took the role of disciple and student in order 
to receive transcendental knowledge from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In order to drive out all misgivings which the gross materialists of the world may have, Arjuna asked all relevant questions, and the answers were given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that any laym
an can understand them. Only those who are captivated by the glamour of the material world cannot accept the authority of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One has to become thoroughly clea
n in habit and heart before one can understand the details of the anti-material world.}{\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 Bhakti-yog
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a detailed scientific transcendental activity that both the neophyte and the 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  can practice.
\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 material world is only a shadow representation of the anti-material world, and intelligent men who are clean in heart a
nd habit will be able to learn, in a nutshell, all the details of the anti-material world from the text 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 , and these are in actuality more exhaustive than material details. The basic details are as follows:
\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 presiding Deity of the anti-material world is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who exists in His original personality as well 
as in His many plenary expansions. This personality and His plenary expansions can be known only by anti-material activities commonly 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 , or devotional service. The Personality of Godhead is the supreme truth, and He is the whole anti-material principle. The material principle as well as the anti-material principle is an emanatio
n 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 are nourished automatically. And in the same way, when \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, is worshiped, all d
etails of the material worlds are enlightened, and the heart of the devotee is nourished without his having to work in a materialistic way. This is the secret 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of entering into the anti-material worlds differs from materialistic processes. The individual living being can
 very easily enter the antimaterial world by practicing anti-material activities while residing in the material world. But those who are truly gross materialists, who depend on the limited strength of experimental thought, mental speculation and material
istic science, find great difficulty in entering the anti-material worlds. The gross materialist may try to approach the anti-material worlds by endeavoring with spaceships, satellites, rockets, etc., which he throws into outer space, but by such means h
e cannot even approach the material planets' in the higher regions of the material sky, and what to speak of those planets situated in the antimaterial sky, which is far beyond the material universe. Even the }{\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 have perfectly controlled mystic powers have great difficulty entering into that region. Master }{\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 control the anti-material particle within the material body by practice of mystic powers can give up their materi
al bodies at will at any given moment and can thus enter the anti-material worlds through a specific thoroughfare which connects the material and anti-material worlds. If they are at all able, they act in accordance with the prescribed method given in th
e }{\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 \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have realized the transcendence can reach the anti-material world by leaving their material bodies during the pe
riod of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttar\'e4ya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'eb}{\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 , that is, when the sun is on its northern path, or during auspicious moments in which the deities of fire and effulgence control the atmosphere. \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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\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 different deities, or powerful directing officers, are appointed to act in the administration of cosmic activities. Foo
lish people who are unable to see the intricacies of cosmic management laugh at the idea of personal management of fire, air, electricity, days, nights, etc., by demigods. But the 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  know how to satisfy these unseen administrators of material affairs and, taking advantage of the good will of these administrators, leave their material b
odies at will during opportune moments arranged for entrance into the anti-material universe or into the highest planets of the material sky. In the higher planets of the material world, the }{\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 enjoy more comfortable and more pleasant lives for hundreds of thousands of years, but life in those higher planets is not eternal. Those who desi
re eternal life enter into the anti-material universe through mystic powers at certain opportune moments that are created by the demigod administrators. These}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cosmic affairs are unseen by the gross materialists who reside on this seventh-class planet called "earth."
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are not }{\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 who die at an opportune moment due to penances performed or pious acts or sacrifices, charity, etc., can rise to the higher planets after death, but are subject to return to this planet [earth].
 Their going forth takes place at a period known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'fcma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the dark, moonless half of the month in whi
ch the sun is on its southern path. \line (}{\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 8.25)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In summary, 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  recommends that one adopt the means of devotional service, or anti-material activities, if one wishes to enter the anti-material world. Those who adopt the means of devotional service, a
s prescribed by the expert transcendentalist, are never disappointed in their attempts to enter the anti-material worlds. Although the obstacles are many, the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can easily overcome them by rigidly following the path outlined
 by the transcendental devotees. Such devotees, who are passengers progressing in the journey of life towards the anti-material kingdom of God, are never bewildered. No one is cheated or disappointed when he adopts the guaranteed path of devotion for ent
rance into the anti-material universe. One can easily attain all the results that are derived from the studies 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 , performances of sacrifice, practices of penance and offerings of charities simply by the unilateral performance of devotional service, technically 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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 therefore the great panacea fo
r all, and it has been made easy to practice, especially in this iron age, by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in His most sublime, liberal and munificent appearance as Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya (1486-1534), who appeared in Bengal and spread 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-singing, dancing, and chanting the names of God-throughout India. By Lord Caitanya
\'92s grace, one can quickly pick up 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 . Thus all misgivings in the he
art will disappear, the fire of material tribulation will be extinguished, and transcendental bliss will be ushered in.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Fifth Chapter of 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  there is a description of the variegated planetary system that is within the material world. It is also indicated 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  that there are variegated planetary systems in hundreds of thousands of material universes, and that altogether these universes co
mprise only a fraction (one-fourth) of the creative energy of the Godhead. The majority (three-fourths) of the Lord\'92s creative energy is manifested in the spiritual sky called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub para-vyoma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the Vaiku\'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub haloka. These instructions of 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  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  may be finally confirmed by the material scientist as he researches into the existen
ce of the antimaterial world.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, a February 21st, 1960, Moscow news release reported:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Russia\'92s well-known professor of astronomy Boris Vorontsov-Velianino said that there must be an infinite number of plan
ets in the universe inhabited by beings endowed with reason.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This statement of the Russian astronomer is a confirmation of the information given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which states:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasya prabh\'e4 prabhavato jagada\'eb\'f2a-ko\'f6i-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ko\'f6i\'f1v a\'e7e\'f1avasudh\'e4di vibh\'fcti-bhinnam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad brahma ni\'f1kalam anantam a\'e7e\'f1a-bh\'fcta\'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 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to this quote from 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 , there are not only infinite numbers of planets, as confirmed by the Russian astronomer, but there are also infinite numbers of universes. All these infinite unive
rses with their infinite planets within are floating on and are produced from the Brahman effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Govinda (Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba), the primeval Lord who is worshiped by Brahm\'e4, the presiding deity o
f the universe in which we are residing.
\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 Russian astronomer also confirms that all the planets\'97which are estimated to be not less than 100,000,000\'97are inh
abited. 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  there is indication that in each and every one of the infinit
e number of universes there are infinite numbers of variegated planets.
\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 astronomer's view was seconded by Professor Vladimir Alpatov, a biologist, who maintained that some of the above-mentio
ned planets had reached a state of development corresponding to that of the earth. The report from Moscow continued:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It could be that life, similar to that on earth, flourishes on such planets. Doctor of Chemistry Nikolat Zhirov, covering 
the problem of atmosphere on the planets, pointed out that the organism of a Martian, for instance, could very well adapt itself to normal existence with a low body temperature. He said that he felt that the gaseous composition of the atmosphere of Mars 
was quite suitable to sustain life of beings which have become adapted to it.
\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 adaptability of organisms in different varieties of planets is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0hit\'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 as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'fcti-bhinnam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , i.e., each and every one 
of the innumerable planets within the universes is endowed with a particular type of atmosphere, and the living beings there are advanced in science, psychology, etc., according to the superiority or inferiority of the atmosphere. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vibh\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means specific power, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhin
nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means variegated. Scientists who are attempting to explore outer space in an attempt to reach other planets by mechanical means must realize that organisms adapted to the 
atmosphere of the earth cannot exist in the atmospheres of other planets. As such, man\'92s attempts to reach the moon, the sun, or Mars are hardly worthwhile, because the different atmospheres prevailing on those planets will not sustain his life. Indiv
idually, however, one can attempt to go to any planet he desires, but this is only possible by psychological changes in the mind or by yogic powers. Mind is the nucleus of the material body. The gradual evolutionary progress of the material body depends 
on psychological changes within the mind. The change of the bodily construction of a worm into that of a butterfly and, in modern medical science, the conversion of a man\'92s body into that of a woman (or vice versa) are more or less dependent on psycho
logical changes.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx756 {\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 said that if a man, at the time of death, concentrates his mind upon the form of the Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and while so}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub doing relinquishes his body, he at once enters the spiritual existence of the anti-material world. This means that anyone who
 trains the mind to turn}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 matter to the spiritual form of the 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 by performance of the prescribed rules of devotional}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub service can easily attain the kingdom of God in the anti-material sky. And of this there is no doubt.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx716 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And in the same way, if one desires to enter into any other planet of the material sky, he can go there just after qu
itting the present body (i.e., after death). Thus if someone wants to go to the moon, the sun, or Mars, he can do so simply by performing acts for the purpose. 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  confirms this statement in the following words:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0\tx3094 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That upon which a person meditates at the time of death, quitting his body absorbed in the thought thereof, that pa
rticular thing he attains after death. \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 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 )
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maharaj Bharata, despite a life of severe penances, thought of a stag at the time of his death and thus became a stag after
 death. However, he did retain a clear consciousness of his past life and realized his mistake. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is important to realize that one's thoughts at the time of death are influenc
ed by the actual deeds which one performs during his life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the process of entering the moon is described 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 Materialistic-minded men, who have no information of the kingdom of God, are always mad after material acquisition of weal
th, fame and adoration. Such men are interested in the progressive weal of their particular family unit for their own self-satisfaction and so are also interested in the progress of social and national welfare. These men attain their desired objects by m
aterial activities. They are mechanically engaged in the ritualistic discharge of prescribed duties and are consequently inclined to satisfy the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pit}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5}{\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 , or bygone forefathers, and controlling demigods by pe
rformance of sacrifices as prescribed by the revealed scriptures. Addicted to such acts of sacrifices and ceremonial observances, such souls enter into the moon after death. When one is thus promoted to the moon, he receives the capacity to enjoy the dri
nking of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soma-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a celestial beverage. The moon is a place where the demigod Candra is the predominati
ng deity. The atmosphere and amenities of life there are more comfortable and advantageous than those here on earth. After reaching the moon, if a soul does not utilize the opportunity for promotion to better planets, he is degraded and forced to return 
to earth or a similar planet. However, materialistic persons, although they may attain to the topmost planetary system, are certainly annihilated at the time of the cosmic manifestation\'92s dissolution. \line (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 3.32)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1619 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the planetary system of the spiritual sky is concerned, there are unlimited Vaiku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha planets in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para-vyoma}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Vaiku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has
 are spiritual planets which are manifestations of the internal potency of the Lord, and the ratio of these planets to the material planets (external energy) in the material sky is four to one. So the poor materialist is busy making political adjustments
 on a planet which is most insignificant in God\'92s creation. To say nothing of this planet earth, the whole universe with innumerable planets throughout the galaxies is comparable to a grain of mustard seed in a bag full of mustard seeds. But the poor 
materialist makes plans to live comfortably here and thus wastes his}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub valuable human energy in so
mething which is doomed to frustration. Instead of wasting his time with business speculations, he might have sought the life of plain living and high spiritual thinking and thus saved himself from perpetual materialistic unrest.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1619 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even if a materialist wants to enjoy developed material facilities, he can transfer himself to planets where he can 
experience material pleasures much more advanced than those available on the earth planet. But the best plan is to prepare oneself to return to the spiritual sky after leaving the body. However, if one is intent on enjoying material facilities, one can t
ransfer himself to other planets in the material sky by utilizing yogic powers. The playful spaceships of the astronauts are but childish entertainments and are of no use for this purpose.
\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'ec}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ga}{\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 is a materialistic art of controlling air by transferring it from the stomach to the navel, from the chest to the 
collarbone and from there to the eyeballs and from there to the cerebellum and from there to any desired planet. The velocities of air and light are taken into consideration by the material scientist, but he has no information of the velocity of the mind
 and intelligence. We have some limited experience of the velocity of the mind, because in a moment we can transfer our minds to places hundreds of thousands of miles away. Intelligence is even finer. Finer than intelligence is the soul, which is not mat
ter like mind and intelligence but is spirit or anti-matter. The soul is hundreds of thousands of times finer and more powerful than intelligence. We can thus only imagine the velocity of the soul in its traveling from one planet to another. Needless to 
say, the soul travels by its own strength and not with the help of any kind of material vehicle.
\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 bestial civilization of eating, sleeping, fearing and sense-gratifying has misled modern man into forgetting how powerf
ul a soul he has. As we have already described, the soul is a spiritual spark which is many, many times more illuminating, dazzling and powerful than sun, moon, or electricity. Human 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 is spoiled when man does not realize his real identity with his soul. Lord Caitanya appeared with His disciple Nity\'e4nanda to save man from this type of mislead
ing civilization.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 describes how
 }{\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 travel to all the planets in the universe. When the vital force is lifted to the ce
rebellum, there is every chance of this force bursting out from the eyes, nose, ears, etc., as these are places which are known as the seventh orbit of the vital force. But the }{\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 block out these holes by complete suspension of air. The }{\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  then concentrates the vital force in the middle position, that is, between the eyebrows. At this position, the }{\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 think of the planet into which he wants to enter after leaving the body. He can then decide whether he wants to go to the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the transcendenta
l Vaiku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has from which he will not be required to descend into the material world, or to 
travel to higher planets in the material universe. The 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  is at liberty to do either
.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the 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  who has attained success in the method of leaving his body in perfect consciousness, transferring from one planet to another is as easy as an ordinary man\'92s walking to the grocery store. As a
lready discussed, the material body is just a covering of the spiritual soul. Mind and intelligence are the undercoverings, and the gross body of earth, water, air, etc., is the overcoating of the soul. As such, any advanced soul who has realized himself
 by the yogic process, who knows the relationship between matter and spirit, can leave the gross dress of the soul in perfect order and as he desires. By the grace of God, we have complete freedom. Because the Lord is kind to us, we can live anywhere}{
\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 either in the spiritual sky or in the material sky, upon whichever planet we desire. However, 
misuse of this freedom causes one to fall down into the material world and suffer the threefold miseries of conditioned life. The living of a miserable life in the material world by dint of the soul\'92s choice is nicely illustrated by Milton in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paradise Lost}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, by choice the soul can regain paradise and return home, back to 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 At the critical time of death, one can place the vital force between the two eyebrows and decide where he wants to go. If h
e is reluctant to maintain any connection with the material world, he can, in less than a second, reach the transcendental Vaiku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha and appear there completely in his spiritual body which will be suitable for him in the spiritual atmosphere. He has simply to desire to leave the material world both in finer and grosser forms and then move the
 vital force to the topmost part of the skull and leave the body from the hole in the skull called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-randhra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This is easy for one perfect in the 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 .
\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 course man is endowed with free will, and as such if he does not want to free himself of the material world he may enjoy
 the life of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-pada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (occupation of the post of Brahm\'e4) and visit Siddha-loka, the planets
 of materially perfect beings who have full capacities to control gravity, space, time, etc. To visit these higher planets in the material universe, one need not give up his mind and intelligence (finer matter), but need only give up grosser matter (the 
material body).
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each and every planet has its particular atmosphere, and if one wants to travel to any particular planet within the materia
l universe, one has to adapt his material body to the climatic condition of that planet. For instance, if one wants to go from India to Europe, where the climatic condition is different, one has to change his dress accordingly. Similarly, a complete chan
ge of body is necessary if one wants to go to the transcendental planets of Vaiku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha. How
ever, if one wants to go to the higher material planets, he can keep his finer dress of mind, intelligence and ego, but has to leave his gross dress (body) made of earth, water, fire, etc.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one goes to a transcendental planet, it is necessary to change both the finer and gross bodies, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for one has to reach the spiritual sky completely in a spiritual form}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This change of dress will take place automatical
ly at the time of death if one so desires. But this desire is possible at death only if the desire is cultivated during life. Where one\'92s treasures are, there also is one\'92s heart. When one practices devotional service, one cultivates a desire for t
he kingdom of God. The following details outline a general practice by which one can }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prepare himself for an easy journey to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (anti-material) planets where li
fe is free from birth, old age, disease and death.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub General practice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (positive functions):
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx522 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l. The serious candidate must accept a bona fide spiritual master in order to be trained scientifically. Because the 
senses are material, it is not at all possible to realize the transcendence by them. Therefore the senses have to be spiritualized by the prescribed method under the direction of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx581 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2. When the student has chosen a bona fide spiritual master, he must take the proper initiation from him. This marks 
the beginning of spiritual training.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx530 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3. The candidate must be prepared to satisfy the spiritual master in every way. A bona fide spiritual master who is f
ully cognizant of the methods of spiritual science, learned in the spiritual scriptures 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 , }{\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 , }{\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 Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , etc., and who is also a realized soul who has made a tangible connection with the Supreme Lord, is the transparent medium by which the willing candidate is led to the path of the Vaiku}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has. The spiritual master must be satisfied in all respects, because simply by his good wishes a can
didate can make wonderful progress along the path.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx607 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4. The intelligent candidate places intelligent questions to the spiritual master in order to clear his path of all u
ncertainties. The spiritual master shows the way, not whimsically, but in accordance with the principles of the authorities who have actually traversed the path. The names of these authorities are disclosed in the scriptures, and one has simply to follow
 them under the direction of the spiritual master. The spiritual master never deviates from the path of the authorities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1122 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5. The candidate should always try to follow the footsteps of the great sages who have practiced the method and obta
ined success. This should be taken}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 a motto in life. One should not superficially imitate them
, but should follow them sincerely in terms of the particular time and circumstances.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1122 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6. The candidate must be prepared to change his habits in terms of the instructions contained in the books of author
ity, and for the satisfaction of the Lord, he must be prepared to sacrifice, both sense gratification and sense abnegation, following the example of Arjuna.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1022 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7. The candidate should live in a spiritual atmosphere.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1124 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8. He must be satisfied with as much wealth as is sufficient for maintenance only. He should not try to amass more w
ealth than is necessary to sustain himself in a simple way.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1124 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9. He must observe the fasting dates, such as the eleventh day of the growing and waning moon.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1249 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10. He must show respect to the banyan tree, the cow, the 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  and the devotee.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx832 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are the first stepping-stones towards the path of devotional service. Gradually one has to adopt other items wh
ich are negative in character. 
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx832 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11. One should avoid offenses in the discharge of devotional service and in chanting the holy names.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx832 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12. He should avoid extensive association with nondevotees.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx1239 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13. He must not take on unlimited disciples. This means that a candidate who has successfully followed the first twe
lve items can also become a spiritual}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub master himself, just as a student becomes a monitor in cla
ss with a limited number of disciples.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx663 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14. He must not pose himself as a vastly learned man simply by quoting statements in books. He must have solid knowle
dge of the necessary books without superfluous knowledge in others.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx637 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15. A regular and successful practice of the above fourteen items will enable the candidate to maintain mental equili
brium even amidst great trials of material loss or gain.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx685 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16. In the next stage, the candidate does not become afflicted by lamentation and illusion.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx644 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 17. He does not deride another\'92s mode of religion or worship, nor does he deride the Personality of Godhead or His
 devotees.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx709 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18. He never tolerates blasphemy against the Lord or His devotees.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx675 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 19. He should not indulge in the discussion of topics dealing with the relationship between man and woman; nor should
 he engage in useless topics concerning others\'92 family affairs.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx656 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20. He should not inflict pain\'97either in body or mind\'97upon other living beings, whomsoever they may be.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of the above twenty items, the first three positive items are imperative and most essential for the serious candidate.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are forty-four other items to be followed by the serious candidate, but Lord Caitanya has selected five as the most i
mportant. These were selected owing to the present conditions of civic life. They are as follows:
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should associate with the devotees}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Association with devotees is made possible by hearing them attentively, by asking them relevant questions, by supplying them food and by accepting food from them, and by givin
g them charity and by accepting from them whatever they offer.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 One should chant the holy name of the Lord
 in all circumstances}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The chanting of the Lord\'92s name is an easy and inexpensive process of realization. One can chant any of the innumerable names of the Lord at any time
. One should try to avoid offenses. There are ten offenses which one can commit while chanting the names, and these should be avoided as far as possible. One should try to chant the names of the Lord at all times. Lord Caitanya has recommended , the sixt
een-word chant called 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 Chanting for Deliverance") as the sublime
 method in this age for attaining the antimaterial worlds of the kingdom of God. This sixteen-word chant actually utilizes only three words: Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma. Hare means the energy of the Lord, and is a form of addressing this energy. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma are the names of the Lord Himself. 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\'c5
\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/ HARE R\'e4ma, HARE R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, HARE HARE\'97can be sung, chanted or recited on beads.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 One should hear the transcendental topics 
enunciated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This hearing is made possible through platform lectures by bona fide devotees and by authorized 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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx579 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should make his home at Mathur
\'e4, the birthplace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Or one may make his home as good as Mathur\'e4 by installing the Deity of the Lord to be worshiped by all members of the family af
ter proper initiation from the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx593 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5. One should worship the installed Deity with attention and devotion so that the whole atmosphere of one\'92s home b
ecomes the replica of the Lord\'92s abode. This is made possible by the direction of the spiritual master who knows the transcendental art and can show the candidate the proper method.
\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 above five items can be adopted by any man in any part of the world. Thus anyone can prepare himself for returning home
, back to Godhead, by the simple method recognized by authorities such as Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who specifically advented Himself to deliver the fallen souls of this age.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For further details on this subject, one should read literatures like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 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  of K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa, as well as 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 }{\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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole process of transferring oneself to the spiritual sky involves gradually liquidating the material composition of t
he gross and subtle coverings of the spirit soul. The above-mentioned 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
 stage 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  (the first stage of love of Godhead), or emotion on the spiritual plane which 
is transcendental to mental functions. A complete}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub absorption in }{\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 , or love of God, makes one fit to be transferred to the spiritual sky just after leaving the material tabernacle. The
 perfection of love of God by a devotee actually situates him on the spiritual platform, even though he may still maintain a gross material body. He becomes like a red-hot iron which, when in contact with fire, actually ceases to be iron and acts like fi
re. These things are made possible by the Lord\'92s inscrutable and inconceivable energy, which material science has not the scope to calculate. One should, therefore, engage himself in devotional service with absolute faith and strive to make his faith 
steadfast. One should also seek the association of the standard devotees of the Lord by personal association (if possible) or by thinking of them. This association will help one develop factual devotional service to the Lord, which will cause all materia
l misgivings to disappear like a flash of lightning. All these different stages of spiritual realization will be personally felt by the candidate, and this will create in him a firm belief that he is making positive progress on the way to the spiritual s
ky. Then he will become sincerely attached to the Lord and His abode. Such is the gradual process of evolving love of God, which is of prime importance for the human form of life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are instances in history of great personalities, including sages and kings, who attained perfection by this process. 
Some of them attained success even by adhering to one single item of devotional service with faith and perseverance. Some of these personalities are listed below.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx514 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1. Emperor (Mah\'e4r\'e4ja) Par\'e9k\'f1it attained the spiritual platform simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hearing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from an authority like \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx502 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2. \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 attained the same simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recitation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , verbatim, of the transcendental message which he received from his great father, \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx518 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3. Emperor Prahl\'e4da attained spiritual success by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub remembering}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord constantly in pursuance of instructions given by \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni, the great saint and devotee.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx521 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4. Lak\'f1m}{\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 j}{\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 , the goddess of fortune, attained 
success simply by sitting and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub serving}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the lotus feet of the Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx523 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5. King P\'e5thu attained success simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub worshiping}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx516 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6. Akr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'fc}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra, the charioteer, attained success simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chanting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  prayers for the Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx561 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7. Hanum\'e4n (Mah\'e4v\'e9ra), the famous nonhuman devotee of Lord \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4macandra, attained success simply 
by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub carrying out the orders}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx554 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8. Arjuna, the great warrior, attained the same perfection simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub making friends with the Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who delivered the message of }{\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  to enlighten Arjuna and his followers.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx542 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9. Emperor Bali attained success by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sur
rendering}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everything unto the Lord, including his personal body.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are nine standard modes of devotional service to the Lord, and a candidate can choose to adopt any one, two, three, f
our or all, however he likes. All the services rendered to the absolute are in themselves absolute; there are none of the material differences to be found on the spiritual platform. On the spiritual platform everything is identical with everything else, 
although there is transcendental variegatedness. Emperor Ambar\'e9\'f1a adopted all the above nine items, and he 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 han
ds in cleansing the temple of the Lord, his ears in submissively hearing the words of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his eyes in visualizing the Deities of the Lord, his body in touching the bodies of the devotees, his nostrils in smelling the flowers of
fered 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 these 
activities helped him attain the perfect stage of life which defeats all dexterities of material science.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is therefore important for all human beings to adopt these principles of spiritual realization for the perfection of lif
e. A human being\'92s only obligation is spiritual realization. Unfortunately, in modern civilization, human society is too busy in discharging national duties. Actually, national duties, social duties and humanitarian duties are obligatory only to those
 who are bereft of spiritual duties. As soon as a man takes his birth on this earth, he not only has national, social and humanitarian obligations, but he also has obligations to the demigods who supply air, light, water, etc. He also has obligations to 
the great sages who have left behind them vast treasure houses of knowledge to guide him through life. He has obligations to all kinds of living beings, to his forefathers, family members and so forth and so on. But as soon as one engages himself in the 
one single obligatory duty\'97the duty of spiritual perfection\'97then he automatically liquidates all other obligations without having to make separate efforts.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee of the Lord is never a disturbing element in society\'97on the contrary, he is a great social asset. Since no sin
cere devotee is attracted to sinful actions, as soon as a man becomes a pure devotee he can do inestimable selfless service to society for the peace and prosperity of all concerned, in this life and in the next. But even if such a devotee commits some of
fense, the Lord Himself rectifies it in no time. A devotee need not renounce everything and live as a hermit. He can simply remain at home and execute devotional service smoothly in any order of life. And there are instances in history of extremely cruel
 men becoming kindhearted simply by the execution of devotional service. Knowledge and abnegation of an inferior way of life follow automatically in the life of a pure devotee without his having to make extraneous effort.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This spiritual art and science of devotional service is the highest contribution of Indian sages to the rest of the world. 
Everyone interested in God realization has an obligation to perfect his life by adopting the principles of this great art and science and distributing it to the rest of the world which is still ignorant of the ultimate aim of life. Human society is desti
ned to reach this stage of perfection by gradual development of knowledge. Indian sages, however, have already freached that position. Why do others have to wait for}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thousands and thousands of years to attain their heights? Why not give them the information immediately in a systematic way, so that they may save time and energy? They should take ad
vantage of a life for which they may have labored millions of years to attain.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx732 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Russian fiction writer is now contributing suggestions to the rest of the world that scientific progress can help m
an to live forever. Of course he does not believe in a Supreme Being who is the creator. As mentioned, every living being is eternal in form, 'but he has to change his outer coverings, gross and subtle, and this changing process is technically known as l
ife and death. As long as a living being has to put 'on the shackles of material bondage, there is no relief from this changing process which continues even in the highest stage of material life. The Russian fiction writer may speculate, as fiction write
rs are apt to do, but saner people with some knowledge of natural law will not agree that man can live forever within this material world.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx732 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A naturalist can see the general course of material nature simply by studying a piece of fruit. A small fruit develop
s from a flower, grows, stays for some time on a branch, becomes full-grown, ripens, then begins to dwindle daily until it finally falls from the tree and commences to decompose into the earth and at last mingles with the earth, leaving behind its seed w
hich in its turn grows to become a tree and produces many fruits in time, which will all meet the same fate, and so on and so on.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, a living being (as a spiritual spark, a part of the Supreme Being) takes its organic form in the womb of a mothe
r just after sexual intercourse. It grows little by little within the womb, is born, then continues growing, becomes a child, boy, youth, adult, old man, then finally dwindles and meets death, despite all the good wishes and hopeful pipedreams of fiction
 writers. By comparison, there is no difference between man and the fruit. Like the fruit, the man may leave behind him his seeds of numerous children, but he cannot exist eternally within his material body due to the law of material nature.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can anyone ignore the law of material nature? No material scientist can change the stringent laws of nature, however bo
astful he may be. No astronomer or scientist can change the course of the planets\'97he can only manufacture a paltry toy planet which he calls a satellite. Foolish children may be impressed by this and may give a great deal of credit to the inventors of
 modern satellites, sputniks, etc., but the saner section of humanity gives more credit to the creator of the gigantic satellites, namely the sun, stars and planets of which the material scientist can see no end. If a small toy satellite has a creator in
 Russia or America, it is reasonable that the gigantic satellites have their creator in the spiritual sky. If a toy satellite requires so many scientific brains for its manufacture and its orbiting, what kind of subtle and perfect brain created galaxies 
of stars and maintains them in their orbits? Thus far the atheistic class have not been able to answer this.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nonbelievers put forward their own theories of the creation which usually result in statements such as, "It\'92s hard to un
derstand." "Our imagination cannot conceive it, but it\'92s quite possible." "It\'92s incomprehensible," and so forth. This only means that their information has no authoritative basis and is not backed by scientific data. They simply speculate. However,
 authorized information is 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 . For instance, 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 within the material world there are living beings whose duration of life covers 4
,300,000 x 1,000 x 2 x 30 x 12 x 100 solar years. We accept 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 authority because t
his book of knowledge was so accepted by India\'92s great sages like \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, \'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\cb1
\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c7r\'e9 Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and so 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  indicates that in the material world all component forms are subject to decay and death, regardless of their duration of life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore all material shapes are subject to the law of change, although potentially the material energy is conserved. Pote
ntially, everything is eternal, but in the material world matter takes shape, remains for some time, develops into maturity, grows old, begins to dwindle and at last disappears again. This is the case with all material objects. The materialist\'92s sugge
stion that beyond the material sky there is "some other form" which is beyond the boundary of visibility and which is strange and inconceivable is but a faint indication of the spiritual sky. However, the basic principle of spirit is much closer\'97for i
t functions within all living beings. When that spiritual principle is out of the material body, then the material body has no life. Within the body of a child, for instance, the spiritual principle is present, and therefore changes take place in the bod
y and it develops. But if the spirit leaves the body, the development stops. This law is applicable to every material object. Matter transforms from one shape to another when it is in contact with spirit. Without spirit there is no transformation. The en
tire universe develops in that way. It emanates from the energy of the transcendence because of the spiritual force which is His, and it develops into gigantic forms like the sun, moon, earth, etc. There are fourteen divisions of planetary systems, and a
lthough they are all different in dimension and quality, the same principle of development holds true for all. The spiritual force is the creator, and by this spiritual principle only, transformation, transition and development take place.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Life is definitely not generated simply by a material reaction like chemical combination, as many foolish men claim. Materi
al interaction is set in motion by a superior being who creates a favorable circumstance to accommodate the spiritual living force. The superior energy handles matter in an appropriate way\'97as determined by the free will of the spiritual being. For exa
mple, building materials do not automatically "react" and suddenly assume the shape of a residential house. The living spiritual being handles matter appropriately by his free will and thus constructs his house. Similarly, matter is the ingredient only, 
but the spirit is the creator. Only a man with a poor fund of knowledge avoids this conclusion. One should not be illusioned simply by the gigantic 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the material universe. Rather, one should learn to discern the existence of supreme intelligence behind all these material manifestations. The Supreme Being, who is the supreme intelligence, i
s the ultimate creator, the all-attractive Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although one may not be aware of this, there is definite information of the creator given in Vedic literatures 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 especially 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 }{\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  flatly denies that life simply "happens" by the lucky "interaction of certain physical and chemical combinations."
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All beings, Arjuna, pass into nature which is My own at the end of the cycle; and at the beginning of the next cycle, I se
nd them forth. Taking hold of nature which is My own, I send forth again and again this multitude of beings, which is helpless, being under the control of 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 ). Under My guidance, 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 ) gives birth to all things, moving and unmoving, and by this means, O Arjuna, the world revolves. \line (}{\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  9.7-8, 10)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In these words, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates Himself to be the absolute controller.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a satellite is thrown into outer space, a child may not understand that there are scientific brains behind it, but an 
intelligent adult realizes that scientific brains on earth are controlling the satellite. Similarly, less intelligent persons do not have information of the creator and His eternal abode in the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 world, which is far beyond our range of visibility, but in actuality there is a spiritual sky and spiritual planets which are more spacious and 
greater in number than those in the material sky. 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 receive information that
 the material universe only constitutes a fraction (one-fourth) of the creation. Such information is extensively available 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 in other Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If living energy can be generated in the scientist\'92s laboratory by "the interaction of certain physical and chemical com
binations," then why haven\'92t the boastful material scientists been able to manufacture life? They should know definitely that spiritual force is distinguished from matter and that it is not possible to produce such energy by any amount of material adj
ustment. At present Russians and Americans are undoubtedly very much advanced in many departments of technological science, but they are still ignorant of the spiritual science. They will have to learn from superior intelligence in order to make a perfec
t and progressive human society.
\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 Russians are unaware that 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 socialist philosophy is most perfectly described. 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  instructs that whatever wealth exists-all natural resources (agricultural, mining, etc.)\'97is created by the ultimate creator, and therefore every living being has a right to 
take part of them. It is further said that a man should only possess as much wealth as is sufficient to maintain his body, and that if he desires more than that, or if he takes more than his share, he is subject to punishment. It is also stated that anim
als should he treated as one\'92s own children.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We believe that no nation on earth can describe socialism as well 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 . Living beings other than humans can he treated as brothers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 children only when one has a full conception of the creator and the actual constitution of the living being.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx709 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Man\'92s desire to he deathless is only realized in the spiritual world. As stated at the beginning of this essay, a 
desire for eternal life is a sign of dormant spiritual life. The aim of human civilization should he targetted to that end. It is possible for every human being to transfer himself to that spiritual realm by 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 described herein. It is a great science, and India has produced many scientific literatures by which the perfe
ction of life may ithe realized.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx712 {\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 eternal religion of 
man. At a time when material science predominates all subjects\'97including the tenets of religion\'97it would be enlivening to see the principles of the eternal religion of man from the viewpoint of the modern scientist. Even Dr. S. R\'e4dh\'e4krishnan 
admitted at the world religion conference that religion will not he accepted in modern civilization if it is not accepted by science. In reply, we are glad to announce to the lovers of the truth 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  is the eternal religion of the world and is intended for all living beings eternally related with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9man R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya defines the word }{\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 , or eternal, as that which has neither beginning nor end. When we speak of }{\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, we take this definition for granted. That which has neither beginning nor end is unlike anything sectarian which has limits a
nd boundaries. In the light of modern science it will he possible for us to see }{\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
 as the main occupation of all the people of the world-nay, of all living entities of the universe. Non-}{\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  religious faith may have some beginning in the annals of man, but there is no historic origin of }{\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  because it eternally remains with living entities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a man professes to belong to a particular faith\'97Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, or any other sect\'97and when h
e refers to a particular time and circumstance of birth, such designations are called non-}{\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 . A Hindu may become a Muslim or a Muslim may become a Hindu or Christian, etc., but in all circumstances there is one constant. In all circumstances, he is rendering service to others. A Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or Christian is in all circum
stances a servant of someone. The particular type of faith professed is not }{\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 . }
{\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  is the constant companion of the living being, the unifier of all religions. }{
\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  is the rendering of service.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are several references to }{\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 . Let us learn the import of }{\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  from this authority.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is reference to the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tanam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the tenth verse of the Seventh Chapter, in which the Lord says that He is the eternal fountainhead of everything and is therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The fountain-head of everything is described 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  as the complete whole. Although many emanations of the fountainhead are also complete in themselves, the }{\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  head does not diminish in quality or quantity.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn See {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Invocation}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * That is because the nature of }{\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 is unchangeable. Anything that changes under the influence of time and circumstances is not }{\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 . Therefore anything that changes whatsoever in form or quality cannot be accepted as }{\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 . That which is never created cannot change in formation and quality, even though He is the seedling source of everything.
\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 Lord claims to be the father of all species of life. He claims that all living beings-regardless of what they are-are p
art and parcel of Him. Consequently, 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 meant for all of them. 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 information of this }{\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  nature of the Supreme Lord. There is also information of His abode, which is far beyond the material sky, and of the }{\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  nature of the living beings.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tlul\tx1533 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9
t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , also informs us that this material world is full of miseries in the shape of birth, old age, disease and death. Even in the topmost planet of the material universe, Bra
hmaloka, these miseries are present. Only in His own abode is there a total absence of misery. In that abode there is no need of light from sun, moon or fire. The planets are self-luminous. Life there is perpetual and full of knowledge and bliss. That is
 what is known as }{\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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dhama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is therefore natural to conclude that the living entities must return home, back to Godhead, to enjoy life in the }{\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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with the }{\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 -}{\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  or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1ottama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They must not remain to rot in this miserable land of material existence. There is little happiness in the material sphere\'97even in Brahmaloka\'97so pla
ns and activities for elevation to higher planets within the material universe are carried out by less intelligent beings who take shelter of demigods and only derive benefits which endure for a limited period. Thus their religious principles and the ben
efits derived therefrom are only temporary. The intelligent man, however, abandons all engagements in the name of religion and takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus receives absolute protection from the Almighty Father. }{\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  is therefore 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  by which one can come to know the }{\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  Lord and His }{\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  abode. By th
is process only one can return to the spiritual universe to take part in the }{\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  enjoymen
t prevailing there.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are followers of }{\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  may henceforward take up those principles in the spirit 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 . There are no barriers for one who adopts the eternal principles. Even persons who are less enlightened can return to Godhead. This is the version taught by the Supreme Lord Himself in 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 . Mankind should be given a chance to take advantage of this opportunity. E
specially at the present moment, misguided men are suffering in the darkness of materialism, and their so-called learning has enabled them to discover the atomic bomb. They are consequently on the verge of annihilation. Man\'92s refuge is in }{\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 , which will teach him the real purpose of life and will afford him an easy journey to the
 spiritual planets where he can associate with the Personality of Godhead in full bliss and knowledge for eternity.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 EJ'70:2 Varieties of Planetary Systems
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 2 Varieties of Planetary Systems
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In these days, when men are trying to go to the moon, people should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is concerne
d with something old-fashioned. When the world is progressing to reach the moon, we are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But people should not misunderstand and assume that we are lagging behind modern scientific advancement. We have already passed all scie
ntific advancement. 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 man\'92s attempt to reach higher plane
ts is not new. Newspaper headlines read, "Man\'92s First Steps on the Moon," but the reporters do not know that millions and millions of men went there and came back. This is not the first time. This is an ancient practice. 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  }{\cs3774\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 8.16}{\cs3774\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is clearly stated, "My dear Arjuna, even if you go to the highest planetary system, which is called Brahmaloka, you will have to come back." Therefore, interplanetary travel is not new
. It is known to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we take what K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to be the Absolute Truth. According to Vedic litera
ture, there are many planetary systems. The planetary system in which we are living is called Bhurloka. Above this planetary system is Bhuvarloka. Above that is Svarloka (the moon belongs to the Svarloka planetary system). Above Svarloka is Janaloka; abo
ve that is Maharloka; and above that is Satyaloka. Similarly, there are lower planetary systems. Thus there are fourteen statuses of planetary systems within this universe, and the sun is the chief planet. The sun 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 :
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaccak\'f1ure\'f1a savit\'e4 sakalagrah\'e4\'eb\'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 r\'e4j\'e4 samasta sura m\'fcrttir a\'e7e\'f1atej\'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 yasy\'e4j\'efay\'e4 bhramati sambh\'e5tak\'e4lacakro
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I 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, which is the chief among all planetary systems, is the eye of the Supreme Lord." (}{\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  5.52) Actually, without the sun we cannot see. We may be very proud of our eyes, but we cannot even see our next-door neighbor. People challenge, "Can you show me God?" But what can they see? What is the value of their eyes? God is not cheap
. We cannot see anything, not to speak of God without sunshine. Without sunlight we are blind. At night, we cannot see anything, and therefore we use electricity because the sun is not present.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is not only one sun in the universe, but there are millions and trillions of suns. That is also 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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasy
a prabh\'e4 prabhavato jagada\'eb\'f2a ko\'f6i. }{\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 Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 spiritual bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 in that }{\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  there are countless planets. Just as within the sunshine there are innumerable planets, similarly, in the s
hining effulgence of the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba there are innumerable planets. We have knowledge of many universes, and in each universe there is a sun. Thus there are millions and billions of universes and millions and billions of suns and moons and pla
nets. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if one tries to go to one of these planets, he will simply waste his time.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now someone has gone to the moon, but what will human society gain from it? If, after spending so much money, so much energ
y and ten years of effort, one goes to the moon and simply touches it, what is the benefit of that? One can remain there and call his friends to come, but even if one goes there and remains, what will be the benefit? As long as we are in this material wo
rld, either on this planet or other planets, the same miseries\'97birth, death, old age and disease\'97will follow us. We cannot rid ourselves of them.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we go to live on the moon\'97assuming it is possible\'97even with an oxygen mask, how long could we stay? Furthermore, e
ven 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? Are not the trees living for many, many years? 
Near San Francisco I have seen 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How one goes to the moon, how he comes back, etc., is a great story, and this is all described in the Vedic literature. It 
is not a very new process. But the aim of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society is, different. We are not going to waste our valuable time. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Don\'92t waste your time attempting to go to this planet or to that planet. What will you
 gain? Your material miseries will follow you wherever you go." Therefore, 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 very nicely said by the author, "In this material world someone is enjoying and someone is not enjoying, but actually everyone is suffering, although some people think that they are enjoying, whereas others realize that they are suffer
ing." Actually everyone is suffering. Who in this material world does not suffer disease? Who does not suffer from old age? Who does not die? No one wants to grow old or suffer from disease, but everyone must do so. Where then is the enjoyment? This enjo
yment is all nonsense because within this material world there is no enjoyment. It is simply our imagination. One should not think, "This is enjoyment, and this is suffering." Everything is suffering! Therefore, it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\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 3.97]}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "The principles of eating, sleeping, mating and defending will always exist, but they will exist in different standards." For example, the Americans have taken birth in Americ
a as a result of pious activities performed in previous lifetimes. In India the people are poverty-stricken and are suffering, but although the Americans are eating very nicely buttered bread and the Indians are eating without butter, they are both eatin
g nevertheless. The fact that India is poverty-stricken has not caused the whole population to die for want of food. The four principal bodily demands-eating, sleeping, mating and defending\'97can be satisfied under any circumstances, whether one is born
 in an impious condition or in a pious condition. The problem, however, is how to become free from the four principles of birth, death, old age and disease.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the real problem. It is not "What shall I eat?" The birds and beasts have no such problem. In the morning they are 
immediately chanting, "Jee, jee, jee, jee." They know that they will have their food. No one is dying, and there is no such thing as overpopulation because everyone is provided for by God\'92s arrangement. There are qualitative differences, but obtaining
 a superior quality of material enjoyment is not the end of life. The real problem is how to get free of birth, death, old age and disease. This cannot be solved by simply wasting time traveling within this universe. Even if one goes to the highest plane
t, this problem cannot be solved, for there is death everywhere.
\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 duration of life on the moon, according to Vedic information, is 10,000 years, and one day there is equal to six months
 here. Thus 10,000 multiplied by 150 years is the duration of life on the moon. However, it is impossible for earth men to go to the moon and live there for very long. Otherwise the whole Vedic literature would be false. We can attempt to go there, but i
t is not possible to live there. This knowledge 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 . Therefore, we are not very eager
 to go to this planet or that planet. We are eager to go directly to the planet where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states 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 [9.25]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "One can go to the moon, or one can even go to the sun or to millions and trillions of other planets, or if one
 is too materially attached he may remain here\'97but those who are My devotees will come to Me." This is our aim. Initiation into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness insures that the student ultimately can go to the supreme planet, K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. We are n
ot working idly; we are also attempting to go to other planets, but we are not merely wasting time.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A sane and intelligent man does not wish to enter any of the material planets because the four conditions of material miser
ies exist on all of them. 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  we can understand that even if we enter Brahma
loka, the highest planetary system of this universe, the four principles of misery will be present. We learn 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  that the duration of one day on Brahmaloka is millions of years of our calculation. That is a fact.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, may be reached, but scientists say that it will take 40,000 years at sputnik
 speed. Who is prepared to travel in space for 40,000 years? From the Vedic literature we can understand that we can enter any of the planets, provided we prepare for that purpose. If one prepares himself to enter into the higher planetary systems, which
 are said to be inhabited by demigods, he can go there. Similarly, one can go to a lower planetary system, or if one desires he can remain on this planet. Finally, if one desires, he can enter the planet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is all a
 matter of preparation. However, all planetary systems within our material universe are temporary. The duration of life on certain material planets may be very long, but all living entities in the material universe are eventually subject to annihilation 
and have to again develop other bodies. There are different types of bodies. A human body exists 100 years, whereas an insect body may exist for twelve years. Thus the duration of these different bodies is relative. If one enters the planet called Vaiku
\'eb\'f6haloka, the spiritual planet, however, he then achieves eternal life, full of bliss and knowledge. A human being can attain that perfection if he tries. 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  when the Lord says, "Anyone who knows in truth about the Supreme Personality of Godhead can attain to My nature."
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people claim, "God is great," but this is a hackneyed phrase. One must know how He is great, and that can be known fro
m authorized scripture. 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 describes Himself. He says, "My appearance
 of taking birth just like an ordinary human being is actually transcendental." God is so kind that He comes before us as an ordinary human being, but His body is not exactly like a human body. Those rascals who do not know about Him think that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is like one of us. That 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 \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'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 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mama bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 a
ll that be." }{\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 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  We have a c
hance to know about K\'e5\'f1\'eba provided we read the right literature under the right direction, and if we simply know what the nature of God is, then by understanding this one fact alone we become liberated. It is not possible in our human condition 
to understand the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead completely, but with the help 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 statements given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and of the spiritual master, we can know Him to the best of our capacity. If we can know Him in reality, then immediately after leaving this body we can enter into the kingdom o
f God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma na eti m\'e4met\'e9 kaunteya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "After 
leaving this body, one who is in knowledge does not come again to this material world, for he enters into the spiritual world and comes 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  4.9)
\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 purpose of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to propagate this advanced scientific idea to people in general
, and the process is very simple. Simply by chanting 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\'97one cleanses the dirt from his hea
rt and gains understanding that he is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord and that it is his duty to serve Him. This process is very pleasant: we 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 , we dance rhythmically, and we eat nice }{\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 . While enjoying this life, we are preparing to enter into the kingdom of God in our next life. This is not a fabrication\'97it is all factual. Although to a layman this appears to be a fabrication, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
reveals Himself from within to one who is serious about God realization. Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master help the sincere soul. The spiritual master is the external manifestation of God, who is situated in everyone\'92s heart as Supersoul. F
or one who is very serious about understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Supersoul immediately renders assistance by directing him to a bona fide spiritual master. In this way the spiritual candidate is helped from within and without.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 Bh\'e4gavata}{\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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\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 1.2.11}{\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 , the Supreme Truth is realized in three stages. First there is impersonal Brahman or the impersonal Absolu
te; then the Param\'e4tm\'e4 or localized aspect of Brahman. The neutron of the atom may be taken as the representation of Param\'e4tm\'e4, who also enters into the atom. This 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 . But ultimately the Supreme Divine Being is realized as the supreme all-attractive person (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) with full and inconceivable
 potencies of opulence, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. These six potencies are fully exhibited by \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4ma and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba when They descend before human beings. Only a section of human beings\'97the unalloyed d
evotees\'97can recognize K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the authority of revealed scriptures, but others are bewildered by the influence of material energy. The Absolute Truth is therefore the Absolute Person who has no equal or competitor. The impersonal Brahman ray
s are the rays of His transcendental body, just as the sun\'92s rays are emanations from the sun.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx360\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880\tx3240\tx3600\tx3960\tx4320\tx4680\tx5040\tx5400\tx5760\tx6120\tx6480\tx6840\tx7200\tx7560\tx7920\tx8280\tx8640\tx9000\tx9360\tx9720\tx10080
\tx10440\tx10800\tx11160\tx11520 {\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 Vi\'f1}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\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
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.7.61]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the material energy is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or nescience, and is exhibited in the fruitive activities of sense enjoyment. But although the living being has the tendency to be illusioned and trapped by the material energy for sense enjoyment
, he belongs to the anti-material energy or spiritual energy. In this sense the living being is the positive energy, whereas matter is the negative energy. Matter does not develop unless in contact with the superior spiritual or anti-material energy, whi
ch is directly part and parcel of the spiritual whole. The subject matter of this spiritual energy exhibited by living beings is undoubtedly very complicated for an ordinary man, who is therefore astounded by the subject. Sometimes he partially understan
ds it through the imperfect senses, and sometimes he fails to know it altogether. It is best, therefore, to hear from the highest authority, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or from His devotee who represents Him in the chain of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant for the purpose of understanding God. The spiritual master is the livin
g representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who helps externally, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Supersoul helps internally. The living entity can take advantage of such guidance and make his life successful. We request that everyone read authoritative literature in order
 to understand this movement. We have published }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, 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  The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . We are also publishing our magazine }{\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  every month in many languages. Our mission is to save human society from the pitfalls of incarnating again in the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone should attempt to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have published an article in our }{\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 entitled "Beyond the Universe." This article describes a place beyond this universe according to knowledge whi
ch is 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a very popular book, and there are many editions of it in America and also many from India. Unfortunately, however, many rascals have come t
o the West to preach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 are designated as rascals because they are bluffer
s who do not give real information. In our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 , however, the spiritual nature is authoritatively described.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This cosmic manifestation is called nature, but there is another nature, which is superior. The cosmic manifestation is inf
erior nature, but beyond this nature, which is manifested and unmanifested, there is another nature, which is 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. It is easy to understand that everything manifested here is temporary. The obvious example is our body. If one is thirty years old, thirty years ago his body was not manifested, and in another fifty years it w
ill again be unmanifested. That is a factual law of nature. It is manifested and again annihilated, just as waves in the sea rise frequently and then recede. The materialist, however, is simply concerned with this mortal life, which can be}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub finished at any moment. Furthermore, as this body will die, so the entire universe, this gigantic material 
body, will be annihilated, and whether we are fortunate or unfortunate, on this planet or another planet, everything will be finished. Why then are we wasting our time trying to go to a planet where everything will be finished? We should try to go to K
\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. This is spiritual science; we must try to understand it, and, after understanding it ourselves, we should preach this message to the whole world. Everyone is in darkness. Although people have no knowledge, they are very proud. But it i
s not advancement of knowledge to go to the moon after ten years of effort and take a rock and come back. The space travelers are very proud: "Oh, I have touched it." But what have they gained? Even if we were able to live there, it would not be for long
. It will all be destroyed in the end.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Try to find that planet from which one will never return, where there is eternal life, and where one can dance with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. This is the meaning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Take this movement seriously, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness gives one a chance to reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to dance with Him eternally. From Vedic literature we understand that this mater
ial world is a manifestation of only one fourth of the complete creation of God. The three-fourths portion of God\'92s creation is the spiritual world. That 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 . K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "This material world is but a fractional part of the whole." If we look as far as we can see\'97up to the sky\'97our vision is still confined
 within only one universe, and there are unlimited universes clustered together within what is called the material world. Beyond those clusters of unlimited numbers of universes, there is the spiritual sky, which is also 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Lord says that beyond the material world There is another nature, which is eternal; there i
s no history of its beginning, and it has no end. "Eternal" refers to that which has no end and no beginning. The Vedic religion is therefore called eternal because no one can trace back when it began. The Christian religion has a history of 2,000 years,
 and the Mohammedan religion has a history of 5,000 years; but if one traced back Vedic religion, he would not find its historical beginning. Therefore it is called eternal religion.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may rightly say that God created this material world, and this indicates that God existed before the creation. This very
 word "created" suggests that before the creation of the cosmic manifestation, the Lord was existing. Therefore God is not under the creation. If God were under the creation, how could He create? He would then be one of the objects of this material creat
ion. God is not under the creation; He is the creator, and therefore He is eternal.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a spiritual sky where there are innumerable spiritual planets and innumerable spiritual living entities, but those
 who are not fit to live in that spiritual world are sent to this material world. The same idea is expressed in Milton\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paradise Lost}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Voluntarily we have accepted this material body, but actually we are spirit souls who should not have accepted it. When and how we accepted it cannot be traced. No one can trace the history of when the conditione
d soul first accepted the material body. There are 8,400,000 forms of living entities\'97900,000 species of living entities are within the water, and 2,000,000 species of life are among the plants and vegetables. Unfortunately, this Vedic knowledge is no
t instructed by any university. But these are facts. Let the botanist and anthropologist research into the Vedic conclusion. Darwin\'92s theory of the evolution of organic matter is, of course, very prominent in the learning institutions. But the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata Pur\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\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 other authoritative scriptures of scientific magnitude describe how the living entities in different forms of body evolve one after another. It is not a new idea. But educa
tors are giving stress only to Darwin\'92s theory, although in Vedic literature we have immense information of the living conditions in this material world.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are only a fractional portion of all the living entities in the many universes of the material world. Those who are in t
he material world and material body are condemned. For example, the population in prison is condemned by the government, but their number is only a fraction of the whole population. It is not that the whole population goes to prison. Some, who are disobe
dient, are confined in prison. Similarly, the conditioned souls within this material world are only a fraction of all the living entities in the creation of God, and because they have disobeyed God\'97they did not abide by the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97
they have been put into this material world. If one is sensible and inquisitive, he should try to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub understand: "Why have I been put into this conditional life? I do not wish to suffer."
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three kinds of suffering, including miseries pertaining to the body and mind. In Hawaii, in front of my house, a 
man was keeping some animals and birds for the purpose of taking them to be slaughtered. I gave this example to my students: "These animals are standing here, and if you tell them, \'91Oh, my dear animals, why are you standing here? Go away! You are mean
t for the slaughterhouse,\'92 they cannot go. They have no intelligence."
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suffering without knowledge, without remedy, is animal life. One who cannot understand that he is suffering and who thinks 
that he is very well off is in animal consciousness, not human consciousness. The human should be cognizant of suffering the threefold miseries of this planet. One should know that he is suffering in birth, suffering in death, suffering in old age and su
ffering in disease, and one should be inquisitive as to how he may avoid the suffering. That is real research work.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have suffered from the beginning of our birth. As a baby, the human is tightly placed in the abdomen of the mother in an
 airtight bag for nine months. He cannot even move, there are insects biting him, and he cannot protest. After the child comes out, the suffering continues. The mother undoubtedly takes much care, but still the child cries because he is suffering. There 
are bugs biting or there are pains in his stomach; the child is crying, and the mother does not know how to pacify him. His suffering begins in the womb of his mother. Then, after his birth, as he grows up, there is more suffering. He does not want to go
 to school, but he is forced to. He does not want to study, but the teacher gives him tasks. If we analyze our life, we will find that it is full of suffering. Why then are we coming here? The conditioned souls are not very bright. We should inquire, "Wh
y am I suffering?" If there is a remedy" we must take advantage of it.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are eternally connected with the Supreme Lord, but somehow or other we are now in material contamination. Therefore, we 
must take up a process to go back again to the spiritual world. That linking process is called }{\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 actual translation of 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 "plus," which is just the opposite of mi
nus. At the present moment we are minus God, or minus the Supreme. When we make ourselves plus\'97connected\'97then our human form of life is perfected. During our lifetime we have to practice approaching that point of perfection, and at the time of deat
h, when we give up this material body, that perfection has to be realized. At the time of death, one must be prepared. Students, for instance, prepare for two to five years in college, and the final test of their education is the examination. If they pas
s the examination, they get a degree. Similarly, in the subject of life, if we prepare for the examination at the time of death and pass it, then we are transferred to the spiritual world. Everything is examined at the time of death.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a very common Bengali proverb that says that whatever one does for perfection will be tested at the time of his de
ath. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 what we should do at the point of our death, when we are givin
g up this present body. For the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dyana}{\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\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (meditator) \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks the following verses:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad ak\'f1ara\'e0 veda-vido vadanti
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7anti yad yatayo v\'e9ta-r\'e4g\'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 yad icchanto brahmacarya\'e0 caranti
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat te pada\'e0 sa\'ecgrahe\'eba pravak\'f1ye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dv\'e4r\'e4\'ebi sa\'e0yamya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mano h\'e5di nirudhya 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 m\'fcrdhny \'e4dh\'e4y\'e4tmana\'f9 pr\'e4\'ebam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4sthito yoga-dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e4m
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Persons learned 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 , who utter }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub omkara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and who are
 great sages in the renounced order, enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation. The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. 
Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself 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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.11-12)}{\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 In 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 this process is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praty\'e4h\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
 which means, in technical language, "the opposite." Now the eyes are engaged in seeing worldly beauty, so one has to withdraw them enjoying that beauty and concentrate on seeing beauty inside. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praty\'e4h\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, one has to hear the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub omkara}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sound from within.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 ity ek\'e4k\'f1ara\'e0 brahma-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vy\'e4haran m\'e4m anusmaran
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti tyajan deha\'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 sa y\'e4ti param\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After being situated in 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 and vibrating the sacred syllable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub om}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets." (}{\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 8.13) In this way all the senses have to be stopped in their external activities, and the mind must be concentrated on vimumurti, the form of Lord Vi\'f1}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u. 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 . The mind is very turbulent, so it has to be fixed upon the heart. When the mind is fixed within the heart and the life air is transferred to the top of the h
ead, one can attain 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 .
\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 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  then determines where he is to go. There are innumerable material planets, and beyond these planets there is the spiritual world. }{\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  have this information from Vedic scriptures. For example, before I came to the United States I read descriptions of it from books. Similarly, a descriptio
n of the higher planets and the spiritual world can be found in the Vedic scriptures. The }{\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 
 knows everything; he can transfer himself to any planet he likes. He does not need the help of spacecraft.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material scientists have been trying for many years, and they will go on trying for 100 or 1,000 years more, but they will 
never reach any planet. Maybe by a scientific process one or two men can reach some planet, but that is not the general process. The generally accepted process for transferral to other planets is the 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 or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'ef}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system. 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  system, however, is not meant for transferral to any material planet. Those who engage in the devotional service
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or the Supreme Lord are not interested in any of the planets of this material world because they know that no matter to which planet one elevates himself, he will still find the four principles of material existence there nonetheless. 
On some planets the duration of life is much longer than on this earth, but death is there. Those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, however, transcend this material life of birth, death, disease and old age.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual life means release from this botheration and misery. Those who are intelligent, therefore, do not try to elevate 
themselves to any planet of this material world. Men are trying to reach the moon, and although it is very difficult to gain entrance to that planet, if we do gain entrance the period of our lives will be enhanced. Of course that does not apply to life i
n this body. If we were to enter the moon with this body, instant death would be certain.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one enters into a planetary system, he must have a suitable body for that planet. Every planet is inhabitated by livin
g entities with bodies suitable for that planet. For instance, we can enter the water in this body, but we cannot live there. We may stay there fifteen or sixteen hours, or maybe twenty-four hours, but that\'92s all. Aquatic animals, however, have partic
ular bodies suitable for living their whole lives in water. Similarly, if one takes a fish out of water and puts it on the land, it will die instantly. As we understand that even on this planet there are different kinds of bodies for living in particular
 places, so, similarly, if we want to enter another planet, we have to prepare ourselves to get a suitable body.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one transfers himself and his soul transmigrates to the moon by this yogic process, he gets a long duration of life. On 
the higher planets, six of our months equal one day. Thus the beings there live for 10,000years. That is the description in the Vedic literature. So undoubtedly one can get a very long duration of life, but still there is death. After 10,000 or 20,000 ye
ars, or even after millions of years (it does not matter), death comes.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, we are not subject to death. That is affirmed in 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 : }{\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  (}{\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 2.20). We are spi
rit soul, and therefore, we are eternal. Why then should we subject ourselves to death and birth? It is intelligent to think in this way. Those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious are very intelligent because they are not interested in getting promotion to 
any planet where there is death, despite a long duration of life there. Rather, they want to get a body like God\'92s. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{
\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 . God\'92s body is }{\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 . }{\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  means eternal, and }{\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  means full of knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means full of pleasure.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated in our pamphlet "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure," if we transfer ourselves to the spiritual world, to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s planet or to any other spiritual}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub planet, then we will get a body similar to 
God\'92s: }{\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 \'97eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. So those who try to 
be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious have a different aim of life than those who are trying to promote themselves to the better planets in this material world. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
m\'fcrdhny \'e4dh\'e4y\'e4tmana\'f9 pr\'e4\'ebam \'e4sthito yoga-dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "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  is to transfer oneself to the spiritual world." (}{\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  8.12)
\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 spirit soul is a minute particle within the body. We cannot see it. One practices 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 to raise the soul to the topmost part of the head. This practice goes on while one is living, and the perfection i
s reached when one can place himself on the top of the head and then break through. Then he can transfer himself to whatever higher planets he likes. That is the perfection of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yog\'e9.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the }{\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 inquisitive to see the moon, he can say, "Ah, let me see what the moon is like. Then I shall transfer myself to higher planets," just like travelers who go to Europe, California, Canada, or other count
ries on earth. One can transfer oneself to many planets by 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, but anywhere he goes
 he will find visa systems and customs systems. To go to other planets, one must be qualified.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons are not interested in any temporary planet, even if it offers a long duration of life. If 
the }{\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 , at the time of death, can pronounce "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub om}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," the concise form of transcendental vibration, and at the same time }{\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 anusmaran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vi\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u, he will attain perfection. The purpose of th
e entire }{\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 is to concentrate the mind on Vi\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u. Impersonalists imagine that they see the form of Vi\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u or the Lord, but those who are personalists do not imagine this\'97they actually see the form of the Supreme Lord. Either way, if one concentrates his mind t
hrough imagination or if one actually sees, one has to concentrate his mind on the Vi\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u f
orm. }{\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  means unto the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u. Anyone who leaves this body and concentrates his mind on Vi\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u enters into the spiritual kingdom after quitting his body. Those who are actually }{\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  do not desire to enter any other planet because they know that there is temporary life on the temporary planets, and thus they are not interested. That is
 intelligence.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are satisfied with temporary happiness, temporary life and temporary facilities are not intelligent according to 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 Antavat tu phala\'e0 te\'f1\'e4\'e0 tad bhavaty alpa-medhas\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "One whose brain substance is very meager is interested in temporary things." (}{\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 7.23) That is the 
version of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . I am eternal, so why should I be interested in nonpe
rmanent things? Who wants nonpermanent existence? No one wants it. If we are living in an apartment and the landlord asks us to vacate, we are sorry, but we are not sorry if we move to a better apartment. This then is our inclination. We do not wish to d
ie because we are eternal.
\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 material atmosphere is robbing us of our eternality. 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, "Our duration of life is being diminished by the sun, beginning from its rising until the time it sets." Daily we are losing t
he duration of our lives. If the sun rises at 5:30 in the morning, at 5:30 in the evening twelve, hours have been taken away from the duration of our lives. We will never get this time back. If we ask any scientist, "I will give you twelve million dollar
s. Please give me back these twelve hours," he will reply. "No, it is not possible." The scientist cannot do it. Therefore 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 from sunrise to sunset the duration of our lives is being diminished.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Time is called }{\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 \'97past, present, and future. What is now present, tomorrow will be past, and what is now future, tomorrow will be present. But this past, present and future are the past, present and future of the
 body. We do not belong to the category of the past, present and future. We belong to the category of eternity. Therefore one should be concerned with how to attain or how to be elevated to the platform of eternity. The developed consciousness of the hum
an being should be utilized not in the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending but in searching out the valuable path which will help him get that life of eternity. It is said that the sun is taking away our duration of life\'97ever
y minute, every hour, every day\'97but if we engage ourselves in the topics of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uttama-}{\b0\i\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 loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the topics of the Lord, that time cannot be taken away. The time which one devotes in a K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness temple cannot be taken away. It is an asset\'97a plus, not a minus. The duration of life, so far as the body is concerned, may be taken; however one tries to keep it intact, no one can do it. But the spiritual education which we recei
ve in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness cannot be taken away by the sun. It becomes a solid asset.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare is a very easy thing to do. Time spent chanting cannot be taken away
 like time pertaining to the body. Fifty years ago I was a young man, but that time has been taken and cannot be returned. The spiritual knowledge which I received from my spiritual master, however, cannot be taken away but will go with me. Even after I 
quit this body, it will go with me; and if it is perfect in this life, then it will take me to the eternal abode.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both the material and spiritual worlds belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are not proprietors of anything. It is all the property
 of the Supreme Lord, just as everything in the state belongs to the government either in the prison house or outside the prison house. Conditioned life is just like life in a prison house in this material world. A prisoner cannot freely change from one 
cell to another. In free life one can go from one home to another home, but in prison life one cannot do that but must stay in his cell. All these planets are like cells. We are trying to go to the moon, but it is not practical by mechanical means. Wheth
er we are American, Indian, Chinese or Russian, we have been given this planet to live on.We cannot leave-although there are millions and billions of planets and although we have machines by which we can\'97because we are conditioned by the laws of natur
e, God\'92s laws. A man who is put into a certain cell cannot change at will without superior authority. 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 one should not try to change from one cell to another. That will not make anyone happy. If a prisoner thinks, "I am in this cell\'97let me request the warden to change my cell, and I will be h
appy," that is a mistaken idea. One cannot be happy so long as he is within the prison walls. We are trying to be happy by changing cells\'97from capitalism to communism. The aim should be to become free from this "ism" and that "ism." One has to change 
completely from this "ism" of materialism, then he can become happy. That is the program of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are taking advice from the Supreme Person. He says, "My dear Arjuna, you may be elevated to the highest planetary sytem,
 which is called Brahmaloka and is desirable because life there is very long." We cannot calculate even a half-day there. It is beyond our mathematical calculations. But even in Brahmaloka there is death. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Do not waste your
 time trying to elevate yourself or transfer yourself from this planet to that planet."
\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 people I have seen in America are very restless. They go from one apartment to another apartment or from one country to
 another country. That restlessness is there because , we are searching after our real home. To go from this place to that place will not give eternal life. Eternal life is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Everything belongs to Me, an
d I have the superexcellent abode, which is called Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana." If one wants to go there, he must simply become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and try to understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears and disappears, what His constitutional position is, wha
t our constitutional position is, what our relationship}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with Him is, and how to live. Simply try
 to understand these ideas scientifically. Everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is scientific. It is not bogus, whimsical, sentimental, fanatical or imaginative. It is truth, fact, reality. One must understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to give up this body, willingly or unwillingly. The day will come when we will have to submit to the laws of nature
 and give up this body. Even President Kennedy in his procession had to submit to nature\'92s law and change his body for another body. He could not say, "Oh, I am the President; I am Mr. Kennedy. I cannot do that." He was forced to do it. That is the wa
y that nature works.
\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 purpose of our developed human consciousness is to understand how nature works. Aside from human consciousness, there i
s consciousness in dogs, cats, worms, trees, birds, beasts and all other species. But we are not meant to live in that consciousness. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.29.1a}{\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 that after many, many births we have attained the human form of body. Now we should not misuse it. Please uti
lize this human life to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and be happy.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 EJ'70:Glossary
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glossary
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PHILOSOPHY
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can attempt to go to any planet he desires, but this is only possible by psychological changes in the mind or by yogic 
powers. Mind is the nucleus of the material body. Anyone who trains the mind to turn from matter to the spiritual form of the Godhead by performance 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  can easily attain the kingdom of God in the anti-material sky. Of this there is no doubt.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COLLIER 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 NEW YORK. N.Y. 10022
\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 Elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Co
nsciousness (1973)
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is\line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Cantos 1-3 (6 Vols.)\line Teachings of Lord Caitanya \line The Nectar of Devotion \line \'c7r
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endental Teachings of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line The Perfection of Yoga\line Beyond Birth and Death\line On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: The King of Knowledge\line Back to Godhead Magazi
ne (Founder)\line A complete catalogue is available upon request.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALL GLORY TO \'c7R\'c9 GURU AND GAUR\'c4\'ccGA
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\line His Divine Grace AC. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya International Society for Kris
hna Consciousness\line THE BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST\line New York }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\up6 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Los Angeles }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\line International Society for Krishna Consciousness 3959 Landmark Street Culver City, California 90230\line \'a9 1973 the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved\line First Printing, 1973:\line 100,000\line Library of Congress Catalog Card N
umber: 73-76635 International Standard Book Number: 0-912776-43-9\line Printed in the United States of America by ISKCON Press
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 EK 1: Choosing Human and Animal Lives
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 1 \line Choosing Human and Anima
l Lives
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 source: 690423LE.BUF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub om aj\'ef\'e4na-timir\'e4ndasya j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\line cak\'f1ur unm\'e9lita\'e0 yena tasmai \'e7r\'e9-gu
rave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the tor
chlight of knowledge." }{\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub om aj\'ef\'e4na-timir\'e4ndhasya\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\line cak\'f1ur unm
\'e9lita\'e0 yena\line tasmai \'e7r\'e9-gurave nama\'f9\line 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The meaning of this verse... It is offering obeisances to the spiritual master. The spiritual master opens the eyes of the ignorant disciple in the matter of transc
endental knowledge. Therefore it is the duty of the disciple, before speaking, to offer obeisances to the lotus feet of the spiritual master. Our Vedic process is not research work. Just like in the mundane scholarship, one has to show his academic caree
r by some research work. The Vedic process is different. Vedic process is that our research work is not complete, because the instruments and the means by which we make progress in research work are blunt and imperfect. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is customary with this verse to offer obeisances to the spiritual master who enlightens his disciples in the matter of transcendental knowledge. The Vedic process does not involve research wor
k. In mundane scholarship, we have to show our academic learning by some research, but the Vedic process is different. In the Vedic process the research work is already done; it is complete, and it is simply handed down by disciplic succession from teach
er to student. There is no question of research work because the instruments and the means with which one conducts such research work are blunt and imperfect.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are conditioned. At this stage of our material existence, we are conditioned by so many laws of nature. Under the circumstances, every c
onditioned soul has four defects. Just like to commit mistake. There is no man, even great man, who does not commit mistake. More or less, he commits mistake. \line Just like in our country there was Mahatma Gandhi. He was supposed to be a very great per
sonality, mah\'e4tm\'e4, but he also committed mistake, because when he was killed, five minutes before his coming to the meeting, he was warned by his confidential associates not to go to that meeting, but he persisted, and as soon as he entered the mee
ting hall he was killed. So I am giving an instance that even a great personality like Mahatma Gandhi, he also committed mistake. \line So in the conditioned state of our life, committing mistake is very natural. Just like we say, "To err is human." 6904
23LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this stage of our material existence, we are conditioned by many laws of nature. All conditioned souls are subject to four defects due to the imperfection of their
 senses. One defect is that the conditioned soul is certain to commit mistakes. There is no man who does not commit mistakes. In India, for instance, Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi was supposed to be a very great personality, but he also committed mistakes. Five m
inutes before he came to the meeting at which he was killed, he was warned by confidential associates not to go, but he persisted. To commit mistakes is very natural in the conditioned state of life. Indeed, the popular saying has arisen: "To err is huma
n."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any human being is susceptible to commit mistake. Another imperfectness is that every man is illusioned. Illusioned means to accept somethi
ng which is not, phantasmagoria. Just like every one of us in this meeting, we are under the impression that "I am this body." But actually I am not this body. This is called illusion, m\'e4y\'e4. So to commit mistake; to become illusioned, number two; a
nd number three: a cheating propensity. Everyone, conditioned soul, thinks himself very expert, and he talks with his, I mean to say, fellow man as a very intelligent man. And he has got every... \line Just like in business. In business you go to a store
keeper. He'll say, "Oh, you are my great friend. I am not taking a farthing profit from you." But you must know that he is taking profit at least fifty percent. So this is called cheating propensity. One who is not in the knowledge, but he puts forward h
is theories and theses and so many by the words "perhaps," "it may be," like that-this is called cheating. \line So to commit mistake, to be illusioned, and cheating propensity, and at last, imperfectness of the senses. Our senses are limited. We cannot 
see far distant place. We cannot see nearest. Just like our eyes cannot see the eyelids, because it is the nearest. And you cannot see the farthest. So the eyes also see under certain condition, in certain perspective position. Similarly, all our senses 
are limited. They cannot understand, or it is not possible to understand the unlimited by these imperfect, illusioned and cheating senses. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another imperfection of
 the conditioned soul is that he is sure to be illusioned. Being illusioned means accepting something which is not, taking some phantasmagoria to be factual. Every one of us is under the impression that we are these bodies, but actually we are not. Accep
ting the body to be the self is called illusion, or }{\cs2873\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 third imperfection is 
that conditioned souls have a tendency to cheat. We have often heard a storekeeper say, "Because you are my friend, I won't make any profit off you." But in actuality we know that he is making at least 50% profit. There are so many instances of this chea
ting propensity. There are also many examples of teachers who actually know nothing but put forth theories in words like "perhaps" or "it may be," while in actuality they are simply cheating their students. The fourth imperfection is that the senses of t
he living entity are not perfect. Our vision is so limited that we cannot see very far away nor very near. The eye can see only under certain conditions, and therefore it is understood that our vision is limited. Similarly, all our other senses are also 
limited. It is not possible to understand the unlimited by these imperfect, limited senses. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Vedic process does not accept that one should endeavor to know the ultimate truth by exertion of our present senses, which are co
nditioned by so many ways. Therefore those who are students in the Vedic literature, they accept authorities. Just like you are reading Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is being taught by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna. He is authority.  69042
3LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that the Vedic process does not encourage us to endeavor to learn the Absolute Truth by employing our present senses, which are conditioned in so man
y ways. If we are to have knowledge, it must come from a superior source which is not conditioned by these four imperfections. That source is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the supreme authority of }{\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  and He is accepted as the perfect authority by so many saints and sages.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is taught from time immemorial by disciplic succession," not by research work. As so
on as you study Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 by your academic knowledge, without reference to the authoritative description, then you commit mistake; you do not understand what is Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, therefore, that "This disciplic successio
n is now broken. I therefore establish again the disciplic succession unto you." That means Arjuna becomes the disciple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and anyone who understands Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, following the footprints of Arjuna, he can understand rightly what 
is the purpose of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.  690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are serious students of Vedic literature accept authority. }{\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  for example, is not a scholarly presentation which arose out of so much research work. It is perfect knowledge that was 
taught by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, and we receive information from it that in previous ages \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba also taught it to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, and it was handed down from time immemorial from Viv
asv\'e4n by disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\'e0\line proktav\'e4n aham avyayam\line vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha\line manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave 'brav\'e9t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Blessed Lord said: I instructed this imperishable science of }{\cs2873\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." (}{\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  4.1)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we study }{\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  according to academic knowledge or according to our own mental speculation, we are certain to commit mistakes. It is not possible to understand }{\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  in this way. It is necessary to follow carefully in the footsteps of Arjuna. In previous ages, due to interpretation and mental speculation, th
e real purport of }{\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  was lost; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba re-established th
e teachings by giving them to Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 may\'e4 te 'dya\line yoga\'f9 prokta\'f9 pur\'e4tana\'f9\line bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti\line rahasya\'e0 hy et
ad uttamam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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. Bu
t in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost. That 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, yo
u can understand the transcendental mystery of this science." (}{\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  4.2-3)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus whoever follows in the footsteps of Arjuna, approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a spirit of devotion, can understand the purpose of }{\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  as well as all other Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So all Vedic literature, not only Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, all the Vedas... There are four Vedas: S\'e4ma, Yajur, \'c5g, Atharva. Then there ar
e Upani\'f1ads, 108 Upani\'f1ads. Out of that, nine Upani\'f1ads are very important: \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad, Taittir\'e9ya Upani\'f1ad. So then again, Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, then \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. \line In this way there are va
rious Vedic literatures. And if you are interested... You should be interested. These Vedic literatures are not meant for a particular class of men. It was meant for the human society, so that they may take advantage of this knowledge and make a perfecti
on of their human life. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are four }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas\'97S\'e4ma, \'c5k, Yajur}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atharva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and t
here are 108 }{\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  including the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tait
tir\'e9ya Upani\'f1ad,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as well as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\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  These literatures are not meant for any particular class of men but for the totality of human society. All societies can take advantage of Vedic knowledge to perfect human life. As pointed out before, human life is not meant for sense gratif
ication, but for understanding God, the universe and our own identity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From Vedic literatures we can understand that this material world is only a partial manifestation of the complete creation of God. The larger portion of God's creat
ion is found in the spiritual world of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has. Above and beyond this material nature there is a superior spiritual nature, as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e5t
ir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apareyam itas tv any\'e4\'e0\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4m\line j\'e9va-bh\'fct\'e4\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho\line yayeda\'e0
 dh\'e4ryate jagat
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies. 
Besides this inferior nature, O mighty Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine which is all living entities who are struggling with material nature and sustaining the universe." (}{\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  7.4-5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many material universes clustered together, and all these universes constitute the material creation. Beyond these clusters of countless material universe
s is the spiritual sky, which is also mentioned in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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. And anyone who reaches it never comes back to this materi
al world." (}{\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  15.6}{\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 That superior nature which is beyond this material nature is eternal. There is no history of its ever having begun; it has neither beginning nor end.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakto 'k\'f1ara ity uktas\line tam \'e4hu\'f9 param\'e4\'e0 gatim\line ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante\line tad dh\'e4ma parama
\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is also mentioned in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [8.20]: paras tasm\'e4d tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9. Lord says that 
"Beyond this material world, there is another bh\'e4va, nature." Just like this is material nature. He says, paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4va\'f9, bh\'e4va\'f9 anya\'f9. Anya means another. "There is another nature, which is san\'e4tana." San\'e4tana means et
ernal. There is no history of its beginning, or there is no end-that is called san\'e4tana, eternal. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is another, eternal nature, which is transcendental to thi
s manifested and non-manifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is. That supreme status is called unmanifested and infallible, and is the highest destination. Going there, one
 never returns from that, My supreme abode." (}{\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  8.20-21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eternal means which has no end, no beginning. Nobody knows where it has begun and where it has ended. Nobody knows. Just like the Vedic rel
igion is called san\'e4tana-dharma because nobody can trace out when this Vedic religion begun. Therefore it is called san\'e4tana-dharma. Every religion in our present experience, it has got a history. Your Christian religion, it has got a history, two 
thousand years old. Buddhist religion, it has got a history, 2,600 years. Muhammadan religion, it has got a history, one thousand years. But if you trace out Vedic religion, you cannot find out the history, date. There is no date. You cannot find out. No
 historian can give. So therefore it is called san\'e4tana-dharma. And in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "There is another nature, which is san\'e4tana." San\'e4tana means there is no history of its creation or [indistinct]. 690423LE.B
UF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic religion, or }{\cs2873\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  is also called eternal because no one can trace out its beginning. The Christian religion has a history of 2,000 years, and the Mohammedan religion has a history of 1,300 years, but if we try to trace out
 the origins of Vedic religion, we will not be able to find a beginning. }{\cs2873\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  is accepted as the eternal religion of the living entity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But this material creation, as you know... We say, "God created." "God created" means before creation, God was existing. "God created"-this
 very word suggests that before this creation of this cosmic manifestation, God was existing. Therefore God is not under this creation. If God is under this creation, then how He can create? He becomes one of the object of the material creation. So God i
s not under creation. He is the creator. Before creation, He was existing. That is called san\'e4tana. That means He is also san\'e4tana. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We often say that God cr
eated this material world, and this means that God existed before the world. Since the Lord was existing before this material manifestation, He is not subject to this creation. If He were subject to the laws of the material world, how could He have creat
ed it? That the Lord is simultaneously identical with His creation and yet exists in His completeness apart from it is stated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line ma c\'e4ha\'e0 te
\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ca mat-sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni\line pa\'e7ya me yogam ai\'e7varam\line bh\'fcta-bh\'e5n na ca bh\'fcta-stho\line mam\'e4tm
\'e4 bh\'fcta-bh\'e4vana\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In 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." (}{\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And there is a spiritual nature, sky, where there are innumerable spiritual planets also. And there are innumerable spiritual living entiti
es also. And some of them, those who are not fit to live in that spiritual world, they are, I mean to say, sent to this material world. The same idea is expressed in Milton's Paradise Lost. So we all, conditioned souls, we are practically living in a pla
ce after paradise lost. We should understand this. \line So here the specific instruction is that deha-bh\'e4j\'e4m. Deha-bh\'e4j\'e4m means we have voluntarily or willingly we have accepted this material body. Actually, we are spirit soul. We should not
 have accepted this material body. But when we have accepted, how we have accepted, there cannot be any tracing of history. It is not possible. An\'e4di karama. An\'e4di karama. Nobody can trace out the history when we, the conditioned soul, accepted thi
s material body. . And deha-bh\'e4j\'e4m means that anyone who has accepted this material body. Not [indistinct]. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually we are all spirit souls and are intende
d to associate with God in the spiritual sky where there are innumerable spiritual planets and innumerable spiritual living entities. However, those who are not fit to live in that spiritual world are sent to this material world. This very idea is expres
sed by Milton in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paradise Lost.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although spirit soul, we have voluntarily accepted this ma
terial body and by accepting it have also accepted the threefold miseries of material nature. Exactly when we accepted it and how we accepted it cannot be traced out. No one can trace out the history of when the conditioned soul first began accepting the
se material bodies.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are 8,400,000 different forms of living entities. Nine hundred thousand species of living entities in the water. Similarly, two milli
ons species of life in the plants and vegetables. In this way, on the total, there are 8,400,000's of species of life. \line Unfortunately, this Vedic knowledge is not instructed in any university. But these are fact. They should try... If they are very 
much inquisitive to make research work, now let them research away how the Vedic knowledge says that there 8,400,000's of species of life. Let the botanists, let the anthropologists, or so many-there are department of knowledge-let them research out. 
\line Darwin's theory, evolution of the organic matter, they are very much prominent in the educational institution. But there is Padma Pur\'e4\'eba and others authoritative Vedic scriptures, they give the magnitude of the living entity. They have differ
ent forms of body. How they are evolving one after another-everything is there. It is not a new thing. But people are giving stress only to the Darwin's theory. But in the Vedic literature we have got immense information of this living condition in this 
material world. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present Darwin's theory of the evolution of organic matter is very prominent in institutions of higher learning, but there is information given
 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  and other authoritative scriptures of the living entities' spir
itual evolution from one bodily form to another. This }{\cs2873\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  informs us that there a
re 8,400,000 forms of living entities, 900,000 of which live within water. There are 2,000,000 species amongst plants and vegetables alone. At present everyone is giving stress to Darwin's theory, but in Vedic literature there is immense information abou
t the different species. Darwin expresses the opinion that the species are evolving from lower forms of life, but this is not the whole truth. The soul may progress from lower forms to higher forms, but in the beginning of creation all species were creat
ed by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as indicated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni kaunteya\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 y\'e4nti m\'e4mik\'e4m\line kalpa-k\'f1aye punas t\'e4ni\line kalp\'e4dau vis
\'e5j\'e4my aham
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 av
a\'e7a\'e0 prak\'e5ter va\'e7\'e4t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, at the end of the millennium every material manifestation enters unto My nature, and at the beginning of another m
illennium, 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." (}{\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  9.7-8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three kinds of sufferings-many times I have explained-they are called \'e4dhy\'e4tmika, \'e4dhibhautika, \'e4dhidaivika. \'c4dhy
\'e4tmika sufferings means pertaining to this body and mind. Suppose I have got some pain here today. This is bodily suffering. Or my mind is not in... It will be bad. I am not... \line [break] They do not mind it. Just like animals. Animals, they are al
ways in suffering, but they do not mind it. \line Now, recently I was in Hawaii. So in front of my house there was a man who was keeping some animals and birds for slaughtering. Not there, but he was dragging for selling the animals and birds for slaught
ering. Now, I was giving example to my students. Now, these animals are standing here, and tell them, "Oh, my dear animals, why you are standing here? You go away. You are meant for being slaughtered." But he has no intelligence. He cannot go. Even in th
e slaughterhouse also, he cannot go. \line So suffering without knowledge, without remedy, means animal life, means animal life, one who cannot understand his suffering and he thinks, "Oh, I am very well off. I am very well situated." But that is animal 
consciousness. That is not human consciousness. One should be cognizant of the suffering, threefold miseries of his life. One should know there is suffering in birth, there is suffering in death, there is suffering in old age and there is suffering in di
sease. And one should be inquisitive. That is the real research work, how to avoid death, how to avoid birth. \line We have suffered during our birth. We have forgotten. As a child, as a baby, we remained within the abdomen of our mother, tightly placed 
in a airtight bag for ten months, and I could not move even, and there are insects biting me. I could not protest. But we have forgotten. After coming out, we had... Our sufferings are there. Mother is taking so much care, undoubtedly; still, the child i
s crying. Why it cries? It has got some suffering, but he cannot express. There are some bugs biting or some pains within somewhere. The child is crying, crying. The mother does not know how to pacify it. So in this way our suffering has begun from the w
omb of our mother. \line And then I do not wish to go to school. I am forced to go to school. I do not wish to study. The teachers give me tasks. If you just study, analyze your life, it is full of suffering. Full of suffering. But we have no inquiry. We
 have no inquiry. This is not education. Therefore Brahma-s\'fctra says, ath\'e4to brahma jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4: "Now you should inquire why you are suffering. Is there any remedy for suffering?" Then, if there is remedy, then you must take it. You must take 
advantage of the remedy. But we are callous. We do not care for it. This is not good. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of these living entities are subject to the threefold miseries, includin
g those miseries pertaining to the body and mind. Animals cannot understand that they are suffering, but human beings can. One who does not know that he is suffering is in animal consciousness. Animals may be standing behind a fence to be slaughtered, bu
t they do not understand this. As human beings, we should be cognizant that we are suffering the pains of birth, old age, disease and death and should be inquisitive to know how to avoid these miseries. We have been suffering from the beginning of our bi
rth when as a baby we were tightly placed for nine months in the womb of a mother. After birth, suffering continues; although a mother may take much care for her child, the baby still cries. Why? Because he is suffering. Either a bug is biting, or there 
is a pain in the stomach or some other malady. Whatever the case, the suffering goes on. The child also suffers when he is forced to go to school when he does not want to. The child does not want to study, but the teacher gives him tasks anyway. If we ca
refully analyze our lives, we will find that they are full of suffering. Generally speaking, conditioned souls are not very intelligent, and therefore they go on suffering without ever inquiring why. We should understand, however, that this suffering is 
there, and if there is a remedy we must take advantage of it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore \'c5\'f1abhadeva says to His sons, "My dear sons, now you have got this opportunity. Out of 8,400,000's of lives, take..." Forget
 \'c5\'f1abhadeva's sons. I will speak to the American boys and girls. Now you have got very nice body, very beautiful body, very nice country. You have no poverty. So many ways, you have an advantage than other nations. So if you apply this instruction 
of \'c5\'f1abhadeva to His sons... \'c5\'f1abhadeva spoke to His sons does not mean only it was meant for His sons. It is meant for the whole human race. \line So he says that "My dear boys, this body, this nice body, beautiful body, this own flesh body,
 is not meant for sense gratification like the cats and dogs and hogs." He says that ka\'f1\'f6\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4n na arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye: "By hard labor, by hard work, culminating into sense gratification, simply for that satisfaction if we spoi
l our life, oh, it is not very good." Take that instruction to your life also, that you are very nicely placed, but according to \'c5\'f1abhadeva's instruction, you should not spoil this beautiful life simply for sense gratification. \line Why? \'c5\'f1a
bhadeva answered, "That sense gratification process is there, vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4m." Vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4m means the stool-eaters. What animal is the stool-eater? The hogs. This kind of sense gratification, working day and night hard, is available even in hog's l
ife. Therefore, you have got so nice, beautiful body. You should not imitate the hogs. You see? 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great sage \'c5\'f1abhadeva instructed his sons in this way: "
My dear boys, in this life you have acquired these beautiful bodies. Now you should know that they are not meant for sense gratification like the bodies of hogs and dogs but for spiritual realization." Essentially what \'c5\'f1abhadeva is saying is that 
a life of sense gratification is meant for stool eaters like hogs, and now that we have a higher form of life, we should not try to imitate the lower forms. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was surprised to hear from one of my principal disciples, Brahm\'e4nanda-I was walking in the Central Park-that the groups of the hippies
, they have begun to worship hogs. \line [aside:] You can explain that. You can explain that, why they are doing. \line This is not very hopeful. You see? After having this nice body, nice country, nice civilization, nice education, the result is hog wor
shiping. \line [aside:] Will you explain today? Still silent?\line Brahm\'e4nanda: Yes. We have experience not only in New York City but many places around the country-I'm sure you're familiar-of worshiping hogs. Many places where we go chanting Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord's name, we've experience of groups of young people chanting "hog, hog, hog." \line This is going on in New York City. And also they actually have parades where they parade with hogs and pigs. And they bow down before the pigs, and
 they worship the pigs. And they want the hogs to become... They want to run the hog for president, and they want the hogs to lead them. \line And it's even gone to such lengths that at one be-in-this was in Seattle-there was a massive demonstration with
 hogs. There, boys and girls undressed themselves and got in the mud, and they just played with the hogs. Dirty, just living like the hogs and pigs, which they worship. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: So anyway, this hog worship was anticipated long, long ago. Otherwise, how they could be described in the Bh\'e4gavatam, which was compiled at least 
five thousand years ago? Anyway, the idea is that beautiful life, beautiful education, beautiful situation should be utilized for beautiful end, not degrade to the platform of hog worship. That is not very palatable thing, at least. \line So \'c5\'f1abha
deva says, "My dear boys, the sense gratification process after hard work day and night is available in the hog's life. That is not a very important thing. This human form of life is meant for different purpose." And that purpose he explains, that tapo d
ivya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva \'e7uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam [Bh\'e4g. 5.5.1]. "This human form of life is meant for austerity and penance."  690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Recently we were surprised to see, while walking in Central Park in New York City, that a group of young American boys and girls were engaged in worshiping hogs. While we were chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, these groups of youngsters were chan
ting, "Hog! Hog! Hog!" They were actually parading with hogs in Central Park and bowing down before them and worshiping them. They actually wanted one hog to become President, and they wanted the hogs to lead them. This has gone to such lengths that at o
ne be-in in Seattle there was a demonstration with hogs in which the boys and girls undressed themselves and got in the mud and played with the hogs, and in this way they were associating with the hogs and pigs which they worshiped. All this is going on 
in a country where the young people have good looking bodies, a great deal of money and so many other advantages over the young people of other nations. The result of gaining all these advantages is that they have simply taken to hog worship. Such hog wo
rship was anticipated long, long ago and was described in }{\cs2873\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  whic
h was compiled at least 5,000 years ago. The point is that a beautiful situation in life should be utilized for a beautiful end, not for degraded forms of worship.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You will find in the history of Vedic literature, there were many, many exalted emperors and kings, they also gave to the..., led to the pr
actice of austerity and penance. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja-they were all kings. They were called r\'e4jar\'f1i. R\'e4jar\'f1i means although they were king, most opu
lent, still, they were great sages. \line So the same thing is advised, that those persons who have got good opportunity of the spiritual..., human form of life, with facility for economic welfare, with facility for living very nicely, everything-the opp
ortunity should be used for better life. Ye tapo divyam. Tapasya, austerity, a little penance. Just like our students, they are practicing... \line Prabhup\'e4da: That is also explained, tapo divya\'e0 yena \'e7uddhyet sattvam [Bh\'e4g. 5.5.1]. Sattvam m
eans pure existence. I am existing in this body, this material body, but if you take to this austerity process, it is not very troublesome, at all troublesome. It is pleasure. You can ask our students who are practicing it. They are very much pleased to 
practice this. So it is not troublesome; it is pleasing.  690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic histories we find that there were many, many exalted emperors and kings who practiced auste
rities and penances. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Yudi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja were all great kings and were most opulent, but at the same time they were great sages. Thus they set the example for those who have acquired th
is good opportunity of a beautiful human form of life with all the facilities for economic development and good living. This opportunity should be used to attain an even better life, and this can be actualized by practice of penance. At present we are ex
isting in these material bodies, but if we take to the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our consciousness will be purified. Although American and European, the young students who are voluntarily practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are very pl
eased to practice it. The process is not troublesome but pleasing. Now they are realizing that purified existence constitutes the difference between animal life and human life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So tapo divya\'e0 yena \'e7uddhyet sattvam. Your existence will be purified. And as soon as your existence is purified... The difference be
tween animal life and human life is that human life, existence, is more purified. He has got better consciousness than the animal. Similarly, if you more purify your existence, you [are] gradually elevated to the spiritual existence, which is completely 
pure life.\line So \'c5\'f1abhadeva advises, "My dear boys, you don't spoil your life simply for sense gratification, but voluntarily accept some austerity and penances so that your existence will be purified. And when you get your purified existence... 
You are seeking after happiness. Whatever happiness you are inclined in this material world, that is only limited. But if you purify your existence and some way or other be promoted to your spiritual existence, then...," brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam. Br
ahman. Brahman means the greatest. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we purify our existence simply by following the basic regulations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which involve abstaining 
from illicit sexual connection, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling, we will gradually rise to attain our spiritual existence, which is completely pure. The sage \'c5\'f1abhadeva told his sons that once they purified their existence they would have un
limited happiness. We are all intended to attain peace and happiness, but whatever peace and happiness we find in this material world is limited. If we but purify our existence and attain spiritual existence, we will experience unlimited peace and happin
ess.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As I told you from the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, ath\'e4to brahma jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4, so what is the Brahman life, so there is Brahman pleasure al
so. In the Brahman pleasure there is also dancing, there are young girls, young boys-everything. These are only reflections. Whatever we are finding in this material world-the last evening we explained-that it is that perverted reflection of the spiritua
l world. \line So if you want unlimited happiness, unlimited knowledge and eternal life, you should not spoil your this very nice opportunity simply for sense gratification, but just to accept this life of austerity to promote yourself to the spiritual l
ife. Then you will get unlimited happiness, unlimited life, unlimited pleasure. That is the sum and substance of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. 690423LE.BUF}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The s
piritual world is not dry or abstract; as pointed out before, there is variegatedness there. A part of the spiritual pleasure experienced in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has is the pleasure of dancing. There are also young girls and young boys there. Indeed, there i
s no such thing as old age, or disease, or death, or the pains of birth. If we want to participate in the unlimited happiness, knowledge and eternal life which constitute our actual heritage in the spiritual world, we should not waste this life by workin
g hard for sense gratification and worshiping hogs. We should accept a life devoted to the cultivation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and then we will get unlimited happiness and unlimited pleasure. This is the sum and substance of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 EK 2: Hard Struggle for 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 2 \line Hard Struggle for Happin
ess
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 sources:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  & }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a}{\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\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanit
y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the revealed scriptures the Supreme Lord is described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha. Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means eternal, }{\cs2873\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  means fully cognizant, }{\cs2873\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  means joyful, and }{\cs2873\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 that He is a person. Thus the Lord, or the Supreme Godhead, who is one without a second, is a fully cognizant and eternally joyful personality with a full sense of His identity. No one is equal to Him or gre
ater than Him. This is a concise description of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The living entities or the 'Jivas' are so many minute samples of the Supreme Lord and therefore we find in the activities of the living ent
ities an urge for eternal existence, a hankering for knowledge of everything that be and an urge for seeking happiness by diverse attempts in life. These three qualities of the living being are minutely visible in the human society but they are increased
 and enjoyed in the proportion of 100 times more by other beings residing in the upper planets called by the name Bhooaloka, Swargaloka, Janaloka, Tapaloka, Manaloka, Brahmaloka etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So in the material world the highest planet, where the duration of life and standard of enjoyment are thousands and thousands times superior than what we enjoy on t
his earth, is also described as insignificant in comparison to the spiritual bliss enjoyed in the realm of impersonal 'Brahma.' And the happiness of spiritual bliss enjoyed in the company of the Supreme Lord by His service in different mellows-makes the 
enjoyment of impersonal Brahman as much insignificant as it is a drop of water in the presence of the ocean. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entities (}{\cs2873\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 ) are minute samples of the Supreme Lord, and being so they therefore find in their activities the desire for eternal existence, for complete knowledge, and for happiness. These desires a
re evident in human society, and in the upper planetary systems (Svargaloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, Maharloka, Brahmaloka, etc.) the living entities enjoy a longer duration of life, an increased amount of knowledge, and a generally more blissful existence. 
But even in the highest planet in this material world, where the duration of life and standard of enjoyment are thousands and thousands of times greater than those on earth, there is still old age, disease and death. Consequently the level of enjoyment i
s insignificant in comparison to the eternal bliss enjoyed in the company of the Supreme Lord. Loving service to the Supreme Lord in different relationships makes even the enjoyment of impersonal Brahman as insignificant as a drop of water in comparison 
to the ocean.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Every living being is ambitious to have the topmost level of enjoyment in the material world and yet he is always unhappy here. This unhapp
iness is present in all the above mentioned planets in spite of long life and standard of comfort more and more increased. That is the law of material nature. You can increase the duration of life and standard of comfort to your highest capacity and yet 
by the law of material nature you shall feel unhappy; the reason is that the quality of happiness which is compatibly suitable for our very constitution is different from the happiness derived from material adjustment. The living entity is a minute parti
cle of Sachidananda Vigraha and therefore he has proportionately the necessary propensity for joyfulness which is spiritual in quality but he is vainly trying to derive it in a foreign atmosphere of the material nature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every living bein
g desires the topmost level of enjoyment in this material world, and yet everyone is unhappy here. This unhappiness is present on all the higher planets, despite a longer lifespan, higher standards of enjoyment and comfort. That is due to the law of mate
rial nature. We can increase the duration of life and standard to the highest capacity, and yet by the law of material nature we will be unhappy. The reason for this is that the quality of happiness which is suitable for our constitution is different fro
m the happiness which is derived from material activities. The living entity is a minute particle of the superior spiritual energy of the Lord, which is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nand
a-vigraha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and therefore he has the necessary propensity for joy which is spiritual in quality. Unfortunately for him, he is trying vainly to attain his enjoyment from the for
eign atmosphere of material nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub A fish which is taken out of the water cannot be happy by any length of earthly arrangement of happiness without any aquatic habilitation. 
It is in the same way the minute Sachidananda entity cannot be really happy by any amount of material plannings conceived by the illusioned brain. The living entity, therefore, has to be rendered a different type of happiness called the spiritual bliss. 
And therefore our ambition should be aimed at enjoying spiritual bliss and not material happiness. Ambition for spiritual bliss is good but the way of attaining this standard is never possible by negativating the material happiness. Theoretical negation 
of material activities as was propounded by Sripad Sankaracharya may be relevant for an insignificant section of men, but the best and the sure way of attaining this standard is chalked out by Lord Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu by His cult of devotional acti
vities which change the very face of material nature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A fish that is taken out of the water cannot be happy by any arrangement on land. He must be supplied with water. In the same way, the minute }{\cs2873\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  living entity cannot be really happy through any amount of planning conceived by his illusioned brain in this materia
l universe. He must therefore be given a different type of happiness which is spiritual in essence. Our ambition should be aimed at enjoying spiritual bliss and not this temporary happiness. Some philosophers claim that spiritual bliss is attained by neg
ating material happiness and material existence. Theoretical negation of material activities as propounded by \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya may be effective for an insignificant section of mankind, but the best and surest way for everyone to 
attain spiritual bliss was propounded by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu by means of devotional activities. These devotional activities can change the very face of material nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Hankering after material happiness is called lust and such activities are sure to be met with frustration in the long run.\line The body of
 a snake is very cool. And if a man wants to enjoy the coolness of the body of a snake and therefore garlands himself with such venomous snake surely he is killed by the bite of the snake which is naturally harmful. The material senses are compared with 
snake and to indulge in material happiness is surely meant for killing one's spiritual identity. A sane man should therefore be ambitious to find out the real source of happiness.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hankering after material happiness is called lust, and
 lusty activities are sure to meet with frustration in the long run. The body of a snake is very cool, but if a man, wanting to enjoy this coolness, garlands himself with a venomous snake, he will surely be killed by the snake's venomous bite. The materi
al senses are compared to snakes; indulgence in material happiness will surely kill our spiritual identity. Therefore a sane man should be ambitious to find the real source of happiness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub A foolish man who had no experience of sugar cane by shape or taste was told by his friend to have a taste of its sweetness. The foolish ma
n enquired of the characteristics of a sugar cane and he was imperfectly informed that sugar cane resembles the shape of a bamboo stick. The foolish man therefore began to derive juice from the dry bamboo stick but as a matter of fact he was repeatedly b
affled in his attempt to have a taste of sweetness from bamboo stick.\line That is the position of the illusioned living being in his search after eternal happiness in the matter which is not only full of miseries but also the quality of material happine
ss is transient and flickering. \line In the Bhagwat Geeta the quality of the material world is described as full of miseries. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to find this source, however, we need some knowledge of what that happiness is. There is the story of the
 foolish man who had no experience with sugar cane. When he asked his friend about the characteristics of sugar cane, he was imperfectly informed that sugar cane resembles the shape of a bamboo stick. Consequently he began trying to extract juice from ba
mboo sticks, but naturally he was baffled in his attempts. This is the situation with the illusioned living entity who, in his search for eternal happiness, tries to extract happiness from this material world, which is not only full of miseries but is al
so transient and flickering. In }{\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  the material world is described as bei
ng full of miseries.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [not in BTGPY13b]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4va
rtino 'rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world, down to the lowest, all are places of misery, where repeated birth and death take plac
e. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again." (}{\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  8.16)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The ambition of happiness is good but to derive it from the inert matter by so-called scientific arrangement is an illusion. Befooled perso
n cannot understand it. Driven by a lust of material happiness he thinks as follows, as described in the Bhagwat Geeta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ambition for happiness is natural and good, but the attempt to derive it from inert matter by so-called scientific a
rrangements is an illusory attempt doomed to frustration. Those who are befooled cannot understand this. How a person is driven by the lust for material happiness is also described in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Idam, Adya, Maya, Labdha, Idam, Prapsey, Manoratham, Idam, Asti, Idam, Mey, Bhabisyati, Punah, Dhanam. (G. 16/13)\line Translation\line (A mater
ialistic Ashura thinks) This much I have got today, this much I shall have again as I have desired. So much I have in my possession and that much wealth will be mine again. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTGPY13
b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub idam adya may\'e4 labdham\line ima\'e0 pr\'e4psye manoratham\line idam ast\'e9dam 
api me\line bhavi\'f1yati punar dhanam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The demoniac person thinks: 'So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and i
t will increase in the future, more and more.' " (}{\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  16.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Purport\line The atheistic or godless civilization being a huge affair of sense-gratifying business, everyone is now mad after money to kee
p up an empty show. Money is sought after by everyone because that is the medium of exchange for sense-gratificatory objects. To expect peace in such an atmosphere of gold rush pandemonium is a Utopian dream. So long there will be a slight tinge of sense
 gratification, peace will remain far far away from us. The reason is that by nature everyone is an eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord. He cannot therefore enjoy anything for his personal interest but he can be employed in the transcendental service fo
r the interest of the Lord. This alone can bring in the desired peace. A part of the body cannot itself be happy but it can serve the whole body and derive pleasure out of that service only. But everyone is busy in self-interested business and nobody is 
prepared to serve the Lord. That is the basic cause of material existence.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive
 Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This atheistic or godless civilization is a huge affair contrived for the gratification of our senses, and now we are all mad after money in order to maintain this e
mpty shell. Money is sought after by everyone because that is the medium of exchange for objects for sense gratification. Obviously the expectation of peace in such an atmosphere of gold rush pandemonium is a utopian dream. As long as there is the slight
est tinge of sense gratification or desire for sense gratification, peace will remain far, far away. This is because by nature we are all eternal servants of the Supreme Lord and therefore cannot enjoy anything for our personal interests. It is therefore
 necessary for us to learn how to employ our senses in the transcendental service of the Lord, and to utilize everything to serve His interest. This alone can bring about much desired peace. A part of the body cannot in itself be independently happy. It 
can only derive its happiness and pleasure out of serving the entire body. The Supreme Lord is the whole, and we are the parts, but we are all busily engaged in activities of self-interest. No one is prepared to serve the Lord. This is the basic cause fo
r our conditioning in material existence and for our resultant unhappiness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Beginning from the highest executive administrator down to the cooly in the street, everyone is engaged with the thought of unlawful accumu
lation of wealth. To work for one's self-interest is unlawful and destructive. Even the cultivation of spiritual realisation for one's self-interest is unlawful and destructive! We have discussed this point already in the previous issues. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
From the highest executive in his skyscraper office down to the coolie in the street\'97all are working with the thought of accumulating wealth, legally or illegally. Actually it is all illegal, for to work for one's self-interest is both unlawful and de
structive. Even the cultivation of spiritual realization for one's own self-interest is unlawful and destructive. The point is that all activities must be directed to the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His service.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Those who are not engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord do unlawfully think that he has accumulated so much money today. This much mon
ey was accumulated day before and therefore the total money is accumulated to so much strength. He thinks unlawfully that so much money is in his possession now and it will be increased to such and such strength. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are not engaged 
in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord wrongfully think that they are accumulating so much money day after day.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7\'e4-p\'e4\'e7a-\'e7atair baddh\'e4\'f9\line k\'e4ma-krodha-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9\line \'e9hante k\'e4ma-bhog\'e4rtham
\line any\'e4yen\'e4rtha-sa\'efcay\'e4n
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification." (}{
\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  16.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub As such there is no dearth of money but there is dearth of peace in the world. The whole human energy having been diverted to this money ma
king business, it has certainly increased the cheap money making capacity of the total population but the result is that such unrestricted and unlawful inflation of money has created a bad economy and has enabled us to manufacture huge costly weapons for
 destroying the result of such cheap money making business.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The authorities of big money making countries, instead of enjoying peace, are now engaged in making important plans as to how they can save themselves from the mode
rn destructive weapons and as a matter of fact a huge sum of money is being thrown into the sea for making an experiment on such dreadful weapons. Such experiments are being carried out not only at huge costs but also at cost of many poor lives, binding 
thereby such nations in the laws of Karma. That is the illusion of mother material nature. With an impulse of sense gratification, the money is earned by spoiled energy and it is spent up also in as much as destructive energy of the human race. The energ
y of human race is thus spoiled by the law of nature because of its diversion from the service of the Lord who is actually the Lord of all energies.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consequently, although there is no lack of money in the world, there is a scarcity of p
eace. So much human energy is being diverted to making money, for the general population has increased its capacity to make more and more dollars, but in the long run the result is that this unrestricted and unlawful monetary inflation has created a bad 
economy all over the world and has provoked us to manufacture huge and costly weapons to destroy the very result of such cheap money-making. The leaders of the big money-making countries are not really enjoying peace but are making plans to save themselv
es from imminent destruction by nuclear weapons. In fact, huge sums of money are being thrown into the sea by way of experiments with these dreadful weapons. Such experiments are being carried out not only at huge costs but also at the cost of many lives
. In this way the nations are being bound by the laws of }{\cs2873\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 men are motivated by 
the impulse for sense gratification, whatever money is earned is spoiled, being spent for the destruction of the human race. The energy of the human race is thus wasted by the laws of nature because of man's aversion to the Lord, who is actually the prop
rietor of all energies.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Wealth and money is called and worshipped as mother Lakshmi or the Goddess of Goodluck. The Goddess of Goodluck is meant for serving the Lo
rd Narayana the emanation of all the Naras or living being. The Naras are also meant for service of Narayana under the guidance of the Goddess of Goodluck. The Naras or the living being cannot enjoy mother Goddess of Goodluck and therefore whoever may de
sire to enjoy Her wrongly will be punished by the law of nature and the money itself will become the cause of destruction instead of being the cause of peace and prosperity. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
TGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wealth is worshiped and is referred to as Mother Lak\'f1m\'e9, or t
he goddess of fortune. It is her position to serve Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the source of all the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or living beings. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are also meant to serve N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba und
er the guidance of the goddess of fortune. The living being cannot enjoy the goddess of fortune without serving N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and therefore whoever desires to enjoy her wrongly will be punished by the laws of nature. These laws will make certain tha
t the money itself will bring about destruction instead of peace and prosperity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Such unlawful accumulation of money is now being snatched away from the miser citizen by various taxing method of the state as contribution
 to the future civil and international war fund for spending the money in the spoiled manner. The citizen is no longer satisfied with money just to maintain the family nicely and for culturing spiritual knowledge, both essential in human life. He wants m
oney unlimitedly for satisfying insatiable desires and proportionately to this unlawful act, his accumulated money is now being snatched away by the agents of illusory nature in the shape of medical practitioners, lawyers, tax collectors, societies const
itutions, so-called Sadhus, famines, earthquake and many such calamities. A miser who hesitated to purchase a copy of 'Back to Godhead' by the dictation of illusory Nature-spent up Rs. 20,000/- for a week's ailments and died at the end. A similar thing h
appened when a man who refused to spend a pie for the service of the lord-spoiled Rs. 30,000/- in litigation affairs between members of the home. That is the law of nature. If money is not devoted to the service of the Lord, it must be, by the law of nat
ure, spent up in spoiled energy in the shape of litigation or diseases as mentioned above. Foolish people have no eyes to see to it and necessarily the laws of the Supreme Lord.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub BTGPY13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unlawfully accumulated money is now being snatched fro
m miserly citizens by various methods of state taxation for the future civil and international war fund, which is spending money in a wasteful and destructive manner. The citizens are no longer satisfied with just enough money to maintain a family nicely
 and cultivate spiritual knowledge, both of which are essential in human life. Now everyone wants money unlimitedly to satisfy insatiable desires. In proportion to the people's unlawful desires, their accumulated money is taken away by the agents of illu
sory energy in the shape of medical practitioners, lawyers, tax collectors, societies, constitutions, so-called holy men, famines, earthquakes, and many similar calamities. One miser who hesitated to purchase a copy of }{\cs2873\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  spent $2,000 for a week's supply of medicine and then died. Another man who refused to spend a cent for
 the service of the Lord wasted thousands of dollars in a legal suit between the members of his home. There are innumerable similar instances occasioned by the dictation of illusory nature. Indeed, that is the law of nature; if money is not devoted to th
e service of the Lord, it must be spent as spoiled energy in the form of legal problems or diseases. Foolish people do not have the eyes to see such facts; therefore the laws of the Supreme Lord befool them.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The laws of Nature do not allow us to accept money more than what we require for proper maintenance. There is ample arrangement by the law 
of Nature to provide every living being with his due share of food and shelter but insatiable lust of the human being has disturbed the whole setup of the Almighty Father of all species of life. By the arrangement of the Supreme Lord-there is the ocean o
f salt because salt is so much necessary thing to the living being. He has in the same manner arranged for sufficient air and light so essential for the living being. Anybody can collect any amount of salt from the natural storehouse but constitutionally
 one cannot take in more salt than what one barely requires. If he takes more salt, he spoils the broth and if he takes less salt his eatables become tasteless. And if he takes only just what he barely requires, the foodstuff is tasteful and he is also h
ealthful. Ambition for wealth, for more than what we just require, is much harmful as that of eating more salt than what we absolutely require. That is the law of nature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGP
Y13b; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Progressive Ambition}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The laws of nature do not allow us to accept more money than is requir
ed for proper maintenance. There is ample arrangement by the law of nature to provide every living being with his due share of food and shelter, but the insatiable lusts of human beings have disturbed the arrangement set forth by the Almighty Father of a
ll species of life. By the arrangement of the Supreme Lord, there is an ocean of salt because salt is so necessary for the living being. God has, in the same manner, arranged for sufficient air and light, which are also essential. Anyone can collect any 
amount of salt from the natural storehouse, but constitutionally we cannot take more salt than what we need. If we take more salt, we spoil the broth, and if we take less salt our food becomes tasteless. On the other hand, if we take only what we require
, our food is tasty and we are healthy. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [not in either: BTGPY13b; Progressive Ambition & BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Suf
ferings of Humanity}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presently there is a great deal of concern over the fact that our natural r
esources are becoming polluted and exhausted. Actually there is ample supply, but due to misuse and greed everything is being spoiled. What conservationists and ecologists do not understand is that everything will continue to be spoiled by the insatiable
 lusts of mankind unless this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process is taken up. It is impossible to have peace on any platform of existence without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Man is therefore suffering due to his insatiable desires and lusts. Not only
 is man suffering, but the planet on which he resides, his mother earth, represented in }{\cs2873\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 mother cow, is also suffering. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Sharma of Delhi asked this question to one well known Swamijee (?) and the reply which he received from him did not satisfy him. The do
ctor asked the Swamijee whether the sufferings of humanity were created by God. If so, why did He create such sufferings? The Swamiji replied that it is His Leela (?). The doctor said if it is the Leela of the Providence why a living entity should be put
 within the purview of the Law of Karma? The doctor publicly declared in the meeting that he was not satisfied with the reply of the Swamijee and the innocent public looked askance.\line So far as we have met with many gentlemen, we are also questioned w
ith the same type of enquiries. The monist and impersonalists who think in terms of oneness only of the living entities with the Supreme Lord, cannot but reply in the manner as replied by the Swamijee to the doctor. But such imperfect reply can hardly sa
tisfy the heart of a living entity. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a well-known }{\cs2873\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  in I
ndia was asked whether God or providence is responsible for the sufferings of humanity. The sv\'e4m\'e9 replied that these sufferings were all God's pastimes or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l
\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The questioner continued to ask why a living entity should be put under the dictations of the law of }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  could not answer these questions to the satisfaction of his inquirers. The monists and impersonalists who think only in terms of the oneness of the living entities with the Supreme Lord cannot give satisfactory answers to such q
uestions. Such an imperfect reply can hardly satisfy the heart of a living entity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is described in all the scriptures as 'Leela Prushottam' or the Personality of Godhead who is by His own nature always engaged in 
the transcendental pastimes. In the Vedanta Sutras [1.1.12] He is described as (In Devan\'e4gar\'e9:) \'e4nandamaya abhy\'e4s\'e4t. The monist and the impersonalist try with great difficulty to explain this Sutra in diverse ways in order to keep pace wit
h his imperfect theory of oneness and impersonality. "Ananda" a pleasure cannot be enjoyed alone. Variety is the mother of enjoyment that is a well known English proverb. The city of Delhi is attractive because it contains varieties of things. The living
 beings are attracted by the city of Delhi because it has varieties of enjoyable things. There are attractive streets, buildings, cinemas, parks, conveyances, business, employment, foodstuffs etc. of different varieties and therefore the city of Delhi is
 so beautiful. English poet Cowper said that country is made by God but the city is made by man. It does not mean thereby that country has no varieties of enjoyment. The country is full of natural variegatedness in crude form, while in the city, the vari
eties are displayed in the modernised scientific set up. Poets like Cowper may be attracted with the variegatedness of the natural beauty of the country and prosaic people, who live in the city, may be attracted by the colourful varieties manufactured by
 man. In any case both the rural and urban population is attracted by some form of varieties, without which there is no possibility of enjoyment. That is the right explanation of the axiom of 'Vedanta' Sutra (In Devan\'e4gar\'e9:) \'e4nandamaya abhy\'e4s
\'e4t. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is described in all scriptures as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4-puru\'f1ottama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or the Personality of Godhead, who is by His own nature always engaged in transcendental pastimes. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\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 He is also described as }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The monists and impersonalists try with great difficulty to explain this }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in diverse ways in order to support their imperfect theory of oneness and imperson
ality. However, the fact remains that }{\cs2873\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  pleasure, cannot be enjoyed alone. That v
ariety is the mother of enjoyment is a well-known fact. Cities, for instance, are known to be attractive if they contain a variety of things. Living entities are naturally attracted by variety, by attractive streets, buildings, cinemas, parks, conveyance
s, businesses, employments, foodstuffs, etc. Despite all this variety, the English poet Cowper once said, "The city is made by man, but the country is made by God." The countryside is also full of natural variegatedness in a crude form, whereas in the ci
ty this variegatedness is displayed in a modernized scientific manner. Poets like Cowper are attracted to the variegatedness of the country, and prosaic people who live in the city are attracted by the colorful varieties manufactured by man. In any case,
 it is variegatedness which attracts people both to the country and the city. This is the proper explanation of the verse of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The so-called Swamijee who is so frequently attracted by the city of Delhi or any other city must be seeking a sort of pleasure in society 
of the fair sex as well as the aristocrats as we generally find. He is not attracted by the natural beauty of the woods although he assumes the dress of a 'Banachary' or the man who is meant for living in the woods. This very fact implies that the Swamij
ee or any other man, all of them are seeking enjoyment varieties in the matter because they have no information of the varieties of the spirit. If in the matter there are so many varieties of enjoyment, why should you deny the spiritual variegatedness in
 the Absolute? But because they are pledged to the theory of monism and impersonalism they must deny everything of the matter in the spirit. According to them, the spirit is a denial of the matter. But in fact spirit is not a negation of the matter but m
atter is a perverted reflection of the spirit. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many so-called }{\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  wh
o are so frequently attracted by the cities often seek a kind of pleasure in society and feminine friendship. Generally they are not attracted by the natural beauty of the woods, although they may assume the dress of a man who is meant to live in the woo
ds. Such sv\'e4m\'e9s are seeking varieties of enjoyment in matter because they have no information of the variegatedness of spiritual life. On the one hand they enjoy variegatedness in matter, and on the other they deny spiritual variegatedness to the A
bsolute. Because they are pledged to the theory of monism and impersonalism, they deny that whatever pertains to matter can pertain also to spirit. According to them, spirit is the denial of matter. The fact is, however, that spirit is not a negation of 
matter, but matter is a perverted reflection of spirit.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub As such the real pleasure of varieties is existent in the spirit without any delusive relativity while the inert matter in association with
 the dynamic spirit manifests a false or shadow representation of the spiritual varieties so adversely denied by the class of so-called Swamijees. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real pleasure of variety exists in spirit without deluding relativity. On the other hand,
 inert matter, in association with dynamic spirit, manifests a false representation or a perverted reflection of that very spiritual variegatedness which is so adamantly denied by the monist class of so-called }{\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 .
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is joyful by nature (In Devan\'e4gar\'e9:) sac-cid-\'e4nanda vigraha [Bs 5.1] and therefore He expands Himself by His diff
erent energies, parts differentiated and plenary portions. The Supreme Lord is Absolute Truth and He is one without a second including His diverse energies, parts and plenary portion. The diverse energies, parts and the plenary portions are simultaneousl
y one and different from the Absolute Truth. Because He is joyful by nature, He expands Himself in different diversities in the above manner and this act of His diverse expansion is called by the name Leela or transcendental pastimes. But this Leela is n
ot blind and inert. There is full sense, independence, actions and reactions. This complexity of actions and reactions of the diverse energies of the Absolute Truth is the subject matter of a vast science called it the transcendental science and the Bhag
wat Geeta is the A B C or primary book of knowledge for the students interested in that science. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1
\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated before, the Supreme Lord is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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  
joyful by nature, and therefore He expands Himself by His different energies, parts, and differentiated and plenary portions. The Supreme Lord is the Absolute Truth, and He is one without a second, but He also includes His diverse energies, parts, and pl
enary portions which are simultaneously one with and different from Him. Because He is joyful by nature, He expands Himself in diverse ways, and the activities of these expansions are called His transcendental pastimes or His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These pastimes, however, are not blind and inert; they exhibit full sense, independence, and freedom of 
action and reaction. The complexities of the actions and the reactions of the diverse energies of the Absolute Truth constitute the subject matter of a vast science called the transcendental science of God, and the }{\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  is the ABC or primary book of knowledge for students interested in that science. Every intelligent human b
eing should become interested in this transcendental science; indeed, according to the opinions of the sages, human life is only meant for learning this science. The opening words of the }{\cs2873\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  proclaim: "Now is the time to inquire about Brahman."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The human life is full of miseries and the life other than the human being is still more full of miseries. Any sane man with properly discr
iminating senses can understand it that the life in the material world is full of miseries and nobody is free from the actions and reactions of such miseries. This is not pessimistic view of life but it is an actual fact and one may not be blind to see t
o it. The miseries are calculated to be of three varieties namely miseries pertaining to the relation of body and mind, miseries pertaining to the relation of other living being and miseries pertaining to the control of unseen forces. A sane man must loo
k to these miseries consciously. Everybody is unconsciously aware of these miseries and the activities of the present life means some attempt to overcome these miseries and thereby become happy in life. Every living being is trying to achieve this goal o
f happiness and get rid of these miseries unconsciously and in the higher intelligent circles, they attempt to get rid of all these miseries by plans and designs. But the power that baffles all these plans and designs of the highest intelligent person is
 called Daivi Maya or illusory energy. We have several times discussed about this Daivi Maya in the pages of "Back to Godhead." The law of Karma or the result of all actions and reactions in the material world is controlled by this "Daivi Maya" or "Prakr
iti" or the all-powerful nature. The acts of this Prakriti are all psychological, regulative, principled and conscious under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Everything is acted with full consciousness of the Prakriti and nothing is blind or accidental
. She is called also by the name of 'Durga' or the force which is very difficult to surpass. Nobody can therefore surpass the laws of 'Durga' by any amount of childish plans. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life by nature is full of suffering, and lower life forms a
re even more miserable. Any sane man with properly discriminating senses can understand that life in the material world is full of miseries and that no one is free from the actions and reactions of such miseries. This is not a pessimistic view of life bu
t is an actual fact which we should not be blind to. The miseries of life are divided into three categories, namely miseries arising from the body and mind, miseries arising from other living entities, and miseries arising due to natural calamities. A sa
ne man must look to eliminate these miseries and thereby become happy in life. We are all trying to achieve peace and freedom from these miseries, at least unconsciously, and in the higher intellectual circles there are attempts to get rid of these miser
ies by ingenious plans and designs. But the power that baffles all the plans and designs of even the most intelligent person is the power of M\'e4y\'e4 dev\'e9, or the illusory energy. The law of }{\cs2873\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 the result of all actions and reactions in the material world, is controlled by this all-powerful illusory energy. The activities of this
 energy function according to principles and regulations, and they act consciously under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Everything is done by nature in full consciousness; nothing is blind or accidental. This material energy is also called Durg\'e4, 
which indicates that it is a force which is very difficult to surpass. No one can surpass the laws of Durg\'e4 by any amount of childish plans.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub To get rid of the sufferings or miseries of the humanity is simultaneously very difficult and easy affair also. So long the plans to get ri
d of them will continue to be manufactured by the conditioned souls who are themselves bound up by the laws of nature, there would be no solution of these miseries. The plans and designs are those mentioned in the Bhagwat Geeta and one has to adopt it in
 practical life for his own benefit. The miseries are not the Leela of the Supreme Lord. As mentioned above He is eternally joyful. His Leela or transcendental pastimes are not different from Him because He is Absolute Truth. The Name, Fame, Qualities, P
astimes etc. are all identical with Him. His Leela or Pastimes therefore cannot be full of miseries. The answer of the questions in respect of human sufferings therefore cannot be given by such evasive reply as Leela. The Leela or pastimes of the Supreme
 Lord is transcendental to miseries and sufferings of human being. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanit
y}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To get rid of the sufferings of humanity is simultaneously a very difficult and also a very easy affair. As long as the conditioned souls, who are themselves bound up by the
 laws of nature, manufacture plans to get rid of the three miseries, there will be no solution. The only effective solutions are those mentioned in }{\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  and we have to adopt them in our practical lives for our own benefit. The three miseries of material nature are not found in the pastimes of the Supreme Lord. As mentioned bef
ore, He is eternally joyful, and His transcendental pastimes are not different from Him. Because He is the Absolute Truth, His name, fame, form, qualities and pastimes are all identical with Him. His pastimes, therefore, cannot be equated with the suffer
ings of humanity as the so-called }{\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  contends. The pastimes of the Supreme Lord are tran
scendental to the actual miseries and sufferings of human beings.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The suffering of humanity is the result of its misuse of discriminative power or the little independence which is given to the individual s
oul.\line The Swamijee as above mentioned in order to keep his pace with the theory of monism may wash off such miseries as Leela but actually they are only the enforced actions of the Daivi Maya inflicted upon the misguided conditioned soul. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub The sufferings of humanity are caused by the misuse of the discriminative power or the little independence which is given to individual souls. The fraudulent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4
m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or mental speculators, in order to remain consistent with the theory of monism, must pass off the miseries of mankind as the pastimes of God, but actually these miserie
s are only the enforced punishments of M\'e4y\'e4 dev\'e9 inflicted upon the misguided conditioned souls.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As living entities, we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Indeed, we actually belong to His superior energy. As such, we may join His transcendental pastimes 
in our unconditioned state of life, but as long as we are conditioned by the laws of }{\cs2873\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 contact with the inferior energy, our sufferings are our own creations, born of a gross misuse of our little independence. The impersonalist monists only misguide people by contending that the threefold miseries are a part of the Lord's pastimes. Suc
h impersonalists and monists have misguided their followers because they incorrectly think that the Supreme Lord and the individual souls are equal in all respects. True, the individual souls are equal in quality with the Supreme Lord, but not in quantit
y. If the individual soul were quantitatively equal to the Supreme Lord, he would have never been subjected to the laws of material nature. Material nature is subordinate to the will of the Supreme Lord, and therefore He cannot be subjected to the laws o
f material nature. It is contradictory for the Lord to be subjected to the laws of His own inferior energy.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.7)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tribhir gu\'ebamayair bh\'e4vair\line ebhi\'f9 sarvam ida\'e0 jagat\line mohita\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line m\'e4m ebhya\'f9 p
aram avyayam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Deluded by the three modes (goodness, passion, and ignorance), the whole world does not know Me who am above them and inexhaustible."
 (}{\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 7.13)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The living entities are part and parcels or different energies of the Supreme Lord. The part is not equal to the whole. The part can join t
ranscendental Leela in his unconditioned state of life but so long he is conditioned by the laws of Karma, his sufferings are his own creations out of a gross misuse of his little independence. The Mayabadies or the impersonal monist misguide the people 
by mistaking the threefold miseries as Leela(?). Such impersonal monist has to misguide like that because he wrongly thinks the Supreme Lord and the individual soul equal in all respects. The individual souls are equal in quality with the Supreme Lord bu
t not in quantity. Had he, the individual soul had been quantitatively equal with the Supreme Lord, he would not have been subjected to the laws of nature. The material nature is subordinate to the will of Supreme Lord. As such He cannot be subjected to 
the laws of His own inferior energy. The individual souls who are put into the miseries of the material world are therefore different parts and parcels of the Supreme Being and their sufferings are resultant reaction of the misuse of their little indepen
dence. That is the verdict of the Bhagwat Geeta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The individual souls, who are put into the miseries of the material world, are suffering the resultant reactions of their unsanctioned activities. This is the verdict of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Envious, mischievous, the lowest of mankind, these do I ever put back into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac spe
cies of 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 Bg. }{\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The parts and parcels are meant for serving the whole. When such parts and parcels misuse the independence, they are subjected to the laws 
of miseries as matter like police action.\line The citizens of a state is the part and parcels of the complete nation. The citizens are meant for serving the national cause and that is the function of independant people. When a citizen misuses his relati
ve independence in the discharge of his duties towards the state he is put under police action by the state. The life of a citizen in the free state and the life of a citizen in the state prison house are not identical. Those who make such two different 
phases of life of the citizen in a state as one and the same must be suffering from the disease of insanity. Similarly those who speak of the sufferings of humanity as Leela of the Supreme Lord must be possessing a poor fund of knowledge. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub The parts and parcels are meant to serve the whole, and when they misuse their independence they are subject to the miseries of the laws of matter, just as criminals are subject to police action. The state considers its citizens to be its par
ts and parcels, and when a citizen misuses his relative independence, the state puts him under police authority. The life of a citizen outside the prison and the life of a citizen within the prison are not the same. Similarly, the sufferings of the livin
g entities within the prison of material nature cannot be equated with the pastimes of the Supreme Lord which exist in the absolute freedom of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The State Government does not want that its citizens would act in such a way so that they may go into the prison house and suffer its tribu
lations. The prison house is undoubtedly constructed by the State Government but that does not mean that the Government wants to invite the prisoners to come in. Indirectly, the disobedient citizens force the Government to construct the prison house. It 
is no pleasure for the government to construct and maintain a prison house. On the contrary, the government would be glad to demolish altogether the existence of the prison house provided there is no disobedient citizen in the state. In the same way this
 material world, although it was created by the will of the Supreme Lord, the residents of this material world which is full of miseries are different from those who are eternally engaged in the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub No government wants its citizens to act in such a way that they must go to prison and suffer tribulations. The prisonhouse is undoubtedly constructed by the state government, but this does not mean that the government is anxious for its citiz
ens to be put into it. Indirectly, the disobedient citizens force the government to construct the prisonhouse. It is not done for the pleasure of the government, which has to spend a great deal of money in constructing and maintaining it. On the contrary
, the government would be very glad to demolish prisons altogether provided that there are no disobedient citizens in the state. In the same way, this material world is created by the Supreme Lord, but the Supreme Lord does not will that living entities 
be put in it. The living entities themselves make that decision. The residents of this material world are therefore different from those who are eternally engaged in the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The impersonal monist have no information of a full-fledged independant life in the eternal realm of spirit. According to them the spiritua
l realm is a place of voidness. The life outside the prison house is undoubtedly void from the life of prison house but that does not mean inactivity. The eternal soul is eternally active. The impersonalist wants to kill the activity of the soul in the s
piritual realm and miscalculate the prison life of miseries as Leela of the Supreme Lord (?). That is the sign of poor fund of knowledge. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonal monists have no information of full-fledged independent life in the eternal spiri
tual realm. According to them, the spiritual realm is simply void. This is like prisoners thinking that there is no life outside the prison. Life outside of a prison is certainly free from prison activities, but is not devoid of activity. The soul is by 
nature eternally active, but the impersonalists try to negate the activities of the soul in the spiritual realm. Thus they misunderstand the miseries of prison life to be the pastimes of the Supreme Lord. This is due to their poor fund of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord never creates the actions and reactions of an individual soul. In }{\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  this matter is clearly defined in the following way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na kart\'e5tva\'e0 na karm\'e4\'ebi\line lokasya s\'e5jati prabhu\'f9\line na karma-phala-sa\'e0yoga\'e0\line svabh\'e4vas tu pr
avartate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4datte kasyacit p\'e4pa\'e0\line na caiva suk\'e5ta\'e0 vibhu\'f9\line aj\'ef\'e4nen\'e4v\'e5ta\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line ten
a muhyanti jantava\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Supreme Lord never creates the actions and reactions of an individual soul. In the Bhagwat Geeta the matter is clearly defined as follows:-
\line (B. G. chapter V 24/26)\line (In Devan\'e4gar\'e9:)\line na kart\'e5tva\'e0 na karm\'e4\'ebi lokasya s\'e5jati prabhu\'f9\line na karma-phala-sa\'e0yoga\'e0 svabh\'e4vas tu pravartate\line n\'e4datte kasyacit p\'e4pa\'e0 na caiva suk\'e5ta\'e0 vibh
u\'f9\line aj\'ef\'e4nen\'e4v\'e5ta\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 tena muhyanti jantava\'f9\line j\'ef\'e4nena tu tad aj\'ef\'e4na\'e0 ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 n\'e4\'e7itam \'e4tmana\'f9\line te\'f1\'e4m \'e4ditya-vaj j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7ayati tat param\line [Bg. 5
.14-16]\line Wordings\line Na, Kartritwam, Na, Karmani, Lokashya, Srijati Prabha,\line Na, Karmaphala, Samyogam, Swabhaba, Tu, Prabartatey,\line Na, Adatte, Kashyachit, Papam, Na, Cha, Eba, Sukritam, Bibhu,\line Ajnanana, Abritam, Jnanam, Tena, Muhyanti,
 Jantava,\line Jnanena, Tu, Tat, Ajnanam, Yesham, Nashitam, Atmana, Tesham, Adityabat, Jnanam, Prakashayati, Tatparam.\line Synonyms\line Na=Does not, Kartritwam=Direction of, Na=Neither, Karmani=the work, Lokashya=of the living entities, Srijati=create,
 Na=Neither, Karmaphala=The resultant of work, Samyogam=Relativities, Swabhaba=One's own inclination, Prabartatey=Induces.\line Na=Does not, Adatte=Award, Kashyachit=of any body, Papam=Vices, Na=Neither, Cha=Also, Eba=Certainly, Sukritam=Pious acts, Bibh
u=The Almighty, Ajnanana=By poor fund of knowledge, Abritam=Covered, Jnanam=Pure knowledge, Tena=By that only, Muhyanti=Misguide, Jantaba=The living entities.\line Jnanena=By knowledge, Tu=But, Tat=That, Ajnanam=Nescience, Yesham=Of those, Atmana=Of the 
spirit, Tesham=Of them, Adityabat=Like the sun, Jnanam=Pure knowledge, Prakashayati=Does manifest, Tatparam=In respect of the Supreme.\line Translation\line The Supreme Lord does not create any direction nor the programme of work of the ordinary living b
eing. Neither does He create such relativities of work but they are induced by one's own inclination.\line Neither does He award any direction of committing vices nor that of any act of virtue. The animals (living beings) are covered by poor fund of know
ledge and by that only they are misguided in action.\line Of those whose nescience is dissipated by the awakening of pure consciousness, for them only knowledge regarding the Supreme Being is manifested like the sunrays. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The embodied spirit, master
 of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature. Nor does the Supreme Spirit assume anyone's sinful or pious activities. 
Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge." }{\b0\i0\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 5.14-15}{\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 It is clear from these passages that the sufferings of humanity are not to be equated with the pastimes of the Supreme Being, nor is the Supreme Being responsible f
or them. The Lord is never responsible for anyone's vices or virtues. By vicious actions, we are put into more and more distressful conditions, whereas by pious actions we place ourselves on the path of happiness. Thus man is the architect of his own mat
erial distress or happiness. The Lord does not want the living entity to become entangled in the reactions of activities, be they good or bad. He simply wants everyone to go back home, back to Godhead. As long as we are not awakened to our pure eternal r
elation with God, we are certainly bewildered in our actions. Our actions, in respect to right and wrong, are all performed on the platform of ignorance. We must rise to the platform of pure knowledge, which is the pure realization that we are the eterna
l servitors of the Supreme Lord and enjoyers of His transcendental pastimes. The Supreme Lord is the master-enjoyer of those pastimes, and we are the servitor-enjoyers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental knowledge is only attainable by transcendental devotional service, as described in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
 mam upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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." (}{\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  10.10)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub It is clear from the above passages that the sufferings of humanity are not the Leela of the Supreme Being as explained by the learned Swam
iji(?). The Lord is never responsible anyone's Papa or Punya. By actions of Papa (vices) one is put into more and more distressful conditions; while by actions of Punya or Sukriti (pious acts) one is put in the path of happiness. Man is the architect of 
his own distress or happiness in the material sense of the term. The Lord does not want living entity to do anything of vice or virtue. He wants everyone to go back to Home, go back to Godhead. As long as one has not awakened of his pure sense of eternal
 relation with God, he is certainly bewildered in his actions. His actions, in respect of vice and virtue, are all performed out of a lack of pure knowledge. The pure knowledge is the pure sense of living being as the eternal servitor-enjoyer in the tran
scendental Leela or pastimes of the Lord. The Supreme Lord is the Master-enjoyer of that Leela and living entities are the servitor-enjoyer of the Leela. The Swamiji or persons of his ilk of thought do not know what is the Leela due to poor fund of knowl
edge and therefore they misguide the people by misplacing the transcendental Leela in the realm of sufferings or enjoyments of the material plane. That knowledge is attainable by 'Para Bhakti' only as described in the Bhagwat Geeta. By such 'Para Bhakti'
 only and not by merely acquiring a bulk of discriminating knowledge can one know the Supreme Lord as He is. When a person knows the Personality of Godhead in reality, he can then enter into His Leela. That is the verdict all revealed scriptures.  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY9a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Sufferings of Humanity}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub By rendering such devotional service only, and not by merely acquiring a bulk of discriminative knowledge, can we know the Supreme Lord as He is. When we know the Personality of Godhead in reality, we can then enter into His pastimes. That is
 the verdict of all revealed scriptures.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 EK 3: Toward 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 3\line  Toward a Peaceful Societ
y
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710925BG.NAI] & }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 660801BG.NY}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 bhagavan uv\'e4ca\line ida\'e0 \'e7ar\'e9ra\'e0 kaunteya\line k\'f1etram ity abhidh\'e9yate\line etad yo vetti ta\'e0 
pr\'e4hu\'f9\line k\'f1etraj\'efa iti tad-vida\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord said: This body, O son of Kunt\'e9, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the fie
ld." (}{\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 13.2)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ...r\'e9ra\'e0 kaunteya\line k\'f1etram ity abhidh\'e9yate\line etad yo vetti ta\'e0 pr\'e4hu\'f9\line k\'f1etra-j\'efa iti tad-vida\'f9
\line  [Bg. 13.2]\line The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is instructing Arjuna about the knowledge of k\'f1etra and k\'f1etra-j\'efa. K\'f1etra means the field, just like here, agricultural land, and there is cultivator. So this body is
 called the field, and the soul, which is the proprietor of this body, is the cultivator. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is instructing Arjuna about the knowledge of }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa. K\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the field, which is 
the body, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the knower of the field, who is the individual sou
l. If land is to be cultivated, there must be some cultivator, and if this body, which is likened unto a field, is to be cultivated, there must be a proprietor who can cultivate it. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: So we have got this body, and we have to cultivate. That is called karma, or work. Just like while coming to your place we s
aw so many cultivating land-somewhere coffee is being cultivated, somewhere peas, somewhere others, corns. \line So we have been given this particular type of body for cultivating and getting the required produce according to our desire. That is the gift
 of God. God is very kind.\line \line ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante\line t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham\line  [Bg. 4.11]\line Everyone who wants something from God, God is very kind; He awards, "All right, you take this." Actually, just like fat
her and the son: the son insists upon getting something from father. Father says, "My dear son, don't take this. This is not good for you." But when he insists upon: "Father, I want this," then the affectionate father gives him, "All right, you take it, 
try for it." \line Similarly, we are all part and parcel of God. Just like your sons, daughters and children are part and parcel of your body, similarly, we are... All living entities-not only human beings. Human being is one of the 8,400,000 species of 
forms. There are 8,400,000 species of forms, and the human body is one of them. That is also stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now we have these material bodies, and it is our duty to cultivate them properly. That cultivation is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\cs2873\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 work. A person may come to our place with a hoe to cultivate land, or he may come to simply dr
ink coffee or tea. We have been given this particular type of body to cultivate and to attain required sense objects according to our desires. This body is a gift from God. God is very kind, and if someone wants something from Him, He allows it. "All rig
ht," He says. "Take this." His relationship to us is just like the relationship of a father to a son. The son may insist upon getting something from the father, and the father may try to convince him that what he wants is not for his good, saying, "My de
ar son, don't touch this. This is not good for you." But when the boy insists upon it, the father will allow him to have it. The affectionate father gives the son just what he wants. Similarly, the Supreme Father gives His sons and daughters just what th
ey want. It is stated in }{\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  that all beings, in all species of life, are 
his children.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line sambhavanti m\'fcrtaya\'f9 y\'e4\'f9\line  [Bg. 14.4]\line "My dear Kaunteya, Arjuna, as many forms are there in 
all species of life," t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 mahad yonir brahma, "this material world is their mother and," aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4, "I am the seed-giving father." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI}
}{\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 am the seed-giving Father." (}{\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  14.4)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Exactly in the same way that we are born, the father gives the seed within the womb of the mother and mother develops the body. \line So we
 living entities, we are coming from God in this material world, and the mother, material world, prak\'e5ti, jar\'e4 prak\'e5ti, the dull material world, is giving us this body. And there are 8,400,000 species of body. Jalaj\'e4 nava-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi: in
 the water there are 900,000 species of life. Jalaj\'e4 nava-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi sth\'e4var\'e4 lak\'f1a-vi\'e0\'e7ati [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba]. \line And there are 2,000,000 species of life, plants and trees. They're all living entities. And don't think that t
hey have no soul. It is a wrong theory that only human being has got soul and not other living entities. No. Everyone has got soul\'85\line So there are 2,000,000 species of forms, plants and trees: jalaj\'e4 nava-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi sth\'e4var\'e4 lak\'f1a
-vi\'e0\'e7ati k\'e5mayo rudra-sa\'eckhyak\'e4\'f9. Insects. From plant life the development is insect and reptiles. There are eleven lakhs, eleven hundred thousand species of life of insects, sth\'e4var\'e4 lak\'f1a-vi\'e0\'e7ati k\'e5mayo rudra-sa\'eck
hyak\'e4\'f9. Rudra-sa\'eckhyak\'e4\'f9 means eleven hundred thousands, and da\'e7a-lak\'f1a\'ebi, birds, ten lakhs. [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba]\line One million species of birds, and 3,000,000 species of beast and 400,000 species of human being. These are the 
definition of different species of life. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "They are all My parts and parcel." Not that only human being are parts and parcels of God, not the animal. Therefore this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is especially meant for
 understanding the position of the soul and his relationship with God. Sambandha. Sambandha means relationship. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world, the mother, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is
 material nature, supplies us with the body, and the Supreme Father impregnates this matter with living souls. There is an erroneous theory current that only human beings have souls and that other living entities do not, but we understand from Vedic auth
ority that there are over 8,000,000 species of bodies, including plants and trees, and that they all have souls, otherwise they would not be able to develop and grow. In this verse \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims that all living entities, regardless of t
he forms they take in this material world, are his sons, and that they are related to Him as a son is related to his father.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is especially meant for understanding the position of the soul and its relationship with God.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa\'e0 c\'e4pi m\'e4\'e0 viddhi\line sarva-k\'f1etre\'f1u bh\'e4rata\line k\'f1etra-k\'f1etraj\'efayor j\'ef\'e4na
\'e0\line yat taj j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 mata\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub This human form of life, that is explained here,\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ida\'e0 \'e7ar
\'e9ra\'e0 kaunteya\line k\'f1etram ity abhidh\'e9yate\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  [Bg. 13.2]\line We are not this body, but we are placed in this body. Exactly the same as I already explained: that th
e father gives the seed within the womb of the mother, yath\'e4 b\'e9ja\'e0 yath\'e4 yoni [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.54]. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub B\'e9ja\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  means the semina of the father, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoni }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is the mother. So in this way, we are put into 
this material world and then we develop different types of body according to our desire. This is the understanding of }{\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 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub . [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O 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 knowledg
e. That is My opinion." (}{\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 13.3)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub K\'f1etra-j\'efa means one who understands his body. Just like if you meditate upon your body-you study your finger, whether I am this fing
er-you come to the conclusion that "I am not this finger; it is my finger." Similarly, if you study your hands, legs and all parts of the body, you will come to the conclusion that you are not this body but the body is belonging to you. It is your body
\line So the modern civilization do not know "What I am." They are working under the impression that I am body. If I ask you, "What you are, gentleman?" he'll say, "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am Sikh," "I am Christian," like that. But these are the i
dentification of the body. But I am not this body. K\'f1etra, k\'f1etra-j\'efa: body is the field of my activities, different bodies.}{\b0\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 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we meditate upon this body and study w
hether or not we are actually the body, we will come to the conclusion that we are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the knower of the body but not the body. If we study our finger and consider whether or not we are the finger, we will come to the conclusion that we are not the finger or any other part of the body, but that the finger, the arms, the legs, 
the head, etc. are }{\cs2873\b0\i\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  fingers, arms, legs, etc. In this way we can come to the conclusion
 that we are not these bodies but that the bodies belong to us. Therefore we say, "This is my body." Unfortunately people in this modern civilization never stop to inquire what they are or who they are. They are simply laboring hard, working hard all day
 in an office or factory, under the impression that, "I am this body." And if we ask people who they are, they reply, "I am Hindu, I am Moslem, I am Swedish, I am American, I am Christian, etc." These are various identifications or designations of the bo
dy, but the fact is that we are not these bodies. The body is simply the field of our activities. We are no more the body than the cultivator of a field is the field.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like dog is engaged in one kind of activity, and the cat is engaged in one kind of activity, or the human being is engaged in another 
kind of activity, so these differences of activities are due to the difference of body, k\'f1etra. But when you come to the platform of soul, when you understand that "I am not this body," then the activity is different. That activity is called spiritual
 activity. The material activity and spiritual activity. \line So material activity and spiritual activity. So long we are under the concept of bodily life, our activities are material. But as soon as you understand that "I do not belong to the body. I a
m not this body, but I am spirit soul, aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi\'85" The exact Vedic language in this connection is called aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi: "I am spirit soul." This knowledge is perfect. So long we are under the concept of body, that "I am this body," t
hat is ignorance. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of bodies and different activities in
 accordance to the different types of bodies. A dog enjoys one kind of activity, a cat enjoys another, and a human enjoys another. There are differences of activity due to differences of body. When we come to the platform of truth, however, and understan
d that we are not these bodies, then our activities change from material activities to spiritual activities. As long as we are operating under the bodily conception of life, our activities are material, but as soon as we understand, "I do not belong to t
his body, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\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  I am spirit soul," our activities will be in accordance to that realization, that is to say that they will cease to be motivated from the material or bodily platform. Knowledge of our proper identity as separate from the body
 is real knowledge, but this knowledge is denied as long as we cling to bodily identification.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In the \'e7\'e4stra it is said,\line yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke\line sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh
\'e9\'f9\line yat-t\'e9rtha-buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line jane\'f1v sa abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9\line  [Bh\'e4g. 10.84.13]\line So long we are in this bodily concept of life, then as long as we are feeling like that, all our activities are
 our defeat. Par\'e4bhava. Par\'e4bhavas t\'e4vad abodha-j\'e4to [Bh\'e4g. 5.5.5]. Abodha-j\'e4ta\'f9. The animals or the human beings-everyone, just like this child-abodha-j\'e4ta\'f9: born ignorant. Similarly, human being, if he remains under the bodil
y concept of life, then he is ignorant. That is called \'e7\'fcdra. Janman\'e4 j\'e4yate \'e7\'fcdra\'f9 [Sm\'e5ti V\'e4kya]: the Vedic culture says that everyone born is a \'e7\'fcdra. Therefore he has to be given knowledge, exactly like we send our chi
ldren to schools, colleges. Why? To get knowledge. \line Similarly, if we remain satisfied simply with the birth by our father or mother, that is \'e7\'fcdra condition. One has to be raised to the brahminical condition. Janman\'e4\'85, there is a process
. The process is janman\'e4 j\'e4yate \'e7\'fcdra\'f9. Everyone is born \'e7\'fcdra by birth. It is not that by birth one becomes br\'e4hma\'eba; otherwise the \'e7\'e4stra would not have stated like this, that janman\'e4 j\'e4yate \'e7\'fcdra\'f9, "By b
irth everyone is \'e7\'fcdra." Sa\'e0sk\'e4r\'e4d dhi bhaved dvija\'f9: but when he has executed the purificatory process, sanctifying process\'85 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the scriptures it is said that as long as we are in this bodily conception of life, all our activities will be defeated. A child is born into ignorance, and if as he grows older he rem
ains under the bodily conception of life, he lives in darkness. His position is that of a }{\cs2873\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 the Vedic literatures we find that in this age everyone is born a }{\cs2873\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  therefore everyone requires to be educated as to his real identity. If, however, we remain satisfied with our birth by our father and mother, we will remain in our condition as }{\cs2873\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  We have to rise to the brahminical platform by following the purificatory processes.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are ten kinds of sanctifying process. Even when the father is going to give birth to the child, he has to undergo a ritualistic cerem
ony, which is called garbh\'e4dh\'e4na-sa\'e0sk\'e4ra, seed-giving ceremony. That is the Vedic function, garbh\'e4dh\'e4na. But in the Kali-yuga all these sa\'e0sk\'e4ras are not followed strictly. Otherwise, according to \'e7\'e4stra, if these garbh\'e4
dh\'e4na-sa\'e0sk\'e4ra is not done\'85 Garbh\'e4dh\'e4na-sa\'e0sk\'e4ra is especially recommended for the br\'e4hma\'ebas, the k\'f1atriyas and the vai\'e7yas-especially the br\'e4hma\'ebas. \line So now in this age no sa\'e0sk\'e4ra is adopted; therefo
re he remains a \'e7\'fcdra, janman\'e4 j\'e4yate \'e7\'fcdra\'f9, because the purificatory processes are not practised. Therefore, janman\'e4 j\'e4yate \'e7\'fcdra\'f9. And in this age, Kali-yuga, the processes are not observed; therefore \'e7\'e4stra s
ays, kalau \'e7\'fcdra-sambhava. In this age, Kali-yuga, it is everyone is \'e7\'fcdra: kalau \'e7\'fcdra-sambhava. \line So this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is making everyone a br\'e4hma\'eba from the \'e7\'fcdra stage. This is a p
urificatory process. Just like you see these European and American boys, they are undergoing purificatory process. Purificatory process means to avoid sinful activities. That is purificatory. If you don't act sinfully, then you are pure. \line So the bas
ic principles of sinful life are four: striya s\'fcn\'e4 p\'e4na dy\'fcta yatra p\'e4pa\'e7 catur-vidh\'e4 [Bh\'e4g. 1.17.38]. Catur-vidh\'e4 means four kinds of sinful activities are\'85 Striya means to have illicit sex life. According to Vedic principl
es, sex life cannot be performed without a married life that is sanctioned by religion. Therefore in human society there is system of marriage. \line Not that you keep a woman, you keep a man, like cats and dogs; no human society. May be Hindu, Muslim, C
hristian, Sikh-it doesn't matter-any civilized form of society has got this system of marriage, because without marriage sex life is irreligious. Therefore this is one of the sinful activities: to have illicit sex life. \line And s\'fcn\'e4, s\'fcn\'e4 m
eans killing of animals. Killing of animals\'85 Even in Christian religion it is forbidden: "Thou shall not kill." Out of the Ten Commandments the first commandment is, "Thou shall not kill." In the Buddha religion there is also the same thing: ahi\'e0s
\'e4 paramo dharma\'f9. So in other religions, Hindu religion, they are\'85, there are sometimes killing of animals in sacrifices. But that is not for eating purpose. The test of Vedic mantra was, I mean to say, verified how the mantras are being chanted
. So sometimes the animals were put into the fire, and the animal would come out again with new life. That was the test of Vedic mantras.\line In this age, Kali-yuga, there is no such qualified br\'e4hma\'eba to perform the sacrifices; therefore all kind
s of animal sacrifices are forbidden.\line a\'e7vamedha\'e0 gav\'e4lambha\'e0\line sanny\'e4sa\'e0 pala-pait\'e5kam\line devare\'eba sutotpatti\'e0\line kalau pa\'efca vivarjayet\line   [Brahma-vaivarta Pur\'e4\'eba]\line So s\'fcn\'e4, s\'fcn\'e4 means 
unnecessary animal-killing. Unnecessary. Human society should be sober and continent. If I can\'85, I require to eat something, if I have got sufficient grains, fruits, milk, flour, vegetables, why should I kill unnecessarily a poor animal? So this is si
nful. \line Striya s\'fcn\'e4 p\'e4na. P\'e4na means intoxication. Therefore those\'85 Of course, in this country, it is not very much so, but in India p\'e4n, betel, betel nut, and p\'e4n eating. The p\'e4na means drinking; p\'e4na means intoxication. S
o even drinking tea, chewing p\'e4n is also intoxication, what to speak of drinking wine and other things. Striya s\'fcn\'e4 p\'e4na dy\'fcta. And dy\'fcta means gambling. So if we want to be purified, then we must give up these four principles of sinful
 activities. \line So these boys are being trained up for their purification, and although from their birth they are habituated to all these habits, they have given up. They have no other bad habits. Nothing. They don't take even tea, and smoke. This is 
purificatory process. Janman\'e4 j\'e4yate \'e7\'fcdra\'f9 sa\'e0sk\'e4r\'e4d bhaved dvija\'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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 
[}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As mentioned before, there are four basic characteristics of an impure life\'97il
licit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. According to the Vedic principles, sex should not be indulged in outside of marriage. In human society there is therefore a system of marriage which distinguishes us from the cats and dogs. Whether we ar
e Hindu, Moslem, or Christian, we acknowledge the system of marriage. The purpose of this system is to avoid illicit sex. According to the Vedic system, intoxication is also discouraged; nor is meat-eating advocated, for human beings should be nonviolent
. We have been given sufficient grains, fruits, milk, and vegetables, and there is no necessity to kill poor animals. Some people argue that if we do not eat meat we will be undernourished, but we can see that the students of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness movement have given up meat and are very healthy, whereas people who are eating meat are still, despite their meat-eating, subject to so many diseases and unhealthy conditions. Gambling is also discouraged because it simply agitates the mind.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub By this purificatory process one becomes br\'e4hma\'eba. \line So this path is open for everyone-to become br\'e4hma\'eba or to become puri
fied. Br\'e4hma\'eba means truthful and purified: satya, \'e7auca, \'e7ama, dama, titik\'f1a, \'e4rjavam j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4nam \'e4stikya\'e0, brahma-karma svabh\'e4va-jam [Bg. 18.42]. Truthfulness, purity-satyam, \'e7aucam; \'e7ama-controlling 
the mind; dama-controlling the senses. \'c7ama, dama; titik\'f1a-tolerance; \'e4rjavam-simplicity; j\'ef\'e4na\'e0-learning; vij\'ef\'e4nam-practical application of learning in life; \'e4stikya\'e0-full faith in God. Brahma-karma svabh\'e4va-jam. These a
re the symptoms when one becomes a br\'e4hma\'eba. \line So at the present moment, there is necessity of creating some br\'e4hma\'eba-creating some br\'e4hma\'eba. Because as I have already told that in this age almost everyone is a \'e7\'fcdra because t
he purificatory processes are not adopted. Everyone's busy only for maintaining this body, \'e4h\'e4ra-nidra-bhaya-maithuna ca. \'c4h\'e4ra-nidra-bhaya-maithuna: eating, sleeping, fearing and defending. But this is the business of the animals and the 
\'e7\'fcdras. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This then is the purificatory process by which one can become a }{
\cs2873\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  This path is open to everyone. A }{\cs2873\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 one who is truthful and pure, tolerant and simple, full of knowledge and faith in God. He can control his mi
nd and his senses also. At the present moment there is a great necessity for }{\cs2873\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  because almost everyone is a }{\cs2873\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 almost everyone is wholly engag
ed in maintaining the body, eating, sleeping, mating and defending\'97all symptoms of animals and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Society cannot be peaceful unless there are four divisions of human beings functioning in harmony with one another. These four divisions are comprised of }{\cs2873
\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 }{\cs2873\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  These are discussed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs2873\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  in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line tasya kart\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0
\line viddhy akart\'e4ram avyayam
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub But the society cannot be peaceful unless there are four principles, four divisions of human being: br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya and 
\'e7\'fcdra. Just like your body is complete when there is head, when there are arms, when there is abdomen and when there are legs. If you keep simply the head and no trunk, hands or legs, that is useless. \line Similarly, if there are simply br\'e4hma
\'ebas, then the human society is incomplete. If there are simply k\'f1atriyas, or the arms, that is also incomplete. If there is only abdomen, or the vai\'e7ya-vai\'e7yas are concerned only filling of the belly-so that is also incomplete. And if you sim
ply have legs, that is also. The four things must be there to make a complete body. \line Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0\line gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9\line  [Bg. 4
.13]\line "Under the division of quality and work." These four divisions of human society is there. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI]}}{\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 created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangea
ble." (Bg. 4.13)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These four divisions of men in human society are natural, not artificial, because in the material world everything is operating under the influence of the three mod
es of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance. As long as we are in the material world, it is not possible to classify everyone in the same category because each and every person is working under the influence of the modes of material nature. 
However, when we transcend the material plane, there is oneness. At that time, all the divisions fall apart. The question is therefore how to transcend the modes of material nature, and that transcendence is the very process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss. As soon as we become situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we become transcendental to the modes of material nature.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .....may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0\line gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9\line tasya kart\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0\line viddhy akart\'e4ram avyayam
\line  [Bg. 4.13]\line This verse was being discussed in our last meeting, that there are four divisions of men in the human society, and that division is natural. That is not artificial because the whole material nature is working under the influence of
 three modes of nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. You cannot classify the whole human race into one. So long we are in the material world, it is not possible to make everyone on the same standard. It is not possible because each and everyone is wo
rking under the influence of different modes of nature. Therefore there must be division, natural division. This point we have discussed.\line But when we transcend this material plane, then there is oneness. There is no more division. Then how to transc
end? That transcendental nature is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As soon as we become fully absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are transcendental to these material modes of nature.\line m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sev
ate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpate\line  [Bg. 14.26]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660801BG.NY]}}{\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." (}{\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  14.26)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, in the Fourteenth Chapter: "Anyone who is fully engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness activit
ies, he is at once in the transcendental position." Brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpate. We are, by nature, we are not matter. We are Brahman. Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi. The propaganda of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya was mainly based on this understanding, that "We shou
ld not think that we are the products of this material nature." We are not products of material nature. It is by some accident, by freaks of nature, by misfortune or some way or other, we are now in contact with it. But actually I am spirit, Brahman. So 
that Brahman nature has to be invoked, has to be...\line We are... Actually, just like a diseased person, he has to be brought into the healthy condition of life, to cure the disease. So just a man, when he's diseased and when he's healthy, from external
 feature, the same. Just like I am now healthy. So my external feature-I have got two hands and two legs and face and so many things-the same body, when I am in the diseased condition, you'll find the same hands, the same legs and mouth and everything, b
ut the condition is different. I'll speak something nonsense because the condition has changed in the diseased condition. Similarly, in our diseased condition... This material life is our diseased condition.\line So when we are in the healthy condition, 
that is called Brahman. That is called Brahman condition, healthy. So that Brahman condition can at once be regained as soon as we engaged ourself fully, cent percent, in the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub That is clearly mentioned in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, in the Fourteenth Chapter you'll find. M\'e4\'e0 ca ya\'f9 avyabhic\'e4re\'eba bhakti-yogena sevate: "Anyone w
ho renders the transcendental loving service unto Me," sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tya et\'e4n, "that person immediately transcends the modes of material nature." Samat\'e9tya. Sama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Samyag at\'e9tya, "perfectly transcending." Samat\'e9tya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [660801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus one who is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activity is at once elevated to the transcendental position. By nature we are not matter but Brahman (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The philosophy of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya is mainly based on the principle that we should not t
hink that we are products of this material nature. It is by some unfortunate accident that we are in contact with material nature. Actually our nature is that of spirit, Brahman, and that nature has to be invoked. This material life is a diseased conditi
on; when we are situated in Brahman, we are in our healthy condition. That healthy Brahman condition is immediately attained as soon as we engage ourselves one hundred percent in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Then, transcending the material nature, then he becomes zero? No. That is the real nature. Now, the philosophy which preaches that "After o
ur liberation, after nirv\'e4\'eba of this material existence, there is zero," oh, that is very dangerous theory because we are not attracted by zero. That is our nature, living entity. Now, suppose I am suffering from some disease and there are so many 
ailments, and if some doctor comes: "Oh, let me finish your ailments by killing you," oh, will you agree? You'll say, "No, no, better let me suffer from the disease. I don't want to be killed." Is it not? Will you agree? Suppose you have got too much suf
fering, miseries of life, and I suggest, "All right, let me cut your throat and kill you, and everything will be finished." "Oh, no, no, no, I'm not agreeable to that." That is the sane man's statement. "Oh, I am not going to be killed for ending my mise
ries." That is the nature. So the theory that "After making end of all these material miseries, there is nothing, void," oh, that is not attractive. That is not attractive at all. And that is not the fact. Real fact is that I am sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha
 [Bs. 5.1], part and parcel of the Supreme. \line The Supreme Lord is sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha, and I am qualitatively one with Him. I am also, although I am small... Just like a particle of the sea water, that is also salty. That is also salty. The tas
te of a small drop of sea water is the same as the taste of the big, vast, big ocean of the, Atlantic Ocean. So the quality is the same. Similarly, I may be small. I may be a spiritual atom. My position is that I am spiritual atom, and the Supreme Spirit
 is all, the greatest, but that does not mean I am different from the quality. I am of the same quality. So I am not void. Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re [Bg. 2.20]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [66
0801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we transcend material nature through the rendering of service unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what is our status? Do we become zero? Some philosophies maintain that after
 liberation from material life, after the }{\cs2873\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  of this material body, we become z
ero, void. That is a dangerous theory. By nature the living entity is not attracted to zero. We may be diseased and suffering from so many elements, but if our doctor comes and says, "Let me finish your ailments by killing you," we will immediately say, 
"No, no! Better let me suffer from the disease." We do not want to be killed just to end our miseries. Thus the theory that after material life there is void is not at all attractive. Nor is it a fact. We are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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  eternal, blissful and full of knowledge, and part and parcel of the Supreme. The Supreme Lord is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nan
da-vigraha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and we are qualitatively one with Him. Although very small, a drop of seawater is as salty as the sea, and although we are but spiritual atoms, we have the same pr
operties as the supreme spirit whole. There is no question of being void, for as living entities our spiritual properties are all there in infinite variegatedness. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub If by frustration one commits suicide, oh, that is not the end of his miseries. He creates another misery. He creates another misery by com
mitting suicide. Just like here, in the state law, if somebody attempts suicide and takes some poison, and if by treatment of the physician he's all right, he's again under the law, to be punished. Perhaps you know it. After curing him from that poisonou
s effect, he is under criminal code of the state: "Why you have attempted suicide?" Similarly, in the laws of nature, if you commit suicide, that is another criminal act. So suicidal policy, to end this misery of life, is not all. We must have, I mean to
 say, greater life.\line In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you have read-already we have discussed-para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate. Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate: [Bg. 2.59] "One has to end this miserable life after finding out a life of bliss and
 knowledge and eternity." That should be our... We should not be trying only to end these miseries of life, expecting something void. No. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660
801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If, however, out of the frustration of material existence we commit suicide, we do not end our miseries. We simply create other miseries. If one attempts suicide but
 does not succeed, or is somehow revived, he is subject to being punished under state law. Similarly, the laws of nature treat suicides as criminal acts. We are to end this material life only after finding out the true blissful life of eternity. We shoul
d not simply be trying to end the miseries of this life simply out of frustration, but we should engage ourselves in activities that will raise us to spiritual life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub This c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6am [Bg. 4.13], these divisions of human society, is created by the Lord because to elevate
 ourself from the clutches of this deluding m\'e4y\'e4, or illusion. So just like one has to be educated from the lower class to the postgraduate class, similarly, this division of labor is there just to elevate one from the lowest stage of consciousness
 to the highest stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So that is a cooperation. That is a cooperation.\line Just like my body. My body, there are different parts of my body. The head is the most important part of my body. The next important part is my a
rms. The next important part is my belly. And the next important part is my legs. But although the head is the most important part of my body, there is no question of neglecting the lowest part of my body, the legs. Similarly, although there are division
s in the human society, four divisions, according to the different modes of nature... The highest class is called the br\'e4hma\'eba, or the most intellectual class. And the next class is called the k\'f1atriya, just the administrative class. And the nex
t is the vai\'e7ya, or the mercantile, productive class. And the next is the \'e7\'fcdras, or the laborer class. So all of them, they are required. But if they cooperate for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, so there is no strife between these higher and low
er classes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The four divisions of human society were created by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in order to facilitate this process of elevation. Just as a student is elevated from a lower class to a post-graduate class, the divisions of labor (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tur-v
ar\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) are created to elevate us from the lowest stages of consciousness to the highest stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This process is a process of cooperation. In
 the human body, the most important part is the head, then the arms, the belly and the legs. Although the head is considered to be the most important part, there is no question of neglecting the legs or any other part. Similarly, in the divisions of huma
n society, no one division is important to the exclusion of the others. Of these divisions, the }{\cs2873\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 considered to be the intellectual class, the class of teachers; the }{\cs2873\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 class; the }{\cs2873\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 mer
cantile and agricultural class; and the }{\cs2873\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 common laborer class. In a pr
operly run society, all of these classes are required. If they cooperate in their progress toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no strife amongst them.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub We find in the present social, I mean to say, status of our life, we are actually existing in four divisions, but there is no cooperation. 
Practically, everyone is dissatisfied. Take for example the strife between the capitalist class and the laborer class. They, they are trying in different way. There is no compromise. There is always friction. And especially in a country like India, oh, t
here is always friction, and other countries also. So they are not satisfied. Recently also, in your country also, there was strike by the bus drivers and the subway drivers and administration. So there is always strike. Why? This is due to lack of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is due to lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There cannot be any cooperation unless there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is an essential fact for harmonizing even the present material soc
iety. That is required. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so important thing, that cooperation...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The same example can be said here also, that the leg, the hands, and the belly and the mouth-what they are? They are cooperating. Cooperating for what? Cooperating 
for maintaining this body. This is the common interest. And how it is cooperated? To supply everything to the stomach. The brain is working, earning some money, the hand is fetching something and cooking, and the mouth is chewing, and the leg is going, b
ut the whole function is targeted to fulfill the demands of the stomach. If these parts of the body non-cooperate with the stomach, they'll become feeble and weak and there will be no capacity to work.\line Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means t
hat in whatever division I may be... I may be the br\'e4hma\'eba, I may be the k\'f1atriya, I may be the vai\'e7ya, or the \'e7\'fcdra. That doesn't matter. But if we cooperate for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there will be perfect peace in the world. T
his is a fact. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the present social status, we find that we are existing in these
 four divisions, but there is no cooperation. Everyone is dissatisfied. Today there is great strife between the capitalist class and laborer class because between them there is no compromise. There is only friction. All this strife amongst the classes is
 due to lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Indeed, there is not even a possibility of cooperation unless there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is absolutely essential for harmonizing all facets of human society. Regardles
s of what class we belong to, if we cooperate in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there will be peace in the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the utmost necessity for all divisions of society. Every chapter and every conclusion of }{\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  aim toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is speaking }{\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  is always stressing devotion to His personal Self.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manman\'e4 bhava madbhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line pratij\'e4ne priyo
 'si me
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub So this idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very important factor, although people are, I mean to say, they are unknown to this fact, altho
ugh it is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.\line In the world, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is very popular book. They are reading Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. And in Dr. Radhakrishnan's book we understand that Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 has been so important book throughout t
he whole world that there is a sect in Germany who are called Indo-German religious sect. Perhaps some of you may know. They are acting on the principle of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. So actually, in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, the most important part is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. In every verse, in every chapter, in every conclusion, you'll find K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is giving stress on His personal self. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [
660801BG.NY]}}{\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. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very
 dear friend." (}{\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  18.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4\'e0 hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya ye 'pi syu\'f9... [Bg. 9.32]. M\'e4m, this m\'e4m. M\'e4m means "Me," "Unto Me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba sa
ys, "Unto Me." But there are many miscreants who are interpreting this m\'e4m as "everyone," as "everyone." Just like when I say, "I want a glass of water," does it mean that you want a glass of water? No. My individuality, "I want a glass of water." But
 they are making, by jugglery of words, that when I say, "I want a glass of water," that means, "everyone wants a glass of water." Is it a fact? Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I," they identify with the "I" themselves. That is their interpretation
. That is misinterpretation. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4... Therefore, although Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is very popular in the world, due to this misinterpretation of so many scholars, they have been not properly understood. That is a fact. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Throughout }{\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  we find this word }{\cs2873\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  stressed. }{\cs2873\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  means "unto Me," meaning unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. B
ut there are many miscreants who are interpreting this }{\cs2873\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  to mean "everyone." When I s
ay, "Bring me a glass of water," does it mean that I want you to bring everyone a glass of water? The individuality is there, but by jugglery of words they interpret "me" or "I" to mean "everyone." Consequently when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says "I," the miscreant
s identify this "I" with themselves. This is a gross misinterpretation. Although }{\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  is very popular in the world, due to this misinterpretation by mundane scholars, it has not been properly understood.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 explains, very nicely explains, that this c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0 gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4g
a\'e7a\'f9 (4.13), that this division of human society into four classes, that is established by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But He is out of it. He's not one of us. He does not belong to this c\'e4tur-var\'ebyam. Suppose when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes in incarnation, in
 His body, it does not mean that He belongs to either of these classes, either to the br\'e4hma\'ebas...\line Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared Himself as the son of Devak\'e9 or Vasudeva. Vasudeva was belonging to the royal family, k\'f1atriya. So K\'e5
\'f1\'eba played the part just like a k\'f1atriya. K\'f1atriya means administrative class. But that does not mean that K\'e5\'f1\'eba belongs to the k\'f1atriya class. It is to be understood. There are da\'e7a-avat\'e4ras. There are many incarnations of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like the first avat\'e4ra, incarnation, is called Matsy\'e4vat\'e4ra.\line pralaya-payodhi-jale dh\'e5tav\'e4n asi veda\'e0\line vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam\line ke\'e7ava dh\'e5ta-m\'e9na-\'e7ar\'e9ra jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare
\line [Da\'e7\'e4vat\'e4ra-stotra 1]\line Ke\'e7ava, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appeared just like a fish. He appeared Himself in the fish community. Oh, but that does not mean that He was fish. If you say, if you think that, taking a fish, "Oh, it is the generatio
n of K\'e5\'f1\'eba..." Of course, everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, from another point of view.\line So similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba... Because in the previous verse we have discussed. Simply by knowing the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one becomes 
liberated. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660801BG.NY]}}{\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  clearly explains that this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system w
as established by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He is outside of this system. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes as an incarnation, He does not come as a member of any social order, not as a }{\cs2873\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 anything else. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came, He came as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. Vasudeva belonged to the royal family and was therefore a 
}{\cs2873\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  As such, K\'e5\'f1\'eba played the part of a }{\cs2873\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  but this does not mean that K\'e5\'f1\'eba belonged to the }{\cs2873\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  class. There are many incarnations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in many forms of life. In one incarnation He appeared as a fish, as a 
member of the community of fishes, but this does not mean that He is a fish. If we think upon seeing a fish that it belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's family, we are mistaken. Of course, from another point of view, everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is aloof from everything. This is the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we understand it, we will be liberated from birth and death. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub How you can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba? By His transcendental nature. That is being described in this verse. Tasya kart\'e4ram api. Tasya ka
rt\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0 viddhi: "Although I have established these divisions of the human society into four classes, so I am not one of them." This has to be understood. Means as soon as we make it a mistake that "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He appeared in the r
oyal family of Vasudeva, so He belonged to the k\'f1atriya community, or the administrative class," no. Then you can understand the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line But here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, na m\'e4\'e0 karm\'e4\'ebi limpanti. There is 
no reaction of the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba was commanding over Arjuna in the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, and practically He was ordering that "You must fight. You must kill the enemy." Now, this act of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ha
s no reaction on Him. One should understand it. Na m\'e4\'e0 karm\'e4\'ebi limpanti.\line If there is any difficulty to understand, we may consult persons who are in the understanding. We may consult books. We may consult authorities. That we can do beca
use inquiry is always allowed. Tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4 [Bg. 4.34]. The, I mean to say, the transcendental inquiry is never forbidden. A sincere person, one can make inquiry. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660801BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba has established the four divisions of human society, He is not in anyone of them (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasya kart\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0 viddhy akart\'e4ram avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). As soon as we understand that although K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was born into a }{\cs2873\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  family, He is not a }{\cs2873\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  we actually become liberated. If we think that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba acts in a particular way\'97as on th
e battlefield He gave instructions to Arjuna to fight\'97He is bound by the reactions of His activities, we are mistaken. "Works do not defile Me," \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub na m\'e4\'e0 karm\'e4\'ebi }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub limpanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In conclusion, we must accept the fact t
hat when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes as one of us, He is not in actuality "one of us." He is transcendental. This fact we must learn by submissive inquiry from authoritative sources, such as }{\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  or a spiritual master who is fully realized in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub That is actually wisdom. People do not know it: na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0 [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.31]. They do not know t
heir self-interest. They are thinking, "My self-interest is to maintain this body." Such kind of self-interest is there in the society of cats, dogs and hogs. They are also trying to maintain this body, somehow or other. But another thing is from the Ved
ic knowledge you can understand that you don't require to labor very much for maintaining your body. \line He understands that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the root of everything, He is the origin of everything, \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 [Bs. 5
.1]. There are many \'e9\'e7varas; \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 means controller. Every one of you may be a controller, and you are some controller-you are controller of family also, controller. But there, that controller means \'e9\'e7vara\'f9, or God. But K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller, \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9. \line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is wisdom. \line bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line That is actually wisdom.\line }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today all facets of human society are thinking that their self-interest is in mainta
ining this body. Consequently today's society is simply a society of cats, dogs and hogs. From Vedic literatures we can understand that we don't have to work hard all day simply to maintain this body. We are working very hard because we are trying to con
trol material nature for the purposes of sense gratification. One who can come to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the root of everything, the origin of everything, can understand the meaning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the supreme controller. In the universe there are many }{\cs2873\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 controll
ers, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme among all of them. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness gives us this knowledge. Without it, we will remain ignorant of our real self-interest.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is very scientific movement for spiritual understanding. At the same time, the modern society
 requires such intellectual persons who can broadcast spiritual knowledge all over the world. That is the necessary. So our request is that you also kindly join with us, kindly try to understand this movement-scientifically, philosophically or with your 
best of knowledge and judgment-and then try to cooperate with us. That will bring peace and prosperity all over the world. \line And the method is very simple, chanting Hare 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. If you simply chant these sixteen words and follow the regulative principles-no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling-that means you avoid the four pillars 
of sinful life; and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra-that means associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, constantly-you become purified. And as soon as you become purified, that means you become free from the material contamination; then you are immediatel
y transferred to the spiritual world.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710925BG.NAI}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern society is in dire need of intell
ectual persons or }{\cs2873\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 can broadcast real spiritual knowledge all over the 
world. That is an absolute necessity for a society which is working hard simply to exploit nature. If people try to understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement scientifically and philosophically, with their best knowledge and judgement, and try
 to cooperate, there will be peace all over the world. In essence, the method is very simple. We need only 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 an
d follow the regulative principles mentioned before. By following the regulative principles, we will be avoiding the four pillars of sinful life, and by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 will be associating with God constantly; thus there will be peace among all classes of men.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 EK 4: Knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He 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 4\line Knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba as
 He 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 [680818SB.MON]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the prayer... For offering prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you do not require any high qualification. It doesn't matter. Y
ou can offer your prayer from any standard of life. Not that you have to become a very learned man, very scholarly man, and you have to present your prayers in a very nicely selected words so that poetry, rhetoric, prosody, everything is there, metaphor.
 Nothing required. Simply you have to express your feelings.\line So what is that real feeling? One must be aware of his position; then one can express his feeling. Feeling... Feeling should be very sincere and automatic. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We do not need any high qualifications to offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whatever our social or intellectual position may be, we can offer prayers. We do not have to
 be very learned or very scholarly, nor do we have to present our prayers in nicely selected words that are poetical, rhetorical or metaphorical. None of this is required, although if it is there it is very nice. We simply have to express our feelings, b
ut in order to be able to do this we have to be aware of our position. Once we are aware of our position, our feelings can be expressed sincerely and automatically.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is our position? This has been taught by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who teaches us how to pray in his prayer:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is our position? That has been taught by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches us how to pray. He says in His prayer,
 na dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundar\'e9\'e0 kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 4]. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumu
late 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\nosupersub (}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a: "O my Lord of the universe." Jagat-\'e9\'e7a. Jagat means universe and \'e9\'e7a means Lord. So it does not matter whether 
you are Hindu or Muslim or Christian or anyone. It does not matter. But you must know that there is a supreme controller of this universe. How can you deny it? Therefore this word has been used very nicely by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: jagad\'e9\'e7a. Jaya 
jagad\'e9\'e7a hare. It is universal. Now if you think that "My father is jagad\'e9\'e7a," that is your conviction, but jagad\'e9\'e7a is..., meaning the Supreme-no controller there. Everyone is controlled. As soon as you see that somebody is controlled,
 he cannot be the Supreme. So to find out the jagad\'e9\'e7a... [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this prayer the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub jagad\'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "Lord of the universe." }{\cs2873\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 universe, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mea
ns Lord. Whether we are Hindu, Moslem or Christian or whatever, we must acknowledge that there is a supreme controller of this universe. This cannot be denied by anyone who has faith in God. Our conviction should be that our Supreme Father is Jagad\'e9
\'e7a, or Lord of the entire universe. Only Lord Jagad\'e9\'e7a is in control; everyone else is controlled. The atheists, however, do not like this term because they like to think that they are in control, but actually this is not the case. All beings in
 the material world are subject to the three modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance\'97but the Supreme Lord is above these modes.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tribhir gu\'ebamayair bh\'e4vair\line ebhi\'f9 sarvam ida\'e0 jagat\line mohita\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line m\'e4m ebhya\'f9 p
aram avyayam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Deluded by the three modes (goodness, passion, and ignorance), the whole world does not know Me who am above them and inexhaustible."
 (}{\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 7.13)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 gives us information who is jagad\'e9\'e7a. And who is that jagad\'e9\'e7a, or the Supreme? The Brahm\'e4 says, 
\'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 [Bs. 5.1]. Jagad\'e9\'e7a, \'e9\'e7a, the same word, \'e9\'e7vara. \'c9\'e7a means controller. So every one of us is controller to some extent. If somebody has nothing to control, he keeps one cat or dog to 
control: "My dear cat, please come here." He is thinking, "I am controller." And sometimes we find the dog controls the master. [680818SB.MON]}}{\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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also gives us information regarding Jagad\'e9\'e7a, the Supreme. In that work, Lord Brahm\'e4 s
ays that the supreme controller is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means controller, and the word }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means supreme. All of us are controllers to some limited extent. If we have nothing to c
ontrol, sometimes we keep a dog or cat so we can say, "My dear dog, please come here." In this way we can think, "I am the controller." Sometimes the tables turn, however, and we find that the dog controls the master. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, nobody is controller; everyone is controlled. But we forget the situation. This is called m\'e4y\'e4. Therefore we refuse to acce
pt any controller of this universe, because as soon as we accept some controller, then we'll have to account for our sinful activities. As soon as there is a government, then we shall be responsible for our unlawful activities. But our position is that w
e want to continue our sinful activities. As such, it is very good to deny any controller. That is the basic principle of godlessness. Why these rascals, they deny there is no God, "God is dead"? Because they want to continue their rascaldom without any 
restriction. That is the basic principle, they deny. But do you mean to say that denying the God, the God will die or God will..., there will be no God? No. There is a nice Bengali proverb, \'e7akuni svape garu more n\'e4. \'c7akuni means the vulture. Th
e vulture wants some dead carcass of animal, a cow especially. So for days together they do not get it, so it is cursing some cow, "You die." So does it mean that by his cursing the cow will die? Similarly, these vultures, \'e7akuni, they want to see God
 is dead. At least, they take pleasure, "Oh, now God is dead. I can do anything nonsense I like." This is going on. \'c7akuni is cursing, the vulture is cursing the cow. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub This happens because actually no one is the controller, and everyone is controlled. Unfortunately we are forgetful of this situation, and this forgetfulness is called }{\cs2873\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 refuse to accept any controller of this universe because if we accept a controller we have to account for our sinful activities, just as when we acc
ept the government we have to account for our unlawful activities. Our position is that we want to continue in our sinful activities, and therefore we deny the existence of a controller. This is the basic principle of godlessness. The current propaganda 
that "God is dead" is spread because people want to continue being rascals without restriction. This is the basic principle underlying the denial of God's existence. But however much we deny His existence, He will not die. In this regard, there is a Beng
ali proverb that says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akuni \'e7\'e4pe gorumara\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The work }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akuni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means vulture. Vultures enjoy dead animal carcasses, especially the carcass of the cow. Sometimes 
a vulture may go for days without a carcass; therefore this proverb says that the vulture curses the cow, wishing him to die. But this does not mean that the cow will die just to oblige the vulture. Similarly, these atheistic vultures want to see God dea
d so they can take pleasure in thinking, "Now God is dead, and I can do anything I like."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this sort of knowledge will not do. One must know that there is a controller. That is the beginning of knowledge. Why should you deny? I
n every field of activities we find some controller. How can I deny that there is no controller of this creation? There is. \line Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu particularly uses this word. He's not manufacturing that word. This jagad\'e9\'e7a, this wo
rd, is there in the Vedic language in many verses. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must know then for certain that there is a controller; that is the beginning of knowledge. Why should we d
eny this truth? In every field of activity we find some finite controller, so how can we deny the existence of an infinite controller in this creation? It is not without reason therefore that Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu particularly uses this word Jagad
\'e9\'e7a, Lord of the universe. He does not manufacture the term, for it is found in many different Vedic }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras}{\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  For instance:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-\'e7\'e5\'ecga\'e0\line dalita-hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu-tanu-bh\'e5\'ecgam\line ke\'e7ava dh\'e5
ta-narahari-r\'fcpa 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 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare. Ke\'e7ava dh\'e5ta-buddha-\'e7ar\'e9ra jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare [Da\'e7\'e4vat\'e4ra-stotra 9]. The Jagann\'e4tha is 
Jagad\'e9\'e7a, the same word. Jagat-n\'e4tha, Jagann\'e4tha. Jagat-\'e9\'e7a, Jagad\'e9\'e7a. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was an atheist who denied the existence of God, but God came as Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, a half-man, half-lion incarnation, and killed him. There
fore praise is given to the Lord as supreme controller of the universe and all living entities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So \'e9\'e7vara\'f9, controller. There are many controllers. "Might is right." But nobody is supreme controller. That is not possible. Nobo
dy. Everyone is trying to become the supreme controller, but that is not being possible. By individual effort, by national effort, by communal effort, any way, every community, every nation, every individual person is trying to be the supreme. Therefore 
there is competition. Everyone is trying to be the supreme, but that is not possible. This world, this creation is so made that nobody is supreme. Any position you place yourself, you'll find somebody inferior to you and somebody superior to you. Nobody 
can say that "I am superior" or "I am inferior." If you think that you are inferior, you'll find somebody immediately less inferior than you. And if you think you are superior, you'll find immediately somebody is more superior than you.\line So this is o
ur position. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is also another prayer: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagann\'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  "O Lord of the universe, please be visible unto me." In all these prayers, and in many others, the supreme controller of the universe is acknowle
dged. Everyone is trying to become supreme controllers, but it is not possible by individual, communal or national effort. Because everyone is trying to be supreme, there is great competition in the world. The world is created in such a way, however, tha
t no one can become supreme. Regardless of what position we place ourselves in, we will find that someone is inferior to us and that someone is superior. No one individual can say, "I am the supreme. No one is above me." Nor can anyone say, "I am the mos
t inferior. No one is below me." Once we think that we are the most inferior, we'll immediately find that someone is inferior to us; and once we think that we are supreme, we'll immediately find someone superior. This is our position.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God's position, however, is not like this. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts His superiority Himself in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\'eba iva
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.7)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And what is God's position? That is described in the Vedic literature, in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: asamordhva. Asamordhva means nobody is super
ior, nobody is equal. Two things. If you somebody..., if you find somebody who has no competitor, equal, and who has no superior, then He is God. The definition of God can be given in two words: one who has no superior and has no equal. Asamordhva. This 
is the Vedic version. \line In the Upani\'f1ad, it is said, na tasya sama adhikasya d\'e5\'e7yate. Nobody is found equal to Him or greater than Him. Na tasya sama adhikasya d\'e5\'e7yate. Parasya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate [\'c7vet. 6.8]. And His
 energies are manifested in so many ways. Na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asamaurdha}{\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  which means that no one is equal to or superior to Hi
m. If we find someone who has no superior, we can accept him as God. God can be defined as one who has no superior and who has no equal. This is the Vedic version. In the Upani\'f1ads it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na tat sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  no one is found equal to or greater than Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And He has nothing to do. Everyone... Take any important man. Take your president. Just like the president of United States of America, he 
is considered to be the supreme man in the States, but as soon as there was some disturbance in Central Europe, immediately he had to call meetings of his Cabinet and to consider how to deal with the situation. So he has to do something always. If he doe
s not do anything, then he's no more the supreme man. But in the Vedic literature we find, na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate: He has nothing to do. That is superiority. If he has to do something, then he's not supreme. He cannot be. He's 
acting. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another characteristic of God is that He has nothing to do. In the material world, when a man is considered very important, he always has a great number
 of things to do. The President of the United States, for instance, is considered to be the supreme man in the country, but as soon as there is some disturbance in Central Europe or in any other place in the world, he immediately has to call a meeting of
 his cabinet to consider how to deal with the situation. So even he is required to do so many things. If he does not do anything, he is no longer the supreme man. In Vedic literatures, however, we find that God has nothing to do (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba may act in so many ways in the world, but it
 is not because He is required to do so. This is indicated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na me p\'e4rth\'e4sti kartavya\'e0\line tri\'f1u loke\'f1u ki\'efcana\line n\'e4nav\'e4ptam av\'e4ptavya\'e0\line varta eva ca k
arma\'ebi
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Neither am I in want of anything, no
r have I the need to obtain anything\'97and yet I am engaged in work." (}{\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  3.22)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You'll be interested to know that one European gentleman, he went to Calcutta, and he visited several temples in Calcutta. And he visited o
ur temple also.  Our temple is R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just the picture, R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So he went to the temple of Goddess K\'e4l\'e9. He saw the Goddess K\'e4l\'e9's very ferocious feature, and he [she] has got one, what is called, cho
pper in her hand, and it is..., she's chopping the heads of the demons, and she has the garland of the heads of the demons, and engaged in fighting. So he's supposed to be intelligent man. He said that "I find in this temple there is God." "Why? Why you 
conclude like that?" That "In every temple I saw, that the god, deity, is doing something. But here I see the God is enjoying. He has nothing to do." Very nice conclusion. This is Vedic conclusion. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this respect it is interesting to note that one European gentleman, who went to Calcutta and visited several temples, noted that in the temple of the goddess K\'e4l\'e9, the deity had a very ferocious figure, wi
th a chopper in hand, and was cutting off the heads of demons and wearing them as garlands. In other temples he saw the deity engaged in similar activities, but when he came to the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple, he said, "I find that in this temple t
here is God." When asked how he concluded this, he said, "In every temple I saw that the deity was doing something, but here I see that God is simply playing a flute and enjoying Himself. He obviously has nothing to do." This is a very intelligent conclu
sion; indeed, it is the Vedic conclusion.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why, if he's God...? Nowadays the nonsense, they are becoming God by meditation. But does it mean by meditation one can become God? Do you 
think a dog meditates and becomes God? This is all nonsense. [shouting:] God is God! Always God! Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He's God in the lap of His mother. \line The Put\'e4n\'e4, the demonic woman, came to poison the child. She came in a very beautifu
l girl's dress and asked Ya\'e7od\'e4, "Oh, Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9, you have got very nice baby. Will you kindly give me? I can offer my breast." Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9 was very simple village woman. "Oh, yes, you can take my child." But her intention was, she
 smeared poison on her breast; as soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba will suck, then the child will die. \line So this is the demonic spirit. They want to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba always. That's all. "God is dead." They want to see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be killed, how K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is dead. That is their business. "There is no God" or "God is impersonal" or "God is dead" or... So many things. That means they want to see there is no God. Or to kill God. Ka\'e0sa, always thinking, "As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba will take Hi
s birth, I'll take the baby and kill." But God is always God. The Put\'e4n\'e4 rak\'f1as\'e9 took the child and allowed to suck her breast, and God is so kind, He sucked the breast and sucked her life-everything finished. And she appeared, oh, a great, g
iantlike demon. You know the story, Put\'e4n\'e4.\line So this God, this child God in the lap of His mother, He's God. He did not become God by meditation, by penance or by austerity or by following the rules and regulation. Why? He's substantially God. 
The God's manifestation is always there. That is God. Na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate [\'c7vet. 6.8]. He has nothing to do.\line If anyone has to do something to become God, he's a dog; he's not God. Immediately. Immediately understand.
 If somebody advertises that by meditation he has become God, by worshiping such-and-such deity he has become God, immediately take that he is dog. Because the Vedic definition says, na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate. Why God has to do so
mething to become God? If you manufacture something gold, that is chemical gold, that is not gold. Gold is natural. Similarly, God is natural. In the womb of His mother He is God, in the lap of His mother He is God, while He's playing with His boyfriends
 as cowherds boy He's God, while He's dancing with His girlfriends He's God, while He's fighting in Kuruk\'f1etra He's God, while He's marrying He's God, while He's speaking He's God. That is God. To understand God there is no difficulty. If you try to u
nderstand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then God is there. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nowadays it is becoming fashionable for people to claim that they are becoming God by meditation. This means that b
y meditation it is possible to transform oneself into God; in other words, God meditates, and by His meditation He becomes God. This is all nonsense. God is God, and He was always God and will always be God. Even as an infant on the lap of His mother K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. No meditation was required, no austerity or penance. When P\'fctan\'e4, the demonic witch, came to poison Baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she came as a beautiful young girl and asked Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, "Oh, Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9, you have a ve
ry nice baby. Will you kindly give Him to me so I can nurse Him?" Ya\'e7od\'e4 was a very simple village woman, and she said, "Oh yes, you can take my child." P\'fctan\'e4 had smeared poison on her breasts, and she intended to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba by lett
ing Him suck them. This is the demonic spirit; demons are always wanting to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba so they can say, "God is dead. There is no God. God is impersonal." K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so kind to P\'fctan\'e4 that He allowed her to nurse Him, but when He s
ucked her breasts He not only sucked out the poison but her life as well. P\'fctan\'e4 fell to the ground dead and was immediately transformed into her original demonic form. So this is God; in the lap of His mother He is God. He does not have to become 
God by meditation, penance, austerity or by following rules or regulations. He is substantially and eternally God, and He has nothing to do. If one claims that he can become God by worshiping such and such a deity or by meditating, we should immediately 
take it that he is not a god, but a dog. In understanding God, we must be careful to accept the Vedic conclusion only: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God has nothing to do. Why would God have to do something to become God? If we manufacture gold, that is artificial gold, not real gold. Gold is natural, and similarly God is n
atural. In His childhood pastimes, in the lap of His mother, He is God; while He is playing with His boyfriends, He is God; while He is dancing, He is God; while He is fighting at Kuruk\'f1etra, He is God; while He is married to His queens, He is God; an
d while He is speaking, He is God. There is no difficulty in understanding God. All that is required of us is that we listen to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit
\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the source of everything; from Me the entire creation flows. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with all their hearts." }{\b0\i0
\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  10.8}{\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 means that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the fountainhead of Lord \'c7iva and the origin of Vi\'f1\'ebu and of Brahm\'e4, and, of course, of all other demigods a
nd other living creatures. He says further:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living entities in this conditional world are My fragmental parts, and they are eternal. But due to conditioned life, they are st
ruggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." (}{\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  15.7}{\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 In the }{\cs2873\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  Lord Brahm\'e4 explains that if we are looking for God, here is God.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore Brahm\'e4 recommends, \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 [Bs. 5.1]. The Supreme God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [7.7] Himself that matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat asti ki\'efcid dhana\'efjaya: "My dear Arjuna, Dhana\'efjaya, oh, there is no better object than Me." Ki\'efcid asti. Nothing. Many 
places. Aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9 [Bg. 10.8]: "I am the origin, I am the fountainhead of everything." "Everything" means He's the fountainhead of Lord \'c7iva, He's fountainhead, the origin of Vi\'f1\'ebu, He's the origin of Brahm\'e4, He's the origi
n of Lord \'c7iva, and what to speak of other demigods, and what to speak of other living creatures. Mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va bh\'fcta\'f9 [Bg 15.7]: "All these living creatures, they are all My parts and parcel." Therefore He is the origin. And in th
e Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, the Brahm\'e4 in his sa\'e0hit\'e4-sa\'e0hit\'e4 means Vedic literature-so he explains that "You are finding out God. Here is God." Everywhere you'll find. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub "I 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 lov
e." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the rascal demons are so obstinate that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is confirmed the supreme God by Brahm\'e4, by \'c7iva, by Vy\'e4sa, N
\'e4rada, Devala and many, many devotees, Bh\'e9\'f1ma... There are twelve standard \'e4c\'e4ryas. They are svayambh\'fcr n\'e4rada \'e7a\'e0bhu... Svayambh\'fcr means Brahm\'e4; N\'e4rada, N\'e4rada Muni; and \'c7a\'e0bhu means Lord \'c7iva. Kapila, Vy
\'e4sa, Kum\'e4ra-everyone has accepted. And in the recent years Lord Caitanya, He says. And the Bh\'e4gavata says, k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam [Bh\'e4g. 1.3.28]. Bh\'e4gavata gives list of all incarnations of God, and at the last he concludes 
that in this list the name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," He is the Supreme Personality. K\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam. And all other manifestations, they are incarnation. Ete ca a\'e0\'e7a-kal\'e4\'f9. All these different names of God, they are either parts 
or part of the parts. The part of parts is called kal\'e4, and part is called a\'e0\'e7a. \line We are also amsa, but we are very fragmental a\'e0\'e7a. We are not as big as Vi\'f1\'ebu. We are very fragmental. We are also a\'e0\'e7a. So a\'e0\'e7a kal
\'e4. So all others, they are either a\'e0\'e7a or kal\'e4, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu... Tu means "but." K\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are similar descriptions everywhere in Vedic literature, but rascals and demons are so obstinate that even though K\'e5\'f1\'eba is confirmed to be the Supreme God by the twelve standard }{\cs2873\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  (Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, \'c7iva, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, the Kum\'e4ras, Kapila, Manu, etc.) and by Vy
\'e4sa, Devala and many other devotees, they still refuse to accept Him. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also confirms that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Godhead, and the }{\cs2873\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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhagav\'e4n svayam. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  gives a list of all incarnations of God, and at last concludes that the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which appears on this list, indicates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas all other names represent manifestations or incarnations. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ete c\'e4\'e0\'e7a-kal\'e4\'f9 pu\'e0sa\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All other names of God are either parts of God 
or portions of parts. The parts are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the portions of parts are calle
d }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kal\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As living entities, we are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but we are very fragmental }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All others are either }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kal\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our prayers should be directed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and none else. Therefore we pray with Brahm\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all desire, in abodes built with spir
itual gems, surrounded by millions of wish-fulfilling trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of Lak\'f1m\'e9s, or }{\cs2873\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 (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So our prayers should be to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore we pray, govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi. We
 worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. We are all persons. Just like your father is person; therefore you are person, your son is person. Similarly, your father's father is a person, his father person, his father person. Go to 
Brahm\'e4, his..., he's also person. His father, Vi\'f1\'ebu, is person. His father, His father, everywhere-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person. God cannot be without being person. He must be person. \line This impersonal understanding of God, nir\'e4k
\'e4rav\'e4d\'e9, that nir\'e4k\'e4r... Of course, in the Vedic language, when we speak nir\'e4k\'e4ra, ni, ni means negative, and \'e4k\'e4ra, \'e4k\'e4ra means form. So negative form. Negative form means not that He has no form but He has no form like 
you and me. That is negative. Form means just like we have got form. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called the original person (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). We are all persons. Our father is a person, and therefore we are persons. If we trace our father's father 
back, we will find that he was also a person, and that his father was a person, and so on all the way back to Lord Brahm\'e4, who was the first created person in this universe. Then we will also find that Lord Brahm\'e4's father, Vi\'f1\'ebu, is also a p
erson. Everyone is a person, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme person. The impersonalists' understanding of God is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Ni\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "negative" and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4ra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "form," so }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "negative form." The impersonalists are mistaken when they think that God has no form at all. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  does not indicate that He has no form, but that he has no material form as we do. Form is there, but it is not material; it is spiritual form.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So what is the value of this form? This form will be changed after few years. As soon as I give up this body, this form is changed, just li
ke we change our dress. Therefore He hasn't got a form like this to be changed. Therefore He's sometimes called nir\'e4k\'e4ra. \'c4k\'e4ra is there, and that is also explained in the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 [5.1], that \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1
\'eba\'f9. "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has got a form, sir? How you say that He is the Supreme? Brahman is the Supreme." No. He has form certainly. Sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. His form is not like you and me. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the value of our form? This form will be changed after a few years, as soon as we give up the body. Our forms are changed just as we change our suits and dresses, but God doesn't have a form like t
his; therefore He is sometimes called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra}{\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  Form is there, and that also has been explained in the }{\cs2873\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  Lord Brahm\'e4 describes His form in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals, with head bedecked 
with a peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids. I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth and substantiality and 
is thus full of the most dazzling 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 mundan
e." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.30, 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\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 form has nothing whatsoever to do with material forms. Impersonalists say, "Oh, you say K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a form. If so, how can you say that He is the Suprem
e? The impersonal Brahman is the Supreme, and the impersonal Brahman is formless." But we have information 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  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of the impersonal Brahman.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal and imperishable, eternal, the constitutional position of ultimate ha
ppiness." (}{\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 14.27)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba certainly has form, but His form, as stated before, is }{\cs2873\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  eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge. The attributes of His transcendental body are summarized by Lord Brahm\'e4 in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 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\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sac-cid-\'e4nanda. His form is eternal, full of bliss and full of knowledge. Sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 an\'e4dir. He has no source. He has no source. He is original. \line He is the source of everything, an\'e4dir \'e4dir, and He is the original Govinda. Govinda means He gives pleasure. How do you perceive p
leasure? Through your senses. So therefore go means senses and inda means pleasure. So if you serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in your purified senses, then you really become happy. Therefore His name is Govinda. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-ci
d-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9, an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam [Bs. 5.1]. The cause of all causes. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word Govinda means "He who gives ple
asure to the senses." We perceive pleasure through our senses, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the reservoir of pleasure, is called Govinda. If we serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba with purified senses, we will begin to relish the pleasure of that supreme reserv
oir.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can we describe God or understand His glories? It is not possible. God is unlimited. Regardless of our finite limitations, however, we can express our own feeli
ngs and say, "My God, my Lord." This will be accepted. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches us to pray in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore teaches us how to pray. This prayer is, na dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundari\'e0 kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad
\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 4]. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen 
in the ocean of birth and death. Please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death and fix me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet." (}{\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  5)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is praying to God with some interest. That is also good. If you go and pray to God, "Give me some money" or "Give me some relief,"
 "Give me a nice house, nice wife, nice foodstuff," that is also good. But not so good as one is praying to God that "I don't want any money. I don't want any number of followers. I don't want any good wife, nice, beautiful wife." "Then what do you want?
" "I want to serve You. That's all." Finish your prayer. That is the best prayer: "You are so good, You are so nice, You are so great that I want to be engaged in Your service. I am serving these rascals. They are not satisfied, I am not satisfied. Now I
 have come to You. Please engage me in Your service." That is the last word of prayer.\line Jan\'e4rdana: She's saying she feels so far away from you when you are not here.\line Prabhup\'e4da: Oh, that you should not think. If... The words... There are t
wo conceptions: the physical conception and the vibration conception. So physical conception is temporary. The vibration conception is eternal. Just like we are enjoying, or we are relishing, the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings. So by vibration H
e is present. As soon as we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or chant Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 or Bh\'e4gavata, so He is present immediately by His vibration. He's absolute. Therefore vibration is more important than physical presence. When you feel separation from 
your spiritual master, you just try to remember His words of instruction; you'll not feel separation. You'll feel that He is with you. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This should be the standa
rd of prayer; we should only want to be placed as one of the atoms at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet to render service unto Him. Everyone is praying to God with some interest, but even if we pray to God, "Give me some money, give me some relief, a nice hous
e, a nice wife, or nice food," that is also good. Yet this is not to the standard of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's prayer. Our only prayer should be that the Lord enable us to serve Him birth after birth. Our prayer should be, "Dear Lord, You are so grea
t that I want to engage in Your service. I have been serving all these rascals, and I am not satisfied. Now I have come to You. Please engage me in Your service." This is the last word in prayer. Some people complain that when they pray to God they do no
t feel His presence. We should know that this is due to our incapacities, not God's. There are two conceptions of presence\'97the physical conception and the vibrational conception. The physical conception is temporary, whereas the vibrational conception
 is eternal. When we enjoy or relish the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings in }{\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  or when we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we should know that by those vibrations He is immediately present. He is absolute, and because of this His vibration is just as important as His physical presence. When we feel separation from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba or the spiritual master, we should just try to remember their words of instructions, and we will no longer feel that separation. Such association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master should be association by vibration, not physical pres
ence. That is real association. We put so much stress on seeing, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this earth, so many people saw Him and did not realize that He is God; so what is the advantage of seeing? By seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will not under
stand Him, but by listening carefully to His teachings, we can come to the platform of understanding. We can touch K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately by sound vibration; therefore we should give more stress to the sound vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and of the spi
ritual master\'97then we'll feel happy and won't feel separation.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So we should associate by the vibration, and not by the physical presence. That is real association. \'c7abd\'e4d an\'e4v\'e5tti [V.s. 4.4.
22]: by sound. Just like we are touching K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately by sound, sound vibration. So we should give more stress on the sound vibration, either of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or of the spiritual master. Then we'll feel happy and no separation. When K\'e5
\'f1\'eba departed from this world, at that time Arjuna was overwhelmed with sorrow, and he began to remember the instruction of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. You'll find in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. \line Then he was pacified. He immediately began to remem
ber the teachings which was taught to him in the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, and he was pacified. He was his constant friend, so when K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to His abode he was feeling overwhelmed, but he began to remember His teaching. So whenever we sha
ll feel separation, the best thing is to remember the teachings. Then it will be very nice. [680818SB.MON]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From }{\cs2873\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 understand that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba departed from this world, Arjuna was overwhelmed with sorrow, but when he began to r
emember the instructions of }{\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  he became pacified. Arjuna was K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's constant friend, so when K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to His abode, Arjuna was overwhelmed, but just by remembering His teachings he got relief from the pains of separation. Thus whenever we feel separation, it is best to remember the teachings. The teach
ings of }{\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  were imparted to Arjuna for his happiness and for the happines
s of all men. This is indicated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, at the beginning of the Tenth Chapter, when He says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcya eva mah\'e4-b\'e4ho\line \'e7\'e5\'ebu me parama\'e0 vaca\'f9\line yat te 'ha\'e0 pr\'e9yam\'e4\'eb\'e4ya\line vak\'f1y
\'e4mi hita-k\'e4myay\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to My supreme word, which I shall impart to you for your benefit and which will give you great j
oy." (}{\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  10.1)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By hearing the words of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and following them carefully, we will attain not only peace in the world, but the supreme peace (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). All that is required is that we seek refuge in the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd render service unto Him by chanting His glories and pushing this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in every town and village of the world. It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's promise that by such surrender peace and eternal life will come automatically.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam eva \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 gaccha\line sarva-bh\'e4vena bh\'e4rata\line tatpras\'e4d\'e4t par\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4nti\'e0\line sth\'e4
na\'e0 pr\'e4psyasi \'e7\'e4\'e7vatam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him in all respects, so that by His mercy you can have transcendental peace and the eternal abode.
" (}{\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 18.62}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 EK 5: Knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Energies
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5\line Knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's 
Energies
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [680613BG.MON] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY15a: An Essential Service}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no difference between material energy and spiritual energy. For K\'e5\'f1\'eba it is all the same, because 
He has got one energy. Just like electricity: somewhere it is working for cooling purpose and somewhere it is working for heating purpose. But the generation of electric from the electric powerhouse, the energy is the same, electric. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's energy is always spiritual. There is no difference His energy and He. But it is acting in a different way.\line Just try to understand that there is department of welfare and there is department of police. It does not mean that welfare department
 is very favorite to the government and police department is not favorite. Do you think it is like that? For the government, both the departments are equal.\line Just try to understand. So the material energy is working in a different way, that does not 
mean that material energy is not liked by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It has got the same importance as the spiritual energy. But the material energy is engaged in a thankless task for punishing the conditioned soul, just like the police department. \line So for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no difference between material energy and spiritual energy. For K\'e5\'f1\'eba it is all the same, because He has got one energy. Just like electricity: somewhere it is working for cooling purpose and somewhere it is working for h
eating purpose. But the generation of electric from the electric powerhouse, the energy is the same, electric. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is always spiritual. There is no difference His energy and He. But it is acting in a different way. \line Pa
r\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate [\'c7vet. 6.8]. Vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate. Par\'e4sya \'e7akti\'f9, the Supreme Lord, He has got energy. The energy is one. And similarly, He is..., in some of the Pur\'e4\'ebas it is described that Durg\'e4 is 
also R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. In the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 you'll find it. Have you read it? Yes. So, so far energy is concerned, it is always spiritual, but it is acting in a different way, in a different field of activities. It is clear? Not clear, you
 say?\line The same thing, that electric energy sometimes working for cooling, sometimes working for heating. But to the engineer of electric energy, who is generating, for him there is no such distinction. But those who are using it, they are thinking i
t is hot, it is cool, but the energy is the same. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680613BG.MON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no difference between material and spiritual energy. For Him, it is all the same. Sometimes electricity works for cooling purposes, and sometimes it works for heating purposes, 
but the energy generated from the electric powerhouse is all the same. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is always spiritual, but it is acting in different ways. In a town there may be a department of welfare and a department of police. In the eyes of t
he government both are the same, for both are subsidiary parts of the government, but for the individual they render different services. The material energy may be working in different ways that may not be very pleasant to the living entity, but that doe
s not mean that material energy is not liked by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is as important as spiritual energy, but it is engaged to punish the conditioned soul, just as the police department is engaged in punishing criminals. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is confirmed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is always spiritual, but it is acting in differen
t ways in different fields of activities. In relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no distinction between the energies, but for our understanding we discriminate and say that sometimes the energy is working in a material way and sometimes in a spiritual wa
y. We are thinking that the energy is hot or cold, good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant, but in fact the energy is the same.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Try to understand in this way. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, He cannot, I mean to say, distribute any inferior energy, because He's not inferior
. He's always superior, spiritual. Therefore His energy is always spiritual. But it is working for different purposes.\line Prabhup\'e4da: Subhadr\'e4 is the sister of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and she is incarnation of Durg\'e4.\line Devotee (2): Subhadr\'e4 is t
he external, external energy? Is Subhadr\'e4 in the spiritual world? Is Subhadr\'e4 in the spiritual world?\line Prabhup\'e4da: Yes. Yes.\line Devotee (2): She's in the spiritual world?\line Prabhup\'e4da: No. In one sense, she is also in spiritual world
, because she is energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is also eternal. So wherever K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, His energy is there. But her activities are in the material world. Just like a king is there, and he has got all kinds of officers
 with him, but some officer is engaged in the government house; other officers, they are engaged outside the government house. The officers who have got engagement outside the government house, they may be sitting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, er, may be sitting 
with the governor or the king, but he has no business within the government house. \line In the government house there is a particular secretary, particular man in charge. Similarly, in the spiritual world, the energy which is working, that is called yog
am\'e4y\'e4. And in the material world, the energy which is working, that is called mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4. So Subhadr\'e4 is... Vi\'f1\'ebu-\'e7akti\'f9 par\'e4 prokt\'e4 [Vi\'f1\'ebu P. 6.7.61]. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is spiritual. That is not ma
terial.\line In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is also said that may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram [Bg. 9.10]. In the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 also it is said, ch\'e4yeva yasya bhuvan\'e4ni vibharti durg\'e4 [Bs. 5.44]. She is also 
acting under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction. So how she can be inferior?\line Just like the criminals, they are thinking that "This police department is inferior," or "very botheration, bothering." It is in relation with me. But police department is not infe
rior department of the government. It has to act like that.\line Similarly, material energy has to act to bewilder the living entity. That is under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 680613BG.MON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot distribute inferior energy because He is not inf
erior. He is always superior, spiritual, and therefore His energy is always spiritual. Subhadr\'e4 is the sister of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and from her comes the incarnation of Durg\'e4, the personification of material energy. Subhadr\'e4 is in the spiritual wo
rld and is eternally related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His energy, but when Durg\'e4 conducts her activities here in the material world, it is not that she is to be considered inferior. In the }{\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  as well as in }{\cs2873\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  it is said that Durg\'e4 or M\'e4y\'e4 is acting under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction, so how can she be considered inferior? Criminals may think that the police department is an inferior go
vernmental department, but the law-abiding citizens do not think that this is so. It simply functions in a particular way. Similarly, the material energy has to act to bewilder the living entity who is under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We living entities under the material energy, we wanted to lord it over the material nature. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us facility: "All 
right. You try to." Because you cannot lord it over. This is false. But I have got the tendency to lord it over the material nature. So He's giving me the chance, but actually I cannot. Ja\'f2a-bidy\'e4 jato m\'e4y\'e4ra vaibhava [Vidy\'e4ra vil\'e4se 3]
.\line Now in the modern trend of civilization we are trying to control over the material nature, but actually we are being defeated. We try to control one law and we are being defeated by another law. Therefore great scientists like Professor Einstein, 
they thought defeated. That is explained in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: par\'e4bhavas t\'e4vad abodha-j\'e4ta\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 5.5.5]. \line So long we are in ignorance how these laws of nature are working under the Supreme direction, so our study of al
l these material nature's law is defeat. This is stated in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. And when we understand, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, that may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram [Bg. 9.10]. \line So when 
we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in perfection we can understand how His energy and different energies are working; it will be revealed to us. And because all energies are working under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because it is in touch with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, therefore nothing is inferior or material; everything is spiritual. And higher platform, therefore, one can understand, sarva\'e0 khalv ida\'e0 brahma [Ch\'e4nd. Up. 3.14.1]. Whatever is acting...\line  In the Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba [1.22.53] al
so, the same thing is confirmed, parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7aktis tathedam akhila\'e0 jagat. Whatever we are experiencing, that is simply action and reaction of the different energy of the Supreme Lord. Parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7aktis tathedam akhila
\'e0 jagat. So when we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba perfectly, then this distinction of "superior," "inferior," will disappear.\line Just like some fruit you have purchased. You have purchased from the market, and some you are eating. So it is called inferi
or energy. The same fruit you offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and eat, this is called superior energy. Now, how the same fruit becomes immediately from inferior condition to superior? Because it is offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Do you follow? Because it is offered 
to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, ordinary rice, one say it is bh\'e4ta. But we say pras\'e4dam. A man may question, "How it has become pras\'e4dam? It is bh\'e4ta, rice." No. Because it is offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore it has changed its quality from inferior t
o superior.\line So anything engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is superior. In the higher sense, everything is serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So those who are highly elevated to understand... [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680613BG.MON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are the living entities within the material energy, an
d we are in this position because we wanted to dominate material nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us the facility, saying, "All right, you may try, but you cannot be successful." As long as we are in ignorance of how the laws of nature are working under 
the supreme direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will continue to be defeated in our activities. When we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in perfection, we will automatically know the laws of nature and how they are acting. Vai\'f1\'ebavas are concerned with the bac
kground of the laws of material nature. When we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in perfection, we can understand that there is in actuality no inferior or material energy, but that everything is spiritual. We can understand that on the higher platform whatever
 we are experiencing are the actions and reactions of the different energies of the Supreme Lord. When we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba perfectly, then these distinctions of superior and inferior energies will disappear. Whatever is engaged in the service of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is superior energy. In the higher sense, everything is serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and those who are highly elevated understand this.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has got varieties of energies, as it is confirmed in the Vedic literature, par\'e4sya \'e7akt
ir vividhaiva \'e7ruyate, na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate. [\'c7vet. 6.8]. The Supreme Lord has nothing to do personally. \line Na tasya k\'e4ryam. He has nothing to do. Just like here in this material world we find some very big man, poli
tical head or business head, personally he has nothing to do. Because he has got so many assistants, secretaries, that personally he hasn't got to do anything. Similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full with six opulences, why He will have to do
 something? No. He has got many assistants. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That the Lord has various energies is confirmed in Vedic literatures. Yet the Supreme Lord personally has nothing to do. How is this? He has not to strive for wealth, for all wealth is His; nor for knowled
ge, for all knowledge is His; nor for power, for all power is His; nor for beauty, fame or renunciation, for they are all His in full. Nor does He directly manage universal affairs, for He has many assistants who can conduct affairs while He remains in H
is abode. This is confirmed in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anejad eka\'e0 manaso jav\'e9yo\line nainad dev\'e4 \'e4pnuvan p\'fcrvam ar\'f1at\line tad dh\'e4vato 'ny\'e4n atyeti ti\'f1\'f6
hat\line tasminn apo m\'e4tari\'e7v\'e4 dadh\'e4ti
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Personality of Godhead, although fixed in His abode, is more swift than the mind, and can overcome all others running. The powerf
ul demigods cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He has control over those who supply the air and rain. He surpasses all in excellence." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1a
d,}{\cs3545\b\i\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 Mantra}{\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 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Sarvata\'f9 p\'e4\'ebi-p\'e4das tat. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: "He has got everywhere His hands and legs." You'll find K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He
 has nothing to do. He's simply engaged in enjoyment with gop\'e9s and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. He's not engaged in killing the demons. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills the demons He's V\'e4sudeva K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He's not original K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line K\'e5
\'f1\'eba expands Himself. First expansion is Baladeva. From Baladeva-Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, V\'e4sudeva. So by the V\'e4sudeva feature He acts in Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original feature, He remains in
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \line One of the greatest fiction writer in Bengal, Bankimchandra Chatterjee, he misunderstood K\'e5\'f1\'eba that K\'e5\'f1\'eba of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba of Mathur\'e4, They're different pe
rsons. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the same, one, but He can expand Himself in millions and trillions of forms. Advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1am [Bs. 5.33]. Advaita. Although ananta-r\'fcpam, still, He's \'e4dya\'e0 pur
\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1am, advaita. There is no such distinction.\line So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when He wants to enjoy, what kind of enjoyment He will have? [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no work to perform. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He simply engages i
n enjoying Himself with the }{\cs2873\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) and His consort R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, does not really engage in killing demons. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills demons, He is known as V\'e4sudeva K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not the original K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself, He first expands as Bala
r\'e4ma, then Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and V\'e4sudeva. As V\'e4sudeva, He acts in Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4, but as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His original feature, He remains in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This may seem to be confusing; even one of th
e greatest fiction writers in Bengal misunderstood and thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba of Mathur\'e4 were three different persons. But this is not difficult to understand if we know the 
nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expansions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the same, and He is the one without a second, but He can expand Himself in billions and trillions of forms. This is all for the purpose of His enjoyment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Tenth Chapter of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains His different manifestations to Arjuna in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uccai\'f9\'e7ravasam a\'e7v\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line viddhi m\'e4m am\'e5todbhavam\line air\'e4vata\'e0 gajendr\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0\line na
r\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 ca nar\'e4dhipam
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4yudh\'e4n\'e4m aha\'e0 vajra\'e0\line dhen\'fcn\'e4m asmi k\'e4madhuk\line prajana\'e7 c\'e4smi kandarpa\'f9\line sarp\'e4
\'eb\'e4m asmi v\'e4suki\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Ek\'e4\'e0\'f1ena. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba..., Arjuna was trying to understand about different potential existence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so He explain
ed in the Twelfth Chapter, "I am this. Amongst them, I am this. Amongst them..." [Bg. 10.27 -28]  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Of horses know Me to be Uccai\'f9\'e7rav\'e4, who rose out of the ocean, born of the elixir of immortality; of lordly elephants I am Air\'e4vata, and among men I am
 the monarch. Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am K\'e4madhuk, giver of abundant milk. Of procreators I am Kandarpa, the god of love; and of serpents I am V\'e4suki, the chief." (}{\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 10.27-28)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba further enumerated the many great manifestations of the material creation and explained how each was representative of Himself. He concluded a l
ong detailed account of these manifestations by saying:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub athav\'e4 bahunaitena\line ki\'e0 j\'ef\'e4tena tav\'e4rjuna\line vi\'f1\'f6abhy\'e4ham ida\'e0 k\'e5tsnam\line ek\'e4\'e0\'e7en
a sthito jagat
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub That has been discussed by \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Para\'e0 Brahman. Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, then Para\'e0 Brahm
an. Absolute Truth, three different features. Someone is realizing the Absolute Truth as impersonal Brahman. \line Jnanis, those who are trying to understand the Absolute Truth by mental speculation, by dint of his own knowledge, he's realizing the Absol
ute Truth as impersonal Brahman. And those who are trying to understand the Absolute Truth by meditation, yog\'e9s, they realize the Absolute Truth as Param\'e4tm\'e4.\line Param\'e4tm\'e4 is situated in everyone's heart. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct
\'e4n\'e4\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati [Bg. 18.61]-that feature, Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature. A\'eb\'f2antara-stha\'e0 param\'e4nu-cay\'e4ntara-stha\'e0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi. That Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature is one exp
ansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, athav\'e4 bahunaitena ki\'e0 j\'ef\'e4tena tav\'e4rjuna ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena vi\'f1\'f6abhy\'e4ham [Bg. 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\cf9\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support these entire universes." (}{\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 10.42)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Jagat. This material world is existing on one plenary portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba enters, a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-stha\'e0 par
am\'e4nu-cay\'e4ntara-stham, He enters within this universe. Without His entering, this universe cannot exist. Just like without the spirit soul's entering within this body, this body cannot exist. As soon as the spirit soul goes out, immediately the bod
y's useless. \line However the body may be prime minister or anything else, as soon as the soul is out of this body, it is not worth even a farthing. Similarly, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba enters within this universe, therefore the universe has value. Otherwi
se it is simply lump of matter; it has no value. Ek\'e4\'e0\'f1ena sthito jagat. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus this material world is existing on one plenary portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba didn't enter this universe, it could not exist. Similarly, unless the spirit s
oul, which is a fragmental portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, enters this body, this body cannot exist. As soon as the spirit soul leaves, the body immediately becomes useless; when K\'e5\'f1\'eba enters into matter, matter has value. This is true for the minute
 individual atom and the great universe as well.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And when K\'e5\'f1\'eba want to enjoy, what kind of enjoyment that shall be? Try to understand this po
int. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so great; God is great, everyone knows. So when the great wants to enjoy, then what quality of enjoyment that should be? That is to be understood. R\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba... Therefore Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has wri
tten a verse, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pra\'ebaya-vik\'e5ti\'f9 [\'c4di 1.5]. The loving affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not ordinary, these material loving affairs, although it appears like that. \line R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9..., today i
s R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's appearance day. So we should try to understand R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's feature. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the pleasure potency, hl\'e4din\'e9-\'e7akti. \'c4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t [Vs 1.1.12]. In the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra
 the Absolute Truth is described as \'e4nandamaya, always in pleasure potency. That \'e4nandamaya potency... Just like \'e4nanda. When you want \'e4nanda, pleasure, you cannot have it alone. \line Alone, you cannot enjoy. When you are in the circles of f
riend or family or other associates, you feel pleasure. Just like I am speaking. The speaking is very pleasing when there are many persons here. I cannot speak alone here. That is not \'e4nanda. I can speak here at night, dead of night, nobody here. That
 is not \'e4nanda. \'c4nanda means there must be others.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so great, we should know that His enjoyment is far greater than ours. We have to try to understand what kind of enjoyment K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes. Everyon
e knows that God is great, and we can conclude from this that His enjoyment is great also. In this regard, Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has written a verse which says that although the loving affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba may appear l
ike ordinary material affairs, this is not actually the case. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\cs2873\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 Absolute Truth is said to be always enjoying the pleasure potency. When we want pleasure, we cannot have it alone. We feel pleasure in the company of friends or family. I may speak i
n a room alone, but if I speak in a room before other people, the pleasure is increased. Pleasure means that there must be others, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, who is always engaged in enjoying Himself, has become many.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So because K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, is \'e4nandamaya, therefore eko bahu sy\'e4ma [Ch\'e4ndogya Up. 6.2.3], He has become many. 
We are also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's part and parcel, to give pleasure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the chief pleasure potency is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.\line [break] ...what we can understand about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency? Just like if I want to know some
 big man, that is one process. And without knowing that big man, how I can understand about his internal affairs? Similarly, if we do not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how we can understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is enjoying? That is not possible. But the Gosv
\'e4m\'e9s, they're giving us information what is the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.\line So we have described about the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba loving affairs in our Teachings of Lord Caitanya i
n page 264. If you have got this book, you can read it, how the reciprocation of loving affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, transcendental. So our today prayer to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9... We pray to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 because She is 
the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means "all-attractive." But R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is so great that She attracts K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-attractive, and She is attractive [attractor] of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line So what
 is the position of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 we should try to understand this day and offer our obeisances to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. R\'e4dhe v\'e5nd\'e4vane\'e7var\'e9.\line tapta-k\'e4\'efcana-gaura\'ecg\'e9 r\'e4dhe v\'e5nd\'e4vane
\'e7var\'e9\line v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sute dev\'e9 pranam\'e4mi hari-priye\line [\'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 Pra\'eb\'e4ma]\line Our business is "R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, You are so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu and You
 are so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So we offer our respectful obeisances unto You."\line tapta-k\'e4\'efcana-gaura\'ecg\'e9 r\'e4dhe v\'e5nd\'e4vane\'e7var\'e9\line v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sute dev\'e9 pranam\'e4mi hari-priye\line R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is har
i-priya, very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So if we approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba through R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, through the mercy of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, then it becomes very easy. If R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 recommends that "This devotee is very nice," th
en K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately accepts, however fool I may be. Because it is recommended by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts. \line Therefore in V\'e5nd\'e4vana you'll find all the devotees, they're chanting more R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's
 name than K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. Wherever you'll go, you'll find the devotees are addressing, "Jaya-r\'e4dhe." You'll find, still, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They are glorifying R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. They're more interested worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. 
Because however fallen I may be, if some way or other I can please R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, then it is very easy for me to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise,\line manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u\line ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye\line yatat\'e4m a
pi siddh\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line ka\'e7cid vetti m\'e4\'e0 tattvata\'f9\line  [Bg. 7.3]\line If you go by the speculative process to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will take many, many lives. But if you take devotional service, just try to please R\'e4dh\'e4r
\'e4\'eb\'e9, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be gotten very easily. Because R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 can deliver K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She is so great devotee, the emblem of mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's parts and parcels and have been created to giv
e pleasure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The chief pleasure potency is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and so R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always together. Whereas the material energy is conducted by the external potency, M\'e4y\'e4, the spiritual world is conducted by
 the internal potency, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. We often pray to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 because She is the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The very word "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" means all-attractive, but R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is so great that She attra
cts K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always attractive to everyone, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is attractive to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how can we imagine the position of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9? We should try humbly to understand and off
er Her our obeisances, saying, "R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, You are so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, and You are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beloved. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You." R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is 
very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the mercy of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, we can easily attain Him. If R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 recommends a devotee, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately accepts him, however foolish he may be. C
onsequently in V\'e5nd\'e4vana we find that devotees chant R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's name more often than K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. Wherever we go in India we will find devotees calling, "Jaya R\'e4dhe." We should be more interested in worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4r
\'e4\'eb\'e9, for however fallen we may be, if somehow or other we can please Her, we can very easily understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the speculative process, we will have to spend many lifetimes of speculation; but i
f we take to devotional service and just try to please R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be very easily realized. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is such a great devotee that She can deliver K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Even K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot understand what is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's quality. Even K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although He says ved\'e4ha\'e0 samat
\'e9t\'e4ni [Bg. 7.26], "I know everything," still, He fails to understand R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is so great. He says that... \line Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything. In order to understand R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted the position of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to understand the potency of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought that "I am full. I am complete in every respect, but still, I want to understand R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Why?" This propensity made K\'e5\'f1\'eba obliged to accept the propensities of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Himself.\line These are, of course, very transcendental, great science. One who is advanced in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and well conversant with the \'e7\'e4stras, they can understand. But still, we can discuss from the \'e7\'e4stra. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to understand Himself, He took the tendency of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9. And that is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. \line R\'e4dh\'e4-bh\'e4va-dyuti-suvalitam [\'c4di 1.5]. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He has accepted the propensities of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. As R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is always in feelin
gs of separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, similarly, in the position of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Lord Caitanya was feeling separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya, feelings of separation, not meeting. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot
 understand R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's qualities. He fails to understand Her because She is so great. In order to understand R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually accepted Her position. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought, "Although I am full and complete
 in every respect, I still don't understand R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Why is that?" This obliged K\'e5\'f1\'eba to accept the propensities of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and this accounts for His manifestation as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepting the propensities of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is always feeling separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and similarly, in the position of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. 
Lord Caitanya was always feeling that separation. Furthermore, those who follow the teachings of Lord Caitanya should experience and relish the feelings of separation, not of meeting.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub The process of devotional service taught by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His disciplic succession is how to feel separation from K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. That is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's position, always feeling the separation.\line The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, they also, when they were in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they never said that "I have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Although they were the most perfect, they never s
aid that "I have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Their prayers were like this: he r\'e4dhe! vraja-devike! he nanda-suno! kuta\'f9. He r\'e4dhe, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, he r\'e4dhe! vraja-devike! ca. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 does not remain alone. He [She] remain
s always with His [Her] friends, vraja-dev\'e9, Lalit\'e4 or Vi\'e7\'e4kha and other damsels of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \line So the Gosv\'e4m\'e9ns are praying, in their mature stage, when they were living at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they were praying in this way, he 
r\'e4dhe! vraja-devike! ca lalite! he nanda-suno! kuta\'f9: "Where, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, where You are? Where are Your associates? Where You are, Nanda-suno, the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Where you are, all?" They were searching a
fter. \line They never said, "I have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba dancing with the gop\'e9s. Last night I saw." [laughter] This is sahajiy\'e4. This is not mature devotee. This is called... They are called sahajiy\'e4. They take everything very cheap-K\'e5\'f1
\'eba very cheap, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 very cheap-as if they can see every night. \line No. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s do not teach us like that. They're searching after. \line he r\'e4dhe! vraja-devike! ca lalite! he nanda-suno! kuta\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9-gova
rdhana-p\'e4dapa-tale k\'e4lind\'e9-vane kuta\'f9\line [\'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka 8]\line "Are you there under the Govardhana Hill or on the banks of the Yamun\'e4?" K\'e4lind\'e9-vanye kuta\'f9. Gho\'f1ant\'e4v iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mah
\'e4-vihvalau. Their business was crying like this, "Where You are? Where You are, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9? Where you are, Lalit\'e4, Vi\'e7\'e4kha, the associates of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9? \line Where You are, K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Are You near Govardhana
 Hill or on the bank of the Yamun\'e4?" Gho\'f1ant\'e4v iti sarvato vraja-pure. So throughout the whole tract of V\'e5nd\'e4vana they were crying and searching after them, khedair mah\'e4-vihvalau, as if madman. Khedair mah\'e4-vihvalau. Vande r\'fcpa-sa
n\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau. [\'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1
\nosupersub ]}}{\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 gosv\'e4m\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  disciples of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the most perfect and highly elevated beings, never said, "I have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Instead, they constantly cried, "Where is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9? Where are Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 and the other damsels of V\'e5nd\'e4vana?" In their mature stage of love of Godhead, when they were living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the }{\cs2873\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  would also cry, "R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, where are You? Where are Your associates? Where are You, O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja? Where are you all?" In this way they were searching aft
er K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they never at any time said, "Last night I saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba dancing with the }{\cs2873\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 " Such claims are not made by a mature devotee, but by one who takes things very cheaply. Some people think that R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so cheap that They may be seen every night, but this is not the teaching of the }
{\cs2873\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 were always searching after K\'e5\'f1\'eba crying, "Where are You? Where
 are You R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9? Where are You K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Are You there by Govardhana Hill? Are You on the bank of the Yamun\'e4?" In this way, throughout the whole tract of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the }{\cs2873\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  were crying and searching after R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba like madmen.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So we have to follow the footprints of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, how to search out K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 
or within your heart. That is the process of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's bhajana: feeling of separation, vipralambha, vipralambha-sev\'e4. \line Just like Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, feeling the separation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He was falling down on the sea. He w
as coming out of His rest room, or His bedroom, and going out at dead of night. Nobody knew where He has gone. So that was His searching. \line This process of devotional service is taught by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Not that very easily, "We have seen K
\'e5\'f1\'eba or seen R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4." No, not like that. Feel the separation. The more you feel separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you should understand that you are advancing. Don't try to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba artificially. B
e advanced in separation feeling, and then it will be perfect. That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya. \line Because with our material eyes we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ata\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m\'e4di na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9 [Brs
. 1.2.234]. With our material senses we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we cannot hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name. But sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau, when you engage yourself in the service of the Lord... \line Where the service begins? Jihv\'e4dau. The service 
begins from the tongue, not from the legs, eyes or ears. It begins from the tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau. If you begin service through your tongue... How? Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Use your tongue. 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 take K\'e5\'f1\'eba pras\'e4dam. The tongue has got two business: to articulate sound, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and take pras\'e4dam. By this process you'll real
ize K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Prabhup\'e4da: Don't try to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba with your material eyes. Neither you can hear about Him with your material ears. Neither you can touch. But if you engage your tongue in the service of
 the Lord, then He'll reveal Himself to you: "Here I am." That is wanted. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710829RA.LON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to follow in the footprints of the }{\cs2873\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  and search out R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is in our hearts, and we must search for Him there. This is the process recommended by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the process of wor
ship in separation. Feeling separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu would throw Himself into the sea. Sometimes He would leave His room in the dead of night and disappear. No one would know where He had gone, but all the while He was 
searching after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus it is not that we are to enjoy the loving exchanges between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4 like spectators at some sports show. We must feel separation from Them. The more we feel separation, the more we should unders
tand that we are advancing. With our material senses, we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nor can we even hear His name. We can begin to perceive Him when we advance in devotional service. That devotional service begins with the tongue, not the legs, eyes or e
ars. The tongue must be utilized 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 and take K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  Thus the tongue has a dual function, and by utilizing it in this way, we will realize K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We cannot see K\'e5
\'f1\'eba with our material eyes, nor hear about Him with material ears, nor touch Him with our hands; but if we engage our tongue in His service, He will reveal Himself, saying, "Here I am."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba extinguishes the blazing fire of material nature. This is also the purport to the following prayer to the spiritual master.
\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 \s171 \qj\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 the cloud pours water on the 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 my spiritual master." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gu
rva\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Verse 1)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ..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 [Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka 1] \line [.....]\line  This material world is compared with d\'e4v\'e4nala. D\'e4v\'e4nala means forest fire. Every one of you has got some experience about the forest fire. The forest fire
 takes place. Nobody is interested to set fire in the forest, but it takes place automatically, by collision of bamboos. There is friction, and fire is produced, and as soon as they touch some dry..., dry leaves, immediately there is fire; and as soon as
 there is fire, all the animals in the forest, they become very much disturbed. Everyone wants to live here peacefully, but situation develops in such a way that it will not allow you to live in peace. That is the law. We are trying to adjust things in s
o many ways, but this nature's law is so cruel and stringent that in spite of your so much trying, the blazing fire of this material world is continuing. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is often compared to a forest fire which takes place automatically. No one wants 
a forest fire, but there is often lightning, or carelessness, or friction, or whatever, and the fire immediately takes place. Similarly, this material world is beset with a blazing fire of problems. Everyone wants to live here peacefully, but situations 
develop in such a way that this is not possible for anyone. We struggle very hard to adjust things in so many ways, but nature's laws are so cruel and dangerous that in spite of our hopes and plans the blazing fire of the problems of material existence c
ontinues.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub Just like we have got experience: there was First World War in 1914. It continued up to 1920 or '18. The people of the world, they devised
 some plan: League of Nations. Perhaps those who are older present here, they know. But that failed. Again there was second war, and again they have devised some means, United Nation, but the war is going on-in Vietnam, in Egypt or in Pakistan; so many p
laces the blazing fire is going on. That cannot be stopped.\line Sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka. It is blazing. Now, just try to understand how this blazing fire in the forest can be stopped. You cannot send fire brigade, or you cannot sen
d men with buckets of water to extinguish the fire in the forest. That is not possible. How the fire in the forest is stopped? Because the stopping the blazing fire there must be pouring of water. \line So what is the arrangement for pouring water? The a
rrangement is, sa\'e0s\'e4ra d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka-tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya, that to deliver them, k\'e4ru\'ebya-ghan\'e4ghanatvam. Ghan\'e4ghanatvam means clouds, merciful clouds. When there is merciful clouds over the forest and it pours rain torrent
ially, then immediately the fire, blazing fire in the forest, becomes extinguished. Otherwise there is no other way. You cannot call fire brigade. You cannot save the animals. You cannot send men with bucketfuls of water. \line So as the cloud is collect
ion of water from the sea-cloud means evaporation of water from the sea-similarly, gu\'eb\'e4r\'ebavasya, there is an ocean of mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. If one is able to collect water, or the dust, from the merciful ocean of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and i
f we can pour over it the sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala, then it is possible to extinguish this fire. In other ways, just like the forest fire cannot be extinguished without the water from the clouds, similarly, this sa\'e0s\'e4ra, this d\'e4v\'e4nala, th
e blazing fire of all material existence, problems after problems, they cannot be extinguished unless there is pouring of incessant merciful rain from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and one who bestows, one who distributes this rain, he is called the guru. [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this ce
ntury, for instance, we have attempted to put out the fire of war, but it has not been possible. There was a First World War, and then a League of Nations was formed to try to prevent a second, but despite their attempts a second took place. Now a United
 Nations has been constructed to help end war, but war is going on in Vietnam, in Egypt, in Pakistan and other places. No one wants a Third World War, but it seems imminent. It is not possible to send a fire brigade, a few men with buckets of water, to e
xtinguish a great fire in the forest. To extinguish a roaring forest fire there must be volumes of water; in other words, there must be an arrangement that is beyond human endeavor. When there is a merciful cloud over the forest fire, the cloud bursts, r
ain pours down in torrents, and the blazing fire is immediately extinguished. As a cloud collects water from the ocean, similarly the spiritual master collects water from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ocean of mercy and pours it over the blazing fire of material exis
tence. Thus one who bestows or distributes the merciful rain of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called a spiritual master or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub So in the Vedic literature it is said that in order to understand the transcendental science, tad vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0... Tad vij\'ef
\'e4na means transcendental science. So, \line tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet\line samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9 \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham \line [MU 1.2.12]\line In order to... Because we are trying to acquire knowledge how to e
xtinguish this blazing fire of problems. \line That is our plan. Everyone is trying. The scientist is trying, the thoughtful philosophers are trying, and..., so many ways, because our aim is \'e4tyantika-du\'f9kha-niv\'e5tti*. The aim is how to extinguis
h this blazing fire, or how to diminish, or almost vanquish, the miserable condition of life. [*One's aim in life should be to stop suffering.]\line The karm\'e9s, they are working heart and soul, day and night to extinguish this fire or diminishing the 
miserable condition of material existence. The j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s they are also crying that they are disgusted. They say: brahma satyam jagan mithy\'e4. This world is false, according to j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, those who are after liberation. After being disgusted
 to adjust the material problems, they try to merge into the existence of the Supreme. They are called j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, mukti. So they are also trying to extinguish this fire. Therefore they are being disgusted. They are saying this jagat, this material 
world, is false.\line Just like sometimes you know the story: One jackal tried to take some grapes from the orchard, and when he failed he said, "Oh, the grapes are sour." [laughter] Similarly the karm\'e9s, after struggling very, very hard, when the [in
distinct], every [indistinct] so many people they are trying, but the problem, the blazing fire is there. The karm\'e9s are trying by material process by making League of Nation, United Nation or social work, humanitarian work, education, so on and so on
. They are trying to mitigate. Purpose is how to extinguish this blazing fire. \line \'c4tyantika\'e0 sukham. \'c4tyantika-du\'f9kha-niv\'e5tti, this is the Sanskrit word, v\'e4c\'e4, that people are trying to become in very happy condition of life. The 
karm\'e9s are trying by working hard day and night by industrialization, by economic development, by political understanding, so many things. And j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, when they see that they have become frustrated in trying materially in so many ways, they s
ay that this world is false and let us take to Brahman understanding or merge into the void, the existence of Brahman. That is called j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s' aim of life. \line And similarly there are yog\'e9s. Yog\'e9s, they are trying to get material power in
 a mystic way, a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'e4. These are called siddhis, or a\'f1\'f6a-siddhis. The yog\'e9s, the perfect yog\'e9 who has attained success, he can become greater than the greatest, smaller than the smallest, lighter than the heavy. In this way t
here are eight kinds of siddhis. They are also trying to acquire this power. But there is another class who are called bhaktas, devotees. \line They are also coming gradually from different stage, from the state of karm\'e9, from the state of j\'ef\'e4n
\'e9s, from the stage of yog\'e9s, then they come to the state of devotional service. But the advantage is that if anyone wants to come to the topmost position, transcendental position of becoming bhakta, he can become immediately a bhakta without going 
gradually through the states of karm\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, yog\'e9s. That is the advantage. You can immediately.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Vedic literatures it is said that in order to understand the transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we must try to acq
uire knowledge of how to extinguish this blazing fire of problems. Scientists, philosophers and other educated men are trying very hard to extinguish it, but the result seems to be bigger and bigger bombs. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or fruitive laborers are working with heart and soul, day and night, to extinguish this fire or to diminish the mise
rable condition of material existence by dint of hard labor. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or philos
ophers are also trying, but they have become disgusted and so proclaim, "This world is false." Thinking this, they try to merge into the existence of the Supreme and in this way extinguish the fire. This is like the jackel who tries to pick some grapes f
rom a vine, and when he fails, says, "Oh, these grapes are sour anyway." The }{\cs2873\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  or m
editators try to gain superior mystic power by becoming greater than the greatest, smaller than the smallest, lighter than the lightest, and heavier than the heaviest, but this is just so much child's play. With any material body\'97whether it be great o
r small, light or heavy\'97the problems of material existence still remain. In this way one may progress from one stage to another, coming from the stage of }{\cs2873\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  or fruitive laborer, to the stage of }{\cs2873\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  or philosopher, to the stage of }{\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  or medita
tor, but in any case one finally has to come to the platform of }{\cs2873\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 serv
ice. This is the real evolutionary process. It is indicated in }{\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  in this
 way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes, and all t
hat is. Such a great soul is very rare." (}{\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that:\line 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\line [Bg. 7.19]\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that in this way, by gradual evolutionary process from the karm\'e9's platform, the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 platform, from the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 platform to yog\'e9 platfor
m and from yog\'e9 platform to bhakta platform, in this way, bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4m prapadyate. Actually, when one is wise, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9-j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n means wise-he surrenders to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4m prapadyate.\line So the bhakta's position is that without waiting for bahu janma, or many births of struggling as karm\'e9, as j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 or as yog\'e9, he immediately takes the opportunity 
of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instruction that, \line bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line "J\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n, one who is actually, maturely wise, he surrenders unto Me." If that is the point, if that is the aim o
f life, the bhaktas, the intelligent men of the world, take to this step, that means immediately, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \line sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line [Bg. 18.66]\line So really j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n, real
ly wise man, he thinks that if after many, many births one has to come to this point of surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why not immediately? That is intelligence, that "Why I shall wait for many, many births, after being karm\'e9 or j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 or yog
\'e9. Let me immediately surrender." Because this is the ultimate goal. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the point; that is the aim of life, and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the intelligent men of the world, take to this stage immediately. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that they are wise men. If, after many, many births one has to come to this point of surre
nder, then why not immediately?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, this material world is a prison house. It is called durga. Therefore the superintendent deity of this material world is called 
Durg\'e4. Perhaps every one of you knows what is Goddess Durg\'e4. Durg\'e4 has got weapons in her hands, ten hands, different types of weapons. That means she is directed. She is present in ten directions of this universe, and she has got different weap
ons to chastise the demon. You have seen the picture of demon. The demon is struggling with the lion and the mother, Goddess Durg\'e4, has caught the hairs of the demon and pushing her trident just on the chest. This is going on. \line So similarly, if w
e study the scripture who is a demon and what is this trident, what is this lion, in this if we analytically study that, we shall find that these demons, we are all demons. We find, because the trident means threefold misery, trident. It is, the Sanskrit
 word is tri\'e7\'fcla. Tri\'e7\'fcla. Tri means three, and \'e7\'fcla means..., \'e7\'fcla means punishment or tribulations, threefold. They are adhy\'e4tmikha, adhibhautikha, adhidaivikha. \line We are suffering threefold miseries. One kind of misery i
s due to this body and the mind. Sometimes we feel not very happy with the bodily position; sometimes we do not find very happy in the mental condition. So that is called adhy\'e4tmikha. This is one kind of misery. The other kind of misery, adhidaivikha,
 miseries inflicted by the demigods. Just like all of a sudden there is famine or there is earthquake, so many natural disturbances, flood, and we are always busy to mitigate all these miseries by different method. \line But the miseries are always there
. This is called adhy\'e4tmikha, adhidaivikha and, similarly... Adhy\'e4tmikha, adhibhautikha. Bhautikha means tribulations from miseries inflicted by other living entities. Just like we are sleeping very happily. We are sleeping very happily, but there 
are bugs. They are biting, disturbing the happiness of sleep, the mosquitoes. Or we are very afraid of the tiger or the elephant, so many. That means distresses inflicted by other living entities. \line So these three kinds of miserable condition of mate
rial life are there, and our existence is simply struggling against these miserable condition of life. Nobody can say that "I am free of all these three kinds of miserable condition of life." Therefore it is said, sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala. Just like 
our happiness means we are trying to mitigate some sort of disturbances in our own way, and that is the happiness. But actually it is not possible to have pure happiness within this material world, because the trident of the material nature, Durg\'e4, is
 just pierced on the chest of everyone. \line So you should try to understand what is Durg\'e4. We want to satisfy Mother Durg\'e4 by worshiping her, giving her some bribe, but Mother Durg\'e4 is not so easily to be bribed.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The blazing fire of mater
ial nature is supervised by Durg\'e4. Often she is portrayed with weapons in her hands. She has ten hands, and each holds a different type of weapon. This indicates that she is ruling all ten directions of this universe. She wields the different weapons 
to chastise the demons. There is one famous picture of a demon struggling with a lion, and the goddess Durg\'e4 is pulling the demon's hair and pushing her trident against his chest. If we study this picture we can determine that we are the demon and tha
t the trident is the threefold miseries of material existence from which we are always suffering. Some miseries are inflicted by other living entities, some are inflicted by natural disasters, and some are inflicted by the mind and body themselves. In on
e way or another we are always struggling against these three types of miseries. No one in the material creation can say that he is free from them. The trident of this material nature is pressed against everyone's chest, and because of this, pure happine
ss within this material world is not possible. We may try to satisfy Mother Durg\'e4 by worshiping her or by giving her some bribe, but Durg\'e4 is not so easily bribed.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub Therefore our aim should be, as it is indicated by Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0 [Bh
\'e4g. 7.5.31]. We should know that our aim of life should be to understand what is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is our aim. We should make all arrangement-social, political or philosophical, religious, whatever you like-you make all adjustme
nt, but the aim should be how to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. In the Vedas also it is said, o\'e0 tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0 sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9 [\'c5g Veda 1.22.20]. Those who are s\'fcraya, means learne
d, advanced people, demigods, they are simply looking on the lotus feet of Visnu. O\'e0 tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0 sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9. This is \'c5g Veda mantra. \line So the aim should be human civilization. The aim should be
 like the s\'fcraya\'f9, sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 padam. That is the aim. Without aim if you cultivate any kind of religious principle, social principle or political principle, it will fail. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710919LE.NAI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf13\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore we should know that ou
r aim of life should be to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We should make every arrangement\'97social, political, philosophical or religious\'97but the aim should be to approach the Supreme Person. In the }{\cs2873\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 the learned advanced people, the demigods of the creation, simply look to the lotus feet of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. The aim should be the same with human civilization. Without looking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, all religious, social or political endeavors will fail. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub There was a bridegroom party who had to go to the bride's house by the river. It was settled that they would start at night on boat and rea
ch the destination early in the morning. At night therefore after supper the party in jubilation got on board the boat and made themselves comfortably situated after instruction to the boatman to start.\line All the members of the party being comfortably
 seated had a very sound sleep at night due to the cooling river breeze and all of them got up early in the morning after a very sound sleep. But to their astonishment they saw that the boat did not move an inch towards the destination although the boatm
an plied the bats in the best. The boat remained static in the same port without any progress. And on enquiry it was found that in spite of the boatman's plying the bats very vigorously the boat did not move toward the destination on account of their not
 raising the anchor by mistake. The marriage ceremony was thus spoiled on account of a common mistake. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY15a: An Essential Service}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not possible to make progress as long as our desires are anchored in the material world. In this regard, there is a story of a 
bridegroom's party who had to go to the bride's house down the river. It was settled that they would start at night by boat and reach the destination early in the morning. Therefore at night, after supper, the jubilant party got aboard a boat, made thems
elves comfortable and instructed the boatmen to start. Since all the members of the party were seated comfortably, and since the river breeze was very pleasant, they slept soundly that night. In the morning they all got up early, but to their astonishmen
t they saw that the boat had not moved an inch toward the destination, even though the boatmen had rowed vigorously all night long. Finally, after inquiring, they found that despite the boatmen's rowing, the boat had not moved because they had failed to 
raise the anchor. The marriage ceremony was thus spoiled because of a foolish mistake.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The present day civilization is therefore a mistaken civilization on account of the mistaken leaders who have forgotten to raise the anchor
 of attachment. On the contrary the material attachment is more and more being firmly fixed up by a process of sense gratificatory social structure. This sense gratificatory process of social and political set up by various plans and schemes-has been des
cribed in the Bhagwat Geeta (16/10-11) as follows:-\line Kamam, Astritya, Duspuram, Dambha, Mana, Madannita, Mohad, Grihitwa, Asat, Grahan, Prabartante, Ashuchi, Brata.\line Chinta, Aparimayam, Cha, Pralayantam, Upashrita, Kamopabhoga, Parama, Etabad, It
i, Nischita. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY15a: An Essential Service}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our present civilization is therefore a mistaken civilization because the mistaken leaders have forgotten to raise the anchor of attachment. Instead, the anchor is being more and more firmly fixed because they have struc
tured the social order on the basis of sense gratification. This sense gratifying social and political set-up, maintained by various plans and schemes, has been described in }{\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  as follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4mam \'e4\'e7ritya du\'f1p\'fcra\'e0\line dambha-m\'e4na-mad\'e4nvit\'e4\'f9\line moh\'e4d g\'e5h\'e9tv\'e4sad-gr\'e4h\'e4n
\line pravartante '\'e7uci-vrat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4m aparimey\'e4\'e0 ca\line pralay\'e4nt\'e4m up\'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9\line k\'e4mopabhoga-param\'e4\line et\'e4vad iti ni
\'e7cit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride, and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean wo
rk, attracted by the impermanent. Their belief is that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus, there is no measurement for their anxiety." (}{\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 16.10-11)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The leaders or the boatmen who are meant for taking us to the desired destination-are all illusioned (Mohad). As such they are misleaders t
o some temporary benefit (Asat Grahan). And why they are so because they are all of unclean mind and addicted to filthy life (Ashuchi Brata). Their life is full of dirty things. And how they are misleading us? It is by plans and schemes only (Chinta apar
imeyam). How long these plans and schemes will go on? They will go on till they die by heart failure or are killed by some enemy (Pralyanta Upashrita). What is their aim of life? What they have fixed up as the destination of life? Oh it is very simple th
ing. It is simply a business of sense gratification and nothing more (Kamopa bhoga Parama). But some of the leaders are great philosophers also and why do they not guide the foolish mediocres and henchmen? Oh! the philosophers are captivated by material 
name and fame. Why it is so? It is due to their being carried away by the influence of Maya (Maya apabritajnana).\line So the anchor or life is fixed up deep in the water of nescience for sense gratification. Unless this anchor of sense gratification is 
not raised up from the water, the so-called civilization will rot in a stagnant pool without any progress towards the destination of life. Because the civilization is not moving we are always in the same port of problematic life. The schemes and plans ar
e useless scrap of papers only when there is flood and earthquakes on the very face of the plan makers. These are warnings of mother material Nature confirming Her superiority always over the plan making misleaders. 'Back to Godhead' wants to rectify the
se misleaders first and therefore it is an essential service.\line The anchor of sense gratification, which is a stumbling block on the path of progress, is manifested in five different symptoms. They are as follows:-\line (1) Attachment to the material 
body due to ignorance of spiritual facts.\line (2) Attachment to our kinsmen on account of bodily relations.\line (3) Attachment to the land of birth as also to all sorts of material possessions such as house, furniture, estates, property, business paper
s and all such relative things.\line (4) Attachment to the holy water without knowing the persons who make it holy.\line (5) Attachment to material science which always remains a mystery for want of consultation with liberated soul.\line We have already 
discussed about these attachments or anchors of the boat of human body in our article the S.R.C. catastrophe. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY15a: An Essential Service}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The leaders, like the boatmen, are all illusioned. They mislead us into taking some temporary benefit, but how long can thei
r plans and schemes go on? If they persist until they die of heart failure or are killed by assassins, then another just like them takes their place. Even the so-called philosophers of modern society are captivated by material name and fame, and so they 
do not lead the general populace in the proper direction. Thus the anchor of life remains deeply fixed in the waters of nescience for the purpose of sense gratification, and thus our so-called civilization rots in a stagnant pool. Because we are not movi
ng, we are always in the same port of problematic life. All schemes are only useless scraps of paper in the face of war, famine, earthquakes and other disasters. All these disasters are warnings from Mother Durg\'e4, and by them she confirms her eternal 
superiority over the illusioned planmakers. The different weights on the anchor which keep us grounded in material life are our attachments to the material body due to our ignorance of spiritual facts, our attachment to kinsmen due to bodily relations, o
ur attachment to our land of birth and our material possessions, our attachment to material science and our attachment to religious forms and rituals without knowing their true purpose\'97all these anchor the boat of the human body in the material univer
se. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, using the example of a strongly rooted banyan tree, advises us in }{\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  how to get rid of this attachment once and for all:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na r\'fcpam asyeha tathopalabhyate\line n\'e4nto na c\'e4dir na ca samprati\'f1\'f6h\'e4\line a\'e7vattham ena\'e0 suvir\'fc\'f2
ha-m\'fclam\line asa\'ecga-\'e7astre\'eba d\'e5\'f2hena chittv\'e4
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tata\'f9 pada\'e0 tat parim\'e4rgitavya\'e0\line yasmin gat\'e4 na nivartanti bh\'fcya\'f9\line tam eva c\'e4dya\'e0 puru\'f1a
\'e0 prapadye\line yata\'f9 prav\'e5tti\'f9 pras\'e5t\'e4 pur\'e4\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub These attachments have been explained in the Bhagwat Geeta in details in the 15th chapter. They have been compared with a deeply rooted banyan 
tree ever increasing its solidarity. It is very difficult to uproot such strong banyan tree but the Lord has suggested the means in the following manner. (Geeta 15/3-4).\line Na, Rupam, Ashya, Iha, Tatha, Upalavyate, Na, Anta,\line Na, Cha, Adi, Cha, Sam
pratistha,\line Aswathwam, Enam, Subirudha, Mulam,\line Ashanga, Sastrena, Dridhyna, Chhittva.\line Tatah, Padam, Parimargitabyam,\line Jasmin, Gatwa, Na, Nibartanti, Bhuyah.\line Tameba, Chadyam, Punsham, Prapadya.\line Jatah, Prabrithi, Prashita, Puran
i.\line Nobody has yet either a scientist or a speculative philosopher come to any final conclusion about the cosmic situation. They have nothing more than to forward different theories only about it. Some of them say that material world is reality and o
thers say that it is false dream. And there are some others also who say that it is ever existing. So there are different views of different mundane scholars. But with all it is an actual fact that no mundane scientist or speculative philosopher has ever
 discovered the cosmic beginning or its limit. Nobody can say when it had begun, how does it stands or floats in the air. They might theoretically ascertain some law like law of gravitation or so but actually they cannot bring it in practical use. Can an
y scientist float a bulky mass of earth by the law of gravitation? No that is not possible. So the theory of the law of gravitation is false or a half-truth. So for want of actual knowledge of the truth, everyone is anxious to forward his own theory for 
some reputation but the actual fact is that this material world is full of miseries and nobody can overcome them simply by forwarding some theories on it. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTGPY15a: An Essential S
ervice}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. This banyan tree must be cu
t out with determination, by the weapon of detachment. Thereafter, one must seek that situation from which, having gone, one never comes back. One must surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything has begun and is extending since
 time immemorial." (}{\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  15.3, 4)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead who is fully cognizant of everything within His creation informs us for our interest only that should we desire 
to get rid of this miserable material existence, we must non-cooperate with everything material.\line To make the best use of a bad bargain our material existence should be cent percent spiritualised like the iron is made red hot in connection with fire.
 The iron is not fire but it can be turned into just like the fire by constant relation with the fire. Similarly non-attachment of material activities can be effected by spiritual activities only and not by material inertia. Material inertia is the negat
ive side of material actions but spiritual activity is not only the negation of material action but also it is the possession of real life. And we must be anxious to search out this eternal life of spiritual existence or the life in Brahman. The life in 
Brahman is described here as the eternal country wherefrom nobody has got to come back again if anyone is able to enter into that eternal kingdom. That eternal kingdom is the Kingdom of God. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTGPY15a: An Essential Service}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead, who is fully cog
nizant of everything in His creation, informs us in our best interest that we must desire to get rid of this material existence. We must detach ourselves from everything material. To make the best use of a bad bargain, our material existence should be 10
0% spiritualized by constant association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message, His devotees and His names. Therefore everyone who ordinarily engages in material affairs can derive the highest benefit from this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. All kinds of
 spiritual endeavors are more or less tinged with material contamination. However, pure devotional service is transcendental to all pollution. We need not artificially adopt principles of materialism; we need only fix our minds on the lotus feet of the S
upreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 EK 6: Taking 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 6\line Taking to 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 [source: unknown]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India all scriptures and great spiritual teachers, including \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, an impersonalist, accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord. In the beginn
ing of his commentary on the }{\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  \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya says that N\'e4
r\'e4ya\'eba is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested creation, and in the same commentary he says that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. Thus in this res
pect there is little difference of opinion about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who are authorities, be they personalists or impersonalists, are in agreement that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this planet, He proved by His activities and opulence that He is the Supreme Lord. If we are actually anxious to understand who a
nd what the Supreme Lord is, all of the information is given in Vedic literatures. If we utilize whatever we have in our possession to understand God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will prove that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If we but accept this one fact
, then all of our education is complete. It is fashionable to research to try to find out who is God, but this is not necessary. God is present, and He Himself says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.7)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This information is not only given in }{\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  but in other scriptures as well, and it has been accepted from the very beginning by great }{\cs2873\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  (teachers) like \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Lord Caitanya and many other stalwart authorities. Even at the present moment those who do 
not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord are accepting the knowledge given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna. So in this way they are accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba indirectly. If one accepts }{\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  as a great book of knowledge, he is also accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no doubt that the Supreme Absolute Truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 
that we have our eternal relationship with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our eternal relationship with God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sabh\'e4jana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God is great, and we are subordinate. He is the predominator, and we are the predominated. The duty of the subordinate is to please the predominator. Similarly, if we want to be happy, we must lear
n how to make K\'e5\'f1\'eba happy. This is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But how is it to be understood that the Supreme Lord is satisfied by our service and labor? It is actually possible to perfect our service or occupational duty. Eve
ryone has some service to perform according to his designations. He may be an Indian or American, Hindu, Muslim or Christian, man, woman, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, va
i\'e7ya, \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or whatever\'97in any case he is meant to do some sort of work, and that work is his occupational duty. Perfection of duty can be tested by seeing whether
 the Supreme Lord is satisfied by its execution. The Supreme Lord's satisfaction can be tested by the Lord's representative, the spiritual master. Therefore it is important to seek out a real representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and work 
under him. If he is satisfied, then we should know that the Supreme Lord is also satisfied. That is explained by Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do\line yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi\line dhy\'e4ya\'e0 stuva\'e0s tasya ya
\'e7as tri-sandhya\'e0\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By 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 o
ne 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." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurva\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Verse 8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master is the representative of the Supreme Lord. How does he become the representative? If one says that such and such an object is a pair of spectac
les, and if he teaches his disciple in that way, there is no mistake as to the identity of the object. The spiritual master is he who has captured the words of a particular disciplic succession. In the case given, the key word is "spectacles"\'97that's a
ll. The spiritual master does not have to say anything beyond that. This is the qualification. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the Supreme," and the spiritual master says, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme." It is not that to be a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a or to be a spiritual master one has to have any extraordinary qualification. He simply has to carry the message from the authority as it is without any personal interpretation. As soon as there is some personal interpretation, the message is lost and t
he instructions become offensive. A person who interprets the scriptures according to his own whims should be immediately rejected.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, "You must at least have enough sense to test to find out who is a spiritual master and who is not." For instance, if we want 
to purchase something, we must at least have some idea of what that thing is, otherwise we will be cheated. If we want to purchase a mango from the market, we must at least know what type of food a mango is and what it looks like. Similarly, we must have
 some preliminary knowledge of the qualifications for a bona fide spiritual master. }{\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  itself gives some information about the succession of spiritual masters. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\'e0\line proktav\'e4n aham avyayam\line vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha\line manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave 'brav\'e9t
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 may\'e4 te 'dya\line yoga\'f9 prokta\'f9 pur\'e4tana\'f9\line bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti\line rahasya\'e0 hy et
ad uttamam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I instructed this imperishable science of }{\cs2873\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. This supreme science was thus received throu
gh the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost. That 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\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\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.1-3)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That original spiritual disciplic succession was broken, but now we can receive the same message by studying }{\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  In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks to Arjuna just as in a far distant time He spoke to the sun-god. If we accept the words of Arjuna and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it may be possible for us to understand }{
\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  but if we want to interpret it in our own way, the results will be nons
ensical. The best way to understand }{\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  is to accept a bona fide spiritual
 master. This is not very difficult.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna says that he accepts all that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has said to him because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6o moha\'f9 sm\'e5tir labdh\'e4\line tvat pras\'e4d\'e4n may\'e4cyuta\line sthito 'smi gata-sandeha\'f9\line kari\'f1ye
 vacana\'e0 tava
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Arjuna said, My 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." (}{\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  18.73)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Arjuna, we should accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and do as He says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 madarpa\'ebam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 perfo
rm, should be done as an offering unto Me." (}{\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 9.27}{\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 By accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this spirit, we can attain complete knowledge. If, however, we do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba and interpret }{\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  in our own way, then everything will be spoiled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we are sincere, we will get a sincere spiritual master by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If, however, we want to be cheated, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will send us a cheater,
 and we will be cheated throughout our lives. That is actually going on. For those who do not want to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is but want to understand by dint of their own imperfect vision, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, remains unknown.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole process is to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His instructions and therefore to render devotional service unto Him. It is \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 who is the very embodiment of perfect devotional service. In the }{\cs2873\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 
 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is described as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's expansion of His spiritual potency. In this way, She is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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 tend R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are not ordinary women or girls; they are expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and the }{\cs2873\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  should never be accepted as ordinary women; indeed, to understand their position we need the gu
idance of a spiritual master. If we living entities want to actually associate with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, that may be possible, although She is not an ordinary woman. We can become associates of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 by qualifying ourselves in adv
anced devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In devotional service there is no frustration; even if we perform only a small amount, it will grow. Devotional service is never lost. As far as material things are
 concerned, whatever we gain in the world will be lost when the body is finished. But since we are eternal spiritual sparks, our spiritual assets go with us, gradually fructifying. In this way those who have previously cultivated transcendental conscious
ness come in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness through this movement. Interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not commonplace. In }{\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  it is said that out of many millions and billions of persons, only one is interested in achieving perfection. If we can advertise that simply by reading this book and meditating for 
fifteen minutes anyone can immediately get power, become successful in business and pass his examination, many people would be attracted to the book. People are not attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because they prefer to be cheated by }{\cs2873
\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  They think that the perfection of life is in eating a great supply of food, or in sleep
ing twenty hours, or in having a new mate every night or every day. People are interested in these things, but not in the perfection of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every intelligent man should at least experiment with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He should say, "All right. I have been enjoying this eating and sleeping for so 
many lives. These things were available for me to enjoy in my bird and animal bodies. Now in this life let me restrict the four principles of animalistic life\'97eating, sleeping, defending and mating\'97and let me devote my time to developing K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. In this way my life will be successful."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that we have coined this term "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the oldest phrase in the history of the world:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'si me
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
atpar\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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 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. 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\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  18.65, 9.34}{\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 phrase }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "just be always conscious of Me." This then is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is repeatedly saying that we should worship Him, offer obeisances unto Him and then come to Him. }{\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  clearly points to the absolute necessity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and }{\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  is accepted as the essence of 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  Even from the historical point of view, it has no comparison. It has been calculated on the basis of archeological evidence that K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\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  on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra more than five thousand years ago. So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness movement, even from the historical point of view, is five thousand years old. Its philosophy is the oldest in the history of the world. If we wish to trace it even further back, we find that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke it earlier to the sun-g
od. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal, and consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also eternal. In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should be approached. It should not simply be considered a theory.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is covered by any other consciousness, we experience our contaminated conditional life. When the sky is clear, we can see the sun'
s brilliant effulgence, but when it is covered by clouds, we cannot see it. We may be able to perceive the sunlight, but we cannot see the sun disc itself. When the sky is clear, it is in its natural condition. Similarly, our consciousness is eternally K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally. This is asserted in the Fifteenth Chapter of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living entities in this conditional world are My fragmental parts, and they are eternal. But due to conditioned life, they are st
ruggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." (}{\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  15.7}{\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 Somehow or other we have come in contact with material nature, and because of the mind and the six senses, we are struggling hard to exist. That is Darwin's theory
\'97the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest. However, the actual fact is that our constitutional position is not one of struggle. Struggle is the position of animal life. Human life should be blissful and should have as its goal spiritual adv
ancement. At one time that was India's principle of life, and there was a class of people, the }{\cs2873\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 engaged themselves exclusively in spiritual culture. Although brahminical cultural life is enunciated in the scriptures of India, it is not for Indians alone, but for all human beings. The }{\cs2873\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  were written for all mankind, but it so happened that when the }{\cs2873\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  were written, what is now known as the Indian culture was the only one extant. At that time, the whole planet was called Bh\'e4ra
tavar\'f1a, after Emperor Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the son of \'c5\'f1abhadeva. Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja ruled the whole planet, but gradually the planet was divided up. So the }{\cs2873\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  of Vedic culture should not simply be considered Indian or Hindu in a sectarian sense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Often the word }{\cs2873\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 translated to mean religion, but to conceive of }{\cs2873\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  as a r
eligion is to misconceive the word. In general usage, the word religion refers to a particular type of faith. The word }{\cs2873\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  does not. }{\cs2873\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 the natural occupation
 of the living entity. For example, wherever there is fire, there is heat and light, so it may be said that heat and light are the }{\cs2873\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  of fire. Fire cannot change its }{\cs2873\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  
In the same way, liquidity is an intrinsic quality of water, and this quality cannot be changed. If it is, it can no longer be considered water. The }{\cs2873\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  of the individual soul can never be changed, and that }{\cs2873\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 the occupational duty of rendering service unto the Supreme Lord. Faiths and religions can be changed. Today I may be a Hindu, but tomorrow I may become a Christian or Moslem. In this way faiths can be changed,
 but }{\cs2873\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 a natural sequence, a natural occupation or connection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that as soon as there is a discrepancy in the discharge of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the living entities, when there is an upsurge of unnatural activities, He descends. One of the principal purposes of His descent is to reestablish relig
ious principles. The best system of religion is that which best trains us to surrender unto the Supreme Lord. This is the basic principle underlying }{\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  We can select our own religion and be Hindu, Moslem, Buddhist, Christian or whatever, as long as we know the real purpose of religion. Indeed, }{\cs2873\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  does not recommend that we give up our present religion, but it does hint at the purpose of 
religion. That purpose is love of Godhead, and that religion which teaches us best how to love the Supreme Lord is the best religion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age especially there is a general decay in the consciousness of the masses of people. A few people remember that there is a God, but for the most part peopl
e are forgetting Him. Therefore they cannot be happy. People are thinking that God is dead, or that we have no obligation to God, or that there is no God. This sort of thinking will never make for happiness. When civilization is godless or atheistic, as 
it is today, God or His representative comes to remind people of their relationship with the supreme consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 inquired from Lord Caitanya, "What am I? Why am I always in a miserable condition? What is the position of all living entities?" \'c7
r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu immediately answered that the real identity is that of servant of God. We should not understand the word "servant" in the sense of materialistic servant. To become a servant of God is a great position. People are always tryin
g to get some government post or some position in a reputed business firm because the service rendered in such positions earns great profits. Although we are very anxious to get good positions in the government service, we do not stop to think of getting
 a position in God's service. God is the government of all governments.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God's service is }{\cs2873\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  This }{\cs2873\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  may be described differently in different countries 
according to different cultural and climatic conditions or situations, but in every religious scripture obedience to God is instructed. No scripture says that there is no God or that we as living entities are independent\'97not the Bible, the Koran, the 
}{\cs2873\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  or even the Buddhist literatures. Generally, according to Buddhist philosophy, there
 is no individual soul and no supreme soul, but actually since Lord Buddha is accepted by Vedic literatures as an incarnation of God, by obeying Lord Buddha one is actually following God. In the }{\cs2873\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 is a list of incarnations, and Lord Buddha is accepted as one of them. }{\cs2873\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 compiled by Vy\'e4sadeva five thousand years ago, and Lord Buddha appeared about 2,600 years ag
o, so }{\cs2873\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  actually foretold the event of his incarnation. Lord Budd
ha preached that there is no God and no soul, that this body is a combination of matter, and that when we dissolve this material combination, sensations of misery and happiness will no longer exist. Then \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya appeared to preach that t
he external feature of Brahman, the body, is merely an illusion. In all religions, temple worship and acceptance of authority are present. We may accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Lord Jesus Christ, or Jehovah, or Lord Buddha, or \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, or Gur
u Nanak, but in any case acceptance of authority is required.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the supreme authority. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends personally, and sometimes He descends by His incarnations. Sometimes He descends as sound vibration, and sometimes He descends
 as a devotee. There are many different categories of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this present age K
\'e5\'f1\'eba has descended 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. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also confirmed that in this age of Kali,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has descended in the form of sound vibration. Sound is one of the forms which the Lord takes. Therefore it is stated that there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today people have forgotten their relationship with God, but this incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the form of His holy names, this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 will deliver all the people of the world from their forgetfulness. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that if we chant or associate with the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will reach the highest perfectional stage of life. According to }
{\cs2873\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 are different processes for different ages, but the princi
ple of each process remains valid in all ages. It is not that the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is effective in this age and not in Satya-yuga. Nor is it that people were not chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Satya-yuga. In Satya-yuga medita
tion was the main process, and great }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub munis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meditated for periods extending upwards of 60,0
00 years. In this age, however, perfection by that means of meditation is not possible because we are so short-lived. Consequently in this age it is especially recommended that we all sit down together and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is very easy, and 
everyone can take part in it. There is no necessity of education, nor are any previous qualifications required. In this age people are also very slow and unfortunate, and they are contaminated with bad association. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu introduced the c
hanting 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 a great means of propaganda for spreading love of God. It is not that it is recommended only for Kali
-yuga. Actually, it is recommended for every age. There have always been many devotees who have chanted and reached perfection in all ages. That is the beauty of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It is not simply for one age, or for one country
, or for one class of people. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be chanted by any man in any social position, in any country and in any age, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord of all people in all social positions, in all countries, in all ages.
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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 ISKCON is a worldwide community of devotees dedicated to the principles of bhakti-yoga. Write, call, or visit for further inf
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\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba knowing Him to be the 
cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare."\line }{\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  (7.19)
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BHAKTIVEDANTA \line BOOK TRUST
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 1: Spiritual Knowledge Through K\'e5\'f1\'eba
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\'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 [710720LE.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here and participating with this movement. It is very important movement to 
bring man to his original consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to bring a living entity to his original consciousness. Just like there are many mental hospitals. \line In a nice Bengali poetry, one great Vai\'f1\'ebava poet has written,\line
pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9 p\'e4ile yena mati-cchanna haya\line m\'e4y\'e4-grasta j\'e9vera se d\'e4sa upajaya\line [Prema-vivarta 6.3]\line Pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9, ghost, when a man becomes ghostly haunted, he speaks so many nonsense. Similarly, anyone who is under the i
nfluence of this material nature, he is ghostly haunted, and whatever he speaks, he speaks nonsense. Never mind he is a great philosopher, great scientist, but because he is ghostly haunted by m\'e4y\'e4, so whatever he's theorizing, whatever he's speaki
ng, that is, more or less, nonsense.\line There was a case in India, a murder case, and the murderer pleaded that he became mad-he was mad; therefore he..., he did not know what did he do. So in order to test him, whether actually he, at that time, was l
unatic or turned mad, the expert civil servant, psychiatrist, was brought to examine him. So the doctor gave his opinion that "So far I have studied cases, all patients I've come in contact, they are more or less all crazy. So in that sense, if your lord
ship wants to excuse him, that is another thing." [710720LE.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The aim of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to bring all living entities back to their original co
nsciousness. All living entities within the material world are, to varying degrees, afflicted with a type of madness. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement aims at curing man of his material disease and reestablishing his original consciousness. In 
a Bengali poem a great Vai\'f1\'ebava poet has written, "When a man is haunted by ghosts, he can only speak nonsense. Similarly, anyone who is under the influence of material nature should be considered haunted, and whatever he speaks should be considere
d nonsense." One may be considered a great philosopher or great scientist, but if he is haunted by the ghost of }{\cs2873\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, whatever he theorizes and whatever he speaks is more or less nonsensical. Today we are given the example of a psychiatrist who, when requested to examine a murderer, proclaimed that since all the patients with
 whom he had come in contact were more or less crazy, the court could excuse the murderer on those grounds if it so desired. The point is that in the material world it is very difficult to find a sane living entity. The prevailing atmosphere of insanity 
in this world is all caused by the infection of material consciousness.
\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 }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub So our this movement is to bring man to his original consciousness, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, clear consciousness. I have several 
times mentioned this. Just like water, when it falls down from the cloud, it is distilled water. You catch water before falling down to the ground, it is distilled water. The chem... As distilled water is without any contamination, similarly, the rainwat
er is also distilled water. But as soon as it touches the ground, it becomes muddy-colored, so many things.\line Similarly, we spirit soul, part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba... Therefore our original constitutional position is as pure as God, because we 
are part and parcel of God. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is stated, mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 [Bg. 15.7]: "The living entities are My part and parcel." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710720LE.N
Y]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The 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, w
hich include the mind." (}{\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  15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So fragmental part of gold is gold; it may be fragmental. Similarly, we are minute particles of God's body; therefore, qualitatively, we ar
e as good as God.\line The chemical composition of God's body and our body... Not this body. This is material. I am speaking of our spiritual identification, that body. That is as good as God. The chemical composition is one. But similarly, as the rainwa
ter falls down on the ground, similarly, as we come in contact with this material world... Material world means it is being manipulated by the material energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, prak\'e5ti, nature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba it should always be remembered that we are speaking o
f God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 qualitatively 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-spiritual. Thus originally, in our uncontaminated condition, we possessed a form as good as God's, but just as rain 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.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Nature means whose nature? As soon as we speak of nature, it must be inquired, "Whose nature?" God's nature. Nature is not acting independe
ntly. That is another foolishness. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, it is clearly said that nature, this material nature, is not independent. Just like a foolish man, when he sees that machine is working automatically-machine is not working automatically; the
re is a driver. A foolish man cannot see behind the machine a driver. That is our defect in vision. \line A machine, there is electronics working very wonderfully. But behind that electronic work, there is a great scientist who is pushing the button. It 
is very simple to understand. Machine is matter. It cannot work out of its own accord. It is working under some spiritual direction. Just like this machine, the tape recorder, is working, but it is working under the direction of a living entity, a human 
being. The machine is all complete, but unless it is manipulated by a spirit soul, it cannot work. \line Similarly, take it for granted that the whole cosmic manifestation is a great machine, nature. But behind this material nature, there is God, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 }{\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  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\'97there is a driver, 
someone in control, although we sometimes cannot see the controller behind the machine due to our defective vision. There are many electronic mechanisms which work very wonderfully, but behind these intricate systems there is a scientist who pushes the b
utton. 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. Similarly, 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\'eb
a. This is also affirmed in }{\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  where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nen
a kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate\line  [Bg. 9.10]\line May\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba: "Under My direction..." May\'e4 adhyak\'f1ena. Adhyak\'f1a means superintendence. "Under My direction, superintendence..." \line May\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fc
yate sa-car\'e4caram. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." (}{\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  }{\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Cara, cara and acara. Cara means moving, and acara means not moving. Just like trees, mountains, they are not moving, but human being, anim
als, ants, they are moving. So there are two kinds of entities: moving and not moving. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that material nature [is] acting on both these objects, moving and not moving. "They are acting under My direction."\line So there is supreme co
ntrol. The modern civilization, they do not understand it, due to lack of knowledge. So our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to enlighten people to come to this point of knowledge. They're all crazy, conducted by the influence of the three
 modes of material nature. They're not in normal condition. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are two kinds o
f entities\'97the moving (such as human beings, animals and insects) and non-moving (such as trees and mountains). K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that material nature, which controls both kinds of entities, is acting under His direction. Thus behind everything ther
e is a supreme controller. Modern civilization does not understand this due to lack of knowledge; it is the purpose of this Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This morning also I said at the press representative meeting at the airport that there are so many universities and, especially in your cou
ntry, department of knowledge, but why they are not discussing this point? Where is the department of knowledge? Some times past, I think sometimes in 1968, when I went to Boston, I was invited to speak in the technical institute. So my first question wa
s that "Where is that technological department which is making investigation between the dead man and the living man?" Where is that technology? A man becomes dead. Something is losing. Where is that technology to replace it? Why do they not try for it?
\line But because it is very difficult subject, they set aside. They are busy for technology for eating, sleeping, mating and defending, that's all. Animal technology. The animals also trying their best how to eat nice, how to have nice sex life, how to 
sleep and how to defend. So what is the difference between man's knowledge and animals' knowledge. The man's knowledge should be developed to find out this technology, what is the difference between a living man and a dead man, a living body and dead bod
y. That is spiritual knowledge. \line That is... That was taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the beginning of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Arjuna was talking as a friend, replying Him as a friend. Of course, he was... Whatever he was talking, that was right, but that w
as right to a certain point. Beyond that point, there are other subject matter of knowledge, which is called adhok\'f1aja, where our direct perception of material knowledge fails to approach. Just like we cannot see. There are so many microscope, powerfu
l microscope. But find out within this body where is the soul. No, there is no microscope. But soul is there. Soul is there. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 for this knowledge that we find given by 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\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  When I spoke before students and some fac
ulty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first question 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 solve 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 trying 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 animals' knowledge? The fact is that 
man's knowledge should be developed to explore that difference between a living man and a dead man, a living body and a dead body. That spiritual knowledge was imparted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna in the beginning of }{\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  Being a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, Arjuna was a very intelligent man, but his knowledge, as all men's, w
as limited. K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke, however, of subject matters which were beyond Arjuna's finite knowledge. These subjects are called }{\cs2873\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 th
ere is no microscope that can show us the soul within the body. Nevertheless, the soul is there.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 informs,\line dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe\line kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara\'e0 pr\'e4p
tir\line dh\'e9ras tatra na muhyati\line  [Bg. 2.13]\line Asmin dehe, in this body, there is a proprietor of this body. Just like I am proprietor of my body, you are proprietor of your body. I say "my hand." I don't say "I hand." It is my hand. So I am d
ifferent from this hand. Just like say, "It is my book"; so book is different from me. "It is my table." Similarly, "my hand," "my eyes," "my leg," "my this," "my that." But where I am? Search out. That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am?"\line So you
 cannot search out by your material... That... Therefore all these universities, they are setting aside-very difficult subject. They are very much proud by creating a horseless carriage. That's all. Formerly horses were drawing carriages; now there is mo
torcar. So they are very much proud: "We have invented horseless carriage." Or wingless bird. There is wing, imitation wing of the aeroplane. But you invent that a soul-less body, then there is credit.\line So our process of knowledge is very easy and pe
rfect. The scientists, they are searching out what is the ultimate cause or ultimate control of this material nature, and they are putting, theorizing different proposition. But our means of knowledge, very easy and perfect, because we are hearing from t
he perfect person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And He says, may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba [Bg. 9.10]. So immediately we know that all this cosmic machine, which is working so nicely and wonderfully, behind this machine the driver is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Exactly behind a machine
 here, there is a machine driver, similarly, behind this big machine of material nature, there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 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. I am the proprietor, and others 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 mat
erial 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." Thus engineers direct their attention to creating and attempting to perfect t
he horseless carriage and wingless bird. Formerly, horses were drawing carriages and there 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 soulless 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 mach
ine that can work without a spirit soul behind it. 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. Tha
t is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Scientists are searching for the ultimate cause or the ultimate controller of this material universe and are postulating different theories and proposals, but the real means for knowledge is very easy and perfect: we need only hear f
rom the perfect person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By accepting the knowledge imparted in }{\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  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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So our process of knowledge very easy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's book, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, is the knowledge, book of knowledge, which is given by t
he perfect person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You may argue that "You have accepted Him as a perfect person, but we do not." You may not. But He is perfect person on the evidence of many authorities. It is not by my whims I accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the perfect pers
on. No. \line There are many authorities, Vedic authorities. Formerly... Just like Vy\'e4sadeva: he's the author of all Vedic literature, the treasure house of knowledge, Vedas. He accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His spiritu
al master, N\'e4rada, he accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His spiritual master, Brahm\'e4, he accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Person. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 [Bs. 5.1], Brahm\'e4 says. "The suprem
e controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." \'c9\'e7vara. \'c9\'e7vara means controller. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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, }{\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  is 
the principal book of knowledge given by the }{\cs2873\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 Primeva
l 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 others who do not. But one should not think that this acceptance is whimsical; He is ac
cepted 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 o
f all Vedic literatures. The treasurehouse of knowledge is contained in the }{\cs2873\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
ir 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 Su
preme Person but the supreme controller as well\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\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  "The supreme controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We are controller, everyone. Nobody can say that "I am without controller." No. That is not possible. Everyone has got a controller. Howeve
r big officer you may be, you have a controller over your head. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no controller; therefore He is God. He is controller of everyone, but He has no controller; therefore He's God. \line So there are many so-called "Gods" nowadays. Very
... God has become very cheap, especially they are imported from India. [chuckles] They are not manufactured in here. You are fortunate. But India, they're coming out, "God," practically every day. They are... The other day Karandhara was telling me that
 some God was coming to Los Angeles, and they were requested to receive him. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not that kind of God. I mentioned in my introduction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba book that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not that type of God, manufactured in mystic factory. No.
 He is God. He was not made God, but He is God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no one in the creation w
ho 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 very strange, for there are many so-called gods nowadays. Indeed, gods have become very cheap, being especially imported from I
ndia. People in other countries are fortunate that gods are not manufactured there, but in India gods are manufactured practically every day. We often hear that God is coming to Los Angeles or New York and that people are gathering to receive Him, etc. B
ut K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not the type of God manufactured in a mystic factory. No. He was not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub made}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  God, but He }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So the point is that behind this material..., big material nature, cosmic manifestation, there is God. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and accepted
 by all authorities. We have to accept things which is accepted by authorities. That is our education. We go to teacher. We go to school. We learn from father, mother. They're all authorities. And our nature is to learn... "Father, what is this?" in chil
dhood. Father says, "This is this, pen. This is spectacle. This is table." So he learns from father, mother, "This is table. This is spectacle. This is pen. This is this. She is my sister. She [he] is my brother." \line So similarly, if we get informatio
n from the authority, and if the authority is not a cheater, then our knowledge is perfect, and very easy. Just like father, mother never cheats. When the son inquires from the parents, the parent gives exact information, right information. Similarly, if
 we get right information from the right person, that is perfect knowledge. If you want to reach to the conclusion by speculation, that is imperfect-inductive process. That will never become perfect. It will remain imperfect for all the time. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 in some form or another. For education we go to a teacher or to a school o
r 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. He learns the names of things and the basic relations of one thing to another by questioning his parents. 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. If we attempt to reach conclusions by dint of our own speculative powers, however
, 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 never a perfect process. Because we are limited and our experience is limited, it wil
l always remain imperfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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. The process of }{\cs2873\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 is this very process o
f hearing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba or from authorities who have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba and repeating exactly what they have said. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends this process of knowledge:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub evam parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam\line ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub So we get information from the perfect person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore whatever we speak, that is perfect, because we don't speak anything wh
ich is not spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba or authorities who have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called disciplic succession. So our process is, process of acquiring knowledge, is very easy and perfect. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We cannot say any
thing which is not accepted by the authorities coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends this process of knowledge-eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9 [Bg. 4.2]: "This knowledge, for
merly, all the great saintly kings..."  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "This supreme science was thus received through t
he 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\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  4.2)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Formerly, there was monarchy. Just like nowadays also, the government is authority. Your President is authority. So in the days of monarchi
cal king, government, the monarch or the king is head of the government. He is authority. But formerly, those authorities, those kings, were \'e5\'f1is, great learned scholar-\'e5\'f1is, great devotees. They were not ordinary men. That system of governme
nt was very nice. One person, well talented, well trained as the head of the government, very peacefully he could execute the governmental function. \line There were many instances, the Vedic civilization, how the kings were perfect. You'll find from Dhr
uva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's instances that Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went to the forest to search out God, and he found out. By severe type of penances and austerities, he found out God within six months. How? He was a five-years-old boy, child. According to the di
rection of his spiritual master, N\'e4rada, he went alone in the forest, although a king's son, very delicate body. \line So in the first month he simply used to eat some vegetables after three days, each three days. One, two, three-then he eats somethin
g, some fruits, some vegetables. Then next three months, each six days he used to little..., drink little water. And next month, in each twelve days he used to inhale some air. In this way, for six months he stood in one leg and executed these austeritie
s, and at the end of six months, God became manifest before him eye to eye. So if we follow austerities, then it will be possible to see God eye to eye and perfection of life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
[710720LE.NY]}}{\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1is\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub great learned scholars and devotees\'97and because they were not ordinary men the government which they h
eaded worked 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 found Go
d within six months. Although he was only a five-year-old prince with a very delicate body, he was successful because he followed the directions of his spiritual master, N\'e4rada. The first month Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was in the forest, he simply ate so
me fruits and vegetables once every three days and drank a little water every six days. He finally restricted his inhalation of air and stood for six months on one leg only. After he executed these severe austerities for half a year, God became manifest 
before him, eye to eye. It is not necessary for us to practice such severe austerities, but simply by following in the footsteps of Vedic authorities we also can see God eye to eye. This vision of God is the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, there is austerity, but it is not very difficult. We recommend our students not to have illi
cit sex. We don't stop sex, but regulate. We don't stop eating, but regulated, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4dam, no meat-eating. No... We don't say "No eating," but "No meat-eating." So what is the difficulty? Now see. In our k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4dam, we hav
e got so many varieties of fruits, vegetables, nicely cooked. What is the difficulty? "No illicit sex" means don't be cats and dogs. Be married man and have one wife, one husband, and be satisfied. \line So unless we regulate, unless we undergo austerity
... We cannot undergo such severe type of austerity as Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went, that every three days a little fruit or vegetable, then every six days little water. That is not possible in these days. If you want to imitate Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, it w
ill be impossible. So we don't prescribe any impossible method, but possible method. \line But if you take to these principles, then you make advance in spiritual consciousness, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and as you make advancement in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, then you become perfect in knowledge. Otherwise, what is the use of becoming scientist or philosopher who cannot say what is next life? \line But these students, they can very easily say what is next life, what is God, what I am, wha
t is our relationship. This knowledge you'll find perfectly, because they are reading perfect book of knowledge, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY
]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process is based on austerity, but it is not very difficult. There are restrictions governing eating and sex life (only }{\cs2873\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  food first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is taken, and sex is restricted to married life), and the
re 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 }{\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this is our process, very easy. Anyone can adopt and make his life perfect. And if somebody says that "I am not educated. I cannot read 
book," still, there is possibility: you simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So you have got tongue. You have got ear. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given you. And you'll be surprised to know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is realized through tongue, not through eyes, not t
hrough ears. Tongue. Of course, after tongue, the other senses are following. Tongue is the chief. So we have to control the tongue. How to control? Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and taste k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4dam. That's all.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 at all, and I cannot read books," he is still not disqualified. He can still perfect his life by simply chanting the }{\cs2873\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  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, t
he other senses follow. Of all the senses, the tongue is the most voracious and difficult to control, but it can be controlled simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and tasting K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau svayam eva sphuraty adha\'f9. Ata\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m\'e4di na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9 [Brs. 1
.2.234]. You cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by exercising your sensual perception, speculation. It is not possible. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so great that He is not within your sensual exercise. No. He can be understood by surrender. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore 
recommends this process: sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja [Bg. 18.66]. \line Because our disease is rebellious, no authority. \line We don't want any authority. That is our disease. We say we don't want any authority, but
 nature is so strong that he forces his authority upon you.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Give up all varieties of re
ligiousness, and just surrender unto Me; and in return I shall protect you from all sinful reactions. Therefore, you have nothing to 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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub You are forced to accept the authority of nature by your sensual exercise. You cannot say that "I am independent." You may say all nonsense
, that "I don't want authority," but you are... Everyone is under authority. And that is our foolishness. We are under authority; still, we say we don't want any authority. This is called m\'e4y\'e4, illusion.\line So the best authority is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. If we... After all, we have to accept authority. So why not best authority, K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Then your life becomes successful. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710720LE.NY]}}{\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 that it forces authority upon us. We are fo
rced 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 }{\cs2873\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, how
ever, 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. Sin
ce we have to accept some authority, why not accept His? Simply by hearing of His glories 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  and }{\cs2873\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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 2: Getting Out the Material Mire
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 2/ Getting Out the Material Mire
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So today I shall speak to you about glorification of the holy name of God. This was discussed between Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it and 
\'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in connection with one br\'e4hma\'eba who was very much fallen and addicted to all kinds of sinful activities, but he was saved simply by chanting the holy name. So this is from the Sixth Canto of \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our subject matter is most sublime: the glorification of the holy name of God. This 
subject was discussed by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who noted that a }{\cs2873\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 very fallen and addicted to all kinds of sinful activities, was saved simply by chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is found in the Sixth Canto of }{\cs2873\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  an epic work by Vy\'e4sadeva describing the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and elaborating on the philosophy of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In the Fifth Canto of \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, the universal planetary system have been very nicely explained, and within the planetary 
system there is some planet, some planetary system, which are called hellish planet. Actually, in every scripture, not only in Bh\'e4gavata, in other religious scripture, the description of hell and heaven are there, some way or other. \line So in \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam you'll find where are those hellish planets, how it is distant from this planet. Just like modern astronomy, they have got calculation how far the moon planet is there from here, what is the distance, what is the distance between ea
rthly planet, the sun planet. Similarly, there are hellish planets also. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the F
ifth Canto of }{\cs2873\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 universal planetary systems are very fully e
xplained. Within the universe there are lower, middle and higher planetary systems. Actually, not only the }{\cs2873\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  but all religious scriptures contain descriptions of hellish or lower planetary systems and heavenly or higher systems. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-B
h\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gives evidence of where these planets are and indicates how far they are from this planet, just as astronomers have calculated how far the moon and other heavenly
 bodies are from earth. Similarly, the }{\cs2873\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  contains descriptions of the various 
planets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Even on this planet we experience different climatic conditions. In temperate countries such as the United States, the climate is different from that of a tropical
 country like India. Just as there are environmental differences on this planet, there are other planets which have far different atmospheres and environments. After hearing a description of such planets from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga yathaiva narak\'e4n nara\'f9\line n\'e4nogray\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t tan me vy\'e4khy\'e4tum arhasi
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like... We have got practical experience. Even on this planet, there are different conditions of atmosphere. Western countries, nearin
g the North Pole, the climate is different from India because it is near the equator. As there are differences of atmosphere and condition of life within this planet, similarly, there are particular planets also, the condition of life, atmosphere and eve
rything different.\line So after hearing all these descriptions of hellish planets... As there are heavenly planets, there are hellish planets also. So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquiring from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9,\line adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga
\line yathaiva narak\'e4n nara\'f9\line n\'e4n\'e4 ugra y\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t\line tan me vy\'e4khy\'e4tum arhasi\line  [Bhag. 6.1.6]\line "Sir, I have heard from you about many hellish planetary description, and the men who are very much sinful, they a
re put into those planets." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Sir, I have heard from you about the hellish planets
. Men who are very sinful are sent to those planets." }{\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 Bhag.}{\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 6.1.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is a Vai\'f1\'ebava. Vai\'f1\'ebava is always feeling for others' distress. That is Vai\'f1\'ebava. Vai
\'f1\'ebava-para-du\'f9kha-du\'f9kh\'e9. They're very much afflicted with others', I mean to say, miserable life.\line Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he presented himself as very much afflicted with others' miserable condition of life. So all the Vai\'f1
\'ebavas, devotees-it doesn't matter which country he belongs to or which sect he belongs to-anyone who is God conscious or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious... Therefore to blaspheme a Vai\'f1\'ebava, a preacher of God's glory, is great offense. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was a Vai\'f1\'ebava (devotee), and a Vai\'f1\'ebava always feel
s compassion for others' distress. For instance, when Lord Jesus Christ appeared, he was greatly aggrieved by the miserable conditions of the people. Regardless of the country or sect to which they belong, all Vai\'f1\'ebavas or devotees\'97any people wh
o are God conscious or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious\'97are thus compassionate. Therefore to blaspheme a Vai\'f1\'ebava, a preacher of God's glories, is a great offense.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, will never tolerate offense on the lotus feet of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. So here Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is asking.
.. Because he's a Vai\'f1\'ebava. Mind that. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is actually feeling... Para-du\'f9kha-du\'f9kh\'e9, k\'e5p\'e4mbudhi. These are the adjectives of the qualification. \line [aside:] Sit down. \line K\'e5p\'e4mbudhi means ocean of mercy, k\'e5
p\'e4mbudhi. And para-du\'f9kha-duhkh\'e9. V\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-taru. V\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-taru means everyone has got desires, but Vai\'f1\'ebava can fulfill all desires. Kalpa-taru. \line Kalpa-taru means desire tree. There is a tree which is called 
desire tree. Here, in this material world, you get a fruit, a particular type of fruit, from a particular type of tree. But in K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka or Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, all the trees, because they're spiritual, so you can get anything you like from
 any tree. That is described in the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a [Bs. 5.29]. Kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a means desire trees. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba never tolerates offenses committed at the lotus feet of a pure Vai\'f1\'ebava. A Vai\'f1\'ebava, however, is always ready to forgive such offenses. }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5p\'e4mbudhi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A Vai\'f1\'ebava is an ocean of mercy. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4\'efc\'e4-kalpa-taru:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Everyone has desires, but a Vai\'f1\'ebava can fulfill all desires. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalpa-taru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to a tree in the spiritual world which is called a wish-fulfilling tree. In this material world a particular
 type of fruit can only be gotten from a particular type of tree, but in K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, as well as in all the other planets in the spiritual sky, all the trees are spiritual and will yield whatever one desires. That is described in the }{\cs2873\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 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi prakara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sadmasu}{\cs2873\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 ). A pure Vai\'f1\'ebava is compared to such a wish-fulfilling tree, for he can bestow a matchless gift upon a sincere disciple\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So here Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is asking, adhun\'e4, "now," iha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is addressed as mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga.
 Bh\'e4ga means fortunate. One who becomes Vai\'f1\'ebava, God conscious, he is to be understood as great fortunate. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, therefore, has said that, \line ei r\'fcpe brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a bhramite kono bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va\line guru-k
\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e5p\'e4ya p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja\line [Madhya 19.151]\line The living entities are rotating in different species of life, in different planetary system, all over the universe. Brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a means a living entity can go anywh
ere, hell, heaven, as he likes, as he prepares himself. \line So there are many heavenly planets, many hellish planets, many species of life, not only planets. This is varieties, 8,400,000 species of life. So a living entity is rotating, wandering. Accor
ding to the type of mentality he's creating in the present life, he's getting next life similar body. "As you sow, so you reap." This is going on.\line So therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, ei r\'fcpe brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a brahmite. The living entity is
 rotating. Out of them... Millions, numberless living entities are rotating. Out of them, one who is fortunate... Ei r\'fcpe brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a bhramite kono bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va... [Madhya 19.151]. Kono, not all. If all would have been so fortunate, 
everyone would have taken to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is being distributed freely everywhere. But why they are not taking to it? Because unfortunate. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, kono bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va: "Only one who is fortu
nate." \line So because... Why fortunate? Because if he takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all the problems of his life become solved. But he'll not take to it due to his unfortunate condition. So Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, "Only the fortunate pers
ons." There are many fortunate persons all over the world, and many unfortunate persons also. \line So those who are fortunate, they're taking to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, this ideal life, hopeful life, pleasant life, blissful life, life of know
ledge. They're taking to it. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A Vai\'f1\'ebava is addressed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "fortunate." One who becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava and is God conscious is understo
od to be greatly fortunate. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the chief exponent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this age, has explained that the living entities in various planetary systems all over the universe are rotating in different species of life. 
A living entity can go wherever he likes\'97to heaven or to hell\'97simply by preparing himself for either place. There are many heavenly planets, many hellish planets, and many species of life. }{\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  estimates the species of life to be 8,400,000, and the living entity is rotating or wandering through these species and creating
 bodies according to his mentality in his present life. "As you sow, so shall you reap," is the law that governs here. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that out of these numberless living entities who are transmigrating in the material world, one may be fortu
nate enough to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is being distributed freely everywhere, yet not everyone takes to it, especially in this age of Kali. Because of this, }{\cs2873\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  characterizes people in the age of Kali as unfortunate. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that only those who 
are fortunate take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and thus attain a pleasant and blissful life of knowledge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But it is the duty of Vai\'f1\'ebava to go door to door to make them fortunate. Although they are unfortunate, but you have to go door to d
oor to make them fortunate. That is your duty.\line So a Vai\'f1\'ebava is thinking, mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga, "How these people can be delivered from this hellish condition of life?" That was his inquiry. "Sir, you have described that on account of these sinful
 activities, he's put into this hellish condition of life or in hellish planetary system. Now what are the countermethods by which they can be saved?" This is the question. This question... Because he is Vai\'f1\'ebava, he is thinking, "Oh, so many livin
g entities are suffering. How they can be saved?"\line A Vai\'f1\'ebava comes, God also comes and God's son or very confidential devotee also comes-their only mission is how to save these sinful men who are suffering so much. That is their mission. They 
have no other mission. Just like Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. When N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva met him, he said a very nice verse. I'll quote that verse. So Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says one place, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is the duty of a Vai\'f1\'ebava to go from door to door to try to get unfortunate people to accept good fortune. A Vai\'f1\'ebava thinks, "Ho
w can these people be delivered from their hellish life?" That was also Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it's inquiry. "Sir," he said, "you have described that because of one's sinful activities he is put into a hellish condition of life or in a hellish planet
ary system. Now, what are the methods by which such a person can be saved?" This is a very important question. When a Vai\'f1\'ebava comes, when God Himself comes, or when God's sons or His very confidential devotees come, their only mission is to save s
inful men who are suffering. They have knowledge of how to do this. When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja met Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, 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 bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n\line }{\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\'e4
g.}{\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 7.9.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub naiva udvije para duratyaya-vaitara\'eby\'e4\'f9\line tvad-v\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9\line \'e7oce tato vimukha-cetasa i
ndriy\'e4rtha-\line m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n\line  [Bh\'e4g. 7.9.43]\line Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, "My dear Lord, I'm not very much anxious for my deliverance." \line Because M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers, they 
are very much, I mean to say, careful, that "My salvation may..., may..., may not be interrupted. If I go to preach, and in association with others, if I fall down, then my business will be finished." So they do not come. Only Vai\'f1\'ebava comes at the
 risk of their falldown. They do not fall down, but they go even to the hell to deliver.\line So Prahl\'e4da, this is Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's admission. He says that na udvije: "I'm not very much anxious or perturbed because I am living in this mate
rial world." Naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitara\'eby\'e4\'f9. Vaitara\'eby\'e4\'f9 means this hellish condition of life, how to cross the river of hellish condition of life. So "I have no anxiety for that." Why you are not anxious? Now, he says, tvad-v
\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 7.9.43]: "Because some way or other, I have been trained to be always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore I have no anxiety." \line There is a confidence. One who is purely in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, he's confident that next life he's going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So if you simply carefully execute our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious regulative principles, it is sure, actually. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that is stated.\line Then Prahl\'e4da
 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, "There is only one anxiety for me." Just see. He has no anxiety for himself, but he has still anxiety. What is that? \'c7oce tato vimukha-cetasa: "I am anxious..., I am anxious for these persons who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
 That is my anxiety. For me, I have no anxiety. But I am thinking of these persons who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious." Why they are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious? Now, m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n [Bh\'e4g. 7.9.43]: "These ra
scals, they have created a civilization, a humbug civilization, [laughter] [chuckles] for temporary happiness." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "My dear Lord," Prahl\'e4da began, "I am not very anxious for my own deliverance." At this point we may contrast this attitude with that of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers who are very careful that their personal salvation 
is never interrupted. They often think, "If I go to preach and associate with others, I may fall down, and my realization will be finished." Therefore they do not come forward to preach. Only the Vai\'f1\'ebavas come, even at the risk of falldown\'97but 
they do not fall down. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is even willing to go to hell to deliver conditioned souls. This is also Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's mission. He went on to say: "I am not very anxious about living in this material world. I have no anxiety for my
self because somehow or other I have been trained to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious always." Because Prahl\'e4da was K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he was confident that in his next life he was going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is stated in }{\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  that if one executes the regulated principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness carefully, it is certain t
hat he will reach the supreme destination in his next life. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja continues: "There is only one source of anxiety for me. I am anxious for those who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. For myself I have no anxiety, but I am thinking of
 them." And why aren't people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious? }{\cs2873\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\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 7.9.43}{\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\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 The rascals have created a humbug civilization for temporary happiness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya. Actually, this is the fact: humbug civilization. So many cars are being manufactured every year, and for that purpos
e so many roads have to be excavated, prepared, and... Problems after problems. Therefore it is m\'e4y\'e4-sukha. We are trying to be happy this way, manufacture some way, but it creates another problem. I am giving this particular example of motorcars b
ecause in your country you have got the greatest number of cars. But that does not solve the problem. \line You have manufactured cars... I have practical experience. When Day\'e4nanda wanted to take me to a doctor from Los Angeles, it is thirty miles of
f. Thirty miles off. So I had to take trouble to go thirty miles and come thirty miles before I could consult the doctor. You see? And if you have created cars, then you must have, meet your friends and necessities, thirty miles off, forty miles off. You
 can go from New York to Boston in one hour, but go to the airport you will take three hours. [laughter] Therefore it is called m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya. [laughter]\line M\'e4y\'e4 means false, illusory. We are trying to create some very comfortable situati
on, but creating another uncomfortable situation. This is called m\'e4y\'e4-su... This is the way of... If you do not be satisfied by the natural comforts offered by God, or nature, if you want to create artificial comfort, then you have to create anothe
r discomfort for counteracting. They do not know that. They are thinking that "We are creating very comfortable situation." \line Fifty miles going to the office, for earning livelihood; fifty miles from one place to another. I saw in Hawaii. When Gauras
undara was working to maintain our temple... He was working. Unfortunately, he had to go fifty miles off from the temple to work for it. So I was very sorry to see how this boy is going fifty miles. How K\'e5\'f1\'eba will say? But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has giv
en us chance; now they haven't got to work. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\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 M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Actually this is a fact. We have succeeded in creating a humbug civilization. Every year so many cars a
re being manufactured, and for that purpose so many roads have to be excavated, prepared and repaired. This creates problems after problems, and therefore it is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y
\'e4-sukh\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  illusory happiness. We are trying to manufacture some way to be happy, but we only succeed in creating other problems. The United States has the world's large
st number of cars, but that does not solve any problems. We have manufactured cars to help solve the problems of life, but we often experience that this also creates other problems. Once we create cars, we must travel thirty or forty miles just to meet o
ur friends or go to a doctor. We can even go from New York to Boston in less than an hour by plane, but it takes even longer than that just to get to the airport. This situation is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya. M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means false, illusory. We try to create a very comfortable situation, but we only succeed in creating another uncomfortab
le 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 discomfort also. Most people, ignorant of this fact, think t
hat they are creating a very comfortable situation, but in actuality they end up traveling fifty miles to go to the office to earn a livelihood and fifty miles to come back.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says that "These vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n, these materialistic persons, these rascals..." He has exactly used this w
ord, vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n. M\'fc\'f2ha I have already explained several times in connection with Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, m\'fc\'f2ha means rascals. And here Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja uses another nice word with addition "vi." Vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n. Vi means vi
\'e7e\'f1a, "particularly." The vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n... M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahata\'f9: "They have created unnecessary burden on their shoulder simply for temporary happiness." Temporary happiness.\line Therefore, in the Vedic civilization, a san
ny\'e4sa, renounced order of life, is recommended for prosecuting spiritual life absolutely, without any anxiety. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Due to such conditions, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says that these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vim\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  materialistic persons, have unnecessarily burdened themselves simply for temporary happiness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n, m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bhara
m udvahato }{\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\cb1\nosupersub 7.9.43}{\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 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore in Vedic civilization it is recommended that one free himself from material life, take }{\cs2873\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, and execute devotional service with no anxiety.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  If one can execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in family life, that's very good. Just like Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura: he was a family ma
n, magistrate; still, he executed devotional service so nicely. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, they are..., they were g\'e5hastha, householders, but they trained themselves in such a nice way that even householder, as a householder, t
here was no interruption.\line So Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, "For me, I am certain, wherever I shall go, I can glorify Your heroic activities and I am, I mean to say, saved. There is no question of my falling down. But I wish... I am simply anxious
 for these persons who have created a type of civilization that they are always busy and working hard. So I am thinking of them." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The taking of the renounced order, however, is not always necessary. If one can execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in family life, that is also recommended. Although Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was a fam
ily man and magistrate, he still executed devotional service most excellently. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja were also }{\cs2873\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  householders, but they trained themselves in such a way that even as householders they were not faced with interruptions in their service. Therefore Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "I h
ave learned the art of always remaining in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." What is that art? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tvad-v\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'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 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 7.9.43}{\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 :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  simply glorifying the victorious activities and pastimes of the Lord. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "very heroic." By reading }{\cs2873\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 can come to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities, His fame, His associates and everything else about Him are all heroic. In this connection, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said: "I am certain that wherever I go, I can g
lorify Your heroic activities and be saved. There is no question of my falling down, but I am simply anxious for those who have created a type of civilization in which they are always busy working hard. I am thinking of them." Prahl\'e4da further says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eba deva munaya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4\line mauna\'e0 caranti vijane na par\'e4rtha-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9\line nait
\'e4n vih\'e4ya k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko\line n\'e4nya\'e0 tvadasya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bhramato 'nupa\'e7ye
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eba deva munaya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4\line mauna\'e0 caranti vijane na par\'e4rtha-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9\line nait\'e4n vih\'e4ya 
k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko\line n\'e4nya\'e0 tvad asya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bhramato 'nupa\'e7ye\line  [Bh\'e4g. 7.9.44]\line He says, "My dear Lord, there are many saintly persons, sages," munaya. Munaya means saintly persons, philosophers. Pr\'e4ye
\'eba deva munaya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4: "They are very much interested for their own liberation." Sva-muka. Sva means "own." Sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4. And mauna\'e0 caranti vijane na par\'e4rtha-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9: "They try to live in solitary plac
e, in Himalaya mountain, maunam, not talk to anyone, caranti..." Because they are always afraid that "If I mix with these ordinary people in the city, I may be disturbed, I may fall down. Better let me save myself first of all." \line So Prahl\'e4da Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja regretting that these great saintly persons, they do not come in the city, where they have manufactured a civilization, all day and night working hard. So... "But I am anxious for them." This is Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's feeling[?]. Mauna
\'e0 caranti vijane par\'e4rtha-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9. Na parartha ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9: "They are not very much compassionate with these fallen people who are unnecessarily working so hard simply for sense gratification." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "My dear Lord, there are many saintly persons and sages who are very interested in their own liberation. They live in s
olitary places like the Himalayan mountains, they do not talk to anyone, and they are always afraid of mixing with ordinary people in the cities and becoming disturbed or maybe even falling down. They think, 'Better let me save myself.' I regret that the
se great saintly persons do not come to the cities where people have manufactured a civilization based on constant hard work. Such saints are not very compassionate, but I am anxious for these fallen people who are unnecessarily working so hard simply fo
r the gratification of the senses." }{\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 7.9.44}{\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  Even if there were some point in working that hard, such people do not know what it is. All they know is the sex urge and the brothels that gratify this urge. Howe
ver, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has compassion for such people: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nait\'e4n vih\'e4ya k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My Lord, I do not need salvation alone. Unless I take all these fools with me, I shall not go." Thus he refused to go into the kingdom of God without taking all the fallen souls with him. This is a Vai\'f1\'ebava. }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4nya\'e0 tvadasya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bhramato 'nupa\'e7ye:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I simply want to teach them how to su
rrender unto You. That's all. That is my goal."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Because he knows, as soon as he surrenders, his path is clear. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures,\line 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...\line  [Bg. 18.66]\line So simply, somehow or other, let them bow down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's all. Very simple method. As soon as you bow down b
efore K\'e5\'f1\'eba with faith: "My Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I was forgetful of Yourself so long, so many lives. Now I have come to consciousness. Please accept me." That's all. If people simply learn this technique and sincerely surrenders himself to the 
Lord, his path is immediately open.\line So these are the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophical thoughts, that how they are thinking for the conditioned souls, fallen souls, how they can be delivered. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Surrender is thus emphasized because a Vai\'f1\'ebava knows that as soon as he surrenders, the path is clear.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 }{\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\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.9.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Somehow or other, let them all bow down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is a very simple method. All one has to do is bow down before K
\'e5\'f1\'eba with faith and say, "My Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I was forgetful of You for so long, for so many lives. Now I have come to consciousness of You. Please accept me." That is all. If one simply learns this technique and sincerely surrenders himsel
f to the Lord, his path is immediately opened. This is the aim of a real Vai\'f1\'ebava.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A Vai\'f1\'ebava is always thinking about how the fallen conditioned souls can be delivered and is always involved in making plans to do so. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, th
e chief disciples of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, were such Vai\'f1\'ebavas, and were thus described by \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya }{\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 ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau\line lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hitak\'e4ri\'ebau tribh
uvane 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
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub So these are the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophical thoughts, that how they are thinking for the conditioned souls, fallen souls, how they can be del
ivered. They are making plan in that way. They are..., they always they are busy in that business, how to deliver. Just like Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, about the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord Caitanya's direct disciples, what was their business? That 
is stated by \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4s\'e4c\'e4rya,\line n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau\line lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hita-k\'e4ri\'ebau tri-bhuvane 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 raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau\line [\'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka 2]\line So they were busy, n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika. They were consulting many
 authoritative scriptures, how to put people in the right religious way of life. N\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika..., sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau. Why? Lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hita-k\'e4ri\'ebau: actually for doing welfare activities to the people in
 general, not for themselves. \line A Vai\'f1\'ebava is liberated, and he can keep himself liberated always, anywhere, any place, without any hindrance, simply by 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... So... But still they are very much anxious for the conditioned souls. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s\'97\'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 Gos
v\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'97are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the purpose of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. They are always abs
orbed in the mood of the }{\cs2873\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."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, here also, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says that "\'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, you have described about the different types of h
ellish condition of life. Now, how they can be delivered? Kindly explain."\line Adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga yathaiva narak\'e4n nara\'f9. Nara means human beings, those who are fallen, how they can be delivered? Narak\'e4n nara\'f9 n\'e4n\'e4 ugra-y\'e4tan
\'e4n ney\'e4t. Ugra y\'e4tan\'e4n, very, I mean to say, fierceful miseries, y\'e4tan\'e4n. Y\'e4tan\'e4n, pains, horrible pains. Ugra. Ugra means horrible, very strong pain, painful life. "How they can be delivered?" N\'e4n\'e4 ugra-y\'e4tan\'e4n, tan m
e vy\'e4khy\'e4tum arhasi: "If you kindly explain how they can be delivered." \line That is Vai\'f1\'ebava heart. "Never mind. Some way or other, they have fallen down to this condition, this hellish condition of life, but that does not mean that they sh
ould remain in that condition of life. There must be some ways and means by which they can be delivered. So if you kindly explain that." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  With similar Vai\'f1\'ebava compassion, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja told \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9: "You have just described the different types of hellish life. Now, tell me how those who are su
ffering can be delivered. Kindly explain this to me." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga yathaiva narak\'e4n nara\'f9 n\'e4nogray\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t tan me }{\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 Bhag.}{\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 6.1.6}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to human
 beings, or those who are fallen. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narak\'e4n nara\'f9 n\'e4nogray\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t tan me:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "How can they be delivered from their fierce miseries and horrible pains?" That is typical of a Vai\'f1\'ebava heart. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it also said, "Somehow or other they have fallen down to a 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 those means."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 replied:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ced ihaiv\'e4paciti\'e0 yath\'e4\'e0hasa\'f9\line k\'e5tasya kury\'e4n mana-ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9\line dhruva\'e0 sa vai pre
tya narak\'e4n upaiti\line ye k\'e9rtit\'e4 me bhavatas tigma-y\'e4tan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Now, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says,\line na ced ihaiva apacati\'e0 yath\'e4mhasa\'f9\line k\'e5tasya kury\'e4n mana-ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9
\line dhruva\'e0 sa vai pretya narak\'e4n upaiti ye\line k\'e9rtit\'e4 me bhavatas tigma-y\'e4tan\'e4\'f9\line  [Bhag. 6.1.7]\line "Yes, I have already described the different types of hellish condition, and there are very severe, painful life. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Yes, I have already described various hellish conditions typical of a severe and painful life. T
he point is that one has to counteract such a 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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But one has to counteract it-how? They are... These kinds of sinful activities are committed various ways." He says that k\'e5tasya kury
\'e4n mana-ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9. We can commit sinful activities by mind. If I think of something, committing, "I shall kill that man," if I make plan... So even if do not kill that man, simply because I am thinking of killing that man, that is also si
nful. Ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9. Thinking, mind... Thinking, feeling, willing-then there is action. So here it is said, mana-ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9. \line Just like the..., the other day I was reading in some book that if you are passing on road, if other's
 dog barks, then that is an..., that is an offense on the part of the dog-owner, according to law. So why one should be scared by dog barking? One should take care of the dog. I have read it. This is a law in your country. \line So it is simply barking, 
but it is sinful. It is sinful not because he... It is animal, but the owner of the animal, who has made the dog as the best friend, he's responsible by law. He's responsible. That is your law in the country I am speaking. He's responsible. If any dog, o
utside dog, enters your house, the dog may not be killed, but the owners of the dog may be prosecuted. I have read this. \line So similarly, if a barking of dog is unlawful, so when you speak something offensive to others, that is sinful. That is also li
ke barking. Therefore sinful activities are committed in so many ways. We are so much dependent. If we think of sinful activities or if we speak something sinful activities, ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9, or we commit something sinful activities with hands, the
y're all sinful activities. Dhruva\'e0 sa vai pretya narak\'e4n upaiti.\line So one has to suffer. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How can this be done? There are various ways in which sinful activities can be committed. One is by the mind. If a person thinks of committing some sinful activity and thus makes a plan\'97"I shall kill that man"\'97that is also cons
idered to be sinful. When the mind is thinking, feeling and willing, then there is action. In certain areas of the United States, a dog owner is responsible according to law if his dog barks at someone passing on the road. Although the dog simply barks, 
the owner is held responsible. 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. Similarly, just as the barking of a dog may be considered unlawful, offensi
ve speech may also be considered sinful, for it is just like barking. The point is that sinful activities can be committed in so many ways\'97one may think of them, or one may speak sinfully, or one may actually commit a sin. In any case, they are all co
nsidered sinful activities. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva\'e0 sa vai pretya narak\'e4n upaiti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One has to suffer 
punishment for such activities.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub People, they do not believe next life because they want to avoid this botheration. But there... You cannot avoid this botheration. If you d
o not go according to law... As there is punishment even in this state of our life-if I commit some sins, criminal activities, the state will punish me-similarly, if we do something which is punishable, I may avoid the state law, but I cannot avoid God's
 law. That is not possible. I can hide myself, cheating others, or committing theft, and thus thereby I save myself from the punishment of the state laws, but I cannot save myself from the superior law, the law of nature. Daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay
\'e9 mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4 [Bg. 7.14].\line It is very difficult. There are so many witnesses. The daylight is witness. The moonlight is witness. These are described. You cannot say that "I am committing these things. Nobody is seeing me. There is
 no witness. So how I can be...?" And the supreme witness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is sitting within your heart. He is noting down what you are thinking, what you are doing. \line He is giving facility also. If you wanted to do something to satisfy your sen
ses, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba is giving facility. That is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o [Bg. 15.15]: "I am sitting in everyone's heart." Matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca: "From Me, there is remem
brance, knowledge," sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca, "and forgetfulness." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  P
eople do not believe in a next life because they want to avoid botheration and punishment, but the next life cannot be avoided. It is a well known fact that we must act according to law, or we will be punished. If one commits criminal activities, the sta
te will punish him. Sometimes, however, a criminal may escape punishment by the state, but this is not the case with God's law. One can cheat others, commit theft and hide, thereby saving himself from the punishment of the state, but one cannot save hims
elf from the superior law, the law of nature. It is very difficult because there are many witnesses: the daylight is witness, the moonlight is witness, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme witness. Thus one cannot say, "I am committing this sin, but no one 
can see me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme witness sitting within the heart, and He not only notes what one is thinking and doing, but He also gives the living entity facility. If one wants to do something in order to satisfy his senses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba g
ives all facility. This is stated in }{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.15]}{\cs2873\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  "I am sitting in everyone's heart." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us chance. If you want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then He will give you full chance how to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And if you don
't want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then He'll give you full chance how to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Two things are going on. If you want to forget... If you want to enjoy life, forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, forgetting God, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you all facilities
 so that you can forget Him. And if you want to enjoy life with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you chance how to make your progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is up to you. \line If you think that without K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness you will be happy, do that. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not object to that. Yathecchasi tath\'e4 kuru [Bg. 18.63]. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after advising Arjuna, He simply inquired, "Now I have explained to you everything. Whatever you desire, you ca
n now do." So immediately Arjuna replied, kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0 tava [Bg. 18.73]: "Now I shall execute Your order." That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us a chance. If we want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will give us a chance to have Him, and if we don't want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will give us a chance to for
get Him. If we want to enjoy life forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, forgetting God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us all facility so that we can forget, but if we want to enjoy life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us the chance to make prog
ress. That is up to us. If we think that we can be happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not object to that. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yathecchasi tath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kuru}{\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  After advis
ing Arjuna, He simply said, "Now I have explained everything to you. Whatever you desire, you can do." Arjuna replied immediately, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tava}{\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 "Now I shall execute Your order." That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 someti
mes you fall down, if you become sincere, that "From this time I shall remain K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and execute His orders," then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will help you, in all respect. Even you fall down, He'll excuse you and He will give more intelligence, "D
on't do this. Now go on with your duty." But if you want to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you want to become happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He'll give you so many chances that you'll forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba-you'll forget, life after life. That's all. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God does not interfere with our tiny independence. If we want to act according to the ord
er of God, then He will help us. Even if one falls down sometimes, if one becomes sincere, thinking, "From this time I shall remain K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and execute His orders," then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will help him. In all respects, even if one falls do
wn, he will be excused and given more intelligence. This intelligence will say, "Don't do this. Now go on with your duty." But if one wants to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if he wants to become happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord will give so many chances t
o enable him to forget Him life after life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So here Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says that... It is not that if I say, "There is no God," there will be no God, and whatever I do, tha
t will not be..., I'll not be responsible for that. That is atheistic theory. Atheists do not want God because they're always sinful, and if they think of God, that there is God, then there is a great link[?] of punishment. They shudder. Therefore they d
eny God. That is their process. Because if they forget God, there is God, then there is no punishment; he can do whatever he likes. \line Just like the animals. The rabbits, when they're attacked by a greater animal, they close their eyes. [laughter] He 
thinks that "I'm not going to be killed." That's all. But he's killed. Similarly, we may deny the existence of God, the law of God, the exigencies of God, but they are already there. Just like in the... \line Why God? In state, if you say, "I don't care 
for God," er, I mean, "the state, government," but you'll be forced to accept government laws. You'll be put into the prison house, and you'll be forced. "Because you denied the state laws, now you suffer." Similarly, I may decry the existence of God, "T
here is no God," "I am God." That you may think, foolishly, like that. But you are responsible for all your activities, either good or bad. It doesn't matter.\line There are two kind of activities: good or bad. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said: "It is not that if I say there is no God that there will be no God or that I will no
t be responsible for what I do." The atheists deny God due to their sinful activities. If they thought that there were a God, they would shudder at the thought of punishment; therefore they deny His existence. When rabbits are attacked by larger animals,
 they close their eyes and think, "I am not going to be killed," but they are killed anyway. Similarly, we may deny the existence of God and His laws, but still God and His laws are there. In the high court, one may say, "I don't care for the law of the 
government," but he will be forced to accept the government law. If one denies the state law, he will be put into prison and duly punished. Similarly, one may foolishly decry the existence of God by various means ("There is no God," or "I am God"), but u
ltimately one is responsible for all his actions, both good and bad.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub If you act nicely, pious activities, then you get good chance. And if you act sinfully, then you have to suffer. So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 says,\line tasm\'e4t puraiv\'e4\'e7u iha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau\line yateta m\'e5tyor avipadyat\'e4tman\'e4\line do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4\line bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4navit\line  [Bhag. 6.1.8]\line Th
ere are different kinds of, what is called, condonement? Pr\'e4ya\'e7citta? What is that exact English? Con...? Yes.\line Devotee: Condonement?\line Prabhup\'e4da: Yes. What is the meaning of condonement?\line Devotees: Condiment?\line Prabhup\'e4da: Not
 condemnation\line Devotees: Relish, spices, etcetera.\line Prabhup\'e4da: No, no, not condiment. Condone.\line Devotees: Oh, condone. Sanction, approval.\line Prabhup\'e4da: No. Suppose if you commit some sin and counteract it by some other thing, what 
is called? Just like in Christian Bible there is...?\line Devotees: Confession, atonement...\line Prabhup\'e4da: Atonement, yes. [laughter] [chuckles] That's it. Atonement. I was forgetting this word. Atonement.\line So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 suggests
 that you should know the responsibility, and according to the gravity of sinful life, you should accept some type of atonement as they are described in the \'e7\'e4stras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [71
0721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to the law of }{\cs2873\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 the law governing activities, if we act properly and perform pious activities, we are awarded by good fortune, and if we act sinfully we have to suffer. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4t puraiv\'e4\'e7v iha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau\line yateta m\'e5tyor avipadyat\'e4tman\'e4\line do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1\'f6v
\'e4guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4\line bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4na-vit
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "You should know that you are responsible, and, according to the gravity of your sins, you should accept some type of atonement as de
scribed in the }{\cs2873\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." }{\b0\i0\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  6.1.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Actually, according to Vedic way of life, there is a class of br\'e4hma\'ebas who... Just like you go, when you are diseased, you go to the
 doctor for atonement, for paying doctor's bill; similarly, they go to a bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya. The bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya is supposed to give him prescription, that "I've committed such sins, sir. What is my atonement?" He gives you a prescription th
at "You do like this." \line So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that "According to the gravity of sinful life, one has to execute the prescribed atonement." Exactly... He gives the example,\line do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4
\line bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4navit\line [Bhag. 6.1.8]\line Exactly like when you go to consult a physician, he prescribes a nice medicine or costly medicine, according to the gravity of the disease. If you have simply some headache, he ma
y prescribe you something like aspirin. But if you have got something else, very severe, he immediately prescribes that "It has to be surgically operated, and the expenditure will be one thousand dollar." [laughter]\line So similarly, this is also diseas
ed condition, to... \line [aside:] Don't... Down. \line Atonement, the sinful life, this is also diseased condition. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just as doctors are sought when one is diseased, according to the Vedic way of life there is a class of }{\cs2873\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 whom one should go for prescribed atonement for sinful activities. There are different types of atonement. If a person commits a sin and counteracts it by penance, that is atoneme
nt. There are examples of this in the Christian Bible. \'c7ukadeva says that one has to execute the prescribed atonement according to the gravity of his sinful activities. A physician may prescribe an expensive medicine or a cheap medicine according to t
he gravity of the disease. For a headache, he may simply prescribe an aspirin, but if there is some severe illness he may prescribe a surgical operation which will cost thousands of dollars. Similarly, sinful activities are diseases, so one should follow
 the prescribed cures to become healthy.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like we have accepted this chain of birth and death. This is diseased condition of the soul. The soul has no birth and death, no disea
se-because it is spirit soul. Na j\'e4yate na mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cit. \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, na j\'e4yate: "Soul has no birth." Na mriyate: "It has no death." Nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne 
\'e7ar\'e9re [Bg. 2.20]: "Soul is eternal," \'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'f9, "existing everlasting. Don't think that it is lost along with the dissolution of this body. No." Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re. Na hanyate means it is not killed or it is destroyed,
 even after the destruction of this body. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By accepting the chain of birth and dea
th, the soul accepts a diseased condition. The soul is not subject to birth, death or disease because it is pure spirit. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that a soul has no birth (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na j\'e4yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and that it has no death (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mriyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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, u
ndying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." (}{\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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This is the missing point of modern civilization. They do not know... There is no educational system in the university what happens after d
eath. There is no such educational system. The most defective education, because without this knowledge, what happens after death, without this knowledge, one who is dying without this knowledge, he's animal. The animal does not know that what he's going
 to have, another body, how it is... He has no such knowledge. \line But human life is not meant for becoming an animal, simply interested in eating, sleeping, sex life and defense. You may have very nice arrangement for eating or you may have very nice 
buildings for sleeping, or you may have very good arrangement for sex life, or you may have very good defense force to protect yourself. But that does not mean that you are in human civilization. \line That type of civilization is there in the animal lif
e. They are also interested in eating. They are also interested in sleeping. They're also interested in sex life. And according to their own method, they defend also. Then where is the distinction between a human life and animal life if you are simply en
gaged with these four principles of our bodily necessities? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Modern civilization i
s in dire need of an educational system to give people instructions on what happens after death. In actuality the present educational system is most defective because unless one knows what happens after death, one dies like an animal. An animal does not 
know that he is subject to death or that he is going to have to take another body. Human life, however, should be more elevated. One should not simply be interested in the animalistic functions of eating, sleeping, defending and mating. A living entity m
ay have an abundant supply of food for eating, or many nice buildings for sleeping, or good arrangements for sex life, or a good defense to protect him, but this does not mean that he is a human being. A civilization which is based on these activities sh
ould be known to be animalistic. Since animals are also interested in these functions, what is the difference between human life and animal life if a human being does not go beyond them?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The distinction is when a human being is inquisitive, "Why I am put into this miserable condition of life? Is there any remedy? Is there an
y perpetual, eternal life? I want I shall not die; I shall live very happily and peacefully. Whether there is a chance? What is that method? What is that science?" When these inquiries will be there and steps should be taken for answering the question, t
hat is human civilization. Otherwise it is dog's civilization. If there is no such inquiry, then it is animal. \line Animals are satisfied if they can eat something and sleep and have some sex life and some defense. That's all. There is no defense, actua
lly, because nobody can protect himself from the hands of the cruel death. Therefore Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu wanted to live forever, and he underwent severe austerities. The so-called scientists are also saying that "By scientific method we shall stop death.
" This is also another crazy utterances. That is not possible. You may make very much advance in scientific knowledge, but there is no solution, by your so-called science, of these four problems: birth, death, old age and disease. There is no solution. }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The distinction can be made when a human being becomes inquisitive and asks, "Why 
have I been put into this miserable condition? Is there any remedy for it? Is there perpetual eternal life? I do not want to die, nor do I want to suffer. I want to live very happily and peacefully. Is there a chance for this? What is the method or scien
ce by which this can be achieved?" When these questions are asked, and steps are taken to answer them, our human civilization is the result. If the questions never arise, then that civilization should be known as animalistic. Animals and animalistic huma
n beings are simply interested in continuing the process of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, but in actuality this process is forced to break down. The fact is that there is no real defense because no one can protect himself from the hands of crue
l death. For instance, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, who wanted to live forever, underwent severe austerities, but he was foiled in the end by the Lord Himself in the form of a lion-man, N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, who killed Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu with His claws. So-called 
scientists are now claiming that some time in the future we shall stop death by scientific methods, but this is simply another crazy utterance. Stopping death is not at all possible. We may make great advancements in scientific knowledge, but there is no
 scientific solution to the fourfold miseries of birth, death, old age and disease.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, one who is intelligent, he'll be eager how to solve these four prime problems. That is intelligence. Because nobody wants to die
. "Why shall I die?" But there is no remedy. I have to die. The... Everyone is very much anxious to stop increase of population by so many contraceptive method. But still, birth is going on. So there is no stoppage of death. \line There is no stoppage of
 birth. And you might have invented very nice medicine by your scientific method, up-to-date medicines, but you cannot stop the disease. Just discover a tablet that you take this tablet there will be no more any disease. That is not possible. Disease wil
l be there. You can invent some better medicine. That is..., that is the way. \line Therefore in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is said that,\line janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi-\line du\'f9kha-do\'f1\'e4nudar\'e7anam \line [Bg. 13.9] \line  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who is intelligent should be eager to solve these four principal problems\'97birth, death
, old age and disease. No one wants to die, but there is no remedy. Everyone has to die. Everyone is very anxious to stop the skyrocketing increase of population by employing contraceptive methods, but still birth is going on. There is no stoppage of dea
th, and there is no stoppage of birth. Nor can diseases be stopped, nor can old age, despite all of the latest inventions in medicine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 soluti
on is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Every one of us is giving up his body at every moment, and the last phase of giving up this body is called death. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'rjuna
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub One might think that he has solved all the problems of his life, but where is the solution of these four problems: birth, death, old age and di
sease? That is intelligence.\line But there is a solution. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line janma karma me divya\'e0\line yo j\'e4n\'e4ti tattvata\'f9\line ty
aktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m eti kaunteya\line  [Bg. 4.9]\line "If anyone understands about My appearance and disappearance and activities in truth-not superficially; in truth..." Janma karma me divya\'e0 yo j\'e4n\'e4ti tattvata\'f9. 
Tattvata\'f9 means truth, not superficially, ephemerally. Actually. What he gains? He gains that tyaktv\'e4 deham, after giving up this body... on is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one keeps himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he gr
adually prepares his next body, a spiritual body, which will carry him immediately to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, and he will become happy living there perpetually and blissfully. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Why? M\'e4m eti. Because he returns back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line When you have to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you have to prepare your body
, spiritual body. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If your keep yourself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then gradually you make..., you prepare your next body, spiritual body, which carries you immediately to K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka, and you become ha
ppy and live there perpetually, blissfully. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710721SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What happens to such a person? }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4m eti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He returns to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we are to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must prepa
re a spiritual body. That preparation is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one keeps himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he gradually prepares his next body, a spiritual body, which will carry him immediately to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, and he will become happy living there perpetually and blissfully.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 3: Learning 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 3/ Learning to Love
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY] &  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 710724SB.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, our contamination with sinful activities will require proportionate atonement. That is the prescription of the scripture. \line 
So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that "Before your death, if you accept some atonement, then next life you'll not suffer. Otherwise you'll carry with you the resultant action of your sinful activities and you'll have to suffer next life." Just like in t
he state laws, if you kill some man, murder, then the state law says that you shall be also hanged. "Life for life."\line So this is not very new. The... In the Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4... Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4 means Lord Manu, he's the giver of law to the mankin
d. From Manu, the word man has come. The exact Sanskrit word "manu\'f1ya." Manu\'f1ya means man. So there is some link with Manu, M-a-n-u, and "man." So this Latin word comes from the Sanskrit word manu. So Manu is supposed to be the law-giver to the hum
ankind. \line So in the Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4 it is stated there that when the king kills one man, or hangs one man who is a murderer, that is benefit to him. Otherwise, if he's not killed, then he will carry the reaction of his murdering action, and he'll 
have to suffer in so many ways. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Contamination from sinful activity requires propor
tionate atonement. That is the prescription of the scriptures. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that if one accepts atonement before death, in his next life he will not fall down. If he does not atone, he will carry with him the resultant reactions of his 
sinful activities and will have to suffer. According to law, if a man kills someone he must himself be killed. The idea of a life for a life is not a very new concept but can be found in the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic lawbook for mankind, where it is stated that when a king hangs the murderer, the murderer is actually benefited, for if 
he is not killed, he will carry the reaction for his murder and will have to suffer in so many ways.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The laws of nature are very subtle. They are very diligently administered. People do not know it. \line So on the whole, the Manu-sa\'e0hit
\'e4, life for life is sanctioned. And that is practically observed all over the world. But similarly, there are other laws, that you cannot kill even an ant. Then you are responsible. You have no right to kill. And in the Bible also, we see, Lord Jesus 
Christ says, "Thou shall not kill." \line So killing is not allowed in any religious principle. Anyone who is killing, he's not considered in the human society. You cannot kill. The... Lord Buddha's also principle is ahi\'e0s\'e4 paramo dharma\'f9, no ki
lling. Lord Jesus Christ also says, "Thou shall not kill." In our Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is also said, am\'e4nitvam adambhitvam ahi\'e0s\'e4 [Bg. 13.8]. Ahi\'e0s\'e4 means not to become violent, not to kill.\line So as there is state laws that you shall 
be killed if you kill your fellow man, similarly, in the God's law there are the same thing. Not only man; if you kill anyone, then you'll have to suffer, because everyone is God's creature. They are in different dress only. He's considered the supreme f
ather. So father may have many children-one is not very intelligent, another is very intelligent. \line And if the intelligent son says to the father that "This, my brother, is not intelligent. Let me kill him," will the father allow? Because his one son
 is not very intelligent, and if the intelligent son desires to kill him to avoid the burden, will the father agree to this? No. Similarly, if God is the supreme father, how He can sanction that you live and you kill animal? The animals are also His sons
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The laws of nature are very subtle and are very diligently administered, althou
gh people do not know it. In the }{\cs2873\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  the concept of a life for a life is sa
nctioned, and it is actually observed throughout the world. Similarly, there are other laws which state that one cannot even kill an ant without being responsible. Since we cannot create, we have no right to kill any living entity, and therefore man-made
 laws that distinguish between killing a man and killing an animal are imperfect. Although there are imperfections in man-made laws, there cannot be defects in the laws of God. According to the laws of God, killing an animal is as punishable as killing a
 man. Those who draw distinctions between the two are concocting their own laws. Even in the Ten Commandments it is prescribed, "Thou shall not kill." This is a perfect law, but by discriminating and speculating men distort it. "I shall not kill man, but
 I shall kill animals." In this way people cheat themselves and inflict suffering on themselves and others. In any case, however, God's laws will not excuse such behavior.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Not only man; if you kill anyone, then you'll have to suffer, because everyone is God's creature. They are in different dress only. He's co
nsidered the supreme father. So father may have many children-one is not very intelligent, another is very intelligent. \line And if the intelligent son says to the father that "This, my brother, is not intelligent. Let me kill him," will the father allo
w? Because his one son is not very intelligent, and if the intelligent son desires to kill him to avoid the burden, will the father agree to this? No. Similarly, if God is the supreme father, how He can sanction that you live and you kill animal? The ani
mals are also His sons.\line So there is no justice. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, God claims,\line sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 mahad-yonir brahma \line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4\line  [Bg.
 14.4]\line "Arjuna, all living entities in different species of life..." There are 8,400,000 species of life. They're all sons of God. Aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4. The Lord says, "I am the seed-giving father." Just like in ordinary birth, the fath
er gives the seed, and the mother develops the body. Mother, by her blood, she supplies the ingredients of developing the child in the embryo. That is law's nature. Similarly, we living entities, we are part and parcel of the supreme father. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Everyone is God's creature, although in different bodies or dresses. God is considered the on
e supreme father. A father may have many children, and some may be intelligent and others not very intelligent, but if an intelligent son tells his father, "My brother is not very intelligent; let me kill him," will the father agree? Simply because one s
on is not very intelligent and the other desires to kill him to avoid the burden, the father will never agree. Similarly, if God is the supreme father, why should He sanction the killing of animals who are also His sons? In }{\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  God declares to Arjuna that all 8,400,000 species of living entities are His sons. "And I am their 
seed-giving father," the Lord says. Just as in ordinary material procreation the father gives the seed and the mother develops the body by supplying the necessary blood to the embryo, similarly, the living entities, parts and parcels of the supreme fathe
r, are impregnated by the Lord in material nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We are very minute. The dimension is also given there in the \'e7\'e4stras: ke\'e7\'e4gra-\'e7ata-bh\'e4gasya \'e7atadh\'e4 kalpitasya ca [
\'c7vet.Up. 5.9]. Ke\'e7\'e4gra, the tip of the hair. Agra means tip; ke\'e7a means hair. Just imagine-very small point. And you have to divide it into ten thousand parts. And that one part is the dimension of the living entity, spirit soul, spark. Every
thing is there in the \'e7\'e4stra. But because we have no eyes to see... \line Our material eyes cannot see what is the dimension of the soul. But the soul is there within this body. And as soon as the soul departs, or takes another body according to th
e work the soul is doing here, there is superior superintendence. Karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-netre\'eba [Bh\'e4g. 3.31.1]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The dimension of the spirit soul is very minute and is given in the scriptures as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ke\'e7\'e4gra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one ten thousandth the portion of the tip of a hair. We can hardly imagine a very small point divided into thousands of parts. In other words, it is so minute that it cannot be perceived even by the most p
owerful microscope. Thus the dimension of the spiritual spark is so minute that it is invisible to mundane vision. All of this information is given in the scriptures, but because we do not have the proper vision, we cannot see. Although our material eyes
 cannot perceive the dimension of the soul, the soul is nonetheless within the body, and as soon as it departs, it takes another body according to its work.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We are working here... Just like in a office, somebody is working, and the service record is kept, "How this man is working." He does not k
now what is the opinion of the superior boss. But a service record is there in the office.\line Young man: [yelling] Prabhup\'e4da! Prabhup\'e4da! Look what your Godbrothers are doing. Prabhup\'e4da! Please help me, Prabhup\'e4da!\line Prabhup\'e4da: Wha
t is that?\line Devotees: There's a crazy boy out there. Crazy man. Crazy man...\line Young man: Prabhup\'e4da! Prabhup\'e4da! Prabhup\'e4da! Devotees. Hypocrites. They're hypocrites. Look at them. [devotees chant japa loudly]\line Prabhup\'e4da: So offi
ce record is kept there...\line Young man: You're full of nescience! \line [indistinct rambling continues as Prabhup\'e4da resumes lecture]\line Prabhup\'e4da: ...and, according to the activities of that particular person, he's awarded promotion, increme
nt of pay, or sometimes degraded and fired off. Two things are there. Similarly, for all our activities which we are doing, there are witnesses. The sun is witness, the moon is witness, the day is witness, the air is witness and, above all witnesses, God
 Himself as the Supersoul, He's sitting in everyone's heart. He's also witness. So we cannot hide any activity from the eyes of God. \line So according to our work... Therefore in the \'e7\'e4stra it is said, daiva-netre\'eba. Daiva means God, and netra,
 netre\'eba means under supervision. So karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-netre\'eba jantur deha upapattaye [Bh\'e4g. 3.31.1]. Jantu, jantu means living entities; deha means this body; upapattaye, "for manufacturing." Now we have got this human body. Next life it may 
not be human body-something else, better or lower. That will be decided by the superior examination. Daiva-netre\'eba.\line So this is going on, but people do not know what is this science, how the spirit soul is transmigrating from one body to another. 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One should always consider that behind all these activities is superior superinte
ndence. The living entity works in the material world just as the office worker works at his job, and a service record is kept of his performance. The living entity does not know what the opinion of his superior is, but his service record is kept in the 
office nonetheless, and according to his activities he is awarded promotion or increment of pay, or sometimes he may be demoted or even fired. Similarly, for all our activities there are witnesses; therefore it is said in the scriptures that the living e
ntities are under superior supervision and that they are rewarded and punished according to their work. Now we have human bodies, but in the next life we may not have them; we may have something else, better or lower. The type of body is decided by the l
iving entity's superiors. Generally the living entity does not know the science of how the spirit soul transmigrates from one body to another.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub --not only in one duration of life. In one duration of life there are so many changes of body. The body first manufactured within the womb 
of the mother is very small, just like chick pea, small. And it develops. And there are holes. \line The holes develop into nine holes: two eyes, two ears, two nostril, one mouth, one genital, one rectum. In this way the body develops. And so long it req
uires to develop within the embryo, within the mother's womb, it remains there. And when it is sufficiently developed to grow outside, it comes out. Then it grows, the body grows. Grows means changing the body. \line Growing, we..., we are imperceptibly-
cannot understand-but it is actually changing the body. Just like in your childhood you had a small body. That is no longer existing. That means you have changed your body. Similarly, you'll have to change this body. When this body will not work anymore.
.. Because it is material. Every material things deteriorate, and it becomes useless at certain length of time. Any machine, any cloth. Therefore it has been taken as dress: v\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya [Bg. 2.22]. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The spirit soul transmigrates even in the duration of one life as the body changes. When the 
body is first manifest in the womb of the mother, it is very small, just like a pea, and it gradually develops nine holes\'97two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, one mouth, one genital, and one rectum. In this way the body develops, and as long as it needs 
to develop within the mother's womb, it remains there. When it is sufficiently developed to go outside, it comes out and grows. Growth entails changing of the body. This change cannot be understood because it is imperceivable to the living entity. In chi
ldhood we had small bodies which now no longer exist; therefore it can be said that we have changed our bodies. Similarly, because of the nature of material things, we have to change this body when it ceases to work. Every material thing deteriorates, an
d like a broken machine or an old piece of cloth the body becomes useless after a certain length of time.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this is going on, but unfortunately modern universities, educational system, they do not know anything about this. And still, they are v
ery much proud of advancement of education. Actually, there is no education. Without this knowledge, spiritual knowledge, this education for earning bread-eating, sleeping, mating-that can be done without education. The animals, they are not educated. Th
ey are not technologist, or they have no education in the universities, degrees; they're also eating, sleeping, mating and defending. \line So if our education is meant for simply eating, sleeping, mating and defending, then what is the difference? That 
is not education. Real education is to understand what you are. That is real education. \'c4tma-j\'ef\'e4na. In the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam it is said, \line par\'e4bhavas t\'e4vad abodha-j\'e4to \line y\'e4van na jij\'ef\'e4sata \'e4tma-tattvam\line 
[Bh\'e4g. 5.5.5]\line So long a man does not develop consciousness to understand his self, \'e4tma-tattvam, the truth of the self, then whatever he's doing in ignorance, it is all defeat for his life. \line This human life is meant for victorious, to bec
ome victorious over the laws of material nature. Actually we are trying for that purpose. The whole struggle is how to counteract the onslaught of material nature. The whole activities are going on. But what is the ultimate victory? The ultimate victory 
is how to conquer over birth, death, disease and old age. That is the outcome, victory.\line But we have set aside, neglected this important point,.... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although this process of growth is always taking place, the educational system in modern universities, though considered advanced, unfortunately does not deal with this. Actually the
re is no education without spiritual knowledge. One can learn to earn bread, eat, sleep and mate without a formal education. Animals are not educated\'97they are not technicians, and they have no university degrees\'97but they are also eating, sleeping, 
mating and defending. If the educational system simply teaches these processes, it does not deserve the name of education. Real education enables us to understand what we are. As long as man does not develop his consciousness by understanding the truth o
f the self, all of his actions will be performed in the mode of ignorance. A human life is meant for victory over the laws of material nature. Actually, we are all trying to attain that victory in order to counteract the onslaught of material nature. The
 ultimate victory is to conquer birth, death, disease and old age, but we have neglected this important point.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ....and our education system is for how to eat, how to sleep, how to defend. What is... God is giving us to eat so many things. What your e
ducation system will improve? We are eating fruits, grains, or whatever we eat. That is given by God. Food is supplied to the animals. \line The four-legged animals... Ahast\'e4ni sahast\'e4n\'e4m. Sahast\'e4n\'e4m ahast\'e4ni [Bh\'e4g. 1.13.47]. In the 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata, everything is... The food is there. J\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9vanam: "One living entity is the food for another living entity." Ahast\'e4ni sahast\'e4n\'e4m. Just like animals, they have got no hands, so they are food for the ani
mals which has..., who has got hands. We are animals with hands, and there are animals without hands. So ahast\'e4ni sahast\'e4n\'e4m. Sahasta means hand. With-hands animals, they're eating others which has no hand.\line Apad\'e4ni catu\'f1-pad\'e4m. "An
d those who have no legs, they are food for the animals four-legged." Just like grass. This is also living entity, but it has no leg to move. It has leg, but it is fixed up. It cannot move. They're condemned, that "You cannot move." A tree is standing fo
r seven thousand years. It cannot move. So they are food for moving animals. Just like cow eats grass. The goat eats grass. So apad\'e4nam catu\'f1-pad\'e4m. \line N\'fcna\'e0 mahat\'e4\'e0 tatra. In this way the world is being exploited. The weaker sect
ion is being exploited by the stronger section. N\'fcna\'e0 mahat\'e4\'e0 tatra j\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9vanam [Bh\'e4g. 1.13.47]: "One life is meant for being exploited by other life." This is nature's law. So we have no quarrel with persons who are meat
-eating. But our propaganda is to make people God conscious. That's all.\line So in order to become God conscious, you have to follow some rules and regulation. We do not give any credit to the vegetarians than the meat-eaters. Because one has to eat. Bu
t our proposal is, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious men, that we shall eat remnants of foodstuff offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is our philosophy. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0 yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati [Bg. 9.26], that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Anyone who offers Me a little fruit, a little water and little leaf with devotion and love, I accept it." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If the educational system dealt with the proper utilization of what God is supplying, it would improve. All the fruits and grains we eat are given by God, who supplies food to all living entities. In }{
\cs2873\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 is stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9vanam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "One living entity is food for another." (}{\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 1.13.47) Animals without hands are food for animals with hands, such as ourselves. Animals with no legs are food for animals with four legs. Grass is a li
ving entity, but it has no legs with which to move, and thus it is eaten by cows and other animals. Such nonmoving entities are food for moving animals, and in this way the world is in a constant struggle between exploiters and exploited. The weaker is e
xploited by the stronger; this is nature's law. Traditionally, Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, do not eat meat. This is not just for the sake of vegetarianism, but for the furtherance of God consciousness. In order to become God conscious
, one must follow some rules and regulations. Of course one has to eat, but the proposal is that one should eat remnants of foodstuffs that are offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is also the philosophy of }{\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  wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.26)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not hungry that He is begging some food from us. No. He is trying to create loving transaction: "You love Me; I love you.
" K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, practically by His energy everything is produced. Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1]. So why He should beg for, from me, a little leaf and little fruit and little water? He has no business. But if we offer 
a little fruit and little leaf and little water with love-"K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am so poor that I cannot secure anything. I have secured this little fruit and little flower and a leaf. Kindly accept it"-K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very glad. Yes. And if He eats, offe
red by you, your life is successful. You make friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is our preaching.\line So this little fruit, little flower and little water can be secured any part of the world by any man, poor or rich, and can be offered. Simply we ha
ve to try, we have to learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is not that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is hungry and is begging food from us. The purpose of this offering is to create a loving transaction. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants this transaction: "You love Me, and I'll love you." As God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy creates and sustains everything, so why 
should He beg a leaf, a fruit and a little water from us? He will be very pleased, however, if we offer Him a piece of fruit, a leaf and water with love, saying, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am so poor that I cannot secure anything. I have secured this fruit and a
 leaf. Kindly accept them." Such an offering would make K\'e5\'f1\'eba very glad. If He eats what we offer, our life will be successful, for we will actually make friends with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Fruit, flowers and water can be secured practically in any par
t of the world by any man, poor or rich, and can be offered. We should remember then that it is not vegetarianism which is important, nor is it that God is in need of anything. The important point is that we simply have to try to learn how to love K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Love begins with this give and take. We give something to our lover, he gives something to us, and in this way love develops. When we create any loving transaction
 with any boy or girl, man or woman, we give and take. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is teaching us how to give and take. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is begging us: "Try to love Me. Learn how to love Me. Offer something to Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Sir," we may say, "I have nothing to give You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Oh, you cannot collect a piece of fruit, a flower, a leaf or a little water?"
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And love begins with this give and take. You give something to your lover; he gives you something to you. In this way love develops. Dad
\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti. The development takes place, loving affairs, by giving and taking. \line Dad\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti bhu\'eckte bhojayate caiva [NoI 4]. When you create loving transaction with any boy or girl or any man, any friend, the
 give and take. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is teaching us give and take. "You give something," K\'e5\'f1\'eba is begging. "You try to love Me. You learn how to love Me. Give Me." "Sir, I have nothing to give You." "Oh, you cannot collect a little fruit and flower
 and leaf and little water?" "Oh, yes. Why not? Anyone can collect." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Oh yes, why
 not? Anyone can collect this."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is so nice. You can make direct friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You can become direct servant 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Or, in higher stages, you can become father, mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Or you can become lover of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is prepared to establish loving relationship... There is already loving relationship with us, because we a
re part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like father and son. Son is the part of the body of the father. Similarly, the supreme father... So as the relationship between the father and the son cannot be broken... It may be forgotten for some time, but a
s soon as one knows, "He's my father," and as soon as one knows, "He's my son," immediately affection develops.\line So we are eternally related with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At the present moment it is simply forgotten, suppressed. Therefore we are thinking that
 we have no relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But that is not the fact. Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the relationship is eternal. Simply we have to revive it. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means..
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This, then, is the method of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness which allows one to m
ake friends with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can enter into any number of relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can become a direct servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or in the highest stages we can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, mother or lover. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is prepa
red to establish a loving relationship with all living entities. In actuality this relationship is already there because He is the supreme father and we are His parts and parcels. Because the son is part of the body of the father, the relationship betwee
n them cannot be broken; it may be forgotten for some time, but as soon as one recognizes his father or son, immediately affection develops. Similarly, we are eternally related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but at the present moment this relationship is simply forg
otten or suppressed. Consequently, we think that we have no relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but this is not a fact. Because we are integral with Him, because we are part and parcel of Him, our relationship with Him is eternal. That relationship simply 
has to be revived, and that revival is this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We are now in different consciousness. I am thinking that I am Indian. \line Somebody is thinking, "I am American." Somebody is thinking, "
I am this," "I am that." But actual thinking should be "I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's." That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. "I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's." And in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness relationship, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone, therefore I become ev
eryone's. Just try to understand. \line In India, the system is when a girl is married to a boy, so-in your country also, everywhere, the same system-just like the nephew of the boy calls the girl "Aunt." Now, how she becomes aunt? Because, in relationsh
ip with her husband. Before the marriage she was not aunt, but as soon as he [she] is related with her husband, the husband's nephew become the nephew. \line Just try to understand the example. \line Similarly, if we reestablish our relationship, or our 
original relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone, therefore I become for everyone. That is real universal love. The artificial, so-called universal love cannot be established unless you have established your relationship with
 the central point. Just like you are American. Why? Because you are born in this land. So another American is a member of your family, but if you become something else, then you have no relationship with another American. \line So we have to reestablish
 our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then the question of universal brotherhood, justice, peace, prosperity will come. Otherwise, there is no possibility. Central point missing. How there can be justice and peace? It is not possible. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At present we are under the sway of a different consciousness. One person is thinking that he
 is Indian, another is thinking that he is American, and someone else is thinking, "I am this," or "I am that." In this way we create so many artificial identities, but our actual identity should be, "I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's." When we think in this way, we
 are thinking in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Only in this way can universal love among all living entities be established. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is related to everyone as eternal father, and consequently when we establish a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious relationsh
ip, we become related to everyone. When one marries, he automatically establishes a relationship with the spouse's family. Similarly, if we reestablish our original relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will establish our true relationship with everyone e
lse. That is the ground for real universal love. Universal love is artificial and cannot endure unless we establish our relationship with the center. One is American if he is born in America, and thus other Americans become members of his family, but if 
he is born elsewhere, he has no relationship with Americans. On the mundane platform all relationships are relative. Our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is eternal and not subject to time and circumstance. When we reestablish our relationship 
with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the questions of universal brotherhood, justice, peace and prosperity will be answered. There is no possibility of realizing these higher ideals without K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If the central point is missing, how can there be brotherhood an
d peace?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 the peace formula is given. The peace formula is that one should understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the
 only enjoyer. Just like in this temple, our central point is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we are cooking, it is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not that we are cooking for our purpose. Ultimately, although we shall eat the pras\'e4dam, but when we cook, we don't think that w
e are cooking for ourself. \line We are cooking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When you go outside to collect some fund, it is not that the persons who are in the k\'e9rtana party, they have got any personal interest. No. They are collecting, or they are distributi
ng the literature, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake, for making people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. And whatever collection is there, that is being spent for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So in this way, when we are practiced to this system of life-everything for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba-that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The same thing, what we are doing, we have to do. Simply we have to change the consciousness, that "I am doing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not for my personal." In this way, if we develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, 
then we come to our original consciousness. Then we become happy.\line Unless we come to the original consciousness, then we are crazy in different degrees. Everyone who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is to be supposed crazy, because he is ta
lking on a platform which is temporary, transient. It will be finished. But we, as living entity, we are eternal. So temporary business is not our business. Our business should be eternal, because we are eternal. And that eternal business is how to serve
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In }{\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  the peace formula is clearly given. We have to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only enjoyer. The consciousness of this is de
veloped in a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple where the central point of all activities is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All cooking is carried on for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not for one's own purposes. Ultimately we shall eat the }{\cs2873\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  (offered food), but when we cook we should think that we are cooking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not for ourselves. When the mem
bers of a temple go into the streets, they do not do so for their own sake but to distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literatures in order to make people aware of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence. All monies acquired are spent for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in spreading H
is message in so many ways. Such a style of life, in which everything is done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, promotes the development of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness within the living entity. Our activities may remain the same; we simply have to understand that we 
are acting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not for our personal satisfaction. In this way we can come to our original consciousness and be happy. Unless one is established in his original consciousness, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is certain to be c
razy to some degree. Everyone who is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is to be considered crazy because he exists on a platform which is temporary and transient. Since we as living entities are eternal, temporary activities are not our concern. Our engagemen
ts should be eternal because we are eternal, and that eternal engagement is the rendering of service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in love.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like this finger is the part and parcel of my body, but this finger's eternal business is how to serve this body. That's all. Here it 
has no other business. And that is the healthy state of the finger. If it cannot serve the whole body, that is diseased condition. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal; we are eternal. Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m [KU 2.2.13]. These
 are the Vedic instruction. \line The supreme eternal is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we are also eternal. We are not supreme; we are subordinate. Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m. He is the supreme living entity, and we are subordinat
e living entities. Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n. That one living entity, one eternal, He's supplying all the necessities of life to the plural number eternals. Eko bah\'fcn\'e4m, unlimited number of living entities. You cannot count. 
Bah\'fcn\'e4m. This is our relationship. \line So, as part and parcel, we have to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we are subordinate. He is supplying our necessities. He is the supreme father. This life is normal life and liberated life. Any other life beyond 
this conception of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that is sinful life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710722SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the supreme eternal, and we are subordinate eternals. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme living entity, and we are subordinate living entities. The finger is part and parcel of the total body, and its eternal function is to serve the body. Indeed, th
at is the very purpose for the finger, and if it cannot serve the whole body, it is diseased or useless. Similarly, as part and parcel we have to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and be subordinate to Him because as the supreme father He supplies all our necessities
. Such a life of subordination to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a normal life and is a life of actual liberation. Those who try to deny K\'e5\'f1\'eba and live outside of any relationship to Him are actually leading a sinful life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquired from S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9..., \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, how the people in general, rotting in h
ellish life, could be saved. This is the desire of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. Others, they do not care whether one is suffering or enjoying. But a Vai\'f1\'ebava, a devotee of the Lord, he always thinks of the fallen condition of general people. Just like in Chri
stian philosophy they believe that Lord Jesus Christ suffered to be crucified by assimilating all the sinful activities of the people. Yes. A devotee of Lord thinks like that. \line Similar devotee was V\'e4sudeva Datta, Lord Caitanya's... He requested t
he Lord that "You have come. Kindly deliver all these people now present on this earth, and take them to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. And if You think that they are so sinful that they cannot be delivered, then please transfer all their sins unto me. I shall suffer.
 You take them." This is Vai\'f1\'ebava: "So for all their sins I shall suffer. You take them." \line This philosophy is also expressed in Bible, Lord Jesus Christ, that he agreed to suffer himself for the sins of the all people. But that does not mean t
hat Jesus Christ or V\'e4sudeva Datta should make a contract for ourself, and we shall go on committing sins. This is most heinous proposal. A Vai\'f1\'ebava and a devotee suffers for the all humanity, human race. \line But that does not mean that human 
race or the particular follower should take advantage of this facility and go on committing sins. That is not a good proposal. They should take rather seriously, that "Lord Jesus Christ or V\'e4sudeva Datta who has suffered for us so much, we shall stop 
committing sins now." That is sane proposal. Otherwise, if I think, "Well, there is V\'e4sudeva Datta and Lord Jesus Christ. He will suffer for us and let us go on merry-making. That's all..." A most heinous life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it discussed this subject, and Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja wa
s anxious to know how the conditioned souls could be saved from their hellish lives. It is the natural desire of a Vai\'f1\'ebava to save suffering humanity. Generally others do not care whether people suffer or not, but a Vai\'f1\'ebava, a devotee of th
e Lord, is always thinking of how to alleviate the fallen condition of the people. Christians believe that through His crucifixion Lord Jesus Christ assimilated all the sinful activities of the world's people. A devotee of the Lord is always thinking of 
how to assimilate the sufferings of others. A similar devotee was V\'e4sudeva Datta, who was Lord Caitanya's associate. He told the Lord: "Now that You have come, kindly deliver all people on this earth and take them to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the spiritual wor
ld. And if You think that they are so sinful that they cannot be delivered, please transfer all their sins unto me. I shall suffer for them." This is a Vai\'f1\'ebava's mercy. However, it is not that Jesus Christ or V\'e4sudeva Datta should make a contra
ct for our sins and that we should go on committing them, for this is a most heinous proposal. A Vai\'f1\'ebava or devotee may suffer for all humanity, but the human race or a particular devotee's disciples should not take advantage of this facility and 
continue to commit sins. One should, rather, realize that since Lord Jesus Christ or V\'e4sudeva Datta suffered for him, he should stop committing sins.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Anyway, everyone is responsible for his sinful activities. That's a fact. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends that tasm\'e4t, "T
herefore," puraiva \'e4\'e7u iha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau, "so long you are in this body, in order to get yourself free from all the reaction of sinful activities, you should atone." Yateta m\'e5tyor avipadyata..., avipadyat\'e4tman\'e4, do\'f1asya d\'e5
\'f1\'f6v\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4 bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4navit [Bhag. 6.1.8]. According to the sinful activity, one should accept the prescription and program of atonement exactly like a..., a physician prescribes different type 
of medicines according to the gravity of the disease. \line [....]\line Therefore there are different atonements. According to Vedic law, if one cow dies while he's locked up on the neck... Because the cow is on the shed; somehow or other it dies, and th
e rope is round the neck, the proprietor of the cow has to make some atonement. Because it is to be supposed that the cow has died on account of being locked up with the rope, there is atonement. Now if you are willingly killing cows and so many animals,
 so how much we are being responsible? \line [....]\line So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is very intelligent. He's Vai\'f1\'ebava. He therefore inquires from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that,\line [....]\line A man... Suppose a man... Of course, if..., if
 he commits murder, he's killed and gone. That's another thing. The..., \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9's proposal was that tasm\'e4t puraiva \'e4\'e7u iha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau yateta m\'e5tyor avipadyat\'e4tman\'e4: "Before your death, next death comes, you
 should perform atonement so that you may not carry the sinful activities to suffer next life." If I do not commit..., perform atonement for the commit, for the sinful activities, then nature will not excuse me. You'll have to take the effect of it and s
uffer in the next life.\line The law... As I explained the other day, that a murderer should be killed, that is a mercy upon him. The, when the king orders... It is very old law. It is not new law. "Life for life." So when the king awards, or the judge, 
high-court judge, that "This man must be hanged," the judge is not the enemy of that man, but according to law, in order to save him from further trouble in the next life, this prescription of hanging is there. The..., exactly like that: according to the
 disease, the prescription of medicine is there. Similarly, according to the gravity of the sinful activity, the atonement is there. \line If one has killed a man, he should be should be hanged-according to the gravity of his sin. So that is showing merc
y upon him. But if he's not killed, then he'll be killed in so many ways. He'll be... Suppose something, some animal, and this man who has killed, he will take another birth and he will slaughter him. There are so many subtle laws. M\'e4\'e0sa. \line The
 word m\'e4\'e0sa, Sanskrit. M\'e4m means "me," and sa means "he." "As I am eating him just now, he will eat me next life." That is called m\'e4\'e0sa. M\'e4\'e0sa kh\'e4dati. This is the definition of m\'e4\'e0sa, or flesh. M\'e4\'e0sa kh\'e4dati. "As I
 am eating, enjoying now, palate, eating some animal, so he'll also eat me next life." This is called karma-bandhana. Karma-bandhana means being locked up in one's material activities. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Factually everyone is responsible for his own sinful activities. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4t puraiv\'e4\'e7v iha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau:}{\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 In order to free oneself from all the reactions of sinful activities, as long as one is embodied, he should atone. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yateta m\'e5tyor avipadyat
\'e4tman\'e4 do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4 bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4na-vit }{\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.1.8}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to one's sinful activities, he should accept a program of atonement. As mentioned before, there are different atonements for different 
sinful activities. In any case, before death one should perform atonement so that he does not carry sinful activities into his next life and have to suffer then. If some atonement for our sinful activities is not performed, nature will not excuse us. We 
will have to suffer the effects of our sins in the next life. Such bondage to one's material activities is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-bandhana\'f9.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'ef\'e4rth\'e4t karma\'ebo 'nyatra\line loko 'ya\'e0 karma-bandhana\'f9\line tad-artha\'e0 karma kaunteya\line mukta-sa\'ecg
a\'f9 sam\'e4cara
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 K
unt\'e9, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage." (}{\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 . }{\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Yaj\'ef\'e4rthe karma\'eba\'f9 anyatra karma-bandhana\'f9 [Bg. 3.9]. Yaj\'efa, Vi\'f1\'ebu..., if you act for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, beyond this, 
whatever you act, you'll be under bondage. Just like I'm killing some animal, eating, now enjoying, so it is karma-bandhana. I am being locked up with my action so that I shall become again a cow or goat, and this man, this cow and goat will become man, 
and he will kill me and eat. You believe or not believe-that's a different thing. But these are the Vedic statement. And practically we are seeing that life for life. Why? Unless there is some meaning, why this punishment is there, "Life for life"?\line 
So S\'fcta Go..., \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends that we should atone immediately, so long this body's there. Otherwise, we'll have to carry the effect and suffer next life. Unfortunately, at the present moment, people are educated in such a way th
at they do not believe in next life. They are so befooled. The education means to make people befooled. \line He has no knowledge actually. This is the education. The more you are educated, you don't believe in God, you don't believe in God's law, you do
n't believe your next life, you don't believe in sinful and pious activities, you become animal. That's all. More or less, you become animal. The modern education is like that, preparing so many animals. \line Therefore, you don't mind if I tell you fran
kly that in spite of so many education and universities arrangement in your country, so much nice arrangement, you're producing hippies. Because that is no education. If the... A human being does not know what I am... I am this body? If this education is
 there, then he's no better than an ass. The ass also thinks that "I am this body." The cow also thinks that "I am this body." The dog also thinks that "I am this body." So if a human being thinks like that, cats, dogs and..., then what is the difference
? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One may kill an animal to enjoy eating it, but he will be bound by such an acti
on. Thus in one's next life he will become a cow or a goat, and the cow or goat will become a man and eat him. This is the Vedic statement, and as with all Vedic statements, one may believe it or not. Unfortunately, at present people are educated in such
 a way that they do not believe in the next life. Indeed, it seems that the more "educated" one becomes, the less he believes in God, in God's law, in the next life and in sinful and pious activities. Thus modern education is simply preparing men to beco
me animals. If there is no education to teach a human being what he is and whether or not he is this body, he remains no better than an ass. An ass also thinks, "I am this body," as do other animals. Thus if a man thinks in the same way, how is he differ
ent from any other animal? }{\cs2873\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  states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tridh\'e4tuke\line sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijyadh\'e9\'f9\line yat t\'e9rtha-bu
ddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva gokhara\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke [Bh\'e4g. 10.84.13]. The \'e7\'e4stra says one who has accepted this body, which is made of thr
ee elements... According to \'c4yur-veda, this body is made of three elements: kapha, pitta, v\'e4yu-mucus, bile and air. Development. There is great machinery within this body. You are taking food; they are transforming into liquid. \line Whatever you c
an absorb, that goes to become blood. And what you cannot absorb, that becomes urine. It comes out. Therefore in old age, or those who are diseased, they cannot absorb; they pass more urine. Therefore they become lean and thin, weak. They cannot make blo
od. So many machinery work is going on. \line And when that secretion comes to the heart, it turns into blood. Then the blood is distributed by air. It becomes solidified. It becomes flesh, it becomes muscle, it becomes bone. So many things are going on.
 But what we know? We say that "It is my body." What do you know about your body? Still he says "I am God." He does not know what is going on within his body, and still he's supposed to be God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "For one who accepts the body\'97which is made of three elements\'97as his self, who has an affinity for intimate bodily relationships with his wife
 and children, who considers his land worshipable and who accepts the waters of holy places of pilgrimage but does not take advantage of the knowledge of the saintly persons there, is to be considered to be in illusion and no better than an ass or a cow.
" }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.8
4.13}{\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  According to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c4yur Veda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the material body is composed of three elements, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kapha-pitta-v\'e4tai
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97mucus, bile and air. Within the body there is complex machinery which transforms food into liquid. There are so many complicated bodily processes going on, but what do we 
know of them? We say, "This is my body," but what do we know about this body? Some people even claim, "I am God," but they do not even know what is going on within their own bodies.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke. The..., this bag of stool, urine, blood, bones, if one takes it that intelligence comes
 out of this stool, urines and blood and bone, then he's a fool. Can you create intelligence by taking stool and urine and bones and blood and mix it in laboratory, make some intelligence? Is it possible? But they're thinking like that: "I am this body."
\line Therefore \'e7\'e4stra says,\line yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke\line sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line yat-t\'e9rtha-buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9\line 
 [Bh\'e4g. 10.84.13]\line Yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke. Anyone who has accepted this body as self and the bodily production or bodily relationship-"Wife, children, family, they are my own men..." Yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri...
, sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u. Kalatra means wife. Kalatra \'e4di. \'c4di means beginning. \line Because I am alone. As soon as I get..., accept a wife, immediately there are children, and then grandchildren. They have expanded. So kalatra \'e4di. S
tr\'e9. Str\'e9 means "which expands." So kalatr\'e4di\'f1u, beginning from wife and other expansion, that is mine. \line Yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9..., sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9. Bhauma means the land, the land of birth. That i
s ijya-dh\'e9\'f9, worshipable. People are giving life for the land wherein he's born. But he does not know that he's neither this land, nor this body, nor this wife, nor these children, nor this country, nor this society; he's spirit soul, aha\'e0 brahm
\'e4smi. This is realization of knowledge. When he comes to this knowledge, then he becomes happy. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The body is a bag of stool, urine, blood and bones. If one believes that intelligence comes out of stool, urine, blood and bones, he is a fool. Can we create intelligence by mixing stool, urine, bones and blood? Nonetheless people st
ill think, "I am this body." Therefore the scriptures say that whoever accepts this body as the self and accepts the bodily relations of wife, children and family as his own, is illusioned. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means wife, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means beginning. Because a man feels alone, he accepts a wife, and immediately there are children and then grandchildren. In this way there is expansion. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "that which expands," so }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka
latr\'e4di\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "expansions of the self," beginning from the wife. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhauma}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the land of one's birth, which the ignorant consider worshipable (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ijyadh\'e9\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). People are willing to give up their lives for the land where they were born, but they do not know that land, body, wife, children, country and society really have nothing to
 do with them. We are spirit soul (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is realization of knowledge
, and when we come to this point of knowledge, we become happy.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\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-bhakti\'e0 labhate
 par\'e4m\line  [Bg. 18.54]\line When one comes to understand that "I am spirit soul," aha\'e0 brahma, "I am not this matter," so immediately he becomes jolly, prasann\'e4tm\'e4. And what is the sign of jolliness? Na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati: he ha
s no more any hankering, no more any lamentation. Within this world, everyone is subjected to these categories of life. We are lamenting for the loss and we are hankering for some gain. But real gain is to understand oneself, what I am. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "He who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desir
es anything. He is equally disposed to all the living entities, and in that state he achieves pure devotional service unto Me." (}{\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  One immediately becomes jolly (}{\cs2873\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 ) when he comes to understand "I am spirit soul. I am Brahman. I am not this matter." The sign of this joy is 
that one no longer feels hankering and lamentation. Within this world everyone is subject to lamentation for that which is lost and hankering for that which must be gained, but real gain is to understand oneself and to know one's own identity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So, so long we have got this bodily concept of life, so long we have to abide by the laws of material nature, by the laws of the state or a
ny other laws. Because this body is conditional. Every one of us who are sitting in this meeting has got a different body, because everyone is under different condition-varieties, varieties of condition. \line Therefore I'm responsible. If I do not atone
 for the sinful activities I'm doing within this body, then I have to suffer in my next body, because I'll get another body according to my karma. Ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran loke tyajaty ante kalevaram [Bg. 8.6]. Kalevaram means this body. That is the 
nature's law. \line So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommended that "Considering the gravity of your sinful life, you should undergo a type of atonement." They are prescribed in the \'e7\'e4stras. You have to do that. Otherwise, there is no rescue. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As long as we maintain the bodily conception of life, we have to abide by the laws of 
material nature as well as the laws of the state and all other laws. Thus this body is called conditional, because it is subject to different conditions. There are varieties of conditions, and regardless of the condition to which we are subjected, we are
 responsible. If we do not atone for sinful activities committed while in this body, we will have to suffer in the next body because we will get another body according to }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran bh\'e4va\'e0 tyajaty ante }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalevaram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). That is nature's law. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore recommends that one undergo atonem
ent according to the gravity of his sinful activities. One must follow the methods of atonement prescribed in the }{\cs2873\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  otherwise there is no rescue.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub But King Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he's very intelligent. He says, "All right, sir, there is atonement. By performing some type of ato
nement I become free from the sinful activities." Suppose a man, he has committed murder and he's killed. So the sinful reaction of his committing a murder is neutralized. But it does not mean that next time, next life, he'll not again kill another. That
 is not guaranteed. Exactly like that: you are diseased, the physician gives you medicine, you are cured. But it is not guarantee that you'll not be attacked again by that type of disease. That is not guarantee. \line One man is suffering from venereal d
isease, and it is painful. Doctor gives some painful injection. Some way or other, he's cured, but again he's attacked with venereal disease, again comes to the doctor. There are many instances like that. A man has committed theft, and he was punished. H
e was taken to the government custody and he was punished for six months or one year, and comes back. \line Again he commits the theft. Why?\line So..., so Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquires from the..., that "Atonement, that's all right. You are pre
scribing atonement. That is all right, to counteract the sinful activities. But why a man commits again the same sinful activity? What is the remedy for that?"\line [....]\line So one knows that in every \'e7\'e4stra, every scripture, every law book, man
 is warned, "Don't commit theft; you'll be punished. Don't tell lie; you'll be punished. Don't do this; you'll be punished. Don't kill. Thou shall not kill; otherwise, you'll be punished." But nobody is caring. Why? What is the remedy for that? Everythin
g is there. D\'e5\'f1\'f6a, practical experience, and \'e7ruta,... \line \'c7ruta means heard also from authoritative sources. So he says, d\'e5\'f1\'f6a-\'e7rut\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 yat p\'e4pam. Everyone knows it, j\'e4nan, everyone knows that this is p\'e4p
a, this is sinful activity. Everyone knows. Nobody can say that "I do not know what is sinful activities." Who does not know that stealing is sinful, committing murder is sinful, or so many other things? \line So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquires th
at d\'e5\'f1\'f6a-\'e7rut\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 yat p\'e4pa\'e0 j\'e4nann apy \'e4tmano 'hitam [Bhag. 6.1.9]. "And he knows that 'It is not good for me; if I steal I'll be arrested, I'll be punished, I'll be put into jail. That is not a very comfortable life.' 
He knows that." Karoti bh\'fcyo viva\'e7a\'f9. "But he commits again and again, viva\'e7a\'f9, as if forced by something. Forced by something." Karoti bh\'fcyo viva\'e7a\'f9 pr\'e4ya\'e7cittam atho katham [Bhag. 6.1.9].\line [....]\line For the time bein
g, when he's punished, he thinks, "I shall not commit what mistake I did." But as soon as he's out of the danger, he commits again. So kvacin nivartate abhadr\'e4t. Nivartate means he refrains, abhadr\'e4t, from abominable activities. Kvacic carati tat p
una\'f9. And again sometimes he commits the same thing. Puna\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Par\'e9k\'f1it 
Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who was very intelligent, said, "By atonement one can become free from sinful activity, but suppose a man has committed murder and then is killed\'97the sinful reaction of his murder is thus neutralized, but it is not guaranteed that in h
is next life he'll not kill another man." Thus Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja noted that after atoning, people commit the same sins again. If a man is diseased, the physician may give him medicine and cure him, but it does not guarantee that he will not b
e attacked again by the same disease. Venereal diseases are often contacted again and again, despite cures, and a thief may steal again and again, despite being repeatedly being thrown into jail. Why is this? Therefore Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja noted
 that although atonement may be good for counteracting sinful activities already committed, it does not prevent those sins from being committed again. Everyone can see that a man who commits murder is punished, but seeing this is not enough to deter one 
from killing. In every scripture and in every lawbook man is warned not to kill, yet no one is concerned with these laws. What is the remedy for this? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e5\'f1\'f6a-
\'e7rut\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 yat p\'e4pa\'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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.1.9}{\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 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By practical experience and by hearing from authorities, everyone knows what sinful activity is, and no one can say, "I do not know what sin is." What is the value of atonement if one commits the same sin again and again after a
toning? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kvacin nivartate 'bhadr\'e4t kvacic carati tat puna\'f9 pr\'e4ya\'e7cittam ato 'p\'e4rtha\'e0 manye ku\'efjara-\'e7aucavat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.1.10}{\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 . When one is being punished, he thinks, "What a mista
ke I have made! I shall not commit this sin anymore." But as soon as he is out of danger, he again commits the same sin.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Habit is second nature; it is very difficult to break. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7v\'e4 yadi kriyate 
r\'e4j\'e4/ tat ki\'e0 n\'e4\'e7n\'e4ty up\'e4naham }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hitopade\'e7a
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7v\'e4 yadi kriyate r\'e4j\'e4 \line tat ki\'e0 n\'e4\'e7n\'e4ty up\'e4naham
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f5\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7v\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97dog; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yadi}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 kriyate}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97make; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97king; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 ki\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 na}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 a\'e7n\'e4ty}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eating; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4naham}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97shoe
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f5\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One may seat a dog on a royal throne, but as so
on as he sees a shoe, he will immediately jump down and run after it simply because he is a dog. (Habit is second nature)}}}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Hitopade\'e7a}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )}{\cs2873\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  One may seat a dog on a royal throne, but as soon as
 he sees a shoe, he will immediately jump down and run after it simply because he is a dog. The canine qualities are there, and they cannot be changed simply by putting the dog on a throne. Similarly, we have acquired material qualities by associating wi
th the three modes of material nature\'97}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sattva gu\'eba, rajo gu\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub tamo gu\'eba\'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub and our habits are formed by association with these three qualities, which are the qualities of goodness, pas
sion and ignorance. If, however, we disassociate ourselves from the three modes of material nature, our real spiritual nature is invoked. That is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, there is no chance of his a
ssociating with the three modes of material nature, and when one is conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one's spiritual nature is automatically invoked. That is the secret. Those who seriously follow the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, though previousl
y habituated to many undesirable things, are able to stay on a platform where there is no material contamination simply by virtue of practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is such nice medicine. Unless you come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, your habits, formed by the associat
ion with the three modes of material nature, will continue. You cannot check it. They... Therefore, if you want to save yourself from this repetition of different types of birth and death, then you must come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is the m
edicine.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is an excellent medicine. Unless one 
comes to awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the habits he forms in association with the three modes of material nature will continue, and he will not be able to change them. If one actually wants freedom from the repetition of birth and death, he must come to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is said, m\'e4\'e0 ca' vyabhic\'e4re\'eba bhakti-yogena ya\'f9 sevate: "Anyone who is engaged in My transcendent
al loving service, bhakti-yoga, the yoga, devotional yoga..." M\'e4\'e0 ca 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba bhakti-yogena ya\'f9 sevate, sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n... [Bg. 14.26]: "He can transcend the influence of these all these three qualities." Brahma-bh
\'fcy\'e4ya kalpate. "Immediately he's situated on the Brahman platform." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "One who engage
s 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\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  14.26)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is, without recommending this atonement or that atonement, which will not check him... You can
 go on, make many experiment of atonement, but the disease of the heart will remain. And you'll commit again sin. But as soon as you come to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba platform, then you become free from the contamination. This is the advantage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness. If you don't come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then you may be relieved for the time being from the reaction of sinful activities, but you'll again commit. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
[710724SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process does not recommend this atonement or that atonement. One can go on experimenting by atoning, but the diseases of the so
ul will remain unless one comes to the platform of rendering devotional service in love and purifying his life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 4: Learning Tapasya, Self-Control
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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 [680912SB.SF] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 710725SB.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 710725BS.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, kvacin nivartate 'bhadr\'e4t. By such experience, by hearing and seeing, sometimes he refrain
s, that "No, I shall not do these things. It is very troublesome. Last time I had so much trouble." And kvacic carati tat puna\'f9: and sometimes he again commits the same mistake. \line pr\'e4ya\'e7cittam atho 'p\'e4rtha\'e0 \line manye ku\'efjara-\'e7a
ucavat\line [Bhag. 6.1.10]\line "Therefore, my dear sir, I think this so-called atonement is useless." Useless. Because the prescribed atonement he performs, suppose he becomes free from the sin, but why again he commits? \line So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja is giving very nice example, ku\'efjara-\'e7aucavat: just like cleansing the body of an elephant. It cleanses very nicely, that's all right, but as soon as come out of the water... We have to study all these things from nature. The elephant is so 
big, and it is supposed to be the biggest animal. And he has got great strength. But how fool he is, just see. Just after taking bath it will cover the whole body with dust.\line B\'e4dar\'e4ya\'ebir uv\'e4ca-now he's answering. Ruj\'e4\'e0 rog\'e4n\'e4
\'e0 nid\'e4navid yath\'e4 vaidyas tad anur\'fcpa\'e0 cikitseta[?]. Atra codayati dv\'e4bhy\'e4m. Hmm. This is already finished. Yath\'e4 ku\'efjara-sn\'e4na rajobhir \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 mal\'e9ni karoti tath\'e4 p\'e4pasya punar dur\'ebiv\'e4ratvena naraka
-p\'e4tasya ava\'e7ya\'e0 pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vy\'e4rtham iti. So if there is possibility of gliding down to the hellish condition of life by committing sinful activities, now supposing one makes atonement for such activities and again he commits, then
 what is the use of it? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [680912SB.SF]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one does not come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he m
ay be relieved for the time being from the reactions of sinful activities, but he will again commit transgressions. Therefore Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kvacin 
nivartate 'bhadr\'e4t kvacic carati tat puna\'f9 pr\'e4ya\'e7cittam ato 'p\'e4rtham }{\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 Bhag.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.1.10}{\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 :}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Repetitive sinning and atoning seem to me like nothing but a waste of time." He gave the example of an elephant which cleanses his body thoroughly in a lake or reservoir, but as 
soon as he comes onto shore he takes dust and throws it all over his body and immediately becomes dirty again. Thus Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said that although one may cleanse himself in the process of atonement, if he again commits the same sinful 
acts, what is the use? Therefore the second question put by Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is very important: How can one ultimately become free from all contamination brought about by the material modes of nature? If one cann
ot achieve liberation, what is the use of atonement?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The answer is given by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 that karma\'eb\'e4 karma-nirh\'e4ro na hy \'e4tyantika i\'f1yate. Karma, fruitive activiti
es, counteracting it by another activity, that is not final decision. Just like people in modern age, they are trying to have some peaceful situation in the world by the intervention of the United Nation, but they cannot stop it. \line Again there is war
. There was First War in 1914, then they manufactured League of Nations. Perhaps you, most of you, may not know. We were, at that time, boys, students, and we know about this League of Nations, how it was manufactured. Then again the Second War. And now 
they have manufactured United Nation. But the war is going on-Vietnam or here or there. \line But actual medicine is how to stop war. That cannot be done by... By one action there is war, and by another action the war is stopped for the time being. And a
gain, when the opportunity's there, again war. So sinful activities and atonement is like that. But actual what we want, that no suffering, no war-that is our hankering; we want that-but that is not happening. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In answer, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said that merely counteracting }{\cs2873\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  fruitive activities, by other activities cannot bring one's miseries to a final end. For example, the United Nations is attempting to 
establish peace in the world, but they cannot stop war. War breaks out again and again. After the First World War statesmen and diplomats manufactured the League of Nations. Then the Second World War came, and now they have devised the United Nations, bu
t war is still going on. The actual goal is to stop war, but that cannot be done. By one action war is created, and by another action war is stopped for the time being, but again at the next opportunity there is another war. The cycle of sinful activitie
s and atonement is like that. What we actually want is to be free from suffering and war, but that does not happen.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So the answer is given by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. But that one kind of war causes some disturbances and another kind of war stops it for
 some time, for the time being-that is not ultimate solution of the problem. Any intelligent man can understand it. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends that these things happen on account of foolishness, avidvad-adhik\'e4ritv\'e4t. Avidvad mea
ns without sufficient education, or without sufficient knowledge, lack of knowledge. Avidvad adhik\'e4ritv\'e4t. Pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vimar\'e7anam. Real pr\'e4ya\'e7citta, atonement, is knowledge. Why we are fighting? This knowledge required. Why you a
re fighting? Why there is miseries? This "why" question, this "why" question is in the Vedas. It is called Kena Upani\'f1ad, asking "Why?" Unless this question arises in a human mind, "Why?" "Why I am suffering?" that is not human life. \line This questi
on must arise. "Wherefrom I have come? What is my constitutional position? Where I shall go after death? Why I am put into this miserable condition of life? Why there is birth, death, old age, disease? I do not want all of them."  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said that one kind of war causes a disturbance, and another kind of war stops 
it for some time, but that is not the ultimate solution to the problem. \'c7ukadeva states that these troubles happen due to ignorance: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidvad-adhik\'e4ritv\'e4t. Avidv
at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "lack of knowledge." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avidvat-adhik\'e4ritv\'e4t pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vimar\'e7an
am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Real atonement is performed in knowledge. Why is there fighting and why are there miseries? Unless these "why" questions, which in the }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kena Upani\'f1ad,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  arise in one's mind, one is not fulfilling the proper function of his human life. These questions must arise: "Why am I suffering? Wherefrom have I come? What is my constitutional
 position? Where shall I go after death? Why am I put into a miserable form of life? Why are there birth, death, old age and disease?"
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So that..., this is called vimar\'e7anam, j\'ef\'e4nam, thoughtful, how to solve these questions.\line Now \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says n
\'e4\'e7nata\'f9.\line n\'e4\'e7nata\'f9 pathyam ev\'e4nna\'e0\line vy\'e4dhayo 'bhibhavanti hi\line eva\'e0 niyamak\'e5d r\'e4jan\line \'e7anai\'f9 k\'f1em\'e4ya kalpate\line  [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.12]\line If you want to stop some diseased condition of life, t
hen you have to follow a regulative principle.\line Just like when you go to a doctor for curing some disease, he gives you some medicine and some direction also, that "You should not eat like this, you not sleep like this; you should do like this." Some
 do's and some do not's. That prescription is followed. \line So here, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gives this example that na a\'e7nata\'f9 pathyam eva annam. Suppose if you have got indigestion; you cannot digest food very nicely. So you have to eat such 
things which are easily digestible, or which may not cause acidity, flatulence, air. \line The doctor prescribes. So if you neglect those principles, then how you can be cured? Similarly, if you want to eradicate your ignorance how miserable conditions a
re arising, problems are arising, and you do not try to subside them with real knowledge, how there can be solution of the problems? \line Try to understand. Just like if you do not follow the program given by the physician for curing your disease, you c
annot be cured. If you violate the rules given by the doctor, then how you can expect cure of your disease? Similarly, if you do not think wisely, like wise man, as they're prescribed in the Vedic knowledge, how you can stop the problems of life? \line T
hat is not possible. Simply by atonement there may be temporary suppression of something, but it will arise again. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How can these questions be solved? \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4\'e7nata\'f9 pathyam ev\'e4nna\'e0 vy\'e4dhayo 'bhibhavanti hi
/ eva\'e0 niyamak\'e5d r\'e4jan \'e7anai\'f9 k\'f1em\'e4ya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalpate}{\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  If one wants to actually stop diseased life, he must follow a regulative principle. If a person does not follow the program given by a physician to cure his disease, he cannot be cured. 
Similarly, if one does not think or act wisely, as Vedic knowledge prescribes, how can he stop the problems of life? Simply by atonement there may be a temporary suppression of difficulties, but they will arise again.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that this material sinful life, we are acting in a way, we are forced to commit some sins, and you are su
ffering as a resultant action. This is going on. But if you want to stop this business-one suffering and one again becomes victim-then you have to become advanced in knowledge. Karm\'e9-j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. Ordinary people, they are karm\'e9s, or fruitive act
ors. Fruitive actors. They're working whole day and night, and getting some result, enjoying, again suffering, again there is problem. This is going on. They are called karm\'e9s. \line So this will not solve the question, problem. He suggests that you h
ave to elevate yourself to the platform of knowledge. How it is done? That is prescribed herein. The first thing is tapasya. The first... Tapasya means you have to accept some austerity. The same example can be given that the doctor says... Suppose a dia
betic patient. \line So doctor prohibits him, that "You cannot eat. You have to starve for some days." So I do not like to starve; nobody likes to starve. But because doctor says you have to starve, if you want to cure a disease, then I have to voluntari
ly accept, accept starving. This is called tapasya: voluntarily accept some miserable condition of life. That is good. And human life is meant for that purpose.\line When \'c5\'f1abhadeva, the father of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bharata, after whose name this plane
t is called Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a... The name Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a is not only the name for India, but it is the name for this planet. Formerly, five thousand years ago, the whole planet was known as Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a. The Vedic culture was all over the w
orld. These Europeans and Americans, they are coming of the same stock, Indo-\'c4ryan stock. \line There is a great history behind this, how some of the k\'f1atriyas, they left India during the time of Para\'e7ur\'e4ma. He declared war against the k\'f1a
triyas and he was incarnation of God. He was killing the k\'f1atriyas like anything, and some of the k\'f1atriyas fled from India and came to this part of the world. \line So from historical point of view you Europeans and Americans, you belong to the k
\'f1atriya stock of old India, and somehow or other you have forgotten this Vedic culture. Originally you belonged to this Vedic culture. The Vedic culture was all over the world, even in America-different types of worship or concept of God. The Red Indi
ans also had some religion.\line So apart from that historical point of view, the Vedic culture prescribes tapasya. Tapasya. Tapasya means voluntarily accept some bodily inconvenience. That is called tapasya. There are many tapasv\'e9 undergoing austerit
y. They meditate in winter in water up to..., up to the neck, standing within water, meditate. \line To stand within water in winter, severe cold, is not very comfortable business, but they voluntarily accept it. This is called tapasya. And summer season
, they blaze fire all round and sit down in the midst and meditate. I am giving you some of the examples, how severely they accept tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that in material or sinful life we act in a way in which we are forced to commit sins and suffer as a result. This is so, and if we want to stop this cycle of suff
ering and victimization, we have to advance in knowledge. Ordinary people, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a
re fruitive actors who work all day and night to get some enjoyable results and then again suffer. Thus the problems of such }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are never solved. It is suggested therefore that one elevate himself to the platform of knowledge as prescribed in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The first necessity is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or acceptance of austerity. If a doctor advises a diabetic patient not to eat but to starve for some days, although no one likes to starve, the patient must voluntarily accept starvation if he wants to be
 cured. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  voluntary acceptance of a miserable condition. The ability to do 
this is good, and human life is meant for that purpose. Indeed, Vedic culture prescribes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and one can see many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasv\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  undergoing austerities in India. In the wint
er they stand in water up to their necks and meditate. Standing in water during severe cold is not very comfortable, but they voluntarily do it. In the summer they also ignite fires all around themselves and sit down in the midst of the blazes and medita
te. These are examples of severe }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  undertaken by many ascetics in India.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So tapasya is required. Without tapasya you cannot make advancement in spiritual life, or life of knowledge. If you simply give away[?] in 
the animal propensities of life-eating, sleeping, mating and defending-and don't accept the process of tapasya, then your human life is failure. You have to accept some tapasya if you want to make solution of the problems of life. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 first recommends tapasya. \line Just like here, in our institution, whoever comes and becomes an initiated member, we first of all ask them to undergo tapasya. Tapasya. Especially in your country, it is a great tapasya to give up illicit sex life, t
o give up intoxication up to the point of smoking and tea drinking, and to give up meat-eating and to give up gambling. Although they're only four, but it is very difficult to give up these four items. \line Even Lord Zetland, in England, when he was ask
ed to do this... One of my Godbrothers... Lord Zetland, Marquis of Zetland, he inquired from my Godbrother, "Sw\'e4m\'e9j\'e9, whether you can make us br\'e4hma\'eba?" So he said, "Yes, why not? You have to give up these four principles of life, prohibit
ed: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat-eating." \line The Lord Zetland replied, "Impossible." Yes, it is impossible. Because in Europe and America, this is the way of life from the very beginning. And from India, our Indian gentleme
n come here to learn this art, how to do it nicely. And they think it is advancement. India is automatically taught this tapasya by their culture, but they come here to forget that culture and accept another type of life.\line But real..., real fact is i
f you want to advance in spiritual understanding, if you want to make a solution of all the problems of your life, then you have to accept this life of austerity, tapasya. Restriction. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is certainly required. Without it, one can not advance in spiritual life or knowledge. If we simply engage in the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, not accepting the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process, human life is a failure. If one wants to become an initiated member of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s society, we first of all ask him to undergo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Western countries especially
 it is a great }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to give up illicit sex life, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling
. Although we require only these austerities, it is very difficult to observe them. In England, a wealthy aristocrat inquired from a Vai\'f1\'ebava Godbrother: "Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9, can you make me a }{\cs2873\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 Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 replied, "Yes, why not? You just have to observe these four principles\'97no illicit sex, intoxication, gambl
ing and meat-eating." "Impossible," the Britisher replied. Yes, it is impossible, for in Europe or in America self-indulgence is the way of life from the very beginning. Indian gentlemen often come to the West to learn these indulgences, and they think t
hemselves to be thus advancing. Indians are automatically taught }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  through their Ved
ic culture, but they come to America to forget that culture and accept another type of life. The real fact is, however, that if one wants to advance in spiritual understanding and solve all the problems of life, he must accept this life of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub austerity and restriction.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Restriction is meant for human being, not for the animals. Just like in our common dealing, when you drive your car, you have got some rest
riction. \line You cannot drive your car on the left side. That is offense. "Keep to the right." You cannot drive your car when there is red light or yellow light. You have to follow the restriction. But the dog, if it keeps to the left or crosses the st
reet when there is red light, it is not punished, because it is animal, dog. But if you violate the laws, you'll be punished. Why? \line That means you have got advanced consciousness. If you do not follow the rules and regulation, then you are nothing b
ut animal. Human being, human life, means voluntarily accepting the laws, the rules and regulation. That is human life. But now the propaganda is that everyone, one wants to be free, no regulative life. This is animal life. \line Just try to understand. 
The regulations, law books, restrictions, they are meant for human being, not for animals. And if you want freedom from all restriction, then you come to the animal life. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends first tapasya. If you want to stop t
he problems of life, then you have to accept the life of austerity, tapasya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rest
riction is for human beings, not for animals. We encounter restrictions daily in our common dealings. We cannot drive a car on the left or run a red light without risking apprehension by the law. If a dog, however, walks on the left side of the street or
 crosses against a red light, it is not punished because it is an animal. The law therefore makes distinctions between human beings and animals because human beings supposedly have advanced consciousness. If we do not follow rules and regulations, we aga
in lapse into animalism. Apparently propaganda is being made celebrating freedom as opposed to a regulated life, but one who sees things as they are can understand that freedom from all restriction is animal life. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 reco
mmends }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If we want actual freedom from the problems of life, we have to accept a l
ife of austerity. Bondage to material life is the only other alternative.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub And what is the tapasya? That is also... Brahmacarye\'eba. Brahmacarye\'eba. Brahmacarye\'eba means restricted sex life. Real meaning is no
 sex life-no sex, celibacy, completely. This is tapasya. Therefore, according to Vedic culture, the first beginning of life is brahmac\'e4r\'e9. \line [break] But in the brahmac\'e4r\'e9 life there is no sex life. Only in the g\'e5hastha life there is se
x life, married life. \line I was reading the other day a magazine, Watch... What is that? \line Devotees: Watchtower.\line Prabhup\'e4da: Watchtower. So this paper was criticizing so many immoral activities in the Christian world. And one item I was sur
prised to read that a Christian priest has sanctioned marriage between man to man. That was written there. I do not wish to discuss all those things. But people are degrading for want of this tapasya. People are not taught how to execute tapasya life, ta
pasv\'e9 life. Simply by criticizing will not do. Practically you have to be trained in the life of tapasya. Then it will be effective. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is austerit
y? The first principal of austerity is }{\cs2873\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  restricted sex life. The real meaning 
of }{\cs2873\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  is complete celibacy, and according to Vedic culture in the beginning of li
fe one should strictly follow the regulations of }{\cs2873\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  When he is grown up, the }{
\cs2873\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  can marry and become }{\cs2873\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  and as a }{\cs2873\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 can have sex, but in the }{\cs2873\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  life strict celibacy is the rule. In the present age people have become degraded for want of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because they are not taught how to execute }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasv\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  life. Crit
icism for its own sake will not do; one must be effectively trained in the life of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Etad viditv\'e4 ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti sa eva br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9. Etad aviditv\'e4 ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti sa k\'e5pa\'eba\'f9. These are the Vedic in
junctions. One who is dying... Everyone is dying. Nobody can live here permanently. That's a fact. But one who is dying after executing the life of tapasya, he's a br\'e4hma\'eba. And one who is dying like cats and dogs, without any execution of tapasya,
 he's called k\'e5pa\'eba. [B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. 3.8.10]\line The two words are there in the Vedic literature: one is br\'e4hma\'eba and one is k\'e5pa\'eba. K\'e5pa\'eba means miser, and br\'e4hma\'eba means liberal, broad-minded. Brahma j\'e4n\'e4t
i iti br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9 [Sm\'e5ti V\'e4kya], or one who knows the Supreme, the Absolute Truth, he's br\'e4hma\'eba. And one who does not know, that is animal. This is the difference between animal and man. \line Man should be educated to understand the 
Absolute Truth. Therefore in the human society there is school, colleges, universities, philosophers, scientists, mathematician. Because human life is meant for knowledge. The animal life, they're not required to take education. They are simply busy with
 how..., with the business how to eat, how sleep, how to mate and how to defend. That's all. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  In the }{\cs2873\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 those who execute a regulated life of }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'ebas. Etad ak\'f1ara\'e0 g\'e4rgi viditv\'e4sm\'e4\'fb lok\'e4t praiti sa br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9/ etad ak\'f1ara\'e0 g\'e4rgy aviditv\'e4sm\'e4l lok\'e4t praiti sa k\'e5pa\'eba\'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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'ebyaka Up.}{\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 B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'ebyaka Upani\'f1ad 3.8.10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo v\'e4 etad ak\'f1ara\'e0 g\'e4rgy aviditv\'e4sm\'e4\'fb lok\'e4t praiti sa k\'e5pa\'eba\'f9\line ya etad ak\'f1ara\'e0 g\'e4rgi
 viditv\'e4sm\'e4\'fb lok\'e4t praiti sa br\'e4hma\'eba\'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 ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he who; }{\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 \'97either; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etad}{\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 ak\'f1aram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spiritual life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4rgi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Gargi (daughter of Garg\'e4c\'e4rya); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aviditva
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without knowing the solution to the problem of life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lok\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he quits (like cats and dogs); }{\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 is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5pana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a miser
ly man; }{\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 \'97he who; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etad}
{\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 ak\'f1aram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spiritu
al life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4rgi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Gargi (daughter of Garg\'e4c\'e4rya); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viditva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97knowing the solution to the problem of life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4t}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lok\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material wo
rld; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he quits; }{\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 is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97a }{\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 .
\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 He is a miserly man who does not solve the problems of life as a human and who thus quits this world like the cats and dogs, without u
nderstanding the science of self-realization. He is a wise br\'e4hma\'eba who leaves this world knowing the solution to life's problems.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.8.10}{\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\cf11\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is dying, for no one can live here permanently, but one who dies after executing a life of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a }{\cs2873\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 one who dies like a cat or dog, without executing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is called a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These two words are used frequently in
 Vedic literature\'97}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba. K\'e5pa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "miser" and }{\cs2873\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  refers to a liberal, broadminded person. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  j\'e4n\'e4t\'e9ti br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who knows the supreme, the Absolute Truth, is a }{\cs2873\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  but one who does not know is an animal. This is the difference between animal and man; man, to deser
ve the name, must be educated to understand the Absolute Truth. Because human life is meant for knowledge, there are schools and colleges, philosophers and scientists and mathematicians. The processes of eating, sleeping, mating and defending need not be
 taught, for they are learned instinctively. Human life is obviously meant for more. It is meant for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and knowledge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So the tapasya life begins from celibacy, brahmacarye\'eba. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends. Brahmacarya is described in the \'e7\'e4s
tras that smara\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 keli\'f9 prek\'f1a\'eba\'e0 guhyam \'e4sanam[?] [\'c7r\'e9dhara 6.1.12]. Sex life, smara\'ebam, thinking of sex life, that is against brahmacarya. Complete celibacy means one should not think of even sex life. Smar
a\'ebam. Or talk of sex life. \line Our modern literature, newspaper and everything, simply full with talks of sex life. But this is against brahmacarya life. Smara\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 keli. And actually indulging in sex life. Prek\'f1a\'ebam: lookin
g, overlooking a nice boy or nice girl, that is also against brahmacarya. Guhyam \'e4sanam: whispering between girls and boys, that is also against brahmac\'e4r\'e9. Guhyam \'e4sana\'e0 sa\'eckalpam. Then determination of sex life. Vyavas\'e4ya: endeavor
ing how to effect sex life. So when we can stop all these activities, that is real brahmacarya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  There are descriptions in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  celibacy, which characterize the beginning of a life dedicated to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya: Smara\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 keli\'f9 prek\'f1a\'eba\'e0 guhyabh\'e4\'f1a\'ebam/ sa\'eckalpo 'dhyavas\'e4ya\'e7 ca kriy\'e4-nirv\'e5ttir eva ca}{\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 \'c7r\'e9dhara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r
\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9's {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4v\'e4rtha-d\'e9pik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   6.1.13-14
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "smara\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 keli\'f9 prek\'f1a\'eba\'e0 guhya-bh\'e4\'f1a\'ebam. \line sa\'eckalpo 'dhyavas\'e4ya\'e7 ca kr
iy\'e4-nirv\'e5tir eva ca. \line etan maithunam a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga\'e0 pravadanti man\'e9\'f1i\'eba\'f9. \line vipar\'e9ta\'e0 brahma-caryam etad ev\'e4\'f1\'f6a-lak\'f1a\'ebam." 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The wise explain that the eight limbs of connection between a man and a woman are remembrance, glorification, thinking of amorous play
, gazing with desire to see, private conversations, thinking how to meet, mental effort, attaining happiness in union. Doing the opposite becomes the eight qualities of brahmacarya.  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub Vair\'e4gya-m\'e4rta\'eb\'f2a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  12.144-5(?)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9ta-govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2.5 [Trans. by Bhanu Swami]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.1.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 ). To properly execute celibacy, one should not even think or even talk of sex life. Reading modern literatures and newspapers which are filled with sexual material is also against the principles of
 }{\cs2873\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  Similarly, indulging in sex in any way, looking at and whispering with girls
, and determining or endeavoring to engage in sex life are all against the principles of }{\cs2873\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  One executes real }{\cs2873\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  when all these activities come to a halt.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Yesterday we discussed tapas\'e4, by austerity; brahmacarye\'eba, by celibacy; \'e7amena, by controlling the mind; damena, by controlling t
he senses; ty\'e4gena, by giving in charity your money. That is called ty\'e4ga. \line Suppose you have got millions of dollars. Don't keep it. So long it is within your jurisdiction, spend it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yes. That is the proper utilization. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By austerity, celibacy, and control of the mind and senses one can advance in pure 
life. Similarly, advancement can be made through charity properly directed. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  renunciation. If one has a million dollars, he should not keep it, but, as long as it is within his jurisdiction, he should spend it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Money or energy is properly utilized when it is directed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Because actually the money is not yours, because you cannot carry this money with your death. As soon as you quit this body, or death, so y
our money and everything, what you collected with this body, with the finishing of this body, everything is finished. But you go. You are spirit soul. You transmigrate to another body. \line So your money which you earned previously, in your previous bod
y, that you do not know where it is kept, or how it is being spent up. During your lifetime, you may make very nice deed, how the money should be spent by your sons or by your heirs, but now, suppose you left in your last life ten thousand millions of do
llars somewhere, but you have nothing, no claim for that money. Therefore so long it is in your hand, spend it. Ty\'e4gena, ty\'e4gena. Spend for good purpose, not for... This money, if you spend for bad purposes, then you become entangled. If you spend 
for good purposes, then you get good return. That's a fact.\line These things are very nicely, clearly stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. This dhana, charity-the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 says there are three kinds of charities. One charity is in the mode of g
oodness, one charity is in the mode of passion, and one charity is in the mode of ignorance. So mode of goodness charity means you should know where charity is to be given. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7
10725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As soon as one quits his body, all his monetary resources and everything else that he has collected in connection with his body is finished, for the spirit soul t
ransmigrates to another body, and one does not know where the money which he earned in his previous body is being kept or how it is being spent. A person may leave the world declaring how the money should be spent by his sons or heirs, but even if one le
aves millions of dollars, in his next life he has no claim to it. Therefore as long as it is in one's hand, it is better to spend it for a good purpose. If one spends it for bad purposes, he becomes entangled, but if he spends it for good purposes, he ge
ts good in return. This is very clearly stated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub That is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, yad karo\'f1i yad a\'e7n\'e4si yat tapasyasi dad\'e4si yat, tat kuru\'f1va 
mad-arpa\'ebam [Bg. 9.27]: "Whatever you are eating, whatever you are undergoing, austerity, whatever you are doing, whatever you are giving in charity, give it to Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [71072
5BS.NY]}}{\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains that there are three kinds of charity\'97charity in the mode of goodness, passion and ignorance. A person in the mode of goodness knows where charity should be given. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9\line ye bhajanti tu m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line mayi te te
\'f1u c\'e4py aham
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me,
 and I am also a friend to him." (}{\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 9.29)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's not in want of money, because He's the original proprietor of everything, \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam [\'c9\'e7o 
1]. But still He's asking from you money. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to beg something from Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in the shape of a V\'e4mana, a dwarf br\'e4hma\'eba. So He is the sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam [Bg. 5.29]. He's the proprietor of all the planet
s. And still He's saying that dad\'e4si yat kuru\'f1va mad-arpa\'ebam: "Whatever you are giving in charity, please give it to Me." Why? It is for your interest, because the sooner you return K\'e5\'f1\'eba's money to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you are better situat
ed. \line In, in..., of course, it will not be very palatable to hear, but actually we are all thieves. We have stolen God's property. That is material life. Anyone who has got anything without sense of God, it is to be understood that he has stolen the 
property. If you very cool-headed think over this matter, that you are... If we do not understand God, if we do not understand whose property we are using, and if you come to the real knowledge: without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, whatever we possess, 
that is stolen property, stolen property....\line Stena eva sa\'f9 ucyate [Bg. 3.12]. It is clearly said in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. If one does not expend his money for yaj\'efa, then he is to be understood...\line Just like there is many, many instance
s... Just like you have earned so much money. If you hide income tax, then you are criminal. You can say, "I have earned money. Why shall I pay income tax, government?" No. You must pay. And there is a limit, that if you have earned so much money, practi
cally the whole money will be taken as income tax, super tax. So as everything you earn, it is the property of the government, similarly, why not everything, whatever you got, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, or God's? Is it very difficult to understand?\line Act
ually it is so. Suppose you have constructed a very nice building. So the building requires so many stone, wood, earth. Wherefrom you have got it? You have not produced the wood. It is God's property. You have not produced the metal; you have taken it fr
om the mine. That is God's property. The earth, also, the bricks also, which you have made, you have simply given your labor. That labor is also God's property, because you work with your hand, but it is not your hand; it is God's hand. If it is your han
d, then when it is paralyzed, you cannot use it. When the power of using your energy of the hand is withdrawn by God, you cannot work.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not in want of money, for He is the original proprietor of everything (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam i
da\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). But still He asks us for charity. For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the guise of V\'e4mana, a dwarf }{\cs2873\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 beg from Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Even though He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sarva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub loka}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -mahe\'e7varam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the proprietor of all the planets, He nonetheless says, "Please give in charity to Me." Why? It is for our interest, for the sooner we return K\'e5\'f1\'eba's money to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the better situated we will be. Of 
course this may not be very pleasant to hear, but actually we are all thieves, for we have stolen God's property. If one who has something is not God conscious, it is to be understood that he has stolen God's property. That is the nature of material life
. If this is considered thoughtfully and if one comes to real knowledge, he will realize that if we do not understand God, whose property we are using, whatever we possess is stolen property. It is also stated in }{\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  that if one does not spend his money for }{\cs2873\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, he is understood to be a thief (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo bhu\'eckte ste
na eva }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). For instance, if one earns a great deal of money but tries to hide it to a
void paying income tax, the government considers him to be a criminal. He cannot say, "I have earned this money. Why shall I pay tax to the government?" No, he must pay or risk punishment. Similarly, in the higher sense everything we have is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's or God's, and it must be utilized in accordance with His desires. We may wish to construct a building, but where do we get the stone, wood and earth that the construction requires? We cannot artificially produce the wood; it is God's property. We
 cannot produce the metal; we must take it from the mine, which is also God's property. The earth and the bricks which are made from it are also God's. We simply give our labor, but that labor is also God's property. We work with our hands, but they are 
not our hands but God's, for when the power to use the hand is withdrawn by God, the hand becomes useless.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So these are the things to be studied in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Don't be frivolous. Don't waste your time. This is the greatest oppo
rtunity, human form of life. We have to understand all these things. They are mentioned in the authoritative books, Vedic knowledge. Just we are reading \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam before you. So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9's recommending that pr\'e4ya\'e7c
itta\'e0 vimar\'e7anam. Real atonement is to be thoughtful, sober, think over... That is called meditation. You think over whether your body, or if you are something else, transcendental to body, what is God. \line So if you want to know all this knowled
ge, then you have to practice austerity, tapasya. And the beginning of tapasya is brahmacarya. I've explained yesterday: brahmacarya, celibacy, or restricted sex life. Not unrestricted. That's not good. Then you forget yourself. This material attraction 
is sex life. Not only human society-in animal society, in bird society, everywhere. You have seen the sparrows, the pigeons, they're having sex life three hundred times daily, you see, although they are very vegetarian. Yes. And the lion is not vegetaria
n, but it has got sex life only once in a year.\line So it is not the question of vegetarian or nonvegetarian. It is the question of understanding higher standard of knowledge. When one comes to the standard of high elevated knowledge, naturally he becom
es vegetarian. Because pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9 [Bg. 5.18]. Pa\'eb\'f2ita means one who is very highly learned, pa\'eb\'f2ita. Sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9. Sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9 means he does not distinguish between a man, learned man...\line vidy
\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi hastini\line \'e7uni caiva \'e7va-p\'e4ke ca\line pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9\line  [Bg. 5.18]\line A pa\'eb\'f2ita is sama-dar\'e7\'e9. He sees equally, who? A very learned scholar, br\'e4hma
\'eba; and a elephant; and a dog; and a cow. \line How he's sama-dar\'e7\'e9? How his vision is equal to all of them? Because he does not see the body; he sees the soul. Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9. He sees the Brahman, spark, that "Here is a dog, but it is also
 a living entity. By his past karma, he has become a dog. And here is a learned scholar. He's also living spark, but he has got this nice opportunity for his past karma." So he does not see the body; He sees the spirit soul, spark. So when one comes to t
hat position, he does not make any distinction between this living entity to that living entity. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  We should use this great opportunity, human life, to understand all these points which are mentioned in the authoritative books of Vedic knowledge like }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  In the }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 de
clares that real atonement necessitates thoughtfulness, sobriety and meditation. One must consider whether he is the body or whether he is transcendental to the body, and one must try to know what God is. These ideas are to be studied in K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness. We should not be frivolous or waste time. If one wants this knowledge, he has to practice austerity, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the beginning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as already explained, is 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmacarya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub celibacy or restricted sex life. The pivot of material attraction is sex, n
ot only for human society but for animal society also. Sparrows and pigeons have sex three hundred times daily, although they are strict vegetarians, and the lion, which is not a vegetarian, has sex once a year. Spiritual life is not a question of vegeta
rianism but of understanding higher knowledge. When one comes to the platform of elevated knowledge, he naturally becomes a vegetarian. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dar\'e7ina\'f9}{\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 one who is very highly learned does not distinguish between a learned scholar, a }{\cs2873\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 dog and a cow. He is }{\cs2873\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  his vision enables him to see them all equally. How is this? He does not see the body but the soul, the spiritual spark (Brahman). He thinks: "Here is a dog, but it is also a living 
entity, although by his past }{\cs2873\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  he has become a dog. And this learned scholar is also a
 living spark, but he has taken good birth because of his past }{\cs2873\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 one comes to t
hat position, he does not see the body, but the spiritual spark, and he does not distinguish between one living entity and another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Actually we do not make distinctions between carnivores and vegetarians, for the grass has life just as the cow or the lamb. A guideline, however, should be the Ve
dic instruction given in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub So our proposition: If you inquire, "Then why you restrict, 'No meat-eating'?" the answer is that actually we do not make any distinction betwe
en the meat-eaters and the vegetable eaters, because the cow or the goat or the lamb has got life, and the grass, it has also got life. But we follow the Vedic instruction. What is that? Now, \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 yat ki\'efcit jagaty
\'e4\'e0 jagat, tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4 [\'c9\'e7o 1]: everything is the property of the Supreme Lord, and you can enjoy whatever is allotted to you. M\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [710725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those thing
s necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\cs3545\b\i\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 Mantra}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub You cannot touch others' body, others' property. You cannot touch. That is Vedic life. \line So in all scriptures it is stated that man sho
uld live on fruits and vegetables. Their teeth are made in that way. They can eat very easily and digest. Although j\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9vanam [Bh\'e4g. 1.13.47]: one has to live by eating another living entity. J\'e9vo j\'e9vasya... That is nature's l
aw. So the vegetarian also eating another living entity. And the meat-eater, they're also eating another... But there is discretion. Discretion means that these things are made for human being. Just like fruits, flowers, vegetables, rice, grains, milk-th
e animals do not come to claim that "I shall eat this." No. It is meant for man.\line Just like milk. Milk is an animal product. It is the blood of the cow changed only. But the milk is not drunk by the cow. She is delivering the milk, but she's not taki
ng, because it is not allotted for it. By nature's way. So you have to take. Milk is made for man, so you take the milk. Let her live and supply you milk continually. Why should you kill? Follow nature's law. Then you'll be happy.Tena tyaktena bhu\'efj
\'e9th\'e4 [\'c9\'e7o 1]. Whatever is allotted to you, take. You live comfortably. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [710725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Since everything is the property of the Supreme Lord, one can only enjoy what is allotted to him by the Lord, and one cannot touch another's property. According to Vedic life and according to all Vedic scriptures, a man should live on fruits
 and vegetables, for his teeth are made in such a way that these can be very easily eaten and digested. Although it is nature's law that one has to live by eating other living entities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9vanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), one must use discretion. Fruits, flowers, vegetables, rice, grain and milk are made for human beings. Milk, for example, is
 an animal product, the blood of an animal transformed, but the cow delivers more milk than is needed by her calf because milk is intended for man. Man should simply take the milk and let the cows live, and thus following nature's law, man will be happy.
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'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 \'c9\'e7o 1}{\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\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 one should take whatever God allots to him and thus live comfortably.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub We have to learn this art of elevation. Tapasya. That is called austerity, regulative principle; brahmacarye\'eba, by celibacy, or by restr
icted sex life; \'e7amena, by controlling the mind; damena, by controlling the senses; ty\'e4gena, by giving charity. The charity... Charitable disposition of mind is there in everyone's heart, but one does not know how to make the best use of charity. B
est use of... Not only charity-whatever you spend, you must spend for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the best way of spending. You are not loser. \line Just like you are spending for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, earning for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Suppose we are offering nice dishe
s to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind: He keeps it as it is; you eat. It is for you. But simply by offering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee. That's all. For nothing! You don't spend anything, not a farthing even. Everything
 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, but if you offer it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you elevate. That's all. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  We have to elevate our consciousness through this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Charity is within everyone's heart, but we do not know how to make the best use of it. Whatever we spend in terms of energy should be for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for it all
 belongs to Him. By spending for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one will not be a loser. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that when we offer Him food, He accepts and yet leaves everything for us to eat. Simply by offering food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can become devotees. We need
 not spend an extra farthing. In the higher sense, everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but if we offer everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will be elevated. This is a sublime and proven way for advancement in pure life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 5: Learning Steadiness 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 5/ Learning Steadiness in 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 [710727SB.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub When one gets to the topmost of material opulence, immediately there is a tendency for renunciation. This hippie movement is like that. The
y have got a good qualification that they have renounced this materialistic way of life, ty\'e4gena. \line The, there are two kinds of tendencies: one is bhoga and one is ty\'e4ga. Bhoga means enjoyment, sense enjoyment, and ty\'e4ga means to give up thi
s material world. But without guidance, one does not know how to renounce this material world. That is called ty\'e4ga. \line Bhoga and ty\'e4ga, two kinds of tendencies are going on in this material world. First of all they want to enjoy, and when they 
are frustrated in enjoyment, then there is renouncement. Again when they are tired of renouncement, again enjoyment. Just like the clock pendulum, this side and that side-tock, tock, tock, tock. \line Similarly, we are oscillating: sometimes in the platf
orm of enjoyment and sometimes on the platform of renouncement. Two things are there in this material world. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one reaches the topmost position of material opulence, the tendency for renunciation is natural. There are two tendencies in this material world\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (sense enjoyment) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (renunciation of this material world). Without guidance, however, one does not know how to renounce. First of all, one wants to enjoy, and when he is frustrated in enjoyment, he renounces. Again, when he is tired 
of renunciation, he enjoys, like a clock pendulum which swings from side to side. We are thus all vacillating from the platform of enjoyment to the platform of renunciation and back again.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The karm\'e9s, they are trying to enjoy this world, whole day and night that expressway, always trucks and cars are going on-sohn-sohn-sohn
-sohn. Bhoga, how to enjoy first class. Another, the hippies, they don't want to do anything. Both sides are there in your country, bhoga and ty\'e4ga. But in neither of the paths you'll be happy, because that is not your proper position. You cannot enjo
y or you cannot renounce. \line Actually, the whole thing belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nothing belongs to anyone. Whatever you have got in possession, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's property. \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam [\'c9\'e7o 1]. Everything. You do
..., you try to understand. The trees, the plants, the water, the land-have you produced it? Then how do you claim that it is your land, it is your country, it is your water, it is your tree? That is the wrong position. And similarly, ty\'e4ga, renouncem
ent... What can you renounce? What you had? What is the meaning of renouncement? You had nothing. \line You came here in this world from the womb of your mother empty-handed, a child. Then you falsely claim: "This is my country, this is my home, this is 
my wife, this is my children, this is my property, this is my bank balance, this is my skyscraper building..." All these false. Because you did not brought this. You came empty-handed, and when you go, you go empty-handed. The things are there. The bank 
balance is there. The building is there. You cannot take anything. So what is the meaning of bhoga and ty\'e4ga? \line There is no meaning. Either now, neither able to enjoy, because it is not your property... If you want to enjoy others' property, then 
you'll be implicated in criminal offenses. And if you say others' property, "I renounce this bank. I renounce this Bank of America," when did it belong to you, that you are making renouncement? This is all lunacy. Then, what to do? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\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 Karm\'e9s,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fruitive workers, try to enjoy this world and reap the fruits of it. Consequently, they are constantly traveling on expressways all day and night to engage in material enjoyment. 
On the other hand, there are others, predominantly the discontented youth, who don't want any part of this. Thus the world contains those engaged in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and those engaged in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  However, we will not be happy by following either of these paths because it is not our proper position to either enjoy or renounce. Since everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nothing belongs to anyone else, whatever we possess is actuall
y K\'e5\'f1\'eba's property (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Since we have not produced the trees, plants, waters or the land, we cannot claim them. Since we actually have nothing, we can renounce nothing, or, as it is said, naked we come into t
his world and naked we go out. In the interim we falsely claim, "This is my country, this is my home, this is my wife, these are my children, this is my property, this is my bank balance, etc." Such claims are false because when we come into the world, w
e come in empty-handed, and when we go out, we go out empty-handed. What then is the meaning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the light of the actual facts, they have no actual meaning. 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is thievery, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  renunciation of what never belonged to us, is a form of lunacy.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub That is direction given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba: sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja [Bg. 18.66]. You have created 
different types of religion on the basis of this bhoga and ty\'e4ga. So you give up all them. Then? M\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: "You surrender unto Me." Because you cannot enjoy nor make any renunciation. \line But here it is said tapas\'e4, t
y\'e4gena: by renouncing. Renouncing means that you are falsely possessing. So you give it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original proprietor. Just like one-hundred-dollars note, a child has taken from the father. The child does not know how to use that hundred 
dollars note, but he..., he'll not give it to the father. "No, I shall not give it." Father is begging: "Oh, my dear child, you are so nice. [laughter] Kindly give it to me." Actually the note belongs to the father. But because he's child, he's innocent,
 ignorant, he does not know.\line Similarly, this ty\'e4gena means to practice to give everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything. Ty\'e4gena. \'c7amena damena ty\'e4gena. This is the different steps of elevating yourself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. T
apas\'e4 brahmacarye\'eba \'e7amena damena ca, ty\'e4gena satya-\'e7auc\'e4bhy\'e4m [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.13]. Satya means truthfulness. One should know what is truth, ultimate truth, Absolute Truth. \line We are concerned with relative truths, but we have to kn
ow the Absolute Truth. Just like in the Bh\'e4gavata Vy\'e4sadeva is offering his respect, obeisances, satya\'e0 para\'e0 dh\'e9mahi [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1]: "I offer my respect to the Supreme Truth, not to the relative truth." We are concerned with relative tr
uth, categorical truth, not the summum bonum.\line Truthful. Truthfulness. These are the qualities of br\'e4hma\'eba. Satya\'e0 \'e7amo damas titik\'f1\'e4 \'e4rjavam \'e4stikya\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4na\'e0 brahma-karma svabh\'e4va-jam [Bg. 18.4
2].  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this regard, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us this direction: }{\cs2873\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  (}{\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) Although we have created different types of religion based on }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we are thus advised to give up all of them and to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not within our power to enjoy or to renounce. When renunciation is recommended in }{\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  it refers to renunciation of everything that we falsely claim to possess. A child may take a hundred dollar bill f
rom his father and try to keep it although he may not know how to use it. The father may beg the child, "Dear boy, kindly give it to me." The child does not know that the money actually belongs to the father, nor does he know that he had best hand it to 
his father, for he simply does not know how to use it. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Renounce your work for Me. Renounce your wealth and property for Me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a beggar, for everything belongs to Him, but He does treat us like small c
hildren. Compliance to His request to give everything to Him is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  renunciat
ion, and is one of the means by which one can attain elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Austerity, celibacy, equanimity and charity are all required for realization of the ultimate or Absolute Truth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not concerned 
with the relative truth but with the Absolute. In }{\cs2873\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  Vy\'e4sadeva 
offers his obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satya\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dh\'e9mahi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He offers his respects not to the relative categorical truths, but to the }{\cs2873\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  the Absolute Truth. It is the duty of }{\cs2873\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 practice those qualities by which the Absolute Truth can be realized.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Those who are br\'e4hma\'ebas, they must be qualified with all these symptoms. Satyam. This satyam, truthful. How truthful? You, even befor
e your enemies, you'll disclose everything. Such truthful. That is the instruction of \'e4c\'e4ryas. We want to disclose everything, hide. But truthfulness means even to a enemy you should be truthful. \line Satya\'e0 \'e7amam. This \'e7amam, controlling
 the mind. Damam, controlling the senses. Satya\'e0 samo dama\'f9 \'e7aucam, cleanliness. \'c4rjavam, simplicity. No duplicity; simplicity. \'c4rjavam \'e4stikyam. Faith in Vedas, that is called \'e4stikyam. Just like Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, part of Vedas. 
Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the Supreme Lord." So you have to accept Him by faith. This is called \'e4stikyam. \'c4stikyam, j\'ef\'e4nam. Not foolishly, but with knowledge, full knowledge. And vij\'ef\'e4nam, practical application in life. Brahma-kar
ma svabh\'e4va-jam. This is the natural symptoms of a br\'e4hma\'eba.\line So you are all initiated to become br\'e4hma\'eba. You have become br\'e4hma\'eba. Don't become false br\'e4hma\'eba. Real br\'e4hma\'eba. It is not by birth; it is by education, 
by practice, by knowledge. So we are offering the sacred thread to the Americans and Europeans in the Western countries, and some of our Indian contemporaries, they are not very happy with my action. They are under contemplation that a br\'e4hma\'eba can
 be, I mean to say, seen by birthright. No. No. Br\'e4hma\'eba is by qualification. Br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya, \'e7\'fcdra. That is the verdict of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line We are concerned with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not any other else. K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 says, c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0 gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9 [Bg. 4.13]: "By division of quality and..., gu\'eba and work, one must have the symptoms, the quality of a br\'e4hma\'eba and work as a br\'e4hma\'eba." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\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 Br
\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must be qualified by practicing cleanliness, truthfulness, control of the mind and the senses, simplicity, and by cultivating faith in the }{\cs2873\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 particularly in }{\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  When K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the Supreme Lord," we have to accept Him with faith, not foolishly, but with full knowledge, and practically a
pply this acceptance in our daily life. A }{\cs2873\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 not created by birth, but by e
ducation, practice and knowledge. It is not a question of birth, but quality, as pointed out by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line tasya kart\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0
\line viddhy akart\'e4ram avyayam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 created by M
e. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable." (Bg. 4.13)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Quality will be tested by work. Suppose if you are engineer; you have got the quality of... But if you sit down at home, what is your value
? You must be engaged in some engineer work.\line Similarly, unless you work as a br\'e4hma\'eba, so simply saying that "I am a br\'e4hma\'eba," what is the value? Useless. They... Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9. There m
ust be quality and work also. \line So here we are qualifying the students to be raised in the brahminical platform, and they're working also as br\'e4hma\'eba. How they are working as br\'e4hma\'eba? Because they're fully engaged in Para\'e0 Brahma's se
rvice, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One must not only have the qualities of a }{
\cs2873\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  but one should also work as a }{\cs2873\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's qualities are tested by his work. If one is a qualified engineer but simply sits down at home and does not wo
rk, what is his value? Similarly, unless one works as a }{\cs2873\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  there is no value 
to his simply saying, "I am a }{\cs2873\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 " One must therefore work as a }{\cs2873\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  by fully engaging in the service of Para\'e0 Brahman, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Brahman
.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub How these things can be executed? Yamena niyamena v\'e4. Yama-niyama. The practice of yoga is based on this principle of yama-niyama, regul
ating-controlling, regulating. Regulation cannot be executed without control. Therefore yamena niyamena v\'e4. These are the process. \line If you want to elevate... Our topics began: the people are suffering. Although one knows that "This is not good, w
hat I am doing..." He has heard, he has seen also the effect of it... The same example: A man who has stolen some property, he's arrested. And he knew it, that "If I steal, I'll be punished." But he has done it, the same thing. He knew it. \line He heard
 it from the police courts or from the \'e7\'e4stras that stealing is not good. He knew it. He heard it from authorities. Still, he has done it. So Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's question is, "What is this atonement?" If he, although knowing and hearing
, completely in knowledge, still he's forced to do something, to steal, or to something criminal, what then is the use of putting him into the jail or atonement? He'll come again, and again do the same thing.\line Therefore he's saying that actually aton
ement is knowledge. "Why I am stealing? What is the use?" Vimar\'e7anam, pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vimar\'e7anam. Vimar\'e7anam means to be thoughtful. Without being thoughtful, philosopher, how one can understand what is his position? Thoughtful. And that t
houghtfulness comprehends so many things. Tapas\'e4. \line One has to learn it by tapasya. Just like if one wants to pass M.A. examination, then he has to go school, follow the principle of the schools, college, study, and take some pains. Then gradually
 he'll come a passed M.A. student. And if he plays all the day on the street, how he can? That is not possible. \line Therefore the process is being explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9: tapas\'e4. First thing is tapasya, austerity. Even it is painful.
.. Austerity's painful. Brahmacarya is painful. Because we want, unrestricted, to do everything. But no. As soon as it is regulated, it appears to be painful. When it is practiced, it is not painful. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How can service to the Absolute Truth be executed? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Yamena niyamena ca:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the practice of }{\cs2873\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  or linking with the supreme, is based on the principles of regulation and control. Regulation cannot be executed without control; therefore one must be thoughtful and purify himself. If one wants to pass an examination,
 he has to go to school, follow the principles of the school, and take some pains in his study, and then gradually he comes to be successful. If he plays all day on the street, how can he expect success? Therefore in the process being explained by \'c7uk
adeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the first necessity is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  austerity. Even if austerity and }{
\cs2873\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  are painful because we want to be unrestricted, as soon as we are regulated, wha
t appeared to be painful is in practice not painful.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are two classes of men, dh\'e9ra and adh\'e9ra. Here \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9's speaking of the dh\'e9ra. Who is dh\'e9ra? Dh\'e9ra 
means in spite of provocation, in spite of something present which agitates the mind, one remains, I mean to say, in his position, steady. He's called dh\'e9ra.\line The dh\'e9ra example is given by K\'e4lid\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita, a great poet in India, Sa
nskrit poet, long, long ago. He has written one book: Kum\'e4ra-sambhava. Kum\'e4ra-sambhava. In our college we read that book in Sanskrit class. Kum\'e4ra-sambhava. So he has given one example of dh\'e9ra about Lord \'c7iva, Mah\'e4deva. He was meditati
ng, and the demigods, they had a plan, that "The demons are fighting with us. We are being defeated. We want a commander-in-chief who must be born out of the semina of Lord \'c7iva." But he was in meditation. So how to do it?\line So P\'e4rvat\'e9, she w
as sent. She was young girl. And she was worshiping the genital of Lord \'c7iva. So a young girl touching the genital, and she's present, but still Lord \'c7iva was in meditation. So K\'e4lid\'e4sa-here is the example of dh\'e9ra. He's called dh\'e9ra. I
n spite of presence of a young girl touching the genital, he's not, I mean to say, disturbed.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  There are two classes of men\'97those who are sober (}{\cs2873\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 ) and those 
who are extravagant (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adh\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When one, in spite of provocation or in spite of the pres
ence of a source of mental agitation, can remain steady in his position, he is called }{\cs2873\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  An example of a }{\cs2873\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 given by K\'e4lid\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita, a great Sa
nskrit poet who wrote a book called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kum\'e4ra-sambhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wherein he has given an example co
ncerning Lord \'c7iva. It appears that when the demigods were fighting the demons and were being defeated, they decided that they could be saved by a commander-in-chief born from the semina of Lord \'c7iva. Lord \'c7iva, however, was in meditation, and t
o acquire the needed semina was very difficult. They therefore sent P\'e4rvat\'e9, a young girl, who appeared before Lord \'c7iva and worshiped his genitals. Although this young girl sat before Lord \'c7iva and touched his genitals, Lord \'c7iva was stea
dy in meditation. K\'e4lid\'e4sa says, "Here is an example of a }{\cs2873\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  for despite a yo
ung girl's touching his genitals, he was undisturbed."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. You have heard the Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. He was chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, and somebody
 wanted to cut down. He was young man. So young prostitute was sent at dead of night. And he..., she proposed... Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura said, "Yes, it is very nice proposal. Please sit down. Let me finish my chanting, and I shall enjoy." So it became 
morning. The prostitute became, I mean to say, perturbed. And Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura replied, "I am very sorry. I could not finish my chanting. Please come this night again." \line The first night, second night..., third night the prostitute fell down
 on his feet and said, "Sir, this was my intention. I was induced to do this act by some man who is your enemy. So kindly excuse me." So Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura replied, "I knew that. But because you came to me, therefore I allowed you to come here, th
ree days, so that you may be converted to be a devotee. So now take these chanting beads. You sit down, go on chanting. I am leaving this place." Here is another dh\'e9ra.\line So here it is said, deha-v\'e4g-buddhija\'e0 dh\'e9r\'e4 dharmaj\'ef\'e4\'f9.
 One who has control, deha, the body; v\'e4k, the words; buddhi, intelligence-they are dh\'e9ra. So this trida\'eb\'f2\'e9. This trida\'eb\'f2\'e9-sanny\'e4sa means to become dh\'e9ra, controlling \'e7ar\'e9ra; deha, the body; v\'e4k, words; and intellig
ence. These things should be utilized. How? By dh\'e9ra, those who are dh\'e9ra. Dharmaj\'efa: one who knows actually the principle of religion. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, someone sent a young prostitute to disturb Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, and upon hearing her appeals for intercourse, Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura said, "Yes, your proposal is very
 nice. Please sit down and let me finish my chanting, and then we shall enjoy." Morning came and the prostitute became impatient, but Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura replied, "I'm very sorry. I could not finish my chanting. Come tonight again." The prostitute 
came for three nights, and on the third night she fell down at his feet, confessed her intentions, and pleaded with him, "I was induced to perform this act by a man who is your enemy. Kindly excuse me." Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura then replied, "I know all
 about that, but I allowed you to come here for three days so that you could be converted and become a devotee. Now take these chanting beads, and go on chanting. I am leaving this place." Here is another example of a }{\cs2873\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 has control of his body (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deh
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), words (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ), and intelligence (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub buddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). One's body, words and intelligence should be con
trolled by one who is }{\cs2873\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  and who actually knows the principles of religion.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So because our life is continuously committing sinful activities, from time immemorial... You do not know when it began. Evolution, many bi
rths. Therefore this life is meant for rectifying all mistakes that we had committed in our previous lives or in this life. How? By this process: k\'f1ipanty agham. Agham means the resultant action of sinful life. Mahad api. Although it is very great, ma
had api, how? Ve\'ebu-gulmam, ve\'ebu-gulmam iv\'e4nala\'f9. Just like if you set fire to the unwanted grass and creepers in the field. You set fire, and they will be all burned. Similarly, by this process, tapas\'e4 brahmacarye\'eba, you can liquidate a
ll of your sinful activities of life and you become purified.\line So the next process, another alternative process, is being suggested by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9:\line kecit kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4\line v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9\line agha\'e0 d
hunvanti k\'e4rtsnyena\line n\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9\line  [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.15]\line Kecit, not all. Kecit means somebody. Somebody, not all. Generally, people understand austerity or pious life by this process. What is that? Brahmacarya, \'e7ama-d
ama, yama-niyama, ty\'e4ga, renunciation: "Oh, he's very pious man." But another man, kecit... That is also kecit, not all. Kecit means somebody. Kecit kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4. Simply by pure devotional service. Simply by pure devotional service, v\'e4sud
eva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9, I mean, inclined to V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. V\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. Or somebody simply by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, agha\'e0 dhunvanti, they kills all resultant action of sinful life. Dhunvanti. Agha
\'e0 dhunvanti k\'e4rtsnyena, wholesale. \line How it is? N\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9. Just like there is fog and, as soon as the sun rises, whole fog gone, finished. Very good example. The fog is dense; you cannot see the next person. It is so dan
gerous. When there is fog in the ocean, they stop all the ships. I have experience. And the aeroplanes, sometimes they clash; they move very carefully. It is very dangerous, fog. Those who are... But as soon as there is sunrise some way or other, everyth
ing finished. Similarly, some way or other, if you take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all the sinful reaction of your life immediately finished like the fog.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]
}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have been continuously committing sinful activities since time immemorial, and we do not know when this began, but this life is meant for rectification of all the mistake
s that we have committed. If one sets fire to unwanted grass and creepers in a field, they will all be burned. Similarly, by the process of austerity and penance, one can liquidate all sinful activities and become purified. But \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 
suggests an alternate process }{\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.1.15}{\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 : }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kecit kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9/ agha\'e0 dhunvanti k\'e4rtsnyena n\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Generally, if one leads
 an austere and pious life of celibacy, equanimity, charity, etc., people will say that he is a very pious man, but simply by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, one can kill all the resultant actions of his past sinful life. A fog disappears as soon as t
he sun rises, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba rises with the brilliance of thousands of suns.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So, but... This process is accepted kecit, somebody, very fortunate. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore said,\line ei r\'fcpe brahm\'e4\'eb
\'f2a bhramite kona bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va\line guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e5p\'e4ya p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja\line  [Madhya 19.151]\line The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not for ordinary person. It is meant for very, very fortunate person. But simp
ly by accepting one thing, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he finishes all business of brahmacarya, ty\'e4ga, yama, niyama, \'e7ama, dama-everything.\line So \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is prescribing kecit kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4 [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.15]. Kevala bh
akty\'e4. Kevala-bhakti. There is no mixture. Kevala means only pure devotional service. What is that pure devotional service?\line 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 uttam\'e4\line  [Brs. 1.1.11]\line No other desire than to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Not that "I have become a devotee. Now my income will increase," or "I shall be..." That, that will come automatically. You want money
 to increase your income to become happy. But if you take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, automatically you'll be so happy that you'll neglect to collect money. That will automatically come. There is no need of separate endeavor. Happiness will come. Ya
\'e0 labdhv\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This process is accepted only by someone who is very fortunate. 
Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore said: (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eir\'fcpa}{\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 brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a bhramite kona bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va/ guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4de p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja:}{\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 "By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master, a fortunate person, after wandering throughout the universe in different species of life, receives the seed of pure devoti
onal service." K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is meant for the very fortunate, for simply by accepting this one process a person can surpass all the duties of austerity, renunciation, celibacy, etc. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 declares: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kecit kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who is extremely fortunate takes to the process of pure devotional servic
e." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kevala bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to pure unalloyed devotional service in which there is no desire 
but to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should not render devotional service just to increase his income. We want money to become happy, but if we take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, automatically we will become so happy that we will neglect money. Money wil
l automatically come. Happiness will come. There is no need to endeavor for these things separately.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like Dhruva, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. He was so lamenting. Those who are recording, I mean, transcribing my tapes, how he was lamenting,
 that "How foolish I was that I took to devotional service with a desire for some material profit." He was so much repentant. So that is..., that is another profit of the devotee. For material profit, somebody goes to somebody-some boss, some rich man, s
ome demigod, some powerful man. But a devotee does not go anywhere. He goes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, even if he has got material desires. That is the advantage. This advantage: that if you go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for some material advantage even, then day wi
ll come, you'll forget that material advantage.\line Just like Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he was repentant, that "I came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for asking some material..." The example is given: Just like one has pleased a very big, rich man, and the rich man sai
d, "All right, you ask me whatever you want. I shall give you." So when he's asked to beg whatever he wants, then if he asks that "Give me some broken rice grains," is that very good proposal? If he's asking that "You can ask anything else from me"-he's 
a rich man-ask him for millions of dollars or something like that. But instead of..., if you ask, for your foolishness, that "Please give me some broken grains of rice..." \line So similarly, to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to ask for some material benefit i
s exactly like this, to go to some rich man and ask from him, "Please give me some broken grains of rice." Why one should ask for material happiness from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Material happiness will roll on his feet: "Please take me. Please take me." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It was Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja who lamented, "How foolish I was that I took to devotional s
ervice with a desire for material profit." Ordinarily for material profit one goes to his boss or some rich man or demigod, but a devotee does not go anywhere but to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even if he has material desires. If one goes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba even for 
material advantages, the day will come when he forgets material desires, just like Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. He was repentant, and said, "I came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and asked for something material, just like one who has pleased a very rich man and who asks h
im for a few grains of rice." If a rich man agrees to give us whatever we want, but we ask him only for a few grains of rice, is that very intelligent? Asking K\'e5\'f1\'eba for material benefit is exactly like this. One need not ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba extra
neously for material happiness, for material happiness will automatically roll before his very feet, pleading, "Please take me, please take me."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub These K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious boys and girls, in sixty centers, just see how they are materially opulent. They're living in the best house
. They're eating the best food. They're in best consciousness. They have got the best hope. Everything best. Their feature of body is best. What you want material happiness more than this? They have got wife, children, happiness, home-everything-full.
\line So material happiness is nothing to a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person. He gets automatically, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no need of asking for it. Simply be steady to ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Please engage me in Your service."\line \'c4nu
k\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lanam [Madhya 19.167]. How K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be satisfied-then your satisfaction will automatically come. Don't bother for material happiness.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [710727SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those who are practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are not in need of the material opulences\'97wives, children, happiness, home\'97for all i
s acquired automatically by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no need to ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba for these material things, but one should simply request Him: "Please engage me in Your service." In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba also promises that if one engages in His service, He will supply what is needed and preserve whatever is already
 possessed. One of His final instructions to Arjuna indicates total dependence on Him:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cetas\'e4 sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi\line mayi sannyasya mat-para\'f9\line buddhi-yogam up\'e4\'e7ritya\line mac-citta\'f9 satata\'e0 b
hava
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "In all activities, and for their results, just depend upon Me, and work always under My protection. In such devotional service, be f
ully conscious of Me." (}{\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  18.57)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 6: Transcending Designations and Problems
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 6/ Transcending Designations and
 Problems
\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 chapter is based on 710728BS.NY]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is easily achieved by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, but only some are fortunate enough to have the mercy of Lord Caitanya and His discipl
ic succession. According to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub For general people, one has to undergo the regular process of austerity, but one who knows, or one who is fortunate to have the mercy of Lord C
aitanya and His disciplic succession, such person, kecid, someone...\line And in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 also it is said, manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u [Bg. 7.3]: out of many thousands, hundreds of thousands men, manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4m... Especi
ally it is said manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0. Manu\'f1ya means human being. Manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\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." (}{\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  }{\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub God realization is not meant for the animals or persons who are almost animals, or animals in the shape of human beings. Animals. At the pr
esent moment, in the shape of human being, the population is animal, assembly of animals, because they do not know beyond the animal propensities. \line The animal propensities... The animal is busy all day. The bird or any beast, rising early in the mor
ning, they are busy: "Where there is some food? Where there is some sex? How to defend?" Then at night, "How to take shelter and sleep?" They have got their own arrangement. In the morning they know that "In that tree there are some fruits. Let us go the
re." So they fly. \'c4h\'e4ra: eating. As we go to office... \line In your this New York City, thousands of people are coming from other islands by the ferry boat, waiting for the bus, going to the office. What is the purpose? The purpose is, "Where is f
ood?" The birds are also going. So you have made ferry boat and nice-so many not nice, very nice; it is crowded always. But you have to come. For your bread, you have to go fifty miles, forty miles. But the birds are free to fly from one tree to another 
tree without any bus, without any ferry boat. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God realization is not possible for
 animals or for persons who are almost animals, or for animals in the shape of human beings. Contemporary civilization is by in large an assembly of animals because, as stated before, it operates on the basis of the animal propensities. The birds and bea
sts arise early in the morning and busy themselves trying to find food and sex and trying to defend themselves; at night they look for shelter, and in the morning they fly to a tree to find nuts and fruits. Similarly, in New York City, great hordes of pe
ople travel from one island to another by ferry boat or wait for subways in order to go to the office for the purpose of finding food. How is this an advancement over animal life? Although the ferry and subway are always crowded, and many people have to 
travel forty or fifty miles for bread, the birds are free to fly from one tree to another.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So these things are not advancement of civilization. Real civilization is how to understand your relationship with God, the supreme father.
 That is real civilization. You may learn it through any process. It doesn't matter. You learn your relationship with the supreme father through this Christianity. That's all right. Or through Vedic process. That's all right. Or Muhammadan, Koran process
. That's all right. But you learn it. \line Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not that we are out to make Christians Hindus, or Hindus Christian, or Muhammadan... No. Our propaganda is not that. Our propaganda is that "You are human being. You
r business is to understand your relationship with God." That's all. You learn it. Anywhere you learn it, but you learn it. Otherwise you are simply wasting your time by animal propensities.\line So you are nobody's enemy; you are everyone's friend, beca
use we are showing the right way. Try to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. That's all. If you have got any own process, do it. Otherwise, please come to us. Learn it. Why one should grudge? N\'e9c\'e4d apy uttam\'e4\'e0 str\'e9-ratna\'e0 du\'f1kul\'e4d api [N
\'e9ti-darpa\'eba 1.16]. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita says that you have to catch up the right thing from any source. It doesn't matter. He gives example: vi\'f1\'e4d api am\'e5ta\'e0 gr\'e4hyam. If there is a pitcher of poison, but if there is some necta
rine over the pitcher, you catch it, take it out. Don't take the poison, but take the nectarine. Amedhy\'e4d api k\'e4\'efcana. If you find that in a filthy place there is some gold, take it out. You are not to take the filthy stool, but you take the gol
d. \line N\'e9c\'e4d apy uttam\'e4\'e0 vidy\'e4m. N\'e9c\'e4. According to Vedic system, education has to be taken from high class, intellectual person like the br\'e4hma\'ebas. But if you find that a person who is not a br\'e4hma\'eba-he's less than a b
r\'e4hma\'eba, or even lower caste-but if he has got some nice education, just accept him as your teacher and learn. Not that "Because he's lowborn or not br\'e4hma\'eba, I shall not take the education from him." The point is that you have to take the ed
ucation. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Real civilization is not concerned simply with man's animal needs but wi
th enabling man to understand his relationship with God, the supreme father. One may learn about his relationship with God by any process\'97through Christianity, through the Vedic literatures or through the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Koran\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but in any case it must be learned. The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not to make Christians into H
indus or Hindus into Christians but to inform everyone that the duty of a human being is to understand his relationship with God. One must learn this, otherwise he is simply wasting his time by engaging in animalistic propensities. We must all try to lov
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. If one has a process, he should practice it, or he can come and learn this process. One should not begrudge the selection of one process over another. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'e4d apy am\'e5ta\'e0 gr\'e4hyam amedhy\'e4d api k\'e4\'efcanam/ n\'e9c\'e4d apy uttam\'e4\'e0 vidy\'e4\'e0 str\'e9-ratna\'e0 du\'f1kul\'e4d api}{\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 N\'e9ti-darpa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 N\'e9ti \'c7\'e4stra
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'e4d apy am\'e5ta\'e0 gr\'e4hyam\line amedhy\'e4d api k\'e4\'efcanam\line n\'e9c\'e4d apy uttama\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line s
tr\'e9-ratna\'e0 du\'f1kul\'e4d api
\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 vi\'f1\'e4d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from poison;}{\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;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  am\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nectar;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gr\'e4hyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is to be taken;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  amedhy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from an impure place;}{\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;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  k\'e4\'efcanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gold;}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  n\'e9c\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from a low-born person;}{\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;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  uttamam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the best;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  j\'ef\'e4nam}{\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  str\'e9-ratnam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a jewel of a woman;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  du\'f1kul\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from a low family;}{\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.
\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 One would accept nectar even from poison and gold even from a filthy place. One should accept knowledge even from a low-born perso
n, and a good wife even if she comes from a low family.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.16). C\'e4\'eb
akya Pa\'eb\'f2ita says that one must catch what is right from any source. If there is a glass of poison with some nectar in it, he says, one should take out the nectar and leave the poison. In the same way, if one finds gold in a filthy place, he should
 take it. Similarly, although according to the Vedic system of education one must be given instruction by intellectual persons like }{\cs2873\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 someone lower on the social scale has learned the truth, one should accept him as a teacher and learn from him. One should not think that just because one is lowly born he should not be accep
ted as a teacher.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, if you are serious about understanding God, don't consider that "I am Christian," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "Why shall I go t
his? Why shall I hear from Sw\'e4m\'e9j\'e9?" If you are serious about understanding God, and to love God, then here is the nicest process. That is practical. There is no question of grudging, "Oh, why shall I go there? They are following some Hindu, Ved
ic scripture." No. There is no question of Vedic scripture. We..., our business is how to love God. That's all. \line Just like many students come here to take higher education. As there is no consideration that "Why shall I go to America or Germany? The
y are different people. Oh, I don't take higher education..." No. Everyone goes. Similarly, if there is nice process to understand God, to approach God, you should take it. Don't be grudging. Take it. You'll be benefited. Kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4. [}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, if one is serious about understanding God, he should not think, "I am Christ
ian," "I am Hindu," or "I am Muslim." If one is serious about understanding love of God, he should consider which process is practical. One should not think, "Why should I follow Hindu or Vedic scriptures?" The purpose of following the Vedic scriptures i
s to develop love of God. When students come to America for a higher education, they do not consider the fact that the teachers may be American, German or of other nationalities. If one wants a higher education, he simply comes and takes it. Similarly, i
f there is an effective process for understanding and approaching God, like this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process, one should take it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So kecid, not all. Someone who is intelligent, bhagav\'e4n, fortunate, they take to this process, kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4. Our process is ke
valay\'e4 bhakty\'e4. Kevalay\'e4 means pure devotional service. No other adulteration or amalgamation. No. Simply to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the program. From early morning at four o'clock till night, ten a.m., p.m., they are all engaged in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's service. This is called kevalay\'e4. They have no other business. \line So this process is recommended for all. That is the perfection of all religious process. Sa vai pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharma yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje [Bh\'e4g. 1.2.6]. Th
at is first-class religion. Sa vai pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharma. Paro means transcendental. There are two things: par\'e4 and apar\'e4, superior and inferior, material and transcendental. There are material dharmas, religious process. For some material ga
in, generally, people go to church, go to temple, some material gain. Just like in your church you pray, "God, give us our daily bread." So daily bread is a material gain.\line So these gain is already settled up. You'll get your bread. Just like the bir
ds or beast, they are getting their bread without going to the church. They do not go to the church for asking God, "Give us our daily bread." The bread is there in the tree. They go and take as much bread as they like. Similarly, your bread is also sett
led up, either you go to the church or not go to the church. That is not a problem. \line Nobody is dying on the street out of starvation. When you find somebody is lying dead on the footpath, the cause is some might have shot him down or by some other m
eans he's killed. But you'll no..., you'll not find either a bird or a beast or an ant or human being died of starvation. Never. The food is already there. Don't bother. If you have to bother, if you have to tax your brain, just do it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 or God. That is proper utilization of your time. Bread is already there. There is no scarcity of bread in the kingdom of God. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Not all, but those who are intelligent and fortunate take to this process of devotional service (}{\cs2873\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 ), and their only desire is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. From early morning till late at night the devotees are engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. This is called }{\cs2873\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  pure; for them there is no other business. This process is recommended for all, and it is t
he perfection of all religious processes. (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In Sanskrit, there are two words, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apara,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which describe the superior (transcendental) and the inferior (material) approaches to religion. In the execution of material }{\cs2873\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 religion performed for material gain, people generally go to a church or a temple and pray, "God, give us our daily bread." Actually, this 
need not be asked for, for bread is already provided for everyone. Even the birds and beasts get their bread without having to go to church to ask God for it. Similarly, our bread is also provided, whether we go to church or not. That is not a problem, f
or no one is dying in the streets of starvation, nor do we find a bird, beast, or even an ant dying of starvation. Food is there, and one need not bother about it. If the brain should be taxed, it should be taxed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. This is the pr
oper utilization of time. There is no scarcity of bread in the Kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Tasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramat\'e4m upary adha\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.5.18]. The Bh\'e4gavata says one should try for 
that thing which is not available by traveling all over the universe. What is that? This is kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4, simple pureTasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramat\'e4m upary adha\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.5.18]. The Bh\'e4gavata says one sho
uld try for that thing which is not available by traveling all over the universe. What is that? This is kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4, simple pure devotion. That is wanting. Nothing is scarcity. Everything is complete by the grace of God for everyone. \line Jus
t like even in jail the government supplies sufficient food. But why people come into the jail? Because they are not honest. Dishonest, criminal. Food is outside jail, inside jail. But what is the difference inside and outside? Inside jail, the men are c
riminals. Outside jail, they are not criminals; they are lawful. \line Similarly there is spiritual world and material world, and everywhere God is providing food, either in the spiritual world or material world-for everyone. Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vidadh
\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n [KU 2.2.13]. The Vedas says that one person, Supreme Person, He is supplying food to this many living entities, bah\'fcn\'e4m. Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n. So for fulfillment of your material desires, you need not go 
to God. That is, that arrangement is already there.\line But because we are foolish, we think... Not only think; sometimes we are put into difficulty by the laws of nature, starvation. Just like if you eat more, and then next two days you cannot eat; you
 have to starve. Similarly, the difficulty in this material world is that we take more than what we need; therefore we have created problems. Otherwise there is sufficient supply from God's side. There is no scarcity, no problem. We have created problems
.\line Just like in your country, sometimes I have heard that you throw away grains, thousands of tons of grains, in the water. That means you have enough food. But there are countries who are starving. So it could be adjusted by sending this food. Inste
ad of throwing in the water, they could be sent to the starving countries. But people will not do that. The point is from God's arrangement, there is enough food within this planet. There is enough land, enough food-producing prospect. But we have arrang
ed in such a way that in one part the people are suffering, and one part, they are throwing the grains in the water. This is not God's arrangement; this is our arrangement. \line Therefore the problems are created by men. Now the so-called politicians, t
hey create problems. Otherwise, by nature's ways, by God's way, everything is complete. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\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 Tasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramat\'e4m uparyadha\'f9. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that one should try to attain that which cannot be attained by traveling all over the universe. What is that? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pure devotion. By God's arrangement there is sufficient food, land and prospects for food on this planet, but we have arranged things in such a way that in one part of the
 world people are suffering and in another part they are throwing grains in the ocean. The }{\cs2873\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, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Person is supplying food to many living entities. The difficulty in this material world is that we take more than we need and thus create our own problems. Problems are created by men
, led by the so-called politicians. According to nature's way or God's way, everything is complete. According to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4
d\'e4ya\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya\line p
\'fcr\'ebam eva ava\'e7i\'f1yate\line  [\'c9\'e7o Invocation]\line This is Vedic song. God is complete. His creation is complete. His arrangement is complete. Simply we are creating disturbance. Therefore the real education to stop this disturbance is to
 make people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, God conscious. Then all problems will be solved. Otherwise, by passing resolution in the United Nation it is not possible.\line You do not know how to solve the problems. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c9\'e7o Invocation""">710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because of this all emanations from Him,
 such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the comple
te balance." (}{\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  Invocation) God is complete, His creation is complet
e, and His arrangements are complete, but we are creating disturbances. Real education is that which makes people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious so that they will properly utilize the resources of the earth and stop creating disturbances. It is not possible to
 solve problems by passing resolutions in the United Nations. One must know the actual method of solving problems.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub That is being discussed. Here \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in right place, he says kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4: simply by pure devotional service,
 kevalay\'e4, only. Kecid kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. And who can do, kecid, that kecid, that person, who is that person? That is not ordinary person. That is v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9, one who is devotee to Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line Vasudeva means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Vasudeva, not others, not demigod par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. V\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. Demigod par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9, it cannot do that. Therefore it is particularly mentioned, v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4y
a\'eb\'e4\'f9: whose business is only to satisfy Lord Vasudeva, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such person. They can solve all the problems simply by taking to pure, unalloyed devotional service. Kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that simply by pure devotional service one can solve the problems of life. Who can do this? It is
 not possible for an ordinary man but for those who are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva-paraya\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , devoted t
o Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (V\'e4sudeva). Only those whose concern is to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who take to pure unalloyed devotional service can solve the problems of life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Agha\'e0 dhunvanti.  We create trouble for our sinful activities. Just like I have already explained: there is enough food, but I gather mo
re food, I stock it to make business so that when there is less supply the price will increase, and I shall sell at that time. This is my process. This is going on as economic development. There is grain-by God's arrangement, sufficient grain. But I am a
 man, I have got some influence. I have got some money, and I go to the bank: "Sir, I want to purchase one hundred thousand, millions of dollars' worth of wheat. So I have got ten thousand dollar. Please give me loan." Bank gives him loan. He purchases. 
He stocks it somewhere; nobody knows. The price is increased. There is scarcity. \line Actually there is no scarcity, but it is the so-called economic law, man-made law, that creates scarcity. From God's side, there is no scarcity. Sufficient supply-more
 than what you need. But how this man can be checked from this evil propensity, to gather money and stock unnecessarily? \line In India, in 1942, they created artificial famine by this process. Big men, they collected rice. The rice was selling at six ru
pees per mound. All of a sudden, within a week, it came to fifty rupees per mound. I have seen it. No rice was available in the market. People were hungry. They were purchasing. But the beauty is one American gentleman was at that time present. He remark
ed that "People are starving in this way. In our country, there would have been revolution." Yes. But the people of India are so trained that in spite of creating this artificial famine, they did not commit any theft, stealing others' property. They died
 peacefully. \line Of course, this is a single instance. But the thing is that the problems are not created by God; it is created by us. Just like in the... One, my German Godbrother, he said that during the First World War... Perhaps some of you know. T
he politician created war and there was war. So people went to church. People means all women, because men were all in the active field. So they prayed, "My brother may come back," "My husband may come back," "My son may come back." But nobody came back,
 and they all became atheist: "Oh, there is no God." But the thing is that God does not say that "You create war, create problem, and for solution of the problem you come to Me." No. You have created your problems; you have to take the result. [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agha\'e0 dhunvanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97as already explained, problems are created by sinful activities. Although there is enough food, everyone stocks more than is needed in order to make a profit or simply in order to hoard. In 1942, in India, there was an artificial famine c
reated by people gathering money and stocking it unnecessarily. Wealthy men collected rice which was selling at six rupies a pound, and suddenly within a week the price rose to fifty rupies a pound. Consequently no rice was available on the market, and t
he people went hungry. An American gentleman present at the time remarked, "If people in our country were starving in this way, there would have been a revolution." The people in India, however, are so trained and cultured that in spite of this artificia
l famine they did not revolt but preferred to die peacefully. Of course, this is only one instance, but it shows how problems are not created by God but by man. In Germany during the First World War the women went to church and prayed to God to send thei
r husbands, sons and brothers back safely, but none of them came back. All of the women became atheists. They did not consider that God did not advocate the war and its problems. They went to Him for a solution. When we create our own problems, we have t
o suffer the results.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But still, one who takes to the shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, his problems are solved. That's a fact. Here it is stated, kecid kevalay
\'e4 bhakty\'e4. Somebody. Who? V\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. Those who are advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Vasudeva means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba par\'e4ya\'eba, v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9, these words are there in the Ve
dic language. \line In another place you'll find,\line v\'e4sudeve bhagavati\line bhakti-yoga\'f9 prayojita\'f9\line janayati \'e4\'e7u vair\'e4gya\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 ca yad ahaitukam\line  [Bh\'e4g. 1.2.7]\line If you apply your devotional service
 to V\'e4sudeva, v\'e4sudeve bhagavati... V\'e4sudeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bhagavati. V\'e4sudeve bhagavati bhakti-yoga\'f9 prayojita\'f9. If you apply, if you engage yourself in devotional service to V\'e4sudeva, then the result will b
e janayaty \'e4\'e7u. \'c4\'e7u means very soon, without delay; janayaty, generated. Janayaty \'e4\'e7u vair\'e4gyam. Vair\'e4gyam means knowledge by which one becomes detached from this material allurement. That is called vair\'e4gya. \line Simply by em
ploying yourself in devotional service you get the highest knowledge. That is vair\'e4gya. Without vair\'e4gyam... J\'ef\'e4na\'e0 ca. J\'ef\'e4na and vair\'e4gya. J\'ef\'e4na means knowledge, and vair\'e4gya means detachment. This is required in this hu
man form of life. As soon as you get right knowledge, that "I am spirit soul. I am not anything of this material world. \line Somehow or other I have been in contact with this material world, and because I have desired to enjoy this material world in dif
ferent capacities, therefore I am transmigrating from one type of body to another type, and I do now know since when this system began, but is still going on," this is called knowledge. To understand one's constitutional position and how he's suffering i
n this material world, that is called knowledge. Now that perfection of knowledge comes when one becomes v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is a fact, however, that the problems of one who takes to the shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, are solved. For this reason, if for none other, one should apply his devotional service to V\'e4su
deva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4sudeve }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavati}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhakti-yoga\'f9 prayojita\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one engages in devotional service to V\'e4sudeva, he will receive the highest knowle
dge without delay }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (janayaty \'e4su vair\'e4gyam). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gyam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refer to "that knowledge by which one becomes detached from material allurement." The word }{\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  means knowledge, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vair\'e4gyam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means detachment. Both knowledge and detachment are required in this human form of life. One should know: "I am spirit soul. I have nothing to do with
 this material world, but because I have a desire to enjoy it in different ways, I am transmigrating from one body to another. I do not know when this began, but it is still going on." This is real knowledge. To be knowledgeable, one must understand his 
constitutional position and realize how he is suffering in this material world. That perfection of knowledge comes when one becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva-paraya\'eb\'e4\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devoted to Lord V\'e4sudeva. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is said, bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate [Bg. 7.19]. After man
y, many births, sufferings, or cultivation of knowledge, when one comes to the right point, at that time he becomes v\'e4sudeva par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9. One who understands "Vasudeva is everythin
g; He is the cause of everything," sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam [Bs. 5.1], sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9, that kind of mah\'e4tm\'e4... You were asking yesterday about some mah\'e4tm\'e4's instruction. But we are talking of this mah\'e4tm\'e4 who 
is v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. He is perfect mah\'e4tm\'e4. \line So the mah\'e4tm\'e4, as it is said... It is kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4, kecid kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. Similarly, v\'e4sudeva par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9 mea
ns v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9 [Bg. 7.19]. One who has known perfectly well that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vasudeva, is the source of everything, sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9, such kind of mah\'e4tm\'e4 is very rare. You can fin
d out so-called mah\'e4tm\'e4s with great beard, mustaches and... But that is different mah\'e4tm\'e4. That is not mah\'e4tm\'e4. They are sometimes dur\'e4tm\'e4, because they want to encroach upon the rightful position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They want to b
ecome one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line Suppose if there is servant in your office, and if he tries to occupy your seat, would you like him, if you understand that your "This servant is trying to occupy my seat"? Similarly, any living entity who is trying t
o become God, he's not very much liked by God. He cannot become God, but this very endeavor to become God, to become a competitor of God, is not very much liked. \line That person is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as dvi\'f1ata\'f9, envious. [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nav
\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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\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
)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those great souls who know perfectly well that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, V\'e4sudeva, is the source of everything, are very rare. It is easy to find so-called }{\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 (great souls) with long beards and mustaches who tell everyone that they are one with God and that when 
they die they will wake up and become God, but these are not really }{\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 Rather, they 
are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dur\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hard-hearted, because they want to encroach on the rightful position of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and become one with Him. If there were a servant in the office who tried to occupy the position of employer, would the employer like it? Similarly, any living entity who is trying to become God is not very much to God's liking. Of course no one
 can become God, but this endeavor to become God or His competitor is not very pleasing to Him. Persons who try are 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  as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvi\'f1ata\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub envious. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub T\'e4n aham dvi\'f1ata\'f9 kr\'fcr\'e4n k\'f1ip\'e4my ajasram andh\'e4 yoni\'f1u [Bg. 16.19]. Such persons, envious persons, are put into t
he hellish condition of life. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 t\'e4n aha\'e0 dvi\'f1ata\'f9 kr\'fcr\'e4n\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0
s\'e4re\'f1u nar\'e4dham\'e4n\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ip\'e4my ajasram a\'e7ubh\'e4n\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sur\'e9\'f1v eva yoni\'f1u
 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Envious, mischievous, the lowest of mankind, these do I ever put back into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life." }{\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  16.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub They are envious of God's position. They want to occupy high position in this material world, and when they are frustrated, they think, "No
w I shall occupy the position of God." But that will be also frustrated. \line Nobody can become God. God is God, and living entity's living entity. He's supreme, He's infinite; we are infinitesimal. Our position is to serve God. That is our perfect posi
tion. That will make us happy. Not otherwise. Not by imitating how to become God. That is impossible. How you can become God? Yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya j\'e9vanti loma-vilaj\'e4 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9 [Bs. 5.48]. There are 
innumerable universes, and within the breathing period of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu so many universes are coming out by exhaling. And when He inhales, so many universes are dissolved within His body. So how we can become God? God is not so cheap.\line Therefor
e sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9, one who is actually advanced in knowledge, mah\'e4tm\'e4, who has accepted V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the Supreme... Here it is also said that kecid kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9, agha
\'e0 dhunvanti. They exterminate all kinds of resultant reaction of sinful activity. Agha\'e0 dhunvanti. How it is? Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vasudeva, personally says also that "You surrender unto Me." Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba
\'e0 vraja [Bg. 18.66]. "You give up everything, all other occupation. You simply surrender unto Me." Aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo. \line So this agha\'e0 dhunvanti, He destroys all kinds of resultant activities of sinful life. Not he does; it is
 done by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He says, aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo: "I'll help you. I will release you from all kinds of reaction. You simply surrender." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They are put into hellish conditions because they are envious of God's position. First they try to occupy high positions in this material world, and when they are frustrated in 
this attempt, they think, "Now I shall occupy the position of God." Of course this desire is also frustrated because no one can become God. God is God, and the living entity is the living entity. God is supreme and infinite; we are infinitesimal. Our pos
ition is to serve God, and when we act according to our position, we become happy. By imitating God, happiness cannot be obtained. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valamby
a 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\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f10\fs22\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 Bs. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.48}{\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  There are innumerable universes, and within one breath of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu these universes are inhaled and dissolved within Hi
s body. How then can a living entity become God? God is not so cheap. Therefore we must become advanced in knowledge and accept V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the supreme. There is no question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba being a man. At no stage in His appearance
 on earth did He appear as an ordinary living entity. Even as a baby He performed miraculous feats way beyond the abilities of the ordinary living entity. One should not consider that when he is surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba he is surrendering to an ord
inary man but to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Indeed, that is confirmed by all Vedic literatures. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agha\'e0 dhunvanti: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All reactions to sinful activities are cancelled when one surrenders to 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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself advises personal 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ar
a\'eba\'e0 vraja\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 fear.
" (}{\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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9, one who is devotee, and simply engages in devotional service, agha\'e0 dhunvanti, immediately 
He causes disappearance of all sinful action. \line How? The example is given: agha\'e0 dhunvanti k\'e4rtsnyena, wholesale, immediately. How? Nih\'e4r\'e4m iva bh\'e4skara\'f9: just like fog is immediately, I mean to say, moved, simply by sunrise. Sunris
e. Just like this is night, darkness. In the morning, as soon as there will be sunrise, there will be no more darkness. Immediately all thousands and millions of miles of darkness immediately moved. So try to make K\'e5\'f1\'eba s\'fcrya, the sun, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, rise in your heart, and everything will be solved. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 710728BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore one who is
 a devotee (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4sudeva-paraya\'eb\'e4\'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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and who simply engages in devotional service is immediately freed from all sinful activities. Devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness can never be attained by any amount of speculation but by the causeless mercy of a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is a matchless gift bestowed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4t
m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or great soul out of compassion for fallen living entities. It is said that by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one gets a guru, or a spiritual master, and by the grace of th
e spiritual master, one gets K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is like the gift of the sunrise. At night there is darkness, but in the morning, as soon as the sun rises, immediately millions of miles of darkness are removed. In the same way, if we try to make the sun
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba rise within our hearts, all of our problems will be solved.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MG 7:The Matchless Gift:\line Liberation 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 7/ The Matchless Gift:\line Libe
ration in 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 [710801SB.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 710725SB.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 710731BS.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi. So we are not going to be misled by anyone. We si
mply worship the original person, \'e4di-puru\'f1a. Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi **.\line [....]\line Now take for example celibacy. In this age especially... Why especially in this or that? All over the world, to remain a brahmac
\'e4r\'e9 is little difficult. One who can, it is very good. But it is difficult. So brahmacarye\'eba, by practicing celibacy, a life of celibacy, even one has the intention, the association, the society is so much polluted that one cannot. It is very di
fficult. \line So in bhakti-yoga it is not very strict that one has to observe celibacy strictly. He can marry. Marriage is allowed, but not for indulgence. But because a man requires a woman or a woman requires a man, there is sacred marriage. This man 
and woman is educated that he or she is not this body. Therefore advancement of this education will stop him for this bodily enjoyment. \line Just like eating also. We are eating; we are not fasting. We are eating. But we are eating just to maintain the 
body and soul together, not extravagantly. Although we have very nice plates, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4dam, but we do not make any palatable dishes for enjoyment. We make all nice things for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we take pras\'e4dam. Therefore the material e
ffect of eating, it does not act upon the devotees.\line So therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, "By one stroke, kevalay\'e4-without waiting for the austerity, undergoing severe penance, austerity, celibacy, controlling the mind, controlling the sen
ses, and giving in charity, performing great sacrifices, to become..., becoming very truthful, clean-but without waiting for all these things, simply by one stroke, accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one immediately ascends the highest position."
\line Kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4. Simply by taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service.\line It is just like, I sometimes give example: the blacksmith's method and the goldsmith's method. The goldsmith, he has got a small hammer-tuk-tuk-tuk-t
uk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk,-tuk-tuk. And the blacksmith has a big hammer-dumh, finish. [laughter] So our is blacksmith method. We take the big hammer of bhakti-yoga and finish all, everything. You see? We won't have to undergo so many tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk. \line And 
there is no possibility. If I say, "Now you have to become completely brahmac\'e4r\'e9. You have to sit down in the forest and stay at right angle and press your nose for six months," who will follow? There is no possibility. This tuk-tuk method, there i
s no possibility. We have to get this hammer, blacksmith hammer of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and immediately finish everything. This is Kali-yuga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\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\'e0), }{\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\'e4gavatam, }{\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 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, practice celibacy, control the mind and the senses, give
 in charity, perform great sacrifices and become very truthful and clean. Simply by one stroke\'97by accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97one 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 the gold many times, but the blacksmith uses a large hammer and with one stroke his job is finished. This is the blacksmith's method: 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 undergo 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: "You have to become a strict }{\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 and sit in the forest with your body at a right angle to the ground, pressing your nose with your finger for six months." Who could follow such an instruction? Since such a method is not practical in this present age, the goldsmith me
thod has to be discarded. The solution is to take the blacksmith's hammer of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and finish off all sinful reactions immediately.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Simply one... Who can do this? This one hammer, finishing all sinful reaction, who can do this? V\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. Bhakty
\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. By devotional service one has to become v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eba, devotee of Lord V\'e4sudeva. That's all. That is being taught here: how to become lover of V\'e4sudeva. \line This prescribed method, that rise ea
rly in the morning, have ma\'ecgala-\'e4r\'e4trika, k\'e9rtana, then bhoga-\'e4r\'e4trika, k\'e9rtana, then go to the street sa\'eck\'e9rtana, then come back, again k\'e9rtana, again \'e4r\'e4trika-simply engaged in V\'e4sudeva's service. That includes e
verything-all these austerity, penance, charity and cleanliness... They're clean. They're taking bath every day three times, at least two times they are taking bath, although previous to this, perhaps weekly they were taking once bath. [laughter] [chuckl
es] You see? So how they have become? This is practical proof. V\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eba. \line Therefore whole people of the world should be made v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eba by the simple method of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and they will be all peac
eful. It will become Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Otherwise it is hellish. It is..., has already become a hell, the whole world. And if you don't take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, this hellish condition of life will simply make progress, in spite of all you
r education and economic development. That's a fact. Those who are thoughtful, they should take this movement very seriously. They should try to understand what is the value of this movement. It is not that something manufactured by me or by my men. It i
s authoritative. Here it is said: bhakty\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9. Agha\'e0 dhunvanti k\'e4rtsnyena: they become able, quite competent, to cut down all sinful reactions simply by one method, k\'e4rtsnyena.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By devotional service one has to become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 worl
d takes up this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, 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 which date back thousands of years.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li20\ri0\fi360\tx144\tx3180\tqdec\tx9360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub How? N\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.15]. Bh\'e4skara m
eans sun. As soon as there is sunrise, the mist or the fog immediately disappears. Many thousands of miles. People in the mist, in the fog, they cannot run on railway, they cannot run on the aeroplanes. And I've seen, I've experienced, yesterday practica
lly our plane was lost in the fog, and high in the sky. \line And I've seen in the sea also, as soon as there is fog... When I was coming to your country on ship, the ship stops and they began to bugle: gohn-gohn-gohn-gohn, like that. But as soon as ther
e is sun, this thousands miles of fog immediately disappears. \line The example is very nice: n\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9. So you try to make K\'e5\'f1\'eba sun rise in your heart. K\'e5\'f1\'eba s\'fcrya-sama [Madhya 22.31]. In the Caitanya-carit
\'e4m\'e5ta it is said K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like sun. M\'e4y\'e4 haya andhak\'e4ra. And m\'e4y\'e4, this illusory energy, it is darkness. Y\'e4h\'e4\'ec k\'e5\'f1\'eba t\'e4h\'e4\'ec n\'e4hi m\'e4y\'e4ra adhik\'e4ra [Madhya 22.31]. As soon as there is 
sun, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, immediately darkness of m\'e4y\'e4 disappears. \line So why not take this simple method? All m\'e4y\'e4 disappears. Daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9 mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4 [Bg. 7.14]. Otherwise, to surpass, to overcome this
 ocean of darkness, m\'e4y\'e4, is very difficult. Daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9 mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4. Duratyay\'e4, very, very difficult. Hard. Then how? M\'e4m eva ye prapadyante m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti te [Bg. 7.14]. Simply teach
 people to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. All illusion, fog, mist will disappear. Will disappear. And the method is very simple: chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba...  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9. Bh\'e4skara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to the sun. The sun immediately dissipates mist or fog as well as darkness. As stated before, we should 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\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the illusory energy, is darkness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y\'e4h\'e4\'ec k
\'e5\'f1\'eba, t\'e4h\'e4\'ec n\'e4hi m\'e4y\'e4ra adhik\'e4ra: As }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soon as the sun of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present, the darkness}{\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 }{\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 immediately disappears. Without following this process, it is very difficult to overcome the ocean of darkness, }{\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 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: 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The more you go on chanting, the..., the fog within your heart, the clumsy darkness of many, many lives' sinful activities, will be cleared
. Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 1]. And everything will be seen very distinctly: What I am. What is God. What is this world. What is our interrelation. How I shall live in this world. Then what is my next life. These things are n
ot taught. Simply how to manufacture something for sense gratification. After all, it is sense gratification. \line You may discover... The other day somebody was telling me in Los Angeles that they have discovered an aeroplane which can run on very, I m
ean, speedily. But there is danger. As soon as the aeroplane will run on, there may be many windows here in the city, they'll dismantle. So we are trying to create something for sense gratification; at the same time, side by side, we are creating so many
 inconvenience. In this way, our time is being wasted. Action and reaction. Action and reaction. \line There must be some reaction. Whatever you do, there must be reaction. And that reaction you'll be entangled. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eca-m\'e4rjanam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by chanting, one can cleanse the dust from the mirror of his mind and perceive things very distinctly. Thu
s 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. 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 e
ngineers designed an airplane which can fly at great speeds without danger. When the plane flies, however, it breaks windows all over the city. Our time is thus being wasted in constructing so many devices which give us temporary and artificial convenien
ce 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\cb1\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
the law of action and reaction. For whatever we do, there must be a reaction by which we become entangled. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And that reaction you'll be entangled. That is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: yaj\'ef\'e4rthe karma anyatra karma-bandhana\'f9 [Bg. 3.9
]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\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:
\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 'nyatra\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub loko 'ya
\'e0 karma-bandhana\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-artha\'e0 karma kaunteya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukta-sa\'ecga\'f9 sam\'e4cara
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Work}{\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 d
one as a sacrifice for Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this materia
l world. Therefore, O son of Kunt\'e9, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage." (}{\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 . }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Either you do good work or bad work, if it is for sense gratification, then you'll be entangled. But yaj\'ef\'e4rthe karma, if you do for k
\'e5\'f1\'eba-yaj\'efa, then you are free. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'ef\'e4rth\'e4t karma\'ebo), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he will be free, regardless of the possible desirability of his work.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this process, recommended by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9-kevalay\'e4-bhakta-take to devotional service, this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness,
 and everything, all other things, will be automatically adjusted.\line na tath\'e4 hy aghav\'e4n r\'e4jan\line p\'fcyeta tapa-\'e4dibhi\'f9\line yath\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rpita-pr\'e4\'ebas\line tat-puru\'f1a-ni\'f1evay\'e4\line  [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.16]\line 
Now he clearly summarizes: na tath\'e4 hy aghav\'e4n. Hy aghav\'e4n means one who is sinful. Every one of us sinful, more or less. That's all. Otherwise, unless you are sinful, you don't get this material body. As soon as we are free from sinful life, th
en we are liberated. We are transferred to the spiritual world, and we get spiritual body. The whole process is how to cleanse ourself from the contamination of our sinful life. That is material world.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\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 service 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 world in a spi
ritual body. The whole process is to cleanse oneself from the contamination of sinful or material life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So here, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that na tath\'e4 hy aghav\'e4n r\'e4jan. "My dear King," r\'e4jan-he's addressing the king, r\'e4ja
n-hy aghav\'e4n, "those who are sinful...," r\'e4jan na tath\'e4 hy aghav\'e4n r\'e4jan p\'fcyeta. P\'fcyeta means becomes purified from contamination. Tapa-\'e4dibhi\'f9. Tapa-\'e4dibhi\'f9..., tapa means this austerity, beginning from austerity, tapas
\'e4 brahmacarye\'eba \'e7amena damena ca [Bh\'e4g. 6.1.13]. I've described. We have discussed. He says that one cannot be completely purified by executing these process of purificatory methods. Na tath\'e4. Maybe. \line Just like there are many examples
. There are Dhruva..., Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni. He undergone all this tapasya. He was a k\'f1atriya. He wanted to become a br\'e4hma\'eba. There was a quarrel between him and a \'e5\'f1i. So he saw the extraordinary power of the \'e5\'f1i, and he wanted to
 become a br\'e4hma\'eba. So he began austerity. But he became also a victim of Menak\'e4, the society girl of heavenly planet. And being entangled, he begot a child. In this way he became implicated, because he was not pure.\line So here it is said that
 even if you perform austerity, penances, the worldly circumstances are so implicated that it will involve you some way or other again into the material modes of nature. There are many instances. Many sanny\'e4s\'e9s, they give up this world that it is m
ithy\'e4, all false: "Let me take to Brahman." But again they become implicated to philanthropic work, welfare activities. If this world is false, why you are attracted to the welfare activities? If it is false in your opinion... \line We say it is not f
alse. Our philosophy is... We don't say that the world is false; we say the world is temporary. How it can be false? If God created this world, if God is true, how His creation can be false? We don't approve this philosophy. We accept that this is not fa
lse, but this is temporary. And because it is creation of God, because He's Absolute Truth, it is also true. Simply we are seeing it otherwise.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "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\cb1\nosupersub
tapa-\'e4dibhi\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub practicing austerity." \'c7ukadeva also said, however, that no one can become completely purified by executing this process of austerity. There are many ex
amples 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  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\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who wanted 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 and therefore began to practice austerity. Later on, however, he became a victim of Menak\'e4, a society girl o
f the heavenly 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 wi
ll involve 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\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  who give up the world, renouncing it as false, saying, "Let me turn to Brahman," 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 of 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like I'm claiming something within this world as my property. That is false. But this is someone's property-that is fact. That is God'
s property. \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam [\'c9\'e7o 1].\line Not that the property is false. Just like this house, this building, this nice room, it is so nicely decorated; there is electric light. If somebody says, "It is false," how it is false
? It is not false. Why I shall say false? \line Why I shall discourage the persons who are using this room as..., for their devotional service, they're making progress...? How we can say it is false? It is not false. The false is when I claim that "This 
is my house." That is false. That is false. That [is] my false, puffed-up consciousness, that "I am the proprietor. I am the master. I am God." This is false. \line Just like first of all we want to become a proprietor, then master, then minister, then p
resident, then God. When everything fails, then "I am God." The same tendency is there-that I want to become the greatest. But how you can be the greatest? God is greatest. You are always smallest. That is... That smallest is thinking greatest, that is f
alse. The smallness is not false. The greatness is not false. But when the small thinks as great, that is false. That is m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 property, but it is God's property (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This does not mean, however, that the property is false. What is false is the cl
aim 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 president, and then God. When everything els
e 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 smallest is not false, and the greatest is not 
false, but when the small thinks that he is great, that is false.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We understand from the Vedic literature, mahato mah\'e9y\'e4n a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4n [KU. 1.2.20]. A\'ebu means atom. The atom, he is, the
 Brahman, or the spirit, is smaller than the atom. A\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4n: still smaller. And mahato mah\'e9y\'e4n: and the greater than the greatest. We have the conception of the greatest, the sky. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed that millions of skies were
 within His mouth. So therefore mahato mah\'e9y\'e4n. \line So actually we, the living entities, we are part and parcel of God, but we are very minute quantity, infinitesimal. And God is infinite. So infinitesimal, our magnitude is, I've several times ex
plained, one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair. So you cannot even imagine with your material senses. Therefore a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4n, smaller than the atom. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [71080
1SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We understand from Vedic literature that Brahman, or the spirit, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y
\'e4\'e0sam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smaller than an atom, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahato mah\'e9y\'e4\'e0sam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub greater than the greatest. As far as we can conceive, the space which 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 seen. 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\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'e0sam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The same thing-we are also spirit, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the Supreme Lord, is also spirit. Qualitatively we are one. But we are the smalle
st and He is the greatest. \line So we accept it immediately from the Vedic information. Therefore our position is sane. We do not falsely declare that "I am God." Just give proof that you are God, then claim. But some rascal claims that he's God, and ot
her rascals, they accept that he's God. God is not so cheap. God, as we get description from Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya j\'e9vanti loma-vilaj\'e4 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9 [Bs. 5.48]: many millions of univ
erses are coming out from the exhaling of God, and again they are disappearing by inhaling of God. That is God. By simply breathing, millions of universes are being created, and millions of universes are being dissolved simply by inhaling. This is going 
on. So how we can claim? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the living entities and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme
 Lord, are both spirit, they are qualitatively one. Quantitatively, however, the 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\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 it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4lam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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\cb1\nosupersub many millions of universes come out of God's body when He exhales, and they again disappear when He in
hales. 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 position is safe only in so far as he does not falsely declare himself to be 
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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So our this unnecessary, puffed-up claim is not there. Therefore we are already liberated. We don't have to seek for liberation. Liberation
 means to become liberated from these nonsense, false ideas. That is liberation. As soon as we think that "I am this body," I'm not liberated. And as soon as I know perfectly well that "I am not this body," I am liberated. This knowledge gives liberation
. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vimar\'e7anam. To develop your knowledge, that will give you relief.\line So our knowledge is perfect because we know that we are very small particle of spiritual spark. That is our consti
tutional position. And God is the Supreme, the greatest spiritual identity. Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n [KU 2.2.13]. He's supplying all the necessities of the small spiritual sparks. Because we know rightly, and as we are part and pa
rcel of God, minute particles, therefore our duty is to serve God. Just like this finger is part and parcel of my body; this finger is not enjoyer. The body, or the chief place in the body, the stomach, he's the enjoyer. Similarly, God is the center of a
ll creation, the whole universal body. Therefore He's enjoyer; we are servitor. So our conception is very clear; therefore we are liberated.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as we are not making puffed up ego-centered claims, we are already liberated. There is no need to actually seek liberation. 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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vimar\'e7anam: }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 suprem
e, the greatest spiritual identity, supplies all our necessities (}{\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 . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By knowing ourselves as minute particles, part and parcel of God, we can u
nderstand 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Liberation means to become free from all false conception of life. That is liberation. Liberation does not mean that you have got now two h
ands and, as soon as you are liberated, you'll have ten hands. No. Liberation means that you become free from all nonsensical, false conception of life. That is liberation. That is the definition given in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, what is liberatio
n. Muktir hitv\'e4 anyath\'e4 r\'fcpam. Mukti means to give up, anyath\'e4 r\'fcpam. As we are now living under some false conception, so when one gives up this all false conception, that is called mukti. Muktir hitv\'e4 anyath\'e4 r\'fcpa\'e0 svar\'fcpe
\'eba vyavasthiti\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 2.10.6]. And when one is situated in his original, constitutional position, giving up all false notions, he's liberated. That is liberation. \line Liberation is not very difficult. Simply... There is another verse, that by
 awakening knowledge one becomes liberated immediately.\line But, but what is that knowledge? This knowledge is very simple: God is great; we are small. We are His part and parcel; therefore it is our duty to serve Him. Two lines-liberation. Instead of u
ndergoing so much difficult processes, if simply you understand these two lines: God is great, I am very small, and He is the supreme proprietor, or master. He is supplying us all necessities of life; therefore our duty is to serve Him. That's all.\line 
Now, if anyone present here can challenge this statement? Is there anyone? No. You cannot challenge. This is the fact. Simply we are under false impression that "I am this," "I am that," and lastly, "I am God. I am God." What kind of God you are? [chuckl
es] If you get immediately little toothache, you go to physician-god, [laughter] the dentist-god. This is called m\'e4y\'e4. This is called m\'e4y\'e4. There is a verse that,\line pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9 p\'e4ile yena mati-cchanna haya\line m\'e4y\'e4-grasta j
\'e9vera haya se bh\'e4va udaya\line [Prema-vivarta 6.3]\line Pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9 means ghost. When one man is ghostly haunted, he speaks so many nonsense. Similarly, when one is entangled by the illusory energy, m\'e4y\'e4, he also speaks all nonsense. At l
ast he speaks that "I am God." That is the last snare of m\'e4y\'e4. \line So they are not..., they cannot be liberated, because they are under the false impression still. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [71
0801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub liberation is defined as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub muktir hitv\'e4ny
ath\'e4-r\'fcpam. Mukti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "to give up," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nyath\'e4-r\'fcpam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that by the aquisition of knowledge, one becomes liberated immediately. That 
knowledge can be very easily acquired, for it is simple: 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 ultimate 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 under
stood to have fallen to the last snare 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\f10\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is thus fallen cannot even be liberated, for he is bound by false impressions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stage. 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\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 brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na \'e7ocat
i na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who is under the false impression, or anyone who is attracted by false knowledge, he's under the clutches of m\'e4y\'e4. When there 
is right knowledge, right conception of life, then one is liberated. That is called brahma-bh\'fcta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\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, or desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. And in that state he achieves 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4 [Bg. 18.54]: as soon as you get right knowledge, 
you become jolly. First jolliness is due to "Oh, I was in such false notion so long. Oh, how fool I was." Then you become happy, that "Now I am no longer fool. I was thinking that I'm God. But now I can understand that I am God's eternal servant." That g
ives him liberation, and he becomes prasann\'e4tm\'e4, jolly. Because that is the right situation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The joy which follows realization arises from understanding, "I was illusioned by false notions for so long. What a fool I was! I was thinking that I was God, but now I can understand that I am God's eternal servant." Upon gaining suc
h realization, one attains liberation and becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or jolly, for this is the co
nstitutional position of the living entity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4, na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati [Bg. 18.54]. Na \'e7ocati: he has no lamentation. Because if anyon
e knows that "I am a small particle, spiritual spark, and protected by the Supreme Lord," then where there is scope of my lamentation? Just like a small child, so long he knows that "My father is standing by me; I am free. Nobody can touch my body..." Be
cause he's confident that if there is any danger, "My father is there." Similarly, this surrender means completely to have faith that "I have no danger, because God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is protecting me. I am now fully surrendered, prasann\'e4tm\'e4." That i
s called prasann\'e4tm\'e4. \line Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4 na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati [Bg. 18.54]. He has no lamentation, and he has no desire also. Na \'e7o..., na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati. He's hankering after something. The whole material
 world, one who is not God conscious is simply hankering, hankering. Or, if he loses something, he's lamenting. That is two business are there. But a God conscious person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, has no lamentation, no hankering. If anything is 
lost, he knows that it is God's wish: "God desired this. That's all right." And he knows that "Everything is provided by God; why shall I hanker?" Na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 the Supreme Lord. Whe
re then is there 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 f
aith 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 for that which he d
oes 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 des
ire anything, for he knows that all his necessities are being provided by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme father.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u. Then universal brotherhood: "As I am part and parcel of God, my brother is also, my friend is also, the 
dog is also like that, the cow is also like that. They're all part and parcel of God as spirit, as spiritual spark. Therefore they're all equal. Why shall I envy him? Why shall I utilize him? Why shall I trouble him?" So these good consciousness, good qu
alities, automatically develop. Har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9. Yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4. Anyone who has developed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all the good qualities of the demigods will manifest in his body.\line yas
y\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4 \line sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9\line [Bh\'e4g. 5.18.12]\line The demigods are supposed to be very highly qualified. So all the godly or demigodly qualities will manifest.\line V\'e4\'efch
\'e4-kalpa-tarubhya\'e7 ca k\'e5p\'e4-sindhubhya eva ca. [Vai\'f1\'ebava Pra\'eb\'e4ma] The Vai\'f1\'ebava becomes the ocean of mercy to others. They're going door to door: "Please be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. You'll be happy." Actually, that is the fact
. So who can be merciful than these Vai\'f1\'ebavas? They are giving the right contribution to the society. They need it.\line So simply by God consciousness, simply by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we can develop all the good qualities, we can conquer o
ver all reactions of our sinful life. Simply we have to follow the regulative principles as they're enjoined by the \'e4c\'e4ryas, as they're... Very simple method. And by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra as much as possible, then we keep the sta
ndard. We keep the standard means we keep ourself in liberated state. Simply we have to be cautious that m\'e4y\'e4, or material conception of life, may not again attack us.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as one understands his relationship to God, he realizes universal brotherhood, for he understands that all men and animals\'97indeed, all life itself\'97
are all parts of the supreme whole and are therefore all equal. Seeing this, one does not envy, exploit or trouble another living entity. Thus one who is a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba automatically develops all good qualities, for he is in the proper consc
iousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4 mano-rathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahih. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4\'efc\'e4-kalpa-tarubhya\'e7 ca krp\'e4-sindhubhya 
eva ca: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 priceless gift of 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 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. Simply 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 one can remain in a liberated state.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So [he] says, na tath\'e4 hy aghav\'e4n r\'e4jan p\'fcyeta tapa-\'e4dibhi\'f9, yath\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rpita-pr\'e4\'eba\'f9. Anyone who 
has dedicated himself, his life, to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, na ta..., yath\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rpita-pr\'e4\'ebas tat-puru\'f1a-ni\'f1evay\'e4... How one can become dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Tat-puru\'f1a-ni\'f1evay\'e4. That Supreme Personality being served
. Being served. Ni\'f1evay\'e4: by serving. You can..., you can, simply by lip... But you cannot say that "Now I have dedicated my life to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." No. That's all right. But you have to keep the standard of surrender by ni\'f1evay\'e4, by serving
. Sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau svayam eva [Brs. 1.2.234]. As you serve, as you go on serving the Supreme Lord, so He becomes revealed within your... He's within your heart. So by your service He'll reveal Himself. \line So k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rpita-pr\'e4\'eba
s tat-puru\'f1a-ni\'f1evay\'e4. We should remember this, that our business is that we should be dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Our life, our everything, should be dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And how it can be possible? Tat-puru\'f1a-ni\'f1evay\'e4: simply
 by serving the Supreme Personality.\line So this program, this devotional service, morning, from morning till night, is simply how to serve Him. The more we serve, then we become dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says on the Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4 the same thing: te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0 bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam [Bg. 10.10]. Persons who are twenty-four hours engaged, satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4m... Satata means twenty-four hours. Not that five minutes' or fifteen minutes' 
meditation, and then do all nonsense. No. Twenty-four hours one should be engaged in the service of the Lord. Twenty-four hours. That we are doing. Whatever he knows, whatever talent he has got, use for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is twenty-four hours' engageme
nt.\line Either,\line \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9\line smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0\line sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam\line  [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]\line There are nine processes. So keep yourself alw
ays engaged in either of these nine processes. That is twenty-four hours' engagement. Satatam. Te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4m [Bg. 10.10]: one who is always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. How? Bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam. Not that it 
is disgusting. No. Pr\'e9ti, with love. Of course, it may be disgusting in the beginning. But as you make progress in service, you'll find it pleasing, not disgusting. That is the taste that you have developed. When you do not feel disgusted in the servi
ce, in executing the service of the Lord, that means you have made progress. In the material service becomes disgusting.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 }{\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 ." The standard of surrend
er must be maintained by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1evay\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub serving. As one serves the Supreme Lord, the Lord reveal
s Himself within the heart. The program of devotional service to the Lord is executed from morning to night. Indeed, 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 that one must engage in devotional 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 serv
e, the more dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba we become; therefore a person should utilize whatever talents he has for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are nine processes of devotional service\'97hearing, 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\cb1\nosupersub (bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Service must be rendered with love, but in the beginning thi
s 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\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 yat tad agre vi\'f1am iva\line pari\'eb\'e4me 'm\'e5topamam\line tat sukha\'e0 s\'e4ttvika\'e0 proktam\line \'e4tma-buddhi-pras
\'e4da-jam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That 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 mode 
of goodness." (}{\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 18.37)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like, for example, here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Throughout one's life, twenty-four hours, he's chanting Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But it is not disgusting. But take any material name and chant it three times, you become disgusted. This is a fact. But these boys, these girls, throughout..., throughout their life will go on chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, will never be 
disgusted, but they will chant more and more. So this is pr\'e9ti. The more you chant, the more you become attached: "Let me chant more." Not disgusted, but "Let me chant more." This is called pr\'e9ti. \line Similarly, any service of the Lord. This is s
ervice by \'e7rava\'ebam and k\'e9rtanam. That is the beginning. \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'eba [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]: then always remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When you are perfect in chanting and hearing, then you'll always remem
ber K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That means in the third stage you become the greatest yog\'e9. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0 mad-gaten\'e4ntar-\'e4tman\'e4 \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4m [Bg. 6.47]: "One who is always engaged..
." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once one has attained the spiritual platform, it is material service that actua
lly 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\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam}{\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 k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub smara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97always 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\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But if you take to devotional service, then it is akuto-bhaya\'f9. Akuta\'f9 means there is no fear, no fear, because any, anything materia
l you do, unless you come to the perfectional point, whatever you have done, that is all gone to hell. Suppose you are trying to construct a nice factory. But if you do not come to the ultimate end, the factory cannot be started. If in the middle you hav
e no money or somehow or other the factory construction is stopped, then whatever money you invested, that is gone to hell. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so nice that whatever you have done in this life-one percent, two percent, ten percent, fifty 
percent... If you can execute cent percent, then the whole life is perfect. But even if you do not come to the perfectional point, whatever you have done, that is your permanent asset. Next life you begin from that point. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor is progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness ever lost. In the material world, if one begins to construct a f
actory but does not complete 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 o
ne 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\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that one who 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 'sti\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratyav\'e4yo na 
vidyate\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svalpam apy asya dharmasya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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\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 2.40)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  when Arjuna asks about the fate of the unsuccessful }{\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 , \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba replies:
\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 never overcome by evil." (}{\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 6.40)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now, from next life, he begins-suppose he has finished fifty percent-from the next life he begins from fifty one percent." But for the karm
\'e9s, whatever they have done in this life, whatever they have earned... Suppose by working very hard, you got millions of dollars. But you cannot take it away. It is left here and go. You cannot take. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities you take wi
th you and next life begin again. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then indicates that the unsuccessful }{
\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  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 one 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 cann
ot take material opulence with us.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So we should not wait for next life. We should try to fulfill the mission of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this life so that, as assured 
by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti: [Bg. 4.9] "After leaving this body, he does not come again to this material world." M\'e4m eti: "He comes to Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [71
0801SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, 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 fulfill 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 manman\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line pratij\'e4ne priy
o 'si me
\par }\pard {\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 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." (}{\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  18.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: Back to Godhead means God is a person, a person like you and me. Just like your father is a person. That is a practical know
ledge. Your father's father is also a person. His father is also a person. His father is also a person. Immediately you can understand. Therefore the supreme father must be a person. It is very difficult to understand? \line Any one of you can say it is 
very difficult to understand? God is called supreme father, not only in your Bible, but in the Vedas also. In all literature. And actually He's father, because the Ved\'e4nta says the Absolute Truth is the original father, janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 [Vs. 1
.1.2], from whom everything has taken birth or emanated. \line So the supreme father cannot be impersonal. He's a person. And in the Vedas, it is confirmed: \line nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m \line eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4
ti k\'e4m\'e4n\line  [KU 2.2.13]\line He is the supreme eternal amongst all eternals. We are all eternal, living entities, and He's the supreme eternal. And we are all living entities, cetana, life symptoms. We have got everything, all desires. So simila
rly, the supreme father has got all desires. Our desires are born because He has got desires. Just like we like to love, young boy, young girl. They're in love. Wherefrom this idea of love comes? It comes from there, R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Becau
se we are part and parcel of God, we have got all the instincts of God in minute quantity. \line But because here we are in this material world... Material world means where God is forgotten. That is called material world. In this temple we are not in th
e material world. We are not in New York; we are in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, because we have not forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yes. That is the definition given by the Vedic literature: transcendental. Anyone who's living within this temple... I'll give you one exam
ple. \line Just like if a ship comes from foreign country, that ship may be within the border of your country, or within your country-that ship is not within the law of your country. The ambassadors, the embassies, they are not within the law of USA. I g
ive you some practical example. Similarly, anyone who is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, any place it may be, that spot is not within the material world. That is transcendentally situated. \line So for practical going back to Godhead, you come to ou
r temple. That's all. You'll never forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You'll be engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore you'll live in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This is the easiest process of going back to Godhead. And then, after death, surely
 you're going to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710725SB.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 h
is 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 person. 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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but in the Bible, Koran, and other scriptures. 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 also confirms 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\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 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 eternals and the supreme living entity amongst all living entities. He is maintaining all others." The desires and life
 symptoms displayed by all living entities are simply 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 which we see in the material world is but the perverted reflection of the love that is 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And because we are ignorant of our constitutional position we have created all these problems.\line Actually there is no problem. Exactly t
he same example, just like at night in dream we create so many problems, but actually there is no problem. But dreaming that "I am in such-and-such position. I am being harassed," "Somebody is taking my money," "Somebody is pinching me," so many things..
. "I am in the front of tiger," "There is ghost," "There is so many things..." So these problems, actually there is no problem, but by dreaming he is creating, mental. Asa\'ecgo hy aya\'e0 puru\'f1a\'f9, Veda says that this puru\'f1a, the \'e4tm\'e4, the
 soul, has no connection with all these things. [B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. 4.3.15]\line So we have created, by material concoction, so many problems. So the whole process is how to cleanse this dreaming condition of life. That is possible. First of all 
\'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommended that tapas\'e4 brahmacarye\'eba \'e7amena da...Gradually you have to go. Generally this is the process. First process is those who are grossly ignorant: for them atonement. "You have done this mistake? All right, you
 atone for this." But they'll commit again. Therefore the next stage, the karm\'e9s, karm\'e9s are grossly ignorant, unnecessarily working so hard, karm\'e9s, to get some material result out of it. They are called karm\'e9s. \line And next pr\'e4ya\'e7ci
tta vimarsanam, those who are a little advanced in knowledge, they think that "I am making atonement, again committing the same thing. I am getting medicine from the physician; again I am being infected by the same disease. How long this business will go
 on?" When one comes to this discussion within himself, then he's little farther advanced than this, these rascal karm\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present, due to 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 probl
ems, 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 taking 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\cb1\nosupersub Asa\'ecgo hy aya\'e0 puru\'f1a iti \'e7rute\'f9. }{\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 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And above them, those who are bhaktas. Karm\'e9, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, bhakta. Yog\'e9 comes to the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 platform. Karm\'e9, j\'ef\'e4n
\'e9, yog\'e9 and bhakta. So a bhakta can be peaceful; others cannot. The karm\'e9s cannot be peaceful, the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s cannot be peaceful, the yog\'e9s cannot be peaceful. Only the bhaktas, they can be peaceful. Why? Because everyone except the bhak
ta, \'e7uddha-bhakta, pure, has desire.\line A \'e7uddha-bhakta has no desire. They are simply happy by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They do not want to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba even. Whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God or not, they don't bother. They want to love K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, that's all, whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba may be. Not that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is omnipotent, God, all-pervasive, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba [indistinct]. No, no. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana they did not know; the cowherds boy, the gop\'e9s, they did not know whet
her K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God or something else, but they were too much inclined to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's all. That was their position. They were not Ved\'e4ntist, they are not yog\'e9s, they are not karm\'e9s-village girls, boys. They wanted to see K
\'e5\'f1\'eba happy, that's all. That is their position. This is called sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena nirmalam [Brs. 1.1.12]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above all the fruitive laborers, speculators, and mystic }{\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  are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A }{\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 can be perfectly peaceful, whereas the others cannot because everyone but 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 one who has pure love, has desire. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7uddha-bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 or 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\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub did not know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba was God or not, but they simply loved Him. Although they were not Ved\'e4ntists, }{\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  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they were happy because they were simple village girls and boys who 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\cb1
\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena nirmalam }{\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\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\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 or the stage of puri
ty in which one is liberated from all material designations.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Yog\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, they are trying to understand God, but they do not know they are in illusion. They're in illusion. So far karm
\'e9s are concerned, they're in illusion, m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n [Bh\'e4g. 7.9.43]. They're fools and rascals, because for illusory happiness for a moment, they are working so hard. Therefore they are rascal number one. T
hey cannot... How they can have peace? There is no question. \line And next, the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s. J\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, they want to get relief from this hard work of this material world. Brahm\'e4 satya\'e0 jagan mithy\'e4. They reject this material world. M
ithy\'e4, false. We have no, nothing to deal. That is little higher than the karm\'e9s, because the karm\'e9s, they have taken this material world as everything: "Here we shall be happy." Their dharma means: "How we shall live peacefully here in this mat
erial world." Their religion means. I've talked with so many; their religion means to make a peaceful atmosphere within this material world. But the rascals do not know that it has been tried for millions of years for making this world peaceful-it has ne
ver happened. And never it will happen. How it will happen? This place is meant for giving you troubles and miseries. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the yog\'e9s and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are trying to u
nderstand God, they are not aware of their illusory condition. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'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 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 7.9.43}{\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 They are fools because they are working hard for illusory happiness. There is no question of peace for them. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or speculators, wanting to 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\cb1\nosupersub (brahma satya\'e0 j
agan-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'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 Their position is a little higher than that of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\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 karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 happen. 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 miserie
s?
\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar \'e4vart
ino 'rjuna\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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." (}{\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  8.16)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, the Creator says, du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam [Bg. 8.15]: "This is a place simply for suffering, and that als
o temporary. You cannot make an agreement, "All right, let me suffer the threefold miseries. I will stay here." That also will not be allowed. You cannot stay. You cannot stay. You will be kicked out. You make your good bank balance, skyscraper house, an
d wife, children, cigarette, wine, liquor, "I am living very peaceful." That's all right. But one day comes, "Please get out." [laughter] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Duhkh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not only is this world full of suffering, but it is also temporary. One cannot simpl
y agree to go ahead suffering the three-fold miseries and stay here. Even that will not be allowed. In this world, he will not only be punished while staying here, but he will also be kicked out at the end. One may accumulate a large bank balance or an e
xpensive home, a wife, children, and so many amenities, and he may think, "I am living very peacefully," but at any day he may be told, "Please get out."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just get out. Don't talk. Get out."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 said that the demoniac recogniz
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba as death, for it is at that time that He takes everything away from them.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub "Why? It is my house, I have got bank balance. I have got everything. I have got factory. Why shall I get out?" \line "Yes, you get out. Do
n't talk, get out." [laughter] \line That day he sees God. "Oh, I did not believe in God. Now here is God, making everything finished." Everything finished. Sarva-hara\'e7 c\'e4ham, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "I am God for the demons when I take away every
thing from them at the time of death. You do not believe God? All right, here I am. Today I am here. I have come to you to take away everything, whatever you have got. Now get out!" They will see God on that day.\line So why not see God here, R\'e4dh\'e4
-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why you want to see God...? Just like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Prahl\'e4da's seeing God, and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu is seeing God by death. And Prahl\'e4da is seeing God, "Oh, here is my Lord." So those who are challenging that "Whether you can
 show me God?" they will see God like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Everyone will see God, but one who is sane, one who knows that "I am eternally related with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. He loves me. My duty is to love. He is so much kind that even I do not..., even th
ough I do not love Him, still He gives me food. He gives me fruits, flowers, grains. Whatever I want, God is supplying." Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n [KU 2.2.13]. You cannot manufacture. \line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba..., God is so kind that He
 is supplying food to the atheist also. But the atheist has no knowledge that "Wherefrom I am getting my foodstuff?" That is ignorance. So therefore they are committing so many sinful activities. It is due to ignorance, nothing but ignorance. Atheist mea
ns in gross ignorance, that's all. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why do we want to see God as death? When the de
mon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he saw Him as death personified, but the devotee, Prahl\'e4da, saw Him in His personal 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Otherwise any person who is honest, he can see God everywhere, always. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Try to understand Me. Try to under..
. Try to see Me everywhere." How? Now, first of all He says, raso 'ham apsu kaunteya, "I am the taste of the water." So when you are thirsty, you require a glass of water, drink it, and when you feel happy, you understand that this quenching power of thi
s water is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba realization. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9 [Bg. 7.8]. So as soon as there is sunrise, you see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the sunshine. I am the moonshine."
 \line So why don't you try to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba? In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is said, there is a big list. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the lion amongst the animals." Because He took the shape of a lion, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, eternal shape. "I
 am the banyan tree," so many things K\'e5\'f1\'eba has described in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. So in the beginning, if one is not fortunate enough to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although He is sitting in this temple, let him see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way. If he'
s not fortunate to come here and to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, take pras\'e4dam and dance in ecstasy, then let his unfortunate condition be diminished by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in water, in sunshine, in moonshine, in this and that.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is honest can always see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Try to understand 
Me. Try to see Me everywhere." By way of facilitating this method, the Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kaunteya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 taste of water." When we are thirsty and need a glass of water, w
e 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\cb1\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am 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\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 pu\'ebyo gandha\'f9 p\'e5thivy\'e4\'e0 ca\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teja
\'e7 c\'e4smi vibh\'e4vasau\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vana\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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." }{\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 7.9}{\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 in both 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarv\'e4\'eb\'e9ty u
padh\'e4raya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 k\'e5tsnasya jagata\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9 pralayas 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki\'efcid asti d
hana\'efjaya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there 
is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls on a thread." }{\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 7.6-7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is visible, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is visible to the devotees. N\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya yoga-m\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v
\'e5ta\'f9 [Bg. 7.25], "I am not exposed to everyone," yoga-m\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9, "covered by the curtain of yoga-m\'e4y\'e4." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 unintelligent, He obscures Himself with His veil of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 'ya\'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 I am covered by My eternal creative 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 ); thus the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible." (}{\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 7.25)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub But those who have developed love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for them, prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u
 vilokayanti [Bs 5.38]. One who has developed love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart twenty-four hours. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This eternal creative potency, or }{\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 , 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\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.38]}{\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 prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena\line santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who has developed love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba can see Him within his heart twenty-four hours a day."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub But one can say that "Death will come to you also." "Yes, that's all right." "Then why do you distinguish my death and your death?" "Yes, b
ecause you do not know where you are going, but I know where I am going, that is the difference." "How do you know?" "K\'e5\'f1\'eba says." "What does He say?" Tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti. One who has understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one has served K
\'e5\'f1\'eba sincerely and seriously, he is not going to come again to take any material body. Then where does he go? Oh, m\'e4m eti, "He comes to Me."\line So how you can go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba unless you have got a body like K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Yes, that is
 the position. Sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 [Bs. 5.1], \'e9\'e7vara [indistinct]. Just like you cannot enter into fire without being fire. Similarly, next life for the devotees is sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9, eternal body, blissful life, dancing with 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba in rasa dance-you have seen the picture-like the gop\'e9s, like the cowherds boys. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [710731BS.NY]}}{\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 bod
y but that he 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\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\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 i
n 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  and the cowherd boys. This is not an ordinary dance, but the 
dance of eternity, in the association of 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 somethi
ng 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 death, are allayed.
\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 APPENDIXES
\par }\pard \s2092 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf9 GLOSSARY
\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 CENTERS AROUND THE 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 ISKCON is a worldwide community of devotees 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dedicated to 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 .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Write, call, or visit for further information.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Classes are held in the evenings during the week, \line and a special feast and festival is held every Sunday afternoon.
\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 {\*\bkmkstart Beyond Birth and Death}{\*\bkmkend Beyond
 Birth and Death}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Beyond Birth and Death (1974)
\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 Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for 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 THE BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\up6 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Los Angeles }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\up6 .}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  London }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\up6 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bombay
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Readers interested in the subject matter of this book are invited by the International Society for Krishna Cons
ciousness to correspond with its Secretary.\line International Society for Krishna Consciousness 3959 Landmark Street Culver City, California 90230\line \'a9 1972 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (B.B.T.)\line All rights reserved
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Printing, 1972: 25,000 copies \line Second Printing, 1973: 100,000 copies \line Third Printing, 1974: 200,000 c
opies
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-84844 \line International Standard Book Number: 0-912776-41-2
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Printed in the United States of America
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3600\ri0\fi0 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I.\tab We Are Not These Bodies\line II.\tab Elevation At Death\line III.\tab Liberation From Material Planets\line IV
.\tab The Sky Beyond The Universe\line V.      Associating With K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\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  left India and came to 
America in 1965 to spread the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement to the Western world. He is the first successful propagator of 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  in the West and the founder and spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which has over seventy centers around the world. He has translated and commented upon many g
reat Vedic literatures\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, Upani\'f1ads, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other
s. This present booklet introduces the reader to the basic 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 \'97that
 through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one can transcend the relative material world of time and space and attain the perfectional platform of existence beyond birth and death.
\par }\pard \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS by His Divine Grace \line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\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  \line }{\b0\i0\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 , Cantos 1-4 (13 Vols.)\line }{\b0\i0\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  (3 Vols.)\line }{\b0\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  \line }{\b0\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 
 \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhea
d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2 Vols.)\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Teachings of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Teachings of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Perfection of Yoga\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beyond Birth and Death\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: The King of Knowledge\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya in Five Features\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
ack to Godhead Magazine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Founder)\line \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A complete catalogue is available upon request.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 BBD 1: We Are Not These Bodies
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 1\line We Are Not These Bodies
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 660325BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deh\'e9 nityam avadhyo 'ya\'e0\line dehe sarvasya bh\'e4rata\line tasm\'e4t sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ni\line na tva\'e0 \'e7ocit
um arhasi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature.
" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2
.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: ...decided that I am not this body. We have already discussed. I am not this body, and I am pure consciousness. Some way or 
other, I am encaged with this bodily dress, but I am not this body. I am pure consciousness. Now, if we actually want happiness or independence, then we have to remain in our pure consciousness position. Suppose if I do not belong to certain association 
or certain company, then I have to keep aloof from that company. So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that bhogai\'e7varya-prasakt\'e4n\'e4m [Bg. 2.44]. Those who are too much attached with bodily pleasure, bodily enjoyment, and tay\'e4pah\'e5ta-cetas\'e4m. Apah
\'e5ta-cetas\'e4m means those who are illusioned. Because bodily pleasure is not my pleasure. My pleasure is different because I am not this body. Just like a man in a feverish condition or in feverish delirium, speaking something. That is not his normal
 speaking. That is due to the delirious condition. So to bring him to the normal condition, the physician treats him to get out of that delirious condition.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 660325BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 very first step in self-realization is realizing one's identity as separate from the body. "I am not this body but am spirit soul" is an essential realization for anyone who wants to 
transcend death and enter into the spiritual world beyond. It is not simply a matter of saying "I am not this body," but of actually realizing it. This is not as simple as it may seem at first. Although we are not these bodies but are pure consciousness,
 somehow or other we have become encased with the bodily dress. If we actually want the happiness and independence that transcend death we have to establish ourselves and remain in our constitutional position as pure consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So similarly, our position is: because we have got..., some way or other, we have been entangled with this material body; therefore our con
ception of happiness is just like a man in the delirious condition.\line So we have to cure. Some philosopher says that this delirious condition should be cured, and there should be no activity. They are afraid of any activity. Because our, these materia
l activities have become source of distress for us, therefore there are certain philosophers, they say that we should stop all sorts of activities. Their highest culmination of perfection according to their idea is that stopping all sorts of activities. 
Just like Buddha philosophy, nirv\'e4\'eba. Nirv\'e4\'eba means stopping, stopping all activities. Buddha philosophy is... According to Lord Buddha, his theory is that due to the combination of material elements, this body has come into existence. Now, s
ome way or other, if these material elements are separated or dismantled, then the cause of distress is removed. That is his... Just like you have got a big house and the tenants or the government or tax collector, they give us too much trouble. So if yo
u think that better to dismantle this house so that to get rid of these all troubles...\line So this theory, that separating the material elements by which this material body is formed, if they are broken or they are sent back to their original position,
 then we are free from all distresses, material... But we, at least those who are following this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, this philosophy does not say that the material body is all in all. Beyond this material body, there is spirit, and the symptom of that s
pirit is understood by consciousness. Consciousness. That is the philosophy of 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 660325BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 in the bodily conception, our idea of happiness is like that of 
a man in delirium. Some philosophers claim that this delirious condition of bodily identification should be cured by abstaining from all action. Because these material activities have been a source of distress for us, they claim that we should actually s
top these activities. Their culmination of perfection is in a kind of Buddhistic }{\cs2873\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  in which no activities are performed. Buddha maintained that due to a combination of material elements, this body has come into existence, and that somehow or other if these material elements are separated or dismantled, the cause of sufferi
ng is removed. If the tax collectors give us too much difficulty because we happen to possess a large house, one simple solution is to destroy the house. However, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that this material body is not all in all. Beyond this combination of material elements, there is spirit, and the symptom of that spirit is consciousne
ss.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now, you cannot deny consciousness. You cannot deny consciousness. And consciousness minus... Body minus consciousness is dead body. Everyo
ne knows it. A child can understand it, that I am speaking, you are hearing because your consciousness is present, my consciousness is present. As soon as my consciousness is deducted from this body, then this same mouth will not speak, the same hand wil
l not move, the same your ear will not hear. The whole thing will be stopped. So it is very common sense affair, that consciousness, that is the main thing in this body. So any intelligent man with common sense can understand this. Now, what is this cons
ciousness? This consciousness is the symptom of the soul. Just like wherever there is some fire, there is heat or there is smoke. When you see something... Suppose you are sitting here. If you find somewhere smoking, then you are afraid, "Oh, there must 
be some fire. Otherwise why smoke is coming?" Or wherever you feel some heat, although you do not see the fire directly, still, you can understand that there is fire. Because there is smoke... Because there is heat, therefore there is fire. Similarly, th
is consciousness, nobody can deny this consciousness. Now, this consciousness, because this consciousness is, therefore I am, my, I mean to say, identification or my energy is being produced in the shape of consciousness. So this consciousness proves tha
t I am the soul, present here. That is G\'e9t\'e4's philosophy, and that is the whole Vedic philosophy. Anyone, either the devotees... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660325BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consciousness cannot be denied. A body with
out consciousness is a dead body. As soon as consciousness is removed from the body, the mouth will not speak, the eye will not see, nor the ears hear. A child can understand that. It is a fact that consciousness is absolutely necessary for the animation
 of the body. What is this consciousness? Just as heat or smoke are symptoms of fire, so consciousness is the symptom of the soul. The energy of the soul or self is produced in the shape of consciousness. Indeed, consciousness proves that the soul is pre
sent. This is not only the philosophy of }{\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  but the conclusion of all Ved
ic literature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like we belong to the devotee group of philosophers. Then there are others who are impersonalists. But they, or both of them, they do 
not deny the presence of the soul, presence of the soul. The Buddha philosophy, they do not recognize the soul. They, according to them, that the combination of matter at a certain stage produces consciousness. But that philosophy, that argument, can be 
refuted that with matter, you cannot produce consciousness. Because... Take the example of a dead man. The dead man is there. All the elements, material elements, are all there present. But you cannot revise, you cannot revoke that man to consciousness. 
The elements are there, the ingredients are there. Now, if you think this ingredient has been decomposed or deteriorated, then replace that ingredient. Just like in a machine. In a machine some part is wear and tear. It is not working, stopped. You can r
eplace that part into new part, and the machine will work. But this is not like that. If you think that something has deteriorated in this body, therefore it has become dead. Say, for example, that they say generally, due to heart failure. Now, heart... 
Medical practitioners they know it that heart is always pumping like this, pumping like this. Now, can you produce heart action by artificial pumping? No. It is not possible. They give respiratory oxygen gas and so many things, but it cannot be revived.
\line Therefore it is a fact that the soul, soul is different from this body. So long the soul is there, the body acts. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660325BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 impersonalist school of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, as w
ell as the Vai\'f1\'ebavas following in the disciplic succession from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, acknowledge the factual existence of the soul, but the Buddhist philosophers do not. The Buddhists contend that at a certain stage the combination of mat
ter produces consciousness, but this argument is refuted by the fact that although we may have all the constituents of matter at our disposal, we cannot produce consciousness from them. All the material elements may be present in a dead man, but we canno
t revive that man to consciousness. This body is not like a machine. When a part of a machine breaks down, it can be replaced, and the machine will work again, but when the body breaks down and consciousness leaves the body, there is no possibility of ou
r replacing the broken part and rejuvenating the consciousness. The soul is different from the body, and as long as the soul is there, the body is animate. But there is no possibility of making the body animate in the absence of the soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we cannot perceive the soul by our gross senses, we deny it. Actually there are so many things that are there which we cannot see. We cannot see air, radio 
waves or sound, nor can we perceive minute bacteria with our blunt senses, but this does not mean they are not there. By the aid of the microscope and other instruments, many things can be perceived which had previously been denied by the imperfect sense
s. Just because the soul, which is atomic in size, has not been perceived yet by senses or instruments, we should not conclude that it is not there. It can, however, be perceived by its symptoms and effects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out that all of our miseries are due to false identification with the body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, the nonpermanent appearance of heat and cold, happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are l
ike 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." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2.14) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the summertime we may feel pleasure from contact with water, but in the winter we may shun that very water because it is too cold. In either case, the water is t
he same, but we perceive it as pleasant or painful due to its contact with the body. All feelings of distress and happiness are due to the body. Under certain conditions the body and mind feel happiness and distress. Factually we are hankering after happ
iness, for the soul's constitutional position is that of happiness. The soul is part and parcel of the Supreme Being, who is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9}{\cs2873\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 the embodiment of knowledge, bliss and eternity. Indeed, the very name }{\cs2873\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  which is nonsectarian, means "the greatest pleasure." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means greatest and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the epitome of pleasure, and being part and parcel of Him, we hanker for pleasure. A drop of ocean water has all the properties of the ocean itself, and
 we, although minute particles of the Supreme Whole, have the same energetic properties of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, because we are part and parcel of the Supreme, sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha, eternity, blissful and knowledge, therefore, although 
we are minute particles, minute particle... But the minute particle has got so much energy. You can just see that that minute particle of the soul within this body, how wonderful things we are doing. Everything, whatever material manifestation, at least 
in this world... In New York City you see so many big, big buildings and so many machineries, factories and organization, but who has done it? That minute particle, embodied liv..., the soul. Just see. If that minute particle can play so much wonderful t
hing, just see, just imagine what wonderful things cannot be done by the supreme particle. Or not particle, He is the whole. He is the whole. Because we do not understand the capacity, the energy of the... Just calculate mathematically, mathematically. N
ow, this particle, the particle is so small that it has been calculated that one ten-thousandth part of the upper portion of the hair is the measurement of the soul [\'c7vet. Up. 5.9]. Now, we cannot even imagine, but supposing that point, if that point 
has got so much energy that it is playing wonderful things, everything is being manufactured by the brain of that small particle, now you can just make a proportion: then the full one, how much wonderful things He can do. If a small particle of... A spar
k of fire, if it is dropped here, it will at once burn it. Now, you can just imagine the big fire, how much capacity has got.\line So the thing is that we, we are, because we are part and parcel of that sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha, eternity, blissful and k
nowledge, therefore our hankering is always to live eternally. Our hankering is always to get full knowledge, and our hankering is always to remain happy. That is our natural hankering. But that is being hampered due to this body. That we do not understa
nd. We are hankering after full knowledge, we are hankering after full bliss, we are hankering after eternity, but we do not know how to obtain that. Here is the information.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
[}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660325BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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
 atomic soul, although so small, is moving the entire body to act in so many wonderful ways. In the world we see so many cities, highways, bridges, great buildings, monuments and great civilizations, but who has done all this? It is all done by the minut
e spirit spark within the body. If such wonderful things can be performed by the minute spirit spark, we cannot begin to imagine what can be accomplished by the Supreme Spirit Whole. The natural hankering of the minute spirit spark is for the qualities o
f the Whole\'97knowledge, bliss and eternality\'97but these hankerings are being frustrated due to the material body. The information on how to attain the soul's desire is given in }{\cs2873\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 At present we are trying to attain eternity, bliss  and knowledge by means of an imperfect instrument. Actually our progress towards these goals is being blocked by
 the material body; therefore we have to come to the realization of our existence beyond the body. Theoretical knowledge that we are not these bodies will not do. We have to keep ourselves always separate as masters of the body, not as servants. If we kn
ow how to drive a car well, it will give us good service; but if we do not know how, we will be in danger.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The body is composed of senses, and the senses are always hungry after their objects. The eyes see a beautiful person and tell us, "Oh, there is a beautiful girl, a
 beautiful boy. Let's go see." The ears are telling us, "Oh there is very nice music. Let us go hear it." The tongue is saying, "Oh, there is a very nice restaurant with palatable dishes. Let us go." In this way the senses are dragging us from one place 
to another, and because of this we are perplexed.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indriy\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 hi carat\'e4\'e0\line yan mano 'nuvidh\'e9yate\line tad asya harati praj\'ef\'e4\'e0\line v\'e4yur n\'e4v
am iv\'e4mbhasi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "As a boat on the water is swept away by a strong wind, even one of the senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intell
igence." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2.67}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is imperative that we learn how to control the senses. The name }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is given to someone who has learned how to master the senses. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means senses, and }{\cs2873\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  
means controller, so one who can control the senses is to be considered a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K
\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that one who identifies with the illusory material body cannot establish himself in his proper identity as spirit soul. Bodily pleasure is flickering and intoxicating, and we cannot actually enjoy it because of its momentary natur
e. Actual pleasure is of the soul, not the body. We have to mold our lives in such a way that we will not be diverted by bodily pleasure. If somehow we are diverted, it is not possible for us to establish our consciousness in its true identity beyond the
 body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 vyavs\'e4y\'e4tmik\'e4 buddhi\'f9\line sam\'e4dhau na
 vidh\'e9yate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub traigu\'ebya-vi\'f1ay\'e4 ved\'e4\line  bhav\'e4rjuna\line nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho\line niryoga-k\'f1ema \'e4tmav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resol
ute determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place. The }{\cs2873\b\i0\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  deal wi
th the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of them. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the Self." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2.44-45}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, Veda. Veda means the book of knowledge. Now, the book of knowledge... According to the climate, according to the population, accordi
ng to the country, there are different books of knowledge. Just like in India the book of knowledge is accepted as the Vedas, Vedas, Vedic knowledge. In your European, American countries the book of knowledge accepted as the Old Testament, New Testament.
 Similarly, the book of knowledge amongst the Muhammadans, they have accepted as the Koran. Actually, they are book of knowledge, undoubtedly. There is no doubt about it. But what are these book of knowledge, religious scripture? Religious scripture mean
s they are meant for training you to that conception of life that you are pure soul, nothing more. They restrict your bodily activities under certain conditions, under certain conditions. That is called morality. Just like your Bible has got ten commandm
ents. Ten commandments. What is that commandments? To regulate your life. Because without regulation you cannot... Because we have to control the body to reach to the highest perfection. So if we don't follow any regulative principles, how we can make ou
r life perfect? So that regulative principle may be a little, little different from my country to your country or my Veda to your Bible, but that does not matter. That is made according to the time, condition and the mentality of the population. But ther
e is the regulative control. Regulative control. A human society is not considered civilized unless, unless and until the members of the society are put into some regulative control. The whole state, your American state or any state, the citizens are con
trolled by regulative principle. Without regulative principle, you cannot make the progressive march of the state or the people or the citizens.\line So similarly, here it is stated that traigu\'ebya-vi\'f1ay\'e4 ved\'e4  bhav\'e4rjuna: "Arjuna, these Ve
das or the scriptures, they are meant for regulating the three modes of nature. But if you want to be situated in your, I mean to say, pure..." [break] ...of identifying this body. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [660325BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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 book of knowledge. There are many books of knowledge which vary according to the country, population, environment, etc. In India, the books of knowledge are referred to as the }{\cs2873\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  In the West, they are called the Old Testament and New Testament. The Mohammedans accept the Koran. What is the purpose
 for all these books of knowledge? They are to train us to understand our position as pure soul. Their purpose is to restrict bodily activities by certain rules and regulations, and these rules and regulations are known as codes of morality. The Bible, f
or instance, has ten commandments intended to regulate our lives. The body must be controlled in order for us to reach the highest perfection, and without regulated principles, it is not possible to perfect our lives. The regulated principles may differ 
from country to country or from scripture to scripture, but that doesn't matter, for they are made according to the time and circumstances and mentality of the people. But the principle of regulated control is the same. Similarly, the government sets dow
n certain regulations to be obeyed by its citizens. There is no possibility of making advancement in government or civilization without some regulations. In the verse above, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that the regulative principles of the }{
\cs2873\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 meant to control the three modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignor
ance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub traigu\'ebya-vi\'f1ay\'e4 ved\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is advising Arjuna to es
tablish himself in his pure constitutional position as spirit soul beyond the dualities of material nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, bhogai\'e7varya-prasakt\'e4n\'e4m [Bg. 2.44] [tape gets very faint] tay\'e4pah\'e5ta-cetas\'e4m vyavas\'e4y
\'e4tmik\'e4 buddhi\'f9 sam\'e4dhau na... Bhoga. Bhoga means enjoyment, enjoyment, enjoyment of the body. Everyone wants enjoyment. Who does not want enjoyment? But is that [indistinct]? No. Enjoyment, why [indistinct]? Without pure life... [too faint] [
break] ...pure constitution... [break] ...made of enjoyment. So we want for enjoyment to be, naturally. It is not unnatural. But the process of enjoyment is... We, therefore, do not get complete satisfaction by material enjoyment. Enjoyment is your birth
right because you are spirit soul. Spirit soul. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660325BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we have already pointed out, th
ese dualities\'97such as heat and cold, pleasure and pain\'97arise due to the contact of the senses with their objects. In other words, they are born of identification with the body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that those who are devoted to enjoyment and po
wer are carried away by the words of the }{\cs2873\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 promise pain or heavenly enjoyment by
 sacrifice and regulated activity. Enjoyment is our birthright, for it is the characteristic of the spirit soul, but the spirit soul tries to enjoy materially, and this is the mistake.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The constitution of the spirit soul is three divisions: enjoyment, eternity, and knowledge. [break] Spirit soul is full of knowledge, full 
of happiness, and unending, not that this knowledge...\line Suppose we are accumulating so many knowledge. Somebody is chemist, somebody is politician, somebody is metaphysist, somebody is artist, somebody is something. Everyone knows something of everyt
hing and everything of something. That is knowledge. But this knowledge, whatever knowledge you acquire, as soon as you leave this body, whole knowledge is void. Just imagine in your previous lives you had been a great man of knowledge, but in this life,
 since your childhood, you had to go to school, college, and acquire knowledge. The knowledge which you had in your previous lives is now forgotten. Therefore we are seeking eternal knowledge, but that eternity of knowledge is not possible with this temp
orary body. We have to understand that thing. Bhogai\'e7varya. [660325BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is turning to material subjects for enjoyment and is compiling as much knowledge as possi
ble. Someone is becoming a chemist, physicist, politician or artist or whatever. Everyone knows something of everything and everything of something, and this is generally known as knowledge. But as soon as we leave the body, all of this knowledge is vanq
uished. In a previous life, one may be a great man of knowledge, but in this life he has to start again by going to school and learning how to read and write from the beginning. Whatever knowledge was acquired in the previous life is forgotten. The situa
tion is that we are actually seeking eternal knowledge, but this cannot be acquired by this material body. We are all seeking enjoyment through these bodies, but bodily enjoyment is not our actual enjoyment. It is artificial. We have to understand that i
f we want to continue in this artificial enjoyment, we will not be able to attain our position of eternal enjoyment.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But body is my diseased condition. As a diseased man cannot enjoy life... How it is possible? Take, for example, a man who is suffering fro
m jaundice. It is practical. You can test practically. If a man... You find out a man who is suffering from jaundice. You give a piece of sugar candy and ask him to take. He will say, "It is bitter." He will say, "It is bitter." He won't taste its sweetn
ess. Because his condition is diseased, therefore, he actually cannot enjoy the sweetness of sugar candy. But when he is cured, a man in healthy state, if you give him sugar candy, oh, he will say, he will appreciate, "Oh, it is very sweet, very nice." T
he same sugar candy, according to our condition of life, is tasted differently. So unless we cure from this disease of wrong conception of life, we cannot have any taste. Anything, anything, we cannot taste, have any taste for it. The bitter taste. We wi
ll have bitter taste.\line Of course, in your country I know that there is no such disease as typhoid, but India there is a fever called typhoid. Here it is called typhosis, or something like, medical term. That typhoid is disease of intestine. Now, in t
hat disease, any solid food is strictly forbidden. First time is twenty or fourteen days, then twenty-one days, then forty-one days, up to sixty days. He is to live only on glucose water. That's all. Other things is dangerous for him. Now, if that typhoi
d patient desires to eat some solid food and if somebody, out of compassion, gives him some solid food, then it is death for him because in that condition he cannot enjoy. His enjoyment is forbidden. Therefore, in our diseased condition of this bodily co
nception of life, if we increase our so-called enjoyment, enjoyment of the body, oh, then we shall be more and more entangled in this conditional life of material existence. If you really want freedom from this material existence and miseries of material
 existence, then we must minimize the bodily enjoyment. \line We must minimize. Just like a diseased man is given some liquid food. He is forbidden... He is forbidden to take any food because any food will aggravate his disease, but still, because he has
 to exist, he is given some glucose water, some barley water, some fruit juice, little. Just... It is also psychological. The patient may think also that "I am eating something. I am eating, not I am starving. I am eating." That is also psychological eff
ect. At the same time, this light food, fruit juice or glucose water, that is easily digested, so there is no harm.\line Similarly, we have to... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660325BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The body must be considered a diseased condition. A diseased man cannot enjoy himself properly; a man with jaundice, for instance, will taste sugar candy as bitter, but a healthy man can 
taste its sweetness. In either case, the sugar candy is the same, but according to our condition it tastes different. Unless we are cured of this diseased conception of bodily life, we cannot taste the sweetness of spiritual life. Indeed, it will taste b
itter to us. At the same time, by increasing our enjoyment of material life, we are further complicating our diseased condition. A typhoid patient cannot eat solid food, and if someone gives it to him to enjoy, and he eats it, he is further complicating 
his malady and endangering his life. If we really want freedom from the miseries of material existence, we must minimize our bodily demands and pleasures.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Our, the present life is diseased condition, so if we want to cure this disease of repeated birth and death, then we have to restrict, rest
rict our bodily enjoyment, because we cannot enjoy. It is simply so-called enjoyment. Actually, we cannot enjoy this diseased condition of this body. Enjoyment, real enjoyment means that is nonstopping, nonstop.\line There is a verse in Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata
. Ramante yogina\'f9 anante [Madhya 9.29]. Yogina\'f9, those who are yogis or spiritualists. Yogis means spiritualists. The general meaning of yogi is spiritualist, those who are endeavoring to emancipate from this material condition of life and try to e
levate to the spiritual platform, he is called yogi. Now, those yogis are different types, but the method or process of spiritual realization may be different. Your process or my process may be a little different, but that does not hamper. \line [....] S
o the Bhagav\'e4n, He is the real enjoyer. He is the real enjoyer. You will find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0 sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam [5.29]. The Lord says that "I am the enjoyer. Whatever is being done here, I 
am the enjoyer." And bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0 sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam. "I am the proprietor." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660325BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually material enjoyment is not enjoyment at all. Real enjoyment does not cease. In the }{\cs2873\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  there is a verse\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ramante yogino '}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nante}{\cs2873\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 to the effect that the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogina}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), those who are endeavoring to elevate themselves to the spiritual platform, are actually enjoying (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ramante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but their enjoyment is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub anante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97endless. This is because their enjoyment is in relation to the Supreme Enjoyer (R\'e4ma), \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is the real Enjoyer, and }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms this.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate enjoyer 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." }{\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 B
g.}{\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 5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So therefore bhoga, bhoga means enjoyment. The real enjoyer is the Supreme Lord. We are enjoyed, we are not enjoyer. Just like a crude exam
ple. Because we have got our material senses, the example, in material world, we can just understand. Just like the husband and the wife. Now, the husband is called the enjoyer, puru\'f1a. Puru\'f1a. Puru\'f1a, man. Man is called puru\'f1a. Puru\'f1a mea
ns enjoyer. And the wife is called str\'e9. Str\'e9 means woman. Str\'e9 means prak\'e5ti. Prak\'e5ti means which is enjoyed. The subject and the object. But the enjoyment, actually the enjoyment between husband and wife, that is participated by both. Th
ere is no division. When the actual enjoyment is there, there is no division, the husband is enjoying more or the wife is enjoying less or like that. There is no such division when the enjoyment is there. This is a crude example, but still, there is divi
sion. The husband is called the enjoyer, and the wife is called the enjoyed. Husband is called the predominator, and the wife is called predominated. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660325BG.NY]}}{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means enjoyment, and our enjoyment comes from understanding our position as the enjoyed. The 
real enjoyer is the Supreme Lord, and we are enjoyed by Him. An example of this relationship can be found in the material world between the husband and the wife: the husband is the enjoyer (}{\cs2873\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 ), and the wife is the enjoyed (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means w
oman. }{\cs2873\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  or spirit, is the subject, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or nature, is the object. The enjoyment, however, is participated in both by the husband and the wife. When actual
 enjoyment is there, there is no distinction that the husband is enjoying more or the wife is enjoying less. Although the male is the predominator, and the female is the predominated, there is no division when it comes to enjoyment. On a larger scale, no
 living entity is the enjoyer.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub God. God has expanded in many, and out of the many, we are. Out of the many, we are also. We are, you are, I am, you are, every one of us-w
e are all expansions of the Supreme Lord. Eko bahu sy\'e4t. The God willed that "I shall become many. I shall become many." Now, why He becomes many? God is one without second, but He, out of His own sweet will, He becomes many. Now, why He becomes many?
 He becomes many to enjoy, because without becoming many, nobody can enjoy. Just, for example, I am speaking here. Now, you are five gentleman and ladies present here. So we are enjoying these topics. But if there would have been five hundred here, peopl
e assembled, the enjoyment would have been more. And if there would have been no persons sitting here, simply myself speaking, there would have been no enjoyment. So enjoyment means variety. Without variety, without many things, there is no question of e
njoyment. That is the original idea of enjoyment. So God became many. God became many for His enjoyment because He is the enjoyer. We are not enjoyer; we are enjoyed. So we must know our constitutional position, that we are not enjoyer; we are enjoyed. A
s soon as we are convinced to this particular...\line Now, enjoyer and enjoyed, both of them have got consciousness. Just like the husband and the wife. The husband is the enjoyer, the wife is the enjoyed, but both of them are conscious. But the consciou
sness of the enjoyed is the subordinate to the consciousness of the enjoyer. So although the supreme consciousness is the supreme enjoyer, and we are enjoyed, but the enjoyment can be equally participated when there is actual enjoyment. So our enjoyment 
can be perfect, our enjoyment can be perfected when we participate the enjoyment of God. Because He is the enjoyer. So the more we become engaged in... [break] ...the enjoyment of the Supreme Lord, the more enjoyment we... That is the... Separately we ca
nnot enjoy. We have to cooperate. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660325BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God expanded into many, and we constitute those 
expansions. God is one without a second, but He willed to become many in order to enjoy. We have experience that there is little or no enjoyment in sitting alone in a room talking to oneself. However, if there are five people present, our enjoyment is en
hanced, and if we can discuss K\'e5\'f1\'eba before many, many people, the enjoyment is all the greater. Enjoyment means variety. God became many for His enjoyment, and thus our position is that of enjoyed. That is our constitutional position and the pur
pose for our creation. Both enjoyer and enjoyed have consciousness, but the consciousness of the enjoyed is subordinate to the consciousness of the enjoyer. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the enjoyer and we the enjoyed, the enjoyment can be participated in e
qually by everyone. Our enjoyment can be perfected when we participate in the enjoyment of God. There is no possibility in our enjoying separately on the bodily platform. Material enjoyment on the gross bodily platform is discouraged throughout }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, the nonpermanent appearance of heat and cold, happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are l
ike 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." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2.14) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The gross material body is a result of the interaction of the modes of material nature, and it is doomed to destruction.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub antavanta ime deh\'e4\line nityasyokt\'e4\'f9 \'e7ar\'e9ri\'eba\'f9\line an\'e4\'e7ino 'prameyasya\line tasm\'e4d yudhyasva bh
\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O d
escendant of Bharata." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 2.18) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore encourages us to transcend the bodily conception of existence and attain to our actual spiritual li
fe.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eb\'e4n et\'e4n at\'e9tya tr\'e9n\line deh\'e9 deha-samudbhav\'e4n\line janma-m\'e5tyu jar\'e4-du\'f9khair\line vimukto 'm
\'e5tam a\'e7nute
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes (goodness, passion and ignorance), he can become free from birth, deat
h, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  14.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To establish ourselves on the pure }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\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 spiritual platform, above the three modes, we must take up the method of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The gift of Cai
tanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the chanting of the 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, facilitates this process. This method is calle
d }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mantra-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and it is employed by the highest transcendentalists. How the transcendentalists realize their identity beyond birth and death, beyond the material bo
dy, and transfer themselves from the material universe to the spiritual universes are the subjects of the following chapters.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 BBD 2: Elevation at 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 2\line Elevation at Death
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of transcendentalists who are called yogi: j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9, dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9 and bhakti-yog\'e9. All the yog
is, they are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. The yoga system is meant for linking our connection. We are eternally connected with the Supreme Lord. Somehow or other, we are now in material contamination. The..., the process is that we 
have to go back again. So that linking process is called yoga. Yoga, the actual translation of the word yoga means plus, plus, just the opposite of minus. Now, at the present moment, we are minus God, or minus Supreme. So when we make ourself plus, conne
cted, then our human form of life is perfect. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of transce
ndentalists who are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s\'97ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9s, dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and all of them are eligible to be transferred to the 
spiritual world. The word }{\cs2873\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 "to link up," and the }{\cs2873\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  systems are meant to enable us to link with the transcendental world. As mentioned in the previous chapter, origin
ally we are all connected to the Supreme Lord, but now we have been affected by material contamination. The process is that we have to return to the spiritual world, and that process of linking up is called }{\cs2873\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  Another meaning of the word }{\cs2873\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 "plus." At the present moment we are minus God, or minus the Supreme. When we add K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97or God\'97to our lives, this human form of life becomes perfect.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So at the time of death we have to finish that perfection. So long we are alive, we have to practice how to approach that point of perfecti
on, and at the time of death, when we give up this material body, that perfection has to be realized.\line So for the last three days we have been discussing. Pray\'e4\'eba-k\'e4le manas\'e4 'calena. Pray\'e4\'eba-k\'e4le means "at the time of death." }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of death we have to finish that process of perfection. During our lifeti
me we have to practice the method of approaching that perfection so that at the time of death, when we have to give up this material body, that perfection can be realized.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pray\'e4\'eba-k\'e4le manas\'e4 'calena\line bhakty\'e4 yukto yoga-balena caiva\line bhruvor madhye pr\'e4\'ebam \'e4ve\'e7ya sa
myak\line sa ta\'e0 para\'e0 puru\'f1am upaiti divyam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself in remembering the Suprem
e Lord, will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 8.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like the students, they prepare two years, three years, five years, in their college education, and the final test is their examinatio
n, and if they pass in the examination, they get the degree. Similarly, in our living condition, if we prepare for the examination at the time of death and we pass the examination, then we are transferred to the spiritual world. So pray\'e4\'eba-k\'e4le.
 The whole thing is examined at the time of death. Just the other day I recited one Bengali prover, proverb. This is a very common saying in Bengal. They say bhajan kara p\'fcj\'e4n kara m\'e5tyu-k\'e4le haya:[?] "Our, whatever you do for perfection, at 
the time of your death it will be tested." At the time of..., a tested. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as a 
student studies a subject for four or five years and then takes his examination and receives a degree, similarly, with the subject of life, if we practice during our lives for the examination at the time of death, and if we pass the examination, we are t
ransferred to the spiritual world. Our whole life is examined at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\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 8.6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is describing what should we do at the, at the point of our death, when we are giving up this body, this present bod
y. So for the yogis, dhy\'e4na-yogis, this prescription is recited here, sarva-dv\'e4r\'e4\'ebi sa\'e0yamya mano h\'e5di-nirudhya ca. Sarva-dv\'e4r\'e4\'ebi means... This system is called praty\'e4h\'e4ra. In the technical language of yogic system it is 
called praty\'e4h\'e4ra. Praty\'e4h\'e4ra means "just the opposite." Now, the senses, my eye, my eyes are engaged in seeing the worldly beauty. Now I have to retract from enjoying that beauty, and I have to see inside the beauty. That is called praty\'e4
h\'e4ra. Similarly, I have to hear the o\'e0k\'e4ra sound from within. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a 
Bengali proverb that says that whatever one does for perfection will be tested at the time of his death. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes what one should do when giving up the body. For the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (meditator) \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks the following verses:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad ak\'f1ara\'e0 veda-vido vadanti\line vi\'e7anti yad yatayo v\'e9ta-r\'e4g\'e4\'f9\line yad icchanto brahmacarya\'e0 caranti
\line tat te pada\'e0 sa\'ecgrahe\'eba pravak\'f1ye
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dv\'e4r\'e4\'ebi sa\'e0yamya\line mano h\'e5di-nirudhya ca\line m\'fcrdhny \'e4dh\'e4y\'e4tmana\'f9 pr\'e4\'ebam\line \'e4
sthito yoga-dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Persons learned in the }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs2873\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  who utter }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and who are great sages in the renounced order, enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now explain to you this process by which one may attain salvatio
n. The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yoga}{\cs2873\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\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 8.11-12}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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 this process is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praty\'e4h\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means, "just the opposi
te." Although during life the eyes are engaged in seeing worldly beauty, at death one has to retract the senses from their objects and see the beauty within. Similarly, the ears are accustomed to hearing so many sounds in the world, but at the moment of 
death one has to hear the transcendental }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from within.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ity ek\'e4k\'f1ara\'e0 brahma-\line vy\'e4haran m\'e4m anusmaran\line ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti tyajan deha\'e0\line sa y\'e4ti pa
ram\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "After being situated in this }{\cs2873\b\i0\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  practice and vibrating the sacred syllable }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub o\'e0}{\cs2873\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 supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub So all the senses are to be stopped in their external activities-that is the perfection of yoga-and concentrate the mind on Vi\'f1\'ebu-m\'fcrt
i. Mano h\'e5di. The mind is very agitating, so it has to be fixed up on the heart. Mano h\'e5di-nirudhya. Nirudhya means just arresting the mind within the heart. M\'fcrdhni, m\'fcrdhny \'e4dh\'e4y\'e4tmana\'f9 pr\'e4\'ebam \'e4sthito yoga-dh\'e4ra\'eb
\'e4m [Bg. 8.12]. And in this way, when we transfer the air-life on the top of our head, that is the perfection of yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way, all the senses have to be stopped in their external activities and concentrated on the form of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebum\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the form of God. The mind is very turbulent, but it has to be fixed on the Lord in the heart. When the mind is fixed within the heart and the life air is transferred to the top of the he
ad, one can attain perfection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And a perfect yogi, then he fixes up where he shall go. There are innumerable planets, and beyond the planets, there are spiritual world.
\line So yogis, they have got information. How they have got information? From the scriptures, from Vedic literature, they have got. Just like before I came to your country I got the description of your country from the books, similarly, we can have all 
the description of higher planets and the spiritual world. They are mentioned there. The yogi know. The yogi knows everything, and he can transfer his self, any planet he likes. He does not require the help of any sputnik. The sputniks, they are trying f
or so many years, and they will go on trying for one hundred or one thousand years more. They'll never reach any planet. Be rest assured. This is not the process. This is not the process to reach another planet. Maybe, by scientific process, one man, one
 man or two man can reach, but that is not the general process. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this point the 
}{\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  determines where he is to go. In the material universe there are innumerable plane
ts, and beyond this universe there is the spiritual universe. The }{\cs2873\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  have informatio
n of these places from Vedic literatures. Just as one going to America can get some idea what the country is like by reading books, one can also have knowledge of the spiritual planets by reading Vedic literatures. The }{\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  knows all these descriptions, and he can transfer himself to any planet he likes without the help of spaceships
. Space travel by mechanical means is not the accepted process for elevation to other planets. Perhaps with a great deal of time, effort and money a few men may be able to reach other planets by material means\'97spaceships, spacesuits, etc.\'97but this 
is a very cumbersome and impractical method. In any case, it is not possible to go beyond the material universe by mechanical means.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The general process is: if you want to transfer yourself any better planet, then you have to practice this yoga system, or j\'ef\'e4na syst
em, not bhakti system. Bhakti system is not meant for any material planet. That will be explained later on.\line Those who are in devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the Supreme Lord, they are not interested in any planets of this material world. Wh
y? Because they know. In any planet you can, you can raise yourself, you can elevate yourself, you can go there, but the four principles of material existence are there. What is that? Birth, death, disease and old age. Any planet you go. Your duration of
 life may be very, very longer than this earth, but death is there. Death is there. But those who are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or those who are otherwise, those who are not interested in this material life... Material life means birth, death, dise
ase and old age, and spiritual life means relief from these botherations-no more birth, no more death, no more ignorance, no more misery.\line So those who are intelligent, they do not try to elevate in any planet of this material world }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The generally accepted method for transferral to higher planets is the practice of the meditat
ional }{\cs2873\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 or }{\cs2873\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  system. The }{\cs2873\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  system, however, is not to be practiced for transferral to any material planet, for those who are servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, are not interested in any planets in this material world because they
 know that on whatever planet one enters in the material sky, the four principles of birth, old age, disease and death are present. On higher planets, the duration of life may be longer than on this earth, but death is there nonetheless. By "material uni
verse" we refer to those planets where birth, old age, disease and death reside, and by "spiritual universe" we refer to those planets where there is no birth, old age, disease and death. Those who are intelligent do not try to elevate themselves to any 
planet within the material universe.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are higher planets. You have got. You get a long duration of life. Just like we are trying to reach the moon planet, and actually, if
 we get entrance into the moon planet... It is very difficult to get entrance. But even if you get entrance, then the period of life will be, I mean to say, enhanced. Of course, not in this body. Perhaps if you enter with this body, instant death is sure
. But if you enter into higher planets by this yoga system, then you get the suitable body of that planet. Every planet has got a suitable body. You cannot enter... Just like you cannot live in the water with this body. You can make an experiment. You ca
n live there, within water, say twenty-four hours or fifteen hours or sixteen hours. That's all. That's all. But the fish, the aquatic animals, they have got particular body. They are living whole life. Similarly, if you take out the fishes from water an
d put them on the land, oh, they will instantly die. As you see even in this planet that you have got to make your different kinds of body to live in a particular place, so similarly, if you want to enter into another planet, you have to prepare yourself
 to get that particular type of body.\line So if anyone enters into the moon planet by this yogic process, he transfers his soul, transmigrates into the moon planet, he'll get long duration of life. In higher planets, our six months equal to their one da
y, and such one month, one year, for ten thousands of years they live. That is the description we get. So we get very long duration of life, undoubtedly. But there is death. There is death. After ten thousand years or twenty thousand years or millions of
 years... That doesn't matter. It is all counted, and death is there. But you are not subjected to the death. That is the beginning of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re [Bg. 2.20]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one tries to enter higher planets by mechanical means, instant death is assured, for the body cannot stand the radical chang
es in atmosphere. But if one attempts to go to higher planets by means of the }{\cs2873\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,
 he will acquire a suitable body for entrance. We can see this demonstrated on this earth, for we know it is not possible for us to live in the sea, in a watery atmosphere, nor is it possible for aquatics to live on the earth. As we understand that even 
on this planet one has to have a particular type of body to live in a particular place, so a particular type of body is required for other planets. On the higher planets, bodies live much longer than on earth, for six months on earth is equal to one day 
on the higher planets. Thus the }{\cs2873\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  describe that those who live on higher planets live 
upward to ten thousand earth years. Yet despite such a long life span, death awaits everyone. Even if one lives twenty thousand or fifty thousand or even millions of years, in the material world the years are all counted, and death is there. How can we e
scape this subjugation to death? That is the lesson of }{\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 (2.20)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, once having been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, u
ndying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub You are spirit soul. You are eternal. [aside:] You keep the watch here. You are eternal. Why should you subject yourself to this death and 
birth? This is intelligence. This is intelligence.\line So k\'e5\'f1\'eba yei bhaje sei ba\'f2a catura: "Those who are persons in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they are very intelligent." They are not interested to get promotion in any planet where there
 is death, never mind the long duration of life there is. They want, just like God, sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 [Bs. 5.1]. The God's body is sac-cid, sac-cid-\'e4nanda. Sat means
 eternal, and cit means full of knowledge, and \'e4nanda means full of pleasure. We have got our pamphlet-most of you might have seen-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of all Pleasure. Similarly, if we transfer our body, our self, leaving this body to the sp
iritual world, in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet, or any other spiritual planet, then we get the similar body, sac-cid-\'e4nanda: eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. So those who are trying to be in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, their aim of life is
 different than those who are trying to promote themselves in any of the better planet in this material world. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are spirit soul, and as such we are eternal. Why then should we subject ourselves to birth and death? One who asks this question is to be considered intelligent. Those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious are very intelli
gent because they are not interested in gaining entrance to any planet where there is death. They will reject a long duration of life in order to attain a body like unto God's. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means eternal, }{\cs2873\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  means full of knowledge, and }{\cs2873\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  means full of pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure. If we transfer ourselves from this b
ody into the spiritual world\'97either to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's planet, or any other spiritual planet\'97we will receive a similar }{\cs2873\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  body. Thus the aim of those who are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is different from those who are trying to promote themselves to higher planets within this material world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So here Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that m\'fcrdhny \'e4dh\'e4ya \'e4tmana\'f9 pr\'e4\'ebam \'e4sthito yoga-dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e4m [Bg. 8.12]. This
 is called the perfection of yoga. If you can transfer yourself... You, you are very minute particle within this body. That you cannot see. But I am, my position is... This is external. This is external. So that is sustaining in the pr\'e4\'eba-v\'e4yu. 
And the yoga system, the \'f1a\'f6-cakra system, is to get the soul from down to the top, tip of the topmost part of the head. This practice go, go on, goes on while we are living, and the perfection is that when we can place my, myself on the top of the
 head, and by fracture of this topmost head we can transfer into the higher planet as we like. As we like. That is the perfection. A yogi can transfer in either of these planets, wherever he likes. Wherever he likes. So if you like... Just like you are i
nquisitive to see what is the moon planet, so if a yogi likes: "Oh, let me see what is the moon planet. Then I shall transfer myself to higher planets..." Just like travelers. They come to New York, then go to California, then go to Canada. Similarly, yo
u can transfer yourself in so many planets by this yoga system. But anywhere you go the, the same system, visa system and customs system, there are. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons, they are not interested in these temporary planets. May be for a lon
g duration, but they are not interested. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The self or soul of the individual is a m
inute spiritual spark. The perfection of }{\cs2873\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  lies in the transferral of this spiritual sp
ark to the top of the head. Having attained this, the }{\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  can transfer himself to any 
planet in the material world according to his desire. If the }{\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  is curious to know wh
at the moon is like, he can transfer himself there, or if he is interested in higher planets, he can transfer himself there, just as travellers go to New York, Canada, or other cities on the earth. Wherever one goes on earth, he finds the same visa and c
ustoms systems operating, and on all the material planets one can similarly see the principles of birth, old age, disease and death operating.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So for the yogi, the process is how to give up this body.\line om ity ek\'e4k\'f1ara\'e0 brahma\line vy\'e4haran m\'e4m anusmaran\line ya
\'f9 pray\'e4ti tyajan deha\'e0\line sa y\'e4ti param\'e4\'e0 gatim\line [Bg. 8.13]\line At the time of death, point of death, "Ommmm," if he can pronounce om, o\'e0k\'e4ra... O\'e0k\'e4ra is the concise form of transcendental vibration, o\'e0k\'e4ra. So
 om ity ek\'e4k\'f1ara\'e0 brahma vy\'e4haran. If he can vibrate this sound, o\'e0k\'e4ra, at the same time, m\'e4m anusmaran, plus he remembers K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu... The whole yoga system is to concentrate his mind to Vi\'f1\'ebu. But the imp
ersonalists, they imagine that this is the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu, or the Lord. But those who are personalists, they do not imagine; they see actual form of the Supreme Lord. Now, any way, either you concentrate your mind like imagination or you see factual
ly, you have to concentrate your mind in the Vi\'f1\'ebu form. Here m\'e4m. M\'e4m means "unto the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu." Ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti. "Anyone who leaves this body," tyajan deham, "after quitting this body," sa y\'e4ti param\'e4\'e0 gatim, "he
 enters into the spiritual kingdom." Unless he desires... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O\'e0 ity ek\'e4k
\'f1ara\'e0 brahma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at the point of death the }{\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  can pronounce }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0, o\'e0k\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the c
oncise form of transcendental sound vibration. If the }{\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  can vibrate this sound and a
t the same time (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m anusmaran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu, he attains the 
highest goal. It is the process of }{\cs2873\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 concentrate the mind on Vi\'f1\'ebu. The impers
onalists imagine some form of the Supreme Lord, but the personalists do not imagine this; they actually see. Whether one imagines Him or actually sees Him, one has to concentrate his mind on the personal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 satata\'e0\line yo m\'e4\'e0 smarati nitya\'e7a\'f9\line tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line nitya-yukt
asya yogina\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, because of his constant engagement in devotion
al service." (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\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 8
.14}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Those who are satisfied with temporary happiness, temporary life, temporary facilities, they are not intelligent in their, according to Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4. They are not intelligent. Antavat tu phala\'e0 te\'f1\'e4\'e0 tad bhavaty alpa-medhas\'e4m: "One whose brain substance is very small, they are interested in these temporary things." That is the version of \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4. Because I am permanent; I am eternal. Why shall I be interested in nonpermanent things? That, that is the intelligence. Who wants nonpermanent, I mean to say, existence? Nobody wants. Suppose you are living in a apartment, in an apartment, and the 
landlord asks you to vacate, or somehow or other, you have to vacate. You are sorry. Oh. But you'll not be sorry if you go to a better apartment.\line So this is our nature, that wherever we live... Because we are permanent. We are permanent. So we want 
permanent residence. That is our inclination. We don't wish to die. Why? Because we are permanent. Death is... Just like we don't want to be diseased. These are all artificial, external things: disease, death, birth, miseries. They are not our... They ar
e external things. Just like sometimes you are attacked with fever. You are not meant for suffering from fever, but sometimes it comes upon you. So we have to take precaution, have to get out of it. So similarly, these four kinds of external afflictions-
birth, death, disease and old age-they are due to this material body. And if we can get out of this material body, then we can get out of these implications. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are satisfied with temporary life, temporary pleasure and temporary facilities are not to be considered intelligent, at least not according to }{\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  One whose brain substance is very small is interested in temporary things, according to
 the }{\cs2873\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 are eternal, so why should we be interested in temporary things? No on
e wants a nonpermanent situation. If we are living in an apartment and the landlord asks us to vacate, we are sorry, but we are not sorry if we move into a better apartment. It is our nature, because we are permanent, to want permanent residence. We don'
t wish to die because in actuality we are permanent. Nor do we want to grow old or be diseased because these are all external or nonpermanent states. Although we are not meant to suffer from fever, sometimes fever comes, and we have to take precautions a
nd remedies to get well again. The fourfold miseries are like a fever, and they are all due to the material body. If somehow we can get out of the material body, we can escape the miseries that are integral with it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So for the yogi, those who are impersonalists, for them, this process is recommended. What is that? Om ity ek\'e4k\'f1ara\'e0 brahma vy\'e4
haran [Bg. 8.13]: "Just vibrating this transcendental sound, om, and leave this body." Then ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti: "Anyone who is able..." [aside:] Where is the watch? That's all right. "Anyone who is able to quit this material body in these circumstances, s
imply by uttering this transcendental sound, om, with full consciousness of the Supreme Lord, then he's sure to be transferred, to transmigrate in the spiritual world."\line But those who are not personalists, they cannot enter into the spiritual planet.
 They remain outside. Just like the sunshine and the sun disc. The sunshine is not different from the sunshine, sun disc, but still, the sunshine is not the sun disc. Similarly, those who are transferred in the spiritual world, they remain in the effulge
nce of the Supreme Lord, which is called brahma-jyotir. Brahmajyoti. So those who are not personalists, they are placed in that, into that brahma-jyotir as one of the minute particles. We are minute particles, spiritual spark, and brahma-jyotir is full o
f spiritual spark. So you become one of the spiritual spark. That is, means you merge into the spiritual existence. Although you keep your individuality constitutionally, but because you don't want any personal form, therefore you are held there, held th
ere in the impersonal brahma-jyotir. Just like the sunshine are small molecules, shining molecules-those who are scientists, they know that-similarly, we are also small, molecular, atomic, less than atom, one ten-thousandth portion of the tip of the hair
. Our position is. So that small part remains with the brahma-jyotir as if mixed up, homogeneous, although... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the impersonalists to get out of this temporary body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba here advises that they vibrate the syllable }{\cs2873\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 this way they can be assured of transmigration into the spiritual world. However, although they may enter the spiritual world, they cannot enter into any of the planets there. They re
main outside in the }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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  may be likened unto the sunshine, and the spiritual planets may be likened unto the sun itself. In the spiritual sky the imperson
alists remain in the effulgence of the Supreme Lord, the }{\cs2873\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  The impersonalists a
re placed in the }{\cs2873\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  as spiritual sparks, and in this way the }{\cs2873\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  is filled with spiritual sparks. This is what is meant by merging into the spiritual existence. 
It should not be considered that one merges into the }{\cs2873\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  in the sense of becoming 
one with it; the individuality of the spiritual spark is retained, but because the impersonalist does not want to take a personal form, he is found as a spiritual spark in that effulgence. Just as the sunshine is composed of so many atomic particles, so 
the }{\cs2873\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  is composed of so many spiritual sparks.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So difficulty is as living entity, we want enjoyment. Because I am not only simply existence. I have got bliss. Sac-cid-\'e4nanda. I am, I 
am composed of three spiritual existence. I am eternal, and I am full of knowledge, and I am full of bliss. So those who enter into that impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Lord, they can remain eternally and with full knowledge that "I am now mixed up.
 I am now homogeneous with the Brahman. Bas." But they cannot have that eternal bliss because that part is wanting. So the difficulty is that when he feels... Just like you, if you are confined in a room alone, you may go on, you may engage yourself in r
eading some particular book or in some particular thought, but still, you cannot remain alone for all the years and all the time. That is not possible. You'll find some association. You'll find some association, recreation. That is our nature. So similar
ly, if we merge into the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme Lord, then there is chance of falling down again in this material world. That is stated in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.\line ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4ninas\line tvayy asta-bh
\'e4v\'e4d avi\'e7uddha-buddhaya\'f9\line \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9\line patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9\line  [Bh\'e4g. 10.2.32]\line Just like this sputnik man, the aeronautics, they go higher and higher,
 twenty-five thousand or thirty thousand or hundred thousand miles away. But if they cannot take rest in some planet, they'll fall down, at once fall down again. So the rest is required. In the impersonal form the rest is uncertain, uncertain. Therefore 
in the Bh\'e4gavata says that \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9. Even after so much endeavor, if he gets into the spiritual world and remains in that impersonal form, the risk is that patanty adha\'f9: he comes down again into this mat
erial world. Why? An\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9, because he has neglected to serve in love and devotion the Supreme Lord. In this... So, so long we are here, we have to practice to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. Then we can enter. This 
is the training. And if we are not trained up in that way, then, by impersonal endeavor, we can enter into the spiritual kingdom, but there is risk of falling down again. Because that alone, that loneliness, will create some disturbance, and he will try 
to have association. And because he has no association of the Supreme Lord, he will have to come back into this material world and associate with this material association. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6
61115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, as living entities, we want enjoyment. Being in itself is not enough. We want bliss (}{\cs2873\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 ) as well as being (}{\cs2873\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 ). In his entirety, the living entity is composed of three qualities\'97eternality, knowledge and bliss. Those who enter impersonally into the }{\cs2873\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  can remain there for some time in full knowledge that they are now merged homogeneously with Brahman, but they cannot have that eternal }{\cs2873
\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  bliss, because that part is wanting. One may remain alone in a room for some time and ma
y enjoy himself by reading a book or engaging in some thought, but it is not possible to remain in that room for years and years at a time, and certainly not for all eternity. Therefore for one who merges impersonally into the existence of the Supreme, t
here is every chance of falling down again into the material world in order to acquire some association. This is the verdict of }{\cs2873\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  Astronauts may travel thousands and thousands of miles, but if they do not find rest on some planet, they have to return again to earth. In any case, rest is required. In the impersonal 
form, rest is uncertain. Therefore }{\cs2873\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 that even after so much
 endeavor, if the impersonalist enters into the spiritual world and acquires an impersonal form, he returns again into the material world because of neglecting to serve the Supreme Lord in love and devotion. As long as we are here on earth, we must learn
 to practice to love and serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. If we learn this, we can enter into those spiritual planets. The impersonalist's position in the spiritual world is nonpermanent, for out of loneliness he will attempt to acquire some assoc
iation. Because he does not associate personally with the Supreme Lord, he has to return again to the world and associate with conditioned living entities there.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So better that we should know the nature of our constitutional position. Our constitutional position is that we want eternity, we want comp
lete knowledge and we want pleasure also, pleasure. So if you are kept alone, you cannot have pleasure. Then you'll feel uncomfortable. And for want of pleasure, you'll accept any kind of pleasure: "All right, material pleasure." That's all. That is the 
risk.\line Therefore this K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you'll have full pleasure, full pleasure, the same pleasure. Not the same pleasure. Just like here the highest pleasure of this world is sex life. That is also perverted, so diseased
. So even in the spiritual world there is sex pleasure in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but that's not... We should not think that this is something like this. No. But janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1]. Unless that sex life is there, it cannot be reflected her
e. It is simply perverted reflection. The actual life is there, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full of pleasure. So best thing is to train ourself, train ourself in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and then it will be possible in this life at the
 time of death to transfer ourself into the spiritual world and enter into the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, or the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet, and enjoy with the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line 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\line  [Bs. 5.29]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is of utmost importance, therefore, that we know the nature of our constitutional position: we want eternity, complete knowledge and pleasure also
. When we are left alone for a long time, we cannot have pleasure\'97we accept the pleasure given by the material world. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, real pleasure is enjoyed. In the material world it is generally accepted that the highest pleasure i
s sex. This is a perverted reflection of the sex pleasure in the spiritual world, the pleasure of association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But we should not think that pleasure there is like the sex pleasure in the material world. No, it is different. But unless
 sex life is there in the spiritual world, it cannot be reflected here. Here it is simply a perverted reflection, but the actual life is there in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is full of all pleasure. Therefore, the best process is to train ourselves now so that a
t the time of death we may transfer ourselves to the spiritual universe, to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, and there associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs3545\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His abode are described thus:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all desire, in abodes built with spir
itual gems, surrounded by millions of wish-fulfilling trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9s,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  or}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\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 " }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bs.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  5.29}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub This, these are the description of the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. Cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu: "The houses are made of touchstone." Touchstone. Pe
rhaps you know touchstone. It's a... A small particle touchstone, if it is touched in the iron beam, it will at once becomes gold. Of course, I do not know if any one of you has seen this touchstone, but there is such a thing. So all the buildings are th
ere of touchstone. Cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a [Bs. 5.29]. The trees are desire trees. Whatever you like, can get. Here from mango tree, you get mango, and apple tree from, you get apple. But there any tree, anything you like, you c
an have. These are the some, some of the description of the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a 
description of K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. The houses are made of what is called "touchstone." Whatever touchstone touches immediately turns into gold. The trees are wish-fulfilling trees or "desire trees," for one can receive from them whatever he wishes. In th
is world we get mangoes from mango trees and apples from apple trees, but there from any tree one can get whatever he desires. Similarly, the cows are called }{\cs2873\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 they yield an endless supply of milk. These are descriptions of the spiritual planets found in Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So best thing is not to try for elevate, for elevating ourselves in either of these material planet. Because in any material planet you ent
er, the same principles of miserable life... We are accustomed. We have been acclimatized to birth, death. We don't care. The modern scientists, they are very much proud of their advancement, but they have no solution of these unpleasant things. They can
not make anything which will check death, or which will check disease, or which will check old age. That is not possible. You can, you can manufacture something which will accelerate death, but you cannot manufacture anything which will stop death. That 
is not in your power. So those who are intelligent enough, they are not concerned with these four things, janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi: [Bg. 13.9] birth, death and old age. They are concerned to have a spiritual life, complete, full of bliss and full
 of knowledge, and that is possible when you enter into the spiritual planets. That will be explained.\line So next, next verse it is stated,\line ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 satata\'e0\line yo m\'e4\'e0 smarati nitya\'e7a\'f9\line tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p
\'e4rtha\line nitya-yuktasya yogina\'f9\line  [Bg. 8.14]\line Nitya-yuktasya yogina\'f9. Nitya-yukta means continuously in trance. He's the highest yogi, continuously thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. For him, an
anya-cet\'e4\'f9... He does not divert his attention to this sort of process or that sort of yoga system or the j\'ef\'e4na system or dhy\'e4na system. No. Ananya-cet\'e4\'f9. Simply the only one system, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ananya-cet\'e4\'f9. Ananya-cet\'e4
\'f9, "without any deviation." He's not disturbed by anything. Simply K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 satatam. Satatam means anywhere and any time. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world we have become acclimatized to birth, death and all sorts of suffering. Material scientists have discovered many facilities for sense enjoyment and destruction,
 but they have discovered no solution to the problems of old age, disease and death. They cannot make any machine that will check death, old age or disease. We can manufacture something that will accelerate death, but nothing that will stop death. Those 
who are intelligent, however, are not concerned with the fourfold miseries of material life but with elevation to the spiritual planets. One who is continuously in trance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nitya-yuktasya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) does not divert his attention to anything else. He 
is always situated in trance. His mind is always filled with the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without deviation (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satatam}{\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 Satatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to anywhere and anytime.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like my residence is at V\'e5nd\'e4vana. That is the place of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba advented Himself, He was there. So n
ow I am in America, in your country, but that does not mean that out of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Because if I think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always, so it is as good I am in India. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I am as good as in New York, in this apartment. The consciousness is
 there. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means you already live with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in that spiritual planet. Simply you have to wait for giving up this body.\line So this is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 satata\'e0 yo m
\'e4\'e0 smarati. Smarati means remember. Nitya\'e7a\'f9, continually. Tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p\'e4rtha. "Oh, I am very cheap for them." K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes very cheap commodity. The highest valuable thing becomes very cheap for him who takes this
 process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p\'e4rtha nitya-yuktasya yogina\'f9: "Because he's continually engaged in such process of yoga, bhakti-yoga, oh, I am very cheap. I am easily available. I am easily available." Now, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba declares Himself that He becomes easily available by this process. Why should I try for any, I mean to say, very hard job? Why shall I take to that? We chant 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, and twenty-four hours you can chant. There is no rules and regulation. Either in the street or in the subway, or at your home, or in your office, oh, there is no tax, no expenses. 
Why don't you do it? Always 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [
661115BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India I lived in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and now I am in America, but this does not mean that I am out of V\'e5nd\'e4vana because if I think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always,
 then I'm always in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, regardless of the material designation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means that one always lives with K\'e5\'f1\'eba on that spiritual planet, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and that one is simply waiting to give up this mat
erial body. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Smarati nitya\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means continuously remembering, and for one who is cont
inuously remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord becomes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub easily
 purchased. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says that He is easily purchased by this }{\cs2873\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  pr
ocess. Then why should we take to any other process? We can 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 twenty-four hours daily. There are no rules and r
egulations. One can chant in the street, in the subway or at his home or office. There is no tax and no expense. So why not take to it?
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 BBD 3: Liberation from Material 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 3\line Liberation From Material 
Planets
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 661117BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The yogis and the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, they are generally impersonalists. So for them, the process-at the time of death, they vibrate the trans
cendental sound om, o\'e0k\'e4ra, and by that way they transfer to the spiritual world, but they do not enter into the spiritual planet. This point we have discussed. And the risk is that if we do not have any rest in the spiritual planet, if we remain i
n the outer space only, then there is risk of coming down again in this material world.\line [....]\line It is said that "Persons who are interested of becoming liberated," ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4nina\'f9, "simply by the concept of impers
onal merging into the spiritual existence," so ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a, "they consider themselves that they are liberated." That is also point of liberation, but the Bh\'e4gavata says that "Although they consider themself as liberated, the avi\'e7uddha
-buddhaya\'f9..." Avi\'e7uddha means their knowledge is not very pure, not yet pure.\line Avi\'e7uddha-buddhaya\'f9. The result is \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9: "They can rise up to the Supreme Absolute platform by their penances 
and austerities, meditation." That is right. They can reach to that platform. \'c4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba. \'c4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba means "raising themselves, elevating themselves by severe penances to that platform," \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pa
dam [Bh\'e4g. 10.2.32], the Supreme Absolute platform. But patanty adha\'f9: "They again fall down in this material world." Why? An\'e4d\'e5ta: "Because they have not taken seriously about Your personal feature." An\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9: 
"Without worshiping Your lotus feet, the result is that they come down again in this material world."\line Simply devotional process, simply surrendered process... "My Lord, I am Your eternal servant. Please give me Your service. Let me engage. Let me be
 engaged in Your service." This is called ananya-cet\'e4\'f9. Ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 satatam [Bg. 8.14].\line God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is called Ajita. Ajita means nobody can conquer God. Therefore His name is Ajita. Just like God has innumerable... He is unlimi
ted, and His functions and activities are unlimited. And according to His activities, His names are also unlimited. So this is one of the names, Ajita. Ajita means "the personality who is never conquered." Nobody can conquer Him. Therefore His name is Aj
ita. So there is a very nice verse in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,\line [....]\line Brahm\'e4 is praying Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, that "A person," j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya, "giving up the futile endeavor to understand the Supreme by
 one's limited knowledge..." Give. Give up this attempt.\line Similarly, our attempt to measure how far this outer space is-just like that, futile. And what to speak of this, speak of this space, our measurement of our limited knowledge... With the limit
ed knowledge, if we want to know how far, how much long and short is God, it is a futile attempt, futile at... It is not possible. So Bh\'e4gavata recommends, j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya: "Just give up this nonsense habit, to measure the Supreme.
" It is not possible.\line So j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya. A person who has taken this determination, that "It is futile. It is useless to try to understand what is God by my limited knowledge," he's a..., he's an intelligent man who takes this d
ecision. So j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya namanta eva: "Just become submissive. Just try to understand your position that you are very insignificant segment in this material world or in the creation." Namanta eva: "Just become submissive." J\'ef
\'e4ne pray\'e4sam: "Giving up this endeavor to understand the Supreme by one's limited knowledge and just become submissive."\line Then? What is the process? San-mukharit\'e4\'e0 bhavad\'e9ya-v\'e4rt\'e4m: "You just try to understand the Supreme from th
e reliable source." San-mukharit\'e4m. Sat-mukharit\'e4m. Mukharita means from the lips, from the lips of realized souls. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\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 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  are generally impersonalists, and although they attain the temporary form of liberation by merging into the
 impersonal effulgence, the spiritual sky, their knowledge, according to }{\cs2873\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 not considered pure. By penances, austerities and meditations, they can rise up to the Supreme Absolute platform, but, as has been explained, they again fall down to the material world because they have not taken K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personal 
features seriously. Unless one worships the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he again has to descend to the material platform. The ideal attitude should be: "I am Your eternal servitor. Please let me somehow engage in Your service." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ajita\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unconquerable\'97for no one can conquer God, but according to }{\cs2873\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  one with this attitude easily conquers the Supreme. }{\cs2873\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 recommends that we give up this futile process to measure the Supreme. We ca
nnot even measure the limitations of space, what to speak of the Supreme. It is not possible to measure the length and breadth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by one's minuscule knowledge, and one who arrives at this conclusion is considered intelligent by Vedic liter
ature. One should come to understand, submissively, that he is a very insignificant segment of the universe. Abandoning the endeavor to understand the Supreme by limited knowledge or mental speculation, we should become submissive and hear of the Supreme
 through authoritative sources such as }{\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  or through the lips of a realiz
ed soul.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like Arjuna is understanding about God from direct K\'e5\'f1\'eba, from the lips of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Svaya\'e0 padman\'e4bha-mukham, mu
kha-ni\'f9s\'e5ta\'f9. So this is the process. So similarly, if we understand about God through the lips of Arjuna or his bona fide representative, that is the process. J\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya namanta eva: "Submissively, one who tries to unde
rstand the transcendental nature of God from the reliable source..." Sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9. Never mind what he is. Never mind what he is. Either Indian or European or American or Japanese or Hindu or Muslim, never mind. So sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9: "Jus
t be situated in your place. That doesn't matter." \'c7ruti-gat\'e4m: "Just try to understand through your ears by aural reception, aural reception." San-mukharit\'e4m, \'e7ruti-gat\'e4m. \'c7ruti means this ear, reception through the ear. San-mukharit
\'e4\'e0 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4\'e0 tanu-v\'e4\'ec-manobhi\'f9. [Bh\'e4g. 10.14.3] Then just try to practice it in your practical life. Tanu-v\'e4\'ec-manobhir ye pr\'e4ya\'e7a\'f9 ajita: "My dear Lord, You are unconquerable, but by this person, You become con
quered, simply by hearing." It is such a nice process. God is not conquerable, but He becomes conquerable, He is conquered, by a devotee who gives up this nonsense process of understanding Him by his limited knowledge and becomes submissive. And just try
 to hear from the right source, and try to appear, apply in your life. Then you become a conqueror of the Supreme. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  Arjuna is hearing about God from
 the lips of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. In this way Arjuna set the criteria for understanding the Supreme by submissive hearing. It is our position to hear }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the lips of Arjuna or his bona fide representative, the spiritual master. After hearing, it is necessary to practice this acquired knowledge in daily life. 
"My dear Lord, You are unconquerable," the devotee prays, "but by this process, by hearing, You are conquered." God is unconquerable, but He is conquered by the devotee who abandons mental speculations and listens to authoritative sources.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are two processes. Now, out of these two processes, the \'e4roha-panth\'e4, one who is trying to understand the Supreme by his own li
mited knowledge, for him, it is said in the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,\line [....]\line Now, panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara-sampragamya\'f9. By the ascending process, if anyone makes progress with the speed of mind and speed of air... You, you know the
 speed of mind, how it is powerful. You are sitting here, and you can think of thousands and thousands and thousands of miles away immediately. Just see the speed of mind. Similarly, the velocity of air is very thousands of miles in a second, velocity of
 air. So the example is given here that if anyone traverses on the path of ascending process with the velocity of mind and air... Panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vat... And if he makes progress not only for one day, two days, three days, one month-ko\'f6i-
\'e7ata-vatsara, millions and millions of years, if he goes in that speed... Panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara-sampragamyo v\'e4yor ath\'e4pi manasa\'f9. V\'e4yu. V\'e4yu means air. By the airplane or sputnik, or by the speed of the mind, if he makes
 progress... Panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara-sampragamyo v\'e4yor ath\'e4pi manaso muni-pu\'ecgav\'e4n\'e4m. And not very ordinary man, but muni-pu\'ecgava. Muni-pu\'ecgava means the highest thoughtful. Pu\'ecgava means the greatest, and a muni mea
ns thoughtful, thinker. If he goes on for millions of years in the speed of mind and speed of air, still, he will find still not knowable, not knowable. Panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara-sampragamyo v\'e4yor ath\'e4pi manaso muni-pu\'ecgav\'e4n\'e4m,
 so 'py asti yat prapada-s\'e9mny avicintya-tattve [Bs. 5.34]. Still the subject matter remains inconceivable, inconceivable, not definite.\line But here is the definite information. Just in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 we understand that ananya-cet\'e4\'f9, 
ananya-cet\'e4\'f9, without any deviation from this path of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, without any deviation from the devotional service in submission, if anyone thinks always of K\'e5\'f1\'eba... K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9. Sulab
ha means "I am very easily available for him." Tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p\'e4rtha. "Why? Why You are so...? Why You become so cheap to this person?" Because nitya-yuktasya yogina\'f9 [Bg. 8.14]. "Oh, he is constantly... Twenty-four hours, he's engaged 
in My service. I cannot forget him." This is... This is the process. Just become submissive and attract the attention of God. Then you'll be successful. Just try to... My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja used to say that "Don't try to see God. You work in such a way 
that God will see you. God will take care of you. Don't try to see God." This is the process. "I want to see God. Oh, God please come and stand before me," oh, just like He's my servant. God is no one's servant. You have to oblige Him by your love, by yo
ur service. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\cs2873\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  there are two ways of acquiring knowledge\'97the ascending process and descending process. By the ascending process, one is e
levated by knowledge acquired by himself. In this way one thinks, "I don't care for any authorities or books. I will attain knowledge myself by meditation, philosophy, etc. In this way I will understand God." The other process, the descending process, in
volves receiving knowledge from higher authorities. }{\cs2873\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  states that if on
e takes to the ascending process and travels at the speed of mind and wind for millions of years, he will still end up not knowing. For him, the subject matter will remain elusive and inconceivable. But that subject matter is given in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: ananya-cet\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to meditate on Him without deviation from the p
ath of devotional service in submission. For one who worships Him in this way\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I become easily available." This is the process: if one works for K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours a day, K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot forget him. By becoming submissive, he can attract the attention of God. As Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bhaktisi
ddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 used to say, "Don't try to see God. Is God to come and stand before us like a servant just because we want to see Him? That is not the submissive way. We have to oblige Him by our love and service."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So take this process, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Very easy. This process is given to the humanity by Lord Caitanya, and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4
m\'e9, the first disciple of Lord Caitanya, he appreciated it. He was a minister in the service of the..., then Muhammadan kingdom. And he become a disciple of Lord Caitanya. And when he first met Him, oh, he offered himself with this verse, nice verse,
\line 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  [Madhya 19.53]\line "My dear Lord Caitanya, You are the most munificent personality, 
most charitable, the highest charitable person." Why? "You are delivering K\'e5\'f1\'eba very cheaply. You are delivering K\'e5\'f1\'eba very cheaply. Therefore nobody is comparable with Your charity."  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The proper process for approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba was given to humanity by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Hi
s first disciple, appreciated it. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a minister in the Mohammedan government, but he left the government to become a disciple of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's. When he first went to see the Lord, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 approached Him wit
h the following verse }{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 guara-
tvi\'f1e nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other }{
\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\cs2873\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  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." 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub We want K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The whole... We are hankering after K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the most attractive, the most beautiful, the most opulent, the most
 powerful, the most learned and the most beautiful. That is our hankering. We are hankering after the beauty, the powerful, the learned. So raso vai. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of everything. You just turn your attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You'll ge
t everything, everything, whatever your want. Whatever you heart's desire, it will be fulfilled by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 called Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu "the most munificent, the most charitable personality," because He was offering the most precious thing of all very cheaply\'97love of God. We all want K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and are all hankering after Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most attractive, the most beautiful, the most opulent, the most powerful and the most learned. That is the object of our hankering. We're hankering after the beautiful, the powerful, the le
arned, the wealthy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all of this, so we need only turn our attention toward Him, and we will get everything. Everything\'97whatever we want. Whatever is our heart's desire will be fulfilled by this process of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was given by Lord Caitanya. Therefore He's, I mean to say, recommended... He's called that namo mah
\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya: "Oh, You are the most powerful, charitable personality. Nobody has given such a thing-K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Because we are all in want of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So that is the process given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. And here K\'e5\'f1\'eba say
s that "I am..." Tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p\'e4rtha: "I am... I become very cheap to him." Whom? "One who is constantly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." And if you remain twenty-four hours in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then-just like the im
personalists, the yogis, the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, they transfer themselves to the spiritual world in the..., and merge into the impersonal effulgence-you enter into the planet where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. Then what is the benefit? You can ask, "Well, suppose I d
o this and enter into the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet, then what is the benefit?" The benefit is stated in the next verse, m\'e4m upetya punar janma...\line 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\line  [Bg. 8.15]\line "My dear Arjuna, if anyone comes to Me," m\'e4m upetya, "by this process, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then the result is," punar janma du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam, n
a \'e4pnuvanti, "he does not get any more to come back into this material world full of miseries." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For one who dies in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as stated before, entrance into K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, the supreme abode where K\'e5\'f1\'eba resides, is guaranteed. At this point one may ask what the advantage is in going to that plan
et, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself answers:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "After attaining Me, the great souls, who are }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9
s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\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 8.15)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This material world is certified by the Supreme Lord, the creator, as du\'f9kh\'e4layam. Du\'f9kh\'e4layam means "the place of miseries." A
nd how you can make it comfortable? Can you make it comfortable by your so-called advancement of science? No. It is not possible. But we do not know what is du\'f9kha, or what is suffering. Real du\'f9kha is, real suffering is, birth and death, old age a
nd disease. But we have set aside. Because we cannot make solution of these things, we don't care for it. We are after sputnik and atomic bomb. That is our scientific advancement. Why don't you solve these important things, which is giving me always suff
ering? They have no power. So here is the solution, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, m\'e4m upetya punar janma: "If anyone attains into My platform, then he does not come back again," punar janma, "rebirth again." Where? Du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam: "T
his place, full of miseries, full of..."\line Just try to understand that this place is full of miseries. There... In the modes of ignorance we cannot understand. Just like the cats and dogs and hogs, they cannot understand that what miserable condition 
of life they are pulling on, similarly, human... A human being is called rational animal. They are animal, but at the same time, they have got the rationality. But that rationality is being used in the purpose of animal propensities. That rationality is 
not being used how to get liberated from this miserable condition. That is a misuse of rationality. So here is the solution. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "If anyone remains in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, twenty-four hours, without any deviation, the result
 is that he comes to Me. And if he once comes to Me," m\'e4m upetya punar janma du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam, n\'e4pnuvanti, "he does not get again rebirth of this miserable life." Why? Now, mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9 sa\'e0siddhi\'e0 param\'e4\'e0 gat
\'e4\'f9: "They are great souls, and they have achieved the highest goal of life." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661116BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
This material world is certified by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the creator, as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub full of miseries. How then can we make it comfortable? Is it possible to make this world comfortable by the so-called advancement of science? No, this is not possible. As a result, we do not even wish to know what these miseries are. The mise
ries, as stated before, are birth, old age, disease and death, and because we cannot make a solution to them we try to set them aside. Science has no power to solve these miseries that are always giving us trouble. Instead they divert our attention into 
making spaceships or atomic bombs. The solution to these problems is given here in }{\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  if one attains to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's platform he does not have to return again to this earth of birth and death. We should try to understand that this place is full of miseries. It takes a certain amount of developed consciousness to under
stand this. Cats and dogs and hogs cannot understand that they are suffering. Man is called a rational animal, but his rationality is being used to further his animalistic propensities instead of finding out how to get liberation from this miserable cond
ition. Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba explicitly states that one who comes to Him will never be reborn to suffer miseries again. Those great souls who come to Him have attained the highest perfection of life which alleviates the living entity from the suffering of 
conditional existence.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub The difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and ordinary human being or ordinary living being is that we can remain at one place, but K\'e5\'f1
\'eba... Goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcta\'f9 [Bs. 5.37]. Although He has got His abode in the transcendental kingdom, which is called Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana... The V\'e5nd\'e4vana city from where I have come, this V\'e5nd\'e4vana is called Bhau
ma V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Bhauma V\'e5nd\'e4vana means the same V\'e5nd\'e4vana descended on this earth. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends on this earth out of His own internal potency, similarly, His dh\'e4ma, or His abode, also descends, the V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
dh\'e4ma. Or, in other words, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends on this earth, He manifests Himself in that particular land. Therefore that land is so sacred, V\'e5nd\'e4vana. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His own abode. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Anyone who comes to
 My abode," m\'e4m upetya punar janma du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam, "he does not get again rebirth in this material world, which is full of threefold miseries." Du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam n\'e4pnuvanti.\line Why? Because mah\'e4tm\'e4na
\'f9... They are called mah\'e4tm\'e4. Perhaps you have heard the name, this word, mah\'e4tm\'e4. Our leader, Mahatma Gandhi, he was known as mah\'e4tm\'e4. But mah\'e4tm\'e4 is not the title of a politician. Mah\'e4tm\'e4, here, mah\'e4tm\'e4 means the 
first-class K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious man who is eligible to enter into the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is called mah\'e4tm\'e4. Mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9. And the mah\'e4tm\'e4nas' perfection is this, to prepare in this life, in this nice human form of life wi
th all facilities of nature... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the differences between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and a
n ordinary being is that an ordinary entity can be only in one place at a time, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be everywhere in the universe and yet in His own abode, simultaneously. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode in the transcendental kingdom is called Goloka V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. The V\'e5nd\'e4vana in India is that same V\'e5nd\'e4vana descended on this earth. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends Himself by His own internal potency, His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e4
ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or abode, also descends. In other words, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends on this earth, He manifests Himself in that particular land. Despite this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode rem
ains eternally in the transcendental sphere, in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has. In this verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims that one who comes to His abode in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has never has to take birth again in the material world. Such a person is called }{\cs2873\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  The word }{\cs2873\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 generally heard in the West in connection with Mahatma Gandhi, but we should understand that }{\cs2873\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 not the title of a politician. Rather, }{\cs2873\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  refers to the first-class K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious man who is eligible to enter into the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  perfection is this: to utilize the human form of life and the resources of nature to extricate himself from th
e cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub An intelligent person, he can think that "I do not want miseries, but the miseries are inflicted upon me by force." Nobody wants. Then he s
hould question that "Why these miseries are inflicted upon me by force?" Unfortunately, the modern civilization, they set aside: "Oh, let me suffer. Let me cover it by some intoxication. That's all." You see? But as soon as the intoxication is over, agai
n I am in the same point.\line So this is not the solution. You cannot make a solution of the misery of your life by artificial intoxication. That is not possible. You have to make the solution by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An intelligent person knows that he does not want miseries, but they are inflicted upon him by force. 
As stated before, we are always in a miserable condition due to this mind, body, natural disturbances or other living entities. There is always some kind of misery inflicted upon us. This material world is meant for misery; unless the misery is there, we
 cannot come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Miseries are actually an impetus and help to elevate us to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. An intelligent man questions why these miseries are inflicted on him by force. However, modern civilization's attitude 
is, "Let me suffer. Let me cover it by some intoxication. That's all." But as soon as the intoxication is over, the miseries return. It is not possible to make a solution to the miseries of life by artificial intoxication. The solution is made by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Then people may inquire, "Well, you say that to enter into the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the highest perfection, but we are trying to ent
er into the moon planet. Is it not perfection?" Somebody, you may question. Yes. So in answer, this tendency to enter into the higher planets is always there in human mind. Don't think that we have advanced, and we have invented this sputnik for entering
 into the moon planet or sun planet. This tendency is always there. A living entity's name is sarva-ga. Sarva-ga [Bg. 2.24]. He wants to travel everywhere. That is his nature. Just like you, sometimes, you Americans, you go to India or Europe. You cannot
 stay stagnant at a place. That is our nature. So this tendency, that we are trying to enter into the moon planet, this is not a new thing. They are trying, maybe by different process, by yoga process, by other process. Everyone is trying to enter into t
he higher planets.\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Yes, you are trying to enter into the moon planet, or any other planet. That's all right. But you must remember..." What is that? \'c4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9 punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna [Bg. 8.16]. 
\'c4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may point out that although the devotees o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba are trying to enter K\'e5\'f1\'eba's planet, our interest is in going to the moon. Isn't going to the moon also perfection? The tendency to travel to other planets is always present in the living entity. One name for the living entity is
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-gata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "one who wants to travel everywhere." Travel is part of the natur
e of the living entity. The desire to go to the moon is not a new thing. The }{\cs2873\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  also
 are interested in entering the higher planets, but in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 
points out that this will not be of any help.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take plac
e. But 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\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  8.16)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub The universe is divided into fourteen divisions of planetary system, fourteen divisions. We are just in the middle planetary system. There are 
fourteen. Caturda\'e7a-bhuvana. There are seven down and seven up. We are in the middle. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9: "Oh, what to speak of moon planet or sun planet or Venus, if you even enter into the highest planet, 
which is called Brahmaloka, still, there is birth and death, punar \'e4vartina\'f9, repetition of birth and death, repetition of birth and death." Punar \'e4vartina\'f9 means just like I have got this body. Now, say, I'll live eighty years. Now I am seve
nty-one. So after nine years I'll have to change this body. Sure. There is nobody can, by scientific process, can stay here. No. That is not allowed. You have to change your body. This is called punar \'e4vartina\'f9, changing... Just like you change you
r old dress, similarly, you have to change your old body, again enter into another new body. So this is called punar \'e4vartina\'f9. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "If you enter in this material world, if you enter even to the highest planet..." What to sp
eak of this moon planet... Moon planet is just our neighbor. Your modern scientists have calculated that if we want to go to the highest planet, it will take-this same speed of sputnik, twenty thousand miles per hour-still, it will take forty thousands o
f years to reach the highest planet. That is the scientific view.\line But there is such planet where living entities like you and me are there. We have got this information from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and other Vedic literatures. All planets, they are full
 of living entities. Don't think simply on the earth we are here, and in all planets are vacant, no. From your experience, you can see that no place in this earth is vacant, without living entities. Even you dig earth, you'll find some worms. You, you go
 deep into the water, you'll find some living entities. You just analyze that outer space, air, you'll find so many living entities. So how you can conclude that other planets are without living entities? They are all full of living entities.\line So K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says that in the Brahmaloka, in the highest planet of this universe, even you enter there... \'c4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9 punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna: "My dear Arjuna, if you enter even to the highest planet, still, you'll have to accept
 that repetition of birth and death. You cannot get rid of it." [Bg. 8.16] M\'e4m upetya. Again He says... As in the former verse, He says m\'e4m upetya: "If you reach to My planet, then you haven't got to come back again this, in this miserable material
 world," again He says, repeatedly, that "If you enter into the highest planet of this universe, still, your, that repetition of birth and death will continue. But m\'e4m upetya, if you come to My planet," m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate
. Oh, that same very thing is again confirmed here, punar janma na vidyate: "Oh, there is no more rebirth, no more. You get your eternal life." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The universe is divided into higher, middle and lower planetary systems. The earth is considered to be a member of the middle planetary system. K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out that even if one enters into 
the highest planet of all, called Brahmaloka, there is still repetition of birth and death. Other planets in the universe are full of living entities. We should not think that we are here and that all the other planets are vacant. From experience we can 
see that no place on earth is vacant of living entities. If we dig deep down into the earth, we find worms; if we go deep into the water, we find aquatics; if we go into the sky, we find so many birds. How is it possible to conclude that other planets ha
ve no living entities? But K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out that even if we enter into those planets where great demigods reside, we will still be subjected to death. Again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba repeats that upon reaching His planet, one need not take birth again.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub We should be very serious about this problem, how to get our eternal life, blissful, and full of knowledge. That is the duty of human life.
 We have forgotten this, what is our aim of life. Na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebum [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.31]. They do not know that their interest, self-interest is how to get that eternal, blissful life in the spiritual planets. That is his in
terest. Why they have forgotten? Dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4 ye bahir-artha-m\'e4nina\'f9. The people have been entrapped by this material glimmer, by skyscraper and big factories and political activities, these..., entrapped, although he cannot live. He knows tha
t "However skyscraper I may make, I'll not be allowed to live here. I'll have to leave it, and I do not know where I am going." Therefore the solution is that we should not spoil our energy for having a skyscraper. We should employ our energy to elevate 
ourselves to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that we can, after leaving this material body, we can enter into that spiritual planet. That is the process.\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the necessity. It is not a religious formula or some spiritu
al recreation. No. It is the most important thing that we should imbibe in our life.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub We should be very serious about attaining our eternal life full of bliss and knowledge. We have forgotten that this is actually our aim of life, our real self-interest. Why have we forgotten? We have simply been entrapped by the material glit
ter, by skyscrapers, big factories and political play, although we know that however big we build skyscrapers, we will not be able to live here indefinitely. We should not spoil our energy in building mighty industries and cities to further entrap oursel
ves in material nature; rather, our energy should be used to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to attain a spiritual body whereby we may enter into K\'e5\'f1\'eba's planet. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a religious formula or some spiri
tual recreation; it is the most important part of the living entity.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 BBD 4: The Sky 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 4 \line The Sky Beyond The Unive
rse
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 661118BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 661119BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Then you may ask, "Then why people are so much anxious to go to the other planets?" The description of other planets is there also in the 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. Now, here it is said, "the Brahmaloka." Because there are many yogis and many, I mean to say, philosophers, they aim at being elevated to the higher planets by their yogic process... Why? Because the facilities of life in the 
higher planets are more than in this planet. The duration of life, the enjoyment and the amenities and everything is better, thousand times better, thousand times better. So people like. Somebody likes that "We shall go to the heavenly planets or this pl
anet, that planet."\line Now, a..., some of the description of the higher planet is given here. What is that?\line sahasra-yuga-paryantam\line ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9\line r\'e4tri\'e0 yuga-sahasr\'e4nt\'e4\'e0\line te 'ho-r\'e4tra-vido jan\'e4\'f9
\line  [Bg. 8.17]\line Now, here is a nice description of the highest planet of this universe. What is that? Now, sahasra-yuga-paryantam. Sahasra-yuga means... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If even the higher planets in this universe are subject to birth and death, why do great }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo
g\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  strive for elevation to them? Although they may have many mystic powers, these }{\cs2873\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  still have the tendency to want to enjoy the facilities of material life. On the higher planets, it is possible to live for incredibly long lifetimes. The time calculati
on on these planets is indicated by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ho-r\'e4tra-vido 
jan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 nig
ht." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 8.17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub One yuga means forty-three lakhs of years. Then that means 4,300,000's of years. That is the duration of one yuga. And sahasra-yuga... And 
sahasra means thousand. That 4,300,000 of years, just multiply it by another one thousand. Now we calculate. I am not mathematician. You can calculate what is that duration. So that duration, long duration, forty-three, five zero, into one thousand, that
 means forty-three, five zero, again three zero. Now, what is that duration? That is calculated to be twelve hours of Brahm\'e4. As you have got twelve hours from morning, six, to evening, six. So this duration of period in the Brahmaloka is forty-three 
and five zero into three zero. Just imagine. That is twelve hours. Similarly, another twelve hours-night, same period. So that becomes one complete twenty-four hours of Brahm\'e4. Brahmaloka. And such one month, and such one year, and one hundred years d
uration of life is there. Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9. That is the duration of life there. You cannot calculate how long you can live there. But still, after so many years, millions and trillions of years' life, you'll have to di
e. Death is there. Death, you cannot... Unless you go into the spiritual planets, there is no escape from death. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One }{\cs2873\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  covers 4,300,000 years. This number multiplied 
by one thousand is calculated to be twelve hours of Brahm\'e4 on the planet Brahmaloka. Similarly, another twelve hour period covers the night. Thirty such days equal a month, twelve months a year, and Brahm\'e4 lives for one hundred such years. Life on 
such a planet is indeed long, yet, even after trillions of years, the inhabitants of Brahmaloka have to face death. Unless we go into the spiritual planets, there is no escape from death.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Avyakt\'e4d vyaktaya\'f9 sarv\'e4\'f9 prabhavanty ahar-\'e4game [Bg. 8.18]. Now, this duration of Brahm\'e4, the, the material manifestation in 
the lower status, this planetary system, when Brahm\'e4 days is finished, all these planetary systems becomes covered in water. There is devastation, devastation, and when again Brahm\'e4, the supreme person in the Brahmaloka, he rises up, then again cre
ation begins. That is the law of creation. So avyakt\'e4d vyaktaya\'f9 sarv\'e4\'f9 prabhavanty ahar-\'e4game. Aha\'f9. Aha\'f9 means in the daytime. When there is daytime, daytime, twelve hours, then this material manifestation, what you see, all these 
planets, they are manifested, seen. But when there is nighttime, all these planetary system becomes merged into devastation of water. So r\'e4try-\'e4game pral\'e9yante tatraiva avyakta-sa\'e0j\'efake. R\'e4try-\'e4game means when the night is there, the
n again all these planets become invisible. They are devastated within the water. This is the nature of this material world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 a
re all annihilated." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 8.18) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the end of the day of Brahm\'e4, all the lower planetary systems are covered with water, and the beings on them are annihilated. Af
ter this devastation and after the night of Brahm\'e4 passes, in the morning when Brahm\'e4 arises, there is again creation and all these beings come forth. Thus subjection to creation and destruction is the nature of the material world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Bh\'fcta-gr\'e4ma\'f9 sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate [Bg. 8.19]. So because the whole planetary system becomes, I mean t
o say, merged into devastation of water, therefore all living entities, they, at that time, pralaya, devastation, they all die. Bh\'fcta-gr\'e4ma\'f9 sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate.\line So this nature is going on. When it is a da
ytime they are again coming out, and when there is nighttime they again all becomes merged into this water. R\'e4try-\'e4game ava\'e7a\'f9 p\'e4rtha, prabhavaty ahar-\'e4game. Ava\'e7a\'f9. Ava\'e7a\'f9 means, although they do not like devastation, the d
evastation will come and, I mean to say, overflood all this. And again, when the day also comes, again gradually the waters will disappear. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661117BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcta-gr\'e4ma\'f9 sa ev\'e4ya\'e0\line bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate\line r\'e4try-\'e4game 'va\'e7a\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line prabhavaty ahar-\'e4game
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O P\'e4rtha, and they are helplessly dis
solved." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 8.19}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the living entities do not like devastation, that devastation will come and overflood the planets until all living beings on 
the planets stay merged in water throughout the night of Brahm\'e4. But as day comes, the water gradually disappears.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nya\'f9. Paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4va\'f9 anya\'f9 avyakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9: [Bg. 8.20] "But My dear Arju
na, beyond this place of 'sometimes it is appearing, sometimes it is disappearing,' beyond this, there is another nature." Just take this information from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. We cannot calculate what is the length and breadth of this universe, but there
 are millions and millions of universes like this within this material world. And above this material world there is another sky, which is called spiritual sky. And in that sky the planets are all eternal. And there life is eternal also. So here you get 
the information that paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4va\'f9 anya\'f9. Bh\'e4va\'f9 means the nature, another nature. Just like you have got experience of this material nature, similarly, there is another, spiritual nature. Just like the material nature and spir
itual nature you have got experience here also. What is that? Just like you are yourself combination of material and spiritual. You are yourself spirit. So long you are within this body, within this matter, it is moving. And as long, as soon as you are o
ut of this body, it is as good as stone. So as you can perceive here, within yourself, what is matter and what is spirit, similarly, there is spiritual world also. The two natures are there, as you can experience two natures here, the material nature and
 spiritual nature. This we have discussed in the Seventh Chapter of \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata, er, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. The spiritual nature is called superior nature, and this material nature is called inferior nature. So this material nature, beyond th
is material nature, there is spirit, superior nature, spiritual nature. This information we have got.\line Now, it is not possible to understand this, these things, by experimental knowledge, just like although you are seeing by microscope and other inst
rument, astronomical instruments, there are millions and millions of stars-actually you are seeing-but you cannot approach. Your senses, your means, are so insufficient that you cannot approach. What to speak of other planets, you cannot approach even th
e moon planet, which is the nearest. So just try to understand how much incapable you are. So being incapable, don't try to understand God and God's kingdom by experimental knowledge. This is foolishness. It is not possible. You have to understand by hea
ring Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. And there is no other way. Just the same example: you cannot understand who is your father by experimental knowledge. You have to simply believe your mother. Similarly, you have to believe this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Then you can 
get all this information. There is no possibility of experimental knowledge. But if you become advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you'll realize. You'll realize. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661117BG.N
Y]}}{\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\'e7yatsu na vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 8.20}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot calculate the extent of the material universe, but we have Vedic information that there are millions of universes within the
 entire creation, and beyond these material universes there is another sky which is spiritual. There all the planets are eternal, and the lives of all the beings on them are eternal. In this verse the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4va\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means nature, and here another nature is indicated. In this world we have experience also of two natures. The living entity is spi
rit, and as long as he is within matter, matter is moving, and as soon as the living entity, the spiritual spark, is out of the body, the body is immovable. The spiritual nature is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superior nature, and the material is called the i
nferior. Beyond this material nature there is a superior nature which is totally spiritual. It is not possible to understand this by experimental knowledge. We can see millions and millions of stars through a telescope, but we cannot approach them. We ha
ve to understand our incapabilities. If we cannot understand the material universe by experimental knowledge, what is the possibility of understanding God and His kingdom? It is not possible experimentally. We have to understand by hearing }{\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  We cannot understand who our father is by experimental knowledge; we have to hear the word 
of our mother and believe her. If we do not believe her, there is no way of knowing. If we just stick to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious method, all information about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His kingdom will be revealed.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub There is another nature, paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4va\'f9. Bh\'e4va means nature, and para, para means superior. So there is another, superi
or nature, avyakta\'f9 avyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9. Vyakta means what you see manifested. Now, this material universe you are seeing manifested... Practically not seeing, but at least at night we can see how the stars are twinkling, so many planets innum
erable. This is manifested. And beyond that manifestation there is covering of the universe. Vyakta-avyakta. And beyond that avyakta there is another, material nature, er, spiritual nature...\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pointing out that, that nature... Pa
ras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9. San\'e4tana means eternal. This nature, this material nature, it has got its beginning and end. But that spiritual nature, that has no beginning and no end. How it is? You can understand
 by simple example. Just like this sky, and in some insignificant part of the sky there is some cloud, and the cloud covers us. When there is cloud or snowfall we see everything is covered. But that covering is only an insignificant part of the whole sky
. That covering is not for the whole sky. Because we are very minute, small, so a few hundred miles, if it is covered, this sky, we see that everything is covered. Similarly, this material sky is within the covering, with the covering of mahat-tattva, ma
tter. And as this cloud, when it is clear, the original sky you can see, similarly, this covering of material matter, when it begins... Just like cloud has beginning and end, similarly, this material nature has beginning and end. Just like your body. It 
has got its beginning and end-simply for some time. We get our birth of this body, we stay for some time, it grows, it gives some by-products, then it dwindles, then vanishes-these six transformations. So similarly, anything material, manifestation that 
you are seeing, observing, that is under these six kinds of transformation. So at the end it will be vanquished.\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4va\'f9 anyo 'vyakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9: "Beyond this vanquishing, cloudlike ma
terial nature, there is another superior nature which is san\'e4tana, eternal. It has no beginning, no end." And ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u na\'e7yatsu na vina\'e7yati: "When this material manifestation will be annihilated, that will remain." Jus
t like the cloud, when it is vanquished, when it is annihilated, the sky remains, similarly, spiritual sky will remain; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paras tu bh\'e4va\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "superior nature," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub a}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyakta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to what we see manifested. We can see that the material uni
verse is manifested through the earth, sun, stars and planets. Beyond this universe is another nature, an eternal nature. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This material nature has a beginning and an end, but that spiritual nature is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana\'f9\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eternal. It has neither beginning nor end. How is this possible? A cloud may pass over the sky, and it may appear to cover a great distance, but actually it is only a small spec
k covering an insignificant part of the whole sky. Because we are so small, if only a few hundred miles is covered by cloud, it appears that the whole sky is covered. Similarly, this whole material universe is like a small insignificant cloud in the vast
 spiritual sky. It is encased by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahat-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  matter. As a cloud has a beginning and 
an end, this material nature also has a beginning and an end. When the clouds disappear and the sky clears, we see everything as it is. Similarly, the body is like a cloud passing over the spirit soul. It stays for some time, gives some by-products, dwin
dles and then vanishes. Any kind of material phenomena that we observe is subject to these six transformations of material nature\'97it comes into being, grows, stays for a while, produces some by-products, dwindles and then vanishes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba indi
cates that beyond this changing cloud-like nature there is a spiritual nature which is eternal. In addition, when this material nature is annihilated, that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyakt\'e4t s
an\'e4tana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will remain.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So there are many volumes of knowledge of this material sky and spiritual sky. In \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Second Canto, you will find d
escription of the spiritual sky, what nature it is, what kind of people remain there, what is their feature-everything. Even we get information that in spiritual sky there is aeroplane, spiritual aeroplane in the spiritual sky. And the living entities, t
hey are liberated. They travel on the spiritual sky on that plane, and it is so nice, just like lightning. The description is... They travel just like lightning. So everything is there. This is only imitation. This material sky and everything, whatever y
ou see-all imitation, shadow. It is shadow. Just like in cinematographic picture you see the shadow of the real thing behind, similarly, this is only shadow. And in \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam it is said that janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 anvay\'e4d itarata
\'e7 ca arthe\'f1u abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6, yatra tri-sargo 'm\'e5\'f1\'e4 [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1]. This material world is a combination of matter. Just like you have seen a nice girl's doll in the showcase of the shopkeeper's exactly just like a nice, beau
tiful girl. But that is imitation. Imitation. Every sane man knows, "Oh, this is imitation." yasya satyatay\'e4 nity\'e4pi satyam eva abhipadyate. \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 says, "Because the spiritual world is real and this unreal manifestation appears
 to be real, appears to be real, but it is not real, we can understand reality will exist; reality will not vanquish." That is... Reality means eternal. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Vedic literatures there is a good deal of information about the material and spiritual skies. In the Second Canto of }{\cs2873\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 are descriptions of the spiritual sky and of its inhabitants. There is even information given that there are spiritua
l airplanes in the spiritual sky and that the liberated entities there travel about on these planes like lightning. Everything that we find here can also be found there in reality. Here in the material sky everything is an imitation or shadow of that whi
ch exists in the spiritual sky. As in a cinema we simply see a show or facsimile of the real thing, in }{\cs2873\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 is said that this material world is but a combination of matter modelled on the reality, just as a mannequin of a girl in a store window is modelled on a girl. Every sane man knows that the mannequin is an imit
ation. \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 says that because the spiritual world is real, this material world, which is an imitation, }{\cs2873\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 real. We must understand the meaning of reality\'97reality means existence which cannot be vanquished; reality means eternity.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sato vidyate bh\'e4vo\line n\'e4bh\'e4vo vidyate sata\'f9\line ubhayor api d\'e5\'f1\'f6o 'ntas\line tv anayos tattva-dar
\'e7ibhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessat
ion. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2.16)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Therefore real pleasure, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The material pleasure is temporary, not actual. Therefore those who are after reality, the
y don't take part in this shadow pleasure. Shadow pleasure, they don't take part. So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u na\'e7yatsu na vina\'e7yati. That is reality. "When everything will be vanquished, that spiritual nature
 will continue to remain." That remains always.\line So our aim is, the human life's aim is, to reach that spiritual sky, but they do not know. Bh\'e4gavata says, na te vidu\'f9: "They do not know that there is reality." There is reality. Na te vidu\'f9 
sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebum [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.31]. They do not know their self-interest, that this human life is meant for understanding that reality and prepare for being transferred into that real reality, not to remain. The whole Vedic literatures
 instructs us like that. Tamasi m\'e4 jyotir gama: "Don't remain in this darkness." This material world is darkness. We are artificially making it illuminated with electric light and fire and so many things, but the nature is dark. But that nature, that 
spiritual nature, is not dark. That is full of light. Just like the sun planet, there is no possibility of darkness, similarly, every planet there, they are self-illuminated, so there is no darkness. This description we'll get from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\line 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 parama\'e0 mama\line  [Bg. 15.6]\line Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Oh, that spiritual sky, there is no need of sun; there is n
o need of moon; there is no need of electricity." Na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcrya\'f9. S\'fcrya means sun. Na \'e7a\'e7\'e4\'ecka\'f9: "Neither moon." Na p\'e4vaka\'f9. P\'e4vaka\'f9 means fire, electricity. These things are not required there. Yad gatv\'e4
 na nivartante tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0 mama: "That is My abode. Anyone who goes there, he doesn't come back again." We get eternal life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real pleasure is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas material pleasure, which is temporary, is not actual. Those who can see things as they are do not take part in shadow pleasure. The real aim of human life is
 to attain that spiritual sky, but, as }{\cs2873\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  points out, most people 
do not know about it. Human life is meant to understand reality and to be transferred into it. All Vedic literature instructs us not to remain in this darkness. The nature of this material world is darkness, but the spiritual world is full of light and y
et is not illumined by fire or electricity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba hints of this in the Fifteenth Chapter of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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."
 }{\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 Bg.}{\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 15.6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, avyakto 'k\'f1ara ity uktas tam \'e4hu\'f9 param\'e4\'e0 gatim [Bg. 8.21]. That nonmanifested... Because in the mat
erial eyes, material science... It is not possible to, I mean to say, disclose by material science. What is material science? We cannot go even to this moon planet, what to speak of the spiritual planet. It is not possible. It is not possible. So avyakto
 'k\'f1ara ity uktas tam \'e4hu\'f9 param\'e4\'e0 gatim. That is the... If we want to penetrate the outer space, we should be able to penetrate this outer space or this covering, then enter into that spiritual sky, and there it is called param\'e4\'e0 ga
tim. That sort of journey is called supreme. Not that you go up 25,000 away from this planet and again come back. This is not very heroism. Oh, you should have to penetrate the whole material space and then penetrate the cover and then reach the real sky
. Yes. And that information is here also in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Param\'e4\'e0 gatim. That is the superior journey. That you cannot do with your tiny sputniks. It is not possible. That you have to do by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Sad\'e4 tad-bh
\'e4va-bh\'e4vita\'f9 [Bg. 8.6]. One who always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and if by fortune at the time of death he thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is at once transferred within a second. That is the process.\line Therefore if we at all want
 to go, that spiritual sky, and attain real life, eternal life, blissful life, and full of knowledge, sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9... \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 [Bs. 5.1]. The Lord has got this body, sac
-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. We have also that sort of body, but it is very small. Now it is covered by this matter, by this dress, and if we some way or other able to give up this false dress, then we reach that spiritual kingdom, God's kingdom. That is 
param\'e4\'e0 gatim. Ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya: "If you can reach there, if you can achieve that perfection," ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante, "if at once you go, you cannot..., no more to come back. No more to come back." Ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante tad dh\'e4
ma parama\'e0 mama [Bg. 8.21]: "That is My superior abode." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual world is
 called unmanifested because it cannot be perceived by material senses.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakto 'k\'f1ara ity uktas\line tam \'e4hu\'f9 param\'e4\'e0 gatim\line ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante\line tad dh\'e4ma parama
\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and it is the supreme destination. When one goes there, he never comes back
. That is My supreme abode." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub  8.21) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A great journey is indicated in this verse. We have to be able to penetrate outer space, traverse the material universe, penetrate its
 covering and enter the spiritual sky. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4\'e0 gatim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that journey is supreme. There is no
 question of going a few thousand miles away from this planet and then returning. This sort of journey is not very heroic. We have to penetrate the whole material universe. This we cannot do by spaceships but by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One who is a
bsorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and who at the time of death thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is at once transferred there. If we at all want to go to that spiritual sky and cultivate eternal blissful life full of knowledge, we will have to begin now to 
cultivate a }{\cs2873\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  body. It is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a }{\cs2873\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  body\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7v
ara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and we also have a similar 
body of eternity, knowledge and bliss, but it is very small and is covered by the dress of matter. If somehow or other we are able to give up this false dress, we can reach that spiritual kingdom. If once we can attain that spiritual world, return is not
 necessary (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So everyone should try to go there. God Himself comes to call you, He sends His son to call you, and the literatures are there, the scriptu
res are there. We should take advantage of this. This is meant for human body, human life, not for the cats and dogs. So we should take advantage of it. Human life is meant for that achievement. When we finish all this trouble... This trouble of repeatin
g birth and death, the cycle of birth and death, this should be stopped. This is the information of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. This is the perfection. Any system, either yoga system or j\'ef\'e4na system or bhakti system-anything, if you... Whatever you like, 
you can accept, but the ultimate goal is this param\'e4\'e0 gatim. If this is not achieved, then all yoga exercise and all philosophical speculation-all nonsense, simply waste of time, simply a waste of time. \'c4r\'e4dhito yadi haris tapas\'e4 tata\'f9 
kim [N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra 1.2.6]. If you can achieve this stage, that there is no other necessity of philosophizing or yogic practice or anything, if you receive that, if you reach that perfection. And if you do not reach that perfection, then it i
s all useless.\line So \'e4r\'e4dhito yadi haris tapas\'e4 tata\'f9 kim. N\'e4r\'e4dhito yadi haris tapas\'e4 tata\'f9 kim: "One who reaches there, for him, all kinds of penances, austerities-no more required. And one who does not reach that place, all t
hese austerities, penances-useless, simply waste of time." So this should be the aim of human life. Human civilization, human society, should be so formed that they should have the opportunity. The human form of life is the opportunity to get this boon. 
So it is the duty of the state, duty of the parents, duty of the guardians, duty of the husband, duty of the father-everyone's duty is how to elevate a living creature who has got this fortunate human form of life to understand this param\'e4\'e0 gatim, 
highest perfection of life. That should be the mode of thing. Simply have some eating and sleeping and mating and some defense and quarreling like cats and dogs-this is not civilization. The human civilization is this, that he should properly utilize thi
s human form of life and take advantage of this knowledge and prepare himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that always, twenty-four hours, cent percent, he will be absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and at the time of death at once transferred there. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone then should try to go to that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e4ma paramam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme abode. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself comes to call us, and He gives us literatures as guidebooks 
and sends His bona fide representatives. We should take advantage of this facility given to human life. For one who reaches that supreme abode, penances, austerities, yogic meditations and so on are no longer required, and for one who does not reach it, 
all penances and austerities are a useless waste of time. The human form of life is an opportunity to get this boon, and it is the duty of the State, of the parents, teachers and guardians to elevate those who have acquired this human form of life to att
ain this perfection of life. Simply eating, sleeping, mating and quarrelling like cats and dogs is not civilization. We should properly utilize this human form of life and take advantage of this knowledge to prepare ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess so that twenty-four hours of the day we will be absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and at death at once transfer to that spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Now, here it is said, puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha bhakty\'e4 labhyas tv ananyay\'e4. [Bg. 8.22] Now, if we are at all interested to reac
h that supreme abode, then the process is bhakti. Bhakty\'e4. Bhakty\'e4 means devotional service, submission, submission to the Supreme Lord. Bhakty\'e4 means bhaja. It is a Sanskrit word. The root meaning is bhaja-dh\'e4t\'fckti. Bhaja. Bhaja means ser
vice. So bhaja-dh\'e4t\'fckti bhakti, bhakty\'e4.\line Here it is clearly said, puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha bhakty\'e4 labhyas tv ananyay\'e4. Tv ananyay\'e4 means "without any other engagement." Bhakti means... The definition of bhakti, devotion
al service, is given in authoritative books like N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra. It is said there that... This is the definition of bhakti: sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena nirmalam. Now we are encumbered with so many designations, designation. Thi
s body is Indian-it is a designation. Your body, American-it is a designation. You are not this body, not this designation. Suppose if your university gives you one degree, M.A. or B.A., Ph.D., oh, that degree you are not. It is a designation. So bhakti 
means you have to get yourself from this designation. Designation. Sarva up\'e4dhi. Up\'e4dhi means designation. So somebody, if gives me title, Sir Anatole, or this or that, oh, I become very happy: "Oh, I have got this 'sir' title." But I forget that t
his is my designation. It will exist so long I have got this body. But the body is sure to vanquish, so designation will vanquish. When you get another body, then you get another designation. Suppose in this body I am American and next body you get China
. Then you become Chinese designation. So we are changing our designation. We should stop this business of designation. You see? So sarvop\'e4dhi-vinir... If one is determined to get out of all these nonsense designations, then he can attain bhakti.\line
So sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena nirmalam. Nirmalam means complete pure. What is that purity? "Oh, I am spirit. Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi. I am Brahman. I am Brahman. I am not this matter. This is my covering. I am now eternal servant of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. That is my real identity." So one who is freed from the designation and situated in his real constitutional position, that person, when he is fixed up, when he renders service in that way, h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 b
haktir ucyate. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ka means the senses. Now my senses are designated. When my senses will be free from designation and with that freedom, with that freedom, in that purity, when I shall engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s service, that is called devotional service. So,\line 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  [N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra]\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line bhakty\'e4 labhyas tv ananyay\'e4\line yasy\'e4nta\'f9sth\'e4ni bh\'fct
\'e4ni\line yena sarvam ida\'e0 tatam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is attainable by unalloyed devotion. Although He is present in His abode
, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within Him." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  8.22)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we are at all interested in reaching that supreme abode, the process, as indicated here, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. Bhakty\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means devotional service, submission to the Supreme Lord. The root word for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakt\'e4}{\b0\i0\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 bhaj,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means service. The definition of }{\cs2873\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  given in 
the }{\cs2873\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  is "freedom from designation." If one is determined to get 
out of all the designations that are attached to the pure spirit soul, and which arise due to the body and are always changed when the body is changed, one can attain to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
bhakti. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is realizing that one is pure spirit and not matter at all. Our real identity is not this body, which is simply a covering of the spirit, but our real identity 
is }{\cs2873\b0\i\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  servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When one is situated in his real identity and is re
ndering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sevenam}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub when our senses are free from material designations, we will utilize them in the service of the master of the senses, H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub This is explained by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. He says,\line any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnya\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5
tam\line \'e4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu-\line \'e7\'e9lana\'e0 bhaktir uttam\'e4\line  [Brs. 1.1.11]\line \'c4nuk\'fclyena, favorable. We have to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorably, not unfavorably. Any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnyam. We want to se
rve God with some material purpose, some material gain. Of course, that is also nice. If somebody goes to God for some material gain, he is far greater than the person who never goes to God. That is admitted in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [7.16]. Catur-vidh
\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0 suk\'e5tino 'rjuna, \'e4rto arth\'e4rth\'e9. That is a better man. But we should not be... We should not go to God with some purpose of material benefit. We should be free from this. Any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnyam. And j
\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam. J\'ef\'e4na-karma. Karma means work with some fruitive result. "I am working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness just to get some profit out of it"-no, this should not be done. And j\'ef\'e4na. J\'ef\'e4na means I am try
ing to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, we shall try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is so unlimited, we cannot actually understand. We cannot understand. It is not possible for us. Therefore we have to accept whatever we c
an understand. Just like this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is presented for our understanding. We should so far understand.\line So j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam, \'e4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lanam [Brs. 1.1.11]. Anu\'e7\'e9lanam, culture o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorably, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased, we should do like that. We should know how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased. How you can know? The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is there, and take the right interpretation from a right perso
n. Then you'll know what K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants and do accordingly. \'c4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lana\'e0 bhaktir uttam\'e4. Then you are elevated to the first-class devotional service. You see? First-class devotional service. Everything sho
uld be anuk\'fcla. Anuk\'fcla means favorable.\line So these things are there. It is a great science, and we have got immense literature for this. If we have got time, we can utilize. We can understand this science and prepare ourself for the supreme ben
efit. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 points out, we have to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorab
ly. Generally we want to serve God for some material purpose or gain. Of course one who goes to God for material gain is better than one who never goes, but we should be free from desire for material benefit. Our aim should be to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. Of course K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited, and it is not possible to understand Him, but we have to accept what we can understand. }{\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  is specifically presented for our understanding. Through receiving knowledge in this way, we should know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased, and we should serve Him favorably according to His pleasu
re. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a great science with immense literatures, and we should utilize them for the attainment of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So puru\'f1a... So in that spiritual planet, puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha, there is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the spiri
tual planet there are... Just like you see here millions of planets or stars within this universe. This universe is a small particle only. There are many universes like this. And in the spiritual sky there are three... This is only one-fourth manifestati
on of the planets. There are other. Three-fourth is there in the spiritual sky. That information is there in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [10.42]. Ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena sthito jagat. So each and every spiritual planet, there is expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and th
ey are differently named. In that picture we will find, our Bh\'e4gavata. Innumerable. So puru\'f1a. They are all puru\'f1a. Puru\'f1a means the person. They are not imperson. Puru\'f1a. Puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9. But superior. Puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 
p\'e4rtha bhakty\'e4 labhya\'f9. [Bg. 8.22] You can approach that puru\'f1a simply by devotional service, not by challenge, not by philosophical speculation or not by exercise of this yoga and that yoga. No. Simply by surrender and devotional service. It
 is clearly stated. It is not stated that you can reach there by philosophical speculation, mental concoction or by some physical exercise. This is not possible. You have to reach there bhakty\'e4, by devotion, ananyay\'e4, ananya-cet\'e4\'f9, without de
viation to this karma, fruitive activities, or the philosophical speculation or this exercise. No. Simply, simply this devotional service, unalloyed devotional service without any mixture. If you can adopt that, then... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8.22]}{\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  In the spiritual sky, the Supreme Lord is present as the Supreme Person. There are innumerable self-luminous planets there, and in each one an expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba resid
es. They are four-armed, and have innumerable names. They are all persons\'97they are not impersonal. These }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or persons can be approached by }{\cs2873\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  not by challeng
e, philosophical speculation or mental concoctions or by physical exercises, but by devotion without the deviations of fruitive activity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And how is that puru\'f1a? Yasya anta\'f9sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni yena sarvam ida\'e0 tatam. He is such a puru\'f1a, He is such a person, th
at everything, whatever you see, is within Him, and He is without, all-pervading. He has got such energy. How it is, that? Just like the sun is fixed up in one place located, but the sun rays is, all over the universe is distributed, similarly, although 
God is there, still, His energy is distributed everywhere. And He is not different from His energy. Just like the sunshine and the sun is not different, the same, same illuminating substance, similarly, He is distributed all over by His energies, differe
nt energies, and He is not different from His energy. Just like if there is electric energy, you can light up any lamp from anywhere, similarly, if we are progressive, if we are advanced in devotional service, we can see God everywhere, anywhere. We requ
ire to be qualified. Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti [Bs 5.38]. Those who developed that love of God, they are constantly, twenty-four hours, seeing God before him. Santa\'f9 sadaiva. Sadaiva means
 twenty-four hours, constantly. Not that "Oh, I have seen God yesterday night. Now He is not." No. He is always with you. God is everywhere. You can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. But we have to develop that eyes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661118BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Supreme Person, like? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasy\'e4nta\'f9sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni yena sarvam ida\'e0 tatam:}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  every living entity and everything is within Him, and yet He is without, all-pervading. How is that? He is just like the sun, which is situated in one place and yet is present all
 over by its rays. Although God is situated in His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e4ma paramam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His energies are dist
ributed everywhere. Nor is He different from His energies inasmuch as the sunshine and the sun are nondifferent. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His energies are non-different, we can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere if we are advanced in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I worship the original Personality of Godhead, Govinda, whom the pure devotees whose eyes are smeared with the ointment of love of Go
dhead always observe within their hearts." }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\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 5.38}{\cs3755\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are filled with love of God see God constantly before them. It is not that we saw God yesterday night and He is no longer pr
esent. No, for one who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always present and can be perceived constantly. We simply have to develop the eyes to see Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub But at the present moment, due to our material bondage or condition, we cannot understand what is spiritual. But this ignorance can be move
d by this process, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How it is? I'll give you example. Just like a man is sleeping. A man is sleeping. How you can awake him? By vibration of sound. "Mr. such-and-such, just get up. Get up! The time is up." Although he is now 
practically unconscious, he cannot see, he cannot, er, still, that hearing process is so prominent that a sleeping man can be awakened by vibration of sound. Similarly, the spirit soul, although it is now overpowered by this material bondage or material 
conditions, that spiritual consciousness can be revived by this transcendental 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. And for practical exampl
e, we are experiencing, and some of you...\line Now, this is Sanskrit word. Some of you do not know what is the meaning of this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This meaning of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is... It is just addressing the Supreme Lord and His energy, Har\'e4.
 Har\'e4 is the energy, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord. So we are addressing, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "O the energy of the Lord, O the Lord, please accept me." That's all. "Please accept me." We have no other prayer. "Please acc
ept me." Lord Caitanya taught that we should simply cry, and we shall simply pray for accepting us. That's all. So this vibration is simply a cry for addressing the Supreme Lord, requesting Him, "Please accept me. Please accept me."\line ayi nanda-tanuja
 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\'e9-sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya\line  [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 5]\line This prayer was offered by Lord Caitanya. He's pray
ing, "O my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda..." K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as a foster son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very delighted when He is connected with some of His devotees' names. So Lord Caitanya addresses Him, "O the son o
f Nanda, somehow or other, I have now fallen in this ocean of nescience, ignorance. Please pick me up and fix me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet." That's all. Just like a man fallen in the ocean, the only survival is... If somebody goes and picks 
him just one inch above the water, he feels immediately relieved. Immediately. So as soon as we are fixed up in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the immediate relief. Immediately. There is no question about it. It is such a nice thing. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661119BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to our material bondage, the covering of the material senses, we cannot understand what is spiritu
al, but this ignorance can be removed by this process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How is this? A sleeping man may be awakened by sound vibration. Although a man may be for all intents and purposes unconscious}{\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 he cannot see, feel, smell, etc.}{\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 the sense of hearing is so prominent that a sleeping man may be awakened just by sound vibration. Similarly, the spirit soul, although now overpowered by the sleep of material contact, ca
n be revived by this 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. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is simply an address to the Supreme Lor
d and His energies. }{\cs2873\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 energy, and }{\cs2873\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  is the Supreme Lord, so when we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba we are saying, "Oh energy of the Lord, O Lord, please accept m
e." We have no other prayer for acceptance by the Lord. There is no question of praying for daily bread, for the bread is always there. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is but an address to the Supreme Lord requesting Him to accept us. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Him
self prayed:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayi nandatanuja ki\'eckara\'e0 patita\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vi\'f1ame bhav\'e4mbudhau\line k\'e5pay\'e4 tava p\'e4da-pa\'eckaja-sthita-d
h\'fcl\'e9sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya
\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, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth
 and death. Please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death and fix me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  5) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The only hope for a man fallen in the middle of the ocean is that someone will come and pick him up. If someone just comes and hauls h
im but a few feet out of the water, he is immediately relieved. Similarly, if we are somehow lifted from the ocean of birth and death by the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are immediately relieved.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So although we cannot perceive the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord, His name, His fame... Simply by speculating that what is the 
name of God, he cannot understand what is the name of God. Simply by speculating what is the form of God, it is not possible to understand. But as soon as you become situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau svayam eva sphuraty 
ada\'f9 [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba]. If you engage yourself in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness business, then gradually God will reveal Himself before you. Oh, you cannot see God by your own endeavor. But if you qualify yourself, God will reveal Himself and y
ou'll see Him. This is the process. You cannot order, "O God, please come before me and dance before me." No. He cannot be order-supplier. But you have to do in such a way that He'll be pleased to reveal Himself before you and you'll see Him fully. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661119BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although we cannot perceive the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord, His name, fa
me and activities, if we establish ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, gradually God will reveal Himself before us. We cannot see God by our own endeavor, but if we qualify ourselves, God will reveal Himself, and then we will see. No one can order
 God to come before him and dance, but we do have to work in such a way that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be pleased to reveal Himself to us.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So here it is said, avyakta\'f9 ak\'f1ara\'f9. The transcendental, there is. Because it is spoken in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead is speaking Himself, there is no cause of doubting. There is no cause of doubting. The only thing is how to feel it, how to understand it. That understanding will gradually be developed, and it will be..., the truth will be revea
led to you if you go on with this 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... This is simple process, very simple process. Even children can take part in it. 
Even a child of six months took part in it. Perhaps in the last meeting you have seen. There was a small child, sitting on the lap of his father, and he was also [claps] joining. You see. Because automatic. A dog will dance, a cat will dance, a child wil
l dance. There is no necessity of preliminary qualification for understanding, because it is from the spiritual platform. It is from the spiritual platform.\line So this simple process will reveal before you what is spiritual kingdom, what is God, what y
ou are, what is this material world, why you are conditioned, what is the remedy. Everything will be... Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjana\'e0 bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 1]. Gradually, step by step by step by step.
\line So avyakto 'k\'f1ara ity ukta\'f9: "It is in the Vedic literature it is said that that spiritual world and the spirit, everything is nonmanifested, but still, that is eternal, eternal." We have to see through the books of knowledge. We have to beli
eve. And it will be revealed, if you follow. Just like you purchase a ticket for going to India, some India Airline or Pan American Airline, you purchase. But why do you purchase? You can disbelieve. So what is the evidence that I shall go to India by pu
rchasing the ticket? But still, with faith, because people are going there, the company's running, under certain circumstances, you create some faith, "Yes, it will take me." And actually, when you purchase ticket and sit down on the plane, ah, next morn
ing you get down. So you have to be... But faith, why you are accepting that faith? Because it is a company which is authorized, which is recognized, and therefore you are creating faith. Faith you must have. Without faith, you cannot go a step forward, 
even in your ordinary life. But faith, what faith? Ah, the belief and faith should be in the authorized, authorized place. That is the process. Faith we must have. Without faith, we cannot make progress, but not blind faith, but to accept something which
 is recognized.\line So here Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is recognized. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is recognized, so far India is concerned, cent percent. Either they may be theist or atheist, that doesn't matter. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is accepted by all classes of men i
n India. And so far outside India is concerned, all scholars, all religionists, all philosophers, they have accepted this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as authority. So there is no doubt about Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4's being authority. Even Professor Einstein, he was 
reading regularly this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, such a great scientist. So there are many evidences. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661119BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us information about Himself in }{\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  
and there is no question of doubting it; we just have to feel it, understand it. There is no preliminary qualification necessary for the understanding of }{\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  because it is spoken from the Absolute platform. The simple process of chanting the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal what one is, what God is, what the material and s
piritual universes are, why we are conditioned, how we can get out of that conditioning and everything else step by step. Actually the process of belief and revelation is not foreign to us. Every day we place faith in something that we have confidence wi
ll be revealed later. We may purchase a ticket to go to India, and on the basis of the ticket we have faith that we will be transported there. Why should we pay money for a ticket? We do not just give the money to anyone. The company is authorized and th
e airline is authorized, so faith is created. Without faith we cannot take one step forward in the ordinary course of our life. Faith we must have, but it must be faith in that which is authorized. It is not that we have blind faith but that we accept so
mething that is recognized. }{\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  is recognized and accepted as scripture by
 all classes of men in India, and as far as outside India is concerned, many scholars, theologians and philosophers accept }{\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  as a great authoritative work. There is no question that }{\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  is authority. Even Professor Albert Einstein, such a scientist, read }{\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  regularly.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So you believe this, that there is a spiritual atmosphere and that is the kingdom of God. Now, suppose if you are placed in some country wh
ere you can understand that "In this country I'll have no more death, no more miseries, no more old age, no more disease," will you not be happy? Suppose you are transferred to a country where these things are available... Oh, yes, I shall, I must be hap
py. If I can get some place where going I'll have not to die again or not to become old and not to have any diseases, oh, certainly I shall accept it. That is my desire, heart's desire. I want. I want that. Why you want that? Because you have got the rig
ht to have that prerogative. You have got the right. Therefore you want. You are eternal. You are blissful. You are full of knowledge. Simply you are covered by this material entanglement. Therefore you have forgotten yourself. Now, here is the chance. H
ere is the chance to take advantage and revive my original status of life, original status of life. Here it is clearly said, ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante: "If you somehow or other can approach that spiritual atmosphere, then you haven't got to return a
gain in this land of miseries of the atmosphere." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661119BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  we have to accept that there is a spiritual universe which is the kingdom of God. If somehow we 
are transported to a country where we are informed that we will no longer have to undergo birth, old age, disease and death, will we not be happy? If we heard of such a place, surely we would try as hard as possible to go there. No one wants to grow old;
 no one wants to die. Indeed, a place free of such sufferings would be our heart's desire. Why do we want this? Because we have the right, the prerogative, to want it. We are eternal, blissful and full of knowledge, but having been covered by this materi
al entanglement, we have forgotten ourselves. }{\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  gives us the advantage o
f being able to revive our original status.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists, \'c7a\'eckarites, even the Buddhists, they also, some way or other, they accept that there is the voidness. But the Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4 does not disappoint you in that way. That voidness philosophy has created atheism. Because, just try to understand clearly, I am spiritual being. I want enjoyment. That is my life. I want enjoyment. But as soon as my future is void, I mu
st be inclined to enjoy this material life. Therefore they simply discuss this voidness impersonalism, but they enjoy as much as possible this material life. Simply armchair philosophical discussion. But as soon as we see their behavior, they're too much
 attached with the material enjoyment. So that is simply you can enjoy some speculation. That's all. But there is no benefit. But really if one has any spiritual sense, he'll at once cease from all this nonsense enjoyment. That is the symptom of any idea
 of spirituality. Bhakti\'f9 pare\'e7\'e4nubhavo viraktir anyatra sy\'e4t [Bh\'e4g. 11.2.42]. The test is... If you have developed your K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, if you have developed your devotional spirit, spiritual realization, the result will be 
that you'll be at once detached from these all kinds of material enjoyment. How it is? The example is given that just like a hungry man, if he's given nice foodstuff, and as soon as he eats and feels satisfaction, he says, "No, I don't want anymore. I am
 satisfied." Sv\'e4min k\'e5t\'e4rtho 'smi vara\'e0 na y\'e4ce [Hbs. 7.28]. This is also stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. You'll find.\line 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-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m\line  [Bg. 18.54]\line Oh. One who is spiritually realized, his symptom will be full satisfaction. He'll no longer be hankering after this nonsense material enjoyment. That is spiritual realization. Para\'e0 d
\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate. Rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya [Bg. 2.59]. Raso 'py asya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661119BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub The \'c7a\'eckarites and Buddhists claim that the world beyond is void, but }{\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  does not disappoint us like this. The philosophy of voidness has simply created atheists. We are spiritual beings, and we want enjoyment, but as soon as our future is void, we will become inclined to enjoy this material life. In this
 way, the impersonalists discuss the philosophy of voidism while trying as much as possible to enjoy this material life. One may enjoy speculation in this way, but there is no spiritual benefit.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments or desires to have anything; he is e
qually disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me." }{\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 Bg.}{
\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 18.54}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He who has progressed in devotional life and who is relishing service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba will automatically become detached from material enjoyment. The symptom of o
ne absorbed in }{\cs2873\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 that he is fully satisfied with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 BBD 5: Associating 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 5\line  Associating With 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 [661119BG.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 661120BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate. Just like if you get something superior, naturally, you give up all inferior things.\line So we want
 enjoyment, but this atheism or this voidness, this impersonalism, they have created such an atmosphere that we are simply speculating, but we are addicted to these material enjoyments. That is not the process. Here it is said, puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 
p\'e4rtha bhakty\'e4 labhyas tv ananyay\'e4. [Bg. 8.22] If you accept this principle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the devotional path, and if you worship that Supreme Personality of Godhead, then you can have the spiritual realization and you prepare
 yourself and you become detached from this material enjoyment. Your life becomes sublime. Oh. That is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Puru\'f1a. Here it is clearly said, puru\'f1a, puru\'f1a, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Puru\'f1a
\'f9 sa para\'f9. Para\'f9 means Supreme. Para\'f9: "O My dear Arjuna, that in that spiritual atmosphere, there is the Supreme Personality." He's a person just like you and me. Just we have got talking face to face, when you'll reach there you'll talk fa
ce to face with God. You'll play, you'll eat, everything. Puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha.\line How can I attain that state? Bhakty\'e4. Not by speculating, but bhakti. You have to submit. You have to render transcendental loving service. That is the
 way. Bhakty\'e4 tv ananyay\'e4. Tv ananyay\'e4 means without any adulteration. Adulter... What is that adulteration? "Now I love God for some material benefit." That is adulteration. "I love God to become one with Him." That is adulteration }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661119BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one gets something superior, he naturally gives up all inferior things. We want enjoyment, 
but impersonalism and voidism has created such an atmosphere that we have become addicted to material enjoyment. There must be enjoyment in connection with the Supreme Person (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub p}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), whom we can see face to face. In the spiritual sky
 we are able to speak personally with God, to play, eat with Him, etc. All of this can be attained by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakty\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub transcendental loving service. However, this service must be without adulteration, that is to say that we must love God without expecting material remuneration. Loving God to become one with Him is also a form of adulteration.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub This material sky is meant for the conditioned soul. Just like the prison house. What is this prison house? The prison house is a certain a
rea of the state, walled, all sides walled and protected, so that the prisoners may not come out. That is called prison. But it is within the state, within the city, under insignificant portion. Similarly, this material manifestation is only a very insig
nificant portion of the spiritual sky, and it is covered so that we may not go to the spiritual sky. That is not possible. We cannot go. We cannot travel even in the outer space of this material sky. So we have got very limited potency. But this is the s
ituation.\line So there, in the spiritual sky, there are spiritual planets, and on each planet the Lord is manifested. There are innumerable planets. So here it is, that information is given in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, that puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p
\'e4rtha: "That spiritual sky, the predominating Personality of Godhead is transcendental." Just like here, in every country, in every planet, there is a predominating personality. In your country, the predominating personality is President Johnson. Simi
larly, in every country there is a predominating personality. Similarly, every planet there is a predominating personality. So the same system is there also. But there is no rival. Puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha. There, the Personality of Godhead, t
here is nobody rival. Just like here, the predominating personality, President Johnson, when the next election will come, there will be so many rivals. But in the spiritual sky there is no rival. In the spiritual sky the Supreme Lord is the Supreme. And 
those who wanted to become rival, they are put into this material sky, under condition of the material nature. This is the difference between spiritual sky and material sky. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [
661120BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the major differences between the spiritual sky and the material sky is that in the spiritual sky the head or leader of the spiritual planets has no rival.
 In all cases, the predominating personality in the spiritual planets is a plenary expansion of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Supreme Lord and His multifarious manifestations preside over all the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. On earth, for instance, there is 
rivalry for the position of president or prime minister, but in the spiritual sky everyone acknowledges the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be supreme. Those who do not acknowledge Him and attempt to rival Him are placed into the material universe, whi
ch is just like a prison house. As in any city there is a prison, and the prison forms a very insignificant part of the whole city, so the material universe is a prison for the conditioned souls. It forms an insignificant part of the spiritual sky, but i
t is not outside the spiritual sky, just as a prison is not outside of the city.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Because there is no rivalry, there are also inhabitants; in those planets, there are inhabitants. They are liberated souls. In the Bh\'e4ga
vata we get information that their feature of the body is exactly like God. In some of the planets the God is manifested in two hands; and some of the planets, the God is manifested in four hands. And the living entities, they are also of the same featur
e. The inhabitants or citizens, they are also of the four hands. And one cannot distinguish who is God and who is not God. This is called s\'e4r\'fcpya-mukti, liberation of the same feature.\line There are five kinds of liberation: s\'e4yujya, s\'e4r\'fc
pya, s\'e4lokya, s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i, s\'e4m\'e9pya [Bh\'e4g 3.29.13], five kinds of liberation. So s\'e4yujya-mukti is to merge into the impersonal effulgence of God. That is called s\'e4yujya-mukti. If you like, you can merge your identity with the imperso
nal feature of the Supreme Lord, which is called Brahman, brahma-jyotir. That you can do. But that is not very palatable. That we have discussed many times. But others... There are two schools of philosophers. One likes to merge into the existence of the
 Supreme and close his identity, individual identity-no more individuality. That you can do. You close your identity. But that sort of merging is risky also. That we have several times discussed. But if you enter into some planets, spiritual planets, the
n you can have five kinds of liberation. One kind of liberation is s\'e4r\'fcpya. You can have body exactly like God. S\'e4r\'fcpya. S\'e4lokya. You can live in the same planet, s\'e4lokya. S\'e4lokya, s\'e4lokya and s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i. S\'e4r\'f1\'f6i mean
s you can have similar opulence as God has, similar opulence. So much powerful you can become that you are as powerful as God is. That is called s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i. And s\'e4m\'e9pya. S\'e4m\'e9pya means you can always remain with God as one of the associat
es. Just like Arjuna. Arjuna is always with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friend. This is called s\'e4m\'e9pya.\line So there are different kinds of liberation. Now, any one, any of these five kinds of liberations you can have. But out of the five, the s\'e4yujya-mu
kti, or the liberation by becoming merged into the existence of the Supreme, is not accepted by the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers. We belong to the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophical school, Vai\'f1\'ebava. Vai\'f1\'ebava means we want to worship God as He is, a
nd we keep our separate identity eternally to serve Him. That is Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. And the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy and impersonalist philosophy is that they want to close their individual identity and merge into the existence of the Supreme
.\line Now, here Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not advise you... That is a suicidal policy. That policy is neither recommended by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, neither the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers, they acc
ept it, to merge. They don't wish to close their individuality.\line Lord Caitanya, the stalwart amongst the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers, He said that, He prayed that }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661120B
G.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The inhabitants of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets in the spiritual sky are all liberated souls. In }{\cs2873\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 informed that their bodily features are exactly like God's. On some of these planets God is manifested with two arms, and on othe
rs He has four. The inhabitants of these planets, like the Supreme Lord, also manifest two and four arms, and it is said that one cannot distinguish between them and the Supreme Person. In the spiritual world there are five kinds of liberation. }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4yujya-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a form of liberation in which one merges into the impersonal existence of the S
upreme Lord, called Brahman. Another form of liberation is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by which o
ne receives features exactly like God's. Another is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4lokya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by which one can liv
e in the same planet with God. By }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can have opulences similar to 
the Supreme Lord's. Another type enables one to remain always with God as one of His associates, just like Arjuna, who is always with K\'e5\'f1\'eba His friend. One can have any of these five forms of liberation, but of the five the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  merging with the impersonal aspect, is not accepted by Vai\'f1\'ebava devotees. A Vai\'f1
\'ebava wishes to worship God as He is and retain his separate individuality to serve Him, whereas the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonal philosopher wishes to lose his individuality and merge into the existence of the Supreme. This merging is neither recom
mended by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\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  nor by the disciplic succession 
of Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu wrote on this subject in His }{\cs3545\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 :
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\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\'e7vare\line bhavat
\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi\line  [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 4]\line The pure Vai\'f1\'ebava, unadulterated devotee of the Lord, they do not want even liberation. They don't want. They don't care for liberation also. What they want? Just like in this
 prayer, Lord Caitanya says, mama janmani janman\'e9\'e7vare bhavat\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9: "I may remain Your pure devotee birth after birth." That means, when there is birth after birth, there is no liberation. So He doesn't expect even liberation. W
hen you are liberated, there is no birth. Either you remain in the spiritual planet or you merge into the existence of the Supreme, there is no more birth in this material world. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prays that "Birth after birth." That means He do
esn't care whether He is liberated or not liberated; He wants simply to be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, to serve the Lord, Supreme Lord. That is His philosophy. Never mind where He is. The devotee doesn't mind whether he's born in the animal 
society or human society or demigod society or any society. He simply prays to God that "I may not forget You. I may be always engaged in Your transcendental loving service." This is the symptom of pure devotion. Of course, a devotee, wherever he remains
, he remains in the spiritual kingdom, even in this material body. But from his side he does not demand from God anything for his personal superiority or personal comfort. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661120B
G.NY]}}{\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\'e7vare\line bhavat\'e4dbhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\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 have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want any number of f
ollowers. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life\'97birth after birth." }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam,}{\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 4)
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu refers to "birth after birth." When there is birth after birth, there is no liberation. In liberation
 either one attains the spiritual planets or merges into the existence of the Supreme\'97in either case, there is no question of rebirth into the material world. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu doesn't care whether He is liberated or not: His only concern is 
to be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, to serve the Supreme Lord. The devotee doesn't care where he is, nor does he care whether he is born in the animal society, human society, demigod society or whatever\'97he only prays to God that he shall no
t forget Him and that he will always be able to engage in His transcendental service. These are symptoms of pure devotion. Of course a devotee, wherever he is, remains in the spiritual kingdom, even while in this material body. But he does not demand any
thing from God for his own personal elevation or comfort.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if you want to become one of the associates in that spiritual planet, then you have to become a pure devot
ee. Puru\'f1a\'f9 sa para\'f9 p\'e4rtha bhakty\'e4 labhya\'f9 [Bg. 8.22]. Bhakty\'e4 labhya\'f9 means you can attain that perfection by devotional service. And ananyay\'e4. Ananyay\'e4 means "without any deviation." Ananyay\'e4. What is that deviation? T
he deviation is that we are sometimes inclined to become a devotee for some material benefits. So here it is said that ananyay\'e4, ananya-bhakti, without any deviation, without any material profit, you have to become a pure devotee. Then you can attain 
that spiritual planet.\line Now, what is the nature of God? That is also... Mmmm. Yasy\'e4nta\'f9sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni yena sarvam ida\'e0 tatam [Bg. 8.22]. The Supreme Lord, although He's person, just like exactly a person like you and me, still, He's
 so, I mean to say, great that all this manifestation, spiritual or material, that is within Him. And He is also all-pervading, all-pervading by His different... Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate [\'c7vet. 6.8], by His different energies, He'
s all-pervading everywhere. You can... If you develop pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba always before you. Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena [Bs 5.38]. These stages are there. So these are explained in the \'c7r\'e9m
ad-Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Then again Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains. This is for the devotee.\line Now, for ordinary persons, there are some chances how to enter into that spiritual kingdom. Here it is said,\line yatra k\'e4le tv an\'e4v\'e5ttim\line \'e4v
\'e5tti\'e0 caiva yogina\'f9\line pray\'e4t\'e4 y\'e4nti ta\'e0 k\'e4la\'e0\line vak\'f1y\'e4mi bharatar\'f1abha\line [Bg. 8.23]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661120BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that He can be easily reached by one who is devoted to Him, there is an element of risk involved for the }{\cs2873\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 practice other methods of }{\cs2873\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  For them, He has given directions in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  regarding the proper time to leave the gross body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatra k\'e4le tv an\'e4v\'e5ttim\line \'e4v\'e5tti\'e0 caiva yogina\'f9\line pray\'e4t\'e4 y\'e4nti ta\'e0 k\'e4la\'e0\line vak
\'f1y\'e4mi bharatar\'f1abha
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba is explaining that "My dear Arjuna, there are different time indication of passing away from this material world. That I am e
xplaining to you." Yatra k\'e4le, the time. Now suppose at a particular... There are different... Of course, in your country I do not know what is the astronomical almanac, but in India there is very minute calculation of astronomical situation. When a m
an is born, his horoscope is made, and when a man dies, how does he go, where he is going, what is his situation, by astronomical calculation they can say. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba also, accepting that principle, and He's confirming herewith that yatra k\'e4le 
tu an\'e4v\'e5ttim. If some, at some particular time I leave this body, then I may become liberated. That means no more my birth in this material world. Similarly, if I die at a particular moment, I may..., I'll have to come back again in this material w
orld. It is all chance. But that chance, accidentally or by some way or other one may have. But, for the devotee, there is no such chance. He is surely, he is surely. Because devotee... Sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-bh\'e4vita\'f9 [Bg. 8.6]. A devotee is always i
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So there is no question of chance. He does not give any chance to think otherwise. Therefore he is guaranteed. But for others there are some chances like that, that in particular moment if he dies, if he leaves this body, 
then he can enter into the spiritual kingdom.\line agnir jyotir aha\'f9 \'e7ukla\'f9\line \'f1a\'eb-m\'e4s\'e4 uttar\'e4ya\'ebam\line tatra pray\'e4t\'e4 gacchanti\line brahma brahma-vido jan\'e4\'f9\line [Bg. 8.24]\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [661120BG.NY]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O best of the Bh\'e4ratas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, one do
es or does not come back." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
8.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that if one is able to leave his body at a particular time, he can become liberated, never to return to 
the material world. On the other hand, he indicates that if one dies at another time, he has to return. There is this element of chance, but there is no question of chance for a devotee always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for he is guaranteed entranc
e into the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by dint of his devotion to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agnir jyotir aha\'f9 \'e7ukla\'f9\line \'f1a\'eb-m\'e4s\'e4 uttar\'e4ya\'ebam\line tatra pray\'e4t\'e4 gacchanti\line brahma bra
hma-vido jan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious mom
ent, during the fortnight of the moon and the six months when the sun travels in the north." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8.24}{\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  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub You know that the sun's movement are different, six months on the northern side and six months on the southern side. The sun is also moving acc
ording to Vedic calculation, and in \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam we get information that the sun is in the center of the universe. And it is also moving. As all other planets are moving, the sun is also moving. And the movement, I have seen, it is calculat
ed that it is sixteen thousand miles per second. The sun's movement is like that. So, if we believe... And we can see the sun's movement, northern side and southern side. So when a person dies during this movement of the sun on the northern side, then he
 can attain liberation. That is stated in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4; in other Vedic scriptures also.\line dh\'fcmo r\'e4tris tath\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line \'f1a\'eb-m\'e4s\'e4 dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4yanam\line tatra c\'e4ndramasa\'e0 jyotir\line yog\'e9 pr\'e4pya 
nivartate\line [Bg. 8.25]\line And if somebody dies at night, and in cloud, and it is the season during the six months when the sun is on the southern side, then the yogi, a person who dies in that particular time, he comes back again in this material wo
rld.\line \'e7ukla-k\'e5\'f1\'ebe gat\'e9 hy ete\line jagata\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vate mate\line ekay\'e4 y\'e4ty an\'e4v\'e5ttim\line anyay\'e4vartate puna\'f9\line [Bg. 8.26]\line In this way, either this side or that side, that is accidental. That nobody c
an say, "When I'm going to die." It is simply accidental. If somebody dies accidentally during this period as stated, so somebody can attain liberation and somebody may not attain. And that is doubtful.\line naite s\'e5t\'e9 p\'e4rtha j\'e4nan\line yog
\'e9 muhyati ka\'e7cana\line tasm\'e4t sarve\'f1u k\'e4le\'f1u\line yoga-yukto bhav\'e4rjuna\line  [Bg. 8.27]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661120BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sun spends six months on the northern side of the equator and six months on the southern side. In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 have information that as the planets are moving, so also the sun is moving. If one dies when the sun is situated in the northern hemisphere, he attains liberation.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'fcmo r\'e4tris tath\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line \'f1a\'eb-m\'e4s\'e4 dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4yanam\line tatra c\'e4ndramasa\'e0 jyot
ir\line yog\'e9 pr\'e4pya nivartate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ukla-k\'e5\'f1\'ebe gat\'e9 hy ete\line jagata\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vate mate\line ekay\'e4 y\'e4ty an\'e4v\'e5ttim\line anyay
\'e4vartate puna\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the moonless fortnight, or in the six months when the sun pas
ses to the south, or who reaches the moon planet, again comes back. According to the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs2873\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  there are two ways of passing from this world\'97one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns." }{
\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8.25-26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is all by chance. We do not know when we are going to die, and we may die accidentally at any time. But for one who is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who is established in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no question of chance. He is always sure.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naite s\'e5t\'e9 p\'e4rtha j\'e4nan\line yog\'e9 muhyati ka\'e7cana\line tasm\'e4t sarve\'f1u k\'e4le\'f1u\line yoga-yukto bhav
\'e4rjuna
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub But one person who is bhakti-yog\'e9, who is always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for him there is no question of such chance. It is sure. It
 is sure. Even he dies at the time of this southern or northern, he has nothing to concern about that chance. Because we have already discussed that at the time of death if you can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then at once you are transferred to the K\'e5
\'f1\'ebaloka, K\'e5\'f1\'eba platform.\line So therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises, tasm\'e4t sarve\'f1u k\'e4le\'f1u yoga-yukto bhav\'e4rjuna: "You always remain in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Always remain in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." And that is 
not very difficult. If you practice this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, 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 this practice will help you to be, rem
ain, because this K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His spiritual kingdom is no different, Absolute. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this sound vibration, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Personality of Godhead, the same. By sound vibration, you can have K
\'e5\'f1\'eba associated with you. Just like we are associating, we are sitting together, similarly, while, I mean to say, you are walking on the street, if you are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that means K\'e5\'f1\'eba is going wit
h you. Just like you have seen. While walking on the street, you see up on the horizon. You'll see the moon is going with you. The sun is going with you. And a long... I remember..., very long... It is about fifty years before. When I was householder, my
 second son-he was about four years old-he was walking with me on the street, and he was ask me, "Father, why the moon is going with us? Why the moon is going with us?" Yes. The moon is... As you find that the moon is going with you, similarly, by chanti
ng, if the moon has got such power-it is a material thing; it can go with you-don't you think the Supreme Lord, who is all-powerful, He cannot remain with you? Yes. He can. By His potency, He can remain with you, provided you are also qualified to keep H
is company. If you are a pure devotee and if you are always merged in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you should always remember that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with you. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with you.\line Lord Caitanya has confirmed this version, absolute version, 
in His prayer,\line 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\line [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 2]\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [661120BG.NY]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The devotees who know these two paths, O Arjun
a, are never bewildered. Therefore, be always fixed in devotion." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has already been ascertained that at the time of death if one can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is immediately transferred to the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhy\'e4sa-yoga-yuktena\line cetas\'e4 n\'e4nya-g\'e4min\'e4\line parama\'e0 puru\'f1a\'e0 divya\'e0\line y\'e4ti p\'e4rth\'e4nu
cintayan
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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. He who 
meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O P\'e4rtha [Arjuna], is sure to reach Me." }{\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 Bg}{\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 8.5}{\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 8.8}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such meditation on K\'e5\'f1\'eba may seem very difficult, but it is not. If one practices K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by chanting th
e }{\cs2873\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 Har
e/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, he will be quickly helped. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name are nondifferent, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His transcendental abode are also nondifferent. By sound vibration we can have K\'e5\'f1\'eba assoc
iate with us. If, for instance, we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the street, we will see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is going with us, just as when we look up and see the moon overhead, we perceive that it is also going with us. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inferior energ
y may appear to go with us, is it not possible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to be with us when we are chanting His names? He will keep us company, but we have to qualify to be in His company. If, however, we are always merged in the thought of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, we should rest assured that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always with us. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prays:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e7a-mih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub He is praying, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my dear Lord, Your name is always invested with all the potencies of Your person." N\'e4mn\'e4m. "You ha
ve got all the potencies in name, and You have made it so easy that we can chant without any hard-and-fast rules and regulations." Suppose if you have to establish one temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You have got to observe so many rules and regulations. You h
ave to spend money. You have to see its management. But here, by chanting, any man can have the same benefit of becoming nearer or in company with K\'e5\'f1\'eba always and derive all the benefits out of it. Of course, there is benefit when you are assoc
iated with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So the same benefit... Just like Arjuna is deriving the benefit, being associated with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, similarly, you can also derive the same benefit as being associated with K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by 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. This is possible.\line So Lord Caitanya says... It is not my version... Lord Caitanya says who are realized soul, who is con
sidered to be the authority and incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is saying that "You have been... The Lord, You have become so kind to these people of this material world or of this age especially that they cannot have any facility f
or understanding God." But God has descended in the form, in the sound, in the sound form, transcendental sound form. Simply by vibrating, you associate with God. Simply by vibrating, 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. It is so much kindness of the Supreme Lord, that He wants to associate with you. So you should receive Him.\line This is... It is not expensive, no loss on your part. Why don't you tak
e this advantage? If there is any profit, why do you not care for it? Take this. Always chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. Tasm\'e4t sarve\'f1u k\'e4le\'f1u yoga-yukto bhav\'e4rjuna: [Bg. 8.27] "Ther
efore, My dear Arjuna, you should always be engaged in this yoga system, yoga-yukta\'f9, in this transcendental form of yoga." You haven't got to do anything, controlling your breathing system or some gymnastic system, nothing. Simply... You haven't got 
to acquire any specific qualification to chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like in your country-this language is Sanskrit, and some of you do not know the meaning. Still, it is so attractive when we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the park or any public 
place, oh, all ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, they take part. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [661120BG.NY]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Oh my Lord! Your holy nam
e alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore You have hundreds and millions of names, like }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Govinda.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  In these transcendental names You have invested al
l 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." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Merely by chanting we can have all the advantages of personal association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is not only considered to be a reali
zed soul but an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, has pointed out that in this age of Kali, although men have no real facilities for self-realization, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He has given this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (sound incarnation) to be utilized as the }{\cs2873\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  or way of realization of this age. No special qualification is necessary for this method; we need not even know Sanskrit. The vibrations of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba are
 so potent that anyone can immediately begin chanting them without any knowledge of Sanskrit whatsoever.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Lord says that the purpose of all Vedic instruction is to achieve the highest goal of life, back to Godhead. Any scripture of any country, n
ot only of this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, but any scripture, they are aiming simply how to get us back to Godhead. That is the purpose. Take for any ex... Take for example any of the great religious reformers or \'e4c\'e4ryas of any country. In your country, 
Lord Jesus Christ or Lord Buddha. Of course, Lord Buddha, he advented himself in India, but later on his philosophy was broadcast all over Asia. Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Hazrat Muhammad-anyone take. Nobody will say that "You make your best plan in th
is material world and live peacefully." That is a common factor. There may be little difference according to country, climate and situation in the scriptural injunction, but the main principle-that we are not meant for this material world, we have our de
stination in the spiritual world-that is accepted by everyone.\line Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,\line vede\'f1u yaj\'efe\'f1u tapa\'f9su caiva\line d\'e4ne\'f1u yat pu\'ebya-phala\'e0 pradi\'f1\'f6am\line atyeti tat sarvam ida\'e0 viditv\'e4\line 
yog\'e9 para\'e0 sth\'e4nam upaiti c\'e4dyam\line [Bg. 8.28]\line Ah, the yogi, the transcendentalist, his chief aim of life is how to get into the spiritual kingdom. That is the highest ambition of the yogi, of the transcendentalist. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661121BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vede\'f1u yaj\'efe\'f1u tapa\'f9su caiva\line d\'e4ne\'f1u yat pu\'ebya-phala\'e0 pradi\'f1\'f6am\line atyeti t
at sarvam ida\'e0 viditv\'e4\line yog\'e9 para\'e0 sth\'e4nam upaiti c\'e4dyam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0
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charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. At the end he reaches the supreme abode." }{\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 Bg.
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8.28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the purpose for all Vedic instructions is to achieve the ultimate goal of life\'97to go back to Godhead.
 All scriptures from all countries aim at this goal. This has also been the message of all religious reformers or }{\cs2873\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 the West, for example, Lord Jesus Christ spread this same message. Similarly, Lord Buddha and Mohammed. No one advises us to make our permanent settlement here in this material world. There may be small differences accor
ding to country, time and circumstance and according to scriptural injunction, but the main principle that we are not meant for this material world but for the spiritual world is accepted by all genuine transcendentalists. All indications for the satisfa
ction of our soul's innermost desires point to those worlds of K\'e5\'f1\'eba beyond birth and death.
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\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is pleased to announce the publication by the Macmillan Company of the long awaite
d Complete 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  As It Is. Translated and fully explained by His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, this most basic and essential of all spiritual writings is now available in one complete, authoritative and beautifully illustrated 1,000-page volume. In India, the teachings embodied in this sacred text have remaine
d vital for generations; today, the rapid spread of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the West bears witness to the continued viability and universal appeal of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message. By reading this one book, one can attain the perfection o
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\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Write, call, or visit for further information.
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 service. 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 abode never takes birth again. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is \line }{\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  (3 volumes)\line }{\b0\i\ul0
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (2 volumes)\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets\line }{\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  (Editor)\line }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1
ad\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The First Step in God Realization}{\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 The Lord in the Heart\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1 Yoga and the Master of Yoga\line 2 The Goal of Yoga\tab \line 3 Our Real Life\tab \line 4 The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba M
antra\tab \line 5 How Bhakti-yoga Works\tab \line 6 Sources of Absolute Knowledge\line Glossary\line The Author
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 1: Yoga and the Master of Yoga
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\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara means... Yoga, the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures-that is 
called yoga. Connecting. So the... Who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Yoge\'e7vara. The ultimate object of yoga is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is Yoge\'e7vara. Yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 hari\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Being, therefore, the ultimate object of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub At the conclusion of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 it is said by Sa\'efjaya, yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 hari\'f9 [Bg. 18.78]. The place where Yoge
\'e7vara, the supreme master of all yoga systems, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is there... And yatra p\'e4rtho dhana\'efjaya, and where there is Arjuna, the greatest fighter, there is undoubtedly victory there. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 conclusion of the }{\cs2873\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 18.78}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said: "Where there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and where there is Arjuna, the greatest of bowmen, there, undoubtedly, is victory."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Because Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was spoken... The narration which we are reading, it is the description of Sa\'efjaya as secretary of Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. Just like running from a radio. The play is going on in the auditorium, but you can hear from the room. Just like we have got now mechanical arrangement, similarly, at that time, maybe the same arrangement, but there was n
o machine. \line Still, the secretary of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra could see what was going on in the battlefield, and he was just narrating to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, who was blind. In other sense it may be said that there was television, 
and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, being blind, he could not see, and Sa\'efjaya, his secretary, was explaining what was seen in the television. But this is the position. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0
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\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  is a narrative spoken by Sa\'efjaya, the secretary of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh
\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. 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 Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra could see what was going on in the battlefield, and he was in the palace, telling this to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, who was blind. Now, the conclusion made by Sa\'efjaya
 was that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Anyway, so the conclusion made by Sa\'efjaya was this, yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 hari\'f9 [Bg. 18.78]. Hari means the Supreme Personality of G
odhead. The side in which the Yoge\'e7vara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba... My point is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is Yoge\'e7vara. Nobody can be better yog\'e9 than, or the master of yoga. There are different systems of yoga, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master of yoga.
 And Lord \'c7iva is called Yog\'e9\'e7vara. There are many different kinds of yog\'e9s. Yoga means the system, and the yog\'e9 means the person who practices the system. So the object of yoga, ultimate goal of yoga, is to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ther
efore K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to practice the topmost type of yoga system. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.
SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 the }{\cs2873\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  performance is described, it is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge
\'e7vara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No one can be a better }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  than the master of }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master. There are 
many different types of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga. Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the system, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the person who practices that system. The object of }{\cs2873\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 ultimate goal, is to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to practice the topmost type of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this yoga system is being described by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Why? Because He was teaching His most intimate friend, Arjuna. Vy\'e4khy
\'e4ta-lak\'f1a\'ebe svopasye mayy \'e4sakta-mati-m\'e4tra vy\'e4khy\'e4ta-lak\'f1a\'ebe svopasye sa\'f9. Now in the beginning, the Lord says that "This system of yoga can be practiced by persons who have developed attachment for Me." This attachment I h
ave described for the last three, four days in a different way. So this yoga system cannot be practiced by an ordinary man who has no attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is different system. And the topmost. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 topmost }{\cs2873\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 was described by K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 in the }{\cs2873\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  to His most intimate friend, Arjuna. In the beginning, the Lord said th
at this system can be practiced only by a person who has developed attachment for it. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious }{\cs2873\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 cannot be practiced by an ordinary man who has no attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for it is a different system, and the topmost\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub What is that \'e4sakti? There are five kinds of direct \'e4sakti. \'c4sakti means attachment. And there are seven kinds of indirect attachm
ent. Indirect attachment is not bhakti, but direct attachment is called bhakti. If you are attached with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the direct method, it is called devotional service. And if you are attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by indirect method, then it is not de
votional service. But that is also attachment. \line Just like Ka\'e0sa. Ka\'e0sa was the maternal uncle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and there was a foretelling that Ka\'e0sa would be killed by his sister's son, eighth son of his sister. So Ka\'e0sa became very a
nxious, and he wanted to kill his younger sister, Devak\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother. So she was saved by her husband, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, Vasudeva, by some compromise. The last compromise was... That's a great long story. \line The last compromise 
was that he informed his brother-in-law Ka\'e0sa that "You are afraid of the son of your sister. So your sister is not going to kill you. So I request, don't kill your sister. Save her. And I promise that all the sons born of your sister will be brought 
to you, and if you like, you can kill." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 are five types of direct attachment, and there are seven types of indirect attachment. Indirect attachment is not }{\cs2873\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  Direct attachment is called }{\cs2873\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 attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the direct method, it is called devotional service, and if you are attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by an indire
ct method, it is not devotional service. But that is also attachment. King Ka\'e0sa, for example, was the maternal uncle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and there was a warning that Ka\'e0sa would be killed by one of his sister's sons. So he became very anxious about
 the sons of his sister, and he decided to kill his sister. Devak\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother, was saved by her husband, Vasudeva, who made a compromise and proposed to his brother-in-law as follows: "You are afraid of the son of your sister. So your si
ster herself is not going to kill you." He requested, "Don'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 them."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The compromise was made by Vasudeva. He was also a king.\line So politically, that "For the time being this poor girl may be saved, and it 
may be that time will change the mind of Ka\'e0sa. When her sons will be born he might change his mind." But he was such a great demon that he killed all the sons of Devak\'e9. So the eighth son... It was foretold that the eighth son of his sister would 
kill him. \line So when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the womb of his mother, Ka\'e0sa was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now you see, he was also K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but he was K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious not directly, not for love's sake, but as an enem
y. He was K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious as enemy. So that is not devotional service. One who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's parent, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lover, that is 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 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva did this in order that his poor wife might be saved. And Vasudeva thought, "When Devak\'e9's son is born, Ka\'e0sa may have a change of heart." But Ka\'e0sa was such a great demo
n that he killed all the sons of Devak\'e9. It was told that the eighth son of the sister would kill him. So, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the womb of His mother, Ka\'e0sa was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You may say that he was not K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nscious, but actually he was. Not directly, not for love's sake; but as an enemy. He was K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious as an enemy. So, that is not devotional service. One in devotional service is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's servant, His parent, or His lover.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub You may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your lover. You may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your son. You may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your friend. You may wan
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your master. You may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the supreme sublime. These five different kinds of direct relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called devotion, bhakti: without any material profit. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your lover, as your son; you may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your friend, you may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your master, you may want K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Sublime. These five differe
nt kinds of direct relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called devotion, or }{\cs2873\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  They e
ntail no material profit.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now the concept of accepting God as son is superior than the concept of accepting God as father. There is distinction. The relationship bet
ween father and son is that the son wants to take something from the father. But the father's relationship with the son is that father always wants to give something to the son. \line Therefore the relationship with God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba as father is bet
ter than relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba... Just like if I accept God as my father, then I am the son. Then my business will be to ask only for my necessities from the father. That is my business. But if I become father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then from the 
beginning of His childhood, my business will be to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line The father, the parents, they serve the child from the beginning of his birth. Therefore this concept of Nanda-Ya\'e7od\'e4 or Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva is very sublime. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 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's relationship with the son is that the father always wants to give something to the son. Therefore, the relationship with God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba as son is better than the relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by one
 who thinks, "If I accept God as my father, then my business will be to ask for my necessities from the father." But, if I become the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 this relationship of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 is sublime.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub They... K\'e5\'f1\'eba... Ya\'e7od\'e4, mother, she is thinking that "If I do not feed K\'e5\'f1\'eba sumptuously, He will die."\line She i
s thinking that K\'e5\'f1\'eba... She forgets that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is subsisting the three world, everywhere. \line nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m\line  eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n\line [KU 2.2.13]
\line That only one God is supplying the necessities of all other living entities. Now this, that same, very same Personality of Godhead, has become the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4, and she is thinking that "If I do not feed K\'e5\'f1\'eba nicely, He will die." 
This is love. This is love. She has forgotten that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has taken..., has appeared before him [her] as his little child, as her little child. But she forgets. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 foster mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4, is thinking, "If I do not feed K\'e5\'f1\'eba sumptuously, He will die." She forgets that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the 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 Ya\'e7od\'e4, and she is thinking, "If I do not feed Him nicely, He will die." This is love. She has forgotten that it is the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead who has appeared before her as a little child.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this relationship of \'e4sakti, of attachment, is very sublime. It is very sublime. It requires time to understand, but there is such po
sition, that instead of asking God, "O God, give me our daily bread, give us our daily bread," you can think that God will die if you do not supply Him bread. God will die if you do not supply. And this is the ecstasy of extreme love. So there is such re
lationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the greatest devotee, the greatest lover of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line [break] Nanda-Ya\'e7od\'e4, the lover as parent. Sud\'e4m\'e4, a friend, lover as friend. Arjuna, as lover as fri
end. Similarly, there are millions and trillions of different kinds of devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are directly playing. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 relationship of attachment is very sublime. 
It requires time to understand, but there is a position where, instead of asking, "O God, please give us our daily bread," 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 rel
ationship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotee R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the greatest devotee, the greatest lover of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 is His lover as a parent; Sud\'e4m\'e4 is His lover as a friend; Arjuna also as a friend\'97there a
re millions and billions of different kinds of direct devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this yoga system, as described herein, bhakti-yoga, it can be practiced by such persons who have developed such attachment for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Others cannot. And if anyone is able to develop such attachment, then the result will be that he will understand God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, perfectly. \line However we may try to understand what is God by our different theories or speculation, it is 
a very difficult job to understand what is God. We may say that I have..., we have understood what is God, but it is not possible to understand God as He is, because we have got our limited senses and He is unlimited. How you can capture the Unlimited wi
th your limited sense? But it is not possible. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 }{\cs2873\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  systems as described here lead to }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  can be practiced by persons who have developed attachment
 to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Others cannot practice it. And, if anyone is able to develop that attachment, the relationship will be that he will understand God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, perfectly. However we may try to understand God by our different theories or speculati
ons, it is still a difficult 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub It is said in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, ata\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m\'e4di na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9 [Padma Pur
\'e4\'eba]. Our senses are imperfect always. Even we cannot understand perfectly the material world. Just like we have seen so many planets and stars in the sky at night, but we do not know what they are. We do not know even what is this moon planet. We 
are trying for so many years, trying to go there in sputnik and... Even one planet. Even we do not know what varieties are there even in this planet. If you go on the sea, if you go on the sky, you are perfectly illusioned. \line So our knowledge is alwa
ys imperfect. That we must admit. If foolishly, if we think we have acquired all sorts of knowledge, we have advanced in science, this is another foolishness. It is not possible. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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 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 Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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, bu
t 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 know what varieties there are even on this planet! If you go to t
he 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 we have advanced in science, this is another foolishness. It is n
ot possible.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So when it is not possible to understand even the material things which we are daily seeing with our eyes and perception, what to speak of 
spiritual? And the K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is the Supreme spiritual form. So it is not possible for us to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by our limited senses. \line Then why we are bothering so much for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness if it is not possible? The answer is ata\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m\'e4di na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9. These imperfect senses cannot realize K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is. Then the process is sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau. If you become subm
issive, if you develop the spirit of service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba-either as servant or as friend or as parent or as lover, if you begin to give service to the Supreme 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 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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, w
hen 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead? He is the supreme spiritual form, and it is not possible to und
erstand Him by our limited senses. Then why are we bothering so much for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, if it is not possible? If these imperfect senses cannot realize K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is? The answer is that if you become submissive, if you develop th
e spiritual attitude of following K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you are as a servant or a friend, as a parent or as a lover\'97if you begin to give service to the Supreme Lord then you can begin to know Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The beginning of service is chanting. Therefore it is said, jihv\'e4dau. Jihv\'e4dau means..., jihva means tongue. Tongue. Your service beg
ins by the tongue. How? By the tongue you can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by the tongue you can taste K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pras\'e4dam.\line So the beginning process is very nice. You chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and wha
tever little pras\'e4dam is offered to you by K\'e5\'f1\'eba by His kindness, you accept it. Then the result will be that sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau. If you become submissive and if you begin this service, chanting and eating pras\'e4dam, then svayam eva 
sphuraty ada\'f9 [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba], simply by these two kinds of practices, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will Himself reveal Himself before you: "I am like this." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your service begins with
 the tongue. How? By the tongue you can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by the tongue you can taste K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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. So, the beginning of the process is very nice. You can 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 Ha
re\'97and whenever }{\cs2873\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 offered to you by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His kindness, you a
ccept it. The result will be that if you become submissive, and if you begin this service\'97chanting and eating }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal Himself before you.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub You cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by speculation. No. That is not possible, because your senses are imperfect. But if you begin this pro
cess of service, then it will be possible that one day K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal to you, "I am like this."\line Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealing in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to Arjuna. Arjuna is a devotee, and he is submissive. And he is friend also.
 He is in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friend. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealing to K\'e5\'f1\'eba..., ah, to Arjuna. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 can't understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by speculatio
n; that is not possible, because your senses are imperfect. But if you begin this process of service, then it will be possible\'97one day K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal Himself to you: "I am like this." Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealing to Arjuna. Arjuna i
s a devotee, and he is submissive, and he is in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a friend. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealing to him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is spoken to Arjuna, not to any Ved\'e4ntist or speculationist. \line In the beginning of the Fourth Chapter, you 
know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "I'll speak to you that old system of yoga, bhakti-yoga," in the beginning of the Fourth Chapter, "unto you." Why? K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not a Ved\'e4ntist... Ah, Arjuna was not a Ved\'e4ntist or a great philosopher or a b
r\'e4hma\'eba or nothing. He was a k\'f1atriya. He was a fighter and a householder, not even a sanny\'e4s\'e9. So these are not qualifications to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line Suppose... Just like I have become a sanny\'e4s\'e9, mendicant. This is not
 qualification that I can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even in your white dress, as g\'e5hastha, you can understand better than me. Then what is the qualification? This qualification: sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba]. \line One who has develo
ped the service spirit with love and devotion, he can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nobody else. Nobody... Not Dr. Radhakrishnan or similar person. No. But a child can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba if he has full faith in Him.\line So it is the faith and devoti
on that makes one qualified to understand God. Mad-\'e4\'e7raya\'f9 [Bg. 7.1]. This is called mad-\'e4\'e7raya\'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 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 }{\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  was spoken to Arjuna, not to any Ved\'e4ntist philosophical speculator. In the beginning of the Fourth Chapter, you will 
note that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am speaking to you that ancient system of }{\cs2873\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 " It is s
tated, "Unto you." Arjuna was a }{\cs2873\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  a fighter. He was a householder, not even a }
{\cs2873\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  not a renouncer\'97but these are not qualifications to understand K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Suppose I say I have become a }{\cs2873\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  mendicant\'97this is not a qualificati
on, that I can now understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then what is the qualification? This: "One who has developed the service spirit, with love and devotion, can understand Me." No other. Not the big scholars and mental speculators; but a child can understand K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, if he has full faith in Him. So faith and devotion qualify one.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now by simply that faith and service, you'll understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now just like we are pre
aching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We are not wasting your time or our time without having full faith that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, theoretically or practically. Theoretically, if you take that "How K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Su
preme Personality of Godhead?" theoretically, from the revealed scripture, we understand from the Vedic literature that great authorities in the past and in the present. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply
 by such faith and service you will understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just as we are preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; we are not wasting your time or our time, because we are in full faith that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Theoretically or practically, you should accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Take for the present Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya is a great authority, recognized, great authority. Oh, He is mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He
 is mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then after Him, His six disciples, Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, the R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, they have written immense literature, valuable literatures-especially J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9-volumes of literature on K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. So... Then, under disciplic succession also, we have come to this point, and if you take past history, bygone, long, long ago, Vy\'e4sadeva, who is known as Vedavy\'e4sa, he has written book, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam is nothing but description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Vy\'e4sadeva is also writer of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and noted down by Vy\'e4sadeva. And he has put this Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 in the Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 the present, there is Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya is the great authority. None is greater. He was mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And then, after 
Him, His six disciples, the }{\cs2873\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  have left us an immensely valuable literature
\'97especially J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. They have written volumes on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So, under disciplic succession, we have come to this point; and if you like past history, then go back a long, long time to Vy\'e4sadeva. He is known to have written the }
{\cs2873\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 literature on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\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 nothing but a description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Vy\'e4sa is also the writer of th
e }{\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  The }{\cs2873\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  was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and noted down by Vy\'e4sa, who put this }{\cs2873\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  into the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Vy\'e4sadeva accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality. He has, in the Bh\'e4gavatam, he has specifically mentioned, k\'e5\'f1
\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam. He has given description of different other incarnations of God. There are about twenty-five incarnations. In the conclusion he said that, \line ete c\'e4\'e0\'e7a-kal\'e4\'f9 pu\'e0sa\'f9 \line k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4
n svayam\line [Bh\'e4g. 1.3.28]\line That "All the descriptions that are given of different incarnations, they are partially or part of the partial representation of God. But this K\'e5\'f1\'eba whom I have mentioned, He is the Supreme Personality of God
head Himself." He is not part. Cent per cent. Cent per cent God.\line So there is evidence of authority. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Vy\'e4sadeva accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Person. In the }{
\cs2873\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 has given the description of the different incarnations; there
 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He is not part, but on
e hundred percent\'97one hundred percent God. So there is the evidence of authority.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And practically, if we believe the \'e7\'e4stras, the scriptures, authorities, then see who can be more powerful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who c
an be more beautiful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who can be more famous than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared five thousand years before, but His knowledge, which He gave us in the shape of \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, still it is worshipe
d. It is worshiped not only by the Hindus or the Indians, but this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is read all over the world. \line In your country there are at least fifty kinds of different editions of \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam [Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4] written by d
ifferent American thoughtful men. Similarly you'll find in England, in Germany, in France, in, I mean to say, all other countries you'll find hundreds of editions of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Just see, who can be more famous and who can be more wise than K
\'e5\'f1\'eba? There are many other evidences if we believe \'e7\'e4stra-that K\'e5\'f1\'eba married 16,108 wives, and He provided each one of them with big palaces, and each one of them had ten children, and from ten children there were many other child
ren also.\line So these are the evidences from revealed scripture. And in the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is a very old book, supposed to be written by Brahm\'e4. It is called Brahma-s
a\'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 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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, practically, if we believe the }{\cs2873\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  the scriptures, then we can see: Who can be more powerful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Who can be more beautiful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Who can be more famous than K\'e5\'f1\'eba? K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared fiv
e thousand years ago, but His knowledge, which He gave in the form of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 fifty different editions of the }{\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  written by different men. Similarly, in England, in Germany, in France and in all other countries, you will find hundreds of e
ditions of the }{\cs2873\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, who can be more famous? There are many other evidences, if 
you believe in }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba married 16,108 wives, and He provided each one
 of them with a big 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 }{\cs2873\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  also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is a very old book, supposed to have been written by Brah
m\'e4, the first living being in the universe.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In that Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 [5.1] it is said that \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 means God. \line There 
are many gods, but... In Sanskrit language, about God, there are many demigods, and there is Supreme God. So this Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 says, \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme God. He is the God of gods." \'c9
\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. "And His body is eternal, and full of bliss and knowledge." This is the description of the body. \line \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9.
 An\'e4di, "He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of everyone." An\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9. "And His name is Govinda." Go means senses and go means cow and go means land. So He is the proprietor of all land, He is the proprietor of all cows, an
d He is the, I mean to say, pleasure for all senses. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 }{\cs2873\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  it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  parama\'f9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9. \'c9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means God. There are many gods. It is said that there are so many demigods, and there is the Supreme God. So }{
\cs2873\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  says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is the God of gods. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and then: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vi
graha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and His body is eternal, and full of bliss and knowledge. And next: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4di\'f9
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of everyone. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda
\'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 Go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means sen
ses, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means cow, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We are after sense pleasure, but our perfection of sense pleasure can be achieved when we reciprocate our pleasure with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The
refore His name is Govinda. Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi. Govinda is the Supreme original 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 after sense pleasure, but o
ur perfection of sense pleasure can be achieved only when we reciprocate our pleasure with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, His name is Govinda, the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So the same Personality of Godhead, He is speaking to Arjuna personally about Himself. Then how you can say that somebody, by simply by spe
culation, speaks something about God which is more important than what is being spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself? It is not possible. Nobody can speak better than K\'e5\'f1\'eba about God, because God Himself is speaking about Himself. If you speak about
 yourself personally, who can speak more than you? So if we have faith, if we believe theoretically and practically K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then by the speeches which is being delivered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this chapter, you
 can understand God. There is no difficulty. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 same Personality of Godhead personally spoke about Himself to Arjuna in the }{\cs2873\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  How can you say that somebody, by his thinking, by speculation, can say something about God that is more important than what is b
eing said by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself? It is not possible. No one can speak better than K\'e5\'f1\'eba about God, because God Himself is speaking. If you speak about yourself personally, who can say more than you? So, if you have faith, if you believe theo
retically or practically in K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then, by the speeches that are delivered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\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  you can understand God. There is no difficulty.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Mat-parata\'e0 yanis cay\'e4vanity\'e4rtha\'f9, samagra\'e0 s\'e4dhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4na\'e0 s\'e4vibh\'fcti\'e0 s\'e4parikaram. And if you beli
eve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then the result will be that you can understand God, how He is working, how His energies are acting, how He is manifested, what is this material world, what is the spiritual world, what are these living creatures, what is their relati
onship-so many things in God's creation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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, if you believe K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then the result will be that you can understand God\'97how He is working, how His energies are ac
ting, 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's literature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The whole Vedic literature are dealing in three things. First thing is that what is your relationship with God. Then the next step is that 
as soon as we understand our relationship with God, then we can act in that way. Just like a man and woman: they are not known to each other, but as soon as the relationship is established that one is husband and the other is wife, then the reciprocal de
aling begins. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 whole Vedic literature deals with three things: the first is your relationship with God; then, next, after you understand your relationship with God, you can
 act in that 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So unless you understand what is your relationship with God... Generally, people believe that God is the father. Therefore son's business i
s to ask from father whatever we need. But that is very minor relationship. If you understand God perfectly well... And there is intricate relationship also. That relationship will be revealed when you are perfectly liberated. \line Each and every living
 creature has got a particular relationship with God. We have forgotten that. So when that relationship will be revealed in the process of devotional activities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you should know that is the perfection of your life. That is t
he perfection of our life.\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a great science. It is not a sentiment or mental speculation or bluff. It is based on scientific proposition, as described in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, as described in the Vedas, as descri
bed in the Sa\'e0hit\'e4s, as accepted by the authorities like Lord Caitanya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, N\'e4rada, Asita, Vy\'e4sa. There are so many authorities. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an ordinary, bluff-making or a m
oney-making business. It is something reality. And if you take to it seriously, your life will be successful. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 680326BG.SF}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 they understand their relationship with God, people generally 
believe that God is the father, and the son's 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 revea
led when you are perfectly liberated. Each and every living creature has a particular relationship with God, but we have, for now, forgotten. When that relationship is revealed in the process of devotional activities, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you
 will know that that is the perfection of your life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a great science; it is not a sentimental speculation regarding love. It is based on scientific propositions described in the }{\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  in the }{\cs2873\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 in the }{\cs2873\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  and it is accepted by authorities like Lord Caitanya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, N\'e4rada, Asita, Vy\'e4sa\'97there are so many authorities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an ordinary lovemaking or moneymakin
g business; it is reality, and if you stick to it seriously, your life will be perfect.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 2: The Goal of 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 2/ The Goal of Yoga
\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 STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG: no. 25, September 1969]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub the goal of transcendental meditation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita, the Sanskrit word "Mam" is frequently used. This word means "unto me." Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead says, "unto Me"-Krishna. We
 cannot interpret this in a different way. When I say, "Bring me a glass of water," 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, "unto Me," that means Krishna
. But philosophers are still interpreting-they say "unto something else." Even grammatically this is wrong.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  the Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\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  is frequently used. This word means "unto me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead says, "unto Me"\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We cannot interpret this in a different way. When I say, "Bri
ng me a glass of water," 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "unto Me," that means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But philosophers are still interpreting\'97
they say "unto something else." Even grammatically this is wrong.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub One who has developed attachment to Krishna is Krishna conscious. They say if you have attachment for your lover you always think of her. T
hat 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, "When shall my lover and I meet in the night?" 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who has developed attachm
ent to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. They say if you have attachment for your lover you always think of her. 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, "When shall my lover and I meet in the night?" 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In The Gita Krishna says to Arjuna, "As a fighter you have to fight. You cannot step away from the fighting. It is your duty." Nowadays I h
ave 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 "Kshatriyas," warriors. They are trained as "Sudras" laborers, or else as "
Vaishyas," businessmen. Therefore, the caste system is very scientific. A section of people should be trained as "Brahmins," men of knowledge. Those who are intelligent enough in the society should be picked and trained in higher philosophical science. A
nd those who are less intelligent than the Brahmins should be given military training. We require everything in society-not only military men. How can everyone be a military man? Because they are sending Sudras, ordinary workers, to Vietnam, these are un
necessarily being killed. Any country which is very proud of scientific advancement, and yet does not know how to organize its society, is a fool's society.}{\b0\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 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 2
5, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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 to Arjuna, "As a fighter, you have to fight. You cannot step away from the fighting. It is your duty." Nowadays 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 }{\cs2873\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  warriors. They are trained as }{\cs2873\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  laborers. Therefore the caste sys
tem is very scientific. A section of people should be trained as }{\cs2873\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  men of k
nowledge. 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 }{\cs2873\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 given military training. We require everything in society\'97not only military men. How can everyone be a military man? Because they are sending }{
\cs2873\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, to Vietnam, these are unnecessarily being killed. Any countr
y which is very proud of scientific advancement, and yet does not know how to organize its society, is a fool's society.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub organization of society
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita Krishna says that there are four divisions of society: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra. That is natural. Some are inclined toward spiritu
al 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 shoul
d 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't take to meat-eating, they don't take part in intoxication, they don't take par
t in gambling, they don't 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-the whole society-becomes s
anctified. But today they have no knowledge of how to train a Brahmin, or how to train a Kshatriya.\line 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 are colleges or
 technological schools. That's 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. You cannot say, "W
e do not require the head." That is nonsense-we require everything. Suppose there is a body without a head-it 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 considered 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there are four divisions of society, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  That is natural. Some are inclin
ed toward spiritual advancement, and these are the }{\cs2873\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  Now we are training bo
ys 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 per
sons, those boys who have brahminical qualifications, are being restrained in }{\cs2873\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  
student life: they don't take to meat-eating, they don't take part in intoxication, they don't take part in gambling, they don't take part in illicit sex. They are being trained as complete }{\cs2873\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 highest intellectuals, the most purified persons in society. If there is one }{\cs2873\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 whole family, then the whole family\'97the whole society\'97becomes sanctified. But today they have no knowledge of how t
o train a }{\cs2873\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 how to train a }{\cs2873\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  In the other fields of action, in the work of }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  there is nice training. If anyone wants to be a businessman, there are colleges or technological schools. That's very nice. But why should everyone be dragged into technology? Just as in your body: for proper maintenance we r
equire the head, the arms, the belly and the legs. All these parts of the body are required. You cannot say, "We do not require the head." 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 considered to be the intellectual part of the body. Similarly, if there is no }{\cs2873\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 the society, it is a dead body. If there is no spiritual man in the society, it is a dead society.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Krishna says, "I have created the four divisions of society, according to quality and work." If someone is working as a Brahmacha
ry (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 the 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-asses, mules and oxen-are required for pu
lling carts.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I have created the four divisions of society, according to quality and work." If someone is working as a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and has acquired the quality of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, then why should he be called for army action? The a
rm of the body is the }{\cs2873\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  Of course that is required; to protect the country, to 
protect the society, a military arrangement should be there. No one will disapprove. But not the }{\cs2873\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  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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub I say this frankly-everybody may read it-that any society where there are no spiritual persons or Krishna Consciousness is a rascal 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub I say this frankly\'97everyone may read it\'97that any society where there are no spiritual persons or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a rascal 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 quest
ion 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. [}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you think that in a dead society or a mad society there can be any peace? No. If the society is full of madmen, then where is the question of peace? Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 s
hould cooperate with this movement, but he said, "Oh, we cannot co-operate with any religious movement." 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 s
o 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.\line And, when such rascals are at the head of the governm
ent, how can there be peace? How can you expect peace in a dog's society? The dogs are by nature howling-"Woof! Woof! Woof!" 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 so
ciety, into tiger society? The tiger is very powerful; he can kill many 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 m
any people. But these are no qualifications for good men or good society. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ,
 BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The other day when 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, "Oh, we cannot cooperate with any religious movement." He is one of the chief secretaries of the government, and he is such a fool. He is taking this movement as a religious movement, just as we have so many sentimental religi
ons. But this is not sentimental. This is the necessity of society: a class of men should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Otherwise the society is doomed; it is going to hell. And, when such rascals are at the head of the government, how can there be peace?
 How can you expect peace in a dog's society? The dogs are by nature howling\'97"Woof! Woof! Woof!"\'97as 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 soci
ety? The tiger is very powerful; he can kill many 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 a good society.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We are not meant to manufacture a society of monkeys or tigers or asses-or rascals who work very hard. Do you mean to say a society of asse
s will derive any benefit from life? No.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub justice and peace
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Consciousn
ess, 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 not a foreigner. He claims ever
ybody. We make Him foreign, but this is our foolishness. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '
69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those who have developed an attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, attachment can be developed. Before my coming to the West, there was no movement like this K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness, but now it is developing. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not born in your country; you do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your religious God. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so attractive that although you are a foreigner, you are not foreign. To K\'e5\'f1\'eba you a
re not a foreigner. He claims everybody. We make Him foreign, but this is our foolishness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In The Gita Krishna says, "My dear Arjuna, there are many different forms and different species of life undoubtedly. But I am their Father.
" Just see how Krishna is universal. He is claiming not only human society, but animal society, bird society, beast society-everyone. He says, "I am the Father." So how can Krishna be foreign? It is a mental concoction. They say Krishna is Indian or Kris
hna is worshiped by the Hindus, and therefore He is one of the Hindu gods; and they think that Krishna is saying, "Yes I am the Hindu God, yes, I am Indian." But He is like the Sun: if you say it is an American Sun, that's wrong. The Sun is the Sun. Why 
American Sun or Indian? Nothing is American or Indian; that is all artificial. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1
\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My dear Arjuna, there are 
many different forms and different species of life undoubtedly. But I am their father." Just see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is universal. He is claiming not only human society, but animal society, bird society, beast society\'97everyone. He says, "I am the fathe
r." So how can K\'e5\'f1\'eba be foreign? It is a mental concoction. They say K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Indian or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped by the Hindus and therefore He is one of the Hindu Gods; and they think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying, "Yes, I am the Hi
ndu God. Yes, I am Indian." But He is like the sun. Why American sun or Indian? Nothing is American or Indian; that is all artificial.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub "This planet belongs to the humans, that's all." This is your Communism. This present Communism is defective because the Russians 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 belongs to everyo
ne ! 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 yourself doing inj
ustice?\line 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 brother, 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 Nations-all nonsense. Either you acknowledge the Father, or else you have no idea of how to realize brotherho
od or humanity. Therefore, they are talking for years and years. They are the same fools. Can't you see the U. N.? They have headquarters in New York. They are simply talking nonsense, that's all. That is their business. So unless there is full Krishna C
onsciousness, there cannot be any improvement of the world condition. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG
# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This planet belongs to the humans, that's all." This is your communism. This present communism is defective because the Russians say that Russia is for the R
ussians 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 belongs to everyone! It belongs to t
he 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 yourself doing injustice? We have no K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our original father and that we are all His sons. The tree is my brother, 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We talk all this nonsense of universal brotherhood and United Nations\'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't you see the U.N.? They have headquarters in New York. They are simply talking nonsense, that's all. That is their business. So unless there is full K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness, there cannot be any improvement of the world condition.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 fe
w 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 if yo
u 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, "I belong to everyone." Therefore, originally, we were all connected with Krishna, but we have simpl
y 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 process-how
 you can revive your original consciousness. So you can come to our temple; that is the beginning. You can see Krishna or Krishna's devotees, you can chant Hare Krishna. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A ST
UDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that you have to develop your attachme
nt 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97attachment. Otherwise, why should they waste their time cha
nting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba? They are doing it, and it can be done. You can develop love for anything if you try for it. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba development is very natural. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a thing belonging to a particular type of religion or sec
t. K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims, "I belong to everyone." Therefore, originally, we are all connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba; but we have simply forgotten. This process of chanting is to evoke your remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not that we are inducting some
thing artificially into you. No, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is already connected with you, but you have forgotten. And we are trying to give you the process for reviving your original consciousness. So you can come to our temple; that is the beginning. You can see K
\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, and you can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Krishna 
are not different. Because everything is Krishna. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not different from His name because He is absolute. He is nondifferent from His words. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not different.
 Because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Oneness, the philosophy of monism or pantheism, is imperfect. When that Oneness comes in understanding Krishna, that is perfection. If Kris
hna 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 original is
 gold. So you may name it "earring," but you have to add "gold"-golden earring. You may name it "necklace," but it is gold, because originally it came from the gold mine. Similarly, originally, everything is coming from Krishna. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Oneness, the philosophy of monism or pantheism, is imperfect. When that oneness comes in understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is perfection. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth from whom everything is emanating, then everything is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as you have a gold mine and are preparing so many golden utensils and ornaments and many other things. But they are all gold because the original is gold. So you may name it "earring," but you have to add "gold"\'97golden earring. You
 may name it "necklace," but it is gold, because originally it came from the gold-mine. Similarly, originally, everything is coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 wristwa
tch, these are all made of gold, and so they are gold. But, at the same time, you cannot say that this is all gold-you must say, "this is a gold necklace, this is a gold earring." The "Mayavadi," or impersonalist, will say that everything is Brahman. But
 "everything is Brahman" is not right. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 wristwatch, 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, "This is a gold necklace. This is a gold earring." The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9n,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or impersonalist, will say that everything is }{\cs2873\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 "everything is }{\cs2873\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 " is not right.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This is very nicely explained in The Gita [9.4], in the Thirteenth Chapter: "I am expanded all over. That is My impersonal feature." Krishn
a 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 mate
rial way, and there is no spiritual knowledge. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is very nicely explained in the }{\cs2873\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the Thirteenth Chapter: "I am expanded all over. That is My impersonal feature." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere in His impersonal feature, 
but still He is a person. 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  philosopher thinks that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba has bec
ome everything, then where is the possibility of K\'e5\'f1\'eba here, apart? This is complete rascaldom because it is thinking in a material way. There is no spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 existenc
e. 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 spirituall
y it is not like that. Spiritually, one minus one equals one, and one plus one equals one also. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 existence. This is material. But we get information from the }{\cs2873\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 the Absolute Tr
uth 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 spiritually it is not like that. Spiritually, one minus one equals one, and one plus one 
equals one also.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Krishna is everything. The Mayavadis, the impersonalists, see our deities here and say, "Oh, they have installed some wooden forms and they
 are worshiping them as God." 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 it. Similar
ly, 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 money, 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-this is Krishna Consciou
sness. But one must know how he can derive Krishna from the features of Krishna's form in wood or iron or metal. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9ns}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the impersonalists, see our Deities here and say, "Oh, they have installed some wooden forms, and they are worshiping them as God." But one who knows K
\'e5\'f1\'eba science understands that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything and therefore can appear in everything. With electricity, the current is everywhere along the line, so wherever you touch you will feel it. Similarly, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba current in His i
mpersonal 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 money, 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere\'97this is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. B
ut one must know how he can derive K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form in wood or iron or metal.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Everywhere you have to learn how to contact Krishna, in everything. That is explained in the system of Yoga. Krishna Cosciousness is also Y
oga, 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't have to exercise your body over a period of weeks before you 
feel some power. But in Krishna Consciousness you won't feel tired. All of our students are simply anxious to be overloaded with work in Krishna Consciousness. "Swamiji, what can I do?" And they are actually doing it. In the material world, if you work f
or some time you'll feel weak. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You have to learn how to contact K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere in everything. That is explained in the system of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y
oga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is also }{\cs2873\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 perfect }{\cs2873\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 highest of all yogic system
s. A }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may come, and we can challenge him, saying that this is the topmost }{\cs2873
\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, though at the same time it is very simple. You don't have to exercise your body over a
 period of weeks before you feel some power. But in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness you won't feel tired. All of our students are simply anxious to be overloaded with work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. "Prabhup\'e4da, what can I do?" And they are actuall
y doing it. In the material world, if you work for some time you'll feel weak.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 could 
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 papers
, selling papers. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, I am not exercising myself. I am an old man of seventy-two years. I was ill, I went back to India; but I want to work. Actually, I could retire from all these activities, but as 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. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One must be very anxious to work. It is not an idle society. No, we have sufficient engagements:
 editing papers, selling papers.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Coscious
ness. And the beginning is to develop attachment for Krishna. The process which we have prescribed is chanting and dancing before the deities, and offering "Prasadam," spiritual food. This will make you more Krishna conscious. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Simply find out how K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious you can be. If you want to be really at peace, if you want to be happy, then develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And the beginning is to develop attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The process which w
e have prescribed is chanting and dancing before the Deities, and offering }{\cs2873\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  sp
iritual food. This will make you more K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub yoga process
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 days. The Yoga systems which hav
e 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-all nonsense-you 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 you may be addicted to drinking. Thi
s is not the Yoga system. This is not standard. You can call it Yoga, but it is not the standard Yoga system. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\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 yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system as it is described in the }{\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  is different from the bogus }{\cs2873\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 which is going on in the
 West these days. The }{\cs2873\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  systems which have been introduced into the West by so-called }
{\cs2873\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  are not bona fide. }{\cs2873\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 difficult: the first thing is to control the senses. That is the position of the }{\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  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 s
porting\'97all nonsense\'97you cannot at the same time become a }{\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  I was astonished 
when a }{\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  came here, having advertised in India that you can be a }{\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  even though you may be addicted to drinking. This is not the }{\cs2873\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. This is not standard. You can call it }{\cs2873\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  but it is not the standard }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The Yoga system is especially difficult for this age. In the Srimad Bhagwatam we understand that yogic transcendental meditation means to c
oncentrate one's 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 c
arriage, 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?\line The Yoga system means to control these senses. The senses are also compared 
to serpents: The serpent does not know who is its friend and 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 da
ngerous position.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\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 yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system is especially difficult f
or this age. In the }{\cs2873\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 understand that }{\cs2873\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 to concentrate one's attention on the Superself, Vi\'f1\'ebu. 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 infuriated 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 h
orses are so furious that they are dragging you to hell. Then what is your position? The }{\cs2873\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 means to control these senses. The senses are also compared to serpents: The serpent does not know who is its friend and who is its enemy. It bites anyone. And, as soon as the serpent bites, the result is death. Similarly, if the unco
ntrolled senses work in their own way, then you should know that you are in a dangerous position.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 sen
ses, a man will attack even his children, even his daughter. Therefore, for those who are advancing in spiritual life-not only for them but for everyone-the Shastra, the scripture, says that you should not sit in a secluded place even with your mother, e
ven with your daughter or your sister. Why? Because the senses are so strong that if they become enfuriated, you will forget whether she's mother, sister or daughter.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUD
Y IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has been said that when one becomes too sensual, he loses
 his temper, he loses his identity, he forgets himself. Infuriated 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 }{\cs2873\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, say that you should not sit in a secluded place even with your mother, even w
ith your daughter or your sister. Why? Because the senses are so strong that if they become infuriated, you will forget whether she's mother, sister, or daughter.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub You may say that this may be true only for some foolish persons, but Shastra says no-you should not sit in a secluded place even with 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You may say that this may be true only for some foolish persons, but }{\cs2873\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  says no\'97you should not sit in a secluded place even with 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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, bec
ause at the time of death the body remains-although everyone cries, "Oh, the poor man is gone !" 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'll have to accept a body like mine an old man's body.\line 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 simple 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 f
ield, or any field of activity, social or national, everyone is trying to get out of misery. There is no other activity. Either nationally or socially, individually or collectively-we are all suffering, and this suffering is due to the body. [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A human being is fit to inquire as to whether he is 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, "Oh, the poor man is go
ne!" 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: 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. Similar
ly, when the boyhood body is gone, you'll have to accept a body like mine, an old man's body. 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 simple 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 get out of misery. There i
s no other activity. Either nationally or socially, individually or collectively, we are all suffering; and this suffering is due to the body.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 activities
 are incorrect, I will not be able to understand myself. Therefore, the purpose of Yoga is to understand oneself-what I am-and The Bhagavad Gita says that we are all grand fools. Why fools? Since we have this body, we are fools. If somebody invites you t
o come to his apartment, but you know it is full of danger, do you think you would like to go there? "Oh no," you will say. "I am not going there. If it is full of danger, why shall I go?" Similarly, don't 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. [}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\cs2873\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 to inquire. What am I? If I am not this body, then what am I? I am pure soul. Now, if my bodily activities or sensual activities are inc
orrect, I will not be able to understand myself\'97what I am\'97and the }{\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
 says that we are all grand fools. Why fools? Since we have this body, we are fools. If somebody invites you to come to his apartment but you know it is full of danger, do you think you would like to go there? "Oh no," you will say, "I am not going there
. If it is full of danger, why shall I go?" Similarly, don't 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 th
is crashing? It is due to the body. The soul cannot be affected by crashes. But you are always afraid.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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, there
fore you suffer. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The soul is ever-existing, and the body will not exist. And because you are existing and the soul has accepted the nonexisting body, therefore you suffer.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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. Permanent li
fe 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't want that-"Why should I be a sick person?" But you are diseased. Similarly, we should
 always know that this bodily conditional stage of the pure soul is a diseased condition. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. Permanent 
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't want that\'97"Why should I be a sick person?" But you are diseased. Similarly, we s
hould always know that this bodily conditional stage of the pure soul is a diseased condition. And anyone who does not know that he is suffering from disease is a fool. He is Fool Number One.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And anyone who does not understand this truth, that "I am pure soul," is defeated in all his activities. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\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 \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says, everyone is born a fool: because he has this body, therefore he was born
 a fool. No being, either American or Indian, cat or dog, is free from this. You have come to disease, that's all. If you feel, "I am an American," that is a kind of disease; if you feel, "I am an Indian," that is also a disease; if you feel, "I am a cat
," that is a disease. You are not a cat, you are not a dog, you are not Indian, you are not fair, you are not black. You are your soul\'97that is your identity! And one who does not understand this truth, that "I am pure soul," is defeated in all his act
ivities.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Earth; a
nd so, being born in a particular place they have a particular kind of body-and they are mad after that. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jesus Christ taught like that: If you lose your soul and gain the whole world, what do you gain? People do not kno
w 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 Earth; and so, being born in a particular place, they have a particular kind of body\'97and they are mad after it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub liberation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita says that, just as we change our outer garments, so this body is changed. Transcendental meditation means the yogic process 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\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 Bhagavad-\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4pti\'f9}{\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 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 2.13}{\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 g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that just as our outer garments are changed, so this body is changed. }{
\cs2873\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 the process 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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-it has no beginning, and it has no end. But in The Bhagavad Gita it is said that the soul is part 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 pa
rtial blissfulness, eternity, and we are full of knowledge-according to our infinitesimal size. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\cs2873\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 to get out of this embodiment, a
nd 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 }{\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  it is said that the so
ul is part and parcel of God. God is eternal, God is full of joy and bliss. The position of the Absolute Person, the Godhead, is that He is full of bliss, eternal, and full of knowledge. And, because we are also part and parcel of the Supreme, we have pa
rtial blissfulness and eternality, and we are full of knowledge, according to our infinitesimal size.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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. The
y 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-that 
is the fear propensity. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 p
ropensities. 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 sl
eep. 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 kil
l 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-to link yourself to the Supreme. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But these symptoms you will find among the animals. They are also sleeping according to their own ways, and they are defending. They may 
not have the atom bomb, but they have some way of 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to link yourself to the Supreme.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There is a Supreme. This material Creation is so nice-don't you think there is a Friend behind it? The sky is so beautiful, the foodstuff i
s 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a Supreme. This material creation is so nice\'97don't you think there is a friend behind it? The sky is so beautiful, the foodstuff is being produced, the moon is rising in due course, the 
sun 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, but it is all happening automatically.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 this 
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. Krish
na Consciousness is not artificial-don't 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't you 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub The fact is that there is God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we are all parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have been conditioned in some way or other in this material atmosphere. But now we have this human form of life, and so we have to get o
ut of the entanglement. But getting out is not possible. You cannot get out of the entanglement of the material body unless you develop your K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not artificial\'97don't think that. This internatio
nal society of ours is not another political tool. This is the greatest necessity of the human being. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, God consciousness, is there within you. Don't you find, when there is a }{\cs2873\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, that the more innocent a person is, the sooner he begins? Immediately, the child begins to clap, begins to danc
e. This is within them; and it is very simple, this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So, unless you develop Krishna Consciousness, there is no rescue from the entanglement of conditioned life. This you have to understand. Th
is 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 life. 
 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, unless you develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 n
icely. 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 life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of Krishna, I am able to serve you with my life's energy. I left the United States in 1967 in poor health; but life and death-
everything-depends 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 t
he atmosphere of Krishna Consciousness, then here also you can have Vrindaban. Vrindaban is not a particular place that is called Vrindaban. Krishna says, "It is not that I live in the Kingdom of God, Vaikuntha; nor is it that I live in the heart of the 
yogi." The yogi wants to find out where Krishna is within the heart. But Krishna says, "I am not in the abode in the spiritual sky, nor am I in the heart of the yogi." Then where are You? Krishna says, "I stay where My pure devotees are chanting My glori
es." That is Vrindaban. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am able to serve you with my life's energy. I left the United States in 1967 in poor health; but life and death\'97everything\'97depends on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I though
t, "Let me go back to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, because V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a sanctified place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very strong." I thought that I might go there and die in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Of course, if you are always in the atmosphe
re of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then here also you can have V\'e5nd\'e4vana. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is not a particular place that is called V\'e5nd\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "It is not that I live in the Kingdom of God, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha; nor is it that 
I live in the heart of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogin.}{\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 yogin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wants to find out where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the heart. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am not in the abode in the spiritual sky, nor a
m I in the heart of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogin.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " Then where are You? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I stay where My 
pure devotees are chanting My glories." That is V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So, if that is Vrindaban, then I am there. There is no difference. Wherever there is electric light, there is electricity. It is naturally 
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, no
t a bluff. We can speak from any angle of vision. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, if that is V\'e5nd\'e4vana, then I am there. There is no difference. Wherever there is electric light, there is electricity. It is naturally understood. Similarly, wherever 
there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is V\'e5nd\'e4vana. We can create V\'e5nd\'e4vana by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Perfect this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; try to understand the philosophy behind it. It is a sc
ience, not a bluff. We can speak from any angle of vision.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is the great necessity of human society. Learn it and appreciate it, comprehend and assimilate it-and 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-the transparent medium to K
rishna-then 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 authoritatively. [}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the great necessity of human society. Learn it and appreciate it, comprehend it and assimilate it\'97and teach it. It is very simple. If you offenselessly chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everything will
 be revealed from within because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sitting within you. If you are strong and have faith and conviction in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as well as in the spiritual master, the transparent via medium to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there. The 
}{\cs2873\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 if you have implicit faith in God and implicit faith in your bona fide }{
\cs2873\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 teaches you K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then the result will be that all the Ved
ic scriptures will be revealed authoritatively.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The process is spiritual; it does not require any material qualifications. The speculators who are not realized souls are covered in delusi
on, 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-and a change in youth, also This is rea
lity. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process is spiritual; it does not require any material qualifications. The speculators who are not realized souls are covered in delusion and are simply wasting their time. Whatever they may do in their official clas
s, they remain the same foolish rascals. But our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious students will feel a change in their lives, a change in happiness, and a change in youth, also. This is reality.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 will b
e 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-not only I but my students as well-and for a rich man there 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. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , BTG# 25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I shall request you, my dear young
 girls and boys, to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness very seriously, and you will be happy\'97your life will be perfected. It will be the sublime addition to your life. It is not a bluff. We have not come here to collect some money. Money is supplied by
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am going back and forth to India\'97not only I, but my students as well. For a rich man there would be many expenditures; it would cost ten thousand dollars for such trips. But our business is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He will supply. I do n
ot know where the money comes from, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplies. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you will be happy. You are the young generation; you are the flower of your country and society. Practice this most sublime system, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness. Be happy and make others happy. This is the real mission of life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 3: Our Real 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 3/  Our Real 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 [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG: no. 25, September 1969]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub identity and meditation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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, "Hut!"-he'll understand. The dog will understand that you don't want him. So, 
he has some reasoning power. But what is the special reasoning power of the human being? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\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 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 [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.3}{\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 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 ratio
nal 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, "Hut!" he'll understand. The dog will understand that you don't want him. So, he has some reasoning power. But what
 is the special reasoning power of the human being?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 you
r 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-there is reasoning power even in the beasts. Then, wha
t is the special reasoning power of the human being, by which he is called THE rational animal?  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As 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 lookin
g to see when the master is out and she can take. So, for the four propensities of animal life\'97eating, sleeping, mating and defending\'97there is reasoning power even in the beasts. Then, what is the special reasoning power of the human being, by whic
h he is called the rational animal?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The special reasoning power is to inquire, "Why am I suffering?" This is special reasoning. The animals are suffering. But human beings are
 making scientific advancement and philosophical advancement, cultural advancement, religious advancement-progress in so many lines-because they want to be happy. "Where is the point of happiness?" This reasoning power is especially given to the human be
ing. Therefore, in The Gita, Krishna says, "Out of many men, one may know Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The special reasoning power is to inquire, "Why am I suffering?" This is special reasoning. The animals are suffering, but they do not know how to remedy the suffering. But human beings are making scientific advancement and philo
sophical advancement, cultural advancement, religious advancement\'97progress in so many lines\'97because they want to be happy. "Where is the point of happiness?" This reasoning power is especially given to the human being. Therefore, in the }{\cs2873
\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, "Out of so many men, one may know Me."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 sleep,
 how to mate and how to defend. And The Bhagavad Gita says, out of many thousands, somebody may develop this reasoning power: "Why am I suffering?" He asks this question: "Why am I suffering?" I do not want to suffer, but suffering is forced upon me. Sup
pose I do not want too much cold-but too much cold and too much heat are forced upon us. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 sleep, how to mate and how to defend. And the }{\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  says, out of many thousands, someone may develop this reasoning power: "Why am I suffering?" He ask
s this question: "Why am I suffering?" We do not want to suffer, but suffering is forced upon us. We do not want too much cold, but too much cold and too much heat are forced upon us.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub When there is some impetus to awaken this reasoning power, it is called "Brahma Jijnasa." This is found in the Vedanta Sutra. The first ver
se says that now, this human form of life, is meant for asking the question of how to solve the problem of suffering. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there is some impetus to awaken this reasoning power, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\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  This 
is found in the }{\cs2873\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 first verse says that now, this human form of lif
e is meant for asking the question of how to solve the problem of suffering.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Krishna says that this special prerogative of the human being awakens not very easily, except by some association. Just as we have this 
Krishna conscious association. If we attain such association, where nice things are discussed, then that awakening of reason-that special prerogative of the human being-will come. So long as this question does not arise in one's mind, he should understan
d 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? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that this special prerogative of the human being is not awake
ned very easily, except by some good association. Just as we have this K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious association. If we attain such association, where nice things are discussed, then that awakening of reason, that special prerogative of the human being, will 
come. As long as this question does not arise in one's mind, he should understand that whatever activities he is doing will 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub I am undergoing troubles by Nature's laws and by the state's laws. So the question of freedom is how to become free from all these troubles
. The Vedanta Sutra also says that the soul-my actual self-is 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 said to be on the p
ath of perfection. And, when the question of God and our relationship with God comes, that is our final perfection of life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am undergoing troubles by nature's laws, and by the state's laws. So the question of freedom is how to become free from all these troubles. The }{\cs2873\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  also says that the soul, my actual self, is by nature joyful. Yet, I am suffering. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba fur
ther says that when these questions arise, gradually one comes to God. Those who have awakened to these questions are said 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 person
s 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. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that out of many thousands of people,
 one may try to make perfection of this life; and out of many millions of such persons on the path of perfection, only one may understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has introduced this chanting of Hare Krishna. He has not exactly introduced it; it is in the scriptures. But He h
as 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 phil
osophy 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has introduced this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has not exactly introduced it; it is in the scrip
tures. But He has especially propagated this formula. In this age this is the easiest method of self-realization. Simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It can be done by everyone. In my classroom, I am perhaps the only Indian. My students are all Americans, 
and they are taking part in the chanting very nicely, chanting and dancing. That means that, in any country, in any place, this can be performed. Therefore it is the easiest. You may not understand the philosophy of the }{\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  That is also not very difficult; but still, if you think that you cannot understand, you can still
 chant very easily: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub If we want to understand God, Krishna, this is the beginning. The easiest beginning-simply chanting. Now, there are many students of my ISK
CON 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 those human q
uestions. So, this is the easiest method of transcendental meditation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we want to understand God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 stude
nts, by simply chanting, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, have advanced in such a way that they can talk about the science of God, and they will very easily answer those human questions. So, this is the easiest method of transcendental meditation.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Lord C
haitanya-chanting and dancing-you can understand Krishna within a very short time. Knowledge begins not from Krishna, but from things which we are accustomed to see every day. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
[A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that out of many millions of people, one may understand Him. But, by chanting of this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as int
roduced by Lord Caitanya\'97chanting and dancing\'97you can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba within a very short time. Knowledge begins not from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but from things which we are accustomed to see every day.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub advancement in knowledge
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 wa
ter 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 go beyond intelligence to unde
rstand the soul, it is finer still.\line 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. So
mebody seeks out oil, somebody seeks out gold, somebody seeks out mica-so many things. This is knowledge of gross things-the earth. If you go to finer substances, then you study water, or liquid things, such as petrol and alcohol. Go still finer, and fro
m 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 much advancement in our airplanes; we are studying how they move, how they are made-n
ow sputniks and jets-so many things are being discovered. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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; an
d 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 go beyond intelligence to understand the soul, it is finer still. 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 silver, somebody seeks out gold, somebody seeks out mica. This is 
knowledge of gross things\'97the earth. If you go to finer substances, then you 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 much 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Next comes the study of the ethereal: electronics, ethereal transformations from one thing to another. Then, finer still, is the mind-psych
ology 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.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYS
TICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next comes the study of the ethereal: electronics, ethereal transformations from one thing to another. Then, finer still, is the mind-psychology 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 the ether, or the mind 
and intelligence, but there is no advancement beyond that. Beyond intelligence, they do not know what exists. But here in the }{\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  you can find this.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita begins at the point after intelligence. When Arjuna was perplexed at the outset, his intelligence was perplexed-whether t
o 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's body is now so small, but one day this child will be 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. There
fore 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.\line 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 anoth
er body. This is called death. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begins at the point after intelligence. When Arjuna was perplexed at the outset, his int
elligence was perplexed\'97whether to fight or not to fight. K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins the }{\cs2873\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  from the point where intelligence fails. How does knowledge of the soul begin? It is just like a child is playing. You can understand this child's body is now so small, but one day this child will be grown up, like you or me. But the same so
ul will continue. So, by intelligence, you can understand that although 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. 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 it, i
t is not difficult. You can understand it. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the
 beginning of the }{\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  when the preliminary knowledge of the soul is there
. And you will find that there are only a few who can understand the existence of the soul as permanent, and of the body as changeable. Therefore Bhagav\'e4n, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, says that, out of many, many millions of people, one may understand it. Bu
t still, the knowledge is there. If you want to understand it, it is not difficult. You can understand it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ego
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 intelligence and mind I am in contact 
with matter, and I have identified myself with matter-and 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 "Ahamkar." Ahamkar me
ans the point where the pure soul touches matter. That junction is called Ahamkar. Ahamkar is still finer than intelligence. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 intelligence and mind I am in contact with matter, and I 
have identified myself with matter. 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra. Aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the point where the pure soul touches matter. That junction is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra. Aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is still finer than intelligence.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Krishna says that these are the eight material elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego. False ego meas f
alse identification. Our nescient life has begun from this false identification-thinking 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? "Aham Brahmasmi." I am Brahman, I am spirit. Tha
t is the beginning of liberation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says 
that these are the eight material elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego. False ego means false identification. Our nescient life has begun from this false identification\'97thinking that I am this matter, although I a
m seeing every day, at every moment, that I am not this matter. Soul is permanently existing, while matter is changing. This misconception, this illusion, is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha
\'eck\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  false ego. And your liberation means when you are out of this false ego. What is that status? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\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  I am }{\cs2873\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  I am spirit. That is the beginning of liberation.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 normal, b
ut 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 mind, 
rejecting this false Ahamkar identification-I am not this body, I am not this matter; I am soul-this is not liberation. It is only the beginning of liberation. If you stick to this point, and continue-just as you might continue your activities and keep y
our temperature at 98.6 degrees-then you are a healthy man. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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 normal, but that is not the cure. Suppose for two days he has a 98.6 degree temperature, but with a slight chang
e of diet, a slight change of behavior, the temperature rises immediately to 100. Relapse. Similarly, simply purifying the mind, rejecting this false }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 activities and keep your temperature at 98.6 degrees\'97then you are a healthy man.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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. Still, 
everyone is trying to think, "I am not this body." Because they have experience that, by bodily identification, they are suffering so much, and so, "If only I could forget my bodily identification!" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 no
t possible to continue. Still, everyone is trying to think, "I am not this body." They have experience that they are suffering so much on account of bodily identification, and so, "If only I could forget my bodily identification!"
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This is only a negative conception. When you actually realize yourself, that "I am Brahman," simply understanding Brahman will not 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 wan
t 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 immediately. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept. '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is only a negative conception. When you actually re
alize yourself, simply understanding that you are }{\cs2873\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  will not do. You have to engage 
in the activities of }{\cs2873\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  Otherwise you will fall down. Simply flying very high is no 
solution to the problem of going to the moon. Nowadays the fools are trying to go to the moon, but they simply go 240,000 miles up from the Earth, touch the moon, and return. They are very proud. There is so much talk of aeronautics: crowds and meetings 
and conferences. But what have they done? What are 240,000 miles in that vast sky? If you go 240 million miles, still you are limited. So this will not do. If you want to go high, you must have permanent shelter. If you can take rest there, then you cann
ot fall down. But if you have no rest, then you will have to fall down. The airplane goes high, seven miles, eight miles up from the Earth, but it comes down immediately.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, simply understanding }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That spi
ritual world, that functioning of our real life, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub False ego I have already explained. It is neither matter or spirit, but the junction where the spirit soul comes into contact with matter, 
and forgets himself. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 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 forget
ting. So there is the beginning of loss, and there is one point where he forgets. That beginning point is called Ahamkar, or false ego.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 he forgets. That beginning point is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or false ego.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental meditation, chanting the Maha Mantra-Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama
, Hare Hare-is 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [A STUDY IN MYSTICISM, BTG#25, Sept.
 '69]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chanting the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra\'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, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is the process not merely of putting an end to this false conception of the self, but i
t 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 TYS 4: The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 4/  The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mant
ra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA, BTG: Vol. 1, No. 07, February 1, 1967]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAM
A 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--since time immemorial--our consciousness is now ad
ulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called Maya, 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 artificially 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 rev
ival of our eternal Krishna Consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The tran
scendental vibration established by 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 is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental conscious
ness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we a
re now living, is called }{\cs2873\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. }{\cs2873\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 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 her stringent laws. When a servant artificially 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, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle against material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By chan
ting 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\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 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 surv
ey.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub , or the great chanting for deliverance, one can at once feel a transcendental ecstasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. In the mat
erial 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 
material clutches. A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find the Supreme Cause of all causes-within and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the sta
ges 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-namely sensual, mental
, 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\cf2\cb1
\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub . It is automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such anyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound vibration without any previous qu
alifications. In a more advanced stage, of course, one is not expected to commit offenses on grounds of spiritual understanding. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living entity. When we hear the transcendenta
l vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chanting this }{\cs2873\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 the Great Chanting for Deliverance, one can at once feel a transcendental ecstasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. In the material conc
ept of life we are busy in the matter of sense gratification as if we were in the lower animal stage. A little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged in mental speculation for the purpose of getting out of the material clutches.
 A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find out the supreme cause of all causes\'97within and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages of sens
e, mind and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness\'97namely sensual, mental and intellectual. There is no need, therefore, to understand the language of the }{
\cs2873\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  nor is there any need for mental speculation nor any intellectual adjustment for cha
nting this }{\cs2873\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  It is automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such, anyon
e can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound without any previous qualification. In a more advanced stage, of course, one is not expected to commit offenses on grounds of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning, there may be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies-which are eight in number. These are: 1) being stopped as thoug
h 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, and one s
hows 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 chanti
ng 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. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all tran
scendental ecstasies, which are eight in number. These are: 1) Being stopped as though dumb, 2) perspiration, 3) standing up of hairs on the body, 4) dislocation of voice, 5) trembling, 6) fading of the body, 7) crying in ecstasy, and 8) trance. But ther
e is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual platform, and one shows the first symptom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting of the }{\cs2873\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 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 thi
s 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 nondevotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  is the supreme pleasure-energy of the Lord. The Supreme Pleasure Energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  mean the supreme pleasure, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to }{\cs2873\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  (Hah-ray) in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The material energy called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  is also one of the multi-energies of the Lord. We the living entities are also the energy--marginal energy--of 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.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material energy, called }{\cs2873\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 also one of the multi-energies of the Lord. And we the living entities are also the energy, marginal energy, of 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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is established in its happy, normal condition.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 the
 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These three words, namely }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Har\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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 the transcendental seeds of the }{\cs2873\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  The chanting 
is a spiritual call for the Lord and His energy, to give protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Har\'e4 helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father's grace, and the Lor
d reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this }{\cs2873\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  sincerely.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub . Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING ... BTG Vol. 1 #7, Feb. 1, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this
 age of quarrel and hypocrisy as the }{\cs2873\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  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 TYS 5: How Bhakti-yoga Works
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5/  How Bhakti-yoga Works
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA, Friday evening, Dec. 30, 1966, BTG: Vol 1. No. 15, 1967]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is advising Arjuna. "I am speaking to you a still more confidential part of knowledge, because you are My dea
r friend." As stated in the 4th Chapter, the Bhagavad Gita is spoken to Arjuna because of his one qualification-he 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 perfect, and h
e can interpret scripture in his own way. As far as we are concerned, we agree to read Bhagavad Gita according to the Parampara system of disciplic succession. It is being taught by the Supreme Person because, "You are My dear friend. I desire that you b
ecome prosperous and happy. So I speak to you." He wants everyone to be happy and peaceful 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 Bh
agavad Gita is open to everyone. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub In the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells His disciple, Arjuna, "I am di
sclosing a most confidential part of knowledge to you, because you are My dear friend." As is stated in the Fourth Chapter, the }{\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  is spoken to Arjuna because of his one qualification: he was a devotee. The Lord says that the mystery of the }{\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  is very confidential. Without being an unalloyed devotee you cannot know it. In India there are 645 different commentaries on the }{\cs2873\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 professor has proposed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a doctor and Arjuna is his patient, and has ma
de his commentary in that way. Similarly, there are commentators and people who have taken it that everyone is perfect, and that they can interpret scripture in their own way. As far as we are concerned, we agree to read the }{\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  according to the instructions given in the }{\cs2873\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. This has to be taken through the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para
mpar\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the system of disciplic succession. It is being taught by the Supreme Person because "you are My dear friend. I desire that you may become prosperous and happy. Ther
efore I speak to you." K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants everyone to be happy and peaceful and prosperous, but they do not want it. Sunshine is open to everyone, but if someone wishes to remain in darkness, what can the sunshine do for him? So the }{\cs2873\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 open to everyone. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are different species of life. Lower and higher grades of understanding exist; that is a fact. But Krishna says anyone can come to Hi
m. 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 down: 
"I first of all instructed this yoga system to the Sun-god Vivaswan, who taught it to Manu, who taught it to Ikshaku." From him the disciplic succession is coming down, but "in course of time the disciplic succession was broken." Arjuna is made the new d
isciple.\line In the 2nd Chapter Arjuna surrenders: "So far, we have been talking as friends, but now I accept you as my spiritual master." Anyone following the principle in this line must represent Arjuna. Krishna is speaking as the spiritual master of 
Arjuna. And Arjuna says, "Whatever You are speaking, I accept." Read it like that. Not, "I like this so I accept. This I don't like, so I reject it." Such reading is useless nonsense. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different species of life, and lower and higher grades of understanding exist
\'97that is a fact. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that this knowledge is for anyone. If one has lower birth or whatever, it doesn't matter. The }{\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  offers transcendental subject matter everyone can understand provided he goes along with the principle as stated in the Fourth Chapter. That is, that the }{\cs2873\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is coming down in disciplic succession: "I first of all instructed this }{\cs2873\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 to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, who taught it to Manu, who taught it to Ik\'f1v\'e4ku." From K\'e5\'f1\'eba the disciplic succession is coming down, but "in course of time the disciplic succession was 
broken." Arjuna is therefore made the new disciple. In the Second Chapter, Arjuna surrenders: "So far we have been talking as friends, but now I accept You as my spiritual master." Anyone following the principle in this line accepts the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the student must represent Arjuna. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking as the spiritu
al master of Arjuna, and Arjuna says, "Whatever You are saying I accept." Read it like that\'97not: "I like this, so I accept it; this I don't like, and so I reject it." Such reading is useless nonsense.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So the teacher must be a representative of Krishna, His devotee; and the student must be like Arjuna; then the study of Krishna consciousne
ss is perfect and otherwise it is a waste of time. In Srimad Bhagawatam it is stated: "If anyone wants to understand the science of Krishna, he should associate with pure devotees. When discussions take place between pure devotees, the potential of spiri
tual language will be revealed." Scholarly discussion of Bhagavad Gita is futile. In the Upanishads it is stated, "To one who has got firm faith in God and similar faith in God's representative all the import of Vedic language will be revealed."\line We 
must have the qualification of being a devotee. Become dear to God. My spiritual master used to say, "Don't try to see God. Just act in such a way that God will see you." We have to qualify ourselves. By your qualification God Himself will come and see y
ou. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The teacher must be
 a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a devotee, and the student must be like Arjuna. Then this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness study is perfect. Otherwise it is a waste of time. In the }{\cs2873\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.25.25}{\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 stated: "If anyone wants to understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he should associate with pure devotees. When discussions take p
lace among pure devotees, the potency of spiritual language is revealed." Scholarly discussion of the }{\cs2873\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 futile. In 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  }{\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 \'c7U}{\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 6.23}{\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 it is stated: "To one who has firm faith 
in God, and similar faith in God's representative, all the import of Vedic language will be revealed." We must have the qualification of being a devotee. Become dear to God. My spiritual master used to say, "Don't try to see God. Act in such a way that G
od will see you." We have to qualify ourselves. By your qualification God Himself will come and see you.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub One who can perceive God is transcendental to all material demands. We are always dissatisfied in the material world with circumstances tha
t 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66,
 BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one can perceive God, he is transcendental to all material demands. We are always dissatisfied in the material world in circumstances that won't contin
ue; happiness is temporary, and temporary plight also will not exist for much time. Cold, heat, duality\'97it is all coming and going. To get to the absolute stage is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is seated in everyone's hea
rt, and as you become purified He will show you the path. And in the end you will quit this body, and you will go to the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub "Nobody knows Me," He says. "My influence, My power and extension. Even the maharishis (great thinkers) don't know." "I am the Original Per
son of all demigods and the Original Person of all rishis." There are so many forefathers 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 (the 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 o
f the Lord, then He will reveal Himself through your senses. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No one knows Me," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My influence, My power and my extent. Even the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahar\'f1is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the great thinkers] don't know. I am the origin of all demigods and the origin of all }{\cs2873\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 " There are so many forefathers we don't know of, and there are Brahm\'e4 and the demigods\'97what do we know? We can't reach to the platform where we can grasp God. We gather knowledge by limite
d senses, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba can't be reached by the mind, the center of the senses. Imperfect senses can't grasp perfect knowledge. Mind and sense manipulation can't reach Him. If you engage the senses in the service of the Lord, however, then He will r
eveal Himself through your senses.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Shast
ras 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 freed
 from all sinful reactions. If we reject God, we can never be happy. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People may 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 }{\cs2873\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  the scriptures, it is stated that pious activities will raise us to beauty, knowledge and good birth; and that by impious (sinful) activities, w
e suffer. Suffering is always there, pious or impious, but a distinction is made. He who knows God, however, becomes freed from all possible sinful reactions, which no amount of piety can accomplish. If we reject God we can never be happy.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Monday evening, Jan. 2, 1966
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya says that nobody knows Him. What to speak of human society, if you take the demigods who are more advanced and intelligent, they don't know either. T
he seven great sages whose planet is near the North Star-they also do not know. Krishna says: "I am the Original, the Source of all these demigods." He is the Father of everything. Not only the origin of the demigods but of the sages-and the universe its
elf. 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. "Of everything, of any conception, I am the Source."\line The Absolute Truth i
s realized in 3 phases. It is One non-dual Truth in 3 phases. Brahman-the glowing effulgence; localised Supersoul; and Bhagawan-the Supreme Person. There are many expansions of the Supreme Person-all planets are emanations from the Superior Deity, as is 
stated in the Puranas, Upanisads, Bhagwat-all is summarized in the Bhagavad Gita. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not even considering human society, if you take the demigods who are more advanced and intelligent, they also don't know K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The seven great sages whose planet is near the North Star 
also do not know. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "I am the original, the source of all these demigods." He is the father of everything, not only the origin of demigods, but of the sages\'97and the universe. The }{\cs2873\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 [1.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes how the universal form took place, and everything is emanating from Him }{\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 vs}{\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 . Also K\'e5\'f1\'eba is t
he origin of }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  the Supersoul; and the impersonal }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  the shining effulgence, is in Him. Of everything, of every conception, "I am the source." The Absolute Truth may be reali
zed in three phases, but is one nondual truth. }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahman}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  (the glowing effulgence), localized Supersoul
, and }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub the Supreme Person\'97are three features or aspects of God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 Himself 
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 can c
ontrol your tongue for Prasadam and make sound vibration of the Holy Name-by surrender of the tongue you control all other senses. If you cannot control your tongue, you cannot control the other senses. You taste and become spiritually advanced. You can 
have this process at your home: offer food to Krishna and chant the Mantra and offer obeisances:\line Namo Bramanya devaya\line go brahmana hitaya cha\line jagat hitaya Krishnaya\line Govindaya namo nama.\line Everyone can offer food, and take it with fr
iends, and chant before the picture of Krishna, and lead a pure life. Just see the result-the 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 you 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If no one knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead, how can He be known? He can be known when the Supreme Lord comes before you and reveals Himself to you. Then you can know. Our senses are imperfec
t, and they cannot realize the Supreme Truth. When you adopt a submissive attitude and chant, realization begins from the tongue. To eat and to vibrate sound is the business of the tongue. If you can control your tongue for }{\cs2873\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, and make the sound vibration of the holy name, then by surrender of the tongue you can con
trol all the other senses. If you cannot control your tongue, you cannot control your senses. Taste }{\cs2873\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 become spiritually advanced. You can have this process at your home: offer vegetarian foods to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 offer obeisances:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo brahma\'ebya-dev\'e4ya\line go-br\'e4hma\'eba-hit\'e4ya ca\line jagat-hit\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\line govind\'e4ya namo 
nama\'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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  1.19.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone can offer, and then take the food with friends. And chant before the picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and lead a pure life. Just se
e the result\'97the whole world will become Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, 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, however, knows how to get out of the mater
ial concept. Taking an intoxicant doesn't help; the same anxieties are there when you are finished being drunk. If you want to be free and want life eternal with bliss and knowledge, take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. No one can know God, but there is this way: the
 process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In Srimad Bhagawatam it is stated, nobody can conquer Him or approach Him, but He becomes conquered. How? Let persons remain in their own p
osition, 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-how can you know the Supreme by speculation with your blunt senses? Give up re
search-throw it away-just 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 Supreme Lord from a
n authorized source. Authority is handed over by disciplic succession. If we can understand by the same authority as Arjuna, that is authority.\line God is always ready to reveal Himself. You just become Krishna conscious. Follow the path traversed by th
e great Acharyas, then everything will be known. And, although He is unconquerable, He can be known in your home, even though the sages themselves don't know Him. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LE
CTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that no one can conquer Him or approach Him, but He becomes conquered. How? Let people remain in their own positions, but let them give up nonsense speculati
on through volumes of books. Thousands of books are printed and read, and after six months thrown away. This way and that\'97how can you know the Supreme by speculation on the information supplied by your blunt senses? Give up research\'97throw it away
\'97just become submissive; acknowledge that you are limited and subordinate to material nature and to God. No one can be equal to or greater than God. So be submissive. Try to hear about the glories of the Supreme Lord from authorized sources. Such auth
ority is handed over by disciplic succession. If we can understand by the same authority as Arjuna, that is real authority. God is always ready to reveal; you just become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Follow the path traversed by the great }{\cs2873\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 devoted teachers, and then everything will be known. Although He is unconquerable and unk
nowable, He can be known in your home.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub If you take to this process and follow its principles, what will be the result?\line As soon as you understand, you will know the Supreme L
ord as the Cause of all Causes, but He Who is not caused by any other cause. He is the Master of all planets. This is not accepting blindly. God has given you the power of reason, the power of arguing-but don't argue falsely. If you want to know the tran
scendental 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\cf2\cb1\nosupersub fully
 convinced about the Supreme Absolute Truth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub If you take to this process and follow the principles, what will be the result? As soon as you understand, you will know that the Supreme Lord is the cause of all causes, but that He is not caused by any other cause. And He is 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 fool or a rascal. Find one who is coming in disciplic succession, one who is fully convinced about the Supreme Absolute Truth. If you find such a person, surrender and try to please him, serve him and question him. Surrender unto Him is su
rrender to God. Question to learn, not to waste time.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The process is there, but if we waste time by intoxication we will never see Him, the Unconquerable. Follow the principles and slowly but s
urely, without any doubt, you will know as you go along. You'll know you're on the proper path. "Yes, I'm making progress," you'll say. And it is very easy, and you can execute and be in a happy mood. Study, take part with music, Prasadam,-and nobody can
 cheat you by this process. But if you want to be cheated-then go to the cheaters. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process is there, but if we waste time by intoxication we will never see Him, the unconquerable Lord. Follow the principles and slowly but surely, without doubt, you will know. "Yes, 
I'm making progress," you'll say. And it is very easy, and you can execute it and be in a happy mood. Study, take part with music, eat }{\cs2873\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 no one can cheat you by this process. But if you want to be cheated\'97go to the cheaters.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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.\line Anyone can adopt it. It is very simple. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '6
6, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Try to understand it from the authoritative source and apply it in your life. Amongst the dying mortals, you will become the most intelligent because yo
u are freed from sinful actions. If you act only for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you are freed from all reactions. You will have no anxiety over what is auspicious or inauspicious because you will be in touch with the most auspicious. This is the process. Ultim
ately, we can get in touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Life will be successful. Anyone can adopt it, because it is very simple.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Wednesday evening, January 4, 1967
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Here is a nice formula presented by Krishna Himself: that one should understand the position of Krishna. He is unborn and without any Cause. We have got the experie
nce 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-we have to understand this. Understandin
g 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.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is a nice formula presented by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself: one shou
ld understand the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is unborn and without any cause. We have experience, all of us, 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 uncaus
ed. Our practical experience is that we are born. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not born. We have to understand this. Understanding this is to be firmly convinced He is the cause, but is not caused; and since He is not caused He is the proprietor of all manifestatio
n. One who understands this simple philosophy is not illusioned.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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 here st
ill. How long will I go on claiming, in body after body-"This is my land! This is my land!" Is it not nonsense?\line We should know that whatever we are doing in the material concept of life is illusion. You have to understand whether you are illusioned 
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 lif
e. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are generally ill
usioned. We are claiming ownership of the land. But before my birth the land was here, and after my death it will still be here. How long will I go on claiming, in body after body, "This is my land! This is my land!"? Is it not nonsense? One has to be ou
t of illusion. We should know that whatever we are doing in the material concept of life is illusion. We have to understand whether we are illusioned or not. And all conditioned souls are illusioned. He who learns to be disillusioned gets free of all enc
umberances. If we want freedom from all bonds, then we have to understand God. There is no neglecting this; it is our prime duty.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\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-here, changing, changing, you have so many minds and dresses-why do you claim this one? Why don't you und
erstand: "This dress is nice, but next moment I may be in another." You are in the grip of Nature. You can't say what dress you will have: "Nature, make me American." No, material nature controls. If you live like a dog-here, take a dog's dress! If you l
ive godly-here, 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES 
.., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of millions of entities, one may be enlightened. Generally we are all born fools. As soon as I take birth I am nurtur
ed by parents and educated to falsely claim a land as my own. National education means to make you more foolish. Am I not foolish? I am changing my body like a dress life after life. You have so many minds, so many dresses\'97who do you claim this one? W
hy don't you understand: "This dress is nice, but next moment I may be in another." You are in the grip of nature. You cannot say what dress you will have: "Nature, make me American." No; material nature controls. If you live like a dog\'97here, take a d
og's dress. If you live a godly life\'97here, take God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Out of many fools somebody tries to understand what I actually am-dog? American? Russian? This real enquiry goes on. If you enquire, you ha
ve to ask someone besides yourself. Crossing the street in a place you don't know, you have to ask the policeman or some gentleman. For what I am 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec
. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of many fools someone tries to understand what I actually am. Dog? American? Russian? This real inquiry goes on. If you inquire, you have to
 ask someone, not just yourself. When crossing the street in a place you don't know, you have to ask the policeman or some gentleman. For "what I am" you have to go to an authority also. What is a spiritual master? He is a person conversant with the scie
nce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ordinarily nobody inquires; but if a man does, he can make progress and come to this understanding: K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The followers of scripture and higher authority enquire of Krishna. Those addicted to sinful activities can't enquire-they go on in intoxic
ation. The righteous, pious man inquires and goes to God. Facility is given to people in the process by the authority-to 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, "Come to Me and I will give you freedom from all reactions." Don't disb
elieve it-He can give you shelter-He has all power. If I give you that promise, I have no such power and I may have to break my promise. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening,
 Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Four kinds of people, followers of scripture and higher authority, inquire about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those addicted to sinful activities can't i
nquire. They go on in intoxication. The righteous, pious man inquires and goes to God. Facility is given to people in this process by the authority\'97to make people happy, not to exploit people. The purpose of ISKCON is, in this way, to understand the s
cience of God. You want happiness. Here it is. You are distressed by sinful reactions. But if there is no sinful reaction there is no suffering. One who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba without doubt is relieved of all reactions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Come to Me, an
d I will give you freedom from all reactions." Don't disbelieve it. He can give you shelter; He has all power. If I give you such a promise, because I have no such power I may break the promise.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 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 go on doing all "independent" nonsense, and we a
re always anxious. When we associate with these dormant feelings for Krishna, we will be joyously engaged in Krishna consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec.
 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you associate yourself with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness your dormant relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be evoked. You have a relationship
 with Him. There is no question of disbelieving; it is simply foolishness. The dormant relationship is there. You want to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but simply by the spell of illusion we think we have no connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We go on doing all "in
dependent" nonsense, and we are always anxious. When we associate with these dormant feelings for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, we will become engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub "God is unborn" indicates that He is different from the material world. We have no such experience of an unborn being here. This city was b
orn. Our history is filled with such dates. Spiritual nature is unborn-at 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 ext
raordinary person who was also born. He is not born. So how can I decide that He is an ordinary man? "Those who are fools and rascals think of Me as an ordinary man," Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita. He is different from everything in this world. He is ana
di-without any cause. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
God is unborn" indicates that He is different from the material world. We have no such experience of the unborn. This city was born\'97history is filled with dates. Spiritual nature, however, is unborn, and at once we can see the difference. The material
 nature is born. You have to understand; if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unborn then He is spiritual, not like one of us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not some "extraordinary person who was also born." He is not born. So how can I decide He is an ordinary man? "Those who are 
fools and rascals think of Me as an ordinary man," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\cs2873\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 different from everything in this world. He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4di,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without cause.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Krishna may be spiritual, we will admit, but there are other spiritual bodies. We have a spiritual body like Krishna's but it is born. It i
s not exactly born. It is like the sparks of the fire-the sparks are not born apart from the fire-it is actually not born, it is there. We are not born-we 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 different; 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 an
d son. Father and son are different and nondifferent, at the same time. The son is an expansion of the father, but he cannot claim he is the father-this is nonsense. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE
 LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba may be spiritual, but there are other spiritual bodies. We have spiritual bodies like K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's, but they are born. They are not exactly born; it is like the sparks of the fire. The sparks are not born from the fire; they are actually there. We are also not born; we are sparks that come out of the original form. Even if we are not born, the
 spark comes out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so we are different; the sparks of the fire are fire, but they are not the original fire. As for quality, we are the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is like the difference between father and son. Father and son are differen
t and nondifferent at the same time. The son is an expansion of the father, but he cannot claim that he is the father; that would be nonsense.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Because Krishna is declaring Himself to be the Supreme Proprietor, therefore He is different from anyone. If I am the proprietor of New Yor
k 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, 
Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is declaring Himself supreme proprietor, He is therefore different from anything. If I am the proprietor of New York S
tate, I am still not New York State. In every step there is duality. No one can say we are completely one with God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Analytically studied, you can understand Krishna and your position in a nice way. Then at once you become free from 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 you to participate. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [FROM THE LECTURES .., Friday evening, Dec. 30, '66, BTG: V 1. #15, '67]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you can understand K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's and your own position in a nice analytical way, then at once you become free from sinful reactions. This process will help you. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and cleanse your mind, and you will receive the message. One has to be qualified. If
 you chant and hear, for no payment, you will approach God. All things will become clear and illuminated.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 6: Sources of Absolute 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 6/  Sources of Absolute Knowledg
e
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [SOURCE: UNKNOWN]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We require to hear about the method of relishing the }{\cs2873\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 most elevated text on the science of God consciousness, the matured and ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic wisdom. The Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\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  means juice, just like the juice of an orange or a mango. And the author of the }{\cs2873\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  requests that you kindly try to taste the }{\cs2873\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  or juice, of the fruit of the }{\cs2873\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  Why? Why shall I taste the juice of the fruit of the }{\cs2873\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  Because it is the ripened fruit of the Vedic desire tree. As a desire tree, whatever you want you can have from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved
as. Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means knowledge; it is so complete that whether you want to enjoy in this material world or you want to enjoy spiritual life, both kinds of knowledge are there. If yo
u follow the Vedic principles, then you will be happy. This is like the codes of the state. If the citizens obey, then they will be happy, there will be no criminal trespassing, and they will enjoy life. The state does not come to you for nothing just to
 trouble you, but if you live according to the state law there is no question of unhappiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, this conditioned soul, the living entity, has come here to this material world for enjoyment and for material happiness. And the }{\cs2873\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 the guidance: all right, enjoy\'97but you enjoy according to these principles. That is called }{
\cs2873\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  Therefore, everything is there. Just as we sometimes perform a marriage ceremony in th
e temple. What is this marriage ceremony? It is the combination of man and woman, boy and girl. They are already there, they are living like friends\'97what is the use of this marriage ceremony? It is Vedic: the }{\cs2873\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  account for living together, sex life, but under some special regulations so that you may be happy. The ultimate end is 
to become happy. If you follow the Vedic rules and restrictions, that will not mean that you will be kept from eating or not allowed to sleep, not allowed to defend or to have sex life. It is not like that. Your bodily necessities are the same as those o
f the animals; the animals also eat, they also sleep, they also mate and also defend. So we require these things also. But the }{\cs2873\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  prescribe some regulations: you act in this way, so that you will not be unhappy. If you follow the regulation, ultimately the result will be that you will be free from the material entanglement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material life is not meant for the spirit soul. It is simply a misunderstanding that you want to enjoy this material life. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord
, gives us specific orders so that we can enjoy, in such a way that, at the end, we will understand that this is not our proper life\'97our proper life is spiritual. This human form of life is perfected as soon as we come to the understanding of spiritua
l existence\'97that I am }{\cs2873\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  Otherwise, if I do not take care of my spiritual life, t
hen the result is that I must live as the cats and dogs do. There is every possibility that my next life will be an animal life. And if, by chance or by a freak of nature, I get into animal life, then millions and millions of years will be required befor
e again coming to this human form of life. So the human form of life is meant for self-realization, and the }{\cs2873\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 the direction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now in the }{\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  you will find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that to study or to follow the rules and regulations of the }{\cs2873\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  actually means to come to the understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also. So the }{\cs2873\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  give you the chance to gradually come to the point of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after many, many births. But the }{\cs2873\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  is called the essence of life, the ripened fruit of the }{\cs2873\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  because the }{\cs2873\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  gives you directly what is ne
eded in your life.
\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 Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are divided into four: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4ma Veda, \'c5k, Atharva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yajus.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then these are explained by the }{\cs2873\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  of which there are eighteen. Then these are still further explained by 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  of which there are 108. 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  are summarized in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is still again explained by the }{\cs2873\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 the same author. This is the process. So the }{\cs2873\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  is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya is a very famous and sacred forest in northern India, where all the }{\cs2873\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  the sages, generally go to aid their spiritual advancement of life. This }{\cs2873\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 discussed in this age in that forest. When it was discussed, the great saint S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was asked by his audience: 
Now that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has gone back to His abode, with whom is transcendental knowledge now resting? This question was raised. The }{\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  was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and it contains all descriptions of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, karma-yog
a, dhy\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  Now this inquiry was made: Where can you get spiritual knowledge, now that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is gone? The answer was that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having departed, has left us the }{\cs2873\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 is the representation, the sound representation, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  is not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the }{\cs2873\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 not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are absolute. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sound vibration are not different. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's name are also not different. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, again, are not different. This is absolute. It requires realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  are sound incarnations of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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 also the literary incarnation of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and it is the fruit of Vedic knowledge. You may have experience that there is a bird which is called a parrot. The parrot's body is green, and his beak is red. The specific qualification of the parrot is that whatever you say he can imitate. That 
parrot bird is touching the ripened fruit, and, naturally, if the fruit is ripened on the tree, it becomes very tasteful. Again, if the fruit is tasted by the parrot, it becomes still more tasteful. That is nature's way. So, here, it is said that this }{
\cs2873\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 just like the ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge, and at the sam
e time it is touched by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, S\'fcta's spiritual master. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7uka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mea
ns parrot in Sanskrit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\cs2873\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 explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, though the author is his father, Vy\'e4sa. \'c7ukadeva was only sixteen years old when he was taught the }{\cs2873\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 he was illuminated. He was already liberated in the impersonal concept of the Absolute, but after hearing the }{\cs2873\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 his father, he became attracted by the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he became a preach
er of the }{\cs2873\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  First he explained it before Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the g
reat king. A short history of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it is that he was a very pious king, but unfortunately by some of his acts he was cursed by a }{\cs2873\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 to die within seven days. In those days if a }{\cs2873\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  should curse someone it would come true. They had the power to curse or give benediction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So Par\'e9k\'f1it understood that within a week he would have to die, and he prepared himself. He gave up his kingdom, entrusting it to his son, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Jana
mejaya, and he detached himself from the family and sat down on the banks of the Ganges near Delhi. It was not exactly the Ganges, it was actually the Yamun\'e4. There, because he was a great emperor, many learned sages came.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it now inquired from all the great sages present there: "What is my duty? I am going to die within seven days; now what is my duty? You are all learned 
sages; please just prescribe for me." So someone said to practice }{\cs2873\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  someone said to pr
actice }{\cs2873\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  the cultivation of knowledge; there were different opinions. But at th
at time \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 entered the forest, and although \'c7ukadeva was only sixteen, he was so learned and reputed that all the old sages, including his father, Vy\'e4sadeva, stood up to show him respect. He was so learned. So when he appeare
d, it was agreed, "Here is \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Let him decide what to do. We appoint him as our representative."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was thus authorized to speak, and he was asked, "What is my duty? I am very fortunate that you have come in this momentous hour. Kindly te
ll me what is my duty."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "All right, I shall explain to you the }{\cs2873\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 " Then everyone present agreed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the }{\cs2873\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  was first spoken by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, it is therefore mentioned that as the parrot touches ripened fruit and it becomes even sweeter, so this }{\cs2873\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  because it was touched first by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, has become still more tasteful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea is that any Vedic literature, especially the }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\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  sho
uld be learned as spoken by a realized soul. Especially this literature, which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  literature, should not be heard from a person who is not a devotee. This point I have several times stressed. Those who are nondevotees, those who are mental speculationists, those who are fruitive workers, those who are meditators or my
stic }{\cs2873\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  cannot explain the science of God. This is especially mentioned also by San
\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, another great saint: those who are not in devotional service, nongodly, those who have no faith in God\'97such persons should not be allowed to speak on the }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  or any literature which is in relationship with the Supreme Lord. So it is not that anybody can speak the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4
gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the }{\cs2873\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 we will have to hear it. No. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 especially prohibits us: we should not hear of the Supreme Lord from one who is not purified.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask, "How can you taint the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are naturally transcendentally pure? What is the harm if we hear from the nondevotee?" This quest
ion may be raised. The example given here is that milk is very nice and nutritious, but as soon as it is touched by a serpent it becomes poison immediately. The serpent is very envious. He bites and puts to death immediately, unnecessarily, and therefore
 is considered the cruelest animal amongst the living entities. In the }{\cs2873\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  nonvio
lence is recommended, as in every scripture, but the serpent and the scorpion are allowed to be killed. You cannot say that milk is so nutritious, and we can drink\'97what is the harm if it is touched by serpents? No\'97the result will be death. One shou
ld not hear at least the }{\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  and the }{\cs2873\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 those who are not devotees of the Lord, who have no realization of God and who are envious of 
Him. Their touch renders it poison. The words of the Lord are always sublime, but as soon as they are touched by the serpent of a nondevotee, one should be very careful about hearing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is indicated that as soon as \'c7ukadeva touched it, it became delicious. This is the distinction. Basically it is the ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge, but at the same time it has been touched by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4min.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is the supreme object of }{\cs2873\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 the reservoir of all transcendental pleasure; He reveals Himself only to His devotees and by the mercy of His devotees all can relish His intimate association.
\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 Glossary
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'eckara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97false ego, the junction point at which a person falsely identifies his 
self as the material body.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(lit.\'97"I am not this body; I am }{\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 ") Spiritual realization of the qualitative oneness of the infinitesimal individual with the infinite Supreme
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97direct attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97student life of celibacy and study of }{\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  under a spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97those trained in higher philosophical science, knowers of }{\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 (spirit).
\par }\pard {\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 \'97one trained and naturally qualified for ruling and for protecting the w
omen, children, elderly persons and Br\'e4hma\'ebas.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97Great chant for deliverance, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra.
\par }\pard {\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(Lit.-"that which is not") Material atmosphere in which the conditioned 
soul tries to enjoy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97impersonalist philosophers who believe everything is illusion
; they believe only in the impersonal aspect of God, but they do not recognize the source of the impersonal }{\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 , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parambrahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97food made spiritual by offering it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97scripture
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the laborer class who, by nature, serve others for their livelihood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97where there is no anxiety, the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97mercantile and agricultural class
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the master 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 Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 ISKCON is a worldwide community of devotees dedicated to 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 . Write, call, or visit for further information. Classes are held in the evenings during the week, and a special feast and festival is held every Sunday afternoon.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS BY HIS DIVINE GRACE \line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA \line AVAILABLE FROM ISKCON PRESS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS \line Complete Edition (ISKCON PRESS, 1971)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\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  has long been appreciated a
s a scriptural literature of sublime importance by thoughtful men throughout the world, for its eighteen chapters shower upon man the immortal nectar of the wisdom of the Absolute. The aim of this 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 to present the ancient 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  as presented by the speaker Himself, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without adulteration or interpretation. Although there are many translations 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  none can be said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the author has expressed h
is personal opinion through the commentaries, without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as it is. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, however, has accepted 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  to be perfect and complete, and he has prepared his Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is with that understanding. Thus the message of this timeless classic 
is transmitted in its purity and fullness. By reading this book one can attain the perfection of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 981 pp., 56 full-color illustrations Hard $10.95 Soft $5.95
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of Prtha, 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "They are always engaged in chanting My glories. Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion\line The Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4 As It Is, Chapter IX, verses 13 and 14.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD \line (ISKCON PRESS, 1970)
\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 supremely rich, powerful, famous and beautiful Personality of Godhead, who is free from all material attachment, is now a
vailable in book form. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  750 pages of transcend
ental reading matter, opulently illustrated with 82 full-color plates, presents the eternal, blissfull 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the ripened fruit of all Vedic literatures. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
The K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Books}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , potent in message and rich in design, offer mankind the opportunity to attain the highest benefit by understanding the true nature of the pastimes of
 the Supreme Lord. Everyone would do well to procure this deluxe two-volume set to read and keep at home as a great treasure.\line 750 pp., 82 full-color illustrations $16.00 (per vol.-$8.00)
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa\'97translated with elaborate commentary. (ISKCON PRESS, 1971)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 "pos
tgraduate study" 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 . As 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  contains the words and teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\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  contains descriptions about the glories and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His devotees. }{\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  contains all knowledge\'97material and spiritual\'97for the upliftment of the human being. Its contents include: d
escription of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Godhead, symptoms of men in the age of quarrel, real remedy for 
peace in the world, comparative importance of bhakti-yoga and mystic powers, principles of saintly association and innumerable other topics.\line Vol. I (Canto I) 374 pp., 24 color illus. Soft $3.95 Hard $6.95 
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA\'97A Treatise on Factual Spiritual Life. (ISKCON, 1968)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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 For thousands of years, sincere souls all over the world in search of spiritual realization have accepted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 present age. Teachings of Lord Caitanya recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Caitanya 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\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , liberation, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirvana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; still He is better known as the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, distributing 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\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and in His 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  festivals, Lord Caitanya was an example to all of how to attain the ultimate goal of life\'97Love of God\'97and this most advanced work on spiritual science can bring the reader into lov
ing reciprocation with that Absolute Truth.\line 292 pp., 11 illustrations, Hard $5.95 Soft $3.95
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD\'97The knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. (ISKCON PRESS, 1970) 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that God is not impersonal, but is a person. From the most authoritative sourc
es, 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 e
xists, and 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.\line 135 pp., Soft $1.95 Hard $3.00
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD\'97The Magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Back to Godhead" is the only journal in the West to deliver the authorized science of God realization as delivered by the un
broken disciplic succession of spiritual masters from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such transcendental literature is provided to revive our relationship with God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, now forgotten in this age of illusion. The magazine contains practical in
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\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. And 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. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 OWK 1: Throughway to Happiness
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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 [660909BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, every one of us is searching after happiness, but we do not know what is real happiness. The real happiness is, hint of real happiness
, what is real happiness, that is being described by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every one of us is searching after happiness, but we do not know wh
at real happiness is. We see so much advertised about happiness, but practically speaking we see so few happy people. This is because so few people know that the platform of real happiness is beyond temporary things. It is this real happiness that is des
cribed in }{\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  by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is that real happiness? Happiness we feel through our senses. Because material, dead stone, has no sense, therefore dead stone cannot 
feel happiness or distress. Now, this consciousness, the developed consciousness, feels happiness and distress more than undeveloped consciousness.\line Just like the trees. The trees, they have got also consciousness, but it is not developed consciousne
ss. Therefore the trees are standing on the road or anywhere, but they have no sense of feeling the miseries. Now, suppose a human being is asked to stand like the tree, at least for three days. Oh, it will be impossible for him because he cannot tolerat
e such kind of miseries. So therefore conclusion is that every living entity feels the pleasure and happiness according to the developed consciousness of his being. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Happiness is generally perceived through our senses. A stone, for instance, has no senses and cannot perceive happiness and distress. Developed consciousness can perceive happiness and distress more intensely than undeveloped consciousness. T
rees have consciousness, but it is not developed. Trees may stand for a long time in all kinds of weather, but they have no way of perceiving miseries. If a human being were asked to stand like a tree for only three days or even less, he would not be abl
e to tolerate it. The conclusion is that every living being feels happiness or distress according to the degree of development of his consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, the happiness which we are feeling now in the material mixture, that is not real happiness. That is not real happiness. If you a
sk the tree, "Are you feeling happy?" the tree will say, "Yes. I am feeling happy standing here the whole year, and the wind and snowfall I am enjoying very much." Oh. You see? So that sort of happiness the tree may enjoy, but you are human being. You wi
ll say, "Oh, this is the standard of his enjoyment."\line Similarly, there are different kinds and different grades of living entities. Their standard of feeling happiness and miseries are also different grades. Animal. In the animal kingdom, they have n
o sense. One animal is being slaughtered. The other animal is seeing because he has no knowledge the next turn is he is being turned..., being slaughtered, but he is chewing some grass. He is happy. He is thinking that "I am happy." Next moment it will b
e slaughtered, but he does not know. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The happiness that we are experiencing in the material world is not real happiness. If one asks a tree, "Are you feeling hap
py?" the tree, if it could, might say, "Yes, I am happy, standing here all year. I'm enjoying the wind and snowfall very much, etc." This may be enjoyed by the tree, but for the human being it is a very low standard of enjoyment. There are different kind
s and grades of living entities, and their conceptions and perceptions of happiness are also of all different types and grades. Although one animal may see that another animal is being slaughtered, he will go right on chewing grass, for he has no knowled
ge to understand that he may be next. He is thinking that he is happy, but at the next moment he may be slaughtered.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So these are all different grades of happiness. But the highest standard of happiness is described here, sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat tad bu
ddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam [Bg. 6.21]. Buddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way there are different degrees of happiness. Yet of all of them, what is the 
highest happiness? \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat tad\line buddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam\line vetti yatra na caiv\'e4ya\'e0\line sthita\'e7 calati t
attvata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "In that joyous state (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ), one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.21)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buddhi means intelligence. One has to be intelligent. If you want to enjoy life, then you must be intelligent also. Just like the animals, 
they are not intelligent enough. Therefore they cannot enjoy life as a human being can, standard. So here, in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 also, it is said that buddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam.\line  At\'e9ndriyam. Now, just take the example of a dead man. Th
e senses, the hands, the nose, the sense organs, and everything is there, but now he cannot enjoy. The dead body, it cannot enjoy. Why? This requires intelligence. Why the dead body cannot enjoy? What is the difference? The body is lying there. The hands
 and the nose and the legs and the eyes and all other sense organs are there. But why the dead body cannot enjoy? That requires intelligence. That means that the enjoying energy, the spiritual spark, that has gone away. Therefore it has no power to enjoy
. Then, if you make advance further with intelligence, then you will understand that actually the body was not enjoying, but that little spark, spiritual spark, that was enjoying, not this body. This requires little intelligence. I am thinking that "I am
 enjoying with my sense organs," but you are not enjoying. The real enjoyer is that small spiritual spark within you. That spiritual spark has got the potency of enjoyment, but that is not being manifested on account of being covered by this material tab
ernacle, and therefore this enjoyment is not perfect.\line This requires little intelligence, that "Where is the enjoyment for the dead body?" The dead body no more can enjoy. Suppose if a man is offered a dead body of a beautiful woman, will he accept? 
Or a woman is offered the dead body of a beautiful man, will she accept? No. Because that enjoying spark is moved now. That requires intelligence. Who is enjoying? Who is enjoying? The enjoying, the enjoying spirit. The spirit is enjoying, not this body.
 That requires intelligence. Then again... [660909BG.NY]}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means intelligence; one ha
s to be intelligent if he wants to enjoy. Animals do not have really developed intelligence and so cannot enjoy life as a human being can. The hands, the nose, the eyes, the other sense organs and all the bodily parts may be present on a dead man, but he
 cannot enjoy. Why not? The enjoying energy, the spiritual spark, has left, and therefore the body has no power. If one looks further into the matter with a little intelligence, he can understand that it was not the body that was enjoying at all but the 
small spiritual spark that was within. Although one may think that he is enjoying by the bodily sense organs, the real enjoyer is that spiritual spark. That spark always has the potency of enjoyment, but it is not always manifest due to being covered by 
the material tabernacle. Although we may not be aware of it, it is not possible for the body to experience enjoyment without the presence of this spiritual spark. If a man is offered the dead body of a beautiful woman, will he accept it? No, because the 
spiritual spark has moved out of the body. Not only was it enjoying within the body, but it was maintaining the body. When that spark leaves, the body simply deteriorates.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, if that spirit is enjoying, then the spirit must have enjoying senses also. Otherwise how it can enjoy? If you have no enjoying sense 
organ, then how you can enjoy? A blunt cannot enjoy. Therefore it is accepted that the spirit soul, although it is very small, atomic, we cannot measure... Several times I have repeated here that the measurement of the small, infinitesimal spirit spark i
s just one ten-thousandth part of the upper portion of your hair [\'c7vet. Up. 5.9]. It is so small. But that does not mean... Just like we are incapable to measure something. We define that "Point has no length, no breadth," but actually it is not a fac
t. If you see a point with microscope, you'll find the point has increased to one inch round, and it has got length and breadth. Similarly, we have no capacity to make a measurement of the soul, but there is measurement.\line And there are senses of that
 spiritual spark. There are. Without having this... Without the spiritual spark having the senses, how this body is grown? This body is just like dress. When we speak of dress, the dress is made according to your body. If you go to a tailor, the tailor w
ill take measurements of your body and the dress will be supplied to you, fit. Similarly, unless that spiritual spark has got body, how this, I mean to say, dress of this material tabernacle has grown? This requires intelligence.\line So the conclusion i
s that that spiritual spark is not impersonal. It is actually personal. The soul is actual person. As God is actual, personal, similarly, because we are part and parcel of the Supreme, therefore, if I am a person, then God must be person. God is the fath
er of everyone. Now, if I am the son-I have got personality; I have got individuality--how can you deny the individuality and personality of the Supreme Lord? [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It
 follows that if the spirit is enjoying, it must have its senses also, otherwise how can it enjoy? The }{\cs2873\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  confirm that the spirit soul, although atomic in size, is the actual enjoying agent. It is not possible to measure the soul, but that is not to say that it is without measurement. An object may seem to us to be no bigger than a point
 and may seem to have no length or width, but when we perceive it under a microscope we can see that it has both length and width. Similarly, the soul also has its dimensions, but we cannot perceive them. When we buy a suit or dress, it is made to fit th
e body. The spiritual spark must have form, otherwise how is it the material body has grown to accomodate it? The conclusion is that the spiritual spark is not impersonal. It is an actual person. God is an actual person, and the spiritual spark, being a 
fragmental part of Him, is also a person. If the father has personality and individuality, the son also has them; and if the son has them, we can conclude that the father has them. So how can we, as sons of God, assert our personality and individuality a
nd at the same time deny them to our Father, the Supreme Lord?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So these things require intelligence. Intelligence. Sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat tat buddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam [Bg. 6.21]. At\'e9ndriy
am. At\'e9ndriyam means you have to transcend these material senses. Then you can actually appreciate what is happiness.\line Just like the other day I explained the happiness of the yogis. Ramante yogina\'f9 anante saty\'e4nande cid-\'e4tmani [Madhya 9.
29]. Ramante yogina\'f9 anante. The yogis, those who are transcendentalists aspiring after spiritual life, they are called yogis: bhakti-yog\'e9, j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9, dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9. There are so many departments of yogis. Now, they also enjoy. The wh
ole process is to concentrate upon the vi\'f1\'ebu-m\'fcrti, Vi\'f1\'ebu form, within the heart. And unless there is pleasure, there is no enjoyment, what is the use of controlling the senses and focusing the mind on the Supreme Supersoul within the hear
t? There is pleasure. What sort of pleasure that is? That pleasure is ananta. Ananta means endless. Endless. Yogina\'f9. Yogina\'f9. Ramante yogina\'f9 anante. Anante means that pleasure is not endless. That pleasure, why it is not ended? Because spirit 
is eternal and the Supreme Lord is eternal, therefore reciprocation of their loving exchanges, they are eternal. They are eternal. The living spirit is eternal, the Lord is eternal, and their exchange of feelings, or loving feelings, that is also eternal
. So one who is intelligent, they should refrain from this sensual enjoyment of this material body which is flickering, which is not in essence, and should seek such enjoyment of spiritual life. That is called r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4. [660909BG.NY]}}{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At\'e9ndriyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that we have to transcend these material senses before we can appreciate real h
appiness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramante yogino '}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nante}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  saty\'e4nanda-cid-\'e4tmani:}{\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 yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are aspiring after spiritual life are also tasting enjoyment by focusing on the Supersoul within. If there is no pleasure, if there is no enjoyment, then what is the point of going t
o so much trouble to control the senses? What kind of pleasure are the }{\cs2873\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  relishing 
if they are taking so much trouble? That pleasure is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub endless. How is this? The s
pirit soul is eternal, and the Supreme Lord is eternal; therefore reciprocation of their loving exchanges is eternal. One who is actually intelligent will refrain from the flickering sensual enjoyment of this material body and fix his enjoyment in spirit
ual life. His participation in spiritual life with the Supreme Lord is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You have heard about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4. That is not ordinary exchange of feelings of this material body. That is exc
hange of feelings of the spiritual body. So sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat tad buddhi-gr\'e4hyam [Bg. 6.21]. One has to use his intelligence to understand what is real happiness. Foolish man cannot understand what is real happiness. Intelligent. So as soon 
as one becomes intelligent... The next \'e7loka will describe it. Vetti yatra na caiv\'e4ya\'e0 sthita\'e7 calati tattvata\'f9. One who does not know what is real happiness, they are seeking happiness in this material world.\line There is a nice story. A
 man, a friend, was advised by his friend that "If you chew sugar cane, oh, it is very nice, sweet." The friend who was advised to chew sugar cane, he had no experience what is sugar cane. So he asked his friend, "Oh, what is the sugar cane?" The friend 
suggested, "It is just like a bamboo log." So the foolish man began to chew all kinds of bamboo logs. So how he can get the sweetness of the sugar cane? Similarly, we are trying to have happiness and pleasure, but we are trying to derive happiness, pleas
ure, eschewing this material body.\line So therefore there is no happiness; there is no pleasure. For the time being, there may be a little feeling of pleasure, but that is not actual pleasure. That is for temporary, just a slight focus of that lightning
. In the sky you will find some lightning, but real lightning is beyond that. So vetti yatra na caiv\'e4ya\'e0 sthita\'e7 calati tattvata\'f9. Because persons they do not know what is happiness, so sthita\'e7 calati tattvata\'f9. Real happiness... They a
re deviated from real happiness. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have often heard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\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  with the cowherd girls in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. That is not like ordinary exchanges that take place between these material bodies. Rather it is an exchange of fee
lings through spiritual bodies. One has to be somewhat intelligent to understand this, for a foolish man, who cannot understand what real happiness is, seeks happiness in this material world. In India there is the story of a man who did not know what sug
arcane was and was told that it was very sweet to chew. "Oh, what does it look like?" he asked. "It looks just like a bamboo rod," someone said. So the foolish man began to chew all kinds of bamboo rods. How can he begin to experience the sweetness of su
garcane? Similarly, we are trying to get happiness and pleasure, but we are trying for them by chewing this material body; therefore there is no happiness and no pleasure. For the time being there may be some little feeling of pleasure, but that is not a
ctual pleasure, for it is temporary. It is like a show of lightning which we may see flashing in the sky that may momentarily seem like lightning, but the real lightning is beyond that. Because a person does not really know what happiness is, he deviates
 from real happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process for establishing oneself in real happiness is this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we can gradually develop our
 real intelligence and naturally enjoy relishing spiritual happiness as we make spiritual progress. As we begin to relish spiritual happiness, we proportionately abandon material happiness. As we make progress in understanding the Absolute Truth, we natu
rally become detached from this false happiness. If somehow or other one is promoted to that stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, what is the result?
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 labdhv\'e4 c\'e4para\'e0 l\'e4bha\'e0\line manyate n\'e4dhika\'e0 tata\'f9\line yasmin sthito na du\'f9khena\line guru
\'eb\'e4pi vic\'e4lyate
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "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 g
reatest difficulty." }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\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 6.22}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Result is ya\'e0 labdhv\'e4, "By achieving such stage of transcendental stage," c\'e4para\'e0 l\'e4bha\'e0 manyate n\'e4..., "other achieve
ments, they become insignificant." Here we are trying to achieve so many things. We are trying to achieve so many riches or friends, fame, and beauty, and knowledge. So many things we are trying, achievement. But as soon as you become properly situated i
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness achievement, then you will think, "Oh, no achievement is better than this achievement." Ya\'e0 labdhv\'e4 c\'e4para\'e0 l\'e4bham. Aparam l\'e4bham means other kinds of achievement. They will be considered as figs. It is so
 big, this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that one who understands and has a little taste... Svalpam apy asya dharmasya tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t: "A little taste can save one from the greatest danger." And as he makes progress and has a real taste, the
n he thinks that "All other achievements are useless, nonsense in comparison to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."\line [....]\line I am very glad to inform you a practical example. One of our students, he was put into very unfavorable condition, but he was 
not, I mean to say, at all disturbed due to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Practical. So confident. And we are also not disturbed. We thought, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there. He will not be put into difficulty. He cannot be put into difficulty." You se
e? So here it is said, yasmin sthito na du\'f9khena guru\'eb\'e4pi vic\'e4lyate. If one is situated firmly in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the gravest type of danger cannot disturb him. It is such a nice thing. Yasmin sthito na du\'f9khena guru\'eb\'e4p
i. Guru. Guru means very heavy, very heavy. Guru\'eb\'e4pi du\'f9khena na vic\'e4lyate. He is not disturbed. He is not disturbed.\line [....]\line Just like in a railway carriage. You are being transported from one place. Suppose it is crowded. So instea
d of adjusting the crowd, better tolerate for few hours and get down and go to your destination. Similarly, we may have many dangerous spots in this material life, but if we are preparing ourselves for going back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness, then these things will be not cared for. Let them happen. \'c4gam\'e4p\'e4yina\'f9 anity\'e4s t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata. They come and go. Let them happen. The bombing was not for all the days. All right, let them take place for few h
ours or few days. We have to adjust like that. But it is very difficult to adjust. But one who is situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is not disturbed. He is not disturbed. That is the technique of not being disturbed. The more we advance in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we become free from this material entanglement. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one attains that stage, other achievements appear insignificant. In this materi
al world we are trying to achieve so many things\'97riches, women, fame, beauty, knowledge, etc.\'97but as soon as we are situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we think, "Oh, no achievement is better than this." K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so pote
nt that a little taste can save one from the greatest danger. As one begins to relish the taste of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he begins to see other so-called enjoyments and attainments as flat and tasteless. And if one is situated firmly in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, the greatest danger cannot disturb him. There are so many dangers in life because the material world is a place of danger. We tend to close our eyes to this, and because we are foolish we try to adjust to these dangers. We may have m
any dangerous moments in our lives, but if we are training ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and preparing ourselves to go home, back to Godhead, we will not care for them. Our attitude will then be: "Dangers come and go\'97so let them happen." I
t is very difficult to make this kind of adjustment as long as one is on the materialistic platform and is identifying with the gross body, which is composed of perishable elements. But the more one advances in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the more he b
ecomes free from bodily designations and this material entanglement.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a very nice verse in \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.\line sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4 ye pada-pallava-plava\'e0\line mahat-pada\'e0 pu\'ebya-ya
\'e7o mur\'e4re\'f9\line bhav\'e4mbudhir vatsa-pada\'e0 para\'e0 pada\'e0\line pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m\line  [Bh\'e4g. 10.14.58]\line Sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4 ye pada-pallava-plavam. Now, this material world is compared with a great 
ocean, and actually it is. Those who have traveled on the sea, now they have seen Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean. This is only a spot. This earth is only a spot in this material universe. So we have got these two big oceans, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Ju
st imagine that within this universe, millions and millions of planets are floating. How many Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are there you can just imagine. So this is actually a great ocean of misery, bhav\'e4mbudhi\'f9. The \'e7\'e4stra says it is a great
 ocean of birth and death. So bhav\'e4mbudhi\'f9. Sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4 ye pada... Now in order to cross the ocean, you require a very nice boat, strong boat. Then you can cross over. So we have to cross over this ocean of nescience, material. And what is t
hat boat? That is lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You take shelter of the boat which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. Sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4. Take with great faith, that "I am now accepting this boat as my life, lifeboat." Then what is the result? Now, mahat-pa
dam. Mahat-padam. Don't think that "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's boat, or feet, is so small." No. It is mahat-padam. Mahat-padam means the whole material creation is resting on His leg. Mahat-pada\'e0 pu\'ebya-ya\'e7o mur\'e4re\'f9.\line So one w
ho has taken shelter there, for him this great ocean of nescience is just like the water containing on the impression of calf leg. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\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 material world is compared to a great ocean. Within this material universe there are 
millions and billions of planets floating in space, and we can just imagine how many Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are there. In fact, the whole material universe is likened to a great ocean of misery, an ocean of birth and death. In order to cross this gr
eat ocean of nescience, a strong boat is needed, and that strong boat is the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should immediately get aboard that boat. We should not hesitate, thinking that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's feet are very small. The whole universe is simpl
y resting on His leg. For one who takes shelter of His feet, it is said that the material universe is no more significant than a puddle of water found in the impression of a calf's hoof-print. There is certainly no difficulty in crossing over such a smal
l puddle.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 vidy\'e4d du\'f9kha-sa\'e0yoga-\line viyogam yoga-sa\'e0j\'efitam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.
23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, you have no experience. In India I have got experience because these calves and cows, they go on the pasturing ground, and in ra
iny season their hoofs makes holes, and in that hole there are some water. So that water... This great ocean is compared like that water. So nobody has any difficulty to cross over it. So bhav\'e4mbudhir vatsa-pada\'e0 para\'e0 padam: "And for them, thos
e who have taken shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for them is waiting para\'e0 padam, the supreme abode." Pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m [Bh\'e4g. 10.14.58]: "This place, wherein every step there is danger, this place is unfit
 for them." Pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m. It is very nice. So yasmin sthito na du\'f9khena guru\'eb\'e4pi vic\'e4lyate [Bg. 6.20-23]. If we are actually situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, under the shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's
 lotus feet, then guru\'eb\'e4pi du\'f9khena, very heaviest type of danger may be before me-I shall not be disturbed. Or anyone who has taken the shelter like that, he will never be disturbed. He will never be disturbed.\line [....]\line Ta\'e0 vidy\'e4.
 Ta\'e0 vidy\'e4d du\'f9kha-sa\'e0yoga-viyoga\'e0 yoga-sa\'e0j\'efitam. Now, this understanding of miseries or happiness can be appreciated by the yoga process. Therefore yoga process is so important.\line [....]\line So this yoga process is... Because w
e are being entangled in this material world due to these uncontrolled senses. So the whole process of yoga indriya-sa\'e0yama-we have to control the senses and turn our face toward that actual spiritual happiness. Then our life will be successful. [6609
09BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are entangled in this material world due to uncontrolled senses. The }{\cs2873\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  process is meant to control these senses. If somehow we can manage to control the senses, we can turn our face to actual spiritual happiness and make our lives successful.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa ni\'e7cayena yoktavyo\line yogo 'nirvi\'eb\'eba-cetas\'e4\line \line sa\'eckalpa-prabhav\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4\'e0s\line tyaktv\'e4
 sarv\'e4n a\'e7e\'f1ata\'f9\line manasaivendriya-gr\'e4ma\'e0\line viniyamya samantata\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7anai\'f9 \'e7anair uparamed\line buddhy\'e4 dh\'e5ti-g\'e5h\'e9tay\'e4\line \'e4tma-sa\'e0stha\'e0 mana\'f9 k\'e5tv\'e4\line
na ki\'efcid api cintayet
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yato yato ni\'e7calati\line mana\'e7 ca\'efcalam asthiram\line tatas tato niyamyaitad\line \'e4tmany eva va\'e7a\'e0 nayet
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Manasaivendriya-gr\'e4ma\'e0 viniyamya. Mind and the indriya-gr\'e4mam, and the whole range of the senses, that has to be controlled. Then we ca
n gradually, if we practice, gradually we shall understand what is the real happiness and how to attain it.\line \'e7anai\'f9 \'e7anair uparamed\line buddhy\'e4 dh\'e5ti-g\'e5h\'e9tay\'e4\line \'e4tma-sa\'e0stha\'e0 mana\'f9 k\'e5tv\'e4\line na ki\'efcid
 api cintayet\line  [Bg. 6.25]\line \'c7anai\'f9 \'e7anair uparamed buddhy\'e4 dh\'e5ti-g\'e5h\'e9tay\'e4. Intelligence, and thinking, feeling, willing, by all these assistants, whatever I have got, \'e7anai\'f9 \'e7anai\'f9, always we have to think of c
ontrolling the senses. \'c4tma-sa\'e0stha\'e0 mana\'f9 k\'e5tv\'e4. And just mind being fixed up in the \'e4tm\'e4, in the Supersoul. Na ki\'efcid api cintayet. Then you do not think anything more. Just like this evening we were studying that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says that yuddhyasva m\'e4m anusmara: [Bg. 8.7] "You go on fighting; at the same time, be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious."\line yato yato ni\'e7calati\line mana\'e7 ca\'efcalam asthiram\line tatas tato niyamyaitad\line \'e4tmany eva va\'e7a\'e0 nayet
\line  [Bg. 6.26]\line [660909BG.NY]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "One should engage oneself in the practice of }{\cs2873\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  with undeviating determination and faith. One should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of false ego and thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind. Gradually, s
tep by step, with full conviction, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self alone and should think of nothing else. From 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." }{\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 Bg.}{
\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 6.24-26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, the practical practice of yoga is that mind is always disturbed. It is going sometimes this way, sometimes that way. So we have to dra
g the mind only to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is yoga practice, real practice. Mind is going from here, from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, to so many. Because that has been my practice since time immemorial. So many lives I have passed in that wa
y. Now I have taken a new line of my life. So in the beginning there will be difficulties, but that difficulties can be overcome. Here it is, the suggestion, yato yato ni\'e7calati mana\'e7 ca\'efcalam asthiram. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mind is always disturbed. It is going sometimes this way and sometimes that way. By }{\cs2873\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 we literally drag the mind to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The mind strays from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to so many exterior objects because from time immemorial, life after life, 
that has been our practice. Due to this, there may be great difficulty in the beginning when one tries to fix his mind in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but these difficulties can all be overcome.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because mind is very much agitating, ca\'efcalam, and asthiram, not fixed up, therefore it goes from one kind of thought to another kind of
 thought.\line Sometimes you might have experienced that you are doing some work. All of a sudden you remember. Some forty years before or thirty years before, some years before, some incident took place, and you at once remember. Although there is no ca
use, but it comes. There is... A subconscious state is there, and we are getting. That means the mind is always being agitated. Due to agitation the things which are stored in the subconscious state, they come out. Just like if you agitate a lake or a po
nd, all the mud from within, it comes. But we have to settle down. Then the mud will settle down.\line So this yoga process is a process of settling down the mind.\line [....]\line Therefore there are so many rules and regulations, practically. If you fo
llow the rules and regulations, then this agitated mind will gradually be under my control. Therefore rules and regulations are required to be followed. "Don't do this. Don't touch your mouth. Don't touch it in that way. Don't do it." There are so many "
don'ts" and so many "do's." So we have to follow that. Following that regularly, the mind will be under your control. These are the process.\line [....]\line Pra\'e7\'e4nta-manasa\'e0 hy enam. When mind will be pra\'e7\'e4nta... Pra\'e7\'e4nta means not 
being dragged to think anything more than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called pra\'e7\'e4nta. There is a nice verse in \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. A devotee is aspiring, bhavantam ev\'e4nucaran nirantara\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4nta-ni\'f9\'e7e\'f1a-mano-rath\'e4ntara
\'f9. Bhavantam eva. [Stotra-ratna 43] The devotee is praying to the Lord, "My dear Lord, when I shall be cent percent, twenty-four hours engaged in Your service?" Bhavantam eva. "Only Yours and nothing more." Bhavantam ev\'e4nucaran nirantara\'f9. Niran
tara means "Without cessation. I shall always be engaged in Your service." And how? Pra\'e7\'e4nta-ni\'f9\'e7e\'f1a mano-rath\'e4ntaram. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is because the mind i
s agitated and not fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba that it goes from one thought to another. For instance, when we are engaged in work, memories of events that happened ten, twenty, thirty or forty years ago may suddenly come to our mind for no apparent reason. 
These thoughts come from our subconscious, and because they are always rising, the mind is always agitated. If we agitate a lake or a pond, all the mud from the bottom comes to the surface. Similarly, when the mind is agitated so many thoughts arise from
 the subconscious that have been stored there over the years. If we do not disturb a pond, the mud will settle to the bottom. This }{\cs2873\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  process is the means to quiet the mind and allow all these thoughts to settle. For this reason there are so many rules and regulations to follow in order to keep the mind from becoming agitated. If we fol
low the rules and regulations, gradually the mind will come under control. There are so many don't's and so many do's, and if one is serious about training the mind, he has to follow them. If he acts whimsically, what is the possibility of the mind being
 controlled? When the mind is finally trained to the point where it will think of nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will attain peace and will become very tranquil.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra\'e7\'e4nta-manasa\'e0 hy ena\'e0\line yogina\'e0 sukham uttamam\line upaiti \'e7\'e4nta-rajasa\'e0\line brahma-bh\'fctam aka
lma\'f1am
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa266 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. By virtue of his identity with Brahman, he is liberated; his mind is peaceful, his passions are quieted, and he is freed from sin." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because my mind is agitating, therefore I create so many mental concoctions. I think, "This will make me happy. This will make me happy." S
o many things I create. They are called mano-rath\'e4ntaram. Just like a man on the motor car goes anywhere, everywhere, similarly, the mind is taking us everywhere and anywhere, sometimes here, sometimes there, sometimes here. So that shall be stopped. 
As soon as I engage my mind in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then my mind will be naturally stopped for loitering hither and thither. So he is praying that bhavantam ev\'e4nucaran nirantara\'f9. "When simply by being engaged twenty-four hours in Your ser
vice, my mind will be stopped carrying me from here and there?" Bhavantam ev\'e4nucaran nirantara\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4nta-ni\'f9\'e7e\'f1a-mano-rath\'e4ntara\'e0 kad\'e4ham aik\'e4ntika-nitya-ki\'eckara\'f9: "When I shall be Your eternal servitor?" Kad\'e4ham
 aik\'e4ntika-nitya-ki\'eckara\'f9 prahar\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi sa-n\'e4tha-j\'e9vitam. Sa-n\'e4tha-j\'e9vitam means one who has got a person behind him, his patron. A patron is there. Whenever there is some difficulty, the patron supports. Now we have no pa
tron. Forgetting our relationship with the Supreme Lord, we have no patron. We are thinking of this patron, that patron, but real patron is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m [Bg. 5.29]. He is the real friend of eve
ry living entity.\line So we have to revive our friendship, or revive our actual relationship, just like Arjuna is doing. Then these questions will be...\line pra\'e7\'e4nta-manasa\'e0 hy ena\'e0\line yogina\'e0 sukham uttamam\line upaiti \'e7\'e4nta-raj
asa\'e0\line brahma-bh\'fctam akalma\'f1am \line Now, by attainment of that perfect stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then the upaiti \'e7\'e4nta-rajasam. We are agitated due to the passion, modes of passion. Now, by practice of this yoga, or K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, this passionate hankering will be stopped. Passionate hankering..., \'e7\'e4nta-rajasa\'e0 brahma-bh\'fctam akalma\'f1am. Then you become aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi: "I am the soul. I am not this body." Akalma\'f1am. Without any deviat
ion, without any mistake, we shall be firmly situated in our transcendental position. [660909BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mind is always concocting objects for happiness. I am always thinking, 
"This will make me happy," or "That will make me happy. Happiness is here. Happiness is there." In this way the mind is taking us anywhere and everywhere. It is as though we are riding on a chariot behind an unbridled horse. We have no power over where w
e are going but can only sit in horror and watch helplessly. As soon as the mind is engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process\'97specifically 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\'97then the wild horses of the mind will gradually come under our control. We must engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service every moment of our lives in order to keep the restless and turbulent mind from draggin
g us from one object to another in a vain search for happiness in the temporary material world.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yu\'efjann eva\'e0 sad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line yog\'e9 vigata-kalma\'f1a\'f9\line sukhena brahma-sa\'e0spar\'e7am\line atyanta\'e0 
sukham a\'e7nute
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Steady in the Self, being freed from all material contamination, the }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  achieves the highest perfectional stage of happiness in touch with the supreme consciousness." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.28}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba serves as a patron for one who is devoted to Him. When one is in difficulty, his patron saves him. As stated in }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the real friend of every living entity, and we have to revive our friendship with Him. 
The method for reviving this friendship is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, mundane passionate hankering will come to a stop. This passionate hankering keeps us divorced from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is within us and is waiting for us to turn to Him, but we are too busy passionately eating the fruits of the tree of material desire. This passionate compulsion to enjoy these fruits must stop, and we must situate ourselves in our real identity
 as Brahman\'97pure spirit.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 OWK 2: The Way of Chanting and Knowing 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 2\line The Way of Chanting and K
nowing 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 [660722BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\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\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare
\line This is transcendental sound vibration. This is transcendental sound vibration, and this will help us to cleanse the dust on the mirror of our mind. On the mind we have accumulated material dust. Just like on the Second Avenue, due to the constant 
traffic of motor car, there is always a creation of dusting over everything, similarly, by our manipulation of materialistic activities, there are some material dusts which are accumulated on the mind, and therefore we are unable to see things in true pe
rspective. So this process, this vibration of transcendental sound, 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, will cleanse the dust. And, as soon as the dust is c
leared, then, as you can see on the mirror the nice face of yours, similarly we can see our real, I mean to say, constitutional position, "what I am."\line And, as soon as the dust is cleared, then, as you can see on the mirror the nice face of yours, si
milarly we can see our real, I mean to say, constitutional position, "what I am." And as soon as I understand that "I am not this body, I am spirit soul, and my symptom is consciousness," and that consciousness, as it is purified by this process, the who
le material miseries will be over.\line Bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam. Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 1]. In Sanskrit language, it is said... Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya's picture you have seen on the showcase. He'
s dancing, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare. This sound vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare, R\'e4ma, as soon as the mind is cleared off, then we'll see our real position, and the immediate result
 is bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam. There is a fire always blazing over this material world. Everyone is trying to extinguish it, but it is not possible to extinguish this fire of material miseries unless we are situated in our pure conscio
usness of spiritual life. That is the whole thing. [660722BG.NY]}}{\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. This is transcendental sound vibration. It will help us to cleanse the dust from the mirror of the mind. At the present moment we have accumulated so much material dust on the mirror of the mind, just as on Second Avenue (Ne
w York City) there is dust and soot over everything due to the heavy traffic. Due to our manipulation of material activities, a great deal of dust has collected over our mind's clear mirror, and as a consequence we are unable to see things in perspective
. This vibration of transcendental sound (the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 ) will cleanse awa
y this dust and enable us to see clearly our real constitutional position. As soon as we come to understand "I am not this body; I am spirit soul, and my symptom is consciousness," we will be able to establish ourselves in real happiness. As our consciou
sness is purified by this process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all our material miseries will disappear. There is a fire that is always blazing over this material world, and everyone is trying to extinguish it, but there is no possibility of extingui
shing this fire of the miseries of material nature unless we are situated in our pure consciousness, in our spiritual life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, we were discussing last meeting,\line 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\line  [Bg. 4.7]\line 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\line  [Bg. 4.8]\line Why the Lor
d comes as incarnation. This point we have been discussing last meeting. And what is dharma, what is religion? [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the purposes for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desc
ent or appearance in this material world is to extinguish the fire of material existence for all living entities by setting forth the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\'e4myaham
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at t
hat time I descend Myself. In 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." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 4.7-8}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perhaps you'll remember that the translation in the English language, dharma, is a description of certain kind of faith, but according to t
he Vedic literature, dharma is not a kind of faith. Faith can be changed, but dharma cannot be changed.\line Just like the liquidity of water cannot be changed. If it is changed... Suppose the water becomes solid. Under certain temperature, it becomes ic
e. But that is not its constitutional position. It is under certain condition. Similarly, our position is, our religion, or dharma, is, that we are part and parcel of the Supreme, and with that supreme consciousness we have to dovetail our activities wit
h the Supreme. That is our constitutional position. That service attitude, transcendental service attitude, which has to be dovetailed with the supreme consciousness, is being misused by our material contact. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse the word }{\cs2873\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 used. Th
is word has been translated into English in various ways. Sometimes it is translated as "faith," but according to Vedic literature, }{\cs2873\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 not a kind of faith. Faith may change, but }{\cs2873\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  cannot be changed. The liquidity of water cannot be changed. If it is changed\'97if, for instance, water becomes solid\'97it is actually no longer in its constitutional position. It is existing under a certain qualifying condition. Our }{
\cs2873\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 constitutional position is that we are part and parcel of the Supreme, and this be
ing the case, we have to dovetail or subjugate our consciousness to the Supreme.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The service attitude or the engagement is there. Every one of us is a servant. Nobody is a master. He must be serving somebody. This point 
we have discussed. Even President Johnson, he is the chief man of your state; still, he's a servant of the state. So nobody's master here. To think of oneself that "I am the master, I am the master of all I survey," this is called m\'e4y\'e4, illusion. I
 am not ser... I am not master. I am servant. So my service is now being misused under different designations. So as soon as we become free from the designations, ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam... [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 1]. That means when we can see ex
actly the position on the mirror of our mind after dusting over, that "My position, my constitutional position is that I am eternal servant." [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This position of tr
anscendental service to the Supreme Whole is being misused due to material contact. Service is implicit in our constitutional position. Everyone is a servant, and no one is a master. Everyone is serving someone or other. Although the President may be the
 chief executive of the state; still he is serving the state, and when his services are no longer required, the state disposes of him. To think to oneself, "I am the master of all I survey," is called }{\cs2873\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. Thus in material consciousness our service is being misused under various designations. When we can become free from th
ese designations, that is to say when the dust has been cleared from the mirror of the mind, we will be able to see ourselves in our actual position as eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But we should not think that my service in the material world, and my service in the spiritual atmosphere is the same. No. It is not the sa
me. We, we are shuddered, "Oh, after liberation, we have to become a servant. Oh." We shudder because we have no idea that what sort of servant is in the transcendental world. In the transcendental world, there is no distinction between the servant and t
he master. Here is distinction between the servant and the master, but in the transcendental world, in the absolute world, everything is one. Therefore there is no distinction between servant and master.\line For example, we are speaking on the Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4. Just see the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has taken the position of servant, chariot driver of Arjuna. Arjuna is practically, in his constitutional position, he is the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but in behavior we see, sometimes the Lord be
comes the servant of the servant [Pady\'e4val\'e9 74]. So we should not carry the materialistic idea in the spiritual... Although anything that we materially experience is a perverted reflection only of the spiritual life... [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not think that his service in the material world and his service in the spiritual atmosphere are the same. We may shudder to think, "Oh, after liberation will I still be a serv
ant?" This is because we have experience that being a servant in the material world is not very enjoyable, but transcendental service is not like this. In the spiritual world there is no difference between the servant and the master. Here, of course, the
re is distinction, but in the absolute world everything is one. For instance, in }{\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  we can see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has taken the position of servant as the chariot driver of Arjuna. In his constitutional position, Arjuna is the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but in behavior we can see that sometimes the Lord becomes the servant
 of the servant }{\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 Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  74}{\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 . So we should be careful not to carry materialistic ideas into the spiritua
l realm. Whatever we have materially experienced is but a perverted reflection of things in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So that constitutional position, which cannot be changed, which is called dharma, in order to pre..., when that is deteriorated by contamin
ation of matter, at that time, the Lord Himself comes as incarnation or He sends some of His confidential servitors. Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he said that "I am son of God." So he's representative of the Supreme. And similarly, Hajrat Muhammad, he al
so identified himself as a servant. Padat hi bandha\'f9., a servant of the Lord. So this is the position that whenever there is discrepancies in the natural law of our constitutional position, the master, the Supreme Lord, either He Himself comes in inca
rnation or He sends some representative to inform us what is actually the position of the living entity. So this is explained here by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati [Bg. 4.7]. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When our constitutional position or }{\cs2873\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 deteriorated due to the contaminations of matter, the Lord Himself comes as an incarnation or sends some of His confidential servitors. Lord Jesus Christ called himself the "son of God," and so is a representative of the Supreme. Similarl
y, Mohammed identified himself as a servant of the Supreme Lord. Thus whenever there is a discrepancy in our constitutional position, the Supreme Lord either comes Himself or sends His representative to inform us of the real position of the living entity
.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this position, this dharma, is not exactly a kind of created faith. It is the constitutional position. Dharma means the constitutional p
osition. Just like sugar. Sugar's constitutional position is to become sweet. Salt-constitutional position is to become salty, alkaline taste. And water is liquid. Stone is solid. These specifical, specific qualification is called dharma. Similarly, we l
iving entities, we have got a specific qualification: the eternal attitude to serve others. So that, how to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, how to give up our material engagement in different designations-this science an
d this truth is described in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, one should not make the mistake of thinking that }{\cs2873\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 a created faith. In its proper sense, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh
arma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be divorced from the living entity at all. It is to the living entity what sweetness is to sugar, or saltiness is to salt, or solidity is to stone. In no case can 
it be cut off. The }{\cs2873\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  of the living entity is to serve, and we can easily see that eve
ry living entity has the tendency to serve himself or others. How to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how to disentangle ourselves from materialistic service, how to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and become free from material designations is all taught as a s
cience by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati. Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4m [Bg. 4.8].\line The s\'e4dhu... In the Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4, in the last meeting, I have described to some extent what is the qualification of a s\'e4dhu. S\'e4dhu means saintly person. Titik\'f1ava\'f9 k\'e4ru\'ebik\'e4\'f9 suh\'e5da\'f9 sarva-dehin\'e4m [Bh\'e4g. 3.25.21]. He's tolerant, he's very kin
d to everyone, and he's friend to all living entities. He has no enemy, or he is nobody's enemy. And he's peaceful. These are some of the qualification. There are twenty-six qualification in detail. But these are some of the qualification. And in the Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find the description of a s\'e4dhu, saintly person, is given by the Lord Himself.\line And what is that? He says, [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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 the verse quoted above, beginning }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'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 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 4.8}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to a holy man or a saintly person. A saintly person is tolerant, very kind to everyone, is a friend to all livi
ng entities, is no one's enemy and is always peaceful. There are twenty-six basic qualifications for a holy man, and in the }{\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  we find that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself gives the following verdict:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\line  [Bg. 9.30]
\line He says, "Arjuna, a person who is cent-percent engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he might be externally, ephemerally seen to be addicted to some bad habits. Still, you should consider him to be a saint. You should consider him to be saint." 
[660722BG.NY]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 9.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is that? Now, suppose we have contaminated so many things in our material life. There are, in the material calculation, there are so m
any things which are the list. One list is for morality, and another list is for immorality. I do not wish to discuss this list because in, for a person which is immorality, for another person, it is not immorality; it is morality. Just like according to
 our conception, Hindu conception, drinking of wine is immoral, whereas in your country drinking of wine is not immoral. It is common thing. Of course, so according to time, class, place, the conception of morality and immorality are different. But there
 is a, a sense of immorality and morality in everywhere. That is a fact.\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Even if you see a person immoral, but he is completely engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then it should be concluded that he is a saint." He
's a saintly person. That is the description given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba of s\'e4dhu. Api cet su-dur\'e4c\'e4ro bhajate m\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k, s\'e4dhur eva sa mantavya\'f9. So in other words, He says, "Any person who is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss... Never mind, he might have something externally immoral habits due to his past association. It doesn't matter." So some way or other, one should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. And then, gradually, he will become a saintly person; as he goes on executi
ng this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then, with his advancement, he becomes a perfect saint. That you'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. And how K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that even if he's externally a little immoral... Of course, a devotee or a p
erson who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he's never immoral. But it may be that due to his past association he may appear to be immoral or he may fall down, fall down. Due to habits, we may sometimes fall down.  [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the mundane platform, what is morality for one person is immorality for another, and what is immorality for one person is morality for another. According to the Hindu conception, the drinking of wine is
 immoral, whereas in the Western world, wine drinking is not considered immoral but is a common thing. So morality is dependent on time, place, circumstance, social position, etc. There is, however, a sense of morality and immorality in all societies. In
 this verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out that even if one is engaged in immoral acts but at the same time is fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is to be considered a }{\cs2873\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  or a saint. In other words, although a person may have some immoral habits due to his past association, if he is engaged fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, these 
habits are not to be considered important. Whatever the case, if one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he will gradually be purified and will become a }{\cs2873\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  As one progresses in executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his bad habits diminish, and he attains to saintly perfection.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a story how habit is the second nature. There was a thief, and he went to pilgrimage with some other friends. So at night, when ot
her friends were sleeping... Because his habit was to steal at night, he, so he got up at night and he was taking one body's baggage and tried to pickpocket or take something. But he was thinking, "Oh, I have come to this holy place of pilgrimage. Still,
 shall I do that, committing theft, my habit? No, no. I shall not do it." So he was taking the bag of one person and was keeping in another place. So in the whole night the poor fellow did like that. But due to his conscience that, "I have come to this h
oly place. At least, during my stay here I shall not do this stealing business." So in the morning, when all other friends got up, everyone said, "Oh, where is my bag? I don't see!" Another man says, "I don't see my bag." Then somebody says, "Oh, here is
 your bag!" So there was some row. So they, they thought, "What is the matter? How it so happened?" Then the thief rose up and told all friends, "My dear gentlemen, I am a thief by occupation, but because I have that habit to steal at night, so I wanted 
to steal something from your bag, but I thought that 'I have come to this holy place. I shall not do it.' So I placed, I might have placed one man's bag in another man's place. So excuse me." So this is the habit. This is the habit. He does not want. He 
does not want to commit theft. But he has got the habit of doing that. So similarly, here he has decided not to commit theft anymore, but because he's habituated, sometimes he does.\line So therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "In that condition, one who has d
ecided to stop all bad or immoral habits and just to make his progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, even by chance, if he does something which is immoral in the face of the society, that should not be taken account of." Of course, that is by chance. 
 [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this regard there is the story of a thief who went on a pilgrimage to a holy town, and on route he and the other pilgrims stopped to rest overnight at an inn
. Being addicted to stealing, the thief began making plans to steal the other pilgrims' baggage, but he thought, "I'm going on a pilgrimage, so it doesn't seem appropriate that I should steal this baggage. No, I shall not do it." Nonetheless, due to his 
habit, he could not keep his hands off the baggage. So he picked up one person's bag and placed it in another place, and then another person's bag and placed it elsewhere. He spent all night placing different bags in different places, but his conscience 
bothered him so that he could not take anything from them. In the morning, when the other pilgrims awoke, they looked around for their bags and couldn't find them. There was a great row, and eventually, one by one, they began to find the bags in various 
places. After they were all found, the thief explained: "Gentlemen, I am a thief by occupation. Being that I am habituated to stealing at night, I wanted to steal something from your bags, but I thought that since I am going to this holy place, it is not
 possible to steal. So I may have rearranged the baggage, but please excuse me." This is the characteristic of a bad habit. He does not want to commit theft anymore, but because he is habituated, sometimes he does. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one who h
as decided to refrain from his immoral habits and make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to be considered a }{\cs2873\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  even if out of past habit or by chance he yields to his fault. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And in the next verse, you'll find, k\'f1ipra\'e0 bhavati dharm\'e4tm\'e4 [9.31]: "Because he has dovetailed himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness, it is sure that he will become a saintly, I mean to say, a pure saint very soon. Very soon."\line The example is... Just like the electric fan is going on, and if you put off the switch, you'll see the fan is still going on. But that going on 
will stop because the switch is already off. Similarly, if one dovetails himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then automatically he'll become a saintly person, automatically. Because his switch is made off. Just like the fan, when the switch is made 
off, the current supply is stopped. Now... There was a force of running. You may see that it is running for few minutes. But it will stop. Similarly, anyone, it doesn't matter what he is, if he puts himself, dovetails himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess, then he, all his material contamination will be washed off, washed off.\line This is the easiest process. There was many examples. Of course, there are, in scriptures, there are many, many good examples. But it is a fact that anyone who takes to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he doesn't require to endeavor for becoming a good man, I mean to say, separately. That K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will help him to be the best man in the world. Api cet su-dur\'e4c\'e4ra\'f9. And there are other confirmati
on in the Bh\'e4gavata, that yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4 sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9: [Bh\'e4g. 5.18.12] "Anyone who has attained the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he attains all good qualities automatically." And har
\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9: "Anyone who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or God consciousness..." When I speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you can take it as God.\line So in... So a person who is devoid of God consciousness, however he may 
be qualified from the material point of view, the scripture says that his qualification will not help him in doing things which are not desirable. He'll, he'll, he'll not be prohibited to do things which are not desirable. Har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-
gu\'eb\'e4 manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9: [Bh\'e4g. 5.18.12] "Because he's devoid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then he's sure to commit mischief in this material world." [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the next verse we find that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ipra\'e0 bhavati dharm\'e4tm\'e4\line \'e7a\'e7vac-ch\'e4nti\'e0 nigacchati\line kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi\line na me bhak
ta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunt\'e9, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  9.31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because one has committed himself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is proclaimed here by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba that within a very short time he will become sa
intly. One may pull the plug out of an electric fan, and the fan may still go on even though the juice has been disconnected, but it is understood that the fan will soon come to a stop. Once we take shelter of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we turn th
e switch off for our karmic activities, and although these activities may still revolve, it is to be understood that they will quickly diminish. It is a fact that whoever takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness does not have to endeavor independently to be
come a good man. All the good qualifications will automatically come. It is stated in }{\cs2873\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 one who has attained K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has simultaneously attained all good qualities. On the other hand, if a person is devoid of God consciousness and yet has many good qualities, his good qualities are to be c
onsidered useless, for he will not in any way be prohibited from doing that which is undesirable. If one is devoid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is sure to commit mischief in this material world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, the next verse is\line janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m e
ti so 'rjuna\line  [Bg. 4.9]\line "My dear Arjuna, the reason, the mission for which I appear is now explained, that I come here to establish the real constitutional position of the living entity. That is My mission. Now, when I come with some mission th
ere are some activities. There are some activities." So there are some philosophers. They do not agree to accept that God comes as incarnation. They do not believe in this theory. They say that "Why God shall come to this rotten world?" That is their vis
ion.\line But here, from the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, we understand that God comes. We shall always remember that we are reading Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, and whatever is spoken in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, we have to, at least, we have to accept that. Otherwise, 
there is no question of reading this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Here the Lord says that "I am, I am present here as incarnation, and this is My mission." And as He comes with a mission, there are some activities.\line Just like Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is taking pa
rt with Arjuna, and He's taking part in the battlefield of the Kuruk\'f1etra. Just like ordinary man. When there is war between two parties, somebody takes part with this party, or somebody takes part, or some nation takes part with one party or another 
nation takes part with another nation. So here also, we see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is taking part with Arjuna. Partiality. It appears that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is partial. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not partial. But it, externally, it appears that "He is partial. How H
e can be God?" [660722BG.NY]}}{\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 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  4.9)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mission for which K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears is here further explained. When He comes with some mission, there are some activities. Of course there are some philoso
phers who do not believe that God comes as an incarnation. They say, "Why should God come to this rotten world?" But 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  we understand otherwise. We should always remember that we read }{\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  as scripture, and whatever is spoken in }{\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  must be accepted, otherwise there is no reason in reading it. In }{\cs2873\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 that He has come as an incarnation with a mission, and along with His mission there are some activities. We can see, for example, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is active as chariot-driver for Arjuna and engages in so many activ
ities on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Just as when there is war one person or nation may side with another person or nation and show partiality, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefield shows some partiality and sides with Arjuna. Actually K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is not partial to anyone, but externally it appears that He is partial. This partiality, however, should not be accepted in the ordinary sense.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, therefore this verse is spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So janma karma me divyam: "My activities and My coming down to this material wo
rld is transcendental." Divyam means transcendental. It is not ordinary thing. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we observe in India the K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday. This month of August, by the end of August, there will be K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday, and every Ind
ian home, especially the Hindus, never mind in whatever sect or division they belong, they observe K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday. As here in the Christian world you observe the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ, similarly... So janma... Now, here K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
says that "My janma, My birth..." And because there is birth, so there are some activities. Just like we have taken our birth and there are some activities. So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities are transcendental. Transcendental
 means they are not these material activities.\line Now, people will be surprised, "How K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities are transcendental? He's taking part with Arjuna. He's taking part in the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Oh, He's born of a father whose na
me is Vasudeva. And He has got a family. And so on, so on. So just like us." But He says it is transcendental. Transcendental. And again He says, divyam eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9. Tattvata\'f9 means "in truth." Simply by knowing, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is born here at Mathur\'e4, and He was brought up by His foster father at V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Then, when He was grown up, He went back to His father at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. And when He was old, He married so many wives and He had children, and there was a battle 
of Kuruk\'f1etra, and He took part." These things are there in the history or in the scriptures, but one has to understand this tattvata\'f9, tattvata\'f9, in truth.\line And the one who understands this K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities and His pres
ence tattvata\'f9, in truth, then what the result is? The result is tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti kaunteya [Bg. 4.9]. The result is that any person who understands this K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities, His birth and His pastimes, His parap
hernalia, everything, the result will..., simply by understanding it, the result will be that after leaving this material body, he goes directly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He goes directly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That means he becomes a liberated soul, and he goes to
 the eternal world, and he becomes in his constitutional position of blissful and knowledge and eternal life. Simply by knowing this. Simply by knowing in truth the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities, one is at once promoted t
o the, I mean, the transcendental world. This is clearly stated here. Tyaktv\'e4 deham. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba also points out that His descent into the ma
terial world is transcendental. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means transcendental. His activities are n
ot in any way ordinary. Even today, in India, at the end of August the people are accustomed to celebrating K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday, regardless of sect, just as in the Western world Jesus Christ's birthday is celebrated at Christmas. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's b
irthday is called }{\cs2873\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  and in this verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses the word }
{\cs2873\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  in referring to "My birth." Because there is birth, there are some activities. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's birth and activities are transcendental, which means they are not like ordinary births and activities. One may ask how it is that His activities are transcendental. He is born, He takes part in a battle with Arjuna, he has a father by the nam
e of Vasudeva and a mother Devak\'e9 and a family\'97what can be considered transcendental? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we must know of His birth and activities in truth. When one knows of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities in truth, the result is: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deha\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub when he leaves this material body, he is not born again but goes directly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This means that he becomes a liberated soul. He goes to the eternal spiritual world and at
tains his constitutional position full of bliss, knowledge and eternality. All this can be obtained simply by knowing in truth the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just like when... Ordinarily, when we give up these bodies, we quit this body, we have to accept another body. V\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb
\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya [Bg. 2.22]. We have discussed this point that we living entities, our life is going on simply by changing dresses from one body to another, transmigration of the soul according to our work. So this, this body is dress. Therefore
 I have got an actual body. Just like at the present moment we think, "This material body is my actual body and there is dress, shirt and coat. The shirt and coat is superficial to this actual body." But here in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find that w
e have got our real, spiritual body, separate from the material covering. And as we give up old garments, old dress, and take up another, new dress, another new garment, similarly, we give up this body, material body when it is old enough, when it cannot
 be used or... Then we give it up, and we take another body. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ordinarily when one quits the body he has to take up another body. The lives of the living entities 
are going on simply due to the living entities' changing dress from one body to another\'97transmigration of the soul\'97according to the work of the living entities. At the present moment we may think that this material body is our actual body, but it i
s like a dress. In reality we do have an actual body, a spiritual body. This material body is superficial compared to the real spiritual body of the living entity. When this material body becomes old and worn out, or when it is rendered useless by some a
ccident, we put it aside as we might put aside a soiled or ruined suit and take up another material body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \'e7ar\'e9
r\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti nav\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\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 2.22}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning the body is the size of a pea. Then it grows to become a baby, then a child, a young boy, a youth, a grown man and an old man, and finally, when it
 becomes useless, the living entity changes into another body. The body is therefore always changing, and death is simply the ultimate change of the present body.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That, that particular verse,\line 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\line  [Bg. 2.13]\line Just like the, the entity, living entity is in the body... Just like a child. The living entity's there. The body is very small. But that small body is growing, growing. That is changing. And growing, grow
ing, that small child becomes a boy, grown up boy. And that grown up boy gradually becomes a youth. And then that youth becomes an old man, old man. And then, after, at the end, when the body's no more useful, he changes to another body. So this death me
ans the ultimate change of the present body. So this body's changing. Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that as the body is changing, still, the person whose body is this, he's there. He's there. The child is grown up to a boyhood. That does not mean the living e
ntity who came out as a baby is gone. No, he's still there. But his body has changed. Now, you cannot find the small body which came out of the mother's womb when the grown up boy. And you cannot find in a youth that grown, grown up boyhood photograph, o
r the body. That is gone.\line So every moment we are having a new body. And that is a medical science truth. Medical science, it is... We are having new body at every moment. Similarly, when we take another body, oh, a person who knows things as they ar
e, they are not bewildered. Dh\'e9ras tatra na muhyati. Dh\'e9ra means who is conscious of this bodily change, who knows things as they are, he's not, I mean to, bewildered. He's not, he's, he's steady, "Oh, he has changed his body. That's all." A person
 who does not know, he's crying. He..., "Oh, my son is gone. My son is gone. My son is gone." But if he's, I mean to say, in the consciousness, he knows, "Oh, my son has simply changed body." That's all. Just immediately, exactly, "My son, when he was li
ttle baby... Now he has grown up to be a boy." So the father and the parents do not lament, "Oh, where my, that son gone, that small baby gone?"\line Similarly, that change of body... So our body is like that. We are changing. In the material condition. 
In the material condition we are simply changing our body. That is our disease. This conditional life of changing the bodies, one after another, one after... Not only human body. We may have to change to animal's body, or to another demigod's body. There
 are different species of life. I have several times spoken before you, that there are 8,400,000's of species of life. So our body's being changed in this circle of these 8,400,000's of different species of life. This is called our material bondage.\line
Now, here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one who knows the K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental birth and activities in truth, he gets free from this entanglement. He at once gets free from this entanglement. [660722BG.NY]}}{\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  2.13)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the body is changing, the dweller within the body remains the same. Although the boy grows into manhood, the living entity within the body is not changed. 
It is not that the self who was there as a boy has gone away. Medical science agrees that at every moment the material body is changing. Just as living entities are not bewildered by this, an enlightened man is not bewildered when the body undergoes its 
ultimate change at death. But a person who does not understand things as they are laments. In the material condition we are simply changing bodies all the time; that is our disease. It is not that we always change to a human body. We may change to an ani
mal body or a demigod body depending on our activities. According to 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
 there are 8,400,000 species of life. We can take on any of them at death. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that one who knows His birth and activities in truth is freed from this cycle of transmigration.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, here the word tattvata\'f9 is very important. This tattvata\'f9 is the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Tattvata\'f9, "in truth." Simply by 
knowing by historical facts that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is born in such and such date in such and such place in such and such family... He did such and such activities. No. One has to learn them in tattvata\'f9, in truth. Then he becomes free from this bodily en
tanglement. [door slams] How it is closed?\line Now, how that tattvata\'f9, in truth, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, how one can understand? K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, that is explained in the Eighteenth Chapter, how K\'e5\'f1\'eba science can be understood. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba science can be understood by this devotional service. You'll find this verse, that bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9. Y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9. The truth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba science ca
n be understood by become, by becoming a devotee, or a person of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can simply understand what is this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; others canno
t. Now, it is very clearly stated, bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti. Bhakty\'e4 means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti: "One can understand Me very clearly by the process of t
hat devotional service, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."\line And in the Fourth, beginning of the Fourth Chapter, we have also discussed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to Arjuna that "I am speaking to you the old process of yoga system, this bhakti-yoga syste
m of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 unto you, because you are My devotee." This point also we have discussed, that without becoming a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, nobody can understand the mystery of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4 is not a book that you can purchase from the market, and simply by your scholarship you can understand it. No. It is not possible. That, that point we have discussed. Bhakto 'si priyo 'si: [Bg. 4.3] "You are, because you are My devotee...
" K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna was ordinary family man. He was a military man. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that "I am speaking to you." He was not a Vedic Vedantist or a very good scholar in Ved\'e4nta philosophy, or he was not a br\'e4hma\'eba, or he was not a re
nouncer, nothing of the sort. He was a military man. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna was a military man, and he was a family man. He was to look after the interest of his family. Still, K\'e5\'f1\'eba selected him to be the authority of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Why? 
Now, bhakto 'si: "Because you are My devotee." So that is the qualification.\line So to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is the qualification to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as well as to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is. Therefore we have to become K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How does one understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities in truth? This is explained in the Eighteenth Chapter of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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."}{\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 Bg.}{\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 18.55}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here again the word }{\cs2873\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  "in truth," is used. One can understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth by becoming a devotee. He who is not a devotee, who does not strive for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, cannot understand. At the beginning of
 the Fourth Chapter also K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna }{\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 4.3}{\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  that He is explaining this ancient science of }{
\cs2873\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 him because Arjuna is "My devotee and My friend." For one who simply makes an academ
ic study of }{\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  the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba remains a mystery. }{
\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  is not a book that one can just purchase from the bookstore and understa
nd by scholarship alone. Arjuna was not a great scholar, nor a Ved\'e4ntist, nor a philosopher nor a }{\cs2873\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 a renunciate; he was a family and military man. But still K\'e5\'f1\'eba selected him to be the recipient of }{\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  and the first authority in the disciplic succession. Why? "Because you are My devotee." That is the qualification to understand }{\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  as it is and K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is\'97one must become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And what is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? Now, this process which you have adopted, which you have adopted. 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. Now, this chanting and this hearing of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 hearing as it is, from persons who are engaged in this business. T
hat will help us to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. And as soon as we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba also help us to understand.\line In the Bh\'e4gavata, there is a verse:\line \'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-stho hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi\line vidhunoti suh\'e5t sat\'e4m\line  [Bh\'e4g. 1.2.17]\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always present in your heart. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m, \'e9\'e7
vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m arjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati [Bg. 18.61]. You'll find in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: "The Lord is present in everyone's heart as Supersoul." We are both, the soul, living entity, and the Supersoul, both are in the, sitting in this tree
 of body. One is eating the fruit. Another is witness. That is also described in the Vedas. The Lord is there. So as soon as you begin the process of devotional service and gradually develop your K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then Lord, who is sitting wi
thin your heart, He will help you.\line \'c7\'e5\'ebvat\'e4m... How He'll help you? He'll help you in the same process, dusting over, I mean to say, dust out, to take out all the dirty things which have accumulated within our mind. \'c7\'e5\'ebvat\'e4
\'e0 sva-kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9, h\'e5dy anta\'f9-stho hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi. Abhadr\'e4\'ebi means the dirty things, the dirty things which we have accumulated by our material association, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will 
help us to remove that dirt. H\'e5dy anta\'f9-stho hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi vidhunoti suh\'e5t sat\'e4m. Because He is a friend of all saintly persons. He's a friend. So our endeavor to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is a saintly endeavor, and so He also coop
erates.\line And this is the process, \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam, \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23], chanting and hearing of this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam with aural reception, submissive aural reception. That v
ery process will teach us the truth of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, and when we understand the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, automatically we understand what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as soon as we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the next result is that after leaving t
his material, this present material body, we go at once to the kingdom of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the whole process. Tyaktv\'e4 deham, tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti kaunteya [Bg. 4.9]. Then he does not come again to this miserable worl
d. He goes back to Godhead, back to home. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And what is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? That is the process of cleansing the dust from the mirror of the mind th
rough 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. By chanting this }{\cs2873\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 by hearing }{\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  we can gradually attain to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always present within our heart. The individual soul and the Supersoul are both sitting in the tree of the body. The individual soul (}{\cs2873\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 ) is eating the fruit of the tree, and the Supersoul (Param\'e4tm\'e4) is witnessing. As the individual soul beg
ins the process of devotional service and gradually begins to develop his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the Supersoul who is seated within begins to help him dust all the impurities from the mirror of the mind. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a friend to all saintly p
ersons, and the attempt to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is a saintly endeavor. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam k\'e9rtanam }{\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 7.5.23}{\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 \'97by chanting and hearing one can come to understand 
the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thereby come to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And upon understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can, at the moment of death, go immediately to His abode in the spiritual world. This spiritual world is described thus in }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is that home? That you'll find. Yad gatv\'e4 na nivartante tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0 mama [Bg. 15.6]. Such description is there also in t
he Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, what is the position of that transcendental world. Na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcrya\'f9. There is no, there is no need of the sun. There is no need of the moon. There is no need of electricity. That is mentioned in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4.\line So this is this world. This material world is dark, is always dark. Therefore here we require the sun and the moon and the electric light. Otherwise, it is dark. As soon as the electricity will fail, then whole city will be in darkness. So the
 nature of this... And the Vedic mantra also says that "Don't remain in this darkness." Tamaso m\'e4 jyotir gamaya: "Just try to transfer yourself in that illuminated world." [B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. 1.3.28] Jyotir gamaya. Jyoti means illumination. So t
his world, this material world, is full of darkness. Darkness, one meaning of darkness is ignorance. And another darkness, you know, without, absence of light. So this nature of this material world is darkness. [660722BG.NY]}}{\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 parama\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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."
 }{\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 Bg.}{\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 15.6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is always dark; therefore we require the sun, moon and electricity. 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  enjoin us not to remain in this darkness but to transfer ourselves to the world of illumination, the spiritual world. The word darkness has a twofold meaning
; it not only means without light, but it means ignorance.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because as the Supreme Lord, He has nothing to do. But why He comes? In the Vedic literature you'll find, na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba
\'e0 ca vidyate. The description of the Supreme Brahman is described there, that, Upani\'f1ad... Na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate: "The Supreme, the Absolute, He has nothing to do." He has nothing to do. Just like if we want to do, have som
ething, we have to do. But there, the Absolute, He has nothing to do.\line Na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate. Na tat-sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate. And there is nobody who is equal to Him, and nobody who is above Him. That mea
ns everyone is below Him. Nobody equal to Him and nobody above Him; that means everybody is below. Na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate na tat-sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate, par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate: [\'c7vet
. 6.8] "The Supreme has got many, manifold energies." Therefore everything is done, sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord has manifo
ld energies. It is not that he comes to this material world to perform activities. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 the Supreme Lord has nothing to do. In }{\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  \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na me p\'e4rth\'e4sti kartavya\'e0\line tri\'f1u loke\'f1u ki\'efcana\line n\'e4nav\'e4ptam av\'e4ptavya\'e0\line varta eva ca k
arma\'ebi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am I in want of anything, nor ha
ve I need to obtain anything\'97and yet I am engaged in work."}{\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 Bg.}{\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 3.22)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And His knowledge and His activities are sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9, natural, natural. Just like we have to acquire knowledge from a greater perso
nality, but He has got all the natural, all knowledge. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to Arjuna, but He was never taught of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. I am speaking to you Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, just learning from my spiritual maste
r. So I have to learn it, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke, He hadn't, had not to learn it. He had no business to learn it. Because sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca. His knowledge is natural.\line So these things are to be understand. Then o
ne who understands the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth, then the benefit is, the result is that he, he no more comes back to this world of darkness. Tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9]. Neither he has to undergo the repeated birth and deat
h. We are just now undergoing the term of repeated birth and death under different species of life. So that thing will be stopped.\line So human, human mission, human life should be utilized for this purpose. This is the dharma. This is real, our engagem
ent. [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should therefore not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is required to descend upon this material world and engage in so many activities. No one is equal to or gr
eater than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He has all knowledge naturally. It is not that He has to undergo penances to acquire knowledge or that He at any time has to receive knowledge or attain knowledge. At all times and in all conditions He is full of knowledge.
 He may be speaking }{\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  to Arjuna, but at no time was He ever taught }{
\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  One who can understand that this is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's position does not 
have to return to the cycle of birth and death in this material world. Being under the influence of illusion, we spend our lifetimes trying to make adjustments to this material atmosphere, but this is not the purpose of human life. Human life is meant fo
r understanding the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have diverted our engagement for satisfying our material needs. Oh, that is not the mission of human being. That is the mission of lower
 animals.\line [....]\line This is the mission, that \'e4h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4-bhaya-maithuna. These are our material needs. The problem of eating, the problem of sleeping, or shelter, the problem of defense, and the problem of sense gratification. These four
 problems are common to the human being and to the animals. The animals have also got these problems, eating, sleeping, defending and, what is called? Sense gratification. We have got also those problems. So they are also trying to solve these problems a
nd if we are also engaged in simply solving these problems, then what is the difference between the animals and the human being? The human being... The next line says dharmo hi te\'f1\'e4m adhiko vi\'e7e\'f1a\'f9. The human being has got a special qualif
ication by which he can develop the transcendental K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and if he does not do that, then he's in the category of the animals.\line So the defect of modern civilization is that we are giving too much stress for simply for solving 
these problems: eating, sleeping, defending and sense gratification. But as spiritual beings, as spiritual living entities, we have got the necessity of getting out of this entanglement of repeated birth and death, and if we do not care for it, then we s
hall be missing the opportunity. And Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to teach us how you can utilize your human form of life for the ultimate goal of your life. This material, whole material creation is there just to give you a chance to have your things done 
nicely. Bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate [Bg. 8.19]. This material creation is giving a chance. But even after getting the chance, and even after getting the supreme body of human life, we do not develop this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and just t
o get rid of this material entanglement, then we shall be missing the opportunity.\line So everyone's duty is that he should take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by engaging himself in this process of \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9
, chanting and hearing, the simple process. You have nothing to do. Simply if you give aural reception, that will clear everything within your mind, and you, you'll get enlightenment because K\'e5\'f1\'eba will help you. He's present within. You have sim
ply to, I mean to say, spare a little time. You, you'll see actually. If you kindly spare a little time in this process which you have adopted here, you'll feel yourself... Nobody has to canvass you that oh, whether you are making your progress? No. You'
ll understand it. Because it is actual, you'll understand it.\line Just like a hungry man. If he's given foodstuff, he knows how far he's satisfied. Nobody has to certify that "You are certified." He will say, "Yes, I am satisfied. I have had very good f
oodstuff." [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our material needs are these: the problem of eating, of mating, of sleeping, of defending ourselves and of acquiring sense gratification. These are co
mmon both to human beings and to animals. The animals are busily engaged trying to solve these problems, and if we are also only engaged in solving them how are we any different from the animals? The human being, however, has a special qualification wher
eby he can develop transcendental K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but if he does not avail himself of this, he is in the animal category. The defect of modern civilization is that it puts too much stress on solving these survival problems. As spiritual liv
ing beings it is incumbent upon us to extricate ourselves from this entanglement of birth and death. We should therefore be careful not to miss the special opportunity of human life. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself comes to deliver }{\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  and to help us to become God conscious. Indeed, this very material creation is given to 
us to utilize for this cultivation. But if after receiving this chance and this gift of human life we do not utilize them to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we shall be missing this rare opportunity. The process for cultivation is very simple: }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam k\'e9rtanam }{\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 7.5.23}{\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 \'97hearing and chanting. We have nothing to do other than listen, and by listening carefully, enlightenment is sure to come. K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 will surely help, for He is seated within. We only have to make the effort and spare a little time. We will not need anyone to ask us whether we are making progress. We will know it automatically, just as a hungry man knows that he has been satisfied by
 a full meal.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not very difficult. Just like you'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that self-realization, as far Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, was taught to
 Arjuna. Now, how Arjuna understood it, that is also mentioned in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Simply if you try to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as Arjuna understood it, then you also become self-realized. So it is not a very difficult job. Unfortunately, 
people apply their own scholastic ideas in a different way and they murder the whole thing. You see? The simple thing is that if we understand it as it is, then it is as simple as anything. But if you want to...\line Just like in our Bengal there is prov
erb, ghuriye nag nag naki.[?] Now, now, you are asking me... Just like sometimes we ask small child, "Where is your nose?" He says, "It is nose." "Where is your eye?" "It is eye." So that is a simple thing. But one child... Not child. One man is asked, "
Where is your nose?" He says, "Oh, here is my nose." [laughter] "Here is my nose," this is simple thing. But one should show, "Oh, here is my nose." So Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is interpreted like that, "Here is my nose." Nobody shows that "Here is my nose." 
You see? So that is the difficulty. They have created difficult, create a situation of this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 under, I mean to say, catastrophe. So if you, any sincere student who will take Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as it is, this self-realization is as chea
p as anything.\line Guest: Swamiji, I suppose [indistinct] of people realize.\line Prabhup\'e4da: No. It, simply, simply we have to hear it as it is. Don't try to interpret in a different way. The, the whole mischief is that everyone has got his own theo
sophy. And Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is a popular book, and he wants to prove his own philosophy through Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Because he wants to be important man and he wants to show that "Here is mentioned in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4," and they present some j
ugglery of words and mislead the people.  [660722BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or self-realization is not very difficult. K\'e5\'f1\'eba taught 
it to Arjuna in }{\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  and if we understand }{\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  just as Arjuna did, we will have no problem in coming to the perfectional state. But if we try to i
nterpret }{\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  according to our own mundane academic mentality, we spoil it 
all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated before, this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a process by which all contaminations due to material association are removed from the mirror of the mind.
 There is no need for external help in reviving our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is dormant within the self. In fact, it is the very quality of the self. We have only to invoke it by this process. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness is an eternal fact. It is not a doctrine or set of beliefs imposed by some organization. It is within all living entities, whether they be human being or animal. When Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was passing through the jungles of South India some f
ive hundred years ago, He chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and all the animals}{\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 the tigers, elephan
ts and deer}{\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 joined Him in dancing to the holy names. Of course this depends on the purity of t
he chanting. As we progress in chanting, purification is sure to come.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 OWK 3: Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba Everywhere and Always
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 3\line Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba Eve
rywhere and Always
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 661002BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So in our practical life K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises how to invoke this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He says,\line yasya sarve sam\'e4rambh\'e4
\'f9\line k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'eba\'e0\line tam \'e4hu\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'e0 budh\'e4\'f9\line [Bg. 4.19]\line [loud conversation going on in background] Ask them to stop. Why do they come and talk no
nsense?\line Yasya sarve sam\'e4rambh\'e4\'f9. You are not forbidden to execute your duties. We are not after stopping the general process of material activities. That is not our mission. The whole thing is that we have to act everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Just like... It is very easy to understand. Everybody has got some vocation of his life. But what is their consciousness? Their consciousness is that "I am engaged in this business, I am engaged in this serv
ice, because I have to maintain my family," "I have to maintain myself," or "I have to satisfy the government," or "I have to satisfy somebody else." This is our consciousness. Nobody is free from such consciousness.\line Everybody must have some conscio
usness. Without consciousness, nothing can be done. One who has no consciousness, he cannot do anything nicely. If his consciousness is disturbed, then his work cannot be... Just like a madman. A madman cannot do anything nicely because his consciousness
 is disturbed. So we, similarly, if we change the process only, that "I am, to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba..." Just like we are doing everything, with that idea, to satisfy somebody else, or at least myself, for my satisfaction. This process has to be changed
 to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That should be done. This process has to be changed into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, yasya sarve sam\'e4rambh\'e4\'f9.\line [aside:] Those who want to come, we can invite them. Come 
inside.\line Yasya sarve sam\'e4rambh\'e4\'f9: "Whatever activities you may do, do it," but k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9, k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9: "don't be carried away by k\'e4ma." K\'e4ma means for your own satisfaction, k\'e4ma. The 
word, Sanskrit word k\'e4ma, is used for lust, for desire, for sense satisfaction. So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends that, "Don't do it for satisfaction of your senses, for satisfaction of your lust, or for satisfaction of your desires." That is the whol
e thing. Whole teaching of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is based on this principle. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY] }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In our
 practical life, K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs us how to invoke K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not that we are to stop executing our duty or to cease from activity. Rather, activities have to be conducted in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Everyone has a v
ocation in life, but with what consciousness does he enter upon it? Everyone is thinking, "Oh, I must have a vocation in order to maintain my family." Society, the government or the family have to be satisfied, and no one is free from such consciousness.
 One has to be in proper consciousness to execute any activity nicely. He whose consciousness is agitated, who is like a madman, cannot execute any duty. We should execute our duty properly, but we should do it thinking to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is n
ot that we have to change our process of work, but we do have to understand for whom we are working. Whatever activity we have to do we must execute, but we should not be carried away by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  desire. The Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used to indicate lust, desire or sense satisfaction. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs that we should not work for the satisfaction of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or our own lust. The whole teaching of }{\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  is based on this principle.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The whole instruction to Arjuna is that Arjuna wanted to satisfy his senses, his senses. He wanted that, that by not fighting with the oppo
site party, who were composed of his relatives, brothers and brother-in-laws and father-in-laws and so many relatives. So he did not want to fight. And therefore this instruction of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was needed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The whole basic princi
ple is this. Now, that was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, Arjuna's own satisfaction of the senses. Arjuna did not want to fight. Materially, it appears very nice that he is giving up his claim of kingdom for satisfying his relatives. Oh, he's very good man. But K\'e5
\'f1\'eba did not approve it. Why? Because the basic principle was Arjuna decided to satisfy his own senses. Externally it appeared very nice. But anything which is done for the satisfaction of his own senses, that is k\'e4ma, k\'e4ma, lust, desire.\line
Here it is prescribed that you can do anything. There is no harm. Whatever your business, or vocation, occupation, you are engaged, that has not to be changed. That has not to be changed. Simply your consciousness has to be changed. That's all. K\'e4ma-s
a\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 4.19]. How? How that consciousness can be changed? Now, j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'ebam. That consciousness, transferring the present self-interested consciousness to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, requires knowledge
. Requires knowledge. And what is that knowledge? That knowledge is that, "I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I'm not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am part and parcel. I am the superior energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That is knowledge.\line Knowledge
 means to understand something. How this tape recorder is manufactured, if we get some knowledge, technical knowledge, that is not knowledge. That is a, of course, to have some, our occupation executed. That knowledge is temporary knowledge. But real kno
wledge is... This is real knowledge. The real knowledge is that when one understands convincingly that "I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. When we say K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you should understand the Supreme Lord, the Absolute Trut
h. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the technical word which is meant for indicating the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the whole, the whole pleasure, the whole attraction. These are the meaning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So we are all part and parcel
 of the supreme pleasure, and our pleasure... Just like my hand. This is my hand. Now, this my hand can take pleasure when it is attached with my body. My hand can take pleasure when it serves my body. It does not take pleasure by serving your body.\line
[aside:] This is a formality.[?] Sit here.\line So therefore, because I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my pleasure, my happiness, is dependent by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba just like my senses are satisfied when they are used for my purpose, not for y
our purpose. This is the whole, I mean to say, philosophy. I cannot be satisfied by serving you. I can be satisfied by serving me. So that me, I do not know. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So when we begin to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, becaus
e we are part and parcel... Always remember, the part and parcel, we are. Mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9 [Bg. 15.7]. In the Fifteenth Chapter you'll find, "All these living entities, they are My eternal part and par
cels. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna wanted to satisfy his senses by refraining from fighting with his rel
atives, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke to him to convince him to execute his duty for the satisfaction of the Supreme. Materially it may seem very pious that he is giving up his claim for a kingdom and refusing to kill his relatives, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not
 approve of this because the principle for Arjuna's decision was to satisfy his own senses. One's business or occupation need not be changed\'97as Arjuna's was not changed\'97but one does have to change his consciousness. In order to change this consciou
sness, however, knowledge is required. That knowledge is knowing "I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the superior energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That is real knowledge. Relative knowledge may teach us how to repair a machine, but real knowledge is knowi
ng our position as being integral with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being part of Him, our pleasure, which is partial, is dependent on the whole. For instance, my hand can take pleasure when it is attached to my body and serves it. It does not take pleasure in servin
g another's body. Because we are part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our pleasure is in serving Him. "I cannot be happy serving you," everyone is thinking. "I can only be happy serving myself." But no one knows who the self is. That self is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very har
d with the six senses, which include the mind." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  15.7}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now they are detached. Now they are detached. By material contact, they are detached." So we have to... The whole process is that we have t
o attach again. Now we are detached. Now we have to attach again. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line That K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is within you because you are originally, eternally the part and parcel of the Supreme. Artificially, I am tryi
ng to forget it. I am trying to live independently. That is not possible. We are not independent. If we want to live independently, that means we voluntarily become dependent on the influence of material nature. That's all. Actually, we are not independe
nt. If I think I am independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then I am dependent on the influence of material nature.\line Just like, if I think that I am independent of government regulations, then I become dependent of the police force. My dependence is neither 
in this way or that way. So that is our mistaken. Everyone is trying to be, become independent. That is called m\'e4y\'e4. That is called m\'e4y\'e4, or illusion. Nobody can be independent. Individually, community-wise, society-wise, or nation-wise, you 
can extend even universal-wise-nobody can be independent. We are dependent. And this is called knowledge. When you come to the sense, that "I am dependent; I am not independent," this is called knowledge.\line Now we are misguided. J\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagd
ha karm\'e4\'ebam. In other place, you'll find, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,\line 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\line  [Bg.
 5.29]\line Now, people are planning for peace in the world, but they do not know how to formulate that peace formula. You know. The United Nations are trying for the last twenty years or more than that for peace, but there is no peace actually in the wo
rld. The war is going on because they do not know.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\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 j\'e9vas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or living entities, are now detached from the whole due to material contact. It is therefore necessary for
 us to strive to attach ourselves again through the latent K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that is within us. Artificially, we are trying to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba and live independently, but this is not possible. When we strive to live independent of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, we come under the influence of the laws of material nature. If one thinks he is independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he becomes dependent on the illusory energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as if one thinks that he is independent of the government and it
s regulations, he becomes dependent on the police force. Everyone is trying to become independent, and this is called }{\cs2873\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. Individually, communally, socially, nationally, or universally, it is not possible to become independent. When we come to realize that we are dependent, we will have attained knowledge. Today so many peo
ple are striving for peace in the world, but they do not know how to implement that peace formula. The United Nations has been striving for peace for so many years, but still war is going on.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yac c\'e4pi sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m\line b\'e9ja\'e0 tad aham arjuna\line na tad asti vin\'e4 yat sy\'e4n\line may\'e4 bh\'fcta
\'e0 car\'e4caram
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being\'97moving or unmoving\'97that can exist without 
Me." }{\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\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 10.39}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The formula is in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 says that bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0 sarva-loka-mahe\'e7vara
m. "I am the proprietor of everything. Whatever you are doing, I am the ultimate beneficiary. I have to take the result." Just like a laborer works in a factory, but who is the proprietor? The ultimate proprietor is the, the proprietor is the ultimate ow
ner of the... So everything, whatever we do... J\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'ebam. Now, we are thinking that "This thing I am doing, I am the proprietor of this thing." That is a misconception. When we understand that everything, whatever we are doi
ng, the ultimate proprietor is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'ebam.\line So we can have simply... Just like in office. In office so many people are working. Hundreds of people are working.
 Everyone is conscious that "Whatever we are acting, whatever profit we are making, that belongs to the proprietor." Then there is peace. As soon as the cashier thinks, "Oh, I have got so much money. I am the proprietor," then whole trouble begins. This 
consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness... If we understand that "I am a very rich man. I have got so much bank balance. I can use it for my sense gratification," that is k\'e4ma. That is k\'e4ma-r\'e4ga. But if we understand that "Whatever I have go
t, it belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba," then I am liberated person. I am liberated person. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba... You, you'll have the same money under your custody. It doesn't matter. But as soon as you think that "I am the proprietor of this wealth," then
 you are under the influence of m\'e4y\'e4. And as soon as you think that "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor of all these things," then you are free. So k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9, j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'eba\'e0 tam \'e4hu\'f9 pa\'eb
\'f2ita\'e0 budh\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 4.19]: "One who thinks like that, one who is situated in that consciousness," pa\'eb\'f2ita\'e0 budh\'e4\'f9, "he is learned, and he is actually a man of knowledge." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is thus the proprietor of everything, the ultimate beneficiary and the receiver of the results of everything. We may cons
ider ourselves to be the proprietors of the fruits of our labor, but this is a misconception. We must come to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate proprietor of the fruits of all our works. Hundreds of people may be working in an office, but th
ey understand that whatever profit the business makes belongs to the proprietor. As soon as a teller at the bank thinks, "Oh, I have so much money. I am the proprietor. Let me take it home with me," his trouble begins. If we think that we can use whateve
r wealth we have amassed for our own sense gratification, we are acting out of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lu
st. But if we come to understand that everything we have belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are liberated. We may have the same money in our hands, but as soon as we think that we are the proprietor, we are under the influence of }{\cs2873\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  One who is situated in the consciousness that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an actual learned man
.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only tho
se 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\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 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Mantra 1}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So that consciousness has to be invoked, not only individually, but also community-wise, society-wise, nation-wise, all over the world. The
n there will be peace. If you want real peace.\line 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 \line [Bg. 5.29]\line We are jus
t trying to be philanthropic, altruistic. And we are trying to become friend of my countrymen, of my society, of my family, but that is a wrong conception. Real friend is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I can work on His behalf. How I can work? You try. If you actually 
want to do something good to your family, then you try to make all the members of your family K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Then your life will be successful. If you want to make them otherwise, without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then you will be serving,
 not serving, you will be rendering them disservice. Because any knowledge will not help your wife or children. Any knowledge, any amount of knowledge, will not help his real problem. What is his real problem we do not know. The real problem is... That w
e do not know. The real problem is janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi [Bg. 13.9]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Th
is consciousness of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2873
\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 must be revived, not only individually but nationally and universally. Then there will be peace
. We often tend to be philanthropic and altruistic, and we strive to be friends with our countrymen, with our families and with all the peoples of the world\'97but this is based on a wrong conception. The real friend is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we want to 
benefit our family, nation or planet, we will work for Him. If we have our family's welfare in mind, we will try to make all members K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. There are so many men trying to benefit their families, but unfortunately they do not succeed. 
They do not know what the real problem is. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The Bh\'e4gavata [5.5.18] says, pit\'e4 na sa sy\'e4j janan\'e9 na s\'e4 sy\'e4t: "One should not try to become father. One should not try 
to become mother." Why? Na mocayed ya\'f9 samupeta-m\'e5tyum: "One who is unable to save his children from the grip of material nature." That should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you are a responsible father, then, if you are completely in knowledg
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then your duty will be that "These creatures, these innocent creatures now, who are playing in my, at my home as my children, as my boys, now this life should be the last installment of his transmigration from one body 
to another. I shall train these boys in such a way that after this body he will have no more to go into the cycle of birth and death." That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line That means you have to make yourself expert. Then you can help your children
 also. Then you can help your nation also. Then you can help your society also. If you are yourself ignorant, then andh\'e4 yath\'e4ndhair upan\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4s te 'p\'e9\'e7a-tantry\'e4m uru-d\'e4mni baddh\'e4\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.31].\line Just like a per
son who is, I mean, tightly bound-up, hands and feet. Suppose we are sitting here, some people, twenty-five gentlemen, ladies, and all our hands are tightly bound-up by some rope, and if I want to make you free, although my hand is also tightly bound-up,
 is it possible? No. At least my hand should be free. Then I can open, I can untie, your bindings by the rope. So unless one is free man... And what is that freedom? One who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he is free man. And nobody is free man.\line [....]
\line Everyone is under the spell of material influence. Nobody's free.\line And one who is, who has surrendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one who has taken K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, m\'e4y\'e4 has nothing to do. M\'e4y\'e4 cannot touch. Just like when...
 If you come in front of the sunlight, there is no question of darkness. There is no question of darkness if you place yourself in light, sunlight, not this artificial light. This artificial light may be extinguished at any time, but sunlight is not like
 that. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like sunlight. As soon as you come in front of sun, oh, there is no darkness. So there is no ignorance. So there is no m\'e4y\'e4. M\'e4y\'e4 means illusion.\line So j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'eba\'e0 tam \'e4hu
\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'e0 budh\'e4\'f9. In this way, we have to become budha. Budha means learned, learned. And you'll find in the Tenth Chapter of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that the Lord says who is budha. And what are the symptoms of budha. Budha means learned.
 What are the symptoms? What are the symptoms of mah\'e4tm\'e4, great soul? And what are the symptoms of budha? That is described in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. It is said that\line aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4
 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit\'e4\'f9\line  [Bg. 10.8]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
As the }{\cs2873\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, one should not attempt to become a father, or mother, or teache
r unless he is able to save his children from death, from the grip of material nature. The father should be in knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he should be determined that the innocent children who are entrusted to him will not have to undergo the cycle
 of birth and death again. He should be resolved to train his children in such a way that they will no longer have to be subjected to the painful cycle of birth and death. But before one can do this, he has to make himself expert. If he becomes expert in
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can help not only his children but his society and nation. But if he himself is bound by ignorance, how can he unite others who are similarly bound? Before one can make others free, he must be free himself. Actually no o
ne is a free man, for everyone is under the spell of material nature, but one who is surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be touched by }{\cs2873\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, of all men, is free. If one places himself in sunlight, there is no question of darkness. But if one places himself in artificial light, it may flicker and go out. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just lik
e sunlight. Where He is present, there is no question of darkness and ignorance. The wise men, the }{\cs2873\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  understand this.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devo
tional service and worship Me with all their hearts." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 10.8}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Budha, this word, the very word, again is used, budha. So budha, one who is learned, one who is actually in sense, he's not nonsense, he's 
called budha.\line So budha, what are the symptoms? The symptoms of budha is that aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9: he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the fountainhead of all emanations, everything, whatever we find, everything. Anything, whatever you see.
\line Now, take for example, take for example the material world. The most prominent thing is, I mean to say, unity between man and woman. Now, one can inquire, "Wherefrom this attraction comes between male and female?" Not only the human society, but al
so in animal society, in the bird society, in any society, every living be... This is a fact. So somebody criticizes, but those who do not know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had so many girlfriends. So they are... Some people are criticize. But one
 does not know that where we get this idea of having girlfriends unless the tendency is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Because you can have nothing here unless that is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But here it is perverted. It is polluted. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is pure consci
ousness, pure spiritual. That is the difference.\line So one who does not know, they want to avoid something. Nothing is, I mean to, can be, can exist in this material world unless it is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1]. So th
ese things have to be studied very scientifically and from books like Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, and when he is perfectly learned, then his symptom is that he becomes a, a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo ma
tta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate [Bg. 10.8]: "I am the source, fountainhead," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. "I am the source and fountainhead like, of everything. One who understands this science, then he takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." How? Now, budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit
\'e4\'f9, with full knowledge, and he becomes a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this
 verse the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub budha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used, which indicates a wise man or one who is learned. What is h
is symptom? He knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the fountainhead of everything, of all emanations. He knows that whatever he sees is but an emanation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the material world, sex life is the most prominent factor. Sexual attraction is found 
in all species of life, and one may ask where it comes from. The wise man understands that this tendency is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that it is revealed in His relationships with the damsels of Vraja. Whatever is found in this material world can also be fou
nd in perfection in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The difference is that in the material world everything is manifest in a perverted form. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba all of these tendencies and manifestations exist in pure consciousness, in spirit. One who knows this, in full 
knowledge, becomes a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\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\line  [Bg. 9.13]\line Mah\'e4tm\'e4. Who is a mah\'e4tm\'e4? Who is a great soul? Great soul is he who is under the influence of the superior nature.\line There are two kinds of nature: superior nature and inferior nature. Now we are
 under the influence of this inferior, material nature. And that, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we shall be transferred into the superior nature. Just try to understand: a person in the prison, a person outside the prison. The government's influence i
s in both the places, outside the prison and inside the prison. But outside the prison, the government's rules and regulation is superior. And inside, that is inferior. So influence is there. Similarly, either in the material world or in the spiritual wo
rld, wherever you, you are, your position is marginal. You can transfer yourself either in this, under the influence of this inferior nature, or you can transfer yourself under the influence of superior nature. Your position is marginal.\line Now, you ar
e given... Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full independent, and because you are also part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore you have got the quality of independence, to make your choice whether to be under the influence of this inferior nature or to bec
ome under the influence of superior nature. But because we do not know what is that superior nature, therefore we have no other alternative than to remain in this inferior nature. This is the whole position. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\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 engag
ed in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible. Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devoti
on." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 9.13-14}{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who is the great soul, the }{\cs2873\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  It is he who is under the influence of the superior energy. At present we are under the influence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inferior energy. As living entities, our position is marginal\'97we can transfer ourse
lves to either of the two energies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fully independent, and because we are part and parcel of Him we also have this quality of independence. Therefore we have a choice as to which energy we will function under. Because we are ignorant of
 the superior nature, we have no alternative but to remain in the inferior nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Because in the world there are many philosophies. They are informing that "There is no other nature. This nature, which we have experienced
, it is troublesome. Make an end of it and become void." Oh, you cannot be void because you are living entity and eternal. Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re [Bg. 2.20]. Your change of body does not mean that you are finished. No. You are continuing. V
\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni. Because I change my dress, that does not mean that I am finished. So I am eternal. If I have to finish the... If I have to get rid, out of the influence of material nature, then I have to seek: "Where is my place?" If we
 know or do not know, then we prefer: "All right, whatever it may be, inferior or superior, let us remain here and rot." So Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 gives you information of the superior nature: yad gatv\'e4 na nivartante tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0 mama [Bg. 15.
6], na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcryo na candro na p\'e4vaka\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some philosophies pro
pound that there is no nature other than the one we are presently experiencing and that the only solution to this is to nullify it and become void. But we cannot be void because we are living entities. It does not mean that we are finished just because w
e change our bodies. Before we can get out from the influence of material nature, we have to understand where our place actually is, where we are to go. If we do not know where to go, then we will simply say, "Oh, we do not know what is superior and infe
rior. All we know is this, so let us stay here and rot." }{\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  however, give
s us information of the superior energy, the superior nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So we have to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by scrutinizing, studying, this authoritative book, \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, without
 having fashionable interpretation, as it is. What K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, He says for all the time. It does not change.\line Just like the verse which we are just now discussing, He says that "It does not matter in whatever occupation you are. Simply you h
ave to change your consciousness. You are now guided by the consciousness of self-interest, of sense gratification." Self-interest. Not exactly self-interest because we do not know what is our self-interest. Rather sense interest, not self-interest, but 
sense interest. Whatever we are doing, we are doing for satisfying the senses. This consciousness has to be changed. We have to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That consciousness has to be invoked and then our life will be successful. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks, He speaks for all eternity; it does not change. It does not matter what our p
resent occupation is or what Arjuna's occupation was\'97we only have to change our consciousness. At present we are guided by the consciousness of self-interest, but we do not know what our real self-interest is. Actually we do not have self-interest, bu
t sense interest. Whatever we are doing, we are doing to satisfy the senses. It is this consciousness that has to be changed. In its place we must implant our real self-interest\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Mr. Goldsmith: How, specifically, how can you do this?\line Prabhup\'e4da: Yes. Now, this consciousness, "How can I do it?", this is also K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that one is ready. [laughs] Now, just like anything which we do or act, we take some consultation. Just like you are a lawyer, and anything has to be done lawfully, we have to take your consultation because you are expert. Si
milarly, you have to take consultation from the person who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. It is simple thing. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660805BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How is this done? How is it possible to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious in every step of our life? Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes it very easy for us:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu kaunteya\line prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9\line pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u\line \'e7abda\'f9 khe pauru\'f1a\'e0 n
\'e5\'f1u\line [Bg. 7.8]\line Now, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is describing how you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious fully, in every step of your life. This verse we have been discussing last day, that raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. Now, this glass of water, the taste
, the juice of this water, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You cannot, when you are thirsty..., this water given by God; there is no other replacement. If somebody offers me, "Instead of water, you drink gold," no, this water is required. The taste of water is so nic
e that when I am thirsty, I require water. No manufacturer can create this taste of the water. Therefore, which is not possible to produce by any human being, that is God's.\line So raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. We can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, when we
 drink water because nobody can avoid drinking water. So the God consciousness is there. How can you forget? Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661002
BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu kaunteya\line prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9\line pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u\line \'e7abda\'f9 khe pauru\'f1a\'e0 n\'e5\'f1u
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9 [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub o\'e0}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  in the Vedic }{\cs2873\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  I am the sound in ether and ability in man." }{\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 Bg.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  7.8)
\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. 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 or God when we drink water. No one can avoid drinking water every day of his lif
e, so God consciousness is there\'97how can we forget?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub When there is some illumination, when there is some illumination... [aside:] You want to come here? I ask this... All right. When there is 
some illumination, that illumination is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The original effulgence is brahma-jyotir. That is in the spiritual sky. This material sky is covered; therefore the nature of this material sky is darkness. Now, at night we are experiencing th
e real nature of this material world-it is darkness. Artificially, it is being illuminated by the sun, by the moon, by the electricity. Otherwise, it is darkness. So this illumination is God. We have to understand-this illumination.\line Now, how this il
lumination is coming? Originally, in the spiritual sky, just like the sun has the shining force which we call sunshine, similarly in the, from the kingdom of God, there is a shining which is called brahma-jyotir. The brahma-jyotir is reflected by the sun
; the moon is reflected by the sun. I mean to say, sun is reflection of brahma-jyotir, and moon is reflection of the sun. Everyone, you know, the stars, glittering stars, they are also reflection of the sun. Similarly, this electricity is also reflection
 of sun. The diamond, the jewels, everything, that is reflection of sun. [some outside radio noise] That's all right. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9. \'c7a\'e7i. \'c7a\'e7i means the moon, and s\'fcrya... S\'fcrya means th
e sun. And in the spiritual world there is no need of sun and moon. Na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcryo na \'e7a\'e7\'e4\'ecko na p\'e4vaka\'f9 [Bg. 15.6]. In the spiritual world there is no need of sun, there is no need of moon, there is no need of electricity
. Because in the spiritual sky everything is illuminated, so there is no need. So we can remember God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when you see some illuminating property. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY
]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, when there is some illumination, that is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The original effulgence in the spiritual sky, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\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  emanates from the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This ma
terial sky is covered. The very nature of the material universe is darkness, which we experience at night. It is being artificially illuminated by the sun, by the reflected light of the moon, and by electricity. Where is this illumination coming from? Th
e sun is being illumined by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\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  or the bright effulgence of the spiritual world. In the spiritual world there is no need for sun, moon or electricity because there everything is illuminated by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\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  On this earth, however, we can remember K\'e5\'f1
\'eba whenever we see some illumination from the sun.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u. When we chant Vedic mantra, o\'e0 tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0 sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9
...[\'c5g Veda 1.22.20] O\'e0 bh\'fcr bhuva\'f9 sva\'f9 tat savitur vare\'ebya\'e0 bhargo devasya dh\'e9mahi. Now, this o\'e0k\'e4ra, om, that is the beginning. This o\'e0k\'e4ra is addressing. Just like we are addressing, "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba," this is 
also addressing, "O Har\'e4, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This o\'e0k\'e4ra is also addressing. So this o\'e0k\'e4ra is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is God. Pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u \'e7abda\'f9 khe pauru\'f1a\'e0 n\'e5\'f1u [Bg. 7.8]. And \'e7abda means sound. Whenever 
you hear some sound, you should know, "This is vibration of the transcendental sound." The sound which we are vibrating, that is pure spiritual sound. But any sound in the material world, that is reflection of that spiritual sound. So when you hear sound
, you can remember God. When you drink water, you can remember God. When you see some illumination, you can remember God. And when you chant some mantra, some hymn, that also you can remember God. So where you cannot remember God? Everywhere. This is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, God consciousness. Always, twenty-four hours we can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That remembrance means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with me. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is already with me, but as soon as you remember, that is factual. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we chant the Vedic }{\cs2873\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  which begin with }{\cs2873\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  we can also remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\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  like 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is also an address to God, and }{\cs2873\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  is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7abda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means sound, and whenever we hear any sound we should know that it is a vibrati
on of the original sound, the pure spiritual sound }{\cs2873\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  or Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever 
sound we hear in the material world is but a reflection of that original spiritual sound }{\cs2873\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 this way when we hear sound, when we drink water, when we see some illumination, we can remember God. If we can do this, then when will we not remember God? This is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this way we can remember 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours a day, and in this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with us. Of course K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always with us, but as soon as we remember this, His presence is factual and is felt.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Because the devotional service,\line \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9\line smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line arcana\'e0 v
andana\'e0 d\'e4syam...\line  [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]\line There are nine different process of associating with God. The first, preliminary association is \'e7rava\'ebam. Just like you are hearing. You are kindly hearing the speeches of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Th
at means you are associating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. Always remember when we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba means God. So because we are hearing, we are associating with God. And as we are associating with God, then your material contaminat
ion is being reduced. \'c7\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 sva-kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.2.17]. As you go on hearing, then the contamination which you have acquired in this material world, that is being reduced.
 So by the association of God in this way, by consciousness, that "Here is God, here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In sound there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the taste of the water there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the illumination there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba," so how you can avoi
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Every step you can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And if you can remember in that way, then your association is permanent, twenty-four hours, your association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hearing. By reading }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. (We should always remember that whe
n we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we refer to God.) Inasmuch 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. In understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sound, illuminat
ion, water, and so many other things, it becomes impossible to avoid K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, our association with Him is permanent.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba means just like association with daylight, sunshine, there is no question of contamination. If you get s
unshine always, oh, you will never be..., ultra violet rays... That is scientific truth. If you are always in the sunshine, there will be no disease. This is a practical point. This is a practical fact, that modern medical science, they approve a disease
 incurable. They recommend, "Just lie down on the sunshine." Yes, it is a fact. And Vedic rules, one man who is diseased, he worships sun. That means he has to come into the sunshine, and naturally his disease will be cured. Similarly, as you associate w
ith sunshine, you are cured of all diseases, similarly, if you associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba always by consciousness, there is no trouble. There is no material trouble. Try it. Simply by sounding Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. Not only sounding, this is also going on at the same time, this consciousness: "This water is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The taste of the water is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The sound is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This illumination is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." In this w
ay you have to practice.\line The only thing is that our present stage is forgetfulness. We have forgotten, that's all. So we have to revive. We have to revive our spiritual life, our spiritual consciousness. And the simple process is this \'e7rava\'ebam
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\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 i
s sunshine, there is no contamination. As long as one is out in the ultraviolet rays of the sun, he will not be diseased. In western medicine, sunshine is recommended for all kinds of diseases, and according to the }{\cs2873\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  a diseased man should worship the sun for cure. Similarly, if we associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness, our maladies are cured. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we can see the water as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the sun and the moon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we can hear K\'e5\'f1\'eba in sound and taste Him in water. Unfo
rtunately, in our present condition we have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But now we have to revive our spiritual life by remembering Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub This act, which you are performing, is approved by Lord Caitanya. Sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4\'e0 tanu-v\'e4\'ec-manobhi\'f9. 
When Lord Caitanya was speaking with R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya... He is a great friend of Lord Caitanya and great devotee, just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna. So R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya was explaining about gradual development of spiritual life. So he rec
ommended so many things-var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma, sanny\'e4sa, and renunciation of work. Lord Caitanya says, "No, it is not so good. It is not so good. It is not so good." In this way, when he was... R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, he was proposing something,
 that "This is the system of promoting spiritual consciousness," and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was rejecting, "No, no. You say something more, better than." Then he was proposing another, another, another.\line When the eighth stage, when R\'e4m\'e4nanda R
\'e4ya cited one verse from the Vedic literature... This literature is\line j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya namanta eva\line j\'e9vanti san-mukharit\'e4\'e0 bhavad\'e9ya-v\'e4rt\'e4m\line sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4\'e0 tanu-v\'e4\'ec-ma
nobhir\line ye pr\'e4ya\'e7o 'jita jito 'py asi tais tri-loky\'e4m\line The purport of this verse is that j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya: "One should give up his unnecessary endeavor for philosophical speculation about God." One should give it up, j
\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam, because by speculation you cannot reach to the ultimate truth.\line How far... How can you... Just suppose we are speculating... Very great scientists are speculating about the nature of the moon from here. But they are speculatin
g. They have not come to any conclusion. So you go on speculating, which you have no experience. You go on speculating, but the real nature of that thing will never come to you. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\cs2873\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 hearing and chanting\'97was approved by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. When Lord Caitanya was speaking wit
h R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, a friend of the Lord's and a great devotee, the Lord questioned him about the methods of spiritual realization. R\'e4m\'e4nanda recommended }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va
r\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma, sanny\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the renunciation of work, and so many other methods, but Lord Caitanya said, "No, all of these are not so good." Each time R\'e4m\'e4nan
da R\'e4ya suggested something, Lord Caitanya rejected it, requesting a better method for spiritual development. Finally R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya quoted a Vedic aphorism which recommended that one give up all unnecessary endeavor in mental speculation for
 understanding God because by speculation it is not possible to arrive at the ultimate truth. Scientists, for instance, may speculate about distant stars and planets, but they can never come to any conclusions without experience. One may go on speculatin
g throughout his life and never reach any conclusions.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam. Especially for understanding God, or God consciousness, speculation is useless. So Lord Caitanya, I mean to say
 the Bh\'e4gavata, says that j\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya, that that sort of endeavor, speculating, should be given up. Namanta eva: "You just become submissive." Just become submissive, that "What I am? I am insignificant creature in this univers
e." This world, this earth, is an insignificant point in the universe. And within this earth, the America is a small spot. And within America, this New York City is another small spot. And in this New York City, I am there. So what is my importance? So w
e should understand that we are very insignificant in comparison to the creation of the whole cosmic situation and God. So we should be very submissive. We should understand our position. Artificially, we should not be puffed up, the frog philosophy.
\line The frog philosophy is that a frog in the well, he was informed about the Atlantic Ocean by his friend, and the frog inquired from him, "Oh, what is that Atlantic Ocean?" "Oh, it is a huge, vast span of water." Now, the frog is in the well, he is t
hinking, "Oh, it may be double than this well or it may be triple than this well, or a hundred times," in this way, calculating. But do you think by such calculation the frog will ever come to the conclusion how length and breadth is of Atlantic Ocean? S
o this is all frog philosophy. We are very tiny. Our knowledge, power of speculating, is limited always. So we cannot speculate about the Supreme. It is a useless waste of time. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is especially useless to speculate about God. Therefore }{\cs2873\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 all sorts of speculation should be given up. It is recommended instead that one become submissive, realizing that not only is he an insig
nificant creature, but 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 th
at in the United States New York City is 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 G
od, we should not be artificially puffed-up but should be submissive. We should be very careful not to fall prey to the frog philosophy. Once there was a frog in a well, and upon being informed of the existence of the Atlantic Ocean by a friend, he asked
 the friend, "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," 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?" In this way the frog went on calculating. But what is the possibility of his ever understanding the depths and far reaches of
 the great ocean? Our faculties, experience, and powers of speculation are always limited. We can only give rise to such frog philosophy. Therefore }{\cs2873\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  recommends that we give up the method of speculation as a waste of time in trying to understand the Supreme.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Bh\'e4gavata says, "You give up this. You give up this process of speculating." J\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sy a: "Give it up
." Then what is next? "Now, be submissive. Be submissive." Then? "All right, let me become submissive. Then next?" J\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya namanta eva san-mukharit\'e4\'e0 bhavad\'e9ya-v\'e4rt\'e4m: "You just try to understand, just try to he
ar the message of God."\line The message of God is just like Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 or Bible, any, as you like. Just try to hear, san-mukharit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4rt\'e4m, from realized soul. Just like the truths of Bible were spoken by Lord Jesus Christ or K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Any, whatever you like, you hear. J\'ef\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya namanta eva san-mukharit\'e4\'e0 bhavad\'e9ya-v\'e4rt\'e4m. But you must hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and nothing more. That should be your profession. Then
 what will be the result?\line The result will be sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9. In whatever condition you are, that doesn't matter. "Oh, I am a very poor man." That doesn't matter. "Oh, I am a very rich man." That doesn't matter. "Oh, I am European." It doesn
't matter. "I am Indian." Doesn't matter. "I am born very low." Oh, doesn't matter. Anything, unconditional. You remain whatever you are; that doesn't matter. If you simply hear, sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4m, if you simply give your aural re
ception to these transcendental words, the result will be that God, who can never be conquered, you'll conquer God. How you conquer? You will conquer by love. God cannot be conquered, but He can be conquered by love.\line Just like Arjuna. Arjuna was a f
riend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How he conquered? Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became his driver. The Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme, everyone's master, He became a menial servant of Arjuna. So God is so lovable, and He reciprocates His love in this way. So 
you can conquer. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba became the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and when He was child, He took the shoes of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja on His head just like child play. You see? So these are symptoms of conquering God. What you... You are try
ing to become one with God? Oh, you can become father of God. You can become father of God. God has no father but He accepts His devotee, His lover, "Oh, you are My father." So that is the question. So if this process is for simply hearing, aural recepti
on, sincerely, then by this process, whatever position I may be, in whatever position I may be, I can conquer the Supreme Lord. He agrees to be conquered.\line This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should be spread. It is very easy. You drink water-Oh, you r
emember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You hear something-Oh. Suppose there are... So many sounds are occurring in the street, but if you know that "This sound is K\'e5\'f1\'eba," then in every step you will feel K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After giving up speculation, what should we do? }{\cs2873\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 submissive and hear the message of God submissively. This message may be found also in the }{\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  and other Vedic literatures, in the Bible or the Koran\'97in any bona fide scripture\'97or it may b
e heard from a realized soul. The main point is that one should not speculate but should simply hear about God. What will be the result of such hearing? Regardless of what one is\'97whether he be a poor or rich man, an American, European or Indian, a }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or whatever\'97if one but hears the transcendental word of God, 
the Lord, who can never be conquered by any power or force, will be conquered by love. Arjuna was a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although the Supreme Godhead, became Arjuna's chariot driver, a menial servant. Arjuna loved K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba reciprocated his love in this way. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a child, He playfully took the shoes of His father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and put them on His head. People may try very hard to become one with God, but actually 
we can surpass that\'97we can become father of God. Of course God is the father of all creatures, and He has no father Himself, but He accepts His devotee, His lover, as a father. K\'e5\'f1\'eba agrees to be conquered by His devotee out of love. All one 
has to do is hear the message of the Lord very carefully.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Then again He says,\line 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\line [Bg. 7.9]\line He is describing more elaborately. How is that? Now, pu\'ebyo gandha\'f9 p\'e5thivy\'e4\'e0 ca. Pu\'ebyo gandha\'f9 means flavor, the flavor. Any flavor, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is God. Y
ou cannot create any flavor. Synthetically, we may create some scent, but that is not as good as natural scent. So that is... When you have a good flavor, you can remember, "Oh, here is God. Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." When there is some natural beauty, oh,
 you can understand, "Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." And when there is something uncommon, very powerful, wonderful, oh, you can understand, "Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." And when there is life, j\'e9vanam... As long a tree lives, as long a man lives, as long as a
nimal lives, so you understand, "This life, this life is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." As soon as the part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the spark, is taken away from that body, oh, everything goes. No meaning. So nice brain, we are acting-Sir Isaa
c Newton, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose. But as soon as that small particle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's part and parcel is removed from this body, no more Sir Isaac Newton working. Finish. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Seventh Chapter of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives additional ways in which He can be perceived in every step of life:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "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 as
cetics." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 7.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'ebyo gandha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refer to fragrances. 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 na
tural 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 is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, is taken away from the body, the body disintegrates.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "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." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  7.10)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So j\'e9vana\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m: He is the life. He is the life. We can see in every step God. People say, "Can you show me God?" 
Yes. God is seen in so many ways. You just try to see. If you close your eyes, that "I shall not see God," then who can show you? But you can see God in every step. J\'e9vana\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u tapa\'e7 c\'e4smi tapasvi\'f1u. Tapa\'e7 c\'e4smi, any 
kind of penance, any kind of perseverance, that is also God. Tapa\'e7 c\'e4smi tapasvi\'f1u. \line B\'e9ja\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 viddhi p\'e4rtha san\'e4tanam [Bg. 7.10]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here again it is explicitly stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the life of all that lives. Thus at every step we can see God. People may ask, "Can you
 show me God?" Yes, of course. God can be seen in so many ways. But if one closes his eyes and says, "I shall not see God," then how can He be shown?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub And b\'e9jam. B\'e9jam means seed. The seed is san\'e4tana, that is eternal. San\'e4tana means eternal. There is a gigantic tree, but what 
is the platform, what is the background of this gigantic tree seed? That small seed, that mustardlike grain, seed. That is the background of this large tree.\line B\'e9ja\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 viddhi p\'e4rtha san\'e4tanam. And that se
ed is eternal. The seed within me, within you, everyone, the seed is there. And as soon as the seed takes place in the mother's womb, the seed begins to fructify, little by little. Then it comes out. When it is properly developed with hands and legs and 
eyes, it comes out from the mother's womb. Then again develops, again develops. He becomes a boy, he becomes a youth, he becomes a... So many things, changes everything. But that seed is permanent. The body is changing, but the seed is there. Therefore i
t is san\'e4tana.\line It is very easy to understand how we change our body. We are changing our body every moment, imperceptibly. Imperceptibly, we are changing our body every, every moment, every second. So change of body is a fact. Therefore that b
\'e9jam, that small particle, spark of spirit, that is san\'e4tana. This body is changing. Now, when it is changed to another body, that means transmigration of the soul from one body to another. This is a fact, and it is not very difficult to understand
. We are changing our body every moment. B\'e9ja\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 viddhi p\'e4rtha san\'e4tanam [Bg. 7.10], buddhir buddhimat\'e4m asmi. One who is very intelligent, that intelligence, extraordinary intelligence, must be considere
d, "Oh, he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Without being especially favored by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nobody can become extraordinarily intelligent. Anyone... Everyone is trying that "I shall be more intelligent than my friend, my others," but without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, I m
ean to say, special favor, nobody can become extraordinarily intelligent. Therefore, wherever you find extraordinary intelligence, you should consider, "Oh, there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line Buddhir buddhimat\'e4m asmi 
tejas tejasvin\'e4m aham. One who is very influential, that influence is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That influence, that particular influence of a particular man, that is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the above verse the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b\'e9jam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means seed, and that seed is proclaimed to be eternal (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). One may see a huge tree, but what is the origin of this tree? It is the seed, and that seed is eternal. The seed of existence is within every living entity. The body itself may go through so many changes\'97it may dev
elop within the mother's womb, come out as a small baby and grow through childhood and adulthood\'97but the seed of that existence that is within is permanent. Therefore it is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub san\'e4tanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Imperceivably we are changing our bodies at every moment, at every second. But the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b\'e9jam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the seed, the spiritual spark, does not change. K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims Himself to be this eternal seed within all existences. He is also the in
telligence of an intelligent person. Without being favored by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one cannot become extraordinarily intelligent. Everyone is trying to be more intelligent than others, but without the favor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba this is not possible. Therefore wh
enever we encounter someone with extraordinary intelligence we should think, "That intelligence is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Similarly, the influence of one who is very influential is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bala\'e0 balavat\'e4\'e0 c\'e4ha\'e0\line k\'e4ma-r\'e4ga-vivarjitam\line dharm\'e4viruddho bh\'fcte\'f1u\line k\'e4mo 'smi bhar
atar\'f1abha
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bala\'e0 balavat\'e4\'e0 c\'e4ham [Bg. 7.11]. And one is very strong, stout and strong, that particular strength is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary
 to religious principles, O Lord of the Bh\'e4ratas [Arjuna]." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 7.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Just like an elephant is very strong. And more than elephant, the gorilla is still more strong. That strength, wherefrom..., wherefrom he g
ets strength? Now, suppose I am a human being. I cannot get such strength by my own endeavor, but I can get strength ten thousand times more than the elephant if K\'e5\'f1\'eba favors. Therefore strength. Just like Bh\'e9ma. Bh\'e9ma had strength ten tho
usand times than an elephant. He was so strong.\line K\'e4ma-r\'e4ga-vivarjitam, dharm\'e4viruddho bh\'fcte\'f1u k\'e4mo 'smi bharatar\'f1abha. "And lust, lust which is not against religious principles, that is also I am." What is that lust? Lust means, 
generally means, sex, sex life. Sex life which is not against religious principles, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How it is religious principle, sex life? Yes. Sex life is religious principle in this way, that when you want a good child, in that sense, if you 
undertake sex life, that is sanctioned. That is religion. And without that, everything sex life is nonreligion. If you can produce a good child, you can have thousand times sexual intercourse, but if you produce cats and dogs, don't take. That is irrelig
ious. So here it is stated that dharm\'e4viruddho bh\'fcte\'f1u [Bg. 7.11]. Therefore, for sex life, dharma is marriage. In the human society there is marriage. In the animal society there is no marriage. They indulge in sex life any way, because they ar
e animals. But in human society, either Hindu society or Muslim society or Christian society or any society, any civilized society, there is the marriage. So the marriage, sex life by marriage, is religious, and sex life without marriage, that is irrelig
ious. So here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Sex life," dharm\'e4viruddha\'f9, "which is not against religious principle, that is I am."\line So there is no harm to become a householder. It is not that... I am a sanny\'e4s\'e9; I have given up household life.
 And one person who is a householder... There is no difference, provided it is on the principle of religion. I am a sanny\'e4s\'e9. I am forbidden to make any association with women. I cannot talk even with woman in a lonely place. That is forbidden. I c
annot talk with a woman. I give you one practical example. When my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, my spiritual master, was living... I am speaking about fifty years before. We were all young men at that time, and one of my Godbrothers, he was also young man, Dr. O
. B. Kapoor, and his wife was also young. So his wife wanted to speak with my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was at that time not less than sixty or more than that, and the girl, my friend's wife, she was not more than twenty-two years. But 
actually, she was just like his granddaughter. But she proposed, "Sir, I wanted to speak with you something confidentially." My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "Oh, no, no. I cannot speak with you confidentially. You can speak whatever you like here." Just see
. "I cannot speak." Now the so much age difference, so much, I mean to say, affection, still, he refused: "No, no. I cannot talk with you confidentially because you are woman."\line So a sanny\'e4s\'e9 is forbidden not to talk even in private place with 
woman. But a householder, he, if he associates woman under marriage tie, then it is religious. And without this, this is irreligious. And that religious sex life is God. Religious sex life is God.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elephant and the gorilla are very strong animals, and we should understand that they get their strength from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The hum
an being cannot acquire such strength by his own endeavor, but if K\'e5\'f1\'eba so favors, a man can get strength to exceed the elephant thousands of times. The great warrior Bh\'e9ma, who fought in the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, was said to have strength
 ten thousand times that of an elephant. Similarly, desire or lust (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) which is not 
against religious principles should also be seen as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is this lust? Lust generally means sex life, but here }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to sex life which is not against religious principles, that is to say, sex for the begetting of good children. If one can beget good K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children, he can have sex thousands of 
times, but if he can only beget children who are raised in the consciousness of cats and dogs, his sex life is to be considered irreligious. In religious and civilized societies, marriage is intended as an indication that a couple is to engage in sex for
 begetting good children. Therefore married sex life is considered religious, and unmarried sex life is considered irreligious. Actually there is no difference between the }{\cs2873\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  and the householder provided that the householder's sexual activities are based on religious principles.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Then He says,\line ye caiva s\'e4ttvik\'e4 bh\'e4v\'e4\line r\'e4jas\'e4s t\'e4mas\'e4\'e7 ca ye\line matta eveti t\'e4n viddhi\line na tv aha
\'e0 te\'f1u te mayi\line [Bg. 7.12]\line Now, one may question, "Then if You are particularly-You are Personality of Godhead, Supreme God-You are speaking that You are sound, You are this light, You are this pra\'ebava, You are b\'e9ja, You are also k
\'e4ma, so many things. So do You mean to say that You are simply in goodness? And what about the other things?" Because there are three qualities of the material world: the modes of goodness and the modes of passion and the modes of darkness. Now, so fa
r K\'e5\'f1\'eba has described Himself, that any good thing... Just like sex life in marriage is a good. "That's all right. You are. What about other things?" Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba replies. He automatically says that ye caiva s\'e4ttvik\'e4 bh\'e4v\'e4 r
\'e4jas\'e4s t\'e4mas\'e4\'e7 ca ye.\line Whatever there are in this material world, we find interaction of three qualities only: goodness, passion, and ignorance. All manifestations that you are observing, they are different combination of these three q
ualities. Now that can be made into nine. Three into three equal to nine; nine into nine equal to eighty-one; and so on-go on diluting. But the main background is that three qualities. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Whatever qualities are there," ye caiva 
s\'e4ttvik\'e4 bh\'e4v\'e4 r\'e4jas\'e4s t\'e4mas\'e4\'e7 ca ye, "either goodness or passion or ignorance," matta eveti t\'e4n viddhi, "they are all produced from Me. They are all produced from Me."\line How is that? Na tv aha\'e0 te\'f1u te mayi, that "
Because they are produced from Me, therefore they are standing, their position is in Me, but I am not there. I am transcendental." So in another sense, even the bad things, evil things, which is produced out of ignorance, that is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But
 when? When it is applied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line How it is that? Practical example: Now, an electrical engineer, he is producing electricity, energy. Now, you are feeling at your home in the refrigerator it is cold, and in the heater it is hot. But in t
he original generating station, it is electricity. It is neither cold, neither hot. So these qualitative manifestation of the world, they are different for me. For K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no difference. Therefore sometimes, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba acts on the
 principle of this ignorance, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like for the electric engineer-the whole energy is electricity. Nothing. He has no distinction, "This is cold and this is hot." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye caiva s\'e4ttvik\'e4 bh\'e4v\'e4\line rajasas t\'e4mas\'e4\'e7 ca ye\line matta eveti t\'e4n viddhi\line na tv aha\'e0 te\'f1u te mayi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "All states of being\'97be they of goodness, passion or ignorance\'97are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything\'97bu
t I am independent. I am not under the modes of this material nature." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\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 7.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may question K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way: "You say You are sound, water, illumination, fragrance, the seed of all, strength, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma, desire\'97does that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean that you exist simply in the mode of goodness?" In the material world there are the m
odes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Thus far, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has described Himself as that which is good (for instance, sex in marriage according to religious principles). But what about the other modes? Does not K\'e5\'f1\'eba exist in them? In ans
wer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba replies that whatever is seen in the material world is due to an interaction of three modes of material nature. Whatever can be observed is a combination of goodness, passion or ignorance, and in all cases these three states are "prod
uced by Me." Because they are produced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their position is in Him, but He is not in them, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is transcendental to the three modes. Thus, in another sense, bad and evil things, which are produced out of ignorance, 
are also K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when they are applied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How is this? For example, an electrical engineer is producing electrical energy. In our homes we are experiencing this electrical energy as coldness in the refrigerator or heat in the elec
tric stove, but at the power plant electrical energy is neither cold nor hot. The manifestations of this energy may be different for the living entities, but for K\'e5\'f1\'eba they are not different. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes acts on what appea
rs to be the principles of passion or ignorance, but for K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as for the electrical engineer electrical energy is simply electricity and nothing else. He makes no distinction that this is "cold electric
ity" or that is "hot electricity."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub This is the philosophy. Matta eveti t\'e4n viddhi na tu, na tv aha\'e0 te\'f1u te mayi. [Bg. 7.12] Everything is being generated. And the V
ed\'e4nta-s\'fctra confirms it: janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 [1.1.2], everything. "That is the Supreme Truth from where everything is emanating." That is Supreme Truth. So what we are thinking bad, good, that is bad and good for me, because I am conditioned,
 but because He is not conditioned, therefore for Him, there is no bad and good. He is not conditioned. I am conditioned; therefore I am feeling heat and cold. But because He is not conditioned, everything is all right for Him. So such is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything is being generated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed, the }{\cs2873\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  confirms: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9:}{\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 everything is flowing from the Supreme Absolute Truth. What the living entity is considering to be bad or good is only so for the living entity, for he is conditioned. But because K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is not conditioned, for Him there is no question of bad or good. Because we are conditioned, we are suffering from dualities, but for Him everything is perfect.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 OWK 4: The Roads of the Foolish and the Wise
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4\line The Roads of the Foolish 
and the Wise
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 661007BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 661009BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So how K\'e5\'f1\'eba has described Himself as He is. But why we are not attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is thus explaining Himself as He is. Yet we are not attracted to Him. Why is this? The reason is 
given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendere
d unto Me can easily cross beyond it." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub 7.14}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub That is explained in the next.\line tribhir gu\'ebamayair bh\'e4vair\line ebhi\'f9 sarvam ida\'e0 jagat\line mohita\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4t
i\line m\'e4m ebhya\'f9 param avyayam\line  [Bg. 7.13]\line "Because they are illusioned by the intermixture of these three qualities..." Mohita: "They are illusioned." Tribhir gu\'ebamayair bh\'e4vair ebhi\'f9 sarvam ida\'e0 jagat. Ida\'e0 jagat. This m
aterial world is spread all over with these three gu\'ebas, or three qualities of material nature.\line Now, from here you can understand that the division of social orders, as it is confirmed in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s
\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0 gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9 (4.13), that "The four division of human society is made by Me." How it is that? That gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9: "According to the material qualities and world." So in the Vedic literature in In
dia you find there are four division of human society: the br\'e4hma\'eba, the k\'f1atriya, the vai\'e7ya and the \'e7\'fcdra. So that is natural. That is not artificial. People misunderstand that Indians have created a caste system. No. That caste syste
m is everywhere-sarvam ida\'e0 jagat. Not only India, all universe is being conducted by that process. Even here also, you have got that caste system. Some of you are in the modes of goodness, some of you are in the modes of passion, some of you are in t
he modes of ignorance, and some of you are in the mixed quality. So that is prevailing all over the world. And those who are in the modes of goodness, they are br\'e4hma\'eba. Name may be another thing. You may say, "Oh, this person, this man is very int
elligent, very moralist." That means he is a br\'e4hma\'eba. Or "This man is very good administrator." That means he is k\'f1atriya. "Oh, this man is very good industrialist, merchant." That means he is vai\'e7ya. "This man cannot do anything." He is 
\'e7\'fcdra.\line So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that tribhir gu\'ebamayair bh\'e4vai\'f9: "By these three qualities, everywhere, all over the universe..." You must know whenever K\'e5\'f1\'eba says something, it is nothing limited. Universally true, He say
s.\line He claims to be father of all living entities. Even the animals, even the aquatics, even the trees, plants, worms, birds, beasts, this human being, that human being-all He claims. He's the father of everyone. So similarly, tribhir gu\'ebamayair b
h\'e4vai\'f9, mohita\'e0 sarva-jagat: "The whole world is," I mean to say, "illusioned or covered by these reactions of these three qualities." And we are under the spell of that illusion; therefore we cannot understand what is God, what is God. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is pervaded by the three qualities of material nature. All living entit
ies are influenced by these qualities. If they are primarily influenced by the mode of goodness, they are called }{\cs2873\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 if they are influenced by the mode of passion, they are called }{\cs2873\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  If they are influenced by the modes of passion and ignorance, they are }{\cs2873\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  and if they are influenced by ignorance, they are }{\cs2873\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  This is not an artificial imposition due to birth or social status but is according to }{\cs2873\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  or the mode of nature under which one is operating.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line tasya kart\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0
\line viddhy akart\'e4ram avyayam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me
. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 4.13)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that this system refers to the perverted caste system in India. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically states: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  men are classified according to the }{\cs2873\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  or the mode under which they are operating, and this applies to men all over the universe. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks, we must unders
tand that whatever He says is not limited but is universally true. He claims to be the father of all living entities\'97even the animals, the aquatics, the trees, plants, worms, birds and bees are all claimed to be His sons. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba asse
rts that the entire universe is illusioned by the interactions of the three qualities of material nature, and we are under the spell of that illusion; therefore we cannot understand what God is.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this illusion... What is the nature of this illusion? How it can be overcome? That is also explained here.\line 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\line  [Bg. 7.14]\line Oh, you cannot do it by mental speculation. You cannot get rid of this entanglement of three qualities. It is not p
ossible. It is very strong. Don't you think how we are in the grip of the material nature? It is not possible. Daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9 mama m\'e4y\'e4. Gu\'eba. Gu\'eba means this quality, and another meaning of gu\'eba is rope. Just like we
 have seen rope, one rope, two rope, three ropes. When three ropes are, I mean to say, bound up, twisted in one, oh, that becomes very strong. Gu\'eba means rope also. So we are tied up hands and feet with that rope of these qualities, three. You see? It
 is very difficult to get out of it. Then? Hopelessness? No. No hopelessness. How can I get rid out of it? M\'e4m eva ye prapadyante m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti te: "Anyone who surrenders unto Me, he is at once free." Anyone who becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 conscious by this way or that way, he becomes free. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661002BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the nature of this il
lusion, and how can it be overcome? That is also explained in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 eta\'e0 t
aranti te
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendere
d to Me can easily cross beyond it." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub 7.14}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can get rid of the entanglement of the three qualities of material nature by mental speculation. The three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are very strong and hard to overcome. Can't we feel how we are in the grip of material nature? The word }{\cs2873\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  (mode) also means rope. When someone is bound by three strong ropes, he is certainly very tightly se
cured. Our hands and legs are all bound by the strong ropes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Are we therefore to abandon hope? No, for here \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that whoever surrenders unto Him is at once free. When one becomes K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious\'97whether in this way or that way\'97he becomes free.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub We have got eternal relationship with God because we are sons of God. How the relation can be broken? Suppose you have got son. Now, he is 
not obedient to you. That is all right. He has gone out of home. He does not like you. But the relation cannot be broken. When he will be asked, "What is your father's name?" he has to name your..., that "I am son of such and such gentleman." That relati
on cannot be broken. Similarly, we are all sons of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So our relationship is eternal, but we have forgotten. Just you understand, God is all-powerful, all-famous, He possesses all wealth, He possesses all beauty, He possesses all k
nowledge and He possesses all renunciation. So we are sons of such a great personality. We have forgotten. Just as a rich man's son forgets his father and becomes mad and lying on the street and begging-o\'f9, that is due to his forgetfulness. If somebod
y gives him information that "Why you are suffering in this way? You have got your father's riches. You go home and enjoy your father's property. Your father is very much anxious to have you. Why you are rotting in this condition?" And if he comes to his
 senses that "Oh, I have suffered so much. Now I shall go back to my father and enjoy life..."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf16\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are all related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for we are all His sons. A son may have a disagreement with his father, but it is not possible for him to break that relati
on. In the course of his life he will be asked who he is, and he will have to reply, "I am the son of so and so." That relation cannot be broken. We are all sons of God, and that relationship with Him is eternal, but we have simply forgotten. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is all-powerful, all-famous, all-wealthy, all-beautiful, all-knowledgeable, and He is full of renunciation as well. Although we are friends of such a great personality, we have forgotten it. If a rich man's son forgets his father, leaves home and b
ecomes mad, he may lie on the street to go to sleep, or he may beg money for food, but all of this is due to his forgetfulness. If someone, however, gives him information that he is simply suffering because he has left his father's home and that his fath
er, a very wealthy man and owner of vast property, is anxious to have him return\'97the person is a great benefactor.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub This is our condition. We are under threefold miseries here in this material world. Always we are suffering by these threefold miseries: ad
hy\'e4tmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika, threefold miseries. Some miseries are pertaining to this body and mind. Just like one of our students-all of a sudden, he has got some aches and he has to undergo surgical operation. So this is going on. Someth
ing misery are due to the body, something miserable due to the mind, something miserable due to the nature. All of a sudden, it becomes very cold. All of a sudden, it becomes very hot, warm. Nature. All of a sudden, there is great snowfall. All of sudden
, there is earthquake. So many miseries, due to nature, due to body, due to mind, and due to other living entities. Oh, somebody attacks me with dagger. A tiger attacks me with his jaws. So many difficulties, miseries in every step. Pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad
 vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m [Bh\'e4g. 10.14.58]. So we should remember this. But due to the illusion, being covered by the illusion, we don't take account of these miseries. But we must remember that we are always in miseries. An intelligent person who
 is developed in consciousness, he inquires, "Why I am in miseries? I do not want miseries. Why I am in miseries?" When this question arises, then there is chance of becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world we are always suffering under threefold miseries\'97the miseries arising from the body and the mind, from othe
r living entities, and from natural catastrophes. Being covered by illusion, by the modes of material nature, we do not take account of these miseries. However, we should always know that in the material world we are undergoing so much suffering. One who
 has sufficiently developed consciousness, who is intelligent, inquires why he is suffering. "I do not want miseries. Why am I suffering?" When this question arises, there is chance for becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub If anyone voluntarily, or understanding his miserable life, if he surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I forgot You for
 so many lives. Now I understand that You are my father, You are my protector. I surrender unto You." Just like a lost child goes to the father, "My dear father, it was my misunderstanding that I went away from your protection, but I have suffered. Now I
 come to you." The father embraces, "My dear boy, you come on. I was so much anxious for you all the days. Oh, it is happy that you have come back." The father is so kind. So we are in the same position. As soon as we surrender ourself to the Supreme Lor
d... That is not very difficult. A son's surrender to the father, is it very difficult job? Do you think is it very difficult job? A son is surrendering to his father. It is quite natural. There is no insult. Father is always superior. So if I touch the 
feet of my father, if I bow down before my father, it is glory. It is glorious for me. There is no insult. There is no difficulty. Why should we not surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba? So this is the process.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as we surrender ourselves to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
He welcomes us very cordially. It is just like a lost child who returns to his father and says, "My dear father, due to some misunderstanding I left your protection, but I have suffered. Now I return to you." The father embraces his son and says, "My dea
r boy, come on. I was so anxious for you all the days you were gone, and now I'm so happy you have come back." The father is so kind. We are in the same position. We have to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is not very difficult. When the son surrende
rs to the father, is it a very difficult job? It is very natural, and the father is always waiting to receive the son. There is no question of insult. If we bow down before our Supreme Father and touch His feet, there is no harm for us, nor is it difficu
lt. Indeed, it is glorious for us. Why should we not? By surrendering unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba we come immediately under His protection and are relieved of all miseries. This is validated by all scriptures. At the end of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub M\'e4m eva ye prapadyante. "All these bewildered living entities, when they surrender unto Me," m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti te, "he has no mo
re any miseries of life." He becomes at once under the protection of the father. You will find in the end of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9 [Bg. 18.66]. When the father... When the child 
comes on the breast of his mother, the mother protects. If there is any danger, the mother is prepared to give her life first, then the child's life. Similarly, when we are under the protection of God, then there is no fear. We becomes fearless under the
 protection of God. The child... Small children, they have got this faith in the father and the mother. So we should take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante. "Anyone who takes shelter unto Me, he is out of this danger at once." At once. 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line mam 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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\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 18.66)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we throw ourselves at the feet of God, we come under His protection, and from that time on there is no fear for us. When children are under the protection of t
heir parents, they are fearless because they know that their parents will not let them be harmed. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4m eva }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prapadyante:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that those who surrender 
to Him have no cause for fear.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So why not do this? Is it very difficult job? No. Then why the person do not take shelter? If it is so easy thing, a certain child is going
 to surrender unto the care of his father, it is so simple thing. Why people do not do this? Why? Because people are, I mean to say, challenging even the existence of God. Now the Godless civilization: "Oh, nature is everything. Science is everything. Go
d is nothing." Their advancement of this material knowledge means they are getting more and more mad. Their madness is increasing. Instead of being cured, their disease is being increased. This is the material civilization. "Don't care for God." All righ
t, don't care. Then you care for this material nature. She will give you good kicks. She is engaged for kicking you always, twenty-four hours, threefold miseries. Mind that. But we are so much, I mean to say, accustomed to this kicking that we don't... W
e think, "It is all right. You go on kicking. My dear material nature, thank you very much for your kicking." You see?\line So we have become so fools, and we are very much proud of our education. Can you conquer material nature? Who has conquered? The m
aterial nature is always inflicting upon us threefold of miseries. That's all right. Again the four things, janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi-du\'f9kha-do\'f1\'e4nudar\'e7anam: [Bg. 13.9] the birth, the miseries of birth; the miseries of death; the miseri
es of old age; and miseries of diseases-can you solve? No. Then what advancement of knowledge you have got? The death is there. The old age is there. The disease is there. Then what advancement you have made? You are so proud. This is called m\'e4y\'e4.}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If 
surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba is such an easy thing, then why don't people do it? Instead there are many who are challenging the very existence of God, claiming that nature and science are everything and that God is nothing. So-called advancement of civi
lization in knowledge means that the populace is becoming more mad. Instead of being cured, the disease is being increased. People don't care for God, but they care for nature, and it is nature's business to give kicks in the form of the threefold miseri
es. She is always administering these kicks twenty-four hours a day. However, we have become so accustomed to being kicked that we think it is all right and consider it to be the ordinary course of things. We have become very proud of our education, but 
we tell material nature, "Thank you very much for kicking me. Now please continue." Thus deluded, we think that we have even conquered material nature. But how is this so? Nature is still inflicting upon us the miseries of birth, old age, disease and dea
th. Has any one solved these problems? Then what advancement have we really made in knowledge and civilization? We are under the stringent rules of material nature, but still we are thinking that we have conquered. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So the simple thing is that father has to surrender, er, the son has to surrender to the father. Simple thing. And the father, what kind of
 father? He is not ordinary father. He is Bhagav\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n means possessing full power, full strength, full wealth, full knowledge. He's not ordinary father. He is not like material father, a poor father without any knowledge. But here is the fat
her who is full of knowledge, full of opulence, and we have to surrender to such father. Don't you think yourself to be lucky to go to such a father and enjoy His property? Why you are so fools? This foolishness, why they are so much fools, that is descr
ibed in the next verse.\line 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  [Bg. 7.15]\line These are the good qualifica
tions of the fools. What is that? Du\'f1k\'e5tina. Du\'f1k\'e5tina means always doing against the scriptural or religious injunction.\line Always, continuously. Our business is now to break the rules of scriptures. That's all. That has become our busines
s, du\'f1k\'e5tina, always. Du\'f1k\'e5tina, suk\'e5tina, means a pious worker and impious worker. Just a man, lawful; and law, outlaw. Who is outlaw, and who is lawful? One who obeys the state laws, he is called lawful citizen. And one who does not obey
 the state laws, who is put into the prison house, he is called outlaws. So these du\'f1k\'e5tina and suk\'e5tina, who is pious and who is impious, there must be some standard rules. The pious is he who follows the scriptural injunction, and impious is h
e who does not follow. Every civilized nation, every civilized man has got his scripture. May he be a Christian, may be a Hindu, may be a Muhammadan or may be a Buddhist. It doesn't matter. But everyone has got his authority, book of authority, scripture
. So one who does not follow the scriptural injunction, he is outlaw. He is punishable. Du\'f1k\'e5tina.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There may be some difficulty in surrendering to the father of this body, for he has limited knowledge and power, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like an or
dinary father. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited and has full knowledge, full power, full wealth, full beauty, full fame and full renunciation. Shouldn't we consider ourselves lucky to go to such a father and enjoy His property? Yet no one seems to care about 
this, and now everyone is making propaganda that there is no God. Why do people not seek Him out? The answer is given in the next verse of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e4na\line
\'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheist
ic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me."}{\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 Bg.}{\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 7.15)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way the fools are categorized. A }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is always acting against the scriptural injunctions. The business of current civilization is to break scriptural rules\'97that's all. By definition, a pious man is one who doesn't. There must be
 some standard to distinguish between }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (an evil doer) and }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suk\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a virtuous man). Every civilized country has some scripture\'97it may be Christian, Hindu,
 Moslem or Buddhist. That doesn't matter. The point is that the book of authority, the scripture, is there. One who does not follow its injunctions is considered an outlaw.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And m\'fc\'f2ha. M\'fc\'f2ha means fool number one. These people do not go to God. These qualified peoples-du\'f1k\'e5tina, means impious; 
m\'fc\'f2ha, fool number one; and nar\'e4dhama, and lowest of the human kind; and m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na, and bewildered of his knowledge; and \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7rita\'f9, and atheistic mentality. These people. One who has develope
d...\line Now, the simple thing is to surrender unto the father. Anyone can do it. There is no difficulty, there is no insult, and it is all prospective. Everything is good. But still, people do not do it. Why? These are the qualifications. What are the 
qualifications? That he is impious, he is fool number one, he is lowest of the mankind, his knowledge has been plundered by illusion, and he is atheistic. Anyone who is qualified all by these qualifications, he cannot surrender to his father. He is still
 to be punished by the agent of father, the material nature.\line He is still to be slapped and caned very good and kicked. He has to suffer. Just like the father chastises the unruly boy, so the father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God, has employed this material 
nature, nurse. She is nursing also. She is giving us very nice foodstuff, at the same time giving good slap. Both things are going on. Because we are all rich man's sons. We are not poor man's son, poor man's son. No. So we are getting all supply of food
. That is all right. God is kind. Even we are rebelled, even we do not surrender unto Him, still, He is so kind. He is sending us grains, He is sending us fruits, so many things. And du\'f1k\'e5tina, instead of so many things for foodstuff, he is still d
oing impious acts for his eating, which is not sanctioned. So these things are going on.\line So these kinds of people who are fool number one, impious, lowest of the mankind, and whose knowledge has been exploited by this illusory energy and who is athe
istic, these people, they do not go to God. Now why m\'fc\'f2ha? M\'fc\'f2ha means fool number one. Just like I explained that he is being kicked in every step; still, he is thinking that "Oh, I am very intelligent." This is a sign of fool number one. An
d nar\'e4dhama, why nar\'e4dhama, lowest of the mankind? Oh, because this human form of life is meant for recognizing our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. This is an opportunity. In the life of cat or dog, oh, they cannot come here to understand
 what is spoken in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Even they come, they cannot understand. First of all they will not come. But human being, it is made for human being. So if human being does not take advantage of this knowledge, any knowledge that will help hi
m to rewake his forgotten relationship with the supreme father...}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another category mentioned in this verse is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fool number one. The }{\cs2873\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  is one who is low in 
the human scale, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one whose knowledge is ca
rried away by }{\cs2873\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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to those who are out and out atheists. Although there are no disadvantages to surrendering 
unto the Father, people who are thus characterized never do it. As a result, they are constantly punished by the agents of the Father. They have to be slapped, caned and kicked severely, and they have to suffer. Just as a father has to chastise his unrul
y boy, so material nature has to employ certain punishments. At the same time nature is nourishing us by supplying food and other necessities. Both processes are going on because we are sons of the wealthiest Father of all, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is kind eve
n though we do not surrender unto Him. Yet despite being furnished so well by the Father, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  still performs unsanctioned actions. One is foolish if he persists in being punished, and one is low on the human scale if he does not use this human form of life to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If a man does not use his life to reawak
en the relationship he has with his real Father, he is to be considered fallen in the human scale.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub That is called knowledge. So here is the book, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally speaking. So if we do not take advantage of th
is knowledge, simply like cats and dogs we eat, sleep, and have sexual intercourse with the opposite sex, and die without taking advantage of the higher consciousness, developed consciousness, which have been given to us by the grace of Lord through the 
material energy... We have got intelligence, but if we misuse this intelligence, do not take advantage, then are we not the lowest of the mankind?\line So lowest of the mankind, who does not take full advantage of this human form of life, he's the lowest
 of mankind. He should not have given this form of human life and developed consciousness, because he is misusing it. But Lord is so kind, gives us chance, gives us chance. The material nature, although it is very powerful, and it is punishing, but here 
is a chance by the will of God: "All right, let these living entities, who are suffering under different covers of this material body in 8,400,000 species of life, now here he has got a chance, the human form of life after many evolutionary process, many
, many thousands and millions. Here is a chance." If you do not understand that "Here is a chance to get me free out of this entanglement," if you don't take the chance, are you not the lowest of the mankind?\line So the lowest of the mankind, the fool, 
the impious. Now, you can say, "Oh, they are all degree holders at the university, M.A., Ph.D., B.A.C., and you are calling him the fool?" Yes, still. "Why?" M\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na\'f9: [Bg. 7.15] by the illusory energy of the Lord, all their 
knowledge has been taken away. Why? Because the knowledge is meant for to understand what is, "What I am? What is this nature? What is God? Why I am suffering? Is there any remedy?" These are knowledge.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Animals simply eat, sleep, defend themselves, have se
xual intercourse and die. They do not avail themselves of higher consciousness because that is not possible in the lower forms of life. If a human being follows the activities of the animals and does not avail himself of his ability to elevate his consci
ousness, he falls down the human scale and prepares for an animal body in his next life. By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba we are given a highly developed body and intelligence, but if we do not utilize them, why should He give them to us again? We must und
erstand that this human body has developed after millions and millions of years of evolution and that in itself it is a chance to get out of the cycle of birth and death in which over eight millions species of life evolve. This chance is given by the gra
ce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we do not take it, are we not the lowest among men? One may be a degree holder\'97M.A., Ph.D., etc.\'97from some university, but the illusory energy takes away this mundane knowledge. He who is really intelligent will apply h
is intelligence to understand who he is, who God is, what material nature is, why he is suffering in material nature, and what is the remedy to this suffering.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And the knowledge to manufacture a motorcar, to manufacture a radio, a television, and something for sense enjoyment, this is not knowledge
. This is the plundered knowledge. The knowledge was given to understand the problems of life, but it is being misused in manufacturing something which will satisfy my senses. That's all. That is not knowledge. They are thinking that this is knowledge. W
hat is their knowledge? Do you think when there was no motorcar people could not go from one place to another? All right, some facility. That's all. But that is also becoming a problem. When everyone will have a motorcar, there will be no place to drive 
motorcar. You see?\line So this is the m\'e4y\'e4. This is called m\'e4y\'e4. You are creating facilities, but it is being created for your future nonfacilities. You have got experience. When there was strike in your New York City, so for crossing one mi
le, one had to spend four hours. But if you could go on foot, within ten minutes you could cross that space. So these are the facilities. We are thinking that we are enjoying facilities, but actually they are not facilities}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may apply our intelligence t
o manufacture an automobile, radio or television for sense gratification, but we have to understand that this is not knowledge. Rather, this is plundered intelligence. Intelligence was given to man to understand the problems of life, but it is being misu
sed. People are thinking that they have acquired knowledge because they know how to manufacture and drive cars, but before the car was here people were still going from one place to another. It is just that the facility has been increased, but along with
 this facility come additional problems\'97air pollution and over-crowded highways. This is }{\cs2873\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 creating facilities, but these facilities in their turn are creating so many problems.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So instead of wasting our energy for so-called facilities, we should apply our energy: "What I am? Why I am suffering? I do not like to suf
fer. Why suffering is imposed upon me?" This is called knowledge. But by the illusory energy of m\'e4y\'e4, the so-called knowledge, our real knowledge has been taken away, and some foolish knowledge has been imposed upon us that we are thinking, "Oh, we
 are advancing. Advancement of knowledge." By advancement of knowledge, we have manufactured atom bomb so that killing process can be accelerated. People are dying, and that dying process is accelerated, and we are proud. Advancement of knowledge. Oh, ma
nufacture something which will stop death; then you will have advancement of knowledge. Killing is there. What advancement? Killing is there and you are facilitating, you are making more killing at one drop. This is not knowledge. This is called m\'e4yay
\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na, "the knowledge taken by the illusory energy." M\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4 \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Instead of wasting our energy to supply ourselves with so many facilities and modern amenities, we sho
uld apply intelligence to understand who and what we are. We do not like to suffer, but we should understand why suffering is being forced upon us. By so-called knowledge we have simply succeeded in manufacturing the atomic bomb. Thus the killing process
 has been accelerated. We are so proud to think that this is advancement of knowledge, but if we can manufacture something that can stop death, we have really advanced in knowledge. Death is already there in material nature, but we are so eager to promot
e it by killing everyone at one drop\'97this is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta}{\cs2873\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  knowledge carried away by illusion.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And atheistic, atheistic, challenging against the supreme authority, challenging the father. Now, without father, I could not see the light
 of this world. Then what is the use of challenging my father, janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1], who is the supreme father, from whom everything has born? So how, what is this challenge? The \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam. There are two classes of men. 
In the Vedic scripture we find there are two classes of men. Dvau bh\'fcta-sargau loke 'smin daiva \'e4sura eva ca [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba]. Daiva. Vi\'f1\'ebu-bhakto bhaved daiva \'e4suras tad-viparyaya\'f9. There are two kinds of men. One is called the god
s, demigods, and the other is called the demons. And who is demon and who is god? Vi\'f1\'ebu-bhakto bhaved daiva\'f9. One who is devotee of the Supreme Lord, he is called demigod. He also becomes god. And one who defies the authority of the Supreme Lord
, he is called demon. So the demon and the gods are always there.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\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 \'e4suras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the demo
ns and proclaimed atheists, actually challenge God. If it were not for our Supreme Father, we would not see the light of day, so what is the point of challenging Him? In the }{\cs2873\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 there are two classes of men, the }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4suras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the dem
igods and demons. Who are the }{\cs2873\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  The devotees of the Supreme Lord are called }{\cs2873
\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  because they also become like God, whereas those who defy the authority of the Supreme are ca
lled }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4suras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or demons. These two classes are always found in human society.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So against these four classes of men, there are another four classes of men who take to the shelter of God, beginning, beginning. And what 
they are?\line [....]\line Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Four kinds of men who are pious, they come to Me." And who are they? \'c4rta. \'c4rta plus pious. \'c4rta means distressed, at the same time pious. A man distressed does not mean he is impious. He
 may be pious. A pious man, he may be in distress because this material world is meant for distress. So it is meant for pious or impious, both. Just like when there is winter, winter season, everyone suffers. It does not care for the pious, impious, rich
 or poor. Similarly, this place is full of miseries. So the pious, he thinks of God in his miserable condition, but the impious, he cannot think. Just like if somebody is distressed and he goes to the church and prays, "My Lord, I am distressed. Please h
elp me," oh, he is good man. He is good man. Although he is praying for some necessities, but still, he is good man than the man who does not go at all to the church because he does not believe. So here his faith, faith in God, therefore he is accepted. 
\'c4rto arth\'e4rth\'e9. Arth\'e4rth\'e9, a poor man. He goes to the church and temple and prays to the God, "My dear Lord, I am very poor man. Give me some money so that I may be happy." Oh, he is good man. He is good man.\line So now these two class an
d another class, jij\'ef\'e4su. Jij\'ef\'e4su means inquisitive. Just like an intelligent boy is very much inquisitive to understand. He asks always his parents, "Oh, mommy, what is this? What is this? What is this?" So mother explains. Similarly, one wh
o is intelligent... These boys, these children who inquire, they are very intelligent boys. They will come out very intelligent in future. These are the signs of intelligence, the inquiring boy. So similarly, there are persons who are very inquisitive. T
hey are studying. Just like the scientists, they are making research. Similarly, when one makes research what is God, what is God... Now, scientifically, with great intellect, one tries to understand what is God, oh, he is also good. He is also good. He 
is making proper research. Yes. Then the distressed and the person in want and the inquisitive and j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. J\'ef\'e4n\'e9 means who has understood his spiritual constitutional position. He is called j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, man in knowledge. He also inqui
res, he also becomes, he also goes to God. Maybe personal, impersonal conception, but he is trying to take shelter of the ultimate truth, Absolute Truth.\line So these four classes of men, they are called suk\'e5tina, they are called pious because they a
re after God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661007BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as there are four types of miscreants who never surrender to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are four types of fortunate men who worship Him, and they are categorized in the next verse:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub catur-vidh\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line jan\'e4\'f9 suk\'e5tino 'rjuna\line \'e4rto jij\'ef\'e4sur arth\'e4rth\'e9\line j\'ef\'e4
n\'e9 ca bharatar\'f1abha
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O best among the Bh\'e4ratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me\'97the distressed, the desirer of we
alth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 7.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is full of distress, and both the pious and impious are subject to it. The cold of winter treats everyone alike. It does not care for the pious 
or impious, the rich or the poor. The difference between the pious and the impious, however, is that the pious man thinks of God when he is in his miserable condition. Often when a man is distressed, he will go to church and pray, "Oh my Lord, I am in di
fficulty. Please help me." Although he is praying for some material necessity, such a man is still to be considered pious because he has come to God in his distress. Similarly, a poor man may go to church and pray, "My dear Lord, please give me some mone
y." On the other hand, the inquisitive are usually intelligent. They are always researching to understand things. They may ask, "What is God?" and then conduct scientific research to find out. They are also considered pious because their research is dire
cted to the proper object. The man in knowledge is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one who has un
derstood his constitutional position. Such }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may have an impersonal concepti
on of God, but because he is taking shelter of the ultimate, the Supreme Absolute Truth, he is also to be considered pious. These four types of men are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suk\'e5t
\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pious\'97because they are all after God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, out of these four classes, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, te\'f1\'e4\'e0 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir vi\'e7i\'f1yate: "Out of these f
our classes, men, one who is philosophically trying to understand the nature of God with devotion, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is vi\'e7i\'f1yate." [Bg. 7.17]\line Vi\'e7i\'f1yate means he's specially qualified. He's specially qualified. Priyo 
hi j\'ef\'e4nino 'tyartham aha\'e0 sa ca mama priya\'f9. The... "For a person who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, at the same time philosophically trying to understand what is the nature of God, so he is very dear to Me," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. "He is very de
ar to Me because he has no other business than to understand what is God. ." \line Others, just like a distressed man, he is in distress, but because he's pious, therefore he believes in God, he goes to the churches or to the temple or to the mosque and 
prays, "My dear Lord, I am very much distressed. Kindly help me." But the difficulty of this person is that God does not require to be prayed for, asking anything. He is... He is pious, he is distressed, but at the same time, he is foolish. Why he is foo
lish? Because he does not know that "God is with me, within my heart. He's sitting along with me. The soul and the Supersoul, both of them are sitting together. And God knows everything about me. So I do not require to pray from God to get me out of this
 distress. He knows everything. Why shall I pray?" He leaves everything to God. He does not pray. He prays..., he prays to glorify the God, "How great You are," not for his personal interest-"O God, give me my bread. Give me my dress. Give me my shelter.
" That is also good. He is better than the person, that m\'fc\'f2ha, the foolish, the atheist and the lowest of the mankind. He's far better. Even he is going and asking in the church, "O God, give me my daily bread." But at the same time, he is less int
elligent because he does not know that "God is with me, and He knows everything about me."\line Therefore one who is pure devotee, he does not pray to God for any personal interest. Even if he is distressed, he says, "O Lord, it is Your kindness. You hav
e put me in distress just to rectify me. I would have been put into more and more, thousand times in distress, but You are giving me little. That's all. That is Your great mercy." That is his vision. He does not... He's not disturbed. [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 661009BG NY}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 
nitya-yukta\line eka-bhaktir vi\'e7i\'f1yate\line priyo hi j\'ef\'e4nino' tyartham\line aha\'e0 sa ca mama priya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to h
im, and he is dear to Me." }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub 7.17}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of the four classes of men who approach God, he who is philosophically trying to understand the nature of God, who is trying to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7i\'f1yate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is best qualified. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that such a person i
s very dear to Him because he has no other business than understanding God. The others are inferior. No one has to pray to God to ask for anything, and he who does so is foolish because he does not know that the all-knowing God is within his heart and is
 well aware when he is in distress or in need of money. The wise man realizes this and does not pray for relief from material miseries. Rather, he prays to glorify God and inform others how great He is. He doesn't pray for his personal interest, for brea
d, dress or shelter. The pure devotee, when he is distressed, says, "Dear Lord, this is Your kindness. You have put me into distress just to rectify me. I should be put in much greater distress, but out of Your mercy You have minimized this." This is the
 vision of a pure devotee who is not disturbed.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Tuly\'e4rth\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9[?]. A person who is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he doesn't care for all this material distress or insul
t or honor, because he is aloof from this. He doesn't... He knows very well that "This designation, this honor, or this insult, they are pertaining to my body, but I am not this body." Just like Socrates. Socrates was condemned to death because he believ
ed in the..., an immortality of the soul. So he was condemned to death, and he was asked to take hemlock or something like that, poison. And the judge wanted: "Well, Socrates, how do you want to be put into the grave?" He replied, "First of all, you catc
h me. Then you put me into the grave. [laughter] You are dealing with my body, nonsense. I am out of this. So you kill me or you put me into the grave or whatever you like, I don't mind. First of all, you catch me. Then you put me into the grave."\line S
o this is... One who is completely conversant with K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, he knows very well, "I am not this body. I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My eternal relation is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But some way or other, I have been put into this entan
glement of this material body. All right. Now I am in sense. I get aloof from you. I am not going to be associated with the three qualities of this material nature," as we are discussing this morning. "I am not concerned with the modes of goodness or mod
es of passion or modes of ignorance. I am concerned with K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Therefore such a learned and who has understood his real position and his relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. He knows. Therefore he is very much dear to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba always guides him. This man, who is in distress, goes and prays to God. That praying of God is an asset to him, but it may be, when he is put into opulence, he forgets God. There is defect in that. But a j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, one 
who knows, he'll never forget God. His business will go on, continue. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661009BG NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He who is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness does not care for material distress, insult or honor because he is aloof from all these. He knows well that distress, honor and insult pertain to
 the body only and that he is not the body. Socrates, for instance, who believed in the immortality of the soul, was condemned to death, and upon being asked how he would like to be buried, replied, "First of all you may have to catch me." So one who kno
ws that he is not the body is not disturbed, for he knows the soul cannot be caught, tortured, killed or buried. He who is conversant with the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows perfectly well that he is not the body, that he is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, that his real relationship is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that somehow or other, although he has been put in the material body, he must remain aloof from the three qualities of material nature. He is not concerned with the modes of goodness, passion 
or ignorance, but with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who understands this is a }{\cs2873\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  a wis
e man, and he is very much dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A distressed man, when he is put into opulence, may forget God, but a }{\cs2873\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  who knows the real position of God, will never forget Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Then, therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, te\'f1\'e4\'e0 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 nitya-yukta\'f9 [Bg. 7.17]. J\'ef\'e4n\'e9 is nitya-yukta. J\'ef\'e4n
\'e9 is not a... He is not a j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, or man in knowledge, who is not eternally engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are... There is a class of j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, impersonalists. They say that "Because to worship impersonal is very difficu
lt for us, so imagine some form of God." They are not j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s; they are fools. Oh, you cannot imagine the form of God. God is so great. That may be your imagination, but that is not the form of God. That is concoction. They are called iconographe
r, iconographer. There are two classes of men: iconoclast and iconographer. Those who imagine the form of God, they are not j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, they are iconographer. And those who think that "I have killed God" or "I have finished God," they are iconoclast.
 Just like in India we have experienced during British days. There were Hindu-Muslim riots. So the Hindus would go to the mosque of the Muslim and break it, and the Muslim would go the temples of the Hindus and break the idol. And they'll think that "We 
have finished Hindu's God." Just like Hindus also think, "Oh, we have broken their mosque. Therefore I have broken their God." These are foolishness. In another case... I have got experience. When there was, I mean to say, noncooperation movement of Gand
hi's, the people became riotous, and they began to break anything government, especially the post boxes on the street. They thought by breaking the post boxes they are finishing the post office.\line So these are foolishness. They are not j\'ef\'e4n\'e9.
 One who has got real conception of God, they have no quarrel with each other. All the history of religious fight, Hindu-Muslim or Christian-non-Christian, they are all ignorant. They are all ignorant. One who is in the knowledge, he knows that God is on
e. God cannot be Hindu. God cannot be Muslim. God cannot be Christian. God is God. He has no material qualification.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661009BG NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a class of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  called impersonalists who say that because worshiping the impersonal is too difficult, a form of God has to be imagined. These are not real }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they're fools. No one can imagine the form of God, for God is so great. One may imagine some form, but that is a con
coction; it is not the real form. There are those who imagine the form of God, and there are those who deny the form of God. Neither is a }{\cs2873\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  Those who imagine the form are called iconoclasts. During the Hindu-Muslim riots in India, some Hindus would go to the Moslem mosque and would break statues and images of God, and the Mo
slems would reciprocate in like manner. In this way they were both thinking, "We've killed the Hindu God. We've killed the Moslem God, etc." Similarly, when Gandhi was leading his resistance movement, many Indians would go to the street and destroy the m
ailboxes and in this way think that they were destroying the government postal service. People of such mentality are not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The religious wars between the Hindus and Moslems and Christians and non-Christians were all conducted on the basis of ignorance. One who is in knowledge knows that God is one; He cannot be Moslem, Hindu 
or Christian.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub It is our conception that "God is such and such. God is such and such." That is imagination. That is called iconographer. So they are not j
\'ef\'e4n\'e9. They are not man in knowledge. Man in knowledge is different. He knows that God is transcendental. Just like even \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, the impersonalist, he said, n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9 para\'f9 avyakt\'e4t. And in the morning also we 
have discussed the point that one who knows God transcendental, above this material qualities, he knows.\line So therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says here, priyo hi j\'ef\'e4nino 'tyartham. The man who is actually in knowledge of the science of God is very dear
 to God. Priyo hi j\'ef\'e4nino 'tyartham aha\'e0 sa ca mama priya\'f9 [Bg. 7.17]. That is the personal relationship with the devotee and God. The devotee, he does not know anything beyond God, and God also does not know anything beyond His devotee. So s
weet relation. God is always after me, as we have discussed many times, that He is sitting in the same tree, in this heart. I am sitting, and my friend, God, is also sitting, Supersoul, eternally. Wherever I am taking my transmigration, when I leave this
 body and enter into another body, God also goes there just to see what I am doing. When I shall turn my face towards Him-He is simply waiting. And as soon as I turn my face towards God, oh, He says, "My dear son, come on." Sa ca mama priya\'f9. Lord say
s, "You are eternally dear to Me. Now you are turning your face to Me. So I am very glad." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661009BG NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1
\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is our imagination that God is such and such and such and such. That is all imagination. The real wise man knows that God is transcendental. One who knows tha
t God is transcendental to the material modes truly knows God. God is always beside us, present in our hearts. When we leave the body, God also goes with us, and when we take on another body, He goes with us there just to see what we are doing. When shal
l we turn our face towards Him? He is always waiting. As soon as we turn our face toward God, He says, "My dear son, come on\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa ca mama priya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you are eternally dear to Me. Now you are turning your face to Me, and I am very glad."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So therefore j\'ef\'e4n\'e9-one who understands the science of God. Simply God, "God is good," that is also very good. But one should under
stand what is the... That science of God is \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is the preliminary study of the science of God. So anyone who is actually interested in God, they should study t
he science of God, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Vij\'ef\'e4nam. Vij\'ef\'e4nam means science. J\'ef\'e4na\'e0 me parama-guhya\'e0 yad vij\'ef\'e4na-samanvitam [Bh\'e4g. 2.9.31]. In the Bh\'e4gavata there is a statement like this. J\'ef\'e4nam. J\'ef\'e4nam means
 knowledge. Parama-guhyam, very confidential, very subtle and confidential. Parama-guhyam. Yad vij\'ef\'e4na-samanvitam, which is full of scientific knowledge.\line Sa-rahasyam. It is full of mystery also. J\'ef\'e4nam me parama-guhya\'e0 yad vij\'ef\'e4
na-samanvitam, sa-rahasya\'e0 tad-a\'ecga\'e0 ca, and how to understand the different departmental knowledge of God. G\'e5h\'e4\'eba gadita\'e0 may\'e4. That knowledge can be imparted by God Himself. You cannot manufacture the knowledge of God. As..., as
 you discover some scientific knowledge of this material world, similarly you cannot discover God by such knowledge. That is not possible. The knowledge of God can be had when it is explained by God Himself or a bona fide representative of God. That is t
he process.\line Therefore in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find:\line 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\line  [Bg. 4.7]\line "Whenever there is dis
crepancy in the matter of understanding the science of God, at that time I incarnate Myself." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661009BG NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1
\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The wise man, the }{\cs2873\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  actually understands the science of God. One who only understands that "God is good" is in a preliminary stage, but one who actually understands how great and good God is, is further progressed. That knowledge is 
to be had in }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  One who is actually interested in God should study the science of God, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 tu te guhyatama\'e0\line pravak\'f1y\'e4my anas\'fcyave\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4na-sahita\'e0\line yaj j\'ef\'e4
tv\'e4 mok\'f1yase '\'e7ubh\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most secret wisdom, knowing which you shall be reliev
ed of the miseries of material existence." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 9.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The knowledge of God imparted in }{\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  is very subtle and confidential. It is full of }{\cs2873\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  metaphysical wisdom, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  scientific knowledge.
 And it is full of mystery also. How can one understand this knowledge? It must be imparted by God Himself or a bona fide representative of God. Therefore \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that whenever there is a discrepancy on understanding the science of 
God, He incarnates Himself.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Because the whole system is like that, that it is an opportunity to the conditioned soul to recoup themselves to come back to God. This who
le material creation is there, manifestation is there, to give the conditioned soul an opportunity to recoup himself and to understand what is his relationship with God and come back to God. So anyone who is very much inquisitive and, at the same time, e
ager to understand his relationship with God, he is called a j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, a man in knowledge, and he is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not a sentiment. By sentiment you talk some nonsense. That is not bhakti. That is not devotion. Devotion is not 
sentiment. It is a science. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says,\line \'e7ruti-sm\'e5ti-pur\'e4\'eb\'e4di-\line pa\'efcar\'e4tra-vidhi\'e0 vin\'e4\line aik\'e4ntik\'e9 harer bhaktir\line utp\'e4t\'e4yaiva kalpate\line  [Brs. 1.2.101]\line He says that "A show of 
devotion, a show of spiritual," I mean to say, spirituality, "a show of devotion, a show of spirituality, without reference to the Vedic knowledge, \'e7ruti, sm\'e5ti, and corollaries to the Vedas, pa\'efcar\'e4tra-vidhim, and the definition of bhakti-s
\'fctras like N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra and such authoritative books," aik\'e4ntik\'e9 harer bhakti\'f9, "if a man is showing himself that he is very great devotee, and a man in knowledge, without any reference of the authoritative \'e7\'e4stra, books-o
\'f9, that is simply disturbance," Utp\'e4ta. Utp\'e4ta means disturbance. A man showing that he is a great devotee, he's great man of knowledge, but he has no reference with the books of knowledge, or the authoritative books, oh, that is simply creating
 disturbance. That is not religiosity, neither devotion, nothing else.\line So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a science. You have to take it scientifically, as they are described in the authoritative books, and test it by your reason and argument a
nd knowledge, and follow it. It is science. It is not sentiment. Whatever we are doing here, the dancing, singing and everything, that is all scientific. Simply you have to understand it. Therefore j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, only a person who is in knowledge, who i
s in knowledge of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can make an rapid advancement, and he is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because slow but sure, he is making sure progress. It is no sentiment. So j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. Priyo hi j\'ef\'e4nina\'f9 atyartham. Atya
rtham means very... Aham. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very dear to the person in knowledge, and that man is also very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Reciprocal. If you love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will love more than you. You can... What capacity you have got
 to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba? But K\'e5\'f1\'eba will love. He has got immense capacity. So that is a science. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661009BG NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor does knowledge come from sentiment. Devotion is not sentiment. It is a science. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, "A show of spirituality 
without reference to the Vedic knowledge is simply a disturbance to society." One must taste the nectar of devotion by reason, argument and knowledge, and then he must pass it on to others. One should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is mere s
entimentality. The dancing and singing are all scientific. There is science, and there is also loving reciprocation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very dear to the wise man, and the wise man is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will return our love a thous
and-fold. What capacity do we finite creatures have to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba? But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has immense capacity\'97unlimited capacity\'97for love.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 OWK 5: Steering Toward the Supreme
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5\line Steering Toward the Supre
me
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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 661009BG.NY}{\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\cf6\nosupersub 661012BG.NY}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4r\'e4\'f9 sarva evaite\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 tv \'e4tmaiva me matam\line \'e4sthita\'f9 sa hi yukt\'e4tm\'e4\line m\'e4m ev\'e4nuttam\'e4
\'e0 gatim\line  [Bg. 7.18]\line Now, those persons, those who are distressed and those who are poverty-stricken, they go to God. They pray to God. Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepting their endeavor. Ud\'e4r\'e4\'f9 sarva evaite: "They are, all of them, thes
e four classes of men, either he is..., he is coming to Me in distress or being poverty-stricken or as inquisitive or as real man of knowledge, they are welcome. They are welcome." Ud\'e4r\'e4\'f9: "They are very good." Sarva evaite. "But, out of them," 
j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 tu \'e4tmaiva me matam, "still, that person who is in knowledge is very dear to Me, still." He is confirming it.\line So one should be in knowledge. Devotional service, it is a science. And why others are welcome? Those who are distressed,
 has come to God, and those who are in poverty-stricken, has come to God, why they are also welcome? They are welcome in the sense that because they have come to God, in course of time, they will also become as good as the man in knowledge-if they contin
ue. But generally it happens: one who goes to the church for some profit, if the profit is not there, he'll say, "It is nonsense." He gives up all connection with church. I have got information from one of my Godbrothers. He is German. He told me that du
ring wartime many Germans, they went to war, and their wives, sister, all woman class, they went to church and prayed for the return of their husband, brother or son. But they did not return, and all of them became atheists: "Oh, there is no God. There i
s no God." Sometimes it happens like that, that "We want God as my order-supplier. If He does not supply the order, then He becomes no God. There is no God." That is the defect of this kind of prayer. But if they continue... }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 ud\'e4r\'e4\'f9 sarva evaite\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 tv \'e4tmaiva me matam\line \'e4sthita\'f9 sa hi yukt\'e4tm\'e4\line m\'e4m ev\'e4nuttam\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider verily to dwell in Me. Bei
ng engaged in My transcendental service, he attains Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 7.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying that all the men who come to Him\'97whether they be distressed, in need of money, curious, etc.\'97are welcomed, but out of them the p
erson who is in knowledge is very dear to Him. The others are welcomed because it is understood that in course of time, if they continue on the path to God, they will become as good as the man of knowledge. Generally, however, it so happens that when one
 goes to church for profit, and the money doesn't come, he concludes that approaching God is nonsense, and he gives up all connection with church. That is the danger of approaching God with ulterior motives. For instance, during World War II it was repor
ted that many wives of the German soldiers went to church to pray for their husbands' safe return, but when they found they had been killed in battle, they became atheistic. Thus we want God to become our order-supplier, and when He does not supply our o
rder, we say that there is no God. That is the effect of praying for material things.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now, I'll give you one example. There was a little boy, five years old, in royal family, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dhruva. He was insulted by his step
mother. The little boy was sitting on the lap of his father, and the stepmother dragged the boy: "Oh, you cannot sit down, sit on the father's, on the lap of your father, because you are not born of me." Oh, the boy became very much, I mean to say, aggri
eved at the... Because he was the son of a k\'f1atriya-they are in modes of passion-so he took it a great insult, and he went to his own mother. The king had two queens. The, I mean to, the senior queen had this boy, and the junior queen had no son. So j
unior queen was very much envious of this boy. And so he... She dragged the boy from the lap of his father, but the boy felt insulted. He went to his mother and cried, "Mother, my," I mean to say, "junior mother has insulted me in this way. I was sitting
."\line "Oh, yes, my boy. What can I do? I am helpless. Your father does not like me."\line "Then how can I take revenge?"\line "My dear boy, you are helpless. If God helps you, then you can take revenge." Because womanly character...\line "Oh, where is 
God?"\line She said, "Oh, I understand so many great sages and saints, they go to the jungle and forest. They see God there. They undergo penances and austerity and then find God there."\line Oh, he at once went to the forest. Then he was asking the tige
r, "Oh, you are God?" The elephant, "You are God?" In this way, when N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba saw, "Oh, this boy is very much inquisitive," so He sent N\'e4rada that "Go and see what is the condition of this boy."\line So N\'e4rada came. N\'e4rada is the agent 
of God. "My dear boy, you are royal... You belong to the royal family. You cannot suffer all this penance and austerity. Please go back to your home. Your father is very much anxious for you. Your mother is very much anxious for you."\line The boy said, 
"My dear sir, you don't try to dissuade me in that way. If you know something about God, how can I see God, then tell me. Otherwise you go away. Don't disturb me." So he was firmly determined.\line Now, this boy was initiated by N\'e4rada. When he saw th
at "This boy is determined," then he initiated him and gave him mantra, that namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya. He chanted that mantra and became perfect, and God came before him.\line Now, when God came before him, God offered him: "My dear Dhruva, what d
o you want? Take whatever you like." Then Dhruva said, "My dear Sir," sth\'e4n\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1\'e9 tapasi sthito 'ham, "o\'f9, I was situated in this severe type of penance simply for the matter of my father's kingdom, a land." Sth\'e4n\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1
\'e9 tapasi sthito 'ha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 pr\'e4ptav\'e4n deva-mun\'e9ndra-guhyam: "But I have now seen You, and You who is impossible to be seen even by the great sages and great saints. So I have seen You. So what is my profit?"\line Now, k\'e4ca\'e0 vicin
vann api divya-ratnam: "As if I came out of my home to find out some particles of glass, but I have found out a very valuable diamond." Sv\'e4min k\'e5t\'e4rtho 'smi vara\'e0 na y\'e4ce: [Hbs. 7.28] "Oh, I am satisfied. I have no necessity of asking from
 You." }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 In this connection there is a story of a little boy, about five years old, named Dhruva, who belonged to a royal family. In the course of time his f
ather, the king, tired of his mother and deposed her as his queen. He then took another woman as queen, and she became stepmother to the boy. She was very envious of him, and one day, as Dhruva was sitting on the father's knee, she insulted him. "Oh you 
cannot sit on the lap of your father," she said, "because you are not born of me." She dragged Dhruva from his father's lap and the boy became very angry. He was the son of a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 notorious for their quick tempers. Dhruva took this to be a great insult, and he went to his mother who had been deposed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Mother," he said, "my stepmother has insulted me by dragging me from my father's lap."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear son," the mother replied, "what can I do? I am helpless, and your father no longer cares for me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Well, how can I take revenge?" the boy asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear boy, you are helpless. Only if God helps you can you take revenge."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, where is God?" Dhruva asked enthusiastically.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I understand so many sages go to the jungle and forest to see God," the mother replied. "They undergo great penances and austerities in order to find God there."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At once Dhruva went to the forest and began asking the tiger and the elephant, "Oh, are you God? Are you God?" In this way he was questioning all the animals. Seein
g that Dhruva was very much inquisitive, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent N\'e4rada Muni to see about the situation. N\'e4rada quickly went to the forest and found Dhruva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear boy," N\'e4rada said, "you belong to the royal family. You cannot suffer all this penance and austerity. Please return to your home. Your mother and father
 are very much anxious for you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Please don't try to divert me in that way," the boy said. "If you know something about God, or if you know how I can see God, please tell me. Otherwise go away and
 don't disturb me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When N\'e4rada saw that Dhruva was so determined, he initiated him as a disciple and gave him the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, o\'e0 namo bhagavate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\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  Dhruva chanted this }{\cs2873\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 became perfect, and God came before him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Dhruva, what do you want? You can take from Me whatever you want."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord," the boy replied, "I was undergoing such severe penances simply for my father's kingdom and land, but now I have seen You. Even the great sages and s
aints cannot see You. What is my profit? I left my home to find merely some scraps of glass and rubbish, and instead I have found a very valuable diamond. Now I am satisfied. I have no need to ask anything of You."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So if anyone, either in distressed condition or in poverty-stricken, if he goes to God and just like the same determination like Dhruva, th
at "I must see God and take this benediction from God," and if he happens to God..., see God, if he understands God, then he is, he no more, no more wants to have anything material. He understands that "All this material nonsense is foolishness. I have g
ot the real thing." Ya\'e0 labdhv\'e4 c\'e4para\'e0 l\'e4bha\'e0 manyate n\'e4dhika\'e0 tata\'f9: "Which gaining," you'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [6.20-23], "when one actually in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he does not want anything." Just like
 Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Sv\'e4min k\'e5t\'e4rtho 'smi vara\'e0 na y\'e4ce: "My dear Lord, I am fully satisfied. I don't want anything. I have no distress. I am not poverty-stricken. I am the wealthiest. There is no comparison of my assets." That position
 he comes to. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 Thus even though one may be poverty-stricken or in distress, if he goes to God with the same determination as Dhruva, intent on seeing God 
and taking His benediction, and if he happens to see God, he will no longer want anything material. He comes to understand the foolishness of material possessions, and he puts the illusion aside for the real thing. When one becomes situated in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, like Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he becomes fully satisfied and doesn't want anything.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Because a j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 knows that "What are these material things? They are only flickering, flickering. Suppose I get too much wealth an
d too much everything. What is this mighty l\'e4bha?" L\'e4bha, p\'fcj\'e4, prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4 [Madhya 19.159]. These material assets are three. Something, I want some gain out of my work, profit. And p\'fcj\'e4. P\'fcj\'e4 means people will adore me: "O
h, you are such a rich man. You are so great man." L\'e4bha, p\'fcj\'e4, and prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4, and fame: "People may know me that 'I am Carnegie,' 'I am Rockefeller,' 'I am Birla.' " But he does not know that Birla or Rockefeller is this body. As soon 
as this body is finished, all Birla or Rockefeller is finished. Then I do not know whether I am entering into cat or dog. Because after finishing this body, you are neither Birla, neither Rockefeller-you are spirit soul. And according to your own karma, 
according to your own work, your own work, you have to enter another body, which is different from Birla and Carnegie. A j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 knows, "So why shall I bother myself for these temporary designations?" That is j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. He is j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. 
He is man in knowledge. "I am pure soul. My eternal connection-with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. Let me establish that connection very firmly so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba may take me back into His kingdom. That is my business." So this is the preference t
o the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 that although... }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 The }{\cs2873\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  the wise man, knows that material things are flickering. He also knows that there are three aspects that complicate all material gain\'97one wants profit from his work, one wants adorati
on from others because of his riches, and one wants fame because of his wealth. In any case, he knows that all of these apply but to the body and that when the body is finished, they also go. When the body dies, one is no longer a rich man but a spirit s
oul, and according to his work, he has to enter another body. The }{\cs2873\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 that a w
ise man is not bewildered by this, for he knows what is what. Why then should he bother himself attaining material wealth? His attitude is, "I have an eternal connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. Now let me establish that relationship firmly
 so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will take me back to His kingdom."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The whole, I mean to say, natu..., cosmic situation, is giving us all facility that you should enjoy. So far body is concerned, you get all
 things supplied by you, er, supplied by God. You have got enough grains. You have got enough fruit. You have got enough milk. You have got everything enough. You eat it, live peacefully. Because what is my want of this body? \'c4h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4-bhaya-m
aithuna\'e0 ca. [Hitopade\'e7a 25] Oh, you can eat. \'c4h\'e4ra means eating. So you can eating suffi..., you can eat sufficiently. Nidr\'e4. You can make shelter. God has given you so many wood, so many, I mean to say, planks you can get. Make your home
. That's all right. Sleep there peacefully. And \'e4h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4-bhaya. And you can defend as far as possible. Then you want sex life? All right. There are so many women. Get them married. Live peacefully and culture God consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness. That arrangement is there. Why don't you do it? Why do you want more and more, more and more, more and more? This is foolishness.\line So far your material necessities are concerned, oh, there is enough. All right, you are eating? Can you
r manufacturing process can supply eating from the factories? No. Then why do you bother about the factory? Why you spoil your energy? Just eat. Be satisfied, whatever God has given you, and culture, devote your time for reviving your eternal relationshi
p with God. Plain living and high thinking-that is the best type of civilization. You want sex? Can you manufacture sex in the factory? No. Then? It is supplied by God. So everything, whatever you require, that is supplied by God. You take advantage of i
t and be God conscious or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is your business. }{\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 661009B
G.NY}{\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 The cosmic situation is giving us all facility to reestablish this relationship wit
h K\'e5\'f1\'eba and return to Godhead. This should be our mission in life. Everything we need is being supplied by God\'97land, grain, fruits, milk, shelter and clothing. We only have to live peacefully and cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That s
hould be our mission in life. We should therefore be satisfied with what God has supplied in the form of food, shelter, defense and sex, and should not want more and more and more. The best type of civilization is one that ascribes to the maxim of "plain
 living and high thinking." It is not possible to manufacture food or sex in a factory. These and whatever else we require are supplied by God. Our business is to take advantage of these things and become God conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although God has given us all facilities to live peacefully on this earth, cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and finally to come to Him, in this age we're unf
ortunate. We are short-lived, and there are so many people without food, shelter, married life or defense from the onslaughts of nature. This is due to the influence of this age of Kali. Therefore Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, seeing the dreadful situatio
n in this age, emphasized the absolute necessity for cultivating spiritual life. And how should we do it? Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gives the formula:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just always chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Never mind whether you are in a factory or in a hell, in a shack or in a skyscraper\'97it doe
sn'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
, there is no color\'97anyone can do it. Just chant and hear.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ud\'e4r\'e4\'f9 sarva evaite\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 tv \'e4tmaiva me matam\line  \'e4sthita\'f9 sa hi yukt\'e4tm\'e4\line m\'e4m ev\'e4nuttam
\'e4\'e0 gatim\line  [Bg. 7.18]\line So some way or other, if anyone comes in contact with God, God consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and he prosecutes the energy rightly under the direction of a bona fide guide, then he is sure to go back 
to home. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 Somehow or other, if one comes into contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and executes the process under the guidance of a bona fide guide, he i
s sure to go back to God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\line  [Bg. 7.19]\line Now, this research work about the science of God has to be prosecuted for several births after births. Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante-after many births. God realization, it is very easy, but at the same time, it is very diff
icult. Easy for them who accept it as truth, and those who are trying to understand by dint of his knowledge, advancement of knowledge, he has to create his faith after he finishes his research work. Then that takes many, many births.\line Bah\'fcn\'e4
\'e0 janman\'e4m ante. There are different kinds of transcendentalists. They are called tattva-vit. Tattva-vit means one who knows the Absolute Truth. In the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata it is said, vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattva\'e0 yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advay
am [Bh\'e4g. 1.2.11]. Tattva-vit, the transcendentalists, call it Absolute Truth which is yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam, where there is no duality. In the transcendental knowledge there is no duality. There is no..., nothing different from nothing. Everything
 is on the same level. That is called... One who knows that knowledge, he is called tattva-vit. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapad
yate\line v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 th
at is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub 7.19}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philosophical research into the science of God has to be prosecuted for many births. God realization is very easy, but at the same time it is very difficult. It is 
easy for those who accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's word as truth, but those who try to understand through research work, by dint of advancement of knowledge, have to create their faith after finishing so much research work, and this process takes many births. Th
ere are different types of transcendentalists, called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattvavit,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who know the Absolute Tru
th. The transcendentalists call the Absolute Truth that in which there is no duality. In the Absolute Truth there is no duality\'97everything is on the same level. One who knows this in truth is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattvavit.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, the tattva-vit says that the Supreme Absolute Truth is recognized in three aspects: brahmeti param\'e4tmeti bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyat
e-brahmeti, impersonal Brahman; and Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized Supersoul; and Bhagav\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n means the Personality of Godhead.\line So they are three angles of vision. Just like from a distant place, if you see one mountain, you'll see just
 like something cloudy. If you advance more, the same mountain you'll see something green. And if you enter into that mountain, you'll find so many variegatedness, so many trees, so many animals. So objective is the same. But under different angles of vi
sion, from distance, different people have got different conception of the Absolute Truth.\line Another example: just like the sun-the sunshine and sun disc and the sun planet. One who is in the sunshine, or one who is studying the sunshine, or one who i
s studying the sun disc and one who is entering within the sun planet... Just like we are trying to enter into the moon planet, similarly, you can enter into the sun planet provided you have got the qualification. So in the sunshine, or in the sun disc o
r in the sun planet, they are in the sun, but there are degrees. One who is in the sunshine, he cannot claim that "I am in the sun planet." He cannot claim that. So one who is in the sun planet, he is better situated than one who is in the sunshine. So s
unshine is compared with the Brahman effulgence, brahma-jyotir. And sun disc is compared to the Supersoul. And the sun planet, within, that is compared with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\line Just like in this planet you have got so many personalit
ies, similarly, according to Vedic literature, we understand in the sun planet also there are varieties of living entities, but their bodies are made of fire. As our body is made of earth, similarly, their bodies are made of fire. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims that the Absolute Truth is known in three aspects\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman, Param
\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub impersonal }{\cs2873\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  effulgence, localized Supersoul, and the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead. Thus there are three angles from which one may envision the Absolute Truth. One may view a mountain from a great distance and thus perceive it from one angle of vision. As he comes closer, he may see the trees and foliage of the mou
ntain, and if he begins to climb the mountain, he will find so much variegatedness in trees, plants and animals. The objective is the same, but due to different angles of vision, sages have different conceptions of the Absolute Truth. Another example: th
ere is the sunshine, the sun disc and the sun god. One who is in the sunshine cannot claim that he is on the sun itself, and one who is situated in the sun is, from the point of view of vision, better situated. The sunshine may be compared to the all-per
vasive }{\cs2873\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  effulgence, the localized sun-disc may be compared to the localized asp
ect of the Supersoul, and the sun god who resides within the sun may be compared to the Personality of Godhead. As on this earth planet we have a multivariety of living entities, we can understand from Vedic literatures that in the sun also there is a va
riety of living entities, but their bodies are made of fire, just as ours are made of earth.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub There are five elements in the material nature: earth, water, fire, air, and ether. So in different planets, there are different atmosphere
s and different bodies also. Don't think that each and every planet of the same quality. No. Same quality in the sense because these five elements are present there. Without these five elements, no material thing exists. So somewhere the fire is prominen
t. Somewhere the air is prominent. Somewhere water is prominent. Somewhere earth is prominent. So in this planet, or in some other earthly planet, earth is predominant. Similarly, there are other planets also. So don't think that other planets are vacant
. No. So far Vedic literatures are concerned... Just like modern scientists. They are calculating that the moon is full of dust, but according to Vedic literature moon is not full of dust. There are also higher living entities. And from..., from your pra
ctical reason also, you can just understand that a lump of dust cannot be so brilliant so that it is illuminating the whole earth. It is not possible. Anyway, let the scientists go on with their own research work. So far we have got information from Vedi
c literature, all the planets-sun planet, moon planet, Venus-they are all full of living entities, and they have got different types of body. So as it is not impossible with certain type of qualification to enter into different types of planets, similarl
y, you can enter into the planet where the Supreme Lord also there. That is also possible. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 In material nature there are five gross elements: earth, water, 
air, fire and space. In different planets there are different atmospheres due to one of these five elements prevailing, and there are different bodies for the living entities composed of whatever element may be predominant in a particular planet. We shou
ld not think that all planets have the same quality of life, yet there is uniformity in the sense that these five elements are present in some form or other. Thus on some planets earth is prominent, fire is prominent, water is prominent, and air and spac
e are prominent. We should not think, therefore, that just because a planet is not composed primarily of earth, or because the atmosphere does not duplicate ours, that there is no life on these planets. Vedic literatures give us information that there ar
e countless planets filled with living entities with different types of bodies. As, by making some material adjustment, we may qualify to enter into different material planets, by qualification we can enter into the spiritual planet where the Supreme Lor
d resides.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:\line 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 'pi m\'e4m\line  [Bg. 9.25]\line Those who are worshiping, qualifying themself to enter into the higher planets, they can enter into the higher planets. Those who are trying to qualify themselves to ente
r into the pit\'e5 planets, oh, they can enter there. Similarly, those who are trying to qualify themselves to enter into the planet of the Supreme Lord, oh, they can also enter there. So our, this process, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is to qualify our
self to enter into the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Now, we have got description of that planet. Because anything, if you want to understand, you have to hear first of all. Just like when, before my coming to your c
ountry, I had some experience by hearing: "Oh, America is such and such. New York is such and such." Somebody might have gone there, and he explains that "The climate of New York is like this." So this is by hearing. So hearing is the first experience. S
imilarly, if you want to get experience of the planet where God lives, then you have to hear. There is no other way. You cannot immediately make experiment. That is not possible. You cannot make experiment even on this material planet. You have no knowle
dge what other planets are, but you can hear from a description of the scriptures. }{\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 661009B
G.NY}{\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 y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n\line pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrata\'f9\line bh\'fct\'e4ni 
y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4\line y\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who wor
ship Me will live with Me." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
 9.25)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are trying to enter higher planets can go there, and those who are trying to qualify to enter into Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, c
an also enter there by the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Before going to India, we may acquire a description of what the country is like; the hearing of a place is the first experience. Similarly, if we want to get information about the planet
 where God lives, we have to hear. We cannot immediately make an experiment and go there. That is not possible. But we have so many descriptions of the supreme planet in Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, we have got experience by hearing from authorized scriptures, the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka:\line 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\line  [Bs. 5.29]\line So these are the description of the K
\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. There are many, good many books, especially this book, Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4. There is description. So cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu. There the houses are made of touchstone. In this way the trees and the cows, they're all... How, wha
t kind they are, what is their quality, and what they, what profession He is engaged-all, everything is there. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 For instance, the }{\cs2873\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.29] }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all desire, in abodes built with spir
itual gems, surrounded by millions of wish-fulfilling trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9s,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs2873\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 "
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are also other detailed descriptions given, specifically in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So now here in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prap
adyate [Bg. 7.19]. There are so many transcendentalists. That means those who are trying to realize the Supreme Absolute Truth. There are many different kinds of spiritual process. So they have been analyzed into three groups. Although they are many, sti
ll, they have been put into three groups. What are they? The first are the impersonalists, brahmav\'e4d\'e9s. Impersonal Brahman. Just like the same example: In the sunshine your eyes are dazzled. You do not see. If you go little over this planet, earth 
planet, by aeroplane, and if there is full sunshine, you don't see anything except sunshine. But that does not mean there is nothing beyond sunshine. But my eyes are dazzled by the sunshine. Just like in during daytime you do not find the stars due to th
e dazzling sunshine, but you don't think that because you do not see the planets or stars during daytime, they are vanquished, there is nothing. No. Similarly, those who are trying to understand the Absolute Truth, they first of all realize that brahma-j
yotir. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find, about that brahma-jyotir, brahma\'eba\'f9 aha\'e0 prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4. Just like the sunshine.\line So the impersonalists, brahmav\'e4d\'e9s, they realize about that brahma-jyotir. And the yogis, they realize
 the Supersoul, Supersoul. \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e arjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati: [Bg. 18.61] "\'c9\'e7vara, the Supreme Lord, by His plenary portions, He is situated in everyone's heart." We are sitting together. Several times
 we have described this, that two birds are sitting in the same tree [M.U. 3.1.1]. The two birds means one, the Supersoul, and other, the individual living entity. So by yogic process, by concentrating our mind, focusing our mind to the Supersoul, one ca
n experience that partial, plenary expansion of the Lord, Supersoul. Just like in the... The same example can be given, that the sun, at noontime, if you inquire thousands and thousands of people scattered over thousands and thousands of miles away, ever
yone will say that "The sun is on my head." Similarly, the Supreme Lord is also represented by the Supersoul conception in everyone's heart. Not only in everyone's heart, but even in every atom He is represented. So that realization is the second stage. 
And the third stage is to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Therefore it is said here that these stages... Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante. Bah\'fcn\'e4m means after many, many, many births. Spiritual realization is not a
chieved in one birth. If one is fortunate, oh, he can achieve in one second. He can achieve in one second. But generally, it takes many, many years and many, many births to realize what is God, what is the Absolute Truth.  }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 Those who are trying to realize the Absolute Truth are categorized according to the aspect of the Absolute Truth upon which they concentrate. Those who concentrate on Brahman, the imperso
nalists, are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmav\'e4d\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Generally, those who are trying to realize the Abso
lute Truth first of all realize the }{\cs2873\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  Those who concentrate on the Supersoul, t
he localized form of the Lord in the heart, called Param\'e4tm\'e4, are known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param\'e4tm\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Supreme Lord, by His plenary portion, is sitting in everyone's heart, and by meditation and concentration one can perceive this form. Not only is He within everyone's heart, but He is situated also within every atom of the creati
on. This Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization is the second stage. The third and last stage is the realization of Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because there are three main stages of realization, the Supreme Absolute Truth is not attained in on
e birth. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ante}{\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  If one is fortunate, he can achieve the ultimate in one second. But generally it takes many, many years and many, many birth
s to realize what God is.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that\line [....]\line "I am the origin of everything." Just like Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra says that the Absolute Truth 
is that from whom everything is born or everything emanates. So in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find, the Lord says, aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9: "I am the origin of everything." So if you believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the..., or the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead is everything, and if you surrender, if you worship, then the whole thing, whole account, is closed in one second. But if you don't believe-"Oh, I want to see what is actually God is"-then you have to go by stages: first realization, this
 impersonal Brahman effulgence; then second realization, the Param\'e4tm\'e4; and then, in the third stage, you realize, "Oh, here is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." So that will take time. So... But one has to continue. If one gives up the research
 work just after making a few steps advance, oh, that will not help. One has to go on, go on with it with steadiness, that "What is God? I shall see." That is called j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, jij\'ef\'e4su, philosopher, inquisitive.\line So out of those inquisitiv
e and philosophers, if they continue this research work, what God is, then there will be a time, after many, many births, bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante [Bg. 7.19], not immediately, but after many, many births. Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef
\'e4nav\'e4n. J\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n means those who are in knowledge-not fools-those who are in actually in knowledge, j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n. J\'ef\'e4na means knowledge, and v\'e4n means one has got knowledge. So he's called j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n. J\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n
 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate. He, by..., by the end of his research work, he finds that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the destination. He is the root of everything. And when he understands fully by his philosophical research, then what 
does he do?\line Now, v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti [Bg. 7.19]. V\'e4sudeva, another name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is V\'e4sudeva. V\'e4sudeva means "one who lives everywhere." He's called V\'e4sudeva. So v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam
 iti. One... When he understands that "He is the Supreme Lord. God is the root of everything," then what does he do? Now, m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate. He surrenders. He surrenders. That surrendering process is the ultimate goal. Either you do it immediately or 
you do it by research work of many, many births, but the process and the ultimate goal is that you have to surrender, that "You are great. I am Your subordinate." }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 aha
\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devo
tional service and worship Me with all their hearts." }{\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 Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  10.8}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\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 Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also confirms that the Absolute Truth is He from whom everything is born. If we truly believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of everything, and if we worship Him, our whole account is closed in one second. But if one doesn't 
believe and says, "Oh, I want to see what God is," he has to go by stages by realizing the impersonal Brahman effulgence and then Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized feature, before finally coming to the last stage of realizing, "Oh, here is the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead." It should be understood, however, that this process takes more time. When one through many years of research comes to realize the Absolute Truth, he concludes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\cs2873\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 "V\'e4sudeva is all that is." V\'e4sudeva is a name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it means "He who lives everywhere." Realizing that V\'e4sudeva is the root of everything\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he surrenders. The surrendering process is the ultimate goal; either one does it immediately or after many birt
hs of research work. In either case, surrender must be there by realizing that "God is great, and I am His subordinate."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub That is the process. So any intelligent man can do it immediately. If one understands that "Ultimately I will have to surrender to the Supr
eme Lord, and the Supreme Lord is here, personally speaking Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, so why not surrender immediately? If ultimately, after many, many births, I have to come to this point, to surrender, so why should I take so much trouble for many, many bir
ths? Why not immediately?" So if we take up this principle, this intelligence, then God is realized in one second. But if you don't, then go on with research work for many, many, many, many births. But you have to come to that point. V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarv
am iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4. V\'e4sudeva, the Supreme Lord, Personality of God, is everything. He is the root. He is the origin of everything. Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9. The Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra [1.1.2] says, janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 anvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 ca 
arthe\'f1u abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6. These descriptions are there.\line Now, here the same thing is being presented by the same Supreme Personality of Godhead by His unalloyed mercy to the conditioned souls. We are all conditioned souls. We are under 
the threefold miseries of this material world, and the Supreme Lord is giving us the opportunity to get out of it by this surrendering process. So if we take up the surrendering process immediately, then God realization is a business for one second. Othe
rwise, I'll have to go on with this research work for many, many, many, many, many births. Then another question is, may be raised, that "If the Supreme Personality is the ultimate goal and one has to surrender to Him, then why there are so many differen
t processes of worship in the world?" That question may be raised. So that is answered here, in the next verse. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 Understanding this, the wise man will surr
ender immediately and not wait to take many, many births. He understands that this information is given by the Supreme Lord out of His infinite mercy on the conditioned souls. We are all conditioned souls, suffering the threefold miseries of this materia
l world. Now the Supreme Lord is giving us the opportunity to escape these miseries by the surrendering process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this point one may ask that if the Supreme Personality is the ultimate goal and one has to surrender to Him, why are there so many different processes of worship
 in the world? This question is answered in the next verse.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9\line prapadyante 'nya-devat\'e4\'f9\line ta\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya\line prak\'e5ty\'e4 
niyat\'e4\'f9 svay\'e4\line  [Bg. 7.20]\line There are different kinds of men under different mixture of the modes of nature, and generally, they are not after liberation from this material stage. They want to gain something out of spiritual power. Just 
like somebody goes to a swami: "O Swamiji, can you give me a medicine? I am suffering from this disease." He thinks, "A doctor is very expensive. Let us go to a swami who can play miracles, and my disease will be cured." Yes. Sometimes we go and... Of co
urse, in your country such swamis are not very easily found, but in India, there are so many so-called swamis. They go to innocent people and they preach that "If you can give me one ounce of gold, I can make it one hundred ounce of gold." Oh, people thi
nk those... Everyone seeks, "How many ounce of gold I have got in my home?" So all bring. "I have got some, ten ounce. So give me five hundred ounce." So in this way the swami collects all the gold of the village, and while performing the ceremony, he va
nishes and... [laughter]\line So this is our disease. When we go to a swami, when we go to a temple, when we go to church, our heart is full with material desires. We want some material profit out of... We practice yoga just to keep the health fit. That'
s all. That is... Well, for keeping your health, why do you take the shelter of yoga? Oh, you can keep your by ordinary exercise, by regulated diet and by following some health rules. There is no need of practicing yoga. But people are... Because k\'e4ma
is tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9. That material desires, "I want to keep myself fit to enjoy life. Oh, let me take this yoga," or "Let me go to the church," "Let me have a swami as my spiritual master, order-supplier." So these things are going on
 all over the world. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9\line prapadyante 'nya-devat\'e4\'f9\line ta\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya\line prak\'e5ty\'e4 niyat\'e4
\'f9 svay\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worshi
p according to their own natures." }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\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 7.20)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many different types of men in the world, and they're functioning under the different modes of material nature. Generally speaking, most men are not after
 liberation. If they take to spirituality, they wish to gain something by spiritual power. It is not uncommon in India for a person to go to a }{\cs2873\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 say, "Sv\'e4m\'e9ji, could you give me some medicine? I am suffering from this disease." He thinks that because a doctor is too expensive, he can go to a }{\cs2873\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  who can work miracles. In India also there are }{\cs2873\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  who go to people's houses and preach, "If you give me one ounce of gold I can make it into one hundred ounces of gold." The people thi
nk, "I have five ounces of gold. Let me give it to him, and I'll get five hundred ounces." In this way the }{\cs2873\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  collects all the gold in the village, and after collecting it, he vanishes. This is our disease: when we go to a }{\cs2873\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  or a temple or a church, our hearts are filled with material desires. Wanting some material profit out of spiritual life, we practice }{\cs2873\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  just to keep our health fit. But, in order to keep healthy, why take shelter of }{\cs2873\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  We can become healthy through regular exercises and regulated diet. Why resort to }{\cs2873\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  Because: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n
\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have the material desire to keep ourselves fit and to enjoy life by going to church and making God our order-supplier.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So such class of men, they worship different kinds of gods with a desire, with a material desire. They have no idea how to get out of this 
matter. They want to use this material world to the best capacity. That is their idea. Just like in..., in the Vedic literature there are different recommendations. "Oh, if you want to cure your disease, then you worship sun." So that is fact. Suppose if
 you are diseased, you simply keep yourself in the sunshine. You'll be cured. You'll be cured. That's a fact. So similarly, "If you want to be beautiful, then you worship such-and-such god. If you want very good learning, education, then you worship such
-and-such god."\line So there are different kinds of... Therefore sometimes it is misunderstood that "The Hindus have many, many gods, not one God, and they are heathens." But actually this worship is to the God, but there are demigods, demigods. They ar
e worshiped. They're not God-God is one-but they are demigods. Demigods means that they are also living entities just like you and me, but they have got some power. Just like here also we worship some demigods, some government officer. He's also man like
 me, but he has got some power, and in order to take some advantages of the power, I worship him. I want his favor. Similarly, these kinds of worship of different kinds of gods, the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 condemns them. They're not required. The Lord says, 
k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9 prapadyante anya-devat\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 7.20]. One person does not surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but they worship different kinds of gods. Why? Now, k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n
\'e4\'f9: "They have lost their sense out of lust, material lust." }{\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 661009BG.NY}{
\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 Having material desires, men worship various demigods. They have no idea how to get out o
f matter; they want to utilize the material world to its best capacity. For instance, in Vedic literature there are so many recommendations: if one wants to cure his disease, he worships the sun, or if a girl wants a good husband, she worships Lord \'c7i
va, or if one wants to become beautiful, he worships such and such god, or if one wants to become educated, he worships goddess Sarasvat\'e9. In this way Westerners often think that the Hindus are polytheistic, but actually this worship is not to God, bu
t to demigods. We should not think that the demigods are God. God is one, but there are demigods who are also living entities just like us. The difference is that they have a considerable amount of power. On this earth there may be a king or a president 
or a dictator\'97these are men like us, but they have some extraordinary power, and in order to get favors from them, to take advantage of their power, we worship them in one way or another. But }{\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  condemns worship of the demigods. This verse clearly states that people worship the demigods due to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  material lust.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub That's all. Because our life, this material life, is simply based on lust. We want to enjoy this world. We love this material world because
 I want to satisfy my senses. So this lust is the perverted reflection of my love of God. In my original constitution, I am made to love God, but because I have forgotten God, therefore I love matter. Love is there. Love is there. Either you love this ma
tter or you love God, but you cannot get out of this loving propensity. Just like sometimes we see: one who hasn't got children, he loves a cat, loves a dog. You see? Why? Because he wants to love something. But in the absence of reality, he puts his fai
th and love into cats and dogs. So love is there, but that love is now represented in the form of lust. And this lust, when we are baffled in the lust, we become angry. We get wrath. And when we are in wrath, then next stage is illusion. And when we are 
illusioned, we are doomed. This process is going on.\line So we have to reverse the process. K\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9. We should not be lost of all senses, influenced by this material lust. We have to revert ourself, we have to rect
ify the lust into love. And if we love God, then we love everything. And without loving God, if you want to love something else, that is nonsense. You cannot love. Therefore we find practically there is so much love between a boy and girl. And just after
 two years, oh, divorce: "Go to hell." Because there is no love. It is simply lust. We do not know what is love. Simply you are playing with lust, and lust, as soon as you do not satisfy my senses to my satisfaction, then there is anger, krodha, or wrath
. And out... Then illusion. Then out of wrath, you give..., you separate with me, I separate with you. So basically there is no love.\line So these people who are, who have become the play dolls of this lust, they are called "lost all senses." K\'e4mais 
tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 7.20]. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 This material life is simply based on lust; we want to enjoy this world, and we love this material world b
ecause we want to gratify our senses. This lust is a perverted reflection of our love of God. In our original constitution we are made to love God, but because we have forgotten God, we love matter. Love is there. Either we love matter, or we love God. B
ut in no case can we get out of this loving propensity; indeed, we often see that when one doesn't have children, he loves a cat or a dog. Why? Because we want and need to love something. In the absence of reality, we put our faith and love in cats and d
ogs. Love is always there, but it is distorted into the form of lust. When this lust is baffled, we become angry; when we become angry, we become illusioned; and when we are illusioned, we are doomed. This is the process that is going on, but we have to 
reverse this process and turn lust into love. If we love God, we love everything. But if we do not love God, it is not possible to love anything. We may think that it is love, but it is simply a glamorized form of lust. Those who have become the dogs of 
lust are said to have lost all good sense: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9 }{\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 7.20]}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na\'f9 means "one who has lost his good sense." They want to worship this or that or this or that, this or that. But ta
\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya prak\'e5ty\'e4 niyat\'e4\'f9 svay\'e4. And there are rules and regulations. In the scriptures for worshiping many other demigods there are rules and regulations. So why? You can question, "Why the Vedic literature recomm
ends the worship of other demigods?" There is necessity. There is necessity because people are... Generally, they want to love something, so they are given some opportunity. These demigods are just like treated as the different, I mean to say, officers o
f the Supreme Lord. Just like government has got so many officers in different branches of management, similarly... Those who do not know, that is a different thing. Similarly, for this material world, there are different directors, managers. Just like t
he Indra. He is controlling the clouds. Candra, he is controlling this light. S\'fcrya, he is controlling the heat. So they are all government officers, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's officers. They are actually performing. We simply, I mean to say, flash away, "Oh
, this is nature. This is nature. This is nature." Oh, nature is not my father's servant. There is nature's father also, nature's master also. \line You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram [
Bg. 9.10]. Oh, there is rules. There are rules and regulations of conducting this nature's way.\line So these demigods, they are some powerful officers. That's all. But they are not God. God is one. You can become... If you become so powerful, qualified,
 then you can become the, I mean to say, director of the sun planet. You can become the director of moon planet. There are innumerable, thousands and millions of planets, and they are... Just like here also, you select one president to control your count
ry, or any other country, or one becomes the controller of the whole earth, similarly, there are different controllers. They are called demigods.\line So k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 7.20]. So worshiping of the demigods means that 
gradually, when they... They will gradually develop into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you... If one is completely disobedient, then there is no chance. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873
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There are many rules and regulations for the worship of demigods in the scriptures, and one may question why the Vedic literatures recommended their worship. There is necessity. Those who are motivated by lust want the opportunity to love something, and 
the demigods are acknowledged as the officers of the Supreme Lord. The idea is that as one worships these demigods, he will gradually develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But if one is completely atheistic and disobedient and rebellious against any auth
ority, what hope is there? So one's obedience to a higher personality can start with the demigods.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub But one who is directly in touch of the Supreme Lord, they do not require to worship any other... Because actually... Suppose a man is pers
onally in contact with your President Johnson. That does not mean he'll disobey the constable. No. Naturally he will obey, although he's direct contact. Similarly, those who are in direct contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they have no disr
egard for these demigods, but they know the ultimate supreme power is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They have got that knowledge. So their surrender is there in the Supreme Lord, not here. But they are not going to show any disrespect. A real devot
ee, he does not show any disrespect even to the ant, and what to speak of the demigods, because he is in knowledge that "Every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. They're playing different parts only. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 If, however, we take directly to the worship of the Supreme Lord, worship of the demigods is not necessary. Those who worship the Supreme Lord directly show all respect to the demigods, b
ut they do not need to worship them because they know that the supreme authority behind the demigods is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they are engaged in worshiping Him. In any case, respect is still there. A devotee of the Lord shows respect e
ven to an ant, what to speak of the demigods? The devotee is aware that all living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord and that they are playing different roles only.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So in relationship with the Supreme Lord they're all my respectables." Therefore a devotee is taught to address all his contemporaries as "
Prabhu, my dear sir, my dear lord." That is the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They are not heartless. They are very submissive.\line There are six, twenty-six qualifications of a factual devotee of the Lord. They are very kind. They are very 
obedient. They are sober, economic, everything, all good qualifications. Yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4 sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 5.18.12]. One, if he becomes the devotee of the Lord, all good qualities autom
atically will develop because he is good. By nature a living entity is the perfect good, but due to the contamination of the lust, he has become vicious. He has become vicious. By nature he's not vicious; he's perfect. Because he's part and parcel of the
 gold, he's gold. By outward covering he has become something nonsense.\line So this is the process. We are trying to, I mean, to introduce in the modern society K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that will make us all-perfect, happy, and after leaving th
is body we shall enter into the kingdom of God, where there is eternal life, bliss and full knowledge. }{\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 661009BG.NY}{\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 In relation to the Supreme Lord, all beings are to 
be respected. Therefore a devotee refers to others as "Prabhu," meaning "My dear sir, my dear lord." Submissiveness is a qualification for a devotee of the Lord. Devotees are kind and obedient, and they have all good qualifications. In conclusion, if one
 becomes a devotee of the Lord, all good qualifications will automatically develop. By nature, the living entity is perfect, but due to the contamination of lust, he becomes vicious. That which is part and parcel of gold is also gold, and whatever is par
t and parcel of the Complete Perfect is also perfect.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4
d\'e4ya\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. Because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomena
l world, are perfectly equipped as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance." (}{\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  Invocation)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will again make him perfect. Through it, 
he can become truly happy, and after leaving the material body, enter into the kingdom where there is eternal life, bliss and full knowledge.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb1080\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 R\'c4JA-VIDY\'c4\line The Kin
g of Knowledge (1973)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (B.B.T.)\line All rights reserved\line First Printing, 1973: 100,000 copies \line Second Printing, 1973: 160,000 copies
\line Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-84845 \line International Standard Book Number: 0-912776-40-4\line Printed in the United States of America by Donnelley Printing Co.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs44\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contents
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 1: R\'e4ja-Vidy\'e4: The King 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 1\line  R\'e4ja-Vidy\'e4: The Ki
ng of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] & [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 661122BG.NY]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line ida\'e0 tu te guhyatama\'e0\line pravak\'f1y\'e4my anas\'fcyave\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef
\'e4na-sahita\'e0\line yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 mok\'f1yase '\'e7ubh\'e4t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most secret wisdom, knowing wh
ich you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence." }{\b0\i0\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 9.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now we begin the Ninth Chapter. We have finished the Eighth Chapter. We are beginning the Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. \'c7r
\'e9 bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. The Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is speaking. \'c7r\'e9 Bhagav\'e4n. I have several times described what this word bhagav\'e4n means. Bhaga means "opulence," and v\'e4n means "who possesses." So bhagav\'e4n. There is
... Everything has definition. So in the Vedic scripture we'll find the definition of God. We have got some conception of God, but in the Vedic literature you'll find definite description, what do we mean by "God." That what do we mean by "God" is descri
bed in one word: \'c7r\'e9 bhagav\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n. Bhaga means opulence, and v\'e4n means "one who possesses." So what are the opulences? The opulences are that riches, wealth, and strength and influence and beauty, education, knowledge, and renunciati
on. These are opulences. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 opening words of the Ninth Chapter of }{\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  indicate that the Supreme Godhead is speaking. Here \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is referred to as Bhagav\'e4n. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means opulences, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means one who possesses. We have some conception of God, but in the Vedic literature there are definite descriptions and definitions of what is meant by God, and what is meant is described in one word\'97Bhagav
\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n possesses all opulences, the totality of knowledge, wealth, power, beauty, fame and renunciation. When we find someone who possesses these opulences in full, we are to know that he is God. There are many rich, wise, famous, beautiful a
nd powerful men, but no one man can claim to possess all of these opulences. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims to possess them in totality.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Therefore Vedic literature says,\line [....]\line Bhaga. These are opulences. Ai\'e7varya means opulence and... Ai\'e7varyasya samagrasya v\'e9r
yasya. V\'e9ryasya means strength. And ya\'e7asa\'f9. Ya\'e7asa\'f9 means fame. And ai\'e7varyasya v\'e9ryasya ya\'e7asa\'f9 \'e7riya\'f9. \'c7riya\'f9 means beauty. And j\'ef\'e4na. J\'ef\'e4na means knowledge. And renunciation, vair\'e4gya. Renunciatio
n. These six opulences, when you find presented in a personality in full, He is God. He is God. That is the description of God. You have many rich men here in your New York City, but nobody can claim that he is the richest of all, he has got all the rich
es of the world. Nobody can claim. But if you find somebody who claims that "All the riches of the world or the universe belongs to me," He's God. He is God, just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba claimed.\line In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find,\line 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\line  [Bg. 5.29]\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 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\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-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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The 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." }{\b0\i0\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
g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says that "I am the enjoyer. I am the enjoyer of all kinds of activities." He's the benefactor of all kinds of activities. Bhokt
\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0 sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam: "I am the proprietor of all planets." Loka means planets. We are proprietor of certain extent of land here, and we are very much proud. But God says that "I am the proprietor of all the planets.
" And suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m. And He is the friend of all living entities.\line And suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim \'e5cchati: "When a person understands that God is the proprietor of everyt
hing, God is the friend of everyone, God is the enjoyer of everything, by knowing these three things, one becomes very peaceful." That is the peace formula. You cannot become in peace so long you think that "I am the proprietor." You are not actually the
 proprietor. You cannot claim proprietorship. Just like take for example this land of America. Say four hundred years before, the Red American, Red Indians, they were the proprietor. Now you are the proprietor. Now, after, say, four hundred years or thou
sand years, somebody will come. They'll become proprietor. So actually, we are not proprietor. The land is there, we come here, and we claim falsely that "I am proprietor."\line So this philosophy, as it is stated in the \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad that \'e9\'e7
\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam [\'c9\'e7o 1], "Everything belongs to God...' Everything belongs to God. Nothing belongs to me. Actually, this is the fact. But under illusion we are thinking that "I am the proprietor." So God is proprietor. Therefore He is 
the richest man. He is the richest man. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims that He is the enjoyer of all activities and the proprietor of all planets (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). An individual may possess a large tract of land, and he may be proud of his ownership, bu
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims to possess all planetary systems. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also claims to be the friend of all living entities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When a person understands that God is the proprietor of everything, the friend of everyone and the enjoyer of all, he becomes very peaceful. This is the actual peace formula. No
 one can have peace as long as he thinks, "I am the proprietor." Who is capable of claiming proprietorship? Only a few hundred years ago the red Indians were considered to be the proprietors of America. Today we in our turn are claiming that proprietorsh
ip, but in four hundred or a thousand years perhaps someone else will come to claim the same. The land is here, and we come here and falsely claim ourselves to be proprietors of it. This philosophy of false proprietorship is not in line with Vedic injunc
tions. }{\cs2873\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  states that "everything animate or inanimate that is 
within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )." The truth of this statement is factual, but under illusion we are thinking that we are the proprietors. In actuality God owns everything, and therefore H
e is called the richest.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So if you find somebody... There are many incarnations of God. Nowadays you'll find, especially in India, there are dozens of incarnations 
of God. But if you ask him, "Are you the proprietor of everything?" oh, that is very difficult to answer.\line These are the checks, how you can understand that who is God. God must be the proprietor of all, everything. And He must be powerful than anyon
e. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this earth, nobody could conquer Him. There is not a single instance that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was defeated. So He belonged to the k\'f1atriya family. He identified Himself as k\'f1atriya. The k\'f1atriyas are meant for gi
ving protection to the poor, to the weak. So He belonged to the royal family. So there were so many fightings in His so long He remained on this earth, but in no fight He was defeated. Therefore He was the most powerful. And so far His opulence is concer
ned, from Bh\'e4gavatam we find that He married 16,108 wives, and every wife had a different palace. The palaces are described. And He expanded Himself into 16,108 divisions also. These things we have got in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. If you believe
, it is all right, but great \'e4c\'e4ryas, great scholars of India, they have accepted this fact, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 many men who claim to be God.
 In India, for instance, at any time, one has no difficulty in finding at least one dozen people claiming to be God. But if you ask them if they are the proprietor of everything, they find this difficult to answer. This is a criterion by which we can und
erstand who God is. God is the proprietor of everything, and, being so, He must be more powerful than anyone or anything else. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally present on this earth, no one could conquer Him. There is no record of His ever having lost 
a battle. He belonged to a }{\cs2873\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  (warrior) family, and the }{\cs2873\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 meant to give protection to the weak. As far as His opulence is concerned, He married 16,10
8 wives. Every wife had her own separate palace, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself 16,108 times in order to enjoy them all. This may seem difficult to believe, but it is stated in }{\cs2873\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 great sages of India recognize this as scripture and recognize K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Vy\'e4sadeva... This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was written by Vy\'e4sadeva, spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It wa
s noted by Vy\'e4sadeva, and therefore Vy\'e4sadeva says, \'e7r\'e9 bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said." What does He say?\line ida\'e0 tu te guhyatama\'e0\line pravak\'f1y\'e4my anas\'fcyave\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4na
-sahita\'e0\line yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 mok\'f1yase '\'e7ubh\'e4t\line [Bg. 9.1]\line "My dear Arjuna, now I shall speak to you the topmost part of knowledge." Ida\'e0 tu te guhyatamam. Guhyatamam means "most confidential." There are different kinds, grades
 of knowledge. But here the Lord says, "Just now I am going to explain what is the most confidential part of knowledge." Ida\'e0 tu te guhyatama\'e0 pravak\'f1y\'e4my anas\'fcyave. Anas\'fcyave. This very word is used. Anas\'fcyave means "who does not en
vy." Does not envy. Just like the Lord says, "I am the proprietor of all planets." Somebody may say, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is claiming the proprietorship of everything. How is that?" Because in the material world we are always envious. If somebody is great
er than me, I am envious: "Oh, he's..., in that way, he has so much progressed." We are envious. This is the disease of material world, envious. So we are envious of God also. When God says that "I am the proprietor," we disbelieve it.\line So here this 
very word is used, anas\'fcyave. Arjuna is hearing from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba without any enviousness. He's accepting what does He say. This is the way of understanding. We cannot understand by our mental speculation what is God. We have to hear, and we ha
ve to accept. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 first verse of this Ninth Chapter, by the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guhyatamam,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba intimates that He is imparting the most confidential knowledge to Arjuna. Why is He proclaiming this to Arjuna? It is because Arjuna is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anas\'fcyu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub non-envious. In the material world if someone is greater than us, we are envious. We are not o
nly envious of one another, but of God. Also when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the proprietor," we disbelieve it. But this is not the case with Arjuna, who listens to K\'e5\'f1\'eba without envy. Arjuna does not cavil with K\'e5\'f1\'eba but agrees with wh
atever He says. This is his special qualification, and this is the way of understanding }{\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  It is not possible to understand what God is by our own mental speculations; we have to hear, and we have to accept.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because Arjuna is not envious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks this special knowledge to him. This is not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4na-sahitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Whatever knowledge we receive 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  should not be taken for sentimentality or fanaticism. The knowledge is both }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  theoretical wisdom and scientific knowledge. If one becomes well-versed in this knowledge, liberation is certain. Life in this material world is by nature inauspicious and miserable.
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means liberation, and the promise is that by dint of understanding this knowledg
e one will attain liberation from all miseries. It is important then to understand what K\'e5\'f1\'eba says about this knowledge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhya\'e0\line pavitram idam uttamam\line pratyak\'f1\'e4vagama\'e0 dharmya\'e0\line susukha\'e0 kartum avyayam\line  [
Bg. 9.2]\line Now, this process of knowledge or this process of activity which we are trying to propagate as K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness... Knowledge means, the topmost knowledge means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness according to Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Becau
se in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find that a person who is learned, who is actually in knowledge, his symptoms will be that he has surrendered unto God. That is the symptom of knowledge. So long we go on speculating about God but do not surrender, th
at is not perfection of knowledge. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\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\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhya\'e0\line pavitram idam uttamam\line pratyak\'f1\'e4vagama\'e0 dharmya\'e0\line susukha\'e0 kartum avyayam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\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 perc
eption of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed." (}{\cs2873\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 9.2)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\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  the topmost knowledge (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because in }{\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  we find that the symptom o
f one who is actually in knowledge is that he has surrendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As long as we go on speculating about God but do not surrender, it is understood that we have not attained the perfection of knowledge. The perfection of knowledge is:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Perfection of knowledge is bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante: [Bg. 7.19] "After many, many births' mental speculation, philosophical speculation
, when one understands what is actually God, God, then he surrenders there. He surrenders there." So long we do not surrender, we cannot understand God. \line So bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate. The Lord says, "On
e who is actually in knowledge, that knowledge is achieved after many, many births, not all of a sudden."\line Of course, if we accept that "God is great. Let me surrender," then we can accept in a second. But our present position is to become envious of
 any greatness. So we are also envious of God: "Why shall I surrender unto God? I am independent. I shall work independently." These things are there. Therefore for rectifying these misgivings we have to wait many births. And Lord says, "After many, many
 births, one who is actually in knowledge, he surrenders unto Me. He surrenders." Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate.\line How? How does he show? V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9: [Bg. 7.19]
 "Because after many, many births' philosophical research, he can understand, 'God is everything. God is everything.' " The whole Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 teaches this very science. God is everything. We are also part and parcel of God. So v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sar
vam iti: "One who understands that 'V\'e4sudeva, God, or Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba...' " \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba means God. If there is any perfect name of God, that is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why?\line K\'e5\'f1i. K\'e5\'f1i means cultivation, an
d k\'e5\'f1i means very great. K\'e5\'f1-dh\'e4tu. So k\'e5\'f1\'eba or k\'e5\'f1 means who repeated repetition of birth, repetition. So k\'e5\'f1i-"repetition of birth;" \'eba means "one who checks it." He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Repetition of birth, one wh
o checks," He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore our repetition of birth can be checked only by God. Otherwise not possible. Hari\'e0 vin\'e4 na m\'e5ti\'e0 taranti: "Nobody can stop his repetition of birth and death without having the causeless mercy of God."
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\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 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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all th
at is. Such a great soul is very rare." (}{\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 )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as we do not surrender, we cannot understand God. Surrender to God may take many births, but if we accept that God is great, it is possible to surrender unt
o Him immediately. But generally this is not our position in the material world. We are characteristically envious and consequently think, "Oh, why should I surrender unto God? I am independent. I shall work independently." Therefore in order to rectify 
this misgiving, we have to work for many births. In this regard, the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is especially significant. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "repetition of birth," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "one
 who checks." Our repetition of birth can be checked only by God. No one can check his repetition of birth and death without the causeless mercy of God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4, r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: "The knowledge which I am just trying to impart, this is r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4
, the king of all knowledge." R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4. R\'e4ja means "king," and vidy\'e4 means "knowledge." There are... Just like in our ordinary course of life we find somebody king, somebody subject, similarly, He's comparing this knowledge as the topmost, 
the king of all knowledge. R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhyam [Bg. 9.2]. R\'e4ja-guhyam means "very confidential." And pavitram. Pavitram means "very pure," idam, "this knowledge." And uttamam. Uttamam means "which is transcendental." Ut means "trans-," and
 tama means "darkness." So uttama means "the knowledge which is beyond this material darkness." This material world is called darkness, and when the knowledge surpasses this material world, material knowledge, that is really called uttama. Udgata-tama
\'e0 yasm\'e4t: "from which the darkness has been separated." Light, the knowledge of light...\line So uttamam. Pratyak\'f1a avagamam. Pratyak\'f1a avagamam means if you follow this path, then you will personally understand how far you are advancing. How
 far you have become on the path of perfection, you yourself will understand. Nobody will require to certify that "You have advanced so much." You'll understand yourself. Pratyak\'f1a avagama\'e0 dharmyam. Dharmyam means the religious principles. Pratyak
\'f1a avagama\'e0 dharmya\'e0 susukham. Susukham means that it is very happy to execute. Very happy to execute. Susukha\'e0 kartum avyayam [Bg. 9.2]. And if you perform it, it will have never any lapse. It is permanent, permanent. We do many things which
 is, has no permanent effect, which has no permanent... Suppose we work in this material world for some perfection of education, or perfection of business. We get, amass a vast amount of money. But that is not avyayam. That is not eternal. As soon as you
r body is finished, everything is finished. Your education finished, your M.A. degree finished, your bank balance finished, and everything, your family finished-everything finished. Now again begin life. V\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4
ya [Bg. 2.22].\line So therefore anything, whatever you are doing in this material world, that is not avyayam. That is not eternal. Temporary. Temporary. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 subject matter of th
e Ninth Chapter is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4. R\'e4ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "king," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "knowledge." In ordinary life we find one person king in one subject and another in another subject. 
This knowledge, however, is sovereign over all others, and all other knowledge is subject or relative to it. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-guhyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that this sovereign knowledge is very confidential, and the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavitram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that it is very pure. This knowledge is also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttamam; ud}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "transcend," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "darkness," and that knowledge
 which surpasses this world and the knowledge of this world is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttamam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is the k
nowledge of light, and darkness has been separated from it. If one follows this path of knowledge, he will personally understand how far he has progressed down the path of perfection (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub pratyak\'f1\'e4vagama\'e0 dharmyam}{\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 Susukha\'e0 kartum}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that this knowledge is very happy and joyful to execute. And }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that this knowledge is permanent. We may work in this material world for education or riches, but these things are not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyayam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for as soon as this body is finished, everything else is also finished. With death, our education, advanced degrees, bank balances, family\'97ever
ything\'97are all finished. Whatever we're doing in this material world is not eternal. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this knowledge is not like that. Svalpam apy asya dharmasya tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t [Bg. 2.40]: "The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness kn
owledge is so perfect that even if you do one percent, two percent execute, then it can help you to..., help you protection from the greatest danger." Svalpam apy asya dharmasya. And besides that, suppose in this life I perform work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness, say twenty-five percent. I am not perfect. My next life will begin from twenty-sixth point. So much, what I have acquired in this life, that is not lost.\line These are the formulas we get from authoritative scripture. But material achievemen
t, that is due... Because it is pertaining to this body, this designation, therefore it finishes with the finish of this designation. These are our all designations. This body... I am thinking, "I am American." I am thinking, "I am Indian." These are all
 our designations. So designation will finish, and there is no certainty what sort of body I am going to have in my next life. There are... Any thing, any material acquisition, that is not permanent. But this knowledge, this devotional service of the Lor
d, to act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is permanent, whatever you do. If you can do it perfectly, this is the..., in this very life you get entrance into the kingdom of God. But even if you are not able to make it perfection, still, whatever you do, 
that will go with you, because you are spirit soul. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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, this knowledge is not like that.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neh\'e4bhikrama-n\'e4\'e7o 'sti\line pratyav\'e4yo na vidyate\line svalpam apy asya dharmasya\line tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 o
f 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 2.40)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so perfect that if one performs work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and yet does not attain perfection, in his next li
fe he takes up from wherever he left off. In other words, actions performed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are durable. On the other hand, material achievements, because they pertain to the body, are vanquished at death. Knowledge that pertains to desig
nations does not endure. I am thinking that I am a man or a woman, an American or Indian, a Christian or Hindu\'97these are all designations pertaining to the body, and when the body is finished, they will also be finished. We are actually spirit, and th
erefore our spiritual activities will go with us wherever we go.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So K\'e5\'f1\'eba will explain by and by about this formula which is described here as the king of knowledge and the very confidential and 
transcendental and very happily done. Happily done.\line Now, to act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the devotional service, you can understand it, how happily it is done. Now, take for example what we are doing here. We are singing, we are dancing, we 
are taking nice pras\'e4dam offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chanting and discussing Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 philosophy. Oh, these are the processes. These are the processes. We are not meant for any stringent rules and regulation or gymnastic or breathing cont
rol, so many things, as they are described and they are performed by many different sections. But here it is very easy and happily done. Everyone wants to dance. Everyone wants to sing. Everyone wants to eat. Through this formula-dancing, singing and eat
ing K\'e5\'f1\'eba pras\'e4da and hearing philosophical discussion, transcendental topics from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4-so don't you think it is very happy? Susukham. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661121BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba indicates that this king of knowledge is also happily performed. We can easily see that activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are joyfully done. There is chanting and dancing, eating }{\cs2873\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  (food that has been offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba) and discussing }{\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  These are the main processes. There are no stringent rules and regulations that we have to sit so straight for so long or do so many g
ymnastics, or control our breath. No, the process is very easily and happily done. Everyone wants to dance, to sing, to eat and to hear the truth. This process is truly }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
susukham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world there are so many gradations of education. Some people never finish grammar school or high school, whereas others go on and receive a universi
ty education, a BA, MA, PhD, and so on. But what is this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the king of edu
cation, the }{\cs2873\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  of knowledge? It is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Real knowl
edge is understanding "what I am." Unless we come to the point of understanding what we are, we cannot attain real knowledge. When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 left his government post and came to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu for the first time, he asked the Lord
, "What is education?" Although San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 knew a number of languages, including Sanskrit, he still inquired about real education. "The general populace calls me highly educated," San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 told the Lord, "and I am such a f
ool that I actually believe them."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So the next question is: "Then why do you think that you are not educated? You are great scholar in Sanskrit, you are great scholar in Pers
ian language. Why do you think that you are not educated?" He replied that "I am thinking 'not educated' because I do not know what I am. I do not know what I am. I do not wish to be a suffering member, but these material miseries is enforced upon me. I 
do not know wherefrom I have come, where I have to go, and still people, they think that I am very much educated and they designate me that I am a great scholar, and I am satisfied. But I am such a fool that I do not know what I am." Actually, this is th
e position of our present situation. We are very much proud of our advancement of education. But if you inquire from various persons that "What you are?" hardly some will answer what he is. Everyone is under the conception of this body. But we are not ac
tually this body. This question we have discussed various times, many times. So this after passing this examination that "I am not this body," then one who, one comes into the real knowledge. That is real knowledge, "What I am." That is the beginning. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord replied, "Why should you not think you're well educated? You're a great scholar in Sanskrit and Persian."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That may be," San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "but I do not know what I am." He then went on to tell the Lord: "I do not wish to suffer, but these material miserie
s are forced upon me. I neither know where I've come from nor where I'm going, but people are calling me educated. When they call me a great scholar, I am satisfied, but in truth I am such a great fool that I know not what I am." San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 was actually speaking for all of us, for this is our present situation. We may be proud of our academic education, but if asked what we are, we are not able to say. Everyone is under the conception that this body is the self, but we learn from Vedic
 sources that this is not so. Only after realizing that we are not these bodies can we enter into real knowledge and understand what we actually are. This then, is the beginning of knowledge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So the knowledge about which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is now imparting, giving instruction to Arjuna, He says, "This is r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4." R\'e4
ja-vidy\'e4 means to know oneself what he is and act accordingly. That is called r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4. If I do not know what I am, what is my position, then if I am in mistaken about my situation, then all activities, what I am doing, they are all mistaken. 
They are all illusion. Therefore this position, r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4, means one should know himself, what he is, and act accordingly. Simply by knowing that "I am not this material body," that is not sufficient. You must act accordingly, that you are not mat
erial; you are spiritual. That spiritual activity is called K\'e5\'f1..., act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that is called r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4, the king of all education.\line R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhyam [Bg. 9.2]. R\'e4ja-guhyam. R\'e4ja-guhyam 
means confidential, very confidential. It is not possible to accept this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness very easily, but by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, it is very easily delivered to us through this 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be further defined as not only knowing what one is, but acting accordingly. If we do not know who we are, how can our activities be proper? If we are mistaken about our identity, we will also b
e mistaken about our activities. Simply knowing that we are not these material bodies is not sufficient; we must act according to the conviction that we are spiritual. Action based on this knowledge\'97spiritual activity\'97is work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness. This kind of knowledge may not seem to be so easily attainable, but it is made very easy by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu who made this knowledge easily available through the process of chanting 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.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya has discussed a very analytical study of the living entity. He has analyzed that the living entities... There are innumerable
 living entities all over the universe. If you dig earth, you'll find many living entities. If you make a study of the air, you'll find many living entities. If you go deep into the water, you'll find living entities. So all over the universe there are f
ull of different types of living entities. And He has divided all these living entities into two classes. Some are moving and some are not moving. Just like trees, plants, grass, they cannot move. Stone. Stone has also life, but it is not developed consc
ious. It is too much covered, stone life. Similarly, a person, even in human body, if he does not understand his position, he's almost stonelike. So these are stones, trees, grass and so many others. They are "not-moving" living entities. And there are m
oving entities just like aquatics, beasts, birds, reptiles, human being, demigods, oh, celestial angels, so many. There are moving. So out of the moving entities, very small number are human beings. There are 8,400,000's of species of life. Out of that, 
only 400,000 species of life are this human body.\line So Lord Caitanya says, "Out of these 400,000 species of life, some of them are civilized. And out of many civilized persons, they are actually devoted to the scriptures, not all."  }{\b0\i0\ul0
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu divided the living entities into two major categories: those that are moving and those that are not moving. Trees, grass, plants, stones, etc., do not move because 
they do not have sufficiently developed consciousness. Their consciousness is there, but is covered. If a living being does not understand his position, he is stonelike, although dwelling in a human body. The living entities\'97birds, reptiles, animals, 
insects, human beings, demigods, etc.\'97number over 8,000,000 species, and of these a very small number are human beings. Lord Caitanya further points out that out of 400,000 species of human beings, some are civilized; and out of many civilized persons
, there are only a few who are devoted to the scriptures.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Some of them, they agree that "I belong to Christian religion," "I belong to Hindu religion," or "I belong to Muhammadan religion," but at 
the present age, mostly they simply claim that "I belong to this religion" but do not believe in the scripture, mostly. So those who are believing in the scriptures, they are mostly attracted by pious, philanthropic activities. They, some of them, those 
who actually believe that charity is very good thing, and... Religious means these three things: yaj\'efa-d\'e4na-tapa\'f9. Yaj\'efa-d\'e4na-tapa\'f9. Yaj\'efa means sacrifice, d\'e4na means charity, and tapa\'f9 means penance. Just like brahmac\'e4r\'e9
. It is tapasya. Tapasya. A sanny\'e4s\'e9, it is tapasya. Tapa\'f9. Tapa\'f9 means penance, voluntarily accepting very rigid principles of life. That is called tapasya. And charity. Charity means voluntarily giving away his material possessions. That is
 charity. And yaj\'efa, sacrifice. Sacrifice, of course, you have no experience. Not you, but we all. Nowadays, in the present days, there is no sacrifice.\line But we get information from such historical literature as Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata. Mah\'e4bh\'e4rat
a is called history in the Vedic literature. So kings were performing very big sacrifices. Millions of rupees, millions of valuables, gold and silver, they were distributed. Oh, that is not possible. That was being done by the kings. Kings used to collec
t tax from the citizens but at the same..., at the time when they performed sacrifice, they were distributed to all the citizens, all of them. So that process is not. Nowadays the state simply collects taxes but never distributes. So we have no idea what
 is yaj\'efa. But this yaj\'efa is the performance of kings or the heads of the state, and d\'e4na of the general householders, and tapasya for brahmac\'e4r\'e9, sanny\'e4s\'e9, v\'e4naprastha. So these are different kinds of rules in religious life.
\line So those who believe in scriptures, they adopt, not all. Just like I explained that mostly people, they simply accept a certain faith. Mouth, in mouth only. Actually, they do not do anything. Do not do anything. So out of that many, millions of peo
ple like that, somebody are religious, really religious, who perform this sacrifice, charity, and penances. So Lord Caitanya says, "Out of many millions of persons who are actually engaged in charity, and," I mean to say, "penance and sacrifice, some of 
them become in perfect knowledge what he is." So this knowledge is... Just see how He's making analytical study of the living entities. Beginning from eighty-eight, er, eight hundred, 8,400,000 species of life, He's selecting only few human civilized lif
e; then addicted to the, I mean to say, certain kind of faith; then extracting them who are actually believing; and then those who are actually believing. Out of them, those who are sacrificing, making charities and adopting penances, out of many million
s of like, persons like that, some of them are actually in knowledge what he is.\line You'll find in your country also. There are many foundations. They are making charities. But hardly you'll find amongst them that he knows that what he is. So out of ma
ny millions of these religious persons, some of them know what he is, "I am not this body." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661
122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the present day most people claim to be devoted to some religion\'97Christian, Hind
u, Moslem, Buddhist, etc.\'97but in fact they do not really believe in the scriptures. Those who do believe in the scriptures are, by and large, attached to pious philanthropic activities. They believe that religion means }{\cs2873\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), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4na}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (charity) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (penance). One who engages in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  undertakes voluntarily very rigid regul
ations, such as }{\cs2873\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  students (celibates) or }{\cs2873\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  (renounced order) undertake. Charity means voluntarily giving away one's material possessions. In the p
resent age there is no sacrifice, but from historical literatures like the }{\cs2873\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  we get information that kings performed sacrifices by distributing rubies, gold and silver. }{\cs2873\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  was primarily for kings, and charity, on a much smaller scale, was meant for householders. Those who actually believed in scriptures usually adopted some of these principles. But generally in this age people simply say that they
 belong to a religion but in actuality do nothing. Out of millions of such people, a very small number actually perform charity, sacrifice and penance. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu further points out that out of millions who perform such religious principles a
ll over the universe, only a few attain perfect knowledge and understand what they are.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, simply theoretically knowing that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul," that is not perfect. You have to actually become liberated f
rom the material entanglement. That is called mukti, liberation. So out of many thousands of persons who are in the knowledge what they are or what he is, some of them are actually liberated. Liberated. And out of many thousands of people who are liberat
ed, they can understand what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba understanding is not very easy job. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind because He knows that in this age, in this age of Kali, it will be very difficult for persons to become liberated under th
e process-first to become civilized, then to become religious, then to perform this charity, sacrifices, then come to the platform of knowledge, then, after coming to the platform of knowledge, you come to the platform of liberation, and after being libe
rated, you can know what is 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 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just knowing "I am not this body but am spirit soul" is not sufficient. We have to escape this entanglement of material nature. This 
is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation. Out of many thousands of persons who are in self-knowledge as
 to what and who they are, only one or two may be actually liberated. And out of many thousands who are liberated, only one or two may understand what and who K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. So understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not such an easy job. Thus in this age of
 Kali, an age characterized by ignorance and chaos, liberation is out of the reach of practically everyone. One has to go through the whole ordeal of becoming civilized, then religious, and then one has to perform charities and sacrifices and come to the
 platform of knowledge, then to the stage of liberation, and finally, after liberation, to the understanding of what K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub That is stated in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line [....]\line This is the sign of liberation. A man who is liberated, his signs are explained in 
the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4. His first symptom is that he's very happy. One who is liberated, his first symptom is that you'll never find him morose. He is happy. Prasann\'e4tm\'e4. Na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati. He
 has no anxiety. "Oh, this thing I haven't got. I have to secure this thing. This bill I have to pay. Oh, this I have to do." So many anxieties. We are full of anxieties. So he has no anxieties. And then does it mean, because he has no anxieties, he is v
ery rich man? No. Not necessarily. He has no anxiety. Then he has no lamentation. He does not think, "I am poor." Why he should think poor? Poor, when I think that "I am this material, some, I am a part of this material world, I haven't got this possessi
on, material possession," then I think, "I am poor" or "rich." But one who is liberated from the material conception of life, then he has nothing to do, what he's possessing, what he's not possessing. He has nothing to do. That is liberation. If one is f
ree from the material conception of life, then factually, either he possesses or not possesses, he has nothing to do with them. Therefore he's prasann\'e4tm\'e4, he's joyful: "Oh. I have nothing to lose, nothing to gain. I am completely separate from her
e." This is liberation.\line And sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u. And his vision of life is that he does not see anybody rich, poor, or fool, or educated, or so many dualities there are in the material world. He has nothing. His vision is completely on
 the spiritual platform. He sees that every living entity is a part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore he tries to take them back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He has no distinction that "He is br\'e4hma\'eba. He is \'e7\'fcdra. He is Indian. He'
s American," or "He's black. He's white," or "He's educated. He's noneducated." No. "Everyone should come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." That is his viewpoint. Sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u. When one is qualified in that way, then mad-bhakti\'e0 l
abhate par\'e4m [Bg. 18.54]. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says "Then he becomes eligible for becoming a pure devotee of 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 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is also indicated in }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments or desires to have anything; he is e
qually disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me." (}{\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
8.54}{\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 These are the signs of liberation. The first symptom of one who is liberated is that he is very happy. It is not possible to find him morose. Nor does he have any a
nxiety. He never frets, "This thing I don't have. Oh, I must secure this thing. Oh, this bill I have to pay. I have to go here, there." One who is liberated has no anxieties at all. He may be the poorest man in the world, but he neither laments nor think
s that he is poor. Why should he think that he is poor? When we think that we are these material bodies and that we have possessions to go with them, then we think that we are poor or rich, but one who is liberated from the material conception of life ha
s nothing to do with possessions or lack of possessions. "I have nothing to lose and nothing to gain," he thinks. "I am completely separate from all this." Nor does he see anyone else as rich or poor, educated or uneducated, beautiful or ugly, etc. He do
es not see any material dualities, for his vision is completely on the spiritual platform, and he sees that every living entity is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus seeing all entities in their true identity, he tries to take them back to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. His viewpoint is that everyone\'97whether he be }{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\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  black or white, Hindu, Christian, or whatever\'97should come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness. When one is situated in this way, then: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mad-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
he becomes eligible for becoming a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So practically this process, under regulative principles, is not very easy, especially in this age. In this age, the description of the peo
ple are that pr\'e4ye\'eba alp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9: "Their duration of life is very short." And pr\'e4ye\'eb\'e4lp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 mand\'e4\'f9. Manda means very slow. Sleeping, out of twenty-four hours, sleeping twelve hours, and out of twelve hours, they're 
busy in earning money ten hours. Then two hours left. What he can do for spiritual understanding. There's no time. So mand\'e4\'f9 sumanda-mataya\'f9. And if somebody has got some intention to make spiritual progress, then there are so many pseudo-spirit
ual, I mean to say, societies. They're entrapped by some of them. So manda-mataya\'f9, sumanda-mataya\'f9, manda-bh\'e4gy\'e4\'f9: "And most of them are unfortunate, unfortunate." Most of them. If you count the population, take a statistic, they are so u
nfortunate that the primary principles of life-eating, sleeping, defending and mating-they haven't got sufficient arrangement. Oh. These are only primary principles. They are available even in animal life. But in this age even these primary principles...
 No one has got shelter, no one has arrangement for eating nicely, no one has got the mating or wife, and everyone is afraid of "When there will be war declared, and I'll have to go to the warfield?" This is the position.\line Mand\'e4\'f9 sumanda-matayo
 manda-bh\'e4gy\'e4\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 1.1.10]. Unfortunate. And upadrut\'e4\'f9: "In spite of all this, he's always disturbed with diseases and so many other things." This is disturb. This is the position. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He thought that if th
ese people are allowed, if they have to come to the point of liberation under the regulative process, it is impossible. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Practically speaking, this process is not very easy in thi
s age of Kali. In }{\cs2873\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 description is given of the people of this 
age. Their duration of life is said to be very short, they tend to be phlegmatic and slow and to sleep a great deal, and when they're not sleeping, they are busy earning money. At the most they only have two hours a day for spiritual activities, so what 
is the hope for spiritual understanding? It is also stated that even if one is anxious to make spiritual progress, there are many pseudo-spiritual societies to take advantage of him. People are also characterized in this age as being unfortunate. They ha
ve a great deal of difficulty meeting the primary demands of life\'97eating, defending, mating, and sleeping\'97necessities which are met even by the animals. Even if people are meeting these necessities in this age, they are always anxious about war, ei
ther defending themselves from aggressors or having to go to war themselves. In addition to this, there are always disturbing diseases and economic problems in Kali-yuga. Therefore Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba considered that in this age it is impossibl
e for people to come to the perfectional stage of liberation by following the prescribed rules and regulations.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So out of His causeless mercy, He came as Lord Caitanya, Lord Caitanya, and distributed this highest perfection of life, ecstasy, spiritual
 ecstasy, by 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. This is practical. This is practical. It does not depend whether you are now liberated or non
-liberated, what is your position, what is your condition. Doesn't matter. Just come and take part in it, and you'll feel spiritual ecstasy. Therefore it is called r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhya\'e0 pavitram [Bg. 9.2]. Pavitram: "It is very pure." Anyone
 who takes to this process, he becomes immediately purified. Or the purification process begins immediately. Immediately. Pavitram.\line And uttamam. Uttamam means the highest, or transcendental. Last day we have already explained uttamam. So the comment
ator, he says, apr\'e4rabdha\line apr\'e4rabdha-phala\'e0 p\'e4pa\'e0\line k\'fcta\'e0 b\'e9ja\'e0 phalonmukham\line krame\'ebaiva pral\'e9yante\line vi\'f1\'ebu-bhakti-rat\'e4tman\'e4\line [Padma Pur\'e4\'eba]\line Vi\'f1\'ebu-bhakti-rat\'e4tman\'e4. Th
at means one who is in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then the, eh, gradually his the seed of all reaction of his sins, that becomes vanquished. Just like in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, we have studied. Just like in the fire, if you put anything... You 
go on putting everything. It makes into, turns it into ashes. Similarly, this fire of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as soon as it is begun, then all our reactions of sinful activities in our past 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 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus out of His causeless mercy, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba came as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and distributed the means to the highest perfection of life and spiritual ecstasy by 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. This process of chanting is most practical, and it does not depend on whether one is liberated or not, or whether one's condition is conduc
ive to spiritual life or not\'97whoever takes to this process becomes immediately purified. Therefore it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavitram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (pure). Furthermore, for one who takes to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process, the seeds of latent reactions to his sinful actions are all nullified. Just as a fire turns whatever we put into it to ashes, this pro
cess turns to ashes all the sinful reactions of our past lives.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Our suffering is due to sinful activities. And sinful activities are due to our ignorance. Ignorance. Sinful activities are done by persons
 who do not know what is what. Just like a child. A child does not know what is the result of catching fire. Because he is ignorant. But as soon as the child catches fire, his hand becomes burned immediately. The fire does not allow any concession for th
e child. It will act as fire. Similarly, we do not know how this material world is going on, what are the laws, who is the controller, how it is being controlled. Due to our ignorance, we act in some way, but nature is so stringent that it will never exc
use you, either you do it knowingly or unknowingly. Just the same example: the child does not know that the fire will burn, but if the child catches the fire, the fire will not excuse because it is child. Therefore ignorance is the cause of suffering.
\line And one should be put into proper knowledge. Proper knowledge means to know things as they are: "What I am, what is this world, what is God, what is our relation." These things we should know, not that simply becoming a technical expert or some dep
artmental expert, we become a man of knowledge. That is not knowledge. Here is knowledge. You should know what you are and how you act. And this knowledge can be achieved in this human form of life, not in the animal form of life. Therefore, to give you 
knowledge, to give you proper direction, there are so many scriptures in all parts of the civilized world. They should not be neglected. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, k\'e5\'f1\'eba bhuliy\'e4 j\'e9va, er,\line an\'e4di bahir-mukha j\'e9va k\'e5\'f1\'eba 
bhuli' gel\'e4\line ataeva k\'e5\'f1\'eba veda-pur\'e4\'eba karila[?]\line [Madhya 20.117]\line The meaning of this stanza is that people are forgetful since time immemorial about his relationship with the Supreme Lord. Forgetful. Bhuli' gel\'e4. Bhuli' 
gel\'e4 means he has forgotten. Ataeva k\'e5\'f1\'eba veda-pur\'e4\'eba karila. Therefore Lord has sent so many representatives to give them these literatures, these scriptures.\line So we should take advantage of these scriptures, especially the Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4, which is accepted as the prime scripture in the modern world, and you'll find everything nicely. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 661122BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must understand that our suffering is due to our sinful activity
, and sinful activity is due to our ignorance. Sins, or transgressions, are committed by those who do not know what is what. A child, for instance, will naively put his hand in a fire because of ignorance. He is thus burned immediately, for the fire is i
mpartial and does not allow any special consideration for the innocent child. It will simply act as fire. Similarly, we do not know how this material world is functioning, who its controller is, nor how it is controlled, and due to our ignorance we act i
n foolish ways, but nature is so stringent that she does not allow us to escape the reactions to our actions. Whether we commit an act knowingly or unknowingly, the reactions and consequent sufferings are there. However, through knowledge we can understa
nd what the actual situation is, who God is, and what our relationship with Him is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This knowledge by which we can gain release from suffering is possible in the human form of life, not in the animal form. To give us knowledge, to give us proper di
rection, there are scriptures written in various languages in all parts of the world. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu pointed out that people are forgetful from time immemorial about their relationship with the Supreme Lord; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba has sent
 so many representatives to impart the scriptures to man. We should take advantage of these, especially of }{\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  which is the prime scripture for the modern world.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 2: Knowledge Beyond Sa\'e0s\'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 2 \line Knowledge Beyond Sa\'e0s
\'e4ra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Susukham, very pleasant. \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]. This devotional service is not very unpleasant
. It is very pleasant. You very melodiously sing with instruments, and somebody will participate in hearing, \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9. Of course, it must be in relationship with the Supreme Lord. Not ordinary music. We take the ad
vantage of musical science. But we don't sing any ordinary song. We glorify the Supreme Lord. But we enjoy. Therefore it is happy. Then again, \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam. Now, what you are hearing from Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, if you remember it at home, that "Swamiji was spoke, speaking like this, and how does it apply in my life?"... We should remember this. We should not forget just after leaving this place. And if there is any question, any doubt, we should place bef
ore this assembly. I am inquiring. I am inviting you for any question because we are trying to understand a very nice and great science.\line So it should be understood with all critical study. We don't request you to take it or accept it blindly. So 
\'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam. And p\'e4da-sevanam. P\'e4da-sevanam means to rise early in the morning, open the door of temple and wipe it out, all the dust, and give some light. The p\'e4da-sevanam. Arcana\'e0 vandanam. T
hen there is foodstuff offered. It is cooked for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and decorate with flower. So many things there are, arcana-vidhi. The Deity will look very nice, and you'll be pleased to see it. We, we want to see very beautiful things. When you see the 
beautiful Deity, the forms of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you'll forget to see anymore any other beauty. You see? These are the process, very nice, susukham. There is no trouble. Decorate with flower, with dress, with ornaments and see and hear and eat very... 
You offer very nice foodstuff to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then partake it. \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam arcana\'e0 vandanam [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]. Vandanam means prayer. [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically states that this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub susukham,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very pleasant and easy to practice. Indeed, the devotional process is very pleasant; we melodiously sing with instruments, and someone will listen and also join (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Of course the music should be in relation with the Supreme Lord, in glorific
ation of Him. Hearing }{\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  is also part of devotional service, and in addit
ion to hearing it one should be eager to apply it in his life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a science and should not be accepted blindly. There are nine processes of devotional service recommended (hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, praying, 
serving, engaging as a servitor of the Lord, establishing friendly relations with the Lord, offering everything to the Lord). These are all easy to practice and should be joyfully performed.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, if you do not like, if you think, "This is Hindu system. We won't accept. We are Christian," all right, you go to church, sing t
here. You have got also songs of Bible. You can sing very nicely.\line So smara\'eba\'e0 vandanam. So there is no difference between this process and that process. Simply we are teaching that "Become God conscious." God is neither Hindu nor Muslim nor Ch
ristian. He's God. And we are also not Hindu or Muslim or Christian. This is our bodily designation. We are all pure, part and parcel of the Supreme. As God is pure, so we are also pure. So we have fallen in this turmoil of this material ocean, and there
 is tossing of the waves. So we are suffering. We don't identify with the tossing of the waves because I have nothing to do with this tossing. I simply pray, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please pick me up from these tossing waves. Some way or other, I am fallen here
."\line [....]\line "O my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, somehow or other, I forgot You, and I am fallen in this..." As soon as I forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba this m\'e4y\'e4 or illusion, ocean of illusion is there. It at once captures me. That is my position. So anyway,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has prescribed this devotional service, very nice. You can very happily perform. Susukha\'e0 kartum avyayam [Bg. 9.2]. \'c7rava\'eb\'e4dike apa\'e7yam\'e4ne tasmin sa tad-vi\'f1aye puru\'f1ottama\'f9, aham \'e4dir bhav\'e4mi.\line It is s
aid that K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears... When we chant 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, this sound is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, when 
you vibrate this sound, this means this sound, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the original K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the same, identical. So you are not only dancing, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also dancing with you. If you say that "Why don't you... Why do I not see Him?" Yes. S
eeing is not... Why do you stress on seeing? Why not hearing? Seeing, hearing, tasting, touching-these our instruments for experience. That's all. Knowledge. Why you are so much, I mean to say, I mean to say, important about seeing? A devotee does not wi
sh to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He simply... He's satisfied simply by hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As seeing is also experience, so hearing also experience. That I have explained many times. Seeing and hearing. Hearing also... Something you cannot see, you can h
ear only. Just like the, when the air, wind passes very violently, you cannot see, but you can hear. But you get the experience. So seeing is not only experience, but hearing is also experience. When you hear the sound of the wind, "Ohnnhnn Shaah Shaah,"
 you say, "Oh, today wind is very violently blowing." You can feel, but you don't see the air. So don't stress on seeing only. There are so many senses. You hear. We can perceive the presence of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by hearing. By hearing. And He's th
ere, present. He's there, present. He says, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, that\line [....]\line He says that "I, I am not actually in My abode, K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka; neither I am in the heart of the yogis who are meditating. But I am present in there where My pure 
devotees are singing, singing." Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that.\line So you can feel the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as we make progress in this line. [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course if
 one thinks that }{\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  and the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  are part of the Hindu system and doesn't want to accept them because of this, he can nonetheless atte
nd the Christian church and sing there. There is no difference between this process and that process; the point is whatever process one follows, he must become God conscious. God is neither Moslem nor Hindu nor Christian\'97He is God. Nor are we to be co
nsidered Hindu, Moslem or Christian. These are bodily designations. We are all pure spirit, part and parcel of the Supreme. God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavitram,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pure, and we are also pure. Somehow or other, however, we have fallen into this material ocean, and as the waves toss, we suffer. Actually we have nothing to do with the tossing waves of material m
iseries. We must simply pray, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please pick me up." As soon as we forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the ocean of illusion is there, and it at once captures us. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is most important in order to escape from this ocean. 
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 a sound (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abda}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) that is non-different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The sound K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the original K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the same. When we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also
 dancing with us. Of course we may say, "Well, I do not see Him," but why do we put so much stress on seeing? Why not hearing? Seeing, tasting, smelling, touching, and hearing are all instruments for experience and knowledge. Why do we put such exclusive
 stress on seeing? A devotee does not wish to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba; he is satisfied by simply hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Seeing may eventually be there, but hearing should not be considered any less important. There are things which we hear but do not see
\'97the wind may be whistling past our ears, and we can hear it, but there is no possibility of seeing the wind. Since hearing is no less an important experience or valid one than seeing, we can hear K\'e5\'f1\'eba and realize His presence through sound.
 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, "I am not there in My abode, or in the heart of the meditating }{\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  but where my pure devotees are singing." We can feel the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as we actually make progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that we should simply take things from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer Him nothing. Everyone is taking something from God, so why not give something? We are taki
ng from K\'e5\'f1\'eba so much light, air, food, water and so on. Unless these resources are supplied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no one can live. Is it love to simply keep taking and taking and taking without ever offering anything in return? Love means taking a
nd giving also. If we just take from someone and give him nothing in return, that is not love\'97it is exploitation. It is not that we should just continue eating without ever offering anything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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. O son of Kunt\'e9, all that you do, all t
hat you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you perform, should be done as an offering 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 9.26-27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dad\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti bhu\'eckte bhojayate, guhyam \'e4khy\'e4ti p\'e5cchati ca. Guhyam \'e4khy\'e4ti p\'e5cchati. You have to he
ar Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and, if you have got any distress, you have got any confidential thing, you have to submit to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am in suffering this way. I am fallen in this tossing ocean of material illusion. Kindly save me. I ca
n understand now that I have no identification with this material world. I am simply put here." Just like if I am put into the Atlantic Ocean, I have no identification with the ocean, but I am subjected to the tossing waves of the ocean, similarly, we ar
e spiritual spark, fragmental part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Some way or other, we put into this material ocean, and there is tossing. So I am being tossed. Don't identify. Don't try to solve the tossing. That is not possible. If you want to make solution of th
e tossing waves of the Atlantic Ocean when you are fallen there, it is useless foolishness. That is not possible. Don't be foolish in that way. That will go on. That is Atlantic Ocean's nature. You cannot stop it. You have to get out of it.\line The fool
ish people, they are trying to adjust this world and be happy. That is not... That is a first-class foolishness. Daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9 mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4 [Bg. 7.14]. They'll never be able to make a solution of this material world
. [break] ...do not accept this principle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the result is that they do not go back to Godhead, but remain in this material world for continuous struggle for existence. Dharmasya iti, ima\'e0 bhakti-lak\'f1a\'eba\'e0 dharmam.
 [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to giving and receiving, in the execution of devotional service one has to submit to K\'e5\'f1\'eba whatever distress or confidential problem he has
. He should say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am suffering in this way. I have fallen in this tossing ocean of material illusion. Kindly pick me up. I understand now that I have no identification with this material world. I am simply put here, as if thrown into th
e Atlantic ocean. I may not in any way identify with the Atlantic ocean, but I am subject to the tossing of the ocean. Actually I am a spiritual spark, a fragmental part of You." To our misfortune, we try to identify with this ocean and stop its tossing.
 We must not try to stop the tossing. It is not possible. In any case, the tossing will go on, for that is the law of nature. Only the foolish try to adjust to this world; the real problem is how to get out of it. Those who do attempt to adjust and who n
ever turn to K\'e5\'f1\'eba are continually subject to transmigration in the ocean of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7raddadh\'e4n\'e4\'f9 puru\'f1\'e4\line dharmasy\'e4sya parantapa\line apr\'e4pya m\'e4\'e0 nivartante\line m\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s
\'e4ra-vartmani
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in 
this material world." (}{\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  9.3)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This... This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is also a principle of religion. Religion... Religion means which has connection with God. Withou
t any connection with God, oh, that is not accepted as religion. Religion, generally understood-searching after God, understanding about God, relationship with God. This is religion. Atheism is not religion. Atheism not religion. Religion means...\line S
o this is, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness... Because persons who are acting for transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord, they are called K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, so it has connection with God. Therefore it is religion, dharma. [661123BG.NY]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By definition, religion is that which connects us with God. If it is not capable of connecting us with God, it is no religion. Religion means searching for God, understanding Go
d and establishing a relationship with God. This is religion. Those who are engaged in devotional service are acting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God, and since in this way there is connection with God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a religion.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And how a religion is accepted? Religion accepted from authorized source. Just like Vedic religion, Bible religion. Because they have got s
ource from authority. \'c7ruti-pram\'e4\'eba. \'c7ruti-pram\'e4\'eba religion. You cannot manufacture religion. It must be according to the Vedic rules or authorized scriptures. In the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam it is said, dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d 
bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam: [Bh\'e4g. 6.3.19] "Dharma, religion, means it is the law of God." Just like state laws. You cannot manufacture any law. If you make some by-laws... Just like for your society you make some by-laws. That is to be sanctioned by thi
s society registration under religious regulation, as we have registered. But you cannot make any law without any sanction. Similarly, dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam. If you want to create some principle of religion, then it must b
e sanctioned by the Vedic authority. [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not possible to manufacture a religion. A true religion must come from an authorized source, and that source is either
 God or His representative. Religion has been called the law of God. It is not possible for a person to manufacture a State law. The law is there, and it is given by the State. One may create some bylaws for his own society, but these laws must be sancti
oned by the law of the State. Similarly, if we wish to make some principle of religion, it must be sanctioned by the Vedic authority.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is also religion. It is accepted by authorities, great authorities just like R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv
\'e4c\'e4rya, Vi\'f1\'ebu Sv\'e4m\'e9, and Lord Caitanya, all authorities of India, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. Those who are accepted as the religious heads of Indian culture, all of them accepted this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as principle of religion and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So there is no doubt about it. And so far outsiders, they also take it, this book, as book of authority, book of knowledge, and they have studied very serious study of this book. They write commentaries,
 great scholars, great philosophers. So it is also a dharma. But, but there are persons, in spite of its acceptance by the \'e4c\'e4ryas and scholars, they have no faith. They do not think that it is a book of authority or book of knowledge. A\'e7raddadh
\'e4n\'e4\'f9. They have no faith. They think that it is simply aggravating or exaggeration or a person who is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His principle. So therefore they have no faith. Dh\'e9ra vrsatvena tam bhinna mata\'f9 \'e7ruti-m\'e4tra eva. \'c7r
uti-m\'e4tra means it is simply praising some principle. That's all. In this way it is not accepted by everyone.\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out them: a\'e7raddadh\'e4n\'e4\'f9 puru\'f1\'e4 dharma, dharmasya asya. This principle of religion, those who do 
not accept it as authority, so the result is that they can never have any connection directly with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and, as the, as such, apr\'e4pya m\'e4m, because they do not have any access to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore nivartante, they remain... Nivart
ante means remain. Where does, do they remain? M\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s\'e4ra, m\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-vartmani, this life: birth, death, birth, death, birth, death. Vartmani means this life: birth, death, birth, death. Go on like that. And that birth, death, doe
s not mean that next birth you'll have similar facilities or similar life, human being. No. Birth-death means you have risk also. You can get your next birth not exactly a human being. You... Not exactly in America or not exactly in India. Oh, you may be
 transferred to any other country or any other planet or any other species of life. There is no certainty. That will depend according to your work. So this is the... This is called the path of birth and death. M\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-vartmani. Have your b
irth, remain for some time, enjoy or suffer. Then again give up this body and enter into the womb of another mother, human being or animal. Then prepare your another body. Then come out. Then begin your work. This is called m\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-vartman
i.\line If anyone wants to avoid this path of birth and death, this risk, then they must take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. [661123BG.NY]}}{\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  is also religion. Great authorities like R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m\'e9, Lord Caitanya, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, and so many others have 
accepted }{\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  as the supreme principle of religion and K\'e5\'f1\'eba as th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no doubt about it. In the West also }{\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  is accepted as a great book of philosophy, and many great scholars and philosophers in the West have read it and commented upon it. Despite acceptance by the scholars and }{\cs2873\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  there are persons who do not accept }{\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  and who have no faith. They do not accept it at all as authority, for they think that it is some sentimental exaggeration by a man known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
states in the above quoted verse that those who reject }{\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  as authority ca
nnot have any connection with Him, and because they have no relation to Him, they remain in the cycle of birth and death. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apr\'e4pya m\'e4\'e0 nivartante m\'e5tyu-sa\'e0
s\'e4ra-vartmani }{\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  9.3)}{\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  Being subjected to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the cycle of birth and death, does not guarantee that one will necessarily get a similar facility for understanding }{\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  in the next life. One may not necessarily be born again as a human being, or in
 America, or in India, or even on this planet. There is no certainty; it all depends on our work. On the path of birth and death we take our birth, remain for some time, enjoy or suffer, then again give up this body and enter into the womb of a mother, e
ither human being or animal, then prepare another body to come out and begin our work again. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-vartmani.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one wants to avoid this path, he must take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he was asked, "What is the most wonderful thing in the world?" He replied... He was very learned king. "Y
es. The most learned thing, most wonderful thing in the world..." You, you have heard seven wonderful things in the world. So Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said: ahany ahani lok\'e4ni gacchanti yama-mandiram. Yama-mandira means "the temple of death." 
Every minute, every second, we are experiencing that living entities are going to the temple of death, either man, animal, ant, so many. This world is called therefore m\'e5tyu-loka, "the planet for death." "The planet for death." So Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Ma
h\'e4r\'e4ja said, ahany ahani lok\'e4ni gacchanti yama-mandiram. Ahani, ahany ahani means daily, every day, every moment. At least every day we see so many death list. If you go to the crematorium ground, you can see. So ahany ahani lok\'e4ni gacchanti 
yama-mandiram, \'e7e\'f1a\'f9 sthitam icchanti. But those who are still alive, they think, "Oh, death will not take place. I'll live. I'll live." He does not think that he... You are also subjected to this principle of dying. But he does not take it seri
ously. This is called illusion, m\'e4y\'e4. He thinks, oh, that "I shall live forever. Therefore let me do whatever I like. There is no question of responsibility." Oh, this is very risky life, very risky life. And this is the most covering part of illus
ion. One should be very serious that death is waiting. "As sure as death." If there is any surety in this world, that is death. Nobody can avoid it. And when there is death, oh, there is no more intelligence, no more your puffed-up philosophy. You are un
der the grip of nature.\line Prak\'e5ti, prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sar... [Bg. 3.27]. At that time you are not this stout and strong body, that you don't care for anything. Then you are that smallest, fragmental porti
on. So you are just under the material atmosphere, so under the mercy of the material nature. And that material nature will give you some kind of body for which you are fit. Then again begin your work. This is the position. So if we want to take that ris
k, then go on. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. But if you don't, want to avoid this risk, then take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There is no alternative. [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was asked, "What is the most wonderful thing in the world?" he replied, "The most wonderful thing is that every day, every moment, people are dying, and yet everyone thinks that death will not come for him." Every minute and every
 second we experience that living entities are going to the temple of death. Men, insects, animals, birds\'97everyone is going. This world, therefore, is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5tyu
loka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the planet of death. Every day there are obituaries, and if we bother to go to the cemetery or crematorium grounds we can validate them. Yet everyone is thinking, "Som
ehow or other I'll live." Everyone is subject to the law of death, yet no one takes it seriously. This is illusion. Thinking we will live forever, we go on doing whatever we like, feeling that we will never be held responsible. This is a very risky life,
 and it is the densest part of illusion. We should become very serious and understand that death is waiting. We have heard the expression, "as sure as death." This means that in this world death is the most certain thing; no one can avoid it. When death 
comes, no longer will our puffed-up philosophy or advanced degrees help us. At that time our stout and strong body and our intelligence\'97which don't care for anything\'97are vanquished. At that time the fragmental portion (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) comes under the dictation of material nature, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (nature) gives us the type of body for which we are fit. If we want to take this risk, we can avoid K\'e5\'f1\'eba; if we don't wa
nt to take it, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will come to help us.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 3: Knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Energies
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 3\line Knowledge of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's Energies
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661123BG.NY] & [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 661124BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub You should note it that this Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is specially meant for the devotees, especially meant for the devotee
s, those who have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise, it will appear something else. It is confidential. Because in the beginning it has been said that r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4 r\'e4ja-guhyam [Bg. 9.2]. It is very confidenti
al, the most confidential part of knowledge of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Unless one accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it will be difficult. They will think, "Oh, why? If K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if I do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then w
hy there will be so much risk? Oh, this is all exaggeration." But actually, it is not. Therefore this r\'e4ja-guhyam, the most confidential part of this knowledge, means that one who has accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme and has become a devotee, ha
s engaged himself in His service, actually, seriously, for them, r\'e4ja-guhyam, most confidential.\line may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v avasthita\'f9 
\line [Bg. 9.4] \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It may be noted at this point that the Ninth Chapter of }{
\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  is especially meant for those who have already accepted \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In other words, it is meant for His devotees. If one does not accept \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme, this Ninth Chapter will appear as something different from what it actually is. As stated in th
e beginning, the subject matter of the Ninth Chapter is the most confidential material in the entire }{\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  If one doesn't accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme, he will think the chapter to be a mere exaggeration. This is especially the case with the verses dealing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's relationship with His creation.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line na c\'e4ha\'e0 te
\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "This word, what you see, this is also My energy." May\'e4. May\'e4 means "by Me." Just like if I say, "This work
 has been done by me," so that does not mean that there is no existence of me, and because I have done this work, so I am finished. Here it is called "by Me," may\'e4. May\'e4 means "by Me." Anything you do, it is done by you. Anything done by me, it is 
done by me. But that, when I finish the work... Suppose I start a business, very nice business, very profitable business, big factory. And if I say that "This factory is started and is conducted by me," does it mean that I am lost? Does it mean I am lost
? No. I am there. But it is done by my energy. This big factory... Just like the Ford factory I have seen in your country, a very big factory. There are so many big factories. If the proprietor says, "It is done by me," that "done by me," that person is 
exist, although the factory is also exist. It does not meant that because he has finished, because he has started that factory, big factory, he's finished, his existence is not there. Similarly, if we say... K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "This, whatever this 
world, you see, it is done by Me." Does it mean that He becomes no more? This is very simple thing. Why God should be imperson? Just take the same example. If some very good businessman says, "It is done by me," it is to be understood that by his brain, 
by his energy, by his capital, by his intelligence, he has done all these things. But he remains. It is very simple truth. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The world which we see is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, His }{\cs2873\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  Here, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean
s "by Me," as if one says, "This work has been done by me." This "by Me" does not mean that He has done His work and has finished or retired. If I start a large factory and I say, "This factory was started by me," in no case should it be concluded that I
 am lost or in any way not present. Although a manufacturer may refer to his products as being "manufactured by me," it does not mean that he personally created or constructed his product, but that the product was produced by his energy. Similarly, if K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Whatever you see in the world was created by Me," we are not to suppose that He is no longer existing.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, it is said here, may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4. This, this world, this material world, if you want
 to see God, God is everywhere because it is His energy. It is His energy. Just like in the Ford factory, the workers, they see in every corner Mr. Ford, in every corner of the factory, similarly, those who are conversant with this science that what is t
his material world, they can see in every atom the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is simply question of knowledge, that who has made it. If I am confident that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has made it, then I can feel K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence everywhere. Therefore 
everything resting, rests in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everything rests in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. May\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4, mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni: [Bg. 9.4] "Everything is resting on Me." And na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v avasthita
\'f9: "But I am not there. I am not there." If you think that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this table is resting in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be here, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "I am not there. I am not there." The same thing. Because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is nondifferent, still, energy is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like the sun and the sunshine. There is no difference, but the sunshine is not the sun. If sunshine is present in your room through the holes of your windows
, do you think that sun is also within your room? No. If sun becomes within room, then you'll not exist. The heat is so exorbitant that it, you cannot exist. Therefore it is sufficient that his rays, the sun's ray, is there. Similarly, whatever we see...
\line Parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7akti\'f9. It is very nicely explained in Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba [1.22.53]. Parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7akti\'f9. Parasya means the Supreme; brahma\'eba\'f9 means the Absolute Truth. It is His energy. It is His energy. 
Just like the sun is shining all over the universe from one place, similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although He is just like a person like you and me, but His energy is acting everything. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not very difficult to see God everywhere in the creation, for He is everywhere present. Just as in the Ford factory the workers see Mr. Ford in
 every corner, those who are conversant with the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can see Him in every atom of the creation. Everything is resting on K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mat-sth
\'e4ni sarva bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not there (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v avast
hita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His energy are non-different, yet the energy is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The sun and the sunshine are not different, but the sunshine is not the sun. 
The sunshine may come through our window and enter our room, but this is not to say that the sun is in our room. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\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  states: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parasya br\'e4hma
\'eba\'f9 \'e7akti\'f9: parasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means supreme, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means Absolute Truth, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means energy. The energy of the Supreme Absolute is everything, but in that energy K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not to be found.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We have already discussed that the two kinds of energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One is spiritual energy, and one is material energy. J\'e9va, t
he living entities, they are also spiritual energies, but because they are sometimes entrapped by this material energy-they have got the potency, or they are prone to be attracted by the material energy-therefore they are called marginal energy. Otherwis
e, there are two energies only: spiritual energy and material energy. This material world is material energy, and we, the sparks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are spiritual energy. So this energy... Just like the fire. Just like the lamp. It is localized in one 
place, but its light and heat is diffused. Similarly, parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7akti\'f9 sarvam akhila\'e0 jagat [Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba 1.22.53]. Akhila\'e0 jagat. Akhilam means the whole universe, whole manifestation. They are all simply manifestat
ion of the Supreme Lord. The Lord says that. One who believes K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord, then he'll believe. He says, mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni [Bg. 9.4]. Just like in the sunshine many planets, they are resting. It is a scientific fact.
 The all the planets, they are rotating due to the sun heat. Here there is a machine... What is called? We have seen. As soon as there is heat, within the ball begins to rotate. So everything resting. The weightlessness is due to the sunshine, due to the
 sunshine. Similarly, everything-the sun, the universe-everything is resting on K\'e5\'f1\'eba-shine. K\'e5\'f1\'eba-shine. That is the answer how these, so many worlds are floating in the air, that because they are under the K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. The
y are floating in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy.\line So mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni: "Everything is resting on Me, but don't think that I am finished because you cannot see there. I am here." Na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1u avasthita\'f9. It is not necessari
ly that we have to see everywhere. Ata\'f9 sa bhakti udi, uditam adbh\'fctam ai\'e7varyam aha\'f9.[?] Now, this transcendental nature of God, all-potential nature of God, to a devotee it will give pleasure, and to a nondevotee it will be seeming like, oh
, so many bluff is being spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as I become a nondevotee, I'll think all these statement as bluff given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And as soon as I am a devotee, oh, I'll think, "Oh, my Lord is so powerful." He becomes full with love a
nd adoration. That is the difference. One who believes, he becomes, oh, puffed-up with pleasure, "Oh, my Lord is so powerful." And those who do not believe will say, "Oh, it is simply bluffing. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person, driving the chariot of Arjuna, a
nd He says..." They are imitating. They are imitating... There are so many yogis who say, "Oh, the sun, moon and everything is floating within me," imitating. They think that "If K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba can say like that, I am that, I am also K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am also God. So I can also say like that." But K\'e5\'f1\'eba can show the universal form. Will you please show me the univer...? "No, that I cannot." Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted the hill in seven years old. Can you lift a one mound, or hu
ndred pounds with your finger? "Oh, that I cannot do." That is the difference between the imitation God and real God. "Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying, therefore I shall imitate and say." And because K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4... "Oh, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba married sixteen thousand wives." "Oh, can you marry one and keep her very nicely in a palace?" "Oh, that I cannot do." Then how can you be K\'e5\'f1\'eba? K\'e5\'f1\'eba said so many things, wonderful, and He acted also wonderful. If you be
lieve one thing and do not believe another thing, then it is called ardha-kukku\'f6\'e9-ny\'e4ya [\'c4di 5.176]. Ardha-kukku\'f6\'e9-ny\'e4ya. I cannot believe half. If you believe, you believe full. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of energy\'97material and spiritual. }{\cs2873\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  or individual souls, belong to the superior energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because they are prone to be attracted to the material energy, they are called 
marginal energy. But actually there are only two energies. All of the planetary systems and universes are resting on the energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as all the planets in the solar system are resting in the sunshine, everything within the creation i
s resting on K\'e5\'f1\'eba-shine. All of these potencies of the Lord give pleasure to a devotee, but one who is envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba rejects them. When one is a nondevotee, the statements of K\'e5\'f1\'eba seem to be so much bluff, but when one is 
a devotee, he thinks, "Oh, my Lord is so powerful," and he becomes filled with love and adoration. Nondevotees think that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am God," they and everyone else can say the same. But if asked to show their universal form, they ca
nnot do it. That is the difference between a pseudo god and the real God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes cannot be imitated. K\'e5\'f1\'eba married over 16,000 wives and kept them nicely in 16,000 palaces, but an ordinary man cannot even keep one wife nicely.
 It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba just spoke so many wonderful things; He also acted wonderfully. We should not believe one thing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says or does and reject another; if belief is there, it must be full belief.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And, I think, sometimes I recited one story. This is for very instructive, that N\'e4rada Muni, he used to visit N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba every da
y. So when he was passing on the road, so one very learned br\'e4hma\'eba and taking thrice bath and everything very nicely, he asked N\'e4rada Muni, "Oh, you are going to Lord. Will you inquire when I shall get my salvation?" "All right. I shall ask." A
nd then another cobbler, he was under the tree, sewing the shoes, old shoes. He also saw N\'e4rada Muni. He also inquired, "Will you kindly inquire from God when my salvation is...?" Now, when he inquired K\'e5\'f1\'eba, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba... N\'e4rada Mu
ni goes generally to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, in another planet. So "Yes, two, one br\'e4hma\'eba and one cobbler, they inquired like this. So may I know what is their destination?" So N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba said, "Well, yes, the cobbler, this after giving up this 
body, he's coming here at Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha." "And what about that br\'e4hma\'eba?" "Oh, he has to remain there still so many births, or I do not know when he's coming." So N\'e4rada Muni was astonished, that "I saw that he's very nice br\'e4hma\'eba, and 
he's a cobbler. Why is that?" So he inquired that "I could not, cannot understand the mystery. Why You say that cobbler is coming this, after this body, and why not this br\'e4hma\'eba?" "Oh, that will, you'll understand. If they inquire that 'What K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, was doing in the, in His abode,' so just explain that He was taking one elephant from the holes of a," I mean to say, what is called...?\line Devotee (1): The eye of a needle. Eye...\line Prabhup\'e4da: Eh? No, no...\line
Devotee (1): The eye of a needle.\line Devotee (2): Needle.\line Prabhup\'e4da: Needle. Yes. "Through the hole of a needle, He's pulling an elephant this side and this side." "All right." So when he again approached the br\'e4hma\'eba, the br\'e4hma\'eba
 said, "Oh, you have seen Lord?" "Yes." "So what was the Lord doing?" "He was doing this: through the point of a needle He was pushing one elephant this way and that way." "Oh, therefore I have no faith in your... I, I, I have got all respect for your ga
rb, but we don't believe all this nonsense." Then N\'e4rada could understand, "Oh, this man has no faith. He simply reads book. That's all." And when he went to the cobbler, he also asked, "Oh, you have seen? What N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba was doing?" He also sa
id that "He was doing like this..." Oh, he began to cry, "Oh, my Lord is wonderful. He can do anything." So N\'e4rada inquired, "So do you believe that Lord can push one elephant through the holes of a needle?" "Oh, why not? I must believe." "Then what i
s your reason?" "Oh, my reason? I am sitting under this banyan tree, and so many fruits are falling daily, and in each fruit there are thousands of seeds, and each seed there is a tree. If in a small seed there can be big tree like that, is it very impos
sible to accept that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is putting one elephant through the, I mean, the holes of a needle? He has kept such a nice tree in the seed." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this regard, there is a story of N\'e4rada Muni, who was once asked by a }{\cs2873\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  "Oh, you are going to meet the Lord? Will you please ask Him when I'm going to get my salvation?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All right," N\'e4rada agreed. "I shall ask Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As N\'e4rada proceeded, he met a cobbler who was sitting under a tree mending shoes, and the cobbler similarly asked N\'e4rada, "Oh, you are going to see God? Will 
you please inquire of Him when my salvation will come?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When N\'e4rada Muni went to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, he fulfilled their request and asked N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (God) about the salvation of the }{\cs2873\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 the cobbler, and N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba replied, "After leaving this body, the cobbler shall c
ome here to me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What about the }{\cs2873\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 " N\'e4rada asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He will have to remain there for a number of births. I do not know when he is coming."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni was astonished, and he finally said, "I can't understand the mystery of this."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That you will see," N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba said. "When they ask you what I am doing in My abode, tell them that I am threading the eye of a needle with an elephant."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When N\'e4rada returned to earth and approached the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  sai
d, "Oh, you have seen the Lord? What was He doing?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle," N\'e4rada answered.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I don't believe such nonsense," the }{\cs2873\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. N\'e4rada could immediately understand that the man had no faith and that he was simply a reader of books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada then left and went on to the cobbler, who asked him, "Oh, you have seen the Lord? Tell me, what was He doing?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle," N\'e4rada replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cobbler began to weep, "Oh, my Lord is so wonderful, He can do anything."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Do you really believe that the Lord can push an elephant through the hole of a needle?" N\'e4rada asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why not?" the cobbler said, "Of course I believe it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How is that?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You can see that I am sitting under this banyan tree," the cobbler answered, "and you can see that so many fruits are falling daily, and in each seed there is a ba
nyan tree like this one. If, within a small seed there can be a big tree like this, is it difficult to accept that the Lord is pushing an elephant through the eye of a needle?"
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So this is called belief. So unbelievers and believer means the believers, they are not blind believers. They have reason. If by K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's process, by God's process, or nature's process, such a big tree can be put within the small seed, is it very impossible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to keep all these planets floating in His energy? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661123BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this is called faith. It is not a question of blindly believing. There is reason behind the belief. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba can put a large
 tree within so many little seeds, is it so astounding that He is keeping all the planetary systems floating in space through His energy?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says that "All the universal planets, they are resting on My energy." The weightlessness energy, according to the modern materiali
stic science, how it is possible? That weightlessness we cannot manufacture. It is by nature's law, or, of course, modern scientists, they take nature as the Supreme, but Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, or the persons who are theistic, they do not take nature as th
e Supreme. Supreme is the Lord. Behind the nature there is Lord. We'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate\line  [Bg. 9.10] \line 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although scientists may think that the planets are being held in space simply by n
ature alone, behind nature there is the Supreme Lord. Nature is acting under His guidance. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 t
his manifestation is being created and annihilated again and again." (}{\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  }{\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says, may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba. May\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba means "under My superintendence. Under My superintendence." So material natur
e cannot play such wonderful things unless there is hand behind it, the Lord's hand. That is to be accepted. You cannot see. You cannot give an example where material things are automatically working. You have no such example in your experience. Matter i
s inert. Without spiritual touch, there is no possibility of acting. Matter cannot act automatically. Just like you take for example a nice arrangement of machine, wonderful, but unless a person touches that machinery, it cannot work. It cannot work. And
 what is that person? That person is spirit, the driver, the engineer. He's a spirit. So without spiritual touch, oh, nothing can move. It is simply ignorance that we say that matter is moving automatically. No, that is not possible. You cannot show any 
example within your experience or in the history that matter is moving automatically, no.\line So the Lord says that "All these planets, all this universe, they are resting on My impersonal energy." So His energy is impersonal, but He is person. He is pe
rson. We have so many examples in our experience that a person, by his energy, he can play wonders, by his energy. But still, the person remains as person. Because he is expanding energy in various ways, he does not become imperson. So if a ordinary man 
in this world, he can expand his energy in various ways and at the same time, he can remain a person, why not the Supreme Personality of Godhead? So that, that impersonal feature of the Lord is His energy. But the Lord Himself is a person. Nityo nity\'e4
n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m [KU 2.2.13]. Just, just like we are persons, so He is also person. But He is the Supreme Person. We are all dependent person. That is the difference. He's the Supreme Person. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub May\'e4dhyak\'f1ena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "under My 
supervision." Material nature cannot act so wonderfully unless the Lord's hand is behind it. We cannot give any example of material things automatically working. Matter is inert, and without the spiritual touch there is no possibility of its acting. Matt
er cannot act independently or automatically. Machines may be very wonderfully constructed, but unless a man touches that machine, it cannot work. And what is that man? He is a spiritual spark. Without spiritual touch, nothing can move; therefore everyth
ing is resting on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's impersonal energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is impersonal, but He is a person. We often hear of persons performing wonderful actions, yet despite their energetic accomplishments, they still remain persons. If this is pos
sible for human beings, why isn't it possible for the Supreme Lord? We are all persons, but we are all dependent upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub We have seen the picture of Atlas: one stout man is bearing a big planet on his head. So we may think, "Oh, Lord is bearing so many big, hu
ge planets on His shoulder. He must be troubled." No. The Lord says, na ca mat-sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni pa\'e7ya me yogam ai\'e7varam: "Although they are in My energy, still they are not in Me." Pa\'e7ya me yogam ai\'e7varam: "This is My mystic power." Pa
\'e7ya me yogam ai\'e7varam. Bh\'fcta-bh\'e5n na ca bh\'fcta-stho mam\'e4tm\'e4 bh\'fcta-bh\'e4vana\'f9: "I am maintaining all these living entities." Bh\'fcta-bh\'e5t bh\'fcta-stha\'f9. "And My energy is all-pervading. Still, I am not there." Pa\'e7ya m
e yogam ai\'e7varam. This is His mystic power. Nanu rati-gurum bharam vahaste[?] mahan kheda syad iti cety aha, gatadau udaka aniva bhara-bh\'fct\'e4ni ca bh\'fct\'e4ni samsrsttani mayi na santi, tarhi mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4nity ukte viruddhe it
i ceti tatraha pa\'e7yateti.[?]\line So this is the wonderful power, inconceivable power, that He is in everywhere, but still, He is aloof, He's aloof from that place. We can feel His energy, but we cannot see because in this material eye we cannot see. 
But when we develop our spiritual quality-we sanctify our senses-then even within His energy we can see Him. Take for example. Just like electric power is transmitted everywhere. There is wiring. Now, if some electrician is there he can take electric pow
er from anywhere and utilize the electricity. Similarly, His energy is spread all over the universe. When we are transcendentally situated, just like when we become the electrician, then from anywhere we can see God eye to eye. Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-
bhakti-vilocanena. That creation, spiritualization of the senses, is possible by devotional service and love. Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti [Bs 5.38]. Therefore, as the Lord says, that may\'e4 ta
tam ida\'e0 sarvam jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4 [Bg. 9.4], the Lord is all-pervading all over the universe. Therefore He is within the stone, He is within the earth, He is within the water, He is within the air-everywhere. Therefore, if we make an image o
f God from anything, either of water, either of stone, either of anything, oh, that is not doll. That is also God. If we have got sufficient devotion, that image also will speak with me, because God is everywhere. May\'e4 tatam idam sarvam: "I am spread 
all over, impersonal." But if we make His personal form from anything, either from the stone or from earth or from wood or from anything, or if we create an image of God within myself... There are eight kinds of images recommended in the \'e7\'e4stra, in
 the Vedic literatures. So any kind of images can be worshiped because God is everywhere.\line Now, you can say that why God should be worshiped in images, not in His original form, spiritual form? Yes. That may be a question. But I cannot see spiritual 
form. That is my difficulty. My senses are so imperfect that I cannot see God immediately in His spiritual form. Therefore, out of His causeless mercy, He appears before you as you can see you, Him. We cannot see just now with our material eyes except st
one, earth, wood, something tangible. Therefore He becomes... These forms are called arc\'e4vat\'e4ra, incarnation of arc\'e4, conveniently presented by the Supreme Lord so that we can actually see. But the result will be that in the image, if you concen
trated your energy, and if you love and offer your, I mean to say, devotion, this will be responded, even from that image. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have often seen pictures of Atlas, a stout man bearing a large planet on his shoulders and struggling very hard to hold it up. We may think that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is maintaining the universe, He is
 struggling under its burden like Atlas. But this is not the case.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ca mat-sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni\line pa\'e7ya me yogam ai\'e7varam\line bh\'fcta-bh\'e5n na ca bh\'fcta-stho\line mam\'e4tm
\'e4 bh\'fcta-bh\'e4vana\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence. Although I am the maintainer of all living entitie
s and although I am everywhere, still My Self is the very source of creation." (}{\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  9.5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although all beings in the universe are resting in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, still they are not in Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is maintaining all living entities, and His en
ergy is all-pervading, yet He is elsewhere. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inconceivable mystic power. He is everywhere, yet He is aloof from everything. We can perceive his energy, but we cannot see Him because He cannot be seen with material eyes. However, w
hen we develop our spiritual qualities, we sanctify our senses so that even within this energy we can see Him. Electricity, for instance, is everywhere, and an electrician is capable of utilizing it. Similarly, the energy of the Supreme Lord is everywher
e, and when we become transcendentally situated, we can see God eye to eye everywhere. That spiritualization of the senses is possible through devotional service and love of God. The Lord is all-pervading all over the universe and is within the soul, the
 heart, water, air\'97everywhere. Thus if we make an image of God in anything\'97clay, stone, wood or whatever\'97it should not be considered to be just a doll. That also is God. If we have sufficient devotion, the image will also speak to us. God is eve
rywhere impersonally (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but if we make His personal form from anything, or if we create an image of God within ourselves, He will be present personally for us. In the }{\cs2873\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  there are eight kinds of images recommended, and any kind of image can be worshiped because God is everywhere. One may protest and a
sk, "Why should God be worshiped in images and not in His original spiritual form?" The answer is that we cannot see God immediately in His spiritual form. With our material eyes we can only see stone, earth, wood\'97something tangible. Therefore K\'e5
\'f1\'eba comes as }{\cs2873\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  a form conveniently presented by the Supreme Lord in o
rder for us to see Him. The result is that if we concentrate upon the image and make offerings with love and devotion, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will respond through the image.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub There are many instances, very many instances. I'll cite one story. It is very interesting story. If you go to India, you'll find one nice 
temple in Orissa. It is called the temple of "Witness-Gop\'e4la," S\'e4k\'f1\'e9-Gop\'e4la, Witness-Gop\'e4la. This Gop\'e4la was situated in a temple at V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Now, two br\'e4hma\'ebas, one young and one old, they went to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana
, the place of pilgrimage, and the old man... Because at that time there was no railway, the journey was very hardship. The old man felt very obliged, and he began to say to the young man, "My dear boy, you have done so much nice service to me. I am obli
ged to you. So I must return that service. I must give you some reward."  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There ar
e many instances of this happening. In India, there is one temple called S\'e4k\'f1i-Gop\'e4la (K\'e5\'f1\'eba is often called Gop\'e4la). The Gop\'e4la }{\cs2873\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 statue was at one time located in a temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Once two }{\cs2873\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  one old and one young, went to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana on a pilgrimage. It was a long trip, and in those days there were no railways, so travelers underwent many hardships. The old 
man was much obliged to the youth for helping him on the journey, and upon arriving in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he said to him: "My dear boy, you have rendered me so much service, and I am much obliged to you. I would like very much to return that service and gi
ve you some reward."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So the young man said, "Oh, my dear sir, you are old man. You are just like my father. So it is my duty to serve you, to give you all comfo
rts. I don't require any reward." Formerly, the boys were so gentle. And still, there are many boys like that. So the old man also thought that "No, I am obliged to you. I must reward you." So he promised that "I shall get you married with my youngest da
ughter." Now, the old man was very rich man, and the young man was not rich. He was poor. Although he was br\'e4hma\'eba, learned. So he said that "You are promising. You don't promise this because your kinsmen, your family men will not agree. I am poor 
man, and you are rich man. You are aristocratic. So it will be not. This marriage will not take place. Don't promise in that way before the Deity. It is not good because Deity is there." But he was firm faith that "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is hearing," because the
 talks were going on in the temple. "So it will not be fulfilled." "No." The old man became still more persistent. "No, my daughter I shall offer you. Who can forbid me?"\line So in this way, when they came back, one day the old man proposed to his eldes
t son that "Your youngest sister should be married with that boy. That I have promised." Oh, the eldest son of that old man become very angry: "Oh, how you have selected that boy to be husband of my sister? He's unfit. He's poor man. He's not so educated
. Oh, this cannot take place." He did not agree. Then the mother of the girl, he[she] came to the old man: "Oh, if you get my daughter married with that boy, then I shall commit suicide." Now the old man is perplexed. Then, one day, the boy was anxious t
hat "The old man promised before the Deity. Now he is not coming." So he... One day he came to his house: "Well, my dear sir, you promised before the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you are not fulfilling your promise? How is that?" The old man was silent beca
use he was praying to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that "I am now perplexed. If I persist in offering this daughter to this boy, now there will be great trouble in my family." So he was silent. So, in the meantime, the eldest son came out and he began to quarrel with:
 "Oh, you, you plundered my father in the place of pilgrimage. You gave him some LSD or something, [laughter] intoxication. You took all the money from my father. Now you say that he has promised to offer you my youngest sister. You fool!" He began to sa
y like that. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear sir," the youth said, "you are an old man just like my fathe
r. It is my duty to serve you. I don't require any reward."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No, I'm obliged to you, and I must reward you," the old man insisted. He then promised to give the young man his young daughter in marriage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The old man was a very rich man, and the youth, although a learned }{\cs2873\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 very poor. Considering this, the youth said, "Don't promise this, for your family will never agree. I am such a poor man, and you are aristocratic, so this marriage
 will not take place. Don't promise this way before the Deity."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conversation was taking place in the temple before the Deity of Gop\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the young man was anxious not to offend the Deity. However, despit
e the youth's pleas, the old man insisted on the marriage. After staying in V\'e5nd\'e4vana for some time, they finally returned home, and the old man informed his eldest son that his young sister was to be married to the poor }{\cs2873\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  youth. The eldest son became very angry. "Oh, how have you selected that pauper as husband for my sis
ter? This cannot be."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The old man's wife also came to him and said, "If you marry our daughter to that boy, I shall commit suicide."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The old man was thus perplexed. After some time, the }{\cs2873\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  youth became very anxious. "He has promised to marry his daughter to me, and he made that promise before the Deity. Now he is not coming to fulfill it." He then went to see the old man t
o remind him of his promise.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You promised before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba," the youth said, "and you are not fulfilling that promise. How is that?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The old man was silent. He began praying to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for he was perplexed. He didn't want to marry his daughter to the youth and cause such great trouble wit
hin his family. In the meantime the elder son came out and began to accuse the }{\cs2873\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  youth. "You have plundered my father in the place of pilgrimage. You gave him some intoxicant and took all his money, and now you are saying that he has promised to offer you my youngest sister. You rascal!"
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Then all the neighboring gentlemen, they: "Oh, what is the trouble? Here there is so much howling." "This is the... Do you think, sir, that
 this boy is fit for my sister? We are aristocratic family and this and that...," so on. So the young man said... Young man could understand the old man is still agreeable, but these, his sons and family members, as he suggested, they are not agreeable. 
So he explained the whole thing before all the gentlemen who came, that "This is the fact. Now, he promised. Now, for the sake of his son and wife, he cannot fulfill his promise. This was a promise before the Lord." In the meantime, the old man's eldest 
son... He was atheist. He voluntarily says, "Well, if your God comes and gives witness, then I shall offer my sister to you." But he was confident that God will come. He said, "Yes. I shall ask God. I shall ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come and give witness." S
o... Now, before all gentlemen this was done. Then the young man said, "All right, let us now come to agreement that I shall call K\'e5\'f1\'eba from V\'e5nd\'e4vana to give witness in this matter, and when He comes, you'll have to." All the other gentle
men, they also persisted. So there was some agreement. So this boy went again to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to his Gop\'e4la, and he prayed that "Sir, You have to go with me." He was so staunch devotee, just like talking with friend. He did not think that He's a st
atue; it is image. He knew God. That was his conviction. So God said, "How do you think that a statue can go with you? I am a statue. I cannot go." Then this boy replied, "Well, if a statue can speak, He can go also." [laughter] Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba said,
 "All right, I shall go with you." Then there was some arrangement that "You will not see Me, but I will go with you. I'll go with you, and you hear, you'll hear the sound of My n\'fcpura." A n\'fcpura is an instrument which is fixed up in the leg of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. It sounds like "Ching, ching, ching, ching," just like that. So He was going with him, and daily he was offering some foodstuff, taking alms from the village. In this way he was coming, but when he came in the precincts of the village, of 
his own village, he could not hear the sound of the n\'fcpura. So he saw back: "Oh, where is K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" He saw that statue there, the statue standing.\line So he informed all the villagers that Lord has come to be witness, and... It is about some t
housands years before this thing happened. People were convincing: "Yes. There was no... Such a big statue, this boy could not bring." So they believed, and there was a temple constructed by the king of that country. And still that temple is there, and i
t is named, the Lord is named, as S\'e4k\'f1\'e9-Gop\'e4la. S\'e4k\'f1\'e9-Gop\'e4la. Gop\'e4la means... Gop\'e4la is the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's boyhood. So because He came to give witness in that controversy, so that temple is still there. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way there was much noise, and people began to gather. The youth could understand t
hat the old man was still agreeable but that the family was making it difficult for him. People began to gather about because of the noise which the elder son was raising, and the }{\cs2873\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  youth began to exclaim to them that the old man made this promise before the Deities but that he could not fulfill it because the family was objecti
ng. The eldest son, who was an atheist, suddenly interrupted the youth and said, "You say that the Lord was witnessing. Well, if He comes and bears witness to this promise of my father's, you can have my sister in marriage."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The youth replied, "Yes, I shall ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come as a witness." He was confident that God would come. An agreement was then made before everyone that the
 girl would be given in marriage if K\'e5\'f1\'eba came from V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a witness to the old man's promise.
\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 br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  youth returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and began to pray to Gop\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Dear Lord, You must come with me." He was such a staunch devotee that he spoke to K\'e5\'f1\'eba just as one would speak to a friend. He was not thinki
ng that the Gop\'e4la was a mere statue or image, but he considered Him to be God Himself. Suddenly the Deity spoke to him:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How do you think that I can go with you? I am a statue. I can't go anywhere."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Well, if a statue can speak, he can also walk," the boy replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All right then," the Deity said finally. "I shall go with you, but on one condition. In no case shall you look back to see Me. I will follow you, and you will know
 that I am following by the jingle of My leg bangles."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The youth agreed, and in this way they left V\'e5nd\'e4vana to go to the other town. When the trip was nearly over, just as they were about to enter his home villag
e, the youth could no longer hear the sound of the bangles, and he began to fear. "Oh, where is K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" Unable to contain himself any longer, he looked back. He saw the statue standing still. Because he looked back, it would go no further. He im
mediately ran into the town and told the people to come out and see K\'e5\'f1\'eba who had come as a witness. Everyone was astounded that such a large statue had come from such a distance, and they built a temple on the spot in honor of the Deity, and to
day people are still worshiping S\'e4k\'f1i-Gop\'e4la, the Lord as a witness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So the whole idea is the statue, statue... Because God is everywhere. So He's also in statue. God is everywhere. How can you say that He's 
not in statue? He's also in statue. So it is my devotion, it is my qualification, that I can induce that statue to speak with me. Just like the same way-if I am electrician, then I can fit any electrical instrument or machine or light from the electric e
nergy which is all over-similarly, God's energy, He is present everywhere...\line When we are advanced in spiritual consciousness, then we can see God everywhere. May\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4 [Bg. 9.4]. So He is everywhere,
 and He is not everywhere also. Just like you have got this post box. The post box means the Post Office. You put your letter. It will go to the destination because it is authorized. Similarly, the authorized Deity, established in a temple, that is worsh
iped by thousands and thousands of men in India still. There was an occasion to worship the temple of Jagann\'e4tha at Pur\'e9. In one day about 600,000 people assembled there, in one day. So still, India, they have got this faith, and they worship the D
eity in the temple. There are thousands and thousands of temples. And they receive the result. They are happy. So if we are prepared to accept these things and do according to the devotional rules and regulation, then it will be possible for us to see Go
d anywhere and everywhere. It requires our own qualification. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should therefore 
conclude that because God is everywhere, He is also in His statue, in the image made of Him. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere, as even the impersonalists admit, then why isn't He in His image? Whether an image or statue speaks to us or not is dependent on
 the degree of our devotion. But if we choose to see the image merely as a piece of wood or stone, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will always remain wood or stone for us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere, but as we advance in spiritual consciousness we can begin to see Him 
as He is. If we put a letter into a mailbox, it will go to its destination because the mailbox is authorized. Similarly, if we worship an authorized image of God, our faith will have some effect. If we are prepared to follow the various rules and regulat
ions\'97that is to say, if we become qualified\'97it is possible to see God anywhere and everywhere. When a devotee is present, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His omnipresent energies, will manifest Himself anywhere and everywhere, but when His devotee is not there,
 He will not do this. There are many instances of this. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a pillar. There are many other examples. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there; all that is required is our qualification to see Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub He is giving a nice example here.\line yath\'e4k\'e4\'e7a-sthito nitya\'e0\line v\'e4yu\'f9 sarvatra-go mah\'e4n\line tath\'e4 sarv\'e4\'eb
i bh\'fct\'e4ni\line mat-sth\'e4n\'e9ty upadh\'e4raya\line [Bg. 9.6]\line He says, yath\'e4 \'e4k\'e4\'e7a-sthita\'f9 nitya\'e0 v\'e4yu\'f9. The air is situated in the sky. Everyone knows it, that air is passing or blowing within the sky. And nitya\'e0 v
\'e4yu\'f9, sarvatra-go mah\'e4n. And it is blowing everywhere. You cannot find out any place where there is no air. If you want to drive out air, then you have to make by machine, by vacuum, airtight. Otherwise, air is everywhere. Yath\'e4k\'e4\'e7a-sth
ito nitya\'e0 v\'e4yu\'f9 sarvatra-go mah\'e4n. "As the air is spread all over, anywhere, similarly," tath\'e4 sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ni mat-sth\'e4n\'e9ty upadh\'e4raya, "similarly, everything that is there that is existing, it is within Me. It is wit
hin Me." Sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni kaunteya prak\'e5ti\'e0 y\'e4nti m\'e4mik\'e4m. And when this manifestation, material manifestation, is dissolved, then where does it take place? Where does it go? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself gives an example of His omnipresence in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4k\'e4\'e7a sthito nitya\'e0\line v\'e4yu\'f9 sarvatra-go mah\'e4n\line tath\'e4 sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ni\line mat-sth
\'e4n\'e9ty upadh\'e4raya
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in ethereal space, know that in the same manner all beings rest in Me." (}{\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.6}{\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 Everyone knows that the wind blows within space, and on earth it is blowing everywhere. There is no place where there is no air or wind. If we wish to drive out air
, we have to create a vacuum artificially by some machine. Just as the air is blowing everywhere in space, so everything is existing within K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If this is the case, when the material creation is dissolved, where does it go?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub He says, sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni kaunteya prak\'e5ti\'e0 y\'e4nti m\'e4mik\'e4m: "My prak\'e5ti, My nature, My nature, is manifested and when the ti
me is finished, that nature is wound up." [Bg. 9.7] And kalpa-k\'f1aye punas t\'e4ni kalpa, kalp\'e4dau vis\'e5j\'e4my aham: "In this way, at a certain interval, this material manifestation is exhibited, and again it is wound up."\line This material mani
festation is... Sometimes it is created, and sometimes it goes into the nature of the Lord. But spiritual creation is not like that. Spiritual creation is permanent. In the material creation everything is temporary, nonpermanent. Just like this body. Thi
s body is created. And take for example. In our personal self, we are spiritual spark, fragmental. We have several times discussed this point, that we are all spiritual spark, fragmental part of the Supreme Lord. As we are creating our body and it is fin
ishing, and again I am creating my body and again finishing... That is a fact. I have created this body; you have created your body. You are a small particle, atomic spiritual portion. And when you are put into the womb of your mother you get your body a
nd develop, develops. Everything is developing like that. Similarly, as we are developing our own body, unless that spiritual spark is there within the body, the body will not develop. This example we have given several times. A child comes out. If the c
hild is dead, no, it will not develop. But if he has got life, if the spiritual spark is there, the child grows to a man. Similarly, the whole universe, the whole material manifestation, they are going on the presentation, on the, I mean, the presence of
 the Supreme Lord.\line As we have got our spiritual presence within this body, similarly, this universe is also containing the God's representative as Param\'e4tm\'e4, K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. That information we get. Due to His presenc
e, the material existence is there. Just due to my presence, the body is existing, and as soon as I am out of this body, the body will go to hell, similarly, this material manifestation is due to the presence of God. Otherwise there is no such existence.
 So sometimes He manifests, and sometimes He does not. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661124BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni kaunteya\line pra
k\'e5ti\'e0 y\'e4nti m\'e4mik\'e4m\line kalpa-k\'f1aye punas t\'e4ni\line kalp\'e4dau vis\'e5j\'e4my aham
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, at the end of the millennium every material manifestation enters into My nature, and at the beginning of another m
illennium, by My potency I again create." }{\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\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.7}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba sets His nature (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) into motion, as one may wind up a clock, and when nature unwinds, it is absorbed into the Lord. The spiritual creation, however, is not like this, for it is permanent. In the material creation everything
 is temporary. Just as our bodies are developing due to the spiritual spark that is within, the whole creation is coming into being, developing and passing out of being, due to the spirit of the Lord which is within it. Just as our spirit is present with
in the body, the Lord is present within the universe as Param\'e4tm\'e4. Due to the presence of K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the material creation exists, just as due to our presence our bodies are existing. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifest
s the material creation, and sometimes He does not. In all cases, its existence is due to His presence.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 4: Knowledge by Way of the Mah\'e4tm\'e4s, Great Souls
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4\line Knowledge by Way of the M
ah\'e4tm\'e4s, Great Souls
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661128BG.NY] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 661127BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 661201BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:\line 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\line  [Bg. 9.13]\line Now, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that who are the mah\'e4tm\'e4s. The symptom of mah\'e4tm\'e4 is that he knows that the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the original Personality o
f Godhead, and He is the fountainhead and source of all emanation. The great soul knows without a doubt that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that He is the origin of all emanations. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661128BG.NY] }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all aspects of the creation is perceived by the }{\cs2873\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  the great souls, who are always engaged in the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states, th
ese great souls are conversant with the confidential knowledge found in the Ninth Chapter of }{\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  and they know K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the source of all things.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 engag
ed in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible." (}{\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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9. In the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra it is said very nicely, ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4: "Now this human form of lif
e is meant for inquiring about Brahman, the greatest." We are all engaged in studying temporary, small things, problems, small problems. What is that problem? \'c4h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4-bhaya-maithuna, the animal problems: how to eat, how to sleep, how to defe
nd and how to mate. These four principles, they are very minor problems. They are not at all problems because automatically these problems are solved, automatically. Vi\'f1aya\'f9 khalu sarvata\'f9 sy\'e4t [Bh\'e4g. 11.9.29]. Vi\'f1aya means this vi\'f1a
ya, this object of enjoyment, these bodily necessities. Vi\'f1aya\'f9 khalu sarvata\'f9 sy\'e4t: Vi\'f1aya-means these objects of sense gratification-you will have in any form of body.\line Even a small bird, he has arrangement for eating, he has arrange
ment for sleeping, he has arrangement for defending, and he has arrangement for mating. As soon as a bird is born, two eggs are born: one male, one female. That means from the beginning of his life, the mating problem is solved. There is no necessity. A 
bird, they never, the birds or beasts, they never seek, the male is seeking after female or female after seeking. That is automatically solved. Similarly, their eatings are already there, and their sleeping accommodation are already there. So these are n
ot problems, but we have created problems only for these four demands of the body. So Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra says that "Don't be busy about these problems." Vi\'f1aya\'f9 khalu sarvata\'f9 sy\'e4t: "These problems are satisfied in any form of life." Why in 
human form? They have developed consciousness. They have got better business. Why they should be engaged only for these four principles of life? Huh? Their problem is to inquire, "What is the source of all these manifestations?"\line Ath\'e4to brahma-jij
\'ef\'e4s\'e4. The Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra informs, "Now you should inquire. You have got this developed consciousness of life, human form of life, very intelligent, and you are simply wasting your time simply for this eating, sleeping and mating? Oh, this i
s not your business. This is not your business." N\'e4ya\'e0 deho deha-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0 n\'e5loke ka\'f1\'f6\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4n arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye [Bh\'e4g. 5.5.1]. Vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4m means stool-eaters, hogs. So \'c5\'f1abhadeva says, n\'e4ya\'e0 
deha, this body, is very valuable body. Every living entity has got a body, but this human form of body, especially the civilized form of body, oh, this is very important. And how to utilize it? Simply for eating, sleeping? No. N\'e4ya\'e0 deho deha-bh
\'e4j\'e4\'e0 n\'e5loke. In the human society this form of body is not meant for simply toiling hard only for gaining these four principles of life. Because these necessities are supplied even to the hogs, the stool-eater. The stool-eater is considered t
o be the lowest of the animals, the hog. Still, he has got mating facility, he has got eating facility, he has got sleeping facility, and he has got defending facility. Therefore \'c5\'f1abhadeva says that "This form of life, this human form of life, don
't waste in that way." Vi\'f1aya\'f9 khalu sarvata\'f9... You will have it. Even if you don't try for it, you will have it.\line [....]\line Now, sages, saints, philosophers, and transcendentalists, yogis, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s-they are all searching, "What is
 the ultimate source?" So they have found out. What is that? They have found out. In the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, we see, there is a very nice verse. They say that\line [....]\line Sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam. K\'e4ra\'eba means cause. Sarva-k\'e4ra
\'eba, the cause of all causes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661128BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great soul knows without a doubt that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that He is the origin of all emanations. The }{\cs2873\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  states, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\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  Human life is meant for inquiring about Brahman. At present we are all engaged in studying temporary, small things. Brahman means the greatest, but instead of concerning ourselves with t
he greatest, we have become enmeshed in trying to solve the animal problems of eating, sleeping, defending and mating. These small problems are automatically solved. Even the animals are enjoying mating, sleeping, eating and defending. The arrangements a
re all provided. These demands of the body are not really problems, but we have made them into problems. The }{\cs2873\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 us not to concern ourselves with these problems, for they are satisfied in any form of life. Our problem is to inquire about the source of all these manifestations. The human form of life is not meant for 
struggling hard to solve the material problems which even a hog, a stool-eater, can solve. The hog is considered to be the lowest among animals, yet he has eating facility, mating facility, sleeping facility, and facilities for defense. Even if we don't 
strive for these things, we will have them. Man is meant, rather, to find out the source from which all these things are coming. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-\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 1.1.2
\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 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\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   janma-adi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and de
struction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\cs2873\b\i\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.}}}{
\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\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 states that 
Brahman is that from which everything is emanating (}{\cs2873\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 ). Philosophers, scienti
sts, }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and transcendentalists are all trying to find out the ultimate source
 of everything. This source is given in }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'ebam}{
\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the primal source of everything, how do the great souls act? K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself characterizes them in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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." }{\b0\i0\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 9.14}{\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\cb1\nosupersub That glorification is this process of }{\cs2873\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 chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The great souls, understanding the nature of God, His descent and His mission, glorify Him in so many ways, but there are others who do not accept Him. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba also mentions them in the Ninth Chapter:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [....]\line So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the m\'fc\'f2ha... M\'fc\'f2ha means the foolish, just like animals or less than animal. An ass, he
 is called m\'fc\'f2ha. So avaj\'e4nanti. Avaj\'e4nanti means deride. "Deride at Me." That any person who does not believe in God, he must be either a madman or foolish man number one. Any person who does not believe in God. There is no reason that we ca
nnot believe in God. There is every reason. So suppose if you are saying that "I don't believe in God," but who has given you this power to say that "I don't believe in God." You are speaking, "I don't believe in God," but as soon as there is something, 
you cannot speak, everything stops. So who has given you this speaking power that you dare to say that "I don't believe in God"? Will you not think that "How I am speaking? Who has given me the power?" Do you mean to say that this speaking power has come
 automatically from the stone? This body is just like as good as stone. As soon as the speaking power is withdrawn by the supreme authority, you are as good as stone, this body. What is the meaning of this body? So who has given you the speaking power th
at you are denying that "I don't believe in God"? Therefore an atheist or an unbeliever, he must be a first-class foolish man. There is no other reason that one can deny the existence of God. It is very simple reasoning, that who has given you the power 
to talk and who, if he withdraws the power from you, then what is your value? How can you boastly say that "I don't believe in God"? This very power of speaking is the proof that there is the greatest authority who gives you everything.\line Therefore th
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, he knows that "Everything, whatever I have got, it is not my, under my control. The controller is different. I am feeling... I am simply using it. I am talking. This is my hand. I am working, but if the power of working
 is immediately withdrawn-it is paralyzed-have you got any power to revive this working power of this hand? No. You have not. One hand will work; another hand will stop. Who stops?" These things are to be thought. How can I deny? There is something. If I
 don't believe in God, but I must believe some power beyond me which is controlling me every step. Either call it God or anything, nature, but there is a controlling power. You have to admit. How can you deny it? Therefore anyone who denies the existence
 of God, he is a foolish man. He is not very intelligent man. No intelligent man will deny. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam [Bg. 9.11]. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\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 mama bh\'fc
ta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 (}{\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  }{\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 {\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 m\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or foolish men, who are lower than the animals, deride Him. Any person who doesn't believe in God must either be a madman or fool number one. There is no reason not to believe in God, and there is every reason to believe in Him. Man 
may say that he doesn't believe in God, but who gives him the power to say this? When death comes, this speaking power ceases\'97so who is giving the power of speech? Has the speaking power come automatically from stone? As soon as the speaking power is 
withdrawn by the Supreme Authority, the body is no better than stone. The very power of speech is proof that there is a Supreme Power who is giving us everything. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person knows that whatever he has is not under his control. If w
e do not believe in God, we must believe in some power beyond us which is controlling us at every step, call that power God or nature or whatever. There is a controlling power in the universe, and no sane man can deny it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying here, because He was present on this earth just like a human being with some supernatural power. But mostly, 99% o
f people, they could not recognize Him, could not recognize Him that He is the supreme power, Supreme Personality of Godhead. Para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanta\'f9. Because they have no eyes to see. There are...\line How we can recognize God? Some supernatu
ral power, evidence of authorities, scriptural evidence. These things are required. So so far K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concerned, every authority has accepted Him as God. And when He was present, His activities were superhuman. And from the evidence of Vedic li
terature, He is God. Then, in spite of all these evidences, if you don't believe Him, then it must be considered that \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam, that "I shall not believe. Whatever evidence you give, and whatever, I mean to say, activities you may show, I'l
l never believe You God. Finished." Then that is helpless. So avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam. Besides that, one must have the eyes to see God also. God cannot be seen with our imperfect senses. So the whole
 bhakti process, bhakti-yoga, is the process of purifying the senses to take, to understand what is God, what is spirit, what is soul. It requires... Sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena nirmalam. \'c4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lana
\'e0 bhaktir uttam\'e4 [Brs. 1.1.11]. And in the N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra,\line 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 Simply, this bhakti-yoga is the
 process of purifying, purifying. As soon as you purify your power of seeing, power of hearing, power of tasting, power of touching, all these... We have got our senses to taste, to acquire knowledge. But if the senses are blunt, then we cannot understan
d what is God. But therefore you require regulative principles to understand what is God. That regulative principle must be undertaken. And the easiest regulative principle is this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this earth and appeared just like a human being with supernatural power. At that time, howe
ver, ninety-nine percent of the people could not recognize Him as God. They could not recognize Him because they had no eyes to see (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanta\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). How is it possible to recognize God? He can be recognized through supernatural power, by the evidence of authorities, and by scriptural evidence. As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
concerned, every Vedic authority has accepted Him as God. When He was present on earth, His activities displayed were superhuman. If one does not believe this, it is to be concluded that he will not believe whatever evidence is given.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One must also have the eyes to see God. God cannot be seen by material senses, therefore the }{\cs2873\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 is the process of purifying the senses so that we will be able to understand what and who God is. We have power of seeing, hearing, touchin
g, tasting and so on, but if these senses are blunt, we cannot understand God. The process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the process of training these senses through regulated principles, specifically through the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Therefore they think, "God might be somebody like me." They cannot understand God.\line [....]\line So why they cannot understand? Mogh\'e4
\'e7\'e4. Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 means whatever they are aspiring, whatever they are desiring, that will be baffled. Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4. Just the karm\'e9... Karm\'e9 means the fruitive actor. They are always hoping, "Something better, something better, somethin
g better." There is no limit where they will stop. So much money, so much bank balance, so much money, so much... Still... So mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4. Mogha means they are hoping to be very happy at a certain point, but that point never comes. That point never 
comes. Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4. This means mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4. Because he does not know "what is the ultimate point of my satiation." Na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0 dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4 ye bahir-artha-m\'e4nina\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.31]. People, t
hey do not know... Who are, I mean to say, enamored by the external beauty of this illusory material energy, they cannot understand that what is the aim and objective of life. They cannot understand. Therefore mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4.\line  Mogha-karm\'e4\'eba
\'f9. Mogha-karm\'e4\'eba\'f9 means fruitless, baffled. Whatever they are doing, doing something, but at the end they will find it is frustration. They are not happy. Take for example we have practical experience in India. Mahatma Gandhi, he was a great 
worker for national emancipation. You have heard his name. But at the end he was so much disgusted-that I have seen personally-wherever he used to go, he used to plug his ears like this. Why? Now, wherever he would go, thousands of people would gather an
d will cry, "Mahatma Gandhi ki jaya!" So the poor fellow could not sleep even. The person, as soon as there is some scent that "Mahatma Gandhi is coming here," at least five thousand people will gather and will cry, "Mahatma Gandhi ki jaya." So at the la
st stage of his life he could not sleep due to this crying. Just see. And he was so much disgusted, the very morning when he was, I mean to say, assassinated-he was killed by bullet shot-he said to his secretary, "I am so disgusted, I wish to die." You s
ee. This very word was published in the paper. Now see. Such a big worker, such a..., simply a worker, but still, he felt baffled. And what to speak of others. So mogha-karm\'e4\'eba\'f9. Unless we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, then all our activities
 will be baffled at the end. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba further characterizes the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm\'e4\'ebo\line mogha-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4 vicetasa\'f9\line r\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 caiva\line pr
ak\'e5ti\'e0 mohin\'e9\'e0 \'e7rit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, th
eir fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated." (}{\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 9.12}{\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 The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that the aspirations of the atheists will be baffled. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or fruitive laborers, are always hoping for something better to gratify their senses. There is no limit to where they will stop. They are trying to increase their bank balance and are hoping to be happy at a certain point, but that point
 never comes because they do not know the ultimate point of satiation. Those who are enamored by the attractions of illusory energy cannot understand the ultimate aim of life. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mogha-karm\'e4\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that they are laboring very hard but that in the end they will only meet with frustration. Unless we are established in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, all of our activities will be baffled at the end.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Take it what K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying, not ordinary person like me. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is... Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm\'e4\'ebo mogha-j\'ef
\'e4n\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 9.12]. Mogha-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9. J\'ef\'e4na means research of knowledge, philosophical speculation.\line So without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, without this definite point... Now, if you have sufficient knowledge, if you have such p
ower for research, now here is a point, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now make research work whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not God. Then your research work will be sufficient. But without any point of aim, without any objective, 
what is this? Thousands of years, simply speculating.\line [....]\line Govinda, the Supreme Lord, who is so vast that you cannot reach Him by your mental speculation... Panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara. Ko\'f6i means ten million, and ko\'f6i-\'e7ata
-vatsara, similarly, millions and millions of years, with the speed of air and with the speed of mind, if you proceed to speculate, to understand the Supreme, oh, that is not possible. That is not possible. So many speculators at the present moment or in
 the past, speculating, speculating, speculating. They never reach the point, never reach the point. There is not a single instance that they have reached the point.\line So this speculating process will also not help.\line Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm
\'e4\'ebo mogha-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4 vicetasa\'f9 [Bg. 9.12]. Vicetasa\'f9 means they are bewildered, that God cannot be perceived by your own endeavor unless God reveals before you. Vicetasa\'f9. Vicetasa\'f9 means bewildered. Just like if you want to see the
 sun, can you see the sun just at this time, all over darkness? Have you got any machine or any apparatus or any searchlight, you can show me sun? No. It is not possible. So if you cannot see at night with your own endeavor even a material thing like sun
, do you think that by your own endeavor you will see God? How it is possible? As the sun reveals in the morning at five o'clock or six o'clock, similarly, when the sun K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal before you, then you will understand. You cannot find out 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba or understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by your own endeavor. Now, that process is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'ebam [Bg. 18.66]. You will be in confidence. Te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4
\'e0 bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam [Bg. 10.10]. Those who have taken this line with faith and love, always engaged in the transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, buddhi-yoga\'e0 dad\'e4mi tam, then from within... K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within y
ou. We have no realization. Due to my material conception of life, I have no realization. So you have to realize that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, and you have to purify yourself by service attitude. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal. You will see, eye to eye.
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is not the verdict of an ordinary man, but of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himse
lf. If we are searching for knowledge, we should conduct research to find out whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\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  God. Without any objective, what is the point of thousands of years of speculation? The Supreme Lord is so vast that one cannot reach Him by mental speculation. If we travel at the speed of mind and wind for millions of years, it is 
not possible to reach the Supreme by speculation. There is not one single instance in which one has arrived at the Supreme Absolute Truth by means of his own mental speculation. Therefore the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mogha-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that the process of mundane knowledge is bewildering. Through our own endeavor it is not possible to see the sun
 after it has set. We have to wait until the sun reveals itself in the morning at sunrise. If it is not possible with our limited senses to perceive a material thing like the sun, how is it possible to perceive the nonmaterial? We cannot find out or unde
rstand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by our own endeavor. We have to qualify ourselves through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and wait for Him to reveal Himself.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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." (}{\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  10.10)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within you. We have no realization. [..] Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm\'e4\'ebo mogha... [Bg. 9.12]. vice..., r\'e4k\'f1as
\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 caiva prak\'e5ti\'e0 mohin\'e9\'e0 \'e7rit\'e4\'f9. R\'e4k\'f1as\'e9. R\'e4k\'f1as\'e9 means those who are atheists, they are called r\'e4k\'f1asas. R\'e4k\'f1asa and asura. Asura, they are always against God. They are called asuras
. And r\'e4k\'f1asa means they don't believe in God. So r\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 caiva prak\'e5tim. Why they...? That mohin\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim. They are bewildered by this illusory material energy. They are... They think, "This is all, and this
 life..." They do not know God. "There is no life. Let us enjoy as far as possible. Squeeze out the extract of this matter." Squeezing, squeezing, they don't... They are frustrated, frustrated, mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4, baffled in every respect. Squeezing to tak
e essence of this material pleasure, they are baffled. They are baffled. Don't you see this practically? "So much money, so much I have earned." They go to enjoy, fifty thousand dollars, hundred thousand dollars, squeezing-they do not find any pleasure. 
Simply squeezing, squeezing. Mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm\'e4\'eba\'f9. That is not the process to find out real pleasure. If you have to find out real pleasure, then you have to take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You have to be trained up in this
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then you will have to change your habits in this way. You will find ananta. Ramante yogina\'f9 anante [Madhya 9.29]. Unlimited happiness which will never end, never end. Ramante yogina\'f9 anante saty\'e4nande. That is real
 happiness that does not end. Don't you see? Is there happiness in the material world, in your sense enjoyment, which does not end? It begins and ends, say, for few minutes or few hours or few seconds. It ends. But real happiness has no end. That is real
 happiness.\line That you have to search, and for which you have to undertake some voluntary penance. You are trying to get the unlimited happiness and you are not prepared to sacrifice anything? What is that sacrifice? You have to sacrifice little time.
 Come here and hear this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and chant with us. Is it very great sacrifice? And you will learn everything. Just to sacrifice little time. In former days they used to sacrifice their whole life for realizing self-realization. Deva-mun\'e9n
dra-guhyam. Even the demigods, even great saintly persons, they sacrificed everything; still, they were unsuccessful. You see? Now, for this age, Lord Caitanya mercifully has given you so much easier process for God realization. There is no comparison. S
imply to sacrifice a little time. \'c7rava\'ebam. Simply hear. You haven't got to pay any charges. \'c7rava\'ebam. Simply you have to sit down a little patiently and hear. You'll realize it. It is such a nice thing. Lord Caitanya, therefore, recommended 
this process. In this age no process will help you for self-realization but this process.\line Sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4\'e0 tanu-v\'e4\'ec-manobhi\'f9. If you be situated in whatever position you are, it doesn't matter. We are not going t
o inquire what you are. "Are you businessman, engineer, doctor, or police, or intelligent, or educated, non-educated, black, white?"-there is no question, no question. The only thing is sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4m. \'c7ruti-gat\'e4m means..
. \'c7ruti means this aural reception. You have to receive this word little submissively. Namanta eva. Don't think yourself, that you are very man of knowledge. Because our knowledge is very limited, so we should not be puffed up with false thinking that
 I am very learned man. No. Just become a little gentle and submissive, and hear these messages from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within, but due to our material conditioning, we do not realize it. Those who are of the nature of fiends and demons (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) think that this material life is all and that it is the purpose of human life to squeeze out as much pleasure from matter as possib
le. They try squeezing, but they are constantly baffled. Squeezing material nature is not the process for finding out real pleasure. If we are searching for real pleasure, we have to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All happiness in the material wor
ld has a beginning and an end, but happiness in K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited, and there is no end. In order to get this happiness we simply have to sacrifice a little time and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In former ages, the great sages and demigods used to
 sacrifice their whole lives for realizing the Supreme, and still they would not attain success. For this age Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has given an easy process for God realization. All that is necessary is careful listening. We have to listen to }{\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  and we have to chant the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and listen to them carefully.
 We should not be puffed up, falsely thinking that our knowledge is great or that we are very learned. We need only become a little gentle and submissive to hear the messages from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4k\'f1asa are called man-eaters, more than tigers. They, for their self-satisfaction, they can eat, I mean to say, even, even their own
 sons. You see? They are called r\'e4k\'f1asas. No shame. "My sense gratification should be satisfied. Never mind. You go to hell." So this is the age. So we, we create a machine that everyone comes and becomes smashed in that machine, and my sense satis
faction is there. Although I'll never be happy by that sense satisfaction. This is going on. You can know this world is now managed by the r\'e4k\'f1asas. R\'e4k\'f1asa. They don't mind what is happening. They are prepared to sacrifice everything for ful
filling their whimsical nonsense. They are called r\'e4k\'f1asa. R\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 caiva prak\'e5ti\'e0 mohin\'e9\'e0 \'e7rit\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 9.12]. Why they are? Now, they are very much enamored by this material beauty. Not beauty. The mate
rial civilization. So they cannot. They cannot understand. It is very difficult for them. They cannot understand. And they'll never try to understand because they are r\'e4k\'f1asas.\line Then who will understand God? Mah\'e4tm\'e4.\line [....]\line And 
here it... "Those who are mah\'e4tm\'e4..." Mah\'e4tm\'e4 means one who has enlarged his heart, enlarged his heart: "Oh, everything belongs to God, and I also belong to God." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present, this world is being managed by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asas.}{\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 r\'e4k\'f1asas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are
 man-eaters who eat their own sons for the satisfaction of their senses. Now great regimes have been created to smash so many people for the satisfaction of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k
\'f1asas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  senses, but they do not realize that their senses will never be satisfied in this way. Nonetheless, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their whimsical desires. It is very difficult for them to understand the real situation
 because they are overly enamored with material civilization. Who then can understand? Those who are }{\cs2873\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  whose hearts have become magnified, understand that "everything belongs to God, and I also belong to God."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha: "My dear Arjuna, these mah\'e4tm\'e4s, they are not in, under the control of this material nature.
" One who can think that "Everything belongs to God, and I also belong to God. Therefore the supreme proprietor is God. Everything should be engaged in His service..." This is the qualification of mah\'e4tm\'e4, broader. "God is great," and his heart is 
also has become great for serving the great. He's mah\'e4tm\'e4. Mah\'e4tm\'e4, not a stamp, a political leader, mah\'e4tm\'e4. Don't misunderstand. "I stamp you mah\'e4tm\'e4 by votes, and you become God. You become mah\'e4tm\'e4." These are not accepte
d in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Mah\'e4tm\'e4's description is there, that mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9: "He has taken the shelter of the superior, spiritual energy."\line As we have discussed many times,
 God has got many energies. Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate [\'c7vet. 6.8]. There are unlimited energies, different varieties of energy. Out of that, those who are in the knowledge, they have divided the whole energy into three divisions. W
hat is that? Material energy, spiritual energy and marginal energy. This material energy, you are seeing. And the spiritual energy, now we have no knowledge. But the marginal energy, something spirit, something matter, that we are, we living entities. I 
am... As I am, I am spirit. But I am mixed up with this matter. Therefore I am marginal energy, between spirit and matter. I am combination of spirit and matter. As soon as I am spirit, I am away from this matter, this bodily matter. "Dust thou art; dust
 thou beist." Yes. So those who are mah\'e4tm\'e4, they have take shelter of the spiritual energy. Of course, for God, every energy is His energy. Therefore He has no distinction what is spirit and what is matter. But for me, because I am in marginal ene
rgy, I have to make distinction that "This is spirit; this is matter."\line So mah\'e4tm\'e4, those who have broadened their heart for becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious or devoting himself for the service of the great... Just like to, one, a government s
ervant, important government servant, he also becomes important, similarly, God is great, and when you are engaged in His service you become great. You become great. That is called mah\'e4tm\'e4. So as soon as you take shelter of the spiritual energy of 
the Supreme Lord, at once you become mah\'e4tm\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such }{\cs2873\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  are not under the control of material nature (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). God is great and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  heart also becom
es great by serving the great. }{\cs2873\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 not a stamp for a political leader. One ca
nnot be stamped }{\cs2873\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  by votes. The standard for }{\cs2873\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 given in }{\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  the }{\cs2873\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 he who has taken shelter of the superior energy of the Lord. Of course all energies are His, and He does not make distinctions between spiritual energy and material energy, but for the conditioned soul who is situated marginally b
etween material energy and spiritual energy, there is a distinction. The }{\cs2873\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  se
e this distinction and so take shelter under the spiritual energy (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
).
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 9.13]. And suppose now I have identified with the
 greatness of the Supreme, aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi. This Vedic word is called aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi: "I am the... I am Brahman." But simply being puffed up, "I am Brahman, I become God," that is another r\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m, another misleading. Here it is said 
that if you have become Brahman, then you must show your activities in Brahman. Because you are spirit, you are not inactive. To become Brahman does not mean that I become inactive. Oh, in matter I am so much active because I am Brahman. Although I am co
ntaminated with matter, still, I am so active. And when I am purified from matter, do you mean to say my activities stop? What is this reasoning?\line By nature I am active. By nature, because I am spirit, and by nature I am active. And my activities are
 exhibited even I am contaminated with this matter. And when you become purified from matter, do you think you shall be silent? Is there any reason? So do you...? To become Brahman does not mean to become void. No. To become Brahman means superior energy
. With superior energy, we have to work with superior endeavor and superior energy and superior position. And therefore it is called, in the next line, bhajanty ananya-manasa\'f9: "One who has become mah\'e4tm\'e4, his symptom is that he's fully engaged 
in the loving transcendental service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." He is mah\'e4tm\'e4. How can you stop activities? Bhajanty ananya-manasa\'f9, j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4dim avyayam. Why does he engage in that way? Because he understands that "If service has to 
be rendered, it is to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nobody else. I have so long served my senses. Now I shall serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the proprietor of the senses." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By serving the great, the }{\cs2873\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  also become great through identifying with the superior energy: (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) "I am Brahman\'97spirit." It is not that they become puffed up and think that they are God. Rather, if one becomes Brahman, he must show his activities in Brahman. Spirit is active, and to become Brahman is not to become inacti
ve. Brahman is spirit, and these material bodies are active only because Brahman is within them. If we are active despite our contact with material nature, do we cease to be active when we purify ourselves of the material contamination and establish ours
elves in our proper identity as pure Brahman? Realizing "I am Brahman" means engagement in spiritual activity because we are spirit, and our activities are exhibited even though we are contaminated by matter. To become Brahman does not mean to become voi
d but to establish ourselves in the superior nature, which means superior energy and superior activities. To become Brahman means to be completely engaged in rendering devotional service to the Lord. Thus the }{\cs2873\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  understands that if service is to be rendered, it is to be to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and no one else. We have so long served our 
senses; now we should serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub How can you stop activities? Bhajanty ananya-manasa\'f9, j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4dim avyayam. Why does he engage in that way? Because he
 understands that "If service has to be rendered, it is to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nobody else. I have so long served my senses. Now I shall serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the proprietor of the senses." That is called mah\'e4tm\'e4. You cannot stop your service becaus
e you are meant for service. Can you show anybody, within this meeting, anybody who does not serve? Is there anybody who does not serve anybody? You go outside, ask hundreds and thousands of people that "Do you, don't you serve anybody?" You go to the pr
esident, Johnson. Ask him, "Don't you serve anybody?" "Oh, yes, I am serving the country." So who is out of service? Nobody is out of service. But he's serving the illusion. And as soon as he serves the Supreme, he becomes mah\'e4tm\'e4. Service you cann
ot stop. But you have to stop your service to the nonsense, and you have to give service to the reality. Then you become mah\'e4tm\'e4.\line Satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0 yatanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 9.14]. This k\'e9rtana. This k
\'e9rtana, always chanting, glorifying. This is the beginning of mah\'e4tm\'e4. So you come here. You chant. You become mah\'e4tm\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661127BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no question of stopping service, for we are meant for service. Is there anyone who does not serve? If we ask the President, "Who are you serving?" he will tell us that he is serving the cou
ntry. No one is devoid of service. Service we cannot stop, but we do have to redirect our service from the illusion to the reality. When this is done, we become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4t
m\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process of }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtayanta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), always chanting the glories of the Lord, is
 the beginning of }{\cs2873\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  That process is simplified by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
 who imparted to mankind 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. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub The process of devotion is nine different types. \'c7rava\'ebam. \'c7rava\'ebam means hearing. K\'e9rtanam. K\'e9rtanam means chanting. K
\'e9rtanam actually means describing. You can describe with music. You can describe with words. You can describe in speeches. Any sort of describing, that is called k\'e9rtana. And \'e7rava\'ebam. Unless you hear, you cannot describe. What you shall desc
ribe? If you do not know anything about the Supreme Lord, then how can you describe? Therefore hearing is the first item, \'e7rava\'ebam. And the whole Vedic literature is called hearing, \'e7ruti, \'e7ruti-\'e7\'e4stra. \'c7ruti means to receive hearing
. If you want to know the Supreme, you do not require to qualify yourself materially. You can remain what you are, but if you simply hear... God has given you the power of hearing. If you hear from authoritative sources, then you become perfect, simply b
y hearing. Therefore the first principle, hearing, is recommended, \'e7rava\'ebam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661201BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
There are nine different processes of devotional service, of which }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  hearing and chanting, are the most important. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  actually means "describing." We can describe with music, words, pictures, etc. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  goes hand in hand with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for unless we hear, we cannot describe. We don't need any material qualifications in order to attain the Supreme. All we have to do is hear from authoritative sources and repeat accurately what we hear.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And formerly, the Vedas were heard by the students from the spiritual master. Just like in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find that Arjuna 
is hearing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He's not studying any Ved\'e4nta philosophy in the battlefield. He was simply hearing. So that is the process, hearing. You can hear at any place. Even in the warfield, you can hear from the authoritative source. So that w
as the process of acquiring knowledge, hearing. Hearing means receiving the knowledge, not manufacturing. There are two process of knowledge. There are some persons who think, "Oh, why shall I hear from him? Oh, I can think. I can speculate. I can manufa
cture something new of my own group." These are nonsense. This is not Vedic process. Vedic process is hearing, ascending process, er, not..., descending process. There are two processes of knowledge: ascending and descending. Ascending means trying to go
 high by your strength, and descending means the pure knowledge which comes from up, you receive it. Inductive and deductive process.\line So ascending process is not recommended in the Vedic process of knowledge. Vedic way of receiving knowledge-by aura
l reception, by submissive aural reception from the spiritual master to the student. This is the way. It is coming. As we have read in the Fourth Chapter of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9 [Bg. 4.2]: 
"In this way, traditionally, from the spiritual master to the student, this knowledge was imparted." The Lord said that "I imparted this knowledge first of all to the sun-god, and the sun-god imparted this knowledge to his son, Manu, and Manu imparted th
is knowledge to his son, Ik\'f1v\'e4ku." Ik\'f1v\'e4ku was the king of this planet. So from Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, this knowledge is coming down from the master, or from the father to the son, or from the master to the disciple. It is coming on. And because that
 disciplic succession was broken, therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that "I am speaking again that old system of knowledge to you, Arjuna, because you are My devotee, you are My dear friend." We have already studied this fact. So this is the way. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661201BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Formerly, the }{\cs2873\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  were heard by the student from the spiritual master, and thus the }{\cs2873\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  became known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  meaning "that which is heard." In }{\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  for example, we se
e that Arjuna is listening to K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefield. He is not engaged in the study of }{\cs2873\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  philosophy. We can hear from the Supreme Authority in any place, even in the battlefield. The knowledge is received, not manufactured. Some people think, "Why should I listen to Him? I can think for myself. I can manufacture somethin
g new." This is not the Vedic process of descending knowledge. By ascending knowledge, one tries to elevate himself by his own effort, but by descending knowledge one receives the knowledge from a superior source. In the Vedic tradition, knowledge is imp
arted to the student from the spiritual master, as in }{\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 (}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 ). Submissive hearing is so powerful that simply by hearing from authoritative sources we can become completely perfect. In becoming submissive, we become aware of our own imperfections. As long as we are 
conditioned, we are subject to four kinds of imperfections: we are sure to commit mistakes, to become illusioned, to have imperfect senses and to cheat. Therefore our attempt to understand the Absolute Truth by our faulty senses and experience is futile.
 We must hear from a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. K\'e5\'f1\'eba made Arjuna His representative because Arjuna was His devotee: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceti.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Just like Arjuna is hearing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, from the perfect person, san-mukharit\'e4m. K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative. His repr
esentative is a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like... Arjuna. Arjuna was made representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How? Because Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, bhakto 'si: "You are My devotee." So nobody can become representative of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, or God, without becoming His devotee. One who thinks that "I am God," he cannot become the representative of God. Suppose some of your representatives... You are a businessman.\line Just see our imperfectness. [after spitting, coughing:] This 
body... We have got imperfectness, coughing something. So how we can become perfect? We are under the stringent rules and regulations of the nature. A little difference will put me into difficulty. So we are not all independent so long we are conditioned
. So if... Suppose you are a businessman. You send your representative for securing business. And if he represents himself to the customer, "I am the proprietor. I am the proprietor," how long he can prolong? As soon as the master will know that "This fo
olish man is representing himself as the proprietor of this firm," at once cancel. Because there is cheating. He's not proprietor. Similarly, anyone who says that "I am God" he should not preach. He can think himself for acquiring knowledge of God. That 
is another thing. "I am God." "I am God" means to understand the quality of God, because I am qualitatively God. Because I am part and parcel of God, therefore my qualities are the same. Just like I have several times repeated that a part of gold, even a
 molecular part, a particle of gold, so it is gold. It is nothing but gold. Similarly, although we are very minute fragments of the Supreme, still, the quality is the same.\line So if I study myself, then I can study God also because I can, I can underst
and the quality of God. I may not understand the quantity. Suppose if you receive some good grains of rice. You do not concern, think of what is the quantity in the stock, but the, from the sample, you can understand that "This quality rice is there. I c
an purchase." Then you make your transaction, "How many pounds you have got in your stock? I can take." So quantity is different. But quality, from quality, you can select. You can make your selection, what sort of rice you shall purchase. So you are qua
litatively one with God. Therefore, if you study yourself that "I am God," and if you study your all propensities, all qualities, then you can understand God. So that is a process. But you cannot preach that "I am God." Because if you preach yourself as 
God, then people may ask you, "If you God, if you are God, then show me your all-powerfulness." That you cannot show. So you cannot preach that "I am God."\line So far K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concerned, He proved that He is God. How? In this Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4. Now we are reading Ninth Chapter. In the Eleventh Chapter Arjuna requested, "O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that will You kindly show me Your universal form?" So K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed him, "Yes." So that... This was Arjuna's teaching to world that in future so 
many fools will represent himself as God. So don't be befooled by them. Just ask him, "Show me your universal form." Then accept him as God. Don't very cheaply accept any fool as God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [661201BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can become a representative of God without being a devotee of God's. One who thinks, "I am God," cannot be a representative. Because we are pa
rt and parcel of God, our qualities are the same as His, and therefore if we study these qualities in ourselves, we come to learn something of God. This does not mean that we understand the quantity of God. This self-realization process is one way of und
erstanding God, but in no case can we preach, "I am God." We cannot claim to be God without being able to display the powers of God. As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concerned, He proved that He was God by displaying so much power and by revealing His univers
al form to Arjuna. K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed this awesome form in order to discourage people who would claim to be God. We should not be fooled by one who claims to be God; following in the footsteps of Arjuna, we should request to see the universal form bef
ore accepting anyone as God. Only a fool would accept another fool as God.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Nobody can be higher than God, and nobody can be equal to God. Everyone is lower than God, however great he may be. And there is a nice ver
se, \'e7iva-viri\'efci-nutam [Bh\'e4g. 11.5.33]. \'c7iva-viri\'efci. \'c7iva means the Lord \'c7iva, and viri\'efci means Lord Brahm\'e4. They are considered to be the topmost demigods in this material world. So they also offer their respectful obeisance
s to Vi\'f1\'ebu, or God.\line So nobody can be equal to God. Therefore we should be, instead of becoming God or instead of understanding God personally by our teeny knowledge and imperfect senses, better to become submissive. Give up this habit. J\'ef
\'e4ne pray\'e4sam udap\'e4sya. Just give up this habit, foolish habit, that "I can know God." Just become submissive and try to hear from authorities. San-mukharit\'e4m. Who is authority? Authority is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and, or God, or His representative. J
ust like Lord Jesus Christ, he's representative of God. So he's authority. Similarly, any authorized incarnation. But that incarnation will never say that "I am God." "I am servant of God"-that is his representation. He'll never say, "I am God." That mak
es confirmation that he's representative of God. So he is authority, who does not say that "I am God," but he says, "I am servant of God. I am son of God. I am devotee of God." He is representative, real representative. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661201BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can be equal to God, and no one can be above Him. Even Lord Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva, the most exalted demig
ods, are subservient to Him and pay their respectful obeisances. Instead of trying to become God by some meditational process or other, we had better hear about God submissively and try to understand Him and our relationship to Him. The representative of
 God or the incarnation of God never claims to be God but the servant of God. This is the sign of the bona fide representative.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Whatever you learn, if you describe it, then that will help you to elevate yourself in this path of knowledge. Suppose whatever you are hea
ring this night in this platform, if you try to repeat it amongst your friends, amongst your family members, then you'll be established in this knowledge. That is called k\'e9rtana. \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam.\line And what about, hearing? Hearing, we
 are... Every, every day and night we are hearing something. There is television. There is radio. There is newspaper. There is so many things, hearing. Not that hearing. \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]. Vi\'f1\'ebu mean
s the Supreme Lord. You should devote your time in hearing and chanting about Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e9rtanam. K\'e9rtan\'e4d eva k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya mukta-sa\'ecga\'f9 para\'e0 vrajet [Bh\'e4g. 12.3.51]. If you simply do this, \'e7
rava\'ebam and k\'e9rtanam, then you shall become free from this material attachment, and you shall be elevated to the supreme place, the kingdom of God. Mukta-sa\'ecga... This is the remedy suggested in this age. You cannot practice anything. You cannot
 practice sacrifice. You cannot practice speculation. You cannot practice yoga, nothing. You can simply practice this: submissively hear from authoritative sources, try to assimilate it, and become perfect. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [661201BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever we learn of God from authoritative sources can be described, and that will help us make spiritual progress. This descr
iption is called }{\cs2873\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  If we try to repeat what we hear, we become established in kn
owledge. By the process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  hearing and chanting, we can become free from material conditioning and attain to the kingdom of God. In this age it is impossible to practice sacrifice, speculation or }{\cs2873\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  There is no way open to us but the way of hearing submissively from authoritative sources. This is the way the
 }{\cs2873\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  received the most confidential knowledge. It is the way Arjuna received it
 from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is the way we must receive it from the disciplic succession stemming from Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 5: Parampar\'e4: Knowledge Through 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 5\line Parampar\'e4: Knowledge T
hrough Disciplic Succession
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Now, "\'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca:" The Lord says,\line ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\'e0\line proktav\'e4n aham avyayam\line vivasv\'e4n manave pr
\'e4ha\line manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave 'brav\'e9t\line [Bg. 4.1]\line Now, this is very important. The fourth chapter the Lord says that "In the long ago, first of all I described this karma-yoga to Vivasv\'e4n." Vivasv\'e4n means S\'fcrya, the sun-god, sun-g
od.\line Now, according to our calculation, the sun is a planet which is too hot and nobody can go there. And actually, so far our this present body is concerned, it is not possible to, I mean to say, tolerate even the sunshine from a distance of ninety-
three hundred millions or ninety-three... I do not exactly... It is far distant place. But actually, from the description of Vedic literature, we can understand that sun planet is just like a planet like this, but it is made of fire. It is made of fire. 
Just like this planet is predominant by earth only, similarly, there are varieties of planets in the universe. Some planet is predominant by air; some planet is predominant by water; some planet is predominant by fire. So similarly, the sun planet is pre
dominated by fire. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\'e0\line proktav\'e4n aham avyayam\line vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha\line manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave 'brav\'e9t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Blessed Lord said: I instructed this imperishable science of }{\cs2873\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." (}{\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  4.1)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many ages ago K\'e5\'f1\'eba imparted the divine knowledge of }{\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  to Vivasv\'e4n, the god of the sun. To the best of our knowledge, the sun is a very hot place, and we do not consider it possible for anyone to live there. It is not even
 possible to approach the sun very closely with these bodies. However, from the Vedic literatures we can understand that the sun is a planet just like this one but that everything there is composed of fire. Just as this planet is predominately composed o
f earth, there are other planets which are predominately composed of fire, water and air.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are living entities also, and there is one principal living entity who is called the sun-god, S\'fcrya N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Or, in the 
language of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, he is called Vivasv\'e4n. In the language of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.\line Just like in every planet there is a chief man... Just like in your country, the chief man is President Johnson, similarly, in every planet, there
 is a chief man. Formerly, in this planet also, there was one king. We can get from Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata history that five thousand years before there was only one king of this planet, one flag, and one regiment. We get this information from Mah\'e4bh\'e4ra
ta. Gradually, the world has divided into many states, and we can see hundreds of flags in the United States, er, Nations. But similarly, the example is that similarly, that in the sun planet there is a chief person who is called Vivasv\'e4n, who is call
ed Vivasv\'e4n.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 on these various planets acquire bodies composed of elements in accordance with the predominating element on the planet; therefore those bein
gs who live on the sun have bodies which are composed of fire. Of all beings on the sun, the principal personality is a god by the name of Vivasv\'e4n. He is known as the sun-god (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'fcrya-n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). On all planets there are principal personalities, just as in the United States the chief person is the President. From the history cal
led the }{\cs2873\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  we understand that formerly there was only one king on this plan
et by the name of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bharata. He ruled some 5,000 years ago, and the planet was named after him. Subsequently the earth has become divided into so many different countries. In this way there is usually one and sometimes many controllers of th
e various planets in the universe.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "This science of karma-yoga, what I am just trying to explain to you, it is not a new thing, but first I s
poke this karma-yoga to Vivasv\'e4n." Vivasv\'e4n means the sun-god. And then He says that vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha: "Vivasv\'e4n"-means the sun-god-"again repeated the same thing to his son, who is called Manu."\line Vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha manur
 ik\'f1v\'e4kave brav\'e9t: "And again Manu, he told to his disciple, whose name is Ik\'f1v\'e4ku." Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, he was a great king. He was the forefather of R\'e4macandra. You have heard the name of Lord R\'e4macandra, and so he was th
e fore, I mean to say, forefather. Ik\'f1v\'e4ku.\line The idea is that this process of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is not an ordinary thing. If you have to learn Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and if you have to take profit out of it, then there is a process. There is a p
rocess to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. And that process is described here. We have to take it very seriously. Just like the first Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to sun-god. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 for the first time to Arjuna only. No. It was spoken long, long ago.\line Long, long ago. If you make an estimate of the time, then that estimation also, we can make from Vedic literature. That estimation is... I have made an estimation. It is 
about four hundred millions of years before, it was spoken. So far, as far as we get the information of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, from Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, we understand that this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was spoken to Arjuna about five thousand years before. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 this first verse of the Fourth Chapter we learn that millions of years ago \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba imparted the knowledge of }{\cs2873\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  to the sun god Vivasv\'e4n. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who imparts the teachings of }{\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  to Arjuna, here indicates that these teachings are not at all new but were enunciated many ages ago on a different 
planet. Vivasv\'e4n, in his turn, repeated these teachings to his son, Manu. In turn, Manu imparted the knowledge to his disciple Ik\'f1v\'e4ku. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ik\'f1v\'e4ku was a great king and forefather of Lord R\'e4macandra. The point being made here
 is that if one wants to learn }{\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  and profit by it, there is a process fo
r understanding it, and that process is described here. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking }{\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  to Arjuna for the first time. It is estimated by Vedic authorities that the Lord imparted these divine instructions to Vivasv\'e4n some 400 million years ago. From the }{\cs2873\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  we understand that }{\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  was spoken to Arjuna some 5,000 years ago. Before Arjuna, the teachings were handed down by disciplic succession, but over such a long period of time, the teachings became lost.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub But we have to calculate in the fourth chapter that the Lord says that "I spoke to the sun-god, and sun-god spoke it to Manu, and Manu spoke to 
Ik\'f1v\'e4ku." And the next verse He says, eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9 [Bg. 4.2]: "So this confidential knowledge of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was received in such disciplic succession." Disciplic succession. Just like the
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to the sun-god, and the sun-god said to Manu, and Manu said to Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, and He summarizes that eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam: "In such disciplic succession, the knowledge of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was received." Sa k\'e4len
eha mahat\'e4 yogo na\'f1\'f6a\'f9 parantapa. Now, He says that "This yoga..." This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is also called yoga. Karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, bhakti-yoga. You'll find in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 different yogas. So the whole book is called yoga. 
Now, here also it is stated, sa k\'e4leneha mahat\'e4 yogo na\'f1\'f6a\'f9 parantapa: "My dear Arjuna, oh, you are the great hero. Now, that Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, the instruction which I imparted to the sun-god, was coming by disciplic succession. Now it 
is lost."\line Why it is lost? Why it is lost? Do you think that there was no learned man during that time? During K\'e5\'f1\'eba's time? Oh, there were many learned sages. Not only one, two, there were dozens of learned sages. But still, the Lord said, 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, that "They... That knowledge which I exactly imparted to sun-god is now lost." How it is lost? There were many scholars, and still, how it is lost? The lost means that the purport of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is lost.\line Because scholars
 they can interpret in their own way about Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, but that is not Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. That is not Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. That is the purport which K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to stress. So any student of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 must note it, that Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4 commented by a person-he may be very scholar in the material sense, but that scholarship will not help to comment on the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, we have to accept this disciplic succ
ession principle as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna, that "It is coming down by disciplic succession." We have to take that spirit. And without taking that spirit, simply by our erudite scholarship, if we want to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, that i
s a misunderstanding. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ]}}{\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 parantapa
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 may\'e4 te 'dya\line yoga\'f9 prokta\'f9 pur\'e4tana\'f9\line bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti\line rahasya\'e0 hy et
ad uttamam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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. Bu
t in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost. That 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\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  4.2-3)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  a number of }{\cs2873\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  systems are delineated\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, ha\'f6ha-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and therefore it is here called }{\cs2873\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 word }{\cs2873\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 "to link up," and the idea is that in }{\cs2873\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  we link our consciousness to God. It is a means for reuniting with God or re-establishing our relationship with Him. In the course of time, this }{\cs2873\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  imparted by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was lost. Why is this? Were there no learned sages at the time \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking to Arjuna? N
o, there were many sages present at the time. By "lost" it is meant that the purport of }{\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  was lost. Scholars may give their own interpretation of }{\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  analyzing it according to their own whims, but that is not }{\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  This is the point that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is stressing, and a student of }{\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  should note it. A person may be a very good scholar from the material point of view, but that does not qualify him to comment on }{\cs2873\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  In order to understand }{\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  we have to accept the principle of disciplic succession (}{\cs2873\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 ). We must enter into the spirit of }{\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  and not approa
ch it simply from the viewpoint of erudition.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now, He also again clears the subject matter. Sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 may\'e4 te 'dya yoga\'f9 prokta\'f9 pur\'e4tana\'f9: [Bg. 4.3] "So Arjuna, I 
am just trying to speak to you about that old system of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 yoga, old system of yoga which I first spoke to sun-god." Why? "Why You are speaking to me?" The question... "You say that the spirit of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is lost, and You are.
.. Why You have selected me to speak the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? There are many learned men. There is Vy\'e4sadeva. There is Vasi\'f1\'f6ha. There is other, many sages. They are existing. I am an ordinary military man. I am a family man. I know simply fight
ing. So why You are anxious to speak to me about Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? Why You are anxious to speak to Me? I am not a Vedantist. I am ordinary man. So why?"\line Now, the reply is bhakto 'si. Just see. Bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti rahasya\'e0 hy etad uttam
am: "Oh, My dear Arjuna, I am just trying to speak to you Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 because you have got an exceptional qualification which others haven't got." And what is that exceptional qualification? Here it is clearly mentioned, bhakto 'si. Bhakto 'si. B
hakto 'si means "You are My devotee. You know that I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore you have surrendered yourself unto Me, accepted Me, Myself, as the spiritual master. You know. You are My devotee."\line So now, herein we have to u
nderstand that unless one is devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba it is not possible for him to understand what is Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. It is not possible. Nobody can understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 unless he is a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the fir
st qualification. It is clearly said here. You cannot go beyond Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. If you want to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, you cannot take help of other methods. You have to take the help as it is mentioned in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. He clearly
 says that bhakto 'si: "You are not only My friend. There are many friends. I can find many friends. But you are not only My friend, but you are a great devotee. Therefore you can understand what is the real sense of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Therefore I am s
peaking to you. I am speaking to you." So if anyone wants to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, then...\line Just like the disciplic succession was coming down from Vivasv\'e4n, the, the, I mean to say, the principal man in the sun, the sun-god, and the sun
-god taught the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, the mystery of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, to his son, Manu, and Manu taught the mystery of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, and Ik\'f1v\'e4ku taught the mystery of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to his disciple or son, like that.
.. But now, in course of time, it is now lost. Now I am again establishing that disciplic succession through you. So anyone who has to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, he has to understand as Arjuna understood it. If you try to understand in a different w
ay, if you want to give a different interpretation of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, that may be a manifestation of your scholarship, but that is not Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. By your scholarship, you can manufacture some idea. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 all people, why did \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba select Arjuna as a recipient of this knowledge? Arjuna was not a great scholar at all, nor was he a }{\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  meditator or a holy man. He was a warrior about to engage in battle. There were many great sages living at the time, and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
could have given }{\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  to them. The answer is that despite being an ordinary
 man, Arjuna had one great qualification: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceti}{\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  "You are My devotee and My friend." This was Arjuna's exceptional qualification, a qualification which the
 sages did not have. Arjuna knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore he surrendered himself unto Him, accepting Him as his spiritual master. Unless one is a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, he cannot possibly unders
tand }{\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  If one wants to understand }{\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  he cannot take help from other methods. He must understand it as prescribed in }{\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  itself, by understanding it as Arjuna understood it. If we wish to understand }{\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  in a different way, or give an individual interpretation, that may be an exhibition of o
ur scholarship, but it is not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi. He also wrote an interpretation of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, and he wanted to prove that from Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4, nonviolence. How you can prove nonviolence from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? The, the theme of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is that Arjuna declined to fight and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just trying to induce him that "You must fight. You must fight." Ultimatel
y, He said that "The program is already settled by Me. These people who have come here, they'll never return. They are destined to die. It is My program. Now, if you like, you can take the credit that you have conquered them." Last of all, He said like t
hat. When the program is that the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 clearly says that in this case fighting is necessary, how can you prove that nonviolence is taught in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? That is a different interpretation. You cannot interpret a thing which is, wh
ose theme is different. The author, the author of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4... The author of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is saying very frankly that "the purpose of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is now lost. So I am just trying to convince you. So you try to understand it."
 The purpose of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is lost because they have been interpreted in a different way. So as soon as Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is interpreted in the way of a particular scholar or particular man, oh, then the purpose of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is lost.
\line Now, you'll find in the Tenth Chapter how Arjuna understood Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. So you have to follow the footprints. The whole thing is... I have several times repeatedly saying to you that mah\'e4jano yena gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9 [Mah\'e4bh
\'e4rata, Vp. 313.117]. Mah\'e4jana. Dharmasya tattva\'e0 nihita\'e0 guh\'e4y\'e4\'e0 mah\'e4jano yena gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9. Tarko 'prati\'f1\'f6ha\'f9 \'e7rutayo vibhinn\'e4\'f9. It is said that you cannot reach to the right conclusion of the Vedic
 literature simply by your argument, by your force of argument or logic. That is not possible. Tarko 'prati\'f1\'f6ha\'f9. There are many things which do not come within our argument, within our sense of logic. So tarko 'prati\'f1\'f6ha\'f9. You cannot u
nderstand the Supreme Truth simply by argument. Tarko 'prati\'f1\'f6ha\'f9 \'e7rutayo vibhinn\'e4\'f9.\line And there are, so far scriptures are concerned, you'll find different scriptures describing in a different way. So that also, you'll be bewildered
. N\'e4s\'e4v \'e5\'f1ir yasya mata\'e0 na bhinnam. And there are different philosophers who are always contradictory. One philosopher is deviating. He's not in agreement with another philosopher. He has got a different theory. Another has got different 
theory. So philosophers also cannot give you the real truth. So neither you can understand the real truth simply by going through different scriptures, nor you can understand the real truth simply by your logical force or argument. So dharmasya tattva
\'e0 nihita\'e0 guh\'e4y\'e4m. The, the, I mean to say, the mystery of Absolute Truth is very confidential, very confidential. Then how I can understand? Mah\'e4jano yena gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9: [Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, Vp. 313.117] "If you follow the mah
\'e4jana, the authorities, then you can understand." Therefore, this authority, this disciplic succession... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 scholarship we may be able to manufacture some theory of }{
\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  just as Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi did when he interpreted }{\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  in an effort to support his theory of nonviolence. How is it possible to prove nonviolen
ce 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  The very theme of }{\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  involves Arjuna's reluctance to fight and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inducing him to kill his opponents. In fact, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that the battle had already been decided by the Supreme, that the people who were assembled on the battlefield were predestined never to return. It was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them. If fighting is proclaimed a necessity in }{\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  how is it possible to prove nonviolence from it? Such interpretations are attempts to distort }{\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  As soon as the }{\cs2873\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 interpreted according to the motive of an individual, the purpose is lost. It is stated that we cannot attain the conclusion of the Vedic literature by the force of our own logic or argument. There are many things which do not com
e within the jurisdiction of our sense of logic. As far as scriptures are concerned, we find different scriptures describing the Absolute Truth in different ways. If we analyze all of them, there will be bewilderment. There are also many philosophers wit
h different opinions, and they're always contradicting one another. If the truth cannot be understood by reading various scriptures, by logical argument or philosophical theories, then how can it be attained? The fact is that the wisdom of the Absolute T
ruth is very confidential, but if we follow the authorities, it can be understood.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In India there are disciplic successions. Now, so far we are concerned, we are following the disciplic succession. Just like R\'e4m\'e4nuj
\'e4c\'e4rya and the Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya and Nimb\'e4rka, Vi\'f1\'ebu Sv\'e4m\'e9. So we try to understand the Vedic literatures from our superior spiritual master. That is the process. Just like Arjuna is trying to understand from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, or 
from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, similarly, if we want to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, then we have to understand it from Arjuna, not from any other person.\line If you have got any knowledge of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, you have to see how does it tally with the unde
rstanding of Arjuna? That you'll find in the tenth chapter. If you find that, that you have understood in the same way as Arjuna understood it, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, then your understanding of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is right. Otherwise, if you have understoo
d in a different way which is not corroborated by the understanding of Arjuna, then your understanding of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is different from the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as it is. This should be the criterion of your study.\line So if we actually want to d
erive some benefit out of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, then we have to follow these principles. Without following some principles, without following some, I mean to, some regulative rules and regulation, how can you understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? It is not 
a, not an ordinary book of knowledge, that you can purchase from the market, and read it and consult dictionary, and you can understand. No. It is not possible. Not possible. Otherwise, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not have told to Arjuna, "Now it is lost. The B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is now lost. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660713BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 India, there are disciplic successions coming from R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Nimb\'e4rka, Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m\'e9 and other
 great sages. The Vedic literatures are understood through the superior spiritual masters. Arjuna understood }{\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  from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we wish to understand it, we have to understand it from Arjuna, not from any other source. If we have any knowledge of }{\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  we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna. If we understand }{\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  in the same way that Arjuna did, we should know that our understanding is correct. This should be the criteria for our st
udying of }{\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  If we actually want to receive benefit 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  we have to follow this principle. }{\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  is not an ordinary book of knowledge which we can purchase from the market place, read and merely consult a diction
ary to understand. This is not possible. If it were, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would never have told Arjuna that the science was lost.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:\line sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 may\'e4 te 'dya\line yoga\'f9 prokta\'f9 pur\'e4tana\'f9\line bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti\line rahasya
\'e0 hy etad uttamam\line  [Bg. 4.3]\line Last day we were discussing about the process of understanding Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. This is to receive the knowledge in disciplic succession, bona fide disciplic succession. It is not a thing... Any knowledge, ev
en material knowledge, if it is not received in bona fide disciplic succession, that knowledge is not perfect. Suppose if you want to be a lawyer, or if you want to be an engineer, or a medical practitioner. You have to receive the knowledge from the aut
horitative lawyer, authoritative engineer. Of course, I do not know what is the custom here. In India the custom is that a new lawyer, he has to become an apprentice of an experienced lawyer before he is given the license to practice. That is the Indian 
system. So any knowledge, unless we receive it through the authoritative sources, it is not perfect. It is not perfect. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 difficult to understand the necessity of going t
hrough the disciplic succession to understand }{\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  If we wish to be a lawy
er, an engineer or doctor, we have to receive knowledge from the authoritative lawyers, engineers and doctors. A new lawyer has to become an apprentice of an experienced lawyer, or a young man studying to be a doctor has to become an intern and work with
 those who are already licensed practitioners. Our knowledge of a subject cannot be perfectionalized unless we receive it through authoritative sources.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of processes of acquiring knowledge. One process is deductive, and the other process is inductive. Those who are studen
t of logic, you know that there are two processes: deductive knowledge and inductive knowledge. Deductive knowledge is considered to be more perfect. And what is that? Just like "Man is mortal." This is a truth, accepted. How man is mortal, nobody's goin
g to enter into discussion. It is accepted that man is mortal. Now, Mr. Johnson is a man. So he is mortal. This is the deductive conclusion. Because man is mortal and Johnson is a man, therefore he's mortal. This is the process of deductive knowledge. No
w, how this man is mortal, this truth established? The other party, those who are inductive, follower of inductive process, they want to see actually by experiment and observation how man is mortal. They want to study, "This man dies. That man dies. That
 man dies. That man dies." Therefore they make a general conclusion, "Well, all men are mortal."\line Now, in the inductive process you have got some defects. What is that? Now, your experience is limited. Suppose if you have not seen a man who is not mo
rtal, who is not mortal. There may be. Because you are going on with your personal experience, but your personal experience is always imperfect. That I have already discussed. Because we have got our senses with limited power. And there are so many defec
ts in our conditioned stage. Therefore inductive process is not always perfect. The deductive process, from the authority, the knowledge received, is always perfect. So Vedic process is deductive process. Vedic process is deductive process. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 are two processes for attaining knowledge\'97one is inductive and the other is deductive. The deductive method is considered to be more perfect. We may take a premise such as, "All 
men are mortal," and no one need discuss how man is mortal. It is generally accepted that this is the case. The deductive conclusion is: "Mr. Johnson is a man; therefore Mr. Johnson is mortal." But how is the premise that all men are mortal arrived at? F
ollowers of the inductive method wish to arrive at this premise through experiment and observations. We may thus study that this man died and that man died, etc., and after seeing that so many men have died we may conclude or generalize that all men are 
mortal, but there is a major defect in this inductive method, and that is that our experience is limited. We may never have seen a man who is not mortal, but we are judging this on our personal experience, which is finite. Our senses have limited power, 
and there are so many defects in our conditional state. The inductive process consequently is not always perfect, whereas the deductive process from a source of perfect knowledge is perfect. The Vedic process is such a process.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub You'll find so many verses in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 which may appear to be dogmatic. The Lord says that matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat 
ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya: [Bg. 7.7] "My dear Arjuna, there is nobody else greater than Me. There is no greater authority than Me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. Now, apparently, it appears very dogmatic. Suppose if I say before you that, "There is nobody grea
ter than me," oh, you'll think, "Oh, Swamiji is very proud." Yes. If a man like me, who is conditioned by so many, I mean to say, restrictions, if I say that I am the greatest of all, that is a blasphemy. I cannot say that. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba can say. Be
cause the history of life from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can understand that actually He was the greatest personality. At least, during His time, He was the greatest personality in every field of activities. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in }{\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  which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in the Seventh Chapter \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.7)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying that there is no authority greater than Him, and this appears to be very dogmatic. If I say, "There is no one greater than me," p
eople would think, "Oh, Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 is very proud." If a man who is conditioned by so many imperfections says that he is the greatest of all, he blasphemes. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba can say this, for we can understand from the histories that even while He
 was on this earth, He was considered the greatest personality of His time. Indeed, He was the greatest in all fields of activity.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now knowledge received from the greatest personality, greatest authority, is, according to Vedic system, that is accepted as perfect.\line 
There are three kinds of proofs. According to Vedic system, they accept three kinds. For establishing truth, they, they take three kinds of proofs: pratyak\'f1a, anum\'e4na, aitihya. In logic also, these three kinds of proofs are accepted. What is that? 
Now, direct perception. You are seeing. I am sitting here. That is direct knowledge. I am seeing that you are sitting here. That is direct knowledge, pratyak\'f1a.\line  Anum\'e4na. Anum\'e4na means just like the children are playing there. We are hearin
g their sound. So we can conjecture that there are some children. We don't see the children. But we can conjecture, we can think, we can imagine that there are some children who are playing there. This is called anum\'e4na.\line  Pratyak\'f1a, anum\'e4na
 and aitihya, or \'e7abda-pram\'e4\'eba. \'c7abda-pram\'e4\'eba means to take the truth from the highest authority. That is called \'e7abda-pram\'e4\'eba. Just like "Man is mortal." Now, this "Man is mortal," nobody knows wherefrom this sound has come fi
rst. Who has experienced that man is mortal? But we are accepting this. We are accepting this. By tradition, we know man is mortal. Now if we, if somebody says, "Who found this truth first? Who discovered that man is mortal?" That is very difficult to sa
y. But it is coming down. The knowledge is coming down, "Man is mortal," and we accept everything. There are so many examples. So out of these three, the Vedic knowledge, they say that this aitihya, or the knowledge received from the authority, is the mo
st perfect.\line Neither, I mean to say, imagination or hypothesis nor direct. Direct perception is always imperfect, especially in the conditioned stage of life. Just like direct perception-with our eyes we see the sun just like a disc, not more than yo
ur plate on which you take your meals. But from authority, aitihya, we understand the sun is so many millions times greater than this earth. So which of them is right? By seeing your direct perception, sun just like a disc-is it right? Or you take it fro
m authority that sun is such and such times bigger than the earth? Which one of them you'll accept? But you are not going to prove it that the sun is so great. You do not know. You accept from some scientist, from some astronomer, from some authority, th
at sun is so great. But you have no capacity to see yourself whether the sun is so great or not. Therefore the knowledge received from authority actually we are accustomed and we are accepting this type of knowledge in every field of our activities.\line
Now, what is this newspaper? Oh, you, from newspaper you understand that "In China such and such things have taken place. And in India such and such things have taken place." Or from radio message you understand that "Such and such things have taken plac
e." But you are not experiencing them directly, whether such and such things have actually taken place. But you accept the authority of the newspaper. You accept the authority of newspaper and you believe it, that in China such and such things have taken
 place and in India such and such things have taken place, which is far beyond the range of your direct perception. Similarly, there are many instances. We have to believe the authority to take knowledge. And the more the authority is perfect, your knowl
edge is perfect. The more the authority is perfect, your knowledge is perfect. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Vedic system, knowledge which is achieved from the greatest authority is to be con
sidered perfect. According to the }{\cs2873\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 three kinds of proof: }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pratyak\'f1a, anum\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7abda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One is by direct visual perception. If a person is sitting in front of me, I can see him sitting there, and my knowledge of his sitting there is received
 through my eyes. The second method, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anum\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is auricular: we may hear children playin
g outside, and by hearing we can conjecture that they are there. And the third method is the method of taking truths from a higher authority. Such a saying as "Man is mortal" is accepted from higher authorities. Everyone accepts this, but no one has expe
rienced that all men are mortal. By tradition, we have to accept this. If someone asks, "Who found this truth first? Did you discover it?" it is very difficult to say. All we can say is that the knowledge is coming down and that we accept it. Out of the 
three methods of acquiring knowledge, the }{\cs2873\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 the third method, that of receivi
ng knowledge from higher authorities, is the most perfect. Direct perception is always imperfect, especially in the conditional stage of life. By direct perception we can see that the sun is just like a disc, no larger than the plate we eat on. From scie
ntists, however, we come to understand that the sun is many thousands of times larger than the earth. So what are we to accept? Are we to accept the scientific proclamation, the proclamation of authorities, or our own experience? Although we cannot ourse
lves prove how large the sun is, we accept the verdict of astronomers. In this way we are accepting the statements of authorities in every field of our activities. From newspapers and radio we also understand that such and such events are taking place in
 China and India and other places all around the earth. We're not experiencing these events directly, and we don't know that such events are actually taking place, but we accept the authority of the newspapers and radio. We have no choice but to believe 
authorities in order to get knowledge. And when the authority is perfect, our knowledge is perfect.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Therefore in the Vedic process of knowledge the authority has been accepted as the perfect source of knowledge.\line Now, here is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the direct, I mean to say, highest authority. Matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya [Bg. 7.7]. The Lord says that "There is no other superior personality than Me." And it has been accepted by great scholars. Otherwise, why 
Dr. Radhakrishnan would take so much trouble for commenting or reading Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? Why there are so many foreign scholars also in America, in England, in France, in Japan? All, they have... Why? Because it is an authority. So therefore we have t
o accept. To accept...\line If we do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba the supreme authority and so not take His words as they are, then we cannot derive any benefit... It is not dogmatic. It is actually fact. It is not dogmatic. If you study scrutinizingly what
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, you'll find it is right. You'll find it, and if you take, if you follow... [kids screaming outside] Oh, they are making too much noise. Can you not ask them?\line Devotee: Yeah, I'll ask them. [laughs] Agreed!\line Prabhup\'e4da: If
 we take it, accept it as it is, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, then actually, we shall be benefited. And great stalwart scholars just like R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, in India, they have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as th
e supreme authority.\line Even \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, who is, who has got a different opinion from the Personality of Godhead. Because we, we, the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, we are, we accept the personal Godhead, but there are other philosophers who do not acc
ept the personal feature of the Supreme Absolute Truth. \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya was the head of this impersonal school. Still, he has admitted in his commentation of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that sa k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 svaya\'e0 bhagav\'e4n: "Oh, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the Supreme Lord. He's the Supreme Lord." So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, and He's accepted. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Vedic sources, of all authorities K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s the greatest and most perfect (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ny\'e4t}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Not only does K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaim Himself to be the highest authorit
y, but this is also accepted by great sages and scholars of }{\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  If we do 
not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as authority and take His words as they are, we cannot derive any benefit 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  It is not dogmatic; it is a fact. If we study scrutinizingly what K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, we will find that it is right. Even scholars like \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, who have different opinions from the Personality o
f Godhead, admit that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0 bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Sup
reme Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, now \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, this science of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, was first spoken by Me to the s
un-god, sun-god. So whatever I am speaking to you, Arjuna, it is not a new thing." The Vedic knowledge, whatever Vedic knowledge you know, it is not, nothing like some discovery of knowledge. No. Everything is old, revealed knowledge. Everything is old, 
revealed knowledge. Going on. Just like history repeats itself. Just like this is, this is summer season. It is no new newcomer. The summer season comes. You know in your life. The summer season came last year, and again it has come. And we can foretell 
also that in the month of December there will be winter season. It is not foretelling. It is going on like that, circle. So everything is rotating, history is repeating. So knowledge, whatever knowledge is there, that is not a new thing. It is all old.
\line So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, sa eva aya\'e0 te, te adya yoga\'f9 prokta\'f9 pur\'e4tana\'f9. Pur\'e4tana\'f9 means the old, pur\'e4tana\'f9. "I am speaking to you this yoga system, this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 yoga system
 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, always to be in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, this yoga is. So He says that, sa ev\'e4ya\'e0: "I am speaking to you again that oldest knowledge, oldest knowledge of bhagavad-yoga, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. I am not speaking t
o you something new." Now, you can understand that Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was first spoken to the sun-god, and we have calculated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's speaking to sun-god, even accepting, it comes to some forty millions of years before it was spoken. You h
ave to believe it. So forty millions of years before it was spoken first. And we do not know how many millions of years it was spoken again before that also. Because history is repeating. And we do not know.\line Our fund of knowledge is very poor. We ca
nnot present history of this present world more than three thousand years. But in the Vedic scripture we find history, millions and millions of years ago. That is the beauty of Vedic literature. So because we cannot find out in the modern day three thous
and, more than three thousand years of chronological history, that does not mean that there was no history before and there was no historical incidences. No. That we should not conclude in that way.\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "I am speaking to you..."
 Sa ev\'e4ya\'e0 may\'e4 te 'dya: [Bg. 4.3] "What I am speaking to you now, today, it is not new. It was spoken long, long before. It is that oldest system of yoga I'm speaking to you." Bhakto 'si. Bhakto 'si: "And why I am speaking to you?" This is the 
point to be noted, that bhakto 'si. This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 yoga is to be understood by a person who is a bhakta, who is a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nobody can understand it. Bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti rahasyam... Because there is a mystery, mystery o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is impossible to be adopted by a person who is not a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the qualification. To understand, to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is rather a difficult job because unless one is a d
evotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will be a difficult problem. This, this very word, it suggests, bhakto 'si, that one's qualification must be that he's a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that he can understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.\line Now, Arjuna says that
... Now, people, why Arjuna? Anyone can say, "Well, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a historical personality of Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata. How it is possible that He spoke to sun-god forty millions of years before? Oh, this is something wonderful. How can we believe it?" Supp
ose if I say that "I narrated, I gave a speech in the sun planet and forty millions of years before," you'll laugh: "Oh, Swamiji's speaking some nonsense, that forty millions of years before he spoke this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 in the sun planet." But He...
 That is not the case with K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He's the Personality of Godhead. My case is different. If I say, you can disbelieve it. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, you cannot disbelieve it.\line So even if you believe it, or do not believe it, that p
osition is being cleared by Arjuna. Because Arjuna knew it perfectly well that it is quite possible by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to speak such and such thing forty millions of years before because He's the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But for others, who will he
ar this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 in future, for them, he's making the point clear and asking K\'e5\'f1\'eba, apara\'e0 bhavato janma para\'e0 janma vivasvata\'f9: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are born just... You are contemporary of me. Say, eighty years or n
inety years before You were born along with me. Your age and my age, practically the same. How it is possible that forty millions of years before you spoke to sun-god?" Just see. It is very intelligent question by Arjuna so that the point may be cleared 
in future, people may not misunderstand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Apara\'e0 bhavato janma para\'e0 janma vivasvata\'f9. [Bg. 4.4] }{\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 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic knowledge is not a recent discovery. It is all old r
evealed knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba refers to it as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pur\'e4tana\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means ancient. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says that millions of years before He spoke this }{\cs2873\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, and we
 do not know how many millions of years before that He spoke it to someone else. This knowledge is always being repeated, just as summer, autumn, winter and spring are repeated every year. Our fund of knowledge is very poor; we do not even know the histo
ry of this planet more than 5,000 years back, but the Vedic literatures give us histories extending millions of years ago. Just because we have no knowledge of what happened 3,000 years ago on this planet, we cannot conclude that there was no history the
n. Of course one can disclaim the historical validity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One may say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, according to }{\cs2873\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  lived 5,000 years ago, and this being the case, there is no possibility of His having spoken }{\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  to the sun god so many millions of years before. If I said that I gave a speech on the sun some millions of years ago to the sun god, people would say, "Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 is speaki
ng some nonsense." But this is not the case with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whether we believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\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  to the sun god or not, this fact is being accepted by Arjuna. Arjuna accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord, and therefore he knew that it was quite possible fo
r K\'e5\'f1\'eba to have spoken to someone millions of years before. Although Arjuna personally accepts the statements of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in order to clarify the situation for people who would come after him, he asks:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apara\'e0 bhavato janma\line para\'e0 janma vivasvata\'f9\line katham etad vij\'e4n\'e9y\'e4\'e0\line tvam \'e4dau proktav\'e4n 
iti
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The sun-god Vivasv\'e4n is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?" 
(}{\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 4.4)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub It is very intelligent question. It is very intelligent question. Now, what K\'e5\'f1\'eba answers? \'c7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Now, pa
rticularly said that, bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca: "The Personality of Godhead says." What does He say?\line [....]\line Now, the... [aside:] Yes, come on.\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My dear Arjuna, yes, your question is very intelligent question that you are a
sking Me how it is possible that forty millions of years before I spoke this science of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to the sun-god. Yes. But you, you should know it that bah\'fcni me vyat\'e9t\'e4ni janm\'e4ni tava c\'e4rjuna, You and Myself... Although I am God
, I take incarnation many, many times. And you are a living entity; you are also taking your birth repeatedly so many times. So we have passed already. The difference between you and Me is this, that t\'e4ni veda, t\'e4ny aha\'e0 veda sarv\'e4\'ebi, I, I
 remember what I did in the past, long, long years before, but you cannot remember." That is the difference between God and man, or God and living entity.\line Our, our position as living entity... We are also eternal. Just like God is eternal, similarly
, we are also eternal. But the difficulty is that we change our body. We change our body. V\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya [Bg. 2.22]. Just like we change our dress, similarly, we change our body. And as soon as we change our body, no
w, we forget everything. Death means forgetfulness. That's all. Just like at night, when you sleep, you forget yourself. You forget yourself that "I am the father of such and such children, I am the husband of such and such..." You dream that you are in 
a different place. Sometimes you are on the sea, sometimes on the sky, sometimes on something. You forget yourself. You forget yourself. Again, when you wake up, oh, you remember, "Oh, I am such and such person. I have to do such and such and such and su
ch..." So this is going on. So death means forgetfulness. That's all.\line Now, if it is a fact that I am eternal. So before getting this body, I had another body or another father, mother, family or society or country and everything... But do we remembe
r it, in what country I was there? In what family I was there? Sometimes we get news from newspaper that a child is born. He is speaking about his previous birth. Perhaps you know. Sometimes it may be possible in extraordinary cases. But it is a fact. It
 is a fact that in my previous life I had also another body. I had my father and mother and country and family.\line It may be I was a dog or cat or man or bird. That doesn't matter.. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 this is a very intelligent question, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba answers it in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcni me vyat\'e9t\'e4ni\line janm\'e4ni tava c\'e4rjuna\line t\'e4ny aha\'e0 veda sarv\'e4\'ebi\line na tva\'e0 vettha para
ntapa
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "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\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 4.5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, He incarnates many, many times. Arjuna, being a living entity, also takes his birth many, many times. The difference between the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead and a living entity is, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4ny aha\'e0 veda sarv\'e4\'ebi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K
\'e5\'f1\'eba remembers the events of His past incarnations, whereas the living entity cannot remember. That is one of the differences between God and man. God is eternal, and we are also eternal, but the difference is that we are always changing our bod
ies. At death we forget the events of our lifetime; death means forgetfulness, that's all. At night, when we go to sleep, we forget that we are the husband of such and such a wife and the father of such and such children. We forget ourselves in sleep, bu
t when we wake up, we remember, "Oh, I am so and so, and I must do such and such." It is a fact that in our previous lives we had other bodies with other families, fathers, mothers and so on in other countries, but we have forgotten all of these. We migh
t have been dogs or cats or men or gods\'97whatever we were we have now forgotten.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub But as living entity, I am eternal. I had my another body. Similarly, we, we are preparing another body in this life. Just like, under the 
preparation of my previous life, I have got this body. Karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-netre\'eba jantur deha upapattaye [Bh\'e4g. 3.31.1]. We get our body according to our karma, according to your karma. If we do s\'e4ttvika-karma... \'dcrdhva\'e0 gacchanti sattva-
sth\'e4\'f9: [Bg. 14.18] "Those who are in the modes of goodness, they are promoted to higher status of life or higher planet, like that." And madhye ti\'f1\'f6hanti r\'e4jas\'e4\'f9: "Those who are in the modes of passion, they remain here in this Bh
\'fcrloka." And adho gacchanti t\'e4mas\'e4\'f9: "Those who are engrossed with the modes of ignorance, they may be degraded from this planet to another, degraded planet, or another life, or animal life. This is the process, going on. And we forget. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 all these changes, as living entities, we are eternal. Just as in previous lives we have prepared for this body, in this lifetime we are preparing for another body. We get our
 bodies according to our }{\cs2873\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 activities. Those who are in the mode of goodness are p
romoted to higher planets, in a higher status of life (}{\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 14.14}{\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 . Those who die in the mode of passion remain on earth, and those who die in the mode of ignorance may fall into the animal s
pecies of life or may be transferred to a lower planet (}{\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 . This is the process that has been going on, but we forget it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub [..] Not Brahm\'e4, Indra, the king of heaven. The king of heaven, he made some offense under, on the feet of his spiritual master, B\'e5ha
spati, and he cursed him that "You are just like a hog. You take the birth of a hog." So he became a hog. Now, when the throne of the heavenly kingdom was vacant due to the absence of Indra-he has become a hog in this earth-so Brahm\'e4 came. Brahm\'e4 c
ame that, "Mr. Such-and-such, you have now become hog for your offensive activities. Now I have come to deliver you. Please come with me." Now, the hog said, "Oh, I cannot go with you. I cannot go with you. Oh, I have got so many responsibilities. I have
 got my children. I have got my wife. I have got my country. I have got my society." The hog, he's... So even you offer the hog to take him to the heaven, he will refuse. "Oh, I have got so much responsibility." This is called forgetfulness. This is call
ed forgetfulness\line Now, the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes that "What you are nonsense doing this material world?" Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: [Bg. 18.66] "You come to Me. I give you all protection." "Oh, I don't beli
eve You, Sir. I have got more important business here. I don't believe You." This is our position. This is our position, forgetfulness. A conditioned soul is forgetful, forgetful. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660718BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 one time, Indra, the king of heaven, committed an offense at the feet of his spiritual master, and his spiritual master cursed him to take the birth of a hog. Thus the throne of the heavenly kingdom became empty as Indra went to earth to b
ecome a hog. Seeing the situation, Brahm\'e4 came to earth and addressed the hog: "My dear sir, you have become a hog on this planet earth. I have come to deliver you. Come with me at once." But the hog replied: "Oh I cannot go with you. I have so many r
esponsibilities\'97my children, wife and this nice hog society." Even though Brahm\'e4 promised to take him back to heaven, Indra, in the form of a hog, refused. This is called forgetfulness. Similarly, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and says to us,
 "What are you doing in this material world? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Come to Me, and I'll give you all protection." But we say, "I don't b
elieve You Sir. I have more important business here." This is the position of the conditioned soul\'97forgetfulness. This forgetfulness is quickly dissipated by following in the path of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 6: Knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Appearances and 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 6\line Knowledge of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's Appearances and Activities
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 660720BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub There are... Two forces of nature is acting upon us by which we decide something that "We now, this life, I shall make spiritual advancemen
t. Now it is decided." And next moment the illusory m\'e4y\'e4, or illusory energy, says, "What nonsense spiritual life you are going to do? Just enjoy this here. You have got so many enjoyments. Why you are thinking like that?" So prak\'f1ep\'e4tmik\'e4
, vik\'f1ep\'e4tmik\'e4. This is going on. So forgetfulness. So that is the difference between God and man.\line Here, in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, it is clearly said that "My dear Arjuna, you also had many, many births. You were, you are also, because yo
u are constant companion of Me, so whenever I take incarnation in the, any planet, so you also, you are also with Me. So when I took incarnation in the sun planet and I spoke this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to sun-god, you were also present with Me, but unfortu
nately, you have forgotten. Because you are a living being and I am the Supreme Lord." That is the difference between the Supreme Lord... I cannot remember. Forgetfulness is my nature.\line Now, you cannot say... Now... Just now it is eight o'clock. Can 
you say exactly at eight o'clock what you had been doing in the morning or yesterday, this evening. Oh, you have to remember it. So while I cannot remember even what I was doing twelve hours before or twenty-four hours before, oh, what I can remember wha
t was going on in my previous life? It is not possible.\line Another thing is that why K\'e5\'f1\'eba can remember and you cannot remember it? What is that? Why this difference? The difference is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not change His body. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two forces of nature working in us. By one we decide that in this lifetime we will m
ake spiritual advancement, but at the next moment the other force, }{\cs2873\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 illusory
 energy, says, "What is all this trouble that you're going to? Just enjoy this life and be easy with yourself." This tendency to fall into forgetfulness is the difference between God and man. Arjuna is a companion and associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and w
henever K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears on any planet, Arjuna also takes birth and appears with Him. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\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  to the sun god, Arjuna was also present with Him. But, being a finite living entity, Arjuna could not remember. Forgetfulness is the nature of the living entity. We cannot even remember what we were doing
 at this exact time yesterday or a week ago. If we cannot remember this, how is it possible to remember what happened in our previous lives? At this point we may ask how it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can remember and we cannot, and the answer is that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba does not change His body.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You'll find in the... this chapter you'll find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata [Bg. 4.7],
\line 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\line  [Bg. 4.8]\line \'c4tma-m\'e4y\'e4, \'e4tma-m\'e4y\'e4. \'c4tma-m\'e4y\'e4 means He co
mes down as He is. He does not change His body. But we are conditioned soul. We change our body. That is the difference. And because we change our body, we forget everything. That is the difference. T\'e4ny aha\'e0 veda sarv\'e4\'ebi. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says
 that "I remember whatever has been done in My previous incarnations, and millions and millions of years before, I can remember them. I know past, future, present. Not only past, future, present of My activities, but past, future, present of everyone's a
ctivities." You'll find. Ved\'e4ha\'e0 sama, sarvam etam. In the Tenth Chapter, you'll find that He knows past, present... }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4\line bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya\line sambhav\'e4my \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "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 original transcendental form." }{\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 4.6}{\cs2873\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 word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends as He is. He does not change His body, but we, as conditioned souls, change ours, and because of this we forget. K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows not only the past, present and future of His activ
ities, but the past, present and future of everyone's activities.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved\'e4ha\'e0 samat\'e9t\'e4ni\line vartam\'e4n\'e4ni c\'e4rjuna\line bhavi\'f1y\'e4\'ebi ca bh\'fct\'e4ni\line m\'e4\'e0 tu ved
a na ka\'e7cana
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the presen
t, and all things that are yet to come. 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 (}{\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 7.26}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub And in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam you'll find that the definition of the Supreme Lord is given as sarva-j\'efa. Sarva-j\'efa.  Sarva-j
\'efa means one who knows everything, past, present, future, everything. He's sa... That is the qualification of the Supreme Lord, sarva-j\'efa. We are not sarva-j\'efa. Even as the most perfect living entity, just like Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva, they are, they
 are also not sarva-j\'efa. Sarva-j\'efa is only Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sarva-j\'efa. So that is the difference between man and God, or living entity and the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead. He knows. He knows.\line Here i
t is distinct... If you have to believe Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, then the distinction you have to believe, you have to take. You cannot say that "There is no difference between me and K\'e5\'f1\'eba." No, there is difference. Here the difference is clearly e
xplained that "That is the difference between you and Me, that you forget. You cannot remember all the incidences of your life, past, present and future, but I can remember." That is the difference.\line Now, the next question is that if He does not chan
ge His body, why He takes, comes as incarnation? These are very difficult questions. There are some, many difference of opinions amongst the philosophers. Somebody says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba assumes the material body when He comes. No. He doesn't assume th
e material body like us. Then He could not remember. Just, here is a critical point. If He would have accepted material body like us, then He could not remember because we have got this material body, and due to this material body and change, we cannot r
emember anything. Therefore the natural conclusion is that He does not change His body.\line In the next verse, He says,\line [....]\line Now this is called... As we generally call, "God is almighty, all-powerful." Now, here this all-powerfulness is expl
ained. That ajo 'pi: "Although I have no birth... I am eternal." Similarly, the living entity, he has also no birth. This birth which we considered as birth, this is a birth of this body. I am also aja. Not that I was born at a certain time and I shall d
ie at a such time. The birth and death which we have accepted, it is due to this body. But I am not this body. That point we have already discussed, that I am not this body.\line So our birth and death calculation is on account of this body. Otherwise, w
e are as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba is aja, He never takes birth or never dies, there is no birth or death for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, similarly, we living entities, we have also no birth and death. We are also eternal. But why this birth and deat
h? This birth and death due to my, this material body. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\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 also find that the Supreme Lord is defined as one who knows everything. This i
s not the case with even the most elevated living entities, such as Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva. Only Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything. We may also ask that if the Lord does not change His body, why does He come as an incarnation? There is much d
ifference among philosophers concerning this question. Some say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba assumes a material body when He comes, but this is not the case. If He assumed a material body like ours, He could not remember, for forgetfulness is due to the material 
body. The actual conclusion is that He doesn't change His body. God is called all-powerful, and in the verse quoted above, His omnipotence is explained. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no birth, and He is eternal. Similarly, the living entity has no birth, and he is 
also eternal. It is only the body with which the living entity identifies that takes birth.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now, this, this body is not eternal. Antavanta ime deh\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 2.14]. As we have already discussed, that this body is perishable, wher
eas the person who is occupying this body, he's imperishable, imperishable. So this body's perishable. Therefore it is not sat. And it is, it is full of ignorance. Therefore it is not cit. And because full of ignorance and because it is temporary, theref
ore we have got miseries. Just like we are feeling too hot. Today the temperature is very high. Why we are feeling? Because due to this body. M\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 2.14]. Similarly, in th
e month of December we shall feel severe cold. Why? Due to this body. Due to this... And as soon as we get spiritual body, we don't feel. We are unaffected by any material actions.\line You'll find that there are many sages and saints who are almost spir
itually realized souls, don't care for all this heat and cold. Still you'll find. If you happen to go to Allahabad in the month of December, there is a fair. All s\'e4dhus come there and in the severe cold and... Of course, not so cold as in your country
, but still, sometimes it is forty degrees, temperature. But you'll find many saints there, bare, I mean to say, body. There is no dress. They are sitting, dead of night. You see? They don't care for cold or heat. You see? Because they are spiritually ad
vanced.\line So as you make your progress, spiritually, as you become hot... Just like I have given several times the example. If a iron, iron put into the fire, it gets warm, warmer, warmer and becomes red hot, and as soon as it is red hot, it is no lon
ger iron. It is fire. The iron, wherever it will touch, it will burn because it has got the quality of fire. Similarly, even if you are in these bodies, material body, if you advance yourself in spiritual consciousness or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, yo
u will be spiritualized. Your body will be spiritualized. You'll be no more be affected by this material contamination. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the very beginning of }{\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  in t
he Second Chapter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that what we accept as birth and death is due to the body, and as soon as we regain our spiritual body and get out of the contamination of birth and death, we should be qualitatively as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. T
hat is the whole process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97the revival of our original }{\cs2873\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  spiritual body. That body is eternal (}{\cs2873\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 ), full of knowledge (}{\cs2873
\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 blissful (}{\cs2873\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 ). This material body is neither }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sat, cit,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nor }{\cs2873\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  It is perishable, 
whereas the person who is occupying the body is imperishable. It is also full of ignorance, and because it is ignorant and temporary, it is full of misery. We feel severe hot or severe cold due to the material body, but as soon as we revive our spiritual
 body, we become unaffected by dualities. Even while within the material bodies there are }{\cs2873\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 are impervious to dualities such as heat and cold. As we begin to make spiritual advancement while in the material body, we begin to take on the qualities of a spiritual body. If we put iron into a fire, it becomes hot, and then it becom
es red-hot, and finally it is no longer iron, but fire\'97whatever it touches bursts into flames. As we become advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our material body will become spiritualized and will no longer be affected by material contamination.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance and disappearance, is just like the sun, is just like the sun. Now, sun, in t
he morning, you'll see that it, it appears as if it is born from the eastern horizon. It is not born. The sun is always in the sky. It is the position of the earth in which we understand that sun is now rising from the eastern horizon. He's neither risin
g, nor he's dipping into the sea. He is, the sun is as it is, in his position, but due to the position, changing position of this earth, we see that the sun is rising and sun is setting. Similarly, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when He comes as incarnation, He com
es just like this, in the same way.\line There is some historical, I mean to, calculation, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes on this earth. It is calculated that 864 crores of years after He comes once. Just like you can see the sun rising after twelve hours, af
ter twenty-four hours. The morning sunrising takes place every twenty-four hours or the sunsetting also takes place every twenty-four hours. Similarly, there is also time limit. That is mentioned. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba rises. He,
 He is rising... Just like sun, sunset and sunrising is going on every moment, every moment.\line Now, if you inquire where is now sunset or sunrise you can understand in different countries somewhere, the sun is now rising. Now, in America, the sunset a
nd in India it is rising. It is rising. Exactly it is now eight, quarter past eight, and if you know by radio message what is the time in India you'll find that it is quarter past eight in the morning, and the sun has just rising. Now, here the sunset, a
nd the sun... Similarly, if you inquire from Japan or any other country, the sun, the sun is somewhere in the meridian, sometimes it is, I mean to say, dead of night. So this timing difference is just like going on according to the position of the world 
movement. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance and disappearance is like that. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is born and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is gone. No, it is not like that. Somewhere is K\'e5\'f1\'eba there. Just like the sun is somewhere. There are innum
erable universes. The one universe, you see, oh, this is only one, but there are many. You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [10.42] that ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena sthito jagat. Ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena sthito jagat. This material manifestation, with innumerable unive
rses, is only a one part of manifestation of the Supreme Lord. Ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena sthito jagat. These descriptions are there in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth, His appearance and disappearance, are likened unto the appearance and disappearance of the sun. In the morning it appears as if the sun is born from the easter
n horizon, but actually it is not. The sun is neither rising nor setting; it is as it is in its position. All risings and settings are due to the rotation of the earth. Similarly, in Vedic literatures there are prescribed schedules for the appearance and
 disappearance of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's rising is just like the sun. The sun's rising and setting are going on at every moment; somewhere in the world people are witnessing sunrise and sunset. It is not that at one point K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is born and at another point He is gone. He is always there somewhere, but He appears to come and go. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears and disappears in many universes. We only have experience of this one universe, but from Vedic literatures we can understan
d that this universe is but a part of the infinite manifestations of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san [Bg. 4.6]: "Although I am the Lord, I am t
he Supreme Lord of everything and although I am unborn, aja, and avyay\'e4tm\'e4, I have no change, still, prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya." Prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m.\line Now, you should know there are two kinds of prak\'e5ti. Prak\'e5ti means 
nature. You'll find it in the Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that the Lord says that He has got two... Why Lord says? In the Vedic scripture also we'll find, par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate: [\'c7vet. 6.8] "There are different kinds
 of nature of the Supreme." Sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca. So out of many kinds of nature of the Supreme Lord, they have divided the whole thing into three divisions. One is called external nature, and the other is called internal natu
re. And there is another nature which is called marginal nature. The external nature, the material world, manifestation of this material world, is external nature. And this is described in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, as we'll find it in the Seventh Chapter,
 that apareyam. Apar\'e4. Apar\'e4 means inferior or lower nature, lower nature. So He has got higher nature.\line One may question that "Why? The Supreme Lord is all-good. Why He has got higher nature and lower nature?" Yes, He has got because He says. 
You cannot say that there is no higher nature and lower nature. There is also higher nature. Now, here the Lord says that "When I come as incarnation, when I appear..." Prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya. Sv\'e4m means His higher nature. He does 
not accept this material nature. He does not accept this material nature.\line Just like the example... We can give very tangible example. Just like in the prison house sometimes the head of the country goes to visit, to see, to inspect how the prison li
fe is going on or to give them some instruction, some good lesson, that "Why you are rotting in prison? You become good citizen." Now, suppose the head of the state goes to the prison and to instruct the prisoners, and if the prisoners think, "Oh, he is 
also a prisoner. The head of the state who has come to instruct, he is also one of the prisoners, like us."\line So similarly, if we think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like us, He is also assumed a material body and He is one of us, then it is a mistake. It is
 a mistake. That is explained. In the later chapters you'll find. Avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam: [Bg. 9.11] "Oh, because I appear just like a man, the foolish man considers Me as one of them. But I am not 
as one of... I am not one of them." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord an
d is unborn and unchangeable, He appears in His original transcendental nature. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "nature." In the Seventh Chapter of }{\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  it is stated t
hat there are many kinds of nature. These have been categorized into three basic types. There is external nature, internal nature and marginal nature. The external nature is the manifestation of this material world, and in the Seventh Chapter of }{
\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  this is described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or material nature. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears, He accepts the higher nature (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), not the inferior material nature. Sometimes the head of a state may go to the prison house in order to inspect the p
rison and see the inmates there, but the prisoners are in error if they think, "The head of the state has come to prison, so he is a prisoner just like us." As pointed out before, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that fools deride Him when He descends in 
human form }{\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 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 .
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "I come." Ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san [Bg. 4.6]: "Because I need n
ot come here. I need not come." Bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san. Just like if He's the Supreme Lord, why does He come here? Yes, He does not need come here, but if He comes here, we cannot object. We cannot object. We cannot say that He cannot com
e here. He is free. He is svayambhu; He is fully independent. If He likes, He can come. Just like the example: If the head of the state goes to a prison house, it is not that he as been forced to come there just like other prisoners, but he comes to insp
ect, to see. It is his du..., it is his liking.\line Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes here with a purpose. What is that purpose? He comes here to reclaim these fallen souls. We are part and parcel... We are... K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves us more 
than we love Him. We do not love Him. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves. K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves every living being. He says, sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya sambhavanti m\'fcrtayo y\'e4\'f9: [Bg. 14.4] "Every living being, whatever form he is, that doesn't matter, I am th
e b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4, I am the seed-giving father." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the 
Supreme Lord, can come here at any time, and we cannot object and say that He cannot come. He is fully independent, and He can come and disappear as He likes. If the head of a state goes to visit a prison, we are not to assume that he is forced to do so.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes with a purpose, and that is to reclaim fallen conditioned souls. We do not love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves us. He claims everyone as His son.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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." (}{\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  14.4)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So the father is always affectionate to the sons. The sons may forget the father, but the father cannot forget. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes her
e out of His love for us to deliver us, to give us the right path. Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya: [Bg. 18.66] "My dear sons, why you are rotting in this miserable world? You come to Me. I'll give you all protection. You are the son of the Supreme. So you c
an enjoy life very supremely, very magnificently, without any death. Why you are rotting?" That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. Ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san. Don't think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes just like we are come he
re, being obliged, prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni [Bg. 3.27], forced by the laws of nature according to our karma. He does not come like that. That is the difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and myself. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660718BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The father is always affectionate to the son. The son may forget the father, but the father can never forget the son. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba comes to the material universe out of His love for us to deliver us from the miseries of birth and death. He says, "My dear sons, why are you rotting in this miserable world? Come to Me, and I'll give you all protection." We are sons of the Supreme
, and we can enjoy life very supremely without any misery and without any doubt. Therefore we should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes here just as we do, being obliged by the laws of nature. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Sanskrit word is avat\'e4ra. Avat\'e4ra. Avat\'e4ra, avat\'e4ra. Avat\'e4ra means who comes from higher plane down to this material wor
ld. He's called avat\'e4ra. So sometimes Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes Himself and sometimes He sends His representative also, for deliverance of the conditioned souls.\line Now, now the principal religions of the world-Hindu religion, Muslim relig
ion, Christian religion, and Buddha religion-most of them believes some supreme authority or personality coming down from the kingdom of God. Just like in your Christian religion Lord Jesus Christ, he claimed to be the son of God and coming from the king
dom of God to reclaim you. So this claim of Lord Jesus Christ, we admit. We, the followers of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, we admit this claim. So there is no difference of opinion between the followers of Hindu religion and Christian religion. In details there 
may be, according to country, climate and people, in details there may be difference, but that does not make any material difference. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\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  liter
ally means "he who descends." One who descends from the spiritual universe into the material universe through his own will is called an }{\cs2873\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  Sometimes \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends Himself, and sometimes He sends His representative. The major religions of the world\'97Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Moslem\'97believe in some supre
me authority or personality coming down from the kingdom of God. In the Christian religion, Jesus Christ claimed to be the son of God and to be coming from the kingdom of God to reclaim conditioned souls. As followers of }{\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  we admit this claim to be true. So basically there is no difference of opinion. In details there m
ay be differences due to differences in culture, climate and people, but the basic principle remains the same\'97that is, God or His representatives come to reclaim conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e4nam s\'e5j\'e4m
y aham
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at t
hat time I descend Myself." (}{\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  4.7)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub God is very compassionate to see our miseries here. We do not know. We do not... We have forgotten what sort... Although we are in miseries
, we have, we are trying to adjust the miseries. We are trying to adjust the miseries. But we, we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Therefore we are not meant for all these miseries. We must know it. We are not meant for all these miseries. But we
 have voluntarily accepted these material miseries.\line And what are these miseries? They are called adhy\'e4tmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika. Adhy\'e4tmika means miseries pertaining to this body and mind. Just like today we are feeling too hot. Why?
 Due to this body. And next moment I shall feel not very happy. My mind is disturbed. So there are miseries due to this body and due to the mind. This is called adhy\'e4tmika. And then again, adhibhautika. Adhibhautika. Some other living entity. Just lik
e here, you are hearing the barking of the dog, "Gow! Gow!" always. So it is sometimes disturbing. So such kind of miseries offered by other living being is called adhibhautika. We have got so many miseries. And then adhidaivika. Daivika means miseries o
ffered by the supernatural power. Just like there is earthquake, famine, pestilence, war. So we are always... There are three headings of miseries, and we are, either we are suffering either from the three all, or at least one. There must be. This is the
 nature of our life in this material existence. But we are trying to make a solution of it. That is our struggle for existence. But that solution cannot be made by our teeny brain. That solution can be made only when we take to the shelter of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is very compassionate. He wishes to see our miseries 
cease, but we are trying to adjust to these miseries. Because we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, we are not meant for these miseries, but somehow or other we have voluntarily accepted them. There are miseries arising from the body and mind, from
 other living entities and from natural catastrophes. We are either suffering from all three of these miseries, or at least from one. We are always trying to make a solution to these miseries, and this attempt constitutes our struggle for existence. That
 solution cannot be made by our tiny brain. It can be made only when we take to the shelter of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So everyone, you can become similarly happy as soon as you are reinstated in your position. The whole Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is meant for conv
incing me, I mean to say, conditioned souls. We are conditioned. Just like, just like under awkward circumstances we are always, always conditioned life. We are not free. Some condition is there, either state condition or nature's condition or condition 
left by other living entity or condition laid down by my own body. So we are always in condition.\line So Lord says, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4 [Bg. 4.6]: "Although I have no business to come down here, and I am eternal..." Both of
 us are, the Lord and the living ent..., we are, both of us are eternal. Bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san. \'c9\'e7vara. Why He comes? When Lord comes, He comes out of His good will. And when we come, we are forced. We have been forced to accept th
is body under the condition of the material nature. So when Lord comes or His representative comes, they do not accept the condition of the material nature. That is the distinction between ordinary living entity and the Supreme Lord or His representative
. Just like Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. So he could not be crucified. It is a, I mean to say, false notion. There was, there was resurrection. Because God or God's representative, they are not under the laws of this material nature. That's a very, I
 mean to say, wide subject matter. We shall gradually understand as we make progress in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Although I am the Lord of everything, still, I assume this incarnation and I come. I come."\line [....]\line So 
here Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "When I come, I do not come in this inferior nature." It will be a great mistake if somebody thinks that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative... Just like bona fide representative, Jesus Christ or other gr
eat, I mean to say, leaders of the religious faiths, they do not come with the inferior nature. They come with the superior nature of God. That we have to accept. If we have to accept the truth explained in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, then we must accept th
at, that God and His representative, they do not come, who come directly from the kingdom of God, they do not come, accepting this inferior nature.\line Now the question may be "Why God and His representative do come? They are in superior nature. They ar
e in the eternal kingdom. Why do they bother themselves to come here? Why do they bother themselves to come here?" This question may be raised. As soon as we hear that God and His representative come, so next question: "Why do they come?" Because we are,
 we do not know that they come to reclaim us. Therefore our question is "Why do they come?" Now, here the answer is\line  [Bg. 4.7]\line  [Bg. 4.8]\line Now, this is the mission, mission of the Lord and His representative. What is that mission? Yad\'e4 y
ad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati: "Whenever there is decline of the principle of life." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub We can become happy when we are reinstated in our constitutional position, and }{\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  is meant to reinstate us in that position. God and His representative also come to help. As stated previously, they descend upon the material world from the superior nature and are not subject to the laws of birth, old age, disease a
nd death. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives Arjuna the following reasons for His descent upon the world:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I advent Mysel
f millennium after millennium." }{\b0\i0\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 4.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, it is, it is here stated, dharma. Dharma is translated in English as religion, but religion is meant just like a kind of faith. Just l
ike "I am Hindu." "I am Hindu" means I have got faith in the Hindu system of religious functions. You are Christian. That means you have faith in the Christian system of religious functions. So religion, so far English dictionary is concerned, it is desc
ribed as a matter of faith. But the word dharma, it is not exactly the same meaning, faith. Faith you may change. Suppose I am Hindu today. Now I can invest tomorrow in Christian religion. Or you are Christian. You can become a Hindu. There are so many c
hanges. People are free to accept one faith and give up another faith. That is going on. But dharma does not mean that faith which can be changed. Dharma is a thing which cannot be changed. That means there is something in you, in me and everyone... That
 is called dharma. That is called... That cannot be changed. And what is that? This is a very fine analysis of human nature.\line Now, if you analyze the human nature, you'll find that one thing there is which is called "rendering of service to others." 
Suppose I am a Hindu. Now I am doing something. I am rendering my service to my family, to my country, to my boss, or to others. Without rendering service, nobody can exist. We are all exchanging simply service. I am rendering service to somebody. Somebo
dy's rendering service to me. So whole world is existing under this system, rendering service. Your President Johnson, he's supposed to be the chief man of your state, but still, he's rendering service. What he is doing? He's rendering service to the peo
ple. So he has the same business, as you are rendering service to your boss, and taking some money, then again with the money you are serving your family. So this is, this service... Suppose I am now Hindu. I become a Christian or Muhammadan. That, my re
al business of rendering service, does not change. So dharma means which you cannot change.\line Just like... There are many examples in natural objects. Just like water. Water is liquid. It is not a faith. It is a fact. Water is liquid. You cannot say t
hat water is liquid. If he changes his faith, then he can, it can become solid. No. Liquidity of water cannot be changed. Whenever there is conception, water, if I am blind, so... Suppose somebody gives me, "Take here a glass of water," I know it is liqu
id. So as the liquidity of water cannot be changed. Now, as soon as you speak of fire, so we understand fire is hot. Now, if you, if you... Can you change that fire becomes cold and still it is fire? No. As... So long it is fire, it is hot. So long it is
 water, it is liquid. Similarly, everything you analyze. Take for example chili. Chili, red pepper. Oh, it is very hot. Now, when you take chili from the market you see how much, what is the degree of its hotness. If it is very hot, oh, it is very good c
hili. If you find a chili sweet like sugar, oh, you'll reject it. "Oh, this is not good." Because that is the religion of the chili, to become very hot. Similarly, sugar. If you take sugar, if it is very hot, "It is nonsense. I want sweet."\line So in ev
erything, if you analyze, you'll find some particular quality. That is his religion. That is his religion. So we are living entities. Forget yourself. Forget yourself that you are Christian, "I am Hindu," or Muslim, or Mussalman, or Buddhist. Forget your
self! "I am living entity." When we come to this point, that is called liberation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He comes when there is a decline in }{\cs2873\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 Sanskrit wor
d }{\cs2873\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  has been translated into English as "faith," but faith has come to mean a religio
us system that goes under the name of Christian, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist, etc. But the word }{\cs2873\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  does not have the same meaning as faith. The faith of an individual may change from Hindu to Buddhist to Christian to Moslem, etc. People have the ability to accept one faith and reject another, but }{\cs2873\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  cannot be changed. It is the nature of every individual to render service, either to himself, his family, his community
, nation or to humanity at large. This rendering of service cannot in any way be divorced from the living entity, and it is this that constitutes the }{\cs2873\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  of every living being. Without rendering service, one cannot exist. The world goes on because we are all rendering and exchanging service. We must forget whether we are Christian, Moslem
 or Hindu, and we must understand that we are living entities whose constitutional position is to render service to the supreme living entity. When we reach that stage of understanding, we are liberated.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub That is called liberation. Sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmuktam [Brs. 1.1.12]. When we become free from all these designations, that is called liberat
ion. Liberation means nothing more, the conception of getting free from these designations which we have acquired from the association of material nature.\line That is called designation. Because I have got a particular body, therefore I have got so many
 designations. I call myself a man, or animal, or I have got some name, given by my parents. Or because I am born in some particular country I designate myself to belong to that country, and because I accept some particular faith, so I designate myself t
o that faith. In so many ways we are now designated. This designation should be given up. When designations are given up, then we are free, pure soul. In that pure soul the religion is to serve the Supreme.\line Just like the, in a machine, you'll find, 
a big machine, there are thousands of parts in the machine, but these small parts, they are all giving service to the whole machine. Just like your body. Your body is a machine. So you have got your finger. Now, what is the, what is the function of the f
inger? What is the religion of the finger? The religion of the finger is to give service to the body. Just like I am giving service this way, this way, and serve this way. So this part of this body is meant for giving service to the whole body. Similarly
, we are part and parcel of the Supreme.\line So our business is to give service. That's all. That service is now being rendered, actually. We are also serving now, but serving in designation. That's all. I am serving... I am serving. I am not a master h
ere. That is foolishness. Just like I told you. Even the President Johnson, he's not a master. He's also a servant. Every one of us is a servant. But what kind of servant?\line "Oh, I am servant of my wife. I am servant of my family. I am servant of my c
ountry. I am servant of my society." And if there is nothing, then "I am servant of my cat and servant of my dog and servant of my..." So many things. If anybody... I see in, in, in your country, there are so many gentlemen, they are very fond of becomin
g servant of cats and dogs. They have no children, but they voluntarily become servant of cats and dogs. Because that attitude is there, you cannot avoid it. If you have nothing to serve, your wife, your children, then you have to catch some cat and dog 
and give service. That is your nature. You cannot avoid it. So that is your religion, to serve.\line Now, our whole thing is to serve the Supreme. Then that's... Now, our designated service... We are now in designated service. That means we, because due 
to these material bodies, we have manufactured so many service. Service, we cannot... Just like the water cannot be more than a liquid thing, similarly, we cannot be more than a servant, but because we have got so many designation, our service is being r
endered in designation. That is the difference. Now, when we become free from the designation and we come to our senses and render service to the Lord, that is our position of freedom, real position. Real position. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Liberation is freedom from temporary designations which we have acquired from association with material nature. Liberatio
n is nothing more than this. Because we have material bodies, we take on so many designations; thus we call ourselves a man, a parent, an American, a Christian, Hindu, etc. These designations should be abandoned if we at all want to become free. Under no
 circumstances are we master. We are at the present serving, but we are serving with designations. We're the servants of a wife, of a family, of a job, of our own senses, of our children, and if we have no children we become servants of our cats or dogs.
 In any case, we must have someone, something to serve. If we have no wife or child, we have to catch some dog or other lower animal in order to serve it. That is our nature. We are compelled to do it. When we at last become free from these designations 
and begin to render transcendental loving service to the Lord, we attain our perfectional state. We then become established in our true }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So here Lord says, yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati [Bg. 4.7]. Yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati means that when
ever there is some discrepancy in the modes of rendering service of the living entity... Yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati. Dharmasya means... I have explained to you. Dharmasya means my real nature. Dharma means my real nature. Dharma is no
t a faith. Dharma is not a designated faith. Dharma is my real nature. So when the real nature of the living entities are jeopardized, then, at that time, to make the adjustment, the Lord comes. Yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati. And abhyutt
h\'e4nam, whenever there is discrepancy in the natural sequence and natural life of the human being, and there is artificial increase of sense gratification, at that time, when there is too much sense gratification...\line Just like Lord Buddha. When did
 he appear? He appeared... He appeared in India. The condition of his appearance, perhaps you know. I shall still explain. When India was too much busy in animal slaughter. Of course, the Hindus, they, there are Vedic principles, animal slaughtering. The
y are... Just like in Muhammadans also, they have got some principle for animal slaughtering. You know, those who have read Koran, the Muhammadan religion allows animal slaughtering once in a year. It is called korav\'e4ni. And they can slaughter animals
 in the mosque. Similarly, in the Vedic religion also, the animals are allowed to be slaughtered in some sacrifice. But no religion, either Muhammadan or Hindu... I do not [know] in detail of your Christian religion, but they do not allow animal slaughte
r in the slaughter house. There are some particular rules and regulations. Anyway, that is a religious details.\line But when India was too much addicted for animal slaughtering under the plea of Vedic sacrifice, the Lord Buddha appeared. Why? They misus
ed the Vedic injunctions. They misused the injunctions of the Vedas. So he, he proclaimed, "No, this animal slaughter should be stopped." He did, he did not agree even with the Vedic injunction. Therefore Lord Buddha's preaching was not accepted. It was.
.. Once it was accepted, whole of India accepted. Under the king, under the Emperor A\'e7oka, the whole of India became Buddhist. But later on, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya appeared and he made against them, Vedantists. So India, Buddhist religion from India
 was practically banished. So these are historical facts.\line The real fact is that as soon as the natural sequence of living entities is jeopardized, at that time, non-religious principle, unnatural life, becomes prominent and people become embarrassed
. At that time, the incarnation of Lord is, I mean to say, appeared. Yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata: "Whenever there is discrepancy in the natural life..." \line [....]\line Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4m [Bg. 4.8]. Alw
ays, you'll know, there is always a class of men who are always God-fearing. There may be the percentage of such persons very small. But you'll find. That is the way of nature. There will be some percentage who are devoted to God. They are called s\'e4dh
u. [....]\line Now, here the Lord says that "I come, or My representative comes..." Why? Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4m [Bg. 4.8]. S\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4m. The Lord is very much anxious for the saintly persons. Who have sacrificed everything for the se
rvice of the Lord, they are very, very dear to the Lord.\line Lord cannot tolerate any insult, or any, I mean to say, misbehave to a s\'e4dhu. Although s\'e4dhu, they do not, I mean to say, mind if they are insulted, they do not mind, but the Lord will n
ever tolerate if a s\'e4dhu is... Just like a small boy, your child, if somebody slaps him in the street... That boy may excuse, "Oh, all right," but his father and mother will never tolerate. "Why you have slapped my son?" That is the nature. Similarly,
 the s\'e4dhu, who is a great devotee of the Lord, they might be tolerant. You can crucify him, can do any misbehavior to him. He's never angry. But God will never tolerate. We must always remember that. He has got special protection, special vision, on 
the s\'e4dhu.\line You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that, that... Samo 'ha\'e0 sarva... Samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9 [Bg. 9.29]. The Lord says, "I am equal to everyone." Otherwise, how He can be God. He is equa
l to everyone. Yes. "I am equal to everyone. Nobody's My enemy and nobody's My friend." Samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9: "Nobody's My enemy. Nobody's My friend. I am equal to everyone." But ye tu bhajanti m\'e4\'e0 bhak
ty\'e4 te\'f1u te mayi: "But anyone who is devoted to Me, oh, I have got particular attention for him." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He appears whenever there is a discrepancy in the }{\cs2873\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  of the living entities, that is to say whenever the living entities cease rendering service to the Supreme. In other words, when the living entity is too busily engaged serving his senses, and there is an over-indulgenc
e in sense gratification, the Lord comes. In India, for instance, when people were over-indulging in animal slaughter, Lord Buddha came to establish }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ahi\'e0s\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nonviolence to all living entities. Similarly, in the above-quoted verse, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He comes in order to protect the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e0}{\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 S\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are typified by their toleration of all other living entities. Despite all inc
onveniences and dangers, they try to give real knowledge to the people in general. A }{\cs2873\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  is not the friend of a particular society, community or country but is a friend of all\'97not only of human beings, but of animals and lower forms of life. In short, the }{\cs2873\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  is an enemy of no one and a friend to all. Consequently he is always peaceful. Such persons who have sacrificed everything for the Lord are very, very
 dear to the Lord. Although the }{\cs2873\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  do not mind if they are insulted, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 does not tolerate any insult to them. As stated in the Ninth Chapter of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is alike to all, but He is especially inclined to His devotees:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9\line ye bhajanti tu m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line mayi te te
\'f1u c\'e4py aham
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, 
and I am also a friend to him." (}{\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 9.29)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Although He's neutral, still, the person who is devotee, who's always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, oh, there i
s a special protection, special. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares... You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati: [Bg. 9.31] "My dear Kaunteya, Arjuna, you can declare it in the, to the world
 that My devotee will be never vanquished, never be vanquished." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is neutral to all, for one who is constantly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, who is spreading the message of }{\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  He gives special protection. It is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's promise that His devotee shall never perish: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka
unteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\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  9.31).
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So here the same thing is said, that what is the mission of Lord, why does He come down. Now, that is explained here. He says, paritr\'e4
\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4m: "I come down, I incarnate Myself, or I send My representative only for the protection of the saintly persons, sages." And vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m. Du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m: "Of those who are miscreants, just to finis
h them." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mission, this was two things. Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m [Bg. 4.8]. He wanted to establish Arjuna, the five brothers, the most pious, I mean, devotees and k\'f1atriyas, 
He wanted to establish them for ruling over this world, and He wanted to vanquish the party of Duryodana. That was His mission. Two things. Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m, du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m, dharma-sa\'e0
sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya. [Bg. 4.8]\line And another mission is to establish what is real religion, what is religion. In the name of religion, so many things are going on, but the real religion is that we must know that our natural function is to render s
ervice to the Lord. That's all. That is real religion. And forgetting this, forgetting this principle of life, under designation of this matter, I am serving, giving my service to so many things. That, my, because I am naturally...\line Now, just like yo
u take the knife. Now, what is the function of knife? Knife's function is to cut. You can cut a pencil and you can cut your throat. The function of the knife is nothing, but when you cut a throat, then the knife becomes polluted, but when you... [drunk t
alking and whistling in background] When you... [drunk goes on talking and whistling] Don't disturb. Sit down.\line Similarly, the function, the function of the living entity, the original, natural function is to render service. And when the service is m
isused, it is rendered where we, where the service should not be rendered, when it is misused, that is called dharmasya gl\'e4\'ebi\'f9. That means discrepancies in the natural function of human life.\line So when Lord comes, He has three functions. He g
ives protection to the saintly persons. He vanquishes the, I mean to say, irresponsible or irreligious or demonic persons, and He establishes the real religion, real religion. Dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge. He comes down no
t only once, but He comes down many, many times, many, many times. Because the, this material world is such. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only does K\'e5\'f1\'eba come to protect and save His devotees, but also to destroy the wicked (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to establish Arjuna and the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, who were the most pious }{\cs2873\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 devotees, as rulers of the world, and He also wanted to vanquish the atheistic party of Duryodhana. And as mentioned before, a third reason for Hi
s coming is to establish real religion (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Thus \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's purpose for coming is threefold: He protects His devotees, vanquishes the demonic, and establishes the real religion of the living entity. He comes 
not only once, but many, many times (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) because this material world 
is such that in the course of time, after an adjustment is made, it will again deteriorate.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, suppose an adjustment is made, again, after some time, it will deteriorate. Just like there was first war. There was some armistice an
d some arrangement of peace, arrangement was made between Germany and the other party. So again the second war took place. And again, preparation is going on for a third war. So this is, world is like that. Even if you make a very good arrangement, it wi
ll gradually deteriorate. This is, this is the function of the time, k\'e4la. Just like you, you build up a very nice house. Then, after fifty years, it deteriorates. And after hundred years, it more deteriorates.\line Take, take for example your body. W
hen it was newly born, when I was a child, oh, very new, good-looking child. Everyone is kissing and everyone is working. Now I am becoming old and nobody cares. You see? So this is the function of this material nature. Even if you make a very good adjus
tment, gradually it will glide down to the lowest status. Therefore it requires a periodical adjustment. For that reason, the Supreme Lord or His representative comes.\line That is explained here that paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7
\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m [Bg. 4.8]: "For protecting the saintly persons and for vanquishing the," I mean to say, "unfaithful unbelievers and for establishing real function of the living entities," dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya sambhav\'e4mi yug
e yuge, "I come down, not only once, but many times, in many millenniums," and that is the function of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660720BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The world is so conceived that even if we make a very good arrangement, it will gradually deteriorate. After World War I an armistice was signed, and there was a short period of peace, but World War II soo
n came, and now that that is over they are making preparations for World War III. This is the function of time (}{\cs2873\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 ) in the material world. We build up a very nice house, and after fifty years it deteriorates, and after one hundred years it deteriorates even more. Similarly, when the body is young, people care for it, always lavishin
g affection upon it and kissing it, but when it grows old no one cares for it. This is the nature of the material world\'97even if a very good adjustment is made, it will in course of time be vanquished. Therefore adjustments are periodically required, a
nd from age to age the Supreme Lord or His representative come to make adjustments in the direction of civilization. Thus \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends many times to establish or rejuvenate many different religions.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 7: Knowledge as Faith in Guru and surrender 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 7\line Knowledge as Faith in Gur
u and Surrender to 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 [660814BG.NY] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 660821BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 660817BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has concluded that all kinds of sacrifices that we can expected, we are expected t
o do, the best sacrifice is to acquire knowledge, acquire knowledge. Because whole, our this material conditioned life is due to ignorance. Therefore the purpose of sacrifice, penance, yoga, and philosophical discussion, everything-the ultimate aim is to
 acquire knowledge.\line And even in that knowledge field also... Of course, transcendental knowledge, as we have discussed already, they are viewed in different, three different angles of vision: the knowledge of Brahmav\'e4da, or impersonal, impersonal
 Absolute Truth, and the knowledge of Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized Supersoul, and the knowledge of Bhagav\'e4n, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are different stages of development of knowledge. But the first beginning knowledge is that we 
must understand that "I am not this body. I am spirit soul, and my aim of life should be how to get out of this material entanglement." That is knowledge. That is the beginning of knowledge.So there are some scholars, analytical study like this. Now, the
 point is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "All kinds of sacrifices, whatever sacrifice you can undertake..." There are different kinds of, mentioned, dravya-yaj\'efa, j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efa, yoga-yaj\'efa, so many. There are different types of yaj\'efa. But 
here K\'e5\'f1\'eba concludes, "All the different types of yaj\'efa," sarva\'e0 karm\'e4khila\'e0 p\'e4rtha j\'ef\'e4ne parisam\'e4pyate [Bg. 4.33], "whatever yaj\'efa you can perform, that's all right. But that is the different steps, different steps to
 come to the point of real knowledge."\line Just like you have got your Empire State Building here and a two-story building. So you go up, you go to the twenty-fifth floor, you can go to the fiftieth floor, you go to the seventieth, seventy-five, eighty-
in this way, unless you reach that one-hundred-second story, that is not the perfect progress. That is also progress. Suppose if you have gone to the eighty-fifth story, that is also progress from the downwards. That's all right.\line But the highest, hi
ghest perfection of knowledge is, so far we study from the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, it is said, bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate. Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante. Bah\'fcn\'e4m means after many, many births of cultur
ing knowledge, when he comes to the real knowledge, real, perfect knowledge. Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n. Not the fools, but j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n. He especially mentions j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n. J\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate. J
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n the sign is that j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n surrenders unto the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the highest stage of knowledge.\line Either you take it, granted... Just like Arjuna was advised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m
\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: [Bg. 18.66] "You give up. Because you are My very confidential friend, therefore I say unto you that you don't bother with anything else. Just surrender unto Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Fourth Chapter of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba concludes that of all sacrifices, the best is the acquisition of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rey\'e4n dravya-may\'e4d yaj\'ef\'e4j\line j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efa\'f9 parantapa\line sarva\'e0 karm\'e4khila\'e0 p\'e4rtha
\line j\'ef\'e4ne parisam\'e4pyate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice of knowledge is greater than the sacrifice of material possessions. O son of P\'e5th\'e4, aft
er all, the sacrifice of work culminates in transcendental knowledge." (}{\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 4.33)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge is the best sacrifice because this conditional life is due to ignorance. The purpose of sacrifice, penance, }{\cs2873\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 philosophical discussion is to acquire knowledge. There are three stages of transcendental knowledge by which one realizes the
 impersonal aspect of God (Brahman realization), the localized aspect of God within the heart and within every atom (Param\'e4tm\'e4 or Supersoul realization) and the realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Bhagav\'e4n realization). But the ve
ry first step in acquiring knowledge is coming to understand that "I am not this body. I am spirit soul, and my aim of life is to get out of this material entanglement." The point is that whatever sacrifice we make is intended to enable us to come to the
 point of real knowledge. The highest perfection of knowledge is given in }{\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  as surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\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 ) (}{\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 )}{\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 j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  not the fool, surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is the highest stage of knowledge. Similarly, at the end of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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." (}{\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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub This is the most confidential. So in all points of view, if you make an analytical study of the Vedic literature, the ultimate summit knowl
edge is to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line 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\line  [Bg. 7.19]\line And what kind of surrender? The surren
der means full knowledge. After scrutinizingly studying all the process of self-realization or transcendental realization, when one comes to the perfectional point, he understands that v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti: "V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is everythi
ng." As it is confirmed in the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, that\line \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigra\'f9a\'f9\line an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9\line sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam\line  [Bs. 5.1]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the most confidential part of knowledge. From all points of view, if we make an analyt
ical study of the Vedic literatures, we will find that the ultimate summit of knowledge is to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And what type of surrender is recommended? Surrender in full knowledge\'97when one comes to the perfectional point he must unders
tand that V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is everything. This is also confirmed in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 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\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)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam means the cause of all causes. Just like my existence. I have got this body. The cause was my father. And 
the father, his father was cause. You go on searching, father, father's father, his father, grandfather, great-grandfather... Go on searching, searching, searching. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.
NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicate that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes. If we search to see who the father of our father is, and who his father is, and so on back, if it were somehow possible to trace our ancestry back through time, we would a
rrive at the Supreme Father, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub So everyone wants to see God immediately. God you can see when you are perfectly qualified. When you are in perfect knowledge, you can see 
God eye to eye just like you are seeing me, I am seeing you. But that requires qualification. You have to wait. That qualification is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That qualification means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess begins with \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]. \'c7rava\'ebam, hearing. We have to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is the preliminary study of understanding or hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Hear
ing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Just like suppose I came to your country, United States of America. Oh, in my childhood I heard of it in school when I was reading geometry or something like, history or geography. I heard first of all. I did not come first
 of all. So hearing, hearing, when I understood, "Oh, that's a very wonderful country, and it is far away, and if I go there..." Similarly, as you think also about going to India, so first of all hearing. Not immediately seeing what is America or what is
 India. First of all hearing. So similarly, if we want to see God, then we have to hear. That is the process. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process is first with hearing. \'c7rava\'ebam. \'c7rava\'ebam means hearing.\line Then k\'e9rtanam. K\'e9rtanam mea
ns to chant about the glories, about the holy name, about the form, about the quality. Then this is association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba because K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is absolute. He is not different from His name, from His quality, from His form, from His 
pastimes. He is not different. So hearing and chanting of the qualities or form or name of the Supreme, of the Absolute, means our association with God. Association. Direct association, in transcendental quality. So as we go on making association, then K
\'e5\'f1\'eba helps us to understand Him.\line Suh\'e5t sat\'e4m. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sitting within your heart. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the, is acting as your spiritual master, caitya-guru. Caitya-guru. Caitya-guru means the guru, or the spiritual master, who i
s sitting in my heart, citta. So \'e7\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 sva-kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9.\line When you begin to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then the hearing of k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4, the topics about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9r
tana\'f9. It is, even if you do not understand, it will increase your virtue. Pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9 h\'e5dy anta\'f9-stho hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi. We have accumulated so much dust by our material contact. By so many years' association with the
 matter, we have accumulated so much dirty things within our heart. That becomes gradually cleansed. \'c7\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 sva-kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9, h\'e5dy anta\'f9-stho hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi. H\'e5dy anta
\'f9-stho hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi vidhunoti suh\'e5t sat\'e4m.\line \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is friend of everyone, but He's a special friend to the devotee. That you will find in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na p
riya\'f9: [Bg. 9.29] "I am friend of everyone. Nobody is My enemy, and nobody is My friend. But I am equal to everyone." Sama, sama means equal. Ye tu bhajanti m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4 te\'f1u te mayi: "But a person who is devoted to Me and is engaged in dev
otional service with Me, I have got special attention for him."\line Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's another name is suh\'e5t sat\'e4m. Sat\'e4m. Sat\'e4m means those who are trying for having eternal life. Because in this material world we don't get anything
 eternal. All, everything, temporary. Therefore it is called asat. Asato m\'e4 sad gama. The Vedic injunction is "Don't try to remain in this temporary world." Sad gama: "Just try to go to the eternal world." Tamaso m\'e4 jyotir gama: "Don't try to remai
n in this darkness. You go to the kingdom of light." [B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. 1.3.28] These are Vedic injunctions. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He is within our heart. H\'e5dy anta\'f9-stha\'f9. Therefore, as soon as we become a little inclined towards K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, then from within our heart He gives us favorable instruction so that we can gradually make progress, gradually.\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the first spiritual master, and when we become more interested, then we have to go to a physical spiritual maste
r. That is enjoined in the next verse.\line  [Bg. 4.34]\line Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises that "If you want to know that transcendental science, then you just try to approach somebody." Pra\'ebip\'e4tena. Pra\'ebip\'e4tena, paripra\'e7nena and sevay\'e4. 
What is pra\'ebip\'e4ta? Pra\'ebip\'e4ta means surrender. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course everyone wants
 to see God immediately, but we can see God when we are qualified and in perfect knowledge. We can see God eye to eye, just as we are seeing one another, but qualification is required, and that qualification is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness begins with }{\cs2873\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  hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba through }{\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  and other Vedic literatures, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  repeating what we've heard and glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba by chanting His names. By chanting and hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
we can actually associate with Him, for He is absolute and nondifferent from His names, qualities, forms and pastimes. As we associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He helps us to understand Him and dispels the darkness of ignorance with the light of knowledge. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is sitting within our hearts acting as }{\cs2873\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  When we begin hearing topics ab
out Him, the dust which has accumulated on our minds due to so many years of material contamination becomes gradually cleaned. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a friend to everyone, but He is a special friend to His devotees. As soon as we become a little inclined towa
rd Him, He begins to give favorable instructions from within our hearts so that we can gradually make progress. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the first spiritual master, and when we become more interested in Him, we have to go to a }{\cs2873\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  or holy man who serves as spiritual master from without. This is enjoined by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself 
in the following verse:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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-re
alized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." (}{\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  4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Surrender. You must select a person where you can surrender yourself because nobody likes to surrender to anyone. We have got... Everyone, 
we are puffed up with whatever knowledge we have got. Everyone is puffed up: "Oh, who can give me knowledge?" There is regular propaganda that "For spiritual realization there is no need of spiritual master." But so far Vedic literature is concerned, so 
far Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is concerned, so far Bh\'e4gavata is concerned, so far the Upani\'f1ads and Vedic literatures are concerned, they do not say. They say that there is need of a spiritual master.\line Take for example the Upani\'f1ads, the Vedic Upa
ni\'f1ads. In the Vedic Upani\'f1ads it is said, tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet, \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham [MU 1.2.12], this mantra, that "If you want to learn that transcendental subject, then..." First word is that if
 you are eager to learn that subject.\line In the material world also, suppose if I want to learn the art of music. Then I have to find out somebody who is a musician. Without having the association of a musician, nobody can learn the art of music. Or an
y art. Suppose if you want to become an engineer. So you have to enter yourself in an engineering college or technical college and learn there. Nobody can become a medical practitioner simply by purchasing book from the market and reading at home. That i
s not possible. You have to admit yourself in a medical college and undergo training and practical examination, so many things. Simply by purchasing book, it is not possible.\line Similarly, if you want to learn Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 or any transcendental 
subject matter, here is the instruction by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because He is the speaker of this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, He says that tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4. You must go to a person where
 you can surrender yourself. That means you have to check, "Who is the real person who can give me instruction on Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 or any Vedic literature, or any scripture, right?" And not that, to search out a person as a, whimsically. No. You have 
to search out a person very serious that, who is actually in the knowledge of the thing. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub It is necessary to select a person to whom we can surrender ourselves. Of course no one likes to surrender to anyone. We are puffed up with whatever knowledge we have, and our attitude is, "Oh, who can give }{\cs2873\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  knowledge?" Some people say that for spiritual realization there is no need for a spiritual master, but so far as Ve
dic literature is concerned, and as far as }{\cs2873\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 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  are concerned, there is need of a spiritual master. Even in the mate
rial world if one wants to learn to be a musician, he has to search out a musician to teach him, or if one wants to be an engineer, he has to go to a technological college and learn from those who know the technology. Nor can anyone become a doctor by si
mply purchasing a book from the market and reading it at home. One has to be admitted to a medical college and undergo training under licensed doctors. It is not possible to learn any major subject simply by purchasing books and reading them at home. Som
eone is needed to show us how to apply that knowledge which is found in the books. As far as the science of God is concerned, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, advises us to go to a person to whom we can surrender. Thi
s means that we have to check to see if a person is capable of giving instructions in }{\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  and other literatures of God realization. It is not that we are to search out a spiritual master whimsically. We should be very serious to find a person who is actually in knowledge of the subject.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Just like Arjuna in the beginning. We have discussed that point. Arjuna was talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in friendly terms just like friend.
 He was... K\'e5\'f1\'eba was saying some discussed that point. Arjuna was talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in friendly terms just like friend. He was... K\'e5\'f1\'eba was saying something, "Oh, you cannot... You are a k\'f1atriya. You are a military man. Ho
w can you give up the fighting?" Just like friendly talks. But when Arjuna saw it, that "Our friendly talk will not make a solution," so he surrendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba that "I'll..." \'c7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 prapannam: [Bg. 2.7] 
"I just become surrendered disciple unto You. Please instruct me what is my duty." So this is the process.\line Here also, K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises that "If you have to learn," say, for Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, "then you have to go to a person where you can su
rrender." Not only surrender, not blindly surrender. You must be able to inquire. Paripra\'e7na. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of }{\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  Arjuna was talking to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba just like a friend, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was questioning how he, as a military man, could give up fighting. But when Arjuna saw that friendly talks would not make a solution to his problems, he surrendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saying, }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1yas }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." This is the process. It is not t
hat we should blindly surrender, but we should be able to inquire with intelligence.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The next qualification is paripra\'e7na. Paripra\'e7na means inquiry. Without inquiry, you cannot make advance. Just like a student in the 
school who inquires from the teacher, he's very intelligent. Even a boy, a child, if he inquires from the father, "Oh, father, what is this? What is this?" that child is very intelligent. Very intelligent. So inquiry is required, not only pra\'ebip\'e4ta
... "Oh, I have found out a very good spiritual master, very learned and very good, saw. All right. I have surrendered. Then all my business finished." No. That is not...\line You may have a very good spiritual master, but if you have no power to inquire
, then you cannot make progress. Inquiries must be there. But inquiry, how inquiry? Not to challenge. Inquiry, not that "Oh, I shall see what kind of spiritual master he is. Let me challenge him and put some irrelevant questions and talk nonsensically, t
his way and that way." Oh, that will not make... Inquiry on the point. Paripra\'e7na means inquiry on the point, and that inquiry should be sev\'e4.\line  Sev\'e4 means service. Not that "Oh, I have inquired so many things from such and such person. Oh, 
I have not rendered any payment or any service, so I have gained." No. Without service, your inquiry will be futile. So three things here. Pra\'ebip\'e4ta, paripra\'e7na and sev\'e4. Pra\'ebip\'e4ta. Pra\'ebip\'e4ta means you must have the qualification 
to, at least to find out a person who is actually qualified to give you real instruction. That you have to do. That remains on you.\line Suppose you have to purchase some gold or jewelries, and if you do not know where to purchase, if you go to a grocer 
shop to purchase a jewel, oh, then you'll be cheated. If he says, go to a grocer shop and ask, "Oh, can you give me diamond?" he will understand that "Here is a fool. So let him [me] give him something. This is diamond." "Oh. What is the price?" He can c
harge anything and when you come home, your relatives say, "What you have brought?" "This is diamond. I went to the grocer shop." So that kind of finding spiritual master will not do. You have to become a little intelligent. Because without being intelli
gent nobody can make any spiritual progress. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without inquiry, we cannot make advan
cement. In school a student who makes inquiries from the teacher is usually an intelligent student. It is generally a sign of intelligence when a small child inquires from his father, "Oh, what is this? What is that?" We may have a very good spiritual ma
ster, but if we have no power to inquire, we cannot make progress. Nor should the inquiry be of the nature of a challenge. One should not think, "Now I will see what kind of spiritual master he is. I will challenge him." Our inquiries (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paripra\'e7nena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) should be on the subject of service (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Without service, our inquiries will be futile, but even before making inquiries, we should have some qualification. If we go to a
 store to purchase some gold or jewelry and we know nothing about jewels or gold, we are likely to be cheated. If we go to a jeweler and say, "Can you give me a diamond?" he will understand that this is a fool. He could charge us any price for anything. 
That kind of searching will not do at all. We first have to become a little intelligent, for it is not possible to make spiritual progress otherwise.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Ath\'e4to brahma... In the Brahma-s\'fctra, in the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, it is stated, ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4. Brahma-jij\'ef\'e4
s\'e4. Brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4 means to inquire, inquire about the supreme subject matter Brahman. That requires a qualification. Atha. Atha means those who have become experienced of this miserable life of this material world. They can inquire. Then can
 inquire what is Absolute Truth, what is spiritual life. Ath\'e4to brahma jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4. Similarly, in the Bh\'e4gavata also it is stated, tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam [Bh\'e4g. 11.3.21].\line  \'c7reya uttamam. Utt
amam means the udgata-tamam. That is transcendental. Tama means darkness. Anything of this material world, that is in darkness because this material world is dark. You know that the whole world, whole universe, is dark. Therefore there is requisition of 
the sunlight, moonlight, electricity. It is dark. So uttamam means which is beyond this darkness, beyond this darkness. That means transcendental subject, spiritual subject. In the spiritual world there is no darkness. So if anyone is desirous of inquiri
ng about the spiritual world, then he requires to find out a spiritual master. Otherwise there is no necessity. For a man who wants to remain in this darkness, for material benefit...\line Suppose I want some spiritual master or I want to study Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4 or Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra so that I may make some material improvement. Oh, that is not required. For material improvement you can work just so many people are working. They are making, trying industry or something like... That is prescribed. But
 if you are at all interested about the Brahman subject, the spiritual subject, then you require a spiritual master. That is clearly stated. Tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta [Bh\'e4g. 11.3.21]. Tasm\'e4t means "Therefore one has to surrender unto the spirit
ual master."\line Who? Who is jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam: "who is very much eager to understand about the transcendental subject matter." So any Vedic literature the same instruction you'll find, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line  
[Bg. 4.34]\line J\'ef\'e4nina\'f9 means j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, or a man who is in perfect knowledge. Perfect knowledge means one who has perfect vision or the perfect, not theoretical, but actual vision of the spiritual subject matter. He is called j\'ef\'e4n
\'e9. J\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-dar\'e7ina\'f9.\line  Tattva. Tattva means the Absolute Truth. Now, so far tattva is concerned, you'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme tattva, Absolute Truth. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The beginning injunction of the }{\cs2873\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  is: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\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  "Now is the time to inquire about Brahman." The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that one who is intelligent, who has come to the point of realizing the basic frustrations of material life, is capable of making 
inquiry. In }{\cs2873\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 is stated that one should inquire from a spiritu
al master about subjects that are "beyond this darkness." This material world is by nature dark, and it is artificially lighted by fire. Our inquiries should be about the transcendental worlds which lie beyond this universe. If one is desirous to find ou
t about these spiritual worlds, he should seek out a spiritual master; otherwise there is no point in searching. If I want to study }{\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  or }{\cs2873\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 
 in order to make material improvement, it is not necessary to find a spiritual master. One should first want to inquire about Brahman and then search out a master who has perfect vision of the Absolute Truth (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dar\'e7ina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme }{\cs2873\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  Absolute Truth. In the Seventh Chapter of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Now, He explains that manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye: "Out of many, many thousands of people, a few people may
 try how to get spiritual salvation." Not all. Everyone is not expected to hanker after spiritual salvation. That requires also many, many years qualification. So manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u. After many... Out of many, many thousands of people
, one is very much anxious for spiritual realization. And then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, yatat\'e4m api siddh\'e4n\'e4m [Bg. 7.3]. And out of many perfected spiritualists, some may know what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just try to understand. First of all out of 
many, many, many thousands of people, who wants to have perfection in spiritual life, then those persons who have attained such perfection, out of them, one or two may understand what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not
 so easy. It is very difficult also. But one can understand very easily. That process is also prescribed in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.\line 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\line  [Bg. 18.55]\line Bhakti, devotional service. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
anu\'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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in t
ruth." (}{\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  }{\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 )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus out of many perfected spiritualists, one man may know what K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually is. As this verse indicates, the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not so 
easy but is very difficult. Yet }{\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  also indicates that it is easy.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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 
Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." (}{\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub That devotional service, if you accept, you can understand that difficult subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba very easily. Bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m a
bhij\'e4n\'e4ti. Abhij\'e4n\'e4ti means perfectly you can understand. Y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9. Tattvata\'f9 means the Absolute Truth as it is, you can understand. And tato m\'e4\'e0 tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4, and after understanding the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba science very perfectly, he becomes eligible to enter into that spiritual kingdom. These things are stated.\line So here... We are discussing this point that\line tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line upadek\'f1yan
ti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-dar\'e7ina\'f9\line  [Bg. 4.34]\line So if we actually want to reach that point of perfectional knowledge where we can fully surrender... Now, the intelligent person... According to my opinion... I have se
veral times discussed this point, that if it is a point that after many, many births, when I am fully perfect in knowledge, I have to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then why not immediately surrender to Him? Why shall I wait for many, many births? That is 
very intelligent proposal. If that is the end of perfection, then why not accept the perfection immediately? But people are doubtful.\line Somebody asked me... That, I think, Mr. Moscowitz asked me this question. I answered this point. His inquiry was: "
How long it will take to be perfect in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?" So I replied that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be had in one second, and it cannot be had in thousands of births and deaths. So why? But if we understand this principle that after 
attainment of full knowledge, I have to ultimately surrender to v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti [Bg. 7.19], I have to become the, I mean to say, sa mah\'e4tm\'e4, a great soul like that, why not immediately surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Why not become immediat
ely the supreme, I mean to say, great soul. Sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9. That is a process.\line But we are, some of us, or most of us, we are not prepared to accept immediately K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme or we have got many doubts. Therefore, in 
order to drive away, dissipate all your doubtful ideas, the \'e7\'e4stras, the scriptures, the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata, are there, and if we make scrutinizingly study of these two books, we can understand the K\'e5\'f1\'eba scie
nce very nicely, and our progress in the matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will be definite. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660814BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub If we accept the process of devotional service, we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba very easily. Through it we can understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba perfectly and become eligible for entering into the spiritual kingdom. If, as }{
\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  says, after many births we have to eventually surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, why not surrender to Him immediately? Why wait for many, many births? If surrender is the end of perfection, why not accept perfection immediately? Of course the answer is that people are generally doubtful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be attaine
d in one second, or it cannot be had even after a thousand births and deaths. If we choose, we can immediately become great souls by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because we have doubts whether or not K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually the Supreme we have 
to take time to dissipate these doubts through study of the scriptures. By studying }{\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  under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, we can remove these doubts and make definite progress.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:  [Bg. 4.37]\line Yath\'e4, "as," as an edh\'e4\'e0si. Edh\'e4\'e0si means "fuel." Sammidho 'gni\'f9, "blazing fire." Bhasmas
\'e4t, "turns into ashes." "Just like blazing fire, whatever you put into it, any fuel, that becomes turned into ashes, similarly," j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni\'f9, "when your fire of knowledge will be ablaze, then sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi, all reactions of your work, 
will turned into ashes." Because the reaction of our karma, reaction of our work, is the cause of our bondage. There are good work and bad work. Here it is stated, sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi. Sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi means either good work or bad work. [660821BG.NY]
\line There are reactions of bad work, and there is reaction of good work. But a, a person who is going to be liberated from this material bondage, for him, both good work and bad work are reprehensible. There is no need of reaction of good work also. In
 this material world we are attached to perform good work. Not all. Those who are in the modes of goodness, they want to do some good work in the material estimation. And those who are in the modes of passion and ignorance, they do work, bad work, passio
nate work, work in ignorance. But those who are going to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, they have no need, either this good work or bad work.\line Why? Now, either you enjoy the reaction of good work or bad work, your material bondage is there. Suppose by 
bad work I am born... Because, according to work, there are different position of life. Janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta-\'e7r\'e9bhir edham\'e4na-mada\'f9 pum\'e4n [Bh\'e4g. 1.8.26]. By good work we get good heritage, birth in a very good place, in a high famil
y, in rich family, aristocratic family. And with bad work we may get our birth even in the animal kingdom or lower grade family, poor family. These are Vedic estimation of good work and bad work. But for a person who is going to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
us, he has no need either for good work or bad work because he has no need bondage again.\line Suppose I am born in a very aristocratic family, very rich family. That does not mean that I am getting free from the material miseries. \line Just like we are
 sitting here. Some of you are very well situated. Some of you coming from rich family and some of you may not be so rich, from middle-class family. But the temperature of this day is equally heating. There is no consideration that "Here is a person who 
is coming from rich family, so the temperature should be lesser for him." No. Therefore, either we enjoy the reaction of good work, either we enjoy the reaction of bad work, we have to accept this material body. And as soon as we accept this material bod
y, we have to undergo the material miseries. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the fire of knowledge that burn
s all doubts and fruitive activities to ashes. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the following information of the results of inquiring of the truth from one who has actually seen the truth.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 na punar moham\line eva\'e0 y\'e4syasi p\'e4\'eb\'f2ava\line yena bh\'fct\'e4ny a\'e7e\'f1\'e4\'ebi\line dra
k\'f1yasy \'e4tmany atho mayi
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yathaidh\'e4\'e0si samiddho 'gnir\line bhasmas\'e4t kurute 'rjuna\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni\'f9 sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi\line bhasmas
\'e4t kurute tath\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And when you have thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are but parts of Me\'97and that they are in Me, and ar
e Mine. 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. As a blazing fire burns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the
 fire of knowledge burn to ashes all the reactions to material activities." (}{\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  4.35-37}{\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 fire of knowledge is ignited by the spiritual master, and when it is ablaze, all the reactions to our works are turned to ashes. The reactions to our work, or o
ur }{\cs2873\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  are the cause for our bondage. There are good works and bad works, and in this v
erse the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates both. For one who wants to be liberated from t
his material bondage, the reactions of both good works and bad works are detrimental. In this material world we are attached to performing good works if we are situated in the modes of goodness. If we are in the modes of passion and ignorance, however, w
e do bad work in passion and ignorance. But for those who are going to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, there is no need of good work or bad work. By good work we may get a good birth in an aristocratic or wealthy family, and by bad work we may take birth ev
en in the animal kingdom or in degraded human families, but in any case birth means bondage, and one who is striving for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is striving for liberation from the bondage of transmigration. What is the advantage of being born in a 
wealthy or aristocratic family if one does not get rid of his material miseries? Whether we enjoy the reactions of good work or suffer the reactions of bad, we have to take on the material body and thereby undergo the material miseries.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub But our whole program is... Du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya du\'f9kh\'e4layam a
\'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 n\'e4pnuvanti. You'll find in the Tenth Chapter. The Lord says, "Anyone who comes to Me or gets Me, m\'e4m upetya, gets Me..." We can get K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this life also by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Just like you get into touch 
with government if you are engaged in the government service, similarly, if you get into the transcendental service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you get into K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya. Kaunteya means Arjuna. "O the son of 
Kunt\'e9, after attainment of Myself by a person, the..." What is the result? The result is: m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 n\'e4pnuvanti: [Bg. 8.15] "He does not get any more to this place of miseries." \line The whole
 thing is... Now, j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni\'f9, knowledge, fire of knowledge. That fire of knowledge does not burn in our mind. You see? Therefore we accept this miserable life as happiness because there is want of that knowledge. Just like a dog or a hog canno
t understand what sort of miserable life he's passing on. He thinks that "I am all right. I am enjoying life very nicely." That is the... That is called covering influence of material energy. A person who is suffering...\line Just like you'll find in the
 Bowery Street there are so many drunkards lying on the street. Oh, they're also thinking, "Oh, we are enjoying life, enjoying life." But others, who are passing on cars, they are taking sympathy on him, "Oh, how miserably they are living." But that is t
he way of covering, covering influence of material nature. I am in miserable life, but I accept it, "Oh, I am very happy. I am very happy." This is called ignorance.\line So when one is awakened to the full knowledge, he understands, "Oh, I am not happy.
 Oh, I want freedom. Oh, there is no freedom. I don't want to die, but there is death. I don't want to become old man. Oh, there is old age. I don't want diseases. Oh, there are diseases." These are the problems, but due to our ignorance we set aside all
 these big questions of human problems. We take a small problem as very important.\line We take economic development as the most important thing, forgetting that how long I shall live here in this material world? So fifty or sixty or hundred years. So ec
onomic development or no economic development, my life will be finished. Suppose I develop my economic life in a very... I accumulate millions of dollars. But when I leave this body I'll leave everything. Then again I take my birth according to my reacti
on, either in poor family or old, I mean to say, rich family or even animal life. There is no guarantee.\line This is knowledge. One has to acquire this knowledge. So unless this knowledge is awakened in our mind or in our consciousness, then whatever we
 are doing we must consider that we are being defeated, defeated by the influence of material nature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By engaging in the transcendental service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we actually get out of the cycle of birth and death. But because the fire of knowledge is not burning in our minds, we accept material existence as happiness. A dog or hog c
annot understand what kind of miserable life he is passing. He actually thinks that he is enjoying life, and this is called the covering or illusive influence of material energy. On the Bowery, there are so many drunkards lying in the street, and they're
 all thinking, "We are enjoying life." But those who are passing them by are thinking, "Oh how miserable they are." That is the way of the illusory energy. We may be in a miserable condition, but we accept it thinking that we are very happy. This is call
ed ignorance. But when one is awakened to knowledge, he thinks, "Oh, I am not happy. I want freedom, but there is no freedom. I don't want to die, but there is death. I don't want to grow old, but there is old age. I don't want diseases, but there are di
seases." These are the major problems of human existence, but we ignore them and concentrate on solving very minor problems. We consider economic development to be the most important thing, forgetting how long we shall live here in this material world. E
conomic development or no economic development, at the end of sixty or a hundred years our life will be finished. Even if we accumulate a million dollars, we must leave it all behind when we leave this body. We need to come to understand that in the mate
rial world whatever we are doing is being defeated by the influence of material nature.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni\'f9 sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi bhasmas\'e4t kurute tath\'e4 [Bg. 4.37]. As soon as I understand my 
position, that I want freedom...\line We are trying to go to the moon planet, but because there is no freedom, oh, we are failing in every step, although we are advertising in the paper, "Now it is two years more, two years more." The Russians began to s
ell land in the moon planet, that "In 1965 we shall go there." But 1965... It is going to 1967. Now they are silent about selling land in moon planet.\line The thing is that we want. That is our nature. We want to travel. People are coming from India to 
America, from America to India. So we want to travel freely. That is my right because as spirit soul, there is a word... You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 [2.24], sarva-ga. Sarva-ga means a spirit soul has the potency of going anywhere he likes, any
where he likes. There are... Actually, those who have attained perfection in yoga... Of course, that is not the highest perfection. Even persons, those who have attained perfection in yoga, they can travel in any planet. And the perfection of yoga is ind
icated like this, that a yogi dies according to his own will. He is not, I mean to, pressed to leave this body just like ordinary people. They leave this body under the pressure of nature's law. So they get so much power. When they find that "Now I shall
 leave this body," they fix up in which planet they will go, and they transfer their soul into that planet. That is the highest yogic perfection. And hardly you'll find such a yogi.\line So my point is that the living entity has got the tendency to move 
freely, to move freely. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We want freedom, and we want to travel all over the world 
and all over the universe. Indeed, that is our right as spirit soul. The spirit soul in }{\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  is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-gata\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means that he has the ability to go w
herever he likes. In the Siddhalokas there are perfected beings or }{\cs2873\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 travel
 wherever they want without the aid of airplanes or other mechanical contrivances. Once we are liberated from material conditioning, we can become very powerful. Actually we have no idea how powerful we are as spiritual sparks. Instead we are very much s
atisfied staying on this earth and sending up a few spaceships, thinking that we have become greatly advanced in material science. We spend millions and millions of dollars constructing spaceships without knowing that we have the ability to travel wherev
er we want free of charge.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, how that potency we can have? That is the thing we should culture. J\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni\'f9. And that can be achieved by j\'ef\'e4na, by 
knowledge. The knowledge... For knowledge, everything is there. We have to accept that. That... Therefore, formerly people used to observe penances and austerity to attain perfection. Now, here, in this age, oh, that, such austerities and penances are no
t possible, are not possible. Because our life is very short, and we are always disturbed. Pr\'e4ye\'eb\'e4lp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 kalau asmin yuge jan\'e4\'f9. Kalau. Kalau means this age, the age of quarrel and insufficiency. This age is called Kali. Kali me
ans "the age of quarrel." We fight. On insignificant questions we fight. Therefore this is called Kali-yuga. So in this yuga we have got very short period of life.\line If that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is ablaze... That... Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4
m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate [Bg. 7.19]. If we can surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba and fully become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious-just the example Arjuna showed; he became K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious-then our knowledge will be ablaze and all the r
eactions of our good work and bad work will be turned into ashes. We shall be purified. Na hi j\'ef\'e4nena sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 pavitram iha vidyate [Bg. 4.38]. The Lord says again, "There is nothing purified things in this material world except j\'ef\'e4na
, or knowledge." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The point is that we should cultivate our spiritual potencies by 
knowledge. The knowledge is already there; we simply have to accept it. In former ages people underwent so many penances and austerities to acquire knowledge, but in this age this process is not possible because our lives are very short and we are always
 disturbed. The process for this age is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which was inaugurated by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. If, by this process, we can kindle the fire of knowledge, all of the reac
tions of our activities will be reduced to ashes, and we will be purified.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hi j\'ef\'e4nena sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0\line pavitram iha vidyate\line tat svaya\'e0 yoga-sa\'e0siddha\'f9\line k\'e4len\'e4tmani v
indati
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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. 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." }{\b0\i0\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 4.38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub What is that knowledge? That knowledge is that, that "I am part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Therefore my business is to dovetail myself
 with the Supreme Consciousness. I am individual consciousness, and I shall be dovetailed with the Supreme Consciousness." That is j\'ef\'e4na.\line This is the purest thing in this material world. Everything is contaminated here by some modes of materia
l nature. Even the modes of material nature of goodness, that is also another kind of contamination, and what to speak of the modes of passion and ignorance? Even goodness... In goodness, one becomes enlightened. He becomes enlightened about his position
, about this matter, about transcendental subjects. But the defect is there: "Oh, now I have understood everything. I am all right." He wants to stay here. That means a first-class prisoner. And... He's offered all kinds of facilities in the prison house
. Oh, he thinks, "Oh, now I am all right."\line So even the modes of goodness, that is also a cause of our bondage. Therefore we have to transcend even the quality of goodness. Even the quality of goodness we have to transcend. That transcendental positi
on is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The transcendental position is, also begins, aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi: "I am Brahman. I am not this matter." But that position is also unsettled. Because }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is that sublime and pure knowledge? It is the knowledge that we are part and parcel of God and that we are to dovetail our consciousness with th
e Supreme Consciousness. This is the purest knowledge in the material world. Here everything is contaminated by the modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance. Goodness is also a kind of contamination. In goodness one becomes aware of hi
s position and transcendental subjects, etc, but his defect is in thinking, "Now I have understood everything. Now I am all right." He wants to stay here. In other words, the man in the mode of goodness becomes a first class prisoner and, becoming happy 
in the prison house, wants to stay there. And what to speak of those in the modes of passion and ignorance? The point is that we have to transcend even the quality of goodness. The transcendental position begins with the realization }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\cs2873\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
"I am not this matter, but spirit." But even this position is unsettled. More is required.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  [Bg. 18.54]\line Now, it is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. In the brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 stage... Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 stage means self-realiza
tion of transcendental position, that "I am not this matter; I am spirit soul." This realization is called brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9. We are Brahman. We are not matter. But some way or other we have been in contact with the m\'e4y\'e4, matter. Therefore, out o
f ignorance, I am identifying myself with this material body. But actually, we are not matter.\line So as soon as we become, I mean to say, revived to our position, brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9, then our first symptom will be prasann\'e4tm\'e4, prasann\'e4tm\'e4-
we shall be joyful. Prasann\'e4tm\'e4 na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati [Bg. 18.54]. There will be no lamentation and no hankering. But the difficulty is that even if we rise up to the brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 stage and if we do not take to the service of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba then there is possibility of falling down again. That information we have got. \'c4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9 patanty adha\'f9 an\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 10.2.32]. Just like you may rise very hig
h in the sky, but if you have no shelter there, if your aeroplane or sputnik fails, then you again you fall down. Again you fall down. So if you rise up to that stage that you can attain some planet and take your rest there, so then there is no possibili
ty of falling down. But so long you are in the sky, oh, there is every chance of falling down, every chance.\line Similarly, simple understanding of brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 stage will not help me unless I take shelter unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as I get sh
elter unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as soon as I engage myself in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then there is no chance of falling down again into this material world, because there is engagement. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\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-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments or desires to have anything; he is e
qually disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me." (}{\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
8.54}{\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage one no longer identifies with matter. The first symptom of one's having become established on the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform is that one becomes jolly (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). On that platform, there is neither lamentation nor hankering. But even if we rise to this stage and do not take to the loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is the possibility of falling down again into the material
 whirlpool. We may rise very high in the sky, but if we have no shelter there, if we do not land on some planet, we will again fall down. A simple understanding of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
rahma-bh\'fcta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stage will not help us unless we take to the shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. As soon as we engage ourselves in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there 
is no longer any chance of falling down again into the material world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Our nature is such that we want some engagement. Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate [Bg. 2.59].\line Just like a child... Child is playi
ng all day and doing mischief in the house, and... So he cannot be stopped mischief-doing. He must be given some engagement. If he's given some engagement, some playthings, and if his attention is diverted there, then he'll stop mischief-making in the ho
use. Otherwise, idle brain, devil's workshop. He will go on, go on. So therefore we must have spiritual engagement. Simple understanding that "I am spirit soul" will not help me.\line Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4 [Bg. 18.54]. The brahma-bh\'fcta
\'f9 stage, situation, is that "I am not matter; I am spirit." That's all right. But we have to sustain the spirit. How we can sustain? We can sustain when there is spiritual engagement. Otherwise, it is not possible. Otherwise, I may continue for some t
ime, but there is chance of falling down because we have got this information and a practical experience also: great, great, I mean to say, yogis and j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, they again come. We have some practical experience. Sometimes we find a person leaves a
ll worldly engagements, leaves his family, gives up his family connection, becomes a renounced order, sanny\'e4s\'e9, and highest order, and then, after some time, he becomes engaged in opening hospitals and philanthropic work and in politics.\line We ha
ve seen it. Oh, why? You have renounced the world. Why you are hospital-making business? Hospital-making business is there, going on by the government, by the state. You are not meant for making hospitals. You have to make hospital how people can get rid
 of this material body. That is spiritual activity. We also require to open hospitals. And what is that hospital? To cure this material disease, not this temporary disease. Again we may be attacked. The complete cure of material disea... That sort of hos
pital will be required. That hospital is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society. If we take treatment under this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society, then we shall be cured of this material disease.\line Otherwise, we shall be again attacked with som
e kind of body. V\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya [Bg. 2.22]. Just like we change our dresses from one dress to another, similarly, this body to another body, transmigration of the soul. But we are meant for now completely ceasing to h
ave any material body in the next life. That should be our aim of life. That is called... That knowledge is called the purest knowledge. Na hi j\'ef\'e4nena sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 pavitram iha... That knowledge is the purest knowledge. Tat svaya\'e0 yoga-sa
\'e0siddha\'f9 k\'e4lena \'e4tmani vindati [Bg. 4.38]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our nature is such that we 
want some engagement. A child may commit mischief, but he cannot refrain from mischief unless he is given some engagement. When he is given some toys, his attention is diverted and his mischievous activities stop. We are like mischievous children, and th
erefore we must have spiritual engagement. Simply understanding that we are spirit soul will not help. Understanding that we are spirit, we have to sustain the spirit by spiritual engagement. It is not uncommon in India for a man to give up all material 
engagements, to leave his home and family and take the renounced order, }{\cs2873\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 a
fter meditating for some while, begin doing philanthropic work by opening some hospitals or engaging in politics. The hospital-making business is being conducted by the government; it is the duty of a }{\cs2873\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  to make hospitals whereby people can actually get rid of their material bodies, not patch them up. But for want of knowing what r
eal spiritual activity is, we take up material activities.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Therefore in the next verse it is stated, \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n labhate j\'ef\'e4nam. \'c7raddh\'e4v\'e4n, one who is faithful, he can take u
p this knowledge. Faithful. Those who are hesitating, those who have no faith, oh, it is very difficult for them. We have to accept. Because the method is standard, and it is given by the highest authority, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so we must have such faith, "Oh
, here is a thing, authoritative."\line Just like faith in any transaction we have. We must have some faith. Now, suppose if I go to California from here, from New York, now, I have purchased the ticket by, going by air. Now, I have got this faith that "
This company, this aeroplane company, will take me to there." Maybe there may be some accident, but on faith I accept it, "Yes, it will take me there." When we go to the barber shop, on faith we stretch our neck and the razor is going on. He may at once 
put into the neck. But you keep the faith, "Yes, we have got the faith. He'll not do that." So without faith, we cannot make progress. If in ordinary dealings we have to accept faithfully something... Who knows that this airplane will take me to Californ
ia? It may go down to hell, in the oil.[?] The, in the bus, there may be some accident. In the railway, there may be some accident. There is possibility. But on faith we accept. So if we want to make progress we must have faith.\line [....]\line And, whe
n the formula is properly executed and he attains to the stage of knowledge, then his profit is: j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 labdhv\'e4 par\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim, he gets complete peace, par\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim, complete peace. Acire\'eba. And that peace is very nea
r to you. In the near future you'll have if you faithfully follow. Very near, not very long. Acire\'eba. Acire\'eba means "very near." Very near. \'c7raddh\'e4v\'e4n labhate j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 tat-para\'f9 sa\'e0yatendriya\'f9, j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 labdhv\'e4. A
nd when that stage you'll achieve, then you'll feel, "Oh, there is no happiest man in the world like me." That stage you will have.\line [....]\line So this is the point. With faith, you have to accept the formula, and we have to execute it. But if you d
o it... Because the authority is there. We are keeping our faith not to a third-class person. To the supreme authority, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line We have to understand first. Therefore we have discussed this point. Tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtham, tad viddhi pra
\'ebip\'e4tena [Bg. 4.34]. For attain, attainment of knowledge, we have to approach such a person where we can keep our faith. If we are faithless, if we keep, if you go somewhere where we cannot keep our faith... That is also necessary. We must find out
 such a person who is actually worth for keeping my faith. If we find out a third-class person and keep my faith, then there may be dangerous thing.\line So here K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most authorized personality. Now, anyone who is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, then you can accept him as the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because a person who is fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is the bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He's the bona fide representative of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. So keeping faith on K\'e5\'f1\'eba or to His bona fide representative is the same thing. So that \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n, if you follow, sa\'e0yatendriya, with controlled senses, then your result is guaranteed. And you'll feel it.\line How you'll 
feel it? Just like you are hungry and if you are given some food, foodstuff and you eat it, and as you eat it, you feel that "Yes, I am feeling satisfaction," so you'll feel it. You won't have to ask anybody that "Whether I am making progress nor not?" Y
ou yourself will feel it. Acire\'eba. Acire\'eba \'e7\'e4ntim adhi... He feels full peace acire\'eba, very soon. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By becoming perfect in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, knowledge and wisdom are found in due course of time. There may be some discouragement at first, but the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4lena,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meaning "in due course of time," indicates that if we simply persevere we will be successful. Faith is required, as stated in the next v
erse.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4\'fb labhate j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line tat-para\'f9 sa\'e0yatendriya\'f9\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 labdhv\'e4 par\'e4
\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim\line acire\'eb\'e4dhigacchati
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A faithful man who is absorbed in transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace." (
}{\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 4.39)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those who are hesitant and have no faith, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very difficult. Even in our daily affairs a certain amount of faith is required. When 
we buy a ticket, we have faith that the airline company will take us to our destination. Without faith we cannot even live in the material world, what to speak of making spiritual progress. Where are we to keep our faith? In the authority. We should not 
book our ticket with an unauthorized company. Faith must be in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of }{\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  How do we become faithful? Control of the senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0yatendriya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ) is required. We are in the material world because we want to gratify our senses. If we have faith that a physician can cure us, and he tells us not to eat such and such, and we eat it anyway, what kind of faith do we have? If we have faith 
in our physician, we will follow his prescriptions for cure. The point is that we have to follow the instructions with faith. Then wisdom will come. When we attain to the stage of wisdom, the result is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub supreme peace. K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that when one controls the senses, faith comes in the near future (}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acire\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Having attained that stage of faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one feels that he is the
 happiest man in the world. This is our position. We have to accept the formula and execute it with faith. This faith must be in the supreme authority, not in a third class man. We must search out a spiritual master in whom we can have faith. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the most authorized personality, but anyone who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious can be accepted because a person fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Having tasted the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's rep
resentative, we will feel satisfied, just as we feel satisfied upon eating a full meal.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Then aj\'efa\'e7 c\'e4\'e7raddadh\'e4na\'e7 ca sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tm\'e4 vina\'e7yati. And those who are faithless or hesitating, oh, they have no 
chance. They have no chance. Aj\'efa\'e7 ca. That hesitation is due to also ignorance. Aj\'efa\'e7 ca a\'e7raddadh\'e4na\'f9. And ignorant and faithless. Sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tm\'e4, hesitating. Vina\'e7yati: "He is hopeless." N\'e4ya\'e0 loka\'f9 asti na par
a\'f9 na sukha\'e0 sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tmana\'f9: [Bg. 4.40] "Anyone who is hesitating in accepting this principle of knowledge or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for him," n\'e4ya\'e0 loko 'sti, "not even this material world will be happy. And what to speak o
f his next life?" If he has no faith, then even in this material world, he'll be unhappy. The material world is unhappy. It is all already miserable. It will be more miserable. He'll feel always disturbed, miserable, faithless. So for a faithless, the si
tuation is very precarious.\line So here is an authoritative version in the authoritative book, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. And spoken by the Lord Himself, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And if we accept faithfully, with confidence, that "Here is an authority..." Ju
st the same way that when I am purchasing a ticket from a recognized company... Just like I am keeping my money in some bank, thousands of dollars. Why? With faith. With faith. They have created some faith. Otherwise, thousands of thousands of dollars ar
e coming in the bank. Why? There is faith. Who knows? The bank may fail or may not pay. Because the money's out of my hand, now they may not pay it. It may be. But, because I have faith, I am putting my money there. So faith is required.\line Where? Auth
ority. Here is authority. Why we are putting our money in the bank? Because we have got faith. We have confidence that "This bank will not fail." Similarly, if we can keep our faith in an ordinary bank or a traveling agent, can we cannot keep our faith K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by all other big authorities, even by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Lord Caitanya and all these. So we have to follow the footprints of great authorities. Mah\'e4
jano yena gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9 [Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, Vp. 313.117]. He'll be situat... Just like we also follow others. Just like if I put some money in a bank, I see, "So many people are keeping their money. So I may also keep." So if K\'e5\'f1\'eba h
as been accepted as the supreme authority by so many big, big men, why should we not keep our faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Or Jesus Christ? That's all right.\line We must keep our faith, and faithfully we shall discharge our duties. And if you follow the pri
nciple the result is guaranteed. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660821BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aj\'efa\'e7 c\'e4\'e7raddadh\'e4na\'e7 ca\line sa\'e0\'e7ay
\'e4tm\'e4 vina\'e7yati\line n\'e4ya\'e0 loko 'sti na paro\line na sukha\'e0 sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is 
happiness neither in this world nor in the next." (}{\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 4.40)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are hesitant in taking this path of knowledge have no chance. Hesitation is due to ignorance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'efa\'e7 ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). For one hesitant in taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, not even this material world will be happy, and what to speak of the next
 life. The material world is already miserable, but if one has no faith it will be more miserable. Thus for the faithless the situation is very precarious. We may put thousands of dollars in a bank because we have faith that that bank will not close down
. If we have faith in banks and airlines, why not have faith in \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is acknowledged by so many Vedic literatures and by so many sages to be the supreme authority? Our position is to follow in the footsteps of great authorities li
ke \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. If we keep our faith by executing our duties and following in their footsteps, success is guaranteed.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub If we can find out such a person who is experienced in the Absolute Truth, and if we follow the principles, as it is stated here, pra\'ebip
\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4. Pra\'ebip\'e4ta means to surrender, and paripra\'e7na means to inquire, and sevay\'e4 means service. Three things. You should find out a person who is self-realized, who has experience in the Absolute Truth, and, on yo
ur part, you have to surrender there, and you have to inquire, and you have to render service. When these things are completed, there is no doubt about one's spiritual salvation.\line If we have actually found out a person who is self-realized and we hav
e surrendered there honestly, with inquiry and service, then we must know that our spiritual salvation is guaranteed. Guaranteed. There is no doubt about it.\line [....]\line The nature of Brahman is \'e4nandamaya. Sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha. \'c9\'e7vara
\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 [Bs. 5.1]. Sat, cit, \'e4nanda. Sat means eternity, cit means full knowledge, and \'e4nanda means pleasure. This is our constitution. We are all fragmental portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Su
preme Lord. Therefore, because He is \'e4nandamaya, sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha, so we are also \'e4nandamaya, sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha. Unfortunately, we have been put in the contact of this material energy. Therefore we are just experiencing the opposit
e. What is that opposite? That... Sat, sac-cit \'e4nanda. Sat means eternity. So we have got just the opposite, asat. Asat means non-eternity. This body will not exist. We are put into such a condition that however scientifically we may try to keep an yo
uthfulness by so many medicines, injection, and so many things which we have, I mean to say, invented by our advancement material science, but death is sure. This body... Antavanta ime deh\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 2.18]. The body must be finished. Therefore there is
 no question of sat.\line And cit. Cit means knowledge. Knowledge, we have no knowledge. Our... We have got senses, but these are all imperfect senses. We are very much proud that everything we say... Somebody... If somebody preaches about the Lord, we c
hallenge, "Can you show me the Lord? Have you seen the Lord?" or "Can you show me the Lord?" But we do not know that our senses are so imperfect that we cannot see even what we are daily seeing. We cannot... If the light is put off, then we cannot see ea
ch other, even in this room. So our seeing person is conditional. It is not perfect. Similarly, all our senses, they are imperfect. So by imperfect senses, by speculation of the imperfect mind, we, we cannot reach to the Absolute Truth. It is not possibl
e. Not possible. \line Therefore here it is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena: [4.34] "If you are at all serious to understand that transcendental knowledge, then you must approach to a person who has experience of the A
bsolute Truth." Otherwise, it is not possible. If you think that "I shall realize by mental speculation the Absolute Truth, it is not possible." Because you are sub... I mean, you are fructified with only imperfections. Your senses cannot approach. There
fore Brahman is said, avan m\'e4nasa gocara. Avan m\'e4nasa gocara: "It is beyond, beyond the mental speculation." And there is another name of the Supreme Lord, Adhok\'f1aja. Adhok\'f1aja. Adhok\'f1aja means adhah-k\'e5ta\'f9 ak\'f1aja\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na
\'e0 yatra, "where our material senses are defeated." Our material senses are defeated. We are defeated in every respect. So it is not possible to realize the Absolute Truth if we do not find a person who is realized soul, who is absolute, who has unders
tood. It doesn't matter who is he. Lord Caitanya recommended...\line Just like in India, generally, the br\'e4hma\'ebas are expected to be the spiritual masters. Because br\'e4hma\'eba means who have sufficient knowledge in the transcendental science. Th
at is br\'e4hma\'eba. Brahma j\'e4n\'e4t\'e9ti br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9 [Sm\'e5ti V\'e4kya]. Now, due to this modern age, Kali-yuga, it is very difficult to find out a qualified br\'e4hma\'eba. So therefore it is very difficult also to find out a qualified spi
ritual master. So Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, He has recommended that,\line  [Madhya 8.128]\line "Never mind whether he's a br\'e4hma\'eba or a \'e7\'fcdra or a sanny\'e4s\'e9 or a householder. Never mind what he is. That doesn't matter. If he knows the scie
nce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then he is the bona fide spiritual master." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated befor
e, we must search out one who has seen the Absolute Truth and surrender to him and serve him. When this is done, there is no doubt about one's spiritual salvation. Everyone is anxious to see God, but in our present stage of life we are conditioned and de
luded. We have no idea of things as they really are. Although we are Brahman and by nature jolly, we have somehow fallen from our constitutional position. Our nature is }{\cs2873\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, blissful and full of knowledge, yet this body is destined to die, and while it is existing it is full of ignorance and miseries. The senses are imp
erfect, and it is not possible to attain perfect knowledge through them. Therefore it is stated in }{\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  that if we at all want to learn transcendental knowledge, we must approach one who has actually seen the Absolute Truth (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-viddhi }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'ebip\'e4tena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Traditionally, }{\cs2873\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 meant to be spiritual masters, but in this age of Kali, it is very difficult to find a qualified }{\cs2873\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  Consequently it is very difficult to find a qualified spiritual master. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabh
u has recommended }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kib\'e4vipra, kib\'e4 ny\'e4s\'e9, \'e7\'fcdra kene naya/yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4, sei 'guru' haya:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whether one be a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 a 
}{\cs2873\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  or a householder, it doesn't matter. If he knows the science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, he's a bona fide spiritual master."}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cc. }{\cs3545\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  8.128}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So here this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Every one of you, if you study Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 very scrutinizingly, 
with all your arguments, with all your sense, with all your philosophical knowledge... Because it is said here, tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena.\line Not that you have to submit yourself blindly. Although your spiritual master may be self-re
alized and experienced in the Absolute Truth, still, you have to question. You have to understand from him all critical points by your intelligent questions. That is allowed. So it doesn't matter. If anyone is able to answer about the science of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, he is spiritual master. He is spiritual master. It doesn't matter where he's born or what he is, whether he's a br\'e4hma\'eba, or a \'e7\'fcdra, or an American or an Indian or whatever he is. Never mind.\line Just like... It is practical. Whe
n you go to a doctor, medical practitioner, you do not ask, "Well, Doctor, are you American or Indian? Are you br\'e4hma\'eba? Are you Jew? Are you Christian?" No. Oh, he has got the qualification of a medical man, so you surrender, "Doctor, treat me. I 
am suffering." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\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  is the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we study it scrutinizingly with all of our argument, sense and philosophical knowledge, we will come to know that science. It is not that we are to submit ourselves blindly
. The spiritual master may be self-realized and situated in the Absolute Truth, yet we have to question him in order to understand all spiritual points. If one is able to factually answer the questions about the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is the spiri
tual master, regardless of where he is born or what he is\'97whether he be a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 American, Indian or whatever. When we go to a doctor, we do not ask him
 whether he is a Hindu, Christian or }{\cs2873\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 has the qualification of a medical
 man, and we simply surrender, saying, "Doctor, treat me. I am suffering."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal of spiritual science. When I speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you must remember that I am speaking of G
od. There are millions of names of God in different parts of the world, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme name according to Vedic knowledge. So therefore Lord Caitanya has recommended-and His recommendation is accepted by the authorities even at the pres
ent moment-\line  [Madhya 8.128]\line And you'll be surprised that Lord Caitanya's principal disciples were all so-called fallen in the society. He appointed one Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, N\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. This Harid\'e4sa 
\'d6h\'e4kura was a Muhammadan. He happened to take his birth in a Muhammadan family, but he became a follower of Caitanya, and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, after training him, He gave him the highest post of His spiritual mission. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appe
ared to introduce this system of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare, chanting of the holy name of God, and He appointed this Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, who happened to be a Muhammadan. But he became so much enlight
ened that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appointed him the supreme minister of administering this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He was, he was made the authority, n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya.  \'c4c\'e4rya means the prime minister, the authority.\line So ther
e are other, six important direct disciples. Just like R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Now, these gentlemen were formerly known as Sakara Mallika and Dabir Khas. Dabir Khas. That was the Muhammadan period. India was being governed by
 that time by the Pathans, and in Bengal there was a Pathan ruler whose name was Nawab Hussain Shah. This... But these gentlemen, Sakara Mallika and Dabir Khas, they were appointed minister in the service, in the governmental service of Nawab Hussain Sha
h. And, in those days, the Hindus were so strict that anyone accepting the service, especially the br\'e4hma\'ebas, if he accepts, if a br\'e4hma\'eba accepts the service of anyone, especially who is not a Hindu, he is at once extricated from the society
. So these two gentlemen, Sakara Mallika, they almost became... They changed their name also. They were actually br\'e4hma\'ebas, very intelligent, learned. They were very good scholars. In Parsee, er, Persian language, and Sanskrit language, they were v
ery good scholars, but because they engaged themselves in the service of the Muhammadan ruler, they were, I mean to say, extricated from the br\'e4hma\'eba society. They also followed Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and they were made the best authorities in thi
s science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba science. They... Later on, they became R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\line So there is no bar for anyone, that one cannot become the spiritual master. Everyone can become spiritual master, provided he kno
ws the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the only qualification. And that is very reasonable. If you do not this, do not know the subject matter, how can you be a teacher? Eh? A teacher means he knows the thing. He knows the science. So only qualificati
on of the spiritual master, as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, kib\'e4 \'e7\'fcdra, kib\'e4 vipra, ny\'e4s\'e9 kene naya, yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4: "Anyone who knows the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba..." This is the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. If anyone knows perfectly, then he becomes the spiritual master.\line And there is need of spiritual master at the present moment. We require thousands of spiritual master to preach all over the world this science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal of spiri
tual science. Of course when we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba we refer to God. There are many names for God throughout the world and throughout the universe, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme name according to Vedic knowledge. Therefore Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu 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 as the supreme means for realization in this age. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu did not m
ake any distinctions as to caste or social position. Indeed, most of His foremost disciples were considered to be fallen in society. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu even appointed Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, a Mohammedan, as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or preceptor of the holy names. Similarly, R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, two of Lord Caitanya's 
principle disciples, were formerly known as S\'e4kara Mallik and Dabir Kh\'e4s, and they were employed by the Mohammedan government. In those days, the Hindus were so strict that if a }{\cs2873\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  accepted service from a non-Hindu, he was immediately ostracized from Hindu society. Despite this, R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were m
ade principle authorities in the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. So there is no bar against anyone; anyone can become a spiritual master provided he knows the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the only qualification, and this scienc
e in essence is contained in }{\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  At the present moment, thousands of spir
itual masters are needed to spread this great science throughout the world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 punar moham eva\'e0 y\'e4syasi [Bg. 4.35]. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna... He's addressing Arjuna because Arjuna
 is hearing as representative of us. He was not speaking to Arjuna alone, but He was speaking to all the human race. So yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 na punar moham: "By understanding this science then you cannot go, you cannot be illusioned." Because Arjuna was i
llusioned and he was not prepared to fight, so this instruction was given, this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 instruction was given to Arjuna. So He says that "If you have actually undergone the training under the experienced, bona fide spiritual master, then you 
would not have gone under such illusory energy." Yena bh\'fct\'e4ny a\'e7e\'f1\'e4\'ebi drak\'f1yasy \'e4t...\line Then again He says,\line [Bg. 4.36]\line Now, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Just like if you have got a very good ship, you can 
very easily cross the Atlantic Ocean without any difficulty, similarly, we are in the midst of the ocean of ignorance." Our, this life, this conditioned life in the material world is just like the ocean of ignorance, ocean of ignorance. So Lord Caitanya,
 therefore, He prayed to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba like this, ayi nanda-tanuja patita\'e0 ki\'eckara\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vi\'f1ame bhav\'e4mbudhau [\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 5]: "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am just fallen in the ocean of ignorance." So we ar
e in the ocean of ignorance. Now, in the ocean, if you get a very good boat or very good ship, as you can cross over, similarly, if we have the ship or the boat of perfect knowledge, then there is no fear. We can cross the ocean very easily. We can cross
 this ocean very easily.\line Now here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, api ced asi p\'e4pebhya\'f9 sarvebhya\'f9 p\'e4pa-k\'e5ttama\'f9. If, if a person is the most sinful, the, and the, I mean, the supermost sinful man, but if he gets this knowledge, this knowledg
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, then he can cross over this ocean of ignorance very easily. That means it does not matter what was our past life. Either... Any Vedic literature, especially Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4... Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 does not take into accoun
t what was you in the past life. That doesn't matter. Because we are in ignorance, we might have done so many things in ignorance, which is not approved, which is not virtuous. That is quite possible. Every one of us, we are subjected. Because due to ign
orance, we do so many things, so nobody can say that "I am free from any sinful activities." Nobody can say. So that doesn't matter. But if we get, if we can learn the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, api ced asi p\'e4
pebhya\'f9 sarvebhya\'f9 p\'e4pa-k\'e5ttama\'f9: "Even one is the most sinful man, but if he gets the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, he is free. He is free, and he can go.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG
.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should understand that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking to Arjuna in }{\cs2873\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  He is speaking not simply to Arjuna alone but to the whole human race. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself declares that simply by knowing the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, A
rjuna would not be subject to illusion (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 na punar }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub moham}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). If we have a very good ship, we can easily cross the Atlantic Ocean. At present we are in the midst of the ocean of ignorance, for this material world has been likened to a great o
cean of nescience. Therefore Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of bir
th and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and fix me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet." (}{\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  5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we have the boat of perfect knowledge, there is no fear, for we can cross the ocean very easily. Even if a person is most sinful, if he receives the boat of the 
science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can cross the ocean very easily. As stated before (}{\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 4.36), it does not matter what we were in our past lives. Because we were in ignorance, we may have committed so many abominable actions. Indeed, no one can say that he is free from sinfu
l activity. But according to }{\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  this does not matter. Just by knowing th
e science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one becomes free.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Therefore knowledge, we must seek knowledge. And the perfection of knowledge, as we have several times explained in this meeting, the perfe
ction of knowledge is to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's all. As in the Seventh Chapter you'll find, that, bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate [Bg. 7.19]. Now, after culturing many, many births knowledge, one comes 
to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and he understands, v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9. V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything, all causes of causes. He's the cause of all causes. Always remember. When I speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He's God. Go
d. God is the cause of all causes.\line Now, in these days of Communism, the idea of Communism... Now, in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, there is very nice conception of spiritual communism, in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science. In the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata yo
u'll find that there was a discussion between N\'e4rada and Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and N\'e4rada was explaining that in this manifested material world, either in the higher planets or in this planet or in the outer space, whatever wonderful things and resour
ces, material resources are there, they are all manufactured by the Supreme Lord. Just try to understand. Everything in this world, whatever there is, that is not done by any human being. That is done by God. Nobody can deny it. \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida
\'e0 sarvam [\'c9\'e7o 1]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is therefore absolutely necessary that we seek knowl
edge, and the perfection of knowledge is to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Today there are so many theories, and everyone claims to know the best way to live; therefore so many "ism's" have evolved. Of these, communism has become very prominent in the world.
 But in }{\cs2873\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 find the seed for spiritual communism. There N\'e4ra
da Muni explains that in this material universe\'97whether one be in a lower, middle or higher planetary system or even in outer space\'97all natural resources are manifested by the Supreme Lord. We must understand that whatever exists in this world was 
not produced by any human being, but everything was created by God. No sane man can deny this. }{\cs2873\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  enjoins:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One must 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\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 (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\cs3545\b\i\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 Mantra}{\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 )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Therefore all living entities, beginning from the ant to Brahm\'e4, the highest human being or the highest demigod, all of them, they have 
got the right to use them. They have got the right to use them.Now N\'e4rada says that "You can use all these material resources as much as you require, but, if you want more, if you get more, then you'll become the thief, and you are punishable." Just s
ee the idea of communism. Everything in the world, in this planet or in other planets... Just like people are trying to go to the moon planet. The Russians are trying to put their flag first so that if they go to moon planet, they will conquer. Just like
 you came from Europe. You have conquered this tract of land, America, and you have put up your flag. So now they are trying to go, trying to go to the moon planet. But this putting, I mean to say, this digging the flag, it is called ignorance. This is c
alled ignorance. Where you are putting your flag? It is not your property. It is God's property. This is knowledge. This is knowledge. And if I think, "It is my property. I must dig my flag here," that is ignorance.\line So in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gava
ta you'll find that whatever property is... In this morning also I was speaking. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C
onsequently all living entities, beginning from Brahm\'e4, the highest demigod, down to the lowest ant, have the right to use natural resources. N\'e4rada Muni points out that we can use these resources as much as we require, but if we take more than req
uired, we become thieves. Unfortunately everyone is trying to conquer and predominate. Countries race to the moon in order to put up their flags and claim that planet. When Europeans came to America, they put up their flag and claimed it for their nation
. This flag planting and flag waving is all due to ignorance. We do not stop to think where we are putting our flag. It is not our property, but God's. Knowing this is knowledge, and thinking that it is my property is ignorance. We have the right to util
ize but not to claim or hoard.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Just if you throw in the street some bags of grains, the pigeons will come, but they will pick up only four, five, six, eight, ten grains, 
and they will go away. They will not take even one grain more than it needs. As soon as he's satisfied to his heart's content-"Oh, I am full now"-o\'f9, he'll go away. It will go away. He'll not stock. Similarly, this is natural. This is natural.\line Bu
t if we put here a hundred bags of flour and if we ask people that "Come and take," then somebody will take ten bags, somebody will take fifteen bags, somebody will take, will not take any bags because, if he's weak, he cannot take. So the distribution w
ill not be equal. That is our advancement of civilization. The knowledge which the pigeons, the cats and dogs have got, we are lacking in that knowledge, that the whole thing belongs to the Supreme Lord and we can accept them, whatever we need, not more 
than that. That is knowledge.\line The whole world is made by the Lord's arrangement that you have no scarcity. Everything is sufficient. Everything is sufficient. There will be no scarcity, provided you know the distribution. The distribution is... Ther
e is fallacy, distribution: one is taking is more and the other is starving. Therefore, the starving population, they are making protest, "Why we shall starve?" But that is also defective.\line But here is the perfect knowledge, that \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya
m ida\'e0 sarvam [\'c9\'e7o 1]. We have to take everything as God's property, nobody's property. And we can use things which are available by the nature's product. Suppose there is iron ore, mine. So everyone has got the... Whatever iron he requires, he 
can take. But if somebody makes the, the iron mine as his own property, then he, according to \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata and, it is, he becomes a thief. He becomes a thief, and he's punishable because that is God's property. Nobody can create the iron min
e. We cannot create anything. Even in the economic laws, we cannot create anything. We can simply transform just like worker or laborer. That's all. Suppose we manufacture a very nice table, but the ingredients, the wood, and the instrument, iron, oh, th
is is supplied by God. You cannot manufacture iron. You cannot manufacture the woods. So how, why do you claim that it is yours? This is ignorance. This is ignorance.\line So by culture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, when we understand the K\'e5\'f1\'eba sci
ence, then we become free from this ignorance. And Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends that "By this knowledge, you can very easily cross over the ocean of nescience, ocean of ignorance." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we throw a bag of grain into the street, pigeons may come and eat four or five small grains and then go away. They will not take more than they ca
n eat, and having eaten they go freely on their way. But if we were to put many bags of flour on the sidewalk and invite people to come and get them, one man would take ten or twenty bags and another would take fifteen or thirty bags and so on. But those
 who do not have the means to carry so much away will not be able to take more than a bag or two. Thus the distribution will be uneven. This is called advancement of civilization; we are even lacking in the knowledge which the pigeons, dogs and cats have
. Everything belongs to the Supreme Lord, and we can accept whatever we need, but not more. That is knowledge. By the Lord's arrangement the world is so made that there is no scarcity of anything. Everything is sufficient, provided that we know how to di
stribute it. However, the deplorable condition today is that one is taking more than he needs while another is starving. Consequently the starving masses are revolting and asking, "Why should we starve?" But their methods are imperfect. The perfection of
 spiritual communism is found in the knowledge that everything belongs to God. By knowing the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can easily cross over the ignorance of false proprietorship.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub The whole thing is: we are suffering due to... Just like ignorance is no excuse in the law court. Suppose you have done something wrong and
 if you say to the judge, "So I, I did not know, sir, this law," oh, that is no excuse. You'll be punished. You'll be punished. Now, in the \'e7\'e4stra, in the Vedic literature, it is said that "Everything belongs to God. Everything is manufactured by G
od. So everyone has right, not only human being, even the animals, everyone has got the right to live and use things as much as he requires. But if he stocks more, if he acquires more, he becomes the thief, and he is punishable." Now, suppose if I say, "
Oh, I do not know this law. Therefore I have accumulated so much things in my control," oh, that does not mean that you'll not be punished. You'll be punished. You'll be punishable. This knowledge we require to know. And people at the modern age, they ar
e lacking this knowledge.\line So we require hundreds and thousands of spiritual masters who has understood this K\'e5\'f1\'eba science and preach all over the world. That is the problem. Therefore we have formed this society and we, we invite all sincer
e souls to take part in the society and become a spiritual master, and preach this science all over the world. This is the... There is a great necessity of this knowledge.\line Don't think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born in India, and because He spoke on th
e Vedic principle, that is a sectarian thing. No. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that\line [Bg. 14.4]\line Just like children, they are born after the conjugation of the father and mother, similarly, the father is God; the material world is the mother. We have got 
this body just like the child gets his body from the mother's womb. The father is the seed-giver. Similarly, as spiritual souls, we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but we are put into this material world because we wanted to enjoy this material 
world. Therefore we are put into this material world.\line So whatever forms there are, many thousands... Eighty, eighty lakhs. Eighty-four lakhs, species. Oh. Eight hundred millions of species of life, there are. But all of them claimed by K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a that, "I am their father. I am their father," aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9, "because I am the seed-giving father."\line So Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is not meant for any particular party or particular nation or particular country
. It is all meant for everyone, even for the animals. We have to learn this science and preach this science all over the world so that they can be out of the ignorance. They are committing theft. They are committing theft. So we have to save them from th
e ignorance, from their state of ignorance. This is required. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660817BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are actually suff
ering due to our ignorance. In the law court ignorance is no excuse. If we tell the judge that we are not aware of the law, we will be punished anyway. If one has illegally amassed so much wealth and yet claims ignorance of his transgression, he will be 
punished nonetheless. The whole world is lacking this knowledge, and therefore thousands of teachers of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are needed. There is a great necessity for this knowledge now. We should not think that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born 
in India that the knowledge of }{\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  is sectarian or that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
a sectarian God. Indeed, in the Fourteenth Chapter \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims Himself to be the father of all beings, as pointed out previously (}{\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).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As spirit souls we are part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, but due to our desire to enjoy this material world, we have been put into material nature. Yet in what
ever species of life we may be, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Father. Thus }{\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  is 
not meant for any particular party or nation but for everyone all over the world\'97even for the animals. Now that the sons of the Supreme are committing theft due to ignorance, it is the duty of one who is conversant with }{\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  to spread this supreme knowledge to all beings. In this way people may realize their true spiritual
 nature and their relationship to the supreme spiritual whole.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RV 8: Action in Knowledge 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 8\line Action in Knowledge of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\cf6\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]  [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660801BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na m\'e4\'e0 karm\'e4\'ebi limpanti\line na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4\line iti m\'e4\'e0 yo 'bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line karmabhir na 
sa badhyate
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  [Bg. 4.14]\line Now... You can come please forward. Yes. Yes. Come forward. There is... Sit down. Karmabhir sa na badhyate. Now, the whole wor
ld is bound by his own karma, action. Everyone, every living entity... In the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, there is a nice verse about this... [kids yelling in the background; pause]\line There is a nice verse just to... Beginning from the germ... There is a ge
rm which is called indra-gopa. You know that among the living entities, the germs are in very minute forms. You cannot see even with your microscope. In a, in a space of one millimeter, you can find millions of germs. That is a scientific truth. So begin
ning from the germs which are called... [to kids:] Please stop! Please stop!\line Beginning from the germs up to the heavenly kingdom... The king of heaven is called Indra, and the smallest, minutest germ, it is also called indra-gopa in Sanskrit languag
e. So in the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 it is said that "Beginning from this indra up to that Indra..." That means "Beginning from the germ which is known as indra-gopa up to the point of the king who is also known as Indra, all of them are bound up by the rea
ction of his own karma, or his own work."\line Every work which you are doing, good or bad, we have to suffer or enjoy the reaction of our work. And so long we have to suffer or enjoy the reaction of our work, as long as we shall go on like this, so long
 we have to accept this material body. [660803BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does
 not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work." (}{\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  4.14}{\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\cb1\nosupersub The whole world is bound by }{\cs2873\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 all know of the existence of microbes or germs which exist by the million within the measurement of one millimeter. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-s
a\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that beginning with the microbe, which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indragopa,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  up to Indra, the king of the heavenly planets, all are bound by }{\cs2873\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 reaction of work. We all have to suffer or enjoy the reactions of our work, be they good or bad. As long as we have to suffer or enjoy these reactions, we are bound to these material bodies.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub This material body is just given to us by the arrangement of nature's law for the exact status of suffering or enjoyment. Just like you hav
e seen different animals, they have got different process of eating.\line Say for tiger. Tiger, they have bodies made for eating raw flesh and raw blood. So all the body is so made that they have got particular nails and jaws and teeth so that they can d
o that. Similarly, you can see the hogs. They have to eat the stool. Oh, they have got a particular shape of mouth so that they can easily do that.\line Now, we are human beings. We are meant for taking vegetables and fruits. Now, our teeth is just like 
knife which can cut the vegetables and the fruits. So all these bodies, I mean to say... I am giving particular stress to the body. A king's body, a poor man's body. A poor man, he has to work very hard. His body is very sturdy. He can work very nicely. 
But a son of very aristocratic family or king, oh, his body is very delicate. He cannot work. He can apply his brain in something else. So so long we are... These bodies are made according to the different status of our work we have done in our past life
. And next body is being prepared according to the work which we are doing now. But here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that as soon as one can understand the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities, he becomes free from the reaction of activities.
\line Now, here is the question, that because we are now preparing ourself to have our spiritual body or spiritual life developed, and being freed from this material existence, therefore our duty should be such so that we may not be entangled again into 
this material body. That can be made possible if we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. If we study K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what are His transcendental activities, how His energies are acting in this material world or spiritual world, all this.
.. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
By nature's arrangement the material body is given to the living entity for his suffering or enjoying. Different types of bodies are acquired for different purposes. The body of a tiger is made for killing and eating raw meat. Similarly, the hogs are mad
e in such a way that they can eat stool. And as human beings our teeth are made for eating vegetables and fruits. All of these bodies are made according to the work done in past lives by the living entity. Our next bodies are being prepared according to 
the work which we are now doing, but in the previously quoted verse \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that one who knows the transcendental nature of His activities becomes free from the reactions of activities. Our activities should be such that we wil
l not again become entangled in this material world. This can be made possible if we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by studying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, learning of the transcendental nature of His activities, and understanding how He behaves in this material wo
rld and in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub But the fact is this that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when He comes, He is not any, like any one of us. He's transcendental. Neither any act which He d
oes, it has got reaction. And He says, na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4, "I have no desire for any fruitive activities."\line Just like we want to do something. Suppose I want to do some business. And what is the idea? Because I want to make some profit out
 of the business, and if there is sufficient profit, I shall be gainer, I shall be rich man, I shall be able to enjoy life and so on, so on, so many things, I have got background. So I have my desires whenever I do something. We conditioned souls, whenev
er we do something, there is some desire behind it. And what is that desire? For enjoyment. That's all.\line But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4. Because He has nothing to desire. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is full wi
th everything. Now, sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba is misunderstood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His boyhood, He had so many girlfriends. Perhaps you may know, who has written, gone through K\'e5\'f1\'eba's life. Or in His youthhood, He married sixteen thousand wiv
es. This is described in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. He had 16,108 wives. So sometimes who does not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they think, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so sensuous. Oh, He kept sixteen thousand wives." No, that is not the fact. What was th
e fact? The fact is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord... [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660801BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes on this earth, He is not like us; He is totally transcendental. We desire the fruits of our activities, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not desire any fruits, nor are there any rea
ctions to His actions. Nor does He have any desire for fruitive activity (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ). When we enter into business, we hope for profit, and with that profit we hope to buy things that will make our life enjoyable. Whenever conditioned souls do something, there is desire for enjoyment behind it. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has not
hing to desire. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is full with everything. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came on this earth He had many girl friends and over 16,000 wives, and some people think that He was very sensual. But this was not the fact.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub We have got different relationship with the Supreme Lord constitutionally, every one of us. The relationship, as we experience in this mate
rial world... Just like you are my brother, or she is my sister, or he is my father, he is my, so many relationship we have got. So all these relationships are calculated into five. There are... Practically, there are twelve relationships. Seven relation
ships are contra, against. Just like you are my enemy. I want to kill you. You want to kill me. That is also one of the relationships, but this is contra. This is not favorable. This is called vivarta. H\'e4sya, something I see in you, I begin to laugh, 
or something you see in me, you begin to laugh. So there are different... Altogether, there are twelve relationships in every activities of our life. Out of that, five relationships is very favorable. Not five exactly, but... Yes, five.\line Just like I 
am sitting here on this dais. So I have got some relationship. What is that relationship? That this dais is giving me service silently. There is relationship. I am comfortably sitting here. So this is one relationship. The next relationship is that one w
ants to serve me or I want to serve him. Out of love, I want... Oh. Just like some of you: "Swamiji, I have brought some fruits for you." This is out of love. That means you want to serve me. So this relationship with the dais and that relationship, to c
ome, and that relationship, to come and bring forth some fruit for me, that is higher. That is called d\'e4sya, or friendship. So the silent relationship, the servitude relationship, the friendly relationship, then paternal relationship, then conjugal re
lationship.\line So these relationships which we find here in this material world, they are reflections of the original relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because in the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra you find, janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9: [1.1.2] "Everything, whicheve
r you find in this material world, that is born from the Absolute Truth." So in the Absolute Truth, there is the relationships, these relationships, which we are experiencing here. But they are perverted. Perverted. Because suppose I accept somebody as m
aster, and I am serving, and as soon as the salary stops, my service is also stopped. Therefore it is perverted. Or I am... There is a girl I love, or there is a man I love. Oh, as soon as there is some misunderstanding, we break. So that relationship, t
hat conjugal relationship, that paternal relationship, that friendly relationship.\line Just like you'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna, they are in relationship of friendship. Now, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 says that "I told this yoga, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 yoga to the sun-god, say, some millions of years before," and Arjuna, just to represent our interest, he said, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are my contemporary. How is that You spoke Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 forty
 millions of years before to sun-god?" So K\'e5\'f1\'eba answered that bah\'fcni me janm\'e4ni tava c\'e4rjuna: "Both you and Myself, we were born many times, but you have forgotten. I remember." That is the distinction.\line Now, here we see that the fr
iendship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is going on not in this birth, but perpetually that friendship is there. But in the material world, the friendship, it will exist for few years and then break. Therefore it is reflection. It is not real. If you make your friend
ship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that will never break. If you make your master K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you'll never be cheated. If you love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your son, He'll never die. Similarly, if you love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as your lover or husband, He will be the best
 husband, the best lover. There will be no divorce. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So similarly, there are many... Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, He has unlimited... He is unlimited, and He has unlimited number of devotees. Now, some 
of them are trying to love Him as lover or husband. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660801BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must understand the meaning of relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this material world we have many relationships as father, mother, wife or husband. Whatever relationship we find here is but a perver
ted reflection of the relationship we have with the Supreme Lord. Whatever we find in this material world is born of the Absolute Truth, but here it is pervertedly reflected in time. Whatever relationship we have with K\'e5\'f1\'eba goes on. If we have a
 relationship in friendship, that friendship is eternal and continues from life to life. In the material world, a friendship exists for a few years and then breaks; therefore it is called perverted, temporal, or unreal. If we make our friendship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will never break. If we make our master K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will never be cheated. If we love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our son, He will never die. If we love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our lover, He will be the best of all, and there will be no separati
on. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, He is unlimited and has an unlimited number of devotees. Some are trying to love Him as lover or husband, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts this role. In whatever way we approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will 
accept us, as He states in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Now, what K\'e5\'f1\'eba will do? In the previous verse we have read that ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham
: [Bg. 4.11] "Anyone who wants Me in some sort of relationship, I accept that. I accept that." So the fact is that these wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-that is the real fact-in their previous life they made tremendous penance to achieve K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their 
husband. Just like in the Bh\'e4gavata there is a verse. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9's describing... These things are very sublime things. Of course, if you kindly hear them attentively, you'll feel sublime pleasure undoubtedly. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660801BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All of them\'97as they surrender unto 
Me\'97I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of P\'e5th\'e4." (Bg. 4.11}{\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 The }{\cs2873\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  or cowherd girl friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba underwent tremendous penances in their previous lives to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband. Similarly, in }{\cs2873\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  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that those boys who were playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba had undergone great penances and austerities in their previous 
lives in order to acquire K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a playmate. Thus the playmates, associates and wives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not ordinary living entities. Because we have no idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we take His activities as triflings, but actuall
y they are sublime. All perfection of our desires is there; whatever desires we have constitutionally will be perfectly fulfilled when we are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub In the Bh\'e4gavata, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing with boys... Just like boys play, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when He was playing just like a boy.
.. So the \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes that attitude: ittha\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0 brahma-sukh\'e4nubh\'fcty\'e4 d\'e4sya\'e0 gat\'e4n\'e4\'e0 para-daivatena [Bh\'e4g. 10.12.11]. The purport is that, that "Here is a thing, these boys, these boys who are 
playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that for many, many lives they undergone penances to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their playmate. Now they are enjoying life." So the playmates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are not ordinary persons. They underwent many, many births' tap
asya, or penances. Just like one has to seek the favor of the Supreme Lord by penances, by tapasya, so they desired like that, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba has accepted, "All right. Come on. Let us play." And what is that play? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is playing with the b
oys just like boys play. They say, sometimes make some one body's defeated. So when the, he became, he has to carry the other boy on his shoulder, so many manufactured playing things.\line So similarly, sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba was being defeated. So He 
has to carry other boy on His shoulder. These things were being done. Because we have no idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, therefore we take it as trifling. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so sublime that all perfection of our desires are there. 
Whatever we are desiring, whatever desires we have got constitutionally, all those desires will be perfectly fulfilled when we are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You see? So K\'e5\'f1\'eba, here He says that na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a did not require any friend to play with Him.\line Neither K\'e5\'f1\'eba had any desire of having a single wife. We require wife. Why do we take the responsibility of wife? Because we have got some desire to fulfill. That's all. But He is complete in H
imself, p\'fcr\'eba. A poor man can desire that "Oh, if I would have bank balance, say, one thousand dollars in the bank, I would have been happy." But a rich man, who has got millions of dollars in the bank, does he desire for one hundred dollars in the
 bank? He has no such desire.\line Similarly, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, why He should have desire for His? He is full. Rather, He fulfills others' desires. That is the thing. "Man proposes; God disposes." Why God should hav
e desire? Otherwise He's imperfect. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba has... Here He says, na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4: "Oh, I have no desire to fulfill." Because He is full. Whatever He wants... Par\'e4sya \'e7akti... In the Vedic literature, you'll find. Par\'e4sya 
\'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate, sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca [\'c7vet. 6.8]. The Supreme Brahman, He has got different, diverse energies. As soon as He desires, everything is done immediately. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660801BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not need any fr
iends to play with Him, nor did He desire a single wife. We take on a wife because we have some desire to fulfill, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete in Himself (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba
m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). A poor man may desire to have a thousand dollars in the bank, but a rich man who has millions has no such desire. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
why should He have desires? Rather, He fulfills the desires of others. Man proposes and God disposes. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba had any desire, He would be imperfect, for He would be lacking something. Therefore He says that He has no desire to fulfill. As Yoge
\'e7vara, or as master of all }{\cs2873\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  whatever He wills is immediately realized. There i
s no question of desire. He becomes a husband or lover or friend just to fulfill the desires of His devotees. If we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friend, master, son or lover, we will never be frustrated. Every living entity has a specific relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, but at present this relationship is covered. As we advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it will be revealed.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Lord has nothing to do. He is full. He has nothing to do. But why He does? Just to set example. Set example. He's not bound up by the w
orks which He is doing in the material world. This science has to be learned. Na me karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4. And anyone who understands this transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is also becoming free from the reaction of karma.\line [Bg. 4.15]
\line Now, the whole spiritual process is to follow the example of the previous \'e4c\'e4ryas who have attained, I mean to, success... [boys making noise outside] These boys, wherefrom they come? They disturb...\line [....]\line Now, there are, Arjuna...
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is advising Arjuna that "If you act and follow in the footprints of the previous \'e4c\'e4ryas and previous great devotees and kings who have done in their lives karma-yoga, acting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you follow that principle, then yo
u shall also become free from the reaction of activities." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the Supreme Lord is full and has nothing to do, He works in order to set an example. He is not bound to His activities in the material world, and one who knows this also becomes free from r
eactional activities.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 k\'e5ta\'e0 karma\line p\'fcrvair api mumuk\'f1ubhi\'f9\line kuru karmaiva tasm\'e4t tva\'e0\line p\'fcr
vai\'f9 p\'fcrvatara\'e0 k\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with this understanding and so attained liberation. Therefore, as the ancients, you sh
ould perform your duty in this divine consciousness." (}{\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 4.15)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness requires that we follow in the footsteps of the great }{\cs2873\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  who have attained success in spiritual life. If one acts by following the examples set by great }{\cs2873\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  sages, devotees and enlightened kings who have performed }{\cs2873\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  in their lives, he shall also become free.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Because Arjuna was very much afraid for being entangled in the reaction of his fighting, K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore assures that "You shall n
ot be... If you follow, if you act, if you fight for My sake, then you will not be entangled by the reaction of karma." Ki\'e0 karma kim akarmeti,\line [Bg. 4.16]\line Now, people are misled what is karma, what is actually work, and what is not work, aka
rma. Ki\'e0 karma kim akarmeti kavayo 'pi. Kavaya\'f9 means great sages, great saintly persons, great philosophers. They are also sometimes bewildered to understand what class of activities are genuine and what class of activities are nongenuine. Therefo
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "I shall teach you what are genuine activities and what are nongenuine activities." Tat te karma pravak\'f1y\'e4mi yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 mok\'f1yase a\'e7ubh\'e4t. Yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4: "If you understand the principle of working
, then you shall get free from the bondage, material bondage."\line We have to work in such a way that we may, may not be entangled with this material body. Otherwise, as we have explained, this body is our material bondage, and it is the result of our a
ctivities. So we have to perform our activities so nicely and so cautiously so that I may not be entangled, I may be free even in this life, and tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9]. I can, after leaving this present body, I'll have no more to
 come into this material world.\line This science is being taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna. And the whole activity, the whole activity is that if we engage ourself, as we find it in the Eleventh Chapter, last verse,  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etr
a, Arjuna was very much afraid of being entangled in his activities by engaging in warfare. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore assured him that if he fought for His sake there would be no possibility of entanglement.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki\'e0 karma kim akarmeti\line kavayo 'py atra mohit\'e4\'f9\line tat te karma pravak\'f1y\'e4mi\line yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 mok
\'f1yase '\'e7ubh\'e4t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I shall explain to you what action is, kn
owing which you shall be liberated from all sins." (}{\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 4.16)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People are actually confused as to what is work (}{\cs2873\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 what is not work (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). K
\'e5\'f1\'eba here indicates that even great scholars (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kavaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) are bewildered about th
e nature of work. It is necessary to know which activities are genuine and which are not, which are bona fide and which are not, which are prohibited and which are not. If we understand the principle of work, we can become free from material bondage. It 
is therefore necessary to know how to conduct work so that when we leave the material body we will no longer be forced to take another but will be free to enter into the spiritual sky. The principle of proper work is clearly stated by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba in the last verse of the Eleventh Chapter:
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mat-karma-k\'e5n mat-paramo\line mad-bhakta\'f9 sa\'ecga-varjita\'f9\line nirvaira\'f9 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line ya\'f9 sa m\'e4m eti p\'e4\'eb
\'f2ava\line [Bg. 11.55]\line Now, this one verse is sufficient to teach the essence of \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, that "Anyone who is engaged in My work, in My work," mat-karma-k\'e5t... Then what is that "My work"? That "My work" is explained in
 the last word, I mean, the last instruction of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, that sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja [Bg. 18.66]. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-karma-k\'e5n mat-paramo\line mad-bhakta\'f9 sa\'ecga-varjita\'f9\line nirvaira\'f9 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line ya
\'f9 sa m\'e4m eti p\'e4\'eb\'f2ava
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Arjuna, one who is engaged in My pure devotional service, free from the contamination of previous activities and from mental 
speculation, who is friendly to every living entity, certainly comes to Me." (}{\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  11.55)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This one verse is sufficient for understanding the essence of }{\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  One must be engaged in "My work." And what is this work? It is indicated in the last instruction in }{\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  in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna to surrender unto Him (}{\b0\i\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  18.66).
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna is taught-and with the example of Arjuna, everyone of us is taught-that we have to work only which is sanctioned by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja.\line That is the... That is the mission of human life. But we do not know that. We do not know that. And because we do not know that, we engage ourself with so many work which is concerne
d with the bodily or material conception of life. So mat-karma-k\'e5t. So one has to do what K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires. Just like Arjuna did. K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired that he should fight. Arjuna did not like to fight, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired, he a
ccepted to fight. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's work. That we have to select. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the example of Arjuna we are to learn that we should only perform work which is sanctioned by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the mission of human life, but we do not know it. Because of o
ur ignorance we engage in so much work which is connected with the bodily or material conception of life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted Arjuna to fight, and although Arjuna did not want to fight, he fought because K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired it. We have to learn to f
ollow this example.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, what is the work at the present moment for us, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's work? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not present now to dictate that "This is My wo
rk." Just like Arjuna was fortunate enough. He was personally present before Arjuna. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally present, and He was directing. But that does not mean that we have no direction. We have direction. We have direction. In the Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find that anyone who preaches the gospel of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to the people of the world, he is the most dear, the dearest person in the world to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts him, the dearest person. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 was present to tell Arjuna what his work was, but what about us? \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally directing Arjuna to act in such and such a way, but just because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not personally present before us, we should not assume that there
 is no direction. Indeed, there is direction. In the last chapter of }{\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  t
he proper work which we are to perform is given.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya ida\'e0 parama\'e0 guhya\'e0\line mad-bhakte\'f1v abhidh\'e4syati\line bhakti\'e0 mayi par\'e4\'e0 k\'e5tv\'e4\line m\'e4m ev
ai\'f1yaty asa\'e0\'e7aya\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ca tasm\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u\line ka\'e7cin me priya-k\'e5ttama\'f9\line bhavit\'e4 na ca me tasm\'e4d\line anya\'f9 priyatar
o bhuvi
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. Th
ere is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear." (}{\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  18.6
8-69)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So therefore our duty is to preach the principles of this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, to make people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. People are sufferin
g for want of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore each and every one of us should be engaged in the preaching work of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for the benefit of the whole world.\line Lord Caitanya, whose picture you see in the front of our this 
store, Lord Caitanya very nicely preached this philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line  [Madhya 7.128]\line The Lord says, \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4j\'ef\'e4ya. Because He came with this mission, to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, so He says, "Just 
take My order, and all of you, you become the spiritual master." Guru ha\'ef\'e4. Anyone who teaches people K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, never mind what, what he is and where he is, he should be understood the spiritual master. So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, L
ord Caitanya gives order to everyone that \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4j\'ef\'e4ya guru ha\'ef\'e4 t\'e4ra' ei de\'e7a: "Every country, every, I mean to say, province, you go everywhere and just preach this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."\line [....]\line K\'e5\'f1
\'eba-upade\'e7a means this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, the instruction given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is k\'e5\'f1\'eba-upade\'e7a. And k\'e5\'f1\'eba-upade\'e7a is also \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam is full of instructions by which one
 can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Similarly, in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 also, we receive the instruction how we can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. So Lord Caitanya selects these very two particular books, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam and Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4, and He asks everyone, in any part of the world, to take up this matter very seriously and preach in the world. That is the direct order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So if we take up this missionary work, to preach Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as it is, with
out any interpretation and without any motive behind it, as it is, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba said... We should present as it is. People misrepresent Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 by their own interpretation. That should not be done. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as it is should be 
presented before the people of the world. They are suffering for want of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and as soon as they become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, their life becomes happy. So this is the mission of this society, International Society for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Consciousness. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is therefore incumbent upon us to preach the method of }{\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  and make people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. People are actually suffering for want of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We should all engage in spreading the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the benefit of the whole world. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
 came with this mission of teaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and He said that regardless of one's position, if he teaches K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he is to be considered a spiritual master. Both }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  are filled with information on how to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu selected these two books and requested that people in all corners of the wo
rld spread this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in every town and village. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and we should take this to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba's indication of our proper work. But we should be careful to present }{\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  as it is, without personal interpretation or motivation. Some people present interpr
etations of }{\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  but we should present the words as they are spoken by 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, sa\'ecga-varjita\'f9. Of course, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, he also acts just like another material 
actor, but because he works in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, therefore he's not bound up.\line Just like take the example of Arjuna. He also fought just like ordinary military man, but because he fought in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, therefore he was n
ot bound up by the reaction of such fighting. Fighting is not necessary. Fighting is not necessary. Peace, peace is necessary. But sometimes peace is disturbed. At that time, fighting is also necessary. You cannot, you cannot absolutely give up the proce
ss of fighting in this material world. That is not possible. Because there are persons who will create trouble. Just like we are experiencing. We are not going to do any harm to anybody. But sometimes they are coming and creating disturbances. So these d
isturbing elements are there, and this is always there. The material nature is like that. Therefore fighting cannot be abolished in the, when it is necessary, absolutely necessary. In the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba advocated this fighti
ng because it was absolutely necessary.\line So anything-it does not matter what it is-when it is sanctioned by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it has no reaction. That is the real work. Other, anything which we do, which may be very good work in the estimation of this 
material world, but that is bound to make you entangled in this material world. This secret one should learn. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who works for K\'e5\'f1\'eba may appear to be working like anyone else in the material world, but this is not the case. Arjuna may have fough
t just like an ordinary military man, but because he fought in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he was free from the entanglement of his activities. In this way, his work, although appearing material, was not material at all. Any action sanctioned by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'97regardless of what it may be\'97has no reaction. Fighting may not be a very nice thing, but sometimes, as in the case of the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, it is an absolute necessity. On the other hand, we may perform work which may be very altru
istic or humanitarian in the opinion of the world and yet be bound to material activity. So it is not the action itself which is important but the consciousness in which the action is carried out.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma\'ebo hy api boddhavya\'e0\line boddhavya\'e0 ca vikarma\'eba\'f9\line akarma\'eba\'e7 ca boddhavya\'e0\line gahan\'e4 karm
a\'ebo gati\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [Bg. 4.17]\line Karma\'ebo gati\'f9, the path of karma, is very intricate. Therefore one should understand what is actually karma and what is a
karma and what is vikarma. And knowing this, one should perform karma. But one thing is that if we simply engage ourself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then everything becomes clear. Otherwise, we have to make discrimination, "What I should do, what I 
should not do so that I may not be entangled."\line Just like in ordinary life we, whatever we do, we sometimes, we may unconsciously doing something which is against the law, and therefore we become bound up by the laws of the state and sometimes we are
 in trouble, similarly, in the laws of nature also, the laws of nature is very strict. There is no excuse. The laws of nature is very stringent. Just like the fire. Fire, it burns. That is natural. This is the law of nature. So even a child touches fire,
 the fire does not excuse, that "Because it is child, oh, his hand may be, may not be burned." No. That is not possible. So we have to make our work very cautiously. We have to select our work very cautiously. Otherwise, the stringent laws of nature will
 react, and we shall be bound by the laws of material nature and suffer.\line The Lord says that karma\'ebo hy api boddhavyam. One should understand how to work and one should understand what is not to be done. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The intricacies of action are very hard to understand.
 Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden action is, and what inaction is." (}{\cs2873\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 4.17)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The path of }{\cs2873\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 very intricate; therefore we should understand the distinctions between }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, akarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikarma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If we simply engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, eve
rything becomes clear. Otherwise we will have to make distinctions between what we should do and what we should not do in order not to become entangled. In the ordinary course of life we unknowingly break some law and have to suffer the consequences. Sim
ilarly, the laws of nature are very strict and stringent, and they accept no excuse. It is a law of nature that fire burns, and even if a child touches it, he will be burned despite his ignorance and innocence. Thus we have to choose our course of action
 very carefully lest the stringent laws of nature react to bind us to suffering. It is therefore necessary to understand what work to do and what work to avoid.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Akarma\'eba\'e7 ca boddhavyam. Karma\'ebo hy api boddhavya\'e0 boddhavya\'e0 ca vikarma\'eba\'f9. Karma, akarma and vikarma. There are thre
e things. Karma means prescribed duties, prescribed duties. That is called karma. And akarma, vikarma means doing against the prescribed duties. That is called vikarma. And akarma means something doing which has no reaction. That is not. Of course, in th
e execution of such work, it appears to be working, but practically it has no reaction. That is vikarma. And that vikarma is when we act on account of the Supreme. That is when we... K\'e5\'f1\'eba-karma-k\'e5t. When we work under the direction of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, that has no reaction. Otherwise, karma, one should do prescribed duties, and one should not do which is not prescribed.\line For example, for example, just like the state. The state has got some laws. Now, suppose if you commit murder, it will
 be hang, you will be hanged. That is the state law. So if you again, against the state law you commit some murder, you will be hanged. This is vikarma, and I should be cautious. But when the state orders, itself, that "You go and fight. Kill the enemy,"
 that is neither karma nor vikarma. So similarly, when we act under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is akarma. That means that karma, that kind of activities, has no reaction. Otherwise, we shall have to act very cautiously so that I may not be ent
angled with the reaction of my karma.\line  [Bg. 4.18]\line Now here is a nice verse. The Lord says, "One who can see karm\'e4\'ebi, akarma, any work which is being done, but it has no reaction..." Karm\'e4\'ebi, akarma ya\'f9. "I am doing something, but
 the ultimate result of that work has no reaction." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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  refers to prescribed dutie
s. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to activities which are against one's prescribed duties. And th
e word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to activities which have no reaction at all. In the execution of akar
mic activities, there may appear to be some reactions, but in actuality there are not. When we work under the directions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this is actually the case\'97there are no reactions. If we take it upon ourselves to kill someone, we are subject 
to capital punishment by the state government. Our actions are then called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikarma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for th
ey are against prescribed actions. If, however, the government drafts us into the army, and we engage in battle and kill someone, we do not suffer the reactions, and this is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub akarma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the one case we are acting according to our own whims, and in the other we are acting under the direction of the government. Similarly, when we act unde
r the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our actions performed are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akarma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for that kind 
of activity has no reaction.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma\'eby akarma ya\'f9 pa\'e7yed\line akarma\'ebi ca karma ya\'f9\line sa buddhim\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u\line sa yukta\'f9 k\'e5
tsna-karma-k\'e5t
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One 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." (}{\cs2873\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 4.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub One who can see like that... Karma\'eby akarma ya\'f9 pa\'e7yed akarm\'e4\'ebi ca ya\'f9 karma. And akarm\'e4\'ebi means one who is trying 
to avoid the reaction of karma, but he is being entangled in karma. Sa buddhim\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u: "He is the most intelligent person." Sa yukta\'f9 k\'e5tsna-karma-k\'e5t, sa: "He is dovetailed with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and therefore, after d
oing so many work..." K\'e5tsna mean all sorts of work. Still, he is free. Karma\'eby akarma. Even working.\line Just see, the Arjuna. Arjuna is fighting, and the other party, Duryodhana, is also fighting. Now, how you can understand that Arjuna is free 
from reaction but Duryodhana is not free from reaction? The fighting is both... Both parties are fighting. Externally, ephemerally, we can see simply that they are fighting. But who is bound up by reaction? Who is not bound up reaction? Arjuna is not bou
nd up by reaction. Why? He is fighting under the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So we have to see like that, who is working with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Anyone who is working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we should see that he is not being bound up. T
his is called karma\'eby akarma. Akarma means which has no reaction. So although I see somebody is working, but because he is working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, therefore it should be understood that his work is not producing any reaction.\line So 
this intelligent vision is recommended here by K\'e5\'f1\'eba that sa buddhim\'e4n: "Anyone who is working and who can see such work, who can understand such work," sa buddhim\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u, "in the human society, he is very intelligent." He is ve
ry intelligent. Otherwise, sometimes bhakti, the devotional service of the Lord... [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]
}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who can actually see that despite activities there are no karmic reactions, who understands the nature of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akarma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  actually sees things as they are. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akarma\'ebi}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who is trying to avoid the reactions of }{\cs2873\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  By dovetailing his activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, although one may perform all kinds of activities, he is free. On the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, Arjuna engaged in fighting, and those on t
he side of Duryodhana also engaged in fighting. We must understand how it is that Arjuna is free from reaction whereas Duryodhana is not. Externally we can see that both parties are engaged in fighting, but we should understand that Arjuna is not bound b
y reactions because he is fighting under the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus when we see someone working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we should understand that his work does not carry any reaction. One who can see such work and understand it is to be c
onsidered very intelligent (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa buddhim\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The technique is not so much in seeing what 
a person is doing but in understanding why he is doing it.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Just like Arjuna, when he first refused to work, refused to fight, that "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not possible for me to fight with my
 relatives, brothers. I am not going to fight," but from material estimation, this conclusion, this decision of Arjuna, is very good, very good. So materially, from material standing of, standpoint of view, that he is not going to commit nonviolence, vio
lence-he is nonviolent-he's very good man. But from spiritual point of view, it is not so. From spiritual point of view, it is not so. So one has to see. Simply by external features, that one is working and one is not working, that we cannot... What is t
he standard of work? Under what consciousness he's working. If he's working in material consciousness, then he's being bound up. However good may be that work, he's being bound up.\line Now, what is the binding reaction of good material work? Just try to
 understand. Good material work... Suppose you have done most charitable work, munificent work, and you have started so many, I mean to say, philanthropic institutions. That's all right. These are... From material estimation, these things are very good w
ork. But you are being bound up. You are being bound up. In which way you are being bound up? That these things are called pu\'ebya-karma, pious work. When you do pious work, you get four results. What are the four results? Janma-ai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta-
\'e7r\'e9. Janma-ai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta-\'e7r\'e9. If you do pious work, you can get reaction in four ways. You can get your birth in a very nice family. Just like in the family of a br\'e4hma\'eba, in the family of a rich man. For pious work, one can get 
his janma. And ai\'e7varya. Ai\'e7varya means you can become very rich man by pious work. Janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta [Bh\'e4g. 1.8.26] \'c7ruta means you can become very learned scholar. These are the results of pious work. Janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta, and 
\'e7r\'e9. You can become very beautiful by pious work. These are the results of pious work.\line Similarly, just the opposite, if you do vicious work, then you, you have to go to the lower class family or even the animal family, lower class birth, or be
come a fool, illiterate, and become not very good looking. So many things. These are the reactions of pious and vicious work.\line Now, taking it for granted that I am doing all pious work. That's all right. And I am getting my birth in a very rich famil
y or very pure family, just like br\'e4hma\'eba family or something like that. I am getting myself very good education. I am very beautiful to see. And I am very rich man, all these. But our point is that suppose if you are rich man, suppose if you are v
ery learned man, but you are not free from the stringent laws of material world. The whole point of vision should be targeted there, that "I am not going to be under the stricture of this material world." If we miss that point, then we shall be captivate
d by this aristocratic family or good education or beautiful body or richness.\line We shall be... One should understand that "In spite of having all these facilities of material life, I am not free from four things: janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi [Bg.
 13.9]." Janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi. "I am not free from four, four these things, material laws of nature." What is that? "I am not free from repeated birth and death. I am not free from old age. I am not free from diseases."\line Therefore K\'e5
\'f1\'eba has recommended in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9 punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna [8.16]. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually Arjuna was engaged in very unpleasant activity on the battlefield, but because he was in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss, he suffered no reaction. We may be performing some action which we may consider to be very good work, but if we do not perform it in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we have to suffer the reactions. From the material point of view, Arjuna's initial decis
ion not to fight was a good one, but from the spiritual point of view it was not. When we do pious work, we get certain results. We may take a birth in a very good family, in the family of a }{\cs2873\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 wealthy man, we may become very rich or very learned, or we may become very beautiful. On the other hand, if we do impious work, w
e may have to take birth in a low class family or animal family, or become illiterate or foolish, or very ugly. Although we engage in very pious work and take a good birth, we will still be subject to the stringent laws of action and reaction. Our princi
pal aim should be to escape the laws of this material world. If we don't understand this, we will become attracted by aristocratic families, wealth, or a good education or a beautiful body. We should come to understand that despite having all these facil
ities for material life, we are not free from birth, old age, disease and death. To caution us of this, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba warns in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take plac
e." (}{\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  8.16)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Arjuna, if you go up to the highest planet which is called Brahmaloka, where there is long duration of life and all other enjoymen
ts, they are thousands and thousands times better than enjoyment here, but still, \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9 punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna, then you have to come again. The repetition of birth and death is there also. Therefore your aim should be mad-
dh\'e4ma... yad gatv\'e4 na nivartante tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0 mama [Bg. 15.6]. "You have to go back to My planet, My kingdom. That will make you perfect."\line So this work, good work or bad work from the material point of view, may be superficially ver
y good. But what, how long I shall remain a rich man? How long I shall remain a beautiful man? This is not my permanent life. Suppose if my life is for hundred years, say. I can remain a rich man, I remain a learned man, I can remain a beautiful man, say
, for fifty or sixty or hundred years, but your life is not for hundred years or sixty years or thousands years or millions of years. You are eternal. You have to attain your eternal life. That is the whole problem. So that problem you have to solve. Tha
t problem can be solved when you are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.... [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even on Brahmaloka, the highest planet in the material universe, repetition of birth and death are also present. We have to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's planet in order to be free from this. It
 may be very nice to be a rich man or a beautiful man, but how long shall we remain such? That is not our permanent life. We may remain learned, rich and beautiful for fifty, sixty or at most a hundred years, but real life is not for fifty or a hundred y
ears, nor a thousand years nor even a million years. We are eternal, and we have to attain our eternal life. That we have not attained it is our whole problem. That problem can be solved when we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub .... so that by K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, when you leave this body, you will no more have to come to this material world and accept this ma
terial body or suffer and enjoy thereof. That is the point. The point is very difficult for common man, but this is the point. This is the point. I have to avoid this material existence altogether. That is the point. It is... It is not the question of im
proving my material condition. That is not the solution. If I...\line Just like in a prison house, if you want to improve your condition, you become a very good prisoner, and the government gives you A-class status. There are three classes of status in p
rison life. Some are suffering the prison life in the A-class status. Some of them are suffering in the B-class status. There are also classes. Just like when some political leader is put into prison, they are given A-class status. But a sane man, a sane
 man should not be satisfied by becoming an A-class prisoner, A-class prisoner. So we are, in this material world, some of us are in the A-class prisoner, some of us are B-class prisoner, some of us are C-class prisoner. So to become an A-class prisoner 
from C-class prisoner is not the solution of our problem. The problem should be solved that "Let me become completely free, completely free from the prison life." That is the whole problem.\line  [Bg. 4.18]\line "Anyone who can understand the process of 
karma, the process of work, in this way, he is the most intelligent person in this world." Most intelligent person. Not that a person who has passed M.A., Ph.D. examination from the university de..., offering country. The person who understands this prob
lem of life, he is the most intelligent person. That we should learn. He is the most intelligent person.\line yasya ....\line tam \'e4hu\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'e0 budh\'e4\'f9\line [Bg. 4.19]\line [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we leave this material body in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness,
 we will no longer have to return to the material world. The point is to avoid this material existence altogether. It is not a question of improving our condition in the material world. In prison a man may want to improve his condition to become a first 
class prisoner, and the government may give him A-status, but no sane man will become satisfied by becoming an A-class prisoner. He should desire to get out of the prison altogether. In the material world some of us are A-class, B-class or C-class prison
ers, but in any case we are all prisoners. Real knowledge does not consist in simply getting an MA or PhD but in understanding these basic problems of existence.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya sarve sam\'e4rambh\'e4\'f9\line k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'eba\'e0\line ta
m \'e4hu\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'e0 budha\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One 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 wo
rker whose fruitive action is burned up by the fire of perfect knowledge." (}{\cs2873\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 4.19)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'eb\'f2ita. Pa\'eb\'f2ita means learned, and budha means one who is well-versed. He is called budha. Budha, this very term, you'll find 
in another place of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, in the Tenth Chapter, budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit\'e4\'f9.\line  [Bg. 10.8]\line That budha you'll find in the Tenth Chapter, and the same budha, pa\'eb\'f2ita, pa\'eb\'f2ita and budha. Pa\'eb\'f2ita, according to 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, pa\'eb\'f2ita. Pa\'eb\'f2ita means learned man. The Sanskrit word pa\'eb\'f2ita means... And budha is "well-versed."\line Now who is well-versed? And who is pa\'eb\'f2ita? A very learned man from, by academic education, may not be a 
learned man according to the view of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 says, "He is the learned man who can see everyone on the equal footing, equal level." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.N
Y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
pa\'eb\'f2itam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means learned, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub budh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means well-versed. In the Tenth Chapter we also find the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub budh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the verse }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit\'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\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  10.8}{\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 . According to }{\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  one may not be a learned man just because he has received a lot of education from a university. }{\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  says that he is a learned man who can see everything on an equal level.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  [Bg. 5.18]\line A pa\'eb\'f2ita, pa\'eb\'f2ita can see... Pa\'eb\'f2ita means a learned man can see that "Here is a learned br\'e4hma\'eba." In
 India, according to Vedic civilization, a learned br\'e4hma\'eba is considered to be the topmost man in human society. So therefore He is taking the example that "Here is a very learned br\'e4hma\'eba." Vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne br\'e4hma\'ebe. Not only 
he is br\'e4hma\'eba, but he is very gentle. Vidy\'e4 means... What is the result of vidy\'e4? Education means one becomes gentleman. That is the result of vidy\'e4. If one is not a gentleman, then his learning is not accepted according to the Vedic lite
rature.\line So pa\'eb\'f2ita means that one who is learned and gentle. So another pa\'eb\'f2ita sees vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne, a br\'e4hma\'eba, learned and gentle, vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi, and a cow, vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne gavi h
a..., and an elephant, and \'e7va-p\'e4ke... \'c7va-p\'e4ke ca \'e7uni ca. \'c7va-p\'e4ke means there is a class of men who eats dogs. They are counted amongst the lower class in India. \'c7va-p\'e4ke ca \'e7uni. \'c7uni means dog. So dog also, not taken
 very good animal in the society. But a pa\'eb\'f2ita-either a dog, either a cow, either an elephant, either a, a, I mean to say, dog-eater, or a learned br\'e4hma\'eba-he sees all of them on the same level. That is pa\'eb\'f2ita.\line Why he sees on the
 same level? Do you mean to say that a learned br\'e4hma\'eba, a high-class br\'e4hma\'eba, he is just like as good as a dog? No. A learned br\'e4hma\'eba is not as good as a dog. But how, how, then, the pa\'eb\'f2ita sees on the equal footing? Oh, becau
se he does not see on the skin, but he sees on the spirit. Therefore he's pa\'eb\'f2ita. One who has learned this art, to see any living being, only the spirit he sees, that "Here is a living being. He's a spiritual spark. He's a spirit soul. But he has 
got a different covering, body, only."\line Just like in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, it is said that v\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni: "This body is just like our dress." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660803BG.N
Y}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]}}{\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 \s171 \qj\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 }{\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  a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater (outcaste)." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India, according to Vedic civilization, a }{\cs2873\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 is learned is considered to be the topmost man in human society. The }{\cs2873\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  who is learned and gentle, sees such a }{\cs2873\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 the same level with a dog or an outcaste who eats dogs. In other words, he sees no distinctions between the highest and the lowest. Is this to say that being a learned }{\cs2873\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 no better than being a dog? No, that is not so. But the }{\cs2873\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  sees them as the same because he does not see the skin but the spirit. One who has learned the art of seeing the same spirit soul within every living
 being is considered to be a }{\cs2873\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  for in actuality every living being is a spiri
tual spark, part and parcel of the complete spirit whole. The spiritual spark is the same in all, but it is covered by different dresses. An honored man may come in a very shabby dress, but this does not mean that he should be dishonored. In }{\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  these material bodies are likened unto dresses which are worn by the spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \'e7ar\'e9r
\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti nav\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Suppose a very learned man has come in a shabby dress. Do you think that he should be dishonored? If he's known, of course. Just like our this 
sanny\'e4s\'e9 dress. It is not very costly dress. It is a loin cloth. It is very cheap, but sometimes people misunderstand that "Here is a beggar." And sometimes we are respected. So simply by dress we should not see any living entity. Whether, either h
e's a dog, or he's a, in the estimation of the society, a lower class man, or a very high class man, or a cow, but we shall see that "Here is a spirit soul." Anyone who can understand the spiritual vision of life, he is pa\'eb\'f2ita. He is pa\'eb\'f2ita
.\line  And according to C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita. C\'e4\'ebakya, he was a great politician, and he says... Now, what is the standard of education? Standard of education. Now, he has given very nice, three words, three words for standard of education,
 who is perfect in education. He says,\line ..[N\'e9ti \'c7\'e4stra 10]\line Pa\'eb\'f2ita. This pa\'eb\'f2ita. This pa\'eb\'f2ita, explanation of pa\'eb\'f2ita.\line Now, who is a pa\'eb\'f2ita? Now, m\'e4t\'e5vat para-d\'e4re\'f1u: "He is the learned m
an who sees all women as his mother." Except one's married wife, one should see every woman as his mother. M\'e4t\'e5vat. M\'e4t\'e5 means mother. Vat means just like. M\'e4t\'e5vat para-d\'e4re\'f1u. Para-d\'e4re\'f1u means other women except one's own 
wife, married wife.\line M\'e4t\'e5vat para-d\'e4re\'f1u para-dravye\'f1u lo\'f1\'f6ravat: "And other's property should be accepted just like refused garbage in the street." Just like we don't care for all the garbages. Simply if others' money or others'
 property is there sometimes we hanker. We should think, "Oh, these are nonsense, just like garbage." M\'e4t\'e5vat para-d\'e4re\'f1u para-dravye\'f1u lo\'f1\'f6ravat, \'e4tmavat sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u. And lo\'f1\'f6ra means that rubbles. Just like stone r
ubbles. There are so many rubbles and, er, strewn over the street. Nobody cares for that. Similarly, if others' money is thrown over the street, nobody... He should not care. He should not collect. "Oh, here is some money. Let me take." So m\'e4t\'e5vat 
para-d\'e4re\'f1u para-dravye\'f1u lo\'f1\'f6ravat, \'e4tmavat sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u. And he should see everyone...\line This \'e4tmavat sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u was preached by Lord Buddha, this philosophy. This one philosophy was, I mean to say, taught throug
hout the whole world by Lord Buddha, that there should be no animal killing. \'c4tmavat sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u. No living entity should be given suffering, even by words. That is real life. \'c4tmavat... ya\'f9 pa\'e7yati. One who has such vision of life, h
e is called learned. He is called learned, not by educational qualifications. One who has acquired... phalena paric\'e9yate. Education is understood, how far a man is educated, by his behavior. By his vision of life, it will be estimated, not by the degr
ee. \'c4tmavat sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u ya\'f9 pa\'e7yati sa pa\'eb\'f2ita\'f9. Similarly, here also, here also the word pa\'eb\'f2ita, pa\'eb\'f2ita has been used.\line So I have just given you some explanation of pa\'eb\'f2ita from different angle of vision
. And budha also. Budha. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you'll find the definition of budha. Budha means well-versed. Well-versed. Well-versed means who has got, studied lots of books of knowledge. He is called budha. Now, how one becomes budha? By studying,
 one should have concluded this. What is that conclusion? That is stated in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9.\line .. [Bg. 10.8]\line The well-versed person is he who has understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the 
original fountainhead of all emanations. All emanations, whatever we see, they are all emanations from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the sci... [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]}}{\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\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 2.22}{\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 Whenever we see any living entity we should think, "Here is a spirit soul." Anyone who can understand such a spiritual vision of life is }{\cs2873\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  C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2it gives the standard for education or the qualification for a }{\cs2873\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  in this way: "The learned man sees all women, with the exception of his wife, as his mothe
r; he sees all material possessions as garbage in the street, and he looks on the sufferings of others as he would look on them in himself." Lord Buddha taught that we should not even hurt animals by word or deed. This is the qualification for a }{
\cs2873\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  and this should be the standard of life. It is therefore to be understood tha
t one is to be considered educated in accordance with his vision of life and his activity in accordance with that vision, not by his academic degrees. This is the understanding of the word }{\cs2873\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  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  Similarly, the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub budh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  specifi
cally refers to one who is well-versed in the study of scripture. The results of such realization and scriptural learning are thus described in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devo
tional service and worship Me with all their hearts." }{\b0\i0\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  10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub One who has understood this, this fact, this transcendental fact, he is well-versed, budha. Aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 p
ravartate: "And everything is coming out of Me."\line Just like the sunshine is coming out of the sun. Nobody knows for how many years, how millions and millions of years, the sunshine is coming out of the sun. But still, the sun is still as it is. Simil
arly, the all the energies-the material energy, spiritual energy, lower energy, higher energy-everything is coming out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So one who has understood this science, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba science, budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit\'e4\'f9... Then what 
he becomes? His sign that, what is the sign that he has understood? Oh, he becomes a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He becomes completely K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.N
Y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The well-versed person or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub budh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is one who has understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of all emanations. Whatever we happen to see is but an emanation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. For millions and millions of years sunshine has been emanating from the sun, and yet the sun is as it is. Similarly, all material and spiritual energies are coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As a result of knowing this, one becomes a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub One who has who is learned enough, one who has got this knowledge, that "We have to work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," and he has no mo
re lust to enjoy this material world, one who has no more lust, k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9... Everything, what we do in this material world, we have got a determination, that "I shall enjoy the fruits of this work like this, the fruits of that wo
rk in that way." That is called k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa, determination of lust. So one who is free from such lust, k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-varjit\'e4\'f9...  And how it is possible? J\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'ebam. J\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni. Just like fire, fire
 burns everything which you put into it. Similarly, one has developed, one who has developed the sense, the real knowledge, that "My life's mission, the, is only to go back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," that is the highest t
ype of knowledge. They're just like fire. So in that fire of highest type of knowledge, all lust is burned aside. J\'ef\'e4na-agni-dagdha, tam \'e4hu\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'e0 budh\'e4\'f9. And he's a learned, he's well-versed. That is the explanation of thi
s Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660803BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus one who knows that he must work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, who no longer desires to enjoy this material world, is actually learned. Everyone is working in the material world due to lust (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but the wise man is free from the dictations of this lust (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma-sa\'eckalpa-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub varjit\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). How is this possible? }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni-dagdha-karm\'e4\'ebam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the fire of knowledge burns up all reactions of sin
ful activities. It is the most potent of purifiers. Our lives have meaning and direction only in so far as we strive to attain this transcendental knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is the king of all knowledge.
\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 GLOSSARY
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa0\li0\ri0\fi32767 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the transcendental r
ealization of oneself to be spirit, not matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hi\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97nonviolence to all living entities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97activities which have no pious or sinful
 reactions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anum\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97evidence by hearing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arca-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the appearance of the Supreme Lord
 in a Deity form engraved from wood, stone or other matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anasuyu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97nonenvious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97one who descends from the spiritual 
universe into the material universe through his own will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who possesses in fu
ll all opulences\'97knowledge, wealth, power, beauty, fame and renunciation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97celibate students.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97charity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97individual souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97eternal time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97duties prescribed in the revealed scriptu
res.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97fruitive laborers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97constant chanting of the glories of 
the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97great souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97foolish men who are lower than ani
mals.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97liberation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97supreme.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97food that has been offered to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pratyak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97evidence by direct perception.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the king of knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7abda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the method of taking truths from a hig
her authority.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97holy man.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97energy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97penance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vikarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97activities which are against one's pres
cribed duties.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \'97sacrifice.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub OTHER BOOKS
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead (2 Vols.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Teachings of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Teachings of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Perfection of Yoga
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beyond Birth and Death
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
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elations With K\'e5\'f1\'eba
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\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: We have finished the Fifth Chapter of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Today we shall begin the Sixth Chapter. In the Sixth Chapter you'
ll find the process of yoga. You have heard many times of the yoga system. That yoga system is approved by Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. But the system of yoga as prescribed in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, it is specially meant for purifying your status. Karma-\'e7ud
dhasya vijit\'e4tmana\'f9. Karma-\'e7uddhasya vijit\'e4tmana\'f9. To control the senses and to purify the process of work, that is the purpose of yoga. Yoga means to purify the process of our activities and to control the senses. \'c7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv
\'e4ca. Bhagav\'e4n. The other day we have explained who is Bhagav\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n is the last word of the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases: impersonal Brahman, localized Param\'e4tm\'e4, Supersoul, and ultimately, as the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ultimately, Bhagav\'e4n, or the Supreme Absolute Truth, is person, and secondarily, He is all-pervading Supersoul, and the brahma-jyotir effulgence. So here it is said, \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Bhagav\'e4n means the
 proprietor of everything and all-powerful, all... He has got all the... All-famous. Nobody can be more famous than God. And all-beautiful, and full of knowledge, and full of renunciation. Full of opulence, at the same time, full of renunciation. Here in
 the material world you'll find if a rich man has got great opulence, he is not liking to give it up. He's not liking. He does not like to renounce. But in the Supreme Personality of Godhead you'll find full of all opulence, but at the same time, full of
 renunciation. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have heard many times of the }{\cs2873\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. The }{\cs2873\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 is approv
ed by }{\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  but the }{\cs2873\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 in }{\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  is especially meant for purification. The aim is threefold: to control the senses, to purify activities and to link oneself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a reciprocal relationship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is realized in three stages: impersonal Brahman, localized Param\'e4tm\'e4 (Supersoul) and ultimately as Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. In the final analysis, the Supreme Absolute Truth is a Person, and simultaneously He is the all-pervading Supersoul within the hearts of all living entities and within the core of all atoms, and He is 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  or the effulgence of spiritual light as well. Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full of all opulence as the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead, but at the same time He is full of all renunciation. In the material world we find that one who has much opulence is not very much inclined to give it up, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like this. He can renounce everything and remain c
omplete in Himself.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The six qualifications: proprietor of all opulence, all-famous, all strength, all beauty, all knowledge, and all renunciation. Anywhere you
 find all these six qualifications in full, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\line So here it is said, \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is speaking. He's speaking means He's speaking with all knowledge. His knowl
edge has no flaw. Our knowledge has many, so many flaws. We commit mistake, we are illusioned. Sometimes we speak something and at our heart there is something else. That means we cheat. And our experience all imperfect because our senses are imperfect. 
Therefore I cannot speak anything to you. If you ask me, "Swamiji, then what you are speaking?" I am speaking simply what the Supreme Personality of Godhead has said. I'm just repeating the same words. That's all. Don't think that I am speaking. I am sim
ply instrument. Real speaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is without and within. So what does He say? He says,\line ..\line  [Bg. 6.1]\line  [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When w
e read or study }{\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  under a bona fide spiritual master we should not think
 that the spiritual master is presenting his own opinions. It is not he who is speaking. He is just an instrument. The real speaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is both within and without. At the beginning of His discourse on the }{\cs2873
\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 in the Sixth Chapter of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4\'e7rita\'f9 karma-phala\'e0\line k\'e4rya\'e0 karma karoti ya\'f9\line sa sanny\'e4s\'e9 ca yog\'e9 ca\line na niragnir n
a c\'e4kriya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the tru
e mystic; not he who lights no fire and performs no work." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An\'e4\'e7rita\'f9. An\'e4\'e7rita\'f9 means without any shelter. Karma-phalam. Everyone is working, expecting some result. Whatever you do, wo
rk, you expect some result. Here Bhagav\'e4n says, the Supreme Personality of Godhead says, that "Anyone who works without any shelter of the result..." He works. Then if he does not expect any result, then why does he work? Unless... Suppose I ask someb
ody to work this way. Then he will expect something, some result, some remuneration, some reward, or some salary. That is the way of working here. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba prescribes that an\'e4\'e7rita\'f9 karma-phalam, "One who works without any expectation 
of result or reward." Then why does he work? K\'e4ryam. "It is my duty. It is my duty." Not with a result, but as duty. "I am duty-bound to do this." K\'e4rya\'e0 karma karoti ya\'f9. In such a way, if somebody works, sa sanny\'e4s\'e9, he is actually in
 the renounced order of life. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is working and expecting some result. One may ask what is the purpose of working if no result is expected? A remuneration or s
alary is always demanded by the worker. But here K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that one can work out of a sense of duty alone, not expecting the results of his activities. If one works in this way, then he is actually a }{\cs2873\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 in the renounced order of life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are four stages of life according to Vedic culture. We have many times explained to you that brahmac\'e4r\'e9, g\'e5hastha, v\'e4napr
astha, and sanny\'e4s\'e9. Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 means student life, to be trained up in spiritual understanding, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, fully trained up. He is called brahmac\'e4r\'e9. Then, after full training, he accepts wife, he gets himself marrie
d and lives with family and children. That is called g\'e5hastha. Then, after fifty years, he leaves the children alone and gets out of home accompanied by his wife and travels in the holy places. That is called v\'e4naprastha, retired life. And at last 
he gives up his wife to the care of his children, grown-up children, and he remains alone. And that is called sanny\'e4sa, or renounced order of life. So these four orders of life there are.\line Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that simply renouncement is not a
ll. Simply renouncement is not all. There must be some duty. K\'e4ryam. K\'e4ryam means "It is my duty." Now, what is that duty? He has renounced the family life. He has no more botheration how to maintain his wife and children. Then what is his duty? Th
at duty is very responsible duty-to work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e4ryam. K\'e4ryam means it is the real duty. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic culture, there are four stages of
 life: }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa. Brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is student life devoted to training in spiritual understanding. }{\cs2873\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  life is married householder life. Then upon reaching the approximate age of fifty, one may take 
the }{\cs2873\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  order\'97that is, he leaves his home and children and travels with his 
wife to holy places of pilgrimage. Finally he gives up both wife and children and remains alone to cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that stage is called }{\cs2873\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 the renounced order of life. Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that for a }{\cs2873\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  renunciation is not all. In addition, there must be some duty. What then is the duty for a }{\cs2873\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  for one who has renounced family life and no longer has material obligations? His duty is a most responsible one; it is to work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 Moreover, this is the real duty for everyone in all stages of life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of duties in our life. One duty is to serve the illusion, and the other, another duty is to serve the reality. When you
 serve the reality, that is called real sanny\'e4sa. And when we serve the illusion, that is called m\'e4y\'e4. Now, either to serve the reality or to serve the illusion, I am in such a position that I have to serve. My position is not to become the mast
er but to become the servant. That is my constitution.\line Everyone in this material world, he's a servant. Nobody is master. One thinks that "I am the master," but he is actually servant. Suppose if you have got your family, if you are thinking that yo
u are the master of your wife, of your children, of your servants, of your business, that is false. You are the servant of your wife, you are the servant of your children, you are the servant of your servants. That is your real position. Any case you tak
e. The president, he is considered to be the master of your country, but actually he is the servant of your country. So if you go on analyzing that our position is always servant... So either we shall become the servant of illusion or we shall have to be
come the servant of God. But if we remain the servant of illusion, then our life is wasted. Everyone is servant of illusion. He's servant of nobody but servant of illusion. He is expecting some profit. For serving, he is expecting some profit, but that p
rofit is transient and illusion. Therefore he is servant of illusion. And when a person becomes to his real senses, transcendental senses or j\'ef\'e4nam, when he becomes actually the person in knowledge, then he becomes the servant of the reality. Becau
se I am servant always, this way or that way. So knowledge means: "Then why shall I serve the unreal illusion? Let me serve the reality. If my business is to serve and nothing to be...never to be master, always to serve, then why I shall serve the illusi
on? Let me serve the reality." That sense is called knowledge. So an\'e4\'e7rita\'f9 karma-phalam [Bg. 6.1]. Sanny\'e4sa, renounced order of life, means one who is in perfect knowledge, he can take sanny\'e4sa. Otherwise, if he takes all of a sudden the 
renounced order of life, he will create misery for himself and misery for others. In full knowledge, that sanny\'e4sa. So here, how that full knowledge is exhibited after sanny\'e4sa, that is explained here by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [660902B
G.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In everyone's life there are two duties: one is to serve the illusion, and the other is to serve the reality. When one serves the reality, he is a real }{\cs2873\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  And when one serves the illusion, he is deluded by }{\cs2873\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  One has to understand, however, that he is in all circumstances forced to serve. Either he serves the illusion or 
the reality. The constitutional position of the living entity is to be a servant, not a master. Everyone in the material world is a servant; no one is master. One may think that he is the master, but he is actually a servant. When one has a family he may
 think that he is the master of his wife, or his children, or his home, business and so on, but that is all false. One is actually the servant of his wife, of his children and of his business. The president may be considered to be the master of the count
ry, but actually he is the servant of the country. Our position is always as servant\'97either as servant of the illusion or as servant of God. If, however, we remain the servant of the illusion, then our life is wasted. Of course everyone is thinking th
at he is not a servant, that he is working only for himself. Although the fruits of his labor are transient and illusory, they force him to become a servant of illusion or a servant of his own senses. But when one awakens to his transcendental senses and
 actually becomes situated in knowledge, he then becomes a servant of the reality. When one comes to the platform of knowledge, he understands that in all circumstances he is a servant. Since it is not possible for him to be master, he is much better sit
uated serving the reality instead of the illusion. When one becomes aware of this, he attains the platform of real knowledge. By }{\cs2873\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, we refer to one who has come to this platform. }{\cs2873\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  is a question of realization, not social status.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is that? K\'e4ryam. "It is my duty to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and to serve the cause of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Oh, that is my duty. T
hat is my real duty." When we come to this knowledge, then we become mah\'e4tm\'e4, or the great soul. V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9. You'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n
 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate [7.19]. "After many, many births, when a person, when a soul, is perfectly elevated to the platform of real knowledge, transcendental knowledge," then what does he do? "He surrenders unto Me," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. "He surrenders unt
o Me." V\'e4s... Why? V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti [Bg. 7.19], "You are everything, V\'e4sudeva." V\'e4sudeva means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Such...," sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9, "such great soul 
is very scarce, rarely found." But any intelligent person, if he understands this philosophy, that "My ultimate goal of life is to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why not surrender immediately? Why shall I wait?" Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante. "Why sh
all I wait for so many births?"\line So that stage is called real sanny\'e4sa. K\'e4ryam. K\'e4ryam means "It is my duty." I am not forced, but voluntarily, out of love, transcendental love. Just like mother serves this child out of love. There is no que
stion of salary or remuneration. The mother loves this child. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the duty of everyone to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and to serve the cause of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. When one actually realizes this he becomes a }{\cs2873\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  or a great soul. In }{
\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that after many births, when one comes to the platfo
rm of real knowledge, he "surrenders unto Me." Why is this? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i
ti}{\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  The wise man realizes that "V\'e4sudeva [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] is everything." However, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says that such a great soul is rarely found. Why is this? If an intelligent person comes to understand that the ultimate goal of life is to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why should he hesitate? Why not surrender immediately? What is the po
int in waiting for so many births? When one comes to that point of surrender, he becomes a real }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba never forces anyone to surrender unto Him. Surrender is a result of love, transcendental love. Where there is force and where there is no freedom, there can be no love. When a mother loves a child, she is not forc
ed to do so, nor does she do so out of expectation of some salary or remuneration.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, you can love the Supreme Lord in many ways. You can love the Supreme Lord as master, you can love the Supreme Lord as friend, yo
u can love the Supreme Lord as child, you can love the Supreme Lord as your husband. Any way. There are five different rasas or humors, in which we are eternally related with the Supreme Lord. And when we are actually in the liberated stage of all knowle
dge, we can understand that "Our relationship with the Lord is in this way." That is called svar\'fcpa-siddhi. That is real self-realization. That is real self-realization. Everyone has an eternal relationship with the Lord, either in the conception of m
aster and servant, or in the conception of friend and friend, or in the conception of parents and the child, or in the conception of husband and wife, or in the conception of paramour and lover, and the beloved. So these relationships are there eternally
.\line Now, the whole process of spiritual realization is to come to this stage, transcendental stage. This relationship with the Supreme Lord is pervertedly reflected in this material world. And therefore we have got this relationship here, master and s
ervant. But because it is perverted, therefore that relationship is not master and servant. That relationship is with the money and the benefit. There is no love. There is no love. Here in this material world, the master and the servant, that relationshi
p continues so long the master is able to pay the servant. As soon as the payment is stopped, the relationship of master and servant also stops. Therefore that is not eternal. [to someone:] Come on. Sit down here. That is not eternal. Similarly, here als
o, there is relationship between friend and friend. But in slight difference of opinion the friendship breaks. The friend becomes enemy. Therefore it is perverted reflection. Similarly, the relationship between... [aside:] Come on here. Relationship betw
een mother and son. A slight difference of opinion breaks the relationship, and the son becomes out of the relationship of mother, mother becomes out of... Every way. Husband and wife, a slight difference of opinion, there is divorce, separation. [660902
BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, we can love the Supreme Lord in so many ways\'97we can love Him as master, as friend, as child or as husband. There are five basic }{\cs2873\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  or relationships in which we are eternally related to God. When we are actually in the liberated stage of know
ledge, we can understand that our relationship with the Lord is in a particular }{\cs2873\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  That
 platform is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svar\'fcpa-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or real self-realization. Everyone has an eternal r
elationship with the Lord, either as master and servant, friend and friend, parent and child, husband and wife, or lover and beloved. These relationships are eternally present. The whole process of spiritual realization and the actual perfection of }{
\cs2873\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 to revive our consciousness of this relationship. At present our relationship with t
he Supreme Lord is pervertedly reflected in this material world. In the material world, the relationship between master and servant is based on money or force or exploitation. There is no question of service out of love. The relationship between master a
nd servant, pervertedly reflected, continues only for so long as the master can pay the servant. As soon as the payment stops, the relationship also stops. Similarly, in the material world there may be a relationship between friends, but as soon as there
 is a slight disagreement, the friendship breaks, and the friend becomes an enemy. When there is a difference of opinion between son and parents, the son leaves home and the relationship is severed. The same with husband and wife; a slight difference of 
opinion, and there is divorce.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So no relationship here in this material world is actual. Always remember that all relationship in this material world is perverted reflect
ion of that relationship which we have got eternally with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is simply reflected. Just like the sunshine. The sunshine is reflected in the glass, and that reflection comes to your, in my apartment. At six o'clock the s
unshine comes from the western side... eastern side. So in the evening the sunshine cannot come from the eastern side. The sunshine comes from the western side, but it is coming because it is reflected through a glass in the opposite house. This is the i
dea of reflected. That reflection of the sunshine is not real, but it appears just like sunshine. Similarly, all our relationship here, either as master and servant or as friend and friend or as parents and child or as husband and wife or as lover and th
e beloved, any relationship, whatever we see here, that is the perverted reflection of our eternal relationship with God.\line So when we come to that platform of understanding, then we are perfectly in knowledge. So when that knowledge comes here, it is
 stated, he takes the service of the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: k\'e4ryam. K\'e4ryam means "It is my duty." Because I have got my eternal love relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No relationship in this material world is actual or eternal. We must always remember that these ephemeral relationships are simply perverted reflections of that eternal relationship that we have with the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead. We have experience that the reflection of an object in a glass is not real. It may appear real, but when we go to touch it we find that there is only glass. We must come to understand that these relationships as friend, parent, child, master, serv
ant, husband, wife or lover are simply reflections of that relationship that we have with God. When we come to this platform of understanding, then we are perfect in knowledge. When that knowledge comes, we begin to understand that we are servants of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and that we have an eternal love relationship with Him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no question of remuneration. Of course, remuneration is there thousand times more than what remuneration we get here by rendering 
our service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thousand times... Not thousand times because there is no limit.\line There is a nice story of a great devotee, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was a very powerful king and he conquered over the heavenly planets. So th
e denizens of the heavenly planets, they appealed to the Supreme Lord to save them, that "We are now conquered by the demonic king, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja." So Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja... And K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba took the shape of a dwarf and went to B
ali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja for begging as a br\'e4hma\'eba boy. And He approached him, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "I want something from you. You are a great king. You give in charity to the br\'e4hma\'ebas. So I want something from you." So Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, 
"Yes, I shall give You. What do You want?" "Now, I want land of three, in the measurement of My sole, three sole measurements. That's all." So He was a boy, His sole was sole, not very long. So Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "What You will do with a small pie
ce of land?" But He said, "Yes, that will suffice Me. If you promise this three measurement of My three feet of land, that will suffice." Then Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja agreed, and by His two measurement of the palm, He covered the whole universe. Then He's as
king, "Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, now whatever you have got, you got, now it is finished by two feet, by two measurement of my palm. Now where I am going to keep My third, third one?" Then Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja understood that it is the favor of the Supreme Lord
. He said, "My dear Lord, yes, I have now lost everything. I have no other property, but I have got my head. Please kindly keep on it." You see. So the Lord was very much pleased on him, and He offered, "Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, then what do you want from Me
?" "No, I never expected anything from You. I could understand You wanted from me everything; so I have offered my everything. That is finished. I don't want..." Then Lord says, "Yes, but from My side, I have got something to offer you. I shall remain as
 your order-carrier servant in your door." So He remained always... Just like we are sitting here, there may be some doorman, He, Lord became his doorman. So that is the return. If we offer something to Lord, oh, that is rewarded in many millions of time
s. So we should not expect.\line The Lord is always serious to return the service of the servant, of His devotee. So there are many devotees. This devotee, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, is surrendered everything for the service of the Lord. So he became a famous 
king. Sarv\'e4tma-snapane abhavad balir vaiy\'e4saki\'f9 [Brs. 1.2.265]. So now, anyone who thinks that "Service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or service of the Lord, is my duty, duty," he is the man in perfect knowledge. Sa sanny\'e4s\'e9. Sa sanny\'e4s\'e9 ca yog
\'e9 ca [Bg. 6.1]. And he's actually yogi. We have heard the names of so many yogis, but here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, "He is actual yogi." Who? "Who has surrendered himself fully unto Me and he is engaged in My service as a matter
 of duty." [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this love relationship there is no question of remuneration, but of course remuneration is there, and it is much greater than whatever we earn here
 through the rendering of service. There is no limit to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's remuneration. In this connection there is the story of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a very powerful king who conquered a number of planets. The denizens of the heavenly planets ap
pealed to the Supreme Lord to save them, for they had been conquered by the demonic king, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Upon hearing their pleas, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba took the shape of a dwarf }{\cs2873\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 and approached Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, saying, "My dear king, I would like something from you. You are a great monarch and are renowned for
 giving in charity to the }{\cs2873\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 would you give me something?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "I will give you what you want."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I simply want whatever land I can cover in three steps," the boy said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, is that all?" the king replied. "And what will you do with such a small piece of land?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Though it may be small, it will suffice me," the boy smiled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja agreed, and the boy-dwarf took two steps and covered the entire universe. He then asked Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja where he was going to take his third
 step, and Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, understanding that the Supreme Lord was showing him His favor, replied: "My dear Lord, I have now lost everything. I have no other property, but I do have my head. Would You so kindly step there?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was then very much pleased with Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and He asked, "What would you like from Me?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I never expected anything from You," Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said. "But I understand that You wanted something from me, and now I have offered You everything."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes," the Lord said, "but from My side I have something for you. I shall remain always as an order-carrier servant in your court." In this way the Lord became Bali
 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's doorman, and that was his return. If we offer something to the Lord, it is returned millions of times. But we should not expect this. The Lord is always eager to return the service of His servant. Whoever thinks that the service of the 
Lord is actually his duty is perfect in knowledge and has attained the perfection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 2: Yoga as Work in 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 2\line Yoga As Work In 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 [660902BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa sanny\'e4s\'e9. Sa sanny\'e4s\'e9 ca yog\'e9 ca [Bg. 6.1]. And he's actually yogi. We have heard the names of so many yogis, but here K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, "He is actual yogi." Who? "Who has surrendered himself fully unto Me and he is engaged in My service as a matter of duty." That's all. Sa sanny\'e4s\'e9 ca yog\'e9 ca na niragnir na c\'e4kriya\'f9. Na niragn
i\'f9. Niragni\'f9 means "those who have left home." In the var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma, one who is a householder, he has to perform daily yaj\'efa. So there is fire. Fire. Still we find in the Parsis, they are fire worshipers. So this fire worship is rec
ommended in Vedic literature. So g\'e5hasthas, or the householders, they are expected to offer, I mean to say, sacrifice in the fire daily.\line ya\'e0 sanny\'e4sam iti pr\'e4hur\line yoga\'e0 ta\'e0 viddhi p\'e4\'eb\'f2ava\line na hy asannyasta-sa\'ecka
lpo\line yog\'e9 bhavati ka\'e7cana\line  [Bg. 6.2]\line Now, here is very important point. Ya\'e0 sanny\'e4sam iti pr\'e4hu\'f9. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs Arjuna that "Whatever is known as sanny\'e4sa, renounced order of life, that is also
 yoga." Yoga system and sanny\'e4sa, there is no difference because everything on the yoga system... This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is also known as yoga system. You'll find here three kinds of yoga: karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, and bhakti-yoga. So just like 
you have got a staircase to rise up to the fifth or sixth or tenth floor, or more than that, the whole staircase or the lift service is called yoga. Now, somebody may be in the fifth floor, somebody may be in the tenth floor, somebody may be on the fifti
eth floor, but the same lift service is going. You take the lift service as the yoga, connection between the highest story to the down. Anyone who has elevated himself to a certain platform... Someone is called karma-yog\'e9, someone is called j\'ef\'e4n
a-yog\'e9, someone is called dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9, someone is called bhakti-yog\'e9. So there are different kinds of yoga in this conception. Otherwise, this lift service, yoga service, is the same. It is, the difference is between the elevation point.\line
So similarly, ya\'e0 sanny\'e4sam iti pr\'e4hur yoga\'e0 ta\'e0 viddhi p\'e4\'eb\'f2ava. "Oh Arjuna." P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava means "the son of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, Arjuna." "You can understand that what is sanny\'e4sa and what is yoga, they are the same principle."
 They are the same principle how? Na hy asannyasta-sa\'eckalpo yog\'e9 bhavati ka\'e7cana. Because without being freed from desires of sense gratification, nobody can become either a yogi or a sanny\'e4s\'e9. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have heard the names of so many different }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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 in }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that he is the actual yogi who has surrendered himself "fully unto Me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims that
 there is no difference between renunciation (}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 sanny\'e4sam iti pr\'e4hur\line yoga\'e0 ta\'e0 viddhi p\'e4\'eb\'f2ava\line na hy asannyasta-sa\'eckalpo\line yog\'e9 bh
avati ka\'e7cana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "What is called renunciation is the same as }{\cs2873\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  or linking oneself with the Supreme; for no one can become a }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification." }{\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 B
g. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  there are three basic types of }{\cs2873\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  delineated\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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 systems of }{\cs2873\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  may be likened unto a staircase. Someone may be on the first step, someone may be halfway up, or someone may be on the top step. When one is elevated to certain levels, he is known as a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9, j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc. In all cases, the service to the Supreme Lord is the same. It is a differen
ce in elevation only. Thus \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that he must understand that renunciation (}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  are the same because without being freed from
 desire and sense gratification one can become neither a }{\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  nor a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is trying to have some profit out of his activities. There are many yogis, they perform yoga system or teach yoga system for some 
profit, but that is not the idea of yoga system. Everything should be engaged in the service of the Lord. Everything. Whatever we do, either as ordinary worker or as sanny\'e4s\'e9 or as yogi, or as j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, all our energies should be dovetailed w
ith K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is real sanny\'e4sa, that is real yoga. \'c4ruruk\'f1or muner yoga\'e0 karma k\'e4ra\'ebam ucyate. Those who are just stepping on the staircase of the yoga system, for them, karma k\'e4ra\'ebam ucyate, they must wor
k. In the beginning, nobody should stop working. Nobody should stop working.\line Just like you'll find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba requesting Arjuna to become a yogi, but He never asked him to cease from the fight. How one can become 
a yogi, at the same time remain a fighter? That, a practical example you see. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is asking Arjuna, tasm\'e4d yog\'e9 bhav\'e4rjuna [Bg. 6.46]. "My dear Arjuna, therefore you become a yogi." But at the same time, He's asking to fight. Now, we 
know the yogi sits down at a place and meditates and concentrates his mind and controls his senses. How is that he is fighting, at the same time yogi? Huh? This is the mystery of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. You can remain a fighting man, at the same time the hi
ghest yogi, highest sanny\'e4s\'e9. How? In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You have to fight for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's all. That is the secret. That is the secret. If you fight for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you fight for work...work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you e
at for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you sleep for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you do everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you are the yogi, you are the sanny\'e4s\'e9, and you are everything. That is the secret of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are some }{\cs2873\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 perfor
m }{\cs2873\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  for a profit, but that is not real }{\cs2873\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  Everything must be engaged in the service of the Lord. Whatever we do as an ordinary worker, or as a }{\cs2873\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  or as a }{\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  or as a philosopher must be done in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When we are absorbed in the thought of serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba and when we act in that consciousness, we can
 become real }{\cs2873\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 real }{\cs2873\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  For those who are taking the first step up the staircase of the }{\cs2873\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, there is work. One should not think that simply because he is beginning }{\cs2873\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  that he should stop working. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba asks Arjuna to become a }{\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  but He never tells him to cease from fighting. Quite the contrary. Of course one may ask how a person may be a }{\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  and at the same time a warrior. Our conception of }{\cs2873\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 is that of sitting very straight with legs crossed and eyes half-closed staring at the tip of our nose and concentrating in this way in a lonely place. So how is it that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is asking Arjuna to become a }{
\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  and at the same time participate in a ghastly civil war? That is the mystery of }{
\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  one can remain a fighting man and at the same time be the highest }{
\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  the highest }{\cs2873\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  How is this possible? In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One simply has to fight for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, eat for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, sleep for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dedicate all activities to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way one becomes the highest }{\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  and the highest }{\cs2873\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  That is the secret.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is practical example. We see that Arjuna is asked, tasm\'e4d yog\'e9 bhav\'e4rjuna. "My dear..." Now you'll find in this chapter, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba will instruct Arjuna how to become a dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9. That is meditation, yogi in meditation. He will ask Arjuna in this chapter, and you'll find, Arjuna will say, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is impossible for me. It is impossible for me. Thi
s system which You recommend for meditation is not possible for me." And actually also, although the instruction of yoga system is offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in very full details, you'll never find in the history of Arjuna's life that ever he became a med
itator. Ever. Then how he became the most perfect yogi? Oh, that is, that we'll find at the end of this chapter, that "One who is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba..."\line yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line mad-gaten\'e4ntar-\'e4tman\'e4\line \'e7rad
dh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line sa me yuktatamo mata\'f9\line  [Bg. 6.47]\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when He saw that Arjuna, he is [chuckles] declining, then He said, "My dear Arjuna, you are the highest yogi. You are the topmost yogi." Why? "Because y
ou are always thinking of Me." That's all. "You have no other business than to think of Me." So this is the yoga system, this is the sanny\'e4sa system, this is the j\'ef\'e4na system. All perfections of j\'ef\'e4na, yoga, dhy\'e4na, and whatever, sacrif
ice, charity, and penance, all the recommended activities for spiritual realization ends in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So if you directly become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, then you are yogi, sanny\'e4s\'e9, and everything. As it is stated here, sa sann
y\'e4s\'e9 ca yog\'e9 ca [Bg. 6.1]. "He is sanny\'e4s\'e9, he is yogi, and he is everything." He's everything. So this simple method, to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, is the highest perfection of life. Therefore this society is established for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. The techniques are there in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and there are \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. Just try to accept this principle of life and your, this human form of life will be successful and perfect by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Sixth Chapter of }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs Arjuna how to perform meditational }{\cs2873\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  but Arjuna rejects this as too difficult. How then is Arjuna considered to be a great }{\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 ? Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that Arjuna was rejecting the meditational system, He proclaimed Arjuna to be the highest }{\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  because "You are always thinking of Me." Thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the essence of all }{\cs2873\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  systems\'97of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha, karma, j\'ef\'e4na, bhakti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or any other system of }{\cs2873\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  sacrifice or charity. All the recommended activities for spiritual realization end in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in thinking always of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The actual perfection of human life lies in being always K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and a
lways being aware of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while performing all types of activities.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So \'e4ruruk\'f1or muner yoga\'e0 karma k\'e4ra\'ebam ucyate. Those who are in the preliminary stage, they should always work for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Always. They must find out always some duty, "What is there to work now for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?" Karma k\'e4ra\'ebam ucyate. They should not remain idle for a second. Always find out some duty. That is meditation. "How I shall work for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba?"\line .. [Bg. 6.3]\line And when one is advanced in perfect stage of that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then he may not physically work, but because within himself he's always working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba... Karma k\'e4ra\'ebam ucyate. So in
 the beginning... Just like small boys and children, they are always twenty-four hours engaged in the schooling. Otherwise they'll be spoiled. Similarly, those who are in the preliminary stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they should always engage the
mselves in the work. There are varieties of work. There are varieties of work.\line Now, those who are actually working with our society, they practically do not find any time, any rest. There are so many work that one cannot finish. Day and night we hav
e got work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And we are happy to execute such work. And the students who are working with us, cooperating, they are also happy. You'll find happiness. If you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours, you'll never get ti
red, and that is the... You'll never get tired. In any other material thing, if you chant or you repeat three times, you'll get tired. It is practical test. But if you go on chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours, you'll never get tired. So if yo
u engage yourself in the activity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you'll never get tired because you are acting on the spiritual platform. Spiritual platform is absolute. The material platform is different. If you work very hard, then you get tired. So 
this is, these are the understandings of spiritual consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line Now here it is very clearly explained:\line  ..[Bg. 6.4]\line When one becomes first-class yogi or when one is considered to be elevated in the highes
t yogic platform or sanny\'e4sa platform, yad\'e4, at that time, when, na indriy\'e4rthe\'f1u, a person works not for sense gratification... That's all. Everyone works for sense gratification. In the material world, everyone is working for sense gratific
ation. Everyone works here to get some reward, some remuneration, for wages, and that is utilized for sense gratification. Now here it said, yog\'e4r\'fc\'f2ha. "When one is perfect yogi..." That is explained here that yad\'e4 hi na indriy\'e4rthe\'f1u. 
"When one does not work for sense gratification," na karmasv anu\'f1ajjate, "he does not engage himself in the work simply for sense gratification." And sarva-sa\'eckalpa-sanny\'e4s\'e9, "And he has no desire to get any fruit." Because his desired thing,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is already there. So he has no other desire. [660902BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the preliminary stage one is advised to always work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One must be always searc
hing out some duty or some engagement, for it is a bad policy to remain idle even for a second. When one actually becomes advanced through such engagements, then he may not work physically, but he is always engaged within by constantly thinking of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. In the preliminary stage, however, one is always advised to engage one's senses in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are a variety of activities one can perform in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness 
is intended to help direct aspirant devotees in these activities. For those working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there are simply not enough hours in the day to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are always activities, engagements both day and night, which 
the student of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness performs joyfully. That is the stage of real happiness\'97constant engagement for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness around the world. In the material world one may become very tired if h
e works all the time, but if one works in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and engage in devotional service twenty-four hours a day and never get tired. But if we vibrate some mundane vibration, then we soon become exhausted
. There is no question of becoming tired on the spiritual platform. The spiritual platform is absolute. In the material world everyone is working for sense gratification. The profits of one's labor in the material world are used to gratify one's senses. 
But a real }{\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  does not desire such fruits. He has no desire other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is already there.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 3: Yoga as Meditation on 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 3\line Yoga As Meditation On 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 [660907BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: In India there are some selected places, very sacred place, and the yogis, generally, they go there and sit there alone in a
 sacred place and as prescribed in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and perform there. Yoga-\'e4sana cannot be executed in a public place, so that, in assembly. Now, so far this k\'e9rtana is concerned... Just like we have performed just now k\'e9rtana, this is c
alled sa\'eck\'e9rtana. Sa\'eck\'e9rtana means: bahubhir militv\'e4 k\'e9rtayati iti sa\'eck\'e9rtanam [\'c7r\'e9 Amn\'e4ya-s\'fctra 62]. When we sit down, many people together... When Lord Caitanya was performing this k\'e9rtana ceremony five hundred ye
ars before, He had in each group sixteen persons taking part in k\'e9rtana, and thousands and thousands of people were singing with them. Now, this participation in the k\'e9rtana is very easily possible. But so far the yoga system is concerned, that is 
required any very secluded and sacred place, silent. That is required. It is clearly said here that \'e7ucau de\'e7e prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4pya sthiram \'e4sanam \'e4tmana\'f9 [Bg. 6.11-12]. One has to place himself in a sacred place, in a silent place; then 
yoga system is possible.\line Now, comparatively, at the present moment, if you have to practice yoga, then strictly, according to the rules and regulations, you have to leave your home, you have to go out in a secluded place, in a sacred place, and ther
e you have to execute the performance of meditation and yoga. At home it is not possible. So far Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is concerned, it is a book of authority. It is recommended here that you should find out a place, suitable place for executing yoga. But 
here, this is also yoga. This is called bhakti-yoga. [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India there are sacred places where }{\cs2873\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  go to meditate in solitude, as prescribed in }{\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  Traditionally, }{\cs2873\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  cannot be executed in a public place, but insofar as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana-mantra-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
or the }{\cs2873\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 chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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\'e4m
a R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is concerned, the more people present, the better. When Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was performing }{\cs2873\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  in India some five hundred years ago, He organized in each group sixteen persons to lead the chanting, and thousands of persons chanted with them. This participation in }{\cs2873\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  in the public chanting of the names and glories of God, is very possible and is actually easy in this age; 
but as far as the meditational process of }{\cs2873\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 concerned, that is very difficult. It is
 specifically stated in }{\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  that to perform meditational }{\cs2873\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  one should go to a secluded and holy place. In other words, it is necessary to leave home. In this 
age of overpopulation it is not always possible to find a secluded place, but this is not necessary in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam [Bh\'e4g. 7.5.23]. Bhakti-yoga, they have got nine different processes. Out of that, the first two, \'e7rava
\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam, hearing and chanting. I am chanting, you are hearing; you are chanting, I am hearing. This is the process, holy name of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So everyone can take part in it. But in the yoga system, a particular man, if he is e
xpert, if he is able, if he can live alone from home in a secluded place, then perfection of yoga can be attained. It cannot be attained in a city, in a very good assembly, by exercising, gymnastic. No. That is not recommended in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,
 at least. We may do that according to one's own way, but that is not the system recommended by the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  system there are nine different processes: hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity in
 the temple, praying, carrying out orders, serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friend and sacrificing for Him. Out of these, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  hearing and chanting, are considered the most important. At a public }{\cs2873\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  one person can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4
ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, while a group listens, and at the end of the }{\cs2873\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 group can respond, and in this way there is a reciprocation of hearing and chanting. This can easily be performed in one's own home, with a small group of friends or with many people in a large public place. One may attempt to practice m
editational }{\cs2873\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 large city or in a society, but one must understand that this is one
's own concoction and is not the method recommended in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole process is, yoga system, whole process is to purify myself. Purify. \'c4tma-vi\'e7uddhaye. And what is that purification? The pur
ification is that I am pure spirit. I am not this matter. And under material contact I am identifying myself that "I am matter." I am thinking of myself, "I am this body." This is impurity of my existence. And it is clearly said here that one has to real
ize his constitutional position, that he is not this matter. [coughs] No water? \'c4tma-vi\'e7uddhaye. Upavi\'e7y\'e4sane yu\'efjy\'e4d yogam \'e4tma-vi\'e7uddhaye. The whole process is to purify. Now, this purification process, if somebody is not able t
o go outside home and find out a secluded place, do you think that his purification of his existence will not be possible? No, it will be possible. That is the contribution of Lord Caitanya. He says that\line ..[\'c4di 17.21] \line Lord Caitanya says, "I
n this age..." This age is called quarrel, age of quarrel. So He says that in this age especially... Of course, this chanting of holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, that is always; throughout the history of Vedic literature you'll find. But especially i
n this age it is recommended. Why? Kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4. Three times He has said that "There is no other alternative, there is no other alternative, there is no other alternative." N\'e4sty eva means "There is no 
other alternative." This is the only process, this is. Harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam. He says that "In this age, simply chanting of God's name, that is the only process, that is the only process, that is the only process. And there
 is no other alternative, there is no other alternative, there is no other alternative." Why does He say three times? Three times means that this yoga process was possible in the Satya-yuga. K\'e5te yad dhy\'e4yato vi\'f1\'ebum [Bh\'e4g. 12.3.52]. In tho
se age people could very easily and nicely meditate upon the Vi\'f1\'ebu.  [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole process of the }{\cs2873\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 is to purify oneself. And what is this purification? Purification ensues upon the realization of one's actual identity. Purification is re
alizing that "I am pure spirit\'97I am not this matter." Due to material contact, we are identifying ourselves with matter, and we are thinking, "I am this body." But in order to perform real }{\cs2873\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  one must realize his constitutional position as being distinct from matter. The purpose of seeking out a secluded place and executing the meditat
ional process is to come to this understanding. It is not possible to come to this understanding if one executes the process improperly. In any case, this is the consideration of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "In this age of quarrel and disagreement [Kali-yuga], there is no other way of spiritual realization but this chanting of the names. T
here is no other way, there is no other way, there is no other way."}{\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 \'c4di}{\b0\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 17.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is recommended that yoga system is meditation in the void. But we do not find in the Vedic literature that yoga system meditat
ion on void. No. It is meditation on Vi\'f1\'ebu. That will be explained in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Now, after sitting in a secluded place, in a sanctified place, and according to the sitting arrangement, with tigerskin or deerskin and straw, as it is r
ecommended, then one should sit down there. He should not change his \'e4sana, sitting place. Then after sitting, what he has to do? He says, sama\'e0 k\'e4ya-\'e7iro-gr\'e9va\'e0 dh\'e4rayann acala\'e0 sthira\'f9 [Bg. 6.13-14]. Now, one has to sit down 
straight. One has to sit down straight so that his skull, this head, and the body, and everything should be straight like that. Sama\'e0 k\'e4ya-gr\'e9vam. Gr\'e9va means this neck. The neck and the skull and the body should be in one straight line. Sama
\'e0 k\'e4ya-\'e7iro-gr\'e9va\'e0 dh\'e4rayann acalam. And should not move. Sit down like this. Samprek\'f1ya n\'e4sik\'e4gram. And one has to see the top portion of the nose. Not that one has to close his eyes completely. No. Then you cannot see. Sampre
k\'f1ya n\'e4sik\'e4 agram. You have to see the upper portion of the nose. That means if you... I have seen in some of the yogic societies, they close the eyes completely, and some of them, about fifty percent of them are snoozing, or sleeping, regularly
. Because as soon as you close your eyes, and if you have no subject matter to think, and you have been posted to meditate, you do not know to what to meditate, then the next result is sleeping and nothing more. That is practical. So one has to sleep ver
y hard. Somebody was inquiring here... [chuckles] Of course, some of the students, they were sleeping so he was sarcastically [asking] that "Are they sleeping or meditating?" So I [said], "Yes, they are meditating by lying down." Yes. So sometimes medita
tion goes on in sleeping. No. That is not the process. You cannot close your eyes completely. Then you will invite the queen. Sleep and she will capture you. Whole process will be like that.\line Here it is said that in order to keep yourself alive, you 
have to always see the upper portion of your nose. Samprek\'f1ya n\'e4sik\'e4gra\'e0 sva\'e0 di\'e7a\'e7 c\'e4navalokayan. And you cannot see that who is coming there, "Oh, who is here? Some tiger is coming or something is coming?" No. No fear. Because y
ou are put in a Himalaya, in a secluded place, and in a sanctified place. So you haven't got to, for any other reason, you haven't got to move your neck. That is not possible in the society. You must have to go in a secluded place. There are so many dist
urbance. At once, disturbance is there and I have to look, "Who is there?" This is the position here. But here it is said that you cannot move your head. You have to sit down straight, that your neck and skull and body should be in one straight line, and
 you have to see the upper portion of your nose always. That is the system. Pra\'e7\'e4nt\'e4tm\'e4 vigata-bh\'e9r brahmac\'e4ri-vrate sthita\'f9 [Bg. 6.13-14]. Then one should be undisturbed in mind. A man who is always disturbed in mind, he cannot perf
orm yoga. That is not possible. And vigata-bh\'e9\'f9. Bh\'e9\'f9 means fearfulness. One who has no fear. If he has got fear, then how he can go out of home in the jungle? That is not possible. That is another qualification for executing yoga. Not only f
or yoga. Any person who is trying to elevate himself in the spiritual line, he has to become fearless. Vigata-bh\'e9\'f9.\line And brahmac\'e4ri-vrate sthita\'f9. Brahmac\'e4ri-vrata means celibacy, no sex life at all. Completely prohibited. Brahmac\'e4r
\'e9. Brahmac\'e4ri-vrate. Vrata means with a vow that "I'll have no sex life," with a vow. Such person can execute yoga system. Pra\'e7\'e4nt\'e4tm\'e4 vigata-bh\'e9r brahmac\'e4ri-vrate sthita\'f9, mana\'f9 sa\'e0yamya. When the \'e4tm\'e4 is... There 
is no demand. When you have no demand, then your mind is naturally becomes controlled. Mana\'f9 sa\'e0yamya mac-citta\'f9. Now, doing all these things, the next item is mac-citta\'f9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says mat, to transfer the whole thinking to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu. Not vacant. Mac-citta\'f9. So if that is the system of yoga, mac-citta\'f9, yukta \'e4s\'e9ta mat-para\'f9. Mac-citta\'f9 and yukta \'e4s\'e9ta mat-para\'f9. "Always thinking of Me, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. Always thinking of Me." [660907BG.
NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is generally thought, at least in the Western world, that the }{\cs2873\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 involves meditating on the void. But the Vedic literatures do not recommend meditating on any void. Rather, the }{\cs2873\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  maintain that }{\cs2873\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 meditation on Vi\'f1\'ebu, and this is also maintained in }{\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  In many }{\cs2873\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 we find that people sit cross-le
gged and very straight, then close their eyes to meditate, and so fifty percent of them go to sleep because when we close our eyes and have no subject matter for contemplation, we simply go to sleep. Of course this is not recommended by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in }{\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  One must sit very straight, and the eyes be only half-cl
osed, gazing at the tip of one's nose. If one does not follow the instructions, the result will be sleep and nothing more. Sometimes, of course, meditation goes on when one is sleeping, but this is not the recommended process for the execution of }{
\cs2873\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  Thus to keep oneself awake K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises that one always keep the tip of the 
nose visible. In addition, one must be always undisturbed. If the mind is agitated, or if there is a great deal of activity going on, one will not be able to concentrate. In meditational }{\cs2873\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  one must also be devoid of fear. There is no question of fear when one enters spiritual life. And one must also be }{\cs2873\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  completely free from sex life. Nor can there be any demands on one meditating in this way. When there
 are no demands, and one executes this system properly, then he can control his mind. After one has met all the requirements for meditation, he must transfer his whole thought to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu. It is not that one is to transfer his though
t to vacancy. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one absorbed in the meditational }{\cs2873\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 i
s "always thinking of Me."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the \'e4tm\'e4 is... There is no demand. When you have no demand, then your mind is naturally becomes controlled. Mana\'f9 sa\'e0yamya
 mac-citta\'f9. Now, doing all these things, the next item is mac-citta\'f9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says mat, to transfer the whole thinking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu. Not vacant. Mac-citta\'f9. So if that is the system of yoga, mac-citta\'f9, yukta \'e4s
\'e9ta mat-para\'f9. Mac-citta\'f9 and yukta \'e4s\'e9ta mat-para\'f9. "Always thinking of Me, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. Always thinking of Me." So now, that one who is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he gets the opportunity of the highest yoga system, but he has
n't got to take the trouble of the process. That is the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. [660907BG.NY]}}{\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 yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  obviously has to go through a great deal of difficulty to purify the }{\cs2873\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  (mind, body and soul), but it is a fact that this can be done most effectively in this age simply by 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. Why is this? Because this transcendental sound vibration is nondifferent from Him. When we chant His name with devotion, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with 
us, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with us, then what is the possibility of remaining impure? Consequently, one absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in chanting the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and serving Him always, receives the benefit of the highest form
 of }{\cs2873\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 advantage is that he doesn't have to take all the trouble of the meditationa
l process. That is the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole process is, yogic process is simply to control the mind. Yoga indriya-sa\'e0yamya. Not only mind, but all the senses, all the sen
ses, they should be under control. And controlling the senses, the mind should be engaged in Vi\'f1\'ebu within. Vi\'f1\'ebu we have got, Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul, Vi\'f1\'ebu, and we have to concentrate in that way. Then \'e7\'e4nti\'e0 nirv\'e4
\'eba-param\'e4m mat-sa\'e0sth\'e4m adhigacchati. Then he becomes peaceful after extinguishing this material life. The material life is just like fire. It has been compared with the forest fire. As the forest fire automatically takes place, nobody goes t
o set fire, similarly, in this material world, even if you try to live very peacefully and without quarreling with any other man, the place is such nuisance that you'll not be able to live in peace anywhere, anywhere within this universe. That is the pro
cess.\line But one who is transcendentally situated, either by the yogic process or by the process of empiric knowledge or by bhakti-yoga, either of these processes... There may be a little difference of the ultimate end, but all these three processes, t
hey are meant for transcendental life. So any process, if you make it perfect, then really you get peace. Peace. The only difference is that this yogic process as described in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, it is not possible to be executed in this age. Theref
ore the next alternative is this hari-k\'e9rtana, as Lord Caitanya recommends and devises. And you can practically see that k\'e9rtana, this k\'e9rtana, you can go on for hours together; you'll feel not tired. But if you are asked to sit down in the post
ure as recommended in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 for executing yoga system, oh, hardly you can spare some minutes. You see.\line So \'e7\'e4nti\'e0 nirv\'e4\'eba-param\'e4m mat-sa\'e0sth\'e4m adhigacchati. And after extinguishing this material life, then wh
at is the next? Next is not void, is not impersonal void, as they say. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 does not say like that. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 says, mat-sa\'e0sth\'e4m adhigacchati [Bg. 6.15]. "He enters into My establishment." Sa\'e0sth\'e4m means establishment
. Now, when you speak of establishment... [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs2873\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  it is necessary to control all of the senses, and when all the senses are controlled, the mind must be engaged in thinking of Vi\'f1\'ebu. One becomes peaceful after thus conquering material life.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jit\'e4tmana\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4ntasya\line param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9\line \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9khe\'f1u\line tath
\'e4 m\'e4n\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquility." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material world has been likened to a great forest fire. As in the forest, fire may automatically take place, so in this material 
world, although we may try to live peacefully, there is always a great conflagration. It is not possible to live in peace anywhere in the material world. But for one who is transcendentally situated\'97either by the meditational }{\cs2873\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 or by the empirical philosophical method, or by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub peace is possible. All forms of }{\cs2873\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 meant for transcendental life, but the method of chanting is especially effective in this age. }{\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  may go on for hours, and one may not feel tired, but it is difficult to sit in lotus position perfectly still for more than a few minutes. Yet regardless of the process, once the
 fire of material life is extinguished, one does not simply experience what is called the impersonal void. Rather, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, one enters into the supreme abode.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yu\'efjann eva\'e0 sad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line yog\'e9 niyata-m\'e4nasa\'f9\line \'e7\'e4nti\'e0 nirv\'e4\'eba-param\'e4\'e0\line m
at-sa\'e0sth\'e4m adhigacchati
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "By meditating in this manner, always controlling the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist attains to peace, the su
preme }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  which abides in Me." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.15}{\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  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose a big man, he has got establishment. So that means it is not void. Establishment means there are varieties of engagement. Unless it can
not be sa\'e0sth\'e4m. So here it is clearly said that mat-sa\'e0sth\'e4m adhigacchati. One attains to the kingdom of God where spiritual varieties are there. They are not variety-less. Otherwise, the Lord would not have said that sa\'e0sth\'e4m. There i
s a regular establishment. Just like you have got a regular establishment in your household affairs, similarly, the Lord has a regular household establishment in the spiritual world. Mat-sa\'e0sth\'e4m adhigacchati. If... These processes are simply to qu
alify himself to enter into that establishment. That's all. We are all belong to that establishment, but being forgetful, we are now in this material world.\line Just like sometimes some of us becomes crazy and he is, goes to the lunatic asylum, similarl
y, those who become crazy, such spiritual identities, they are put into this lunatic asylum. It is called material world. This is a sort of lunatic asylum. Everything is being done not very sanely. [laughter] You see? [chuckling] So we have to get out of
 this lunatic asylum and enter into the kingdom of God, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Now, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is personally teaching what is His kingdom, what He is, what you are, and what is your relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything is be
ing taught in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. And a sane man, an intelligent man, must take advantage of these processes.  [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode is not void. It is like an
 establishment, and in an establishment there is a variety of engagements. The successful }{\cs2873\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  
actually attains to the Kingdom of God where there is spiritual variegatedness. The }{\cs2873\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
 are simply ways to elevate oneself to enter into that abode. Actually we belong to that abode, but, being forgetful, we are put in this material world. Just as a madman becomes crazy and is put into a lunatic asylum, so we, losing sight of our spiritual
 identity, become crazy and are put into this material world. Thus the material world is a sort of lunatic asylum, and we can easily notice that nothing is done very sanely here. Our real business is to get out and enter into the Kingdom of God. In }{
\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives information of this kingdom and also gives instructions abo
ut His position and our position\'97of what He is and what we are. All the information necessary is set forth in }{\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  and a sane man will take advantage of this knowledge.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 4: Yoga as Rejected by Arjuna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4\line Yoga As Rejected By Arjun
a
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: \'c4tmaupamyena sarvatra sama\'e0 pa\'e7yati yo 'rjuna. Please come forward. Sukha\'e0 v\'e4 yadi v\'e4 du\'f9kha\'e0 sa yog
\'e9 paramo mata\'f9 [Bg. 6.32]. Now, we have been discussing for the last few days about the perfect form of yoga. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is teaching Arjuna directly the perfect form of yoga. If you actually want to 
perform the yoga system, then here is authoritative statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So we have discussed in details. Now, after hearing the system, Arjuna is replying. Just mind that, that the whole thing was being described in the battl
efield, in the battlefield. This whole Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was taught to Arjuna in the battlefield. And when Arjuna was just going to release his arms on the opposite party, on the enemy's party, he thought... He got a sentiment: "So why this fighting wi
th my own kinsmen?" That was his illusion, and to eradicate that illusion of Arjuna's, this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was explained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Now, you can understand how much time could be, I mean to say, allowed for this discussion. That wa
s a battlefield. Immediately has to be fight. Everyone is ready. And utmost, one hour... I don't think... That is utmost. So within this one hour the whole Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was discussed, and Arjuna changed his decision and he fought. [660914BG.NY]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There have been many }{\cs2873\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  systems popularized in the Western World, especially in this century, but none of them have actually taught the perfection of }{\cs2873\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 the }{\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  \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, teaches Arjuna directly the perfection of }{\cs2873\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  If we actually want to participate in the perfection of the }{\cs2873\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, 
in }{\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  we will find the authoritative statements of the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is certainly remarkable that the perfection of }{\cs2873\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  was taught in the middle of a battlefield. It was taught to Arjuna, the warrior, just before Arjuna was to engage in a fratricidal battle. Out of sentiment, Arjuna was thinking, "Why should I fight
 against my own kinsmen?" That reluctance to fight was due to Arjuna's illusion, and just to eradicate that illusion, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke the }{\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  to him. One can just imagine how little time must have elapsed while }{\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  was being spoken. All the warriors on both sides were poised to fight, so there was very little time indeed\'97at the utmost, one hour. Within this one hour, the whole }{
\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  was discussed, and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba set forth the perfection of 
all }{\cs2873\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  systems to His friend Arjuna. At the end of this great discourse, Arjuna set asid
e his misgivings and fought.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, within that time He is also instructing Arjuna about the yoga system. Now, after hearing the details of yoga system, how to sit down, 
how to keep the body straight, how to keep the eyes half-closed and how to see the uppermost part of the nose without diverting your attention, and in secluded place, in a sacred place, alone-all this paraphernalia is described for performing perfect yog
a system. Now, Arjuna, after hearing everything from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is replying.\line ..[Bg. 6.33]\line Now, Arjuna said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the details which You have..., not very details, but a summary of yoga system which You have prescribed
 and You ask me to follow, I think it is very difficult for me on account of my agitated mind." Ca\'efcalatv\'e4t. Ca\'efcalatv\'e4t means agitated mind. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However
, within the discourse, when Arjuna heard the explanation of the meditational system of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub how to sit down, how to keep the body straight, how to keep the eyes half-closed and how to gaze at the tip of the nose without diverting one's attention, all this being conducted in a secluded place alone\'97he replied:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo 'ya\'e0 yogas tvay\'e4 prokta\'f9\line s\'e4myena madhus\'fcdana\line etasy\'e4ha\'e0 na pa\'e7y\'e4mi\line ca\'efcalatv\'e4t
 sthiti\'e0 sthir\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O Madhus\'fcdana, the system of }{\cs2873\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  which You have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady."}{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.33}{\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  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must always remember that we are in a circumstances, material circumstances, where every time, every moment, our mind is agitated. We are no
t in a very comfortable situation. We are thinking that "This situation will save me for further anxieties of my mind," but when I reach to that point I feel that the anxieties have increased. It has not decreased, because the nature of the material worl
d is like that, you cannot be free from anxiety. That is the nature. So we are simply trying to make a solution of our anxieties by different method, but the place is that, that it is not possible to make a solution of anxieties. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is important. We must always remember that we are in a material circumstance wherein at every moment our mind is subject to agitation. Actually we are not in a very comfortable situa
tion. We are always thinking that by changing our situation we will overcome our mental agitation, and we are always thinking that when we reach a certain point, all mental agitations will disappear. But it is the nature of the material world that we can
not be free from anxiety. Our dilemma is that we are always trying to make a solution to our problems, but this universe is so designed that these solutions never come.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, Arjuna, he cannot be a false pretender. He frankly says, "My dear Arjuna, the system of yoga which you have prescribed," yo 'ya\'e0 yo
gas tvay\'e4 prokta\'f9, "the summary description of yoga system which You have described," s\'e4myena madhus\'fcdana... K\'e5\'f1\'eba's another name is Madhus\'fcdana. Madhus\'fcdana means He killed one demon whose name was Madhu. Therefore God's names
 are different according to different activities of God. God has got innumerable names because He has got innumerable activities. Suppose we are part and parcel of God. We have got innumerable... We cannot remember how many activities, how much activitie
s we are engaged in, that, from our childhood up to this time. So just think about God. He is unlimited; therefore His activities are also unlimited. So He has got unlimited names also. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, of course, is the chief name, but He has got many ot
her unlimited names also. So one of the names of Madhus\'fcdana. Madhus\'fcdana means He killed a demon, a very great demon. Therefore since then, His name is Madhus\'fcdana. So what is the purpose of "Madhus\'fcdana"? Why he is addressing... He could ad
dress, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," directly because he is more known to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna. Why he is asking, why he is saying, "Madhus\'fcdana"? That means this mind is as a big demon, just like Madhu. If it is possible to kill th
e demon, then we can attain yoga. You see? That, the particular purpose of Madhus\'fcdana, that "You are a killer of Madhu demon. Now I think my mind is stronger than this Madhu demon. So if You can kill it, then it is possible for me to accept this yoga
 system." The mind is so agitated.\line .. [Bg. 6.34]\line He is describing his deficiencies that "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my mind is so much restless, agitated," ca\'efcala... Ca\'efcala means restless. Ca\'efcala\'e0 hi mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba pram\'e4
thi. Pram\'e4thi means just like a madman, pram\'e4thi, without any brain, pram\'e4thi, and balavat, and very strong. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not being a cheater, being very frank and o
pen, Arjuna tells K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the system of }{\cs2873\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  which He has described is not pos
sible for him to execute. In speaking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is significant that Arjuna addresses Him as Madhus\'fcdana, indicating that the Lord is the killer of the demon Madhu. It is notable that God's names are innumerable, for He is often named accor
ding to His activities. Indeed, God has innumerable names because He has innumerable activities. We are only parts of God, and we cannot even remember how many activities we engage in from our childhood to the present. The eternal God is unlimited, and s
ince His activities are also unlimited, He has unlimited names, of which }{\cs2873\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  is
 the chief. Then why is Arjuna addressing Him as Madhus\'fcdana when, being K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend, he could address Him directly as K\'e5\'f1\'eba? The answer is that Arjuna considers his mind to be like a great demon, such as the demon Madhu. If it we
re possible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to kill the demon called the mind, then Arjuna would be able to attain the perfection of }{\cs2873\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  "My mind is much stronger than this demon Madhu," Arjuna is saying. "Please, if You could kill him, then it would be possible for me to execute this }{\cs2873\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." Even the mind of a great man like Arjuna is always agitated. As Arjuna himself says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ca\'efcala\'e0 hi mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\line pram\'e4thi balavad d\'e5\'f2ham\line tasy\'e4ha\'e0 nigraha\'e0 manye\line v\'e4
yor iva sudu\'f1karam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult
 than controlling the wind." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oh, my mind is dragging to somewhere else. I am trying: "No, mind, don't go there." Oh, no, mind says, "No. I must go. I must go." And some
times we agree. "All right, let me go." So it is very strong. So Arjuna is saying, tasy\'e4ha\'e0 nigraham. Now, you have... The whole process of your yoga system is, the sum and substance of yoga system is, to control the mind. The agitated mind should 
be controlled, and the mind has to be focused on the Supersoul. That is the whole purpose of yoga. Now, Arjuna says that tasy\'e4ha\'e0 nigraha\'e0 manye. The mind is so agitated that to cut down the mind is as impossible as you want to stop a hurricane.
 Suppose there is hurricane. It is blowing so strongly, and if one stands before the hurricane and spreading his han..., "No, I will stop it," is it possible? No. Just see.\line Now, you can just imagine Arjuna, five thousand years before, and he was und
erstanding Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 from K\'e5\'f1\'eba his friend. Just imagine what is his qualification. He is direct friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he is a great warrior. He has got administrative capacity, and at the same time his knowledge... Comparing h
is knowledge, this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 he understood within one hour. This Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, which is not understood in one life at the present moment, he understood this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 in one hour. So how much intelligent he was. And he belong t
o the royal family. All facilities were there. And he... He is accepting that "It is not possible for me." But do you think what was impossible for Arjuna five thousand years before in such favorable circumstances, is it possible for you to discharge? Do
 you belong to the Arjuna category? No. We are thousand times lower than Arjuna's category. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is indeed a fact that the mind is always telling us to go here, go
 there, do this, do that\'97it is always telling us which way to turn. Thus the sum and substance of the }{\cs2873\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 is to control the agitated mind. In the meditational }{\cs2873\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  syst
em the mind is controlled by focusing on the Supersoul\'97that is the whole purpose of }{\cs2873\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  But Arjuna says that controlling this mind is more difficult than stopping the wind from blowing. One can imagine a man stretching out his arms trying to stop a hurricane. Are we to assume that Arjuna is simply not sufficiently qualified to 
control his mind? The actual fact is that we cannot begin to understand the immense qualifications of Arjuna. After all, he was a personal friend of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is a highly elevated position and is one that cannot be at all a
ttained by one without great qualifications. In addition to this, Arjuna was renowned as a great warrior and administrator. He was such an intelligent man that he could understand }{\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  within one hour, whereas at the present moment great scholars cannot even understand it in the course of a lifetime. Yet Arjuna was thinking th
at controlling the mind was simply not possible for him. Are we then to assume that what was impossible for Arjuna in a more advanced age is possible for us in this degenerate age? We should not for one moment think that we are in Arjuna's category. We a
re a thousand times inferior.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And he never attempted it also because from the history of Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata we don't find that Arjuna ever went for meditation of the yoga
 system. No, never. But still, he was certified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba that "You are the only man to understand Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. You are the only man." Why? Bhakto 'si: "Because you are My devotee." Priyo 'si: [Bg. 4.3] "You are My very dear friend."\line
So with such a nice certificate and such favorable condition, still, he refused.\line .. [Bg. 6.34]\line V\'e4yor iva: "Just it is impossible to control the hurricane wind, similarly, it is impossible for me to control my mind. It is not possible." Then?
 How to control the mind? That, the same thing, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You can control the mind if you fix up your mind always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the only remedy. Sa vai mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravindayor vac\'e4\'e0si vaiku\'eb\'f6
ha-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebane [Bh\'e4g. 9.4.18]. That is the only perfect yoga. Our subject matter for today's lecture is perfect yoga. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the perfect form of yoga system. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moreover, there is no record of Arjuna's having executed the }{\cs2873\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 at any time. At the same time Arjuna was praised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the only man worthy of understanding }{\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  What was Arjuna's great qualification? \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "You are My devotee. You are My very dear friend." Despite this qualification, Arjuna refused to execute the med
itational }{\cs2873\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 described by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What then are we to conclude?
 Are we to despair the mind's ever being controlled? No, it can be controlled, and the process is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The mind must be fixed always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Insofar as the mind is absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba it has attained the pe
rfection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And in the \'e7\'e4stra also, it is said that\line .. [Bh\'e4g. 12.3.52]\line You'll find in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Twelfth Canto,
 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is recommending to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that k\'e5te yad dhy\'e4yato vi\'f1\'ebum. In the Satya-yuga when people used to live for ten millions of years, at that time this yoga system was nice, for that time. K\'e5te ya
d dhy\'e4yato vi\'f1\'ebum. What was achieved, the success which was achieved in the Satya-yuga by this yoga process of meditation was achieved in the next yuga, Tret\'e4-yuga, yajato makhai\'f9, by offering great sacrifices, and the same success was ach
ieved in the next yuga, Dv\'e4para-yuga, by worshiping, temple worship. And the same success you can achieve simply by chanting hari-k\'e9rtanam. So this is the perfect form of yoga. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now when we turn to the }{\cs2873\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 the Twelft
h Canto we find \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 telling Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it that in the Golden Age, the Satya-yuga, people were living for l00,000 years, and at that time, when advanced living entities lived for such lengths of time, it was possible 
to execute this meditational system of }{\cs2873\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  But what was achieved in the Satya-yuga by th
is meditational process, and in the following }{\cs2873\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  the Tret\'e4-yuga, by the offering of 
great sacrifices, and in the next }{\cs2873\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  the Dv\'e4para-yuga, by temple worship, would be a
chieved at the present time, in this Kali-yuga, by simply chanting the names of God, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So from authoritative sources we learn that 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 embodiment of
 the perfection of }{\cs2873\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  for this age.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5te yad dhy\'e4yato vi\'f1\'ebum. They used to live for ten millions of years, and it is very difficult to live for fifty years or sixt
y years at the present moment. Utmost, a man lives eighty years. That's all. Then again, we are not such much advanced. We are always disturbed in our circumstances. There is disease; there is war; there is pestilence; there is famine-so many disturbance
s. So our duration of life is smaller, and at the same time, we are disturbed, and we are not intelligent, and we are unfortunate at the same time. At the present moment, you will find, 80% people, they are unfortunate. If we compare what is fortune or m
isfortune, then we'll find, in every country, 80% people, they are unfortunate, and therefore this world is getting to Communism because they are fighting. They are fighting. So this is the condition of the present day.\line How can you perform this such
 difficult process of yoga which was refused by Arjuna? That is my proposal. It is not possible. If you are attempting such difficult process in a pseudo way, then you can be satisfied in your own way, but you will never achieve success of the yoga syste
m. You must know it clearly. So yoga system is not possible in this age. If you want to prosecute any yoga system, this bhakti-yoga, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba... That is recommended in Vedic scripture, that is introdu
ced by great authority like Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and you will find in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,\line .. [Bg. 9.13]\line ..  [Bg. 9.14]\line  Satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4m. Always glorifying, they are mah\'e4tm\'e4s. They are great souls. If you want 
to be great soul in terms of the Vedic literature, in terms of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, in terms of great saints and sages, then you have to adopt this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. No other process will be possible. It is
 not impossible. Just imagine. A personality like Arjuna, with all facilities of life and five thousand years before the circumstances were different, and still, he denied. So yoga system... Actually, if you simply making a show, showbottle of meditation
, if you are satisfied, oh, that is a different thing. Make yourself a showbottle. But showbottle demonstration will not make you successful. It is clearly according to Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Showbottle demonstration will not make you successful. You have 
to be really bottle of medicine. Then it will cure. You know... Of course I... Here is not...\line In India we have got some showbottles in the medicine shop. Some red water put into the big bottle and with electric light. That means advertisement: "Here
 is a bottle of medicine." But that is a showbottle, red water. So red water will not cure the disease. You must have really, actually, a mixture, fever mixture. But that fever mixture is very difficult. [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today we have great difficulties living fifty or sixty years. A man may live at the utmost eighty or a hundred years. In addition, these brief years are always fraught with anxiety, with difficulties due t
o circumstances of war, pestilence, famine and so many other disturbances. We're also not very intelligent, and, at the same time, we're unfortunate. These are the characteristics of man living in Kali-yuga, a degraded age. So properly speaking we can ne
ver attain success in this meditational }{\cs2873\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 described by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At the ut
most we can only gratify our personal whims by some pseudoadaptation of this system. Thus people are paying money to attend some classes in gymnastic exercises and deep-breathing, and they're happy if they think they can lengthen their lifetimes by a few
 years or enjoy better sex life. But we must understand that this is not the actual }{\cs2873\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  s
ystem. In this age that meditational system cannot be properly executed. Instead, all of the perfections of that system can be realized through }{\cs2873\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 sublime process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, specifically }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the glorification of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is recommended in Vedic Scriptures and is introduced by great authorities like Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
. Indeed, the }{\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  proclaims that the }{\cs2873\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  the great souls, are always chanting the glories of the Lord. If one wants to be a }{\cs2873\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  in terms of the Vedic literature, in terms of }{\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  and in terms of the great authorities, then one has to adopt this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and of chanting
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But if we're content at making a show of meditation by sitting very straight in lotus position and going into a trance like some sort of performer, then that is a different thing. But we should understand that such show-bottle perfo
rmances have nothing to do with the actual perfection of }{\cs2873\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 material disease cannot
 be cured by artificial medicine. We have to take the real cure straight from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 5: Yoga as Body and Mind Control
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5\line Yoga As Body And Mind Con
trol
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 660907BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 660904BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says... K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not say, "Oh, you are My friend. You are so favorably situated. How you deny it? No, no. Yo
u cannot deny it." Now, He gave so much stress on the fighting-"Oh, you are k\'f1atriya. You must fight"-but so far the yoga system, He gave him the idea-"This is the yoga system"-but He is not stressing. He says,\line asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho
\line mano durnigraha\'e0 calam\line abhy\'e4sena tu kaunteya\line vair\'e4gye\'eba ca g\'e5hyate\line [Bg. 6.35]\line "Yes, I admit. It is very difficult." He also said, "Yes, My dear Arjuna, it is very difficult." Asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho: "O
h, you are mighty-armed, mighty soldier. But still I think it is... What you are saying, it is nice. It is really fact." Asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 mah\'e4..., mano durnigraha\'e0 calam: "Mind is very difficult to control. Yes, what you are saying... But it can 
be controlled." How? Abhy\'e4sena tu kaunteya: "If you practice, the mind can be controlled." [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660914BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1
\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Throughout }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba was encouraging Arjuna to fight, for he was a warrior, and fighting was his duty. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba delineates the meditational }{\cs2873\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 in the Sixth Chapter, He does not stress it nor encourage Arjuna to pursue it as his path. K\'e5\'f1\'eba admits that this meditational process is 
very difficult:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho\line mano durnigraha\'e0 calam\line abhy\'e4sena tu kaunt
eya\line vair\'e4gye\'eba ca g\'e5hyate
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The Blessed Lord said: O mighty-armed son of Kunt\'e9, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible
 by constant practice and by detachment." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub So the controlling of the mind by practice... Vair\'e4gye\'eba. Vair\'e4gye\'eba means by renunciation. Vair\'e4gya means renunciation. And wha
t is that renunciation? Oh, I cannot renounce even smoking. I cannot renounce even drinking so many things. I cannot renounce so many things, but still, I am going to yoga class for practice. Is it possible? So many rules and regulations are there, and I
 am unable to give up even the small thing, smoking.  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660914BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba emphasizes practice and renunciation as ways to control the mind. But what is that renunciation? Today it is hardly possible for us to renounce anything, for we are so habituated to such a 
variety of material sense pleasures. Despite leading a life of uncontrolled sense indulgence, we attend }{\cs2873\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  classes and expect to attain success. There are so many rules and regulations involved in the proper execution of }{\cs2873\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 most of us can hardly give up a simple habit like smoking. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, n\'e4tya\'e7natas tu yogo 'sti. "Anyone who eats more than necessary, oh, he cannot perform yoga." Na ati a\'e7n
atas yogo 'sti na ca ek\'e4ntam ana\'e7nata\'f9 [Bg. 6.16]. "A person," I mean to say, "willfully trying to keep himself in starvation, he cannot perform yoga. Neither the person who eats more than he requires, he also cannot perform yoga." The eating pr
ocess should be moderate, only for keeping the body and soul together. Not for enjoyment of the tongue. So that is the real yogic process, that you cannot eat very palatable things. Because as soon as palatable things comes before us, naturally if I take
 one, I must take two, three, four. You see? So so far yogis are concerned, they cannot take any palatable desirable things. They have to simply take only the necessities. Some of the yogis, I have seen, there was one yogi in Calcutta... Of course, in a 
temple, in a sanctified place. He was taking once only a little quantity of rice boiled with water, at three o'clock in the afternoon he was taking. That was his food and nothing more. Nothing more. \line So n\'e4tya\'e7natas tu yogo 'sti na caik\'e4ntam
 ana\'e7nata\'f9 na c\'e4ti svapna-\'e7\'e9lasya. "If anyone dreams very much, he cannot also execute." Now, here \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not say that there is dreamless sleep. Dreamless sleep cannot be possible. It is not possible. If somebody say
s, "dreamless sleep," it is also another lunacy. No. Dream there must be, more or less. As soon as you go asleep, oh, dream there must be. That may be good dream, bad dream, or for long time or for little time. But dream there must be. Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a says that na ca ati svapna-\'e7\'e9lasya. That means "One who dreams very much while sleeping, he cannot execute yoga." Na j\'e4grato naiva c\'e4rjuna. "And one who cannot sleep at night..." I have got a young friend, he cannot sleep. So for him, it is
 not yoga...yoga process is not possible. He may note down here. So sleep also required. You cannot remain without sleeping. That is also required. That means somehow or other, you should keep your body fit. You should not eat more, you sleeping. That is
 also required. That means somehow or other, you should keep your body fit. [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In His discourse on the meditational }{\cs2873\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, K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims that }{\cs2873\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 be properly performed by one who eats too much or eats too little. One who starves himself cannot properly perform }{\cs2873\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  Nor can the person who eats more than required. The eating process should be moderate, just enough to keep body and soul together; it should not be for the enjoy
ment of the tongue. When palatable dishes come before us, we are accustomed to take not just one of the preparations but two, three and four\'97and upwards. Our tongue is never satisfied. But it is not unusual in India to see a }{\cs2873\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  take only a small spoonful of rice a day and nothing more. Nor can one execute the meditational }{\cs2873\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 sleeps too much or does not sleep sufficiently. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not say that there is such a 
thing as dreamless sleep. As soon as we go to sleep, we will have a dream, although we may not remember it. In the }{\cs2873\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 cautions that one who dreams too much while sleeping cannot properly execute }{\cs2873\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 should not sleep more than six hours daily. Nor can one infected by insomnia, who cannot sleep at night, successfully execute }{\cs2873\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 the body must be kept fit. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba outlines so many requirements for disciplining the body. All these requirements, however, can essentially be broken down into four b
asic rules: no illicit sexual connection, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no gambling. These are the four minimum regulations for the execution of any }{\cs2873\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 in this age who can refrain from these activities? We have to test ourselves accordingly to ascertain our success in }{\cs2873\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  execution.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 yu\'efj\'e9ta satatam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 rahasi sthita\'f9\line ek\'e4k\'e9 yata-citt\'e4tm\'e4\line nir\'e4\'e7\'e9r
 aparigraha\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "A transcendentalist should always try to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self; he should live alone in a secluded place and shoul
d always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness." }{\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 Bg.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  6.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Yog\'e9 yu\'efj\'e9ta satatam \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 rahasi sthita\'f9 [Bg. 6.10]. Now, now here is the beginning of the yoga system, how one should 
perform yoga. Now, you will understand from the description of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 that what is yoga system. In your city, New York City, the yoga is very popular. Everyone is performing yoga. There are so many groups of yoga schools, but just see what t
he yoga system is. You just, you can understand from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. What is that? The first is yog\'e9 yu\'efj\'e9ta satatam \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 rahasi sthita\'f9. The yogi's business is always to remain alone in a secluded place. Alone and secluded p
lace. Yoga cannot be performed in assembly. Just like we are in assembly. Here you are performing yoga, I am performing yoga in the yoga class, and somebody is teaching, "Do like this. Do like that. Do like that." That is not yoga system. At least, accor
ding to Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Here it is clearly said that yog\'e9 yu\'efj\'e9ta satatam \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 rahasi sthita\'f9. He should always be engaged in his, I mean to say, focusing his mind towards the Param\'e4tm\'e4. And that is possible, rahasi. Ra
hasi means in a secluded place. In a secluded place. It is not... I cannot concentrate my mind in the hubble-bubble of this society or in a big city.\line The yoga system, you will find that all the yogis formerly... Still in India there are many yogis. 
They come at Kumbhamela. We have seen some of them. They are some of them are 700 years old, and you'll see him just like a boy of 25 years. They are doing something, yoga. So they, rarely they come when there is some special function. In India there are
 four places. Just like in the modern days there are conferences of different parties, similarly, in India there are still about thirty hundred thousands of saintly persons. Not one, two. And they, not all, but at least, major portion of them, they meet 
together after twelve years in some particular places. There are four places. One at Pray\'e4ga. You have heard the name of Allahabad city. That is called Pray\'e4ga. And one at Hardwar, and at Kanchi. In this way they have got four places. That means ev
ery four years they have meeting. So in that meeting many yogis come. And when... Not in my this renounced order, when I was living for some time at Allahabad... Not some time. I lived there for thirteen years, at Allahabad. So I was seeing this Mela. 
\line So they, such yogis, as it is recommended here, yog\'e9 yu\'efj\'e9ta satatam \'e4tm\'e4nam [Bg. 6.10]. One who is actually ascendent on the yogic principles, his first function is that he remains alone. He has no society. He cannot remain in socie
ty. Yog\'e9 yu\'efj\'e9ta satata\'e0 rahasi sthita\'f9, ek\'e4k\'e9. Ek\'e4k\'e9 means alone. Or more clearly it is stated. Ek\'e4k\'e9 yata-citt\'e4tm\'e4 nir\'e4\'e7\'e9r aparigraha\'f9. Nir\'e4\'e7\'e9\'f9, there is no expectation that "By functioning
 yoga, I shall achieve this power." And aparigraha, and he does not take anything from anybody. Who is going to give him? He is ek\'e4k\'e9, he is alone in a secluded place, in, sometimes in jungle, in forest, in mountain. And who is going to give him an
ything? He doesn't expect because he is firmly convinced that "For whom I have become yogi...I am not alone. My Param\'e4tm\'e4 is always with me." He's a yogi of... Unless..., what kind of yogi he is? He is... Although he remains superficially alone, bu
t he knows that "Wherever I go, my Param\'e4tm\'e4 friend, who is sitting with me on my heart, He is with me. So I have nothing to fear. So I have nothing to fear." Yata-citt\'e4tm\'e4. Ek\'e4k\'e9 yata-citt\'e4tm\'e4 nir\'e4\'e7\'e9r aparigraha\'f9. He 
does not accept anything for anyone. [660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From this verse we can understand that it is the duty of the }{\cs2873\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  to always remain alone. Meditational }{\cs2873\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 be performed in an assembly, at least not according to }{\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  It is not possible to concentrate the mind in the meditational system upon the Supersoul except in a secluded place. In India, there are still many }{\cs2873\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 assemble at the Kumba Mel\'e4. Generally they are in seclusion, but on rare occasions they come to attend special functions. In India there are still thou
sands of }{\cs2873\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 sages, and every twelve years or so they meet in particular holy places\'97A
llahabad, etc.\'97just as in America they have businessmen's conventions. The }{\cs2873\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 addition
 to living in a secluded place, should also be free from desires and should not think that he is performing }{\cs2873\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 achieve some material powers. Nor should he accept gifts or favors from people. If he is properly executing this meditational }{\cs2873\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  he stays alone in the jungles, forests or mountains and avoids society altogether. At all times he must be convinced for whom he has become a }{\cs2873\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 does not consider himself alone because at all times the Param\'e4tm\'e4\'97Supersoul\'97is with him. From this we can see that in modern
 civilization it is indeed very difficult to execute this meditational form of }{\cs2873\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  properly. Cont
emporary civilization in this age of Kali has actually made it impossible for us to be alone, to be desireless and to be possessionless.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Now, just see the yogi, yogic principle, for this age, how much it is difficult for us. If we want to perform real yoga system, then it is 
very difficult. Nobody... We are sitting here, so many ladies and gentlemen, is it possible for us to live alone in a secluded place in a mountain? You have got in your, outside your New York City there are so many mountains and jungles. Can you live the
re alone? Oh, no. At the present moment, the modern way of our civilization, mode of our life... Just like I am a sanny\'e4s\'e9, I am renounced order of life, but still, I have come to a city, New York City, the largest city of the world. From Bombay ci
ty or Calcutta city I have come. So life has become so changed that in this age actually what is called yoga, it is not possible. It is not... First condition is that ek\'e4k\'e9 yata-citt\'e4tm\'e4, he should remain alone, he should perform yoga system 
alone, not in with friends and many other yogis. No. Yata-citt\'e4tm\'e4 nir\'e4\'e7\'e9r aparigraha\'f9. And he should have no desire in his mind. And aparigraha. He does not want anything from anybody, anybody else. This is the first condition.\line Th
en next condition:\line ..\line cail\'e4jina-ku\'e7ottaram\line  [Bg. 6.11-12]\line [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660904BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 
]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The method of executing meditational }{\cs2873\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 further explained in considerable detail by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ucau de\'e7e prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4pya\line sthiram \'e4sanam \'e4tmana\'f9\line n\'e4ty-ucchrita\'e0 n\'e4tin\'e9ca\'e0\line ca
il\'e4jina-ku\'e7ottaram
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub The yogi has to fix up his sitting place. What is that? \'c7ucau de\'e7e. He should select a place which is very, very pure. Now, that means a p
lace like Hardwar. Our young friend, Mr. Howard, he has been to Hardwar. He has seen how nicely that place is. River Ganges is flowing and very nice, calm, quiet. You'll find three miles after, four miles after, one yogi is sitting nicely there and medit
ating. That is yoga system. You see? So \'e7ucau de\'e7e, in a place where..., the sanctified place. So these places are especially selected, just like Hardwar, Kanchi and Pray\'e4ga. They are, from time immemorial, in Vedic age, those places are sanctif
ied. Just like this Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 was spoken in the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Dharma-k\'f1etre, the land of religiosity. Even war was performed. Because this war was not ordinary war. That was religious war. Religious war. This Kuruk\'f1etra ba
ttle, that was religious war. Don't you find in the warfield where \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is present, do you think it is ordinary war? No. It is not ordinary war. And it was performed in a place which is called dhar
ma-k\'f1etra. So sometimes war is also performed in terms of religiosity. That is prescribed. That is required.\line So here, \'e7ucau de\'e7e, perfectly sanctified place. \'c7ucau de\'e7e prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4pya. He must be situated in a very sanctified p
lace. Sthiram \'e4sanam \'e4tmana\'f9. And the \'e4sanam, and the sitting place should not be changed. The same \'e4sana. He should perform yoga, meditation, on the same place and the same sitting place. \'c4tmana\'f9. And how that place, the sitting pla
ce, should be selected? Na ati ucchritam. Not too much raised, nor too much low. N\'e4ty-ucchritam. And cail\'e4jina-ku\'e7ottaram. Caila. Caila means cotton something, cotton sitting place. Then skin. Deerskin means... You know yogis, they sit on the sk
in of tiger and skin of deer? Why? Because they are in a secluded place. This has got some chemical effect. If you sit on tiger skin and deer skin, then the reptiles, the snakes, they won't disturb you. It has got some, I mean to say, physical effect. Th
ere are so many medical effect in so many things. We do not know. But God has created everything for our use. We do not know. Every plant, every herb is a medicine. It is meant for some particular disease, for some particular protection. We do not know t
hat. So cail\'e4jina. It is not a fashion. It is... Because they sit down in a secluded place in a jungle, so you are meditating, so some snake may come. There are so many snakes, so many reptiles. So therefore, cail\'e4jina-ku\'e7ottaram. And straw. The
 three things: straw, and the skin, and some cotton \'e4sana. These things are required.\line Then what is the next process? The next process is\line ..  [Bg. 6.11-12]\line \'c4tma-vi\'e7uddhaye. The whole process is, yoga system is, for purifying \'e4tm
\'e4. Purifying \'e4tm\'e4... You always remember that \'e4tm\'e4 means this body, \'e4tm\'e4 means the mind, \'e4tm\'e4 means the soul. So purifying these things. So yoga system is made not that cheaply I want some power. Sometimes the yogis they achiev
e very wonderful power. A\'f1\'f6a-siddhi-yoga. A\'f1\'f6a-siddhi, eight kinds of perfect, material perfection, they can attain. Not for that purpose yoga sys... Although they attain that power, real yogis, they do not exhibit it. They do not exhibit it.
 They have got the powers, so many wonderful powers, but he doesn't... His only aim is \'e4tma-vi\'e7uddhaye: "I am now contaminated by this material atmosphere; so I have to purify myself." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 660904BG.NY}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatraik\'e4gra\'e0 mana\'f9 k\'e5tv\'e4\line yata-cittendriya-kriya\'f9\line upav
i\'e7y\'e4sane yu\'efjy\'e4d\line yogam \'e4tma-vi\'e7uddhaye
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "To practice }{\cs2873\b\i0\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  one should go to a secluded place and should lay }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ku\'e7a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\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 }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  should then sit on it very firmly and should practice }{\cs2873\b\i0\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  by controlling the mind and the senses, purifying the heart and fixing the mind on one point." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.11-12}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally }{\cs2873\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  sit on tigerskin or deerskin because reptiles will not crawl on such skins to disturb their meditations. It seems that in God's creation there is a use for everything. Every grass and herb has its use and ser
ves some function, although we may not know what it is. So in }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba h
as made some provision whereby the }{\cs2873\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  doesn't have to worry about snakes. Having acquired a g
ood sitting place in a secluded environment, the }{\cs2873\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  begins to purify the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body, mind and soul. The }{\cs2873\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 not think, "Now I will try to achieve some wonderful powers." Sometimes }{\cs2873\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  do attain certain }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddhis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or powers, but these are not the purpose of }{\cs2873\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 real }{\cs2873\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  do not exhibit them. The real }{\cs2873\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  thinks, "I am now contaminated by this material atmosphere, so now I must purify myself."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub Controlling mind is not so easy thing that I go to the store and purchase something. No. Abhy\'e4sena tu kaunteya vair\'e4gye\'eba ca g\'e5
hyate [Bg. 6.35]. So this vair\'e4gya can be very easily practiced when you are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We are practically seeing. These four things our students have very easily given up because they are serious about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss. This is not advertisement. You can ask. There are many students here who have taken up this, I mean to say, philosophy very seriously, and they find it easy. Oh, they find it easy. Vair\'e4gya automatically becomes. It is such a nice thing. It is suc
h a nice thing that easily you become detestful to all these things. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660914BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can quickly see that controlling the mind and body is not such an easy thing and that we cannot control them as easily as we can go to the store and purchase something. But K\'e5\'f1
\'eba indicates that these rules can be easily followed when we are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course everyone is motivated by sex life, but sex life is not actually discouraged. We have this material body, and as long as we have it, sex desire will be the
re. Similarly, as long as we have the body, we must eat to maintain it, and we must sleep in order to give it rest. We cannot expect to negate these activities, but the Vedic literatures do give us guidelines for regulation in eating, sleeping, mating, e
tc. If we at all expect success in the }{\cs2873\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 cannot allow our unbridled senses t
o take us down the paths of sense objects; therefore guidelines are set up. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is advising that the mind can be controlled through regulation. If we do not regulate our activities, our mind will be more and more agitated. It is
 not that activities are to be stopped, but regulated by the mind always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Being always engaged in some activity connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actual }{\cs2873\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 not that when one is in }{\cs2873\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  he doesn't eat, work, sleep or enjoy himself in any way. Rather, }{\cs2873\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  can be defined as executing regulated activities while absorbed in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Asa\'e0yat\'e4tman\'e4 yogo du\'f1pr\'e4pa iti me mati\'f9. [Bg. 6.36]\line Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Yes," asa\'e0yat\'e4tman\'e4, "one who has
 not been able to control his mind," yogo du\'f1pr\'e4pa, "the success in yoga is actually never possible." Du\'f1pr\'e4pa. Du\'f1pr\'e4pa means difficult to achieve. Iti me mati\'f9. "Yes, I think you are right. You are right." Va\'e7y\'e4tman\'e4 tu ya
tat\'e4 \'e7akyo 'v\'e4ptum up\'e4yata\'f9: "But one who is determined, he can find out the ways and means how he can control the mind, if he is serious." So this is the way. If you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and try to follow the principles, then t
his is the nicest possible way of controlling the mind. Va\'e7y\'e4tman\'e4 tu yatat\'e4 \'e7akyo 'v\'e4ptum up\'e4yata\'f9. Up\'e4yata\'f9 means you can find out means, ways and means. You can control. Arjuna uv\'e4ca. Now, so far the descriptions...
\line If one wants to engage in yoga at home, then he has to make certain that his other engagements are moderate. He cannot spend long hours of the day working hard to simply earn a livelihood. One should work very moderately, eat very moderately, grati
fy his senses very moderately and keep his life as free from anxiety as possible. In this way practice of yoga may be successful. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660914BG.NY}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0yat\'e4tman\'e4 yogo\line du\'f1pr\'e4pa iti me mati\'f9\line va\'e7y\'e4tman\'e4 tu yatat\'e4\line \'e7akyo 'v\'e4ptum up\'e4yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For one whose mind is unbridled," K\'e5\'f1\'eba further says, "self-realization is difficult 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 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 6.36}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone knows that an unbridled horse is dangerous to ride. He can go in any direction at any speed, and his rider is likely to come to
 some harm. Insofar as the mind is unbridled, K\'e5\'f1\'eba agrees with Arjuna that the }{\cs2873\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  syst
em is very difficult work indeed. "But," K\'e5\'f1\'eba adds, "he whose mind is controlled and strives by right means is assured of success. That is My judgement." }{\b0\i0\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 6.36}{\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  What is meant by "strives by right means"? One has to try to follow the four basic regulative principles as mentioned and execute hi
s activities absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub If you want to be a yogi at home, then your other engagement should be moderate. You cannot engage for earning your living very heavily and
 at the same time you can become a yogi. No, that is not possible. That is not possible. Yukt\'e4h\'e4ra-vih\'e4rasya. You should eat very moderately, you should gratify your senses very moderately, your work should be anxietyless, you should not dream m
ore, and you should not be awake. These are the rules. Then yoga process will be successful. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub If one wants to engage in }{\cs2873\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  at home, then he has to make certain that his o
ther engagements are moderate. He cannot spend long hours of the day working hard to simply earn a livelihood. One should work very moderately, eat very moderately, gratify his senses very moderately and keep his life as free from anxiety as possible. In
 this way practice of }{\cs2873\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  may be successful.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub yad\'e4 viniyata\'e0 cittam\line \'e4tmany ev\'e4vati\'f1\'f6hate\line nisp\'e5ha\'f9 sarva-k\'e4mebhyo\line yukta ity ucyate tad\'e4\line 
 [Bg. 6.18]\line Now, what is the sign that one has attained perfection in yoga? The Lord says, yad\'e4 viniyata\'e0 cittam. Cittam means your heart or your consciousness. When it is self-controlled, consciousness [is] completely under your control, you 
do not become dependent on the dictation of your mind, but mind becomes under your control... Yad\'e4 viniyata\'e0 cittam \'e4tmany ev\'e4vati\'f1\'f6hate. And mind does not go out because the yogi's principal business is to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi
\'f1\'ebu always. So yogi cannot allow his mind to go out. That is possible in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When we are engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, naturally my mind cannot go out besides K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Besides K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The mind is automatically controlled. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is t
he sign by which we can tell that one has attained perfection in }{\cs2873\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 indi
cates that one is situated in }{\cs2873\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  when his consciousness is completely under his control.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 viniyata\'e0 cittam\line \'e4tmany ev\'e4vati\'f1\'f6hate\line nisp\'e5ha\'f9 sarva-k\'e4mebhyo\line yukta ity ucyate ta
d\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "When the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  by practice of }{\cs2873\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  disciplines his mental activities
 and becomes situated in Transcendence\'97devoid of all material desires\'97he is said to have attained }{\cs2873\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 "}{\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 Bg}{\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  6.18}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who has attained }{\cs2873\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 not dependent on the dictations of his mind; rather, the mind comes under his control. Nor is the mind put out or extinguished, for it is the business of the }{\cs2873\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  to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu always. The }{\cs2873\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 allow his mind to go out. This may sound very difficult, but it is possible in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When one is always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness, in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then how is it possible for the mind to wander away from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? In the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the mind is automatically controlled.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Nisp\'e5ha\'f9 sarva-k\'e4mebhya\'f9. And you shall have no desire for material sense gratification. Sarva-k\'e4mebhya\'f9. K\'e4ma means m
aterial desires, and sarva, and all kinds of. That means if you are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then you have no other desires. So your desires... Desireless you cannot be. That is not possible. Desireless means... Here it is clearly said, sarva-k
\'e4mebhya\'f9. K\'e4mebhya\'f9 means desire for sense gratification. That is to be purified. But desire to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is very good, very nice thing.\line So we have to transfer the desire.\line So we have to transfer the desire. This is 
called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That's all. Desire we cannot kill. It is not possible. I am a living being. Desire is my constant companion. So therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to purify the desire. How is that? Without sarva-k\'e4mebhya
\'f9, without desiring for material sense gratification, I can desire so many things for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. There are so many things. And suppose... Just like take for example eating. Eating, we want palatable dishes. Very good. But you prepare th
e palatable foodstuff for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For K\'e5\'f1\'eba you prepare hundreds of palatable... Don't think that "It is being prepared for me." Therefore one who prepares foodstuff for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he has to take very precaution. You see? That it is
 being prepared for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line So your k\'e4ma is already sacrificed because from the very beginning you're thinking that "It is being prepared for K\'e5\'f1\'eba." You have no desire for that. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that He gives yo
u the foodstuff for your eating; so your desire is already fulfilled. You do not desire it, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy is so that He can fulfill your desire.\line Nisp\'e5ha\'f9 sarva-k\'e4mebhyo yukta ity ucyate tad\'e4. At that time, when one has molde
d his life in such a way, then he's to be understood that he has attained perfection in the yoga system. Simply routine work, doing some exercise, that is not the yoga system as far [as] Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is concerned. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor should the }{\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  have any desire for material sense gratification. If one is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he has no desire other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not possible to become desireless. T
he desire for sense gratification must be overcome by the process of purification, but desire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba should be cultivated. It is simply that we have to transfer the desire. There is no question of killing desire, for desire is the constant co
mpanion of the living entity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the process by which one purifies his desires; instead of desiring so many things for sense gratification, one simply desires things for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, we may desi
re palatable food, but instead of preparing foodstuffs for ourselves, we can prepare them for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer them to Him. It is not that the action is different, but there is a transfer of consciousness from thinking of acting for my senses to 
thinking of acting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We may prepare nice milk products, vegetables, grains, fruits and other vegetarian dishes for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then offer them to Him praying, "This material body is a lump of ignorance and the senses are a networ
k of paths leading to death. Of all the senses the tongue is the most voracious and difficult to control. It is very difficult to conquer the tongue in this world; therefore \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us this nice }{\cs2873\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, to conquer the tongue. So let us take this }{\cs2873\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 our full satisfaction and glorify Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in love call fo
r the help of Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu." In this way our }{\cs2873\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 sacrificed
, for from the very beginning we are thinking that the food is being offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should have no personal desires for the food. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful, however, that he gives us the food to eat. In this way our desire is fulfilled
. When one has molded his life in such a way\'97dovetailing his desires to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's\'97then it is to be understood that he has attained perfection in }{\cs2873\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  Simply breathing deeply and doing some exercises is not }{\cs2873\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  as far as }{\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  is concern
ed. A whole purification of consciousness is required.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now,\line ..[Bg. 6.19]\line Just like a lamp, when it is not agitated by the wind, the flame is straight, similarly, the mind should not be
 agitated. That flame is very nice, when it is stand straight without being moved by the wind. That flame is very nice. So that example is given here. The flame is so susceptible to wind that a little agitation it moves.\line So similarly, our mind is al
so so susceptible to material desires that a little movement can change the whole thing. Change it. Balav\'e4n indriya-gr\'e4mo vidv\'e4\'e0sam api kar\'f1ati [Bh\'e4g. 9.19.17]. Little change. In the Vedic language it is forbidden for a yogi, or those w
ho are transcendentalist... Because he has to remain brahmac\'e4ri-vrate sthita\'f9.\line  Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, there are two kinds of brahmac\'e4r\'e9s. One who is leading complete celibacy, complete free from sex life, he is called brahmac\'e4r\'e9. Anoth
er brahmac\'e4r\'e9 is g\'e5hastha-brahmac\'e4r\'e9. He has got his wife, but he has no other understanding with any other woman. And that wife also only, I mean to say, relationship is performed under regulation, he is also brahmac\'e4r\'e9. One who has
 his relationship with wife under rules and regulation and does not know any other woman, he is also brahmac\'e4r\'e9. That is also called brahmac\'e4ri-vrata. And one who lives complete celibacy life, that he is also brahmac\'e4r\'e9. So that brahmac
\'e4ri-vrata is essential for yogi. Brahmac\'e4ri-vrata. Now, yata-cittasya... yogam \'e4tmana\'f9, that mind should not be agitated. He says, "The mind should not be agitated." Suppose I am brahmac\'e4r\'e9, I have taken the vow, brahmac\'e4ri-vrate sth
ita\'f9, I have taken the vow that "I will have no sex life in my life." Then mind may be agitated sometimes. So there is precautions. Precautions. It is said in the Vedic literature that one should be very careful about woman. They are so much careful, 
m\'e4tr\'e4 svasr\'e4 duhitr\'e4 v\'e4 n\'e4vivikt\'e4sano bhavet. [Bh\'e4g. 9.19.17] The prescription is that "One should not sit alone even with his mother, with his sister, and with his daughter." You see. Balav\'e4n indriya-gr\'e4mo vidv\'e4\'e0sam a
pi kar\'f1ati. The mind is so, I mean to say, fragile that even little, they can create havoc.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [
660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the execution of }{\cs2873\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  it is very important that the mind is not agitated.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 d\'e9po niv\'e4tastho\line ne\'ecgate sopam\'e4 sm\'e5t\'e4\line yogino yata-cittasya\line yu\'efjato yogam \'e4tmana
\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his medita
tion on the transcendent Self." }{\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 Bg}{\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  6.19}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a candle is in a windless place, its flame remains straight and does not waver. The mind, like the flame, is susceptible to so ma
ny material desires that with the slightest agitation it will move. A little movement of the mind can change the whole consciousness. Therefore in India one seriously practicing }{\cs2873\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  traditionally remained }{\cs2873\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  or celibate. There are two kinds of }{\cs2873\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 is 
completely celibate and the other is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha-brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is to say he has a wife, h
e does not associate with any other woman, and his relations with his own wife are strictly regulated. In this way, either by complete celibacy or restricted sex life, one's mind is kept from being agitated. Yet when one takes a vow to remain a complete 
celibate, his mind may still be agitated by sexual desire; therefore in India those practicing the traditional }{\cs2873\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  under strict vows of celibacy are not allowed to sit alone even with a mother, sister or daughter. The mind is so fickle that the slightest suggestion can create havoc.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub You see? So these things are prescription for the yogis. Yogi has to look into the prescription of the system.\line .. [Bg. 6.20-23]\line N
ow the yogi should control in such a way his mind that as soon as mind goes from the position of meditating on Vi\'f1\'ebu, he should at once drag the mind. That requires a very good practice. You see. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that\line .. [Bg. 6.21]
\line One who does not know that real happiness can be experienced by our transcendental senses, not with these material senses... Senses are not to be sacrificed. Desires are not to be sacrificed, but there are desires in the spiritual field, there are 
sense satisfaction in the spiritual field. That is a different thing. So here it is said, sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat. What is really happiness, tad buddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam, that is transcendental to this experience, empirical sense gratification
. Vetti yatra na caiv\'e4ya\'e0 sthita\'e7 calati tattvata\'f9. One who does not know this, then certainly he will be agitated in the mind and fall down. So one should know that the happiness which we are trying to derive from the material senses, that i
s not happiness.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660907BG.NY]}}{\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 yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should have his mind trained in such a way that as soon as his
 mind wanders from meditation on Vi\'f1\'ebu, he drags it back again. This requires a great deal of practice. One must come to know that his real happiness is in experiencing the pleasure of his transcendental senses, not the material senses. Senses are 
not to be sacrificed, and desires are not to be sacrificed, but there are both desires and sense satisfaction in the spiritual sphere. Real happiness is transcendental to material, sensual experience. If one is not convinced of this, he will surely be ag
itated and will fall down. One should therefore know that the happiness he is trying to derive from material senses is not really happiness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub I have, several times I recited one nice verse, the description of R\'e4ma.\line ..  [\'c7atan\'e4ma-stotra 8]\line That yogina\'f9, those 
who are actually yogis, they also enjoy. And how they enjoy? Ramante yogina\'f9 anante. In the unlimited, not into the limited. In the unlimited. Yogina\'f9 anante and saty\'e4nande, that is real happiness. Saty\'e4nande cid-\'e4tmani. And that is spirit
ual. That is not material. Iti r\'e4ma, this is the meaning of R\'e4ma. Hare R\'e4ma. We described, this R\'e4ma means to enjoy in the spiritual life. That is called R\'e4ma.\line It is all pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also pleasure. R\'e4ma is also pleas
ure. Because we are all hunting after pleasure. But we do not know where to find out the pleasure. The pleasure is in spiritual life. That is real pleasure. We haven't got to sacrifice pleasure, but we have to enjoy it properly. Just like diseased man, h
e cannot enjoy life. His enjoyment of life is a false enjoyment. When he's cured, when he's in healthy life, then his enjoyment is bona fide. Similarly, so long we are in the material conception of life, we do not expect that we are enjoying. We are simp
ly entangling. That means diseased man, if he enjoys, if he takes nice food. He cannot eat, but if he likes and takes stealthily, without the information of the medical physician, then he prolongs his diseases. That's all. He is killing himself, the proc
ess. Similarly, the more we increase our material enjoyment we are more making ourself entangled in this material world, without being freed from these material clutches. That is the whole system of yoga, j\'ef\'e4na, bhakti, anywhere.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are 
actually }{\cs2873\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  truly enjoy, but how do they enjoy? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramante yogino '}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nante}{\cs2873\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 their enjoyment is unlimited, and that unlimited enjoyment is real happiness, and such happiness is spiritual, not material. This is the real meaning of }{\cs2873\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  as in the chant Hare R\'e4ma. }{\cs2873\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 enjoyment through spiritual life. Spiritual life is all pleasure, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all pleasure. We do not have to sacrifice pleasure, but we do
 have to enjoy it properly. A diseased man cannot enjoy life; his enjoyment of life is a false enjoyment. But when he is cured and is healthy, then he is able to enjoy. Similarly, as long as we are in the material conception of life, we are not actually 
enjoying ourselves but are simply becoming more and more entangled in material nature. If a sick man is not supposed to eat, his eating unrestrictedly actually kills him. Similarly, the more we increase material enjoyment, the more we become entangled in
 this world and the more difficult it becomes to get free from the material entrapment. All of the systems of }{\cs2873\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  are meant to disentangle the conditioned soul from this entrapment, to transfer him from the false enjoyment of material things to the actual enjoyment of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatroparamate citta\'e0\line niruddha\'e0 yoga-sevay\'e4\line yatra caiv\'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line pa\'e7yann \'e4tmani tu
\'f1yati
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat tad\line buddhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam\line vetti yatra na caiv\'e4ya\'e0\line sthita\'e7 calati t
attvata\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 labdhv\'e4 c\'e4para\'e0 l\'e4bha\'e0\line manyate n\'e4dhika\'e0 tata\'f9\line yasmin sthito na du\'f9khena\line guru
\'eb\'e4pi vic\'e4lyate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 vidy\'e4d du\'f9kha-sa\'e0yoga\line viyoga\'e0 yoga-sa\'e0j\'efitam\line sa ni\'e7cayena yoktavyo\line yogo 'nirvi\'eb
\'eba-cetas\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The stage of perfection is called trance, or }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sam\'e4
dhi,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  when one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yoga}{
\cs2873\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  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 s
ituated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of 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\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bg.}{\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 6.20-23}{\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  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Anywhere. One may find, "This system is nice; that system is very difficult.' That is a different thing, but any system you adopt, the whole th
ing is that you have to purify your existence from the conception of material enjoyment to the conception of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness enjoyment. That will make you happy.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660907BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One form of }{\cs2873\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  may be difficult and another may be easy, but in all cases one must purify his existence to the conception of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious enjoyment. Then one will be happy.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub yad\'e4 hi nendriy\'e4rthe\'f1u\line na karmasv anu\'f1ajjate\line sarva-sa\'eckalpa-sanny\'e4s\'e9\line yog\'e4r\'fc\'f2has tadocyate\line  [Bg
. 6.4]\line .. [Bg. 6.5]\line Now these two \'e7lokas, verses, we were discussing last day, that we have to raise ourself to the spiritual standard by ourself. I have to raise myself to the spiritual standard by myself. So I am my friend and I am my enem
y. This is the opportunity. There is a very nice verse in C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita.\line [....]\line "Nobody is nobody's friend, nobody is nobody's enemy. But it is only the behavior by which one can understand who is his friend and who is his enemy."
 Nobody is born enemy, nobody is born friend. But by our mutual behavior, somebody is my friend and somebody is my enemy. Similarly, as we have this dealing in the ordinary daily affairs, similarly, I have my dealing with my self. My self. If I deal with
 me, myself, as friend, then I am my friend. And if I deal with myself inimically... Then what is that friendship and inimical? The friendship is that I am soul. Somehow or other, I have been in contact with this material nature. So I have to get myself 
out of the entanglement of this material nature. If I act in that way, then I am my friend. But even after getting this opportunity, if I do not act in that way, then I am my enemy. So \'e4tmaiva hy \'e4tmano bandhur \'e4tmaiva \'e4tmano ripu\'f9. So I a
m myself friend, my friend, and I am my enemy.\line .. [Bg. 6.6]\line Now, how I can become my friend? That is explained here, that bandhur \'e4tm\'e4 \'e4tmanas tasya. \'c4tm\'e4 means mind, \'e4tm\'e4 means body, and \'e4tm\'e4 means soul. That, these 
three things I have already explained the other day that when we speak of \'e4tm\'e4, or self... Just like so long I have got my bodily conception, when I say "my self," I think of my body. When I transcend the bodily conception of life, then I think "I 
am mind." But actually, when I am in the real spiritual platform, then my self means "I am pure spirit." So according to the stage of development my conception of self are different. So so far nirukta or dictionary is concerned, body, mind, and the spiri
t soul, everything is called self. Now, here it is called bandhur \'e4tm\'e4 \'e4tmanas tasya. Now, here one \'e4tm\'e4 is named mind. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 hi nendriy\'e4rthe\'f1u\line na karmasv anu\'f1ajjate\line sarva-sa\'eckalpa-sanny\'e4s\'e9\line yog\'e4r\'fc\'f2has tadocyate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uddhared \'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line n\'e4tm\'e4nam avas\'e4dayet\line \'e4tmaiva hy \'e4tmano bandhur\line \'e4tmaiva ripur 
\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "A person is said to have attained to }{\cs2873\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  when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities. A man must elevate himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The 
mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.4-5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have to raise ourselves to the spiritual standard by ourselves. In this sense I am my own friend and I am my own enemy. The opportu
nity is ours. There is a very nice verse by C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2it: "No one is anyone's friend, no one is anyone's enemy. It is only by behavior that one can understand who is his friend and who is his enemy." No one is born our enemy, and no one is 
born our friend. These roles are determined by mutual behavior. As we have dealings with others in ordinary affairs, in the same way the individual has dealings with himself. I may act as my own friend or as an enemy. As a friend, I can understand my pos
ition as spirit soul and, seeing that somehow or other I have come into contact with material nature, try to get free from material entanglement by acting in such a way as to disentangle myself. In this case I am my friend. But if even after getting this
 opportunity I do not take it, then I should be considered my own worst enemy.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bandhur \'e4tm\'e4tmanas tasya\line yen\'e4tmaiv\'e4tman\'e4 jita\'f9\line an\'e4tmanas tu \'e7atrutve\line vartet\'e4tmaiva 
\'e7atruvat
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the g
reatest enemy." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.6}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is it possible for one to become his own friend? This is explained here; }{\cs2873\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  means mind, body and soul. When we speak of }{\cs2873\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  insofar as we are in the bodily conception, we refer to the body. However, when we transcend the bodily conception and rise to the mental platform, }{\cs2873\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  refers to the mind. But actually when we are situated on the truly spiritual platform, then }{\cs2873\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  refers to the soul. In actuality we are pure spirit. In this way, according to one's spiritual development, the mean
ing of the word }{\cs2873\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  differs. As far as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vedic Dictionary is concerned, }{\cs2873\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  refers to body, mind and soul. However, in this verse of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to mind.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub Mind is the friend of oneself, and mind is the enemy of oneself. So we have to train the mind. If I train my mind for becoming my friend, t
hen my life is successful. If I train my mind to become my enemy, then my life is unsuccessful. An\'e4tmanas tu \'e7atrutve vartet\'e4tmaiva \'e7atruvat. But one who has no knowledge of the spiritual self, then his mind acts like his enemy. One who has g
ot the conception of this body as "my self," his mind is his enemy. And one who has got the conception of the spirit self, his mind is his friend.\line So mind has nothing to do. Mind, simply training of the mind required. And how the mind is trained up?
 It is by good association. Good association, our mind is trained up. Sa\'ecg\'e4t sa\'efj\'e4yate k\'e4ma\'f9 [Bg. 2.62]. K\'e4ma means desire. Desire is the function of the mind. And sa\'ecg\'e4t sa\'efj\'e4yate k\'e4ma\'f9. And according to the associ
ation, my mind desires like that. So we have to make good association if we want to make our mind as my friend, if I want to make my mind as my friend, then I have to associate with s\'e4dhu. Tasm\'e4t satsu sajyeta buddhim\'e4n. Buddhim\'e4n means intel
ligent person. He must associate with satsu. Satsu means those who are trying for self-realization. They are called sat. Sat and asat. Asat means who are trying for the temporary things. Matter is temporary. My body is temporary. So if I simply engage my
self for bodily pleasures, sense gratification, then I am engaging myself to temporary things. But if I engage myself for self-realization, the permanent thing, then I am engaging myself to the sat, or to the permanent. Tasm\'e4t satsu sajyeta buddhim
\'e4n. "Anyone who is intelligent, he should associate with persons who are trying to elevate themselves for self-realization." That is called sat-sa\'ecga, good association. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If, through }{\cs2873\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 mind can be trained, then the mind is our friend. But if the mind is left untrained, then there is no possibility of leading a successful life. For one who has no idea of spiritual life, the mind is the enemy. If one thinks that 
he is simply the body, his mind will not be working for his benefit; it will simply be acting to serve the gross body and to further condition the living entity and entrap him in material nature. If, however, one understands one's position as spirit soul
 apart from the body, the mind can be a liberating factor. In itself, the mind has nothing to do, it is simply waiting to be trained, and it is best trained through association. Desire is the function of the mind, and one desires according to his associa
tion; so if the mind is to act as friend, there must be good association.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub And what is the result of good association? Now, because, if we make good association, the sant\'e4\'f9 chindanti. Sant\'e4\'f9 means the p
ersons who are s\'e4dhu, who are pious. They can cut off by their words our attachment with this material world. They can cut off. Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking to Arjuna. What is the idea of speaking so many things? Just to cut off his attachment
 from the so-called material affection. He is affected with something which is stumbling his progress in his own duty. So He is, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is presenting His Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 just to cut off. Sant\'e4 eva hi chindanti uktibhi\'f9. Uktibhi\'f9. Chi
ndanti means cut. Now, for cutting something we require some sharpened instrument. But here, to cut off the mind from attachment, it requires sharpened ukti. Ukti means words. Sharpened topics. There should not be... Just like when a person cuts somethin
g, there is no mercy, similarly when a s\'e4dhu or a person saint, speaks to his student, he does not make, show any mercy. He speaks the truth so that his mind may be cut off from the unreal attachment.\line Just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba... Arjuna first addressed to Arjuna. He said, a\'e7ocy\'e4n anva\'e7ocas tva\'e0 praj\'ef\'e4-v\'e4d\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca bh\'e4\'f1ase [Bg. 2.11]. "Oh, you are talking like a very learned man, but you are fool number one." You see. How strong word He ha
s used. So so far, if we want detachment from this material world, then we should be prepared to accept such cutting words from the master. Sant\'e4\'f9 pasya[?] chindanti uktibhi\'f9. Uktibhi\'f9. We should not make compromise: "Oh, don't speak such str
ong words." Required, it is required. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The best association is a }{\cs2873\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, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person or one who is striving for spiritual realization. There
 are those who are striving for temporary things (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Matter and the body are temporary
, and if one only engages himself for bodily pleasure, he is conditioned by temporary things. But if he engages himself in self-realization, then he is engaged in something permanent (}{\cs2873\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 ). Obviously if one is intelligent he will associate with those who are trying to elevate themselves to the platform of self-realization through one of the 
various forms of }{\cs2873\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 result will be that those who are }{\cs2873\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  or realized, will be able to sever his attachment to material association. This is the great advantage to goo
d association. For instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks }{\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  to Arjuna just to c
ut off his attachment to this material affection. Because Arjuna is attracted to things that are impeding the execution of his own duty, K\'e5\'f1\'eba severs these things. To cut something, a sharp instrument is required; and to cut the mind from its at
tachments, sharp words are often required. The }{\cs2873\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  or teacher shows no mercy in using
 sharp words to sever the student's mind from material attractions. By speaking the truth uncompromisingly, he is able to sever the bondage. For example, at the very beginning of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks sharply to Arjuna by telling him that although he speaks like a learned man, he is actually fool number one. If we actual
ly want detachment from this material world, we should be prepared to accept such cutting words from the spiritual master. Compromise and flattery have no effect where strong words are required.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub So bandhur \'e4tm\'e4. An\'e4tmanas tu \'e7atrutve vartet\'e4tmaiva \'e7atruvat. An\'e4tmana\'f9. Those who have no self-realization, his m
ind... One who has not realized what he is. We are generally conception of this bodily conception of our life. But the intelligent person who has made association with saintly persons, he can understand that "I am not this body." And the material concept
ion of life is condemned in so many places. Yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9 yat-t\'e9rtha-buddhi\'f9 salile [Bh\'e4g. 10.84.13]. In so many ways. One who has got the conception of hi
s personal self with this body made of three elements, then one who thinks that the land in which he is born or the relatives who is connected with this body, "They are all, everything," then that man is no better than ass and cow. It is said like that.
\line So we should have by good association, by study of good books like Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, we should realize ourself. Otherwise, our mind will remain always an enemy, an enemy. And enemy, as the enemy is always prepared to 
do harm, so my mind will drag me to things which will make me entangled more and more in this material miserable life. Mana\'f9 \'f1a\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\'e9ndriy\'e4\'ebi prak\'e5ti-sth\'e4ni kar\'f1ati [Bg. 15.7]. We are struggling very hard with this mind a
nd six senses. So we have to make the mind our friend. Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is gradually making progress to explain to Arjuna how the mind can be made friend. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660904BG.NY]}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  the material conception of life is condemned in so many places. One who thinks the country in which he is born is worshipable, or one who goes to holy places and yet ignores the }{\cs2873\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  there, is likened unto an ass. As an enemy is always thinking of doing harm, so the untrained mind will drag one deeper and deeper into mate
rial entanglement. Conditioned souls struggle very hard with the mind and with the other senses. Since the mind directs the other senses, it is of utmost importance to make the mind the friend.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub jit\'e4tmana\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4ntasya\line param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9\line \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9khe\'f1u\line tath\'e4 m\'e4n\'e4pa
m\'e4nayo\'f9\line  [Bg. 6.7]\line j\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na-t\'e5pt\'e4tm\'e4\line k\'fc\'f6astho vijitendriya\'f9\line yukta ity ucyate yog\'e9\line sama-lo\'f1\'f6r\'e4\'e7ma-k\'e4\'efcana\'f9\line  [Bg. 6.8]\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9\'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9khe\'f1utath\'e4 m\'e4n\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9 Bg. 6.7""">660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jit
\'e4tmana\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4ntasya\line param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9\line \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9khe\'f1u\line tath\'e4 m\'e4n\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquility. To such a man happiness and di
stress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.7}{\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  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Now by training the mind, jit\'e4tmana, one who has conquered over the mind, jit\'e4tmana\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4ntasya... Pra\'e7\'e4nta means he has 
become in equilibrium, pra\'e7\'e4nta. Pra\'e7\'e4nta. Because mind is dragging me always in nonpermanent things. Har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4 manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 5.18.12]. Asati manorathena. By the chariot of th
e mind. So long we are seated on the chariot of the untrained mind, unbridled mind, the mind will drag me to things which are nonpermanent. But my whole business is that I am permanent, I am eternal. Somehow or other, I have got this attachment for nonpe
rmanent things. So I have to get out of this entanglement. So if my mind is not trained up, then the mind's business will be to drag me to nonpermanent things. Har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9. But this mind, as I told you the other day, can
 be very easily trained up if we fix up in our minds, on the fort of the mind, a great soldier, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just like if the fort is defended by a great general, then there is no question of entering of the enemy, similarly, if we put K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
on the fort of the mind, then there is no chance of entering of the enemies. Sa vai mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravindayo\'f9 [Bh\'e4g. 9.4.18]. That day we have explained.\line And if we do not do that har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9. M
ahad-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9 means the material acquisition, material education, material wealth, or so many material qualification. That will not help me to control my mind. That is not possible. Only thing is that if I put on the mind K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, ha
r\'e4v abhakta..., K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then my mind will be very easily conquered.\line So jit\'e4tmana\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4ntasya. Pra\'e7\'e4nta means who has ceased to desire material enjoyment. Bhavantam ev\'e4nucaran nirantara\'e0 pra\'e7\'e4nt
a-ni\'f9\'e7e\'f1a-mano-rath\'e4ntaram [Stotra-ratna 43]. A devotee to the Lord, bhavantam ev\'e4nucaran nirantaram, that "When I shall be able to act twenty-four hours in Your service, or when I shall be able to think of You cent percent?" And pra\'e7
\'e4nta-ni\'f9\'e7e\'f1a-mano-rath\'e4ntaram. Mano-rath\'e4ntaram means mind is dragging me in so many imaginations; so many plan-making business we have got, so many plan-making business. That is called mano-rath\'e4ntaram. Just like I go on some chario
t, on some car, in several places. So mind is... The same thing is described. M\'e4y\'e4....yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4 [Bg. 18.61]. So we are traveling like that, that way. But as soon as I am able to fix my mind on the lotus feet of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it become jit\'e4tmana\'f9. Jit\'e4tmana\'f9 means conquered. And then my mind becomes clear of all the engagements of nonpermanent things. Pra\'e7\'e4ntasya. Jit\'e4tmana\'f9 pra\'e7\'e4ntasya param\'e4tm\'e4 s
am\'e4hita\'f9. That is possible...\line Param\'e4tm\'e4 means Supersoul. We have several times told you that Param\'e4tm\'e4 is with me. The same thing. Param\'e4tm\'e4 is sitting with me in the heart. I, the soul, the atomic spark, spirit spark, that i
s also in this heart, and side by side, in the similar smallest way, the Supreme Lord is also with me. Param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9. This param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9 is the yoga. Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will gradually come, Param\'e4tm\'e4. The yoga s
ystem is, meditation means to control all the senses and concentrate the mind to focus on the Param\'e4tm\'e4. That is the whole yoga system.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub So here it is hinted, param\'e4t
m\'e4 sam\'e4hita\'f9, "completely absorbed in the Param\'e4tm\'e4." Pra\'e7\'e4nta. Pra\'e7\'e4nta means ceases, cease from all nonpermanent activities. And jit\'e4tmana\'f9. Jit\'e4tmana\'f9 means conquered over the senses. So\line .. [Bg. 6.7]\line 
\'c7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha... Duality. Duality. We have got in this material world duality. Just like this is now summer season; then again we will have winter season, snowfall. \'c7\'e9ta u\'f1\'eba. \'c7\'e9ta means winter season, and u\'f1\'eba means s
ummer season. \'c7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9khe\'f1u. Similarly, happiness and distress. Happiness and distress. Tath\'e4 m\'e4n\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9. Similarly, honor and dishonor. Because in this world, the world of duality, dual world, everything is t
o be understood by duality. We cannot understand what is honor if there is no dishonor. If I am not insulted, I cannot understand what is honor. So m\'e4n\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9. Similarly, I cannot understand what is misery if I have not tasted happiness. O
r I cannot understand what is happiness if I have not understood misery. So similarly... I cannot understand what is cold if I have not tasted hot. This world is, world is of duality. So one has to transcend. So long this body is there, this duality feel
ing will continue. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By training the mind, one actually attains tranquillity, for the mind i
s always dragging us over nonpermanent things, just as an unbridled horse will pull a chariot on a perilous course. Although we are permanent and eternal, somehow or other we have become attracted to nonpermanent things. But the mind can be easily traine
d if it is simply fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as when a fort is safe when it is defended by a great general, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is placed in the fort of the mind, there will be no possibility of the enemy entering. Material education, wealth and power w
ill not help one to control the mind. A great devotee prays, "When will I be able to think of You constantly? My mind is always dragging me about, but as soon as I am able to fix my mind on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it becomes clear." When the mi
nd is clear, it is possible to meditate on the Supersoul. The Param\'e4tm\'e4, or Supersoul, is always seated within the heart along with the individual soul. The }{\cs2873\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 involves concentrating the mind and focusing it on the Param\'e4tm\'e4 or Supersoul seated within the heart. The above quoted verse from }{\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  indicates that one who has conquered the mind and has overcome all attachment to nonpermanent things can be absorb
ed in thought of the Param\'e4tm\'e4. One so absorbed becomes free from all duality and false designations.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 6: Yoga as Freedom from Duality and Designation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 6\line Yoga As Freedom From Dual
ity And Designation
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660904BG.NY]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha... Duality. Duality. We have got in this material world duality. Just like this is now summer season; then again 
we will have winter season, snowfall. \'c7\'e9ta u\'f1\'eba. \'c7\'e9ta means winter season, and u\'f1\'eba means summer season. \'c7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9khe\'f1u. Similarly, happiness and distress. Happiness and distress. Tath\'e4 m\'e4n\'e4pam
\'e4nayo\'f9. Similarly, honor and dishonor. Because in this world, the world of duality, dual world, everything is to be understood by duality. We cannot understand what is honor if there is no dishonor. If I am not insulted, I cannot understand what is
 honor. So m\'e4n\'e4pam\'e4nayo\'f9. Similarly, I cannot understand what is misery if I have not tasted happiness. Or I cannot understand what is happiness if I have not understood misery. So similarly... I cannot understand what is cold if I have not t
asted hot. This world is, world is of duality. So one has to transcend. So long this body is there, this duality feeling will continue.\line So because I am trying to get out of this body, bodily conception-not exactly out of the body, but bodily concept
ion-so I will have to practice to tolerate these dualities. As in the Second Chapter we have, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has advised Arjuna, m\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9 [Bg. 2.14]. This duality of distress and 
happiness, this is due to the skin. This is skin disease. Just like itching, itching of the skin. So because there is itching, I should not be mad after it. I should tolerate. There are so many. Nowadays mosquito bite is going on. So we should not be mad
. We should not give up our duty because mosquito is biting or some bed bug is biting. So so many dualities that we have to tolerate.\line So if my mind is always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then these dualities can be practiced very easily. \'c7
\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9. J\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na-t\'e5pt\'e4tm\'e4 k\'fc\'f6astho vijitendriya\'f9. Why he will be able to understand, to tolerate? [660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub This material world is a world of duality\'97at one moment we are subjected to the heat of the summer season and at the next moment the cold of winter. Or at one moment we're happy and at the next moment distressed. At one moment honored, at 
the next dishonored. In the material world of duality, it is impossible to understand one thing without understanding its opposite. It is not possible to understand what honor is unless I understand dishonor. Similarly, I cannot understand what misery is
 if I have never tasted happiness. Nor can I understand what happiness is unless I have tasted misery. One has to transcend such dualities, but as long as this body is here these dualities will be here also. Insofar as one strives to get out of bodily co
nceptions\'97not out of the body but out of bodily conceptions\'97one has to learn to tolerate such dualities. In the Second Chapter of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba informs Arjuna that the duality of distress and happiness is due to the body alone. It's like a skin disease, or skin itch. Just because there is itching, one should not b
e mad after it to scratch it. We should not go mad or give up our duty just because mosquitoes bite us. There are so many dualities one has to tolerate, but if the mind is fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all these dualities will seem insignificant
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How is it one can tolerate such dualities?
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na-t\'e5pt\'e4tm\'e4\line k\'fc\'f6astho vijitendriya\'f9\line yukta ity ucyate yog\'e9\line sama-lo\'f1
\'f6r\'e4\'e7ma-k\'e4\'efcana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  (or mystic) when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controll
ed. He sees everything\'97whether it be pebbles, stones or gold\'97as the same." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na means knowledge. Theoretical knowledge is called j\'ef\'e4na, and practical knowledge is called vij\'ef\'e4na. Vij\'ef\'e4na. Just 
like a science student has to study theoretical and appear theoretical examination as well as practical examination. If a science student has to pass his examination, then he has to prac... Simply theoretical knowledge that so much quantity of hydrogen a
nd so much quantity of oxygen will make water will not help him. He has to practically show in the laboratory that so much quantity of oxygen gas and so much quantity of hydrogen gas mixed and water is produced. That is called vij\'ef\'e4na. Vij\'ef\'e4n
a.\line So j\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na-t\'e5pt\'e4tm\'e4. One should have not only theoretical knowledge, but practical knowledge. Practical knowledge. Simply understanding that "I am not this body, I am not body," then I am doing all nonsense of this body
. I am discussing... There are so many societies. They are very seriously discussing Ved\'e4nta philosophy and smoking, with wine glass, and very enjoying life. You see. So that sort of j\'ef\'e4na, that sort of knowledge, is not necessary. You see? So j
\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na. One should have knowledge perfectly, and it must be demonstrated. Demonstrated in practical field. Yes. But that means one who has actually felt himself that "I am not this body," then naturally his bodily necessities will be re
duced to the minimum. Will be reduced to the minimum. That is practical. If I am going to increase the demands of my body and I am simply theoretically thinking that "I am not this body," oh, that is not required. J\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na-t\'e5pt\'e4tm
\'e4.\line A man, a person, will be satisfied when there is j\'ef\'e4na, knowledge, and science side by side.  [660904BG.NY]}}{\cs2873\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  means theoretical knowledge, and }{\cs2873\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  refer
s to practical knowledge. For instance, a science student has to study theoretical scientific conceptions as well as applied science. Theoretical knowledge alone will not help. One has to be able to also apply this knowledge. Similarly, in }{\cs2873\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 should have not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge. Simply understanding "I am not this
 body" and at the same time acting in a nonsensical way will not help. There are so many societies where the members seriously discuss Ved\'e4nta philosophy while smoking and drinking and enjoying a sensual life. It will not help if one only has knowledg
e theoretically. This knowledge must be demonstrated. One who truly understands "I am not this body" will actually reduce his bodily necessities to a minimum. When one increases the demands of the body while thinking "I am not this body," then of what us
e is that knowledge? A person can only be satisfied when there is }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  side by side.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So when he is situated in that practical status of spiritual realization, then he is to be understood that he is actually situated in the y
oga. Not that I am going to a class and, weekly or twice weekly attending yoga class, and I remain the same thing for the so many years. No. There should be practical realization. What is that practical realization? Pra\'e7\'e4nt\'e4tm\'e4. Pra\'e7\'e4nt
\'e4tm\'e4. The mind is calm and quiet, no more agitated by the attraction of this material encirclement. You see? So j\'ef\'e4na-vij\'ef\'e4na...k\'fc\'f6astho vijitendriya\'f9. The first qualification is called vijitendriya\'f9, sense control. Advancem
ent in the yoga system means yoga indriya-sa\'e0yama\'f9. Yoga means to... Because our whole life is disturbed due to the senses. Senses. This material life means sense gratification. That's all. The sum and substance of materialistic life means sense gr
atification. Therefore advancement of material science means giving you products for your sense gratification. Unnecessarily, so many things are produced just to satisfy my senses. That is the material advancement.\line So material life means sense grati
fication, and spiritual life means detached from sense gratification. So vijitendriya\'f9. Yukta ity ucyate yog\'e9 sama-lo\'f1\'f6r\'e4\'e7ma-k\'e4\'efcana\'f9. And when he is in that position of equilibrium, then for him, sama-lo\'f1\'f6r\'e4\'e7ma-k
\'e4\'efcana\'f9. K\'e4\'efcana means gold, and lo\'f1\'f6ra means, what is called, rubbles of stone. They are the same thing. So sama-lo\'f1\'f6r\'e4\'e7ma-k\'e4\'efcana\'f9. And again,\line ..\line sama-buddhir vi\'e7i\'f1yate\line  [Bg. 6.9]\line [660
904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person is situated on the practical level of spiritual realization, it should be understood he is actually situated in }{\cs2873\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  It is not that one should continue to attend }{\cs2873\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  classes and yet remain the same throughout his life; there must be practical realization. And what is the sign of that practical realization? The mind will be
 calm and quiet and no longer agitated by the attraction of the material world. Thus self-controlled, one is not attracted by the material glitter, and he sees everything\'97pebbles, stones or gold\'97as the same. In the material civilization, so much pa
raphernalia is produced just to satisfy the senses. These things are produced under the banner of material advancement. He who is situated in }{\cs2873\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  sees such paraphernalia as just so much rubbish in the street. Moreover:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suh\'e5n-mitr\'e4ry-ud\'e4s\'e9na-\line madhyastha-dve\'f1ya-bandhu\'f1u\line s\'e4dhu\'f1v api ca p\'e4pe\'f1u\line sama-buddhi
r vi\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all\'97the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pi
ous, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial\'97with an equal mind." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.9}{\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  
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have got our relationship in this world, we call that: "He is my friend." Suh\'e5t and mitra. There are two kinds of friends. Suh\'e5t means
 better friend. Actually who is always desiring my welfare, he is called suh\'e5t. And friend means we have got good will, ordinary friends. Suh\'e5n mitra ud\'e4s\'e9na. Ud\'e4s\'e9na means neutral, neither friend nor enemy. We have got relationship wit
hin this world. Somebody is my very good well-wisher, somebody is my friend, and somebody is neither friend nor enemy.\line And somebody, madhyastha, mediator, and somebody actually doing some good. Somebody I think, "Oh, here is a nice gentleman, saintl
y person." And somebody I think, "Oh, here is a sinful man." According to my calculation, somebody my friend, somebody my enemy, somebody neutral, somebody, I mean to say, a saintly person, somebody my, a sinful person. Now, all these, when you are on th
e yoga-yukta, when you are in the platform of transcendence, then these distinctions, this friend, enemy, s\'e4dhu, saintly, and sinful, that will all be closed. No more. No more. Pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9 [Bg. 5.18]. Pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9.
 When one becomes actually learned, he does not see any enemy or any friend because nobody is enemy, nobody is friend, nobody is my son, nobody is my mother, nobody is... We are all different living entities.\line We are just playing on the platform unde
r the dress of father, mother, wife children friend, enemy. Just like in a drama we set up some character to play, so... But out of the stage we are all friends. Nobody... In the stage I say, "Oh, you are enemy. I shall kill you." And so many things I do
. But when out of the stage, we are all friends. Similarly, in this world, in this material world, with this dress, with this dress of material body, we are playing on the stage of material world that enemy and friend and father, mother, son. I cannot be
get any son. It is not possible. I simply beget this body. You see. The living entity, that is not my power. Simply by my sex intercourse with my wife, I cannot produce unless that living entity is placed in that emulsification of two secretion. These ar
e stated in the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. So this is only stage play.\line So actually, when one is situated in proper knowledge, one who is actually a yogi, for him, this distinction altogether disappears. [660904BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different kinds of friends. There is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suh\'e5t,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  who is by nature a well-wisher and is always desiring one's welfare. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mitra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to 
an ordinary friend, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is one who is neutral. In this material world someone may be
 my well-wisher, friend or neither friend nor enemy but neutral. Someone else may serve as a mediator between me and my enemies, and in this verse he is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhya-stha.}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One may also see someone as pious and another as sinful according to his own calculations. But when he is situated in transcendence, all of these\'97friends, enemies or whatever
\'97cease to exist. When one becomes actually learned, he does not see any enemy or any friend because in actuality "no one is my enemy, no one is my friend, no one is my father, no one is my mother, etc." We are all simply living entities playing on a s
tage in the dress of father, mother, children, friend, enemy, sinner and saint, etc. It is like a great drama with so many characters playing their parts. However, on the stage a person may be an enemy or whatever, but off the stage all the actors are fr
iends. Similarly, with these bodies we are playing on the stage of material nature, and we attach so many designations to one another. I may be thinking, "This is my son," but in actuality I cannot beget any son. It is not possible. At the utmost I can o
nly beget a body. It is not within any man's power to beget a living entity. Merely by sexual intercourse a living entity cannot be begotten. The living entity must be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub place
d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the emulsification of secretions. This is the verdict of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 all the multifarious relationships between bodies are just so much stage play. One who is actually realized and has actually attained }{\cs2873\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  no longer sees these bodily distinctions.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 7: The Fate of the Unsuccessful Yog\'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 7\line The Fate Of The Unsuccess
ful Yog\'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 [660914BG.NY]  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub The process is not rejected. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 accepts the yoga process. That means the process is recognized. It is a science. But at th
e present moment, even five thousand years before, it was impossible to be practiced. Now how we can imagine that five thousand years after, it has improved, the condition, so that you can practice this system? No. Therefore they did not, either Arjuna o
r K\'e5\'f1\'eba, both of them, indulge in discussing further on this point. So next point Arjuna is discussing.\line ..[Bg. 6.37]\line Now, he is asking, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba..." Now, these things are being discussed, that yoga system is... Not only 
that yoga system. The bhakti-yoga system, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, this is also yoga system. Now, many students come to practice this yoga or that yoga. Now, somehow or other, they may not be successful. They may not be successful or half finish
ed or one-fourth finished. Everything has got a course. So, just like if you want to be a medical student there are five years', six years' course. If you study for two years and give it up, then you cannot have that title, or you cannot be recognized as
 a medical practitioner. But if you complete the course, you get the university degree, MD, Doctor of Medicine, or something like that, and you are recognized; you can practice. Now, here it is said that ayati\'f9 \'e7raddhayopeta\'f9. Somebody is attrac
ted that "I shall make my life successful by a spiritual process, the yoga system or j\'ef\'e4na system or bhakti system." Without inclination... Because this inclination also does not come ordinarily... That also requires good asset in the past life, th
is inclination for spiritual advancement. Manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u [Bg. 7.3]. Out of millions of men, few only try for making perfection of the human life. And yatat\'e4m api siddh\'e4n\'e4m. And those who are trying for perfection, out of 
them a few only can understand what is God. So God understanding is not so easy.\line So therefore he said, Arjuna said, that ayati\'f9 \'e7raddhayopeta\'f9: "One has got some faith for spiritual advancement of life," yog\'e4c calita-m\'e4nasa\'f9, "but 
some way or other, he finishes halfway and then falls down from the process." Apr\'e4pya yoga-sa\'e0siddhim: "He could not achieve the perfection." K\'e4\'e0 gati\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba gacchati: "Then what happens to him?" Because half finished... Just like
 a person was studying for medical certificate or medical qualification, and out of six years, he simply performed two years. Oh, neither he is a doctor, neither he is a clerk. He is useless. He becomes useless. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is being asked by Arjuna
 whether a person who is trying for perfection of life in spiritual advancement, if he finishes only a portion or half, so what happens to him? Does he become useless or worthless? Simply wasted time? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that }{\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  rejects the meditational }{\cs2873\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  process; it recognizes it as a bona fide method, but it further indicates that it is not possible in this age. Thus the subject in the Sixth Chapter of }{\cs2873\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  is quickly dropped by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna. Arjuna next asks:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayati\'f9 \'e7raddhayopeto\line yog\'e4c calita-m\'e4nasa\'f9\line apr\'e4pya yoga-sa\'e0siddhi\'e0\line k\'e4\'e0 gati\'e0 k
\'e5\'f1\'eba gacchati
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "What is the destination of the man of faith who does not persevere, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization but
 who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?" }{\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 Bg. }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6.37}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, he is asking what becomes of the unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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 the person who attempts to perform }{\cs2873\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 somehow desists and does not succeed. It is something like a student who does not get his degree because he drops out of school. Elsewhere in the }{\cs2873\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 points out to Arjuna that out of many men few strive for perfection, and out of those who strive for perfection, only 
a few succeed. So Arjuna is inquiring after the vast number of failures. Even if a man has faith and strives for perfection in the }{\cs2873\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, Arjuna points out that he may not attain this perfection due to "worldly-mindedness."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Kaccin na ubhaya-vibhra\'f1\'f6a\'f9 chinn\'e4bhram iva na\'e7yati: "Is it not like that, that a cloud assembles..." When the clouds are compact
 together then there is possibility of raining, but if by wind it is broken, now there is no possibility of rain. The example is very nice. Kaccit na ubhaya-vibhra\'f1\'f6a\'f9. There was cloud, there was thundering, but there was no rain. There was no r
ain. It... Especially in the morning... These are some of the rules. One may know that in the morning, if there is assembly of clouds and there is thundering, you must surely know that there will be no rain. If there is rain, it will be a drop only. Ther
e will be no much rain. [...] So here it is said that "Whether this attempt, just like serious attempt but at the same time it is broken, whether it is like a broken cloud which has no meaning, no rain? That's all. Is it like that?"  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaccin nobhaya-vibhra\'f1\'f6a\'e7\line chinn\'e4bhram iva na\'e7yati\line aprati\'f1\'f6ho mah\'e4-b\'e4ho
\line vim\'fc\'f2ho brahma\'eba\'f9 pathi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O mighty-armed K\'e5\'f1\'eba," Arjuna continues, "does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence, perish like a 
riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?" }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6.38}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a cloud is torn apart by the wind, it does not mend back together again.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Aprati\'f1\'f6ho mah\'e4-b\'e4ho vim\'fc\'f2ho brahma\'eba\'f9 pathi [Bg. 6.38]. Br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9 pathi means advancement on spiritual success
. "So if he is half-hazardly, half-hazardly, halfway, he finishes, then what is the result?" Etan me sa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba: "I am doubtful about these things." Why? Now, because if this yoga system... Now, take for this yoga system, which is p
rescribed. Now, if somebody thinks, "Oh, it was attempted... It was prescribed to Arjuna, and he rejected it because it is very difficult. Oh. Never... Never try for any spiritual. Let us do." No. Arjuna is putting, therefore, this question so that in fu
ture people may not be discouraged, may not be discouraged. Therefore he is asking. What is that? Etan me sa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba: "It is some of the doubts in my mind, K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Chettum arhasy a\'e7e\'f1ata\'f9: "You will kindly clear my
 doubts. What happens to this person who does not achieve the pure, highest perfection of success, but half finished or one-fourth finished...? Then what happens to them?" Tvad-anya\'f9 sa\'e0\'e7ayasy\'e4sya chett\'e4 na hy upapadyate [Bg. 6.39]: "I don
't think that anyone can eradicate my doubts except You." Now, bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is replying Arjuna what happens to this half-finished, half-finished yogi. Yogi... Always remember, yogi means either this dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9 or j\'ef
\'e4na-yog\'e9 or bhakti-yog\'e9, yogi. Yogi does not mean simply those who are meditators. Yogi means the meditators, they are also yogi, and those who are trying to understand the Absolute Truth by philosophical, by theosophical way, they are also yogi
. And those who are actually yogi, they are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So yogi... }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etan
 me sa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\line chettum arhasy a\'e7e\'f1ata\'f9\line tvad-anya\'f9 sa\'e0\'e7ayasy\'e4sya\line chett\'e4 na hy upapadyate
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "This is my doubt O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for Yourself, no one is to be found who can destroy thi
s doubt." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.39}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna is asking this question about the fate of the unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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  so that in the future people would not be discouraged. By a }{\cs2873\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  Arjuna is referring to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9, j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  it is not that meditation is the
 only form of }{\cs2873\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 meditator, the philosopher and the devotee are all to be considered }{
\cs2873\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  Arjuna is questioning for all those who are attempting to become successful transcendental
ists. And how does \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba answer him?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub So \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Now, Bhagav\'e4n, the Personality of Godhead... We have several times described the definition of Bhagav\'e4n
. Bhagav\'e4n means one who has got complete control over six things. He is Bhagav\'e4n. He is God. What are those six things? Now, ai\'e7varyasya samagrasya: "Complete riches," and v\'e9ryasya samagrasya. V\'e9rya means strength. Complete riches, comple
te strength, complete knowledge, complete beauty, complete renunciation and complete fame... [Vi\'f1\'ebu P. 6.5.47]\line We are after some fame. I want to be famous, you want to be famous, but we are famous in a circle, in a circle, in a country, in a s
ociety. But nobody is famous like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You see? Nobody is famous like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba approached, advented Himself on this earth five thousand years before, but just see how much famous He is still. Can you give any example in t
he history? So many Hitlers, so many Mussolinis, so many Gandhis born and went away. They were famous for several years only. That's all. Nobody can be famous like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All over the world He is famous, and what to speak of India? Complete fame
. Similarly, complete strength, complete riches, complete beauty, complete knowledge... Just see, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. It was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no parallel, and there is no competition of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. It is such a knowledge. You 
see? Complete knowledge.\line So one who possesses all these six things in complete, He is God. This is the definition of God. Complete strength, complete beauty, complete knowledge, complete riches, and complete renunciation. In the moment renounced... 
Everything... }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line 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\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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here, as in many other places throughout the }{\cs2873\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 is referred to as Bhagav\'e4n. This is another of the Lord's innumerable names. }{\cs2873\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  indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor of six opulences: He possesses all beauty, all wealth, all power, all fame, all knowledge and all renun
ciation. Living entities partake of these opulences in finite degrees. One may be famous in a family, in a town, in a country or on one planet, but no one is famous throughout the creation as is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The leaders of the world may be f
amous for a few years only, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared 5,000 years ago and is still being worshiped. So one who possesses all six of these opulences in completeness is considered to be God. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Here it is, the bhagav\'e4n word is, used; therefore I give you a little definition of bhagav\'e4n. So bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Now, because He is
 complete in knowledge, therefore His instruction is valuable. Our knowledge is not complete. Now, we are taking knowledge from Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, from bhagav\'e4n, but there is no history that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had this knowledge from any spiritual maste
r. No. He had not to go because He is complete. There was no need of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for going to any spiritual... Arjuna has come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for knowledge because He is complete always.\line So the complete knowledge, the person who is in complete
 knowledge, we have to believe Him. That's all. And that is the system. Eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9 [Bg. 4.2]. The system of Vedic knowledge is to receive in complete. How it is received in complete? Just like K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is complete, and the knowledge received from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is complete. I may not be experienced. Just like Arjuna, he is receiving the knowledge from the complete. So if we receive knowledge from Arjuna, then our, my knowledge is also c
omplete. This is the... There is no question of research. I cannot research. I have to receive. That's all. So many things spoken in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, and we are receiving in that way. Suppose a sputnik is flying on the outer space and we are gett
ing knowledge of the sputnik flying from the newspaper. You are not going there, but you are receiving the knowledge from some authority whom you believe.\line So don't you think K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the highest authority? So whatever knowledge you receive 
from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far better than the newspaper knowledge. We are always in the lowest stage. Either I read Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 or newspaper, I am not with the sputnik, but newspaper says that sputnik has gone 25,000 up, so I believe it. So I believ
e the newspaper, not that, "Oh, I want to see." Now, can you see how sputnik is flying? And why do you say, when Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is spoken, "Oh, I want to see." You just take complete knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the complete person. That's all. Th
at will make you perfect. Yes. So bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. That does he say? P\'e4rtha na eva iha n\'e4mutra vin\'e4\'e7as tasya vidyate. You mind that. "One who is making, attempting for spiritual advancement, oh, either in this life 
or in the next life, he'll never be vanished. He'll never be vanished." Na hi kaly\'e4\'eba-k\'e5t ka\'e7cid durgati\'e0 t\'e4ta gacchati [Bg. 6.40]: "Oh, this is the highest auspicious attempt. After attempting, nobody degrades. Nobody degrades." Even a
ttempt is not fully successful, nobody degrades. It is so nice. So anyone who is attempting for spiritual advancement of life, even he is not successful, still, it is not discredit for him. Oh. We can discuss further in next meeting how it is not degrada
tion for him, any percentage performed. Svalpam apy asya dharmasya tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t [Bg. 2.40]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [660914BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks to Arjuna as the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead, and as such it is to be understood that He has complete knowledge. }{\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  was imparted to the sun god and to Arjuna by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but nowhere is it mentioned that }{\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  was imparted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why? Complete knowledge means that He knows everything that is to be known. This is an attribute of God alone. Being that K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything, Arjuna is putting this question to H
im about the fate of the unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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 is no possibility for Arjuna to research the 
truth. He simply has to receive the truth from the complete source, and this is the system of disciplic succession. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete, and the knowledge that comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also complete. If Arjuna receives this complete knowledge 
and we receive it from Arjuna as it was spoken to him, then we also receive complete knowledge. And what is this knowledge? "The Blessed Lord said: Son of P\'e5th\'e4, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction ei
ther in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil." (}{\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 6.40) Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that the very striving for }{\cs2873\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  perfection is a mo
st auspicious attempt. When one attempts something so auspicious, he is never degraded.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: ...n\'e4mutra vin\'e4\'e7as tasya vidyate, na hi kaly\'e4\'eba-k\'e5t ka\'e7cid durgati\'e0 t\'e4ta gacchati [Bg. 6.40]. Now
, this verse we have been discussing last week, that one who falls down... "Suppose one has entered for spiritual cultivation of life. Some way or other, he is not successful to complete the course. Then what happens to him?" That was the question of Arj
una. This is very nice question, that "Suppose one enters for cultivation of spiritual life. Some way or other..." Sometimes we do not follow the rules and... Sometimes we are entrapped by some feminine attraction. These are impediments. So we may not be
 able to make complete progress. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My dear Arjuna," na hi kaly\'e4\'eba-k\'e5t ka\'e7cid durgatim: "Anyone who has attempted even one percent sincerely, culture of spiritual realization, he will never fall down. He will never fall 
down." That sincerity. Because we are weak, and the material energy is very strong, so to adopt spiritual life is more or less declare war against the material energy. The material, the illusory energy, she is trying to curb this conditioned soul as far 
as possible. Now, when the conditioned soul tries to get out of her clutches by spiritual advancement of knowledge, oh, she becomes more stringent. Yes. She wants to test, "How much this person is sincere?" So there will be so many allurement offered by 
the material energy. [660918BG.NY]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually Arjuna is asking a very appropriate and intelligent question. It is not unusual for one to fall down from the platform of devotiona
l service. Sometimes a neophyte devotee does not keep the rules and regulations. Sometimes he yields to intoxication or is trapped by some feminine attractions. These are impediments on the path of }{\cs2873\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  perfection. But \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives an encouraging answer, for He tells Arjuna that even if one sincerely cultivates only 1% 
worth of spiritual knowledge, he will never fall down into the material whirlpool. That is due to the sincerity of his effort. It should always be understood that we are weak and that the material energy is very strong. To adopt spiritual life is more or
 less to declare war against the material energy. The material energy is trying to entrap the conditioned soul as much as possible, and when the conditioned soul tries to get out of her clutches by spiritual advancement of knowledge, material nature beco
mes more stringent and vigorous in her efforts to test how much the aspiring spiritualist is sincere. The material energy, or }{\cs2873\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 then offer more allurements.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, there is a story. There are many stories. One of them I am citing. It is very interesting. Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni. Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Mun
i, he was a great king, k\'f1atriya, but his priest, Vasi\'f1\'f6ha Muni, he had great spiritual power. So he renounced his kingdom. He wanted to advance. He was kingly, royal order, but still, he wanted to advance in the spiritual orders. So he adopted 
yoga process, meditation. That time it was possible for adopting this process, yoga process. So he was meditating in such a way that the Indra, who was the king of heaven, he thought that "This man is trying to occupy my post." As there is competition...
 This is also... Heaven means that is also material world. So this competition-no businessman wants an another businessman go ahead. He wants to cut down. Competition of price, quality. Similarly, that Indra, he thought that "This man is so strongly medi
tating, it may be that I may be deposed and he come to my seat." Then he arranged one of his society girls, Menak\'e4, to go there and allure this muni. So when Menak\'e4 approached that \'e5\'f1i, Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra \'c5\'f1i, he was meditating. And simpl
y by the sound of her bangles, he could understand, "There is some woman." And as soon as he saw there was heavenly, celestial beauty, he was captivated. Then there was a result, that a great... \'c7akuntal\'e4. Perhaps some of you may know. There is a b
ook made by K\'e4lid\'e4sa, \'c7akuntal\'e4. This \'c7akuntal\'e4 is supposed to be the most beautiful girl in the world, and she was born by this combination of Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni and Menak\'e4.\line So when this girl was born, then Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra 
thought, "Oh, I was advancing in my spiritual culture, and again I have been entrapped." So he was going out. At the same time his wife Menak\'e4 brought this girl before her, and little child is always attractive. She showed that "Oh, you have got such 
a nice girl, such beautiful girl, and you are going away? No, no. You should take care." So there is a picture, very nice. That is a very famous picture. That Menak\'e4 is showing Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni the girl, and the muni is like that, "No more show m
e." Yes. There is a picture. That is... Then he went away. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this regard, there is the story of Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni, a great king, a }{\cs2873\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  who renounced his kingdom and took to the }{\cs2873\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  process in order to become more spiritually advanced. At that time the meditational }{\cs2873\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  process was possible to execute. Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni meditated so intently that Indra, the King of heaven, noticed him and thought, "This man is trying to occupy my post." The heavenly planets are also material, and there is competitio
n\'97no businessman wants another businessman to exceed him. Fearing that Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni would actually depose him, Indra sent one heavenly society girl, named Menak\'e4, to allure him sexually. Menak\'e4 was naturally very beautiful, and she was 
intent on disrupting the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub muni's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meditations. Indeed, he became aware of her feminine prese
nce upon hearing the sound of her bangles, and he immediately looked up from his meditation, saw her, and became captivated by her beauty. As a result, the beautiful girl \'c7akuntal\'e4 was born by their conjugation. When \'c7akuntal\'e4 was born, Vi
\'e7v\'e4mitra lamented. "Oh I was just trying to cultivate spiritual knowledge, and again I have been entrapped." He was about to flee when Menak\'e4 brought his beautiful daughter before him and chastised him. Despite her pleading, Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra res
olved to leave anyway.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus there is every chance of failure on the yogic path when a great sage like Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni falls down due to material allurement. Although the }{\cs2873
\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  fell for the time being, he again resolved to go on with the }{\cs2873\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  process, and this should be our resolve. K\'e5\'f1\'eba informs us that such failures should not be cause for desp
air. There is the famous proverb that "Failure is the pillar of success." In the spiritual life especially, failure is not discouraging. K\'e5\'f1\'eba very clearly states that even if there is failure, there is no loss either in this world or in the nex
t. One who takes to this auspicious line of spiritual culture is never completely vanquished.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Yes. And why? Now,\line pr\'e4pya pu\'ebya-k\'e5t\'e4\'e0 lok\'e4n\line u\'f1itv\'e4 \'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9\'f9 sam\'e4\'f9\line \'e7uc\'e9n
\'e4\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe\line yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o 'bhij\'e4yate\line  [Bg. 6.41]\line Abhij\'e4yate. He says that this failure yogi... One who is successful, he enters into the kingdom of God. That is a different thing. But one who is a failed s
tudent, what happens to him? Now, pr\'e4pya pu\'ebya-k\'e5t\'e4\'e0 lok\'e4n: "He enters into the planets where pious living entities are allowed to enter." That means he gets into the higher planets. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now what actually happens to the unsuccessful spiritual
ist? \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically explains:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pya pu\'ebya-k\'e5t\'e4\'e0 lok\'e4n\line u\'f1itv\'e4 \'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9\'f9 sam\'e4\'f9\line \'e7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 \'e7r
\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe\line yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o 'bhij\'e4yate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub athav\'e4 yogin\'e4m eva\line kule bhavati dh\'e9mat\'e4m\line etaddhi durlabhatara\'e0\line loke janma yad \'e9d\'e5\'e7am
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The unsuccessful }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy. Or he takes his birth in a family of tr
anscendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Verily, such a birth is rare in this world." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.41-42)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub There are many planets within the universe, and the higher planets, there are more comforts, more duration of life, persons are more pious, rel
igious, godly. As you make progress to the higher planets, these facilities are there, thousand times better than this planet. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "Even if he is failure, still, he goes to such planets where pious men are elevated." Pr\'e4pya pu
\'ebya-k\'e5t\'e4\'e0 lok\'e4n, and u\'f1itv\'e4 \'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9\'f9 sam\'e4\'f9. And he remains there for a long duration of time.\line Now, in the heavenly kingdom, it is said that our six months is... Six months are equal to their one day. And sim
ilarly, they live there for ten thousand years.\line This description we get from Vedic literatures. Just like in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 you have got the duration of life of Brahm\'e4. That is the highest planet. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that "After... Ev
en if he is a failure, he gets promotion to the higher planets." But in the higher planets you cannot remain for all the time. K\'f1\'e9\'ebe pu\'ebye puna\'f9 martya-loka\'e0 vi\'e7anti [9.21]: "When your pious balance is finished, then you are again fa
llen in this earth." K\'f1\'e9\'ebe pu\'ebye puna\'f9 martya-loka\'e0 vi\'e7anti. Martya-lokam means, this martya-lokam, this earth. Now, even when he comes back here, He says, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, that "He gets his birth..." \'c7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 
\'e7r\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o 'bhij\'e4yate. He takes his birth in a family, two kinds of families. One family, \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4m. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e4m means very rich family, very rich family.\line So one who takes his birth in a very rich f
amily, it should be understood that he was certainly a very pious man in his previous life. By good work, by pious work, we get. In our next life, we get facilities, four kinds of facilities. What are they? Now, janma, ai\'e7varya, \'e7ruta, \'e7r\'e9. J
anma, ai\'e7varya, \'e7ruta, \'e7r\'e9. Janma means to get birth in very aristocratic family, royal family, lord family, rich family, janma. Or acquires large extent of wealth, janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta [Bh\'e4g. 1.8.26]. \'c7ruta means becomes very learn
ed scholar. So one who is learned scholar, it is to be understood that it is due to his past deeds. One who is rich man, it is to be understood that it is due to his pious acts in his last life. Janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta-\'e7r\'e9. \'c7r\'e9 means beauty.
 And one who is very beautiful, either male or female, it is to be understood that this is the result of his or her pious work in the past lives. Janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta-\'e7r\'e9. \'c7r\'e9 means beauty. And one who is very beautiful, either male or fe
male, it is to be understood that this is the result of his or her pious work in the past lives. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many planets in the universe, and on the higher planets there are greater comforts, the duration of life is longer, and the inhabitants are more religious 
and godly. Since it is said that six months on earth is equal to one day on the higher planets, the unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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  stays on these higher planets for many, many years. Vedic literatures describe their lifetimes as lasting 10,000 years. So even if one is a failure, he is promoted to these higher planets. But one cannot remain there perpetually.
 When the fruits or the results of one's pious activities expire, he has to return to earth. Yet even upon returning to this planet, the unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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  meets with fortunate circumstances, for he takes his birth either in a very rich family or a pious one.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub So here it is said that \'e7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o... \'c7uc\'e9n\'e4m means pious family. Pious fami
ly means br\'e4hma\'ebas. They are \'e7uci. \'c7uci means always pure. \'c7uci means... A br\'e4hma\'eba, means a cultured br\'e4hma\'eba, they are always pure. Their habits, their behavior-everything is pure. That is called \'e7uc\'e9n\'e4m. That is a g
reater facility. And \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4m, rich, rich family. So the yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6a, after living for many, many days in the higher planets where pious people have entered, then, when he again comes to this earth, he gets birth in a, either in a br\'e4h
ma\'eba family, \'e7uc\'e9n\'e4m, or in a great, rich, mercantile family. \'c7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4... \'c7r\'e9mat\'e4m is generally meant: a rich mercantile family. Just like you have got in your country Rockefeller family, Ford family. Ther
e are many. In India also there are Birla family, Bamar[?] family. Every country, there are rich families. So either in a purified family, just like br\'e4hma\'ebas, or in a rich family... So at least, those who sincerely begin spiritual life, so their n
ext life is guaranteed as human life, human form of life, for many days.\line So those who are rich in this world, or those who have got birth in a very, I mean to say, pious family, br\'e4hma\'eba family, they should understand that "It is God's grace t
hat I have got my birth with such, so much facilities of life."\line So in this way, practically we can understand that these facilities are given by the Lord. The Lord is always prepared to give us facility. Simply He wants to see that we are sincere. T
hat's all. There is nice verse in \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.\line ..  [Bh\'e4g. 1.5.17]\line Abhajat\'e4\'e0 sva-dharmata\'f9, yes. The purport of this verse is that tyaktv\'e4 sva-dharmam. Sva-dharmam means every particular person has got his prescribe
d duty of life, every particular person. Whatever he may be, in whatever country, or whatever society, everyone has got his some designated duty, that "You have to do this." Now here it is said that if he gives up his duty, prescribed duty, and by sentim
ent, by association, or by craziness, or any way, he takes surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, people may say, "Oh, these people are crazy." All right, even crazy, some way or other, if he takes shelter unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
.. When I say K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that means God. Then what happens? Tyaktv\'e4 sva-dharma\'e0 cara\'eb\'e4mbuja\'e0 hare\'f9. By sentiment or by any reason... There may be many reasons if one takes shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. But bhajana, w
hile he was worshiping or prosecuting spiritual rules and regulations, apakva, he does not become mature, but somehow or other falls down. Tyaktv\'e4 sva-dharma\'e0 cara\'eb\'e4mbuja\'e0 harer bhajann [Bh\'e4g. 1.5.17]. Bhajana means worshiping, apakva, 
immature, and falls down. So N\'e4rada says in this Bh\'e4gavata, tatra ko v\'e4 and abhadram abh\'fcd amu\'f1ya kim: "So what is there inauspicious for him there?\line Suppose he has fallen down. There is no inauspicity. But a person who does not approa
ch God, but regularly makes his duties perfectly, what does he get? What does he get, religious? He does not get any benefit of his life. But a person, even he falls down, because he has taken shelter of the Supreme Lord, "Oh, he is better." So these thi
ngs are sanctioned by \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam and Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and all Vedic literatures, that there is no harm even one is not able to fulfill his mission properly, half-finished. Still... Why? Why he is not in loss? The next \'e7loka says. No
w, again Lord says that "Either in a br\'e4hma\'eba family, very pious family, or in a rich family, athav\'e4, or, yogin\'e4m eva kule bhavati dh\'e9mat\'e4m, yogin\'e4m, in a family where persons have practiced the yoga system..." Yogin\'e4\'e0 dh\'e9ma
t\'e4m. Yogin\'e4m. Yogin\'e4m means either devotee or meditators or great philosophers-in their families. Yogin\'e4m eva kule bhavati dh\'e9mat\'e4m [Bg. 6.42]. Dh\'e9mat\'e4m means very intelligent. These transcendentalists, either philosopher, or medi
tators, or great devotees of the Lord, they are considered the, I mean to say, highest top of the human society, dh\'e9mat\'e4m. Etad dhi durlabhatara\'e0 loke janma yad \'e9d\'e5\'e7am. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, according to the law of }{\cs2873\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  if one enacts pious deeds, he is awarded in the next life by birth into a very aristocratic family, or into a ve
ry wealthy family, or he becomes a great scholar, or he is born very beautiful. In any case, those who sincerely begin spiritual life are guaranteed human birth in the next life\'97not only human birth, but birth into either a very pious or a very wealth
y family. Thus one with such a good birth should understand that his fortune is due to his previous pious activities and to God's grace. These facilities are given by the Lord, who is always willing to give us the means to attain Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba simp
ly wants to see that we are sincere. In the }{\cs2873\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 is stated that e
very particular person has his own duty in life, regardless of his position and regardless of his society. If, however, he gives up his prescribed duty and somehow\'97either out of sentiment or association or craziness or whatever\'97takes shelter of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if, due to his immaturity, he falls from the devotional path, still there is no loss for him. On the other hand, if a person executes his duties perfectly but does not approach God, then what does he earn? His life is indeed without be
nefit. But a person who has approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba is better situated, even though he may fall down from the yogic platform.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Now, out of the three, either he gets his birth in a br\'e4hma\'eba family or in a rich family or in a family where people are, the members
 are highly advanced in the yoga, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba says the third one, third one, is to be considered more fortunate, third one, who has got his birth in the family of a yogi, because one who has got his birth in a rich family, he may be misled. And nat
urally it so happens. When a man gets riches, silver spoon in mouth, he thinks, "Oh, I have got so much money, my paternal property. Let me enjoy it." Oh. So sometimes he becomes a drunkard, a prostitute hunter, a, I mean to say, rogue. He becomes. Simil
arly, in a br\'e4hma\'eba family also... Just like we have seen in India. There are many persons who are born in a big, I mean to say, very pious family. But because he has taken his birth in a pious family, he thinks, "I am br\'e4hma\'eba. Oh, what I ha
ve to do? I am very pious family." They mistake in that way. So they degrade.\line So in the pious family or in the rich family, there is chance of degradation. But one who takes his birth in a family of yogis, devotees, oh, he has got better chance for 
cultivating the same spiritual culture from which in his past life he had fallen. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, etad dhi durlabhataram: "This is very rare, that a man gets his birth, a parent, a yogi." This is very rare. But He recommends, I mean, He eu
logizes this sort of family that... What is the facility of this family? Now, Lord says, tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0 labhate paurva-dehikam: [Bg. 6.43] "In his previous birth, in his previous body, whatever he cultured, now he begins to remember."
 He begins to remember. I may tell you that those who have taken this society, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, very seriously, they are not ordinary persons. They must have had such culture in their previous life. Now they are again trying to revive that t
hing. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba further indicates that of all good families to be born into\'97families of successful merchants or philosophers or meditators\'97the best is the family of }{\cs2873\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  One who takes birth in a very rich family may be misled. It is normal for a man who is given great riches to try to enjoy those riches; thus rich men
's sons often become drunkards or prostitute hunters. Similarly, one who takes birth in a pious family or in a brahminical family often becomes very puffed up and proud, thinking, "I am a }{\cs2873\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 a pious man." There is chance of degradation in both rich and pious families, but one who takes birth in a family of }{\cs2873\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  or of devotees has a much better chance of cultivating again that spiritual life from which he 
has fallen. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0\line labhate paurva-dehikam\line yatate ca tato bh\'fcya\'f9\line sa\'e0siddhau kuru-nandana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he tries to make further progress in orde
r to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru."}{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being born in a family of those who execute }{\cs2873\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  or devotional service, one remembers his spiritual activities executed in his previous life. Anyone who takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seriously is not an ordinary person; he must have taken to the
 same process in his previous life. Why is this?
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcrv\'e4bhy\'e4sena tenaiva\line hriyate hy ava\'e7o 'pi sa\'f9\line jij\'ef\'e4sur api yogasya\line \'e7abda-brahm\'e4tivart
ate
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles\'97even withou
t seeking them." }{\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 Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6.44}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub It is said, according to Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0 labhate paurva-dehikam. Because that asset is there. Suppose I
 make my bank balance ten thousand millions, or something big, very big balance. Now, as soon as my body is finished, oh, the bank balance is also finished because the bank balance is not going with me. That remains in the bank to be enjoyed by somebody 
else. But the spiritual culture... Suppose if you have got ten thousand or... Even ten percent you have done, that goes with you. So there is no loss. Then again you begin from 11%. From the eleven point, you begin. So we should consider that when you ge
t such chance of spiritual cultivation-may be 10%, 5%, 50%-we should know that "Now we should finish the balance percentage of cultivation. We must finish this life. I shall not take chance of another birth." That should be our determination. Paurva-dehi
kam. "When I have come to this point, it must be understood that I had some asset in my previous life. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is giving me chance to make further progress. Now, in my past life I could not finish the job some way or other, but that doesn't mat
ter. Now this life I shall not allow to miss this opportunity." That should be our determination as soon as we begin some spiritual culture. Tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0 labhate paurva-dehikam. Paurva-dehikam means according to the past life, he be
gins, he tries.\line You gentlemen, boys, who come here-that is an urge from within, that you want. This urge is due to your past, previous, spiritual culture. This should be understood if we believe Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. So we should not make any more fa
ll down. We should finish this business in this life so that, according to Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, as it is said, tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti kaunteya: [Bg. 4.9] "Then, after leaving this body, then he does not take birth again in this 
material world, where janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi [Bg. 13.9], repeated birth, and death, diseases, are there, but he comes back to Me, K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4 ye pada-pallava-plava\'e0 mahat-pada\'e0 pu\'ebya-ya\'e7o mur\'e4re\'f9. Mahat
-pada\'e0 pu\'ebya-ya\'e7o mur\'e4re\'f9. Mur\'e4re\'f9. Mur\'e4ri means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who takes shelter under the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then for him, this place, which is pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m [Bh\'e4g. 10.14.5
8], a place wherein every step there is danger... This material world is supposed that every step there is danger. Just see. What we are doing? Innocent, culturing some spiritual process, and there are so many complaints. Just see. We are not stealing. W
e are not, I mean to say, making propaganda for some political purpose, nothing. Innocent thing we are doing. But still, somebody comes forward and puts some dangerous position. You see? So this is such a place. Lord Jesus Christ, his only fault was that
 he was preaching God's message. He was crucified. You see? So these things are... This place is like that. Even if you are innocent, still, you'll be put into danger. Therefore this place should be avoided. Pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4m: "Every step 
there is danger."\line So one who takes to spiritual culture, for them, this place is unfit. Unfit. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja used to say that "This place is not fit for any gentleman's living." [chuckles] He was to say like that, "This place is unfit for a
ny gentleman's living." So yatate ca tato bh\'fcya\'f9 sa\'e0siddhau kuru-nandana, kuru-nandana [Bg. 6.43]: "O My dear Arjuna, when he gets such chance to revive his old spiritual culture, automatically he tries for it sincerely." Kuru-nandana. Kuru-nand
ana. Yatate ca tato bh\'fcya\'f9. How? P\'fcrv\'e4bhy\'e4sena tenaiva [Bg. 6.44]: "Because he had his practice in his previous life, therefore it appeals to him." Nothing appeals anything more. He has got a taste from the previous life. So it appeals to 
him. P\'fcrv\'e4bhy\'e4sena tenaiva hriyate hy ava\'e7o 'pi sa\'f9. Just like somebody is forcing, "Oh, you take this. You take this." Just like one who is sinful, he is also forced to go to the Bowery Street. You see? Similarly, one who is pious in his 
life and has begun this spiritual..., he is forced to cultivate and make progress because if God is within you... God is within you. And sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6a\'f9 [Bg. 15.15]. He is seated in everyone's heart. Matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir 
j\'ef\'e4nam. He is... He gives reminders: "Yes. You missed this point from here. Now come on. Begin again. Be perfect. Don't lose this chance." He is so kind. Sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam. He is giving knowledge, remembrance. And one who wants to forget God, 
"Oh, yes, you forget. You come to this here. Here is your place." He gives us chance in every way. [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 660918BG.NY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world, we have experience that we do not carry our assets from one life to another. I may have millions of dollars in the bank, but as soon as my bod
y is finished, my bank balance is also. At death, the bank balance does not go with me; it remains in the bank to be enjoyed by somebody else. This is not the case with spiritual culture. Even if one enacts a very small amount on the spiritual platform, 
he takes that with him to his next life, and he picks up again from that point.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one picks up this knowledge that was interrupted, he should know that he should now finish the balance and complete the yogic process. One should not take the 
chance of finishing up the process in another birth but should resolve to finish it in this life. We should be determined in this way: "Somehow or other in my last life, I did not finish my spiritual cultivation. Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given me another o
pportunity, so let me finish it up in this life." Thus after leaving this body one will not again take birth in this material world where birth, old age, disease and death are omnipresent, but will return to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who takes shelter under th
e lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees this material world simply as a place of danger. For one who takes to spiritual culture, this material world is actually unfit. \'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9ma
te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 used to say, "This place is not fit for a gentleman." Once one has approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba and has attempted to make spiritual progress, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is situated within the heart, begins to give directions. In the }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that for one who wants to remember Him, He gives remembrance, and for one who wants to forget Him, He allows him to forget.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PoY 8: The Perfection of 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 8\line The Perfection Of Yoga
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Bg. 6.45p] [Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is a fact therefore that in the progress of the living entity toward the perfection of }{\cs2873\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  birth in a family of }{\cs2873\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  or devotees is a great boon, for such a birth gives one a special impetus.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayatn\'e4d yatam\'e4nas tu\line yog\'e9 sa\'e0\'e7uddha-kilbi\'f1a\'f9\line aneka-janma-sa\'e0siddhas\line tato y\'e4ti par
\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "But when the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 6.45}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub When he is finally free from all contaminations, he attains the supreme perfection-K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness i
s the perfect stage of being freed of all contaminations. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:\line ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 tvanta-gata\'e0 p\'e4pa\'e0 jan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 pu\'ebya-karma\'eb\'e4m\line te dvandva-moha-nirmukt\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0 d\'e5\'f2
ha-vrat\'e4\'f9\line "After many, many births of executing pious activities, when one is completely freed from all contaminations, and from all illusory dualities, one then becomes engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord." [Bg. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.45p}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is finally freed from
 all contaminations, he attains the supreme perfection of the }{\cs2873\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\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness. Absorption in K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the perfect stage, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself confirms:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 th
at is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 Bg.}{\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 7.19}{\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  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus after many lifetimes of executing pious activities, when one becomes freed from all contaminations arising from illusory dualitie
s, he engages in the transcendental service of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba concludes His discourse on this subject in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "And of all }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yog\'e9s,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\cs2873\b\i0\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 is the highest of all." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  6.47)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The culmination of all kinds of yoga practices lies in bhakti-yoga. All other yogas are but means to come to the point of bhakti in bhakti-
yoga. Yoga actually means bhakti-yoga; all other yogas are progressions toward the destination of bhakti-yoga. From the beginning of karma-yoga to the end of bhakti-yoga is a long way to self-realization. Karma-yoga, without fruitive results, is the begi
nning of this path. When karma-yoga increases in knowledge and renunciation, the stage is called j\'ef\'e4na-yoga. When j\'ef\'e4na-yoga increases in meditation on the Supersoul by different physical processes, and the mind is on Him, it is called a\'f1
\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga. And, when one surpasses the a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga and comes to the point of the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is called bhakti-yoga, the culmination. Factually, bhakti-yoga is the ultimate goal, but to analyze 
bhakti-yoga minutely one has to understand these other yogas. The yog\'e9 who is progressive is therefore on the true path of eternal good fortune. One who sticks to a particular point and does not make further progress is called by that particular name:
 karma-yog\'e9, j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9 or dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9, r\'e4ja-yog\'e9, ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9, etc. If one is fortunate enough to come to the point of bhakti-yoga, it is to be understood that he has surpassed all the other yogas. [Bg. 6.47p]}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It therefore follows that the culmination of all }{\cs2873\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  lies in }{\cs2873\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 rendering of devotional servic
e unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually, all of the }{\cs2873\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  delineated in }{\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  end on this note, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate destination of all the }{\cs2873\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  systems. From the beginning of }{\cs2873\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  to the end of }{\cs2873\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 a long way to self-realization. }{\cs2873\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  without fruitive results, is the beginning of this path. When }{\cs2873\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  incr
eases in knowledge and renunciation, the stage is called }{\cs2873\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  or the }{
\cs2873\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 knowledge. When }{\cs2873\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  increases in meditation on the Supersoul by different physical processes, and the mind is on Him, it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And, when one surpasses }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and comes to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is called }{\cs2873\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 culmination. Factually, }{\cs2873\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 ultimate goal, but to analyze }{\cs2873\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  minutely one has to understand the other processes. The }{\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  who is progressive is therefore on the true path to eternal good fortune. One who sticks to a particular point and does not make further progress is called by that particular name\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9, j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9, dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9, r\'e4ja-yog\'e9, ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc.\'97but if one is fortunate enough to com
e to the point of }{\cs2873\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, it is to be understood that h
e has surpassed all the other }{\cs2873\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  systems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the last link in the yogic chain, the link that binds us to the Supreme Person, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without this final li
nk, the chain is practically useless. Those who are truly interested in the perfection of the }{\cs2873\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  process should immediately take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, understanding }{\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  and rendering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba through this Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness and thereby surpass all other systems and attain the ultimate goal of all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love of 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 Complete Edition\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS 
IT IS
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\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  This most basic and essential of all spiritual texts is now available in o
ne complete, authoritative, beautifully illustrated 1,000 page volume. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 lo
ng been appreciated as a scriptural literature of sublime importance by thoughtful men throughout the world, for its eighteen chapters shower upon man the immortal nectar of the wisdom of the Absolute. 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 As It Is}{\b0\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 Never before has this sublime Text been available to the English-speaking world. Now ISKCON Press announces the forthcoming publication of Cantos I and II 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  in five richly illustrated hardcover volumes.
\par }\pard {\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, religi
on and love. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da 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 purpo
rts. Thus in each verse one will find new enlightenment regarding the Absolute Truth, the origin of all emanations.\tab Available in Spring, 1972
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The stage of perfection is called trance, or }{\cs2873\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 , when 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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.20-23)
\par }\pard \s6 \qc 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 4: The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 4/  The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mant
ra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [ON CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA, BTG: Vol. 1, No. 07, February 1, 1967]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by 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 is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our c
onsciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called }{\cs2873\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. }{\cs2873\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
 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 her stringent laws. When a servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, it is called illu
sion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This il
lusory struggle against material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\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 is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By c
hanting 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living entity. When we hear the t
ranscendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chanting this }{\cs2873\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 the Great Chanting for Deliverance, one can at once feel a transcendental ecstasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. In the mater
ial concept of life we are busy in the matter of sense gratification as if we were in the lower animal stage. A little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged in mental speculation for the purpose of getting out of the material c
lutches. A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find out the supreme cause of all causes\'97within and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages
 of sense, mind and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness\'97namely sensual, mental and intellectual. There is no need, therefore, to understand the language of th
e }{\cs2873\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  nor is there any need for mental speculation nor any intellectual adjustment for
 chanting this }{\cs2873\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  It is automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such, a
nyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound without any previous qualification. In a more advanced stage, of course, one is not expected to commit offenses on grounds of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies, which are eight in number. These are: 1) Being stopped as though dumb, 2) perspirat
ion, 3) standing up of hairs on the body, 4) dislocation of voice, 5) trembling, 6) fading of the body, 7) crying in ecstasy, and 8) trance. But there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual platform, and one shows th
e first symptom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting of the }{\cs2873\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 hav
e 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 th
e 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 nondevotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  mean the supreme pleasure, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to }{\cs2873\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  (Hah-ray) in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material energy, called }{\cs2873\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 also one of the multi-energies of the Lord. And we the living entities are also the energy, marginal energy, of the Lord. The living entities are described as superior to material energy. When the superior ener
gy 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is established in its happy, normal condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These three words, namely }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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 the transcendental seed
s of the }{\cs2873\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  The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His energy, to g
ive protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Har\'e4 helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father's grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this }{
\cs2873\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  sincerely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as the }{\cs2873\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  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.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 5: How Bhakti-yoga Works
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5/  How Bhakti-yoga Works
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells His disciple, Arjuna, "I am disclosing a most confidential part of knowledge to you, because you are My dear friend." As is stated in the Fourth Chapter, the }{\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  is spoken to Arjuna because of his one qualification: he was a devotee. The Lord says that the mystery of the }{
\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  is very confidential. Without being an unalloyed devotee you cannot know
 it. In India there are 645 different commentaries on the }{\cs2873\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 professor has pr
oposed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a doctor and Arjuna is his patient, and has made his commentary in that way. Similarly, there are commentators and people who have taken it that everyone is perfect, and that they can interpret scripture in their own way. As
 far as we are concerned, we agree to read the }{\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  according to the instru
ctions given in the }{\cs2873\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. This has to be taken through the }{\cs2873\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  the system of disciplic succession. It is being taught by the Supreme Person because "you are 
My dear friend. I desire that you may become prosperous and happy. Therefore I speak to you." K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants everyone to be happy and peaceful and prosperous, but they do not want it. Sunshine is open to everyone, but if someone wishes to remain in
 darkness, what can the sunshine do for him? So the }{\cs2873\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 open to everyone. There 
are different species of life, and lower and higher grades of understanding exist\'97that is a fact. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that this knowledge is for anyone. If one has lower birth or whatever, it doesn't matter. The }{\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  offers transcendental subject matter everyone can understand provided he goes along with the princi
ple as stated in the Fourth Chapter. That is, that the }{\cs2873\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is coming down in disciplic succession: "I first of all instructed this }{\cs2873\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 to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, who taught it to Manu, who taught it to Ik\'f1v\'e4ku." From K\'e5\'f1\'eba the discip
lic succession is coming down, but "in course of time the disciplic succession was broken." Arjuna is therefore made the new disciple. In the Second Chapter, Arjuna surrenders: "So far we have been talking as friends, but now I accept You as my spiritual
 master." Anyone following the principle in this line accepts the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
and the student must represent Arjuna. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking as the spiritual master of Arjuna, and Arjuna says, "Whatever You are saying I accept." Read it like that\'97not: "I like this, so I accept it; this I don't like, and so I reject it." Such
 reading is useless nonsense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The teacher must be a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a devotee, and the student must be like Arjuna. Then this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness study is perfect. Oth
erwise it is a waste of time. In the }{\cs2873\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.25.25}{\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 stated: "If anyone wants 
to understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he should associate with pure devotees. When discussions take place among pure devotees, the potency of spiritual language is revealed." Scholarly discussion of the }{\cs2873\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 futile. In 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  }{\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 \'c7U}{
\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 6.23}{\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 it is stated: "To one who has firm faith in God, and similar faith in God's representative, all the import of Vedic language will be revealed." We must have the qualification of being a d
evotee. Become dear to God. My spiritual master used to say, "Don't try to see God. Act in such a way that God will see you." We have to qualify ourselves. By your qualification God Himself will come and see you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one can perceive God, he is transcendental to all material demands. We are always dissatisfied in the material world in circumstances that won't continue; happin
ess is temporary, and temporary plight also will not exist for much time. Cold, heat, duality\'97it is all coming and going. To get to the absolute stage is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is seated in everyone's heart, and as
 you become purified He will show you the path. And in the end you will quit this body, and you will go to the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No one knows Me," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My influence, My power and my extent. Even the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mahar\'f1is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the great thinkers] don't know. I am the origin of all demigods and the origin of all }{\cs2873\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 " There are so many forefathers we don't know of, and there are Brahm\'e4 and the demigods\'97what do we know? We can't reach to the platfo
rm where we can grasp God. We gather knowledge by limited senses, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba can't be reached by the mind, the center of the senses. Imperfect senses can't grasp perfect knowledge. Mind and sense manipulation can't reach Him. If you engage the se
nses in the service of the Lord, however, then He will reveal Himself through your senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People may 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 }{\cs2873\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  the scriptures, it is stated that pious activities will raise us to beauty, knowledge and good birth;
 and that by impious (sinful) activities, we suffer. Suffering is always there, pious or impious, but a distinction is made. He who knows God, however, becomes freed from all possible sinful reactions, which no amount of piety can accomplish. If we rejec
t God we can never be happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not even considering human society, if you take the demigods who are more advanced and intelligent, they also don't know K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The seven great sages whose
 planet is near the North Star also do not know. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "I am the original, the source of all these demigods." He is the father of everything, not only the origin of demigods, but of the sages\'97and the universe. The }{\cs2873\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 [1
.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes how the universal form took place, and everything is emanating from Him }{\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 vs}{\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 . Also K\'e5\'f1\'eba is t
he origin of }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  the Supersoul; and the impersonal }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  the shining effulgence, is in Him. Of everything, of every conception, "I am the source." The Absolute Truth may be reali
zed in three phases, but is one nondual truth. }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahman}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  (the glowing effulgence), localized Supersoul
, and }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub the Supreme Person\'97are three features or aspects of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If no one knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead, how can He be known? He can be known when the Supreme Lord comes before you and reveals Himself to you. Then you
 can know. Our senses are imperfect, and they cannot realize the Supreme Truth. When you adopt a submissive attitude and chant, realization begins from the tongue. To eat and to vibrate sound is the business of the tongue. If you can control your tongue 
for }{\cs2873\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, and make the sound vibration of the holy name, then by su
rrender of the tongue you can control all the other senses. If you cannot control your tongue, you cannot control your senses. Taste }{\cs2873\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 become spiritually advanced. You can have this process at your home: offer vegetarian foods to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 offer obeisances:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo brahma\'ebya-dev\'e4ya\line go-br\'e4hma\'eba-hit\'e4ya ca\line jagat-hit\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\line govind\'e4ya namo 
nama\'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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  1.19.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone can offer, and then take the food with friends. And chant before the picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and lead a pure life. Just se
e the result\'97the whole world will become Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, 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, however, knows how to get out of the mater
ial concept. Taking an intoxicant doesn't help; the same anxieties are there when you are finished being drunk. If you want to be free and want life eternal with bliss and knowledge, take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. No one can know God, but there is this way: the
 process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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 is stated that no one can conquer Him or approach Him, but He becomes conquered. How? Let people remain in their own positions, but let them give up nonsense speculation through volumes of books. Thousands of books a
re printed and read, and after six months thrown away. This way and that\'97how can you know the Supreme by speculation on the information supplied by your blunt senses? Give up research\'97throw it away\'97just become submissive; acknowledge that you ar
e limited and subordinate to material nature and to God. No one can be equal to or greater than God. So be submissive. Try to hear about the glories of the Supreme Lord from authorized sources. Such authority is handed over by disciplic succession. If we
 can understand by the same authority as Arjuna, that is real authority. God is always ready to reveal; you just become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Follow the path traversed by the great }{\cs2873\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 devoted teachers, and then everything will be known. Although He is unconquerable and unknowable, He can be known in your home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you take to this process and follow the principles, what will be the result? As soon as you understand, you will know that the Supreme Lord is the cause of all c
auses, but that He is not caused by any other cause. And He is 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 scienc
e you must surrender. Surrender to authority and know Him by signs. Don't surrender to a fool or a rascal. Find one who is coming in disciplic succession, one who is fully convinced about the Supreme Absolute Truth. If you find such a person, surrender a
nd try to please him, serve him and question him. Surrender unto Him is surrender to God. Question to learn, not to waste time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process is there, but if we waste time by intoxication we will never see Him, the unconquerable Lord. Follow the principles and slowly but surely, without doubt
, you will know. "Yes, I'm making progress," you'll say. And it is very easy, and you can execute it and be in a happy mood. Study, take part with music, eat }{\cs2873\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 no one can cheat you by this process. But if you want to be cheated\'97go to the cheaters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Try to understand it from the authoritative source and apply it in your life. Amongst the dying mortals, you will become the most intelligent because you are freed 
from sinful actions. If you act only for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you are freed from all reactions. You will have no anxiety over what is auspicious or inauspicious because you will be in touch with the most auspicious. This is the process. Ultimately, we ca
n get in touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Life will be successful. Anyone can adopt it, because it is very simple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is a nice formula presented by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself: one should understand the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is unborn and without any cause. We have experi
ence, all of us, 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. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not born. We have to underst
and this. Understanding this is to be firmly convinced He is the cause, but is not caused; and since He is not caused He is the proprietor of all manifestation. One who understands this simple philosophy is not illusioned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are generally illusioned. We are claiming ownership of the land. But before my birth the land was here, and after my death it will still be here. How long will I
 go on claiming, in body after body, "This is my land! This is my land!"? Is it not nonsense? One has to be out of illusion. We should know that whatever we are doing in the material concept of life is illusion. We have to understand whether we are illus
ioned or not. And all conditioned souls are illusioned. He who learns to be disillusioned gets free of all encumberances. If we want freedom from all bonds, then we have to understand God. There is no neglecting this; it is our prime duty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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
 a land as my own. National education means to make you more foolish. Am I not foolish? I am changing my body like a dress life after life. You have so many minds, so many dresses\'97who do you claim this one? Why don't you understand: "This dress is nic
e, but next moment I may be in another." You are in the grip of nature. You cannot say what dress you will have: "Nature, make me American." No; material nature controls. If you live like a dog\'97here, take a dog's dress. If you live a godly life\'97her
e, take God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of many fools someone tries to understand what I actually am. Dog? American? Russian? This real inquiry goes on. If you inquire, you have to ask someone, not ju
st yourself. When crossing the street in a place you don't know, you have to ask the policeman or some gentleman. For "what I am" you have to go to an authority also. What is a spiritual master? He is a person conversant with the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. Ordinarily nobody inquires; but if a man does, he can make progress and come to this understanding: K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Four kinds of people, followers of scripture and higher authority, inquire about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those addicted to sinful activities can't inquire. They go on in in
toxication. The righteous, pious man inquires and goes to God. Facility is given to people in this process by the authority\'97to make people happy, not to exploit people. The purpose of ISKCON is, in this way, to understand the science of God. You want 
happiness. Here it is. You are distressed by sinful reactions. But if there is no sinful reaction there is no suffering. One who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba without doubt is relieved of all reactions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Come to Me, and I will give you freedo
m from all reactions." Don't disbelieve it. He can give you shelter; He has all power. If I give you such a promise, because I have no such power I may break the promise.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you associate yourself with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness your dormant relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be evoked. You have a relationship with Him. There is
 no question of disbelieving; it is simply foolishness. The dormant relationship is there. You want to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but simply by the spell of illusion we think we have no connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We go on doing all "independent" nonsense
, and we are always anxious. When we associate with these dormant feelings for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, we will become engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "God is unborn" indicates that He is different from the material world. We have no such experience of the unborn. This city was born\'97history is filled with dates
. Spiritual nature, however, is unborn, and at once we can see the difference. The material nature is born. You have to understand; if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unborn then He is spiritual, not like one of us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not some "extraordinary person who
 was also born." He is not born. So how can I decide He is an ordinary man? "Those who are fools and rascals think of Me as an ordinary man," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\cs2873\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 different from everything in this world. He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4di,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without cause.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba may be spiritual, but there are other spiritual bodies. We have spiritual bodies like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, but they are born. They are not exactly born;
 it is like the sparks of the fire. The sparks are not born from the fire; they are actually there. We are also not born; we are sparks that come out of the original form. Even if we are not born, the spark comes out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so we are differen
t; the sparks of the fire are fire, but they are not the original fire. As for quality, we are the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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 that he is the father; that would be nonsense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is declaring Himself supreme proprietor, He is therefore different from anything. If I am the proprietor of New York State, I am still not Ne
w York State. In every step there is duality. No one can say we are completely one with God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's and your own position in a nice analytical way, then at once you become free from sinful reactions. This process will help 
you. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and cleanse your mind, and you will receive the message. One has to be qualified. If you chant and hear, for no payment, you will approach God. All things will become clear and illuminated.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TYS 6: Sources of Absolute 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 6/  Sources of Absolute Knowledg
e
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We require to hear about the method of relishing the }{\cs2873\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 most elevated text on the science of God consciousness, the matured and ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic wisdom. The Sanskrit word }{\cs2873\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  means juice, just like the juice of an orange or a mango. And the author of the }{\cs2873\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  requests that you kindly try to taste the }{\cs2873\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  or juice, of the fruit of the }{\cs2873\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  Why? Why shall I taste the juice of the fruit of the }{\cs2873\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  Because it is the ripened fruit of the Vedic desire tree. As a desire tree, whatever you want you can have from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved
as. Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means knowledge; it is so complete that whether you want to enjoy in this material world or you want to enjoy spiritual life, both kinds of knowledge are there. If yo
u follow the Vedic principles, then you will be happy. This is like the codes of the state. If the citizens obey, then they will be happy, there will be no criminal trespassing, and they will enjoy life. The state does not come to you for nothing just to
 trouble you, but if you live according to the state law there is no question of unhappiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, this conditioned soul, the living entity, has come here to this material world for enjoyment and for material happiness. And the }{\cs2873\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 the guidance: all right, enjoy\'97but you enjoy according to these principles. That is called }{
\cs2873\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  Therefore, everything is there. Just as we sometimes perform a marriage ceremony in th
e temple. What is this marriage ceremony? It is the combination of man and woman, boy and girl. They are already there, they are living like friends\'97what is the use of this marriage ceremony? It is Vedic: the }{\cs2873\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  account for living together, sex life, but under some special regulations so that you may be happy. The ultimate end is 
to become happy. If you follow the Vedic rules and restrictions, that will not mean that you will be kept from eating or not allowed to sleep, not allowed to defend or to have sex life. It is not like that. Your bodily necessities are the same as those o
f the animals; the animals also eat, they also sleep, they also mate and also defend. So we require these things also. But the }{\cs2873\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  prescribe some regulations: you act in this way, so that you will not be unhappy. If you follow the regulation, ultimately the result will be that you will be free from the material entanglement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material life is not meant for the spirit soul. It is simply a misunderstanding that you want to enjoy this material life. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord
, gives us specific orders so that we can enjoy, in such a way that, at the end, we will understand that this is not our proper life\'97our proper life is spiritual. This human form of life is perfected as soon as we come to the understanding of spiritua
l existence\'97that I am }{\cs2873\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  Otherwise, if I do not take care of my spiritual life, t
hen the result is that I must live as the cats and dogs do. There is every possibility that my next life will be an animal life. And if, by chance or by a freak of nature, I get into animal life, then millions and millions of years will be required befor
e again coming to this human form of life. So the human form of life is meant for self-realization, and the }{\cs2873\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 the direction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now in the }{\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  you will find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that to study or to follow the rules and regulations of the }{\cs2873\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  actually means to come to the understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also. So the }{\cs2873\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  give you the chance to gradually come to the point of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after many, many births. But the }{\cs2873\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  is called the essence of life, the ripened fruit of the }{\cs2873\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  because the }{\cs2873\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  gives you directly what is ne
eded in your life.
\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 Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are divided into four: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4ma Veda, \'c5k, Atharva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yajus.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then these are explained by the }{\cs2873\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  of which there are eighteen. Then these are still further explained by 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  of which there are 108. 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  are summarized in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is still again explained by the }{\cs2873\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 the same author. This is the process. So the }{\cs2873\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  is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya is a very famous and sacred forest in northern India, where all the }{\cs2873\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  the sages, generally go to aid their spiritual advancement of life. This }{\cs2873\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 discussed in this age in that forest. When it was discussed, the great saint S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was asked by his audience: 
Now that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has gone back to His abode, with whom is transcendental knowledge now resting? This question was raised. The }{\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  was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and it contains all descriptions of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, karma-yog
a, dhy\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  Now this inquiry was made: Where can you get spiritual knowledge, now that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is gone? The answer was that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having departed, has left us the }{\cs2873\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 is the representation, the sound representation, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  is not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the }{\cs2873\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 not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are absolute. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sound vibration are not different. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's name are also not different. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, again, are not different. This is absolute. It requires realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  are sound incarnations of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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 also the literary incarnation of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and it is the fruit of Vedic knowledge. You may have experience that there is a bird which is called a parrot. The parrot's body is green, and his beak is red. The specific qualification of the parrot is that whatever you say he can imitate. That 
parrot bird is touching the ripened fruit, and, naturally, if the fruit is ripened on the tree, it becomes very tasteful. Again, if the fruit is tasted by the parrot, it becomes still more tasteful. That is nature's way. So, here, it is said that this }{
\cs2873\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 just like the ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge, and at the sam
e time it is touched by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, S\'fcta's spiritual master. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7uka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mea
ns parrot in Sanskrit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\cs2873\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 explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, though the author is his father, Vy\'e4sa. \'c7ukadeva was only sixteen years old when he was taught the }{\cs2873\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 he was illuminated. He was already liberated in the impersonal concept of the Absolute, but after hearing the }{\cs2873\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 his father, he became attracted by the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he became a preach
er of the }{\cs2873\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  First he explained it before Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the g
reat king. A short history of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it is that he was a very pious king, but unfortunately by some of his acts he was cursed by a }{\cs2873\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 to die within seven days. In those days if a }{\cs2873\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  should curse someone it would come true. They had the power to curse or give benediction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So Par\'e9k\'f1it understood that within a week he would have to die, and he prepared himself. He gave up his kingdom, entrusting it to his son, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Jana
mejaya, and he detached himself from the family and sat down on the banks of the Ganges near Delhi. It was not exactly the Ganges, it was actually the Yamun\'e4. There, because he was a great emperor, many learned sages came.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it now inquired from all the great sages present there: "What is my duty? I am going to die within seven days; now what is my duty? You are all learned 
sages; please just prescribe for me." So someone said to practice }{\cs2873\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  someone said to pr
actice }{\cs2873\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  the cultivation of knowledge; there were different opinions. But at th
at time \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 entered the forest, and although \'c7ukadeva was only sixteen, he was so learned and reputed that all the old sages, including his father, Vy\'e4sadeva, stood up to show him respect. He was so learned. So when he appeare
d, it was agreed, "Here is \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Let him decide what to do. We appoint him as our representative."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was thus authorized to speak, and he was asked, "What is my duty? I am very fortunate that you have come in this momentous hour. Kindly te
ll me what is my duty."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "All right, I shall explain to you the }{\cs2873\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 " Then everyone present agreed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the }{\cs2873\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  was first spoken by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, it is therefore mentioned that as the parrot touches ripened fruit and it becomes even sweeter, so this }{\cs2873\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  because it was touched first by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, has become still more tasteful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea is that any Vedic literature, especially the }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\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  sho
uld be learned as spoken by a realized soul. Especially this literature, which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  literature, should not be heard from a person who is not a devotee. This point I have several times stressed. Those who are nondevotees, those who are mental speculationists, those who are fruitive workers, those who are meditators or my
stic }{\cs2873\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  cannot explain the science of God. This is especially mentioned also by San
\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, another great saint: those who are not in devotional service, nongodly, those who have no faith in God\'97such persons should not be allowed to speak on the }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  or any literature which is in relationship with the Supreme Lord. So it is not that anybody can speak the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4
gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the }{\cs2873\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 we will have to hear it. No. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 especially prohibits us: we should not hear of the Supreme Lord from one who is not purified.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask, "How can you taint the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are naturally transcendentally pure? What is the harm if we hear from the nondevotee?" This quest
ion may be raised. The example given here is that milk is very nice and nutritious, but as soon as it is touched by a serpent it becomes poison immediately. The serpent is very envious. He bites and puts to death immediately, unnecessarily, and therefore
 is considered the cruelest animal amongst the living entities. In the }{\cs2873\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  nonvio
lence is recommended, as in every scripture, but the serpent and the scorpion are allowed to be killed. You cannot say that milk is so nutritious, and we can drink\'97what is the harm if it is touched by serpents? No\'97the result will be death. One shou
ld not hear at least the }{\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  and the }{\cs2873\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 those who are not devotees of the Lord, who have no realization of God and who are envious of 
Him. Their touch renders it poison. The words of the Lord are always sublime, but as soon as they are touched by the serpent of a nondevotee, one should be very careful about hearing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is indicated that as soon as \'c7ukadeva touched it, it became delicious. This is the distinction. Basically it is the ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge, but at the same time it has been touched by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4min.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is the supreme object of }{\cs2873\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 the reservoir of all transcendental pleasure; He reveals Himself only to His devotees and by the mercy of His devotees all can relish His intimate association.
\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 Glossary
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'eckara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97false ego, the junction point at which a person falsely identifies his 
self as the material body.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(lit.\'97"I am not this body; I am }{\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 ") Spiritual realization of the qualitative oneness of the infinitesimal individual with the infinite Supreme
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97direct attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97student life of celibacy and study of }{\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  under a spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97those trained in higher philosophical science, knowers of }{\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 (spirit).
\par }\pard {\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 \'97one trained and naturally qualified for ruling and for protecting the w
omen, children, elderly persons and Br\'e4hma\'ebas.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97Great chant for deliverance, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra.
\par }\pard {\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(Lit.-"that which is not") Material atmosphere in which the conditioned 
soul tries to enjoy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97impersonalist philosophers who believe everything is illusion
; they believe only in the impersonal aspect of God, but they do not recognize the source of the impersonal }{\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 , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parambrahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97food made spiritual by offering it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97scripture
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the laborer class who, by nature, serve others for their livelihood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97where there is no anxiety, the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\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 \'97mercantile and agricultural class
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the master 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 Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 ISKCON is a worldwide community of devotees dedicated to 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 . Write, call, or visit for further information. Classes are held in the evenings during the week, and a special feast and festival is held every Sunday afternoon.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS BY HIS DIVINE GRACE \line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA \line AVAILABLE FROM ISKCON PRESS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS \line Complete Edition (ISKCON PRESS, 1971)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\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  has long been appreciated a
s a scriptural literature of sublime importance by thoughtful men throughout the world, for its eighteen chapters shower upon man the immortal nectar of the wisdom of the Absolute. The aim of this 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 to present the ancient 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  as presented by the speaker Himself, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without adulteration or interpretation. Although there are many translations 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  none can be said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the author has expressed h
is personal opinion through the commentaries, without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 as it is. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, however, has accepted 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  to be perfect and complete, and he has prepared his Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is with that understanding. Thus the message of this timeless classic 
is transmitted in its purity and fullness. By reading this book one can attain the perfection of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 981 pp., 56 full-color illustrations Hard $10.95 Soft $5.95
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of Prtha, 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "They are always engaged in chanting My glories. Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion\line The Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4 As It Is, Chapter IX, verses 13 and 14.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD \line (ISKCON PRESS, 1970)
\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 supremely rich, powerful, famous and beautiful Personality of Godhead, who is free from all material attachment, is now a
vailable in book form. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  750 pages of transcend
ental reading matter, opulently illustrated with 82 full-color plates, presents the eternal, blissfull 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the ripened fruit of all Vedic literatures. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
The K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Books}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , potent in message and rich in design, offer mankind the opportunity to attain the highest benefit by understanding the true nature of the pastimes of
 the Supreme Lord. Everyone would do well to procure this deluxe two-volume set to read and keep at home as a great treasure.\line 750 pp., 82 full-color illustrations $16.00 (per vol.-$8.00)
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa\'97translated with elaborate commentary. (ISKCON PRESS, 1971)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 "pos
tgraduate study" 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 . As 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  contains the words and teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\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  contains descriptions about the glories and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His devotees. }{\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  contains all knowledge\'97material and spiritual\'97for the upliftment of the human being. Its contents include: d
escription of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Godhead, symptoms of men in the age of quarrel, real remedy for 
peace in the world, comparative importance of bhakti-yoga and mystic powers, principles of saintly association and innumerable other topics.\line Vol. I (Canto I) 374 pp., 24 color illus. Soft $3.95 Hard $6.95 
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA\'97A Treatise on Factual Spiritual Life. (ISKCON, 1968)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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 For thousands of years, sincere souls all over the world in search of spiritual realization have accepted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 present age. Teachings of Lord Caitanya recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Caitanya 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\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , liberation, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirvana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; still He is better known as the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, distributing 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\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and in His 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  festivals, Lord Caitanya was an example to all of how to attain the ultimate goal of life\'97Love of God\'97and this most advanced work on spiritual science can bring the reader into lov
ing reciprocation with that Absolute Truth.\line 292 pp., 11 illustrations, Hard $5.95 Soft $3.95
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD\'97The knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. (ISKCON PRESS, 1970) 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that God is not impersonal, but is a person. From the most authoritative sourc
es, 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 e
xists, and 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.\line 135 pp., Soft $1.95 Hard $3.00
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD\'97The Magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Back to Godhead" is the only journal in the West to deliver the authorized science of God realization as delivered by the un
broken disciplic succession of spiritual masters from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such transcendental literature is provided to revive our relationship with God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, now forgotten in this age of illusion. The magazine contains practical in
formation on how to achieve God realization, with writings by His Divine Grace, photo essays, recipes, and articles by disciples based on their personal realizations. The special grace 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 is that it is simply joyful, and the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy presented in "Back to Godhead" can deliver that joy with sin
cerity and intelligence.32 pp., monthly, $5.00 per year, $6.00 foreign
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The Blessed Lord said:}{\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 yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. A 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. And 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. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, 29, 47}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 Perfect Questions Perfect Answ
ers (1977)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conversations between His Divine Grace A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA, SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA and BOB COHEN a Peace Corps worker in India
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On an ancient island in Bengal, between the waters of the Ganges and the Sarasvat\'e9, a young Peace Corps. worker began a my
stical, inner journey into a new and deeper reality....
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS by \line His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is \line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Cantos 19 (27 Vols.) \line \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta
 (17 Vols.)\line Teachings of Lord Caitanya\line The Nectar of Devotion \line The Nectar of Instruction \line \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\line Easy Journey to Other Planets\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 The Supreme Personality of Godhead (3 Vols.)\line Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers\line Transcendental Teachings of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line Life Comes from Life\line The Perfection of Yoga\line Bey
ond Birth and Death\line On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Geet\'e4r-gan (Bengali)\line R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: The King of Knowledge \line Elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Matchless Gift\line Back to Godhead Ma
gazine (Founder)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A complete catalog is available upon request
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-27525 \line International Standard Book Number: 0-912776-62-5\line First printing
, 1977: 220,000 copies\line Printed in the United States of America
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Contents
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\i0\v\f0\fs20\cf8\cb3  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God, spiritual life\'97those were such vague terms to me before I met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. I have always been interested in religion, but before I met the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees, somehow I did not have the proper perspective needed to inquire fruitfully about spiritual life. The existence of a Creator is only common sense\'97but who is God? Who am I? I had been to Hebrew School and had studied Or
iental philosophy, but I could never get satisfying answers to my questions. I first heard 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 Greenwich Village, New York, in late 1968. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 The chanting was captivating, and it made me feel very comfortable. 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 stuck in my mind, and I soon regretted that I had not taken a magazine from the devotees. As explained to me later, a transcendental seed had been planted that could eventually rip
en into love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Several months later, I came across a card with 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 it. The card promised, "Chant these names of God, and your life will be sublime!" I would occasionally chant, and I found that 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  did, in fact, give me a feeling of peace of mind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After graduating from college with a B.S. in chemistry, I joined the Peace Corps in 1971 and went to India as a science teacher. In India I inquired about the Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. I was attracted by the chanting and intrigued by the philosophy, and I was curious about the movement's authenticity. I had visited the 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India I first met the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees at a festival they were holding in Calcutta during October of 1971. The devotees explained to me the purp
ose 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 the need to inquire about spiritual life. I began to feel that the rituals and ce
remonies they practiced were not dull, sentimental obligations, but a real, sensible way of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, my Western upbringing prevente
d 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 in this way I began to gain some insight into spiritual life. I can now recall how distant an
d tenuous were my concepts of spirituality and transcendental existence. I met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da briefly at this time\'97in November of 1971\'97and shortly thereafter I decided to become a vegetarian. (I was proud of being a vegetarian, but later
 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da reminded me that even pigeons are, too.) 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In February of 1972, I met some devotees in Calcutta who invited me to a festival in Mayapur (a holy island ninety miles to the north). The festival was to be held 
in honor of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is considered an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. I had then been planning a trip to Nepal, but the Peace Corps denied me permission to leave India, and so I went to Mayapur. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I left for Mayapur planning to stay for two days at the most, but I ended up staying a week. 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the third day of the festival, I was invited in to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He was living in a small hut\'97half-brick and half-thatched, with two or three
 pieces of simple furniture. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked me to be seated and then asked how I was and whether I had any questions. The devotees had explained to me that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da could answer my questions because he represents a disci
plic succession of spiritual masters. I thought that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da might really know what is going on in the world. After all, his devotees claimed this, and I admired and respected them. So with this in mind I began to ask my questions. Inad
vertently, I had approached a guru, or spiritual master, in the prescribed way\'97by submissively asking questions about spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da seemed pleased with me, and over the next several days, he answered my questions. I asked them mostly from an academic point of view, but 
he always gave me personal answers so that I would actually spiritualize my life. His answers were logical, scientific, satisfying and amazingly lucid. Before I met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his disciples, spiritual life was always obscure and nebulo
us. But the discussions with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da were realistic, clear and exciting! \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was patiently trying to help me understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97God\'97is 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 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da relentlessly yet kindly urged me on. Even though I had little ability to express myself, 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da understood my every inquiry and answered perfectly.
\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 \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 14, 1974
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 1: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the All-Attractive
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 1. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the All-Attra
ctive\line February 27, 1972
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is a scientist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who knows things as th
ey are.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinks}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he knows things as they are.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hopes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he knows things as they are.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he is supposed to know
. We approach the scientist because he is supposed to know things correctly. A scientist means one who knows things as they are. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means "all-attractive."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All-attractive.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. So unless God is all-
attractive, how can He be God? A man is important when he is attractive. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, God must be attractive
 and attractive for all. Therefore, if God has any name, or if you want to give any name to God, only "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" can be given.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why only the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because He's all-attractiv
e. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means "all-attractive."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. God has no name, but 
by His qualities we give Him names. If a man is very beautiful, we call him "beautiful." If a man is very intelligent, we call him "wise." So the name is given according to the quality. Because God is all-attractive, the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be applie
d only to Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means "all-attractive." It includes everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what about a name meaning "all-powerful"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.... Unless you are pow
erful, how can you be all-attractive?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [an American devotee, \'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da's secretary] : It includes everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything. He must be ver
y beautiful, He must be very wise, He must be very powerful, He must be very famous...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is K\'e5\'f1\'eba attractive to rascals?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes! He was the greate
st rascal also.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [laughing] Because He was 
always teasing the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Teasing?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Sometimes when R
\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 would go out, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would attack Her, and when She would fall down\'97"K\'e5\'f1\'eba, don't torture Me in that way"\'97They would fall down, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would take the opportunity and kiss Her. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] So, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was very pleased, but superficially K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the greatest rascal.
 So unless rascaldom is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how could rascaldom be existent in the world? Our formula of God is that He is the source of everything. Unless rascaldom is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how can it be manifest... because He is the source of everything. B
ut His rascaldom is so nice that everyone worships His rascaldom.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the rascals who are not so nice?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, rascaldom is not nice,
 but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute. He is God. Therefore His rascaldom is also good. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-good. God is good.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, when He becomes
 a rascal, that is also good. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Rascaldom is not good, but when it is practiced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because He is absolutely good, that rascaldom is also good. This one has to understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are there some people who do not find K\'e5\'f1
\'eba attractive?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. All people will find H
im attractive. Who is not attracted? Just give an example: "This man or this living entity is not attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Just find such a person.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Somebody who wishes to do things in life that he
 may feel are wrong but who wishes to gain power or prestige or money...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .. may find God unattractive. He may not find Go
d attractive, because God gives him guilt.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, not God. His attractio
n is to become powerful. A man wants to become powerful or rich\'97is it not? But nobody is richer than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is attractive to him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If a person who wants to become rich prays to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, will he become rich?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He can become rich through this means?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. Because K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is all-powerful, if you pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become rich, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will make you rich.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If somebody lives an evil life but prays to beco
me rich, he may still become rich?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Praying to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is not evil.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 chuckling}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Somehow or other he prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so you cannot say that he is evil.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{
\cs2873\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 api}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  cet sudur\'e4c\'e4ro bhajate m\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Have you read it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The Sanskrit I don't know, but the English 
I do.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Even if the most evil man prays to Me..."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "... He will be elevated."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. As soon as he begins 
to pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is not evil. Therefore He is all-attractive. It is said in the }{\cs2873\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 the Absolute Truth, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the reservoir of all pleasure\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso vai sa\'f9.}{\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 Everyone is hankering after someone because he realizes some mellow in it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Excuse me?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some mellow. Suppose a man
 is drinking. Why is he drinking? He is getting some mellow out of that drinking. A man is hankering after money because by possessing money he gets a mellow out of it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does mellow mean?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 to \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] How do they define mellow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Taste, pleasure.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  OK.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pleasing taste. So the }{
\cs2873\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 raso vai
 sa\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The exact translation of mellow is }{\cs2873\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  [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4lat\'e9, \'c7y\'e4masundara's wife, enters with a tray of food.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ] What is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'c4LAT\'c9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Eggplant, fried.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh! All-attractive! All-at
tractive! [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laughter.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is K\'e5\'f1\'eba the greates
t scientist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because He knows everythin
g. A scientist is one who knows a subject matter thoroughly. He is a scientist. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97He knows everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am presently a science teacher.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, teaching. But, unless
 you have perfect knowledge, how can you teach? That is our question.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Without perfect knowledge, though, you can teach
\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is cheating; that is 
not teaching. That is cheating. Just like the scientists say, "There was a chunk... and the creation took place. Perhaps. Maybe..." What is this? Simply cheating! It is not teaching; it is cheating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let me repeat what you said this morning\'97that
 was interesting. I asked about miracles, and you said that only a fool would believe in miracles because\'97let us say you are a child and an adult lifts this table. That's a miracle. Or you're a chemist and you combine acid and base and you make smoke,
 an explosion or whatever. To somebody ignorant, that's a miracle. But for everything there is a process, and so when you see a miracle, it's just ignorance of the process. So that only a fool would believe in miracles, and\'97you correct me if I say wro
ng...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You said when Jesus came the people then were so
mewhat more ignorant and needed miracles as aid. I wasn't sure if that's quite what you said.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, yes. Miracles are for
 the ignorant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I had asked this in relation to all the miracle 
men you hear about in India.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the high
est miracle man.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is stated by Kunt\'e9
...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Without perfect knowledge, can I not teach some 
things? For example, I may\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can teach up to the po
int you know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but I should not claim to teach more than I
 know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is cheating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, he can't teach th
e truth with partial knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. That is not possible 
for any human being. A human being has imperfect senses. So how can he teach perfect knowledge? Suppose you see the sun as a disc. You have no means to approach the sun. If you say that we can see the sun by telescope and this and that, they are also mad
e by you, and you are imperfect. So how can your machine be perfect? Therefore, your knowledge of the sun is imperfect. So don't teach about the sun unless you have perfect knowledge. That is cheating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what about to teach that it is supposed that
 the sun is 93,000,000 miles away?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as you say "it is 
supposed," it is not scientific.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But I think that almost all science, then, is no
t scientific.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the point!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All science is based on, you know, suppositions 
of this or that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. They are teaching imp
erfectly. Just like they are advertising so much about the moon. Do you think their knowledge is perfect?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the proper duty of the teacher in societ
y? Let us say a science teacher. What should he be doing in the classroom?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Classroom? You should simp
ly teach about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He should not teach about...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. That will include ever
ything. His aim should be to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can a scientist teach the science of combining a
cid and alkaline, and this kind of science, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as its object?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can it be?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you\'97when one studies science, one finds ge
neral tendencies of nature, and these general tendencies of nature point to a controlling force....
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That I was explaining the 
other day. I asked one chemist whether, according to chemical formulas, hydrogen and oxygen linked together become water. Do they not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's true.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, there is a vast amoun
t of water in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. What quantity of chemicals was required?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How much?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. How many tons?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Many!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So who supplied it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This was supplied by God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Somebody must have supplie
d it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So that is science. You ca
n teach like that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Should one bother teaching that if you combine a
cid and alkaline they form a neutral?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The same thing. There are 
so many effervescents. So, who is performing it? Who is supplying the acid and alkaline? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a long pause.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So this comes from the same source as the water.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. You cannot manufactur
e water unless you have hydrogen and oxygen. So, here is a vast\'97not only this Atlantic or Pacific: there are millions of planets, and there are millions of Atlantic and Pacific oceans. So who created this water with hydrogen and oxygen, and how was it
 supplied? That is our question. Somebody must have supplied it, otherwise how has it come into existence?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But should it also be taught how you make water 
from hydrogen and oxygen? The procedure of burning them together\'97should this also be taught? That is, you burn hydrogen and oxygen together...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is secondary. That is
 not very difficult. Just like M\'e4lat\'e9 made this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [a kind of bread]. So, there is flour, 
and there is ghee [clarified butter], and she made a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puri.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But unless there is ghee and flour, whe
re is the chance of making a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puri?}{\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is this statement: "Water, earth, air, fire\'97they are My energies." What is your body? This external body\'97that is your
 energy. Do you know that? Your body is made out of your energy. For example, I am eating...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So I am creating some ener
gy, and therefore my body is maintained.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So therefore your body is 
made out of your energy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when you eat the food, there is energy from 
the sun in the food.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, I am giving an example
. I am creating some energy by digesting the food, and that is maintaining my body. If your energy supply is not proper, then your body becomes weak or unhealthy. Your body is made out of your own energy. Similarly, this gigantic cosmic body}{\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 universe}{\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 is made of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. How can you deny it? As your body is made out of your energy, similarly the universal body must be made by somebody's energy. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. [}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a long pause.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'll have to think about it to follow that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is to follow? It is a
 fact. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Your hair is growing daily. Why? Because you have some energy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The energy I obtain from my food.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Somehow or other you have 
obtained that energy! And through that energy your hair is growing. So if your body is manufactured by your energy, similarly the whole gigantic manifestation is made of God's energy. It is a fact! It is not }{\cs2873\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  energy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Oh, I see that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  Just like\'97aren't the planets in this un
iverse the sun's energy\'97a product of the sun's energy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but who produced the 
sun? That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. Because it is heat, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'e4po}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9:}{\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 "Heat\'97that is My energy." The sun is the representation of the heating energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not your energy. You cannot say, "The sun is made by me." But somebody must have made it, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He did. So, we be
lieve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ites.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ites?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Our knowledge is perf
ect. If I say that heat is the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you cannot deny it, because it is not your energy. In your body there is some certain amount of heat. Similarly, heat is someone's energy. And who is that person? That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, "Yes, it is My energy." So my knowledge is perfect. Because I take the version of the greatest scientist, I am the greatest scientist. I may be a fool personally, but because I take knowledge from the greatest scientist, I am the greatest sci
entist. I have no difficulty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Excuse me?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have no difficulty in be
coming the greatest scientist because I take the knowledge from the greatest scientist. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a long pause.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ] "This earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego\'97they are My eight separated energies."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub separated}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  energies?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Just like this milk. 
What is this milk? The separated energy of the cow. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara and Bob, stunned, laugh in realization.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ] Is it not? It is the manifestation of the separated energy of the cow.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it like a by-product?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, what is the significance of this energy's be
ing separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Separated" means that thi
s is made out of the body of the cow but it is not the cow. That is separation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, this earth and all is made out of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba but it is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
Or, you can say, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not K\'e5\'f1\'eba simultaneously. That is our philosophy. One and different. You cannot say that these things are different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because without K\'e5\'f1\'eba they have no existence. At the same time,
 you cannot say, "Then let me worship water. Why K\'e5\'f1\'eba? The pantheists say that because everything is God, whatever we do is God worship. This is M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy\'97that because everything is made of God, therefore everything is God
. But our philosophy is that everything is God but also not God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what on earth is God? Is there anything on ea
rth that is God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Because everything is
 made out of the energy of God. But that does not mean that by worshiping anything you are worshiping God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what is on earth that is not }{\cs2873\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]? It is...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "energy."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It means energy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and another meaning is "illusion." So foolish persons accept the energy as the energetic. That is }{
\cs2873\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  Just like sunshine. Sunshine enters your room. Sunshine is the energy of the sun. But be
cause the sunshine enters your room, you cannot say that the sun has entered. If the sun enters your room, then your room and yourself\'97everything\'97will be finished. Immediately. You will not have the leisure to understand that the sun has entered. I
s it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you cannot say that su
nshine is not the sun. Without the sun, where is the sunshine? So you cannot say that sunshine is not the sun. But at the same time, it is not the sun. It is the sun and not the sun\'97both. That is our philosophy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acintya-bhed}{\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 bheda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97inconceivable. In the material sense, you cannot conceive that a thing is simultaneously positive and negative. That you cannot think of. That is inconceivable energy. And because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ene
rgy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can manifest Himself from any energy. Therefore, when we worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a form made of something\'97of earth, water or something like that\'97that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You cannot say that it is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we wor
ship this metal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba [the Deity form in the temple], that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's a fact, because metal is an energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, it is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful that He can p
resent Himself fully in His energy. So this Deity worship is not heathenism. It is actually worship of God, provided you know the process.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you know the process, then the Deity becomes 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not becomes\'97it }{\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.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Deity is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but only if you kno
w the process?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Just like this electr
ic wire\'97it is electricity. One who knows the process, he can derive electricity out of it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Otherwise it's just wire.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just wire.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So if I build a statue of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is 
not K\'e5\'f1\'eba unless...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But 
you have to know the process of understanding that it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not just earth and mud.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Earth has no separate 
existence without K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "My energy." You cannot separate the energy from the energetic. It is not possible. You cannot separate heat from fire. But fire is different from the heat, and heat is different from the fire. You a
re taking heat; that does not mean you are touching fire. Fire, in spite of emanating heat, keeps its identity. Similarly, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His different energies, is creating everything, He remains K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 phi
losophers think that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba's separate identity is lost. That is material thinking. For example, by drinking this milk, little by little, when I finish, there is no more milk; it has gone to my belly. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is not like that. He is omnipotent. We are utilizing His energy continually; still He is there, present. Just like a man begetting children unlimitedly, but the man is there. A crude example. It's not that because he has produced hundreds of ch
ildren, he is finished. So, similarly, God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in spite of His unlimited number of children, is there.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate\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 \'c9\'e7o}{\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 Invocation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance." This is 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never finished. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful. Therefore He is all-attractive. This is one side of the display of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. Similarly, He has unlimited energies. This study of K\'e5\'f1\'eba'
s energy is only one side, or a portion only. So in this way, if you go on studying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not a bogus thing\'97"maybe," "perhaps not." Absolutely! It is!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And the study itself is never fin
ished.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. How can it be? K\'e5
\'f1\'eba has unlimited energy.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 2: Vedic Culture: 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 2. Vedic Culture: Var\'eb\'e4
\'e7rama-dharma\line February 28, 1972
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'll be getting married at the end of this summe
r, in September or August when I return to America. And the devotees say that the householders only have sex to conceive a child, and I cannot picture myself at all in such a position, and\'97What kind of sex life can one lead, living in the material wor
ld?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic principle is tha
t one should avoid sex life altogether. 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 }{\cs2873\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 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.5.8}{\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  says that this material world...
\par }\pard \s1123 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'e0sa\'f9 striy\'e4 mithun\'e9-bh\'e4vam etam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man is attached to woman, and woman is attached to man. Not only in human society\'97in animal society also. That attachment is the ba
sic 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 sim
ply depict the attachment between man and woman. Even in the tailor's shop you will find in the window some woman and some man.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5ttir e\'f1\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line niv\'e5ttis tu mah\'e4phal\'e4m\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 Manu-sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn ...in the {\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu Sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 5.56, we find:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na m\'e4\'e0sa-bhak\'f1a\'ebe do\'f1e \line na madye na ca maithune\line prav\'e5ttir e\'f1\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 \line n
iv\'e5ttis tu mah\'e4-phal\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'93The natural propensity of human beings is toward sensual enjoyment, meat eating, and intoxication; yet, by discarding these propen
sities a person gains a wonderful fortune.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, }{\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  10) [Sarvabh\'e4vana d\'e4sa]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.56]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this attachment is already there.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Attachment between man and woman?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man and woman. So if you w
ant to get liberation from this material 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 b
east. You will have to take birth. So, this basic principle of increasing attachment is not our business, although it is the general tendency. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e5ha, k\'f1etra, suta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no sex life. The Vedic principle is to reduce attachment, not to increase it. Therefore the whole system is called
 }{\cs2873\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 Indian system calls for }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub four social orders and four spiritual orders. }{\cs2873\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  [celibate student life], }{\cs2873\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  [married life], }{\cs2873\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  [retired life] and }{\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  [renounced life]\'97these are the spiritual orders. And the social orders consist of }{\cs2873\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  [intellectuals], }{\cs2873\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], }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  [ordinary workers]. So under this system, the regulative principles are so nice that
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even if one has the tendency to enjoy material life, he is so nicely molded that at last he achieves liberation and goes back home, ba
ck 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 maintained.
\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 C}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hanting starts somewhere in the background, with exotic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  m\'e5da\'ecga}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drum
beats amidst laughing and the loud blowing of horns.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is said in }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 a
re united, that attachment becomes increased, and that increased attachment will induce one to accumulate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  (a home), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (land), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (children), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4pta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (friendship or society) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vitta. Vitta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means money. In this
 way\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5ha-k\'f1etra-sut\'e4pta-vittai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he becomes entangled. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janasya moho 'yam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this is the illusion. And by this illusion he thinks, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 mameti:}{\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 "I am this body, and anything in rel
ationship with this body is mine."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is that again?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\'97this body. This is my country. I
 shall sacrifice everything for my 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 }{\cs2873\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 if he gets a superior body, then that is also an entanglement, even if he goes to the heavenly planets. But if he bec
omes a cat or dog, then his life is lost. Or a tree}{\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 there is every chance of it. So this science is no
t known in the world}{\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 how the soul is transmigrating from one body to another, and how he is being entr
apped in different types of bodies. This science is unknown. Therefore when Arjuna 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 pr
oblems 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 (}{\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 . 2.11):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 se
x life increases the bodily concept of life. Therefore, the whole process is to reduce it to nil.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To reduce it over the stages of your life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Reduce it. A boy is t
rained as a student up to twenty-five years, restricting sex life. }{\cs2873\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  So, some of t
he boys remain }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6hika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [celibate for life]. Because they are given educat
ion and they become fully conversant with spiritual knowledge, they don't want to marry. That is also restricted\'97he cannot have sex life without being married. Therefore in human society there is marriage, not in animal society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But people are gradually descending from human society to animal society. They are forgetting marriage. That is also predicted in the 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras. D\'e4mpatye 'bhirucir hetu\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the Kali-yuga [the present age of quarrel], even
tually 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 th
ere 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 ps
ychology 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. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
He laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] That is the general tendency. But education should be given to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stop}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it. That is real education. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a long pause, filled with the sound of bicycle horns, children playing,
 and throngs of people calling to one another.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Presently, in America, that's a radical concept.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, in America there are
 so many things that require reformation, 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that also.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that some people feel that to get married is 
not meaningful.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, their idea is that mar
riage is for legalized prostitution. They think like that, but that is not marriage. Even that Christian paper\'97what is that? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Watch\'97?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\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 Watchtower?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 Watchtower.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It has criticized that one priest has allowed a marriage between two men\'97homosexuality. So these things are a
ll going on. They take it purely 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You use that example of the cow a
nd the market.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes\'97when the milk is av
ailable in the marketplace, what is the use of keeping a cow? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] It is a very abom
inable 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 people in the essential principles of spiritual life. It is not a sec
tarian religious movement. It is a cultural movement for everyone's benefit.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 3: The Real Goal 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 3. The Real Goal of Life\line Fe
bruary 28, 1972 (continued)
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This movement is especiall
y meant to enable a human being to reach the real goal of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The real goal... ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The real goal of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the real goal of life to know God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. To go back home, back
 to Godhead. That is the real goal of life. The water that comes from the sea 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 mate
rial life. Therefore, 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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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. 8.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["After attaining Me, the great souls, who are }{\cs2873\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  in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection."] That is the version 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  If anyone comes to Me\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upetya}{\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  he does not come back again. Where? To this place\'97}{\cs2873\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 befooled by so-called leaders. Material life is miserable life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, God says, that this place is }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 rem
ain 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 }{\cs2873\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when you have some knowledge of God, then li
fe is not so miserable?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No! }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knowledge will not do. You must have perfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\cs2873\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  means "perfectly." Perfect knowledge is 
being taught in }{\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 (4.9)}{\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  So, we are giving everyone in human society a chance to learn }{\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 it is and make his life perfect. That is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. What does your science say about the transmigration of the soul?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think... that science... cannot deny or affirm
 it. Science does not know it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore I say that scien
ce is imperfect.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Science may, though, say something. It is said i
n science that energy is never destroyed; it is changed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right. But how 
the energy is working in the future\'97that 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 i
s operating the refrigerator. They are just the opposite, but the electrical energy is the same. Similarly, this energy\'97living energy\'97how is it being directed? Which way is it going? How is it fructifying in the next life? That they do not know. Bu
t in }{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [2.2] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is very simply stated.
\par }\pard \s1123 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 workable, we have to change it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the "we" that has to change? What is con
stant?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From one life to the next?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the soul\'97I. Wha
t "you" is speaking? You! What "I" is speaking? Identity: }{\cs2873\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 soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My soul is different from your soul?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. You are an individual
 soul, I am an individual soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is of the same qu
ality in all. You are under a certain conception of life at the present moment, and these countrymen of yours [the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees] were under a certain conception of life, but by training they have taken to another conception of life. 
So the ultimate training is how to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is the perfection.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If two people are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, is t
heir soul the same?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is always the sam
e.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In each person? In each person is it the same?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\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 pointing to two devotees}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] If these two are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, are their souls the same?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is the same but a
lways individual, even if one is 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\'eb
a conscious, or he may be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious\'97it doesn't matter. But the soul is the soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you tell me more about this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Soul\'97as pure spirit, al
l souls are equal. Even in an animal. Therefore it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar
\'e7ina\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 tho
se who are actually learned do not see the outward covering, either in a human being or in an animal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I may ask another question on this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have considered the soul somewhat as part of G
od. 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Part of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But I don't feel God in me, but God may be here,
 separate\'97separate from me. But should I be able to feel God inside me, since my soul is part of God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. God is inside also. G
od is everywhere. God is inside and outside also. This is to be known.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you feel God inside you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not in the beginning, but 
you have to know from the }{\cs2873\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], by the Vedic information. For example, in th
e }{\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  it is said, }{\cs2873\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 'rjuna }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 God is there in everyone's heart. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stham}{\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  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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yogic process?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba such a yogic pro
cess?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is also a yogic pr
ocess.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What kind of yogic process must I do to find out
\'97to feel this information\'97to feel the soul inside?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there are many differ
ent yogic processes, but for this age this process is very nice.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chanting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Through this I can feel not only God outside but
 God inside?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You'll understand everythi
ng of God\'97how God is inside, how 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. For instance, when the sun
 is out of your sight at night, you 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\'97in w
hich God will be revealed. It is not that by some method you can ask God, "Please come. I will see You." No, God is not your order carrier.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You must please God for Him to reveal Himself. I
s that correct?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do we know when we are pleasi
ng God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we see Him. Then you 
will understand. Just as, when you 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 actual
ly serve God, then you will understand, "God is dictating to me. God is there. I am seeing God."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A }{\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  Or God's representative.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 DEVOTEE:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It comes easier.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have to go through God
's representative.
\par }\pard \s1123 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'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 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 8 If you please God's representative, the
n automatically God becomes pleased, and thus you can directly see Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How to please God's representati
ve?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have to carry out his 
orders, that's all. God's representative is the }{\cs2873\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 asks you to do this, to do that\'97if you
 do that, that is pleasing.
\par }\pard \s1123 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 of his being the most confidential servitor of the Lord. T
his is acknowledged by 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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."] The }{\cs2873\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 be accepted as God. That is the injunction of all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs2873\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 be accepted as a representative of God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the }{\cs2873\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 God's representative. The }{\cs2873\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 external manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But different from the incarnations of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba that come?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In what way is the external manifestation of the
 }{\cs2873\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  different from the external manifestation of, let us say, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Caitanya when Th
ey come to earth?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs2873\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 representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So there are symptoms of who is a }{\cs2873\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 general symptoms are described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\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 come in a disciplic succession, and he must have heard thoroughly about the }{\cs2873\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 his spiritual master. Generally a }{\cs2873\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  symptom is that he is a perfec
t devotee, that's all. And he serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba by preaching His message.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya\'97He was a different type of }{
\cs2873\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  than you are?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no. }{\cs2873\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  cannot be of different types. All }{\cs2873\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 of one type.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But He was\'97was He also an incarnation at the 
same time?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
Himself, but He is representing the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I... I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And then...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was
 God, He demanded:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 }{\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. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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." But people misunderstood Him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba again came as a
 }{\cs2873\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 taught people }{\cs2873\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  to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Doesn't He say in }{\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  "I am the spiritual master"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, He is the original sp
iritual master because He was accepted as spiritual master by Arjuna. So what is the difficulty? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7i\'f1yas }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna told the Lord, 
"I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." So unless He is a spiritual master, how does Arjuna become His disciple? He is the original }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru. 
Tene }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye:}{\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 He only who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahm\'e4, the first created being." Therefore He is the original }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. He is the original }{
\cs2873\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  Then His disciple Brahm\'e4 is a }{\cs2873\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  then his disciple N\'e4rada is a }{\cs2873\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  then his disciple Vy\'e4sa is a }{\cs2873\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 in this way 
there is a }{\cs2873\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  [disciplic succession of }{\cs2873\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 ]. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ptam}{\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  the transcendental know
ledge is received through the disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So a }{\cs2873\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  receives his knowledge through the disciplic succession, not directly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Do you receive some knowledge directly
 from K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dire
ct instruction is there: }{\cs2873\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see, but...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you have to learn it t
hrough the disciplic succession, otherwise you will misunderstand it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But presently you do not receive information dir
ectly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? It comes through the disciplic succession from the books?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no difference. Su
ppose I say that this is a pencil. If you say to him, "There is a pencil," and if he says to another man, "This is a pencil," then what is the difference between his instruction and my instructions?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy allows you to know this n
ow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can take K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's mercy also, provided it is delivered as it is. Just as we are teaching }{\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
 }{\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  }{\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 18.66}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just give up all other forms of religion and simply surrender unto Me." Now we are saying that you should give up everything and surr
ender 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 instruction directly from K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. But we don't change anything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When I pray reverently, faithfully, does K\'e5
\'f1\'eba hear me?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From me to Him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because He is within 
your heart He is always hearing you\'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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ear, is praying louder than 
nonsense?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6a\'f9 }{\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. }{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is seated in everyone's heart.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But one should pray\'97is that so?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is his business\'97pr
aying.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whose business?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Every living entity's. Tha
t is the only business. }{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the statement of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 gr
own-up children should not ask from the father; rather, they should be prepared to serve the father. That is }{\cs2873\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].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My questions you solve so nicely. [}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs with affection.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, should I ask you another question now?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. Yes!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 4: The Three Modes Of 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 4. The Three Modes of Nature
\line February 28, 1972 (continued)
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have read that there are three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub passion, ignorance and goodness\'97in life. I was wishing that you would explain this somewhat, especial
ly what is meant by the mode of ignorance and the mode of goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In goodness you can unders
tand things\'97knowledge. You can know that there is God, that this world was created by Him, and so many things, actual things}{\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 sun is this, the moon is this}{\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 perfect knowledge. If one has some kno
wledge, even though it may not be perfect, that is goodness. And in passion one identifies with his material body and tries to gratify his senses. That is passion. And ignorance is animal life\'97in ignorance, one does not know what is God, how to become
 happy, why we are in this world. For example, if you take an animal to the slaughterhouse, it will go. This is ignorance. But a man will protest. If a goat is to be killed after five minutes but you give it a morsel of grass, it is happy because it is e
ating. Just like a child\'97even if you are planning to kill her or kill him, he is happy and laughs because he is innocent. That is ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Being in these modes determines your }{\cs2873
\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 that correct?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. According to the asso
ciation of the modes of nature, your activities are being contaminated.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 gu\'eba-sa\'ecgo 'sya\line sad-asad-yoni-janmasu\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 13.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A man gets a higher birth or lower birth according to the association of the }{\cs2873\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  or the modes of nature.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So cheating and like that\'97what mode is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Cheating is mixed passion 
and ignorance. Suppose one man cheats another. That means he wants to obtain something; he is passionate. But if he commits murder, he does not know that he will have to suffer for it, so it is a mixture of passion and ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what about when somebody helps another perso
n?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is that goodness? What intelligence is that?
 I mean\'97this represents knowledge of what? You said that goodness is when you have knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Intelligence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So helping another person?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means that he is igno
rant and you are trying to enlighten him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So giving intelligence...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what about just giving assistance?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If a beggar has nothing and you give him alms...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So that may still be goodn
ess. But in your Bowery Street, they give some charity, and immediately he purchases one bottle of wine and drinks and lies down flat. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] So that is charity. But that is not goodness; that is ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Charity is ignorance?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are three kinds of c
harities\'97good, passionate and ignorant. Goodness is giving charity where charity must be given. Just like this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement\'97if anyone gives charity to this movement, that is goodness because it is spreading God consciousnes
s, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is goodness. And if one gives charity for some return, that is passion. And if somebody gives in charity in an improper place and time, without respect and to an unworthy person, just like the Bowery man, that is ign
orance. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 }{\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 9.27}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." If K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes, that is the perfection of charity. Or anyone who is a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97if he takes, that is perfection.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what kind of charity is it when you give foo
d to somebody who is hungry?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, that depends on the 
circumstances. For example, a doctor has forbidden his patient to take any solid food, and if the patient is asking, "Give me some solids," and if you give him solid food in charity, then you are not doing good to him. That is ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are the devotees beyond accumulating }{\cs2873
\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  These devotees\'97do they feel }{\cs2873\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  Do they work in these modes? Are they in the mode of goodness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are above goodness! }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7uddha-sattva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The devotees are not in this material world. They are in the spiritual world. Tha
t is stated in 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 (14.26}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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 circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material na
ture and thus comes to the level of Brahman."] Devotees are neither in goodness, passion nor ignorance. They are transcendental to all these qualities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A devotee who is very faithful reaches this stag
e?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Devotee... You can be
come a devotee as they have become. It is not difficult. Simply you have to engage yourself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, that's all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I wish to gain more knowledge of God and be able
 to feel God's presence more. The reason for this is because I feel life has little meaning without this.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes! If you miss this huma
n form of life, then it is a great loss. That is a great chance given to the living entity to get out of the entanglement of material existence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I feel thankful that I've been able to ask these
 questions...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you can learn more an
d more.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But I still have... my connections at home. Marr
iage is... I am engaged....
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no. There are so many 
marriages. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He indicates \'c7y\'e4masundara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] He is married. Marriage is no barrier. I told you th
at there are four different orders of spiritual life\'97}{\cs2873\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 }{\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  So after }{\cs2873\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, one can marry. That is not obligatory. One may remain }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6ika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for his whole life. But a }{\cs2873\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 marry. And after marriage, there is }{\cs2873\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  life. This means that one is a little aloof from family\'97the husband and wife live separately. At that time there is no sex life. Then when he is fully renounced, detached from family life, he takes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does somebody forget his wife completely then?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Forgetting is not ver
y difficult, if you try to forget. Out of sight, out of mind. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Just as I have my wife,
 children, grandchildren\'97everything. But, out of sight, out of mind, that's all. Therefore, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha, sanny\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything is nicely arranged by the Vedic system.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 5: 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 FIVE \line Becoming Pure Februar
y 29, 1972
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you so much for allowing me to ask my ques
tions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I met a fellow today who came in the afternoon. 
His reason for coming\'97you may find it humorous\'97was that he heard the hippies were in M\'e4y\'e4pur.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He heard that hippies were in M\'e4y\'e4pur. I w
as 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 wa
s young\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He's Indian?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, Indian. He lives nearby and speaks English 
fairly well. When he was young he worshiped K\'e4l\'e9 [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 couldn'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 experi
ences, 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 K\'e4l\'e9 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do not try at the present 
moment. You try to be convinced yourself.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. I asked him to see devotees, but then on th
e way out, as he was leaving down the road, I met him again and told him, "Come back," but... Oh, I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 You}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  first of all be convinced. And then try to convince others. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's instruction is that you can improve
 the welfare of others when your own life is a success:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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' 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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First make your life perfect. Then try to teach others.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The devotees have told me that without conscious
ness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the time, you cannot be happy. But at times I feel happy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At times. Not always.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if you become K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious, you will feel happy always.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They had implied that you cannot feel happy with
out K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a fact. For exampl
e, if you are an animal of the land 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 w
ithout 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is that? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mine?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Mine. My K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ah.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's.
 That is our actual position.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Everything is part an
d parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because everything is generated by the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everything }{\cs2873\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 energy 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 AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I have one q
uestion. What is the status of service minus devotion?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m? That is not service,
 that is business. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] For example, here in M\'e4y\'e4pur we have employed a contra
ctor. That is not service\'97that is business. Is it not? Sometimes they will advertise, "Our customers are our masters." Is it not? But in spite of the flowery language\'97"Our customers are our masters"\'97this is business, because nobody is a qualifie
d customer unless he pays. But service is not like that. Service\'97Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 tath\'e4 v\'e4 vidadh\'e4tu 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\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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I wish to ask you to advise me on how I can come
 to feel closer to God. I'll be leaving you soon. And I'm\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have to be purified.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It does not take much time
. Within six months you will realize 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They have no tendency for 
going to the cinema or going to a hotel. No. They have stopped all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anarthas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all unnecessary thing
s.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'97I feel that when I go back, they'll\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The whole human life is me
ant for purification.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\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\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapo divya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0\line \'e7uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam\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 5.5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\cs2873\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  means existence. So if you don't purify your e
xistence, 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, t
hen 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 existe
nce. Unless you purify your existence, you will hanker after happiness but will not always be happy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When I go to my job in New York, I hope I'll bec
ome pure, but I'm sure that I won't become as pure as your devotees here. I\'97I don't see myself doing that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can do as they are doi
ng. They were not pure in the beginning; now they are pure. Similarly, you can become pure. For example, in your childhood you were not educated\'97but now you are educated.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, what are the things that I may do? When I go
 back, I must\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When do you go back?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'll be going back to Chaibasa to do my work the
re, and...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is there in Chaibasa?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is where I do my teaching. I live there.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So better not to teach\'97
because you do not know what to teach.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] I'll be going\'97I don't like this teaching so much, and I'll be returning to America in May, but while I'm here, this is my agreement for s
taying in India.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you are serious, you ca
n 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You mean by following these principles?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. I went to America, fo
r instance, but either in America or India, I am the same man.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'97I have tried somewhat to follow since I met
 you the first time [a brief visit in Calcutta during November, 1971].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m. But follow\'97you mu
st strictly follow if you are serious. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Maybe}{\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 OK, maybe}{\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 what I say now is\'97well\'97the most foolish of all I've said. But let me tell you how I feel.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no, not foolish. I don
't say foolish\'97but imperfect.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  OK. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] 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 want\'97I want to do what is right, come closer to God, and if\'97and if I just go to a better life next time\'97I'd be satisfied.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very good.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I guess it's material clinging, but ...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, you just follow in the
ir footsteps, and your desire will be fulfilled. We are training them how to become purified and happy. That is our mission. We want to see everyone happy. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Unknown Source
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarve sukhino bhavantu
\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 sarve}{\cs2873\b0\i\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  sukhino}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97happy;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  bhavantu}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97become.
\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 Let everyone be happy.
\par }\pard }}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarve 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 t
ake the standard path to become happy. They manufacture their own 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 austeri
ty. This boy I know\'97he had to go to a foreign country to learn 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 }{\cs2873\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 ha
ve to change it. But as soon as you get a spiritual body, there is no question 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 sha
ll develop a spiritual body. The same example I have several times given is that if you put an iron rod within fire, it will become like fire. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Put the iron rod into fire?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and it will become li
ke fire.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although iron.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, if you always k
eep 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 you will become spiritualized. You will act spiritually. No more material demands.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do I do this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This process. They are doi
ng 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.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, but, see\'97when I am back in Bihar and fo
llowing my lifestyle there, I\'97if I follow all these regulative principles\'97some I follow now, but not all\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Some" means... ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Some"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are only four regula
tive principles. "Some" means three, or two?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Two or three.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So why not the other one?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no. I mean I follow one or two. One or two I
 follow now.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 Laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Why not the other three? What is the difficulty? Which one do you follow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Which one do I follow? Well, I'm almost vegetari
an, but I eat eggs.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then that is also not comp
lete.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, not even complete. Since last time [November
], I've become vegetarian, but...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vegetarian is no qualifica
tion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not much.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The pigeon is vegetarian. 
The monkey is vegetarian\'97the most rubbish creature...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The monkey is vegetarian. 
This naked }{\cs2873\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  lives in the forest... the most mischievous...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'97I felt that it was a little bit of progress
 because it was somewhat difficult at first, then easy, and I had returned to\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, you can stick to all t
he regulative principles, provided you take to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process\'97otherwise it is not possible.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is it. I have\'97when I'm back in Biha
r, and\'97um\'97my friends may say... 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 f
or 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have to live with }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub us.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then your friends will not ask you, "What about marijuana?" [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bob laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] 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}{\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 they will come and live with 
us. Association is very influential. If you associate with drunkards, you become drunk; if you associate with }{\cs2873\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  then you become a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA }{\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da'
s secretary] }{\cs2351\b\i0\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 can come and stay with you in Bombay.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you can stay with us 
in Bombay. But he wants friends with marijuana. That is the difficulty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let me ask you about something else; then maybe 
I'll come back to this. I find that 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As they [the devotees] hav
e done.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\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 Laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] You are saying to me that my path\'97I think what you're saying is that my path to purity is to become a devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you hesitate?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it very difficult to be
come a devotee?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For myself\'97it is. I\'97I don't feel so much t
he desire. First the devotees tell me that they have given up material life. These four regulative principles, they have explained to me, mean giving up material life, and that I see. And in place of this they have...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you mean by materi
al life? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bob is silent}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] I am sitting on this bed. Is it material or spiritual?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then how have we given up 
material life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think how I interpreted it was "a desire for o
ur material gains..."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is material?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Working towards material gains and not giving up
 all materials.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material life means\'97whe
n you desire to gratify your senses, 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 sense
s, when we serve God, that is spiritual life. What is the difference between our activities and others' activities? We are using everything\'97table, chair, bed, tape recorder, typewriter\'97so what is the difference? The difference is that we are using 
everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The devotees have said that the sensual pleasure
s they have given up are replaced with spiritual kinds of pleasures, but\'97see\'97I haven't felt this.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spiritual pleasures come w
hen 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hmm-m. Spiritual pleasure, then, is pleasing God
.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spiritual pleasure means t
he pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Material pleasure mea
ns the pleasure of the senses. That's all. This is the difference. When you simply try to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is spiritual pleasure.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I had viewed this as\'97my thought of pleasing G
od was to\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't manufacture your way
s of pleasing God. Don't manufacture. 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, "Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 will b
e more pleased if I give him a glass 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then, is being a de
votee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A devotee is one who is al
ways pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has no other business. That is a devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you tell me some more about chanting Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba? I have for quite some time chanted, but never regularly\'97just 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 p
roperly. I don't know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, everything has a proc
ess. You have to adopt the process.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The devotees tell me of the ecstasy they feel wh
en chanting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the more you become p
urified, the more you will feel ecstasy. This chanting process is the purifying process.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 6: The Perfect 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 SIX \line The Perfect Devotee Fe
bruary 29, 1972, evening
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, this afternoo
n we were discussing austerities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mm?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we don't practice austerities 
voluntarily, then we must involuntarily practice some austerities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, under the direction o
f the spiritual master one should... You have no mind to follow austerities, but when you accept a spiritual master, you have to carry out his order. That is austerity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even if you don't want to practic
e austerity, you must.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you must. Because you
 have surrendered to your spiritual master, his order is final. So even if you don't like it, you have to do it. To please me.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ah.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you don't like... [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Nobody likes to fast, but the spiritual master says, "Today, fasting," so what can be do
ne? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] A disciple is one who has voluntarily agreed to be disciplined by
 the spiritual master. That is austerity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Say, like our parents or many peo
ple in the material world, completely enamored by the material life\'97they don't want to undergo austerity or bodily pain, but still they must. They are being forced by nature to suffer austerities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is forced austerity. 
That is not good. Voluntary austerity will help.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you don't undergo voluntary au
sterity, then you must be forced to undergo austerity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the difference bet
ween man and animal. An animal cannot accept austerity. But a man can accept it. There is a nice foodstuff in the confectioner's shop, so a man wants to eat it, but he sees that he has no money, so he can restrain himself. But when a cow comes, immediate
ly she pushes her mouth in. You can beat her with a stick, but she will tolerate it. She will do that. Therefore an animal cannot undergo austerity. Our austerity is very nice. We chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dance, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba sends very nice foods
tuffs, and we eat. That's all. Why are your people not agreeable to such austerity? Chanting, dancing and eating nicely?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because we are following a
usterities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sends us nice things. So we are not losers. When you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized, then you get }{\cs2873\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  comforts than at the present moment. That's a fact. I have been living alone for the last twenty years, but I have no difficulties. Before taking }{\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  I was living in Delhi. So I had no difficulties, although I was living alone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you don't accept spiritual dis
cipline, then nature will force so many calamities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. That is stated in
 the }{\cs2873\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 7.14}{\cs3774\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'eba-may\'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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrender
ed unto Me can easily cross beyond it."] }{\cs2873\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 imposing so many difficulties, but as soon 
as you surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no more imposition.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We were so foolish that we were a
lways thinking, "In the future I'll be happy."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is }{\cs2873\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. That is like the ass. You sit down on the back of the ass and just take a morsel of gras
s. The ass is thinking, "Let me go forward a little, and I shall get the grass." [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bob laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] But
 it is always one foot distant. That is ass-ism. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They all laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Everyone is thinking, "Let me g
o a little forward, and I'll get it. I'll be very happy."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I... I thank you so much for...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hmm?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Tomorrow I'll have to leave you and\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't talk }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l-e-a-v-e,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but talk }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l-i-v-e.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I cannot yet, but I was thinking now of returnin
g tomorrow to my town. But...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't return.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I should stay here tomorrow\'97here?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Stay here.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You tell me to, I'll stay.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you are a very good b
oy. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a long pause. It is now much quieter.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] It is very simple. When the living entities f
orget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are in this material world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means His name, His form, His abode, His pastimes\'97everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What was that last?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ah? Pastimes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pastimes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we speak of a king, i
t means the king's government, king's palace, king's queen, king's sons, secretaries, military strength\'97everything. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as soon as we think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this means all the energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is complete by saying, "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba." R\'e4dh\'e4 represents all the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord. So when we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entities are also included because the living entities are energies, different energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97superior energy. So when this energy is not serving the energetic, 
that is material existence. The whole world is not serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a different way. They are serving indirectly, just as disobedient citizens serve the government indirectly. Prisoners come to the prison house o
n account of their disobedience of the laws of the state. So, in the prison house, they are forced to obey the laws of the state. Similarly, all the living entities here are godless, either by ignorance or by choice. They do not like to accept the suprem
acy of God. Demoniac. So we are trying to bring them to their original condition. That is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'd like to ask you just something I talked with
 devotees about\'97medicine. I walked to the river with some devotees today. I have a cold, so I said I shouldn't go in the water. Some felt I should because it is the Ganges, and some said I shouldn't because I have a cold, and we were talking, and I do
n't understand. Do we get sick because of our bad actions in the past?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that's a fact.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when one...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any kind of distress we su
ffer is due to our impious activities in the past.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when someone is removed from karmic influenc
e...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ... does he still get sick?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Even if he gets sick, 
that is very temporary. For instance, this fan is moving. If you disconnect the electric power, then the fan will move for a moment. That movement is not due to the electric current. That is force\'97what is it called, physically, this force?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Momentum.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Momentum. But as soon as i
t stops, no more movement. Similarly, even if a devotee who has surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is suffering from material consequences, that is temporary. Therefore, a devotee does not take any material miseries as miseries. He takes them as K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's, God's, mercy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A perfected soul, a devotee, a pure devotee...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A perfected soul is one wh
o engages twenty-four hours a day in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is perfection. That is a transcendental position. Perfection means to engage in one's original consciousness. That is perfection. That is stated in }{\cs2873\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\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18.45}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sve sve karma\'eby abhirata\'f9\line sa\'e0siddhi\'e0 labhate nara\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect." Complete perfection. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'e0siddhi. Siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfection. That is Brahman realization, spiritual realization. And }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means devotion, which comes after Brahman realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you just say that last thing again please?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 Sa\'e0siddhi.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 Sam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means complete.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means perfection. In the }{\cs2873\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 stated that one who goes back to home, back to Godhead, has attained the complete perfection. So perfection comes when one realizes that he is not this body
; he is spirit soul. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is called Brahman realization. That is perfection. An
d }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  comes after Brahman realization, when one engages in devotional service. Therefore 
if one is already engaged in devotional service, it is to be understood that Brahman realization is there. Therefore it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhi.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I ask you this very humbly, but do you feel dise
ases and sickness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you personally feel disease and sickness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this a result of your past }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So one in this material world never escapes his 
}{\cs2873\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  completely?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, he escapes. No more }
{\cs2873\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  for a devotee. No more karmic reaction.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you must be the best devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m... No, I don't consid
er myself the best devotee. I am the lowest.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 You}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the best devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\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 Laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Oh, no, no! But, see, you say\'97what you say... always seems right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then you must be the best devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The thing is that even the
 best devotee, when he preaches, comes to the second-class platform of a devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What would the best devotee be doing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The best devotee does not 
preach.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he do?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He sees that there is no n
eed of preaching. For him, everyone is a devotee. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bob laughs heartily.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Yes, he sees no more nond
evotees\'97all devotees. He is called an }{\cs2873\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  But while I am preaching, how can 
I say I am the best devotee? Just like R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9\'97She does not see anyone as a nondevotee. Therefore we try to approach R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who is this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's consort.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ah.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If anyone approaches R\'e4
dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, She recommends to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Here is the best devotee. He is better than Me," and K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot refuse him. That is the best devotee. But it is not to be imitated: "I have become the best devotee."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vare tad-adh\'e9ne\'f1u\line b\'e4li\'e7e\'f1u dvi\'f1atsu ca\line prema-maitr\'e9-k\'e5popek\'f1\'e4\line ya\'f9 karoti
 sa madhyama\'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 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 g. 11.2.46}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A second-class devotee has the vision that some are envious of God, but this is not the vision of the best devotee. The best devotee s
ees, "Nobody is envious of God. Everyone is better than me." Just like }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 author, K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja. He says, "I am lower than the worm in the stool."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who is saying this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavi
r\'e4ja, the author of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\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 \'c4di}{\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 5.205}{\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 : pur\'e9\'f1era k\'e9\'f6a haite mu\'efi se laghi\'f1\'f6ha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  He is not making a show. He is feeling like that. "I am the lowest. Everyone is best, but I am the lowest. Everyone is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. I am not engaged." Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, "Oh, I have not a pinch of devotion t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I cry to make a show. If I had been a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I would have died long ago. But I am living. That is the proof that I do not love K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That is the vision of the best devotee. He is so much absorbed in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's love that he says, "Everything is going on, but I am the lowest. Therefore I cannot see God." That is the best devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So a devotee must work for everybody's liberatio
n?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. A devotee must work u
nder the direction of a bona fide spiritual master, not imitate the best devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Excuse me?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One should not imitate the
 best devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Imitate. Oh. I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One time you said that sometimes 
you feel sickness or pain due to the sinful activities of your devotees. Can sometimes disease be due to that? Caused by that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You see, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sa
ys }{\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 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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I will deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful that He can immediately take up all the s
ins of others and immediately make them right. But when a living entity plays the part on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he also takes the responsibility for the sinful activities of his devotees. Therefore to become a }{\cs2873\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 not an easy task. You see? He has to take all the poisons and absorb them. So sometimes\'97because he is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'97sometimes there is some trouble. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has forbidden, "Don't make many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  many disciples." But for preaching work we have to accept many disciples\'97for expanding preaching\'97even if we suffer. That's a fact. The spiritual master has to take the responsibility for all the sinful activities of his discip
les. Therefore to make many disciples is a risky job unless one is able to assimilate all the sins.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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 Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\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 Pra\'eb\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vai\'f1\'ebava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfill t
he desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls."] He takes responsibility for all the fallen souls. That idea is also in the Bible. Jesus Christ took all the sinful reactions of the people and sacrificed his life
. That is the responsibility of a spiritual master. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ap\'e4pa-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viddha}{\cs2873\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 He cannot be attacked by sinful reactions. But a living entity is s
ometimes subjected to their influence because he is so small. Big fire, small fire. If you put some big thing in a small fire, the fire itself may be extinguished. But in a big fire, whatever you put in is all right. The big fire can consume anything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christ's suffering was of that nature?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mm-m?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Was Christ's suffering\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That I have already explai
ned. He took the sinful reactions of all the people. Therefore he suffered.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He said\'97that is in the 
Bible\'97that he took all the sinful reactions of the people and sacrificed his life. But these Christian people have made it a law for Christ to suffer while they do all nonsense. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bob gives a short laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Such great fools they are! They have let Jesus Christ make a contract for taking all their sinful reactions so they can go on with all nonsen
se. That is their religion. Christ was so magnanimous that he took all their sins and suffered, but that does not induce them to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all these sins. They have not come to that sense. They have taken it very easily. "Let Lord Jesus Christ suffer, and we'll do all nonsense." Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They should have been asha
med: "Lord Jesus Christ suffered for us, but we are continuing the sinful activities." He told everyone, "Thou shalt not kill," but they are indulging in killing, thinking, "Lord Jesus Christ will excuse us and take all the sinful reactions." This is goi
ng on. We should be very much cautious: "For my sinful actions my spiritual master will suffer, so I'll not commit even a pinch of sinful activities." That is the duty of the disciple. After initiation, all sinful reaction is finished. Now if he again co
mmits sinful activities, his spiritual master has to suffer. A disciple should be sympathetic and consider this. "For my sinful activities, my spiritual master will suffer." If the spiritual master is attacked by some disease, it is due to the sinful act
ivities of others. "Don't make many disciples." But we do it because we are preaching. Never mind\'97let us suffer\'97still we shall accept them. Therefore your question was\'97when I suffer is it due to my past misdeeds? Was it not? }{\cs2873\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 my misdeed\'97that I accepted some disciples who are nonsense. That is my misdeed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This happens on occasions?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. This is sure to happe
n because we are accepting so many men. It is the duty of the disciples to be cautious. "My spiritual master has saved me. I should not put him again into suffering." When the spiritual master is in suffering, K\'e5\'f1\'eba saves him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba thi
nks, "Oh, he has taken so much responsibility for delivering a fallen person." So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi\line na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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." }{\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  9.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Be
cause the spiritual master takes the risk on account of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your suffering is not the same kind of pain...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, it is not due to }{
\cs2873\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 pain is there sometimes, so that the disciples may know, "Due to our sinful activities, o
ur spiritual master is suffering."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You look very well now.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am always well... in the
 sense that even if there is suffering, I know K\'e5\'f1\'eba will protect me. But this suffering is not due to }{\cs2873\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  sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But let us say when I\'97in the town I live in, 
I take boiled water because some of the water has disease in it. Now, why should I drink boiled water if I have been good enough not to get a disease? Then I may drink any water. And if I have been not acting properly, then I shall get disease anyway.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So long as you are in the 
material world, you cannot neglect physical laws. Suppose you go to a jungle and there is a tiger. It is known that it will attack you, so why should you voluntarily go and be attacked? It is not that a devotee should take physical risk so long as he has
 a physical body. It is not a challenge to the physical laws: "I have become a devotee. I challenge everything." That is foolishness.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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 Brs}{\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 1.2.255}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotee is advised to accept the necessities of life without attachment. He'll take boiled water, but if boiled water is not avail
able, does it mean he will not drink water? If it is not available, he will drink ordinary water. We take K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  but while touring, sometimes we have to take some food in a hotel. Because one is a devotee, should he think, "I will not take any foodstuffs from the hotel. I shall starve"? If I starve, then I will be weak and will 
not be able to preach.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does a devotee lose some of his individuality, i
n that\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he has full individual
ity for pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "You surrender unto Me." So he voluntarily surrenders. It is not that he has lost his individuality. He keeps his individuality. Just like Arjuna\'97in the beginning, he was declining to fight, on acc
ount of his individuality. But when he accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his spiritual master, he became }{\cs2873\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  [a disciple]. Then whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered, he said yes. That doesn't mean he lost his individuality. He voluntarily accepted: "Whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, I shall do it." Just like all my disciples\'97they have not lost their indi
viduality, but they have surrendered their individuality. That is required. For example, suppose a man does not use sex. It does not mean he has become impotent. If he likes, he can have sex life a thousand times. But he has voluntarily avoided it. }{
\cs2873\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 (}{\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  2.59)}{\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 he has a higher taste. Sometimes we fast, but that does not mean we are diseased. We voluntarily fast. It does not mean that I am not hungry or cannot eat. But we voluntarily fast.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does the devotee who surrenders keep his individ
ual taste?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, in full.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Taste for different things?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does he keep his individual likes and dislikes?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, he keeps everything. 
But he gives preference to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Suppose I like this thing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "No, you cannot use it." Then I shall not use it. It is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirbandha\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandhe\line yukta\'e0 vair\'e4gyam ucyate\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 Brs}{\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 1.2.255}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says positively, "I like these things." So we have to offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba what He likes, and then we'll take }{
\cs2873\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 likes R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Therefore all the }{\cs2873\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 are trying to push R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes this }{\cs2873
\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  All right, push Her." That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. To satisfy the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, not to satisfy my senses. That is }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\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. "Ah, K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes this. I must give Him this."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is some }{\cs2873\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]. It's offered, and then we go and eat, and different }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dams}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are served. Some I like, and some I find the taste not at all to my liking.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You should not do that. Th
e perfection is that whatever is offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba you should accept. That is perfection. You cannot say, "I like this, I don't like this." So long as you make such discrimination, that means you have not appreciated what }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  What if there is someone speaking of likes
 and dislikes? Say someone is preparing some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No disliking, no liking. W
hatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes, that's all right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  Yes. But say someone prepares something, l
ike some }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he does not make it so good, and it is\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, if made sincerely with
 devotion, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will like it. Just like Vidu. Vidu was feeding K\'e5\'f1\'eba bananas, but he was so absorbed in thought that he was throwing away the real bananas and he was giving K\'e5\'f1\'eba the skin, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was eating. [
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew that he was giving in devotion, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba can eat anythin
g, provided there is devotion. It does not matter whether it is materially tasteful or not. Similarly, a devotee also takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  whether it is materially tasteful or not. We should accept everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  But if the devotion is not there, like in 
India...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If devotion is not there, 
He doesn't like any food, either tasteful or not tasteful. He does not accept it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  In India... Somebody\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, India, India. Don't ta
lk of India! Talk of philosophy. If there is not devotion, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not accept anything, either in India or in your country. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not obliged to accept anything costly because it is very tasty. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has very many ta
steful dishes in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. He is not hankering after your food. He accepts your devotion, }{\cs2873\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 real thing is devotion, not the food. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not accept any food of this material world. He accepts only the devotion.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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\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 ] "Because it has been offered to Me with devotion and love"\'97that is required. Therefore we do not allow anyone to cook who is not a devotee. K\'e5\'f1\'eba do
es not accept anything from the hands of a nondevotee. Why should He accept? He is not hungry. He does not require any food. He accepts only the devotion, that's all. That is the main point. So one has to become a devotee. Not a good cook. But if he is a
 devotee, then he will be a good cook also. Automatically he will become a good cook. Therefore one has to become a devotee only. Then all other good qualifications will automatically be there. And if he is a nondevotee, any good qualifications have no v
alue. He is on the mental plane, so he has no good qualification. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a long pause in the conversation.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And the time?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Six o'clock.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Questions and answers are 
required. They are beneficial to all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I still have a question on the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says
:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub munaya\'f9 s\'e4dhu p\'e5\'f1\'f6o 'ha\'e0\line bhavadbhir loka-ma\'ecgalam\line yat k\'e5ta\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sampra\'e7no
\line yen\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati\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. 1.2.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they relate to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and so are relev
ant to the world's welfare. Only questions of this sort are capable of completely satisfying the self."] }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-sampra\'e7na\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is very good. When you discuss and hear, that is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub loka-ma\'ecgalam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  auspicious for everyone. Both the questions and the answers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I still do not understand so much about }{
\cs2873\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  But if you like I'll think about it and ask you again tomorrow.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\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 Pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is always }{\cs2873\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  But because we are not elevated sufficiently, therefore we do not like some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I found specifically that what I mean\'97that so
me are too spicy, and it hurts my stomach.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well... That is also due t
o not appreciating, but the cook should have consideration. K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be offered first-class foodstuffs. So if he offers something last class, he is not performing his duty. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba can accept anything if it is offered by a devotee, 
and a devotee can accept any }{\cs2873\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 if it is spicy. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu gave his son poi
son [and the son offered it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba], and the son drank it as nectar. So even if it is spicy to others' taste, it is very palatable to the devotee. What is the question of spicy? He was offered poison, real poison. And P\'fctan\'e4 R\'e4k\'f1as
\'e9\'97she also offered K\'e5\'f1\'eba poison. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so nice that He thought, "She took Me as My mother," so He took the poison and delivered her. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not take the bad side. A good man does not take the bad side\'97he tak
es only the good side. Just like one of my big Godbrothers\'97he wanted to make business with my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja [spiritual master], but my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not take the bad side. He took the good side. He thought, "He has come forward to give
 me some service."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Business with your\'97what was that? Business wi
th who?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am talking about my Guru
 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, I see. I have another question on }{\cs2873
\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 I may. Let us say some devotee has some trouble and does not eat a certain type of food\'97l
ike some devotees do not eat ghee because of liver trouble. So these devotees, should they take all the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no. Those who are not 
perfect devotees may discriminate. But a perfect devotee does not discriminate. Why should you imitate a perfect devotee? So long as you have discrimination, you are not a perfect devotee. So why should you artificially imitate a perfect devotee and eat 
everything?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The point is, a perfect de
votee does not make any discrimination. Whatever is offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is nectar. That's all. K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts anything from a devotee. "Whatever is offered to Me by My devotee," He accepts. The same thing for a devotee. Don't you see the po
int? A perfect devotee does not make any discrimination. But if I am not a perfect devotee and I have discrimination, why shall I imitate the perfect devotee? It may not be possible for me to digest everything because I am not a perfect devotee. A devote
e should not be a foolish man. It is said:
\par }\pard \s1123 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba ye bhaje se ba\'f2a catura
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So a devotee knows his position, and he is intelligent enough to deal with others accordingly.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 7: Acting in Knowledge 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 7. Acting in Knowledge of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\line February 29, 1972 (evening, continued)
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By what kind of actions does one earn g
ood }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Good }{\cs2873\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 what is prescribed in the }{\cs2873\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  Specifically, it is prescribed that one should perform }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa. Yaj\'efa}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means actions for the satisfaction of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So good }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means performance of the }{\cs2873\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  as they are prescribed in the Vedic literatures. And the purpose of this }{\cs2873\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 
 is to satisfy the Supreme Lord. A good, law-abiding citizen is one whose actions satisfy the government. So, good }{\cs2873\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 to satisfy Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Lord. Unfortunately, modern civilization does not know what the Supreme Personality of Godhead is, what to speak of satisfying Him. People do not know. They are simply busy with materia
l activities. Therefore all of them are performing only bad }{\cs2873\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 therefore suffering. They ar
e blind men leading other blind men. And both are then suffering by bad }{\cs2873\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 very easy t
o understand. If you do something criminal, you will suffer. If you do something benevolent for the state, for the people, then you are recognized; you are sometimes given a title. This is good and bad }{\cs2873\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, good }{\cs2873\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 you enjoy some material happiness; bad }{\cs2873\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 you suffer
 from material distress. By good }{\cs2873\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  you get birth in a good family; you get riches, good money.
 Then you become a learned scholar; you become beautiful also.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\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 Some time passes.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the person who\'97who is not very awa
re of God, but...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then he is an animal. The 
animal does not know what is good. A person who does not know what is God, or one who does not try to understand what is God\'97he is an animal. The animals are with four legs, and that animal is with two legs. And Darwin's theory is they are monkeys. So
 anyone who does not know God, or does not try to understand God, is nothing but an animal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the innocent people?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The animal is very innocen
t. If you cut its throat, it won't protest. So innocence is not a very good qualification. The animals are all innocent. Therefore you get the chance to cut their throats. So to become innocent is not a very good qualification. Our proposition is that on
e must be very, very intelligent, and then he can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To become an innocent, ignorant simpleton is not a very good qualification. Simplicity is all right, but one should not be unintelligent.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you tell me again what intelligence is?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Intelligence means... One 
who knows what he is, what is this world, what is God, what are the interrelations\'97he is intelligent. The animal does not know what he is. He thinks that he is the body. Similarly, anyone who does not know what he is, he is not intelligent.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about a person who does\'97tries to do\'97w
hat is right and is very conscientious instead of being unconscious about the things he does? Like the servant who is very honest to his master but knows that if he were not honest he would not be caught. If he stays honest anyway... a person like that? 
Is that some kind of good }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, to become honest is a
lso good }{\cs2873\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  How to become a good man is described in 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  }{\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 16.5}{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very elaborately.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 sampad vimok\'f1\'e4ya\line nibandh\'e4y\'e4sur\'e9 mat\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if you become qualified with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 sampad}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (transcendental qualities), then, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vimok\'f1\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you will be liberated. And, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nibandh\'e4y\'e4sur\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if you are qu
alified with the demoniac qualifications, then you will be more and more entangled. Unfortunately the modern civilization does not know what is liberation and what is entanglement. They are so much ignorant; they do not know. Suppose if I ask you what yo
u mean by liberation, can you answer? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No answer.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] And if I ask you what you mean by entanglement,
 can you answer? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again no answer.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] These words are there in the Vedic literature\'97liberation an
d entanglement\'97but, at the present moment, people do not even know what is liberation and what is entanglement. They are so ignorant and foolish, and still they are proud of their advancement in knowledge. Can you answer what is liberation? You are a 
professor, teacher, but if I ask you, can you explain what is liberation?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not adequately because if I could explain, then 
I would become liberated very fast.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if you do not know wha
t is liberation, then how fast or slow liberation? [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] There is no question of libe
ration. It is neither fast nor slow. You should first know what is liberation. If you do not know where the train is going, then what is the use of asking, understanding, whether it is going fast or slow? You do not know your destination. What is liberat
ion?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Umm...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am asking. You daily ask
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub me.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am asking }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\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 Laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Ah\'97okay... I'll think for a moment.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Liberation is described in
 the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 exact Sanskrit word for liberation is }{\cs2873\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  So that is defined in the }{\cs2873\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 [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.10.16}{\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 .
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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\cb1\nosupersub uktir hitv\'e4nyath\'e4 r\'fcpa\'e0\line svar\'fc
pe\'eba vyavasthiti\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should stop doing all nonsense, and he must be situated in his original position. But this is also more embarrassing because n
obody knows his orig}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inal position and how to act properly. Because people are generally acting differently, because they do not know what is proper}{\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 modern population is so much ignorant about their life}{\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 it is a very awkward position. They do not know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you tell me who is honest?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If one does not know what 
is honesty, how can he be honest? But if you know what is honesty, then you can be honest. What is honesty? First of all explain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aaah, ummm\'97Honesty is doing what you really f
eel is right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A thief is feeling, "I mus
t steal to provide for my children. It is right." Does it mean that he is honest? Everyone thinks}{\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 
butcher thinks, "It is my life. I must cut the throat of the animals daily." Just like that}{\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 what is th
at hunter? And N\'e4rada Muni met him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  M\'e5g\'e4ri.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, M\'e5g\'e4ri. N\'e4ra
da asked him, "Why are you killing in this way?" And he said, "Oh, it is my business. My father taught it." So he was honestly doing that. So a feeling of honesty depends on culture. A thief's culture is different. He thinks stealing is honest.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what is honesty?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is my question. 
[}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Real honesty is that you should not encroach upon another's property. This is h
onesty. For instance, this is my table. If you want to take it away while going, is that honesty? So therefore the simple definition of honesty is that you should not encroach upon another's rights. That is honesty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So somebody who is honest would be in the mode o
f goodness? Would that be correct?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly, certainly. Beca
use the mode of goodness means knowledge. So if you know, "This table does not belong to me; it belongs to Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9," you will not try to take it away. Therefore, one must know}{\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 be thoroughly well conversant}{\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 then he can be honest.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, now you have said the mode of goodness was k
nowledge of God, but somebody may be honest without having very much knowledge of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Without\'97without being honest}{\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 without thinking they are honest because it is God's wishes\'97they just feel like they ought to be honest.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mmm. God wishes everyone t
o be honest. Why should God think otherwise?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So... so you may follow God's wishes without kno
wing you are following God's wishes? Like somebody may be in the mode...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, following without know
ing\'97that is absurd. You must know the order of God. And if you follow that, then that is honesty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But somebody would not be honest without knowing
 God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because God is the su
preme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer, and He is the supreme friend. That is the statement of 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  If anyone knows these three things, then he is in full knowledge. These three things only: that God is the proprietor of everything, God is friend of everyone, and God is the enjoyer of everything. For example, everyone knows that i
n the body, the stomach is the enjoyer. Not the hands, legs, eyes, ears. These are there simply to help the stomach. Eyes\'97the vulture goes seven miles up to see where there is food for the stomach. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the wings fly there, 
and the jaws catch the food. Similarly, as in this body the stomach is the enjoyer, the central figure of the whole cosmic manifestation, material or spiritual, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. He is the enjoyer. We can understand this just by considering our own
 bodies. The body is also a creation. The body has the same mechanical nature you will find in the whole universe. The same mechanical arrangement will be found anywhere you go, even in animals. In the human body or in the cosmic manifestation\'97almost 
the same mechanism. So you can understand very easily that in this body}{\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 my body, your body}{\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 stomach is the enjoyer. There is a central enjoyer. And the stomach is the friend also. Because if you canno
t digest food, you see, then all other limbs of the body become weak. Therefore the stomach is the friend. It is digesting and distributing the energy to all the limbs of the body. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, the central sto
mach of the whole creation is God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the enjoyer, He is the friend, and, as the supreme proprietor, He is maintaining everyone. Just as a king can maintain the whole country's citizens because he is the proprietor. Without being th
e proprietor, how can one become everyone's friend? So these things have to be understood. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the enjoyer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the friend. If you know these three things, then your knowledge is full; you
 do not require to understand anything more.
\par }\pard \s1123 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\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\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 Mu\'eb\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you simply understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by these three formulas, then your knowledge is complete. You don't require any more knowledge
. But people will not agree. "Why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba be the proprietor? Hitler should be the proprietor. Nixon ..." That is going on. Therefore you are in trouble. But if you understand these three things only, then your knowledge is complete. But you
 will not accept\'97you will put forward so many impediments to understanding these three things, and that is the cause of our trouble. But in 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  }{\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\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 plainly said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and th
e benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries."] But we won't take this. We shall put forward so many false proprietors, false friends, false enjoyers, and they will fight one another. This is the s
ituation of the world. If education is given and people take this knowledge, there is immediately peace (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4ntim \'e5cchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). This is knowledge, and if anyone follows this principle, he is honest. He does not claim, "It is mine." He knows everything: "Oh, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, so therefore everything should be utilized for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ser
vice." That is honesty. If this pencil belongs to me, the etiquette is\'97My students sometimes ask, "Can I use this pencil?" "Yes, you can." Similarly, if I know that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I will not use anything without His permission. 
That is honesty. And that is knowledge. One who does not know is ignorant; he is foolish. And a foolish man commits criminality. All criminals are foolish men. Out of ignorance one commits lawbreaking. So ignorance is not bliss, but it is folly to be wis
e where ignorance is bliss. That is the difficulty. The whole world is enjoying ignorance. And when you talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they do not very much appreciate it. If I say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor; you are not the proprietor,
" you will not be very much satisfied. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Just see\'97ignorance is bliss. So it is my f
oolishness to say the real truth. Therefore it is folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss. So we are taking the risk of offending people, and they will think we are fools. If I say to a rich man, "You are not the proprietor. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the propr
ietor, so whatever money you have, spend it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba," he will be angry.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upade\'e7o hi m\'fcrkh\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line prakop\'e4ya na \'e7\'e4ntaye\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 N\'e9ti \'c7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If you instruct a rascal, he'll be angry." Therefore we go as beggars: "My dear sir, you are a very nice man. I am a }{\cs2873\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  beggar, so I want to construct a temple. Can you spare some money?" So he will think, "Oh, here i
s a beggar. Give him some money." [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] But if I say, "Dear sir, you have millions of doll
ars at your disposal. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's money. Give it to me. I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant." Oh, he'll... [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] He will not be very satisfied. Rather, if I go as a beggar, he will give me something. And if I tell him the truth, he will not give me a farthing. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub They laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] We convince him as beggars. We are not beggars. We are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servants. We don't want anything from anyone. Because we know K\'e5\'f1\'eba w
ill provide everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh-h...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is knowledge. For ins
tance, a child will sometimes take something important, so we have to flatter him. "Oh, you are so nice. Please take these lozenges and give me that paper. It is nothing; it is paper." And he will say, "Oh, yes. Take. That's nice." Two-paise lozenges\'97
very nice and sweet. So we have to do that. Why? Because a man will go to hell by taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba's money. So some way or other, take some money from him and engage him in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And then he may not go to hell?
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. You save him from
 going to hell. Because a farthing spent for K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be accounted: "Oh, this man has given a farthing." This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aj\'ef\'e4ta-suk\'e5ti }{\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 spiritual activity one performs unknowingly}{\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 . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are very poor in their thought. Therefore the saintly persons move just to enl
ighten them a little. To give them a chance. Giving them a chance to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the saintly person's duty.
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is what?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is his duty. But if he takes
 money from others and utilizes it for his sense gratification, then he goes to hell. Then it is finished. Then he is a cheater; actually he is a criminal. You cannot take money, a farthing, from anyone, and use it for your own sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think of people I know who are not K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba means God.
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are just slightly God conscious, but st
ill these people are honest to the extent that they don't take from other people at all. And they try to be honest with other people. Will these\'97
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He does not take from other p
eople, but he takes from God.
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So these people are half good?
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m?
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These people are then half-good?
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not good. If he does not lear
n this principle\'97that God is the proprietor... Others' things? What do you mean, "others' things"?
\par }\pard \s1226 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like, people I'm thinking of\'97they're poor
 people who need money and food but\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone needs money. Everyone ne
eds it. Who is not poor? There are so many gentlemen sitting here. Who is not in need of money and food? You are also in need of money. So how do you distinguish poor from rich? Everyone needs it. If that is your definition... If one needs money and food
, then everyone needs money and food. So everyone is poor.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, but, well\'97I was thinking in terms of just
 people who are relatively poor.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Relatively, relatively, ma
ybe. You are more hungry than me. That does not mean you are not hungry or I am not hungry. I do not feel hungry now. That does not mean I do not feel hungry or I am not hungry. For the time being you may not be hungry. But tomorrow you'll be hungry.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What I feel is that\'97somehow these people\'97t
hat... Everybody around them may be stealing, but they still stand up and don't steal. These people somehow deserve something good to happen to them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the man who is thinkin
g that he is not stealing is also a thief because he does not know that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, whatever he is accepting, he is stealing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is he less of a thief?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You may not know that I am
 the proprietor of this wrapper, but if you take it away, are you not stealing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But maybe if I know it is yours and I take it, I
 am a worse thief than if I do not know whose it is. I just think it may be nobody's, and I take it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also stealing. Bec
ause it must belong to somebody. And you take it without his permission. You may not know exactly who is the proprietor, but you know, "It must belong to someone." That is knowledge. Sometimes we see on the road so many valuable things left there\'97gove
rnment property for repairing roads or some electrical work. A man may think, "Oh, fortunately these things are lying here, so I may take them." Is it not stealing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is stealing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. He does not know that
 this is all government property. He takes it away. That is stealing. And when he is caught, he is arrested, and he is punished. So, similarly, whatever you are collecting\'97suppose you are drinking a glass of water from the river. Is the river your pro
perty?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then? It is stealing. You 
have not created the river. You do not know who is the proprietor. Therefore it is not your property. So, even if you drink a glass of water without knowing to whom it belongs, you are a thief. So you may think, "I am honest," but actually you are a thie
f. You must remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is Your creation, so kindly allow me to drink." This is honesty. Therefore a devotee always thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In all activities: "Oh, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's." This is honesty. So withou
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, everyone is a rascal, is a thief, is a rogue, is a robber. These qualifications. Therefore our conclusion is that anyone who does not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no good qualifications. Neither is he honest, nor has he k
nowledge. Therefore he is a third-class man. Is that correct? What do you think, Girir\'e4ja?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GIRIR\'c4JA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [a disciple]: Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not dogmatism. Thi
s is a fact. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some time elapses.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] So, you have understood what is knowledge and what is honesty?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'97in a way. In a way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And is there another way? 
[}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bob laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Is there any other way? Defy it! [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bob laughs again. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Another way? Girir\'e4ja?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GIRIR\'c4JA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there an alternative? W
e do not say anything that can be defied by anyone. That experience we have. Rather, we defy everyone: "Any questions?" Till now, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us protection. In big, big meetings in big, big countries, after speaking I ask, "Any questions?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, I have none.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In London, we had\'97how m
any days' lectures in that\'97what is that? Conway Hall?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  Twelve days. Conway Hall.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Conway Hall.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  Twelve days.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. So after every meetin
g I was asking, "Any questions?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Did you get many questions?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. Many foolish ques
tions. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let me ask one more question. What is being fool
ish?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One having no knowledge is
 to be considered foolish.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabhup\'e4da, I have one person
al question. Can I ask?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub INDIAN GENTLEMAN:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some time ago in Calcutta they obse
rved a week\'97it was named, "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Week."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mmm. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He gives a quick laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] This is another foolishness. They are advertising prevention of cruelty, and they are maint
aining thousands of slaughterhouses. You see? That is another foolishness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub INDIAN GENTLEMAN:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So I wanted just to ask\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Asking\'97before you ask, 
I give you the answer. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] That is another foolishness. They are regularly cruel to anima
ls, and they are making a society...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Maybe this is\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suppose a gang of thieves 
has a signboard\'97"Goodman and Company." You sometimes find such a signboard.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our landlord in the San Francisco
 temple was named Goodman.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The philosophy is that whe
n an animal is not properly nourished, that is cruelty. Therefore instead of allowing it to starve, better to kill it. That is their theory. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say, "Oh, it is bette
r to kill him than to give him so much pain." That theory is coming in communist countries. An old man\'97grandfather\'97is suffering, so better to kill him. And there\'97in Africa there is a class of men who make a festival by killing their great-grandf
athers. Is it not? Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They eat them?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Yes?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  I had an uncle and aunt. They were in the 
Army. So when they went overseas, they could not take their dog with them. So they said, "The poor dog. He will be so heartbroken not to be with us," so they put him to sleep\'97killed him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Gandhi's life also, he 
once killed one calf or some cow. It was suffering very much. So Gandhi ordered, "Instead of letting it suffer, just kill it."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GIRIR\'c4JA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yesterday you said that the spiritual ma
ster may have to suffer due to the sinful activities of his disciples. What do you mean by sinful activities?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sinful activities means th
at you promised, "I shall follow the regulative principles." If you do not follow, that is sinful. That is the promise. Very simple. You break the promise and do nasty things; therefore you are sinful. Is it not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GIRIR\'c4JA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pause}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] But there are some things that we're instructed to do...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hm-m?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GIRIR\'c4JA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are other things which we're instr
ucted to do which, even though we try to do, we cannot do perfectly yet.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that? You try to do
 and cannot do? How is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GIRIR\'c4JA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like chanting attentively. Sometimes we 
try to, but\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, that is not a fault.
 Suppose you are trying to do something. Due to your inexperience if you sometimes fail, that is not a fault. You are trying. There is a verse in the }{\cs2873\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 hm-m\'97that if a devotee is trying his best but due to his incapability he sometimes fails, K\'e5\'f1\'eba excuses him. And in 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.30]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes not willingly but due to past bad habits\'97habit is second nature\'97one does something nonsensical. But that does not mean
 he is faulty. But he must repent for that\'97"I have done this." And he should try to avoid it as far as possible. But habit is second nature. Sometimes, in spite of your trying hard, }{\cs2873\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 it pushes with pitfalls. That can be excused. K\'e5\'f1\'eba excuses. But those who are doing something willingly are not excused. On the 
strength that I am a devotee, if I think, "Because I am chanting, I may therefore commit all this nonsense, and it will be nullified," that is the greatest offense.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 8: Advancing 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 EIGHT \line Advancing in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Consciousness (an exchange of letters)
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Springfield, New Jersey\line June 12, 1972
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Prabhup\'e4da,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my humble obeisances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have been associating with the devotees of the New York temple. With the association of such fine, advanced devotees, I hope that I may make some advancement in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. My fiancee has started to come to the temple and is chanting a little. She knew nothing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness until I wrote her about it from India. \'c4treya \'c5\'f1i has been kind enough to invite us to his ho
me so that we may see an ideal householder life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I went to Bombay the end of April for termination from the Peace Corps. I was fortunate enough to come down with a minor illness, so that I had to stay in Bombay fo
r two weeks. I spent the time with the advanced and kind devotees at Juhu. Unfortunately you had left five days previously.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I understand so little, but I have faith in the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and hope to take to it more and more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I look forward to \'c4treya \'c5\'f1i's description of the temple in Los Angeles and hope that I may personally hear you in New York.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you for the kindness you have shown to a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  undeserving boy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Bob Cohen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\line ISKCON Los Angeles\line June 16, 1972
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob Cohen\line Springfield, New Jersey
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Bob,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated June 12, 1972. I have noted the sentiments expressed therein with great pleasure. I am very 
glad to hear that you are associating with us. I know that you are a very good boy, very intelligent, and your behavior is gentle, so I have all confidence that very quickly K\'e5\'f1\'eba will bestow all His blessings upon you, and you will feel yoursel
f becoming perfectly happy in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One makes his advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by voluntarily giving up his attachment to material nature, or }{\cs2873\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  Such renunciation is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But we are not very willing to perform austerities without good reason; therefore any man with a good scientific and philosophical mind, like your good self, must first appreciate what transcendental know
ledge is. If you get knowledge, automatically }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will follow, and then you make your 
advancement in spiritual life. So to get knowledge is the first item for anyone who is hoping to find the perfection of his life. Therefore I advise you to read our books daily as far as possible and try to understand the subject matter from different an
gles of vision by discussing it frequently with the devotees at the New York temple. In this way you will gradually become convinced, and by your sincere attitude and devotional service you will make progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, having some faith in me and in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process is the first and only requirement for getting actual wisdom. If there is faith, unders
tanding will follow. And as your understanding increases, so will your disgust with the spell of illusory energy. And when you voluntarily give up your entanglements in the material world, then the progress is assured.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I think we are just now typing up the tapes of those conversations we held in M\'e4y\'e4pur, and we shall be publishing them as a book. It will be called }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I shall send you a copy as soon as they are ready to distribute
. Meanwhile, I shall be stopping in New York for two or three days on my way to London for the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Festival there. I am not yet certain when I shall be arriving in New York, but it will be some time in the early part of July. You may keep i
n regular contact with Bali Mardana regarding the arrival date, and I shall be very much engladdened to meet with you in New York once again. Again we shall discuss if you have any questions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hoping this will meet you in good health and a happy mood,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your ever well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA 9: Deciding for the 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 NINE \line Deciding for the Futu
re \line New York\'97July 4, 1972
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I received your very kind letter.\line }{\cs2351
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh.\line }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  About a week ago.\line }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, you are a very intelligent boy. You can try to understand this philosophy. It is very important. For sense gratification people are wasting so much energy. They are not aware of what is going to happen i
n the next life. There is a next life, but foolish people are ignorant. This life is preparation for the next life. That they do not know. The modern education and its universities are completely in darkness about this simple knowledge. We are changing b
odies every moment\'97that is a medical fact. After leaving this body, we will have to accept another body. How are we going to accept that body? What kind of body? This can also be known. For example, if someone is being educated, one can understand tha
t when he passes his examination, he is going to be an engineer or medical practitioner. Similarly, in this life, you can prepare yourself to become something in the next life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA}{\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 Bob's wife}{\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  Can we decide what we want to be next life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you can decide. We ha
ve decided that next life we are going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is our decision\'97back home, back to Godhead. Suppose you want to become educated. After this decision that you are going to be an engineer or you are going to be a medical practitioner, wit
h that objective you prepare and educate yourself. Similarly, you can decide what you are going to do next life. But if you don't decide, then the material nature will decide.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could I have been K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious i
n my last life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It doesn't matter. But you
 can become. Take advantage of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  She's asking if it was possible that in he
r last life she was a K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotee and has come back again.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one is perfectly K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee, he does not come back. But if there is a little deficiency, then there is a possibility of coming back. But even though there is a deficiency, he comes back to a nice family. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'bhij\'e4yate}{\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  ["The unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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 birth in a religious or aristocratic family." Human intelligence can decide for the future. That is human intelligence. The animal cannot decide. We have discriminatory power. If I do this, I will be benefited; if I do that, I
 will not be benefited. This is there in human life. So you have to use it properly. You should know what is our goal of life and decide in that way. That is human civilization....
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Have you ever seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Daily. Every moment.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But not in the material body?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He has no material body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, in the temple here they have pictures 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba....
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not a material bod
y. You are seeing materially because you have material eyes. Because you have material eyes, you cannot see the spiritual form. Therefore He kindly appears to be in a material body so that you can see. However, because He has kindly made Himself just fit
 for your seeing, that does not mean He has a material body. Suppose the President of the United States kindly comes to your house. That does not mean that his position and your position are the same. It is his kindness. Out of love, he may come to your 
house, but that does not mean he is on the same level as you. Similarly, because we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba with our present eyes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore appears before us as a painting, as made of stone, as made of wood. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not di
fferent from these paintings and wood because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After we die, what happens to our spirit?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You get another body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Immediately?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Just as when you chan
ge your apartment: you fix up your new apartment first; then you leave this one and go there.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So do we know what type of body we will get?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, provided you are qual
ified. Otherwise nature will arrange for it. Those who know\'97they know what is there. But for those who do not know, nature will arrange things. If you do not know, this means you have not prepared your life, so accidentally, at the time of death, your
 mentality will create another body, and nature will supply it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BARBARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And chanting\'97what does chanting do?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That you can ask these boy
s [the devotees]. They will explain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If K\'e5\'f1\'eba controls everything, how does 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba control a nondevotee?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By }{\cs2873\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  Just as the government controls everything. A kingdom is controlled by the king's departments.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And how does K\'e5\'f1\'eba control a devotee?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just as you control your b
eloved. For example, if you have a beloved child, you control him for his benefit. If he is going to touch fire, you will immediately tell him, "No, no, my dear child. Don't touch it." So a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, a devotee, is never misled, bec
ause K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always guiding him, whereas those who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious are in the charge of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  will do the needful, as you have seen.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it preset, when we're born, the time that we'
ll die?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the time that I'm going to die, and others ar
e going to die, preset before we are born? When I'm born, do I have a certain given life span?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\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  And he cannot change that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he cannot change it, b
ut K\'e5\'f1\'eba can change it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 he commits suicide, is that also preset?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not preset. That you can d
o because you have a little independence. It is not natural to commit suicide; it is unnatural. So because we have independence, we can go from nature to "un-nature." A prisoner cannot go out of the prison house naturally, but somehow or other he arrange
s to jump over the wall and goes away. Then he becomes a criminal for further imprisonment. Naturally, the prisoner cannot go out of the prison house, but if somehow or other he manages to escape, that means he becomes again a criminal. He will be arrest
ed again, and his term of imprisonment will be increased, or he will be punished more. So, naturally we cannot violate destiny. But if we do it, then we will suffer. But our destiny can be changed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba when we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. W
e do not do it, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba will do it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi}{\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 "I shall give you protection." That change takes place for 
my protection.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two stages\'97nondevotee and devotee. The nondevotee is under the control of material nature, and the devotee is under the d
irect control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the office of a big man, an executive of a big company, there are many employees, and they are controlled by different departmental superintendents. But although outside of home he controls indirectly, the same man at 
home is controlling his children directly. But he is always a controller. Similarly, God is the controller always. When one becomes a devotee, he is controlled by God; when he is a nondevotee, he is controlled by His agent, }{\cs2873\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 he has to be controlled. For example, every citizen of America is controlled by the government. When he is all 
right, the civil department controls him; when he is not all right, the criminal department controls him. But he cannot say, "I am not controlled." That is not possible. Everyone is controlled. If somebody says, "I am not controlled," he is not sane; he 
is crazy. Everyone is controlled. So either you are controlled directly by God, or you are controlled by His agency, }{\cs2873\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  Being controlled by }{\cs2873\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 spoil your life; you remain in 
material existence one birth after another, changing your bodies. But if you choose to be controlled by God, then after this body, you go back home, back to Godhead. Then your life is successful. You cannot exist without being controlled; that is not pos
sible. That is intelligence. And that is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ante}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "After many births of traveling or sp
eculation, one surrenders unto Me." }{\cs2873\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, You are everythin
g. So I have come. Accept me. I am now fully surrendered unto You, and You control me. I am controlled. For so long I have been controlled by these rascals. There is no benefit. I have been controlled by my senses. So under the control of the senses I ha
ve served so-called family, society, country, nation\'97up to serving the dogs. But nothing has given me satisfaction. Therefore now I have good sense; I put myself under Your control. Instead of being controlled by dog, let me be controlled by God." Thi
s is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Have you not seen how a man is controlled by a dog? In the street the dog stops, passes stool, and his master will stand and wait. Is it not? He is passing stool and urine, and the master is thinking, "I am master." But
 he is being controlled. That is }{\cs2873\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 has become servant of the dog, but he is thinking,
 "I am master." So unless one is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, one cannot understand. We can understand that this rascal is being controlled by his dog, but he is thinking that he is the master. We can understand. What do you think? Has he not become control
led by the dog?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he is thinking, "I am 
the master of the dog." A family man is controlled by his wife, his children, by his servants, by everyone, but he is thinking, "I am master." President Nixon is thinking that he is master of his country, but he is controlled. At once he can be dismissed
 by the public, his servants! And he will take a position, claiming, "I will give you very good service," and "I shall be a first-class servant." Therefore people vote, "All right, you become president." And he is advertising: "Reelect me! Reelect me!" T
hat means he is a servant. But he is thinking, "I am master." That is the position. }{\cs2873\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  On
e who is controlled by }{\cs2873\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 thinking himself master, but he is a servant. And a devotee n
ever thinks to himself, "I am master," only "I am servant." That is the difference between }{\cs2873\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 reality. He at least knows: "I am never master. I am always a servant." Wh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub en a servant is thinking, "I am master," that is called illusion. But when a servant
 thinks, "I am a servant," that is not illusion. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation. Because he is 
not controlled by false thoughts. Try to think about this subject matter. A devotee is never controlled by false thoughts. He knows his position. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svar\'fcpe\'eba }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyavasthiti\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  liberation, means to be situated in one's own constitutional position. I am a servant. So if I know that I am a servant, that is my liberation. And if I think that I am master, that is bondage. This is the difference between conditioned life
 and liberated life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So these K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees are always thinking that they are servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore they are all libera
ted. They do not endeavor for liberation. They are already liberated because they are situated in their constitutional position. They are not artificially thinking, "I am master." Otherwise, everyone is thinking, "I am master." That is illusion. You cann
ot be master in any state of your life; you must remain a servant. That is your position. When one thinks artificially that he is master, that is his conditioned life. And when one voluntarily surrenders to the supreme master, that is his liberation. A d
evotee does not try for liberation separately. As soon as he surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative, he is liberated.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabhup\'e4da, people that engage in religions, 
like these "Jesus freaks" and other people, claim that Jesus is guiding them. Can this be so?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but they are not taki
ng the guidance. Just like the Christians. Jesus is guiding them, "Thou shalt not kill," but they are killing. Where is the Jesus guidance? Simply saying, "I am guided by Jesus Christ"\'97will that do? "But I don't care for his words." Is that guidance? 
Nobody is being guided by Jesus Christ. Their claim is false. It is very hard to find a man who is actually being guided by Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ's guidance is available, but nobody is caring for him. They have taken Jesus Christ as contractor to ta
ke up their sins. That is their philosophy. They commit all kinds of sins, and poor Jesus Christ will be responsible. That is their religion. Therefore they say, "We have a very good religion. For all our sinful activities, Jesus Christ will die." So is 
that good religion? They have no sympathy for Jesus Christ. He died for our sins. Why should we commit sins again? Such a great life has been sacrificed for our sins, so we should be guided by Jesus Christ. But if you take it otherwise\'97"Ah, we shall g
o on committing all sins, and Jesus Christ will make a contract to nullify all my sins; I'll simply go to the church and confess and come back and again do all nonsense"\'97do you think that shows very good intelligence?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, one who is guide
d by Jesus Christ will certainly get liberation. But it is very hard to find a man who is actually being guided by Jesus Christ.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the "Jesus freaks," the young people 
that have joined the Jesus movement? They read the Bible very often, and they try to\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But violence is against th
e Bible's injunctions. How can they kill if they are following the Bible?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I asked one this, and he claimed that Jesus was 
also eating meat in the Bible.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right. He may e
at anything. He is powerful. But he has ordered, "Thou shalt not kill. You must stop killing." He is powerful. He can eat the whole world. But you cannot compare to Jesus Christ. You cannot imitate Jesus Christ; you have to abide by his order. Then you a
re guided by Jesus Christ. That is actually obedience. That is explained in the }{\cs2873\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 
who is }{\cs2873\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  who is empowered, can do anything, but we cannot imitate. We have to abide by
 his order: "What he says to me, that I will do." You cannot imitate. You say that Jesus Christ ate meat. Admitting that, you do not know in what condition he ate meat. He is himself eating meat, but he is advising others not to kill. Do you think that J
esus Christ was contradicting himself?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He cannot do that. That is
 real faith in him\'97that he cannot do that. So why has he eaten meat? He knows, but he has asked me not to kill. I have to follow. That is the real system. You are not Jesus Christ; you cannot imitate him. He has sacrificed his life for God. Can you do
 that? So why shall you imitate Jesus Christ? You are imitating Jesus Christ by eating meat. Why not imitate Jesus Christ and sacrifice your life for spreading God consciousness? What do you think? Yes, when you preach you can say what you think. They ar
e so-called Christians\'97but what are they doing for God? Just consider the sun. The sun is absorbing urine. Can you drink urine? If you want to imitate the sun\'97"Oh, here is the sun absorbing urine. Let me drink urine"\'97can you? Jesus Christ is pow
erful; he can do everything. But we cannot imitate; we have to simply abide by his order. That is real Christianity. We cannot imitate a powerful man. That is wrong. In our Vedic literature, there was a poison ocean, so people could not find out what to 
do with it. Then Lord \'c7iva said, "All right, I'll drink it." So he drank the whole poison ocean and kept it in his throat. Can you drink poison? Not the ocean\'97just one cup? So how can we imitate Lord \'c7iva? Lord \'c7iva never advised that we drin
k poison. So you have to abide by the advice, not imitate. These LSD and marijuana people say that Lord \'c7iva used to smoke }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ga\'efja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Lord \'c7iva drank the whole poisoned ocean. Can you do that? Lord \'c7iva's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instructions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should be taken. He says that the best worship is worship of Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebor \'e4r\'e4dhana\'e0 param.}{\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 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 When he was asked by P\'e4rvat\'e9 what method of worship is best, then he said, "The best worship is worship of Lord Vi
\'f1\'ebu [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]." There are many demigods, but he recommended Vi\'f1\'ebu worship as the best. And better than Vi\'f1\'ebu worship is worship of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Tad\'e9y\'e4n\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His servants, or those who are in relation to Him. For instance, we are worshiping this plant, }{\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  We are not worshiping all plants, but because this }{\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  has a very intimate connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vi\'f1\'ebu, we are therefore worshiping her. Similarly, if anything is intimately related with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, worship of that thi
ng is better than worship of Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BOB:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wil
l be pleased. Suppose you have a dog and some friends come and pat your dog. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da makes big patting motions.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] You become pleased. You become pleased: "Oh, he is my good friend." You see how they think. We see this\'97some friend comes and says, "My, what a nice dog you have." [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laughter.}{\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 Some Indian guests enter the room.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Please have some }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da.
\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 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continues speaking with his guest
s, sometimes in English and sometimes Hindi. It is his last day in New York, and his plane to London is scheduled to leave in only a few hours. Bob has brought a car to drive \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to Kennedy Airport. The devotees are scurrying about,
 bringing luggage to the car, putting the manuscripts of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's latest translating work in order, and making other last-minute arrangements.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7Y\'c4MASUNDARA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything's ready, \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da. The car is waiting for us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So? We can go now? All rig
ht. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 PQPA Concluding Words
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Concluding Words
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On July 19, 1976, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da accepted my wife and me as his disciples and initiated us with the names Bhaktidevi dasi and Brahmatirt
ha dasa. As I reflect back on that day, I can see how fortunate I was to have met His Divine Grace and my Godbrothers in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I was handed my beads at initiation, I promised to follow the regulative principles and to chant God's names daily. Four years previously, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da had advised me to follow these principles, and within six months, he said, I could be like the other devotees; all unnecessary things (anarthas), such as mundane movies and restaurants, would cease to attract me. "The whole human life is meant for
 purification," he said. I was interested in being purified, even though I did not really know what purification meant. I had gone to India with the Peace Corps hoping to find a higher level of consciousness. I could not believe that satisfying the sense
s was the all in all, yet I myself was bound by the senses. Later I could understand that yoga means becoming free from the dictation of the senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon returning to America, I started graduate school in geology, got married, and became somewhat entangled in domestic responsibilities, but I would very often thi
nk of my conversations with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and of his instructions. One of his primary instructions was simply to associate with the devotees, and this I gladly did. Devotees are different: by understanding that loving service to the Supreme 
Lord is the goal of life, they avoid getting caught up in the petty affairs of sense gratification and false ego. Visiting the temple was most refreshing. Gradually, my wife and I became friends with many devotees and wanted somehow to do some service fo
r the movement. I sponsored a }{\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  club at the university, and our apartment served as a w
ay station for traveling parties of devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we followed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's instructions, even our eating became purified. In India I had told \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that I could not offer my fo
od as the devotees do because I did not understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. So he told me simply to thank God for my food before eating. This we did, and finally our devotion matured, and we started actually offering our food to the Supreme Lord. What
 a wonderful feeling, to be cooking for the Supreme Lord! This actually freed us from the control of the tongue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, we were ready to become involved fully in temple life. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace, I obtained a job near a temple in Texas and began to take part in all the
 temple programs. In this way, all the }{\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  disappeared, just as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da ha
d predicted. It was like having a burden lifted from our shoulders. We were no longer servants of our senses, but servants of God and His devotees. The value of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's instructions had become clear. A human being is not meant to labo
r like an ass and enjoy like a dog. Purification means coming to a higher level of consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even though I have been initiated, I still admire my Godbrothers' spiritual awareness and wish to advance. Actually, initiation is the beginning.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmat\'e9rtha dasa Adhik\'e4ri \line (Bob Cohen)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas \line October 16, 1976
\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 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 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisid
dh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, a prominent devotional scholar and the founder of sixty-four Gau\'f2\'e9ya Mathas (Vedic institutes), liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate 
his life to teaching Vedic knowledge. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became his student, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad he became his formally initiated disciple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At their first meeting, in 1922, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura requested \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to broadcast Vedic knowledge through 
the English language. In the years that followed, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote a commentary 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 , assisted the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha in its work and, in 1944, without assistance, started an English fortnightly magazine, edited it, typed the manuscripts and checked the galley proofs. He even distributed the individual copies f
reely and struggled to maintain the publication. Once begun, the magazine never stopped; it is now being continued by his disciples in the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recognizing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's philosophical learning and devotion, the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Society honored him in 1947 with the title "Bhaktiveda
nta." In 1950, at the age of fiftyfour, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da retired from married life, and four years later he adopted the }{\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) order to devote more time to his studies and writing. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da traveled to the holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where he lived in very humble circumstances in the historic medieval
 temple of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara. There he engaged for several years in deep study and writing. He 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 ) in 1959. At R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began work on his life's masterpiece: a multivolume translation and commentary on the eighteen-thousand-verse }{\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 Bh\'e4gavata 
Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He also wrote }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After publishing three volumes 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 , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the United States, in 1965, to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. Since that time, His Divine Grace has written over forty volumes of authoritative translations, commen
taries and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1965, when he first arrived by freighter in New York City, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was practically penniless. It was after almost a year of great difficulty th
at he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in July of 1966. Under his careful guidance, the Society has grown within a decade to a worldwide confederation of almost 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 In 1968, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da created New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virginia. Inspired by the success of New V\'e5n
d\'e4vana, now a thriving farm community of 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 in the West by founding the Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas. The school be
gan with three children in 1972, and by the beginning of 1975 the enrollment had grown to one hundred fifty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has also inspired the construction of a large international center at \'c7r\'e9dhama Mayapur in West Bengal, India, which is also the site
 for a planned Institute of Vedic Studies. A similar project is the magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balarama Temple and International Guest House in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. These are centers where Westerners can live to gain firsthand experience of Vedic cult
ure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's most significant contribution, however, is his books. Highly respected by the academic community for their authoritativeness, depth and 
clarity, they are used as standard textbooks in numerous college courses. His writings have been translated into eleven languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, established in 1972 exclusively to publish the works of His Divine Grace, has thus become the
 world's largest publisher of books in the field of Indian religion and philosophy. Its latest project is the publishing of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4das most recent work: a seventeen volume translation and commentary\'97completed by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4
da in only eighteen months\'97on the Bengali religious classic }{\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
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the past ten years, in spite of his advanced age, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours that have taken him to six contin
ents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continues to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glossary
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf1 A Note from the Secretary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Reader:\line After finishing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perfect Quest
ions, Perfect Answers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , you may want to go further in understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You may want to find out more about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy; y
ou may want to practice some of the techniques 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 ; you may even want to become a full
y K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee. In any case, there's much you can do.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, we have a virtual library of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books. We generally recommend starting off with }{\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 , our spiritual master's translation and commentary for the 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  to which he so often referred in his talks with Bob. After 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  comes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a multivolume work that could be called a postgraduate study for spiritual life. All told, we've published some fifty large books of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy, e
nough to read and study for a whole lifetime. We also have a monthly magazine, }{\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 , a
nd records and tape cassettes of transcendental chanting.
\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 you'd like to meet and talk with devotees and get some firsthand experience of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in action, we 
have about one hundred centers around the world, most of them in the United States. Generally our centers are in large cities, although we also have some fifteen K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious farm communities for "simple living and high thinking." All of our 
centers have regular classes every day, feast programs every Sunday, and also special festivals throughout the year. For more specific information, you can write or call the center nearest you. And if you ever travel to India, you can visit our Internati
onal Center at \'c7r\'e9dhama Mayapura, the holy city where the conversations in this book took place. We also have a wonderful International Center and Guest House in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the ancient Indian city of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal pastimes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, wherever you are, you can always take advantage of 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 : 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\'e4m
a R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Our spiritual master says, "Just chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and your life will be sublime."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, for any questions at all that you might have about spiritual life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, please feel free 
to get in touch with us here at our central office in Los Angeles, and we'll do whatever we can to be of service.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Swarup das Adhikari\line Secretary
\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 International Society for Krishna Consciousness 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3764 Watseka Avenue 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California 90034 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Telephone: (213)871-0717
\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 EXPAND YOUR AWARENESS
\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 classics offered below are presented for those seeking inner peace and happiness. They authoritatively show the way to se
lf-realization, and reveal many of the mysteries about God, soul, birth, death and rebirth. The books are written by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is gradually being recognized as the leading scholar and authority on Vedic
 literature and philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1)\tab Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A five thousand year old book of spotless wisdom for man today. It is the most comprehensible, readable and widely read trans
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone of any caste, color or creed can be admitted into the ashram free of charge, and he will also receive food, clothing and shelter as he requires. All devotees
, be they old or new, follow the same devotional principles, including:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1)\tab No eating of meat, fish or eggs\line (2)\tab No intoxication including coffee, tea and cigarettes\line (3)\tab No i
llicit connection with women, and\line (4)\tab No gambling
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, the devotees rise early in the morning, bathe, don fresh cloth, and attend a morning programme of mangala arati, prayer, Tulasi worship, class, and gur
u puja of the ashram's founder-acharya, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, and His successors. The peaceful and serene atmosphere of Hare Krishna Land creates an ideal setting for those who seek the ultimate perfection of lifeservi
ce and devotion to God.
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re Krishna!
\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 1.  The Dearmost Person
\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\fs24\cf6\cb1\nosupersub What follows is based on a series of talks \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave in 1968 o
n the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\cb1\nosupersub , Canto 7, Chapter }{\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\cf6\cb1\nosupersub .]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today I shall speak before you of the history of a boy devotee. His name is Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j, and he was born in a family which was stubbornly atheistic. Th
ere are two kinds of men in this world; one is called the demon, and the other is called the demigod. What is the difference between them? The main difference is that the demigods or godly persons are devoted to the Supreme Lord, whereas the demons are a
theistic. They do not believe in God because they are materialists. These two classes of men always exist in this world. At the present moment, due to this age of Kali (Quarrel), the number of demons has increased, but the classification has existed sinc
e the beginning of creation. This incident which I am narrating to you occurred very, very long ago, a few million years after the time of creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This boy Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j 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. Because the society was materialistic, this boy 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. Lord Jesus Christ, for example, was 
very much eager to broadcast the glorification of God, but demoniac people misunderstood him and crucified him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j was a five-year-old boy, and, when he was in school, as soon as there was a recreation period, when the teacher was off, he would say to hi
s friends, "My dear friends, come on. We shall speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." I am just opening a scene. This 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 , Seventh Canto, Sixth Chapter. The devotee Prahl\'e4d is saying, "My dear boys, my dear friends, this is the time, in this young age, to prosecute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." Before that, he had
 held discussions with his little friends, but they said, "Oh, we shall now play. Why take up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?" In answer to this, Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j is stating, "If you are intelligent, then you must begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 from childhood!"
\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  offers }{\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 , or scientific knowledge about God. }{\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 Supreme Personality of Godhead, and }{\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  means the regulative principles of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This human form of life is very rare. It is a great opportunity. Therefore, Prahl\'e4d says, "My dear friends, you are born as civiliz
ed human beings, so this is the greatest opportunity." Although it is temporary\'97I do not know what is the length of my life\'97it is calculated that in this age the human body is meant to exist not more than a hundred years. But as the age of Kali adv
ances, duration of life, memory, mercy, religiousness and all other such assets decrease.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although it is temporary, you can achieve the highest perfection of life while in this human form. Why is this so important? This is }{\b0\i\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  opportunity\'97you can understand the Supreme Lord, the all-pervading Lord. For other life forms this is not possible. By 
the gradual evolutionary process we come to this plane, so this is the opportunity, this human form of life. By nature's law, a human body is ultimately given to you so that you can promote yourself to the spiritual life and go back home, back to Godhead
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ultimate goal of life is Vi\'f1\'ebu. In another verse, Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j will say: "People who are in this material world, enamored by the material ener
gy, do not know what the goal of human life is." Why? They have been enchanted by the glaring external energy. They have forgotten that they are spiritual energy. This is explained later on, but here he says, "This life is an opportunity to understand th
e ultimate goal of perfection, Vi\'f1\'ebu." Why should we be very anxious to know Vi\'f1\'ebu, or God? Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j gives a reason: "Vi\'f1\'ebu is the dearmost person. }{\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  we have forgotten." We all seek for some dear friend\'97everyone searches in this way. A man searches for dear friendship in woman, and woman searches for dea
r friendship in man. Or else a man searches in man, and woman searches in woman. Everyone searches after some dear friend, some sweet friend. Why? We want the cooperation of a dear friend who will help us. This is part of the struggle for existence, and 
this is natural. But we do not know that our most dear friend is Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme parcel of the Supreme Lord." That is the platform of real understanding. Personality of Godhead. We are searching after some dear friend, but we do not know who thi
s dear friend can be.
\par }\pard {\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  will find this nice verse in the Fifth Chapter: "If you make friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, then you can understand perfectly that everything that exists in this world or other worlds is all the prope
rty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the proprietor and enjoyer of everything." Why are you performing austerity? Why are you performing religious rituals? Why are you giving in charity? Why do you engage in righteous activities? Whatever formulas you have manuf
actured are meant for pleasing the Supreme Lord, and nothing more. By your actions, by your righteous activities, when the Supreme Lord is pleased, you will get the result. If by your actions you want to gain either material happiness or spiritual happin
ess, if you want to live on this planet or on other planets, if you want to be a human being or you want to be a tiger, cat or dog, whatever you like you will get. Therefore He is the most sincere friend. Whatever you want from Him, you can get. But the 
intelligent man does not want anything that is materially contaminated. 
\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  you will find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one can elevate oneself to the highest planet, which is known as Brahmaloka, where the duration of life is millions and millions of years. You cannot figure the duration of life there; your ari
thmetic will be ineffective. The statement in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagvad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that Brahm\'e4's life is so l
ong that 4,200,000 years make one day to him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Whatever position you want, beginning from the ant right up to Brahm\'e4, you can have. But the repetition of birth and death will be there. However, if, somehow or other, by discharging
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in devotional service, you come to Me, then you don't have to come back again to this miserable material condition." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j said the same thing: We are searching for the most dear friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. Why is He the most dear friend? By nature
 He is dear. What is the dear most thing within yourself? Have you analyzed? You are yourself the dearmost thing. I am sitting here, but if there is a fire alarm I shall at once take care of myself: "How can I save myself?" We forget our friends and even
 our children: "Let me first of all save myself." Self-preservation is the first law of nature. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , self, in the grossest sense refers to the body. In the subtler sphere the 
mind 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 , and in the real sense }{\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  means the soul. In the gross stage we are very fond of protecting the body, and in a subtler stage we are very fond of protecting the mind.
 But above this mental, intellectual plane, where the atmosphere is spiritualized, we can understand: "I am not this mind and not this body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aham brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97I am a part and and parcel of the Supreme Lord." That is the platform of real understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says that of all living entities, Vi\'f1\'ebu is the supreme well-wisher. Therefore we are all searching for Him. When a child cries, what 
does he long for? He longs for the mother. But he has no language to express this. By nature, he has his body, born of the mother's body, so there is an intimate relation with the mother's body. The child won't like any other woman. The child cries, but 
when the woman who is the child's mother comes and picks him up, at once he is pacified. He has no language to express all this, but the real demand is there. Similarly, we are trying to protect the body. 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 defend the body because within the body there is soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is this soul? The soul is a part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As we want to protect the hand or the finger because it is a part of the whole body, similarly
 we try to save ourselves because this is the defending process of the Supreme. The Supreme does not need defense, but this is a manifestation of our love towards Him, which is now perverted. The finger and the hand are meant to act in the interests of t
he 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. Similarly, we are searching for God, to dovetail our energy for the Supreme, but, under the sp
ell of illusory energy, we do not know it. That is our mistake.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, here is an opportunity, in human life. You have come to understand about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, about your real goal of life, because you are human bein
gs. I cannot invite cats and dogs 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 he loses the opportunity, it is a great catastrophe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j said, "God is the dearmost personality of all. We have to search for God." Then what about the material necessities of life? Prahl\'e4d Mah
\'e4r\'e4j replies to this, "You are after sense gratification. I know that. Sense gratification is automatically achieved by contact with this body." Because a hog has a certain type of body, his sense gratification comes from eating stool, the very thi
ng which is most obnoxious to you. At once, after evacuating, you leave to get free from the bad smell\'97but the hog is waiting. As soon as you evacuate, he will at once enjoy. Other animals are not attracted because one's form of pleasure-seeking is du
e to his particular body. There are different types of sense gratification according to different types of bodies. Therefore, Prahl\'e4d says, "My dear friends, sense gratification is achieved according to one's particular type of body." Everyone who has
 a material body receives sense gratification. Don't think that the hogs eating stools are unhappy. No, they are getting fat in that way. They are very happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, if a hog can achieve sense gratification, why not a human being? But that is not our achievement. That is given by nature; the facilities of a hog's body are o
ffered by nature, and the facilities of a dog's body are also offered by nature, or God. Why should you labor for facilities which you are destined to receive anyway, by nature's law? In every form of life the bodily demands are satisfied by the arrangem
ent of nature. This gratification is arranged, just as there is an arrangement 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 o
nly answer. Similarly, if miseries come by nature, your happiness will also come by nature. Don't bother about it. That is the instruction of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j. If you can receive the miseries of life without effort, similarly, you can have your h
appiness also without effort.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, what is the real purpose of this human form of life? You have to cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Other things will be obtained by nature's law, or God
's law. Even if I don't try, whatever I am to achieve because of my past work and my particular type of body will be supplied. At any stage or in any form of life, facility is given for sense gratification. As you do not try for misery, so also happiness
 will take place without your control. Your real concern, therefore, should be to seek out the higher goal of human life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRAHLAD MAHARAJ was a boy devotee\'97a born sage, who, at only five years of age, used to speak to his school friends thus
:\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear friends, now is the time to prosecute Krishna Consciousness, while we are still young (or at least young at hea
rt) unless we start immediately we'll never get out of the sufferings of the material entanglement.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So please at once take up the chanting of\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 \line {\b\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 \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf1 2.  "We Are Spoiling Our Lives!"
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j instructs his young friends: "My dear friends, material enjoyment involves agitating the senses. You have thi
s material sense enjoyment, my dear friends, and your only thought is how to enjoy these senses. That's all." In possession of a particular body, we have particular senses, and we enjoy. For example, a camel enjoys thorny twigs. Why? Camels are very fond
 of thorny twigs because when they chew the twigs, blood comes out of the tongue, and they taste their own blood. The camel thinks this is very nice. He eats thorny twigs, the twigs cut his tongue, and blood oozes out. He tastes his own blood, but he thi
nks, "I am enjoying." This is sense gratification. Sex life is also like that. We taste our own blood, and we think we are enjoying. This is our foolishness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entity who has contacted this material body is a spiritual being, but because he has a tendency to enjoy, to exploit this m
aterial energy, he has contacted a body. There are 8,400,000 species of living entities, each with a different body, and according to the body, they have particular senses in order to enjoy a particular type of pleasure. Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says tha
t this body and its particular type of enjoyment go together. Suppose you are given 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 it? "No! What nonsense are y
ou offering me?" Because you have a different body, you have no taste for that. But if you offer it to a camel, because of his particular body, it is a very nice meal.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One man's food is another man's poison. If one is offered something which is not his food, he cannot take it. The stool-eating hog wil
l not accept nice foodstuffs such as cake. Give him stool, and it will be very nice. But if you are offered the stool, because you have a different body you will say, "What are you offering?"
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 such enjoyment is due to the body. A
ctual happiness, however, is that which is not enjoyed by material senses but by the spiritual senses. Because we are spirit, we have spiritual senses. Now these are covered by matter, and therefore we are entrapped. Therefore, you should not endeavor to
 achieve material happiness. It will come. The lower animals have no business profession, but still they eat and live. So Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says, "You need not endeavor for material pleasure. That will come. Because you have a body, it is predesti
ned that bodily enjoyment\'97as you are fit to enjoy it\'97will come. If misery comes without our calling for it, so happiness will come without our calling for it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 our senses to increase material happiness. In any civilization, those who have n
o spiritual happiness always hanker after sense enjoyment. Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says, "Your life is limited. Although it is very valuable, it is also very limited. And our duty is to dovetail ourselves in some way in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and 
to act accordingly. You should not try to increase your material sense enjoyment. You cannot increase it. There are so many different kinds of bodies, and they are guided by nature's law: you have to eat like this, you have to live like this, you have to
 sleep like this. It has already been arranged."
\par }\pard \s1207 \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. Because we have higher consciousness, we should try for the higher enjoyment in li
fe, which is spiritual enjoyment. And how can that spiritual enjoyment be achieved? You should not waste your time simply hankering for material pleasure. Then, what is to be done? One should absorb himself in serving the Supreme Lord, who gives the plea
sure of liberation. We should turn our attention to achieving the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who can give us liberation from this material world.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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? Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says, "We are now in material entanglement. Now 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's senses dictate, you prepare another body by such sense enjoyment, and you get another body as you want it." There is no
 guarantee that you will get a human body. That will depend on your work. If you worked just like a demigod, you get a demigod's body. And if you worked just like a dog, then you get a dog's body. This is not in your hands; it is in the hand of nature. O
ur duty is not to speculate on what we are going to get next. At the present moment, let us understand that we have this material body. Now, if we want to develop our spiritual consciousness or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then we should at once engage 
ourselves in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba activity. That is auspicious for further progress.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How long should you do it? As long as this body does not stop working. We do not know when it will stop functioning. The great saint P
ar\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja got seven days notice: "Your body will fall in a week." But we do not know when our body will fall. As soon as we are on the road, there may immediately be some accident. We should always be prepared. Death is always there. W
e should not optimistically think, "Everyone is dying, I shall live." Why will you live if everyone is dying? Your father has died, your mother has died, your sister, your other relatives\'97why should you live? You will also die. And your children will 
also die. Therefore, before death comes, as long as we have this human intelligence, let us engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is the prescription of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material body is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everyone is anxious to enjoy. }{\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  means to
 enjoy, or the enjoyer. There is no one in this material world who does not like to enjoy sense gratification. Therefore, the body may be what it is\'97either male or female\'97but the desire, the ambition, is to enjoy material life. So the body is calle
d }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not know when this body will stop, but let us immediately engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and act accordingly. "But if I 
immediately engage myself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, what about my living?" That is arranged for. I am very happy to inform you of the confidence of a student in one of our branches. There was a disagreement. One student said, "You are not looking 
after how to maintain the establishment," and he replied, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will supply."This is a very nice conviction; I was glad to hear it. If cats and dogs and hogs can get food, and if we are going to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and fully devote 
our service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, will He not arrange for our food also? Is K\'e5\'f1\'eba ungracious? No.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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  you will find that the Lord says, "My dear Arjuna, I am equal to everyone. No one is the object of My envy, and no one is My special friend, but for one who engages in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, I have spe
cial attention." If a small child is completely dependent on the mercy of his parents, the parents have special attention for that child. Although the parents are equally good to all the children, for the small children who are always crying, "Mother!" t
hey have great concern. "Yes, my dear child? Yes?" This is natural.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are completely dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is supplying food to the dogs, birds, bees\'97to 8,400,000 species of life\'97w
hy should He not supply to you? This conviction is called surrender. But we should not think, "Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supplying my food, I shall now sleep." No, you have to work, but without fear. One should engage himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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, a 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 Dv\'e4para Yuga, they used to live for 1,000 years. Now, in
 this age, called Kali Yuga, the estimation is for decreases still further. Anyone can understand this. Suppose my grandfather lived 100 years, and my son is going to live for fifty years, and his son is going to live for thirty years. This is the progre
ss of our modern civilization. We are very proud that we are happy and are improving our civilization. The result, however, is that we try to enjoy material life, but the duration of our life is shortened. 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 , illusion.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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, the duration of life is reduced for those who have no information of spiritual life, who ha
ve not conquered sense enjoyment, or who are unable to control the mind. The lifetime of those who are too much addicted to sense gratification, according to this calculation, is at the utmost fifty years. Even if one has fifty years, if he has no inform
ation of spiritual life, his night is wasted in sleeping and sex life. That's all. He has no other interest. And in the daytime, what is his concern? "Where is money? Where is money? I must maintain this body." And when he has money: "Now let me spend fo
r my wife and children." Then where is his spiritual realization? At night he spends his time in this way, and by day he spends time in that way. Is that his mission in life? How horrible such a life is.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 and sporting. Up to twenty years, easily, you can go on like that. T
hen when you become old, for another twenty years you cannot do anything. When a man becomes old, his senses cannot function. You have seen many old men; they have nothing to do but rest. Just now we have received a letter from one of our students that h
is grandmother is paralyzed and has been suffering for the last three and a half years. So, in old age, everything is finished as soon as you are sixty years old. Therefore, from the beginning to twenty years of age, everything is spoiled; and even if yo
u live for a hundred years, another twenty in the last stage of life is also spoiled. So forty years of your life are spoiled in that way. And in the middle age there is a very strong sex appetite, so another twenty years can be lost. Twenty years, twent
y years, and twenty years\'97sixty years gone. How long are you going to live?
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j. We are spoiling our life instead of using it.
\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 3.  Family Illusion
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j told his friends, "You have to begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness immediately." All the boys were born of ath
eistic, materialistic families, but fortunately Prahl\'e4d was a great devotee of the Lord from his birth. Whenever he found an opportunity, when the teacher was out of the room, he used to speak: "My dear friends, this is the time. This is the time to b
egin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, as we have stated, someone might have said, "But we are just boys. Let us play. We are not going to die immediately. Let us have 
some enjoyment, and then we shall begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." People do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the highest enjoyment. They think that the boys who have joined this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are foolish. "They h
ave left everything, and by Prabhup\'e4da's influence they have joined." But actually this is not so. They are all intelligent, educated boys, coming from very respectable families; they are not fools. They are actually enjoying life, otherwise they woul
d not have spared their valuable time for this movement.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually there is joyful life, but people do not know. They say, "What is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?" When one grows into the 
sense gratification process, it is very difficult to get out of it. Therefore, according to Vedic regulations, in student life, beginning from five years of age, boys are taught about spiritual life. That is called }{\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 . 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 one who has dedicated his life for supreme K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or Brahman consciousness. He is called 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 . He is always situated in the Supreme (Brahman).
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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  has so many rules and regulations: according to 
}{\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  regulations, however rich one's father may be, one should be trained by 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, under the guidance of a spiritual master, and he should work in the }{\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  of the spiritual master just like a menial servant. How is this possible? We are getting actual experience that very nic
e boys coming from very respectable families do not hesitate to do any work here. They are washing dishes, cleansing floors\'97everything. One student's mother was astonished at her boy when he visited home. Before, he would not even go to the store, and
 now he is engaged twenty-four hours a day. Unless one feels pleasure, how is it possible that he can engage himself in such a process as K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? This is only due to Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is our single asset\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. One can be very jolly, simply by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Actually there is joyful life. But unless one is trained, one cannot live it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says that everyone is attached to family affection. If one is attached to family affairs, he cannot control h
is senses. Naturally, everyone wants to love. Society, friendship and love are needed. They are demands of the spirit soul, but they are being pervertedly reflected. Generally, I have seen that many ladies and gentlemen in your country have no family lif
e, but they have placed their love in cats and dogs. Because he or she wants to love someone but does not see anyone suitable to his desire, he therefore prefers to place his valuable love in cats and dogs. Our concern is just to transfer the love\'97whi
ch has to be placed somewhere\'97to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you transfer the love to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is perfection. But, because we do not know where to place our love, being frustrated and cheated, we at last place 
our love in cats and dogs. Everyone is entangled by this material, perverted love.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is very difficult to develop spiritual life when one is advanced in material love. It is very difficult because this bondage of lov
e is very strong. Therefore, Prahl\'e4d's proposition was that one should learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness immediately from childhood. When a boy is five or six years old, he is sent to school to be trained. When he is too young it is not possible for 
him to go to school, but as soon as his consciousness is developed, he is sent for education. Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says that one's education should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious, and it should begin immediately. When one is between the ages of five to 
fifteen years, he is considered a boy. After sixteen years one becomes a young man. He goes on to forty years, and then after forty years he is elderly; then, after sixty years, he is an old man. Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says that one should be taught K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from the beginning, from five to fifteen years of age. This is a very valuable time; you can train any boy in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and he will be perfect.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one becomes a little more advanced in materialism, it is difficult to develop spiritual life. What is materialism? Materialism me
ans that everyone of us in this material world, although we are spirit soul, somehow or other wants to enjoy this material world. Don't try to find out when it began, but actually that is the situation. This world is meant for enjoyment. Enjoyment is alr
eady present in my spirit soul, but we have come here to partake of contaminated enjoyment, just like a man who is on the Bowery and thinks he's enjoying. Some animals enjoy by eating stool. According to the body, we have different kinds of enjoyment. Th
e basic principle of enjoyment is sex life. Therefore, you will find sex life not only in human society, but in cat society, dog society, bird society\'97everywhere. During daytime, a pigeon has sex at least twenty times. This is his enjoyment. The basic
 principle of material life is sex life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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  says that material enjoyment is b
ased upon nothing more than the combination of man and woman in sex life. In the beginning a boy thinks, "Oh, that girl is nice," or the girl says, "That boy is nice. And when they meet, that material contamination becomes more prominent. My heart is alr
eady attached to material enjoyment, but as soon as I actually enjoy it, it becomes more attached, completely attached. How? As soon as a boy and girl are married, they want an apartment. Then, to maintain that apartment, they need some income. Then, whe
n there is income, they want to have children. Then when they have children, they want social recognition\'97society, friendship and love. This goes on increasing. Everything requires money: where is money? A man who is too materialistic will cheat anyon
e, kill anyone, beg, borrow or steal\'97anything to bring money. He knows that his buildings, his family, his wife and children cannot continue to exist here. They are just like bubbles in the ocean: they have come into existence, and after a little whil
e they will be gone. But he is too much attached. He will sacrifice his spiritual advancement in life for this. His perverted consciousness\'97"I am this body. I belong to this material world. I belong to this country. I belong to this community. I belon
g to this religion."\'97becomes greater and greater.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where is his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? He becomes so entangled that money becomes more valuable to him than his own life. He can r
isk even his own life for money. Everyone is trying to get money. Who? The householder, the laborer, the merchant, the thief, the dacoit, the rogue. What is the distinction? Everyone is after money. This is called illusion. One loses himself in the midst
 of this entanglement.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says that in this state, when you are too much implicated in materialism, you cannot at once begin K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. Of course, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is so kind that even if you have missed the chance to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious in your childhood, it is better late than never. If you do understand, then begin immediately in whatever po
sition you are. Even though you missed the opportunity to begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from childhood, begin now. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's teaching. He never said, "Because you did not begin Krishna consciousness from your childhood. you ca
nnot make progress." No. He is very kind. He has given us this nice 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. Whether you are a young m
an or an old man\'97no matter what you are\'97just begin. You do not know when your life will be finished. If you begin sincerely, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even for a moment}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it will have great effect. It will save you from the greatest danger.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although only five years old, Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j speaks just like a very experienced man because he received experience from his
 spiritual master, That will be disclosed later. Experience should not be derived from age, but from knowledge received from a superior source. One cannot become a wise man simply by advancement of age. No. That is not possible. Knowledge has to be recei
ved from a superior source. It doesn't matter whether he is a five-year-old boy or a fifty-year-old man. In Sanskrit this is phrased: "One becomes an old man without age."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is only five years old; how can he become an old man? One becomes old by advancement in knowledge. Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j is spea
king just like an old man. Suppose a man is already married and Prahl\'e4d says, "You take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." He will think, "Oh, how can I leave my wife? We talk so nicely together, sit together and enjoy. How can I leave?" It is a very s
trong combination.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am an old man, seventy-two years old. I have been away from my family during the last fourteen years. Yet sometimes I also think of 
my wife. This is quite natural. But that does not mean that I have to go back. This is knowledge. One should at once understand: this is illusion. According to the Vedic system, one has to forcibly give up family life at the age of fifty. One must go. Th
ere is no alternative. The first twenty-five years are for student life. From five years to twenty-five years, one should be educated very nicely in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The whole basic principle should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, nothing else.
 Then life will be successful. Life will be pleasing and successful, both in this world and in the next. For twenty years, from five to twenty-five, a boy should be trained. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness necessitates giving up material consciousness altog
ether. That is called perfect K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But if someone is not able to capture the essence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then he is allowed to have a good wife, be married, and live a peaceful householder life. And, because he has t
he basic principle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he will not entangle himself in the material world. If one lives a simple life\'97plain living and high thinking\'97he can progress and can cultivate the same K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness even within th
e family.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So family life is not condemned. But if a man forgets his spiritual identity and simply becomes entangled in material affairs, then he
 is lost. His life's mission is lost. If one thinks, "I cannot protect myself 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 ," then let him be married. That is prescribed. We don't have illicit sex life. If you want a girl, if you want a boy, get married. Live in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person who is trained from the very beginning naturally becomes disinclined toward the material way of life, and at the age of fifty
 he gives it up. How do you start giving it up? That is also a concession: the husband and wife leave the children. If from twenty-five to fifty he remains in family life, he must have some grown-up children. So he entrusts all his family affairs to them
. According to the Vedic system, a boy is married at the age of twenty, and a girl is married at twelve years. So, family affairs are entrusted to some of the boys who are family men, and the husband and wife go on pilgrimages to try to forget these atta
chments. When the gentleman is completely matured, he asks his wife to go home to his children, and he remains alone. That is the system. Otherwise, if we remain attached to material consciousness, then we will not perfect our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s. So we have to give ourselves a chance, step by step. Otherwise, if we become too materially complicated, we shall miss the opportunity of this human form of life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Family life means that we have very loving children, and we are loved. We attract, our wife talks very nicely, and we give very nice i
nstructions. "You do this. You do that." Thus we enjoy life. But we do not know that this enjoyment is false. We are standing on a false platform. At once, in the twinkling of an eye, we may have to give this up. Death is not under our control. 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 learn that if one dies while too much attached to one's wife, the result will be tha
t he will get his next life as a female. And if the wife is very attached to the husband, it is for her benefit; she gets her next life as a man. Therefore, according to the Vedic system, chastity is greatly stressed. This has nothing to do with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness; it is simply a matter of ending material consciousness. If a woman is chaste and simply thinks of one man, then the result will be that she will get a man's body in the next life. Similarly, if you are not a family man but are at
tached to a cat or dog, then your next life will be as a cat or dog. That is also a fact. It is better to love a woman and be attached to her. It is better to have a woman's body than to have a cat's or dog's body. These are the rules 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 nature.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole point is that one should begin. If one thinks, "After finishing my sporting life, when I am old and there is nothing else to
 do, then I shall go to the Krishna Consciousness Society and hear something," at that time one can go, but one should have the opportunity now and should utilize one's life from the very beginning. Therefore, this Society's main object is to give everyo
ne a chance to begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at any stage. And, by this process 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, it is very quick. There is
 an immediate result.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We shall request all the ladies and gentlemen who are very kindly attending our lectures or reading our literature to go home, and at 
your leisure hour, dance and chant, or read our books. You will find it very nice. That is our request. That is what our Society is spreading.
\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 4.  I Love K\'e5\'f1\'eba More Than Anything!
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j makes a further statement about the complications of material life. We must always remember that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a method for criticizing household life. Household life is recommended, but under the condition that one should not forget about his spiritual advancement in life. The difficulty is that in the material concept of life we f
orget our spiritual ideal. We should, therefore, be very cautious in dealing with the materialistic world. Because our position is forgetfulness, there are so many regulations on how to become a householder, how to become 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 how to execute the renounced order of life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we have to revive our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is the privilege of this human form. If we fail to revive our K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, then we miss the highest opportunity. We should always remember that. Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j's position is that one should learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from one's childhood. Why? If we do not practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness from childhood, in the advanced stage of materialistic life we may be completely forgetful. Although in his childhood he preached in this way, Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j himself was a householder, but he was a cautious householder. It is not harmful t
o become a householder and live with family, children and wife, but one should not forget his spiritual advancement\'97he should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j always reminds us that if we do not practice, if we do not know what the aim of our human form of life is, th
en we will miss the opportunity for perfection. That is the point. Here it is said that if you do not practice, if you do not know K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from childhood, it is very difficult later, when you are materially advanced. There is a very 
simple example: if a boy is not educated from childhood, it is not possible when he is advanced in age. I have actual experience of this. A father and a daughter both took a B.A. examination, and the daughter came out successful while the father failed. 
In the advanced stage of life it is no longer possible to absorb any sort of education. If in our advanced stage we sit down for the matriculation examination, we shall fail, and a boy of fourteen will pass. Therefore Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j warns that 
everyone should learn the importance of the science of Godhead from childhood. Otherwise, when one is complicated in family life, it will be impossible. Of course for this age, as I have already explained, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is easily obtainabl
e by the process of chanting. Generally, however, in the advanced stage of life it is very difficult to have any sort of education.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d also gives another picture. First of all, the attraction for wife has already been explained. Now he explains the attractio
n for children. It is customary in the Vedic system that a daughter is given in charity to the son-in-law at the age of twelve or thirteen years. At that time she goes to her father-in-law's house. Her father thinks, "Oh, how can she go?" She is always o
n her father's mind, and he also thinks of his brother, his old father\'97all these complications. Similarly, Arjuna was thinking, "How am I to kill my grandfather? How is this possible?" These family relationships and family affections are very predomin
ant, and they are all impediments to becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. We have to be very cautious that our family affections do not overcloud our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We should always know that the family relationships of this material world a
re simply a perverted reflection of the real relationships in the spiritual world. This family is false\'97not exactly false, but temporary. It is temporary, but we are eternal; we should not be misled by temporary affection. That is being explained here
. Sometimes we are strongly attached to our nicely decorated apartments and nicely made dresses. We think, "How shall I leave these?" This is the materialistic way of life\'97there is no end to it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is a very nice example. The silk worm entangles itself in its own saliva, and when the imprisonment is finally made, the silk mer
chants go there and take the silk prison house of the worm and remove the silk. Before the worm comes out, the silk merchant takes the cell, otherwise, if the silk worm cuts its way out, there is no silk. In the same way, our entanglement becomes so tigh
t that we cannot come out of this cell of family attraction. Even though there are so many miseries in the materialistic way of life, we cannot break free. Why? We think that sex life and palatable eating are very nice. Therefore, in spite of so many mis
erable conditions, we cannot give them up.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way, when one is too much entangled in family life, one cannot think of his real benefit\'97to escape from material life. He b
ecomes entangled. Although he is always disturbed by the threefold miseries of materialistic life, still because there is family affection he cannot come out. He does not know that he is spoiling his limited duration of life simply for the affection of f
amily. He is spoiling the life that was meant for realizing his eternal self, for realizing his real spiritual life. But, since he is entangled in such family affection, he does not understand what he is doing. If we inquired of every family man, or anyo
ne, whether or not he is happy in his material way of life, everyone will say, "I am not happy." But still, no one can cease material activities. Why? Because everyone has become entangled. Although one is unhappy, he does not express that unhappiness. W
hy? He is expected to maintain the family which he has created. His only affection is maintenance of the family, and he becomes more and more entangled. Even if one is educated, due to that affection one commits so many sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j is trying to impress upon us that detachment is not possible, even if one is highly educated, unless one is t
rained from the very beginning. That is Prahl\'e4d's point of view. Even 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 unless one is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he cannot become a perfect gentleman. No one can become qualified with high character unless he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Why? Because he is hovering on the mental plane, a person who is not i
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has no other direction than to commit sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d says that material entanglement is something like a prison house. If we are not trained from the very beginning of our life
 about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the aim of human life, then we are shackled, just as in the prison house one is shackled with iron chains. We should always remember that the aim of human life is to get out of this material entanglement. If we are no
t taught at an early age, from the very beginning of school life, or at some stage of life, then the opportunity of this human life will be lost. That is his instruction. "Therefore, my demoniac friends," he addresses them again, "please give up the comp
any of those who are simply after material enjoyment.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just make your associations with persons who have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness." That is his advice. He says to his friends 
that this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not difficult to attain. Why? K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very dear to us, but we do not understand it. Anyone who takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness becomes more and more affected by it and forgets his ma
terial consciousness. How? It is very dear to us, but we have forgotten it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are in a foreign country, you might have forgotten your home and family, your family members and friends who are very dear to y
ou. But all of a sudden, if you remember about your home and friends, you at once become very preoccupied. "How shall I meet them?" I know in San Francisco one of our friends left his young children and went to another country, and the eldest child has n
ow grown up. A letter came from the eldest child, and at once the father remembered and sent some money. That affection automatically came, even though he had forgotten for so many years. Similarly, our affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so intimate that as
 soon as there is some touch of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we at once revive our whole relationship with Him.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone has some particular relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Lord, that he has forgotten. As soon as we are dovetailed wi
th K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, gradually the old consciousness of our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revived. And when our consciousness is actually in the clear stage, we can understand our particular relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Someone has
 a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friend. Someone has a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as son and parent, or as lover and beloved or husband and wife. All these relationships are pervertedly reflected in life in the material world. But as soon as 
we come to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that old relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revived.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We love\'97everyone of us. I love myself. That is a fact. I love myself, and that self has an intimate relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a because the self is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The self is within this body, and I love my self better than the body. Similarly, because my self is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I love K\'e5\'f1\'eba more than anything. But we have forgott
en that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-pervading. God is all-pervading. This memory has simply to be revived. As soon as we revive our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we can study everything in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything then becomes factually lova
ble. Now I love you or you love me. That love is on the ephemeral stage of this body. But when love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is developed, I will not love you only, but I will love every living entity because the outward designation, this body, is forgotten. Wh
en a man becomes fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he does not see, "Here is a man, here is an animal, here is a cat, here is a dog, and here is a worm." He sees everything as part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is very nicely 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 . "One who is actually learned in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness becomes a lover of the univers
e." Unless one is situated on the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious platform, there is no question of universal brotherhood.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now we are talking of universal brotherhood. If we actually want to implement the idea of universal brotherhood, then we will have to 
come to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, not material consciousness. As long as we are in material consciousness, our lovable objects will be limited. But when we are actually in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our lovable objects will be univ
ersal. That is stated by Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j. "Beginning from the ant or the nonmovable plants and trees and extending to the highest living creature, Brahm\'e4, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is present everywhere by His expansion as the Param
\'e4tm\'e4, the feature of the Lord in everyone's heart. As soon as we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, that extension of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Param\'e4tm\'e4, induces us to love every object in relation 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\v\f0\fs36\cf1 5.  God Realization Is Everywhere
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4j Prahl\'e4d informed his class fellows about the all-pervasiveness of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Soul is all-pervasive
, but that does not mean that He has lost His personality. That is significant. Although He is all-pervading, still He is a person. According to our material perception, if something is all-pervading, then it has no personality, no localized aspect. But 
God is not like that. For example, the sunshine is all-pervading, but the sun also has a localized aspect. The sun is localized in one place, and you can see it. Not only is there the sun, but within the sun planet there is a sun-god, whose name is Vivas
v\'e4n. We get this information from Vedic literature; there is no way to understand what takes place on other planets but by hearing from authorized sources. The difference in modem civilization is that we hear a scientist say, "We have seen the moon; i
t is such and such," and we believe it. We have not gone with the scientist to see the moon, but we believe him.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Belief is the basic principle of understanding. You either believe me or him; that depends on you. If you believe a scientist, that is
 information, and if you believe 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 is also information. It is up to you which source you be
lieve. According to Vedic instruction, we take infallible information 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 . As I have explained
, an ordinary man who is conditioned by material nature has four defects. What are those four defects? The first is that a human being is sure to commit mistakes, however great a scientist he may be. Not very long ago in this country, there was a disaste
r when a scientist sent a satellite up but at once it burned to ashes. So there was a mistake. There must be mistakes. This is the nature of conditioned life. The mistake may be very great or very slight\'97that doesn't matter. But a human being conditio
ned by material nature is sure to commit mistakes.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Further, man is illusioned. He accepts one thing for something else because his senses are imperfect. For example, we accept this body
 as the self. Actually, I am not this body; therefore the acceptance of the body as self is called illusion. The whole world is going on under the illusion that "I am this body." Therefore there is no peace because everyone is illusioned. I am thinking t
hat I am Indian, you are thinking that you are American, and a Chinese man is thinking that he is Chinese. What is this "Chinese," "American, and "Indian"? It is the body. This is illusion.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To cheat is another condition of life. I am a fool, but I will boast that I am very learned. Everyone who is illusioned and commits mi
stakes is a fool, but still one poses himself as being freed from all mistakes. And above all, our senses are imperfect. We view the sun as a small disc. Why? It is far, far greater than this earth, but we see it as just a disc. We have these imperfect s
enses, and we are subject to become illusioned and commit mistakes, and we are influenced by the propensity to cheat.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can one expect real knowledge from such conditioned souls? There is no possibility to receive actual knowledge from them. So, in t
his world, whether a man is a scientist, a philosopher or whatever he may be, or however educated he may be, because he is conditioned, he cannot give complete information. This is a fact. How do you get complete information? The process is the disciplic
 succession of Vedic knowledge. You can 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 says to Arju
na, "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  was first spoken by Me to the sun-god, and the sun-god spoke it
 to his son, Manu. In turn, Manu spoke this knowledge to his son Ik\'f1v\'e4ku, and then Ik\'f1v\'e4ku spoke the same to his son. In this way the knowledge has come down, but unfortunately that disciplic succession is now broken. Therefore, O Arjuna, I a
m now preaching the same knowledge to you because you are My very dear friend and good devotee." This is the process of accepting knowledge. We have to accept the transcendental vibration.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The entire Vedic knowledge is a transcendental vibration to help us to understand the Supreme Lord. So Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says t
hat the Supreme Soul is identical with the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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  also the same information appears\'97that the Supreme Lord, although situated in His own transcendental abode, is all-pervading. Although He is all-pervading, present everywhere, still by our imperfect senses we cannot see Him.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says, "Although He is not seen, He can still be perceived. One who is intelligent can perceive the presence o
f the Supreme Lord everywhere." How is this possible? During the daytime one who is in the light can see that the sun is up, even though he is in a room. Because it is daytime, because it is light, he can understand that the sun is shining. Similarly, th
ose who have understood the whole material creation, those who have understood the whole cosmic situation, know that everything is an expansion of the energy of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do we see with these present material senses? We can hear and understand the five gross elements and also the finer elements; we 
can understand that we have mind and intelligence. Similarly, we can understand that there is soul. We can understand fire, water, earth, sky, mind and intelligence. And, if a man is further advanced, he can understand that there is a soul, and, above al
l, there is Supersoul. We see what is visible to the material eye. We can see earth, water, fire. But we cannot see air, although we can perceive it. By touch we can understand the air. We can understand that there is sky by sound. We can understand that
 we have mind because we are thinking, feeling and willing. Similarly, we can understand that we have an intelligence that guides the mind. If we go still further, we can understand, "I am consciousness."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The visible things around us are also expansions of the inferior energy of the Supreme Lord. 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 we should try to understand that which is spread all over the body because that is eternal. We have
 to understand from the authorities, but we can also perceive it. We know that there is consciousness spread all over the body. If I pinch any part of my body, there is consciousness. Similarly, consciousness is spread all over this universe. But that is
 not our consciousness. That is God's consciousness. We know every part of our body. We can perceive, "This is my finger," or "This is my ear." Similarly, God, the Supreme Soul, is all-pervading by His consciousness. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our process is to dovetail our consciousness with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97that will make us perfect. It is not that we merge i
nto that consciousness. In one sense we can say "merge," but still we keep our individuality. That is the difference between impersonalist philosophy and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conscious philosophy. The impersonalist philosophy says that we merge into the Supr
eme and lose our individuality. We can say that we merge into the Supreme, but we keep our individuality. How is that? An airplane starts from the airport and climbs up and up, and when it goes very high we cannot see it because it merges into the higher
 sky. We can simply see sky, but the airplane is not lost\'97it is still there. Another example is that if a green bird enters into a big green tree, we cannot distinguish the bird from the tree, but they both exist. Similarly, the supreme consciousness 
is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when we dovetail our individual consciousness with the Supreme, we then become perfect. An outsider may see that there is no distinction between God and men, but it is due only to a poor fund of knowledge. Every individual person, 
every individual being, maintains his individuality, even though he is dovetailed with the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j says that we cannot see consciousness\'97either supreme consciousness or individual\'97but it is there. How i
s it there? We can understand the supreme consciousness and our individual consciousness simply by perception of blissfulness. Because we have consciousness, we can feel }{\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 pleasure. Without consciousness there is no feeling of pleasure. Because of that consciousness we can enjoy life by applying our senses in whatever way we like. But as soon as
 consciousness is gone, we cannot enjoy. I am present because of consciousness, and I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 .
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This consciousness exists because we are part and parcel of the supreme consciousness. For example, a spark is a tiny part and parcel 
of the fire, yet the spark is also the fire. A drop of the Atlantic Ocean possesses the same quality. as all the ocean water\'97it is also salty. Similarly the pleasure potency which we feel is the presence of consciousness, and that same pleasure potenc
y also exists in the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paramesvara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the supreme controller. We are also }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or controller, because we are in some control. For example, I have some controlling power to take a drink
 of water when I cough. According to our capacity, everyone of us has some controlling power. But we are not the supreme controller. The supreme controller is God.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because He is the supreme controller, He is controlling all these universal energies by His different potencies. We can also understan
d and feel. I am controlling my bodily affairs as far as possible, but because I am not the supreme controller, if there is something wrong in this body, I have no control. I speak of this hand as "my hand" because I am working with this hand and am movi
ng it according to my desire. I am actually the controller of my hand. But I am not the controller of your hand. If I desire that your hand move. that is not in my power; that is in your power. You can move your hand if you like. I am not the controller 
of your body, but the Supreme Soul is the controller of both your body and my 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 . The Lord says that you are present in your body and that this body is the field of your activities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever you are doing according to the body is limited. An animal which is bound up in a certain tract of land can move there and can
not go beyond what that space allows. Similarly, your activity and my activity are bound up within the limits of our bodies. My body is my field of activities, and your body is your field of activities. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am present in every fie
ld." He is present as Supersoul. I know when I cough, but you do not know how I feel, and similarly, I do not know what you are doing. K\'e5\'f1\'eba however, as }{\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  knows what is going on in my body, in your body, and in thousands of millions and billions of other bodies. Therefore He is the supreme controller. We have our limited energy, but 
He is transcendental to this limited energy. He has unlimited opulence. By His controlling power, by His supreme will, this material creation is moving. That is also 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  where K\'e5\'f1\'eba states, "Under My superintendence the whole material nature is working. All wonderful things that you see in this material wor
ld are due to My supervision, My supreme control."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j now gives his conclusion. "My dear friends, because the Supreme Lord is present everywhere and because we are
 part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, our duty is to be merciful to all living entities." When a person is in a lower position, we have a duty to help him. Because he is helpless, the small child is dependent on the mercy of the parent. In the relationsh
ip of the small child and the parent there is a reciprocation of feeling. The child is always dependent on the parent. "Mother, I want this." "Yes, my dear child." We should be compassionate to all living entities and should show them mercy. How can we s
how our mercy? There are millions and millions of poor men, so how can we show them all mercy? They want so many things.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are very proud that they are going to serve the poor. In what way are they going to serve? Are we able to supply clothing and f
ood to all the needy persons of the world? That is not possible. How, then, can we be merciful to every living entity? The fact is that we cannot show any mercy to the living entities through material considerations. That is not possible. Prahl\'e4d Mah
\'e4r\'e4j is showing his class friends real mercy. They were all fools, devoid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, consciousness, and therefore he was showing them how to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. This is the highest mercy. If you want to show any mercy at all to
 the living entities, then enlighten them in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j did. Otherwise, it is materially beyond your power to show mercy.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear demoniac friends," Prahl\'e4d says, "give up this demoniac life. Give up this nonsense." The belief that there is no God is t
he demoniac feature that Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j requests his demoniac friends to give up. They were thinking, "Who is God? There is no God." We 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 people of this mentality are called miscreants, for they always try to make mischief. They are very well educated attorneys, lawyers and so on, but their plan is to cheat. We 
have practically experienced it. They are highly educated with so many qualifications and are nicely dressed, but their mentality is more base than that of a dog. "This man has some money, so let us conspire to cheat him." They are simply miscreants.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why are they cheating for? Simply for sense gratification, just like an ass who does not know the purpose of life. He takes the hundre
d pound burdens on his back, and he is kept by the washerman, who loads his back as much as possible. In this way the ass works the whole day with this burden simply for a few morsels of grass. Similarly, materialistic people will simply be satisfied to 
eat a simple piece of bread or something similar, but they work very hard. Therefore they are compared to asses. They are always planning something mischievous. They are the lowest of mankind because they do not believe in God. Why? Their actual knowledg
e has been plundered by the influence of this material energy. Because they deny the existence of God, illusion impels them: "Yes, there is no God. Work hard and commit sins so that you may go to hell."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j requests his demoniac friends to just give up this idea that there is no God. If we give up this nonsensical 
idea, then the Supreme Lord, who is beyond our perception, will be pleased and show His mercy to us.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SAM KIRTAN\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Devotees are here seen c
hanting the Holy Names of God.\line This, in these dark days of quarrel and hypocrisy, practice called\line Sam Kirtan is the most recommended activity for developing\line God Consciousness.\line }{\b\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 \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 ON CHANTING THE HARE K\'c5\'d1
\'cbA MANTRA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 \line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4
ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by\line His Divine Grace \line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Contents
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\'e9 }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Prayers
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Press \line 38 North Beacon St. \line Boston, Mass. 02134
\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 Brief Biography of the Spiritual Master
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was born Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896, in Calcutta. In 1920 he finished his schooling, majoring in phil
osophy, English and economics at the University of Calcutta. Soon afterward, Abhay Charan De took up the duties of manager of a large chemical concern. Then in 1922, he met His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the founder of sixty-four Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Maths in India, Berlin and London. Bhaktivedanta Swami recently recalled the key to his approaching his spiritual master: "When I first started going to see my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j
, he said of me, 'This boy hears very nicely. He does not go away. So I shall make him a disciple. That was my qualification, or whatever you may call it. I would simply ask when Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j would speak, then I'd sit down and go on hearing. I woul
d understand, or not understand; others would disperse, I'd not disperse. So he remarked, 'This boy is interested to hear. Because I was serious in hearing, I am now serious about }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which means speaking or preaching. If one has heard nicely, then he will speak nicely."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Allahabad in 1933, Abhay Charan De was formally initiated, and in 1936, just days before Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9's departure from this mortal world, he w
as specifically ordered to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the English language to the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, known as Prabhup\'e4da to his disciples, has said that at first he did not take the mission given to him by his spiritual master with the 
utmost seriousness. But then he was reading a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  commentary written by \'c7r\'e9
la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, who was the father of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 and the pioneer of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the modern age. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode has written that just as one cannot separate the body from the so
ul while in this conditioned state, so the disciple cannot separate the spiritual master's order from his very life. Bhaktivedanta Swami took these words seriously, and gradually his whole life became dedicated to carrying out the orders of his Guru Mah
\'e4r\'e4j. In 1959 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 spiritual life, and in 1965, at t
he advanced age of 70, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami arrived in New York City to fulfill his master's sacred mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Swami produces his books by speaking them on a dictaphone. He is presently working on five books at once. These books are a matter of realization. As 
he has said, "When you become self-realized you automatically write volumes of books." And one of the qualifications of a devotee is that he is poetic. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is always immersed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba by speaking, dictating, singing about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's glories, preaching formally at meetings or planning the expansion of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. 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 , Seventh Chapter, it is stated that out of thousands of men, few seek perfection, and out of the thousands who attain perfection, hardly one knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also declar
es in the Eighteenth Chapter that the dearmost devotee of all is he who spreads the teaching of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Never will there be one dearer to Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's spiritual master, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, once drew a picture of 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  (drum used 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 ) and, beside it, a printing press. He said 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  can be heard for several blocks, but that the press can be heard around the world. He therefore called the printing press "the big }{\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 ." For the purpose of worldwide service to humanity, ISKCON Press has been established for the exclusive printing of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1968, Macmillan published }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  translated with commentary by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. 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 the gist of the entire Vedic literature. Just this one book can free anyone from the clutches of material nature and fix one in eternal loving service unto \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Personality of Godhead. As orig
inally written by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the manuscript of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
s many times larger than the version published by Macmillan. Publication of this original, expanded version is being undertaken by ISKCON Press. Another important published literature by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is 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 . This book outlines the precepts of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Golden Avatara who appeared in Indi
a 500 years ago and propagated 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 the means of God realization for
 the present age. A book called }{\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 , an authorized summary study of \'c7r\'e9l
a Rupa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\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 , has just been published. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da is presently writing a several volume work called }{\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 , which describes the past
imes performed by the Supreme Lord when present on this planet 5000 years ago. Translations are also underway 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 , }{\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 his work of twelve cantos
 of }{\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 . The literatures compiled by His Divine Grace are authorized by the d
isciplic succession, which is descending from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself; \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's whole life mission is to faithfully pass on the original understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness without distortion. According to the Vedic literature
 this descending process is the only way to realization of the Absolute Truth, as the Absolute Truth is beyond the reach of mundane speculation or scholarship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace is not a retired personality, despite his prodigious literary output. He personally and very intimately guides his disciples through the most pract
ical problems of daily life. Spiritual life is practical and, due to the predominant material atmosphere of Kali-yuga, often problematic. As spiritual master, His Divine Grace is the last recourse and the ultimate standard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
, and he writes some twenty-five letters a day to leaders and students of his various worldwide centers. He himself resides in no one place, but travels from center to center and regularly lectures. The spiritual master is responsible for his devotees; w
hen he accepts a sincere soul as his disciple, he promises to take him back to home, back to Godhead. No one should think, "Oh, everyone is taking a spiritual master; let me take one." The spiritual master as a style or as a pet is useless. Rather, his o
rder is to be taken as one's life and soul. By taking shelter at the feet of 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  a
nd serving him twenty-four hours a day, the fallen soul can be lifted to the spiritual sky. It is said that if the spiritual master is pleased, then one can make great advances in spiritual life. And one pure convinced devotee can make many pure devotees
 by his example and teachings. Those serious students with an understanding of the absolute value of the spiritual platform of life therefore honor the spiritual master with the honor due to God because 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 transparent via media or representative of God who distributes unalloyed love of God. The reader is invited to take to this phil
osophy with the utmost seriousness.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\v\f0\fs36\cf1 On Chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by 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 sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our c
onsciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, 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 or 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 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 her stringent laws. When a servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, it is called illusion. We are tryi
ng to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle a
gainst material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\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 is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By c
hanting 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living entity. When we hear the t
ranscendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chanting this }{\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 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. A little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged in mental speculation for the purpose of getting out of the material clutc
hes. A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find out the supreme cause of all causes\'97within and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages of 
sense, mind and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This 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  is enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness\'97namely sensual, mental and intellectual. There is no need, therefore to understand the language 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 nor is there any need for mental speculation nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this }{\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 It}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such, anyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound without any previous qualification. In a more advanced stage, of
 course, one is not expected to commit offenses on grounds of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies, which are eight in number. These are: }{\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  Being stopped as though dumb, }{\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  perspiration, }{\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  standing up of haris on
 the body, }{\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  dislocation of voice, }{\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  trembling, }{\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  fading of the body, }{\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  crying in ecstasy, and }{\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  trance. But there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual platform, and one shows the 
first symptom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting 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 We have seen th
is 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 spiritu
al 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 nondevotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.
\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 Har\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words }{\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 forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both }{\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 mean the supreme pleasure, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the supre
me pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to }{\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 in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of t
he Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material energy, 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  is also one of the multi-energies of the Lord. And we the living entities are also the energy, marginal energy, of 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is established in its happy, normal condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These three words, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4, 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 the transcendental seeds of th
e }{\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 The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His energy, to give protection
 to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Har\'e4 helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father's grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants 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 sincerely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as 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 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 \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf1 WHAT IS ISKCON?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in July, 1966, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and a number of his America
n students. ISKCON is composed of devotees. Devotees are held together by mutual agreement to accept 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  or devotional service as the goal of life. By mutual endeavor, the entire Society concentrates on \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, while engaged in various tasks, cooking, eating, working in an offi
ce or chanting the holy names in the city streets. His Divine Grace is a pure devotee, and those disciples who sincerely follow his instructions have every chance of becoming pure devotees themselves. The initiated devotees in each center live in urban c
ommune settings (with the one exception of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, ISKCON's }{\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  of homes, t
emples, farm land and cows in the hills of West Virginia), and are freeing themselves from the conditions of birth, death, disease and old age by fixing their minds on the eternal joyful Personality of Godhead. To live in ISKCON as an initiated student, 
one agrees to accept four rules: no meateating, no illicit sex, no intoxicants and no gambling. The disciples perform devotional service, duties and chanting in a life-routine characterized by simple living and high-thinking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is experienced as a process of self-purification. Its means and ends are an open secret, and there is no financial 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 transcendental interest 
of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Absolute Truth. The writer or poet writes articles and poems for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the Society publishes periodicals. The businessman does business in order to sell literature and establish many temples around the world. The
 householders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual cooperation for spiritual progress. And everyone in ISKCON goes 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 . }{\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  mean
s chanting the }{\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  }{\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 the city streets for the benefit of all citizens. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said that 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 is the heart and soul of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. Therefore, in each of the 30 ISKCON centers, }{\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 carried on several times daily, and all other activity is subsidiary. Our spiritual master stresses
 this, for we are in the line of Lord Caitanya. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is revealed by Vedic scriptures to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, come in the mood of a pure devotee. Five hundred years ago Lord Caitanya understood from scripture that in this present a
ge of Kali (quarrel and disturbance), when mental distraction is high and almost no one is serious about spiritual perfection, chanting alone is the most effective means of God realization. Following 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  process chalked out by Lord Caitanya, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement of today takes parties of from five to 30 devotees, men wea
ring saffron robes and women wearing colorful saris. And they celebrate the holy name with dancing and melodious chanting.
\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 sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  singing is accompanied with }{\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  drum and pairs of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karatals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (hand cymbals). The devotees experience that this joyous singing of the names of God produces immediate fee
lings of ecstasy coming from the spiritual stratum. The effect is a clearing away of the dirt from the mind engrossed in the gloom of material existence. Under the instruction of the spiritual master, they gladly spread this chanting, and in reciprocatio
n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba allows all to taste the nectar for which everyone is always anxious. Because the Personality of Godhead is Absolute, His name is nondifferent from Himself. Therefore the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure
, dances on the tongue of the chanter of His name; to chant and hear fixes the mind, in meditation, in direct contact with God. 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  is not to be mistaken for an ordinary song or anything tinged with the mundane; it is a pure transcendental sound vibration of the Absolute and has been upheld as such since time immemorial by the great s
ages and Vedic scriptures. Lord Caitanja prays to the Supreme: "My dear Lord, You are so kind that You have invested all potency in Your Holy Name." This Absolute Presence of God in His Name holds true not only for the members 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 party, but for any living entity who hears the chanting; anyone will benefit if he simply likes the
 sound of the chanting, or he appreciates the presence 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  party in any way. 
That is the mercy of the Absolute. The holy name is compared to a fire; whether one is scientifically conversant with all the properties of fire or knows nothing about it, if one puts his hand in fire he will be burnt. Sincere chanting and hearing of 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 cleanse the mind and elevate one and all to the natural original position of 
spirit soul. Therefore there is no hesitancy on the devotees part in going to the largest and most public gatherings of people and broadcasting, wherever possible, the sound of the transcendental 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 Chanting takes place regularly in the main streets of cities like New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Berkeley, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Ho
nolulu, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, etc., with new ISKCON centers being regularly established. The expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is realization of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya: "The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be heard in every t
own and village of the world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Society is as famous for its Sunday feasts and festivals as for its chanting in the streets. Every Sunday, in each of the ISKCON centers, a grand feast of from 
10 to 15 courses of Indian vegetarian food is prepared and distributed for guests. The feasts are arranged around festival days celebrating the Pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba during His Appearance on the earth 5,000 years ago. Plays, puppet shows a
nd chanting are regular items which invite guests to participate in the transcendental glorification of the Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a dry philosophy. Residents of San Francisco appreciate the yearly Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 F
estival in which the large cart bearing the Jagannatha Deity is wheeled to the sea. During the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  celebration of 1970 more than 20,000 people followed the regal 8,000 pound carts, and thousands were fed full plates of }{\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  at the seaside.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The important aim of the festivals, chanting and philosophizing is to engage people in the service of the Personality of Godhead and in feeling His soothing contact
. All miseries are caused by forgetfulness of God, and ISKCON, by reviving the lost memory of the Supreme Lord in the minds of the people, is\'97according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub performing the greatest service and highest welfare work for suffering humanity. Moreover, it is performed in this sublime and easy way, by feasting, dancing, singing
 and philosophizing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes in Lord Caitanya's time, the devotees were accused by the impersonalists of being mere sentimentalists because they were always singing and dancing. The a
ctual fact is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is backed by a vast learned literature, the Vedic scriptures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam, 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 Upani\'f1ads}{\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\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\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 R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , etc., so that one could read 24 hours a day without exhausting the Source. All of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness information is understoo
d by revelation. Simply by applying one's energy in a devotional service attitude, the knowledge becomes known to the devotee through the heart. Classes in the transcendental science of God consciousness or }{\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  are held three times daily at at ISKCON centers, and the public is freely invited to attend. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma Sampraday\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  disciplic succession, in which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is coming, is particularly noted for being a lea
rned line. There is plenty of philosophy and logic in stock. There are many different religious philosophies and transcendental teachings, but the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious students and ministers are unique in that they are convinced of the Personality of
 Godhead. Not just that they have heard "God is great," but they have heard from the spiritual master and continuously hearing from the scriptures just how great He is, how His energies are working and exactly how He is enjoying. There is no literature o
f theism as voluminous, exacting, consistent and clear as this Vedic literature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The conviction in service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is due to direct reciprocation with Him. Simply by chanting or hearing the pa
stimes of the Personality of Godhead, one is contacting the Absolute\'97and he can feel it. By engaging the senses, the will, words and energy, the devotees are receiving constant information from the spiritual world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself describes suc
h devotees as the topmost}{\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 mystics, so it is no wonder that they are conversant with the
 nature of God and the way back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON provides formal education in the highest science, or what }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  calls the "king of knowledge." According to Vedic sources, education can only be valid when there is spiritual knowledge or self-realization, and a man is said to have no quali
fications if he does not know who he is in terms of self-realization or God realization. Learning the texts requires living in accordance with the scriptural injunctions without the slightest deviation. The need for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious preachers is 
very great, and it is a full time vocation. The curriculum advances basically from student to minister; after studying and working in a temple for one year, the student may be awarded the title of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-\'e7\'e4stri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or ordained minister, with further responsibilities and with advancement of service. He may finally take the renounced order, cal
led sanny\'e4sa, and receive the title }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is nonsectarian, any man\'97Hindu or Christian\'97will advance in his faith by chanting the Holy Name of God and h
earing 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 . Without knowledge, realization and loving service to the One Supr
eme God, there can be no religion. Let the inhabitants of this planet rejoice 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 and live to see the fulfillment of the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba carried to every town and village. Only in this way can real peace prevail in the world and mankind qualify to enter into the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pictured opposite is the scene of the 1970 Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Festival held in San Francisco, California. Disciples of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab
hup\'e4da led a parade of 20,000 persons in honor of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes. Three huge carts carried the Deity incarnations of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, His sister Subhadr\'e4 and His brother Lord Balar\'e4ma. By c
hanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, dancing, feasting on pras\'e4dam (spiritual food offered in love to God), and hearing the words of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who personally rode in the parade, thousands of people were able to feel natural transce
ndental emotions in glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At all ISKCON branches around the world, similar festivals are held for the spiritual upliftment of all humanity.
\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 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 }{\cs2873\b\i0\v\f0\fs36\cf1 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following eight verses were written by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who appeared in India 500 years ago and stressed, on scriptural evidence, that the chanting 
of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most perfect method of God realization for this present age. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is revealed by Vedic scriptures to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the role of a pure devotee. His verses capture 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 of worshiping God by chanting His holy names, as followed by the disciples of 
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is himself in direct disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glory to the \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Sank\'e9rtana, 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 }{\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 benedictio
n 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 anxiou
s.
\par }\pard {\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 millions of names, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govin
da, 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 {\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 all sens
e 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 {\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 t
hat I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life\'97birth after birth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord! When will my eyes be decorated with tears of love, flowing constantly while I chant Your holy name? When will my words be choked up when uttering the hol
y 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 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 {\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 broken-hearted by
 not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, but He is always my worshipable Lord, unconditionally.
\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 The \line Krsna Consciousness 
Handbook (1971)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOR THE YEAR 484, \line CAITANYA ERA \line (March 24, 1970 March 12, 1971)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH: Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the first annual edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Handbook. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and is now becoming firmly established, 
with centers in thirty major cities around the world and world headquarters in Los Angeles, California. The goal of the Society's members is to attain love of God by following 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 as taught by the Vedic scriptures and the disciplic succession of spiritual masters, and to spread love of God to all people through the proce
ss 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 (public chanting of the holy names of God). Another important goal of the 
Society is to present authoritative literature on the science of God in English and other major languages.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of this handbook is to show interested persons the full scope of ISKCON's activities. ISKCON is not concerned with accumulating financial assets, but ai
ms at producing men and women of sublime character. This is possible only by plain living and high thinking based on the principles of devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Sincere souls everywhere are taking to this genuine movement of God realization
. As 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  "This knowledge is the king of education, the most sec
ret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'a9 1970 ISKCON Press Printed by ISKCON Press USA
\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 Contents
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Brief History of ISKCON
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of ISKCON
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brief Biography of the Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parampar\'e4
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ministers for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: Qualifications, Activities, Duties, and Perso
nal Code
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Aspects
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Qualifications and Curriculum of the Divinity Student
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Qualifications of a Devotee
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Principles of Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tilaka
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Press
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Preface to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On Chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Books by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calendar for 484 of the Caitanya Era
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional Prayers
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Procedure for Performing A K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Marriage
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi-605\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recognition of ISKCON
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri720\fi0\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For more information about ISKCON, contact \line ISKCON Press, 38 N. Beacon St. Boston, Massachus
etts 02134. Attention: Svarupa das Brahmacari, secretary.
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On The Cover: ISKCON World Headquarters, 3764 Watseka Ave. Los Angeles, California 90034
\par }\pard \s120 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx1080\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back Cover: New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a spiritual community developing in West Virginia. See page 31.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 1: A Brief History of ISKCON
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub A Brief History of ISKCON
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In discussing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness there is no question of ancient or modern since these teachings are eternal. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is eter
nal it is impossible to trace an origin. This means that there never was a time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness did not exist, so it can be said that there is no point at which K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has come into being from not being. For this r
eason, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is said to be beginningless, which does not mean that it does not yet exist, but that it has always existed, so a point of "beginning" cannot be traced.
\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 one of the principal scriptures, it is stated that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) transmitted this teaching to Vivasv\'e4n, the god of the sun, many millions of years ago. Vivasv\'e4n passed the teachings on to Manu, the progenitor of
 all mankind, and Manu transmitted it to the royal sage, Iksv\'e4ku. In this manner the teaching of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was passed down by a process known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub disciplic
 succession. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The validity of the process of disciplic succession depends on the qualified master transmitting the teaching to the sincere student, without adding any personall
y motivated interpretations. The teaching must be presented to the student exactly as it was previously presented to the teacher. In this way the teaching is preserved intact and unadulterated. It may be compared to the job of the mailman who delivers th
e letter, but does not add to it or subtract from it. In the course of time, however, the disciplic succession was broken. In order to re-establish this disciplic succession, K\'e5\'f1\'eba again personally transmitted this teaching to the great devotee,
 Arjuna, 5,000 years ago in India. This transmission is recorded in the }{\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 At the time of the creation of this present universe, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally gave this knowledge to Brahm\'e4, the builder of the universe. Upon hearing the
 sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing the flute, Brahm\'e4 awoke to eternal knowledge. Brahm\'e4 transmitted the knowledge to the sage N\'e4rada, and N\'e4rada, in turn, gave the knowledge to Vy\'e4sa, who is the compiler of the Vedic scriptures. This discipl
ic succession was passed down through many great teachers and eventually to Lord Kr\'f1\'eba Caitanya in the fifteenth century. Actually Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Lord Himself, but He appeared as a devotee of the Lord. Because He appeared as a devotee
, He accepted a spiritual master in this line of disciplic succession known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-samprad\'e4ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub because it has been handed down from Lord Brahm\'e4. Lord Caitanya travelled through India teaching the chanting of the holy names of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the latter half of the nineteenth century \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kur Bhaktivinode, a great devotee in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-samprad\'e4ya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub began the work of making this knowledge available to the English-speaking world. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4
m\'e9, the son of \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kur Bhaktivinode, continued the work of making this knowledge available to the English-speaking world. In 1918 he established the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Math Institute for teaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He establishe
d sixty-four missions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a disciple of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, came to the United 
States in 1965 to continue the work of his spiritual master. In 1966 the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was established in New York City. As of May, 1970, there are thirty centers around the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The teaching being propagated in America and Europe today by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and his disciples is exactly the same as that given by Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba to Vivasv\'e4n, Arjuna and Brahm\'e4. It is not a question of modifying ancient teachings to fit a modern world. The relevance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is eternal and perfect for all people, regardless of culture, place or time. The 
advice given by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna five thousand years ago in India is accepted without modification by modern Americans and Europeans.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 2: Teachings of ISKCON
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Teachings of ISKCON
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness cannot properly be classified as belief. The teaching is true eternal knowledge. Belief may be either true or false, b
ut it is still belief. Truth may be believed or disbelieved, but it is still truth. For example, a blind man might not believe in the existence of the sun, but the existence of the sun is still a fact. Similarly, the eternal, knowledgeable and blissful n
ature of God is a fact regardless of the belief or disbelief of anyone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is this fact which is the primary concern of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the revival of the original consciousness of the livin
g being\'97the conscious awareness that one is eternally related to God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The true self or soul of the individual is eternal, ever-existent. Due to the ignorance of material contamination, the soul is forced to assume a continuous success
ion of material bodies. When one body dies, the soul immediately assumes another body and is born again. The individual forgets his past life and identifies with the present body, which is, in reality, simply a temporary covering for the soul. One must o
vercome this false identification with the temporary body and realize his true position. When an individual realizes that his true position is to be the loving servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is freed from the cycle of birth and death and can resume his sp
iritual life, an eternal life of knowledge and bliss in the loving service of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This transcendental loving service, 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 , 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 goal of all religion and philosophy; ac
tually it is the goal of life itself. The process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness 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 the 
ultimate goal. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is the Absolute Truth, and the function of the living entity is to live in constant loving service to the Truth. This love is reciprocal. Whatever the devotee gives to the Lord is returned with love many times over.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All living beings are already accepting love from K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the form of their food and all material comforts, and, in fact, life itself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness is the process of becoming aware that all this is the gift of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and living accordingly. All facilities and abilities at our disposal should be used in service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way one's consciousness will be raised to the
 transcendental platform because he will be thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus all the senses and faculties can be engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. It is not necessary to wait for death to enter into the Kingdom of God, because one
 who is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord is living in the Kingdom of God, even before death. He may still be on this earth, but because he is constantly serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he is constantly aware
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One cannot make up his own God and then claim to be constantly aware of God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a distinct individual with distinct characteristics. For example, if 
someone wants to meet the President of the United States, he cannot create a fictional president and then claim to know the President of the United States. The President is a specific person, not the creation of someone's imagination. Unless one knows th
at specific person, with his specific form and characteristics, he cannot claim to know the President.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, unless one knows the specific form and personality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he cannot claim to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba just because he has created some fictional G
od in his mind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, no one can reach God by guesswork or by his own devices. In order to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one must follow the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These instru
ctions are given in the scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The prime instruction is that one must revive his dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the present age, known as the Kali-yuga, or the age of quarrel, the recommende
d method for reviving this dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the process of constantly chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This was revealed by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who said that in this age the easiest means of spiritual realizatio
n is the chanting of the holy names. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is dedicated to spreading the chanting of these holy names. By the mercy of Lord Caitanya, these holy names have been given to us in an easily learned and repeated f
orm known as 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:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Kr\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Kr\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4
ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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  (pronounced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ha-ray}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is the supreme pleasure potency of the Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original name of the Lord, and it means the all-attractive. }{\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 name of the Lord meaning the enjoyer because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer; the funct
ion of the living being is to be enjoyed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Under the false impression that they are the enjoyers, the living beings are actually suffering in material existence. The living being cannot enjoy independently. It is impossible. Because the 
living entities are constantly trying to accomplish the impossible, they are constantly frustrated. Our limited senses do not have the capacity for independent enjoyment, but when we use our senses to please the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we are auto
matically satisfied. In so doing, the senses of the individual become dovetailed with the supreme senses of Kr\'f1\'eba, and the living being attains the pleasure and happiness which is otherwise impossible to find. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is experi
enced as a process of self-purification. Its means and ends are an open secret, and there is no financial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, }{\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 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 city streets for the benefit of all citizens, is one of the more important activities of ISKCON. }{\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 are frequently seen celebrating the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with dancing and melodious singing, accompanied with }{\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 and pairs of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4
las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (hand cymbals). The devotees experience that this joyous singing of the names of God produces immediate feelings of ecstasy. The effect is a clearing away of the dirt from the
 mind engrossed in the gloom of material existence. Because the Personality of Godhead is absolute, His name is nondifferent from Himself. Therefore the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of pleasure, allows the chanter of His name to experien
ce the nectar of association with Him. The Society is as famous for its Sunday feasts and festivals as for its chanting in the streets. Every Sunday, in each of the ISKCON centers, a grand feast of from ten to fifteen courses of Indian vegetarian food is
 prepared and distributed to the guests. The feasts are arranged around festival days celebrating the pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba during His appearance on the earth 5,000 years ago. Plays, puppet shows and chanting are regular items which invite
 guests to participate in the transcendental glorification of the Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a dry philosophy. Residents of San Francisco appreciate the yearly Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Festival in which the large cart bearing th
e Jagann\'e4tha Deity is wheeled to the sea. During the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 celebration of 1969, more than 15,000 people followed the regal 8,000 pound cart, and thousands were fed full plates 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  at the seaside. In London, a similar procession is led to Trafalgar Square. The important aim of the festivals, chanting and philosophizing is to engag
e people in the service of the Personality of Godhead so they can feel His soothing contact. All miseries are caused by forgetfulness of God, and ISKCON, by reviving the lost memory of the Supreme Lord in the minds of the people, is\'97according to }{\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 performing the greatest service and highest welfare work for suffering humanity. Moreov
er, it is performed in this sublime and easy way, by feasting, dancing, singing and philosophizing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to chanting the holy names, one should study the scriptures thoroughly. The basic scripture of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the great devotee Arjuna. Because it
 was spoken to a great devotee, 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  contains information which is not found i
n other scriptures. This is not to imply that the other scriptures are false, but in the Bible Lord Jesus Christ says, "I have more to tell, but ye cannot bear it now." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the Bible are in complete agreement because the knowledge revealed in both is that the only valid life is a life of loving service to the Lord. It may app
ear contradictory that in the Bible it is recommended that one worship Lord Jesus Christ 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  it is recommended that one worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually there is only one God, but He can appear in different forms at different times and places. The form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original form from whom the other form
s emanate. So Lord Jesus is actually an incarnation of God, as the son of God. It is not the purpose of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to dissuade sincere devotees of Lord Jesus from worshiping Him. The purpose of K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness is to spread love of God to all people. Anyone can practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by the process of chanting the holy names, but in order to teach and spread this knowledge it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the scriptur
es. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-git\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not the only scriptural text of the International Society for Krishna Con
sciousness. Other texts 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 , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'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 \'c7r\'e9 Caitan
ya-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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and many others. The texts that are studied are originally written in Sanskrit and Bengali and are presently being translated by the spiritual master and founder of the Society, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
. To learn and understand all these texts requires an intense effort and much time. The scriptures must be thoroughly learned and understood without any personally motivated interpretation. In order to teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one must live in 
exact accordance with the scriptural injunctions without the slightest deviation. Teachers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are badly needed in the world today, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is engaged in training qualified teach
ers. One who wishes to study K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and teach others must be completely dedicated without any outside interest whatsoever.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The students of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness lead completely regulated lives, according to the injunctions of the scriptures. They eat only f
oods that are specially prepared according to scriptural directions. They have no sex life outside of marriage; they take no intoxicants, and they do not indulge in gambling or idle amusements, such as movies, television, etc.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 3: Brief Biography of the Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Brief Biography of the Spiritual Ma
ster
\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 was born Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896, in Calcutta. In 1920 he finished his schooling, majoring in p
hilosophy, English and economics at the University of Calcutta. Soon afterward, Abhay Charan De took up the duties of manager of a large chemical concern. Then in 1922, he met His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the founder of sixty-four Gaud\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Maths in India, Berlin and London. Bhaktivedanta Swami recently recalled the key to his approaching his spiritual master: "When I first started going to see my Guru Mah\'e4r
\'e4j, he said of me, 'This boy hears very nicely. He does not go away. So I shall make him a disciple.' That was my qualification, or whatever you may call it. I would simply ask when Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j would speak, then I'd sit down and go on hearing. 
I would understand, or not understand; others would disperse, I'd not disperse. So he remarked, 'This boy is interested to hear.' Because I was serious in hearing, I am now serious about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which means speaking or preaching. If one has heard nicely, then he will speak nicely."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Allahabad in 1933, Abhay Charan De was formally initiated, and in 1936, just days before Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9's departure from this mortal world, he w
as specifically ordered to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the English language to the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, known as Prabhup\'e4da to his disciples, has said that at first he did not take the mission given to him by his spiritual master with the 
utmost seriousness. But then he was reading a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  commentary written by \'c7r\'e9
la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, who was the father of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 and the pioneer of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the modern age. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode has written that just as one cannot separate the body from the so
ul while in this conditioned state, so the disciple cannot separate the spiritual master's order from his very life. Bhaktivedanta Swami took these words seriously, and gradually his whole life became dedicated to carrying out the orders of his Guru Mah
\'e4r\'e4j. In 1959 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 spiritual life, and in 1965, at t
he advanced age of 70, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami arrived in New York City to fulfill his master's sacred mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Swami produces his books by speaking them on a dictaphone. He is presently working on five books at once. These books are a matter of realization. As 
he has said, "When you become self-realized you automatically write volumes of books." And one of the qualifications of a devotee is that he is poetic. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is always immersed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba by speaking, dictating, singing about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's glories, preaching formally at meetings or planning the expansion of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. 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 , Seventh Chapter, it is stated that out of thousands of men, few seek perfection, and out of the thousands who attain perfection, hardly one knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also declar
es in the Eighteenth Chapter that the dearmost devotee of all is he who spreads the teaching of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Never will there be one dearer to Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Swami's spiritual master, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, once drew a picture of 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  (drum used 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 ) and, beside it, a printing press. He said 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  can be heard for several blocks, but that the press can be heard around the world. He therefore called the printing press "the big }{\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 ." For the purpose of worldwide service to humanity, ISKCON Press has been established for the exclusive printing of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1968, Macmillan published }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , translated with commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. 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 the gist of the entire Vedic literature. Just this one book can free anyone from the clutches of material nature and fix one in eternal loving service unto \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Personality of Godhead. As orig
inally written by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the manuscript of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad}{\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 git\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is many times larger than the version published by Macmillan. Publication of this original, expande
d version is being undertaken by ISKCON Press. Another important published literature by Prabhup\'e4da is 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 . This book outlines the precepts of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Golden Avat\'e4ra who appeared in India 500 years ago and propagated 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 the means of God realization for the present age. A book called }{\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 , an authorized summary study of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\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 , has just been published. Prabhup\'e4da is presently writing a several volume work called K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which contains all of the pa
stimes of the Supreme Lord when present on this planet 5000 years ago. Translations are also underway of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and his work of twelve cantos 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 . The literatures compiled by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami are authorized by the disciplic succession, which is descending from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself; Prabhup\'e4da's whole life mission is to faithfully pass on the original understa
nding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness without distortion. According to the Vedic literature this descending process is the only way to realization of the Absolute Truth, as the Absolute Truth is beyond the reach of mundane speculation or scholarship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author is not a retired personality, despite his prodigious literary output. He personally and very intimately guides his disciples through the most practical p
roblems of daily life. Spiritual life is practical and, due to the predominant material atmosphere of Kali-yuga, often problematic. As spiritual master, Bhaktivedanta Swami is the last recourse and the ultimate standard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a
nd he writes some twenty-five letters a day to leaders and students of his various worldwide centers. He himself resides in no one place, but travels from center to center and regularly lectures. The spiritual master is responsible for his devotees; when
 he accepts a sincere soul as his disciple, he promises to take him back to home, back to Godhead. No one should think, "Oh, everyone is taking a spiritual master; let me take one." The spiritual master as a style or as a pet is useless. Rather, his orde
r is to be taken as one's life and soul. By taking shelter at the feet of the bona fide guru and serving him twenty-four hours a day, the fallen soul can be lifted to the spiritual sky. It is said that if the spiritual master is pleased, then one can mak
e great advances in spiritual life. And one pure convinced devotee can make many pure devotees by his example and teachings. Those serious students with an understanding of the absolute value of the spiritual platform of life therefore honor the spiritua
l master with the honor due to God because the guru is the transparent via media or representative of God who distributes unalloyed love of God. The reader is invited to take to this philosophy with the utmost seriousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 4: Parampar\'e4
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Parampar\'e4
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0
\par }\pard \s171 \qc\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.)
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0\tx4320\tx5760 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\tab Brahm\'e4\line N\'e4rada\tab Vy\'e4sa\line Madhva\tab Padman\'e4bha\line N\'e5hari\tab M\'e4dh
ava\line Ak\'f1obhya\tab Jayat\'e9rtha\line J\'ef\'e4nasindhu\tab Day\'e4nidhi\line Vidy\'e4nidhi\tab R\'e4jendra\line Jayadharma\tab Puru\'f1ottama\line Brahma\'ebyat\'e9rtha\tab Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha\line Lak\'f1m\'e9pati\tab M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9\line 
\'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9\tab (Nity\'e4nanda, Advaita)\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\tab }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa (Svar\'fcpa, San\'e4tana
)\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Raghun\'e4tha, J\'e9va\tab K\'e5\'f1\'eba d\'e4sa\line Narottama\tab Vi\'e7van\'e4tha\line (Baladeva) Jagann\'e4tha\tab Bhaktivinode\line Gauraki\'e7ora\tab Bhaktisiddh\'e4
nta Sarasvat\'e9\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 5: }{\b0\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Ministers for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness:\line }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Qualifications, Activities, Duties, and Personal Code
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Ministers for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consc
iousness:\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Qualifications, Activities, Duties, and Personal Code
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub A.  Qualification and classification of diffe
rent types of ministers within the Society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Society is somewhat unconventional in the sense that, while there are clear formal steps in advancing from student to 
minister, the difference in activities between student and minister change slowly over a long period of time. If, after one year, the divinity student successfully completes the required courses, passes a comprehensive examination 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 and }{\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 and proves to be otherwise deserving, he will be given the title of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti\'e7\'e4str\'e9
. }{\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 Bhakti\'e7\'e4str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is considered to be an ordained minister. It should be noted here, however, that while the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti\'e7\'e4str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must bear the responsibilities of an ordained minister, he continues in his role as fulltime student as well. At the conclusion of the second year of study, the student has the opportunity to be promoted from }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti\'e7\'e4str\'e9}{\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 Bhakt
ivaibhava. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before this title is conferred, the student must have shown his ability to serve as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Bhakti\'e7\'e4str\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub must have successfully completed the courses and seminars required in the second year of study, and must pass a comprehensive examination 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 conclusion of the fifth semester it is possible for the successful student to receive the title of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktived\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once this is conferred, the student ceases to pursue a formal curriculum of study and concentrates his efforts on his minis
terial duties and on contributing to the education of the initiates and subordinate ministers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is one further formal title to be achieved by a member of the Society. After approximately seven years of service as student and minister, the male student ma
y, if he so wishes, take the Order 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 or renounced order. Upon taking the Order 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 the student receives the title of }{\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 Adopting the Order 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  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 voluntary, and one who adopts this or
der takes a vow never to marry. Married ministers may 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 when the sons are old enou
gh to take care of the wife. When a married minister adopts the Order 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 there is no
 more personal contact between him and his wife. Generally the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sannyas\'e9 (Sv\'e4m\'e9) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub moves to
 another location. In addition to a clear showing of personal worth, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktived\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in ord
er to join the Renounced Order of Life }{\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 must establish the following:
\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  Intensive study of Vedic Scriptures:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta\line 2. Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu\line 3. N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra\line 4. Padma Pur\'e4\'eba
\line 5. Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba\line 6. Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra\line 7. 108 Upani\'f1ads
\par }\pard {\b\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  Publication of extensive commentary on one of the above Scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\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 Evidence of extensive ministry work subsequent to ordination.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub B.  Rules of conduct and personal standards r
equired of ministers and students.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No eating of meat, fish, or eggs. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The only food which may be eaten by students or mini
sters is food prepared under strict dietary regulations and offered by prescribed ceremony to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When traveling or under unusual circumstances, students or ministers may eat foods such as fruit or milk which can be easily offered and which d
o not necessarily require preparation. Under no circumstances may unoffered food be eaten. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, eating is an act of worship and must be conducted accordingly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No illicit sex. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sexual relations are permitted only between individuals married by an 
ordained minister in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There is no dating or courtship. Marriage is an arrangement for two devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to serve and worship in this way. Marriage is primarily for the purpose of raising children in K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No intoxicants. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This includes all narcotics, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, coffee and 
tea. The Society's efficiency in automatically getting the youth to abandon the use of marijuana, LSD and other narcotics has drawn commendations from the mayors of New York City and San Francisco. Medicines may be taken when absolutely necessary, but wh
enever possible medicines containing narcotic substances should be avoided. An occasional drink for "medicinal" purposes is not permitted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No gambling. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This also excludes frivolous sports and games. In addition, students are 
advised not to engage in any conversation that is not connected with the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or with the execution of duties.
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub C.  Activities of ministers of the Internatio
nal Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ministers of the Society have duties to perform which are related to the congregation, to divinity students and to the Society itself. In addition, of course, they 
are required to pursue two activities for their own education and welfare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ministers must conduct services both for regular members of the congregation and for the general public. At these services the ministers lead the congregation in pr
ayer and meditation including congregational chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In addition to the prayer and meditation, the minister preaches the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this manner he attempts to lead the members of h
is congregation into a better understanding of the role of the individual in society as well as the role of the individual as a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The public is invited and encouraged to attend these services.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ministers perform the traditional duties of faculty members of seminaries. The students are given formal instruction, are led on missionary field trips, and are giv
en guidance in their personal lives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each minister is required to participate in the administration of this organization. The Society assumes total responsibility for each of its students and ministers
 and therefore frequently encounters serious and complex problems in securing and distributing the materials necessary to sustain these people. The growth of the Society is thought to be of great importance and therefore much time and energy is expended 
upon the distribution of literature and promotion of missionary activities. Finally, the Society requires its ministers to assist in the large volume of administrative work one would expect to find in an organization with 31 locations.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 6: Transcendental Aspects
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Aspects
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 6a: \'c7ikh\'e4
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c7ikh\'e4
\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 \'e7ikh\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is a tuft of hair worn by the male devotees who otherwise have shaved heads. For thousands of years, devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba have worn their hair in this way as a sign of surrender to the spiritual master, who is pleased to see his discipl
es entering into K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life. To the public, such signs as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ikh\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are 
constant reminders that the devotees of God are present, and therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ikh\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indirectly
 reminds everyone of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 6b: Beads
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Beads
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each devotee always carries a string of 108 }{\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, which are usually carried in a bead bag worn around the neck, and he 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 on these beads. Devotees also wear small beads made of }{\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 a sacred plant, around their necks. These are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kunthi-m\'e4l\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub and further identify one as a Vai\'f1\'ebava.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 6c: \'c4r\'e4trika
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c4r\'e4trika
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4r\'e4trika }{\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 ceremony in which the Deities are presented offerings of foodstuffs, or incense, flowers, a waving handkerchief, a fan, and an offering of flames. The Deities w
orshiped in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples are Jagann\'e4tha-sv\'e4m\'e9 with Balar\'e4ma and Subhadr\'e4, and the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities. Every temple also has a picture of Lord Caitanya and }{\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 program for temple worship is as follows: Early in the morning, before sunrise, there is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4r\'e4trika. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At 8 a.m. daily, there is dressing and decorating of the altar and offering of breakfast. Then between 11:30
 and 12 noon there is an offering of foodstuffs. At 5 p.m. there is the opening of the temple. The temple is closed from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhoop \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and an offering of foodstuffs, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub offering are performed. In the morning, fruits and milk are offered to the Deities, and at noon, there are rice, dahl, chapatis, vegetables, milk, sweet rice and many other varieties. Then there is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub after dusk and, at 9 p.m., an offering of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub puris, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables, milk, sweetmeats, etc. After this final }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Deity rests. The throne is decorated profusely with flowers. The Deity's dress and ornaments are changed daily, and as far as possible the Deity platform and the temple room are a
lways kept neat and clean.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Articles offered during }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4r\'e4trika}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ceremony, in proper order:
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l. Incense. 2. Camphor and holder. 3. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ghee}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lamp. 4. Conch shell and water. 5. Handkerchief. 6. Flower. 7. Peacock feather fan. 8. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4mara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (yak-tail whisk). \line Accessories: A. Bell, rung throughout entire ceremony. B. Water to purify hands and articles. C. Conch shell, blown at end of ceremony.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 6d: Garlands
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Garlands
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the daily temple worship, garlands of flowers are offered to the Jagann\'e4tha Deities; after these garlands have been worn by the Deities, they are then distrib
uted to the various devotees to wear, and this is very auspicious. In the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 states to N\'e4rada, "Anyone who puts around his neck a flower garland formerly used by K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes relieved of all disease and reactions to sinful activities, and gradually he becomes liberated from the contamin
ation of matter." Other auspicious temple activities include dancing before the Deities during }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\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 k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bowing down when the curtains of the altar are parted, and circum
ambulating the temple in front of the Deities. These are all auspicious activities. It is stated in the scriptures that as clapping one's hands causes birds to fly away, so the birds of sinful activities which are sitting on the body can be made to fly a
way simply by dancing and clapping before the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Also, incense is burned during temple ceremonies, and to engage the senses in smelling incense offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is another spiritual practice of the highest order.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 6e: Deities
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Deities
\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, is able to descend before our eyes in a Deity incarnation of wood, stone, metal, or paint, formed according to a
uthorized descriptions of the Lord. Because with our present materially contaminated senses we cannot see the original spiritual form of the Personality of Godhead, He appears before us, out of His infinite mercy, in the visible form of the Deity, called
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form of the Lord is never to be taken as a material object or idol. The example is given by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that just as mail deposited in an aut
horized mailbox on the street is accepted by the post office as equal to mail deposited in the central post office, so worship of God by worship of any authorized }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form, such as Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity, or a Pa\'efca-tattva painting of Lord Caitanya, is accepted by the Lord as being as good as personal servic
e unto Him. For one who desires to serve the Lord, the Lord provides all facilities. He gives His instructions, the Scriptures, He sends His representative, the bona fide spiritual master, and He comes Himself in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form. The Deities are cared for in a very careful and opulent manner. They are bowed to, bathed, dressed, fed, offered
 flowers and incense, and especially They are honored by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 6f: Diet
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Diet
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious diet is strictly spiritual; devotees eat only food which is prepared for and offered to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead. 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 states that H}{\b\i0\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 accepts "a leaf, a flower, some fruit or some water," if offered in spontaneous love. Based solely on the desires of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the devotees eat only vegetarian food, prepared from milk, sugar, grains, fruits, vegetables, etc., and refrain from eating meat, fish and eggs. By the act of offering nicely prepared food to the Deities, the foodstuffs take on all spirit
ual properties and are accepted as }{\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 divine remnants. Because it is offered to and 
accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\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 a spiritually purifying process on a par with chanting
 or hearing the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the Scriptures. Anyone who joins with devotees in taking }{\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  at any K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple will find 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 sumptuo
us, nutritious and plentiful. And simply by taking }{\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  one can achieve spiritual progress
 unobtainable for thousands of births in which no tangible link is made with God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many kitchen rules for cooks and helpers preparing foodstuffs to be offered to the Lord. The primary rule is to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while preparing th
e foods. Other rules include:
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should wash hands thoroughly upon entering the kitchen.
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Foodstuffs should be washed as they are prepared.
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Nothing that touches the floor or other contaminated areas, such as the sink 
or garbage pails, should be used, unless it can be immediately cleansed.
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 In all preparations, only fresh foods should be used. Neither canned foods no
r leftovers are used.
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Leftovers should never be brought back into the kitchen, but should be kept i
n a specific place in the dining room.
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 In cooking, one should refrain from using garlic, onions or mushrooms and fro
m mixing salt with fresh milk (although salt can be mixed with other milk cultures).
\par }\pard \s858 \sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa0\li1080\fi-357\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One
 should not taste food during its preparation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , not even to see if it is done or if it is seasoned properly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the first to relish }{\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 .
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 "hunger" is p
roportional to our love, the offering is sure to be successful. One must simply place love, and a generous portion of each item to be offered, on a plate or metal tray, along with a glass of fresh water, and set it before the Deity. One should then prost
rate himself and pray: "O Lord, this material body is a place of ignorance, and the 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 are a network 
of paths to death. Somehow, we have fallen into this ocean 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 ver
y 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 lov
e call for the help of Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 7: The Qualifications and Curriculum of the Divinity Student
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 and Curriculu
m of the Divinity Student
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7a: }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Entrance Qualifications:
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A. Entrance Qualifications:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Exam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no entrance exam required for acceptance into the International Society
 for Krishna Consciousness. Past education is not a requirement for serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If a sincere applicant is illiterate, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will teach him to read and write.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interview. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All prospective students are interviewed extensively, usually several times
. The instructors and officers maintain a close personal contact with all students and prospective students.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Personal History and Character. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The main requirements are sincerity and dedication. An
y applicant will be accepted who sincerely wants to learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and will commit himself completely to this study with an attitude of complete cooperation with the officers and instructors. Applicants who are potential discipline pr
oblems will not be accepted. The study of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is voluntary, and students are expected to follow the rules and regulations without being forced. For this reason sincerity and dedication are essential. Sincere applicants are accept
ed regardless of their past history. It is recognized that past misdeeds are due to lack of perfect knowledge, and if one seeks the perfect knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his misdeeds will be corrected.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7b: }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Curriculum
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B. Curriculum:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The curriculum is designed to cover a period of 2.5 years. It is divided into five semesters running from September 1 to February 28 and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 from March 1 to August 31. As with conventional educational institutions the courses are organized on the princip
le of semester hours, that is hours per week. The study is, however, much more intensive, as can be seen from the following curriculum, which lists a requirement of 40 semester hours in the first semester as opposed to the normal 15 hours found in most a
cademic institutions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The curriculum is as follows:
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1st Semester: \line Courses:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 1 (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bhagavad}{\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 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 the primary scripture for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is a basic revelation of the distinction between spirit and matter and of the nature and relationships of God, the living entity, time, nature and work. It is studied intensively ever
y day.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (5 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Studies on the form and qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Philosophy of the regulative 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 Study of the form and necessity for the regulations and specific modes of worship and the philosophy behind them.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Arc\'e4-vigraha Philosophy}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (4 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Recognition of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious art, music, writing, etc. How K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be personally present in a painting or book.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seminars:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Meditation }{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (7 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Individual chanting of the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Use of meditative aids, such as painting, etc. Instruction also given on how to meditate in unusual or undesirab
le surroundings.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Public Lecturing}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Includes field trips into the streets of the city for public chanting and to other places where chanting may be requested by interested groups. Students get first-
hand experience in preaching.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2nd Semester:\line Courses:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 2 (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation 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 1)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 2 (5 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation of }{\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  }{\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 {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Theology }{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 1 (4 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Study of the different incarnations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, differences between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and demigods.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Comparative Philosophy}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (3 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Similarities and differences between K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and other teachings.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Temple Music}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  1 (2 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Learning to play instruments used in ceremonial music. Also includes listening to tapes and records of authentic K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness music.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seminars:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Meditation}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (7 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Public Lecturing}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3rd Semester:\line Courses:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  3 (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  1 (5 hrs.)
\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the scripture describing the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  1 (3 hrs.)
\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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is the scripture describing the process and nature of the material and spiritual creations.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Theology}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  2 (3 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Temple Music}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  2 (2 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha P\'fcj\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (2 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Method of worship of the form known as Jagann\'e4tha.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seminars
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Meditation}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (7 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Public Lecturing}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation. Student may now lead groups.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4th Semester:\line Courses:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  4 (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation. Student is required to begin writing commentaries.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  2 (5 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  2 (3 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba P\'fcj\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (2 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Method of worshiping the forms of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Cooking}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  1 (lab) (4 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Preparation of foods for offering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and distribution among devotees and others.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Philosophy of Pras\'e4dam}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (}{\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Spiritual Food}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub ) (4 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Study of the uses and spiritual values of different ingredients; scriptural references to foods; how to recognize K\'e5\'f1\'eba in food.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub History of Sa\'eck\'e9rtana Movement}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (2 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (History of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious teachings on this planet. Lives of the great saints.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seminars:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Meditation}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (7 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Public Lecturing}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation. Student contacts interested groups on his own and makes arrangements for public chanting.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5th Semester:\line Courses:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  5 (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation. Student must be able to accurately quote verses and to debate, substantiating his arguments with verses 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 .)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (5 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the scripture describing the life and activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing as a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (5 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (This scripture goes into further detail of the activities, qualities, and bodily characteristics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Sanskrit Transliteration Reading}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Reading, with accurate pronunciation and understanding of Sanskrit, written with English characters.)
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bengali Transliteration Reading}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Reading, with accurate pronunciation and understanding of Bengali written with English characters.)
\par }\pard \s415 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seminars:
\par }\pard {\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Meditation}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (7 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   }{\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Public Lecturing}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (10 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Continuation)\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   }{\cs4139\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Debating}{\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  (5 hrs.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Debating with atheists and followers of impersonal philosophies. For purposes of debate, student will assume role of antagonist. After 2.5 years of public lecturin
g, students become very familiar with atheistic and impersonal arguments.)
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7c: Qualifications of a Devotee
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Qualifications of a Devotee
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These twenty-six qualifications of a devotee are listed in the Vedic Scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitany
a-carit\'e4m\'e5ta.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Kind to everyone\line \'95 Does not quarrel with anyone\line \'95 Fixed in the Absolute Truth\line \'95 Equal to everyone
\line \'95 Faultless\line \'95 Charitable\line \'95 Mild\line \'95 Clean\line \'95 Simple\line \'95 Benevolent\line \'95 Peaceful\line \'95 Completely attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line \'95 Has no material hankering\line \'95 Meek \line \'95 Steady \line 
\'95 Self-controlled \line \'95 Does not eat more than required \line \'95 Sane \line \'95 Respectful\line \'95 Humble\line \'95 Grave\line \'95 Compassionate\line \'95 Friendly\line \'95 Poetic\line \'95 Expert\line \'95 Silent
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7d: Principles of Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Principles of Devotional Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, in devotional service, one should accept the following principles:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Becoming initiated by the spiritual master and learning how to discharge devotional service from him.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Obeying the orders of the spiritual master with faith and devotion.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Following in the footsteps of great }{\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  (teachers) under the direction of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Inquiring from the spiritual master how to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Being prepared to give up anything material for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. (This means that when we are engaged in the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must be prepared to give up something we may not like to give up and also accept something which we may not like to accept).
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Residing in a sacred place of pilgrimage like Dv\'e4rak\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Dealing with the material world only as far as is necessary.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Observing the fasting day on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ek\'e4d\'e4s\'e9}{
\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 Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the elev
enth day after the full moon and the eleventh day after the new moon, no grains, cereals or beans are to be eaten. Simple vegetables and milk are taken in moderate amounts, and chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, reading of Scripture, etc., is increased.)
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 Worshiping sacred trees like the banyan tree and others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These ten items are preliminary necessities for beginning the discharge of devotional service according to regulative principles. In the beginning, if a neophyte de
votee observes the above mentioned ten principles, surely he will quickly make good advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The next set of six instructions are listed as follows:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should rigidly give up the company of nondevotees.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should not instruct a person who is not desirous of accepting devotional service.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should not be very enthusiastic about constructing costly temples or monasteries.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should not try to read too many books, nor should one develop the idea of earning his livelihood by lecturing on or by
 professionally 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 or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should not be neglectful in ordinary dealings.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should not be under the spell of lamentation in loss or jubilation in gain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The activities of devotional service can be analyzed as follows:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 hearing\line \'95 chanting\line \'95 remembering\line \'95 worshiping \line \'95 praying\line \'95 serving\line \'95 engag
ing as a servitor of the Lord \line \'95 establishing a friendly relationship with the Lord \line \'95 dancing before the Deity\line \'95 offering everything to the Lord\line \'95 singing\line \'95 informing\line \'95 offering obeisances\line \'95 standi
ng up to show respect to the devotees\line \'95 when a devotee goes, following him up to the door\line \'95 entering into the temple of the Lord\line \'95 circumambulating the temple\line \'95 reading prayers\line \'95 vibrating hymns\line \'95 performin
g }{\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 congregational chanting\line \'95 smelling the incense and flowers offered to the 
Deity\line \'95 accepting }{\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 which has been offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba)\line \'95 seeing }{
\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 ceremonial performance of receiving the Lord\line \'95 seeing the Deity\line \'95 offer
ing to the Lord His own palatable foodstuffs\line \'95 meditating \line \'95 offering water to the }{\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\line \'95 offering respect to the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or advanced devotees \line \'95 living in Mathur\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana\line \'95understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 trying for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to one's utmost capacity\line \'95expecting the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba \line \'95 performing the ceremonial functions of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba with devotees \line \'95 surrendering in all respects \line \'95 observing various ceremonial functions
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs4139\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub To these thirty-five items another four are to be added:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 marking the body with sandalwood pulp to show that one is a Vai\'f1\'ebava\line \'95 painting the body with the holy names
 of the Lord\line \'95 accepting flowers and garlands that have been offered to the Deity and spiritual master and putting them on one's body\line \'95 accepting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5t
a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the water from the baths of the Deities which is offered to guests.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adding these four items to the above thirty-five, we have thirty-nine items for devotional service. Out of these, the most important items are:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to associate with devotees\line \'95 to chant the holy name of the Lord\line \'95 to hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to live in a holy place such as Mathur\'e4 or V\'e5nd\'e4vana\line \'95 to serve the Deity with g
reat devotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They are especially mentioned by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-
ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7e: Chanting Offenselessly
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting Offenselessly
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are ten kinds of offenses in chanting the holy name, and they should be avoided. The offenses are as follows:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the holy name of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to consider the names of demigods like Lord \'c7iva or Lord Brahm\'e4 to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord 
Vi\'f1\'ebu. (Sometimes the atheistic class 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 men take it that any demigod is as good as the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu. But one who is a devotee knows that no demigod, however great he may be
, is independently as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, if somebody thinks that he can chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4l\'e9, K\'e4l\'e9! }{\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  Durg\'e4, Durg\'e4! }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it is the same as }{\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 that is the greatest offense.)
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to disobey the orders of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to consider the glories of chanting }{\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 to be imagination.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to interpret the holy name of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to commit sinful activities on the strength of the holy name of the Lord. (Because by chanting the holy name of the Lord o
ne 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 }{\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 to neutralize his sins. Such a mentality is a very dangerous offense and should be avoided.)
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to consider 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  to be one of the auspicious ritualistic activities which are 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\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 ).
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to 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 potency of the Lord. Those who are too sinful cannot appreciate the transcendental glories of the Lord, and therefore it is better in the beginning not to instruct them in t
his matter.)
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 to not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to maintain material attachments, even after understandin
g so many instructions on this matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every devotee who claims to be a Vai\'f1\'ebava must guard against these offenses in order to quickly achieve the desired success.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7f: New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\line The Community of Souls: Unity in Authority
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Community of Souls: 
Unity in Authority
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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's to this New V\'e5nd\'e4vana experiment in the 1970's.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 consciousne
ss, expanded consciousness, or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness" can be pursued so that man's journey through this temporary sphere of material existence can be successfully completed to transfer his consciousness to the Absolute or to the realms of eternal
ity. The conception of a "community of souls" is founded on the premise that such a transferral is easier collectively than individually. Different experimenters have expressed the ideal community in different ways. Some have been more successful than ot
hers, largely depending 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 i
s different in that it is based on perfect authority. If we analyze the various communities of the past we can see that they have fallen apart because they could not agree as to what was the center of the community, what was its aims, what was its unifyi
ng point. The most successful communities tended to be those that were strongly religious. They could unify on the basis of the worship of God. And obviously where the concept of God is most agreed upon, that community will be most united and most harmon
ious. So, at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana we are basing our community on God, or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," as revealed by }{\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 }{\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 that 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 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\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The essense of that teaching is the sublime 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, and it is t
hrough this transcendental vibration that there is unity of purpose at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 Transcendental Activity:\line Devotion Through Work
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The New V\'e5nd\'e4vana experiment helps the young people in the Society direct their service toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Most Americans are acquainted with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba through 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 that Scripture, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, speaking as the Supreme
 Godhead, gives instructions to Arjuna, a man caught in the complexities of daily life, how to attain Him, the ultimate goal of all. In brief, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells him to execute this work, but to do it for the sake of the Supreme. This is the primary me
ssage 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 The New V\'e5nd\'e4vana Project puts this message into practice. This is
 also the actualization of St. Paul's, "Whatever you do in word or in work, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Jesus Christ, our Lord." It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is inactive in any sense
. The practitioners 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
 Godhead 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's proprietorship enables the devotee to advance
 in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness while executing his daily chores.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 New V\'e5ndavana:\line The Land
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In August, 1968, the Society purchased 133 acres of beautiful farm and woodland near Wheeling, West Virginia. The land contains meadows, pastures and good garden la
nd, and there are springs, creeks and waterfalls. The original buildings consist of a farmhouse, barn, and several other small buildings. More than thirty Society members have taken up permanent residence on the farm and have begun working the land to ch
ange it into a transcendental community. Already some of the old buildings have been renovated to allow for temporary residence, and several new A-frame houses have been constructed, but largely the project is in the formative stage. At present there are
 approximately a thousand acres of adjacent land up for sale, and as our needs require we will expand geographically. Land can be purchased in West Virginia at a nominal sum.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 Indian Model
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What does "New V\'e5nd\'e4vana" mean? V\'e5nd\'e4 is the Sanskrit name for the holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tu
las\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trees, 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. Today V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a holy town in India, some ninety miles southeast of Delhi. Five thousand years ago when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Godhead, descended on earth, He sported in V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a cowherd boy. Now
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana has thousands of temples dedicated to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thousands of pilgrims come there each year to pay homage to the speaker 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 New V\'e5nd\'e4vana will be modeled on this village, and, like its model, will have seven major temples.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 New V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Cow Protection
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 boy. He showed that
 man can live very simply and reserve his main energies for what Emerson called "high thinking" ("plain living and high thinking") by protecting and cultivating the cow. So one of the aims of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to protect the cow and to demonstrate t
he value of the cow in providing for the sustenance of man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 m
an's second mother in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas ("dhenu m\'e4t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "), the cow represents man's religion or man's 
yearning and 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 practica
lity of cow protection.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 Agricultural and Horticultural Programs
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An important part of our program is the development of agricultural land. Presently four acres of garden are under cultivation. An extensive fruit orchard has just 
been planted. This will all increase as we reach toward our goal of self-sufficiency. With our hothouses and our canning process, we anticipate supplying our own food year round. As for animal husbandry, we now have five milk cows (Jerseys), and this wil
l soon be tripled, giving us a more than adequate supply of milk, butter, cheeses, etc. Also, in our attempt to avoid machinery as far as possible, we have two workhorses that transport materials up from the main road and plow and cultivate our gardens. 
When our cows give bulls, we will use oxen to do much of the heavy work.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 Primary and Secondary Education
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately plans call for the building of a schoolhouse and dormitories for a primary and secondary school. There are at least twenty children of Society members w
ho wish to attend school at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Classes have already begun, and a schoolhouse is now under construction. The faculty of the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana School includes one PhD, several MA's and several former teachers of elementary and secondary
 schools.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The curriculum includes courses in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, study of the Vedic literature, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\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
Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the basic }{\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 as well as the basic courses in American history, American and British literature, mathematics, etc. That is, a firm basis of the traditional academic subjects, as well as practical training in horticulture, agriculture and Vedic
 scriptures, is being offered.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 Construction of Temples and Living Quarters
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most extraordinary feature of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana will be the temples. Temples will be constructed in such a way as to create a replica of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Indi
a. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, there are seven principal temples as well as thousands of small, private temples. The "thousands" may not be realized immediately, but our program does call for the building of seven major temples, if not all on the present 
133-acre site, at least on some of the adjacent land we will be acquiring in the future.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to temples and a school, we are building quarters for single male students and married couples. Quarters for the unmarried men }{\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 will be individual cabins designed for not more than two. Married couples }{\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 will of course have their own dwellings.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 A Typical Day
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Specifically, how are the residents of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana engaged? The day begins at 5 a.m. as a gong announces a lively }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which involves dancing and the singing of Sanskrit songs and hymns. Then there is a group 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 a reading and 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 This lasts until 7 a.m. Breakfast }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4
dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is served after the chanting, and by 8 a.m. the men are out in the fields working on the pasture or in the gardens\'97cultivating flowers, grains, fruits and vegetables
\'97or building roads, clearing land, building walkways and buildings, milking cows, tending the animals, or any one of the many farm chores; and the women are engaged in preparing the main noon meal, tending children, churning butter, and cleaning. Most
 of the daily chores are carried on between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., at which time the main meal of the day is served. The remainder of the afternoon is devoted to personal activities\'97which may include chanting, reading or bathing at the waterfall and strea
m that run through the property. Then at 7 p.m. another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and chanting 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 begun. There is usually a lecture 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 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  following the chanting. These activities usually last until 9 p.m., when more food is taken. Everyone is usually in bed around 10 or 10:30.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The children are on a slightly different schedule. They attend school from 10 to 12 a.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m. During the other hours, their training is of a practic
al sort, and they are under the guidance of one of the older members in the various departments of activity.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\cs4139\v\f0\fs28\cb3 Statements by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on New V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The V\'e5nd\'e4vana conception is that of a transcendental village, without any of the botheration of the modern industrial atmosphere. My idea of developing New V
\'e5nd\'e4vana is to create an atmosphere of spiritual life where people in the bona fide divisions of society\'97namely }{\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 (celibate students), }{\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 (householders)
, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (the retired), and }{\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 (renounced holy men)\'97will live independently, completely depending on agricultural produce and milk from the cows."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To 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 th
is tendency of retiring from activities pushes one down to the platform of laziness, and gradually to the ideas of the hippies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One should always remain active in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service; otherwise strong }{\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) will catch him and engage him in her service. Our constitutional position being to render service, we cannot stop activity. So New V\'e5nd\'e4vana may not be t
urned into a place of retirement, but some sort of activities must go on there. If there is good prospective land, we should keep cows and produce some grains, flowers and fruits, so that those living there may have sufficient work and facility for advan
cing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "V\'e5ndavana does not require to be modernized, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba's V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a transcendental village. They completely depend on nature's beauty and
 nature's protection. The community in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba preferred to belong was 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
community, because Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja (K\'e5\'f1\'eba's foster father, with whom He spent His childhood while on Earth) happened to be 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  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, along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's many cowherd boy friends, u
sed to take charge of them. Every day, in the morning, K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to go out with His friends and cows into the pasturing grounds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So, if you seriously want to convert this 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 luxurious, as Europeans and Americans are generally accustomed. Better to live there without modern amenities and to live a natural, healthy life for executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness. It may be an ideal village where the residents will have plain living and high thinking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For plain living we must have sufficient land for raising crops, and pasturing grounds for the cows. If there are sufficient grains and sufficient production of mi
lk, then the whole economic problem is solved. You do not require any machines, cinemas, hotels, slaughterhouses, brothels, nightclubs-all these modern amenities. People in 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  are trying to squeeze out gross pleasure from the senses, which it is not possible to derive to our heart's content. Therefore we are confused and baffl
ed in our attempt to get eternal pleasure from gross matter. Actually, joyful life is on the spiritual platform, and therefore we should try to save our valuable time from material activities and engage it in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The 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 will be self-satisf
ied. That will make an ideal }{\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 I do not know whether these ideals can be given practi
cal shape, but I think like that, that people may be happy in any place with land or cow, without endeavoring for the so-called amenities of modern life, which simply increase anxieties for maintenance and proper equipment. The less we are anxious for ma
intaining our body, the more we become favorable for advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now we can work with great enthusiasm for constructing a New V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the United States of America. People who came here from Europe to this part of the 
world named so many new provinces, just like New England, New Amsterdam and 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 i
s my great happiness. Our sincere endeavor in the service of the Lord, and of the Lord's assistants, to make our progressive march successful-these are two important things to be followed in the spiritual advancement of life."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7g: Tilaka
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub Tilaka
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi1\tx4320 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Forehead: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Ke\'e7av
\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Abdomen: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Chest: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4dhav\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Throat: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Govind\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Rig
ht waist: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebave nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Right forearm: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Madhus\'fcdan\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Right shoulder: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Trivikram\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Left waist: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9 V\'e4man\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Left forearm: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9dhar\'e4ya nama
\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Left shoulder: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Nape of neck: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Padman\'e4bh\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 Lower back: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modar\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'95 Head: \tab }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4sudev\'e4ya nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\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 is sometimes called the ornamentation of the spirit so
ul. The decoration, made by applying wet clay mixture, marks the body as a temple of Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Lord. The Vai\'f1\'ebava devotee marks his body in twelve places for sanctification and protection, and one who is wearing }{\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 can at once be identified as a devotee of the Lord. Just as one can recognize that the strength of the government is 
behind a uniformed policeman, one can understand that the strength of God is behind a devotee marked with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7h: ISKCON Press
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON Press
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Press trains young men in all phases of the printing trade and turns out the society's ever increasing volume of literature. The press department was started
 by several of His Divine Grace's disciples who worked at commercial printing jobs for a number of years. The savings they earned over that time were eventually put toward the purchase of printing machinery, which was set up in the building owned by the 
Boston Center of ISKCON, and with the skill gained by years of outside experience, they began publishing the holy Vedic Scriptures, such as }{\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 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 as tr
anslated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, and the society's magazine, }{\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 which has a mo
nthly circulation of 150,000 and is printed in four languages. His Divine Grace has asked the press to produce a book every two months, and he has also prepared to translate sixty volumes of the 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 over a ten-year period. These plans are actually progressing on schedule, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Press receives dictaphone tapes of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da speaking; these are typed, edited and layed out, then printed, bound and shipped to worldwide ce
nters of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Also in Boston, an art department of four devotees, painters, whose works are all authorized by the spiritual master, produces magnificent color illustrations for all books published by ISKCON Press. ISKCON Press is
 a beehive of transcendental activity existing solely for the glorification of the Supreme Lord, and it has been called the "heart of ISKCON" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7i: }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Preface }{\v\f0\fs20\cf9 to K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub Preface to K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7j: On Chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra...\line ...A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub On Chanting\line the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra\line ... by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by 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 sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our c
onsciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, 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 or 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 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 her stringent laws. When a servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, it is called illusion. We are tryi
ng to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle a
gainst material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\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 is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By c
hanting 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living entity. When we hear the t
ranscendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chanting this }{\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 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. A little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged in mental speculation for the purpose of getting out of the material clutc
hes. A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find out the supreme cause of all causes\'97within and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages of 
sense, mind and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This 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  is enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness\'97namely sensual, mental and intellectual. There is no need, therefore, to understand the language 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 nor is there any need for mental speculation nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this }{\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 It}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such, anyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound without any previous qualification. In a more advanced stage, of
 course, one is not expected to commit offenses on grounds of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies, which are eight in number. These are: \line }{\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  Being stopped as though dumb, }{\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  perspiration, }{\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  standing up of hairs
 on the body, }{\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  dislocation of voice, }{\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  trembling, }{\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  fading of the body, }{\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  crying in ecstasy, and }{\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  trance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual platform, and one shows the first symptom of this in the urge to dance along 
with the chanting 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 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 no
ndevotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.
\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 Har\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words }{\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 forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both }{\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 mean the supreme pleasure, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the supre
me pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to }{\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 in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of t
he Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material energy, 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  is also one of the multi-energies of the Lord. And we the living entities are also the energy, marginal energy, of 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is established in its happy, normal condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These three words, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4, 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 the transcendental seeds of th
e }{\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 The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His energy, to give protection
 to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Har\'e4 helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father's grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants 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 sincerely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as 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 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 \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 Books by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is\line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (3 volumes)\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (2 volumes)\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line Easy Journey to Other Planets\line Back to Godhead Magazine}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Editor)\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement is the
 Genuine Vedic Way\line \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\line The First Step in God Realization\line The Lord in the Heart
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For detailed information about the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, please turn to page 86 of this handbook.
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub Calendar for 484\line of the Caitanya Era
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Explanation of the Calendar
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is eternal, without beginning or end, but for purposes of impelling thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the devotees follow a calendar originat
ing with the appearance day of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is declared by the Vedic scriptures to be the }{\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 , or incarnation of God for this age, appeared to distribute love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere by 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  chanting movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The corresponding Gregorian calendar dates appear alongside the calendar dates for the Caitanya Era.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [At this point the calendar appears, difficult to reproduce in this media]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7l: Devotional Prayers
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub Devotional Prayers
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 MA\'ccGAL\'c4CARA\'cbA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vande 'ha\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-yuta-pada-kamala\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-gurun vai\'f1\'ebav\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca\line \'e7r\'e9-r
\'fcpa\'e0 s\'e4graj\'e4ta\'e0 saha-ga\'eba-raghun\'e4th\'e4nvita\'e0 ta\'e0 sa-j\'e9vam\line s\'e4dvaita\'e0 s\'e4vadh\'fcta\'e0 parijana-sahita\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-deva\'e0\line \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-p\'e4d\'e4n saha-ga\'eba-lali
t\'e4-\'e7r\'e9-vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4nvit\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I am offering my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas. I off
er my respectful obeisances to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda, along with Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, Gad\'e4dhara, \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, and other associates. I offer my respectful obeisances to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with Their associates \'c7r\'e9 Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4.) }{\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 Purport
]
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9LA-PRABHUP\'c4DA-PRA\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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\line \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min i
ti n\'e4mine
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful 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.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e4\'e7c\'e4tya-de\'e7a
-t\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. You are kindly preaching the m
essage of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9-GURU-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the
 torchlight of knowledge.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9LA-BHAKTISIDDH\'c4NTA-SARASVAT\'c9 PRA\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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\line \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktisiddh\'e4nta-sarasvat
\'e9ti n\'e4mine
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
having taken shelter at His lotus feet.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-v\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9dev\'e9-dayit\'e4ya k\'e5p\'e4bdhaye \line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandha-vij\'ef\'e4na-d\'e4yine pr
abhave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances to \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9dev\'e9dayita D\'e4sa [another spiritual name of Siddh\'e4n
ta Sarasvat\'e9], who is favored by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhuryojjvala-prem\'e4\'f2hya-\'e7r\'e9-r\'fcp\'e4nuga-bhaktida\line \'e7r\'e9-gaura-karu\'eb\'e4-\'e7akti-vigrah\'e4ya namo
 'stu te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who delivers devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of R\'e4dh\'e4 an
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba, coming exactly in the line of revelation of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namas te gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9-\'e7r\'e9-m\'fcrtaye d\'e9na-t\'e4ri\'ebe \line r\'fcp\'e4nuga-viruddh\'e4pa-siddh\'e4nta-dhv\'e4nt
a-h\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the falle
n souls. You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9LA-GAURAKI\'c7ORA-PRA\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo gaura-ki\'e7or\'e4ya s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-vair\'e4gya-m\'fcrtaye\line vipralambha-ras\'e4mbhode p\'e4d\'e4mbuj\'e4ya te nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaura-ki\'e7orad\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja [the spiritual master of Bhaktisiddh
\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9], who is renunciation personified. He is always merged in a feeling of separation and intense love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9LA-BHAKTIVINODA-PRA\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo bhaktivinod\'e4ya saccid\'e4nanda-n\'e4mine\line gaura-\'e7akti-svar\'fcp\'e4ya r\'fcp\'e4nuga-var\'e4ya te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccid\'e4nanda Bhaktivinode, who is transcendental energy of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He is
 strict follower of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, headed by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9LA-JAGANN\'c4THA-PRA\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gaur\'e4virbh\'e4va-bh\'fcmes tva\'e0 nirdde\'f1\'f6\'e4 saj-jana-priya\'f9\line vai\'f1\'ebava-s\'e4rvabhauma\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-jag
ann\'e4th\'e4ya te nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4s B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, who is respectful to the entire Vai\'f1\'ebava communit
y and who discovered the place where Lord Caitanya appeared.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9-VAI\'d1\'cbAVA-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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\line patit\'e4n\'e4\'e0 p\'e4vanebhyo vai\'f1\'ebavebhyo namo
 nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vai\'f1\'ebava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfil
l the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9-GAUR\'c4\'ccGA-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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-p
ure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9 PA\'cfCA-TATTVA PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efca-tattv\'e4tmaka\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 bhakta-r\'fcpa-svar\'fcpakam\line bhakt\'e4vat\'e4ra\'e0 bhakt\'e4khya\'e0 nam
\'e4mi bhakta-\'e7aktikam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I bow down to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who appears as a devotee [Lord Caitanya Himself], as His personal expansion [\'c7r\'e9 Nity
\'e4nanda], His incarnation [\'c7r\'e9 Advaita], His devotee [\'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa], and His energy [\'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara], and who is the source of all strength for the devotees.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 SAMBANDH\'c4DHIDEVER PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jayat\'e4\'e0 suratau pa\'ecgor mama manda-mater gat\'e9\line mat-sarva-sva-pad\'e4mbhojau r\'e4dh\'e4-madanamohanau
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Glory to the all-merciful \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and Madanamohana. They are the only shelter of my depraved and crippled self. The
ir lotus feet are the be-all and end-all of my life.)
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he k\'e5\'f1\'eba karu\'eb\'e4-sindho d\'e9na-bandho jagat-pate\line gope\'e7a gopik\'e4-k\'e4nta r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e4nta namo 'stu
 te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (O my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master 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 the lover of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 ABHIDHEY\'c4DHIDEVER-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e9vyad-v\'e5nd\'e4ra\'eb ya-kalpadrum\'e4dha\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9mad-ratn\'e4g\'e4ra-si\'e0h\'e4sana-sthau\line \'e7r\'e9mad-r
\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7r\'e9la-govindadevau\line pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4l\'e9bhi\'f9 sevyam\'e4nau smar\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I meditate on \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and Govinda. They are seated on a throne in a mansion bedecked with gems under the desire tre
es in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, being served by Their loving female attendants.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 PRAYOJAN\'c4DHIDEVER PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9m\'e4n r\'e4sa-ras\'e4rambh\'e9 va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a-ta\'f6a-sthita\'f9\line kar\'f1an ve\'ebu-svanair gop\'e9r gop
\'e9n\'e4tha\'f9 \'e7riye 'stu na\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (May Lord Gop\'e9n\'e4tha confer on us His grace. He inaugurated 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  by attracting the spiritual milkmaids of Vraja with the enchanting tune of His flute, and He is seated at the base of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9vata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tree.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9 R\'c4DH\'c4 PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapta-k\'e4\'efcana-gaur\'e4\'ecgi r\'e4dhe v\'e5nd\'e4vane\'e7vari\line v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sute devi pra\'ebam\'e4mi hari-priye
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respects to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana. You are the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, and You are very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Verse quoted by Lord Caitanya, 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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (B.N. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 38.126}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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, ther
e is no other alternative for God realization in the Age of Kali.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 \'c7R\'c9 GURVA\'d1\'d6AKAM\line }{\v\f0\fs28 (Eight Prayers Glorifying the Spiritual Master)\line }{\i\v\f0\fs28 -by \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 the cloud pours water on the forest fire to exting
uish 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 \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\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\'e7rutara\'ecgab
h\'e4jo\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 dancing in ecstasy. 
Sometimes he feels quivering in his body because of spiritual trance. I offer my respectful obeisances unto such spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3)
\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\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\'e4dh\'e4 and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4)
\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\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 offere
d 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 \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\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\'e4
sv\'e4dana-lolupasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The spiritual master is always anxious to hear and chant about the wonderful pastimes between R\'e4dhik\'e4 and M\'e4dhava, which are
 all in the modes of loving exchanges [M\'e4dhurya-L\'e9l\'e4], as well as about their quality, names and form. The spiritual master aspires after relishing these things at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances to such spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niku\'efjjay\'fcno ratikeli-siddhyai\line y\'e4 y\'e4libhir yuktir apek\'f1a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\line tatr\'e4tid\'e4k\'f1\'e4dati-vallab
hasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The spiritual master is very much expert in assisting 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 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 s
piritual exchange, and the spiritual master is there to assist in the affairs. I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\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 e
va tasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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].)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx20\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do\line yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4nna-gati\'f9 kuto 'pi\line dhy\'e4ya\'e0 stuva\'e0s tasya ya
\'e7as tri-sandhya\'e0\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (By 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 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 \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 \'c4R\'c4TRIKA CEREMONY\line }{\i\v\f0\fs28 Prayer by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kib\'e4 jaya jaya gor\'e4c\'e4nder \'e4rotiki sobh\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Everyone come see all the glories of the beautiful }{\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 of Lord Caitanya.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e4hnav\'e9-ta\'f6a vane jaga jana-manolobh\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony on the bank of the Ganges to receive Lord Caitanya is so beautiful that it will attract the minds of all the people of the world.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kib\'e4 vasi\'e4chena gor\'e4c\'e4nda ratna-si\'e0h\'e4sane
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Come see how Lord Caitanya is seated on the jeweled throne.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati karena brahm\'e4 \'e4dideva-gane
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (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.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kib\'e4 dak\'f1i\'ebe nit\'e4ic\'e4nda b\'e4me gad\'e4dhara
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (See Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu on the right side of Lord Caitanya, and on the left side, \'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nika\'f6e advaita prabhu \'e7r\'e9v\'e4sa chatradhara
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Nearby are Advaita Prabhu and \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, who is bearing the umbrella above Lord Caitanya's head.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kib\'e4 \'e7a\'eckha b\'e4je ghant\'e4 b\'e4je b\'e4je karat\'e4la
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Listen to the sounding of the conchshells, the ringing bells, and the sound of the kart\'e4ls.)
\par }\pard \s2075 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhura m\'e5da\'ecga b\'e4je \'e7unite ras\'e4la
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are very relishable to hear.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 Song taught by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, from \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4\'f1rit\'e4 ye padapallava-plava\'e0\line mahat-pada\'e0 pu\'ebya-ya\'e7o mur\'e4re\'f9\line bhav\'e4mbudhir vatsa-pada
\'e0 para\'e0 pada\'e0\line pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m\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 10.14.58}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (This material world is full of danger, and the ocean of nescience is very difficult to cross. But for one who has taken shelter o
f the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this vast ocean is like a puddle of water contained in a calf's hoofprint in the mud. There is danger at every step, but the devotee is not affected by it.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 Song about K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, from \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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  5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1308 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes buil
t with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose-trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands 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 .)                             (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cont'd on p. 79)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a task which those who follow Him have continued to carry out 
down to the present day. The elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught by Lord Caitanya are in fact the most voluminous, exacting and consistent\'97due to the unbreakable system of disciplic succession\'97of any religious culture in the world
. Yet Lord Caitanya, in His youth widely renowned as a scholar, Himself left us only eight verses, called }{\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 , in which His mission and precepts are revealed.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\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\'eba\'e0\line \'e7reya\'f9 kairava-candrik\'e4vitara\'eba\'e0 vi
dy\'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-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'ebk\'e9rtanam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Sa\'eck\'e9rtana, 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 }{\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  movemen
t 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 w
hich we are always anxious.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\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 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4mak\'e4ri bahudh\'e4 nija-sarva-\'e7aktis tatr\'e4rpit\'e4 niyamita\'f9 smara\'ebe na k\'e4la\'f9\line et\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k
\'e5p\'e4 bhagavan mam\'e4pi durdaivam\'e9d\'e5\'e7amih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 nam
es, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 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 hol
y names, but unfortunate as I am, I have no attraction for them.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5\'eb\'e4dapi sun\'e9cena taror api sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4\line am\'e4nin\'e4 m\'e4nadena k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 hari\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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 
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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\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 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundar\'e9\'e0 kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye\line mama janmani janman\'e9\'e7vare bhavat\'e4dbhak
tir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 fo
llowers. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life\'97birth after birth.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\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 5}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayi nandatanuja ki\'eckara\'e0 patita\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vi\'f1ame bhav\'e4mbudhau\line k\'e5pay\'e4 tava p\'e4da-pa\'eckaja-sthita-dh\'fcl\'e9sa
d\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen in the ocean of birth 
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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\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 6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nayana\'e0 galada\'e7rudh\'e4ray\'e4 vadana\'e0 gadgadaruddhay\'e4 gir\'e4\line pulakair nicita\'e0 vapu\'f9 kad\'e4 tava-n\'e4magraha\'ebe 
bhavi\'f1yati
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O my Lord! when will 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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\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 7}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yug\'e4yita\'e0 nime\'f1e\'eba cak\'f1u\'f1\'e4 pr\'e4v\'e5\'f1\'e4yitam\line \'e7\'fcny\'e4yita\'e0 jagat-sarva\'e0 govinda-virahe\'eba me
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b\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 8}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\line }{\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 adar\'e7an\'e4nmarmahat\'e4\'e0 karotu v\'e4\line yath\'e4 tath\'e4 v\'e4 vid
adh\'e4tu lampa\'f6o mat-pr\'e4\'eba-n\'e4thas tu sa eva n\'e4para\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 broken-hearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, but He is always my worshipable Lord, unconditionally.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs32 SIX SYMPTOMS OF SURRENDER\line }{\b\v\f0\fs28 in Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 One should accept everything favorable for discharging devotional service.\line \'95 One should reject everything unfavora
ble for discharging devotional service.\line \'95 One should believe firmly that the Lord will protect His devotee always.\line \'95 One should feel exclusively dependent on the mercy of the Lord.\line \'95 One should have no separate interest besides th
e interest of the Lord.\line \'95 One should always feel oneself meek and humble.
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 Song about K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, cont'd.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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\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 5.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept}{\b\i0\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 playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals, with head bedecked with a peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged}{\b\i0\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 the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'ecg\'e4ni }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sakalendriya-v\'e5ttimanti\line pa\'e7yanti p\'e4nti kalayanti cira\'e0 jaganti\line \'e4nanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi\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\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 5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth and substantiality and is thus full of th
e most dazzling 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 \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 Prayer to Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva \line for the Continued Health of Our Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-\'e7\'e5\'ecga\'e0\line dalita-hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu-tanu-bh\'e5\'ecgam\line ke\'e7ava dh\'e5
ta-narahari-r\'fcpa 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 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (O my Lord, Your hands are very beautiful, like the lotus flower, but with Your long nails You have ripped apart the wasp Hira\'eb
yaka\'e7ipu. Unto You, Lord of the universe, do I offer my humble obeisances.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (This prayer was recited by the boy devotee Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in order to pacify Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaja}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya\line Prabhu Ni
ty\'e4nanda\line \'c7r\'e9 Advaita Gad\'e4dhara\line \'c7r\'e9v\'e4s\'e4di Gaura-bhakta-v\'e5nda
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my obeisances unto \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita, Gad\'e4dhara, \'c7r\'e9v
\'e4sa, and all the followers of Lord Caitanya.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha-sv\'e4m\'e9 nayana pa\'f6hagami bhavatu me
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Jagann\'e4tha-sv\'e4m\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Lord of the universe; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nayana pa\'f6hagami bhavatu me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub please be visible unto me.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo brahma\'ebya-dev\'e4ya\line go-br\'e4hma\'eba-hit\'e4ya ca\line jagat-hit\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\line govind\'e4ya namo 
nama\'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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  1.19.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the well-wisher of 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 as well as the living entities in general. I offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda, who is t
he pleasure reservoir for all the senses.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 OBEISANCES AND RESPECTS
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jaya om vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4da paramaha\'e0sa parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya a\'f1\'f6ottara-\'e7ata \'e7ri \'e7r\'e9mad bhaktivedanta gos
v\'e4m\'e9 mah\'e4r\'e4ja ki jaya.
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (108 glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swan-like devotee, the great preceptor \'c7ri Sr\'e9mad Bhaktivedanta Swami Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja, who has taken shelter at the feet of Visnu.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jaya om vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4da paramaha\'e0sa parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya a\'f1\'f6ottara-\'e7ata \'e7ri \'e7r\'e9mad bhaktisiddh\'e4nt
a sarasvat\'e9 gosv\'e4m\'e9 mah\'e4r\'e4ja ki jaya.
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (108 glories to the wandering mendicant and topmost swan-like devotee, the great preceptor Sr\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta S
arasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who has taken shelter at the feet of Vi\'f1\'ebu.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananta-ko\'f6i vai\'f1\'ebava-v\'e5nda ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to Ananta, the couch of Vi\'f1\'ebu.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya harid\'e4sa \'f6h\'e4kur ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to 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 of the holy name, Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub premse kaho}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-prabhu
-nity\'e4nanda-\'e7ri-advaita-gad\'e4dhara-\'e7r\'e9-v\'e4s\'e4di \'e7r\'e9-gaura-bhakta-v\'e5nda ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to the flowing transcendental love of Lord Caitanya, Lord Nity\'e4nanda, Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, Gad\'e4dhara, \'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, and all the devotees of Lord Gaura.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 -\'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gopa-gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'e7y\'e4ma-ku\'eb\'f2a r\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a giri-gova
rdhana ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the cowherd families owned by Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, 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 bathing tank}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 \'c7y\'e4ma [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], 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 bathing tank of R\'e4dh\'e4, and the hill of Govardhana.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma ki jaya. mathur\'e4-dh\'e4ma ki jaya. navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to the abodes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Mathur\'e4 and Navadv\'e9pa.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagann\'e4tha-pur\'e9-dh\'e4ma ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to the temple of the Lord of the universe at Pur\'e9.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ga\'ecg\'e4may\'e9 ki jaya, yamun\'e4may\'e9 ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to 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 sacred Ganges and Yamun\'e4 rivers.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9dev\'e9 ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories to the sacred plant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tulasi, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which is offered at the feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktidev\'e9 ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories 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 devotional service to the Lord.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4ma-veda-bhakta-v\'e5nda ki jaya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (All glories 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 the assembled devotees.)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govinda jaya jaya!\line Gop\'e4la jaya jaya! \line R\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba-hari!\line Govinda jaya jaya!
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Govinda-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Lord; }{\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 victory; }{\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 cowherd boy, i.e. K\'e5\'f1\'eba;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H
e who enjoys R\'e4dh\'e4 [R\'e4dh\'e4 is His pleasure potency]; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord.)
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 THE MAH\'c4-MANTRA
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 Rama, Hare R\'e4ma,\line R\'e4
ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7m: K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\line The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -1-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of G
odhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is 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 (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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of the twelve cantos 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 the Tenth Canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead. }{
\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 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 summary study of the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the original speaker 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 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 liberate
d soul who is no longer interested 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 hea
rs them. And even the gross 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\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 Personali
ty of Godhead and to thus derive the highest benefit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 400 pp. 84 full-color plates $8.00
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7n: THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -2-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This book is especially intended for those who are engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The text is flooded with nectarean 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 }{\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 which was written in Sanskrit by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the chief of the six direct disciples of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The subject matter is love of God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of}{\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 Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 mellows. 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\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  for the present age, who is coming in disciplic succession from Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 404 pp. 4 full-color plates softbound, $3.95
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7o: \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAWATAM
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -3-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAWATAM
\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 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am }{\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 mature r
ipened 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad
-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that this nectarean fruit is relished even by those who are already liberated from}{\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 materialistic life. Great sages have declared that by careful reading of this master work, one's life will be a complete success.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published in Delhi, India, by The League of Devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Canto 1 1200 pp., 3 Volumes $16.95
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7p: TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA\line A Treatise on Factual Spiritual Life
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -4-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Treatise on Fa
ctual Spiritual Life
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For thousands of years, all over the world, sincere souls in search of spiritual realization have accepted 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 their most basic and profound text. Lord Caitanya, the most munificent incarnation of Godhead, appeared 500 years ago to demons
trate by example how to live 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 in the present age. }{\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 recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Caitanya was famous as a s
cholar and spoke authoritatively on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\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 liberation and }{\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 Still, He is better known as the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, distributing 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\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and in His ecstat
ic }{\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 festivals, Lord Caitanya was an example to all of how to attain the ultimate 
goal of life-love of God. This most advanced work on spiritual science can bring the reader into loving reciprocation with the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 292 pp., ii pp. illus.; hardbound $5.95
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7q: SRI ISOPANISAD\line The knowledge that leads one nearer\line to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -5-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD}{\b\i\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 The knowledge that leads one nearer\line to 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 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 fam
ed 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 au
thor's transparent commentaries reveal that the Supreme Lord is "unembodied" and "formless," since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the present age of discord, }{\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 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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 135 pp., softbound $1.00; hardbound deluxe edition $3.00
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7r: THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -6-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now for the first time this renowed scripture is being 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 as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and understood by His disciple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Pe
rsonality 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 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 could reach the perfection of life and be liberated from all suffering. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is passing on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy in its full potency, as it is, so that everyone can attain to his right
ful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the Introduction: "The 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\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 directed to the one who seeks to understand his position."
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 318 pp., softbound $2.95
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7s: EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -7-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This book is an authentic discussion by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami on the techniques and 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 anti-material planets where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 54 pp. $.50
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7t: K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -8-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consisting of six lectures, this book presents the most authorized 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 w
hich 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.
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\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7u: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure, and Other Essays
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\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Reservoir Of Pleasure, And Other Essays
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All 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 pleasure because we have no information regarding the real level on which to have real pleasure... But in the transcendental absolute world everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and provides the highest satisfaction."
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 43 pp. $.50
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7v: BACK TO GODHEAD\line The Magazine of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement
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\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Magazine of the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement
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iritual masters from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The magazine contains practical information on how to achieve God realization, with writings by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, photo essays, recipes, and articles by disciples based on their personal realizations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 32 pp., monthly; $5.00 per year, $6.00 outside U.S.A.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Back to Godhead is also available in French, German and Japanese editions.
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\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub GOVINDA ALBUM (33 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\up6 1 }{\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 These sound vibrations praise Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They were first uttered millions of years ago b
y Lord Brahm\'e4, the creator of this universe. Now they are sung by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, accompanied by sarod and tamboura, in a rare and unique recording.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stereo $5. 00
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7x: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Album}{\b0\v\f0\fs20\cf9  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf9 (33-1/3 rpm)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -12-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Album (33-}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\up6 1 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub / }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\dn6 3}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  rpm)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace plays the holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5danga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub drum with the Los Angeles }{\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. Also, }
{\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 }{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stereo, $4. 00
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7y: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra (45 rpm)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -13-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra (45 rpm)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recorded by London's R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple and produced by Beatle George Harrison on the Apple label (no. 1810).
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stereo, $ 1.25
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7z: GOVINDA (45 rpm)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -14-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub GOVINDA (45 rpm)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This sound vibration will purify the Western world."\'97A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Recorded by London's R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple and produced by Beatle Geo
rge Harrison on the Apple label.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stereo $1.25
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7aa: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba (45 rpm)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -15-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba (45 rpm)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recorded by the Los Angeles }{\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 in a new transcendental arrangement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stereo $ 1.00
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7bb: SPIRITUAL SKY INCENSE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub -16-
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub SPIRITUAL SKY INCENSE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finest quality incense, manufactured by devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Large selection of fruit and flower flavors. Twenty sticks in each package. Each stick burns for
 one hour.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.00 per package. Sandalwood, strawberry, lemon, narcissus, etc.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKH 7cc: WHY THESE BOOKS ARE UNIQUE
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub WHY THESE BOOKS ARE UNIQUE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his commentary to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, A.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bhaktivedanta Swami has written: "There are thousands and thousands of literary men all over the world, and for thousands of years they have created thousands of literary works for the information of the 
people in general. Unfortunately, none of them have brought peace and tranquility on earth, either among men or among nations. This is due to the spiritual vacuum in these literatures." According to Vedic literature, man can be happy only by self-realiza
tion and by engaging in his eternal occupation of transcendental loving service to God. Literatures which are void of glorification of the Supreme Lord are ultimately useless. The Vedic literatures describe them as decorations of a dead body or superfici
al ag\'e9t\'e4tion of the mind. The vast body of spiritual science known as the Vedic literature presents the all-inclusive solution to all the problems of life by describing the transcendental glories of the name, fame, form and pastimes of the unlimite
d Supreme Lord. They are meant for bringing about a revolution in the impious life of the misdirected civilization of the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, a spiritual master in disciplic succession, presents the great Vedic literatures in translations and commentaries which do not deviate in 
the slightest degree from the original intentions of the Vedic authorities, and he is therefore the Vedic authority for this age. A.C. Bhaktivedanta's books are unique, pure and transcendentally relishable, and they actually have the potency to end all m
iseries of material existence and awaken joyful spiritual life
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON PRESS, 38 N. Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 02134 Att: Svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, secretary.
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b\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 serv
ice unto him. The self-realized 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 (}{\b0\i\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  4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 succession 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 th
e 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. 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: "The path of religion is directly enunciated by the Lord." Therefore, mental speculation or dry arguments cannot help one progress in spiritual life. One has to approach a bon
a fide spiritual master to receive the knowledge. Such a teacher 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 secr
et of advancement in spiritual life. Inquiries and submission constitute the proper combination for spiritual understanding. Unless there is submission and service, inquiries from the learned spiritual master will not be effective. One must be able to pa
ss 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.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 8: Authorized Procedure for Performing\line A K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Marriage Ceremony
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Procedure for Perform
ing\line A K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Marriage Ceremony
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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 Preparations are made according to the instructions
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9m\'fcrti P\'fcj\'e4" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub booklet, published by ISKCON Los Angeles
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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 The couple should wear newly bought clothes.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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  Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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  The bride sits to the right of the groom. Garlands 
are offered to the priest and couple after they have been touched to the Deities' feet. Incense is lit and placed around the spot where the sacrificial fire is to be lit.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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 The priest says the first of line of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e4yatr\'e9 mantra. 
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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 Everyone chants }{\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 throughout the ceremony.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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  The priest demonstrates how to take water in a spoo
n from a goblet. Holding the spoon in his right hand, he puts water in his left palm, once, twice, thrice. He then sips the water. He takes one more spoonful of water into his left palm to wash it, and he then throws it to the side. Then the priest passe
s the water goblet to the couple to be married, and they follow the same procedure. The goblet is passed around counterclockwise. The priest leads responsive chanting of
\par }\pard \s842 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 apavitra\'f9 pavitro v\'e4 sarv\'e4vasth\'e4\'e0 gato 'pi v\'e4\line ya\'f9 smaret pu\'eb\'f2ar\'e9k\'e4k\'f1a\'e0 sav
\'e4hy\'e4bhyantara\'f9 \'e7uci\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9-vi\'f1\'ebu \'e7r\'e9-vi\'f1\'ebu \'e7r\'e9-vi\'f1\'ebu\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 Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("Unpurified or purified, or even having passed through all situations, one who remembers the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of 
Godhead is cleansed without and within.") This whole procedure is executed three times.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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  The priest lectures on the importance of marriage.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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 The girl's parent or godbrother says: "_________ D
\'e4s\'e9 has been in my charge for so long, and now I am giving her unto your care. Do you accept her as your wife?"
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bridegroom says: "Yes, I accept _________ D\'e4s\'e9 as my wife, and I shall take charge of her throughout both of our lives
. We shall live together peacefully in K\'e5\'f1na consciousness, and there will never be any separation."
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The priest says, "Will you accept \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n _________ as your life's companion, serving him always, and help him to execut
e his K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities?"
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bride says, "Yes, I accept \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n _________ as my husband throughout my life. There shall never be any separation b
etween us, either in happiness or distress. I shall serve him always, and we shall live together peacefully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. "
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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  Garlands are exchanged by the couple. The couple e
xchanges sitting places. The groom places vermilion in the part of his bride's hair, and he covers her head with her }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sari }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cloth. The groom's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is tied to the bride's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sari, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the garments should stay tied for one week.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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  The priest sprinkles differently colored dyes up a
nd down and sideways on the dirt where the fire is to be lit. With a candle, he lights a splinter dipped in ghee and builds a small fire. He mixes ghee with barley and sesame seeds.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgal\'e4-cara\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayers and the prayers to the spiritual masters are 
said while the barley and sesame are passed around. 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 after each prayer i
s completed, the devotees throw the grains into the fire, and the priest spoons in ghee. The prayers are said responsively, including the }{\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 The priest has to add wood to the fire to keep it going. All the dyes should be added to fire toward the end.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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  Everyone stands up, and the married couple, holdin
g bananas before them in their folded hands, stands by the fire. The following prayer is said responsively three times:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo brahma\'ebya-dev\'e4ya go-br\'e4hma\'eba-hit\'e4ya ca\line jagat-hit\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya govind\'e4ya namo nama\'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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  1.19.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4h\'e4 sv\'e4h\'e4 sv\'e4h\'e4.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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  The bananas are placed in the fire, and the priest
 pours any extra seeds from the bowl into the fire.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\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  Everyone responsively repeats: 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 \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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  Everyone bows down and offers obeisances to Prabhu
p\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 17.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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 priest mixes ashes from the fire with a little
 ghee left in the bowl, and a mark of ashes and ghee is placed on everyone's forehead.
\par }\pard \s842 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\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\nosupersub  Feast
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 9: Current Centers of the\line 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 Current Centers of the\line Inte
rnational Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since its founding in 1966 the society has experienced phenomenal growth. It presents itself as a complex organization responsible for the welfare of thousands of p
eople. As of 1970, there are 30 centers. Each of these centers if a self-contained unit which functions as a church, seminary, and home for each of its ministers and divinity students.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following list is intended to identify and describe each of the locations of the society including all available information on the number and identity of the m
inisters, the ministerial students and the estimated size of each congregation. Since no precise records are kept, estimations are made on the basis of at least monthly attendance; that is, if a person attends less than once a month he will not be consid
ered to be a member of the congregation. All students counted are full-time students of the society.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 7 Bury Place, London, England. It is staffed by three ministers, Mukunda d\'e4s Adhik
\'e4r\'e9, \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and Guru d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and twelve ministerial students. Mukunda d\'e4s was initiated on Oct. 15, 1966, \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4s on Jan. 10, 1967, and Guru d\'e4s on April 7, 1968. It has an e
stimated congregation of forty-five families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 2016 McKinley St. Honolulu, Hawaii 96822. It is staffed by one minister, Gaursundar d
\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on Feb. 19, 1967, and eleven ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of fifty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 3720 Park Ave., Montreal, Canada. It is staffed by one minister, \'c7ripati d\'e4s Br
ahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in June, 1969, and fifteen ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of fifty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 61 Second Ave., New York City, New York 10003. It is staffed by two ministers, Brahm
\'e4nanda d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on Oct. 23, 1966, and \'c5\'f1i Kum\'e4ra d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in May, 1968, and twenty-five ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of 125 families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, RD 3, Moundsville, West Virginia 26041. It is staffed by two min
isters, K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami, who was initiated in Oct. 23, 1966, and Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Sept., 1966, and thirty ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of thirty members.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 416 South 10th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147. It is staffed by one minister, 
Subal d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Feb., 1967, and four ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of twenty-five families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 518 Fredrick St., San Francisco, California 94117. It is staffed by one minister, Mad
havi\'e7\'e4 d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Aug., 1968, and fifteen ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of 130 families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, No. 6-16, 2/Chome, Ohhashi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is staffed by one minister, S
ud\'e4m\'e4 d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Sept. 1968, and six students. It has an estimated congregation of fifteen families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 40 Beverly St. Toronto, Ontario Canada. It is staffed by one minister, Jagad\'e9\'e7a
 d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and six students. It has an estimated congregation of twenty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 2015 Q St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008. It is staffed by one minister, D\'e4modara 
d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and six students. It has an estimated congregation of twenty-five families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 260 Raymur St., no. 305, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is staffed by one mi
nister, Cid\'e4nanda d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Dec. 1967, and eight students. It has an estimated congregation of thirty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, c/o Serge Elbez, BO 113, Paris, 14, France. It is staffed by one minister, Woom\'e4pa
ti d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and four students. It has an estimated congregation of ten families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 2210 N. Halstead St., Chicago, Ill. It is staffed by one minister, Jaya Pataka d\'e4s
 Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, and four students. It has an estimated congregation of six families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 5516 Roosevelt Way N.E., Seattle, Washington 98105. It is staffed by one minister, Ga
jendra d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on Dec. 1, 1968, and eight ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of fifty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, San Jose, California. It is staffed by one minister, Cit-sukh\'e4nanda d\'e4s Adhik
\'e4r\'e9, and four ministerial students. It has a congregation of fifteen families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 2710 Durant Ave., Berkeley, California 94704. It is staffed by one minister, Bahula
\'e7va d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Feb., 1969, and ten ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of 250 families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 38 No. Beacon St., Boston, Massachusetts 02134. It is staffed by one minister, Satsva
r\'fcpa das Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on Oct. 23, 1966, and thirty-five ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of one hundred families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 298 Birrell St., Bondi, N.S.W. 2026, Sydney, Australia. It is staffed by one minister
, Bali Mardan d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 and four students. It has an estimated congregation of fifteen families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 4549 LaClede Ave., St Louis, Missouri 63110. It is staffed by one minister, V\'e4mana
deva das Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and four students. It has an estimated congregation of fifteen families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 1476 Oxford Rd. N.E. 30322 Atlanta Georgia. It is staffed by one minister, Janamejaya
 d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and four students. It has an estimated congregation of ten families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 1300 Calvert St. Baltimore, Maryland. It is staffed by one minister, V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
Candra d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and three students. It has an estimated congregation of ten families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 104 Bradfort St., Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is staffed by one minister, \'c7r
\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, and four students. It has an estimated congregation of ten families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 623 Concord St., Boulder, Colorado 80302. It is staffed on one minister, Harer N\'e4m
a d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on Sept. 11, 1966, and seven ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of seventy-five families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 2000 Hamburg 6, Bartel Strasse 65, Hamburg, Germany. It is staffed by one minister, 
\'c7iv\'e4nanda d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on July 12, 1967, and five ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of seventy families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 130 Woodland Drive, Laguna Beach, California 92651. It is staffed by one minister, Du
rlabha d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in April, 1969, and six ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of fifty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034. It is staffed by two ministers, D
ay\'e4nanda d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 who was initiated in March, 1967, and Gargamuni d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Oct., 1966, and seventy-five ministerial students. It has an estimated congregation of 250 families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 318 E. 20th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201. It is staffed by one minister, Jananibas d
\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in Aug. 1969, and five students. It has an estimated congregation of twenty-five families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 74 W. Forest St. Detroit, Michigan 48201. It is staffed by one minister, Bhagav\'e4n 
d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated on June 4, 1969, and twelve students. It has an estimated congregation of fifty families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 6654 B del Playa, Goleta, Santa Barbara, California 93017. It is staffed by one minis
ter, Revat\'e9nandana d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, who was initiated in May, 1968, and ten students. It has an estimated congregation of thirty-five families.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 3689 Park Blvd., San Diego, California. It is staffed by one minister, Tulsi d\'e4s B
rahmac\'e4r\'e9, and four students. It has an estimated congregation of twenty families.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 10: Recognition of ISKCON
\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 Recognition of ISKCON
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Selective Service System of New York State has recognized ISKCON as a religion and ministers are examined individually for ministerial exemption from military d
uty.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Canada) / La Societe lnternationale Pour la Conscience de Krishna (Canada) is incorpo
rated as a non-profit organization with the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Ottawa, Canada.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Ltd. is registered with the Registrar of Companies, London, England.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Internationale Gesellschaft fur K\'e5\'f1\'eba Bewusstsein, E.V. is incorporated in Hamburg, West Germany.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness was incorporated in July, 1966, pursuant to the Religious Corporation Law of th
e State of New York and is registered with the County Clerk of New York County, New York
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is registered with the United States Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Serv
ice, as exempt from Federal income tax. Contributions, gifts, and bequests made to ISKCON are deductible by donors as provided in the Internal Revenue Code.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON\line International Society for Krishna Consciousness inc.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acharya\'97His Divine Grace 108 Sri Srimad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3764 WATSEKA AVENUE -LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90034 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Telephone: 213-836-0966\line                         21 3-836-9286
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 11: K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness-The Sankirtana 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Sankirtana Movement
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a bona fide religious society strictly following the principles described in the Vedic scriptures and practic
ed in India for thousands of years. Our basic beliefs are as follows:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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 revealed 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which
 is the literal record of God's actual words.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) God, 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 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 eternal, all-knowing, omnipresent, all-powerful an
d 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 \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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 \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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 \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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: "... 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." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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 purifies us.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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 from anxiety, in this very lifetime.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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\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 
\s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 \par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our basic mission is to propagate 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 (chanting of the holy names of God) all around the world, as was recommended by the incarnation of the 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 transcendental vibration 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 will knock at the door of their hearts for spiritual awakening. Therefore, they should be given the chance for this op
portunity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not recommended that a K\'e5\'f1na conscious devotee go into seclusion to chant by himself and thereby gain salvation for himself alone. Our duty and religiou
s 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 been saved from the immoral practi
ces of this age and have now dedicated their lives to the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is hoped that the government authorities will cooperate with 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 parties in enabling us 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 on the streets. To do this it is necessary that we be 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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5danga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub drum, request donations, sell our society's journal, and on occasion, sit down with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5danga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. This is the aim and destination of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [signed] A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKH 12: Note on Transliterated 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 Note on Transliterated Sanskrit 
Words
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The vowels are pronounced almost as in Italian. The sound 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 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like the u in but, the long}{\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  a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in far}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\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 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like th}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub e 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 i }{\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  i }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in pique}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 vowel }{\b0\i\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 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 pronounced 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fibre. }{\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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub pronounced as in 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 English word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chair, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub staunch-heart, hedge-h
og, red-hot, etc. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The two}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 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; s }{\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 pronounced as in sun.
\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 TWO ESSAYS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna The Reservoir Of Pleasure\line &\line Who Is Crazy?
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 50}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\up12 c
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Two Essays-Krishna 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 KRISHNA THE RESERVOIR OF PLEASUR
E
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna\'97this sound is transcendental. Krishna means the highest pleasure. All 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 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 n
o stress on this; therefore the scientists are sometimes misled 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now the whole process we are trying to learn from the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Song of God}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) is how to bring ourselves to this level of consciousness. And if we act from the level of consciousness, then we may not be pushed again into the level of this bodily conception; and, if we can continue on that l
evel, if we can continue to act in pure consciousness, then, at the end of this body we shall be free from material contamination, our spiritual life will be revived, and the ultimate result will be that in our next life, after leaving this body, we shal
l have our full, eternal spiritual life. Spirit, as we have already discussed, is described as eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even after the destruction of this body, consciousness is not destroyed. Rather, consciousness is transferred to another ty
pe of body and again makes us aware of the material conception of life. That is also described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\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  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 spiritu
al. If our consciousness is not pure at the point of death, then, after leaving this body, we shall have to take another material body. That is the process which is going on. That is Nature's law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have now a finite body. The body which we see is the gross body. It is just like a shirt and coat: within the coat there
 is a shirt, and within the shirt there is a body. Similarly, the pure soul is covered by a shirt and coat. The garments are the mind, intelligence and false ego. False ego means the misconception that I am matter, that I am a product of this material wo
rld. 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 pure 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 all such designations. That freedom is achieved when we are 
constantly in touch with the supreme spirit, Krishna.
\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 is simply intended to keep us in constant touch with Krishna. Krishna c
an be in constant companionship 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. F
or example, here in this material world, if we are thirsty and we want water, simply repeating "Water, water, water, water," will not satisfy our thirst, because this word has not the same potency as water itself. We require the water in substance. Then 
our thirst will be satisfied. But in the transcendental, absolute world, there is no such difference. Krishna's name, Krishna's quality, Krishna's word\'97everything is Krishna and provides the same satisfaction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some people argue that Arjuna was talking with Krishna because Krishna was present before him, whereas in my case, Krishna 
is not present. So how can I get directions? But that is not a fact. Krishna is present by His words\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\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  In India, when we speak on the }{\cs2873\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  or }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2873\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rimad-Bhagawatam}{\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 
 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Granthasahib}{\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  Perhaps some of you are acquainted with this Sikh c
ommunity. They worship this }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grantha}{\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  Similarly, the Moslems worship the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Koran}{\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  Similarly, in the Christian world, the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bible}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is worshiped. It is a fact that the Lord Jesus Christ is present by His words. Krishna is also present by His words.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 identi
ties without being contaminated by the material 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. T
herefore, the discussion of }{\cs2873\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  is as good as discussion with Krishna Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna is seated in your heart, and in my heart too. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Isw}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ara Sarva-bhutanam Hrdese Arjuna Tisthat}{\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  }{\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 . }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.61}{\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  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 forsa
ke us. We may have different 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 bio
logist and the anthropologist 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 Krishna, the Supreme Lord, claims that 
all of them, whether beast, man, snake, god, semi-god, demigod\'97anything whatever\'97all of them are, in reality, His sons.
\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 father gives the seed, and the mother receives the seed. The body is then formed, according to the mother's body. And w
hen the body is completely formed, it comes 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to his last }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\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  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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 i
s the prerogative of the human form of life. We can stop this process of repeated change through birth and death. We can get our actual spiritual form again and be blissful, full of knowledge and 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 KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/ HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA
 RAMA, HARE HARE) and hearing the truths of the }{\cs2873\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  is as good as bodily association with
 Krishna. That is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita}{\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  This process is called "}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kirtana"}{\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  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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two topics concerning Krishna. Two kinds of topics, actually. One topic is this }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\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  It is spoken }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\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  Krishna. And the other topic concerning Krishna is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rimad-Bhagawatam}{\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  That is spoken }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\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  Krishna. So 
there are two types of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub katha}{\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 Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the }{\cs2873\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  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 sp
iritual sphere. Then, why should we bother about this battlefield? Because Krishna is on the battlefield, and therefore the whole battlefield has become Krishna-ized. Just as when an electric current is passed into some metal, the whole metal becomes sur
charged with electricity; so too, when Krishna is interested in some matter, that matter becomes Krishna-ized. Otherwise, there would be no need of discussing the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. That is His omnipotence.
\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 omnipotence is also described in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rimad-Bhagawatam}{\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  There are many Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kathas}{\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  The Vedic literature is full of them. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\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  mean 
that they are Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kathas}{\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  Scripture, including the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\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  may appear to be different, but they are all meant for Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub katha}{\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  If we simply hear these topics on Krishna, then what will be the result? It is pure transcendental vibration, and the result
 will be spiritual consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 only this birth, but part births as well. So, when we search into our hearts with the Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub katha}{\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  then the contamination we have accumulated will be washed off. Our hearts will be cleansed of all rubbish. And, as so
on as all the rubbish is cleared off, then we are situated in pure consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub katha}{\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  it will be very easy. Make an experiment. M
ake an experiment to see how easily you'll be able to free yourself from all these designations. Of course, it is not possible to clear out the rubbish from the mind all of a sudden, but we are immediately aware that the influence of the material nature 
has become slackened.
\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 material nature is working in three modes\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. Ignorance is hopeless life. Passion is m
aterialistic. One who is influenced by the modes 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, they 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 o
ur interrelationship is. This is the mode of goodness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By hearing Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub katha}{\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  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. Of course, here in New York C
ity no hog is seen. But in villages in India one sees the 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 constant 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 se
x life\'97we think that in this way we are very happy. But this is not happiness. This has been described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagawatam}{\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In our daily routine, if we hear this Krishna }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub katha}{\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  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 are situated in the mode of goodness. What is that position?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 }{\cs2873\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  we find that this is our }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
B}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rahma-bhuta}{\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 [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. 4.30.20}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (highest stage of goodness) situation. The }{\cs2873\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  teach us that we are not this matter. We are }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aham brahmasmi}{\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  Lord Sankaracharya preached this gospel to the world. We are not this matter; we are }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 spirit. When spiritual realization is actually accomplished, then our symptoms will change. What are those symptoms? When one is situated in his own spiritual consciousness, then h
e will have no hankering and no lamentation. Lamentation is for loss, and hankering is for gain. Two diseases characterize this material world: What 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." And when we have a million dollars, somehow it will be lost. So we'll cry, "Oh, I have lost it!" 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\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rahmabhuta}{\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  we will neither be distressed 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 disturbed. That is the mode of goodness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the science of God. I
f the science of God is persevered in, we will be situated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rahmabhuta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  status. From that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rahm
abhuta}{\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 cannot stop working; it is not possible. But we have t
o adopt the tactics of }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\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  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 lie or his business can't go on. Lying is not a ver
y good thing, so one concludes that the business is not based on very moral principles and one should therefore give it up. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\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  however, we find instruction not to give it up. Even if we are put in such circumstances that our liveliho
od 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sukrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means pious activities. And }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Duskrta}{\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 w
e are performing some pious activities, or we are performing some impious activities\'97or we have a mixture, pious and impious. Lord Krishna advises that we should act with knowledge of, or devotion to the Supreme. What does that knowledge mean? It mean
s 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 subordinate 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 want
s to be the master, because to become a servant 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 }{\cs2873\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  we can see that the master, Krishna, became the servant o
f Arjuna. Arjuna is sitting in the chariot, and Krishna 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 this 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here the Lord instructs us in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B}{\cs2873\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uddhi Yogata}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\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  means that we have full consciousness that we are not this body; and if I act with this understanding, then I am not body\'97I am consciousness. That i
s 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 accoun
t of the Supreme. This transcendental nature 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 thro
ugh spiritual consciousness, we are not bound either by pious activities or by vicious activities. That is the technique.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manasvinam}{\cs2873\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 this word is very significant. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manasvinam}{\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 little 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 I, what I?" I am feeling 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 impiou
s 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 soldi
er. 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, here the situation is that Krishna is instructing Arjuna. Krishna is the supreme consciousness. I am consciousne
ss, 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 m
oved. Let my eyes be opened and see." So, I am dictating, and these parts are working. Similarly, we are all parts and parcels of the Supreme. When we train ourselves to move and act in accordance with supreme consciousness, then we become transcendental
 to all these pious or impious activities. 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 civil
ization. Human civilization is meant for finding a complete solution to these things.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So here in the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\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  the Lord says, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arma jam buddhi yukta}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Karmajam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means whenever 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 educat
ed man, born in an aristocratic family, etc., I still cannot avoid death, old age, and disease.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 activiti
es only. That will save us from this bondage 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, p
assing 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 feeli
ng 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 life. 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, manasvinam}{\cs2873\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 thoughtful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 t
o sorrow. Suppose, by intoxication, we feel 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 pl
easure, real life exists.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As is commanded in the }{\cs2873\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  by Sri Krishna, 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, Krishna, the reservoir of pleasure and eternal bliss. There, indeed, is the true happiness for which we are intended.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE SOUND OF HARE KRISHNA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BLISS\'97what was once only a word now becomes an experience.\line With HARE KRISHNA you transcend everything\'97even your bo
dy.\line This is }{\b0\i0\ul\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  freedom.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BLISS\'97wherever and whenever you want it. Try it and see. It's so easy\line even children do it.
\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 SOUNDS OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS are recorded by His Divine\line Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and his disciples. This i
s an invitation\line to take a trip to the World which lies beyond the senses.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON\line 26 2nd Ave.\line N.Y. C. 1.0003                                                                                  
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f86\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Picture Caption:) Swami Bhaktivedanta receiving the praises of the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri f
or his work in translating and editing the "Bhagwatam." 
\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 has been said that one who approaches the transcendental message of the Srimad Bhagwatam has done so only after many, many
 births in pursuit of Truth. Now this sublime work, revealing the Glories and Pastimes of the Infinite Godhead, is at last available in English, along with Sanskrit text, Roman transliteration, English equivalents, and commentary\'97rendered by Swami A. 
C. Bhaktivedanta, the leading figure in the international Vaishnava (Devotional) movement today. Classical Vedic civilization, philosophy, sociology, politics, economics, and the deathless principles of Divine Love are here given elaborate attention by t
he authentic representative of these principles: a devotee in the line of disciplic succession which goes back to the days of Krishna's Appearance in this world. Price: $16.80 for 3 volumes (1200 pages). 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Available from the International Society For Krishna Consciousness, 26 Second Avenue, New York, New York, 10003.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart Who Is Crazy? (Original)}{\*\bkmkend Who Is Crazy? (Original)}{\b\v\f0\fs36\cf1 Who Is Craz
y?}{\b\v\f0\fs36\cf1  (}{\b\v\f0\fs36\cf1 Original)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub by\line Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Sri Krishna says, "My dear Arjuna, there are different classes of men. One class of men, they are sleeping. And another class of men, they are awake. They are 
not sleeping." And how is this so? This chanting, which we have performed just now, is the wakening process for the sleeping soul. The soul is sleeping, covered by this material body. These bodily activities are in the sleeping stage. Just as we see drea
ms in the sleeping stage, similarly, all these bodily activities are dreams. Just think for yourself: how many incidents have there been in your past life? If you think of them, they will appear just like dreams. At least for myself this is the case. I w
as born in India, educated, then married, then I had very good days with my wife, got some children, some of whom died, some of whom are living, some of whom are married; now they have begotten children. All this occurred in my past life. Now it is all a
 dream. I have no connection with it. Similarly, in dreams I sometimes find that I have become a king. Oh, there are so many riches and so much opulence. Then, as soon as the dream is over, I come home and all is gone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So actually, these bodily activities which we are now engaged in are not our actual life. Therefore, the Vedic mantra says, "O human race, please wake up. Just util
ize the opportunity which you now have." You have a special opportunity. And what is that? This human form of life. Utilize it; don't waste it. Don't go on sleeping. This very same matter is taken up by Sri Krishna. Those who are accustomed to the yoga p
rocess know this. The first principle of the yoga process is to control the senses. This is so for every process. In any bona fide process for spiritual realization, the first principle is to control the senses. This is because the senses are dragging us
 into the darkest region of life. But we do not realize this.
\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 Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a nice verse. It says, first, man is too much addicted to this materialistic way of life. The materialistic way of life involves eating, drinking, making merry, and enjoying. That's it\'97that's all. Have very good food, sle
ep well, and defend yourself so that enemies may not enter into your country, or into your home. And, have sexual enjoyment to your heart's content. This is the materialistic way of life. But persons who are so sleeping do not realize that their real sel
f-interest is different. Our real self-interest is that we must know of our lost relationship with the Supreme Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth is realized from different angles of vision, as impersonal Brahman, or localized Supersoul, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Kr
ishna. One who realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, automatically understands the other two features. But one who has approached only the impersonal feature of the Supreme Absolute Truth, has no information of the Supreme Personality
 of Godhead, Sri Krishna. Now here, 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 , the Supreme Personality of Godhead is p
resent before you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is the picture of Sri Krishna, with his eternal consort Srimati Radharani, His pleasure potency. In this material world, the reflection of Sri Krishna and His 
pleasure potency exists pervertedly. As one can see in the picture, Sri Krishna is always consorting with Srimati Radharani. His features are described in Vedic literature: He stands in a very nice curved posture, blowing His flute. This picture is not d
rawn from artistic imagination. It is a descriptive painting from the Vedic literature. This description is in the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, in the material world there is the perverted reflection of Sri Krishna's Pastime with Radharani. It is not sex life as we have it, although it appears to be lik
e that. It is transcendental. But that which we are after here\'97that is real. A young man wants a young woman, and a young woman wants a young man\'97this is natural. This is not artificial. It is natural because we are all part and parcel of that Supr
eme Being, Krishna. His attitude is in me because I am His part and parcel, just as the quality of gold is present in the minute particles of the gold. The chemical composition of gold is one hundred per cent present in a small particle of gold. Qualitat
ively. Therefore the enjoyment which we want between man and women is not a perversion of love and friendship. It is simply a perverted }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub reflection}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The real enjoyment is awakened in association with the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna. It is the same pleasure, but is in its pure form. That same bliss is there for you, but don't become entangled in this pe
rverted form of enjoyment. Don't remain asleep. Don't remain in this dreaming condition. Have the real thing. Awaken from the dream. That is the message of the Vedas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the opportunity. If you miss this opportunity in the human form of life\'97the developed consciousness\'97you will slip again into the cycle of 8 million, 4
00 thousand species of life that is developing, one form after another. That is the gradual process of evolution. We are still within the evolutionary process, but that evolutionary process should be forward, progressive. Not degraded. Don't slide. Don't
 go downward. By your many years of endeavor, you have come forward to this stage of life. Now, make further progress. Progress toward Sri Krishna. Don't go back.
\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  says that most people do not know their self-interest in life. It is like coming to a crossroads and not knowing the way. Suppose you are going to Philadelphia, and after crossing New York City, you see a crossroads, and you do not know 
the road. Of course, in America, there is a very efficient system of direction on the roads. That way, you have no misguidance. Similarly, in the scriptures the Vedic literature gives you direction. Yes, here is a crossing. If you want to go this way, yo
u may. So the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that people do not know the direction by which to make progress. On
e must know that he must make further progress toward Vishnu. Why? Because this is a very highly developed life. In this form of life, we have very high intelligence. We have more intelligence than cats and dogs and other animals. Why misdirect it? The m
isdirection is due to being attracted to this bodily concept of life. One is thinking, "I shall be happy utilizing the body and the senses to the utmost."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we do not know what our progressive life is, we are trying to squeeze the essence out of this body. To enjoy it. In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a very good example cited about these foolish men. They are compared with the camel. The camel is a desert
 animal very fond of twigs containing thorns. They have very long necks, and they take a bunch of twigs with thorns and begin to chew. By contact with the thorns, blood oozes out the tongue. Naturally, if you chew thorns, your tongue will be cut. So, whe
n they take those thorns within the mouth and begin to chew, the blood comes out. And when the blood is mixed up in that form, they eat it, because blood has a taste he likes. He thinks that twigs with thorns are very tasteful. Our sex life is like that.
 Just squeeze it out of the body, and we think we are enjoying it. This is our position. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another example is given. In India the washermen keep asses. They load the ass as much as possible. The ass works all day and in the evening, his is offered some gr
ass, and he's satisfied. For a morsel of grass, he is ready to work the whole day with a half ton of clothing on his back. Similarly, we also, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karmis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are very busy working all day and all night. And when we come home, we eat only one piece of bread. For one piece of bread, which costs not more than ten cents, one is working all day and all nigh
t. So the comparison is to the ass. The ass does not know for whom he is working so hard, and taking some bread. "This is the aim of my life." Is it my aim of life\'97to eat something and go to sleep, and have some sex pleasure and then die? No, this is 
not the aim of life. Your aim of life should be to realize yourself\'97that you are part and parcel of the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. Krishna is awaiting your arrival, so that you can enjoy life in His association.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One does not know what the progressive way of life is. Why? Because he has understood that this sense enjoyment is life's greatest pleasure. He is foolishly thinkin
g that he will be happy by this sense enjoyment. This is just like having a horse which is not properly bridled. It is running on, running on, and you do not know where it will throw you. Similarly, uncontrolled senses are just like unbridled horses, dra
gging your chariot. You do not know where it will throw you. We do not realize how responsible we are for every action. To every small part of our action, there is a reaction. And our uncontrolled senses are putting us through the chain of action and rea
ction and dragging us into the darkest part of the universe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, Lord Sri Krishna says that one who has learned how to control the senses is called }{\b0\i0\ul\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 . To a controlled person, worldly activities are darkness. Those who are situated in pure consciousness see that people who work hard simply for eating, sleep
ing, mating, and defending\'97these people are sleeping. And, to the persons who are engaged in these material activities, we are sleeping. They see that Swamiji has come to America to preach something to make us inactive. He is just trying to drag us fr
om our general engagement, and he's trying to engage us in the process of Kirtan and hearing }{\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 , and wasting time. So, they believe we are sleeping. Somebody may think, these poor fellows have gathered here to waste their time in discussing something dry, which has no meaning, which is not bringing forth anything. Let us have some busi
ness discussion, so that we can gain something from it. }{\b0\i0\ul\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  see that these people are sleeping and
 }{\b0\i0\ul\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  that we are sleeping.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, actually, who is sleeping? He is awake who comes to the platform of consciousness that I am not this body\'97I am consciousness. One is awake who has understoo
d this simple fact, that I am not this body, I am consciousness. Without consciousness, my body is useless. Therefore, I am actually consciousness. I am pure soul, and the symptom of my presence is consciousness. I am not this body. When I think deeply, 
I can understand that this is }{\b0\i0\ul\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  body. This is not I, body. This is }{\b0\i0\ul\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  body. So, one who has understood this\'97he is awake.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, the whole process described 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  is to be awake. You are pure consciousness\'97spirit soul. And, not only to be awake, but to act accordingly, so that, at the ultimate end, your pure consciousness may be liberated from this bodily entang
lement. Then you'll get your healthy life. This is a disease, this material life. This material body is the symptom of my diseased form of life. I am not actually subject to birth and death. I am eternal. I never take my birth. I never die. This is my re
al position. Then, what is this birth and death? It is due to this body. Changing the body like a dress is called birth and death. But actually, I am pure soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, people are saying that god is dead. This theory is popular. They are making propaganda that the Lord is dead. But neither God nor we will ever die; neither do 
we have birth. In }{\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  Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, says, 
"Arjuna, why are you afraid of fighting? Myself, yourself, and all these kings and soldiers who have assembled before us\'97all of them\'97they existed before, and they're existing now, and they will continue to exist in the future. There is no birth and
 death. So, this warfare should be on the condition of the body. Don't be afraid of it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This point we have already discussed. One must understand this point: I am pure soul. My presence as pure soul is symptomatized by my consciousness. I know what has
 happened in my past life. And what is happening, that I can remember also. And, I can guess about my future life. At least, I make plans for my future. Unless I have my future, why should I plan? But, I am beyond this past, present and future. I am eter
nal. The Lord is eternal, and I am eternal also, as part and parcel of the Supreme God. Therefore, my self-interest is to attain that life of eternity. Life of full bliss. Life of full knowledge. That is the mission of my life. And one who takes that pos
ition seriously, who has taken up this mission of life, and is trying for that perfection, he is actually awake. And others who are not at this point, they are sleeping. This is the mark of a sleeping man. A man who is working strenuously the whole day, 
he is not actually awake. He is sleeping because his real intelligence is asleep. He has lost his self-interest. He does not know what the real interest of human life is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All Vedic literature is imploring us, "Don't sleep! Don't sleep! Be awake! Be awake! Get up! Get up from this sleep! Utilize the boon which you now have. Don't be f
oolish."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People are working hard, and earning enough to eat. Especially in your country, there are sufficient means for eating, and nobody is starving. That's all right, but
 they are still not satisfied. I have studied this very carefully. The younger people all appear to be frustrated. It is not a very good condition, when the young generation, which is the future hope of the country, feels that there is no hope. Their fut
ure is dark. Why? Because they have no direction. What is the aim of life? What will they become? The philosophy is, work hard, get dollars, and enjoy as you like. This is misguidance. Therefore, the young are not happy. So, they take center of something
 which is objectionable for satisfaction. But that cannot give total satisfaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, here is an opportunity. 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  can show you your actual life. Take advantage of it. Appeal especially to the younger people. Don't be frustrated; don't be disappointed. There is full enjoyment in your future. You are all part and parcel of the 
Supreme. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Iswara parama Krishna, sat-chit-ananda vigraha}{\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 Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.1}{\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  The Lord says, "Oh, these poor living entities. They are suffering so much. They are feeling frustrated. Oh, they are my parts and parcels.
" He is claiming. So He comes to claim you. "My dear boys, my dear children, why are you suffering? Please hear me. Give up all your engagements. Just hear }{\b0\i0\ul\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 . Try to follow what I say. I shall liberate you from all the reactions of sin." You'll find 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  that this is guaranteed. Simply surrender unto the Lord. Not only Sri Krishna, of course. Lord Jesus Christ also spoke in the same way: "Come unto me, all ye that labour 
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew: 1/28-30) That is the message of all p
ersons who come from that Spiritual World\'97from the Kingdom of Godhead. That is the only message.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, actually, this }{\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  is giving you the light to a happy life. Don't miss this opportunity. Try to hear it, to have it. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has made it very easy. To fulfill the mission of our life, there are nine different processes of devotion
al service: hearing, chanting, remembering, worshipping, accepting, service, offering everything, friendship and praying. Out of these nine, the first two processes, which are principle and primary, are }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sravanam Kirtanam Vishnu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Hear and glorify. That will cleanse your heart of the dust which has accumulated for so many lifetimes, and you will see 
things very clearly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swami and Goswami are different synonyms of the word for persons who are in full control of the senses. Don't be thinking that you cannot control your senses. Every
one is able. You'll get strength by this process. This chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare will help you. Don't be dejected by thinking that you have no strength. You'll get stren
gth. Continue this process. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kirtanam Sravanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna 
Krishna, Hare Hare. And, hear some passages from 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  and }{\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 . Utilize these two processes, and you'll find strength for your spiritual life. One has to become sit
uated in that position of sense control.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, you have no doubt seen the ocean. How full it is! The ocean is so powerful that, if it rose, all New York City would be submerged under water. But it does not 
disturb us. It does not go beyond its limits. For example, the Narrows is the brink of the ocean. The ocean does not come on the other side of the Narrows. This is the example. When we have controlled the senses, we shall be just like the big ocean\'97al
though full with spiritual knowledge, calm and quiet without disturbing anyone, and without being disturbed. Peaceful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Bengal there are about five hundred rivers. All these rivers flow down water, to the ocean. But still, the ocean, the Bay of Bengal, is calm and quiet. Quiet. Si
milarly, for those who have become as full and as big as the ocean, material desires may come, but they are not disturbed. Although so many rivers are flowing down water, you won't see an inch of increase in the ocean. It keeps the same level. You can ta
ke any amount of water out of it, and you can pour any amount of water into it. The sea level is always the same. This example is given. Desires we must have. We cannot extinguish desires. It is foolishness to think that we can subdue desires. Desires ar
e the symptoms of life. Let there be desires. If I have life and consciousness, then desire must also be there. Just as, when the water flows down from the rivers to the ocean, the ocean is not disturbed, so a person need not be disturbed by these desire
s. This is the art. This is the secret of the perfection of your life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Desires may come, but if you are fixed with a proper understanding, you convert your desires. The whole process is to dovetail your desires with the Lord's. The exa
mple is that Arjuna desired not to fight, but after hearing }{\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 , his desire changed. He
 said, "Yes, I shall fight!" He desired to fight. So there was desire. The mode of desire was changed, that's all. Similarly, we cannot stop desiring. That is not possible. But we have to change the quality of the desire. That is all. It's not very diffi
cult: I shall do this, I shall not do this. }{\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  is meant to show us these things. Arjun
a desired something before hearing }{\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 , and he desired something else after hearing }{
\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 . The quality of desire changed. Similarly, by hearing 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  you can change your desire. You don't have to stop your desire. You simply have to purify your desires. Then you'l
l not be disturbed by them. When your desires disturb you, you may know that you are not yet spiritually established. And when your desires enlighten you, enliven you, give you happiness\'97you may know that that desire is spiritual. Just as with Arjuna,
 the desire has to be changed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let desires be. Now, you can change the desires. Desire for Krishna. Don't desire for yourself. Desire for Krishna. How can I desire for Krishna? Take a practical e
xample. Krishna came to this material world to call us; "My dear boys, please give up all your nonsensical engagements. Become a follower of Mine, and I shall protect you." This is Krishna's message. Now }{\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  is present, the message of Krishna. If you desire to preach this message 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  to the people of the world, that means you have changed your desire. And you can thereby purify yourself. There will be sufficient activities to 
execute the desire. But all those activities will be purified.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, we don't have to stop our activities, nor our desires. But we have to dovetail them with the desires of the Lord, as Arjuna did. After dovetailing his desires w
ith Sri Krishna's, his activities became more responsible. Just like a coward, he was refusing to fight. He was a Shatriya, a military man. His duty was to fight for a good cause. And what is a good cause? Sri Krishna instructed him to fight: "it is My p
lan." What can be a better cause than this? When the Supreme Personality of Godhead says that this is My wish, what can be more important? And what can be a better purpose, than one which is coming directly from the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we dovetail with the desire of the Supreme Lord, then our responsibility becomes more imperative, and we become more active than we are otherwise. In material 
activity you will get tired. This is the difference between material activity and spiritual activity. When you are engaged in spiritual activities, you'll not get tired. You have newer and newer strength to act. Therefore, desire is not to be stopped; ac
tivities are not to be stopped. Whatever potency you have in you, that is the potency given by the Supreme Lord, because you are the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Therefore, all the potencies that you have, they are also part and parcel of the Sup
reme Lord. And if you utilize them for the purposes of the Supreme Lord, then you become dove-tailed with Him, and your life becomes successful. You'll not be disturbed by material desires, you'll attain peace. The peace for which you are hankering in li
fe after life, moment after moment\'97that you'll get at that time, when your desires are purified, and dovetailed with the Lord. One who desires sense gratification, the enjoyment of material satisfaction, will never be happy. That is not possible. If y
ou want peace, if you want happiness, if you want perfection in your life, then just begin to dovetail your desires, activities, and potentials with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then you will see what real happiness is, and can tell who is really 
crazy.
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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 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acarya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KCA 1: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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ISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 , India's ancient spiritual and philosophical texts, is that the human form of life is meant for reviving our original God consciousness through the practice of spiritual discipline. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness
 (ISKCON) is a worldwide, nonsectarian movement dedicated to propagating this message for the benefit of mankind. The Society was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who had come to the United States a year earlier
 on the order of his spiritual master (\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9) to teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the Western world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the years, ISKCON has steadily grown in popularity and influence, and today it is widely recognized by theologians, scholars and laymen as a genuine and import
ant spiritual movement. The reason for this is twofold: first, the philosophy which guides the lives of ISKCON's members is grounded firmly in the teachings of the Vedic literatures, specifically 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 second, the spiritual master and founder of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is a leader of substantial erudition and integrity. As the current representat
ive of an unbroken chain of self-realized spiritual masters, reaching back to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, His Divine Grace is the leading exponent of Vedic culture in the world today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON is an educational, cultural, and philosophical movement with nearly one hundred centers in thirty countries throughout the world. These centers enable full-t
ime members to live in close association, following the principles of Vedic life, and also provide a place where interested visitors can learn about the philosophy and culture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and participate in its various functions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The members of ISKCON are of all ages, of varying degrees of education, and from many walks of life: students, teachers, scientists, servicemen, laborers and profes
sionals. Indeed, numerous races, creeds and nationalities are represented in ISKCON. The unifying characteristics that bring such diverse individuals to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are high ethical standards and a sincere desire to understand spiritual 
truth. As a prerequisite for the serious pursuit of spiritual life, all devotees voluntarily abstain from meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication and gambling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In contrast to the complexity and anxiety of modern life, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life-style is based on the principle of "simple living and high thinking." De
votees rise very early\'97about 4:00 A.M.\'97and spend the morning hours in meditation and study, attending classes in the profound and practical 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 }{\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 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's translations of these two Vedic classics are regarded by many scholars as the most erudite and authoritative available. In the morning hours, the devotees also meditate on 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 composed of the following transcendental names of God: 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. Vedic literature states that this meditation is the simplest and most sublime process for reviving God consciousness in the current materialistic age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the day, the main activity is preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Many devotees go out to public places to distribute the Society's books and its officia
l journal, }{\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, which has a monthly circulation of more than a million copie
s in thirteen languages. This literature is provided by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the publishing arm of ISKCON, which is the exclusive publisher for the works of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Since its inception in 1972, th
e BBT has quickly become the world's largest publisher and distributor of English and foreign-language editions of India's spiritual classics. To date, the BBT has published a total of sixty 400-page hardbound volumes, each profusely illustrated with ori
ginal paintings by devotee artists. It is principally through the distribution of this literature (as well as by contributions from members and well-wishers) that the Society is financially maintained.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to book distribution, devotees engage in a wide variety of activities, including teaching, outside jobs, artistic pursuits, and farming. The qualificati
on in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not the kind of work one performs, but that it be done in the spirit of devotion to God. As Lord Kr\'f1\'eba tells His devotee 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 "All that you do should be done as an offering 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 9.27}{\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 a year, the members of ISKCON journey to the Society's international headquarters at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur, West Bengal, India. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has proposed establishing an Institute of Vedic Studies at this site, where visitors from all over the world can learn about Vedic culture and witness it in practice. Presently the world center includes a large facility for massive distribution of
 food to thousands of needy families. Another major Indian center is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the birthplace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, where the Society has recently opened the magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple and International Guest House.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the United States and other countries, ISKCON has established a series of rural }{\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 , each a model of Vedic agrarian life. Avoiding modern farm machinery as far as possible, they demonstrate that a human being need not depend on the artificial ec
onomy of the city. He can live peacefully and simply in the country while pursuing a spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the children of ISKCON there is Gurukula, the Society's primary and secondary school system. Taught by academically qualified members of the Society, the childr
en learn Vedic language and culture as well as the usual subjects like English, math, and history. The unique feature of Gurukula is that the entire educational process is centered around the goal of self-realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Throughout the world, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Society has been recognized for its cultural and welfare activities. Mayors and law enforcement officials in 
major metropolitan areas have praised the Society for its success in helping young people overcome drug dependence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Addictions Magazine }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub declared, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is close to one hundred percent successful in stopping drug use." The mayor of San Francisco has proclaimed a Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Day in honor of the spectacular festival held 
annually by ISKCON. In addition, ISKCON is establishing centers for Vedic studies in several major American cities to enable college students and residents to take courses in Vedic philosophy, religion, arts, social thought and psychology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the International Society for Krishna Consciousness\'97a dynamic and effective spiritual movement\'97is making a significant contribution to the intellectual, 
cultural and spiritual life of contemporary man.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KCA 2: The Founder-}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c4c}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'e4}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 rya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 FOUNDER-\'c4C\'c4RYA
\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 was born in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Saras
vat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, a prominent devotional scholar and the founder of sixty-four branches of Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6has (Vedic institutes), liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate 
his life to teaching Vedic knowledge in the Western world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became his student, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad, he became his formally initiated disciple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At their first meeting, in 1922, \'c7rila Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Th\'e4kura requested \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to broadcast Vedic knowledge through the En
glish language. In the years that followed, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote a commentary 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 in 1944, without assistance, started an English fortnightly magazine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recognizing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's philosophical learning and devotion, the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Society honored him in 1947 with the title "Bhaktiveda
nta." In 1950, at the age of fifty-four, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da retired from married life, and four years later he adopted the }{\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) order to devote more time to his studies and writing. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da traveled to the holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where he lived in very humble circumstances in the historic medieval 
temple of Radh\'e4-D\'e4modara. There he engaged for several years in deep study and writing. He 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 in 1959. At R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began work on his life's masterpiece: a multivolume translation and commentary on the 18,000-verse }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam (Bh\'e4gavata Pur\'e4\'eba). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He also wrote }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After publishing three volumes 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 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the United States, in 1965, to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. Since that time, His Divine Grace has written over sixty volumes of authoritative translations,
 commentaries and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1965, when he first arrived by freighter in New York City, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was practically penniless. It was after almost a year of great difficulty th
at he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in July of 1966. Under his careful guidance, the Society has grown within a decade to a worldwide confederation of almost 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 In 1968, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da created New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virginia. Inspired by the success of New V\'e5n
d\'e4vana, now a thriving farm community of 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 in the West by founding the Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas. The school be
gan with three children in 1972, and by the beginning of 1975 the enrollment had grown to one hundred fifty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has also inspired the construction of a large international center at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur in West Bengal, India, which is also
 the site for a planned Institute of Vedic Studies. A similar project is the magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple and International Guest House in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. These are centers where Westerners can live to gain firsthand experience o
f Vedic culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's most significant contribution, however, is his books. Highly respected by the academic community for their authoritativeness, depth and 
clarity, they are used as standard textbooks in numerous college courses. His writings have been translated into eleven languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, established in 1972 exclusively to publish the works of His Divine Grace, has thus become the
 world's largest publisher of books in the field of Indian religion and philosophy. Its latest project is the publishing of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's most recent work: a seventeen-volume translation and commentary\'97completed by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da in only eighteen months\'97on the Bengali religious classic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the past ten years, in spite of his advanced age, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours that have taken him to six contin
ents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continues to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KCA 3: Reviews
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub REVIEWS
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 KCA 3a: Scholars Praise \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Books
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub Scholars Praise \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Books
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) adheres strictly to the principles of India's ancient Vedic culture, whose goal is the spiritual perfec
tion of man. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is firmly based upon the conclusive truths found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7rimad-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\'e4mrta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which contain
 the essence of Vedic knowledge. These three major texts, translated into the English language by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and replete with his erudite commentation, provide the philosophical and practical foundation for th
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is uniquely qualified to translate and teach Vedic knowledge. He is the representative of a well-documented disciplic succes
sion of Vedic authorities. By providing guidelines for the practical implementation of the sublime Vedic teachings, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has for the first time successfully implanted genuine Vedic culture in the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da are highly respected by students, scholars and laymen alike. His works are now widely used in c
ollege courses and seminars in diverse subjects, including philosophy, religion, world literature, history, and the social sciences. The following reviews, written by scholars renowned in their fields, give graphic testimony to the scholarship and authen
ticity of the books of \'c7r\'e9la 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 KCA 3b: }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\v\f0\fs20\cf9  As It Is
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No work in all Indian literature is more quoted, because none is better loved, in the West, 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 not only knowledge of Sanskrit, but an inward sympathy with the theme and a verbal artistry. For the po
em is a symphony in which God is seen in all things.... The Swami does a real service for students by investing the beloved Indian epic with fresh meaning. Whatever our outlook may be, we should all be grateful for the labor that has lead to this illumin
ating work."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Geddes MacGregor, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy\line University of Southern California
\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 can be seen as the main literary support for the great religious civilization of India, the oldest surviving culture in the world. The present translation 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."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thomas Merton, Theologian
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am most impressed with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da's scholarly and authoritative 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 \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Samuel D. Atkins\line Professor of Sanskrit, Princeton University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "...As a successor in direct line from Caitanya, the author 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 is entitled, according to Indian custom, to the majestic title of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. The great interest that his reading 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 holds for us is that it offers us an authorized interpretation according to the
 principles of the Caitanya tradition."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Olivier Lacombe\line Professor of Sanskrit and Indology, Sorbonne University, Paris
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I have had the opportunity of examining several volumes published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and have found them to be of excellent quality and of great value
 for use in college classes on Indian religions. This is particularly true of the BBT edition and translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frederick B. Underwood\line Professor of Religion, Columbia University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "...If truth is what works, as Pierce and the pragmatists insist, there must be a kind of truth 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 since those who follow its teachings display a joyous serenity usually missing in the bleak and strident lives of contemporar
y people."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Elwin H. Powell\line Professor of Sociology\line State University of New York, Buffalo
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There is little question that this edition is one of the best books available 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 devotion. Prabhup\'e4da's translation is an ideal blend of literal accuracy and religious insight."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins\line Professor of Religion, Franklin and Marshall College
\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 one of the great spiritual texts, is not as yet a common part of our cultural milieu. This is probably less because it is alien per se than because we have lacked just the kind of close interpretative commentary upon it that Swami Bha
ktivedanta has here provided, a commentary written from not only a scholar's but a practitioner's, a dedicated lifelong devotee's point of view."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Denise Levertov, Poet
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The increasing numbers of Western readers interested in classical Vedic thought have been done a service by Swami Bhaktivedanta. By bringing us a new and living in
terpretation of a text already known to many, he has increased our understanding manyfold."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Edward C. Dimock, Jr.\line Department of South Asian Languages and Civilization\line University of Chicago
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The scholarly world is again indebted to A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 translated many times, Prabhup\'e4da adds a translation of singular importance with his commentary...."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. J. Stillson Judah, Professor of the History of Religions and Director of Libraries\line Graduate Theological Union, Be
rkeley, California
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's edition thus fills a sensitive gap in France, where many hope to become familiar with traditional Indian thought, beyond the commercial
 East-West hodgepodge that has arisen since the time Europeans first penetrated India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whether the reader be an adept of Indian spiritualism or not, a reading of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will be extremely profitable. For many this will be the first contact with the true India, the ancient India, the eternal India."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Francois Chenique, Professor of Religious Sciences\line Institute of Political Studies, Paris, France
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As a native of India now living in the West, it has given me much grief to see so many of my fellow countrymen coming to the West in the role 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 and spiritual leaders. For this reason, I am very excited to see the publication 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 \'c7r\'e9 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. It will help to stop the t
errible cheating of false and unauthorized }{\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 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 and will give an opportunity to all people to understand the actual meaning of Oriental culture."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Kailash Vajpeye, Director of Indian Studies\line Center for Oriental Studies, The University of Mexico
\par }\pard {\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. I don't know whether to praise more this 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 its daring method of explanation, or the endless fertility of its ideas. I have never seen any oth
er 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 important voice and style.... It will occupy a significant
 place in the intellectual and ethical life of modern man for a long time to come."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Shaligram Shukla\line Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can say that 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  I have found explanations and answers to questions I had always posed regarding the interpretations of this sacred work, whose spiritual discipline I greatly admire. If the aesceticism and ideal of the ap
ostles which form the message 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 were more widespread and more r
espected, the world in which we live would be transformed into a better, more fraternal place."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Paul Lesourd, Author\line Professeur Honoraire, Catholic University of Paris
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 KCA 3c: }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This is a work to be treasured. No one of whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads these books with an open mind can fail to be both moved and impresse
d...."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Garry Gelade\line Professor of Psychology\line Oxford University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It has been my great pleasure recently to have read 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 the superb edition authorized by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.... I am sure this monumental work will go far to bring the sublime 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 to numerous Westerners who otherwise would miss this opportunity. "
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Alex Wayman\line Professor of Sanskrit, Columbia University
\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  is extremely useful for all those interested in ancient India, whether their interest be that of the philosopher, the student of religion, the historian, the linguist, the sociologist or the political scientist.... I truly hope 
that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da will complete his translation of the entire }{\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  and conti
nue to translate other eminent Sanskrit works as well. Undoubtedly, this work of Swamiji's is a great contribution to the troubled human society of today's world."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Sooda L. Bhatt\line Professor of Indian Languages, Boston University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust editions of famous religious classics of India, with new translations and commentaries, are an important addition to our expanding kno
wledge 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 welc
ome."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. John L. Mish\line Chief, Oriental Division, New York Public Library
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "... A commentary on 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  by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva divided into twelve 'cantos' of which four are presented here in eight beautifully produced volumes. These lavish volumes, obviously the product of devotional effort, contain many lovel
y full-color illustrations...."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Choice magazine, June, 1975
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "In the diversity of religious approaches offered by the }{\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 of India, the most significant, of course, is the way of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is amazing to see how \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta Swami has in less than ten years succeeded, by his 
personal devotion, untiring energy and efficient direction, in organizing the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Now, he has undertaken the stupendous project of rendering the entire }{\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 the great devotional classic of India, into English. His edition is learning blended with devotional feeling and inspired by a definite 
purpose of communicating the intense lyrical and devotional quality 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 \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has done an excellent service by his able rendition of 'the abode of divine joy' that 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 is."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Mahesh Mehta, Professor of Asian Studies\line University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is axiomatic that no book can be expected entirely to satisfy all its potential readers. Here is one, however, which can be said to come remarkably close to tha
t ideal.... we have here the ideal of what an edition of a Sanskrit text for a Western audience should be."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. R. E. Asher\line Professor of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "... For those who have no access to the Sanskrit language, these books convey, in superb manner, 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 In addition to being a scholarly work, it directly reflects the spiritual aspirations of a religious community which has gaine
d considerable popularity in modern America."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Alaka Hejib\line Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University
\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  is a valuable source material and cannot but be attractive
 to serious students and scholars of religion and philosophy. I recommend this series, to anyone, as an important and useful reference work."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. C. P. Agrawal, Chairwoman\line Department of Humanities, University of Michigan
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 KCA 3d: }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 CAITANYA-CARIT\'c4M\'c5TA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am most happy to have these handsomely printed volumes which embody the work of so learned and sincere a believer in the message of the Carit\'e4mrta. I thank yo
u."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Daniel H. H. Ingalls\line Chairman\line Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies\line Harvard University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The appearance of an English translation of K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4mi's }{\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 A.C. Bhaktivedanta [Founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness] is a cause for celebration among both scholars in Indian studies and lay-people seeking to enrich their knowledge of Indian
 spirituality....It will fill a most serious lacuna in our libraries and in our courses on the religious traditions of India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "... For the first time we possess a readily accessible edition for this great religious classic that will provide opportunity for scholars in Indian literature and
 followers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness tradition alike to compare the original text with a modern English translation and become acquainted with the deeper spiritual meaning of this work through the learned commentary of \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "... Anyone who gives a close reading to the commentary will sense that here, as in his other works, \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta has combined a healthy mixture of the f
ervent devotion and aesthetic sensitivity of a devotee and the intellectual rigor of a textual scholar. At no point does the author allow the intended meaning of the text to be eclipsed by the promotion of a particular doctrinal persuasion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "... These exquisitely wrought volumes will be a welcome addition to the libraries of all persons who are committed to the study of Indian spirituality and religiou
s literature, whether their interests are sparked by the motivations of the scholar, the devotee or the general reader."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. J. Bruce Long\line Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is a remarkable document of great historical and sociological importance, giving a picturesque presentation of the socio-religious climate in the India of \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya's times and the far-reaching social and religious changes wrought by him. As a literary piece, it is regarded as a work of great merit, having no parallel in the whole of Bengali literature. As a religious text, its sanctity is comparable t
o that of the }{\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 "This English edition translated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is superb. It contains the original Sanskrit and Bengali verses with their English transl
iteration, synonyms, translation and elaborate purports, easily bearing testimony to the author's profound knowledge of the subject."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor, Emeritus Chairman and Professor, Department of Philosophy\line Government Postgraduate College, Gyanpur
, India
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is a genuine joy to have this momentous biographical work on the life of Bengal's great saint Caitanya, prepared by his best-known modern interpreter, A.C. Bhak
tivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer, Associate Professor of Ethics\line and the Phenomenology of Religions\line Graduate Theological Un
ion, Berkeley, California
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Year by year, interest in Eastern religious thought and philosophy grows in America. The editing and translating of the important }{\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 will make a substantial contribution to those who seek information about Indian concepts..
.."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Gerald A. Larue\line Professor of Religion, University of Southern California
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can recommend }{\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 as a source of rich insights for every serious student of consciousness."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Rory O'Day, Department of Human Relations\line University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 KCA 3e: Other Major Writings by His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub OTHER MAJOR WRITINGS BY HIS DIVINE GRACE*
\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 Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is an authentic and lucid account, in English, of the life and philosophy of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The spiritual movement initiated by 'the Great Master' five hundred years ago has profoundly influenced millions of men an
d women in India ever since, and is presently making its mark throughout the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the present spiritual master of the movement in disciplic succession, has done a great service to the English-spe
aking world by making this spiritual treasure available in English."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. K. L. Seshagiri Rao\line Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is an important book both for the new student of the history of religions and for the professional scholar. It is a helpful and significant contribution to the growing phenomenon of interest in the religions of Asia."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub William A. Johnson\line Professor of Philosophy, Brandeis University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The book }{\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 should prove to be an important addition to materials available for college courses in religion. It is one of the best sources in English for gaining insight into 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 religious tradition."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Louis Roberts, Executive Chairman\line Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Syracuse University
\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 The Perfection of Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is most useful for anyone wishing to understand the meaning 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 It also int
roduces the student to the study 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 shows how direct and simple, yet in a
nother sense, how profoundly complex is the path of spiritual growth through }{\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. It is
 a scholarly book, yet has a direct personal meaning for all\'97a powerful combination."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frank Ledwith, Professor of Psychology\line University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I think the best feature of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is that it is providing scholars with excellent translations of the rarest books 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 "
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Lawrence Shinn\line Professor of Religion, Oberlin College
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I have read \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta Swami's books with great care, attention and profound interest, and have found them to be of incalculable value to anyone who i
s curious about India's spiritual and cultural heritage. The author of these books displays on every page an astounding scholarship in the subjects treated, and also an understanding and ease of exposition of abstruse ideas, which are rarest gifts."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. H. B. Kulkarni\line Professor of English and Philosophy, Utah State University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The publications of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust are very valuable documents and will no doubt become classics for the English reader of Indian religious literatur
e."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Jerry M. Chance, Chairman\line Department of Philosophy and Religion, Florida A&M University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "These 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 \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. C. L. Spreadbury\line Professor of Sociology, Stephen F. Austin State University
\par }\pard \s1308 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For more information on these publications and the Krishna Consciousness Society, please write the Society's Secretary at 
3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KCA 4: Decisions
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DECISIONS
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub U. S. Courts Officially Recognize ISKCON's Public Activities
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Numerous decisions in American courts over the years have supported the public programs of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Judge Alfred L. Luongo\line U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.\line The Philadelphia decree was typical, and included the following poin
ts:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is recognized as an authentic religion.\line To broadcast the glories of God to 
all people, members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society can perform }{\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 a missionar
y activity including chanting, dancing and playing cymbals and drums; the dissemination of the word of God through preaching and reading aloud from religious literature; the distribution of religious literature, sanctified foods and flowers to the public
; and the solicitation and acceptance of contributions.\line In performing sa\'eck\'e9rtana, devotees can go wherever people gather\'97streets, byways and other public places.
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Other major decisions:
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chicago
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Judge Hubert F. Will\line U. S. District Court for the Northern\line District of Illinois, Eastern Division
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Judge Campbell M. Lucas\line Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Las Vegas
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Judge Roger D. Foley\line U. S. District Court for the District of Nevada
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Denver
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Judge Fred M. Winner\line U. S. District Court of Denver, Colorado
\par }\pard \s752 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Judge Melvin E. Cohn\line Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of San Mateo
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KCA 5: 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\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing bhakti-yoga, the eternal science of loving service to Go
d. The Society was founded in 1966 by His Divine 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 {\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 visi
t one of the ISKCON centers to see how they are being applied in everyday life.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\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  By sincerely cultivating a bona fide spiritual sci
ence, we can be free from anxiety and come to a state of pure, unending, blissful consciousness in this lifetime.\line }{\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  We are not our bodies but eternal spirit 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.\line }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the eternal, all-knowing, omnipresent, all-powerful, and all-attractive Personality of Godhead. He is the seed-giving father of all living bei
ngs, and He is the sustaining energy of the entire cosmic creation.\line }{\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  The Absolute Truth is contain
ed in all the great scriptures of the world. However, the oldest known revealed scriptures in existence are the Vedic literatures, most notably 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 literal record of God's actual words.\line }{\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 We should learn the Vedic knowledge from a genuine spiritual master\'97one who has no selfish motives and whose mind is firmly fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line }{\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  Before we eat, we should offer to the Lord the food that sustains us. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes the offering and purifies us.\line }{\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  We should perform all our actions as offerings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and do nothing for our own sense gratification.\line }{\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  The recommended means for achieving the mature stage of love of God in this age of Kali, or quarrel, is to chant the holy na
mes of the Lord. The easiest method for most people is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are interested in the subject matter of this booklet or would like to know more about the International Society for Krishna Con
sciousness, its publications and its programs we invite you to correspond with its Secretary. Or simply clip out this convenient coupon and mail it to us.
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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 Dedication
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to material vision, our beloved spiritual master, guide, and friend His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu
p\'e4da passed away from this world on November 14, 1977, but actually he is still present. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often pointed out, there are two ways of associating with the spiritual master: through his physical presence (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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\nosupersub v\'e4\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Sometimes we can associate with the spiritual master through his physical presence and sometimes not, but we can always associate with him through h
is instructions
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the very start, I knew that His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da was the most extraordinary person I had ever met. The first meeting occurr
ed in the summer of 1966, in New York City. A friend had invited me to hear a lecture by \'93an old Indian swami\'94 on lower Manhattan\'92s Bowery. Overwhelmed with curiosity about a swami lecturing on skid row, I went there and felt my way up a pitch-b
lack staircase. A bell-like, rhythmic sound got louder and clearer as I climbed higher. Finally I reached the fourth floor and opened the door, and there he was.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About fifty feet away from where I stood, at the other end of a long, dark room, he sat on a small dais, his face and saffron robes radiant under a small light. He 
was elderly, perhaps sixty or so, I thought, and he sat cross-legged in an erect, stately posture. His head was shaven, and his powerful face and reddish horn-rimmed glasses gave him the look of a monk who had spent most of his life absorbed in study. Hi
s eyes were closed, and he softly chanted a simple Sanskrit prayer while playing a hand drum. The small audience joined in at intervals, in call-and-response fashion. A few played hand cymbals, which accounted for the bell-like sounds I\'92d heard. Fasci
nated, I sat down quietly at the back, tried to participate in the chanting, and waited.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a few moments the swami began lecturing in English, apparently from a huge Sanskrit volume that lay open before him. Occasionally he would quote from the book
, but more often from memory. The sound of the language was beautiful, and he followed each passage with meticulously detailed explanations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He sounded like a scholar, his vocabulary intricately laced with philosophical terms and phrases. Elegant hand gestures and animated facial expressions added consid
erable impact to his delivery. The subject matter was the most weighty I had ever encountered: \'93I am not this body. I am not an Indian.... You are not Americans.... We are all spirit souls.... \'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the lecture someone gave me a pamphlet printed in India. A photo showed the swami handing three of his books to Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The
 caption quoted Mr. Shastri as saying that all Indian government libraries should order the books. \'93His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is doing great work,\'94 the Prime Minister said in another small tract, \'93and his books are
 significant contributions to the salvation of mankind.\'94 I purchased copies of the books, which I learned the swami had brought over from India. After reading the jacket flaps, the small pamphlet, and various other literature, I began to realize that 
I had just met one of India\'92s most respected spiritual leaders.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But I could not understand why a gentleman of such distinction was residing and lecturing in the Bowery, of all places. He was certainly well educated and, by all a
ppearances, born of an aristocratic Indian family. Why was he living in such poverty? What in the world had brought him here? One afternoon several days later, I stopped in to visit him and find out.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To my surprise, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da (as I later came to call him) was not too busy to talk with me. In fact, it seemed that he was prepared to talk all day. H
e was warm and friendly and explained that he had accepted the renounced order of life in India in 1959, and that he was not allowed to carry or earn money for his personal needs. He had completed his studies at the University of Calcutta many years ago 
and had raised a family, and then he had left his eldest sons in charge of family and business affairs, as the age-old Vedic culture prescribes. After accepting the renounced order, he had arranged a free passage on an Indian freighter (Scindia Steamship
 Company\'92s }{\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 ) through an old family friend. In September 1965, he had sailed from Bomba
y to Boston, armed with only seven dollars\'92 worth of rupees, a trunk of books, and a few clothes. His spiritual master, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Th\'e4kura, had entrusted him with delivering India\'92s Vedic teachings to the En
glish-speaking world. And this was why, at age sixty-nine, he had come to America. He told me he wanted to teach Americans about Indian music, cooking, languages, and various other arts. I was mildly amazed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I saw that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da slept on a small mattress and that his clothes hung on lines at the back of the room, where they were drying in the summer afte
rnoon heat. He washed them himself and cooked his own food on an ingenious utensil he had fashioned with his own hands in India. In this four-layer apparatus he cooked four preparations at once. Stacked all around him and his ancient-looking portable typ
ewriter in another section of the room were seemingly endless manuscripts. He spent almost all of his waking hours\'97about twenty in twenty-four, I learned\'97typing the sequels to the three volumes I had purchased. It was a projected sixty-volume set c
alled 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 virtually it was the encyclopedia of spiritual life. I 
wished him luck with the publishing, and he invited me back for Sanskrit classes on Saturdays and for his evening lectures on Monday,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wednesday, and Friday. I accepted, thanked him, and left, marveling at his incredible determination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few weeks later\'97it was July 1966\'97I had the privilege of helping \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da relocate in a somewhat more respectable neighborhood, on Second Av
enue. Some friends and I pitched in and rented a ground-floor storefront and a second-floor apartment, to the rear of a little courtyard, in the same building. The lectures and chanting continued, and within two weeks a rapidly growing congregation was p
roviding for the storefront (by this time a temple) and the apartment. By now \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was instructing his followers to print and distribute leaflets, and the owner of a record company had invited him to record an LP of the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba chant. He did, and it was a huge success. In his new location he was teaching chanting, Vedic philosophy, music, }{\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  meditation, fine art, and cooking. At first }{\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  cooked\'97he al
ways taught by example. The results were the most wonderful vegetarian meals I had ever experienced. (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would even serve everything out himself!) The meals usually consisted of a rice preparation, a vegetable dish, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cap\'e4t\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (tortilla-like whole-wheat patties), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a zestfully spiced mung bean or split pea soup). The spicing, the cooking medium\'97ghee, or clarified butter\'97and the close attention paid to
 the cooking temperature and other details all combined to produce taste treats totally unknown to me. Others\'92 opinions of the food, called }{\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  (\'93the Lord\'92s mercy\'94), agreed emphatically with mine. A Peace Corps worker who was also a Chinese-language scholar was learning from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da how to paint in the classical 
Indian style. I was startled at the high quality of his first canvases.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In philosophical debate and logic \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was undefeatable and indefatigable. He would interrupt his translating work for discussions that would l
ast up to eight hours. Sometimes seven or eight people jammed into the small, immaculately clean room where he worked, ate, and slept on a two-inch-thick foam cushion. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da constantly emphasized and exemplified what he called \'93pla
in living and high thinking.\'94 He stressed that spiritual life was a science provable through reason and logic, not a matter of mere sentiment or blind faith. He began a monthly magazine, and in the autumn of 1966 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  published a favorable picture story about him and his followers. Shortly thereafter, television crews came out 
and did a feature news story.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was an exciting person to know. Whether it was out of my desire for the personal benefits 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 chanting or just out of raw fascination, I knew I wanted to follow his progress every step of the way. His plans for expansion were 
daring and unpredictable\'97except for the fact that they always seemed to succeed gloriously. He was seventyish and a stranger to America, and he had arrived with practically nothing, yet now, within a few months, he had single-handedly started a }{\b0
\i\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 ! It was mind-boggling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One August morning at the Second Avenue storefront temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us, \'93Today is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s appearance day.\'94 We would obs
erve a twenty-four-hour fast and stay inside the temple. That evening some visitors from India happened along. One of them\'97practically in tears\'97described his unbounded rapture at finding this little piece of authentic India on the other side of the
 world. Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined such a thing. He offered \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da eloquent praise and deep thanks, left a donation, and bowed at his feet. Everyone was deeply moved. Later, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da conversed w
ith the gentleman in Hindi, and since what he was saying was unintelligible to me, I was able to observe how his every expression and gesture communicated to the very core of the human soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later that year, while in San Francisco, I sent \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da his first airline ticket, and he flew out from New York. A sizable group of us greeted him
 at the terminal by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. Then we drove him to the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park, to a newly rented apartment and storefront temple\'97an arrangement very similar to that in New York. We had established a pattern. 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was ecstatic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few weeks later the first }{\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  (a long clay drum with a playing head on each end) arrived in San Francisco from India. When I went up to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s apartment and informed him, his eyes opened wide, and in an excited voice he told 
me to go down quickly and open the crate. I took the elevator, got out on the ground floor, and was walking toward the front door when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da appeared. So eager was he to see 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  that he had taken the stairway and had beaten the elevator. He asked us to open the crate, he tore off a piece of the saffron cloth he w
as wearing, and, leaving only the playing heads exposed, he wrapped the drum with the cloth. Then he said, \'93This must never come off,\'94 and he began giving detailed instructions on how to play and care for the instrument.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also in San Francisco, in 1967, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da inaugurated Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, the Festival of the Chariots, one of several festivals that, thanks to him,
 people all over the world now observe. Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 has taken place in India\'92s Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 each year for two thousand years, and by 1975 the festival had become so popular with San Franciscans that the mayor issued a formal proclamatio
n\'97\'93Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Day in San Francisco.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By late 1966 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had begun accepting disciples. He was quick to point out to everyone that they should think of him not as God but as God\'92s
 servant, and he criticized self-styled gurus who let their disciples worship them as God. \'93These \'91gods\'92 are very cheap,\'94 he used to say. One day, after someone had asked, \'93Are you God?\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, \'93No, I am n
ot God\'97I am a servant of God.\'94 Then he reflected a moment and went on. \'93Actually, I am }{\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  a servant of God. I am }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trying}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be a servant of God. A servant of God is no ordinar
y thing.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the mid-seventies \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s translating and publishing intensified dramatically. Scholars all over the world showered favorable reviews on h
is books, and practically all the universities and colleges in America accepted them as standard texts. Altogether he produced some eighty books, which his disciples have translated into twenty-five languages and distributed to the tune of fifty-five mil
lion copies. He established one hundred eight temples worldwide, and he has some ten thousand initiated disciples and a congregational following in the millions. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was writing and translating up to the last days of his eighty-one-
year stay on earth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was not just another oriental scholar, guru, mystic, yoga teacher, or meditation instructor. He was the embodiment of a whole culture, and
 he implanted that culture in the West. To me and many others he was first and foremost someone who truly cared, who completely sacrificed his own comfort to work for the good of others. He had no private life, but lived only for others. He taught spirit
ual science, philosophy, common sense, the arts, languages, the Vedic way of life\'97hygiene, nutrition, medicine, etiquette, family living, farming, social organization, schooling, economics\'97and many more things to many people. To me he was a master,
 a father, and my dearmost friend.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am deeply indebted to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and it is a debt I shall never be able to repay. But I can at least show some gratitude by joining with his other
 followers in fulfilling his innermost desire\'97publishing and distributing his books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I shall never die,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da once said. \'93I shall live forever in my books.\'94 He passed away from this world on November 14, 1977, but s
urely he will live forever.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Michael Grant \line (Mukunda d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Who is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da?" people often ask, and it is always a hard question to answer. For \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da always eclipsed conventional designa
tions. At various times people have called him a scholar, a philosopher, a cultural ambassador, a prolific author, a religious leader, a spiritual teacher, a social critic, and a holy man. In truth, he was all these things and more. Certainly no one coul
d ever have confused him with the modern entrepreneurial "}{\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 come to the West with slickl
y packaged, watered-down versions of Eastern spirituality (to satisfy our urge for instant well-being and exploit our well-documented spiritual na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'ef}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'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 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was, rather, a true holy man (}{\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 ) of deep intellectual and spiritual sensitivity\'97he had deep concern and compassion for a society which, to such a large degree, lacks real spiritual dimension.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the enlightenment of human society, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da produced some eighty volumes of translations and summary 
studies of India\'92s great spiritual classics, and his work has seen print both in English and in many foreign languages. Also, in 1944 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da single-handedly launched a magazine called }{\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 , which today has a monthly circulation of more than half a million copies in English alone. Nearly all the interviews, lectur
es, essays, and letters chosen for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Science of Self Realization}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  first appeared 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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In these pages \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da presents the same message that the great sage Vy\'e4sadeva recorded thousands of y
ears ago, the message of ancient India\'92s Vedic literatures. As we shall see, he quotes freely and often 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 , 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 classic Vedic
 texts. He transmits in modern English the same timeless knowledge that other great self-realized teachers have spoken for millennia\'97knowledge that opens up the secrets of the self within us, nature and the universe, and the Supreme Self within and wi
thout. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da speaks with startling clarity and a kind of convincing, simple eloquence and proves just how relevant the science of self-realization is to our modern world and our own lives.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among the thirty-six selections chosen for this special book, we hear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s moving poem upon his a
rrival in America, his exchange with a noted cardiologist on \'93soul research,\'94 his revelations to London Broadcasting Company on reincarnation, his telling remarks to the London }{\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 real and false gurus, his dialogue with a German Benedictine monk on K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Christ, his insights on superconsciousness and the law of karma, h
is conversation with a leading Russian scholar on spiritual communism, and his intimate talk with his disciples on the sham of modern science.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Read the selections in order, if you like, or start with the ones that first catch your interest. (The glossary at the back
 will explain unfamiliar words and names.) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Science of Self-Realization}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will challenge you and
 bring you inspiration and enlightenment.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97The Publishers
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR Appreciation's of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Work
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Appreciation's of \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da's Work
\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 the years many people have expressed their appreciation for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's work\'97bringing India's timel
ess science of self-realization to the West.
\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is doing valuable work, and his books are significant contributions to the salvation of mankind."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri\line former Prime Minister of India
\par }\pard {\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thomas Merton, theologian
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the diversity of religious approaches offered by the yogis of India the most significant of course is the way of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, shown by \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Bhaktivedanta Swami, tenth teacher in the tradition of Mah\'e4prabhu Caitanya. It is amazing to see how \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta Swami has in less than ten years succeeded by his personal devotion and single-minded dedication to the t
ask, untiring energy and efficient direction, in organizing the International Society for Krishna Consciousness having thousands of devotees, opening the Radha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples in the major cities of the world and writing numerous works on 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  as taught by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor Mahesh Mehta\line Professor of Asian Studies\line University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is a prestigious master and heir to a great tradition."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Joseph Jean Lanzo del Vasto \line prominent French philosopher and author
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Words fail me to describe the height of scholarship and devotion manifest in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's vast writings. Our future generations will definitely find
 a better world to live in through the efforts of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He stands for international brotherhood and the spiritual integration of all mankind. The literary world outside India, particularly of the West, is indebted to \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da, who has so scientifically acquainted them with what is best in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious India."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Viswanath Shukla Ph.D.\line Professor of Hindi, M. U. Aligarh, U.P., India
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As a native of India now living in the West, it has given me much grief to see so many of my fellow countrymen coming to the West in the role of gurus and spiritua
l leaders. Just as any ordinary man in the West becomes conscious of Christian culture from his very birth, any ordinary man in India becomes familiar with the principles of meditation and yoga from his very birth. Unfortunately, many unscrupulous person
s come from India, exhibit their imperfect and ordinary knowledge of yoga, cheat the people with their wares consisting of mantras, and present themselves as incarnations of God. So many of these cheaters have come convincing their foolish followers to a
ccept them as God, that those who are actually well-versed and learned in Indian culture have become very concerned and troubled. For this reason, I am very excited to see the publications of \'c7r\'e9 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. They will h
elp to stop the terrible cheating of false and unauthorized 'gurus' and 'yogis', and will give an opportunity to all people to understand the actual meaning of Oriental culture." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Kailash Vajpeye\line Director of Indian Studies\line Center for Oriental Studies, The University of Mexico
\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 books of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da are not only beautiful, but also relevant to our times, as we as a na
tion search for new cultural patterns for our way of life."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. C. L. Spreadbury\line Professor of Sociology\line Stephen F. Austin State University
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is a great honor for me to have the pleasure of examining the publications of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, which I find to be of exceptional value for use in e
ducational institutions and libraries. I particularly recommend the ancient classic }{\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 all students and professors of Indian philosophy and culture. The learned author, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, is a world-renowned saint and savant in the field of Vedic philosophy and its practical application in the m
odern world. He has established over one hundred spiritual ashrams, for the study and cultivation of Vedic knowledge, throughout the world. Factually, he is unequaled in his efforts to establish the Vedic way of life, }{\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 , in all countries of the world. Certainly, I am most grateful that this message 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  is being spread for the benefit of the world by such a qualified personality as Swami Bhaktivedanta."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. R. Kalia\line President, Indian Library Association
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Swami Bhaktivedanta has offered to devotees of God a blessed service with his English translations and commentaries. The universal application of these truths is s
hown to be a promised blessing in these times of challenge when light is illumining darkness. Truly this is a holy, inspired writing for all aspiring souls seeking the why, whence and whither of life!"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Judith M. Tyberg\line Founder and Director\line East-West Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "...As a successor in direct line from Caitanya, the author is entitled, according to Indian custom, to the majestic title of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta S
wami Prabhup\'e4da. Swami Prabhup\'e4da possesses total mastery of the Sanskrit language. The great interest that his reading 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  holds for us is that it offers us an authorized interpretation according to the principles of the Caitanya tradition.... This appreciation, coming from a Christian philosopher and Indologist, is a 
gesture of sincere friendship."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Olivier Lacombe\line Professeur Honoraire\line Universite de Paris, Sorbonne\line former Director, Institute of Indian Civil
ization, Paris
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I have read \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta Swami's books with great care, attention, and profound interest, and have found them to be of incalculable value to anyone who 
is curious about India's spiritual and cultural heritage. The author of these books displays on every page an astounding scholarship in the subjects treated, and also an understanding and ease of exposition of abstruse ideas, which are rarest gifts of a 
man who has been rigorously brought up in the schools of Vaisnava philosophy and has absorbed its teachings so fully that he seems to have reached the highest state of spiritual illumination only few blessed souls achieve."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. H. B. Kulkarni\line Professor of English and Philosophy Utah State University,\line Logan, Utah
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Undoubtedly, the work of Swamiji is a great contribution to the troubled human society of today's world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Sooda L. Bhatt\line Professor of Indian Languages\line Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The appearance of an English translation of K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Goswami's }{\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 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is a cause for celebration among both scholars in Indian studies and lay people seek
ing to enrich their knowledge of Indian spirituality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "...Anyone who gives a close reading to the commentary will sense that here, as in his other works, \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta has combined a healthy mixture of the fe
rvent devotion and aesthetic sensitivity of a devotee and the intellectual rigor of a textual scholar.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "...These exquisitely wrought volumes will be a welcome addition to the libraries of all persons who are committed to the study of Indian spirituality and religiou
s literature, whether their interests are sparked by the motivations of the scholar, the devotee or the general reader."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. J. Bruce Long\line Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 1: Learning 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 I. Learning the Science of the S
oul
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1a: Seeing the Aim of Human Life
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Seeing the Aim of Human Life
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93At present, human society is being mislead by leaders who are blind, for they do not know the aim and objective of human l
ife, which is selfrealization and the reestablishment of our lost relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.... The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to enlighten human society in this important matter.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 w
ho 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. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness moveme
nt is trying to enlighten human society in this important matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic civilization, the perfection of life is to realize one\'92s relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. 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 accepted by all authorities in transcendental science as the basis of all Vedic knowledge, we un
derstand 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 parc
els of God, are duty-bound to serve Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 to 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 the best of our ability, we are not satisfied. Nor is the person to whom we are rendering that service sati
sfied. On the material platform, everyone is frustrated. The reason for this is that the service being rendered is not properly directed. For example, if we want to render service to a tree, we must water the root. If we pour water on the leaves, branche
s, 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, family, and nation are realized by ser
ving the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the duty of every human being to understand his constitutional position with God and to act accordingly. If this is possible, then 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 see Him at every moment. If we 
refuse to see 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 because He is the original root
 of the entire cosmic manifestation. In one sense, it is not possible for us to escape Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not blind religious fanaticism, nor is it a revolt by some recent upstart; rather, it is an authorized, scientific app
roach to the matter of our eternal necessity in relation with the Absolute Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Enjoyer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness simply deals with our eternal relationship with Him and the process of discharging our 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 of transmigration of the spiri
t 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 facilities for a comfortable life tha
n 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 animals, who are always busy wi
th 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 spiritual life, they say that they on
ly 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 impediments incurred by the law
s of nature. Despite this, they still denounce the necessity of acknowledging the Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are given this human form of life not just to work hard like the swine or dog, but to attain the highest perfection of life. If we do not want that perfection, t
hen 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 already begun, and every year the ne
cessity 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
. 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  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 {\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 also stated that those who attempt but do not complete the path of approaching God\'97in other words, those who have failed to achieve complete success in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97are given the chance to appear in the fa
milies 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? Therefore an attempt 
to go back to Godhead, even if half finished, guarantees a good birth in the next life. Both the spiritual and the financially well-to-do families are beneficial for spiritual progress because in both families one can get a good chance to make further pr
ogress 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. 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  reminds such fortunate wellborn persons that their good fortune is due to their past devotional activities. Unfortunately, the children of 
these families do not consult 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 misguided 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  (illusion).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 weal
thy 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 La\'eck\'e4, under the regime of the demoniac R
\'e4va\'eba, that was burned to ashes. That is the law of nature.
\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  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 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 are not meant to solve economic questions of life by balancing on a tottering platform; rather, 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 ocean of nescience which is ma
terial 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 opportunity to cross over the ocean o
f nescience? If one neglects this good chance, it should be known that he is simply committing suicide.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 just remain seated in a comfortable c
ompartment; 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 is to regain our lost spiritu
al 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 i
gnorance 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 boat of the human body, are 
explained in detail in the Fifteenth 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 . 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 this world. No o
ne 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 from which, having once gone, one never returns, and there 
surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything has begun and in whom everything is abiding since time immemorial.\'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  15.3-4]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Neither the scientists nor speculative philosophers have yet arrived at any conclusion concerning the cosmic situation. All they have done is posit different theori
es 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 mundane scientist or speculative 
philosopher has ever discovered the beginning of the cosmos or 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 cannot 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 by promoting some theories ab
out 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 mak
e the best use of a bad bargain, our material existence must be one-hundred-percent spiritualized. Iron is not fire, but it can be turned into fire by constant association with fire. Similarly, detachment from material activities can be effected by spiri
tual 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 eternal life, or 
spiritual existence in Brahman, the Absolute. The eternal kingdom of Brahman is 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 that eternal country from which no one returns. That is the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 existence. We have to be satis
fied 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 qualification for going back to 
Godhead 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  [15.5]: \'93One who is free from illusion, false pres
tige, 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
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1
\nosupersub am\'fcdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as distinguished from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the foolish and ignorant, for he is freed from the duality of happiness and distress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [15.6] as follows: \'93That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never returns to this material world.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 still the Lord\'92s personal a
bode, 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\cb1\nosupersub paramam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\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 distributed all over the un
iverse, and some are considered superior places and some 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 fire for their existence, because the material u
niverse 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
\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  thus: \'93There is no need of sun, moon, or stars, nor is that abode illumined by electricity or any form of fire. All these material universes ar
e illumined by a reflection of that spiritual light, and because that superior nature is always self-luminous, we can 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\cb1\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the spiritual nature is explained by the Supreme Lord Himself as follows: \'93The glaring effulgence of the impersonal Brahman [the impers
onal Absolute] illuminates 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\cb1
\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this conclusion is also confirmed. We should not think that we can attain that abode by any material means such as spaceships, but we should k
now for certain that one who can 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 m
iseries of birth, death, old age, 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 existence, the Lord is never lost to us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to bring that spiritual existence to humanity at large. In our present material consciousness, we are attached t
o 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 transcendental 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 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  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 object. This stage is ob
tainable 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\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1b: "Your Original Consciousness Is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub "Your Original Consciousness Is K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a Consciousness"
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Your Original Consciousness Is }{\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,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da tells freelance reporter Sandy Nixon. \'93Now your consciousness is covered with so much rubbish. You have to cleanse it, and then\'97}{
\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. Our consciousness is like water. Water is by nature clear and transparent, but
 sometimes it becomes muddy. If you filter all the mud out of the water, it again comes to its original clear, transparent state.\'94
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means God. We are all intimately connected with Him because He is our original father. But we have forgotten this conne
ction. When we become interested in knowing, \'93What is my connection with God? What is the aim of life?\'94 then we are called K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 i
s already there in the core of everyone\'92s 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-ma
ntra}{\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 co
nsciousness 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 Rath
a-y\'e4tr\'e4 procession [an annual festival sponsored by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in cities around the world]. Do you think that was artificial? No. Artificially, nobody can chant and dance for hours together. They have actually awakene
d their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by following a bona fide process. This is explained 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\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 22.107}{\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 nitya-siddha k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema \'91s\'e4dhya\'92 kabhu naya \line \'e7ravan\'e4di-\'e7uddha-citte karaye udaya
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is dormant in everyone\'92s 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 consciou
sness. 
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 
consciousness and Christ consciousness?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 consciousn
ess among all religions?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 k
now 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, \'93O God, give us our daily bread.\'94 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 
personal 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 n
o one is taking it. For example, the Bible contains the commandment \'93Thou shall not kill,\'94 but Christians have built the world\'92s best slaughterhouses. How can they become God conscious if they disobey the commandments of Lord Jesus Christ? And t
his is going on not just in the Christian religion, but in every religion. The title \'93Hindu,\'94 \'93Muslim,\'94 or \'93Christian\'94 is simply a rubber stamp. None of them knows who God is and how to love Him. 
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 
from a fake? 
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Go
d and how to love Him\'97he is a spiritual master. Sometimes bogus rascals mislead people. \'93I am God,\'94 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. Othe
rwise, you will 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 Suprem
e Personality 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 necessities. 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 already 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\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa vai pums\'e4m paro dharmo \line yato bhaktir adhoksaje
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ahaituky apratihat\'e4 \line yay\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\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. Rea
l 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. One can love Him whether one is poor or rich, young or old, black or white.
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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  Do all paths lead to the same end?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'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 , the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'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 , 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 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 \'97and each achieves a different goal. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'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  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\'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 . 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, \'93Why 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.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4n\'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  try to become immortal. They think that if they merge into God\'92s 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 yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  try to acquire some my
stic power to exhibit a wonderful show. For instance, 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  can become very small: if you put him int
o a locked room, he can come out through any little space. By showing this kind of magic, 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  is 
immediately accepted as a very wonderful man. Of course, modern }{\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  simply show some gymnastics\'97t
hey have no real power. But a 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  has some power, which is not spiritual but material. 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  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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the devotee\'97doe
sn\'92t want anything for himself. He simply wants to serve God out of love, just as a mother serves her child. There is no question of profit in a mother\'92s service to her child. Out of pure affection and love, she cares for him.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 yog\'e9}{\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 : \'93Only 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.\'94 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 in knowing God and loving Him, then you must accept the devotional process. No other process will help you.
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 pa
th... 
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 orig
inal 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 s
ometimes it becomes muddy. If you filter all the mud out of the water, it again comes to its original clear, transparent state.
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 disci
ples are not drunkards or meat-eaters, and from a physiological point of view they are very clean\'97they\'92ll never be attacked by serious diseases. Actually, giving up meat-eating is not a question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but of civilized hum
an life. 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 mea
t. They are not even civilized. When man is uncivilized, he kills poor animals and eats them.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 V
irginia, 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 i
s nothing but cow\'92s blood transformed. You 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 i
s 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\'92s throat and eating its flesh is civilized?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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.... O
ne thing I\'92m 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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 are, not symbolically. That is why we are presenting 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 India
n caste 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...
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 : \'93I created four divisions of men according to their quality a
nd work.\'94 }{\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  For instance, you can understand that there are engineers as well as medical pra
ctitioners 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 degre
e in engineering, 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 f
irst-class 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 be trained, just as an intelligent b
oy requires training 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 inter
nally and externally, 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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family 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 . 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\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family. We don\'92t 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\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It doesn\'92t matter whether he is Indian, European, or American; lowborn or highborn\'97it doesn\'92t matter. Any intelligent man can be trained to adopt first-class habits. We want to sto
p the nonsensical 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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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\'92s liberation?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 wom
en 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
 child by having an abortion. This is the woman\'92s 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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 
succeed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
basis 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}{\b0\i0\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 \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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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.\'94
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, \'93O energy of the Lord,\'94 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, \'93O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 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, \'93O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, kindly engage me in Your service.\'94
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 yo
ur life and how you knew that you were the spiritual master of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 hou
seholder 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 tr
ying to execute his order and the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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
 West?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 order
ed 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 }{\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 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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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
 appears to me, as an outsider, that your devotees treat you as if you were God. 
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. Becau
se the spiritual master is executing God\'92s 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\'92s 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 }{\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 : \'93The 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.\'94
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 materia
l things that the devotees bring you. For instance, you left the airport in a beautiful, fancy car. I wonder about this because...
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 you respect 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 fa
cilities you would 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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, be
cause 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, 
\'93Now my father is gone!\'94 But why do you say he is gone? What is that thing which is gone?
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 y
ou can see Him.
\par }\pard \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 \s1084 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1c: "Real Advancement Means Knowing God"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub "Real Advancement Means Knowing God"
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\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. . . . This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to give perfect knowledge to human society."
\par }\pard {\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 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 also 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 unlim
ited. 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 Devak\'e9-nandana, the son of Devak\'e9; or Vasudeva-nandana, the son of Vasudeva; or Nanda-nandana, t
he 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God has many dealings with His many devotees, and according to those dealings, He is called certain names. Since He has innumerable devotees and innumerable relatio
ns with them, He also has innumerable names. We cannot hit on any one name. But the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba means \'93all-attractive.\'94 God attracts everyone; that is the definition of \'93God.\'94 We have seen many pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we see t
hat 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\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, to the P\'e4\'ebdavas, and to all human society. Therefore if any particular name can be given to God, that name is \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni, a great sage and the father of Vy\'e4sadeva, 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba 6.5.47
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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
\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 ai\'e7varyasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of opulence or wealth; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samagrasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in full; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e9ryasya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of strength, power; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'e7asa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of fame;}{\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 beauty;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vair\'e4gyayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of renunciation;}{\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  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  \'f1a\'eb\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the six; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97opulence; }{\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 i\'ecga\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the division.
\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 Full wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation-these are the six opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6.5.47}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the proprietor of all riches. There are many rich men in the world, but no one can claim that he possesses all t
he wealth. Nor can anyone claim that no one is richer than he. We understand 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 , 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 o
pulence everywhere. These descriptions are all given vividly 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 . I
n the history of human society we cannot find anyone who had sixteen thousand wives or sixteen thousand 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. T
his means that He expanded Himself in 16,108 forms. This is impossible for an ordinary 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 \'93unlimited.\'94 
God is omnipotent; He can maintain not only sixteen thousand wives but sixteen million and still encounter no difficulty, otherwise there is no meaning to the word \'93omnipotent.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are all attractive features. We experience in this material world that if a man is very rich, he is attractive. In America, for instance, Rockefeller 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 three months old, the Putan
\'e4 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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 countries all over the world 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 read by philosophers, psychologists, and religionists. We are also finding very g
ood sales with our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 . This is because the commodity is pure gold. There are many 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 , but they are not pure. Ours is selling more because we are presenting 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 it is. The fame 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  is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s fame.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beauty, another opulence, is possessed unlimitedly by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is very beautiful, as are all His associates. 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 t
o 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 imagi
ne, 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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
re 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\cb1\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). So many things are working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s 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\'92s 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 is the principal name.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to propagate God\'92s name, God\'92s glories, God\'92s activities, God\'92s beauty, and God\'92s 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 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and attra
ction 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 they are false. A mannequin may be very beautiful, but still it is false. When people see a beautiful woman, however, they a
re 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; as soon as the soul leaves the body, no one would care to see the so-called beautiful body of the woman. The real
 factor, the real attracting force, is the spiritual soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world everything is made of dead matter; therefore it is simply an imitation. The reality of things exists in the spiritual world. Those who have re
ad 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  can understand what the spiritual world is like, for there it is descr
ibed:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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.\'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  8.20]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists are attempting to calculate the length and breadth of this material world, but they cannot begin. It will take them thousands of years simply to travel t
o 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. 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 entities within th
e 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 within the mater
ial world constitute but a fragmental portion of all living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who have revolted against God\'97who are criminal\'97are placed in this material world. Sometimes criminals say that they don\'92t care for the government, bu
t nonetheless they are arrested and punished. Similarly, living entities who declare their defiance of God are placed in the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. Christians also consider God the supr
eme father. Christians go to church and pray, \'93Our Father, who art in heaven.\'94, The conception of God as father 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.4}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It should be understood that all the 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
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, \'93I am Hindu,\'94 \'93I am Muslim,\'94 \'93I am Christian,\'94 and so on. Some
 engage in philanthropic work, some give to the poor, and open schools and hospitals. This altruistic process is called }{\cs2873\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  Out of millions of these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there may be one }{\cs2873\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  ("one who knows"). Out of millions of
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one may be liberated, and out of billions of liberated souls, one may be
 able to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This, then, is the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 [}{\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 ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then, is very difficult. But although the understanding of God is a difficult subject, God explains 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 . He says, \'93I am like this, and I am like this. The material nature is like this, and the spir
itual nature is like that. The living entities are like this, and the Supreme Soul is like that.\'94 Thus everything is completely 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 . 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. To u
nderstand 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 un
derstand Him. That understanding is our perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. The mother will then say, \'93
This is your father.\'94 This is the way of perfect knowledge. Of course, one may speculate about one\'92s father, wondering if this is the man or if that is the man, and one may wander over the whole city, asking, \'93Are you my father? Are you my fathe
r?\'94 The knowledge derived from such a process, however, will always remain imperfect. 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, \'93My dear b
oy, here is your father.\'94 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, \'93There is a spiritual world,
 and that is My headquarters.\'94 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to give perfect knowledge to human society. By such knowledge one can understand who 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 problems. 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 case
s, 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 eating, sleeping, or mating, b
ut that does not make him advanced. We may call his advancement polished animalism, and that is all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real advancement means knowing God. If we are lacking knowledge of God, we are not actually advanced. Many rascals deny the existence of 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 abides by the tide. 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 say 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 there 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. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1d: Reincarnation and Beyond
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Reincarnation and Beyond
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson, an interviewer for the London Broadcasting Company, inquires about the science of the soul: Have we been here b
efore? Will we be back again, or. . . ? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calls upon the age-old Vedic literatures for some striking answers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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\'97wh
at the philosophy of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 consciousn
ess 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
 therefore the body is called \'93dead.\'94 So, there are two things: 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 consciousnes
s, 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 something other than his body.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 mome
nt, 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 chil
d to 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 
another body. This is called transmigration of the soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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
 body that dies?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 el
aborately 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  [2.20]: }{\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 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 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 .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciple:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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-existin
g, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 c
an you explain to me just a bit more? If the soul is undying, does everybody\'92s soul go to be with God when they die?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 qua
lified\'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 }{\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 nature give him a suitable body. It is just like when a man contracts some disease and then d
evelops that disease. Is that difficult to understand?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92s very difficult to understand all o
f it.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 contracte
d smallpox. So, after seven days he develops the symptoms. What is that period called? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 avoi
d it. If you have contracted some disease it will develop, by nature\'92s 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 strictly under the laws of nature. Everyone is controlled by the laws of nature\'97they\'92re completely dependent\'97but out of ignorance people think that they are free. They\'92re not free; they\'92re }{\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\'92re free, but they are completely under the laws of nature. So, your next birth will be decided according to your activities
\'97sinful or pious, as the case may be.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 ju
st 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 t
o be important? Religion is important, because if we believe in God and lead a good life...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
. Do 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\'92ll be punished by the government. Similarly, whether you believe or don\'92t believe, there is a G
od. If you don\'92t believe in God and you independently do whatever you like, then you\'92ll be punished by the laws of nature. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 be
lieve? Would it matter if one was a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 religi
on. 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 me
an that you are going to become an old man and I am not. We\'92re 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\'92t matter.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92re saying that there\'92s only 
one God controlling all of us?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s one God, and one na
ture\'92s law, and we are all under that nature\'92s law. We are controlled by the Supreme. So if we think that we are free or that we can do anything we like, that is our foolishness.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 differen
ce it makes, being a member of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 moveme
nt is meant for those who are serious about understanding this science. There\'92s 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 Muhammada
n\'97it doesn\'92t matter. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement admits anyone who wants to understand the science of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 someo
ne\'97being taught how to be a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba person?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
. The 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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of 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 \qj\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
\'92m finding 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 co
nvince people about the need for spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92re really not concerned whether
 or not they join the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92t matter. Our miss
ion is to educate them. People are in ignorance; they are living in a fool\'92s paradise, thinking that when their body is finished, everything is finished. That is foolishness.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 te
ll them that there is a spiritual dimension to life?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 y
ou 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 \qj\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\'92ve got that now. If we c
ould go 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. Th
e spirit 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 ho
w, 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, a
nd 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 \qj\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
 before this life?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 corning back as something else
 the next time?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. 
According 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 \qj\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 consc
ious, I wouldn\'92t risk coming back as a dog?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 a devotee}{\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 div
yam}{\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 Disciple:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again i
n this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.\'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  4.9]
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, \'93Anyone who 
understands Me is free from birth and death.\'94 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 unders
tands 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 \qj\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\'92ve read twice from your
 scriptures. Where do these scriptures come from? Can you briefly explain that? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 Vedic 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\'92t that so?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92s right, there is.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 alon
g with the creation of the microphone.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92s right, yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 liter
ature comes along with the cosmic creation, to explain how to deal with it.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 e
xistence 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
following 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 \qj\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
\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba... 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 i
s the easiest process by which 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 intelligence becomes purified, and he can understa
nd spiritual things.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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
 you do? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Vedi
c literature.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s all in the litera
tures. We\'92re explaining them in English. But we\'92re 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, \'93Do it like this: some of the screws should be on this side, around the metal.\'94 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, a
nd he receives real spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 c
onsciousness affect the way people live?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s suf
fering. 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 \qj\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\'92t.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
washing the \'93coat and shirt\'94 of the body, but forgetting about the soul within the body. They have no information about what is within the \'93coat and shirt\'94 of the body. Ask anybody what he is, and he will say, \'93Yes, I am an Englishman,\'94
 or \'93I am an Indian.\'94 And if we say, \'93I 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 ?\'94\'97that he cannot say. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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: \'93I am an Englishman,\'94 you say, \'93but you are Indian. Why have you come here?\'94 And the dog barks, \'93}{\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?\'94 So what is the difference in mentality? The dog is thinking he\'92s a dog and I\'92m a stranger, and you are thinking you ar
e an Englishman and I am an Indian. There\'92s no difference in mentality. So if you keep people in the darkness of a dog\'92s mentality and declare that you are advancing in civilization, you are most misguided.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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.
 Others 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 giv
e them some light.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 enlig
htenment, are you also concerned for people\'92s physical well-being?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 automatica
lly follows spiritual well-being.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, na
turally, you take care of the car as well as yourself. But you don\'92t }{\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\'92t say, \'93I am this car.\'94 That is nonsense. But this is what people are doing. They are taking too much care of the bodily \'93car,\'94 thinking that the car is the self. They forget that they are different from the car, that they are a spiri
t soul and have a different business. Just as no one can drink petrol and be satisfied, no one can be satisfied with bodily activities. One must find out the proper food for the soul. If a man thinks, \'93I am a car, and I must drink this petrol,\'94 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 \qj\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\'92s a quote here that I\'92d like y
ou to comment on. I was given this literature by your people before I came, and one of the things you say here is that \'93Religion without a rational basis is just sentiment.\'94 Can you explain that?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, 
\'93We believe...\'94 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, \'93We believe that animals have no soul.\'94 That is not correct. They believe animals h
ave no soul because they want to eat the animals, but actually animals do have a soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 th
e scientific 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 a
nimal doesn\'92t?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 Christi
an scriptures say...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92t bring in any scriptur
es; this 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 h
ave children; they have a living place, you have a living place. If the animal\'92s 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 s
imilarity? That is not logic. That is not science.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 t
he other way...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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\'92s start from another h
ypothesis. Suppose we assume that a human being has no soul...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 diff
erence 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\'92s 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 useles
s. This is very simple to understand, but even the biggest so-called scientists and philosophers are too dullheaded to understand it. Modern society is in a very abominable condition. There is no man with a real brain.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 wh
o fail to understand the spiritual dimension in life?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 k
nowledge of everything, material and spiritual.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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, we
re you not? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ear
lier life. But it doesn\'92t require any great intelligence to become a chemist. Any commonsense man can do it.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 sci
ence is also important, even if today\'92s scientists are dullheaded.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
just so far. It is not all-important.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 I had
 from before? When we were differing a few minutes ago you were saying, \'93Don\'92t bring the scriptures in; just use common sense.\'94 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. Whe
n we 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 questi
on of religion? It is science. Whether you\'92re Christian or Hindu or Muslim, when you die your body becomes useless. This is science. When your relative dies, you cannot say, \'93We are Christian; we believe he has not died.\'94 No, he has died. Whethe
r you are Christian 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 a
re trying to educate people on this basis.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 see
m to be educating people on a purely scientific basis. Where does religion come into it at all?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. P
eople have wrongly taken religion to mean faith\'97\'93I believe.\'94 [}{\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 :] 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 \qj\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, \'93recognition of superhuman control or power, and especially of a personal God entitled to obedience, and effec
ting such recognition with the proper mental attitude.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 h
ow to obey the supreme controller. So, you may be Christian and I may be Hindu; it doesn\'92t matter. We must both accept that there is a supreme controller. Everyone has to accept that; that is real religion. Not this \'93We believe animals have no soul
.\'94 That is not religion. That is most unscientific. Religion means scientific understanding of the supreme controller: to understand the supreme controller and obey Him\'97that\'92s all. In the state, the good citizen is he who understands the governm
ent and obeys the laws of the government, and the bad citizen is the one who doesn\'92t care for the government. So, if you become a bad citizen by ignoring God\'92s government, then you are irreligious. And if you are a good citizen, then you are religi
ous.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 enjo
y. 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. Theref
ore, 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\'92ll enjoy.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 th
e stages you go through in spiritual life? What are the spiritual stages a new devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba goes through?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ar
e inquisitive. \'93So,\'94 you say, \'93what is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement? Let me study it.\'94 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\'92ll feel, \'93Why not become one of them?\'94 A
nd 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\'92t these boys going to see the cinema? Why don\'92t they eat meat or go to the nig
htclub? 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 first-class religion. Not some ritualistic ceremony of \'93I believe, you believe.\'94 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 \qj\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. I
t\'92s 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1e: Truth and Beauty
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Truth and Beauty
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Beauty is truth, truth is beauty," said Keats. "That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." Or is it? In this cha
rming yet cutting essay, which first appeared in the old tabloid version of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (November 20,
 1958), \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da tells the unforgettable story of "liquid beauty."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There may sometimes be arguments about whether \'93truth\'94 and \'93beauty\'94 are compatible terms. One would willingly agree to express the truth, one might say,
 but since truth is not always beautiful\'97in}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deed, it is frequently rather startling and unpleasant\'97how is one to express truth and beauty at the same time?
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reply, we may inform all concerned that \'93truth\'94 and \'93beauty\'94 }{\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  compatible terms. Indeed, we may emphatically assert that the actual truth, which is absolute, is always beautiful. The truth is so beaut
iful that it attracts everyone, including the truth itself. Truth is so beautiful that many sages, saints, and devotees have left everything for the sake of truth. Mahatma Gandhi, an idol of the modern world, dedicated his life to experimenting with trut
h, and all his activities were aimed toward truth only.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why only Mahatma Gandhi? Every one of us has the urge to search for truth alone, for the truth is not only beautiful but al
so all-powerful, all-resourceful, all-famous, all-renounced, and all-knowledgeable.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, people have no information of the actual truth. Indeed, 99.9 percent of men in all walks of life are pursuin
g untruth only, in the name of truth. We are actually attracted by the beauty of truth, but since time immemorial we have been habituated to love of untruth appearing like truth. Therefore, to the mundaner \'93truth\'94 and \'93beauty\'94 are incompatibl
e terms. The mundane truth and beauty may be explained as follows.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a man who was very powerful and strongly built but whose character was very doubtful fell in love with a beautiful gir
l. The girl was not only beautiful in appearance but also saintly in character, and as such she did not like the man\'92s advances. The man, however, was insistent because of his lustful desires, and therefore the girl requested him to wait only seven da
ys, and she set a time after that when he could meet her. The man agreed, and with high expectations he began waiting for the appointed time.
\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 saintly girl, however, in order to manifest the real beauty of absolute truth, adopted a method very instructive. She t
ook very strong doses of laxatives and purgatives, and for seven days she continually passed loose stool and vomited all that she ate. Moreover, she stored all the loose stool and vomit in suitable pots. As a result of the purgatives, the so-called beaut
iful girl became lean and thin like a skeleton, her complexion turned blackish, and her beautiful eyes sank into the sockets of her skull. Thus at the appointed hour she waited anxiously to receive the eager man.
\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 man appeared on the scene well dressed and well behaved and asked the ugly girl he found waiting there about the beauti
ful girl he was to meet. The man could not recognize the girl he saw as the same beautiful girl for whom he was asking; indeed, although she repeatedly asserted her identity, because of her pitiable condition he was unable to recognize her.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At last the girl told the powerful man that she had separated the ingredients of her beauty and stored them in pots. She al
so told him that he could enjoy those juices of beauty. When the mundane poetic man asked to see these juices of beauty, he was directed to the store of loose stool and liquid vomit, which were emanating an unbearably bad smell. Thus the whole story of t
he beauty-liquid was disclosed to him. Finally, by the grace of the saintly girl, this man of low character was able to distinguish between the shadow and the substance, and thus he came to his senses.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This man\'92s position was similar to the position of every one of us who is attracted by false, material beauty. The girl 
mentioned above had a beautifully developed material body in accordance with the desires of her mind, but in fact she was apart from that temporary material body and mind. She was in fact a spiritual spark, and so also was the lover who was attracted by 
her false skin.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mundane intellectuals and aesthetics, however, are deluded by the outward beauty and attraction of the relative truth and a
re unaware of the spiritual spark, which is both truth and beauty at the same time. The spiritual spark is so beautiful that when it leaves the so-called beautiful body, which in fact is full of stool and vomit, no one wants to touch that body, even if i
t is decorated with a costly costume.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are all pursuing a false, relative truth, which is incompatible with real beauty. The actual truth, however, is permanen
tly beautiful, retaining the same standard of beauty for innumerable years. That spiritual spark is indestructible. The beauty of the outer skin can be destroyed in only a few hours merely by a dose of a strong purgative, but the beauty of truth is indes
tructible and always the same. Unfortunately, mundane artists and intellectuals are ignorant of this beautiful spark of spirit. They are also ignorant of the whole fire which is the source of these spiritual sparks, and they are ignorant of the relations
hips between the sparks and the fire, which take the form of transcendental pastimes. When those pastimes are displayed here by the grace of the Almighty, foolish people who cannot see beyond their senses confuse those pastimes of truth and beauty with t
he manifestations of loose stool and vomit described above. Thus in despair they ask how truth and beauty can be accommodated at the same time.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mundaners do not know that the whole spiritual entity is the beautiful person who attracts everything. They are unaware tha
t He is the prime substance, the prime source and fountainhead of everything that be. The infinitesimal spiritual sparks, being parts and parcels of that whole spirit, are qualitatively the same in beauty and eternity. The only difference is that the who
le is eternally the whole and the parts are eternally the parts. Both of them, however, are the ultimate truth, ultimate beauty, ultimate knowledge, ultimate energy, ultimate renunciation, and ultimate opulence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although written by the greatest mundane poet or intellectual, any literature which does not describe the ultimate truth and beauty is but a store of loose stool an
d vomit of the relative truth. Real literature is that which describes the ultimate truth and beauty of the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1f: Relevant Inquiries
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Relevant Inquiries
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again in the old tabloid }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this time dated April 20, 1960, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da talks about the science of the soul: "...since a human being is a rational animal, he is born to make inquiries and questions. 
The greater the number of questions, the greater the advancement of knowledge and science. . . . The most intelligent man, however, inquires about what happens after death."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A small child walking with his father goes on inquiring constantly. He asks his father so many odd things, and the father has to satisfy him with proper answers. Wh
en I was a young father in my householder life, I was overflooded with hundreds of questions from my second son, who was my constant companion. One day it so happened that a bridegroom\'92s party was passing our tramcar, and the four-year}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -old boy, as usual, inquired what the big procession was. He was given all possible answers to his thousand and one questions regarding the marriage party, and finally he asked whether hi
s own father was married! This question gave rise to loud laughter from all the elderly gentlemen present, although the boy was perplexed as to why we were laughing. Anyway, the boy was somehow satisfied by his married father.
\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 lesson from this incident is that since a human being is a rational animal, he is born to make inquiries. The greater t
he number of questions, the greater the advancement of knowledge and science. The whole of material civilization is based on this originally large volume of questions put by young men to their elders. When elderly persons give the proper answers to the q
uestions of the youngsters, civilization makes progress, one step after another. The most intelligent man, however, inquires about what happens after death. The less intelligent make lesser inquiries, but the questions of those who are more intelligent g
o higher and still higher.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among the most intelligent of men was Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the great king of the entire world, who was accidental
ly 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 meet death from the bite of a serpent within seven days. 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  who cursed him was only a boy, yet he was very powerful, and because he did not know
 the importance of the great king, the boy foolishly cursed him to meet death within seven days. This was later lamented by the boy\'92s father, whom the king had offended. When the king was informed of the unfortunate curse, he at once left his palatial
 home and went to the bank of the Ganges, which was near his capital, to prepare for his impending death. Because he was a great king, almost all the great sages and learned scholars assembled at the place where the king was fasting prior to leaving his 
mortal body. At last, \'c7ukadeva Goswami, the youngest contemporary saint, also arrived there, and he was unanimously accepted to preside at that meeting, although his great father was also present. The king respectfully offered \'c7ukadeva Goswami the 
principal seat of esteem and asked him relevant questions regarding his passing from the mortal world, which was to take place on the seventh day thenceforward. The great king, as a worthy descendant of the P\'e4\'ebdavas, who were all great devotees, pl
aced the following relevant inquiries before the great sage \'c7ukadeva. \'93My dear sir, you are the greatest of the great transcendentalists, and therefore I submissively beg to ask you about my duties at this moment. I am just on the verge of my death
. Therefore, what should I do at this critical hour? Please tell me, my lord\'97what should I hear, what should I worship, or whom should I remember now? A great sage like you does not stay at the home of a householder more than necessary, and therefore 
it is my good fortune that you have kindly come here at the time of my death. Please, therefore, give me your directions at this critical hour.\'94
\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 great sage, having thus been pleasingly requested by the king, answered his questions authoritatively, for the sage was
 a great transcendental scholar and was also well equipped with godly qualities, since he was the worthy son of B\'e4dar\'e4ya\'eba, or Vy\'e4sadeva, the original compiler of the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Goswami said, \'93My dear king, your inquiry is very much relevant, and it is also beneficial for all people of
 all times. Such inquiries, which are the highest of all, are relevant because they are confirmed by the teachings of 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 -}{\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 , the conclusion of the Vedic knowledge, and a
re }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tmavit-sammat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; in other words, liberated souls, who have full knowledge of their s
piritual identity, put forward such relevant inquiries in order to elucidate further information about the Transcendence.\'94
\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 }{\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 natural commentary upon the great }{\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  (or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4r\'e9raka}{\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\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which were compiled by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva. 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 -}{\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  are the topmost Vedic literature, and they contain the nucleus of basic inquiries about the transcendental subject of spiritual knowledge. Yet although \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva compiled this great treatise, his mind was not satisfied. Then h
e happened to meet \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada, his spiritual master, who advised him to describe the identity of the Personality of Godhead. Upon receiving this advice, Vy\'e4sadeva meditated on the principle 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 -}{\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 , which showed him distinctly what is the Absolute and what is the relativity, or m\'e4y\'e4. Having achieved perfect realization of these facts, he compiled the great narration 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 , or 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 , which begins with actual historical facts concerning the life of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it.
\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 }{\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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begins with the key inquiry about the 
Transcendence, }{\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 : \'93One should now inquire about Brahman
, or the Transcendence.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as a man is in the full vigor of life, he forgets the naked truth of death, which he has to meet. Thus a foolish ma
n makes no relevant inquiry about the real problems of life. Everyone thinks that he will never die, although he sees evidence of death before his eyes at every second. Here is the distinction between animalism and humanity. An animal like a goat has no 
sense of its impending death. Although its brother goat is being slaughtered, the goat, being allured by the green grass offered to it, will stand peacefully waiting to be slaughtered next. On the other hand, if a human being sees his fellow man being ki
lled by an enemy, he either fights to save his brother or leaves, if possible, to save his own life. That is the difference between a man and a goat.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An intelligent man knows that death is born along with his own birth. He knows that he is dying at every second and that th
e final touch will be given as soon as his term of life is finished. He therefore prepares himself for the next life or for liberation from the disease of repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A foolish man, however, does not know that this human form of life is obtained after a series of births and deaths imposed 
in the past by the laws of nature. He does not know that a living entity is an eternal being, who has no birth and death. Birth, death, old age, and disease are external impositions on a living entity and are due to his contact with material nature and t
o his forgetfulness of his eternal, godly nature and qualitative oneness with the Absolute Whole.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life provides the opportunity to know this eternal fact, or truth. Thus the very beginning of 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  advises that because we have this valuable form of human life, it is our duty\'97now\'97to inquire, What is Brahman, the Absolute Truth?
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A man who is not intelligent enough does not inquire about this transcendental life; instead, he inquires about many irrele
vant matters which do not concern his eternal existence. From the very beginning of his life, he inquires from his mother, father, teachers, professors, books, and so many other sources, but he does not have the right type of information about his real l
ife.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As mentioned before, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was given a warning notice that he would meet death within seven days, a
nd he at once left his palace to prepare himself for the next stage. The king had at least seven days at his disposal in which to prepare for death, but as far as we are concerned, although at least we know that our death is sure, we have no information 
of the date fixed for the occurrence. I do not know whether I am going to meet death at the next moment. Even such a great man as Mahatma Gandhi could not calculate that he was going to meet with death in the next five minutes, nor could his great associ
ates guess his impending death. Nonetheless, all such gentlemen present themselves as great leaders of the people.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is ignorance of death and life that distinguishes an animal from a man. A man, in the real sense of the term, inquires a
bout himself and what he is. Wherefrom has he come into this life, and where is he going after death? Why is he put under the troubles of threefold miseries although he does not want them? Beginning from one\'92s childhood, one goes on inquiring about so
 many things in his life, but he never inquires about the real essence of life. This is animalism. There is no difference between a man and an animal as far as the four principles of animal life are concerned, for every living being exists by eating, sle
eping, fearing, and mating. But only the human life is meant for relevant inquiries into the facts about eternal life and the Transcendence. Human life is therefore meant for research into eternal life, and 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  advises one to conduct this research now or never. If one fails to inquire now into these relevant matters about life, one is sure to go back again to the animal kingdom by the laws of nature. Therefore, 
even if a foolish man appears advanced in material science\'97that is, in eating, sleeping, fearing, mating, and so on\'97he cannot get free from the cruel hands of death by the law of nature. The law of nature works under three modes\'97goodness, passio
n, and ignorance. Those who live under conditions of goodness are promoted to the higher, spiritual status of life, and those who live under conditions of passion remain stationed in the same place in the material world where they are now, but those who 
live under conditions of ignorance are sure to be degraded to the lower species.
\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 modern setup of human civilization is a risky one because it offers no education about relevant inquiries into the esse
ntial principles of life. Like animals, people do not know that they are going to be slaughtered by the laws of nature. They are satisfied with a bunch of green grass, or a so-called jolly life, like the waiting goat in a slaughterhouse. Considering such
 a condition of human life, we are just trying to make a humble attempt to save the human being by the message 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 . This method is not fictitious. If there is at all to be an era of reality, this message 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 the beginning of that era.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Goswami, the real fact is that a }{\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 , or a person who has tied himself, like the goat meant for slaughter, in the business of family, society, community, nation, or humani
ty at large in regard to the problems and necessities of animal life\'97namely eating, sleeping, fearing, and mating\'97and who has no knowledge of the Transcendence is no better than an animal. He may have inquired about physical, political, economic, c
ultural, educational, or similar other matters of temporary, material concern, but if he has not inquired about the principles of transcendental life, he should be regarded as a blind man driven ahead by uncontrolled senses and about to fall into a ditch
. That is the description of the }{\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 .
\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 opposite of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5ha-medh\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , however, is the }{\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 -
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stha}{\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\'e5hast
ha}{\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 \'e4srama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or t
he shelter of spiritual family life, is as good as the life 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 , a member of the 
renounced order. Regardless of whether one is a householder or a renunciate, the important point is that of relevant inquiries. 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 bogus if not interested in relevant inquiries, and a grhastha, or householder, is bona fide if he is inclined to put forward such inquiries. The}{\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 , however, is simply interested in the animal necessities of life. By the laws of nature, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh\'e9\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  life is full of calamities, whereas the life of 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  is full of happiness. But in the modern human civilization, the g\'e5hamedh\'e9s are posing as the }{\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 . We should therefore know who is what. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hame
dh\'e9\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  life is full of vices, because he does not know how to live a family life. He does not know that beyond his control is a power who supervises and controls his acti
vities, and he has no conception of his future life. The }{\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 is blind to his future a
nd has no aptitude for making relevant inquiries. His only qualification is that he is bound by the shackles of attachment to the false things he has contacted in his temporary existence.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At night such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  waste their valuable time by sleeping or by satisfying their different varieties of sexual urges by visiting cinema shows and attending clubs and gambling houses, where women and liquor 
are indulged in lavishly. And during the day, they waste their valuable life in accumulating money or, if they have sufficient money to spend, by adjusting the comforts of their family members. Their standard of living and their personal needs increase w
ith their increase in monetary income. Thus there is no limit to their expenses, and they are never satiated. Consequently there is unlimited competition in the field of economic development, and therefore there is no peace in any society of the human wo
rld.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is perplexed by the same questions about earning and spending, but ultimately one must depend on the mercy of moth
er nature. When there is a scarcity in production or there are disturbances caused by providence, the poor planmaking politician blames it on cruel nature but carefully avoids studying how and by whom the laws of nature are controlled. 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, explains that the laws of nature are controlled by the Absolute Personality of
 Godhead. God alone is the controller of nature and the natural laws. Ambitious materialists sometimes examine a fragment of the law of nature, but they never care to know the maker of these laws. Most of them do not believe in the existence of an absolu
te person or God who controls the laws of nature. Rather, they simply concern themselves with the principles by which different elements interact, but they make no reference to the ultimate direction which makes such interactions possible. They have no r
elevant questions or answers in this regard. The second of 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 -}{\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 , however, answers the essential question about Brahman by asserting that the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Tra
nscendence, is He from whom everything is generated. Ultimately, He is the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only is the foolish }{\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  ignorant of the temporary nature of the particular type of body he has obtained, but he is also blind to the actual nature of what is happening before him in the daily affairs of 
his life. He may see his father die, his mother die, or a relative or neighbor die, yet he does not make the relevant inquiries about whether or not the other existing members of his family will die. Sometimes he thinks and knows that all the members of 
his family will die today or tomorrow and that he also will die. He may know that the whole family show\'97or, for that matter, the whole show of community, society, nation, and all such things\'97is but a temporary bubble in the air, having no permanent
 value. Yet he is mad after such temporary arrangements and does not concern himself with any relevant inquiries. He has no knowledge as to where he has to go after his death. He works very hard for the temporary arrangements of his family, society, or n
ation, but he never makes any future arrangement either for himself or for others who will pass away from this present phase of life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a public vehicle like a railway carriage, we meet and sit down together with some unknown friends and become members of 
the same vehicle for a short time, but in due course we separate, never to meet again. Similarly, in a long sojourn of life, we get a temporary sitting accommodation in a so-called family, country, or society, but when the time is up, we are unwillingly 
separated from one another, never to meet again. There are so many questions relevant to our temporary arrangements in life and our friends in these temporary arrangements, but a man who is a }{\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  never inquires about things of a permanent nature. We are all busy making permanent plans in various degrees of leadership, without knowing the
 permanent nature of things as they are. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, who especially strove to remove this ignorance in society and who advocated the cult of spiritual knowledge in regard to the all-pervading impersonal Brahman, said in des
pair, \'93Children are engaged in playing, young boys are engaged in so-called love affairs with young girls, and the old are seriously thoughtful about adjusting a baffled life of struggle. But, alas, no one is prepared to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inquire }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub relevantly into the science of Brahman, the Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Goswami, who was asked for direction by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, responded to the king\'92s relevant inquiries by advising him as follow
s:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4d bh\'e4rata sarv\'e4tm\'e4\line bhagav\'e4n \'e9\'e7varo hari\'f9\line \'e7rotavya\'f9 k\'e9rtitavya\'e7 ca\line smarta
vya\'e7 cecchat\'e4bhayam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93O descendant of Bh\'e4rata, it is the duty of mortal men to inquire about, hear about, glorify, and meditate upon the Personal
ity of Godhead, who is the most attractive person because of His fullness in opulence. He is called Hari because He alone can undo the conditional existence of a living being. If we at all want to be freed from conditional existence, we must make relevan
t inquiries about the Absolute Truth so that He may be pleased to bestow upon us perfect freedom in 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.1.5]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Goswami has particularly used four words in regard to the Absolute Personality of Godhead. These words distinguish the Absolute Person, or Par
abrahman, from other persons, who are qualitatively one with Him. The Absolute Personality of Godhead is addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or all-pervading, because no one is aloof from Him, although not everyone has this realization. The Personality of Godhead, by His plenary representation, resides in everyone\'92s heart as Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Su
persoul, along with each individual soul. Therefore every individual soul has an intimate relationship with Him. Forgetfulness of this eternally existing intimate relationship with Him is the cause of conditional life since time immemorial. But because H
e is Bhagav\'e4n, or the supreme personality, He can at once reciprocate the responsive call of a devotee. Moreover, because He is the perfect person, His beauty, opulence, fame, strength, knowledge, and renunciation are all unlimited sources of transcen
dental bliss for the individual soul. The individual soul becomes attracted by all these different opulences when they are imperfectly represented by other conditioned souls, but the individual soul is not satisfied by such imperfect representations, and
 therefore he perpetually seeks the perfect one. The Personality of Godhead\'92s beauty has no comparison, nor do His knowledge and renunciation. But above all, He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9svara
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the supreme controller. We are at present being controlled by the police action of this great king. This police control is imposed upon us because of our disobedience of 
law. But because the Lord is Hari, He is able to cause the disappearance of our conditional life by giving us full freedom in spiritual existence. It is therefore the duty of every man to make relevant inquiries about Him and thus go back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1g: Soul Research
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Soul Research
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes a letter to noted cardiologist Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow: "The central question, you say, is '
Where is the soul, and where does it come from?' That is not difficult to understand."
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\tx360 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1968, speaking before a gathering of students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da points out an important lag in technological research. \'93Although you have so many departments of knowledge,\'94 he says, \'93there is no department aiming to find the difference between a living body and a dead bo
dy.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although advanced in understanding the mechanical workings of the physical body, modern science gives but little attention 
to studying the spiritual spark that animates the body. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal Gazette}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  article reproduce
d below, we find world-famous cardiologist Wilfred G. Bigelow urging systematic research to determine what the soul is and where it comes from. Reproduced next is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s letter in response to Dr. Bigelow\'92s plea. \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da offers substantial Vedic knowledge on the science of the soul and suggests a practical method for scientifically understanding the spiritual spark.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gazette}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Headline:
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1h: Heart surgeon Wants to Know What a Soul Is
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Heart surgeon Wants to Know What a Soul Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WINDSOR\'97A world-famous Canadian heart surgeon says he believes the body has a soul which departs at death and theologians ought to try to find out more about it.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow, head of the cardiovascular surgery unit at Toronto General Hospital, said that \'93as a person who 
believes there 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bigelow was a member of a panel which appeared before the Essex County Medical-Legal Society to discuss problems associated
 with attempts to define the exact moment of death.
\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 question has become vital in the age of transplants of hearts and other organs in cases when the donors are inevitably 
dying.
\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 Canadian Medical Association has produced a widely accepted definition of death as the moment when the patient is in co
ma, responds to no stimulus of any kind, and brain waves recorded on a machine are flat.
\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 other members of the panel were Mr. Justice Edson L. Haines of the Ontario Supreme Court and J. Francis Leddy, presiden
t of the University of Windsor.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bigelow, elaborating on points he had raised during the discussion, said in an interview later that his thirty-two years as
 a surgeon had left him no doubts that there is a soul.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 mysterious changes take place.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93One of the most noticeable is the sudden lack of life or luster to the eyes. They become opaque and literally lifeless.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93It\'92s difficult to document what you observe. In fact, I don\'92t think it can be documented very well.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bigelow, who became world renowned for his pioneering work in the \'93deep freeze\'94 surgical technique known as hypotherm
ia and for his heart valve surgery, said \'93soul research\'94 should be undertaken by theology and allied disciplines within the university.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93If there is a principle of vitality or life, what is it?\'94 The problem was that \'93the soul doesn\'92t exist anywher
e specifically, geographically. It\'92s everywhere and yet it\'92s nowhere in the body.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 said 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maybe so, said Bigelow, but in modern medicine when something was encountered that could not be explained, \'93the watchwor
d is discover the answer, take it into the laboratory, take it somewhere where you can discover the truth.\'94
\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 central question, said Bigelow, was \'93where is the soul and where does it come from?\'94
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 1h: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Gives the Vedic Evidence
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Gives the Vedic Evi
dence
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Dr. Bigelow:
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my greetings. Recently I have read an article in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gazette}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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\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. I have several temples in Canada\'97Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Hamilton. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is specifically meant to teach every soul his original, spiritual position
.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. The 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 n
ew body, just as we change our old dress to a new dress. This is called transmigration of the soul.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 for 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as heart transplant is concerned, there is no question of success unless the soul is there in the heart. So the pres
ence of the soul has to be accepted. 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 o
f God, a soul is sent to a particular 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 cannot enter the apartment, then he is put at a great disadvantage. That is illegal interference and is punishable.
\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 undertaking of \'93soul research\'94 would certainly mark the advancement of science. But advancement of science will n
ot be able to find the soul. The soul\'92s presence 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 meas
ure 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 lo
ng ago.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as one understands the existence of the soul, he can immediately understand the existence of God. The difference be
tween God and 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. But the nature and quality are the same.
\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 central question, you say, is \'93Where is the soul, and where does it come from?\'94 That is not difficult to understa
nd. We have already discussed that the soul is residing in the heart of the living entity and that it takes shelter in another body after death. Originally the soul comes from God. Just as a spark comes from fire, and when the spark falls down it appears
 to be extinguished, the spark of 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, th
e 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 condition
s. One living entity is completely forgetful of his spiritual nature; another is almost forgetful but still has an instinct of spiritual nature; and another is completely in search of spiritual perfection. There is a bona fide method for the attainment o
f spiritual perfection by the spiritual spark of soul, and if he is properly guided then he is very easily sent back home, back to Godhead, wherefrom he originally fell.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It will be a great contribution to human society if this authorized information from the Vedic literature is presented to t
he modern world on the basis of modern scientific understanding. The fact is already there. It simply has to be presented for modern understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours sincerely, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 2: Choosing a 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 II. Choosing a Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 2a: What Is a Guru?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub What Is a Guru?
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In all the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [scriptures] the guru is described to be as good as God, but the guru never says, 'I am God.' The disciple's duty is to offer respect to the guru just as he offers respect to God, but the guru never thi
nks, 'My disciples are offering me the same respect they offer to God; therefore I have become God.' As soon as he thinks like this, he becomes a dog."
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my guru, my spiritual master, opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.
\'94 }{\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 {\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  means \'93ignorance\'94 or \'93darkness.\'94 If all the lights in this room immediately went out, we would not be able to tell where we or others are sitting. Everything would become confused. Similarly, we are all in darkness in this ma
terial world, which is a world of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamas. Tamas}{\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  means \'93darkness.\'94 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 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 [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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  returns to this material world.\'94 
\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 guru\'92s business is to bring his disciples from darkness to light. At present everyone is suffering due to ignorance,
 just as one contracts 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, \'93I did not know the
 law,\'94 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, \'93This is a child, and he does not know I will burn.\'94 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The guru\'92s business is to see that no human being suffers in this material world. No one can claim that he is not suffer
ing. That is not possible. In this material world, there 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 , 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 . 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 within 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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  the living entity is suffering. The answer is: out of ignorance. He does not think, \'93I am committing mistakes and am leading a sinful life; that is why I am suffering.\'94 Therefore the guru\'92
s 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 guru sees that suffering is due to i
gnorance, which is compared to darkness. How can one in darkness be saved? By light. The guru takes the torchlight of knowledge and presents it before the living entity enveloped in darkness. That knowledge relieves him from the sufferings of the darknes
s of ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask whether the guru 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  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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3545\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 Mu\'eb\'f2
aka 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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enjoin us to seek out a guru; 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  guru, 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  guru. The guru is one because he comes in disciplic succession. What Vy\'e4sadeva and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba taught five thousand 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 \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have come and gone, the message is one. The real guru cannot be two, for the real guru does not speak differently from his predecessors. Some spiritual teachers say, \'93In my opinion you sh
ould do this,\'94 but this is not a guru. Such so-called gurus are simply rascals. The genuine guru 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 Gosv
\'e4m\'e9s. Five thousand years ago Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 , and Vy
\'e4sadeva recorded it. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva did not say, \'93This is my opinion.\'94 Rather, he wrote, }{\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 , that is, \'93The Supreme Personality of Godhead says.\'94 Whatever Vy\'e4sadeva wrote was originally spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva did not give his own opinion.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consequently, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva is a guru. 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 add to it. He simply presents it. That is the guru\'92s business. The guru may be this person or that, but the message is th
e same; therefore it is said that guru 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 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Engage}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  your mind always in thinking of Me, become My d
evotee, offer obeisances, and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.\'94 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 , such as R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The six Goswamis also transmitted the same message, and we are simply following in their footsteps. The
re is no difference. We do not interpret the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by saying, \'93In my opinion, the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra represents the human body.\'94 Such interpretations are set forth by rascals. In the world there are many rascal gurus who
 give their own opinion, but we can challenge any rascal. A rascal guru may say, \'93I am God,\'94 or, \'93We are all God.\'94 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates the Supreme Being. Thus we may ask such a guru, \'93Are you the Supreme Being
?\'94 If he cannot understand this, then we should give the meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub supreme}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Any dictionary will infor
m us that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub supreme}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93the greatest authority.\'94 We may then ask, \'93Are you the greatest authori
ty?\'94 Such a rascal guru, 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 guru-gods, many rascals who claim to 
be the Supreme. Such rascals cannot help us escape the darkness of material existence. They cannot illumine our darkness with the torchlight of spiritual knowledge.
\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 bona fide guru will simply present what the supreme guru, God, says in bona fide scripture. A guru cannot change the me
ssage of the disciplic succession.
\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, \'93My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, My spiritual maste
r, considered Me a great fool.\'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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7.71}{\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  He who remains a great fool before his guru is a guru himself. H
owever, if one says, \'93I am so advanced that I can speak better than my guru,\'94 he is simply a rascal. 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 [4.2]}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'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 therefore the science as it is appears to be lost.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taking on a guru is not simply a fashion. One who is serious about understanding spiritual life requires a guru. A guru is a question of necessity, for one must be 
very serious to understand spiritual life, God, proper action, and one\'92s relationship with God. When we are very serious about understanding these subjects, we need a guru. We shouldn\'92t go to a guru simply because a guru may be fashionable at the m
oment. Surrender must be there, for without surrender we cannot learn anything. If we go to a guru simply to challenge him, we will learn nothing. We must accept the guru just as Arjuna accepted his guru, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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}{\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.7]
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the process for accepting a guru. The guru is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s representative, the former }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas\'92}{\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 guru 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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhagavat-p
ras\'e4da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93 By the mercy of the spiritual master, one receives the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Thus, if we surrender to the bona fide guru, we surrender to God.
 God accepts our surrender to the guru.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 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 [}{\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  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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 reaction. Do not fear.\'94 S
omeone may argue, \'93Where is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? I shall surrender to Him.\'94 But no, the process is that we first surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s representative; then we surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharitvena}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  samasta-\'e7
\'e4strai\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the guru is as good as God. When we offer respects to the guru, we are offering respects to God. Because we are trying to be God conscious, it is required that we l
earn how to offer respects to God through God\'92s 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 guru is d
escribed to be as good as God, but the guru never says, \'93I am God.\'94 The disciple\'92s duty is to offer respect to the guru just as he offers respect to God, but the guru never thinks, \'93My disciples are offering me the same respect they offer to 
God; therefore I have become God.\'94 As soon as he thinks like this, he becomes a dog instead of God. Therefore Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 }{\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 kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Because he is the most confidential servitor of God, the guru is offered the same respect that w
e offer God. God is always God, guru is always guru. As a matter of etiquette, God is the worshipable God, and guru is the worshiper God (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevaka-bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Therefore the guru is 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 \'93lord,\'94 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 \'93position.\'94 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 \'93he who has taken the position of the Lord.\'94 This is the same as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strai\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 guru required. We should not try to keep a guru as 
a matter of fashion. One who has accepted a guru speaks intelligently. He never speaks nonsense. That is the sign of having accepted a bona fide guru. We should certainly offer all respect to the spiritual master, but we should also remember how to carry
 out his orders. 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 [4.34]}{\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 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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 The first process is that of surrender. We have 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 take a guru we study him carefully to find out whether we can surrender to him. We should not accept a guru suddenly, out 
of fanaticism. That is very dangerous. The guru 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 guru and disciple. Everything is provided, but we must take up the 
process seriously. Then we can be trained to become a bona fide disciple. First we must find a bona fide guru, establish our relationship with him, and act accordingly. Then our life will be successful, for the guru can enlighten the sincere disciple who
 is in darkness.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 knowle
dge, we are no better than animals. An animal may say that there is no need of books and that he has become a guru, but how can anyone obtain knowledge without the study of authoritative books on science and philosophy? Rascal gurus try to avoid these th
ings. 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 struggle 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, \'93Now I am in a good position,\'94 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. 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 [}{\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who engages in the spiritual activities of unalloyed devotional service at once transcends the modes of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of material nature and is elevated to the spiritual platform.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 t
he 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 o
ld age, no more disease. Thus the guru takes on a very great responsibility. He must guide his disciple and enable him to become an eligible candidate for the perfect position\'97immortality. The guru must be competent to lead his disciple back home, bac
k to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 2b: Separating the Saints from the Swindlers
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Separating the Saints from the Swindlers
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da speaks out in an interview with the London Times: "If you want to be cheated, you will find many che
ating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a sincere guru. . . . The genuine guru is God's representative, and he speaks about God and nothing else. . . . A genuine guru is not a businessman. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter: }{\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your Grace, it seems that more peopl
e than ever are seeking some kind of spiritual life. I wonder if you could tell me why this is so.}{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 desire for spiri
tual life is an absolutely natural hankering. Because we are spirit souls, we can not 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. Today, 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 try
ing to search for spiritual life. Actually this is the proper search. Krishna consciousness is the proper goal of life. Unless you take to Krishna consciousness, you cannot be happy. That is a fact. Therefore, we invite everyone to study and understand t
his great movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 arriv
al 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 \'93guru\'94 that most people had eve
r heard of, a lot of \'93gurus\'94 have suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Sometimes I get the feeling that not all of them are 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 guru 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 stude
nts 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, \'93You may do whatever nonsense you like, simply take my mantra,\'94 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, \'93No austerity. 
Whatever you like, you do. Simply pay me, and I\'92ll give you some mantra, and you\'92ll become God in six months.\'94 All this is going on. If you want to be cheated like this, the cheaters will come.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 fi
nd spiritual life but who happens to finish up with the wrong guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 education, 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 peo
ple want something like that? This means that they want to be cheated.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
this question? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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  Once I remember John Lennon asked you, \'93How 
will I know who is the genuine guru?\'94 And you answered, \'93Just find out the one who is most addicted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is genuine.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
\'92s representative, 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: }{\cs2873\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\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  }{\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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub : \'93The genuine guru is well versed in the scriptures and Vedic knowledge, and he is completely dependent on Brahman.\'94 He should know what Brahman [spirit] is and how to become situated in Brahman. These signs are given in the Vedic lite
rature. As I said before, the real guru is God\'92s representative. He represents the Supreme Lord, just as a viceroy represents a king. The real guru will not manufacture anything. Everything 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 you a mantra and tell you that you will become God in six months. This i
s not a guru\'92s business. A guru\'92s business is to canvass everyone to become a devotee of God. That is the sum and substance of a real guru\'92s business. Indeed, he has no other business. He tells whomever he sees, \'93Please become God conscious.
\'94 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 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
\'97it doesn\'92t matter. If he is simply speaking on behalf of God, he is a guru. Lord Jesus Christ, for instance. He canvassed people, saying, \'93Just try to love God.\'94 Anyone\'97it doesn\'92t matter who\'97be he Hindu, Muslim, or Christian, is a g
uru if he convinces people to love God. That is the test. The guru never says, \'93I am God,\'94 or \'93I will make you God.\'94 The real guru says, \'93I am a servant of God, and I will make you a servant of God also.\'94 It doesn\'92t matter how the gu
ru is dressed. As Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, \'93Whoever can impart knowledge about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a spiritual master.\'94 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 \qj\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...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \'93bad\'94 guru
?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 he
 become a guru? [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laughter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .] How can iron become gold? Actually, a guru cannot be bad, for if someone is b
ad, he cannot be a guru. You cannot say \'93bad guru.\'94 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\'92s all. If he\'92
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 \'93genuine guru.\'94 All we have to know is that the genuine guru is simply talking about God and trying to get people to become God\'92s devotees. If he does this, he is genuine.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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, 
what would I have to do?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92d have to
 give up illicit sex life. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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
 sex life?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
marriage. 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,
 alcohol, marijuana\'97anything that intoxicates.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92d also have to give up 
eating meat, eggs, and fish. And you\'92d have to give up gambling as well. Unless you gave up these four sinful activities, you could not be initiated.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 w
orld? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 foll
owers may be very few. For something rubbish, the followers may be many. Still, we have about five thousand initiated disciples.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 gr
owing all the time? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 slow
ly. This is because we have so many restrictions. People do not like restrictions.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, 
South America, and Australia. And, of course, in India there are millions who practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 movemen
t is?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
\'eba consciousness movement is to awaken man\'92s original consciousness. At the present moment our consciousness is designated. Someone is thinking, \'93I am an Englishman,\'94 and another is thinking, \'93I am an American.\'94 Actually, we do not belo
ng to any of these designations. We are all part and parcel of God; that is our real identity. 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 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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-par
atvena 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 ideal
 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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. There
fore 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 \qj\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 k
now God? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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 reaction. Do not fear.\'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  18.66] 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \'93surrender\'94 mean that someone would 
have to leave his family?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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. Would
n\'92t I have to come and live in the temple?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92d simply have to gi
ve up your bad habits and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra on these beads\'97that\'92s all. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 I have to give any financial support?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 wis
h. If you give, that\'92s all right. And if you don\'92t, we don\'92t mind. We do not depend on anyone\'92s financial contribution. We depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92t have to give any money at all?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 distinguish
es the genuine guru from the fake guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 b
usinessman. He is a representative of God. Whatever God says, the guru repeats. He does not speak otherwise.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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, 
traveling in a Rolls Royce and staying in a penthouse suite in a classy hotel?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 wi
th 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\'92t require to go to any hotels.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92t trying to make any accusations. I w
as merely 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 \'93guru business.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 t
hat spiritual life means voluntarily accepting poverty?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92t know.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
materialistic, 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  [4.2] \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\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  \'93This supreme science was received through the chain of discip
lic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way.\'94 In the past, all kings who were saintly understood spiritual science. Therefore, spiritual life does not depend on one\'92s material condition. Whatever a person\'92s material condition
 may be\'97he may be a king or a pauper\'97he can still understand spiritual life. Generally people do not know what spiritual life is, and therefore, they unnecessarily criticize us. If I asked you what spiritual life is, how would you answer?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92m not sure.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
spiritual life is, you still say, \'93It is this,\'94 or \'93It is that.\'94 But first you should know what spiritual life is. Spiritual life begins when you understand that you are not your body. This is the real beginning of spiritual life. By seeing t
he 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 \qj\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
 everyone\'92s education?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ta
ught 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, \'93I am an American.\'94 This is just like
 thinking, \'93I am a red shirt,\'94 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 b
odily \'93shirt\'94 or \'93coat,\'94 then we have no spiritual education. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 give
n in schools? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, a
nd 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 \qj\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 pr
eviously been involved with a fake guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\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 b
y the fake gurus?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 seekin
g something spiritual, and that was their qualification. God is within everyone\'92s heart, and as soon as someone genuinely seeks Him, He helps that person find a genuine guru.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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
 put a stop to the false gurus\'97that is, put pressure on them to put them out of business, so to speak?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
started 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 
many did not accept. Those who are fortunate have accepted.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92t you feel that people are suspicious be
cause 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 che
ated, you become suspicious. But this does not mean that if you are cheated once, you will always be cheated. You should find someone genuine. But to come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you must be either very fortunate or well aware of this science. F
rom 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 genuine seekers are very few: }{\cs2873\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 difficult to notice that people have lost their spiritual interest. And almost al
l 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 \qj\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
 been taken in by fake gurus.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. [Laughte
r.] There is no question of counting. Everyone.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'92
t it?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 c
heated, 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 \qj\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 perfe
ctional stage you spoke of previously?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 at
tain 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  [18.66] K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\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  \'93Simply surrender unto Me.\'94 But who is going to surrender to God? Everyone says, \'93Oh, why should I surrender to God? I will be independent.\'94 If you simply surrender, it is a second\'92s business. That\'92s all. But no
 one is willing, and that is the difficulty.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 che
ated, 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 th
inking, \'93I shall continue with my disease, and at the same time I shall become healthy.\'94 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
\'92 talk. There are many philosophy and theology books, but people are not interested in them. That is the difficulty. For instance, 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 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 immedi
ate and cheap. Therefore, 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 as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bra
hmac\'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-kula}{\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 they 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. Witho
ut these restrictions, any \'93}{\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\'94 or so-called spiritual discipline cannot be genuine. I
t is simply a business deal between the cheaters and the cheated.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 2c: With All the Humility at My Command
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub With All the Humility at My Command
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is February 1936, in Bombay. The pure devotee who three decades later will become the world-renowned spiritual master of th
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement glorifies his own spiritual master. Here we learn the time-honored meaning of the spiritual master, the disciple and their relationship...
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In the revealed scriptures it is declared that the spiritual master should be worshiped like the Supreme Personality of Godhea
d, 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 congregational offerings of homage to the lotus feet of the world teacher, \'c4c\'e4ryadeva, who is the founder of this Gau\'f2\'e9ya Mission and is 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\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Bhaktivi
noda at \'c7r\'e9-k\'f1etra Jagann\'e4tha-dh\'e4ma at Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 conc
ern, 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 guru from yours or anyone else\'92s. There is only one guru, who appears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me, and all others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The guru, 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 ti
mes:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mah\'e4jano }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yena}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\'93Traverse 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\'94), 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 understand that the mah\'e4jana 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}{\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 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 [}{\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession, who is fix
ed in the Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\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 \'c4c\'e4ryadeva for 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 Jagad-guru, 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\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 11.17.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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-devamay
o guru\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One should understand the spiritual master to be as good as I am,\'94 said the Blessed Lord. \'93Nobody should be jealous of the s
piritual master or think of him as an ordinary man, because the spiritual master is the sum total of all demigods.\'94 That 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  has been identified with God 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, cond
itioned 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 appears 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 freedom, after which we should hanker at every step of our life\'92s journey.
\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 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, from Vy\'e4
sadeva to Madhva, and in this process of 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 I\'e7vara Pur\'e9. The present \'c4c\'e4ryadeva is the tenth disciplic representative from \'c7r\'e9 Rupa Goswami, the original representative of Lord Caitanya who preached this transcendental tradition in its fullness. The knowledge that we receive
 from our Gurudeva is not different 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 preceptorial line of Brahm\'e4. We adore this auspicious day as \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4-tithi, because the \'c4c\'e4rya 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\i0\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\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 , 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 One who interprets the divine sound, or}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7abda-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 guru, 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 Ved
ic revelation, and therefore such an irrelevant interpreter cannot be accepted as the guru, 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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\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 Padma Pur\'e4\'eba
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya-vih\'e9n\'e4 ye\line mantr\'e4s te ni\'f1phal\'e4 mat\'e4\'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 samprad\'e4ya-vih\'e9na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without being connected with
 a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  or disciplic succession;}{\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 \'97which; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97}{\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 ;}{\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 \'97those; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1phal\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97fruitless; }{\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 \'97are considered.
\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 If one is not actually connected with a bona fide disciplic succession, whatever mantras he chants will not bring the desired result.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also quoted as}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :samprad\'e4ya-vih\'e9n\'e4 ye mantr\'e4s te viphala mata
\'f9}}}{\b0\i0\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya-vih\'e9n\'e4 ye\line mantr\'e4s te ni\'f1phal\'e4 mat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Unless you are initiated by a bona fide spiritual master in the disciplic succession, the mantra 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 by aural reception from the bona fide preceptor in the disciplic chain, and who has sincere reg
ard 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 with 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 cognitive approach of the empiricists. As it is
 said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara}{\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 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 [6.23]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Only unto those great souls who simultaneously have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the impor
ts of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.\'94
\par }\pard {\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 lotus 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 for the aural reception of the transcend
ental 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 representative of \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva for t
he 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}{\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 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 [4.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just approach the wise and bona fide spiritual master. Surrender unto him first and try to understand him by inquiries and ser
vice. Such a wise spiritual master will enlighten you with transcendental knowledge, for he has already known the Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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
\'92s meeting for offering our humble services and homage to the feet of the \'c4c\'e4ryadeva will enable us to be favored with the capacity for assimilating the transcendental knowledge so kindly transmitted by him to all persons, without distinction.
\par }\pard {\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 ou
r 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 advancement, but that we have lost the clu
e 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 primitive, uncivilized practice of droppin
g big stones on the heads of enemies from the tops of hills. Improvement of the art of killing our neighbors by means of machine guns and poisonous gases is certainly no advancement from primitive barbarism, which prided itself on its art of killing by b
ows 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 }{\cs3545\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  [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad 1.3.14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub utti\'f1\'f6ha j\'e4grata\line pr\'e4pya var\'e4n nibodhat\line k\'f1urasya dh\'e4r\'e4 ni\'e7it\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line durga\'e0 p
athas tat kavayo vadanti
\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 utti\'f1\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97get up;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  j\'e4grata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97awake;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  pr\'e4pya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having obtained;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  var\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the advantages (of a
 human body);}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nibodhat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97just understand;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  k\'f1urasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a razor;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  dh\'e4r\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the edge;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ni\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97regulations;}{\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 \'97very difficult;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  durgam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very difficult to traverse;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  patha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97path;}{\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  kavaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97learned scholars;}{\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 say.
\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 Please wake up and try to understand the boon that you now have in this human form of life. The path of spiritual realization is v
ery difficult; it is sharp like a razor's edge. That is the opinion of learned transcendental scholars.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.3.14] there is the emphatic call:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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  wake up and try to understand the boon that you
 now have in this human form of life. The path of spiritual realization is very difficult; it is sharp like a razor\'92s edge. That is the opinion of learned transcendental scholars.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 civili
zation, 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 t
o 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 provis
ion 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 anim
al 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
 we may meddle with the affairs of mundane things. Perfect happiness can be 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 p
resent \'c4c\'e4ryadeva, in the line of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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, Om Vis\'ebup\'e4da Paramahamsa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, we must admit that we have realized definitely that the divine message from his holy lips is the congeni
al 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 \'c4c\'e4rya\'92s 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 in 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 {\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, i
s 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 this 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line yat-t\'e9rtha-
buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Anyone who accepts this bodily bag of three elements [bile, mucus, and air] as his self, who has an affinity for an intimate r
elationship with his wife and children, who considers his land 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.\'94
\par }\pard {\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 a
ll 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 of the cage. Let us, therefore, deeply p
onder 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 more 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  }{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e5t
ir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Earth, fire, water, air, sky, intelligence, mind, and ego are all My separated energies.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 committ
ing 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 {\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 impossible 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 be neglected. As it is said 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 [11.9.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub labdhv\'e4 sudurlabham ida\'e0 bahu-sambhav\'e4nte\line m\'e4nu\'f1yam arthadam anityam ap\'e9ha dh\'e9ra\'f9\line t\'fcr\'eba
\'e0 yateta na pated anu m\'e5tyu y\'e4van\line ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya vi\'f1aya\'f9 khalu sarvata\'f9 sy\'e4t
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93This human form of life is obtained after many, many births, and although it is not permanent, it can offer the highest benefi
ts. Therefore a sober 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.\'94
\par }\pard {\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 activi
ties. The \'c4c\'e4ryadeva\'92s message is conveyed by the words of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Goswami }{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.255-256]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One is said to be situated in the fully renounced order of life if he lives in accordance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. H
e 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 that could be used in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under the pretext that such thing
s are material, does not practice complete renunciation.
\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 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 transce
ndental source of knowledge what we are, what 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 Hims
elf 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 perm
anent 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 usual kindness, saved us from this horrible type of degradation, and therefore we bow down at his lotus feet with all humility.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Go
dhead 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 t
rue 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 fe
ats. We are happy that we have been relieved of this horrible type of malady by the mercy of His Divine Grace Paramaha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. He is our eye-opener, our eternal father, our eternal preceptor, and our eternal guide. Let us therefore bow down at his lotus feet on this a
uspicious day.
\par }\pard {\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 our 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 constitute 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}{\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 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 [\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4m\'e4c chavala\'e0 prapadye\line \'e7aval\'e4c chy\'e4ma\'e0 prapadye
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93For receiving the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I surrender unto His energy (R\'e4dh\'e4), and for receiving the mercy of His energ
y, I surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Also in the }{\cs3545\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.22.20]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0 sad\'e4\line pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9 \line div\'e9va cak\'f1ur \'e4tatam\line v
i\'f1\'ebor yat parama\'e0 padam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The lotus feet of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu are the supreme objective of all the demigods. These lotus feet of the Lord are as enlighte
ning as the sun in the sky.\'94
\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 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}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'fc}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'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 lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\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 have remained for lives and ages in the d
arkness 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 been able to know the significance of the
 first \'e7loka of the }{\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 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.1}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 the origin
 of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Personally, I have no hope for 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 de
livered 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 allow me to suffer the lot for which I am destined due to my past misdoings, but to let me 
have this power of recollection: that I am nothing but a tiny servant of the Almighty Absolute Godhead, realized 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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 3: Looking at the Cultural Background
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub III. Looking at the Cultural Bac
kground
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3a: India\'92s Greatest Impersonalist Meditated\line on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub India\'92s Greatest Impersonalist Meditated
\line on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chastises impersonalist yogis and swamis, the nominal followers of the ninth-century teacher \'c7a
\'eckara, in this commentary on the later\'92s }{\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  on the }{\b0\i0\ul\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 : \'93Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Whereas \'c7a\'eckara, the greatest of the impersonalists, offers his due res
pects to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His book }{\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 , the foolish say that \'91we need not surrender 
to the personal K\'e5\'f1na.\'92\'94
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3b: O }{\cs2873\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                        \'971\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O }{\cs2873\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 Through Thy eighteen chapters\line Thou showerest upon man\line The immortal nectar\line Of the wisdom of the Absolute.\line O blessed }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Thee, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\line Enlightened Arjuna.\line Afterward, the ancient sage Vy\'e4sa\line Included Thee in the }{
\cs2873\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 O loving mother,\line Destroyer of man's rebirth\line Into the darkness of t
his mortal world,\line Upon Thee I meditate.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3c: Salutations to thee, O Vy\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                     \'972\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\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 thine 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata.
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purport
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya was an impersonalist from the materialistic point of view. But he never denied the spiritual form known as }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vi
graha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the eternal, all-blissful form of knowledge that existed before the material creation. When he spoke of the Supreme Brahman as impersonal, he meant that the Lord's }
{\cs2873\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  form was not to be confused with a material conception of personality. In
 the very beginning of his commentary on the }{\cs2873\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 maintains that N\'e4r\'e4ya
\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is transcendental to the material creation. The Lord existed 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 h
as no connection with a material body. He descends in His spiritual, eternal form, but foolish people mistake His body to be like ours. \'c7a\'eckara's preaching of impersonalism is especially meant for teaching foolish persons who consider K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a to be an ordinary man composed of matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one would care to read the }{\cs2873\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  if it had been spoken by a material man, and certainly Vy\'e4sadeva would not have bothered to incorporate it into the history of the }{\cs2873\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  According to the above verses, the }{\cs2873\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  is the history of the ancient world, and Vy\'e4sadeva is the writer of this great epic. The }{\cs2873\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 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 an
d His words. Therefore the }{\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  is as worshipable as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hi
mself, both being absolute. One who hears the }{\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  "as is" actually hears t
he words directly from the lotus lips of the Lord. But unfortunate persons say that the }{\cs2873\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 too antiquated for the modern man, who wants to find out God by speculation or meditation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3d: I salute Thee, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                   \'973\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\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 ref
uge\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
Indicating divine knowledge.\line Salutations to Thee, O Supreme Lord,\line For Thou art the milker\line Of the ambrosia of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purport
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya explicitly says, "You fools, just worship Govinda and that }{\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  spoken by N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Himself," yet foolish people still conduct their research work to find out N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; conseque
ntly they are wretched, and they waste their time for nothing. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is never wretched nor }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daridra;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rather, He is worshiped by the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, as well as by all living entities. \'c7a\'eckara declared himself to be "Brahman," but he admits N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to be the Supreme Personalit
y who is beyond the material creation. He offers his respects to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Brahman, or Parabrahman, because He (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) is worshipable by everyone. Only the fools and enemies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who cannot understand what the }
{\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  is (though they make commentaries on it), say, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is not the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom we have to surrender ourselves utterly, but the unborn, beginningless Eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 the }{\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  the foolish say that "we need not surrender to the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba." 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 dual, material world. In the absolute world there is no such difference, because in the a
bsolute everything is spiritual (}{\cs2873\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 ), 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3e: The }{\cs2873\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Upani\'f1ads
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                       \'974\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is the milk,\line And the wise man\line Of purified intellect\line Is the drinker.
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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 }{\cs2873\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  it is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, form, qualities, pastimes, entourage, and paraphernalia are all }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cinmaya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub -rasa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in short, everything of His transcendental association is of the same composition of spiritual bliss, knowledge, and eternity. There is no end to His name
, form, etc., unlike in the material world, where all things have their end. As stated in the }{\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  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 Devak\'e9.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3f: Thou son of Vasudeva
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                    \'975\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\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\'e4\'eb\'fcra,\line Thou supreme bliss of Mother Devak
\'e9,\line O Thou, }{\cs2873\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  of the universe,\line Teacher of the worlds,\line Thee, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 I salute.
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purport
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 b
ecause he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities are all supernatural. As stated in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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], K\'e5\'f1\'eba's 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 would 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 the }{\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  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's. There are five different k
inds of liberation. One who merges into the spiritual aura of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as the impersonal Brahman effulgence, does not fully develop his spiritual body. But one who fully develops his spiritual existence becomes an associate of N\'e4r\'e4ya
\'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's (four-handed), and one who enters into the highest spiritual abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, kno
wn as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, develops a spiritual form of two hands like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. \'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
 impossible for them to know about the spiritual world. Lord Buddha preached that the void is the ultimate goal, so how could his followers understand spiritual variegatedness? Therefore \'c7a\'eckara said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\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  or, material variegatedness is false but spiritual variegatedness is fact. 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  Lord \'c7iva has admitted that he had to preach the philosophy of }{\cs2873\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, in the Kali-yuga as another edition of the "void" philosophy of Buddha. He had to do this by the order of the Lord for specific reasons. He disclosed his real mind, h
owever, 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 further instructs:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 k\'e4le\line na hi na hi ra
k\'f1ati \'f2uk\'e5\'ef-kara\'ebe
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You intellectual fools, just worship Govinda, just worship Govinda, just worship Govinda. Your grammatical knowledge and word jug
glery will not save you at the time of death."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3g: Of that terrifying river
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                       \'976\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\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 cro
ssed,\line Bh\'e9\'f1ma and Dro\'eba were like the high banks,\line Jayadratha like the river's water,\line The King of G\'e4ndh\'e4ra the blue water-lily,\line \'c7alya the shark, 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3h: May the spotless lotus of the }{\cs2873\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                            \'977\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May the spotless lotus of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh
\'e4rata,\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Which}{\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 grows on the waters\line Of the words of Vy\'e4sa\line And of which the }{\cs2873\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 irresistibly 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 Kali-yuga,\line And on which daily light\line The nectar-seeking souls,
\line Like so many bees\line Swarming joyously\'97\line May this lotus of the }{\cs2873\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3i: Salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s1174 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                        \'978\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\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
 become eloquent\line And the lame scale mountains\'97\line Him I salute!
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purport
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolish followers of foolish speculators cannot understand the meaning of offering salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the embodiment of bliss. \'c7a\'eckara himsel
f 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 }{\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  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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3j: Salutations to that supreme shining one
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                        \'979\'97
\par }\pard \s1174 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\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 div
ine beings\line Praise with hymns,\line Whose glories are sung\line By the verses of the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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  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 \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purport
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By recitation of the ninth verse of his meditation, quoted from the }{\cs2873\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  \'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, "void" 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 Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva, Varu\'eba, Indra, and all other demigods. He has not men
tioned, however, the name of Vi\'f1\'ebu, because Vi\'f1\'ebu is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  are meant for understanding the process by which one
 can surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  try to see Him (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) within th
emselves by meditation. In other words, 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 }{\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  by following in his footsteps. Only by such acts will the demons
 be benefited, not by misleading their innocent followers by so-called mental speculations or show-bottle meditations. \'c7a\'eckara directly offers salutations to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as if to show the fools, who are searching after light, that }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub here is light like the sun.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But the fallen demons are like owls that will not open their eyes on accou
nt of their fear of the sunlight itself. These owls will never open their eyes to see the sublime light of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His words, the }{\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  They will, however, comment on the }{\cs2873\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 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 the }{\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  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the only source of light. This is all to teach the sincere seekers of truth to offer salutat
ion 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 voidist philosophy of Buddha out of 
India, the land of knowledge. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O\'e0 tat sat.
\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 BTG}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  1967]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3k: The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement\line Is the Genuine Vedic Way
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement
\line Is the Genuine Vedic Way
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After reading an article on the Krishna consciousness movement in the Los Angeles Times (January 11, 1970), Srila Prabhupada b
egins an unusual correspondence with Dr. J.F. Stall, Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley...
\par }\pard \s415 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Excerpt from the }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles Times}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Article
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dr. J. F. Staal, Professor of Philosophy and Near Eastern [sic] Languages at UC Berkeley and an instructor in Indian philosophy, believes that the Krishna sect is 
an authentic Indian religion and that its adherents are sincere. He attributes the Society's rapid increase in members to the tendency of today's younger generation to reject organized churchgoing while at the same time searching for fulfillment of a bel
ief in mysticism.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He points out, however, that persons who turn away from Christianity, Muhammadanism, and Judaism have usually lost faith with the personal god of those religions a
nd are looking for a mystical religion without absolutes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " 'These people in the Krishna movement have turned to Hinduism, but, curiously, it is a cult that is highly personalistic,' Staal said. 'They accept a personal god
, Krishna, and Christianity has that. I feel that they have transferred some of their Christian background to a Hindu sect.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He also feels that they spend too much time chanting to develop a philosophy. On these grounds he and others on the faculty turned down the request to grant credit
 for an experimental course in Krishna consciousness that will be taught during the winter quarter by Hans Kary, president of the sect's Berkeley temple."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3l: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Letter to the Los Angeles Times\line January 14, 1970
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Letter to the }{
\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Los Angeles Times\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub January 14, 1970
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor\line }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles Times
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Sir: 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With reference to your article in the }{\cs2873\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  dated Sunday, January 11, 1970, under the heading "Krishna Chant," I beg to point out that the Hindu religion is perfectly based on the personal conception of God, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. The impersonal co
nception of God is a side issue, or one of the three features of God. The Absolute Truth is ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Param\'e4tm\'e4 conception is the localized aspect of His omnipresence, and the impersonal conception is the as
pect of His greatness and eternity. But all these combined together make the Complete Whole.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. J. F. Staal's statement that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba cult is a combination of Christian and Hindu religion, as if something manufactured by concoction, is not correc
t. If Christian, Muhammadan, or Buddhist religions are personal, that is quite welcome. But the K\'e5\'f1\'eba religion has been personal from a time long, long ago when Christian, Muhammadan, and Buddhist religions had not yet come into existence. Accor
ding to the Vedic conception, religion is basically made by the personal God as His laws. Religion cannot be manufactured by man or anyone except God superior to man. Religion is the law of God only.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, all the swamis who came before me in this country stressed the impersonal aspect of God, without sufficient knowledge of God's personal aspect. In th
e }{\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  therefore, it is said that only less intelligent persons consider t
hat God is originally impersonal but assumes a form when He incarnates. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba philosophy, however, based on the authority of the }{\cs2873\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 that originally the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His plenary expansion is present in everyone's heart in His localized aspect, and the impersonal Brahman effulgence i
s the transcendental light and heat distributed everywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  it is clearly said that the aim of the Vedic way of searching out the Absolute Truth is to find the personal God. One who is satisfied only with the other aspects of the Absolute Truth, namely the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature or t
he Brahman feature, is to be considered possessed of a poor fund of knowledge. Recently we have published our }{\cs2873\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  a Vedic literature, and in this small booklet we have thoroughly discussed this point.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the Hindu religion is concerned, there are millions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples in India, and there is not a single Hindu who does not worship K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. Therefore, this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not a concocted idea. We invite all scholars, philosophers, religionists, and members of the general public to understand this movement by critical study. And if one does so seriously, one will 
understand the sublime position of this great movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chanting process is also authorized. Professor Staal's feeling of disgust in the matter of constant chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a definite pr
oof of his lack of knowledge in this authorized movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Instead of turning down the request to give Kary's course credit, he and all other learned professors of the University of California at Berkeley should patiently h
ear about the truth of this authorized movement so much needed at present in godless society. [Credit for the course was later established.] This is the only movement which can save the confused younger generation. I shall invite all responsible guardian
s of this country to understand this transcendental movement and then give us all honest facilities to spread it for everyone's benefit.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\line Spiritual Master of the \line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3m: The Exchange Between \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and Dr. Staal
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Exchange Between \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a and Dr. Staal
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 23, 1970\line \line Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta\line \line Dear Swamiji:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you very much for sending me a copy of your letter to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles Tim
es,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  now also published in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Daily Californian.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I think you will agree with me that apart from publicity, little is gained by discussing religious or philosophic issues through interviews and letters in the press; but allow me to make two brief observations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, I know that devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is old (though definitely not as old as the }{\cs2873\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 has never been influenced by Christianity, Islam, or Judaism (I never referred to Buddhism in this connection). The differences between the personal and
 impersonal are relatively vague, but adopting this distinction for simplicity, I expressed surprise at seeing people who have grown up in a Western culture which stresses the personal take to an Indian cult which does the same. I am less surprised when 
people who are dissatisfied with Western monotheism take to an Indian philosophy which stresses an impersonal absolute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Second, I never expressed nor felt disgust at the chanting of the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am not only not irritated at it (like some people), but I rather like it
. But it is an indisputable fact that the }{\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  (not to mention the }{
\cs2873\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 ) does not require such constant chanting. The }{\cs2873\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  deals with quite different subjects, which I treat at some length in my courses on the philosophies of India.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thanking you,
\par }\pard \s1308 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yours sincerely,\line  J. F. Staal\line Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub January 30, 1970\line \line J. F. Staal\line Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages\line University of Califor
nia\line Berkeley, California
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Professor Staal:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I thank you very much for your kind letter dated January 23, 1970. In the last paragraph of your letter you have mentioned that you are not irritated at the chantin
g of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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  (like some people), but rather like it. This has give
n me much satisfaction, and I am sending herewith a copy of our magazine, }{\cs2873\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 
 issue number 28, in which you will find how the students [at a program at Ohio State University] liked this chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  although all of them were neophytes to this cult of chanting. Actually this chanting is very pleasing 
to the heart and is the best means of infusing spiritual consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, into the hearts of people in general.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the easiest process of spiritual realization and is recommended in the }{\cs2873\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  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 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, n
o other alternative in this age of Kali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Western culture is monotheistic, but Westerners are being misled by impersonal Indian speculation. The young people of the West are frustrated because they are not 
diligently taught about monotheism. They are not satisfied with this process of teaching and understanding. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a boon to them, because they are being really trained to understand Western monotheism under the auth
oritative Vedic system. We do not simply theoretically discuss; rather, we learn by the prescribed method of Vedic regulations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But I am surprised to see that in the last paragraph of your letter you say, "It is an indisputable fact that the }{\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  (not to mention the }{\cs2873\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 ) does not require such constant chanting." I think that you have missed the following verse in the }{\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  apart from many other similar verses:
\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\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The engagement of the great souls, freed from delusion and perfect in their realization of God, is described here: }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they are always (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) chanting (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtayanta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) My glories and\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97alwa
ys worshiping Me (K\'e5\'f1\'eba).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So I do not know how you can say "indisputable." And, if you want references from the }{\cs2873\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 can give you many. In the }{\cs2873\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 chief transcendental vibration }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pra\'ebava o\'e0k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the divine substance of th
e }{\cs2873\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  Following the }{\cs2873\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  means chanting the Vedic }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras}{\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  and no Vedic }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 complete without }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4\'eb\'f2\'fckya Upani\'f1ad, o\'e0k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is stated to be the mos
t auspicious sound representation of the Supreme Lord. This is also confirmed again in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atharva Veda. O\'e0kara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the sound representation of the Supreme Lord and is therefore the principal word in the }{\cs2873\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  In this connection, the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the syllable }{\cs2873\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 all the Vedic }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras}{\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 " }{\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 
 7.8]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Furthermore, in }{\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  Chapter Fifteen, verse 15, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am seated in everyone's heart. By all the }{\cs2873\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; I am the compiler of }{\cs2873\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 know }{\cs2873\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  as it is." The Supreme Lord, seated in everyone's hea
rt, is described in both the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
 dv\'e4 supar\'eb\'e4 sayuj\'e4 sakh\'e4y\'e4...}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Supreme Lord and the individual soul are sitting in the body like two friendly birds in a tree. One bird is eating the fru
its of the tree, or reactions of material activities, and the other bird, the Supersoul, is witnessing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The goal of Vedantic study, therefore, is to know the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This point is stressed in the }{\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  Chapter Eight, verse 13, where it is stated that by the mystic }{\cs2873\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  process, ultimately vibrating the sacred syllable }{\cs2873\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  one attains to His supreme spiritual planet. In the }{\cs2873\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  which you have certainly read, the Fourth Chapter, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhikara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc
\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra 4.4.22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4v\'e5tti\'f9 \'e7abd\'e4d an\'e4v\'e5tti\'f9 \'e7abd\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\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 an}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4v\'e5tti\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97return; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7abd\'e4t}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "One who properly hears Vedic knowledge does not have to return to the cycle of birth and death."}}}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 22}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , states positively, }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub an\'e4v\'e5tti\'f9 
\'e7abd\'e4t:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  "By sound vibration one becomes liberated." By devotional service, by understanding well the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can go to His abode and never come ba
ck again to this material condition. How is it possible? The answer is, simply by chanting His name constantly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is accepted by the exemplary disciple, Arjuna, who has perfectly learned the conclusion of spiritual science from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the master of mystic knowledge, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Recognizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Brahman, Arjuna add
resses Him, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sth\'e4ne h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a...:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The world becomes joyful hearing Your name
, and thus do all become attached to You." [}{\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  11.36] The process of chanting is herein authoriz
ed as the direct means of contacting the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. Simply by chanting the holy name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the soul is attracted by the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to go home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\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  it is stated that all the Vedic rituals, }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras}{\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  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 }{\cs2873\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}{\cs2873\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  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 this materialistic age of Kali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All these points are elaborately presented in my book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitany
a.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of chanting is, therefore, not only the sublime method for practical perfection of life but the authorized Vedic principle inaugurated by the greatest V
edic scholar and devotee, Lord Caitanya (whom we consider an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba). We are simply following in His authorized footsteps.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scope of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is universal. The process for regaining one's original spiritual status of eternal life, full with bliss and 
knowledge, is not abstract, dry theorizing. Spiritual life is not described in the }{\cs2873\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  a
s theoretical, dry, or impersonal. The }{\cs2873\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  aim at the inculcation of pure love of God on
ly, and this harmonious conclusion is practically realized by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, or by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the goal of spiritual realization is only one, love of God, so the }{\cs2873\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  stand as a single comprehensive whole in the matter of transcendental understanding. Only the incomplete views of various parties apart from the bona fide Vedic lines of teachi
ng give a rupturous appearance to the }{\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  The reconciliative factor adjus
ting all apparently diverse propositions of the }{\cs2873\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 the essence of the }{\cs2873\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  or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness (love of God).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thanking you once again,
\par }\pard \s1308 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li3240\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours sincerely,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub February 8, 1970\line \line Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta\line \line Dear Swamiji:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you very much for your kindness in sending me your long and interesting letter of January 30, together with the last issue of }{\cs2873\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  So far I have had a few discussions with members of your society here, but they were not entirely sati
sfactory from my point of view. But now I have your much more authoritative letter, whereby the discussion moves to a higher level.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And yet, I am afraid, you have not convinced me that all the scriptures you quote prescribe only chanting of the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Let me refer only to the mo
st important ones.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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], }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtayanta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  need not mean chanting of the name 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It may mean glorifying, chanting, reciting, talking, and refer to songs, hymns, descriptions, or conversations. The commentators take it that way. \'c7a\'eckara in his commentary merely repeats the word, but Anandagiri in his }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vy\'e4khy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  classes }{\cs2873\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  as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta-\'e7rava\'eba\'e0 pra\'ebava-japa\'e7 ca,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "listening to the }{\cs2873\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 muttering }{\cs2873\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 " (that the Vedic }{\cs2873\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  is K\'e5\'f1\'eba is said in the }{\cs2873\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  where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also identified with many other things, and which is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sm\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but not in the }{\cs2873\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 are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Another commentator, Hanum\'e4n, i
n his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pai\'e7\'e4ca-bh\'e4\'f1ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtayanta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  merely means }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4\'f1am\'e4na
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "talking [about]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub More important, I think, than the precise meaning of this word, is that the entire verse does not require that everyone always engage in }{\cs2873\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  but merely states that some great souls do so. This is obvious from the next verse, which states that }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anye,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "others," engage in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efena... yajanto m\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "worshiping me... with the worship of knowledge." The }{\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  is broad-minded and tolerant of a variety of religious approaches, although it also stresses one aspect above all others (i.e.,
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-phala-ty\'e4ga}{\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 Sarva-phala-ty\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93renunciation of all the fruits of one\'92s work.\'94 [Cc Madhya 22.60]}}}{\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 Finally, in the last }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, an\'e4v\'e5tti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7abd\'e4t}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ..., \'e7abda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the scripture or to the revelation of the }{\cs2873\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 is clear from the context and from the commentators. \'c7a\'eckara quotes a number of texts 
(ending with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ity \'e4di-\'e7abdebhya\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "according to these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abdas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ") to support this, i.e., to support the statement that "according to the scripture there is no return." He
 also refers to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by saying }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantr\'e4rtha-v\'e4d\'e4di...,}{\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 mantras}{\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  descriptions, etc." V\'e4caspati Mi\'e7ra in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4mati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  supports this and clarifies it further by adding that a contrary view is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti-sm\'e5ti-virodha\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "in conflict with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti.}{\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 Thanking you once again for your kind attention.
\par }\pard \s1308 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours very sincerely,\line J. F. Staal
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub February 15, 1970\line \line J. F. Staal\line Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages\line \line My dear Dr. Staa
l:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am very glad to receive your letter dated Sunday, February 8, 1970. I am very much pleased also to note the contents.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding convincing you that all scriptures prescribe chanting of the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I can simply present the authority of Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya re
commended, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 hari\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ["Hari, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is constantly to b
e praised" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\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}{\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 . Similarly, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya quotes, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vede r\'e4m\'e4ya\'ebe caiva hari\'f9 sarvatra g\'e9yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ["Hari is sung about everywhere in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 "]. Similarly, in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [15.15] the Lord says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("By all the }{\cs2873\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").
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way we find all the scriptures aiming at the Supreme Person. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c5g Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 1.22.
20] the }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0 sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("The demigods are always looking to that supreme abode of Vi\'f1\'ebu"). The w
hole Vedic process, therefore, is to understand Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and any scripture is directly or indirectly chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding the }{\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  verse 9.14, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtayanta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  certainly means glorifyin
g, chanting, reciting, and talking, as you have said; but glorifying, chanting, or reciting about whom? It is certainly K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word used in this connection is }{\cs2873\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"]. Therefore, we do not disagree when a person glorifies K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as \'c7ukadeva did in the }{\cs2873\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 also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The highest among all Vedic literatures is the proper place for such glorification of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is to be well understood from the verse:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 phala\'e0\line \'e7uka-mukh\'e4d am\'e5ta-drava-sa\'e0yutam\line pibata bh\'e4gavata\'e0 rasam 
\'e4laya\'e0\line muhur aho rasik\'e4 bhuvi bh\'e4vuk\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O expert and thoughtful men, relish }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from the lips of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Therefore this fruit has become even mo
re tasteful, although its nectarean juice was already relishable for all, including liberated souls." [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.3]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it attained salvation simply by hearing, and similarly \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 attained salvation simply by chanting. I
n our devotional service there are nine different methods for achieving the same goal, love of Godhead, and the first process is hearing. This hearing process is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7ruti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The next process is chanting. The chanting process is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We accept both }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  simultaneously. We consider }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the mother and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the sister, because a child hears from the mother and then again learns from the sister by description.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are two parallel lines. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-sm\'e5ti-pur\'e4\'eb\'e4di-\line pa\'efcar\'e4tra-vidhi\'e0 vin\'e4\line aik\'e4ntik\'e9 harer bhaktir\line utp\'e4t
\'e4yaiva kalpate\line }{\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 [}{\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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.101}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is, without references to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti, sm\'e5ti
, Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pa\'efcar\'e4tras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  unadulterated devotional service is never achieved. Therefore, anyone who shows a devotional ecstasy without reference to the }{\cs2873\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] simply creates disturbances. On the other hand, if we simply stick to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rut\'e9s,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then we become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda-v\'e4da-rat\'e4\'f9,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
{\cs3774\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  2.42}{\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  "Engaged in merely mouthing the words of the scriptures, but not understanding or practicing them."}}}{\b0\i0
\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 are not very much appreciated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore }{\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  although }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the essence of all Vedic scriptur
e, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvopani\'f1ado g\'e4va\'f9.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub See the Fourth of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's meditations.}}}{\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  It is just like a cow whi
ch is delivering the milk, or the essence of all the }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  and all the }{\cs2873\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  including \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, accept 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 such. Therefore you cannot deny the authority of 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  because it is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sm\'e5ti;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that view is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-sm\'e5ti-virodha\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "in conflict with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\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 " as you have correctly said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding \'c4nandagiri's quotation that }{\cs2873\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  means }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta-\'e7rava\'eba\'e0 pra\'ebava japa\'e7 ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ["listening to the }{\cs2873\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 muttering }{\cs2873\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 "], the knower of }{\cs2873\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  is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He is the compiler of }{\cs2873\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 is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub veda-vit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta-k\'e5t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So where is there a greater opportunity for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta-\'e7rava\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  than to hear it from K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding the next verse, in which it is mentioned that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efena.
.. yajanto m\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the object of worship is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as indicated by }{\cs2873\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"]. The process is described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\cs2873\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4\'e0 c\'e4vidy\'e4\'e0 ca yas\line tad vedobhaya\'e0 saha\line avidyay\'e4 m\'e5tyu\'e0 t\'e9rtv\'e4\line vidyay\'e4m
\'e5tam a\'e7nute
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only 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 enjoy the full blessings of immortality."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The culture of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or transcendental knowledge, is essential for the human being, otherwise the culture of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or nescience, binds him to conditional existence on the material platform. Materialistic existence means the pursuit or culture of sense gratification, and this kind of knowledge of sense gratification (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) means advancement of repeated birth and death. Those who are absorbed in such knowledge canno
t learn any lesson from the laws of nature, and they do the same things over repeatedly, being enamored of the beauty of illusory things. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or factual knowledge, on the other hand, means to know thoroughly the process of nescient activities while at the same time culturing transcendental science and thereby undeviatingly following t
he path of liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Liberation is the enjoyment of the full blessings of immortality. This immortality is enjoyed in the eternal kingdom of God (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambh\'fcty-am\'e5tam a\'e7nute}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), the region of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and is the result obtained by worshiping t
he Supreme Lord, the cause of all causes, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambhav\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So in this way real knowledge, }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba; that is }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efena,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the worship of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efena... yajanto m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the perfection of knowledge, as stated in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [7.19]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one has not yet come to this conclusion of knowledge and simply indulges in dry speculation without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then his hard speculative labor is something 
like beating empty husks of grain. The unhulled rice and the empty husks of rice look very much the same. One who knows how to get the grain out of the unhulled rice is wise, but one who beats on the empty husk, thinking to get some result, is simply was
ting his labor uselessly. Similarly, if one studies the }{\cs2873\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  without finding the goal of 
the }{\cs2873\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, he simply wastes his valuable time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So to cultivate knowledge for worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba culminates after many, many births and deaths when one actually becomes wise. When one becomes wise in this 
way, he surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, recognizing Him at last to be the cause of all causes and all that is. That sort of great soul is very rare. So those who have surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba life and soul are rare }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sudurlabha mah\'e4tm\'e4s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They are not ordinary }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of Lord Caitanya that highest perfectional status of life is being distributed very freely. The effect is also very encouraging; otherwise, how are boy
s and girls without any background of Vedic culture quickly occupying the posts of rare }{\cs2873\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  simply by vibrating this transcendental sound, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba? And simply on the basis of this chanting, the majority of them (those who are very sincere) are steady in devotional service and are not falling down to the four principles 
of material sinful life, namely (1) meat-eating, (2) illicit sexual connection, (3) taking of intoxicants, including coffee, tea, and tobacco, and (4) gambling. And that is the last }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the }{\cs2873\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  i.e., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4v\'e5tti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abd
\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ["By sound vibration one becomes liberated"].
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One has to learn by the result (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phalena paric\'e9yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Our students are ordered to act like this, and they are not falling down. That they are remaining on the platform of pure spiritual life without hankering to culture the above principles of }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or sense gratification, is the test of their proper understanding of the }{
\cs2873\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  They do not come back to the material platform, because they are relishing the nectar
ean fruit of love of God.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarva-phala-ty\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ["renunciation of all the fruits of one's work"] is explai
ned in the }{\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  by the Lord Himself in the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Give up everything and simply surrender unto Me [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]." The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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  means "O Supreme Energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please engage me in Your eternal service." So we h
ave given up everything and are simply engaged in the service of the Lord. What K\'e5\'f1\'eba orders us to do is our only engagement. We have given up all resultant actions of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karma, j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\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  and that is the stage of pure devotional service, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhaktir uttam\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours sincerely,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub February 25, 1970\line \line Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta\line Founder-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness\line \line Dear Swamiji:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you very much for your very interesting letter of February 15, 1970, with enclosure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am afraid that whenever you quote a passage purporting to show that only the chanting of the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba is required, I can quote another one which requir
es something else, adding, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yadi \'e7loko 'pi pram\'e4\'ebam, ayam api \'e7loka\'f9 pram\'e4\'eba\'e0 bhavitum arhati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "If mere verses are authoritative, this verse also ought to be regarded as authoritative." And there may be no end to this in the foreseeable future, as Pata\'efjali also says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4n hi \'e7abdasya prayoga-vi\'f1aya\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "For vast is the domain for the use of words."
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours very sincerely,\line J. F. Staal
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3764 Watseka Avenue\line Los Angeles, California 90034\line \line April 24, 1970\line \line Dear Dr. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 
\s1075 \sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub 721006ME.BER \line 721007MW.BER}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf10\cb1\nosupersub Staal:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I beg to thank you very much for your kind letter dated February 25, 1970. I am sorry that I could not reply to your letter earlier because I was a little busy in t
he matter of purchasing a new church estate at the above address. We have secured a very nice place for a separate temple, lecture room, my quarters, and the devotees' residential quarters, all together in a nice place with all the modern amenities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I beg to request you to visit this place at your convenience, and if you kindly let me know a day before, my students will be very glad to receive you properly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding our correspondence, actually this quotation and counter-quotation cannot solve the problem. In a court both the learned lawyers quote from law books, but 
that is not the solution to the case. The determination of the case is the judgment of the presiding judge. So argument cannot bring us to a conclusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scriptural quotations are sometimes contradictory, and every philosopher has a different opinion, because without putting forward a different thesis, no one can
 become a famous philosopher. It is therefore difficult to arrive at the right conclusion. The conclusion is, as above mentioned, to accept the judgment of authority. We follow the authority of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is nondifferent from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and His version according to Vedic scripture is that in this age this chanting is the only solution for all problems of life. And that is actually being shown by practical experience.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently there was a big procession of our students in Berkeley on the Advent Day of Lord Caitanya, and the public has remarked as follows: "This crowd of men is no
t like others, who assemble to break windows and create havoc." This is also confirmed by the police in the following words: "Members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement cooperated fully with the police, and their efforts to maintain peaceful or
der throughout the parade were so successful that only minimal police involvement was required."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, in Detroit there was a big peace march, and our men were appreciated as "angels" in the crowd. So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is actually 
needed at the present moment as the panacea for all kinds of problems in human society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Other quotations will not act very appreciably at this time. In a drugstore there may be many medicines, and all may be genuine, but what is required is that an exp
erienced physician prescribe medicine for a particular patient. We cannot say in this case, "This is also medicine, and this is also medicine." No. The medicine which is effective for a particular person is the medicine for him\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phalena paric\'e9yate.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours very sincerely,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3n: Final Note by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Final Note by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a court of justice two lawyers put forward their respective relevant arguments taken from the authorized law books to decide a point, but it is up to the judge t
o decide the case in favor of one of the litigants. When the opposing lawyers put forward their arguments, both of them are legal and bona fide, but the judgment is given as to which argument is applicable to the particular case.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya gives His judgment on the authority of }{\cs2873\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  that the chanting of the holy names of the Lord is the only means to elevate one to the transcendental platform, and actually we can see it is effective. Each and every one of our studen
ts who has seriously taken to this process may be examined individually, and any impartial judge will find it easy to see that they have advanced in their transcendental realization further than any philosophers, religionists, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s, karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to accept everything favorable to the circumstances. Rejection of other methods in a particular circumstance does not mean that the rejected ones are not bo
na fide. But for the time being, taking into consideration the age, time, and object, methods are sometimes rejected even though bona fide. We have to test everything by its practical result. By such a test, in this age the constant chanting of the Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  undoubtedly proves very effective.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 3o: K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness:\line Hindu Cult or Divine Culture?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness:\line Hindu Cult
 or Divine Culture?
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, but actually we are not
.... People should not think that we are preaching a sectarian religion. No. We are simply preaching how to love God.... We are giving a spiritual culture that can solve all the problems of life, and therefore it is being accepted all over the world.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a misconception that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement represents the Hindu religion. In fact, 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 especially meant to educate peopl
e in how they can love God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, but actually we are not. One will not find the word }{\cs2873\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  in the }{\cs2873\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  Indeed, there is no such word as }{\cs2873\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  in the entire Vedic 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 north 
western provinces of India, and since the Muslims there could not pronounce Sindhu properly, they instead called the river }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 , and the inhabitants of this tract of land they called }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hindus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . In India, according to the Vedic language, the Europeans are called }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yavanas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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  is a name given by the Muslims.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India's actual culture is described in the }{\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  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 spiritual 
orders. This system of social and spiritual division is known as }{\cs2873\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 four }{\cs2873\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 social orders, are }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 four }{\cs2873\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 spiritual orders, are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmacarya, g\'e5hastha, v\'e4naprastha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 described in the Vedic scriptures known as the }{\cs2873\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 goal of this institution of Vedic culture is to educate every man for advancement in knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. That i
s the entire Vedic program.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 life?" R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya a
nswered that human civilization begins when }{\cs2873\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  is accepted. Before
 coming to the standard of }{\cs2873\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  there is no question of human civili
zation. 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub daiva-var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divine culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India, the }{\cs2873\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 now been taken in a perverted way, and thus a man born in the family of a }{\cs2873\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 highest social order) claims that he should be accepted as a }{\cs2873\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  But this claim is not accepted by the }{\cs2873\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). One's forefather may have been a }{\cs2873\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  according to }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gotra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the family hereditary order, but real }{\cs2873\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  is based on the factual }{\cs2873\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  one has 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 impersonal, and thus he indirectly denied the existence of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's mission was special; he appeared in order to reestablish the Vedic influence after the influence of Buddhism. Because Buddhism was patron
ized by Emperor A\'e7oka, twenty-three hundred years ago the Buddhist religion practically pervaded all of India. According to the Vedic literature, Buddha was an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who had a special power and who appeared for a special purpos
e. His system of thought, or faith, was accepted widely, but Buddha rejected the authority of the }{\cs2873\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  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\'e4
v\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Strictly speaking, M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy is atheism, for it is a process in which one }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub imagines}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that there is God. This M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da system of philosophy has been existing since time immemorial. The present Indian system of religion or cultu
re 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-pervading 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 denies both; it maintains that 
neither the demigods nor God exist. 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 demigods 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 imagine any of these forms. This is a new
 system, called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efcop\'e4san\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It was introduced by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, but t
he }{\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  does not teach any such doctrines, and therefore they are not autho
ritative.
\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  accepts the existence of the demigods. The demigods are described in the }{\cs2873\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 one cannot deny their existence, but they are not to be understood or worshiped according to the way of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. The worship of demigods is rejected in the }{\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  The }{\cs3545\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  }{\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 7.20}{\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  clearly states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'nya-devat\'e4\'f9\line ta\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya\line
prak\'e5ty\'e4 niyat\'e4\'f9 svay\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of wo
rship according to their own natures." Furthermore, in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [2.44] Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the r
esolute determination for devotional service does not take place." Those who are pursuing the various demigods have been described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5ta j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which means "those who have lost their sense." That is also further explained in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 7.23]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 My 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 benedictions from the demigods, will be finished with the body. But spiritual advancement will never be finished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People should not think that we are preaching a sectarian religion. No. We are simply preaching how to love God. There are many theories 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 the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy, accept that 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 to countera
ct 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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub netre\'eba}{\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  a supreme director. Otherwise, how is it that the son of a rich and pious man becomes a hippie in the street 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 {\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 karma-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  theory holds that the world is going on without the supreme direction of God. Such philosophies say that everything takes place by lust (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub k\'e4ma-haitukam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 wo
man 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 the }{\cs2873\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  as asuric, or demoniac, is that actually everything is going on in this way, because of chance and resulting from natural attraction. This demoniac theory supp
orts the idea that if one wants to avoid children, he may use a contraceptive method.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 the }{\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  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 attracted and the
re are children, they are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eba-sa\'eckara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 peace and tranquillity in socie
ty 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 }{\cs2873\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  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 conde
mned, for the classification of different types of men according to birth is not the Vedic or divine caste system.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many classes of men in society\'97some men are engineers, some are medical practitioners, some are chemists, tradesmen, businessmen, and so on. These vari
eties 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 bein
g rejected by the public in India. Rather, we give everyone the chance to become a }{\cs2873\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 thus attain the highest status of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because at the present moment there is a scarcity of }{\cs2873\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 spiritual guides, and }{\cs2873\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  (administrative men), and because the entire world is being ruled by }{\cs2873\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  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 }{\cs2873\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  class is actually reestablished, the other orders of social well-being will automatically follow, just as when the brain
 is perfectly in order, the other parts of the body, such as the arms, the belly, and the legs, all act very nicely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ultimate goal of this movement is to educate people in how to love God. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu approves the conclusion that the highest 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 Hindu. Similarly, no Hindu gent
leman 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.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 4: Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 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 IV. Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and Christ
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 4a: K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Christ\'97The Name Is the Same
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Christ\'97The Name Is the S
ame
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1974, near ISKCON's center in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and several of his disciples take 
a morning walk with Father Emmanuel Jungclaussen, a Benedictine monk from Niederalteich Monastery. Noticing that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is carrying meditation beads similar to the rosary, Father Emmanuel explains that he also chants a constant prayer:
 "Lord Jesus Christ, be merciful unto us." The following conversation ensues.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 one."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\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 Christos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the Greek version of the word }{\cs2873\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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 call
s on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he often says, "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a." }{\cs2873\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 "a
ttraction." So when we address God as "Christ," "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a," or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," we indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Jesus said, "Our Father, who an in heaven, sanctified be Thy name," that name of God was "K
\'e5\'f1\'f6a" or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Do you agree?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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, ha
s revealed 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 w
ay of saying }{\cs2873\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  and "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a" is another way of pronouncing }{\cs2873\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 theol
ogian say that God has no name\'97that we can call Him only "Father." A son may call his father "Father," but the father also has a specific name. Similarly, "God" is the 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 {\cs2351\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 nam
e, 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 tak
e the name Christ as the revealed name of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 matte
r\'97}{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Christ\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the 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 wa
y is to chant the }{\cs2873\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. }{\cs2873\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  and }{
\cs2873\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  are names of God, and }{\cs2873\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 God. So when we chant the }{\cs2873\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 service of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. }{\cs2873\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  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 m
aterial things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect. To practice }{\cs2873\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 Muhammadan religions, bu
t when we come to a religion without designations, in which we don't think we are Hindus or Christians or Muhammadans, then we can speak of pure religion, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  }{\cs2873\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 ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakt\'e9,
 mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [liberation from material miseries] is included. Without }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 platf
orm of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 materi
al nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Parabrah
man. Brahman 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [1.2.11], this is confirmed:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line tattvam yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 or Bhagav\'e4n." The 
feature 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, H
is name, His form, and His qualities are also absolute, and they are nondifferent 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 pu
rified, one becomes an associate of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 G
od is unlimited. And because He is unlimited, or absolute, He has unlimited names, each of which }{\cs2873\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
 God. We can understand His names as much as our spiritual understanding is developed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 preach 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 between your movement and ours? Why do you send your disciples to the Western countries to preach love o
f God when the gospel of Jesus Christ is propounding the same message?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Ch
ristians do not follow the commandments of God. Do you agree?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 o
f the Christians' 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 true.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All over the world, people love not God but their dogs. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore necessary to teach people how to revive their forgott
en love for God. Not only the Christians, but also the Hindus, the Muhammadans, and all others are guilty. They have rubber-stamped themselves "Christian," "Hindu," or "Muhammadan," but they do not obey God. That is the problem. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 d
isobedient?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 th
at 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 to love God, they must stop killing animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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..
.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, the
re 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 wha
t we don'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 scriptu
re as they 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 {\cs2351\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 appli
cable to human beings, not to animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Chris
t was not intelligent enough to use the right word: }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub murder\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instead of the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub killing? 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 have used the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub murder.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 command
ment "Thou shalt not kill" }{\cs2873\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 ex
tended this commandment 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 oth
er 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 inte
rpretations 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 inst
ruction. Why should we interpret it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 kill
ing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 philoso
phy teaches that we should not even kill plants unnecessarily. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 only 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ap\'e4pa-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viddha}{\cs2873\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 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 wh
o himself is beyond 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, when the commander orders a man to attack, the obedient soldier who kills the enemy wil
l get a medal. But if the same soldier kills someone on his own, he will be punished. Similarly, when we eat only }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 agha\'e0 p\'e4p\'e4\line 
ye pacanty \'e4tma-k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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, w
ho prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 permissio
n to eat animals?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 kingd
om. 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 ch
ant 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 "Christos" or "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a"\'97there is no difference. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya sa
id: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4m ak\'e4ri}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  bahudh\'e4 nija-sarva-\'e7akti\'f9.}{\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." }{\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 ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, even if you accept designations like "Hindu," "Christian," or "Muhammadan," if you simply chant the name of God found in your own script
ures, you will attain the spiritual platform. Human life is meant for self-realization\'97to learn how to love God. That is the actual duty of man. Whether you discharge this duty as a Hindu, a Christian, or a Muhammadan, it doesn't matter\'97but dischar
ge it!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\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 pointing to a string of 108 meditation beads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]: We always have these beads, just as you have your rosary. You are cha
nting, 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 contra
ry, 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 everything 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 of 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 y
ou 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 becaus
e no one 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 people. 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. The
ir disease is that they don't want to understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 intelligence, but a question of humility.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 intelligenc
e. 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 G
od, why 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 humblenes
s 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 {\cs2351\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 offer
ed to everyone else, also?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 kin
ds of respect: 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 pur
e devotee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 prie
sts should 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 ac
cordingly and you will see how the world situation will change.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 4b: Christ, Christians, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Christ, Christians, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\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-to free others from their 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 c
annot 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\cb1\nosupersub The }{\cs2873\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  states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub titik\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (tolerance) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karu\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (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 k
ill 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, forgive them. They know not what they are doing."
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A preacher of God consciousness is a friend to all living beings. Lord Jesus Christ exemplified this by teaching, \'93Thou 
shalt not kill.\'94 But the Christians like to misinterpret 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 p
rofess to be Christians, it would be very difficult to find one who strictly follows the instructions of Lord Jesus Christ.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava is unhappy to see the suffering of others. Therefore, Lord Jesus Christ agreed to be crucified\'97to free 
others from their suffering. But his followers are so unfaithful that they have decided, \'93Let Christ suffer for us, and we\'92ll go on committing sin.\'94 They love Christ so much that they think, \'93My dear Christ, we are very weak. We cannot give u
p our sinful activities. So you please suffer for us.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jesus Christ taught, \'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94 But his followers have now decided, \'93Let us kill anyway,\'94 and they 
open big, modern, scientific slaughterhouses. \'93If there is any sin, Christ will suffer for us.\'94 This is a most abominable conclusion.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Christ can take the sufferings for the previous sins of his devotees. But first they have to be sane: \'93Why should I put 
Jesus Christ into suffering for my sins? Let me stop my sinful activities.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suppose a man\'97the favorite son of his father\'97commits a murder. And suppose he thinks, \'93If there is any punishment 
coming, my father can suffer for me.\'94 Will the law allow it? When the murderer is arrested and says, \'93No, no. You can release me and arrest my father; I am his pet son,\'94 will the police officials comply with that fool\'92s request? }{\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  committed the murder, but he thinks }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub his father}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should suffer the punishment! Is that a sane proposal? \'93No. }{\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  have committed the murder; }{\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  must be hanged.\'94 Similarly, when you commit sinful activities, you must suffer\'97not Jesus Christ. This is God\'92s law.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jesus Christ was such a great personality\'97the son of God, the representative of God. He had no fault. Still, he was cruc
ified. 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 certainly he is the representative of God. Therefore we adore Lord Jesus Christ and offer our obeisances to him.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, in Melbourne, a group of Christian ministers came to visit me. They asked, \'93What is your idea of Jesus Christ?\'94
 I told them, \'93He is our }{\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 preaching God consciousness, so he is our spiritual maste
r.\'94 The ministers very much appreciated that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, anyone who is preaching God\'92s glories must be accepted 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 . 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 ordinar
y man has a hellish mentality. If Jesus Christ were an ordinary man, then he could not have delivered God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 4c: "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At ISKCON\'92s Paris center \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da talked with \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360
{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Biography 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dani%C3%A9lou]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Early life and studies
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jean-Guenole-Marie Danielou was born on 14 May 1905 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was the son of Charles Danielou and Madeleine Clamorgan. His father was an anticlerical
 politician who served in the French government several times as a minister while his mother was an educator and the founder of institutions for women's education. His brother Alain (1907\'961994) was a noted Indologist and a renowned historian.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Danielou studied at La Sorbonne and passed his agr\'e9gation in grammar in 1927. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1929 and became a teacher where he initially taug
ht at a boys' school in Poitiers. He taught there from 1934 to 1936. He subsequently studied theology at Fourvi\'e8re in Lyon under Henri de Lubac, who introduced him to patristics, the study of the Fathers of the Church. He was ordained as a priest on 2
0 August 1938.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Priesthood, episcopate and cardinalate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During World War II, Danielou served with the Arm\'e9e de l'Air (Air Force) in 1939\'961940. After the fall of France to Nazi Germany, he was demobilised and return
ed to civilian life. He completed his doctoral thesis on the spiritual doctrine of St. Gregory of Nyssa and received a doctorate of theology in 1942. At that time, he was appointed chaplain to the ENSJF, the female section of the Ecole Normale Sup\'e9rie
ure, at S\'e8vres. He then began full-time research in the field of patristics, and became one of the founders of the Sources Chr\'e9tiennes collection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1944 Dani\'e9lou was named Professor of Early Christian History at the Institut Catholique de Paris, and later became dean. Beginning in the 1950s, he produced s
everal historical studies which included The Bible and the Liturgy, The Lord of History, and From Shadows to Reality, that provided a major impetus to the development of Covenantal Theology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the request of Pope John XXIII, he served as a peritus (expert consultant) to the Second Vatican Council. He was appointed a bishop by Pope Paul VI in 1969 for w
hich the titular see of Taormina was created. He received episcopal consecration on 19 April 1969 in Paris. A week later, on 28 April, he was named a cardinal by Pope Paul VI who made him the Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paul VI had offered him the elevation twice before but he refused. He accepted the third time because the pope told him: "I need you to be a cardinal so that you mi
ght suffer with me for the Church".
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was elected to the Acad\'e9mie fran\'e7aise on 9 November 1972, to succeed Cardinal Eug\'e8ne-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant.\line Death and legacy
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His unexpected death occurred in 1974 in the home of a woman who was alleged to be a prostitute. The Society of Jesus, after an investigation, }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub determined that Danielou was bringing money to pay for the bail of the woman's husband}{\b\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 His brother has never doubted Dani\'e9lou's charity:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "His death and the scandal provoked by it, when he had become one of the leading figures of the Church, was a sort of posthumous vendetta, one of those favors that 
the gods bestow on those whom they love. If he had died just a little while sooner or later, or if he had been visiting a lady of the sixteenth arrondissement under the pretext of works of charity, instead of bringing the revenue of his theological writi
ngs to a poor and needy woman, there would have been no scandal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Jean had always dedicated himself to disregarded people. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For a certain period he had 
celebrated a Mass for the sake of homosexuals. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He tried to help prisoners, criminals, troubled young people, prostitutes. I deeply admired this ending of life similar to that 
of the martyrs, whose fragrance rises to heaven amid the opprobrium and sarcasm of the crowd. He died as true saints die, in ignominy, in mockery, in the disdain of a spiteful and vile society."}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cardinal Jean Danielou: "... the Bible does not simply say, \'91Do not kill the human being.\'92 It says broadly, \'91Thou shalt not kill.\'92... why do you interpret this to suit your own convenience?... When there is no food, s
omeone 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.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, \'93Thou sh
alt not kill.\'94 So why is it that the Christian people are engaged in animal killing?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 forbid
den 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, \'93Do not kill the human being.\'94 It says broadly, \'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 sac
red.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. T
he commandment is \'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 animal
s in order to have food to eat.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, vegeta
bles, fruits, and milk. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s food is vegetables, fruits, grains, and milk products. So how can you say that animal killing is not a sin?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 motivat
ion. If the killing of an animal is for giving food to the hungry, then it is justified. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 her milk; therefore, she is our mother. Do you agree?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s 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, o
r 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\'92t kill cows. It is the greatest sin. And as long as a man is sinful, he cannot understand God. The human being\'92s main business is to understand God and to love Him. But if you remain sinful
, you will never be able to understand God\'97what to speak of loving Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 es
sential point. The important thing is to love God. The practical commandments can vary from one religion to the next.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s prac
tical commandment is that you cannot kill; therefore killing cows is a sin for you.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 i
s not good, and he says to the Jews that...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, 
\'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94 Why do you interpret this to suit your own convenience?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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
 Paschal Lamb. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 slau
ghterhouse. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, s
omeone 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 
slaughterhouses 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
 don\'92t allow the killing of any animals. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\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." [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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] We take only the remnants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's food (}{\cs2873\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 for 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 \qj\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\'92s san
ction of meat-eating is based on the view that lower species of life do not have a soul like the human being\'92s.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s 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 characte
ristics, 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 a
nimal sleeps, you sleep; the animal mates, you mate; the animal defends, and you defend. Where is the difference?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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  says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yonisu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93In all species of life the soul exists.\'94 The body is like a suit of clothes. You have black clothes; I am dressed in saffron clothes. 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 soul, a part and parcel 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 important and the worker-son is not important. And if the judge-son says, \'93My dear father, your other son is useless;
 let me cut him up and eat him,\'94 will the father allow this?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 l
ife 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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
development of consciousness. In the human body there is developed consciousness. Even a tree has a soul, but a tree\'92s 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
. There 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 horri
ble sound. So it is a matter of the development of consciousness. But the soul is there within all living beings.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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
 sacred. Human beings think on a higher platform than the animals do.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 scene, 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 ar
e the same in the animal and the human being.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 
metaphysical search for the meaning of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'92s all right. But if you are thinking like an animal, then what is the use of your metaphysical study? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93above the physical\'94 or, in other words, \'93spiritual.\'94 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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yonisu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93In every living being there is a spirit soul.\'94 That is metaphysical understanding. Now either you accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s teachings as metaphysical, or you\'92ll have to take a third-clas
s fool\'92s opinion as metaphysical. Which do you accept?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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 w
ho 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\'92ll 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. \'93Why are you maintaining slaughterhouses? I\'92ll give you fangs and claws. Now eat.
\'94 So the meat-eaters are awaiting such punishment. The animal-eaters become tigers, wolves, cats, and dogs in their next life\'97to get more facility.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 5: Practicing Yoga 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 V. Practicing Yoga in the Age of
 Quarrel
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 5a: Superconsciousness
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Superconsciousness
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supersoul, being present within everyone, 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 superconsciousness can only be achieved by dovetailing individual consciousness with the superconsciousness; and this dovet
ailing process is called surrender, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the highest }{\b0\i0\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  performance by trained devotional }{\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 . The }{\b0\i0\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, as is stated in the standard }{\b0\i0\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 formula given 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 , and as recommended in the Pata\'efjali }{\b0\i0\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  discipline, is different from the nowadays practiced }{\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  as is generally understood in the Western countries.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\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 yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  practice means to control the senses and, after such control is established, to concentrate the mind on the N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Absolute Personality, the Godhead, and all the other Vi\'f1\'ebu forms\'97with four hands, decorated with conch, lotus, club, and wheel\'97are plenary expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 }{\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  should observe the rules and regulations of }{\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 \'97to live a life of strict self-restraint and celibacy. No one can practice }{\b0\i0\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 congested city, living a life of extravagance, including unrestricted sex indulgence and adultery of the tongue.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have already stated that }{\b0\i0\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 means controlling the senses, and the beginning of controlling the senses is to control the tongue. You cannot allow the tongue to take all kinds of forbidden food and drink, an
d at the same time improve in the practice of }{\b0\i0\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 . It is a very regrettable fact that many stra
y, unauthorized so-called }{\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  now come to the West and exploit the leaning of the people towar
d }{\b0\i0\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 . Such unauthorized }{\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  even dare to say publicly that one can indulge in drinking and at the same time practice meditation.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five thousand years ago, 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  dialogue, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommended the }{\b0\i0\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 to His disciple Arjuna, but Arjuna flatly expressed his inability to follow the stringent rules and regulations of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y
oga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 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 }{\b0\i0
\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 to search out the four-handed Supersoul within one\'92s heart and to see Him perpetually in medi
tation. Such continued meditation 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 . If, however, one wants to meditate upon s
omething void or impersonal, it will require a very long time to achieve anything by }{\b0\i0\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  practi
ce. We cannot concentrate our mind on something void or impersonal. Real }{\b0\i0\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 is to fix
 the mind on the person of the four-handed N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba who dwells in everyone\'92s heart.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 know it. God is seated within the heart of everyone. Not only is He seated in the heart of the human being, but He is also within the hearts of the cats and dogs. 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  certifies this with the declaration that I\'e7vara, the supreme controller of the world, is seated in the heart of everyone. He is present not only in ever
yone\'92s heart, but also within the atoms. No place is vacant; no place is without the presence of the Lord.
\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 feature of the Lord by which He is present everywhere is called the Param\'e4tm\'e4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the individual soul, and Param\'e4tm\'e4 means the individual Supersoul. Both }{\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  and Param\'e4tm\'e4 are individual persons. The difference between them, however, is 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 , or soul, is present only in one particular place, whereas the Param\'e4tm\'e4 is present everywhere.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this connection, the example of the sun is very nice. An individual person may be situated in one place, but the sun, ev
en though a specific individual entity, is present over the head of every individual person. 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  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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supersoul, being seated in everyone\'92s heart, can witness everyone\'92s activities, past, present, and future. In the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ad}{\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 the S
upersoul 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 home, back to Godhead. As a witness, He is the endower of all benedictions that result from the individual
\'92s actions. The Supersoul gives the individual soul all facility 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 eternal l
ife, full of knowledge. This is the last 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 , the most authori
zed and widely read book on all forms of }{\b0\i0\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 .
\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 last word 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 , as stated above, is the last word in the matter of perfecting the }{\b0\i0\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. It is further 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 a person who is always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is 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 . What is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as the individual soul is present by his consciousness throughout the whole body, so the Supersoul, or Param\'e4tm\'e4
, is present throughout the whole creation by His superconsciousness. This superconsciousness 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 Param\'e4tm\'e4, being present within everyone, situated everywhere, is conscious of e
very 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 superconsciousness can only be achieved by dovetailing individual consciousness wi
th the superconsciousness; and this dovetailing process is called surrender, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From 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  we learn very clearly that Arjuna in the beginning did not want to fight with his relatives, but after understanding 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 he dovetailed his consciousness with the superconsciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his consciousness was K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness. A person in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness acts by the dictation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so Arjuna agreed to fight the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness this dictation of the Lord is received through the transparent medium of t
he spiritual master. When one is sufficiently trained and acts with submissive faith and love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, the dovetailing process becomes more firm and accurate. At this stage K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
dictates from within. From without, the devotee is helped by the spiritual master, the bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and from within the Lord helps the devotee as }{\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 , being seated within the heart of everyone.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply to understand that God is seated in everyone\'92s heart is not perfection. One has to be acquainted with God from wi
thin and without and thus act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is the highest perfectional stage for the human form of life, and the topmost stage in all }{\b0\i0\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  systems.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For 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  there are eight kinds of superachievements:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.\tab One can become smaller than an atom.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.\tab One can become bigger than a mountain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.\tab One can become lighter than the air.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.\tab One can become heavier than any metal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.\tab One can achieve any material effect he likes (create a planet, for example).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.\tab One can control others like the Lord can.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.\tab One can freely travel anywhere within (or beyond) the universe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.\tab One can choose his own time and place of death, and take rebirth wherever he may desire.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But when one rises to the perfectional stage of receiving dictation from the Lord, one is above the stage of the material a
chievements above mentioned.
\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 breathing exercise of the }{\b0\i0\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 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 s
tep forward. But to attain direct contact with the Supersoul and to take dictation from Him is the highest perfectional stage.
\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 breathing exercises and meditational practices 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  are very difficult in this age. They were difficult even five thousand years ago, or else Arjuna would not have rejected the proposal of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This 
age of Kali is called a 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, and as such, if someone is a little bit interested in self-real
ization, he is misguided by so many frauds. The only actual way to realization of the perfect stage 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  is to follow the principles 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  as they were practiced by Lor
d Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This is the simplest and highest 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  practice.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya practically demonstrated K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness }{\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  simply by chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as they are mentioned in 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 , 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 many important }{\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 largest number of
 Indians follow 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, and in the United States and other countries also it is gradu
ally growing in many cities. It is very easy and practical for this age, especially for those who are serious about success in }{\b0\i0\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 . No other process can be successful in this age.
\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 meditational process in right earnest was possible in the Golden Age, Satya-yuga, because the people at that time lived
 for a hundred thousand years on the average.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the present age, however, if you want success in practical }{\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 , take to 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\'e4
ma, Hare Hare, and feel for yourself how you are making progress. One should know for himself how much he is progressing 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  practice.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 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 9.2}{\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  this practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the king of all erudition; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-guhyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the
 most confidential system of spiritual realization;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pavitram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the purest of all that is pure; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub susukham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , very happily performed; and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , inexhaustible.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who have taken to this most sublime }{\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, this practice of devotional service in transcendental love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, can testify to how they are nicely enjoying its happy and easy execution. }{\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 controlling the senses, and }{\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  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, not only are they kept back from rubbish engagement, but also they become positively engaged in transcendental service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not manufactured by us through mental speculation. It is prescribed 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 when we think in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, live in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, eat in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, talk in 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hope in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and sustain in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we return to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without any doubt. And this is the substance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 5b: The Incarnation of Love of God
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Incarnation of Love of God
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\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 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself
, and He is teaching how to develop love of God by a very simple method.... People are embarrassed by so many methods of realization. They cannot take to the actual ritualistic process of meditation or yoga; it is not possible. Therefore Lord Caitanya sa
ys that if one takes up this process of chanting, then immediately he can reach the platform of realization.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the golden }{\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 , appeared in India nearly five hundred 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 Su
preme Personality of Godhead, appeared five thousand years ago, Gargamuni was called by His father, and he said, \'93This child formerly incarnated in three complexions, such as red and golden, and now He has appeared in blackish color.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a\'92s color is described in the scriptures as blackish, just like the color of a cloud. Lord Caitanya is understood to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing in golden complexion.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is much evidence in Vedic literature that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is con
firmed by scholars and devotees. 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  it is confirmed that the incar
nation 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 it 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 wer
e already taken by former 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another feature of this }{\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  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 incarnat
es He has two missions, 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 . There K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93When
ever 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 dis
c. 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 who 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 li
ke 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\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement. He killed the demoniac mentality of the people by introducing 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. That is the specific significance of Lord Caitanya. In this age people are already killing themselves. They have discovered atomic w
eapons 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, 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  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 picture of Lord Caitanya with His associates. Lord Ca
itanya 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 keep it anywhere. It is not that one has to come to us to see this picture. Anyon
e 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, any
where, can sit down on the road or beneath a tree and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra 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\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rt
ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement, and they advance very quickly.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is called \'93the golden }{\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 .\'94 }{\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  means \'93descending, coming down.\'94 Just as one may come down from the fifth story or the one-hundredth story of a building, 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  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 po
ssible to see with our eyes or instruments. That information is 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
 not imagination. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that beyond the material sky is another sky, the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, called Germany, India, etc., 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 t
han a small child can experiment to find Germany 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, ot
herwise there is no possibility of knowing. It is beyond material knowledge. One cannot go to the far planets in this universe, 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 machinery one would have to travel for forty thousand light-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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 s
aid, \'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 creation.\'94 We cannot estimate the position of even one universe, and there are millions of universes. Then beyond that is the spiritual sky, and there are millions of spiritual planets. All this information is available from the Vedic
 literature. If one 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\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  speaks he immediately gives references from the Vedic literature. Then others will accept it: \'93Yes, it is correct.\'94 In a l
aw court the lawyer gives references from past judgments 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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , then it is understood that his position is factual.
\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 }{\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  for this age, Lord Caitanya, is described in Vedic literature. We cannot accept anyone as an avat\'e4ra unless he has the symptoms described in the scriptures. We do not whimsically accept Lord Caitanya a
s 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  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\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like that. We take evidence 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 . 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  must conform to descriptions 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 . Then we accept him; otherwise no. For each }{\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  there is a description 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 : 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is a list of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , and there is mention of Lord Buddha\'92s name. 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  was 
written five thousand years ago, and it mentions different names for future times. It says that in the future the Lord would appear as Lord Buddha, his mother\'92s name would be A\'efjana, and he would appear in Gay\'e4. So Buddha appeared twenty-six hun
dred years ago, 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 , which was written five thousand years ago, me
ntioned that in the future he would appear. Similarly, there is mention of Lord Caitanya, and similarly the last }{\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 this Kali-yuga is also mentioned 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 . It is ment
ioned 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\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So 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  must conform to the descriptions in the }{\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 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 , }{\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 other Vedic literatures. And on the authority of Vedic literature and the commentary of great, stalwart goswamis like J\'e9va G
oswami, who was the greatest scholar and philosopher in the world, we can accept Lord Caitanya as an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why did Lord Caitanya appear? 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, \'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 material world, in conditional life, we are simply creating sinful reactions. That\'92s all. And because of sinful reactions, we have received this body. If our sinful reactions stopped we would not have to take a material body; we should get a spir
itual body.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 eterna
l 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 to accept different kinds of material bodies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is so kind that He awards what
ever we want. If we want a tiger\'92s body, with tigerlike 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 the Lord, then He will give us that body. This 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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If a person engaged in }{\b0\i0\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 process of self-realization, somehow or other fails to complete the process, he is given another chance; he is given birth in a family of a pure }{\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 rich man. If one is fortunate enough to take 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 will not change, but instead will automatically make pro
gress. 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 opportunity. If a child takes birth in a family of devotees, this means that in his last life 
he had already taken to the }{\b0\i0\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  process, but somehow or other he could not finish it. Therefore
 the child is given another opportunity to make progress under the care 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 mat
erial world, but returns to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 : \'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 th
e 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 takes 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 sho
uld 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 de-fend\'97our real problem is h
ow to get a body that 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 one protection from all rea
ctions to sinful life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This assurance was given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\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 , but there were many fools who could not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. 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  they are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcdhas. M\'fcdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93rascal,\'94 and 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 , \'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 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  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 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 to surrender, but people\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcdhas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 
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\'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 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 . 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 opportunity to approach God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gives us the opportunity to reach God directly. When R\'fcpa Goswami, the principal disciple of Lord Caitanya, first saw Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu, 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 Lord Caitanya. This prayer says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord, You are the most munificent of all the incarnations.\'94 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 le
arn 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 
Caitanya. I surrender unto You.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 simple method. He says simply to c
hant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this age, simply go on chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. There is no other alternative.\'94 People are embarrassed b
y 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, then immediately he can reach the platform of realization.
\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 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\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a Sanskrit word. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa
m}{\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 samyak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
\'93complete.\'94 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  means \'93glorifying\'94 or \'93describing.\'94 So complete desc
ription 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\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . From the grammatical point of view that may be }{\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 , but according to the Vedic system, }{\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  means des
cribing the supreme authority, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That 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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This devotional service begins with the method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba. \'c7rava\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93hearing,\'94 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  means \'93describing.\'94 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. When we chant Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, we chant and hear. This is complete. 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 anything else. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 }{\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 7.5.23}{\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 : one can understand Vi\'f1\'ebu, the all-pervading Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by the method of hearing.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to hear; if one simply hears, that is the beginning. One does not need any education or development of material kno
wledge. 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub sat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub apavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , freedom from entanglement. We are all entangled. Our acceptance of this material body means that we are already entangled. Bu
t we should not progress in the process of entanglement. That process 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 . As long as
 the mind is absorbed 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 , 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 This 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 do it. Now do it. Take this body.\'94 Therefore 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, \'93These rascals have become madly intoxicated; because of intoxication they are doing something they should not have done.\'94 What are they doing? Mah\'e4r\'e4ja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a very good example. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4
\'f1\'f6ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was cunningly planning to kill the P\'e4\'ebdavas in order to favor his own sons, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent His uncle, Akr\'fcra, to advise him not to do that. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  understood Akr\'fcra\'92s instructions, but he said, \'93My dear Akr\'fcra, w
hat you are saying 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So when men want to satisfy their senses, they become mad, and in this madness they\'92ll do anything and everything. For e
xample, there have been many instances in material life where someone has become mad after something and has committed a criminal act such as murder. The person could not check himself. Similarly, we are accustomed to sense gratification. We are mad, and
 therefore our minds are fully absorbed 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 . This is very unfortunate, because our body, alt
hough temporary, is the reservoir 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 afte
r 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 body 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 w
ere not forgetful 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 consc
iousness 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 utilize this human form of life properly. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement 
is meant for 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 speaking.\'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 bec
ome God within 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
\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . That is the recommended process.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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. K\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is essential in this age.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 there 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 people who lived for one hundred thousand years. That age was called Satya-yuga, and the meditation of mystic }{\b0\i0\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  was possible at that time. In that age the 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  V\'e4
lm\'e9ki Muni meditated for sixty thousand years. So that 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 e
xtremely 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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , glorification of Hari, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality 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 No other }{\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 recommended. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was
 started five hundred years ago in Bengal by Lord Caitanya. In Bengal there is competition between the Vai\'f1\'ebavas and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4ktas}{\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\'e4ktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have introduced a certain typ
e 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  called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub k\'e4l\'e9-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But in the Vedic scriptures there is no recommendation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k
\'e4l\'e9-k\'e9rtana. K\'e9rtana}{\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 hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . One cannot say, \'93Oh, you are Vai\'f1\'ebava. You can perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . I shall perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7iva-k\'e9rtana}{\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 dev\'e9-k\'e9rtana}{\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 ga\'ebe\'e7a-k\'e9rtana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 No. The Vedic scriptures do not authorize any }{\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  other than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana. K\'e9rtana}{\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 hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 th
ree words: }{\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 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 . But they are very nicely arranged for chanting so that everyone can take the mantra and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'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 resul
ts. 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 exam
ple, if one learns one, two, three, four, five, six, 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 mantra, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So why not take this opportunity?
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Take this opportunity that is being offered to human society. It is very ancient and scientific. It is not that it is a con
coction that will last for only three or four years. No. 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\'eb
a 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\cb1\nosupersub avyayam. Vyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93exhaustion.\'94
\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 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 vyaya, exhaustible. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not like that. If you cultivate this knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then it will increase. That is certified by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nand\'e4mbudhi-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vardhanam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . \'c4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93pleasure,\'94 \'93transcendental bliss,\'94 and ambudhi means \'93ocean.\'94 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has explained this }{\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  movement in His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka. \'c7ik\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "instruction," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "eight." He has given us eight verses to help us understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, and I shall explain the first of these instructions. The Lord says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam}{\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  one should cleanse the hear
t. 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 mantra twenty-four hours a day, and they will neve
r 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 tim
es, he will get tired of it. That is a fact. But because Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not material, if one chants this mantra, 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 l
ife within this material world will be solved.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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 educated and are advancing in 
knowledge should know what is the problem of life. This problem 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 : one should always see the inconveniences 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 consider 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 lo
w-grade, just like that of an animal. An animal 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 lif
e. 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was asked by Yamar\'e4ja, \'93What is the most wonderful thing in this world? C
an you explain?\'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 n
ever 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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  indicates that that 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 t
he sum and substance of all of them.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 cleansed by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, 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 this, I am that.\'94 But if one chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, he will realize that he is not this material body. \'93I do not belon
g 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, knowledge. If I don\'92t have anything t
o do with this material world, then I am liberated. And that knowledge is called }{\cs2873\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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person with this realization has no duty to perform. Because we are now identifying our existence with this material worl
d, we have so many duties. 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 that as long as there is no self-r
ealization, we have so many duties and debts. We are indebted to the demigods. The demigods are not merely fictitious. They are real.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are demigods controlling the sun, the moon, and the air. Just as there are directors of government departments, so fo
r the heating 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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 o
f Me, then he doesn\'92t have to take shelter of anyone else.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees have taken shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the beginning is hearin
g and chanting. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 }{\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 7.5.23}{
\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 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So our fervent, 
humble request to everyone is to please accept this chanting. This movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was introduced by Lord Caitanya five hundred 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 starting 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 rel
igion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is giving people 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 socie
ty or even the cats and dogs, but we are not satisfied. So we must place our love in God. If one places one\'92s love in God, he will be happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 recognize God? One may call God \'93A
llah\'94 or \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 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 will 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\'e4prabhu\'92s
 mission; that is our mission.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9   SSR 5c: Chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4-mant
ra
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "...This simple method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chant
ing this mah\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -mantra, or the Great Chanting for Deliverance, one can feel a transcendental ecstasy coming through from the spiritual stratum....\'94
\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 transcendental vibration established by 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 sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious entities, but due to our associati
on with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, 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 , or 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  means \'93that which is not.\'94 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 her stringent laws. When a servant artificially tries to imitate the a
ll-powerful master, he is said to be in illusion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature
, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle against material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 is the transcendental process for revivi
ng 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original, natural energ
y of the living entity. When we hear this transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This simplest method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chan
ting this }{\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 Chanting for Deliverance, one can at once feel a transcend
ental 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. A little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged
 in mental speculation for the purpose of getting out of the material clutches. A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find out the supreme cause of all causes\'97within and without. And when one is f
actually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages of sense, mind, and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound 
vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness\'97namely sensual, mental, 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 cha
nting this }{\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 . It is automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such, anyone can 
take part in the chanting without any previous qualification. In a more advanced stage, of course, one is not expected to commit offenses on the grounds of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies, which are eight in number. These are: (1) 
being stopped as though dumb, (2) perspiration, (3) standing up of hairs on the body, (4) dislocation of voice, (5) trembling, (6) fading of the body, (7) crying in ecstasy, and (8) trance. But there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immedi
ately to the spiritual platform, and 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 enta
ngled 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 the mantra is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the gre
atest 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 nondevotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the 
lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.
\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 word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words }{\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 forms of addressing the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both }{\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  mean \'93the supreme pleasur
e,\'94 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to }{\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  in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\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 material energy, 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 , is also one of the multienergies of the Lord. And we, the living entities, are also the energy, marginal energy, of the Lord. The living entities are described as superior to mat
erial 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, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Har\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is established in its happy, normal condition.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These three words, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
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 R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , ar
e the transcendental seeds 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 . The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord a
nd His energy, to give protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother\'92s presence. Mother Har\'e4 helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father\'92s grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the dev
otee who chants this mantra sincerely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as 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 : 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.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 5d: K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\'97The Yoga for the Modern Age
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\'97The Yoga for 
the Modern Age
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is not that this movement is simply a sentimental movement. Don't think that these boys are dancing out of some religious 
sentiment or fanaticism. No. We have the highest philosophical and theosophical background. . . . But it is all simplified. That is the beauty of this movement. Whether one is a great scholar or a child, he can take part without any difficulty."
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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\'eba\'e0\line \'e7reya\'f9-kairava-candrik\'e4-vitara\'eba
\'e0 vidy\'e4-vadh\'fc-j\'e9vanam\line \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhana\'e0 prati-pada\'e0 p\'fcr\'eb\'e4m\'e5t\'e4sv\'e4dana\'e0\line sarv\'e4tma-snapana\'e0 para\'e0 vijayate \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam\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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All glories to the }{\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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub  L}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ord 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\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement five hundred 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. Actually, religion cannot be manufactured. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Religion means the codes of God, the laws of God, that\'92s all. Certainly we cannot live wi
thout 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\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 [4.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says that whenever there are discrepancies in the prose
cution of religious activities (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and th
ere is a predominance of irreligious activities (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), at that time I (K
\'e5\'f1\'eba) appear (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j\'e4my aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). And in the material world we can s
ee the same principle demonstrated, for whenever there is disobedience of state laws, there is the advent of some particular state officer or policeman to \'93set things right.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is worshiped by the Goswamis. There were six Goswamis: R\'fcpa Goswami, San\'e4tana Goswami, Ra
ghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Goswami, J\'e9va Goswami, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Goswami, and \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Goswami. There are three meanings of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  go. Go}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93land,\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means 
\'93cow,\'94and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93senses.\'94 And }{\b0\i\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  means \'93master.\'94 So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub goswami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub goswami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub swami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Swami means that one is not servant of the senses, but master of them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of these six Goswamis, R\'fcpa Goswami, was the head, and he compiled a nice verse in honor of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anarpita-car\'e9\'e0 cir\'e4t karu\'ebay\'e4vat\'e9r\'eba\'f9 kalau\line samarpayitum unnatojjvala-ras\'e4\'e0 sva-bhakti-\'e7ri
yam\line hari\'f9 pura\'f6a-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sand\'e9pita\'f9\line sad\'e4 h\'e5daya-kandare sphuratu va\'f9 \'e7ac\'e9-nandana\'f9\line }{\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, \'c4di}{\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 1.4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\cs2873\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 is very much contaminated, an age of quarrel and disagreement. R\'fcpa Goswami 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 : Your complexion is just like gold, like the luster of gold. \'93You are so kind that I bless everyone [the Goswamis can bless because they are masters of the senses] that this form of the Lord, Lor
d Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, may always remain dancing in everyone\'92s heart.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When R\'fcpa Goswami first met Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu at Pray\'e4ga, Lord Caitanya was chanting and dancing in the str
eet, \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 At that time also R\'fcpa Goswami offered one prayer. }{\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93Oh, You are the most munificent of all incarnations because You are distributing love of Godhead.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te/ k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e nama\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'93You are K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because i
f You were not K\'e5\'f1\'eba You could not distribute }{\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 , 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way 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 was inaugurated in Bengal, India, in Navadv\'e9pa. In this sense, the Bengalis are very fortunate that in their country this movement was inaugurated by Lord Caitanya, who predi
cted:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prthiv\'e9te ache 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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 That is His prediction.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So by the grace of Lord Caitanya, this movement is already introduced in the Western countries, beginning from New York. Ou
r }{\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 was first introduced in New York in 1966. At that time I came and beg
an to chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra in Tompkins Square. I was chanting there for three hours with a small }{\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  (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, Montreal, B
oston, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Columbus. We now [1970] have twenty-four branches, including one in London and one in Hamburg. In London they are all American boys and girls, and they are preaching. They are not }{\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 , nor are they Ved\'e4ntists, nor Hindus, nor Indians, but they have taken this movement very seriously. Even in the London }{
\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  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 distributing a magazine, }{\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 . Now we have published many books\'97the }{\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 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 Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\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 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 f
anaticism. No. We have the highest philosophical and theosophical background.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The followers of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya are mostly seen in Bena
res. 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\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4
s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub sanny
\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , was informed: \'93Oh, from Bengal one young }{\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  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\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He is chanting and dancing, and this is not the business 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 . 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 always engage himself in the study of philosophy and 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 .\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then one of the devotees who did not like the remarks of Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 came back and informed Lord Cai
tanya that He was being criticized. So the devotee arranged a meeting of 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 ,
 and there was a philosophical discussion on 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  between Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasva
t\'e9 and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These accounts and philosophical discussions are given in our }{\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 . It is remarkable that Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda himself with all his disciples became Vai\'f1\'ebavas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had a great discussion with S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, the greatest logician of that time, 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\cb1
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But it is all simplified. That is the beauty of this movement. Whether one is a great scholar or phil
osopher 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\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  process or }{\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  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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\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 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 [}{\cs3545\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  12.3.52}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Satya-yuga, the Golden Age, it was possible to execute the meditation process. For instance, V\'e4lm\'e9ki Muni medi
tated for sixty thousand years to get perfection. But where is our old age? Besides that, for the meditation process, as 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 , one has to select a secluded place, he has to execute it alone, 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 re
gulations. Thus }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga}{\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  meditation is not possible. If one is satisfied by imitating, that is a different thing, but if one wants perfection, then he has to execute all the eight stages of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga}{\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 . If this is not possible, then it is a waste of
 time.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the ultimate goal of the }{\b0\i0\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  process or meditation? Contact with the Supreme, the Supersoul, the Supreme Lord, is the aim and object of all }{\b0\i0\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  processes. Similarly, philosophical research, the }{\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  process, also aims at understanding the Supreme Brahman. These are recognized processes, undoubtedly, but according to authoritative 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\cb1\nosupersub hari}{\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\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Anyone can practice without prequalification. One doesn\'92t have to study philosophy or }{\b0\i0\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 . This was the purport of Lord Caitanya\'92s meeting with Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the }{\b0\i0\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  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 Nim\'e4i Pa\'eb\'f2ita, and at the age of sixteen He defeated a great scholar from Kashmir, Ke\'e7ava K\'e4\'e7m\'e9r\'e9.] And I understand 
that You are a great Sanskrit 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\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  family, and now You are 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 . How i
s it that You are chanting and dancing and not reading 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 ?\'94 This was the first que
stion asked by Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, and Lord Caitanya replied, \'93Yes, the reason is that when I was initiated by My spiritual master, he said that I am fool number one. }{\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  7.71}{\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  \'91You don\'92t discuss 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 ,\'92 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\'e4prabhu was not a fool, an
d certainly 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  is not for fools. One needs sufficient education, and one must attain 
a certain status before he can understand 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 . In each and every word there are volume
s of meanings, and there are many commentaries by \'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\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? It is not possible. It }{\b0\i\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  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 }{\b0\i0\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 . Therefore, if one takes to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s method, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the first installment of gain will be }{\cs2873\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 the dirty things will be cleansed from the heart simply by chanting. Chant. There is no expenditure and there is no loss. 
If one simply chants for one week, he will see how much he will progress in spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are attracting many students simply by chanting, and they are understanding the entire philosophy and becoming purified.
 This Society\'92s movement started only four years ago, in 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. }{\cs2873\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 . 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next point is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhava-mah\'e4d\'e4v\'e4gni-
nirv\'e4pa\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : as soon as the heart is cleansed of all dirty things, then all the problems of material existence are immediately solved. This world has been compared to }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4v\'e4gni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which means a blazing fire in the forest. In this material existence no one wants un
happiness, but it comes by force. That is the law of material 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 one wants old age\'97there is old age. They are there, against our will, against our desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus we should consider the state of this material existence. This human form of life is meant for understanding, not for wasting valuable life like animals by eati
ng, sleeping, mating, and defending. That is not advancement of civilization. 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  s
ays that this body is not meant for working hard simply for sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\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\'e4n arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye\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 Bh\'e4g.}{\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 5.5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 lea
rn }{\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 . 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\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\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 tapasya. This is life. When King Bh\'e4rata, under whose name India was named Bh\'e4rata-var\'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 Caitanya Mah\'e4
prabhu was only twenty-four, He gave up His young wife, mother, everything. There are many, many examples. India is the land of tapasya, 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But it is not only in India; everywhere in this age of iron everything is degraded, degraded in this sense: }{\cs2873\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\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 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 . In this age of Kali the duration of life is diminished, and men are not mov
ed to understand self-realization, and if they are, they are invariably misled by so many deceitful 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.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this age of Kali there is no other religion than glorifying the Lord by utterance of His holy name, and that is the injunct
ion 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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brhan-n\'e4rad\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\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 . }{\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 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no other alternative. }{\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, Kali, there is no other alternative for self-realiz
ation. So we have to accept it.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another similar verse 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 . In the Twelfth Canto, Third Chapter }{\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 12.3.51}{\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 , Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja 
was informed by \'c7ukadeva Goswami of the faults of this age, and now all the symptoms of the age of Kali are apparent. In the conclusive portion, however, \'c7ukadeva Goswami said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub kaler do\'f1a-nidhe r\'e4jann asti hy eko mah\'e4n gu\'eba\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My dear king, this age, Kali, is full of faulty things, but there is one good opportunity."}{
\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 What is that? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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\cb1\nosupersub  \'93Simply by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra one can become liberated and go bac
k to Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 consciousness 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\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 se
cret mantra and promising them that within six months they will become God. No. This is open for everyone\'97children, women, girls, boys, old people\'97every-one can chant and see the results.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To further this end we not only are establishing New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, our farm project in West Virginia, but are establishi
ng other spiritual communities, such as New Navadv\'e9pa and New Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. We have already started New Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 in San Francisco, and the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival is going on. This year there will be a great ceremony of Ratha-
y\'e4tr\'e4 in London also. There will be three cars, for Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4, and Balar\'e4ma, and they will be taken to the River Thames. And America has imported New England and New York, so why not New V\'e5nd\'e4vana? We should especially est
ablish this New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, because Lord Caitanya recommended, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4dhyo bhagav\'e4n vraje\'e7a-tanayas }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -dh\'e4ma v\'e5nd\'e4vanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the s
on of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, in the V\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma of Vrajabh\'fcmi, is the supreme worshipable Deity, and His place V\'e5nd\'e4vana is also worshipable.\'94 The Western boys and girls are taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and they should 
have a place like V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Swami K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda, who went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana with me two years ago, knows what V\'e5nd\'e4vana is like, so I have instructed him to construct at least seven temples. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, there are five thousand 
temples of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the most important temples are seven, established by the Goswamis. Our program is to live in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, depend on agriculture and cows as an economic solution, and peacefully execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness, 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\cb1\nosupersub Yukt\'e4h\'e4ra-vih\'e4rasya... yogo bhavati du\'f9kha-h\'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 [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This human form of life isn\'92t meant f
or 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 material bod
y, but will be able to go back home, back to Godhead. That should be the motto of human life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material life means eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, and spiritual life means something more than this. This is als
o the difference 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 d
og defends in his own way, and man also defends in his own way, maybe by 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 civiliz
ation means }{\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 . In 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the first aphorism is }{\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 : \'93Now is the time for inquiry about Brahman.\'94 That is 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\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , he is 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 birth, dea
th, old age, and disease. Is there any remedy? These matters should be questioned. That is human life; that is spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual life means human life, and material life means animal life. That\'92s all. We have to make the adjustments that are recommended 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 Yukt\'e4h\'e4ra-v
ih\'e4rasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . For instance, because I am going to be a spiritual man does not mean that I shall give up eating. Rather, my eating should be adjusted. 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 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 sattvic (goodness) platform of human civilization, then revive our transcendental consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Everything is there 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 . Unfortunately, we do not consult them.
\par }\pard \s2085 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 prasanna-manaso\line bhagavad-bhakti-yogata\'f9\line bhagavat-tattva-vij\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line mukta-sa\'ecgasya j\'e4yat
e\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  1.2.20}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prasanna-manasa\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One must be a Brahman-realized soul. }{\cs2873\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\fs24\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 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 . These injunctions
 are there, so one should take advantage of these }{\cs2873\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 responsibi
lity 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 age. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-k\'e9rtana, para\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vijayate}{\cs2873\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  glorification of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 5e: Meditation and the Self Within
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Meditation and the Self Within
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can meditation solve our everyday problems? Is there life after death? Can drugs help us achieve self-realization? Duri
ng a visit to South Africa in 1976, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da answers these and other questions for interviewer Bill Faill of the Durban}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Natal Mercury}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a name for God that means "all-attractive." Unless one is all-attractive he cannot be God. So 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 th
e material 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 by wh
ich to revive our 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-ca
lled material advancement 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 are 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the body is just like a vehicle for t
he soul?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 just like a mot
orcar. Just as you go from one place to another in a car, so 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 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 8,400,00 species of life. S
o if we don't take advantage 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 mi
ssed 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 get a second chance, in another life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 des
ires 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 think 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. The
se modes are like the three basic colors\'97yellow, red, and blue. Just as one can mix red, yellow, and blue to produce millions of colors, the modes of nature are being mixed to produce many varieties of life. To stop the repetition of birth and death i
n 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 present st
age. 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 home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think transcendental meditation is 
helping people?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 meditation is. Their meditation is simply a farce\'97another cheating process by the so-called }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub swamis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  You're asking me if meditation is helping people, but do you know what 
meditation is?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A stilling of the mind\'97trying to sit in
 the center without swinging either way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ver
y 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Isn't meditation valuable just to get peop
le thinking right?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 achieve 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; t
hey are simply sleeping and snoring. Unfortunately, in the name of God consciousness or "self-realization," many bluffers are presenting nonstandard methods of meditation without referring to the authorized books of Vedic knowledge. They are simply pract
icing another type of exploitation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about some of the other teachers, lik
e Ouspensky and Gurdjieff? In the past they brought to the West a message similar to yours.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 particulars 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 everywher
e, never five, or three. That is science.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 teach
ings in detail, it would be very difficult to say. There are so many bluffers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 s
tandard method. Therefore we are presenting 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 it is, without any personal
 interpretation. This is standard.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if you begin dressing things up, you 
inevitably change them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 consciousne
ss is not 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 regul
ations, 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 authoriti
es. 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 fail
ing, both spiritually and materially.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness moveme
nt growing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ma
y be surprised 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seems to invo
lve shaving 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 consciousness cannot be checked\'97it can be revived in any circumstances\'97but certain conditions are helpful. 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 helpful
 for practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but they are not essential.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then one can be a student of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness while going about normal daily life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How about drugs? Can they help in the proc
ess of God realization?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 re
alization, 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 dr
ugs is simply a kind of intoxication or hallucination; it is not God realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think the great mystics down throug
h the ages have actually seen the spiritual spark you mentioned earlier?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 "mysti
c"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 "mys
tic"}{\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  Our 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 real
ization. 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 transcendental platform. Finally we can rise above even the transcendental platform and come to
 the mature, spiritual platform. These are the stages of God realization. However, in this age, because people are so fallen, the }{\cs2873\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 God: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Har
e 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Today a lot of people are saying that we m
ust look inward for the truth rather than outward into the world of the senses.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 knowi
ng that you are a spirit soul. Unless you understand that you are not the body but a soul, there is no question of looking inward.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First we have to study, "Am I this body, or am I something within this body?" Unfortunately, this subject is not taught in a
ny school, 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 bodi
ly conception of life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness starts when one is above this bodily conception.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 exist
ence 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it a question of just understanding it 
intellectually?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. The
re are two departments of knowledge: theoretical and practical. First one must learn spiritual science theoretically; then, by working on that spiritual platform, one comes to the point of practical realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 m
en 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 b
een 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 dog and me?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is none. To change the subject a lit
tle, is it necessary to follow certain eating habits to practice spiritual life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 to 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. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  recommend that to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, 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 }{\cs2873\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 immediately. First we offer the food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we eat it. Thi
s helps us advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\'eb
a is a vegetarian. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can eat anything because He is God, but in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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] He says, "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it." He never says, "Give Me meat and wine."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 intoxic
ant. 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You mean things like meat, alcohol, and to
bacco just reinforce bodily consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 di
sease and 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:
 chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities, and eating }{\cs2873\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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 6: Finding the Cure for Today's Social Ills
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VI. Finding the Cure for Today's
 Social Ills
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6a: Crime: Why and What to Do?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Crime: Why and What to Do?
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this July 1975 interview, Chicago Police Department media relations man \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180
\sa180\tx360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David Mozee Sr., 68, Police Commander
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 18, 1995|By Kenan Heise, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tribune}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Staff Writer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub David Monroe Mozee Sr., 68, a retired police commander and teacher, was director of news affairs for the Chicago Police Department in the 1970s and a teacher at sev
eral Chicago-area universities. During World War II, he was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the first African-American pilots to fly B-25 bombers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the 1980s, he was a consultant to police forces around the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A resident of Jacksonville, Fla., and formerly of the South Side, he died Thursday in the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1944, he joined the select group of African-Americans chosen to be trained as pilots at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Commander Mozee became a member of the Chicago Police Department in 1952. He spent many years in the Bureau of Inspectional Services and later as commanding officer
 of the review section of the Internal Affairs Division. He also was an administrative aide and special projects officer reporting to the superintendent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As director of news affairs, he was the official Police Department spokesman from 1975 to 1979.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1979, he was appointed 3rd District commander. He left in 1980 to teach full-time. His teaching assignments included Roosevelt University, DePaul University and 
the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University. He was an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida and received Teacher of the Year awards from both the faculty and the student body there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1981, he was a consultant to the World Bank in Saudi Arabia and taught courses there. He established a course for the constabulary in Jamaica; delivered a major 
paper at an International Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa; was a consultant to the commanding general of the Zulu Police in KwaZulu, South Africa; and conducted police administration workshops throughout the United States.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Survivors include a son, David IV; a daughter, Patricia Mozee-Russell; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Visitation for Mr. Mozee will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 83rd and Sangamon Streets, with services to follow at 8 p.m.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-01-18/news/9501180175_1_police-commander-south-africa-internal-affairs-division]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lt. David Mozee asks about curbing the upward-spiraling U.S. crime rate. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replies, "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. . . . The thief and murderer already know the law, yet they still commit violent crimes due to their unclean hearts. So our process is to cleanse the heart." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [related }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTG}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  articles-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 th
at could help us in our efforts to prevent crime. I'd be very interested to hear them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 p
ious man and 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 widespread. 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 }{\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  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 }{\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  This congregational chanting of the holy name 
of God will dissipate all the dirty things in everyone's heart. Then there will be no more crime.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 crim
e here in the United States as opposed to the crime in your own country of India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\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  it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\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 "Everything belongs to God." So, eve
ryone has the right to utilize whatever is allotted to him by God, but one may not encroach upon others' property. if one 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 co
nception of God. Practically 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 s
cience of God is lacking.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 the United States?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 is 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 ha
ve 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  take a little }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Food first offered to the Supreme Lord.}*}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as refreshment, and gradually bec
ome purified. So if the governmental authorities give us some facilities, then we can hold mass }{\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  Then, without a doubt, the whole society will change.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 saying that we should emphasize a return to religious principles.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 religio
us principles what is 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 cats, how can you expect a peaceful society? If you bring a dozen do
gs 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 peace?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 disre
spectful, it is only because I do not completely understand your religious beliefs. I mean no disrespect whatsoever.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 o
f my religious 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 wit
hout God consciousness 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 d
ifference is that a dog cannot be instructed about his relationship with God, but a man can.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 diffic
ulty. At the 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 l
aws 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 law
s given by God, and anyone who follows those laws is religious, whether a Christian, a Hindu, or a Muslim.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 India, where religious customs have been followed for centuries upon centuries, we are seeing not a return to but a drawing away from spiritual life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 leadership. 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 in life after death. But in India, even the poor
est man believes 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 kno
ws 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' 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,}{\b0\i\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 \'c4di}{\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 over the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 t
hat says it 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [2.44]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 re
ligion 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 Chr
istian, Muslim, or Hindu, simply try to understand God and love Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 pu
rpose 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 d
o to diminish this spreading criminal mentality?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 outli
ned in the beginning of our talk, you should give us the facility to chant the holy name of God and distribute }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\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 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and afterward I distributed a little }{
\cs2873\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 area of affluence or an area of poverty?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 distin
ctions. Any place easily available to all kinds of men would be very suitable to hold }{\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  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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 ther
e 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 s
piritually 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 ric
h man can easily come, the location of the }{\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  facility should be easily accessible t
o all. Since everyone is materially infected, everyone should be able to take advantage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 know that there's criminalit
y 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 heart 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 cleansing the heart of the crimin
al, 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. Simpl
y invite everyone: "Come, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dance, and take sumptuous }{\cs2873\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 " 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 }{\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  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. That'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? Be
cause people are godless. And what to do? Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and take }{\cs2873\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 you l
ike, you can adopt this process of }{\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  Otherwise, we will continue conducting 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 were given the facility. The government is the executor. If they take our advice and adopt the process of }{\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  then the problem of crime will be solved.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 organizati
ons in the United States that give the holy communion. Why doesn't this work? Why is this not cleansing the heart?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 i
t difficult to find even 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 chanting the Lord's holy name and distributing }{\cs2873\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 be effective if carrie
d 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'. Theirs is not simply a rubber-stamped position. They 
have realized the purifying power of the holy name through practice.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 alth
ough a small 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 the
n have a problem with people on the fringe of the movement who professed to be followers but were actually not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, but 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 of crime.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 deliver this tape recording to my superiors. Hopefully, it will be effective, as you are effective.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6b: Can We Keep Society from Going to the Dogs?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Can We Keep Society from Going to the Dogs?
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da speaks out to India's Bhavan's Journal: "A dog comes when there are some eatables; I say 'Hut!' and 
he goes away. But again he comes-he has no memory. So when our memory of God is reducing, that means that our human qualities are reducing.... 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 influ
ence of 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 wa
ne. This is predicted in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 [12.2.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tata\'e7 c\'e4nudina\'e0 dharma\'f9\line satya\'e0 \'e7auca\'e0 k\'f1am\'e4 day\'e4\line k\'e4lena balin\'e4 r\'e4jan\line na
\'eck\'f1yaty \'e4yur bala\'e0 sm\'e5ti\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the Kali-yuga [the present age of quarrel and hypocrisy] the following things will diminish: religion, truthfulness, cleanline
ss, mercy, duration of life, bodily strength, and memory."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are human assets, which make the human being distinct from the animal. But these things will decline. There will be no mercy, there will be no truthfulness, m
emory 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 {\cs2351\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 anima
ls?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 n
o religion, 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 in understanding 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  or the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So when the human beings become uninterested in religious things, then they are animals. And how can there be happiness or peace in animal society? They want to kee
p people like 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 detecte
d 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 missing, then he is simply an animal, not a human being. In human society either you be
come Christian, Muhammadan, 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 neglec
ting religion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One gentleman has written me that Tolstoy once said, "Unless dynamite is put underneath the church, there cannot be any peace." Even now the Russian government is v
ery strictly against God consciousness, because they think that religion has spoiled the whole social atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 th
at.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 been misused, but that does not mean that religion should be 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 {\cs2351\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 h
ave misused religion. Isn't that a fact?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 conce
ption of God, and they are preaching religion. What is religion? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 "The path of religion is directly enunciated by the Supreme Lord." 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 deteriorate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 order of God. For example, law m
eans the order of the state. If there is no state, then where is the order? We have a clear conception of God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is giving His order, and we accept it. It is clear religion. If there is no God, no conception of God, no order of God, th
en where is religion? If there is no government, then where is the law?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 woul
d be an outlaw society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 o
utlaw, manufacturing his own concocted system of religion. That is going on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just ask\'97in any religious system, what is their conception of God? Can anyone tell clearly? No one can tell. But we shall immediately say,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If there is no idea of God, then what kind of religion is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. People have n
o conception of God, and therefore they have 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Animal" means that 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 {\cs2351\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 traditi
onal charge against Vedic 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub running}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  here and there on four legs, and you 
are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub running}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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, the energy of the human beings is more valuable than the energy of the animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 h
uman being has more freedom or, I suppose, responsibility than the animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
utilized 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 "dog-ness" is life, but actual life is spiritual progress. Therefore, the Vedic liter
ature says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'f9kha vad anyata\'f9 s
ukha\'e0\line k\'e4lena sarvatra gabh\'e9ra-ra\'e0has\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 obtai
nable even by wandering from the topmost planet [Brahmaloka] down to the lowest planet [P\'e4t\'e4la]. As far as happiness derived from sense enjoyment is concerned, it can be obtained automatically in the course of time, just as in the course of time we
 obtain miseries, even though we do not desire them." [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.18]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 exe
rt his energy for that thing which he did not get in many, many lives. In many, many lives the soul has been in the forms 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 bu
sy 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. Bi
rds, beasts, 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 existence, we will have to do them again for many, many lives.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 shoul
d be stopped. Therefore, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja makes this statement:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 c
an be 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\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4
g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.6.3]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A dog has a body, and I have a body. So, my sex pleasure and the dog's sex pleasure\'97there 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 making a dog's race for this so-calle
d 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 {\cs2351\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 alrea
dy stored up"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 halavah [a sweetmeat made of wheat toasted in butter]. It is not possible. Because he has a particular type of body, he must eat like tha
t. Can any scientist improve the standard of living of the pig?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now people are thinking that civilization means constructing skyscraper buildings. But Vedic civilization says, No, that is not advancement. The real advancement of
 human life is self-realization, how much you have realized your }{\cs2873\b0\i\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  Not that you have c
onstructed skyscraper buildings.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 sen
se to most people?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 misunders
tand. In 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\'97and not getting one tenth the salary of the judge." He is 
thinking, "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 {\cs2351\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 honor
able to work hard, to struggle, and eventually "get ahead" in life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\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, have been described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  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 o
nly a little morsel of grass. He stands at the door of the washerman and eats grass while again the washerman loads his back. He doesn't have the sense to think, "If I go out of the cottage of the washerman, I can get grass anywhere. Why am I carrying so
 much?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 lik
e 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 i
s 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 meant by }{\cs2873\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\'97they work like asses, without any aim in life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Vedic civilization is different. The accusation is not correct\'97people in Vedic civilization are not at all lazy. They are busy for a higher subject matter. P
rahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja stresses that this busy-ness is so important that it should begin from one's very childhood. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kaum\'e4ra \'e4caret pr\'e4j\'efa\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 escaping. Ye
s, escaping your fruitless endeavor. The Vedic civilization is meant for self-realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 t
he Vedic civilization is like?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 beg
ins from the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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: }{\cs2873\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  [intellectuals, advisors], }{\cs2873\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], }{\cs2873\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], }{\cs2873\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], }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4
r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [celibate students], }{\cs2873\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], }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  [renounced monks].
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, ei
ther as a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\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 {\cs2351\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 life-style
 that was 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 do }{\cs2873\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, and 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 the advancement of civilization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, modern civilization is practically said to do nothing. Whatever is obtainable by destiny you will get, wherever you are. Rather, take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness. 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 en
ergy for material happiness. You cannot get more material happiness than you are destined.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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? Be
cause you 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 killed. Who can protect you?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So if the distressful condition comes upon me by destiny, then the opposite position\'97happiness\'97will also come. Why shall I waste my time for this rectificatio
n? 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. No one is enjoying uninterrupted happiness. That is not
 possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as you cannot check your distress, so you cannot check your happiness. It will come automatically. So don't waste your time for these things. Rather, you shoul
d utilize your time for advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 t
ry 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 trying? We will be satisfied with the amount of happiness and distress we are destined.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 in 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 busy in the dog's race. Ra
ther, they are busy right from their childhood trying to become self-realized. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kaum\'e4ra \'e4caret pr\'e4j\'efo dharm\'e4n bh\'e4gavat\'e4n }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iha}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kovida\'f9}
{\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  you should engage your energy for self-realization. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ahaituky }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apratihat\'e4}{\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  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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will change destiny\'97but only for His devotee. He says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I shall give you all protection from all reactions of sinful activities." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For instance, if one is condemned by the law court to be hanged, no one can check it. Even the same judge who has given this verdict cannot check it. But if the def
endant begs for the mercy of the king, who is above all the laws, then the king can check it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, our business is to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we artificially want to be more happy by economic development, that is not possible. So many men are w
orking 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 hard as Ford will become a rich ma
n like Ford? 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 {\cs2351\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 conscious
ness? Could you tell us more?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Love of 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\'97"I am part and parcel of God." Then you extend
 your love to the animal, also. If you actually love God, then your love for the insect is also there. You understand, "This insect has a different body, but he is also part and parcel of my father; therefore, he is my brother." Then you cannot maintain 
a slaughterhouse. If you maintain a slaughterhouse and disobey the order of Christ, "Thou shalt not kill," and you proclaim yourself Christian or Hindu, that is not religion. Then it is simply a waste of time\'97because you do not understand God; you hav
e no 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Supr
eme Personality 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 someone supreme; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not Indian; He is God. The sun rises first in India, but that does not mean
 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6c: The Supreme Welfare Work
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Supreme Welfare Work
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da exchanges letters with the Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Relief Fund Committee of Hyderabad, India
. "If you want to perform relief work by collecting funds, I think that 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 sa\'eck\'e9rtana [congregational chanting of 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba] here, the rain has begun to fall after a drought of two years."
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Revered Swamiji,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 southern India] is in the grip of a serious drought. With a view to supplement governmental efforts to combat this evil, a Central Voluntary O
rganization 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 available for miles. Due to scarc
ity 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 of food grains on the open ma
rket, 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 pa
thetic and heartrending.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [devot
ees] attending your discourses to contribute their mite to the Andhra Pradesh Relief Fund.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Committee is prepared to send some of its representatives along with members of your Society wherever you wish to distribute }{\cs2873\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 hungry millions in the state.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4nava-sev\'e4}{\b0\i0\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 m\'e4dhava-sev\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ["Service to man is service to God"], the Commi
ttee 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 \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours ever in the service of the Lord,\line T. L. Kapadia, Secretary\line Andhra Pradesh Relief fund Committee\line Hydera
bad, India
\par }\pard \s682 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear Mr. Kapadia,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my greetings. With reference to your letter and your personal interview, I beg to inform you that without pleasing the Supreme 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 the }{\cs2873
\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  Seventh Canto, Sixth Chapter: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tu\'f1\'f6e ca tatra kim alabhyam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ananta \'e4dye/ ki\'e0 tair gu\'eba-vyatikar\'e4d iha ye sva-siddh\'e4\'f9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 scarcity. Because people do no
t 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 interested in relieving the sufferi
ngs 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 physician and medicine. If this wer
e so, then no rich man would ever die. One must be favored by 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 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 }{\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  here, the r
ain 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 fig
hting because the other party was aggressive. However, because of our }{\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  mov
ement, India emerged victorious. Similarly, when we held a festival in Calcutta, the Naxalite [Communist] movement stopped. These are facts. Through the }{\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 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 }{\cs2873\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 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but the 
gain is great. According to }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [3.21], what is accepted by leading men is
 also accepted by common men:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all t
he world pursues."
\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 sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\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 movement throughout th
e world. Then there will be a very happy condition, not only in India but all over the world.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hoping this will meet you in good health,\line Your ever well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6d: Declaring Our Dependence on God
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Declaring Our Dependence on God
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a conversation with the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub staff, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da discusses the American Revolution: "The Americans say they trust in God. But without the science of God, that trust is simply fictitious. First take the s
cience of God very seriously; then put your trust in Him. . . . They're manufacturing their own way of governing. And that is their defect. They will never be successful. . . . There will always be revolutions\'97one after another. There will be no peace
."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thomas Jefferson put the basic philosophy of the American Revolution into the Declaration of Independence. The important men of the day who signed this document agreed that there are certain very obvious or s
elf-evident truths, the first of which is that all men are created equal. By this they meant that all men are equal before the law and have an equal opportunity to be protected by the law.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 sense men are
, as you say, created equal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 that 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 to 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 {\cs2351\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 simply talking about human beings.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 no real phi
losophy. The narrow idea that my family or my brother is good, and that I can kill all others, is criminal. Suppose that for my family's sake I kill your father. Is that philosophy? Real philosophy is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 friendliness 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 {\cs2351\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 natura
l right is the right to liberty, or freedom\'97freedom 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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 p
erfect, it should not be allowed to tell people what to do. But if the government is perfect, then it can.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 human being has the right to pursue happiness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
happiness may be different from my standard. You may like to eat meat; I hate it. How can your standard of happiness be equal to mine?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 wha
tever standard of happiness he wants?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 happin
ess should be prescribed according to the qualities of the person. You must divide the whole society into four groups: those with }{\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  qualities, those with }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  qualities, and those with }{\cs2873\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 \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\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  are the learned and pious teachers (and spiritual leaders) of society, }{\cs2873\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 military and administrators, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7udras}{\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 a college education
. But what is taught at these colleges? Mostly technical knowledge, which is }{\cs2873\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  e
ducation. Real higher education means learning Vedic wisdom. This is meant for the }{\cs2873\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  Alone, }{\cs2873\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  education leads to a chaotic condition. Everyone should be
 tested to find out which education he is suited for. Some }{\cs2873\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 be given techn
ical education, but most }{\cs2873\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  should work on the farms. Because everyone is coming
 to the cities to get an education, thinking, "We can get more money," the agriculture is being neglected. Now there is scarcity because no one is engaged in producing nice foodstuffs. All these anomalies have been caused by bad government. It is the dut
y 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 {\cs2351\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 i
nto one class, then there can't be happiness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 cause chaos.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 train
ed to be saintly monarchs. In Vedic civilization, boys were trained from the very beginning of life as first-class }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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, and learned self-control, cleanliness, truthfulness, and many other saintly qualities. The best of them were later fit to rule the country.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The American Revolution has no special significance. The point is that when people become unhappy, they revolt. That was done in America, that was done in France, a
nd that was done in Russia.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 gove
rnment fails to rule the people properly, then the people have the right to dissolve that government.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 in Nixon's ca
se: 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 that training and that culture, they will go on electing one Nixon after
 another and never become happy. People can be happy. The formula for happiness is there in 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  The first thing they must know is that the land belongs 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 h
ere." So why are they now not allowing others to settle on the land? What is their philosophy? There are so many overpopulated countries. The American government should let those people go to America and should give them facility to cultivate the land an
d 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 behind this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Roguism is their philosoph
y. They take 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 God's property from being occupied by God's sons. America and the other countries in the United Natio
ns should agree that wherever there is enough land, it may be utilized by the human society for producing food. The government can say, "All right, you are overpopulated. Your people can come here. We will give them land, and they can produce food." We w
ould see a wonderful result. But will they do that? No. Then what is their philosophy? Roguism. "I will take the land by force, and then I won't allow others to come here."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness. There should be one nation under God, and one world 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 properl
y trained, there cannot be tyranny.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 one of the premises of the American system o
f government is that if a leader has too much power, he will inevitably become corrupt.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 to train him in s
uch a way that he cannot become corrupt!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub     The sy
stem of dividing society into four social and four spiritual orders according to people's natural qualities.}}}{\cs2873\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 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 ther
e really can be "one nation under God."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 i
s required.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 required, and the working class is also required.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 train
ed 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 th
e common cause, then there will always be fighting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\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 com
mon cause that people can unite on?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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}{\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 common cause}{\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 and 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 arr
angement, 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 {\cs2351\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 ele
ction, how will society be governed?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 mus
t be engineers. So if you follow the division of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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}{\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 senators}{\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 only qualified }{\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  Now the butcher is in the legislative assembl
y. What does he know about making laws? He is a butcher, but by winning votes he becomes 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 conscio
us society, we're actually doing that, but in the case of politics, they forget it. There 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 f
ail, because unless there is a division of work, there will be havoc. We have discussed all the responsibilities of the king in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 wan
ts 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 kno
w 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 they are misleading others. That is the chaotic condition in the world today.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 bee
n the separation of church and state.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 contr
ol nature, 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 {\cs2351\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...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 
government. 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 is, but we do. We actually trust in God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They're manufacturing their own way of governing. And that is their defect. They will never be successful. They are imperfect, and if they 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 {\cs2351\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 reli
gion that people should follow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 do
es that. According to the Vedic version, God is the leader of all living entities (}{\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\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 small. We have the qualities of God, but in very smal
l 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 body, which is also an "airplane." And that is the diff
erence 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 {\cs2351\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\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 George 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 {\cs2351\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 ex
ecute God's perfect orders for a perfect government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 imperf
ect, because 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 {\cs2351\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 Supreme Being as the real ruler of the government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Supreme Being. You must accept the servants of the Supreme Being\'97the }{\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  or Va
i\'f1\'ebavas [devotees of the Lord]}{\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 as your guides. The government men are }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the second class. The }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  or Vai\'f1\'ebavas and make laws accordingly. The }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 s
ociety will be perfect.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6e: The Peace Formula
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Peace Formula
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The earth is the property of God, but we, the living entities, especially the so-called civilized human beings, are claiming 
God's 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..."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon others' property as though it were one's own and to thereby create an unnecessary disturbance of the la
ws 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 fragment, is protected by the law
s 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's 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 proprietorship by the human race is part
ly or wholly the cause of all disturbances of peace on earth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolish and so-called civilized men are claiming proprietary rights on the property of God because they have now become godless. You cannot be happy and peaceful in
 a godless society. In the }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is the fac
tual 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 wi
ll 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 a 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 }{\cs2873\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6f: Spiritual Communism
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Spiritual Communism
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During his visit to the Soviet Union in 1971, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da talks with Professor Grigoriy Kotovsky, head of the In
dia Department at the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences: "Whether you surrender to monarchy, 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 t
o the Supreme, wherefrom you get all protection. . . . 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."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 I was readin
g the paper, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Moscow News.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There was a Communist congress, and the President declared, "We are read
y to take others' experience to improve." So I think the Vedic concept of socialism or communism will much improve the idea of communism. For example, in a socialistic state the idea is that no one should starve; everyone must have his food. Similarly, i
n the Vedic concept of }{\cs2873\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  [householder] life it is recommended that a householder see tha
t even a lizard or a snake living in his house should not starve. Even these lower creatures should be given food, and certainly all humans should. It is recommended that the }{\cs2873\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  before taking his lunch, stand on the road and declare, "If anyone is still hungry, please come! Food is ready!" If there is no response, then the proprie
tor of the household takes his lunch. Modern society takes the people as a whole as the proprietor of a certain state, but the Vedic conception is }{\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 \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything is owned by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the supreme controller. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tena tyaktena }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\'f9}{\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 you may enjoy what is allot
ted to you by Him. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but do not encroach upon others' property
. This is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\'97Veda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The same idea is explained in the different }{\cs2873
\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  There are many good concepts in the Vedic literature about communism. So I thought that thes
e ideas should be distributed to your most thoughtful men. Therefore I was anxious to speak.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is interesting that here in our co
untry 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 }{\cs2873\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 parts of the }{\cs2873\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  There are volumes in Russian of }{\cs2873\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 also a second edition of }{\cs2873\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  translated in full. We have also published the full translation of }{\cs2873\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  with Sanskrit commentaries. 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 U.S.S.R. toward ancient Vedic culture, and from this point of view we published many such books.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Among these }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Pur\'e4\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\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 Mah\'e4-Pur\'e4\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 translated th
e 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 eighteen thousand verses in }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 are translating everything literally. You can see. Each and every verse is bein
g done like that for the whole }{\cs2873\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  The opinion of the }{\cs2873\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 saintly sages who are the preachers of the }{\cs2873\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  philosophy, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub phalam}{\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  this is the
 ripened fruit of the Vedic desire tree [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.3]. It is accepted by all 
the Indian scholars, and Lord Caitanya especially preached this }{\cs2873\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  So we have the comp
lete }{\cs2873\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 its English translation. If you want to see it, I can show you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems to me that in the Moscow and
 Leningrad libraries we have nearly all the major texts of ancient Indian culture, beginning from the }{\cs2873\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 texts in Sanskrit. For instance, in the Leningrad branch of our Institute there are six or eight editions of }{\cs2873\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  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 wh
at 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hinduism is a very complex
 topic.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. [}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They laugh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Really, to my understanding, it is not a religion, from the European point of view; it is a way of life\'97reli
gion, philosophy, a way of life, whatever you want.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 word "}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hindu}{\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  is not a Sanskrit word. 
It was given by the Muhammadans. You know that there is a river, Indus, which in Sanskrit is called Sindhu. The Muhammadans pronounce }{\cs2873\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  as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Instead of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sindhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they made it }{\cs2873\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  So "}{\cs2873\b0\i0\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  is a term that is not 
found in the Sanskrit dictionary, but it has come into use. But the real cultural institution is called }{\cs2873\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 four }{\cs2873\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  (social divisions)\'97}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and four }{\cs2873\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  (spiritual divisions)\'97}{\cs2873\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 }{\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  According to the Vedic concept of life, unless people take to this system or inst
itution of four }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  actually they do not become civilized human beings. One has to take this process of four divisions of social orders and four divisions of spiri
tual orders; that is called }{\cs2873\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  India's culture is based on this age-old Vedic sy
stem.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\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 Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\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 Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And in the }{\cs2873\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 perhaps you have read the }{\cs2873\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, in the }{\cs3545\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [4.13], is the statement }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6am:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this system was created by Vi\'f1\'ebu [God]. So since }{\cs2873\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 a creation of the 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\'97everywhere. Similarly, this }{\cs2873\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 prevalent everywhere in some form or another. Take, for example, the }{\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  the most intelligent class of men. They are the brains of the society. The }{\cs2873\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 administrative class; then the }{\cs2873\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 productive class, and the }
{\cs2873\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 worker class. These four classes of men are prevalent everywhere under differe
nt names. Because it is created by the original creator, so it is prevalent everywhere, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is interesting that in the opinion
 of some European and old Russian scholars, this }{\cs2873\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 a later creation, a
nd if you would read the old texts of Vedic literature, you would find a much more simple and agrarian society. It is the opinion of these scholars that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7r
ama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 cla
ssical India it was not so prevalent.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 far as we are concerned
, it is mentioned in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. C\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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  was spoken five thousand years ago, and in 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  it is said, "This system of 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  was spoken by Me to the sun-god." So if you take an estimation of that period, it comes to forty million years ago. Can the European scholars trace
 back history five thousand years? Can they go back forty million years? We have evidence that this }{\cs2873\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 been current at least five thousand years. The }{\cs2873\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 also mentioned in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\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 [3.8.9]. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Var\'eb\'e4\'e7ram\'e4c\'e4ravat\'e4 puru\'f1e\'eba para\'f9 pum\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba. Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is not a phenomenon of a historical period calculated in the modern age. It is natural. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 comparison is given that just as in the body there are four divisions}{\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 brain division, the arms division, the belly division, and the leg division}{\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 so by natu
re'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 ne
ed of tracing history; it is naturally existing from the day of creation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have said that in any society the
re are four divisions, but they are 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}{\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 in our country and other socialist societies}{\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 how you can distinguish the productive group from the workers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, we belong to 
the intellectual class of men. This is a division.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Intelligent class, }{\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  And you can also put together all the intelligentsia in that department.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And then the administrative class.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But who are the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  That is the difficulty. Because all others are workers\'97factory workers, collective farm workers, and so on. So from this point of view there is a great distinction, in my opinion, 
between socialist society and all societies preceding socialism, because in modern Western society you can group all social and professional classes in these particular class divisions\'97}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  intellectuals, productive class, owners of the productive system (factory owners, for instance), and menial workers. But here you have no }{\cs2873\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  because you have administrative staffs in factories, and you can call them }{\cs2873\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  and then there are the }{\cs2873\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 workers themselves, but no intermediate class.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 stated. }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalau }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -sambhava
\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this age practically all men are }{\cs2873\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  But if there are simply }{\cs2873\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 social order will b
e disturbed. In spite of your state of }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  is found here, and that is necessary. If you do not divide the social order in such a way, there will be chaos. That is
 the scientific estimation of the }{\cs2873\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  You may belong to the }{\cs2873\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, but to maintain social order you have to train some of the }{\cs2873\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  to become }{\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  Society cannot depend on }{\cs2873\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  Nor ca
n you depend on the }{\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  To fulfill the necessities of your body, there must be a brai
n, arms, a stomach, and legs. The legs, the brain, and the arms are all required for cooperation to fulfill the mission of the whole body. So in any society you can see that unless there are these four divisions, there will be chaos. It will not work pro
perly. It will be }{\cs2873\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 there 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 }{\cs2873\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. 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 production, and a class of men to work. That is required; you ca
nnot avoid it. That is the Vedic conception, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukha-b\'e4h\'fcru-p\'e4da j\'e4\'f9}{\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 17.13}{
\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 Mukha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the face,
" }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the arms," }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'fcru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the waist," and }{\cs2873\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  "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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Generally it seems to me that this wh
ole }{\cs2873\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 to some extent created a natural division of labor in the ancient s
ociety. But now division of labor among people in any society is much more complicated and sophisticated. So it is very confusing to group them into four classes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Confusion has come to exis
t because in India, at a later day, the son of a }{\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  without having the brahminical qu
alifications, claimed to be a }{\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  and others, out of superstition or a traditional way
, accepted him as a }{\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  Therefore the Indian social order was disrupted. But in our K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we are training }{\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  everywhere, because the world
 needs the brain of a }{\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  Although Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was a monarch, he had
 a body of }{\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  and learned sages to consult, an advisory body. It is not that the mona
rchs were independent. In history it is found that if some of the monarchs were not in order, they were dethroned by the brahminical advisory council. Although the }{\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  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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That would be equal to what we call, 
in our terminology, ancient and medieval India.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In old and feudal India\'97you are ri
ght\'97it was very open, and the major part of the high administrative staff in the legislative department were }{\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  Even in the Mogul era there were }{\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  to advise the Musl
im emperors and administrators.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 fact\'97the }{
\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  were accepted. They formed the advisory committee of the king. For example, Candragu
pta, the Hindu king, was in the age 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 he
ard this name C\'e4\'ebakya?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 was a great }{
\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 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 Pur\'e9. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita was a great politician and }{\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  He was vastly learned. His moral instructions are still valuable. In India, schoolchildren are taught C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita's instructions. Although he was the prime minister, C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2it
a maintained his }{\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  spirit; he did not accept any salary. If a }{\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  accepts a salary, it is understood that he has become a dog. That is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 can advise, but he cannot accept employment. So C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita was livin
g in a cottage, but he was actually the prime minister. This brahminical culture and the brahminical brain is the standard of Vedic civilization. The }{\cs2873\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  is an example of the standard of brahminical culture. You cannot trace out from history when the }{\cs2873\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  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 time. It is stated in Sanskrit to be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tri-k\'e4l\'e4dau,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  which means "good for the past, present, and future."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am sorry to interrupt you, but to m
y 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 differ
ent from the original }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 now made changes
. Even our late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru introduced his own Hindu code. He introduced the right of divorce in marriage, but this was not in the }{\cs2873\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  There are so many things they have changed, but before this modern age the whole human society was governed by the }{\cs2873\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  Strictly speaking, modern Hindus are not strictly following the Hindu scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 the original idea. For example,
 in the }{\cs2873\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 is a description of the communist idea. It is des
cribed 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\'97the aim of human life. Scientificall
y, the aim of human life is self-realization, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-tattva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is said that unless the m
embers 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 tranquillity, they are 
fighting\'97individually, 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 
society. Our conclusion, according to the }{\cs2873\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 that this human b
ody is not meant for working 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 grea
t department of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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] it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4-dehe. Deha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "th
is body." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dehina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the one who owns this body." }{\cs2873\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.}{\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 deh\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the owner of the body, is within, and the body is changing from one form to another. The child has a certain type of body that chang
es to another type when he is older. But the owner of the body still exists throughout. Similarly, when this body is completely changed, we accept another body. People do not understand this. We are accepting different bodies, even in this life, from bab
yhood 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 different 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As you know, there are two quite oppo
site 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 Ju
daism, in...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 religions
 with you. I am talking science and philosophy. 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 u
nderstanding that when this body changes entirely, the owner of the body will have another body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another approach is that there is no 
separation. There are no two phenomena\'97the body and the owner of the body are the same.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\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 emphatically}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]: No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When the body dies, the owner also di
es.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. But why is there n
o department of knowledge in the university to 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 T
oronto, 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 sta
tement on this subject, and He is authoritative. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the authority by all the }{\cs2873\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 }{\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 accepted by scholarly and philosophical circles a
ll over the world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just as the soul gives up the childhood body and comes to the boyhood body and then to youth, the soul also gives up this body an
d accepts another body." [Bg. 2.13] This statement is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the greatest authority according to our tradition of knowledge. We accept such a statement without argument. That is the way of Vedic understanding.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The difficulty is that our approach i
s that we do not believe in anything without argument. We can believe only things based on argument.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 allowed. That
 is stated in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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]. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4. Paripra\'e7na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  argument, is allowed\'97but not in the challenging spirit, but rather with the
 spirit to understand. Argument is not denied. But as far as Vedic statements are concerned, they are infallible, and the scholars of the }{\cs2873\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 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 an
d have to purify yourself by taking a bath. According to the Hindu system, after evacuating one has to take a bath.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is quite understandable hygienic
 knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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 t
ouch it you have to be purified, and in another 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 }{\cs2873\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 fact is that if you analyze cow dung, you will find that it contains all antiseptic properties.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This I don't know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 professor in a me
dical college analyzed it, and he found it 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if you analyze from the scientif
ic point of view, that is right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 are other instances
\'97for example, the conchshell. The conchshell 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 conchshell is kept in the Deity room, because it is accept
ed as pure by the }{\cs2873\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  My point is that we accept Vedic laws without argument. That is the princ
iple followed by scholars. If you can substantiate your statements by quotations from the }{\cs2873\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  t
hen they are accepted. You are not required to substantiate them in other ways. There are different kinds of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pram\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or evidences. Proof by Vedic quotation is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-pram\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  As in the legal court if you can give statements from the law book your statement is accepted, so all statements you give, if supported by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-pram\'e4\'eb
as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are accepted by scholars. I think you know the }{\cs2873\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 known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rutis.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-sm\'e5ti-pur\'e4\'eb\'e4di-\line pa\'efcar\'e4tra-vidhi\'e0 vin\'e4\line aik\'e4ntik\'e9 harer bhaktir\line utp\'e4t
\'e4yaiva kalpate\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 Brahma-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
y\'e4mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Any system we accept must be supported by evidences of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7ruti, sm\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  That which is not proved by these }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pram\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a disturbance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could I just say one thing? What is i
n the }{\cs2873\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  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 says, "This is not good," the general body
 will take it for granted: "Yes. The scientific body has said so, so it is understood."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, Vedic authorita
tive statements are accepted by the }{\cs2873\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 teachers]. India is governed by the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. They accept
 the }{\cs2873\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 their followers accept them. The benefit is that I do not waste my time to researc
h whether cow dung is pure or impure; rather, because it is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 pure, I acce
pt it. I save my time by accepting the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-pram\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In that way there are different sta
tements in the }{\cs2873\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 sociology and politics or anything, for }{\cs2873\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."
\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\line }{\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  15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  May I put one question to you? Have
 you many branches of your society in the world?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where is your main center, and where 
are the branches of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, I have over six
ty-five branches. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sixty-five branches.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 I have made my main cent
er in Los Angeles. And now we are establishing an important center in M\'e4y\'e4pura, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Have you been to India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Six or seven times. Now there is a very diff
icult situation in Calcutta because of the influx of refugees from Bangladesh.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 we had 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  for ten days, and it was very wonderful. The gathering was not less than thirty thousand people dai
ly. They were much interested in hearing our lectures, since we lecture 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 a
nd }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 people are responding from every part of the world, especially the American bo
ys 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 \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  In Paris? Oh, Fontenay-aux-Roses?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 taken a whole hous
e, a nice house. So our process is very 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 the
se four principles 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 , and you will find how, by this proce
ss 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\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Throughout all these ye
ars, I have written about one dozen four-hundred-page books\'97}{\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  in two parts, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 six parts. }{\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 one part, }{\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  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 t
rying to understand his philosophy, we are trying to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's philosophy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are there many participants in your sixty-fi
ve branches?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, more than one thousand in
itiated, and outside there are many. The one thousand have accepted the principles. Just like these boys. [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da points to his two secretaries.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But does that mean that these student
s abstain from normal Western, European 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 told you, this propag
anda is meant for creating }{\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  all over the world, because the }{\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  element is lacking. One who seriously comes to us has to become a }{\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  so he should adopt the occupation of a }{\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  and give up the occupation of a }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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  But if one wants to keep his 
profession and also at the same time 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. }{\cs2873\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  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 one is a }{\cs2873\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  (householder), or in the renounced or
der, or a }{\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  or a }{\cs2873\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 Caitanya says, "Anyone who understands the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes My spiritual master." The actual words in Bengali are }{\cs2873\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.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you understand a little Bengali?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A little.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 a vibration. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4, sei 'guru' haya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Anyone who understands the science of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba can become a 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  8.128]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But by creating }{\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  from different social classes of society, you deny the old prescription of the Hindu scriptures.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, I establish it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to all scriptures}{\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 }{\cs2873\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  etc.}{\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 every member of one of these 
four classes of }{\cs2873\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  has to be born within it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, no, no.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the foundation of all the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. I am sorry.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The foundation of all the }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 spoken incorrectl
y. With great respect I beg to submit that you are not speaking correctly. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  [4.13] it is stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 maya-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  "These four orders of }{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\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  were created by Me according to quality and work." There is no mention of birth.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I agree with you that this is the add
ition of later }{\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  who tried to perpetuate these qualities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 has killed the Indian
 culture. Otherwise there would have been 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 Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a, 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 Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a is now crippled into a small piece of land. Otherwise, according to Vedic scripture, this whole planet is called Bh\'e4r
ata-var\'f1a. Formerly it was named Il\'e4v\'e5ta-var\'f1a. But since Emperor Bh\'e4rata ruled this planet, it is called Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a. So this culture, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, was always existent. Consider any religion\'97Christian, Muhammad
an, Jewish. They are at most two to three thousand years old. But you cannot trace out the beginning of this Vedic scripture. It is therefore called }{\cs2873\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. This culture is for this whole human society. It is not a religious faith. Religious faith you can change, but real }{\cs2873\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. Try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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] He says, }{\cs2873\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 other forms of religion and just surrender to Me." That is real knowledge\'97to surrender to the Supreme. You or I\'97anyone\'97is surrendered to someone. That is a fact. Ou
r life is by surrender, is it not? Do you disagree with this point?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To some extent you surrender.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 the full extent.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have to surrender to the society,
 for instance. To the whole people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 the whole people, 
or to the state or to the king or the government or whatever you say. This surrender must be there.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The only difficulty is that we cannot
 half surrender to a government or a king. The principal difference is of surrender to a king, to a person, or to the society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 only a change 
of color. But the principle of surrender is there. 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 su
rrender to the Supreme, wherefrom you get all protection, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba says (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). No one can say, "No, I am not surrendered 
to anyone." Not a single person. The difference is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he surrenders. The ultimate surrendering 
object is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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] K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{
\cs2873\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 prapadyate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "After surrendering to so 
many things birth after birth, when one is factually wise he surrenders unto Me." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Such a }{\cs2873\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 very rare."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But at the same time it seems to me t
hat surrender is to be accompanied 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 revol
ution itself was surrender to the rank and file of the people. You are agreed?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So it is not enough to come to a full
 stop. Surrender is to be accompanied with revolt against some and surrender to other people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 surrender will be 
fully stopped when it is surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ah, ah.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 full stop\'97no mo
re 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 move him from one lap to another. Oh, he does not s
top. But as soon as the baby comes to the lap of his mother...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It stops.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, full satisfaction. So
 this surrender, these changes, will go on in different categories. But the sum total of all this surrender is surrender to }{\cs2873\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, in 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  it is said tha
t this surrender, neglecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is all }{\cs2873\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  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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Haven't you come across hostile attit
udes to your teachings from orthodox Hindus or }{\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  in India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 subdued them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ah.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 orthodox Hindu may com
e and challenge, but we have our weapons\'97the 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." T
hey are admitting it. Their fathers and their parents come to me, offer their obeisances, and say, "Swamiji, 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 are admitting that before me many kinds of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub swamis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  went to t
he Western countries, but they could 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 i
s, without adulteration, it is being 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How many out of your one thousand dis
ciples do you have in India itself? How many of your community do you have in India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 India there are many K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons\'97hundreds, thousands, millions. In India there is no question. There is not a single Hindu who is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vai\'f1\'ebavas. This is c
alled 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 conscious. Similarly, in India there are millions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons. There are even Muhammadans who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. At Gorakhpur University there is a Muhammadan professor who is a grea
t devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So this is natural. It is said in the }{\cs2873\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 consciousness is everywhere, 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 consciousnes
s. 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You came yesterday to Moscow. Have yo
u seen something here in Moscow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, I am not very much int
erested in sight-seeing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in any case, just to stay in an o
ld-style hotel is not interesting\'97not many people to see. And you are leaving the day after tomorrow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 my program.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You are leaving for the United States
 or for Europe?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, for Europe. Paris. An
d we have two very big ceremonies in London and San Francisco. They are making arrangements for the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Car Festival. This car festival is observed in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. You have been to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the car festival has been held f
rom immemorial times. A very old tradition. Huge cars.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 it has now been i
ntroduced in the Western countries in London and San Francisco, and gradually maybe we will introduce it in other countries also.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In London there is a large Indian com
munity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. This is organized 
by the Englishmen and Americans. The Indian communities in London and San Francisco are trying to become\'97you know the word? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sahib?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\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 Laughs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Westernized. [}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They both laugh.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] A very great social anthropologist at the university has written something very interesting. He says there are two processes\'97the process of Westernization among }{\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  mainly the upper class, and the process called Sanskritization, which is the process of adopting }{
\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  rituals, etc., by so-called lower classes, even untouchables. It is a very interestin
g process in India just now. But India's position, unfortunately, is problematic.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 difficulty is that Ind
ia is nowhere. They are trying to imitate Western life, but from a materialistic or technical point of view, they are one hundred years back.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is right. But what to do fo
r India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 thing I am ex
periencing. If India's spiritual asset is distributed, 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 understand that they are getting something from India.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course, you're right. The Indian c
ultural heritage is to be made known 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 w
orld. Indian villages have to have fertilizers, tractors, etc.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 do not object to t
hat.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I don't think you can object, bu
t at the same time, something has to be done in India. One may call it Westernization, but this introduction to an industrial technological revolution is needed in all fields of Indian life\'97agriculture, industry, etc.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna, before understandi
ng 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  was a fighter, and after understanding 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  he remained a fighter. So we don't want to change the position. For example, you are a respectable profe
ssor, 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 ta
ught 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  and at the end when K\'e5\'f1\'eba inquired, "What is your decision 
now?" he said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0 tava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes, I shall act as You say." [}{\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  18.7}{\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 ]. That means that his consciousness changed. He was a fighter, and he 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 t
echnology. No, but we try to make one understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is our program.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 automatic.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am not really so happy that the ult
imate goal is not to disturb society, because in modern society there are many things to be changed through consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 preliminary change is
 to follow rules and regulations of austerity. For example, don't take intoxicants.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No indulging in intoxicants\'97simpli
city, etc.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 one takes to this pr
ocess...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the others will come automatical
ly.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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's whole life will chan
ge, because these four things\'97illicit sex life, intoxicants, meat-eating and gambling\'97are very great impediments to social improvement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That will automatically make life sim
pler, because a person who does not indulge in illicit sex, intoxicants, and such other things has to lead a comparatively simple life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 I was speaki
ng in Bombay with a respectable gentleman. I was telling him that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Even those who are lowborn [}{\cs2873\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 ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub str\'e9, vai\'e7yas,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'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." }{\b0\i0\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  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  Now why have the higher classes of Hindu society neglected this injunction of 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  Suppose one is }{\cs2873\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 of people so that the so-called lowborn could be elevated? Why did they reject the
m? The result was that instead of accepting the Muhammadans, the Indians rejected them, and now they are partitioned off. They have 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 }{\cs2873\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 becomes pure. That is the mission of human life\'97to uncover ourselves from this material environment, come to spiritu
al understanding, and surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then life is perfect.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 6g: The Tiny World of Modern Science
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Tiny World of Modern Science
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During a morning walk in April 1973, at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da discusses modern science and its 
high priests: "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 expe
riments. Nonetheless, they are claiming that the creation is produced by some chemical or biological method. Why does no one question all this nonsense?" 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 technology 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 defe
at them. Otherwise 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; 
it goes through no such changes. Life }{\cs2873\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 simply 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 a
nd useless, 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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], }{\cs2873\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\'e4pti\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "As the embodied soul continuously 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]: }{\cs2873\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that 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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\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  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 becau
se 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 spiritua
l 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 sou
l, they say its existence is very doubtful.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 gra
in of deadly 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 }{\cs2873\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 sk
in. But as soon as 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? ls this not detecting spirit?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 unders
tand the soul. The soul is a small God. If you understand the sample, then you can understand the whole.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now here is matter. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da points at a dead tree with his cane.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] Formerly leaves and twigs were growing from this tree. Why are they not growing now? Can the scientists answer this question?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They would say the chemical co
mposition has changed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ar
e so advanced in knowledge of chemistry, they must supply the proper chemicals to make branches and leaves grow again.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4nanda Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Knowledge means that one must b
e able to demonstrate his theory. They should be able to show in their laboratories that life is caused by a combination of chemicals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 first 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 differenc
e. The living 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 f
orth. 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 ap
artment; they are simply the environment for the individual living force}{\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 the soul}{\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 to 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\'97citric acid and others. So where have these chemicals come from? Obviously they have come from the life within the tree. The scien
tists 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 che
micals, 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 solution to the problem of the origin of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 in mystic power.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 ordina
ry being, imagine how much }{\cs2873\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4nanda Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists don't accept God or 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. G
od exists, and His }{\cs2873\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists say that life was c
reated biochemically.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 do
n't }{\cs2873\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  create life? Your biology and chemistry are very advanced, so why don't you create life?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say they will create life
 in the future.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 scientists 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 do 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say that they are right o
n the verge of creating life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 futur
e, in a different 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 postdated check. Suppose I owe you ten thousand dollars and I say, "Yes, I will pay you the entire sum with this postdated check. Is that all right?" If you are intelligent, you will can see something tangible." Similarly, the scientists canno
t 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 the proof: when a father begets a child, th
e 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The basis of what the scientis
ts call "scientific integrity" is that they talk only about what they can experience through their senses.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 fr
om 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How vast? ls it double the size of this well?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, no, much larger," his friend replied.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 fur 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 imperfec
t 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 ma
n 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 
seen 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 guru says that man is mortal, and you accept it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 gainin
g knowledge and a descending process?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 never 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhok\'f1a
ja,}{\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 }{\cs2873\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 Hi
m. 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 }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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]: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra
\'e7nena sevay\'e4.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 }{
\cs2873\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 me
ntion God\'97only nature.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 t
hat plants are being produced by nature, but we must ask, "What has produced nature?" To ask }{\cs2873\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 intelligence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 speak of nature, the next question should be, "}{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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, "}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub W
hose}{\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 }{\cs2873\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 sta
rted from an intermediate point\'97not from the original point?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. T
hey are ignorant 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 who
m everything emanates. He Himself says in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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], }{\cs2873\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 am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Eve
rything emanates from Me." Our conclusions are not based on blind faith; they are most scientific. Matter comes from life. In life\'97in the origin\'97there 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. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "to count." We are also S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers to some extent, because we count and analyze the material elements; this is lan
d, 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 th
e 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 this in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.12}{\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 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  "Be
sides this inferior nature there is a superior energy of Mine." The inferior energy is the material elements, and the superior energy is the living entity.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e5t
ir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 ener
gies." [Bg. 7.4] K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains here in 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  that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (gas) comes from Him, and that finer than the gases is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ether). Finer than ether is the mind, finer than the mind is intelligence, and finer than the intelligence is the soul. But the scientists do n
ot know this. They can perceive only gross things. They mention }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but where does the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  come from? Where does the gas come from?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kham,}{\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 st
udied in S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. S\'e4\'eckhya philosop
hers do not know of superior energy. They simply analyze the material elements, just as the scientists do. Neither the scientists nor the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers know anything of the spirit soul. They are simply analyzing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's material ene
rgy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 e
lements?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is creative. No one can create life with only matter, and matter cannot create 
itself. You, a living 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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}{
\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 living entity}{\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 is 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 [}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ind
icating the Pacific Ocean}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] 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 railroad train is just starting to move. The engine pushes one car, which pushes another, a
nd 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 manife
station comes into being. This is explained in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 9.10}{\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 may\'e4dhyak\'f1
e\'eba prak\'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." And 
a little later:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All species of life are made possible by birth in material nature, and I am the seed-giving father." [Bg. 14.4] For example, if w
e 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-giving 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 the remote ca
use. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'ebam}{\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  the cause of all causes. If you understand the cause of all causes, then you understand everything. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 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 }{\cs2873\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 accept. They keep to their parti
al, imperfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  Scientists are worried about energy source
s, 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 the
ory. Everyone 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 kno
ws. As soon 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 where the sun's energy comes from. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 15.12}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad \'e4ditya-gata\'e0 tejo\line jagad bh\'e4sayate 'khilam\line yac candramasi yac c\'e4gnau\line tat tejo viddhi m\'e4makam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 s
plendor of fire are also from Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jyoti\'f1\'e4\'e0 ravir a\'e0\'e7um\'e4n:}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Of lights I am the radiant sun." [}{\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 10.21] Also, in the Eleventh Chapter of the }{\cs2873\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 [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.19}{\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 
 Arjuna tells K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcrya-netram:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The sun and moon are among Your
 great, unlimited eyes." This knowledge is contained in the }{\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  but scien
tists cannot attain this knowledge by their speculation. Can they?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  It is not possible.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 knowledg
e? The scriptures say that even if you counted 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 ca
pacity 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
 knowledge 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 nine hundred thousand species of life existing within the ocean.
 The information given 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, an
d all things that are yet to come." }{\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 ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  We have to take knowledge from the supreme
 knower.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\cs2351\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  perfect knowledge we have to approach a superior person, a }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\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  One may try to learn a subject by reading books at home, but he can learn much better by going to college and approaching a professor. In the
 same way, we have to approach a }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\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  Of course, if we encounter a false }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\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  our knowledge is false. But if our }{\cs2873\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  is p
erfect, our knowledge is perfect. We accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\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  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 if we receive knowledge from the perfect, our knowledge is per
fect. We cannot say that we understand that there are nine hundred thousand 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 Vedi
c process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists may carry out much research work, but however great a scientist may be, his senses are imperfect. Therefore he cannot have perfect 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 perfect 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 knowledge 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 and foot, yet we think we are 
free to speculate. This is illusion. Although conditioned by so many of nature'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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 apples fall from trees. What fu
rther 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 cond
itions? 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 the Supreme Lord. The law in it
self 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 because they are conditioned by }{
\cs2873\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, they can only talk like a person haunted by ghosts. Tell me, what is t
he scientific explanation that accounts for all the varieties of trees?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say that nature mutates a
nd makes these varieties.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 w
ill. And what is that will? Does the land have any will?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they are very vague on t
hat point.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 no
t have perfect knowledge. They do not know that behind nature is the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 explain that the chemical composition
 of these different plants is different.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 these chemical compositions? As soon as you say "chemical composition," you immediately require a God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say there is no need for 
a God, because if you mix two chemicals together...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 will. 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 must accept consciousness as a person. Therefore, we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In 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  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 consci
ousness is limited to yours, but there is another consciousness, which is within you, me, and everyone. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually everything in the world is relative. That is a scientific fact. Our bodies, lives, intelligence, and everything else are all relative. To us an ant may see
m 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 hundred years from his point o
f view. This is relativity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the relativity is based u
pon our individual situation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 what 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 always 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 insects 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 morning." 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 the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [8.17] K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ho-r\'e4tra-vido 
jan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 o
ther 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 scho
lars. 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 \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  Of course, so much is being written about 
Darwin's theory. In any library there are hundreds of books on his theories.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 reject t
hem?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  Generally they accept him, but there are s
ome who are very critical.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ev
olution 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 th
e monkey is not extinct. If the monkey is the immediate forefather of man, why is the monkey still existing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  Darwin says that the species are not creat
ed independently but are descended from one another.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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
 independence, how can he abruptly begin with a certain species? He must explain how the original species came into existence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists claim that the eart
h was created by biological chemistry, and they refuse to teach that God created the earth, because they think everyone will consider them fools.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 chemi
stry 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 w
ill be. 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 cannot even produce a spear of grass through their biological or chemical exp
eriments. Nonetheless they are claiming that the creation is produced by some chemical or biological method. Why does no one question all this nonsense?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  In the ultimate analysis, when they consid
er the origin of life, they say that everything started from matter. In other words, living matter comes from nonliving matter.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 coming now? Did it come from nonliving 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 th
e distant past no really intelligent man existed, that man simply evolved from the apes. If there was 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 li
ke Vy\'e4sadeva?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 have no explanation. They simply say 
these are unknown forest sages.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 unknow
n to them, 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 brain-work is there, his philosophy is there, his language, linguistics, poetic arrangements, and verbal strength. You may not 
know the person, but you can understand the brain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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  Weren't all the varieties of animals exist
ing from the beginning?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 verified by 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  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 rec
eives a particular type of body. The psychological forces of the mind\'97thinking, feeling, and willing\'97determine the particular type of situation and body the living entity receives. The evolutionary process is there, but it is not an evolution of sp
ecies. It is not that one species 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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When Brahm\'e4\'92s day is manifest, this multitude of living entities comes into being, and at the arrival of Brahm\'e4\'92s 
night they are all annihilated.\'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 8.18]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The evolution is the spiritual evolution of the individual living entity through the various species of life. If one enters into the body of a fish, he has to under
go 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 that they cannot understand thi
s. 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 cause of all causes is known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains unknown.
 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  state: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavati. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we know the Absolute Truth, all other truths become known, but if we don't know the Absolute Trut
h, 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\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This contemporary civilization is so proud of its independence, but actually it is so much dependent on oil. If the oil supply is stopped, then what will these rasc
al 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 c
omposition 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 their labor they have simply ta
ken 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 consider that the hard-earned mon
ey 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 tons of dust. What is the meani
ng of all this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kar\'e4ndhara d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They believe that there may be
 life on Mars.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 be
lieve\'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 bo
mbs. This is their scientific advancement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\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 very curious to know what is goin
g on, on other planets.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ta
ke information 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 
independently. 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 come in contact on
ly 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 mach
ine, unless 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 s
criptures, but still people will not believe it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually everything is God's property, but people are claiming this property to be theirs or their country's. Now they are talking about the problem of overpopulati
on, 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 destructive 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 helping all the thieves and rogues.
 Thus they are all criminals. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stena eva sa\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who does not recognize the proprietors
hip of the Supreme Lord is a thief.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 because 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 they do not know what is goin
g 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 }{\cs2873\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 animal simply goes on eating, sleeping, de
fending, 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. This 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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 7: Returning to the Eternal 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 VII. Returning to the Eternal Re
ligion
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 7a: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Arrives in America
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Arrives in America
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On September 18,1965, as the Indian steamship Jaladuta nears Boston\'92s Commonwealth Pier, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da prays to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a moving poem. "...I am simply praying for Your mercy so that I will be able to convince them about Your message... \'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\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 \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But I guess You have some business here, otherwise why would You bring me to this terrible place?
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most of the population here is covered by the material modes of ignorance and passion. Absorbed in material life, they think themse
lves very happy and satisfied, and therefore they have no taste for the transcendental message of V\'e4sudeva. I do not know how they will be able to understand it.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But I know Your causeless mercy can make everything possible, because You are the most expert mystic.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How will they understand the mellows of devotional service? O Lord, I am simply praying for Your mercy so that I will be able to co
nvince them about Your message.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living entities have become under the control of the illusory energy by Your will, and therefore, if You like, by Your will the
y can also be released from the clutches of illusion.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I wish that You may deliver them. Therefore if You so desire their deliverance, then only will they be able to understand Your mess
age.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The words 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  are Your incarnation, and if a sober person repeatedly receives them with submissive aural reception, then he will be able to understand Your message.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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  }{\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 1.2.17-21]: \'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 truthful 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. 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 established as an irrevocable fact. At the time loving service is estab
lished in the heart, the modes of 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 ], and lust and desire [}{\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 ] disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness and he becomes happy. Thus established in the mode of goodness, the man rejuvenated by loving service to the Lord gains liberation from m
aterial association [}{\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 comes to know scientifically of the Personality of Godhead. Thus the knot
s of the heart and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive 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 ] is terminated 
when one sees the self as master.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He will become liberated from the influence of the modes of ignorance and passion and thus all inauspicious things accumulated in t
he core of the heart will disappear.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How will I make them understand this message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? I am very unfortunate, unqualified, and the most fall
en. Therefore I am seeking Your benediction so that I can convince them, for I am powerless to do so on my own.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Somehow or other, O Lord, You have brought me here to speak about You. Now, my Lord, it is up to You to make me a success or failur
e as You like.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O spiritual master of all the worlds! I can simply repeat Your message, so if You like You can make my power of speaking suitable f
or their understanding.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only by Your causeless mercy will my words become pure. I am sure that when this transcendental message penetrates their hearts the
y will certainly feel engladdened and thus become liberated from all unhappy conditions of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Lord, I am just like a puppet in Your hands. So if You have brought me here to dance, then make me dance, make me dance. O Lord, 
make me dance as You like.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have no devotion, nor do I have any knowledge, but I have strong faith in the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I have been designated
 as Bhaktivedanta, and now, if You like, You can fulfill the real purport of Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Signed\'97the most unfortunate, insignificant beggar
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami,
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub on board the ship }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jaladuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , Commonwealth Pier,
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub dated 18th of September, 1965
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 7b: Build Your Nation on the Spiritual Platform
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Build Your Nation on the Spiritual Platform
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabhup\'e4da gives an address at th
e University of Nairobi: "You are trying to develop yourselves, so please develop spiritually, for spiritual development is sound development. Don\'92t imitate the Americans and Europeans, who are living like cats and dogs. The atomic bomb is already the
re, and as soon as the next war breaks out, all their skyscrapers and everything else will be finished. Try to understand this from the real viewpoint of human life, the spiritual viewpoint....\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for kindly coming here to participate in this meeting for spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness. 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 meaning.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 according to the }{\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  }{\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 . 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 elemen
ts. This information 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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. Thus it is said 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 [5.18
]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line br\'e4hma\'ebe ga vi hastini\line \'e7uni caiva \'e7vap\'e4ke ca\line pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-da
r\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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. \'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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. It is stated
:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\'fcpo 'ya\'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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 Because 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
, within the elephant, within gigantic animals, in all men, in the ant, in 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 that 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 scienti
st or a philosopher 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. The fact that the soul is t
ransmigrating 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  [2.22]:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \'e7ar\'e9
r\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti nav\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and u
seless ones.\'94 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 G
od, 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 quantity. We have willing, thinking, feeling, and desiring. 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 God is the supreme living force among all living forces (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He is also supplying the necessities of all living entities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 minute 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 so
ul is transmigrating 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 repres
ents the culmination 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 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This human form of life actually means developed consciousness; therefore we should not waste our lives like cats, dogs, an
d 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 ma
terial existence; 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is actually another world, a spiritual world. 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme 
and is never }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material nature, everything is created, it stays for some time, produces some by-products, dwindles, and finally va
nishes. Our bodies are created at a certain moment by sexual intercourse. The semen 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, et
c. This development 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 take 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 develops 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 according 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\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pral\'e9yate}{\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 word }{\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  means \'93nature.\'94 There is another nature, which never dissolves, which is eternal. As }{\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 , spirit souls, we are also eternal. This is verified 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 [2.20]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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-ex
isting, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 bo
dy,\'94 we consider that we are born and that we die. Such thinking 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 , or illu
sion, 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\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When one realizes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93I am not t
his 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 h
appy? Yes, certainly. 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 Europeans have lost their empire, and now they are lamenting. So in this way one party is hankering and another is lamenting. Similarly, this material life is simply a combination of hankering and lamenting. We are hankering for those things whi
ch we do not possess, 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 (Parabrahman) and that we are Brahman, then we will t
ranscend this hankering and lamenting.
\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 so-called universal brotherhood or unity that the United Nations is trying to achieve is possible only when you come to
 the spiritual 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 sex
ually agitated and has sex without discrimination. A hog will have sex with its 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 gratificati
on 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 meant for making a solution 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 g
ratification and then all of a sudden dying.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 going. 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 th
e 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 soul
s. The business of human life is different from the business of cats and dogs. That is our message.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the soul is concerned, the evolutionary process is going on, and we are struggling for existence, struggling to c
ome to the point 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 fr
om the contamination 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 wit
h God.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 this body is finished you become vo
id. No. That is a wrong conception. 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 [2.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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
\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 process for attaining eternal life is very easy, and yet at the same time very difficult. It is difficult because peopl
e in the beginning 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 most 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What are the defects of the conditioned soul? He is sure to commit mistakes, sure to be illusioned, sure to cheat others, a
nd sure to have 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 show 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\cb1\nosupersub raso \'92ham apsu }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93I am the taste of water.\'94}{\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 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\cb1\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 that 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 s
imply to follow the prescribed methods. 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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.55}{\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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tato m\'e4\'e0-tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . We mu
st simply try to understand God in truth and try to understand 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 material body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m eti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
 \'93He comes to Me.\'94 That is our aim.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore we should not waste our time living like cats and dogs. We should live comfortably, but at the same time we shoul
d 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 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 If you really want to understand God, He is very easy to understand. God is the proprietor of everything. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Unfortunately we are thinking, \'93I am the proprietor.\'94 In your country, for instance, the British have s
ometimes 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 think
ing, \'93I am the 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, \'93We are the pr
oprietors.\'94 The fact is that no man is an actual proprietor; the proprietor is God.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e0ca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line m\'e4 
g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Everything animate or inanimate that ftis 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 should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.\'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 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\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 ]
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 wi
ll find that there will no longer be quarrels between this party and that party. Everything will be peaceful.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone has the right to use God\'92s property, just as a son has the right to live at the cost of his father. It is state
d in the scriptures 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 ou
r 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\cb1\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . One who is transcendentally situated is equally disposed to every living entity. Thus 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\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub points out that when one sees everyone equally, 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 purification of the heart is very easily accomplished. One simply has t
o chant this }{\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. 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, countr
y, or religious body. We are simply concerned about knowing ourselves and our relationship with God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 recommended 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 soon as we understand that God is the proprietor of everything, then all the tro
ubles 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 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  it is stated:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow in his footsteps. 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 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 hav
e 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 development is sound development. Do
n\'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 breaks out, all their skyscrap
ers 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 philosop
hy. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 7c: "A Devotee Always Feels Compassion for Others' Distress"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub "A Devotee Always Feels Compassion for Others
' Distress"
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When Lord Jesus Christ presented himself, for instance, he was greatly afflicted by the miserable conditions of the people. R
egardless of which country or sect they belong to, all Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or devotees}{\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 any people who are 
God conscious, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious}{\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 are thus compassionate...."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today I shall speak to you about the glorification of the holy name of God. This was discussed between Mah\'e4r\'e4ja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it and \'c7ukadeva Goswami in connection with 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 was very fallen and addicted to all kinds of sinful activities but was saved simply by chanting the holy name. This is found in the Sixth Canto 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 .
\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 universal planetary systems are very nicely explained in the fifth Canto 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 . 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\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but all religious scriptures contain descriptions of hell and heaven. 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  you 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 this planet and the sun; similarly, 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  contains descriptions of the hellish planets.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have experience of different atmospheric conditions even on this planet. In the Western countries near the North Pole, t
he climate is 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After hearing a description of the hellish planets from \'c7ukadeva Goswami, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga\line yathaiva narak\'e4n nara\'f9\line n\'e4nogra-y\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t\line tan me vy\'e4khy\'e4tum 
arhasi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.1.6}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Par\'e9k\'f1it 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 country 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5p\'e4mbudhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : a Vai\'f1\'ebava is an ocean of mercy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-taru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : everyone has desires, but a Vai\'f1\'ebava can fulfill all desires. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Kalpa-taru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93desire tree.\'94 There is a tree in the spiritual world which is called a desire tree. In this material world, you get a particular type o
f fruit from a particular type of tree, but in }{\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 loka as well as in all the Vaiku
\'eb\'f6ha planets, all the trees are spiritual and will fulfill all your desires. That 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 : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cint\'e4mani-prakara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sadmasu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  kalpa-vrk\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava is addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh
\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which means \'93fortunate.\'94 One who becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava and is God conscious is understood to be greatly fortunate.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has explained that the living entities are rotating in different species of life, in different plane
tary 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 species of life. The living entity is rotating, wandering through these spec
ies and creating bodies according to his mentality in the present life. As you sow, so shall you reap.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that out of all these numberless living entities who are traveling in the material world, one i
s 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.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that only 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the duty of a Vai\'f1\'ebava to go 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 one is put into a hellish condition of life
 or in a hellish planetary system. Now, what are the countermethods 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja met }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, he said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 }{\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 7.9.43}{\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\nosupersub  M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers are very care
ful 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 falldo
wn\'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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93I am not very anxious about living in this material world.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 the }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that if one executes the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious regulative principles carefully, it is certain that he will reach the supreme destination in his next life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja continues: \'93There is only one source of anxiety for me.\'94 Just see\'97although he had no an
xiety for himself, he still had anxiety. He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7oce tato vimukha-cetasa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93I am anxio
us for those persons who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is my anxiety. For myself I have no anxiety, but I am thinking of those who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.\'94 Why aren\'92t they K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . These rascals have created a humbug civilization for temporary
 happiness.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 sukh\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Actually this is a fact. We have a humbug civilization. So many cars are being manufactured every year, and for th
at purpose so many roads have to be excavated and prepared. This creates problem after problem. Therefore it 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sukh\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , illusory happiness, and yet we are trying to be happy in th
is way. We are trying to manufacture some way to be happy, but this only creates other problems.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In your country you have the greatest number of cars, but that does not solve any problems. You have manufactured cars to h
elp solve the 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 doct
or. Once you create cars, then you must travel thirty or forty miles to meet your friends.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You can fly from New York to Boston in one hour, but it takes even longer than that just to get to the airport. This situat
ion 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sukh\'e4ya}{\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 \'93false,\'94 \'93illusory.\'94 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 o
ffered by God and nature and we want to create artificial comforts, then we have to create some discomfort also. Most people do not know that. They think that they are creating a very comfortable situation, but actually they are traveling fifty miles to 
go to the office to earn a livelihood and fifty miles to come back. Because of such conditions, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says that these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4ns}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Vim\'fc\'f2h\'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 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 sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore, in Vedic civiliza
tion it is recommended that one free himself from material life, 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 , the renounced 
order of life, and prosecute spiritual life with absolutely no anxiety.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one can execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in family life, that is very good. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was a family 
man, a magistrate, 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\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, \'93I 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\cb1\nosupersub Tvad-v\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simply glorifying the victorious activities and pastimes of the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e9rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93very heroic.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\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 . K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name, His fame, His activities, His associates, and all other things related t
o Him are heroic. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says in this connection, \'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 creat
ed a type of civilization in which they are always busy working hard. I am thinking of them.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da says further:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eba deva munaya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4\line mauna\'e0 caranti vijane na par\'e4rtha-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'f9\line nait
\'e4n vih\'e4ya k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko\line n\'e4nya\'e0 tvad asya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bhramato 'nupa\'e7ye
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord, there are many saintly persons and sages who are very interested in their own liberation."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord, there are many saintly persons and sages who are very interested in their own liberation.\'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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Munaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93saintly persons\'94 or \'93philosophers.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pr\'e4ye\'eba deva munaya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : they are very interested in their own liberation. They try to live in solitary places like the Himalaya Mountains. They do not talk to anyone, and they are always afraid of mixing with ordi
nary people in the city and becoming disturbed or maybe even falling down. They think, \'93Better let me save myself.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja regrets that these great saintly persons do not come to the city, where people have manufactured
 a civilization 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 g
o 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\cb1\nosupersub nait\'e4n vih\'e4ya k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93My 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\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4nya\'e0 tvad asya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bhramato 'nupa\'e7ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93I simply want to t
each them how to surrender unto You. That\'92s all. That is my goal.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vai\'f1\'ebava knows that as soon as one surrenders, one\'92s path is clear. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitara\'eby\'e4s tvad-v\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'93Somehow 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, for so many lives. Now I have come to consciousness; please accept me.\'94 That\'92s al
l. 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\'ebava. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is always thinking about how the fallen conditioned souls can be
 delivered. He is always involved in making plans in that way, just like the Goswamis. What was the business of the six Goswamis of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord Caitanya\'92s direct disciples? That is stated by \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :{\*\bkmkstart Sad-gosvamy-astaka 2}{\*\bkmkend Sad-gosvamy-astaka 2}
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau\line lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hita-k\'e4rinau tribhuv
ane 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 raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The six Goswamis, namely, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Goswami, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Goswami, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Goswa
mi, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Goswami, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Goswami, and \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Goswami, are very expert in scrutinizingly studying the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the ben
efit 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\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and are engaged in the tra
nscendental loving service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'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 \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With similar Vai\'f1\'ebava compassion, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says to \'c7ukadeva Goswami: \'93You have described the different types of hellish conditions 
of life. Now, tell me how those who are suffering can be delivered. Kindly explain this to me.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga\line yathaiva narak\'e4n nara\'f9\line n\'e4nogra-y\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t\line tan me vy\'e4khy\'e4tum 
arhasi\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i\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 6.1.6}{\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  
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\cs2873\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. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narak\'e4n nara\'f9/ n\'e4nogra-y\'e4tan\'e4n ney\'e4t tan me:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93How can they be delivered from th
eir 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Goswami replied:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ced ihaiv\'e4paciti\'e0 yath\'e4\'e0hasa\'f9\line k\'e5tasya kury\'e4n mana-ukta-p\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9\line dhruva\'e0 sa vai pre
tya narak\'e4n upaiti\line ye k\'e9rtit\'e4 me bhavatas tigma-y\'e4tan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes, I\'92ve already described the different types of hellish conditions and very severe painful life, but one has to countera
ct it.\'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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.7}{\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  
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can this be done? Sinful activities are committed in various ways. We can commit sinful activity or thus make a plan, t
hinking, \'93I shall kill that man.\'94 Either way, it is sinful. When the mind is thinking, feeling, and willing, then there is action.
\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 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 on 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 responsi
ble, 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as the barking of the dog is unlawful, so when you speak something offensive to others, that is also sinful. That is j
ust like barking. 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\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva\'e0 sa vai pretya narak\'e4n upaiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . One has to suffer punishment for such sinful activities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People do not believe in a next life, because they want to avoid this botheration. But we cannot avoid it. We must act acco
rding 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 super
ior law, the law 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 gives 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 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 Sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93I am sitting in everyone\'92s heart.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93From Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 i
f 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 wi
th 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Ya\'f6hecchasi tath\'e4 kuru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93Now I shall execute Your order.\'94 That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\'94From 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 g
ive 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 no
t be responsible 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When rabbits are being attacked by bigger animals, they close their eyes and think, \'93I am not going to be killed.\'94 Bu
t they are killed 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 gove
rnment law. If you deny the state law, then you will be put into prison and be caused to suffer. Similarly, you 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 a
ctions, both good and bad.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 you act sinfully, then you have
 to suffer. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Goswami 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\'e7v iha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau\line yateta m\'e5tyor avipadyat\'e4tman\'e4\line do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1\'f6v
\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4\line bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4na-vit\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 Bhag.}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different kinds of atonement. If you commit some sin and counteract it by something else, that is atonement. There are e
xamples of this in the Christian Bible. \'c7ukadeva Goswami 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\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the scriptures.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 of life there is a class of }{\b0\i\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 s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to whom one should go for the prescribed atonement according to the sins one commits.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Goswami says that one has to execute the prescribed atonement according to the gravity of one\'92s sinful life.
 He continues the example: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\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 somet
hing very severe, he immediately prescribes a surgical operation that will cost a thousand dollars. Similarly, sinful life is a diseased condition, so one must follow the prescribed cure to become healthy.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 dise
ase, because it is spirit. 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  }{\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 : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na j\'e4yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the soul has no birth, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mr\'e9yate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
, it has no death. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo/ na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  The soul is eternal and everlasting. It is not lost with the dissolution of this body. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re. Na hanyate}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that it is not killed or destroyed, even after the destruction of this body.
\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 missing point of modern civilization is that there is no educational system to instruct people on what happens after de
ath. 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is not meant for becoming an animal. One should not simply be interested in eating, sleeping, sex life, and defe
nse. 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 life. 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The distinction is made when a human being is inquisitive\'97\'93Why have I been put into this miserable condition? ls ther
e any remedy for it? ls 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 a
nswer these questions, that is human civilization; otherwise it is doggish civilization, animal civilization.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Animals are satisfied if they can eat, sleep, have some sex life, and have some defense. Actually there is no defense, beca
use no one can protect himself from the hands of cruel death. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, for instance, wanted to live forever, and so he underwent severe austerities. So-called scientists are now saying that we shall stop death by scientific methods. This is a
lso another crazy utterance. That is not possible. You may make great advancement in scientific knowledge, but there is no scientific solution to these four problems\'97birth, death, old age, and disease.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 hav
e to die. Everyone 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 cann
ot stop disease. It is not possible just to take a tablet to put an end to disease.
\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 said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma-m\'e5tyu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi-du\'f9kha-do\'f1
\'e4nudar\'e7anam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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? Tha
t solution is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says in the same book,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\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 'rjuna
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.9]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, but in truth\'97after giving up this body he never again accepts a material body.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What happens to such a person? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4m eti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 consciousness, then gradual
ly you prepare your next body, a spiritual body, which will carry you immediately to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you will become happy. You will live there perpetually and blissfully.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 7d: "They Have Given Everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97And That Is Never a Mistake"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub "They Have Given Everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'97And That Is Never a Mistake"
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his letter to Lynne Ludwig, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asks, "kindly forgive my beloved disciples for any unkindness or indi
scretion on their part. After all, to give up one\'92s life completely for serving the Lord is not an easy thing, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i\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.... They have become a little detached from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  love, or lust, and they want K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s love, or endless, fully rewarding love, but they have not yet developed to that point, that\'92s al
l.\'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 Your Grace:
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept this letter with Love... K-Mart; San Fernando. We have talked with two of your boys at different times. Both 
had a very negative outlook toward the people they meet.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do not believe this is in any way as it should be.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These boys happen to represent God. This comes from within. Their outlook must have mercy. We realize this; therefore handp
ick these little peaces [sic] of heaven to place in the middle of these people. Or else it will defeat your purpose.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Love Is. Let it be as it is; with Love or not at all.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My prayers be with you... and I beg yours with me.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in God, Blessed Be,\line Lynne Ludwig
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Lynne Ludwig,
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter from California, and I have noted the contents care
fully, although 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
 \'93a very negative outlook toward the people they meet.\'94 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\'92s life 
completely for serving the Lord is not an easy thing, 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 the illusory, material e
nergy, 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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 threatening 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 b
y the material energy 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 , to be negative or pessimistic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub duhk\'f9\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 \'93great souls.\'94
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 temporality (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub duhk\'f9\'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  [Bg. 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 spi
ritual life, one must view everything material with a pessimistic eye unless it is utilized to serve and 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 matt
er.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You refer to the word \'93love\'94 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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 vair
i\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, His disciple, that \'93It is lust only... which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.\'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 3.37] In the Vedic language there is no word for materialistic \'93love,\'94 as we call it in the p
resent 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 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  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\'92s 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 ar
ound\'97and suffering! That is the harsh truth. So-called love here means that \'93you gratify my senses, I\'92ll gratify your senses,\'94 and as soon as that gratification stops, immediately there is divorce, separation, quarrel, and hatred. So many thi
ngs are going on under this false conception of love. Actual love means love of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 fu
nd of knowledge about where to find that supreme lovable object who is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  actually}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 anything material, it will kick you upon the face, deteriorate, and disappoint you. It\'92s bound to dissatisfy and frustrate y
ou. That\'92s a fact. But these young boys in your country, and all over the world, are accepting, \'93Yes, that is a fact,\'94 and they are getting the right information from K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93After many births and deaths, he who is actually wise surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all tha
t is. Such a great soul is very 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}{\b0\i0\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 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 considered actually wise, great souls because they have experienced in many births the miserable disea
se 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 material world is just like a prison house; it is a punishing place meant to bring us to that poi
nt 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. Therefore 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 ma
tch, 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 become 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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 \'93great satisfaction and bliss,\'94 and he is constan
tly enlightened, always positive, not negative, as you say [Bg. 10.9]. 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 , 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 mad-bhakta\'f9 sa me 
priya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , His devotee, who is very dear to Him, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adve\'f1\'f6\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 maitra\'f9 karu\'eba eva ca,}{\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 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-}{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar\'e7ina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). He never discriminates, saying, \'93This one is good, this one is bad.\'94 No.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 stud
ents 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 it 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\'92 point of view. They have given up affection for family, friends, wife, country, race, and so on, whi
ch 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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'92}{\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  love, or lust, and they want K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s lo
ve, or endless, fully rewarding love, but they have not yet developed to that point, that\'92s all. We cannot expect that all of a sudden your countrymen, who are addicted to so many bad habits, will give up eating flesh, taking intoxicants, having illic
it sex life, and so many other nasty things, and overnight become great, self-realized souls. That is not possible. That is utopian. But just being initiated as K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotee puts one in the topmost category of human society. }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa buddhim\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u sa yukta\'f9 k\'e5tsna-karma-k\'e5t }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.18}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'93He is intelligent in human society. He is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of act
ivities.\'94 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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Even if a devotee commits the most abominable actions, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated.\'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 9.30}{\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  As you will say, \'93To err is huma
n.\'94 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 neve
r 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 7e: An Awareness of What Is Best and Most Beautiful
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub An Awareness of What Is Best and Most Beautif
ul
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Rome, during May of 1974, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da meets with Desmond James Bernard O'Grady, a noted Irish poet: "My reque
st to you is this. You are a poet. 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...."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O'Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your edition of 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 very nice.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 fifth edition in two
 years.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In which country has the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba movement been the most successful?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everywhere. In Africa, America
, Canada, Japan, China. But actually it has been most successful in America. Many Americans have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about here in Rome? Have you had pro
blems with the police?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 problems everywhere. P
olice sometimes harass us, but usually they become tired and eventually don\'92t do anything. [Laughter.]
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The system give up? That\'92s 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Irish people! You are neve
r tired of fighting. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. [Laughter.] It\'92s inside us.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, the fighting has bee
n going on constantly. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, what do you suggest we do about it?
 I mean, is it morally correct for me to be sitting here...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 long as we remain illusione
d by the bodily conception of life, thinking we are these bodies, one man thinking \'93I am Irish,\'94 another thinking \'93I am Italian,\'94 \'93... American,\'94 \'93... Indian,\'94 and so on\'97as long as this goes on, the fighting will go on. You can
not stop fighting between dogs and cats. Why do they fight? The dog simply thinks, \'93I am a big dog.\'94 And the cat thinks, \'93I am a big cat.\'94 In the same way, if we think, \'93I am an Irishman\'94 or \'93I am an Englishman,\'94 then we are no be
tter than the cats and dogs. As long as people remain in a bodily conception of life, there will be fighting.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What was Mahatma Gandhi fighting in the H
ouse of Commons?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 was another dog-ism. There i
s no difference. A dog thinks, \'93I am a dog,\'94 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. Whe
n 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\nosupersub Sa }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  go-khara\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic literatures state that a person in the bodily c
oncept 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 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One who engages in the spiritual activities of unalloyed devotional service at once transcends the modes of material nature and
 is elevated to the spiritual platform.\'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  14.26]
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In our society, there are many Mexicans, Canadians, Indians, Jews, and Muslims, but they no longer consider themselves Muslims, Ch
ristians, Jews, or whatever. They are all servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is Brahman realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That\'92s giving it a name 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, a name must be there. But al
though, for example, your name is different from that of another Irishman, you nonetheless all feel that you are Irish. One\'92s name may be different, but that doesn\'92t matter. The quality should be one. That is required. When we acquire K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a\'92s quality, then, despite different names, there will be peace. That is called so \'92ham. 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, }{\cs2873\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 .
\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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One 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.\'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. 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This world is miserable for the materially infected person, but for the devotee, the entire world is as good as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. F
or the impersonalist, achieving the Brahman stage, becoming one with the Absolute, is the last word.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the Absolute external or internal?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 external or intern
al. The Absolute is without duality.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  OK, but on an individual level...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 absolute. When we a
re situated on the absolute platform, 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 becoming absolute.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So \'93absolute\'94 means life beyond tim
e?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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  [4.9]:
\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 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\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\'93One who knows the transcende
ntal 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.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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 tr
ansmigrates 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All right, but this is my question: Is it
 sufficient for us to sit here\'97you sitting there and we as friends sitting with you engaging in the gentle art of conversation, while across the ocean...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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 \'93Irishman,\'94 \'93 Englishman,\'94 \'93Protestant,\'94 \'93Catholic,\'94 
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 }{\b0\i0\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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  1.1.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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, yo
u have perfected your life. That is nonduality, and that is absolute.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the system insists that you think you
rself American or Indian or African or whatever.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. Materialistic society mea
ns duality.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is unavoidable. How can you avoi
d material existence?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 possible in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. The lotus lives in the water but never touches the water.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don\'92t think you can explain situatio
ns in one area with metaphors from another. How can you argue political problems in terms of vague spiritual concepts? Their nature is completely different.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 a variety of example
s helps us to understand or appreciate the problem better. In the 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? All problems. That is called unity in diversity. Our students come from different backgrounds, but because they are all in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they are unified.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very good. Yes, I accept that. I would li
ke to know, though, that when you say \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness,\'94 is there any difference between that and Christ consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 is no difference. Ch
rist came to preach the message of God. If you actually become Christ conscious, you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And does becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s or God conscious mean becoming self-conscious? That is, conscious of who we really are?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 consciousness include
s self-consciousness, but self-consciousness is not necessarily God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But it may be?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One may achieve consciousness of the God 
that is within. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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\'92t even see your own hands or legs, but if you come before the sun, you see the sun and yoursel
f also. Without sunlight, without God consciousness, self-consciousness is incomplete. However, God consciousness makes self-consciousness very clear.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We meet a lot of young people in our teac
hing profession, and we don\'92t 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 frequently 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 \'93Who am I?\'94 or, \'93What is it all about?\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Or they ask, \'93Why am I here?\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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, very good.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are asked, \'93Why should I be here? W
ho are you, teacher, and what gives 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.\'94 These kind of questions seem to emanate from a very disillus
ioned 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 conditioning 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 talking about the prob
lem of...
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Modern education.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 many questions are the
re, but they are not answered by modern education. \'93Why have I come here? What is the purpose?\'94 These questions should be answered perfectly. Therefore 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: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . To find answers to all these questions, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What if you have none? What if we are tol
d that Mr. Nixon is the bona fide spiritual master? What do we do?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. [Laughter.] There is a
 standard for bona fide spiritual masters. You have only heard one line of the verse. Who is the spiritual master? That is the next line: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ha
m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotriyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 ma
n. Similarly, the bona fide spiritual master must come in a line of successive spiritual masters. The original spiritual master is God.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Granted.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 who has heard from God exp
lains the same message to his disciples. If the disciple doesn\'92t 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 not 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now there\'92s my poor old father, living
 west of Ireland. A simple old man, seventy-eight years now, your generation. He has gotten to the point at his age where he says, \'93They tell me, the priests, they tell me ultimately that it\'92s God who knows. But I want to know who told God.\'94 The
n he comes to me and says, \'93You went to school, and you read books. Tell me, who told God?\'94 So I have no answer. That is the difference between seventy-eight and thirty-nine years. 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 difference of 
age. The difference is knowledge. In the }{\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  the question is raised: Who is God? First of all
 there is this question.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who taught God?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. First of all there is the 
question who }{\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 God. Then we shall ask who taught God. 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 -}{\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  says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : now we should inquire who is God. U
nless you know who God is, how can you raise the question of who instructed God? If you don\'92t know God, the question does not arise who instructed God. Is this not so?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who God is, is explained in th
e }{\b0\i\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 -}{\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 . }{\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 : God is He from
 whom everything emanates. That is God\'97the Supreme Being from whom everything emanates. Now, what is the nature of that Supreme Being? Is He a dead stone or a living entity? That is also explained. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6}{\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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 1.1.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 that you raised comes, Who taught God? And that is also answered
. }{\cs2873\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  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 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 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where does human love come in?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And manifestations of love are manifestat
ions of God? 
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 the loving propensity i
s there in God, how can we manifest 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Maybe love is generated in you by the nee
d.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 is no question of 
\'93maybe.\'94 We are defining God in absolute terms. }{\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 : God is He from whom every
thing has emanated. The fighting 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 is the meaning of \'93absolute.\'94 We learn from the Vedic scriptures that when the so-called enemies of God are killed by God, they attain liberation.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it possible to arrive at this understa
nding of God alone?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. Therefore we have cited this 
verse: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\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 abhigacchet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93must.\'94 It is not possibl
e alone. In Sanskrit grammar this is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidhilin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 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 Arjuna was talking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but when he saw that things were not being resolved, he surrendered 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 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\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 c
learly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.\'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. 2.7] So here we can see that Arjuna is confused about his duty.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this duty to the self, to others, or t
o the state?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 soldier\'92s duty is to figh
t with the enemy. Arjuna was a soldier, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised him, \'93The opposite party is your enemy, and you are a soldier. Why are you trying to be nonviolent? This is not good.\'94 Then Arjuna said, \'93Actually, I am confused. In this confusi
on I cannot make the right decision. I therefore accept You as my spiritual master. Please give me the proper lesson.\'94 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am very confused.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 must approach a spiritu
al master.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And he makes a decision on how to help me
 stop this confusion?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 master is o
ne 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 the 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. T
he 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 spir
itual master is one who has received 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The problem is to find this spiritual mas
ter.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 the problem. The p
roblem is whether you are sincere. You have problems, but God is within your heart. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God is not far away. If you are sincere, God sends you a spir
itual master. Therefore God is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caitya-guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the spiritual master within the heart. God helps 
from within and from without. Everything is thus 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 . 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, \'93You wanted to do this; now here is the chance. Go and do it.\'94 If you are sincere, you say, \'93Now, God,
 I want You.\'94 Then He will give you directions. \'93Yes, now you come and get Me like this.\'94 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 dir
ecting 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. My reques
t to you is this. You are a poet. 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 i
njunction:
\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 'rtha\'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\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.5.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many leaders in society who are poets, scientists, religionists, philosophers, politicians, and so on. Those who are so e
xpert are given this injunction: Your duty is to perfect your occupation by describing the glories of the Supreme Being.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My experience is that, for some extraordi
nary reason, one is chosen to do a particular thing.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 reason is given here. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avicyuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The infallible choice is this: \'93Let them describe the glories of the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you were saying that the spiritual ma
ster 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 \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 when you compose music, com
pose music about God. That is your perfection.
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one works for God in his line, then 
his line becomes his perfection?
\par }\pard \s574 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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. O\'92Grady:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much.
\par }\pard 
\s6 \qr \par \pard {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR 8: Reaching Life's 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 8. Reaching Life's Perfection
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 8a: "The Human Form of Life Is Meant for God Realization"
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub "The Human Form of Life Is Meant for God Real
ization"
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabhup\'e4da gives an address at Lo
ndon\'92s Conway Hall, in 1969: "....If one thinks that\'97\'91I am no one else\'92s servant; my business is to serve God\'92\'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, \'91I am a servant of God. God will give me protection. Why should I worry about anything?\'92\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today\'92s subject matter is our relationship with God. That is selfrealization. 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 the easiest process for self-realization because it cleanses the heart. Our misunderstanding of our identi
ty is due to the dust covering the mirror of the mind. In a mirror that 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 underst
and one\'92s relationship with the Supreme.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With everything with which we come in contact there is a relationship. Because I am now sitting on this cushion, the relati
onship is that 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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? 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 sun is he
re. 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 c
an 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord has three kinds of energies. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are descriptions of the energy of the Supreme Lord. And in
 the }{\cs2873\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, in 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  there are descriptions of the energies of the Supreme Lord. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate}{\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 [}{\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  6.8}{\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 . }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
kti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93energy.\'94 The Lord has multienergies. 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, \'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 should God work? God does not have to work. Then how c
an we say that God created this universe? Is that not work? No. Then how did it happen? His multifarious energies are so strong that they are acting naturally and are full of knowledge. We can see how a flower blooms and grows and systematically displays
 multicolors: 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 s
ee how. We cannot understand how it is being done, but it is being done by the energy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 w
ith God. These thoughts have been compared to the thoughts of a man haunted by a ghost. Just as a haunted man speaks all nonsense, 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 th
is chanting process to cleanse our heart. Take to this simple process of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. 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 cove
ring your heart, covering your real position, will be removed. Then you\'92ll understand your real constitutional position.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommended: }{\cs2873\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 . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4rjanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93cleanse,\'94 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub darpa}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93mirror.\'94 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\cb1\nosupersub ceto-darpa}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a-m\'e4rjanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process, 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  process, the meditation process, pious activities. }{\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  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 who has seen the light. So these are all philosophical pr
ocesses. 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 }{\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  finger. If you contemplate your leg, you will see, \'93Oh, this is }{\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  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 med
itation means 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 process
es in 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. The first is controlling 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\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But today these are very, very difficult processes. No one can immediately perform them. The so-called }{\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  processes are fragmental\'97only the sitting postures and a few breathing exercises are practiced. But that cannot bring one to th
e perfectional stage. The actual }{\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  process, although a recommended Vedic process, is very diff
icult 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 recommended, but it i
s useless in this age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97not only Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu but also the Vedic literature\'97says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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}{\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 [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\cs2873\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." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4sty eva, n\'e4sty eva, n\'e4sty eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub three times }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "not." "Certainly not, certainly not, certainly not." What is that "certainly not"? One cannot realize oneself by }{\cs2873\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 not." One cannot realize oneself by }{\cs2873\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 oneself by }{\cs2873\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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalau. Kalau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "in this age." }{
\cs2873\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 achi
eve success by any of these three methods. Then what is the recommended process? }{\cs2873\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\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 \'93only.\'94 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. And by chanting you will cleanse your heart.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world no one wants misery, but it comes. Unexpectedly, like a forest fire that starts without anyone\'92s 
striking a match, 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 fire 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 engine or by bringing some water, the problems of our life cannot be solved by material processes.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many examples. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, \'93My dear Lord, the father and mother are not actually the prot
ectors of the 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 i
s considered a fact that the father and mother are the protectors of the child, actually it is not a fact. If someone is sailing 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 guar
antee? Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, \'93My dear Lord, if You neglect someone, nothing can protect him.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is our practical experience. We can invent so many methods to solve the problems presented by the laws of material nat
ure, but they 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 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 , \'93}{\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 , 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 onslaug
ht 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated, }{\cs2873\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 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\cb1
\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicate that He is the supreme living creature. He is not dead. If He is not living, how is this world working? 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, \'93Under My supervision things are going on.\'94 In the Bible also it is said, \'93G
od created.\'94 That is a fact. Not that at one time there was a chunk and then this happened and then that. No. 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 us the actual facts, but we have to open our eyes to see. }{\cs2873\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 . That is the process of cleansing our hearts. When we cleanse our hearts, 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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  say. We need to be purified. If 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 prescribed 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 reli
ef, then one says, \'93Oh, this is very sweet.\'94 So the modern jaundice of a godless civilization can be 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as one understands his identity, his relationship with God, then immediately he becomes happy. We are so full of mi
series because 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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 because 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 your country, but tomorrow if you stay in your country you may be a cow being taken to the slaughterhouse.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So we have to thoroughly know our identity. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that the actual identity of every living creature i
s 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 a
ll 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 h
im. He is free. 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 a
ble to live. That is a fact. 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 say that the one Supreme Personality supplies all the
 necessities of every 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. There are 8,40
0,000 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, how to defend. These are a problem to us, but the majority of creatures\'97the aquatics, the fish, the p
lants, 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 ar
e the only living creatures and that all others are dead. No. And who is providing their 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. S
o 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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?\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\cs2873\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  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 inquisitive, one who is wise, one who is distress
ed, 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suk\'e5tina\'f9. Suk\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93pious.\'94 They are pious. Although they are asking for money, for food, they are cons
idered pious 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\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tina}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , impious. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93very meritorious,\'94 but the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that their en
ergy is being misused to create havoc. Just like the man who invented atomic weapons. He has a brain, but it has been misused. He has created something that is dreadful. Create something that will insure that man will no longer have to die. What is the u
se of creating something so that millions of people 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 dis
ease, so that there will be no more old age. Then you will have done something. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tinas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  never go to God. They never try to understand God. Therefore their energy i
s misdirected.
\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 gross materialists who ignore their relationship with God are 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\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}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'fc\'f2ha}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93ass,\'94 \'93donkey.\'94 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\cb1\nosupersub cap\'e4t\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [whole-wheat bread-patties] daily, but they are unnecessarily working to earn thousands of dollars. And others are descri
bed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nar\'e4dhama. Nar\'e4dhama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93the lowest of mankind.\'94 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\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , not others. So that is the duty of this human form of life. In every human society there is some system that is called \'93religion\'94 and by which one may try to understand God. It doesn\'92t matter whether it is the
 Christian religion, the Muhammadan religion, or the Hindu religion. It doesn\'92t matter. The system is to understand God 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, t
hen it is animal society. Animals have no power to understand what is God and their relationship with God. Their only interests are eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. If we are only concerned with these things, then what are we? We are animals. The
refore 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 that those who ignore this opportunity are the \'93lowest of 
mankind.\'94 They got 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\cb1\nosupersub nar\'e4dhama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If they are God, then how have they become dog? There are so many arguments agains
t them, but they 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 und
erstood that his knowledge has been taken away 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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, so why not take advantage of them? Everyone should take advantage of this knowledge. Try to understand that 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 Vedic literatures, everywhere, it is said that God is great and that although we are 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 quantitatively 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 yours cannot compare to it. If you say, \'93I am God,\'94 that is foolishness. You can claim that yo
u 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 thinks himself God has been taken away by 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 . So our relationship is that God is great and we are minute. 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 clearly says, \'93All living entities are My parts and parcels. 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 quantities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We cannot have anything that is not in God. That is not possible. Therefore in 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 small, because we are minute, we are the eternal servitors of God. In thi
s material world also, in ordinary behavior, we see that a man goes to serve another man because the other man is greater than he and can pay him a nice salary. So naturally the conclusion is that if we are small, our duty is to serve God. We have no oth
er business. We are all different parts and parcels of the original entity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A screw that 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 faul
ty, 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? Nothing. Similarly, our relationship is that we are very small particl
es 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, amputate 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 revived.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 8b: The Highest Love
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Highest Love
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Spiritual life means to associate with the Supreme Lord and to exist in bliss and knowledge eternally. Such eternal associ
ation means to play with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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.... Unless one can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 unless one finishes with love for cats, dogs, country, nation, and society and instead concentrates his love on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of happiness....\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one protects the tender creeper of devotional service nicely, then gradually it will produce the fruit of unalloyed love
 for God. Unalloyed 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 s
upreme lovable 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 perfect. And when one tastes that transcendental relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then one feels real happiness. The devotional creeper will then be so strongly protected that just by catching hold of it, one will be able to reach the supreme d
estination. If one climbs 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 will reach the transcendental abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and wi
ll associate with Him personally, just as we are associating here, face to face.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 factual 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub surabhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  cows. There are many popular pictures showing how K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves the cows, how He embraces and kisses them. That passive relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Their perfect happiness is achieved when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and simply touches them.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Other devotees are inclined to actually give service. They think, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to sit down. I will arrange a pl
ace for Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to eat. I will 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\'eb
a is their lovable 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 t
hey 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 Krs\'ebaloka (K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode). There is no industry, no rus
hing 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 pe
rfection of existence. We should hanker for that perfectional stage of life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the process to attain it.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 str
ict. 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\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 will never fi
nd the source of all sources. It is said 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 , \'93One can go on speculati
ng about the Absolute Truth for millions and millions of years, and still it will 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\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya says that to render devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the highest perfectional stage of life, and compa
red 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 a 
Jew,\'94 \'93I am Muhammadan,\'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\cb1\nosupersub  dharma}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 thei
r religious principles, they will get material prosperity. Of course, if one sticks to any kind of religious faith, he will get facilities for material life.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why do people want this material prosperity? For sense gratification. They are thinking, \'93I shall have a very nice wife.
 I shall have 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 will end in LSD confusion 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 no
t for us. One 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 he
re, making so 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, nation, and society and instead concentrates his love on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of happiness. R\'fcpa Goswami has given a very nice example in this regard: there are many drugs that saturate one with ideas or hallucinations. But R
\'fcpa Goswami says that unless one tastes that final drug of love of Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prem\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , he will have to be captivated by meditation, impersonal monism, and so many other distractions.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 pr
inciple 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 activi
ties 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 tha
t I am doing 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\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 famil
y members, he would 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\cb1
\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but devotional service transcends }{\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 .
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unalloyed love must be free of all tinges of fruitive activities (}{\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 all tinges of mental speculation and material desire. That unalloyed devotional service should be favorably fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93Fa
vorably\'94 means in accordance 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 b
ecause it has been arranged 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 qualitie
s: 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 desires 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 actio
n 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 spiritual master we are singing daily, \'93If the spiritual master is satisfied, then God will be satisfied. And if one dissatisfies his spiritual master, then there is no way for him to please God.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 or 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 wh
o are actually 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 ma
ster used to say, \'93The spiritual master is the transparent via medium.\'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 sense
s are all defective. 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 medium of the spiritual master. Just as a defective eye cannot see without the via medium of spectacles, so 
one cannot approach the Supreme Lord without the transparent via medium of the spiritual master. \'93Transparent\'94 means that the via medium must be free of contamination. If it is transparent, one can see through it.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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
\cb1\nosupersub sarvendriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 al
low the engagement of one\'92s sex in the service of the Lord because there is no sexual relationship with the father and mother. But in the conception of God as a lover, there is sexual engagement also. Therefore, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gave the most pe
rfect information of our engagement 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 K\'e4l\'e9 to be the representation of God. Of course, that is no
t 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 sexual engagement with the Lord. This information is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s 
unique contribution. In this material world, sexual 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 sexual engagement in the spiri
tual world. There is not a single instance 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 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but no one, especially the impersonalists, can understand R\'e4dh\'e4-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 Cai-tanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can serve the Supreme Lord in various relationships, but in the material world those relationships exist only as perver
ted reflections. 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 are engaged as husband and wife, lover and beloved. There are other }{\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  (relationsh
ips) 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 relationships, such as, for example, to be someone\'92s enemy. There is usually a relatio
nship 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 relationship 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 there 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 w
ith these wrestlers, 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 th
ey will be free 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 freely do any wrong. As soon as anyone does something wrong, 
there is immediate punishment. 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 fooli
sh people do not understand.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, however, speaks of favorably engaging all the senses in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in pure devotional lif
e. One should 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 an
other mistake 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 will 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 regards K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his enemy, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba does not become his enemy.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'fctan\'e4 came to poison K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He took it otherwise. He thought, \'93I have sucked her breast milk. Theref
ore 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 favorabl
e relationship 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two classes of men may merge into the impersonal }{\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 : those who are intentionally aspiring to merge into the impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma
jyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may enter, and those who are enemies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are killed by Him may also do so. Therefore, the devotee concludes, Why should I accept a condition that is of
fered even to God\'92s enemies?
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommends pure devotional service. There should be no desire to fulfill one\'92s own material desir
es, there should 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 wants 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 servi
ce. One has to 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 want
s through the transparent medium of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava never thinks that he has a direct relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya says, \'93I am the serva
nt of the servant of the servant of the servant\'97a hundred times the servant of the servant\'97of 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 Pady\'e4val\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  74}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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, transcen
dental love of God, then he has to adopt this process. Because people do not accept this process, they 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 service, they
 love dog.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 mi
stake. Caitanya 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; His statements are confirmed in Ve
dic scriptures such as the }{\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  and 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 . These two books, 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 , 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\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\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 H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is the definition of pure devotional service. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevanam. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93by one\'92s senses.\'94 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 thinking, but no one thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; they think of void or something impersonal. If someone is thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu, as prescribed in the Vedic scriptures, that is rea
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 ; }{\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  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. Even Pata\'efjali, 
an authority on 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, prescribes meditation on Vi\'f1\'ebu. But just as people are man
ufacturing bogus religious processes, the so-called }{\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  of today have manufactured their own
 way of thinking of something void.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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 N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\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 h}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'e9
ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 San
skrit words are very significant. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93the Lord of the senses.\'94 So }{\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  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 particul
ar 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 he wanted to enjoy something else. We have a particular 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, one\'92s status is called pure devotion.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From this verse of the }{\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 , we 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 ma
y 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 bacteria also move, and they have their senses. Originally, all living entities have senses. It is not that the senses have devel
oped under certain material conditions. The atheistic theory is that under material conditions we have developed senses, that in the spiritual condition there are no senses, and that we are impersonal. By logic and reason, however, that cannot be so. A m
inute particle of spiritual force, even if it is smaller in size than an atom, has its senses. These senses, being covered by material elements, manifest themselves in a perverted way. We have to purify the senses, and when the senses are purified, we ca
n engage them for the pleasure of the master of the senses. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master and proprietor of the senses. Therefore, because 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, so as soon as one hears the glories of the Lord, his soul is a
t once attracted 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\'e5\'f1\'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\cb1\nosupersub gati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or movement of t
he mind.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was just that way 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 : 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 c
are of their children, 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 s
imply 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word
 }{\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  means \'93enjoyer.\'94 The conditioned living entities are false enjoyers, imitation e
njoyers. Here in this material world, all living entities are acting as purusas. The more exact meaning of }{\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  is \'93male.\'94 The male is considered to be the enjoyer, and the female is considered to be the enjoyed. In the material world, whether one has a male or a female body, everyone has the propensity to enjoy, and therefore everyone i
s called }{\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 . But actually the only }{\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  is the Supreme Lord. We living 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\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Energies are employed for enjoyment, and we are energies, instruments of the Supreme Person. Therefore }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the supreme transcendental person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When our pure devotion for the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead is employed and there are no impediments or stumbling blocks, that is the symptom of pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no ambition or motive in pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Every other transcendental function or mode of worship
 is backed by a motive: someone wants salvation, someone wants material prosperity, someone wants to go to a higher planet, someone wants to go to Krs\'ebaloka. These ambitions should not be there. A pure devotee has no such ambitions. A pure devotee doe
s 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of salvation. There is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'e4lokya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 Personal
ity of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4r\'f1\'f6i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation means to have almost the same opulence as N\'e4r\'e4ya
\'eba. The liberated individual soul 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\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4r\'fcpya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to have the same form or features. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S
\'e4m\'e9pya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 one can associate with the Lord. Th
is is called s\'e4m\'e9pya-mukti, the liberation of being nearer. Pure devotees, however, do not accept these various forms of liberation. They only want to be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service. They are not concerned with any kind of liberation. Th
ose who are actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious achieve the association of the 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, and that is the sign of a pure person. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He fulfills all the d
esires of a devotee, even if he wants material benedictions. If at the bottom of the devotee\'92s heart there is some desire, He also fulfills that. He is so kind. But the sublime position 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 devotional service, is that a pure devotee refuses to accept the various kinds of liberation, even if offered by the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one has material desires or motives within himself, and for fulfillment of such desires he engages himself in devotional
 service, the 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 fulfil
led, 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\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had. If one has 
a motive, even though he discharges his devotional duty, he still will not be able to reach the stage of pure love of Godhead. In a verse from the }{\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 , R\'fcpa Goswami says, \'93As long as one desires some material benefit [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhukti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ], or even if he wants salvation [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ], then he must take those ghostly representations.\'94 As long as 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  ex
ists within one\'92s heart, how can one enjoy the spiritual bliss 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 desire
s\'97it is simply to render loving service for its own sake.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a nice example in the life of R\'fcpa Goswami. R\'fcpa Goswami and his brother San\'e4tana Goswami were living sep
arately in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and going on with their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , devotional service. R\'fcpa was livin
g 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\cb1\nosupersub cap\'e4t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  to eat. R\'fcpa Goswami 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 brother.\'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 the renounced order of life. R\'fcpa Goswami was ve
ry 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When San\'e4tana Goswami 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So R\'fcpa Goswami 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 opportunity 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 anxious to please His devotee as the devotee is to please Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the transcendental world. On the absolute plane, there is no exploitation. Everyone wants to serve; no one wants to take service. In the transcendental worl
d, 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 materia
l 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 main function is service, althou
gh 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 simply 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 rendered to the Supreme Lord and Hi
s devotees.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR 8c: Approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Love
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Love
\par }\pard \s1317 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "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. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person is always trying to give satisfaction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba...."
\par }\pard {\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 was on this earth, all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana loved Him
. Indeed, they knew nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They did not know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God or not God, nor were they disturbed by such thoughts as, \'93I shall love K\'e5\'f1\'eba if He is God.\'94 Their attitude was one of pure love, and they thoug
ht, \'93He may or may not be God\'97it doesn\'92t matter. We love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that\'92s all.\'94 This then is the platform of real, unalloyed love. When one thinks, \'93If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, I shall love Him,\'94 it should be known that this is n
ot 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\cb1\nosupersub vraja-v\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, often thought, \'93Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is such a wonderful child. Maybe He is some demigod.\'94 They thought in this way because people were generally under the impressio
n that the demigods were all-powerful. Within the material world the demigods are powerful, but people are not aware that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is above all of them. The highest of the demigods, Brahm\'e4, gave his opinion of this matter in the verse }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\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 : \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller, and His body is full of knowledge, bliss, and eternality.\'94 Little did the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana know of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s power as the ult
imate controller and master of all the demigods. What is noteworthy is that their love for Him was not subject to such considerations.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana loved K\'e5\'f1\'eba unconditionally, similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba loved them unconditional
ly. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vraja-jana-vallabha, giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana stopped p
erforming 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 that rained over V\'e5nd\'e4vana incessantly for seven days. The whole area began 
to flood, and the inhabitants 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba also became known as }{\b0\i0\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 jana-vallabha, which indicates that His only business is to protect the }{\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 -}{\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 . This K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness movement aims at teaching people how to become }{\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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in order to 
become God. He is not a manufactured type of God, but is God eternally.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although He is God, He enjoys loving relationships with His devotees, and in order to satisfy His devotees, He often takes 
roles that appear to be 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\'e4-nandana. Because He is God and everyone 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, \'93All right, I shall become Your father and chastise You.\'94 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\'92s 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.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana vraja-jana-ra\'efjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s only business is satisfying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vraja-janas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and their only business is satisf
ying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the reciprocation of love. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yamun\'e4-t\'e9ra-vana-c\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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 whereb
y they can play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement can enable everyone to go to Krs\'ebaloka and become K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s associa
te 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\cb1\nosupersub T
eachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . To 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 Goswamis
\'97\'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa, San\'e4tana, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va, Gop\'e4la, Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa, and Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a. These Goswamis 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\cb1\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 k\'e9r
tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he merges into the ocean of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name is vibrated, on
e 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\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the six Goswamis would merge immediately into the ocean of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The six Goswamis were dear not only to the other devotees of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu but to the nondevotees as well. A pure devotee\'92s position is that he has
 no enemy because he is not envious. A pure devotee is always open to everyone, 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 nonenvi
ous, he is worshipable. Indeed, it may even be said that a person is worshipable simply if he is nonenvious, for it is only possible to be nonenvious on the spiritual platform. This is also the verdict 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.18-19}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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. 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.\'94
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 suffering humanity from material contamination. Because the six Goswamis were such devotees, we offer our respectful obeisances unto them with the mantra: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vande r\'fcpa
-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The six Goswamis 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 which is \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Goswami\'92s }{\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 ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\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 Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), which gives the neophyte devotee initial direction. The Goswamis always worked very hard, day and night, and their business w
as 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 question of fe
aring 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\'92s home and beg one or two p
ieces of bread.
\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 mission of such saintly persons is but to make suffering humanity happy by elevating everyone to spiritual consciousnes
s. In the material world, everyone is trying to exploit one another\'97one 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 \'93Might is right,\'94 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. Because of such struggle, everyone is suffering. Indeed, the very struggle for existence means suffering. The pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, are interested not in exploiting others but in helping people become happy, and th
erefore they are worshiped on all planets. C\'e4\'ebakya }{\b0\i0\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  even said that a rich man
 and a learned man cannot be compared, for 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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, did not enter the Jagann\'e4tha temple at Pur\'e9, for he was born in a Muhammadan family, and the Hindus opposed the Muhammad
ans\'92 entering the temple. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura did not let this disturb him, however. He thought, \'93Oh, why should I go and disturb them? I shall chant here.\'94 Consequently Lord Caitanya, who is Lord Jagann\'e4tha Himself, came daily to see H
arid\'e4sa. This is the power of a pure devotee: he doesn\'92t 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\'92s cottage and ask, \'93Harid\'e4sa, what are you doing?\'94 and Harid\'e4sa would reply, \'93Please come in, my Lord.\'94 This then is the actual position of a devotee. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that worship of His devotee is ev
en 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\'92s words, eating 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 , 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\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97\'93I am spirit\'94\'97but ultimately who will be attracted? What is
 the difference between someone who thinks, \'93I am a stone,\'94 and someone who thinks, \'93I am void\'94? Why should we become stone, wood, or void? Our actual position should be in reciprocating loving affairs with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\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 spark of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is struck by the spiritual master, the pure devotee. As for myself, my spiritual maste
r, His Divine Grace O\'e0 Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami 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 Lor
d Caitanya\'92s 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 f
riends, 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\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and I was not very satisfied with their dealings. I thought that Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja might be a similar man, and if he were, what business wo
uld I have in seeing him? But my friend took me forcibly. \'93Why not see him?\'94 he asked. I finally relented and went with him, and I profited.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On my first visit, His Divine Grace said that it was necessary for educated boys like me to go to foreign countries and pre
ach the gospel of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. I replied that India was a foreign-dominated nation and that no one would hear our messages. Actually, at the time foreigners considered Indians very insignificant because in the face of so many independent natio
ns India was still dependent, being dominated by Britain. At the time there was one Bengali poet who actually lamented that even uncivilized nations were independent, whereas India was dependent on the British. His Divine Grace convinced me that dependen
ce 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 Guru Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja, took place in 1922, half a century ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 moment, just a fortnight before h
is passing away, he wrote me a letter repeating his instructions. He specifically said that I should try to preach this gospel among English-speaking people. After receiving this letter, I sometimes dreamed that Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was calling me and tha
t I was leaving home and following him. I was dreaming in this way and thinking, \'93I 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\cb1\nosupersub sann
y\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'94 At the same time I thought, \'93This is horrible. How can I leave my home? My wife? My children?\'94 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 . 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 any money out of the country, so I came with only a few books and forty 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 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 stated that the m
ercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and guru are combined. This is the secret of the success of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 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. According 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 intelligence, no one ca
n improve, and that intelligence is given by 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  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba states that He is seated in everyone\'92s 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 remembrance according to the living entity\'92s 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people are thinking, \'93I can enjoy this material world very nicely. Everyone is having such a good time. There is no
 reason I can\'92t enjoy myself as much as they.\'94 This idea is illusion because there is no real enjoyment in the material world. We may rise to a very high position like President Kennedy. We may be very good-looking, very famous, very intelligent, a
nd 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\'97but at any moment we are subject to be shot down. This is the nature of the material world: we have to fa
ce danger at every step. There is no question of having pleasure without impediments. Even when the pleasures are earned, they are earned after a great deal of struggle and sacrifice, and whatever pleasure may be acquired is temporary, for in the materia
l world there is no pleasure that can give us constant and unending enjoyment. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can give us that.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 glitter of material nature, to illusion, or }{\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 they are not ve
ry 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 that by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba they wi
ll 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 thousandfold.
\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 spiritual master is also kind in that he begs from door to door, country to country, town to town: \'93My dear ladies a
nd gentlemen, my dear boys and girls, please take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94 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 or
ders; therefore the 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 any place where there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and since he brings this consciousn
ess with him, he is always 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 opportuni
ties for sense gratification, 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is not afraid of going anywhere.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 opportunity 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 wh
o 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 \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The underlying principle of devotional service is unalloyed love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Regardless of the position of a partic
ular 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 nat
ure. A devotee 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 place, but, as pointed out before, the devotee is not subject to these me
ntal concoctions. For him the basic principle of material existence is bad, for material existence means forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the neutral stage of devotion one may give more importance to the impersonal effulgence of the Lord and to the Supersoul
 within the heart, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness actually develops when one thinks, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is my very intimate master of intimate relationships.\'94 In the beginning, of course, impersonal realization and realization of the Supersoul are p
art 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 for the Lord, but when one has an intimate relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a friend, master, 
son, or lover, then the veneration disappears.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This platform of personal relationship is certainly higher than the impersonal platform or the platform of Supersoul, or Pa
ram\'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 relation
ship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as servant, 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\'92s superiority, his service begins. The awareness of God\'92s 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 throu
gh the stomach. When one of my Godbrothers began to fan my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja [spiritual master] on a very hot day, Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja asked, \'93Why are you fanning me all of a sudden?\'94 The boy replied, \'93Because if you are satisfied, we are all 
satisfied.\'94 This is the formula\'97we should not try to satisfy our senses separately, but should try to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s senses. Then naturally we will become satisfied.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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 is referred to as H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, master of the senses. When it is understood that the Absolut
e 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 Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu asked, \'93What is the difference between the neutral position in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the relationship of master and servant?\'94 In both cases one can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is great, but in the neutral position there 
is no inclination for service. Therefore 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: \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is my friend. Therefore I must treat Him in such a way that He will be happy.\'94 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\'92s superiority. When K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'92s boyfriends used to ride on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s 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\'92s 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\'97but there is no ques
tion of inferiority in such an action. When friendship and mutual pleasure are the basis of the relationship, there is no question of insult or inferiority.
\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 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 Himself. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the damsels of Vraja, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s cowherd boyfriends are all expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pleasure potency. We all have a tendency toward pleasure, because the source from which w
e 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 that aim at satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s senses are manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pleasure pote
ncy.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as the individual soul is concerned, it is originally a part and parcel of this pleasure potency, of the reservoir o
f pleasure Himself. 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 ourselves 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 etern
al life is possible. 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 contaminatio
n of this material existence. That is the aim of human life and the actual self-interest of all people. Self-interest is actually realizing, \'93I am part and parcel of God. I have to return to the kingdom of God and join with Him.\'94 Just as we have a 
social life here, God 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 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 [2.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba told Arjuna, \'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 Our existence is therefore eternal, and the changes of birth and death are simply the changes of the temp
orary material bodies.
\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 actual process for achieving eternal life is not at all difficult. This process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is base
d on knowledge 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 knowledge received from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, actually enables us to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Someone may challenge, \'93Can you show me God?\'94 and our answer is, \'93Yes. God can be seen at every moment.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raso \'92ham apsu }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : 
\'93I am the taste of water.\'94 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 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 further says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcrya
yo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93I am the light of the sun and the moon.\'94 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 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 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 disa
ppears, and what His functions are\'97then 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 to earth to accept another material body. Where doe
s he go? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  m\'e4m eti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93He comes to Me.\'94 That should be the aim of any i
ntelligent human being.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SSR Appendixes
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub Appendixes
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR About the Author
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf5\nosupersub About the Author
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his
 spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami, in Calcutta in 1922. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, the foremost scholar and devotee of his time, had founded the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha (a Vedic institute with sixty-four branches 
throughout India). He liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate his life to teaching Vedic knowledge. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became his student, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad he became his formally initiated disciple.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At their first meeting, in 1922, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura requested \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da to broadcast Vedic knowledge through the English language. In the years that followed, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote a commentary 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 , the most important Vedic text, and he assisted the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha in its work. In 1944 he singlehandedly started an English fortnightly magazine called }{\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 edited and typed the manuscripts, checked the galley proofs, and even distributed the individual
 copies for free and struggled to maintain the publication.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recognizing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s philosophical learning and devotion, the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Society ho
nored him in 1947 with the title \'93Bhaktivedanta.\'94 In 1950, at the age of fifty-four, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da retired from family life. Four years later he adopted the }{\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) order to devote more time to his studies and writing, and soon he traveled to the holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There he lived in a small room in the h
istoric R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple and engaged in several years of deep study and writing. In 1959 he 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 ). At R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote }{\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 and started his life\'92s masterpiece\'97a multivolume translation of and commentary on the eighteen-thousand-verse }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the cream of the Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After publishing three volumes of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the United States in 1965 to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. At that time, His Divine Grace wrote some eighty volumes of
 authoritative translations, commentaries and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India. When he first arrived by freighter in New York City, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was practically penniless. But after nearly a year of great
 difficulty, he founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in July of 1966. Before his much-lamented passing on November 14, 1977, he guided the Society and saw it grow to a worldwide confederation of more than one hundred ashrams, schoo
ls, temples, institutes and farm communities.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1968, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da created New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virgin
ia. Inspired by the success of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana (now a thriving farm community of more than one thousand acres) his students have since founded several similar communities in the United States and abroad.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1975, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple and International Guesthouse opened i
n V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. In 1978 a four-acre cultural complex (including a temple, modern theatre, guesthouse, and vegetarian restaurant) opened at Juhu Beach, in Bombay. Perhaps \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s most ambitious project is a planned city of
 fifty thousand residents in }{\b0\i0\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 pur, West Bengal. \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\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 pur will stand as a model for the whole world\'97a microcosm of Vedic life as it was five thousand years a
go.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave the West the Vedic system of primary and secondary education. 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  (\'93the school of the spiritual master\'94) started only in 1972, but already it has hundreds of s
tudents and many branches around the world.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s most significant contribution, of course, is his books. The academic community respects them
 for their authoritativeness, depth and clarity, and has made them standard textbooks in numerous college courses. In addition, translations of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books now appear in twenty-five languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, establ
ished in 1972 to publish the works of His Divine Grace, has thus become the world\'92s largest publisher of books in the field of Indian religion and philosophy. A recent project has been the publishing of a seventeen-volume translation and commentary
\'97which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da completed in only eighteen months\'97on the Bengali religious classic }{\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In just twelve years, in spite of his advanced ag
e, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da circled the globe fourteen times on lecture tours that took him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continued to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library o
f Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR Glossary
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Glossary
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SSR Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
\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 Dialectic Spiritualism (1985)
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DIALECTIC SPIRITUALISM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A VEDIC VIEW OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HIS DIVINE GRACE A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Back cover:
\par }\pard {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From 1973 to 1976, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Sv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da recorded a hundred hours of discourses on thirty-six western philosopher's from
 Socrates to Sartre. At the final session, he gave the book its title and said, "Print it at once!"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the next year, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da left this mortal world, and the manuscript remained unpublished, as some of h
is disciples feared releasing such a controversial book. "It's an unscholarly punch in the nose," one philosophy professor object. "It's a treatise }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub against}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy," said another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now everyone can decide for himself. Despite attempts at suppression, here is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's last great opus
\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dialectic Spiritualism}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the complete and unexposed philosophy book as \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da himself spoke.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9mad Bh\'e4gavatam, cantos 1-10 (29 vols.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (2 vols.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4mrta (17 vols.)
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\'e5ta-sindhu)
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead (3 vols.)
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 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf1\nosupersub Swami Bhaktip\'e4da
\par }\pard {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea for this book first emerged in 1973, when }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da began asking his secretary, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa adhik\'e4r\'e9 (Sam Speerstra), about Western philosophy. \'c7y\'e4masundara would try to state succinctly the major ideas of certain philosophers, and Prabhup\'e4da would give the Vedic view. As Prabhup
\'e4da traveled throughout the world preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, this process continued, until finally, in 1976, Prabhup\'e4da's editor, Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa adhik\'e4r\'e9 (Professor Howard Wheeler), supplied further questions for Prabhup
\'e4da and completed the editing. Then }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da gave the book its title:
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dialectic Spiritualism: A Vedic View of Western Philosophy, }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and said, "Print it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Almost immediately some people objected that since professional scholars had not presented the material to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, there might be some discrepanc
ies. When the manuscript was shown to a philosophy professor, he called it "a treatise against philosophy," and "an unscholarly punch in the nose." Then, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da left this mortal world in November, 1977, the book's future became un
certain. One student tried to restate the questions. Then another tried, only to conclude that it would be better to start all over. But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was no longer present, and the extensive work, on which he had spent so much time, remained
 unavailable to the world. Finally, in 1984, Hayagr\'e9va resolved to print \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's last great opus }{\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 for this we are all greatly indebted. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever the criticisms, they are rendered insignificant in the light of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's brilliant insights into the problems of Western philosophy and 
his lucid expositories of the Vedic view. Much of the confusion arises from a difference in methodology and perspective. For many Westerners, philosophy is a kind of armchair speculation, an intellectual game, but for the follower of the Vedas, it is a m
atter of life and death. Or, more precisely, it is the recognition of the absolute need to stop the repetition of birth and death. For \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, real philosophy deals with applying Absolute Knowledge in our daily lives, consciously, mome
nt by moment. "We should act in such a way that we have to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the time," he said. "For instance, we are discussing the philosophy of Socrates in order to strengthen our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore the ultimate goal is
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise we are not interested in criticizing or accepting anyone's philosophy. We are neutral." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Obviously, this is not the goal of Western philosophy, which tends to see man as "the measure of all things" in a physical, humanistic universe. Western thought has
 always encouraged self-reliance and individualism, which are reflected even in today's street philosophy: "Do your own thing." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic view clashes fiercely with such relativistic thinking. Far from celebrating the authority of the individual mind, or the autonomy and ascendence of reason
, the Vedas point out the four fundamental defects of conditioned souls. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da made this point 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 Of course, in European philosophy there is an attempt at more independent thought, but such independent think
ing is not approved by the followers of the Vedas. The Vedic followers receive knowledge directly from authorities. They do not peculate. We cannot attain knowledge through speculation because everyone is imperfect .... According to the Vedic system, we 
receive knowledge from Vy\'e4sadeva, N\'e4rada, and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This knowledge is perfect because these personalities are not subjected to the four defects of all conditioned living entities: the tendency to commit mistakes, to be i
llusioned, to have imperfect senses, and to cheat. ... We therefore have to receive knowledge from those who are liberated. This is the Vedic process. If we receive knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there cannot be any mistake, nor any question of illusion.
 Our senses may be imperfect, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses are perfect; therefore whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, we accept, and that acceptance is our perfection.}{\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 With these defects, a conditioned human being, cannot possibly present perfect knowledge. Therefore he is reduced to wrangling. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often o
bserved, "Being a big philosopher, a }{\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 , means refuting the theories of others and setting up y
our own conclusions as supreme." There is no end to this process, nor is there perfection. "It is said that a philosopher is not a philosopher unless he differs from other philosophers," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said when discussing Descartes. "If one i
s to be a great philosopher, he has to defy all his predecessors. Scientists also work in the same way. If we try to find out whose statement is true, we have a great deal of difficulty. Therefore 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  enjoin that we follow the personalities who have realized God ... If we follow 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 disciplic succession, our path is clear." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perfect knowledge can come only from a perfect source, the reservoir of knowledge, God Himself. Such knowledge is imparted by the Supreme and comes down by 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  process, the line of true disciplic succession, from one realized soul to another. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains the Vedic method 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 Every word we hear has a meaning behind it. As soon as we hear the word "water," there is a substance\'97wate
r\'97behind the word. Similarly, as soon as we hear the word "God," there is a meaning to it. If we receive that meaning and explanation of "God" from God Himself, then it is perfect. But if we speculate about the meaning of "God," it is imperfect. }{\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 , which is the science of God, is spoken by the Personality of Godhead Himself. This is per
fect knowledge. Mental speculators, or so-called philosophers who are researching for what is actually God, will never understand the nature of God. The science of God has to be understood in disciplic succession from Brahm\'e4, who was first instructed 
about knowledge of God from God Himself. (}{\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 , Purport, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.26.33}{\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 does not mean, however, that the human mind is reduced to that of a robot. The mind is useful for acceptance and rejection, and one's intelligence is measured 
by his power of discrimination. But in the presence of the Supreme Absolute Truth, nothing is to be rejected, and discrimination has no meaning. Therefore perfect knowledge must be accepted from a perfect source. Still, history shows that thought is dyna
mic and progressive, and the great reformers\'97V\'e4lm\'e9ki, Vy\'e4sadeva, Socrates, Jesus, Mohammed, and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97all declare, directly or indirectly, that they have come not to destroy the Law of God, but to fulfill it such great sou
ls are not content to accept something simply because it is handed down by tradition. Indeed, tradition has often proved untrustworthy, for in the course of time, and influenced by common men, its purity is lost. "This supreme science was thus received t
hrough the chain, of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna. "But in course of time, the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost." (}{\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) For this reason, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba again spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , reestablishing the true disciplic succession (}{\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 ). 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some have charged that this approach is more theosophic than philosophic. But why arbitrarily force an either/or situation? K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the happ
y marriage of theology and philosophy. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often said, "Religion without philosophy is sentimental and therefore fanatical; and philosophy without religion is mental speculation." However, the rejection of mental speculation does
 not extend to sincere philosophical speculation, which is a legitimate activity of the mind. The difference is like that between pure, fresh milk and milk contaminated by the poisonous fangs of a serpent. Philosophical speculation is the attempt to unde
rstand the Lord and His energies by using all the faculties which God has so kindly given us, whereas mental speculation is the proud attempt to use those faculties, which rightly belong to the Lord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub against}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord. Philosophical speculation leads to greater and greater awareness and appreciation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas men
tal speculation always comes to the atheistic conclusion of the voidists: God is void and we are void, therefore let us eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, trying to understand how the Supreme Personality of Godhead enters into the creation, maintains it, and destroys it, is proper philosophical speculatio
n. In this sincere attempt, 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  and the holy scriptures can guide us. But 
trying to figure out the origin of everything solely by the power of the tiny human brain, without referring to God or His representatives (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru-s\'e4dhu-\'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), is useless mental speculation. We may speculate in this fashion for billions of years and still not arrive at the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who lies beyon
d the purview of finite thought. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is precisely on this point of the centrality of the Personality of Godhead that the Vedic observer differs radically from his Western counterpart. Both Eastern a
nd Western philosophy wrestle with the same problems: birth, death, reincarnation, liberation, the nature of God and the soul, the creation, good and evil, human responsibility, free will, karma, material vs. spiritual, and so on. By and large, We tern t
hinkers are pantheistic and impersonalistic. Even great theist like Aquinas and Augustine have ultimately considered the personal aspect to be a manifestation of the impersonal principle. The impersonalism of Plato and Aristotle are indeed deeply engrain
ed in Western thought. This is not some strange coincidence, but the result of a basic difference in methodology. Only when a sincere devotee surrenders to God does God agree to reveal Himself. "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by
 devotional service," Lord 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  18.55}{\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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Surrender to God is a prerequisite for knowing God. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often remarked that when we speak of surrender, we nec
essarily predicate a person. According to the Vedas, the attributes and nature of that person can be known only through the person Himself. There is no room for imagination, myth, human reasoning, speculation, anthropomorphism, or whatever. In knowledge 
of the Personality of Godhead, Western philosophy has proved sadly deficient, as Carl Jung observed: 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Seeing that p
hilosophies and theologies could not give him a clear picture of God's personality, Jung concludes: "What is wrong with these philosophers? I wondered. Evidently they know of God only by hearsay." \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is also our complaint. None of the philosophers we have discussed has given us any clear idea of God. Because they are
 speculating, they cannot give concrete, clear information. As far as we are concerned, our understanding of God is clear because we receive the information given by God Himself to the world. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Western philosophy, personalism is an unknown territory, approached only in Socrates's instructions from Diotima in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Symposium}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , wherein Socrates was enjoined to contemplate and converse with beauty absolute, beauty simple, divine, true, unpolluted, real 
and wondrous. It is the same territory before which Jung stood longing for a guru. It is the borderline of the finite individual soul awaiting revelation. Personalism necessitates revelation, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be affirmed only by
 the personal descent of the Divine. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dialectic Spiritualism}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should not be seen as an academic attempt at comparative philos
ophy, but as a devotee's informal, spontaneous response to various Western philosophers. Each philosopher is viewed in his own existential loneliness, without reference to historical influences. Each face the eternal Vedas alone. Sometimes we may imagine
 the court of the Last Judgement. By his own words, each man stands praised or condemned. There is no consideration for personality, no allowance for time or place. For the academician bent on the historicity of a thought, this doubtlessly seems unfair a
nd arbitrary, but it is typically Vedic. Our thoughts and deeds are fixed in eternal time. We are responsible for even our most random, idle, or uncharacteristic statements. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Far from being detrimental, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's unfamiliarity with formal Western philosophy evoked the most genuine and candid responses. Of all the philos
ophers, he agreed most with Socrates, whom he considered Brahman realized. He often quoted Socrates's answer to the question of what should be done with him after his death: "Well, you have to catch me first. But as for my body, you can dispose of that a
s you like." Still, Prabhup\'e4da considered Socrates an impersonalist because he had no specific information of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, despite his speaking of the form of Absolute Beauty. Plato, being Socrate's disciple, also ranked high in
 Prabhup\'e4da's Vedic eyes, particularly for his view of the soul and reincarnation. But Prabhup\'e4da disagreed with his recommendation of uniform education and universal military training. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aristotle was severely criticized for his view that the souls of animals are not immortal. There are not two types of souls, mortal and immortal, as Aristotle conte
nds. This pernicious doctrine was carried even further by Augustine, who argued that since animals do not possess an immortal soul, "they are meant for our use, dead or alive. It only remains for us to apply the commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill' to man 
alone, oneself and others." Strange words from a so-called saint! Unfortunately, this became the standard Christian doctrine: since animals have no souls, it is all right to kill and eat them. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da felt that Plotinus, following Plato's footsteps, presented a basically sound philosophy of the soul, particularly of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  relation with the One, but, of course, Plotinus's "One" was impersonal. Prabhup\'e4da dis
agreed with Origen's theory that souls are created. If they are created, how can they be immortal? "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings," K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna. "Nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." 
(}{\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) The theory of the creation of a "human soul" at the moment of conception was also acce
pted by Aquinas, and thus became official Catholic doctrine. The belief that each individual human soul is created at a point in time, lives his life, and thereafter is saved or damned eternally, excludes the possibility of reincarnation. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By denying reincarnation, Augustine and Aquinas broke with the Platonic tradition, and made it difficult for subsequent philosophers to understand evil in the world
. If there is no transmigration of souls, where is Divine Justice? How can we account for fortune and misfortune? Why is one man pious, knowledgeable, beautiful, or opulent, and an other man impious, ignorant, deformed, or poor? Why, on the basis of one 
finite lifetime, is one man eternally saved and another eternally damned? Why is God so arbitrary, so unmerciful? Having rejected the possibilities of transmigration and karma, Western philosophers have been troubled all the way down to Mill, Dewey, and 
Sartre. Because evil exists, they argue, either God's power is limited, or He is not all good, or He does not exist at all. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In their confrontation with the Vedic version, some of the philosophers scored high, some low, some in between. Ranking high as first-class philosophers were Socrat
es, Plato, Plotinus, Origen, Scotus, Descartes, Pascal, and Bergson. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also liked the psychologist Carl Jung ("He seems the most sensible."). After these, ranked Aquinas, Locke, Berkeley, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Kant, Schopenhauer, Ale
xander, Nietzsche, James, and Kierkegaard. In low regard, for various reasons, were Aristotle, Augustine, Fichte, Bacon, and Huxley. Conflicting most with Vedic thought were Machiavelli, Hume, Hegel, Hobbes, Darwin, Mill, Comte, Marx, Dewey, Sartre, and 
Freud. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ultimately, no Western philosopher can measure up to the high standard of the Vedic ideal. In contrast, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da emerges as the emissary of a highe
r source, for he is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure devotee. It is not as though he alone were speaking; rather, an unbroken line of disciplic succession speaks through him, delivering the pure knowledge of the Vedas intact. When he called the book "A Vedic v
iew of Western philosophy," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da humbly said, "Yes, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  view. After all, w
hat is my personal view worth?" 
\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 Dialectic Spiritualism}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  marks a clashing of different knowledge-acquiring processes, the inductive and deductive, we reach the mutual understanding that arises from all fruitful confrontations: a clarification of positions, from which points of agreeme
nt and contention can be discerned. Thus the book is valuable to students of all schools of philosophy and theology. If the reader chooses to accept \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's conclusion that God has manifested Himself in sound (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abd\'e4vat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\'97that is, in the Vedas, of which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 essence\'97he will have a standard by which every thought can be judged. Viewed thus, the book takes on new and profound perspective
s. It is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dialectic Spiritualism}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  read in the spirit of the dialectic itself.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Preface
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0hi pu\'e0sas tapasa\'f9\'e7rutasya v\'e4\line svi\'f1\'f6asya s\'fcktasya ca buddhi-dattayo\'f9\line avicyuto 'rtha\'f9 k
avibhir nir\'fcpito\line yad-uttama\'e7loka-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebanam
\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 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Learned sages have definitely concluded that the infallible fruit of knowledge, austerity, Vedic study, sacrifice, the chanting
 of hymns, and charity is found in the transcendental descriptions of the qualities of the Lord, who is defined in choice poetry. }{\cs3755\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\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 1.5.22}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub )
\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 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The human intellect is developed for advancement in art, science, philosophy, physics, chemistry, psychology, economics, politics, and other fields. Through 
the culture of knowledge, humanity can attain the perfection of life, which culminates in the realization of the Supreme Being, Vi\'f1\'ebu. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  therefore advises the learned to aspire for the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Unfortunately, when people are enamored by the external beauty of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , they do not understand that perfection, or self-realization, depends on Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means sense
 enjoyment, which is transient and miserable. Those who are entrapped by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  utilize their knowledge for sense enjoyment. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni, however, has explained that all phenomena in the universe emanate from the Lord because the Lord, thro
ugh His inconceivable energies, has set in motion the actions and reactions of the creation. Everything has come into being out of His energy; everything rests on His energy, and after annihilation, everything merges into Him. Therefore nothing is differ
ent from the Lord, although the Lord is always different from His creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When knowledge is applied in the service of the Lord, the process of advancement becomes absolute. The Supreme Personality of Godhead and His transcendental name, f
ame, and glory are all nondifferent from Him; therefore all sages and devotees of the Lord have recommended that art, science, philosophy, physics, chemistry, psychology, and other branches of knowledge be wholly and solely applied in the Lord's service.
 Art, literature, poetry, and music may be used in glorifying the Lord. Poets and other celebrated litterateurs are generally engaged in writing of sensuous t}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hemes, but
 if they turn toward the service of the Lord, they can describe the Lord's transcendental pastimes. V\'e4lm\'e9ki was a great poet, and Vy\'e4sadeva was a great writer, and both completely engaged themselves in delineating the transcendental activities o
f the Lord, and by so doing, they have become immortal. Similarly, science and philosophy should also be applied in the service of the Lord. Advanced people are eager to understand the Absolute Truth through the medium of science, and therefore scientist
s should endeavor to prove the Lord's existence on a scientific basis. Philosophy should also aim to establish the Supreme Truth as sentient and all-powerful. Indeed, all other branches of knowledge should similarly be engaged in the Lord's service. This
 is also affirmed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\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 g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . All knowledge not engaged in the Lord's service is but nescience. Advanced knowledge should be utilized to establish the glories of the 
Lord, and that is the real import of this verse. Scientific knowledge and other branches of knowledge engaged in the Lord's service are all factually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari}{\cs3755\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\'e9rtana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , glorificat
ion of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 I  THE GREEK FOUNDATION
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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  THE GREEK FOUNDATION
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Socrates (470?-399 B.C.)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Socrates (470?-399 B.C.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When a student of Socrates once said, "I cannot refute you, Socrates," Socrates replied, "Say, rather, that you cannot refute the truth, for Socrates is easily refuted." He thus considered the Absolute
 Truth transcendental to mental speculation and personal opinion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct.
 If we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, as the supreme authority, the Absolute Truth, we cannot refute what He says. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is by definition supreme perfection, and philosophy is perfect when it is in harmony with Him. This is our position. T
he philosophy of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is religious because it is concerned with carrying out the orders of God. That is the sum and substance of religion. It is not possible to manufacture a religion. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ma
nufactured religion is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-kaitava}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , just another form of cheating. Our basic prin
ciple is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na vai vidur \'e5\'f1ayo n\'e4pi dev\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na siddha-mukhy\'e4 asur\'e4 manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kuto nu vidy\'e4dhara-c\'e4ra\'eb\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real religious principles are enacted by the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodness, even the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods, nor the leaders of Siddha-loka, to say nothing of the }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ordinary human beings, Vidy\'e4dharas and C\'e4ra\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.3.19}{\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  The word "dharma" refers to the orders given by God, and if we follow those orders, we are following dharma. An individual ci
tizen cannot manufacture laws, because laws are given by the government. Our perfection is in following the orders of God cent per cent. Those who have no conception of God or His orders may manufacture religious systems, but our system is different. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems that Socrates was more or less a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because he thought that we could arrive at the truth by ap
proaching a subject from every mental angle until there was nothing left but the truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He was a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a great 
thinker. However, the real truth comes to such a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by that process after many, many birt
hs. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4s
udurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes 
and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\b0\i0\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 7.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These people are known as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nav
\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wise men, and after many births, they surrender themselves to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They do not do so blindly, but knowing that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the s
ource of everything. However, this process of self-searching for knowledge takes time. If we take the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly and surrender unto Him, we save time and many, many births.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates believed that the soul, which is tied up with intelligence, carries knowledge from existence to existence. The truth can be evoked through the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maieutic}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  method, the Socratic dialectic. Since someone can make us understand the truth and admit it, we must have known the tr
uth in a previous existence. Thus our intelligence is eternal. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because the soul is eternal, the intelligence, mind, and senses are also eternal. However, they are all now covered by a material coating, which must be cleansed. Once this material
 coating is washed away, the real mind, intelligence, and senses will emerge. That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat paratvena nirmalam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The purificatory process nece
ssitates being in touch with the transcendental loving service of the Lord. This means chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said: }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam }{\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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "We must cleanse the heart." All misconceptions come from misunderstanding. We are all part and parcel of God, yet somehow or other we have forgotten this. Previously, our service was rendered to God, but now we are renderi
ng service to something illusory. This is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Whether liberated or conditioned, our const
itutional position is to render service. In the material world, we work according to our different capacities\'97as a politician, an industrialist, a thinker, a poet, or whatever. But if we are not connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all of this is }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When we perform our duty in order to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our very same duty
 enables liberation from this bondage. In any case, both life and knowledge are continuous. Consequently, one person can acquire knowledge very quickly, whereas another cannot. This is proof of continuity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In a dialogue with Socrates, Protagoras said, "Truth is relative. It is only a matter of opinion." Socrates the
n asked, "Do you mean that truth is mere subjective opinion?" Protagoras replied, "Exactly. What is true for you is true for you, and what is true for me is true for me. Thus truth is subjective." Socrates then asked, "Do you really mean that my opinion 
is true by virtue of its being my opinion?" Protagoras said, "Indeed I do." Socrates then said, "My opinion is that truth is absolute, not subjective, and that you, Protagoras, are absolutely in error. Since this is my opinion, you must grant that it is 
true according to your philosophy." Protagoras then admitted, "You are quite correct, Socrates." Through this kind of dialogue, or dialectic, Socrates would logically convince many people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is what we are also doing. The Absolute Truth is true for everyone, and the relative truth is relative to a particular position. The relative truth depends on the Absolute Truth, wh
ich is the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God is the Absolute Truth, and the material world is relative tru
th. Because the material world is God's energy, it appears to be real or true, just as the reflection of the sun in water emits some light. That reflection is not absolute, and as soon as the sun sets, that light will disappear. Since relative truth is a
 reflection of the Absolute Truth, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satya\'e0 para\'e0 dh\'e9mahi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "I worship the Absolute Truth." }{\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}{\cs2873\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  The Absolute Truth is K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub O\'e0 namo bhagavate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This cosmic manifestation is relativ
e truth; it is a manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's external energy. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba withdrew His energy, the universal creation would not exist. In another sense, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy are not different. We cannot separate heat fro
m fire; heat is also fire, yet heat is not fire. This is the position of relative truth. As soon as we experience heat, we understand that there is fire. Yet we cannot say that heat is fire. Relative truth is like heat because it stands on the strength o
f the Absolute Truth, just as heat stands on the strength of fire. Because the Absolute is true, relative truth also appears to be true, although it has no independent existence. A mirage appears to be water because in actuality there is such a thing as 
water. Similarly, this material world appears attractive because there is an all-attractive spiritual world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Socrates, the real pursuit of man is the search for the Absolute Good. Basically, Socrates is an imperson
alist because he does not ultimately define this Absolute Good as a person, nor does he give it a personal name.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the preliminary stage of understanding the Absolute, known as Brahman realization, realization of the impersonal feature. When one is further advanced, he attains Param\'e4tm\'e4
 realization, realization of the localized feature, whereby he realizes that God is everywhere. It is a fact that God is everywhere, but at the same time God has His own abode. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcta\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub 5.37}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). God is a person, and He has His own abode and associates. Although He is in His abode, He is p
resent everywhere, within every atom. }{\cs3755\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 \'eb\'f2\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{
\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub 5.35}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ). Like other impersonalists, Socrates cannot understand how God, through His potency, can remain in His own abode and simultaneously be present in every atom. The material world is His expansion, His energy.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kha\'e0 mano budd
hir eva ca\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 constitute My separated mater
ial 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
 7.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because His energy is expanded everywhere, He can be present everywhere. Although the energy and the energetic are nondifferent, we cannot say that they are not disti
nct. They are simultaneously one and different. This is the perfect philosophy of}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub acintya-bhed
\'e4bheda-tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Good of which Socrates speaks is different from }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Republic}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Socrates says that it is the Good which gives truth
 to the objects of knowledge and the very power of knowing to him who knows them. He speaks of the Form of essential goodness as the cause of knowledge and truth. Although we may consider the Good to be an object of knowledge, it would be better if we re
garded it as being beyond truth and knowledge and of higher value. Both knowledge and truth are therefore to be regarded as like unto the Good, but it is incorrect to identify either with the Good. He believes that the Good must hold a higher place of ho
nor. Objects of knowledge derive their very being and reality from the Good, which is beyond being itself and surpasses it in dignity and power.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mode of goodness, is a position from which we can receive knowledge. Knowledge cannot be rec
eived from the platform of passion and ignorance. If we hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, we are gradually freed from the clutches of darkness and passion. Then we can come to the platform of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and when we are perfectly situated there, we are beyond the lower modes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6a-pr\'e4ye\'f1v abhadre\'f1u \line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nitya\'e0 bh\'e4gavata-sevay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagavaty uttama-\'e7loke \line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktir bh
avati nai\'f1\'f6hik\'e9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad\'e4 rajas-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo-bh\'e4v\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-lobh\'e4daya\'e7 ca ye\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceta etair an\'e4viddha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sthita\'e0 sattve pras\'e9dati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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}{\cs3755
\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 transcend
ental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact. At the time loving service is established in the heart, the modes of passion (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajas}{\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 , and ignorance (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and lust and desire (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ), disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes happy." }{\b0\i0\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 1.2.18-19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process may be gradual, but it is certain. The more we hear about }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more we become purified. Purification means freedom from the attacks of greed and passion. Then we can become happy. From the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
brahma-bh\'fcta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform, we can realize ourselves and then realize God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So before realizing the 
Supreme Good, we must first come to the platform of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , goodness. Therefore we have regulations prohibiting illicit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling. Ultim
ately, we must transcend even the mode of goodness through }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Then we become liberated
, gradually develop love of God, and regain our original state.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirodho 'sy\'e4nu\'e7ayanam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tmana\'f9 saha \'e7aktibhi\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muktir hitv\'e4nyath\'e4 r\'fcpa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva-r\'fcpe\'eba vyavasthiti\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When the living entity, along with his conditional living tendency, merges with the mystic lying down of the Mah\'e4-}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is called the winding up of the cosmic manifestation. Liberation is the permanent situ
ation of the form of the living entity after giving up the changeable material gross and subtle bodies." }{\b0\i0\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 2.10.6}{\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  This 
means giving up all material engagements and rendering full service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then we attain the state where }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot touch us. If we keep in touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  has no jurisdiction.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 tara
nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  This is perfection. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates taught a process of liberation comparable to that of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . For him, liberation meant freedom from passion, and he approved the saying }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gnothi seauton}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Know thyself." By knowing ourselves through meditation, or insight, we can gain self-control, and by being self-controlled, we can attain
 happiness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. Meditation means analyzing the self and searching for the Absolute Truth. That is described in the Vedic literatures: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4n\'e4vasthita-tad-gatena manas\'e4 pa\'e7yanti ya\'e0 yogina\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12.13.1}{\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 . Through meditation, the yog\'e9 sees the Supreme Truth (K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God) within himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there. The yog}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consults with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises him. That is the relationship K\'e5\'f1\'eba has with the yog\'e9. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Buddhi-yoga\'e0 dad\'e4myaham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When one is purified, he is always seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba within himself. This is confirmed in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0\'e7y\'e4masundaram acintya-gu\'eba-svar\'fcpa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of love. He i
s seen in His eternal form of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  situated within the heart of the devotee." (}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.38}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Thus an advanced saintly person is always seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this verse, the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sy\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "blackish," but at the same time extraordinarily beautiful. The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub acintya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that He has unlimited qualities. Although He is situated everywhere, as Govinda He is always dancing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana with the }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays with His friends, and sometimes, acting as a naughty b
oy, teases His mother. These pastimes of the Supreme Person are described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as we know, Socrates was a self-taught man. Is it possible for a person to be self-taught? That is, can 
self-knowledge be attained through meditation, or introspection?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Ordinarily, everyone thinks according to the bodily conception. If I begin to study the different parts of my body and seriously begin to consider what I am, I will gradually arrive
 at the study of the soul. If I ask myself, "Am I this hand?" the answer will be, "No, I am not this hand. Rather, this is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  hand." I can thus continue analyzing each part of the body and discover that all the parts are mine but that I am different. Through this method of self-study, any intelligent man can see that he is not the body. This
 is the first lesson of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra
\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muhya
ti
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  2.13)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At one time I had the body of a child, but now that body is no longer existing. Still, I am aware that I possessed such a 
body; therefore from this I can deduce that I am something other than the body. I may rent an apartment, but I do not identify with it. The body may be mine, but I am not the body. By this kind of introspection, a man can teach himself the distinction be
tween the body and the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as being completely self-taught\'97according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and the Vedic conception, life is continuous. Since we are always acquiring experience, we cannot say that Socrates was self-taught. Rather, in his previous lives he cultivated knowledge, and this knowledge is continuing. That is a fact. Oth
erwise, why is one man intelligent and another man ignorant? This is due to continuity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates believed that through meditation, a person can attain knowledge, and through knowledge he can become virtuous
. When he is virtuous, he acts in the right way, and by so doing, becomes happy. Therefore the enlightened man is meditative, knowledgeable, and virtuous. He is also happy because he acts properly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-bhakti\'e0
 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 who is thus transcendentally situated at onc
e 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.}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one is self-realized, he immediately becomes happy, joyful (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). This is because he is properly situated. A person may labor a long time under some mistaken idea, bu
t when he finally comes to the proper conclusion, he becomes very happy. He thinks, "Oh, what a fool I was, going on so long in such a mistaken way." Thus a self-realized person is happy. Happiness means that you no longer have to think of attaining thin
gs. For instance, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja told the Lord: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4min k\'e5t\'e4rtho 'smi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I do
n't want any material benediction." Prahlada Mah\'e4r\'e4ja also said, "My Lord, I don't want any material benefits. I have seen my father, who was such a big materialist that even the demigods were afraid of him, destroyed by You within a second. Theref
ore I am not after these things." Real knowledge means that you no longer hanker. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and yog\'e9s are all hankering after something. The }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  want material wealth, beautiful women and good positions. If one is not hankering f
or what one does not have, he is lamenting for what he has lost. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are al
so hankering, expecting to become one with God and merge into His existence. The yog\'e9s are hankering after some magical powers to befool others into thinking that they have become God. In India, some yog\'e9s convince people that they can manufacture 
gold and fly in the sky, and foolish people believe them. Even if a yog\'e9 can fly, there are many birds flying. What is the difference? An intelligent person can understand this. If a person says that he can walk on water, thousands of fools will come 
to see him. People will even pay ten rupees just to see a man bark like a dog, not thinking that there are many dogs barking anyway. In any case, people are always hankering and lamenting, but the devotee is fully satisfied in the service of the Lord. Th
e devotee doesn't hanker for anything, nor does he lament.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Through }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the path of meditation, it seems that Socrates realized Brahman. Could he also have realized Param\'e4tm\'e4? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what of the realization of Bhag}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub van, K\'e5\'f1\'eba? I thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be realized only through }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, no one can enter into K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode without being a purified }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y
\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tato m\'e4\'e0 tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi
\'e7ate tad-anantaram
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 th
e 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\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba never says that He can
 be understood by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\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 karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The personal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is especially reserved for the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\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 yog\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot go there. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the ultimate goal of life, does this mean always being consci
ous of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we should always be thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should act in such a way that we have to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the time. For instance, we are discussing the philosophy of S
ocrates in order to strengthen our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore the ultimate goal is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise, we are not interested in criticizing or accepting anyone's philosophy. We are neutral.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the proper use of intelligence is to guide everything in such a way that we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious?
 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is it. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we remain on the mental platform. Being on the mental platform means hovering. On that platform, we are not fixed. It is the business of
 the mind to accept this and reject that, but when we are fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are no longer subjected to the mind's accepting and rejecting.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right conduct then becomes automatic? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. As soon as the mind wanders, we should immediately drag it back to concentrate on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While chanting, our mind sometimes wanders far away, but when we become conscious o
f this, we should immediately bring the mind back to hear the sound vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhy\'e4s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the practice of yoga. We should not allow the min
d to wander elsewhere. We should simply chant and hear. That is the best yoga system.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In addition to believing in the value of insight, or meditation, Socrates also believed that knowledge can be imparted
 from one person to another. He therefore asserted the importance of a }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which he hims
elf was for many people. Sometimes, posing as an ignorant person, Socrates would question his disciples. He would not offer the answers but would try to draw them out of his disciples, a process known as the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maieutic}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  method. He considered himself to be a kind of midwife drawing the truth from the repository of the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is similar to our method because we say that you must approach a guru in order to learn the truth. This is the instruction given in all the Vedic scriptures. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself advises:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pranip\'e4tena\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paripra\'e7
nena sevay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ni}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'e7 tattva-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spi
ritual 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.}{\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 (}{\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 4.34}{\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  A guru who knows the truth is one who has seen the truth. People say, "Can you show me God?" It is a natural tendency to want
 to know something by direct perception. This is possible by advanced devotion. As I have already explained: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub santa\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadaiva}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The realized devotee is c
onstantly seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You can constantly see t
he Supreme Lord as Param\'e4tm\'e4 sitting within your heart, and you can take advice from Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also confirms this: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub myaham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Yoga means concentrating the mind in order to see the Supersoul within. Therefore you have to control the activities of
 the senses and withdraw them from material engagement. When your concentration is perfect, when your mind is focused on Param\'e4tm\'e4, you always see Him. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-
gaten\'e4ntar\'e4tman\'e4\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa me yuktatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 And of all yog\'e9s, 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.}{\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 (}{\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  6.47)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The perfect yog\'e9 sees God constantly within. That is perfection. The process that Socrates used gave his disciples a good chance to develop their understanding. When a parent raises his child, he first of all takes his hand an
d teaches him how to walk. Sometimes he gives the child freedom to walk on his own, although he may sometimes fall down. The father then encourages the child, saying, "Ah, you are doing very nicely. Stand up again and walk." Similarly, the guru gives his
 disciple the chance to think properly in order to go back home, back to Godhead. Sometimes, when a person comes to argue, the guru says, "All right, what do you consider important?" In this way, the person's position is understood. An expert teacher kno
ws how to capture a fool. First, let the fool go on and speak all sorts of nonsense. Then he can understand where he is having difficulty. That is also a process.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates recommended good association because if one is to develop good qualities, he must associate with those
 who are virtuous and similarly interested.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is very valuable. Without good association, we cannot develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Narottama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D
\'e4sa}{\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 \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h
\'e4kura sings: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub T}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dera cara\'eba-sebi-bhakta-sane b\'e4s janame janame hoy ei abhil\'e4\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "My dear Lord, please allow me to live with those devotees who serve the lotus feet o
f the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. This is my desire, life after life." }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7}{\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  The aim of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to create a society in which devotees can associate with one another. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It has been said that Socrates's philosophy is primarily a philosophy of ethics, pointing to the way of action in the 
world. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or knowledge in itself, is not sufficient. It must be applied, and must
 serve as a basis for activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, ethics form the basic principle of purification. We cannot be purified unless we know what is moral and what is immoral. Unfortunately, everything in this material world is more or 
less immoral, but we still have to distinguish between good and bad. Therefore we have regulative principles. By following them, we can come to the spiritual platform and transcend the influence of the three modes of material nature. Passion is the bindi
ng force in the material world. In a prison, prisoners are sometimes shackled, and similarly, material nature provides the shackles of sex life to bind us to this material world. This is the mode of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , passion. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma e\'f1a krodha e\'f1a\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajogu
\'eba-samudbhava\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e7ano mah\'e4-p\'e4pm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viddhy enam iha vairi\'eb
am
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and w
hich is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world." }{\b0\i0\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 3.37)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mode of passion, includes }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , lusty desires. When our lusty desires are not fulfilled, we become angry (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub krodha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). All this binds us to the material world. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad\'e4 rajas-tamo-bh\'e4v\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k
\'e4ma-lobh\'e4daya\'e7 ca ye\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceta etair an\'e4viddha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sthita\'e0 sattve pras
\'e9dati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature's modes of passion and ignorance, 
such as lust, desire, and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely happy." }{\b0\i0\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 1.2.19}{\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  When we are subjected to the lower material modes (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub tamo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), we become greedy and lusty. Ethics provide a way to escape the clutches of greed and lust. Then we can come to the platform of goodness and from there attain the spiritual platform.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is meditation in itself sufficient to transcend these lower modes?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If we seek the Supersoul within, our meditation is perfect. But if we manufacture something in the name of transcendental meditation in order to bluff others, it is useless.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates believed that ignorance results in bad actions, and that the knowledgeable man will automatically act 
properly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When an ignorant child touches fire and is burned, he cries. His distress is due to ignorance. An intelligent person will not touch fire because he knows its properties. Thus ignorance i
s the cause of bondage and suffering. It is due to ignorance that people commit many sinful activities and become entangled.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does this mean that when people are enlightened with proper knowledge, they will automatically become good? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yathaidh\'e4msi samiddho 'gnir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhasma
s\'e4t kurute 'rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni\'f9 sarva-karm\'e4\'ebi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhasmas\'e4t kurute
 tath\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As the blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to materia
l 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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.37)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fire of knowledge consumes all sinful activities. To this end, there is need for education. People are born ignorant, and education is needed to remove their ignorance. 
Since they are born illusioned by the bodily conception, people act like animals. They therefore have to be educated to understand that they are different from the material body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is it that some people who receive this knowledge later reject it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then it is not perfect knowledge. When one actually receives perfect knowledge, he becomes good. This is a fact. If one is not good, it is because he has not received perfect knowledge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there not a class of men that is always evil? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can any man be made good? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly, because the soul is by nature good. The living entity is covered by the inferior modes of material nature, by passion and ignorance. When he is cleansed of this covering, his 
goodness will emerge. The soul is originally good because it is part and parcel of God, and God is all good. That which is part and parcel of gold is also gold. Although the soul is covered by matter, the soul is all good. When a sharpened knife is cover
ed by rust, it loses its sharpness. If we remove the rust, the knife will once again be sharp.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does the existence of evil in the world mean that there is absolute evil?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Absolute evil means forgetfulness of the Absolute Truth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth, and lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is absolute evil. In terms of the absolute evil, w
e may say that this is good and that is bad, but all this is mental concoction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Generally speaking, Socrates was more concerned with God as a moral reality than as a personal conception.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Moral reality is necessarily personal. If a man is moral, we say that he is honest. If he follows no moral principles, we say that he is dishonest. Thus morality and immorality refer to 
a person. How can we deny personal morality?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then if God is pure morality, He must be a person. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly. All good. God is good, and this means that He is full of morality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates taught that good deeds bring happiness and that to perform them is the real goal of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the law of }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . If I work hard in this life, I earn money. If I study hard, I acquire an education. However, if I neither work nor study, I remain poor and uneducated. This is the law of karma. According to the Vedic }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , society is divided into four castes: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Each caste has its particular dut
y, but that duty is connected to God's service. In other words, everyone can satisfy the Supreme Lord by performing his duty. By walking, the legs perform their duty, and by touching or holding, the hands perform their duty. Every part of the body perfor
ms a duty alotted to it. Similarly, we are all part and parcel of God, and if we do our duty, we are serving God. This is the system of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 cre
ated by 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 4.13)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is further stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata\'f9 prav\'e5ttir bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yena sarvam ida\'e0tatam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svakarma\'eb\'e4 tam abhyarcya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddhi\'e0 vin
dati m\'e4nava\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 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 duty, attain perfection.}{\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 (}{\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  18.46}{\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  Thus the respective duties of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can be dovetailed to the service of the Lord, and by doing so, any man can attain perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is moral improvement the highest goal of mankind, or is there something higher?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, we must understand what morality is. Morality means discharging our prescribed duties without hindering others in the execution of their duties. That is morality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you consider the shortcomings of a philosophy devoted to moral improvement and knowing oneself through 
pure reason alone?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Knowing oneself through pure reason alone will take time. Of course, in European philosophy, there is an attempt at more independent thought, but such independent thinking is not approve
d by the followers of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Vedic followers receive knowledge directly from autho
rities. They do not speculate. We cannot attain knowledge through speculation because everyone is imperfect. A person may be proud of seeing, but he does not know that his eyesight is conditioned. Unless there is sunlight, he cannot see. Therefore, what 
is the intrinsic value of eyesight? We should not be very proud of seeing or thinking because our senses are imperfect. We therefore have to receive knowledge from the perfect. In this way, we save time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic system, we receive knowledge from Vy\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sadeva, N\'e4rada, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This knowledge is perfec
t because these personalities are not subjected to the four defects of conditioned living entities. The conditioned living entity has a tendency to commit mistakes, to be illusioned, to have imperfect senses, and to cheat. These are the four imperfection
s of conditional life. We therefore have to receive knowledge from those who are liberated. This is the Vedic process. If we receive knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there cannot be any mistake, nor any question of illusion. Our senses may be imperfect, bu
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses are perfect; therefore whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, we accept, and that acceptance is our perfection. A person may search for years to find out who his father is, but the immediate answer is available through his mother. The be
st way to solve this problem is by directly asking the mother. Similarly, all knowledge received from the perfect liberated person or from the mother }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates's emphasis was on humanity and ethical action. He said that our lives should be composed of good deeds
 because we can attain the highest perfection by being virtuous. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, to do good work is also recommended in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is possible to go home, back to Godhead, if we always work for the benefit of others. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement means benefitting others twenty-four hours a day. People are lacking knowle
dge of God, and we are preaching this knowledge. This is the highest humanitarian work: to elevate the ignorant to the platform of knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But wouldn't you say that there is something more than moral improvement? Isn't that just a by-product of somet
hing else?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, real improvement is realizing God and our relationship with Him. In order to come to this platform, mo
rality or purity is required. God is pure, and unless we are also pure, we cannot approach God. Therefore we are prohibiting meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling. These are immoral habits that are always keeping us}{\cs3755\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 impure. Unless we abandon these impure habits, we cannot progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then morality is just a qualification for becoming God conscious, isn't it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we automatically become moral. On the one hand, we have to observe the regulative moral principles, and on the other hand we have to develop o
ur tendency to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba more and more. By serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we become moral. However, if we try to be moral without serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will fail. Therefore so-called followers of morality are always frustrated. The goal is trans
cendental to human morality. We have to come to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to be truly moral. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge, and renunciation, become manifest in the body of
 one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva. On
 the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's external energy. How c
an there be any good qualities in such a man?" }{\b0\i0\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 5.18.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is that we cannot be moral without being devotees. We may artificially try to be moral, but ultimately we will fai
l. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By virtue of his intelligence
, Socrates could keep his passions controlled, but most people do not have such intellectual strength. They are not able to control themselves rationally and act properly. How does K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness help in this endeavor? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness purifies the intelligence, the mind, and the senses. Since everything is purified, there is no chance in being employed in anything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness. Anyone can do this under the proper guidance, whereas not everyone can do as Socrates did. The common man does not have sufficient intelligence to control himself without spiritual exercise. Yet, despite his intelligence, Socrates had no clear c
onception of God. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna tells }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pav
itra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'e0\'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 divyam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub di-devam aja\'e0 vibhum
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the s
upreme 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.}{\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 (}{\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  10.12)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pavitram}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the purest." This includes all morality. Acting in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the best morality, and this is supported in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api cet sudur\'e4c\'e4ro\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajate m
\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhur eva sa mantavya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samyag vyavasito hi sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly beca
use he is properly situated." }{\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. }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even if a person is considered immoral from the mundane point of view, he shoul
d be regarded as moral if he acts on the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Sometimes a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may appear to act immorally. For instance, in the dead of night, the young cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana left their h
usbands and fathers to go to the forest to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. From the materialistic point of view, this is immoral, but because their actions were connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are considered highly moral. By nature, Arjuna was not inclined to ki
ll, even at the risk of his kingdom, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted him to fight; therefore Arjuna entered the battle and acted morally, even though he was killing people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then, you are saying that morality is absolute as long as it is in relation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative says, "Do this," that act is moral. We cannot create morality. We cannot say, "I am a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore I can kill." No. We can
not do anything unless we receive a direct order.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But can leading a life that is honest, or based on doing good to others, lead us to ultimate happiness? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, there is no meaning to honesty and morality. They are artificial. People are always saying, "This is mine." But our accepting proprietorship is ac
tually immoral hecause nothing belongs to us. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1}{\cs2873\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 
. Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We cannot say, "This table is mine. This wife is mine. This house is mine." It is immoral to claim another's properly as our own.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates defines right as that which is beneficial to others, and wrong as that which does harm to others. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a general definition, but we should know what is beneficial for others. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is beneficial, and anything else is not beneficial.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For instance, he states that stealing, lying, cheating, hating, and other evils, are absolutely bad. Yet if the
re is a necessity to cheat or lie in order to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would that be bad? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Cheating and lying are not necessary. By cheating, we cannot serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is not the principle. However, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly orders us to cheat, that is a different 
matter. But we cannot create that order. We cannot say, "Because I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, it is all right for me to cheat." No. However, once K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to go tell Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya that his son was dead, although his 
son was not. This was a kind of cheating, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly ordered it, it was all right. Orders from K\'e5\'f1\'eba are transcendental to everything\'97morality and immorality. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is neither morality
 nor immorality. There is simply good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Athenian government accused Socrates of fostering atheism and blaspheming the gods because he felt that worship of
 the demigods in the Greek pantheon did not lead to self-realization. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, Socrates was right. Worship of the demigods is also discouraged in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prapadyante 'nya-devat\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra
k\'e5ty\'e4 niyat\'e4\'f9 svay\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 natures." }{\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 7.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Demigods are worshipped out of lust for some 
material benefit by one who has lost his intelligence (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), You may worshi
p the demigod Sarasvat\'e9, the goddess of learning, and thereby become a great scholar, but how long will you remain a scholar? When your body dies, your scholarly knowledge is finished. Then you have to accept another body and act accordingly. So how w
ill scholastic knowledge help you? However, if you worship God Himself, the results are different.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo v
etti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\b0\i0\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To worship God means to know God. Knowing God means understanding how material nature is working under His directions. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 This material nature is working under My directi
on, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.}{\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 (}{\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  }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because impersonalists cannot understand how a person c
an direct the wonderful activities of material nature, they remain impersonalists. But actually God is a person, and this is the understanding we get from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki
\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga\'eb
\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Trut
h superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.}{\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 (}{\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  7.7)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The word }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to a person.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 s
arva\'e0pravartate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit\'e4
\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 I am the source of all spiritual and material wo
rlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.}{\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 (}{\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  10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also confirms that the Absolu
te Truth is a person, and when Arjuna understood }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 bra
hma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma pavitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth, and the eternal Div
ine 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
10.12)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Understanding the Absolute Truth means understanding the three features of the Absolute Truth: the impersonal, the localized, and the personal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva\'e0 y
aj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhag\'e4va
n." }{\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\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Absolute Truth is one, but there are different features. One mountain seen from different dis
tances appears different. From a far distance, the Absolute Truth appears impersonal, but as you approach, you see Param\'e4tm\'e4 present everywhere. When you come even nearer, you can perceive Bhag\'e4van, the Supreme Person. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates deliberately took poison in order not to contradict himself. The government told him that if he retrac
ted his statements, he could live, but he preferred to be a martyr for his own beliefs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is good that he stuck to his point, yet regrettable that he lived in a society that would not permit him to think independently. Therefore he was obliged to die. In that sense, Socrat
es was a great soul. Although he appeared in a society that was not very advanced, he was nonetheless a great philosopher.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates considered the contemplation of beauty to be an activity of the wise man, but relative beauty in the mundane 
world is simply a reflection of absolute beauty. In the same way, good in the relative world is but a reflection of the absolute good. In any case, absolute good or beauty is transcendental.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is also our view. Beauty, knowledge, strength, wealth, fame, and renunciation are all transcendental. In this material world, everything is a perverted reflection. A foolish an
imal may run after a mirage in the desert, thinking it water, but a sane man knows better. Although there is no water in the desert, we cannot conclude that there is no water at all. Water certainly exists. Similarly, real happiness, beauty, knowledge, s
trength, and the other opulences exist in the spiritual world, but here they are only reflected pervertedly. Generally, people have no information of the spiritual world; therefore they have to imagine something spiritual. They do not understand that thi
s material world is imaginary.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo v
etti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\b0\i0\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although people are reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , they 
cannot understand this very simple point. After giving up the material body, the devotee goes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, the Christians say that after death, one goes to heaven or hell, and to some extent that is a fact. If we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a in this lifetime, we can go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal abode; otherwise, we remain in this material world to undergo the same cycle of birth and death. That is hell.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At the conclusion of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Republic}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Socrates gives the analogy of humanity living within a dark cave. The self-realized teacher has seen the light outside the cave. When he returns to the cave to inform the p
eople that they are in darkness, many consider him crazy for speaking of such a thing as the light outside. Thus the teacher often puts himself in a very dangerous position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a fact. We often give the example of a frog within a dark well, thinking that his well is everything. When he is informed that there is an Atlantic Ocean, he cannot conceive of s
uch a great quantity of water. Those who are in the dark well of material existence are surprised to hear that there is light outside. Everyone in the material world is suffering in the dark well of material existence, and we are throwing down this rope 
called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If people do not catch hold, what can we do? If you are fortunate, you can capture the Lord with the help of the teacher, but it is up to you to catch hold of the rope. Everyone is trying to get out of the misery of m
aterial existence. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m ek
a\'e0\'e7ara\'eba\'e0vraja\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1y
\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 reactions. Do not fear." 
}{\b0\i0\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Still, due to obstinance, people refuse, or do not believe Him. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also tell us, "Don't remain in the dark well. Come out into the light." Unfortunately, people want to become perfect and yet remain in the dark well. This material universe is by nature dark, and there
fore K\'e5\'f1\'eba has supplied the sun and moon for light. Yet there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's kingdom, which is different, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself tells us in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcryo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na \'e7a
\'e7\'e4\'ecko na p\'e4vaka\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad gatv\'e4 na nivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0
 mama
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never returns to thi
s material world." }{\b0\i0\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 15.6}{\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  In K\'e5\'f1\'eba's k
ingdom there is no need for sun, moon, or electricity. His kingdom is all effulgent. In the darkness of this material world, the only happiness is in sleep and sex. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rotavy\'e4d\'e9ni r\'e4jendra\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 santi sahasra\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apa\'e7yat\'e4m \'e4tma-tattva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5he\'f1u g\'e5ha-medhin\'e4m
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nidray\'e4 hriyate nakta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyav\'e4
yena ca v\'e4 vaya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub div\'e4 c\'e4rthehay\'e4 r\'e4jan\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku\'f6umba-bhara\'ebena v
\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, are interested in hearing about many di
fferent subjects, O Emperor. The lifetime of such envious householders is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence, and in the day either in making money or maintaining family members." }{\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  2.1.2-3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Materialists spend much time reading newspapers, novels, and magazines. They have many forms of engagement because they are ignor
ant of self-realization. They think that life simply means living in a family surrounded by their wife, children, and friends. They work hard during the day for money, racing their cars at breakneck speed, and at night they either sleep or enjoy sex. Thi
s is just like the life of a hog constantly searching for stool. Yet all of this is taking place in the name of civilization. This kind of hoggish civilization is condemned in the Vedic literatures. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises us to produce grains, eat fruits, vegetables, drink milk, and cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this way, we can become happy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates speaks of everyone sitting in the cave, watching a kind of cinema composed of imitation forms. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that people are in darkness, and everything seen in darkness is not clear. Therefore the Vedic version is: "Don't remain in darkness. Come to the light." That light is the gur
u.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respe
ctful obeisances unto him." }{\b0\i0\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 Guru }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Pra\'eb\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Plato (427-347 B.C.)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Plato (427-347 B.C.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Plato, the spiritual world is not a mental conception; rather, truth is the same as ultimate reality, the ideal or
 the highest good, and it is from this that all manifestations and cognitions flow. Plato uses the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eidos}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (idea) in order to denote a subject's primordial existence, its archetypal shape. Doesn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba use the word }{\cs3755\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 \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [seed] in much the same way?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. }{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the original seed of all existences." }{\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  7.10)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the Tenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba also states: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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  10.8}{\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  Whether we speak of the spirit
ual or material world, everything emanates from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the origin of all manifestations. The origin is what is factual. God has two energies\'97material and spiritual. This is also described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a
\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apareyam itas tv any\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti
\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va-bh\'fct\'e4\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yayeda\'e0 dh\'e4r
yate jagat
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etad-yon\'e9ni bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarv
\'e4\'eb\'e9ty upadh\'e4raya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 k\'e5tsnasya jagata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9 pralayas
 tath\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 constitute My separated mater
ial energies. Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which is all living entities who are struggling with material nature and sustaining 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\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  7.4-6)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gross matter, as well as the subtle mind, intelligence, and ego, are }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's separated material energies. The living entity, the individual soul (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\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  is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, but he is superior to the material energy. When we make a comparative study of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies, w
e find that one energy is superior and that another is inferior, but because both energies are coming from the Absolute Truth, there is no difference. In a higher sense, they are all one. In the material world, everything is created, maintained, and then
 annihilated, but in the spiritual world, this is not the case. Although the body is created, maintained, and annihilated, the soul is not.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo nitya\'f9\'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At death, the soul may take on another body, but one who is perfect goes directly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo
 vetti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\b0\i0\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  4.9)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Or, one may go to the higher planetary systems, or the lower, or one may remain in the middle systems. In any case, it is better 
to go back to Godhead. This is the course of one who is intelligent.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pit
\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ni y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti
 mad-y\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 Those who worship the demigods will take birth a
mong the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me.}{\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 (}{\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  9.25)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What Plato is saying is that everything that exists has its seed or essence (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eidos}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That seed is originally with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For instance, before its manifestation, a tree is but a seed. Yet within that seed the whole tree is present. If you sow the seed of a rose p
lant, roses will manifest. If you sow the seed of a mango tree, a mango tree will manifest. It is not an idea but a fact. The tree is there, but it is not developed. Although it is unmanifest, it is more than an idea. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The senses perceive the changing phenomenal world, but according to Plato, the noumenal world is perceived by t
he mind. It is this world that is absolute, ideal, permanent, and universal. Would you say that ultimate reality is ideal in this Platonic sense? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not ideal\'97factual. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0 satya\'e0 dh\'e9mahi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "We offer our obeisances unto the Absolute Truth." This relative world is a perverted reflection of the absolute world. It is just like a shadow. A tree reflected in the water may appear to be exactly like the tree itself,
 but it is a perverted reflection. The actual tree is there. Similarly, this relative world is a reflection of the absolute world. In the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is clearly stated that this manifested creation, which is but a reflection, has its beginning in the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6\line }{\cs3755\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\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tejo-v\'e4ri-m\'e5d\'e4\'e0 yath\'e4 vinimayo yat
ra tri-sargo 'm\'e5\'f1\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4mn\'e4 svena sad\'e4 nirasta-kuhaka\'e0 satya\'e0 para\'e0 dh\'e9mahi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I meditate upon Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirec
tly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahm\'e4j\'e9, the original living being. By Him, even the great sages and demi
gods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear 
factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth." }{\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.}{\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 1.1.1}{\cs2873\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  
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the example of the banyan tree is given:
 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rdhva-m\'fclam adha\'f9-\'e7\'e4kham\line }
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7vattha\'e0 pr\'e4hur avyayam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chand\'e4\'e0si yasya par\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yas ta\'e0 veda sa veda-vit
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down, and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who know
s this tree is the knower of the Vedas." }{\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  15.1}{\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  The tree of the phenomenal world has its roots upward, whi
ch indicates that it is but a reflection of the real tree. The real tree is there, but because the tree perceived in the phenomenal world is a reflection, it is perverted. So the absolute world is a fact, but we cannot arrive at it by speculation. Our pr
ocess is to know about the absolute world from the absolute person. That is the difference between our process and Plato's. Plato wants to reach the absolute point through the dialectic process. We, however, receive information from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that there is a superior world or nature which exists even after this phenomenal cosmic manifestation is annihilated.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'v
yakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'e7yatsu n
a vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supre
me and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains 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 Bg. }{
\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 )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato considered the material world restricted to limitations of time and space, but the spiritual world transcends bo
th. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also believed that time began with the creation of the material world. How does this relate to the Vedic version? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Time is eternal. The past, present, and future are three features of time, but they are relative. Your past, present, and future are not the same as those of Brahm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Brahm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lives for millions of years, and within this span we may have many pasts, presents, and futures. These are relative according to the person, but time itself is eternal. Is that clear? Past, present, an
d future are relative according to the body, but time has no past, present, or future.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato considered material nature, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , to have always been existing in a chaotic state. God takes matter and fashions it into form in order to create the universe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  More precisely, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sets }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in motion, and the products are manifesting automatically. A printer may set up a press in such a way that many magazines can be printed completely. The seeds, or }{\cs3755\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 \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jams}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , are created by God in such a way that creations are manifest automatically. These seeds are God's machines. He has created these seeds only. The seed of the entire universe is coming from Him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasyaika ni\'e7vasita k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-
sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.48}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ). When God breathes, millions of seeds of universes emanate from His body, and we call this creation. When He inhales, they return, and we call this annihilation. Things are manifest or unmanifest depending on His breathing. When He exhales,
 everything is manifest. When He inhales, everything is finished. Only a fool thinks that God's breathing and our breathing are the same. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
mama bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over al
l that be." }{\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 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\nosupersub 9.11}{\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  Even Lord Brahma 
and Lord Indra were bewildered to see that this cowherd boy is God Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato's word for God is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub demiur
ge}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which in Greek means master builder, architect, or hand-worker.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Sanskrit this is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6i-kart\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but this conception is secondary. Lord Brahma is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6i-kart\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , and Brahma is inspired by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The original master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is not }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6i-kart\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because He does not do anything directly. As stated in the Vedas: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4-bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "His potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed as a natural sequence." }{\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 \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara-upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.8)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As soon as He wants something done, it is actualized. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa aik\'f1ata}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa im\'e4l lok\'e4n as\'e5jata}{\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 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aitareya}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -upani\'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 1.1.1-2)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When He glances at matter, creation takes place 
immediately. His energy is so perfect that simply by willing and glancing, everything is immediately and perfectly created. For instance, this flower is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. It requires a highly talented brain to color it and adjust it in such a way,
 but it is growing automatically. This is the way of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. This flower is a very small thing, but the entire cosmic manifestation is created on the same basis. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba has multi-energies, fine and subtle. As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba thinks, "This thing must come into 
being immediately," that thing is prepared by so many subtle energies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba doesn't have to do anything with His hands. He simply desires something, and it is created. Lord Brahm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is supposed to be the direct creator of the universe, but there are millions of universes and millions of Brahm\'e4s. There are also millions of suns and o
ther luminaries. There is no limit, and all this material creation is but the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato conceives of God as the essence of perfection, the supreme ideal, and the supreme good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni, perfection belongs to Him who has complete knowledge, wealth, beauty, power, fame, and renunciation. God has everything in full, and there is no vacancy
 in Him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato's philosophy points to a personal conception, but there is no idea of what God looks like, or what He say
s. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic literatures not only present this person but describe Him.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub barh\'e4vata\'e0sam asit\'e4mbuda-sundar\'e4\'ecgam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kandarpa-ko\'f6i-kamin\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 blossoming eyes are like lotus petals, wh
ose 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\i0\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 5.30)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this
 way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form and activities are concretely described. In the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ev
erything is factual. Plato thinks that the creator may be a person, but he does not know what kind of person He is, nor does he know of His engagements. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Later, in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Republic}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in the allegory of the cave mentioned before, Socrates states that in the world of knowledge, the last thing to be perceived, and only with great difficulty, is the essential form of go
odness. He considers this form to be the cause of whatever is right and good. He states that without having had a vision of this form, one cannot act with wisdom, neither in his own life, nor in matters of state. Here again, form is mentioned, but not pe
rsonality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is contradictory. As soon as we understand that there are instructions from God, we must understand that there is form, and when we understand that there is form, we must understand
 that there is personality. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
arve vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." 
}{\b0\i0\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  2.12)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that in the past, present, and future, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna, and all other living entities exist as personalities and have form. There is no question of formlessness. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba never said that in the past we were formless and that only in the present we have form. Rather, He condemns the impersonal version that says when God takes on form, that form is illusion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta\'e0 vyaktim \'e4panna\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
anyante m\'e4m abuddhaya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mam\'e4vyayam anuttama
m
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." (}{\cs3755\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 7.24}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) In this way, the impersonalists who claim that God is ultimately formless are condemned as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abuddhaya\'f9}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , unintelligent. When one maintains that God accepts a body composed of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he is called a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Plato, God is the ideal of every object, the ideal representation of everything. The individual soul is the
refore a tiny portion of this ideal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world. For instance, in this material world there is love, the sex urge. This is also present in the spiritual world, but it
 is present in its perfection. There is beauty, and there is attraction between K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a young boy, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, a young girl. But that attraction is perfection. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this world, that attraction is reflected in a perverted way. A young boy and girl fall in love, become frustrated, and separate.
 Therefore this is called perverted. Nonetheless, reality is there, and in reality there is no separation. It is perfect. That love is so nice that it is increasing pleasure. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato called love in the material world lust, or sensual love. There was also ideal, Platonic love, or intellec
tual love. By this, one observes the soul in a person and loves that soul, not the body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, spiritual love is factual. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'ebe gavi hastini\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uni caiva \'e7vap\'e4ke ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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].}{\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 (}{\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  5.18)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The learned person sees all these living entities with an equal vision 
because he does not see the outward covering. He sees the spirit soul within everyone. When we talk to a person, we do not talk to that person's dress but to the person himself. Similarly, those who are learned do not distinguish between outward bodies. 
The outward body has developed according to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the living entity, but it is ephe
meral. It is the soul that is real.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Plato, perfection within the world of the senses can never be attained.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is correct. Everything material has some defect. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saha-ja\'e0 karma kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa-do
\'f1am api na tyajet\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarv\'e4rambh\'e4hi do\'f1e\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'fcmen\'e4gnir iv\'e4v
\'e5t\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Every endeavor is covered by some sort of fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the wor
k which is born of his nature, O son of Kunt\'e9, even if such work is full of fault." }{\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 18.48}{\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  If we execute our prescribed duties according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we can still attain perfection, even though there are some defects. Through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, everyone can become perfect, 
regardless of his situation. A }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may give knowledge, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may give protection, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may provide food, and a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may provide general help for everyone. Although there may be imperfections in the execution of our duty, perfection can be 
attained by following the injunctions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato perceives man's soul in a marginal, intermediate position between two worlds. The soul belongs to the ide
al world, but he has taken on a material body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree that the conditioned soul is marginal energy. He can have a spiritual body or a material body, but until he is trained in acquiring a spiritual body, he will have to have a
 material body. However, when he engages in devotional service, his so-called material body is transformed into a spiritual body. For instance, if you put an iron rod into fire, it becomes red hot, and when it is red hot, it is no longer iron but fire. S
imilarly, when you are fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, your body is no longer material but spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believed that God put intelligence in the soul, and the soul in the body, in order that He might be the creator 
of a work which is by nature best.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that the living entity is part and parcel of God. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\b0\i0\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  15.7}{\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  The living entity almost has all the qualities of God, but he has them in minute quantity. We may create large airplanes and take some credit, but we cann
ot create a fiery ball like the sun and have it float in space. That is the difference between God and us. By God's power, millions and millions of planets are floating in space. We may manufacture some things out of the materials given by God, but we ca
nnot create these materials. For instance, it is not possible to manufacture gold, although God has created so many gold mines. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato reasoned that the soul,
 being eternal, must have existed previously in the ideal world, where it learned about eternal principles. Because we can recollect the eternal ideas quite easily, they are latent, or dormant within us.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is eternally spiritual, and therefore all goodness resides in it. But due to contact with matter, the soul becomes conditioned. When the soul engages in his original work by ren
dering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he immediately attains all spiritual qualities. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Plato, the longing for immortality is inborn. Man is yearning to realize this perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we desire to live eternally because we are in fact eternal. The living entity does not like changing material bodies. Birth and death are a botheration. He is afraid of taking birth
, and he is afraid of dying, but he does not know how to get rid of these botherations. However, according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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 (4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as soon as we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we immediately transcend this transmigration. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato perceives that every object in the universe is made with some purpose, and its ideal goal is to move toward the 
ideal in which its archetype or essence resides. According to the Vedic version, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-attractive object of the universe; therefore all things must be moving toward Him. How is it that the individual soul apparently turns from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba to participate in the world of birth and death? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is due to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , il
lusion. He should not have deviated, but due to the influence of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he is deviating and 
consequently suffering. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m ekam}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Stop this material plan making, surrender unto Me, and do what I say. Then you will be happy." This is very practical. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the living entities are now forgetful of their relationship with God. They have taken on these material bodies because they have a desire to imitate God. They cannot be God, but simply imitations. A w
oman may dress like a man, but she cannot become a man despite her dress. The living entity, being part and parcel of God, may believe that he is just like God, the supreme enjoyer, and he may think, "I shall enjoy myself." However, because he is not the
 actual enjoyer, he is given a false platform for enjoying. That platform is the material world. On this false platform, the individual soul experiences frustration. It cannot be said that this frustration is one step forward towards his real life. If on
e is actually intelligent, he thinks, "Why am I being frustrated? What is real perfection?" This is the beginning of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When he becomes frustrated with the material world, the living entity asks, "What
 is Brahman?" For instance, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a finance minister, but when he became frustrated, he approached Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Our real life begins when we become frustrated with material existence and approach a real spiritual master
. If we do not do this, we will certainly be frustrated in whatever we attempt in this material world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4bhavas t\'e4vad abodha-j\'e4to\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub y\'e4van na jij\'ef\'e4sata \'e4tma-tattvam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4vat kriy\'e4s t\'e4vad ida\'e0 mano vai\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e4tmaka\'e0 yena \'e7ar\'e9ra-bandha\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As long as one does not inquire about the spiritual values of life, one is defeated and subjected to miseries arising from 
ignorance. Be it sinful or pious, }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has its resultant actions. If a person is engaged 
in any kind of karma, his mind is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e4tmaka}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , colored with fruitive activity. As 
long as the mind is impure, consciousness is unclear, and as long as one is absorbed in fruitive activity, he has to accept a material 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 Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.5.5}{\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 ignorance, the living entity tries to approach the ideal life, but he is ultimately defeated. He must come to the point of understanding himself. When he underst
ands what he is, he knows, "I am not matter; I am spirit." When he understands this, he begins to make spiritual inquiries, and by this, he can again return home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believes that we must mold our lives in such a way as to attain perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service. We are the eternal servants of God, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as long as we are in the material world, we should be trained to serv
e God. As soon as our apprenticeship is completed, we are promoted to the spiritual world to render the same service in fact. We are chanting here, and in the spiritual world we will also be chanting. We are serving here, and there we will also be servin
g. However, here we experience a probational apprenticeship. There, that service is factual. But even though this is an apprenticeship, because devotional service is absolute, it is not different from the real world. Therefore if one engages in devotiona
l service, he is already liberated. His very activities are liberated; they are not at all material. One who does not know anything about devotional service thinks, "Oh, what are they doing? Why are they chanting? Anyone can chant. How is this spiritual?
" People do not know that the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates maintained that one must become perfectly good, but he gives no clear idea of just how this is done. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Being perfectly good means acting for the perfectly good, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are given an actual occupation by which we can become perfectly good. The ac
tivities of a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness appear to be perfectly good even to a materialistic person. Anyone can appreciate the good character and qualifications of devotees. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4}{\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 (}{\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 5.18.12}{\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 . If one has developed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he will manifest all the good qualities of the demigods. This is a test to tell how we are advancing toward perfection. These qualities will be visib
le even in this material world. This is not simply a question of the ideal, the inaccessible. This can be factually experienced. And the devotee does not want anything other than engagement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He doesn't want material sense 
gratification at all. That is perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Plato, perfect happiness lies in attempting to become godly. Insofar as man is godly, he is ethical. Evil forces w
ithin man combat his efforts to attain this ultimate goal. But Plato was not a determinist; he emphasized freedom of the will, and insisted that evil acts are due to man's failure to meet his responsibilities. Evil does not come from God, who is all good
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything comes from God, but we have to make our choice. Both the university and the prison are government institutions, but the prison is meant for criminals, and the university for s
cholars. The government spends money to maintain both institutions, but we make our choice either to go to prison or the university. That is the minute independence present in every human being. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na
 me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye bhajanti tu m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi te te\'f1
u c\'e4py aham
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, 
is in Me, and I am also a friend to him." }{\b0\i0\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 9.29)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not that out of envy God makes someone unhappy and someone else happy. This is not God's business. Happiness and unhappiness are our creati
on. The government does not tell us to become criminals, but it is our fault if we become criminals and suffer. Of course, God is ultimately responsible. God gives us suffering or happiness, but we create the situation which is made into fact by the pote
ncy of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato conceives of death as being the end of the sensory life of the individual, his thoughts, perceptions, and experi
ences. The individual then returns to the ideal world from which he came. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he believes in the eternity of the soul. There are three stages: awakening, dreaming, and deep sleep, or unconsciousness. When a man dies, he goes from the awakening stat
e into the dreaming state, and then enters the state of deep sleep. Transmigration means that he gives up the gross body and carries the subtle body\'97the mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97into another body. Until the other body is properly prepared,
 he remains in a state of deep sleep. When the body is prepared after seven months [for the human being], he then regains consciousness. At this point, he thinks, "O my Lord, why am I put into this situation? Why am I packed tightly in this womb?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the womb, he feels very uncomfortable, and if he is pious, he prays to God for relief. At this time, he promises God that he wil
l become a devotee. When he comes out of the womb, the different stages of life begin: childhood, youth, manhood, middle age, old age, and then again death. It is like a flower that goes through different stages. In the beginning, the flower is only a bu
d, and it eventually blossoms and looks very beautiful. By gradually developing our }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the beauty of our life can eventually be manifest.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato also stressed the process of remembering. For instance, a boy may be ignorant of a certain subject, but a teache
r can elicit answers from him that will suggest that he acquired this certain knowledge in a previous existence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and therefore we find that some students are more intelligent than others. Why is this? One student can grasp the subject very quickly, while another cannot.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcrv\'e4bhy\'e4sena tenaiva\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hriy
ate hy ava\'e7o 'pi sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles, eve
n without seeking them." }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub 6.44}{\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  Some men may be born in rich families and may acquire a good education, whe
reas others may be born in poor families and remain uneducated. If one is extraordinarily rich, educated, aristocratic, and beautiful, we should understand that he is reaping the results of his previous good activities. In any case, regardless of one's p
osition in this world, everyone has to be educated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this sense, everyone has an equal opportunity. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kir\'e4ta-h\'fc\'eb\'e4ndhra-pulinda-pulka\'e7\'e4\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e9ra-\'e7umbh\'e4 yavan\'e4\'f9 khas\'e4daya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye 'nye ca p\'e4p
\'e4 yad-ap\'e4\'e7ray\'e4\'e7ray\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub udhyanti tasmai prabhavi\'f1\'ebave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Kir\'e4tas, H\'fc\'ebas, \'c4ndhras, Pulindas, Pulka\'e7as, \'c4bh\'e9ras, \'c7umbhas, Yavanas, and the Khasa races, and ev
en others who are addicted to sinful acts, can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him." }{\b0\i0\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 2.4.18}{\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  So even if one has the body of an aborigine, he can be trained in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because that consciousness is on the platform of the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning education, it is stated in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
The Republic}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 'The soul of every man possesses the power of learning the truth and the organ to see it with. Just as one might have to turn the whole body around for the ey
e to see light instead of darkness, so the entire soul must be turned away from this changing world, until its eye can bear to contemplate reality and that supreme splendor which we have called the Good. Hence there may well be an art whose aim would be 
to affect this very thing: the conversion of the soul, in the readiest way. Not to put the power of sight into the soul's eye, which already has it, but to insure that, instead of looking in the wrong direction, it is turned the way it ought to be."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It is certainly an art. It is a process of purifying the senses. When the senses are purified, our main objective is at
tained. We do not say that sensory activities are to be stopped. They are to be redirected. Presently, the eyes are seeing things material. The eyes want to see beautiful objects, and we say, "Yes, you can see the beautiful form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." The t
ongue wants to taste palatable food, and we say, "Yes, you can take this K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , but do not eat meat or other foods you cannot offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Everything is given; we simply have to purify the senses. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e4 vinivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4h
\'e4rasya dehina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 niva
rtate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such eng
agements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness." }{\b0\i0\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Neither Socrates nor Plato ever mentions service to God, though they speak of the contemplation of God's reality, or t
he supreme splendor, or good. It is always contemplation or meditation that is stressed, as in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is but one process of knowing God, and it may be partially helpful to know God as He is. However, when we come to know God, we understand, "He is great, and I am small." It is the d
uty of the small to serve the great. That is nature's way. Everyone is serving in one way or another, but when we realize that we are servants and not the master, we realize our real position. It is our natural position to serve. If someone doesn't have 
a family to serve, he keeps a dozen dogs and serves them. Especially in Western countries, we see that in old age, when one has no children, he keeps two or three dogs and tries to serve them. Our position as servant is always there, but when we think th
at we are masters, we are illusioned. The word }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that we are serving while thinkin
g that we are masters. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "that which is not," or, "that which is not factual." Through meditation, when we become realized, we can understand, "Oh, I am a servant. Presently I am serving }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion. Now let me serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is perfection. The spiritual master engages us from the very beginning in the service of God. Then 
we can attain perfection quickly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Republic}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Plato constructs an ideal state in which the leaders possess nothing of their own, neither property nor family. He fell that people should live together in a community where wives and child
ren are held in common to guard against corruption, bribery, and nepotism in government. Elite philosophers should mate with women of high qualities in order to produce the best children for positions of responsibility. How does this correspond to the Ve
dic version? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Vedic civilization, a man should accept a wife for }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub putra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for sons. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Putra}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -pi\'eb\'f2a-prayojanam}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub putra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 
or son, should offer }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pi\'eb\'f2a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that after death the father will be elevated if he is i
n an undesirable position. Marriage is for begetting good sons who will deliver one from the fire of hell. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony is there because even if the father is in hell, he will be delivered. It is the son who offers the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  oblation, and this is his
 duty. Therefore one accepts a wife for }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub putra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a good son, not for sex enjoyment. One who u
tilizes his sex life in a religious way will get a good son who can deliver him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4viruddho bh\'fcte\'f1u k\'e4mo 'smi bharatar\'f1abha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles." }{\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 7.11}{\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  Sex contrary to religious principle is sense gratification that leads us into a hellish condition. Therefore, a
ccording to Vedic civilization, we should marry and beget good progeny. Although my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he used to say, "If I could produce 
really K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children, I would have sex a hundred times. But why should I have sex just to produce cats and dogs?" The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also say:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurur na sa sy\'e4t sva-jano na sa sy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pit\'e4 na sa sy\'e4j janan\'e9 na s\'e4 sy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva\'e0 na tat sy\'e4n na pati\'e7 ca sa sy\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na mocayed ya\'f9 samupeta-m\'e5tyum
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a f
ather, a husband, a mother, or a worshipable demigod." }{\b0\i0\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  5.5.18}{\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  It is the duty of the father and mother to rescue th
eir children from the cycle of birth and death. If one can do this, he can in turn be rescued by his }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub putra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  if he happens to fall into a hellish condition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believed that the perfect state should be organized in such a way that men can strive for the ideal. He e
quates political activity with moral endeavor, and he says that the ruler of the state must be a wise man (philosopher king), or a group of wise men. In a perfect society, each individual functions to his best capacity according to his natural abilities.
 This leads to the most harmonious type of society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This idea is also found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the ideal society is a society of four 
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In human society, as well as animal society, every living
 being is under the influence of the modes of material nature\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is, goodness, passion, and ignorance. By dividing men according to these qualities, society c
an be perfect. If a man in the mode of ignorance assumes a philosopher's post, havoc will result. Nor can we have a philosopher work as an ordinary laborer. There must be some scientific division in order to perfect society. According to the }{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the most intelligent men interested in transcendental knowledge and philosophy, should be given a topmost post, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the administrators, should work under their instructions. The administrators should see that there is law and ord
er and that everyone is doing his duty. The next section is the productive class, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , who are engaged in agriculture and cow protection. There are also the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the common laborers, who work for the benefit of the other sections. Of course, now there is industrialization, and large scale industry means exploitation. Such industry w
as unknown to Vedic civilization. Then, people lived by agriculture and cow protection. If there are healthy cows and enough milk, everyone can get grains, fruits, vegetables, and other foods. That is sufficient in itself. Unfortunately, modern civilizat
ion has taken to animal eating, and this is barbarous. This is not even human.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ideal society is a society 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 , }{\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 , }{\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 , 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 . 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 , these di
visions are compared to the body: the head, the arms, the belly, and the legs. All parts of the body are meant to keep the body fit. Comparatively, the head is more important than the legs. However, without the help of the legs, the body cannot properly 
work. The head must give the directions to the body to go to this place or that, but if the legs are unfit to walk, the body cannot move. Therefore there must be cooperation, and this cooperation is found in the ideal state. Nowadays, rascals, fools, and
 asses are being voted in as administrators. If a person can secure a vote in some way or another, he is given the post of an administrator, even though he may be rascal number one. So what can be done? For this reason, people cannot be happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 . 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  themselv
es are not personally interested in political affairs or administration because they have a higher duty. Presently, because the head is missing, the social body is a dead body. The head is very important, and our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement 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 can properly direct society. The administrators wil
l be able to rule very nicely under the instructions of the philosophers and theologians\'97that is, God conscious people. A person who is theistic will never condone the opening of slaughterhouses. Because there are many rascals heading the government, 
animal slaughter is allowed. When Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it saw the personification of Kali trying to kill a cow, he immediately drew his sword and said, "Who are you? Why are you trying to kill this cow?" That was a real king. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A similar social structure wa
s also observed by Plato. However, he advocated three divisions instead of four. The guardians were men of wisdom who ruled and governed. The warriors were courageous, and they protected the others. The artisans performed their services obediently and we
re motivated to work by their need to satisfy their appetites. In addition, he saw in man a threefold division of intelligence, courage, and appetite, which correspond to the modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance possessed by the soul. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul does not possess three qualities. That is a mistake. The soul is by nature pure, but due to his contact with the modes of material nature, he is dressed differently. This K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement aims at removing this material dress. Therefore our first instruction is, "You are not this body."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Republic}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Plato states that the best form of government is an enlightened monarchy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "This supreme science was received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way." }{\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  4.2)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  A }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4jar\'f1i}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a saintly king who is an ideal ruler. We offer respect 
to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, and Lord R\'e4macandra because they set examples as ideal kings.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato maintained that when a monarchy degenerates, it becomes a tyranny. When an aristocratic rule deteriorates, it be
comes an oligarchy, a government ruled by corrupt men. He considered democracy to be one of the worst forms of government because when it deteriorates, it degenerates to mob rule.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is now the case. Instead of one saintly king, there are many thousands of so-called kings who are looting the people's hard-earned money by income tax and other means. In the V
edic system, however, there was a way to keep the monarchy from degenerating into tyranny. The monarch was guided by a counsel of learned men, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , great saintly persons. Even Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and Lord R\'e4macandra were guided by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It was the duty of the monarch to act according to the decisions of the learned scholars, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , saintly persons. When Vena Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was not ruling properly, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  came and advised him to act otherwise. When he refused, they cursed him, and he died. The great P\'e5thu Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was his son. A great sage is required to occupy the role of a monarch. Then everything i
s perfect in government. The present democratic systems are ludicrous because they are composed of rascals who simply bribe one another. When they attain their post, they plunder and take bribes. If the head of the state can understand }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , his government will be automatically perfect. Formerly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was explained to the monarchs for that reason. }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato's system was somewhat democratic in that he felt that everyone should be given a chance to occupy the dif
ferent posts.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can also say that we are democratic because we are giving even the lowest }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4la}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a chance to become a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. As soon as one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he can be elevated to the highest position, even though he may be born in a family of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4las}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aho bata \'e7vapaco 'to gar\'e9y\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yaj-jihv\'e4gre vartate n\'e4ma tubhyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tepus tapas te juhuvu\'f9 sasnur \'e4ry\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4n\'fccur n\'e4ma g\'e5\'ebanti ye te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O my Lord, a person who is chanting Your holy name, although born of a low family like that of a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4la}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [dog eater], is situated on the highest platform of self-realization. Such a person must have perfor
med all kinds of penances and sacrifices according to Vedic rituals and studied the Vedic literatures many, many times after taking his bath in all the holy places of pilgrimage. Such a person is considered to be the best of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ryan family." }{\b0\i0\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 )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\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 g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ye 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4\'e7\'fcdr\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub women, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [workers]\'97can approach the supreme destination." }{\b0\i0\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  9.32}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that everyone can go back home, back to Godhead. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am equal to everyone. Everyone can come to 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 9.29)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no hindrance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believed that the state should train its citizens to become virtuous. According to his system of educatio
n, the first three years of life were spent playing and training the body. From age three to six, the children were taught religious stories. From seven to ten, they were taught gymnastics; from ten to thirteen, reading and writing; from fourteen to sixt
een, poetry and music; from sixteen to eighteen, mathematics; and from eighteen to twenty, military drill. From that time on, those who were scientific and philosophical remained in school until they were thirty-five. If they were warriors, they engaged 
in military exercises.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Was this educational program for all men, or were there different types of education for different men? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, this applied to all.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, this is not desirable. If a boy is intelligent and inclined to philosophy and theology, why should he be made to take military training?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: Well, according to Pla
to's system, everyone took two years of military drill.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why waste two years? We cannot even waste two days.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This type of education was designed in order to determine a person's category. It is not that one belongs to a 
particular class according to qualifications.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we also say that, but that tendency or disposition is to be ascertained by the spiritual master, by the teacher who trains the boy. The teacher should be able to see whether a boy i
s fit for military training, for administration, or for philosophy. It is not that everyone should take the same training. One should be trained fully according to his particular tendency. If a boy is by nature inclined to philosophical study, why should
 he waste his time in the military? And if he is by nature inclined to military training, why should he waste his time with other studies? Arjuna belonged to a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family, and this family was trained in the military. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were never trained as philosophers. Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya was their master and teacher, and although
 he was a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he taught them the military science, not }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-vidy\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-vidy
\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is theology, philosophy. It is not that everyone should be trained in everything; that is a waste of time. If a student is inclined toward production, business, or agr
iculture, he should be trained in those fields. If he is philosophical, he should be trained as a philosopher. If he is militaristic, he should be trained as a warrior. And if he is simply dull, he should remain a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a laborer. These four classes are selected
 by their symptoms and qualifications. N\'e4rada Muni also says that one should be selected according to qualifications. Even if one is born in a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if his qualifications are such. And if one is born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family, he should be considered a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if his symptoms are brahminical. It is not that everyone should be regarded in the same way. The spiritual master should be expert enough to 
recognize the tendencies of the student, and the student should immediately be trained in that line. This will bring about perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Plato's system, this tendency won't emerge unless one practices everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is wrong because the soul is continuous; therefore the soul retains some tendencies from his previous birth. According to Vedic culture, immediately after a boy's birth, astrolo
gical calculations were made. Astrology can help if there is a first-class astrologer who can tell what line a boy is coming from and how he should be trained. Of course, logical and physical symptoms are considered. If a boy does not fulfill the role as
signed, he can be transferred to another class. Generally, it is ascertained from birth whether a child has a particular tendency, but this tendency may change according to circumstance. Someone may have brahminical training in a previous birth, and the 
symptoms may be exhibited, but he should not think that because he has taken birth in a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  family that he is automatically a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not a question of birt
h but of qualification. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what would you say is the purpose of the state, of all these social orders, and the state government? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The ultimate purpose is to make everyone K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is the perfection of life. The entire social structure should be molded with this aim in view. Of course, this is 
not possible for everyone. All students in a university do not receive the Ph. D. degree, but the idea of perfection is to pass the Ph.D. examination. The professors of the university should be maintained, although there are not many high caliber student
s to pass their classes. It is not that the university should close its higher classes. Similarly, an institution like this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness Society should be maintained to make at least a small percentage of the population K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
scious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the goal of government should be to enable everyone to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the highest goal. Everyone should help and take advantage of this. Regardless of our social position, we can come to the temple and worship God. The 
instructions are for everyone, and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dam}{\cs3755\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 }
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can contribute their intelligence, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  their charity, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  grains, milk, fruits, and flowers, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  bodily service. By such joint cooperation, everyone attains the same goal\'97the highest perfection.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato made a sharp distinction between the material and spiritual universes, but this dualism is not expressed by Aris
totle. Since matter is simply one of God's energies, the finite reflects the infinite. Matter is a potency in the process of realizing itself. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle may know something of God's energies, but our point is that we can know everything about God from God Himself. Then our knowledge is perfect. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy \'e4sakta-man\'e4\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga\'e0 yu\'efjan mad-\'e4\'e7raya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 samagra\'e0 m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yath\'e4 j\'ef\'e4syasi tac ch\'e5\'ebu
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now hear, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know 
Me in full, free from doubt." }{\b0\i0\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 7.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Of course, we may speculate about God, and if we just think of God, that will help to some extent. If 
we are in darkness, we may speculate and concoct ideas about the sun. This is one kind of knowledge. However, if we come out of the darkness and see the sun, if we come to the light, our knowledge is complete. We may contemplate the sun in darkness, but 
the best process is to come into the sunshine and see for ourselves. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle does not believe that material objects are trying to realize God, as Plato does, but that God is realizing H
imself through material objects, and God does this in a variegated and infinite way. God realizes the potentiality of a flower, or of a man, by creating a flower or a man perceivable by the material senses. So, in a sense, the world is more real to Arist
otle than to Plato.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since God has created the material world with all its variety, He is in full awareness of how to act properly. That is God's perfection. He knows how to do everything perfectly and in a 
natural way. A child naturally knows how to put food into his mouth. He does not have to learn this. God's knowledge of everything is already there. It is not that He has to receive this knowledge through some source, or by creating. He is already fully 
aware of these things. He doesn't have to realize Himself or His potentiality through matter. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle would say that a flower is real because it has its basis in the ultimate reality, God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is the ultimate reality, how is it He is not in full knowledge of everything at all times? There is no question of realizing Himself through matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato would say that a flower is but a shadow of reality. Which point of view would be closer to the Vedic version? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whatever is in the material world is but a perverted reflection of the spiritual world. It is our experience that in the material world, objects are created, but in the spiritual world, 
nothing is created. Everything is there everlastingly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle says that imperfection is inherent in the substance matter. Because man is made of matter, he must be
 imperfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man is not made of matter but is covered by matter. Man is made of spirit. If God is spirit, man is also spirit. In the Bible, it is also said that man is made in the image of God; there
fore man is originally perfect. A person is generally supposed to be healthy, but if he falls into a diseased condition, it is not his imperfection. It is something external that has attacked a healthy man. According to his original nature, man is health
y.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aristotle, the goal of action is to realize our potential and attain the greatest happiness or pleasure. Si
nce God created man for self-realization, it is realization that will bring him satisfaction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that in the beginning God created man imperfect. Otherwise, why is there need for self-realization? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A piece of wood has the poten
tial to become fire. It is not fire until it is kindled. Man is similar.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that the living entity is part and parcel of God, and if God is all good, the living entity is also all good. A part of gold cannot be iron; it also must be gold. However, the par
t is not equal to the whole. A gold earring is also gold, but it is not as great as the gold mine. Nevertheless, the quality of the gold earring and the quality of gold in the gold mine are the same. If God is perfect, the living entity must also be perf
ect in quality. If God has the quality of goodness, the living entity must have it also. Why should he be imperfect? That would indicate that God is unjust. Why should God create something that has to come to the perfectional point by realization?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle would say that the activities of the mind are pure and perfect, but that those of the body and matter
 are impure and imperfect. Therefore one must realize himself through the activities of the mind alone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, the mind is never perfect. The mind's business is to accept this and reject that, and therefore it is very flickering. The mind is subtler than the body, but the mind is not the soul
, nor is the mind perfect. Above the mind there is intelligence, and above the intelligence there is the soul. That soul is perfect in quality, and it has all the qualities of God in minute quantity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By mind, Aristotle means the rational faculty of intelligence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Intelligence is above the mind. Intelligence controls the mind, and intelligence is of the soul. Therefore the whole background is the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mind must act or contemplate in accordance with logic. Logic is defined as the method of drawing correct in
ferences. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mind may logically accept something and again logically reject it. Where, then, is perfect logic? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Perfect logic is simply a method for finding the truth. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the mind is constantly accepting and rejecting. How can it ascertain the truth according to logic? If our authority is the mind, does this mean that the mind of everyone is an author
ity? The mind may constantly search, but it will never be successful because the truth is beyond its reach. A follower of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not accept this speculative method as a path to truth or perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For both Plato and Aristotle, God is known by reason, not by revelation or religious experiences.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are all limited, and God is unlimited; therefore we cannot understand God by our limited sensory powers. Consequently, God must be known by revelation.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam eva
 sphuraty ada\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Material senses cannot appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, form, qualities, and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awa
kened to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord's holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord's food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who K\'e5\'f1\'eba really is." (}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\cs3755\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 1.2.234}{\cs2873\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  It is not possible to know God by mental speculation. When we engage 
in His service, He reveals Himself. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ho 'ya\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub loko m\'e4m ajam avyayam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\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." }{\b0\i0\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 7.25)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is a fact that unless God reveals Himself, He is not known. Therefore He appears, and great authorities like Vy\'e4sadeva, N\'e4rada, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great scholars and transcendentalists\'97accept Him as He reveals Himself. Arjuna saw God face to face, and he accepted Him. When we are freed by our se
rvice, God reveals Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Aristotle emphasizes man's use of reason, and he sees man's happiness depending on acting in a rational way, whi
ch is the way of virtue and intellectual insight. There is a suggestion of sense control, but no }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Is it possible to attain happiness simply by controlling the senses with the mind?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and that is the process of becoming a human being. Animals are ignorant of this process, and they act only for their sense gratification. Their only business is eating, sleeping, ma
ting, and defending. Through proper guidance, a human being can engage in contemplation, but he should be guided by authorities, otherwise he may contemplate with his limited senses for many millions of years and not be able to understand God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But for happiness, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , isn't }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  essential? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is full }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , full bliss. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sac-cid}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . He is eternal and in full knowledge of everything. Unless we come in contact with God, there is no question of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Raso vai sa\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . From the Vedic literatures, we understand that God is the unlimited reservoir of all pleasure; consequently, when we come in contact with God, we will taste that pleasure. Material pleasure is only a 
perverted reflection of the real pleasure. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Rather than personal guidance, Aristotle emphasized rational logic.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but when you are guided, you have to sacrifice your logic to accept the superior logic of your guide. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that the mind can be its own guide. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As I said, the mind will carry you this way and that. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna says that the mind is more difficult to co
ntrol than the wind. If a horse is not controlled, if it is allowed to run at will, it will cause some disaster. When the horse is guided, it can take you to your destination. We should therefore know how to control the mind by the intelligence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But because the mind is an aspect of God, we find our perfection or happiness in the contemplation of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything is an aspect of God. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out that He has eight separated energies
. So why stress the mind? Because we have lost God's association, we are all searching after Him. We are struggling, but we do not know why. This is due to ignorance. If, by good fortune, we chance to meet a bona fide guru, the guru can inform us, "You a
re searching after God. This is the way. You only have to follow." It is then that we can become happy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle believed that the truth is inherent or innate within everything. For him, truth is the agreement of k
nowledge with reality. It corresponds with things in the objective world. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If truth is within everything, then it must be drawn out. However, it is not drawn out by matter but by spirit. This means that the help of a superior energy is necessary. According to }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the living entity is the superior energy, and matter is the inferior. It is the inferior energy that must be controlled by the superior. Both God and the living entities ar
e eternal, but God is the Supreme Eternal. Living entities are }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-k}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eb}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a-d\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternal servants of God. When they tend to disobey God, they suffer. If we want to use our log
ic, we can understand that through our independent action, we have failed. Therefore we must take the advice of superior intelligence. That advice is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is no
t that we can attain the truth through our own independent speculation. If we want to know who our father is, we may speculate forever, but it is much simpler to ask our mother. Otherwise we may go on searching and searching for millions of years and nev
er know. What is the point in all this vain research? We should conclude that insofar as we are in the material, illusory condition, it is our duty to take help from God or His representative, who does not set forth anything that is not originally spoken
 by God. For instance, God says, "Surrender unto Me," and God's representative says, "Surrender unto God." If a rascal says, "I am God," he should be kicked. The living entities are part and parcel of God, and a part can never become the whole. A real re
presentative of God acknowledges himself as the servant of God, and he requests everyone to surrender unto God. For perfect knowledge, we have to take guidance either directly from God, as Arjuna did, or from God's representative. Then we will be success
ful in ascertaining the truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle outlines three different conceptions of the soul: one, the soul itself is a separate substance; two, the bod
y is but the instrument of the soul; and three, the soul is the actual form of the body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The body is like the clothes of the soul, and our clothes are designed to fit our body. A coat has arms because we have arms, and pants have legs because we have legs. So the body is lik
e the coat and pants of the soul, and since the body has form, the soul also has the same form. The cloth, which is the body, originally has no shape, but when it comes into contact with the soul, it assumes a shape. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It appears that Aristotle equates the soul with the intelligence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul has intelligence, but his intelligence is misused if it is limited to the mind. The intelligence should rise above the mind. The mind is superior to gross matter, the intelligen
ce is superior to the mind, and the soul is superior to the intelligence. Superior to the soul is the ultimate cause of the soul, the Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he equates the soul's immortality with reason, Aristotle believes that it is only the rational soul, th
e human soul, that is immortal. Animals also have souls, but he saw them limited to sense, desire, and animation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Animals are also rational. If a dog enters my room, and I say, "Out!" the dog immediately understands and goes away. How can we say that there is no rationality at work? If I place my fi
nger before an ant, that ant will turn away immediately. If you give a cow meat, the cow will not touch it. The cow understands that its food consists of grasses and grains. Animals have rationality, but one aspect of rationality is lacking: an animal ca
nnot think of God. This is the main difference between animals and men. A man's rationality is so developed that he can think of God, whereas an animal cannot. But we should not think that the souls of animals are not immortal. This theory has given the 
Christians a basis for killing animals, but they cannot prove that an animal's soul is irrational or mortal. A man eats, sleeps, defends, and mates, and an animal does the same. So what is the difference? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Perhaps the difference is one of mental activity. A man has the capacity to think in a more complicated way. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But mental activity means accepting and rejecting. Animals also accept and reject; therefore they have mental activity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what of developed intelligence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course, man has a more highly developed intelligence, but we should not think that an animal has no intelligence at all. The father has more intelligence than his small child, but thi
s is because the child has not grown to attain that standard. Similarly, an animal is making progress up the evolutionary scale. It has intelligence, but it is not highly developed. Plants, animals, and men possess consciousness. It has been proven by Do
ctor Jagadish }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Candra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bose that a tree is conscious of your cutting it. However, the tree d
oes not feel it very much. If you hit an animal, the animal feels it more, and if you hit a man, a man feels it even more than an animal. It is a question of developed consciousness, of developed intelligence. That development has to do with the body. As
 soon as you receive the body of a tree, your consciousness is plugged up. It is not so active. When you attain the human form, consciousness is more developed, and that developed consciousness should be further developed so that you can come to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is the highest perfection of the living entity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle conceived of the soul as having a dual nature. There is an individual soul, which awakens at birth an
d acquires impressions during one's lifetime. Thus it grows and develops, but it is not eternal. It is subject to conditioning. It is like the souls of animals. Then there is also a rational soul, the active soul, which is eternal, though not perfect. Th
is is man's motivating principle and purpose for living. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the eternal, changeless soul. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcni me vyat\'e9t\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm
\'e4ni tava c\'e4rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4ny aha\'e0 veda sarv\'e4\'ebi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tva\'e0 vettha parant
apa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the enemy!" }{\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 4.5)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the real meaning of eternity\'97eternal knowledge. Thus there are two kinds of souls:
 the Supersoul (Param\'e4tm\'e4), who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and the ordinary soul (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ), which is possessed by every living entity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aristotle, the rational soul is eternal, yet he says that it is not perfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he has to accept two souls, one perfect and rational, and another imperfect and irrational. The soul that is perfect and rational is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supersoul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He doesn't say anything about the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is because he does not know. He suggests that there is a dual nature, but he has no idea. The dual nature he refers to is not of the soul but the mind. The soul is one. When you are
 on the mental platform, it appears that the soul has a dual nature, but when the soul's perfection is attained, you think only of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no question of duality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Politics}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Aristotle writes: "The beauty of the body is seen, but the beauty of the soul is not seen." Is this true? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The beauty of the soul is real, and the beauty of the body is superficial. In the material world, we see many ugly and many beautiful bodies, but here ugliness and beauty are artificial.
 The beauty of the soul, however, is real, not artificial. Unless we see the beauty of the Supersoul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have no idea what actual beauty is. Therefore the devotees want to see the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not the artificial beauty of thi
s material world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there no correspondence between a beautiful body and a beautiful soul? Aren't they linked by }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is some correspondence because we say that this material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual. Originally, the soul is beautiful, but here that beauty is covered. We ca
n only have a glimpse of the real beauty from the material covering, but we have to wait in order to see the actual beauty of the soul. That beauty is the real form of the body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is said that Socrates was physically ugly but that he had a very beautiful soul, and consequently people were attra
cted to him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In India, it is said that the quail is black and ugly like a crow, but when it sings, its song is so beautiful that people are attracted. The beauty of the body is secondary, and the bea
uty of the soul is primary. A beautiful man who is a fool is beautiful only as long as he does not speak. As soon as he speaks, we can understand his actual position. Essentially, external beauty is useless. If an ugly man speaks well, he attracts many p
eople, and if a beautiful man speaks nonsense, no one cares for him. Real attraction is one thing, and artificial attraction is another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In man's search for truth, the role of logic is paramount. According to Aristotle's principle of contradiction,
 a proposition cannot be both true and false at the same time. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is on the relative platform. At one time we may accept something to be true, and at another time we may reject it as untrue. On the mental platform we cannot know what is true and w
hat is not. Therefore we have to learn the truth from the Supreme Truth. Truth is truth. It is not subject to speculation. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that after many lives 
of speculation, the man of wisdom surrenders unto the Supreme Absolute Truth. In the beginning, a man may employ deductive logic, but in the end, he surrenders. He comes to the conclusion: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub V}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sarvam iti}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "God is everything; therefore I must surrender." This is the perfection and ultimate end of the mental processes of speculation. That is, speculation is aban
doned. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle more or less utilizes the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eckhya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by analyzing objects and placing them into general categories. These categories become more and more general until one reaches the final cause, or ultimate category.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neti-neti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , by which one eventually hopes to attain Brahman by understanding what Brahman is not. According to this process, one goes through the universe saying }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neti-
neti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "This is not Brahman, that is not Brahman. This is not truth, that is not truth." This is the same inductive process. For instance, if you want to determine whether o
r not man is mortal, you may search from man to man and conclude whether each man is mortal or not. In this way, you can go on indefinitely seeing that all men are dying. Then why not accept the fact that man is mortal? In your attempt to find an immorta
l man, you are bound to be frustrated. You will only find mortality. This is the result of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neti-neti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  process.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The idea is that through this process, we can come to the final cause, the final category.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The final category is that we are part and parcel of God. That's all.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle believed that matter as such has an inherent design. If it did not, it would be devoid of shape or fo
rm. Brute matter has to be activated; otherwise it would remain in a dormant state of nonexistence. Matter must be acted upon from without in order to be realized.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that the Supreme Absolute must have form. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates form. That form is not dead but is the
 activating spirit. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternal, fully cognizant, and blissful. Our 
bodies are neither fully cognizant nor fully blissful, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's is. He knows past, present, and future, and He is always happy. Our knowledge is limited, and we are always full of anxieties.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aristotle, a form has innate purpose, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub entelechy}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Therefore all matter has some form for its actualization. The world is an unfolding of phenomena realizing itself. In other words, nature has a p
urpose.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We agree with this. According to }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there are 8,400,000 various forms, and none of them are acci
dental. By }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one receives a particular type of form. Brahm\'e4 receives his form acco
rding to his karma, and the dog or cat receives his form according to his. There is no question of accident. Nature unfolds in accordance with a plan, by virtue of which these various forms are existing.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yas tv indra-gopam athavendram aho sva-karma-\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bandh\'e4nur\'fcpa-phala-bh\'e4janam \'e4tanoti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e4\'ebi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the original Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who regulates the sufferings and e
njoyments of fruitive activity for everyone: from the heavenly King Indra down to the smallest insect [}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indra-gopa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]. That very Personality of Godhead destroys the fruitive }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of
 one engaged in devotional service." }{\b0\i0\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  5.54)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From Indra down to }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indra-gopa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a microscopic germ, all living entities are working out the results of their }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If one's }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i
\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 is good, he attains a higher form; if it is not good, he attains a lower form.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle also believed that everything is designed by God for the attainment of some particular objective. Thi
s indicates a grand scheme.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the process of evolution. The living entity passes from one species to another, from trees to vegetables, to insects, to fish, birds, beasts, and humans. In the human form, evolu
tion is fully manifest. It is like a flower unfolding from a bud. When the living entity attains the human form, his proper duty is to understand his lost relationship with God. If he misses this opportunity, he may regress. Aristotle is correct therefor
e in saying that everything has a purpose. The whole creative process aims at bringing the living entity back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does everything eventually come to that point? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As a human being, you can properly utilize your consciousness, or you can misuse it. That is up to you. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives Arjuna instructions and then tells him that the decision is u
p to him. Under the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nature has brought you through so many species. Now, as a human, you have a choice whether to return to God or again undergo the cycle of birth and death. If you are fortunate, you make the proper choice acco
rding to the instructions of the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then your life is successful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle sees a hierarchy of forms extending from minerals, vegetables, animals, to human beings, and ultimate
ly God, who is pure form and pure act. God is devoid of all potentiality, or materiality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no guarantee that we will move upwards in that hierarchy. It is a fact that the individual soul transmigrates from one form to another, but how can you say that the next form yo
u attain will be closer to perfection? If you have a human form in this life, there is no guarantee that you will get a higher form in the next. You accept another form just as you accept another dress. That dress may be valuable, or of no value whatsoev
er. I get a dress according to the price I pay, and I accept a form according to my work.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in order to attain perfection, we must move toward God. This is the goal for which the living entity is ini
tially created. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is very expertly explained in Vedic literature as }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akarma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikarma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You bring about your own form. You enjoy or suffer according to your work. In any case, a material form is neve
r perfect because it undergoes six changes. It is born, grows, it stays for a while, it leaves some by-products, dwindles, and then vanishes. When your form vanishes, you have to take on another form, which also undergoes the same processes. When a form 
vanishes, it decomposes, and various elements return to nature. Water returns to water, earth returns to earth, air returns to air, and so forth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle's God is the unmoved mover. He is perfect, and He wants nothing. He does not have to actualize Himsel
f because He is completely actualized.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also agree that God is all perfect. Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni defines God as the totality of wisdom, strength, wealth, fame, beauty, and renunciation. All these qualities are possessed by K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in full, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present, anyone could see that He was all perfect. One who is perfect can rule others, and we accept the leadership of a person according to his degree of perfection. If one is not somewhat wise, beautif
ul, wealthy, and so forth, why should we accept him as a leader? One who is supremely perfect in all these qualities is the supreme leader. That is natural. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supremely perfect, we should accept Him as our leader.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle sees God as pure thought (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nous}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). God's life is the life of the mind, but God does not need to do anything to further perfect Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When he says that God is mind, what does he mean? Does he have some conception of God's personality? God must be a person. Otherwise, how could He think?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle sees God as constantly engaged in self-contemplation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does this mean that when one is perfect, he engages in no activity? Does God simply sit down and meditate? If so, what is the difference between a stone and God? A stone sits; it has no 
activity. How is inactivity perfection? K\'e5\'f1\'eba never meditates, yet when He speaks, He delivers perfect knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba enacts various pastimes: He fights with demons, protects His devotees, dances with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and delivers words of enlightenment. There is no question of God sitting down like a stone and engaging in sel
f-meditation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But is it not possible to meditate while acting? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly, but God doesn't have to meditate. Why should He meditate? He is perfect. Meditation means coming from the imperfect stage to the perfect stage. Since God is perfect to begin w
ith, what business does He have meditating? Everything is actualized by His will alone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Doesn't He contemplate His own activities? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why should He if He is perfect? Aristotle recommends that a man should meditate to become perfect. This meditation presupposes imperfection. Contemplation is recommended for living entit
ies, but we should understand that whatever God desires or wills immediately comes into being. This information is given in the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'fc
yate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God's multi-energies are so powerful that everything is immediately actualized as soon as He desires. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what about the meditations of the Buddha? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Buddha's mission was different. He was setting an example for miscreants who were engaged in mischievous activities. He was recommending that they sit down and meditate, just as you tell
 a mischievous child to sit in a corner and be quiet. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Aristotle isn't saying that we should put an end to our activities. Rather, we should always contemplate 
God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is our process, as recommended by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\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 \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo
\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti pu\'e0s\'e4rpit\'e4 vi\'f1\'ebau\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
bhakti\'e7 cen nava-lak\'f1a\'eb\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kriyeta bhagavaty addh\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tan manye 'dh\'e9t
am uttamam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia, and pastimes of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, 
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 everything unto H
im [in other words, serving Him with the body, mind, and words]\'97these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba through these nine methods should be understood to be the mos
t learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge." }{\b0\i0\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 7.5.23-24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should always think of }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness means remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba and acting for Him. When you sweep K\'e5\'f1\'eba's temple, you remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When you cook for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When you talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you remember 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is also the process recommended in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The topmost yog\'e9 is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
d-gaten\'e4ntar\'e4tman\'e4\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa me yuktatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 And of all yog\'e9s, 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.}{\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 (}{\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 )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aristotle, God essentially does not have any knowledge of the world, and consequently He cannot return the love He
 receives. He neither loves nor cares for mankind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What kind of God is this? If one knows nothing of God, one should not speak of God. God certainly reciprocates. As we offer our love to God, He responds and cooperates accordingly. In }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4
}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t
\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mama vartm\'e4nuvartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9 p
\'e4rtha sarva\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All of them\'97as they surrender unto Me\'97I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of P\'e5t
h\'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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.11}
{\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  When we fully surrender to God in loving service, we can understand God's nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aristotle, God is loved by everything in the universe, and He attracts all objects in the universe just as a magne
t attracts nails. Everything is striving toward Him and longing for Him, but there is no mention of Him as a person. Yet Aristotle speaks of God as pure form. Would this be an imagined form like that of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it appears that Aristotle is M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9. One has to speculate if he does not receive perfect knowledge from God Himself. Unless God is all attractive, how can He be God? T
herefore the word "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," which means "all attractive," is the perfect name for God because God is attracting everyone. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He attracts His parents, the cowherd boys and girls, the animals, the fruits and flowers, the water\'97e
verything. You have read the descriptions of how the water of the Yamun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stopped flowing as so
on as she saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So even the water was attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle believed that thought and activity are one with God. There is no dualism because God is pure act and 
pure thought. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. God only needs to think of a thing for that thing to be created or actualized. God's thinking, feeling, willing, and acting are the same. Because I am imperfect, when I 
think of something, it may or may not happen, but whenever God thinks something it takes place. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought that the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra should take place, there was no stopping it. At first, Arjuna declined to fight, but K\'e5\'f1
\'eba plainly told him that whether he fought or not, most of the people there were destined to die. He therefore told Arjuna to become an instrument and take the credit for killing them. No one can check whatever God decides. It doesn't matter whether y
ou help God or not, but it is for your interest that you become His instrument. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle says that one should perform his activities in such a way that he is always contemplating God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Unless one is a devotee, how can he constantly think of God? R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 
gives the example of a woman who has a paramour other than her husband. She performs her household chores very nicely, but she is always thinking, "When will my lover come at night?" If it is possible to think of someone like this all the time materially
, why not spiritually? It is a question of practice. Despite engaging in so many different types of work, you can think of God incessantly. Now, Aristotle may have some conception of God, but he has no clear idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personality. We can t
hink specifically and concretely of God because we receive information from Vedic literature that God is a person and appears a certain way. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is stated that impersonalis
ts experience a great deal of trouble because they have no clear idea of God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kle\'e7o 'dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub av
yakt\'e4sakta-cetas\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakt\'e4hi gatir du\'f9kha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehavadbhir av\'e4pyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." }{\b0\i0\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 12.5)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you have no conception of God's form, your attempt to realize God will be very difficult.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle conceives of God as the greatest good, as pure thought. When we act, we should always contemplate the
 good. In this way, we can lead a godly life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot contemplate the good unless you are guided by the good. Arjuna, for instance, was guided by the Supreme Good; therefore despite his activity, which was fighting, he performed 
the greatest good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle believes that there is a grand design in the universe because everything is evolving from one form to
 another to realize its most perfect form. Everything is being attracted by the most perfect form.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does he say that there is only one perfect form, or a variety of perfect forms? What does he mean? Is everyone striving to come to the perfect form? Is that form one or various? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, since each material form is designed by God and moves toward God in its longing for perfection, there mus
t be a variety of forms.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If that is the case, it tallies with the Vedic conception. We say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates are perfect; therefore this flower, for instance, attains its perfect form when i
t is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's planet. Everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka is perfect because everything there is directly related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Consequently, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka, the Yamun\'e4 River, the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, the 
flowers, the beasts, the birds, and the men and women are nondifferent 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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibh\'e4vit\'e4bhis
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4bhir ya eva nija-r\'fcpatay\'e4 kal\'e4bhi\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4
tma-bh\'fcto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with R\'e4dh\'e4, who resembles His own spiritu
al figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency [}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]. Their companions are Her c
onfidantes, who embody extensions of Her bodily form, and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ." (}{\cs3755\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 5.37}{\cs3755\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 When Brahm\'e4 stole all the cowherd boys and calves, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately expanded Himself into many cowherd boys and calves, each with different features an
d mentalities. The mothers of the cowherd boys could not understand that their real sons had been stolen. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was substituting for them, the mothers' love for their sons increased. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba can expand Himself in many ways
\'97as cows, calves, trees, boys, girls, and so on. Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba is still one.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle would say that since God has a spiritual form, He is without plurality in the sense that He is compos
ed of no parts. In other words, He is pure spirit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, God is one without plurality. The sun may be visible to millions of persons, still the sun is one. At noon, millions of men may claim, "The sun is over my head," but does this mean 
that everyone has a different sun? No, the sun is one, but the sun can represent itself variously.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle gave two arguments for God's existence. One is that there is a design in the universe, and a design p
resupposes a designer. The other holds that there must be a first cause, a cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so. A designer moreover presupposes a person. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 This material nature is working under My directi
on, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.}{\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 (}{\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  }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also the directing cause, the }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the cause of all causes. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9 sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] is the origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is th
e prime cause of all causes." }{\b0\i0\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 5.1)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nicomachean Ethics}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Aristotle writes: "Moral excellence is concerned with pleasure and pain; it is pleasure that makes us perform base action, and pain that prevents us from acting nobly. For that reason, 
as Plato says, men must be reared from childhood to feel pleasure and pain at the proper things. This is proper education." How does this correspond to the Vedic view of education? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vedic view, there is no pleasure in this material world. We may make all kinds of arrangements for pleasure, but we may suddenly have to die. So where is the pleasure? I
f we make arrangements for pleasure and then do not enjoy it, we are disappointed. We are constantly trying to attain pleasure by inventing so many contrivances, but because we are controlled by some superior force, we may at any moment be kicked out of 
our house of pleasure. The conclusion is that there is no pleasure in this material world. Pleasure here is an illusion, a mirage. In a desert, you may hallucinate water, but ultimately you will die of thirst.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aristotle, virtue is the golden mean, or that activity between two extreme activities. By his intelligence,
 man can perceive and act upon that golden mean. Ultimately, all virtues are summed up in the virtue of justice, which means doing the right thing for everyone concerned so that everyone's rights will be protected. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if everyone's rights are to be protected, how can you kill animals? Why shouldn't animals have the right to live? According to the Vedic conception, even if you kill one ant unconsci
ously, you are responsible. Because we are killing so many ants and microbes unconsciously, we therefore have to perform }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efca-yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sacrifice. We may consciously avoid killing animals, but we may be unconsciously killing many. Therefore, in either case, sacrifice is compulsory. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle believes that virtue can be analyzed, that any situation can be analyzed by the intelligence, and the
n that intelligence can be applied to correct action.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By intelligence he should try to understand whether or not animals have souls. If an animal doesn't have a soul, how is it he is acting like a human being? He is eating, sleeping, mating
 and defending. How can you say he has no soul? The life symptoms are the same. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He equates the immortal soul with rational activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, animals have rational activities. I have already explained this. A philosopher certainly must know the symptoms of the soul, and these must be defined. We receive perfect informati
on on this subject from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya
\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada
\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, an
d that I am the seed-giving father." }{\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  14.4)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Does this mean that God is the father only of human beings? For instance, the Jews say that they are the only selected people of God. But what kind of God is this w
ho selects some people and condemns others? This is God: K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-yoni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "I am t
he father of all species of life," Everyone is God's son. How can I kill and eat any living entity? He is my brother in any case. Suppose a man has five sons, and two of them are fools. Does this mean that the intelligent sons have the right to kill and 
eat the foolish ones? Would the father like this? Who would ask the father, "Father, these two sons are fools and useless rascals. So let us cut them to pieces and eat them."? Will the father agree to this? Or will the state agree? And why should God agr
ee?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle claims that one can use his intelligence to practice virtue, but you once said that because a thief c
onsiders theft a virtue, he can use his intelligence to steal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a thief's intelligence has been described as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5tina}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "very meritorious," a
nd the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "misapplied." Is that virtuous when one's intelligence is misappli
ed? When merit and intelligence are properly used for the proper activity, that is virtue. Such activity will not entangle a man. That is intelligence and virtue.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ambition is one of the Aristotelean virtues, but one can have the ambition to steal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it was Hitler's ambition to become total ruler of Europe. He killed many people and then finally killed himself. So what was all this ambition worth? All these politicians are very 
ambitious, but they are ambitious to unlawfully encroach upon the rights of others. We should have the ambition to become the sincere servant of God. That is real ambition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Among virtues, Aristotle includes courage, temperance, liberality, magnificence, and ambition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the magnificence of killing animals? How can you have no kindness for poor animals and yet talk of 
magnificence? }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Har}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub v abhaktasya}{\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 (}{\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 5.18.12}{\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 . If your ultimate conclusion is not God consciousness, you have no good qualities. You can be neither a scientist, nor a philosopher, because you are }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhama}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , hovering
 on the mental platform. Thus you concoct so many theories. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as Aristotle's social philosophy is concerned, he says that man is basically a political and social anim
al and that he must exist in some society in order to fulfill himself. Men live together to transcend their crude natural condition and arrive at a civilized culture of ethical and intellectual life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If that is done, that is all right, but he is philosophizing that animals have no souls. Following his philosophy, people are saying, "Let's kill the animals and eat them." So what is th
e benefit of this grouping together in a society? We should instead group together to cultivate knowledge of God. This is what is required. What is the use in living together just to plunder other nations and kill other living entities? Such a group is a
 group of rogues and gangsters. Even today in the United Nations people are grouping together and planning to encroach upon one another. So what is the point in all these groups of gangsters? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle is talking about the ideal way a state or a political body should be organized. He says that ideally 
a state should be formed in order to educate men to the highest level. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if we do not know what is education, or if we do not know the highest level of education, or if we do not even know the primary principles of a virtuous life, how can we speak of suc
h things? Therefore we should be very careful to take bona fide guidance. According to Vedic civilization, Manu is the law-giver, and he is considered perfect. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for instance, states that a woman should not be given independence. Now, certain groups are asking, "Why not?" Thus there is a confrontation, and Manu is surely being attac
ked, but Manu's conception is right in any case. Instruction should be taken from liberated persons. What can a group of fools do? One liberated personality like Manu can give the right directions. Presently, in the name of independence, there is havoc.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle's state would be tightly controlled either by a monarch or a group of men intellectually and morally 
superior. These would guide the rest of the people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that would be very nice. Unless one is morally superior, he cannot guide. Nowadays, in democracies, all kinds of rascals are voted into positions of authority. What is the use in su
ch groups? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aristotle condemns democracy because in a democracy each person strives for his own self-interest. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is going on. Monarchy is good if the monarch is trained in such a way that he can rule properly. That was the Vedic system. Even then, the monarch was controlled by great sages
. In a proper government, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and sages should form an advisory committee. 
They should not participate in politics. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who are ambitious to rule, shoul
d rule under the guidance of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and sages. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hir
a was very pious, and people were very happy because he acted under the guidance of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and sages. Formerly, the monarch was guided by priestly, religious, or saintly people. That was very nice. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement can guide society, but presently society is in such a state that it does not even want to c
onsider the importance of this movement. This is unfortunate. Still, we have to struggle to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because we are representatives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desires are our commands.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 II  THE EARLY THEISTS
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub II  THE EARLY THEISTS
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Plotinus (205?-270 A.D.)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Plotinus (205?-270 A.D.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus, as well as Origen, studied philosophy in Alexandria under the supposed founder of Neo-Platonism, Ammonius Saccas. Plotinus ascribed to a theory of emanation, which holds that the soul emanate
s from the intelligence just as the intelligence emanates from the One. The intelligence (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nous}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ) is multiple and yet one at the same time. The One is omnipresent, devoid of multiplicity, impersonal, and transcendental. For Plotinus, there is a kind of hierarchy headed by the One, to which the intelligence and individual souls are subor
dinate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vedic conception, the Supreme Absolute Truth is one. The individual souls are of the same quality as the Supreme One, but they are fragmental parts, and they emanate fro
m Him. The individual souls have the same intelligence and mind, but their jurisdiction is limited. As individual souls, we are present, but we are not omnipresent. God is omnipresent. We have some knowledge, but we are not omniscient. We are not dull ma
tter, but are sentient beings. The Supreme One has all spiritual qualities in full, whereas we have them in minute quantity. We are like sparks, and the Supreme One is like a great fire. That is our constitutional position in relation to the One. When sp
arks fly away from a great fire, they are extinguished. When we turn from the One, our illumination is obscured, and we are enveloped in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , darkness. If we revive our relationship with the One, we can revive our illuminating power, which is our spiritual power, and live with the Supreme One in a peaceful, eternal life of bliss. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus was an impersonalist in that he believed that by attributing qualities to God, we necessarily limit Him. Alth
ough the One is transcendental, there is no multiplicity in Him. At the same time, God is the cause of all multiplicities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vedic conception, the Supreme One is the cause of all living entities.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam \'e4tmastha\'e0 ye 'nupa\'e7yanti dh\'e9r\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0\'e7\'e4nti\'f9\'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9 netare\'f1\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Ka}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f6}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as well as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vet\'e4\'e7vatara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is said tha
t the Supreme Personality of Godhead maintains innumerable living entities. He is the Supreme Eternal Being. Among eternal living beings, He is the chief. He has unlimited transcendental qualities and is therefore omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent.
 If He did not have these qualities, He could not be perfect. He is the unlimited cause of everything, and, being unlimited, cannot be limited. I do not know what Plotinus means when he says that God's attributes are limiting. In no way can God be limite
d. Everything is Brahman unlimitedly. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sth\'e4ni}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\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 (}{\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  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everything emanates from Him, and everything rests on Him. Considered impersonally, God is everywhere, and considered personally, He is localized. The impersonal effulgence, however, emanates from the person
. This is verified by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'ebo hi prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
am\'e5tasy\'e4vyayasya ca\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vatasya ca dharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukhasyaik\'e4ntikasya ca
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 immo
rtal, imperishable, and 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 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 14.27)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the sun is situated in one place, its rays are distributed throughout the universe; similarly, the Supreme Lord unlimitedl
y expands His transcendental impersonal feature, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we consider the person
ality, it may appear that He is limited, but He is not.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through His energies, He is unlimited.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva\'e0 y
aj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhag\'e4va
n." }{\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\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The impersonal feature is all-pervading. The localized aspect, the Param\'e4tm\'e4, is also omnip
resent, living within the hearts of all living entities. The personal feature, the Param\'e4tm\'e4, is even within every atom and is thus worshipped by the devotee. When the devotee is present, the Supreme Lord is also personally present, although He res
ides in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. That is the nature of His omnipresence. No one can calculate the distance to Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, but when a devotee like Prahl\'e4da is in danger, the Supreme Lord is immediately present. He can protect His devotee eve
n though He be trillions of miles away. This is the meaning of omnipresence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although Plotinus believed that God is present in all objects throughout the universe, God remains distinct from all c
reated things and also transcendental to them. Thus God is more than all pervading. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is clearly explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad 
avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v ava
sthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ca mat-sth\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa
\'e7ya me yogam ai\'e7varam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcta-bh\'e5n na ca bh\'fcta-stho\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mam\'e4tm\'e4 bh
\'fcta-bh\'e4vana\'f9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4k\'e4\'e7a-sthito nitya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v
\'e4yu\'f9 sarvatra-go mah\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4n
\'e9ty upadh\'e4raya
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them. And yet every
thing that is created does not rest in 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. As the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, always rests in
 ethereal space, know that in the same manner all beings rest in 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  9.4-6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus envisioned the individual souls existing in different states: some embodied, others unembodied. Some are cele
stial and do not suffer, whereas others are terrestrial. In any case, they are all individuals.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No one can count the number of souls. They have the same qualities possessed by the One, but they have them in minute quantity. Some of these souls have fallen into the material atmosphe
re, whereas others, called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-mukta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are everlastingly liberated. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-muktas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are never conditioned. These souls that have fallen into this material world in order to gratify
 their senses are called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-baddha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternally conditioned. By "eternal," we mean that no
 one can estimate the amount of time the conditioned soul has to spend within the material world. The creation goes on perpetually; sometimes it is manifest and sometimes not. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the conditioned souls continue to exist 
within the material world. Before the creation, the conditioned soul is present in a dormant condition, and when the manifestation comes out from the Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu, the individual soul awakens. For the deliverance of such conditioned souls, the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead descends Himself, or sends His incarnation or devotee to call the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-baddha}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  back home, back to Godhead. Those who are fortunate take advantage of this. Those who are unfortunate are not interested and thus remain conditioned withi
n this material world. The material world is created and annihilated, and the conditioned souls suffer in this cycle.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus believed that the soul is eternal and incorporeal in men, animals, and even plants. In this, he differed from
 many other philosophers at the time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is also the Vedic conclusion (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoni\'f1u}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) that the living soul, which is part and parcel of God, is prese
nt in all different life species. Those who are foolish think the animal has no soul, but there is no rational basis for this belief. An animal may be less intelligent than a man, just as a child may be less intelligent than his father, but this does not
 mean that no soul is present. This type of mentality is ruining civilization. People have become so degraded that they even think that an embryo has no soul. From K\'e5\'f1\'eba we understand that everyone has a soul and that the soul is undoubtedly pre
sent in all different life forms. The individual soul evolves from a lower type of body to a higher one, and this is the meaning of spiritual evolution. Once in the human form, the individual soul can understand the teachings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and, if he likes, surrender to the Supreme Lord and return to the Godhead. If he does not care to do so, he remains in this material world to undergo the tribulations of repeated birth, old
 age, disease, and death. Thus he takes on another corporeal body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus sees the soul as returning to God, the One, through three stages. In the first, the individual soul must lear
n detachment from the material world. In the second, he separates himself from the reasoning process itself. This is the highest point that philosophy or mental speculation can attain. In the third stage, the intellect transcends itself into the realm of
 the unknown, the One. Plotinus writes: "Because it is intellect, it contemplates what it contemplates [the One] by reasoning of that in it which is not intellect."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, there are also three stages: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  try to improve their condition
 by material science and education. Some try to go to the heavenly planets by performing pious activities. Superior to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who speculate on the
 Absolute Truth and conclude that God is impersonal. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attempt to acquire some m
ystic powers by practicing the mystic yoga system. By this system, they acquire }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eight different perfections. They can become lighter than the lightest, smaller tha
n the smallest, bigger than the biggest, and so on. Real yoga, however, means seeing the Supreme within the core of the heart. All three processes require a strenuous endeavor. The supreme process is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, whereby one simply surrenders to the Supreme. The Supreme One gives the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the intelligence by which he can be freed from material entanglement.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y
ena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\b0
\i0\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  10.10)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Plotinus, matter is evil in the sense that it imprisons the soul, yet the visible cosmos is beautiful. Evil does n
ot arise from the creator.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, being attracted by this illusory energy, the individual soul comes here for sense gratification. The Supreme Lord does not desire him to come, but he comes propelled by his personal
 desires. God gives the living entity freedom, and in the beginning, the conditioned living entity begins life from a very exalted position in this material world. Sometimes he has the powers of a Brahm\'e4, but due to material activities, he becomes ent
angled and degraded. He can thus fall from the position of a Brahm\'e4 to that of a worm in stool. Therefore we find so many different species. Degradation and elevation are thus taking place, and the living entity is sometimes elevated and sometimes deg
raded. In this way, he suffers. When he understands that degradation and elevation are perpetually taking place, and are the cause of his suffering, he begins to seek for the Supreme One, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he gets a bona fid
e spiritual master, and by the mercy of both, he gets a chance to engage in devotional service. With a little effort and sincerity, the conditioned living entity attains perfection in devotional service and returns back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although most of Plotinus's philosophy deals with the impersonal aspect, he writes, "Let us flee to the beloved father
land. The fatherland for us is there whence we have come. There is the Father." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As long as we speculate, we will be confused and will not know whether the Supreme Absolute Truth is personal or impersonal. However, when there is a question of love between the Absolut
e and the individual souls, there must be a personal conception. In truth, God is a person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the living entity, by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, contacts a devotee, his impersonal conceptions are subordinated to the personal aspect, an
d he worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotee. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the soul's conditioning, or fall, Plotinus believes that the human soul never entirely leaves the intelligi
ble or spiritual realm.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because the living entity is an eternal spiritual being, he is not a product of this material world. He is part and parcel of the Supreme One, but he is embodied by the material elements
. As the material elements change, he becomes old. When our clothes no longer fit, or if they wear out, we have to acquire new ones. Material life means change, but as spirit souls, we are eternal and changeless. Material life is not very happy because i
t is always changing. Whether we are in a comfortable or miserable condition, our condition will change for better or worse. In any case, we have to save ourselves from the repetition of changing bodies. If we want to remain in our original spiritual for
m, we have to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus writes: "If the souls remain in the intelligible realm with the Soul, they are beyond harm, and share in the 
Soul's governance. They are like kings who live with the high King and govern with him and like him, and do not come down from the palace.... But there comes a point at which they come down from this state, cosmic in its dimensions, to one of individuali
ty. They wish to become independent.... When a soul remains for long in this withdrawal in estrangement from the whole, with never a glance toward the intelligible, it becomes a thing fragmented, isolated, and weak...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is his falldown and the beginning of his material tribulations. As long as the living entity is maintained in the material world, he thinks of material happiness, and, accordin
g to nature's law, he accepts a variety of bodies. Although conditioned, the spirit soul remains part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Yet according to the circumstance, he thinks in terms of a particular body. He thinks that he is a dog, a man, an aquati
c, and so on. According to material considerations, one thinks himself an American, Indian, Hindu, Moslem, male, or female. All these designations are due to the body, and when one understands that he is different from the body, he begins his spiritual e
ducation. Understanding himself as the eternal part and parcel of God leads to liberation. When one advances, he understands that the Supreme Truth is the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He then engages in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, and that is his actual
 spiritual life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets in the spiritual world, and the devotee can be promoted to any of these planets, or to the supreme planet, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Once he is there, he is happy as an associate of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and he can enjoy life eternally.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus conceives of the soul as basically having two parts, a lower part directed toward the corporeal, and a higher
 part directed toward the spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and that means that the soul is prone to fall. Because the individual soul is very minute, there is the tendency to fall, just as a small spark may fall from a fire. Because we are 
only minute particles of God, we can become entangled by His material external energy. An unintelligent man may commit some crime and go to jail, but we should not think that he has been created for the purpose of going to jail. It is said that those who
 descend into the material world are less intelligent because they think that they can enjoy life independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A rich man's son may think that he can live independent of his father, but that is his foolishness. The Supreme Father is ful
l in all opulences, and if we live under His care, we naturally live very comfortably. When an intelligent man realizes that he is the son of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he thinks, "Let me go back to my Father." This is the proper use of intelligence. An intelligent
 person knows perfectly well that he will be happy with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and unhappy without Him. Learning this is part of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a man cannot be happy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus also believes that the cosmic order awards and punishes everyone according to merit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When a father sees that his son has gone astray, he tries to bring him back home, either through punishment or some other way. This is the duty of an affectionate father. Those who are f
oolishly suffering in the material world are being punished for the purposes of correction. This is to bring the living entity to his proper position. If one is sufficiently intelligent, he surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, revives his old constitutional pos
ition, and attains the spiritual platform of bliss and knowledge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus uses the following metaphor: "We are like a chorus that allows the audience to distract its attention from th
e conductor. If, however, we were to turn towards our conductor, we would sing as we should and would really be with him. We're always around the One. If we were not, we would dissolve and cease to exist. Yet our gaze does not remain fixed upon the One. 
When we look at it, we then attain the end of our desires and find rest. Then it is that, all discord past, we dance an inspired dance around it. In this dance, the soul looks upon the source of life, the source of the Intelligence, the root of Being, th
e cause of the Good, the root of the Soul. All these entities emanate from the One without any lessening, for it is not a material mask." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a good metaphor. God is an individual, and the countless souls are also individuals. Sometimes they sing in tune, and sometimes their attention is diverted by the audience. 
When this happens, they fall out of tune. Similarly, when we divert our attention to the illusory energy, we fall down. Of course, we remain part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but the influence of material energy covers us, and we identify with the gro
ss elements life after life. We identify with the body, which is but a changing dress. Therefore we must first of all understand that we are not the gross material covering. This is taught in the very beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains to Arjuna that since he is not the body, he should not consider the battle from a material, bodily platform. Our identity is that of spirit soul, part and parcel of the Suprem
e Spirit. We should therefore act according to His directions. By doing so, we become freed from material designations and gradually develop our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus accounts for the soul's conditioning in this way: "How is it, then, that souls forget the divinity that begot
 them? This evil that has befallen them has its source in self-will, in being born, in becoming different, and desiring to be independent. Once having tasted the pleasures of independence, they use their freedom to go any direction that leads away from t
heir origin. And when they have gone a great distance, they even forget that they came from it." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. The more one turns from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more degraded one becomes. I have already explained that the living entity may begin his life as Lord Brahm\'e4 and eventuall
y become so degraded that he becomes a worm in stool. Again, by nature's way, one may evolve to the human form, which gives him a chance to understand how he has fallen from his original position. By taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can put an 
end to this transmigration. Everyone has to give up the material body, but when a devotee gives up his body, he does not have to accept another. He is immediately transferred to the spiritual world. }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eti}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . "He comes to Me." For a devotee, death means giving up the material body and remaining in the original, spiritual body. It is said that whether a devotee lives or dies, his business is the same: devotional service. Those who are degraded in
 material life\'97like butchers, who daily cut the throats of many animals\'97are advised, "Don't live, and don't die." This is because their present life is abominable, and their future life will be filled with suffering. The devotee is liberated becaus
e he is indifferent to living or dying. He is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9van}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which indicates that although his body is rotting in the material world, he is liberated. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba affirms that His devotee is not subject to the modes of material nature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 tara
nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  The devotee is therefore situated on the Brahman platform. It is ou
r constitutional position to serve: either }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jivera 'svarupa' haya\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  'nitya-d\'e4sa'.}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has given our real identity as being the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Presently everyone is rendering service to 
his family, community, nation, and so on. When this service is rendered cent per cent to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are liberated. Due to a poor fund of knowledge, impersonalists think that }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation, means inactivity, but there is no basis for this belief. The soul is naturally active, and because the soul is within the body, the body is e
ngaged in many activities. The body in itself is inactive, but it acts because the soul is present. When we give up the bodily conception, why should activities stop? M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand that the active principle is the soul. When the
 active principle leaves the body, the body is called dead. Even if one is liberated from the material body, he must act. That is also explained in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-para
tvena nirmalam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucyat
e
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\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 is freed from all material designations, and, simply by being employed in the service of the Lord, his senses are purified."}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0
\i0\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\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plotinus writes: "A soul in such a condition [of forgetfulness] can be turned about and led back to the world above an
d the supreme existent, the One. This can be done by a two-fold discipline: By showing it the low value of the things it esteems at present, and by informing\'97reminding!\'97it of its nature and worth." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is the process. One may understand or not, but if one is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service under the direction of the spiritual master, he automatically gives up the service 
of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and is liberated.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e4 vinivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4h
\'e4rasya dehina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 niva
rtate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such eng
agements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness." }{\b0\i0\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  However, if he again voluntarily accepts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  service, he again becomes conditioned. By rendering service to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, we can come to understand all that need be known. The devotees do not speculate about their position; they know it by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y
ena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4m ev\'e4nukamp\'e4rtham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha
m aj\'ef\'e4na-ja\'e0 tama\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4\'e7ay\'e4my \'e4tma-bh\'e4vastho\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-
d\'e9pena bh\'e4svat\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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. Out 
of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge, the darkness born of ignorance." }{\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 10.10-11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Origen (185-254)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Origen (185-254)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen is generally considered the founder of formal Christian philosophy, because he was the first to attempt to esta
blish Christianity on the basis of philosophy as well as faith. He believed that the ultimate spiritual reality consists of the supreme, infinite Person, God, as well as individual personalities. Ultimate reality may be defined as the relationships of pe
rsons with one another and with the infinite Person Himself. In this view, Origen differs from the Greeks, who were basically impersonalists.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our Vedic conception is almost the same. Individual souls, which we call living entities, are always present, and each one of them has an intimate relationship with the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead. In material conditional life, the living entity has forgotten this relationship. By rendering devotional service, he attains the liberated position and at that time revives his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen ascribed to a doctrine of the Trinity, in which God the Father is supreme. God the Son, called the }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Logos}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is subordinate to the Father. It is the Son who brings the material world into existence. That i
s, God the Father is not the direct creator; rather, it is the Son who creates directly, like Lord Brahm\'e4. The third aspect of the Trinity is the Holy Spirit, who is subordinate to the Son. According to Origen, all three of these aspects are divine an
d co-eternal. They have always existed simultaneously as the Trinity of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Personality of Godhead. As confirmed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds." }{\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  10.8}{\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  Whether you call this origin the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit, it doesn't matter. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is th
e origin. According to the Vedic conception, there are two types of expansion: God's personal expansions, called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and His partial part-and-parcel expansions called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are many varieties of personal expansions: }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akty\'e4ve
\'e7a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manvantara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and so on. For the creation of this material world, the Lord expands as Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu, and Mahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva). Vi\'f1\'ebu is a personal expansion, and Brahm\'e4 is a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  expansion. Between the personal }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  expansion and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  expansion is a kind of intermediate expansion called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva, or Mahe\'e7vara. The m
aterial ingredients are given, and Brahm\'e4 creates the particular creation. Vi\'f1\'ebu maintains the creation, and Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva annihilates it. It is the nature of the external potency to be created, maintained, and dissolved. More detailed information is given in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In any case, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or living entities, are all considered to be sons of God. They are situated in one of two positions: liberated or conditioned. Those who are liberated can personally associate with the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead, and those who are conditioned within this material world have forgotten the Supreme Lord. Therefore they suffer within this material world in different bodily forms. They can be elevated, however, through the practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness under the guidance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the bona fide guru.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen believed that it is through the combined working of divine grace and man's free will that the individual soul a
ttains perfection, which consists of attaining a personal relationship with the infinite Person.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and that is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4rga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Absolute Truth is manifested in three features: Brahman, Param
\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhag\'e4van. Bhag\'e4van is the personal feature, and the Param\'e4tm\'e4, situated in everyone's heart, may he compared to the Holy Spirit. The Brahman feature is present everywhere. The highest perfection of spiritual life includes the 
understanding of the personal feature of the Lord. When one understands Bhag\'e4van, one engages in His service. In this way, the living entity is situated in his original constitutional position and is eternally blissful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen considered that just as man's free will precipitated his fall, man's free will can also bring about salvation. 
Man can return to God by practicing material detachment. Such detachment can be made possible by help from the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Logos}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Christ. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is also our conception. The fallen soul is transmigrating within this material world, up and down in different forms of life. When his consciousness is sufficiently developed, 
he can be enlightened by God, who gives him instructions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Through the spiritual master's help, he can attain full enlightenment. When he understands his transcendenta
l position of bliss, he automatically gives up material bodily attachments. Then he attains freedom. The living entity attains his normal, constitutional position when he is properly situated in his spiritual identity and engaged in the service of the Lo
rd.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen believed that all the elements found in the material body are also found in the spiritual body, which he called
 the "interior man." Origen writes: "There are two men in each of us\'97As every exterior man has for homonym the interior man, so it is for all his members, and one can say that every member of the exterior man can be found under this name in the interi
or man\'97" Thus for every sense that we possess in the exterior body, there is a corresponding sense in the interior, or spiritual body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The spirit soul is now within this material body, but originally the spirit soul had no material body. The spiritual body of the spirit soul is eternally existing. The material body is s
imply a coating of the spiritual body. The material body is cut, like a suit, according to the spiritual body. The material elements\'97earth, water, air, fire, etc.\'97become like a clay when mixed together, and they coat the spiritual body. It is becau
se the spiritual body has a shape that the material body also takes a shape. In actuality, the material body has nothing to do with the spiritual body; it is but a kind of contamination causing the suffering of the spirit soul. As soon as the spirit soul
 is coated with this material contamination, he identifies himself with the coating and forgets his real spiritual body. That is called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ignorance, or illusion. This ignorance continues as long as we are not fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. When we become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we understand that the material body is but the ex
ternal coating and that we are different. When we attain this uncontaminated understanding, we arrive at what is called the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform. When the spirit soul, which is Brahman, is under the illusion of the material bodily conditioning, we are on the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is attained when we no longer identify with
 the material body but with the spirit soul within. When we come to this platform, we become joyful.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-bhakti\'e0
 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anythi
ng; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state, he attains pure devotional service 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  18.54}{\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 
 In this position, one sees all living entities as spirit souls; he does not see the outward covering. When he sees a dog, he sees a spirit soul covered by the body of a dog. This state is also described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'ebe gavi hastini\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uni caiva }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vap\'e4ke ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a cow, an elephant, a dog, and
 a dog-eater [outcaste]." }{\b0\i0\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one is in the body of an animal, he cannot understand his spiritual identity. This identity can best be realized in a human civilization in which the }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system is practiced. This system divides life into four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ramas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dr\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ), and four }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The highest position is that of a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a platform from which one may best realize his original constitutional position, act accordingly, and thus attain deliverance, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  means understanding our constitutional position and acting accordingly. Conditional life, a life of bondage, means identifying with the body and acting on the bodily platform. On the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform, our activities differ from those enacted on the conditional platform. Devotional service is rendered from the }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform. If we engage in devotional service, we maintain our spiritual identity and are therefore 
liberated, even though inhabiting the conditional, material body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen also believed that the interior man, or the spiritual body, also has spiritual senses that enable the soul to t
aste, see, touch, and contemplate the things of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. That is devotional life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  During his lifetime, Origen was a famous teacher and was very much in demand. For him, preaching meant explaining the 
words of God and no more. He believed that a preacher must first be a man of prayer and must be in contact with God. He should not pray for material goods but for a better understanding of the scriptures. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a real preacher. As explained in Vedic literatures: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . First of all, we become perfect by hearing. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When we are thus situated by hearing perfectly from an authorized person, our next stage begins: }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , preaching. In this material world, everyone is hearing something from someone else. In order 
to pass examinations, a student must hear his professor. Then, in his own right, he can become a professor himself. If we hear from a spiritualized person, we become perfect and can become real preachers. We should preach about Vi\'f1\'ebu for Vi\'f1\'eb
u, not for any person within this material world. We should hear and preach about the Supreme Person, the transcendental Personality of Godhead. That is the duty of a liberated soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as contradictions and seeming absurdities in scripture are concerned, Origen considered them to be stumbling bl
ocks permitted to exist by God in order for man to pass beyond the literal meaning. He writes that "everything in scripture has a spiritual meaning, but not all of it has a literal meaning."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Generally speaking, every word in scripture has a literal meaning, but people cannot understand it properly because they do not hear from the proper person. They interpret instead. There
 is no need to interpret the words of God. Sometimes the words of God cannot be understood by an ordinary person; therefore we may require the transparent medium of the guru. Since the guru is fully cognizant of the words spoken by God, we are advised to
 receive the words of the scriptures through the guru. There is no ambiguity in the words of God, but due to our imperfect knowledge, we sometimes cannot understand. Not understanding, we try to interpret, but because we are imperfect, our interpretation
s are also imperfect. The purport is that the words of God, the scriptures, should be understood from a person who has realized God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Origen, there are two rebirths. The first is a baptism, which is something like a mystical union between Christ an
d the soul. Baptism marked the first stage in spiritual life: from there, one could regress or progress. Baptism is compared to a shadow of the ultimate rebirth, which is complete purification and rebirth in the spiritual world with Christ. When the soul
 is reborn with Christ, it receives a spiritual body like Christ and beholds Christ face to face. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the position of Christ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is seated at the right hand of the Father in the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when Christ was present on earth, many people saw him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They saw him in many different ways, just as the people saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in many different ways.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it that Christ is seen in his full spiritual body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When the soul is reborn with Christ, it beholds Christ's spiritual body through its spiritual senses.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We also think in this way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen did not believe that the individual soul has been existing from all eternity. It was created. He writes: "The r
ational natures that were made in the beginning did not always exist; they came into }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being when they were created."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not correct. Both the living entity and God are simultaneously eternally existing, and the living entity is part and parcel of God. Although eternally existing, the living entity
 is changing his body. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re}{\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 (}{\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 2.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One body after another is being created and destroyed, but the living being is eternally existing. So we disagree when Origen says that the soul is created. Our spiritual identity is never created. That is t
he difference between spirit and matter. Material things are created, but the spiritual is without beginning.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
arve vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." 
}{\b0\i0\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  2.12)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Origen differed from later Church doctrine in his belief in transmigration. Although he believed that the soul was ori
ginally created, he also believed that it transmigrated because it could always refuse to give itself to God. So he saw the individual soul as possibly rising and falling perpetually on the evolutionary scale. Later Church doctrine held that one's choice
 for eternity is made in this one lifetime. As Origen saw it, the individual soul, falling short of the ultimate goal, is reincarnated again and again.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the Vedic version. Unless one is liberated and goes to the kingdom of God, he must transmigrate from one material body to another. The material body grows, remains for some 
time, reproduces, grows old, and becomes useless. Then the living entity has to leave one body for another. Once in a new body, he again attempts to fulfill his desires, and again he goes through the process of dying and accepting another material body. 
This is the process of transmigration. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is interesting that neither Origen nor Christ rejected transmigration. It wasn't until Augustine that it was denied
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Transmigration is a fact. A person cannot wear the same clothes all of his life. Our clothes become old and useless, and we have to change them. The living being is certainly eternal, bu
t he has to accept a material body for material sense gratification, and such a body cannot endure perpetually. All of this is thoroughly explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra
\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muhya
ti
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into an
other 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\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  2.13)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ar\'e9ra\'e0 yad av\'e4pnoti\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yac c\'e4py utkr\'e4mat\'e9\'e7vara\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5h\'e9tvait\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yur gandh\'e4n iv\'e4\'e7ay\'e4t
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa360\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another, as the air ca
rries aromas." }{\b0\i0\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  15.8)
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Augustine (354-430)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Augustine (354-430)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine considered the soul to be spiritual and incorporeal, but he also believed that the soul of the individual does not exist prior to birth. The soul attains its immortality only at death, and th
en goes on to live through eternity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the soul is created, how is it immortal? How can the soul sometimes not be eternal?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine would say that the soul is immortal after it is created, but that at a certain point it is brought into bein
g. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what does he consider death to be? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine recognizes two types of death: physical death, wherein the soul leaves the body; and soul-death, which is th
e death experienced by the soul when God abandons it. When one is damned, he faces not only physical death but spiritual soul-death as well. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Figuratively speaking, when one forgets his position, he undergoes a kind of death, but the soul is eternal. What Augustine calls spiritual death is forgetfulness. When one is unconsciou
s, he forgets his identity, but when one is dead, he cannot revive his consciousness. Of course, until one acquires his freedom from material existence, he is spiritually dead, even though existing in the material form. Forgetfulness of our real identity
 is a kind of death. When we are alive to God consciousness, we are actually alive. In any case, the soul is eternal and survives the annihilation of the body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine would consider that in some cases the forgetful stage is eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not. Our consciousness can always be revived, and that is the conviction of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We say that 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 awakes. Similarly, this process of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  awakens us to spirit
ual consciousness. Then we can live a spiritual life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine would say that God eternally abandons the damned soul to eternal perdition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He may be "eternally abandoned" in the sense that he may remain forgetful for millions of years. It may seem eternal, but our spiritual consciousness can be revived at any moment by good
 association, by the method of hearing and chanting. Devotional service therefore begins with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r
ava\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , hearing. In the beginning, especially, hearing is very important. If we hear the truth from a self-realized soul, we can awake to spiritual life and remain sp
iritually alive in devotional service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The City of God}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Augustine refers to two cities, or societies: one demonic, and the other divine. In one city, love of God and the spirit is the unifying factor; and in the other, love of the world and the 
flesh is dominant. Augustine writes: "These are two loves, the one of which is holy, the other unholy; one social, the other individualistic; the one is subject to God, the other sets itself up as a rival to God." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A similar allegory is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The body is likened to a city, and the soul is likened to the king of that city. The body has nine gates, and the king can leave the city through these gates. These detailed descriptions are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine seems to admit the transcendence of God, but not His omnipresence as the Param\'e4tm\'e4 accompanying each i
ndividual soul. He writes: "God is not the soul of all things, but the maker of all souls."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then how is God all pervading? The Param\'e4tm\'e4 is accepted as the Supersoul both in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit
\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadra\'f1\'f6\'e4numant\'e4 ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhart
\'e4 bhokt\'e4 mahe\'e7vara\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4tmeti c\'e4py ukto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehe 'smin puru\'f1a
\'f9 para\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the over
seer and permitter, and who is known as the Supersoul." }{\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. }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is present in every atom.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'f6abhy\'e4ham ida\'e0 k\'e5tsnam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena sthito jagat
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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\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 10.42)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva\'e0 y
aj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhag\'e4va
n." }{\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\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly God has the potency of omnipresence. This cannot be denied. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine disagrees with Origen's contention that the body is like a prison. He writes: "If the opinion of Origen and 
his followers were true\'97that matter was created that souls might be enclosed in bodies, as in penitentiaries for the punishment of sin\'97then the higher and lighter bodies should have been for those whose sins were slight, and the lower and heavier o
nes for those whose crimes were great." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is essentially part and parcel of God, but is imprisoned in different types of bodies. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya
\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada
\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, an
d 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  14.4) }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From material nature, the mother, different species are coming. They are found in earth, water, air, and even fire. The individual souls, however, are pa
rt and parcel of the Supreme, 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 it is not composed of matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The souls, always part and parcel of God, assume different types of bodies according to pious or impious activities or desires. The
 desires of the soul determine higher or lower bodies. In any case, the soul is the same. It is therefore said that those who are advanced in spiritual consciousness see the same soul in each and every body, be it the body of a dog, or a }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'ebe gavi hastini\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uni caiva }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vap\'e4ke ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater [outcaste]." }{\b0\i0\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)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine looked on Adam as the root of mankind. He writes: "God knew how good it would be for this community often to
 recall that the human race had its roots in one man, precisely to show how pleasing it is to God that men, though many, should be one." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our Vedic conception is similar. We say that mankind has come from Manu. From Manu, we get the Sanskrit word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4\'ebu\'f1a\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which means "coming from Manu," or "human being." Manu himself comes from Brahm\'e4, who is the first living being. Thus living beings come
 from other living beings, not from matter. Brahm\'e4, in his turn, comes from the Supreme Lord as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Indeed, Brahm\'e4 is the incarnation of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mode of passio
n. All living beings ultimately come from the supreme living Being. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like Origen, Augustine considered the soul to be created at a particular time, but unlike Origen, he rejected reincarn
ation: "Let these Platonists stop threatening us with reincarnation as punishment for our souls. Reincarnation is ridiculous. There is no such thing as a return to this life for the punishment of souls. If our creation, even as mortals, is due to God, ho
w can the return to bodies, which are gifts of God, be punishment?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does he think that the assumption of the body of a hog or similar lower creature 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 explain 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 a King Indra, and if he is punished, he gets the body of a pig.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the body of a man? Is that a gift or punishment?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many men who are well situated, and others who are suffering. Suffering and enjoyment take place according to the body. As explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7
\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gam\'e4p\'e4yino 'nity\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 t
he appearance 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\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  2.14) }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An old man may p
erceive cold very acutely, whereas a young child may not perceive it. Perception is relative to the body. An animal may go naked and not feel the cold, whereas a man cannot. Thus the body is a source of suffering and enjoyment. Or we may consider this pu
nishment and reward.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Augustine, the soul of each individual man is not necessarily condemned to earth due to his own desire or sin, but
 due to the original sin of Adam, the first man. He writes: "When the first couple [Adam and Eve] were punished by the judgement of God, the whole human race...was present in the first man. And what was born was not human nature as it was originally crea
ted, but as it became after the first parents' sin and punishment\'97as far, at least, as concerns the origin of sin and death." In this sense, the individual partakes of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the entire race.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If this is the case, why does he call the body a gift? Why does he say that it is not punishment? The original man was punished, as well as the man after him, and so on. Sometimes a fath
er's disease is inherited by the son. Is this not a form of punishment? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the human form is a punishment in itself? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. At the same time, you can consider human life a gift because it is given by God. We should think that if God has given us this body for our punishment, it is His mercy, because by u
ndergoing punishment we may become purified and progress toward God. Devotees think in this way. Although the body is a form of punishment, we consider it a reward because by undergoing the punishment, we 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Augustine, the physical body precedes the spiritual: "What is sown a natural body, arises a spiritual body. If the
re is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body....But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical. The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man is from heaven, heavenly.... But the body which, of the life-giving spirit, wi
ll become spiritual and immortal will under no condition be able to die. It will be immortal, just as the created soul is immortal." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why does he speak of immortality in connection with man only? Every living entity has an immortal body. As we said, entering the mortal body is a kind of punishment. The individual under
goes an evolutionary process from lower to higher species. Every soul is part and parcel of God, but due to 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 los
t paradise and had to come into the material world. The soul belongs to the paradise in heaven, the planets of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but somehow or other he has fallen into this material world and has taken on a body. According to our activities, we are elevat
ed or degraded as a demigod, human being, animal, tree, or plant. In any case, the soul is always aloof from the material body. This is confirmed by Vedic literatures. Our actual spiritual life begins when we are freed from material contamination, or tra
nsmigration.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning peace, Augustine writes: "Peace between a mortal man and his Maker consists in ordered obedience, guided by
 faith, under God's eternal law; peace between man and man consists in regulated fellowship... .The peace of the heavenly city lies in a perfectly ordered and harmonious communion of those who find their joy in God and in one another in God. Peace in its
 final sense is the calm that comes of order."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Peace means coming in contact 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 God
head, the supreme controller, he understands that God is the enjoyer. We are servants meant to supply enjoyment to God. A servant supplies the needs of his master. Actually, the master has no needs, but he enjoys the company of his servants, who in turn 
enjoy his company. A public servant is very happy when he receives a good government job, and a master is 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When the relationship is restored, the ind
ividual is situated in his spiritual consciousness, which we call K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, by which he understands that the supreme God is the actual enjoyer and proprietor as well as the Supreme Being. When we understand God's transcendental qualit
ies, we become happy and attain peace.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine felt that neither activity nor meditation should be exclusive but should complement one another: "No man mus
t be so committed to contemplation as, in his contemplation, to give no thought to his neighbor's needs, nor so absorbed in action as to dispense with the contemplation of God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless you think of God, how can you be active in the service of God? Real meditation is meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or the Supersoul within the core of the heart. 
Activity and meditation should go together, however. If we sit down and think of God, it is commendable, but if we work for God as God desires, our position is superior. If you love me and simply sit and think of me, that is commendable. That may be cons
idered meditation. However, if you love me, it is better that you carry out my orders. That is more important. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine conceived of a spiritual world in which the movements of the spiritual bodies "will be of such unimaginable 
beauty that I dare not say more than this: There will be such poise, such grace, such beauty as become a place where nothing unbecoming can be found. Wherever the spirit wills, there, in a flash, the body will be....God will be the source of every satisf
action. He will be the consummation of all our desiring, the object of our unending vision, of our unlessening love, of our unwearying praise....The souls in bliss will still possess freedom of will, though sin will have no power to tempt them." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, sin cannot touch one who remains in contact with God. According to our desires, we associate with the modes of material nature and acquire different types of bodies. Nature, the age
nt of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, affords us facilities by giving us a body, which is like a machine. When a son insists, "Father, give me a cycle," the affectionate father complies. This is a typical relationship between a father and his son. As explained in }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line 
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\b0\i0\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  }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 spiritual bodies in the V
aiku\'eb\'f6has are not subject to birth, old age, disease, or death, nor the threefold miseries. They are eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Augustine, the mind, reason, and the soul are one and the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, these are different identities. The mind acts according to the intelligence, but the intelligence of different living entities differs. Similarly, minds also differ. A dog's intellig
ence is not equal to that of a human being, but this is not to say that the dog does not have a soul. The soul is placed in different bodies that have different types of intelligence and different ways of thinking, acting, feeling, and willing. So the mi
nd and intelligence differ according to the body, but the soul remains the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By identifying the soul with mind and reason, Augustine could justify killing animals. He writes: "Indeed, some people
 try to stretch the prohibition ['}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thou shalt not kill}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .'] to cover beasts and cattle, a
nd make it unlawful to kill any such animal. But then, why not include plants and anything rooted in and feeding on the soil?...Putting this nonsense aside, we do not apply 'Thou shalt not kill' to plants, because they have no sensation; nor to irrationa
l animals that fly, swim, walk, or creep, because they are 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, 'Thou shalt not kill' t
o man alone, oneself and others."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Bible says, "Thou shalt not kill," without qualification. Our Vedic philosophy admits that one living entity serves as food for another living entity. That is natural. 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
1.13.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , those animals who have hands eat animals without hands. The four-legged animals eat ani
mals that cannot move, as well as plants and vegetables. Thus the weak is food for the strong. This is a natural law. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy, however, is not based on the view that plant life is less sensitive than animal life, or an
imal life is less sensitive than human life. We consider all human beings, animals, plants, and trees to be living entities, spirit souls. We may eat an animal or a vegetable\'97whatever the case, we must inevitably eat some living entity. It therefore b
ecomes a question of selection. Apart from vegetarian or nonvegetarian diets, we are basically concerned with K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We take only the remnants of whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7n\'e4
mi prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, a fruit, or water, I will accept 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\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.26)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is our philosophy. We are concerned with taking the remnants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's food, which we call }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , mercy. We should not touch meat or anything else not offerable to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa-\'e7i\'f1\'f6\'e4\'e7ina\'f9 santo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mucyante sarva-kilbi\'f1ai\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhu\'efjate te tv agha\'e0papa\line ye pacanty \'e4tma-k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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. Ot
hers, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin." }{\b0\i0\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  3.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 III  SCHOLASTICISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub III  SCHOLASTICISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thomas Aquinas compiled the entire Church doctrine in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Summa Theologiae}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which constitutes the official philosophy of the Roman Catholic Church. Aquinas did not make Augustine's sharp distinction between th
e material and spiritual worlds, or between secular society and the city of God. For him, both material and spiritual creations have their origin in God. At the same time, he admits that the spiritual world is superior to the material.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we speak of "material world" we refer to that which is temporary. Some philosophers like the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s claim that the material world is false, but we Vai\'f1\'ebavas pre
fer to say that it is temporary or illusory. It is a reflection of the spiritual world, but in itself it has no reality. We therefore sometimes compare the material world to a mirage in the desert. In the material world, there is no happiness, but the tr
anscendental bliss and happiness existing in the spiritual world are reflected here. Unintelligent people chase after this illusory happiness, forgetting the real happiness that is in spiritual life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas agreed with both the statements of Anselm and Abelard: "I believe in order that I may understand," and, "I und
erstand in order that I may believe." Thus reason and revelation complement one another as a means to truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since human reason is not perfect, revelation is also needed. The truth is attained through logic, philosophy, and revelation. According 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. He transmits the message of the truth because he has seen the Absolute Truth through the disciplic succession. If we a
ccept the bona fide spiritual master and please him by submissive service, by virtue of his mercy and pleasure, we can understand God and the spiritual world by revelation. We therefore offer our respects to the spiritual master in the prayer:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4yan stuva\'e0s tasya ya\'e7as tri-sandhya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By the mercy of the spiritual master, one receives the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without the grace of the spiritual ma
ster, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master, offering respectful obeisances unto his lotus feet at least three times a day." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\cs3755\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
\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We can understand God if we please the spiritual master, who carries the Lord's message without speculation. It is stated: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau
 svayam eva sphuraty ada\'f9}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\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 . When we engage our senses in the Lord's service, the Lord is revealed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aquinas, God is the only single essence that consists of pure form. He felt that matter is only a potential, and, 
in order to be real, must assume a certain shape or form. In other words, the living entity has to acquire an individual form in order to actualize himself. When matter unites with form, the form gives individuality and personality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Matter in itself has no form; it is the spirit soul that has form. Matter is a covering for the actual form of the spirit soul. Because the soul has form, matter appears to have form. Ma
tter is like cloth that is cut to fit the body. In the spiritual world, however, everything has form: God and the spirit souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas believed that only God and the angels have nonmaterial form. There is no difference between God's form and God
's spiritual Self.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Both the individual souls and God have form. That is real form. Material form is but a covering for the spiritual body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas set forth five basic arguments for God's existence: first, God necessarily exists as the first cause; second, 
the material world cannot create itself but needs something external, or spiritual, to create it; third, because the world exists, there must be a creator; fourth, since there is relative perfection in the world, there must be absolute perfection underly
ing it; and fifth, since the creation has design and purpose, there must be a designer who planned it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also honor these arguments. Also, without a father and mother, children cannot be brought into existence. Modern philosophers do not consider this strongest argument. According to }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , everything has a cause, and God is the ultimate cause.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the ori
gin 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\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 5.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also states that the relative perfection we find here necessitates an absolute perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the spiritual world is absolute perfection, and this temporary material world is but a reflection of that spiritual world. Whatever perfection we find in this material world is deri
ved from the spiritual world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . According to }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 1.1.2
\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 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\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   janma-adi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and de
struction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\cs2873\b\i\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.}}}{
\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , whatever is generated comes from the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today, some scientists even admit Aquinas's argument that since nothing can create itself in this material world, some
thing external, or spiritual, is required for initial creation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a mountain cannot create anything, 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unlike Plato and Aristotle, Aquinas maintained that God created the universe out of nothing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, the universe is created by God, certainly, but God and His energies are always there. You cannot logically say that the universe was created out of nothing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas would contend that since the material universe could not have arisen out of God's spiritual nature, it had to be created out of nothing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a
\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 constitute My separated mater
ial energies." }{\b0\i0\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  7.4)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All of these emanate from God, and therefore they are not unreal. They are considered inferior because they are God's separated material energies. The sound that comes from 
a tape recorder may sound exactly like the original person's voice. The sound is not the person's voice itself, but it has come from the person. If one cannot see where the sound is coming from, one may suppose that the person is actually speaking, altho
ugh the person may 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 the inferior, se
parated energy. The superior energy is found in the spiritual world, which is the world of reality. In any case, we cannot agree that the material world has come from nothing. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Aquinas would say that it was created by God out of nothing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot say that God's energy is nothing. His energy is exhibited and is eternally existing with Him. God's energy must be there. If God doesn't have energy, how can He be God?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tat-sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He does not possess bodily form like that of an ordinary living entity. There is no difference between His body and His sou
l. He is absolute. All His senses are transcendental. Any one of His senses can perform the action of any other sense. Therefore, no one is greater than Him, or equal to Him. His potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed 
as a natural sequence." }{\cs2873\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 \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.8}{\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  God has multi-energies, and the
 material energy is but one. Since God is everything, you cannot say that the material universe comes from nothing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\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 salvati
on, which can be obtained only through God's grace. But the individual has to assent by his free will for God's grace to function. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we call that assent }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam eva
 sphuraty ada\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Material senses cannot appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, form, qualities, and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awa
kened to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord's holy name, and taste the remnants of the Lord's food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who K\'e5\'f1\'eba really is."}{\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\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\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 )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\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 illusion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation, means remaining in our co
nstitutional position. In the material world, we engage in many different activities, but they all refer to the material body. In the spiritual world, the spirit engages in the Lord's service, and this is liberation, or salvation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas considered sins to be both venial and mortal. A venial sin is one that can be pardoned, but a mortal sin canno
t. A mortal sin stains the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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. He either rectifies himself by good association, or undergoes transmigrat
ion. By taking on one body after another, he is subject to the tribulations of material existence. The soul is not stained, but he can participate in sinful activity. Although you cannot mix oil and water, oil floating on water is carried away by water. 
As soon as we are in contact with material nature, we come under the clutches of the material world.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rt\'e4ham iti manyate 
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of act
ivities, which are in actuality carried out by nature." }{\b0\i0\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  3.27)}{\cs3755\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 completely under the clutches of material nature.
 Oil never mixes with water, but it may be carried away by the waves.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas felt that the monastic vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience give a direct path to God, but he did not thin
k that these austerities were meant for the masses of men. He looked on life as a pilgrimage through the world of the senses to the spiritual world of God, from imperfection to perfection, and the monastic vows are meant to help us on this path.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, according to the Vedic instructions, we must take to the path of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , voluntary self-denial. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tapas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  brahmacaryena}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tap
asya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or austerity, begins with }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , celibacy. We must first learn to control the sex urge. That is the beginning of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We must control the senses and the mind, then we should give everything that we have to the Lord's service. By following the path of truth and remaining clean, we can practice yoga. In this way, it is possible to adv
ance toward the spiritual kingdom. All of this can be realized, however, by engaging in devotional service. If we become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we automatically attain the benefits of austerities without having to make a separate effort. By one stro
ke, devotional service, we can acquire the benefits of all the other processes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas did not believe in a soul per se as being divorced from a particular form. God did not create a soul capable o
f inhabiting any body or form; rather, He created an angelic soul, a human soul, an animal soul, or a plant soul. Here again, we find the conception of the soul's creation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is not created but is eternally 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 th
e spark is separated, it loses its illumination. In any case, the individual soul is always there. The master and His servants are there eternally. We cannot say that the parts of a body are separately created. As soon as the body is present, all the par
ts are there with it. The soul is never created, and it never dies. This is confirmed in the very beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo nitya\'f9\'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 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}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 transfers to another body. When the soul is liberated, h
e 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 no
t 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 but a small particle, som
etimes succumbs to the material energy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the soul eternally existing with God in a spiritual form? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the soul has a form that is incorruptible. Is this not also the form of the material body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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, which is a coating, takes on form. As I have already explained, a cloth originally
 has no form, but a tailor can cut the cloth to fit a form. In actuality, this material form is illusory. It originally has no form. It takes on form for a while, and when it becomes old and useless, it returns to its original position. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the body is compared to a machine. The soul has his own form, but he is given a machine, the body, whi
ch he uses to wander throughout the universe, attempting to enjoy himself. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think that part of the problem is that Augustine and Aquinas could not conceive of a spiritual form. When they speak
 of form, they think that matter must necessarily be involved. Aquinas followed the Augustinian and Platonic doctrines maintaining that if the soul is independent from matter, man loses his basic unity. He saw man as both body and soul. A man is a partic
ular type of soul in a specific body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you are dressed, it appears that you are not different from your clothes. Your clothes move just as you do, but you are completely different.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas did not believe that the living entity has pure spiritual form as such. Matter is necessary to give the soul f
orm. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. He has his original form. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this the form of the body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is the form of the spirit. The body takes on form because the spirit has form. Matter has no form, but it coats the spiritual form of the soul and thus takes on form.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas considered sex to be meant exclusively for the begetting of children, and the parents are responsible for givi
ng their children a spiritual education.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also the Vedic injunction. You should not beget children unless you can liberate them from the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurur na sa sy\'e4t sva-jano na sa sy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pit\'e4 na sa sy\'e4j janan\'e9 na s\'e4 sy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva\'e0 na tat sy\'e4n na pati\'e7 ca sa sy\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na mocayed ya\'f9 samupeta-m\'e5tyum
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a f
ather, a husband, a mother, or a worshipable demigod." }{\b0\i0\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  5.5.18}{\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  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas argued that sex for reasons other than propagation is "repugnant to the good of nature, which is the conservat
ion of the species." Considering today's overpopulation, does this argument still hold?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The conservation of the species doesn't enter into it. Illicit sex is sinful because it is for sense gratification instead of the begetting of children. Sense gratification in any form i
s sinful. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the state, Aquinas believed like Plato in an enlightened monarchy, but in certain cases, he felt that it is
 not necessary for man to obey human laws if these laws are opposed to human welfare and are instruments of violence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but first of all we must know what our welfare is. Unfortunately, as materialistic education advances, we are missing the aim of life. Life's aim is declared openly in the }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\cs3755\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\cb1
\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Life is meant for understanding the Absolute Truth. Vedic civilization is based on this principle, but modern civilization ha
s deviated and is devoting itself to that which cannot possibly relieve us from the tribulations of birth, old age, disease, and death. So-called scientific advancement has not solved life's real problems. Although we are eternal, we are presently subjec
ted to birth and death. In this age of Kali-yuga, people are slow to learn about self-realization. People create their own way of life, and they are unfortunate and disturbed. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas concludes that if the laws of God and man conflict, we should obey the laws of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We can also obey the man who obeys the laws of God. It is useless to obey an imperfect person. That is the blind following the blind. If the leader does not follow the instructions 
of the supreme controller, he is necessarily blind, and he cannot lead. Why should we risk our lives by following blind men who believe that they are knowledgeable but are not? We should instead decide to take lessons from the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, who knows everything perfectly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows past, present, and future, and what is for our benefit. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Aquinas, all earthly powers exist only by God's permission. Since the Church is God's emissary on earth, the Churc
h should control secular power as well. He felt that secular rulers should remain subservient to the Church, which should be able to excommunicate a monarch and dethrone him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  World activities should be regulated so that God is the ultimate goal of understanding. Although the Church, or the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , may not directly carry out administrative activities, the government should function under their supervision and instructions. That is the Vedi
c system. The administrators, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , used to take instructions from the }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who could deliver a spiritual message. It is mentioned in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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 (4.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that millions of ye
ars ago, K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed the sun god in the yoga of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The sun god is the origin of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If the king follows the instructions of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or other scriptures through the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or through a bona fide church, he is not only a king but a saintly person as well. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should follow the orders of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and t
he }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should follow the orders of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should follow the instructions of the three superior orders.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the beauty of God, Aquinas writes: "God is beautiful in Himself and not in relation to some limited terminu
s....It is clear that the beauty of all things is derived from the divine beauty....God wishes to multiply His own beauty as far as possible, that is to say, by the communication of His likeness. Indeed, all things are made in order to imitate divine bea
uty in some fashion." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, God is the reservoir of all knowledge, beauty, strength, fame, renunciation, and wealth. God is the reservoir of everything, and therefore whatever we see that is beautiful emanates
 from a very minute part of God's beauty.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad yad vibh\'fctimat sattva\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad \'fcrjitam eva v\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat tad ev\'e4vagaccha tva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mama tejo-'\'e0\'e7a-sambhavam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty cr
eations spring from but a spark of My splendor.}{\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 (}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.41)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the relationship between theology and philosophy, Aquinas writes: "As sacred doctrine is based on the light
 of faith, so is philosophy founded on the natural light of reason....If any point among the statements of the philosophers is found contrary to faith, this is not philosophy but rather an abuse of philosophy, resulting from a defect in reasoning."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is correct. Due to material conditional life, every man is defective. The philosophy of defective people cannot help society. Perfect philosophy comes from one who is in contac
t with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and such philosophy is beneficial. Speculative philosophers base their beliefs on imagination. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas concluded that divine revelation is absolutely necessary because very few men can arrive at the truth through 
the philosophical method. It is a path full of errors, and the journey takes a long time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. We should directly contact the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has complete knowledge. We should understand His instructions and try to follow them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas believed that the author of sacred scriptures can be only God Himself, who can not only "adjust words to their
 meaning, which even man can do, but also adjust things in themselves." Also, scriptures are not restricted to one meaning.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The meaning of scriptures is one, but the interpretations may be different. In the Bible it is stated that God created the universe, and that is a fact. One may conjecture that the unive
rse 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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is without interpretation or motive. We cannot change the w
ords of God. Unfortunately, many interpreters have spoiled the God consciousness of society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this, Aquinas seems to differ from the official Catholic doctrine, which admits only the Pope's interpretation. For
 him, the scriptures may contain many meanings according to our degree of realization.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The meaning is one, but if we are not realized, we may interpret many meanings. It is stated both in the Bible and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  that God created the universe.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sarva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pravartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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  10.8}{\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  If it is a fact that everything is an emanation of God's energy, why should we accept a second meaning or interpretation? What is the possible second mean
ing?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, in the Bible it is stated that after creating the universe, God walked through paradise in the afternoon. Aquina
s would consider this to have an interior, or metaphorical, meaning. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God can create, He can also walk, speak, touch, and see. If God is a person, why is a second meaning necessary? What could it possibly be?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Impersonal speculation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is the creator of all things, He must be a person. Things appear to come from secondary causes, but actually everything is created by the Supreme Creator.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas seems to have encouraged individual interpretation. He writes: "It belongs to the dignity of divine scripture 
to contain many meanings in one text, so that it may be appropriate to the various understandings of men for each man to marvel at the fact that he can find the truth that he has conceived in his own mind expressed in divine scripture." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. If one's mind is perfect, he may give a meaning, but, according to our conviction, if one is perfect, why should he try to change the word of God? And if one is imperfect, what is th
e value of his change?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas doesn't say "change."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Interpretation means change. If man is imperfect, how can he change the words of God? If the words can be changed, they are not perfect. So there will be doubt whether the words are spok
en by God or by an imperfect person.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The many different Protestant faiths resulted from such individual interpretation. It's surprising to find this viewpo
int in Aquinas. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as you interpret or change the scripture, 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas believed that it is not possible 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....The divine essence cannot be known through the nature of material things." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by divine essence? 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 within his heart. That is the result of yoga 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For a Christian, Christ must be the divine essence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And didn't many people see him? Then how can Aquinas say that God cannot be seen?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's difficult to tell whether Aquinas is basically impersonalist or personalist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means that he is speculating. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He writes about the personal feature in this way: "Because God's nature has all perfection and thus every kind of perf
ection should be attributed to Him, it is fitting to use the word 'person' to speak of God; yet when used of God it is not used exactly as it is of creatures but in a higher sense....Certainly the dignity of divine nature surpasses every nature, and thus
 it is entirely suitable to speak of God as a 'person.'" Aquinas is no more specific than this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 the Father be seen? If Christ is the son of God, who is God? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Everything is emanating from 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  10.8}{\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  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. Therefore we refer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning God's names, Aquinas writes: "Yet since God is simple and subsisting, we attribute to Him simple and abstra
ct names to signify His simplicity, and concrete names to signify His subsistence and perfection; although both these kinds of names fail to express His mode of being, because our intellect does not know Him in this life as He is."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of God's attributes is being. Similarly, one of His attributes is attraction. God attracts everything. The word "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" means "all attractive." What, then, is wrong with add
ressing 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 names according to His activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas maintains that although the names apply to God to signify one reality, they are not synonymous because they si
gnify that reality under diverse aspects.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God's names are there because He has different features and activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Aquinas asserts that no name belongs to God in the same sense that it belongs to creatures.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The names of creatures are also derived from God. For instance, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  appeared as the horse incarnation, and therefore a devotee is named }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which means "servant of God." This name is not created; it refers to the activities of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas believed that names of God that imply relation to creatures are predicated of God temporarily. He writes: "Tho
ugh God is prior to the creature, still, because the signification of 'Lord' includes the idea of a servant and vice versa, these two relative terms, Lord and servant, are simultaneous by nature. Hence God was not 'Lord' until He had a creature subject t
o Himself....Thus names which import relation to creatures are applied to God temporarily, and not from eternity, since God is outside the whole order of creation."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is always existing as the Lord, and His servants are existing everlastingly with Him. How can He be the Lord without a servant? How can it be that God has no servants?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, the contention is that creatures were created at one point in time, and before that, God must have been by Himse
lf. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a material idea. It is the material world that is created, not the spiritual world. The spiritual world and God are existing everlastingly. The bodies of creatures in this materi
al world are created, but God is always in the spiritual world with countless servants. According to our philosophy, there is no limit to living entities. Those who do not like to serve are put into this material world. As far as our identity as eternal 
servant is concerned, that is eternal, whether we are in the material or spiritual world. If we do not serve God in the spiritual world, we come down into the material world to serve the illusory energy of God. In any case, God is always master, and the 
living entity always servant. In the material world, the living entity, although a servant, is thinking of himself as a master. This is a false conception that creates many disturbances. This forgetfulness or misconception is not possible in the spiritua
l world. There, the self-realized souls know their position as eternal servants of God, the eternal spiritual master.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas felt that the less determinate God's name, the more universal and absolute it is. He therefore believed that t
he most proper name for God is "He who is."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why? If God is active and has created the entire universe, what is wrong in addressing Him according to His activities and attributes?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas claims that the very essence of God is the sheer fact of His being, the fact that He is.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is, certainly, but "He is" means 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 nat
ure of His being.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems that Aquinas was basically impersonalist. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. He could not determine whether 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 speculates
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is there an equivalent to "He who is?" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is impersonal. This }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , however, can also be extended as }{\cs3755\b0\i\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 \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo bhagavate}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "one who lives everywhere," and refers to Bhag\'e4van, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. God is both personal and impersonal, but the impersonal feature is secondary
. According to Bhag\'e4van }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'ebo hi prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a
m\'e5tasy\'e4vyayasya ca\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vatasya ca dharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukhasyaik\'e4ntikasya ca
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, wh
ich is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal, imperishable and eternal}{\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 (}{\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 14.27)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the purport to that? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa [reading]}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "The constitution of Brahman is the beginning of transcendental realization. Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul,
 is the middle, the second stage in transcendental realization, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is divine essence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas was perhaps the most prolific of the Church writers. His }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Summa Theologiae}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  still serves as official Roman Catholic doctrine. Since the words of Christ are often allegorical, they have always been open
 to many different interpretations.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not very good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christ used a lot of parables to simplify a transcendental message. For instance, he likened the word of the kingdom o
f God to a seed that sometimes falls among thorns, or on rocky land, and even somtimes in a fertile place, where it grows.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A similar description is given in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wherein the living entity is compared to a spark, and God to the fire. When the sparks are in the fire, they are illuminated, but when they fall from the fire, their position is different. The sparks may fall on rock, in t
he water, or on the ground, just as the living entity may fall into the modes\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raj
o}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub within the material world.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:John Duns Scotus (1265?-1308)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub John Duns Scotus (1265?-1308)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus, a Thirteenth Century Scotsman, was Thomas Aquinas's principal antagonist. Whereas Aquinas emphasized the intel
lect, Scotus emphasized what he called the primacy of will. The will is even superior to the intellect, and this is true for both God and man. Scotus felt that if this were not the case, the will would not be free but would be controlled by the intellect
, which is exterior to the soul. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vedic understanding, intelligence, or intellect, is superior to the mind, and superior to the intelligence is the ego. The mind is superior to the gross senses and contr
ols them.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indriy\'e4\'ebi par\'e4\'eby \'e4hur\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub indriyebhya\'f9 para\'e0 mana\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manasas tu par\'e4 buddhir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo buddhe
\'f9 paratas tu sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind;
 and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\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 3.42}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the mind acts intelligently, the senses can be utilized for self-realization. If the mind does not act intelligently, the sens
es act for material}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sense gratification. This is the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bandhur \'e4tm\'e4tmanas tasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yen
\'e4tmaiv\'e4tman\'e4 jita\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4tmanas tu \'e7atrutve\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vartet\'e4tmaiva \'e7at
ruvat
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is 
the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.}{\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 (}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.6}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A dog also has a mind, but his intelligence is inferior to that of human beings. When a dog sees some eatables, he will come for 
them, although his master may drive him away. If he has a little intelligence, he goes away when his master tells him to, but due to his limited intelligence, after a few minutes he may return. He has a mind capable of remembering that there is something
 eatable for him, but he hasn't sufficient intelligence to know that the food is forbidden. That is the difference between the mind and the intelligence. Therefore, according to the Vedic understanding, intelligence is superior to the mind. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where does the will enter?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thinking, feeling, and willing are activities of the mind, and are within the mind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus believes that everything is subordinate to the divine will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course, because the divine will is always perfect. Whatever is divine is perfect and flawless. Whatever the Supreme Divine Personality wills actually becomes a fact. Our thinking, fee
ling, and willing differ from the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead. Our mind proposes, and God disposes. We may express our will, but unless our desires are sanctioned by the will of the Supreme, they cannot be fulfilled. Despite our willing to
 live to a certain age, for instance, we cannot do so if God does not will us to. In every sphere of activity, we express our will, but our will must be sanctioned by the supreme will in order to be successful. Therefore God's will is called supreme. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus would say that everything is good because it is sustained by God's absolute will. God's killing is good, for in
stance, simply because God wills it to be so.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Because God is perfect, whatever He does is perfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus's view is in opposition to that of Aquinas, who would say that everything is subordinate to the divine intellig
ence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what does he understand by the divine intelligence? In relation to us, divine intelligence is this: We living entities are eternal servants of God, but we have wanted to become God o
urselves, master of everything. Ignorance, or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , thus differs from divine intelligence. 
In the ignorance of materialism, people work very hard to become monarchs of all they survey. All this is taking place under various "ism's." We are thinking that we are proprietors, but the Supreme Lord is the only factual proprietor.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4syam idam sarva\'e0\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accep
t only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong." }{\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  1}{\cs2873\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  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus believes that there is an interplay of the will and the intellect because before we will something to be, we mu
st first know the facts about it. Despite this counterplay, Scotus maintains that the will alone is the total cause of volition in the will. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is thinking, feeling, and willing. When we are ignorant, we think our will is supreme. So-called philosophers like to say, "I think," or "I believe," but this is not perfect kn
owledge. Perfect knowledge is thinking as God Himself thinks.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus affirmed that it was the Church's unfailing authority that provided the criterion of truth. Church dogma was sa
cred, and philosophy was naturally subordinate to it. Revelation was behind all Church dogma, and therefore sacred dogma is not open for debate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If by "church" we mean an institution wherein we can learn about God, then philosophy is certainly subordinate. In such a Church, we can learn what God Himself is, what He is willing, an
d how He is acting. We may learn this either from the Bible or another scripture. However, if the Church is polluted by imperfect interpretation, and there are different factions, the truth is lost. At such a time, the authority of Christ is no longer im
parted. People become free to think and act as they like, and thus God's kingdom is lost. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is broken? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The Church is the supreme authority provided that it maintains itself in exactly the same way and does not deviate from its beginning. As soon as we interpret and divide, the messag
e is lost. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Protestants claimed that the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para
mpar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the Catholic Church was broken, therefore they broke from Catholicism and fragmented into many different sects.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, they condemned the Catholic Church because its }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was broken, but they concluded, "Let us also break." Those who first broke away from the message as it is and those who followed them by breaking away themselves are both to blame. Since the original solidari
ty of the Christian religion is broken, the Christian religion is dwindling and losing its importance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Scotus, apart from being a human being, each individual is also a specific personality. The individual is the ulti
mate reality because prior to existence he existed in essence in the mind of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The real fact is that the living entity is eternal, and the material world is created to satisfy his false existence, which is called false ego (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\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 . The individual is thinking t
hat he is independent and can act independent of God. That is the beginning of paradise lost, of Adam's fall. When Adam and Eve thought that they could do something independently, they were condemned. Every living entity is the eternal servant of God, an
d he must act according to the desire or will of the Supreme Lord. When he deviates from this principle, he is lost. Losing paradise, he comes into the material world, and God gives him certain facilities to act, but says, "If you act according to this s
ystem, you can come back to Me. If you do not follow this system, you go down and down." That is the process of transmigration, the rotation of the cycle of birth and death. This is all due to disobeying God. When the living entity hears the instructions
 of the Supreme Lord, he again revives his original constitutional position and returns home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m 
eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1
y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 reactions. Do not fear." 
}{\b0\i0\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas believed that the angels\'97what the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  might call }{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have pure spiritual forms, but Scotus argues that only God Himself has a purely spiritual form since only God is perfect essence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, since God exists in His spiritual form, He never falls down; therefore He is sometimes called }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acyut
a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When a person falls from his original, spiritual position, he is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cyuta}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , fallen. God, however, is Acyuta because He is not subject to falling down. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus rejects the method of negation, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub neti-neti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process, as being of no particular value. Knowledge of God must be positive, and negative concepts only presuppose a positive concept. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neti-neti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  proc
ess is for those who are still speculating. This is an indirect process by which one negates everything material. Positive understanding means taking direct knowledge from God Himself.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki
\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga\'eb
\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a threa
d." }{\b0\i0\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  7.7)}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we accept the words of God, we save ourselves much labor. We cannot understand God by speculation, but still we are inclined to speculate. But knowing God perfectly is knowing God bey
ond a doubt. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy \'e4sakta-man\'e4\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga\'e0 yu\'efjan mad-\'e4\'e7raya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 samagra\'e0 m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yath\'e4 j\'ef\'e4syasi tac ch\'e5\'ebu
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now hear, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know 
Me in full, free from doubt." }{\b0\i0\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 7.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0\'e7ayam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "without a doubt," and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samagram}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "complete.
" Following K\'e5\'f1\'eba and trying to understand Him is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, and such yog
a is possible for one who is actually attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore our first business is learning how to be attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy \'e4sakta-man\'e4\'f9 p
\'e4rtha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). There are nine different aspects of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\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 \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  vi
\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , etc. Of these, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (hearing), and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (chanting), are most important. Then there is remembering, worshipping in the temple according to the regulations, rising early in the morning, offering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trika}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and so forth. This is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meant to increase our devotion for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When attachment increases, we become very obedient and always engage devotedly in His service. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees 
that we are obeying Him, He reveals Himself.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y
ena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\b0
\i0\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  10.10)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These are the words of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaking directly to Arjuna, and we take this to be a perfect statement. What is the purport I give to this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [reading]: "In this verse the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bud
dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 is very significant. We may remember that in the Second Chapter, the Lord, instructing Arjuna, said that He had spoken to him of many things, and that He would instruct him in the way of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Now }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is explained. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buddhi-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  itself is action in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness; that is the highest intelligence. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buddhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means intelligence, and }
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means mystic activities, or mystic elevation. When one tries to go back home, back to 
Godhead, and takes fully to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in devotional service, his action is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yogam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In other words, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yogam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the process by which one gets out
 of the entanglement of this material world. The ultimate goal of progress is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People do not know this; therefore the association of devotees and a bona fide spiritual master is important. One should know that the goal is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a
nd when the goal is assigned, then the path is slowly but progressively traversed and the ultimate goal reached.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When a person knows the goal of life but is addicted to the fruits of activities, he is acting in }{\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 . When he knows that the goal is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he takes pleasure in mental speculations to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is acting in }{\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 . And when he knows the goal and seeks K\'e5\'f1\'eba completely in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness and devotional service, he is acting 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 , or }{\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 , which is the complete yoga. This complete yoga is the highest perfectional stage of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A person may have a bona fide spiritual master and may be attached to a spiritual organization, but still, if he is not intellig
ent enough to make progress, then }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba from within gives him instructions so that he may ultimately come to Him without difficulty. The qualification is that a pe
rson always engage himself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services. He should perform some sort of work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that work should be with love. If a devotee is intelligent enough, he will mak
e progress on the path of self-realization. If one is sincere and devoted to the activities of devotional service, the Lord gives him a chance to make progress and ultimately attain to Him." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So this is the process in summary. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus argued for the existence of God on the basis of primary cause, but he felt that the proposition "God exists" is
 not of much use unless we understand what God is and know something of His nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is the Supreme Father, and He has created everything within our experience. When we are convinced that there is certainly a creator, we can make further progress to understand the na
ture of that creator. Is He animate or inanimate? Is He matter, or a living being? Further analysis takes up from this point, but first we must understand that God is the creator. That is very well explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya
\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada
\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, an
d 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  14.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything is coming from the womb (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoni}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of material nature. If the earth or material nature is the mother, there must be a father. Of course, atheists think that a mother can give birth without a father, but that thinking is most unnatural.
 One next asks, "Who is my father? What is his position? How does he talk? How does he live?" First we must understand that there is a creator father, and then we can understand His nature. This understanding must be beyond a doubt (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scotus was also opposed to Aquinas in his belief that the human soul can be separated from the body, and when it is se
parated, it is not changed at all. When the soul is united with the body, it activates the body, but the soul itself is beyond corruption. The individual soul is incapable of destroying itself or giving itself being. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The individual soul is always separate from the body. That is the Vedic injunction:}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  asa\'ecgo hyaya\'e0 p
uru\'f1a\'f9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\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 (}
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'ebyakopan}{\cs3755\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
\cb1\nosupersub \'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub B\'e5had \'c4ra\'ebyaka Upani\'f1ad 4.3.15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'ecgo hy aya\'e0 puru\'f1a\'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 asa\'ecga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not connected to the material world;}{
\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;}{\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  puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the living 
entity.
\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 living entity is not really connected with this material world, but due to his tendency to enjoy the material senses}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4.3.1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ). If the body actually mix
ed with the soul, how could the soul give up one body and accept another? The soul is always aloof from the body, from its material formation. The living entity, the }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub j\'e9va}
{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub -soul}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , is always }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub asa}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'ec}{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ga}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
, incorruptible.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 IV  RENAISSANCE THOUGHT
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub IV  RENAISSANCE THOUGHT
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli has been called the most influential political philosopher of the Renaissance, and his philosophy of polit
ics has influenced rulers down to modern times. He is typical of the Renaissance in that he turned from the subjects of the Church fathers\'97such as God, heaven, and salvation\'97to concentrate on man and nature. The Renaissance marked a decline in the 
Church's power, and philosophy began a process of secularization. Machiavelli himself admitted that his most famous work, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Prince}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , does not apply to a Utopian state composed of good citizens; rather, it is an unscrupulous philosophy that applies to corrupt citizens. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The Prince}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a guidebook for a tyrant, and it contains the advice he chose to impart to the ruling Medici family. It is a justification for immoral actions. Po
wer is the ultimate goal, and in the quest for power, the end justifies the means. Success in attaining power makes one the object of obedience and respect. Failure is the only sin. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, this is politics, the occupation of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the qualities of a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are given: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aurya\'e0 tejo dh\'e5tir d\'e4k\'f1ya\'e0
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuddhe c\'e4py apal\'e4yanam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4nam \'e9\'e7vara-bh\'e4va\'e7 ca\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1\'e4tra\'e0 karma svabh\'e4va-jam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and leadership are the qualities of work for
 the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\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 (}{\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 1
8.43}{\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  Of course, in modern politics, the king or president does not come onto the battlefield
 to exhibit his courage. He simply appears when there is a battle of words, but when there is an actual battle, he remains in a secluded place and lets the citizens fight. And he institutes a draft board to assure that they will. According to the Vedic s
ystem, however, when there is a fight, the king or president must be present on the battlefield and should lead the fight himself so that his men will be encouraged. This is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yuddhe c}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub py apal}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yanam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The leader of a nation should fight with all his ability and be dete
rmined either to gain victory in the battle, or lay down his life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  itself is a guidebook for }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k
\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and was originally spoken to the sun-god millions of years ago. Sometimes, people try to interpret }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as a philosophy of nonviolence, but in politics there must be violence, because the king must emerge victorious. It is stated in the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that if the king is victorious, he will be respected. Strength must be there. Apart from this, the chief of state must also be charitable, and formerly all the great kings performed b
ig }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sacrifices.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ann\'e4d bhavanti bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par
jany\'e4d anna-sambhava\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'ef\'e4d bhavati parjanyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa\'f9 karma-samud
bhava\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [sacrifice], and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is born of prescribed duties." }{\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 3.14)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When sufficient sacrifices are performed by the royal head of government, rainfall results. Power in itself is not sufficient. One must be powerful enough to fully satisfy the citizens by supplying the
m sufficient grains so that men and animals can eat and be satisfied. This is an ability that the politician or prince should have. He should be not only powerful but charitable as well. Taxes exacted from the citizens should be properly utilized in perf
orming sacrifices. Of course, it is not possible to perform }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  today as previously. 
Formerly, they used to sacrifice tons of ghee and grain in the fire, but today that is impractical. The best }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for today is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  propagated by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The heads of state should encourage this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli felt that the prince must at least exhibit five basic virtues, whether he has them or not. These are mercy
, faith, integrity, humanity, and religion. He writes: "It is not necessary for a prince to have all the above-mentioned qualities, but it is very necessary to seem to have them. I would even be so bold as to say that to possess them and always to practi
ce them is dangerous, but to appear to possess them is useful. Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have your mind so disposed that, when it is needful to be otherwise, you can change to 
the opposite qualities."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Machiavelli may think like that, but unless a prince or king possesses all these qualities, he is unworthy. If he is unworthy, he cannot remain a prince because he is situated arti
ficially. Because the kings lacked the proper qualities, monarchy is finished today, and democracy has become prominent. In Indian history, however, there were kings like Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, who actually possessed all good qualities. When Par
\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went on a tour of his kingdom and saw a black man attempting to kill a cow, the Mah\'e4r\'e4ja immediately drew his sword and said, "Who is this person trying to kill a cow in my kingdom? He must be punished." A king must exhib
it such determination to give protection to all the inhabitants of his kingdom. At the present moment, governments are not offering protection for animals. They are killing cows, although cows are supplying milk from which we can make wonderful preparati
ons. This is Kali-yuga, and the government does not exhibit good sense in any field. Since the government is unworthy of governing, there is chaos throughout the world. According to Vedic civilization, the king is worshipped as God in human form and is t
herefore called }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Naradeva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If the good qualities are lacking in a king, he can no longer be
 considered }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Naradeva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and he cannot rule for very long, because his rule is artificial. Th
erefore in Kali-yuga, the royal order is finished. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli didn't say that this is the way political life ought to be. Rather, since this is the way political life i
s at present, this is the best way a prince can rule.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our principles should be the same, whether in the past, present, or future. K\'e5\'f1\'eba delivered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  millio
ns of years ago to the king of the sun, Vivasv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n. Five thousand years ago He repeated these sa
me principles to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. It is not that the principles have changed. Whether one is a prince, president, or whatever, the ruling principles should be maintained. Then the people will benefit. It is said that when Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira ruled, the people suffered neither from intense heat nor intense cold. There was regular rainfall, and people were free from all anxiety. Such is an ideal kingdom in which the people are happy in all respects.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli thought that the ruler should take the sins of the state upon himself, just as Christ took upon himself th
e sins of the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if the ruler himself is sinful, how can he assume the sins of others?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Machiavelli felt that evil in politics was a necessity. He writes: "A man who wishes to make a profession of goo
dness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if one is not good himself, how can he introduce anything that is good? Presently, in India, there are many people claiming to be big mahdtmds, religionists, scholars, and politician
s, but they cannot even protect the cows. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1i-gorak\'f1ya-v\'e4\'ebijya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vai\'e7ya-karma svabh\'e4va-jam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Farming, cow protection, and business are the qualities of work for the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas.}{\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 (}{\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  18.44)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is at least the duty of the state to protect 
the cow, which is a special animal. It is the king's duty to protect the welfare of all citizens, including the cows. If the king or president does no more than sit in an exalted position, the people will not be happy. Even in America, the people dragged
 their president down when they were discontent with him. In any case, the head of state must be ideal and exhibit the ideal princely characteristics.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli suggested that since the people usually desire peace, the prince should promote peace in his public addres
ses. On the other hand, the army always prefers war, which gives opportunities for promotion, and the prince should also appease the militarists. Although publicly promoting peace, the prince can break his promise whenever necessary to start a war abroad
, especially when there is trouble at home.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No one can introduce peace unless he is educated in God consciousness. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim \'e5cchati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl258\slmult1\sb86\sa0\fi0 {\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 The 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.}{\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 (}{\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 5.29}{\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  The king should not think of his kingdom as his property or his father's property. Rather, knowing h
imself to be the representative of the Supreme Father, he must understand that the state belongs to the Supreme Father. He is a representative whose duty is to protect the state and the citizens. The proprietor of the state is God Himself. There is not a
 spot of land throughout the universe that is not owned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore all property should be engaged for the satisfaction of God. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhokt
\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everything must be carried out for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, and this is ideal activity for all societies.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ata\'f9 pumbhir dvija-\'e7re\'f1\'f6h\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svanu\'f1\'f6hitasya dharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
sa\'e0siddhir hari-to\'f1a\'ebam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O best among the twiceborn, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve, by discharging his presc
ribed duties [dharma] according to caste divisions and orders of life, is to please the Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari}{\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 (}{\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 1.2.13}{\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 According t
o the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , there are social divisions\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and these divisions allow for proper management. It is the king's duty to divide human society according 
to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There should be genuine }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . No one should cheat but should c
arry out his duty accordingly. The king must know what is sin so that he can take precautions against it. But if he supports sinful activities\'97for instance, if he maintains a slaughterhouse\'97how can he become sinless? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that the king attains
 political power by pious activities, but if he does not give security to the citizens, he loses his power automatically. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli certainly believed that the people should be protected, but he also believed in the use of power and might
. If there are internal difficulties, they must be put down by force. If this proves impossible, the prince should divert people's attention by starting a war abroad. He even felt that it was better to go to war than to remain neutral because a neutral n
ation is hated by the loser and not respected by the winner. Consequently, he praised power and war. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He praises war because he cannot manage internally. That is most inhumane.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Trouble at home, war abroad" is one of his most famous points.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and sometimes the governments create artificial restlessness and poverty. We have seen in 1940, when the Second World War was going on, that the government created an artificial fam
ine in order to get men to fight. People who didn't work had no alternative but to join the military. The government increased the price of food, and I remember the price of rice jumping from six rupees to ten rupees. The very next day, the price rose to
 twenty rupees. Then it jumped again to fifty rupees, whereas formerly it was only six. This is all the results of politics. When the government is not pious or strong, this will go on, and the people will be unhappy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli's view of man was very cynical. He wrote: "In constituting and legislating for a commonwealth, it must be 
taken for granted that all men are wicked."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not philosophy, considering all men wicked.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he considered that men are so created that they desire all things, although they cannot acquire them. Men are ne
ver satisfied. As soon as they have one thing, they crave another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore it is the duty of the government to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that the people can know the way of peace and happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As long as the prince benefitted the people, they would be entirely his.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he must know how to benefit them. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli was very fond of speaking of "the common good," and he set love of country and the common good above the C
hristian love of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what is his common good? He is thinking that people must have enough to eat, but it is for the common good of everyone to love God. Love of God is for everyone, and God is one. When 
we become lovers of God, our lives are perfected.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if the people are basically wicked, he argued, a strong prince is necessary to control them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why should the people remain wicked? It is the king's duty to see that all the citizens become gentlemen. He should not allow them to remain wicked. The educational, social, and religiou
s systems should be so perfect that the people become God conscious. At least a sector of the people, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , should be perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he felt that if the prince were perfectly virtuous or truthful in all cases, he couldn't possibly survive in the p
olitical world. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is why there are social divisions: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not possible for everyone to be truthful, but at least a section of the people should be ideal so that other
s can take advantage of their good advice. It is not that everyone is in the same position, nor that everyone should join the military. Only those who are interested in fighting should join the military.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli recommended compulsory military service as a primary form of education for everyone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nothing is meant for everyone. There must be divisions. Machiavelli had no idea that brahminical training is absolutely necessary for intelligent men.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since youth should especially become used to hardships, he considered war as a form of education.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, any education requires hardships, and to become a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  requires the great
est hardships. In any case, there must be educational divisions, just as there are divisions in the human body: the head, arms, belly, and legs. Military education is education of the arms, but where is the education for the brain? Unless the head is edu
cated, how will the arms act?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli recommended a democratic republic for a society consisting of virtuous people. In such a state, the ruler 
must obtain the people's consent. But he considered such a society to be purely Utopian.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a completely virtuous society is Utopian in this age. It is not possible. Yet a section of the population can be ideally virtuous, and the remainder may take lessons from them. It i
s not possible for everyone to become a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but a few can be trained. The sky m
ay be full of stars, but one moon is all that is necessary. If the populace consists of fools and rascals, how can anything be managed? There must be at least a section that shines like the moon. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This cynical view of mankind was partially based on the Christian doctrine\'97or at least on the doctrine of Augustine
\'97which held that man is by nature corrupt. Whereas Augustine believed in the saving grace of God, Machiavelli believed in man's willpower to overcome bad fortune.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But who adjusts good and bad fortune? If we consider good and bad fortune, we must consider a dispenser, a supreme power or controller, and that supreme power is God. Therefore people sh
ould be educated in God consciousness by reading transcendental literatures like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli's attitude toward religion has greatly influenced modern governments. He considered religion to be a depar
tment of the state; it should not be separate in the sense that it should not compete.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In that I agree. It is the government's duty to give protection to religion, and if that religion is scientific, the state will be sound. America is presently strong in many respects, an
d now America must become strong in God consciousness. It is very good to write, "In God We Trust," but we must also know who God is and why we should trust in Him. We are therefore trying to introduce this science of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli felt that as long as religion is not detrimental to the state, the state may accept it as valid. But in on
e sense, religion is subordinate to the state.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course, they are separate, but the state must know what religion is and how to introduce it to the general public. There is no question of blind faith. The government is maintaining m
any different departments: an engineering department, medical department, military department, and so forth. Similarly, a religious department may be subordinate to the state because all other departments are subordinate, but religion must be based on sc
ientific knowledge. If the state takes advantage of the Vedic literatures, it can introduce a scientific system of religion. Then the people will be knowledgeable and happy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Machiavelli, the only sin is not acting for the common good. First, the ruler must protect the citizens from physi
cal harm. Citizens are happy when they obey the laws, follow customs, and pray to God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the ruler must first of all protect the citizens from physical harm, how can he advocate animal slaughter? Animals are also subjects because they are born in a country. A citizen is a
nyone who is born in a state. So how can a ruler discriminate between one type of citizen and another? If he discriminates, he cannot speak of common good. He can only say "man's good." According to the common good, animals as well as men are protected.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Machiavelli placed love of country and the common good above everything else. He rarely uses the word "God" or "Provid
ence," but prefers the word "fortune." It is fortune that plays tricks on men and changes friends into enemies.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is fortune, who is misfortune? Since God is the supreme controller, He is both fortune and misfortune. When you act wrongly, punishment comes from God, and when you act properly, 
the reward comes from God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Love of country transcends everything religious and moral, so that one may even lose his own soul for his country's sa
ke. Indeed, Machiavelli wrote: "I love my country more than my soul." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how long will he remain in his country? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he remained from 1469 to 1527. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what is that? Time and the soul are eternal. Such deification of one's country is not very intelligent.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Francis Bacon is generally acknowledged as the founding father of modern science in England, and although he did not w
ork in a modern laboratory like today's scientists, he inspired what has become known as the scientific method. He believed that science could give man a mastery over nature that would improve his life on this earth. For Bacon, science was not simply an 
intellectual or academic undertaking, but a utilitarian one.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is erroneous for Bacon or any other scientist to think that science can control nature. It is not possible to control birth, old age, disease, and death. During our lifetime, we may b
e able to make some changes and give some facilities, but that is not the ultimate end. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bacon disliked mental speculation about God because we cannot expect God to conform to our own conception. Due to God'
s infinitude, no conception of God can be unbelievable. By and large, Bacon relegated theology to the realm of faith, and science to the realm of knowledge of the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is good to be a master architect and make a house with all modern facilities, but if these facilities cause us to forget life's real aim, we have lost a great deal. It is better to re
main without facilities, evacuate in the field, and bathe in the river, than overly concern ourselves with modern amenities, facilities for a pampered life. If we forget our real business\'97how to revive God consciousness\'97we have not advanced but reg
ressed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bacon did not conceive of science as being a disunifying factor as far as religion or God is concerned. Rather, he bel
ieved that science could enable civilization to progress. It could be a binding force between man and God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is certainly a very good idea, but many modern scientists are denying the existence of God. Many are claiming that God is dead, that there is no need of God, or that we can manufact
ure God and man in our own way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bacon considered some knowledge to be supernatural in that it comes from God, whereas other forms of knowledge are att
ained through man's own attempts. He admits that the material senses are imperfect and act like false mirrors, which distort the actual world. Thus men are constantly being deceived.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, although they are advancing the cause of material science, they are forgetting God in the process. This is most degrading. Men should prove by scientific methods that God exists and
 is doing everything. Scientists should use a scientific method to understand how the supreme intelligent Being is working. God's scientific knowledge is perfect, and knowledge that complies with this is very good. But if men have a little knowledge and 
defy the existence of God, their knowledge is useless. So their little knowledge has become a dangerous thing. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bacon says something very much like this. He writes: "It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to ath
eism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya
\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada
\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, an
d that I am the seed-giving father." }{\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  14.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we have a little intelligence and think about this verse, we can understand that all living entities are coming from some womb. Since eve
ryone is the child of some mother, there must be a father. When we are grown, we must understand our father, his property, and his desire. How can we deny a universal father?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is Bacon's conclusion: "For a while, the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest 
in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. This is the version given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9
 sarva\'e0 pravartate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the origin of everything. Everything is emanating from 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  10.8}{\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  The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also states: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "The Supreme Being is He from whom everything is emanating." It is a fact that there must be a source of ev
erything, and it is the business of philosophy to find that original source. It is neither scientific nor philosophic to try to obscure or ignore the original source.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning superstition, Bacon writes: "It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unw
orthy of Him. For one is unbelief, and the other is contumely."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why should we remain superstitious? Why not introduce education whereby everyone can understand God and His nature? We are trying to establish such an institution with this K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness movement. If the government participates and cooperates, the masses of people can understand this science of God and benefit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bacon distinguished between sects and religions. Sects change, but true religion "is built upon the rock; the rest are
 tossed on the waves of time...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: Real religion co
mes directly from God because religion is the law of God. Therefore we must philosophically and scientifically understand God and His law. That is the perfection of knowledge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Many of the Indian sects are successful in America because their leaders do not impose any restrictions, 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They have no conception of God. They come for some material profit, and this is revealed in the course of time. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bacon also believed in the divine right of kings, maintaining that the king is empowered by God to make laws. He also 
felt that a national church could best provide for the people's spiritual needs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore it is necessary that the king be so trained as not to misuse his power. According to the Vedic system, the king was educated to abide by the instructions of saintly persons, }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would advise, and the king would follow their desire. If a king misuses his power, he is good for nothing. His monarchy will be abolished, and t
he people will replace it with something else.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is Hobbes who declared, "Whatever exists is matter, and whatever changes is motion." For him, mental or spir
itual entities are not realities in their own right, but are merely by-products of matter. Spirit and mind perish when the material basis is destroyed. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spirit is not a combination of material conditions. If so, why not combine matter in such a way as to produce living spirit, living forms?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes believed that a "substance incorporeal" is contradictory because nothing exists in the world but bodies. He def
ined God as "a most pure, simple, invisible, spirit corporeal." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why invisible? When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came, He was certainly visible, for Arjuna was talking to Him face to face. God's visibility or invisibility depends on God's own good will. He is visi
ble to one who is competent or perfect. Not only was He visible to Arjuna, but He reciprocated by answering Arjuna's questions. If we become qualified like Arjuna, we can see God and talk with Him. Then God will give direct instructions. God is invisible
 for one who is imperfect, but for one who is perfect, He is certainly visible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Empiricists maintain that the only proof we have of anything is through our senses.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that since the senses are imperfect, whatever you believe through them is imperfect. This is very simple. When the sun rises in the morning, it is many millions of miles away, but
 can a child tell how far away it is? Who can really tell how far away the sun is? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They have invented certain instruments to measure distance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore they have learned from some authority. Because they could not measure with their own senses, they have turned to instruments. But we should take the help of the expert instrume
nt driver, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is the value of our senses if they are imperfect? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the mind or soul is not simply a physiological system?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is a different energy. Heat and light emanate from the same source, fire. Nonetheless, heat is not light, and light is not heat. Sometimes we may feel heat, but that does not me
an that there is light. Sometimes we may have light, but that does not mean that there is heat. Still, heat and light come from the same source. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is it that the soul and mind are different from the body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are not different, but they are being manifested in different phases. At the moment, we are experiencing sunshine, and we are feeling heat from the sun, but if we approach the sun, 
we feel much more intense heat. If we approach very closely, we will be disintegrated. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how is it that the soul is not produced by the body? How do we know that it is not a mere by-product? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At death, all the physical parts of the body are present. But why is the man dead? What is missing? His heart may be present, but why is it not beating? All the parts of the body may be 
present, yet you can see that the body is dead. What is it that is missing? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Impulses are no longer being sent from the brain to the heart.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why has the brain stopped? The brain's construction is all there. What is missing? Why not replace what is missing? If you are a mechanic, and the machine stops, you should be able t
o find the defect and immediately repair it. But no one has been able to do this with the body, no scientist or philosopher. They cannot meet such a challenge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes is best known as a political philosopher, and in his most famous work, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Leviathan}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he set forth his socio-political theories, as Machiavelli had done in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Prince}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Hobbes's ruling body, or monarch, his "mortal god," who was under the immortal God, was }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Leviathan}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who would rule above the law. Now, according to the Vedic conception, is the king, or head of state, a
bove the law? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. The king is also under the law. As we understand it from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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 \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba imparted His laws to the sun god. Since the sun god followed these laws, he is, compared to a common man, a sup
remely elevated being. The king is supposed to be the representative of God in the state, and the king's perfection lies in following the laws of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If the king follows the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the king's orders are final. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.1-2}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says that He originally imparted the laws of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the sun god, Vivasv\'e4n, who imparted them to Manu, the father of man, who in turn imparted them to Ik\'f1v\'e4k
u, and in this way }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was received via disciplic succession and imparted to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4jar
\'f1is}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the saintly kings. If the king rules according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he cannot be subjected to any oth
er law. If the king follows the laws given by God, he is above mundane laws and conventions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes compares man to a machine ultimately made by God, but he does not consider this machine to be controlled direct
ly by God but by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Leviathan}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the king or ruler.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. God is situated in everyone's heart, and every moment He is witnessing the actions of the soul. He knows what the soul desires, and He sees how the soul is manipulating the machine o
f the body. This is clearly explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\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 18.61}{\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  If a person wants to enjoy this material world as a human being, God gives him the opportunity to become a human being, and if he wants to enjoy it as a dog, God gives him the body of a dog. This is all God's
 mercy. As long as the individual living entity wants to enjoy this material world, God gives all facility through a particular body. The body itself is material and is supplied by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , material nature. The machine is composed of material ingredients supplied by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which follows the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is given for the enjoyment of the living entity. The living entity, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sits in that machine and travels, just as a person travels in a car. He receives a particular machine in som
e species on some planet. There are innumerable planets, and over eight million different species. Due to his contact with material nature, the living entity desires so many things, and God is so merciful that He supplies all facilities. At the same time
, God is a friend to everyone, and when the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is prepared to understand ultimate happ
iness from God, God says, "Give up all your nonsensical plans and surrender unto Me." This is the living entity's perfection, and if he does not come to this perfect stage, he will constantly desire so many things. God will then supply an unlimited numbe
r of machines to go here and there, and up and down, within this universe. Either you go up, or you come down. When you come down, you enter the lower species, and when you go up, you enter the higher species. These include the demigods like Lord Indra a
nd Lord Brahm\'e4. There are different types of life, and some endure millions of years, while others endure only a few moments. In any case, every opportunity is given by the Supreme Lord because He is the supreme controller. Man proposes, and God dispo
ses. As long as we continue to propose this and that, we'll never be happy, but when we agree to comply with God's plans, we will attain happiness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes would say that since warfare is perpetual, and the struggle for existence goes on and on, the Leviathan is nece
ssary. It is the fear of death that drives men together into a social contract, and it is the Leviathan who places everything under a common power and authority. This Leviathan is like God's representative or lieutenant, who has sovereignty under God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the perfection of monarchy. Therefore the king is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e5padeva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naradeva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , God in human 
form. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hobbes, the Leviathan must be sufficiently strong to enforce the social contract, the law. It is he who can
 punish anyone who does not live up to his end of the bargain. In this way, society and peace will be preserved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But who is the right man? Since men are always defective, how is this possible? This means that we have to accept a man or an authority who is infallible, who is beyond suspicion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and therefore Hobbes says that such a man must be something like a mortal god. If such a mortal god cannot
 be found, a government has to be instituted.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Such a man has to be the direct representative of God. He not only has to understand what is written in the scriptures; he has to follow the instructions as well. This is the exalted pos
ition of the bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva tasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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 \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 }{\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  7}{\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  The spiritual master, or guru, is the direct representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he is the most confidential servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore his position is as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. He
 renders the most confidential service by trying to bring everyone to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Unless we come to that position, we will never be happy. Hobbes says that we have to find some sort of mortal god, but such a person must be one who actua
lly knows God. We have to understand the qualifications of the bona fide guru from the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Then we have to approach the guru submissively. The guru is expert in transcendental Vedic knowledge, and he has fully given himself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is no longer disturbed by anything material. He is full in Brahman realization, and h
e is free from all material contamination. These are some of the preliminary qualifications of a godly man, but since Hobbes did not know these qualifications, he could never find such a man. Even when K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself was present, not everyone cou
ld understand that He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How will we be able to find the godly man unless we know what is God and what is a godly man? In order to find this out, we have to approach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; otherwise our knowledge will remain imperfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Hobbes's case, a godly man is only necessary insofar as he is required to maintain peace.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But since godly men cannot be found, peace is maintained for a while, and then again there is disturbance. Social contracts can never be absolute because things are always changing. A ce
rtain social condition may prevail for a while, but in fifty years it will be totally different. How can we make a social contract that will never change? It is not possible in the material world. In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loka, the spiritual sky, the socia
l condition never changes. It is eternal. The inhabitants there are pleased to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dance, eat, play, and live with Him. That condition is eternal, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit
ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always there, and He is always tending surabhi cows. He is always playing on His flute, and He is always dancing with His friends, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Our business should be to enter into that eternal play, and that is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes claims that the Leviathan could not only be an individual but also a group of individuals.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a group of individuals can run the government provided they are devotees. But if this group is composed of rogues and rascals, it cannot represent God. Representatives of God abide 
by the laws of God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na vai vidur \'e5\'f1ayo n\'e4pi dev\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na siddha-mukhy\'e4 asur\'e4 manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kuto nu vidy\'e4dhara-c\'e4ra\'eb\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodnes
s, even the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods, or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ordinary human beings, Vidy\'e4dharas and C\'e4ra\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.3.19}{\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  Actual religion, or law, consists of what God Himself says. If we manufacture our own laws, without referring to God's program, we will ultimately fail.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leviathan}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hobbes writes: "Some men have pretended for their disobedience to their sovereign a new covenant, made not with men but with God, and this also is unjust; for there is no covenant with God 
but by mediation of somebody that represents God's person, which none does but God's lieutenent, who has this sovereignty under God." But might not this argument of divine right be used by a tyrant to discourage his subjects from rebelling? What guidelin
es are there to assure against this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything depends on the king's accepting the absolute instructions of God. In the Vedic civilization, the king absolutely followed the regulations given by God. The king's activities w
ere confirmed by saintly persons, sages, and then they were carried out. It was not that the king acted whimsically. There was always an advisory board composed of saintly persons, who knew the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very well. The sages used to guide the monarch, and therefore the monarch was the absolute governing body. The ministers helped, but the king 
was educated by God's direct instructions. For instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave direct instructions to the sun god }{\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  4.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . According to Vedic tradition, there are two }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (administrative) families: one coming from the sun god (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcrya-va\'e0\'e7a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and one coming from the moon god (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub candra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). S\'fcrya, the sun god, is the original }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and from him ca
me Vaivasvata Manu. This is the age of Vaivasvata Manu, and from him came his son Ik\'f1v\'e4ku. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions are explicitly given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and if governme
nts throughout the world take them up, they will attain perfection. Then there will be no disturbances, and there will be peace and happiness. That will make a perfect world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given instructions in all fields of activity, but people are
 so foolish due to their demoniac tendencies that they attempt to manufacture their own standards. If the heads of state are degraded either individually or collectively, how can there be good government?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes contends that in the natural state, man is like all other animals. Might makes right, and the strongest 
always prevail. Therefore it is necessary that man form a social contract and volunteer to restrict natural liberties for the sake of self-preservation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not natural liberty but ghostly liberty. There are many haunted people, and in their unnatural condition they are falsely thinking, "I am God." The natural condition is to think,
 "I am God's servant." Any condition devoid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is unnatural. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme, and I am His subordinate. My business is to render service unto Him. This is the natural position. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet when men group together in a society to preserve themselves, they make a contract to the effect that they w
ill not kill one another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why not a group of asses? What is their utility? Do you mean to say that because a group of asses congregate that some good will come of it? These rogues are always making contracts afte
r a big war. After World War I, they made a contract through the League of Nations, and that failed. Then they had a Second World War, and they formed the United Nations and made more contracts. Eventually that will all be dissolved again. These contract
s and compromises may serve some purposes for the time being, but ultimately they are useless. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Men in society volunteer, "I will not kill you or steal your property if you will not kill me or steal my prope
rty." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the thieves' contract. But, after all, if you remain a thief, what is the improvement? Thieves may steal some valuable things, and afterwards they congregate and say, "Let's
 divide the property honestly." Thieves are all dishonest, although they talk of honesty among themselves. Originally, everyone immigrated to America, and the whole land was stolen from the Indians. Now the thieves have formed a government and will not a
llow outsiders in without visas and passports and so many things. This is the kind of morality that is going on. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes's social contract was something like the converse of the Golden Rule: "Do not do unto others what you wo
uld not have them do unto you."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That was also Buddha's theory. Lord Buddha pointed out that if someone hurts us, we feel pain. Why, therefore, should we hurt others? Of course, third and fourth-class men have to be tau
ght in this way. But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, "Kill them!" Does this mean that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's position is reduced? It is a question of the intelligence of the 
men involved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Hobbes is trying to determine how society can live peacefully.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, people have tried many times but have always failed. There cannot be any peace in this material world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says plainly:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 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\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  8.16)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since this is a place of misery, how can we establish peace here? We cannot. The materia
l universe is structured in such a way that peace is not possible. As }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4th
a Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura says: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka}{\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 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This material world is exactly like a blazing forest fire. No one wants fire in a forest, bu
t it takes place naturally. No one wants to fight, but fighting takes place. How can you check it simply by making a contract? We are thinking that the material world is a nice place to live, but this is like a man thinking that stool is nice because it 
has been dried in the sun. If the stool is soft, it is not so good. But in either case, it is stool. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m}{\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 (}{\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 10.14.58}{\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 . In this world, there is da
nger at every step. Throughout history, people have tried to make contracts for peace, but it is not possible. One may refuse to submit to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but nature will not allow this. If we do not submit to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nature will punish us so tha
t we will finally be obliged to submit to Him. That is nature's law. If We voluntarily submit to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is for our benefit, but if we do not, nature's laws are so stringent that they will always give us trouble, and at the end we will be ob
liged to agree: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sudevah sarva\'e0 iti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is everything." }{\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 7.19}{\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  If, after many births of str
uggle, we have to come to this point, why waste our time? Why not surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately? Otherwise, we will go on suffering according to nature's law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes is called a utilitarian because he accepts a thing only if it's pragmatic or useful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is relative. A child is satisfied if you give him five rupees, but if you give his father five rupees, the man will think, "What is the use of this?" So the utility of five rupees i
s relative. Hobbes's conception of utility is not the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conception. Arjuna was thinking that he was speaking like a very learned man, but immediately K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him that he was not }{\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 . 2.11)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . All this is relative. The hog thinks that he is in a comfortable position and is eating very nicely, but he is eating stool and living in garbage. Crows believe one thing, and swans believe another. An imperfect man 
like Hobbes may believe one thing to be pragmatic, but one who is perfect may consider something totally different to be pragmatic.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes accepted religion only as a practical instrument. He says that it doesn't have any real value as a scien
ce but that it may be used by the state to pacify the people or to keep them confused. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he does not know what religion is. Of course, some people have made religion into a certain type of faith, but actually religion means one's inherent characteristic. Reli
gion is to the living entity what sweetness is to sugar. It is an inherent characteristic that cannot be separated. Every living entity is rendering service to someone. Everyone is subordinate to someone else, or to his senses. It is the characteristic o
f the living entity to be subordinate and to render service. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  That is our first business, but we are too busy trying to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore we say, "I am God," or, "You are God," or, "We are all God." The living entity is not the Supreme God, but he is playing that way. When a man is haunt
ed by ghosts, he says many nonsensical things. Similarly, when the living entity is under the clutches of the material energy, he speaks in such a way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about this idea of utility? What do you think of something being accepted only as long as it is useful? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is our foolishness that we accept something temporarily useful. Our real desire is to have eternal life. We want something that is eternally useful, but in the material world we are a
lways being frustrated. We want to live here permanently, but nature will not allow this. Even if there is no disturbance in the form of war, we will still not be allowed to remain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A utilitarian would say that a thing should be used only insofar as it is required for some time. Then somethin
g else can be used, and in this way we can adjust things indefinitely. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But another point is that no one wants anything to change. Why? People want permanence because they are seeking their eternal, spiritual nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hobbes might say that although we may be seeking something eternal, we may employ temporary things just as long
 as they are useful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, we must know what our eternal life is; then we can try to use everything favorable to further that end. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal, and whatever is favorable in he
lping us toward Him should be accepted. That is real utilitarianism. For instance, Arjuna said, "What should I do? Kill or not kill? K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants me to kill. All right, I'll kill." This is utilitarianism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hobbes, the goal is a peaceful society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not possible. The goal should be the advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then peace will follow automatically. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His utilitarianism means the acceptance of whatever is favorable for the preservation of society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In any case, society cannot be preserved. So many societies have come and gone. British society. Roman society. Greek society. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba's society is eternal. Knowing this is i
ntelligence. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nitya-l\'e9l\'e4-pravi\'f1\'f6a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Now he has entered the eternal society of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is what we say when our guru passes away. We are accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme and glorifying Him here on earth. This same process will go on there in the spiritual sky, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode. However, there it will tak
e place in a perfect way. Here we are just practicing.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 V  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 V  RATIONALISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditations on First Philosophy}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Descartes writes: "The power of forming a good judgement and of distinguishing the true from the false, which is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men.
... God has given to each of us some light with which to distinguish truth from error." Is he speaking of the Supersoul, or another form of intellection?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Supersoul is one thing, and reasoning is another. Still, reasoning should be there. For instance, through reasoning, we can understand that the body is just a lump of matter composed
 of skin, bone, muscle, blood, stool, urine, and so forth. Through our reasoning power, we can ask if a combination of these ingredients can bestow life, and we can come to understand that life is different from a lump of matter. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Descartes, all truth can be derived from reason, which is superior to and independent of sense experience. 
Knowledge is deductible from self-evident concepts, or innate, necessary ideas. In other words, he disagrees with those empiricists who believe that truth can be derived only from sense experience. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We cannot understand God through sense experience, but through our reason we can understand that there is God. We can reason, "I have my father, and my father also has a father, who has 
a father, and so on. Therefore there must be a Supreme Father." God is the supreme and original Father, and by reasoning we can understand that He exists. Similarly, we can also understand by reasoning that God is the creator. We see that everything has 
a maker, a creator, and we can conclude that this great cosmic manifestation also has a creator. This is reasoning, but rascals speculate that in the beginning there was a big chunk of matter and an explosion, or whatever, that started the universe. But 
if there were an explosion, there must have been some explosive, and if there were some explosive, there must have been some worker to set it off. Otherwise, how did the chunk of matter explode? Through our reason we can perceive that everything has some
 creator or cause. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes claims that good sense or reason is by nature equal in all men, but doesn't the reasoning power differ? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, otherwise why is one man intelligent and another ignorant? When, through reasoning, one concludes that the living force within the body is different from the body itself, he is on t
he human platform. If he considers life to be nothing more than a combination of material ingredients, he remains an animal. That is the verdict of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat-t\'e9rtha-buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, who considers the by-products of the body to b
e his kinsmen, who considers the land of birth worshipable, and who goes to the place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there, is to be considered like an ass or a cow." }{\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. }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If one thinks that he is the body, he is no better than an animal. So through reasoning, we can con
clude that the soul is not this and not that. This is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neti-neti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process. We then have t
o continue our search and ask, "What is soul? What is Brahman?" We can then conclude that Brahman is the origin of matter and that matter is developed by the soul. That is the Vedic conclusion in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The act of sex, for instance, cannot bring about pregnancy unless a soul is present. People may have sex many times, and no pregnancy may result. You may sow a seed, and a tree may develop, but if you fry th
at seed before sowing it, it will not fructify because it is unsuitable for the soul to remain. The conclusion is that the soul is the basis of matter. Although the soul cannot be perceived materially, it is certainly there. Yet its presence can be under
stood by its symptoms, which are consciousness and bodily development. Just as the individual soul is the living force that gives life to the body, God is the supreme living force that gives life to the entire cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes's method involved searching within one's self for a basis of truth. That basis he found to be self-co
nsciousness. He concluded that first of all, I exist, and then reasoned that God exists necessarily.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. I exist, my father exists, my grandfather exists, and so on; therefore God exists. In Sanskrit, we use the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "I am." At the present moment, we exist, but our conception of existence is incorrect. We are thinking, "I exist through my body." We do not und
erstand how it is we exist. By reasoning and understanding, we have to come to know that we are spirit soul and not the body. It is the spirit soul that exists. By reasoning, we can understand that we existed as a child, as a young man, and as an old man
, and that after the body is finished, we will continue to exist. I still exist, and I have passed through many bodies, and by reasoning I can conclude that even after this body is destroyed, I will continue to exist. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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 2.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even when the body is annihilated, the spirit soul continues. We can arrive at this conclusion through experience, and our experience can be confirmed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This can also be concluded by reason. If
 this is supported in so many ways, it is a fact.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes claims that truth must be self-evident and innate, like the intuitive knowledge "I exist." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is innate knowledge: I exist now, I existed in the past, and I shall continue to exist in the future. This is also confirmed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
arve vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." 
}{\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  2.12)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is confirmed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and my reasoning also agrees. The body changes during one lifetime. As I exist in a body that is different now from my childhood body, i
n the future I will continue to exist in a different body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Descartes, whatever is clear and distinct\'97such as the mind's consciousness of itself\'97must be true. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is true. I think in this way, and this is corroborated by authoritative scriptures and confirmed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not that we think in a whimsical way. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  agree; therefore there is no doubt. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditations on First Philosophy}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Descartes further writes: "I fall into error because the power which God has given me of distinguishing the true from the false is not in me an infinite power." If we can n
ever be certain that we can distinguish truth from error, where does certainty lie?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainty is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is absolute. He is infinite, and we are finite. The soul is finite Brahman, and the infinite Brahman is God. All religions accept the fact that 
God is the Supreme Father and that all living entities are His sons. Our existence is based on the mercy of the Supreme Father, and we can reach this conclusion by reasoning.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes claims that the elementary truths of consciousness are innate in man's personality and that they prov
ide man with immediate and rational proof.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. Because I am part and parcel of the Supreme Perfection, I am minutely perfect. A particle of gold may be minute, but it is gold nonetheless. Because I am part and pa
rcel of the Supreme Perfection, I am perfect in minute quantity. Of course, I cannot become as great; that is the difference. We are qualitatively one with God and quantitatively different. All of the qualities found in God are also found in us in minute
 quantity. Due to association with }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we have become imperfect. The whole process is to 
return to the perfectional point through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , liberation. When we are situated in our original form, we attain perfection. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes says that the alleged truths which appear to our senses are unreliable and that only innate ideas are
 clear and unmuddled by the senses because they are derived from our own nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it that the truth has to be established by oneself and not by others?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He first searched within himself to find some innate basis for truth. First of all, he discovered that "I am." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ages ago, there were many people who could understand this. A fool thinks that all others are fools. A deaf man will talk very softly because he thinks that the sound he is making is suf
ficient. He has no other experience. Everyone thinks that all others are like himself. It is not that Descartes was the first man to realize the identification of the self, "I am." This awareness has been existing a very long time. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham ev\'e4sam ev\'e4gre\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4nyad 
yat sad-asat param\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7c\'e4d aha\'e0 yad etac ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo 'va\'e7i\'f1yeta so 'smy ah
am
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 cause 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\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  2.9.33)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba talking about the creation, but we can also say the same. We existed before these bodies were created, and we will continue to exist when these bodies are annihilated. However, our business involves t
hese little bodies, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's business involves the whole universe. That is the difference. So this conception of "I" is present in God as well as in the living entity. What is so new about all this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes considers God a substance that is infinite, immutable, independent, all-knowing, and all-powerful. He is the
 creator of all things. Descartes writes: "Perhaps all those perfections which I am attributing to God are in some fashion potentially in me, although they do not show themselves, or issue an action." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have often explained that the qualities that are infinitely present in God are finitely present in the living entities. For instance, the creative force is also within us, and we can c
reate an airplane that can fly. However, we cannot create another planet that can float in space. Although we may be able to create so many wonderful devices, we are still finite. The creative power is present both in God and in the living entities becau
se the living entities are part and parcel of God. God's knowledge is total, and our knowledge lies only within our limited sphere. God knows everything, and we know some things. The difference was pointed out by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved\'e4ha\'e0 samat\'e9t\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vart
am\'e4n\'e4ni c\'e4rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhavi\'f1y\'e4\'ebi ca bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 tu veda na
 ka\'e7cana
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O Arjuna, 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. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows." }{\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 7.26}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes worked with a four-part methodology which is now called Cartesian methodology. First of all, one is n
ever to accept anything as true which is not known truly and distinctly to be true. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course it is commendable not to accept anything blindly, but if you do not have the intelligence to understand, you have to consult one who is intelligent.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that the truth must be as clear and distinct as mathematical proof.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is good provided one is a mathematician, but if one is a plowman, what can he understand about mathematics? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Descartes, it was up to those who could understand mathematics to chalk out the truth and pass it 
on to those less intelligent.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, higher truth cannot be understood by everyone. We have to accept the truth from authorities. Therefore we take the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ruti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pram}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  give evidence, we accept it whether we understand it or not. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The second part of his methodology involved dividing the complex into simpler and simpler parts in order to arr
ive at a solution. In this way, the whole will be proved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But one must be expert in analysis. If I give you a typewriter to fix, and you know nothing about the machine, you will open it up, see all the parts, and not know how to adjust it. It i
s easy to open the machine up, but it is very difficult to adjust it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The third part involved arranging ideas from the simplest to the more complex according to the sequence of even
ts. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, we must understand that we are spirit soul. That is the first step in our process. We must first understand ourselves and how we are existing despite these changes of bodie
s. We have to study ourselves as masters of our bodies. Then we can conclude that for the universal body there is another source. That is the Supersoul, or God. Just as my body is existing due to my presence, the gigantic }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  body exists due to the presence of the Supersoul. Everything in the universe is constantly looking fresh and
 new; therefore there must be a large soul maintaining it. This is confirmed by the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.35}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). God is all-pervasive as Brahman, and He is also within the smallest atom. By His plenary expansion, God pervades the entire universe. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there are different manifestations of God: Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . What is the difficulty in understanding this? In large lamps and small lamps there is the same electricity. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers consider only the similitude; they do not take the 
varieties into account. God is all-pervasive, but there is variety.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is it that we create the body by our presence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You create your body by your work. A dog has created his body according to his desire, and a tiger creates his body according to his. In any case, the soul is the same. The learned man, 
the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2ita}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , does not see the external varieties, but the soul within. According to t
heir desires and activities, souls are acquiring different bodies; therefore there are 8,400,000 different types of bodies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims all of these as His sons. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A
ha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e9ja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prada\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub pit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the seed-giving father." }{\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  14.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Father of all,
 gives the seed, but the son creates his own situation. Some of His sons are very rich, some very poor, some are great scientists and philosophers, and some are simply rascals. When a child is born, the father does not say, "You become a rascal," or, "Yo
u become a scientist," or whatever. The father sees them all as his sons.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fourth part of Cartesian methodology involves taking into account the most detailed points and making sure 
that nothing is omitted.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is knowledge. For instance, we are considering the details when we consider the difference between the Supreme Lord and ourselves.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And we can place everything in the scheme of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's creation?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the origin of all." }{\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  10.8}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e9ja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the seed o
r soul, the spiritual spark of all living entities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes also suggested rules of conduct which everyone should follow. He felt that we should obey the laws an
d customs of our nation, religious faith, and family tradition, and should avoid extreme behavior.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a good proposal. Actually, family tradition is respected in Vedic civilization. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna argues:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kula-k\'f1aye pra\'eba\'e7yanti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kul
a-dharm\'e4\'f9 san\'e4tan\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharme na\'f1\'f6e kula\'e0 k\'e5tsnam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adharmo 
'bhibhavaty uta
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "With the destruction of dynasty, the eternal family tradition is vanquished, and thus the rest of the family becomes involv
ed in irreligious practice." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\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  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.39}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) This means that Arjuna was respecting family tradition, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba pointed out that this consideration was material. It real
ly has no spiritual value. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba chastised Arjuna, telling him that he was situated on the material platform. Arjuna was lamenting over things for which a learned man does not lament. So, perhaps Descartes made these propositions for o
rdinary men, but they are not for those who are highly elevated or spiritually advanced.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes considered these practical rules for daily conduct. He also believed that we should stand by the conv
ictions we have formed and be resolute in the course of action we have chosen. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This could also be a dog's obstinacy. However, if our final conclusion is true, then this obstinacy is nice. But if we have not reached the final goal, the Absolute Truth, such obstinacy 
is an impediment to advancement. This should not be generally applied because in the neophyte stage, we must be flexible. In the advanced stage, when we are firmly situated in the truth, it is, of course, good to stand by our convictions. That is determi
nation. For instance, we have understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one can change us in this conviction. In the Christian system, they say that only Jesus Christ can help one go back to Godhead. That was meant for thos
e whom Jesus Christ instructed because Jesus Christ saw that if the people left him, they would go to ruination. He saw that these inferior people had to stick to him in order to progress. Lord Buddha rejected the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but this does not mean that Vedic authority is diminished. The men to whom he spoke were not able to understand the auth
ority of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and they were misusing the Vedic rituals. This is all relative truth, 
but Absolute Truth is different. Relative truth is within Absolute Truth, but Absolute Truth is independent of relative truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Descartes, we should adapt ourselves and our ambitions to our environment and fortune, instead of 
defying them. In other words, we should be satisfied with what we have and utilize it to the best of our ability.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nice. In Vedic civilization, for instance, there is no great endeavor for economic development. In India, you will still find villagers satisfied with whatever they have. There a
re even street sweepers who are great devotees. After they work, they bathe, put on }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 and sit down to chant and worship the Deity. Why should we be unnecessarily ambitious? Better to be satisfied.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes also believed that we should carefully choose the life work which is best for our personal selves. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, if you are given that freedom, a drunkard will say that the best thing is to drink and sleep. Everyone has his own program, which he thinks is the best. So who will judge what is be
st? According to Vivekananda's philosophy, whatever philosophy you select is all right. That is nonsense.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the same }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditations on First Phil
osophy}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Descartes writes: "It is not in truth an imperfection in God that He has given me the freedom of assenting or not assenting to things of which He has not placed a c
lear and distinct knowledge in my understanding. On the other hand, it is an imperfection in me that I do not use this freedom righ...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But then, why doesn't God give us the understanding by which we can choose properly in all cases? Why can't we have free will and a
t the same time infallible judgement?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Free will means that you can act wrongly. Unless there is a chance of your acting properly or improperly, there is no question of free will. If I only act in one way, I have no freedom. 
We have freedom because we can sometimes act improperly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, freedom means that a man may know better, yet still act wrongly?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is free will: the freedom to misuse free will. A thief may know that stealing is bad, yet he steals. That is his free will in action. He cannot check his greed, despite his kno
wing that he is acting improperly and that he will be punished. He knows all the repercussions that result from stealing, yet he steals and misuses his free will. So unless there is a possibility of misusing our free will, there is no question of freedom
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditations}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Descartes maintains that when one does not know God, he really has no perfect knowledge of anything, and when he knows God, he knows everything else.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and knowledge of God means following the instructions of God. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba imparts the most c
onfidential knowledge to Arjuna, but it is ultimately up to Arjuna to accept it or reject it. At the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells him:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti te j\'ef\'e4nam \'e4khy\'e4ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guhy\'e4d guhyatara\'e0 may\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vim\'e5\'e7yaitad a\'e7e\'f1e\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat
hecchasi tath\'e4 kuru
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to
 do." }{\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 18.63}{
\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  This is free will. It depends on the individual whether to act according to the instructions 
of God or according to his own whims and sensual inclinations.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes further writes: "I see that the certainty in truth of all knowledge depends on knowledge of the true God, an
d that before I knew Him I could have no perfect knowledge of any other thing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And now that I know Him, I have the mea}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ns of acqu
iring a perfect knowledge of innumerable things...." Descartes goes on to conclude that since God is all good, He would not deceive him in matters pertaining to the Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If he follows God's instructions and has real knowledge of God, he will never be misled, but if he selects a false God, or if he has not met the real God, he is subject to being misled. 
To save him from this danger, God imparts instructions in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Whoever follows these instructions will be perfect. If we receive knowledge of the soul from God, there is no chanc
e in being mistaken. As soon as we think in our own way, we are subject to error because we are imperfect and finite. K\'e5\'f1\'eba precisely says that the soul is within the body, and if we accept this, we can immediately understand that the soul is di
fferent from the body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the owner of the body is the soul within the body, and immediately the false impression that one is the body, which is a fool's conclusion, should be eradicated. The light is there, but those who do not acc
ept it prefer to live as fools and speculate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It was Descartes's contention that the most perfect and highest emotion is intellectual love of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the intelligent }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is
 very dear to Him.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 nitya-yukta\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub eka-bhaktir vi\'e7i\'f1yate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub priyo hi j\'ef\'e4nino 'tyartham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 s
a ca mama priya\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Of these, the wise one who is in full knowle
dge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub (}{\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 7.17}{\cs2873\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  An unintelligent devotee may accept the principles today, and leave tomorrow. A person who accepts the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious ph
ilosophy intelligently is very rare. We should not accept it by sentiment, but by intelligence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Descartes, real happiness arises from consciousness of perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the awareness that God is the supreme and that I am His eternal servant. This consciousness is happiness, and it is confirmed by 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was offered all the riches in the world by Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods, he said, "Please benedict me so that I may have unflinching fai
th in the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That is proper intelligence. Similarly, when Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was offered whatever he wanted by Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva, he said, "What should I ask from You? My father was a great materialist, so great t
hat the demigods were afraid of his anger, yet You have finished him in one second. What then is the value of this material power and opulence? Please engage me in the service of Your servants. That is all I want."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes maintains that a man is virtuous insofar as his reason controls his passion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if one can control his passions somehow or other, he is freed from many troubles.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e4 vinivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4h
\'e4rasya dehina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 niva
rtate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The embodied soul may be restricted from sen
se enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.}{\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 (}{\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People are suffering due to their passionate activities. Therefore there are many Vedic rules and regulations governing action. If we can subdue our passionate impulses, we can save ourselves a grea
t deal of trouble. Due to passion, one becomes a drunkard, engages in illicit sex, gambles, and acts unreasonably. If one can check his passion by reason, he can save himself from the greatest danger.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes had a great reverence for theology, the science of God, because he felt that it was an open road to h
eaven for everyone, the intelligent and unintelligent alike. For Descartes, theology is concerned with real truths that transcend human reason. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that we have to take the truth from the revealed scriptures. Every revealed scripture gives some hint of an understanding of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, Descartes tried to find some basis for truth. Then he came to the proof of the existence of God. 
As far as philosophy is concerned, he maintained that it lacks certainty and that its tenets are always subject to dispute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree with that. It is said that a philosopher is not a philosopher unless he differs from other philosophers. If one is to be a great philosopher, he has to defy all his predece
ssors. Scientists also work in the same way. If we try to find out whose statement is true, we have a great deal of difficulty. Therefore the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enjoin that we follow the personalities who have realized God, and therefore we follow Prahl\'e4da Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Vy\'e4sadeva, Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva, Kapila-deva, the 
twelve }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jana
s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and their followers, the followers of Brahm\'e4's disciplic succession, the Brahma-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sampr
ad\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Rudra-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Vi\'f1\'ebusv\'e4m\'e9-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the R\'e4m\'e4nuja-}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and so on. If we follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the disciplic succession, our path is clear.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes felt that because science is based on philosophical principles which have no basis in themselves, sci
ence is not worthy of our cultivation. He condemns people for using scientific technology to make more money. He said, "I am resolved no longer to seek any science other than knowledge of myself." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but he had no guru.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he didn't accept a guru. He accepted only what he could know through self-realization, the innate truths th
at he discovered in himself by meditation. First, he came to the understanding that I am, and later he concluded that because I am, God is. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a nice conclusion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He had an obsession for the need of absolute certainty because he felt that all the conclusions of the philosop
hers before him were dubious. He believed that every idea must be subjected to doubt until the truth or falsity can be ascertained, just as a mathematical formula can be ascertained. Every idea must be subjected to cross examination.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when will these doubts be finished? Your standard of understanding self-evident truths may be different from mine. So what is the standard? He must give some standard. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When Descartes meditated on the first philosophy, he concluded, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cogito ergo sum}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "I think; therefore I exist." He felt that everything was subject to doubt with the exception of the act of doubting it
self. Since doubting is a part of thinking, the act of thinking is an undeniable experience. Therefore he concluded that because I doubt, I think, and because I think, I exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a good argument. If I do not exist, how can I think? But is he condemning doubt or accepting doubt? What is his position?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He accepts doubt as the only real fact. Because I can doubt that my hand exists, it may be a hallucination, a d
ream. I can doubt that everything perceived exists because it may all be a dream, but the fact that I am doubting cannot be doubted. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what is his conclusion? Should one stop doubting or continue doubting? If I doubt everything, I may come to the truth and then doubt the truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His point is that the truth cannot be doubted, but that to discover the truth, we have to doubt everything. Whe
n we come to the truth, the truth will be undoubtable.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how do you come to the truth if your business is simply doubting? How will you ever stop doubting? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I cannot doubt that I am, that I exist. That truth is undoubtable. So he proceeds from there to the fact 
that since I exist, God exists.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then his point is that by doubting, we come to a point where there is no more doubt. That is good. Doubt in the beginning, then the truth as the conclusion. But in any case, that doubt m
ust be resolved. I doubt because I am imperfect and because my knowledge is imperfect. So another question is how we can obtain perfection. As long as we are imperfect, there will be doubt.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that even though I am imperfect, there exists perfect knowledge, or a self-conscious awareness of perfe
ct ideas within myself. Knowledge of the perfect is innate within me, and I can know it through meditation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also acceptable.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because I understand that I think, I can establish existence of my soul beyond all doubt.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone thinks. Everyone is there, and everyone has a soul. There are countless souls, and this has to be accepted. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about a blade of grass, for instance? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it has a way of thinking. That has to be accepted. It is not that we have souls and that the grass has no soul, or that animals have no souls. Jagadish Candra Bose has proved by a m
achine that plants can feel and think. "I think, therefore I am" is a good proposition because everyone thinks and everyone exists. There are 8,400,000 species of living entities, and they are all thinking, and they all have individual souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is a lot of conjecture in Descartes concerning the location of the soul. In his }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditations}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "Although the soul is joined to the whole body, there is yet a certain part in which it exercise
s its functions more particularly than in all the others; and that is usually believed to be the brain, or possibly the heart; the brain, because it is with it that the organs of sense are connected, and the heart because it is apparently in it that we e
xperience the passions." Descartes then goes on to conclude that the soul is situated in a small appendage of the brain called the pineal body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This speculation means that he has no definite information. Therefore we have to accept God's instructions. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna." }{\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 18.61}{\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  There are two kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub varas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , controllers. One is the individual living enti
ty, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and the other is the Supreme Living Being, the Param\'e4tm\'e4, or Superso
ul. From the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we understand that both are sitting together within this body, which i
s compared to a tree. Both the Supersoul and the individual soul are living within the heart. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But at the same time, doesn't the soul pervade the whole body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. That is also explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 prak\'e4\'e7ayaty eka\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
k\'e5tsna\'e0 lokam ima\'e0 ravi\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra\'e0 k\'f1etr\'e9 tath\'e4 k\'e5tsna\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prak\'e4\'e7ayati bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so does the living entity, one within the body, illuminat
e the entire body by consciousness." }{\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. }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the illumination of the soul. It is li
ke the sun, which is situated in one particular location, yet its illumination is spread everywhere. Similarly, although the soul is situated within the heart, his illumination is characterized by what we call consciousness. As soon as the soul leaves th
e heart, consciousness is immediately absent from the entire body. At one moment, there may be consciousness, and at the next moment there may be no consciousness at all. When there is no consciousness, one may hack the body to pieces, and no pain will b
e felt. This is because something is missing, and that something is the soul. When the soul is gone, consciousness is absent from the body. Both the individual soul and individual consciousness are immortal. Under the influence of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the illusory energy, our consciousness is absorbed in many material things: society, nationality, sex life, 
speculation, and so forth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means purifying the consciousness so that it will remain fixed only on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes writes: "I know that brutes do many things better than we do, but I am not surprised at it; for that also go
es to prove that they act by force of nature. If they could think as we do, they would have an immortal soul as well as we. But this is not likely, because there is no reason for believing it of some animals without believing it of all, and there are man
y of them too imperfect to make it possible to believe it of them, such as oysters, sponges, etc."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, living entities do not act by force of nature, but by force of God. Even in the heart of the brute, God is also present. God is within all, and He gives us instructions so 
that we can advance. When we attain the platform of human life, we have the alternative to refuse God's instructions. Lower life forms do not have the power to refuse.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have just said that whatever grows has a soul, including the grass.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, in a dormant stage. For instance, a child has a soul, but it is not yet developed because the body is not yet developed. According to the body and circumstances, the soul acts. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes equated the mind, the higher mental processes, with the soul. He believed in an incorporeal, immortal, human
 mind, which has been mysteriously injected somewhere into the body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, the mind is not the soul but an instrument through which the soul acts. The mind is rejecting and accepting according to the dictations of the soul. Although I walk with my legs, I d
o not consider myself to be my legs. Although I think with my mind, I am not my mind. Some philosophers identify the mind with the self, and this is a mistake. Intelligence is subtler than the mind, and the mind is subtler than the senses. The gross sens
es can be seen, but the center of the senses, the mind, cannot be seen. Therefore it is called subtle. The mind is guided by the intelligence, which is even subtler. The background of that intelligence is the soul. The mind is the instrument by which we 
think, but that instrument is not "I."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Descartes, animals are mere machines that react. He felt that they have no souls or minds, and hence no consciousn
ess at all, and the basis for this view is ratiocination, language. In other words, because they have no language, they simply act as machines. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They have languages, but you do not understand them. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists claim to be able to communicate verbally with dolphins.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That may be, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking with everyone, even with the birds. When one }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  went to the Yamun\'e4 to bathe, she was surprised to see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking with the birds. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, He can understand everyone's languag
e. That is a qualification described in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4vad\'fcka}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When a human being can understand many languages, he is called a linguist. Another name f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4vad\'fcka}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which indicates that He can understand everyone's lang
uage, even the languages of the birds and bees. That is the potency of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes considers five basic ideas to be inherent within every man, ideas which every man knows without havin
g to verify. One is that God is innate to us as our own soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is because we are part and parcel of God. For instance, in the material world, everyone knows that he has a father. This is common knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Secondly, it is impossible for something to originate out of nothing; every effect must have a cause, and there
fore there is a cause of everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we have discussed this. That ultimate cause is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We do not accept the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy because they philosophize in a negative way to try to make the ul
timate truth zero. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thirdly, it is impossible for a thing to exist and not exist at the same time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who protests this? Who says that something can exist and not exist simultaneously? Who is he trying to refute? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is not refuting anyone. He says that this is an innate idea that we know for certain without having to verif
y. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This body is a temporary manifestation, and this soul is always existing. Eventually, this body will not exist, but the owner of the body is eternal and existing eternally. If something 
is a temporary manifestation, we can say that it is simultaneously existing and not existing. On the material platform, everything is existing and not existing because it is temporary. For instance, we are existing in this room right now, but at the next
 moment we may not be existing. The whole cosmic manifestation is like that. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sato vidyate bh\'e4vo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4bh
\'e4vo vidyate sata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ubhayor api d\'e5\'f1\'f6o 'ntas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tv anayos tattva-dar\'e7i
bhi\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is
 no cessation. This they have concluded by studying the nature of both." }{\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  2.16)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because the soul is never created, the soul never dies. Everything that is born must die.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes's fourth innate idea is that whatever is done can never be undone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\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 Karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot be undone
. However, it can change. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us to abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Him. If we do so, He will relieve us of all the reacti
ons of }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  So in this sense it is not a fact that what is done cannot be undone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes is thinking in the realm of the physical. After I throw a ball, that ball can never be unthrown. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a child's knowledge, not a philosopher's. Direct perception is childish. A child believes so many things by direct perception. I remember that when I first saw a train in Calcutt
a, I thought that within the engine there must have been horses, otherwise the train could not have run. This kind of thinking is not really philosophy. Of course, it is a part of philosophy because all philosophers are nature's children. Therefore they 
think in that way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes's fifth principle is that we cannot be nonexistent as long as we are thinking.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have already discussed this. Everyone thinks, and therefore everyone is a soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes also gives two arguments for the existence of God. First, an innate idea of an infinite being necessi
tates the existence of that infinite being because a finite being could not possibly create such an idea. In other words, because I can think of the infinite, the infinite must exist. The infinite must have put that thought in my head. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many ways of thinking of the infinite. The voidists think of the infinite as zero, void. Descartes may be thinking in one way, but someone else may be thinking in another. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes argues that because we can conceive of perfection, perfection must be there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but just because I am thinking of something does not mean that it exists. Everyone is thinking in his own way. Who will decide which way of thinking is correct? Who will judge? Ther
efore we ultimately have to accept the confirmation of authorities. If our thinking is confirmed by the authorities, it is all right; otherwise it cannot be accepted.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes was thinking more in terms of mathematics. If we begin counting, we can conceive of numbers stretchin
g to infinity. So the fact that one can think of infinity necessitates the infinite.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the voidists are thinking that the infinite is zero. Some mathematicians calculate that infinity means zero. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Secondly, God is an absolutely perfect being, and perfection necessarily implies existence. Since God's existen
ce is the same as His essence, He must exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is our proposition. We say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sum total of all wealth, knowledge, fame, power, beauty, and renunciation. Because these opulences are attractive, and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba has them in full, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-attractive. All these attractive qualities must be there in K\'e5\'f1\'eba in totality. That is Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni's definition of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is similar to Descartes's contention that perfect beauty and wisdom must exist somewhere because we can co
nceive of the fact.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . No one is richer, more famous, wiser, more beautiful, 
or more powerful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sum total of all qualities; therefore He is complete. Because we are part and parcel of the complete, we can think of the complete. Because I am the son of my father, I can think of my father. S
imilarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Father of all living entities, and every living entity has the power to offer his respects to God. Unfortunately, the living entity is artificially educated by society not to obey God, and that is the cause of his sufferin
g.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When Descartes inspects reality, he concludes that reality consists of substances. He defines substance as "a t
hing which exists in such a way as to stand in need of nothing beyond itself." He says that there is only one absolutely independent substance\'97God. All other substances are created by Him. There are also two types of substances\'97matter and spirit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is all described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  substance is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and everything emanates from Him. All these emanations can be divided into two categories: inferior and superior. 
The inferior energy is matter, and the superior energy is spirit. Everything that we see or experience is a combination of the inferior and superior energies. Since these energies emanate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of everything, t
he cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes states that the chief attribute of this spirit or soul is consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And the chief attribute of the body is extension. Both the body and mind are finite and depend upon God for the
ir existence, whereas God is completely independent.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vera 'svar}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa' haya\'97k}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eb}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub era 'nitya-d\'e4sa'}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub (}{\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\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 Madh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  20.108)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Therefore every living entity is the eternal servant of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since we all depend upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba for our existence
, it is our duty to please Him. That is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In the material world, we se
e that we depend upon our employer for our salary. Therefore we always have to please him. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\cs2873\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 God is prov
iding everything for everyone. So why not please Him? Our only duty is to please Him, and that process is perfectly manifested in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana that everyone is trying to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and because they are trying to p
lease Him, they are happy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba in turn is pleasing them.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava ku\'efja-bih\'e4r\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja\'e7od\'e4-nandana, braja-jana-ra\'efjana,\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e4muna-t\'e9ra-vana-c\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the lover of R\'e4dh\'e4. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is the l
over of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamun\'e4." (from Bhaktivin
oda \'d6h\'e4kura's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4val\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) K\'e5\'f1\'eba engages in pleasing the }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9jana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop
\'e9jana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is engaged in pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the perfect relationship. In a perfect family, the head of the family tries to please all the members by providing t
hem with food, shelter, clothing, and everything else. Therefore he works hard to please them, and their duty is to please him. When the father comes home, the wife and sons try to please him, and that makes the perfect home. Similarly, God is the origin
al creator, and we are all subordinates maintained by Him. Our only duty is to please Him, and if He is pleased, we will all remain pleased. If we pour water on the root of a tree, all the parts of the tree\'97the leaves and flowers and branches\'97are n
ourished. The process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the process of pleasing the Lord. This is our only 
business, and as long as we take to some other business, we are in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We have no other b
usiness. The living entity who does not serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and is diseased, an
d the living entity who is constantly engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service is liberated and situated in his constitutional position. If anyone within the creation is not cooperating with God or not satisfying the senses of the Lord, he is not in his norma
l condition. It is the function of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to engage everyone in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service and bring everyone to his normal condition. People are suffering because they are in an abnormal condition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes believed that God's truth is the basis for our knowledge of the truth, and that God is truth. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since God is truth, everything is emanating from the truth. We are trying to employ everything in the service of the truth. Because God is truth, we do not say that the world is false. T
he M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s claim that the world is false, but we say that it is temporary. For instance, this flower is the creation of God. It therefore cannot be false; it is truth. It should therefore be employed in the service of the truth, and that is
 our reason for offering it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Suppose you work very hard to make something beautiful, and then you bring it to me, and I say, "Oh, it is all false." Will you be pleased with me? You will say, "What is this nonsense? I have travelled so f
ar and have made such a beautiful thing, and he says it is false." Similarly, since God has created such a wonderful universe, why should we say that it is false? Our philosophy is that the universe is God's creation and therefore should be employed in G
od's service. For instance, we are using this tape recorder to record this conversation. It is being used for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We do not say, "Oh, it is false. It is material. We won't use it." That is the position of the Jains, who do not take advantage 
of these things. We say, rather, that we can use these devices, but not for our personal sense gratification. That is real }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , detachment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes maintains that we can know and understand truth because God is true. This is the basis for our knowle
dge. God's existence assures us that this external world is not a fiction. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is what I was explaining. Because God is truth, His creation cannot be untrue. It is untrue when I see everything devoid of God. If I see this table as unrelated to God, it is untru
th. However, when I see this table as a product of God's energy, I am seeing it in the proper way. In other words, I am seeing God. One who has no sense of God sees the table as a temporary creation, something produced by nature's law. He sees that it co
mes from zero, and that it will return to zero, and that ultimately it is zero, false. We do not say this. We do not say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is zero but that this table comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy is not zero, and the tabl
e is not zero. Whatever is within our experience has some relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The vision of that relationship is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Generally, people have no vision of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Their only vision is that of their family, th
eir wife, their children, their this and their that. That is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If people see nothing in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how can they justify saying that it is all a dream, that i
t is unreal? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because they cannot understand the beginning, they say that it is a temporary manifestation. People may say that this tree has come out of nothing and that when the tree dies, it will ag
ain become nothing. However, this tree has not come out of nothing, but from a seed, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e9ja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prada\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the original seed of all existences." }{\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  14.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In a cinema, an image comes from a small hole, and we see it expanded on the screen. Whe
n the projector stops, the pictures on the screen cease to exist. People may say that these pictures come from nothing, but actually they are focused by the projector that projects the film, and behind that film there is an actual performance. Similarly,
 the material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world. That spiritual world is reality, not zero. When we see a photograph, we understand that it is an image of something actual. This material world is like something being played on a scre
en. Therefore the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say that it is false. In one sense, it is false, in that the show is not an actual performance. But it is a reflection of the original play under a different process. Because the original play is not wi
thin our vision, we are thinking that the projection on the screen has come from zero. However, one who knows things as they are knows that the projection has come from reality, even though it is temporary and not permanently existing. In other words, th
e reality is the basis of what is being shown. When we see this, there is no question of anything being false. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes sees matter operating like a machine under mechanical laws. The sum total of all motion in the world 
is always constant; it neither increases nor decreases. However, he claims that the soul is unaffected by mechanical causes and is therefore immortal. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet somehow or other he has been put into this mechanical process.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and this was Descartes's problem. He could not understand how spirit and matter interact, how the nondimen
sional, nonextended spirit can have a three dimensional body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you are on the land and fall into the water, your struggle begins. This means that on land you are safe, but somehow or other you have fallen into this material struggle. Spirit is 
spirit, and matter is matter, but now they have come in contact with one another. We have caused this contact because we have misused our independence. A boy may stand firmly beside the water, but if he wants to enjoy the water, he may fall in. If he can
not manage to swim, he is lost. This is our position. The spirit soul has a spiritual body, but he accepts a foreign body. The spirit soul has a body, and his business is to enjoy life, but because he falls within the jurisdiction of matter, he cannot en
joy his labor. As long as he is within water, there is no possibility of happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does the spiritual body have dimensions? Does it exist in space?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it has dimensions. It has length, breadth, and everything. Otherwise, how can we say that it is one ten-thousandth of the tip of a hair? In other words, there is measurement, but th
at measurement is beyond our imagination. The soul is something different. It is inconceivable. If the spirit soul has no body, how can the material body develop? A material body is like a coat molded in the form of the spiritual body. You cannot make a 
dress without measuring the body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the spiritual body is very small? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot imagine it. Because the materialists cannot see or measure the spiritual body, they say that it does not exist. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes says that the soul exists, but not that it occupies space.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that his conception of space is limited. The material body is a body that has a beginning and an end. Your coat is made at a certain date. The spiritual body is changing dress
 from one material body to another, just as you change your clothes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After the soul has fallen into matter, can it be delivered through proper knowledge?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is the purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Even if a person is an expert swimmer, how long can he swim? He will eventually succumb because he is in a fallen c
ondition. However, if one is elevated just one inch above the water, he is immediately safe. The water may remain in its position, but he is transcendental to it. This transcendental position is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, the spirit soul can rise above matter, above the water.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, just like a flying fish. This fish may swim within the water, but suddenly he may fly over it. As soon as you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, you can fly over the water of material
 existence. Then you can gradually come to land.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the spirit is unlimited and has unlimited power, how does it fall within matter?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It does not have unlimited power. Its power is so great that in the material sense it is unlimited, but actually it is not unlimited. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is it able to be confined by something as limited as a body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have already explained this. It is like falling into the water. As spirit soul, we have nothing to do with this material body, but somehow or other we have come in contact with it. The
re is a cause, but instead of finding out this cause, we should realize that we are in a dangerous position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if the spirit has great power, and the body has limited power, how is it that this limited power is able to
 hold onto the great power, to capture it and keep it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material energy is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, and each and every energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is as great as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et
\'e4\'e0 taranti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, it is sometimes stronger than the spiritual energy?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you come in contact with the material energy without a specific purpose, it is stronger. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative comes into the material energy in order to preach. Although 
he is within the material energy, he is not under its control. But if you come in contact with material energy without serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba's purpose, you suffer. For instance, in a jail there are many superintendents and government officials. There ar
e also prisoners. However, their conditions differ. We cannot say that because they are all in jail that they are all suffering in the same way. The superintendent is there because he is serving the government's purpose. Therefore he is not subject to th
e laws of the jail. When you are in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you are no longer under the laws of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . You are liberated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the prisoners who have forgotten their real service have been weakened?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because they have disobeyed and have forgotten their subordinate position. They want to be independent of the state, and therefore they have been put into jail.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then for them, the material energy is stronger. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. It is stronger for them. Those who are conditioned and are serving the material energy cannot escape through their own endeavor. They are dependent on the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d His representatives.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Blaise Pascal (1623-1666)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Blaise Pascal (1623-1666)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal saw man situated in the universe between two extremes: infinity and nothingness. Man has a body like the animal
s, and an intellect like the angels or demigods. As such, he is neither a demigod nor an animal but somewhere between the two. He is intelligent enough to know that he is in a miserable situation, despite his great desire to be happy. Man engages in all 
kinds of pastimes and diversions to forget his misery, but nothing ultimately helps. What man once possessed and now has lost is perfect happiness. All men suffer and complain, despite their situation, and Pascal believed that the emptiness felt by man c
an only be filled by God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, life after life, the living entity strives for happiness, but he only becomes more morose because he does not take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He manufactures new ways to sport. He d
ives in the water, and flies in the air, and God is supplying him all facilities. If you want to fly, become a bird. If you want to dive, become a fish. Sometimes, after making many attempts to be happy, the living entity gives up his planmaking and surr
enders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Surrender unto Me, and I will make you happy." God comes personally as Lord R\'e4macandra, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to give instructions how to surrender and attain happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whereas Descartes emphasized the importance of reason, Pascal believed that the principles that are understood by the 
heart are absolutely certain and adequate to overcome all skepticism and doubt. Is this because the Supersoul speaks within the heart? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\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  10.10)}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Every living entity is living with God, but out of ignorance he does not know this. As we have stated before, there are two birds situated in the tree of the body. One bird is enjoyin
g the fruits of the tree, while the other bird is witnessing. God gives instructions whereby we can return home, but nondevotees will not accept these instructions. A devotee strictly follows the orders of God, but the demoniac act according to their own
 whims, even though knowing God's desires. There is no doubt that God is giving instructions. Instructions are given externally through God's agent, the spiritual master, and through the scriptures. Instructions are given internally through the conscienc
e, the Supersoul. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal was a mystic who believed very deeply in God, but he was also a skeptic in the sense that he believed th
at we cannot prove the existence of God by our reason or any other way. Therefore he emphasized that we have to believe in God with our heart. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. You cannot prove the existence of God by your material senses.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam eva
 sphuraty ada\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Material senses cannot appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, form, qualities and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awak
ened to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord's holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord's food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who K\'e5\'f1\'eba really is." }{\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 Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\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  The senses are incompetent to appreciate God, but if you are anxious to know God, you should render Him service. Then He will let you know what He is. The more we engage 
in God's service, the more He reveals. He cannot be perceived by our senses; therefore His name is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which means that He is beyond our sense perception. We worship the Deity of God in the temple, but the gross materialist with his sense perception can never understand that the Deity is God. He will say that it is simply a stone ca
rving. Therefore we have to believe in God with our heart. Because the atheist does not believe in God with his heart, he sees only a piece of stone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal says that the heart has reasons which the mind does not know.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the mind is an instrument; it is not something final. For instance, the brain is instrumental just like this tape recorder. Behind the mind there is the intelligence, and behind the
 intelligence there is the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal ascribed to the doctrine of original sin, which holds that at one time man fell from grace by committing some s
in or other, and this fall from grace accounts for his present position between the angels and the beasts. In other words, original sin accounts for man's encagement in matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. This is also our philosophy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What was this original sin?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Disobedience\'97refusing to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sometimes a servant thinks, "Why am I serving this master? I myself must become a master." The living entity is eternally part and parce
l of God, and his duty is to serve God. When he thinks, "Why should I serve God? I shall enjoy myself instead," he brings about his downfall. Original sin means refusing to serve God and attempting instead to become God. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, for instan
ce, are still attempting to become God, despite their knowledge and philosophy. If by meditation or some material effort, we can become God, what is the meaning of God? It is not possible to become God. The attempt to become God is the original sin, the 
beginning of sinful life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal believed that it is impossible for man to understand the universe or his position in it. We cannot look for cer
tainty or stability in the material world because our reasoning powers are always being deceived. Therefore man must surrender to the dictates of his heart and to God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is our position. We are not depending on the heart, however, because the dictations of the heart are not appreciated by nondevotees. Direct instructions are given in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and explained by the spiritual master. If we take the advice of God and His representative, we will not be misled.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of all things in the world, Pascal considered this to be the strangest: "A man spends many days and nights in rage and
 despair over the loss of his job or for some imaginary insult to his honor, yet he does not consider with anxiety and emotion that he will lose everything by death. It is a monstrous thing to see in the same heart and at the same time this sensibility t
o trifles and the strange insensibility to the greatest objects (death). It is an incomprehensible enchantment, and a supernatural slumber, which indicates as its cause an all-powerful force." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , when one does not believe in God, or when one disobeys God's orders, God comes as death.
 Then all power, pride, imagination, and plans are broken. After this, one may attain the body of an animal because in his life he acted like an animal. This is the process of transmigration. This is suffering. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal writes: "If we submit everything to reason, our religion will have no mysterious and supernatural element. If w
e offend the principles of reason, our religion will be absurd and ridiculous." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes that is a fact. The orders of God constitute religion, and if we carry out these orders, we are religious. Pseudo-religions, religions that cheat, are condemned in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Any religious system which has no conception of God and which annually changes it
s resolutions is not a religion but a farce. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal seems to be saying that we should not accept our faith blindly, but at the same time we should not expect every
thing to be comprehensible to our understanding.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. A father may tell his child to do something, although the child may not comprehend it. In any case, we understand that the father's plans are complete and good for the son. If the s
on says, "No, I don't wish to do this," he may fall down. God's orders constitute religion, but there is no question of blind following. We must understand God's nature and realize that He is all perfect. In this way, we can understand that whatever He s
ays is also perfect and that we should therefore accept it. If we apply our finite reasoning and try to change God's instructions according to our whims, we will suffer.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal claims that by faith we have to make a forced option, or what he calls a religious wager. We either have
 to cast our lot on the side of God\'97in which case we have nothing to lose in this life and everything to gain in the next\'97or we deny God and jeopardize our eternal position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is our argument. If there are two people, and neither has experience of God, one may say that there is no God, and the other may say that there is God. So both must be given a chanc
e. The one who says that there is no God dismisses the whole case, but the one who says that there is a God must become cautious. He cannot work irresponsibly. If there is a God, he cannot run risks. Actually, both are taking risks because neither knows 
for certain that there is a God. However, it is preferable that one believe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal says that there is a fifty-fifty chance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, so take the fifty percent chance in favor. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal also advocated that. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We also advise people to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since you have nothing to lose and everything to g
ain, why not chant? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal's religious wager rests upon the assumption that God will punish the individual who refuses to believe i
n Him, and reward the one who believes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, God is the Supreme Person who rewards and punishes. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu has four hands holding four symbolic objects. Two hands are for punishment, and two for protection. The conch s
hell and lotus give protection to the devotees, and the club and disc punish the nondevotees.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pascal writes: "Man is great in that he knows himself to be miserable. A tree does not know itself to be miserable....
These miseries prove man's greatness. They are the miseries of a great lord, a deposed king."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\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\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  points out th
at we are trying to live long, but a tree lives longer. Does this mean that the tree has attained perfection? Does perfection mean longevity? We may analyze life's conditions in this way in order to understand that perfection means coming to God consciou
sness and understanding God and our relationship with Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Pascal, knowledge can be attained only by curbing the passions, submitting to God, and accepting God's revelation.
 He considered himself a Christian.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, without religion, one is an animal. Amongst animals, there is no discussion of God and no sense of religion. Presently, society is becoming degraded because governments are forbiddi
ng the discussion of God in schools and colleges. This causes increased suffering. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although Pascal was considered a great philosopher, he concluded that philosophy in itself only leads to skepticism. F
aith is needed. "Hear God" was his favorite motto.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Philosophy means understanding the truth. Sometimes philosophers spend their time speculating about sex and thus become degraded. Sex is present in animals as well as man. Sex is not lif
e itself; it is only a symptom of life. If we emphasize only this symptom, the results are not philosophy. Philosophy means finding out the Absolute Truth. The real subject of philosophy is Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhag\'e4van.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza asserts that God cannot be a remote cause of the creation. He sees the creation flowing from God just as concl
usions flow from principles in mathematics. God is free to create, but He is the immanent cause; the creation is but an extension. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, because He creates through His energy. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kh
a\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a
\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 constitute My separated mater
ial energies." }{\b0\i0\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  7.4)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material world is composed of these eight material elements, and because it is made out of God's energy, it is called the creation of God. More directly, however, it is 
His energies that create the material universe. The ingredients come from Him, and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , nature, creates. God is both the remote and immanent cause of the creation because the elements are God's energies.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza sees God as the universal principle that binds together all the relationships in the material world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is nothing but a principle, He has no personal activity. Is it that Spinoza is an impersonalist?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He states that God is the sum total of everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly God is everything, but why shouldn't we utilize discrimination? By saying that God is a principle like light, we imply that God is like a material thing. According to him, what
 is man's position in relationship with God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He states that the infinite universe is like a machine, yet all things are conditioned to exist in a particular
 way, and this is necessitated by the divine nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything may be like a machine, but a machine is devised by a person. So according to him, who is God? Is God the machine, or the person who devises the machine? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For him, God is the absolute universal principle behind everything. God is a thinking thing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If He is thinking, He must be the creator of that machine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, he says that God is the creator, but we cannot know anything beyond the fact that God is that thinking and
 extended thing. Because we are aware of mind and matter, God must be thinking, and God must have extension. He claims that man cannot know more than that about God. Extension means that God takes up space. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is everything, He must exist in space. That is understood. But it must also be understood that if God is thinking, He is a person. How can He simply be a principle? How can we say
 that God is nothing but a principle and yet is thinking? The sun is working according to certain principles. It has to be at a certain place at a certain time. There is no question of thinking. If I say that the sun, which is a principle, is thinking, I
 am contradicting myself. If God is reason, God is a person, not a principle. Has Spinoza not explained what that principle is?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that everything is God, and that God is everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is logical, but what is his conception of God? Is He a person or not? According to the Vedic version, the person is the origin, and the impersonal aspect is secondary. God is a perso
n, and His influence or His supremacy is in everything.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4syam idam sarva\'e0\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accep
t only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong." }{\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  1}{\cs2873\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  Everything is made of God's energy, and therefore indirectly everything is God. Yet at the same time, everything is not God. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : everything is simultaneously one with and different from God. Everything is God
, but at the same time, we are not worshipping this table. We are worshipping the personal God. Although everything is God, we cannot necessarily conceive of God in everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza says that we can appreciate God by intellectually appreciating all of His creation and therefore unders
tanding that God is the perfect principle behind everything. In this way, we can have an intellectual love for Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is a person, otherwise why are we worshipping the Deity? What is the difference between the Deity and this table? God has a personal form, but this table is not that form. Everything
 is the manifestation of God's energy. The Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives the example o
f fire, which expands as light and heat. Light and heat are nothing but fire, but at the same time, light and heat are not fire. They are simultaneously one and different. God is everything, but everything is not God. This table is God in the sense that 
it is part of God, but we cannot worship this table. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad 
avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v ava
sthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For instance, in the solar system, everything is resting on the sun's energy, but everything is not the sun. The sunshine is different from the sun, yet the sunshine is nothing but the sun. It is simul
taneously one and different. This is perfect philosophy. Everything that is manifest is due to God, and when God withdraws His energy, there is no existence. It is insufficient to understand God simply as a principle. Spinoza says that God is a principle
, but actually God is the Supreme Person. God expands His energy, and that energy is His principle. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is identical with the substance of the world, the stuff the world is made of.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you cannot separate the energy from the energetic. That is one fact, but at the same time you cannot say that the sunshine is the same as the sun. It is identical and at the same ti
me different.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In a sense, Spinoza would agree in that he says there is a God who is substance but who also has an infinite nu
mber of attributes unknown to man.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right, but the attributes are simultaneously God and not God. There is substance and category. Gold is the substance, and a gold ring is the category. The gold ring is certain
ly gold, but the original substance gold is different.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza would call God the substance and the things of this world the categories. Because the categories are ma
de of the substance, they are all God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This clay pot is made of earth, but would you say that it is the whole earth? You may call it earthly, just as you may call the creation godly. That is pantheism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza writes: 'The more we understand individual objects, the more we understand God." Is this the proper process? O
r is it that the more we understand God, the more we understand individual objects?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything is related to God. In the material world, for instance, things are composed of the five gross elements, which are expansions of God's energies. An intelligent person sees every
thing in relation to God's expansions of energy. A devotee does not look on anything as being separate from God. Since he is a lover of God, he wants to engage everything in God's service because he understands that everything is God's property. The }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have no conception of God, nor do they obey or love Him. The demoniac living entity th
inks that the material world is created for his enjoyment. He does not see the material world as an expansion of God's energy. One who uses material products for his personal benefit is called a thief because he does not acknowledge the proprietorship of
 the creator, God. If we do not consider everything to be }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mercy of God, we 
become thieves subject to punishment. The conclusion is that the devotee sees every material object related to God and tries to use everything for God's benefit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The emphasis in Spinoza is on intellectual knowledge of God through self-knowledge. He writes: "He who knows himself a
nd knows his affections clearly and distinctly\'97and that with the accompaniment of the idea of God\'97is joyous, for he knows and loves God." Through knowledge of the self, we can come to know something of God. In this way, man can be happy and love Go
d. There is no mention of service, however.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Love means service. When a mother loves her child, she renders him service.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guhya
m \'e4khy\'e4ti p\'e5cchati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhu\'eckte bhojayate caiva\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f2-vidha\'e0 pr\'e9ti-lak\'f1a\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accept
ing }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and offering }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\cs3755\b\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 Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta}{\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 4}{\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  Love means giving to one's beloved and also accepting some gift from him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dad\'e4ti pratig\'e5h\'ebati}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Love means feeding one's beloved and also taking food from him. It means disclosing one's mind to him, and understanding his mind also. There are six reciprocal relationships in love. Love includes service. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza's God is basically not personal. His love for God is more intellectual or philosophical than religious. He tak
es the typical impersonalist stand in his belief in the identity of the individual soul with God. This is not to say that he believed that the individual soul is infinite but that it is not distinct from God. He writes: "Thus that love of the soul is a p
art of the infinite love with which God loves Himself." He sees the soul's intellectual love of God, and God's love for the individual soul, to be one and the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are five kinds of love: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In the beginning, there is love in awe and adoration (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and one thinks, "Oh, God is so great. God is everything." When the soul understands God's unlimited potencies, the soul adores Him, and that adoration is also love. W
hen our love advances, we serve God as a servant serves his master (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). As the servi
ce becomes more intimate, friendship is established, and a reciprocal relationship of service is developed. This is the kind of service one friend renders to another. As this develops, the love turns into paternal love (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and this expands into conjugal love (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Thus there are different stages of love of God, and Spinoza only touches the beginning one: adoration and appreciation of God's powerful expansion
s. That is commendable, but when this love expands, it reaches the platforms of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v
\'e4tsalya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It appears that Spinoza believes in the Param\'e4tm\'e4 present within all beings but not in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accompanying the Param\'e4tm\'e4. Is this not a typical impersonalist position? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he does not know what is love. If God loves the living entity, He must be both well-wisher and friend. Because God expands Himself unlimitedly, He lives in the living ent
ity. This is the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line 
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna." }{\b0\i0\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  }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani
\'f1ads}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also give the example of two birds sitting on a tree. One bird is eating the fruit of that tree, and the other is simply witnessing. The bird that witnesses is God,
 the Param\'e4tm\'e4. Thus God, the Param\'e4tm\'e4, and the individual soul, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , live together on the same tree of the body. This is confirmed throughout the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness." }{\b0\i0\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  15.15)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God reminds the living entity that unless Brahman is present, he cannot remember anything. The Param\'e4tm\'e4 is always there with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza does not believe that God has a body because "by body we understand a certain quantity possessing length, brea
dth, and depth, limited by some fixed form; and that to attribute these to God, a being absolutely infinite, is the greatest absurdity." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God has a body, but it is not like this material body, which is limited. Spinoza's view comes from imperfect knowledge of God's spiritual qualities. It is confirmed in Vedic literatures 
that God has a body: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "body" or "form." God's form is eternal, and He is all-aware. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sac}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is also always blissful. The material body is neithe
r eternal nor blissful, nor all-aware, and therefore it is different from God's body, which possesses different qualities and is all spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the individual material body, Spinoza asserts that each soul coincides with its body. That is, the soul acq
uires the body that befits it. However, the soul can progress beyond bodies to come to know spiritual truths by turning toward God rather than the material world, or, as Spinoza would put it, God's "extensions." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The extension or expansion is also God, but at the same time, God is not personally present in the extension. The extension or expansion comes from the person. We might compare the expan
sions to the government and the person to the governor. The government is under the control of the governor, just as the impersonal expansion of God is under the control of the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Pantheism says that because everything is God
, God Himself has no individual personal existence. To say that everything is God and that God is no more than everything is a material conception. In the material world, if you tear a piece of paper into pieces and throw the pieces away, the original pa
per is lost. The spiritual conception is different. God may expand Himself unlimitedly through His extensions, but He still remains complete in His own person.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza believed that as long as man is composed of body and soul, he will be under the mode of passion, and as long a
s the soul is confined to the body, the living entity will necessarily be attached to the physical world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we call this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 forgetfulness. The real aim of life, however, is to learn how to distinguish the soul from the material body so that when they separate, we may remain in our original, spiritual form. As long as we are attached to the material body, we have to continue 
to transmigrate from one body to another. If we give up our attachment to the material body, we are liberated from transmigration, and this is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is possible to remain in our spiritual body by always thinking of God. That is the real meaning of meditation. This is confirmed by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manman\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-y\'e4
j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratij\'e4ne priyo 'si 
me
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worshi
p Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.}{\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 (}{\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  18.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza considered good and evil to relate only to man. They have no basis in God, who is beyond both. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if everything is in God, as Spinoza thinks, what is man's position? God is there, but what is the position of evil? Evil is there, but he says that there is no evil in God. If this i
s the case, where does evil come from? According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , good and evil also emanate 
from God. It is said that evil is His back, and that good is His front.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since the absolute reality is perfect, error and evil do not really exist because they would imply imperfection
. According to Spinoza, since everything is God, everything must be perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fcr\'eb\'e4t}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
udacyate}{\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 (}{\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 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Invocation}{\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 . Everything that is produced from the perfect is also perfect. Because God is per
fect, the expansions of God are also perfect. If things are perfect in themselves, as long as we keep them in a perfect state, they are perfect. Because material nature is temporary, in the course of time it will become imperfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza says that imperfection or error arises from a partial view of the whole. They are not viewed under the 
aspect of the eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that when the material energy is wound up, it again enters into Him. In the m
aterial world, everything is temporary, and everything will eventually be annihilated.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5
ti\'e0 y\'e4nti m\'e4mik\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalpa-k\'f1aye punas t\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalp\'e4dau vis\'e5j
\'e4my aham
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, at the end of the millennium, every material manifestation enters into My nature, and at the beginning o
f another millennium, by My potency I again create." }{\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\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.7}{\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  This body will eventually catch some disease, and there will be some so-called imperfection. You cannot consider that disease or imperfection is not in perfect order. This cosmic manifestation is created by Lord Brahm\'e4, 
maintained by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and annihilated by Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva. There is perfect order here, and
 this annihilation is also perfect. Thus in a larger sense you can also say that when the body grows old, catches some disease, and dies, these events are also in perfect order. From one point of view, we may see birth, old age, disease and death as impe
rfections, but actually they are in perfect order. In order to fulfill the whole plan, there must be some disease, or some destruction. We cannot call this imperfection. The plan of destruction is there from the beginning, and that plan is perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza says that we err because we cannot see the whole.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the mistake is also in perfect order. For instance, it was the plan of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that so many warriors die on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. That was all in perfect order be
cause it was all planned by God. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aktir}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vividhaiva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'fcyate}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub (}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.8}{\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 . The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that the energies of the Lord are multifarious, and just as God is perfect, His energies are also perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Spinoza, evil is due to ignorance, an inability to see reality in its entirety, which is all good because it is God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, evil is due to ignorance. That is a fact. In a higher sense, there is no evil. Ignorance may be considered the cause of evil. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ethics}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Spinoza writes: "Properly speaking, God loves no one and hates no one; for God is not affected with any emotion of joy or sorrow, and consequently, He neither loves nor hates anyone." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and therefore He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Being complete in Himself, He doesn't require anything from anyone. However,. He states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7n\'e4
mi prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, a fruit, or water, I will accept 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\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.26)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not for God's benefit that He accepts the offering of His devotee; rather, it is for the devotee's benefit to offer something out of love so that his love for God will develop. If we are decorated, our 
reflection in the mirror is automatically decorated. If we are God's reflections, we also become decorated if God is decorated. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When K\'e5\'f1\'eba destroys demons, does He do so without passion or hatred?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. He kills demons for their benefit. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza writes: "No sorrow can exist with the accompanying idea of God. No one can hate God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By nature, God is always full of pleasure. He is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cid}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is the very source of pleasure. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba danc
es with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He appears very pleasing, and when He kills a demon, He appears very 
pleasing also. It is not that He is morose when He destroys a demon. He knows that He is not killing the demon, but awarding him salvation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the contention that no one can hate God? What of Ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa and others?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hatred of God is demoniac. Naturally, the living entity is in love with God, and he certainly should love God, but when he is in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he considers himself separate from God. Instead of loving Him, he begins to consider God a competitor and hindrance to sense gratification.
 It is then that he thinks of avoiding God, or killing Him. The living entity then thinks, "I will become an absolute sense gratifier." In this way, he becomes demoniac.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spinoza defines the supreme virtue to be understanding God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4s
udurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 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 very rare.}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless we come to that point, our knowledge is necessarily imperfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spinoza's idea of understanding God is understanding nature. This is because he believes that God reveals Himse
lf in nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, just as in order to understand the sun, we have to understand the sunshine. If we study nature, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv
a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akti}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we can get some idea of God. Those who are just beginning to understand God are nature worshippers. They cannot go directly to God. The study of nature is the first stage o
f understanding God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza stresses the importance of the intellect, which allows a man to understand the laws of his own personal
ity and thereby control his emotions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by the emotions? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acting emotionally means acting instinctively by one's senses without intelligent consideration.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A madman acts according to his emotions. But what is the source of these emotions? Unless there are emotions in the whole substance, how can emotions exist? There must be emotions in the
 whole. The substance is the origin, and therefore emotion is a category. Unless emotions are already there in the substance, how can they be manifest? How can you neglect your emotions? If emotions exist in the substance, they have some purpose. Why is 
he trying to negate his emotions? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He thinks that emotions will only lead one to error. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whatever the case, emotions are concomitant factors in the substance. Every madman also has a mind just as a sane man, but the sane man does not commit mistakes because his mind is in or
der. Similarly, when emotions are not in order, they lead to trouble, but when emotions are in order, they serve a purpose and are proper. Spinoza does not know this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He claims that the intelligence can direct the emotions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Love of God is an emotion. One may cry in the perfectional stage of devotional service. When Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu threw Himself into the ocean, that was an emotional act, but that was 
also a perfect act. According to his emotions, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was considering one moment to be like a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , like forty-three million years. This was because He was feeling separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we feel separation from Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our emotions are in perfect order. That is the perfection of life. However, wh
en the emotions are misused, that is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza believes that by nourishing our intelligence, we can will things accordingly. First of all, our will sh
ould be subordinate to our intelligence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is already subordinate to our intelligence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in a madman, is it not reversed? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A madman actually loses his intelligence. He thinks wildly. This is due to derangement, to a loss of intell
igence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: Spinoza says that God'
s intelligence controls His will. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a different thing. In God, there is no such distinction. There is no distinction between God's body, soul, mind, and intelligence. In Him, everything is absolute. You cannot say 
that this is God's intelligence, or that this is God's mind. If you make these distinctions, how can you say that God is absolute? In the relative material world, there are such distinctions. We say that this is the intelligence, this is the mind, this i
s the soul, and so on, but in the spiritual world, there are no such distinctions. Everything is spirit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Spinoza, nature and God are one, and the moral and the natural are the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sexual desire is a part of nature. Why is it sometimes called immoral?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is immoral when it is unnatural. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then we must distinguish between what is natural and unnatural. Whatever is done in God's service is natural and moral, and whatever is not done in His service is unnatural and immoral. 
Everything in nature is for the satisfaction of God. God has created this flower, and this flower should therefore be employed in God's service. That is moral. As soon as you take this flower for your own sense enjoyment, that is immoral.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza states that man should act for his own self-preservation because this is a natural law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All preservation depends on God; therefore self-preservation means surrendering to God. A child can preserve himself by surrendering to his parents' will, but if he acts independently, h
e may be in trouble. If we do not surrender to God, there is no question of preservation. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-karm\'e4\'eby api sad\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kurv
\'e4\'ebo mad-vyap\'e4\'e7raya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-pras\'e4d\'e4d av\'e4pnoti\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4\'e7}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vata\'e0 padam avyayam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 Though engaged in all kinds of activities, My de
votee, under My protection, reaches the eternal and imperishable abode by My grace.}{\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 (}{\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  18.56)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Ar
juna to surrender unto Him. "I will give you all protection." Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can not protect ourselves. When Lord R\'e4macandra wanted to kill R\'e4va\'eba, no one could preserve him, not even Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva or Goddess Durg\'e4. Although there was a huge arrangement for the slaughter of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, no one could kill them be
cause they were protected by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Self-preservation means taking shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and depending on Him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4khe k\'e5\'f1\'eba m\'e4reke m\'e4re k\'e5
\'f1\'eba r}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kheke}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . "If K\'e5\'f1\'eba protects one, who can kill him? And if K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to kill one, who can protect him?" Just surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you will never be destroyed. That is self-preservation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna: }
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\cs3755\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." }{\b0\i0\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  9.31)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza believes that the more we understand reality, the more we understand God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is because God is reality, and forgetfulness of God is illusion. Illusion is also God, but in illusion we forget God; therefore it is not real. Sunshine and darkness are both realit
y because they exist side by side. Wherever there is light, there is also shadow. How can we say that the shadow is not reality? It is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but because }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attacks the individu
al soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is forgotten. In that sense, illusion or the unreal is also reality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in illusion we forget the reality, the light. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. But this is so-called illusion. It is darkness, the atmosphere in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba is forgotten. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the shadow of darkness, yet even if we come under the shadow of darkness, reality remains. That atmosphere of the unreal is existing side by side 
with the real. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states, "}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is Mine." }{\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 9.10}{\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  It is created by God; therefore how ca
n it be unreal? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is reality, and everything dovetailed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is reality. Therefore }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the unreal, is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, when we are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are situated in reality. This material world is called the unreal, but if we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, there is nothing unreal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because there is no forgetfulness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. As long as you are engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is nothing unreal for you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spinoza also believed that man, by subordinating his spirit to natural necessity, finds perfect peace. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that natural necessity means surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supersoul, and naturally if I surrender unto Him, I will find perfect peace.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam eva \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 gaccha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva
-bh\'e4vena bh\'e4rata\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-pras\'e4d\'e4t par\'e4\'e0\'e7\'e4nti\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sth\'e4na\'e0
 pr\'e4psyasi \'e7\'e4\'e7vatam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa360\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him utterly. By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and ete
rnal abode." }{\b0\i0\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 18.62}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Gottfried von Leibnitz (1646-1716)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Gottfried von Leibnitz (1646-1716)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz was a German mathematician and philosopher who maintained that in the universe, every act has a purpos
e, and the purpose of the universe is to realize the goal set forth by God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, actually the goal is to reach God. The ignorant do not know this. Instead, they are hoping for something that can never be realized. This is the version of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4 ye bahir-artha-m\'e4nina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub andh\'e4 yath\'e4ndhair upan\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te 'p\'e9\'e7a-tantry\'e4m uru-d\'e4mni baddh\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their
 leader or guru a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and to engage in the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. As blind men guided by another blind man miss the right 
path and fall into a ditch, materially attached men led by another materially attached man are bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life, suffering the threefold mis
eries." }{\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 7.5.31}{\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  Throughout
 history, people have been trying to adjust situations by manipulating the material, external energy, but they do not know that they are bound fast by the laws of material nature. No one can violate the laws of nature. As Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu explained
:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba bhuli' sei j\'e9va an\'e4di-bahirmukha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva m\'e4y\'e4 t\'e4re deya sa\'e0s\'e4ra-du\'f9kha
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore t
he illusory energy (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence." }{\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,}{\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 Madh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  20.117}{\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  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the illusory energy, ties the living entity by his neck, just as one ties a dog. The dog thinks, "I am very happy and free. My master is controlling me." In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , it is also stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g
u\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kar
t\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence 
of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.}{\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 (}{\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  3.27)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , material nature, is controlling the living entity by h
er different modes, but in ignorance the living entity is thinking, "I am inventing, I am acting, I am progressing." This is called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion. No one can progress or improve without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.The living entities have come into this material world because they wanted to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore they have been gi
ven a chance to engage in so-called enjoyment. At the same time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He has given them the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the right directions. He says, "All right, if you want to enjoy, enjoy in this way so that one day you may come back to Me." If a child insists on acting improperly, the father may be very careful in giving him what 
he wants, and at the same time directing him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two kinds of activities. One is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav
\'e5tti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by which we become very much attached to the material world. By the other type of activity, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub niv\'e5tti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we become detached. Both activities are mentioned in the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . However, there is a plan. Because the living entities have forgotten or disobeyed K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are trying to enjoy life by imitating Him, they are placed into this ma
terial world. Under the supervision of the superintendent of this material world, Durg\'e4, these living entities can return home, back to Godhead. That is the plan, and there is really no other. Every one of us has to go back home, back to Godhead. If w
e do so immediately and voluntarily, we save time; otherwise we waste time. We have to come to this point. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janman\'e4m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ante}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . After struggling for many births, the wise man surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The final point is surrender, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives the living entity trouble in many different ways so that he will eventually come to this point. When he becomes frustrated in his attempts at sense gratification, it should b
e understood that he is receiving special favor. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba is anxious to reform the living entity, He bestows His mercy by first of all taking away all his money. This is a special favor. The living entity always wants to delay, but by special 
favor K\'e5\'f1\'eba draws the living entity to Him by force. This is explained in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The living entity wants K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, but at the same time he wants to enjoy the material world. This is inconsistent, because desiring God means rejecting the material world. Sometimes the living entity is caught between
 these two desires, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees this, He places him in a hopeless condition. He takes away all his money, and then the living entity sees that all his so-called relatives and friends turn from him, saying, "Oh, this man is useless. He ha
s no money." In this hopeless condition, the living entity surrenders 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\nosupersub All beings are trying to be happy in this material world, but it is nature's plan to give them trouble. In other words, every att
empt at happiness will be frustrated so that eventually the living entity will turn to }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the plan: to bring the living entity back home, back to Godhe
ad. This plan does not apply to just a few living entities. It is not that some will remain here and others will go back to Godhead. No, the whole plan is that everyone must come back to Godhead. Some living entities are very obstinate, just like bad boy
s. The father says, "Come on," but the boy says, "No, I'll not go." It is then the father's business to drag him. At the end of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-guhyatama\'e0 bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5
\'eb}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub u me parama\'e0 vaca\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i\'f1\'f6o 'si me d\'e5\'f2ham iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tato vak\'f1y\'e4mi te hitam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaki
ng to you the most confidential part of knowledge. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit.}{\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 (}{\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  18.64}{\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  Then He says, "Surrender unto Me, and I will give you all protection." }{\b0\i0\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)}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed Arjuna in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and other yogas, but His final instruction was to surrender
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz agrees that the mechanics of nature serve to fulfill God's purposes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that's it. All the laws of nature are working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 This material nature is working under My directi
on, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.}{\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 (}{\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  }{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material nature is the goddess Durg\'e4. It is she who is the superintendent of the fort. Material nature is like a fort which no one can leave. Durg\'e4 is the confidential maidservant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but she has a very thankless
 task of punishing the demoniac living entities, who are thinking, "I will worship my mother Durg\'e4," not knowing that her engagement is punishment. She is not an ordinary mother. She gives the demonic living entity whatever he wants. "Give me money. G
ive me a good wife. Give me reputation. Give me strength." Goddess Durg\'e4 says, "All right, take these things, but at the same time you will be frustrated with them." On the one hand, the living entity is given whatever he wants, and on the other there
 is frustration and punishment. This is nature's law, and nature is functioning under the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The living entity in the material world has revolted against K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He wants to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become the enjoy
er; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives him all the resources of material enjoyment, but at the same time He punishes him. The goddess Durg\'e4 is so powerful that she can create, maintain, and dissolve, but she is working just like a shadow. A shadow does no
t move independently. The movement is coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A fool thinks that material nature is there for his enjoyment. This is the materialistic view. When he sees a flower, he thinks, "Nature has produced this flower for me. Everything is for 
me." In the Bible, it is stated that animals are placed under the dominion or protection of men, but men mistakenly think, "They are given to us to kill and eat." If I entrust you to someone, is it proper that he eat you? What kind of intelligence is thi
s? This is all due to a lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz believed that truth could be represented by an exact, mathematical science of symbols, which could for
m a universal language, a linguistic calculus. He believed in a rational world and an empirical world, and that each stood opposed to the other. He felt that each had its own truth, which applied to itself, and that each had to be understood according to
 its own logic. Thus for Leibnitz, there are two kinds of truth. One is the truth of reason, which is a priori. This is innate knowledge which we have prior to and independent of our experience in the material world. The other truth is a posteriori, whic
h is knowledge acquired from experience. This is accidental knowledge in the sense that it is not necessary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The real truth is that God has a plan, and one has to be taught that plan by one who knows it. This is explained in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eb\'e4di-\'e7uddha-citte karaye udaya
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally established in the hearts of living entities. It is not something to be gained fr
om another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, the living entity naturally awakens." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madh. 22.107}{\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  The truth is there, but we have forgotten it. Through the process of chanting and hearing, we can revive the truth, which is that we are eternal s
ervants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The living entity is good by nature because he is part and parcel of the supreme good, but due to material association, he has become conditioned. Now we have to again draw forth this goodness through the process of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As an innate, or a priori truth, Leibnitz gives the example of a triangle: three angles of a triangle must alwa
ys equal two right angles. This is a truth of reason which is necessarily permanent. The other type of truth is gathered by experience and is called accidental, or unnecessary. For example, we see that snow is white, but it is also possible that snow may
 be red.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is also experienced that the three angles of a triangle must always equal two right angles.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But this truth exists independently.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that? Not everyone knows how a triangle is formed. Only when you study geometry do you understand. You cannot ask any child or any man who has no knowledge of geometry.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether the man knows it or not, this truth exists.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But truth by definition exists. It is not this truth or that truth. You may know it or not, but truth exists. So why is he using this particular example?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because there is also another kind of truth, which may say that snow is white, but that truth is not absolute b
ecause snow could conceivably be red. However, a triangle must always have certain innate properties. That is a necessary truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any mathematical calculation is like that. Why use this example? Two plus two equals four. That is always the truth according to mathematical principles.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz was trying to prove that there are certain truths that we cannot deny, that exist independent of our k
nowledge, and that are fundamental. There are other truths, like snow is white, which may or may not be true because our senses deceive us. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is due to our defective senses. It is a fact that snow is white. Now why should it be red? In any case, we have no experience of red snow. Pure snow is white by nature. It may a
ssume another color due to contact with something else, but actually it is white. It is an innate truth that the three angles of a triangle must always equal two right angles, and it is also an innate truth that snow is white, that water is liquid, that 
stone is hard, and that sugar is sweet. These are fundamental truths that cannot be changed. Similarly, the living entity is the eternal servant of God, and that is his natural position. Water may become hard due to temperature changes, but as soon as th
e temperature rises, the water again turns into a liquid. Thus the liquidity of water is the truth, the constitutional position of water, because water by definition is a liquid. Similarly, the whiteness of snow is truth, and the servitude of the living 
entity is truth. In the conditional world, the living entity serves }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and that is not t
ruth. We cannot consider that there are two types of truth. Truth is one. What we take to be not truth is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There cannot be two truths. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has no existence, but it app
ears to be true or factual due to our imperfect senses. A shadow has no existence, but it resembles whatever projects it. In the mirror, you may see your face in exactly the same way that it exists, but that is not truth. The truth is one, and there cann
ot be two. What is taken for truth at the present moment is called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz says that innate truths are governed by the principle of contradiction. That is, the opposite of the t
ruth is impossible to conceive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The opposite is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For instance, it is impossible to conceive that the three angles of a triangle cannot equal two right angles. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My point is that there are not two types of truth. When you think that there are, you are mistaken. When you think that two plus two equals five, you are mistaken. Two plus two is always
 four, and that is the truth. Similarly, snow is always white, and when you think that snow is red, it is the same as thinking that two plus two equals five. It is an untruth. You cannot say that the whiteness of snow is another type of truth. You may ma
ke a mistake by thinking snow to be red, but this mistake cannot invalidate the truth that snow is white or that water is liquid. There is one truth, and any other truth is but a shadow. It is not true. Our language must be exact. You can see your face i
n the mirror as exactly the same, but it is a shadow only; therefore it is not truth. You cannot say that the reflection of your face in the mirror is another type of truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz would call this type of truth conditional truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That conditional truth is not the truth. For instance, the living entity is trying to become master of the material world. He thinks, "I am monarch of all I survey." That is not the trut
h. The truth is that he is the eternal servant of God. You cannot say that because he is trying to imitate God that he is God. There cannot be a second God. God is one, and that is the Absolute Truth. Our point is that we do not accept the proposition th
at truth is two. There are relative truths, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the substance, and everything is emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. Water is one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies, but that energy 
is not the Absolute Truth. Water is always a liquid, but that is relative truth. Absolute Truth is one. Leibnitz should more precisely say that there is Absolute Truth and relative truth, not that there are two types of truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Leibnitz's law of continuity, everything in nature goes by steps and not leaps. In other words, th
ere are no gaps in nature. Everything is connected, and there is gradual differentiation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, there are two processes: gradual and immediate. Of course, in one sense everything is gradual, but if the gradual process takes place quickly, it appears immediate. For instance, if 
you want to go to the top of the building, you can go step by step, and that is gradual. But you may also take an elevator, which may take just a second. The process of elevation is the same, but one takes place very quickly, and the other is gradual. Fo
olish people say that a flower is created by nature, but in fact the flower is growing due to the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His energy is so perfect that He doesn't have to take a brush and canvas and try to paint a flower like an artist. The flower appe
ars and grows automatically. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful that whatever He desires immediately happens. This process is very quick, and it appears to be magical. Still, the process is there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz sees in nature a combination of forces or activities at work. According to the law of motion, there is
 an uninterrupted series of regularly progressive changes in a body as it moves. If a ball rolls along the floor, it goes progressively, without gaps or sudden changes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I explained that. The complete motion is part of the same process. However, the ball has no power to move of itself. If you push it in one way, it will roll slowly, and if you push it in
 another way, it will roll quickly. All these wonderful processes are happening in material nature due to the will of the Supreme. The process takes place automatically, but it is initially pushed by God, who created this material nature. In the beginnin
g, material nature was unmanifest. Gradually, the three qualities or modes came into being, and by the interaction of the modes, many manifestations arose. First there was space, then sky, then sound, one after another. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's push is so perfec
t that everything comes into being automatically in perfect order. Foolish people think that everything comes about automatically without an initial push, without a background. Therefore they think there is no God. This cosmic manifestation has not come 
about automatically. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the creator, and He gives nature its original purpose. A potter may make a clay pot on a wheel, but the wheel is not the original cause of the pot. It is the potter who gives force to the wheel. Foolish people think
 that the wheel moves automatically, but behind the wheel's movement there is the potter who gives it force. There is no question of nature creating independently. Everything results from God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as you speak of a process, you imply that everything is linked together, that one event follows another. That is nature's w
ay. The first creation is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the sum total of material energy. Then there is an interaction of the three }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , qualities, and then there is mind, ego, and intelligence. In this way, creation takes place. This is explained in the Second Canto of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Supreme Lord impregnates matter, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by glancing at her. In the material world, one has to impregnate by the sexual process, but in the }{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba impregnated the total material energy simply by His glan
ce. This is due to His omnipotence. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba throws His glance toward material nature, material nature is immediately activated, and events begin to happen. So the original cause of the creation is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance. Materialists cannot 
understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba can set material nature into motion just by glancing at it, but that is due to their material conception. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz says that space and time are mere appearances and that the ultimate reality is different.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate reality is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'ebam}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the cause of all causes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz calls the ultimate entities monads. The word "monad" means "unity," or, "oneness." He says that the st
uff out of which even atoms are made are all monads, the ultimate particles. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That small particle is not final. Within that particle there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stha}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cay\'e4ntara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
stham}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
rahma-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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz says that these monads are individual, conscious, active, and alive, and that they range in quality fr
om the lowest type (matter) through the higher types, such as souls, to the highest, which is God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does he state that within the atom there is the soul? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His theory is that even the atoms are composed of these monads, which possess activity, consciousness, individu
ality, and other inherent qualities. The monad is the force or activity that constitutes the essence of a substance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We understand from }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the atom. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is the substance, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is smaller than the smallest, and is within everything. That is His all-pervasive nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then how are the individualities accounted for? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every individual soul is awarded a portion of independence because each is part and parcel of God. Thus he has the quality of independence, but in minute quantity. That is his individuali
ty. We consider the atom to be the smallest particle of matter, but we say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the force within the atom. Leibnitz is suggesting that some force or power exists, but we are directly saying that the force or power is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he says that the force or power in each atom is individual, separate, different.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. By His omnipotence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can expand Himself in innumerable forms. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Advaitam}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyutam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4dim}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an
anta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'fcpam}{\cs3755\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\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 5.33}{\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 . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means unlimited, and it is clearly said }{
\cs3755\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 \'eb\'f2\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ntara}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : He 
is within the atom. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is he within each atom as an individual entity different from every other entity?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, He is individual. There are varieties of atoms, and sometimes they are combined together. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is each K\'e5\'f1\'eba different? How is it He is an individual in each of the atoms?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is He not an individual? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always an individual. He is always a person, the Supreme Person, and He can expand Himself innumerably. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And is Param\'e4tm\'e4 a person? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, every expansion is a person. We are all atomic expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we are all individual persons. Param\'e4tm\'e4 is another expansion, but that is a different kind of 
expansion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the individual soul, also a person? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If he were not a person, then how would you account for the differences? We are all different persons. You may agree with my opinion or not, but in any case you are an individual. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is also an individual. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are innumerable ind
ividual souls, but He is the supreme individual person. Now Leibnitz may say that within the atom there is a monad, or whatever\'97you could call it by any name you want\'97but within the atom the force is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz maintains that the lowest type of monad is found within material atoms, and then they progress to high
er monads, which are souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Directly we say K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is automatically spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that each monad has an inner or mental activity, a spiritual life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as we say K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we include everything. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So even within material atoms, there is a spiritual life, a spiritual force?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, force means spiritual force.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that all bodies are ultimate quantums of force, and that the essential nature of all bodies is force.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that force is the spiritual soul. Without the spirit soul, the body has no force. It is a dead body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But even within the dead body there are forces. There is the force of decomposition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the atom, and the body is a combination of so many atoms; therefore the force for creating other living entities is also there even in the process of decompositi
on. When the individual soul's force is stopped within a particular body, we call that body a dead body. Still, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's force is there because the body is a combination of atoms.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that what is manifested to our senses, what occupies space and exists in time, is only an effect of the
 basic nature, which is transcendental to the physical nature. Physical nature is just an effect of a higher nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Physical nature is a by-product. As I have explained, according to your desire, you receive or create a body. Physical nature is subservient to the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Leibnitz, these monads create bodies. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, at the time of death, you think in a certain way, and your next body is created. Therefore you create your next body according to your }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But does the monad of a hydrogen molecule, for instance, create its own body? Does it only accidentally become 
part of a water molecule?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nothing is accidental.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then does it also desire to become a water molecule? Does the hydrogen desire to combine with oxygen and become
 water? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. The ultimate desire is of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If you take it in that way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within every atom, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants whatever is to be. Therefore He wills th
at these two elements become one, and therefore the molecules combine to create water, or whatever. Thus there is a creation, and again there is another creation, and so on. In any case, the ultimate brain governing all creation is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But does the hydrogen molecule have an independent desire?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the atoms, they combine. It is not that the atoms as matter are individually willing to combine; rather, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the atoms, 
He knows that by certain combinations, certain creations will result.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But does the individual soul have a little independence to choose?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states that when the individual soul wants to act, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the orders. Man proposes, 
and God disposes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So we have no free will?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not without the sanction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without Him, we cannot do anything. Therefore He is the ultimate cause. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But I thought you have been saying that we have a little independence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have the independence in the sense that we may deny or affirm, but unless K\'e5\'f1\'eba sanctions, we cannot do anything. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we desire something, we take a body because of that desire. Now, can a hydrogen molecule desire to become a 
part of water and be given a body accordingly? Does it have the independence to desire something?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as we understand from the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cay\'e4ntara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stham}{\cs3755\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\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\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is wit
hin the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not stated that the soul is within the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the individual soul is not present within the atom?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then Leibnitz's view does not accord with the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this because he states that in matter there is also this kind of individuality?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That individuality is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As I have stated, K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows that a certain element will be formed when so many atoms combine. It is not the individual soul enacting t
his, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself directly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when we refer to the living entities, the individual soul is also there?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the individual soul is within the body. Both are present within the body: K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the individual soul. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Leibnitz, substance is defined as being capable of action.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Substance is original, and extensions are categories. Since substance is the original cause, He is completely able to act. To be means to act. Without activity, what is the meaning of ex
istence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz states that the monads change in their appearance because their inner desire compels them to pass from
 one phenomenal representation to another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The monad does not change, but the mind changes. At any rate, I do not know what Leibnitz means by monads. He is simply complicating matters.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By definition, the monad is a small unit, a unity, which is the substance behind everything, even the atom. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fully independent. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet Leibnitz says that a monad changes his appearance according to his desires.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the case for the individual souls, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like that. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He does not change. It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba who creates the entire cosmic energy. By His plan and devices, so many creations are divided into different parts, and they change
. Material objects change according to the will of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These individual monads are more precisely the Supersoul existing within matter, within the atom.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz would say that each particle of Supersoul, or each monad, is self-contained, that there is no loss or 
gain of force. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, each is eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the relationship between the soul and body, Leibnitz writes: "Insofar as the soul has perfection and distin
ct thoughts, God has accomodated the body to the soul, and has arranged beforehand that the body is impelled to execute its orders."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  that the body is like a machine. Because the soul wants to walk or move in a certain way, he is given this instrument. The soul has particular desires, and God gratifies these desires through His material agent, a particular type of body. Th
erefore there are birds flying, fish swimming, animals hunting in forests, men in cities, and so on. According to }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there are 8,400,000 different bodies created t
o gratify the desires of the soul. Thus the machine of the body is supplied by nature under the orders of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Leibnitz, in that the soul is perfect, it controls the body. However, "insofar as the soul is imperfect and its pe
rceptions are confused, God has accomodated the soul to the body, in such a sort that the soul is swayed by the passions arising out of corporeal representations." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that the soul in the material world is influenced by the three modes of ma
terial nature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tad asti p\'e5thivy\'e4\'e0 v\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
divi deve\'f1u v\'e4 puna\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva\'e0 prak\'e5ti-jair mukta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad ebhi\'f9 sy
\'e4t tribhir gu\'ebai\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 There is no being existing, either here or among
 the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from the three modes of material nature.}{\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 (}{\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 . 18.40)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 He receives a particular type of body according to his position in respect to the modes. If his appetite is insatiable and his eating indiscriminate, he receives the body of a pig. If he wants to kill and eat bloody meat, he gets the body of a tiger. If
 he wants to eat K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he is given the body of a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Thus we receive different types of bodies according to our desires. People attempt to gratify
 their desires because they think that by doing so they will be happy. Unfortunately, people do not know that they will be happy only by completely abiding by the orders of God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes personally to request the living entity to abandon his 
material desires and act according to God's orders. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Monadology}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Leibnitz writes: "The soul changes its body only gradually and by degrees, so that it is never deprived of all its organs at once. There is often a metamorphosis in animals, but never metem
psychosis or transmigration of souls." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is his understanding of the soul? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He believes that it is not possible for souls to be entirely separate from bodies. For living entities, a body must al
ways accompany the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Vedic understanding, the body changes, but the soul remains eternal. Even in one lifetime we can see that our material body is changing from childhood to youth to old age, y
et the soul remains the same. When the body dies, the soul takes on another body. This is the first lesson of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If the soul is distinct from the body, it is nonsensical 
to say that a soul cannot exist without a body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz elaborates on this: "There is, strictly speaking, neither absolute birth nor complete death consisting in the
 separation of the soul from the body. What we call birth is development or growth, and what we call death is envelopment and diminution." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is the process of transmigration. Why does he deny it? The diminution is temporary. The living entity is not dead; he goes on to develop another body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He seems to be saying that as soon as the human soul leaves the body, it must immediately enter another body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the case, but that is the process of transmigration. So why does he deny transmigration?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he denies the existence of the soul apart from some form of material body. He writes: "God alone is wholly witho
ut body." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is, He has no material body. He does not transmigrate. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , fools, consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body to be like that of a human being.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
mama bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over al
l that be." }{\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 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\nosupersub 9.11}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba do
es not change His body as an ordinary living entity does. He is the Supreme Person. Because He does not change His body, He remembers everything in the past. When we receive a body, we do not remember our past lives, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba remembers because 
His body never changes. God is without a body in the sense that He has no material body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to his doctrine of preestablished harmony, Leibnitz likens the soul and the body to two perfectly syn
chronized clocks, both going at the same speed but both separate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, the soul is different from the body, but the body is manifest due to the soul's desire. The body is the instrument of the soul. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does the body ever affect the soul? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul is unaffected by the body, but the body is helping the soul to fulfill its desires. I am using this microphone to serve my purposes, but this microphone is not influencing me. It
 is not that this microphone wills that I dictate this or that. The body is a combination of atoms. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the atoms, the monads of the atoms and the monad in the body are different. If the monad is a small united particle, Leibnitz 
is speaking of the Supersoul. Although the Supersoul appears innumerable, it is in actuality one. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasmin sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ny\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tmaiv\'e4bh\'fcd vij\'e4nata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra ko moha\'f9 ka\'f9 \'e7oka\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekatvam anupa\'e7yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things,
 and there is no illusion or anxiety for him." }{\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}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although we find the Supersoul all-pervasive, th
ere is but one. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'e0 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti
\'f1\'f6hanta\'e0 parame\'e7varam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vina\'e7yatsv avina\'e7yanta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'f9 pa\'e7ya
ti sa pa\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the
 Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees." }{\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 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\nosupersub 13.28}{\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  The devotee always sees all things in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all things. That is the true vision of oneness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz believes that God creates the principle of preestablished harmony, that He sets the two clocks in moti
on and synchronizes them. The body is acting, but the soul is independent. It is not really affected by the body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We also agree to that, but why use the example of clocks? Why not analyze the relationship between the body and the soul? You cannot consider them separately, because they are combined. T
he fallacy of this analogy is that two individual clocks are not combined at any point.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The common point is their synchronization. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But eventually one clock will go faster than the other. You cannot consider the body and soul as completely separate entities working independent of one another. It is stated in the Vedi
c }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  t
hat the soul is the master of the body; therefore you cannot say that the body is working independently. If I tell my body to place this hand here, my hand will move to this spot. It is not that suddenly my hand moves without my desire.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz would say that the act of your desiring and the act of the hand moving are simultaneous but separate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Sanskrit, this argument is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kat}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub l}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ny\'e4ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Once, when a crow flew into a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tree, the fruit on that tree immediately fell to the ground. One observer said that the crow lighted on the tree first, and then the fruit fell, and the other observer said that the fruit fell before the crow could li
ght. This kind of argument has no value. We say that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba so desires, a stone can float on the water, despite the law of gravitation. Although the law of gravitation is working here, there are so many huge planets floating in space. All thes
e laws act according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire. By the law of gravitation, all these planets would have fallen into the causal ocean and hit the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1
\'ebu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the head because He is lying on that ocean. But by His order all these planets are floating in space. Similarly, if God so desires, a rock may fall into the water,
 but the water will not give way. The rock will simply float. Since God is the ultimate monad, this is possible. Whatever God wills will come into effect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz admits that the monads are spiritual in nature and therefore immortal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree to that. Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the living entity are spiritual. Ultimately, everything is spiritual because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is th
e original cause, matter can be changed into spirit, and spirit into matter. Electricity may be used to heat or to cool, but in either case, the original energy is electricity. Similarly, the original cause is K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore He has the power t
o change matter into spirit, or spirit into matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He states that unlike the other monads, God is absolute necessity and eternal truth, and He is governed by the 
law of contradiction. That is to say, it is impossible to conceive of no God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The atheists say that there is no God, although God is there. Unless God is there, where is the idea of God coming from? The atheist refuses to accept God. Similarly, the impersonalists 
refuse to accept a Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unless the idea of personality is there, how can they consider God to be impersonal? All this is due to frustration.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leibnitz pictures a city of God very much like that of Augustine. He writes: "God is the monarch of the most perfect r
epublic composed of all the spirits, and the happiness of this city of God is His principal purpose."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If everyone becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and acts according to the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this hellish world will become the city of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz further writes: "We must not therefore doubt that God so ordained everything that spirits not only shall live
 forever, because this is unavoidable, but that they shall also preserve forever their moral quality, so that His city may never lose a person." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha consciousness. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakto 'k\'f1ara ity uktas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam \'e4h
u\'f9 param\'e4\'e0 gatim\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0 m
ama
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 supreme abode is called unmanifested and in
fallible, and it is the supreme destination. When one goes there, he never comes back. That is My supreme abode.}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  That spiritual sky, or city of God, is well known to Vedic students.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz did not believe that the city of God is divorced from the natural world. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Monadology}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "The assembly of all spirits must compose the city of God, that is, the most perfect state possib
le and of the most perfect of monarchs [God]. This city of God, this truly universal monarchy, is a moral world within the natural world, and the highest and most divine of the works of God." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and we can realize this city immediately if we come to the proper consciousness that this planet does not belong to any particular nation but to God Himself. If people accept this p
rinciple, the entire world will become the city of God. Presently, the United Nations is attempting to settle all the problems of the world, but the leaders themselves have an animalistic mentality. They are thinking, "I am this body, I am American, or I
ndian, or whatever." People must give up these designations and understand their real identity as part and parcel of God. The entire planet belongs to God. We are His sons, and it is possible for us to live peacefully understanding that our Father is sup
plying us everything. If there is scarcity, it is due to improper distribution. If everyone abides by the orders of God, and everything produced is divided among the sons of God, there no question of scarcity. Since people are denying the actual fact tha
t everything belongs to God, and since they are hoarding goods, there is scarcity. If people want to remain in animal consciousness, they will continue to suffer. Once they come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they will realize the city of God, even wit
hin this material world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz also states that the world could have been otherwise if God so desired, but that He chose this particu
lar arrangement as the best possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, God can do as He likes, but this world was not exactly planned by God. It is given to the living entities who want to imitate God. The plan is shaped according to the desires of the
 living entities who want to lord it over material nature. This is not God's plan. This material world is like a prison supported by the government because there are criminals. It is God's plan that all the living entities in the material world give up t
heir striving and return home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But from the standpoint of the ingredients of this world, is this the best possible world?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The spiritual world is the best possible world. This planet earth is not a very good planet; there are many other planets even in the material world thousands of times better. The higher
 you go in the planetary systems, the more comforts and amenities you find. The next planetary system is a thousand times superior to this one, and the planetary system above that is a thousand times superior still. In Brahm\'e4-loka, the highest planet,
 twelve hours of Brahm\'e4's day are beyond our comprehension.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Leibnitz accepts the conditions of this material world as being the best we can hope for, the best of a bad bar
gain. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states that this is a place of misery:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 From the highest planet in the material world do
wn to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again.}{\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 (}{\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  8.16)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This place is meant for suffering. We cannot stay here for very long, even if we agree to stay in such an uncomfortable situation. We have to change our body and go to a higher or lower situ
ation. On the whole, material life is miserable. There is no question of happiness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He also states that because there is more good than evil in this world, the creation of this world is justified
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, there is good and evil according to our angle of vision. A devotee sees this material world as good. In the material world, people are always complaining and are in a distressed co
ndition, but a devotee sees that there is really no distressed condition. Everything is happiness because he lives with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because he dovetails everything with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, including himself, for him there is no misery. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also says that if the world had not been worth creating, God would not have created it. The fact that He created it makes it worth creating.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is stated in the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam idea\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balanc
e." }{\b0\i0\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  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Invocation)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The creator is complete, and the creation is also complete. Nothing incomplete can be crea
ted by the complete. In that sense, everything that is wanted in this world is here. The arrangement is complete.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 VI  BRITISH EMPIRICISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VI  BRITISH EMPIRICISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:John Locke (1632-1704)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub John Locke (1632-1704)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Essay Concerning Human Understandi
ng}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Locke writes: "This argument of universal consent, which is made use of to prove innate principles, seems to me a demonstration that there are none such because there a
re none to which all mankind give a universal consent." That is, it cannot be argued that all people have an innate or inborn idea of God. But do innate ideas have to be universal? Might they not differ from person to person?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Innate ideas depend on the development of our consciousness. Animals have no innate idea of God due to their undeveloped consciousness. In every human society, however, men have some inn
ate idea of a superior power. For instance, even aborigines offer obeisances when they see lightning. The offering of obeisances to something wonderful or powerful is innate in man. The consciousness of offering respects is not developed in animals. When
 we have developed this innate idea to its fullest extent, we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Wouldn't it be better to say that the living entity is born with certain tendencies, which carry over from the previou
s life, and that all he needs is to meet with some stimulus in order for them to be manifest?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. For instance, when an animal is born, it naturally searches for the nipples of its mother. This means that the animal has had experience in a previous life, and therefore knows how 
to find food. Although the animal may not be able to see, it knows how to search for its food by virtue of past experience. This proves the eternal continuity of the soul. Presently, I am living in this room, and if I go away for ten years, then return, 
I can still remember where the bathroom and living room are. This remembrance is due to my having lived here before. In material life, the living entity passes through different species, or forms. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Locke would argue that the idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not innate because it is not universally assented to. Since not e
veryone acknowledges that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, Locke would say that the idea is not inborn in the mind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the material world, different living entities have different ideas. The ideas of a person with developed consciousness are different from those of a person with undeveloped consciousn
ess. If someone is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious shortly after his birth, we are to understand that he has previously contemplated K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\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 \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
labhate paurva-dehikam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatate ca tato bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhau kuru-nandana
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further 
progress in order to achieve complete success." }{\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  6.43)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our culture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is never lost; it grows until it is perfected. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neh\'e4bhikrama-n\'e4\'e7o 'sti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra
tyav\'e4yo na vidyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svalpam apy asya dharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 In this endeavor there is no loss or diminut
ion, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.}{\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 (}{\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 2.40)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  We have the example of Aj\'e4mila, who cultivated K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the beginning of his life, and then fell down and became the greatest debauchee. Yet at the end of his life, he again remembered N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and attained
 salvation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Locke maintains that there are two basic ideas: those which come from sensations, external experience, and thos
e provided by inner reflection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is known as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratyak
\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pram\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . However, we have to go higher. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pratyak\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paro'k\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anum\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apar\'e4jita}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . These are different stages of knowledge. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pratyak\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means direct knowledge, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paro'k
\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is knowledge received from others, and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anum\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , inference, is knowledge acquired after judging direct knowledge and knowledge received from authorities. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adhok\'f1aja}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is knowledge beyond the limits of direct perception. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apar\'e4jita}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is spiritual knowledge. All the stages of knowledge advance toward spiritual knowledge. Direct perception is material.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke states that the mind can reflect only after it has acquired some sense experience. In other words, only a
fter acquiring some knowledge of this world through the senses can we have thoughts and ideas.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but my ideas may not always be true. I may have experience of gold and a mountain, and I may dream of a golden mountain, but a golden mountain does not exist in the external world. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke distinguished between simple ideas and complex ideas. There are four types of simple ideas: those we perc
eive from one sense, such as sound, touch, and so on; those we receive from two or more senses, such as motion or space; those we receive by reflection, such as remembering, reasoning, knowing, and believing; and those we receive from both sensation and 
reflection, ideas of existence, or unity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These all arise out of different material conditions. For instance, how do we experience ether? By sound. We can neither see nor touch ether. As the material condition changes, the sense
 perception also changes. We can sense air and water by touch, fire by form, and fragrance by smell. In the beginning, the living entity has his mind, intelligence, and ego, but presently the mind, intelligence and ego are false, just as this present bod
y is false. The spirit soul has a body, but this body is covered. Similarly, the mind, ego, and intelligence are covered by material conditioning. When they are uncovered, we acquire our pure mind, pure intelligence, and pure identity. Devotional service
 means bringing the soul to his original, pure condition. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, everything is pure: pure mind, pure intelligence, and pure ego. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tat}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paratvena}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirmalam}{\cs3755\b0\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 N\'e4rada-pa
\'efcar\'e4tra}{\cs2873\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 . Everything is purified when it is connected with the supreme spirit. 
When we are purified, we have nothing to do with the material mind, body, intelligence, or ego. We are purely spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke is trying to find a basis for knowledge beginning with sense perception. He states that the mind receives
 knowledge from the senses and is able to reflect on this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree that the mind receives knowledge through the senses. Then there is thinking, feeling, and willing. There is also judgment and work. We receive many impressions and then pla
n something. We think and feel, and then we put the plan into action. That action is the process of work.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke states that these simple ideas combine to form complex or abstract ideas like the conception of God. This
 is an enlargement upon the simple ideas of existence, knowledge, time, power, and so on. We combine these to make a complex idea like the idea of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is not a complex idea but a perfect idea. However, God is so great that He is naturally complex to the ordinary man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke states that there are three types of complex ideas: that which depends upon substances like roundness, ha
rdness, and so on; that which is a relation between one idea and another, agreeing or disagreeing with another; and that which is a substance or body subsisting by itself and providing the basis for experience. Because we can know only the quality of a s
ubstance, we cannot know what the substance itself is, nor where it comes from, nor how it is produced. The nature of ultimate reality cannot be known or proved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is a fact that it cannot be known by such mental speculation, but it can be known from a person who knows it. Locke may not know, but someone else may know. Everyone thinks that other
s are like himself. Because he does not know, he thinks that others do not know. But that is not a fact. There may be someone who knows. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9\'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tell us to seek out the person who knows. That is the bona fide guru. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that 
such a guru is one who knows that the ultimate reality is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the most important qualification.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sei guru haya
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whether one is a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub regardless of what he is\'97he can become a spiritual master if he knows the science 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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\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 Madh}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8.128}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke claims that objective reality has primary qualities that are inseparable from the object itself, just as 
the color red is inseparable from a red object.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that which cannot be separated is called dharma. Dharma is the particular characteristic of a particular thing. For every living entity, dharma means rendering service to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the supreme. That is liberation and the perfection of life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some people claim to remember events from their previous lives. How are these reminiscences different from innate idea
s? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  An innate idea is inevitable. The idea that God is great and that I am controlled is innate everywhere, but sometimes out of ignorance, one tries to become God. That is not possible. Tha
t is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and one simply suffers. It is an innate idea with the living entity that he is a
 servant and that God is great.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke further writes: "The knowledge of our own being we have by intuition. The existence of God, reason clearly makes
 known to us. We have a more certain knowledge of the existence of a God than of anything our senses can discover." How is this? If this is the case, how is it that some men have no conception of God? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone has some conception of God, but under the spell of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the living entity tries to cover that conception. How can any sane man deny God's existence? Some superior power must be present to create the vast ocean, land, and sky. No one can avoid some conception of G
od, but one can artificially and foolishly attempt to avoid it. This is called atheism, and this will not endure. One's foolishness will ultimately be exposed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke recommends four tests to know whether knowledge is true, by which we can perceive agreement or disagreement betw
een ideas.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whether we agree or not, truth is truth. There is no question of my agreement or disagreement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We can objectively study something to see if there is agreement or disagreement. It is not that knowledge depen
ds on our subjective opinion. There must be some scientific proof. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our test of truth is Vedic evidence. For instance, it is stated in the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that cow stool is pure. We accept this as true. We cannot reach this conclusion by argument.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke states that God must be a thinking being because matter, which is senseless, could never produce sense ex
perience, perception, and thoughts.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly. By definition, God has full knowledge of everything. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved\'e4ha\'e0 samat\'e9t\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vart
am\'e4n\'e4ni c\'e4rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhavi\'f1y\'e4\'ebi ca bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 tu veda na
 ka\'e7cana
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O Arjuna, 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. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows." }{\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 7.26}{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba also told Arjuna that millions of years ago He instructed the sun god in the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba also points out that Arjuna took birth with Him, but that Arjuna had forgotten. K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything. That is the meaning of omniscience. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke also says that since there are no innate ideas, moral, religious, and political values must be regarded a
s products of experience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We should understand what is the best experience. For instance, we consider Manu to be the authority on political and social affairs. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave 'brav\'e9t}{\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 (}{\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  4.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Manu instructed his son Ik\'f1v
\'e4ku. If this depends on experience, we should accept perfect, unadulterated experience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He states that values must obey the will of God as expressed in natural law, the laws upon which men agree, suc
h as social contracts, and the established traditions, customs, and opinions of mankind. He states that our laws must be obeyed in such a way that we will exist in harmony.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is that harmony? Perfect harmony is in knowing that we are part and parcel of God. In this body, there are different parts, and each part has a particular function. When each pa
rt performs its function, the body is harmonious. The hand is meant for touching, lifting, and grasping, but if the hand says, "I shall walk," there is disharmony. Being part and parcel of God, we have a particular function. If we fulfill that function, 
there is harmony. If we do not, there is disharmony. The law of nature means working in harmony with the desire of God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 This material nature is working under My dir
ection, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Under K\'e5\'f1\'eba
's superintendence, everything is functioning in harmony. Events do not happen blindly. In any organization, there is a supreme authority under whose orders everything moves in harmony. Harmony means that there must be some supreme superintendent. It is 
generally said that obedience is the first law of discipline. There cannot be harmony without obedience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke would say that we have to obey the laws of nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone is obeying the laws of nature. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasy\'e4j\'efay\'e4 bhramati}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.52}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) states that the sun is moving in its orbit fixed by the law of Govinda. The ocean has certain limitations f
ixed by the Supreme. All nature is functioning according to the law of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke believes that we must also obey the laws upon which we agree, that is, the social contract.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the law: we must surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we agree to the laws of the Supreme, that is religion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Men agree socially not to steal one another's property, or to kill one another. Shouldn't we obey these laws of
 man? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Men's laws are imitations of God's laws. God's law states: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4syam ida\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord." }{\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 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad 1}{\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  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every living entity is the son of God, and he has the right to live at the cost of God. Everyone is eating food supplied by God. The animals are e
ating their food. The cow is eating grass, but why should we kill the cow? This is against God's law. We have rice, grains, fruits, vegetables, and so on. These are for us. Tigers do not come to eat our fruits or grains, so why should we kill tigers? A t
iger is not encroaching upon our rights. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Locke argues on behalf of private property given to man by God. He believes that a man may have stewardship over a cer
tain amount of property. Is this in compliance with the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1adic version? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tena tyaktena}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, whi
ch are set aside as his quota." }{\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 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad 1}{\cs2873\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  Everything belongs to God. A father may have many sons and be the ultimate proprietor of his house, yet he give
s different rooms to his sons. The obedient son is satisfied with what his father has alloted him. The disobedient son simply wants to disturb his other brothers, and so he claims their rooms. This creates chaos and confusion in the world. The United Nat
ions has been formed to unify nations, but they have not succeeded. People continue to encroach on one another's property, and therefore there is no peace. If we accept God as the supreme proprietor, and are satisfied with the allotment He has given us, 
there will be no trouble. Unfortunately, we are not satisfied. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Locke's utilitarian ethic, happiness is the greatest good, and obedience to the moral law results 
in happiness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the difficulty is that here in this material world, happiness is temporary. And even if we follow moral laws, other people will give us trouble. There are people who don't care wheth
er you are moral or immoral. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confirms that this is not a place of happiness. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Du\'f9kh\'e4laya
m a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "This temporary world is full of miseries." }{\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.15)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore we have to find where real happiness exists. That is the spiritual world. Happiness here is only another illusion. It is not possible. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says that this is a place of m
isery, how can we find happiness here? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of real happiness:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukham \'e4tyantika\'e0 yat tad\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bud
dhi-gr\'e4hyam at\'e9ndriyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vetti yatra na caiv\'e4ya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sthita\'e7 calati tattv
ata\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 In that joyous state, one is situated in bou
ndless 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.}{\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 (}{\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  6.21)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Real happiness is beyond the senses. It is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at\'e9ndriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In other words, we have to purify our senses in order to attain it. This is also confirmed by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5\'f1}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhadeva:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ka\'f1\'f6\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4n arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapo divya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should
 not work hard day and night for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one's heart is purified, and
 when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever." }{\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 5.5.1}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Presently, our exist
ence is impure. If a man is suffering from jaundice, he tastes sweet things as bitter. In order to taste real happiness, we have to purify our senses. Materialists think that as soon as they have sexual intercourse, they will be happy, but that is not re
al happiness. We cannot even enjoy that happiness. The conclusion is that we should not seek happiness like cats, dogs, and hogs, but as human beings. This means }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , purification of the senses. First we must be cured of this material disease, then we can taste real happiness in our healthy life. A sane man knows that he is spirit soul c
overed by a material coating. So let this coating be washed away by devotional service. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paratvena}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
nirmalam}{\cs3755\b0\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 N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\cs2873\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 . When we engage in devotional service, we remove the false coating, and our real senses emerge. We enjoy those real senses by serving K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Locke also says that all men are born free and equal in the state of nature and that they have formed a social 
contract; therefore the government must be based on and subject to the mutual consent of all the citizens.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That agreement can be reached when everyone is situated on the spiritual platform. On the material platform, people are subject to the three modes of material nature: goodness, passion, 
and ignorance. How can the vote of a God conscious man and the vote of a drunkard be equal? Equality is not possible unless everyone comes to the spiritual platform.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it true that all men are born free and equal? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. If we are not free, how can we commit sin? Committing sin means that we have the freedom to commit sins. And equality means that we all have small independence. We a
re equal in the sense that we can properly utilize or misuse our independence. Because we all have independence, we are equal. If we misuse it, we go downward, and if we use it properly, we go upward. In the use of our independence, we have equal rights.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:George Berkeley (1685-1753)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub George Berkeley (1685-1753)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley seems to argue against objective reality. For instance, three men standing in a field looking at a tree could
 all have different impressions or ideas of the tree. The problem is that although there are three different impressions of the tree, there is no tree as such. Now, how does the tree as such exist? In the mind of God? Is it possible for a conditioned liv
ing entity to perceive the suchness or essence of anything?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since everything is God, or an expansion of God's energy, how can a tree or anything else exist independent of God? A clay pot is not different from earth. Since there is nothing but God
's energy, how can we avoid God? Since nothing can exist independent of God, whatever we see must refer to God. As soon as we see a clay pot, we remember the potter. God is not only the original creator; He is the ingredient, the category, and the origin
al substance as well. According to the Vedic conception, God is everything. That is a nondual conception. If you separate anything from God, you cannot say, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e0 khalv 
ida}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  brahma}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3.14.1}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). "Everything is Brahman." Everything refers to God, and everything is God's property; therefore whatever exists should be utilized for God's service, and that is the object of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley maintained that nothing exists outside perception. Matter is simply perceived. For instance, this tabl
e is only an immaterial substance which enters my mind. It is not made of matter. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what is your mind? Is the mind also immaterial? This is the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nyav\'e4d\'e9 position. They believe that everything is zero. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley says that everything is spiritual, not zero. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The spiritual is not an idea but a fact. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nyav\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand how spirit has form. They have no idea of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , our spiritual form of bliss. They really have no ide
a of spiritual existence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley says that everything has form, but that it is not made of matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nice. Everything has form. It is not necessary that the form be material. We say that God has a spi
ritual form. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Berkeley goes so far as to say that everything is made of spirit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, in the higher sense, everything is spirit. We always say that materialism means forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as we dovetail everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nothing is mate
rial but spiritual. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley uses the example of a book on a table. The only way the book exists is through the idea or sense impre
ssion in the mind. It doesn't enter the mind as matter but as spirit, something immaterial.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If it is not matter, it is spirit. If everything is spirit, why distinguish between the idea of the book and the book? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, for him there is no difference. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he explains that the book is not material. If everything is spiritual, the idea is spiritual as well 'as the book. Why make the distinction? }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub khalv}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub idam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3.14.1}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). If everything is Brahman, why make these distinctions between the idea of the book an
d the book? Why is he trying so hard to attempt to explain?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also states that God creates all objects. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that's right, and because God creates all objects, there is no object that is not true. We cannot say that something false comes from something true. If God is truth, then whatever 
emanates from God is also truth. It is M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy to say that everything that we are seeing is false. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma satya\'e0jagan mithy\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he says it is real because God perceives it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If it is real, and my idea of it is real, then everything is real. Why make these distinctions? Our philosophy is that there cannot be these distinctions. If the world emanates from God,
 can it be false? If everything is spiritual, why does he make the distinction in saying that it is not matter, that it is something else? As soon as we bring up the subject of matter, we imply that matter is something separately existing. In other words
, there is duality. As soon as you say that this is not matter, you are making matter into something that is not true. If everything emanates from God and is true, there is no question of there being anything that is not true. If everything is spiritual,
 we cannot make these distinctions. When he says, "This is not matter," he implies that there is matter somewhere. If everything is spirit, there is no question of material existence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that there are two types of objects: those which we actively sense, perceive, and experience, and those
 which are passively sensed, perceived, and experienced. Both are basically the same because they are equally spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But two types means duality. How does he distinguish between this type and that type? He distinguishes between the senses and the objects of the senses. If everything is spiritual, we ca
n say that there is spiritual variety. But the senses and the objects of the senses are all real.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he says that they are real and made of spirit. They are not real in the sense that they are made of matter.
 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I do not understand this logic. If everything is spirit, why is he making these distinctions? There is no need to make such distinctions if you are spiritually realized. Rather, you can 
say that these are spiritual varieties. For instance, you can say that stone is not water, that air is not stone, that water is not air, and so on. These are all spiritual varieties. The exact Sanskrit word is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub savi\'e7e\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which indicates that everything is spirit but that there is variety.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley says that if no one experiences a thing, not even God, then it cannot exist. Things can exist only whe
n they are perceived by God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means in one word that there is no existence except God, that nothing exists but God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He uses the example of the far side of the North Star. We will never be able to perceive it from our viewpoint,
 but because God can perceive it, it must exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's nice. The idea that something does not exist because I cannot perceive it is not very logical. I may not perceive many things, but that does not mean that they do not exist. In th
e beginning, this is what I understood you to say Berkeley was saying. That kind of logic is contradictory. God's perception is different. He is unlimited, and we are limited. Since He is unlimited, His perception is unlimited; therefore there are unlimi
ted varieties of existence that we have not even perceived. We cannot say that objects do not exist just because we cannot perceive them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that objects exist because of perception, whether it is God's perception or ours.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God's perception is another thing. Perception means }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cetana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\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 (}{\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 ).}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The 
word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cetana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "living." We are living, and God is also living, but He is the supreme li
ving entity. We are the subordinate entities. Our perception is limited, and God's perception is unlimited. It is admitted that everything exists due to God's perception. Many objects exist that are not within our experience or perception. However, God e
xperiences everything. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He knows everything, past, present, and future }{\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 7.26}{\cs2873\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 . Nothing is beyond His experience. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that because God experiences all objects, objects are rendered potentially perceptible to human minds. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right, because as we advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we experience objects through God, not directly. That is stated in the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240
\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad 1.3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam evam vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavati
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\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 yasmin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by knowing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97everything; }{\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 \'97certainly; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4tum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to know; }{\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 \'97becomes.
\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 If one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of all controllers, one can understand everything else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub revised Bg has:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kasmin nu bhagavo vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam ida\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavat\'e9ti
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub other:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7aunako ha vai mah\'e4\'e7\'e4lo'\'ecgirasa\'e0 vidhivadupasanna\'f9 papraccha \line kasminnu bhagavo vij\'ef\'e4te sarva
mida\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavat\'e9ti 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7aunaka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Saunaka; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e7\'e4la\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97noble-hearted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ecgirasam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Angira; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi-vat}{\b0\i0
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\'97approached; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub papraccha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97asked; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kasmin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97in what?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagava\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97O lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97known; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97this; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97known; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
havati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97becomes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97thus.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Noble-hearted \'c7aunaka Muni approached Angir\'e4 Muni and asked: O glorious one, what is the thing that, when known, makes everything else known also?}}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasmin vij
\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4tam bhavanti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God experiences all things, and if we receive our experience from God, we are advanced. We are preaching that people shou
ld receive their experience, their perception, through K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We shouldn't try to speculate because speculation is always imperfect. We are searching after the original source of everything, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\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 (}{\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  10.8}{\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 . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the root of all emanations, of all creation. The conclusion should be that we should receive
 our experience through God; therefore we accept the experience of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were spoken by God, and they contain knowledge given by God. The word }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means knowledge, and the knowledge of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfect. The Vedic system is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pram\'e4nam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As soon as an experien
ce is corroborated or verified by Vedic statement, it is perfect. There is no need to philosophize. If we can receive perfect knowledge directly from the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , why should we speculate? Why should we take so much unnecessary trouble?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'f9 svanu\'f1\'f6hita\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1vaksena-kath\'e4su ya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub notp\'e4dayed yadi rati\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rama eva hi kevalam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Duties [dharma] executed by men, regardless of occupation, are only so much labor if they do not provoke attraction for the
 message of the Supreme Lord." }{\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 1.2.8)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My speculation is always imperfect because I am imperfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is an inherent tendency in men to want to experience something first hand rather than through someone els
e. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From the beginning of our lives, we are experiencing things through authority. A child receives experience by asking his parents. A child knows nothing about fire, and he wants to touch 
it because it is red. However, he receives knowledge from his parents that he shouldn't touch fire. In this way, he comes to understand certain basic laws of nature. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ve
das}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tell us that in order to know the transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must approach a guru. We cannot speculate about God, the spiritual world, and spiritual l
ife.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley says that the world is real because if it were not real, we could not experience it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also our version. The world is real because it was created by God. But the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that the world is unreal. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma satya\'e0jagan mithy\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He states that the only way we can know that this table exists is through our senses, but these sense impressio
ns are subtle, not material.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Instead of saying that they are not material, he should say that they are abstract. Abstract is the original position. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nyav\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand the abstract; therefore they say that the abstract is zero, nothing. But the abstract is not nothing. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley says that if this table were composed of matter, we would not be able to experience it because the onl
y objects capable of entering our experience must be sensitive substances. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is nondifferent from everything because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Fools look at the Deity and say, "This is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this is stone." Because a fool cannot s
ee anything but stone, God appears to him as stone. Unfortunate atheists make these distinctions. They will say, "Everything is Brahman, but not this stone Deity." Or, they will say, "Why go to the temple to worship when God is everywhere?" What they are
 saying is that God is everywhere, but not in the temple. This means that they have no clear idea. We see that everything has form. Are we to assume that we have form and God hasn't? Impersonalists have no conception of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's original form. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba very kindly and mercifully appears before us so that we can experience Him. Ultimately, there is no distinction between matter and spirit, but because at the present moment I cannot conceive of spiritual form, God appears in the form of the
 Deity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kle\'e7o 'dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub av
yakt\'e4sakta-cetas\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakt\'e4hi gatir du\'f9kha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehavadbhir av\'e4pyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." }{\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 12.5)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People are going through unnecessary labor in order to meditate on something impersonal. Bec
ause they have no idea of God, they superficially say, "Everything is God." Still, they cannot see God in the temple in His }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arca}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  form. They cannot understand why all 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 like R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya and Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya have established these temples. Are these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  simply fools? There has been Deity worship since time immemorial. Are all the people who have participated in Deity worship fools?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley says that spirit is the only genuine substance, that there is no substance that exists without thinkin
g. In other words, there is thinking involved even in objects like this table. This table is made of spirit, and spirit is thinking and thoughtful. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's nice. His conclusion is that everything is Brahman because thinking is also Brahman. At the present moment, we cannot perceive the spiritual; therefore God, out of His unlimited k
indness, comes to us in a small, tangible, concrete form that we can dress, feed, and handle. We cannot say that this form is different from God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcye vi\'f1\'ebau \'e7il\'e4dh\'e9r guru\'f1u \line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub nara-matir vai\'f1\'ebave j\'e4ti-buddhi\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who considers the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arca}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or worshipable
 Deity of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu to be stone, the spiritual master to be an ordinary human being, and a Vai\'f1\'ebava to belong to a particular caste or creed, is possessed of hellish intelligence and is doomed." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) It is horrible to think of these spiritual things in a material way. We should always offer respect and consider that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present. We should not think that the Deity is simply stone and cannot hear or see. There are sixty-four items mentioned in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ras\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sindhu}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) that guide us in Deity worship.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his last dialogue, Berkeley writes: "The apprehension of a distant Deity naturally disposes men to be negligent of 
their moral actions, which they would be more cautious of in case they thought Him immediately present and acting on their minds without the interposition of matter, or unthinking second causes."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that God is everywhere; He is not distant. In Queen Kunt\'e9's prayers, it is said that God is both distant and near. God's proximity is manifest in His Param\'e4tm\'e4 
feature. He is living in everyone's heart. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5d}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7e}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'rjuna}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{
\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 (}{\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 18.61}{\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 . If He is within our heart, how can He be distant? At the same time, He is present in His personal feature in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is far, far beyond this material existence. Th
at is God's all-pervasive quality. Although He is far, far away, He is still very near. The sun may be very far away, but its light is present in my room. Similarly, God is both far away and also within my heart. One who is expert in seeing God sees Him 
in both ways. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcta\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub 5.37}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Although He i
s living in His own abode, eternally enjoying Himself with His associates, He is still present everywhere. That is God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In what way is God concerned with the moral or immoral actions of man? Is God indifferent to them, or has He simply se
t the laws of nature in motion, allowing men to follow their own course and reap the fruits of their own }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because we have disobeyed God, we are thrown into this material world and placed under the supervision of material nature for correction. As long as we are in the material world, there i
s a distinction between what is moral and immoral. Actually, moral and immoral have no meaning, but in the material world, we have conceptions of them. When we are in the spiritual world, there is no conception of immorality. For instance, the }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  went to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the dead of night, and ordinarily this is considered immoral,
 but because they were going to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it was not immoral. In one sense, in the spiritual world everything is moral. In the material world there is duality in order for the material creation to work properly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Berkeley gives two arguments for the existence of God: first, the things we perceive in our waking state are mo
re vivid than those things we imagine or dream about, and this is because God's mind is activating these things.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We accept that. God is the superior mind, and because God sees, we can see. Because God walks, we can walk. This is also admitted in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabh\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhavato}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagada\'eb\'f2a}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ko\'f6i}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.40}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Due to the bodily effulgence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, many universes have come into being. In these universes, there are many varieties, many planets, and on e
ach of the planets are many different living entities. All these varieties are there because they are emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Secondly, the things we perceive do not obey our wishes as our imaginations do, but resist them because they ob
ey the will of God. God's will is arbitrary, and we cannot predict it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore it is better to always obey the orders of God. If we do what God says, we are perfect. In any case, there is no need for all this speculation. The basic proof of God is God. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am God," and N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sadeva, and Arjuna agree, "Yes, You are God." If we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God, we save ourselves much labor. Why speculate? In the causal ocean, the Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu is inhaling and exhaling, and
 many universes are being manifest and then destroyed by His breathing. When He breathes out, all the universes are created, and when He breathes in, they all return to His body. This entire creation is the dream of God, Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley would maintain that our dreams are imperfect, and when we open our eyes, we see that everything is per
fect; therefore there must be a perfect person, a perfect dreamer. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when we open our eyes and see perfection, that is also dreaming. But the dreaming of the perfect is perfect also. That is absolute. Unless we accept the absolute, how can we say that
 His dream is perfect? The dream of the absolute is also perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He also asserts a doctrine of divine arbitrariness. Because God's will is arbitrary, we cannot predict what wil
l happen. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. Therefore a Vai\'f1\'ebava says, "If K\'e5\'f1\'eba wills, I will do this." He never says, "I will do this." If K\'e5\'f1\'eba so desires, a thing will be done. A Vai
\'f1\'ebava always considers himself helpless without God. As far as we are concerned, we are always incapable. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Berkeley states that our repeated experience will discern the regular activity or will of God, and that by expe
riencing nature, we can understand that God's will is regular. In other words, we can come to understand the habits of God by observing the laws of nature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that nature is working under His direction }{\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 9.10}{\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 . Nature is not blind. Because it is wo
rking under the direction of God, it is perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also states that there is no necessary connection between cause and effect, but that things follow one anoth
er in sequence in time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If there is no cause, why does he say that effect follows cause in a sequential order? This is contradictory. The supreme cause is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes. In that sense,
 we cannot say that there is no cause. The ultimate cause is the supreme, and to K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no difference between cause and effect. Since He is the supreme cause, He affects everything. In the absolute sense, there is no difference between c
ause and effect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As an example, he would say that a rock falling in the water will not necessarily splash, but that it regularly
 follows in sequence that it will splash.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we say that if God does not will this, it will not happen. It is all dependent on the supreme will. It is not necessary for the rock to splash. It is not compulsory. If God so wills,
 it will simply float. We admit that everything is affected by the will of God; therefore our best course is to depend totally on His will.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:David Hume (1711-1776)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub David Hume (1711-1776)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Abstract objects, relations, space, time, and matter are all considered by Hume to be mind-dependent perceptions. For 
him, perceptions or impressions are all there is. He rejected revealed religion, which he considered dogmatic, and accepted "natural religion" instead, a religion wherein the existence of God can be proved or even shown to be probable by argument and rea
son. According to Hume, we really know nothing of God; at the most we can know only of people's ideas of God, and these are but perceptions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is that natural religion? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume writes: "The whole course of nature raises one hymn to the praises of its creator. I have found a Deity, and here
 I stop my enquiry. Let those go further who are wiser or more enterprising." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He admits that the senses are imperfect, and at the same time that there is a God. Now, if our senses are imperfect, how can we imagine God to be like this or that? If God explains Himse
lf, why should we not accept His version?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dialogues Concerning Natural Relig
ion}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hume opposes the search for God in the ideal world. He writes: "Why not stop at the material world? How can we satisfy ourselves without going on ad infinitum?...If th
e material world rests upon a similar ideal world, this ideal world must rest upon some other, and so on without end. It were better, therefore, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within
 itself, we really assert it to be God, and the sooner we arrive at the divine being, so much the better. When you go one step beyond the mundane system, you only excite an inquisitive humor which it is impossible ever to satisfy."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material world by definition is full of misery, and those who are advanced therefore search for another world where there is no misery. Everyone is searching for a happy world that i
s permanent, and that search is not unnatural. There is such a world, and since it exists, why should we not hanker after it? If we look at the world objectively, we can see that no one is really happy\'97that is, unless he is an animal. Animals do not k
now what is happiness or distress. They remain satisfied in any condition. A man, however, feels pain more acutely.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume felt that the sooner we find God the better, and therefore he opposed going beyond the mundane system in search o
f Him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot find God in your present conditional state. You may glimpse the fact that there is God, but you cannot understand His forms and pastimes by speculation. Therefore revelation i
s there for those fortunate people who are seriously searching for God. God is living within, and when we are serious, He reveals Himself. It is also possible to learn about God directly from a person who knows God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is God's direct revelation, and if we try to understand it, we can understand what God is.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume maintains that all that we are, all that we know, is merely a sequence of ideas.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But behind the ideas there must be a fact. Otherwise, how can we have the ideas?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He separates facts from ideas. For instance, I may think that this table is red, but I may be wrong; it could b
e brown. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your idea may be incorrect, but actually the table has some color, be it red, yellow, or whatever. If you have some eye disease, you cannot determine the color, but one whose eyes are no
t diseased can tell you. Because our eyes are diseased and we cannot see things properly, we have to receive knowledge from one who is not diseased. Hume is wrong when he says that there is no possibility of attaining right knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He admits that the external world is full of concrete objects, but he thinks that we are also one of those obje
cts because the self is "nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with inconceivable rapidity and are in a perpetual flux and movement." Our consciousness is composed of only our observations of material natur
e.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is so far as direct perception is concerned, but indirect perception is different. It may be taken from authorities. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume distrusts all authority. For him, the only certainty is found in mathematical proofs and immediate sense p
erceptions. We can perceive that there is time and space, but this is the only knowledge that he will admit. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And beyond time and space? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We cannot know anything. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Perhaps you cannot, but there is a process whereby we can know. We cannot say that beyond the mind there is no time or perception. There are insects that are born in the evening and die 
in the morning, and during that time they experience a lifespan. For a man, this is only twelve hours of life, but the insect cannot live beyond that time. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we understand
 that Brahm\'e4 lives for many thousands of years, and that compared to him we are like insects. Everything is relative: our lifespan, knowledge, and perception. We are small human beings, and what is impossible for us is not necessarily impossible for o
thers. Hume is talking from the relative platform. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He believes that objects are only relative, not that there is anything absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But as soon as he speaks of relative, he posits the existence of the absolute. If there is no absolute, how can we have the conception of an object being relative?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He believes that things exist only in relation to one another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what is the supreme relation? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He doesn't admit one.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to logic, at the end of all relative truths there is Absolute Truth, the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But if Hume denies substance, he has no idea of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the ultimate substance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume says that an object like an apple consists only of certain sensory qualities, like sweetness or color, and
 that the individual consists of only a series of mental activities, not of a soul capable of creating experiences.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Inert objects have certain qualities, but the living entity possesses senses by which he can appreciate those qualities. He is therefore superior to inert matter. Because the living enti
ty has senses, he can appreciate sense objects. We have eyes with which we can see color and perceive beauty.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume is famous for his skepticism. He rejected revealed scriptures and looked toward science instead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If he preaches skepticism, why should we believe his words? If he does not believe the statements of others, why should others accept his statements?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume postulates three laws whereby perceptions are associated or connected with one another. First, according t
o his principle of resemblance, a picture, for instance, makes us think of the original. Secondly, according to the principle of contiguity, if I mention a room in this building, I think of other rooms also. Third, according to the principle of cause and
 effect, if I think of a wound, I automatically think of pain. Thus he suggests that our whole being consists of such a stream of ideas and associations, which follow one another perpetually.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the nature of the relative world. We cannot understand what a father is without understanding what a son is. We cannot conceive of a husband without a wife.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume denies the existence of an ultimate reality, asserting that only the phenomena of the senses exists. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where do these phenomena come from? If there are phenomena, there must be noumena.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume suggests that it is possible that the world has existed since eternity and that therefore no first cause i
s required. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what about the manifestation of past, present, and future? Why does death take place if there is no cause? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The body is like a machine which is born and dies. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you say machine, you automatically presuppose the beginning of the machine. In other words, the machine must be made by someone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The machines may be like the seasons. They may come and go.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, they may come and go, and then come again, but what is the meaning of this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They may be eternally existing facts without cause or creator. Hume says that we may believe in a creator if we
 like, but this is based on mere probability, not knowledge. We may think as we like. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he goes on talking as he likes. In other words, you can speak all kinds of nonsense, and I can too. You are right, and I am right, and everything is right.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume divided human understanding into two categories: relationships among ideas and relationships among facts. 
The first involves mathematics. Two plus two equals four is true whether it refers to something existing in nature or not. According to the relationships among facts, this is a knowledge to be assumed on the basis of sense experience. According to the in
formation we have based on sense perceptions, we believe that the sun will rise tomorrow. However, there is a possibility that the world will end, and the sun will not rise tomorrow. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is this so? Who makes this possible or impossible? The sun may rise, or the sun may not rise. Is this accidental, or is this according to someone's will?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume would say that it is accidental. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nothing is accidental. Everything is symmetrical. According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , everything in n
ature is working under His direction. The sun rises because God has so ordained it. If God does not ordain it, the sun will not rise. It is not accidental at all. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume denies cause and effect relationships. We associate friction with heat, but he says that it is a mistake t
o assume that friction causes heat. For him, there is merely a repetition of two incidents. The effect may habitually attend the cause, but it is not necessarily its consequence. There is only association, not cause and effect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But who made the laws of association? The association may be accidental, but as soon as there is friction, there is heat. This means that in nature there is a systematic law. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume would say that this law is not ultimate reality but mere probability.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nonetheless, there are physical laws. The sequence of these laws may differ because they are created by someone who can change them. A legislature may assemble today and pass a certain l
aw, but tomorrow it may assemble again and nullify that law. Similarly, a supreme will makes these laws, and He can also nullify or change them. As far as you are concerned, when there is friction, there is heat. It is not that we can rub our hands toget
her without experiencing a sensation of heat. This means that we are subject to the supreme will. God gives us a chance to speak all kinds of nonsense, but He can stop us immediately. At any instant, our tongue may be in a dead body. The supreme will giv
es us the freedom to talk in this way or that, and concoct all kinds of philosophies, but at any moment He can put an end to all of this. Thus the supreme will is the ultimate cause of all causes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume rejected the idea of absolute matter and the conception of the soul as a substance. He also rejected the u
tility of scientific laws and moral principles as objective realities. He claims that all religious ideas are relative, maintaining that there is no certainty in religious matters.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Religion means love of God, and there are different religious processes. If we ultimately develop love of God, we have realized the first and most important factor of religion. If love of
 God is absent, what passes for religion is not really religion. It is simply a show.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume states that even the idea of God is merely probable but not certain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do not agree to that. As soon as we speak of authority, we posit the existence of a supreme authority. We call that supreme authority God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hume would say that we would have to accept the authority of our senses.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The senses are imperfect, and God is beyond the senses. We cannot see God, touch Him, or hear Him because our senses are imperfect. A man with imperfect senses says that there is no God,
 but those who have cleansed their senses can see God, touch Him, and talk with Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume denies the existence of miracles. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One thing may be a miracle for one person and not for another. An electric fan may seem like a miracle for a child, but not for his father. So our conception of miracles is also relative
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  On this subject, Hume writes: "All the new discoveries in astronomy, which prove the immense grandeur and magnificence
 of the works of nature, are so many additional arguments for a Deity, according to the true system of theism." In this way, Hume rejects the necessity or desirability of miracles as well as the conception of a God transcendental to His creation. He stat
es that it is not the being of God that is in question, but God's nature, which cannot be ascertained through study of the universe itself. However, if the universe can only be studied by imperfect senses, what is the value of our conclusion? How can we 
ever come to know the nature of God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to our Vedic philosophy, the nature of God can be explained by God Himself. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tel
ls Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki
\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga\'eb
\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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\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  7.7)}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We accept this as a fact, because it is not possible for anyone to be greater than God. It is God's nature to be the greatest in everything: wealth, fame, power, beauty, knowledge, an
d renunciation. If we can find one who is garnished with such greatness, we have found God. These qualities are found in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dialogues Concerning Natural Relig
ion}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hume writes: "All religious systems, it is confessed, are subject to great and insuperable difficulties. Each disputant triumphs in his turn, while he carries on an of
fensive war and exposes the absurdities, barbarities and pernicious tenets of his antagonists. But all of them, on the whole, prepare a complete triumph for the skeptic, who tells them that no system ought ever be embraced....A total suspense of judgemen
t is here our only reasonable recourse."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do not accept this. We believe that we can know God from God Himself. Religion refers to the principles 
given by God. If there are no directions given by God, there is no religion. Religion is not a kind of blind faith; it is factual because it is given by God Himself. If you know God and follow His instructions, you are religious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume did believe that religion is necessary. He says that religion, however corrupted, is still better than no religio
n at all. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We agree to that, but religion without philosophy and logic is simply sentiment. That will not help us. Real religion is given by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-y
\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4na\'e0 mat-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, o
ffer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.}{\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
(}{\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 9.34)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If w
e always think of God, we will become purified. Religion means meditating upon God and thinking of Him. Therefore temple worship is necessary to facilitate our constantly thinking of God. But if we do not know of God's form, how can we offer Him worship?
 How can we think of Him? We then have to construct a pseudo religion, and this kind of religion will not help us.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume's conception of religion is utilitarian and social. He writes: "The proper office of religion is to regulate the 
heart of man, humanize their conduct, infuse the spirit of temperance, order, and obedience...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also say that religion is the greatest welfare work for all humanity. For instance, religion forbids illicit sex, and if people indulge in illicit sex, society will become chaotic. If
 we continue eating meat, we revolt against God's will because God is the father of all living entities. When other foods are available, why should we kill animals to eat meat? When there is a wife, why should we have illicit sex? A religious man is nece
ssarily a man of good character. If we are God conscious, all good qualities are automatically manifest. A devotee can sacrifice his own interests because he is a devotee. Others cannot do this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume felt that one must first be a philosophical skeptic before accepting the revealed truths of religion. Ultimately,
 he insists that these truths can be accepted only on faith, not experience or reason. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why not on reason? We can use our reason to consider that everything has some proprietor and that it is quite reasonable that this vast universe also has a proprietor. Is there a fault i
n this logic? Of course, now astronomers are saying that in the beginning there was a chunk, but where did that chunk come from? Where did gas come from? Where did fire come from? There is a proprietor, and He is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I
t is completely illogical to think that there is no universal proprietor. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as we can ascertain, Hume personally had no religion, no faith in the Christian or any other God. He also rejec
ted the contention that argument or reason could justify a faith. He is a skeptic who denies the possibility of attaining certainty outside of a mere sequence of perceptions or ideas.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, all statements are to be rejected except his.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he claims that man cannot know ultimate reality or possess knowledge of anything beyond a mere awareness of phen
omenal, sensory images.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If man cannot possess knowledge, why should we accept Hume's knowledge? It is better to stop the search for knowledge altogether, is it not? Why does Hume bother to write so many books? 
He is simply trying to set up his own system as supreme. But a skeptic has no foundation for anything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume says that if we like, we can attribute the order and design of the world to an architect, but as far as he
 is concerned, there is no proof that a superior architect exists. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If something is artistic and systematic, we must admit that there is some intelligence behind it. We have no other experience. According to our experience, things do not work well withou
t some brain behind them. When we see that the cosmic manifestation is systematic, we must admit that there is a guiding intelligence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He feels that if such an architect exists, he must be responsible for evil in nature. He therefore concludes th
at God is either finite or imperfect. If He were perfect, there would be no evil, and if He were infinite in power, He could eliminate it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is absolute, and for Him there is no evil. For Him, there is only good, otherwise He could not be called absolute. What we think is evil, is good to God. A father may slap his child,
 and that child may cry. For the child, this is evil, but for the father, this is good, because he thinks, "I have done right. Although he is crying, he will not commit this same mistake again." Chastisement may sometimes appear evil, but that is relativ
e to our position. Whose opinion are we to take?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume would say that this means that God is limited.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nonsense. If God is limited, He cannot be God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The logic is that God must be limited in His goodness to allow evil to exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is unlimitedly good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then God must be limited in His power because He cannot eliminate evil.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Evil works under His guidance. God controls both good and evil; therefore He is called the supreme controller. He is not limited in any way. The exact word used in Sanskrit is }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , unlimited. God is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub advaitam acyutam anantam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : nondual, infallible, and unlimited.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning world morality, Hume maintains that morality consists of values formulated by the individual for him
self as a matter of personal opinion. Each man may do as his conscience dictates. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One man may say that his conscience dictates this, and another that his conscience dictates something else. Therefore there is no agreement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, in society, Hume would say that moral values are relative to public opinion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then we have to accept the opinion of the majority. This is democracy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet Hume admits that it is up to the individual whether to accept public opinion or reject it. Although the law
 is there, and society agrees to it, it is still up to the individual to follow it or not. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you do not follow the law, you will be punished by the state. So we can conclude that independent thinking is not absolute. It is also relative.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume would say that it is not logic or reason that determines morality, but sentiment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We cannot decide what is moral or immoral. Only the supreme will can decide that.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is the sentiment of the individual that decides. A person should act according to the way he feels at the mo
ment, according to his personal opinion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You may be satisfied with your personal opinion, but if it is not approved by others in society, you are living in a fool's paradise. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The remedy for this is social. We should try to change the laws or opinions of the state so that they will comp
ly with a certain type of morality. If I think that something is right, but the state says that it is wrong, I should act politically to change it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But public opinion and individual opinion are not final. Above them is the supreme will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that ultimately determines what is moral or immoral.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume believed that moral sentiments enhance the social good, whereas immoral attitudes are egotistic and anti-s
ocial. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In any case, for him the social body is the authority. Ultimately, we have to depend on some authority for all sanction. We propose that the supreme authority is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that
 whatever He sanctions is moral, and whatever He does not sanction is immoral. Arjuna was thinking that it was moral to be nonviolent on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him otherwise. Instead of depending on the social, politica
l, or communal body to determine morality, we should depend on the supreme will of the supreme authority. We maintain that all morality is relative to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sanction. Killing is considered immoral, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered Arjuna to 
fight, Arjuna's killing was not immoral. When our actions are approved by the supreme authority, we are moral. If our acts are not approved by the supreme authority, we are immoral. Morality and immorality have no fixed position. When something is approv
ed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is moral. Thus what is considered immoral may actually be moral, and vice versa, depending on the orders or desires of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In a war, a soldier may kill many human beings and be awarded many medals for this, but if he 
kills one person when he returns home, he is considered immoral, and he is hanged. Even on the mundane platform, morality and immorality depend on the sanction of the state. The state says, "It is moral that you kill this man because he is an enemy." And
 the state also says, "If you kill, you will be hanged." In this way, people accept authority. Everything in the universe depends on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will, on His authority. In the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He comes to reestablish religious principles }{\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 4.8}{\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 , but at the conclusion He states that one should reject all religious principles and simply surrender unto Him and accept His order (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.66}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). This is the confidential teaching of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In any case,
 He is the ultimate authority, and surrender unto Him is the ultimate religious principle. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume lays the groundwork for permissiveness in modern society because he leaves it up to the individual to choo
se a specific ethical attitude. In other words, to do as he pleases. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But this is not possible because no one can do as he pleases. In life, there are many stumbling blocks. A person may propose a certain action, but his proposal may not be practical. We c
annot act independently. Otherwise, there will be chaos. There must be some authority.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 VII  GERMAN IDEALISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VII  GERMAN IDEALISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Critique of Pure Reason}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kant asks the fundamental question, "How are a priori synthetic judgments possible?" How can we apprehend the relationship between cause and effect? Where does this facilit
y come from? What is the source of knowledge? He proposes that one knowledge-acquiring process, the transcendental aesthetic, synthesizes sense experience through the concepts of time and space. The mind acts upon sensory perceptions and applies time and
 space relations to them. Knowledge of time and space is a priori, prior to and independent of sense experience. It is an internal creation of the mind. Even before we sense anything, we have an idea of time and space.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He speaks of the transcendental aesthetic, but we understand the real meaning of transcendental to be beyond the senses\'97that is, referring to something not in our experience. We have 
to receive this knowledge from higher authority, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a source beyond the reach of
 the material senses. By sense perception, we have no knowledge of the spiritual world, but in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there is another nature, a spiritual natu
re, which is beyond this material nature }{\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 8.20}{\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 . We have to understand this through transcendental knowledg
e; we cannot experience it.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam eva
 sphuraty ada\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Material senses cannot appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, form, qualities, and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awa
kened to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord's holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord's food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who K\'e5\'f1\'eba really is." }{\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 Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\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 . The names, qualities, pastimes, and nature of God cannot be understood by these material senses, but if we engage in God's service, they will all be revealed. Vaiku\'eb
\'f6ha and Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, will then be confirmed. These truths are revealed gradually; they are not abruptly understood. Common men cannot understand the meaning of going back to Godhead. They say, "What nonsense is this?
" They cannot understand because it is transcendental, beyond the reach of the gross senses. It is revealed knowledge. If one becomes submissive and engages in the service of the Lord and the spiritual master, all these truths will be revealed. No one ca
n mislead a person who receives knowledge through revelation. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we understand that there is a transcendental abode, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and we cannot forget this even if offered a great fortune to forget. On the other hand, if we offer a person a million dollar
s to believe in the transcendental abode, he will not believe in it. Transcendental knowledge is not a matter of speculation. It is received from higher authority. As we progress in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , these things become clear.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant strongly advocated the right and duty of every man to judge for himself in religious and secular matters. "Have c
ourage to make use of your own intellect" was his motto. He emphasized individual freedom and the ability of man to intuit the truth. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does this mean that whatever anyone does is perfectly right? If we are given that freedom, then anyone can do as he likes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At the same time, Kant considered the Bible to be the best vehicle for the instruction of the public in a truly moral 
religion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he has accepted some authority. Where is his freedom then?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The individual can intuit truths within, but can be helped from without by scripture.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that we should not be totally independent. We should be dependent on some authority, and that authority should be recognized. Then knowledge is possible. That is Vai\'f1\'ebav
ism. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes believed that knowledge comes through innate ideas, and Hume opposed this by saying that knowledge co
mes from sense experience. Kant tries to unify these extremes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Knowledge comes from purified sense experience. That is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sev\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I may see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas others may see a stone. This means that my eyes and vision are different.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0\'e7y\'e4masundaram acintya-gu\'eba-svar\'fcpa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of love. He i
s seen in His eternal form of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  situated within the heart of the devotee." (}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.38}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) When our eyes are anointed with the ointment of love of God, we can truly see. The same applies to the rest of the senses. Unless our senses are purified,
 we can neither see nor know.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Critique of Pure Reason}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kant wrote: "Thoughts without content are empty, perceptions without conceptions are blind....Understanding can perceive nothing, the senses can think nothing. Knowledge ar
ises only from their united action."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you try to understand through the senses, that is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratyak\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There is knowledge through direct perception, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratyak\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and knowledge received from higher authorities, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paro'k\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When we
 apply our senses and come to the same conclusion, that is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anum\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . For instance, a high
er authority says that there is a spiritual world. Now, how can we come to this conclusion? Obviously, we have to apply our senses. We can reason, "I am a combination of spirit and matter. That is a fact. However, I cannot see the spirit at the present m
oment, but I know that there is spirit." If we understand that there is a material world, we can also understand that there is a spiritual world. We can arrive at this conclusion by applying our senses and reason. If a material world is possible, certain
ly a spiritual world is possible. This is preliminary knowledge. When we see a dead body, we understand that something is missing. We see this with our senses, and from higher authority, from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , we understand that this something that is missing is eternal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avin\'e4\'e7i tu tad viddhi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena sa
rvam ida\'e0tatam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7am avyayasy\'e4sya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ka\'e7cit kartum arhati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Know that which pervades the entire body is 
indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul.}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub 2.17}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) That consciousness is spread throughout the body. It is eternal and spiritual. Through our sense experience, we can also understand that the body is constantly changing from the body of
 a child to that of an old man, and that this consciousness is continuing. Despite the different bodily changes, consciousness is enduring. The basic principles of knowledge are received from higher authorities, just as preliminary mathematical informati
on is given by the teacher when he informs the student that two plus two equals four. God has given us reason, senses, and consciousness, and by applying them, we can arrive at the proper conclusion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Critique of Judgement}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kant writes: "Absolutely no human reason...can hope to understand the production of even a blade of grass by mere mechanical causes. That crude matter should have originally formed i
tself according to mechanical laws, that life should have sprung from the nature of what is lifeless, that matter should have been able to dispose itself into the form of a self-maintaining purpose\'97is contradictory to reason."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and therefore we have to learn from an authority, from one who is cognizant and knows things as they are. Matter certainly cannot combine itself without a brain behind it, and that 
brain is the Supreme Lord, God. It is unreasonable to think that matter automatically combines independent of intelligence to form the sun, moon, and other planets.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we are unable to receive knowledge from a higher authority, is it possible to have it innately inside of us?
 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Innate knowledge is knowledge that is already there. We say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caitya-guru}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything both inside and outside. Within, He is the Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul, and outside He is the spiritual mas
ter and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , the scripture. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is trying to help the conditioned soul in both ways: from within and without. It is therefore said that the spiritual master is the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears outside as the
 spiritual master. Inside, He is personally present as Param\'e4tm\'e4. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kant, the second knowledge-attaining process is the transcendental analytic. First, the mind applies the co
ncept of time and space. Then it applies the categories of quantity, cause and effect, quality, modality, and so on. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is all right.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The third process is the transcendental dialectic, whereby the human mind seeks to understand everything. But s
ince sensory information is inadequate, the mind tries to go beyond sense experience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mind is aware that there is an ultimate reality, a thing in itself, a noumenon, which produces each phenome
non. But because the mind is not equipped to sense this ultimate reality, the mind must forever remain agnostic.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why agnostic? He should go to higher authorities. If we hear a sound on the roof, we may speculate that the sound is this or that, but with our imperfect senses we cannot ascertain what 
made the sound. But if someone is actually on the roof, he can tell us, "The sound was made by this." Why should we remain satisfied with an agnostic position? We should satisfy ourselves by asking, "Is there someone on the roof?" If someone says, "Yes, 
I am here," then we can ask him what made the sound. Therefore the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enjoin: }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\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 1.2.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). In order to understand what is beyond the senses, we must approach a spiritual master who can impart information. When we actually want to understand transcendental subjects, we must a
pproach a guru. And what is a guru?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jij
\'ef\'e4su\'f9\'e7reya uttamam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bde pare ca ni\'f1\'eb\'e4ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'eby upa\'e7am\'e4\'e7rayam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Any person who is seriously desirous of achieving real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelte
r of him by initiation. A spiritual master 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 complete shelter of the Supreme
 Godhead, leaving aside all material considerations, are to be understood as bona fide spiritual masters." }{\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 11.3.21}{\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  A guru is one who is well versed in the Vedic literatures, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And how can 
we understand that he is? }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma\'eby upa\'e7am\'e4\'e7rayam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One who knows the }{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  forgets everything material and concerns himself only with spirit soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant was just exploring the possibility that although we cannot know ultimate reality by our senses, the mind n
evertheless wants to know it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is misleading. No one can ascertain the Absolute Truth by mental speculation. That is impossible. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub panth\'e4stu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ko\'f6i}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ata}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vatsara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sampragamya\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.34}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Even if we travel at the speed of mind f
or thousands of years, we cannot find K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If this is the case, a man, who lives the utmost for only a hundred years, cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba through his material senses. The material attempt will be futile. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that the devotee who has received a little grace from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet can understand Hi
m. Others will speculate for millions of years to no end. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be understood only through the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because the devotee is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals Himself. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant would also say that we cannot experience God through our senses but only through faith and intuitive reason. Spec
ulative reason is unable to attain to a sure or adequate conception of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct: it is not possible to understand God by mental speculation. When God explains Himself, we can understand Him. The devotees can accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
and His instructions, but a nondevotee or atheist, unable to understand, simply speculates. It is not possible for a speculator to reach the vicinity of God. We can understand God only by God's mercy, which is bestowed by a pure devotee surrendered to Go
d. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba explicitly states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ho 'ya\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub loko m\'e4m ajam avyayam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 I am never manifest to the foolish and unint
elligent. For them, I 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 ); and so the del
uded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible.}{\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 (}{\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 7.25)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Revelation means that God opens th
e curtain for His devotee. The sun is in the sky all the time, but at night it is obscured. By God's mercy, the sun rises in the morning, and everyone can immediately see the light. At night, we may speculate about the sun, but when the sun rises in the 
morning, we can immediately understand what the sun is. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant maintains that the mental speculators try to reconstruct ultimate reality by applying mundane categories t
o it. They attempt through the mind to create what they believe to be the real world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For mental speculators, the real world is nothing more than the negation of this world. This is voidism. In this world, we experience that everything is material. The mental speculator's
 materialistic thinking induces him to conclude that the spiritual must be the opposite of the material. Since the material has form, the spiritual must be formless, or void. This is typical materialistic thinking. He thinks, "Since this is not truth, th
e opposite must be truth." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant says that "the world is my representation." That is, this real world becomes an ideal construction in the 
mind of man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We try to construct an ideal world, but we are frustrated here because everything is temporary; therefore we can understand that the ideal must be eternal. No one wants to die; we all wa
nt to live. However, this is hopeless because the body is not eternal. Therefore we understand that in the ideal world, the body is eternal. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant acknowledges that there is a design in nature but that man, not being able to know the total design, cannot know 
for certain whether there is a designer. The design, as man sees it, does not necessarily prove the existence of the designer. His existence can only be intuited.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as we see pottery, we immediately understand that there is a potter. It is impossible for pottery to be made any other way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant maintains that due to the overwhelming effects of suffering and natural calamities, it is impossible for man to s
ee nature's final end.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature does not have a final end; nature is only an instrument. If I beat you with a stick, it is I, not the stick, that is beating you. When we receive pains and tribulations from natur
e, we should understand that nature is an instrument designed by God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du
\'f9khe\'f1u}{\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 (}{\b0\i\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  12.18}{\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 . By 
witnessing the changes of seasons, heat and cold, happiness and distress, we can understand that there is a designer or brain behind the functionings of material nature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 This material nature is working under My dir
ection, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.}{\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 (}{\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant would say that the design can be intuited but not known.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To a foolish man, everything is unknown, but a man in knowledge knows everything from authority, or from direct perception. Some way or other, the knowledge is there. Something is unknow
n when one doesn't care to know, or doesn't want to receive the knowledge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When man realizes the futility of mental speculation, he attempts to create ideas about the universe which tran
scend the bounds of experience. For Kant, this is the third stage, the transcendental dialectic. These ideas belong to the realm of pure reason, or transcendental reason, and are not mere fictions. They spring from the very nature of reason itself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are all seeking eternity. Because we understand that we are eternal souls, we know that this is not our place, and are therefore seeking the eternal world. The spirit soul does not fe
el comfortable within this material body. This is understood when we conclude that we must return to the spiritual world and attain a spiritual body. Information on how this is done is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one who understands Him and develops love for Him attains a spiritual body that will enable him to see God. If we are very anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and full in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we 
will be transferred to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode at the time of death. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's promise in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Transcendental reasoning is in man to guide his understanding to clearer and wider knowledge. For instance, the
 idea of a Supreme Being is a regulative principle of reason because it tells us to view everything in the world as if it proceeded from a necessary cause, the Supreme Being.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Supreme Being is the cause of all causes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant says that it is the natural impulse of pure reason to perceive a total regularity in everything. To arrive
 at this total synthesis, the mind must suppose that there is a Supreme Being. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is confirming the statements of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He claims that it is impossible to arrive at the ultimate reality by pure reason alone because phenomena are en
dless. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore he has to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's assertions. He has to admit that he is puzzled with these various changes in phenomena. As soon as we come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we find out that
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is behind the changing phenomena and that the universe is working under His direction. This is the perfect conclusion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Kant, when we examine material phenomena by our reason, we arrive at certain contradictions called
 antimonies\'97that is, two opposing statements regarded to be true. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Sanskrit, this is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub viruddh\'e4rtha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , words that mean both yes and no.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For instance: "The world has a beginning in time, and is enclosed within limits of space." And, "The world has 
no beginning in time, and no limits in space, but is infinite." As far as reason is concerned, both conclusions are true.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So how is this adjusted? The adjustment is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that this phenomenal world 
of materials comes into existence, is annihilated, and then comes again into existence.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakt\'e4d vyaktaya\'f9 sarv\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prabhavanty ahar-\'e4game\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4try-\'e4game pral\'e9yante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatraiv\'e4v
yakta-sa\'e0j\'efake
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcta-gr\'e4ma\'f9 sa ev\'e4ya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4try-\'e4game 'va\'e7a\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prabhavaty ahar-\'e4game
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 When Brahm\'e4's day is manifest, this multi
tude of living entities comes into being, and at the arrival of Brahm\'e4's night they are all annihilated.}{\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 Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O P\'e4rtha, and they are helplessly dissolved.}{\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 (}{\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 8.18-19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another antimony of Kant's is: "Every composite substance in the world is made up of simple parts, and nothing 
whatever exists but the simple, or what is composed out of the simple." And, "No composite thing in the world is made up of simple parts, nor does anything simple exist anywhere in the world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that the whole world is made of material energy, and this is the simplistic view. Now, there are many component parts of material energy: the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pradh\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the twenty-four elements, the five gross elements, eight subtle elements, the senses, the obje
cts of the senses, and so forth. In this way, when we begin to analyze material energy, so many complications arise. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another antimony deals with causal relations: "Causality and conformity with laws of nature are not the only ca
usality from which all the phenomena of the world can be derived. To explain those phenomena, it is necessary to suppose that there is also a free causality." And, "There is no freedom, but all that comes to be in the world takes place entirely in accord
ance with laws of nature." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He cannot explain the cause because he does not know it. The ultimate cause is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. Events may seem miraculous because we cannot understand how they are taking place. God
's energy is so subtle that it works simply by His will. By His will, all processes in nature take place, but they take place so swiftly that we see them as miracles. Actually, there is no such thing as a miracle; we only see it as a miracle. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is floating many planets in space, and this may seem like a miracle, but to K\'e5\'f1\'eba it is not. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as Yoge\'e7vara, the master of all mystic power.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another antimony questions the existence of an Absolute Being: "There exists an absolutely necessary being, whi
ch belongs to the world either as a part or as the cause." And, "There nowhere exists an absolutely necessary being, either in the world or outside, as its cause." Thus, according to reason, we can conclude that there is either a God or no God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What reasoning can support the nonexistence of God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We can conclude this by using the senses. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where do you get your senses? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One could say that they are only a combination of matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where does this matter come from? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to material reasoning, one can say that there is no necessary cause.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we can see that matter is growing, coming into existence like a tree.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It may have been eternally existing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that? A tree is not eternally existing. This brass pot is not eternally existing. Someone has made it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the matter itself could have been eternally existing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we can see that it is not only existing. It is growing. A tree is wood, and wood is matter. How is it growing? Similarly, our material bodies take birth at a certain moment, grow, re
produce, dwindle, and finally vanish. This is the nature of all matter. Everything starts out as a seed and grows from there. Now, where does the seed come from? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub b\'e9ja\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the original seed of all existences." }{\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  7.10)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant's point is that these antimonies arise from the attempt by reason to apply its categories to the Absolute,
 the transcendent. But by mundane reasoning alone, we cannot approach the Absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By our reasoning, we can see that everything is growing and that the entire cosmic manifestation must have grown from a source.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But this is transcendental reasoning. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, common reason. Everything is growing from a certain source; therefore this material world must have grown from a certain source. It is very simple.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But some people can look at the seed of a tree and come to a different conclusion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we also receive this information from authoritative literature, from the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Someone can apply material reasoning and arrive at a different conclusion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But is this reasoning proved by experience? Can a man prove that he is born without a father? How did the material body come into existence? How can one deny his father? How can one deny
 the cause? He cannot because his very existence is depending on some cause.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant is simply saying that whenever we begin to speculate about the Absolute, we run into contradictions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Contradiction is due to imperfect knowledge. Unless we conclude that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes, our knowledge is doomed to be imperfect. Vedic literature says that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba glanced at material nature and impregnated her. Then so many products developed, including all these categories. Matter and spirit combined to bring this whole cosmic manifestation into existence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kant, cause and effect relationships are also a priori conceptions, mental creations, like time and space. 
Prior to sense experience, we have an idea of them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I take my birth at a certain time, and I die at a certain time. Time is existing before my birth, and it will continue to exist after my death. Similarly with space. This body is tempora
rily manifest in time, for a certain period considered my lifespan. During that time, I occupy some space, and that is a temporary occupation. Time and space, however, are eternally there. At least, time is eternally there, because space is also born in 
time. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We receive information from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that because this material space is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4\'e7a}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is born of the finer, subtle mind and intelligence. These descriptions are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Space is also created.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hume had said that cause and effect are habitual assumptions, that we naturally assume that a certain effect fo
llows a certain cause but that the cause does not necessarily bring about the effect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't agree with that. There cannot be an effect without a cause. Let him prove first that there is an existence without a cause.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Hume gave the example of a footprint on the beach. Normally we can assume that a human being left the foo
tprint. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why normally assume? If it is actually there, it is a fact.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Possibly something else left the footprint. Someone could have made a cast of a foot, or some other possibility
 may exist. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nonsense. Why should someone make a footprint to mislead you? But even if he does, that is the cause. The cause is that someone came to mislead you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant would say that when we see something, we intuitively understand the cause and effect relationship. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You may or may not understand what the cause is, but there must be a cause. Without a cause, nothing can happen. People foolishly inquire when or why the living entity fell into material
 nature, but what is the use of this question? There is certainly a cause, but instead of trying to find out the cause, we should try to treat the disease. Why waste time?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant concludes that because the mind imposes a priori laws upon nature as both necessary and universal, the min
d is creative and does not come into the world a blank slate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is a fact that the mind is creative. It creates and then rejects. That is the mind's business\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
a\'e0kalpa-vikalpa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant would say that apart from using the categories of thought\'97like quantity, quality, cause and effect, and
 modality\'97there is only mere guesswork and imperfect dogma. The mind is not satisfied with this partial explanation; it wants to grasp reality in a comprehensive way. The mind wants to know something beyond these categories, and this is the realm of t
he transcendental dialectic. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This inquisitiveness is actual philosophy. We are searching for the cause of all causes. A thoughtful man is naturally interested in the ultimate cause of everything. That is human natur
e. It is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who searches after the ultimate cause and finds it. The }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore begins with the inquiry: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "What is the ultimate cause? What is Brahman?" It answers: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Brahman is the s
upreme source from whom everything emanates." Unless we go to the supreme source, we cannot be satisfied. Those who approach this source through mental speculation attain the impersonal feature. From this point, they can make further advancement. In }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, there is a prayer petitioning the Supreme:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hira\'ebmayena p\'e4tre\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satyas
y\'e4pihita\'e0 mukham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat tva\'e0 p\'fc\'f1ann ap\'e4v\'e5\'ebu\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satya-dharm\'e4ya
 d\'e5\'f1\'f6aye
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Please remove that covering 
and reveal Yourself to Your pure devotee." (}{\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  15}{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we penetrate this impersonal Brah
man, we will arrive at K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then be satisfied. Therefore it is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4s
udurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes 
and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 7.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant says that after the futile attempt to apply categorical analysis to transcendental knowledge, a man attemp
ts to create other ideas about the universe which transcend sense experience. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, after failing to attain material knowledge, he attempts to attain transcendental knowledge. What is this? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Rather, he fails to understand transcendental knowledge when applying the techniques of material knowledge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he cannot approach transcendental knowledge with material senses. If this is not possible, how can he hope to form valid ideas about transcendence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through pure reason.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He admits that the material senses cannot reach transcendence, but he is not clear about the meaning of this pure reason. If the senses are imperfect, and if your reasoning is fed by the
 senses, your reasoning is also imperfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant maintains that reason can act a priori, separate or independent of the senses, to understand that there is
 God and a soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In fact, Kant recognizes three ideals of pure reason: the soul, the ultimate world, and God. These ideals trans
cend the bounds of sensory experience; they are innate and a priori. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is also true.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eb\'e4di-\'e7uddha-citte karaye udaya
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally established in the hearts of living entities. It is not something to be gained fr
om another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, the living entity naturally awakens." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Madh. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 22.107}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) It is our natural tendency to of
fer service to the Lord. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has also said that the living entity is God's eternal servant. The tendency to offer service is natural. Somehow or other, it has been covered by material ignorance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whereas sense perception cannot provide any information about the soul and God, pure reason can provide us with
 certain conceptions, but not much more.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We cannot know more by our personal attempt, but these subjects can be known by a process called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-par
ampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When God speaks, it is possible to know. We hear from God in order to understand what, who, and where He is. In this way, our knowledge is perfect. According to 
Kant, we cannot attain reality or God through reason and the senses. That is a fact admitted in the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vacanam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "words," and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "mind." We cannot reach the Supreme ei
ther by words or the mind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant suggests that certain knowledge of God's existence would destroy a man's freedom and reduce human experience to a show of puppets frantically attempting to attain the favor of the Almighty. Thus u
ncertainty is a necessary ingredient for faith. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Faith should not be blind. If it is, it is useless. We may believe in the government, but the government is not dependent on faith. There is a government, and we are under the government
's laws and therefore have to obey them. There is no question of faith. Similarly, one who knows God becomes dependent on Him, and that is not faith but fact. The devotee is happy depending on God. He knows that it is foolishness to think himself indepen
dent. A child voluntarily depends on his parents and is therefore happy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since our knowledge is limited to mere phenomena, faith is necessary to acquire knowledge of God, freedom, and 
immortality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, faith is not a fact but a compromise. It is good that he admits that we cannot approach God ultimately by our senses or reason, but faith alone also is not sufficient, not perfect. W
estern philosophers have created so many different faiths. One may believe in one faith, and another person in another, but this is faith, not fact. The fact is this: if we are convinced that there is a God and that He is omnipotent, we have to admit tha
t by His omnipotence He can descend into the world. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He descends into the world for two reasons: to rectify the discrepancies in religion, and 
to please His devotees who are always anxious to see Him. Some people may say that God is partial, but He is not. God is kind both to His devotees and to the miscreants and demons. When the miscreants are killed by God, they attain immediate salvation, a
nd when the devotees see God, they can understand His actual position. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, God displays Himself just as He does in the spiritual world. It is His nature to play with the cowherd boys and dance with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When the devotees understand this, they become encouraged by knowing that after finishing the material body, they wil
l return to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to join in His pastimes. This information is not only understood from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but is actually demonstrated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus this knowledge is doubly confirmed. When we hear about God and His activities, we can also realize t
hem because God is absolute. There is no difference between seeing Him and hearing about Him. In this way, true knowledge is attained. However expert a logician one may be, it is not possible by reason, logic, or mundane knowledge to approach the Supreme
 Absolute. It is possible to understand God only when He descends Himself, gives information about Himself, and displays His pastimes.
\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  is a chronicle of the descents of God. If we try to underst
and God through }{\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  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\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 g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , we become a }{\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 . In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\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 g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , God speaks about Himself and His activities, 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  is a record of God's activities and pastimes. The first nine cantos are devoted to the understanding of the transcendental nature of God, and the Tenth Canto is a chronicle of God's activities before the eyes of t
he people of the world. However, those who are miscreants will think that God is just a famous person, or a superhuman being, and that's all.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning religion and faith, Kant writes: "There is only one (true) religion, but there can be faiths of several kin
ds. It is therefore more fitting to say, 'This man is of this or that faith (Jewish, Mohammedan, Catholic, Lutheran), than he is of this or that religion.'" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. Since religion means obedience to God, it does not refer to some sect. People are trying to understand God in different ways, but these ways are not real religion; they 
are methods of understanding God. Religion begins when we have understood God and are rendering Him service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Critique of Practical Reaso
n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kant affirmed that moral laws are necessary and universal objects of the human will and must be accepted as valid for everyone. We can know what is morally right a prior
i, by intuition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Morality is relative. It varies according to the development of a particular society. For instance, there are many immoral acts taking place in modern society, but no one cares. Peop
le go ahead and act as they please.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then there is no universal morality? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Universal morality means obeying God. That's all. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But are any of God's laws fixed? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All laws are included if you obey God. That is universal morality.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-y
\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratij\'e4ne priyo 
'si me
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Always think of Me and become My devotee. Wo
rship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.}{\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 (}{\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  18.65}{\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  This is the basis of morality. We must become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servitor. Since so many immoral activities are being accep
ted as moral, how else can a person know what is moral and what is not?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kant writes: "For a rational but finite being, the only thing possible is an endless progress from the lower to the hi
gher degrees of moral perfection."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that there is an endless struggle to understand real morality. This is not necessary. We need only accept the orders of God and follow them. That is ultimate reality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What Kant means by morality is rather vague. He does not give specific outlines for action. Rather, he writes, "The moral individual is to do what is good only because it is good." According to his cat
egorical imperative, man should act in such a way that the maxim of his actions might become the principle for universal law. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is impossible for the individual soul. It is impossible for a conditioned living entity to do something that will be universally accepted.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then man cannot establish a universal law by his own action?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Only God can do so. Only God can say, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parityajya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekam}{\cs3755\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\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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  If an individual conditioned soul says this, who will accept him?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Kant says that there are certain imperatives that we are born with.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are these? He should say specifically. The only universal imperative is that you should be obedient to God. That's all. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant rejects the traditional proofs of God's existence in order to clear the ground for his assertion that God is mora
lly necessary in a moral universe. In this universe, every soul is an end in itself, and these individual souls are like citizens in a "kingdom of ends." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why does he use the word "kingdom" if he does not accept the king?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he would say that the king is a moral necessity in a moral universe. He simply rejects the traditional proofs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right, but he sees the individual souls as ends in themselves. There is no question of such independence, because everything is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of G
odhead. God is behind nature, and if our morality denies the existence of God, what is its value? One man may think that animal killing is good, while another may think that it is immoral. So who is correct? There must be some authority to establish mora
lity. Morality must have some background, otherwise it will change at any moment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant also writes: "It does not enter men's heads that when they fulfill their duty to men (themselves and others), the
y are, by these very acts, performing God's commands and are therefore in all their actions and abstentions, so far as these concern morality, perpetually in the service of God, and that it is absolutely impossible to serve God directly in any other way
\tab "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If man does not serve God, how can he know how to serve humanity? If he does not receive information from God about how to serve humanity, what is the value of his humanitarianism? The b
est way to serve mankind is to preach this message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that everyone can become a faithful servant of God. When we are God's servants, we can render service not only to
 our fellow man but to all other living entities as well. However, if we manufacture our service, it is useless.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the preface to one of his last works, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kant seems to shift his position to say that morality "extends itself to the idea of a powerful moral Lawgiver, outs
ide of mankind." Still, he believes that knowledge of God is ultimately uncertain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is uncertain for one who does not have perfect knowledge. If you believe in God and know God, you can get perfect knowledge from Him. Then you'll become perfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ideally, for Kant, it is the moral obligation of everyone to obey the moral commands.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not moral commands, but the supreme command. As I said, what is moral for you may be immoral for others. One man's food is another's poison. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to 
lie, that lying is moral. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna to fight and kill, and that killing is moral. Morality means obeying God's order. Because your senses are imperfect, you cannot create morality. You cannot even know what is moral. Therefore you shoul
d follow the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative. The real categorical imperative is to obey the Supreme. That is morality, and anything else is immoral.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then we are not born with a priori knowledge of what is right?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A priori in the sense that we know we have to obey K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That knowledge is manifest even in unciv
ilized men. When aborigines see a thunderbolt, they offer prayers. It is natural and inborn to offer obeisances.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant says that it is not the act itself which is good or bad, but the will behind the act.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but that will has to be developed. A child has will, but it has to be developed by his teacher. Everyo
ne in the material world is in ignorance; therefore it is called a place of darkness. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  advise: "Don't remain in darkness. Go to the light." The spiritual world is light. In the material world, since our will is in darkness, it is bound to be imperfect. The will has to be dragged to the light, and that requires superior help. W
e cannot think, "I am doing this for a good cause; therefore it is good." In this way, people manufacture all kinds of creeds and act in every way. Guidance is required. We must consult a superior authority for confirmation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant believed that only man can be regarded as nature's own end, or highest product, because on earth only man is capa
ble of complying with the categorical imperative, the moral law. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if nature creates man, then nature is supreme. However, nature is only dull matter.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a
\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 constitute My separated mater
ial 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
 7.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Human beings cannot create these things, nor can nature in itself create them. So how can nature create man? How can man be considered nature's own end or highest pro
duct? What is the logic in this philosophy? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant would say that man is nature's final end because man's moral nature alone is worthwhile.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We object to his emphasizing that man is a product of nature. Nature itself cannot make man. Nature provides the body, just as a tailor provides a suit. This body is but the outward cove
ring of the living entity. The living entity within the body is not created by material nature. He is part and parcel of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant says that man belongs to "the kingdom of ends" because man is not just an object of utility but an end in 
himself. Since he alone possesses self-direction, or dignity, he should never stoop to sell himself like a commodity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is that end? Kant does not give any concrete example. Man's dignity is his inherent quality of obedience to the Supreme. It is that obedience that we should not sacrifice. We ar
e not independent, but subordinate to God's will. Kant may be a strict moralist, but that is not the highest platform. We have to transcend even the moral principle to attain perfection. There is morality and immorality in the material world because ther
e are the three modes of material nature operating: goodness, passion, and ignorance. Morality is on the platform of goodness. According to the transcendental, spiritual point of view, the entire material world is condemned. One may be a first-class pris
oner, or a second-class prisoner, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Whatever the case, one is still a
 conditioned soul. Of course, as far as conditional life is concerned, there is value in morality. Morality may help us come to the transcendental platform, but coming to that platform is not dependent on morality. It is independent of everything. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's order is above morality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But might not morality help us see behind the moral law and transcend it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not necessarily. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we find that Arjuna was trying to become moral by not killing his relatives, but
 that could not help him. Rather, by directly abiding by the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he transcended morality. So morality in itself does not always help. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant spoke of "the starry sky above, and the moral law within." This seems to echo Christ's teaching that "the kingdom
 of God is within you."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if you are actually a lover of God and His instructions, the kingdom of God is within.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant proposes that since the moral law cannot possibly be fulfilled within the limits of one lifetime, the soul
 must be immortal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a very good proposition. That is real evolution. Darwin had no idea of the existence of the soul, and he gave some theories about material evolution, which we do not accept. But 
there is spiritual evolution. Even though a devotee falls down, what he has earned in devotional service will never be lost. In the next life, he begins from that point. However, as far as material activities are concerned, they vanish with the change of
 body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant also proposes that since only God can insure the human endeavor for the supreme good, God's existence is a
 necessary postulate of practical reason.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have already explained this. Whatever devotional service is rendered in this life is taken up in the next. Who can give the living entity that chance but God? I may forget, but God do
es not forget. God is Param\'e4tm\'e4. He is within, and He knows what the living entity has done to this point.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kant, the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is virtue combined with happiness. Happiness is the knowledge of doing what is right. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Happiness means spiritual happiness. There is no material happiness because whatever is material is temporary. Since the spirit soul is eternal, he must have spiritual happiness. That ha
ppiness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you know that you are the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you are serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that service is your happiness. Even if your duty is painful, you are still happy because you know that you are a
cting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kant points out that on earth, happiness does not necessarily accompany goodness; therefore there must be a God
 who sees that a virtuous man finds his deserved happiness in a future life. Without such justice, there would be no meaning to morality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, in the last }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\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\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agne naya supath\'e4 r\'e4ye asm\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4ni deva vayun\'e4ni vidv\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuyodhy asmaj juhur\'e4\'ebam eno\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bh\'fcyi\'f1\'f6h\'e4\'e0 te nama-ukti\'e0 vidhema
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O my Lord, powerful as fire, omnipotent One, now I offer You all obeisances, falling on the ground at Your feet. O my Lord,
 please lead me on the right path to reach You, and, since You know all that I have done in the past, please free me from the reactions to my past sins so that there will be no hindrance to my progress." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\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 18}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) We should be very sincere in our service to God so that He will relieve us of the reactions of our }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Unless there is a Supreme, what is the value of morality?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant would say that in his earthly life, a man should not be motivated toward moral conduct out of any expectat
ion of happiness, but out of a sense of duty, or reverence for the moral law. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that means unmotivated service. It is not that we love K\'e5\'f1\'eba just to receive some benefit. It is our duty. That is pure morality. Knowing that we are part and parcel of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, we should render service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba without ulterior motivation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The goal of Kant's personal ethics is twofold: it is a person's duty to attain his own perfection and also to s
eek the happiness of others.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious man is not happy thinking, "I have now contacted K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore my business is finished." Other living en
tities are also part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but due to misguidance, they are not serving Him. Consequently, they are not attaining happiness. It is the duty of one who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba to preach about Him out of mercy. Those who are satisfied 
just tending to their own personal spiritual life are not as highly elevated as those who try to enlighten others.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pure practical reason, the free will's ability to choose, takes priority over pure speculative reason, or theor
izing about reality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is not sufficient to merely understand that there is a God. We must render service to God. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement means applying knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I
f you are a devotee, you must demonstrate it. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja therefore condemned those who make a show of being devotees and spend all day and night within closed doors chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sometimes such people smoke and have illicit se
x because they are not mature in their devotional service. A neophyte should work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba; otherwise he will simply be a showbottle. We have to spread Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's teachings all over the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant concludes that self-realization is superior to mere philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a practical demonstration of this. Since we know that we are the eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we engage in His service. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a wants it to be known that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We may either accept this or not\'97that is all right with K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but it is our business to inform everyone that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord and that everyone else is His eternal servant. If we enlighten people in this way, we are engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's se
rvice. It is not that we go to church and ask God, "Give us our daily bread." God is giving bread daily to everyone, even to birds and beasts; therefore it is not practical to ask God for what He is already supplying. According to our Vai\'f1\'ebava phil
osophy, we must work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are not just theorizing, but practicing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant rejected church-going as a means to salvation. He states that "sensuous representation of God is contrary to the 
command of reason: 'Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,' etc." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If someone imagines an image, that is not good. An image arises from the imagination. However, it is different to keep a photograph of your beloved. The photograph of your beloved is not 
imaginary. It is a fact.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although rejecting prayer as an inner formal service to God, Kant believed that it is good to teach children to pray so that in their early years they might accustom themselves to a life pleasing to Go
d.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion means pleasing God, and that is not restricted to children.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the Christian belief in the resurrection of the body, Kant writes: "For who is so fond of his body that he would wish to drag it about with him through all eternity if he could get on withou
t it?" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is natural to want to retain one's body. Even though his life is abominable, a hog will cry when being captured or killed. He does not consider his body to be undesirable, although he 
is eating stool and living in a filthy place. It is natural to want to protect one's body perpetually, regardless of one's condition. This tendency is there because the living entity is eternal, and he is hankering after that eternity. It is his mistake 
to desire this eternity in a material body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his book }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eternal Peace}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kant asserts that there can be peace in the world if certain laws are followed. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We often hear that peace can be attained, but it can be attained only when we understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the factual proprietor of everything. We must accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our
 friend and understand that we are not the proprietors of anything. We must know that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba if peace is to reign.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning government, Kant writes: "An ethical commonwealth can be thought of only as a people under divine commands,
 as a people of God....This would be a commonwealth wherein God would be the Lawgiver."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the king or president and the people abide by the orders of God, the state will be ideal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant's state would be theocratic in its constitution; however, since priests receive gifts from God directly, they wou
ld construct an aristocratic government.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A theocratic government is properly outlined in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , given by Manu for the benefit of all human society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant believes that there should be a world state in which everyone can participate, and a system of internation
al law regulating relationships between various nations or states. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is also our position, the proposition of the International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There is one God, and there should be one state. If we can turn the majority of 
people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they will vote for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious people, and they will not be exploited. The principles that we are following individually can be introduced on a larger scale.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kant believes that the leaders should follow the moral principles, but he rejects Plato's idea that the philoso
phers should be kings. Rather, they should serve as advisors only. Then they will be able to exercise good judgment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also the Vedic system. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advise the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are empowered and try to administer, their philosophical qualities will be diminished. They should re
main free and act only as advisors.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte is not as important as Kant or Hegel, but he is in the same tradition. He followed pretty much in the footsteps
 of Kant. In his first work, entitled }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Belief in a Divine Government of the Universe}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he
 writes: "Our belief in a moral world order must be based on the concept of a supersensible world." That is, without the conception of a transcendental reality, morality in the world has no basis. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, he must define morality. He cannot do this simply by saying, "Our moral principles are...." It is not sufficient to imagine moral principles. Everyone is always saying, "Th
is is moral, and this is immoral." There must be some standard. Following the Vedic scriptures, we say: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1i}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gorak\'f1ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4\'ebijya\'e0}{\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 (}{\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  18.44)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Cows should be protected. Others claim that cow
s should be killed in a religious place, in a mosque, synagogue, or whatever. So who is to say what is moral?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Following Kant, Fichte would emphasize inner reality, intuition, or conscience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte may follow Kant, and I may follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but if there is a contradiction, who is to decide which is moral? Who is to be our leader? How can we decide? In any case, we can
not avoid following some leader, be this leader Lenin, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kant, or whoever. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte would emphasize the use of individual intuition, or conscience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our conscience is determined according to our association. There is no standard conscience. The conscience of a drunkard says that drinking is good, and the conscience of a devotee says 
that chanting is good. So which are we to follow? We may follow one definition of God, and others may follow another definition. There must be some standard.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na vai vidur \'e5\'f1ayo n\'e4pi deva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na siddha-mukhy\'e4 asur\'e4
 manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kuto nu vidy\'e4dhara-c\'e4ra\'eb\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although fully situated in the mode of goodnes
s, even the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  who occupy the topmost planets cannot ascertain the real religious principles, nor can the demigods or the leaders of Siddhaloka, to say nothing of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ordinary human beings, Vidy\'e4dharas and C\'e4ra\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.3.19}{\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  The definition of God and the orders of God are standard. We cannot manufacture God or morality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Fichte, the world has no objective reality outside of its being an instrument for the enactment of duty. He sees t
he world of the senses as the "stuff of duty." He writes, "Our world is the centralized material of our duty....It is our duty that is revealed in the world of the senses."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If there is no definition of duty, everyone can manufacture his own. Our standard is given by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m ekam }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uca\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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\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  18.66)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So whatever duties have been manufactured should be given up. It is not necessary to go on speculating, because the instructions are very clear. For our standard, we refer t
o the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p
ram\'e4\'ebam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If our actions are approved by Vedic injunctions, they will meet the standard and be perfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte believes that the world is a rational unified system directed toward a purpose. It is not a mere machine. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree to that. The material world is created for the pastimes of the conditioned soul, just as the spiritual world is manifest for the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who are e
ternally liberated and enjoy K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-mukta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-baddha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a soul conditioned by material nature. These souls, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are given a chance to play as they like, and they have come here to satisfy their material senses. Ultimately, they s
hould come to their real senses and understand that it is not their business to enjoy material sense objects here but to return home, back to Godhead. This is a good plan, and one who takes advantage of it does not deviate. If one follows the Vedic instr
uctions concerning eating, sleeping, defending, and mating, he can become eligible to return to Godhead very quickly. However, those who manufacture their own way and go against the plan become implicated in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-bandhana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bandhana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "to be implicated." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte claims that because the world is a rational system, reason has a very important place. Reason is a real 
entity or power which performs purposeful acts.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu pointed out that the living entity is the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If he utilizes his reason, he can understand very well what he is doi
ng here. He can understand that he is receiving everything through his senses, and by acting in this way and that, has become a servant of his senses. People cannot master their senses, yet they are prepared to try to master the world, or society. The li
ving entity is not the master, yet he artificially attempts to be master. We attain knowledge when we realize that we are not masters but the eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People are trying to serve their senses, their family, their country, societ
y, dog, or whatever. This service is misplaced. By the use of reason, we can come to the understanding that we are eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we abandon the service of the senses, of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, we attain liberation, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte believes that true atheism consists in "...refusing to obey the voice of one's conscience until one thinks that
 one can foresee the success of one's actions and thus elevating one's own judgment above that of God and in making oneself into God. He who wills to do evil in order to produce good is a godless person." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you do not know God or His orders, how can you verify your duty? Do you simply manufacture your duty? Anyone can do that. First of all, you must understand what is meant by duty. Duty
 means following the orders given by your superior, but if you have no superior, if you have no conception of the Supreme and His order, how can you know your duty? Of course, you may imagine your duty. Is this what he advises?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is vague on this point.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he does not know. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we have definite, prescribed duties. Society is divided into eight divisions comprising the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are four }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ramas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
. Whatever you do, you must function according to one of these }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\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\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ramas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and there are
 duties prescribed for each. If you follow the principles that are set forth specifically for each stage of life, you are doing your duty. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Fichte, our knowledge of God arises from the enactment of our duty.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is all right, but what is our duty? God must assign our duty for us to understand God by enacting our duty. But if we have no conception of God, how can we know what our duty is? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Fichte, self-consciousness is the basic principle of human knowledge and our means for searching out the Ab
solute. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That self-consciousness should be "I am the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This can be realized by pra
ctice, by education, and by study of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte believes that the philosopher's search for the truth begins with a demand for fulfillment\'97that is, "T
hink thyself!" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We should think, "What am I?" By profound meditation, we can understand, "I am not this body but something else. I am eternal. I existed in the past, I exist now, and I will continue to 
exist in the future. Whatever I am doing now in the material world is separate and temporary. But what is my eternal duty?" If we understand our position and learn from a spiritual master that we are the eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will take t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service\'97that is, if we are sensible. In this way, we can attain a higher position. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte was ambiguous and vague when he wrote of God as a personal being. He seemed to lean toward pantheism or imperso
nalism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If he is an impersonalist, he has no understanding of his master, God, who is giving him his duty.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He looked on the attribution of personality to God as simply a multiplication of oneself in one's own thoughts.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If our understanding of God is only impersonal, where is God's leadership? Is there any question of leadership in impersonalism?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he feels that if you attribute personality to God, you are projecting yourself onto God\'97that is, you are manu
facturing God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We cannot manufacture God by giving Him imaginary attributes. Whatever attributes we ascribe to Him must be logical. For instance, we say, "God is great" because we have some conception 
of greatness, and we understand that greatness must be in God, Or we say that God is supremely wealthy, and that also is quite reasonable. We say that God is supreme, and that also logically follows. The attributes of God given by Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni\'97
knowledge, fame, wealth, strength, beauty, and renunciation\'97all combine to give a reasonable definition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like many other impersonalists, Fichte believes that if you attribute personality to God, you necessarily limit Him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is thinking that God's personality is finite like his, and that is his mistake. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personality is not like that of an ordinary man. As soon as it was necessary to protec
t the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana from the torrents of Indra, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately lifted Govardhana Hill to serve as an umbrella. When He did this, He appeared as a seven-year-old boy. He did not have to meditate for years in order to become Go
d. Presently, rascals are meditating to try to become God, but what kind of God? God is always God. He is the transcendental personality, and there is no need for Him to meditate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte rejects the personality of God because he felt that "the concept of God as a separate substance is impossible a
nd contradictory."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since God is everything, there is no question of separation. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jag
ad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4ni sarva bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v 
avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If everything is in God, how can He be separate?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He rejects God as a separate person. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is everything, why is He not a separate person also? There is no question of rejection. If he admits that God is everything, how can he reject God's personality? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since Fichte's pantheism would not admit that God is more than the creation, he would reject the transcendental person
ality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then he is trying to create God after his own conceptions. But if he admits that God is everything, how can he reject God's transcendental personality? If God is everything, He is that w
hich is transcendental, as well as what is not. Those who follow the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  do not reject a
ny part of God. They see God in everything. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4syam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub idam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\cs3755
\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\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). A real Va
i\'f1\'ebava sees everything related to God. If one thinks, "This is matter, and this is spirit," he is speculating. We have to see God in relation to everything. When we do not, everything becomes material. Materialism means forgetfulness of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Most people, including Fichte, would find it difficult to concentrate on the transcendental personality of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, especially when they know nothing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It requires a little intelligence and purification. Once the impurities are cleansed from the mirror of the mind, we can understand; otherwise, we think of God as a ordinary person.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibh\'e4vit\'e4bhis
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4bhir ya eva nija-r\'fcpatay\'e4 kal\'e4bhi\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4
tma-bh\'fcto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with R\'e4dh\'e4, who resembles His own spiritu
al figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency [}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub din}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]. Their companions are Her confidantes, who e
mbody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa." (}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub 5.37}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) God is a person living in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, dancing with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and playing with the cowherd boys. Despite this, God is everywhere. It is not that because He is dancing, He has no time to go anywhere. Although 
He dances in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He is still present everywhere. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h
\'e5d}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7e}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . "The Supreme Lord is in everyone's 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 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 18.61}{\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  By His inconceivable potencies, God can be in one place and everywhere else simultaneously. This is the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acint
ya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simultaneously, inconceivably one with the creation and different from
 it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although an impersonalist, Fichte is certainly not an inactivist. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vocation of Man}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "Not merely to know, but according to thy knowledge to do, is thy vocation\'97Not for idle contemplation
 of thyself, not for brooding over devout sensations\'97no, for action art thou here; thine action, and thine action alone, determines thy worth."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and that is also the philosophy of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, which maintains that we are meant for rendering daily service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We do not believe that
 you should simply sit down, smoke cigarettes, and speculate on God. What will be the use of such speculation? We advocate a practical life of action devoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this, Fichte seems closer to Vai\'f1\'ebavism than most impersonalists, who advocate inaction and meditation on the
 void. At the same time, how can you act without directing your action toward some person or specific goal?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even in India, the impersonalists have some activities. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya gives many }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instruction
s, which are more difficult to perform than the Vai\'f1\'ebava instructions. As far as Vai\'f1\'ebavism is concerned, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu taught through His personal example that there is no time for inactivity. We should not sit idly and gossip about
 God or imagine what He is like. Both personalists and impersonalists are fully engaged: the impersonalists in reading }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and the personalists in rendering service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte says that in order to understand reality, reason must follow a process called the dialectical method, wh
ich involves thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. First comes the thesis, which fails to provide an adequate solution; this gives rise to an antithesis, the opposite, which is also inadequate; the dilemma is resolved by combining the two into a synthesis.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The thesis is that I am trying to be master of this material world. The antithesis is that my spiritual master informs me that I am the eternal servant of God. The synthesis is that I be
come master and servant simultaneously, because by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I master my senses.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Fichte, the thesis is the ego; the antithesis is the non-ego; and the synthesis is the unification of ego and non-ego.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The ego arises when I think, "I am the monarch of all I survey." The antithesis is, "I am not the monarch but the servant of my senses." Through the synthesis, I become a servant of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and simultaneously a master of the senses, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Fichte, this dialectical process is endless, for each synthesis in turn becomes a new thesis, etc. However,
 the ultimate synthesis is the Absolute, or God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that those who attempt to attain God in this way, through the process of mental sp
eculation, eventually attain God, but only after many lives. However, one who is intelligent immediately surrenders when he understands God to say, "Just surrender unto Me." This saves time. You can come to the ultimate synthesis, God, by immediately sur
rendering. If you can perfect your life immediately, why perpetuate this process? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte states that the original thesis, or the starting point, is the person and his consciousness, the ego. Th
e antithesis is the object of consciousness, phenomena, the non-ego. The synthesis arises with the unification of the subject-object.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  admit that t
here is direct knowledge, then knowledge received from authority. These combine to form transcendental, spiritual knowledge. At present, our ego is false because we are thinking, "I am matter. I am this body." When we come to real knowledge, we understan
d that we are spirit soul. This is our true identity. The function of the individual spirit soul is to eternally serve the supreme spirit soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Fichte, ultimate reality is the moral ego. This is the pure will, active reason, or the good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, God is also the ego. We say, "I am," and God also says, "I am." However, God's "I am" is superior to ours. He is the eternal primal living force. We are also eternal living force, b
ut we are subordinate.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte considered faith to be the real basis of action. He felt that knowledge in itself was insufficient. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, faith must be there. We see faith exhibited even amongst the lower species. We see cygnets following their mother swan into the water to swim and play. Faith is quite natural. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, does faith or knowledge serve as the basis for action?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the last chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us to abandon everything and just surrender unto 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.66)}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Now this requires full faith. If we speculate about this, we do not have faith. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit
\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , faith is described:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4'-\'e7abde\'97vi\'e7v\'e4sa kahe s
ud\'e5\'f2ha ni\'e7caya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebe bhakti kaile sarva-karma k\'e5ta haya
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By rendering transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. This co
nfident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Madh. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 22.62}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Faith means believing firmly. If we have firm faith, we w
ill become perfect by surrendering unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we still have reservations, we cannot have firm faith. We may then ask how this faith comes to be, and to this, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  answe
rs:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4s
udurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes 
and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 7.19}{\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  This faith, therefore, is not very easily come 
by. Piety is also required of a candidate. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra five thousand years ago, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has recently been studied by many people 
like Gandhi, Dr. Radhakrishnan, Vivekananda, and Aurovinda. But where is their faith? They have taken advantage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by interpreting it according to their own pleasure. They
 have never taught complete surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That requires firm faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In any case, in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we are teaching our students how to capture K\'e5\'f1\'eba through firm faith. There are ma
ny faithless people, including yog\'e9s and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who are commenting on }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but this is useless. In the beginning, there must be firm faith. Faith is the foundation. If the foundation is lost, how can a big building stand?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte believes that faith is innate in all men. He writes: "So has it been with all men who have ever seen the light 
of the world. Without being conscious of it, they apprehend all the reality which has an existence for them through faith alone. This faith forces itself on them simultaneously with their existence. It is born with them. How could it be otherwise?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and this faith is also strengthened by experience. For instance, in the world we understand that everything has some proprietor. Since this is the case, why shouldn't the entire cos
mic manifestation have a proprietor? We may not see the proprietor, but we accept His existence on faith.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the infallibility of conscience, Fichte writes: "This voice of my conscience announces to me precisely what
 I ought to do, and what leave undone, in every particular situation of life....To listen to it, to obey honestly and unreservedly...is my true vocation, the whole end and purpose of my existence." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as he says that he listens, he indicates that someone is speaking. That someone is God situated in everyone's heart and dictating. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5d-de\'e7e'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhr}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yantr}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ru}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f2}{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\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 18.61}{\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  Thus God is dictating to everyone. He is telling the thief, "You may go out and steal, but this is not good. If you are arrested, you'll be punished." That dictation is there, and if one disobeys and g
oes ahead and steals, he commits sin. God is there giving dictations within, the heart, and we may either obey or disobey. If we obey, we become devotees. As I said before, the dictations come from the heart, and also from the scriptures and the spiritua
l master. If we regularly disobey, how can we be happy? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte is typical of the impersonalist in his desire to merge into what he calls "the universal Ego." He feels that th
is should be our ultimate goal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this material world, we all have some ego. We think, "I am the husband of this woman, I am the head of this family, I am the president of this state, and so on." These are different m
anifestations of ego. However, we cannot say, "I am the master of this entire universe. I am the universal ego." That is also called false ego. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fichte thinks that we can go through the universe embracing and assimilating everything until we finally unify with th
e impersonal Absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as we speak of "Absolute," there is no distinction between the impersonal and the personal. If there is a distinction, you are not referring to the Absolute. It is contradictory t
o speak of the "impersonal Absolute."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  More precisely, Fichte would consider the original thesis to be one's own consciousness, or ego; the antithesis to be 
the object of consciousness, sense phenomena, or the non-ego; and the synthesis to be the unification of these opposites.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is distinguishing between the ego and non-ego, and between the personal and the impersonal, but in the Absolute, there are no such distinctions.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva\'e0
 yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, and Bhag
\'e4van." }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the Absolute, there is no duality. When we search for the Absolute Tru
th, we may realize it in three different aspects: as Brahman, as Param\'e4tm\'e4, and as Bhag\'e4van. Depending on our relationship to the Absolute, the Absolute appears in different ways, but this is not due to some inconsistency in the Absolute. The Ab
solute is always one, but due to our relative position, we see the Absolute as the impersonal all-pervading Brahman, as the localized Supersoul, or as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhag\'e4van. Ultimately, the Absolute is Bhag\'e4van, and the imper
sonal feature is resting on Him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma\'ebo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman." }{\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 14.27)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  We may attempt to merge with the impersonal aspect, Brahman, but our position will not be permanent. As for merging or unifying with the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhag\'e4van, this is not possible. It is not possible for the f
inite living entity to become the infinite God.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (177
0-1831)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel sought to synthesize other philosophies to arrive at the truth, and in so doing, he concluded that everyt
hing that exists is reason; what is real is rational, and what is rational is real. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he wanted to arrive at the Absolute in whom there is no duality. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 In order to deliver the pious and to annihil
ate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.}{\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 (}{\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 4.8}{\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  He comes to earth to protect the devotees and kill the demons. Although 
He actually did this, we should not think that He is partial. When He killed the great demon P\'fctan\'e4, for instance, P\'fctan\'e4 attained a position like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Absolute, there is no differenc
e between His loving Ya\'e7od\'e4 and killing P\'fctan\'e4. Whatever He does is good: be it killing or loving. The two opposites are reconciled in Him. The Sanskrit word for this is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub virudd}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rtha-sambandha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel saw that his predecessors had become so increasingly abstract in trying to find out the nature of substan
ce, that they had reduced substance to nothingness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This was due to ignorance. That is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub virasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When one cannot understand the nature or form of God through speculation, out of frustration he says, "Oh, there is no God." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel's predecessors analyzed an object into smaller and smaller parts until they arrived at a nonentity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fact is that the Absolute cannot be divided into parts. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naina\'e0 chindanti \'e7astr\'e4\'ebi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub naina\'e0 dahati p\'e4vaka\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caina\'e0 kledayanty \'e4po\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na \'e7o
\'f1ayati m\'e4ruta\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by 
the wind." }{\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  2.
23)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is possible to cut a material thing into pieces, but it is impossible to divide a spiritual being. A spiritual being is inexhaustible. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s thin
k that since the Absolute is all-pervading, He has no form, but this is incorrect. The Absolute can maintain His form as He is and yet expand Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
ay\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub idam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarva\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtin\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded." }{\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  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba has three features: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4tmeti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abdyate}{\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 (}{\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\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the impersonal, lo
calized, and personal. Unless we come to understand this science, it is very difficult to know the forms of the Absolute Truth. One who is incompetent, who has a poor fund of knowledge, concludes that the Absolute Truth is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , void, but this is not so.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel wanted to reverse the trend from abstraction to concretion. He believed that every phenomenal object has 
its relationship with the whole, which is reality. To understand reality, we must examine all objects and relate them to the whole and to each other. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is our process. The whole is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and everything is related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because we see everything related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we do not artificially renounce anythi
ng, but try to utilize everything in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say that everything is Brahman, their process is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neti-neti
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "Not this, not that." In this way, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His worship are also }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Our philosophy is that everything is a manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy; the energy and the energetic are one. N\'e4rada explained: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 hi vi\'e7va\'e0 bhagav\'e4n ivetaro\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yato jagat-sth\'e4na-nirodha-sambhav\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad dhi svaya\'e0 veda bhav\'e4\'e0s tath\'e4pi te\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4de\'e7a-m\'e4tra\'e0 bhavata\'f9 pradar\'e7itam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is Himself this cosmos, and still He is aloof from it. From Him only has this cosmi
c manifestation emanated, in Him it rests, and unto Him it enters after annihilation. Your good self knows all about this. I have given only a synopsis." }{\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  1.5.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The whole
 universe is Bhag\'e4van, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but it appears to be separate. How it is not separate can be understood through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Ordinary men think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but there is no non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That 
is illusion. Everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, nothing can be separated from the spiritual whole because everything is related to it. For Kant, phe
nomenon is the mode in which things-in-themselves represent themselves to the individual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has two energies: the spiritual and the material. His spiritual energ
y is described as superior, and His material energy as inferior. These designations are given for our consideration because we cannot understand otherwise, but the fact is that there is only one energy: the superior spiritual energy. When this spiritual 
energy is covered by ignorance, it is called material energy. The sky is naturally clear, and we can normally see the sun, but when there are clouds, we cannot see it. Still, the sun is there. When we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba or understand Him, we exper
ience what is called the material energy. The fact is that there is nothing material because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel says that objects themselves are the spirit expressing itself in objective nature, whereas Kant maintains
 that the spirit expresses itself through objects. There is a distinction made between the spirit within the object expressing itself, and the spirit as the object.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The object as it is is spirit. In one sense, the sunshine is not the sun, but at the same time, it is not different from the sun because it is the sun's heat and light. Therefore our phi
losophy is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : simultaneously one and different. All these objects a
re actually spirit, but if we have no sense of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we consider them to be material. Sometimes people criticize us for using material devices like dictaphones, typewriters, and airplanes, but we reply that these things are spiritual. If they a
re used for our sense gratification, they are material, but if used in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are spiritual. It is the consciousness that is important. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4saktasya vi\'f1ay\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath
\'e4rham upayu\'efjata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirbandha\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandhe\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yukta\'e0 vair
\'e4gyam ucyate
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pa\'efcikatay\'e4 buddhy\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha
ri-sambandhi-vastuna\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mumuk\'f1ubhi\'f9 parity\'e4go\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya\'e0 phalgu kat
hyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 t
hings are material, does not practice complete renunciation." }{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindh
u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.255-256)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything has its relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Rejecting everything as f
alse is artificial renunciation. Our method is to renounce things for our sense gratification, but accept everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's satisfaction. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
bhakti-yogena sevate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpa
te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  14.26)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as we engage fully in devotional service, we are immediately spiritualized. When we are in devotional service, the spiritual quality of everything is revived. In truth, everything is spirit, but it is covered 
by our material consciousness, just as gold may be covered by mud. If we cleanse the heart, we immediately understand that things are spiritual. In material consciousness, we conceive of ourselves as Americans, Indians, men, women, and so on, but when we
 come to our spiritual consciousness, we realize, "I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant." Thus we understand that we are spiritual. These material conceptions are like dreams. When we are dreaming, we may think that we are this or that, or that we are performin
g so many acts, but when we awake, we understand our real identity. Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have no duty other than to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When this consciousness comes, everything is spiritual. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philosophy of Religion}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hegel writes: "God is a living God, who is acting and working. Religion is a product of the divine spirit; it is not a discovery of man, but a work of divine operation and creation i
n Him (God)."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is very important to understand that a man cannot manufacture religion. We define religion as "the orders given by God." As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gl\'e4
nir bhavati bh\'e4rata\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j\'e4my
 aham
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligi
on\'97at that time, I descend Myself. In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I appear Myself millennium after millennium." }{\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  4.7-8)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is religion. Religion rests on the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, and if you strictly follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, you are religi
ous, pious, and transcendental. If you defy K\'e5\'f1\'eba and manufacture your own religion, you are asuric, demoniac. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Plato's and Kant's philosophy, these temporary objects are representations of an ideal. This table
, for instance, represents or expresses the ideal table, but it is not the ideal itself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also say that this material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world. It is like a mirage. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 said that it is due to the actuality of the spiritual world that this illusory world appears to be true. Because there is in reality a real table
, we can perceive this table. Although the entire material creation is but a perverted reflection of the reality, people are enamored by it. People take this to be a real table, a real body, a real society, real happiness, and so on.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel would say that these are genuine externalizations of the reality, that this is a real table and that thes
e are real objects. It is not that they are images of the real, but that they themselves are real.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by real? For us, reality means that which does and will exist. If this is not the case, it is not real.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sato vidyate bh\'e4vo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4bh
\'e4vo vidyate sata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ubhayor api d\'e5\'f1\'f6o 'ntas\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tv anayos tattva-dar\'e7i
bhi\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Those who are seers of the truth have conclu
ded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both.}{\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 (}{\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  2.16)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Reality refers to that which exists eternally. This table exists temporarily; therefore it cannot be classified as reality. It is like a dream or hallucination because it is temporary. We ca
nnot say that a dream is real, although in a dream everything appears to be real.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But isn't there a table on the spiritual platform? An absolute table?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode there are tables, chairs, all kinds of furniture eternally existing. But these things are manifest here only temporarily.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Which is correct? Does the spirit express itself in this object, or is it that the spirit is this object?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The object is an expression of the spiritual energy. Whatever is manifest is the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but one energy is eternal, and another energy is temporary. That which is manif
est temporarily is material, and that which is manifest eternally is spiritual. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, in that sense, can you say that this table is made of spirit, but at the same time is not?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Originally, it is made of spirit in the sense that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the whole spirit, and because it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, it is factually K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You may make various ima
ges out of clay. You may mold pots and bricks, and they may be manifest temporarily as pots and bricks, but originally they are clay, and when they are destroyed, they will again merge into their original condition. There are three conditions: the formle
ss condition, the form, and again a merging into the formless. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K
\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Lord Brahm\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham ev\'e4sam ev\'e4gre\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4nyad 
yat sad-asat param\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7c\'e4d aha\'e0 yad etac ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo 'va\'e7i\'f1yeta so 'smy ah
am
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "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 cause 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\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  2.9.33)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, K\'e5\'f1\'eba existed in the beginning of the creation; He maintains the creation; and when the creation is annihilated, He continues to exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s would say that this table is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say that it is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
, but we say that it is temporary. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But there's also a spiritual world full of form? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s do not know of this. What is the source of these forms? The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 1.1.2
\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 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\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   janma-adi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and de
struction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\cs2873\b\i\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.}}}{
\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub state
s: }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub janm\'e4dy}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
asya}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . Form comes from the original source. These forms that we see here are not eternal forms. They are imitations, perverted reflections of eternal forms. A reflection is n
ot eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel says that these forms are not eternal but that the interaction of forms is an eternal process.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A mirage is neither factual nor eternal, but there is factual and eternal water. Otherwise, how could anyone have a conception of water?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: But if the universe is
 rational and everything has a purpose, this temporary form is also spiritual because it has some kind of purpose.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we are utilizing everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's purpose. Our proposal is to make the best use of a bad bargain. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what if a person doesn't know the purpose? Is the object still spiritual?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Whether a person knows or does not know, fact is fact. We have only to receive knowledge from one who knows. All objects are spiritual, but one who does not have knowledge does not h
ave the eyes to see that spirituality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then, is God's plan unfolding itself everywhere, whether we understand it or not?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, He reveals Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and He sends His representative to unfold His plan. The essence of things
 is spiritual, but our imperfect vision makes things material. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel believes that everything has a purpose, that the whole universe is rational, and that it is unfolding under the direction of reason, the spirit of the Absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly. Only rascals think that there is no purpose in life, that everything is a result of chance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, in order to understand this reality, we must examine the interrelationships of things.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are also teaching that. The origin of everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energetic expansions constitute everything. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 s\'e4k\'f1\'e4j\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e4ta-vedo 'si havyav\'e4\'f6\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dev\'e4n\'e4\'e0 puru\'f1\'e4\'ecg\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yaj\'efena puru\'f1a\'e0 yajeti
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O fire-god, you are a part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and you carry to Him all the offerings of sacrifices. Therefore we request you to offer to Him the sacrificial ingredients we are offering the de
migods, for the Lord is the real enjoyer." }{\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. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.20.17}{\cs3755\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  Physical existence is heat a
nd light, and these energies emanate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original light. Everything material and spiritual is composed of heat and light. One who has eyes to see that which is spiritual can see. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel attempted to establish the relationship between concrete realities. Isolated facts, or moments, as he cal
ls them, can never constitute the truth because the truth is the whole, an integrated unity that is organic and dynamic.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just by analyzing ourselves, we can understand that I, the soul, am existing and that my bodily features are changing. When things change, we call them material. The spirit soul exists i
n all conditions, and that is the difference between spirit and matter. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Moments, factors in the organic whole, progress in an evolutionary way according to the course set by reason, w
hich Hegel calls the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Welt Geist}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the World Spirit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That World Spirit is a person. Unless you accept a personal God, there is no question of reason. The reason guiding everything in the universe is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "This material nature is working under My direction." }{\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 9.10}{\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  Direction means reason; therefore as s
oon as you speak of reason, you must accept the Supreme Person who is directing everything according to His supreme reason.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Would you say that all world events are expressions of this World Spirit, or world reason, unfolding itself? If
 so, what is the ultimate purpose of that plan?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there is a plan, otherwise why would K\'e5\'f1\'eba say }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhyak\'f1e\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , superintendence? There is a plan, direction, and also reason. The living entities are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and somehow or other they wanted to enjoy this material world. Therefore K
\'e5\'f1\'eba has given them a chance, just as a father gives a chance to his small children to play. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness." }{\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  15.15) }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole plan is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the living entity freedom to play and then again come home. He says, "All right, you want to play, but when you are tired of all this nonsense, give it up 
and come back to Me." This world is like a playground for conditioned souls, and the body is like a small field (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) on which the living entity wants to play.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 \'e7ar\'e9ra\'e0 kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k
\'f1etram ity abhidh\'e9yate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etad yo vetti ta\'e0 pr\'e4hu\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa it
i tad-vida\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This body, O son of Kunt\'e9, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field." }{\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 13.2)}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material body is nothing but a field of action, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "All right, utilize this field and enjoy yourself. When you are exhausted playing in this field, you can have
 another." In this way, the living entity is changing bodies, changing different fields of action.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this play aimless, or is there gradual evolution? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a goal. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us knowledge, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are also there. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "This play is not very healthy; therefore I request that you give it up and come back to Me." This is the plan. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Hegelian dialectic, being and nothing are empty abstractions. Being is the thesis, nothing is 
the antithesis, and the synthesis is change, becoming.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The question of becoming arises because we are now in this awkward, marginal position. Although I am eternal, I have been trapped by something mortal. Consequently, I am changing my posi
tion, and this is called transmigration. When I cease transmigrating, I attain my own true being, which is eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel believes that when the dialectic is exhausted, it reveals the whole, unified Absolute Truth. But since na
ture is constantly unfolding, guided by the World Spirit, the dialectic process continues indefinitely.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, you cannot find out the ultimate synthesis. Therefore you have to receive information from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7
\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The thesis is that the soul within the body is immortal, and the antithesis is th
at the body is mortal. The liberation of the soul from the body is the synthesis. When we understand that we are in an awkward position within this material world, we strive for liberation. Unless we understand that we are entrapped, there is no question
 of liberation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel understood the Absolute Truth to be always changing and yet always permanent.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute does not change. Even we are permanent. Being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are permanent even though we are moving about in these material bodies. Although K\'e5\'f1
\'eba manifests Himself in various expansions, He remains the same. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel saw the Absolute Truth unfolding itself in history, biology, sociology, and other sciences.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the center of everything, and everything is emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Temporary manifestations come from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then return to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Histo
ry is simply repetition. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, God, or the Absolute Truth, manifests in three forms: the idea-in-itself, the idea-for-itself, and t
he idea-in-and-for-itself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he is trying to create God. For him, God is an idea. Is this his philosophy? The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s also believe that actually there is no God, that God is created by 
man's imagination, that He is impersonal or dead. So many people are busy creating God. Vivekananda, for instance, claimed Ramakrishna to be God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In maintaining that God's essence is "thought and thinking"\'97despite whatever images God may assume\'97Hegel is basi
cally an impersonalist. He writes: "God is in His very essence thought and thinking, however His image and configuration be determined otherwise."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is Absolute, His image is also Absolute and also God. If God is Absolute, His words are also Absolute and are non-different from Him. The image of God worshipped in the temple is 
God Himself because God is Absolute. God says that earth, water, fire, and everything else is His energy, and even if we think that the image of God is made of stone, we must acknowledge that the stone is God's energy. Even though a copper wire may not b
e electricity, it carries electricity, and if you touch it, you will understand it to be nondifferent from electricity. We may think materially that an object is different from God, but spiritually, everything is God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcye vi\'f1\'ebau \'e7il\'e4dh\'e9r guru\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nara-matir vai\'f1\'ebave j\'e4ti-buddhi\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who considers the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arca}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or worshipable
 Deity of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu to be stone, the spiritual master to be an ordinary human being, and a Vai\'f1\'ebava to belong to a particular caste or creed, is possessed of hellish intelligence and is doomed." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) We should not look upon the Deity as something material, as stone (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub il\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). As soon as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu saw the Jagann\'e4th
a Deity, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu immediately fainted. In order to realize God's omnipresence, we must be trained to follow God's instructions. It appears that Hegel is theorizing that God is an idea, but God is substance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what do you mean by substance? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Substance is something concrete. You may form an idea of a golden mountain, but there,is a difference between that idea and the golden mountain itself. When you actually see and touch a 
golden mountain, it is a fact. That fact is substance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, there is idea, substance, and the synthesis, which is spirit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to our philosophy, spirit is realized in three phases: Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhag\'e4van. Realizing Brahman is like realizing the sunshine, which is impersonal. Realizi
ng Param\'e4tm\'e4 is like realizing the sun disc itself, which is localized. However, if we have the capacity to enter the sun, we will see the sun god himself, and this may be compared to Bhag\'e4van realization, the personal feature of God. Once we re
alize the personal feature, we automatically understand the impersonal and localized features. According to }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.40}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), the impersonal }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the bodily rays of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, Param\'e4tm\'e4 is the localized feature of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba sitting in everyone's heart. The sun is one, not many, but it is capable of being reflected in countless waterpots. One who sees the sun's reflections in the pots may think, "Oh, there are millions of suns." One who has seen only the sunshi
ne thinks of the sun impersonally. But when one knows the sun god, he has attained personal realization. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is a person, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When you have a clear conception of God, you understand this. You cannot make God into an idea. Ideas arise because there is substance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel uses the word "idea" to refer to rational form, which precedes material or physical form.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is stated in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has form (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
), but what kind of form is this? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cid}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigraha\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Godhead, and He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual 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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.1)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means 
eternal. Presently, we have bodies which are }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , temporary, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is 
different from ours. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means blissful; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always blissful. And }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means k
nowledge; K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything. In this way, He is different from us. He is not an idea but substance itself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we were discussing Plato, you agreed that the ideal precedes the physical representation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we learn that there is a spiritual world, and that this material world is a perverted reflection of that world. From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we also understand that the houses in the spiritual world are
 made of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . C}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub int\'e4ma\'ebi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prakara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sadmasu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In this world, we have no experience of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ci
nt\'e4ma\'ebi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [philosophers' stone], a stone that turns other metals to gold, but we may have some idea by hearing from authorities. It is not that we manufacture or think 
up the spiritual world. In other words, we have ideas of substances which we may not have seen. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, spirit generates ideas and actualizes them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that everything comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why just ideas and substances? Why this or that? Why so many distinctions? Everything comes from Him. Unless there is substance in the s
piritual world, nothing could exist. In the final analysis, we have to accept the fact that everything is emanating from the substance. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . All ideas can be traced back 
to the original substance, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Everything is emanating from Me." If you attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, you attain the ultimate substance. If you understand God, you understand everything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then you would say that form precedes idea, not that idea precedes form?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, form precedes idea. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o matta\'f9 sm
\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness." }{\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  15.15)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as man is concerned, he cannot invent anything. He can only discover things that are already there. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel sees idea and substance opposing one another as thesis and antithesis; spirit is the synthesis containing
 both. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Viruddh\'e4rtha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambandha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Contradictory things are adjusted in K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore we s
ay that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is inconceivable. He is simultaneously one with and different from His creation. Since it is impossible to conceive of these things in the material world, they are called inconceivable.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then, if we can conceive of something, must it exist somewhere?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. It is a fact that you cannot conceive of anything that does not have existence. In this material world, we understand that one plus one equals two, and that one minus one equals zer
o, but in the spiritual world, this law does not apply. There, one plus one equals one, and one minus one equals one.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what of the idea that God is evil? Can I conceive of this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, God is also evil, but not according to our understanding. God is Absolute, and evil and good are reconciled in Him. We cannot say that because we think of God as evil that He is evi
l. Rather, we say that He is all good because He is Absolute. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What of the idea that God does not exist? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is a fact that He does not exist as far as rascals are concerned. Since a rascal cannot understand God, God does not exist for him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What of the idea that I am God? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also a fact because you are part and parcel of God. You may say, "I am an American," and President Nixon can also say, "I am an American," but this does not mean that you are Pre
sident Nixon. It is madness to claim such a thing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concerning God and man, Hegel writes: "God is only God insofar as He knows Himself; His self-knowledge is moreover His
 consciousness of Himself in man, and man's knowledge of God, a knowledge that extends itself into the self-knowledge of man in God." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If he accepts the existence of God and man, why does he not agree to receive knowledge of God from God Himself? Why speculate? To possess knowledge of God, man had best take knowledge fr
om God Himself. Yet Hegel is opposed to receiving knowledge or instructions from an exterior source. It stands to reason that if you want to know about me and my nature, you had best take knowledge from me personally instead of speculating. In }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , God explains Himself, and if we accept this knowledge, which is given by God, our knowledge of God will be perfect. Why waste time speculating? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Perhaps without speculation, a philosopher wouldn't be able to write so many books.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. When you have perfect knowledge, you can write perfectly. Without perfect knowledge, your writings will simply be nonsensical. If there is any meaning in our books, it is there becau
se we are not speculating about God but are understanding God from God Himself. This is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  system. According to Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura, }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharit
vena}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samasta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub strair}{\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 (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . All scriptures accept the guru, the spiritual master, as the Supreme Lord Himself because he does not concoct anything. He is the servant of God
, and his knowledge is given by God. If Hegel accepts the fact that he is a man and that God exists, he should logically receive knowledge about God from God Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, the absolute idea, the idea-in-and-for-itself, manifests itself in the objective mind in the form of
 laws, morality, and social ethics, and the free will develops in these areas. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the field of the free will. As soon as we accept a controller, all these are manifest. Laws will come, morality will come, and social ethics will come. Since atheists do not
 accept the controller, they act immorally. Unless we have a platform on which to execute the free will, there is no meaning to free will. There must be some law, some system of morality. At the same time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna to do whatever he dec
ides }{\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 18.63}{
\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 . That is free will. After explaining }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him that the choice was his. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel placed a great deal of emphasis on human freedom. He accused the "Orientals," specificially the Hindus, of not k
nowing "that the spirit is free in itself or that man is free in himself. Because they do not know it, they are not free."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He speaks of human freedom, but he is subjected to birth, old age, disease, and death. Where is his freedom when he dies? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel writes that "only the Germanic nations have in and through Christianity achieved the consciousness that man qua 
man is free and that freedom of the spirit constitutes his very nature." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Christian religion, a man has the freedom either to go to heaven or to hell. That is, he has the freedom to make a choice. However, if he goes to hell, where is his free
dom? Every citizen has the freedom either to live as a free citizen or to go to jail, but if one goes to jail, where is freedom? His freedom is dependent on someone else who gives him a chance to either remain free or go to prison. Our freedom is relativ
e, and God is the supreme absolute controller. It is God who gives the living entity the freedom to make his choice. The living entity is never completely free, as God is.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel criticized Hinduism as a theocracy in which man is handed laws from an exterior God; for Hegel, this is a blind 
following of an exterior will, a following not confirmed within the individual himself. He believed that man could best attain God through the exercise of his own free will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If this is the case, why can't animals attain God? They are also given a free will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He claims that animals have no will. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If they have no will, why do they go different directions?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hegel even went further to say in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The
 Philosophy of Right and Law}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that animals have no right to life because they have no will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, you must determine what is life. Animals are eating, sleeping, defending, and mating just as we are. A small ant has all the life symptoms that we have. Who is to say that 
a man has more right to live than an ant? The life symptoms are the same. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, the individual conscience evaluates itself and sets its own standard of morality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our morality is not like that because we accept morality from a higher authority. Our morality is standardized. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "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\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the morality we accept. The laws of man are imperfect, but God's are perfect. Why should we accept the imperfect advice of other men?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel sees the subjective mind dealing with inner experiences, the objective mind with exterior, and the absolu
te mind dealing with both, and uniting them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. Anyone can understand that this is the case with the Absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This Absolute expresses itself in three forms: art, religion, and philosophy. In art, the Absolute assumes the 
form we call beauty.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we define God as all beautiful. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hegel considers religion to be like an art form. Whereas philosophy conceives or thinks of the Absolute, religi
on represents or pictures it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Without a philosophical basis, religion is simply sentiment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He maintains that art is an expression of spirit. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, everything is an expression of spirit. How is that a definition of art?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What about a tree? Can we say that a tree is the artful display of the Absolute?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a tree is also a form of art. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme artist also.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The absolute mind expresses itself through religion, which presents the Absolute Truth as representations in ou
r consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion means accepting God. If he thinks that religion is a mere representation in our consciousness, he has no clear idea of religion. Abiding by the laws of God is religion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, the highest form in which the Absolute manifests itself is philosophy, which is the synthesis of art
 and religion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Philosophy also means obeying the orders of God. Anything else is dry speculation. God says, "Thou shalt not kill." If we are religious, we stop killing. However, if we understand why we
 should not kill, we are philosophic. There are many people who accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God, but an advanced devotee understands K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore he is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But highest of all is love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were not philosophers, but they loved K\'e5\'f1\'eba without ulterior consideration. Caitan
ya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself expressed this love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Once, you said that even higher than philosophy is the practice of philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were 
practicing philosophy because they were loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Moreover, they were enjoying the results of philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since the body is the soul's instrument, Hegel considered injury to the body to be injury to the person himself. In }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Philosophy of Right and Law}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he says: "It is but vain sophistry that says that the real p
erson\'97the soul\'97cannot be injured by maltreatment offered to one's body....Violence done to the body is really done to me." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what is the justification for killing animals?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He would say that a person can possess his body because he can put his will into it. Animals, however, have no right t
o life because they do not put their will into the possession of their bodies. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If that is the case, why do animals object when you kill them? What kind of philosophy is he expounding? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that mankind has the right of absolute proprietorship. He writes: "A thing belongs to the accidental first com
er who gets it, because a second comer cannot take possession of what is already the property of another."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, might makes right. But consider, how would you take ownership of gold? First of all, you must hunt out gold that has no proprietor. You must inquire who the actual propri
etor of the gold is. You may claim first proprietorship, but the gold was there in the first place. Whose property is it? Who made the gold and kept it before you came along?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel would say that "the first comer is not legal owner by virtue of his being the first comer, but because he has fr
ee will." That is, it is mine because I put my will into it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right, but someone made the gold and kept it before you went to capture it. Since this was the case, by willing it to be yours, or by taking it, you become a common thief, not
 a philosopher. Our claim to proprietorship is false because we are neither the creators nor maintainers of property.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as action is concerned, activity in accordance with conscience is proper activity for Hegel.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A thief becomes accustomed to stealing, and therefore his conscience says, "Yes, I must steal. It is my right." The conscience of a murderer tells him to murder. Originally, the Bible sai
d, "Thou shalt not kill," but people have created a conscience by which they can think, "Yes, killing is all right." Conscience is created by association. If our association is good, we create a good conscience, and if it is bad, we create a bad conscien
ce. There is no absolute standard for the conscience. Conscience means discriminating power. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He maintains that there is an absolute conscience, which is pure rationality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pure rationality is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Unless we come to that platform, so-called conscience and philosophy have no value.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel believes that punishment for crime is justified because it vindicates justice and restores rights.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Therefore when one kills an animal, he should be prepared to be killed. That is justice. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is justice to hang a murderer. It is unjust to save him because if he is not hanged in this life, he escapes justice, and has to suffer s
everely in the next. In order to be saved from many troubles in the next life, the murderer should be killed. The king who is hanging him is doing him justice in rendering a life for a life. But according to Vedic philosophy, if one kills an animal, he s
hould also be prepared to be killed. A sane man would not run such a risk.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I observe in nature that living entities are killing one another to eat, it only seems rational that I shoul
d be able to eat animals.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Vedic philosophy also accepts the fact that one living being is food for another.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ahast\'e4ni sahast\'e4n\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apad
\'e4ni catu\'f1-pad\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub phalg\'fcni tatra mahat\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9v
anam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are devoid of hands are prey for those who have hands; those devoid of legs are prey for the four-legged. The wea
k are the subsistence of the strong, and the general rule holds that one living being is food for another." }{\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 1.13.47)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But this does not mean that you should kill your son and eat hi
m. There must be discrimination. It is nature's law that we have to eat other living beings in order to exist; therefore we can eat fruit and vegetables. We can take these without killing the trees and plants. But if we eat animals, we have to kill them.
 The point is that we should act intelligently to make the best of a bad bargain. We take fruits, grains, vegetables, and milk products, and offer them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If there is any responsibility, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. After offering the food to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we then accept it as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa-\'e7i\'f1\'f6\'e4\'e7ina\'f9 santo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mucyante sarva-kilbi\'f1ai\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhu\'efjate te tv agha\'e0 papa\line ye pacanty \'e4tma-k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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. Ot
hers, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin." }{\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  3.13}{\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  If you cook for you
rself, you have to take all the responsibility for your sinful activity, even if you are a vegetarian. We therefore take the remnants of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sacrifice, and in this way we perform }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . It is not that we prepare food directly for our own consumption.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel was a strong believer in the right of man to choose his own occupation. He writes: "In the Platonic State, subje
ctive freedom was of no account, since the government assigned to each individual his occupation. In many Oriental states, this assignment results from birth. The subjective choice which ought to be respected requires free choice by individuals."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The occupations are already given, but you have the freedom to select one of them. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 cre
ated by 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 
4.13)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One can make his selection according to his qualifications. A man can become an engineer, for instance, when he becomes qualified to do the work. The words used are }
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kar
ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : the work is determined by one's qualities, not by birth. It is not that one automatically becomes a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because he is born in a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family. Rather, he has a better chance of being trained as a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if his father is a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , jus
t as one stands a better chance of being trained as a musician or a cobbler if those are his father's occupations. However, it is not that a cobbler cannot become a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hm
a\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If he acquires the qualifications, he should be considered a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Nor is it that a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub '}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  son necessarily becomes a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  without qualification. The point is that we must first attain the qualifications and then work accordingly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the state, Hegel writes: "The state is the realization of the ethical ideal....We must therefore wor
ship the state as the manifestation of the divine on earth."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First, we have to understand the duty of the state. If it is accepted that the state is the representative of God, the state's first business is to make its citizens God conscious. Any s
tate that neglects this duty should be immediately rejected as unqualified. The leader may either be a president or a king\'97it doesn't matter. In Vedic culture, the king is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub naradeva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , God in human form, and he is offered respect in that way. A king is respected because he is considered God's representative. We also present ourselves
 as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative. And what is our duty? To lift others to God consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel recommended a constitutional monarch to be the executor for the World Spirit, but he was so vague that ev
en Hitler could utilize his political philosophy to his ends.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all, the monarch has to be educated. Hitler came not as a king but a usurper. Nowadays, any rascal can assume power. Because the leaders are not trained to protect the citizens, 
the whole world is in trouble. A leader can whimsically declare war and involve all the citizens. In Vedic monarchy, there is a kind of disciplic succession wherein the king trains his son, and in this way he can govern properly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Hegel, in a well-ordered monarchy, only the law has objective power; the king is simply the servan
t of the law. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is constitutional monarchy, a showbottle king. If a king is God conscious and is trained up properly and has complete power, he is a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4jar\'f1i}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is mentioned that the ancient 
saintly kings had understood this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness }{\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  4.2)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They were not ordinary men. The king was supposed to have been saintly. He had to understand the p
hilosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and introduce an educational system so that the people could understand the science of God. That is the very first duty of the state and king. It is 
also stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that one should not become a head of state, a father, or
 a guru if he cannot save his wards from the imminent danger of 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 Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.5.18}{\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 . We are now entan
gled in repeated birth and death, and it is the state's duty to promote liberation from this cycle. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel considers it the purpose of the state and king to apply the moral law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the duty of the king, but the leaders in modern democratic states are concerned only with exacting taxes. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that if the leaders keep the citizens morally blind a
nd exact taxes from them, the leaders will go to ruination. Because they are sinfully earning money, they suffer in this life and the next. Similarly, when the guru accepts disciples, he takes the responsibility for their sinful reactions. When a king le
vies taxes, he takes a share of the sinful reactions of the citizens. If the citizens are pious, both the king and the citizens will profit. If not, if it is a case of the blind leading the blind, they will lead one another to hell. The main point is tha
t the head of state should be a representative of God, and his duty should be to train citizens to become God conscious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel also maintains that each state should be independent in itself and not be subordinate to other states.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Every state may be independent in an individual capacity, but every state is dependent on God's order. If the states are representatives of God, how can they be independent? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He claims that there is no higher body to judge the states, and that their differences must be settled by war. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is a higher authority if there is religion, philosophy, and learned }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He can see no potential world authority. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is because the Vedic }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been rejected. According to that system, the brahminical culture was superior to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  culture. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are to advise th
e kings. Because people have rejected the Vedic system, they say that there is no authority.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, there was no judge to settle the dispute between R\'e4ma and R\'e4va\'eba, and that resulted in war. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The judge was Lord R\'e4macandra Himself. He is God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In a sense, Hegel glorifies war. "War protects the people from the corruption which an everlasting peace would 
bring upon them," he says.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At the conclusion of the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, Sanjaya points out that wherever there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there will be victory }{\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  18.78}{\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 . If there is a war, the party that is God conscious will be victorious. If neither side is God conscious, it is a demonic war. It is not justified; it
 is just like a cat and dog fight. If we fight, we should fight on behalf of the Supreme God. That is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-yuddha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Arjuna did not want to fight, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him, "I am on your side. Fight." Arjuna was victorious because God was on his side.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, because the conflict itself is purifying, it has some ethical value. He writes, "By war, the ethical
 health of the nation is preserved, and its finite aims uprooted." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then he wants continuous war? If that is the case, Hitler is a first-class man. But why is he condemned? Of course, in the material world, there are opposing elements, and therefore ther
e must be war. It is not that war can be stopped. Rather, the party that has K\'e5\'f1\'eba's support will emerge victorious. We don't say that you can stop war, but that if you fight, you should fight on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what of Hegel's view that progress comes only through conflict, and that peace means stagnation? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do not agree that peace is stagnation. Our peace is working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is real peace. We are educating people to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our friend, and this i
s not stagnation. Telling people about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our peace.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are we not in a state of war with material nature, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We don't fight with }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
. Those who are under }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clutches and who are being kicked by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are struggling with }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We have nothing to do with }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et
\'e4\'e0 taranti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  If }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\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 does not disturb us, what is the point of fi
ghting?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hegel looks on world history as the supreme tribunal, the higher judge of events. History will bear out the wor
th of an empire and national policy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that whatever empire comes will certainly fall. There is no need to study history to know that. A godless empire will never endure.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel considered history and theology to be intrinsic. History is "a justification of God," and tells the story of man
's elevation to God. Without the history of man, God would be alone and lifeless. Since God is not transcendental but is manifest in the world, He depends on human history.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if God is dependent on human history, how can He be God? God is always independent. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yato}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'nvay
\'e4d}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itarata\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4rthe\'f1v}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4\'f6}{\cs3755\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\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}{\cs2873\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 . If He is dependent on 
anything, He is not God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does the history of man necessarily make any sense? Hegel looked on history as evolutionary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as there is creation, there is history. This history will continue until the universe is annihilated. We may superficially consider history as existing from the beginning to the 
end of the universal manifestation, just as we may consider our personal history to extend from our birth to our death, but God is not subjected to such a history. It is not that God is created at a certain point and then annihilated. Since God is eterna
l, there is no question of history in respect to Him. History is for the finite, for things that have a past, present, and future. Since there is no past, present, and future for God, there is no history. You must have a past, present, and future in orde
r to have history.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel believes that the dominant nation in any epoch represents a dominant phase of the Absolute at that time. 
For instance, if the United States is currently predominant, the Absolute is being expressed through the United States.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aeons ago, the Absolute Truth was connected to the dominant nation. That is, to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. Because Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira 
were representing God, they could dominate the entire world. Now all that is lost, and today there are many small states that are not God conscious; therefore they are fighting each other like cats and dogs. Still, it is a fact that Vedic kings like Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja R\'e4macandra, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja P\'e5thu, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it were actually representatives of God. In those days, one king ruled the entire world. Therefore there was no trouble. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could America's dominance in this century be attributed to God's will?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whenever we see some extraordinary power, we should understand that it is derived from God's power. We may therefore say that the predominance of America is due to God's favor. However, 
if Americans spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and make their president K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, America will be God's empowered nation. Let the president be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Why not? Educate the American people to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
 and elect a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious president. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is in your hands, and it is up to you to utilize it and become the factual leaders of the world. It was my mission to go to America and educate the Americans in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because I knew that if they become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, the whole world will follow. You are young men, and this mission is in your hands. A few Communists like Stalin and Lenin formed a big Communist Party, and now this 
Party is dominating most of the world. It was started simply by a few men. Now many of you young Americans have understood this God conscious philosophy, and it is up to you to spread this movement. You should not become stagnant, thinking, "Now I have u
nderstood K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Now let me sit down and just chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is not desired. Go spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and in this way glorify your nation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Hegel's aesthetics, beauty is the Absolute penetrating the world of the senses.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most beautiful. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beautiful, even the chirping of a bird is beautiful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure and beauty. Beau
ty is appreciated in the world because beauty is one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's qualities. Whatever little beauty we find in this material world is but the perverted reflection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beauty. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel feels that art is a combination of spiritual content and sensuous form, and that the artist should try to
 imbue his material forms with spiritual content.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We agree with that. When we are painting pictures, playing music, or writing books, we are placing K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the center. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of all the arts, Hegel says, music and poetry are the highest.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, therefore we are writing many books. Vy\'e4sadeva has written many great epics in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Brahm\'e4 has written }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prakara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sadmasu}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are many poems in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Uttama-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub loka, the greatest of poems. He is described in beautiful poetry in the Vedic literatures. It is not very important whether it is poetry or prose. Anything 
sublime is called poetry. It is not that it has to be written in meter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Hegel, religion is pure thought put into form. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He has no knowledge of what religion is. Religion is neither imagination nor pure thought. Religion is the order coming from the most pure. This cannot be imagined or created. We need on
ly receive the instructions from the most pure. These are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We are not imagining this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel maintained that since God is necessarily manifest in the infinite, the incarnation is central to any religion. I
n order for God to be manifest, He has to incarnate as a finite man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God becomes a mere man and is to be considered such, why should His instructions be followed?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hegel did not believe in following any exterior will. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that he is either godless, or that God has no meaning for him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He interpreted the goal of Indian philosophy to be }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , spiritual as well as physical extinction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone acknowledges physical extinction, and as far as the spiritual is concerned, there is no such thing as extinction. The spirit is eternal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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 2.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the spirit is annihilated, how is it different from matter?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hegel believed that in the highest religion, God is seen as Father, Son, and all-pervasive Holy Spirit. Thus he considered Christianity to be the perfect religion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it perfect to say that God only has one son? If God is unlimited, why is He limited to only one son?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he claims that Christ represents nature, or the objective world, because Christ is God incarnate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When there is an incarnation of God as the son of God, and an incarnation of God as God Himself, which is superior? If God has begotten a son, God is a father, a person. How can a son be
 born of an impersonal father? What evidence do we have of such a thing ever happening?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hegel would like to have philosophy without religion because he saw religion as basically an encumbrance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Such a philosophy is simply mental speculation. If he claims that philosophy is superior to religion, then religion supported by philosophy is real religion; otherwise it is sentiment. A
s I stated before, the orders of God constitute religion. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Surrender unto Me." This is religion. When we try to understand why K\'e5\'f1\'eba wan
ts us to surrender unto Him, why we are obliged to surrender unto Him, we are in the realm of philosophy. When philosophy supports religion, it is perfect. It is neither sentiment, nor mental speculation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Phenomenology of the Spirit}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hegel deprecates the use of plants and animals as objects of religion, considering it a kind of pantheism typical of Hinduism. How would worship of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  plant or the cow differ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God has specifically said that among plants, He is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not that the Hindus are worshipping just any plant. For instance, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra\'ebava\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vede\'f1u}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the sy
llable }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the Vedic mantras." }{\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  7.8)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is used in mantras, as in }{\cs3755\b0\i\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 \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub padam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We know that }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o
\'e0kara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is God because God says so. God gives instructions on how He should be realized, and we have only to follow. What is the point in speculating? We can never underst
and the unlimited God by our limited speculation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if God is in all animals and in all plants, why concentrate on any particular ones? Why not worship all? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is especially prohibited. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 may\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tatam idam sarva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul and the Supersoul exist within the body of a dog, but this does not mean that the barking of a dog is the word of God. Vivekananda said that we should worship }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the poor man in the street. He even used the word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , indicating that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, God, has become poor, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although the body of a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  rests in God, N\'e4r\'e4ya
\'eba, we should not consider his body to be the body of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Everything in a government may rest on the orders of the king, but the king is not personally present everywhere. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhed\'e4bheda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy, God is simultaneously one with and different from His creation. God is undoubtedly present in the heart of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub daridra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the poor man, but we should not consider the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be God. That is an impersonalist M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 mistake. That is pantheism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is sex life according to dharma, does that mean that He can be perceived in that
 way? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if one performs the Garbh\'e4dh\'e4na ceremony to beget a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious child, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is remembered. It is the duty of the father to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba while
 having sex, thinking, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, give me a child who will be Your devotee." This kind of sex is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but if one has sex for his own sense enjoyment, that is demoniac.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But isn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba present nonetheless? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always present, but when we hold the Garbh\'e4dh\'e4na ceremony to beget a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious child, we remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The rules and regulations for the
 Garbh\'e4dh\'e4na ceremony are given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As soon as society abando
ns this ceremony, people become degraded. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the philosophy behind reverence for the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  plant and the cow, or the sexual ceremony, is that these can bring remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
yatanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namasyanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit
ya-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 wors
hip Me with devotion." }{\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 9.14}{\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  If somehow or other you always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you become K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it that you shouldn't think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in any other way? For instance, as a palm tree?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that among trees He is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or whatever, we should simply accept it. For instance, He says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso 'ham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apsu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the taste of water." }{\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  7.8)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we follow these instruc
tions, we think, "I am drinking water and am feeling satisfaction. This satisfaction is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." In this way, we can remember Him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hegel mistook this for pantheism. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is mistaken in so many ways.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Schopenhauer, happiness is inactive satisfaction, inactivity, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Since the will to live is the irrational urge that brings about all suffering, he advocates the extinction of this world. In }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The World As Idea}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "The Vedas and }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have no better simile than a dream for the whole knowledge of the actual world, which they call the web of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ....Indeed, life is a long dream....What is this world of perception besides being my idea? Is that
 of which I am conscious only as idea, exactly like my own body, of which I am doubly conscious, in one aspect as idea, in another aspect as will?" He goes on to conclude that life is a projection of the will. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, life is a projection of the will, or material desire. The living entity cannot be desireless. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirv
\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that material desires are finished, but because the living entity is an eternal spiritual being, he has spiritual desires. Now these spiritual desires are c
overed by material desires, but in any case, desire is the constant companion of the living entity. Because he is materially covered, he considers the temporary world to be reality, but because it is constantly changing, it is not. According to the type 
of body we get, we have different desires. The soul transmigrates in this material world from one body to another, and he creates desires accordingly. The supreme will affords him different bodies in order to fulfill his will or material desires. The liv
ing entity is willing, and the supreme will, God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, understanding the finite will, gives him facilities to fulfill his particular desire. Therefore will is the cause of this material existence. However, we say that since you are a living
 being, you must have desires. If your desires are stopped, you become like a stone. Instead of trying to put an end to all desire, you should try to cleanse this diseased form of desire. That is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-pa
ratvena nirmalam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucy
ate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\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 master of all the senses. When the spirit soul renders service unto the Supreme, there are two side effects. He is 
freed from all material designations, and, simply by being employed in the service of the Lord, his senses are purified." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta sindhu}{\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 1.1.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Presently, our desir
es are desires of the body (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). When the living entity acquires the body of an Amer
ican, a European, a Chinaman, or whatever, he thinks in a certain way. 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. These desires are temporary, and the living
 entity moves from one body to another. Therefore in one sense this is all a dream. It is a fact that we cannot fulfill our material desires, which come and go like dreams. Now all material activities, subtle or gross, are manifestations of different des
ires, and therefore the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satya\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagan}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The d
reamer is a fact, but the dream is false. Our Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy agrees that the dreamer is the factual living entity, and the dream is temporary; therefore the dreamer has to be brought to the real spiritual platform so that his material dreams c
an be extinguished. When we abandon the dream and awaken to reality, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then will or desire can never be annihilated? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, not even for a second. Because we are living, we must will and desire. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that we c
annot live for a second without will, without desires.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hi ka\'e7cit k\'f1a\'ebam api\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'e4tu ti\'f1\'f6haty akarmak\'e5t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ryate hy ava\'e7a\'f9 karma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'f9 prak
\'e5ti-jair gu\'ebai\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 All men are forced to act helplessly accordi
ng to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " (}{\cs3755\b0\i\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\cb1\nosupersub 3.5}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't the Buddhists advocate a state of desirelessness, or nonwillingness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They believe that if you dismantle this material combination, this material body, there will no longer be will, desire, or suffering. But this is not a fact. You are the eternal servant 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you do not die after the destruction of the body. Thinking, feeling, and willing are carried from this body to another body in the process of transmigration. When the body dies, the living entity is carried away by his will. Accord
ing to our will, we receive another body at the time of death. That body may be the body of a demigod, dog, human, or whatever. In any case, will, or desire, is the carrier. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer was profoundly influenced by some of the Vedic literatures. For example, he writes: "Every keen pleasure 
is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction; and moreover, every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. All pain rests on the passi
ng away of such illusion; thus both arise from defective knowledge. The wise man therefore holds himself equally aloof from joy and sorrow, and no event disturbs his composure."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, in this material world, people say, "This is good, and this is bad," but factually there is no question of good and bad. This is all on the temporary platform. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d
\'e9s use the word "false," but we say "temporary." It is also stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that the pains and pleasures experienced in the material world do not touch the spirit soul. Under
 illusion, a spirit soul, concerned with a material body, thinks that the pains and pleasures are his, but this is not a fact. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs that the pleasures and pains simply touch the body, not the soul. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7
\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gam\'e4p\'e4yino \'91nity\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 t
he appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perceptions, 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\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  2.14)}{\cs3755\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. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer sees happiness in the world as a negative state at best, a momentary suspension of suffering. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Pra}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is also explained by Caitanya 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 comes up
 for temporary relief, he thinks, "Ah! Happiness at last!" The point is, he should do something that will relieve him of his unhappiness permanently.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer says, "Human life must be some kind of mistake." The greatest crime of man was that he was ever bo
rn. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you understand that there is a crime, you must understand that someone is there to punish you. If you suffer because of that crime, you must understand that there is someone who has
 judged you to be criminal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He concludes, however, that because the world is mad or irrational, it could not possibly have an author. If th
ere were a God, He would have set the world in order.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have certainly experienced that there are madmen in the world, but there are also hospitals where such men can be treated. The world may be mad, but there is hospitalization. Unfortun
ately, Schopenhauer has no knowledge of the hospital or of 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The World As Will}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Schopenhauer writes: "My body is the objectivity of my will....Besides will and idea, nothing is known to us or thinkable\'97The genitals are properly the focus of the will, and consequ
ently the opposite pole of the brain, the representative of knowledge....In this respect...they were worshipped by the Hindus in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub li\'ecgam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which are thus the symbol of the assertion of the will. Knowledge, on the other hand, affords the possibility of the suppression of willing, of salvation through freedom, of conquest and annihilation 
of the world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As I said before, willing is done in accordance with the body, but 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 get different types of material bodies. It is true that the basis of material life is sex. We always say: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yan maithun\'e4di-g\'e5hamedhi-sukha\'e0 hi tuccha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'eb\'f2\'fcyanena karayor iva du\'f9kha-du\'f9kham\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5pyanti neha k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4 bahu-du\'f9kha-bh\'e4ja\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'eb\'f2\'fctivan manasija\'e0 vi\'f1aheta dh\'e9ra\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Sex life is compared to the rubbing of two hands to relieve an itch. }{\cs3755\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 \'e5}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hamedhis}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , so-called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who have no spiritual knowledge, thi
nk that this itching is the greatest platform of happiness, although actually it is a source of distress. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the fools who are just the opposite of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
, are not satisfied by repeated sensuous enjoyment. Those who are }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , however, who ar
e sober, and who tolerate this itching, are not subjected to the sufferings of fools and rascals." }{\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\cb1\nosupersub 7.9.45}{\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 . The basic principle of those who are addicted to the material world is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maith
una}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sexual intercourse. This strong desire for sex continues as long as we are in material existence, because that is the center of all pleasure. However, when we get a ta
ste of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure, we can give this up.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e4 vinivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4h
\'e4rasya dehina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 niva
rtate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The embodied soul may be restricted from sen
se enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.}{\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 (}{\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer considers sex to be selfishness, whereas real love means sympathy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sex is animalistic. It is not love but lust. Sex means the mutual satisfaction of senses, and that is lust. All this lust is taking place under the name of love, and out of illusion, peo
ple mistake this lust for love. Real love says, "People are suffering from a lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Let us do something for them so that they can understand the value of life."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also considered immoral acts to result from a sense of egoism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. People think, "Why should I surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person, and I am also a person." Such thinking is demoniac. Rascals cannot understand that b
y surrendering unto the supreme will and satisfying the supreme will, salvation can be attained. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet Schopenhauer felt that it is possible to crush egoism and desire by love and sympathy for others. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, without love, nothing can be sustained. If I do not love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I cannot surrender unto Him. A small child naturally surrenders unto his parents because there is love for t
he parents. The more you love, the more your surrender is perfect. When there is a lack of love, the mentality by which you can surrender will not develop. If you have some love for me, you will carry out my orders. There is no question of forcing one to
 surrender. The living entity is free to love or to reject. Without freedom, there cannot be love. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means learning to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer looked on love as compassionate sympathy for one who is suffering. Through this compassionate love
, we can lose desire.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why should you love those who are suffering and not those who are enjoying?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer sees everyone as suffering. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we agree to this. Everyone within material nature is suffering. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends and delivers }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described as the deliverer of all fallen souls. A Vai\'f1\'ebava takes }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the renounced order, out of compassion for others, because his only duty is to preach the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. People in the world are suffering due to their ignorance. They think, "Oh, now I have a nic
e car, apartment, and girlfriend; therefore I am happy." Actually, this is not happiness but suffering. 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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and goes forth to preach.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As for the nature of the world, Schopenhauer is vague, but he sees material life as basically irrational and whimsical
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact, and therefore we are changing bodies. This means that our material mind is not fixed; it is constantly rejecting and accepting. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers and
 Buddhists say that since these material pleasures and pains arise from this material combination, the best course is to dismantle it. They do not say that the soul is the basis, but that the material body is nothing but a combination of the material ele
ments. They therefore advise us to let the earth return to earth, the water return to water, and so on. In this way, they tell us that we should strive to become zero, to attain }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leibnitz claimed that this is the best of all possible worlds, and you agreed because the world is God's arrang
ement. But Schopenhauer sees this as the worst of all possible worlds. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no doubt that whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba creates is perfect. However, since the nature of this world is material, there are three modes working: goodness, passion, and ignorance. A
s you work, you receive the results, the reactions. We do not agree that this is the worst of worlds. Why should God create the worst of anything? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer believes this because the world is so full of madness and frustration.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Had he taken his frustration seriously, it might have made him successful. We receive many letters from frustrated students who understand that frustration is another hell, and eventuall
y they come to understand that they should seek the real shelter. So frustration is really not so bad. If you are put in a dangerous position, and you know how to save yourself from it, that very danger will later give you pleasure. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer claims that the working of the world is ethically evil.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To some extent that is right because when you are in prison, you will find that there is evil. But that evil is good for you. It is there so that you can learn a lesson. When you are out
 of the prison, you will be able to love someone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Schopenhauer, there is frustration behind all material pleasures and endeavors. Happiness eludes us. As soon as we
 attain the objects of our desires, they no longer appear the same. "They soon grow stale or forgotten," he writes, "and though not openly disowned, are yet always thrown aside as vanished illusions." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, all this is going on, and therefore the living entity acquires one body after another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He sees us moving through a constant transition from desire to satisfaction and then to a new desire, "the rapid cours
e of which is called happiness, and the slow course sorrow...." It is this flux from desire to satisfaction that characterizes the will's activities in the phenomenal world. Outside of this, there is only }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , extinction. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not a fact. We have to understand that behind the will and its satisfaction is a person who is willing. Schopenhauer does not take that person into consideration; he considers on
ly the will and its satisfaction. It is the individual soul who is willing. If he succeeds in stopping this flickering willing, what next? Even the stopping of the will is temporary. One kind of willing may be stopped, but there will be another kind of w
illing and 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. We should not be satisfied by simply 
trying to annihilate the whimsical will. We should understand the real will of the real person. That is the beginning of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer believes that voluntary and complete chastity is the first step in asceticism, or in the denial of the wi
ll to live. "Chastity denies the assertion of the will which extends beyond the individual life," he writes, "and gives the assurance that with the life of the body, the will, whose manifestation it is, ceases." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but he must understand that behind the will there is a person who is willing. It will not help us simply to negate the temporary material will. We have to will in reality, and that 
is our eternal willing, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the material world, the will is directed toward sense satisfaction because the living entity has forgotten the spiritual field of willing. When the same will is directed towards satisfying 
the senses of the Supreme, that is the eternal willing of the living entity. }{\cs3755\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'}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Madh. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20.108}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). When we come to the platform of real knowledge, we understand that we are the eternal 
servants of God. When our will is concentrated on how to serve God, we attain our real position of eternity, bliss, and knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although Schopenhauer officially takes an atheistic stand, he writes: "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....' Thus suicide appears to us as a vain and therefore foolish action...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because the will is there, death is not the stoppage of life. One simply gets another life.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaum\'e4
ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muh
yati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into an
other 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 (}{\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  2.13)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is proof that the life of the person who is willing is eternal. His desire and will are etern
al, but Schopenhauer does not know what his eternal willing is. His eternal will is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba always. It is a fact that suicide is no solution. One just implicates himself more and more. If we kill the body given by God, we have to accept a
nother body, or remain a ghost. If I live in this body eighty years, and then commit suicide, I have to remain a ghost for five years before I get a chance to receive another body. Of course, you may argue that since the soul is everlasting, it makes no 
difference whether the body is killed. It is all right if the body is annihilated, but you cannot deliberately kill the body because that is hindering its progress. The living entity is destined to live in a particular body, and if you destroy that body,
 he has to wait for another. This means that you are interfering with his spiritual evolution, his spiritual progress. Therefore you are liable for punishment. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer also looked on Indian philosophy as a philosophy of the denial of the will, and he cited many examples of
 suicide as a religious act.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he did not study Vedic philosophy and religion perfectly. He has some idea of some portions of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 and Buddhist philosophies, but evidently he did not know about
 Vai\'f1\'ebavism. Although he has touched }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he did not study it thoroughly, because in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5
\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that if he only tried to attain knowledge of God, his life and will would be purified, and he would return back to Godhead upon giving up the body.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo
 vetti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so \'92rjuna
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Either Schopenhauer did not study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
agavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  thoroughly, or he could not understand for want of a real spiritual master. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  itself, we should go to a bona fide guru who has seen the truth. Schopenha
uer is speculating on the basis of his own experience; therefore, although everything is there in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he could not see it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As examples of the denial of the will to live, Schopenhauer cites the religious suicides under the wheels of the Jagan
n\'e4tha carts, and the ritual of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These are not suicides. These are acts based on the understanding that because we are getting different types of bodies, we are suffering a variety of miseries. When one voluntarily acce
pts death in these ways, he thinks of his spiritual life while dying, and he attains it. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran bh\'e4va\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tyajaty ante kalevaram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 tam evaiti kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va
-bh\'e4vita\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits the body, that state he will attain without fail." }{\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 8.6}{\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  Therefore King Kula
\'e7ekhara prayed that K\'e5\'f1\'eba take him while he was in good health and remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because he feared forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba when dying in a diseased condition. Often, when death comes, a person is in a coma, his bodily function
s are impeded, he dreams in various ways, and so on. Therefore an intelligent man sometimes thinks that it would be more desirable to meet death in sound health so that he can think of his next life and go back to Godhead. If a person thinks of Lord Jaga
nn\'e4tha while dying, he goes back to Lord Jagann\'e4tha. That is not suicide but the voluntary acceptance of death so that one can immediately transfer to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And that is effective? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's throwing Himself in the ocean?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, that was different. That was an act of ecstasy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer noted that the will forces a person to live even when he has nothing to live for. It impels him to
 suffer day after day. He compares it to the alms which a beggar receives one day just so he can live in hunger the next day. All this misery and frustration are not partaken by a few men, but by all.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is certainly a good point, but why does the individual hanker after something when he is being frustrated? The point is that there is a goal, and the individual is hankering after t
hat goal. In order to understand what that goal actually is, we should approach a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Schopenhauer, the man of knowledge is not perturbed in any condition. "Such a man would regard death as a
 false illusion," he writes, "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 objectification or copy, and that therefore he is always certain of life and also o
f the present\'97"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is contradictory. On the one side there is a desire for the certainty of life, and on the other he says that }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the only answer. Which does he want? He is simply trying to adjust things. He cannot understand the philosophy behind purification of the will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of the first major Western philosophers to have read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Schopenhauer feels that it was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's assurance of immortality that brought Arjuna to fight.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but what is Schopenhauer's philosophy of the immortal living being? He does not understand that just as the living entity is immortal, his will is also immortal. If the soul is immo
rtal, how can his will be stopped? How is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  possible? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He offers no solution other than suppression of the will. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is not possible. He must change the quality of his willing in order to be happy. That is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-pa
ratvena nirmalam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucy
ate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\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 master of all the senses. When the spirit soul renders service unto the Supreme, there are two side effects. He is 
freed from all material designations, and, simply by being employed in the service of the Lord, his senses are purified." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta sindhu}{\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 1.1.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the purification process: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Chanting and hearing the pastimes of the Lord will purify us. Schopenhauer misses the point of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although he acc
epts the fact that life is eternal, he thinks that its purpose is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Unfortunat
ely, he does not know what real }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means putting an end to the whimsical will and coming to the platform of willing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: Schopenhauer was impressed t
hat the religion of India has endured for more than four thousand years. He writes that such a religion "cannot be arbitrarily invented superstition, but must have its foundation in the nature of man."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: Within the Vedic
 religion there are two basic sects: M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 and Vai\'f1\'ebava. Both acknowledge the fact that the material world is flickering and transient and that there is another life in the spiritual world. For the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, spiritual li
fe means merging into the Brahman effulgence, and for the Vai\'f1\'ebava it means associating personally with God in His abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Both envision a spiritual life attainable after death.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer considered Indian religion to be based on the denial of the will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, denial of the will for material happiness, but it is not the will itself that is denied. While denying the will for material happiness, we must assert the will for spiritual happine
ss. When denying one thing, we must accept something else. No one can remain in a neutral position. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate}{\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 (}{\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We give up the inferior for the superior.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Schopenhauer, there are three means of salvation: aesthetic, ethical, and religious. Through aesthetic salv
ation, contemplation of the Platonic ideals through poetry, music, and art, we are transported above passion, desire and willing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is nothing new. It is mentioned in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and the students of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement a
bandoned their abominable living habits because they received a better life with superior thoughts, philosophy, food, song, poetry, and art. When the mind is filled with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no chance in its engaging in the contemplation of nonsense.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aesthetic salvation is a temporary experience. When we look at a beautiful painting, for instance, we momentari
ly transcend the lower levels of consciousness and become desireless. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we admit that this may be the case, but we wish to remain in that higher consciousness continually, not momentarily. This is possible through practice. By practice, a child learns t
o read and write, and thus becomes educated. It is not a momentary thing. If we practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness daily, lower consciousness will automatically vanish. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigrah
\'e4r\'e4dhana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra-tan-mandira-m\'e4rjan\'e4dau }{\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 \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6akam}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The spiritual master 
engages his disciples in the temple worship of the Lord. You cannot derive benefit from worshipping the Deities unless the aesthetic sense is applied with reverence and respect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to ethical salvation, we should attempt to satisfy the will. When it is satisfied, no new desires can
 arise. This brings permanent happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Apart from the individual will, there is the supreme will. If we satisfy the supreme will, we are happy. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Yasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do}{\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 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6akam}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Our philosophy is that by satisfying the spiritual master, the representative of God, we satisfy the supreme will. It is not our will t
hat is to be satisfied, but the will of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By religious salvation, the most effective type of salvation, the will is denied through asceticism. In this wa
y, Schopenhauer believed that we could attain the state of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , nothingness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Such people claim that when there is no longer any sense of pleasure and pain, there is no world. The fact is, there are three stages: waking, sleeping, and total unconsciousness. In all
 three stages, the will is there. A person can emerge from a state of total unconsciousness and immediately remember his waking state and his dreams. Therefore the will is there. The will cannot be killed because it is the function of the soul. Since the
 soul is eternal, willing is also eternal. The will may be suppressed for some time, however. For instance, after death, when a living entity enters a womb, he spends the next nine months developing his next body, and there is a suspension of the will. H
owever, according to your will, you develop a certain type of body. When you emerge from your mother's womb, the willing process resumes. Death means a suspension of the will for a few months, that's all. If you train your willing process improperly, you
 have to suffer life after life, but if you train it properly, you can go to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha immediately after death. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning religious practices, Schopenhauer writes that "the Christian mystic and teacher of Ved\'e4nta agree that al
l outward works and religious exercises are superfluous for him who has attained to perfection." But doesn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommend just the opposite? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa-d\'e4na-tapa\'f9-karma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na 
ty\'e4jya\'e0 k\'e4ryam eva tat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efo d\'e4na\'e0 tapa\'e7 caiva\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4van\'e4ni
 man\'e9\'f1i\'eb\'e4m
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Acts of sacrifice, charity, and penance are not to be given up but must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity, and penan
ce purify even the great souls." }{\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 18.5}{\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  If we give up the ritualistic ceremonies, there is every chance tha
t we will fall down. Even though we may be liberated, we should continue performing sacrifices, charities, and penance in order to keep our position secure.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In discussing the functions of the brain, Schopenhauer notes that the need for sleep is directly proportionate to the 
intensity of our mental activities. Dull creatures like reptiles and fish sleep little and lightly; the more intelligent animals sleep deeply and long. 'The more completely awake a man is," he writes, "the clearer and more lively his consciousness, the g
reater for him is the necessity of sleep, and thus the deeper and longer he sleeps."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Those who are ignorant, materially covered, sleep more, and those who are spiritually enlightened sleep less. Sleep is a necessity of the body, not of the soul; therefore those who a
re spiritually advanced do not require a lot of sleep. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nidr\'e4h\'e4ra-vih\'e4rak\'e4di-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
vijitau}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We understand that R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 conquered sleeping, eating, and mating. When we are spiritually engaged, we consider sleep a waste of time. Those who are 
interested in spiritual life adjust their lives in such a way that their sleep is practically nil. Arjuna was addressed as Gu\'f2\'e4ke\'e7a, "one who has conquered sleep."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer recommends about eight hours of sleep a night. How many are recommended in the Vedic tradition? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sleep should be avoided, but since that is not possible, it should be adjusted to the minimum. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s did not sleep more than two hours daily. Even some }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are so absorbed in their work that they practically don't sleep at all. It is said that Napolean sl
ept while riding his horse, and Gandhi slept while riding in a car. Generally, six hours is sufficient.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Ages of Life}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Schopenhauer writes: "A complete and adequate notion of life can never be attained by anyone who does not reach old age, for it is only the old man who sees life whole and knows its nat
ural course....He alone has a full sense of its utter vanity, whereas others never cease to labor under the false notion that everything will come out right in the end."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This may seem to be the case, but in Western countries we observe old men still following the path of sense gratification. So what is the use of their experience? Unless one receives tra
ining, it is not sufficient to become an old man in order to understand the purpose of life. Training is required from early childhood. According to the Vedic plan, an old man should take the renounced order of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and completely devote his time and energy to understanding and serving God. We do not become spiritually mature jus
t by growing old. We should be trained from the very beginning as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Schopenhauer points out that it is customary to call youth the happy part of life and old age the sad part, but factua
lly this is not the case. "This would be true if it were the passions that made a man happy," he writes, "but a man feels happy just insofar as his intellect is the predominating part of him."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For modern civilization, happiness means sense gratification. Desire for sense gratification continues even when one is an old man; therefore early training is required. It is said that 
one can become an old man even without advancing in age. This means that it is knowledge that is important, not age. If one is not educated properly, he becomes an old fool.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer notes that in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani
\'f1ads}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the natural human life span is set at a hundred years. "To come to one's end before the age of ninety means to die of disease," he writes. "In other words, prematu
rely."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. In this millennium, the maximum age is one hundred years, but in former millennia, men used to live for a thousand years. In the Tret\'e4-yuga, the life span was ten thousand years,
 and in the Satya-yuga, it was one hundred thousand years. Presently, in Kali-yuga, life has become so degraded that people expect to live only about seventy years. As one becomes more sensuous, his life span decreases. That is the law of nature.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 VIII  EVOLUTIONARY NATURALISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VIII  EVOLUTIONARY NATURALISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin's conception of evolution rests on the premise that there is a real genetic change from generation to generatio
n. In other words, he rejects the Platonic }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eidos}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (idea, type, or essence) for a species. Wh
ereas K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is the generating seed of all existences, Darwin would reject the existence of a particular seed for a particular type. There are no fixed species, but shifting, evolving, physical forms, constantly changing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. The forms are already there from the beginning of creation. There is evolution, however, but Darwin thinks that this is an evolution of the body. That is incorrect. The body never ev
olves, but the soul within the body evolves and transmigrates from one body to another. The soul is within the body, and as he desires, he evolves. A man may desire to change apartments, and he may move from one apartment to another, but it is the man wh
o is doing the changing, not the apartment. According to the Vedic conception, the soul evolves, not the body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin originated the doctrine of natural selection and survival of the fittest. An animal, he maintains, will 
develop in a way that is best suited for survival in his environment, and he will pass on his superior qualities to his offspring. Some species survive, and others, not so suitable to the environment, die out. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A snake gives birth to many hundreds of snakes at a time, and if so many snakes are allowed to exist, there will he a disturbance. Therefore, according to nature's law, the big snakes ea
t up the small snakes. Nature's law is not blind, because behind it there is a brain, and that brain is God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 \line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya \line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 This material nature is working under My dir
ection, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.}{\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 (}{\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 ) }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever is taking p
lace in material nature is being directed by the Supreme Lord, who maintains everything in order. When one species becomes overly dominant, nature arranges to curb it. According to the theory of Malthus, whenever there is overpopulation, there must be so
me war, epidemic, or earthquake. These natural activities do not take place by chance but are planned. If Darwin says it is a matter of chance, his knowledge is insufficient.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin also sees a plan or design in nature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you see a plan or design, you must ask, "Whose design?" As soon as you admit that there is a design, you must admit a designer. It is nonsense to say that nature is simply working mec
hanically. If so, there must be some mechanic to set it in motion. The sun rises exactly to the minute, to the second, and the seasons also come according to plan. Behind the great machine of nature there is a brain that has set it in order. We explain t
he original source of everything as Brahman, the Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Scientists admit that they do not know where things are coming from, but when they see them, they suddenly claim to have invented them. But that is not invention. These thin
gs are already there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From scientific research, it is concluded that through the years, animals have evolved toward more and more com
plex forms, from very simple forms found in the sea to more complex forms, such as dinosaurs and so on. These forms eventually died out, and other forms evolved from them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you say they died out, you mean that those animals no longer exist on this earth. But how can you say that they are not existing somewhere else? Now, according to Darwin's theory of
 evolution, the human body evolved from the simians.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He claims that they are related, that they come from the same ancestor.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is another thing. Everything is related. But he claims that the ape's body or monkey's body developed into a human body. If that is the case, why haven't the simians ceased to exist
? We can see that apes, monkeys, and human beings are existing simultaneously. Scientists cannot prove that no human being existed aeons ago. If man evolved from the ape, the ape should no longer exist. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4rya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When the effect is there, the cause is finished. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not that the monkey caused the man to exist; rather, they came from a common ancestor.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that we all come from God, the same ancestor, the same father. The original father is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya
\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada
\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, an
d that I am the seed-giving father." }{\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  14.4)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any any rate, according to Darwin's theory, there is an evolution from simpler forms to more complex forms, fro
m small one-celled animals to more complex animals like man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But at the present moment, the simple forms are existing along with the complex. It is not that the simplest developed into the most complex. My present body has developed from my childh
ood body, but that childhood body is no longer existing. Presently, the species are simultaneously existing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But they find no evidence that all these complex forms existed in earlier times.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Earlier times or modern times are not in question. When I see all the 8,400,000 species still existing, where is the question of development? You may not know or have evidence that these
 forms existed long ago, but that is due to your imperfect knowledge. These species are all existing now, and they were existing millions of years ago. You may not have evidence of this, but that is a different thing. We accept evolution, but we also acc
ept the fact that the species are all existing simultaneously now. If they are not existing on this planet, they are existing on some other. Of course, Darwin had no chance to study that. We accept the proposition that there is an evolutionary process fr
om aquatics to insects to birds to animals and to humans, but we do not accept Darwin's theory that one species becomes extinct as another survives. All are existing simultaneously.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But there are many forms that are extinct on this planet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But has Darwin seen all the planets and all the universes? Has he the power to see everything? Since our powers are limited, we cannot conclude that a particular species is extinct. Of c
ourse, the scientists do not accept the fact that our senses, by which we are gathering information, are limited. But they are. It is not possible to excavate the entire earth. We can only take samples. Our first charge against Darwin is that human life 
was always existing. He cannot prove that at a certain time there was no human life. It is not that the bodies of the species are changing. These bodies are already there. Rather, the soul is changing bodies, transmigrating from one body to another, and 
this is actual evolution. It is the evolution or progress of the soul from one body to another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the soul, Darwin writes: "A few persons feel anxiety from the impossibility of determining at what precise 
period in the development of the individual, from the first trace of a minute germinal vesicle, man becomes an immortal being, and there is no greater cause for anxiety because the period cannot possibly be determined in the gradually ascending organic s
cale." That is, it is impossible to know at what point the immortal soul inhabits these species. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is the most important factor, and in order to understand the soul, education is required. It is the soul that moves the body, whether that body be that of an ant, bacteria, a hu
man being, animal, or whatever. Nothing can move without the presence of the soul, and each and every individual soul is immortal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As mentioned, Darwin doesn't accept the fact that there are a fixed number of species. Rather, he maintains tha
t the species may vary at different times according to natural selection. There are new species always evolving.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what does he know of all the species? Does he have a complete list of all the species in the universe? From }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Padma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we learn that there are 8,400,000 species. First of all, we must understand what all these species are. You may walk through a market and see many different types of people. As you walk, you continue to see different types of peopl
e, but you cannot say that a particular type no longer exists because you do not see it anymore. The point is that you can neither see nor comprehend the beginning or the end. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they claim that everything started with a one-celled animal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where did that animal come from? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From chemical combinations. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then who supplied the chemicals?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists are not so concerned with who, but with the existing phenomena.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mere study of phenomena is childish. Real science means finding the original cause. Darwin may have studied this island or that island, or he may have dug holes in this desert or that de
sert, but he has not seen the other millions of planets that are existing in the universe. He has not excavated and dug into the depths of all the other planets. How, then, can he conclude that this is all? He speaks of natural selection, but he has not 
perfectly studied nature. He has only studied nature functioning in a particular place, and a very small place at that. When we speak of nature, we refer to }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We refer to the universe. There are millions of universes, and Darwin has not studied them, yet he is drawing all these conclusions. There is certainly natural selection, b
ut Darwin does not know how it is working. Darwin's defect is that he has no information of the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fact remains that excavations throughout the world prove the existence of species that no longer exist on this planet. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But nature is not confined to this one planet. When you speak of material nature, you must include all the planets in the universe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the scientists have no evidence that all the species have been existing from time immemorial. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot give evidence that the sun existed millions of years ago; still, we conclude that it did. The sun was not just created this morning. Within the sun, everything is existing, an
d if the sun is existing, other things must be existing also. Darwin draws conclusions about nature from a limited study of this one planet. This is not full knowledge. If your knowledge is not perfect, why should we accept your theories? Whether complex
 life-forms were existing on this planet millions of years ago is not really the point. All these forms are existing in nature. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the species in nature are fixed at 8,400,000. These may or may not be existing in your neighborhood, but that is not important. The number is fixed, and they are simultaneously existing. Th
ere may be an evolution from simpler forms to more complex, but it is not that a species becomes extinct. Real evolution is the evolution of the soul through the existing species. Now, we admit that with the changes of seasons, or with extreme heat or co
ld, differences may arise, but it is not that the species are new. If there is a great flood, and all the men on earth are drowned, the human species is not extinct. Man may or may not survive certain catastrophes; this does not affect the species. We ca
nnot say that the human species is extinct, but that under these circumstances man has survived or not survived. Whatever the case, human beings are existing somewhere else.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that 
there are 400,000 species of human life, what does it mean? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are differences in culture and in body types. Scientists will say that human beings are all of one species, but when they speak of species, they mean something different. The }{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for instance, would consider the Negroes and Aryans to belong to different species. A
s far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is concerned, bodies may differ; it doesn't matter. Our classification is on the basis of the soul. The soul is equal despite different types of bodies. The soul is one and does not change.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'ebe gavi hastini\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uni caiva }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vap\'e4ke ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 (}{\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  5.18)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who sees to the bottom, sees the soul. Because Darwin and other material scientists have no information of the soul, they have missed the whole point. On the material platform, one material form may be superior to anoth
er, just as one apartment may be better than another, but these are material considerations. Now, according to our position, we may evolve from lower apartments to higher, but it can also work the other way around. If we are not able to pay the rent or p
rice for a higher apartment, we have to enter a lower one. It is not that the soul is necessarily progressing from lower to higher forms. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin would claim that all living things on earth are evolving from lower to higher.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Generally, that may be accepted because at certain periods people may be constructing certain types of apartments, but the apartments themselves are not evolving. Evolution takes place w
ithin the apartment according to the desire of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the living entity. Darwin think
s that it is the apartment that is changing, but actually it is the desire of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
According to our mentality at the time of death, we get a certain type of apartment. In any case, the apartment is already there. It is not that I have to create it. The types of apartments are fixed at 8,400,000, and we can enter into any of them. You c
annot conceive of a type of apartment beyond this number. A hotel keeper knows that different customers want different types of facilities; therefore he makes arrangements to receive all kinds of customers. Similarly, this is God's creation, and God know
s how many different ways a living entity can think and desire; therefore God has created all these species. If the living entity thinks in a certain way, God says, "Come on. Here is the body that you want."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rt\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The bewildered spirit soul, under the influe
nce of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.}{\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 (}{\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  3.27)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature is giving us all facilities. God, as the Param\'e4tm\'e4 within the heart of everyone, knows what the living entity wants, and orders nature to give it to him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But presently we see that on this planet there are no longer any dinosaurs. That type of apartment is no longer
 available. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I said before, you may or may not have seen dinosaurs. In any case, you have certainly not seen all the 8,400,000 species of life. This does not mean that these species are no longer e
xisting. They may be existing on some other planet. You have no information of this. Scientists are experimenting with their imperfect senses, but we are receiving knowledge from a different source. Regardless of the amount of scientific research, the co
nclusions will always be imperfect because the senses are imperfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first, Darwin was a Christian, but his faith in the existence of a personal God eventually faded. He finally wrote:
 "The whole subject is beyond the scope of man's intellect\'97The mystery of the beginning of things is insoluble by us, and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic...." He based}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  The Origin of Species}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on evidence he had amassed on a voyage around the world from 1830 to 1836. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In any case, his research was limited. He certainly could not have investigated all the species on the planet. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He spent the rest of his life writing about the information he gathered during this voyage. According to his theory of
 natural selection, the best and fittest survive, and therefore the race necessarily and steadily improves. But then, in Kali-yuga, isn't there steady degeneration?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we can actually see that the human race has become degraded.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the cause of this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Improper education. Every individual person is a soul, and each has a particular type of body. The human body in particular requires education. The soul evolves through various species a
ccording to his desires. Material nature supplies the bodies, acting under the orders of God. God exists within the core of everyone's heart, and when the individual soul desires something, material nature, following the orders of God, gives him a machin
e in the form of a body. When we attain the human form, we can either regress to the animal form, or make spiritual progress. Animals also have desires, but they change bodies and species according to the laws of nature. The human body in particular is m
eant for understanding God, acting accordingly, and returning home, back to Godhead. If we do not utilize this opportunity, we regress to lower species.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vedic version, were there higher life forms on this planet millions of years ago?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inform 
us that the first created creature within this universe is also the most intelligent\'97Lord Brahm\'e4. How, then, can we accept the theory that the intellect develops over so many millions of years? We receive Vedic knowledge from Brahm\'e4, who was ins
tructed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Darwin's theory that intellect developed is not scientific. It is merely a suggestion, a guess.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When Brahm\'e4 created, were there also other developed life-forms beside man?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All the forms have been existing since the creation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What evidence do we have that higher life-forms existed on this planet millions of years ago? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The authority of Vedic literature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what other authority is acceptable? If we dig up a bone and make a test with our senses, isn't that authori
tative? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is bone authority. You may be satisfied with such authority, but we have our own. You will accept your authority, and I will accept mine. That is a different matter. Scientific auth
ority is always relative, just like scientific knowledge. Theories are always being contradicted by other theories. Has Darwin gone down to the bottom of the sea and excavated there? Who has dug into the layers of the earth below the sea to find out what
 is there? All Mr. Frog knows is that his well is only three feet deep and three feet wide. If you tell him of the existence of the Atlantic Ocean, he will say, "How big is it? Twice as big as my well? Ten times as big?" Since he can never conceive of th
e Atlantic Ocean, what good will his investigations do? What knowledge can he have of the vast ocean? Therefore we must take knowledge from one who has created the Atlantic Ocean. In this way, our knowledge will be perfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But certain of Darwin's theories appear factual. For instance, no one can deny the fact that the fittest surviv
e.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We may try to adjust things, but if our adjustments are not approved by the Supreme, they will not be successful. According to nature's way, parents have affection for their children, bu
t if parents do not take care of them, the children will not survive. Still, the parents' care is not the last word. If the child is condemned by the Supreme Lord, he will not exist despite the parents' care. In other words, we have to go to the Supreme 
Lord if we ultimately want to survive. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want us to survive, we will not be able to survive, despite all our attempts. All these natural laws are working under one controller, God. Electricity may serve many purposes, but the pow
erhouse is one. It is generating energy for all. We may utilize the same electrical current to serve different purposes, but the power is the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, the same current may be working in both the deer and the tiger, but the tiger is able to kill the deer. I
n this case, one survives, and the other does not.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the law of }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , no one will survive. The body is the field of activity, and we are given license to act within this body for some time. That is all. There is no question of survival. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By survival, Darwin means that the species will survive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no question of survival. The species are always there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why is there no evidence that human civilizations existed on this earth millions of years ago?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our evidence for a previous Vedic civilization is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , spoken evidence. For instance, Vy\'e4sadeva received Vedic knowledge from N\'e4rada, and N\'e4rada received Vedic knowledge from Lord Brahm\'e4 millions and millions of years ago. We can hardly calculate one of Brahm\'e4's
 days in which fourteen Manus come and go. Each Manu lives for 306,720,000 years. According to the Vedic calculations, millions, billions, and trillions of years are not very astonishing. When Brahm\'e4 was born, he was educated by God. This means that t
his Vedic philosophy was existing then.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if the earth is so old, it must have undergone many transformations.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but this doesn't matter. After one day of Brahm\'e4, there is devastation. Brahm\'e4 lives for a hundred years composed of his incredibly long days, and at the end of each day there
 is devastation. So there are many devastations, and we are not very amazed to hear about them. Nor are we amazed at hearing about the passage of millions and trillions of years. This is nothing. According to Vedic historical methods, trillions and trill
ions of years account for nothing. Even though we do not find evidence of civilization existing on this earth millions of years ago, we cannot conclude that there was no civilization. We can only conclude that our knowledge is imperfect. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Debating against Darwinism, William Jennings Bryan, a famous lawyer and politician, said, "They (the Darwinists) do no
t dare to tell you that it began with God and ended with God\'97Darwin says the beginning of all things is a mystery unsolvable by us. He does not pretend to say how these things started."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material world is created, and the living entities are allowed to act within it. Since the living entities all come from God, God says }{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viddhi
 p\'e4rtha san\'e4tanam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, know that I am the original seed of all existences." }{\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  7.10)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Material nature is the mother, and God, the father, gives the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e9ja\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the
 seed. The mother's womb cannot produce in itself, but when the spiritual seed is given, the body can form and develop. The living entity, an eternal part and parcel of God, is put into material nature and develops a body according to his desire. This is
 the actual beginning of life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Biblical version, God created man in His image some six thousand years ago.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It was not so recent. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , this creation goes back millions and millions of years. Whatever the case, God created this cosmic manifestation and impregnated it with living entities to appear in different species according to their desires. The individual s
oul proposes, and God disposes. All the species have been existing from the very beginning. It is not that there was no human form in the beginning of the creation. This is very easy to understand. The body is created by material nature, and the soul, pa
rt and parcel of God, is placed into the body according to his desires. Material energy is called the inferior energy of God, and the living entity, the individual soul, is called the superior energy. Both come from God, and therefore it is said that God
, the Absolute Truth, is He from whom everything flows. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Descent of Man}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Darwin writes: "The idea of a universal and beneficent creator does not seem to arise in the mind of man until he has been elevated by a long continued culture." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, culture is very important, because we can be elevated by spiritual association. According to our cultural life, we can go to higher planetary systems, remain where we are, or go bac
k home, back to Godhead. Therefore culture is most important. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin felt that if we could sufficiently understand the evolutionary process, we could control it. Today, peop
le speak of conquering nature, and claim that man is now living a longer, healthier life than ever before.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is just more nonsense. My grandmother lived ninety-six years, but I don't expect to live that long. The life span is decreasing. People are not sufficiently healthy because they are
 not getting proper food. Where is the medicine that puts an end to all disease? Every time you discover new medicines, new diseases come along. There is no question of stopping them. Even if you find a cure for cancer, you cannot put an end to death. Ho
wever great our scientific advancements may be, we can never put an end to birth, old age, disease, and death. The attempt is a waste of time. Our business is to utilize our time in such a way that after giving up this material body, we can return home, 
back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: Darwin made the evolut
ion of species seem so mechanically arranged that God is removed from the picture. It appears as if combinations of ingredients created animals, and that they evolved from one another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Combination means God, because it is God who is combining. It is not that the combination takes place automatically. A cook combines many ingredients when he is making a preparation. It 
is not that the ingredients can combine themselves. Darwin should have asked how the combination comes about, but it appears that he did not even raise this question. Material elements, ingredients, do not combine automatically. There must be a living en
tity who combines them. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One theory is that everything emanates from some energy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That energy must belong to the energetic. When a computer works, there must be someone pushing the button. According to the Vedas, as soon as God wishes, material energy is immediately se
t into action. Then things emerge automatically. A man may say that there is no God behind the material energy, but if God withdrew such a man's speaking power, he would not even have the ability to deny God's existence. In order to support Darwin's theo
ries, Western philosophers and historians reject the fact that the Vedic literatures were composed thousands of years ago. But the discovery of the Ajanta Caves proves that there were very intelligent people living many thousands of years ago. But these 
scientists are simply searching after bones. What is more important? V\'e4lm\'e9ki's }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , or a pile of bones?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In ages past, the memories of the students were very sharp because}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they were pure }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , strictly celibate. There was no need to write these literatures down. Acco
rding to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, the student heard the subject matter once from the spiritual master,
 and after that he could recall every word. Now Darwin and other material scientists are trying to understand phenomena, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, but they are not interested in knowing the source of this energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am 
the source of all spiritual and material worlds." }{\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  10.8}{\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  If we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we know th
at K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original source of all energy. If a person becomes a chemist or physicist, his duty should be to prove that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original source of all energy. Then his knowledge of chemistry and physics is perfect. People want 
knowledge through the modern scientific method; therefore if one is a real scientist, it is his duty to prove that this material energy is coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one is a biologist, or naturalist, it is his duty to prove that all life-forms are c
oming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unfortunately, scientists are thinking, "Oh, we shall create something." But they cannot create anything because God is doing all the creating. They are trying to imitate God just as a child seeing his mother cooking. "Oh, I sh
all cook too!" It is childish play, and for this play they are spending much labor and many billions of dollars. They try to create a human in a test tube, but every day many humans are being born. They are trying to create something artificial, that's a
ll. By God's multi-energies, everything is being created automatically. All ingredients are given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Your intelligence and your body are given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He gives us everything, and we cannot do anything without Him. When we act, 
we should try to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba; then our action will be successful. It is not possible to go outside the boundaries of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley felt that the main difference between man and the animals is the ability to speak. In his essay "Man and the Lo
wer Animals," he writes: "Man alone possesses the marvelous endowment of intelligible rational speech, whereby...he has slowly accumulated and organized the experience which is almost lost with the cessation of every individual life and other animals"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is another misconception. Everyone speaks his own language. Animals have theirs, and human beings theirs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He specifically mentions "intelligible, rational speech."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Animals have rational speech.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They may be able to articulate certain basic facts to one another, but they have no culture or history. They have not 
been able to accumulate and organize the experience of their species. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vedic tradition, the Sanskrit language is the mother of all languages and is spoken in the higher planetary systems, but this is not to say that one is an animal if he d
oesn't speak Sanskrit. Everyone has his own language\'97Englishmen, Indians, animals, birds, whatever. It is education that is really important, not language. A human being with developed consciousness can receive a spiritual education, whereas animals c
annot. That is the main difference. It is not basically a question of language, because knowledge can be imparted in any language, just as we are imparting Vedic knowledge in English and other languages. It is not language that distinguishes man from the
 lower species, but knowledge. Animals cannot receive knowledge of God, but a human being, regardless of his language, can understand God if knowledge is properly imparted to him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although Huxley defended Darwin's theory of evolution, he differed in his belief in the survival of those who are "eth
ically the best." In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Evolution and Ethics}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "Social progress means a checking of 
the cosmic process at every step and the substitution for it of another, which may be called the ethical process; the end of which is not the survival of those who may happen to be the fittest... but of those who are ethically the best."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cosmic process cannot be checked. It continues functioning in different modes: goodness, passion, and ignorance. In the mode of goodness, there is advancement, but ultimately the indi
vidual has to transcend the mode of goodness to come to the platform of the all-good, the platform of pure goodness. In the material world, whatever process we accept for advancement is conditioned by goodness, passion, and ignorance. It is very difficul
t in the material world to keep a process pure; therefore the soul must come to the platform of goodness and then transcend it. The platform of pure goodness is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakt
i}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and on that platform our transactions are only with God. It is only when we come to that platform that we can survive. Otherwise, no one survives, because everyone has t
o continue transmigrating from one body to another. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tath\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deh\'e4ntara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ptir}{\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 (}{\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  2.13)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . However, when we come to the platform of pure goodness, we can understand God and transcend repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo
 vetti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Apart from this, there is no meaning to survival. Survival means that the soul remains pure in its original po
sition and does not transmigrate. Survival is only in the spiritual world, where there is no change. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Huxley believed that it is within our own hands to guide our ethical evolution.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is certainly within our hands. First of all, you hear that it is wrong to steal and that those who steal go to jail. Then it is up to you to steal or not.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Huxley believed that we have to qualify ourselves ethically to be worthy to survive. It is not just a question 
of the physically fittest.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nobody is fit to survive. This idea of survival is simply nonsense. However, we can elevate our consciousness and that of all human society by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process. T
his is a question of education. When we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we become worthy to survive. We no longer have to undergo the process of transmigration. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Huxley maintains that the most morally worthy ought to survive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most morally worthy is he who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. There is no question of ought; rather, he will survive. But as far as morality is concerned, what is Huxley's morality? We s
ay that cow killing is immoral, but others say that it is moral because by eating beef, the body is developed. Which morality is more worthy for us to select? There are many questions like this, and one person says that this is moral, whereas another say
s it is immoral. Of course, the meat eaters claim that morality depends on what the majority wants\'97that is, the majority of meat eaters. Such people will naturally agree that cow killing is very nice, but does this make cow killing moral? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley believes that because nature is amoral, man must not imitate but must combat nature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no question of combatting nature. You cannot conquer nature. Of course, everyone is perpetually trying to fight nature, but in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et
\'e4\'e0 taranti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  It is impossible to defeat material nature. You
 are trying to live, but material nature deals death to everyone. This combat is going on, but nature is always stronger. No one has ever been successful in battling nature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it true that nature is amoral? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature is most moral because she is abiding by the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How can nature be mistaken? In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.44}{\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  it is said: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6i-sthiti-pralaya-s\'e4dhana-\'e7aktir-ek\'e4 ch\'e4yeva yasya bhuvan\'e4ni vibharti durg\'e4. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Durg\'e4, material nature, is so po
werful that she can create, maintain, and annihilate.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley based his morality on sympathy, and he claimed that nature has no sympathy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature has all sympathy because she is working under the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nature is very much like the police. When a person breaks the law, he thinks that the police are most u
nsympathetic, but if a person abides by the law, the police are friends and protectors. In any case, this is the proposal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It would appear that if one man's house burns down and another man's doesn't, there is no sympathy involved\'97
just arbitrariness and chance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not arbitrary. It is not by chance. It is clearly stated that material nature is working under the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not immoral, one carrying out H
is orders cannot be immoral. The apparent punishment dealt by nature is also sympathy. Mother Durg\'e4 is always seen with a trident in her hand, and she is always punishing, but this is indirectly moral. She is punishing living entities so that they wil
l become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. She puts them in all kinds of miserable conditions in order to bring them to awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to the consciousness whereby they can understand that if they surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they will be free. I
t is not possible to conquer nature by material contrivances. We can conquer nature only by rendering devotional service to the Lord. The material attempt to conquer or control nature is man's disease, his attempt to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such imitatio
n is never perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, Huxley felt that man could improve his environment. Agriculturally, for instance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but although the governments are promising people more and more, the people are becoming more miserable. They give man food to eat, facilities to sleep, to have sex life, and assura
nce from danger. These are the primary necessities, and even an animal can be satisfied with these. But man cannot. Because he has developed consciousness, man wants something more. Therefore in human society there is music, art, philosophy, and religion
. But if man utilizes his developed consciousness simply to eat, sleep, defend, and mate, he will never be satisfied. Man's higher consciousness should be utilized to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The material struggle for survival is not natural
. Struggle is unnatural. Our natural condition is enjoyment. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But, by use of intelligence, can't man come to understand the world, and in this way make his own world? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub antavat tu phala\'e0 te\'f1\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
tad bhavaty alpa-medhas\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dev\'e4n deva-yajo y\'e4nti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-bhakt\'e4 y\'e4nti m
\'e4m api
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet." }{\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
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 7.23)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 It is up to you. If you want to remain here, you can. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us intelligence and all facilities. It is now up to us to make our choice, whether to go to heaven, hell, or to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley looked on civilization as something of an attempt to give order to nature. Civilization might be defined then a
s a complex ethical understanding between men enabling as many men as possible to survive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not possible. You cannot dictate to nature; rather, nature will dictate death to you. According to the laws of material nature, there is no question of survival. When you can act
ually dictate to material nature, then you can survive. This is possible only through Brahman realization, as explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
bhakti-yogena sevate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpa
te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  14.26)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley saw the Indian philosopher as buckling under a stronger cosmos. He writes: "By the Ganges, ethical man admits t
hat the cosmos is too strong for him\'97" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "\'97and destroying every bond which ties him to it by ascetic discipline, he seeks salvation in absolute renunciation
." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  However, Huxley saw this attempt as "flight from the battlefield." Exhorting Englishmen to cosmic battle, he writes, "
We are grown men, and must play the man 'strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.'"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And at last to die. He may not yield, but nature will kick him and say, "You must die." In any case, Mr. Huxley is no longer surviving. Whether we be Englishmen, Frenchmen, Americans, or
 whatever, we cannot survive but have to succumb to the dictations of material nature. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rt\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The bewildered spirit soul, under the influe
nce of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.}{\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 (}{\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  3.27)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is false ego that says, "I shall survive. I am an Englishman." According to the law of nature, death is unavoidable for everyone; therefore the intelligent man first of all considers how he can transcend d
eath. It is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that if we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can survive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not that Huxley believed in any kind of material immortality. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Evolution and Ethics}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes of transmigration and }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "Every sentient being is reaping as it has sown; if not in this life, then in one or other of the infinite series of antecedent existences of which it is the latest 
term." Also, of Indian philosophy: "The substance of the cosmos was Brahman, that of individual man }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tman; and the latter was separated from the former only, if I may so speak, by its phenomenal envelope, by the casing of sensations, thoughts, and desires, pleasures and pains, which make up the illusive phantasmagoria of life." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Pra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhup\'e4da: Brahman is not s
eparated from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ; rather, they are eternally co-existing. That is explained in the Thirteenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wherein }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba discusses the body, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is the field of action, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the individual soul, who is the owner of the field and who works in it. It is also pointed out that there is another owner:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadra\'f1\'f6\'e4numant\'e4 ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bha
rt\'e4 bhokt\'e4 mahe\'e7vara\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4tmeti c\'e4py ukto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehe 'smin puru\'f1a
\'f9 para\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the over
seer and permitter, and who is known as the 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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.23}{\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  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the individual soul, knows 
only his own body, but the Supersoul knows everything about everybody. I may know the pains and pleasures of my body, but I am ignorant of the pains and pleasures of another. The Supersoul, Param\'e4tm\'e4, knows everything about all bodies in the univer
se. There is no question of separation; rather, the two are eternally co-existing. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley's understanding is similar to that of the Sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'ec}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karites: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is imprisoned within the body, and when he attains enlightenment, "the bubble of illusion will burst, and the freed individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tman}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will lose itself in the univer
sal Brahman."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This does not mean that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  becomes Param\'e4tm\'e4. A drop of water may merge into the sea, but it does not become the sea. The sea remains the same, whether a drop of water merges with it or 
not. When a green bird enters a green tree, you may not be able to see the bird anymore, but it is foolish to think that the bird has become one with the tree. The individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  retains his individuality, although our defective vision may not be able to perceive 
it. The Sa\'eckarites mistakenly think that the individual soul merges with the Supreme and becomes the Supreme, but this is not the case. In all cases, he retains his individuality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley writes: "There was no external power which could effect the sequence of cause and effect which gives rise to }{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; none but the will of the subject of the karma which could put an end to it." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3755\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 Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as the individual soul acts according to bodily designations, he is not free. When he gives up these designations and agrees to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he saves himself. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But is there any question of liberation independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. It is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ) that we should work only for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise, we become entangled. Freeom means acting on behalf of the Supreme. By acting in this way, we are not bound by }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When a soldier follows his orders and kills on the battlefield, he receives medals, but as soon as he kills one man on his own behalf, he is considered a
 murderer and is subject to be hanged. This is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-bandhana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , bondage to }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The act may be the
 same, but in one instance the soldier is acting under the orders of the state, and in the other he is acting for his own sense gratification. Similarly, when you act for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you act in freedom, and when you act for yourself, you are bound by
 }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is the main teaching throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Arjuna was thinking of leaving the battlefield due to personal considerations, but when he understood that it was his duty to fight on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's behalf, he agreed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Evolution and Ethics}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Huxley tries to relate karma to evolution: "In the theory of evolution, the tendency of a germ to develop according to a certain specific type...is its }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ....The snow-drop is a snowdrop and not an oak, and just that kind of snowdrop, because it is the outcome of the ka
rma of an endless series of past existences."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. This process is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-bandhana\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One takes on one body after another until he reaches the human form. He is then capable of deciding whether he should continue or put an end to this process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-bandhana\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If he surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the process stops, and if he does not, the process c
ontinues according to the laws of nature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as Huxley became a Darwinist, he rejected a supernatural God and the Bible, proclaiming that "argument from de
sign" had "received its death blow." Unlike Spinoza, he did not accept a pantheistic God, but believed in "the Divine government of the universe," and felt that the cosmic process is rational and not accidental. Still, he rejected a personal God concerne
d with morality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a mistake. Nature in itself is not rational; it is simply dead matter. A piece of wood is not rational, but the carpenter who shapes it is. The cosmic process may be rational, bu
t this is only because there is a rational being behind it. That rational being is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nature cannot be rational out of its own accord any more than a piece of wood can become a table without a carpenter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley felt that man must remain an agnostic because he cannot know God, even though God may exist. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why can man not know Him? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because He does not appear in phenomenal form. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what if He appears? You say that you cannot see Him in a phenomenal form, but God can appear and teach you. Then you can know Him. We don't try to attain knowledge of God by speculat
ing, nor do we try to get knowledge of God from fools, rascals, and philosophers. We take knowledge directly from God Himself. God appears and gives us the instructions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and
 we take our knowledge from this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In any case, Huxley agreed that we can never realize God by the empiric method.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nice. We agree that God cannot be known by our present senses. However, we do not agree that God cannot be known at all. The present senses can be purified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness, and with purified senses, we can come to know God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Huxley also introduced the conception called epiphenomenalism, the belief that the mind and consciousness are p
roducts of the physical process.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We also accept the fact that the mind is physical and that consciousness is also physical and yet subtle. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Huxley, when the body dies, the mind and consciousness also die.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he has no information of the soul. Wherever there is the soul, there is mind, consciousness, and everything else. The mind, consciousness, and intelligence are all present, but now t
hey are materially contaminated. What we have to do is to purify them. It is not that we are to try to make our mind, consciousness and intelligence nil. That is not possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when the body dies, does the individual consciousness also die with it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. How can you die? Your consciousness simply carries you to another body.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson maintained that God's reality can be intuited only by mystical experience. The creative effort "is of God if i
t is not God Himself." This knowledge of God leads to activity, not passivity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, knowledge of God certainly leads to activity. For instance, in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we are engaged twenty-four hours daily in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. It is not that we just sit down and meditate. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the best activity is to preach the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya ida\'e0 parama\'e0 guhya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad
-bhakte\'f1v abhidh\'e4syati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti\'e0 mayi par\'e4\'e0 k\'e5tv\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m evai
\'f1yaty asa\'e0\'e7aya\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back
 to 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  18.6
8}{\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  This is also Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's order: "Become a guru by spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness." To be a guru means to be active. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The word "mystic" can have many different meanings. When Bergson says that God's reality can be intuited only by mysti
cal experience, what is meant?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is mystical for one who does not know God, but for one who knows God and receives orders from Him, God is a perceivable person. The word "mystic" may imply something vague or obscure
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson believed that the mystic who has contact with God can lead others and teach them to become godly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is very nice. Then by "mystic," he means God's representative. That is the spiritual master who is following in the disciplic succession. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tells us to approach a guru who has realized the truth, God. It is not that the mystic poses himself to be God. No, he surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba and teaches others to do so. In this way, he teaches us ho
w to become godly. Actually, it is better to say God conscious instead of godly. One who is God conscious is a true mystic.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to modern interpretations, a mystic is someone mysterious or magical.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the meaning has degraded to that because so many gurus come over, display miracles, and claim to be God. So these rascals are misleading the unintelligent who want to see miracles, 
and the unintelligent look on these miracles as mysticism. It is another case of the cheaters and the cheated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Originally, the Greek word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mystikos}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  referred to one initiated in secret religious rites, and today the word has degenerated to mean something obscure or occult. For Bergson, a mystic is one who can commune wit
h God through contemplation and love, participate in God's love for mankind, and aid the divine purpose. This is the real meaning of "creative evolution."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, everyone is in ignorance due to a long separation from God. In the material world, the living entity has forgotten his relationship with God; therefore he acts only for sense gratif
ication. He awakens to his real life when he is given instructions on how to become God conscious; otherwise, he lives like an animal. Sentiment is one thing, but when religion is understood in the light of good logic and philosophy, we can attain a perf
ect understanding of God. Without philosophy, religion is simply sentiment. Sentiment in itself does not help very much. A sentimentalist may be interested one day and disinterested another. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , religion means learning how to love God. At the present moment, in our physical condition, we cannot see God, but by hea
ring about Him, we can develop our dormant love.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson envisioned two types of religion: static and dynamic. Static religion is comprised of myths devised by 
human intelligence as a means of defense against life's miseries. Fearful of the future, man attempts to overcome his condition by constructing religious myths.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whatever is created by human beings is not acceptable. We do not follow such faiths because human beings are always imperfect. We cannot accept anything manufactured by human beings; we 
must take our information directly from God, as it is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other scriptures. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Real religious principles are enacted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead." }{\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 6.3.19}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Surrender unto Me." This is real religion. It is not man-made. Man is constantly creating so many ism's, but these are not perfect. Religion that leads us to surrender to God is real rel
igion. Otherwise it is bogus. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Bergson, real religion is dynamic. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. It is not static because it is on the spiritual platform. The spirit is the dynamic force in this body. There is no question of the spirit being static.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson says that prompted by the vital impulse, by dynamic religion, the human will identifies with the divine
 will in a mystical union.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We are teaching people to agree with the divine will, which means surrendering to God. Oneness means agreeing with this teaching
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Real religion is a mystic oneness with God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, oneness means that I agree with God. God says, "Surrender," and I say, "Yes, I surrender." God tells Arjuna, "Fight," and Arjuna fights. Oneness means that we agree with God on all 
points.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson felt that the greatest obstacle to creative evolution is the struggle with materialism. He believed that polit
ics and economic reforms cannot help matters.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Politics and economic reforms can help provided they are properly guided\'97that is, provided they aim at helping our understanding of our relationship with God. Vedic civilization was d
ivided into four }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ramas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and these divisions were meant to help people develop t
heir dormant God consciousness. Unfortunately, today the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the administrators, 
have forgotten the real objective of human life. Now they are thinking only of caring for the body, living comfortably, and gratifying their senses. But that is not the real purpose of human civilization.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson believed that the spirit of mysticism must be kept alive by the fortunate few who know God "until such time as
 a profound change in the material conditions imposed on humanity by nature should permit, in spiritual matters, of a profound transformation." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is dedicated to bringing about this change. I have already said that a perfect society is centered in love of God. This love is withou
t motive. It is a natural love, like the love between a son and his father or mother. The material conditions provoke certain bodily demands: eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. At present, people are interested only in these four activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How are these material conditions going to change? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These daily bodily necessities will remain, but in addition, people should understand God and His instructions. That will bring about change. We are not neglecting the bodily necessities
, but we realize that our main business is advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Presently, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not supported by the state or social leaders. People are busy thinking of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. It is not 
that these activities stop when we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious; rather, they are regulated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson was optimistic in his belief that the mystics, through love, would eventually help mankind return to God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is the real purpose of human life. Man has the opportunity afforded by nature to understand the instructions of the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the spiritual master. Only a suicidal civilization remains in darkness, concerned only with the bodily necessities. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Bergson, the nature of God is love, through which the world comes into being.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, of course God loves. Unless He loves, why does He come down personally to give us instructions through the scriptures?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Creative Evolution}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Bergson writes: "For an ego which does not change does not endure, and a psychic state which remains the same so long as it is not replaced by the following state does not endure either
." He sees all psychic states of the individual, including the ego, as constantly changing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the false ego that says, "I am this body." By education, we can come to understand that we are spirit soul. Then the activities of the soul begin. The first lesson of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instructs us that the living entity is not the material body but the soul within. That soul is Brahman, pure spirit. Once we understand that we are not the body, our struggle to ma
intain the body stops. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Once we understand that we are spirit soul, we concern ourselves with elevating the spirit soul to the highest perfectio
n. We then come to understand that we are not only spirit soul, but that everyone else is spirit soul as well. We then want everyone to be given a chance to attain perfect understanding.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson's }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vitalism}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states that the life force cannot be explained by physics and chemistry or the other sciences. It is separate from Darwin's mechanical laws. Science will never be able to accuratel
y explain the source of life, which is nonmaterial. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is very nice. He is speaking of the soul, but he is unable to capture the idea positively. It is true that the soul is not controlled by physical laws, and that is verified by }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  itself:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naina\'e0 chindanti \'e7astr\'e4\'ebi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub naina\'e0 dahati p\'e4vaka\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caina\'e0 kledayanty \'e4po\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na \'e7o
\'f1ayati m\'e4ruta\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by 
the wind." }{\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 2.23}{\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  The vital 
force, or the soul, can be temporarily covered by physical elements, but the soul itself does not belong to any of the physical elements. The soul is a living force, and it has a little independence. The supreme living force is God, and the individual so
ul is part and parcel of God, just as sparks are part of a great fire. The individual soul misuses his independence when he himself wants to become God and lord it over material nature. He then falls from his purely spiritual position into the physical e
ncagement, and, forgetting his real identity, he thinks that he is the body. But he is not. The body is a circumstantial covering, a dress. The living, vital force is different. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson says that the reality, the living force, is always in a state of becoming and never at rest. Logical or
 scientific explanations are ineffective because they deal with static problems. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, so-called scientists do not know the real basic principle; therefore they are misled and misleading. The soul is living force. The soul has a little independence, and he wants to en
joy the material world, which he cannot do. By running after phantasmagoria and trying to lord it over material nature, he becomes more and more entrapped.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Being constantly dynamic, changing, and unpredictable, the life force is too elusive for scientific investigati
on. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is so. Because it is living force, it must be dynamic. Living force is not dead stone. We are all living force. We may be sitting here now, or we may be leaving. No one can che
ck these movements in time. Not even God interferes with our dynamic force. He allows us to do whatever we like. If God interferes with our independence, we are no longer living entities. We become dead stones. Therefore God does not interfere; He gives 
us full freedom. At the same time, He comes down to instruct us, saying, "Why are you so engaged in this foolish activity? Please come to Me, back home, back to Godhead. Then you will be happy."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Bergson, the unpredictable life force is constantly creating new things.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is creating new things in the material phenomena, but when the life force is spiritually situated, there are no such changes. Our only business is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And ev
en in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are many varieties, but those are spiritual varieties. At the present moment, we are creating material varieties and a variety of bodies, all subject to the threefold miseries and to birth, death, old age, and d
isease. As long as we are materially entrapped, our dynamic force is creating trouble, and we are becoming more and more entangled.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can we ever predict the movements of the life force?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is moving in a variety of dresses, but its ultimate future is to return home, back to Godhead. But because the individual soul is acting unintelligently, he has to be kicked in t
he face very strongly by material nature. Then he will come to his senses. That is his position. When he thinks intelligently, he realizes that it is his duty to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba instead of his own material body. In this material world, we see that e
verybody is trying to be happy, but everyone is constantly being frustrated. This is because material happiness ultimately means frustration. This is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  way of kicking. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In any case, the life force will eventually return to Godhead?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, everyone will sooner or later. Some sooner, and some later.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But can we predict that the process of punishment will have some permanent effect? Many prisoners leave the pri
son, but some come back.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is nothing permanent. Because we have a little independence, we have the freedom to misuse our independence again and return to the prison; otherwise there is no meaning to indepen
dence. Independence means that you can do what you like. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson spoke of the soul as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e
lan vital}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "vital impulse."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is a living, vital force, and is therefore dynamic. It is never at rest, but is always working through the mind, intelligence, and body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the soul present in the same quantity in every living body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Its measurement is the same: one ten thousandth part of the tip of a hair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what about its amount of energy?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the same amount of spiritual energy is everywhere, in the ant and in the elephant.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you say that the soul }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  one ten thousandth part of the tip of a hair, this seems to denote a physical size. That is, this seems to be a physical concept.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material size and spiritual size are not the same. Spiritual size is permanent, and material size is changing. We give this example of the tip of a hair because you have no spiritual visi
on. Therefore you have to understand by a material example. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson believes that the qualities of the soul can be perceived only by intuition, not by the senses. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. The soul cannot be experienced by the senses, but we can understand that the soul is absent from a dead man. We see the dead body, and this is called perception. Then we
 understand that there is something intangible that is absent, and we call that the soul. This is the process of intuition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning remembering and forgetting, Bergson writes: "The cerebral mechanism is arranged just so as to drive back in
to the unconscious almost the whole of this past, and to admit beyond the threshold only that which can cast light on the present situation or further the action now being prepared\'97in short, only that which can give useful work."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The cerebral mechanism is a machine, just like this microphone. This machine has nothing to do with my voice, but it amplifies it so that others may hear. In this way, the machine can he
lp. Similarly, the brain is a machine that can help us understand God. Human beings have a good machine, but they do not know the use of it. That is their misfortune.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Doesn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba arrange this cerebral mechanism, causing remembrance and forgetfulness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because He is the supreme power, He can do this. If we persistently want to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, despite K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is within the heart, gi
ves us a chance to become more and more forgetful so that we completely forget our relationship with God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4n aha\'e0 dvi\'f1ata\'f9 kr\'fcr\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4re\'f1u nar\'e4dham\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ip\'e4my ajasram a\'e7ubh\'e4n\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sur\'e9\'f1v eva yoni\'f1u
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Those who are envious and mischievous, who a
re the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life.}{\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 (}{\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  16.19}{\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  He also says: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness." }{\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  15.15)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's punishment that the living entity remains in perpetual darkness, but it is the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee, the Vai\'f1\'ebava, that he remembers his relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore Bhaktivinoda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura says, "O Vai\'f1\'ebava, please accept me as 
your dog." The cerebral mechanism, the brain, is a machine, and according to one's desires, he remembers K\'e5\'f1\'eba or forgets Him. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba enables the demoniac to be punished, He gives the devotee the intelligence by which he can reme
mber and understand.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\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  10.10)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can we forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, it is not possible. A son may be separated from his father, but it is not possible for him to forget his father eternally. Sometimes he remembers his father. The father is always rem
embering the son, and looking forward to the time when the son will obey his orders. So there is no question of forgetting perpetually. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because the living entity has independence, at one moment he may be liberated, and at another moment, condition
ed? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given you liberation. When you misuse your liberation, you become entrapped.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But is this all predictable? Can we know it beforehand?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the use of all this prediction? The prediction is that the living entity will be kicked, kicked, kicked, and kicked, until someday he will come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So after falling down many times, the living entity will eventually come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and remain permanent
ly. Is that right? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, there is no question of permanence. Because the living entity has independence, he can misuse that independence and fall down again. A man is not permanently free just because he's r
eleased from prison. He can return to prison again. There is no guarantee. This is what is meant by eternally conditioned. The living entities in the spiritual sky who are eternally liberated will never be conditioned because they never choose to misuse 
their independence. They are very experienced.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concerning }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and transmigration, Bergson writes: "What are we, in fact, what is our character, if not the condensation of the history that we have lived from our birth\'97nay, even before our birth, sinc
e we bring with us prenatal dispositions. Doubtless we think with only a small part of our past, but it is with our entire past, including the original dint of our soul, that we desire, will, and act." Although we cannot recall much of the past, our pres
ent state has grown out of it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is our defect that we cannot recall the past; therefore little tests are there to remind us of our opportunity to take advantage of Vedic knowledge. We have forgotten, but our forgetf
ulness is not perpetual. When we are reminded, we can come to our real consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, people are thinking that they are masters of everything. Many so-called scientists are decrying God, and c
laiming that they can do everything independently. This attitude is demoniac. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and g
uru are here to remind us that we are under the clutches of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and that we are not to rem
ain in this position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson is essentially saying that our past activities have determined what we are today.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Ac
cording to our past }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karmas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we are in a particular position. However, this position can be
 changed; it is not that it will have to continue indefinitely. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that we are suffering due to our past misdeeds, and this suffering was caused by our not surrendering to Him. If we surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will put an end to all
 the reactions of }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So we do not have to continue to suffer the reactions of our past
 activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bergson writes: "From this survival of the past, it follows that consciousness cannot go through the same state twice.
 Circumstances may still be the same, but they will act no longer on the same person, since they find him at a new moment of his history. Our personality, which is being built up each instant with its accumulated experience, changes without ceasing."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no cessation because the soul is eternal. Consciousness is also eternal, but it is changing according to the circumstances, association, time, place, and personalities involved.
 Good association is required, because by it, our consciousness can be changed from material to spiritual. The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to change our consciousness from absorption in material things to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This
 requires guidance, which is provided by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions and the spiritual master. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He has given us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and guru.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if the personality is determined by experience, and experience is forgotten at death, then a new personality must 
emerge at rebirth. How can the personality be built up with accumulated experience? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We may forget our deeds in the past, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not forget them. He therefore gives us a chance to fulfill previous desires. At death, the body changes, but the soul does no
t change. The soul continues and brings with him reactions of past deeds. Even though the soul forgets what he has done in the past, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there to remind him that he wanted to do this or that.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the person is the same, but the personality changes? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. This personality can be perfected if we follow the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But personality, as we understand it, changes from life to life, doesn't it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but according to your work, your body will be selected. It is not that you select your body. Because you have acted in a certain way, superior authorities select your body according
 to your activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If at death the soul takes the mind, intelligence, and ego with it into a new body, isn't it possible for the mind to 
remember past lives?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and there are many instances of this. Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja received the body of a deer, but by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he remembered everything about his past life. Although B
harata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was a devotee, he neglected his devotional service due to being overly attached to a deer. Since he was thinking of the deer at the time of death, he received the body of a deer, but out of His great mercy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba reminded h
im of his situation. In his next birth, therefore, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bharata was born into a good }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson says that "our personality shoots, grows, and ripens without ceasing." If this is so, how can the }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  regress to a lower form of life? How could a greater experience be confined to a lesser one? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to nature's process, everything is calculated at the time of death. Here in Hawaii we see that there are many boys addicted to the water sport called surfing. Now they are crea
ting a mentality which will enable them to become aquatics. So naturally at the time of death they will think of all these things, and nature will give them a body accordingly. We cannot check this process. After death, we are completely under nature's c
ontrol. We cannot dictate. Since people cannot or will not understand this, they conclude that there is no life after death.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How could a great personality like Indra, with his mind, intelligence, and ego all intact, possibly become a hog? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this can be done, because as long as we are materially existing, our thoughts are under the modes of material nature. Sometimes our thoughts are in the mode of goodness, sometimes i
n passion, and sometimes in ignorance. Accordingly, we go up and down the scale in different species. In order to keep ourselves on the proper platform, we should engage in devotional service. This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
bhakti-yogena sevate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpa
te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  14.26)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we stay on the Brahman platform, there is no degradation. We are trying to do this by engaging ourselves every moment in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson saw change as maturation. He writes: "We are seeking only the precise meaning that our consciousness gives to 
this word, 'exist,' and we find that, for a conscious being, to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not necessary to struggle to attain our highest position, because that position is indicated by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Abandon all }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and surrender unto Me. I will give you all protection." }{\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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unfortunately, the living entity thinks that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary human bein
g and therefore incapable of granting the topmost position. Therefore he goes on with his plan making. After many, many births, he finally comes to the conclusion that everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4sudurlabha\'f9}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But why go through many bir
ths of struggle? If we at once accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, we can become perfect immediately.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson sees the life impulse moving through the universe and creating new forms and varieties, just as an arti
st creates different paintings. The creations progressively improve. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you might call that evolution. The living entity moves through 8,400,000 species, and each is better than the last, until one comes to the human form. Once he has reached the human 
platform, he may choose to become a demigod like Lord Brahm\'e4. Brahm\'e4 is also a living entity; he is not in the Vi\'f1\'ebu category. Yet Brahm\'e4 has such power that he can create this universe. God can create infinite universes, but Brahm\'e4 can
 create at least one universe. Of course, from the human form, one can also regress to lower forms.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Bergson, world evolution moves progressively through history as instinct, intelligence, and intuition. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then he agrees that one moves from the lower stages to the higher.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To realization?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Realization means arriving at the truth. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson says that understanding through intuition is superior to understanding through the intelligence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He sees the creative process as advancing up to the level of immortality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we are receiving different types of bodies, and when we are perfectly situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we no longer receive material bodies.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then although the life force itself is eternal, the forms advance up to the form of immortality?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The forms are changing, but the living force is not changing. The forms are changing, but the person within the forms is permanent. When he identifies with the body, he thinks that he is 
changing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the progress toward human immortality a creative process? By creative, Bergson implies that we are creating 
our immortality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, you are always immortal. You are immortal by constitution, but you are changing bodies. The process is creative in the sense that you create your own body or your next body as you de
sire. If you create within yourself the mentality of a dog, you will get the body of a dog in the next life. Similarly, if you create the mentality of a servant of God, you return to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Creative Evolution}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Bergson writes: "We may conclude, then, that individuality is never perfect, and that it is often difficult, sometimes impossible, to tell what is an individual, and what is not, but th
at life nevertheless manifests a search for individuality, as if it strove to constitute systems naturally isolated, naturally closed." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is there a search for individuality? We are all naturally individuals.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
arve vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." 
}{\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  2.12)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are individuals in the past, present, and future. Our individuality is always there, but in quantity we are not as great as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Compared to Him, our intellige
nce is very meager. When we utilize our individuality properly and follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, we perfect our lives. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers want to annihilate this individuality, but this is not possible. We are perpetually individua
ls, and God is also an individual. It is incorrect to think that by killing individuality, we become one with God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our individuality is retained. Even though for a time we may think, "I will merge into the existence of God," we will fall down aga
in due to individuality. In any case, there is no need for a search for individuality because we are always individuals.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Bergson, we can see the creation as either coming from God, or moving toward Him. Depending on our viewpo
int, "we perceive God as efficient cause or as final cause." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is always there. He was there before the creation, and when the creation is finished, He will be there. God is not part of the creation. Being the creator, He exists before, during, 
and after His creation. This is standard Vedic knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham ev\'e4sam ev\'e4gre\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4nyad 
yat sad-asat param\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7c\'e4d aha\'e0 yad etac ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo 'va\'e7i\'f1yeta so'smy aha
m
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "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 cause 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\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  2.9.33)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson is saying that God is the beginning, middle, and end, depending on our point of view.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not dependent on our viewpoint. God is always there, but because we are imperfect, we are thinking in this limited way. This cosmic manifestation is a temporary creation to give th
e individual soul a chance to develop his consciousness. If he does not do so, and there is universal annihilation, he must remain in an unconscious position. When there is creation, he again comes to consciousness. This is the cycle that is going on. Bu
t God is always there. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bergson further writes: "If life realizes a plan, it ought to manifest a greater harmony the further it advances, just
 as a house shows better and better the idea of the architect as stone is set upon stone. If, on the contrary, the unity of life is to be found solely in the impetus that pushes it along the road of time, the harmony is not in front but behind. The unity
 is given at the start as an impulsion, not placed at the end as an attraction."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is what is called nature's course. First of all, something is created, it develops, stays for a while, leaves some by-products, grows old, dwindles, and finally vanishes. These are t
he changes that all material things are subject to, but the spirit soul is not material and therefore has nothing to do with bodily changes. The soul has his perpetual duty and activity, which is devotional service. If we are trained in our perpetual dut
y, we can put an end to bodily changes, remain in our eternal, spiritual body, and return home, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So creative evolution must necessarily be the evolution of the soul?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, since the soul is ever existing, there is no question of evolution. As long as the soul is entangled in material existence and bodily conceptions, he thinks that a superior body evol
ves from an inferior one. However, if his consciousness is changed, there is no changing bodies. He remains in his eternal body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bergson thinks that it is the vital force that is guiding everyone and creating its own evolution.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the vital force will determine this. But the individual must be educated to know how to make progress. It is ultimately up to the spirit soul whether to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
or not. The living entity has the right to accept or reject. If he takes the right path, he progresses, but if he rejects this path, he will regress. This depends on him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There seems to be a basic contradiction between Bergson and the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as far as the evolution of the universe is concerned.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Anything material, be it the universe or whatever, undergoes the basic changes I mentioned. Since its birth, this universe has been increasing in volume, and that is material change. Thi
s has nothing to do with the spiritual. Just as we have a soul within this body, the universe also has a soul within, and that is the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. Vi\'f1\'ebu is not changing, but the universe is. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson theorizes that the further life advances, the greater harmony is being realized.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is harmonious change, just as a child's body harmoniously changes into a boy's body. In any case, change is there. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So there is harmony in the beginning, middle, and end? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything is in harmony, be it material or spiritual. That is God's law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If everything is always in harmony, evolution has an incidental meaning.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is harmony: One is an aquatic, then an insect, then a plant, then a tree, and so on up to the body of a human being. Change is there, but there is harmony. Once one has attained a h
uman body, he can decide whether or not to stop this evolutionary process, or to remain in it. If one accepts the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can put an end to this bothersome evolution. If not, he remains. This is the version of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7raddadh\'e4n\'e4\'f9 puru\'f1\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dharmasy\'e4sya parantapa\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apr\'e4pya m\'e4\'e0 nivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5tyu-sa
\'e0s\'e4ra-vartmani
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Those who are not faithful on the path of de
votional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world.}{\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 (}{\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  9.3)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  By following K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, we can become completely detached from the cycle of birth and death. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson sees man as the culmination of earth's evolution. He writes: "Man might be considered the reason for the exist
ence of the entire organization of life on our planet."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  On this planet there are different types of men. Not everyone is in the same position. There are fools and sages, rich men and poor.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is speaking of mankind in general. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by all mankind? Everyone is an individual. In any case, man is not the highest form of life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson sees the material worlds as being basically isolated from one another. He writes: "It is not artificially, for
 reasons of mere convenience, that we isolate our solar system: Nature itself invites us to isolate it."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We feel isolated because we are individuals. In a prison, every criminal is different from every other criminal, and everyone has to suffer the consequences of his criminal activities. T
hus every individual is suffering or enjoying according to his past deeds. If there is combination, you forget individuality. But that is not possible. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We feel isolated as individuals, but in addition we feel isolated communally on this planet. Man has never been able t
o communicate with beings on other planets.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the point in communicating with other planets? They are also like this planet. People there have their individuality also.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, man has always had the desire to communicate with something outside of this world, something higher. Basically, 
this must be a desire to reach God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since God is there, why not communicate with Him? There is no point in communicating with other planets. Other living entities cannot help us. If we communicate with God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 we automatically understand everything else. If you hear people talking on other planets, what benefit will you derive? It is better to listen to K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this isolation between worlds characteristic only of the lower and middle planetary systems? Is there as much isola
tion between the higher systems?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Isolation is always there. Even in this world, crows remain to themselves, and swans remain to themselves. This isolation is natural because everyone is functioning under the different m
odes of material nature. However, if people come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no longer isolation because everyone is engaged in the Lord's service. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson sees the universe itself as expanding and evolving. He writes: "For the universe is not made, but is being mad
e continually. It is growing, perhaps indefinitely, by the addition of new worlds."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the universes emanate from the breathing of Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu. If we accept the fact that the universe is increasing, then universes may come out like particles and then begin to 
develop. We see that for everything material, there is a small beginning. When the living entity enters the womb, he is very small indeed. A banyan tree begins to grow from a small seed. This is the way of nature. It is a fact that the universe is increa
sing, but not perpetually. It increases to a certain extent, stops, dwindles, and vanishes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern astronomers theorize that the universe is expanding and that the systems are exploding outward into space and m
oving proportionately further and further from one another, just like raisins expanding in dough when it is heated in the oven. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That expansion goes on to a certain extent. Then it Stops.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Bergson sees the universe as evolving toward some grand harmony.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by grand harmony? Everything is increasing, and everything will eventually dwindle and be annihilated. That is the course of material nature, and the harmony is in this
 process. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In attempting to relate God to the universe, Bergson speaks of "a center from which worlds shoot out like rockets in a
 fireworks display."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The creation is like a wheel rotating. There are spokes, and there is a rim. There is also a center around which everything revolves. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhavo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pravartate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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  10.8}{\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  That center is God, and all the parts
 are revolving around Him. In any case, the center remains where it is, and is always the same. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson spoke of the world as "a machine for the making of gods." In a sense, this world is a training ground w
herein we can make ourselves immortal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You are immortal already. You have just forgotten.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mana\'f9-\'f1a\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\'e9ndriy\'e4\'ebi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
prak\'e5ti-sth\'e4ni kar\'f1ati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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. Due to conditioned life, they are strugglin
g very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." }{\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  15.7}{\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  There is bewilderment, but no change.
 We are fixed as spirit soul. It is as if we are dreaming: "Oh, I have fallen into the Pacific Ocean. I am drowning. Save me!" We may dream so many troublesome things, but actually there is no Pacific Ocean, and we are not drowning. It is simply a dream.
 The temporary covering of the body is just like a dream, and as soon as you come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you wake up. When you are awake, the dream has no value. However, when the dream is happening, you are thinking that it is real, but since 
it has no value, it is called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\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 M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "that which has no real existence but appears to." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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 m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mean nothingness? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot say that. It is nothing appearing like something, but we do not say that it is nothing. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that it is nothing, but we say that it is temporary. How can 
you say that a cloud is nothing? A cloud appears, remains for a while, and then goes. The body is there temporarily for a few years, or a few hours. It is like a cloud. We cannot say that it is nothing, but that it is temporary. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson thought that the life force, passing through different bodies, will eventually become immortal on this 
planet. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At present, people are living for an average of seventy years, at the utmost a hundred. They are thinking that they would like to live for a hundred and seventy years, but in this materi
al world, seventy, a hundred and seventy, or seventeen million years are the same. The years will eventually end. However, one who only lives for seventy years thinks that a million years is immortality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson is interested in knowing the course of future evolution. He feels that because man has progressed from 
the instinctive stage to the intelligent and then to the intuitive stages, he will eventually attain the immortal stage.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is very nice, the idea that man will attain perfection. Progress means that you go forward, that you do not remain stagnant. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub div\'e9va cak\'f1ur \'e4tata}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebor yat parama\'e0 padam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 enlig
htening as the sun in the sky." }{\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 \'c5g Veda \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1
\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub \'c5k-sa\'e0hit\'e4 1.22.20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0 sad\'e4\line pa\'e7yanti s\'fcrayo div\'e9va cak\'f1ur \'e4tatam\line tad vipr\'e4so
 vipanyavo j\'e4g\'e5v\'e4m\'f1a\'f9\line samindhate vi\'f1\'ebor yat parama\'e0 padam
\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 o\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97invocation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tad}{\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 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paramam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme; }{\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 \'97abode; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always; }{\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; }{\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 \'97the devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub div
\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97divine; }{\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;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  \'e4tatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sun's rays;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  tad}{\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 vipr\'e4sa\'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 br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\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 vipanyava\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the praise worthy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4g\'e5v\'e4m\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spiritually awake; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samindhate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they reveal; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paramam}{\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 padam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97abode.
\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 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 }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.22.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Those who are learned and advanced in knowledge are called }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcraya\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Modern scientists are looking forward to going to other planets, but those who are learn
ed are looking forward to going to the lotus feet of Vi\'f1\'ebu. They are thinking, "When will I reach You?" The goal is there, and those who know it do not miss it. One who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious knows the goal and attempts to reach it. Those who 
do not know the goal waste their time philosophizing and misleading others. This is the blind leading the blind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So when Bergson refers to the universe as "a machine for the making of gods," in what sense is he correct? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, in one sense there is no making of gods, because the demigods are already there. All the parts of the wheel are there complete. Our normal life is a life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness. That is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation. It is not a question of becoming something different, but 
of returning to normal health, to our constitutional position. In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a man is diseased, 
and in his delirium, he speaks all kinds of nonsense. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then instead of speaking of the universe as a machine for the making of gods, it would be better to call it a hospital
 for the curing of souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is a hospital. When we are cured, we are freed from all designations, which begin with the body. People are thinking, "I am European, American, Christian, Hindu," and so on. Thes
e are all misconceptions. Our real position is that we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are His eternal servants. It is not that a man can be made into a demigod or God. Man is already part and parcel of God. He has to understand his position in
 order to attain }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . After all, what is a demigod? There is no difference between a demi
god and a man. A demigod is in a better position, that's all. A high court judge and a layman are both human beings, but the judge is in a superior position. The demigods are elevated due to their being situated in a higher mode, in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . On this earth, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tamo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , passion and ignorance, are prominent. Being spirit soul, however, we are not subject to any }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We are transcendental. If we keep ourselves in our constitutional transcendental position by engaging in devotional service, we are above all the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , including }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is the liberation attained by devotional servi
ce. The devotees are not interested in becoming demigods. After all, the demigods are also rotting in this material world. For a devotee, Brahm\'e4, Indra, Candra, and the other demigods are no better than small insects. Everyone has a different type of 
body according to }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , whether it be Brahm\'e4's body or an ant's body. One who has atta
ined liberation is not at all concerned with the body; therefore devotees are not interested in being elevated to higher planetary systems. In fact, one devotee prays, "I don't care to be a Brahm\'e4. I would prefer to be a small ant in the house of a de
votee." This is the Vai\'f1\'ebava position. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bergson conceived of two types of morality: closed and open. Closed morality depends on prevailing conventions,
 or social pressures. This is traditional morality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That kind of morality changes according to time and circumstance. What is moral in one society may be considered immoral in another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Open morality is determined by individuals and is guided by intuition. Bergson saw this as the morality of sain
ts like St. Paul or St. Francis.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we are God conscious, we can tell what is real morality. Because St. Paul was a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he could say what morality is. Our process is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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 \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We have to accept knowledge through saintly persons, and this knowledge has to be confirmed by the scriptures and explained by the guru. In this way, our knowledge can be perfect. The scriptures are already 
there. We have to read them and understand how they have been realized and followed by saintly persons. If there is any difficulty in understanding, we should inquire from the spiritual master. In this way, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , guru, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confirm one another. It is not that we try to understand these scriptures directly. We have to see how the scriptur
al injunctions are being followed by saintly persons.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Samuel Alexander (1859-1938)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Samuel Alexander (1859-1938)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander is the philosopher of emergent evolution. For him, external objects have an existence independent of 
consciousness. Unlike many other philosophies, Alexander's neo-realism contends that something may exist even though it is not perceived. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. God exists whether we perceive Him or not. God is the original creator, and just as everyone has a father, all living entities are coming originally from this original f
ather. The father is there. Fact is fact, whether anyone perceives it or not. You may not have seen my father, but you know that I had a father. You do not have to perceive him directly to know that he is a fact. Because I exist, my father is essential. 
That is understood and assumed by everyone. Therefore people say, "What is your father's name?" instead of, "Do you have a father?" It is assumed that one has a father, even though this father is not immediately perceived. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander uses the example of a house: whether we are conscious of a house or not, the house itself is a real e
ntity unaffected by our awareness of it. It has a real, objective existence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, as far as that proposition is concerned, if we accept the fact that we are eternal, it is very natural to assume that we have an eternal house, an eternal home. That is back home, b
ack to Godhead. When people ask, "Where do you live?" they are asking for your residence. Your present address may not be your birthplace, but it is a fact that we must live somewhere. No one may be interested in knowing where I live, but everyone knows 
that I have a place to live. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believes that our consciousness of an object gives us only limited perspective. When we shift our pos
ition, our perspective changes. If I see a table, that table has an objective reality; it is not just a mental image.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, you cannot say that the table is just a mental image. If someone throws the table and knocks you down, you will bleed. That is not simply mental.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander also claims that even illusions or hallucinations are genuinely real objects. If I think I see a snake, which is really a rope, the illusion of that snake is real.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is in reality a snake, otherwise how can the image of a snake come to the imagination? I may falsely take a rope to be a snake, but that doesn't matter. In reality, the snake exist
s. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Alexander, the mind never creates anything new, but rearranges things. Since everything already exists, the
re is no question of creating anything.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you cannot create anything. You can only transform. This table is nothing but wood. The wood is not my creation; it is already there. I have only transformed the wood into a shape c
alled a table. It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. When I need something to sit on, I invent a chair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some philosophers reason that because man feels a necessity for God, he has invented God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not invented. He knows God. And this is perfectly natural. Any sane man would ask, "Who is the original father?" There is no question of inventing the original father. Anyone can underst
and that there is an original father by philosophical research. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 1.1.2
\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 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\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   janma-adi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and de
struction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\cs2873\b\i\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.}}}{
\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub state
s, }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub janm\'e4dy}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
asya}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
. "God is the original father of everyone." Invention refers to a thing that I create which was not in existence, and discovery refers to something I find that is already there. Invention and discovery practically convey the same idea because nothing is 
new. In the case of God, it is discovery. There is no question of invention. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his major work, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Space, Time and De
ity}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Alexander writes: "Religion leans on metaphysics for the justification of its indefeasible conviction of the reality of its object (God); philosophy leans on religion 
to justify it in calling the possessor of deity by the religious name of God. The two methods of approach are therefore complementary." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have often said that philosophy without religion is mental speculation, and religion without philosophy is sentiment. The combination of the two is most desirable. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is religion and philosophy combined. Religion is explained in terms of worship of God, and philosophy is explained in terms of the immortality of the soul, and other subjects. Thus }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the supreme combination of religion and philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If religion is like hunger, God is the food for that hunger. Alexander writes: "This religious appetite may either be 
stirred in us directly by the impact of the world with its tendency to deity, or it may first be felt by us as a need of our nature\'97" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are seeking love of God beginning with our own body. We love this body because we live within it, and as long as the living soul is there, the body has value. The living soul is valuab
le because he is part and parcel of God. We also understand from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that within the body God is also living. So within there are two }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'efas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one who knows the individual body, and the other who knows all bodies. The ultimate conclusion is that because the Supreme Living Entity, God, is within the body and within the universe, we
 are attracted by love, society, friendship, communalism, and nationalism. When all this culminates in love for God, we attain perfection. We are searching for love of God, but we are moving by degrees from one platform to another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander writes: "It is idle to hope that by defining God in conceptual terms, whether as the sum of reality, or the 
perfect being, or the first cause, or by other device, we can establish the connection between such a being and the rest of our experience. We do but start with an abstraction, and we do but end with one. Proofs of God's existence in nature there are non
e, if such a God is to be identified with the object of worship."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We can understand the presence of God in nature, and we can certainly see His presence there. We can understand that there is a proprietor of the land, sea, and air. We may not be able t
o see the proprietor of the universe, but from our present experience with proprietorship, we can understand that there must be an ultimate proprietor. God is the proprietor of the sun, moon, and the sky itself. Vedic literatures describe the moon as the
 mind of God, the sun as the eyes of God, the land as the food of God, and the waters as the semina of God. This is the beginning of impersonal realization, but we should understand that there is a person in the background. Although we have not seen the 
Governor of Hawaii, we can understand that he is present by seeing the different branches of government. Similarly, as long as we are not qualified to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can understand that this is God's hand, this is God's heart,
 His mind, His eyes, and so on. When we are qualified, we can personally see God, face to face.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander felt that "even the description of God...is full of figurative language." For him, it is impossible to descr
ibe God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If it is impossible, why is he trying? Why shouldn't we accept the Vedic descriptions? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna tells K
\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pav
itra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'e0\'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 divyam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub di-devam aja\'e0 vibhum
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hus tv\'e4m \'e5\'f1aya\'f9 sarve\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devar\'f1ir n\'e4radas tath\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asito devalo vy\'e4sa\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svaya\'e0 caiva brav\'e9\'f1i me
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the s
upreme 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. All the great sages such as N\'e4rada, Asita, Devala, and Vy\'e4sa proclaim
 this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.}{\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 (}{\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 10.12-13}{\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  If all authorities accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, what further evidence do we need? No further argument is nec
essary. Things should be simplified. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mind is always reorganizing existing things, new comes from old, and from this, Alexander draws his idea of
 evolution. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since there is gold and mountains, I can imagine a gold mountain. I can combine many ideas with my imagination. The mind creates some ideas, and then rejects them to create others, and t
hen rejects them also. The mind is not satisfied with creating something final. The mind by nature is creative. It creates something, then thinks, "Oh, this is not perfect," and then begins again. That is the mind's business: accepting and rejecting.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Alexander, the mind has two functions: contemplation and enjoyment. Contemplation involves perceiving the q
ualities of an object\'97for instance, an apple's redness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Or, if I see a tamarind, I immediately salivate. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Enjoyment involves a mental awareness of inner, physiological activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there are many examples. One may dream of a sex object and have a nocturnal discharge. The mind creates things in this way, and there are actual physical reactions. In a dream, the 
mind may create a tiger, and the dreamer may cry aloud in fright. But actually there is no tiger.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believes that even these dream images have an objective reality in our consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, when I dream of a woman or a tiger, they exist in objective reality. The impressions in my mind are created hallucinations, but they may evoke physical reactions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander describes time as an infinity of single instants, and space as an infinity of points. Together, they 
constitute primordial reality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we also consider time and space to be reality. Time is eternal, and therefore we take time to be another feature of God. Space is a later creation. Space is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to nature, the elements like earth, water, fire, ether, space. Space or sky is one of the fundamental factors of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Bhag\'e4van: nature, time, the individual soul, and God. These are all realities, and they are all eternal. The
re is only one ultimate creator, Bhag\'e4van, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the individual soul
, is the subsequent creator. God creates wood, and from this wood I create a table or a chair. Thus I am the subsequent, not the ultimate creator. Both creators, Bhag\'e4van and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are eternal. Because the creation has a past, present, and future, time is also eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there such a thing as spiritual space? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course. If not, how could there be a spiritual world? The quality is different, but the ingredients are exactly the same. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander, like Bergson, also believes that nothing remains at rest, that everything is in perpetual transition
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we also accept that. Everything is going forward. That is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can this be said of the activities in the spiritual world?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are speaking of the material world. The spiritual world is different. In the spiritual world, activities are eternal. In the material world, they are not.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But isn't the motion of everything eternal? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That motion is the interaction of the three modes: goodness, passion, and ignorance. In course of time, these modes react, and creation takes place. There is certainly motion. Without mo
tion, there cannot be creation. Material nature is composed of earth, water, fire, ether, and space. Whatever you see is composed of one or more of these ingredients. There are also subtler ingredients: mind, intelligence, and ego. These are the eight ma
terial elements given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and they are considered the differentiated energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander's primary category is more abstract. He says that it is motion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where does the motion come from? Motion means that there must be someone there to push. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another major category is identity, or diversity. Everything has a personal identity and individuality differen
tiating it from every other thing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saj\'e4t\'e9yo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vij\'e4t\'e9ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Sanskrit. There is difference (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vij\'e4t\'e9ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) even between like things. There may be two mango trees, but there is still a difference between them. Th
ey may be one as mango trees, but there is still individuality. Similarly, my fingers are one, but each finger is different from the other. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saj\'e4t\'e9ya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the same category, but even within that category there is a difference.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Existence, or being, is another major category. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That existence is composed of one or more of the five elements. One ingredient may be more prominent than the other, but there is at least one ingredient.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Relation and order are other categories. Everything relates to everything else, and there is order in everythin
g. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there is certainly order in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The sun rises and sets at designated times. There is order everywhere. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mind also occupies space and works in time. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we are occupying space, and since the mind is within us, the mind also occupies space. From practical experience we can understand that the mind can immediately travel thousands of 
miles with no difficulties.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But is that distance within me, or does my mind actually travel there?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It travels. It actually occupies space. Unless it occupies space, how could it travel? It travels so fast that you can't exactly remember how it is going, but as soon as it reaches its d
estination, you can apprehend it. In any case, it occupies space. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mind can leave the body and go somewhere? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not leave. It is just like a shoot: it extends. At night, when we are dreaming, the subtle body also extends and comes back again. In fact, we may take the subtle bodies in dreams to be 
very important at the time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander maintains that new categories are constantly being uncovered because evolution is progressing. The li
ving entity can evolve into new forms that we now know nothing about. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, we do not agree. We know that the days are going on now, and will continue, just as we have experienced them in the past. In the past there was summer, autumn, winter, and spring, and
 in the future these will also be experienced. Of course, the old order changes and yields to the new, but from our past experience we know what will be there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then in the future there will be nothing unpredictable appearing, such as an entirely new form of existence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Why should there be? Why should there be a winter without spring, or a spring without summer? Why should there be a new type of man? A new species? According to the Vedic version, ev
erything is here. The number of species in the water, in air, and on land is fixed. There is no question of the species increasing. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some scientists predict that the future man will have no bodily hair, that his head will be very large due to i
ncreased brain capacity, that the rest of his body will be atrophied, that he may lose some of his toes, and so on.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is more foolishness. There has never been such a thing, nor will there ever be. Man has always had ten toes, and he always will.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believes that man may evolve to the demigod platform in the future, that he may have super consciousn
ess. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is possible. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Y}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n}{\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 (}{\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  9.25)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . If you are fond of the demigods, you will go to the demigods. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9}{\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 (}{\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  9.25)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Or you can go to the ancestors. Or remain within this material world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Alexander thinks that evolution is moving in this way, progressing from inorganic life, to organic, to ment
al, and to demigod.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can life come from inorganic matter? That is nonsense. What evidence do we have that life is developing from inorganic matter? If that is the case, why don't they manufacture life in
 the laboratory? Living force cannot be produced from matter. Matter is different from living force, or soul. Of course, in one sense, they are both the energy of God, but categorically they are different. You cannot even manufacture an ant. You may have
 all the chemicals, but you cannot inject the soul. The soul appears in different ways. For instance, fermentation, perspiration. When rock and water decompose, there may be fermentation, and it may be possible that the soul takes advantage of this and c
omes out, being born in some life form. In any case, life never comes from matter. It is thought by the foolish that scorpions are born out of rice, but actually the scorpion lays its eggs within the rice, and by the fermentation, or heating of the rice,
 the eggs incubate, and scorpions are born. But this does not mean that matter itself is producing life. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accept the fact that living creatures can arise from fermentation, but this is only because the soul finds refuge there. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what of the idea that nature is progressing? Will man some day evolve to the demigod stage? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, the demigods were created before men. First, Lord Brahm\'e4 was created, and from Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub iva was created. By created, I mean born. Similarly, from Brahm\'e4, others came, the Praj\'e4patis, and then the Manus. There were many. There is no question of these personalities emerging from inorganic life. Lord Brahm\'e4 came from the n
avel of Vi\'f1\'ebu. You may ask, What is the origin of Vi\'f1\'ebu? We have no information of this because Vi\'f1\'ebu is the origin, and it was from Him that Brahm\'e4 and all the other demigods came. Then the animals and others came. The first created
 being is Lord Brahm\'e4, and he is also the most intelligent. It is not that he evolved from animals or man. These evolutionists propose that life evolves from the lowest to the highest, but we believe that it begins with the highest, with Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am the origin of everything." }{\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  10.8}{\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  How can you say that higher
 species will develop from the lower? God is the origin. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also says, "The Absolute Truth is He from whom everything is generating." The Absolute Truth is the 
supreme life, and from Him all life is coming. What evidence do we have of a dead stone giving birth to a man or animals?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander felt that in the future, the race of man will evolve into super-conscious beings, into demigods. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, we have no information of this. Why is he so anxious about the planet earth? These super-conscious beings are already existing on Siddha-loka, Gandharva-loka, and many other higher p
lanets. There are millions of planets with super-human beings. From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we learn that the inhabitants of Siddha-loka can fly from one planet to another without the aid of a space vehicle. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander proposes that nature develops bodies to that point.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Bodies never develop in that way. There are different types of bodies, and the soul takes shelter of a particular type, selecting bodies just as a person selects clothes in a store. 
When we are within a suit, the suit moves. Bodies are selected according to the soul's desires. By your karma, you get a particular type of body. We have already discussed this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then demigods will not evolve on this planet in the natural course of things? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is genius, accounted for? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one is born a genius, we must understand that in his previous life he cultivated a particular faculty, and that knowledge is being manifested in this life. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  does not complete the yoga process, he is given another chance }{\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. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.41}{\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 . It is not
 that these things happen accidently. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then, through the practice of yoga, a higher consciousness can be developed?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. For instance, we are practicing }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As far as your spiritual development is concerned, you must understand that you are spirit soul. Then you can qualify yourself to return to the spiritual world. There you can associa
te with the Lord and engage in spiritual activities. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tell us that we should try for spiritual perfection and not waste our time endeavoring for material comforts. Material comforts and distresses automatically come; there is no need in wasting time st
riving for them. In nature, there are many millions of living entities without business or profession, yet they are living, eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. These things will come automatically. Our endeavor should be for spiritual emancipation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Alexander, on the mental level, we are capable of enjoying objects and receiving pleasure from the
m, but cannot understand them as they are. On the higher level, we can contemplate objects and understand them as they are, as well as enjoy them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is our philosophy. A common man may see a rose and think, "Oh, I will offer this nice flower to my girlfriend." But when a devotee sees a rose, he thinks, "How wonderfully God'
s energy is acting!" He understands that it is through K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy that such a wonderful flower exists, and therefore he knows that the flower should be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After all, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba produced it, it is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's property. After offering the rose to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the devotee smells it. Then it is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , the Lord's mercy. This is higher consciousness. Lower consciousness thinks, "Let me pick it and enjoy it!" That is mere enjoyment without understanding. An animal eats just as man eats, but a man should have sufficiently developed consc
iousness to understand that what he is eating is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state:
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "The Supreme Lord is supplying all neces
sities of life to everyone." }{\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  }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When one understands that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supplying everything, he thinks, "First, let me offer this to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." If everything is not offered in sacrifice to the Supreme Lord, we will be entangled. Higher conscio
usness is mature consciousness. It is like a flower that has blossomed and is emitting a fragrance. That full blossom of consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believes that the entire world is moving to that point.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, nature is giving us the chance, but because we have independence, we may or may not take the opportunity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Will only certain individuals attain that higher consciousness, or will the whole world attain it?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a nonsensical question. Sometimes rascals inquire, "Swam\'e9j\'e9, if everyone becomes God conscious and goes back to Godhead, then who will remain here?" What is the meaning of 
such a nonsensical question? Why is a fool anxious for everyone? Why is he not anxious for himself? It is the same to ask, "If everyone is honest, then who will go to jail?" As if maintaining the jail is a very important business!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  During Alexander's day, people were very optimistic about man's future, thinking that everyone would be benefitted by scientific discoveries. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Pra}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People think that by nature's way, they will be promoted, that once they have attained the status of man, they cannot be degraded. But if one can go up, he can also go down. The rich can
 become poor again. Theosophists and others think that everything goes up, progresses. They don't even have the common sense to look around them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander distinguished between deity and God Himself. For him, deity is a relative term for the next highest level of
 existence. For an ant, a dog may be a deity; for a dog, a man may be a deity; for a man, a demigod may be a deity. Deity is always one evolutionary step ahead of us. Alexander defines God as "the being which possesses deity in full." That is, God is alw
ays one step ahead of every creature.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He does not know the exact Vedic science of God, but as a philosopher he is suggesting a very nice method. For an ant, a bird is a deity; for a bird, a cat is a deity, and so on accordin
g to one's position. And if you continue searching, you will find someone who has no one to worship. The ant must worship the bird, the bird worship the cat, and so on, but when we arrive at a person who has no one to worship, we have arrived at God. In 
the lower stages, there are always higher living beings, but when we come to the highest living being, we come to God Himself. This is explained in the Vedic literatures:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the ori
gin 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\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 5.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki
\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga\'eb
\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 (}{\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  7.7)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no authority superior to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As long as one has a superior, he is not God, but a servant of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believes that lower organisms strive to emulate higher. Animals strive to become like men, and men st
rive to become like gods.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no question of striving. It is by nature's way that the lower animals come to the platform of men. The living entity evolves from one life form to another, but this is with the 
help of nature. This law holds, up to the human platform. Having developed consciousness, the human being has the power of discrimination. Originally, the soul is given independence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, "Whatever you like, you do." }{\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 18.63}{\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  God is the Supersoul, and we are the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  souls subordinate to Him. Therefore we are called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'f6astha}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which means that we are marginal; we can go either way. We may take God's side, or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  side. That is our choice. When we don't want to serve God, we are sent to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to serve her. Man's position as a subordinate remains the same, but in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he thinks, "I am the master." This is just like a child trying to act against his father's wishes. When he is given 
a chance to do as he likes, the child thinks, "Oh, I am independent now." Actually he is never independent, but he thinks that he is. When death comes, no one is independent. Although man continually serves }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life after life, he still thinks of himself as independent. Only when we surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba do we enjoy our real independe
nce. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But don't lower forms try to emulate higher ones? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is natural. Everyone wants a higher position because everyone is trying to be master. That is the whole problem. One can be a master to some extent: a head clerk in an office, a pre
sident, or prime minister. There is much ambition in the material world because materialistic men are guided by the idea that "I shall become like K\'e5\'f1\'eba." When their efforts fail in-the material world, they strive to merge into K\'e5\'f1\'eba. T
his is M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy. Not knowing that they are already Brahman, spirit soul, they consider themselves the Supreme Brahman, God Himself. Therefore they sit and meditate, thinking, "I am moving the sun. I am moving the moon." This is sim
ply imagination. This is the last snare of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\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 M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  first of all allures us to become a big merchant, a prime minister, a president. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is always saying, "Become this, become that, become, become." M\'e4y\'e4 is always telling us to work under h
er direction. Finally, she says, "Now you have failed in all these things. It is better now that you become God, and attain your real status again." So the living entity begins to think, "I am God," but }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is still kicking him. As soon as this so-called God gets some toothache, he runs to the doctor. He does not stop to think, "What kind of 
God am I?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what is that urge for promotion? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not the individual's urge. Nature is giving the impetus. For instance, when you were a child, there was no sex urge, but when you attained adolescence, immediately the sex urge bec
ame manifest. Similarly, the perfection of consciousness is there, but unless you come to the platform of human life, it will not develop.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there also an urge among lower animals to improve themselves, to be promoted?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but all that is being carried out by nature. That is evolution. Darwin has taken this idea from the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but he has no idea of the soul. The only business of animals is eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. You may call this the struggle for existence. They are simpl
y trying to live; they have no other ambition. If a man, having attained the human stage, is interested only in these things, he is no better than an animal. Nowadays, these are being taught by modern civilization. They teach you how to live comfortably 
with a car, a bungalow, a girlfriend, and restaurants. All living entities in this material world have the propensity to enjoy. On one platform, the living entity enjoys certain types of pleasure, but he is always wanting more. It is the spirit of materi
al enjoyment that brings about the disease of materialistic life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the urge to advance is perverted by the urge to enjoy?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, perverted. The living entity's position is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but instead he is serving his sens
es and thinking that he is enjoying. You can see how everyone is working hard day and night in order to enjoy. Everyone is thinking that he will be happy if he just becomes a millionaire. Animals work hard to get some food, and as soon as they acquire fo
od, they are satisfied. But human beings are not so easily satisfied. They are so passionate that they are constantly working very hard to be happy. People do not understand that in material life, they cannot be happy in any position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can the urge to advance be the desire to become godly?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Desire means that one has lost his real happiness dancing with God like the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that by nature, the living entity wants }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , bliss. Because he seeks }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in a perv
erted way, he is confused and frustrated; therefore he thinks, "Not this state but that will give me happiness." However, when he goes to his desired state, he again finds unhappiness. This is because he is seeking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in a perverted way. In Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loka, 
there is eternal happiness because everyone is surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the cowherd boys, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , cows, trees, and other living entities are centered about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are all concerned with making K\'e5\'f1\'eba happy. Only on that platform will we avoid confusion and frustration.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander says that at this point, we cannot know the qualities of the next stage of evolution.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He may not know, but we know. One who has K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his master and teacher knows everything. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eva}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavanti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If you understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you understand everything. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Again, concerning the conception of deity, which is so central, Alexander writes: 'The infinitude of God's deity marks
 the difference between Him and all other empirical beings....Not only is God infinite in extent and duration, but His deity is also infinite in both respects."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is infinite deity, He is not subject to created living beings. It is incorrect to think of God's deity as one of the deities within this material world. A person who thinks in thi
s way is condemned as a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Because I appear as an ordinary human being," K
\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us, "}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , asses, consider Me an ordinary 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 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 9.11}{\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  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Alexander states that God is both body and soul, and that His soul is His deity. "All finites are included in Him," he
 writes, "and are fragments of God's body, though their individuality is not lost in it\'97God is...an individual being just as man or any other finite is, only that He is infinite."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is right. God is a person, but not like us. People mistake Him to be like an ordinary human being, but this is due to illusion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is infinite, and Arjuna is finite. It 
is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being infinite, knows everything in the past, present, and future }{\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 4.5)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is one of the differences between an ordinary living entity and God. The living entity forgets, but God does not.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander sees God's body as neither spaceless nor timeless, for it is space-time itself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, since everything emanates from Him, there is nothing separate from Him. God includes everything. Everything is part and parcel of God. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that everything 
is one, but they do not accept the variety. The wheel is one, but there are different parts: the rim, the spokes, and the hub.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander writes: "Now the body of God is the whole universe, and there is no body outside His. For Him, therefore, al
l objects are internal, and the distinction of organic and special senses disappears."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For the impersonalists who are not familiar with the personal form of God, Arjuna in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  requested K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a to show His universal form, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6-r\'fcpa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Arjuna himself was accepting the per
son K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme, but he knew that those with a poor fund of knowledge would not accept Him. For this reason, in the Eleventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the universal form
 of God is very elaborately explained. However, we should understand that since the universal form was shown by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the originator. It is not that the universal form is the origin. It was manifested by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba's natural form is that of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The universal form is a feature. This is also confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhavo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e0}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pravartate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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  10.8}{\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  Since everything em
anates from Him, the universal form has also emanated from Him. One who understands this becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Alexander, theism is equated with personalism, and pantheism with impersonalism. He writes: "For theism, God is an
 individual being distinct from the finite beings which make up the world....For pantheism, God is eminent in the universe of finite things...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, God is impersonal. The sunshine is impersonal, but the sun god is in the background. Because we are on a lower platform, we 
cannot talk with the sun god; we can experience only the sunshine. Similarly, the expansion of God's energy is impersonal, but the personality is in the background. Because we are in the material energy, we are not in direct touch with God; therefore we 
say that God is impersonal. If we become devotees, we can talk with God in person, just as the cowherd boys and girls did in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It is also stated, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity
\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Up.}{\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 2.2.13}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). God is an eternal, living being, and we are also eternal, living beings. Yet He is different from us in that He is the chie
f. He has arranged everything for us in both the material and spiritual worlds. He has given us air, water, and fire in order to live. He is the maintainer, and we are subordinate }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander seems to acknowledge both theistic and pantheistic views.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, as I said, because water has come from God, we say that it is God's semina. Because light has come from Him, we say that the sun is his eye. In that everything is an emanation from 
God, everything is related to God. In any case, the impersonal features are subordinate to the personal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam idam sarva\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad av
yakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just as the sunshine depends on the sun itself, so the entire cosmic manifestation depends on God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that although everything is resting on Him, He is personally not present. Queen Ku
nt\'e9 also says, "You are within and without, yet fools cannot see you." These verses spoken by Queen Kunt\'e9 are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namasye puru\'f1a\'e0 tv\'e4dyam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'e0 prak\'e5te\'f9 param\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub alak\'f1ya\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub antar bahir avasthitam
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-javanik\'e4cchannam\line aj\'ef\'e4dhok\'f1ajam avyayam\line na lak\'f1yase m\'fc\'f2ha-d\'e5\'e7\'e4\line na\'f6o n
\'e4\'f6yadharo yath\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 paramaha\'e0s\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
un\'e9n\'e4m amal\'e4tman\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga-vidh\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub katha\'e0 pa\'e7y
ema hi striya\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualiti
es of the material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet You are invisible to all. Being beyond the range of limited sense perception, You are the eternally irreproachable factor covered by the curtain of deluding energy. You ar
e invisible to the foolish observer, exactly as an actor dressed as a player is not recognizable. You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced transcendentalists and mental speculators
, who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How, then, can we women know You perfectly?" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g}{\cs3755\b0\i\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  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.8.18-20}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a very good example. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
playing on the stage, and His son is seeing Him, and another friend is saying, "Do you see your father?" But the son does not recognize his father. A devotee can understand, but a speculator with limited sense perception cannot. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander writes: "It is not so much that God is in everything but rather that everything is in God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since there is nothing but God, how can anything be without God? Since everything is God's expansion, how can we be sometimes with God and sometimes without Him? When we are not in God, 
we are in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\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 m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also God's. It is illusion to think that we are without God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After analyzing both theism and pantheism, the personal and impersonal, Alexander finds them both defective in themsel
ves, but he concludes, "if a choice must be made, it is theistic" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that when one comes to the personal aspect of God, he sees that everything refers to God and that there is nothing independent. To the unintelligent, it appears that the cosmi
c manifestation is different from Bhag\'e4van, but actually nothing can exist without the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At times, Alexander takes the Aristotelian view in maintaining that "there is no reciprocal action from God. For thoug
h we speak, as we inevitably must, in human terms of God's response to us, there is no direct experience of that response except through our own feeling that devotion to God or worship carries with it its own satisfaction."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he does not understand God's omnipotence. God is omnipotent, and He comes before Arjuna to speak }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Being all powerful, God can come and speak to His devotee. If He cannot, what is the meaning of His omnipotence? K\'e5\'f1\'eba reciprocates with the advanced devotees.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\b0
\i0\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  10.10)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God talks to His devotee who is fully in love with Him, but He does not talk with ordinary men.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0\'e7y\'e4masundaram acintya-gu\'eba-svar\'fcpa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of love. He i
s seen in His eternal form of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  situated within the heart of the devotee." (}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\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 5.38}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Just as a king talks with his immediate officers and ministers and not with the ordinary man in the street, God personally talks to His devotees but not t
o the nondevotees or atheists. We understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba talked to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and reciprocated with His parents, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda. The cowherd boys who played with K\'e5\'f1\'eba amassed many pious activities in their previous lives to arrive at a position where they could play with God. This is not an ordinary position. People generally think that such play is in
conceivable, but when we come to that platform of devotion, we can play with God, ride on God's shoulders, and talk with Him just as with an ordinary friend. Of course, one comes to that position of perfection after many millions of pious births.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Within the same book, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Space, Time and
 Deity}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Alexander contradicts himself on this issue of reciprocation. "God reciprocates the worship man pays Him and the confidence he reposes in Him," he writes. "There is
 always the double relationship of need. If man wants God and depends upon Him, God wants man, and is so far dependent." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is not dependent on anyone. God is independent, but that statement is acceptable in the sense that sometimes God wants to become dependent. That is according to His pleasure. Sometim
es He accepts some of His devotees in ways that He can depend on them. He became dependent on Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, just as an ordinary child becomes dependent on his mother. Although everything is dependent on God, and He is not dependent on anyone, He t
akes pleasure in this kind of relationship.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don't think Alexander understood it in that way. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not a very ordinary thing to understand. It cannot be understood by mental speculation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander also writes that God Himself is involved in our acts and their issues. "Not only does He matter to us, but w
e matter to Him." Is this actually so?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, although we are sons of God, we are fallen conditioned souls and are suffering. Therefore God is very compassionate, and He comes personally to teach us. He says, "Why are you rotti
ng in this material world? Surrender to Me and go back to Godhead. Then you will be happy." God is the father of everyone, and it is natural for a father to be concerned about his sons. Presently we are conditioned by material nature because we are disob
edient. God, being the Supreme Father, feels for our suffering. But He is not suffering. The devotees of God also feel for the conditioned souls, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees are very dear to Him because they are trying to spread His instructions, }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The devotees are acting on behalf of God to deliver conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believed that man, being part of God, is capable of cooperating with God to make further progress in 
the universe. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is real life, cooperating with God. But in this material world, man is uncooperative. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Surrender unto Me," but no one wants to do this. Even when people at
tain the highest levels of human life wherein their karma is regulated and they possess knowledge and yogic abilities, they still will not surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1k\'e4ma, ata eva '\'e7\'e4nta'\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhukti-mukti-siddhi-k\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakali 'a\'e7\'e4nta'
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  desire liberation, and yog\'e9s desire material opulence; therefore they are 
all lusty and cannot be peaceful." }{\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Madh. 19.149)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  want sense enjoyment, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  want }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation, and the yog\'e9s want }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -siddhis}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the yoga power
s. All these people are demanding various things: sense gratification, liberation, mystic powers. Only the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  makes no demands. He says, "Dear Lord, I am Your eternal servitor. I surrender unto You. Now do whatever You like with me."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 m\'e4\'e0\'e7\'e4ntim \'e5cchati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 The 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.}{\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 (}{\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 5.29}{
\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  By understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supr
eme friend, we can become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , peaceful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander felt that man should cooperate with God in order to usher in a higher stage of consciousness, the nex
t stage of evolution. This is man's responsibility.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what is the next stage of evolution? When man is prepared to cooperate with God, he has already attained the highest position. Unfortunately, no one wants to cooperate. There is simp
ly enjoyment; there is no more evolution. If you come to the point of worshipping the Supreme Lord, there is no question of evolution. You have already attained the highest form of evolution.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b
hakti-yogena sevate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kalpat
e
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  14.26)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Brahman platform is already attained; he doesn't have to strive to become Brahman. He immediately transcends the three }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and comes to the platform of spirit. Without being Brahman, how can you serve the Supreme Brahman?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Alexander speaks of the higher stages of evolution, but he has no real knowledge of them. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy, there are five basic stages: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When you attain the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 stage and understand that you are not the body but spirit soul, you have attained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform. On that platform, you think, "Oh, God is so great!" From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stage, you can progress to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stage, wherein you realize that God is so great that some service must be rendered to Him. In the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stage, you not only know that God is great and render service to God, but you also serve God as a friend, like Arjuna. On the }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform, service is rendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a father or a mother. Ya\'e7od\'e4, f
or instance, rendered service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a mother, and she was always thinking, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is hungry. I must feed Him. I must protect Him from monkeys and fire." On the platform of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the highest platform, you can enter into intimate pastimes with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although there are many stages in spiritual life, there is actually no difference between them. It is not that those who serve K\'e5\'f1
\'eba as friends are inferior to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His consort.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander sees the freedom of the will operating as an activity not subject to extraneous forces. It is the exp
ression of a person acting to serve not only his own interests but those of society as well.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In a state, a citizen also cooperates in two ways. When he does not break the law, he cooperates as a free citizen, and when he breaks the law, he cooperates by going to prison. He eithe
r cooperates by free will or by force. Forceful cooperation is inferior. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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'\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'ta\'f6asth\'e4-\'e7akti' 'bhed\'e4bheda-prak\'e4\'e7a\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcry\'e4\'e0\'e7a-kira\'eba, yaiche agni-jv\'e4l\'e4-caya\line 
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4bh\'e4vika k\'e5\'f1\'ebera tina-prak\'e4ra '\'e7akti' haya
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 because he is the marginal ene
rgy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and a manifestation simultaneously one and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has three varieties of energy." }{\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Madh.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  20.108-109)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By his constitutional position, the living entity is the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets,
 cooperation is voluntary, and here in this material world, cooperation is forced. In the material world, we are serving }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , working under her force. We can avoid that force only by voluntarily cooperating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 tara
nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  Automatic cooperation is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and forced cooperation is }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . These may appear to be the same, but they are not. The karmi may be typing, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may be typing, but the karmi is typing under the force of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , to earn money for sense gratification, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is typing for the glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The activity is the same, but the consciousness is different. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander believed that when one has attained the higher levels of evolution, he can see that everything on the
 lower levels is determined.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. For instance, we should not try to improve our economic condition because it is already decided. Why is one man born rich, and another born to work so hard? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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 1.5.18}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) says that we should not strive hard for material happiness, because material happiness and distress come automatically. An intelligent man utilizes his time to develop his 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Alexander accepted Plato's three greatest values in life\'97truth, beauty, and goodness\'97as values to be acce
pted by the majority.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unfortunately, in the material world, no one likes the truth. At least in this age, the majority of people are not truthful. As soon as one becomes truthful, he becomes a }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Where are the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in this age? }{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sambhava}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In Kali-yuga, everyo
ne is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . If Alexander thinks that everyone will accept truthfulness as a great value, he is mistaken.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Alexander, there is a practical criterion for truth, but he preferred the coherence principle by which the 
majority opinion determined truth by mutual agreement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he is European, he is thinking in a democratic way. The hard fact is that truth is not accepted by ordinary men. Truth is truth. Either it is in your mind or not; truth is absolu
te. Only highly elevated persons can understand the truth. Out of many truthful men, perhaps only one can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander defines a good person as one who integrates and controls his impulses for the best interests of himse
lf and society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is also described in Vedic literatures:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapas\'e4 brahmacarye\'eba\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub amena ca damena ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ty\'e4gena satya-\'e7auc\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yamena niyamena v\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "To concentrate the mind, one must observe a life of celibacy and not fall down. One must undergo the austerity of voluntari
ly giving up sense enjoyment. One must then control the mind and senses, give charity, be truthful, clean and nonviolent, follow the regulative principles, and regularly chant the holy name of the 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 Bhag.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.13}{\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  These are the processes by which we may become perfect, but if we become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we immediately attain all the good qualities. }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4 sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
 "All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge, and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme 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 5.18.12}{\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 . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the second sense of the word "good," Alexander says that whatever enhances man's welfare or happiness is goo
d. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not necessarily so. One may open hospitals to help people, but spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is greater welfare work. What is really good for man is K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Nothing else. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Alexander maintains that goodness consists of modifications in the environment that will aid man in his spiritual pursuits.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is what we are trying to do in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It is not that everyone can follow the regulative principles strictly. We are proposing that people chant 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever the situation, somehow or other, we must engage our mind in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena tena prak\'e4re\'eba mana\'f9 k
\'e5\'f1\'ebe nive\'e7ayet }{\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 Brs. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Never mind the rules and regulations. Just fix your mind on K\'e5
\'f1\'eba! As soon as you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, the regulative principles will be your servants."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As for the existence of evil and suffering in the world, Alexander writes: "God is not responsible for the miseries en
dured in working out His providence, but rather we are responsible for our acts...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we create our own miserable condition, just as a silkworm creates a cocoon, becomes entrapped and dies
.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7raddadh\'e4n\'e4\'f9 puru\'f1\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dharmasy\'e4sya parantapa\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apr\'e4pya m\'e4\'e0 nivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5tyu-sa
\'e0s\'e4ra-vartmani
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa360\fi0 {\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 Those who are not faithful on the path of devotion
al service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world.}{\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 (}{\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  9.3)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  B
ecause the living entity acts independently, not caring for God's instructions, he is entangled, and he suffers. In this Way, he creates his own suffering.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1
900)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whereas Schopenhauer spoke of the blind will of the individual as being the basic propelling force that keeps us tied 
to material existence, to transmigration, Nietzsche spoke of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub der wille zur macht}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "the will
 to power," which is a different type of will. This will is not so much a subjugating of others as a mastering of 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 th
e duty of the philosopher to transcend this envy by sheer willpower. In Nietzsche's 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. An example of such a powerful man in action would be that of Socrates meeting his death with good cheer and courage.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Pra}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is called spiritual power. Envy is a symptom of conditioned life. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is stated that the neophyte who is beginning 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there are men called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4s}{\cs3755\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 eschew 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 to the spiritual platform, there is no possibility of escaping from envy and pride
 by so-called power. The transcendental stage is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 pr
asann\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\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 (18.54}{\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 . When we attain that stage, we can look at everyone with the same spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche calls the man who possesses such spiritual power the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a word literally meaning "above man," and often translated as "the superman." The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is totally self-possessed, fearless of death, simple, self-knowing, and self-reliant. He does not need any props, and he is s
o powerful that he can change the lives of others simply on contact. Neitzsche never referred to any historical person as the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and he did not consider himself such. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We accept the guru as the superman because he is worshipped like God. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras
\'e4da\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 8}{\cs3755\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 th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also accepts this:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\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
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated
 to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the mercy of both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5t
a,}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Madh. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 19.151}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ) By the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the guru, or the superman, we receive information about spiritual life so that we can return home, back to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu requested everyone to become gurus, or supermen. The superman distributes transcendental knowledge strictly according to the authorized version he has r
eceived from his superior. This is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the disciplic succession. One super
man delivers this supreme knowledge to another superman, and this knowledge was originally delivered by God Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Spake Zarathustra}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Nietzsche concludes that all men want power. At the top of the hierarchy in the quest for power is the ascetic and the martyr. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\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 ot
hers. 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Sanskrit, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or superman is called a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is described by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4co vega\'e0 manasa\'f9 krodha-vega\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub jihv\'e4-vegam udaropastha-vegam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub et\'e4n veg\'e4n yo vi\'f1aheta dh\'e9ra\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarv\'e4m ap\'e9m\'e4\'e0 p\'e5thiv\'e9\'e0 sa \'e7i\'f1y\'e4t
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the actions of anger, and the urges of the tongue, b
elly, and genitals, is qualified to make disciples all over the world." }{\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 Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta}{
\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These forces
 that drive men are six in number: speech, the tongue, mind, anger, belly, and genitals. A }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\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 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura says: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4'ra madhye jihv\'e4 ati, lobhamoy sudurmati, t\'e4'ke jet\'e4 ka\'f6hina sa\'e0s\'e4re}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Among the senses, the tongue is the most voracious and uncontrollable; it is very difficult to conquer the tongue in this world." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4val\'e9,}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4da}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sev\'e4ya}{\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 1}{\cs3755\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 edibles. Nonsensical habits l
ike smoking, drinking, and meat eating have entered society due to the urges of the tongue. There is no real need for these undesirable things. A person does not die because he cannot smoke, eat meat, or drink intoxicants. Rather, without these indulgenc
es, he can elevate himself to the highest platform. Due to the urges of the tongue, people have become addicted to drinking, smoking, meat eating, and frivolous conversation. It is therefore said that one who can control the tongue can control the urges 
of the other senses also. One who can control all the senses, beginning with the tongue, is called a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or, as Nietzsche would say, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But this is not possible for an ordinary man.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche believed that everyone seeks power, but that the weak seek it vainly; instead of trying to conquer themselve
s, they attempt to conquer others, and this is the will to power misdirected or misinterpreted. For instance, in his will to power, Hitler sought to subjugate the world, but was ultimately unsuccessful, and he brought disaster upon himself and Germany. T
he }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , on the other hand, strives to overcome himself, and demands more of himself 
than others. In this striving for perfection, he transcends the ordinary man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Politicians like Hitler are not able to control the force of anger. A king or politician has to use anger properly. Narottama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4sa}{\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 \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub h\'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. We should utilize anger at the proper place and in the proper circumstances. Although a king may n
ot be angry by nature, he has to display his anger toward a criminal. It is not good for a king to try to control his anger when a criminal act is performed; therefore Narottama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D
\'e4sa}{\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 \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h
\'e4kura says that anger is controlled when it is properly used. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub krodha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lobha}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to lust; }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
krodha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means anger; }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lobha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  means greed; and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means illusion. These can all be properly utilized. 
For instance, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is great eagerness, or lusty desire, can be utilized in attain
ing the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we desire K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our strong desire is very laudable. Similarly, anger can be properly utilized. Although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu taught that we should be very submissive, humbler than the grass and more to
lerant than a tree, He became angry upon seeing Nityananda Prabhu hurt by Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. Everything can be properly utilized in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but not for personal aggrandizement. In the material world, everyone is certainly a
fter power, but the real superman is not after power for himself. He himself is a mendicant, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\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 the U.S.A. not to acquire material power but to 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 all for the spreading of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The conclusion is that power for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service is very
 valuable, and power for our own sense gratification is to be condemned. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche was not very clear about the utilization of power, but he concluded that power results from self-control. Ac
cording to him, no one has ever attained the level of the superman. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot do anything without power. Power is required for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, not for sense gratification. One who can act according to this principle is a superman. Generally, p
eople use power for their own sense gratification, and therefore it is not easy to find anyone on the level of the superman.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche claims that because the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ube
rmensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  subjugates his own passions, he is beyond good and evil and not subject to mundane dualities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna was thin
king like an ordinary person in his reluctance to kill his kinsmen. From the material point of view, nonviolence is a good qualification. Arjuna was excusing the others, although they had insulted him and his wife and usurped his kingdom. He pleaded on t
heir behalf before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, arguing that it would be better to let them enjoy his kingdom. "I am not going to fight." Materially, this appears very laudable, but spiritually it is not, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted him to fight. Finally, Arju
na carried out K\'e5\'f1\'eba's order and fought. Clearly, this kind of fighting was not for personal aggrandizement, but for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By using his power for the service of the Lord, Arjuna became a superman. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning religion, Nietzsche felt that because Christ's own disciples misunderstood him, Christianity as such never 
existed. "The last Christian died on the cross," he wrote. Although Christ was totally pure and free from all resentment and envy, Christianity has had envy and resentment as its focal point from its very beginning, even though it calls itself the religi
on of love. Thus Nietzsche proclaimed, "God is dead," in the sense that the God of the Christian religion is dead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you create an artificial god, it is better that he is dead so that he cannot inflict more injuries.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then it is better to have no conception of God than a bad conception?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, better. But Christ was the embodiment of tolerance. There is no doubt about this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not that Nietzsche criticizes Christ himself, but his followers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, actually we can see that the Christians hate the Jews because the Jews crucified Christ. They even utilize the symbol of the cross to remind people that the Jews crucified him. Even
 in the churches there are pictures of Lord Jesus, with thorns on his head, being forced to carry his cross. In this way, the people are reminded of all the troubles that the Jews gave to Christ. Emphasizing Christ on the cross is a way of prolonging res
entment against the Jews. But the fact is that Christ had many other activities, which are not brought into prominence. Actually, it is very painful for a devotee to see his master being crucified. Even though Christ was crucified, that scene in his life
 should not be emphasized.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Neitzsche considered Buddhism and Hinduism superior to Christianity, but he disliked the nihilism of the Buddhists and
 the caste system of the Hindus, especially the Hindu treatment of the untouchables.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 unto
uchables like Haridasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura, who was born in a Mohammedan family. Although Haridasa }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura was not accepted by Hindu society, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu personally indicated that h
e was most exalted. Haridasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura would not enter the temple of Lord Jagann\'e4tha becau
se he did not want to create commotion, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself came to see Haridasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub h\'e4kura every day. It is a basic principle in the Vedic religion that we should not be envious of anyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ye 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4\'e7\'fcdr\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth\'97women, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [workers]\'97can attain the supreme destination." }{\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  9.32}{\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  Despite birth in a lower family, if one is a devotee, he is eligible to practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness And return to God, p
rovided the necessary spiritual qualifications are there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche believed that by stressing the transcendental world, a person would come to resent this world. He therefore 
personally rejected all formal religions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are place
s of misery, wherein repeated birth and death take 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8.16)}{\cs3755\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 really understands the soul, he can realize that t
his material world is a place of suffering. Being part and parcel of God, the soul has the same qualities possessed by God. God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigraha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternal, full of kn
owledge and bliss, and He is eternally enjoying Himself in the company of His associates. The living entities have the same nature, but in material life, eternity, knowledge, and bliss are absent. It is therefore better that we learn to detest material e
xistence and try to give it up. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nivartate}{\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 (}{\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advise us to understand the spiritual world and try to return there. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tamasi m\'e4 jyotir gama}{\cs3755\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 kingdom of darkness. The sooner we learn to avoid the world of darkness and return to the kingdom of light, the b
etter it is. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche was greatly influenced by the ancient Greeks, and he was astounded that out of so few men, so many great ind
ividuals emerged. He believed that mankind ought to be constantly striving to produce such great men, men who conquer their evil instincts, and he considered this to be mankind's only duty. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 accepted when he becomes God realized. The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub veda}{\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The object of knowledge, as described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is God, or the self. S
ince the individual is part and parcel of God, one is self-realized whether he realizes himself or God. There are different methods for self-realization, which is difficult. However, if one realizes God, he automatically realizes himself. If the sun is o
ut, we can see everything very clearly. In the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\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\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 ]}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is said, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasmin vi
j\'ef\'e4te sarvam evam vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavati}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . By understanding God, we understand all other things and automatically become jolly. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means "jolly." }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . At that time, we can see that everyone is exactly like ourselves, because everyone is part and parcel of the Supreme Lor
d. At this point, service of the Lord begins, and we attain the platform of knowledge, bliss, and eternity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche emphatically states that there has never been a superman. "All too similar are men to each other," he writes
. "Verily, even the greatest found I all too human." Nor does the superman evolve in the Darwinian sense. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a possibility at present if man uses all of his spiritual and physical energies. But how is the superman possible without an object for his spiritual energies? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We become supermen if we engage in the service of the Supreme Person. The Supreme Being is a person, and the superman is also a person. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka
\'f6ha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ad}{\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 2.2.13}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). God is the chief amongst all personalities. The superman has no other b
usiness than carrying out the orders of the Supreme Being. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu-\line }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lana\'e0 bhaktir uttam\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Uttama}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or unalloyed devotion unto the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, involves the rendering of devotional s
ervice in a way that is favorable to the Lord. This devotional service should be free from any extraneous motive and devoid of fruitive karma, impersonal }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and all other selfish desires." }{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.11}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to make everyone a superman. He therefore orders, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parityajya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ara\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vraja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Just give up everything and surrender to 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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless we are supermen, we cannot understand this instruction. If we c
an surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are supermen.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 
sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes 
and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 7.19}{\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  The ordinary man thinks, "I have my independenc
e 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, and that he has no other duty in this material world, he becomes the superman. This consciousness is attained af
ter many, many births. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche would reject dependence on anything exterior to the superman himself. That is, he would reject props. But is
n't it impossible for a man to elevate himself to that platform independent of the Supreme Lord?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion. There are many philosophers and politicians dependent on others, or dependent on their 
own whimsical ideas, but we should depend 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 superman.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche's superman seems to resemble the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ha\'f6ha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who elevates himself seemingly independent of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, seemingly. As soon as a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gets some extraordinary mystic powers, he thinks that he has becom
e God. This is another mistake, because no one can become God. To some extent, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
y attain some mystical powers by practice, or by the favor of the Lord, but these powers are not sufficient to enable him to become God. There are many who think that through meditation, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is possible to become equal to God, but this is anot
her illusion, another dictation of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\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 M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Independence seems to be central to Nietzsche's philosophy. In a sense, his superman is somewhat like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7
ipu, who made the demigods tremble to see his austerities. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, and ultimately he was outwitted by the Supreme Himself. It is not good to struggle for material power and control over others. If one becomes a servant of God, he becomes the superma
n automatically and acquires many subordinate followers. One does not have to undergo severe austerities to control others. Everything can be mastered in one stroke. As soon as you become a devout servant of God, many people will follow you. Separate end
eavor is not required. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what of sense control? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Control of the senses is automatically there.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge, and renunciation, become manifest in the body of
 one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva. On
 the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga, or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his 
own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?" }{\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 5.18.12}{\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  If one becomes a devotee of the Supreme Lord, he controls his senses and many other living entities. But he never thinks that he has become God or the actual controller. Rather, he receives his power a
utomatically.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One last point on Nietzsche. He believed in eternal recurrence\'97that is, after this universe has been destroyed, it 
will be repeated again after many aeons.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is stated, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh
\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate}{\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 (}{\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 8.19}{\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 . This material world is manifest at a certain point, maintained for a certain period, then destroyed. Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva are in charge of creation, maintenance, and destruction. Above them is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead. It is the nature of everything material to be created, maintained, and annihilated. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, that's one type of general repetition, but Nietzsche believed that everything will be repeated infinitely in eve
ry detail. That is, the detailed arrangements of this world will eventually recur sometime in the future.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The creation will be repeated in detail in that the twenty-four elements will again be assembled. There are the five gross elements\'97earth, water, fire, air, and ether\'97and three sub
tle elements: mind, intelligence, and ego. There are the ten senses, and the five sense objects. All these will be created again.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That's one type of detail, but he believes that eventually, Friedrich Nietzsche will live again from 1844 to 1900. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The year 1844 is an element of time, and from the moment of creation, we may begin to assign dates. In this way, the date may again be repeated. For instance, every day is a new day, but
 in every day there is six o'clock, eight o'clock, and so on. There is automatic repetition.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If this is the case, if one has to continue being Friedrich Nietzsche, or whoever, how is liberation possible? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This material world is created for the conditioned 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 univ
erse, is given the Vedic instructions, and he distributes them through the disciplic succession, from Brahm\'e4 to N\'e4rada, from N\'e4rada to Vy\'e4sadeva, from Vy\'e4sadeva to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and so on. These instructions encourage the conditioned soul to return home, back to Godhead. If the conditioned soul rejects them, he remains 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 and go back to Godhead. Unfortunately, the conditioned living entities are so attached to the material world that they repeatedly want to take up material bodies. In this way, history repeats. There is again creation, 
maintenance, and destruction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nietzsche believes that even the minute details will recur. That is, he would again be Friedrich Nietzsche, living in 
Germany, going through the same actions, writing the same books, and so on. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is he so attached to Germany? That is his attachment for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Under }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  influence, we think that we will again return in these same bodies and do the same things. Sometimes when people hanker after this repetition, they go to an astrologer and ask, "Can we again come back 
as husband and wife?" This is all due to attachment. There may be an accidental recurrence, and one will again be a husband and have a wife, but he will not have exactly the same wife. That is an illusion. What is the point in combining the same husband 
and wife? The living entities combine for some sense gratification, and they get it, be it this husband or that wife. The purpose is the same, though the minute details are different.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes people claim to have experiences of deja-vu, thinking that they have been at the same spot before doing the 
same thing. This convinced Nietzsche of the doctrine of eternal recurrence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People simply want the same atmosphere. This is due to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i\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 influence.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 IX  UTILITARIANISM AND POSITIVISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub IX  UTILITARIANISM AND POSITIVIS
M
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Essay on Nature}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Mill writes: "The order of nature, insofar as unmodified by man, is such as no Being whose attributes are justice and benevolence would have made with the intention that his rational creatu
res should follow it as an example\'97It could only be as a designedly imperfect work which man, in his limited sphere, is to exercise justice and benevolence in amending."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man is called a rational animal; he has a rational nature and an animal nature. Eating, sleeping, mating, and defending are activities common to animals, but a man should cultivate his r
ational nature. For instance, by his reason, man can understand that it is not necessary to eat meat in order to live a healthy life. It is not that man should be carried by nature's way, which says that man can eat anything. Human beings are accustomed 
to eating the most abominable foods, and in so doing, they become implicated. Beyond eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, man should search out the Absolute Truth. In this way, man's rationality is properly used. Otherwise, he remains an animal. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill claimed that the world, or nature, can be improved by man's efforts, but that perfection is not possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In one sense, that is correct. This world is so made that although you make it perfect today, tomorrow it will deteriorate. Nonetheless, the world can be improved by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness. You can better the world by bringing people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and delivering the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whomever you meet. That is the best social activity you can perform.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The goal of the utilitarians was more specifically to obtain whatever the people desire or require.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The people desire happiness. The utilitarians try to give people artificial happiness, happiness separate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we are trying to give direct happiness, happiness that 
is connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we purify our existence, we can attain spiritual, eternal happiness and bliss. Everyone is working hard for happiness, but how can happiness be attained in a diseased condition? The material disease is an impediment t
o happiness. This disease has to be cured. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill felt that virtues like courage, cleanliness, and self-control are not instinctive in man but have to be cultivate
d. In Nature, he writes: "The truth is that there is hardly a single point of excellence belonging to human character which is not decidedly repugnant to the untutored feelings of human nature\'97"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Therefore there are educational systems in human society. Men should be educated according to the instructions given in the Vedic literatures. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the grand summation of all Vedic literature, and therefore everyone should read it as it is. It is not necessary to interpret.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Mill, there are several ways to ascertain knowledge. For instance, we can determine the cause and the effec
ts of things by determining whether the phenomena under investigation have only one circumstance in common. If so, we can conclude that the circumstance alone is the cause of the effect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly there is the natural law of cause and effect, but if we go further to determine the cause, we ultimately arrive at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything has an original source, a cause. I
f you try to find out the cause of this and that, and conduct research, that is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar\'e7ana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , which means "to find the cause." Therefore philosophy is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar\'e7ana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which
 means "finding the cause of the cause." The idea is that we ultimately arrive at K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original cause of everything. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what kind of test can we apply to phenomena to find out the cause? How can we determine that God is the cau
se behind everything?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For every phenomenon, there is a cause, and we know that God is the ultimate cause. Mill may give many methods for studying immediate causes, but we are interested in the ultimate cause 
of everything. The ultimate cause has full independence to do anything and everything beyond our calculation. Everything that we see is but an effect of His original push.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we see rain falling and want to prove that God is the cause of rain, what test can we apply?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Vedic literatures. We are advised to see through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because we cannot see directly. Since our senses are defective, direct perception has no value. Therefore we have to rece
ive knowledge through authoritative instruction. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, when we see an apple fall from a tree, we have to see through the eyes of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in order to se
e God in that act?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God has made His laws so perfect that one cause effects one thing, and that in turn effects another, and so on. We may see an apple grow and explain it as "nature," but this nature is wo
rking according to certain laws. An apple has a certain color and taste because it is following specific laws set down by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies are perfect and are working perfectly. Everything is being carried out under systematic la
ws, although we may not perceive these laws. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists admit that nothing can come out of nothing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If something emerges, there must be a cause in the background. We say that the root cause of everything is Brahm\'e4n, the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mill certainly did not see God as the cause of evil. In fact, he considered God at war against it. Man's role is to he
lp God end this war. He writes: "If Providence is omnipotent, Providence intends whatever happens, and the fact of its happening proves that Providence intended it. If so, everything which a human being can do is predestined by Providence and is a fulfil
lment of its designs. But if, as is the more religious theory, Providence intends not all which happens, but only what is good, then indeed man has it in his power, by his voluntary actions, to aid the intentions of Providence...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Providence desires only the good. The living entity is in this material world due to the improper utilization of his will. Even though he wants to enjoy this material world, God is so ki
nd that He gives him facilities and directions. When a child wants to play in a certain way, he is guided by some nurse or servant hired by the parents. Our position is something like that. We have given up the company of God to come to this material wor
ld to enjoy ourselves. So God has allowed us to come here, saying, "All right, enjoy this experience, and when you understand that this material enjoyment is ultimately frustrating, you can come back." Thus the Supreme Lord is guiding the enjoyment of al
l living beings, especially human beings, so that they may again return home, back to Godhead. Nature is the agent acting under the instructions of God. If the living entity is overly addicted to misuse his freedom, he is punished. This punishment is a c
onsequence of the living entity's desire. God does not want a human being to become a pig, but when one develops such a mentality by eating anything and everything, God gives the facility by providing the body of a hog. God is situated in everyone's hear
t, and is noting the desires of the living entity from within. According to one's desires, God orders material nature to provide a particular body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill further writes: "Limited as, on this showing, the divine power must be by inscrutable but insurmountable obstacle
s, who knows what man could have been created without desires which never are to be, and even which never ought to be, fulfilled?" Thus Mill concludes that the existence of evil, or pain and death, excludes the existence of an omnipotent God. He sees man
 in a position to "aid the intentions of Providence" by surmounting his evil instincts. God is not infinite in His power, because if He were, there would be no evil. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Evil is undoubtedly created by God, but this was necessary due to the human being's misuse of his free will. God gives man good directions, but when man is disobedient, evil is naturally
 there to punish him. Evil is not desired by God, yet it is created because it is necessary. Although a government constructs prisons, it prefers to construct universities so that people can attain an education and become highly enlightened. Because some
 people misuse their independence, prisons are necessary. We suffer due to our evil activities. Thus God, being supreme, punishes us. When we are under the protection of God, nothing is evil; everything is good. God does not create evil, but man's evil a
ctivities provoke God to create an evil situation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the Judeo-Christian tradition, God is at war with Satan. In Vedic literatures, there are also wars between the demi
gods and the demons, as well as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the demons, but these wars do not seem to be taken as serious confrontations between God and His enemies. Isn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mood always playful?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all powerful, when He is fighting with demons, He is actually playing. This fighting does not affect His energy. It is like a father fighting with his small child
. One slap is sufficient. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the demons a chance to play by fighting Him, but one strong slap is sufficient. There is no question of fighting with God. He is omnipotent. However, when a living entity is disobedient and harasses the devo
tees, God kills him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m}{\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 (}{\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 4.8}{\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 . When K
\'e5\'f1\'eba descends on this earth, He chastises the demons and protects His devotees. Whenever there is a fight between the demons and the demigods, God takes the side of the demigods. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill saw it more like an actual struggle between God and Satan, or evil.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is struggle because the demons are always transgressing God's rules. A demon is one who rejects God's rules, and a demigod is one who accepts them. That is the main difference, as 
stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Mill pictures God Himself as struggling hard in the fight to conquer the demons.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has no reason to struggle. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He is so powerful that He has nothing to do. Just as a king may have many servants, ministers, and soldiers to carry out his desires, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many energies that act according to His order. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself
 has nothing to do. He is playing His flute and enjoying Himself. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although He is enjoying Himself, the universe is going on in accordance with His orders, through the agencies of His multi-energies. There is no question of God struggling. He doesn't e
ven have to fight. His various agents can easily enough kill all the evil elements in the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill believed that God is good, but that He is involved in a world not of His own making.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is God to be judged by Mr. Mill? God is good, but not as good as Mr. Mill thinks He ought to be? Is this his opinion of God? Is God good in all conditions? Or is God only good when Mr. M
ill considers Him good? What is God's position?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill says that the presence of evil indicates that if God were everything, He would not be completely good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore God has to depend on the opinion of Mr. Mill. Is it that Mr. Mill does not approve of all God's activities?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He maintains that God is good, but that He is limited in His power. If His power were absolute, everything woul
d be good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How nonsensical! Everything is good! That is our philosophy. When God kills a demon, immediately flowers are showered from the sky. Whatever God does is good. K\'e5\'f1\'eba danced with 
other men's wives in the dead of night, and this activity is worshipped as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . However, if an ordinary man does this, he is immediately condemned as a debauchee. In all circumstances, God is good and worshipable. It is not that we subject God to our judgement, saying, "Oh yes, You are good, but not so good." Fools thi
nk, "I am better than God. I can create my own God." God creates us; we cannot create God. Unfortunately, Mill did not know what is evil and what is good. He should have known that whatever is created by God is good, even if it appears to be evil to us. 
We may think that such and such is evil, but actually it is good. If we do not know how it is good, that is our fault. God cannot be placed under our judgement. In all circumstances, God is good. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill was particularly interested in the role of authority. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Utility of Religion}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes, "Consider the enormous influence of authority on the human mind....Authority is the evidence on which the mass
 of mankind believe everything which they are said to know except facts of which their own senses have taken cognizance. It is the evidence on which even the wisest receive all those truths of science, or facts in history or in life, of which they have n
ot personally examined the proofs...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can neither defy nor deny real authority. We are presenting our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement on this principle. We should carry out the orders of the authority, and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, or God, is the Supreme Authority. Whatever He says must be accepted without interpretation. In this way, everyone can be happy. Those who are sane do not hesitate to accept God's authority, and they become happy abiding by His orders. Those wh
o exactly follow the instructions of the Supreme Authority are also authorities. The spiritual master is the authoritative servant, and God is the authoritative master. If we follow the instructions of the authoritative servant, we in turn become authori
tative servants of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning morality, Mill writes: "Belief, then, in the supernatural, great as are the services which it rendered in t
he earlier stages of human development, cannot be considered to be any longer required either for enabling us to know what is right and wrong in social morality, or for supplying us with motives to do right and to abstain from wrong."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Morality means abiding by the orders of God. That is real morality. Other moralities are manufactured, and they differ in different countries. Religion and real morality, however, functi
on according to the same principle. Religion means carrying out the orders of God, and morality means following those principles whereby we can fulfill the desires of God. Before the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, Arjuna considered killing to be immoral, but w
hen he understood from the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the fight was necessary, he decided to carry out his duty as a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So this is morality. Ultimately, morality means carrying out the desires of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Mill, there are two moral sanctions of conduct. One is internal, which is our conscience and sense of duty.
 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by conscience? A sense of duty is different from the conscience. It is our duty to receive instructions from higher personalities. If we do not, how can we know our dut
y? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill felt that our duty is that which produces the most good for the most people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is all so vague. What if everyone wants to take drugs? Is it our duty to help them? How can a rascal understand what his duty is? One has to be trained to know.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill would say that there is a rational or guiding principle for action, and this is the golden rule of the Chr
istians: "Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that you have to approach Christ. You cannot manufacture golden rules yourself. You have to abide by the orders of Christ, and that means approaching a superior authority. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The second sanction of moral conduct is external: the fear of displeasing other men or God. We hope to win favor through acting morally.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This also means accepting authority. Therefore the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tell us that if we want to be really learned, we must approach a guru. Did John Stuart Mill have a guru?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His father, James Mill, was also a great philosopher.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In any case, we must accept some authority, be it Christ or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Our duty lies in following the orders of the higher authority. Of course, we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, as our authority.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mill himself rejected many basic Christian tenets, and he even believed that there is no intrinsic value in the belief
 in the immortality of the soul. He writes: "Those who believe in the immortality of the soul generally quit life with fully as much if not more reluctance as those who have no such expectation."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have daily experience of how the soul continues, even though the body changes. In our own family we can see that the body of an infant changes into the body of a boy, a young man, a m
iddle-aged man, and then an old man. In any condition, the soul is the same. Why is it difficult to understand the immortality of the soul? If we cannot understand it, we are not very intelligent.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat-t\'e9rtha-buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, who considers the by-products of the body to b
e his kinsmen, who considers the land of birth worshipable, and who goes to the place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there is to be considered like an ass or a cow." }{\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. }{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If a person does not understand the immortality of the soul, he is an animal. There is no question 
of belief. It is a fact. If a man says, "I don't believe that I will grow old," he is ignorant of facts. If he does not die when he is young, he necessarily grows old. This is a question of common sense, not of beliefs. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there was never a time when we did not exist, nor will there ever be a time when we will cease to exist }{\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  2.12)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . The soul is immortal; he never takes birth, and he never dies. This is the beginning of knowledge. First of all, we must understand what we are. If we do not, we will surely be wrongly directed. We will take care of the body just as a fooli
sh man might take care of a bird cage, and neglect the bird within it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill was not only a utilitarian but a humanist, and he felt that a religion of humanity can have a greater effect than
 a supernatural religion. The religion of humanity would foster unselfish feelings and would have man at the center.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Without God, how can it be a religion? As I have already explained, religion means carrying out the orders of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concerning immortality, Mill asserts that there is no evidence for the immortality of the soul, and none against it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he need to be convinced? There is a great deal of evidence. It is mankind's misfortune that a person like Mill cannot understand a simple truth that even a child can understand
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ultimately, Mill considered the whole domain of the supernatural as removed from the region of belief into that of sim
ple hope. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is neither hope nor belief, but a fact. At any rate, to those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, it is a fact. K\'e5\'f1\'eba came and gave Arjuna instructions, and those instructions 
are recorded. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill was such a staunch humanist that he wrote: "I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that ep
ithet to my fellow creatures, and if such a being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is always good, and if one does not know the goodness of God, he is imperfect. According to all Vedic literatures, God is always good and always great. What does Mill consider to be 
a good man?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who works for what he calls "the greatest happiness principle," that is, the greatest happiness for everyone on ea
rth. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there any man who can do good for all? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ said that no man is good, that there is only one good, and that is God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. You may think that this man is good, but he is limited in his power. He may still think in terms of his nation or society. Only a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can 
be good because he abides by the order of the Supreme Good. Even if one has the desire to be a good man, it is not possible independent of God. In any case, these are all mental concoctions: good and bad. One who is not God conscious is necessarily bad, 
and one who is God conscious is good. This should be the only criterion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what of Mill's contention that the good gives the greatest pleasure to the greatest number of people? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what if the people are fools and rascals? The greatest number of people may say that cigarettes are very nice, but does this mean that they are desirable?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill makes a distinction between the quality and the quantity of pleasure. Certain pleasures are superior to ot
hers. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you have quality, the quantity naturally decreases. For instance, ordinary people take pleasure in eating, sleeping, mating, drinking, smoking, and so on. The pleasure of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness is a transcendental pleasure, but the people who take to it are very few. Generally, since conditioned souls are fools, the pleasure that is most popular is the one followed by the greatest number of fools. According to our Vedic phil
osophy, man is born a fool, but he can be made intelligent through education and culture.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill advocated utilizing those principles that can give the pleasure of highest quality to the maximum people. He also wrote: "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisf
ied. It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how often will you find a Socrates? You cannot find Socrates loitering on every street. There will only be one in millions. There is no question of the maximum number of people. Men 
of Socrates's caliber are a minimum. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatat\'e4m api siddh\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'e7cin 
m\'e4\'e0 vetti tattvata\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one kno
ws Me in truth." }{\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 7.3}{\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  This is not a question of quantity, but of quality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill felt that the highest quality of pleasure might also be enjoyed by a larger number. All men should be trai
ned to find pleasure according to this higher standard.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that the maximum pleasure should be introduced to the maximum number of people. Unfortunately, it is not accepted by the greatest number but by a few only. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness movement, for instance, cannot be understood by the masses. Only a few who are fortunate can understand. There may be millions of stars in the sky, but there is only one moon, and that is sufficient to drive away the darkness. It is not po
ssible to have many moons, although there may be many glowworms.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill was trying to ascertain that standard of pleasure which is most desirable.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That he does not know. That he has to learn from the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Ordinary men take sex to be the highest pleasure, and the entire material world is existing because of sex, but how long does this sex pleasure last? A few minutes only. A man who is wise does not want pleasure that 
lasts only a few minutes but pleasure that continues perpetually. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nitya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "eternal," an
d }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means
 "bliss." The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state that those who are intelligent are not interested in transient p
leasure but in eternal pleasure. They know their constitutional position; they know they are not the body. The pleasures of the body are transient and are sought by rascals. If one identifies with the body, he naturally seeks bodily pleasure. One who kno
ws that he is not the body but eternal spirit soul seeks eternal spiritual pleasure.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill believed that a small amount of a higher type of pleasure is superior to a greater amount of a lower type.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is our philosophy. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neh\'e4bhikrama-n\'e4\'e7o 'sti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra
tyav\'e4yo na vidyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svalpam apy asya dharmasya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most danger
ous type of fear." }{\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. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.40}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 .40)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if one falls down from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he still gains from what little he has experienced. On the other hand, if one works a
ccording to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but does not take to devotional service, all his
 labors go in vain. There are many students who come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for a few days and then go away, but they return again because the quality is so great. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so potent. Save for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, everythi
ng is being dissipated by time, by the sun's progress through the sky. Everything in this world is transient, but because we are eternal spirit souls, we should accept only that which has permanent value. It is foolishness to be satisfied with anything e
lse. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill would have said that the only standard we have for understanding what is desirable is the fact the people 
desire it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We should desire K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but people do not know about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People are thinking, "I love my country," or, "I love my body." What is this love? Because we are spirit sou
l and are within the body, we say, "I love."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Mill reasons that if something is desired, it is desirable per se.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Living entities desire many things. A hog desires stool, but is that desirable? The men on the Bowery are interested only in drinking. Is that very desirable? Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu desi
res K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is a different type of desire. That should be the real standard for desire. We should know what the greatest personalities, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4janas}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are desiring, and we should make that our standard. We may desire something that is harmful for us, and not desire the good. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted Arjuna to fight, but this was not Arjuna's desire. Arjuna initially wanted to leave the battlefield, but he changed his mind because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted him to fight. The point is that we shou
ld desire what is desired by the great personalities, not by ourselves. After all, what are we? We should always consider ourselves to be fools. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mill advocated complete freedom so that everyone can express himself as he pleases.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nonsense. No one has that freedom. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he felt that everyone should be free. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then everyone should be a philosopher. Mill has his own philosophy, and everyone else has his.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He believed that if everyone is free to compete, the best will emerge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not freedom but competition. Our viewpoint is that everyone is ultimately dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, in illusion we are dependent on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but in any case, we must be dependent.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte is the French founder of Positivism. He felt that theology dealt solely with the heart, or sentiments, and that 
metaphysics dealt solely with the intellect, but that Positivism reconciled the two. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A General View of Positivism}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "It is a fundamental doctrine of Positivism.. .that the heart preponderates over the intellect. The intellect should devote itself exclusively to the problems which the heart suggests, the ultimate object being 
to find proper satisfaction for our various wants."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we understand that above the gross senses are the mind, intelligence, or intellect, and then 
the soul. The soul is the original principle of all activities, which are manifest in grosser and grosser ways. First, there are the gross activities of the body, then the subtle activities of the mind, and then the still more subtle activities of the in
tellect, and finally the spiritual activities. In this way, the different platforms of knowledge and understanding are categorized. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte believed that theology, metaphysics and Positivism constitute three stages through which the perfect soci
ety evolves. In the beginning, the theological stage, man moves from polytheism to monotheism. In the second stage, the metaphysical, man abandons the first stages and places his faith in impersonal forces, like cause and effect, gravity, and so on.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This philosophy is imperfect. From the personal platform, you have to reach the person, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How can the law of gravitation save you? It is an energy of Go
d, a natural law. When we speak of law, we predicate the fact that someone makes the law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte suggests that primitive man worships personal forms in nature, and that as man becomes more sophisticated
, he worships impersonal forms.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is backwards. The personal aspect is higher. Of course, if one does not know the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that is a different matter. Foolish men attempt to worship the imper
sonal. Primitive man by nature wants to worship a person. Because people do not know who that person is, out of frustration they turn to impersonalism. As far as our philosophy is concerned, we know the person because the personal God has told us, "Here 
I am." When He is present, He proves that He is God, the Supreme Lord. When people see Him, they write books about Him. When Vy\'e4sadeva saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He abandoned all other literatures to write of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He knew by personal, meditative, and authoritative knowledge that K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is God. One who does not know K\'e5\'f1\'eba may turn to impersonalism. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Comte believed that above the metaphysical platform is the Positivist stage wherein man abandons theological an
d metaphysical explanations in order to acquire positive knowledge. In this stage, man is sufficiently competent to ascertain facts and amass scientific data.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't agree with this. It is not that science is above metaphysics; rather, real scientific knowledge is metaphysical. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte maintained that the more facts that we discover through science, the more complicated science becomes. Th
us science advances toward the positive stage.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that it becomes more superficial. Complete knowledge means finding the original cause. Sense perception is considered scientific, but the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state that sense perception is misleading and is not independent. For instance, at the moment you can see me, but if ther
e were no sunlight, you would not be able to see me. Your seeing is dependent on the sun, but you have not supplied the sun. The sun has come into being by someone else's arrangement, and your seeing is dependent on that arrangement. Therefore your seein
g has no intrinsic value.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte considered sociology to be the most complex science because it depends on all the other sciences for its 
understanding. It is the science of human behavior, of group relations. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sociology is already given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not Comte's gift. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasya kart\'e4ram api m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
viddhy akart\'e4ram avyayam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 cre
ated by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable." }{\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  4.13)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is perfect sociology. If you try to create some sy
stem, that system will be imperfect because you are imperfect. There will not be peace. Certainly, human groups are necessary, but they must have a scientific basis. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He has created the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; therefore we have to accept the system as it is given. Just as different parts of your body work in order to sustain
 the body, the different parts of society should work to maintain the social order. It is not that you can artificially create social orders. When people attempt this, they create only havoc.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte believed that man's scientific attempt to improve nature is more desirable than a passive belief in God. He writ
es: "Even the laws of the solar system are very far from perfect...the increasing imperfection of the economy of nature becomes a powerful stimulus to all our faculties, whether moral, intellectual, or practical....The conception of man becoming, without
 fear or boast, the arbiter within certain limits, of his own destiny, has in it something far more satisfying than the old belief in Providence, which implied our remaining passive."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he has no knowledge of God. There is no question of passivity. God is the ultimate controller of everything, and although He may act through different agents, the ultimat
e decision is given by Him. He is sitting in everyone's heart observing the activities of the individual soul, and without His permission, no one can act. He gives intelligence, and He also causes one to forget. By God's grace, we can have the power to r
emember activities long past. In any case, God is the ultimate director. Man cannot be independent, because man's actions are impelled by the three modes of material nature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rt\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The bewildered spirit soul, under the influe
nce of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.}{\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 (}{\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  3.27)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The ultimate director is the Supersoul situated in the heart of every living entity and within every atom.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte believed that social reforms are implemented more by love than anything else. His motto was: "Love for th
e principle, order for the basis, progress for the end." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unfortunately, he does not know what the end is. He is simply theorizing. The end is Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-B
h\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4 ye bahir-artha-m\'e4nina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub andh\'e4 yath\'e4ndhair upan\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te 'p\'e9\'e7a-tantry\'e4m uru-d\'e4mni baddh\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their
 leader or guru a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. As blind men guided by another blind man miss the right pat
h and fall into a ditch, materially attached men led by another materially attached man are bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life, suffering the threefold miseri
es." }{\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\cb1\nosupersub 7.5.31}{\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  Unless w
e know the end, all our theorizing will not help. All their humanitarian work will never be successful because they have missed the main point: K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte would agree with Protagoras's saying, "Man is the measure of all things." He writes: "The universe is to be stud
ied not for its own sake, but for the sake of man, or rather of humanity. To study in any other spirit would not only be immoral, but also highly irrational." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our view is that man should be anxious to understand the Absolute Truth. Human intelligence is meant for searching out the ultimate source of everything. It is useless to try to improve 
man's material situation. Every living being is destined to undergo a certain amount of happiness and distress. By virtue of our past activities, we get a particular type of body destined to suffer or enjoy. That cannot be changed. You may call this eith
er fatalism or destiny, but it is a fact that every man is destined in this way, and his destiny cannot be changed. However, his intelligence can change his position in reference to God. Presently, man is forgetful of God and his relationship with God. H
uman life is meant for changing this position. Man's economic position is already fixed by destiny and cannot be changed. This is also confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When we engage in devotional service, we can change our destiny. Otherwise, destiny is fixed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte distinguishes between atheism and Positivism in this way: "Atheism, even from the intellectual point of view, is
 a very imperfect form of emanicipation; for its tendency is to prolong the metaphysical stage indefinitely by continuing to seek for new solutions to theological problems instead of setting aside all inaccessible researches on the grounds of their utter
 inutility....The true Positivist spirit consists in studying the How instead of the Why." Since religious questions can never be answered, they had best be forgotten. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can man forget? If man does not believe in God, God comes as death. How can man counteract death? From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  w
e understand that God appears as death for the atheists, and in this way God convinces the atheists, "Here I am." No one can avoid this. No one can become independent by atheistic speculation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte equated intellectual and moral improvement with material progress. He writes: "A nation that has made no efforts
 to improve itself materially will take but little interest in moral or mental improvement."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The standard of material improvement is not actually fixed. One person may be satisfied with certain material conditions, while another may be dissatisfied with the same conditions. The 
question is, "What should the standard of material life be?" As far as Vedic civilization is concerned, the material necessities are eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. These are present in both the animal and human kingdoms. Standards, however, var
y, according to different cultures. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte felt that we should deal only with information that can be verified by experiment, or demonstration. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then, how are these planets floating in the air? What is the scientific explanation for that? Who made this cosmic arrangement? If they don't know, then what is the value of their scient
ific knowledge? Because they cannot answer these questions, they say that they are not worth knowing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte would feel that such knowledge is not very useful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But knowledge means finding out the source of knowledge, the source of everything. You are seeing only a portion of someone's actions and reactions, but you do not know who that someone i
s. If you don't know, you cannot pose as a man of knowledge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte is interested in knowledge dealing with sense phenomena, knowledge that can be directly, scientifically u
tilized. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, naturally you can perceive a tree growing, but a man interested in knowledge wants to know the origin of that tree. One who does not or cannot know says, "It doesn't matter," but i
f you are serious about knowledge, it matters. Knowledge of the tree's origin is certainly practical. We understand that a tree comes from a seed, but where does the seed come from? How is it that so much potency is given to the seed? Who gives that seed
 such potency? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is that knowledge useful?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Of course, it may not be useful for a fool. For a fool, such scientific knowledge is of no use, but for a real scientist, knowledge of the origin of things is most essential. Only a 
fool would say that such knowledge is useless. A scientific man wants to find the cause of things, whether knowledge of that cause is immediately useful or not. Higher knowledge has no value for an ordinary man. In this Kali-yuga, the ordinary man is a f
ool. He thinks, "Why are people wasting their time searching for God?" For a fool, the search for God is unimportant, but for a scientist, it is most important.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte felt that it was the working man, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who is most apt to be the arbiter of Positivism, not the scientist or philosop
her. He writes: "The occupations of working men are evidently far more conducive to philosophical views than those of the middle classes, since they are not so absorbing as to prevent continuous thought, even during the hours of labor."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can the working man become an arbiter? Every working man requires some manager to direct him, and in Communist countries we have seen that there is a managerial class as well as a Wo
rking class. If this is the case, how can the worker help us? He is always subordinate to some manager.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte wanted to form working men's clubs that would be dedicated to the philosophy of Positivism. These would form "a 
provisional substitute for the church of old times, or rather to prepare the way for the religious building of the new form of worship, the worship of humanity."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His conception of humanity is not very clear. What does he mean by humanity? What does the working class know of humanity? If by "humanity" he means the totality of all human beings, he 
must still admit that every human being has some individuality. Even if you consider all humanity to be the same, how will you account for individuality? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, it is his contention and that of Communism in general that all men are basically the same in relation to the sta
te. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, they are all under the laws of the state, but their thinking, feeling, and willing are not under the state. Men think, feel, and will differently. How, then, can they be one? Of cou
rse, human beings have two arms, two legs, and one head, but the working of the brain differs according to the individual. It is not possible to adjust these differences and reconcile all humanity as a whole. Everyone will not be in total agreement. Peop
le have their own tastes even in eating, sleeping, mating, and defending\'97to say nothing of thinking, feeling, and willing. If you try to force uniformity, you will create dissatisfaction. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte felt that Positivism and Communism\'97which was then in its formative stage\'97could go hand in hand. He writes:
 "Positivism has nothing to fear from Communism; on the contrary, it will probably be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub accepted by most Communists among the working classes...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He speaks of a working class but not a managerial class. He wants a classless society, but he wants it populated only by working men. But the fact is that working men require direction, 
just as the legs and hands require directions from the brain. That is quite natural. It is not possible for the working classes not to be under someone's direction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the different qualities of men and women, Comte wrote: "In all kinds of force, for the physical, intellectu
al or practical, it is certain that men surpass women, in accordance with a general law which prevails throughout the animal kingdom....If there were nothing else to do but to love...women would be supreme."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is a natural distinction between men and women. How can it be changed? Women are meant for certain activities, just as men are. You may try to change this artificially, but basicall
y it cannot be changed. A woman becomes pregnant, but a man does not. How can this be changed?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, from this he concludes that women, being dominated by love, are morally superior to men. He envisioned woman as 
"the spontaneous priestess of humanity. She personifies in the purest form the principle of love upon which the unity of our nature depends." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is Comte's imagination. When a woman is misguided, she becomes dangerous, and there is no question of love. According to the Vedic conception, women and children are on the same lev
el, and they should both be protected by men. In childhood a woman is protected by her father, in youth by her husband, and in old age by her grown sons. Women should never be given independence, but they should be given protection. In this way, their na
tural love for father, husband, and children will develop very smoothly. Thus the relationship between women and men should be established very happily so that both can execute their real function: cooperative spiritual life. The woman should look after 
the comfort of the man, and the man, who works hard, should also look after her comfort. Then both will be satisfied, and their spiritual lives will progress. A man is meant to work hard, and a woman is meant to give comfort and love in the home. In this
 way, man and woman can combine so that both can progress in spiritual life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte felt that love of God is inconsistent with love for our fellow men, and that it has always interfered with man's
 love of woman. He writes: "It was impiety for the knight to love his lady better than his God; and thus the best feelings of man's nature were repressed by his religious faith. Women, therefore, are not really interested in perpetuating the old system (
of religion); and the very instincts by which their nature is characterized will soon incline them to abandon it." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Generally, women are interested in a comfortable home life. That is their nature. They are not spiritually very advanced or interested, but if a man has spiritual interests, and the woma
n helps the man\'97either as a mother, wife, or daughter\'97both can make spiritual progress. However, the woman must remain subordinate, and the man must make spiritual progress. Because the woman helps the man, she shares his spiritual benefits.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte envisioned women primarily as companions of men. He writes: "The first aspect then, under which Positivism consi
ders woman, is simply as the companion of man, irrespective of her maternal duties....For perfect friendship, difference of sex is essential, as excluding the possibility of rivalry."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the bodily demands, there are sexual necessities. Women should not only give sex pleasure to their husbands, but should also prepare good food. After coming home from a day 
of hard work, the man should be supplied good food, comfort, and sex. Then the home becomes very happy, and both husband and wife are satisfied.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then they can improve their real business, which is spiritual understanding. Human life is meant for progressing spiritually, and p
eople must first of all know that the spirit soul is at the basis even of material life. The body is built upon the soul. Although women are generally less intelligent, this understanding is required of both men and women. With the help of the husband, a
 woman can become more intelligent. In Vedic history, we have the example of Kapila-deva giving spiritual instructions to his mother }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devah\'fcti. Whether the woman is a dau
ghter, wife, or mother, if she remains subordinate, she can receive knowledge from either her father, husband, or son. In the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there is the example of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva answer
ing the spiritual questions of P\'e4rvat\'e9. Women supply the comforts of the tongue, belly, and genitals, and, remaining submissive, they are instructed in spiritual life. Thus there is cooperative advancement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Comte felt that at least in the beginning stages of Positivism, women should take the place of God as an object of man
's affection and love. He writes: "From childhood, each of us will be taught to regard women's sex as the principal source of human happiness and improvement, whether in public life or in private....In a word, man will kneel to women, and to women alone.
...She will be regarded by man as the most perfect personification of humanity....The worship of women, when it has assumed a more systematic shape, will be valued for its own sake as a new instrument of happiness and moral growth....The worship of women
 satisfies this condition, and is so far of greater efficacy, than the worship of God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is the duty of men to protect women and maintain them comfortably, not worship them. It is not a very good proposal to worship a woman as God. Then man will be henpecked. Worship is r
eserved for God only, and is not meant for others. However, cooperation between men and women for the sake of worshipping God is desirable. It is not that a man or a woman should be worshipped as God. Sometimes, affection is so strong that a person may s
ee another person as God, but that is sentimentalism. God is different from men and women, who are but living entities meant to worship God. A woman should always be engaged in assisting a man in every respect in his religious, social, and family life. T
hat is the real benefit of conjugal life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Comte writes that "the whole effect of Positivist worship will be to make men feel clearly how far superior in every r
espect is the synthesis founded on the love of humanity to that founded on the love of God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Love of humanity means raising humanity to the point where people can understand the real goal of life. We do not serve humanity by keeping people in darkness. We must enlighten others w
ith knowledge, and ultimate knowledge means understanding God, our relationship with God, and the activities of that relationship. That is real humanitarian work. Mankind must be informed of the nature of the body and the soul and the necessities and goa
l of the soul. In this way, we can really serve humanity. We do not serve it by encouraging the animal propensities.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 X  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 X  COMMUNISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Karl Marx (1818-1883)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Karl Marx (1818-1883)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx was a descendent of rabbis on both sides of his family, but Marx's father was converted to Christianity, and Marx
 received a Christian education. In any case, Marx himself opposed both Christianity and Judaism. At the age of twenty-three, after having studied some philosophy in his university classes, Marx became an avowed atheist. It was Hegel who wrote: "Because 
the accidental is not, God or the Absolute is." On this, Marx commented: "Obviously the reverse can also be said." That is, because God is not, the accidental is. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can any sensible man accept the view that everything is accidental? Is a child taking birth accidental? There must have been unity between a father and a mother. Marx, for instance, 
may not have wanted to die, but he was forced to. How can this take place accidentally? There must be some superior force. We may not wish to have an accident, but accidents happen nonetheless. This is a question of common sense. In nature, we see that t
here are many planets in the sky, and they are not accidentally colliding, but are remaining in their positions. The sun rises according to precise calculations. Since universal functions are going on very systematically, there must be some brain behind 
them, and we call this supreme brain God. How can you deny this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that true philosophy would say: "In simple truth, I bear hate for any and every God." He saw this as philoso
phy's "own avowal, its own judgement against all heavenly and earthly gods who do not acknowledge human self-consciousness as the supreme divinity. There must be no other on a level with it."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can human intelligence be perfect unless it comes to the point of understanding the Absolute Truth, the original cause of everything? Our consciousness must progress, and progress me
ans moving toward the ultimate goal. If a human being is ignorant of the ultimate cause and the ultimate goal, of what value is his intelligence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx considered religion to be the pastime of degraded men who attempt to escape reality. He writes: "Religion is the 
sigh of the distressed creature, the soul of a heartless world, as it is also the spirit of a spiritless condition. It is the opium of the people." Being an illusion, religion cannot solve any of man's problems, but can only complicate them. "The more ma
n puts into God," Marx wrote, "the less he retains in himself."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We can actually see that the Communists are not being so greatly favored without God. Now the Chinese and Russians are disagreeing. Differences of opinion will still be there, whether pe
ople deny God or not. So how have they improved matters? Both Communists and capitalists need to understand the nature of God. We have seen that denying God and acting independently have not brought peace. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believed that everything is produced from 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\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. 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 serv
e 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 Gandhi, a Hindu, a Muslim, or a Christian, you must serve. Because we are presently rendering ser
vice to so many people and concepts, we are becoming confused. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises us to give up all other service and serve Him alone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like Comte, Marx hoped that the worker would eventually eliminate religion. He wrote: "The political emancipation of t
he Jew, the Christian, the religious man in general, is the emancipation of the state from Judaism, from Christianity, from religion generally." Thus the worker would become the savior of mankind by freeing man from a religion that worships a supernatura
l being.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Has that actually happened? Marx is dead and gone, yet his Communist theory is being exhibited in practice, and still we see that they have not liberated anyone. Now the Russians are not 
relating congenially with the Chinese. Why is this? They have abolished God, and the working class is there. Why, then, is there dissension and desire? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that religion was blocking man's path to happiness. He wrote: "The abolition of religion as the illusory hap
piness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. The demand to abandon the illusions about their condition is the demand to give up a condition that requires illusion. Hence criticism of religion is...criticism of this vale of tears whose hal
o is religion."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A religious system deteriorates when there is no understanding of its philosophical basis. People are apt to reject such sentimental religions. We must understand in fact that God is at 
the top of all cosmic manifestations and activities. Laws given by the supreme head of the cosmic manifestation constitute what we call religion. If we create our own religious systems on the basis of sentiments, we create only troubles and will be misun
derstood. We must understand that there is a brain behind all the cosmic manifestations, and if we know the nature of this brain and how it is working, we attain real scientific understanding. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx encouraged labor not for the construction of temples but for the benefit of man himself. He writes: "The alien be
ing, to whom labor and the produce of labor belong, and in whose service labor is done and for whose benefit the produce of labor is provided, can only be man himself."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We must come to the understanding that it is beneficial for man to abide by the orders of God. If there is any organization at all, there is a director, even in Communist countries. Lead
ers are necessary, and the supreme leader is called God. It is not that the Communists can do without leaders. Even Karl Marx provided leadership. Now it is up to people to decide whether to work under the leadership of God, or under Marx and Lenin. We c
annot avoid leadership; so now the question remains, "Whose leadership is perfect?" That we must decide.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like Comte, Marx believed that atheism was unnecessary because it was negative denial, whereas socialism is positive a
ssertion. Marx writes: "Socialism is man's positive self-consciousness, no longer mediated through the annulment of religion, just as real life is man's positive reality through Communism."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have made our point that real religion is not sentiment and that leadership has to be accepted, be it Communist, theist, or atheist. When leadership is selected, and directions are gi
ven by the leader, we can call it some "ism," but in any case, religion means accepting the leadership of God and His directions. I don't think that even the Communists can basically change this concept. They also have a leader\'97Marx, Lenin, or Stalin
\'97and they are giving directions for the people to follow. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, and we are following His instructions. So factually what is the difference? In either case, there is authority. We have to select the best leader, and we als
o have to select a criterion for establishing him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Marx, there is nothing spiritual in the universe. He writes: "An incorporeal substance is just as much a contradic
tion as an incorporeal body. Body, being, substance are one and the same real idea. One cannot separate the thought from matter which thinks." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When there is no spirit soul within the body, the body is considered dead. Otherwise, what is the difference between a dead body and a living body?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He further writes: "Since only what is material is perceptible, knowable, nothing is known of the existence of God. I 
am sure only of my own existence."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if he does not know of the spirit soul, how can he be certain of his own existence? What is his idea of life? Why is the body like a dead stone when life has ended? He must first und
erstand what life is.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that consciousness is basically social. "Life is not determined by consciousness," he writes, "but consciousne
ss by life.... Consciousness is therefore from the very beginning a social product, and remains so as long as men exist at all."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then why does life have an end? Why does he cease to exist? What is the answer to this? The soul of man exists, but why does he die? Death is a fact, and it cannot be denied. During this
 lifetime, he may speak very loudly, but as soon as he is dead, he can speak no more. Where is consciousness then?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx opposed Comte's recommendation of the worship of women, and also the worship of God in nature. "There is no quest
ion," he writes, "that modern sciences, which along with modern industry, have revolutionized the whole of nature and put an end to man's childish attitude toward nature, as well as to other forms of childishness....The position as regards to the worship
 of female is the same as nature worship."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how has science overcome the basic laws of nature? Has man put an end to birth, death, old age, and disease? If not, what is the meaning of revolutionizing or conquering nature? Natu
re's laws are going on just as before. Before Marx died, his father and mother died, and their parents died before them, and so on. How has man then conquered nature? Death, old age, and disease continue. Where is the improvement?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If there is no improvement, he would feel that it is because religion has been an impediment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This has nothing to do with religion. This is the work of nature. When a man takes birth, he faces death. How has science revolutionized this matter? Nature's work is going on despite al
l the theories of Marx and others. So how have they surpassed the laws of nature?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that religion is the cause of constant antagonism between men. "The most persistent form of antagonism betwe
en the Jew and the Christian is religious antagonism," he writes. "How does one solve an antagonism? By making it impossible. And how is a religious antagonism made impossible? By abolishing religion." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The question of antagonism is solved if we know God and God's desires. If we know the government and its laws, there is no antagonism. Antagonism is there when so-called religious systems
 do not know of God and His desires. God and His regulations are clearly described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and therefore we are advocating the reading of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so people will know God and His instructions. As I have said before, religion means understanding God according to a system. God is the supreme proprietor and the supreme friend of everyone. He is the enjoyer
 of everything. People claim that their religion is better than others, but first of all we must know what religion is. It is knowing the orders of the supreme proprietor, and living according to them. If we do not know what religion is, why criticize re
ligion and create antagonisms?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that both Christian and Jew should cast off their respective religions, "as nothing more than different stag
es of evolution of the human spirit, as different snakeskins shed by history." Then man will no longer be bothered by religious antagonisms but will be able to enjoy a scientific and human relationship.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When people stamp themselves Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Moslems without knowing God and His desires, there will naturally be antagonism. Therefore we should scientifically understand 
what is religion and who is God. Then this antagonism will cease. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believed that the state should eventually assume the role of Christ. He writes: "Religion is merely the indirect 
recognition of man through a mediator. The state is the mediator between man and the freedom of man. As Christ is the mediator on whom man unburdens all his own divinity and his whole religious burden, so also the state is the mediator on which man place
s all his unholiness and his whole human burden."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christ gave the knowledge by which we can be relieved of the material body, and that is the function of all religious scripture. Religious scriptures should give information about God's 
exact position. When people learn scientifically of God's existence and their relationship with God, everything will be adjusted. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to give people an exact idea of God, exact definitions, and exact instru
ctions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is a point that most Communists would choose to ignore: "To practice one's own particular religion is explicitly 
included among the rights of man," Marx writes. "The privilege of religion is a universal human right."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is always the state's duty to see that there is freedom of religion. It is also the state's duty to see that when a person is propagating a particular type of religion, he is acting a
ccording to it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Marx felt, however, that religion should be individual, not communal. "But liberty as a right of man is not based on t
he association of man with man, but rather on a separation of man from man. It is the right of the separation, the right of the limited individual, limited to himself."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no question of separation. When we accept God as the Supreme Father, we accept His sons as brothers who should be obedient to Him. If we all obey the Supreme Father, how will th
ere be differences of opinion? When we do not know the Supreme Father and do not obey Him, there is dissension. It is the son's duty to obey the father and enjoy his property. It is a question of the father being the center.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believed that if man persists in worshipping God, he should do so privately and not communally.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is a fact, and man must worship Him, then why not communally? Does he think that every individual should manufacture his own God and worship Him? God is the Supreme Father, the Fa
ther of every man, of every living entity. How can He be different? There may be ten sons in a family, but the father is one. It is not that the different sons say, "Oh, I will select my own father." It is not possible. The difficulty is that no one know
s the Supreme Father, and no one is prepared to obey His orders. That is the difficulty.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx was hoping that the isolation of religion would lead to its dissolution.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The dissolution of religion means animalism, and we have come to that point in human history. That is the defect in modern society. If people are serious about religion, they should sit 
down together and acknowledge God as the Supreme Father. Once people do this, they will not fight among themselves. In any case, religion will not dissolve because it is an inherent quality within every living entity. When I was in Russia, I saw that eve
n the young men there were also interested in God. Belief in God cannot be avoided.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as Marx's political philosophy is concerned, we should try to change the world, not interpret it. Dialec
tic materialism is based on the Hegelian dialectic of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, which he applied to economics and sociology. The thesis is the capitalist bourgeoisie; the antithesis is the proletariat; and the synthesis is a classless, or Commun
istic, society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how is it possible to have a classless society? We find that there are different classes of men by nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub C\'e4tur}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebya\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "According to the three modes of material nature and the work associated with them, the 
four divisions of human society were created by 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 4.13)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Also:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba-k\'f1atriya-vi\'e7\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dr\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 ca parantapa\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e4\'ebi pravibhakt\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svabh\'e4va-prabhavair gu\'ebai\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\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, 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  are distinguished 
by their qualities of work, O chastiser of the enemy, in accordance with the modes of nature.}{\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 (}
{\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 18.41}{\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  Since this is the case, how can we bring different natures to the same level?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that it was the mode of production that determined our beliefs and ideas. He wrote: "It is not the co
nsciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a question of training. The next question is, What is the center of that training? What is the motto? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The motto is: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The contributions of different living entities are different. A scientific man contributes one thing, a philosopher another, and a worker something else. Trees are also contributing, as 
well as birds and beasts. The cow contributes milk, and the dog contributes its service as a watchdog. Everyone is contributing, giving, and taking. This arrangement is already there by nature. But what is Marx's idea of a classless society?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that the means of production should be owned in common so that there would be no exploitation of worker
s. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the question of exploitation? I am a religious preacher, and my contribution is spiritual knowledge. Where is the exploitation? As far as a classless society is concerned, I have 
been to Moscow and have seen women sweeping the streets while the big bosses sit in their cars and watch. So where is this classless society? As long as you maintain a society, you have to make some distinction between upper and lower. However, if the ce
ntral point is one, it doesn't matter on what level we work. Our bodies have different parts, which are all working to contribute to the whole.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They claim to look on it the same way. The scientist or manager is in a top position, but the worker is conside
red to occupy as glorious a position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we have seen in Moscow that not everyone is satisfied. One boy came to us and lamented that he was not allowed to leave the country. The point is that you will never be able to make 
everyone happy. Nor will there ever be a classless society because the mentalities of people differ. How can you say that your mentality is the same as mine?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believed that it was possible to have a uniformity of ideas and purpose if the means of production are con
trolled. The problem is that the capitalists, who own the means of production, control people's ideas.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not possible for everyone to think uniformly, but it is possible to find a central interest. For instance, in our Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our central interest is 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People are working in different ways, but everyone is convinced that he is working to render service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Marx, the center is the state, which in time will wither away. Then a classless society will emerge. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if you make the state the center, there is no question of a classless society. In the state, there is always a leader, a president or prime minister. Khruschev was the head, and when
 people were dissatisfied, they drove him from office. This means that the head was not perfect and that people were dissatisfied with him. This is going on even in noncommunist countries. So what is the difference between Marx's theory and others? What 
is taking place inside Russia is also taking place outside. First of all, the person in the center must be perfect; then his dictations can be considered perfect. If you put a lot of imperfect men in office, what is the point in changing governments? The
 same corruption will go on.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Presumably, the perfect leader would be one who follows Marx's philosophy perfectly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But his philosophy is not perfect. He proposes a classless society, but that will never emerge. When you run a government, there must be administrators, and also people to sweep the stre
ets. So how will a classless society come about? When will the street sweeper be satisfied to see someone enjoying an administrative position? Now, in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society, I sit on a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and you offer me garlands. Why is this? You do this willingly because you see that there is a perfect man you can follo
w. Unless you are convinced that the leader is perfect, there is no question of bowing down and working hard like menial servants.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Communists, Lenin was a perfect man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But who is following Lenin? Lenin's perfection was in overthrowing the royal family. What other perfection has he given? People are not happy simply reading books. You cannot make people
 happy artificially, by force. Unless there is a perfect ideal man in the center, there cannot be a classless society. It is not possible. We have seen in Russia that people do not feel that there is perfection in the center.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, the goal is the production of goods for the material well being of all people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is useless. We have seen that production in America is beyond comparison in the world, and that is a capitalist society. Yet despite so much production, people are not satisfied. Th
e young men especially are confused. It is nonsensical to think that by increasing production you will satisfy people. Man is not created simply to eat. Man also has a brain and spiritual and intellectual necessities. In India, we have seen people sittin
g silently in a solitary place and practicing yoga. There is no question of production satisfying them. The proposition that everyone will be satisfied by increasing production is a proposition for animals. The basic principle is nonsensical and due to i
nsufficient knowledge. Perhaps Marx was thinking like that because he was coming from a country where people were starving. This means that he has no conception of what happiness actually is.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Happiness is in understanding the truths given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
We are happy when we know that God is the proprietor of everything and that He is the supreme enjoyer. We are not enjoyers; we are all workers. By nature there are enjoyers and workers. In your body, for instance, the stomach enjoys, and all the other pa
rts work to satisfy the stomach. When the stomach is satisfied, all other parts of the body are nourished. Everywhere we look, we see that there are those who are enjoying, and those who are working. There is no question of a Communist or capitalist soci
ety. You cannot avoid the fact that there must be directors, or enjoyers, and workers. We therefore have to find out how both the manager and the worker can feel equal happiness. There must be cooperation for a central purpose, and a classless society is
 possible only when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is at the center. Then the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7y
as}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d
ras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all work for His satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata\'f9 prav\'e5ttir bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yena sarvam ida\'e0 tatam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svakarma\'eb\'e4 tam abhyarcya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddhi\'e0 vi
ndati m\'e4nava\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 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 duty, attain perfection.}{\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 (}{\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  18.46}{\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  Each class works in his own way for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  contributes one thing, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , something else:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub amo damas tapa\'f9\'e7auca\'e0\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1\'e4ntir \'e4rjavam eva ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4nam \'e4stikya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-karma svabh\'e4va-jam
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aurya\'e0 tejo dh\'e5tir d\'e4k\'f1ya\'e0
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuddhe c\'e4py apal\'e4yanam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4nam \'e9\'e7vara-bh\'e4va\'e7 ca\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1\'e4tra\'e0 karma svabh\'e4va-jam
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1i-gorak\'f1ya-v\'e4\'ebijya\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vai\'e7ya-karma svabh\'e4va-jam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paricary\'e4tmaka\'e0 karma\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drasy\'e4pi svabh\'e4va-jam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, t
olerance, 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. 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\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\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.}{
\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 (}{\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 . 18.42-44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does this differ from the Communist state wherein the street sweepers, the managers, the farmers, and the m
ilitary all contribute for the central purpose, the state?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the state is not perfect, no one will be willing to contribute to it. Of course, you may force people to contribute to it; that is a different thing. But voluntary contribution will b
e there only when people are satisfied that the center is perfect. In any case, there will never be a classless society because there will always be an intellectual class, an administrative class, a mercantile class, and a working class. People will neve
r find perfection in the state; therefore the workers will always remain dissatisfied. If not, why are they always running their leaders out of office?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In examining history, Marx noted that the main production amongst the ancient Greeks and Romans was carried out
 by slaves, and in feudal times by serfs.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the Communists have also created slaves; they call them workers. When you have workers, you must also have people directing them. Therefore a dictator is needed. There must be direct
ors and workers in any society, but they should be so satisfied that they forget their differences. That is, there should be no envy. If you make the center anything other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you will have nothing but materialistic activity. Materialism
 necessarily means exploitation. The only solution is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We must make K\'e5\'f1\'eba the center, and work for Him. This is the formula: pour water on the root of the tree, and all the branches, twigs, and leaves will be satisfi
ed. By satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we satisfy everyone. Arjuna had many problems, but by satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all his problems were resolved. When we put K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the center, everything we do is absolute. We may either write books or wash t
he dishes; our activities will not collide because they are on the absolute platform. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, some living entities are cowherd boys, some are cows, some are trees, and so on, but they are all satisfied because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center, an
d they are happy by loving Him. When people become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and understand how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there will be a classless society. Otherwise, it is not possible. It is all bogus, humbug. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that in the capitalistic state, a few men control at the expense of many.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But there are only a few men in the Kremlin. What is the difference? Marx was interested in changing society, but we can see there is no difference. Society can be changed only when the 
center is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The people in this International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness have actually changed their lives. Unless the consciousness of people is changed, how can the social structure change? First of all, we must change the co
nsciousness; then society will change. If the consciousness of people does not change first, how will they accept a new theory? First, we must change the heart, and that is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam}{\cs3755\b0\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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4
\'f1\'f6aka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1). }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By chanting, we cleanse the mirror of the mind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the consciousness is the same, what do you gain by changing the form of government? You will have the same situation. When you s
ee stool on the ground, one side is dry, and the other side is moist. If you think, "Oh, this side is very nice because it is dry," you are very foolish. After all, any way you look at it, it is stool. There will always be people who are hungry, and peop
le who are wealthy. There will always be people with different ideas and capacities. People will never become the same. Temporary situations are created by materialistic men or by the laws of nature; they come and they go. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that we should be fixed on the absolute platform and not worry about these temporary things. }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gam\'e4p\'e4yino 'nity\'e4s t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva}{\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 (}{\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  2.14)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A sane man should not bother with these temporary "ism's." We do not support capitalism or Communism, this idea or that idea. Our 
only concern is how to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We know perfectly well that all these systems will come and go, that if they are existing now, in the future they will not continue to exist. We must fix ourselves up with that system which is eternal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Marx's society, private property would be abolished, and there would be common ownership of the means of pro
duction. That is, everything would be state owned. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we have seen in Moscow that the people do not like to go shopping because they are obliged to stand in line for hours. So that system does not appear to be working very well. If yo
u cannot get what you want, what is the use of the stores? Besides, what is the state but an extension of the individual self? The self is extended in the form of one's family, children, community, and nation. So-called nationalism and Communism are just
 extensions of the self. The labels are different; the quality remains the same. We may steal ourselves, or have others steal for us. What is the difference? We may say, "Nothing is mine." That much is a fact. But we also say, "Everything belongs to God.
" We can live very comfortably in this world with the consciousness that everything belongs to God. God has given us the opportunity to live here, and we should satisfy and glorify God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx saw the capitalists as parasites living at the cost of the workers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the Communists are also living at the cost of the workers. They are drawing big salaries while others are sweeping the streets. So what is the difference?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that the price of a product should equal the labor expended on it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we see that in India the price of ghee has risen, but people are still buying ghee. The price may be two hundred rupees a kilo, or two rupees a kilo. The man who is destined to pur
chase it will do so, regardless of price.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx would say that no profit should be made off the ghee.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is simply pointing out some anomalies, but these anomalies cannot be checked even by the Communists. They will appear in different ways because that is the nature of material existenc
e. Material existence means exploitation, and these anomalies can be checked only when there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You may say that one should not make a profit, but no one will accept this theory. The tendency to make a profit is there, and y
ou cannot stop it. The exploitative mind is there, whether one is a Communist or a capitalist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Bengali, this is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is a bug's busin
ess to suck the blood of others. In the winter, the bug dries up, but as soon as summer comes, he immediately starts sucking again. In the material world, the mentality is to exploit others and become fat like a bug. Whether you are a Commmunist in the w
inter, or a capitalist in the summer, your tendencies are the same. As soon as you have an opportunity, you will become fat by extracting the blood of others. Unless there is a change in heart, this cannot be stopped.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that only the workers are entitled to the surplus value of a product.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But as soon as a worker gets some money, he becomes a proprietor, takes advantage of his position, and becomes a capitalist. What is the point in changing your designation? A change in m
entality is needed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since capital is unnecessary for production, Marx urged the workers to unite and violently overthrow the capita
lists. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one is very poor, he favors his brothers who are also poor and working hard. But as soon as one gets a little money, he immediately becomes a capitalist. This is because everyone in
 this material world is thinking, "I shall become the Lord." In material life, everyone is searching for a profit, for some adoration, for a position. How can you equalize people forcibly? It is not possible. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Communists have played upon this profiteering tendency. If the worker produces more, he is glorified by the
 state and given a small bonus as incentive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he has a tendency to lord it over the creation, and he wants some profit, some bribe. Everyone wants some profit, and the state cannot destroy this tendency, neither by l
aw nor by force.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Communists are trying to centralize everything\'97money, communications, and transport\'97by putting everyt
hing in the hands of the state.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To what benefit? As soon as all the wealth is centralized, the members of the central government will appropriate it just as Stalin and Khruschev did. All these ideas are useless as long
 as the tendency for exploitation is not reformed. The Russians have organized their country according to Marx's theories, yet all their leaders have turned out to be cheaters. Where is their program for reforming this cheating propensity? In any case, t
he leaders will never be able to train the people to think that everything belongs to the state. This idea is simply Utopian nonsense.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another slogan of Marx is: "Human nature has no reality." He believes that man's nature changes through history
 according to material conditions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he know of human nature? It is certainly true that everything in this cosmic creation, or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagat
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is changing. Your body changes daily. Everything is changing, just like the waves in the ocean. It does not take a very advanced philosophy to understand this. Marx's the
ory is also changing. It cannot last. Man does, however, have a fundamental nature that never changes, and that is his spiritual nature. We are teaching people to act according to their changeless spiritual nature, and this means serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
If we try to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba now, we will continue to serve Him when we go to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the spiritual world. Therefore loving service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nitya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya
tanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namasyanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya
-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 wors
hip Me with devotion." }{\b0\i0\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 9.
14}{\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  The Communists try to replace K\'e5\'f1\'eba with the state, expecting people to think, "Noth
ing in my favor; everything in favor of the state." But people will never accept this. It is impossible. All the rascals can do is force the people to work, as Stalin did. As soon as someone opposed Stalin, Stalin immediately had his throat cut. The same
 disease is there today. So how will their program be successful? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believed that human nature is a product of environment. By putting a man in a factory and getting him to i
dentify with the state, he would be transformed into a selfless person. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The basic disease of man is envy, and as long as he is envious, he will remain selfish. When a man sees that he is working very hard but that the profits are not coming to him, his enthu
siasm 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 proprietor, the gold becomes sand." The Russian people are in this position. They are not as rich as the Europea
ns and Americans, and because of this, they are unhappy. If people cannot make a profit from their work, they will eventually lose all interest in their country. The average man will think, "Whether I work or not, I get the same result. I cannot adequate
ly feed and clothe my family." Thinking in this way, he will lose his incentive to work. A scientist will see that despite his high position, his wife and children are dressed just like common laborers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx felt that industrial and scientific work constitute the highest kind of activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But unless the scientists and industrialists receive sufficient profit, they will be reluctant to work for the state. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Russian goal is the production of material goods for the enhancement of human well-being.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 was Stalin's idea of human well-being, and anyone who disagreed with him was killed or imp
risoned. They say that a few must suffer for the sake of many, but we have personally seen that Russia has achieved neither general happiness nor prosperity. In Moscow, for instance, none of the big buildings have been recently built. They are old and ra
vaged, or poorly renovated. And there are also long lines in the stores. These are indications that the economic condition is unsound.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lenin reinforced all of Marx's ideas and added a few of his own. He saw history moving in leaps and progressing
 toward the Communistic era. He wanted Russia to leap into the dictatorship of the proletariat, which he called the final stage of historical development. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We can say with confidence\'97and they may note it carefully\'97that after the Bolshevik Revolution, there will be other revolutions, because as long as people live on the mental platfor
m, there will be revolutions. Our proposition is to give up all these mental concoctions and come to the spiritual platform where there are no longer revolutions. As Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said: "Now that I am seeing God, I am completely satisfied. Now al
l kinds of theories are finished." God consciousness is the final revolution. There will be repeated revolutions in this material world until people come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. People are trying to approach an objective, but they do not know th
at the final objective is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are trying to make adjustments with materialistic revolutions, not knowing that they are spiritual beings and that without God, there is no question of happiness. We are part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we have left His association and fallen from the spiritual world because of our desire to enjoy this material world. Unless we reawaken the understanding of our spiritual position and return to the spiritual world, we can never be h
appy, just as a fish can never be happy out of water. We may theorize for many lifetimes, but we will continue to see one revolution after another. History repeats itself. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub old
 orders change, yielding their places to the new.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believed that the Communist revolution would be the final revolution because it is the perfect answer to a
ll social contradictions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As long as the Communist idea remains materialistic, it cannot be the final revolution. It must be spiritualized. They believe that the state is the owner of everything, but the real own
er is God. When they come to this conclusion, the Communistic idea will be perfect. In our International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are practicing perfect spiritual Communism by doing everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We know that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer of the result of all work. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0}{\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 (}{\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 
5.29}{\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 . The Communist philosophy as it is now practiced is vague, but it can become perfect if
 the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is accepted: that is, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer, and the supreme friend of everyone. Now people mistrust the stat
e, but if people accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their friend, they will have perfect confidence in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as Arjuna had on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. The great victory of Arjuna and his associates on the battlefield showed that his confide
nce in K\'e5\'f1\'eba was justified.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
yatra p\'e4rtho dhanur-dhara\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra \'e7r\'e9r vijayo bh\'fctir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhruv\'e4 n\'e9
tir matir mama
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 a
lso certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion." }{\b0\i0\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  18.78}{\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  If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a
t the center of society, the people will be perfectly secure and prosperous. The Communist idea is welcomed, provided they are prepared to replace the so-called state with God. That is religion.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 XI  AMERICAN PRAGMATISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub XI  AMERICAN PRAGMATISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:William James (1842-1910)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub William James (1842-1910)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his most famous book, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Varietie
s of Religious Experience}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , James writes: "Were we to limit our view to it, we should have to define religion as an external art, the art of winning the favor of God....The 
relation goes direct from heart to heart, from soul to soul, between man and his maker."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are varieties of living beings living everywhere from the water up to the higher planetary systems. In fact, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  informs us that there are 8,400,000 species: plants, creepers, trees, insects, aquatics, birds, animals, and so forth. God is concerned with 
all of them, because they are all part and parcel of God. In one word, God is the Father and maintainer of all living entities. He has two subordinate energies\'97material and spiritual. In the material world, material nature is the mother, God is the Fa
ther, and the various living entities are all sons maintained by the Supreme Father. This is the basis of universal brotherhood. It is also confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoni\'f1u}{\cs3755
\b0\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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.4}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) that material nature is the mother and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the seed-giving father. If we understand these relationships, we will attain peace and advanced knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning the founding of religions, James writes: "The founders of every church owed their power originally to the f
act of their direct personal communion with the divine. Not only the superhuman founders, the Christ, the Buddha, Mohammed, but all the originators of Christian sects have been in this case;\'97so personal religion should seem the primordial thing, even 
to those who continue to esteem it incomplete."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the Supreme Father is a person. We have no experience of a father being anything but a person. Just as in the material world, all fathers are persons, the ultimate Father is also a 
person. The personal conception of God is there in every religion: Christian, Mohammedan, and Vedic. In the Vedic religion, it is stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub padam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Those who are spiritually advanced know that the Supreme Father is Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu
. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the same. Impersonal realization is imperfect and incomplete, whereas Bhag\'e4van, the personal God, is the ultimate end of realization. Our first business is to know God and our relationship with Him. Then we ca
n act accordingly to perfect our lives. This is the process of God realization. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James considered religion to be the source of philosophy. He writes: "Since the relation (of man to God) may be either
 moral, physical, or ritual, it is evident that out of religion in the sense in which we take it, theologies, philosophies, and ecclesiastical organizations may secondarily grow."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Philosophy means advancing knowledge, and we are perfecting our knowledge when we begin our understanding of God. Due to foolishness, we sometimes deride God's existence. Sometimes we co
ncoct some imaginary idea, and sometimes we have impersonal and pantheistic conceptions. Philosophy is the search for God, but due to our imperfection, we have different opinions and conceptions of Him. God is a person, and when we know God, talk with Hi
m, see Him, feel His presence, and play with Him, we have attained the highest platform of God realization. We then come to realize that God is great and that we are small and always subordinate. Carrying out God's orders is religion, and the more we rea
lize this, the more we perfect our religion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James noted that there are two fundamental philosophical temperaments. One is called tender-mindedness, and thi
s is typified by the rationalist, the idealist, the optimist, the religionist, and the dogmatist. Tough-mindedness is typified by the empiricist, the materialist, the pessimist, the atheist, the fatalist, and the skeptic. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This depends upon our education, whether we become tender or tough-minded. In either case, we propose that originally the soul is good. Tenderness and toughness are developed later on. Th
ey are not the standard. When you come to the platform of the soul, everything is good. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we understand that every living entity is part and parcel of God, 
and God is good. Arjuna accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma pavitra\'e0}{\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 (}{\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  
10.12)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pavitra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  means "pure." Because we are part of God, we are pure. Impurities are acquired due to contamination in this material world. We may be either tender or tough-minded: this is due to our impurity acquired in this material world. We don't cr
edit a person either way, being tender or tough. A man suffering from a headache thinks that it is better to be suffering from indigestion instead, and vice versa. Because the pure soul is affected by the three }{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is suffering. He must be relie
ved from all suffering. From the material point of view, one may be a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  contam
inated by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  contaminated by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but from the spiritual platform, both are contaminated by material nature. Because of this, both are suffering. It is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  that the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thinks, "Oh, I am so pure and learned. I am so thi
s, I am so that." This is called contamination by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is not thinking that he is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As long as we are affected by these material m
odes of nature, our position is the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James called himself a radical empiricist. He did not see the universe as a neat set of relationships because d
irect experience informs us that facts are mosaic and discontinuous in their design. Thus for him the universe is a composition of facts which do not form a perfect unity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he is seeing the universe with imperfect eyes, it appears imperfect. Actually, everything is complete. According to the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam idea\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balanc
e." }{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Invocation}{\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  God is perfect, and whatever is created by God is perfect. James thinks that it is imperfect because he cannot see it through the eyes of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For James, the ultimate unification of the universe is never fully attained. He writes: "The universe continual
ly grows in quantity by new experiences that graft themselves upon the older mass; but these very new experiences often help the mass to a more consolidated form."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This conception results from a poor fund of knowledge. The universe is complete, but man alone is not complete. Because the universe is created by a perfect being, it is also perfect. It
 is not that the universe is evolving. It has been perfect since its creation. Since our knowledge is imperfect, we think that it is evolving. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this because my observations of the universe are evolving toward a unity? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, this is James's criterion for truth: that which I perceive is true. Truth is what one can experience. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what you can perceive may also be wrong because you are not perfect. You may think an imperfect thing perfect, or a perfect thing imperfect. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated that because human 
beings are controlled by the mode of passion, they love to work very hard, and thus they think that hard work is happiness. At the same time, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  point out that hard work for sense gratification is also being carried on by hogs and dogs. Animals are also wo
rking hard for some remuneration, for food, or sense enjoyment. This is called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusi
on. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James felt that truth is more than just an agreement of idea with reality. It also has practical significance. 
What is practical is true.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the truth must be practical. From the verses of Prabodh\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, we can understand that one who receives but the slightest merciful glance of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu considers Brahm\'e4n and liberation to be hellish. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kaivalya\'e0 narak\'e4yate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Such 
a person also considers the heavenly planets to be mere phantasmagoria, and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -siddhis
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the yoga potencies, to be unimportant. Materialists suffer in this material condition, but a devotee is always satisfied. Although others are full of anxiety, a devotee s
ees everything as pleasing. All of this is possible by a fragment of the merciful glance of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This is practical. As soon as we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, all this takes place.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For James, truth means experience. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also our proposal. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti\'f9 pare\'e7\'e4nubhavo viraktir anyatra cai\'f1a }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.2.42}{
\cs2873\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 . One who is advanced in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is no longer interested in material enjoyment. Unless we come to detest material things, it is to be understood that we are not making progress.
 When a hungry man eats, he feels satisfied, and his body gains strength. Similarly, when we advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we feel spiritually strong and lose our taste for material enjoyment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James felt that truths can be created or developed in the same way as wealth or health.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Health may be created, but truth cannot. It is not that truth is developing; rather, you are gradually progressing towards truth. It is not that the sun is developing, but as the clouds 
disappear, your ability to see the sun develops. The sun is fixed in its position. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, for James, truth is a system of verification. That is, ideas become true or are made true through our exp
erience of them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, as you make progress, truth is revealed. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that as we surrender unto Hi
m, He reveals Himself proportionately }{\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  4.11}{\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 .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if an idea works, and is applied to concrete facts of experience, we can accept it as a true idea. As our e
xperiences develop, our life progresses. If an idea works in my experience, it becomes true for me.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is our process. In the beginning, it is through faith that we enter into the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. In the beginning, we have no practical experience of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. We may see that people who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious appear to have very bright faces, and our interest may increase on seeing this. Thus we first come with a little faith and interest, and as we associate with the devotees, o
ur interest increases.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So our experiences prove that the ideas are true. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, otherwise how can European and American boys be satisfied with so few material possessions? They are realizing in practice that a simple life is better than an artificial one. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what is practical for one person may not be for another. What is the criterion?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are relative truths, and there is the Absolute Truth. Some people are interested in one, and some in the other. We may accept some temporary means to attain a goal; however, the ul
timate goal is to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and for this end we may adopt some temporary, relative means.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to James, one who believes has a greater chance to discover the truth than one who doubts. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aj\'efa\'e7 c\'e4\'e7raddadh\'e4na\'e7 ca\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tm\'e4 vina\'e7yati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 loko 'sti na paro\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na s
ukha\'e0 sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt
 the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul, there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.}{\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 (}{\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 4.40)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Those who are doubters are finished. Is James a believer or a doubter? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He was a believer, a New England Protestant. He says that one who disbelieves faces the risk of losing any chan
ce of discovering the truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so. This means that we accept the fact that God is truth and that He is existing. He believes that we have a better chance to get at the truth by believing in God, and God is tru
th; therefore God is existing. If you believe that you can become warm by getting next to fire, you are asserting the existence of fire. Unless there is a fire, how can there be warmth? So the belief itself is the proof. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For James, the mind must survive the body, since the mind is not dependent on the body for its existence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is a fact. When the gross body is finished, the subtle body consisting of the mind, intelligence, and ego remains. These guide us to another gross body. They are like the aroma comin
g from a rose. We can see the rose, but we cannot see the aroma. Still, the aroma is being scattered by the air. Similarly, when the spirit soul gives up the gross body, it is carried by the mind, intelligence, and ego. According to our desire, that subt
le body enters another gross body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the mind and intelligence are not material, do they not die?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To die means to disappear. The mind disappears when you are liberated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then I carry my mind with me throughout all my lifetimes?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, as long as you are not liberated. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this the same mind I have now and have always had?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but the body, which is material and gross, changes. The subtle material body\'97mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97accompanies us until we are liberated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning nondevotional religions, James gives the following estimation of impersonalism and Buddhism: "There are sys
tems of thought which the world usually calls religious, and yet do not positively assume a God. Buddhism is in this case. Popularly, of course, the Buddha himself stands in place of a God; but in strictness the Buddhistic system is atheistic."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and that is also the description given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord Buddha appeared at a time when people were atheistic and accustomed to killing many animals in sacrificial offerings. Lord Buddha was very much aggrieved to see poor animals being killed unnecessarily; 
therefore he preached a religion of nonviolence. Because the people were atheists, Lord Buddha, in order to bring them under his control, agreed with them and said, "Yes, there is no God, but listen to me." This is a kind of transcendental cheating. In t
he beginning he said there is no God, but he is God Himself. In this way, people accepted his words and instructions. Animal killers cannot understand God and religion, although they may have some vague idea. Lord Buddha wanted to stop their sinful activ
ities and reestablish a system of religion dedicated to nonviolence. Therefore he rejected the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , which allow restricted animal sacrifice.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For James, religion means surrender and total involvement. He writes: "In the religious life....surrender and sacrific
e are positively espoused: even unnecessary givings-up are added in order that the happiness may increase. Religion thus makes easy and felicitous what in any case is necessary....It becomes an essential organ of our life, performing a function which no 
other portion of our life can so successfully fulfill."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, society without religion is animalistic. We have already defined religion as understanding, loving, and obeying God. These principles are personally taught by God Himself in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manman\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-y
\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratij\'e4ne priyo 
'si me
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Always think of Me and become My devotee. Wo
rship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.}{\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 (}{\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  18.65}{\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  We may think of God either as a personal God or a localized or all-pervading God, but in any case, God has form. It is ea
sier to think of the form of the Lord. Attempting to meditate on the impersonal aspect is very troublesome }{\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 12.5)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba has different incarnations and forms, He is th
e Supreme; therefore we meditate upon Him. In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba easily because His form, the Deity, is in the temple. We also have the perfect instructions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God gives perfect instructions in everything: religion, politics, sociology, philosophy, science, physics, and history. Those who are fortunate will see the actual form of God according to His instructions, 
and perfect their lives. This is what is wanted. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub James sees happiness as an integral part of religion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you know and follow God, you become happy.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
d-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as we are God realized, we transcend duality and all distress, an
d become immediately happy. There is no longer hankering and lamentation. We no longer distinguish between men and nations. We see everyone within the material world\'97whether man, animal, or a tree\'97as a living entity, a part and parcel of God. In th
is way, we have a clear understanding and a perfect life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Varieties of Religious Experie
nce}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , James further writes: "If a creed makes a man feel happy, he almost inevitably adopts it. Such a belief ought to be true; therefore it is true\'97such rightly or wrong
ly, is one of the immediate inferences of the religious logic used by ordinary men."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if you have a clear conception of God, and have decided to obey Him and love Him, you will be happy. This is the process utilized by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We h
ave no other business than obeying the orders of God. God has told us to preach this confidential philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  everywhere. Since we are trying to love God and obey His order
s, we are eager to spread this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Otherwise, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's business. Why should we bother about Him? We are attempting to spread this movement because we love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He is happy that His message i
s being spread throughout the world. That is our happiness also. Since we are serving God without a doubt, we also feel happiness. This is reciprocation with God. This is religion. Religion is not sentiment, but actual realization of God, the actual carr
ying out of His orders. Our progressive life is secure if we are happy when God is happy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James sees the lover of God as being a morally free person. He writes: "St. Augustine's maxim, 'If you but love God, y
ou may do as you incline\'97' is morally one of the profoundest of observations, yet it is pregnant, for such persons, with passports beyond the bounds of conventional morality."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is very nicely put. If God is satisfied with our action, our action is moral. Conventional morality, which says, "This is good, and this is bad," is a mental concoction. Morali
ty refers to the activities which satisfy God. If our action dissatisfies God, it is immoral. We therefore sing every day, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 8}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The orders of God are carried out by the representative of God, the spiritua
l master. When we have no direct connection with God, the spiritual master serves as a transparent intermediary between God and ourselves. In the perfectional stage, of course, we can talk with God directly, but in the beginning, the neophyte must receiv
e instructions from the spiritual master who is directly connected with God. If we satisfy the spiritual master, we have satisfied God, and this is our happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning evil, James writes: "Evil is a disease; and worry over disease is itself an additional form of disease, whi
ch only adds to the original complaint....The best repentence is to up and act for righteousness, and forget that you ever had relations with sin." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you are in a diseased condition, your suffering increases. When no one attempts to extinguish a fire, it increases. Debts unpaid will compound interests. Therefore diseases, fire, a
nd debts should not be left unattended. They should be completely extinguished. We must know that our suffering is due to our disobedience to the orders of God, to our being irreligious. We have a relationship with God, but because we are now covered by 
material contamination, we are ignorant of it. We are thinking of ourselves as independent, and that is our foolishness. The demoniac and atheistic incorrectly think themselves independent of the orders of God; therefore they are forced to accept what th
ey do not want: the punishments of birth, old age, disease, and death. Despite this punishment, the atheists still deny God's existence. God is there, and His orders are there. We should accept the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master, the repres
entative of God, and execute them. Then we become happy and overcome the results of evil.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like Mill and others, James felt that due to the existence of evil in the universe, God is not unlimited. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He did not know that evil does not exist independent of God. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , evil is the back side of God. Back side or front side, God is God. God is absolute. It is not that I can negle
ct or deny my back. I cannot say, "Beat me on my back side." The back is as important as the front. Those who are sinful cannot stand the front of God. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 tv anta-gata\'e0 p\'e4pa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub jan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 pu\'ebya-karma\'eb\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te dvandva-moha-nirmukt\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b
hajante m\'e4\'e0 d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Persons who have acted piously in previous l
ives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated, and who are freed from the duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.}{\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 (}{\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  7.28)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless we are completely uncontaminated, we cannot come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Once we surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba and accept His orders, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediat
ely relieves us from all sinful reactions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James defines the world as the "stuff of pure experience," and says that experience is sometimes manifest as mi
nd, and sometimes as matter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is made up of experience, but whose experience? It is not due to your experience that these flowers are here. You have not created these flowers. He speaks of pure experience, but he 
does not know that it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's experience.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tat-sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He does not possess bodily form like that of an ordinary living entity. There is no difference between His body and His sou
l. He is absolute. All His senses are transcendental. Any one of His senses can perform the action of any other sense. Therefore, no one is greater than Him or equal to Him. His potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed a
s a natural sequence." }{\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 \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.7-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\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  According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supreme is equip
ped with different kinds of energies, and those energies can be experienced. This universe and everything within the cosmic manifestation is designed by the Supreme. Everything is a result of His multi-energies. In order for a man to create a flower on c
anvas, he must be thoroughly experienced in his art, but we can see that the multi-energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are working so nicely that flowers appear automatically.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James divides religion into two basic types. One he calls the "sky-blue optimistic gospel," and the other "pessimistic
" in its recognition of the futility and miseries of materialistic life. He felt that the completest religions take a pessimistic view of material existence, and offer liberation from it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, only an animal is not pessimistic about life in this material world. A man is capable of knowing the threefold sufferings of material life. There are sufferings of the mind and body
, sufferings offered by other living entities, and sufferings forced upon us by natural catastrophes and the laws of nature. The world is full of suffering, but under the spell of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion, we think we are progressing. Ultimately, whatever we do, death is there to annihilate the results. Under these circumstances, there is no happiness wi
thin this material world. We may make all arrangements for happiness, but at any moment, death may capture us. So what happiness can we have here? Therefore an intelligent man is always pessimistic about material life. He knows that he will not be allowe
d to be happy here. As we further advance, we understand the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub parityajya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ekam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ara\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vraja}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Abandon all religions and just 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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We must surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and after surrendering and understanding
 Him fully, we can go to the world that is full of bliss, knowledge, and eternal life. Unless we take a pessimistic view of this material world, we will remain attached to it, and the repetition of birth and death will ensue. In this world, everyone is a
ttempting to live permanently, but nature does not allow this. People work very hard, and sometimes get good results, bad results, or frustration. So where is happiness? Happiness is understanding God, acting according to His advice, and returning home, 
back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James believes that there is a certain composite picture of universal saintliness, which is the same in all religions,
 and of which the features can be easily traced. He has noted that holymen possess: "One, a feeling of being in a wider life than that of this world's selfish little interest; and a conviction...of the existence of an Ideal Power." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that feeling is there because the greatness of God is experienced. God is great in six opulences: wealth, strength, fame, knowledge, beauty, and renunciation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Secondly, holymen possess "a sense of the friendly continuity of the Ideal Power with our own life, in a willing self-
surrender to its control."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there is a friendly continuity. There are five basic relationships. In the first, the relationship is between master and servant, then friend to friend, son to father, father to son
, and beloved to beloved. All of these are friendly relationships, and every living entity has a natural instinct to accept any one of them. Thus our friendly relationships with God can be chosen. Someone may like to relate to Him as a servant, a friend,
 a father, a son, or a conjugal lover. When we are free from material contamination, our particular relationship is revived, and we understand ourselves as eternal parts and parcels of God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thirdly, the holyman experiences "an immense elation and freedom, as the outlines of the confining selfhood melt down.
" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, material selfishness is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Those who are enchanted by the spell of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  do not know that their real self
-interest is in knowing their relationship with God. Our first duty is to have a complete idea of God and our relationship with Him. According to the Vedic process, whether we take up the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, the purpose is realization of God. A perfect human being knows that God is supplying his necessities and that he need not try to improve his economic condition. A }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or holyman, is not interested in improving his material condition, but his spiritual condition. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lastly, James speaks of the holyman experiencing "a shifting of the emotional center toward loving and harmonious affe
ctions, toward 'yes' and away from 'no' where the claims of the non-ego are concerned."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, God is always asking us to obey His orders, and as soon as we do so, as soon as we agree with Him, we become liberated. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes liberation as giving up everything except devotional life.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-par\'e4\'f9 sarve\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
na kuta\'e7cana bibhyati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svarg\'e4pavarga-narake\'f1v\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api tuly\'e4rtha-dar\'e7ina
\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, never fear any 
condition of life. For them, the heavenly planets, liberation, and the hellish planets are all the same, because such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord." }{\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  6.17.28}{\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  Life is meant for rendering devotional service to the Lord, and as soon as we understand this and commit ourselves to the rendering of such service, we are li
berated. That is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James believes that the existence of many religions in the world is not regrettable because different types of men nec
essitate different types of religion. "Some may really be the better for a religion of consolation and reassurance," he writes, "whilst others are better for one of terror and reproof...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have said that religion means accepting God as the Supreme Father, material nature as the mother, and all living entities as sons of God. The father is the maintainer, and all his sons
 have the right to live at his expense. Every living being should be satisfied with his condition, which is given by God. No one should encroach upon the rights of others, including the rights of animals to live peacefully. According to Bhaktivinoda }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura, a happy life means living in the family of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without violating the rule
s and regulations. In a family, the sons can live very happily by obeying their father. So there may be many types of religion, but awareness of this basic relationship with God and His creation should be there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since James was acquainted only with the impersonalist Ved\'e4nta school of Hinduism, he wrote of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instead of devotional service. "When a man comes out of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " he writes, "...he remains 'enlightened, a sage, a prophet, a saint, his whole character changed, his life changed, 
illumined."'
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means ecstas
y, and if we are in God consciousness, we are in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of the yog\'e9 in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
d-gaten\'e4ntar\'e4tman\'e4\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa me yuktatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 And of all yog\'e9s, 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.}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mind is always absorbed in God. If we continue in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James describes }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be a union in which the individual has lost contact with the external world. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And he therefore concludes that "Mystical states cannot be sustained for long. Except in rare instances, half an hour,
 or at most an hour or two, seems to be the limit beyond which they fade into the light of common day. Often, when faded, their quality can but imperfectly be reproduced in memory; but when they recur, it is recognized; and from one recurrence to another
 it is susceptible of continuous development in what is felt as inner richness and importance." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that richness is perfected when we think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba constantly. That is recommended in the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which I quoted previously. Consequently, in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we are devoted to thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours daily. When we do not fall down from the yoga principle, we experience }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James himself claims to have experienced such a state momentarily, under the influence of ether. And today, people cla
im to induce mystical states through psychedelic drugs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These are artificial means, and they cannot be sustained. It is better to engage in the bona fide devotional process\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam}{\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 (}{\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  7
.5.23}{\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\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always h
earing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, talking about Him, remembering Him, serving Him in the temple, distributing His literatures, and so on. There are many services we can render in order to be fully absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After analyzing many different religious experiences, James arrives at five basic conclusions. One: "That the visible 
world is part of a more spiritual universe from which it draws its chief significance." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the material universe is existing on the spiritual effulgence of the Lord, just as all the planets are resting upon the sunshine. Everything rests on the spiritual effulgence of the
 Lord, but when we forget the Lord, we call this the material world. Actually, the material world is in the spiritual world, but forgetfulness of God is material. When we revive our dormant God consciousness, the material world no longer exists. For a pe
rson truly advanced in God consciousness, there is nothing material. Everything is spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are anticipating James's second conclusion, which is: "Union or harmonious relation with that higher universe is o
ur true end."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is so. When we no longer forget our eternal relationship with God, nothing is material.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Third, prayer, or communion with God, "is a process wherein work is really done, and spiritual energy flows in and pro
duces effects, psychological or material, within the phenomenal world." And, fourth, religion produces "a new zest which adds itself like a gift to life." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, realizing God's creation with awe, veneration, and appreciation constitutes one type of relationship called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . From there, we can progress to the point of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which involves servin
g God, and finally to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which includes accepting God as our most beloved object. The devotee may choose whichever relationship he likes; the result is the same.
 However, by comparative study, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have decided that the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , our relationship with God as lover and beloved, is the highest relationship. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Finally, religion produces "an assurance of safety and a temper of peace, and, in relation to others, a preponderance 
of loving affections."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is very nice. A devotee is always at peace because he is always confident that since he is sincerely serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will save him from all danger. Prahl
\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was always peaceful, although his demoniac father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, attempted to kill him in so many ways. God always protects His devotee, and therefore the pure devotee is not disturbed by any material condition. He has firm f
aith in God, and this is called surrender. Full surrender means accepting everything favorable to God consciousness and rejecting everything unfavorable. When we enter the family of God, we have firm faith and security under the protection of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub James then concludes that "in opening ourselves to God's influence, our deepest destiny is fulfilled."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that fulfillment is what is wanted. God demands that we fully surrender unto Him, and when we do so, our lives are perfected.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:John Dewey (1859-1952)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub John Dewey (1859-1952)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey believed that religions are basically myths and that experience is of the utmost necessity. He considered philos
ophy superior to religion. "The form [in philosophy] ceases to be that of the story told in imaginative and emotional style," he writes, "and becomes that of rational discourse observing the canons of logic." For him, the Vedic accounts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
's pastimes would be purely mythical. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a historical fact; He is not imaginary. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is accepted by all Indian authorities, especially by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who control the spiritual life of India. They do not, however, accept Mr. Dewey's imaginative thinking.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When science began to investigate the phenomenal universe without admitting the proprietorship of God, a breakdown in 
morality and value ensued. Dewey tried to reassemble these shattered values in a philosophical way, but he, like science, attempted to do so without acknowledging the proprietorship of a Supreme Being. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is simply a form of lunacy because everything has a proprietor. Why should this great cosmic manifestation not have a proprietor? It is natural and logical to accept a proprietor. W
ho would think that an organized nation has no government? How can a logical man come to such conclusions?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that science dealt a death blow to the orthodox, historical religions as we know them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As I have repeatedly explained, religion means accepting the laws of God. The whole cosmic manifestation has a date of creation and is therefore historical. Anything material that has a 
beginning has a history, but long before this cosmic manifestation was created, religion existed. We are tiny people and know the small history of this world, which extends for some thousands of years, but the history of Brahm\'e4 is far different. That 
history covers billions and billions of earth years. At the same time, our history is different from an ant's history. So, historically speaking, everything is relative according to the living entity computing or experiencing the history. Most people hav
e no information of greater personalities, which we call the demigods, but Vedic literatures inform us that in the higher planetary systems, the standard of life is different and the duration longer. Unless one has thorough knowledge of the entire univer
se, religions may seem imaginary, but what is imaginary to one may be factual to another. For an ant, the history of man is imaginary. Unfortunately, scientists and philosophers on this planet are thinking in their own terms and taking everything they th
ink to be factual. On the other hand, whatever they cannot conceive, they consider mythological.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Writing in the early part of this century, Dewey felt that it was high time to set aside all superstitious religions. 
According to him, logic "demands that in imagination we wipe the slate clean and start afresh by asking what would be the idea of the unseen...." In other words, we must define God and religion anew.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is required. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  rejects all religions considered to be "cheating religions," because they do not contain perfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'f9 projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsar\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vedya\'e0 v\'e4stavam atra vastu \'e7ivada\'e0 t\'e4pa-trayonm\'fclanam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-bh\'e4gavate mah\'e4-muni-k\'e5te ki\'e0 v\'e4 parair \'e9\'e7vara\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadyo h\'e5dy avarudhyate 'tra k\'e5tibhi\'f9 \'e7u\'e7r
\'fc\'f1ubhis tat-k\'f1a\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\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. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth upro
ots the threefold miseries. This beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , compiled by the great sage }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva, is sufficient in itself for God realization. As soon as one attentively and submissiv
ely hears the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he becomes attached to the Supreme 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 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sum and substance of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  religion is the acceptance of God as supreme controller. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yato}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'nvay\'e4d}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itarata\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6}{\cs3755\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\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}{\cs2873\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 . That is the principle:
 Brahman is He from whom everything emanates. Unless we know the ultimate source of emanation, our knowledge is imperfect. Our experience tells us that everything has a source of emanation. Similarly, this entire creation has a history and a source from 
which it has emanated. Just because we are unable to reach that source, we should not think that it is imaginary. There is no question of starting a new religion because religion is always there. Someone must be the supreme controller, and that someone i
s called God. Dewey may ask, "Well, what is your experience?" We experience inert matter without consciousness, and we experience consciousness. We cannot go beyond this. Above these, there is one controller, a third element, which is the Absolute Truth,
 the controller of all visible animate and inanimate objects. Why is it difficult to understand this?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Common Faith}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Dewey writes: "What I have been criticizing is the identification of the ideal with a particular Being, especially when that identification makes necessary the conclusion that this Being is
 outside of nature, and what I have tried to show is that the ideal itself has its roots in natural conditions\tab "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God does not arise out of nature. God is the supreme controller in charge of nature. How can anyone think that this great phenomenon which we call nature has no controller? How can anyone
 think that everything is happening automatically?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey sees God emerging out of man's striving for perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is already there, and man's perfection depends on his ability to understand God. It is not that a perfect man can create God through his imagination. Anything created by man is contr
olled, but God is the supreme controller. If man dies under the control of the Supreme, how can he be said to create or control the Supreme? If he cannot control what is already imposed by God\'97birth, old age, disease, and death\'97how can he imagine o
r create God? First, one should become independent of the laws of God before thinking of creating God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It appears that Dewey wants to use the word "God" to serve his own ends: promoting his philosophic conception of "the 
working union of the ideal and actual." He writes: "Use of the words God or divine to convey the union of actual with ideal may protect man from a sense of isolation and from consequent despair or defiance." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course, one may define God, but one must be a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a very learned man, to define Him properly. For instance, one may say, "God is there," or, "God is great." We can go on from there to define His greatness. This greatness includes ultimate greatness in six opulences: power
, wealth, knowledge, fame, beauty, and renunciation. Only God possesses these opulences in complete fullness. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this planet, He proved that He was the strongest, the most influential, the most beautiful and pure, and the 
most supremely wise. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are still being studied all over the world. Great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Nimbarka, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu have all accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Suprem
e Lord. There is complete agreement among the authorities that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. There is no question of mythology. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lifting of Govardhana Hill is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'c7r\'e9mad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , and when speculators read it, they consider it to be mythological. But, really, is it difficult for God to lift a hill? If He is all powerful, what is the difficulty? When God comes and shows His godly powers, we should not consider it myth
ical.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unlike Marx and Comte, Dewey rejects humanity as an object of worship. He writes: "Nature produces whatever gives rein
forcement and direction but also what occasions discord and confusion. The divine is thus a term of human choice and aspiration." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no question of human choice. Can you say that death is your choice? Obviously there is force, and where is that force coming from? No one wants to die, but everyone dies. No one
 wants to grow old, but everyone grows old. We must understand the origin of this enforcement. The supreme authority, the supreme force, is God. You may call this God "nature," or whatever, but you must admit that there is something supreme controlling y
ou. How can we philosophize and imagine that man can become God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey writes that "a humanistic religion, if it excludes our relationship to nature, is pale and thin, as it is presum
ptuous, when it takes humanity as an object of worship."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For a God conscious person, everything is worshipable, even an ant. But the supremely worshipable is God: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Some people think that nature is the supreme, but those who are aware of God know that God is the controller of 
nature also. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcyate}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa-car\'e4caram}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "This material nature is wor
king under My direction, and it is producing all moving and unmoving 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 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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature is only matter, and matter cannot act independently. Matter is being handled and controlled by a living being, who is the superior nature. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9 kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca}{\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 (}{\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  7.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Earth, water, air, fire, and so forth constitute inferior nature. Above and beyond this is the superior nature. The living entities are finite controllers, but above them is another controller, the supreme controller who is God. It is very 
easy to understand. There are two natures: an active and an inactive nature. Above both of these natures is an active personality who is controlling both.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as his methodology is concerned, Dewey believed that practical consequences are the only valid test of t
ruth. He claimed that the proof of an idea consists in its being subject to predictable results.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If an idea is concocted, its results cannot be ascertained. If it is factual, the results can be predicted. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Dewey, the object of inquiry is belief itself. Because we want something to believe in, we ask questions. T
his is the nature of inquiry.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advises us to find out the ultimate cause of everything, to inquire into the Absolut
e Truth. But inquiries should be directed to a person who knows. Otherwise, what is the use in inquiring? The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advise us to approach a bona fide spiritual master, a guru, if we want to find the truth. Unfortunately, at the present moment, there are many pseudo gurus; therefore we have to add this word "bona fide." Otherwise, the wor
d guru means bona fide, because one who is not bona fide cannot be a guru. Now, when we speak of inquiry, we mean learning the truth. Therefore we should inquire from one who knows the truth, otherwise our inquiry has no validity. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena
 paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4}{\cs3755\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." }{\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  4.34}{\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  This is the Vedic injunction. The inquiry should be genuine, and the answer should come from a genuine person.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey believes that the final outcome of inquiry is the fulfillment of human needs. By practical action, we can change the external environment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless a human being inquires about the Absolute Truth, he is not considered sufficiently developed in his human form. For the consciousness to be developed, one must inquire about the s
elf, asking, "What am I?" If this question is not asked, he is still in ignorance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey felt that by inquiry, we can determine what is wrong with our environment, act to change it, and fulfill 
human needs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If a person is serious, inquiry will clear up everything. If he inquires about the aim of human life, he is intelligent. It is not possible for animals to ask these questions. Animals ar
e only eating, sleeping, defending, and mating.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But should the aim of our inquiry be to change our external environment?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you are seriously inquiring, and if you know things as they are, you will change your activities. We are preaching that it is our business to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If people take this 
movement seriously, their entire mode of living will be changed. This is happening now. Previously, our students were leading a certain undesirable type of life, and since they have come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, their entire lives have been chang
ed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then, setting aside trying to improve the environment, we should first try to change our consciousness? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is the consciousness that needs to be changed, either by hearing from authority, or by circumstances. There are two processes by which knowledge can be attained\'97by hearing, and by 
direct experience. An intelligent person can understand by hearing. He knows that if he acts in a such a way, he will fall into danger. So he learns by listening to authorities. A less intelligent man has to experience an awkward or dangerous position in
 order to change his consciousness. For him, hearing is not sufficient. Of the two processes, learning by hearing is better. It is therefore our process to approach the bona fide teacher and learn from him. That is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not that we have to learn by practical experience. The experience is already there. We onl
y have to hear of it and accept it; then it becomes easier. We should not say, "Let me fall into the ditch, then I shall cry." Better we take good advice and avoid the ditch altogether. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the realm of philosophy and religion, Dewey believes that certainty is impossible. He writes: "Any philosophy that 
in its quest for certainty ignores the reality of the uncertain in the ongoing processes of nature, denies the conditions out of which it arises." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is uncertainty when you do not accept the reality. The reality is God, and God explains how nature is working. If we do not accept His explanation, our position is very precarious, 
very uncertain. But if God comes and reveals Himself and His activities, and we consider them mythological, how can we be convinced? How can we ever be certain?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Dewey, there is but one sure road of access to truth: what he calls "the road of patient, cooperative inquiry oper
ating by means of observation, experiment, record, and controlled reflection." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The record is there in the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and those who have seen have confirmed it. Vy\'e4sadeva, N\'e4rada, and Arjuna all confirm that everything is there in the record, but if people do not believe, how can they be convinced? Conditioned living entities do not have the
 perfect senses to see, and if they remain unconvinced, they will always live in darkness. They may go on imagining in the dark, but they will never attain perfect knowledge in this way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey set down five steps for solving problems and attaining truths: we observe a problem and consider its natu
re; we intellectualize and analyze it; we hypothesize and consider solutions; we analyze our hypothesis according to past experience, and choose possible solutions; and we put the solutions into practice.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our process for solving problems is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me
 bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\cs3755\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." }{\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  9.31)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  When we take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our problems are solved. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\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 (}{\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  18.78}{\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 . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all mystic power. He is }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  business to strive to become a yog\'e9; rather, he takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the master of all mystic power. We consider this to be the solution to all our problems.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 tara
nti te
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  There are various methods for solving problems, but the best method
 is to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then all problems are solved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  On the social platform as well?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Everything is solved. For instance, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas had a political problem, and when they took shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their political and social problems were solved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Dewey, truth must satisfy human needs and improve social conditions. He sees truth as a practical tool. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are the ones who have created social problems. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is perfect, andwhatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created is perfect. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0}{\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 (}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Invocation}{\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 . Things appear
 to be imperfect because we disobey K\'e5\'f1\'eba's orders. If we remain faithful to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are no problems. People speak of truth, but unfortunately, they do not know the truth.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4 ye bahir-artha-m\'e4nina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub andh\'e4 yath\'e4ndhair upan\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te 'p\'e9\'e7a-tantry\'e4m uru-d\'e4mni baddh\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their
 leader or guru a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. As blind men guided by another blind man miss the right pat
h and fall into a ditch, materially attached men led by another materially attached man are bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life, suffering the threefold miseri
es." }{\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 7.5.31}{\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  The ultimate
 truth, the ultimate objective, is Vi\'f1\'ebu. Unfortunately, people are trying to solve the problems of this world without referring to Vi\'f1\'ebu. Of course, this is not possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does worship of Vi\'f1\'ebu solve social problems? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man who executes this }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  satisfies Vi\'f1\'ebu. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas
}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra
s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have various prescribed duties. If they follow them, all problems are solved. Unfortunately, in India this }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been killed. Now everyone is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dr\'e4}{\cs3755\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 
\'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to an unintelligent person. Since everyone is unintelligent, how can the
y solve problems? What can they do? They are trying to run a democratic government according to the votes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dr\'e4s}{\cs3755\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 \'e7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dr\'e4s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot solve anything. Once, America belonged to the red Indians, but they did not develop it. Why couldn't they improve their conditi
on? The land and everything else was there. But when the Europeans came, they developed the land. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot actualize anything. If we once again establish the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7r
ama-dharma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , all problems will be solved. That was the plan of my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Daiva
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  refers to that which is stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not establ
ished by birth, but by qualification. By qualification, one is a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . By follow
ing the course prescribed for our }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we can satisfy Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and in this way
 be happy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey writes: "The good man is the man who no matter how morally worthy he has been, is moving to become better
. Growth itself is the only moral end."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the beginning, a devotee may still do something wrong, but because he has taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is accepted as a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api cet sudur\'e4c\'e4ro\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajate m
\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhur eva sa mantavya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samyag vyavasito hi sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 Even if one commits the most abominable actions,
 if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated.}{\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 (}{\cs2873\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 9.30}{\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  There may be many discrepancies in one's life, but if one's heart is in the right place, if he is working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is considered a }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , even though he has not corrected his bad habits. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'f1ipra\'e0 bhavati dharm\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7vac-ch
\'e4nti\'e0 nigacchati}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace." }{\b0\i0\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  9.31)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he has taken to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all his bad habits will be rectified very soon.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, he is striving to improve his moral condition?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his morality will gradually develop.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge, and renunciation, become manifest in the body of
 one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva." }
{\b0\i0\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 5.18.12}{\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  All good qualities will automatically come. We should stick to the four regulative principles: avoiding ill
icit sex, intoxication, meat eating, and gambling. And we should chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . By abiding by the orders of the spiritual master, everything will auto
matically develop. All good moral qualities will follow. It is not that we have to develop these qualities separately or independently. All good qualities are already there in the spirit soul, but presently they are covered by material contamination. Whe
n we are purified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all these original qualities emerge. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucyate}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta sindhu}{\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 1.1.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). We should purify our senses by engaging them in the service of the master 
of the senses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey did not believe in absolute good or evil; each situation must be treated individually.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whatever is done in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is good, and whatever is done for something other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba's satisfaction is useless, although it may be ethically correct.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that the greatest good is the elimination of the greatest evil. It is the fulfillment of man's greatest
 needs. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The highest objective is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vi\'f1\'ebu. By becoming a Vai\'f1\'ebava, we attain the highest perfection of human life. The greatest need is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, pur
e, supreme consciousness. Every living entity is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's part and parcel. }{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\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." }{\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  15.7}{\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  Therefore we must always remember that, being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is our duty to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In perverted consciousness, we think, "I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am God." That is n
ot K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey believed that we should not choose good or evil simply on the basis of some theory. We should choose in o
rder to alleviate specific evils.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6-r\'fcpa}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, the universal form of the Lord, was manifest before Arjuna. Arjuna then saw that everything within the universe is part and parcel of that }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6-r\'fcpa}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , within which everything has a function, a duty. When we work according to that function, problems are automatically solved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Dewey, we can never attain absolute certainty or perfection. We can only attain higher levels of moral prog
ress. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he has no knowledge of absolute perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The world can be made better by man's efforts, but perfection in the world is not possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a different thing. This world is so made that if you perfect it today, tomorrow it will deteriorate. Therefore in one sense you cannot make it perfect. But you can improve it.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\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 In 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.}{\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 (}{\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 4.8}
{\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  Any bad condition can be improved by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness are the same. If you are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you are living with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if you are living with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then what is your fear? On the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, Arjuna was fearless because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was beside him. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4 ye padapallava-plava\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mahat-pada\'e0 pu\'ebya-ya\'e7o mur\'e4re\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhav\'e4mbudhir vatsa-pada\'e0 para\'e0 ada\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'e4\'e0 na te\'f1\'e4m
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famo
us as Mukunda, the giver of liberation, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf\'92s hoofprint. Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha is his goal, not the place where there is danger at every step." }{\b0\i0\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 10.14.58}{\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  In this material world, there is danger at every step, but as soon as we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we become eligible to be transferred to the spiri
tual world.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo v
etti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\b0\i0\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So people are removed from all danger, or evil, by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly. Therefore this is the best welfare activity for the entire world. By other means, people may be able to give some temporary benefit or temporary relief, but the situation will
 again deteriorate. You may give charity to a needy man, and this charity will serve him for a temporary period, but if you give him K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he is immediately transferred to the spiritual world. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is called the most munificent incarnation because He has delivered K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the world. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N
amo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -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 nama\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the goal of the utilitarians is to achieve what the people desire and require.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The people desire and require happiness, but they are searching for it in temporary things.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abha uv\'e4ca\line }{\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'f1\'f6\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4n arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapo divya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Lord Rsabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, on
e who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional ser
vice. By such activity, one's heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness, and which continues forever." }{\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.}{\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 5.5.1}{\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  Purify your existence, and you will attain eternal happiness and b
liss. Everyone is working hard for happiness, but how can happiness be attained in a diseased condition? First the disease must be cured because it is an impediment to happiness. The real disease is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ): birth, old age, dise
ase, and death. Cure these, and you will attain real happiness. Whatever you may desire, the ultimate end is happiness. Unfortunately, a diseased person is thinking, "I am happy." This is false happiness. Although you are dying, you are thinking that you
 are happy. This is called a fool's paradise. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey felt that the desirable course of action should meet certain conditions subject to prediction, and should
 be based on judgments or appraisals that might serve as guidelines to future activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is predictable: You say, "I don't want to die." I say, "Come to this position, and you will not die." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there some experience that would show this to be a predictable result?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. You might not have the experience, but your superiors do.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again." }{\b0\i0\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  8.16)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we go to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, we will never come back to this material world again. Who can excel K\'e5\'f1\'eba's experience? Since He knows past, present, and future, it is to our good to accept His instructions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey would recommend basing our judgments on personal experience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We may not have personal experience, but we can take the advice of a person who does. Such experience is as good as our own. You may not have gone to New York, but because others have pu
rchased tickets there and gone and returned, you can take advantage of their experience and learn something about that place. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey claims that value exists only where there is satisfaction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless you have faith in a person, how can you be satisfied? You should find a person in whom you can place your faith. Who can be a better person than K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If certain conditions are met, satisfaction is transformed into value. If my hunger is satisfied by eating cert
ain food, that food is given value.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba who gives that value. In the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna was refusing to fight, but becaus
e he valued K\'e5\'f1\'eba and was satisfied by his faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was victorious. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Dewey, moral laws may serve as guidelines for action. They are comparable to physical laws, in that if I ac
t in a certain way, I can expect a certain result. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We prescribe:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dau \'e7raddh\'e4 tata\'f9 s\'e4dhu-sa\'ecgo 
'tha bhajana-kriy\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tato 'nartha-niv\'e5tti\'f9 sy\'e4t tato ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 rucis tata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ath\'e4saktis tato bh\'e4vas tata\'f9 prem\'e4bhyuda\'efcati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhak\'e4n\'e4m aya\'e0 prem\'eba\'f9 pr\'e4durbh\'e4ve bhavet krama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the beginning, the neophyte devotee must have a preliminary desire for self-realization. This will bring him to the stag
e of trying to associate with persons who are spiritually elevated. In the next stage, he becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and, under his instruction, begins the process of devotional service. By execution of devotional service under th
e guidance of the spiritual master, he becomes free from all material attachment, attains steadiness in self-realization, and acquires a taste for hearing about the Absolute Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This taste leads him further forward to attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is matured in }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the preliminary stage of transcendental love of God. Real love for God is called }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the highest perfectional stage of life." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ras\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sindhu }{\cs3755\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 1.4.15-16]}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) If you follow one step after the other, you get the results. If you have faith, and associate with the devotees, yo
u will be eager to execute devotional service. Then all misgivings are eradicated, and your faith becomes firm. Unless you experience the next result, how can you make progress? Moral guidelines are also given by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uts\'e4h\'e4n ni\'e7cay\'e4d dhairy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tat-tat-karma-pravartan\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'ecga-ty\'e4g\'e4t sato v\'e5tte\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f2bhir bhakti\'f9 prasidhyati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service: being enthusiastic, endeavoring with confid
ence, being patient, acting according to regulative principles [such as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hearing, chanting, and remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba], abando
ning the association of nondevotees, and following in the footsteps of the previous }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ac\'e4ry\'e4s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional service." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\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  }{\cs2873\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 
)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We should be patient, enthusiastic, and firmly convinced. We should be fair in our dealings, and should associate with saintly persons. In this way, we can advance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the results follow these guidelines predictably and automatically?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, one after another. A teacher instructs his students, and when they realize one instruction, he gives another, then another. In this way, the students can make progress. Consider the
 guidelines. First of all, we must be enthusiastic. Unless we are enthusiastic, how can we enter into any activity? We should also be patient. We should not think, "Oh, I am working so hard, but am getting no results." The results will come in time. We s
hould also have firm conviction that because we have taken the path of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4janas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , th
e path prescribed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, success is imminent. Although success may be delayed, it doesn't really matter. We must know that success will definitely come. We must also perform our prescribed duties fairly and in good faith. And we should also a
ssociate with saintly people. This will give us impetus. If we follow these guidelines, the result is certain and predictable.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey believes that moral laws are not inflexible absolute rules that never permit exceptions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The real moral law is the law of the Supreme. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba described many different types of yoga: 
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4na}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -yoga, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, and so on. However, at the end, He said, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p
arityajya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Abandon all these dharmas and 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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's word is the ulti
mate morality. Vai\'f1\'ebavas do not consider this or that moral or immoral. Whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative orders is moral. That is our position. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dewey claims that we place value upon that which we must act on.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there is certainly value in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and because Arjuna followed the decision of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he became victorious, enjoyed his kingdom, and became a famous devotee. These
 were practical results of his activities. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja compared the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra to a great ocean in which Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Dro\'eba, Kar\'eba, and others were like great sharks. It was important for his grandfather, Arjuna, to 
cross that ocean, which was dangerously infested with many ferocious fish. Although this was very difficult, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba it was possible.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
yatra p\'e4rtho dhanur-dhara\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra \'e7r\'e9r vijayo bh\'fctir\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhruv\'e4 n\'e9
tir matir mama
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 a
lso certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion." }{\b0\i0\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  18.78}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 XII  EXISTENTIALISM
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub XII  EXISTENTIALISM
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, a Christian, is often called the father of existentialism. He believed that if the 
truths of religions are not innate within man, they must be transmitted by a teacher. Since man would be overawed by God, if God Himself came to teach as He is, God comes instead as a servant of God in human form, or, for a Christian, as Jesus Christ.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally, because men are on the animal platform, some system of education is required. When man's consciousness is advanced, he can be educated in the understanding of God through the t
eachings of the authorities. That is the Vedic system. In the human form, the living entity is sometimes very inquisitive, and wants to understand God. That is technically called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : interest in the Absolute. That is possible only in the human form. If we are anxious to know about God, we have to approach a guru, otherwise we cannot understand the nature of God or of our relationship with Him. Acceptin
g a guru is not a fashion but a necessity. A guru is one who is fully trained in the ocean of spiritual knowledge, or Vedic knowledge. Vedic words or sound vibrations are not ordinary, material vibrations. They are completely spiritual. The Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\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 is no longer interested in materialistic l
ife. Nor does such a person manufacture gold, or juggle words to attract foolish people and make money. A guru by definition is one who is no longer interested in material things. He has taken shelter of the Supreme Lord, and his material desires have co
mpletely ceased. We should approach such a bona fide guru, surrender unto him, serve him, and then question him about God and our relationship with God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\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 came to teach as He is? Didn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 as He is, come to teach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 to them as an ordinary human being. Because they could not surrender unto Him, He came later as a devotee, 
Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, to teach men how to approach God. That is the concept of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitan
ya Mah\'e4prabhu. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya understood His activities and wrote about a hundred verses in appreciation. Two of these verses read:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya-vidy\'e4-nija-bhakti-yoga-\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}
{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ik\'f1\'e4rtham eka\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-\'e7ar\'e9ra-dh\'e4r\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4mbudhir yas tam aha\'e0 prapadye
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4l\'e4n na\'f1\'f6a\'e0bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nija\'e0 ya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4du\'f1kartu\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4m\'e4\line }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub virbh\'fctas tasya p\'e4d\'e4ravinde\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e4\'f2ha\'e0 g\'e4\'f2ha\'e0 l\'e9yat\'e4\'e0 citta-bh\'e5\'ecga\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service, and detachment from w
hatever does not foster K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet. Let my consciousness, which is like a honeybee, take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, who has just now appeared as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
 to teach the ancient system of devotional service to Himself. This system had almost been lost due to the influence of time." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Madh. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.254-255}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) S\'e4
rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya thus understood that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is the very same K\'e5\'f1\'eba come to teach }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the process of renunciation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu taught the very same philosophy: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . However, instead of coming as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He came as a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also appreciated
 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as the most munificent incarnation because He not only gives K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . In order to give Himself to the devotee, K\'e5\'f1\'eba demands full surrender, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, without making any demands, gives pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because we are all His sons, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is
 affectionate towards us. Because we are rotting in this material world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes Himself, or as a devotee, and leaves His instructions. He is always anxious to enlighten a human being and show him how to return home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning God's personality, Kierkegaard writes: "God is certainly personal, but whether He wishes to be so in relati
on to the individual depends upon whether it pleases God. It is the grace of God that He wishes to be personal in relation to you; if you throw away His grace, He punishes you by behaving objectively (impersonally) towards you."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a very good point. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kle\'e7o 'dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub av
yakt\'e4sakta-cetas\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakt\'e4 hi gatir du\'f9kha\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehavadbhir av\'e4pyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." }{\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 12.5)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because the ordinary man does not wish to have a personal relationship with God, "in that sense one may say that the w
orld does not have a personal God, despite all the proofs....There are no longer the men living who could bear the pressure and weight of having a personal God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-y
\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4na\'e0 mat-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, o
ffer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.}{\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
(}{\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 9.34)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This
 is God's demand, and if we carry it out, we attain perfection. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is clearly stated that when a devotee gives up his material body, he does not accept another, but returns back to Godhead in his original spiritual bod
y. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard observed three basic stages in a typical life: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious. In th
e aesthetic stage, a person may be either a hedonist in search of pleasure or romantic love, or an intellectual interested in philosophical speculation. Kierkegaard says that both are uncommitted because they do not have specific goals.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can a philosopher have no ultimate goal? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On this platform, they are only mental speculators. They become bored, and their lives become empty. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the result of impersonalism and voidism. Impersonalists or voidists are not necessarily overcome by despair, but they are often disgusted with their present lives because they do
 not know the aim of life. When one has no goal, he becomes disappointed in life, and that is the cause of despair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard sees men as indulging in sense gratification and mental speculation in order to cover up their basi
c despair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the material world, when a man's business fails, or when he experiences some great shock, he takes to intoxication in order to forget.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard suggests that this despair may serve as the first stepping stone toward self-realization. Understan
ding that the aesthetic life ends in despair, a person abandons it for the next stage. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We agree with this. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , people begin to inquire about self-realization after the
y 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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , i
nquiry into the ultimate truth of life. Such an inquiry is natural, and necessary for further development.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In order to attain self-realization, we must face certain choices. For Kierkegaard, life is an "either/or" deci
sion. Realizing this, we advance to the ethical stage. The emphasis here is on action. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, we must understand how action or activity comes about. What is the origin of action? Modern science is interested in describing or witnessing life's activities, and scienti
sts claim that life develops automatically due to nature's interactions, but from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we understand that behind all these material activities, there is God. Material nature is a ma
chine working under God's directions. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explains that the Absolute Truth is that from which all things emanate, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  discusses the nature of that origin. First, we must understand that the origin is consciousness. Life does no
t arise from bones and stones. Once we understand that the creation does not take place automatically, we must admit that there is a creator. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At the ethical stage, man may perform pious works or humanitarian deeds, and Kierkegaard sees this as a step in
 the right direction toward authentic selfhood. By making the proper ethical decisions, we can approach self-awareness and the religious stage. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what is the ultimate decision? Why do people become moral? Simply to feed the poor and become humanitarians? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, it does not much matter what we choose, but the fact that we make the choice. Through choosing
, we discover our own integrity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But it is not clear how a person makes the right decisions. One man may choose to slaughter, and another may choose to help others. A man may give charity to others, and at the same time
 encourage killing animals. What are the ethics involved? On the one hand, Vivekananda was advocating feeding the poor, but on the other hand he was suggesting feeding them with Mother K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\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 \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 's pras\'e4dam, with bulls. So what kind of ethics are these? What is the value of ethics if they are based on imperfect knowledge?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard would say that by-turning inward, we would make the proper decision. This entails self-knowledge an
d self-commitment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what is that inwardness? One may simply think, "I will protect my brother by killing another." What are the ethics involved? We must have some standard by which to make the right deci
sion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His standard would be, "Choose thyself." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But without knowing yourself, how can you make a choice? And how can you know yourself unless you go to one who knows things as they are? Most people think that they are the body. What k
ind of self-knowledge is this? If one identifies with the body, he is no better than an ass. Then what is the value of his philosophy?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tridh\'e4tuke\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sva-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat-t\'e9rtha-buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A human being who identifies this body made of three elements with his self, who considers the by-products of the body to b
e his kinsmen, who considers the land of birth worshipable, and who goes to the places of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there, is to be considered like an ass or cow." }{\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. }{\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 )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard emphasizes the very act of deciding, not the decision.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But unless we know the aim of life, how can we make the right decision? It is childish to say that we become enlightened by choosing either this or that. A child chooses to play sometime
s with one toy and sometimes with another, but where is his enlightenment? Animals also make their decisions. The ass decides to eat a morsel of grass and work all day carrying loads. If the decision is not important, why not decide for unrestricted sens
e gratification?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard would say that unrestricted sense gratification ultimately leads to boredom and despair. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if we think that it is the aim of life, it is not boring. If we choose according to our whims, we can make any decision. A man on the Bowery may decide to purchase a bottle of whiske
y as soon as he gets some money.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard would say that there is no commitment to a higher ethic there. On the ethical level, we would have 
to take up a good cause and make decisions based on that. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But such good causes are relative. Who is to decide what's a good cause?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we begin to anticipate death, we will make the right decision, considering each act to be our last. In this 
way, the truth will emerge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a man should think, "I do not wish to die, but death is overcoming me. What is the cause of this? What should I do?" 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 overcome simply by making some whimsical decisions. We should decide, "I do not wish to suffer, but suffering is coming upon me. Now, I must make a permanent soluti
on to this problem." This is the real decision: putting a permanent end to suffering. We should understand that the body exists for a few years and then is doomed to perish, that the body is external, and that we should not make our decisions on the basi
s of the body, but the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, a man whose consciousness is unhappy is alienated from both past and future. He wishes to forg
et the past, and the future holds no hope. In proper consciousness, when the personality is integrated, the past and future are unified, and we can make the proper decision.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your decision should be based on the fact that you are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna that in the past he was existing, and that he would continue to exist
 in the future. Our decision should be based on the platform of the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard sees the self as unifying past and future and thus establishing its integrity as an integrated whol
e. Then the self is capable of making decisions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If he comes to the platform of the self, he must accept the fact that the self is eternal in order to integrate past, present, and future.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is the highest stage, the religious. On this platform, one commits himself to God and obeys God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That would be the stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard believed that in the religious stage, there is intense suffering, comparable to the suffering of Jo
b.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Kierkegaard was a Christian. Christ suffered for our sins, and the process of overcoming sin is a kind of suffering. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is a wrong theory. If Christ 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. Many so-called Christians think that because they have some contract with Christ, because Christ suffered for their sins, they can go on sinning. Is this a very good philosophy?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As an existentialist, Kierkegaard believed that existence is prior to essence, and that to attain self-realizat
ion, we must pass through these various stages.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is correct. We are transmigrating through different species and eventually arriving at the human form wherein we can understand the purpose of life. At the perfectional stage, we be
come K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious; therefore existence precedes essence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, the culmination of commitment is religious life, which is epitomized in the inwardness of suff
ering. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suffering arises because we identify with the body. When a person has an automobile accident, he may not actually suffer, but because he identifies himself with matter, with the body, he
 suffers. Because God is always in full knowledge and is always transcendental to the material world, God never suffers. It is a question of knowledge whether there is suffering or not.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But don't penance and austerity involve suffering? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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, wh
y should he suffer? He thinks, "Let me do my duty. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That is the advanced stage. Suffering is due to ignorance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But doesn't one forsake bodily comforts by serving God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 were high government ministers, but they abandoned their material opulence in order to bestow mercy upon the common people. Thus they accepted a mer
e loincloth and slept under a different tree every night. Of course, foolish people might say that they were suffering, but they were merged in the ocean of transcendental bliss writing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They engaged their minds in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and they wrote books from day to day. There was no question of their suffering, 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 are going about in loincloths, and eating very little." A materialist would think that they were suffering, but they we
re not suffering. They were enjoying.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some Christians emphasize the value of suffering, thinking that to abandon worldly life is to abandon pleasure 
and to suffer. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is due to a poor fund of knowledge. They have developed this philosophy after the demise of Jesus Christ. It is more or less concocted.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Apart from suffering, Kierkegaard emphasized the importance of love in the religious life. In his book }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Works of Love}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he considers God to be the hidden source of all love. "God you must love in unconditional 
obedience," he writes, "even if that which He demands of you may seem injurious to you\tab For God's wisdom is incomparable with respect to your own\tab "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is also the instruction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 oth
ers, and accept His plan. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parityajya}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." If we fully depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
He will guide us home. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In defining love, Kierkegaard points out that St. Paul considered love to be "the fulfillment of the law." "Love is a 
matter of conscience," Kierkegaard writes, "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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, love in the material world is impossible, because everyone is interested only in his own sense gratification. The love experienced between men and women is not actually love, but lus
t, because both parties are interested 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, and that is not possible in the material world. 
We see examples of pure love, however, in the Vedic depictions of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a village wherein men, 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. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4\'e7\'fcnya\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If one lov
es God with some motive, that is material love. Pure love is interested only in satisfying the desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When we speak of love in the material world, we are misusing the word. Lusty desires take the place of real love
. Real love applies only to God\'97individually, collectively, or any other way. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme object of love, and this love can be expressed through adoration, service, or friendship. Or we can love H
im as a child, or as a conjugal lover. There are five basic relationships expressing true love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, love of God is the decisive factor, and from it stems love of neighbor. "If you love God above all el
se," he writes, "then you also love your neighbor, and in your neighbor, everyman....To help another man to love God is to love the other man; to be helped by another man to love God is to be loved." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the basis of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We're learning how to love God, and teaching the same principle to the whole world. We're teaching that God is one, and th
at no one is equal to Him, nor greater than Him. God is never dead. If love of God is taught by a religion, that religion should be considered first class, be it Christian, Hindu, Moslem, or whatever. The test of a religion is this: "Have the followers l
earned how to love God?" God is the center of love, and since everything is God's expansion, a lover of God is a lover of everyone. He does not discriminate by thinking that only man should be loved and given service. No. He is interested in all living e
ntities, regardless of the forms in which they are existing. A lover of God loves everyone, and his love reaches everyone. When we water the root of a tree, we are nourishing all parts of the tree: the trunk, branches, twigs, and leaves. When we give the
 stomach food, we satisfy the entire body. God is everything. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub idam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva
\'e0}{\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 (}{\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  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Nothing can exist without God because everything is His expansion. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that God is present everywhere, although situated in His own abode, just as the
 light and heat of the sun are present everywhere, although the sun is situated in one place. God is all pervading. Nothing can exist without Him. At the same time, this does not mean that everything is God. Rather, everything is resting on His energy. D
espite His expansions, He maintains His personality. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard also considered faith to be an important part of religion. For him, the opposite of faith is sin, w
hich is the same as despair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no question of sin. It is not a question of faith, but of fact. At the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna did not want to fight, but he finally decided to abide by the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is piety: satisfying the higher authority, God. In the material world, we imagine this or that to be sinful 
or pious, but these are mental concoctions. They have no value. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard would define piety as faith in the orders of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means he must receive God's orders. But if a person has no conception of God, if he conceives of God impersonally, there is no question of God's orders. If God is impersonal, He has
 no mouth with which to speak, no eyes with which to see. Therefore there is no question of His giving orders.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Journals}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kierkegaard writes: "There is a God; His will is made known to me in holy scripture and in my conscience. This God wishes to intervene in the world. But how is He to do so except with the h
elp of man?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4dhu-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra-guru}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We can approach God by understanding a saintly person, studying the Vedic scriptures, and foll
owing the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and guru should corrobora
te. A }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is one who talks in terms of the scriptures, and the guru is one who teaches
 according to the scriptures. A guru cannot manufacture words that are not in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When we receive instructions from all three, we can progress perfectly in our understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard writes: "The only adequate way to express a sense of God's majesty is to worship Him....It is so easy to s
ee that one to whom everything is equally important and equally insignificant can only be interested in one thing: obedience."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and God demands that full obedience: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parityajya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\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 \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ara\'eba\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vraja}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Our original obedience should be to the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead, and we should obey the spiritual master because he is God's representative. If a person does not directly receive the orders of God, he cannot be a bona fide guru. A guru cannot manufacture anything; he simply presents what God speaks in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When Go
d comes as an incarnation, He also gives references to the scriptures, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba referred to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, and His word is final, He still gives honor to the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because in that work spiritual knowledge is s
et forth logically and philosophically. It is not that we accept just anyone's proclamations about God. Statements must be corroborated by the standard scriptures.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard says that we should "renounce everything as an act of worship offered to God, and not so because He needs 
to use us as an instrument; but to renounce everything as the most insignificant superfluity and article of luxury\'97that means to worship." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, worship begins with the renunciation of ulterior motives. Our only business is to love God, and a first-class religious system teaches its followers to love God without ulterior mot
ive. Such worship cannot be checked by material considerations. We can love God in any condition, and God will help.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard lamented the disintegration of Christianity as an effective form of worship. He considered modern C
hristendom to be a kind of sickness, a corruption of Christ's original message. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christianity is Christianity, and you cannot call it modern or ancient, nor can you say that God is modern or ancient. We say that either a person is a Christian or not. Either he follow
s the orders of Christ, or he doesn't. If you do not follow the tenets of your religion, how can you claim to belong to that religion? This applies to all religions. For instance, there are many so-called Hindus who do not believe in anything, yet they c
onsider themselves Hindus and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is insulting.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard saw Christian despair as a "sickness unto death." The wish to die is the result of despair. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People try to avoid the results of their sinful activities by killing themselves, but this is not possible. Suicide is just another sin. Therefore those who commit suicide become ghosts.
 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard believed that a man should live as if he were to die at any moment. He should act as if each act we
re to be his last.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This requires practice, and therefore we are recommending the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba without cessation. Of course, death may come at any moment, and if we are chanting Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, that death is a happy death.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Catholicism, at the time of death, a priest can absolve you of your sins.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Provided you have the consciousness to understand the words of the priest.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even though one has committed many sins throughout his life, he can be absolved of his sins on his deathbed. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is quite possible because a priest can remind you of God at the time of death. Your thoughts at the time of death are very important. There are so many examples: Aj\'e4mila, and Bha
rata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Therefore King Kula\'e7ekhara prays, "Let me die immediately while I am thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Of course, unless we are practiced, it is not possible to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the time of death, because at that time there a
re many bodily disturbances. Therefore from the beginning, austerities are required.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard writes: "The true relation in prayer is not when God hears what is prayed for, but when the person praying
 continues to pray until he is the one who hears what God wills." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is very nice. Through prayer, one becomes qualified to understand God, talk with God, and receive His directions.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." }{\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  10.10)}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our ultimate goal is to give up this material world and return to God. Prayer is just one form of service. There are nine basic processes we can follow in the rendering of devotional 
service:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo
\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hearing and chanting about the holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia, and pastimes of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, remembering the
m, 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 everything unto Him\'97these nin
e processes are accepted as pure devotional service." }{\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  7.5.23}{\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  Prayer is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vandanam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we accept all nine processes, or just one of them, we can progress in spiritual life. Christians
 and Mohammedans offer prayers, and Hindus render service in the temple. The Deities are decorated, the temples are cleansed, and food is offered. This is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcanam}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and through this process we can engage in devotional service. God is within, and when He sees that we are sincere in His service, He takes charge and gives directions by wh
ich we can swiftly approach Him. God is complete in Himself; He is not hankering after our service, but if we offer Him service, we can become purified. When we are purified, we can talk with God and see Him. We can receive His instructions personally, j
ust as Arjuna did.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, faith is revealed in the selfs relation to its own self, through its willingness to be its aut
hentic self and to stand transparently before God in full integrity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, self-realization means becoming one with the Supreme Self, but such merging is not possible. Standing transparent before God means engaging in God's servic
e. To engage in God's service, you must understand that you are part and parcel of the Supreme. A part of the body engages in the service of the entire body. As soon as you engage in God's service, you are self-realized. That is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm
\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , and yog\'e9s are trying to realize the self, but because they are not engaged in rendering service to the Supreme Self, they are not liberated. We are therefore pushing this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for the ultimate self-realization
 of everyone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard sees self-realization arising out of the expression of the will. The more self-realized a person is
, the more will he has. When we are fully ourselves, we are fully willed, and able to make the proper decisions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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. You cannot make the decisions. A finger does not make decisions for the entire body. The only deci
sion you can make is the decision to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The orders come from the superior. Arjuna was ordered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to fight, and at the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, he decided to abide by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will. This is the only decision we can make: to abide by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will or not. K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative makes all the other decisions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what is the meaning of full will? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Full will means to surrender fully, to follow absolutely the orders of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard saw that even despair can bear fruit in that it can lead us to desire a genuine life of self-realiz
ation. It can be a springboard for a higher consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one despairs, that is a great happiness. Then everything is finished. All responsibility is gone, and the person is relieved. Out of despair, Arjuna was thinking of becoming a mendi
cant. When we despair of all happiness in material life, we may then turn to spiritual life. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba smashes all of our material resources so that out of despair we may fully engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes w
recks a person materially when a person wants to become God conscious but at the same time wants material enjoyment due to strong attachment. Sometimes, when God smashes a person's material hopes, the person thinks that God is unkind to him, and the pers
on despairs. He doesn't realize that this is God's mercy, that God is removing impediments so that the person can fully and absolutely surrender.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once Indra, the king of heaven, was forced to be a hog, and he had to enter the material world as a lowly animal. As a hog, he had a hog-wife, hog-children, and so 
on. Finally, Lord Brahm\'e4 came down and told him, "My dear Indra, you have forgotten your position. You were once a heavenly king and possessed great opulence. Now that you are a hog, you have forgotten your previous exalted existence. Please leave thi
s filthy life and come with me." Yet, despite all 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-existen
ce, Brahm\'e4 began to kill all his hog-children, and eventually his hog-wife. When Indra saw that his wife was killed, he despaired: "Oh! You have killed all my family!" It was only then that Indra agreed to go 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and fully surrender unto Him. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard was considering the despair of thinking, "Oh, I am a sinner," and believing that we will never be r
elieved of sin. He claims that this leads us even further into a sinful life. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no question of despair because of sin. A person sins out of ignorance. If you ask a butcher, "Why are you committing sins?" he will say, "This is my business. What is sinful abo
ut it?" When N\'e4rada informed the hunter that killing animals was sinful, the hunter did not despair, but was elevated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by N\'e4rada's instructions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard believes that faith conquers sin and despair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Faith means faith in God. To strengthen our faith in God, we have to give up all hope of happiness in this material life. We have to despair of material happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, existence is continuous and therefore forever incomplete.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The system is complete when we surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. God has a complete system by which we can progress to God consciousness. When we become fully conscious, we have attained co
mpletion. As long as we have not reached that point, we are progressing. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "God is the wellspring of all individuality," Kierkegaard writes. "To have individuality is to believe in the individu
ality of everyone else; for the individuality is not mine; it is the gift of God through which He permits me to be, and through which He permits everyone to be."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This fact is also explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs3755\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. Qualitatively, we are one; but quantitatively, we are different. God is maintaining everyone, and all the living entities are being maintained. We are all individu
al, eternal parts of God, and our natural position, being parts of Him, is to love Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard sees the individual in a continuous state of becoming.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 consciousness. Therefore in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki
\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga\'eb
\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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\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  7.7)}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate truth, the supreme goal, and completion means coming to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But isn't there still a process of becoming, even when we are fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and in association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The becoming process ends. There are, however, varieties, which are spiritual. Everything is complete, but varieties are enjoyed. Sometimes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a cowherd boy, sometimes
 He is Ya\'e7od\'e4's child, sometimes He is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's consort, sometimes He is in Mathur\'e4, sometimes He is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There are many spiritual varieties, but everything is complete in itself. There is no question of becoming
. We reach the point where we are simply enjoying variety. That is all. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the difference between spiritual variety and material variety?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material variety is artificial. It is like a man satisfied with a plastic flower. Enjoyment of a plastic flower cannot be the same as the enjoyment of a real flower. A plastic flower has
 no aroma. It is artificial, bluff.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whereas Hegel emphasized speculative thought, Kierkegaard emphasized action. He saw freedom in proper action. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 one is inactive when he attains the perfectional stage. That is the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 theory. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d
\'e9s contend that a jug will make a big sound if it is not full of water. They equate fullness with silence. But from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we understand that the soul is never inactive. Sometime
s, however, we see that inactivity is recommended. This means that we should not speak or act foolishly. If we cannot talk intelligently, we had better stop talking. But that inactivity cannot be equated with perfection.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard found truth in the relative and subjective, in personal, individual reflection, in what he calls "i
nward passion."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Truth is truth, and that is absolute. You may manufacture relative truths, but the Absolute Truth is one. If we have no knowledge of the Absolute Truth, we emphasize relative truths. The
re may be inward passion, or whatever, but if we do not know the ultimate goal, we may be misled. It is all right to say that passion is 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 wasting your energy. Of course, one may say, "I do not know where to go, but that doesn't matter. Just let me start my car and go." But is this a very good proposal? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, it is not what is done, but how it is done.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a dog's obstinacy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is a kind of subjectivity that is always uncertain. Uncertainty creates anxiety.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who does not know life's aim will always be in anxiety.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Kierkegaard, this anxiety and uncertainty are dispelled by what he calls "the leap of faith."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but the leap must be made when there is a goal. Unless you know the goal, the fixed point, your passion and energy may be misused, misdirected.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As a Christian, Kierkegaard felt that our energy should be used to reach God through Christ.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a good position. That is our process. But it is not necessary to pass through the lower stages. Why not take to God immediately, if you can reach God through Jesus Christ? Our pr
ocess is that you must surrender yourself to the guru in order to understand the highest truth.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paripr
a\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-dar
\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  4.34}{\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jij
\'ef\'e4su\'f9\'e7reya uttamam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bde pare ca ni\'f1\'eb\'e4ta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'eby upa\'e7am\'e4\'e7rayam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Any person who is seriously desirous of achieving real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelte
r of him by initiation. The qualification of a spiritual master is that 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
 complete shelter of the Supreme Godhead, leaving aside all material consideration, are to be understood as bona fide spiritual masters." }{\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 11.3.21}{\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  This is the process. It is not that we continue in our own way, hoping to take the right path through experience. In the middle of the vast ocean, you do not know where to direct your ship. You may go 
one way, and then you may go another. If you do not know the direction, your endeavors will be frustrated. A captain, a compass, and a sextant are needed. The captain is the guru who gives directions. If you have a ship without a captain, you will go one
 way and then another, and waste your energy. If Kierkegaard accepts Christ, he is accepting some guidance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard says: "God does not think, He creates; God does not exist, He is eternal. Man thinks and exists, an
d existence separates thought and being."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean that God is eternal and does not exist?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For him, the word "existence" refers to that which is coming into being. God does not "exist" in the sense that
 He is always the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means He is perfect. God does not progress from one state to another. If that is Kierkegaard's philosophy, he should agree to follow the orders of God. Why experiment? God is omnipo
tent and all powerful. We agree that He does not have to make plans. He creates automatically. His energies are so perfect and subtle, that as soon as He thinks, a thing is realized. It is created perfectly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kierkegaard sees man's existence as a state of constantly becoming. Man's thought is separate from his being. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then why not unite thought and being by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Descartes and Leibnitz believed that before the creation, the concept of man existed in essence in the mind of God, ju
st as a machine exists in the mind of its manufacturer before it is constructed. Sartre takes exception to this. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Humanism of Existentialism}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "Atheistic existentialism, which I represent, is more coherent. It states that if God does not exist, there is at least one being in whom existence precedes essence, a being who exists b
efore he can be defined by any concept, and that this being is man, or, as Heidegger says, human reality."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where does human reality come from? There are also other realities. Why is he stressing human reality? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for man's origin, Sartre would say that man is "thrown into the world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thrown by whom? The word "throw" implies a thrower.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre isn't really interested in a thrower. "Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing God d
oesn't exist," he writes. "Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing. There you've got our point of view. Not that we believe that God exists, but that we think that the problem of His existence is not the issue."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if you and others exist, why doesn't God exist? Why deny God and His existence? Let them all exist. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since Sartre sees man as having been thrown into the world and abandoned, for him, God is dead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Abandoned by God does not mean that God is dead. You have to admit that 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. He is not dead. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre believes that because we have been abandoned, we must rely on ourselves alone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But God has not abandoned us. God is not partial. He does not accept one person and abandon another. If you feel abandoned, it is because you have done something that has brought this co
ndition about. If you rectify your position, you will be accepted again. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Sartre would deny God's existence, particularly that of a personal God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But his denial should be based on some logic or reason. Why mention the word "God," if God does not exist? God is there, but Sartre denies God's existence. This is inconsistent. If God d
oes not exist, why even mention the word? His proposal is that he does not want God to exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He wants to set the whole question aside in order to place emphasis on man, on human reality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you believe in your existence, why not believe in the existence of another? There are 8,400,000 different species existing in multifarious forms. Why shouldn't God exist? According to
 the Vedic understanding, God is also a living being, but He is different in that He is the chief, supreme living being. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat}{
\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 (}{\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  7.7)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There is no living being superior to God. We all experience the fact that there are beings more in
telligent than we. God is the ultimate intelligence. Why can't a person who exceeds all others in intelligence exist? There is no question of "if God exists." God must exist. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is described as the superlative personality, as the super powe
rful, the super intelligent. We can see in this world that everyone is not on an equal level, that there are varying degrees of perfection. This indicates that there is a superlative, and if we go on searching\'97either for wealth, intelligence, power, b
eauty, or whatever\'97we will find that God possesses all qualities to the superlative degree, and that every other living entity possesses qualities in degrees relative to Him. How, then, can we rationally deny His existence? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that "man is nothing else but what he makes of himself."
 This can be true only if there is no God to conceive of human nature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If man is what he makes of himself, why doesn't man exist as a superman? If his capacities are completely independent of anyone else, why is he in his present situation?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is also Sartre's question. He therefore emphasizes man's responsibility. "But if existence really does precede es
sence," he writes, "man is responsible for what he is. Thus existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If man is responsible, who gave him this responsibility? What does he mean by responsibility? You feel responsible to someone when someone gives you duties to discharge. If there is no d
uty, or overseer, where is your responsibility?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre sees man as being overwhelmed by his very responsibility. He is in anguish and anxiety because he has th
e freedom to change himself and the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that man is in an awkward position. He wants peace, but he does not know how to attain it. But this does not mean that peace is not possible. Peace is not possible for a man i
n ignorance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anxiety arises from responsibility. Man thinks that he has to choose properly in order to enjoy something. If h
e chooses wrongly, he must suffer.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, responsibility is there, but why not take it to transfer yourself to a safe place where there is no anxiety? It may be that you do not know of a safe place, but if there is such a p
lace, 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 word Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha means "no anxiety."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre believes that the task of existentialism is "to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full respons
ibility of his existence rest on him....And when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 intentions. How can I be responsible for you if you don't obey? How can you be r
esponsible for me? Sartre claims that you are responsible for others, but if others do not follow your instructions, how can you be considered responsible? This is all contradictory. Unless there is some standard, there must be contradiction. According t
o the Vedic version, God is the Supreme Person, and we should all be His obedient servants. God gives us some duty, and we are responsible to carry that duty out. Our real responsibility is to God. If we reject God, society becomes chaotic. Religion mean
s avoiding chaos and meeting our responsibility to God by fulfilling our duty. Responsibility rests on us, and it is given by God. If we make spiritual progress by fulfilling our duty, we can finally live with God personally.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre claims that the existentialist does not actually want to deny God's existence. Rather, "the existentialist thin
ks it very distressing that God does not exist because all possibility of finding values in a heaven of ideas disappears along with Him....If God didn't exist, everything would be possible. That is the very starting point of existentialism. Indeed, every
thing is permissible if God does not exist...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he does not know the meaning of God. As we have many times said, God is the Supreme Being, the Supreme Father who impregnates material nature with countless living entiti
es. As soon as we accept material nature as the mother, we must accept some father. Therefore there is a conception of God the Father in all human societies. It is the father's duty to maintain his children, and therefore God is maintaining all the livin
g entities within the universe. There is no question of rationally denying this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Sartre at least makes the attempt. He writes: "Since we have discarded God the Father, there has to be someone t
o invent values. You've got to take things as they are. 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 nothing 
else but the meaning that you choose." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore everyone invents his own meaning? If this is the case, how will people ever live peacefully in society? Since everyone has his own idea of life, there can be no harmony. What k
ind of government would exist?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Recently, Sartre has turned to Marxism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 a people to avoid government or leadership.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Regardless of the form of government, Sartre believes that man is basically free.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as you speak of freedom, you refer to some living being. Matter itself has no freedom. It is the active principle that is free.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre maintains that man is condemned to be free, that this is a fate from which man cannot escape. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If man is condemned, who has condemned him?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man is condemned by accident, thrown into the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it simply by accident that one person is condemned and another blessed? Is it an accident that one man is in jail and another is not? What kind of philosophy is this? Such so-called p
hilosophy simply misleads people. Nothing is accidental. We agree that the living entity is condemned to this material world, but when we speak of condemnation, we also speak of blessedness. So what is that blessedness? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre argues that man is condemned in the sense that he cannot escape this freedom. Since man is free, he is r
esponsible for his activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you are responsible, then your freedom is not accidental. How is it you are accidentally responsible? If there is responsibility, there must be someone you are responsible to. There m
ust be someone who is condemning you or blessing you. These things cannot happen accidentally. His philosophy is contradictory. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man's nature is an indefinite state of freedom. Man has no definite nature. He is continually creating it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that he is eternal. But the living entity does not change accidentally. His changes take place under certain regulations, and he attains specific bodies according to his karma
, not by accident.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we have no fixed nature in the sense that today I may be happy and tomorrow unhappy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is true to some extent. When you are placed into the sea, you have no control. You move according to the waves. This means that there is a power that is controlling you. However, if
 you put yourself in better circumstances, you will be able to control. Because you have placed yourself under the control of material nature, you act according to the modes of material nature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rt\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The bewildered spirit soul, under the influe
nce of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which in actuality are carried out by nature.}{\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 (}{\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  3.27)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because you are conditioned, your freedom is checked. When you are thrown into the ocean of material existence, you essentially lose your freedom. Therefore it is your duty to get yourself liberated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because we are one thing today and something else tomorrow, Sartre says that our essential nature is "no-thingn
ess." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You are nothing in the sense that you are under the full control of a superior power, being carried away by the waves of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In the ocean of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\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 something-ness will be very much exhibited to you when you are put on land. Out of despair, you conclude that your nature is that of nothingness. Sart
re's philosophy is a philosophy of despair, and we say that it is unintelligent because despair is not the result of intelligence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although the basis of our nature is nothingness, Sartre maintains that man chooses or creates his own nature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a fact. Therefore you should create your nature as something, not nothing. In order to do that, however, you have to take lessons from a higher personality. Before philosophizing
, Sartre should have taken lessons from a knowledgeable person. That is the Vedic injunction.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9 \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\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 1.2.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre sees our nature as always in the making, as continually becoming.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not in the making. It is changing. But man can make his nature in the sense that he can decide not to change. He can understand that changes are taking place despite the fact that 
he does not want them. Man can mold his nature by deciding to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not by dismissing the whole matter, and, out of confusion and disappointment, claiming it to be nothing. The attempt to make life zero is due to a poor fund of knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre sees that we are constantly choosing or making our life, but that everything ends at death. That is, man
 is always in the process of becoming until death. At death, everything is finished. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Death means changing into another body. The active principle on which the body stands does not die. Death is like changing apartments. A sane man can understand this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although man has no determined nature other than nothingness, Sartre sees man as a being striving to be God. He writes
: "To be man means to reach toward being God. Or if you prefer, man fundamentally is the desire to be God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  On the one hand, he denies the existence of God, and on the other, he tries to be God. If there is no God, there is no question of desiring to be God. How can one desire to be something 
that does not exist?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is simply stating that man wants to be God. As far as God's existence is concerned, he prefers to set this question
 aside. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is the main question of philosophy! God has created everything: your mind, intelligence, body, existence, and the circumstances surrounding you. How can you deny His existence? 
Or set it aside as not relevant? In the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is stated that in the beginning, God exi
sted, and the Bible also states that in the beginning there was God. In this material universe, existence and annihilation are both temporary. According to the laws of material nature, the body is created on a certain day, it exists for some time, and th
en is eventually finished. The. entire cosmic manifestation has a beginning, middle, and end. But before this creation, who was there? If God were not there, how could the creation logically be possible?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As far as we've seen, most philosophers are concerned with resolving this question.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not all philosophers are denying God's existence, but most are denying His personal existence. We can understand, however, that God is the origin of everything, and that this cosmic mani
festation emanates from Him. God is there, nature is there, and we are also there, like one big family.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre would not admit the existence of an originator in whom things exist in their essence prior to creation. He woul
d say that man simply exists, that he just appears.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A person appears due to his father and mother. How can this be denied? Does he mean to say, "I suddenly just dropped from the sky."? Only a fool would say that he appeared without parent
s. From our experience we can understand that all species of life are manifest from some mother. Taken as a whole, we say that the mother is material nature. As soon as a mother is accepted, the father must also be accepted. It is most important to know 
where you came from. How can you put this question aside?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\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." That is, man seeks existence rather than m
ere nothingness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so. Because man is eternal, he has the desire to exist eternally. Unfortunately, he puts himself under certain conditions that are not eternal. That is, he tries to maintain a po
sition that will not endure eternally. Through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we attain and retain our eternal position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre feels that man wants solidity. He is not satisfied with being a mere being-for-itself. He also desires t
o be being-in-itself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nothing in the material world exists eternally. A tree may exist for ten thousand years, but eventually it will perish. In the material world, nothing stays forever. What he is seeking i
s actual spiritual life. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of another nature, a nature that is permanent, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub san\'e4tana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'v
yakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'e7yatsu n
a vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Yet there is another nature, which is eterna
l 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.}{\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 (}{\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
8.20}{\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  After the annihilation of this material universe, that }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nature will abide.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This desire to be being-in-itself is the desire to be God, which Sartre maintains is man's fundamental desire. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is more or less M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre believes that this desire to be God is bound to fail.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly, because man is not God. If he is God, how has he become something else? His very desire to be God means that he is not God at the present moment. A man cannot become God, but 
he can become godly. Existing in darkness, we desire light. We may come into the sunshine, but this does not mean that we become the sun. When we come to the platform of perfect knowledge, we become godly, but we do not become God. If we are God, there i
s no question of being something other than God. There is no question of being ignorant. Another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Acyuta, which means, "He who never falls down." This means that He never becomes not-God. He is God always. You cannot become God 
through some mystic practice. This passion to become God is useless because it is doomed to frustration. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore Sartre calls man a "useless passion." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A man is not useless if he attempts 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, t
he other asuric. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 a good servant of God, instead of a servant of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is the proper de
cision.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre concludes that since things have no reason to exist, life has no essential purpose.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nothing can exist without a purpose. There is also a supreme cause. The defect in such philosophers is that they do not have sufficient brain substance to go further than what they super
ficially see. They are not capable of understanding the cause of causes. Many modern scientists also maintain that nature, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is the sole cause of existence, but we do not ascribe 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , philosophy like Sartre's is called asuric, or dem
oniac. 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 that their child is the result of sex, and nothing more. Therefore they claim that there is no purpose 
to existence.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asatyam aprati\'f1\'f6ha\'e0 te\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jag
ad \'e4hur an\'e9\'e7varam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aparaspara-sambh\'fcta\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kim anyat k\'e4ma-haitukam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 They say that this world is unreal, that the
re is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust.}{\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 (}{\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 16.8}{\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  This type of philosophy is called asuric, demoniac, because
 it is of the nature of darkness, ignorance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Sartre, being-for-itself refers to human consciousness, which is subjective, individual, incomplete, and in
determinate. It is nothingness in the sense that it has no density or mass. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he is so materialistic, his senses cannot perceive anything that is not concrete. According to Vedic philosophy, the senses and their objects are created simultaneously. Unless t
here is an aroma, the sense of smell has no value. Unless there is beauty, the eyes have no value. Unless there is music, the ears have no value. Unless there is something soft, the sense of touch has no value. There is no question of nothingness. There 
must be interaction. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since man's essential nature is an undetermined nothingness, Sartre believes that man is free to choose to be e
ither a coward or a hero. Our situation is in our own hands. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you claim that you were tossed into the world by some superior power, or by accident, what can you do? How can you become a hero? If you try to become a hero, you will be kicked all t
he more because you are placed here by a superior power. If a culprit under police custody attempts to become a hero, he will be beaten and punished. Actually, you are neither a coward nor a hero. You are an instrument. You are completely under the contr
ol of a superior power. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, if someone is attacking you, you have the power to choose to be a hero and defend yourself, or to run. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not heroic to defend oneself. That is natural. If that is the case, even a dog can be a hero when he is attacked. Even an ant can be a hero. Heroism and cowardice are simply mental
 concoctions. After all, you are under the control of a power that can do what He likes with you. Therefore there is no question of your becoming a hero or a coward.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suppose someone is in danger, and you rescue him. Isn't that being heroic?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All you can rescue is the exterior dress. Saving that dress is not heroism. It is not even protection. One can be a real hero only when he is fully empowered or fully protected. Such a p
erson can only be a devotee, because only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can fully protect or empower. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Being free, man is subject to what Sartre calls "bad faith," a kind of self-deception. Through bad faith, man l
oses his freedom and responsibility.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You certainly have limited freedom to choose, but if you choose improperly, you have to suffer. Responsibility and freedom go hand in hand. At the same time, there must be discrimination
. Without it, our freedom is blind. We cannot understand right from wrong. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A man in bad faith drifts along from day to day without being involved, avoiding responsible decisions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that he has decided to drift. His drifting is a decision.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\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 that choice.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if he makes the wrong decision, what is the value of his action? Moths fly very valiantly and courageously into the fire. Is that a very good decision?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Due to bad faith, people treat others as objects instead of persons. Sartre advocates rectifying this situation
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He speaks of bad faith, but what about good faith? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If bad faith is the avoidance of decisions, good faith would mean making decisions courageously and following t
hem out, regardless of what these decisions are. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what if your decision is wrong? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Sartre, it is not a question of right or wrong. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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 a proper decision. This is the philosophy of insects. If man can do as he 
pleases, where is his responsibility?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre believes that the fate of the world depends on man's decisions. Obviously, if man decides properly, the 
world would be a better place.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore we are trying to introduce this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to make the world into Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, into a place where there is no anxiety. But this is not a blind de
cision. It is the decision of a higher authority; therefore it is perfect.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Many people call Sartre's philosophy pessimistic because he maintains that man is a "useless passion" vainly st
riving in a universe without a purpose.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\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. That is Vedic civilization. If one approaches a bona fide spiritual 
master, he will not be bewildered. Sartre believes that the universe is without a purpose because he is blind. He has no power to see that there is a plan. Therefore, according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , his philosophy is asuric, demoniac. Everything in the universe functions according to some plan. The sun and moon rise, and the seasons change according to plan. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Sartre, man stands alone in the world, yet he is not alone if he is a being-for-others. Man needs others fo
r his own self-realization.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that man requires a guru. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre does not speak of a guru but of interaction with others for self-understanding.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If this is required, why not interact with the best man? If we require others to understand ourselves, why should we not seek the best man for our own understanding? We should receive he
lp from the man who knows. If you take the advice of one who can give you the right direction, your end will be glorious. That is the Vedic injunction. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\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 1.2.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sartre feels that in the presence of others, man is ashamed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man is ashamed if he is not guided by a superior. If you are guided by a superior, you will be glorious, not ashamed. Your superior is that person who can lead you to the glory of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 XIII  PSYCHOANALYSIS
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub XIII  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PSYCHOANALYSIS
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Sigmund Freud (1856-1934)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Sigmund Freud (1856-1934)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud saw a conflict between the primal self, which he called the id, and the ethical self, the ego. It is the 
id that attempts to gratify all needs, and its basic motivating force is the libido, the sexual instinct. When the id comes in contact with the senses, the ego is formed. The superego is a modified part of the ego, which is formed through experiences rel
ated to one's parents. The superego is characterized by the feelings of conscience, and it is the principal repressive factor in the ego's striving to curb the primitive, sex-motivated, lawless tendencies of the id.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We also agree that everyone has a sexual appetite, and it is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that sex is the principal bond to the material world. Actually, everyone has a tendency not only for sex, but for 
intoxication and meat eating also. These tendencies are inherent in the living entity. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we are allowed sexual intercourse in marriage, but we are prohibited from having any other sex. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4viruddho bh\'fcte\'f1u k\'e4mo 'smi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles." }{\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 7.11}{\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  This means that sex life has to be regulated. Of course, people have a perverted tendency to have sex a
gainst the Vedic injunctions. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  give regulations for all undesirable activities, n
ot only sex, but meat eating and intoxication as well. The idea is to restrict these }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anarthas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , these unwanted things, so that the living entity may eventually be freed of them. In the conditioned state, everyone creates a false ego, thinking, "I am American, I am Hindu, I am Christian, Moslem, Russian, I am a human being, I am this b
ody, I am this and that." This is false ego. Superior ego says, "I am Brahman. I am the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." If we understand the self in this way, false ego automatically vanishes. Our senses are gross, but they are controlled by the mind
. The mind is part of the subtle body, and the mind in turn is controlled by the intelligence. The intelligence is controlled by the ego, and if this ego is false, the entire structure is false. False ego thinks, "I am this body." This is false identific
ation. When the ego is thus deluded, everything subordinate to it is also illusioned because everything else is standing on a false platform. Therefore the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advise us to come to the platform of knowledge, and this is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\cs3755\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 Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
d-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we come to the knowledge that we are not the body but pure spirit so
ul, we immediately become happy. All the neuroses and problems that Freud is trying to cure are due to false ego. When we understand our actual position, the blazing fire of material existence is immediately extinguished. Freud is describing this blazing
 fire, and he is trying to treat people within this fire. But how can a person be happy when there is fire all about? It is the fire itself that must be extinguished, or the person himself must be removed from the fire. Then there will be happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I recall some years ago in India, when a criminal was pleading insanity to a murder charge, a psychiatrist was called to judge whet
her this person was sane during the time of the murder. The psychiatrist said, "I have examined many people, and I have concluded that more or less, everyone is insane. If his innocence depends upon his sanity, then I would say that he should be excused,
 but as far as I know, everyone is more or less insane." This is also our conclusion. Whoever is infected with this material nature is more or less insane. When the living entity takes on the material body, he must be crazy. Therefore everyone is speakin
g in different ways.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that painful or traumatic experiences, often repressed by forgetfulness, lie deep in our subcons
cious. By recalling them, we may be able to overcome the neuroses that they inflict.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our process is different. When you give a man a better thing, he will forget inferior things.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e4 vinivartante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4h
\'e4rasya dehina\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 niva
rtate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 The embodied soul may be restricted from sen
se enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.}{\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 (}{\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  2.59)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fear is created when we are not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is a characteristic of the conditioned soul. As soon as we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, our fears and anxieties automaticall
y vanish.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-par\'e4\'f9 sarve\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
na kuta\'e7cana bibhyati\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svarg\'e4pavarga-narake\'f1v\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api tuly\'e4rtha-dar\'e7ina
\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, never fear any 
condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation, and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord." }{\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  6.17.28}{\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  When we are God conscious, we don't fear anything. Although Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's demonic father threatened him with death and put him in all kinds of 
frightful circumstances, Prahl\'e4da remained quiet and peaceful. Indeed, his father asked him, "Prahl\'e4da, how is it that you are so proud and fearless when I am trying to chastise you?" Prahl\'e4da replied, 'The person who gives you your power is the
 same person who is protecting me." Forgetfulness of painful experiences is in itself artificial. People forget because they are not properly trained. There is no usefulness in forgetting painful experiences. When we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we are 
not afraid to remember them. We actually thank K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are so kind that You have saved me from so many frightful situations. Now I am sure that I am pure and have my safety in You." A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious man is 
not frightened by any of his past experiences. Rather, he laughs at them, thinking, "What a fool I was to have been afraid of all these things!"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud did not believe that forgetfulness is artificial. He felt that it is a natural instinct to forget painful
 experiences. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, that is so. For instance, when you were in the womb of your mother, you were in a very, very painful situation. Now you have forgotten that experience, and that forgetfulness is ce
rtainly natural. It is a fact that you were confined to a womb, but you cannot remember this. When you think about it, you can understand what a horrible situation that was. However, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that even though you have forgotten this, you have not escape
d the situation. You are waiting for a similar painful experience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud contends that anxieties and tensions are caused by the id's primitive instincts that are always forcing u
s to act contrary to the rational, moral ego and superego.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Anxieties will continue as long as you are in the material condition. In conditioned life, you cannot be freed from anxiety. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this because we are always desiring something and being frustrated?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Frustration must be there because you do not desire the right thing. You are desiring something that is not
 permanent, and this is a cause for anxiety. We wish to live forever, but we have accepted this temporary material body. Therefore there is no question of living forever, and we are always anxious because we fear that death is coming. We fear death and t
he destruction of the body, and this is the main cause of our anxiety. Anxiety is due to our acceptance of something which will not exist, which is temporary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The ego develops strategies of defense against this anxiety engendered by the id. Whenever there is a strong an
imalistic desire, the ego represses it for self-preservation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Repression is always there. If we are diseased, and the doctor advises us not to take solid food, we have to repress our appetite. In the system of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  represses his desire for sex. This is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , voluntary repression. Of course, this is very difficult without some better engagement. Therefore, as I said, we have to replace an inferior engagement with a superior one. When you are captivated by seeing the beaut
iful form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you naturally no longer desire to see the beautiful form of a young woman. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Buddhists speak not only of the repression of desires, but of their extinction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't advocate that. There will always be desires, and sometimes we have to repress them. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja used to say that as soon as you rise from bed, you should beat your mi
nd a hundred times with your shoes, and when you go to bed at night, you should beat your mind a hundred times with a broomstick. In this way, you will be able to control your mind. Wild tigers have to be controlled by repression, but when the tigers are
 under control, there is no question of repression. Then you can play with the tigers, and they will be your friends. So repression is not always bad.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud considered sexual repression to be harmful, but sublimation to be often beneficial. He didn't advocate total sex
ual freedom; rather, he suggested that instead of trying to deny the sex drive, we should try to redirect it, perhaps to some artistic activity, or positive study.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means diverting our attention, and that is recommended in the Vedic culture for the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we are taught K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the very beginning of life, we will forget sex. Even if an adult takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seriously, he can also forget 
sex. That is the experience of Yamun\'e4c\'e4rya,: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yad\'e4vadhi mama}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cetta\'f9 pad\'e4ra
vinde, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravinde}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Since I have been engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, every time I think of sex, I spit." }{\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 Brs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2.5.72}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we engage in sex without restriction, we will eventually become impotent. That is nature's way of punishment. Sex cann
ot be artificially repressed, but there is a proper training process. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that sex could not be stamped out, and that if one tried, it would manifest itself in undesirable neurosis. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He did not know the training process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. According to our philosophy, as long as we have sexual inclinations, we have to accept a material body and become en
tangled in the miseries of material existence. However, there is such a thing as spiritual life, and if we are trained spiritually, we will no longer be bothered by material desires.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In exploring the realm of infantile sexuality, Freud discovered a definite sexual nature in the early stages of childh
ood. He concluded that sexual activities in childhood were normal, and this led him to write that "in a normal sex life, no neurosis is possible." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It all depends on the child's training. If a child is trained as a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he will have no inclination for sex. Sometimes a father enjoys sex before his children, and the children imitate. It is the nature of a child to imitate, especially his parents. According t
o Vedic civilization, as soon as a child is four or five years old, he is sent to a gurukula, where he is disciplined. There, he practically forgets sex life. But when he becomes a young man, he may naturally have a little tendency for sex, and if this i
s the case, the guru suggests marriage. If, on the other hand, one can perfectly control his sexual tendencies, he can become a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, for instance, never married. This is all a matter of education.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that many of our present unconscious wishes and conflicts have their origins in these infantile 
experiences.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That may be, but you are not going to be an infant again. So why not forget all this? After this life, you will be placed in the womb of another mother, and all those experiences will ha
ppen again. It is therefore the duty of the guru and the parents to save the living entity from rebirth.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurur na sa sy\'e4t sva-jano na sa sy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pit\'e4 na sa sy\'e4j janan\'e9 na s\'e4 sy\'e4t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva\'e0 na tat sy\'e4n na pati\'e7 ca sa sy\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na mocayed ya\'f9 samupeta-m\'e5tyum
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a f
ather, a husband, a mother, or a worshipable demigod." }{\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  5.5.18}{\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janma-m\'e5tyu}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A
t the time of death, we will again experience this horrible situation. We will again have to enter a womb, be confined, and undergo birth. Whether we forget these experiences or not, we will have to undergo them again and again if we do not become K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud felt that most of our problems, which are sexual in nature, can be cured by recalling painful experiences
 and objectively analyzing them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We must understand why this sex problem is there. If we tolerate a little itching sensation, we will be spared much pain. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yan maithun\'e4di-g\'e5hamedhi-sukha\'e0 hi tuccha\'e0 ka\'eb\'f2\'fcyanena karayor iva du\'f9kha-du\'f9kham}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Sex life is compared to the rubbing of t
wo hands to relieve an itch. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e5hamedhis}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , householders without spiritual knowledge, think
 that this itching is the greatest platform of happiness, although it is actually a source of distress." }{\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\cb1\nosupersub 7.9.45}{\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  When ordinary men are overly attached to materialistic life, their only happiness is sexual intercourse. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that happiness derived from sexual intercou
rse is very, very insignificant. Indeed, it is not even happiness. At best, it may be considered a tenth-class happiness. Because people have no idea of the happiness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they think that sex is the highest happiness. But if w
e analyze it, what kind of happiness is it? When we have an itch, we scratch it and feel some pleasure, but after that pleasure passes, the effects are abominable. The itch becomes worse. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tell us that if we just try to tolerate this itching sensation, w
e will be spared a great deal of pain. This is possible if we practice this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that neuroses, disorders, anxieties, and frustrations have their origin in repression. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And I am telling you that all these are due to sex. But we are not advocating repression. We give facility in the form of a wife. The sex impulse is to be directed to the wife. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But Freud insisted that the sex impulse is present at the very beginning of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also admit that. We say that as soon as the living being is embodied, he experiences hunger and sex. Why is that? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyav\'e4ya\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We find these impulses even in animals. These drives are already there. What is the use in philosophizing about them? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Through psychoanalysis, pent-up emotions can be released, and the original shock mitigated by remembering and c
onfessing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what guarantee is there that we will not receive another shock? The living entity is receiving shock after shock. You try to cure him of one, and another comes. It is a fact that mat
erial life is painful. As soon as you receive this material body, you must suffer the threefold miseries. Everyone is seeking happiness, but unless materialistic life is stopped, unless we put an end to birth, old age, disease, and death, there is no que
stion of happiness. Materialistic life is a disease, and Vedic civilization attempts to cure this disease. Our program is total cure. No more shock. Freud's treatment is useless because he cannot guarantee that there will not be another shock. If you are
 situated in real K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the worst type of misery may face you, and you will not be disturbed. You will not experience any shock at all. Freud was trying to cure his patients of the results of some shock they had experienced years 
ago , but there is no guarantee that a similar shock will not come again. Rather, the living entity will receive one shock after another after another.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et
\'e4\'e0 taranti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 beyond 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 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14}{\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  As soon as we try to solve one problem, another
 problem comes, then another. If we are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there are no more shocks.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that our present personality is greatly influenced by our sexual experiences in infancy and chil
dhood. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore we are trying to train our boys as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Of course, there is the tendency for sex, but by practicing }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by diverting our attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there will be very little chance that a shock will come about. If the Vedic system is followed by human society, these shocks will not be there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud also tied infantilism in with the religious impulse. He wrote: "Psychoanalysis, which has taught us the intimate
 connection between the father complex and belief in God, has shown us that the personal God is psychologically nothing but an exalted father....Youthful persons lose their religious belief as soon as the authority of the father breaks down." Thus Freud 
sees God as a father figure arising out of the helplessness experienced by the little child.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can a little child invent his father? Was he not born of his father? And how can he abandon the idea of his father? Without a father, how can one come into being? Even Freud had a fa
ther, grandfather, great grandfather, and so on back. We speak of God as the first father because there is no one beyond Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Still, Freud considers belief in God as infantile. In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Future of an Illusion}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he writes: "Man cannot remain a child forever; he must venture at last into the hostile world." Instead of continuing to dwe
ll in such a nursery, man should try to rid himself of the psychic crutch of religion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is his definition of childishness? Everyone must be a child, and everyone must have a father. Just as we cannot deny our biological father, we cannot deny the ultimate Supreme Fathe
r. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that he is denying biological fathers, but the idea of a Supreme Father, which he felt arose out of man's in
itial helpless state.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Helplessness is always there, because the threefold miseries will always exist in material life. There will always be miseries arising from the body and mind, miseries inflicted by other
 living entities, and natural catastrophes. In addition, there is always birth, old age, disease, and death. It is only a fool or a rascal who hopes against hope and makes plans to overcome all these difficulties. However we may plan, nature is so strong
 that it will smash our plans to pieces with the kick of death. Man hopes against hope to adjust material things so that he can be happy in this world, but this is foolishness. Man is helpless at every step.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud felt that belief in God the Father is "so patently infantile, so incongruous with reality, that to one whose att
itude to humanity is friendly, it is painful to think that the great majority of mortals will never be able to rise above this view of life."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what is his reality? Belief in God may be infantile to him, but what is he except a child? He also makes plans, and that in itself is childish. How is it that he is more than a child?
 Can he give an ultimate solution that will rid man of his helplessness? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he personally hoped that psychoanalysis would provide the answers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can a common man understand psychoanalysis? The fact is that there is a supreme controller who is present everywhere. Psychoanalysis should begin with this point. Why is he defying t
his fact? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He sincerely believed that the maturation process necessarily entails ridding oneself of religion. He writes: "If one 
attempts to assign religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not so much to be a lasting acquisition as a parallel to the neurosis which the civilized individual must pass through on his way from childhood to maturity." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He has reached this conclusion because he has seen so many sentimental religions, but first of all he must understand what religion actually is. Religion is not possible without an under
standing of God, and a religion without God cannot truly be called a religion. According to the Vedic system, religion refers to the orders of God; therefore if we have no conception of God, we cannot be said to have a religion. If we do not know God or 
His nature, how can we know the orders God is giving?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It has often been noted\'97initially by Jung\'97that Freud tried to repress religious feelings within himself. In a le
tter, he once confided, "I cannot rid myself of certain materialistic prejudices, and I would carry them over into the research of the occult." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion is neither occult nor obscure. Of course, everything is obscure for an unintelligent person who has no idea of either God or religion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the same letter, Freud continues: "Thus I am entirely incapable of considering the 'survival of the personality' af
ter death, even as a mere scientific possibility....I think, therefore, it is better if I continue confining myself to psychoanalysis."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if he cannot understand the eternity of the soul, he will be deficient in psychoanalysis as well. Even within one lifetime, we can see that the body changes while the soul remains th
e same. We go through the changes of childhood, youth, manhood, middle age, and old age, but the soul, the person, is always there. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beyond the Pleasure Principle}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Freud theorizes on the death instinct. Equating a child's fondness to repeat a certain act that gives him pleasure with the tendency to restore a previous state of affairs,
 he concludes that if instincts aim at the past, they would necessarily tend to regress to the prenatal state. This is a desire to "return to the womb" that brought Freud to write: "The goal of all life is death." For him, death is the cessation of suffe
ring.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If this is the case, why are people afraid of death? Why do people go to a doctor when they fear some disease? If death is ultimate happiness, why do people try to avoid it? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Once, after an argument with Jung, Freud fainted, and his words when he came to were, "How sweet it must be to die." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, what pleasure does one derive from being dead? What is the pleasure of extinction? That is the pleasure of a stone. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, he did speak of return to the "quiescence of the inorganic world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then why bother philosophizing or psychoanalyzing? Just commit suicide and become like a stone. Why take up so much time? If it is better to die, then become a stone, and be happy. If ul
timate happiness is extinction, why write so many books? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud considered the quietude that follows the sexual act to be very much like death, because desires are extinguished
. Thus sleep often follows sexual intercourse. In this sense, the pursuit of pleasure is a drive to extinction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If this is the purpose of life, we should pray to God to make us dogs and hogs because these animals have very good facilities for sex life. They all consider sex to be the ultimate goal
, and then sleep.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abha uv\'e4ca\line }{\cs3755\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 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'f1\'f6\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4n arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapo divya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Lord Rsabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, on
e who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional ser
vice. By such activity, one's heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness, and which continues forever." }{\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 5.5.1}{\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  Human life is meant for }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for putting an end to sex. This is the process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Freud, the sexual energy, or libido, is not only manifest through sexual intercourse. It is associated with
 a wide variety of pleasurable sensations relating to bodily activities and including pleasures of the mouth and the different organs.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have already said that the only happiness in this material world is considered to be sexual. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yan maith
un}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub di}{\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 (}{\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 7.9.45}{\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 . The word }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub di}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the basic p
rinciple, which, in the material world, is sex. What is materialistic happiness? It is enjoying this life with one's friends and family. But what kind of pleasure is this? It is compared to a drop of water in the desert. Actually, we are seeking unlimite
d pleasure. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nandamayo '}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . How can this drop of water in the desert, which is materialistic pleasure, ever satisfy us? No one is satisfied, although people are having s
ex in so many different ways. And now young girls are almost going naked, and the female population is increasing everywhere. As soon as there is an increase in the female population, the women say, "Where are the men?" There then must be disaster becaus
e every woman is trying to attract a man, and men will take advantage of this situation. When milk is available in the market, what is the use in keeping a cow? The more men become attached to women, the more the female population will increase. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is that?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you have more sex, your power to beget a male child is diminished. When the man is less potent, a girl is born, and when a man is more potent, a boy is born. If a man's discharge is
 larger, there will be a male child. If the woman's discharge is larger, there will be a female child. When women are easily available, men become weak, and they beget female children because they lose their power from overindulgence. Sometimes they even
 become impotent. If you don't restrict your sex life, there will be so many disasters. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , says: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadhi mama ceta\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-p\'e4d\'e4ravinde\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nava-nava-rasa-dh\'e4manudyata rantum \'e4s\'e9t\line }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadhi bata n\'e4r\'e9-sa
\'ecgame smaryam\'e4ne\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhavati mukha-vik\'e4ra\'f9 su\'f1\'f6hu ni\'f1\'f6h\'e9vana\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whene
ver I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud would consider this a form of repression. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His idea of repression is different from ours. Our repression means rising early in the morning, attending }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratik}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and engaging in devotional service. In this way, we repress material propensities. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, it's repression with awareness and knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actual knowledge will come later. In the beginning, there is obedience to the spiritual master. In this way, we will not become habituated to undesirable activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet by remembering some traumatic or shocking experience, our tensions are often relieved, and personality diso
rders rectified. This is a fact of psychoanalysis.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That may be, but when a seed has fructified and grown into a tree, it is no longer possible to rectify the seed. The seed is no longer there. It has changed into a tree. Freud may be abl
e to find out the cause, but does he know the cure? Our cure is to divert the attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we automatically forget our problems. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the panacea for all diseases.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud also investigated projection, that is attributing one's own personality onto others. A man may regard oth
ers as a thief because he's a thief himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We accept that. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\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 \'e4tmavan manyate jagat
\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 \'e4tmavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97just like himself;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  manyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thinks;}{\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 whole world.
\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 Everyone thinks of others according to his own position.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tman\'e4 manyate jagat}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everyone thinks others to be like himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud also felt that children act in different ways to win the love and affection of their parents.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Children imitate. In Agra, I have seen two and three-year-old children try to imitate the sexual intercourse of their parents. They did not know anything about sex pleasure, but they wer
e imitating what they had seen. Children do not know the value of things, but they imitate their parents. There is no fixed pattern of development for the personality of children. You can mold children in any way. They are like soft dough, and you can ma
ke out of them what you like. All you have to do is put them into the mold. Many of the neuroses Freud talked about are not experienced in Indian families. If you place a child in good association, he will act properly, and if you place him in bad associ
ation, he will act improperly. A child has no independence in that sense. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that our behavior must be understood in terms of our entire life history.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is so. Therefore in our Vedic system, it is forbidden for the husband and wife to speak of sex even jokingly before a small child, because the child cannot understand. If children k
now of sexual intercourse, it is because they have learned about it from their parents. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although often avoiding the very subject of religion, Freud sometimes took an agnostic stand. He writes: "Of the reali
ty value of most religions we cannot judge; just as they cannot be proved, neither can they be refuted."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, he does not know what religion is. As we have said, religion means the orders given by God. Since he has no conception of God, how can he know anything of God's orders? He 
is acquainted only with fictitious religions, which have been described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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\'e4gavatam}{\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\cb1\nosupersub [1.1.2] }{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaitava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cheating religions. Real religion is law. Just as you cannot manufacture laws in your home, you cannot manufacture religion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud further writes: "The riddles of the universe only reveal themselves slowly to our inquiry. To many questions sci
ence can as yet give no answer; but scientific work is our only way to the knowledge of external reality. ...No, science is no illusion. But it would be an illusion to suppose that we can get anywhere else what it cannot give us." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, we have to learn what the object of knowledge is. The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "knowledge," and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "
ultimate." Unless you come to the ultimate point of knowledge, or Ved\'e4nta, your knowledge is imperfect or insufficient. The ultimate object of knowledge is God, and if we cannot define God or explain His nature, we have not reached the ultimate point 
of knowledge. God is a fact, but unfortunately we have no clear idea of Him. This means that our knowledge has not reached the ultimate point\'97that is, it is imperfect. If the knowledge of a philosopher or scientist is imperfect, of what value is it? A
ccording to the Vedic method, we receive our knowledge from the perfect person: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As for the origin of religions, Freud writes: "As it is a delicate task to decide what God has Himself ordained and wh
at derives rather from the authority of an all-powerful parliament or a supreme judicial decision, it would be an indubitible advantage to leave God out of the question altogether, and to admit honestly the purely human origin of all cultural laws and in
stitutions."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God does not derive power from anyone. As stated in the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dy}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yato}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'nvay\'e4d}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itarata\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9 sva-r\'e4\'f6}{\cs3755\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\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}{\cs2873\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 . The Supreme God, the Absolute Truth, knows everything in complete detail. The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "complete awareness." How is it God has complete knowledge? From whom has He received th
is knowledge? The answer is: }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4\'f6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He does not receive it from anyone. He is completely independent. If God has to receive knowledge from Mr. Freud, He is not God. God is t
he only person who is completely independent.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tat-sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He does not possess bodily form like that of an ordinary living entity. There is no difference between His body and His sou
l. He is absolute. All His senses are transcendental. Any one of His senses can perform the action of any other sense. Therefore, no one is greater than Him or equal to Him. His potencies are multifarious, and thus His deeds are automatically performed a
s a natural sequence." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vet\'e4\'e7vatara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ad}{\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 6.7-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) God is naturally all perfect, and He doesn't have to
 adopt some process in order to become perfect. Anyone who is trying to be perfect is not God. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was only three months old, He could kill the big giant P\'fctan\'e4. His potencies are there automatically, whether He appears as a child o
r as a young man. Nowadays, so-called yog\'e9s are trying to become God by meditating, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not have to meditate. If God is always God, He doesn't have to learn anything from anyone. That is the true meaning of independence. If we want 
to know something about God, we should receive knowledge from Him directly, or from a person who knows Him. This is the direction given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paripr
a\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-dar
\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}{\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  4.34}{\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  The word }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar\'e7ina\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  refers to one who factually knows about God. It is necessary to learn about God from one who has seen Him eye to eye. Arjuna, for instance, was talking to God on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. If we wish to understand God, we should under
stand Him as Arjuna did. What was Arjuna's understanding? That is found in the Tenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p
avitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'e0 \'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 divyam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub di-devam aja\'e0 vibhum
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hus tv\'e4m \'e5\'f1aya\'f9 sarve\line }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devar\'f1ir n\'e4radas tath\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asito devalo vy\'e4sa\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svaya\'e0 caiva brav\'e9\'f1i me
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, t
he 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. All the great sages such as N\'e4rada, Asita, Devala, and Vy\'e4sa pro
claim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.}{\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 (}{\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 10.12-13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning early religious training, Freud writes: "So long as a man's early years are influenced by the religious tho
ught-inhibition and by the lower one derived from it, as well as by the sexual one, we cannot really say what he is actually like." Freud strongly believed that early religious education warps a man's natural development. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is wrong with informing a child that there is a Supreme Being controlling the whole cosmic situation? Is it that Freud did not believe in education?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He felt that children should not be indoctrinated with religious "thought-inhibitions."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But there must be some form of education, and spiritual education is the most important. The only business of human life is to learn about God. Lower species cannot understand God, but u
nderstanding is possible in the human form. Therefore spiritual education is primary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx called religion "the opiate of the people," and Freud similarly says that "the consolations of religion may be co
mpared to that of a narcotic."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As I have said before, neither Marx nor Freud know what religion is, and that is their difficulty. First, they have to learn what religion is before they can discuss it intelligently.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud writes: "The believer will not let his faith be taken from him neither by arguments nor by prohibitions. And eve
n if it did succeed with some, it would be a cruel thing to do. A man who has for decades taken a sedative is naturally unable to sleep if he is deprived of it...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is also cruel to mislead people by telling them that God the Father is simply an infantile conception. That is real cruelty. It is cruel to stress sex and death and deny the conceptio
n of God as the Supreme Father.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud would not think that it is cruelty to disenchant man with an illusion. He writes: "I disagree with you when you 
go on to argue that man cannot in general do without the consolation of the religious illusion, that without it he would not endure the troubles of life, the cruelty of reality."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Without a spiritual education, man remains an animal. A man's life should be more than merely eating, sleeping, mating, defending, and dying. Man should strive to advance in spiritual kn
owledge. Spiritual education means understanding God. Freud may deny the existence of God, but in any case the conception of God is there in human society. One may accept or reject different conceptions of God, but the fact is undeniable that in every ci
vilized country, there is some form of religion. One may be Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, or Moslem: the designation is not very important. Understanding God is the important factor, because that ultimate understanding is Ved\'e4nta, the ultimate conclusio
n of all knowledge. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, in this human form, is the time to inquire, "What is Brahman?" Brahman, the Absolute Truth, is the goal of real knowledge. Man does not have to be educated to understand sex. According to a Beng
ali proverb, you do not have to be taught how to cry, or how to enjoy sex. When you lament, you automatically cry, and when there is the impulse to enjoy sex, you enjoy it automatically. This doesn't require the help of an educator like Mr. Freud. Everyo
ne, animals and human beings, knows how to enjoy sex. There is no question of a "sex philosophy." Philosophy means inquiring into the Absolute Truth, Brahman, the supreme controller, He from whom everything has emanated. Philosophy is concerned with unde
rstanding where things come from. We may inquire into the origin of life on earth, and conclude that life comes from water, earth, or fire. Then, where do earth, water, and fire come from?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He who is the source of everything is the Absolute Truth. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\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 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9
 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanvit
\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly 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\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  10.8}{\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  You become a devotee of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba when you perfectly understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate source. This knowledge comes after many lifetimes of searching and searching.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 
sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes 
and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 7.19}{\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  After understanding that V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is everything, the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the great soul, begins his }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajana}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , his worship.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajanty ananya-manaso\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4dim avyayam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 f
ully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible." }{\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  9.13)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud admits that without religion man will "find himself in a difficult situation. He will have to confess his utter 
helplessness and his insignificant part in the working of the universe." Yet he goes on to say that without religion, man will venture at last into the hostile world, and this venture is his "education to reality." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what service has Mr. Freud rendered? He has misled the world and made it more difficult for people to accept the words of God. Men who are innocent accept the words of God, but now m
any have become "over intelligent," and they think that sex is God. It will take some time to counteract this type of mentality, but man must eventually learn that his happiness is found in understanding and accepting the way of life defined by God Himse
lf.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christ pointed out that unless one becomes as a little child, he shall not enter into the kingdom of God, but Freud advocates "growing up" and setting this illusion aside.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He may advocate so many things, but if he does not know the meaning of God, or God's nature, what is the value of his knowledge? According to the Vedic philosophy, we should receive know
ledge from a person who knows God. If one has not known God, his knowledge is useless, or, even worse, misleading. It is a fact that there is a supreme controller, and real education means understanding how the supreme controller is working. Denying Him 
is useless. He is there beyond our control, and we cannot avoid His control. We may make plans to live here very happily, but today or tomorrow, we may die. How can we deny the fact that we are being controlled? Knowledge means understanding how the supr
eme controller is controlling. People who defy religion and deny the existence of a supreme controller are like the jackal that keeps jumping and jumping, trying to reach grapes on a high vine. After seeing that he cannot reach the grapes, he says to him
self, "Oh, there is no need to reach them. They are sour anyway." People who say that we do not need to understand God are indulging in sour-grape philosophy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 DS:Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung gave the following criticism of Sigmund Freud: "Sexuality evidently meant more to Freud than to other people. For
 him it was something to be religiously observed....One thing was clear; Freud, who had always made much of his irreligiosity, had now constructed a dogma, or rather, in the place of a jealous God whom he had lost, he had substituted another compelling i
mage, that of sexuality." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact. He has taken sexuality to be God. It is our natural tendency to accept a leader, and Freud abandoned the leadership of God and took up the leadership of sex. In any 
case, we must have leadership. That is our position. In Russia, I pointed out that there is no difference in our philosophic processes. However, whereas they accept Lenin as their leader, we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is the nature of human beings to acce
pt a leader. It is unfortunate that Freud lost God's leadership and took up instead the leadership of sex. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jung concluded: "Freud never asked himself why he was compelled to talk continually of sex, why this idea had taken su
ch possession of him. He remained unaware that his 'monotony of interpretation' expressed a flight from himself, or from that other side of him which might perhaps be called mystical. So long as he refused to acknowledge that side, he could never be reco
nciled with himself." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that was because he was accepting the leadership of sexuality. If we accept the leadership of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our life becomes perfect. All other leadership is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leadership. There is n
o doubt that we have to accept a leader, and therefore he was constantly speaking about sex. Those who have taken God as their leader will speak only of God, nothing else. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya\'97k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'nitya-d\'e4sa'}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Madh. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20.108}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) According to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's philosophy, we are all eternal servants of God, but as 
soon as we give up God's service, we have to accept the service of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Freud, the unconscious process, the id, was invariably animalistic and lawless, whereas for Jung, these unc
onscious energies were potentially sources of positive creative activity. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The subconscious state is covered by our present consciousness, and it can also be covered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In that case, the subconscious states will no longer be able t
o react. For instance, the subconscious sex drive is there, but because Yamun\'e4c\'e4rya, was in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he could overcome it. The subconscious experiences, which have been gathering for life after life, which are stored, as it wer
e, will not be able to overcome the individual if he is fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung sees the mind as being composed of a balance of the conscious and the unconscious, or subconscious. It is 
the function of the personality to integrate these. For instance, if one has a strong sex drive, he can sublimate or channel that drive into creative art or religious activity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is our process. The sex impulse is natural for everyone in the material world. If we think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba embracing R\'e4dh\'e4rani, or dancing with the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , our material sex impulse is sublimated and weakened. If we hear about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a and the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the right source, lusty desire within the heart will be suppressed,
 and we will be able to develop devotional service. What we must understand is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , enjoyer. If we help Him in His enjoyment, we also receive enjoyment. We are predominated, and He is the predominator. On the material platform, if a husband wants to enjoy his wife, the wife must voluntarily help him in th
at enjoyment. By helping him, the wife also becomes an enjoyer. The predominator, the enjoyer, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the predominated, the enjoyed, are the living entities. Actually, both enjoy, but one enjoys as the predominated, and the other as the p
redominator. When the predominated helps the predominator, that is the perfection of enjoyment. We must admit that sex desire is present in everyone, both male and female, and from an impartial point of view, it appears that the male is the enjoyer and t
he female the enjoyed, but if the female agrees to be enjoyed, she naturally becomes the enjoyer. All living entities are described as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , female. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
, male. When the living entities agree to help K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sex desire, they become enjoyers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is meant by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sex desire? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You might more correctly say "sense enjoyment." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme proprietor of the senses, and when we help K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His sense enjoyment, we also naturally partake o
f it. The sweet }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasagulla}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to be enjoyed, and therefore the hand takes it and puts it int
o the mouth so that it can be tasted and go to the stomach. It is not that the hand tries to enjoy it directly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only direct enjoyer; all others are indirect enjoyers. By satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we also satisfy others. We cannot p
ossibly satisfy others directly. For instance, when a wife sees her husband eating and enjoying himself, she becomes happy. Upon seeing the predominator happy, the predominated becomes happy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the individual, should the unconscious state be predominated by the conscious?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is being done. Unconscious or subconscious states sometimes emerge; we are not always aware of them. But consciousness is always there. Actually, the word "unconscious" is not a goo
d word because it implies a lack of consciousness. "Subconscious" is a better word.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Psychologists say that the unconscious or subconscious often acts through the conscious, but that we do not kno
w it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is what I am saying. The subconscious is there, but it is not always manifest. Sometimes it is suddenly manifest, just as a bubble will suddenly emerge in a pond. The energy wa
s there within all the time, but suddenly it comes out, just like a bubble popping to the surface of the water. You may not be able to understand why it emerges, but it is assumed that it was in the subconscious state and then suddenly manifests. That su
bconscious state does not necessarily have any connection with our present consciousness. It is like a stored impression, a shadow, or a photograph. The mind takes many snapshots, and they are stored.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does the subconscious mind think like the conscious mind?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, but the impressions are there, and they may suddenly come to the surface.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Jung, there are two types of subconscious states. One is the personal unconscious, consisting of those pers
onal items stored from our individual childhood, a repressed history of stored impressions that can be aroused to consciousness in dreams and through psychoanalysis. The second is what Jung calls the collective unconscious, consisting of the collective e
xperience of the race, archetypal images passed on from generation to generation, and common to men all over the globe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we might even call that tradition. Of course, we emphasize }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is different. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parampar\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  m
eans receiving proper knowledge from the Supreme. This is not something archetypal. Archetypes may change, but the knowledge received from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is different. Spiritual knowledge imparted in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not knowledge coming from tradition. Rather, we learn it from a great authority like K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung could see that the soul is always longing for light, and he wrote of the urge within the soul to rise out of prim
al darkness, making note of the pent-up feelings in the eyes of primitive people, and even a certain sadness in the eyes of animals, "a poignant message which speaks to us out of that existence."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, every living entity, including man, is constitutionally a servant. Therefore everyone is seeking some master, and that is our natural propensity. You can often see a puppy attempt t
o take shelter of some boy or man, and that is his natural tendency. He is saying, "Give me shelter. Keep me as your friend." A child or a man also wants some shelter in order to be happy. That is our constitutional position. When we attain the human for
m, when our consciousness is developed, we should take K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our shelter and our leader. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us that if we want shelter and guidance, we shou
ld take Him. "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender to 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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the ultimate instruction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung would say that our understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Father and the cause of all causes is an
 archetypal understanding that is shared by all humans. People may represent Him in different ways, but the archetype is the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is exactly the same. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is the Supreme Father. A father has many sons, and all men are sons of God, born of their father. This is an experience common to eve
ryone at all times.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are certain common archetypes in the dream life of all men, and even similar symbols found among the Inca
s of South America, or the Vai\'f1\'ebavas of India, or inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. Could this be due to a common ancestry in the original Vedic culture? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vedic culture or no Vedic culture, there are many similarities experienced in human existence. Because we are all living beings, the similarities are there. Every living being eats, slee
ps, mates, fears, and dies. These are experiences common to everyone; therefore there must be similarities in representations, or whatever. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung believes that the unconscious sometimes emerges in the form of a superiority or inferiority complex, by wh
ich we react in inhibited or arrogant fashions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are we? Inferior or superior? In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we consider ourselves servants of God. We are not guided by impulses or complexes; we are guided directly by the super
ior. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung states that there are two basic attitudes: extrovertive and introvertive.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The introvert is called a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  because he is introspective. The extrovert is generally guided by }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the m
ode of passion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The personality and behavior of a living entity are determined by the interaction between the unconscious and t
he conscious mind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Full consciousness in Sanskrit is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e4gara\'ebam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Dreaming is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svapna\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub su\'f1upti\'f9 }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to no consciousness, as in an anesthetized state.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung would call the dreaming state the unconscious also. The contents of the unconscious spill over into the co
nscious mind during dreams.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I do not like the word "unconscious" because it implies lack of consciousness. When you are anesthetized, you are unconscious. In such a state, you can be cut open and not even know it. 
However, when you sleep or dream, a mere pinch will awake you. As I said before, "subconscious" is a better word.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Both Jung and Freud used the word "unconscious" to refer to the subconscious mind that determines our personali
ty. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When the living entity is in the womb of the mother, he is unconscious. Death means remaining unconscious for seven or nine months. The living entity does not die; he simply remains unco
nscious for that duration. That is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub su\'f1upti\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When you have an operation, an an
esthetic is administered, and you are unconscious for a period. When the anesthetic wears off, you emerge into the dream state. That dream state is actually a state of consciousness. When you dream, the mind works.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung believes that if we don't awaken to the many unconscious factors governing our personality, we will remain
 slaves to our unconscious life. The point of psychoanalysis is to reveal them to us and enable us to face them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is what we are teaching. We say that presently the soul is in an unconscious state, and we are telling the soul, "Please wake up! You are not this body!" It is possible to awaken th
e human being, but other living entities cannot be awakened. A tree, for instance, has consciousness, but he is so packed in matter that you cannot raise him to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Jagadish Candra Bose proved that a tree feels pain when it is c
ut, although this pain is very slightly manifest. A human being, on the other hand, has developed consciousness, which is manifest in different stages. Lower life forms are more or less in a dream state, or unconscious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his autobiography, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Memories, Dream
s, Reflections}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Jung writes: "I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him. I would feel it to be
 the grossest sin if I were to oppose any resistance to this force." Jung also sees all creatures as parts of God, and at the same time unique in themselves. "Like every other being," he writes, "I am a splinter of the infinite Deity...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is also our philosophy that we are part and parcel of God, just as sparks are part of a fire.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "It was obedience which brought me grace," he writes. "One must be utterly abandoned to God; nothing matters but fulfi
lling His will. Otherwise all is folly and meaningless." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very good. Surrender unto God is real spiritual life. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\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  18.66)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Surrender to God means accepting
 that which is favorable to God and rejecting that which is unfavorable. The devotee is always convinced that God will give him all protection. He remains humble and meek, and thinks of himself as one of the members of God's family. This is real spiritua
l communism. Communists think, "I am a member of a certain community," but it is man's duty to think, "I am a member of God's family." God is the Supreme Father, material nature is the mother, and living entities are all sons of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are living entities everywhere: on land, and in the air, and water. There is no doubt that material nature is the mother, and
 according to our experience, we can understand that a mother cannot produce a child without a father. It is absurd to think that a child can be born without a father. A father must be there, and the Supreme Father is God. In }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a person understands that the creation is a spiritual family headed by one Supreme Father.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jung writes: "According to the Bible. ..God has a personality and is the ego of the universe, just as I myself am the 
ego of my psychic and physical being."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the individual is conscious of his own body, but not the bodies of others. Beside the individual soul, or consciousness in the body, there is the Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul, the
 super consciousness present in everyone's heart. This is discussed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa\'e0 c\'e4pi m\'e4\'e0 viddhi\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarva-k\'f1etre\'f1u bh\'e4rata\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra-k\'f1etraj\'efayor j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yat taj j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 mata\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owne
r is called knowledge. That is My opinion. " }{\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 13.3)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Recalling his difficulties in understanding God's personality, Jung writes: "Personality, after all, surely signifies 
character...certain specific attributes. But if God is everything, how can He still possess a distinguishable character...? Moreover, what kind of character or what kind of personality does He have? Everything depends on that, for unless one knows the an
swer, one cannot establish a relationship with Him."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God's character is transcendental, not material. He also has many attributes. For instance, He is very kind to His devotees, and this kindness may be considered one of His characteristic
s or attributes. He also has unlimited qualities, and sometimes He is described according to these transcendental qualities. His qualities, however, are permanent. Whatever qualities or characteristics we have are but minute manifestations of God's. God 
is the origin of all attributes and characteristics. As indicated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He also has a mind, senses, feelings, sense perception, sense gratification, and everything else. Everything is there unlimitedly, and since we are part and parcel of God, we possess
 His qualities in minute quantities. The original qualities in God are manifest minutely in ourselves. According to the }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , God is a person just like us, but His personality is unlimited. Just as my consciousness is limited to this body, and His consciousness is super consciousness within everybody, so I am a person confined to this parti
cular body, and He is the super person living within all. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the personality of God and that of the individual are eternally existing.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
arve vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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." 
}{\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  2.12)}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Both God and the living entity are persons, but God's personality is unlimited, and the individual personality is limited. God has unlimited power, strength, influence, know
ledge, beauty, and renunciation. We have limited, finite power, knowledge, influence, and so on. That is the difference between the two personalities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing that philosophies and theologies could not give him a clear picture of God's personality, Jung concludes: "What
 is wrong with these philosophers? I wondered. Evidently they know of God only by hearsay."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is also our complaint. None of the philosophers we have discussed has given us any clear idea of God. Because they are speculating, they cannot give concrete, clear information
. As far as we are concerned, our understanding of God is clear because we receive the information given by God Himself to the world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the Supreme Person by Vedic authorities; therefore we should have no reason not to accept 
Him as such. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iva, and Lord Brahm\'e4 possess different percentages of
 God's attributes, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses all the attributes cent per cent, in totality. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has analyzed this in his }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ras\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sindhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which we have translated as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God is a person, and if we study the attributes of man, we can also know something of God's. Just as we enjoy ourselves with friends
, parents, and others, God also enjoys Himself in various relationships. There are five primary and seven secondary relationships that the living entities can have with God. Since we take pleasure in these relationships, God is described as }{\cs3755\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akhila}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ras\'e4m\'e5ta}
{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sindhu}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , t
he reservoir of all pleasure. There is no need to speculate about God, or try to imagine Him. The process for understanding is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy \'e4sakta-man\'e4\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga\'e0 yu\'efjan mad-\'e4\'e7raya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 samagra\'e0 m\'e4\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yath\'e4 j\'ef\'e4syasi tac ch\'e5\'ebu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now hear, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know 
Me in full, free from doubt." }{\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 7.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can learn about God by always keeping yourself under His protection, or under the protection of His representative. Then, without a doubt, you 
can perfectly understand God. Otherwise, there is no question of understanding Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung continues: "At least they (the theologians) are sure that God exists, even though they make contradictory stateme
nts about Him....God's existence does not depend on our proofs....I understand that God was, for me at least, one of the most certain and immediate of experiences."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a transcendental conviction. One may not know God, but it is very easy to understand that God is there. We have to learn about God's nature, but there is no doubt that God i
s there. Any sane man can understand that he is being controlled. So, who is that controller? The supreme controller is God. This is the conclusion of a sane man. Jung is right when he says that God's existence does not depend on our proof.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Recalling his early spiritual quests, Jung writes: "In my darkness...I could have wished for nothing better than a rea
l, live guru, someone possessing superior knowledge and ability, who would have disentangled from me the involuntary creations of my imagination...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, according to Vedic instructions, we must have a guru in order to acquire perfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9\'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\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 1.2.12}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) The guru must factually be a representative of God. He must have seen and experienced God in fact, not simply in th
eory. We have to approach such a guru, and by service, surrender, and sincere inquiry, we can come to understand what is God. The }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inform us that a person can understand God when he has received a little mercy from His Lordship; otherwise, he may speculate for millions and millions of years. }{\cs3755\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\cb1\nosupersub hakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "One can understand th
e Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service." }{\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  18.55}{\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  This process of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  includes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava
\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , hearing and chanting about Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and always remembering Him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0}{\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 (}{\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 9.14}{\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 . The devotee is always glorifying the 
Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitara\'eby\'e4s\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tvad-v\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub oce tato vimukha-cetasa
 indriy\'e4rtha-\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay I am fully absorbed in
 thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and rascals who are making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their families, societies, and countries. I am simply concerned with love 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 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 7.9.43}{\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  The devotee's consciousnes
s is always immersed in the ocean of the pastimes and unlimited activities of the Supreme Lord. That is transcendental bliss. The spiritual master trains his disciple to remain always in the ocean of God consciousness. One who works under the directions 
of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knows everything about God. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When in Calcutta in 1938, Jung met some celebrated gurus, but generally avoided so-called holymen. "I did so because I
 had to make do with my own truth," he writes, "not to accept from others what I could not attain on my own."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  On the one hand, he says he wants a guru, and then on the other, he doesn't want to accept one. Doubtless, there are many cheating gurus in Calcutta, and Jung might have seen some bogus 
gurus he did not like. In any case, the principle of accepting a guru cannot be avoided. It is absolutely necessary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning consciousness after death, Jung feels that the individual must pick up the level of consciousness which he 
left. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and therefore according to that consciousness, we have to accept a body. That is the process of the soul's transmigration. An ordinary person can see only the gross material body, b
ut accompanying this body is the mind, intelligence, and ego. When the body is finished, these remain, although they cannot be seen. A foolish man thinks that everything is finished at death, but the soul carries the mind, intelligence, and ego\'97that i
s, the subtle body\'97with it into another body. This is confirmed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanya
m\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\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\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 2.20)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung believes that individual consciousness cannot supersede world consciousness. He writes: "If there were to be a co
nscious existence after death, it would, so it seems to me, have to continue on the level of consciousness attained by humanity, which in any age has an upper thought variable limit."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is clearly explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that although the body is destroyed, the consciousness continues. A
ccording to one's consciousness, he acquires another body, and again in that body, the consciousness begins to mold its future lives. If a person were a devotee in his past life, he would again become a devotee after his death. Once the material body is 
destroyed, the same consciousness begins to work in another body. Consequently, we find that some people quickly accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, whereas others take a longer time. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ante}{\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 (}{\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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This indicates that the consciousness is continuing, although 
the body is changing. Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, for instance, changed many bodies, but his consciousness continued, and he remained fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. We may see a person daily, but we cannot visualize his intelligence. We can understand that 
a person is intelligent, but we cannot see intelligence itself. When one talks, we can understand that there is intelligence at work. When the gross body is dead and no longer capable of talking, why should we conclude that the intelligence is finished? 
The instrument for speech is the gross body, but when the body is finished, we should not conclude that consciousness and intelligence are finished. After the destruction of the gross body, the mind and intelligence continue. Because they require a body 
to function, they develop a body, and that is the process of the soul's transmigration.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Still, what of Jung's contention that the individual's level of consciousness cannot supersede whatever knowledge is a
vailable on this planet?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, it can supersede, provided we acquire knowledge from authority. You may not have seen India, but a person who has seen India can describe it to you. We may not be able to see K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, but we can learn of Him from an authority who knows. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that there is an eternal nature:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'v
yakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'e7yatsu n
a vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 Yet there is another nature, which is eterna
l 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.}{\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 (}{\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
8.20}{\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 . On this earth, we encounter temporary nature. Here, things take birth, remain for some
 time, change, grow old, and are finally destroyed. There is dissolution in this material world, but there is another world in which there is no dissolution. We have no personal experience of this other world, but we can understand that it exists when we
 receive information from authority. It is not necessary to know it by personal experience. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parok\'f1\'e4parok\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are different stages of knowledge, and not all knowledge can be acquired by direct perception. That is not possible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung believed in the importance of consciousness elevation. He writes: "Only here, in life on earth, can the general l
evel of consciousness be raised. That seems to be man's metaphysical task...." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, our consciousness should be developed. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pya pu\'ebya-k\'e5t\'e4\'e0 lok\'e4n\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub u\'f1itv\'e4 \'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9\'f9 sam\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0\'e7r\'e9mat
\'e4\'e0 gehe\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o 'bhij\'e4yate
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub athav\'e4 yogin\'e4m eva\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kule bhavat
i dh\'e9mat\'e4m\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etaddhi durlabhatara\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub loke janma yad \'e9d\'e5\'e7am
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l
abhate paurva-dehikam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatate ca tato bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhau kuru-nandana
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The unsuccessful yog\'e9, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a f
amily of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy. Or he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Verily, such a birth is rare in this world. On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consc
iousness of his previous life, and he tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\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\cb1\nosupersub 6.41-43}{\cs3755\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 if one's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga practice is incomplete, or if he dies prematurely, his consciousness
 accompanies him, and in the next life, he begins at the point where he left off. His intelligence is revived. In an ordinary class, we can see that some students learn very quickly, while others cannot understand. This is evidence for the continuation o
f consciousness. If a person is extraordinarily intelligent, his previously developed consciousness is being revived. The fact that we have undergone previous births is also evidence for the immortality of the soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung speaks of the paradox of death: from the point of view of the ego, death is a horrible catastrophe, "a fearful pi
ece of brutality." Yet from the point of view of the psyche, the soul, death is "...a joyful event. In the light of eternity, it is a wedding." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, death is horrible for one who is going to accept a lower form of life, and it is a pleasure for the devotee, because he is returning home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death is not always a joyful event for the soul? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. How can it be? If one has not developed his spiritual consciousness, death is very horrible. The tendency in this life is to become very proud, and often people think, "I don't care 
for God. I am independent." Crazy people talk in this way, but after death, they have to accept a body according to the dictations of nature. Nature says, "My dear sir, since you have worked like a dog, you can become a dog. Since you have been surfing i
n the sea, you can now become a fish." These bodies are awarded according to a superior order.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-netre\'eba\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jant
ur dehopapattaye\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub striy\'e4\'f9 pravi\'f1\'f6a udara\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'e0so reta\'f9-ka\'eb
\'e4\'e7raya\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Under the supervision of the Supreme Lord and according to the result of his work, the living entity, the soul, is made to 
enter into the womb of a woman through the particle of male semina and 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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we are in touch with the modes of material nature, we are creating our next body. How can we stop this process? This is nature's way. If we are infected by some disease, we will necessarily get that dise
ase. There are three modes of material nature\'97}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\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 \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and our bodies are acquired according to our association with them. As far as the unsuccessful yog\'e9 is
 concerned, he is given a chance to revive his spiritual consciousness in his next life. In general, the human form affords us a chance to make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, especially when we are born in an aristocratic, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or Vai\'f1\'ebava family.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Jung writes: "The succession of birth and death is viewed [in Indian philosophy] as an endless continuity, as an eternal wheel rolling on forever without a goal. Man lives and attain
s knowledge and dies and begins again from the beginning. Only with the Buddha does the idea of a goal emerge, namely, the overcoming of earthly existence."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Overcoming earthly existence means entering into the spiritual world. The spirit soul is eternal, and it can pass from this atmosphere into another. That is clearly explained in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo
 vetti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 aga
in in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." }{\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Those who continue to revolve in the cycle of birth and death require another material body, but those who are
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They do not acquire another material body. Those who are not envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba accept His instructions, surrender unto Him, and understand Him. For them, this is the last material birth. For those w
ho are envious, however, transmigration is continuous.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning karma, Jung writes: "The crucial question is whether a man's karma is personal or not. If it is, then the p
reordained destiny with which a man enters life presents an achievement of previous lives, and a personal continuity therefore exists. If, however, this is not so, and an impersonal karma is seized upon in the act of birth, then that karma is incarnated 
again without there being any personal continuity." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Karma is always personal.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When Buddha was asked whether karma is personal or not, he avoided answering. He said that knowing this would not cont
ribute to liberation from the illusion of existence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Buddha refused to answer because he did not teach about the soul or accept the personal soul. As soon as you deny the personal aspect of the soul, there is no question of a personal karm
a. Buddha wanted to avoid this question. He did not want his whole philosophy dismantled.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung asks, "Have I lived before in the past as a specific personality, and did I progress so far in that life that I a
m now able to seek a solution?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is a fact.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung admits that he doesn't know.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -
}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatra ta\'e0 buddhi-sa\'e0yoga\'e0\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
labhate paurva-dehikam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatate ca tato bh\'fcya\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhau kuru-nandana
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further 
progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru." }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I could well imagine that I might have lived in former centuries and there encountered questions I was not yet able t
o answer," Jung writes. "I had to be born again because I had not fulfilled the task that was given to me." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a fact.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "When I die, my deeds will follow along with me\'97that is how I imagine it."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is personal }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I will bring with me what I have done," Jung concludes. "In the meantime it is important to insure that I do not stan
d at the end with empty hands."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you are making regular progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, your hands will not be empty at the end. Completeness means returning home, back to Godhead. This return is not empty.
 Because the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand the positivity of God's kingdom, they try to make it empty. Eternal life with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our aspiration. A Vai\'f1\'ebava does not want emptiness. Since materialists are thinking that everything
 will be empty at the end of life, they conclude that they should enjoy themselves now as much as possible. Therefore sense enjoyment is at the core of material life, and materialists are mad after it.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung believes that we are reborn because we relapse again into desires, feeling that something remains to be completed
. "In my case," he writes, "it must have been primarily a passionate urge toward understanding....for that was the strongest element in my nature. "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That understanding for which he is longing is understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 
sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes 
and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." }{\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 7.19}{\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  Our understanding is complete when we come to t
he point of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then our material journey comes to an end. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti so'rjuna.}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Upon leaving the body, he does not take birth again into this material world, but attains My eternal abode." }{\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  4.9)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself gives instructions by which He can be understood.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy \'e4sakta-man\'e4\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga\'e0 yu
\'efjan mad-\'e4\'e7raya\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'e0\'e7aya\'e0 samagra\'e0 m\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 j\'ef\'e4s}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasi tac ch\'e5\'ebu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now hear, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know 
Me in full, free from doubt." }{\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 7.1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba completely, we will take our next birth in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning scripture, Jung writes: "The word of God comes to us, and we have no way of distinguishing to what extent i
t is different from God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The word of God is not at all different from God. Since God is absolute, both He and His words are the same. God's name and God are the same. God's pastimes and God are the same. God's D
eity and God are the same. Anything related to God is God. For instance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is God. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May
\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub idam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarv
a\'e0}{\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 (}{\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  9.4)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everything is God, and when we are complete in God realization, we can understand this. Oth
erwise we cannot. Everything is God, and without God, nothing can exist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung conceived of the false ego in terms of }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub persona}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub persona}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " he writes, "is the individual's system of adaptation to, or the manner he assumes in dealing with, the world....The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub persona}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our real }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub persona}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is tha
t we are eternal servants of God. When we realize this, our }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub persona}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  becomes our salvation a
nd perfection. The person must be there, but as long as we are in the material world, our }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub persona}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  identifies with our family, community, body, nation, ideal, and so on. The person is there and must continue, but proper understanding is realizing that we are eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As long as we are in the material world, we l
abor under the delusion of the false ego, thinking, "I am American. I am Russian. I am Hindu, etc." This is false ego at work. In reality, we are all servants of God. When we speak of false ego, we also admit a real ego, a purified ego, who understands t
hat he is the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung envisioned the self as a personality composed of the conscious and also the subconscious. He writes: 'The self is
 not only the center but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything depends on the personality, and it is the personality that is surrounded by so many conceptions. In conditional life, we may have many different types of dreams, but when we a
re purified\'97like Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we dream of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. In the 
purified state, we dream about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His activities and instructions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although the self can never be fully known by the individual, it does have individuality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can know that we are individual persons with our own ideas and activities. The problem is purifying our ideas and activities. When we understand our role as servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 we are purified.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Jung, the purpose of psychoanalysis is to come to grips with our unconscious shadow personality in order to
 know completely who we are.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means attaining real knowledge. When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 approached }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, he said, "Please reveal to me who and what I am." In order to understand our real identity, we require the assistance of a guru.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jung says that in the shadow personality of all males, there is a bit of the female, and in all females there i
s a bit of the male. Because we repress these aspects of the shadow personality, we do not understand our actions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that every living entity is by nature a female, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means female, and }{\cs3755\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means male. In this material world, although we are }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we are posing ourselves as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru
\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Because the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the individual soul, has the propensity to enjoy as a male, he is sometimes described as }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but actually the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not }{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As I said before, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means dominated, and }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means predomin
ator. The only predominator is K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore originally we are all female by constitution.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the male species, at any rate, the temperament is different, isn't it? There is dominance and aggression. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no different temperament. We can see that the female also has the same temperament because she wants to be treated equally, just like a man. In any case, the real position is th
at every living entity is originally female, but under illusion he attempts to become a male, an enjoyer. This is called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although a female by constitution, the living entity is trying to imitate the supreme male, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we come to our original consciousness, we understand that we are not the predominator but the predomina
ted. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung noticed male and female characteristics reflected in nature. For instance, a mountain may be considered ma
le because it is strong and dominant, whereas the sea is female because it is passive and is the womb of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These are all mental concoctions. They have no real scientific value. You may imagine things like this, but the real identity of these things is different. Life is not generated from the
 ocean; rather, everything is generated from the breathing of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who lies in the causal ocean. If I am lying on this bed, and something emanates from my breathing, does this mean that something is emanating from the bed? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But aren't there specific male and female characteristics?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The only male is God. Male means enjoyer, and female means enjoyed. But for God, no one is the enjoyer. Therefore He is the only male.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then is it false to think of anything as masculine besides God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da: }{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Masculine is different. We speak of the masculine gender. The }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub li\'ecga}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the symbol of masculinity in the material body. In Bengali, it is said that one can tell if an animal is male or female simply by raising its tail. But these are material considerations. The real ma
le is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But couldn't you refer to the ocean as "mother ocean"?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You may in the sense that the ocean contains so many living entities, just as the female contains a child within her womb. Or you may speak of a mountain as being male because of its str
ength and durability. In that sense, you may make these comparisons, but you should not think that these are the real identities of these things. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Jung, the soul, or self, is the center of organization within the personality, and seeks a harmonious balan
ce between the conscious and the unconscious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we speak of personality, we must admit the existence of the soul. Because you are a living entity, you have a separate identity called personality. Unless there is an individual sou
l, there is no possibility of personality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung said that the self is rarely completely balanced. But don't we say that the self is always stable? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, when the self is under the influence of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he is not balanced. He is imbalanced and ignorant. His true consciousness is covered. When rain falls from the sky, it is clear, but as soon as it touches the earth, it becomes muddy. Originally, the soul's consciousness i
s clear, but when it comes in contact with the three modes of material nature, it is muddied.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "If the soul is anything," Jung writes, "it must be of unimaginable complexity and diversity, so that it cannot possib
ly be approached through a mere psychology of instinct." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, we can understand the soul through training. By negation, we can understand, "I am not this, I am not that." Then we can come to understand.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 vipro na ca nara-patir n\'e4pi vai\'e7yo na \'e7\'fcdro\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 var\'eb\'e9 na ca g\'e5ha-patir no vanastho yatir v\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu prodyan-nikhila-param\'e4nanda-p\'fcrn\'e4m\'e5t\'e4bdher
\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9-bhartu\'f9 pada-kamalayor d}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa-d\'e4s\'e4nud}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am not a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , I am not a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, I am not a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\cs3755\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\'fc}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Nor am I a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a householder, a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the maintainer of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is like an ocean of ne
ctar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance." (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Madh. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.80}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) That is our real identification. As long a
s we do not identify ourselves as eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will be subject to various false identifications. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , devotional service, is the means by which we can be purified of false identification.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I can only gaze with wonder and awe at the depths and heights of our psychic nature," Jung writes. "Its non-spatial u
niverse conceals an untold abundance of images which have accumulated over millions of years of living development and become fixed in the organism."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since we are constantly changing bodies, constantly undergoing transmigration, we are accumulating various experiences. However, if we remain fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we do
 not change. There is none of this fluctuation once we understand our real identification, which is, "I am the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and my duty is to serve Him." Arjuna realized this after hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and he told }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6o moha\'f9 sm\'e5tir labdh\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tvat-pras\'e4d\'e4n may\'e4cyuta\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sthito 'smi gata-sandeha\'f9\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kari\'f1
ye vacana\'e0 tava
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O infallible one, my
 illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy, and I am now firm and free from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions.}{\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 (}{\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  18.73)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So after hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna comes to this conclusion, and his illusion is dispelled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba'
s mercy. Arjuna is then fixed in his original position. And what is this?}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tava}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Whatever you say, I will do." At the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna to fight, and Arjuna refused. At the conclusion, Arjuna's illusion is dispelled, and he is situated in his original constitutional position. Thus our perfection l
ies in executing the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung classifies five types of rebirth. One is metempsychosis, by which "...one's life is prolonged in time by passing 
through different bodily existences; or, from another point of view, it is a life-sequence interrupted by different reincarnations....It is by no means certain whether continuity of personality is guaranteed or not: there may be only a continuity of karm
a."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A personality is always there, and bodily changes do not affect it. However, one identifies himself according to his body. When the soul, for instance, is within the body of a dog, he th
inks according to that particular bodily conception. He thinks, "I am a dog, and I have my particular duty." In human society, when one is born in America, for instance, he thinks, "I am an American, and I have my duty." According to the body, the person
ality is manifest, but in all cases, personality is there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But is this personality continuous? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly the personality is continuous. At death, the same soul passes into another gross body, along with its mental and intellectual identifications. The individual acquires different
 types of bodies, but the person is the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This would correspond to what Jung calls reincarnation, the second type of rebirth: "This concept of rebirth necessari
ly implies the continuity of personality," he writes. "Here the human personality is regarded as continuous and accessible to memory, so that when one is incarnated or born, one is able, at least potentially, to remember that he has lived through previou
s existences and that these existences were one's own, i.e., that they had the same ego-form as the present life. As a rule, reincarnation means rebirth in a human body." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not necessarily into a human body. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we learn that Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja became a deer in his next life, and after being a deer, he became a }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The soul is changing bodies just as a man changes his dress. The man is the same, although his dress may be different.
\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 \'e7ar\'e9
r\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti n}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub av\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\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 an
d 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 )}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  When a dress is old and cannot be used anymore, one has to exchange it for another. In a sense, you purchase a new dress with the money, or karma, you have accumulated in your life. The man is the same, but his dress is supplied according to
 the price he can pay. According to your karma, you receive a certain type of body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Jung, the third type of rebirth, called resurrection, may be of two types: "It may be a carnal body, as in the Chr
istian assumption that this body will be resurrected." That is, according to Christian doctrine, at the end of the world, the gross bodies will reassemble themselves and ascend into heaven, or descend into hell. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what will the person do in the meantime? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don't know. Obviously the material elements disperse.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material body is finished, but the spiritual body is always there. This type of resurrection talked about is applicable to God and His representatives, not to all. In this case, it i
s not a material body, but a spiritual one. When God appears, He appears in a spiritual body, and this body does not change. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He spoke to the
 sun god millions of years ago, and Arjuna questioned how this could be possible. K\'e5\'f1\'eba replies that although Arjuna had been present, he could not remember. Remembrance is possible only if one does not change bodies. Changing bodies means forge
tting. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jung admits that on a higher level, the process is not material. "It is assumed that the resurrection of the dead is t
he raising up of the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub corpus gloriaficationis}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the subtle body, in the state of incorruptibi
lity."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the spiritual body, which never changes. According to the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 conception, the Absolute Truth is impersonal, and when He comes as a person, He accepts a material 
body. Those who are advanced in spiritual knowledge, who accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , understand that this is not the case.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
mama bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\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 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.}{\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 (}
{\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 9.11}{\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  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears like a human being, the unintelligent think that He is nothing but a
 human being. They have no knowledge of the spiritual body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fourth form of rebirth is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
renovatio}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and this refers to "the transformation of a mortal into an immortal being, of a corporeal into a spiritual being, and of a human into a divine being." As an exam
ple, Jung cites the ascension of Christ into heaven. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that the spiritual body never dies, and the material body is subject to destruction. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  hanti na hanyate}{\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 (}{\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  2.19)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . After the material body
's destruction, the "spiritual body is still there. It is neither generated nor killed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But aren't there examples of a kind of ascension into heaven? Didn't Arjuna ascend?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. There are many instances. The special instance is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and His associates. But we should never consider their bodies material. They didn't g
o through death of any sort, although their bodies traveled to the higher universe. But it is also a fact that everyone possesses a spiritual body. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fifth type of rebirth is indirect, like an initiation ceremony, or the twice-born ceremony of transformation. "Thr
ough his presence at the rite, the individual participates in divine grace." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, one's first birth is by his father and mother, and the next birth is by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge. When one takes his second birth, he comes to understand that he is 
not the material body. That is spiritual education. That birth of knowledge, or birth into knowledge, is called }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f9}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In one of his last books, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Undisco
vered Self}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Jung writes: "The meaning and purpose of religion lie in the relationship of the individual to God (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) or to the path of salvation an
d liberation (Buddhism). From this basic fact all ethics is derived, which without the individual's responsibility before God can be called nothing more than conventional morality."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, we understand from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that no one can approach God without being purified of all sinful r
eactions. Only one who is standing on the platform of pure goodness can understand God and engage in His service. From Arjuna, we understand that God is }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma para
\'e0 dh\'e4ma pavitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n}{\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 (}{\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  10.12)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the su
preme abode and purifier. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates the Supreme Brahman. Every living being is Brahman spiritually, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supreme Brahman. He is also }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ma}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the ultimate abode of everything. And }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pavitra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama\'e0}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the purest of the pure. In order to approach the purest of the pure, one must become completely pure, and to this end, morality and ethics are necessary. Therefore in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness 
movement, we prohibit illicit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling, the four pillars of sinful life. If we can avoid these, we can remain on the platform of purity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is based on this morality, and one who cannot follow
 these principles falls down from the spiritual platform. Purity is the basic principle of God consciousness, and is essential for the reestablishment of our eternal relationship with God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung sees atheistic Communism as the greatest threat in the world today. He writes: "The state has taken the place of 
God; that is why, seen from this angle, the socialist dictatorships are religions, and state slavery is a form of worship."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I agree with him. Atheistic Communism has contributed to the degradation of human civilization. The Communists supposedly believe in the equal distribution of wealth. According to o
ur understanding, God is the Father, material nature the mother, and living entities the sons. The sons have a right to live at the cost of the father. The entire universe is the property of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and living entities are bei
ng supported by the Supreme Father.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, we should be satisfied with the supplies allotted to us. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We shoul
d be satisfied with our allocation, and not envy another or encroach upon his property. We should not envy the capitalists or the wealthy because everyone is given his allotment by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore everyone should be satisfie
d with what he receives. On the other hand, no one should exploit others. One may be born in a wealthy family, but he should not interfere with the rights of others. Whether one is rich or poor, he should be God conscious, accept God's arrangement, and s
erve God to his fullest. This is the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and it is confirmed
 by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. We should be content with our allocations from God, and con
cern ourselves with advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If we become envious of the rich, we will be tempted to encroach upon their allotment, and in this way we are diverted from our service to the Lord. The main point is that everyone, rich or p
oor, should engage in God's service. If everyone does so, there will be real peace in the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the socialist state, the goals of religion are turned into worldly promises of bread, "the just distribution of mat
erial goods, universal prosperity in the future, and shorter working hours." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is because they have no understanding of spiritual life, nor can they understand that the person within the body is eternal and spiritual. Therefore they recommend immediate sense g
ratification.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung believed, however, that Marxism cannot possibly replace religion. "A natural function which has existed from the 
beginning... cannot be disposed of with rationalistic and so-called enlightened criticism."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Communists are concerned with adjusting material things that can never be adjusted. They imagine that they can solve problems, but ultimately their plans will fail. The Communists do
 not understand what religion is. It is not possible to avoid religion. Everything has a particular characteristic. Salt is salty, sugar is sweet, and chili is hot and pungent. These are intrinsic characteristics. Similarly, the living entity has an intr
insic quality. His characteristic is to render service, be he a Communist, a theist, a capitalist, or whatever. In all countries, people are working and rendering service to their respective governments\'97be they capitalists or Communists\'97and the peo
ple are not profiting. Therefore we say that if people follow the footsteps of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they will be happy. In the material world, people are rendering service, and they are not happy doing so because their service is actually meant for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, for the sake of happiness, people sh
ould individually and collectively render service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When that service is misplaced, we are never happy. Both Communists and capitalists are saying, "Render service to me," but K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4n}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parityajya}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Just render Me service, and I will free you from all sinful reactions." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung feels that materialistic capitalism cannot possibly defeat a pseudo-religion like Marxism. The only solution is t
o adopt a nonmaterialistic religion. "The antidote should in this case be an equally potent faith of a different and nonmaterialistic kind...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That religion is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has nothing to do with any materialistic "ism," and this movement is directly connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead. God demands complete surrender, and we are teaching, "You are servants, but your service is being wrongly placed. Therefore you are not happy. Just render service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you will find happiness." We neit
her support Communism nor capitalism, nor do we advocate the adoption of pseudo religions. We are for K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung laments the absence of a potent nonmaterialistic faith in the West that "could block the progress of a fanatical 
ideology" like Marxism. He sees mankind as desperately in need of a religion that has immediate meaning.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That nonmaterial religion which is above everything\'97Marxism and capitalism\'97is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. If we cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we will tran
scend sinful reactions and make spiritual progress. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janma karma ca me divyam}{\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 (}{\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)}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that just by knowing of His transcendental appearance and pastimes, we will not take birth in this material world again. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung writes: "It is unfortunately only too clear that if the individual is not truly regenerated in spirit, society ca
nnot be either, for society is the sum total of individuals in need of redemption." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  True, the basis of change is the individual. Now there are a few disciples individually initiated into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and if a large percentage can thus become invigorated
, the face of the world will change. There is no doubt of this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For Jung, the salvation of the world consists in the salvation of the individual soul. "His individual relation to God
 would be an effective shield against these pernicious influences." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, those who seriously take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are never troubled by Marxism, this-ism, or that-ism. A Marxist may take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but a K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious devotee would never become a Marxist. That is not possible. It is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that when one knows the highest perfection of life, he cannot be misled by
 a third or fourth-class philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung also felt that materialistic progress could be a possible enemy to the individual. "A favorable environment merel
y strengthens the dangerous tendency to expect everything to originate from outside," he writes, "even that metamorphosis which external reality cannot provide, mainly, a deep-seated change of the inner man...." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes everything originates from inside, from the soul. It is confirmed by Bhaktivinoda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura and others that material progress is essentially an expansion of the external energy, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3755
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion. We are all living in illusion, and so-called scientists and philosophers cannot even understand God and their relationship to Him, despite their material advancement. Ma
terial advancement and knowledge are actually hindrances to the progressive march of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. To live a saintly life, we minimize our necessities. We are not after luxurious living. We feel that life is meant for spiritual progress a
nd K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, not for material advancement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To inspire this deep-seated change in the inner man, Jung feels that a proper teacher is needed, someone to explain re
ligion. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, according to the Vedic injunction, it is essential to seek out a guru, who, by definition, is a representative of God. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4k\'f1\'e4d}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharitvena}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samasta}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub strair}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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}{\cs3755\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The representative of God is worshipped as God, but he never says, "I am God." Although he is worshipped as God, he is the servant of God. God Himself is always master. Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu requested everyone to become a guru. "Whatever you are, it doesn't matter. Simply become a guru and deliver all these people who are in ignorance." One may say, "I am not very learned. How can I become a guru?" Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said that
 it is not necessary to be a learned scholar, for there are many so-called learned scholars who are fools. It is only necessary to impart K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, which are already there in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Whoever explains }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\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}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is is a guru by definition. If one is fortunate enough to approach such a guru, his life becomes successful. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung points out that "our philosophy is no longer a way of life, as it was in antiquity; it has turned into an exclusi
vely intellectual and academic affair."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is also our opinion. Mental speculation has no value in itself. We must be directly in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and, using all reason, assimilate the instructi
ons given by Him. We can then follow these instructions in our daily life and do good to others by teaching }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He sees on the one hand an exclusively intellectual philosophy, and on the other, denominational religions with "archa
ic rites and conceptions," which have "become strange and unintelligible to the man of today...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is because preachers of religion are simply dogmatic. They have no clear idea of God; they make only official proclamations. When one does not understand, he cannot make others unde
rstand. But there is no such vanity in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is clear in every respect. This is the expected movement Mr. Jung wanted. Every sane man should cooperate with this movement and liberate human society from the gross darkness of 
ignorance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He describes the truly religious man as one "who is accustomed to the thought of not being sole master of his own hous
e. He believes that God, and not he himself, decides in the end." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the natural situation. What decisions can we make? Since there is already a controller over us, how can we be absolute? Everyone should depend on the supreme controller and 
fully surrender to Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa:}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jung feels that modern man should ask himself, "Have I any religious experience and immediate relation to God, and hen
ce that certainty which will keep me, as an individual, from dissolving in the crowd?" Our relationship with God ultimately assures our own individuality.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, all living entities are individuals, and God is the supreme individual. According to the Vedic version, all individuals are subordinate to Him. }{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\cs3755\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upani\'f1ad}{\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 2.2.13}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The supreme individual is one, and the subordinate are many
. The supreme individual is maintaining His subordinates, just as a father maintains his family. When the children learn to enjoy their father's property without encroaching upon one another, accepting what is allotted them, they will attain peace. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa: }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That ends our session on Jung. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa360\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab}{\cs3755\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hup\'e4da:}{\cs3755\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So far, he seems the most sensible.
\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 GLOSSARY
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (A note on Sanskrit Pronunciation:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GLOSSARY
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ABOUT THE AUTHOR
\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 \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\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 origins of the text known as Brahma-samhita are lost in cosmic antiquity. According to Vedic tradition, these "Hymns of B
rahma" were recited or sung countless millennia ago by the first created being in the universe, just prior to the act of creation. The text surfaced and entered calculable history early in the sixteenth century when it was discovered by a pilgrim explori
ng the manuscript library of an ancient temple in what is now Kerala state in South India. Prior to the introduction of the printing press, texts like Brahma-samhita existed only in manuscript form, painstakingly handwritten by scribes and kept under bra
hminical custodianship in temples, where often they were worshiped as sastra-Deity, or God incarnate in holy scripture. 
\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 pilgrim who rescued Brahma-samhita from obscurity was no ordinary pilgrim, and His pilgrimage was not meant, as is the cu
stom, for self-purification but for world-purification. He was Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu-saint, mystic, religious reformer, and full incarnation of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krsna, descending into the present epoch for the salvation of all souls. At the time o
f His discovery of the text, Sri Caitanya was touring South India, preaching His message of love of Krsna and promulgating the practice of sankirtana, congregational singing of the holy names of God. Sri Caitanya commenced this tour shortly after becomin
g a monk (sannyasi), at age twenty four, and the tour lasted approximately two years. After a southward journey from Puri (in Orissa State) that carried Him to holy places such as Sri Ranga-ksetra, Setubandha Ramesvara, and finally Kanyakumari (Cape Como
rin), he turned northward and, traveling along the bank of the Payasvini River in Travancore state, reaches the temple of Adi-kesava, in Trivandrum district. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Caitanya's principal biographer, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, writes in Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila, Ch. 9) that upon
 beholding the holy image of Adi-kesava (Krsna) in the temple, Caitanya was overwhelmed with spiritual ecstasy, offered fervent prayers, and chanted and danced in rapture, a wondrous sight that was received with astonished appreciation by the devotees th
ere. After discussing esoteric spiritual matters among some highly advanced devotees present, Sri Caitanya found "one chapter of the Brahma-samhita" (what we now have as Brahma-samhita is, according to tradition, only one of a hundred chapters composing 
an epic work lost to humanity). Upon discovering the manuscript, Sri Caitanya felt great ecstasy and fell into an intense mystic rapture that overflowed onto the physical realm, producing a profusion of tears, trembling and perspiration. (We would search
 the literature of the world in vain to find a case in which the discovery of a lost book inspired such unearthly exhilaration!) Intuiting the Brahma-samhita to be a "most valuable jewel," He employed a scribe in hand-copying the manuscript and departed 
with the copy for His return journey to the north. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon His return to Puri (Madhya-lila, Ch. 11), Sri Caitanya presented Brahma-samhita to appreciative followers like Ramananda
 Raya and Vasudeva Datta, for whom Caitanya arranged copies to be made. As word of the discovery of the text spread within the Vaisnava community, "each and every Vaisnava" copied it. Gradually, Brahma-samhita was "broadcast everywhere" and became one of
 the major texts of the Gaudiya-Vaisnava canon. "There is no scripture equal to the Brahma-samhita as far as the final spiritual conclusion is concerned," exults Krsnadasa Kaviraja. "Indeed, that scripture is the supreme revelation of the glories of Lord
 Govinda, for it reveals the topmost knowledge about Him. Since all conclusions are briefly presented in Brahma-samhita, it is essential among all the Vaisnava literatures." (Madhya-lila 9.239-240) 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, what of the text itself? What are its contents? A synopsis of the Brahma-samhiti is provided by Srila Prabhupada, founde
r-acarya of the Krsna consciousness movement, in his commentary to the Caytanya-caritamrta. It is quoted here in full: 
\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 [Brahma-samhita], the philosophical conclusion of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva (simultaneous oneness and difference) is prese
nted. [It] also presents methods of devotional service, the eighteen-syllable Vedic hymn, discourses on the soul, the Supersoul and fruitive activity, an explanation of kama-gayatri, kama-bija and the original Maha-Visnu, and a specific description of th
e spiritual world, specifically Goloka Vrndavana. Brahma-samhita also explains the demigod Ganesa, the Garbhodakasayi Visnu, the origin of the Gayatri mantra, the form of Govinda and His transcendental position and abode, the living entities, the highest
 goal, the goddess Durga, the meaning of austerity, the five gross elements, love at Godhead, impersonal Brahman, the initiation of Lord Brahma, and the vision of transcendental love enabling one to see the Lord. The steps of devotional service are also 
explained. The mind, yoga-nidra, the goddess of fortune, devotional service in spontaneous ecstasy, incarnations beginning with Lord Ramacandra. Deities, the conditioned soul and its duties, the truth about Lord Visnu, prayers, Vedic hymns, Lord Siva, Ve
dic literature. personalism and impersonalism, good behavior and many other subjects are also discussed. There is also a description of the sun and the universal forms of the Lord. All these subjects are conclusively explained in a nutshell in this Brahm
a-samhita. (Madhya-lila, Vol. 4, p. 37) 
\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 spite of the seeming topical complexity of the text, the essential core of the Brahma-samhita consists of a brief descript
ion of the enlightenment of Lord Brahma by Lord Sri Krsna, followed by Brahma's extraordinarily beautiful prayers elucidating the content of his revelation: an earthly,beatific vision of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, and His eternal
, transcendental abode, Goloka Vrndavana, beyond the material cosmos. This core of the text stretches through verse twenty-nine to fifty-six, and a brief, subsequent exposition by Lord Krsna on the path of krsna-bhakti, love of God, brings the text to a 
close. 
\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 Brahma-samhita's account of Brahma's enlightenment is quite interesting and can be summarized here. When Lord Vishnu (Gar
bhodakasayi Vishnu) desires to recreate the universe, a divine golden lotus flower grows from His navel, and Brahma is born from this lotus. As he is not born from parents, Brahma is known as "Svayambhu" ("self-existent" or "unoriginated"). Upon his emer
gence from the lotus, Brahma begins-in preparation for his role as secondary creator-to contemplate the act of cosmic creation but, seeing only darkness about, is bewildered in the performance of his duty. Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, appears befo
re him and instructs him to meditate upon the kama-bija mantra (Klim krsnaya govindaya gopijana-vallabhaya svaha), promising that this mantra "will assuredly fulfill your heart's desire." Lord Brahma thus meditates upon Lord Krsna in His spiritual realm 
and hears the divine sound of Krsna`s flute. The kama-gayatri mantra (Klim kamadevaya vidmahe puspa-banaya dhimahi tan no nangah pracodayat), the "mother of the Vedas," is made manifest from the sound of Krsna's flute, and Brahma, thus initiated by the s
upreme primal preceptor Himself, begins to chant the Gayatri. (As Srila Prabhupada puts it, "When the sound vibration of Krsna's flute is expressed through the mouth of Brahma, it becomes gayatri" [teachings of Lord Caitanya, p. 322]). Enlightened by med
itation upon the sacred Gayatri, Brahma "became acquainted with the expanse of the ocean of truth." Inspired by his profound and sublime realizations, his heart overflowing with devotion and transcendental insight, Lord Brahma spontaneously begins to off
er a series of poem-prayers to the source of his enlightenment and the object of his devotion, Lord Sri Krsna. These exquisite verses form the heart of the Brahma-samhita. 
\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 is nothing vague about Brahma's description of the Lord and His abode. No dim, nihilistic nothingness, no blinding brig
ht lights, no wispy, dreamy visions of harps and clouds; rather, a vibrant, luminescent world in transcendental color, form, and sound-a sublimely variegated spiritual landscape populated by innumerable blissful, eternally liberated souls reveling in spi
ritual cognition, sensation, and emotion, all in relationship with the all-blissful, all-attractive Personality of Godhead. Here is a sample: 
\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 [Krsna, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes bui
lt with spiritual gems. surrounded by millions or purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of Laksmis or gopis. 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 Cupid. 
\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 [Goloka Vrndavana] ... where every tree is a transcendental purpose tree; where the soil is the purpose gem, al
l water is nectar, every word is a song, every gait is a dance, the flute is the favorite attendant.... where numberless milk cows always emit transcendental oceans of milk. 
\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 commentator reminds us (p. 104) that in the transcendental region of Goloka are found the same elements as are found in t
he mundane worlds, but in their highest purity and beauty: "... trees and creepers, mountains, rivers and forests, water, speech, movement, music of the flute, the sun and the moon, tasted and taste ..." Krsna's divine abode, Goloka Vrndavana, is a world
 in the fullest and realist sense. 
\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 those who will have difficulty with Brahma's highly graphic and personalistic depiction of the spiritual world and 
of the liberated state. Some, for instance, whose conception of transcendence is determined by a certain logical fallacy based on the arbitrary assumption that spirit is the literal opposite of matter (and thus that because matter has form and variety sp
irit must necessarily be formless and unvariegated), conceive of ultimate reality as some sort of divine emptiness. However, any conception of transcendence that projects or analogizes from our limited sensory and cognitive experience within the material
 world is, by its very nature, limited and speculative and thus unreliable. No accumulated quantity of sense data within this world can bring us to knowledge of what lies beyond it. Residents of the material world cannot get even a clue of transcendence,
 argues our Brahma-samhita commentator, "by moving heaven and earth through their organic senses" (p. xix). 
\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 Brahma-samhita teaches what transcendence, truth, ultimate reality can be apprehended only by the mercy of the supreme tr
anscendent entity the Absolute Truth Himself, and that perception of ultimate reality is a function not of speculative reason but of direct spiritual cognition through divine revelation. This revelation is evolved through bhakti, pure, selfless love of G
od. Only by such spiritual devotion can Krsna be seen: "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord ... whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love" (verse 38). Further, as our commentator explains,
 "the form of Krsna is visible (to the eye of the pure spiritual self) in proportion to its purification by the practice of devotion" (p. 75). Bhakti as a state of consciousness, then, is attained through bhakti as a practice, a discipline. For this reas
on, Lord Krsna in His response to Brahma at the end of the text, summarizes the path or bhakti in five aphorisms. This devotional discipline goes far beyond conventional piety. It necessitates "constant endeavor for self-realization" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59}{\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  involving both a turning from worldly, sense-gratificatory activities as well as sincere absorption in spiritual practices and behavior, under the guidance of authorized scripture. Through such pra
ctice, then, the materialist is purified of his tendency toward philosophical negation and comes to understand the nature of positive transcendence. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Others will find Lord Brahma's vision of the spiritual realm problematic for a related, but perhaps more subjective, emotiona
l reason that goes to the heart of the human condition. There is a kind of ontological anxiety, a conscious or subconscious apprehension about beingness or existence itself, that goes along with embodied life-in-the-world-that accompanies the soul's desc
ent into the temporal, endlessly changing world of matter. Material bodies and minds are subjected to a huge variety of objective and subjective discomfitures, unpleasantries, and abject sufferings within the material world. Viewed philosophically, embod
ied person hood, false-self (ahakara), is, to a greater or lesser degree, innately a condition of suffering. Because personal existence has been experienced by materialists as essentially painful, writes Prabhupada in his Bhagavad-gita commentary, "the c
onception of retaining the personality after liberation from matter frightens them. When they are informed that spiritual life is also individual and personal, they become afraid of becoming persons again, and so they naturally prefer a kind of merging i
nto the impersonal void" (4.10, purport). Entering the path of bhakti, however, such persons can gradually begin to experience their real, spiritual selves and a release from egoistic anxiety. In that purified state, they become able to relish Brahma's v
ision of blissful, personal spiritual existence in Goloka. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still others. however, might criticize Brahma-samhita on the grounds that the text, being quite specific and concrete in its 
depiction, merely offers another limited, sectarian view of God and His abode-a view in conflict with other, similarly limited views. Such persons prefer a kind of genericized Deity who doesn't offend variant theological views with definable, personal at
tributes. Brahma-samhita, however, is not a polemic against "competing" conceptions of the Deity (except those, of courses, which would deny His transcendental person hood). Vaisnava tradition does not dismiss images of the Divine derived from authoritat
ive scripture from beyond its own cultural and conceptual borders. It respects any sincere effort at serving the Supreme Person, although naturally it holds its own texts as most comprehensive and authoritative. It promotes neither an arrogant sectariani
sm that would constrain transcendence to exclusive cultural, ideational, or linguistic forms (and burn a few heretics), nor a syncretistic ecumenism that would try to pacify all claimants on the truth by departicularizing it into bland vagary. Let the sy
ncretists and the sectarians come together to appreciate, at least, the aesthetic magnificence of Brahma's theistic epiphany. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What we are experiencing through Lord Brahma in his samhita is not mystic hallucination nor quaint mythologizing nor an exerc
ise in pious wishful thinking. We are getting a glimpse, however dimmed by our own insensitivities, into the spiritual world as seen by one whose eyes are "tinged with the salve of love." We are seeing, through Brahma, an eternal, transcendental world of
 which the present world is a mere reflection. Goloka is infinitely more real than the shadowy world we perceive daily through our narrow senses. Brahma's vision of the spiritual realm is not his alone. It is shared by all those who give themselves fully
 unto the loving service of Lord Krsna-though Brahma admits that Goloka is known "only to a very few self-realized souls in this world" (verse 56). We are not asked to accept Brahma's account of transcendence uncritically and dogmatically but to avail ou
rselves of the spiritual discipline, bhakti-yoga, that will gradually lead us to our own experiential understanding of this highest truth. The publishers of this small volume hope that a careful perusal of the text will inspire bhakti in the heart of the
 reader. It should be noted that Brahma-samhita is an advanced spiritual text and is more easily understood once one already has some familiarity with texts such as Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya-cariramrta, and Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. 
\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 volume is a new and expanded edition of an English language Brahma-samhita edition published in India in 1932 by the Gau
diya Math (a Caitanya-Vaisnava religious institution), with subsequent reprints in 1958 and 1973. These editions featured the English translation and commentary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami (1874-1937), a great Vaisnava saint and scholar of
 wide repute and the founder of the Gaudiya Math. It was Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati who inspired the founder and spiritual master of the Hare Krsna movement, his dearmost disciple Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, to journey to and teach Krsna c
onsciousness in the West, beginning in 1965. 
\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 per Srila Prabhupada's instructions regarding the publication of this volume, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's somewhat technic
al and sometimes difficult prose has been left intact and virtually untouched. Fearing that any editorial (grammatical and stylistic) tampering with Bhaktisiddhanta's text might result in inadvertent changes in meaning, Prabhupada asked that it be left a
s is, and the editors of this volume have complied with his wishes. Only typographical errors have been corrected, capitalization has been standardized, Sanskrit terms in devanagari script appearing within the English text have been transliterated, and a
lready transliterated terms have been adjusted to international standards. 
\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 edition, the original devanagari text is shown for each verse of the Brahma-samhita-, followed by roman transliterati
on, then by a word-for-word translation into English. (The original Indian edition lacked the latter two features.) These, in turn, are followed by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's full English translation and commentary. His commentary closely follows that o
f his father, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura ( 1838-1914), the great Vaisnava saint, reformer, and prolific scholar who initiated a revival of pure Caitanya-Vaisnavism during the latter part of the nineteenth century. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally an index and glossary have been added for the convenience of the reader, as well as several color plates. 
\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 Indian edition of Brahma-samhita included the complete text, in Sanskrit, of the commentary of Jiva Gosvami, the great Ca
itanyite philosopher, but that has been excluded from this edition because, in light of the relative few in the West who would benefit from its inclusion, it was decided that the necessary doubling of the volume's size and price would be disadvantageous.
 
\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 his commentary to the twenty-eighth verse of the text, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati writes that Lord Caitanya "taught this hy
mn to His favorite disciples in as much as it fully contains all the transcendental truths regarding Vaisnava philosophy," and he asks his readers to "study and try to enter into the spirit of his hymn with great care and attention, as a regular daily fu
nction." His disciple Srila Prabhupada was very fond of Brahma's prayers to Lord Krsna (... govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami), and there are several recordings of Prabhupada singing these prayers with obvious, intense devotion. The publishers join w
ith the commentator in inviting readers to dive deeply into the sweet, transcendental ocean of Brahma's hymns as a daily meditation. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Subhananda Dasa 
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs Foreword
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Foreword
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The materialistic demeanor cannot possibly stretch to the transcendental autocrat who is ever inviting the fallen conditioned souls to associate with Him through de
votion or eternal serving mood. The phenomenal attractions are often found to tempt sentient beings to enjoy the variegated position which is opposed to undifferenced monism. People are so much apt to indulge in transitory 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 things. 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 and heaven through their organic senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 gaze of inspection.
 The very first stanza of this publication will revolutionize their reserved ideas when the nomenclature of the Absolute is put before them as "K\'e5\'f1\'eba." The speculative mind would show a tendency of offering some other attributive name to designa
te the unknown object. They will prefer to brand Him by their experience as the "creator of this universe," "the entity beyond phenomena"\'97far off the reference of any object of nature and void of all transformation. So they will urge that the very fou
ntainhead should have no conceivable designation except to show a direction of the invisible, and inaudible untouchable, nonfragrant and unperceivable object. But they will not desist from contemplating on the object with their poor fund of experience. T
he interested enquirer will be found to hanker after the records left by erudite savants to incompatible hallucinative views of savage demonstration. In comparing the different names offered by different thoughts of mankind, a particular judge would deci
de in favor of some nomenclature which will suit best his limited and specific whims. The slave mentality of an individual will no doubt offer invective assertions to the rest who will be appealing to him for a revelation of his decision. To remedy this 
evil, the hymns of the accepted progenitor of the phenomena would do great help in taking up the question of nomenclature which is possessed of adequate power to dispel all imaginations drawn out of their experiencing the phenomena by their tentative exp
loitations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first hymn will establish the supremacy of the Absolute Truth, if His substratum is not shot by the bullets of limited time, ignorance and uncomfortable feeling
, as well as by recognizing the same as an effect instead of accepting Him as the prime cause. He will be satisfied to mark that the object of their determination is the par-excellent Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba who has eternally embodied Himse
lf in His ever-presence, all-blissful, all-pervasive perfected knowledge as the very fountainhead of all prime causes of unending nonbeginning time, the supplying fosterer of all entities, viz., mundane and transcendental.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The subsequent lines will go to determine the different aspects of the Absolute, who are but emanations of the supreme fountainhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the attractive e
ntity of all entities. Moreover, the derivative proclamation of the nomenclature will indicate the plane of uninterrupted, unending, transcendental felicity and the nomenclature Himself is the source of the two components which go by the names of efficie
nt and material causes. The very transcendental name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" is known as the embodiment of all the transcendental eternal }{\cs2873\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  as well as the origin of all eclipsed conceptions of interrupted }{\cs2873\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  found in the mentality of animated beings which are successfully depicted by litterateurs and rhetoricians for our mundane speculation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The verses of }{\cs2873\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  are a full elucidation of the origination of phenomenal and noumenic conceptions. The hymns of the incarnated prime potency has dealt fully with the monotheistic speculations of different schools which are busy to give 
an outer cover of an esoteric concoction without any reference to the true eternal aspect of transcendental nontransformable and imperishable manifestation of the immanent. The hymns have also dealt with different partial aspects of the personality of th
e Absolute who is quite isolated from the conception of the enjoyers of this phenomenal world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A very close attention and a comparative study of all prevailing thoughts and conceptions will relieve and enlighten all\'97be he a materialist, a downright atheist
, an agnostic, a sceptic, a naturalist, a pantheist or a panantheist\'97busy with their knowledge of three dimensions only by their speculative exertions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This booklet is only the fifth chapter of the Hymns of Brahm\'e4 which were recorded in a hundred chapters. The Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya picked up this chapt
er from the temple of \'c4di-ke\'e7ava at Tiruvattar, 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 jurisdiction. This booklet can easily be compa
red with another book which passes by the name of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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  Though it has got a reference in the pantheon of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\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  the }{\cs2873\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  corroborates the same idea of this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\cs2873\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 devotees should consider that these two books tend to the identical K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is the fountainhead of all transcendental and mundane entities and has a 
manifestive exhibition of the plenary variegatedness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aspersions of calumniation are restricted in the limited world, whereas transcendence cannot admit such angularities being an angle of 180 degrees or void of any an
gular discrepancies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The publisher is carried away to the realm of gratitude when his stores of publication are scrutinized. \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda has given an elucidatory purport 
of the conception of the most sublime fountainhead of all entities in Bengali, and one of his devout followers has rendered that into English for propagatory purpose. The purports and the translations are traced to the backgrounds of the writings of \'c7
r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a contemporary follower of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya. The emotional aspirations will find fair play in perusing the texts of this brochure by one and all who have any interest in pure theistic achie
vements. The materialistic inspection often goes on to say that the provincial conception of theism has made the depicting of transcendental unity into diverse face quite opposed to the ethical consideration of the limited region. But we differ from such
 erroneous considerations when we get a prospective view of the manifested transcendentality eliminating all historicities and allegorical enterprises. All our enjoying mood should have a different direction when we take into account the transcendental e
ntity who has obsessed all frailties and limitations of nature. So we solicit the happier mood of the scrutinizers to pay special attention to the importance of manifestive transcendence in K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was found necessary to publish this small book for the use of English-knowing people who are interested in the acme of transcendental truths in their manifestive
 phases. The theme delineated in the texts of this book is quite different from the ordinary heaps of poetical mundane literature, as they are confined to our limited aspiration of senses. The book was found in the South some four centuries ago and it is
 again brought into light in the very same country after a long time, just like the worshiping of the Goddess Ganges by the offering of her own water.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa160\li720\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shree Gaudiya
 Math,\line Calcutta, the 1st August, 1932.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4\line
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter Five
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.1
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 1
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the controller; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub comprising eternal existence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub absolute knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and absolute bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vigraha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4di\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without beginning; }{\cs2873\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 origin; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa
rva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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. He 
has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bg }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 2.2}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bg }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 4.12}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bg }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.3}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bg 
}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.7}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bg }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 9.11}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bh\'e4g. }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 2.4.6\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g. }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 2.5.12}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bh\'e4g. }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 
2.6.33}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Bh\'e4g. }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 2.10.7}{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 p\line Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  20.165p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 having His eternal name, eternal form, eternal attribution and eternal pastimes. The very
 name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" implies His love-attracting designation, expressing by His eternal nomenclature the acme of entity. His eternal beautiful heavenly blue-tinged body glowing with the intensity of ever-existing knowledge has a flute in both His hands
. As His inconceivable spiritual energy is all-extending, still He maintains His all-charming medium size by His qualifying spiritual instrumentals. His all-accommodating supreme subjectivity is nicely manifested in His eternal form. The concentrated all
-time presence, uncovered knowledge and inebriating felicity have their beauty in Him. The mundane manifestive portion of His own Self is known as all-pervading Param\'e4tm\'e4, \'c9\'e7vara (Superior Lord) or Vi\'f1\'ebu (All-fostering). Hence it is evi
dent that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sole Supreme Godhead. His unrivaled or unique spiritual body of superexcellent charm is eternally unveiled with innumerable spiritual instrumentals (senses) and unreckonable attributes keeping their signifying location properl
y, adjusting at the same time by His inconceivable conciliative powers. This beautiful spiritual figure is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual entity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is identical with His own figure.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The very intensely blended entity of eternal presence of felicitous cognition is the charming targeted holding or transcendental icon.
 It follows that the conception of the indistinguishable formless magnitude (Brahman) which is an indolent, lax, presentment of cognitive bliss, is merely a penumbra of intensely blended glow of the three concomitants, viz., the blissful, the substantive
 and the cognitive. This transcendental manifestive icon K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original face is primordial background of magnitudinal infinite Brahman and of the all-pervasive oversoul. K\'e5\'f1\'eba as truly visioned in His variegated pastimes, such as
 owner of transcendental cows, chief of cowherds, consort of milk-maids, ruler of the terrestrial abode Gokula and object of worship by transcendental residents of Goloka beauties, is Govinda. He is the root cause of all causes who are the predominating 
and predominated agents of the universe. The glance of His projected fractional portion in the sacred originating water viz., the personal oversoul or Param\'e4tm\'e4, gives rise to a secondary potency\'97nature who creates this mundane universe. This ov
ersoul's intermediate energy brings forth the individual souls analogously to the emanated rays of 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 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; so the preamble is enacted by chanting His name in the beginning.
\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  2.107] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Madhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 8.137, 20.154, 21.35] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub BTG}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  #33]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.2
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 2
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasra-patra-kamala\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gokul\'e4khya\'e0 mahat padam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat-kar\'ebik\'e4ra\'e0 tad-dh\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad-anant\'e4\'e0\'e7a-sambhavam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-patra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing a thousand petals; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kamalam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub gokula-\'e4khyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub known as Gokula; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat padam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the superexcellent station; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of that (lotus); }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'ebik\'e4ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the whorl; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him (K\'e5\'f1\'eba); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the abode; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that (Gokula); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of His infinitary aspect, Balar\'e4ma; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from a part; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambhavam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub produced.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is portrayed in the second verse.] The superexcellent station of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is known as Gokula, has thousands of petals and a corolla like that of a lotus sprouted from a part of His infinitary aspect, the whorl of the leaves being the actual abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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-unbounded character forms the display of His unlimited potency and His propagating
 manifestation. Baladeva is the mainstay of that energy. The transcendental entity of Baladeva has two aspects viz., infinite spiritual manifestation and infinite accommodating space for insentient gross things. The uniquadrantal delineation of material 
universe will be dealt within the proper place. The triquadrantal extensions of the transcendental infinitary field of the almighty, unlamenting, nonperishing and nonapprehending unlimited situations of halo which are fully spiritual majestic foliation. 
This very majestical extension portrays 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, on the further shore of Viraj\'e4 surrounded by t
he halo of Brahman or 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, exceedingly beautified by the assorted display of e
ffulgence. Some designate this region as the abode of the Supreme N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or the original fountainhead. Hence Gokula, which is identical with Goloka, is the supreme plane. The same sphere shines as Goloka and Gokula respectively by its upper o
r transcendental and lower or mundane situation.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 has told us as follows in his }{\cs2873\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 is used to do 
in Goloka. 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
 between Gokula and Goloka save that this 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 showed His various activity there. \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has also inculcated the sam
e in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavat-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\'e4
vana is the eternal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Goloka and V\'e5nd\'e4vana are identically one, and though both are identical, yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inconceivable energy has made Goloka the acme of this spiritual kingdom and Gokula of Mathur\'e4 province 
forming a part of the mundane plane which is also a manifestation of triquadrantal }{\cs2873\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  (con
ducting majesty). Poor human understanding cannot possibly make out how the extensive triquadrantal, which is beyond human comprehension, can be accommodated in the limited nether material universe of a uniquadrantal disclosure. Gokula is a spiritual pla
ne, hence his condescended position in the region of material space, time, etc., is in no way restricted but unlimitedly manifested with his full boundless propriety. But conditioned souls are apt to assert a material conception in regard to Gokula by th
eir miserable senses so as to bring him below 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 can never really cover the sun, still the clouded vision apparently observes 
the sun as covered by the 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 a
ttainment of final beatitude is the success in attaining one's eternal self. The success in identifying the true self is finally achieved when the screen of gross and subtle coils of conditioned souls is removed by the sweet will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Howev
er, the idea of Goloka is 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 a
bode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\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 BTG}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  #33] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  20.258]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.3
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 3
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kar\'ebik\'e4ra\'e0 mahad yantra\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f1a\'f6-ko\'eba\'e0 vajra-k\'e9lakam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f1a\'f2-a\'ecga-\'f1a\'f6-pad\'e9-sth\'e4na\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prak\'e5ty\'e4 puru\'f1e\'eba ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prem\'e4nanda-mah\'e4nanda-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 rasen\'e4vasthita\'e0 hi yat
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jyot\'e9-r\'fcpe\'eba manun\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4ma-b\'e9jena sa\'ecgatam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'ebik\'e4ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the whorl; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub great; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yantram\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub figure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f1a\'f6-ko\'ebam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub a hexagon; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vajra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like a diamond; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9lakam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the central support; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f1a\'f6-a\'ecga-\'f1a\'f6
-pad\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the eighteen-syllable }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  with sixfold divisions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sth\'e4nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the place of manifestation; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e5ty\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along with the predominated aspect of the Absolute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1e\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along with the predominating aspect of the Absolute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the bliss of love of God; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the great trans
cendental jubilations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  (mellow); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasthitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub situated; }{\cs2873\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 certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9-r\'fcpe\'eba\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manun\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantra; k\'e4ma-b\'e9jena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma-b\'e9ja (kl\'e9\'e0); sa\'ecgatam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub joined.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The whorl of that transcendental lotus is the realm wherein dwells K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is a hexagonal figure, the abode of the indwelli
ng predominated and predominating aspect of the Absolute. Like a diamond the central supporting figure of self-luminous K\'e5\'f1\'eba stands as the transcendental source of all potencies. The holy name consisting of eighteen transcendental letters is ma
nifested in a hexagonal figure with sixfold divisions.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are twofold, viz., manifested and nonmanifested. The pastimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana visible
 to mortal eyes are the manifestive }{\cs2873\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  of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that which is not 
so visible, is nonmanifestive }{\cs2873\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  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The nonmanifestive }{\cs2873\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  is always visible in Goloka and the same is visible to human eyes in Gokula, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba so desires
. In his }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhu says, "Nonmanifestive pas
times are expressed in manifestive }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goloka-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the nonmanifestive pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba visualized from the mundane plane." This is also corroborate
d by \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa in his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The progressive transcendental manifestation
 of Gokula is Goloka. So Goloka is the selfsame majestic manifestation of Gokula. The eternal pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although not visible in Gokula, are eternally manifested in Goloka. Goloka is the transcendental majestic manifestation of
 Gokula. The manifestations of the nonmanifestive pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with regard to the conditioned souls, are twofold, viz., (1) worship through the channel of the }{\cs2873\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  (inaudibly recited, liberating, self-dedicatory. transcendental sounds), (2) spontaneous outflow of heart's spiritual love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 has said that worship through the }{\cs2873\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 possible permanently in the proper place, when co
nfined to one pastime. This meditative manifestation of Goloka is the pastime attended with the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the }{\cs2873\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  Again, the pastimes that are performed in different planes and in different moods, are autocratic in diverse ways; hence }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4
-rasik\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i.e., spontaneous, outflow of heart's spiritual love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This }{\cs2873\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  conveys a twofold meaning. One meaning is that in the pastime attended with worship through the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
antra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consisting of eighteen transcendental letters, transcendental words contained in the said }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
ntra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  being differently placed make a manifestation of only one }{\cs2873\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  of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As for example }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kl\'e9\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya govind\'e4ya gop\'e9jana-vallabh\'e4ya sv\'e4
h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is a hexagonal }{\cs2873\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  consisting of six transcendental words, viz., (1) }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (2) }{\cs3545
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govind\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (3) }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9j
ana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4) }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vallabh\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 (5) }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (6) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
h\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These six transcendental words, when placed juxtapositionally. indicate the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hexagonal great transcendental machinery is in this wise. The principal seed, i.e. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kl\'e9\'e0,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is situated in the instrument as the central pivot. Anybody with an impression of such an instrument in his mind and concentrating 
his thought on such spiritual entities, can attain, like Candradhvaja, to the knowledge of the cognitive principle. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i.e., one who is conversant with on
e's inner self, and the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates the transcendental nature. This meaning of the }{
\cs2873\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  has also been corroborated by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The general meaning is this that one who is desirous of entering into the esoteric pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will have to pr
actice His transcendental service along with the culture of the devotional knowledge relative to Him. (1) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-svar\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the proper Self of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; (2) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya cin-maya-vraja-l\'e9l\'e4-vil\'e4sa-svar\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the true nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes in Vraja; (3) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-parikara-gop\'e9jana-svar\'fcpa\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the true nature of His spiritual associates in Vraja, viz., the spiritual milkmen and the milkmaids; (4) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tad-vallabha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the true nature of self-surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the footsteps of the spiritual milkmaids of Vraja; (5) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uddha-j\'e9vasya cid-(j\'ef\'e4na)-svar\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the true nature of the spiritual knowledge of the unalloyed individual soul; (6) 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit-prak\'e5tir arth\'e4t k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sev\'e4-svabh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the true nature of transcendental 
service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is this that the esoteric relation is established on the awakening of one's pure cognition. The meaning is that }{\cs2873\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  is only the transcendental service of the central refuge \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as predominating aspect of the Absolute, by one's ego as the spiritual maid of the predominated moiety of the absolute intege
r, attended with pure devotion in the shape of one's entire self-surrender. The pastime in Goloka or in Gokula during the stage of devotional progress, is the meditative worship through the }{\cs2873\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 during the stage of perfection the pastimes manifest themselves as the unrestrained transcendental jubilations. This is the real aspect of Goloka 
or Gokula, which will be made more explicit in due course. The meaning of the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jyot\'e9-r\'fcpe\'eba manun\'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 is that the transcendental meaning is expressed in the }{\cs2873\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  by means of which, on transcendental desire of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba being added, one is established in the eternal love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such eternal p
astimes are eternally manifested in Goloka.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.4
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 4
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat-ki\'efjalka\'e0 tad-a\'e0\'e7\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat-patr\'e4\'ebi \'e7riy\'e4m api
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of that (lotus); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki\'efjalkam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the petals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-a
\'e0\'e7\'e4n\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of His (K\'e5\'f1\'eba's) fragmental portions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of that (lotus); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patr\'e4\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the leave
s; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7riy\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the }{\cs2873\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  (headed by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The whorl of that eternal realm Gokula is the hexagonal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Its petals are the abodes of }{\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  who are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom they are most lovingly devoted and are similar in essence. The petals
 shine beautifully like so many walls. The extended leaves of that lotus are the gardenlike dh\'e4ma, i.e. spiritual abode of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4, the most beloved of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental Gokula is shaped like the lotus. The eternal world is like a hexagonal figure; in that the entities \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4
dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appearing in the form of a }{\cs2873\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  consisting of eighteen transcendental let
ters, are centered. The propagating manifestations emanating from the }{\cs2873\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 are present ther
e with the said entities as the center. \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the primary cause or the seed Himself. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-t\'e4pan\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, "}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O\'e0k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " signifies the All-Powerful Gop
\'e4la and His potency; and "}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kl\'e9\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " is the same as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hence }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-b\'e9ja}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the primary cause of all-love, is connotative of the entities \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.5
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 5
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 catur-asra\'e0 tat-parita\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7vetadv\'e9p\'e4khyam adbhutam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 catur-asra\'e0 catur-m\'fcrte\'e7
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 catur-dh\'e4ma catu\'f1-k\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 caturbhi\'f9 puru\'f1\'e4rthai\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 caturbhir hetubhir v\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7\'fclair da\'e7abhir \'e4naddham
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'fcrdhv\'e4dho dig-vidik\'f1v api
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 a\'f1\'f6abhir nidhibhir ju\'f1\'f6am
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 a\'f1\'f6abhi\'f9 siddhibhis tath\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 manu-r\'fcpai\'e7 ca da\'e7abhir
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dik-p\'e4lai\'f9 parito v\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7y\'e4mair gaurai\'e7 ca raktai\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7uklai\'e7 ca p\'e4r\'f1adar\'f1abhai\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7obhita\'e0 \'e7aktibhis t\'e4bhir
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 adbhut\'e4bhi\'f9 samantata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9-asra\'e0\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub quadrangular place; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that (Gokula); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub parita\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounding; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7veta-dv\'e9pa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7vetadv\'e9pa (the white island); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4khyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nam
ed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mysterious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub catu\'f9-asram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub quadrangular; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9-m\'fcrte\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the four primary expansions (V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna and Aniruddha); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9-dh\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub consisting of four abodes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9-k\'e5tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divided into four parts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caturbhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the four; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a-arthai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub human requirements; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caturbhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub by the four; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetubhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub causes, or bases of achievement; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enveloped; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'fclai
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with tridents; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7abhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ten; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4naddham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fixed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'fcrdhva-adha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upwards and downwards (the zenith and nadir); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dik\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (in) the directions (north, south, east, and west); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidik\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and in the intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6abhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the
 eight; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidhibhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jewels; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ju\'f1\'f6am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub endowed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6abhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the eight; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddhibhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mystic perfections (
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'e4, pr\'e4pti, pr\'e4k\'e4mya, mahim\'e4, \'e9\'e7itva, va\'e7itva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  and }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4vas\'e4yit\'e4}{\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 tath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manu-r\'fcpai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the form of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantras; ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7abhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by ten; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dik-p\'e4lai\'f9\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub protectors of the directions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parita\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all around; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounded; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4mai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub blue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaurai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yellow; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raktai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub red; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uklai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub white;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
\'e4r\'f1ada-\'e5\'f1abhai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the topmost associates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7obhitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shining; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktibhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with potencies;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4bhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub those; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub adbhut\'e4bhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub extraordinary; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samantata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on all sides.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [The surrounding external plane of Gokula is described in this verse.] There is a mysterious quadrangular place named \'c7vetadv\'e9pa
 surrounding the outskirts of Gokula. \'c7vetadv\'e9pa is divided into four parts on all sides. The abode of V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are separately located in each of these four parts. These four divided abodes are envel
oped by the fourfold human requirements such as piety, wealth, passion and liberation, as also by the four Vedas, viz., \'c5g, S\'e4ma, Yajur and Atharva, which deal with the mantra and which are the bases of achievements of the fourfold mundane requirem
ents. Ten tridents are fixed in the ten directions, including the zenith and nadir. The eight directions are decorated with the eight jewels of Mah\'e4padma, Padma, \'c7a\'eckha, Makara, Kacchapa, Mukunda, Kunda, and N\'e9la. There are ten protectors [di
k-p\'e4las] of the ten directions in the form of mantra. The associates of the hues of blue, yellow, red and white and the extraordinary potencies bearing the names of Vimala, etc., shine on all sides.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Primarily Gokula is the seat of transcendental love and devotion. Hence Yamun\'e4, \'c7r\'e9 Govardhana, \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb
\'f2a, etc., of the terrestrial Vraja-ma\'eb\'f2ala lie within Gokula. Again, all the majesties of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha are manifested there extending in all directions. The pastimes of the four propagating manifestations are all there in their proper places.
 The }{\cs2873\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  Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha has got its extension from the display of the four propagating mani
festations. Salvation as of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, and piety. wealth and passion pertaining to worldly people, are in the proper places in Gokula as their original seed, i.e., primary cause. The }{\cs2873\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 are engaged in singing the song of the Lord of Gokula. There are ten tridents in ten directions to prevent and disappoint those who are aspirants for ha
ving an entrance into Goloka through meditations without the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Self-conceited people who try to reach this region through the paths of }{\cs2873\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) and }{\cs2873\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  (
empiric knowledge) are baffled in their attempts, being pierced by the ten tridents. Self-annihilation has its excellence in Brahma-dh\'e4ma which represents the outside covering of Goloka in the shape of tridents. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'fcla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means a trident; the mundane threefold attributes and the threefold divisions of time represent the trident. }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i.e. ascetics who practice the eightfold }{\cs2873\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 the nondifferentiative liberationists who, trying to approach in the direction of Goloka, fall headlong into the pits of disappointme
nt by being pierced and cut asunder by these tridents placed in ten directions. Those who proceed towards the direction of Goloka through the channel of devotion alloyed with majestic ideas, are fascinated with the charms of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha which is the 
outer covering plane of \'c7r\'e9 Goloka, at the sight of the eight perfections, viz., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 etc., and majesties like }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4padma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc. Those who are less forward in their intelligence rela
pse to the sevenfold world falling under the control of the ten protectors (of the ten directions) in the guise of }{\cs2873\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 this wise, Goloka has become unknowable and inaccessible. It is only the divine selves of Godhead, the propounders of the divine dispensations for the different ages, who are always forward there to favor the approaching
 devotees who seek entry into the realm of Goloka through the channel of pure devotional love. These divine forms of Godhead are surrounded there with attendants of their respective natures. \'c7vetadv\'e9pa in Goloka is their place of abode. Hence \'c7r
\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura V\'e5nd\'e4vana the manifest Vy\'e4sa of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caitanya-l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has described t
he village of Navadv\'e9pa as bearing the name of \'c7vetadv\'e9pa. In this \'c7vetadv\'e9pa the concluding portions of the pastimes of Gokula exist eternally as the pastimes of Navadv\'e9pa. Hence the region of Navadv\'e9pa, Vraja and the realm of Golok
a are one and the same indivisible entity; the difference only lies in the manifestations of the infinite variety of sentiments, corresponding to the diverse nature of their devotional love. There is in this a most hidden principle which only the greates
t souls who are possessed of the highest transcendental love, are enabled to realize by the direct grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The truth is as follows: In this mundane world there are fourteen spheres disposed in the graded order of high and low. Persons li
ving with wives and children hankering for the pleasure-giving effect of their fruitive actions, move up and down within the limits of the three worlds of Bh\'fc\'f9, Bhuva\'f9 and Sva\'f9. }{\cs2873\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  of great austerities, ascetics and persons addicted to hypothetical truth, persons of a neutral disposition adopting nonfruitive works by an
 aptitude which seeks to be free from all mundane desires, move up and down within the limits of the worlds of Maha\'f9, Jana\'f9, Tapa\'f9 and Satya. Above these worlds lies the abode of four-headed Brahm\'e4, above which lies the unlimited realm of Vai
ku\'eb\'f6ha of Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9, lying in the ocean of milk. P}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aramaha\'e0sa-sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the demons killed by \'c7r\'e9 Hari, by crossing the Viraj\'e4, i.e., by passing beyond the fourteen worlds, enter into the luminous realm of Brahman and attain to }{\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  in the form of temporary abeyance of the temporal ego. But the devotee actuated by knowledge (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), the devotee actuated by the pure devotional aptitude (}{\cs2873\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 ), the devotee imbued with loving devotion (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema-bhakta}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), the devotee actuated by pure love (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub premapara-bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and the devotee impelled by overwhelming love (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4tura-bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), wh
o serve the majesty of Godhead, have their locations in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, i.e., the transcendental realm of \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees who are imbued with all-love and who walk in the footsteps of the spiritual maids of Vraja, alone attain to the realm of 
Goloka. The different locations of the devotees in Goloka according to the respective differences in the nature of their }{\cs2873\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  i.e., mellow quality. are settled by the inconceivable power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The pure devotees following the devotees of Vraja and those following the pure devotees of Navadv\'e9pa are located in the realm of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Gaura respectively. The identical devotees of Vraja and Navadv\'e9pa simultaneously attain to the pleasures of service in the realm of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Gaura. \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 writes in his work }{\cs2873\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  that "the supreme transcendental realm is called Goloka being the abode of }{\cs2873\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  transcendental cows, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopa,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  transcendental cowherds. This is the seat of the }{\cs2873\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  pastimes of the absolute \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Again the realm is called \'c7vetadv\'e9pa owing to the realization of some of the }{\cs2873\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  which are the inconceivable manifestation derived from the untouched purity of that supreme realm. The twofold entities of the supreme Goloka and the supreme \'c7vetadv\'e9pa are indivisibly
 the realm of Goloka." The gist of the whole matter is this\'97Goloka as \'c7vetadv\'e9pa is eternally manifest because the pleasures of enjoyment of the }{\cs2873\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  could not be had in its entirety in the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Vraja. He accepts the emotion and effulgence of His predominated moiety. \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4, and makes an eternal p
astime for the enjoyment of }{\cs2873\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  there. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'ebacandra coveting to 
taste the following pleasures, viz., to realize (1) the nature of the greatness of love of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4; (2) the nature of the wonderful sweetness of His love of which \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4 has got the taste; (3) the nature of the exquisite jo
y 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 of the womb of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ac\'e9-dev\'e9. The esoteric desire of \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhu is herein made
 manifest. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is also said, "Let me tell you the mystery. In Navadv\'e9pa, the identic
al realm of Goloka, on the bank of the Ganges, Gauracandra who is Govinda, 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 }{\cs2873\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 threefold mundane attributes, makes the process of pure unalloyed devotion manifest in this mundane
 world. He is sole Godhead. He is 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 (}{\cs2873\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 the devotee. He is the bestower of devotion and cognizable by devotion alone. The selfsame Gauracand
ra, who is no other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, in order to taste the }{\cs2873\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  of the pastimes of R
\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka, is manifest in the eternal realm of Navadv\'e9pa identical with Goloka." This is also clear from the Vedic declarations, viz., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4san v
ar\'eb\'e4s traya\'f9, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-var\'eba\'e0 tvi\'f1\'e4k\'e5\'f1\'ebam, yath\'e4 pa\'e7ya\'f9 pa\'e7yati rukma-var\'ebam, mah\'e4n prabhur vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and various other statements 
of the theistic scriptures. Just as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba had His birth in the mundane Gokula through the agency of Yogam\'e4y\'e4 who is the primal energy of the Supreme Lord, so with her help He manifests the }{\cs2873\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  of His birth in the womb of \'c7ac\'e9-dev\'e9 in Navadv\'e9pa on this mundane plane. These are the absolute truths of spir
itual science and not the outcome of imaginary speculation under the thraldom of the deluding energy of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.6
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 6
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 eva\'e0 jyotir-mayo deva\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sad-\'e4nanda\'f9 par\'e4t para\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4masya tasy\'e4sti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prak\'e5ty\'e4 na sam\'e4gama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub evam-thus; jyoti\'f9-maya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub transcendental;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sat-\'e4nanda\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the own Self of eternal ecstasies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e4t para\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the superior of all superiors; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-\'e4r\'e4masya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub engaged in the enjoyments of the transcendental realm; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of H
im; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prak\'e5ty\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the mundane potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam\'e4gama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub association.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Lord of Gokula is the transcendental Supreme Godhead, the own Self of eternal ecstasies. He is the superior of all superiors and i
s busily engaged in the enjoyments of the transcendental realm and has no association with His mundane potency.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sole potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which is spiritual, functioning as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own proper power, has manifested His pastimes o
f Goloka or Gokula. By her grace individual souls who are constituents of the marginal potency can have admission into even those pastimes. The deluding energy, who is of the nature of the perverted reflection of the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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, has got her location on the other side of the river Viraj\'e4, which surrounds the Brahma-dh\'e4ma forming the
 boundary of Mah\'e4-Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha as the outer envelope of Goloka. The position of Goloka being absolutely unalloyed with the mundane, deluding energy, far from having any association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, feels ashamed to appear before His view.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.7
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 7
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4yay\'e4ramam\'e4\'ebasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 na viyogas tay\'e4 saha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4tman\'e4 ramay\'e4 reme
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tyakta-k\'e4la\'e0 sis\'e5k\'f1ay\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the illusory energy; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aramam\'e4\'ebasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him, who never consorts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viyoga\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub complete separation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub her; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with His own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ramay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub spiritual potency, Ram\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub reme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub consorts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tyakta-k\'e4lam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by casting His glance in the shape of sending His time energy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sis\'e5k\'f1ay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the desire to create.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 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 pastime, in which He engages by consorting with His own spiritual [cit] potency Ram\'e4 by casting His glance at the deluding energy in the shape of sending His time energy, is an auxiliary activity.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The illusory energy has no direct contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but has got indirect contact. Vi\'f1\'ebu the prime cause, lying in the
 Causal Ocean, the plenary portion of Mah\'e4-Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba who has His seat in Mah\'e4-Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha the sphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own extended transcendental pastimes, casts His glance towards the deluding energy. Even in casting His glance He
 has no contact with the deluding energy because the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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 then carries 
the function of His glance as His unpolluted ever-submissive potency. The deluding energy as the maidservant of the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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, serves the manifested plenary portion of Godhead consorted with Ram\'e4, the time energy representing the force of activity and instrumentality of Ram\'e4; hence there is found the process of masculi
nity or the creative force.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.8
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 8
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 niyati\'f9 s\'e4 ram\'e4 devi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat-priy\'e4 tad-va\'e7a\'e0 tad\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tal-li\'ecga\'e0 bhagav\'e4n \'e7ambhur
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jyoti-r\'fcpa\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4 yoni\'f9 s\'e4par\'e4 \'e7akti\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4mo b\'e9ja\'e0 mahad dhare\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyati\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the regulator; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub she; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ram\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the spiritual potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
the goddess; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub priy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beloved; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e7am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub under the control; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tad\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then (at the time of creation); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecgam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the 
masculine symbol, or manifested emblem; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing opulences; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ambhu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7ambhu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti
\'f9-r\'fcpa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub halo; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub san\'e4tana\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoni\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the symbol of mundane feminine productivity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apar\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n
onabsolute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the desire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e9jam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the seed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the faculty of perverted cognition
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hare\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [The secondary process of association with M\'e4y\'e4 is described.] Ram\'e4dev\'e9, the spiritual [cit] potency, beloved consort of t
he Supreme Lord, is the regulatrix of all entities. The divine plenary portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba creates the mundane world. At creation there appears a divine halo of the nature of His own subjective portion [sv\'e4\'e0\'e7a]. This halo is divine \'c7amb
hu, the masculine symbol or manifested emblem of the Supreme Lord. This halo is the dim twilight reflection of the supreme eternal effulgence. This masculine symbol is the subjective portion of divinity who functions as progenitor of the mundane world, s
ubject to the supreme regulatrix [niyati]. The conceiving potency in regard to mundane creation makes her appearance out of the supreme regulatrix. She is M\'e4y\'e4, the limited, nonabsolute [apar\'e4] potency, the symbol of mundane feminine productivit
y. The intercourse of these two brings forth the faculty of perverted cognition, the reflection of the seed of the procreative desire of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba possessed of creative desire is the subjective portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba taking the initiative in bringing about t
he birth of the mundane world. Lying in the causal water as the primal }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a-avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He cas
ts His glance towards M\'e4y\'e4 (the limited potency). Such glance is the efficient cause of the mundane creation. \'c7ambhu the symbol of masculine mundane procreation is the dim halo of this reflected effulgence. It is this symbol which is applied to 
the organ of generation of M\'e4y\'e4, the shadow of Ram\'e4 or the divine potency. The first phase of the appearance of the mundane desire created by Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is called the seminal principle of }{\cs2873\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  or the perverted cognitive faculty. It is this which is identical with the mental principle ripe for procreative activity. The conception
 underlying it is that it is the will of the }{\cs2873\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  who creates by using the efficient and mate
rial principles. Efficiency is M\'e4y\'e4 or the productive feminine organ. The material principle is \'c7ambhu or the procreative masculine organ. Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu
ru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the dominating divine person wielding the will. }{\cs2873\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  or the substantive principle in the shape of mundane entities, is the material principle. Nature embodying the accommodating principle (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4dh\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), is M\'e4y\'e4. The principle of embodied will bringing about the intercourse of the two, is the dominating divine person (}{\cs2873\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 ), subjective portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the manifestor of the mundane world. All of these three are creators. The 
seed of amorous creative desire in Goloka, is the embodiment of pure cognition. The seed of sex desire to be found in this mundane world, is that of K\'e4l\'e9, etc., who are the shadows of the divine potency. The former, although it is the prototype of 
the latter, is located very far from it. The seed of the mundane sex desire is the perverted reflection in this mundane world of the seed of the original creative desire. The process of the appearance of \'c7ambhu is recorded in the tenth and fifteenth }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7lokas.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.9
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 9
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 li\'ecga-yony-\'e4tmik\'e4 j\'e4t\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 im\'e4 m\'e4he\'e7var\'e9-praj\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the mundane masculine generative 
organs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and of the mundane feminine generative organs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmik\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as the embodiment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4t
\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub born; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub im\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4he\'e7var\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the consort of the great lord of this mundane world; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praj\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the offspring.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All offspring of the consort of the great lord [Mahe\'e7vara] of this mundane world are of the nature of the embodiment of the mundane
 masculine and feminine generative organs.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The full quadrantal extension of the Supreme Lord, is His majesty. Of this the triquadrantal extensions of unlamenting, nonperishing a
nd nonapprehending situations constitute the majesties of the realms of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha and Goloka, etc. In this temporal realm of M\'e4y\'e4 }{\cs2873\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  and men, etc.\'97all these together with all mundane worlds\'97are the great majesties of the limited potency. All these entities are embodiments of the masculine and feminine organs of generation by t
he distinction of efficient and material causal principles; or, in other words, they are produced by the process of sexual intercourse between the male and female organs of generation. All the information that has been accumulated by the agency of the sc
iences of this world, possesses this nature of sexual co-union. Trees, plants and even all insentient entities are embodiments of the co-union of male and female. The feature that is of special significance is that although such expressions as "the gener
ative organs of male and female" are indecorous yet in scientific literature these words, expressing the above-mentioned principles, are exceedingly wholesome and productive of abiding value. Indecorum is merely an entity pertaining to the external custo
m of society. But science, and specially the highest science, cannot destroy the true entity by deference to social custom. Wherefore, in order to demonstrate the seed of mundane sex desire, the basic principle of this phenomenal world, the use of those 
identical words is indispensable. By the use of all these words only the masculine energy or the predominating active potency, and female energy or the predominated active potency. are to be understood.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.10
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 10
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7aktim\'e4n puru\'f1a\'f9 so 'ya\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 li\'ecga-r\'fcp\'e9 mahe\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tasminn \'e4virabh\'fcl li\'ecge
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebur jagat-pati\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktim\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub joined to his female consort; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecga-r\'fcp\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the form of the male generating organ; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e9\'e7vara\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7ambhu, the lord of this mundane world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmin\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4virabh\'fct\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manifested; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the mani
fested emblem; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-pati\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lord of the world.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The person embodying the material causal principle, viz., the great lord of this mundane world [Mahe\'e7vara] \'c7ambhu, in the form o
f the male generating organ, is joined to his female consort the limited energy [M\'e4y\'e4] as the efficient causal principle. The Lord of the world Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is manifest in him by His subjective portion in the form of His glance.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the transcendental atmosphere (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para-vyoma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), where spiritual majesty preponderates, there is present \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba who is not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Mah\'e4-Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, subjective plenary facsimile 
of the extended personality of \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, is also the divine plenary portion of the propagatory embodiment of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the power of His spiritual energy a plenary subjective portion of Him, eternally reposing in the 
neutral stream of Viraj\'e4 forming the boundary between the spiritual and mundane realms, casts His glance, at creation, unto the limited shadow potency. M\'e4y\'e4, who is located far away from Himself. Thereupon \'c7ambhu, lord of }{\cs2873\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  embodying the substantive principle of all material entities, who is the same as Rudra, the dim reflecti
on of the Supreme Lord's own divine glance, consummates his intercourse with M\'e4y\'e4, the efficient mundane causal principle. But he can do nothing independently of the energy of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu representing the direct spiritual power of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Therefore, the principle of }{\cs2873\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  or the perverted cognitive faculty. is produced only whe
n the subjective plenary portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, viz., the prime divine }{\cs2873\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  Mah\'e4-Vi
\'f1\'ebu who is the subjective portion of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Himself the subjective portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is propitious towards the active mutual endeavors of M\'e4y\'e4, \'c7iva's consort (}{\cs2873\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 ), and }{\cs2873\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  or the principle of substantive mundane causality. Agreeably to the initiative of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu the consort of \'c7iva creates successively the mundane ego (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), the five mundane elements (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fctas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) viz., space etc., their attributes (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tan-m\'e4tras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ) and the limited senses of the conditioned soul (}{\cs2873\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 constituent partic
les, in the form of pencils of effulgence of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, are manifest as the individual souls (}{\cs2873\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 ). This will be elaborated in the sequel.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.11
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 11
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasra-\'e7\'e9r\'f1\'e4 puru\'f1a\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasr\'e4k\'f1a\'f9 sahasra-p\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasra-b\'e4hur vi\'e7v\'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasr\'e4\'e0\'e7a\'f9 sahasra-s\'fc\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-\'e7\'e9r\'f1\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing thousand
s of heads; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, the first }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a-avat\'e4ra; sahasra-ak\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing thousands of eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-p\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing thousands of legs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-b\'e4hu\'f9
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing thousands of arms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va-\'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supersoul of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-a\'e0\'e7a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the s
ource of thousands of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avat\'e4ras;}{\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 sahasra-s\'fc\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the creator of thousands of individual souls.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Lord of the mundane world, Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, possesses thousands of thousands of heads, eyes, hands. He is the source of thousa
nds of thousands of avat\'e4ras in His thousands of thousands of subjective portions. He is the creator of thousands of thousands of individual souls.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, the object of worship of the hymns of all the }{\cs2873\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 possessed of an infinity of senses and potencies, and He is the prime }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub av
at\'e4ra-puru\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the source of all the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.12
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 12
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9 sa bhagav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4pas tasm\'e4t san\'e4tan\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4vir\'e4s\'e9t k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4r\'ebo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nidhi\'f9 sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eb\'e4tmaka\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yoga-nidr\'e4\'e0 gatas tasmin
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasr\'e4\'e0\'e7a\'f9 svaya\'e0 mah\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub named N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasm\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from that; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub san\'e4tan\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'e4vir\'e4s\'e9t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub has sprung; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba-ar\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Causal Ocean; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub expanse of w
ater; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba-\'e4tmaka\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the subjective portion of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-nidr\'e4m gata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the state of deep sleep; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmin\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that (water); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-a\'e0\'e7a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with thousands of portions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The same Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is spoken of by the name of "N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba" in this mundane world. From that eternal person has sprun
g the vast expanse of water of the spiritual Causal Ocean. The subjective portion of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba who abides in paravyoma, the above supreme puru\'f1a with thousands of subjective portions, reposes in the state of divine sleep [yoga-nidr\'e4] in t
he waters of the spiritual Causal Ocean.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\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  (divine sleep) is spoken of as ecstatic
 trance which is of the nature of the bliss of the true subjective personality. The above-mentioned Ram\'e4dev\'e9 is }{\cs2873\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  in the form of Yogam\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.13
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 13
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad-roma-bila j\'e4le\'f1u
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 b\'e9ja\'e0 sa\'eckar\'f1a\'ebasya ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 haim\'e4ny a\'eb\'f2\'e4ni j\'e4t\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mah\'e4-bh\'fct\'e4v\'e5t\'e4ni tu
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him (Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu); }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub roma-bila-j\'e4le\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the pores of the skin; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e9jam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the seeds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'eckar\'f1a\'ebasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub haim\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub golden; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eggs or sperms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4ta-ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub born; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'fcta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the five great elements;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4v\'e5t\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub covered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The spiritual seeds of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba existing in the pores of skin of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, are born as so many golden sperms. Th
ese sperms are covered with five great elements.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The prime divine }{\cs2873\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  lying in the spiritual Causal Ocean is such a great affair that in the pores of His divine form spring up myriads of seeds of the universes. Those series of universes are the perverted reflections of t
he infinite transcendental region. As long as they remain embedded in His divine form they embody the principle of spiritual reflection having the form of golden eggs. Nevertheless by the creative desire of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu the minute particles of the
 great elements, which are constituents of the mundane efficient and material causal principles, envelop them. When those golden sperms, coming out with the exhalation of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, enter into the unlimited accommodating chamber of the limited 
potency (M\'e4y\'e4) they become enlarged by the nonconglomerate great elements.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.14
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 14
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 praty-a\'eb\'f2am evam ek\'e4\'e0\'e7\'e4d
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ek\'e4\'e0\'e7\'e4d vi\'e7ati svayam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasra-m\'fcrdh\'e4 vi\'e7v\'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub each; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub egglike universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub evam\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka-a\'e0\'e7\'e4t eka-a\'e0\'e7\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as His own separate subjective portions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7ati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enters; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub personally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-m
\'fcrdh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing thousands of heads; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va-\'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supersoul of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub san\'e4tana\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The same Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu entered into each universe as His own separate subjective portions. The divine portions, that entered int
o each universe are possessed of His majestic extension, i.e., they are the eternal universal soul Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, possessing thousands of thousands of heads.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu lying in the spiritual Causal Ocean is the subjective portion of Mah\'e4-Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba. He entered, as His o
wn subjective portions, into those universes. These individual portions all represent the second divine }{\cs2873\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  lying in the ocean of conception and is identical with Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu in every respect. He is also spoken of as the divine guide, from within, of all souls.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.15
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 15
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4m\'e4\'ecg\'e4d as\'e5jad vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4\'ecg\'e4t praj\'e4patim
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jyotir-li\'ecga-maya\'e0 \'e7ambhu\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'fcrca-de\'e7\'e4d av\'e4s\'e5jat
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4ma-a\'ecg\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from His left limb; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as\'e5jat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He created; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebum\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dak\'f1i\'eba-a\'ecg\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from His right limb; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praj\'e4patim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Hira\'eb
yagarbha Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9-li\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the divine masculine manifested halo; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub comprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ambhum\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7ambhu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'fcrca-de\'e7\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub from the space between His two eyebrows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub av\'e4s\'e5jat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He created.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The same Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu created Vi\'f1\'ebu from His left limb, Brahm\'e4, the first progenitor of beings, from His right limb an
d, from the space between His two eyebrows, \'c7ambhu, the divine masculine manifested halo.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The divine puru\'f1a, lying in the ocean of milk, the same who is the regulator of all individual souls, is \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu; and
 Hira\'ebyagarbha, the seminal principle, the portion of the Supreme Lord, is the prime progenitor who is different from the four-faced Brahm\'e4. This same Hira\'ebyagarbha is the principle of seminal creating energy of every Brahm\'e4 belonging to each
 of the infinity of universes. The divine masculine manifested halo, \'c7ambhu, is the plenary manifestation of his prototype \'c7ambhu, the same as the primary divine masculine generative symbol \'c7ambhu whose nature has already been described. Vi\'f1
\'ebu is the integral subjective portion of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Hence He is the great Lord of all the other lords. The progenitor (Brahm\'e4) and \'c7ambhu are the dislocated portions of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Hence they are gods with delegated functions.
 His own potency being on the left side of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu appears in the left limb of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu from the unalloyed essence of His spiritual (}{\cs2873\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. Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is Godhead Himself, is the inner guiding oversoul of every individual soul. He is the Personality of Godhead described in the }{\cs2873\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 being of the measure of a thumb. He is the nourisher. The }{\cs2873\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  (elevationists) worship Him as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Lord of sacrifices, and the }{\cs2873\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  desire to merge their identities in Him as Param\'e4tm\'e4, by the process of their meditative trance.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.16
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 16
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 aha\'eck\'e4r\'e4tmaka\'e0 vi\'e7va\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tasm\'e4d etad vyaj\'e4yata
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mundane egotistic principl
e; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmakam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enshrining; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vi\'e7vam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasm\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from that (\'c7ambhu); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vyaj\'e4yata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub has originated.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The function of \'c7ambhu in relation to }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  is that this universe enshrining the mundane egotistic principle has originated from \'c7ambhu.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic principle is the Supreme Lord Himself who is the embodiment of the principle of existence of all entities devoid of separati
ng egotisms. In this mundane world the appearance of individual entities as separated egotistic symbols, is the limited perverted reflection of the unalloyed spiritual (}{\cs2873\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; and, as representing the primal masculine divine generative function \'c7ambhu, it is united to the accommodating principle, viz., the mundane female organ which is the 
perverted reflection of the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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\'e4dev\'e9. At this function \'c7ambhu is
 nothing but the mere material causal principle embodying the extension in the shape of ingredient as matter. Again when in course of the progressive evolution of mundane creation each universe is manifested, then in the principle of \'c7ambhu, born of t
he space between the two eyebrows of Vi\'f1\'ebu, there appears the manifestation of the personality of Rudra; yet under all circumstances \'c7ambhu fully enshrines the mundane egotistic principle. The innumerable }{\cs2873\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 spiritual particles emanating from the oversoul in the form of pencils of rays of effulgence, have no relation with the mu
ndane world when they come to know themselves to be the eternal servants of the Supreme Lord. They are then incorporated into the realm of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. But when they desire to lord it over M\'e4y\'e4, forgetting their real identity. the egotistic pri
nciple \'c7ambhu entering into their entities makes them identify themselves as separated enjoyers of mundane entities. Hence \'c7ambhu is the primary principle of the egotistic mundane universe and of perverted egotism in }{\cs2873\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  that identifies itself with their limited material bodies.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.17
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 17
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 atha tais tri-vidhair ve\'e7air
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 l\'e9l\'e4m udvahata\'f9 kila
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yoga-nidr\'e4 bhagavat\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tasya \'e7r\'e9r iva sa\'ecgat\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thereupon; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with those; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-vidhai\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub threefold; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'e7ai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub f
orms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub udvahata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carrying on; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kila\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-nidr\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Yoganidr\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavat\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub full of the ecstatic trance of eternal bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the goddess of fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecgat\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub consorted with.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thereupon the same great personal Godhead, assuming the threefold forms of Vi\'f1\'ebu, Praj\'e4pati and \'c7ambhu, entering into the 
mundane universe, plays the pastimes of preservation, creation and destruction of this world. This pastime is contained in the mundane world. Hence, it being perverted, the Supreme Lord, identical with Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, prefers to consort with the god
dess Yoganidr\'e4, the constituent of His own spiritual [cit] potency full of the ecstatic trance of eternal bliss appertaining to His own divine personality.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The dislocated portions of the Divinity. viz., Praj\'e4pati and \'c7ambhu, both identifying themselves as entities who are separate fr
om the divine essence, sport with their respective nonspiritual (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) consorts, viz., S\'e4vitr
\'e9-dev\'e9 and Um\'e4-dev\'e9, the perverted reflections of the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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. The Sup
reme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the only Lord of the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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 or Lak\'f1m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.18
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 18
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sis\'e5k\'f1\'e4y\'e4\'e0 tato n\'e4bhes
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tasya padma\'e0 viniryayau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tan-n\'e4la\'e0 hema-nalina\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brahma\'ebo lokam adbhutam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sis\'e5k\'f1\'e4y\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when there was the wil
l to create; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4bhe\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the navel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padmam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viniryayau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub came out; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-n\'e4lam\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub its stem; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hema-nal\'e9nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
like a golden lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lokam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the abode; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wonderful.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When Vi\'f1\'ebu lying in the ocean of milk wills to create this universe, a golden lotus springs from His navel-pit. The golden lotus
 with its stem is the abode of Brahm\'e4 representing Brahmaloka or Satyaloka.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Gold" here means the dim reflection of pure cognition.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.19
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 19
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tattv\'e4ni p\'fcrva-r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4ni parasparam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 samav\'e4y\'e4prayog\'e4c ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vibhinn\'e4ni p\'e5thak p\'e5thak
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cic-chakty\'e4 sajjam\'e4no 'tha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhagav\'e4n \'e4di-p\'fcru\'f1a\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yojayan m\'e4yay\'e4 devo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yoga-nidr\'e4m akalpayat
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tattv\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub elements; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrva-r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub previously created; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub causes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parasparam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mutually; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samav\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the process of conglomeration; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aprayog\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the nonapplication; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub separate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5thak p\'e5thak\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one from another; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit-\'e7akty\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with His spiritual potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sajjam\'e4na\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub associating; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-p\'fcru\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the primal Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yojayan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub causing to join; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with M\'e4y\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lo
rd; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-nidr\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Yoganidr\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akalpayat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He consorted with.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Before their conglomeration the primary elements in their nascent state remained originally separate entities. Nonapplication of the c
onglomerating process is the cause of their separate existence. Divine Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, primal Godhead, through association with His own spiritual [cit] potency, moved M\'e4y\'e4 and by the application of the conglomerating principle created those di
fferent entities in their state of cooperation. And alter that He Himself consorted with Yoganidr\'e4 by way of His eternal dalliance with His spiritual [cit] potency.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcyate
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sa-car\'e4caram:}{\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 mundane energy }{\cs2873\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  gives birth to this universe of animate and inanimate b
eings by My direction." The purport of this }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 that M\'e4y\'e4, the perverted reflection of spiritual (}{\cs2873\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. was at first inactive and her extension of matter constituting the material cause was also in the separately dislocated state. In accordance wit
h the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba this world is manifested as the resultant of the union of the efficient and the material causal principles of M\'e4y\'e4. In spite of that, the Supreme Lord Himself remains united with His }{\cs2873\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. Yoganidr\'e4. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoganidr\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  indicates
 as follows: The nature of }{\cs2873\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 is manifestive of the Absolute Truth, while the nature of h
er perverted reflection, M\'e4y\'e4, is envelopment in the gloom of ignorance. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires to manifest something in the mundane ignorance-wrapt affairs, He does this by the conjunction of His spiritual potency with His inactive nonspiritu
al potency. This is known as Yogam\'e4y\'e4. It carries a twofold notion, namely. transcendental notion and mundane inert notion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, His subjective portions and those }{\cs2873\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 are His unalloyed separated particles, realize the transcendental notion in that conjunction, while conditioned souls feel the mundane inert notion. T
he external coating of transcendental knowledge in the conscious activities of conditioned souls, bears the name of Yoganidr\'e4. This is also an influence of the }{\cs2873\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 of the Divinity. This principle will be more elaborately considered hereafter.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.20
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 20
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yojayitv\'e4 tu t\'e4ny eva
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pravive\'e7a svaya\'e0 guh\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 guh\'e4\'e0 pravi\'f1\'f6e tasmi\'e0s tu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4 pratibudhyate
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yojayitv\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after conglomerating; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ni\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravive\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He entered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guh\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the hidden cavity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guh\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the hidden cavity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravi\'f1\'f6e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after He entered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmin
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va-\'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vas; pratibudhyate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub were awakened.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub By conglomerating all those separate entities He manifested the innumerable mundane universes and Himself entered into the inmost rece
ss of every extended conglomerate [}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub vira\'f2-vigraha}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ]. At that time those j\'e9vas who had lain dorma
nt during the cataclysm were awakened.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (hidden cavity) bears various interpretations in the }{\cs2873\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  In some portions the nonmanifestive pastimes of the Lord is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and el
sewhere the resting place of the indwelling spirit of all individual souls, is named }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guh\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In m
any places the inmost recesses of the heart of each individual is termed }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guh\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The main point i
s that the place which is hidden from the view of men in general, is designated }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guh\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Those }{
\cs2873\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  that were merged in Hari at the end of the life of Brahm\'e4 in the great cataclysm during 
the preceding great age of the universe, reappeared in this world in accordance with their former fruitive desires.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.21
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 21
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa nityo nitya-sambandha\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prak\'e5ti\'e7 ca paraiva s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that (}{\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 ); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya-sambandha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing an 
eternal relationship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub spiritual; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The same j\'e9va is eternal and is for eternity and without a beginning joined to the Supreme Lord by the tie of an eternal kinship. H
e is transcendental spiritual potency.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the sun is eternally associated with his rays so the transcendental Supreme Lord is eternally joined with the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 the infinitesimal particles of His spiritual effulgence and are, therefore, not perishable like mundane things. }{\cs2873\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  being particles of Godhead's effulgent rays, exhibit on a minute scale the qualities of the Divinity. Hence }{\cs2873\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 identical with the principles of knowledge, knower, egoism, enjoyer, meditator and doer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-pervading, all-
extending Supreme Lord; while }{\cs2873\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 a different nature from His, being His atomic particle
s. That eternal relationship consists in this that the Supreme Lord is the eternal master and }{\cs2873\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 His eternal servants. }{\cs2873\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 also sufficient eligibility in respect of the
 mellow quality of the Divinity. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apareyam itas }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  any\'e4\'e0 prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By this verse of the }{\cs2873\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 made known that }{\cs2873\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 His transcendental potency. All the qualities of the unalloyed soul are above the eightfold qualities such as egotism, etc., pertaining to His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub acit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  potency. Hence the }{\cs2873\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  potency. though very small in magnitude, is still superior to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  potency o
r M\'e4y\'e4. This potency has another name, viz., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'f6asth\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or marginal potency. being locat
ed on the line demarcating the spheres of the spiritual and mundane potencies. He is susceptible to the influence of the material energy owing to his small magnitude. But so long as he remains submissive to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord of M\'e4y\'e4, he is n
ot liable to the influence of M\'e4y\'e4. The worldly afflictions, births and rebirths are the concomitants of the fettered condition of souls fallen into the clutches of the deluding potency from a time that has no beginning.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.22
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 22
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 eva\'e0 sarv\'e4tma-sambandha\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0 padma\'e0 harer abh\'fct
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tatra brahm\'e4bhavad bh\'fcya\'e7
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 catur-vedi catur-mukha\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub evam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-\'e4tma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with all souls; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambandham
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub related; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4bhy\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub from the navel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padmam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hare\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'fct\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sprung up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhavat\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was born; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub again; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9-ved\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub versed in the four }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; catu\'f9-mukha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub four-faced.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The divine lotus which springs from the navel-pit of Vi\'f1\'ebu is in every way related by the spiritual tie with all souls and is th
e origin of four-faced Brahm\'e4 versed in the four Vedas.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same divine lotus originating from the divine person entered into the hidden recess, is the superior plane of aggregation of all i
ndividual souls. The four-faced Brahm\'e4, the image of self-enjoyment, derives his origin from the prototype Brahm\'e4 or Hira\'ebyagarbha, the mundane seminal principle, who regards the aggregate of all mundane entities as his own proper body. The dele
gated godship of Brahm\'e4 as well as his being the dislocated portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are also established.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.23
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 23
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'efj\'e4to bhagavac-chakty\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tat-k\'e4la\'e0 kila codita\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sis\'e5k\'f1\'e4y\'e4\'e0 mati\'e0 cakre
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'fcrva-sa\'e0sk\'e4ra-sa\'e0sk\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dadar\'e7a kevala\'e0 dhv\'e4nta\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4nyat kim api sarvata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'efj\'e4ta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on being born; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavat-\'e7akty\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the divine potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-k\'e4lam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at that time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kila\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub codita\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being guided; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sis\'e5k\'f1\'e4y\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the act of creation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub matim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakre\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub turned; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrva-sa\'e0sk\'e4ra-sa\'e0sk\'e5ta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub under the impulse of pr
evious impressions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dadar\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he saw; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kevalam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub only; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhv\'e4ntam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub darkness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anyat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub else; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarvata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in every direction
.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub On coming out of the lotus, Brahm\'e4, being guided by the divine potency tuned his mind to the act of creation under the impulse of p
revious impressions. But he could see nothing but darkness in every direction.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4's impulse for creation arises solely from his previous impressions. All }{\cs2873\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  get their nature conformably to their impressions of previous births and accordingly their activity can have a beginning. It is called "the 
unseen" or the result of one's previous deeds. His natural impulse is formed according to the nature of the deeds done by him in the previous }{\cs2873\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  Some of the eligible }{\cs2873\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  also attain to 
the office of Brahm\'e4 in this way.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.24
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 24
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 uv\'e4ca puratas tasmai
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tasya divy\'e4 sarasvat\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4ma-k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya govinda
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 he gop\'e9-jana ity api
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vallabh\'e4ya priy\'e4 vahner
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mantram te d\'e4syati priyam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uv\'e4ca\'97}{\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 purata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in front; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Him (the Suprem
e Lord); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divine; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sarasvat\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the goddess of learning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma-b\'e9ja (kl\'e9\'e0); k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda-govind\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  to Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9-jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s; iti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vallabh\'e4ya
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the dear one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priy\'e4 vahne\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the wife of Agni, Sv\'e4h\'e4 (the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e4h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  is uttered while offering
 oblations); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantram-mantra; te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to you; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4syati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will give; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the heart's desire.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Then the goddess of learning Sarasvat\'e9, the divine consort of the Supreme Lord, said thus to Brahm\'e4 who saw nothing but gloom in
 all directions, "O Brahm\'e4, this }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mantra,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  viz., }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub kl\'e9\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya govind\'e4ya gop\'e9-jana-vallabh\'e4ya sv\'e4h\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  will assuredly fulfill your heart's desire."
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2873\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  consisting of the eighteen divine letters prefixed by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-b\'e9ja,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  is alone superexcellent. It has a twofold aspect. One aspect is that it tends to make the pure soul run after all-attractive \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord of Gokula and the divine milkmaids. This is the acme of the spiritual tendenc
y of }{\cs2873\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  When the devotee is free from all sorts of mundane desires and willing to serve the
 Lord he attains the fruition of his heart's desire, viz., the love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But in the case of the devotee who is not of unmixed aptitude this superexcellent }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mant
ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  fulfills his heart's desire also. The transcendental }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-b\'e9ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is inherent in the divine logos located in Goloka; and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-b\'e9ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pervertedly reflected in the worldly affairs satisfies all sorts of desires of this mundane world.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.25
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 25
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tapas tva\'e0 tapa etena
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tava siddhir bhavi\'f1yati
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub spiritual austerity; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapa\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub practice; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by this; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddh
i\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fulfillment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavi\'f1yati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub will be.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O Brahm\'e4, do thou practice spiritual association by means of this mantra; then all your desires will be fulfilled."
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Its purport is clear.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.26
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 26
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 atha tepe sa sucira\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pr\'e9\'eban govindam avyayam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7vetadv\'e9pa-pati\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 goloka-stha\'e0 par\'e4t param
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prak\'e5ty\'e4 gu\'eba-r\'fcpi\'eby\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcpi\'eby\'e4 paryup\'e4sitam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahasra-dala-sampanne
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ko\'f6i-ki\'efjalka-b\'e5\'e0hite
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bh\'fcmi\'e7 cint\'e4ma\'ebis tatra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kar\'ebik\'e4re mah\'e4sane
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sam\'e4s\'e9na\'e0 cid-\'e4nanda\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jyoti-r\'fcpa\'e0 san\'e4tanam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7abda-brahma-maya\'e0 ve\'ebu\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4dayanta\'e0 mukh\'e4mbuje
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vil\'e4sin\'e9-ga\'eba-v\'e5ta\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 svai\'f9 svair a\'e0\'e7air abhi\'f1\'f6utam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tepe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub practiced austerity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he (Brahm\'e4); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suciram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub f
or a long time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e9\'eban\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satisfying; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub imperishable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7vetadv\'e9pa-patim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lord of 
\'c7vetadv\'e9pa; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goloka-stham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub situated in Goloka; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e4t param\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the greatest of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e5ty\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub by the external energy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba-r\'fcpi\'eby\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub embodying all mundane qualities; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpi\'eby\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paryup\'e4sitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worshiped from outside; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra-dala-sampanne\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on a lotus of a thousand petals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f6i-ki\'efjalka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by millions of filaments; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e5\'e0hite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub augmented; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcmi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the land; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cint
\'e4ma\'ebi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub magical touchstone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'ebik\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the whorl; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e4sane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on a great throne; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam
\'e4s\'e9nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub seated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit-\'e4nandam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the form of transcendental bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9-r\'fcpam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the form of effulgenc
e; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub san\'e4tanam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7abda-brahma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divine sound; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub comprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebum\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4dayantam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub playing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukha-ambuje\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at His lotus mouth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vil\'e4sin\'e9-ga\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s; v\'e5tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounded; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svai\'f9 svai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub own respective; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7
ai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by subjective portions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhi\'f1\'f6utam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worshiped.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahm\'e4, being desirous of satisfying Govinda, practiced the cultural acts for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka, Lord of \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, f
or a long time. His meditation ran thus, "There exists a divine lotus of a thousand petals, augmented by millions of filaments, in the transcendental land of Goloka. On its whorl, there exists a great divine throne on which is seated \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the form of eternal effulgence of transcendental bliss, playing on His divine flute resonant with the divine sound, with His lotus mouth. He is worshiped by His amorous milkmaids with their respective subjective portions and extensions and also by
 His external energy [who stays outside] embodying all mundane qualities."
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the object of meditation is fully transcendental, yet owing to her nature which is permeated with the quality of active munda
ne hankering, M\'e4y\'e4, the nonspiritual potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, embodying the principles of mixed }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva, rajas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  in the forms of Durg\'e4, and other nonspiritual powers, meditate
d on the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the object of their worship. So long as there is any trace of mundane desire in one's heart, it is the object of worship of M\'e4y\'e4dev\'e9 (Durg\'e4) who has to be worshiped by such a person; nevertheless the fu
lfillment of one's heart's desire results from the worship of the object of worship of M\'e4y\'e4dev\'e9, and not from the worship of M\'e4y\'e4dev\'e9 herself. This is in accordance with the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7loka, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'e4ma\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sarva-k\'e4mo v\'e4 mok\'f1a-k\'e4ma ud\'e4ra-dh
i\'f9/ t\'e9vre\'eba bhakti-yogena yajeta puru\'f1a\'e0 param.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The meaning of this }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 tha
t though other gods, as distinct manifestations of the Supreme Lord, are bestowers of sundry specific boons, yet a sensible person should worship the all powerful Supreme Lord, giver of all good, with unalloyed devotion, without worshiping those mundane 
gift-giving deities. Accordingly. Brahm\'e4 meditated upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka, the object of the worship, from a distance, of M\'e4y\'e4dev\'e9. True devotion is unalloyed devotional activity free from all mundane desire. The devotion of Brahm\'e4,
 etc., is not unmixed devotion. But there is a stage of unmixed predilection even in devotion for the attainment of one's selfish desire. This has been fully described in the concluding five }{\cs2873\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  of this work. That is the easiest method of divine service, prior to the attainment of self-realization, by fallen souls.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.27
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 27
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 atha ve\'ebu-nin\'e4dasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tray\'e9-m\'fcrti-may\'e9 gati\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sphurant\'e9 pravive\'e7\'e4\'e7u
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mukh\'e4bj\'e4ni svayambhuva\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 g\'e4yatr\'e9\'e0 g\'e4yatas tasm\'e4d
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 adhigatya sarojaja\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'e0sk\'e5ta\'e7 c\'e4di-gunu\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dvijat\'e4m agamat tata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebu-nin\'e4dasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the sound of the flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tray\'e9-m\'fcrti-may\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mother of the three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; gati\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the means (the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantra}{\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 sphuranti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being made manifest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravive\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub entered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7u\'97}{\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 mukha-abj\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus faces; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayambhuva\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub g\'e4yatr\'e9m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the G\'e4yatr\'e9; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4yata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sounding; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasm\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from Him (\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhigatya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having received; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saroja-ja\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus-born (Brahm\'e4); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0sk\'e5ta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub initiated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-guru\'eb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the primal preceptor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvijat\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the status of the twice-born; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agamat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub attained; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thereafter.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Then G\'e4yatr\'e9, mother of the Vedas, being made manifest, i.e. imparted, by the divine sound of the flute of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, entered into the lotus mouth of Brahm\'e4, born from himself, through his eight ear-holes. The lotus-born Brahm\'e4 having received the G\'e4yatr\'e9, sprung from the flute-song of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, attained the status of the twice-born, h
aving been initiated by the supreme primal preceptor, Godhead Himself.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute is the transcendental blissful sound; hence the archetype of all }{\cs2873\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 present in it. The G\'e4yatr\'e9 is Vedic rhythm. It contains a brief meditation and prayer. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ma-g\'e4yatr\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the highest of all the G\'e4yatr\'e9s, because the meditation and prayer contained in it ar
e full of the perfect transcendental sportive activities which are not to be found in any other G\'e4yatr\'e9. The G\'e4yatr\'e9 that is attained as the sequel of the eighteen-lettered }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-g\'e4yatr\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which runs thus: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kl\'e9\'e0 k\'e4ma-dev\'e4ya vidmahe pu\'f1pa-b\'e4\'eb\'e4ya dh\'e9mahi tan no 'na\'ecga\'f9 pracoday\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this G\'e4yatr\'e9, the realization of the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e9jana-vallabha after perfect meditation and the prayer for the attainment of the transcendental god of love are 
indicated. In the spiritual world there is no better mode of endeavor for securing the superexcellent }{\cs2873\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 bedewed love. As soon as that G\'e4yatr\'e9 entered into the ear-holes of Brahm\'e4, he became the twice-born and began to chant the G\'e4yatr\'e9. Whoever has received the same G\'e4yatr\'e9 in reality, has attained his spiritual rebirth. Th
e status of a twice-born that is obtained in accordance with one's worldly nature and lineage, by the fettered souls in this mundane world, is far inferior to that of the twice-born who obtains admission into the transcendental world; because the initiat
ion or acquisition of transcendental birth as a result of spiritual initiation is the highest of glories in as much as the }{\cs2873\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 thereby enabled to attain to the transcendental realm.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.28
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 28
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 trayy\'e4 prabuddho 'tha vidhir
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e9j\'ef\'e4ta-tattva-s\'e4gara\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tu\'f1\'f6\'e4va veda-s\'e4re\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 stotre\'eb\'e4nena ke\'e7avam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub trayy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the embodiment of the three }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; prabuddha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enlightened; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acquainted with; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tattva-s\'e4gara\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ocean of truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tu\'f1\'f6\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worshiped; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub veda-s\'e4re\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which is the essence of all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; stotre\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by 
the hymn; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ke\'e7avam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Enlightened by the recollection of that G\'e4yatr\'e9, embodying the three Vedas, Brahm\'e4 became acquainted with the expanse of the 
ocean of truth. Then he worshiped \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the essence of all Vedas, with this hymn.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 thought thus within himself, "By the recollection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e4ma-g\'e4yatr\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it seems to me that I am the eternal maidservant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Though the other mysteries in regard to the condition of the maidservant of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba were not revealed to him, Brahm\'e4, by dint of his searching self-consciousness, became well acquainted with the ocean of truth. All the truths of the }{\cs2873\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 revealed to him and with the help of those essences of the }{\cs2873\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 offered this hymn to the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Mah\'e4prabhu has taught this hymn to His favorite disciples in as much as it fully contains all the transcendental tr
uths regarding the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. Readers are requested to study and try to enter into the spirit of his hymn with great care and attention, as a regular daily function.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.29
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 29
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lak\'f1\'e4v\'e5te\'f1u surabh\'e9r abhip\'e4layantam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lak\'f1m\'e9-sahasra-\'e7ata-sambhrama-sevyam\'e4na\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub touchstone; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prakara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub groups made of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sadm
asu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in abodes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub of desire trees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by millions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4v\'e5te\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounded; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surabh\'e9\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surabhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhip\'e4layantam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tending; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak
\'f1m\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of goddesses of fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of thousands; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by hundreds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambhrama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with great respect; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sevyam\'e4nam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being served; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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, the first progenitor who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritua
l gems, surrounded by millions of purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 680913BS.SF\line 680930LE.SEA\line 681009LE.SEA\line 681105BS.LA\line 681108BS.LA}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the word }{\cs2873\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  is meant "transcendental gem." Just as M\'e4y\'e4 builds this mundane universe with the five material elements, so the spiritual (}{\cs2873\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 has built the spiritual world of transcendental gems. The }{\cs2873\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  which serves as material in the building of the abode of the Supreme Lord of Goloka, is a far rarer and more agreeable entity than the philosopher's stone. The purpose tree yield
s only the fruits of piety, wealth, fulfillment of desire and liberation; but the purpose trees in the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba bestow innumerable fruits in the shape of checkered divine love. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ma-dhenus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (cows yielding the fulfillment of desire) give milk when they are milked; but the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-dhenus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Goloka pour forth oceans of milk in the shape of the fountain of love showering transcendental bliss that does away with the hunger and thir
st of all pure devotees. The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sahasra-\'e7ata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  signify endless numbers. The word }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates "
being saturated with love." Here }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  denotes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9. \'c4di-puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means, "He who is the primeval Lord."
\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  5.22]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.30
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 30
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\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 \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebum\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kva\'ebantam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub playing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aravinda-d
ala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (like) lotus petals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4yata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub blooming; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub barha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a peacock's feather; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avata\'e0sam\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose ornament on the head; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asita-ambuda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub (tinged with the hue of) blue clouds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sundara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beautiful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecgam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose figure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kandarpa
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Cupids; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f6i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub millions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaman\'e9ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub charming; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7e\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unique; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7obham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose loveliness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 680913BS.SF}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The matchless beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord of Goloka, is being described. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the all-pervading cognition, h
as a spiritual form of His own. The form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a fanciful creation of imagination formed after visualizing the beautiful things of the world. What Brahm\'e4 saw in his ecstatic trance of pure devotion, is being described. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is engaged in playing upon His flute. That flute by his enchanting musical sound attracts the hearts of all living beings. Just as a lotus petal produces a pleasant sight, so the two beautiful eyes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who causes the manifestation of our 
spiritual vision, display the unlimited splendor and beauty of His moonlike face. The loveliness that adorns His head with peacock feather figures, the corresponding feature of the spiritual beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as a mass of blue clouds offers 
a specifically soothing, pleasant view, the complexion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is analogously tinged with a spiritual dark-blue color. The beauty and loveliness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far more enchanting that that of Cupid multiplied a millionfold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.31
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 31
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4lola-candraka-lasad-vanam\'e4lya-va\'e0\'e7\'e9-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ratn\'e4\'ecgada\'e0 pra\'ebaya-keli-kal\'e4-vil\'e4sam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7y\'e4ma\'e0 tri-bha\'ecga-lalita\'e0 niyata-prak\'e4\'e7a\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4lola\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub swinging; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub candraka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with a moon-locket; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lasat\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beautified; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vana-m\'e4lya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub a garland of flowers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ratna-a\'ecgadam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adorned with jeweled ornaments; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
ra\'ebaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub keli-kal\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub in pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vil\'e4sam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who always revels; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4mam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-bha\'ecga\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bending in three places; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lalitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub graceful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e4\'e7am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manifest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original per
son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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, round whose neck is swinging a garland of flowers beautified with the moon-locket, whose two han
ds are adorned with the flute and jeweled ornaments, who always revels in pastimes of love, whose graceful threefold-bending form of \'c7y\'e4masundara is eternally manifest.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 \'e7loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  beginning with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the transcend
ental region and the spiritual names of Govinda, in the }{\cs2873\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  beginning with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the eternal beautiful form of Govinda and in this }{\cs2873\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  the amorous pastimes of Govinda, the embodiment of His sixty-four excellences, have been described. All the spiritual affairs
 that come within the scope of description in the narration of the ecstatic mellow quality (}{\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 ) are inc
luded in the spiritual amorous sports of Govinda.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.32
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 32
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 a\'ecg\'e4ni yasya sakalendriya-v\'e5tti-manti
\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
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecg\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the limbs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakala-indriya
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all the organs; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5tti-manti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub possessing the functions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7yanti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub see; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4nti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maintain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalayanti\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manifest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ciram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternally; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaganti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the universes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub full of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub substantiality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ujjvala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub full of dazzling splendor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vigrahasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose form; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4d
i-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  20.273p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba they think that the truth (}{\cs2873\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 ) regarding K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the mental concoction of certain learned scholars, created by their imaginative brains out of material drawn from the mundane principles. With the object of removing this harmful doubt, Brahm\'e4 in this and the three following }{\cs2873\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  after distinguishing between the two things, viz., spirit and matter, in a rational manner, has tri
ed to make one understand the pure }{\cs2873\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  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, obtained by his unmixed ecstatic 
trance. Brahm\'e4 wants to say 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. Although there is specific difference between the two, the fundamental truth is
 that spiritual affairs constitute the absolute source. Specification and variegatedness are ever present in it. By them are established the transcendental abode, form, name, quality and sports of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is only by a person, possessed of pure
 spiritual knowledge and freedom from any relationship with M\'e4y\'e4, that those amorous pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can at all be appreciated. The spiritual abode, the seat of pastimes, emanated from the }{\cs2873\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 and formed of }{\cs2873\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  (transcendental philosopher's stone), and the figure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are all spiritual. Just as M\'e4y\'e4 is the perverted reflection of the spiritual potency. the variegatedness created by M
\'e4y\'e4 (ignorance) is also a perverted reflection of spiritual variegatedness. So a mere semblance of the spiritual variegatedness is only noticed in this mundane world. Notwithstanding such semblance the two are wholly different from one another. The
 unwholesomeness of matter is its defect; but in the spirit there is variegatedness which is free from any fault or contamination. The soul and the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are identical, whereas the body and soul of fallen creatures are not so. In the spi
ritual sphere there is no such difference as that between the body and soul, between the limbs and their proprietor, between the attributes and the object possessing them, of this world. But such difference really exists in the case of conditioned souls.
 Limbed though K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, His every limb is the whole entity. He performs all varieties of divine spiritual functions with every one of His limbs. Hence He is an indivisible whole and a perfect transcendental entity. Both }{\cs2873\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 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are transcendental. So they belong to the same category. But they differ in this tha
t the transcendental attributes exist in the }{\cs2873\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 infinitesimally small degrees, wherea
s in K\'e5\'f1\'eba they are found in their fullest perfection. Those attributes manifest themselves in their proper infinitesimality only when the }{\cs2873\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 attains his unadulterated spiritual status. The }{\cs2873\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 attains the nearest approach to the absolute identity only when the spiritual force of ecstatic energy appears in him by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Still K\'e5\'f1\'eba remains the object of universal homage by reason
 of His possession of certain unique attributes. These fourfold unrivaled attributes do not manifest themselves in N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or in primeval }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub puru\'f1a-avat\'e4ras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or in the highest deities such as \'c7iva, not to speak of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'e9vas.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.33
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 33
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nava-yauvana\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vede\'f1u durlabham adurlabham \'e4tma-bhaktau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advaitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyutam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without decay; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4dim
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without a beginning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta-r\'fcpam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose form is endless, or who possesses unlimited forms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the begi
nning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the most ancient person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nava-yauvanam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a blooming youth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vede\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub through the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; durlabham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub inaccessible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub adurlabham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not difficult to obtain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-bhaktau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub through pure devotion of the soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 inaccessible to the }{\cs2873\b\i0\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  but obtainable by pure unalloyed devotion of the soul, who is without a second, who is not subject to decay, is without a beginning, whose form is endless, who i
s the beginning, and the eternal }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub puru\'f1a;}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  yet He is a person possessing the beauty of blooming yo
uth.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  4.137p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  9.155p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  19.102p\line }{\b\i
\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  20.384p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\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  means "indivisible truth who is knowledge abs
olute." Brahman, the infinite, emanates from Him as His effulgence and God-immanent (Param\'e4tm\'e4) as His constituent; but nevertheless He remains one and indivisible. Acyuta means that though myriads of }{\cs2873\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  emanate from Him as subjective portions and millions of }{\cs2873\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 separated spiritual particles, still He remains intact as the undivided whole of fullest perfection. Though He indulges in exhibiting the pastimes of birth
s, etc., still He is without a beginning. Though He disappears after the pastimes of His appearance, still He is eternal. Though without origin, yet He is with an origin in His pastime of appearance; and although eternal in essence, He is still a person 
in the full bloom of youth. The sum and substance of it is that though He possesses diverse and apparently mutually contradictory qualities, still they are in universal harmonious concordance by dint of His unthinkable potency. This is what is meant by }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cid-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (transcendental nature) as distinguished from the material. His graceful threefold-bendi
ng form with flute in hand, possesses eternal blooming youth and is above all unwholesomeness that is to be found in limited time and space. In the transcendental realm there is no past and future but only the unalloyed and immutable present time. In the
 transcendental sphere there is no distinction between the object and its qualities and no such identity as is found in the limited mundane region. Hence those qualities that seem to be apparently contradictory in the light of mundane conception limited 
by time and space, exist in agreeable and dainty concordance in the spiritual realm. How can the }{\cs2873\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  realize such unprecedented existence? The limited intellectual function of the }{\cs2873\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 always contaminated by the influence of time and space and is, therefore, not in a position to shake off this limitedness. If the potency of cognitive function does not extend to the realization of the transcendental, what else can? In reply. Brahm
\'e4 says that the transcendental Absolute is beyond the reach of the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  originate in sound and sound originates in the mundane ether. So the }{\cs2873\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  cannot present before us a direct view of the transcendental world (Goloka). It is only when the }{\cs2873\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 imbued with the }{\cs2873\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 they are enabled to deal with the transcendental. But Goloka reveals itself to every }{\cs2873\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 when he is under the influence of the spiritual cognitive potency joined to the essence of ecstatic energy. The ecstatic function of devotion is boundless and is surcharged wit
h unalloyed transcendental knowledge. That knowledge reveals }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goloka-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the principle of the h
ighest transcendental) in unison with devotion, without asserting itself separately but as a subsidiary to unalloyed devotion.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.34
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 34
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara-sampragamyo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4yor ath\'e4pi manaso muni-pu\'ecgav\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 so 'py asti yat-prapada-s\'e9mny avicintya-tattve
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub panth\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the path; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f6i-\'e7ata\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thousands of millions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vatsara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub of years; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sampragamya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub extending over; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4yo\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of wind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manasa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the mind; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muni-pu\'ecgav\'e4n\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the foremost }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s; sa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that (path); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub only; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti\'97}{\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 yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapada\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the toe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e9mni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the 
tip; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avicintya-tattve\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beyond material conception; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873
\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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, only the tip of the toe of whose lotus feet is approached by the yog\'e9s who aspire after the t
ranscendental and betake themselves to pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma by drilling the respiration; or by the j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s who try to find out the nondifferentiated Brahman by the process of elimination of the mundane, extending over thousands of millions of ye
ars.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The attainment of the lotus feet of Govinda consists in the realization of unalloyed devotion. The }{\cs2873\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  (realized nonalternative state) which is attained by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by practicing trance for thousands of millions of years and the state of merging into the nondifferentiated impersonality of Godhead
 beyond the range of limitation attained by nondualists after a similar period passed in distinguishing between the spiritual and nonspiritual and eliminating things of the limited sphere one after another by the formula "not this, not that," are simply 
the outskirts of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not the lotus feet themselves. The long and short of the matter is this, }{\cs2873\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  or merging into the Brahman constitutes the line of demarcation between the world of limitation and the transcendental world. For, unless we step beyond them, we can have no taste of the variegatedness of the
 transcendental sphere. These conditions are the simple absence of misery arising from mundane affinity but are not real happiness or felicity. If the absence of misery be called a bit of pleasure then also that bit is very small and of no consequence. I
t is not sufficient to destroy the condition of materiality; but the real gain to the }{\cs2873\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 h
is eternal existence in his self-realized state. This can be attained only by the grace of unalloyed devotion which is essentially }{\cs2873\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  or transcendental in character. For this end abstract and uninteresting mental speculation is of no avail.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.35
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 35
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 eko 'py asau racayitu\'e0 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-ko\'f6i\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yac-chaktir asti jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-cay\'e4 yad-anta\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub although; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub racayitum\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to create; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of universes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ko\'f6im\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub millions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a-cay\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all the universes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat-anta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
within whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2a-antara-stha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which are scattered throughout the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-a\'ebu-caya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the atoms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub antara-stham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub situated within; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub He is an undifferentiated entity as there is no distinction between potency and the possessor thereof. In His work of creation of mill
ions 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 are scattered throughout the universe, at one and the same time. Such is the primeval Lord whom I adore.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  10.168p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 highest of all entities. In Him is an entity which is termed }{\cs2873\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  (spiritual) which is distinct from the principle of limitation. By His inconceivable power, He can at will create numberless universes. All the m
undane universes owe their origin to the transformation of His external potency. Again His abode is beyond human conception; since all worlds, limited and spiritual (}{\cs2873\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 ) exist in Him and He resides simultaneously in His fullness and entirety in all the atoms in all the worlds. All-pervasiveness is only a localized aspect of the majesty of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the Lord of all. Though He is all-pervasive yet in His existence everywhere in a medium shape consists His spiritual Lordship beyond human conception. This argument favors the doctrine of simultaneous inconceivable distinction and nondistincti
on, and knocks down the contaminating M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da and other allied doctrines.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.36
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 36
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yad-bh\'e4va-bh\'e4vita-dhiyo manuj\'e4s tathaiva
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sampr\'e4pya r\'fcpa-mahim\'e4sana-y\'e4na-bh\'fc\'f1\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 s\'fcktair yam eva nigama-prathitai\'f9 stuvanti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with devotion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4vita\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are imbued; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhiya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who
se hearts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manuj\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub men; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4 eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub similarly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sampr\'e4pya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having gained; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beauty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahima\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub greatness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sana\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thrones; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conveyances
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fc\'f1\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and ornaments; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fcktai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by Vedic hymns; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nigama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; prathitai\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub told; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stuvanti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub offer prai
se; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the same Govinda, the primeval Lord, in whose praise men, who are imbued with devotion, sing the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mantra-s\'fcktas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  told by the }{\cs2873\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  by gaining their appropriate beauty, greatness, thrones, conveyances and ornaments.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In discussing }{\cs2873\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  we meet with five kinds of devotion or service. }{\cs2873\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  or unattached, }{\cs2873\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  or pertaining to reverential willing service, }{\cs2873\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  or friendship, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsal
ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or parental love and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or juvenile love.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees surcharged with the ideas of their respective service, serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally and ultimately reach the goal of th
eir respective ideals. They attain the real nature of their self befitting their respective }{\cs2873\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 
 their glories, conveyances, seats befitting their sacred service, and transcendental qualities of ornaments enhancing the beauty of their real nature. Those who are advocates of }{\cs2873\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  attain the region of Brahma-Param\'e4tm\'e4, the seat of eternal peace; those of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub d\'e4sya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  get to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the spiritual majestic abode of \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; those of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya, v\'e4tsalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhura-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (juvenile love) attain Goloka-dh\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, above Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. They worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fc
ktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  depicted in the }{\cs2873\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  with the ingredients and objects befitting their respective }{\cs2873\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  in those regions. 
The }{\cs2873\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  under the influence of the spiritual potency in certain passages speak of the pastimes 
of the Supreme Lord. The liberated souls chant the name, qualities and pastimes of the Supreme Lord, under the guidance of the same spiritual potency.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.37
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 37
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibh\'e4vit\'e4bhis
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4bhir ya eva nija-r\'fcpatay\'e4 kal\'e4bhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcto
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub consisting of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mellows; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub every second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bh\'e4vit\'e4bhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are engrossed with; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4bhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with those; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nija-r\'fcpat
ay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with His own form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kal\'e4bhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are parts of portions of His pleasure potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goloke\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in Goloka V
\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nivasati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub resides; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila-\'e4tma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as the soul of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who exists; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original personality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with R\'e4dh\'e4, resembling His own spiritual figure, the em
bodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes [sakh\'e9s], embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  15.237p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  19.154p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the Lord Absolute and His potency are one and the self-same existence, still They exist eternally as separate entities, as R
\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In both the ecstatic energy and the transcendental Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there exists }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (amorous love) whose quality is inconceivable. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (extension) of that }{\cs2873\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 quality) is twofold, viz., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4lambana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (prop) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub udd\'e9pana}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (stimulation). Of these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4lambana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is twofold, viz., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (supported) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1aya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (supporter). }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4\'e7raya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  signifies R\'e4dhik\'e4 Herself and the extensions of Her own form and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1aya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Govinda, Lord of Goloka. The }{\cs2873\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 the facsimile }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of that }{\cs2873\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 them K\'e5\'f1\'eba indulges in eternal pastimes in Goloka. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nija-r\'fcpatay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "with the attributes manifested from the ecstatic energy." The sixty-four activities in fine arts and crafts
 are the following: (1) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of singing. (2) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4dya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of playing on musical instruments. (3) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub n\'e5tya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of dancing. (4) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4\'f6ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of theatricals. (5) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4lekhya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of painting. (6) }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7e\'f1akacchedya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics. (7) 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'eb\'f2ula-kusuma-bal\'e9-vik\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers. (8) }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'f1p\'e4stara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of making a covering of flowers for a bed. (9) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub da\'e7ana-vasan\'e4\'ecga-r\'e4ga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the b
ody. (10) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ebi-bh\'fcmik\'e4-karma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of making the groundwork of jewels. (11) }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ayy\'e4-racana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of covering the bed. (12) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub udaka-v\'e4dya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of playing on music in water. (13) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub udaka-gh\'e4ta
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of splashing with water. (14) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub citra-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of practically applying an admixture of colors. (15) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4lya-grathana-vikalpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of designing a preparation of wreaths. (16) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ekhar\'e4p\'e9\'f2a-yojana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub art of practically setting the coronet on the head. (17) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nepathya-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of pract
ically dressing in the tiring room. (18) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kar\'ebap\'e4tra-bha\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of decorating the tragu
s of the ear. (19) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sugandha-yukti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of practical application of aromatics. (20) }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba-yojana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of applying or setting ornaments. (21) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aindra-j\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of jugglery. (22) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaucum\'e4ra
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a kind of art. (23) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hasta-l\'e4ghava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of sleight of hand. (24) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub citra-\'e7\'e4k\'e4p\'fcpa-bhak\'f1ya-vik\'e4ra-kriy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food. (25) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4naka-rasa-r\'e4g\'e4sava-yojana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color. (26) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcc\'e9-v\'e4ya-karma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of needleworks and weaving. (27) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra-kr\'e9\'f2\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of playing with thread. (28) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4-\'f2amuraka-v\'e4dya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of
 playing on lute and small x-shaped drum. (29) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prahelik\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of making and solving riddles. 
(29-a) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratim\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a trial for memory or skill
. (30) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub durvacaka-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of practicing language difficult to be answered by others. (31) }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pustaka-v\'e4cana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of reciting books. (32) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4\'f6ik\'e4khy\'e4yik\'e4-dar\'e7ana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of enacting short plays and anecdotes. (33) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4vya-samasy\'e4-p\'fcra\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of solving enigmatic verses. (34) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
pa\'f6\'f6ik\'e4-vetra-b\'e4\'eba-vikalpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows. (35) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tarku-karma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of spinning by spindle. (36) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tak\'f1a\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of carpentry. (37) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4stu-vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
art of engineering. (38) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raupya-ratna-par\'e9k\'f1\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of testing silver and jewels. (39) }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4tu-v\'e4da\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of metallurgy. (40) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ebi-r\'e4ga j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of tinging jewels. (41) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4kara 
j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of mineralogy. (42) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e5k\'f1\'e4yur-veda-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs. (43) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub me\'f1a-kukku\'f6a-l\'e4vaka-yuddha-vidhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds. (44) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uka-\'e7\'e4rik\'e4-prap\'e4lana (pral
\'e4pana)?\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male and female cockatoos. (45) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub u
ts\'e4dana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes. (46) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ke\'e7a-m\'e4rjana-kau\'e7al
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of combing hair. (47) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1ara-mu\'f1\'f6ik\'e4-kathana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of talking with letters and fingers. (48) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry. (49) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7a-bh\'e4\'f1\'e4-j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of knowing provincial dialects. (50) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'f1pa-\'e7aka\'f6ik\'e4-nirmiti-j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers. (51) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yantra-m\'e4t\'e5k\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of mechanics. (52) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ra\'eba-m\'e4t\'e5k\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub art of the use of amulets. (53) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samv\'e4cya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of conversation. (54) }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4nas\'e9 k\'e4vya-kriy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of composing verse mentally. (55) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kriy\'e4-vikalpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of designing a literary work or a medical remedy. (56) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chalitaka-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him. (57) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub abhidh\'e4na-ko\'f1a-cchando-j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of the use of lexicography and meters. (58) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vastra-gopana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of concealment of cloths. (59) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dy\'fcta-vi\'e7e\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of knowing specific gambling. (60) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4kar\'f1a-kr\'e9\'f2\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of playing with dice or magnet. (61) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4laka-kr\'e9\'f2anaka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of using children's toys. (62) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vain\'e4yik\'e9 vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of enforci
ng discipline. (63) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaijayik\'e9 vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of gaining victory. (64) }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vait\'e4lik\'e9 vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art of awakening master with music at dawn.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these arts manifesting their own eternal forms are ever visible in the region of Goloka as the ingredients of }{\cs2873\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, in the mundane sphere, they have been unstintedly exhibited in the pastimes of Vraja by the spiritual (}{
\cs2873\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. Yogam\'e4y\'e4. So \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4nantai\'f9... santi t\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i.e., K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ever manifest in His beauty with His infinite pastimes in Goloka. Someti
mes the variant manifestation of those pastimes becomes visible on the mundane plane. \'c7r\'e9 Hari, the Supreme Lord, also manifests His pastimes of birth, etc., accompanied by all His paraphernalia. The divine sportive potency fills the hearts of His 
paraphernalia with appropriate spiritual sentiments in conformity with the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those pastimes that manifest themselves on the mundane plane, are His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub visi
ble}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pastimes. All those very pastimes exist in their nonvisible form in Goloka beyond the ken of mundane knowledge. In His visible pastimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba sojourns in Gokula, Math
ur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Those pastimes that are nonvisible in those three places, are visible in their spiritual sites of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the conclusions just stated it is clear that there is no distinction between the visible and nonvisible pastimes. The apostle J
\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his commentary on this }{\cs2873\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  as well as in the gloss of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ujjvala-n\'e9lama\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in }{\cs2873\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  remarks that "the visible pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the creation of His }{\cs2873\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  (spiritual) potency. Being in conjunction with the reference to mundane function they exhibit certain features which seem to be true by the influence of the limiti
ng potency (M\'e4y\'e4); but these cannot exist in the transcendental reality. The destruction of demons, illicit paramourship, birth, etc., are examples of this peculiarity. The }{\cs2873\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 the extensions of the ecstatic energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so are exceptionally His own. How can there be illicit connection in their case? The illicit 
mistress-ship of the }{\cs2873\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  found in His visible pastime, is but the mundane reflection of the t
ranscendental reality." The hidden meaning underlying the words of \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, when it is made explicit, will leave no doubt in the minds of the readers. \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is our preacher of transcendental truth. So he 
is always under the influence of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana. Moreover in the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va is one of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'efjar\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So he is conversant with all transcendental realities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are some who, being unable to understand the drift of his statements, give meanings of their own invention and indulge in useles
s controversies. \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana say that there is no real and essential distinction between the }{\cs2873\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  visible and nonvisible, the only distinction lies in this that one is manifest in the mundane sphere whereas the other is not so. In the supermundane manifestation there is absolute purity in the seer and the seen. A partic
ularly fortunate person when he is favored by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, can shake off worldly shackles and connections, enter the transcendental region after attaining the realized taste of the varieties of }{\cs2873\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  that is available during the period of novitiate. Only such a person can have a view and taste of the perfect and absolutely pure }{\cs2873\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  of Goloka. Such receptive natures are rarely to be found. He, who exists in the mundane sphere, can also 
realize the taste of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cid-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by being enabled to attain the realiz
ed state of service. Such a person can have a view of the pastimes of Goloka manifested in the mundane }{\cs2873\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  of Gokula. There is certainly a difference between these two classes of eligible seekers of the truth. Until one attains the perfectly transcendental stage he must be hampered by his lingering limitations, in his vision of the pastimes o
f Goloka. Again, the vision of the transcendental reality varies according to the degree of self-realization. The vision of Goloka must also vary accordingly.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is only those fettered souls who are excessively addicted to worldliness that are devoid of the devotional eye. Of them some are en
meshed by the variegatedness of the deluding energy while others aspire after self-annihilation under the influence of centrifugal knowledge. Though they might have a view of the mundanely manifested pastimes of the Supreme Lord, they can have only a mat
erial conception of those visible pastimes, this conception being devoid of transcendental reality. Hence the realization of Goloka appears in proportion to eligibility due to the degree of one's self-realization. The underlying principle is this, that, 
though Gokula is as holy and free from dross as Goloka, still it is manifested on the mundane plane by the influence of the }{\cs2873\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. Yogam\'e4y\'e4. In visible and nonvisible matters of transcendental regions there is no impurity, contamination and imperfection inherent in the world of limitation; only there is some difference in the matter of r
ealization in proportion to the self-realization of the seekers after the Absolute. Impurity, unwholesomeness, foreign elements, illusion, nescience, unholiness, utter inadequacy, insignificance, grossness\'97these appertain to the eye, intellect, mind a
nd ego stultified by the material nature of conditioned souls; they have nothing to do with the essential nature of transcendence. The more one is free from these blots the more is one capable of realizing the unqualified Absolute. The truth who has been
 revealed by the scriptures, is free from dross. But the realizations of the seekers of the knowledge of these realities, are with or without flaw in accordance with the degree of their individual realization.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those sixty-four arts that have been enumerated above, do in reality exist unstintedly only in Goloka. Unwholesomeness, insignificance
, grossness are found in those arts in accordance with the degree of self-realization on the part of aspirants after the knowledge of the Absolute. According to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa and \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana all those pastimes, that have been visible in
 Gokula, exist in all purity and free from all tinge of limitation in Goloka. So transcendental autocratic paramourship also exists in Goloka in inconceivable purity, judged by the same standard and reasoning. All manifestation by the }{\cs2873\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. Yogam\'e4y\'e4, are pure. So, as the above paramourship is the creation of Yogam\'e4y\'e4, it is necess
arily free from all contamination, and appertains to the absolute reality.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let us pause to consider what the absolute reality is in Himself. \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcrvokta-... s\'e4rata\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In regard to these }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 after mature deliberation has established the transcendental paramourship as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibhrama-vil\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  something seemingly different from what it appears to be; such are the pastimes of birth, etc., accomplished by Yo
gam\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the explanation }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4pi... vraja-vanit\'e4n\'e4
m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has expressed his profound implication. Joyous pastimes by the medium of seeming error, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibhrama-vil\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as the contrivance of Yogam\'e4y\'e4, has also been admitted in the concluding statements of R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana. Still, sinc
e \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has established the identity of Goloka with Gokula, it must be admitted that there is transcendental reality underlying all the pastimes of Gokula. A husband is one who binds oneself in wedlock with a girl, while 
a paramour is one who, in order to win another's wife's love by means of love, crosses the conventions of morality, by the impulse of the sentiment that regards her love as the be-all and end-all of existence. In Goloka there is no such function at all a
s that of the nuptial relationship. Hence there is no husbandhood characterized by such connection. On the other hand since the }{\cs2873\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 are self-supported real entities are not tied to anybody else in wedlock, they cannot also have the state of concubinage. There can also be no separate entities in the forms of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svak\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (conjugal) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parak\'e9ya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (adulterous) states. In the visible pastimes on the mundane plane the function in the form of the nuptial relationship is found to exist. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond the scope of that fu
nction. Hence the said function of the circle of all-love is contrived by Yogam\'e4y\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tastes the transcendental }{\cs2873\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  akin to paramourship by overstepping that function. This pastime of going beyond the pale of the apparent moral function manifested by Yogam\'e4y\'e4, is, however, also observable only on the mundane plane by
 the eye that is enwrapped by the mundane covering; but there is really no such levity in the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  of paramourship is certainly the extracted essence of all the }{\cs2873\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  If it be said that it does not exist in Goloka, it would be highly deprecatory to Goloka. It is not the fact that there is no supremely wholesome tasting of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ras
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the supremely excellent realm of Goloka. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the fountainhead of all }{\cs2873\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  tastes the same in a distinct form in Goloka and in another distinct form in Gokula. Therefore, in spite of the seeming appearance, to the mundane eye, of outstepping the bounds 
of the legitimate function by the form of paramourship, there must be present the truth of it in some form even in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goloka. \'c4tm\'e4r\'e4mo 'py ar\'e9ramat, \'e4tmany avaru
ddha-saurata\'f9, reme vraja-sundar\'e9bhir yath\'e4rbhaka\'f9 pratibimba-vibhrama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other texts of the scriptures go to show that self-delightedness is the essential distin
ctive quality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His majestic }{\cs2873\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  realm causes the manif
estation of His own }{\cs2873\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 as Lak\'f1m\'e9 and enjoys her as His own wedded consort. As this 
feeling of wedded consorthood preponderates there, }{\cs2873\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  expands in a wholesome form only up to the
 state of servanthood (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). But in Goloka He divides up His }{\cs2873\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 into thousands of }{\cs2873\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 eternally engages in amorous pastimes with them by forgetting the sentiments of ownership. By the sentiments of ownership there cannot be the extreme inaccessibility of the }{
\cs2873\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  So the }{\cs2873\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  have naturally, from eternity, the innate sentiment of being others' wedded wives. K\'e5\'f1\'eba too in response to that sentiment, by assuming the reciprocal sentiment of 
paramourship, performs the }{\cs2873\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  and the other amorous pastimes with the aid of the flute, His f
avorite }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cher ami.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Goloka is the transcendental seat of eternally self-realized }{\cs2873\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  beyond limited conception. Hence in Goloka there is realization of the sentimental assumption of the }{\cs2873
\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  of paramourship.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again such is the nature of the principle of the majesty that in the realm of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha there is no }{\cs2873\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  of parental affection towards the source of all }{\cs2873\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  But in Goloka, the seat of all superexcellent deliciousness, there is no more than the original sentimental egoistic assumption of the same }{\cs2873\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  There Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 are visibly present, but there is no occurrence of birth. For want of the occ
urrence of birth the assumed egoistic sentiment of parental affection of Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 has no foundation in the actual existence of such entities as father and mother, but it is of the nature of sentimental assumption on their parts, cf. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jayati jana-niv\'e4so devak\'e9-janma-v\'e4da\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc. For the purpose of the realization of the }{
\cs2873\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 assumed egoistic sentiment is, however, eternal. In the }{\cs2873\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  of amorous love if the corresponding egoistic sentiments of concubinage and paramourship be mere eternal assumptions there
 is nothing to blame in them and it also does not go against the scriptures. When those transcendental entities of Goloka becomes manifest in Vraja then those two egoistic sentiments become somewhat more palpable to the mundane view in the phenomenal wor
ld and there comes to be this much difference only. In the }{\cs2873\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  of parental affection the sentimen
ts of Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 that they are parents becomes manifest in the more tangible form in the pastimes of birth etc., and in the amorous }{\cs2873\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 corresponding sentiments of concubinage in the respective }{\cs2873\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  become manifest in the forms of their marriages with Abhimanyu, Govardhana, etc. In reality there is no such separate entity as husbandhood of the }{\cs2873\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  either in Goloka or in Gokula. Hence the }{\cs2873\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  declare that there is no sexual union of the }{\cs2873\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 their husbands. It is also for the same reason that the authorized teacher of the principle of }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa, writes that in the transcendental amorous }{\cs2873\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 hero i
s of two different types, viz., the wedded husband and the paramour\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pati\'e7 copapati\'e7 ceti prabhed\'e4v iha vi\'e7rut\'e4v iti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va, in his commentary by his words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pati\'f9 pura-vanit\'e4n\'e4\'e0 dvit\'e9yo vraja-vanit\'e4n\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acknowledges the eternal paramourship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka and Gokula and the husbandhood of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha and Dv\'e4rak\'e4 etc. In the Lord of Goloka and the Lord of Gok
ula the character of paramourship is found in its complete form. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's deliberate overstepping of His own quality of self-delightedness is caused by the desire of union with another's wedded wife. The state of being another's wedded wife is no
thing but the corresponding assumed sentiment on the part of the }{\cs2873\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 reality they have no
 husbands with independent and separate existence; still their very egoistic sentiment makes them have the nature of the wedded wives of others. So all the characteristics, viz., that "desire makes the paramour overstep the bounds of duty." etc., are ete
rnally present in the seat of all "deliciousness." In Vraja that very thing reveals itself, to an extent, in a form more tangible to persons with mundane eyes.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in Goloka there is inconceivable distinction and nondistinction between the }{\cs2873\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  analogous to mundane concubineship and wifehood. It may be said with equal truth that there is no distinction in Goloka between the two as also
 that there is such distinction. The essence of paramourship is the cessation of ownership and the abeyance of ownership is the enjoyment of His own }{\cs2873\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 in the shape of abeyance of paramourship or enjoyment without the sanction of wedlock. The conjunction of the two exists there as one }{\cs2873\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  accommodating both varieties. In Gokula it is really the same with the difference that it produces a different impression on observers belonging
 to the mundane plane. In Govinda, the hero of Goloka, there exist both husbandhood and paramourship above all piety and impiety and free from all grossness. Such is also the case with the hero of Gokula although there is a distinction in realization cau
sed by Yogam\'e4y\'e4. If it be urged that what is manifested by Yogam\'e4y\'e4 is the highest truth being the creation of the }{\cs2873\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 and that, therefore, the impression of paramourship is also really true, the reply is that there may exist an impression of analogous sentimental egoism in the tasting of }{\cs2873\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  free from any offense because it is not without a basis in truth. But the unwholesome impression that is produced in the mundane 
judgment is offensive and as such cannot exist in the pure }{\cs2873\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  realm. In fact \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da J
\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has come to the true conclusion, and at the same time the finding of the opposing party is also inconceivably true. It is the vain empirical wranglings about wedded wifehood and concubinage which is false and full of specious verbosi
ty. He who goes through the commentaries of \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and those of the opposing party with an impartial judgment cannot maintain his attitude of protest engendered by any real doubt. What the unalloyed devotee of the Supreme 
Lord says is all true and is independent of any consideration of unwholesome pros and cons. There is, however, the element of mystery in their verbal controversies. Those, whose judgment is made of mundane stuff, being unable to enter into the spirit of 
the all-loving controversies among pure devotees, due to their own want of unalloyed devotion, are apt to impute to the devotees their own defects of partisanship and opposing views. Commenting on the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4sa-pa\'efc\'e4dhy\'e4y\'e9, gop\'e9n\'e4\'e0 tat-pa
t\'e9n\'e4\'e0 ca,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc., what \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has stated conclusively in his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been accepted with reverence by the true devotee \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 without any protest.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whenever any dispute arises regarding the pure cognitive pastimes, such as Goloka, etc., we would do well to remember the precious adv
ice from the holy lips of \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Mah\'e4prabhu and His associates, the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, viz., that the Truth Absolute is ever characterized by spiritual variegatedness that transcends the variegatedness of mundane phenomena; but He is }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  featureless. The divine }{\cs2873\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  is lovely with the variegatedness of the fourfold distinction of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibh\'e4va, anub
h\'e4va, s\'e4ttvika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyabhic\'e4ri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\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  is ever present in Goloka and Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. The }{\cs2873\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  of Goloka manifests as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vra
ja-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on the mundane plane for the benefit of the devotees by the power of Yogam\'e4y\'e4. Whatever is observable in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gokula-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should be visible in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goloka-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in a clearly explicit form. Hence the distinction of paramourship and concubinage, the variegatedness of the respective }{\cs2873\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  of all different persons, the soil, water, river, hill, portico, bower, cows, etc., all the features of Gokula exist in Goloka, disposed in an appropriate manner. There is only thi
s peculiarity that the mundane conceptions of human beings possessed of material judgment, regarding those transcendental entities, do not exist there. The conception of Goloka manifests itself differently in proportion to the degree of realization of th
e various pastimes of Vraja and it is very difficult to lay down any definite criterion as to which portions are mundane and which are uncontaminated. The more the eye of devotion is tinged with the salve of love, the more will the transcendental concept
 gradually manifest itself. So there is no need of further hypothetical speculation which does not improve one's spiritual appreciation, as the substantive knowledge of Goloka is an inconceivable entity. To try to pursue the inconceivable by the conceptu
al process is like pounding the empty husk of grain, which is sure to have a fruitless ending. It is, therefore, one's bounden duty. by refraining from the endeavor to know, to try to gain the experience of the transcendental by the practice of pure devo
tion. Any course, the adoption of which tends to produce the impression of featurelessness, must be shunned by all means. Unalloyed }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parak\'e9ya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  free from all mundane conception is a most rare attainment. It is this which has been described in the narrative of the pastimes of Gokula. Those devotees, who follow the dictate of their pure spontane
ous love, should base their devotional endeavors on that narrative. They will attain to the more wholesome fundamental principle on reaching the stage of realization. The devotional activities characterized by illicit amour, as practiced by worldly-minde
d conditioned souls, are forbidden mundane impiety. The heart of our apostle \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was very much moved by such practices and induced him to give us his conclusive statements on the subject. It is the duty of a pure Vai
\'f1\'ebava to accept the real spirit of his statements. It is a great offense to disrespect the }{\cs2873\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  and to seek to establish a different doctrine in opposition to him.
\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  4.72]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.38
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 38
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e0 \'e7y\'e4masundaram acintya-gu\'eba-svar\'fcpa\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'efjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the salve; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub churita\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tinged; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of devotio
n; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vilocanena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the eye; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub santa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pure devotees; }{\cs2873\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 always; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5daye\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in their hearts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vilokayanti\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub see; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whom; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dark blue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sundaram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beautiful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acintya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub inconceivable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with attributes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svar\'fcpam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose nature is endowed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govind
am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 \'c7y\'e4masundara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, who
m the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  10.181p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  13.155p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  15.237p\line }{\b
\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  16.281p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  19.102p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Antya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  3.31p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The \'c7y\'e4masundara form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is His inconceivable simultaneous personal and impersonal self-contradictory form. True devotees see that form in thei
r purified hearts under the influence of devotional trance. The form \'c7y\'e4ma is not the blue color visible in the mundane world but is the transcendental variegated color affording eternal bliss, and is not visible to the mortal eye. On a considerati
on of the trance of Vy\'e4sadeva as in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7loka, bhakti-yogena }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manasi}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  etc., it will be clear that the form of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the full Personality of Godhead and can only be visible in the heart of a true devotee, which is the only true sea
t in the state of trance under the influence of devotion. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifested Himself in Vraja, both the devotees and nondevotees saw Him with this very eye; but only the devotees cherished Him, eternally present in Vraja, as the priceless jew
el of their heart. Nowadays also the devotees see Him in Vraja in their hearts, saturated with devotion although they do not see Him with their eyes. The eye of devotion is nothing but the eye of the pure unalloyed spiritual self of the }{\cs2873\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  The form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is visible to that eye in proportion to its purification by the prac
tice of devotion. When the devotion of the neophyte reaches the stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4va-bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t
he pure eye of that devotee is tinged with the salve of love by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which enables him to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face. The phrase "in their hearts" means K\'e5\'f1\'eba is visible in proportion as their hearts are purified by 
the practice of devotion. The sum and substance of this }{\cs2873\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  is that the form of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, who is \'c7y\'e4masundara, Na\'f6avara (Best Dancer), Mural\'e9dhara (Holder of the Flute) and Tribha\'ecga (Triple-bending), is not a mental concoction but is transcendental, and is visible with the eye of the soul of the devotee under trance
.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.39
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 39
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4m\'e4di-m\'fcrti\'f1u kal\'e4-niyamena ti\'f1\'f6han
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4n\'e4vat\'e4ram akarod bhuvane\'f1u kintu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 svaya\'e0 samabhavat parama\'f9 pum\'e4n yo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ma-\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the incarnation of Lord R\'e4m
a, etc.; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrti\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in different forms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kal\'e4-niyamena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the order of plenary portions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6han
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub existing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub various; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avat\'e4ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub incarnations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akarot\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub executed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvane\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within the worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kintu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub personally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samabhavat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub appeared; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pum\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 manifested Himself personally as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the different avat\'e4ras in the world i
n the forms of R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, V\'e4mana, etc., as His subjective portions.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His subjective portions as the }{\cs2873\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  viz., R\'e4ma, etc., appear from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha and His own form K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifests Himself with Vraja in this world, from Goloka. The underlying sense is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba Cait
anya, identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, also brings about by His appearance the direct manifestation of Godhead Himself.
\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 \'c4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 5.155]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.40
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 40
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasya prabh\'e4 prabhavato jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-ko\'f6i-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ko\'f6i\'f1v a\'e7e\'f1a-vasudh\'e4di vibh\'fcti-bhinnam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad brahma ni\'f1kalam anantam a\'e7e\'f1a-bh\'fcta\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the effulgence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhavata\'f9
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of one who excels in power; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of universes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f6i-ko\'f6i\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in millions and millions; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vasudh\'e4-\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with planets and other manifestations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibh\'fcti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with opulences; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhinnam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub becoming
 variegated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub brahma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Brahman; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1kalam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without parts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anantam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a-bh\'fctam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 effulgence is the source of the nondifferentiated Brahman mentioned in the Upani\'f1ads, b
eing differentiated from the infinity of glories of the mundane universe appears as the indivisible, infinite, limitless, truth.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  6.81p\line 680814SB.MON}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mundane universe created by M\'e4y\'e4 is one of the infinite external manifestations accommodating space, time and gross things. 
The impersonal aspect of Godhead, the nondifferentiated Brahman, is far above this principle of mundane creation. But even the nondifferentiated Brahman is only the external effulgence emanating from the boundary wall of the transcendental realm of Vaiku
\'eb\'f6ha displaying the triquadrantal glory of Govinda. The nondifferentiated Brahman is indivisible, hence is also one without a second, and is the infinite, and residual entity.
\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  2.14] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  2.14-1957] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  20.160]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.41
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 41
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4y\'e4 hi yasya jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-\'e7at\'e4ni s\'fcte
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 traigu\'ebya-tad-vi\'f1aya-veda-vit\'e4yam\'e4n\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sattv\'e4valambi-para-sattva\'e0 vi\'e7uddha-sattvam-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the external potency; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
of universes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7at\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hundreds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fcte\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brings forth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub trai-gu\'ebya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub embodying the threefold mundane qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of 
that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1aya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the subject matter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub veda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Vedic knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vit\'e4yam\'e4n\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub diffusing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sattva-avalambi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the support o
f all existence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-sattvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ultimate entity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7uddha-sattvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the absolute substantive principle; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 the absolute substantive principle being the ultimate entity in the form of the support o
f all existence whose external potency embodies the threefold mundane qualities, viz., sattva, rajas, and tamas and diffuses the Vedic knowledge regarding the mundane world.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The active mundane quality of }{\cs2873\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  brings forth or generates all mundane entities. The quality of }{\cs2873\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  (mundane manifestive principle) in conjunction with }{\cs2873\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  sta
nds for the maintenance of the existence of entities that are so produced, and the quality of }{\cs2873\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
 represents the principle of destruction. The substantive principle, which is mixed with the threefold mundane qualities, is mundane, while the unmixed substance is transcendental. The quality of eternal existence is the principle of absolute entity. The
 person whose proper form abides in that essence, is alone unalloyed entity. nonmundane, supermundane and free from all mundane quality. He is cognitive bliss. It is the deluding energy who has elaborated the regulative knowledge (}{\cs2873\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 ) bearing on the threefold mundane quality.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.42
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 42
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nanda-cinmaya-ras\'e4tmatay\'e4 mana\'f9su
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'f9 pr\'e4\'ebin\'e4\'e0 pratiphalan smarat\'e4m upetya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 l\'e9l\'e4yitena bhuvan\'e4ni jayaty ajasram-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub blissful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit-maya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cognitive; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasa\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasa; \'e4tmatay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub due to being the entity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'f9su\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebin\'e4m\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of living entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pratiphalan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub being reflected; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smarat\'e4m upetya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub recollecting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4yitena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvan\'e4ni
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mundane world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jayati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub triumphantly dominates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajasram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ever; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873
\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\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 glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world by the activity of His own pastimes, b
eing reflected in the mind of recollecting souls as the transcendental entity of ever-blissful cognitive rasa.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who constantly recollect in accordance with spiritual instructions the name, figure, attributes and pastimes of the form of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing in the amorous }{\cs2873\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  whose loveliness vanquishes the god of mundane love, 
conqueror of all mundane hearts, are alone meditators of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is full of pastimes, always manifests Himself with His realm only in the pure receptive cognition of such persons. The pastimes of that manifested divine realm t
riumphantly dominates in every way all the majesty and beauty of the mundane world.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.43
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 43
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 goloka-n\'e4mni nija-dh\'e4mni tale ca tasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 devi mahe\'e7a-hari-dh\'e4masu te\'f1u te\'f1u
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 te te prabh\'e4va-nicay\'e4 vihit\'e4\'e7 ca yena
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goloka-n\'e4mni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the planet known as Goloka
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nija-dh\'e4mni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the personal abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the part underneath; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub of that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the Goddess Durg\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahe\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord \'c7iva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4masu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
in the planets; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'f1u te\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in each of them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub those respective; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabh\'e4va-nicay\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub opulences; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vihit\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
established; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lowest of all is located Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma [mundane world], next above it is Mahe\'e7a-dh\'e4ma [abode of Mahe\'e7a]; above Mahe\'e7a-d
h\'e4ma is placed Hari-dh\'e4ma [abode of Hari] and above them all is located K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own realm named Goloka. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who has allotted their respective authorities to the rulers of those graded realms.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  23.116p\line 670105CC.NY\line 730103BS.BOM\line 730211BG.MEL\line 730720BG.LON}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The realm of Goloka stands highest above all others. Brahm\'e4 looking up to the higher position of Goloka is speaking of the other re
alms from the point of view of his own realm: the first in order is this mundane world called Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma consisting of the fourteen worlds, viz., Satyaloka, etc.; next above Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma is located \'c7iva-dh\'e4ma one portion of which, called 
Mah\'e4k\'e4la-dh\'e4ma, is enveloped in darkness; interpenetrating this portion of \'c7iva-dh\'e4ma there shines the Sad\'e4\'e7ivaloka, full of great light. Above the same appears Hari-dh\'e4ma or the transcendental Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. The potency of 
Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma, in the form of the extension of M\'e4y\'e4, and that of \'c7ivaloka, consisting of time, space and matter, are the potency of the separated particles pervaded by the penumbral reflection of the subjective portion of the Divinity. But Ha
ri-dh\'e4ma is ever resplendent with transcendental majesty and the great splendor of all-sweetness predominates over all other majesties in Goloka. The Supreme Lord Govinda by his own direct and indirect power has constituted those respective potencies 
of those realms.
\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  21.49]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.44
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 44
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 s\'e5\'f1\'f6i-sthiti-pralaya-s\'e4dhana-\'e7aktir ek\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ch\'e4yeva yasya bhuvan\'e4ni bibharti durg\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 icch\'e4nur\'fcpam api yasya ca ce\'f1\'f6ate s\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub creation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthiti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub preservation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pralaya\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and destruction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4dhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the agency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ek\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ch\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the shadow; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvan\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mundane world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bibharti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
maintains; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durg\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Durg\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub icch\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the will; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'fcpam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in accordance with; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ce\'f1\'f6ate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conducts herself; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub she; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govin
dam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The external potency M\'e4y\'e4 who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit potency, is worshiped by all people as Durg\'e4, the cre
ating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in accordance with whose will Durg\'e4 conducts herself.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 \'c4di }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.157p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  6.171p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The aforesaid presiding deity of Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma is being described.) The world, in which Brahm\'e4 takes his stand and hymns the Lo
rd of Goloka, is Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma consisting of the fourteen worlds and Durg\'e4 is its presiding deity. She is ten-armed, representing the tenfold fruitive activities. She rides on the lion, representing her heroic prowess. She tramples down Mah\'e9\'f1
\'e4sura, representing the subduer of vices. She is the mother of two sons, K\'e4rttikeya and Ga\'ebe\'e7a, representing beauty and success. She is placed between Lak\'f1m\'e9 and Sarasvat\'e9, representing mundane opulence and mundane knowledge. She is 
armed with the twenty weapons, representing the various pious activities enjoined by the }{\cs2873\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
 suppression of vices. She holds the snake, representing the beauty of destructive time. Such is Durg\'e4 possessing all these manifold forms. Durg\'e4 is possessed of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub durga
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which means a prison house. When }{\cs2873\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  begotten of the marginal potency (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'f6asth\'e4 \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) forget the servic
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba they are confined in the mundane prison house, the citadel of Durg\'e4. The wheel of }{\cs2873\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 the instrument of punishment at this place. The work of purifying these penalized }{\cs2873\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 the duty devolved upon Durg\'e4. She is incessantly engaged in discharging the same by the will of Govinda. When, luckily. the forgetfulness of Govinda on the part of imprisoned }{\cs2873\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 remarked by them by coming in contact with self-realized souls and their natural aptitude for the loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is aroused, Dur
g\'e4 herself then becomes the agency of their deliverance by the will of Govinda. So it behooves everybody to obtain the guileless grace of Durg\'e4, the mistress of this prison house, by propitiating her with the selfless service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The
 boons received from Durg\'e4 in the shape of wealth, property, recovery from illness, of wife and sons, should be realized as the deluding kindness of Durg\'e4. The mundane psychical jubilations of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub da\'e7a-mah\'e4-vidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the ten goddesses or forms of Durg\'e4, are elaborated for the delusion of the fettered souls of this world. }{\cs2873\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 a spiritual atomic part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When he forgets his service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he is at onc
e deflected by the attracting power of M\'e4y\'e4 in this world, who throws him into the whirlpool of mundane fruitive activity (}{\cs2873\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 ) by confining him in a gross body constituted by the five material elements, their five attributes and eleven senses, resembling the garb of a prisoner. In this whirlpool }{\cs2873\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  has experience of happiness and miseries, heaven and hell. Besides this, there is a subtle body. consisting of the mind, intelligence a
nd ego, inside the gross body. By means of the subtle body. the }{\cs2873\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  forsakes one gross body an
d takes recourse to another. The }{\cs2873\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  cannot get rid of the subtle body. full of nescience and 
evil desires, unless and until he is liberated. On getting rid of the subtle body he bathes in the Viraj\'e4 and goes up to Hari-dh\'e4ma. Such are the duties performed by Durg\'e4 in accordance with the will of Govinda. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata \'e7loka, vilajyam\'e4nay\'e4... durdhiya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the relationship between Durg\'e4 and the conditioned souls ha
s been described.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Durg\'e4, worshiped by the people of this mundane world, is the Durg\'e4 described above. But the }{\cs2873\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  Durg\'e4, mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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 is the outer covering of the spiritual realm of the Supreme Lord, is the eternal maidservant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and is, therefore, the transcendental reality whose shadow, the Durg
\'e4 of this world, functions in this mundane world as her maidservant. (Vide the purport of }{\cs3545\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  3.)
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.45
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 45
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'f1\'e9ra\'e0 yath\'e4 dadhi vik\'e4ra-vi\'e7e\'f1a-yog\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'efj\'e4yate na hi tata\'f9 p\'e5thag asti heto\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'f9 \'e7ambhut\'e4m api tath\'e4 samupaiti k\'e4ry\'e4d
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1\'e9ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub milk; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dadhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yogurt; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vik\'e4ra-vi\'e7e\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub o
f a special transformation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yog\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the application; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'efj\'e4yate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is transformed into; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the milk; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
p\'e5thak\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub separated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti\'97}{\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 heto\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which is the cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ambhut\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the nature of Lord \'c7iva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
amupaiti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub accepts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ry\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub for the matter of some particular business; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Just as milk is transformed into curd by the action of acids, but yet the effect curd is neither same as, nor different from, its caus
e, viz., milk, so I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whom the state of \'c7ambhu is a transformation for the performance of the work of destruction.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 \'c4di }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.157p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The real nature of \'c7ambhu, the presiding deity of Mahe\'e7a-dh\'e4ma, is described.) \'c7ambhu is not a second Godhead other than 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those, who entertain such discriminating sentiment, commit a great offense against the Supreme Lord. The supremacy of \'c7ambhu is subservient to that of Govinda; hence they are not really different from each other. The nondistinction is 
established by the fact that just as milk treated with acid turns into curd so Godhead becomes a subservient when He Himself attains a distinct personality by the addition of a particular element of adulteration. This personality has no independent initi
ative. The said adulterating principle is constituted of a combination of the stupefying quality of the deluding energy, the quality of nonplenitude of the marginal potency and a slight degree of the ecstatic-cum-cognitive principle of the plenary spirit
ual potency. This specifically adulterated reflection of the principle of the subjective portion of the Divinity is Sad\'e4\'e7iva, in the form of the effulgent masculine-symbol-god \'c7ambhu from whom Rudradeva is manifested. In the work of mundane crea
tion as the material cause, in the work of preservation by the destruction of sundry }{\cs2873\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 in
 the work of destruction to conduct the whole operation, Govinda manifests Himself as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba-avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  in the form of \'c7ambhu who is the separated portion of Govinda imbued with the principle of His subjective plenary portion. The personality of the destructive principle in the form of time has been identified with that of \'c7ambhu by scri
ptural evidences that have been adduced in the commentary. The purport of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata \'e7lokas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  viz., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebav\'e4n\'e4\'e0 yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ambhu\'f9}{\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  etc., is that \'c7ambhu, in pursuance of the will of Govinda, works in union with his consort Durg\'e4dev\'e9 by h
is own time energy. He teaches pious duties (}{\cs2873\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 stepping-stones to the attainment of spiri
tual service in the various }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tantra-\'e7\'e4stras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc., suitable for }{\cs2873\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 different grades of the conditional existence. In obedience to the will of Govinda, \'c7ambhu maintains and fosters
 the religion of pure devotion by preaching the cult of illusionism (M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da) and the speculative }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4gama-\'e7\'e4stras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fifty attributes of individual souls are manifest in a far vaster measure in \'c7ambhu and five additional attributes not attainable by }{\cs2873\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 also partly found in him. So \'c7ambhu cannot be called a }{\cs2873\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  He is the lord of }{\cs2873\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  b
ut yet partakes of the nature of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub separated}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  portion of Govinda.
\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  20.310]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.46
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 46
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9p\'e4rcir eva hi da\'e7\'e4ntaram abhyupetya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9p\'e4yate viv\'e5ta-hetu-sam\'e4na-dharm\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yas t\'e4d\'e5g eva hi ca vi\'f1\'ebutay\'e4 vibh\'e4ti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9pa-arci\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the flame of a lamp; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as; }{\cs2873\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 certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7\'e4-antaram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub another lamp; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhyupetya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub expanding; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9p\'e4yate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub illuminates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viv\'e5ta-hetu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with its expanded cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam\'e4na-dharm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub equally powerful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4d\'e5k\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub similarly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873\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 certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebutay\'e4\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by His expansion as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibh\'e4ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub illuminates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The light of one candle being communicated to other candles, although it burns separately 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.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  3.9.4p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  3.21.32p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  6.9.45p
\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  24.285p\line 661221CC.NY\line 710727BS.NY\line 710808LE.LON\line 721004SB.LA}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The presiding Deities of Hari-dh\'e4ma, viz., Hari, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Vi\'f1\'ebu, etc., the subjective portions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a
re being described. The majestic manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, whose subjective portion is K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the prime cause, whose portion is Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9. K\'f1\'e9rod
aka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 is again the subjective portion of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. The word "Vi\'f1\'ebu" indicates all-pervading, omnipresent and omniscient personality. In this }{\cs2873\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  the activities of the subjective portions of the Divinity are enunciated by the specification of the nature of K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. The p
ersonality of Vi\'f1\'ebu, the embodied form of the manifestive quality (}{\cs2873\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 ) is quite 
distinct from that of \'c7ambhu who is adulterated with mundane qualities. Vi\'f1\'ebu's subjective personality is on a level with that of Govinda. Both consist of the unadulterated substantive principle. Vi\'f1\'ebu in the form of the manifest causal pr
inciple is identical with Govinda as regards quality. The manifestive quality (}{\cs2873\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 ) tha
t is found to exist in the triple mundane quality, is an adulterated entity. being alloyed with the qualities of mundane activity and inertia. Brahm\'e4 is the dislocated portion of the Divinity, manifested in the principle of mundane action, endowed wit
h the functional nature of His subjective portion; and \'c7ambhu is the dislocated portion of the Divinity manifested in the principle of mundane inertia possessing similarly the functional nature of His subjective portion. The reason for their being dis
located portions is that the two principles of mundane action and inertia being altogether wanting in the spiritual essence any entities, that are manifested in them, are located at a great distance from the Divinity Himself or His facsimiles. Although t
he mundane manifestive quality is of the adulterated kind, Vi\'f1\'ebu, the manifestation of the Divinity in the mundane manifestive quality, makes His appearance in the unadulterated manifestive principle which is a constituent of the mundane manifestiv
e quality. Hence Vi\'f1\'ebu is the full subjective portion and belongs to the category of the superior }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7varas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is the Lord of the deluding potency and not alloyed with her. Vi\'f1\'ebu is the agent of Govinda's own subjective nature in the form of the prime cause. All the majestic attributes of Govinda, aggregating sixty in number, are fu
lly present in His majestic manifestation, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva are entities adulterated with mundane qualities. Though Vi\'f1\'ebu is also divine appearance in mundane quality (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba-avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), still He is not adulterated. The appearance of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in the form of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, the appearance of Mah\'e4-V
i\'f1\'ebu in the form of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 and the appearance of Vi\'f1\'ebu in the form of K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9, are examples of the ubiquitous function of the Divinity. Vi\'f1\'ebu is Godhead Himself, and the two other }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba-avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all the other gods are entities possessing authority in subordination to Him. From the subje
ctive majestic manifestation of the supreme self-luminous Govinda emanate K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9, Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9, K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 and all other derivative subjective divine descents (}{\cs2873\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 ) such as R\'e4ma, etc., analogous to communicated light appearing in different candles, shining by the operation of the sp
iritual potency of Govinda.
\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  20.316]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.47
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 47
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'f9 k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4r\'ebava-jale bhajati sma yoga-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nidr\'e4m ananta-jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-sa-roma-k\'fcpa\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4dh\'e4ra-\'e7aktim avalambya par\'e4\'e0 sva-m\'fcrti\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba-ar\'ebava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the Causal Ocean; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
jale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub enjoys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-nidr\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub creative sleep; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub universes; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub roma-k\'fcpa
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pores of His hair; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dh\'e4ra-\'e7aktim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the all-accommodating potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avalambya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub assuming; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub great; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
sva-m\'fcrtim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub own subjective form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who assuming His own great subjective form, who bears the name of \'c7e\'f1a, replete with the all-a
ccommodating potency, and reposing in the Causal Ocean with the infinity of the world in the pores of His hair, enjoys creative sleep [yoga-nidr\'e4].
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The subjective nature of Ananta who has the form of the couch of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, is described.) Ananta, the same who is the infi
nite couch on which Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu reposes, is a distinctive appearance of the Divinity bearing the name of \'c7e\'f1a, having the subjective nature of the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.48
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 48
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vanti loma-vilaj\'e4 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'f1\'ebur mah\'e4n sa iha yasya kal\'e4-vi\'e7e\'f1o
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'e7vasita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of breath; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4lam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub time; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avala
mbya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub taking shelter of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vanti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub live; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loma-vila-j\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub grown from the hair holes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the masters of the universes (the Brahm\'e4s); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu\'f9 mah\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supreme Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\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 here; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kal\'e4-vi\'e7e\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub particular plenary portion or expansion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, remain alive as long as the 
duration of one exhalation of the latter [Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu]. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whose subjective personality Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the portion of portion.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 661218CC.NY 281-293\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  1.10.21p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  2.6.42p\line }{\b\i\v\f0
\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  3.11.38p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  4.9.14p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  4.30.49p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  4.31.15p\line }{\b\i\v\f0
\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  6.16.37p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  10.1.2p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Bh\'e4g.}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  10.3.14p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The supreme majesty of the subjective nature of Vi\'f1\'ebu is shown here.
\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  5.71] [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  20.281, 21.41]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.49
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 49
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bh\'e4sv\'e4n yath\'e4\'e7ma-\'e7akale\'f1u nije\'f1u teja\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sv\'e9yam kiyat praka\'f6ayaty api tadvad atra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brahm\'e4 ya e\'f1a jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-vidh\'e4na-kart\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4sv\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the illuminating sun; }{\cs2873
\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7ma-
\'e7akale\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in various types of precious stones; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nije\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub teja\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brilliance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e9yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kiyat\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to some extent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praka\'f6ayati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub manifests; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tadvat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub similarly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub here; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-a\'eb\'f2a-vidh\'e4na-kart\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the chief of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom the separated subjective portion Brahm\'e4 receives his power for the regulation of the mu
ndane world, just as the sun manifests some portion of his own light in all the effulgent gems that bear the names of }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s\'fcryak\'e4nta}{\cs2873\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  etc.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 \'c4di }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.157p\line 661220CC.NY 298-313}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 is two types: in certain }{\cs2873\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  when the potency of the Supreme Lord infuses Himself in an eligible }{\cs2873\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 latter acts in the office of Brahm\'e4 and creates the universe. In those }{\cs2873\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  when no eligible }{\cs2873\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 available, after the Brahm\'e4 of
 the previous }{\cs2873\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  is liberated, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by the process of allotment of His own potency, 
creates the Brahm\'e4 who has the nature of the }{\cs2873\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  (descent) of the Divinity in the active
 mundane principle (}{\cs2873\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 ). By principle Brahm\'e4 is superior to ordinary }{\cs2873\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  but is not the direct Divinity. The divine nature is present in a greater measure in \'c7ambhu than in 
Brahm\'e4. The fundamental significance of the above is that the aggregate of fifty attributes, belonging to the }{\cs2873\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  are present in a fuller measure in Brahm\'e4 who possesses, in a lesser degree, five more attributes which are not found in }{\cs2873\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  But in \'c7ambhu both the fifty attributes of }{\cs2873\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 also the five additional attributes found in Brahm\'e4 are present in even greater measure than in Brahm\'e4.
\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  20.304]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.50
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 50
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yat-p\'e4da-pallava-yuga\'e0 vinidh\'e4ya kumbha-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dvandve pra\'eb\'e4ma-samaye sa ga\'eb\'e4dhir\'e4ja\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vighn\'e4n vihantum alam asya jagat-trayasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-pallava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yugam\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub two; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vinidh\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having 
held; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kumbha-dvandve\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon the pair of tumuli; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'eb\'e4ma-samaye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the time of offering obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ga\'eba-adhir\'e4ja\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub Ga\'ebe\'e7a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vighn\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obstacles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vihantum\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to destroy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub capable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of these; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-trayasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub three worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, whose lotus feet are always held by Ga\'ebe\'e7a upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elepha
nt head in order to obtain power for his function of destroying all the obstacles on the path of progress of the three worlds.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 \'c4di }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.157p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The power of destroying all obstacles to mundane prosperity has been delegated to Ga\'ebe\'e7a who is the object of worship to those w
ho are eligible to worship him. He has obtained a rank among the five gods as Brahm\'e4 possessing mundane quality. The self-same Ga\'ebe\'e7a is a god in possession of delegated power by infusion of the divine power. All his glory rests entirely on the 
grace of Govinda.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.51
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 51
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 agnir mahi gaganam ambu marud di\'e7a\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4las tath\'e4tma-manas\'e9ti jagat-tray\'e4\'ebi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasm\'e4d bhavanti vibhavanti vi\'e7anti ya\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agni\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaganam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ether; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ambu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub marut\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub air; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub di\'e7a\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub directions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as well as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma\'97}{\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 manas\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-tray\'e4\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the three worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasm\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from whom; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavanti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they originate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vibhavanti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they exist; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7anti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they enter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original per
son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The three worlds are composed of the nine elements, viz., fire, earth, ether, water, air, direction, time, soul and mind. I adore the 
primeval Lord Govinda from whom they originate, in whom they exist and into whom they enter at the time of the universal cataclysm.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 20.272}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is nothing in the three worlds save the five elements, ten quarters, time, }{\cs2873\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, and the mental principle allied with the subtle body consisting of mind, intelligence and ego of conditioned souls. The elevationists (
}{\cs2873\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 ) make their offerings in sacrifice in the fire. Conditioned souls know nothing beyond th
is perceptible world of nine elements. The }{\cs2873\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 the self-same soul whose ecstatic delight th
e joyless liberationists (}{\cs2873\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 ) aspire after. Both the principles that are respectively
 depicted as }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  by the system of S\'e4\'eckhya are included in the above. In other words all the principles that have been enunciated by all the speculative philosophers (}
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva-v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) are included in these nine elements. \'c7r\'e9 Govinda is the source of the app
earance, continuance and subsidence of all these principles.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.52
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 52
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yac-cak\'f1ur e\'f1a savit\'e4 sakala-grah\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4j\'e4 samasta-sura-m\'fcrtir a\'e7e\'f1a-tej\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasy\'e4j\'efay\'e4 bhramati sambh\'e5ta-k\'e4la-cakro
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cak\'f1u\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the eye; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub savit\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sun; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakala-grah\'e4\'eb\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all the planets; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the king; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samasta-sura\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the image
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a-tej\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub full of infinite effulgence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4j\'efay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the order; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhramati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub performs 
his journey; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambh\'e5ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la-cakra\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the wheel of time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original per
son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The sun who is the king of all the planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of the good soul, is as the eye of this world. I ad
ore the primeval Lord Govinda in pursuance of whose order the sun performs his journey mounting the wheel of time.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 \'c4di }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 7.157p\line 681009LE.SEA}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certain professors of the Vedic religion worship the sun as Brahman. The sun is one of the hierarchy of the five gods. Some people tar
get in heat the source of this world and therefore designate the sun, the only location of heat, as the root cause of this world. Notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary, the sun is after all only the presiding deity of a sphere of the sum t
otal of all mundane heat and is hence a god exercising delegated authority. The sun performs his specific function of service certainly by the command of Govinda.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.53
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 53
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dharmo 'tha p\'e4pa-nicaya\'f9 \'e7rutayas tap\'e4\'e0si
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brahm\'e4di-k\'e9\'f6a-patag\'e4vadhaya\'e7 ca j\'e9v\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yad-datta-m\'e4tra-vibhava-praka\'f6a-prabh\'e4v\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharma\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub virtue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4pa-nicaya\'f9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all vices; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rutaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas; tap\'e4\'e0si\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub penances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beginning from Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9\'f6a-pataga\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub insects; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avadhaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub down t
o; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j
\'e9v\'e4\'f9-j\'e9vas; yat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub datta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conferred; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4tra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub exclusively; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the power; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praka\'f6a\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manifested; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabh\'e4v\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub potencies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, by whose conferred power are maintained the manifested potencies, that are found to exist, of all v
irtues, all vices, the Vedas, the penances and all j\'e9vas, from Brahm\'e4 to the meanest insect.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By }{\cs2873\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 meant the allotted functions of }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  manifested by the twenty }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dharma-\'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on the authority of the }{\cs2873\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 these two divisions }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that funct
ion which is the outcome of the distinctive natures of the four }{\cs2873\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  viz., }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that function which is appropriate to the respective }{\cs2873\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 
stations of those who belong to the four stages, viz., }{\cs2873\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  an
d }{\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  All customary activities of mankind have been targeted in these twofold divisions. 
Sins mean nescience, the root of all sins and sinful desire, also the greatest iniquities and sins flowing from them and the ordinary sins, i.e., all sorts of unprincipled conduct. The category of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rutis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g, S\'e4ma, Yajur}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and 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  which form the crest jewels of the }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  mean all regular practices that are learnt with the view of the attainment of the proper function of the self. In many cases, e.g., in the form known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efc
a-tapas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  these practices are of a difficult character (}{\cs2873\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 constituents limbs and devotedness to the knowledge of the undifferentiated Brahman are included therein. All these are so many distinctive features within the revolving round of the fruitive activitie
s of conditioned souls. The conditioned souls are embarked on a sojourn of successive births from 84 lakhs of varieties of generating organs. They are differentiated into different orders of beings as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devas, d\'e4navas, r\'e4k\'f1asas, m\'e4navas, n\'e4gas, kinnaras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gandharvas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These }{\cs2873\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  from Brahm\'e4 down to the small insect, are infinite in type. They make up the aggregate of the conditioned souls from the degree of Brahm\'e4 to that of the little fly and are the distinctive features within the revolving wheel of }{
\cs2873\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  Every one of them is endowed with distinctive powers as individuals and is powerful in a part
icular sphere. But these powers are by their nature not fully developed in them. The degree of power and nature of property vary according to the measure of manifestation of the possessions of the individual conferred upon him by \'c7r\'e9 Govinda.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.54
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 54
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bandh\'e4nur\'fcpa-phala-bh\'e4janam \'e4tanoti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 karm\'e4\'ebi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He who (Govinda); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indra-gopam\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the small red insect called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indragopa; atha v\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or even; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Indra, king of heaven; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-karma\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of one's own fruitive activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub bondage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub according to; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of reactions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4janam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enjoying or suffering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tanoti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bestows; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karm\'e4\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all fruitive activities and their reactions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirdahati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub destroys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kintu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of persons engaged in devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who burns up to their roots all fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion and impar
tially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one's activities, of all those who walk in the path of work, in accordance with the chain of their previously performed works, no less in the case of the tiny insect that bears the name of indrag
opa than in that of Indra, king of the devas.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  17.95p\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Antya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  6.200p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God impartially induces the fallen souls to act in the way that is consequent on the deeds of their previous births and to enjoy the f
ruition of their labors but, out of His great mercy to His devotees, He purges out, by the fire of ordeal, the root of all }{\cs2873\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  viz., nescience and evil desires. }{\cs2873\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  though without begin
ning, is still perishable. The }{\cs2873\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  of those, who work with the hope of enjoying the fruits of th
eir labors, becomes everlasting and endless and is never destroyed. The function of }{\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  is
 also a sort of }{\cs2873\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  befitting an }{\cs2873\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  and is not pleasant to K\'e5\'f1\'eba when it aims at liberation, i.e., desire for emancipation. They also receive fruition of their }{\cs2873\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, even if it be disinterested, their }{\cs2873\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  ends in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-mamat\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i.e., self-pleasure; but those who are pure devotees always serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba by gratifying His senses forsaking all attempts of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 being 
free from all desires save that of serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has fully destroyed the }{\cs2873\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  its desires and nescience of those devotees. It is a great wonder that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being impartial, is fully partial to His devotees.
\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  15.170]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.55
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 55
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e0 krodha-k\'e4ma-sahaja-pra\'ebay\'e4di-bh\'e9ti-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4tsalya-moha-guru-gaurava-sevya-bh\'e4vai\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'efcintya tasya sad\'e5\'e7\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4pur ete
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub krodha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wrath; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amorous passion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahaja-pra\'ebaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub natural friendly love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di\'97}{\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 bh\'e9ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parental affection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub moha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub delusion; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru-gaurava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub reverence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sevya-bh\'e4vai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and with the attitude of willing service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'efcintya\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub meditating; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of that
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e5\'e7\'e9m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub befitting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tanum\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bodily form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub attained; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub these persons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the original person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Him
; }{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj
\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, the meditators of whom, by meditating upon Him under the sway of wrath, amorous passion, natural fr
iendly love, fear, parental affection, delusion, reverence and willing service, attain to bodily forms befitting the nature of their contemplation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotion is of two kinds, viz., (1) of the nature of deference to regulation and (2) constituted of natural feeling. }{\cs2873\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 roused by following with a tinge of faith in the rule of the }{\cs2873\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 instruction of the preceptors. Such }{\cs2873\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 of the nature of loyalty to the scriptural regulations. It continues to be operative as long as the corresponding natural feeling is not roused. If a person loves K\'e5
\'f1\'eba out of natural tendency. there is the principle of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is no other than a str
ong desire to serve, which turns into }{\cs2873\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  or substantive feeling. When the substantive feelin
g is aroused the devotee becomes an object of mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It takes much time to attain this stage. Devotion which is of the nature of feeling is superior to that connected with scriptural regulation, soon attains to the realized state and is
 attractive to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Its various aspects are described in this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7loka. \'c7\'e4nta-bh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  full of reverence to superior, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya-bh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  full of service for carrying out th
e commands of the object of worship, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya-bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or natural friendly love, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya-bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or parental affection and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub madhura-bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or amorous love, are all included in the category of devotion of the nature of instinctive attachment. But anger, fear and delusion, though they are o
f the nature of instinctive impulse, are not devotion in the strict sense of the term, because they are not friendly but hostile to the object. Anger is found in }{\cs2873\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  like \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, fear in Ka\'e0sa, and delusion in the }{\cs2873\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  of the pantheistic school. They have the feelings of anger, fear and instinctive impulse marked by complete self-forgetful identification with the nondifferentiated Brahman. But as there is no friendly
 feeling towards the object of devotion there is no }{\cs2873\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  Again among the feelings of }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta, d\'e4sya, sakhya, v\'e4tsalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhura-\'e7\'e4nta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  though indifferent and dormant in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is still reckoned as }{\cs2873\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  on acc
ount of its being a little friendly. There is an immense volume of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the other four varie
ties of emotion. By the promise of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, ye yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("I serve one according to his submission"), those, who allow thems
elves to be actuated by the sentiments of fear, anger and delusion, attain to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (me
rging in the Absolute). The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4ntas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  obtain bodily forms with aptitude for addiction to Brahma
n and Param\'e4tm\'e4. The }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  classes of worshipers attain bodily forms characterized by masculine or feminine disposition according to their respective grades of eligibility. Th
e }{\cs2873\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  class of worshipers get bodily forms befitting fatherly and motherly sentiments. The
 amorous lovers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba attain the pure forms of }{\cs2873\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  (spiritual milkmaids of Vraja)
.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.56
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 56
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7riya\'f9 k\'e4nt\'e4\'f9 k\'e4nta\'f9 parama-puru\'f1a\'f9 kalpa-taravo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 drum\'e4 bh\'fcmi\'e7 cint\'e4ma\'ebi-ga\'eba-mayi toyam am\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kath\'e4 g\'e4na\'e0 n\'e4\'f6ya\'e0 gamanam api va\'e0\'e7\'e9 priya-sakhi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cid-\'e4nanda\'e0 jyoti\'f9 param api tad \'e4sv\'e4dyam api ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa yatra k\'f1\'e9r\'e4bdhi\'f9 sravati surabh\'e9bhya\'e7 ca su-mah\'e4n
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nime\'f1\'e4rdh\'e4khyo v\'e4 vrajati na hi yatr\'e4pi samaya\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhaje \'e7vetadv\'e9pa\'e0 tam aham iha golokam iti ya\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vidantas te santa\'f9 k\'f1iti-virala-c\'e4r\'e4\'f9 katipaye
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7riya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lak\'f1m\'e9s, goddesses of fort
une; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4nt\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loving consorts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4nta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the enjoyer, lover; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-puru\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalpa-tarava\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desire trees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub drum\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all the trees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcmi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the land; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-ga
\'eba-mayi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub made of the transcendental touchstone jewels; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub toyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nectar; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub talking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4nam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub song; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4\'f6yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dancing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gamanam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub walking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priya-sakh\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub constant companion; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit-\'e4nandam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub transcendental bliss; }{\cs2873\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 effulgence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub param\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sv\'e4dyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub everywhere perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yatra\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub where; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1\'e9ra-abdhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ocean of milk; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sravati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub flows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surabh\'e9bhya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surabhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-mah\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub very great; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nime\'f1a-ardha\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub half a moment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4khya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub called; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub vrajati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub passes away; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\cs2873\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 certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yatra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub where; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub even; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7veta-dv\'e9pam\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7vetadv\'e9pa; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; 
}{\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\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 here; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub golokam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Go
loka; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidanta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub know; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub santa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub self-realized souls; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in this world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub virala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub seldom; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub c\'e4r\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub going; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kati
paye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub few.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I worship that transcendental seat, known as \'c7vetadv\'e9pa where as loving consorts the Lak\'f1m\'e9s in their unalloyed spiritual 
essence practice the amorous service of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their only lover; where every tree is a transcendental purpose tree; where the soil is the purpose gem, all water is nectar, every word is a song, every gait is a dance, the flute
 is the favorite attendant, effulgence is full of transcendental bliss and the supreme spiritual entities are all enjoyable and tasty, where numberless milk cows always emit transcendental oceans of milk; where there is eternal existence of transcendenta
l time, who is ever present and without past or future and hence is not subject to the quality of passing away even for the space of half a moment. That realm is known as Goloka only to a very few self-realized souls in this world.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 Madhya}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  8.138p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That region which }{\cs2873\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  attain by the best performance of their }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa-bhajana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  though purely transcendental, is by no means devoid of variegatedness. The nondifferentiated region is attained by indulging in anger, fear and delusion. The devotees attain Goloka, the transcendental region above Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, according 
to the quality of }{\cs2873\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  of the respective services. In reality that region is no other than \'c7vet
adv\'e9pa or "the White Island," being exceedingly pure. Those, who attain the highest }{\cs2873\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  in the
 shape of the realization of pure devotion in this world, viewing the reality of \'c7vetadv\'e9pa in Gokula, V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Navadv\'e9pa within this mundane world, designate the same as "Goloka." In that transcendental region of Goloka there are alw
ays visible, in their supreme beauty, all the distinctive entities that are incorporated in the pure cognitive principle, viz., the lover and His beloved ones, trees and creepers, mountains, rivers and forests, water, speech, movement, music of the flute
, the sun and the moon, tasted and taste (i.e., the unthinkable wonders of the 64 aesthetic arts), milk cows yielding nectarean flow of milk and transcendental ever-existing time.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Descriptions that supply the clue to Goloka are found in various places in the }{\cs2873\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 other }{\cs2873\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  such as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas, tantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc. The }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4ndogya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
br\'fcy\'e4d y\'e4van v\'e4 ayam \'e4k\'e4\'e7as t\'e4van e\'f1a antar h\'e5da \'e4k\'e4\'e7a\'f9 ubhe asmin dy\'e4v\'e4-p\'e5thiv\'e9 antar eva sam\'e4hite. ubh\'e4v agni\'e7 ca v\'e4yu\'e7 ca s\'fcrya\'97candramas\'e4v ubhau vidyun nak\'f1atr\'e4\'ebi 
yac c\'e4syeh\'e4sti yac ca n\'e4sti sarva\'e0 tad asmin sam\'e4hitam iti.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sum and substance of it is that all the variegatedness of this mundane world and much more variety over and above the mundane, are
 to be found in Goloka. The variety in the transcendental world is fully centralized whereas in the mundane world it is not so and hence productive of weal and woe. The centralized variety of Goloka is unalloyed and full of transcendental cognitive joy. 
The }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  practicing devotion revealed by the }{\cs2873\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 availing the support of their individual cognitional aptitude actuated by devotion, may have a sight of divine realm and by the power of the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba their tiny cognitive faculty attaining the quality of i
nfinitude they are enabled to be on the level of the plane of enjoyments of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a hidden meaning of the proposition "even the Supreme that is also nevertheless the object of enjoyment" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param api tad \'e4sv\'e4dyam api ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub param api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only Truth Absolute in all the transcendental blissful principles and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad \'e4sv\'e4dyam api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means His object of enjoyment. The glory of R\'e4dh\'e4's love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tasty quality (}{\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 ) of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that is realized by R\'e4dh\'e4 and the bliss of which R\'e4dh\'e4 is conscious in the proce
ss of such realization, all these threefold }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (emotional entities) becoming available for 
enjoyment by K\'e5\'f1\'eba He attains His personality of \'c7r\'e9 Gaurasundara. It is also this that constitutes the transcendental bliss of the delicious loving (}{\cs2873\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 ) service manifested by \'c7r\'e9 Gaurasundara. This also eternally exists only in the selfsame \'c7vetadv\'e9pa.
\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  14.227]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.57
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 57
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 athov\'e4ca mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebur
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhagavanta\'e0 praj\'e4patim
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brahman mahattva-vij\'ef\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 praj\'e4-sarge ca cen mati\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pa\'efca-\'e7lok\'e9m im\'e4\'e0 vidy\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vatsa datt\'e4\'e0 nibodha me
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uv\'e4ca\'97}{\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 mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu\'f9\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavantam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub unto the glorious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praj\'e4patim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahattva\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the glory (of Godhead); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub in real knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub praj\'e4-sarge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in creating offspring; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cet\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mati\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the inclination; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'efca-\'e7lok\'e9m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub five }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7lokas; im\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub science; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vatsa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O beloved; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub datt\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nibodha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from Me.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub On hearing these hymns containing the essence of the truth, the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to Brahm\'e4, "Brahm\'e4, if you expe
rience the inclination to create offspring by being endowed with the real knowledge of the glory of Godhead, listen, My beloved, from Me to this science set forth in the following five }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub \'e7lokas}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord became propitious when Brahm\'e4 with great eagerness chanted the names, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" and "Govinda" expressive of
 the form, attribute and pastimes. Brahm\'e4 was actuated by the desire for mundane creation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then said to Brahm\'e4 how pure unalloyed devotion can be practiced by souls engaged in worldly occupations by combining the same with the desire
 for carrying out the behest of the Supreme Lord. "The knowledge absolute is knowledge of the glory of Godhead; if you want to procreate offspring being endowed with such knowledge, listen attentively to the science of devotion that is contained in the f
ollowing five }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7lokas."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (How }{\cs2873\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 practiced by performing worldly duties in the form of carrying out the commands of the Supreme Lord, is being described).
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.58
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 58
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prabuddhe j\'ef\'e4na-bhaktibhy\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4tmany \'e4nanda-cin-may\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 udety anuttam\'e4 bhaktir
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhagavat-prema-lak\'f1a\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabuddhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when excited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by cognition or knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhaktibhy\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and by devotional service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmani\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the pure spirit soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cit-mayi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
full of knowledge and bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udeti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is awakened; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuttam\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub superexcellent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub lak\'f1a\'eb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub characterized.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When the pure spiritual experience is excited by means of cognition and service [bhakti], superexcellent unalloyed devotion characteri
zed by love for Godhead is awakened towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the beloved of all souls.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real knowledge is nothing but knowledge of one's relationship to the Absolute. Real knowledge is identical with the knowledge of subje
ctive natures of }{\cs2873\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  (animate), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub acit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (inanimate) and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and of their mutual relationship. Here mental speculation is not alluded to, since that is antagonistic to service (}{\cs2873
\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 knowledge that embraces only the first seven of the ten basic principles (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub da\'e7a-m\'fcla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is the knowledge of relationship. The substantive nature of the spiritual function (}{\cs2873\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 ) inculcated by the science of devotion hearing, chanting, meditation, tending His holy feet, worshipin
g by rituals, making prostrations, doing menial service, practicing friendship and surrendering oneself are identical with practicing the search for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is specifically described in }{\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  Devotion (}{\cs2873\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 ) characterized by love for Godhead makes her appearance by being awakened by such knowledge and practice. Such devotion is superexcellent }{\cs2873\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 no other than the final object of attainment of all spiritual endeavor of the individual soul (}{\cs2873\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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.59
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 59
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pram\'e4\'ebais tat-sad-\'e4c\'e4rais
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad-abhy\'e4sair nirantaram
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bodhayan \'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhaktim apy uttam\'e4\'e0 labhet
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pram\'e4\'ebai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by scriptural evidence; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat
-\'e4c\'e4rai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by theistic conduct; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhy\'e4sai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by practice; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirantaram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub constantly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bodhayan\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub awakening; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b
y one's own intelligence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttam\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the highest; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labhet\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one can attain.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The highest devotion is attained by slow degrees by the method of constant endeavor for self-realization with the help of scriptural e
vidence, theistic conduct and perseverance in practice.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Evidence\'97the devotional scriptures, e.g., }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  etc. Theistic conduct\'97the conduct of pious persons (}{\cs2873\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 are pure devotees and the conduct of those pious persons who practice devotion to Godhead actuated by spontaneous love. Practice\'97to learn about the ten basic principles (}
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub da\'e7a-m\'fcla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) from the }{\cs2873\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 on receiving the name of Hari as laid down in the same, embodying the name, form, quality and activity of the Divinity. To practice the chanting of t
he name by serving Him night and day. By this are meant study of the }{\cs2873\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 association
 with the }{\cs2873\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  The tenfold offense to holy name ceases by serving the name of Hari and simul
taneously practicing pious conduct. "Practice" is no other than following the mode of service of the name practiced by the }{\cs2873\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  without offense. By perseverance in such practice and devotion characterized by love which is the fruit of spiritual endeavor makes her appearance in the pure essence of the soul.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.60
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 60
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasy\'e4\'f9 \'e7reyas-kara\'e0 n\'e4sti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yay\'e4 nirv\'e5tim \'e4pnuy\'e4t
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4 s\'e4dhayati m\'e4m eva
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakti\'e0 t\'e4m eva s\'e4dhayet
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasy\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub than which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7reya\'f9-karam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub superior well-being; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub there is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirv\'e5tim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supreme bliss; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pnuy\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one can attain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4dhayati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub leads; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certa
inly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loving devotion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4dhayet\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one should perform.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub These preliminary practices of devotion [s\'e4dhana-bhakti] are conducive to the realization of loving devotion. [Loving devotion]\'97
than whom there is no superior well-being, who goes hand in hand with the attainment of the exclusive state of supreme bliss and who can lead to Myself.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2873\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 has no better well-being than loving devotion. In this is realized the final beatitude of }{\cs2873\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 lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are attainable only by loving devotion. He who cultivates the preliminary devotional activities anxiously keeping in view that realized state of devotion can alone attain to t
hat object of all endeavor. None else can have the same.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.61
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 61
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dharm\'e4n any\'e4n parityajya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4m eka\'e0 bhaja vi\'e7vasan
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 y\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 \'e7raddh\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 siddhir bhavati t\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kurvan nirantara\'e0 karma
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 loko 'yam anuvartate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tenaiva karma\'eb\'e4 dhy\'e4yan
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4\'e0 par\'e4\'e0 bhaktim icchati
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharm\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub meritorious performances; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub any\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub other; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
parityajya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abandoning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaja\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub serve; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vasan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having faith; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 y\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just as; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub faith; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub siddhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub realization; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arises; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub corresponding; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kurvan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub performing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirantaram
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ceaselessly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka\'f9 ayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the people of this world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuvartate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pursue; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by those; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma\'eb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deeds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh
y\'e4yan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub meditating; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub upon Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub par\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icchati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one obtains.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Abandoning all meritorious performances serve Me with faith. The realization will correspond to the nature of one's faith. The people 
of the world act ceaselessly in pursuance of some ideal. By meditating on Me by means of those deeds one will obtain devotion characterized by love in the shape of the supreme service.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The function characterized by unalloyed devotion is the real function of all individual souls (}{\cs2873\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 ). All other varieties of function are activities of the external cases. These exoteric and esoteric }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (functions) are manifold, e.g., nondifferential knowledge of the Brahman aiming at extinction of individuali
ty. the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  having as its goal attainment of the state of exclusive ex
istence (}{\cs2873\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 ), atheistical fruitive ritualism aiming at material enjoyment, }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  seeking to combine knowledge with fruitive activity and the practice of the function of 
barren asceticism. Getting rid of all these, serve Me by pure devotion rooted in faith. Exclusive faith in Me is trust. Faith in the form of trust by the process of gradual purification tends to become a constant engagement (}{\cs2873\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 ), an object of liking (}{\cs2873\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 ), of attachment (}{\cs2873\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 ) and a real sentiment (}{\cs2873\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 ). The more transparent the faith, the greater the deg
ree of realization. If you ask-How will the preservation and conduct of worldly affairs be feasible if one is continuously engaged in the endeavor for the realization of }{\cs2873\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  What also will be the nature of the endeavor for the realization of }{\cs2873\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 the body will perish consequent on the cessation of the function of the body and of society?
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to strike at the root of this misgiving the Supreme Lord says, "This world subsists by the constant performance of certain ac
tivities. Fill all these activities with meditation of Me. This will destroy the quality that makes those activities appear as acts done by you. They will then be of the nature of My service (}{\cs2873\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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Mankind live by the threefold activities of body. mind and society. Eating, seating, walking, resting, sleeping, cleansing the body. 
covering the body. etc., are the various bodily activities; thinking, recollecting, retaining an impression, becoming aware of an entity. feeling pleasure and pain, etc., are the mental feats; marrying, practicing reciprocal relationship between the king
 and subject, practicing brotherhood, attending at sacrificial meetings, offering oblations, digging wells, tanks, etc., for the benefit of the people, maintaining one's relations, practicing hospitality. observing proper civic conduct, showing due respe
ct to others are the various social activities. When these acts are performed for one's selfish enjoyment, they are called }{\cs2873\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  when the desire for attainment of freedom from activity by knowledge underlies these actions, they are termed }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n
a-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  A
nd when these activities are managed to be performed in this way that is conducive to our endeavor for attainment of }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-bhakta-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i.e., the subsidiary devot
ional practices. But only those activities that are characterized by the principle of pure worship are called }{\cs2873\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  proper. My meditation is practiced in every act when }{\cs2873\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  proper is practi
ced in due time while performing the subsidiary devotional activities in one's intercourse with the ungodly people of this world. In such position, a }{\cs2873\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  does not become apathetic to Godhead even by performing those worldly activities. This constitutes the practice of looking inwards, i.e., turning towards one's real self, vide }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\'97
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line }{\cs2873\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 \'c9\'e7o 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The commentator says in regards to this, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tena \'e9
\'e7a-tyaktena vis\'e5\'f1\'f6ena.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The real significance being that if whatever is accepted be received as favor vouchsafed by the Supreme Lord, the worldly activity will cease to
 be such and will turn into service of Godhead (}{\cs2873\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 ). So }{\cs2873\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  says }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kurvann eveha karm\'e4\'ebi
... karma lipyate nare.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the worldly acts are performed in the above manner one does not get entangled in }{\cs2873\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  even in hundreds of years of worldly life. The meaning of these two }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\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  point of view is renouncement of the fruits of one's worldly actions; but from the }{\cs2873\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  point of view they mean the attainment of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor (}{\cs2873\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 ) by
 their transfer to His account. In this method, which is the path of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you should do your du
ties of the world by the meditation of worshiping Godhead thereby. Brahm\'e4 cherishes the desire for creation in his heart. If that creative desire is practiced by conjoining the same with the meditation of obeying therein the command of the Supreme Lor
d, then it will be a subsidiary spiritual function (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gau\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) being helpful for the growth 
of the disposition for the service of the Divinity by reason of its characteristic of seeking the protection of Godhead. It was certainly proper to instruct Brahm\'e4 in this manner. There is no occasion for such instruction in the case of a }{\cs2873\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 whom the spontaneous aversion for entities other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifests itself on his attain
ment of the substantive entity of spiritual devotion (}{\cs2873\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 ).
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bs 5.62
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 62
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 aha\'e0 hi vi\'e7vasya car\'e4carasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 b\'e9ja\'e0 pradh\'e4na\'e0 prak\'e5ti\'f9 pum\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 may\'e4hita\'e0 teja ida\'e0 bibhar\'f1i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vidhe vidhehi tvam atho jaganti
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\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; }{\cs2873\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 certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara-acarasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of animate a
nd inanimate objects; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e9jam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the seed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pradh\'e4nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the substance of matter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the material cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pum\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a; ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub may\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4hitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conferred; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub teja\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fiery energy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bibhar\'f1i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you bear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhehi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub regulate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub now; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaganti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the worlds.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Listen, O Vidhi, I am the seed, i.e., the fundamental principle, of this world of animate and inanimate objects. I am pradh\'e4na [th
e substance of matter], I am prak\'e5ti [material cause] and I am puru\'f1a [efficient cause]. This fiery energy that belongs specially to the Brahman, that inheres in you, has also been conferred by Me. It is by bearing this fiery energy that you regula
te this phenomenal world of animate and inanimate objects."
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certain thinkers conclude that the nondifferentiated Brahman is the ultimate entity and by undergoing self-delusion (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vivarta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) exhibits the consciousness of differentiation; or, the limiting principle itself (M\'e4y\'e4), when it 
is limited, is the phenomenal world and is itself the Brahman, in its unlimited position; or, the Brahman is the substance and this phenomenal world is the reflection; or, everything is an illusion of the }{\cs2873\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  Some think that Godhead is evidently a separate entity. }{\cs2873\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 another different entity. and the phenomenal world, although it is a singular principle, exists separately as an eternally independent entity; or, Godhead, 
is the substantive entity and all other entities, as }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a-cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attributes, are one in principle. Some suppose that by the force of inconceivable potency sometimes the monistic and sometimes t
he dualistic principle is realized as the truth. Some again arrive at the conclusion that the theory of the nondual minus all potency is meaningless; whence the Brahman is the one eternally unalloyed entity vested with the pure potency.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These speculations have originated from }{\cs2873\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  relying on the support of the }{\cs2873\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  In these speculations although there is no truth that holds good in all positions, there is yet a certain measure of truth. Not to speak of the anti-Vedic speculations S\'e4\'eckhya, Pata\'efjala, Ny\'e4ya and Vai\'e7e\'f1ika, nor e
ven of P\'fcrva-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4 which is fond of exclusive fruitive activity in conformity with the teaching of one portion of the Veda, the bodies of opinions detailed above have also come into existence by relying outwardly on the Ved\'e4nta itself
. By discarding all these speculations, you and your bona fide community should adopt the ultimate principle identical with the doctrine of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (inconceivable simultaneous distinction and nondifference). This will make you eligible for being a true devotee. The basic principle is that this animate world is made up of }{\cs2873\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 inanimate world is constituted of matter. Of these all the }{\cs2873\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 been manifested by My supreme (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) potency and this phenomenal world has been manifested by My secondary (}{\cs2873\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 ) potency. I am the cause of all causes. In other words, I regulate all of them by the power of My will although I am not a different entity from the marginal and material (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'f6asth\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acit}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) potencies. By the transformation of those distinct potencies }{\cs2873\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  (substantive material principle), }{\cs2873\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  (materi
al cause) and }{\cs2873\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  (efficient cause) have been produced. Hence although as regards the subjec
tive nature of all potency I am }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pradh\'e4na, prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  yet as the possessor of power I am eternally distinct from all those potencies. This simultaneous distinction and nondiffer
ence has also sprung from My inconceivable power. So let the attainment of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the practice of pure devotion through the knowledge of their mutual true relationship that subsists between the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (matter) and K\'e5\'f1\'eba based on the principle of inconceivable simultaneous distinction and non-difference, be My instruction for being handed down in the order of spiritual preceptional succession in yo
ur community (\'c7r\'e9 Brahma-samprad\'e4ya).
\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 LIFE COMES FROM LIFE (1979)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2328\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Morning walks with His Divine Grace }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}
{\cs2819\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2329\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs2329\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'c4RYA}{\cs2329\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: }{\cs2826\ul0\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Foreword
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\cs2826\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Foreword
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For people who have come to accept every pronouncement of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub modern scientists as tested and proven truth, this book will be an}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eye-opener. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life Comes From Life}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is an impromptu but brilliant}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub critique of some of the dominant po
licies, theories and presuppositions of modern science and scientists by one of the greatest}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub philosophers and scholars of the century, His Divine Grace A. C.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta
 Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s vivid analysis uncovers the hidden and blatantly unfounded assumptions}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that underlie currently fashionable doctrines concerning the origins and purpose of life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is based on taped morning-walk conversations that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had with some of his disciples during 1973, in}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Los Angeles area. On those mornings when he focused on science, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spoke mainly with his disciple Thoudam}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D. Singh, Ph.D. An organic chemist, Dr. Singh presently directs}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Institute,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an international center for advanced}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub study and resear
ch in science, philosophy and theology.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Each day, wherever in the world he happened to be, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would go out for a lengthy stroll in the chill quietude of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the early morning, and cloaked in a warm wrap, he would share}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub intimate moments with a small group of students, disciples and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub special guests. Some mornings found him immersed in contemplation or quiet appreciation of the surroundings, and little dialogue}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub emerged. At other times he spoke at great length, and often with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub considerable intensity, on various subjects. During these animated discourses he demonstrated that philosophical analysis need}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not be a dull, abstruse affair, but can be a dynamic cutting edge}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into every sphere of life. Nothing could escape his keen intellect,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deep spiritual insight and uncommon wit. Rejecting superficial}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and dogmatic thinking, he edified, challenged, cajoled, charmed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and enlightened his students, and he carefully guided them to increased insight and understanding.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da (1896-1977) is
 an internationally recognize}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub author, scholar and spiritual preceptor, and he is w
idely esteemed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as India\'92s greatest cultural ambassador to the world. In }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Life Comes From Life,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da takes the role of philosopher}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub social}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c
ritic. With philosophical rigor, profound common sense and disarming frankness, he exposes not only modern science\'92s methodological shortcomings and unexamined biases but also the unverified (and unverifiable) speculations that scientists present to t
he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub trusting public as known fact. Thus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da breaks the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spell of the materialistic and nihilistic myths which, masquerading}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as science, have so bewitched modern civilization.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Publishers
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: }{\ul0\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Introduction
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Science: Truth and Fiction
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Science: Truth and Fiction
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li227\ri227\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How do you know that the incessa
nt progress of science}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will not compel scientists ... to consider that life has exis
ted}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub during eternity, and not matter? ... How do you know that in}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10,000 years one will not consider it more likely that matter}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has emerged from life?\'94
\par }\pard \s1623 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Louis}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pasteur
\par }\pard 
\s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once upon a time (as in a fairy tale), most of us believed that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the food we ate was basically wholesome, nutritious, and free from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dangerous chemicals, that advertising was believable, and that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub product labels truly described the qualities and contents of what}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we ate. Once upon a time, most of the world believed in the integrity of our heads of state, high-ranking political officials, and local}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leaders. Once upon a time, we thought our children were getting}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a solid education in the public schools. Once upon a time, many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of us believed atomic energy had \'93peacetime uses\'94 that were perfectly safe and congruous with a happy and healthy society.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet in recent times our illusions have been shattered. Repeated}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exposes of widespread consumer fraud, grand political scandals,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and toxic-waste dumps have all but destroyed our former innocence. We now know that a veil of fantasy and deception can be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub created with unprecedented expertise through the mass media,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub making it impossible to distinguish between substance and simulation, reality and illusion.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists as a class have long sat protected in their ivory chambers, exempt from dishonesty. Science, among all other fi
elds, has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub been regarded as the ultimate meeting ground for seekers and dispensers of truth
. The dazzling technological achievements of modern science have given it an aura of infallibility. In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Passages About}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Earth,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  William Irwin Thompson writes, \'93Just as once there
 was no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appeal from the power of religion without risking damnation, so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now there is no appeal from the power of science without risking a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub charge of irrationality or insanity.\'94 But scientists in key academic,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub industrial, and government positions have shown that they are indeed capable of mixing personal beliefs and ambitions with their}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub research, thus altering the results.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When this happens we are no longer dealing with a search for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub truth but with a pseudoscience and its resultant array of distortions, fabrications, and false information. Unfortunately, this unscientific method ha
s been applied to the most fundamental field}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of scientific inquiry}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the nature and origin of life. Yet when scientists present untested, unprovable speculations about life\'92s origin,
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people tend to accept them with blind faith.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some scientists popularize the notion that a human being is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub merely a conglomeration of unconscious molecules. But they cannot explain how mere molecules can experience joy upon seeing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub loved ones, or feel disturbed by the death of one.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A recent exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History displayed a number of flasks and beakers. Each contained one
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the chemicals found in the human body. The caption explained}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that although these chemicals represented all the contents of a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub human body in correct weight and proportion, they could not be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub considered life, nor could any amount of scientific manipulation}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bring them to life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Michael Polianyi, author of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atomic Rea
ctions}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , notes,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tlhyph\tx2635 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li284\ri284\fi0\tlhyph\tx2635 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Current biology is based on the assumption that you can explain}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the process of life in terms of chemistry and physics; and, of course,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub physics and chemistry are represented ultimately in term of forces}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acting between atomic particles. This is the cause of our corruption of the conception of man, reducing him either to an insentient}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub automaton or to a bundle of appetites. This is why science can be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub invoked so easily in support of totalitarian violence; why science has become the greatest source of
 dangerous fallacies.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tlhyph\tx2635 
\par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today many scientists are propagating the doctrine that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub originates from matter. Popular works and textbooks posit that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life gradually arose from chemicals, a \'93primordial soup\'94 consisting of amino acids, proteins, and other essential ingredients. However, science cannot provide proof of 
this, either experimentally or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub theoretically. In fact these scientists hold their stance e
ssentially}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on faith even in the face of all sorts of scientific objections. Physicist Hube
rt Yockey has demonstrated by information theory that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even a single informational molecule
 such as cytochome (what to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub speak of complex organisms) could not have arisen by chance in
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the estimated lifetime of the earth: \'93One must conclude, that, contrary to the establi
shed and current wisdom, a scenario describing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the genesis of life on earth by chance and 
natural causes which}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be accepted on the basis of fact and not faith has not yet been}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub written.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Likewise, some scientists promote the widely held belief that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sun, stars, planets, galaxies, and conscious life suddenly sprang}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from a \'93big bang.\'94 Dr. Edwin Godwin, a Princeton University biologist, has compared the chances of a planet such as ours arising}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from a \'93big bang\'94 to the likelihood of an unabridged dictionary}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub resulting from an explosion in a printing shop.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The noted biologist W. H. Thorpe writes, \'93We may be faced}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with a possibility that the origin of life, like the origin of the universe, becomes an impenetrable barrier to science and a block}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which resists all attempts to reduce biology to chemistry and physics.\'94 And Einstein notes, \'93Everyone 
who is seriously involved in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is man
ifest}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the laws of the universe\'97a spirit vastly superior to that of man,}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and one in the face of which we, with our modest powers, must}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub feel humbled.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life Comes From Life}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  demonstrates with simp
le logic that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot be reduced to atoms and molecules, and that matter}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without the living force, or spirit\'97is incapable of generating life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in any form. It is also hoped that this book will urge scientists to re-dedicate themselves to a more genuine and inten
se quest for truth and knowledge and to thereby redirect their valuable intelligence,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reso
urces, and work toward the true benefit of the world.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thoudam Damodara Singh, Ph.D.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The First Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Morning Walk
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recorded on April 18, 1973,\line in Cheviot Hills Park, Los Angeles.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thoudam D}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub modara Singh,}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karandhara d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhikar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Brahm}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sv\'e4m
\'e9}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Life on Other Planets
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Life on Other Planets
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even on the sun and moon there are living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entities. What is the opinion of the scientists?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say there is no life there.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is nonsense. There is life there.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that there is no life on the moon because they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub did not find any there.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do they believe }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that?}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The moon planet is covered with dust, but within that dust the living entities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can live. Every atmosphere is suitable for life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  atmosphere.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic knowledge was originally handed down as one }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About five thousand years ago the sage Vy\'e4sadeva divided it into four}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\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 \'c5}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g, Yajur, S\'e4ma}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva)}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that less intelligent people}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub might understand it. Vy\'e4sadeva was an empowered incarnation of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God. He 
also undertook the task of expanding the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into eighteen}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas and the Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, and he summed up all the Vedic literature in the Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra.}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he was still dissatisfied with this colossal}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub literary achievement. Therefore, under the direction of his spiritual}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub master, N\'e4rada Muni, he wrote the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is \'93the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ripen
ed fruit of Vedic knowledge.\'94}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describe the living entities as }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-gata\'f9,}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means \'93existing in all circumstances.\'94 The living entity}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not material. Although encaged in a material body, he is not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material. But when we speak of different atmospheres, we refer}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to dif
ferent material conditions.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that the moon\'92s atmosphere is unsuitable}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub for life, but all they can legitimately say is that it is unsuitable for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l
ife as they know it.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that the living entity has no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub connection with material things. He cannot be burned, cut,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dried up or moisten
ed. This is discussed in }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi1\tx433 {\cs2349\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  is widely renowned throughout the world as the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub essence of Vedic knowledge. It contains the sacred instructions given}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to Arjuna, His}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub intimate devotee, on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. In these instructions Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives a scientific exposition of the perfect path to self}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realization in the present dark age of hypocrisy and quarrel.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Originally written in Sanskrit, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been published}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in almost every language in the world (there are more than six hundred English translations alone), but }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 As It Is,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by His}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is the first}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub English translation and commentary by a pure devotee of the Lord}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i
n a bona fide disciplic succession of spiritual masters stemming from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself. Therefore, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents Lord}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s message without the slightest distortion or personal interpretation. Thus it is the first edition to have actually awakened the dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness of its readers.}}}{\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 \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists extend their knowledge about life on this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub planet, thinking that it must apply to life on other planets also.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. They are thinking foremost of their own}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub selves. They are thinking limitedly, in terms of their own circumstances. This is what we call \'93Dr. Frog\'92s philosophy.\'94 [Laughter.]}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once there was a frog in a well, and when a friend informed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub him of the existence of the Atlantic Ocean, he asked the friend,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, what is this Atlantic Ocean?\'94
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a vast body of water,\'94 his friend replie
d.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How vast? Is it twice the size of this well?\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, no}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub much, much larger,\'94 his friend replied.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How much larger? Ten times the size?\'94 In
 this way, the frog}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub went on calculating. But what is the possibility or ever understanding
 the vastness of the great ocean in this way? Our faculties, our experience, and our powers of speculation are always}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub limited. The speculations of the scientists only give rise to such}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub frog philosophy.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basis of what they call \'93scientific integrity\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is that they talk only about what they can directly experience.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You may talk about }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  experience, and I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub may talk about }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  experience. But why should I accept your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub experience? You may be a fool, so why should I also become a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fool? You may be a frog, but suppose I am a whale. Why should}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I take your well as all in all? You have your method of acquiring}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientific knowledge, and I have mine.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the scientists haven\'92t detected any water on}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the surface of the moon, they\'92ve concluded that no life could}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surv
ive there.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They haven\'92t seen the whole surface of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon. Suppose someone were to come here from another planet, drop into the Arabian Desert and then return home. Could}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he come to a complete conclusion about the nature of the whole}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub earth? His knowledge would not be complete.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They have a device that senses water. They say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub they\'92ve had it orbit the moon, and they\'92ve concluded that the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon has n
o water and therefore no life.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if, as on the sun, there is apparently}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no water, still there are living entities there. How does a cactus}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grow in the desert, apparently without water?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It gets water from the atmosphere.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, because the atmosphere contains all the elements needed to sustain life: earth, water, fire, air and et
her.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a
nything}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  material, all these elements are present. For example, in my body there is water, although you cannot see it. Similarly, you don\'92t see fire in my body, yet my bo
dy is warm. Where}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does this warmth come from? You don\'92t see any fire. Do you see}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any fire burning in my body? Then where does the warmth come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from? What is the answer?
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Universe in the Atom
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Universe in the Atom
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All matter is a combination of five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether) and three subtle elem
ents (mind, intelligence and false ego).
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic science, material energy}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub begins with the false ego and then develops into the intelligence,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then the mi
nd and then the gross elements\'97ether, air, fire and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so on. So the same basic ingredient
s are present in all matter. Is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this right?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The creation of the material universe is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like the growth of a great banyan tree\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The banyan is the sacred Indian fig tree }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Ficus religiosa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). I
ts}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub branches drop shoots to the ground, and these take root and support}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their parent branches. Extending itself in this way, one tree will often}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cover a very large area.}}}{\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  from a tiny seed. No one}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c
an see the tree within the seed, but all the necessary ingredients}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the tree are there,
 including the required intelligence. Actually, everyone\'92s body is simply a sample universe. Your body and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my body are different universes, small universes. Therefore, all}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eigh
t material elements are present within our bodies, just as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they are within the whole unive
rse. Similarly, an insect\'92s body is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub another universe.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How about the atom?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same formula applies: all these constituents are within the atom. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4n mahato mah\'e9y\'e4n}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (
}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\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 1.2.20}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). This means that whether something is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub extremely large or infinitesimal, it is still made of the same basic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub elements. This is true everywhere in the material world. Just as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub a woman\'92s small watch has all the requisite machinery for its}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smooth functi
oning, so an ant has all the necessary brain substance to manage its affairs nicely. How is this possible? To answer this properly, you must minutely examine the brain tissues}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the ant. But this you cannot do. Moreover, there are }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub innumerable}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  insects smaller than the ant. So there must be a mechanical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arrangement for all this detailed activity, but scientists cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub discover it.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Relativity and Knowledge
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Relativity and Knowledge
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living entities possess the required intelligence to execute four principles: eating, sleeping, sexual i
ntercourse and defense. These four principles exist even in the atom.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The only difference 
in the human being is that he has the extra}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub intelligence with which to understand God. Thi
s is the difference. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4-bhaya}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -maithuna\'e0 ca sam\'e4nam etat pa\'e7ubhir nar\'e4\'eb\'e4m.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Eating, sleeping, sex life and defense are to be found}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everywhere. You have seen trees growing. Wherever there is a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knot, the bark does not go }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  way; it goes }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  way. [}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gestures to show that a tree\'92s bark grows not over a}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knot, but around it.] The tree has intelligence: \'93If I go this way,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I will be blocked, so I will go that way.\'94 But where are its eyes?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can it see? It has }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub intelligence}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That intelligence may not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
be as good as yours, but it is intelligence. Similarly, a child also}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has intelligence, tho
ugh not as developed as his father\'92s. In due}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub course of time, when the child gets a body
 like that of his father,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the child\'92s intelligence will be fully developed and exhibite
d.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then intelligence is relative.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Everything is relative. You have your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body, your duration of life, and your intelligence, and the ant}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has his. Both we and the ant live for one hundred years, but the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub length of our hundred-year life-span is relative to our bodies.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even Brahma, the longest-living entity in this universe, lives for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub one hundred years. To us the ant\'92s life-span may seem only a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub few days. In t
he same way, on other planets with atmospheres}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub different from the earth\'92s, there are li
fe-forms suited to those}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub conditions. But the scientists try to view everything according}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the relative conditions of planet earth. This is nonsense. Why}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are they doing that? If the whole cosmic manifestation follows}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the law of relativity, how can the scientist say that the conditions}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of this planet must apply to life on other planets?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instruct us that knowledge must always be considered in terms of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7a-k\'e4la-p\'e4tra. De\'e7a}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93circumstances,\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93time,\'94 and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4tra}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93the object.\'94 We must understand everything by taking these three elements into consideration. For example, a fish is living very comfortably in the water, and we are shivering on the shore of the
 sea. This is because}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7a-k\'e4la-p\'e4tra}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the fish\'92s }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7a-k\'e4la-p\'e4tra}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are different.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub But if we conclude that the sea gulls will also shiver in the water,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is n
onsense; their }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de\'e7a-k\'e4la-p\'e4tra}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is again different. There}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are 8,400,000 different species of life in the material cosmic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manifestation, and each species must adjust to circumstances}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub differently. Even on this planet, you cannot go live comfortably}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in Alaska, although it is America. Similarly, the living entities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoying life in Alaska do not come here.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Relativity, then, is based upon our individual situation.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Therefore it is said that what is food for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one is poison for another.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because scientists cannot survive on the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub moon, they think no one else can.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The 8.6-Billion-Year Day
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The 8.6-Billion-Year Day
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem with the world is that practically everyone}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is thinking only in terms of his own circumstances\'97and that is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub non
sense.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Someone who has never gone out of his village thinks}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub that his village is the whole world.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The frog is always thinking in terms}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub relative to his well. He has no power to think otherwise. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ocean is great, but he is thinking of the ocean\'92s greatness in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub terms relative to his }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub own}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  greatness. Si
milarly, God is great, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are thinking of God in terms of relative greatness, greatnes
s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub relative to our own. There are certain insects that are born at}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub night, and they grow, bear offspring and die}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all before day-break. They never see the morning. So if they conclude that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no morning, that is nonsense. In the same way, as soon}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as we hear from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stras}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [revealed scriptures] that 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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub duration of life is equivalent to millions of our years, we do not believe it. We say, \'93How can it be?\'94 But }{\cs2349\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  says, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahma\'ebo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidu\'f9}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Four}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub billion three hundred million earth years equal Brahma\'92s twelve}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hours.\'94 Even a leading Indian politician who was known as a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great scholar of the }{\cs3774\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\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  could not accept this information. He}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub said it is mental speculation. Such
 a rascal! Yet he is passing as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an important scholar. This is the problem. Rascals and foo
ls are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub passing as scholars, scientists and philosophers, and therefore}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the whole world is being misguided.
\par }\pard 
\s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Second Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Second Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Darwinism Extinct
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Darwinism Extinct
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material world is a composition of three}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub qualities}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva, rajas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (goodness, passion and ignorance)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which are working every
where. These three qualities are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub present in various proportions in all species of life. Fo
r example,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub some trees produce nice fruit, while others are simply meant for}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fuel. This is due to the association of particular qualities of nature.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Among animals also, these three qualities are present. The cow}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is in the quality of goodness, the lion in passion, and the monkey}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in ignorance. According to Darwin, Darwin\'92s father is a monkey.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Laughter.] He has theorized foolishly.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Darwin has said that some species become extinct in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the struggle for survival. Those which are capable of surviving will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub survi
ve, but those which are not will become extinct. So he says}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub survival and extinction go sid
e by side.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nothing is extinct. The monkey is not extinct. Darwin\'92s immediate forefather, the monkey, is still existi
ng.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Darwin said there must be a natural selection. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub selection means choice. So who is choosing?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That must be a person. Who is allowing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub someone to survive and someone to be killed? There must be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub some authority with discretion to give such an order. That is our}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub first proposition. Who that authority is, is explained in }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak
\'e5ti\'f9:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Nature is working}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under My supervision.\'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  }{\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 \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Darwin also says that the different species were not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub created simultaneously, but evolved gradually.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then what is his explanation for how the process of evolution began?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern proponents of Darwinism say that the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub first living organism was created chemically.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And I say to them, \'93If life originated from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals, and if your science is so advanced, then why can\'92t you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub create life biochemically in your laboratories?\'94
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 In the Future
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub In the Future
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say they will create life in the future.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What future? When this crucial point is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raised, they reply, \'93We shall do it in the future.\'94 Why in the future? That is nonsense. \'93Trust no future, however pleasant.\'94 If}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they are so advanced, they must demonstrate }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  how life can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be created from chemicals. Otherwise what is the meaning of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
their advancement? They are talking nonsense.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that they are right on the verge of creating life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That\'92s only a different way of saying the same}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thing: \'93In the future.\'94 The scientists must admit that they still}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not know the origin of life. Their claim that they will soon}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prove a chemical origin of life is something like paying someone}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with a postdated check. Suppose I give you a postdated check}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub for ten thousand dollars but I actually have no money. What is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the value o
f that check? Scientists are claiming that their science}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is wonderful, but when a practica
l example is wanted, they say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they will provide it in the future. Suppose I say that I pos
sess}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub millions of dollars, and when you ask me for some money I say,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, I will now give you a bi
g postdated check. Is that all right?\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are intelligent, you will reply, \'93At p
resent give me at least}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub five dollars in cash so I can see something tangible.\'94 Similarl
y,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the scientists cannot produce even a single blade of grass in their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laboratories, yet they are claiming that life is produced from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals. What is this nonsense? Is no one questioning this?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that life is produced by chemical laws.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as there is a law, we must take into}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consideration that someone made the law. Despite all their so}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub called advancement, the scientists in their laboratories cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub produce even a blade of grass. What kind of scientists are they?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that in the ultimate analysis, everything came}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from matter. Living matter came from nonliving matter.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then where is this living matter coming from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now? Do the scientists say that life came from matter in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub past but does not at the present? Where is the ant coming from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now\'97from the dirt?
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Missing Link
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Missing Link
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact, there are several theories explaining how life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub originated from matter, how living matter came from the non-living.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [casting Dr. Singh in the role of a materialistic scientist]. All right, scientist, why is life not coming f
rom}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matter now? You rascal. Why isn\'92t life coming from matter now?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually such scientists are rascals. They childishly say that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub came from matter, although they are not at all able to prove}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement should expose all these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rascals. They are only bluffing. Why don\'92t they create life immediately? In the past, they say, life arose from matter; and they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that this will happen again in the future. They even say that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they will create life from matter. What kind of theory is this?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They have already commented that life began from matter. This}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the past}{\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 \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub began.\'94 Then why do they now speak of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub future? Is it not contradictory? They are expecting the past to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub occur
 in the future. This is childish nonsense.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that life arose from matter in the past}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and that they will create life this way in the future.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is this nonsense? If they cannot prove}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that life arises from matter in the present, how do they know life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arose this way in the past?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are assuming...
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone can assume, but this is not science.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone can assume something. You can assume something, I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can assume something. But there must be proof. We can }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prove}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that life arises from life. For example, a father begets a child.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The father is living, and the child is living. But where is their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub proof that a father can be a dead stone? }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where is their proof?}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can easily prove that life begins from life. And the original}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That also can be proven. But what evidence exists}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that a child is born of stone? They cannot actually prove that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from matter. They are leaving that aside for the future.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Laughter.]
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists say that they can now formulate}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub acids, amino acids, that are almost like one-celled living organisms. They say that because these acids so closely resemble}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living beings, there must be just one missing link needed before}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they can create life.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nonsense! Missing link. I\'92ll challenge them}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to their face! [Laughter.] They are missing this challenge. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub missing link is this challenge to their face.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Nobel Prize for an Ass
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Nobel Prize for an Ass
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some scientists hope that in the future they will be able}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to make babies in test tubes.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Test tubes?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, they intend to combine male and female elements}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub in biological laboratories.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If they begin with living entities, what is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purpose of the test tube? It is only a place for combination, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so is the womb. Where is the credit for the scientists if this is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub already being done in nature\'92s test tube?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is already being done by nature, but when some}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub scientist does it, people will give him the Nobel Prize.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is stated in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:}{\cs2350\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 \'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub va-vid-var\'e4ho\'f1\'f6ra-kharai\'f9 sa\'e0stuta\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9 pa\'e7u\'f9.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx438 {\cs2349\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  one of the eighteen }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is generally}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub known as \'93the spotless }{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 It was written down five thousand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years ago by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, who specifically inten
ded it for the people of the present dark age of hypocrisy and quarrel. It is the original commentary on the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (by the same author) and is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cream of all
 Vedic literatures. Here }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da quotes a verse}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the Second Canto of the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.3.19}{\cs3774\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 \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s English rendering of the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this verse appears as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  follows:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx438 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx438 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs2318\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va-vi\'f2-var\'e4ho\'f1\'f6ra-khara
i\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx438 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0stuta\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9 pa\'e7u\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx438 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na yat-kar\'eba-pathopeto
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx438 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e4tu n\'e4ma gad\'e4graja\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx438 \line {\cs2340\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION: }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Men who are
 like dogs, hogs, camels and asses}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub praise those men who never listen to the transc
endental pastimes of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. the deliverer from evils.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs2340\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PURPORT: }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The general mass of people, unle
ss they are trained}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub systematically for a higher standard of life in spiritual values, are 
no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub better than animals, and in this verse they have particularly been put}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the level of dogs, hogs, camels and asses. Modern university education practically prepares one to ac
quire a doggish mentality with which}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to accept the service of a greater master. After fini
shing a so-called}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub education, the so-called educated persons move like dogs from door}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to door with applications for some service, and mostly they are driven}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub away, informed of no vacancy. As dogs are negligible animals and serve}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the master faithfully for bits of bread, a man serves a master faithfully}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without sufficient rewards.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Persons who have no discrimination in the matter of foodstuff and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who eat all sorts of rubbish are compared to hogs. Hogs are very much}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attached to eating stools. So stool is a kind of foodstuff for a particular}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub type of animal. And even stones are eatables for a particular type of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub animal or bird. But the human being is not meant for eating everything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and anything; he is meant to eat grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, sugar,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc. Animal food is not meant for the human being. For chewing solid}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub food, the human being has a particular type of teeth meant for cutting}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fruits 
and vegetables. The human being is endowed with two canine}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teeth as a concession for perso
ns who will eat animal food at any cost.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is known to everyone that one man\'92s food is another man\'92s poison.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human beings are expected to accept the remnants of food offered}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the Lord accepts foodstuff from the categories}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of leaves, flowers, fruits, etc. (Bg. }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). As prescribed by Vedic scriptures
, no animal food is offered to the Lord. Therefore, a human being}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is meant to eat a partic
ular type of food. He should not imitate the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub animals to derive so-called vitamin values. T
herefore, a person who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has no discrimination in regard to eating is compared to a hog.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The camel is a kind of animal that takes pleasure in eating thorns.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person who wants to enjoy family life or the worldly life of so-called}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoyment is compared to the camel. Materialistic life is full of thorns,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and so one should live only by the prescribed method of Vedic regulations just to make the best use of a bad bargain. Life in the material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world is maintained by sucking one\'92s own blood. The central point of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attraction for material enjoyment is sex life. To enjoy sex life is to suck}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one\'92s own blood, and there is not much more to be explained in this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub connection. The camel also sucks its own blood while chewing thorny}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub twigs. The thorns the camel eats cut the tongue of the camel, and so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub blood begins to flow within the camel\'92s mouth. The thorns, mixed with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fresh blood, create a taste for the foolish camel, and so he enjoys the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thorn-eating business with false pleasure. Similarly, the great business magnates, industrialists who work very hard to earn money by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub different ways and questionable means, eat the thorny results of their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actions mixed with their own blood. Therefore the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub situated these diseased fellows along with the camels.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ass is an animal who is celebrated as the greatest fool, even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub among the animals. The ass works very hard and carries burdens of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the maximum weight without making profit for itself. The ass is generally engaged by the washerman, whose social position is not very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub respectable. And the special qualification of the ass is that it is very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub much accustomed to being kicked by the opposite sex. When the ass}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begs for sexual intercourse, he is kicked by the fair sex, yet he still}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub follows the female for such sexual pleasure. A henpecked man is compared, therefore, to the ass. The general mass of people work very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hard, especially in the age of Kali. In this age the human being is actually engaged in the work of an ass, 
carrying heavy burdens and driving}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thela}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and rickshaws. The so-called advancement of human civilization}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub has engaged a human being in the work of an ass. The laborers in great}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub factori
es and workshops are also engaged in such burdensome work,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and after working hard during t
he day, the poor laborer has to be again}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kicked by the fair sex, not only for sex enjoymen
t but also for so many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub household affairs .
\par }\pard {\cs3774\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 \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'92}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  categorization of the common man without any spiritual enlightenment into the society of dogs, hogs, camels}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and asses is not at all an exaggeration. The leaders of such ignorant}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub masses of people may feel very proud of being adored by such a number of dogs and hogs, but that is not very flattering. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  openly declares that although a person may be a great leader of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub such dogs and hogs disguised as men, if he has no taste for being enlightened in the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, such a leader is also an animal and}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nothing more. He may be designated as a powerful, strong animal, or}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a big animal, but in the estimation of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he is never given a place in th
e category of man, on account of his atheistic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub temperament. Or, in other words, su
ch godless leaders of dogs and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hoglike men are bigger animals with the qualities o
f animals in greater}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub proportion.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This verse}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indicates that those who praise men who are like animals are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no better than dogs, hogs, camels and asses. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93dog,\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vid-var\'e4ha}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93stool-eating hog,\'94 }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u\'f1\'f6ra}
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93camel,\'94 and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khara}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93ass.\'94 If the Nobel Prize is given to a scientist who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a rascal, the men on the committee who give him that prize}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are no better than dogs, hogs, camels and asses. We don\'92t accept}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub them as human beings. One animal is praised by another animal.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Where is the credit in that? If the men on the committee are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no better than animals, anyone who receives the Nobel Prize in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub science is fool number one, because animals are praising him,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub not human beings.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For some scientists, the Nobel Prize is the ultimate.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are rascals. They are speaking nonsense, and because they are juggling words, others are being}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub misled.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nobel is the person who invented dynamite.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He has created great misfortune, and he has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub left his money for creating further misfortune. [Laughter.]}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that dem
oniac people perform acts meant to destroy the world.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ugra-karm\'e4\'eba\'f9
 k\'f1ay\'e4ya jagato 'hita\'f9}{\cs2350\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 [}{\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 16.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
 They perform acts meant for inauspiciousness and the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub destruction of the world.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Difference Between the Living and the Nonliving
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Difference Between the Living and the Non
living
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da points at a dead tree with his cane.]}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Formerly leaves and twigs were growing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from this tree. Now they are not. How would the scientists explain this?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They would say the tree\'92s chemical composition}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub has changed.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To prove that theory, they must be able to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inject the proper chemicals to make branches and leaves grow}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub again. The scientific method includes observation, hypothesis}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and then demonstration. Then it is perfect. But the scientists}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot actually demonstrate in their laboratories that life comes}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fro
m matter. They simply observe and then speak nonsense.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are like children. In our chil
dhood, we observed a gramophone box and thought that within the box was a man singing, an}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
electric man. We thought there must have been an electric man}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or some kind of ghost in it.
 [Laughter.]
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the popular questions that arises when we start}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub studying biology is \'93What is the difference between a living organism and that which is not living?\'94 The textbooks say that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chief characteristics that distinguish the two are that a living being can move and reproduce, whereas dead matter can do}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neither. But the books never talk about the nature of the soul or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about the consciousness of the living entity.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But consciousness is the primary indication}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that life is present. Only because of consciousness can a living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being move and reproduce. Because a person is conscious, he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinks of marrying, and begetting children. And the original}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness is described in the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas: tad aik\'f1ata bahu sy\'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 Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.2.3)}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . This means that God, the original}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub conscious being, said, \'93I shall become 
many.\'94 Without consciousness, there is no possibility of by-products.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Individual Living Force
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Individual Living Force
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From experience they know that it will not grow.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then what is the element that is lacking? Scientists say that chemicals are the cause of life, but all the c
hemicals that were present when the tree was alive are still there.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And these chemicals ar
e still supporting the lives of many living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entities such as microbes and insects. So they
 cannot say that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub energy is lacking in the body of the tree. The life energy is there.
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what about the life energy of the tree itself?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is the difference. The living force}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is individual, and the particular individual living entity that was}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the tree has left. This must be the case, since all the chemicals}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub necessary to support life are still there, yet the tree is dead. Here}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is another example. Suppose I am living in an apartment, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub then I leave it. I am gone, but many other living entities remain}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there
\'97ants, spiders and so forth. So it is not true that simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because I have left the apar
tment, it can no longer accommodate life. Other living entities are still living there. It is simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that I\'97an individual living being\'97have left. The chemicals in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the tree a
re like the apartment: they are simply the environment}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the individual force\'97the sou
l\'97to act through. And the soul}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is an individual. I am an individual, and therefore I ma
y leave}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the apartment. Similarly, the microbes are also individuals; they}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have individual consciousness. If they are moving in one direction but are somehow blocked, they think, 
\'93Let me go the other}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub way.\'94 They have }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub personality.}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in a dead body there is no personality.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This indicates that the individual soul has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub left that body. The soul has left, and therefore the tree does not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grow.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within the living body, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da, there are innumerable small living entities, but the individual self who owns}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the 
body is also living there. Is that correct?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. In my body there are millions of living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entities. In my intestines there are many worms. If they become}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub strong, then whatever I eat, they eat, and I derive no benefit}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the food. Therefore those who are full of hookworms eat}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very much but do not grow. They become lean and thin, and they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub are very hungry, because these small living entities are eating}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their food. So
 there are thousands and millions of living entities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in my body\'97they are individuals, a
nd I am an individual\'97but I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am the proprietor of the body, just as I may be the proprie
tor of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a garden in which many millions of living entities reside.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if I eat }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eb}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a-pras\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [food offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba],}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are the living entities in my body also eating }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da?}{
\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. You are very benevolent. [Laughs.] You}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub take }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eb}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a-pras\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for others.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Welfare work.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but there are so many things within you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for them to eat that you do not need to make a separate endeavor to feed them.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Minimum Words, Maximum Solution
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Minimum Words, Maximum Solution
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The individual soul is never lost. He does not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub die, nor is he born. He simply changes from one body to another, just as one changes garments. This is perfect science.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But why don\'92t scientists accept this?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are not nice men. They are rascals.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are not even gentlemen. Under appropriate circumstances, gentlemen will have some shyness or some shame. But these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub men are shameless. They cannot properly answer our challenges, yet they shamelessly claim that they are scientists and 
that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they will create life. They are not even gentlemen. At least I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub regard them like that. A gentleman will be ashamed to speak}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nonsense.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They do not think before they speak.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That means that they are not human beings. A human being thinks twice before saying anything. K\'e5\'f1\'eba
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub makes the presence of life within the body so easy to understand. He says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muhyati
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\'93As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such a change.\'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  2.13)]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In these two lines, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba solves the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whole biological problem. That is knowledge. Minimum words,}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maximum solution. Volumes of books expounding nonsense}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have no meaning. Materialistic scientists are like croaking frogs:}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka-ka-ka, ka-ka-ka.}{\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 \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da imitates the sound of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a croaking frog, and the others laugh.] The frogs are thinking,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, we are talking very nicely,\'94 but the result is that the snake}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub finds them and says, \'93Oh, here is a nice frog!\'94 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da imitates the sound of a snake eating a frog.] }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bup!}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Finished.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When death comes
, everything is finished. The materialistic scientists are croaking\'97}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka-ka-ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but when death comes, their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub scientific industry is finished, and they become dogs, cats or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub something like 
that.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Third Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Third Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on April 28, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Cheviot Hills Park, Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Singh, Karandhara }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhikar\'e9}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Scientists as Thieves
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Scientists as Thieves
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [holding a rose in his hand]. Can any scientist}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub create a flower like this in the laboratory?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is not possible.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, it is not. Just see how wonderfully}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s energy is working! No scientist can create a flower like}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this in hi
s laboratory. They cannot create even a few grains of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sand, yet they claim to possess the 
most advanced intellects in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the universe. This is foolish.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They take matter from }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 
manipulate it, and then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub claim that }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have created something wonderful.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At least if they would admit that they have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taken the matter from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that would be good. We understand that everything comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they will not admit that they are taking anything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub from }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Instead they say that }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the creators.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How have they created anything? They take}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sand and mix it with some chemicals and make glass. They}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have not created the sand or the chemicals; they have taken}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub them from the earth. How have they created anything?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say, \'93We have taken the materials from nature.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From nature\'94 means from a 
person. They}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have taken from nature, but they are thieves because everything}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in nature belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Everything is God\'92s creation.\'94 
}{\cs2349\b0\i0\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}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opani
\'f1ad}{\cs3774\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
 In }{\cs2349\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that if one does not perform }{\cs2349\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [sacrifice], he is a thief.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yaj\'efa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means acknowledging that things have been taken from}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should think, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You have given us many, many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub things for our maintenance.\'94 }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub This}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  much acknowledgement}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants; that\'92s all. Otherwise, what can He expect from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub you?}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are you in His presence? We should acknowledge}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s kindness. Ther
efore, before we eat we offer the food to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and say, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You 
have given us this nice food, so first}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You taste it.\'94 Then we eat it.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not hungry, yet He can eat the whole world and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then again produce it exactly as it was. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'eb
am }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4d\'e4ya}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so perfect}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that if you ta
ke from K\'e5\'f1\'eba all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s energy, all the original}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub energy is still with Him. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub T
hat}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfect conservation of energy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Origin of Nature
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Origin of Nature
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a scientific journal called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  It contains}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub articles concerning natural products like plants, flowers and}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub minerals, but it does not mention God.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may rightly observe that plants are being}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub produced by nature. But the next question we must ask is, \'93Who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has produced nature?\'94 To ask }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is real intelligence.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They don\'92t generally think about this.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then they are foolish. Where does nature}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come from? As soon as we speak of nature, the next question}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should be, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whose}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nature?\'94 Is it not so? For instance, I speak of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nature, and you speak of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nature. Therefore, as soon as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub we speak of nature, the next inquiry should be, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whose}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nature?\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature means energy. A
nd as soon as we speak of energy, we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must inquire into the source of that energy. For exam
ple, if you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub speak of electric energy, you must accept its source, the powerhouse. How can 
you deny it? Electricity does not come to us}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub automatically. Similarly, nature is not worki
ng automatically; it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is under the control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that material e
nergy works under}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s direction.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. As soon as you speak of energy, there}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must be a source.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Mirage of the Material World
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Mirage of the Material World
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Geologists study the strata of the earth\'92s crust to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trace out the origin of the earth.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But these strata are being created and destroyed at every moment. Now they are one way, and a half hour}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from now they will be different. They are }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagat,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  always changing.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 8.4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhibh\'fcta\'e0 k\'f1aro bh\'e4va\'f9:}{\cs2350\b0\i\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Physical nature is known to be endlessly mutabl
e.\'94 Therefore,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one cannot find out the source of all energy simply by observing the ene
rgy itself. Now the earth\'92s strata may be black, later}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they may be white, and then agai
n black. So the geologists study}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the black color, then the white color, again the black, a
nd so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on. This is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93chewing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chewed.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes a very hungry person wil
l pick up a discarded piece of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sugarcane, from which someone else has sucked out the sugary juice
,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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 chew the already chewed pulp in an effort to get some sweet taste.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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 called \'93chewing the chewed.\'94}}}{\b0\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  Now it is cold, at midday it will be warm, and at}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub night it will be cold again. In this way, the entire material cosmic manifestation is subject to different types of change. Even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our bodies are changing. Everything is changing. But what is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternity behind this changing? That is the subject of real knowledge. The scientists do not find that eternity, and therefore they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are disappointed. They think that the background of everything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is void, zero. They think that eternity is zero. And when they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are asked where this zero comes from, they say, \'93It comes from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nothing.\'94 So we must ask them, \'93How have the varieties come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about?\'94 The Vedic conclusion is that variety is eternal, although}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the changing varieties the scientists study in the material world}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are temporar
y. These varieties are shadow varieties. Real variety exists eternally in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the material universe is like a mirage?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Suppose I think I see water in the desert}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when there is not water. This is an illusion. Water exists, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not in the mirage. Similarly, the material varieties we see\'97the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub varieties of enjoyment\'97are like that mirage. We, the living entities, are meant for enjoyment, but we are seeking enjoyment in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a false place}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in an illusion. We are like the desert animals who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub run after water
 in a mirage and eventually die of thirst. 
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They cannot relieve their thirst with such illusory water. Similarly, we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are trying to manufacture many things to satisfy our thirst for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoyment, but we are being baffled at every turn because material existence is an illusion. Therefore real intelligence means}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to inquire, \'93Where is the reality? Where is the eternal substance}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub behind the illusion?\'94 If we can find }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  out, we can experience}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub real enjoyment.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Fourth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Fourth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on April, 29, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is accompani
ed by Dr}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Singh, Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9,}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karandhara d\'e4sa adhikar\'e9 and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Progress of the Asses
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\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is suffering here in the material world, and scientific improvement means that the scientists}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are creating a situation of further suffering. That\'92s all. They are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not making improvements. Bhaktivinoda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub h\'e4kura (1838-1914) is one of the great}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or teachers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the succession of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual masters. His son, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da, was the spiritual master of His Divine Grace}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wrote prolifically on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In 1896 he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub initiated the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the Western world}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by sending a copy of one of his small books}{\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 \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: His Life and Precepts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to McGill University in Canada. Many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of his Bengali songs are availab
le in }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Songs of the Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas,}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.}}}{\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  confirms}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this by saying, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moha janamiy\'e4, anitya sa\'e0s\'e4re, j\'e9vake karaye g\'e4dh\'e4 }{\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 Vidy\'e4ra vil\'e4se}{\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 3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93By so-called scientific improvements, the scientist has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become an ass.\'94 Moreover, he is becoming a better and better}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ass, and nothing more. Suppose that by working very hard like}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an ass, a person
 builds a skyscraper. He may engage in a lifelong}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub labor for this, but ultimately he must d
ie. He cannot stay; he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be kicked out of his skyscraper, because material life is impe
rmanent. Scientists are constantly doing research, and if you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ask them what they are doing
, they say, \'93Oh, it is for the next}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub generation, for the future.\'94 But I say, \'93What
 about }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you?}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about your skyscraper? If in your next life you are going to be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a tree, what will you do with your next generation then?\'94 But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is an ass. He does not know that he is going to stand before}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his skyscraper for ten thousand years. And what about the next}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub genera
tion? If there is no petrol, what will the next generation}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do? And how will the next gener
ation help him if he is going to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be a cat, a dog or a tree?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists\'97and everyone else\'97should endeavor to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub achieve freedom from the repetition of birth and death. But instead, everyone is becoming more and more entangled in the cycle of birth and death. }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhave 'smin kli\'e7yam\'e4n\'e4n\'e4m avidy\'e4-k\'e4ma-karmabhi\'f9.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is a quotation fro
m }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs2350\b0\i\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 [}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.8.35}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Here in one line the whole material existence is explained. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is literature. This one line is worth thousands of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years of research work. It explains how the living entity is taking birth in this world, where he comes from, where he is going,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what his activities should be, and many other essential things.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The words }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhave 'smin kli\'e7yam\'e4n\'e4n\'e4m}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  refer to the struggle for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub existence. Why does this struggle exist? Because of
 }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avidya}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ignorance. And what is the nature of that ignorance? }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ma-karmabhi\'f9,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  being forced to work simply for the senses, or in other}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub words, entanglement in material sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT. }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, is it true that modern scienti
fic research increases the demands of the body because the scientist is ultimately}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub working
 to gratify his senses?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2319\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Word Jugglery and World Crisis
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Word Jugglery and World Crisis
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 Vedas}{\cs2349
\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:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93If one knows the Absolute Truth
, then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all other things become known.\'94 I am not a Ph.D., yet I can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub challenge the scientists. Why? Because I know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasmin sthito na du\'f9khena guru\'eb\'e4pi }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vic\'e4lyate}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93If}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one is situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then even in the greatest}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub calamities he will not be disturbed.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\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 1.5.22}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  declares, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avicyuto 'rtha
\'f9 kavibhir nir\'fcpito yad uttama\'e7loka-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebanam:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Great personalities have decided that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the perfection of life.\'94 
This}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kind of knowledge is required. Not that we do some research,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come up with a theory, and after fifteen years say, \'93No, no, it is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not right\'97it is another thing.\'94 That is not science; that is child\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub play.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is how they discover things}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by resear
ch.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cost}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the research? It is a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub scientific method for drawing money from others, that\'92s all. In}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other w
ords, it is cheating. Scientists juggle words like }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plutonium, photons, hydrogen}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub oxygen,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but what good will people}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub get from this? When people hear this jugglery of words, what}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can they say? One scientist explains something to some extent,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and then another rascal comes along and explains it again, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub differently, with different words. And all the time the phenomenon has remained the same. What advancement has been made?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They have simply produced volumes of books. Now there is a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub petrol problem. Scientists have created it. If the petrol supply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dwindles away, what will these rascal scientists do? They are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub powerless to do 
anything about it.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Billion-Dollar Dustheap
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Billion-Dollar Dustheap
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now there is a scarcity of water in India,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but what are the scientists doing about it? There is more than}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enough water in the world, so why don\'92t the scientists bring water where it is urgently required? They should employ irrigation}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub immediately. But instead they are going to the moon, the dusty}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub planet, to make it fertile. Why don\'92t they irrigate }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  planet?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There\'92s plenty 
of seawater, so why don\'92t they irrigate the Sahara}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the Arabian or Rajasthani Desert?
 \'93Yes,\'94 they say, \'93in the future. We are trying.\'94 In their pride, they immediately say, \'93Yes,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yes. We are trying.\'94 In }{\cs2349\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  it is said that when on
e}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is engaged in the business of satisfying unnecessary desires, he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub becomes bereft of all intelligence }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9).
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This moon project is childish. Those who aspire to go to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon are like crying children. A child cries, \'93Mother, give me}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the moon,\'94 so the mother gives the child a mirror and says,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is the moon, my dear son.\'94 And the child takes the mirror, sees the moon in it and says, \'93Oh, I have the 
moon.\'94 Unfortunately, this is not just a story.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After spending all that money to go to the moon}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and bring back just a few rocks, the people on the space project}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub decided that 
there was nothing more to do there.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now they want to go to another planet,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub but they are short of money. Going to other planets costs millions and billions of dollars.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People work very hard while the rascal government takes taxes and spends money unnecessarily. There should b
e no sympathy when so much hard-earned money}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from the public and is spent so foolish
ly. Now the leaders}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are presenting another bluff \'93Don\'92t worry, we are going to anoth
er planet. Now we shall bring }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dust. We shall bring tons}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of dust. Oh, yes, now we shall have tons of dust.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They believe there may be life on Mars.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They may believe or not believe. What is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub difference? Life exists }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub here,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but people are fighting. So suppose}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life on Mars. There is life on Mars, undoubtedly. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what will we gain from this?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are curious to know what is going on there.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That means that for their childish curiosity}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they must spend vast sums of money. Just see the fun. And when}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they are asked to help one of the many poverty-stricken countries, they say, \'93No. No money.\'94 Do you see?
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 S\'e4\'eckhya Philosophy and Modern Science
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya Philosophy and Modern Science
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, may we hear a little bit about}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are actually two kinds of S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy: the ancient S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy originally ta
ught by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Kapiladeva, and the modern S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy taught}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more recently by the atheist Kapila. Lord Kapila\'92s S\'e4\'eckhya}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains how to become detached from matter and search out}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu within the heart. This S\'e4\'eckhya is actually a process}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of devotional service. But the modern S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy simply analyzes the material world into its various elements. In that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub respect, it is just like modern scientific research. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93to count.\'94 We are also S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers to some extent}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because we count the material elements: this is land, this is water, this is fire, this is air, this is ether. Furthermore, I can count}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my mind, my intelligence and my ego. Beyond my ego, however,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I cannot count. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  something beyond}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ego, and that is the living force. This is what scientis
ts do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know. They think that life is merely a combination of material elements, but K
\'e5\'f1\'eba denies this in the }{\cs2349\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apareyam itas tv any\'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 prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'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 j\'e9va-bh\'fct\'e4\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yayeda\'e0 dh\'e4ryate jagat
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides this inferior nature [eart
h, water, fire, air, ether, mind,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub intelligence and false ego] there is a superior 
energy of Mine,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which consists of all the living entities who are struggling with}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub material nature and sustaining the universe.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are both the inferior and the superior energies studied}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in modern }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. Modern S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub study the superior energy. They simply analyze the material elements, just as the scientists are doing. The scientists do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know that there is spirit soul, nor do the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are analyzing the creative material elements?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material elements are not creative! Only}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul is creative. Life cannot be created from matter, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matter cannot create itself. You, a living entity, can mix hydrogen and oxygen to create water. But matter itself has no creative}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub potency. If you place a bottle of hydrogen near a bottle of oxygen, will they automatically combine, without your help?}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. They must be mixed.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course. Oxygen and hydrogen are }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inferior energy, but when you, the superior energy, mix them,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then they can become water.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Remote Cause and the Immediate Cause
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Remote Cause and the Immediate Cause
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inferior energy has no power unless superior energy is involved. This sea [indicating the Pacific Ocean]}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is calm and quiet. But when the superior force, air, pushes it, it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manifests high waves. The ocean has no power to move without}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the superior force of the air. Similarly, there is another force}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub superior to the air, and another and another, until ultimately we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arrive at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is real research. K\'e5\'f1\'eba controls nature just as an engineer controls a train. The engineer controls the locomotive, which pulls one car, and 
that car in turn pulls another,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which pulls another, and so the whole train is moving. Sim
ilarly,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with the creation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the first push, and then, by means}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of successive pushes, the entire cosmic manifestation comes}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into being and is maintained. This is explained in }{\cs2349\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 . }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May\'e4dhyak\'f1ena prak\'e5ti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcyate}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sacar\'e4caram:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\'93This material nature is working under My direction and is producing all}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moving and unm
oving beings.\'94 And in the Fourteenth Chapter}{\cs2318\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 ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All species of life are made possible by bi
rth in this material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature, O son of Kunt\'e9, and I am the seed-giving father.\'94 For}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub example, if we sow a banyan seed, a huge tree eventually comes}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up and, along with it, millions of new seeds. Each of these seeds}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can in turn produce another tree with millions of new seeds, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so on. This is how K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original seed-giving father, is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub primary cause of everything we see.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, the scientists observe only the immediate}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cause; they cannot perceive the remote cause. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  as }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'ebam}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the cause of all causes. If}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one understands the cause of all causes, then he understands everything. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhavati}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93If one}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knows the original cause, the subordinate causes are automatically known.\'94 Although the scientists are searching after the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub original cause, when the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  perfect knowledge, declare the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub original cause to be the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientists won\'92t accept it. They keep to their partial, imperfect}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge. This is their disease.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Cosmic Machine
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Cosmic Machine
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists do not know that there are two types of energy\'97inferior and superior\'97although they are actu
ally working with these two energies every day. Material energy}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can never work independent
ly; it must first come in contact with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual energy. So how can people accept that the
 entire cosmic manifestation, which is nothing but matter, has come about}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub automatically? A
 competent machine does not work unless a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man who knows how to work it pushes a button. A 
Cadillac is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a nice car, but if it has no driver, what is the use of it? So the}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material universe is also a machine.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are amazed at seeing a big machine with many, many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parts, but an intelligent person knows that however wonderful a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub machine may be, it does not work unless an operator comes and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pushes the proper button. Therefore, who is more important}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the operator or the machine? So we are concerned not with the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub materia
l machine\'97this cosmic manifestation\'97but with its operator, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now you may say, \'93Well, how do I }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that He}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the operator?\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2349
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sacar\'e4caram:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Under My direction the whole cos
mic manifestation is working.\'94 If you say, \'93No, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not the operator}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b
ehind the cosmos,\'94 then you have to accept another operator,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and you must }{\cs2349\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub present}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  him. But this you cannot do. Therefore, in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the absence of your proof, you should accept mine.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Fifth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Fifth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 3, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Singh}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4nanda}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Invisible Pilot
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Invisible Pilot
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Almost everyone in the world is under the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub false impression that life is born from matter. We cannot allow}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this nonsensical theory to go unchallenged. Life does not come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from matter. Matter is generated from life. This is not theory; it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is fact. Science is based on an incorrect theory; therefore all its}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub calculations and conclusions are wrong, and people are suffering because of this. When all these mistaken modern scientific}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub theories are corrected, people will become happy. So we must}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub challenge the scientists and defeat them; otherwise they will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub misl
ead the entire society. Matter changes in six phases: birth,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub growth, maintenance, producti
on of by-products, dwindling and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub death. But the life within matter, the spirit soul, is et
ernal; it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goes through no such changes. Life }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appears}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be developing and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub decaying, but actually it is simply passing through each of these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub six phases until the material body can no longer be maintained.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then the old body dies, and the soul enters a new body. When}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our clot
hing is old and worn, we change it. Similarly, one day our}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bodies become old and useless, 
and we pass on to a new body.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi360 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\cs2349\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 , }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino '}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub smin}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yath\'e4 dehe kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4/ tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4pti\'f9:}{\cs2350\b0\i\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death.\'94 And a little later: }
{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub antavanta }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ime}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 deh\'e4 nityasyokt\'e4\'f9 \'e7ar\'e9ri\'eba\'f9.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that only the material body of the indestructible and eternal living entity is subject to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub destruction. The material body is perishable, but the life within}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the body is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  eternal.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi360 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything works on the basis of this living force. This is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pacific Ocean, and these high waves are being manipulated by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living force. This airplane [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gestures toward a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub passing aircraft] is flying, but i
s it flying undirected?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Someone is directing it.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Everything is working under someone\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub direction. Why do the rascal scientists deny this? The airplane}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a big machine, but it is flying under the direction of a small}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual spark, the pilot. Scientists cannot prove that this big 747}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub airplane could fly without the small spiritual spark. So, as the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub small spiritual spark can direct a large plane, the big spiritual}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spa
rk directs the whole cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Setting the Real Problems Aside
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Setting the Real Problems Aside
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2332\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2333\b0\i\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 \'c7}{\cs2330
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\cs2333\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says:
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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 \'e7at\'e4\'e0\'e7a\'f9 s\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e4tmaka\'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 j\'e9va\'f9 s\'fck\'f1ma-svar\'fcpo 'ya\'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 sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e9to hi cit-ka\'eba\'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 Madh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya}{\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 19.140}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi360 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to this verse, the measurement of the soul, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub proprietor of the body, is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a hair. This is very small}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub atomic. But because of that atomic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual energy, my body is working. T
hat atomic spiritual energy is within the body, and therefore the body works, and the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub airp
lane flies. Is it so difficult to understand?
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose a man thinks himself very stout and strong. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Why}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub he stout and strong? It is only because within him there exists a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual sp
ark. As soon as the small spiritual spark is gone, his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub strength and vigor disappear, and t
he vultures come and eat his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body. If scientists say that matter is the cause and origin o
f life,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then let us ask them to bring back to life just one dead man, one}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great man like Professor Einstein. Let them inject some chemicals so that just one dead man may come bac
k to life and work}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub again. But this they cannot do. There are so many things they do}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not know, but still they are called scientists.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes when a problem is too dreadfully serious,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub we tend to take it lightly.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. When a monkey confronts a tiger, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub monkey closes its eyes, and the tiger immediately attacks. Similarly, if scientists cannot solve a problem, they may think, \'93All}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub right, let it go on.\'94 This is actually what they are doing, because}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our real problem is death. No one wants to die, but scientists}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot stop death. They speak superficially about death because they cannot give any relief from it. We do not wish to die,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we do not wish to become old, and we do not wish to become}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub diseased. But what help can the scientists offer? They cannot do}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anything about it. They have set aside the major problems.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 President Jackal
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub President Jackal
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Bengal there is a story called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ja\'ecgal-k\'e9 r\'e4j\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  concerning a jackal who became king of the forest. Jackals}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are known for their cunning. One day this jackal came into a village and fell into a tub of blue dye. He fled to the forest, but he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had become blue. So all the animals said, \'93What is this? What}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is this? Who is this animal?\'94 Even the lion was surprised: \'93We}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have never seen you before, sir. So who are you?\'94 The jackal}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub replied, \'93I have been sent by God.\'94 So they began to worship}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub him as God. But then one night some other jackals began to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cry: \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wa, wa!\'94}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And since jackals cannot restrain themselves}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from returning the call of their own kind, this blue jackal also}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub began to cry, \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2349\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wa, wa!\'94}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And thus he exposed himself before all the other animals as being nothing more than a jackal.
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many jackals have been arrested and have resigned from your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub government.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Watergate affair. It is called the Watergate scandal.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Practically speaking, at the present moment}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no honest man can become a government official. This is true}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everywhere. Unless one is a rogue, a dishonest person, one can}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not maintain his governmental position. Therefore no noble}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man goes into the government. But what can you do?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Politicians are the greatest cheaters.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, they are scoundrels. One philosopher}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub said that politics is the last resort of scoundrels.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Science Should Stop Death
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Science Should Stop Death
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do scientists know the cause of cancer?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They have several theories.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose you know the cause of cancer. What}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the benefit? Even if you could stop cancer, you could not make}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a man live forever. That is not possible. Cancer or no cancer, a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man has to die. He cannot stop death. Death may be caused, if}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not by cancer, simply by an accident. Real scientific research}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub should aim at stopping death. That is real science, and that is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness. Simply to discover some medicine to cure}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disease is not a triumph. The rea
l triumph is to stop }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  disease.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\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  asserts that the real trouble is birth, death,
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub old age and disease. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9 punar \'e4vartino '}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rjuna}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93From the highest planet in the material world down}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and death take place.\'94 The solution to the problem of repeated}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub birth and death is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which we are practicing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and offering to everyone. The perfect result of this practice is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that after the present body becomes useless and dies, one is no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub longer forced to accept a material body subject to birth, death,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dise
ase and old age. This is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub real}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  science.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Sixth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Sixth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 7, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh,}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4nanda}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Chemicals from Mystic Power
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Chemicals from Mystic Power
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists say that life begins from chemicals. But the real question is, \'93Where have the chemicals c
ome}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from?\'94 The chemicals come from life, and this means that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has mystic powers. For example, an orange tree contains many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub oranges, and each orange contains chemicals\'97citric acid and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub others. So where have these chemicals come from? Obviously}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they have come from the life within the tree. The scientists are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God. Just as the living body of a man produces many chemicals,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the supreme life (the Supreme Lord) is producing all the chemicals found in the atmosphere, in the water, in humans, in animals}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and in the earth. And that is called mystic power. Unless the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mystic power of the Lord is accepted, there is no solution to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub problem of the origin of life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists will reply that they cannot believe in mystic power.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they must explain the origin of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals. Anyone can see that an ordinary tree is producing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub many chemicals. But how does it produce them? Since the scientists cannot answer this, they must accept that the living force}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has mystic power. I cannot even explain how my fingernail is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub growing out of my finger; it is beyond the power of my brain. In}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other words, my fingernail is growing by inconceivable potency,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So if }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  exists in an ordinary human being, imagine how much }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God possesses. 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,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whereas He can produce enormous quantities. I can produce a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub little water in the form of perspiration, but God can produce the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seas. Analysis of one drop of seawater gives you the qualitative}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub analysis of the sea, without any mistake. Similarly, the ordinary}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living being is part and parcel of God, so by analyzing the living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be
ings we can begin to understand God. In God there is great}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mystic potency. God\'92s mystic
 potency is working swiftly, exactly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like an electric machine. Some machines operate by el
ectrical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub energy, and they are so nicely made that all the work is done}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply by pushing a button. Similarly, God said, \'93Let there be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub creation,\'94 and there was creation. Considered in this way, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub workings of nature are not very difficult to understand. God has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such wonderful potencies that the creation, on His order alone,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub immediately takes place.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BRAHM\'c4NANDA SWAMI.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some scientists don\'92t accept God or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is their rascaldom. God exists, and His}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also exists. Where does a bird\'92s power to fly com
e}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from? Both you and the bird are living entities, but the bird can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fly because of its }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-
\'e7akti,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and you cannot. To give another example, semen is produced from blood. A man has mystic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power in his body so that because he is sexually inclined, blood}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is transformed into semen. How is this done unless there is some}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mystic power involved? There are many mystic powers in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub living entities. The cow eats grass and produces milk. Everyone}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knows this
, but can you take some grass and produce milk? Can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you? Therefore there is mystic power w
ithin the cow. As soon as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cow eats grass, she can transform it into milk. Men and wome
n are basically the same, but as a man you cannot eat food and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub produce milk, although a wo
man can. These are mystic powers.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists would say that there are different enzymes}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub or chemicals inside different types of bodies and that these account for the cow\'92s producing milk.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but who produced those enzymes and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that arrangement? That was done by mystic power. You cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make these enzymes or that arrangement. You cannot produce}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub milk from dry grass in your laboratory. Within your body, by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mystic power, you can transform food into blood and tissue, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in your la
boratory, without mystic power, you cannot even transform grass into milk. Therefore you must accept the existence}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of mystic power.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Origin of Mystic power
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Origin of Mystic power
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yog\'e9s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are mainly concern
ed with developing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub different mystic powers. A }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can walk on the water without}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drowning. The law of gravity does not operate on him. That is a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mystic power called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laghim\'e4. Laghim\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means that a person can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become lighter than cotton and counteract the law of 
gravity.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system simply develops the inconceivable potency already present in the practitioner. These boys are swimming [gesturing to surf bathers], but I cannot swi
m. Yet that swimming}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power is potential within me; I simply have to practice it. So, if}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogic power is so potent in the human being, think how much}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more yogic power God has. Therefore, in the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is called}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara, which means \'93master of all mystic power.\'94 In the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  prabhavo matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  \'93I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.\'94 Unless we accept}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this statement from God, there is no conclusive explanation to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the origin of material nature. God cannot be understood without accepting the existence of mystic power, but if you understand God scientifically, then you will understand everything.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub intermediate point\'97not from the original point?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is it exactly. They are ignorant of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the origin. The scientists start from one point\'97but where does}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that point come from? That they do not know, in spite of vast}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub research. One has to accept that the original source is God, who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is full of all mystic powers and from whom everything emanates. He Himself says in the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo matta\'f9
 sarva\'e0 pravartate:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I am the source of all spiritual and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.\'94 Our conclusions are not based on blind faith; they are most scientific. Matter comes from life. In life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the origin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are unlimited}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material resources
; that is the great mystery of creation.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you drop a needle, it will fall immediately, but a bird weighing several pounds can float in the air. We must esta}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub blish the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub origin}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  o
f this floating. If we study nature, we find that every living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entity has some mystic powe
r. A man cannot live within the water for more than a few hours, yet a fish lives there continuously.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is that not mystic power?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is mystic power for me, but not for the fish.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. That is because mystic power is not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uniformly distributed. But all the mystic powers exist in God,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the origin of everything. I derive some of His mystic power, you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub derive some, and the birds derive some. But the storehouse of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mystic power is God.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are eight basic types of mystic powers. Some of them}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laghim\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (by which one can become lighter than a feather),}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahim\'e4}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (by which one can become bigger than a mountain),}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (which enables one to capture anything he likes) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'e9\'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itva}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (by which one can completely subdue and control another}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being). Another type of mystic power can be seen in the sun,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because from the sunshine innumerable things are inexplicably}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub produced. Unless the scientists accept the existence of mystic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power, they cannot explain these phenomena. They are simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beating around the bush.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A clever scientist may say anything to prove his point,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without actually proving it. A real scientist must reach the ultimate, original cause\'97the final analysis.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, unless he finds the ultimate source, he is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not actually practicing science.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does understanding mysticism mean knowing that every day our bodies are dying?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2319\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the average man does not think he is dying.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is due to foolishness. Every moment he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is dying, but he is thinking, \'93I shall live forever.\'94 Actually, death}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begins from the very moment of birth. Our analysis of the problem is that since people are dying, we should }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stop}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  their death.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the so-called scientists are not only accelerating the process}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of death, but also refusing to take constructive advice to correct}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
themselves.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Seventh Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Seventh Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 8, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Cheaters and the Cheated
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Cheaters and the Cheated
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Natural phenomena such as the law of gravity or weightlessness are }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akti,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inconceivable energies,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and real science mea
ns to understand this }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub akti.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To observe a chain of events only from a certain point in time is un-scientific and gives only incomplete knowledge. We must know}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where things }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begin.}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we carry our investigation far enough, we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will find that the origin of nature is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs2349\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akti.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For example,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with brain, brush and color we can paint a flower. But we cannot conceive how vegetation throughout the whole earth is automatically growing and fructifying. We can explain t
he painted}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub flower, but we cannot explain the real flower. Scientists actually}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot explain biological growth. They simply juggle words like}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub molecule}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chromosome,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but they cannot actually explain the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub phenomena.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The essential fault of the so-called scientists is that they have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adopted the inductive process to arrive at their conclusions. For}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub example, if a scientist wants to determine by the inductive process whether or not man is mortal, he must study every man to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub try to discover if some or one of them may be immortal. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientist says, \'93I cannot accept the proposition that all men are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mortal. There may be some men who are immortal. I have not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yet seen every man. Therefore how can I accept that man is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mortal?\'94 This is called the inductive process. And the deductive}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p
rocess means that your father, your teacher or your }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that man is mortal, and you accept it.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So there is an ascending process of gaining knowledge}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and a descending process?\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the ascending process of investigation, a person attempts to}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realize the truth by personal observation followed by speculation. In}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the descending process, on the other hand, he accepts instructions}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from an authorized source. These two methods of inquiry are known as induction and deduction, respectively.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The ascending process will never be successful, because it relies on the information gathered through}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the senses, and the senses are imperfect. So we accept the descending process.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God cannot be known by the inductive process. Therefore He}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which means \'93unknowable by direct perception.\'94 The scientists say there is no God because they are trying}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to understand Him by direct perception. But He is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja!}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, the scientists are ignorant of God because they are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub missing the method of knowing Him. In order to understand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub master, hear from him submissively and render service to him.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that in the }{\cs2349\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 : }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'94}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s spiritual master, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.}}}{\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  once said, \'93The modern world is a society of the cheaters and the cheated.\'94 Unfortunately, the cheated}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are eulogizing the cheaters, and the small cheaters are worshiping the great cheaters. Suppose a flock of asses comes and eulo
gizes me, saying, \'93Oh, you are Jagad-guru.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad-guru}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the e
ntire world.\'94}}}{\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  What is the value}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of their praise? But if a gentleman or learned man gives praise,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his words have some value. Generally, however, the persons who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are praising and those who are being praised are both ignorant.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  put it, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0stuta\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9 pa\'e7u\'f9:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93A big animal is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being praised by a small animal.\'94
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Compassion
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Compassion
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The law is cheating, medical science is cheating, and the government is cheating. Top government officials}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are charged with taking bribes. If the governor takes bribes and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the constable takes bribes, then where is the good society? People elect the leader who promises them happiness. But
 since}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that happiness is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [or illusion], he can never deliver it, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub society simply becomes filled with cheaters. Since people are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually after this illusory happiness, however, they continue to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub elect such unscrupulous leaders time and time again.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The position of a Vaisnava\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava is a devotee of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub form of Vi\'f1\'ebu; therefore all the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are Vai\'f1\'ebavas.}}}{\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  i
s to take compassion on all these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ignorant people. The great Vai\'f1\'ebava Prahl\'e4da Ma
h\'e4r\'e4ja once}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayed to the Lord, \'93My Lord, as far as I am concerned, I have}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no problems. My consciousness is always absorbed in Your very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub powerful transcendental activities, and therefore I have understood things clearly. But I am deeply concerned for these
 rascals}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who are engaged in activities for illusory happiness.\'94
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava thinks only about how people can become happy.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He knows that they are vainly searching after something that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will never come to be. For fifty or sixty years people search after}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub illusory happiness, but then they must die without completing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the work and without knowing what will happen after death. Actually, their position is like that of an animal, because an animal}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also does not know what happens to him after death. The animal}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not know the value of life, nor why he has come here. By}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the influence of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he simply eats, sleeps, mates, d
efends}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and dies. That\'92s all. Throughout their lives the ignorant animals\'97and the ani
malistic men\'97greatly endeavor to do these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub five things only: eat, sleep, mate, defend an
d die. Therefore the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub business of a Vai\'f1\'ebava is to instruct people that God exists, t
hat}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are His servants, and that we can enjoy an eternally blissful}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life serving Him and developing our love for Him.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Beyond the Cage
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Beyond the Cage
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But doesn\'92t the living entity need matter as long as he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is in material nature?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, the living entity is purely spiritual; therefore, he doesn\'92t require matter. Because his thinking is 
diseased,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, he believes he does. The conditioned living entity is}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like a drunkard who doesn\'92t require drinking, but who nevertheless thinks, \'93Without drinking, I sh
all die.\'94 This is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion. Is it true that if a drunkard doesn\'92t get his drink, he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub will die?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, but if a man doesn\'92t eat, he will die.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That\'92s also not a fact. Last night we were}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub discussing Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a contemporary and an exalted devotee of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He was one of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub six
 Gosv\'e4m\'e9s entrusted with continuing Lord Caitanya\'92s mission of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spreading K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world. Although born}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a very wealthy family, Ragh
un\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 led a life of great}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub austerity after he met Lord Caitanya.}
}}{\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  In his later life, he almost completely abstained from eating and sleeping. He would}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drink only a little buttermilk every three or four days, and he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worked twenty-two hours a day, sleeping two or three. And some}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub days he did not sleep at all. So you may ask, \'93How could he survive?\'94 Actually, he lived for one hundred years. Eating, sleeping, mating and def
ending were not problems for Raghun\'e4tha}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, but still he lived. Beca
use he was a pure devotee}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was fully aware that the soul is eternal a
nd independent, although it has been put into this bodily cage, which it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually does not
 require. Suppose a bird is encaged. Is he living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply because he is in the cage? Withou
t the cage he is free.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are thinking that by being encaged within the body they}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are happy. That is nonsense. Actually, our encagement within}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this body makes us fearful. But as soon as we purify our existence\'97we do not even have to come out of our bodies\'97
we will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub immediately be }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub abhaya,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  fearless.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'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 na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati
\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\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'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 mad-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments nor desires to h
ave anything; he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he atta
ins pure}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotional service unto Me.\'94}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12\line }{\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 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can immediately awaken to our original, spiritual existence,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in which there is no more fear, no more lamentation, and no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub more material desire.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the scientist would still want some more explanations as to how the living entity can be independent of matter.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as you are conditioned, you are dependent on matter. For example, a man from Africa is conditioned b
ecause he cannot tolerate this cold weather. Therefore}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he feels discomfort. But there are 
many people here [gesturing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub toward children playing on the beach] who are not affected by}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cold. The ability to tolerate is simply a question of conditioning.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you are conditioned, you think in terms of dualities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like hot and cold, pain and pleasure. But when you are liberated, you have no such conditioned thoughts. Spiritual life means}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to become unconditioned\'97to come to the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahma-bhuta}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stage. That is the perfection of life. Being conditioned means that although the living entity is eternal, due to his conditioning he}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinks that he is born, he is dying, he is diseased and he is old.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But an unconditioned person is not even old. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaitam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyutam}{\cs2349\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an\'e4dim ananta r\'fcpam \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nava-yauvana\'e0 ca.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He is the oldest person, the first person, but that He has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no old age. He always appears just like a young man of twenty}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because He is fully spiritual.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Eighth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Eighth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 11, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Evolution of Consciousness
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Evolution of Consciousness
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I came across a statement in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\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  to the effect that all 8,400,000 species of living}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entities are created simultaneously. Is that correct?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2319\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does that mean that there are some living entities who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come directly to the human species without undergoing the evolutionary process?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Living beings move from one bodily form to another. The forms already exist. The living entity}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply transfers himself, just as a man transfers himself from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one apartment to another. One apartment is first class, another is second class and another is third class. Suppose a p
erson}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from a lower-class apartment to a first-class apartment.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The person is the same, but now, according to his capacity for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub payment, or }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx490 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93activity,\'94 and the law of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process in which higher authorities award us favorable or unfavorable}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reactions according to our pious or impious activities, respectively. As}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Bible says, \'93As ye sow, so shall ye reap.\'94 Thus, our present condition\'97whether we are wealthy, wise or beautiful,
 or whether we have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an American, an Indian or a Japanese body\'97completely depends on}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the activities we performed in our previous life or lives.
\par }\pard {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ultimately, all }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  whether good or bad, is unfavorable, for it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub binds us to the material world. Devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akarmic.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In other words, it produces no reaction at}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all.
 Hence, when Arjuna killed his opponents on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, he suffered no reaction, for he was simply carrying out the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}}}{\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  he is a
ble to occupy a higher-class apartment. Real evolution does not mean physical development, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub development of consciousness. Do you follow?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think so. Do you mean that if one falls to one of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lower stages of life, he must evolve step by step up to the higher}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub st
ages?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. As you get more money you can move}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to a better apartment. The apartment already exists, however. It}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not that the lower-class apartment }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub becomes}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the higher-class}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apartment. That is Darwin\'92s nonse
nsical theory. He would say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the apartment has become high class. Modern scientists}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub think that life has come from matter. They say that millions and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub millions of years ago there was simply matter, but no life. We do}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not accept that. Of the two energies\'97life and matter\'97life, or}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spirit, is the original, superior energy, and matter is the resultant}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inferior energy.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do they exist simultaneously?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but spirit is independent, and matter is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dependent. For example, I can live even without my hands or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub legs. If they were amputated, I could survive. Therefore I am not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dependent on my hands and legs; my hands and legs are dependent on me, the spirit soul within my body.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Bodies for Eternal Desires
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Bodies for Eternal Desires
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But do life and matter come simultaneously?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. They do not \'93come\'94 at all. They already}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exist. The \'93coming\'94 idea is in our minds because we are living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this limited world, where we see that there is a beginning to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything. Therefore we think in terms of things \'93coming.\'94 But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually matter and spirit already exist. When I am born, I think}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my birth is the beginning of the world. But the world already}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub exists. Another example is a fire. When you light a fire, do the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub light and hea
t begin later on? No. Whenever a fire is ignited,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub immediately there is light and heat. But
 suppose I think, \'93Now}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a fire, but I have to wait for the light and heat to co
me}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub later on.\'94 Isn\'92t that foolishness?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But fire is the source of the heat and light.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but still the heat and light exist simultaneously with the fire. Similarly, the eternal living entities
 have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub many different eternal desires. And all the varieties of species}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also exist eternally to fit these various eternal desires.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the living entities are made to live in different bodies according to these desires?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. For example, the government constructs}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a prison house because it knows there will be criminals. So when}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a criminal is tried and convicted, the prison already exists, even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub before the judgment period. Similarly, God is described as }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-j\'efa,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He who knows everything. Thus He knows that some living entities will become criminal and rebel against His service.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, He knows the various desires the living entities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the material world acquire according to the three modes of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material nature. Therefore He creates all the species of life from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub th
e very beginning to accommodate all the conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The three modes of material nature are }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
ttva-gu\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [goodness], }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [passion] and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [ignorance]. With}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these three qualities, all the different objects of the material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world are made, just as one might mix the three primary colors (blue, red and yellow) to make millions of hues. The great}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub expertise required to handle this arrangement exists in nature.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the }{\cs2349\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 , }{\cs2349\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e7a\'f9}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93All acti
vities are performed by the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub modes of material nature.\'94 And these modes are manifested i
n}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the different types of species, which include plants, trees, aquatics, human beings, dem
igods, cats, dogs and many others, totaling 8,400,000.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord expands Himself as the Param\'e4tm\'e4, or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Supersoul, in everyone\'92s heart. Although dwelling in the material body, this Supersoul is not material, even though He is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub original source of the material body. Because heat and light are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the energies of the sun, the sun never feels \'93too hot.\'94 Similarly,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the Param\'e4tm\'e4 there is no distinction between spiritual and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material because both the material and the spiritual energies}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub emanate from Him. Sometimes we see that clouds cover the sun;}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but that is actually our imperfection. We on this planet experience both sunshine and cloudiness, but on the sun, even though}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it can create clouds, only sunshine is experienced. Similarly,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the division of matter and spirit is our experience, not God\'92s.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether He comes in a so-called material body or in a spiritual}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub body, He is always spiritual. For Him matter and spirit are the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub same because H
e is the energetic. He can turn matter into spirit,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and spirit into matter.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 H2O Plus Mystic Power
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub H2O Plus Mystic Power
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chemists and the scientists think that certain elements enable the spirit soul to remain in the material world.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These elements, they say, are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub oxygen\'97the main elements that combine to form living units.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teach that in order for a living creature t
o develop, spirit must first enter within these preexisting chemical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub elements. Is that cor
rect?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. For example, the earth contains everything necessary for a plant to grow, but you must first put a seed
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the earth. Similarly, a mother has within her womb all the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub necessary ingredients for creating another body, but the father}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must first inject the semen, or seed, into the womb; then the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub child will develop. A dog forms a dog\'92s body, and a human forms}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a human body. Why? Because all the required ingredients are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there, respectively.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We find a certain quantity of chemicals in my body, a smaller}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quantity in an ant\'92s body, and a greater quantity in an elephant\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body. So, if I can create so many more chemicals than an ant, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an elephant can create so many more chemicals than I can, then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just think how many more chemicals God can create! }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub basis on which scientists should consider how hydrogen and oxygen 
combine to form water. Otherwise, they cannot identify the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub source of the vast quantities o
f hydrogen and oxygen required to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make the oceans. But we can. This hydrogen and oxygen ex
ist in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6-r\'fcpa,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the universal body of the Lord. Why do the scientists fail to understand this plain truth? Hydrogen and oxygen}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub combine to form the water in the seas. We both accept this fact.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the scientists are surprised to hear that the origin of this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub huge quantity of hydrogen and oxygen is actually }{\cs2349\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 \'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akti,}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the inconceivable mystic power of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Definition of \'93Life\'94
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Definition of \'93Life\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have noticed a disagreement within the scientific}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub community over the definition of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nonliving.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that if a being can reproduce, it is alive. Therefore, they claim}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to have created life because certain large DNA molecules\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DNA molecules are essential building and replic
ating units in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub organic cells. Many scientists regard them as the source of life, but}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub according to Vedic science we must distinguish the chemical constituents of the body (such 
as DNA) from the very source of the life symptoms, which is the spirit soul.}}}{\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  produced in the laborat
ory can replicate themselves; that is, they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can reproduce other chains of molecules by the
ir own power.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some scientists say these DNA molecules are living, and others}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say they are not.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because somebody is saying one thing and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub somebody is saying another, their knowledge must be imperfect.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can we define }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as \'93containing 
consciousness\'94 and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nonliving}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as \'93without consciousness\'94?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is the difference. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\cs2349\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avin\'e4\'e7i tu tad viddhi yena sarvam ida
\'e0 tatam:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93That which is spread all over the body is indestructible.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone can understand what is spread all over a living body; it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is consciousness. According to our consciousness at the time of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub death, we are awarded a particular bodily shape. If you have a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dog
\'92s consciousness, you will get a dog\'92s body, and if you have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a godly consciousness, 
you get a demigod\'92s body.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demigods are beings more advanced than humans. Although}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they resemble us, they possess far greater intelligence and beauty,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wonderful mystic powers and, in some cases, many arms and heads.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material universe there are thirty-three million administrative}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub demigods, each of whom is responsible for a particular phase of cosmic management (such as heat, light, water or air).}}}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everyone the freedom to take whatever body he wants:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ni y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who worship the demigods will take bi
rth among the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub among such beings; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will liv
e with Me.\'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  9.25)
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Darwin Condemned
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Darwin Condemned
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a human being doesn\'92t attain liberation, does he have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to pass through all 8,400,000 species of life before again coming}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
to the human form?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, only in the lower forms of life does the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living entity progress step by step, according to the laws of nature. In the human form of life, he is endowed with developed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he has discretion. Therefore if he is advanced in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness, he is not going to get the body of a dog or cat; he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub will get another human body.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pya pu\'ebya-k\'e5t\'e4\'e0 lok\'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 u\'f1itv\'e4 \'e7\'e4\'e7vat\'e9\'f9 sam\'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 \'e7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o 'bhij\'e4yate\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.41-4
2}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . \'93After many, many years of enjoyment}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on the planets of the pious living entities, the unsuccessful }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is born}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub into a family of righteous people
, into a family of rich aristocracy, or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub into a family of transcendentalists, who a
re surely great in wisdom.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Verily, such a birth is rare in this world.\'94}}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa89\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6a\'f9}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to someone practicing }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub somehow or other could not fully succeed. There\'92s no question}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of evolution here; he is again awarded a human body. He does}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not get a cat\'92s body or a dog\'92s body. As with the apartments we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were discussing, if you can pay more, you get a nicer apartment.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You do not have to come to the lower-class apartment first.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What you have been saying completely contradicts}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Darwin\'92s theory of evolution.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Darwin is a rascal. What is his theory? We}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kick out Darwin\'92s philosophy. The more we kick out Darwin\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy, the more we advance in spiritual consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many scientists doubt Darwin\'92s theories. But Darwin\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub supporters say that life started from matter and evolved from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unic
ellular organisms to multicellular organisms. They believe}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that higher species like animal
s and men did not exist at the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beginning of creation.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Darwin and his followers are rascals. If originally there were no higher species, why do they exist now? Als
o,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub why do the lower species still exist? For example, at the present}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moment we see both the intellectual person and the foolish ass.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do both these entities exist simultaneously? Why hasn\'92t the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ass form evolved upward and disappeared? Why do we never see a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub monkey giving birth to a human? The Darwinists\'92 theory that human life began in such and such an era is nonsense. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that you can directly transmigrate to any 
species of life you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like, according to your efforts. Sometimes I travel to America,}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sometimes to Australia and sometimes to Africa. The countries}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub already exist. I am simply traveling through them. It is not that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because I have come to America, I have }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub created}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  America. A
nd there are many countries I have not yet seen. Does that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mean they do not exist? The sci
entists who support Darwin are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nonsensical. }{\cs2349\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  clearly says that all the species exist}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simultaneously, and that you can go to whichever species you like.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can even go up to the kingdom of God, if you so desire. All}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is declared in }{\cs2349\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 
 by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Ninth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Ninth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 13, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Cheviot Hills Park, Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
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\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr}{\cs2337\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Singh,}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karandhara }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhikar\'e9}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Evolution from Human to Dog
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Evolution from Human to Dog
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The so-called scientists are putting their faith}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a fraudulent theory. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 \'93I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am the origin of everything.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is life; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a dead stone.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So matter is caused by life?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, and matter grows upon life; my body}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grows upon me, the spirit soul. For example, I have put on this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub overcoat, which is made according to the size of my body. But I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would be foolish if I thought, \'93I am this overcoat.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2334\b0\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 \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, mineralogists have proven that mountains
 are growing by sedimentary activity. Is this growth due to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the presence of the spirit sou
l?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes mountains as the bones of God, and the grass as the hair on His body.}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, in this sense, God has the biggest body.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , what is the difference between the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transmigration of souls in animal bodies and the transmigration}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of human souls?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Animals transmigrate in only one direction\'97upward\'97but human beings can transmigrate to either a}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub higher or a lower form of life. The body is awarded according}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the living entity\'92s desire. The lower animals have one kind}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of desire, but the human being has thousands and millions of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub desires\'97animal desires as well as human desires. By nature\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub law, the lower species are coming up from animal forms to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub higher, human forms. But once you come to the human form, if}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub you don\'92t cultivate }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness you may return to the}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body of a cat or dog.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Nirv\'e4\'eba
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Nirv\'e4\'eba
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore I say they are rascals. They have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no knowledge, yet they still claim to be scientists. Real science is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the }{\cs2349\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  where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2349\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}{\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 (}{\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  9.25)}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This means that whatever one}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worships in this life will determine the type of body he gets in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his next life. But if one worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he ends the process of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub transmigration entirely. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante tad dh\'e4ma:}{\cs2350\b0\i\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one goes to that supreme abode of Mine, he never returns [to this material world of birth and de
ath].\'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  8.21)}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Promotion to the spiritual world }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sa\'e0siddhi\'e0 param\'e4m}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is the ultimate perfection of human life. Read }{\cs2349\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  everything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is there. But the scientists have no idea of this perf
ection; they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not even believe in the existence of the living entity apart}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the gross body.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They do not speak of the living entity; they speak only}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of bodies.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their conception is something akin to Buddhism. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Buddhists say that the body is like a house. Just as a house is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub put togeth
er with wood, the body is put together with chemicals.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And when the body dies, it is just 
like a house that falls apart.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the house becomes simply pieces of wood and then th
ere}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is no more house, so the body becomes simply chemicals, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no more body and no more life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That state is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv
\'e4\'eba}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And then, with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ingredients, you can build another house or another body.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is Buddhism. The Buddhists do not have any information}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub regarding the soul.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Destiny and Karma
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Destiny and Karma
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some scientists argue that there are several souls within each body. They use the earthworm as an example. If you cut it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in half, both parts will live. They say this proves that two souls}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub occupied the original worm\'92s body.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. It is simply that a new soul has come to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub occupy the other half of the worm\'92s body.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Must the spirit soul necessarily have a body}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub either}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual or material?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul already has a spiritual body, which}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the material body covers. My material body grows upon me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my spiritual body\'97but my material body is unnatural. The real}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body is spiritual. I am accepting various bodies that are unnatural to my constitution. My real, constitutional position is to be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As long as I do not come to that position,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I remain a servant of matter and get many material bodies according to the laws of material energy. I get one body and then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give it up. I desire something else and again get another body.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process is going on under the strict laws of material nature.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People think they completely control their destinies, but they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are always under nature\'92s law of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kart\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bewildered spirit soul, under the inf
luence of the three}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities 
that are in actuality carried out by nature.\'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 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 ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub source of this bewilderment is that the living entity t
hinks, \'93I am}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this body.\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'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 h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhr\'e4mayan sarva-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 yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.
61}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . \'93The Supreme Lord is situated in every-one\'92s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub entities, who are seated as on a machine made of the material energy.\'94}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 17
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa89\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this verse the word }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yantra,}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or \'93machine,\'94 means that in any}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub species of life, we are traveling in bodies that are like machines}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
provided by material nature. Sometimes we are moving to higher species, sometimes to lower species. But if, by the mercy of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one gets the seed of devotional}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub service and cultivates it, he can become free from the cycle of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub birth
 and death. Then his life is successful. Otherwise, he has to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub travel up and down the diffe
rent species of life, becoming sometimes a blade of grass, sometimes a lion, and so forth.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Advertising Ignorance as knowledge
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Advertising Ignorance as knowledge
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it is our desire to enjoy that causes us to take on these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material bodies, and our desire to achieve K\'e5\'f1\'eba that brings us}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to our natural position?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But there seems to be a constant struggle with our}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub lower nature. We are constantly fighting our desires for sense}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gratificati
on, even though we want to serve }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Does this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continue?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The body is almost like a dictator from within.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. That means you are strongly under the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub control of material energy, or }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even though we also desire to serve }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. A thief may know that if he steals he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be arrested and put into jail\'97he may have even seen others}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being arrested}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
yet he still steals. Even though he is aware that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is under the authority of the state, 
he still acts according to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his desires. This is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or ignorance. Therefore, knowledge is the beginning of spiritual life. In }{\cs2349\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gives Arjuna knowledge. He teaches, \'93You are not this body.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the beginning of knowledge. But where is the university}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that teaches this knowledge? Dr. Singh, can you tell me where}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that university is that teaches this knowledge?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is none.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the position of education: there is no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge. They simply advertise ignorance as knowledge.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if the scientists knew that they were not their bodies, their whole outlook would change.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we want that.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they don\'92t want to admit their failure.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then that is further foolishness. If you are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a fool and you pose yourself as intelligent, that is further foolishness. Then you cannot make progress. And if you remain in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ignorance and advertise yourself as a man of knowledge, you are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a great cheater. You are cheating yourself and cheating others.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are so mad after the material advancement of civilization}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that they have become exactly like cats and dogs. For instance,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they have set up an immigration department, and as soon as you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enter a country these dogs go, \'93Woof, woof, woof! Why have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub you come? What is your business?\'94 This is a watchdog\'92s activity.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A first
-class gentleman is being searched for a revolver. People}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot be trusted, and now there
 are so many educated rogues}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and thieves. So what is the meaning of advancement? Can we}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that education means advancement? Is this civilization?
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Fighting Ignorance With Arguments and Knowledge
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Fighting Ignorance With Arguments and Knowled
ge
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some people say that one reason for the Vietnam war}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub was that the Communists were atheists. It was a dispute between}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the theist
s and the atheists. At least that is one excuse given for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the war.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are also prepared to kill the atheists. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that killing is by preaching. If I kill your ignorance, it can also}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be called killing. Killing doesn\'92t necessarily mean that everyone}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has to take the sword.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A new method of warfare?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, fighting ignorance with arguments and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge has always existed. The bodily conception of life is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub animal life. The animal does not know about matter and spirit. And one who is under the bodily conception of life is no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub better than an animal. When an animal \'93talks,\'94 the intelligent}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man laughs. Such \'93talk\'94 is nonsense. The animal is not talking}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At least the animals live by certain codes. They do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kill unnecessarily, and they only eat when necessary, whereas}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub humans 
kill unnecessarily and eat unnecessarily. So in one sense}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub humans are lower than animals.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore we must suffer more than animals.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a bogus, sentimental religious movement. It is a scientific movement designed to alleviate human}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suffering.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists and other people say that everything in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub universe is happening by chance.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, are they also writing books on the subject}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by chance?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The books are also written by chance, they say.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, what is their credit? By chance, anything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be written.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The French scientist Dr. J. Monod got the Nobel Prize}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub in 1965. He says that everything started by chance\'97that by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chance certa
in chemicals combined and formed the basic molecules.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But where did the chemicals come from?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to him, they were created simply by chance,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and when the necessity arose, molecules of the chemicals reoriented themselves.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If everything was happening by chance, how}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can there be necessity? How can he speak of chance and necessity in the same breath? It is nonsense. If everything is directed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by chance, why do people send their children to school? Why}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not let them grow up by chance? Suppose I break a law. If I say,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, it just happened by chance,\'94 will I be excused?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, is crime caused by ignorance?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the cause: my ignorance.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It would certainly be stupid to say that a beautiful instrument like a violin was made by chance.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. It is most regrettable that such a rascal}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can get recognition. He is talking foolishness and getting recognition.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Tenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Tenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 14, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Cheviot Hills Park, Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2336\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Scientists\'92 Mistake
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Scientists\'92 Mistake
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists\'92 mistake is that they are ignorant of the two energies\'97material and spiritual. They say
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that everything is material and that everything emanates from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matter. The defect in their theories is that they begin from matter instead of spirit. Since matter comes from spiri
t, in a sense}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything is spiritual. Spiritual energy is the source and can exist withou
t the material energy. But the material energy has no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub existence without the spiritual ener
gy. It is correct to say that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub darkness begins from light, not that light begins from darkn
ess.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists think that consciousness comes from matter. Actually,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness always exists, but when it is covered or degraded}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by ignorance, it is a form of unconsciousness.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So \'93material\'94 means forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and \'93spiritual\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means full consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Is this clear? Try to understand: darkness comes from light. When no light is visi
ble, then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are in darkness. Clouds are not to be found in the sun; that}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would be against the nature of the sun. But by the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub energy}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sun other things are temporarily created, such as mist, clouds or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub darkness. These creations are temporary, but the sun remains.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, mater
ial nature is temporary, but spiritual nature is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub permanent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness m
eans getting out of this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub temporary nature and attaining a permanent, spiritual nature.}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one actually wants this temporary nature; no one likes this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cloudy atmosphere.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is this cloudy consciousness created from spiritual energy?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2319\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And matter is also created from the superior energy?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I am the source of all spiritual and material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub worlds. Everything emanates from Me.\'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  10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub creator of everything, bad or good. Actually, \'93bad and good\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a material creation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s creation is good; God is good.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What 
you think is bad is good for God. Therefore, we cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is do
ing something that in our consideration may be bad, but for Him there is no such thing as good or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bad. For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba married sixteen thousand wives. Some}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people m
ay criticize, \'93Ah, He is so mad after women.\'94 But they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not see the whole picture.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s power is so great that He}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub expanded Himself into sixteen thousand different husbands.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 \'93Everything Is One\'94 Is Nonsense
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub \'93Everything Is One\'94 Is Nonsense
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You said this mist of material nature is temporary. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub why should we bother to disentangle ourselves from something}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transito
ry?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do you put coverings on your body?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You may walk naked. The weather will clear in a few hours. Why}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do you cover yourself?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The danger is now.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whenever it may be, why do you take this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub step of covering your body?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To avoid discomfort.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Otherwise you would be uncomfortable.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not to bother to dress is the }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  theory: \'93Everything will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub come automatically, so why bother? Everything is one.\'94 That is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a nonsensica
l theory. The }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy is that God is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one and that every thing and every living being is equal to God.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have no quarrel with the chemists if they begin from life,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but unfortunately they say that everything begins from darkness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dead matter. That is what we object to. We say, \'93Begin}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from life,\'94 and they say, \'93No, begin from matter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub darkness.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reason they are in darkness is simple: if one goes from 
darkness to light, he thinks that darkness is the beginning. Suppose
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you have been in darkness all your life, and now you suddenly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub come into the light. You will think, \'93Oh, light has come from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub darkness.\'94 Actually, darkness occurs when light becomes dim.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Darkness does not produce light.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then darkness is dependent on light?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Or in other words, in the light there is no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub darkness. When the light is dim\'97then we experience darkness.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, when our spiritual consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is dim, our consciousness is material. In the morning we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub awaken, and at the end of the day we become tired and go to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sleep. When life is somehow or other interrupted, we sleep. We}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sleep at night, and when we get up in the morning we understand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that our wakefulness, or \'93life,\'94 has not come into existence from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sleepy condition. I was alive even while I slept, and on awakening I am still alive. This should be clearly understood. A baby}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from the womb of his mother. He thinks that his life has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begun from the day he comes out of the womb. But that is not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a fact. Actually, he is eternal. He constructed his material body}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub within the womb of his mother while he was unconscious, and as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soon as his bod
ily features were sufficiently developed, he came}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub out of the womb and again to consciousne
ss.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And he again falls asleep at death.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. That is described in }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs2350\b0\i\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 8.19}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcta-gr\'e4ma\'f9 sa ev\'e4ya\'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\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate
\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\'e4try-\'e4game 'va\'e7a\'f9 p\'e4rtha
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhavaty ahar-\'e4game
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again and again the day comes, and this hos
t of beings is active, and again night falls, O P\'e4rtha, and they are helplessly dissolved.\'94
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 We Are Not These Bodies
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub We Are Not These Bodies
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you see this flower? It has come back to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness, and soon it will dry up and die. This is material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life. But spiritual life means to flower only\'97no dissolution. That}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the difference between matter and spirit. I have achieved this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body according to my consciousness in my last life. And I will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub receive my next body according to my consciousness in this life.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This
 is also confirmed in the }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 8.6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran bh\'e4va\'e0
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyajaty ante kalevaram
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 tam evaiti kaunteya
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-bh\'e4vita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever state of being one remembers when 
he quits his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body, that state he will attain without fail.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, if our next body is always achieved}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by our consciousness in this life, how is it that I cannot remember my previous life?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you remember everything you did last}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub year, or even yesterday?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, I don\'92t.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is your nature: you forget.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  things.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And somebody forgets more than others.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we all forget.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is that a principle of material nature?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. It is something like stealing. Somebody}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a pickpocket and somebody is a bank robber, but both of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub them are stealing.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we dream, are we being carried away by the subtle elements?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are being carried away by nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says in }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 3.27}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kart\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bewildered spirit soul, under the influ
ence of the three}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities th
at are in actuality carried out by nature.\'94 We forget our}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub real identity because we are 
under the grip of material nature.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first lesson in spiritual life is that we are not t
hese bodies, but eternal spirit souls. Once you were a child. Now you are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a grown man. Whe
re is your childhood body? That body does}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not exist, but you still exist because you are e
ternal. The circumstantial body has changed, but }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have not changed. This}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the proof of eternality. You remember that you did certain}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub things yesterday and certain things today, but you forget other}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub things. Your body of yesterday is not today\'92s body. Do you admit}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it or not? You cannot say that today is the thirteenth of May,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1973. You cannot say that today is yesterday. The thirteenth was}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yesterday. The day has changed. But }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  remember yesterday;}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and that }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r
emembrance}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is evidence of your eternality. The body}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has changed, but you remember it; therefore you are eternal,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub although the body is temporary. This proof is very simple. Even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a child ca
n understand it. Is it difficult to understand?
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Changing Bodies
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Changing Bodies
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People want more proof.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What more is required? The eternality of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul is a simple fact. I am an eternal soul. My body is changing, but I am not changing. For example, I am now an old man.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes I think, \'93Oh, I used to jump and play, but now I cannot jump because my body has changed.\'94 I }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub want}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to jump, but I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot do it. That jumping propensity is eternal, but because of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my old body I cannot do it.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Opponents will say that according to their observation,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the nature of consciousness is that it lasts for only one body.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is foolishness. In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\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 2.13}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muhyati
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the embodied soul continually passes, in
 this body, from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body 
at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such a change.\'94 Just as this body
 is always changing (as I can see}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in my daily experience), there is a similar change at th
e time of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub death.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But according to the scientists, we cannot actually observe this last change.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their eyes are so imperfect that they cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub observe many, many things. Their ignorance does not make the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs2349\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  unscientific. Why don\'92t the scientists admit the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imperfection of their senses? They must first admit the imperfection of their senses. Their seeing power doe
s not determine}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what is and what is not science. Dogs cannot understand the}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laws of nature. Does that mean the laws of nature don\'92t exist?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, the scientists admit that argument, but they say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the way to become perfect is through objective information and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub experi
ence.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. That is not the way to become perfect.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one can become perfect through imperfect thinking, and our}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinking must be imperfect because our senses and minds are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imperfect.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , another question can be raised. Is it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not possible that the soul may accept three, four or five bodies}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and then die?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are accepting millions of bodies. I say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that your body of yesterday is not your body of today. So, if you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub live for one hundred years, how many times have you changed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bodies? Just calculate.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2319\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thirteen.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2319\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why thirteen?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Medical science says that all the bodily cells are replaced every seven years.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, not every seven years}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub every second.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Every second, the blood corpuscles are changing. Is it not so?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2319\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2319\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And as soon as the blood corpuscles change,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you change your body.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In scientific terminology, can the eternality of the soul}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be compared to conservation of energy?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no question of the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
conservation}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub energy, because energy is always existing.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But according to scientific terminology, the law of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub conservation of energy is that energy cannot be created or destroyed, which means, I think, that it is eternal.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oh, yes, that we admit. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal; }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub therefore all His energies are eternal.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is that why the living entity is also eternal?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. If the sun is eternal, its energies}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub heat}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and light\'97are also eternal.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does it follow from this, then, that life cannot be created or destroyed?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Life is eternal. It is not created or destroyed. It is only temporarily covered. I am eternal, but last
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub night I was covered by sleep, so I think in terms of yesterday and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub today. This is the condition of the material world.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Everything Is Spiritual
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Everything Is Spiritual
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is material consciousness the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And when there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, where is material nature?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you continue in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will see that nothing is material. When you offer a flower to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not material. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not accept anything material. And this does not mean that the flower is material on the}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bush, and then it becomes spiritual when you offer it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The flower is \'93material\'94 only as long as you think that it is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub made for your enjoyment. But as soon as you see that it is for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub s enjoyment, you see it as it really is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the entire world is actually spiritual?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Therefore, we want to engage everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s service; that is the spiritual world.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2334\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can we also appreciate }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s creation in that light?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub For example, can we think, \'93This tree is very beautiful because}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is }
{\cs2317\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 \'92}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s property\'94?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. That is }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If someone looks at the Deity of }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  in the temple}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and thinks that it is only stone or wood, what does that mean?}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is ignorant of the facts. How can the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deity be material? Stone is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s energy. Just as electric energy is everywhere but only the electricians know how to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub utilize it, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub even in stone}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but only His}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees know how to utilize stone to appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees know that stone cannot exist outside of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, when the devotees see the Deity, they say, \'93Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They see the real oneness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His energy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Simultaneously One and Different
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Simultaneously One and Different
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it true that K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons perceive K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a plain stone as much as in the Deity carved from stone?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as much?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Why not? In the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\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 
9.4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na c\'e4ha\'e0 te\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s energy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in His partially manifested form}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pervades every atom of the universe.}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But His fully manifested personal form is present in the Deity}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub shaped according to His directions. This is the philosophy of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the simultaneous oneness and difference of God and His energies. For example, when the sunshine is in your room, that does not mean the sun itself is in your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub room. The sun and its separated energies, like heat and light, are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one in quality, but different in quantity.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But still, you say that one can see }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  in ordinary}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stone?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, why not? We see the stone as }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub energy.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But can we worship Him within the stone?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can worship Him through His energy in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the stone. But we cannot worship the stone as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We cannot worship this bench as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But we can worship everything}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because we see everything as K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s energy. This tree is worshipable because both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His energy are worshipable, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this does not mean we worship the tree in the same way as we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worship the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In my childhood I was taught by my parents never to waste}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s energy. They taught me that if even a small grain of rice}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
was stuck between the floorboards, I should pick it up, touch}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it to my forehead and eat it
 to save it from being wasted. I was}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taught how to see everything in relation to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness. We therefore do not like to see anything wast
ed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or misused. We are teaching our disciples how to use everything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how to understand that everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 6.30
]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo m\'e4\'e0 pa\'e7yati sarvatra
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva\'e0 ca mayi pa\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasy\'e4ha\'e0 na pra\'eba\'e7y\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa ca me na pra\'eba\'e7yati
\par }\pard \s175 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For one who sees Me everywhere and sees eve
rything in Me, I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Eleventh Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Eleventh Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 15, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Cheviot Hills Park, Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Detecting the Spirit Soul
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Detecting the Spirit Soul
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists find it very hard to see the spirit soul. They}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say its existence is very doubtful.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can they see it? It is too small to see.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who has that seeing power?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, they want to sense it by some means.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you inject someone with just one hundredth of a grain of very venomous poison, he dies immediately.}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one can see the poison or how it acts, but it is acting nevertheless. So why don\'92t th
e scientists see the soul by its action?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In such cases we have to see by the effect. The }
{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because of the minute particle called the soul, the whole body}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is working nicely. If I pinch myself, I immediately feel it because}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am conscious throughout the whole of my skin. But as soon as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul is out of my body, which is the case when my body dies,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub you can take the same skin and cut and chop it, and nobody will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub protest. Why i
s this simple thing so hard to understand? Is this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not detecting spirit?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may detect the soul in this way, but what about}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub God?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all let us understand the soul. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul is a sample God. If you can understand the sample, then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you can understand the whole.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Modern Science: Help or Harm?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Modern Science: Help or Harm?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists are in the process of trying to create life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Process of\'94! \'93Trying to
\'94! That we kick out;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that we do not accept. A beggar is saying, \'93I am trying to be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a millionaire.\'94 We say, \'93When you become a millionaire, then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub talk. Now you are a poor beggar; that is all.\'94 The scientists say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they are trying, but suppose I ask you, \'93What are you?\'94 Will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you say, \'93I am trying to be...\'94? What are you now? That is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub question. \'93We are trying\'94 is not a proper answer, what to speak}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of a scientific proposition.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, although they haven\'92t been able to create life so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub far, they say that soon they should be able to do so.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Any rascal may say that. If you say, \'93In}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the future I shall be able to do something extraordinary,\'94 why}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should I trust or believe you?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, the scientists say they have done so much in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub past and they will accomplish more in the future.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the past there was death, and people are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dying now. So what have the scientists done?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Helped them.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists have helped to minimize the duration of life! Formerly men lived one hundred years; now they}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seldom live more than sixty or seventy years. And the scientists}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have discovered atomic energy; now they can kill millions of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub men. So they have helped only in dying. They have not helped in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living, and still they dare to declare that they will create.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But now we have airplanes and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists cannot stop death, they cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stop birth, they cannot stop disease, and they cannot stop old}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub age. So what have they done? Formerly people used to become}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub old, and nowadays they are becoming old. Formerly people used}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to become diseased, and now they are becoming diseased. Now}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there 
is more medicine\'97and more disease. So what have they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub accomplished? Scientists have not 
helped improve the order of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the world. We are going to challenge all the rascal scientists
 who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that life has grown out of matter. The fact is that matter has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grown from life.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Illusion Of Progress
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Illusion Of Progress
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How long can science cheat people? One}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hundred years, two hundred years? They cannot cheat them for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all time.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cheating has been going on since time immemorial, so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub perhaps they think they can continue forever.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not since time immemorial! Science has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub been cheating people for only the past two or three hundred}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years, not before that.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, really?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, for the last two hundred years they have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub been preaching that life comes from matter\'97not for thousands}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of years. And the cheating will be finished in another fifty years.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, now there is a so-called anti-intellectual movement. People are rebelling against science and modern progress.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is that science? It is not science!}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is ignorance. Ignorance is passing for science, and irreligion}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is passing for religion. But this cheating cannot go on for long,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because some people are becoming intelligent.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsweek,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one of the largest magazin
es in the United States, there was an article about the degradation of Christianity. The article included a cartoon picturing the devil causing earthquakes. There was recently a very large earthquake in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub South America that killed many thousands of people. The cartoon attributed such things to the devil, and right next to him it}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub showed Richard Nixon presenting himself as a follower of Christ}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but bombing Southeast Asia. In this cartoon, the devil turned to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Richard Nixon and said, \'93It\'92s hell keeping up with Christians.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, people will criticize in that way. People are becoming advanced. How long can they be cheated by}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so-called science and so-called religion? If Mr. Nixon loves his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub countrymen, why does he not love his country\'92s cows? They are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also born in the same land, and they have the same right to live.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why are they killed? \'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94 But the animals are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being killed. That is imperfection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba embraces both the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cows and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9 is the supreme devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and She is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His eternal consort. Sh
e is also considered to be the embodiment of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s internal, spiritual energy of pleasure.}}}{\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  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfectio
n. K\'e5\'f1\'eba even talks with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the birds. One day on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 River, H
e was}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub talking with a bird, because He speaks even in the languages of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the birds. An old lady saw this and was struck with wonder: \'93Oh,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is talking with a bird!\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You mean He was actually talking the way the birds}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub talk?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. One of }{\cs3774\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 \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s qualities described in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that He can speak any language. He is the father of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all living be
ings, and the father can understand the language of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his children.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer. Actually, except for those who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, no one can have any real knowledge, nor}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can anyone enjoy. One simply suffers, but he thinks the suffering}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is enjoyment. This is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion. In America people}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work hard day and night, and they 
think, \'93I am enjoying.\'94 This}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A conditioned soul cannot enjoy anything; he simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suffers, but he thinks he is enjoying.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the conditioned soul is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub likened to the camel. The camel is very fond of eating thorny}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub twigs that cut his tongue. While he is eating them, blood issues}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from his tongue and mixes with the thorny twigs. They become}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub a little tasty, and he is thinking, \'93Oh, these twigs are very nice.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
That is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. M\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93that which is not.\'94 }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not,\'94 and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93this.\'94 So }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93not this.\'94 That is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the explanation of }{\cs2349\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion. The scientists are in }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because they think they are improving things and becomin
g happy. But this world, along with everything in it, will eventually}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be finished because 
it is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4;}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is not what we think it is. As}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explains, the materialists are thinking they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are becoming victorious, but they are actually being defeated.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Twelfth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Twelfth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on May 17, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Misty Morning, in Cheviot Hills Park, Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Singh, Karandhara }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhikar\'e9}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebak\'e4nti}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub adhikar\'e9}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Yogic Weapons
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Yogic Weapons
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have no power to drive away this mist.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists merely explain it with some word jugglery, saying that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it contains certain chemicals. [He laughs.] But they have no power to drive it away.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They do have an explanation as to how the mist is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub formed.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That they may have, and I may have that also,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but that is not a very great credit. If you really know how it is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub formed, then you should be able to counteract it.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We know how it is formed.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then discover how to counteract it. Formerly, in Vedic warfare, the atomic }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4stra\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4stra}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a subtle nuclear weapon sometimes employed in the Vedic military art. It was released by the chanting of a}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and even if 
released from a long distance, it could annihilate}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any target, large or small, without har
ming anything else. For further}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub information, see }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First Canto, Chapter Eight.
}}}{\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\nosupersub  was used. And to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub counteract it, the opposing army would have to use a weapon}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that would transform it into water. But where is such a science}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub today?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mist is something like milk. Milk looks white, but actually it is a colloidal suspension of certain protein molecules.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, fog is a colloidal suspension of water.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if you could create some type of fire, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mist would be immediately driven away; water can be driven}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub away by fire. But that you cannot do. If you were to explode a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bomb, it would generate heat, and all the mist would go away.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KARANDHARA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That might damage the whole city.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone knows that fire can counteract water, but you cannot drive away the mist without killing people or}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub destroying property. But by nature\'92s way, as soon as the sun rises, the mist is vanquis
hed. The power of the sun is greater than}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your power. Therefore, you have to accept that i
nconceivable}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power exists.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Symptoms of God
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Symptoms of God
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Without accepting the principle of inconceivable power, no one can understand God. God is not so}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cheap that any so-called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can become God. Such imitation}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gods are for rascals and fools. Those who are intelligent will test}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whether or not such a person has inconceivable power. We accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God because He has demonstrated His inconceivable power. As a child, K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted a big hill. And Lord R\'e4ma,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, constructed a bridge without pillars by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub floating stones on water. So one should not accept God cheaply.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nowadays, some rascal comes along and says, \'93I am an incarnation of God,\'94 and another rascal accepts him. But Lord R\'e4ma}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually demonstrated Their inconceivable}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power. Sometimes people say the descriptions of Their activities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are just stories or myths. But these literatures were composed by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4lm\'e9ki,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4lm\'e9ki was a great Vedic sage and scholar. He w
rote the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one of the most important histories in Vedic literature.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sadeva and othe
r }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4ryas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 who are all great and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vastly learned sages. Why would these great sages simply waste}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their time writing mythology? They never said it was mythology.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They treated the accounts as actual facts. For instance, in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sadeva tells of a forest}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fire in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. All of K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s cowherd boyfriends became}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disturbed and looked to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba for help. He simply swallowed up}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the whole fire. That is inconceivable mysti
c power. That is God.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we are tiny samples of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we also posse
ss}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inconceivable mystic power within our bodies\'97but only in very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub minute quantities.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Scientific Knowledge Comes From K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Scientific Knowledge Comes From K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbAK\'c4NTI. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The  doctors marvel  at  the  com
plex  nature of the human brain.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but it is not the brain that works the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body; it is the spirit soul. Does a computer work by itself? No,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a man works it. He pushes the button; }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  something happens.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Otherwise, what is the value of the machine? You 
can keep the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub machine for thousands of years, but it will not work until a man}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes to push the button. But who is working, the machine or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the man? Similarly, the human brain is also a machine, and it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is working under the direction of Param\'e4tm\'e4, an expansion of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God within everyone\'92s heart.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists should accept God and His mystic power. If they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub don\'92t, they should be considered foolish. On the basis of transcendental knowledge, we are directly challenging many big}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientists and philosophers. The other day, you brought that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemist, and I told him, \'93You are foolish.\'94 But he was not angry.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He admitted it, and I defeated all his arguments. Perhaps you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub remember.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. In fact, he acknowledged that perhaps }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub didn\'92t give him all the procedural steps needed to perform his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub experiments.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is against K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give him any facilities? If you are against K\'e5\'f1\'eba and you want}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub credit without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you will fail. You must first be submissive, and then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you all facilities. We dare to face}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any scientist or philosopher and challenge him. How? On the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub strength of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I know that when I talk with them, K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will give me the necessary intelligence to defeat them. Otherwise, from the viewpoint of scientific qualification, they are}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub much more qualified than we. We are laymen before them. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything. Therefore we can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub challenge any scientists, just as a small child can challenge a very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub big man because he knows, \'93My father is here.\'94 He clutches the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hand of his father, who makes sure that nobody can harm him.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is the human form of life spoiled for those who do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub try to understand }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. People who do not try to understand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their relationship with God simply die like animals\'97like cats}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and dogs. They take birth, eat, sleep, beget children and die.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the sum total of their human lives. These rascals think, \'93I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am this body.\'94 They have no information of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the self, or the individual soul. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2349\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  give us knowledge about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}
{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tm\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but people are unaware of this.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are unaware of the knowledge given to human society in the Vedic literature. For example, the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inform us}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that cow dung is pure. Here in America especially, people bring}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their dogs onto the street to pass stool. Of course, dog stool is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very impure\'97germs thrive in it. But people are such rascals that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t
hey do not consider this; instead, they distribute dog stool everywhere. But there\'92s no cow dung to be seen, even though the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that cow dung is pure. Here is a sign: \'93Littering Illegal.\'94 But dog stool is allowed. Just see how foolish peop
le are.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is illegal to drop a paper on the grass, but your dog is allowed}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to pass stool. The government authorities will not allow you to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bring even one mango from another country; but they will allow}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your dog to distribute its stool everywhere, although this stool is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub full of infectious germs.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Space Program: A Childish Waste of Time and Money
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Space Program: A Childish Waste of Time a
nd Money
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the astronauts returned from the moon to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub surface of the earth, the scientists in the space program were}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very careful. T
hey thought the astronauts might have brought}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub some new germs as yet unknown, so they put t
he astronauts in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quarantine for several days to make sure that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all, find out whether they have gone}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the moon. I am not so sure. Sixteen years ago, when I wrote}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I remarked that the scientists}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were childish in their attempts to explore outer space and would}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never be successful. Many years later, when I visited San Francisco, a press reporter asked me, \'93What is your opinion about}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the moon expedition?\'94 I told him, \'93It is simply a waste of time}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and money, that\'92s all.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbAK\'c4NTI.}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The space program recently had another failure.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is always happening. What was it?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbAK\'c4NTI.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They sent up a space vehicle to orbit the earth and}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub act as sort of a space outpost, but it failed. It cost two billion}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dollars.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why are they wasting time and money in that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub way?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbAK\'c4NTI.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They were criticized in the newspapers.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are simply childish fools. What have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they gained in the last\'97how many years? For how many years}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have they been trying to go to the moon?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has been more than ten years. Russia started in 1957}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with their sputnik.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they were trying for many years before}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that. So let us say that for twenty-five years they have been trying. They have not gained anything except dust, but still they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are trying. How obstinate! The space program will never be successful.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that in the future they want to go to the sub-surface of Mars.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are all becoming \'93big men\'94 with their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub statements about the future.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that it will happen in about ten years.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So what if they say one year? They may say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ten years or one year, but we do not accept such propositions.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We want to see what they are doing }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are developing their technology by using small}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub scale models.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are simply childish. In my childhood}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I used to watch the tramcars go along the rail. Once I thought,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I shall take a stick and touch it to the wire, and I shall also go}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub along the rails.\'94 The scientists, with all their plans, are just as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub childish. They spend so much time and money, but what is their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purpose? Their effort is hopeless because they do not actually}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know the purpose of life. The scientists are spending large sums}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of money, and politicians are financing them, but the result is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub zero. They are like a doctor who doesn\'92t understand a particular disease, but who still says to his patient, \'93All right, first try}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this pill, and if that doesn\'92t work, then try this pill.\'94 The doctor will never admit that he doesn\'92t know the remedy for the disease. The scientists are simply bluffing and c
heating. They}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot solve the real problems of life\'97birth, death, old age and}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disease\'97and therefore all their programs are taking place on}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the utopian platform, which in Sanskrit is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4\'e7a-pu\'f1pa.}{\cs2350\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 \'c4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4\'e7a-pu\'f1pa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93a flower from the sky.\'94 All their
 efforts to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know the truth by exploring outer space are like trying to pluck}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a flower from the sky.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To give another example, the scientists act like foolish ducks.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India we may sometimes observe a duck following all day behind a bull. The duck is thinking that the testicles of the bull are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a fish. In India this is a common sight. The bull is walking, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all day the duck is walking behind, following that big fish and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinking, \'93It will drop, and I will eat it.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Thirteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Thirteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on December 2, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Singh, }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda D\'e4sa Goswami}{\cs2339\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebak\'e4nti }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d
\'e4sa}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhikar\'e9}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Devotee Beyond Desires
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Devotee Beyond Desires
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, who knows the difference between the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta?}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'c5DAY\'c4NANDA D\'c4SA GOSWAMI.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 wants to enjoy the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gross senses, the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wants to enjoy the subtle mind\'97to mentally speculate\'97and the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wants to manipulate the universe}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with mystic powers.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are all material powers.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'c5DAY\'c4NANDA D\'c4SA GOSWAMI.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  has no material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub desires.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And unless one is actually desireless,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he cannot be happy. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2349
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are all}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub full of desires; therefore they are unhappy. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the most}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unhappy, the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a little less unhappy, and the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is still}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more advanced. But the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the devotee, is perfectly happy. Some }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
yog\'e9s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have a mystic power that enables them to snatch}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pomegranates from trees in another country, thousands of miles}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub away. Others can fly without an airplane. And some }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  c
an}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hypnotize anyone. Then they point to someone and say, \'93This is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God,\'94 and their victims believe them. I have actually seen such}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magical nonsense.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbAK\'c4NTI.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is the pure devotee more merciful than }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. A real Vai\'f1\'ebava, a real devotee, is even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more merciful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Take Lord Jesus Christ, for example.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that Lord Jesus took everyone\'92s sins upon himself, yet}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he was crucified. We can see how merciful he was. Today, rascals think, \'93Let us go on committing sinful activities; Christ has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taken a contract to suffer for us.\'94 [There is a long, thoughtful}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub silence.]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Difference Between Matter and Spirit
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Difference Between Matter and Spirit
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists say that trees also have consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is true, but a tree\'92s consciousness}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and my consciousness are different. My consciousness is more}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub developed. If you pinch my body, I will immediately protest.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if you cut a tree, it will not protest. Actually, everything has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness in it; it is simply a question of degree. The more}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub covered consciousness is by matter, the more it is considered}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material. And th
e more consciousness is developed, the more}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is considered spiritual. This is the differ
ence between matter}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and spirit.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spirit souls are everywhere. They are trying to come out of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the earth. [Points to the grass.] As soon as there is an opportunity, they want to express their consciousness. Those souls who}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub descend from higher planets to this planet sometimes fall down}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the ground in raindrops. Then they become grass and gradually evolve to higher forms of life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, that is terrible.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are the workings of subtle energy.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do the scientists know about this? Actually, their knowledge is carried away by }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  illusion, and they are thinking,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, I am a very learned scholar.\'94
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Soul Transplants?
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Soul Transplants?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, what about heart transplants? We}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know that the spirit soul is within the heart. But nowadays doctors can replace an old heart with a new one. What happens to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spirit soul in each heart? Does the person who receives a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub new heart also get a new personality?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2321\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2321\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2321\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2321\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2320\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why not?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose I get up from one chair and go sit
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in another chair. Does my personality change? I may change my}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seat, but does that mean I have changed?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the heart is changed, and the heart contains the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describe the heart as a sitting}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub place for the soul. So when they transplant hearts, they simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub change the sou
l\'92s seat. The same soul remains. If they could}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prove that by changing the heart they ha
ve increased the patient\'92s duration of life, then that would prove they\'92ve caught the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub spirit soul. But they cannot increase the duration of life, because}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people hav
e acquired their bodies by a superior arrangement.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have this body, and you must live w
ithin it for a certain period. If you simply change one of the parts of your body, that will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub not help you prolong your life. That is impossible. The doctors}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub think that by 
changing the heart they will increase the duration}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of life, but that is not possible.}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So a heart transplant is a kind of artificial transmigration of the soul from an old heart to a new one?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, it is something like that. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 2.13}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muhyati
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the embodied soul continually passes, in
 this body, from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body 
at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by such a change.\'94 Changing hearts i
s just a change of material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bodily organs. The heart is not the real source of life, and t
herefore changing the heart does not prolong the duration of life.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, most heart transplant patients live only a very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub short time after the operation. But is it ever possible to transplant the soul from one body to another?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes certain }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can do that. They}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub can find a better body and transfer themselves into it.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the doctors perform a heart transplant, they take}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a heart from someone who has just died and exchange it for a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub weak hea
rt in someone else\'92s body. Does the soul from the dead}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub heart change places with the sou
l in the weak living heart?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The soul has already left the dead heart.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no question of bringing in another soul.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let me see if I understand you correctly. When the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub doctors remove the heart of a man who has just died, the soul}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has already 
left his heart. Then, when they transplant his dead}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub heart into the body of the patient, th
e patient\'92s soul passes into}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the transplanted heart.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The soul is destined to live in a particular body for a certain number of years. You may change whateve
r part of the body you like, but you cannot change the duration}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the life of that body.}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the heart is just a machine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an instrume
nt?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. It is the sitting place of the soul.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A Mustard Seed in a Bag of Mustard Seeds
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub A Mustard Seed in a Bag of Mustard Seeds
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, biologists tell us that there are many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub species of life that can reproduce without sex. Do the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs2350
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agree with this?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, yes.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we cannot curtail their reproduction?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. How could we? There are so many living entities that have come into this material world to enjoy life,}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and therefore reproduction must continue. This material world}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is like a jail. You cannot put an end to jails. As soon as one man}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leaves the jail, another is ready to enter it. This same question}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was discussed by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is described in Vai\'f1\'ebava literature as the most merciful incarnation of God because He distributed love of Godhead freely, without consideration of one's caste, color or creed. He appeared in Beng
al in 1486 and is also known as "the Golden Avat\'e4ra" because of His beautiful golden complexion. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu emphasized the chanting of the }{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra
\'97}{\cs3774\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.}}}{\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  One of His devotees, V\'e4sudeva Datta, said, \'93Please take all the living entities}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of this entire universe and release them from material bondage.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And if You think they are too sinful to be rectified, then just give}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all their sins to me.\'94 But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, \'93Suppose}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I were to take this entire universe and all the living entities with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it. This is only one of innumerable universes. It is just like a mustard seed in a huge bag of mustard seeds. If you removed one}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seed from the bag, what would be the difference?\'94 So reproduction cannot actually be stopped. Living entities are unlimited in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub number, and therefore it must continue.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have said that this material world is like a correction house to teach one to get out of material entanglement and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cycle of repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Therefore you must practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Fourteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Fourteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on December 3, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh,}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. W. H. Wolf-Rottkay and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Origin of the Interplanetary Gases
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Origin of the Interplanetary Gases
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists say that at one point the earth was composed of dust particles floating in some gaseous material. Then,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in due course, this colloidal suspension condensed and formed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the earth.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That may be, but where did the gas come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say it just existed!
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\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 7.4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intel
ligence and false ego}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all together these eight comprise My separated material energies.\'94 He
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yu}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (gas) came from Him. And}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub finer than }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yu}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kham}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ether), finer 
than ether is mind, finer}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub than mind is intelligence, finer than intelligence is false ego,
 and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub finer than false ego is the soul. But the scientists do not know}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this. They understand only gross things. They mention gas, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where does the gas come from?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That they cannot answer.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we can answer. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{
\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we know that gas has come from }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kham,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or ether, ether}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from mind, mind comes from intelligence, intelligence}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from false ego, and false ego comes from the soul.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists argue that before Darwin\'92s biophysical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub type of evolution could take place, there had to be what they call}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr
ebiotic chemistry, or chemical evolution.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And the term \'93chemical evolution\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that chemicals have an origin, and that origin is spirit, or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life. A lemon produces citric acid, and our bodies produce many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals in urine, blood, and bodily secretions. This is proof}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that life produces chemicals, not that chemicals produce life.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists say that once the seed of life is present in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cells, then the living entity automatically develops and functions.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but who gives the seed? In the }{\cs2349\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba answers this question. }{\cs2349\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 viddhi p\'e4rtha }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tanam}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93O son of P\'e5th\'e4, know}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that I
 am the original seed of all existences.\'94 And later }{\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 ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\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,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I a
m}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the seed-giving father.\'94
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Giving Credit to the primal Creator
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Giving Credit to the primal Creator
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in all humility, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a, suppose}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the scientists actually succeed in artificially creating a living cell.}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What would you say?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What would be their credit? They would}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only be imitating what already exists in nature. People are very}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fond of imitations. If a man in a nightclub imitates a dog, people}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will go and pay money to watch him. But when they see a real}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dog barking, they don\'92t pay any attention to it.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the idea of chemical evolution came}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from a Russian biologist in 1920. He demonstrated that before}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub biochemical evolution, the earth\'92s atmosphere was in a state of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reduction. In other words, it was mostly full of hydrogen, with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very little oxygen. Then, in due course, the sun\'92s radiation caused}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub these hydrogen molecules to form into different chemicals.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a side study. First of all, where did the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hydrogen come from? The scientists simply study the middle of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the process; they do not study the origin. We must know the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beginning. There is an airplane. [Indicates an airplane appearing on the horizon.] Would you say the origin of that machine is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sea? A foolish person might say that all of a sudden a light}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appeared in the sea, and that\'92s how the airplane was created.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But is that a scientific explanation? The scientists\'92 explanations}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are similar. They say, \'93This existed, and then all of a sudden, by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub chance, that occurred.\'94 This is not science. Science means to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explain the o
riginal cause.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perhaps the scientists can create imitations of nature, but why should we give them credit? we should give credit to the original creator, God; that is our philosop
hy. 
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a scientist discovers some natural law, he usually}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub names it after himself.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, exactly. The law is already there in nature, but the rascal wants to take credit for it.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Gerontology: Prolonging the Suffering
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Gerontology: Prolonging the Suffering
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are actually fighting against the laws of nature,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but often they take pleasure in the struggle.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That pleasure is childish. Suppose a child}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub builds a sand castle on the beach with great effort. He may take}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pleasure in it, but that is childish pleasure. That is not a grown}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man\'92s pleasure. Materialistic men have created a standard of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub false happiness. They have created a gorgeous arrangement for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a comfortable civilization, but it is all false because they cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c
reate a situation in which they will be able to enjoy it. At any}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moment, anyone can be kic
ked out by death, and all his enjoyment will be finished.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is why they say that God hasn\'92t given us every thing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because we are not able to live here forever.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But God has given them everything necessary to live peacefully, and everything necessary to understand}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Him. So why will they not inquire about God? Instead, they do}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub things that help them forget God.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now the scientists have organized a whole department}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub in science called gerontology, in which they study how to prolong life.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their real aim should be to stop the suffering. Suppose an old man is in great pain, suffering from many}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub diseases, and suddenly the doctors increase his life-span. What}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the profit?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is what they do with heart transplants.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is nonsense! Let them stop death; }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would be an achievement. Let them stop all disease; ah, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would be an achievement
. They cannot do these things! Therefore, I say that all their research is simply a struggle for existence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 15.7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mana\'f9-\'f1a\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\'e9ndriy\'e4\'ebi
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti-sth\'e4ni kar\'f1ati
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entities in this conditioned wor
ld are My eternal,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now there is a shortage of oil.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we have built a civilization that is dependent on oil. This is against nature\'92s law, and therefore t
here}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is now an oil shortage. By nature\'92s law, winter is now coming.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists cannot stop it and turn it into summer. They wrongly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub think they are in control of nature. In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba informs us that the living being thinks himself to be the doer of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub activities that are in actuality carried out by nature. The sun is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now rising. Can they make it dark? And when it is dark, can they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub command the sun, \'93Get up!\'94 They do not realize that if they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub really want to conquer nature, they should try to conquer birth,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub death, old age and disease. In }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 7.14}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'eba-may\'e9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti te
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This divine energy of Mine, consisting of t
he three modes of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, is it very hard to overcome nature\'92s laws?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the materialists, it is impossible. But if}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one surrenders to }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it becomes easy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Real Origin of Species
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Real Origin of Species
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To explain why there are so many varieties of living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub entities, the scientists say that at a certain time during evolution,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the 
cells\'92 genes, which normally reproduce themselves perfectly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the next generation, so
metimes make a mistake in copying}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub something like the printing press that sometimes makes mista
kes. In some circumstances these mistakes, or mutations, have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stood, and different species
 of living entities have been formed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because of the difference in the genes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But that \'93mistake\'94 has been continuing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub since time immemorial, for you will find that all varieties of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living entities have always existed. Therefore the \'93mistake\'94 is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal. But when a \'93mistake\'94 is permanent, it is not a mistake;}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is intelligence!
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But scientists say that if there were no mutations, then}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there would be only one kind of living entity in the whole universe.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. Every living entity has a different mind,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and therefore there are so many different species of life to accommodate the different mentalities. For example, we are walking here, but most people 
are not coming to join us, because}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they have different mentalities than we do. Why does th
is dif}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ference exist?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maybe it is a mistake.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not a mistake. It is their desire, and at}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the time of death everyone will get a body exactly according to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his desire. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 8.6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran bh\'e4va\'e0
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyajaty ante kalevaram
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 tam evaiti kaunteya
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-bh\'e4vita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever state of being one remembers when 
he quits his body,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that state he will attain without fail.\'94 What you are thinking of}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at the time of death exactly determines your next body. Nature}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will give you the body; the decision is not in your hands, but in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature\'92s, and she is working under the direction of God.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But science seems to have evidence that different species of life do arise by mistakes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mistake! In the laws of nature}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub there are no mistakes. In railway cars there are first-class, second-class and third-class sections. If you purchase a third-class}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ticket but by mistake go to the first-class section, you will not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be allowed to stay there. It is not a mistake that there are sections; that is the arrangement. But it is your mistake that you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have gone to the wrong section. So, God is so thorough that He}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knows all the mistakes that will be made. Therefore, according}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the mistakes you commit, you enter a particular body: \'93Here,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub come here. The body is ready.\'94 There are 8,400,000 species of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life, and nat
ure works, assigning different bodies, with mathematical precision. When the government builds a city, it builds}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a prison even before the city is completed, because the government knows that there will be many criminals who will have to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go to prison. This is not the government\'92s mistake; it is the mistake of the criminals. Because they become criminals, they have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to go there. It is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mistake.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In nature there are no mistakes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1623 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9
\par }\pard \s1623 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcyate sacar\'e4caram
\par }\pard \s1623 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hetun\'e4nena kaunteya
\par }\pard \s1623 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material nature is working under My di
rection, O son of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kunt\'e9, and producing all moving and nonmoving beings.\'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  }{\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 )}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature works under the supervision of G
od, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so how}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can nature make mistakes? But we commit mistakes, we are illusi
oned, our senses are imperfect, and we cheat. That is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub difference between God and man. 
God does not have imperfect}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub senses; His senses are perfect.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Satisfied Animals
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Satisfied Animals
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because our senses are defective, the technological enlargements of our senses must also be defective, of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub course.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The microscopes with which we detect things must also}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub be defective.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material existence }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  defective existence. If you construct something with defective knowledge and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imperfect senses, whatever you construct must be defective.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if scientists devised a perfect microscope, they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub would still have to look through it with defective eyes.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. That is right. Therefore we conclude}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that whatever the scientists may say is defective.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they seem quite satisfied.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ass is also satisfied. The ass is satisfied}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to carry the load of the washerman. Everyone is satisfied, even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the worm in the stool. That is nature\'92s law.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that even the pauper is proud of his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub penny.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. In some parts of India one may sometimes see a dog starving to death. But as soon as it gets a female}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dog, it is satisfied with having sex. Is that satisfaction? The dog}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is starving, but still it is satisfied with sex.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Fifteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Fifteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on December 7, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh,}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. W. H. Wolf-Rottkay and another student.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Getting the Eyes to see God
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Getting the Eyes to see God
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the last one hundred fifty years, one of the major}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub problems of Western theologians has been the relationship between reason and faith. They have been seeking to understand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub faith through reason, but they have been unable to find the relationship between the reasoning abilities and faith. Some of them}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub faith}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  in God, but their }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reason}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tells them there is no God.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, they would say that when we offer }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord, it is only faith to think that He accepts it, because we cannot see Him.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot see Him, but }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can see Him. I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub see God, and therefore I offer }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to Him. Because they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot see Him, they mu
st come to me so I can open their eyes.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are blind\'97suffering from cataracts\'97so I
 shall operate,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and they will see. That is our program.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists say that their common ground of objectivity is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what they can perceive with their senses.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, they can perceive things with their senses, but very imperfectly. They perceive the sand with their sen
ses, but can they see who has made the sand? Here is the sand,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and here is the sea; they c
an be seen by direct perception. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub how can one directly perceive the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub origin}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the sand and the sea?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists say that if the sand and the sea were made}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by God, we would be able to see Him, just as we can see the sand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and 
the sea themselves.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, they can see God, but they must get the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eyes to see Him. They are blind. Therefore they must first come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to me for treatment. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub stras}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that one must go to a }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be treated so that one can understand God. How can they see}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God with blind eyes?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But seeing God is supramundane. Scientists only consider mundane vision.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything is supramundane. For instance,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you may think there is nothing in the clear sky}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that it is vacant\'97but your eyes are deficient. In the sky there are innumerable planets you cannot see because your eyes are limited.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, because it is not in your power to perceive, you have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to accept my word: \'93Yes, there are millions of stars out there.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is space vacant because you cannot see the stars? No. Only the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deficiency of your senses leads you to think so.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists will admit their ignorance of some things,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but they say they cannot accept what they cannot see.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If they\'92re ignorant, they have to accept}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge from someone who knows the truth.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they say, \'93What if what we are told is wrong?\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then that is their misfortune. Because their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imperfect senses cannot perceive God, they have to hear it from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an authority. That is the process. If they don\'92t approach the authority\'97if they approach a cheater\'97that is their misfortune.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the process is that wherever your senses cannot act, you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must approach an authority to learn the facts.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Frustration of the Atheists
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Frustration of the Atheists
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difficulty is that in a group of atheists, you can\'92t}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prove the existence of God.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The atheists are rascals. Let us teach the others\'97those who are reasonable. Everything has been made by}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub someone: the sand has been made by someone, the water has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub been made by someone, and the sky has been made by someone.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness means learning who that someone is.}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists will say, \'93Present that someone to me so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I can see Him.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And I answer them, \'93I am presenting that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub someone to you, but you have to take the training as well.\'94 You}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have to qualify your eyes to see that someone. If you are blind,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but you do not want to go to the physician, how will you be cured}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of your blindness and see? You have to be treated; that is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub injunction.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That step requires faith.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but not blind faith}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practical faith. If}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub you want to learn anything, you must go to an expert. That is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not blind faith;
 it is practical faith. You cannot learn anything}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by yourself.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If somebody is actually sincere, will he always meet a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bona fide }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pr
as\'e4de p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within you, and as soon as He sees that you are sincere, He will send you to the right person.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And if you are not completely sincere, you will get a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cheater for a teacher?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. If you want to be cheated, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub send you to a cheater. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is superintelligent. If you are a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cheater, He will cheat you perfectly. But if you are actually sincere, then He will give you the right guidance. In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ca}
{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of both remembrance and forgetfulness. If you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are a cheater, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you the intelligence to forget Him}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forever.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT. }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the atheists are in control. T
hey have the dominance.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One kick of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all their dominance}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub is finished in one second. That is the nature of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The atheists a
re under control, but due to }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion, they think}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they\'92re free.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm\'e4\'ebo
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mogha j\'ef\'e4n\'e4 vicetasa\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 caiva
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'e0 mohin\'e9\'e0\'e7rit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are bewildered are attracted by d
emoniac and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their 
fruitive activities and their culture of knowledge are all defeated.\'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 9.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because they are bewildered, all their 
hopes}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are frustrated. That is stated here in }{\cs2349\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  and that is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually happening. So many of their big plans, like this moon}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub project, are frustrated, but they still claim that they can dominate nature.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They do not want to come to their senses.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore they are rascals.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Scientists Bravely Going to Hell
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Scientists Bravely Going to Hell
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A sensible man will take a good lesson, but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a rascal will never take a good lesson. There is a story of a great}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub poet named Kalidasa, who was a great rascal also. Once, K\'e4lid\'e4sa, was sitting on the branch of a tree and simultaneously cutting}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it. A gentleman asked him, \'93Why are you cutting this tree limb?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You will fall down.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4lid\'e4sa replied, \'93No, no, I will not fall down.\'94 So he kept}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cutting the limb, and he fell down. The conclusion is that he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was a rascal because he would not take good advice. By their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so-called scientific advancement, scientists are going to hell. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they do not listen when they are told; therefore they are rascals. Rascals repeatedly make a plan, see it frustrated, and again}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make another plan. This plan is also frustrated, so they make}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub another}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  plan. Yet when we try to explain to them that all their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub materialistic plans will be unsuccessful and useless, they refuse}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to listen. That is rascaldom. The rascals repeatedly chew the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chewed. At home, in the street, at the nightclub, at the theater}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wherever he is, sex in its different varieties is his only pleasure.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one could say that that is bravery.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, you can say that, but that bravery is their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rascaldom. They are bravely going to hell, that\'92s all. Once, one}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man was chasing another man, and the man who was chasing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asked, \'93Why are you fleeing? Are you afraid of me?\'94 The other}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man replied, \'93I am not afraid of you. Why should I not run?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should I stop?\'94
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the same way, the gross materialist is bravely going to hell.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should I stop with my sinful activities?\'94 he says. \'93I will}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bravely face any reaction.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are crazy.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, crazy. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that once a man}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub becomes crazy, or haunted by ghosts, he speaks all kinds of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nonsense. Similarl
y, anyone under the influence of the material energy is crazy. Therefore he talks only nonsense, that\'92s all.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Though scientists are not expert in science, they }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  expert in}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bluffing others and juggling words.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Mystic Television
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Mystic Television
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They now have things they did not have before, like}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub telephones, televisions, airplanes, missiles and many other new}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub discoverie
s.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But there are better telephones that they do}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not know about. In }{\cs2349\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  Sa\'efjaya demonstrated this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when he 
was sitting with his master, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, and relating}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all the affairs that we
re taking place far away on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Sa\'efjaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s vision was actually
 greater than}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the telephone. It was mystic television. It was television within}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the heart, for he was sitting in a room far from the battlefield}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and still seeing everything that was occurring there. In }{\cs2349\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  Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra inquired of Sa\'efjaya, \'93How are my sons}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and nephews? What are they doing?\'94 Then Sa\'efjaya described}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub how Duryodhana was going to Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, what Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was speaking, how Duryodhana was replying, and so on. Even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub though these activities were too far away to be seen by ordinary}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub eyes, Sa\'efjaya could see and describe them through his mystic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power. That is
 real science.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some scientists say that we have improved on nature by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub making things like plastic and medicine.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Vedic times people ate on silver and golden plates, but now the scientists have improved things with plas
}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tic plates. [Laughter.]}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The plastic has become a great problem because they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub cannot get rid of it. There is no way to dispose of it. It just continues to pile up.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Here is the proof
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Here is the proof
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The materialists would be more sincere if they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub said, \'93We don\'92t want to be taken out of our dream. We want to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continue t
rying to enjoy our senses with all our machines.\'94 But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they will not admit that their at
tempts to enjoy always fail.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is their foolishness. Eventually they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have to admit it.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they say, \'93Try, try again.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can they try? Suppose you cannot see}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because you are suffering from cataracts. If you try to see\'97you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub try, try, try, try, try. Is that the cure for cataracts? No. You will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never be cured like that. You must go to a physician, who will}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perform a surgical operation to restore your eyesight. You cannot see by trying and trying.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is just what they do not want to accept}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that all their efforts to know the truth by materialistic science}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have failed.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are foolish. They will not take good}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advice. If you give a rascal some good advice, he will become}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub angry, just like a serpent. Suppose you bring a serpent into your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub home and say, \'93My dear serpent, please live with me. Every day}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I will give you nice food}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub milk and bananas.\'94 The snake will b
e}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very pleased, but the result will be that its poison will increase,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and one day you will say, \'93Ah!\'94 [imitates a bitten person.]}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. WOLF-ROTTKAY.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the scientists will never give up hope.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their plans are being frustrated at every moment, but still they are hoping.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2334\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub STUDENT.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one librarian wanted me to prove that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\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  was five thousand years old. He wanted to see a}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub copy that was written down five thousand years ago.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose I go into a dark room and say to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub person inside, \'93The sun has risen. Come out!\'94 The person in darkness may say, \'93Where is the proof that there is light? First}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prove it to me; then I will come out.\'94 I may plead with him,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please, please, just come out and see.\'94 But 
if he does not come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub out to see, he remains ignorant, waiting for proof. So, if you simply 
read }{\cs2349\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  you will see everything. Come and see.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is the proof.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Sixteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Sixteenth Morning Walk
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded on December 10, 1973,
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the shores of the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li227\ri227\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accompa
nied by Dr. Singh,}{\cs2338\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\cs2339\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Goswami and other students.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Meaning of \'93Supreme\'94
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Meaning of \'93Supreme\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the meaning of supremacy in this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material world? Why do you accept President Nixon as the supreme person within your state?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because he has some power.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And why is he supreme? Because as the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub government\'92s number one servant, he gets the highest salary,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has all the best facilities, and his order is final.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He has the power to convince others.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. You may not agree with him, but because}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is supreme, you have to accept his order. That is his position.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It does not depend on your acceptance or nonacceptance. That}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the meaning of supremacy, is it not? The Vedic literature says}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one who has the symptoms of supremacy is fortunate. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
supremely fortunate person is God. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lak\'f1m\'e9-sahasra-\'e7ata-sambhrama-sevyam\'e4nam:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\'93He is served by hundreds and thousands}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9s,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or goddesses of fortune.\'94 }{\cs2349\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (
}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'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 5.29}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Here on this planet we are begging a little favor from the goddess of fortune. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always worshiped by many thousands of goddesses of fortune.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To conceive of anyone so fortunate is beyond our thinking capacity.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub acintya,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inconceivable. We cannot estimate how great or fortunate He is! }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acinty
a}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means \'93that which we cannot estimate.\'94 We can see only a part of God\'92s opulence}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this material nature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is only a partial exhibition of God\'92s potencies. The Supreme Personality has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub many potencies. He has inferior energies and superior energies.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\cs2349\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  }{
\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 7.4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intel
ligence and false ego}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all together these eight comprise My separated material energies.\'94 In
 the next verse of }{\cs2349\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}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes His}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub superior energy }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (par\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), which is
 manifested as the spiritual world. So, if in the inferior, material energy there are so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
any wonderful things, just imagine how much more important}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and how much more wonderful thi
ngs are in the spiritual world.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the meaning of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub superior.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Mysteries of Yogic Power
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Mysteries of Yogic Power
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'c5DAY\'c4NANDA D\'c4SA GOSWAMI.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And are all the varieties of life we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub see on earth contained in the spiritual world?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And, moreover, if in this inferior energy there are so many wonderful varieties of life, just think how
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wonderful are the superior varieties of life in the spiritual world.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even in this material universe, the inhabitants of some planets}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are far superior to those on other planets. For example, people}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on earth practice mystic }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for achieving wonderful powers,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but people o
n the planet called Siddhaloka have these great yogic powers naturally. On earth it is natural that a bird can fly; but}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we cannot, except with costly machines. However, on such planets as Siddhaloka, the residents can fly even from one planet to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub another without machines. They can go to other planets simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at will. Even on earth there are some }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 who can take their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bath early in the morning in four places at once\'97Jagann\'e4tha Pur
\'e9, R\'e4me\'e7vara, Hardwar and Dv\'e4rak\'e4.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up10 These four holy cities of India are hundreds of miles apart.}}}{\cs3774\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up10 22}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  friend used}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to visi
t my father in Calcutta. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  told him that when he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) would simply sit down and touch his }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  he would}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub travel from Calcutta to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 in two minutes. That is yo
gic}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub power. So what are today\'92s airplanes? Durvasa Muni traveled}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all over the universe and up to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Va}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means \'93without,\'94 and }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku\'eb\'f6ha}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93anxiety.\'94 Thus in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (the kingdom
 of God) there is no anxiety. The Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub planets are in the spiritual realm, far 
beyond the material universes,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and everyone there lives in eternal bliss and knowledge, re
ndering devotional service to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba).}}}{\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  within one year.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to modern calculations, certain planets in this universe are more than forty thousand light-years
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Forty thousand light-years equal over 235 quadrillion miles.}}}{\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  distant from the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub earth. This means it would take forty thousand years to reach}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub these planets if you traveled at the speed of light. Even if they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had the mean
s, how could the astronauts live for forty thousand}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years? So, why are they so proud?}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists have a theory that they can produce a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub machine that will travel at the speed of light.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is rascaldom. They say that, but they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will never be able to do it.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vedic Cosmology
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Vedic Cosmology
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many invisible planets and stars.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, when the R\'e4hu planet passes before the sun and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon, there is an eclipse. But the scientists describe an eclipse}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub differently. Actually, the R\'e4hu planet causes an eclipse. There}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are many questionable points regarding the modern scientists\'92}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub theory of the eclipse. Their explanation is incorrect according}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Ve
dic information.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the scientists say that they can prove their theories.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that science proves everything. But}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is nonsense. The scientist has proved everything except}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what he is. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  he does not know. And why does he die? That}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also he does not know. That is th
e extent of his knowledge.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They can make a model of the universe. They can make}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub a model of the planets and the moon.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If they can make things, why don\'92t they make}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an imitation sun to save electricity? These rascals say everything,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but they cannot do anything. That is their position. If they can}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make a model of the universe, let them make a big model of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sun. Then in the dark night we will not have to spend so much}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub money on electricity. But they cannot do it. Yet they speak big,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub big words, si
mply to take money from the taxpayers. They say}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they know the composition of the moon and 
the composition of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sun, so why can\'92t they make them? Why can\'92t they create an}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artificial sun so that the people of Iceland and Greenland can be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saved from so much cold?
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 God Is Never Zero
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub God Is Never Zero
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu once gave the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub example of the jewel called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which produces many}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other jewels whil
e remaining as it is.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\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
\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\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate
\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\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'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 p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub opani\'f1ad}{\cs2333\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 Invocation}{\cs2333\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The meaning of this verse is that although everything emanates}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the Personality of Godhead, He never diminishes. Here on}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub earth the petrol is running out, and this is becoming a terrible}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub problem, but the sun is still shining and will continue to shine}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for an untold number of years. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba can create millions of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub suns; in fact, He has already done so. But He is still fully potent.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He ha
s lost nothing. That is God, and that is the supreme energy}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of God, }{\cs2349\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 \'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akti.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have some money to spend, and the next day our account}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub becomes zero. Rascals say that ultimate truth is zero, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fc}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nyav\'e4da.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They do not know that God is never zero\'97that He is always positive. So we must have a clear id
ea of God. Theologians}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should take these ideas from Vedic descriptions and not be misled b
y fools and rascals. God and His full energies are explained}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the Vedic literatures. Our
 energy is lost, but God\'92s is not. That}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the difference between God and us. I cannot 
walk swiftly or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do so many other things that a young man can do, because I have}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lost my youthful energy. But God is always youthful. }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nava-yauvana\'e0 ca:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is absolute, infallible and beginningless. Expanded into unlimited 
forms, He is the original person, the oldest, and always}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appearing as a fresh youth.\'94 }
{\cs2349\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'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 5.33}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) K\'e5\'f1\'eba also}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says in }{\cs2349\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 \'e9\'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone\'92s hear
t.\'94 He}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is also within every atom. But still He is one. That is God. And}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaita,}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  without duality. Not that He is living within your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub heart and a different personality is living within my heart. No,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub they are one. God is everywhere by His all-pervasive features,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He is also 
localized; yet He is still one.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Absolute Nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Love
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Absolute Nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Lo
ve
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In some Western theological literature, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, they say that God is love.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is everything. Why do they say He is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this or that? Anything is God because He is absolute. His love}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and His enmity are the same. In the material world, we distinguish between love and animosity. But God\'92s animosity and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God\'92s love are the same thing. Therefore, He is called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya,
}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or inconceivable. God\'92s love for the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and their absorption in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba are unexcelled. However,
 one should never compare the loving affairs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s,}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which are completely transcendental, to mundane sexual affairs.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While leading lives of celibacy and extreme austerity, Lord Caitanya}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were constantly absorbed in the mood of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chief among the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3774\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 \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.}}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 25}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and God\'92s enmity}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for Ka\'e0sa\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa was the greatest demon of his time, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s most}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub persistent enemy as well. In }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (a summary study of the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ),
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Pr
abhup\'e4da tells how Ka\'e0sa tried many times to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Finally, K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Ka\'e0sa with His bare hands in the wrestling arena}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Mathur\'e4.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  achieved the same 
result. Both Ka\'e0sa and the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  went to the spiritual world. Also, P\'fctan\'e4
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fctan\'e4 was a fearsome demoness sent by Ka\'e0sa to V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She smeared deadly poison on her breast and offered it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba to suck. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, well aware of her intentions, sucked out}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub her life air and killed her.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  came to poison}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Mo
ther Ya\'e7od\'e4 was always anxious to save K\'e5\'f1\'eba,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the naughty child, lest He be
 harmed. So Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fctan\'e4 are opposite, but they both achieved the 
same results.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought, \'93I have sucked P\'fctan\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s breast, so now she is My}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mother. She must reach the same destination as Ya\'e7od\'e4.\'94 This is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the absolute nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s enmity and K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s love.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva\'e0 yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Learned transcendentalists who know the Abs
olute Truth call}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this nondual substance Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 or Bhagav\'e4n.\'94}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\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 \'c7}{\cs2349
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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 1.
2.11}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] God has His impersonal, all-pervasive feature (known as Brahman) and His localized Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature. At the same time He is Bhagav\'e4n, which is His original,
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub personal, transcendental form. The three are different but the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub same. This is the nature of God, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-b
hed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simultaneously one and different. One who has reached the}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub personal conception of Bhagav\'e4n has automatically reached}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman and Param\'e4tm\'e4. They are all K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but there is a difference between them. They are simultaneously one 
and different.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Accepting Knowledge From a Learned Person
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub Accepting Knowledge From a Learned Person
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DR. SINGH.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, many people have difficulty accepting God.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2335\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA.}{\cs2335\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are diseased, but they do not want to be treated. If they do not agree to be treated, that is their fau
lt. One}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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 not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious}{\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 conscious}{\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 is a madman. Under the power of the illusory energy\'97the inferior, material energy\'97he talks only nonsense, just like someone haunted by a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ghost. You must approach a person who is learned. You must}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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 such a person, a }{\cs2349\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 surrender to him. Then question}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\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, and whatever answers you get from him you must accept.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the process for understanding God. You must first find}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru;}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then you must satisfy him by service and by surrendering unto him. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  will explain everything. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\cs2349\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  }{\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 4.34}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0
\par }\pard \s1622 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just try to learn the truth by approaching 
a spiritual master. }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has seen the truth.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: 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 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktived
anta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met h
is spiritual master, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in Calcutta}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in 1922. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, a prominent religious scholar}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the founder of sixty-four Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6has (Vedic institutes),}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life to teaching Vedic knowledge. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub st
udent, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad he became his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub formally initiated discipl
e.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At their first meeting, in 1922, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'d6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4kura requested }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to broadcast Vedic knowledge through the English language. In the years that followed, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote a commentary on the }{\cs2349\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  assisted}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha in its work and, in 194
4, without assistance,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub started an English fortnightly magazine, edited it, typed the manus
cripts and checked the galley proofs. He even distributed the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub individual copies and strugg
led to maintain the publication. Once}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begun, the magazine never stopped; it is now being c
ontinued by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his disciples in the West and is published in over twenty languages.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recognizing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s philosophical lear
ning and devotion, the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Society honored him in 1947 with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the t
itle \'93Bhaktivedanta.\'94 In 1950, at the age of fifty-four, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da retired from married life, adopting the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (retired) order to devote more time to his stu
dies and writing. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da traveled to the holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where h
e}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lived in very humble circumstances in the historic medieval temple of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4m
odara. There he engaged for several years in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deep study and writing. He accepted the renou
nced order of life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sanny\'e4sa)}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in 1959. At R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work on his life\'92s masterpiece: a multivolume translation of and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub commentary on the eighteen-thousand-verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\cs2330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\cs2330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs2330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\cs2333\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2333\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He also wrote}{\cs2333\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After publishing three volumes of the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\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 
\'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  came to the United States, in 1965, to fulfill the mission of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his spiritual master. }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Subsequently}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , His Divine Grace wrote more}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub than sixty volumes of authoritative 
translations, commentaries}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics
 of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1965, when he first arrived by freighter in New York City,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was practically penniless. It was after almost a}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub year of great difficulty that he established the International Society for Krishna Conscio
usness in July of 1966. Before his passing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub away on November 14, 1977, he guided the Societ
y and saw it grow}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to a worldwide confederation of more than one hundred }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ramas,}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub schools, temples, institutes and farm communities.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1968, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da created New Vrindaban, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virginia. Inspired by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the success of New Vrindaban, now a thriving farm community}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of more than one thousand acres, his students have since founded}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub several similar communities in the United States and abroad.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1972, His Divine Grace introduced the Vedic system of primary and secondary education in the West by founding the Guruk
ula school in Dallas, Texas. Since then, under his supervision,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his disciples have establi
shed children\'92s schools throughout the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub United States and the rest of the world. As of 1
978, there are ten}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula schools worldwide, with the principal educational center now l
ocated in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also inspired the con
struction of several large}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub international cultural centers in India. The center at }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9dh\'e4ma}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4pur in West Bengal is the site for a planned spiritual city, an}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ambitious project for which construction will extend over the next}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub decade. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, is the magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Temple and International Guesthouse. There is also a major cultural and educational center in Bombay. Other centers are planned}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a dozen other important locations on the Indian subcontinent.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s most significant contribution, however, is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his books. Highly respected by the academic community for their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub authoritativeness, depth and clarity, they are used as standard text-books in numerous college courses. His writings have been translated into over thirty languages. The Bhaktivedan
ta Book Trust,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub established in 1972 exclusively to publish the works of His Divine}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Grace, has thus become the world\'92s largest publisher of books in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the field of Indian religion and philosophy.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In just twelve years, in spite of his advanced age, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da circled the globe fourteen times on lecture tours that took}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da conti
nued to write prolifically. His writings constitute}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a veritable library of Vedic philosoph
y, religion, literature and culture.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 LCL: The Challenge
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\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3774\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub note:}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub have been removed
 in the following }{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and 'strikeouts' have been used in outdated titles like }{\cs2330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{
\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , read }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da's}{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  comments on this exchange }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub here}{\cs2330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor is president of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka branch of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Rationalist Association, an organization especially dedicated}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to disproving the existence of God and the soul. On August 14, 1977 the Colombo (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka) }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  published an article}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Dr. Kovoor entitled \'93Is There Life After Death?\'94 In this article, Dr. Kovoor maintained that life is merely a 
complex chemical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub activity and that the soul cannot survive death, since there is actually 
no such thing as the soul. This article led to a heated debate,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub both in the }{\cs2349\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in correspondence, between Dr.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kovoor and members of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  articles}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and a portion of the correspondence
 are reproduced here.
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\par \pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\cs2330\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 21, 1977
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 It\'92s Beyond Kovoor\'92s Power of Observation
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub It\'92s Beyond Kovoor\'92s Power of Observati
on
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\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and Mah\'e4k\'e4nta]
\par }\pard 
\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Dr. Kovoor and men of his stamp stand proudly on}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their platform of knowledge, it should be pointed out for the benefit of members of the public not expert in sophist
ry that men like}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Kovoor, who pose as the guardians of logic, reason and the}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advancement of science, are sailing on a sinking ship when they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meddle in matters that lie beyond the purview of their limited}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub senses. This particularly applies to the question of life after death.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The very first line of Dr. Kovoor\'92s article is, \'93I do not hold the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub view that my life is located in a particular spot in my body.\'94 This}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub statement, as well as a later one}{\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 \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not believe that I have a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul or spirit to survive my death\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub betrays the flimsy platform}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upon which he has chosen to make}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  his stand. Throughout the arti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cle Dr. Kovoor gives his views, beliefs and opinions regarding a}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub subject completely beyond his power of observation, and he tries}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to pass these imaginative speculations off as infallible scientific}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub truths.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With all due respect to Dr. Kovoor, I beg to point out that the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process of direct sensory perception, on the strength of which he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has made so many statements regarding life after death, is completely limited and imperfect.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Consider, for example, the eyes. They function only under certain conditions: if there is no light, I cannot even see my h
and in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub front of my face. We cannot see the nearest object to the eye\'97the}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eyelid\'97nor can we see that which is farthest away, the outer limits of the universe. Indeed, the eyes
 are imperfect. Similarly, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub senses of touch, taste and smell are limited, and the mind,
 too, is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imperfect. Therefore any conclusions based on imperfect sensory}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perception must necessarily be imperfect.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Research, experimentation and speculation conducted on the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub basis of imperfect sensory perception are meaningless when applied to matters that do not come within their purview. Attempting to apply sensory perce
ption to such matters would be like a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub child\'92s trying to find who his father is by askin
g every man in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world\'97a preposterous idea, to say the least. To understand the}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub identity of one\'92s father, one must accept the authority of one\'92s}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mother\'97there is no other way. Since no one is able to see his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub father at the time of conception, one must accept the version of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one\'92s mother. Any sane man must accept this.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding souls and rebirth, Dr. Kovoor writes, \'93I have not any}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub valid reason or evidence to believe it.\'94 This statement only goes to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub show that the process of direct sensory perception is limited and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imperfect and that it therefore yields no result when applied to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matters beyond its jurisdiction. Rather than foolishly declaring, \'93I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not believe that I have a soul or spirit to survive my death,\'94 Dr.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kovoor would be much safer and more faithful to his professional}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ethi
c if he were simply to admit his inability or incompetence to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deal with the subject matter
 in question. There is the soul, there is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rebirth of the soul, and there is a Supreme Soul
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God. However,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we should point out that because the soul is categorically different}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from matter, the techniques of material science must fail when applied to understanding the soul\'92s existence and nature.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This does not mean, however, that the subject is open to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub random speculation and opinion-making so fashionable today. Just}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as we have a material science to deal with material phenomena, so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also we have a spiritual scientific process which allows its practitioner to penetrate the walls of gross and subtle matter and directly experience the truths of the soul, its rebirth, and it
s relationship}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with God, the Supreme Soul.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A true scientist would never prematurely declare, \'93I do not believe that I have a soul or spirit to survive my death.
\'94 Rather, he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would enthusiastically embrace a standard technique accepted by}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub respected and recognized men of spiritual science. Such a scientist}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and sincere seeker of truth would then, in the interests of science,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub submit himself to that process and make himself the object of experimentation. Only after he had perfectly applied all the practices an
d techniques to himself, under the guidance of an authorized}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub professor of spiritual scienc
e, would he dare make judgmental}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub remarks about the subject in question. Theory, observatio
n and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub experimentation are the true methods of science, and they apply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub equally to spiritual science.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life is not generated from a combination of chemicals, as some}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientists would have us believe. Rather, it is life which generates}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matter. A living man and a living woman combined in sexual intercourse are the cause for generating a living child. A dead man}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and a dead woman have no power to generate living offspring. A}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living tree has the power to generate fruit; a dead tree, however,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has no such power. The difference between life and death is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul, which is described in }{\cs2349\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as superior energy }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (para}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prakrti}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). It is this superior energy which ma
nifests all phenomena}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub within our experience.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If life is a display of chemical combinations only, as some scientists suggest, why can\'92t science inject a life-giving 
chemical into a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dead body and make a man live forever? If we give a scientist the}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemical ingredients of the material body, why can\'92t he combine}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chemicals and bring them to life?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When confronted with these questions, materialistic scientists}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will answer, \'93We are trying. We will do it in the future.\'94 But this is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not science. This is a bluff.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These scientists proudly declare, \'93There is no soul. There is no}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God. Everything has come about by chance.\'94 But when asked to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do something substantial to back up their claim, they can offer}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub us only a postdated check: \'93We are trying. We shall do it in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub future.\'94 Dr. Kovoor, being a typical materialistic scientist, resorts}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to this same bluff when he says, \'93The time will not be far off when}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man will be using his advanced knowledge in genetics to improve}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the q
uality of his own species.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is my challenge to Dr. Kovoor. Let him inject the appropriate chemicals into a dead body to bring it back to life. Or
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub let him inject the appropriate chemicals into himself to check his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub own death and restore his old and worn-out body to its youthful}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub luster and beauty.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If he finds this task too difficult, perhaps he could just produce}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a simple form of life, such as a mosquito or a bedbug. Better still,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub let him recombine the chemicals of the praying mantis he decapitated (as described in his article) and bring it back to life. Or is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the science of Dr. Kovoor only a one-way road to the destruction}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of life?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It may be that science is not yet ready with a one-step process}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by which to produce life as a finished product. If this is so, let Dr.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kovoor merely make a plastic egg, inject it with yellow and white}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals, incubate his artificial egg and thereby produce even}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one chicken that could go on laying eggs and producing more and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more chickens.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even this task may be a little too difficult for Dr. Kovoor. Perhaps, then, he could simply produce a drop of milk or a gr
ain of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rice by chemical combination. Then we could start taking him seriously.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, everyone knows that these are impossible tasks for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even the most powerful so-called scientist. Dr. Kovoor, in his next}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exposition, will undoubtedly give the reader a long-winded barrage of words to cover up his bluff. The sum and substance of it}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be \'93We will do it in the future. We are trying.\'94 In any language, this is merely a bluff.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2330\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah
akanta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\cs2330\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 28, 1977
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 It\'92s Not Beyond Kovoor\'92s Power of Observation
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat6 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub It\'92s Not Beyond Kovoor\'92s Power of Obser
vation
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [by Dr. Abraham Kovoor]
\par }\pard 
\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the article titled \'93It\'92s Beyond Kovoor\'92s Power of Observation,\'94 in th
e }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of August 21, Messrs. Ha\'e0sad}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'fcta Sv\'e4m\'e9 and Mahakanta d\'e4sa of the \'93Hare Krishna\'94 cult betray their appalling ignorance of modern branches }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o
f biological science}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such as biochemistry, molecular biology, neurobiology, eugenics,}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub genetic engineering, extra-uterine insemination, parthenogenesis,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and so on.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is clear from what they have written that they are equating}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life with mind and the nonexisting spirit or soul. They do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seem to know that while all organisms have life, only those animals which possess nervous systems have mind, and that mental}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub faculties in animals vary in direct proportion to the development}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of their nervous systems. Despite the beliefs of millions of religionists for thousands of years, there is absolutely no biological}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub evidence for the existence of souls in organisms. Messrs. D\'e4sa and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9 say that according to the \'93professors of spiritual science,\'94}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is the soul, there is rebirth of the soul, and there is the Supreme Soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I should like to know on what objective evidence these so}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub called professors make this fantastic statement. According to the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub two writers, life is prior to matter. They say, \'93Life is not generated}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from a combination of chemicals, as some scientists would have us }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub believe. Rather, it is life that generates 
matter.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The prime source of life on the planet earth is the sun. Solar energy is fixed in green plants when sunlight is converted 
into chemical energy by the reaction sequence known as photosynthesis.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Organisms other tha
n plants obtain their energy by eating green}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plants or some of the eaters of green plants.
 These food substances serve as fuel for supplying vital energy to organisms. The energy}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i
n the food is liberated as vital energy by slow oxidation during}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub respiration.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4sa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that scientists, with their imperfect sensory}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub powers, are incapable of understanding the reality of things as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual scientists\'94 do. Are the sensory powers of these pseudo}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientists more efficient than those of real scientists? Or do the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so called spiritual scientists possess any form of perception other}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub than sensory perception?
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Knowledge and enlightenment cannot be had through meditation, which is only a form of self-hypnosis.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4sa}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ask whether scientists can make a chicken}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come out of a plastic egg.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not know whether they are aware that scientists have made}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub over ten elements, such as fermium, plutonium and einsteinium,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which God could not create because he did not know the technology involved in making them. Are these two men aware of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub success of the Sri Lankan scientist Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Indian scientist Dr. Bal Gobind Khorana, the Nobel Prize}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub winner, in synthesizing amino acids, the building blocks of living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub protoplasm, from inert substances, simulating conditions that prevailed in the primitive atmosphere of the earth? Do they know}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that human egg and sperm cells could be fertilized in test tubes,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the fetus developed in an artificial womb or in the womb of a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hired woman?
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Among animals that have evolved on this planet, man is the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only animal that has progressed in all his activities. This he has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub achieved through his knowledge and science. While all organisms}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continue to live even today as their forebears did millions of years}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ago, man alone has progressed from the caveman state to the present spaceman state by using science and technology, and not by }{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the help 
of any God or knowledge obtained from any scripture!
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Advancements in medical science and social welfare services}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are helping more and more misfits survive to procreate more}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and more misfits as future citizens. While the short-term goal is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub achieved, the long-term goal is jeopardized. Future governments}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are not going to allow the misfits to procreate misfit children on}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ground that \'93life originates from the Supreme Soul.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the unique ability of man to engage in creative thinking}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that has made him succeed in his fight against the laws of nature.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highly developed forebrain and the deeply convoluted cortex have helped him to think creatively. Scientists, as a general}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rule, are objective thinkers, because they base their thoughts on}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub empirical knowledge. Mystics and visionaries, the so-called spiritual scientists of D\'e4sa and Sv\'e4m\'e9, on the other hand, build up}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their thoughts on their subjective perceptions. Books on chemistry, physics, mathematics, geography, history
, geology, anthropology, paleontology, engineering, medical science, astronomy, etc.,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are 
the products of objective thinkers. On the other hand, books}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arabian Nights, Gulliver}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s Trave
ls,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  fairy stories, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata,}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Bible, the Koran, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pilgrim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'92}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s Progress, Jataka}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stories,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub astrology,
 palmistry, numerology, theology, demonology, etc., are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the products of subjective thinker
s. While the former are factual,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the latter are fictitious.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of the marvelous achievements of mankind in recent}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years have been the liberation of atomic energy, space flight, landing on the moon, organ transplantation, satellite communication,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc. All these were achieved through science. Mentally deranged}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub intellectuals are capable of expatiating on their hallucinations and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub often become founders and preachers of diverse types of religious}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cults.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abraham T. Kovoor
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 4, 1977
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Challenge Still Stands
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub The Challenge Still Stands
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [by Ha\'e0sad\'fcta]
\par }\pard 
\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all, it should be noted that Dr. Kovoor has done exactly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what I predicted in my last article he would do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namely, he has}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub swamped the reader with a deluge of word jugglery in order to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub avoid the main issue, which is this: if life is generated by chance}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub biochemica
l combinations, as some scientists claim, can the scientist Kovoor, given the proper chemicals, make the chemicals come}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to life?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instead of answering this point, he has cleverly written, \'93Scientists have created over ten elements, such as fermium, 
plutonium}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and einsteinium.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But elements are a far cry from living beings. Dr. Kovoor says}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma and Dr. Bal Gobind Khorana, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nobel Prize winner, have synthesized the building blocks of living}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub protoplasm. If this is a fact, why hasn\'92t Dr. Kovoor met the challenge by creating life with these building blocks? My challenge}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub still stands.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for incubating a baby in the test tube, this can be done only}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if you take the sperm and ovum of a }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living man and woman.}{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other words, 
the seed of life required to produce the baby in the,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub test tube cannot be created by so-ca
lled scientists. What is their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub credit if they produce a baby in a test tube? God is alread
y producing millions of babies daily in nature\'92s test tube, the womb. On the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other hand
, scientists are killing thousands of babies in the womb}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by abortion and calling it \'93sc
ientific advancement.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Kovoor\'92s statement that scientists are \'93objective thinkers,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because they base their thoughts on empirical knowledge\'94 only}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goes to emphasize our point that the soul lies beyond the jurisdiction of the limited senses. Therefore, a completely different process of approach has to be a
dopted. The definition of }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub empirical}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that which is based on observation and experiment.\'94 Observa
tion}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and experiment are conducted with limited senses, and therefore}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the conclusions thus derived are naturally limited and imperfect.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, the soul and the existence of God are in fact quite beyond}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Kovoor\'92s power of observation. Why should he be so obstinate? This is a commonsense point that anyone can understand.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Kovoor says, \'93It is the unique ability of man to engage in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub creative thinking that has made him succeed in his fight against}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the laws of nature.\'94 This is a preposterous claim that only a fool}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would make. Nature forces everyone to undergo old age, disease,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and finally death. Even the world\'92s most powerful conquerors are}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub helplessly dragged off the stage of life by nature in the shape of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub all devouring death. Will Dr. Kovoor be the first living being in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub history 
who will not die? That remains to be seen.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, Dr. Kovoor says, \'93Some of the marvelous achievements}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of mankind in recent years have been the liberation of atomic energy, space flight, landing on the moon,\'94 etc. Everyone knows that}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the first thing scientists did after discovering atomic energy was}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to manufacture the atomic bomb and promptly drop it on Japan,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thus annihilating tens of thousands of innocent victims in a flash.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Marvelous, indeed.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the expense of untold billions of dollars and years of research and hard labor, scientists have supposedly gone to the}
{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon. Of course, all they have \'93brought back\'94 is a few blurry photos, a handful of r
ocks and the revelation that the moon is barren.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And now they want more money to go to Mar
s. What is so marvelous about this? It is complete lunacy. On our own planet earth,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub millio
ns of people are without food, shelter and basic education.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists would be more credi
ble if, instead of spending billions}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of dollars to bring rocks from the moon, they would s
pend the tax-payer\'92s hard-earned money to improve his own lot on earth. Rocks}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are rocks
, whether from China, from the moon or from Mars. Or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is it that science can turn the rocks
 into bread and cheese by applying some chemicals?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, to get to the main point, Dr. Kovoor asks on what objective evidence we have made the fantastic statements that life 
and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matter both come from life, that there is a soul, that there is rebirth}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the soul and that there is a Supreme Soul, or God. It is said,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fight fire with fire.\'94 Therefore, I may 
simply refer Dr. Kovoor}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the authoritative, rational and thoroughly scientific findings 
of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub three researchers, all with doctorates, who are members of the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Institute. After examining the evidence they have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub presented,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktiveda
nta Institute monograph number one: }{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What Is Matter and What Is Life?}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \line Monograph two: }
{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demonstration by Information Theory That Life Cannot Arise From Matter.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \line Monograph thre
e: }{\cs3774\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Consciousness and the Laws of Nature.}}}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one who is truly a rationalist should agree with their}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub conclusion that life never comes from matter, but only from life.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2331\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Lanka
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had printed this exchange of articles,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th
e Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement publicly challenged Dr. Kovoor to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prove his stateme
nt that life originates from chance biochemical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub combinations. ISKCON publicly offe
red Dr. Kovoor five hundred}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thousand rupees (sixty thousand dollars) if he could c
reate any}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub form of life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a mouse, a cat, a mosquito or any other plainly visible creature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from inert chemicals. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ran this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub story:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The high priest of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka rationalists, Dr. Abraham T.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Kovoor, who has been challenging people for decades to prove the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub existence of God, the soul and rebirth, is now on the receiving end.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON (The International Society for Krish
na Consciousness) has now challenged Dr. Kovoor to prove his contention that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub life originat
ed from matter.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub We, the members of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
movement, are openly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub challenging him to produce any form of life, even a mosquito, by}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub mixing chemicals together. If he cannot substantiate his theory, he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub should remain silent forever,\'94 say the ISKCON members.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub They will be waiting for Dr. Kovoor at the Ramakr
ishna Mission Hall on September 20, at 6:30 P.M. Admission will be free to the public.\'94
\par }\pard 
\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While the issues were thus drawn in the press, Ha\'e0sad\'fcta}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Dr. Kovoor
 crossed swords on their own in a continuing exchange of letters. Part of that exchange is reproduced here.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\cs2330\i\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\i\ul0\strike\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2331\i\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  \line }{\cs2330\i\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 ISKCON }{\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 S}{\cs2330\i\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 ri Lanka}{
\cs2331\i\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  \line }{\cs2330\i\ul0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 September 6, 1977
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 September 6, 1977
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub September 6, 1977
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Lanka Rationalist Association
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Dr. Kovoor,
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have further deliberated and have decided to write you a few}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more words on the existence of God, the soul and the rebirth of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul. I trust they may be of interest to you.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The greatest disease in the minds of the scientists is that they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not believe that something is a fact unless it is proved by scientific experiments. When a scientist makes a statement and he}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub supports that statement with scientific experiments, everyone is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub completely convinced, and no questions are asked. When we talk}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about the spirit soul to these scientists, their usual response is,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can one detect the presence of the soul?\'94 Because they have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub been conditioned to working with machines, they wonder whether}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul can be detected by scientific experiments. However, scientists have to agree that even in their own scientific realm there}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are many facts that cannot be proved by experiments. The fact is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the soul is there, but in order to understand its existence we}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have to accept knowledge from the right 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 \'c7}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God)}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or His representative in disciplic succession, the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone in the scientific community knows that mathematicians work with an imaginary number called \'93i,\'94 which is th
e}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub square root of minus one (-l=i) . This number does not figure}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub among the natural numbers (1, 2, 3, etc. ). However, important}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub branches of mathematics}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for example, the theory of analytical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub functions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are based on this imaginary unit. Without the help of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub this branch of mathematics, various complex theories and problems cannot be solved. Thus the existence of this number cannot be denied; yet there is no experiment to prove it. In a similar}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manner, scientists in the field of statistical mechanics also utilize}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub various conceptual models}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ensembles, for example\'97to explain}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their theories an
d arguments. These are all beyond the realm of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub experimental science. If scientists are wil
ling to accept these imaginary and conceptual models, what is the difficulty in accepting}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
the perfect knowledge given by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme scientist?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another scientific theory that is beyond the limit of experimental science is Heisenberg\'92s uncertainty principle. The s
tatement}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of this principle is that it is impossible to simultaneously determine the positi
on and momentum of any object. In mathematical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub language, it is stated that the product of 
the uncertainties in the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub measured values of the position and momentum (product of mass}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and velocity) cannot be smaller than Planck\'92s constant. No existing experimental techniq
ue can prove this principle. However, scientists all over the world accept this statement as a fact, knowing}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the experimental proof is beyond their ability. Similarly, there}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
is no scientific experiment to prove the Third Law of Thermodynamics. This law, as formulated by Planck, states that the entropy}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of a perfect crystal at absolute zero degrees is equal to zero. Factually, there is no way to directly measure the absolute entropies.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore the proof of this law is beyond the realm of experimental science.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also to be noted that so-called scientific theories are changing constantly. For example, at the beginning of the ni
neteenth}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub century (1808), John Dalton, in developing his atomic theory, stated that atoms c
ould not be further divided. However, toward the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub end of the nineteenth century and the beg
inning of the twentieth}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub century, it was found that Dalton\'92s atomic theory could no long
er}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be considered correct. It was observed that atoms could be further divided into fundame
ntal particles like electrons, protons and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neutrons. It was also found that some atoms cou
ld emit alpha and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beta particles, thereby producing new atoms, and so on. As a matter of f
act, the so-called nuclear bombs are a result of these findings. In a similar manner, during the eighteenth and nineteenth}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub centuries Newton\'92s mechanics had a tremendous influence on the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub minds of scientists, since they could be applied to gross material}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub objects. Ho
wever, at the beginning of the twentieth century, with}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the discoveries of the fundamental 
particles, it was realized that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newton\'92s mechanics failed in describing the motions of 
these particles. Thus quantum mechanics has been developed to explain the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub phenomena they e
xhibit. These theories are filled with speculation, and they are also changing. Just as past and present scientific}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub theories are changing, so we can understand that future scientific}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub theories will also change.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of this simply shows that the brains of the highly honored}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientists are imperfect, and as a result the theories proposed by}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these brains will always remain imperfect. Actually, perfect knowledge cannot be changed, but in order to get perfect knowledge}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one has to approach a perfect source. That source is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Vedic literature. Of course, this may seem like an incredible}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub statement to a scientific brain like yours, which is accustomed to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub testing everything with scientific instruments and so-called logic,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reason, deduction, hypothesis and theory, but it is nonetheless a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fact. This can be understood by anyone who is scientific enough to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub experiment on himself by following the practices recommended in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\cs2349
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  under the guidance of a self-realized soul.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process is actually very practical. The spiritual master prescribes the process of spiritual discipline, and the stude
nt carries}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it out according to the directions given. If the student experiences}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the predicted result, then he concludes that the spiritual master}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was right. If the spiritual master is actually bona fide, the result}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be positive. This procedure is quite similar to an honest scientist\'92s reporting his results along with his experimental method.
}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who wants to verify the result can perform the same experiment himself. When the same
 result is reproduced by several scientists, it is accepted as a scientific fact.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In conclusion, I would like to point out that when someone}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub believes that life comes from matter rather than from spirit, his}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub concern for morality diminishes considerably. If all life is merely}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a complex combination of chance chemical reactions, and if there}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is no supreme consciousness, no creator and controller, what}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub need is there for moral restraint? This is not a new philosophy.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In ancien
t Greece, Epicurus postulated that everything is simply}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a combination of atoms and void, n
othing more. Today the word}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub epicure\'94 describes a person whose main activity is to enjoy fine}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub f
ood and drink. The conclusion is that the philosophy that chance}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub biochemical combinations 
are the origin of life is a philosophy that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leads to unrestricted sense gratification, but
 it is by no means scientific. We can see one vivid example of how demoralizing and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viciou
s this philosophy is in the present worldwide practice of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abortion. Because of being taugh
t that the embryo is not actually}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a living being but only a mass of inanimate chemicals, p
eople have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub been convinced to kill their unborn children mercilessly within the}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub womb.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I will be very interested in receiving your thoughts on these}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub points and am prepared to discuss the matter further if you have}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any doubts about them.
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hope this letter meets you well.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Respectfully yours,}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 September 10, 1977
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat6 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub September 10, 1977
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Lanka Rationalist Association
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 10, 1977
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mr. Ha\'e0sad\'fcta Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Lanka
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Sir:
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From [your] letters it is clear that it is futile for me, who base}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my philosophy on available scientific evidence, and you, who base}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your faith on dubious scriptures called }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to try to convince}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub each other.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you insist that I should substantiate, by a demonstration before the public eye, my view that life originated from iner
t substances by chemical evolution under suitable conditions, I too}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have an equal right to
 ask you to substantiate your statement that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whatever we see in existence is the creation of the Lord, and that}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub creation is going on at every moment\'94 by demonstrating it before}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the pu
blic eye. As long as you are not going to get your \'93Lord\'94 to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub demonstrate this, you n
eed not expect me to conduct a onesided}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub show.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as I am concerned, the universe is only matter and energy in time and space. The question of a creator does not com
e in,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because matter, energy, space and time have neither beginning nor}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub end. The various forms of terrestrial organisms, extinct as well as}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub extant, are the products of millions of years of biological evolution}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of macromolecules of protein that were formed on earth as a result}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of chemical evolution under suitable conditions.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you tell me who created your \'93Lord,\'94 and where he was}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub before the universe was created?
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in search of truth,}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 September 15th, 1977
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub September 15th, 1977
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2331\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Lanka}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 15, 1977
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Lanka Rationalist Association
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Dr. Kovoor,
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 10, 1977, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have noted the contents carefully.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If it is futile to try to convince each other of our respective}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub points of view, then what is the meaning of your science, rationalism and search for truth? The close of your letter}{\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 \'93}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub search of truth\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suggests that you have not yet found the truth.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is your defect: you have not yet found truth, yet you pose and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
peak as if you were in knowledge of truth.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first aphorism of the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s
\'fctra}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93In the human form of life, one should inquire about the Absolute Truth, or God.\'94 You do not know what God is, yet still}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you have written, \'93The question of the creator does not come in...}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The various forms of terrestrial organisms, extinct as well as extant, are products of millions of years of 
biological evolution of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub macromolecules of protein that were formed on earth as a result}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of chemical evolution under suitable circumstances.\'94 In simple}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub English, you mean to say that life is a result of chance biochemical}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub combinations. So if this is a fact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and if by this statement you wish}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub to establish your credibility as a rationalist, scientist and seeker of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tr
uth\'97then why do you repeatedly fail to combine some chemicals and bring them to life, as I have challenged you so many times}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to do?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You say your philosophy is based on \'93existing scientific evidence.\'94 So where is the scientific evidence that life co
mes from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals? Mix the chemicals and prove it! You say, \'93As far as}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am concerned, the universe is only matter and energy in time}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and space.\'94 Where did this matter and energy and time and space}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come from? Without giving any reason or evidence, you state,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\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}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The question of a creator does not come in, because matter, energy, time and space have neither
 beginning nor end.\'94 Then again}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you ask me, \'93Who created your \'91Lord,\'92 and wher
e was he before}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the universe was created?\'94 Your statements are inconsistent. First}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you say that matter, energy, time and space have neither beginning}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nor end, and then you ask where the Lord was before the creation}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the universe. This is clearly contradictory. This shows that you}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub still have a long way to go in your search for truth.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Research reaches its conclusion when one accepts knowledge}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Indeed, }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedanta}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93the end of knowledge.\'94
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instead of providing evidence to support your fantastic statements, you try to cloud the real issue by counterchallenging 
God}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to create life. This kind of tactic is like that of a penniless beggar}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, when brought before the judge to show his means of income,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub challenges the government to show its source of income first. Such}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a challenge would hardly be entertained.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Roman, Greek, British, American or international law, the burden of proof lies with the plaintiff, he who acc
uses,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not with the defendant. You accuse the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of being dubious, God of being fictitious and those who follow God and the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of being mentally deranged, foolish, gullible, dogmatic
 fanatics.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the burden of proof is on you. Without giving reason or evidence, you say, 
\'93The question of a creator does not come in . . .}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything is a matter of chance bioc
hemical combination.\'92\'92 Do I}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have to accept this blindly? The onus is on you. Mix the
 chemicals}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and produce life. That is science. But no scientist can create even}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an insignificant mosquito from chemicals. Therefore, under the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub circumstances, it appears that it is you, and not we, who may be}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mentally deranged, foolish, gullible, dogmatic and totally fanatic.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists like to discredit the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by saying that they are the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub writings of superstitious aborigines. But what kind of aborigines}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wer
e they who wrote in a language so perfect in grammar, composition, poetry and meter that a scholar needs twelve years to}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub master the grammar alone? What kind of aborigines were they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub who thousands of years ago formulated divisions of time beginning}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with one ten
-thousandth of a second up to the complete duration}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of universal time? What kind of aborig
ines were they who could}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describe, thousands of years ago, all the planets that modern sci
entists have only recently discovered? Where is the scientist today}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who can perfectly desc
ribe the process of conception taking place}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the womb, as the Vedic so-called aborigines
 did thousands of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years ago? How could these uncivilized aborigines categorize and}{
\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enumerate in the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all the different species of life, numbering}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8,400,000? How is it that the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 which are supposed to be the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dubious writings of uncivilized aborigines, contain systemat
ic information on subjects such as music, medicine, art, politics, architecture, warfare and psychology? How could uncivilized aborigines even know the arts of reading and writing, much less describe}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the atom and atomic energy? How could they give descriptions of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the orbits of the planets, their size, their eclipses and the size of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the universe, and how could they describe the soul and the Super-soul, God?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Hindu aboriginal God, why did such a scientist as Oppenheimer pay Him heed by studying the }{
\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\cs2350\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub spoken by Him? Why did Einstein, Schopenhauer, Kant, Hegel,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Emerson}{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Thoreau, Schweitzer and scores of scientists more important and brilliant than you read Vedic literature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub especially}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if these are books full of superstitions and the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deranged ideas of uncivilized aborigines? What is your authority?}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are you greater than God? Do you think that these highly learned}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and honored men were all fools and rascals who had nothing better to do than spend their valuable time reading the writings of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uncivilized aborigines? Or could it be that the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are books}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of knowledge originally given by God at the beginning of the creation, and that they are preserved by being handed down in a Vedic tradition of disciplic succession about which you unfortunately}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know nothing?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a scientist, you would do well to take out some time and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sincerely examine the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on their own merit, not in terms of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub preconce
ived notions resulting from limited, imperfect speculations and experiments.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether one speaks for or against the existence of God, the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub central point is God. You say, \'93I hope you understand that it is}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not the way with science to provide proof for things that do not}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exist.\'94 But we see that the so-called scientist is very busy trying}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to prove the nonexistence of God. If God has no existence, why}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bother about Him? According to logic, one cannot conceive of a}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thing 
that does not exist. And if a nonexistent entity is inconceivable, where is the question of even discussing it, whether positively}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or negatively?
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the peculiar madness of many so-called scientists that they}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot seem to get off the subject of God, who according to them}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has no existence. We see that the whole aim of their scientific research is to justify their rebellion against the authority of God and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the scriptures by trying to find an alternative cause and reason for}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life and creation. Although these scientists would like to believe}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that life originated from inert chemicals, no one has ever observed}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such an event. Therefore, a science based on such beliefs can only}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be a science of rascals and fools.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My challenge to you, or to any scientist who claims that life}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub originates from chemicals, still stands: mix the chemicals and produce life. Why can\'92t you do it? You say, \'93It is like this. It is like}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that,\'94 so then why can\'92t you produce life? Sunshine is available,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the earth is present, the water, air, fire and all other ingredients}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are present, and life is being produced by God. If you are greater}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub than God, why can\'92t you produce something? What is the use of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your talk if you cannot produce life? Nor can you stop old age,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disease or death. Your talk is simply empty nonsense. You cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do anything, yet still you are talking, saying that life comes from}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub chemicals. You are a talking scientist, and I am a practical scientist. Take some chemicals and save yourself from old age, disease}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and death. I asked you to produce an egg\'97where is it? The chicken is a better scientist than you, because it lays an egg and within}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a month produces another chicken. Therefore you are less important than a chicken. Chickens are producing life, but you cannot}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub produce anything but empty sounds.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,}{\cs2331\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard 
\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having been challenged to demonstrate that he could create}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life at a public meeting, Dr. Kovoor declined to attend, saying}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that he would not feel obliged to demonstrate that he could create}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life unless God Himself were to appear in person to demonstrate}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the same thing. The }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Times}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  reported this with the headline \'93Flummoxed Kovoor Passes the Buck.\'94 Then Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sent Dr. Kovoor this final letter.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 September 21, 1977
\par }\pard \s765 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sa266\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf6\shading10000\cfpat9 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf5\nosupersub September 21, 1977
\par }\pard \s1622 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\cs2350\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1622 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub September 21, 1977
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor
\par }\pard \s1623 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka Rationalist Association
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Dr. Kovoor,
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You wanted to place yourself above God, but God \'91s devotees}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub defeated you, as the newspaper correctly noted. I\'92m sure that the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub readers were also enlightened regarding the theory that life comes}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from chemicals.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs2317\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You may be interested to know that you are the first so-called}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientist in the world to be officially challenged by ISKCON, and}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you are also the first to be totally exposed in the public press. Your}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub case is a landmark in history. Because the spiritual life in most}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religious communities has long ago died out, practically no one}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has been able to properly put forward the theistic point of view in}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t
he modern age. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, however, is presenting the }{\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuga-dharma,}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  the truly scientific}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub method of religion for this age: it is perfectly tea
ching and following the Vedic religion. Of course, every religious movement claims}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be g
enuine, but we have to distinguish the genuine from the}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fraudulent. Your defect is that be
cause you have been repeatedly}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub frustrated by encountering spiritual frauds, you have prema
turely}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub concluded that all religions are bogus. You want to brand God and}{\cs2318\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religion fraudulent, but fraud can be understood only in relation}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to its genuine counterpart. That you fail to know. You do not know}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what is genuine.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don\'92t say that all scientists are frauds, but I do say that you or}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anyone claiming that life is generated from inert matter is definitely a fool or a fraud. In fact, you are both\'97because you obstinat
ely}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cling to the foolish notion that life comes from chemicals. What}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the difference between your theory and that of the alchemists,}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who attempted (and failed) to produce gold from chemicals? A}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub modern scientist scoffs at the alchemists\'97yet he proposes to create life from chemicals. Isn\'92t this the height of folly? I\'92m still open}{\cs2318
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be convinced that life comes from chemicals, if you can provide}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub evidence by creating life from chemicals.
\par }\pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now your life is nearly at an end, and at the time of death, when}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the messengers of death come for your soul, perhaps you will remember all this and understand everything. But then it will be too}{\cs2318\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub late, for you will be helplessly dragged off to repeat another life of}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material struggle in the shape of birth, death, old age and disease.}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if one simply chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can be saved from this}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great struggle. I hope you will do that.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta }{\cs2330\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard 
\s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 \par \pard \s1622 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi720 {\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Editor\'92s note: Dr. Abraham T}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kovoor died on September 18, 1978 in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ri Lanka. Although he was battling with cancer, the cause}{\cs2318\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of death was determined to be heart failure.)
\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 Light of the Bh\'e4gawata (198
3)
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 
\par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 International Society for Krishna Consciousness 
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 
\par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Special Commemorative Edition
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The 497th Appearance Day of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 
\par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub March 28th, 1983
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gaura Purnima at Sreedam Mayapur
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles, Paris, Zurich, Bombay, Sydney, Hong Kong.
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Limited Printing: 1,000 copies
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Hong Kong
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB: Preface
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Preface
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the Founder-
\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness who has delivered the Light of the Bh\'e4gawata to the whole world. We are pleased to present for his pleasure on the occasion of the 497th anniversary of the appearance of Lord Chaitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu, the first publication of his sublime work \'93Light of the Bh\'e4gawata\'94
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all His Divine Grace's writings, this work is perhaps the most unique. It was written in Vrindavan in 1961 in response to an i
nvitation to attend a world conference, the Congress for Cultivating the Human Spirit, held in Japan. As most of the participants to the Conference were from the Orient, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da considered deeply how he could best present the timeless t
eachings of the \'c7r\'e9mad Bh\'e4gawatam suitable to the Oriental people. The original Bh\'e4gawatam was written over 5,000 years ago as an extremely large book composed of 18,000 verses. Participants to the conference would not have the time to hear i
t all. He therefore chose one chapter from the original version for presentation.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The chapter he selected is a description of the autumn season in Vrindavan, the place of Lord Krishna\'92s appearance. \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da knew that the Oriental people were very fond of hearing descriptions of nature and that the time of the autumn season is particularly auspicious to them. Presenting spiritual philosophy by examples from nature would be best for their
 understanding. For each seasonal phenomenon, a parallel teaching could be given. For example, the dark cloudy evening of the rainy autumn season when no stars are visible is compared to the present materialistic, godless civilization when the bright sta
rs of the Bh\'e4gawata's wisdom (the devotees and scriptures) are temporarily obscured. Altogether \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da composed 48 commentaries to go along with the verses of the chapter.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's plan was that the organizers of the conference should find a qualified Oriental artist to illustrat
e each verse, and he also wrote directions from which the artist could design each painting. He hoped that the paintings and their accompanying explanations would make an impressive display for visitors to the conference. If possible he wished that a boo
k might also be published containing the illustrations and the texts.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Due to unfortunate circumstances, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was unable to attend the conference and the whole project of \'93Li
ght of the Bh\'e4gawata\'94 was postponed. In fact, at the time of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disappearance the "Light of the Bh\'e4gawata" still remained unpublished, and the illustrations not yet painted. 
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The task of completing this great project was therefore left in the hands of the Bhaktivedanta book trust, the publishing house d
edicated to keeping all of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books in print. Particularly the work was assigned to the Hong Kong branch of the book trust since \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had meant the book especially for the Oriental people. After much searchin
g it was our good fortune to secure the help of the renowned artist Madame Yun-sheng Li, whose mature creative talent and sensitive brushwork alone could properly complement Prabhup\'e4da's beautiful descriptions of the autumn season. Thus the beautifull
y effulgent \'93Light of the Bh\'e4gawata\'94 may now shine upon the world.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The book has been divided into two sections to accommodate the tastes of different Chinese readers. Those who prefer to gaze with
 poetic imagination will appreciate the first section which contains the beautiful colour reproductions of Madame Li's work, 48 paintings completed in less than a year's time, meticulous in their detail despite an advanced age and sometimes failing eyesi
ght. Undoubtedly this collection presents the culmination of a long distinguished career as one of the great artists of modern China. Her Gongbi style of painting together which will Prabhup\'e4da's poetic descriptions which appear alongside make for a u
nique blending of the worlds two oldest cultural traditions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f87\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  India and China.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those readers who wish to go more deeply into the philosophy of the \'93Light of the Bh\'e4gawata\'94 may turn to the black and w
hite section of the book. There they will find the complete commentaries written by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da along with small miniature reproductions of the paintings to help identify the painting being described.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This accompanying booklet has been produced especially for our English readers, hoping that it will satisfy them until a proper E
nglish edition is brought out. The publishers wish to acknowledge the grateful thanks to Sr\'e9man Harivilas das Adhikary and his company's Spiritual Sky of Paris France, for the munificent donation which has made the publication of the Chinese edition a
nd the accompanying booklet possible. Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gour Purnima, 1983                                     Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                                                                       Hong Kong
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB: Acknowledgement
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Acknowledgement
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Publishers wish to gratefully acknowledge the help of all those persons who have contributed their services to make this book
 a great success:
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sriman Harivilas das Adhikary of Spiritual Sky Scented Products, Paris, France for contributing generously to help meet the cost 
of this publication; \'c7r\'e9mati Jagat-Karana devi dasi for giving artistic inspiration and direction to Madame Li Yuen-Sheng; Miss Maggie Ngai for polishing the Chinese text; Miss Kimmy Chung and Bhakta Peter Fung for layout and design; Bhakta Ho Shui
 Poon, Bhaktin Helena Chan Kit Yuk, Bhaktin Karen Ho Kee Wun, Bhaktin Cecilia Ip Man Lai, and Mr William Gonzales for proof reading the Chinese text; and Mr Shano Choi for coordinating between the publishers and the artist.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB: The Artist
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Artist
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madam Li Yuen Sheng was born in the city of Tientsin in Hopei, China in 1924. Her interest in painting began in early childhood, 
and she studied under Mr. Chen Shao Mei, an accomplished artist before graduating from Peking's Central Academy of Arts in 1950. Subsequently she worked as a graphic designer, but her reputation as an artist spread quickly, and in 1959 she was elected a 
member of the Chinese Painting Research Institute.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The paintings in this book bear the most recent witness to her excellence in the traditional Gongbi painting school style. They
 are the culmination of a remarkable career, during which her paintings were highly acclaimed by the celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bei Hong and extensively exhibited by the Chinese Government both inside and outside of China. When she left China for Hong 
Kong in 1979, she was unable to take any of her paintings with her, because by that time they were considered part of the Chinese Art Treasury. Since then, the Hong Kong public has enjoyed exhibitions of her paintings at Shatin Municipal Hall and Star Ho
use at Tsim Sha Tsui. Her work has also been the topic of several newspaper and magazine articles.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Gongbi style is very intricate in its finely detailed depiction of Chinese figures and scenery, as can be seen from the met
iculous care and labor in Madam Li's work. It is only after a lifetime of practice and experience that she has acquired such a skillful hand. Now she is dedicating much of her time to teaching students who are interested in learning and preserving this f
ine painting tradition of which she is one of the few remaining masters.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:1
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The arrival of clouds, accompanied by thunder and flashes of lightning all over the sky, provides a picture of life-giving hope. Covered b
y deep bluish clouds, the sky appears artificially dressed. The thunder and lightning within the clouds are signs of hope for a new way of life.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The serene sky, limitlessly expansive, is compared to the Absolute Truth. The living entities are truths manifested in relation wi
th the modes of material nature. The deep bluish cloud covers only an insignificant portion of the limitless sky, and this fractional covering is compared to the quality of ignorance, or forgetfulness of the real nature of the living being. A living enti
ty is as pure as the limitless sky. He becomes covered by the cloud of forgetfulness, however, in his tendency for enjoying the material world. Because of this quality, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tama
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ignorance), he considers himself different from the Absolute Whole and forgets his purity, which is like that of the clear sky. This forgetfulness gives rise to separatism in f
alse ego. Thus the forgetful living entities, individually and collectively, make sounds like thundering clouds: \'93I am this," \'93It is ours," or \'93It is mine." This mood of false separatism is called the quality 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 , and it gives rise to a creative force for separate lordship over the mode of }{\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 . The flash of lightning is the only beam of hope that can lead one to the path of knowledge, and therefore it is compared to the mode 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 , or goodness.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The limitless sky, or the all-pervading Absolute Truth (Brahman), is nondifferent from the covered portion of the sky, but simu
ltaneously the whole sky is different from the fractional portion that is liable to be covered by the dark cloud. The cloud, accompanied by thunder and lightning, cannot possibly cover the limitless sky. Therefore the Absolute Truth, which is compared to
 the whole sky, is simultaneously one with the manifested living being and different from him. The living being is only a sample of the Absolute Truth and is prone to be covered by the circumstantial cloud of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   There are two parties of philosophers, generally known as the monists and the dualists. The monist believes in the oneness of t
he Absolute Truth and the living entity, but the dualist believes in the separate identity of the living being and the Absolute Truth. Above these two classes of philosophers is the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub acintya bhedabheda tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the truth of simultaneous oneness and difference. This philosophy was propounded by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in His expl
anation 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 Ved\'e4nta is the medium of philosophical interpretations, and t
hus the Ved\'e4nta cannot be the absolute property of any particular class of philosopher. A sincere seeker of the Absolute Truth is called a Vedantist. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93knowledge.\'94 Any department of knowledge is called a part of the Vedic knowledge, and Ved\'e4nta means the ultimate conclusion of all branches of knowledge. As philosophy is called the s
cience of all sciences, Ved\'e4nta is the ultimate philosophy of all philosophical speculations.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:2
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\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The scorching heat of the sun evaporates water from the seas, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and there is little water anywhere. The people become thirsty and alwa
ys look overhead for rain, but in despair. Yet just at the right moment, torrents of rain begin to fall everywhere in the land, even on the hard stones, and the land becomes overflooded.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The welfare state imposes upon its citizens scorching taxes in various forms \'97 income tax, sales tax, land tax, terminal tax, 
excise tax, customs tax, and so many other taxes. But in due course, when the taxes accumulate into a large sum of money, they are utilized for the welfare of the citizens in various ways. Nonetheless, sometimes it happens that the benefits of the taxes 
fall like rains on stone-hearted men in the state who are unable to utilize the money properly and who squander it for sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The common man supposes the unequal distribution of rain to represent nature's wrath for our sinful acts. There is truth in thi
s. Thus to have an equal distribution of state-raised taxes, the citizens need to be scrupulously honest and virtuous. They should be honest in the payment of taxes to the state and should have honest representatives to look over the administration. In t
he modern setup of democratic states the citizens can have no cause for grievances, because the whole administration is conducted by the people themselves. If the people themselves are dishonest, the administrative machinery must be corrupt. Although a d
amned government of the people may be given a good or fancy name, if the people are not good they cannot have a good government, regardless of which party governs the administration. Therefore good character in the consciousness of the mass of people is 
the first principle necessary for a good government and equal distribution of wealth.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In ancient days the kings were taught lessons in political philosophy by ideal teachers, and the citizens from village to villa
ge were taught the principles of self-realization according to the Vedic codes for both the material and the spiritual upliftment of society. Therefore the citizens were God conscious and honest in their dealings, and the kings were responsible for the w
elfare of the state. The same basic principles are accepted in the democratic governments of the present day, for the irresponsible party of the people is always voted out of power and must yield to the responsible party for a better government. In the c
osmic administrate n there is only one party, which consists of the servants of God. and the responsible deities of the various planets maintain the cosmic laws in terms of the orders of the Supreme Lord. But the people suffer on account of their own fol
ly.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   And what is that folly? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 that people should perform }{\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 , or sacrifices for the satisfaction of the Supreme.* The Supreme is all-pervading. Therefore people must learn to perform }{\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  to satisfy four different ages, and in the present age of iron industry 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  that enlightens the mind of the masses for God consciousness is recommended. This process 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  is called 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 -}{\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 mass congregation for invoking man's lost spiritual consciousness. As soon as this movement is taken up through spiritual singing, danci
ng, and feasting, the people will automatically become obedient and honest.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Obedience is the first law of discipline. The people have become disobedient to the laws of God, and therefore neither rain nor
 wealth is equally distributed. A man who is ultimately disobedient cannot have any good qualification. When disobedient leaders lead the disobedient people, the whole atmosphere of the administration becomes polluted and full of dangers, as when a blind
 man leads several other blind men. The state taxes, therefore, should be spent to build the character of the people in general. That will bring happiness to the citizens of the state.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:3
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Attracted b}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub y electricity throughout the sky 
and driven by forceful winds, clouds gradually cover the surface of the earth to satisfy the needy people by supplying water, which is the substance of their life. The clouds bestow rains up}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15
\nosupersub on man as the mercy of the Lord, who is always kind to the needy living being.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   We should always know that God is always kind to us. Despite our gross disobedience to the laws of God's nature, the Lord is kind
 enough to look after our maintenance. Water is one of the most important items for our maintenance, because without water we can neither produce food grains nor quench our thirst. Water is also required very liberally for many other purposes. Thus the L
ord has preserved water on three fourths of the globe and has made it salty to preserve it. Salty water does not decompose, and that is the arrangement of Providence. The Lord has engaged the powerful sun to evaporate the water of planets like earth and 
distill it into clear water in the clouds and then stock it on the peaks of mountains, as we stock water in overhead tanks for later distribution. Part of the stock of water is refrigerated into ice so that it will not flood the earth for no good purpose
. The ice melts gradually throughout the year, flows down through the great rivers, and glides down to the sea again for preservation.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Therefore the laws of God\'92s nature are neither blind nor accidental, as men with a poor fund of knowledge conclude. Behind 
the laws of nature is the living brain of God, as there is always a lawmaker behind all the laws of the state. It does not matter whether or not we see the lawmaker behind the common laws; we must admit that there is a lawmaker. Matter can never work aut
omatically, without a living hand, and therefore we must admit the existence of God, the supreme living being, behind the laws of nature. The Lord 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 nature works under His superintendence.* Nature is only a power, and behind the power is a powerhouse and a brain, just as behind electrical power there is an electrical powerhou
se, where everything is conducted by the brain of the resident engineer. The material nature works so nicely, and not blindly, because of the superintendence of the supreme powerful God. In the Vedic hymns (}{\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 ) the same thing is confirmed. It is only under the superintendence of God that all the natural laws are conducted.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    The Lord distributes His mercy in the form of rains on the scorched earth at times of dire necessity. He supplies rain when we
 are practically on the verge of death for want of water. God is merciful undoubtedly, but He bestows His mercy on us when we need it most. This is so because we forget God as soon as we obtain this mercy. We should therefore remember the mercy of God co
nstantly if we want to avoid distress. We are eternally related with Him, despite the state of forgetfulness already described above. 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 the laws of nature are stringent because they are conducted by three different modes. But one who surrenders unto the Lord overcomes the stringency of nature easily.*
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:4
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\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub After heavy rain showers, the fields and forests in all directions appear green and healthy. Thus they resemble a man who has undergone severe austerities for some material gain and has achieved his end, for such a ma
n is strong, hearty, and good-looking.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The greenery of the rainy season is but a temporary show. It looks very pleasant, but we must remember that it will not last. Sim
ilarly, there are persons who undergo severe austerities for some material gain, but those who are sane avoid this. Severe austerities for temporary gains are simply a waste of time and energy. Material loss and gain are destined in accordance with the f
ormation of each particular body. There are 8,400,000 species of life, and each type of body is destined to enjoy and suffer in accordance with its particular formation. The bodily enjoyments and sufferings of a wealthy man\'92s son are different from th
ose of a poor man's son. Although no one undergoes severe austerities to obtain distress, it comes upon us uncalled. Similarly, the happiness we are destined to enjoy will come upon us even without our desires.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Even though we may be able to avoid distress and artificially enjoy some material happiness by temporary achievements, this rep
resents no factual gain in life. Our duty is to achieve permanent happiness and eternal life, and it is for that purpose only\'97for the ultimate gain\'97that we should undertake all sorts of penances and austerities.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   This ultimate gain is possible to achieve in the human form of life. Permanent happiness is possible when one is free from mate
rial sources of happiness, for continuation of material bondage means continuation of the threefold miseries. Human life is meant for ending these miseries.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   We should not try to be beautiful like seasonal flowers or greenery that flourish in the rainy season but are weary in the wint
er. To be enlivened by the clouds of ignorance overhead and to enjoy the sight of temporary greenery is not at all desirable. One should try to live in the unlimited clear sky overflooded with the rays of the sun and moon. That is what we actually desire
. A life of freedom in eternity, complete knowledge, and a blissful atmosphere is the heart's desire of an enlightened soul. We should undertake all sorts of penances and austerities to attain that permanent source of happiness.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:5
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The evening in the 
rainy season is dark all around. There is no sight of the twinkling stars on the horizon or the pleasing moon. They are covered by clouds. And the insignificant glowworms become prominent in the absence of the luminaries in the open sky.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As there are seasonal changes within a year, so there are changing ages in the duration of the manifest cosmic world. These changi
ng ages are called }{\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 periods. As there are three modes of nature, there are also various ages dom
inated by these three modes. The period dominated by the mode of goodness is called Satya-yuga, the period of passion is called Tret\'e4-yuga, the period of mixed passion and ignorance is called Dv\'e4para-yuga, and the period of darkness and ignorance (
the last period) is called Kali-yuga, or the Age of Quarrel. The word kali means \'93quarrel." Kali-yuga is compared to the rainy season because many difficulties in life are experienced during this damp season.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In Kali-yuga there is a dearth of proper guidance. One may take guidance in the evening from the stars and moon, but in the rai
ny season the light of guidance comes from insignificant glowworms. The real light in life is the Vedic knowledge. The }{\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  affirms that 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  is to know the all-powerful Personality of Godhead.* But in this Age of Quarrel there are quarrels even over the point of the ex
istence of Godhead. In the godless civilization of the Age of Quarrel there are numberless societies, religious communities, and religious sects, most of them trying to banish God from religion. Glowworms want to be prominent in the absence of the sun an
d the stars, and these small groups following various. religious conceptions are like glowworms trying to be prominent before the eyes of the ignorant mass of people. There are now a number of self-made incarnations people follow without authority from t
he Vedic literatures. There is regular competition between one incarnation's group and another\'92s.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Vedic knowledge comes in a tradition from the spiritual master through the chain of disciplic succession, and the knowledge
 must be acquired through this chain, without deviation. In the present Age of Quarrel the chain has been broken here and there, and thus the Veda is now interpreted by unauthorized men who have no realization. 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  deny the existence of God, as in the darkness of a cloudy evening the glowworms deny the existence of the moon
 and stars. Saner people should not be waylaid by such unscrupulous men. 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 s
ummary of all Vedic knowledge because it is spoken by the same Personality of Godhead who imparted the Vedic knowledge into the heart of Brahm\'e4, the first created being in the universe. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad}{\b0\i0\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\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  was especially spoken for the guidance of the people of this age, which is darkened by the cloud of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:6
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub On hearing the sound of the torrential rains, the frogs come out of t
he mountain caves and begin to chant, like brahmacaris who chant the Vedic hymns by the order of the spiritual master.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In this age of a godless civilization the sages of world-recognized religious sects who believe in God must come out of their sec
luded places and preach the science of God, the Supreme Will, to the people in general. Hindus, Moslems, Christians, and the members of the other sects that have convincing faith in the authority of God must not sit idly now and silently watch the rapid 
growth of a godless civilization. There is the supreme will of God, and no nation or society can live in peace and prosperity without acceptance of this vital truth.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The warning is already there, and responsible leaders of religious sects must meet together and form a common platform of a lea
gue of devotees of the Lord. There is no need for self-realized souls to live in a secluded place. Perfect self-realized souls, engaged in the service of the Lord, are unafraid 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 , just as law-abiding citizens of a state never fear the police. Such fearless devotees of God always speak scientifically about the existence of God, even at the risk o
f death. Such devotees of God feel compassion for the mass of people, who have completely forgotten the Supreme Lord and who engage in the false pursuit of happiness that ends in the sense pleasures enjoyed by the hogs and dogs.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:7
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The small rivulets that almost dried up during the months of May and June now begin to overflow their banks, like upstarts that suddenly overflow the limits of expenditure.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   One should learn gravity from the sea and the rivulet. The sea is always within its limits, in spite of the many rivers pouring w
ater into it. Similarly, one should properly use the assets of life and not squander them for purposes that have no permanent value. Uncontrolled, sensuous persons play with the assets of the body and accumulate wealth. But the strength of the body shoul
d be used for self-realization, not for sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Human beings have two kinds of temperament. Some are introspective, and the others are extravagant. Those who are extravagant a
re enamored of the external features of phenomenal beauty and have no insight into the whole manifestation. They are practically asleep to introspection, and thus they are unable to derive any permanent value from the assets of the human form of body. Bu
t one who has developed introspection is as grave as the sea. While those who are extravagant are calm and quiet in sleep, such grave persons use the full advantage of the human form of life.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Although the animal propensities of the body should be minimized, those who are extravagant temporarily overflow in material en
joyment. Nonetheless, as soon as the rainy season of life is over, they become as dry as dry river beds. Life is meant for the right cause, or }{\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 \'97 that which exists for all time. In the material world, nothing is }{\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 , or eternal, but the bad bargain of the material world can be used for the best purpose. The mind dedicated to extravagance is a bad bargain, but one can make the best use of the mind by introspection.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:8
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The colorful greenery of the newly grown grass, the seasonal flowers,
 the frog\'92s umbrellas, the butterflies, and the other variegatedness of the rainy season perfectly represent a well-to-do family absorbed in vanity over their personal assets.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   A rich man displays his opulence in various colorful ways. He has a good residential bungalow with sufficient property and a well
-trimmed garden. The bungalow is decorated with up-to-date furniture and carpets. There are motor cars with dazzling polish, and a radio set receiving and broadcasting colorful news and melodious songs. All these captivate their proprietor as though he w
ere in a dreamland of his own creation.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   When the same man was as dry as fallow land and had none of these opulences, he was plain in behavior, but since obtaining all 
these material means of enjoyment he has forgotten the principle that everything in the world comes and goes away like the changing seasons. The beautiful Red Fort and the Taj Mahal were built by Shah Jahan, who left the place long ago, and many others h
ave also come and gone in the same place, like seasonal flowers. Material assets are like seasonal flowers only. Either the flowers wither, or the gardener himself leaves. This is the law of nature. Therefore, if we want permanent life, knowledge and bli
ss, we must seek them somewhere else, not in the changeable, temporary rainy season, which is flooded with so many varieties of pleasing sights that vanish when the season ends.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Material manifestations of things are but shadowy representations of reality. They are compared to mirages in the desert. In th
e desert there is no water, but the foolish deer runs after illusory water in the desert to quench his thirsty heart. Water is not unreal, but the place where we seek it is misleading. The advancement of materialistic civilization is just like a mirage i
n the desert. The deer runs after water in the desert with full speed, and the illusion of water moves ahead at the same speed as the foolish deer. Water is not false, but we must not seek it in the desert. A living entity, by his past experience, rememb
ers the real happiness of his original spiritual existence, but since he has forgotten himself he seeks spiritual or permanent happiness in matter, although this is impossible to achieve.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:9
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub A picturesque scene of green paddy fields enlivens the heart of the poor agriculturalist, but it brings gloom to the face of the cap
italist who lives by exploiting the poor farmers.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  With good rains, the farmer's business in agriculture flourishes. Agriculture is the noblest profession. It makes society happy, w
ealthy, healthy, honest, and spiritually advanced for a better life after death. The }{\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  community,
 or the mercantile class of men, take to this profession. 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 }{\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 described as the natural agriculturalists, the protectors of cows, and the general traders. When Lord
 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba incarnated Himself at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He took pleasure in becoming a beloved son of such 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  family. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was a big protector of cows, and Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the most beloved son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, used to tend His father's animals in the neighboring forest. By His personal example Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to teach us the value of protecting cows. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is said to have possessed 900,000 cows, and at the time of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba (about 5,000 years ago) the tract of land known as V\'e5nd\'e4vana was floode
d with milk and butter. Therefore God\'92s gifted professions for mankind are agriculture and cow protection.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Trade is meant only for transporting surplus produce to places where the produce is scanty. But when traders become too greedy 
and materialistic they take to large-scale commerce and industry and allure the poor agriculturalist to unsanitary industrial towns with a false hope of earning more money. The industrialist and the capitalist do not want the farmer to remain at home, sa
tisfied with his agricultural produce. When the farmers are satisfied by a luxuriant growth of food grains, the capitalist becomes gloomy at heart. But the real fact is that humanity must depend on agriculture and subsist on agricultural produce. No one 
can produce rice and wheat in big iron factories. The industrialist goes to the villagers to purchase the food grains he is unable to produce in his factory. The poor agriculturalist takes advances from the capitalist and sells his produce at a lower pri
ce. Hence when food grains are produced abundantly the farmers become financially stronger, and thus the capitalist becomes morose at being unable to exploit them.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:10
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Just as 
a living being attains a transcendentally attractive form by rendering service to Lord Hari, similarly, all the inhabitants of the land and the water have assumed beautiful forms by taking advantage of the newly fallen water.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have practical experience of this with our students in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Before becoming stu
dents, they were dirty looking, although they had naturally beautiful personal features; but due to having no information of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they appeared very dirty and wretched. Since they have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, their 
health has improved, and by following the rules and regulations, their bodily luster has increased. When they are dressed with saffron colored cloth, 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 foreheads and beads in their hands and on their necks, they look exactly as if they come directly from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The residents of the water are the fish, frogs, and so on, and the residents of the land are the cows, deer, and so on. By cons
tantly drinking and taking bath in the fresh rain water of the rainy season, the tired and parched animals are refreshed and their complexion becomes brilliant as their health is invigorated by the arrival of new rain water. The lakes, ponds and rivers a
re cleansed and invigorated by the down-pour of new rain water and thus become most beautiful. Similarly, a devotee of the Supreme Lord who takes advantage of the beautiful and invigorating downpour of the transcendental descriptions of God found in Vedi
c literature finds his spiritual consciousness invigorated and refreshed. In this way his spiritualized body becomes very beautiful.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:11
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the rainy season, when the rivers swell and rush to the ocean, and as the wind b
lows the waves about, the ocean appears to be agitated. Similarly, if a person engaged in the mystic yoga process is not very advanced in spiritual life, he can be affected by the modes of nature and thus will be agitated by the sex impulse.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A person fixed in spiritual knowledge will not be attracted by the allurement of material nature in the form of beautiful women and the sex 
pleasure enjoyed in their association. One however, who is still immature in the cultivation of spiritual knowledge may be attracted at any moment by the illusion of temporary happiness, just as the ocean is agitated by the rushing rivers and blowing win
d which occur during the rainy season. It is therefore very important to fix oneself at the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master who is a representative of God so that one will not be carried away by sex agitation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:12
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The mountains, although being struck by torrents of rain during the rainy season, are not shaken, just as those whose hearts are dedicated to the t
ranscendental Personality of Godhead are never disturbed even when they are harassed by great misfortune.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Because a person who is spiritually advanced accep\'e9s any adverse condition of life as the mercy of the Lord, he is completely eligible t
o enter into the spiritual kingdom. Even though a person takes to the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, he may sometimes become diseased, impoverished or disappointed by life's events. A true devotee of the Lord always considers these sufferings to
 be due to past sinful activities, and thus he is not disturbed, patiently awaiting the mercy of the Supreme Lord. Such devotees are compared to high mountains which are never agitated in any way even when struck by powerful torrents of rain in the rainy
 season. Rather, they remain humble in spiritual enlightenment. Free of pride and envy, they easily gain the mercy of the Lord and go back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:13
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the rainy season some of th
e roads are not frequently used and become covered with long grasses, on account of which it becomes very difficult to see the road. Similarly, in this age the transcendental scriptures are not properly studied by the br\'e4hma\'ebas. Being covered by th
e effects of time, the scriptures are practically lost, and it becomes very difficult to understand or follow them.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A covered road is exactly 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  who is not accustomed to studying and practicing the reformatory practices of Vedic injunctions\'97he becomes covered with the long grasses of illusion. In that condition, forgetful of his constitut
ional nature, he forgets his position of eternal servitorship to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By being deviated by the seasonal overgrowth of long grasses created 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 , a person identifies himself with illusory productions of nature and succumbs to illusion, forgetting his spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:14
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The lightning become
s unsteady in its friendship, failing to remain faithfully in any one of the clouds, although they are the friends of the entire world, just as lusty women do not remain steady even in the company of men who possess excellent qualities.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  During the rainy season, lightning appears in one group of clouds and then immediately in another group of clouds. This phenomenon is compar
ed to a lusty woman who does not fix her mind on one man. A cloud is compared to a qualified person because it pours rains and gives sustenance to many people; a man who is qualified similarly gives sustenance to many living creatures, such as family mem
bers or many workers in business. Unfortunately, his whole life can be disturbed by a wife who divorces him; when the husband is disturbed, the whole family is ruined, the children are dispersed or the business is closed, and everything is affected. It i
s therefore recommended that a woman desiring to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness peacefully live with a husband and that the couple not separate under any condition. The husband and wife should control sex indulgence and concentrate their minds o
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so their life may be successful. After all, in the material world a man requires a woman, and a woman requires a man. When they are combined, they should live peacefully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and should not be res
tless like the lightning, flashing from one group of clouds to another.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:15
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the midst of the thunder in the cloudy sky, there appears a rainbow that has no string. Its appearance is compared to the appearance of the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead or His servants in the midst of the material atmosphere.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 guna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "quality" or "mode," as well as "string" or "rope." When a rainbow appears during the rainy season, it is observed to be like a bow and no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or string. Similarly, the appearance of the Personality of Godhead or His transcendental servants has nothing to do with the qualitative modes of material nature
. The phenomenal appearance of the Transcendence is free from the qualities of material nature, and thus it resembles a bow with no string.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The transcendental Supreme Lord is eternally the form of transcendental existence, knowledge, and bliss. The material energy wo
rks under His good will, and therefore He is never affected by the modes of material nature. When He appears before us in the midst of material interactions, He remains always unaffected, like a stringless rainbow.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   By His inconceivable energy, the Supreme Lord can appear and disappear like a rainbow, which appears and disappears without bei
ng affected by the roaring thunder and the cloudy sky. The Lord is eternally the biggest of the big and the smallest of the small. The living beings, who are His parts and parcels, are the smallest of the small, and He is the biggest of the big as the Ab
solute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:16
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub At night, by the grace of the moonlight, the clouds 
in the sky can be seen moving. Yet the moon itself appears to be moving, just as a living being appears to be moving because of false identification with matter.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    At night in the rainy season the moving clouds reflecting the moonlight make the moon appear to be moving. This is called illusion. The sp
irit soul, or the living being, is the root of all the activities of the material body, but because of illusion the spirit soul remains covered by the gross and subtle material bodies. Thus covered, the conditioned soul identifies with the material body 
and thus becomes subject to the sense of false ego.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    This false ego obliges a living being to consider his material body to be his self, the offspring of the body to be his childr
en, and the land of the birth of the body to be an object of worship. Thus the living being's conception of nationalism is another type of ignorance. Because of ignorance a living being identifies himself with the land of his birth and moves with the mis
conceptions of national ideas. In fact, however, a living being does not belong to any nation or species of life. He has nothing to do with the body, as the moon has nothing to do with the moving clouds.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    The moon is far away from the clouds and is fixed in its own orbit, but illusion presents a scene in which the moon appears to
 be moving. A living being should not float with the misconception of the temporary body; he must always know himself to be transcendental to the bodily identity. This is the path of knowledge, and complete knowledge fixes the living being in the orbit o
f spiritual activities.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    The spiritual living force is always active by nature. By illusion his activities are wrongly directed in relation with the bo
dy, but in the liberated condition of complete knowledge his activities are conducted in spiritual devotion. Liberation does not mean stopping activities; it means being purified of illusory activities and becoming transcendental to relations with the gr
oss and subtle bodies.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9    LoB:17
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 17
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub When the clouds appear in the sky the peacock begins to dance in ecstasy, as a sincere soul becomes overwhelmed with joy on the appearance of a saint at his house.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The duty of sages and saints is to go from door to door and thus enlighten the householders in spiritual knowledge. Householder life is com
pared to a dark well. In a dark well the frog cannot see the free light of the open sky. The dark well of householder life kills the soul. One should therefore get out of it so that he may see the light of spiritual vision. Saints and sages mercifully tr
y to uplift fallen souls from the dark well of householder life. An enlightened householder therefore takes pleasure in the appearance of such saints and sages at his house. The mind of the householder who is a conditioned soul is always disturbed by the
 threefold miseries of material life. Everyone wants to be happy in his householder life, but the laws of nature do not allow one to become happy in material existence, which is like a spontaneous forest fire.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In the Age of Kali, as described before, people in general no longer take pleasure in the presence of saints and sages, nor are
 they interested in spiritual enlightenment. The saints and sages, however, take all risks to propagate the message of Godhead. Lord Jesus Christ, \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa, Lord Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, and many such sages risked their life to propagate th
e message of Godhead. Self-realized saints and sages take such risks for the spiritual enlightenment of the people in general. They do not take vows of silence meant to win cheap glory from the ignorant mass of people. God is satisfied only when His devo
tees take all sorts of risks to propagate His glories. Such devotees are unafraid of the difficult journey to cross the ocean of nescience. They are always anxious for the welfare of the fallen souls, who are attached to the false enjoyment of materialis
tic life, in which they forget their eternal relation with God.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   It is the duty of the saints and sages to enlighten the fallen souls, and reciprocally it is the duty of the householder to rec
eive the saints and sages cordially, as the peacock dances in ecstasy at the presence of clouds in the sky. The fire of threefold miseries experienced by materialistic men can be extinguished only by the cloud of mercy of the saints and sages who can pou
r down the water of transcendental messages to put an end to the miseries of the householders.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:18
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Many plants and creepers that were almost dead during the months of April and May are now visible again in various forms, for they are nourished by their roots in the moist earth. These numb
erless plants and creepers resemble persons who dry up in severe penances for some material gain but then achieve their objectives and become luxuriously fat, nourished by sense enjoyment.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 that when the daytime of Brahm\'e4 is over the manifested creations of the universe all vanish and after the end of Brahm\'e4's night the creation is manifested again.*  Thus the cosmic creation, in its man
ifestation and nonmanifestation, resembles the creepers and plants that appear during the rainy season and gradually vanish when the season is over.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Even when the plants and creepers are no longer to be seen, their seeds remain, and these dormant seeds fructify in contact wit
h water. Similarly, the seedlike spiritual sparks who are dominated by the desire to lord it over the material nature exist in a dormant state after the cosmic manifestation is annihilated, and when the cosmic manifestation reappears all the silent livin
g beings within the womb of material nature come out and engage in sense enjoyment, thereby growing luxuriously fat.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   To attain liberation, one must be completely purified of perverted forms of desire. A living being cannot snuff out desires, an
d to practice artificially erasing the actions of desire is more dangerous than the active desires themselves. All desires should be reformed and directed towards spiritual activities; otherwise those same desires will repeatedly manifest themselves in d
ifferent varieties of material enjoyment, thus conditioning the living being perpetually in material bondage.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:19
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 19
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub A crane stands on the edge of a pond that is always disturbed by flowing water, mud, and stones. The crane is like a householder who is disturbed in the shelter of his home but who because of too much 
attachment does not want to change his position.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The forgetful householder life of the conditioned soul is a soul-killing dark well. This is the opinion of \'c7r\'e9 Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja, the celebrated devotee of the Lord. Too much attachment for hearth and home is never recommended by a self-realized soul. Therefore the span of human life should be methodically divided.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The first stage is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacar\'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 \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the order of life in
 childhood, when the man-to-be is trained in the ultimate goal of life. The next stage is 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 
 }{\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 , in which the man is trained to enter into the Transcendence. Then comes the }{\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  }{\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 preliminary stage of renounced life. The last stage recommended is 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, or the renounced order of life. In this way one accep\'e9s a gradual process of spiritual activities for the ultimate goal of liberation.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Unfortunately, for want of sufficient culture of the human spirit, no one wants to give up the householder life, even though it
 is full of pinpricks and mud. And those who are too attached amidst the pinpricks of muddy householder life are compared to the cranes that stand on the bank of the river for some sense enjoyment despite all the inconveniences there. We should always re
member that the society, friendship, and love we are supposed to enjoy in family life are only shadowy representations of the real society, friendship, and love reciprocated in the kingdom of God. There is no reality in the conditioned life of material e
xistence, but because of our ignorance we are attached to the mirage. The idea of society, friendship, and love is not at all false, but the place where we search for it is false. We have to give up this false position and rise to the reality. That shoul
d be the aim of life, and that is the result of cultivating the human spirit.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Unfortunately, for want of sufficient culture of this spirit, the materialistic man always sticks to this false place in spite 
of all its turmoils. It is said that a man should give up the order of householder life at the age of fifty. But in this era of ignorance even an old man wants to rejuvenate his bodily functions, put on artificial teeth, and make a pretense of youthful l
ife, even on the verge of death. Cranelike politicians especially are too much attached to the false prestige of position and rank, and so they always seek reelection, even at the fag end of life. These are some of the symptoms of an uncultured life.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:20
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Fierce torrents of rain break over the strands and the partition walls of the paddy fie
ld. These disturbances resemble those created by the seasonal opponents of the standard principles of the Vedas, who are influenced by the Age of Kali.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Originally the path of self-realization was established by the standard direction 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 . \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva divided 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  into four divisions, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4ma, Atharva, \'c5k,}{\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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Then he divided the same }{\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  into 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  (supplements) 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 , and then again the same author summarized them 
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 . The purpose of all these Vedic literatures is to realize one\'92s self to be
 a spiritual being, eternally related with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the all-attractive form (\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba).
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   But all these different Vedic literatures were systematically distorted by the onslaught of the Age of Kali, as the walls of th
e paddy field and the strand of the river are distorted by the onslaught of heavy rains. The attacks of distortion are offered by atheistic philosophers who are connected only with eating, drinking, being married, and enjoying.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These atheists are all against the revealed scriptures because such persons are intimately attached to sense pleasures and gross 
materialism. There are also others who do not believe in the eternity of life. Some of them propose that life is ultimately to be annihilated and that only the material energy is conserved. Others are less concerned with physical laws but do not believe 
anything beyond their experience. And still others equate spirit and matter and declare the distinction between them to be illusory.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   There is no doubt 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  stand as the most recognized books of knowledge, from every angle of vision. But over the course of time the Vedic path has been attacked by philosophers like Charvaka, Buddha, Arhat, Kapila, Pata
\'efjali, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4, Vaikaran, Jaimini, the Ny\'e4yakas, the Vai\'e7e\'e7ikas, the Sagu\'ebists, the Empiricists, the P\'e4\'e7upata Saivas, the Sagu\'eba Saivas, the Brahmas, the Aryas, and many others (the list of non-Vedic speculators grows dai
ly, without restriction). The path 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  does not accord with any principle devoid of an eternal r
elation with God, attainment of His devotional service, and culmination in transcendental love for Him.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:21
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 21
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf15\nosupersub The wind carries the clouds to different parts of the globe, and the clouds distribute rains, to the satisfaction of the people in general, just as rich kings and merchants distribute their accumulated wealth, inspired by religious pries
ts.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   As already explained, the four divisions of society\'97namely the 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 ), the ruling class (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 mercantile class (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 laboring class (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 )\'97are meant to achieve one goal in life: self-realization, or 
cultivation of the human spirit. The 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 , are to inspire 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  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  in performing sacrifices for spiritual cultivation, and thus the cooperation 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 , }{\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 , 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  uplifts the people in general, or the ordinary laboring class of men. As soon as this cooperation between
 the four classes of men in society stops and the basic principles of spiritual culture are neglected, the social structure of humanity becomes a second edition of animal life, based on the propensities of eating, sleeping, fearing, and mating. It is the
 duty of the intelligent men to influence the members of the richer communities\'97the }{\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  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 \'97to sacrifice for spiritual culture. Only in this way can the tension between the capitalists
 and the laborers be well mitigated.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In this Age of Kali, when a slight difference of opinion leads to quarrel, even to the extent of riots, it is the duty of the i
ntelligent 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 , to selflessly inspire the richer people to sacrifice for this purpos
e. It is suggested herewith that the men of the intelligent class should not themselves try to become }{\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  or }{\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 , nor should they engage themselves in the occupations of the various other cla
sses; rather, 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  should simply guide them in spiritual cultivation, just as the wind car
ries the clouds to other places to pour water. The wind itself does not take up the responsibility for pouring water.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The most intelligent men in society are the saints and sages who have sacrificed everything for the service of spiritual cultur
e. Their duty is to travel throughout human society and inspire its members to engage themselves in acts of spiritual culture by sacrificing their words, money, intelligence, and life. That should be the theme of human life in order to make it a complete
 success. A society with no taste for spiritual culture is a blazing fire, and everyone in that fire perpetually suffers the threefold miseries. As clouds pour water on a blazing fire in the forest and thus extinguish it, the intelligent men who work as 
the spiritual masters of society pour water on the blazing fire of miseries by disseminating spiritual knowledge and inspiring the richer section of the society to help in the cause. Temples of worship, for example, are constructed by the rich, and these
 temples are meant to impart spiritual education to people in general. The periodic spiritual ceremonies are held for inspiration, and not for exploitation. If there are flaws now because of the Age of Kali, they should be rectified but the institution m
ust be saved.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:22
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 22
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub After the complete rainy season, the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana was full of fruits like dates and blackberries ripening on the trees 
and bushes. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His elder brother \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva and other cowherd boys of the vicinity, entered the beautiful forest, accompanied by the cows, to display transcendental pastimes with His eternal friends.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears with His personal entourage once in 4,320,000,000 years and disp
lays His transcendental paraphernalia, just to attract the conditioned souls of the material world. Although the material world is only a shadow of the spiritual world, the materially encaged living entities seek spiritual happiness here, in a form perve
rted by materialistic attachment. Emperic philosophers with a poor fund of knowledge imagine a spiritual picture that is impersonal. But the spiritual living being, less attracted by the impersonal form of spiritual emancipation, becomes more attracted b
y the material form and becomes hopeless of spiritual emancipation.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Therefore the Absolute Personality of Godhead, out of His limitless and causeless mercy, descends from the spiritual kingdom an
d displays His personal pastimes at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the replica of the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka planet in the spiritual sky. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the most sacred place within this cosmic universe, and people seeking to achieve spiritual emancipation by entering
 the kingdom of God may make a home at V\'e5nd\'e4vana and become serious students of the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s who were instructed by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were headed by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who was fo
llowed by \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana, Bha\'f6\'f6a Raghun\'e4tha, \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a, and \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. They were all seriously engaged in research and excavation of the mystery of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana dh\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared at V\'e5nd\'e4vana about five thousand years ago, a
nd the relics of His appearance at V\'e5nd\'e4vana were lost from view. But Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is the very same Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the form of a great devotee, appeared at Navadv\'e9pa, a district in West Bengal, and
 excavated the holy places of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes. He instructed the above-mentioned six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s to compose authorized literature on the cult of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and any serious student anxious to know about the
 Supreme Lord may take advantage of this invaluable literature and the guidance of authorized scholars and thus know about the Lord of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:23
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 23
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl

\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The cows that followed the Lord within the forest moved slowly because of their heavy, milk-laden udders. But when the Lord called them by th
eir specific names they at once became alert, and as they hastened toward Him their milk bags overflowed and poured milk on the ground because of affection for the Lord.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is understood from scriptures like 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 in the spiritual abode of the Lord the houses are made of touchstone and the trees are all desire trees. There the Lord is accustomed to tending thousands and thousands of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4madhenus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (cows able to supply unlimited quantities of milk). And all the houses, trees, and cows are q
ualitatively nondifferent from the Lord. The Lord and His paraphernalia in the spiritual abode are all one and the same in quality, although there are differences for the pleasure of the Lord. In the material world also we have various paraphernalia for 
our pleasures in life, but because all this paraphernalia is made of matter it is all destructible at the end. In the spiritual sky there are the very same varieties of pleasure, but they are all meant for the Lord. There the Lord alone is the supreme en
joyer and beneficiary, and all others are enjoyed by the Lord. The Lord is served there by all kinds of servitors, and both the master and the servitors are of the same quality. This spiritual variegatedness is displayed by the Lord when He descends at V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, and we may know that the Lord descends with His personal staff of cows, cowherd boys, and cowherd maidens, all of whom are but spiritual expansions of the Lord Himself for His own pleasures. Thus when called by the Lord the cows were over
whelmed by joyous affection, just as the mother's breast overflows with milk when the child cries for it.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   All of us living beings are differentiated expansions of the Lord. But our affection for the Lord is submerged within us, artif
icially covered by the material quality of ignorance. Spiritual culture is meant to revive this natural affection of the living being for the Lord. The ingredients of fire are already present in safety matches, and only mild friction is needed to ignite 
a fire. Similarly, our natural affection for the Lord has to be revived by a little culture. Specifically, we have to receive the messages of the Lord with a purified heart.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   For spiritual realization one has to purify the heart and know things in their true perspective. As soon as one does this, the 
flow of one\'92s natural affection begins to glide towards the Lord, and with the progress of this flow one becomes more and more self-realized in various relations with the Lord. The Lord is the center of all the affection of all living beings, who are 
all His parts and parcels. When the flow of natural affection for the Lord is clogged by desires to imitate His lordship, one is said 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 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  has no substantial existenc
e, but as long as its hallucinations go on, their reactions are felt. The Lord, by His causeless mercy, displays the reality of life so that our hallucinations may be completely dissipated.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:24
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 24
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub When the Lord entered the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the inhabitants of the forest, both animate and inanimate, were eager to receive Him. He saw that the flowers of the forest, all fully blossoming, were weeping 
in ecstasy, honey flowing down their petals. The waterfalls on the hilly rocks were gladly flowing, and one could hear sweet sounds from the caves nearby.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Lord has multifarious energies, and therefore the Lord and His energies are identical. Among His various energies the material energy i
s one, and it is said 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 material energy is inferior in quality to the s
piritual energy. Spiritual energy is superior because without contact with the spiritual energy the material energy alone cannot produce anything. But the source of all energies is the all-attractive Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   This material world is a combination of matter and spirit, but the spiritual world, which is far, far away from the material sk
y, is purely spiritual and has no contact with matter. In the spiritual world, everything is spirit. We have already discussed this. The Personality of Godhead, the original source of all energies, is able to convert spirit into matter and matter into sp
irit. For Him there is no difference between matter and spirit. He is therefore called }{\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 .
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes, He reciprocates with spirit, not matter. When He is in the mortal w
orld, the material qualities cannot work upon Him. An electrician knows how to take work from electricity. With the help of electricity he can turn water into cold or heat. Similarly, the Personality of Godhead can turn matter into spirit and spirit into
 matter by His inconceivable power. Everything is therefore matter and spirit by the grace of the Almighty, although there is a difference between matter and spirit for the ordinary living being.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Flowers, waterfalls, trees, fruits, hills, caves, birds, beasts, and human beings are nothing but combinations of God\'92s ener
gy. Therefore when the Personality of Godhead appeared before them they all became spiritually inclined, and by natural affection they wanted to serve the Almighty in various capacities.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   There are different stages of spiritual development in matter. In the material world the spiritual sparks of the Personality of
 Godhead are covered by the material energy in different proportions, and gradually they become spiritualized in various species of life. The human form of life represents the complete development of the senses for spiritual realization of one's original
 affection for the Lord. Therefore, if despite this opportunity for human life we are unable to revive our natural affection for the Lord, we must know that we are wasting our life for nothing. By the grace of the Lord, however, the spiritual consciousne
ss of every species of life can occupy its proper place, and these species can express their spiritual affection for the Lord in the }{\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 , as displayed by the land, water, hills, trees, fruits, and flowers of V\'e5nd\'e4vana during the presence of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:25
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 25
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The Lord reciprocated the feelings of the inhabitants of the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When there was rainfall, the Lord took shelter at the feet of the trees or in the caves and enjoyed the taste of different fruits with His etern
al associates the cowherd boys. He played with them, sat with them, and ate fruits with them.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Becoming one with God does not always indicate that a living being merges into the existence of the Lord. To become one with God means to a
ttain one's original spiritual quality. Unless one attains one's spiritual quality one cannot enter into the kingdom of God. The members of the impersonalist school explain their idea of oneness by the example of mixing of river water with the sea water.
 But we should know that within the water of the sea there are living beings, who do not merge into the existence of water but keep their separate identities and enjoy life within the water. They are one with the water in the sense that they have attaine
d the quality of living within the water. Similarly, the spiritual world is not without its separate paraphernalia. A living being can keep his separate spiritual identity in the spiritual kingdom and enjoy life with the supreme spiritual being, the Pers
onality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    In V\'e5nd\'e4vana all the spiritual entities\'97the cowboys, the cow maids, the forest, the trees, the hills, the water, the 
fruits, the cows, and all others\'97enjoy life spiritually in association with the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are simultaneously one with and different from the Lord. But ultimately they are one in different varieties.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:26
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 26
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The Lord enjoyed in the company of Lord Ba
ladeva and the other cowherd boys and sometimes sat with them on the same stone slab. While sitting they ate simple food like rice, dahl, vegetables, bread, and curd, which they had brought from their homes and which they shared in friendly exchanges.
\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 Lord has expressed His willingness to accept fruits, flowers, leaves, and water from His devotee when they have been offered to Him in devotional affection. The Lord can eat anything and everything, because everyt
hing is but a transformation of His own energy. But when there is a question of offering Him something, the offerings must be within the range of the eatables the Lord has ordered. We cannot offer the Lord that which He has not ordered. The Personality o
f Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, cannot be offered anything beyond the range of good foodstuffs like rice, dahl, wheat, vegetables, milk and milk preparations, and sugar. At Jagann\'e4th Pur\'e9 the Lord is offered such foodstuffs, and in all scriptu
res the very same foodstuffs are mentioned everywhere.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Lord is never hungry, nor does He require any food to fill His empty stomach. He is complete in Himself. Yet He always merc
ifully eats the foods offered by His devotees in sincere affection. The cowherd boys brought simple foodstuffs from home, and the Lord, who is constantly served by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune, is always glad to accept such simple foods
tuffs from His devotee friends. All the relatives of the Lord are His devotees only, and they are situated in different transcendental mellows as friends, parents, and lovers. The Lord derives transcendental pleasure by accepting services from His variou
s grades of devotees, who are situated in various grades 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 . These 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  are pervertedly reflected in the material atmosphere, and thus the spiritual living being, out of ignorance on
ly, vainly seeks the same bliss in matter.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:27
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 27
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub After good rains, the grazing ground for the animals was full of green pasture, and both the bulls and the cows sat down on the grass f
ully satisfied. The cows, followed by their calves, appeared tired of grazing, because of full milk bags. Calmly and quietly the cows and calves rested and ruminated, chewing their cud.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Protection and grazing ground for the cows are among the essential needs for society and the welfare of people in general. The animal fat r
equired for the human body can be well derived from cow\'92s milk. Cow\'92s milk is very important for human energy, and the economic development of society depends on sufficient food grains, sufficient milk, and sufficient transportation and distributio
n of these products. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His personal example, taught us the importance of cow protection, which is meant not only for the Indian climate but for all human beings all over the universe.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Less intelligent people underestimate the value of cow\'92s milk. Cow\'92s milk is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gorasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the juice from the body of the cow. Milk is the most valuable form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gorasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and from milk we can prepare many important and valuable foodstuffs for the upkeep of the human body. The killing of cows by human society is one of t
he grossest suicidal policies, and those who are anxious to cultivate the human spirit must turn their first attention toward the question of cow protection.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   If we really want to cultivate the human spirit in society we must have first-class intelligent men to guide the society, and t
o develop the finer tissues of our brains we must assimilate vitamin values from milk. Devotees worship Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba by addressing Him as the well-wisher 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  and the cows. The most intelligent class of men, who have perfectly attained knowledge in spiritual values, are called 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 . No society can improve in transcendental knowledge without the guidance of such first-class men, and no brain can assimilate t
he subtle form of knowledge without fine brain tissues. For such important brain tissues we require a sufficient quantity of milk and milk preparations. Ultimately, we need to protect the cow to derive the highest benefit from this important animal. The 
protection of cows, therefore, is not merely a religious sentiment but a means to secure the highest benefit for human society.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:28
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 28
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The fully beautiful scenery after the rainy season was attractive to the eyes of everyone, including \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   We should always appreciate the creative energy of the Supreme Lord. Beautiful nature, even though material and therefore temporary, is alw
ays full of the glories of the creator. There is a class of philosophers who condemn the material creation as false. They say that Brahman is truth but the creation is false. This is not good.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temporary creation is also a relative truth. It is in fact the temporary picture of the eternal creation. The forgetful soul 
has no information of the spiritual creation, known as the }{\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 dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but the temporary creation gives an idea of this original creation. The devotees of the Lord, therefore, make the best use o
f the bad bargain by utilizing the temporary creation in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Everything emanates as different energies from the Lord, and thus everything should be engaged for His service only. As soon a
s even temporary things are engaged in His service, they take on permanent values. The process of such engagement in the service of the Lord is what the sages call }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cikitsitam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or "well treated\'94. If we have some kind of trouble in the stomach from drinking milk, the physician prescribes the same milk in the form of curd, which is nothing but treated milk
. Similarly, the temporary creation of the material world is undoubtedly full of miseries, but when accepted in terms of its relation with the Supreme Lord the whole thing becomes as well treated as the curd. Everything accepted in full God consciousness
 has its spiritual value, and by the grace of the Almighty its material effects are diminished in terms of the increasing degree of spiritual consciousness. That is the process for cultivating the human spirit.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:29
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 29
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Thus the rainy season came to an end. The autumn began, and there were no more clouds in the sky. All the reservoirs of water became crystal clear, and the wind was no longer forceful
. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with His elder brother Lord Baladeva, thus lived at V\'e5nd\'e4vana in this auspicious season.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   When the sky is clear of all clouds there is no longer any distinction between the portion of the sky that was covered and that which was n
ever covered. Similarly, when the living entity now covered by the modes of material nature is freed from ignorance, passion, and so-called goodness, he becomes one with the Absolute Truth. Such oneness 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 freedom from the miseries of material life. There are five different kinds of }{\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 . Impersonalists prefer to merge into the existence of the Transcendence, but the personalists, or devotees, do not annihilate their individuality, and t
hus the devotees of the Lord individually enjoy spiritual variegatedness on the planets of the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The material sky is also the spiritual sky, but it is covered by the modes of material nature. This material nature is also a t
emporary creation of the Lord, as the cloud is a creation of the sun. When the cloud of the material modes is cleared off, the material nature is said to have been annihilated.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   There are two kinds of living entities, namely the conditioned and the pure. It is for the conditioned living entities that the
 material nature is created, and the conditioned souls are put into it to become pure, unconditioned souls. Those who become unconditioned by devotional service enter into the eternal kingdom of God, and those who lose the chance rot in dormant material 
conditions, sometimes manifested and sometimes nonmanifested. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to reclaim the conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:30
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 30
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In autumn al
l the reservoirs of water become enriched with growing lotuses. The muddy water again becomes normally clear and decorated, as fallen, conditioned souls once more become spiritually enriched in devotional service.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    We should not be disappointed in our muddy life of material existence, for as soon as we voluntarily take to the devotional service of the
 Lord our whole life becomes clear, like water in autumn. Devoid of our relationship with God our life is barren, but as soon as the muddy mind is cleared by spiritual association or cultivation of the human spirit the threefold miseries of material life
 are at once cleared off. Thus the lotus of knowledge gradually fructifies, and this gradual process of development ushers in transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    The whole spiritual process is technically called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo
ga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or linking with the Supreme. It is something like a long staircase, and the upward steps are variously designated as regulated work, transcendental knowledge, mystic powers, a
nd ultimately }{\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 yoga}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , devotional service. }{\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 yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is pure and unalloyed, being entirely beyond all the preliminary steps. Such unalloyed devotional service
 in favor of the Supreme Lord was displayed at V\'e5nd\'e4vana when the Lord descended there, and thus 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  exhibited 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  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the highest unalloyed love of Godhead, the p
erfection 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 -}{\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 rise to the stage of love shown 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  is very difficult, but this stage is attainable for serious conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Unfortunately, cheap neophytes make a show of the transcendental ecstasies 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 , bringing them onto the mundane plane for perverted manifestations and thus clearing the way to hell by such unwanted caricatures. Serious s
tudents 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 , however, practice it seriously, and thus they attain the highest perfection 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 -}{\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 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 (6.47):
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-gaten\'e4ntar\'e4tman\'e4
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa me yuktatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:31
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 31
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360
\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The four prominent features of autumn are that there is no water in the sky, the weeds that grew here and there in the rainy season all wither away, the muddy roads and fields
 dry up, and the ponds of water become crystal clear. These four features of the autumn atmosphere are compared to the four orders of life.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 the student goes 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 the master t
o take lessons from him and serve him, even as a menial servant. These troubles of the student are at once mitigated when he attains transcendental knowledge in terms of his relation with \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead. As the white
 clouds no longer bear the burden of water in the autumn sky, the student finds that the troubles of drawing water for the master becomes a burdenless job if the student, by the grace of his master, attains to spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Householders who beget children without restriction, like weeds in the rainy season, become solitary as soon as they attain to
 the stage of devotional service. The family planning of a godless civilization cannot check weedlike unwanted population. People should learn to check sex life by voluntary restraint. This voluntary restraint is possible when one is dovetailed with the 
service of the Lord. 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 .*  Well situated devotees of the Lord refra
in from materialistic sense enjoyment, for they are attracted by the beauty of Transcendence. Forcible restraint by regulative family planning or similar artificial means cannot work very long; one must be attracted by the Transcendence. One can give up 
the inferior quality of enjoyment as soon as one receives the superior quality of spiritual enjoyment. So family planning is successful when one is engaged in the culture of the human spirit.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 v\'e4naprasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who voluntarily avoid cleaning themselves and who allow their beards and nails to grow, no longer feel the discomforts of these burdens when they engage in the service of the Lord. And above all, the mendica
nts who take a vow to refrain from sex life no longer feel sexual urges when fixed in the transcendental service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Therefore, in all four of the spiritual orders and the four grades of social life, devotional service to the Lord is essential.
 Without this relationship, all the regulative principles of }{\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  and }{\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  become burdensome duties, as they have in the Age of Kali. When the regulative principles have no aim, the }{\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  become a caste system, and 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  become the business of various shopkeepers. All these anomalies of the present social system can be reformed only by cultivation of the human spirit in the devotional
 service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:32
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 32
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15
\nosupersub The beautiful white clouds, freed from all burdens of water distribution, floated in midair, like mendicants freed from all family responsibilities.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    As long as one is attached to the so-called responsibilities of family burdens, he is always full of cares and anxieties about meeting his
 family expenses. The four orders of social life, as designed 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, are very
 scientific and cooperative. In student life one is taught the primary principles of the human form of life. One who enters the householder\'92s life can execute the duties of a family man because he has already been trained for this job in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacar\'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 \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . After fifty years of age the householder retires from family life and prepares for the life 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 .
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    The householder is dutybound to maintain the members of all three of the other }{\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 , namely the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacar\'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 v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyas\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Therefore, every member of society was given a chance to retire for a higher order of spiritual culture, and the househo
lders neglected no one. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacar\'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 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 sannyas\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all curtailed their necessities to the minimum, and therefore no one would begrudge maintaining them in the bare necessities of life.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    In Kali-yuga, however, the entire system has gone topsyturvy. The student lives in luxury at the expense of the father or the 
father-in-law. When the educated, indulgent student becomes a householder by the strength of university degrees, he requires money by all means for all kinds of bodily comfort, and therefore he cannot spare even a penny for the so-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 s and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyas\'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 v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyas\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nowadays are those who were unsuccessful in family life. Thus the so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyas\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  try to construct another home in the name of 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  }{\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  and glide down into all sorts of luxury at the expense of others. So all these }{\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  have now become so many transcendental frauds.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    But that does not mean that there is no reality in them. One should not conclude that there is no good money simply because on
e has met with counterfeit coins. 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  }{\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 meant for complete freedom from all anxieties, and it is meant for uplifting the fallen souls, who are merged in materialism. Unless the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is freed from all cares and anxieties, like a white cloud, it is difficult for him to do anything 
good for society.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:33
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 33
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub There are waterfalls flowing from the hills of the forest, but sometimes water does not flow from them. So the waterfalls are not like ordinary rainfall. They are compared to great reformers, who speak or do not speak, as the tim
e requires.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   There are two different kinds of religious preachers. One of them is called the professional preacher, and the other is called 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 professional preachers are like the rainfall from the sky, 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  are like waterfalls. The professional traders 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  and Ramayana will speak from the portion of the scripture that will appeal to the mundane senses of the audience. For example, the 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  reciter will generally speak on the subject of }{\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 -}{\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 , which appears to the layman to be something like the dealings of ordinary men and women. Thus the professional reciters earn money from their so-called admirers. But 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  will never speak on }{\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 -}{\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  to the general mass of people. 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 -}{\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  chapters 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  are the most confidential part of the script
ure, and they are meant for advanced students of spiritual realization. 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  there are tw
elve cantos, and 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9
l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is in the tenth. So before one comes to the Tenth 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  tries to convince one of the transcendental nature of the Absolute Truth: Unless one has grasped the spiritual status of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is sure to accept Him as an ordinary man
 and thereby commit offenses at His lotus feet by so many unwanted activities.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is he who knows the scriptures well and teaches his disciple in terms of the disciple's capacity to understand and advance in spiritual realization. Therefore he sometimes does not speak and sometimes speaks.
 The holy messages of Godhead have to be received from the realized soul, and not from the professional man. Although rain water and the waterfalls are the same, the water from the waterfalls has a different effect than ordinary rain water. One should no
t accept messages from the professional men, as one should not accept milk touched by the tongue of a serpent. Milk is good, but as soon as it is touched by the snake it becomes poisonous. 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 , therefore, is not a mercenary order-supplier like the professional reciter of scriptures.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:34
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 34
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Small pools of water accumulate during the rainy season, and in the autumn they gradually dry up. The little creatures playi
ng in those small pools do not understand that their days are now numbered and will end very soon. Thus they are like foolish men who do not care for the nearing day of their death but become absorbed in the so-called enjoyment of family life.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Foolish politicians are too attached to family life. A big politician means a big family man. An ordinary family man is attached to his li
mited family of wife and children, but big politicians extend the same family feeling to a wider circle and thus become encumbered by false prestige, honor, and self-interest. The politician never retires from politics even if he has enjoyed many covetab
le posts, like that of minister or president. The older he is, the more he is attached to his false prestige. Even at the fag end of his life he thinks that everything will be spoiled without him. He is so foolish that he does not see that many other pol
iticians who thought like him have come and gone, with no gain or loss for want of them. These family men, big and small, are like the small fish in the pools of water that gradually dry up in the autumn. They are foolish because they think that their at
tachment to their family, even at the end of their lives, will be able to protect them from the cruel hands of death.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   As already mentioned, the human life must be divided into four component parts: the student life, the householder life, the pre
parative life, and the life of dedication to the service of the Lord. One must retire from all sorts of family life, big or small, at the age of fifty, and thus prepare for the next life. That is the process of human culture. The householders are allowed
 a pension from service so that they can live for a higher cultural life. But foolish men, reluctant even to accept this pension, want to artificially increase the duration of their life. Such foolish men should take lessons from the drying pools of wate
r and should know, in their own interests, that life is eternal, continuing even after death. Only the body changes, whether spiritually or materially. An intelligent man should be careful to know what sort of body is going to be awarded him, and thus he
 must prepare for a better life in other planets, even if he is reluctant to go back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:35
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 35
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl

\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub When the small pools of water become too hot because of the scorching heat of the autumn sun, the poor small creatures, with their many famil
y members, suffer terribly, as poor householders with too many family members suffer economic strains and yet go on begetting children because of uncontrolled senses.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Human life is meant for controlling the senses, for uncontrolled senses are the cause of material bondage. But for fools sense enjoyment is
 the pivot of life's activities. All men undergo hard laborious duties all day and night and in all seasons of the year, only for the sake of sense pleasure with their mates. These foolish creatures have no information of other enjoyment. In a godless ci
vilization especially, sense pleasure, accepted in the name of. culture and philosophy, is all and all. Men who are addicted to this pleasure are called }{\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 .
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 k\'e5pa\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have too many children, they suffer the scorching heat of family life, and then similar leaders advise them to undertake family planning. The idea of this family planning is that sense pleasure should not be 
curtailed but birth control should be accomplished by artificial measures. Such methods of birth control are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhr\'fc\'ebahaty\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or killing the child in embryo. Such killing is a sinful act, and in the revealed scriptures a specific hell is designated for those who commit such sins.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Spiritual culture means pursuing a better engagement in life. When a man engages in such cultural life, the desire for mating a
utomatically abates, and the sufferings of uncontrolled family life are mitigated without artificial means.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The attention of a human being, therefore, should be drawn to the cultivation of the human spirit, for this will gradually prot
ect him from all sorts of discomfiture and elevate him to a higher status of life for real and eternal enjoyment in personal contact with the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:36
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 36
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub With the progress of the autumn season the moist earth and muddy places begin to dry up, and the green vegetation begins to fade. This drying up and fading resembles the gradual disappearance of the false sense of affinity 
and ego.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Progress in cultivating the human spirit entails the gradual disappearance of the materialistic ego. Covered by ignorance, passion, and so-
called goodness, the spirit soul thinks himself all in all and is covered by a false sense of ego. Thus he falsely identifies the soul with the body, and his bodily relations with material things become the objects of his attraction. This false identific
ation and attraction for matter gradually dry up and fade away by success in the cultivation of the human spirit. That is the effect of such higher cultivation. Progress in spiritual culture brings about the disintegration of false ego and material attra
ction.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The ultimate goal of cultivating the human spirit is God realization and surrender unto God with a full sense of His all-pervas
ive nature. When a liberated soul thus surrenders unto the lotus feet of the all-pervading Godhead, the ocean of nescience becomes as insignificant to him as the water in the small hoofprint of a calf. He at once becomes eligible to be promoted to the sp
iritual kingdom, and he has nothing to do with the miserable land of the material world.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Cultivation of the human spirit is not, therefore, mere adjustment of materialistic anomalies. It is the process for preparing 
oneself to be promoted to the spiritual kingdom. No one can adjust the sufferings of material existence, but by spiritual culture one can elevate himself from the effects of such miserable life. As an example one may cite the condition of a dry coconut. 
The dry coconut pulp automatically becomes separate from its outer skin. Similarly, the outer skin, or the gross and subtle material coverings of the soul, automatically separates from the spirit soul, and the spirit soul can then exist in spiritual exis
tence, even though apparently within the dry skin. This freedom from the false sense of ego is called the liberation of the soul.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:37
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 37
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub With the inauguration of the autumn season the rough sea becomes calm and quiet, just like a philosopher after self-realization
, who is no longer troubled by the modes of nature.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The result of self-realization is cessation of the storms of desire and lust, which are products of the modes of ignorance and passion. This 
cessation of the storm does not mean that the sea becomes inactive. When the storm subsides, the work of navigation can take place smoothly. According to the Indian system of navigation, there is a ceremony on the seashore known as the coconut day. On th
e coconut day the sea is offered a coconut because she has become peaceful, and from that day on the seagoing vessels sail to foreign countries.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The three modes of nature divide human activities into two different spheres, one external and the other introspective. As long a
s a man is dominated by the modes of ignorance and passion, he is active externally in desire and lust. Men absorbed in desire and lust are called }{\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 they are always chasing after women and money. For the sake of women and money 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  exploit every source of economic development. As a result of this asuric civilization, the entire human society becomes like a stormy sea, with no trace of peace and prosperity.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Too much of an external view of the world gives rise to an overly large-scale and difficult type of industry and trade, known as 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ugrakarma}{\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 ugra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93hard\'94 or \'93difficult,\'94 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  means \'93task.\'94 The development of hard and difficult industrial undertakings always hinders the progressive cultivation of the human spirit. Asuric leaders of society never retire from such lustful undertakings unless killed by the 
laws of nature. For them there is no question of retirement or of cultivating the human spirit. But men in the mode of goodness have an introspective mind, and after a regulative struggle for existence they retire at a ripe old age and engage their time 
to cultivate the human spirit.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  principle, it is compulsory that one retire after the age of fifty, without considering other circumstances. Business offices close at a fixed hour no matter what balance of work remains. Si
milarly, after the age of fifty one must retire from the active, external life and devote oneself to the introspective cultivation of the human spirit. This retirement must be compulsory so that foolish old men will no longer disturb the peaceful progres
s of spiritual culture. In the modern democratic government, no one should be elected after the age of fifty. Otherwise the storm of the ocean of nescience cannot be stopped to allow the ships and boats to sail back to Godhead. The greatest enemies to pr
ogressive spiritual culture in human society are the old fossils of political parties who are blind themselves and who try to lead other blind men. They bring about disaster in a peaceful human society. The members of the younger generation are not as st
upid as the old politicians, and therefore by state law the foolish politicians must retire from active life at the age of fifty.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:38
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 38
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub After the rainy season, the farmers begin to rebuild the partitioning walls of the p
addy fields so that the water will be conserved, just as yog\'e9s try to use their conserved energy for self-realization.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The living being is the marginal energy of the absolute Personality of Godhead, and he can spend his conserved energy either externally or 
internally. When spent internally the energy is identified with the internal energy of the Personality of Godhead, but the same conserved energy, when spent for His external energy, is identified with that external energy. All energies\'97internal, exter
nal, and marginal\'97are emanations from Him, the Supreme, and they act differently to prove diversity in unity. The unity is the Lord, and the energies represent diversity. The Lord is so powerful that He can do anything and everything merely by His swe
et will alone. As mentioned above, everything is done by His energies in a natural way, with full knowledge and complete perfection. That is the information we have from the Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The internal energy and the marginal energy are of the same superior quality, but the external energy is inferior in quality. T
hat is the information we have 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 . Because the living entity is classified as m
arginal energy and is of the same quality as the internal energy, it is quite natural for him to cooperate with the internal energy. But when the living entity prefers to cooperate with the external energy, he is put into difficulty. By the process calle
d }{\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  (diversion), }{\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  diverts our energies from external to the internal.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The energy of our senses is meant to be diverted, not stopped. The senses are to be purified so that they serve the Lord instea
d of disturbing His settled harmony. The entire cosmic harmony is a settled fact by the will of the Supreme. So we must find the supreme will in every action of the cosmic situation. That is the instruction of 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 human life is an opportunity to understand this cosmic harmony, and therefore our conserved energy, which is likened t
o the conserved water in the paddy field, must be used for this purpose only.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    As there is no chance of rain from the sky in autumn, we shall not immediately have a chance to get a human body again if we s
pend our conserved energy for sense enjoyment. The senses have their utility for the service of the Lord, and if properly engaged they can reach the highest perfection by being directly engaged in the service of the Lord in His personal presence. When th
e living entity thus goes back home, back to Godhead, and engages in the personal service of the Lord, he is said to have attained }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0siddhi param\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the highest perfection. 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 .*
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:39
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 39
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the autumn 
there is a gulf of difference between the day and the night. During the day the extreme heat of the sun is unbearable, but at night the moonlight is extremely soothing and refreshing. Similarly, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is soothing for both the gop
\'e9s and the mundane man in illusion, who accepts the body as the soul.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   As long as the living being, under illusion, accepts the body or the mind as the soul, he will always be unhappy, like a man in the burning
 heat of autumn. But when the same living being becomes a devotee of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, he at once lives a soothing life, as if under the cooling rays of the moon in autumn. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merc
iful that He descends to reclaim suffering humanity and preaches 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  with the intense
 desire that all living beings give up all of their engagements and take shelter of His lotus feet. This is the most confidential part of all revealed scripture.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The example of the damsels of Vrajabh\'fcmi 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 ) is given here because these eternal consorts of the Lord terribly suffered the separation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba when the Lord was absent from their presence
 for His engagement in tending the cows in the forest. During the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the entire day would appear 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 be as unbearable as a hot day in autumn. The Lord so much appreciated this natural feeling 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  that He declared His inability to repay their intense love. Lord Caitanya recommended the feeling 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  as the highest mode of worship that can be rendered to the Lord. The conclusion is that the regular practice 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 -}{\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  will lead the devotee to the plane o
f intense love for the Lord, and that is the single qualification by which the conditioned soul is allowed to reenter the eternal life of bliss in the kingdom of God. The threefold miseries of material existence are at once nullified by intense love of G
od, which is the ultimate goal of cultivating the human spirit.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:40
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the clear autumn sky the twinkling stars appear brighter and
 brighter, just like a transcendentalist with clear vision of the purpose of the Vedas.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   It is said that the import 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  becomes clear to one who is not only a sincere devotee ofthe Lord but also a sincere servitor of the spiritual master. The spiritual master knows 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 , practices it personally, and teaches the disciple of the true 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 . The supreme spiritual master, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, teaches us the import 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 following verse 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 (15:16).
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dv\'e4v imau puru\'f1au loke
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ara\'e7 c\'e4k\'f1ara eva ca
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ara\'f9 sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'fc\'f6a-stho 'k\'f1ara ucyate
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Lord says that 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 mentioned that there are two kinds of living beings, called the fallible and the infallible. Those living beings who are materially encaged are all fallible, whereas those who are not conditio
ned and who are eternally situated in the spiritual realm are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1ara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or infallible. The Lord t
hen says: 
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama\'f9 puru\'f1as tv anya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4tmety ud\'e4h\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo loka-trayam \'e4vi\'e7ya
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bibharty avyaya \'e9\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  15.17]
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasm\'e4t k\'f1aram at\'e9to 'ham
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1ar\'e4d api cottama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ato 'smi loke vede ca
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prathita\'f9 puru\'f1ottama\'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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  15.18]
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Besides these innumerable fallible and infallible living beings there is another, superior personality, known as the Param\'e4tm
\'e4. He pervades all the three worlds and exists as the supreme controller. And because I [Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba] am transcendental to all of them, even those who are infallible, I am known in all the }{\cs2873\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 histories [the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas, Mah\'e4bh\'e4
rata, R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc.] as the absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead." 
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The import 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 still more explicitly explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad}{\b0\i0\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\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The conclusion of the Vedic literatures is that Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the primeva
l Lord and the cause of all causes. He has His eternal two-armed form as \'c7y\'e4masundara, with features exactly like those of a most beautiful young man, and that is the sum and substance 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  concerning God. God is one, but the living entities, including both the liberated and the conditioned, are many and have many different grades of positi
ons. The living entities are never equal to God, but as parts and parcels of the Lord they are eternally His servitors. As long as the living entities are situated normally as His servitors they are happy; otherwise they are always unhappy. That is the V
edic conclusion
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:41
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 41
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the clear sky of autumn, the beautiful moon a
mong the beautiful stars becomes the cynosure of all eyes, just as Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the central attraction in the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty or in the family of Yadu.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the family of Yadu, and since then the Yadu dynasty has been luminous like 
the moon in autumn. The appearance and disappearance of the Lord are similar to the appearance and disappearance of the sun. The sun is first seen on the eastern horizon, but that does not mean that the sun is the sun of that side. The sun is fixed in it
s own orbit, and it neither rises nor sets. But because we first see it on the eastern horizon we may say that the sun rises on that side. Similarly, the appearance of Godhead in some particular family does not mean that He is limited by obligations to t
hat family. He is fully independent and may appear and disappear anywhere and everywhere, because He is all-pervading.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Less intelligent persons cannot accommodate the appearance and disappearance of the Lord as an incarnation, but there is no sou
nd reasoning to support such unbelievers. If God is all- pervading, like the power of electricity, He can manifest Himself at any place within His creation. When He is within we cannot see Him, but when He is without He is seen by everyone, although very
 few know Him as He is. Everyone sees the sun every day, but that does not mean that everyone knows what the sun actually is. Similarly, when Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present five thousand years ago, very few could know what He was.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Anyone who comes to know Him as He is becomes liberated at once, and while leaving this present body such a knower goes back to
 Godhead, never to return to this universe of manifold miseries. 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 (4.9), the Lo
rd confirms this as follows:
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My birth and activities are all transcendental. One who knows them in reality will not be 
conditioned by another material body, but will come back to My abode, where there is no birth and death."   
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But there are foolish persons who take Him to be an ordinary man, not knowing the essence of His transcendental features. In }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (9:11), the Lord affirms this:
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto
\par }\pard \s1625 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mama bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard 
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 \par \pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental natur
e and My supreme dominion over all that be."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:42
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 42
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub At night in autumn the atmosphere is pleasant because it is neither very hot nor very cold. The mild wind blowing through the gardens of fruits and flowers in V\'e5nd\'e4vana appeared very much pleasing to al
l \'97 all but the gop\'e9s, who were always overtaken by heartfelt sorrow in the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are two kinds of transcendental feelings for those engaged in the worship of the Lord. One is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and the other is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . According to authorities in the disciplic line, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  worship is more palatable than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  worship. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sambhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  takes place in direct touch, wheras }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  takes place without such direct contact. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu taught us to accept }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  worship. In the present state of affairs we cannot make any direct touch with the Personality of Godhead. But if we practice the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mode of worship we can transcendentally realize the presence of the Lord more lovingly than in His presence.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Without love of Godhead there is no meaning even to direct contact. During the presence of the Lord there were thousands and th
ousands of men, but because they were not in love of Godhead they could hardly realize the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore we must first activate our dormant love of Godhead by following the prescribed rules and by following i
n the footsteps of the authorities who are actually fixed in love of Godhead. 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  provide the hi
ghest example of such unalloyed love of Godhead, and Lord Caitanya at the ultimate stage of realization displayed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  worship 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 .
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In the mundane world there is also some shadow of such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub viraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A loving wife, husband, or friend may for some time be maddened by the absence of the beloved. Such a state of mind, however, is not permanent. The loving husb
and or wife takes to another and forgets everything of the past. This is so because there is no reality to such relationships in the material world.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The spiritual situation, however, is completely different. A bona fide lover of God could never forget Him, even in exchange fo
r everything else. The devotee of the Lord cannot be happy in any circumstance without the Lord. In the absence of the Lord the devotee associates with Him by remembering His separation, and because the Lord is absolute the devotee's feeling of separatio
n is transcendentally more relishable than direct contact. This is possible only when we develop genuine love for Him. In that state the devotee is always with the Lord by feelings of separation, which become more acute and intolerable in suitable circum
stances. The mild wind reminded 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 the association of the Lord, and they felt separation fro
m Him acutely.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:43
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 43
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the autumn season all th
e birds, beasts, and men become sexually disposed, and the bull, the stag, the male bird, the man, and the other male creatures forcibly impregnate the fair sex. A similar impregnation takes place as a result of devotional service to the Lord.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Devotional service to the Lord never goes in vain. Just at the right moment, the result of one's particular devotional service will come, e
ven if one has no desire for it. The pure devotees do not wish any return from the Lord in exchange for their service; they do not make business exchanges with the Lord. But the Lord, out of His own accord, fulfills all the desires of the devotees.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   It may appear that a devotee of the Lord is becoming poorer and poorer in terms of material prosperity, but factually he is not
. The typical example is the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. The five brothers, headed by King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, underwent all sorts of difficulties because of the conspiracy of their cousins, headed by Duryodhana, but in the long run King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was enth
roned by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and his enemies were vanquished. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was never disturbed by all the calamities that overcame them even though Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was ever their companion. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas never prayed to t
he Lord for anything but His devotional service, and in due time everything came out in favor of the devotees.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   A devotee, therefore, should execute his devotional services with full energy, endurance, and confidence, he should perform his
 scheduled duties, he should be pure in heart, and he should serve in association with devotees. All six of these items will lead the devotee to the path of success. One should not be discouraged in the discharge of devotional service. Failures may not b
e detrimental; they may be the pillars of success. One must have good faith in the regulative principles followed by the self-realized souls, and one should not be doubtful about the ultimate result of such devotional service. Rather, one must go on exec
uting his prescribed duties without hesitation, and one should never be influenced by unwanted association.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   We should not consider going back to Godhead a plaything. We must take it seriously, as enjoined in the scriptures. For a stric
t follower, the result is sure and certain, and when the time is right the result will come of its own force. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went to worship God to gain something, but when he actually came in contact with God he did not want anything from the Lor
d. The Lord, however, awarded Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja both benefits \'97 that is, the Lord fulfilled his desires and also gave him eternal salvation. Such are the lessons we learn from all the revealed scriptures. The almighty God awards the results we des
ire, and therefore we should desire that which is eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge. In devotional service we should not endeavor for that which is temporary and useless.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:44
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 44
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl

\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub In the autumn season all the reservoirs of water are full of lotus flowers. There are also flowers that resemble the lotus but are of a diffe
rent class. Among them is a flower called kumud. When the sun rises, all the flowers but the kumud blossom beautifully. Similarly, lotus-like men take pleasure in the advent of a responsible king, but men who are like the kumud do not like the existence 
of a king.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In this Age of Kali the people want their own government, because the kings have become corrupt. Formerly it was not like that. The sons of
 kings were trained under the guidance of a good }{\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 \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , just as the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and the Kauravas were put under the instruction of the qualified }{\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  professor \'c7r\'e9 Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya. Princes were rigidly trained in politics, economics, the military arts, ethics
 and morality, the sciences, and, above all, devotional service to the Lord. Only after such good training were the princes allowed to be enthroned. When such a prince became king, then too he was guided by the advice of good }{\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 . Even in the middle ages, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Candra Gupta was guided by 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  Chanakya Pandit.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In a monarchy, one man sufficiently trained was competent enough to conduct alone the business of the state. But in a democracy
 no one is trained like a prince; instead, politicians are voted to responsible posts of administration by diplomatic arrangements. In place of one king or supreme executive officer, in a democracy there are so many quasi-kings: the president, the minist
ers, the deputy ministers, the secretaries, the assistant secretaries, the private secretaries, the undersecretaries, the PA's, and the MP's. There are a number of parties \'97 political, social, and communal \'97 and there are party whips, party whims, 
and so on. But no one is well enough trained to look after the factual interests of the governed. In a so-called democratic government, corruption is even more rampant than in an autocracy or monarchy.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Men who want to flourish in the guise of servants of the people do not want a good king at the head of the state. They are like
 the kumud flowers, which do not take pleasure in the sunrise. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93bad\'94 and }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mud}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93pleasure.\'94 Persons who want to exploit the administrative power for their own self-interest do 
not like the presence of a good king. Although professing democracy, they want themselves to be kings. Thus they compete for votes by bad propaganda and take pleasure in having politics but no king. Thieves and dacoits also take no pleasure in the presen
ce of a good king, but it is the interest of the people to have a well-trained king as the head of the state.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:45
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 45
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub After the new grains were cut and brought home from the paddy fields, the people began to observe the nav\'e4nna ceremony eve
rywhere, in the presence of the Lord as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Baladeva.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   According to Vedic culture, learned men consider all natural products, such as food grains, fruits, flowers, and milk, to be God-sent. No o
ne can manufacture these things in manmade factories, however scientifically advanced people may be. People can make preparations of such God-sent foodstuffs, but they cannot manufacture the natural ingredients. Spiritually cultured men, therefore, feel 
obliged to the Lord when they get sufficient natural foodstuffs by the grace of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 nav\'e4nna pr\'e4\'e7ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony is observed as a way of acknowledging the gifts of God. Newly collected grains would first be offered to the Lord by the villagers, either individually or collectively, and in either case all 
the members of the village would partake 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  thus offered to the Lord. Such ceremonies mak
e the people happy and prosperous.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   We should always acknowledge the mercy of God. We should not think that we can produce ample food grains merely with the help o
f tractors and fertilizers. These can help us only as instruments for such production; without the sanction of the Lord there is no possibility of having grains, even if there are trucks and fertilizers.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Baladeva were present, the good men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana realized that it was due to the presence of
 the Lord that their supply of food grains were sufficient. Some of the people of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, including Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, used to perform sacrifices to propitiate King Indra, the king of heaven, because he is the con
troller of rains. Without good rains, grains cannot be produced, and therefore the people would offer sacrifices to Indra. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, stopped this age-old ceremony and advised His father to offer the same sacrifice to the Sup
reme Lord. His purpose was to teach that we need not satisfy the various demigods in charge of the various departments of cosmic affairs; instead we must offer sacrifices to the Supreme Lord, for the Lord is the master and all others are His servants. Th
e famous Annak\'fc\'f6a ceremony, performed in V\'e5nd\'e4vana especially and also in all other parts of India, was thus introduced by the Lord, and people still follow this path by worshipping Govardhana Hill, where the Lord used to take pleasure in ten
ding cows. People also worship Giri-Govardhana as identical with the Lord, because there is no difference between God and His paraphernalia and pastimes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:46
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 46
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The merchants, preachers, kings, and students who were co
nfined to home during the four months June, July, August, and September began to flow out and attain success in life, just as perfected souls attain the required body as soon as they leave the present one.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The people in general\'97especially the merchants, preachers, kings, and students\'97are advised not to leave home during the four months of 
the rainy season. These four months are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4turm\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and for everyone there are specific ru
les for observing this period, partly for the sake of health and partly for spiritual realization. During this period, the merchants cannot do free business, dedicated souls like }{\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  cannot freely preach the doctrines 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 , kings cannot go out to tour their states, and students cannot go to their schools, which are closed. But after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4turm\'e4sya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  period they all get the freedom to go out and perform their respective duties, and by doing so they can achieve the results they desire.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   In the same way, one cannot achieve the desired results of one's penances until one attains freedom from the present body. Ther
e are various ways to practice the various kinds 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 attain various results in various spheres of 
life. It is not that everything is the same. There are varieties of life, varieties of planets, and varieties of success in spiritual realization. And all these can be achieved only when we have finished the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4turm\'e4sya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub - like period of life. It is a foolish imagination therefore that we can go to other planets in the present body. If we want to go t
o Devaloka, the planets of the demigods, we must achieve the required qualifications, and the same is true if we want to go back to the kingdom of God. If we want to remain on this planet in some better condition of life, that also will depend on the req
uired achievements. In any case, those achievements can be fulfilled just after one leaves the body.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The merchants, preachers, kings, and students form the four important sections of human society. The merchants should see that 
everyone gets his proper share of the food given as a gift by God. 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  preachers should go
 from door to door to preach the sense of God consciousness, not to build }{\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  and temples but to en
lighten the people. The king should go out from his home to see with his own eyes how things are going on. (Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, while on tour, saw a man\'97Kali \'97attempting to kill a cow, so the king at once punished him.) And students shou
ld gather knowledge wherever it is available. The combined work of these four sections is meant for the general welfare of society.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:47
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 47
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub From the Transcendence, which is called K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, there emanates a glowing effulgence that resembles the tail of a comet. This glowing effulgence is unlimited, immeasurable,
 and unfathomable. Within this effulgence there are innumerable glowing planets, each of them self-luminous. Somewhere, a limited part of that glowing effulgence is covered by material energy, just as a part of the sky is covered by a cloud. Within this 
material energy there are innumerable universes, in every universe there are innumerable material planets, and the earth is one of these planets. Thus we can understand what an insignificant part of the entire cosmos is this globe on which we live.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, as above mentioned, is the residence of the Personality of Godhead, the original Transcendence. The glowing effulgence 
emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka is the personal glow of the Lord. The almighty Lord, being full of inconceivable energies, expands Himself in various forms and energies. There are forms from His energy as well as forms from His person. He has innumerab
le energies, and therefore He can do anything and everything as He desires, and these things take place immediately with all perfection. His energies are like the heat and light that expand from a fire. The entire cosmic manifestation is nothing but an e
xpansion of His energies, the energies are emanations from Him, and therefore the emanations are simultaneously one with and different from Him.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The Transcendence is compared to milk, and the emanations are compared to curd. Curd is nothing but milk, but at the same time 
it is different from milk. Curd is a milk preparation, but it cannot be used in place of milk. The Lord is also sometimes compared to a tree. The root of the tree is the cause of the trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, and fruits, yet the trunk is not the fr
uit, the fruit is not the leaf, nor is the leaf the root. When water is needed it has to be poured on the root, not on the leaves. Pouring water on the leaves serves no purpose, but pouring water on the root serves all purposes. This is the essence of th
e philosophy of spiritual culture.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka is also called Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Beneath this Goloka are Haridh\'e4ma, Mahe\'e7adh\'e4ma, and Dev\'e9d
h\'e4ma. Hari (Vi\'f1\'ebu, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba) is the formal expansion of the Lord, Mahe\'e7a (\'c7iva) is the formal energetic expansion of the Lord, and Dev\'e9 is the Lord's energetic expansion. The living entities are also energetic expansions of the
 Lord. There are two different kinds of living entities, called the liberated souls and the conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The planets within the glowing effulgence are called Haridh\'e4ma. On these planets the predominating deity is Hari, and the pr
edominated deities are the liberated souls. The features of the liberated souls and those of Hari are almost the same, yet Hari is predominator and the liberated souls are predominated. The innumerable planets in Haridh\'e4ma are predominated by differen
t formal expansions of the Lord, and all of them have different names.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The universes within the material energy are called Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma, and within Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma the predominating Deity is Vi
\'f1\'ebu, who is assisted by Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva. Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma is controlled by three modes, namely goodness, passion, and ignorance. Vi\'f1\'ebu is the incarnation of goodness, Brahm\'e4 of passion, and \'c7iva of ignorance. Brahm\'e4 creates, Vi
\'f1\'ebu maintains, and \'c7iva destroys the material creation. The material creation comes into being by the will of the Lord, and it is again annihilated by His will. But although the universes of the material energy are thus created and annihilated, 
the planets in Haridh\'e4ma are ever existent.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The conditioned living entities, who wish to enjoy and not serve, are given a chance within Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma to seek liberation.
 Some of them enter Haridh\'e4ma, some of them enter Mahe\'e7adh\'e4ma, and some of them remain within Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma. Mahe\'e7adh\'e4ma is the marginal place between Haridh\'e4ma and Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma. The impersonalists who want to merge into the existe
nce of the Transcendence are placed within Mahe\'e7adh\'e4ma. Those who want to remain within the planetary systems of the material universes do so on various planets, but those who want to go outside the material energy can enter Haridh\'e4ma and go eit
her to the various planets there or directly to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\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 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 yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  makes one eligible to enter Haridh\'e4ma, the system o
f }{\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 -}{\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  makes one eligible to enter Mahe\'e7adh\'e4ma and the system 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 -}{\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  obliges one to remain in Dev\'e9dh\'e4ma and repeatedly be born and d
ie, changing his material covering according to the standard of karma he performs.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 LoB:48
\par }\pard \s164 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw120\brsp40\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 48
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw10\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat6\clshdng10000\cellx720\pard\intbl

\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub The moon, or Candraloka, is one of the four important places of residence for the demigods. Beyond M\'e4nasa Lake is Sumeru Mountain. On the 
eastern side of this mountain is the planet Devadh\'e4n\'e9, where Indra resides. On the southern side is the planet known as Sa\'e0yaman\'e9, where Yamar\'e4ja resides. On the western side is the planet known as Nimlocan\'e9, the residence of V\'e4yu, t
he demigod who controls the wind. And on the northern side of the mountain is the moon, which is also known as Vibh\'e4var\'e9.\cell}
\row \pard
\s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   All these various planets are within the universe in which our planet is situated. Persons who are too materialistic always engage in sense
 enjoyment. Such persons worship' the material demigods and goddesses to fulfill their material desires. They are fond of performing many }{\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  to propitiate the various demigods and the forefathers in heaven. Such persons are automatically promoted to the moon, where they enjoy }{\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 , a celestial beverage.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The moon is too cold for the inhabitants of this earth, and therefore ordinary persons who want to go there with earthly bodies
 are attempting to do so in vain. Merely seeing the moon from a distance of eighty thousand miles cannot enable one to understand the real situation of the moon. One has to cross M\'e4nasa Lake and then Sumeru Mountain, and only then can one trace out th
e orbit of the moon. Besides that, no ordinary man is allowed to enter that planet. Even those admitted there after death must have performed the prescribed duties to satisfy the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P
it\'e4s}{\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 devas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Yet even th
ey are sent back to earth after a fixed duration of life on the moon.
\par }\pard \s1625 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi284 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Men with developed consciousness, therefore, do not waste time making excursions, real or imaginary, to the moon. Such intellig
ent persons do not endeavor to achieve temporary sense enjoyment. Rather, they apply their conserved energy for the sake of spiritual cultivation. They discharge religious duties for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, and not for personal sense enjoym
ent. The signs of such exceptional devotees of the Lord are that they are unattached to material enjoyment, contented, pure in heart, attached to devotional service, free from affection for temporary things, and devoid of false ego. According Vedic injun
ctions, such great personalities ultimately attain the place where the Supreme Personality of Godhead predominates and where there is no death, no birth, no old age, and no disease. On the way to these spiritual planets, such personalities pass through t
he sun-line called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcir-m\'e4rga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And on the way they can see all the planets between here and the spiri
tual world.
\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 {\*\bkmkstart The Scientific Basis}{\*\bkmkend The
 Scientific Basis}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 The Scientific Basis\line of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by SVAR\'dcPA D\'c4MODARA D\'c4SA, Ph.D.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC: 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 Before making this humble attempt to write a few words about the unlimited and inexhaustible nectarean knowledge of the all-merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead,
 the supreme scientist, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and eternal father, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, and beg from His Divine Grace his kind mercy.
 Without the mercy of His Divine Grace, it is completely beyond the power of this most unqualified pupil to utter even a fraction of a single word describing the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I therefore complete
ly and fully depend on the kind and causeless mercy of my eternal father, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 1: The Bewildered Spirit 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 1. The Bewildered Spirit Soul
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern scientists, especially geneticists, have gone so far that it appears as if the destiny of man lies in their hands. They proclaim that in the future they will
 make human beings according to demand and necessity.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 1. Tom Paskal, "Tampering with the Machinery of God," }{\cs3309\b\i
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Weekend Magazine, }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 September 18, 1971, p.5.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 1}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This sort of scientific revolution started in 1543 with the publication by Copernicus, the Polish astronomer, of the heliocentric theory (i.e., the premise that planets revolve ar
ound the sun). E. E. Snyder, in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub History of the Physical Sciences, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub writes: "Since an understandin
g of the natural world was possible through science, it was also possible through science that man should be able to alter the world to his own ends and thereby improve his nature. The burden for man's progress, then, was on man, not God. God created the
 universe so that it obeyed certain natural laws. These laws were discovered by men (scientists); therefore God was not particularly necessary except in a personal sense."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 2. E.E. Snyder, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 History of the Physical Sciences }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 (Columbus
, Ohio: Merrill Publishing Co., 1969), p. 28.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 2
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My concern is to show that God is still as necessary as ever, and that the further advancement of science itself is necessarily dependent on this understanding. We 
have reached a point in our technological capability where humanity, whose independence is the cornerstone of the scientific edifice, is threatened by its own achievements. Doomsayers abound, but whether the end comes by bomb, pollution, automated loneli
ness, or whether it comes at all, there can be no doubt that a fundamental error is being committed in thinking that humanity alone has all the answers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Science\'97that is, observation and hypothesis\'97is a basic fact of the mechanics of thought. What is lacking is a purpose, and a larger intellectual setting withi
n which this empirical exercise can take place.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word "revolution" is appropriate to describe the history of science. It has been most essentially a chronology of attempts to overthrow the authority, not only 
of the Church, which burned Bruno at the stake, but also of that kind of thinking called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a priori, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub deductive, submissive, or faithful, and that Person to whom such a thinker pays homage\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. There is no reason to document here the progress of this intoxicating rebellion. What is important is that once it started, no one 
could stop it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This booklet is primarily directed to our scientific friends. Instead of centering one's consciousness around temporary machines, one should transfer his consciousn
ess to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme scientist, knowing that He is the central point for all activities. There can be innumerable concentric circles around a common center. Similarly, all scientists, philosophers, businessmen, politicians, etc., 
can engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, keeping K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the center of all their activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is defined as "one's eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the ultimat
e goal of life, which is to return home, back to Godhead; and the process of returning to the spiritual world."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 A.C. Bhak
tivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Teachings of Lord Caitanya }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 (New York, Los Angeles, London and Bombay: The Bh
aktivedanta Book Trust, 19681, p. 23.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Zero, if it stands alone, has no value. However, when a one is p
ut before it, it becomes ten. Similarly, all activities have no value unless K\'e5\'f1\'eba is included within these activities. Thus we can understand that the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only real science which is to be learned and practiced.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 2: Perceiving the Existence of the Supreme Scientist, Lord \'c7r\'e9 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 2. Perceiving the Existence of t
he Supreme Scientist, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 na
ture 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 a
re 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," these terms imply a person. Th
ey 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 und
er Me. By My will it is manifested again and again, and by My will it is annihilated at the end.'' }{\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.8}{\cs2873\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 Now let us look into a few samples from the Lord's creation, and upon contemplating these exemplary aspects, one should develop a better understanding and appreciat
ion 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. Every day the sun supplies the 
solar system with a tremendous amount of heat, light and energy. "The very tiny fraction of the sun's energy that falls on the earth-estimated at about five parts in a hundred million million-is about I 00,000 times greater than all the energy used in th
e 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 emits in one second is greater than the 
whole amount of energy the human species has consumed throughout its entire history."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Fred Hoyle, Astronomy (Garden City, N
ew York: Doubleday and Company, 1962), p. 232.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 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 flo
ating in the sky in every direction. With the material scientific brain, the thermal, electrical and nuclear powerhouses have been made. These can supply heat, light and energy to a small, limited extent, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supplying the whole pl
anet with an unlimited source of energy just from one sun. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "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." }{\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  15.12}{\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  The planets are revolving in a systematic path around the sun. Even within the smallest atom, the electrons are orbiting a
round the nucleus in a perfect manner.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, from the submicroscopic realm of the atom to the expanding reaches of the galactic objects, this material universe is running like intricate, well-oiled clock
work 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, which are perfectly equipped and 
maintained. 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 g\'e4m \'e4vi\'e7ya ca bh\'fct\'e4ni dh\'e4ray\'e4my aham oj\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit." }{
\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.13}{\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 laws made by t
he 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 obse
rver, due to the laws of refraction. Also, each year the seasons change quite periodically, producing symptoms unique to each season.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 anth
ocyanins, 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 example, is a terpenoid compound
, and the characteristic odor of lemons is due to the molecule called limonene, which is one of the simple terpenes. Similarly, the characteristic colors in carrots and tomatoes 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 the molecule or a slight change in the size of the molecule can cause a col
or 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, the hydrogen molecule, which contains only two atoms of hydrogen. On the o
ther 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 for a definite function. Similarly, the crystalline pattern of each differe
nt 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, carbon, 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 tetrahedrally 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way we can cite innumerable examples of molecular networks so fantastically and delicately arranged that chemists cannot but wonder about the most expert ha
nd 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\cb1\nosupersub (acintya). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no scientist who can deny it. How then can any chemist abstain from appreciating the wonderful works 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 we find: "One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as th
e 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 luminous lik
e the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature." }{\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 8.9}{\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 At best, scientists can only try to imitate the wonderful artistic works of the Supreme Lord. They cannot even do this properly, and most 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. Eschenmoser of Zurich took eleven years 
to synthesize the vitamin B12 molecule. Altogether, ninety-nine scientists from nineteen different countries were involved just to accomplish this one small task.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf11\up8 James H. Krieger, Chemical and Engineering News, March 12, 1973, p.16.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is making all these complex molecules at will.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 no
t 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 spacecraft 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, and the lives of the three astr
onauts 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, although at other times they forget 
Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 of living entities, social org
anization 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 baby is quite clearly visible e
ven 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 wonderful webs with great architect
ural 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 of a mustard seed, the whole p
otency 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 s
eed of all existences. There is no being-moving or unmoving-that can exist without 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 10.39}{\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 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 falling 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\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we find, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vasudeva\'f9 sarvam iti: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes." (}{\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 )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub pauru\'f1a\'e0 n\'e5\'f1u.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the ability in man." }{\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  7.8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By various mechanical means (telescopes, etc.), assumptions, empiric theories and conceptual models, cosmologists and astronomers are trying with tremendous vigor t
o 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 {\cs3309\b
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 D. Rawlins and M. Hammerton, "Is There a Tenth Planet in the Solar System?" }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Nature}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , December 22, 1972, p. 457.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How far they will be successf
ul 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 thoughtful person can u
nderstand 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, who 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 mean
s 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\cb1\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One simply has to take the knowledge from the supreme authority, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Canto, Chapter Three, verses 1-5. The description of the material and spiritual universes is
 completely given 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 Fifth Chapter, and 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 we get the clear information that the entire material universe is only one fourth of the creative e
nergy 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the golden }{\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 (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 nature of these universe
s. 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 flower, and the princi
pal 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 ar
e also inhabited by residents who are full with six opulences-wealth, strength, knowledge, beauty, fame and renunciation-and in each and every Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planet a different expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His eternal abode.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 
\s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Prabhup\'e4da, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , pp. 82~83.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material scientists have no information of
 this vast knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Certainly, the secrets of the universe cannot be unfolded by the tiny brains of material scientists. We should agree without a doubt that man's vision in all direct
ions 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 }{\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  7.10) ... O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7.7) 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 grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender 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  7.15)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 fact 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 i
t 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub says: "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 thing
s, knowing well to whom they belong.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 yat ki\'efcat jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line 
tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4 m\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8  }{\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 \'c9\'e7o 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 15
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 3: What is the Difficulty?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 3. What is the Difficulty?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The greatest disease in the minds of the scientists is that they do not believe that something is a fact unless it is proved by scientific experiments. When a scien
tist makes a statement and he supports that statement with scientific experiments, everyone is completely convinced, and no questions are asked. When we talk about the spirit soul to these scientists, their usual response is, "How can one detect the pres
ence of the soul?" Because they have been conditioned to working with machines, they wonder whether the soul can be detected by scientific experiments. However, scientists have to agree that even in their own scientific realm there are many facts that ca
nnot be proved by experiments. The fact is that the soul is there, but in order to understand its existence we have to accept knowledge from the right person, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, and His representative in disciplic succession, the spiritual
 master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone in the scientific community knows that mathematicians work with an imaginary number called "i," which is the square root of minus one. This number does not
 figure among the natural numbers (1,2,3, etc.). However, important branches of mathematics-for example, the theory of analytical functions\'97are based on this imaginary unit. Without the help of this branch of mathematics, various complex theories and 
problems cannot be solved. Thus the existence of this number cannot be denied; yet there is no experiment to prove it. In a similar manner, scientists in the field of statistical mechanics also utilize various conceptual models-ensembles, for example\'97
to explain their theories and arguments. These are all beyond the realm of experimental science. If scientists are willing to accept these imaginary and conceptual models, what is the difficulty in accepting the perfect knowledge given by Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the supreme scientist?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another scientific theory that is beyond the limit of experimental science is Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. The statement of this principle is that it is impo
ssible to simultaneously determine the position and momentum of any object. In mathematical language, it is stated that the product of the uncertainties in the measured values of the position and momentum (product of mass and velocity) cannot be smaller 
than Planck's constant. No existing experimental technique can prove this principle. However, scientists all over the world accept this statement as a fact, knowing that the experimental proof is beyond their ability. Similarly, there is no scientific ex
periment to prove the Third Law of Thermodynamics. This law, as formulated by Planck, states that the entropy of a perfect crystal at absolute zero degrees is equal to zero. Factually, there is no means available for measuring directly the absolute entro
pies. Therefore the proof of this law is beyond the realm of experimental science.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also to be noted that so-called scientific theories are changing constantly. For example, at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century (1808), John Dalton, in d
eveloping his atomic theory, stated that atoms could not be further divided. However, toward the end of the Nineteenth Century and the beginning of the Twentieth Century, it was found that Dalton's atomic theory could no longer be considered correct. It 
was observed that atoms could be further divided into fundamental particles like electrons, protons and neutrons. It was also found that some atoms could emit alpha and beta particles, thereby producing new atoms, and so on. As a matter of fact, the so-c
alled nuclear bombs are a result of these findings. In a similar manner, during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Newton's mechanics had a tremendous influence on the minds of scientists, since they could be applied to gross material objects. Howev
er, at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, with the discoveries of the fundamental particles, it was realized that Newton's mechanics failed in describing the motions of these particles. Thus quantum mechanics has been developed to explain the phenom
ena they exhibit. These theories are filled with speculation, and they are also changing. Just as past and present scientific theories are changing, so we can understand that future scientific theories will also change.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This simply shows that the brains of the highly honored material scientists are imperfect, and, as a result, the theories proposed by these brains will always be im
perfect. Actually, perfect knowledge cannot be changed. In order to get perfect knowledge, one has to take knowledge from the perfect scientist, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His bona fide representative, the spiritual master. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "I am the s
ource of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly 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\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  10.8}{\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  Furthermore: "Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the Self, and among lo
gicians I am the conclusive truth." (}{\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 10.32)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists have to understand that the knowledge and ability they have is extremely limited and in fact quite insignificant. With this insignificant and limited kno
wledge, how will it be possible to understand knowledge beyond the material context? Actually there is no question about the existence of the soul. The living entities are fragmental spirit souls, whereas Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme soul, supreme 
person and supreme scientist. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." }{\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\b\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 15.7}{\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  Also: "It should be und
erstood 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." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as the existence of air can be felt by touch and the existence of certain molecules by fragrance and aroma, similarly consciousness is the clear symptom of the
 existence of the soul. "O son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so does the living entity, one within the body, illuminate the entire body by consciousness." }{\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. }{\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\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Biologists also confirm that even the smallest microorganisms, such as bacteria, have consciousness. When consciousness enters into a material body. we c
all it a living body. However, when there is no consciousness in the body-in other words, when the spirit soul leaves the body-simply a lump of matter is left over. This phenomenon we call death. Therefore the spirit soul never dies and is never born. It
 is eternal. What we call birth and death are nothing but the changing of different material bodies, the replacement of old bodies with new ones. "The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another,
 as the air carries aromas." (}{\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  15.8) Thus birth, death, old age and disease are the signals of
 the changing of the material body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When our scientific friends readily accept Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the imaginary unit and the various conceptual models of statistical mechanics, which 
are all beyond experimental science, what is the difficulty in accepting the existence of the spirit soul? The supreme scientist \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "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." (}{\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 2.20) Its size has been described thus: "When the upper point of a hair is divided into one hundred parts and again each of such parts is divided into one hundred parts, each such part is the measurement of the dimension of the spirit soul."
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 b\'e4l\'e4gra-\'e7ata-bh\'e4gasya \'e7atadh\'e4 kalpitasya ca\line bh\'e4go j\'e9va\'f9 vij\'efeya\'f9 sa c\'e4nant
y\'e4ya kalpate }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\up8 [}{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\up8 \'c7vet.Up.}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\up8  }{
\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\up8 5.9}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\up8 ]}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists are familiar with the law of conservation of energy which states that energy can be neither created nor destroye
d. The living entities are the superior energy of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore the soul is eternal. "Know that which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul." }{\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 2.17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The nature of the spirit soul is elaborately described in the Second and Thirteenth 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 One simply has to take the knowledge from the supreme scientist, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 4: The Incomplete and Speculative Knowledge of Darwin's Theory of Evolution
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4. The Incomplete and Speculativ
e Knowledge of Darwin's Theory of Evolution
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution in 1859, he frequently corresponded with A.R. Wallace, one of his contemporary naturalists. In one of his le
tters to A.R. Wallace (December 22, 1857), Darwin wrote, "... I am a firm believer that without speculation there is no good and original observation....'\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Philip Appleman, ed., }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Darwin}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8  (New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1970), 
p. 66.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus, one does not need to make an extensive study in order to understand his theory. His theor
y was completely based on his own speculation and mental manipulation, based on some data collected during his "Voyage of the Beagle" (1831-1836). Every sensible person knows that speculative knowledge is quite fallible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How his theory was developed is given in his own words: "When onboard H.M.S. Beagle as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the o
rganic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts ... seemed to throw some light on the origin of species, that mystery of mysteries. On my return home, it occurr
ed to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub After five years work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which 
seemed to me probable: from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist might come to the conclusion that species had not been independently creat
ed, but had descended, like varieties from other species."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, (New York: D. Appleton an
d Company, 1883), pp. 1-2 (italics added).}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 2
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Darwin has no knowledge about the nature of the spirit soul. He has no clear information as to how the living entity (spirit soul) is transmigrating from one specie
s to another. He does not know whether there is further evolution from the human platform, and he hasn't the slightest idea as to the total number of species through which the cycle of evolution goes on. He also has no infonnation whether the spirit soul
 can transmigrate from the human platform to lower species of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There has been great confusion regarding Darwin's Theory. His critics are very legitimately asking, "If the theory of natur
al selection of Darwin is correct, why can't we see the intermediate forms of species, the connecting links?" Darwin himself was completely confused in this respect. He could not provide any logical answer except his speculative argumentation. His own an
swer was that "extinction and natural selection will ... go hand in hand."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Alvar Ellegard, Darwin and the General Reader 
(Goteberg: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1958), p. 217.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He did not know that all the species of lif
e have been existing since the dawn of creation. "The different species of life are created immediately along with the universe. Men, animals, beasts, birds-everything is simultaneously created, because whatever desires the living entities had at the las
t annihilation are again manifested."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8  (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972), p. 456.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11
\up8 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As a crude example, the species portrayed in the ancient Egyptian pyramids were the same as those we meet at the present day. Similarly, since time immemorial the peacock, 
whose colorful feathers so nicely decorate the transcendental head of the Supreme Personality of Godhead \'c7ri K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has been the same as the species we find today. With his poor fund of knowledge, Darwin concluded that some species became ext
inct in the process of evolution. This is completely wrong.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 5: Complete and Perfect Knowledge of Evolution
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5. Complete and Perfect Knowledg
e of Evolution
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Complete and perfect knowledge of evolution in minute detail is available in the Vedic literatures. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has kindly supplied t
he following Vedic quotations:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7\'e9ti\'e0 catura\'e7 caiva lak\'f1\'e4\'e0s t\'e4\'ef j\'e9va-j\'e4ti\'f1u\line bhramadbhi\'f9 puru\'f1ai\'f9 pr\'e4pya
\'e0 m\'e4nu\'f1ya\'e0 janma-paryay\'e4t\line tad apy abhalat\'e4\'e0 j\'e4ta\'f9 te\'f1\'e4m \'e4tm\'e4bhim\'e4nin\'e4\'e0\line var\'e4k\'e4\'eb\'e4m an\'e4\'e7ritya govinda-cara\'eba-dvayam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One attains the human form of life after transmigrating through 8,400,000 species of life by the process of gradual evolution. That h
uman form of life is spoiled for those conceited fools who do not take shelter of the lotus feet of Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba].''\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 1. }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Brahma-vaivarta }{\cs2873\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 1
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jalaj\'e4 nava-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi sth\'e4var\'e4 lak\'f1a-vi\'e0\'e7ati\line k\'e5mayo rudra-sa\'eckhyak\'e4\'f9 pak\'f1i\'eb\'e4
\'e0 da\'e7a-lak\'f1a\'ebam\line tri\'e0\'e7al-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi pa\'e7ava\'f9 catur-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi m\'e4nu\'f1\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There are 900,000 species of aquatic life; 2,000,000 species of plants and trees; 1,100,000 species of insects; 1,000,000 species of 
bird life; 3,000,000 species of beasts, and 400,000 species of human life."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jalaj\'e4 nava-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi\line sth\'e4var\'e4 lak\'f1a-vi\'e0\'e7ati\line k\'e5mayo rudra-sa\'eckhyak\'e4\'f9\line pa
k\'f1i\'eb\'e4\'e0 da\'e7a-lak\'f1a\'ebam\line tri\'e0\'e7al-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi pa\'e7ava\'f9\line catur-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi m\'e4nu\'f1\'e4\'f9
\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 jalaj\'e4\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97aquatics; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nava}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nine; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1\'e4
ni}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97100,000; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sth\'e4var\'e4\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unmoving entities such as trees;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lak\'f1a}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97100,000; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vim\'e7ati}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97twenty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5maya\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97insects; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rudra}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97reptiles;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sa\'eckhyak\'e4\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97numbering eleven }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lakhs}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  (or 1,100,000);}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  pak\'f1i\'eb\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the birds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7a}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ten; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1a\'ebam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97100,000;}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  tri\'e0\'e7at}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thirty;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  lak\'e7ani}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lakhs}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  (100,000); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7ava\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beasts;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  catu\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97four;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  laksani}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97100,000; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4nu\'f1\'e4\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97kinds of human beings.
\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\sb36\sa86 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub There are 900,000 species living in the water. There are 2,000,000 nonmoving living entities [sth\'e4vara] such as trees and pla
nts. There are 1,100,000 species of insects and reptiles, and 1,000,000 species of birds. As far as quadrupeds are concerned, there are 3,000,000 varieties, and there are 400,000 human species.}}}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  The meaning of "species" understood by biologists is different from the meaning implied here. The meaning used by biologists applies to the gross physical ap
pearance or the gross morphological feature of the living material bodies. The Vedic meaning, however, which is derived after thorough and careful analysis, is based on the level of consciousness of the living being. For example, biologists say that all 
human beings belong to one species, whereas the Vedic literatures list 400,000 species. In other words, there are 400,000 grades of human beings on different levels of consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of evolution through these 8,400,000 species of life has been going on since time immemorial. As we noted earlier, the spirit soul never dies and is nev
er born; it is eternal. It transmigrates from one body to another. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme knower of everything, says: "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up th
e 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 )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 In this way the transmigration of the soul is going on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we noted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-vaivarta Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the most important species of life is the human being. 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 instructs, }{\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 "Now, therefore, in this human form of life, it is time to inquire about spiritual realization."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8  1.1.1.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who am I? What is the real mission of human life? What is the ultimate purpose of our existence? Every intelligent person must ask these questions and should search for the right answers from the right source
. So-called modern educators claim that the purpose of education is to solve the problems of life. But in actuality they are teaching their students how to increase sense gratification more and more, thereby creating more and more paths to degradation. "
Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions [in terms of increased sense gratification], one becomes too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and falls down into hell." }{\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  16.16}{\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  In modern universities and colleges no one teaches the science by which to answer the question "Who am I?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da kindly points out, "There are so many depart
ments 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 relationship is?"\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, "It is for the Greatest Scholar, It is for the Innocent Boy," }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Back to Godhead}{\cs3309
\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8  no. 44, p,4.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The most important depa
rtment of education, that which teaches the real mission of human life, is completely left out. Scientists claim that modern science is a product of man's curiosity to know. Why aren't they curious to know who we are and what our relationship is with the
 Supreme Lord, the supreme scientist, \'c7r\'e9 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 give all the answers perfectly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lower forms of life such as animals, birds and plants do not suffer from sinful activities because they never violate the laws of nature. A tiger, for instance, doe
s not commit sinful activity by killing its prey because his body is meant to act in that way; it is properly equipped for that purpose. However, when the spirit soul comes to the level of a human being, the living entity is then subject to the results o
f his actions }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (karma-phala). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From this human platform the living entity has, therefore, a choice.
 If the spirit soul wants to leave his material body and attain a spiritual body, he can do so from this human platform; otherwise, at the time of death he can transmigrate to one of the 8,400,000 species according to the desires and consciousness he has
 developed. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "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\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 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  From the human platform the spirit soul can escape the miserable wheel of birth and death by developing K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness. "And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt." }{\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  8.5}{\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  This is evolution from the material platform to the spiritual platform.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lower forms of life (animals, birds, plants, etc.) are not favorably situated for taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness be
cause they are not intelligent enough to understand this great science. On the other hand, it is understood from Vedic literature that there are demigods who are more elevated than human beings, but their position is also not favorable for taking to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because they are too materially opulent. Too much material opulence is also a disqualification for taking up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, a
nd who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place." }{\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 2.44}{\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  That is why it is an absolute necessity for all sane human beings to take up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from this human platform, which is the int
ermediate birth between the demigods and the lower forms of life. Otherwise, the precious human form of life will simply be wasted.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 6: \'c7\'e4stric (Authoritative Scriptural) Injunctions Are the Supreme Judgement
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 6. \'c7\'e4stric (Authoritative 
Scriptural) Injunctions Are the Supreme Judgement
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We understand that our knowledge and intelligence are extremely limited. Our brains are tiny, our senses and scientific equipment are imperfect, and our vision is l
imited. With all these imperfect means, how will it be possible to comprehend the knowledge (science) beyond? Attempting to understand unlimited knowledge by one's own limited means in the name of doing research is simply a waste of valuable time and ene
rgy. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da very kindly explains that by the mature research work of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, 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 (incarnation) of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, complete and perfect knowledge (science) is available in the Vedic literatures.
\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 were originally spoken by the Supreme Lord Himself to Brahm\'e4, the first living being in the material universe, from within his heart. Vedic knowledge is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7ruti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indicating that it is learned by aural reception. Therefore the Vedic knowledge has to be received from higher authorities by hearing }{\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 In previous ages people were very intelligent. Their memories were extremely sharp. Just by hearing once fro
m a spiritual master, disciples could remember everything. Therefore, there was no necessity for keeping 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 in written form during those ages. However, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva could see beforehand that people in this present age of Kali, the age of quarrel and misunderstanding, situated amidst the disturbing noise of science and technology
, would be much less intelligent, possessing extremely short memories. Therefore about 5,000 years ago he compiled 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 in written form for the benefit of all inquisitive souls of this present age.
\par }\pard {\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 actually means knowledge, and }{\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 means the end of knowledge, which is to know the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 essence of all Vedic knowledge. It was spoken by the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
Himself, to His intimate friend and disciple Arjuna. }{\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 ripened fr
uit of all the Vedic literatures. It is 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 of life, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba p
ersonified. It describes the unlimited transcendental qualities of the Lord. Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu explained to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the sound representation of the Supreme Lord, 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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there are unlimited meanings, and one can understand them by the association of devotees.''
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Prabhup\'e4da, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{
\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , p. 151.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says: "I am situated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By 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 am I 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 am the knower 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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  15.15) Thus the words 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 th
e supreme authority.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask, "How may one accept authority?" The answer is given by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: "The answer of the genuine mother to the question of who is one's fat
her is authoritative." One cannot argue about or object to this point. Similarly, when a child learns that two times two is equal to four from his father and he tells the same thing to a professor of mathematics, the professor has to agree that the child
 is speaking perfectly. The child may not be perfect, but the knowledge that he is speaking is perfect because he has taken it from an authority. Similarly, all the Vedic knowledge is infallible. For example, it has been mentioned 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 that cow dung is pure whereas other stool is impure, and modern science has found this to be true. It 
has been scientifically confirmed by chemical analysis that cow dung indeed contains various antiseptic properties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are four principal defects inherent in the conditioned soul, namely, imperfect senses, the propensity to cheat, surety of committing mistakes and surety of be
ing illusioned. Therefore, the conditioned soul is completely unfit to make any rules and regulations. The injunctions laid down 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 (authoritative scriptures) are above these four defects. Therefore, all the great saints 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 (holy teachers) accept the scriptural injunctions completely, without adulteration. Our position is simply to accept the supreme authority without question. In this way, one can understan
d the Supreme Lord and supreme scientist, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, through authority. One can perceive or detect Him through authority, one can see Him through authority, and one can associate with Him through authority. Similarly, one can also spe
ak through authority, argue and defend through authority, and prove and demonstrate through authority. The supreme authority is the ultimate judgement, and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that supreme authority.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Men who have a poor fund of understanding further ask, "How does one know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme authority?" Lord Brahm\'e4, the first living being and 
the engineer who creates all the living entities in the material universe, sings as follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\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\line an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9 sarva-k\'e4ra
\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the very form of eternal being, full of knowledge and bliss. He is the pr
imeval Lord Govinda and the cause of all causes." }{\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\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 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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  k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself." }{\b0\i0\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  Arjuna, the great devotee of the Lord, also says to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "You are th
e Supreme Brahman, 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. All the great sages such as N\'e4rada
, Asita, Devala, and Vy\'e4sa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it 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 . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.12-13}{\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  In the same way, all the }{\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 (great self
-realized personalities) like Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, 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 (holy teachers) like Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya and Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, all my predecessor gurus (spiritual masters) in disciplic succession and now my spiritual master and eternal father
, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, declare the same thing-that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore there should be no tinge of doubt. Our duty is just to follow the kind footsteps of these greatest of s
aintly personalities. In this way we can understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In spite of this, the project to control nature continues. Rather than researching to find out the plan of the Supreme Being, rather than accepting the laws of natu
re as laws of God, the scientific mentality seeks to put mankind in the place of God in order to improve on nature. But when we inspect these activities closely, we can see that the two admitted goals, knowledge and pleasure, have not been achieved after
 so many years of trying. The materialists enjoin us to be patient, saying that very shortly the answer will be known and the pleasure will be available for all. To keep us amused in the meantime, there are technological trinkets galore. If it happens th
at we die waiting, still the scientist does not admit the tragedy, since for him life is only a molecular peculiarity anyway.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the insensitive fritter away the valuable time of human life, time meant for discovering the answer to the most pressing of all questions\'97"Why am I sufferin
g?" In fact, they won't even admit that they are suffering. Life thus wasted becomes a painful paradox, in which each minute that passes increases the misery, until finally the body collapses in agonized bewilderment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a jeep, in the 1940's, several scientists rode through the New Mexico desert. They were tense, trying to resolve the ner
ve-wracking conflict of fear and dizzy elation in their minds. The Manhattan Project had come to an end, and they were to witness the first explosion of a nuclear device, which was being considered for use as the "ultimate weapon" to win the war. In thei
r bunker, as they confronted the terrifying, spectacular power of the bomb, Dr. Oppenheimer 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 , "Time I am, the destroyer of the worlds...," no doubt fearing that it would take a person as intelligent as God to be able to use atomic energy properly, and that humanity might not be equal to the task. To know 
that answer for certain, which evidence will be sufficient for us? The sublime words 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 or the brute force of history?
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 7: Accepting a Bona Fide 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 7. Accepting a Bona Fide Spiritu
al Master
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any sincere soul who is searching for spiritual science must try to seek out a bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession (}{\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 ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original spiritual master. The Vedic knowledge, as it is, has been handed down from master to disciple, one after another. Even on the mundane platform, if someone want
s to learn chemistry, he has to approach a professor of chemistry; how much greater, then, is the need to approach a bona fide spiritual master to attain the supreme spiritual perfection, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is absolutely necessary for a sin
cere soul to approach a bona fide spiritual master and surrender unto the lotus feet of the spiritual master without reservation. Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu instructed San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thus: "The first and foremost thing is that one s
hould accept a bona fide spiritual master. That is the beginning of spiritual life.''\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Prabhup\'e4da, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, p. 152.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 1
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptoms of a bona fide guru (spiritual master) and devotee are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P
adma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "A person who is a qualified br\'e4hma\'eba, and at the same time qualified with all the symptoms of a devotee, can become the spiritual master of all class
es of men, and such a devotee and spiritual master must be respected as God Himself. But a person, even though he may be born of a very respected br\'e4hma\'eba family, cannot become a bona fide spiritual master if he is not a devotee of the Lord."\chftn
{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Ibid.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
It is further stated: "Whatever he may be, whatever position he may have, if a person is fully conversant with the science 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, his capability to become a bona fide spiritual master depends on his sufficient knowledge of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; it does not depend on birth or a particular position in society."\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Ibid., p. 266. }}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Th
e qualifications of a bona fide spiritual master are also 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 , Eleventh Canto, where the sage Prabuddha tells Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nimi: "My dear King, please know for certain that in the material world there is no happiness. It is simply a mistake to think that there is happiness here because this place is 
full of nothing but miserable conditions. Any person who is seriously desirous of achieving real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of a spiritual master is that he must have real
ized 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 considerations, are to be und
erstood as bona fide spiritual masters. Everyone should try to find such a bona fide spiritual master in order to furfill his mission of life, which is to transfer himself to the place of spiritual bliss."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 The Nectar of Devotion }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 (New York, Los Angeles, London and Bombay: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1970), p. 58. }}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The sage further continued: "My 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."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Ibid., p. 59.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 5
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, this material world is a vast ocean of sufferings and miseries, and 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 (illusion) are constantly kicking the living entities. Therefore, undoubtedly, all human beings urgently need the kind and able guidance of an expert ca
ptain to cross this vast ocean of Kali-yuga. If we are in the hands of an expert captain, our position is quite safe. The bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession is, unquestionably, an expert captain. Our material bodies are the ships, and the
 words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the favorable winds. If one takes shelter of such a spiritual master, there is no difficulty in crossing this vast ocean of Kali-yuga. 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 instructs Arjuna: "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." }{\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  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  Also in the Vedic 
literatures we find:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\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 praka\'e7\'e4nte mah\'e4trnana
\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge 
automatically revealed."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf11\up8 , 6.23.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 7
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, we simply have to depend on the kind and causeless mercy of the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. L
ord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says: "By the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one gets a spiritual master, and by the mercy of the spiritual master one gets 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  it is stated: "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, ma
de of the material energy." (}{\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 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  When the Supreme Lord within the heart sees the sincerity of the
 conditioned soul, He mercifully gives all opportunities for the deliverance of the fallen soul. "Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance }{\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 10.11}{\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  ... When one is enlightened with the kno
wledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up everything in the daytime.'' }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.16}{\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 It is an unquestionable fact that neither doctors, nor social and political leaders, nor philanthropists can solve the basic problems of life, namely, birth, death,
 old age and disease. At any moment the material body will be finished. Everyone, therefore, should prepare for inevitable death. But without the background of the transcendental science, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and without the merciful guidance of
 the expert spiritual master, how can one prepare for impending death? Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a great king and devotee of the Lord, had seven days' time to prepare for death, but we do not even know for sure whether we have seven minutes to prepa
re for death. King Par\'e9k\'f1it spent those days exclusively hearing the great sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 speak 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 , which describes the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way, he perfected his life. Material scientists and philosophers cannot g
ive transcendental knowledge to their students. They have no qualifications to do so. However, a bona fide spiritual master who is one hundred percent K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious can impart complete transcendental knowledge, the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
o his disciples, and thus he can solve all their problems in life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth. "The Absolute Truth must descend from the absolute platform. It is not to be understood by the ascendin
g process.''\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 11. }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Prabhup\'e4da, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , p. 172.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 11}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One cannot, therefore, approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, directly. 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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba addresses Arjuna: "My dear P\'e4rtha, one who claims to be My devotee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of
 My devotee is actually My devotee.''\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 12. }{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Prabhup
ada, }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Nectar of Devotion}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , p. 103.}}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8
12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also says: "I am 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 [teacher], I am not 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 [administrator], I 
am not 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 [householder] and I am not a }{\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 [retired man]. I do not belong to any of the eight }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7ram
as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [occupational and spiritual divisions of society]. I am the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant-one hundred times the servant-of the maintainer 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is the perfect example given by the perfect master, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a Caitanya Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master is, therefore, the transparent via medium through which to approach the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Ca
kravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, a great }{\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 (holy teacher), kindly gives us the following sub
lime instructions in his famous prayers for the glorification of the spiritual master:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi\line dhy\'e4yan stuva\'e0s tasya ya\'e7as t
ri-sandhya\'e0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one satisfies the spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. If one does not satisfy the spiritual ma
ster, there is no chance of one's being promoted to the plane of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. I should therefore meditate upon him, pray for his mercy three times a day, and offer my respectful obeisances unto him, my spiritual master." }{\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the great Vai\'f1\'ebava (K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious) tradition. The duty of the disciple is to always think and act 
to satisfy the spiritual master in all circumstances. Therefore, one should execute the orders of the spiritual master one hundred per cent, without any tinge of personal motivation.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC 8: 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 8. Conclusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a transcendental discourse between Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, one of the greatest devotees of the Lord, the Lor
d inquired from R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya: "What is the highest standard of education?" R\'e4m\'e4nanda immediately replied that the highest standard of education is to know the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\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 that V\'e4sudeva (another name of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God) is the ultimate object of knowledge:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4 ved\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4 makh\'e4\'f9\line v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4 yog\'e4 v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4\'f9 kriy\'e4
\'f9\line v\'e4sudeva-para\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 v\'e4sudeva-para\'e0 tapa\'f9\line v\'e4sudeva-paro dharmo v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4 gati\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the revealed scriptures, the ultimate object of knowledge is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead. The purpose of p
erforming sacrifice is to please Him. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is for realizing Him. All fruitive activities are ultimately rew
arded by Him only. He is supreme knowledge, and all severe austerities are performed to know Him. Religion [dharma] is rendering loving service unto Him. He is the supreme goal of life."}{\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 1.2.28-
29}{\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of realizing Him is to render unalloyed devotional service (}{\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 ) unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His bona fide representative, the spiritual master in disciplic s
uccession. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba declared to Arjuna: "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 un
derstanding." }{\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 11.54}{\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 conditioned living entities should perform }{\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) for the satisfaction of Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba). Vi\'f1\'ebu is also called Yaj\'efe\'e7vara, the Lord of all sacrifices. 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 all-merciful \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna: "O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happil
y 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\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\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 4.31}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4
prabhu, the mercy incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, introduced 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 and glorification of the names of God) 500 years ago for the deliverance of alI men in this age of Kali. The Lord's incarnation is mentioned 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 follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 su-medhasa\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates,
 by performance 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 ." (}{\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  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  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da states: "}{\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 }{\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, and 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."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, "Lord Caitanya: the Golden Avat\'e4ra," }{\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Back to Godhead}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf11\up8  no. 39, p. 9. }}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is also 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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this age of Kali, the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of Lord Hari, K\'e5\'f1na. There is no other way. There 
is no other way. There is no other way."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , 38.126 }}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 7}{\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 Hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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 (the 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. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated: "There is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself. As such
, the holy name is as perfect as the Lord Himself in fullness, purity and eternity. The holy name is not a material sound vibration, nor has it any material contamination."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf11\up8 Padma Pur\'e4\'eba }}}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How the holy name of the Lord can be chanted constantly is merciful
ly described by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself 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 falseprestige, and should be ready to offer all respects to others. In such a 
state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1179 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, }{
\cs3309\b\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 , verse }{\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 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 9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We therefore humbly request everyone-scientists, philosophers, businessmen, politicians, etc.-to please chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rnah\'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, H
are Hare. This will cleanse the accumulated dust from the heart and lead to the understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the supreme absolute science, the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC: About the Author
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub About the Author
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 was born in a Vai\'f1\'ebava (devoted) family in Manipur, India, on February 25, 1941. His father, Jogendra Singh, d
ied when he was a mere child. In 1961 he earned his B.S. degree, with highest honors in Chemistry from Gauhati University, and he earned his master's degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology with similar honors from Calcutta University in 1
964. He was a recipient of a Research Fellowship from the University Grants Commission (1964-1966).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Allured by material advancement, he came to the United States of America and joined the Department of Chemistry, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, in 1967 and ob
tained an M.S. degree in Chemistry in 1969. Then he joined the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, where he is finished his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry in June of 1974. Now he is working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associat
e at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Early in 1970," he relates, "I got a cablegram from Manipur saying 'Your mother expired, March 24, 1970; saradha April 6, 1970.' From that very moment, my outlook 
about life became quite changed. I was very much occupied with thoughts of the extremely temporary nature, filled with sufferings and miseries, of this material world. One evening in June, 1970, Dr. Rao, later R\'e4m\'e4nanda Prabhu, and I went to Laguna
 Beach and saw four or five disciples of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da doing }{\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] along the street. I was extremely surprised to see this in the United States. We were watching and following them from a distance, and we wanted to know what they were doing. Soon, one of the devotees stopped by and gave us a card 
inviting us to come for a Sunday love feast. On that day, I bought a small book entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. A few days later, under Dr. Rao's strong influence, I went with him to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in Los Angeles. This was toward the end of June 1970, when Dr. Rao was initiated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When I saw the devotees in the Los Angeles Temple, I suddenly felt that I should be living like them. I vividly remember the beautiful loving exchange of flowers b
etween His Divine Grace and the disciples early in the morning in front of the temple. I was quite amazed to see the beautiful \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple in Los Angeles for the first time. Later on after his initiation ceremony
, R\'e4m\'e4nanda Prabhu took me upstairs to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. When we went upstairs, I received the most affectionate and compassionate glance from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and immediately I felt: 'Here is my spiritual father.' \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da asked me some kind questions, and I replied with my broken Bengali sentences. I was extremely glad that I had come to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. I was formally initiated in the \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple, Lo
s Angeles, on June 30, 1971."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SBKC: 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 International Society for Krishn
a Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In early September of 1965, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da arrived on the shores of America. His mission was to introduce the sublime scien
ce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the Western world. By translating and explaining the essence of the Vedic literatures, which are vastly elaborate scriptures of advanced spiritual knowledge, he has made available to everyone a clear understanding of
 true spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1966, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) to spread this culture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throu
ghout the modern world. With over eighty centers on five continents, ISKCON is practicing and freely distributing the joyful, authorized process most recommended for God-realization in this age-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 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. Furthermore, 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 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 printed and distributed in over ten languages, establish this sublime and practi
cal science on a strong intellectual basis.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is a sampling of letters ISKCON has received from people around the world who have appreciated the teachings 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 Dear Sir,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am a prisoner at the Royal Gaol, Frederick St., Port of Spain, Trinidad. Being in this condition of life, undergoing wrongful prosecution, I had given up all hope
s. Reading }{\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 learning from it that our true identity is spirit sou
l, a part and parcel of that Supreme Lord Krishna, everyone having equal rights to obtain the Lord's greatest gift, has given me great courage to be most firm and steadfast in my duty towards my Blessed Lord. As a lover of reading God's word, I have neve
r read a doctrine like }{\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 transparent literature in which ever
y verse is based on spiritual import, which is the main purpose of the scripture. It contains divine words and expression which would hardly be found in other doctrines, and whatever is found in other doctrines will be found in this.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I find great benefit by chanting the Hare Krishna, Hare R\'e4ma}{\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 condition I can experience peace of mind, just by chanting, praying and thinking of the Blessed Lord. There is no one dearer to Him than those who absorb the nectar of His divine
 teaching and explain it to His devotees. With these words I pray, may the Blessed Lord strengthen you and the Krishna movement in body and soul and protect, guide and lead you all on paths of safety. Best happiness to eternity, and long life and best se
rvice in the name of the Blessed Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jai \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 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 Yours truly,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kissoon Ramnanan
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All glories to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and to the d
evotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you for the wonderful books, filled with spiritual nectar, which are continually filling me with encouragement and truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am an elementary school teacher, teaching nine-and ten-year-old children in the public schools on St. Thomas. I dedicate each day of teaching to the spiritual Mas
ter and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My job is very difficult and tiring. At times I feel discouraged by the fact that I am too weak to remain steady in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness while at work (not to speak of at home). Yet I feel that my best service to the 
Lord is to strive for pure devotion in my teaching duties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have found it easy to give up my practice of flesh-eating, marijuana smoking, and use of intoxicants. But my mind often seems uncontrollable. I would like to see 
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and offer my humble obeisances to him, and I would like to be initiated into the Society, although I know I am too unworthy. Please explain to me what is required and involved in initiation into the
 Society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The summer is approaching, and I may be returning to the States. Would it be possible to meet with you, other devotees, and the Spiritual Master? How can I serve Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His Divine Grace Swami Prabhup\'e4da in the best way? Thank you for your help. My respects to you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gary Dallmann
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Friends,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I recently found a book }{\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 (Complete Edition) by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, at the public library, and I checked it out. I had formerly read portions of the abridged }{\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 I have to admit that it was the pictures that finally urged me to take the Complete Edition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have often felt that I must study 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 Swami Prabhup\'e4da's seems to be, as stated on the jacket, "The definitive English edition."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I love the way it is presented. The Sanskrit is like a beautiful painting to me; the English transliterations are like a holy chant; the word-for-word Sanskrit-Engl
ish equivalents help me become familiar with the language. The translation, of course, speaks for itself; and the purport builds around it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And now, at last, I may study it and I have been shown a wonderful, beautiful version to use.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Patricia Langlois
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lombard, Illinois
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Sir,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through an unusual combination of circumstances, there recently came into my possession a copy of the book }{\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 Although I am so far only up to Chapter 4, the idea of Krishna consciousness has taken possession of my thinking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I would appreciate it if you would let me know how one can learn further about this matter. Note: I am age 50 and am not looking for anything complicated, but someh
ow I feel that this is not complicated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hoping to hear from you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely yours,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Raymond C. Hill
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sir,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I must admit to feeling a bit uncomfortable in writing this letter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li20\ri0\fi200\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A couple of weeks ago, devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (from Denver, I understand) were here at the Universit
y of Arkansas distributing literature. One young man approached me, with a "hard pitch" for my purchasing a copy of the Prabhup\'e4da 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 ; I was initially quite skeptical (so many people are getting rich from selling their versions of "the answer") and told him not to bother me. He insisted, though, and I finally
 gave in.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have been reading 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 having not finished it yet, and have found it quite rewarding; my mind, shaped in logic and empiricism, seems to find itself barely tasting the transcendental material in the book. I discuss it with others; I find myself
 remembering certain passages which seem to shed some light (almost literally) on coincidental "everyday" occurrences.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has genuinely stimulated my interest, to say the least, in a way that my readings in Christianity, Zen Buddhism, the "lower" forms of yoga, etc., have never succ
eeded in doing.
\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 short, I think I have finally found the beginning.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With best wishes,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob Ripley,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li20\ri0\fi200\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fayetteville, Arkansas
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li20\fi200\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am 20 years old, living in Stockholm, Sweden, and very much interested in religion. Recently I 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  (the complete edition) by Swami Bhaktivedanta. I personally think it is a most
 glorious book. The idea about K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Godhead is invincible.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li20\ri0\fi360\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am very interested in ISKCON. Is it perhaps possible for me to become a member there? Would you please
 send me some information about your movement?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours very truly,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anders Franzen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Last year in June, I came for the first time in contact with your movement. I provided myself with some of your books because I was i
nterested in your }{\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 system. Especially the book }{\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 struck me very much because of the deep and elaborate devotional purports and the very special translation. I think that the Swam
i must be a very devoted and educated man, one of the rare true servants of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With kindest regards,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V.A. van Bylert
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Holland
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Back cover copy]:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Scientist Should Know His Own Limitations...And Go Beyond Them
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This book is the work of a scientist, Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa, who is a disciple of the founder and spiritual master
 of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Although the gifts of modern science are not to be denied, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da teaches, a scientist must recognize his won shortcomings, like Newton, who
 compared himself to a mere boy playing by the shore of a great undiscovered ocean of truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Scientific Basis of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  directs scientific inquiry toward the truths that can be known not by the missile or the microscope, but only by the instrument of purified consciousness-the spiritual 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 .
\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 {\*\bkmkstart Teachings
 of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahuti}{\*\bkmkend Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahuti}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devah\'fcti
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK Into
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 KAPILA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHEREAS philosophy in the West germinates, most often, in the soil of intellectual curiosity and is highly theoretical, being concerned with "knowledge for its own 
sake," philosophy in the ancient Vedic tradition of India is very pointedly directed toward the avowedly practical goal of human liberation. The conviction that human life is specifically meant for discovering and applying the proper means for the libera
tion of the self from matter is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sine qua non}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of India's traditional spiritual thought and cul
ture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This book is based on a unique series of lectures on the teachings of Kapila Muni (Kapiladeva), presented in Bombay, India, in the spring of 1974, by His Divine Gra
ce A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Kapila Muni, a renowned sage of antiquity, is the author of the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophical system. S\'e4\'eckhya, which forms an important part of India's ancient philosophical heritage, is both a system of me
taphysics and a system of spiritual knowledge culminating in liberation. Kapila, however, is not an ordinary philosopher or sage. According to Vedic tradition, He is 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  (incarnation) of the Supreme Absolute Truth, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Kapila descended as the son of Kardama Muni and his wife, Devah\'fcti, both of whom were great }{\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 saints. After Kardama Muni renounced the world and went to the forest to attain spiritual perfection, Devah\'fcti, aware of the divinity of her son, 
approached Kapila and implored Him to endow her with spiritual enlightenment. Pleased by His mother's sincere desire for transcendental knowledge, Kapila spoke S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, the philosophy which leads one to discriminate between matter and sp
irit and which culminates in the ultimate liberation 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 , divine love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this book, the author gives a brilliant exposition on the basic teachings of Kapila and thus illuminates a major element in traditional Indian spirituality. Topi
cs discussed include the significance of the guru, the psychology of consciousness, the characteristics of a self realized person, the science of meditation, the nature of transcendental knowledge, and the process of ultimate liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through his voluminous writings, which constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has distingui
shed himself as the greatest contemporary teacher of Vedic philosophy and religion. This volume represents another valuable contribution by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to our increasing understanding of the profound and universal principles of Vedic wisdom
. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Printing, 1977: 50,000 copies
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust\line All Rights Reserved\line Printed in the United States of America
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puranas. Bhagavatapurana. English. Selections. \line Teachings of Lord Kapiladeva.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bibliography: p.\line Includes index.\line I. Bhaktivedanta Swami, A. C., 1986- \line II. Title.\line BLll35.P7A22 1977  294.5'9
25   77-11077 \line ISBN 0-89213-008-3
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK Foreword
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Foreword
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapila Muni, a renowned sage of antiquity, is the author of the philosophical system known as S\'e4\'eckhya, which forms an important part of India's ancient philos
ophical heritage. S\'e4\'eckhya is both a system of metaphysics, dealing with the elemental principles of the physical universe, and a system of spiritual knowledge, with its own methodology, culminating in full consciousness of the Supreme Absolute. Kap
ila, however, is not an ordinary philosopher or sage. According to Vedic tradition, the tradition of India's ancient scriptural literature, He Himself is an }{\cs2873\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  (incarnation) of the Supreme Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapila's teachings are originally inscribed in the }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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  one of the most important scriptural documents of Vedic theism. Within the }{\cs2873\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  Kapila's teachings comprise Chapters Twenty-five through Thirty-three of the Third Canto. This book, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devah\'fct
i,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is based on a unique series of lectures presented in Bombay, India, in the spring of this series, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spoke from the Twenty-fifth Chapter, which conta
ins the beginning of Lord Kapila's teachings. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the author of a celebrated multivolume translation and commentary on the entire text of the }{\cs2873\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 at the time of the Kapila lectures he had already completed his written commentary on the section of the }{\cs2873\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  dealing with Kapiladeva's teachings. In these special lectures, however, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da went into significantly grea
ter detail in elucidating the verses and shed an even broader light upon these fascinating teachings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The text begins with the words of \'c7aunaka, the foremost of the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, the vastly learned sages to whom }{\cs2873\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 originally spoken some thousands of years ago. The sages have already heard about Lord K
apiladeva from S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, an exalted spiritual master, and it is clear from \'c7aunaka's words that they accept Kapila Muni as being an incarnation of the Lord Himself and as therefore being the highest authority on }{\cs2873\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 transcendental knowledge. In recounting the history of Lord Kapila, S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in accordance wi
th Vedic principles for presenting spiritual knowledge, refers to discourse by great spiritual masters who have previously discussed this same subject. In this case, S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 refers to a discussion between Vidura and the great sage Maitreya,
 who was a friend of Vy\'e4sadeva, the original compiler of the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has already described, Lord Kapila appeared in this world as the son of Kardama Muni, a master of mystic }{\cs2873\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 his wife, Devah\'fcti. Both Kardama Muni and Devah\'fcti were aware of the divinity of their son. Indeed, eve
n before Kapila's birth, Lord Brahm\'e4 himself, the chief created person in this universe, had appeared before Devah\'fcti and revealed to her that her son was to be an incarnation of the Supreme Lord and that this incarnation would enlighten her with s
piritual knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic social system, a man with a grown son may accept the order of }{\cs2873\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  thus renouncing all connections with his family and worldly life, and entrust his wife to the care of his son. Kardama Muni, of course, knew that his 
son was an incarnation of the Supreme Lord, yet to honor this Vedic system and emphasize its importance, he too eventually accepted }{\cs2873\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  entrusting his wife, Devah\'fcti, to the care of his divine son, Kapiladeva. Therefore, as S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 begins to answer \'c7aunaka's request to hear further about Lord Kapiladeva, the sag
es have already been informed of how Kardama Muni departed for the forest, leaving Kapiladeva behind with Devah\'fcti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Kardama Muni's departure, Devah\'fcti, remembering the prophetic words of Lord Brahm\'e4, approaches her divine son and humbly expresses her desire for spirit
ual enlightenment: "My Lord, I have fallen into the abyss of ignorance. Your Lordship is my only means of getting out of this darkest region of ignorance because You are my transcendental eye, which, by Your mercy only, I have attained after many, many b
irths.... Now be pleased, my Lord, to dispel my great delusion... You are the ax which can cut the tree of material existence. I therefore offer my obeisances to You, who are the greatest of all transcendentalists, and I inquire from You as to the relati
onship between man and woman and between spirit and matter." (}{\cs3545\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  3
.25.7-11) Pleased by His mother's pure desire for spiritual enlightenment, and feeling great compassion for her, Kapila begins to speak on the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, what is S\'e4\'eckhya? Insofar as S\'e4\'eckhya deals with the elemental categories or principles of the physical universe, S\'e4\'eckhya is what Western schol
ars generally refer to as "metaphysics." The term }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  literally means "to count.
" This name is used because S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy enumerates principles of cosmic evolution by rational analysis. The etymological meaning of the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is "that which explains very lucidly by analysis of material elements." Philosophically, this term is used because the S\'e4\'eckhya system expounds analytical knowledge that e
nables one to distinguish between matter and spirit. This understanding culminates in }{\cs2873\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 for and service to the Supreme. It may be said, therefore, that S\'e4\'eckhya and }{\cs2873\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  form two aspects of the same process, }{\cs2873\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  being the ultimate goal 
or ultimate aspect of S\'e4\'eckhya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is interesting to note, at this point, that long after Lord Kapila's descent, an imitation Kapila appeared on the Indian subcontinent and propounded a nontheisti
c S\'e4\'eckhya. That which is generally studied as S\'e4\'eckhya in the contemporary academic context is actually this later, nontheistic, materialistic S\'e4\'eckhya. The S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, propounded by the original Kapila, is practically unkno
wn in the West. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devah\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (along with \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da's complete commentary on Kapila's S\'e4\'eckhya in his edition of }{\cs2873\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 probably the first major exposition in the English language on the original, theistic S\'e4\'eckhya. It should therefore be of considerable interest to scholars in this field.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the basic principle and the ultimate goal of Lord Kapiladeva's S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy is }{\cs2873\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  this is the subject with which Lord Kapiladeva begins His instructions to Devah\'fcti. Consequently, because this volume, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devah\'fcti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's commentary on the beginning
 of Lord Kapila's teachings, it is chiefly concerned with the science of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th
e process of linking with God (}{\cs2873\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 "linking") through }{\cs2873\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 As the actual history begins, Devah\'fcti approaches her son, Kapila, and with deep humility expresses her sincere desire for spiritual enlightenment. In response, 
Lord Kapila delineates "the path of the transcendentalists, who are interested in self-realization." Concisely summarizing the actual process of self-realization, Kapila defines consciousness in both the conditioned and liberated states. He describes the
 psychology of pure consciousness, delineates the symptoms and characteristics of a }{\cs2873\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  holy person, and stresses the importance of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'ecga,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  association with those who are saintly. Kapiladeva then explains that liberation is merely a stage preliminary to the attainment of }{\cs2873\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 one who attains }{\cs2873\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  automatically achieves liberation. One who engages in }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  automatically transcends materia
l desires and ultimately crosses beyond birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to later descriptions in }{\cs2873\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  Devah\'fcti ultimately attains full enlightenment in transcendental knowledge by hearing and understanding the sublime philosophical teachings of her great son.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97The Publishers
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 1: The Purpose of Lord Kapila's Advent
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER ONE\line The Purpose of 
Lord Kapila's Advent
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 1
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 1
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7aunaka uv\'e4ca\line kapilas tattva-sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e4\line bhagav\'e4n \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4\line j\'e4ta\'f9 svayam aja\'f9
 s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d\line \'e4tma-praj\'efaptaye n\'e5\'eb\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7aunaka said: Although He is unborn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead took birth as Kapila Muni by 
His internal potency. He descended to disseminate transcendental knowledge for the benefit of the whole human race.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-praj\'efaptaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that the Lord descends for the benefit of the human race to give transcendental knowledge. Material necessities are quite sufficiently provided for in the knowledge given in the Vedic literatures, which offer 
a program for good living and gradual elevation to the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the mod
e of goodness. Once one is situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one's knowledge expands. On the pla
tform of passion there is no knowledge, for passion is an impetus to enjoy material benefits. On the platform of ignorance there is neither knowledge nor enjoyment but simply animalistic living.
\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 Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are intended to elevate one from the mode of ignorance to the platform of goodness. When one is situated in the mode of goodness, he is able to understand knowledge of the self, or transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge cannot be appreciat
ed by any ordinary man; therefore a disciplic succession is required. This knowledge is expounded either by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself or by His bona fide devotee. \'c7aunaka Muni also states here that Kapila, the incarnation of the Supre
me Personality of Godhead, took birth or appeared simply to disseminate transcendental knowledge. To understand that one is not matter but spirit soul (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4
smi}{\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  "I am by nature Brahman") is not sufficient for understanding the self and his activi
ties. One must be situated in the activities of Brahman. Knowledge of those activities is explained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Such transcendental knowledge can be appreciated in human society but not in animal society, as clearly ind
icated here by the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e5\'eb\'e4m, }{\cs2873\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  the human beings." Human beings are meant to lead a regulated life. By nature, there is regulation in animal life also, but that is not like the regulative life described in the scriptures or by the Vedic authorit
ies. Only when one's life is regulated according to the }{\cs2873\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  can one understand transcend
ental knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the propagation of this transcendental knowledge, Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, gave instructions in S\'e4\'eckhya philosop
hy to His mother, Devah\'fcti. Later, another Kapiladeva appeared who expounded atheistic S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, which dealt with the twenty-four elements but gave no information about God. The original Kapila is called the Devah\'fcti-putra Kapila, a
nd the other is called the atheist Kapila. Concerning Kapiladeva, \'c7aunaka \'c5\'f1i says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kapilas tattva-sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kapila is the Supreme Person; therefore He can explain the Absolute Truth. Actually only Bhagav\'e4n can know the true position of the ultimate truth. No one else can know it. Bhagav\'e4n, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His in
carnation, occasionally visits the earth to give humanity information about the aim of life. Thus the Supreme Lord descended as Kapiladeva, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva-sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e4.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  means "expounder," and }{\cs2873\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 "the Absolute Truth." The Absolute Tr
uth is Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. We cannot understand the Absolute Truth or the Supreme Person by mental speculation, especially when we are under the influence of the three modes of material nature (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba, rajo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t
amo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Only those who are situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the mode of goodness) are fit to understand the Absolute Truth. According to }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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), those possessing brahminical qualifications are situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7amo damas tapa\'f9 \'e7auca\'e0\line k\'f1\'e4ntir \'e4rjavam eva ca\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4nam \'e4stikya\'e0\line
brahma-karma svabh\'e4va jam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge and righteousness\'97these are the qualities by 
which the }{\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  work."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic conception, there must be men in society who are factually }{\cs2873\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  capable of expounding the real truth. If everyone becomes a }{\cs2873\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 Absolute Truth cannot be understood. It is said that at the present moment in Kali-yuga everyone is a }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalau }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\cs2873\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 ), and it is v
ery difficult in this age to find qualified }{\cs2873\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  for they are very rare. There
 is practically not a single qualified }{\cs2873\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 this age.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eb\'e4lp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 sabhya\line kal\'e4v asmin yuge jan\'e4\'f9\line mand\'e4\'f9 sumanda-matayo\line manda-bh\'e4
gy\'e4 hy upadrut\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, alwa
ys disturbed." (}{\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 1.1.1
0) The people in this age are very short-lived and slow in understanding spiritual life. Actually human life is meant for understanding spiritual values, but because everyone in this age is a }{\cs2873\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  no one is interested. People have forgotten life's real purpose. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub manda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means both slow and bad, and everyone in this age is either bad or slow or a combination of both. People are unfortunate and disturbed by so many things. Accordi
ng to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 will eventually be no rain and consequently a scarcity of f
ood. The governments will also levy very heavy taxes. The characteristics of this age predicted by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 already being experienced to some degree. Since Kali-yuga is a very miserable age, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, advises everyone simply to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 nasty eva gatir anyath\'e4
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this age of Kali there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative for spiritual progress than the holy na
me, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord." (}{\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 ) This process
 is not Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's invention, but is advised by the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 process for this Kali-yuga is very simple. One need only chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\cs2873\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  Since everyone in this age is an unintelligent, unfortunate and disturbed }{\cs2873
\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  how can anyone understand the Absolute Truth or the aim of life? As stated by the Lord Himself
 in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.7):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at t
hat time I descend Myself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some hundreds and thousands of years ago Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as Devah\'fcti-putra Kapiladeva. His father's name was Kardama Muni. After Kapiladeva grew up,
 His father, according to the Vedic system, retired, took }{\cs2873\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 cul
tivate spiritual life. It is not that one should rot in this material world throughout one's whole life. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'efc\'e4\'e7ordhva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vrajet.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to the Vedic i
njunctions, there are four }{\cs2873\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  and four }{\cs2873\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 these used to be followed very strictly. After his son grew up, Kardama Muni, being a strict follower of the }{
\cs2873\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  left home and put his wife in the charge of his grown son, Kapiladeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said of Kapiladeva: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kapilas tattva-sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e4 bhagav\'e4n.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Kapila is Bhagav\'e4n. Nowadays Bhagav\'e4n is taken very cheaply because the word is misused, but actually Bhagav\'e4n is not an ordinary man. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\'f9}{\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 because Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as a human being, fools and rascals (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba an ordinary human. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.13):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tribhir gu\'ebamayair bh\'e4vair\line ebhi\'f9 sarvam ida\'e0 jagat\line mohita\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line m\'e4m ebhya\'f9 p
aram avyaya\'e0
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Deluded by the three modes (goodness, passion and ignorance), the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhausti
ble."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet there are }{\cs2873\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  great souls, who can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Arjuna could understand that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing the part of his friend, He was nonetheless the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Arjuna was in perfect knowl
edge, yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed him for our benefit. Arjuna requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, which are set forth for all human society. After hearing }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Arjuna addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  para\'e0 dh\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "the Sup
reme Brahman and supreme abode."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every person is actually Brahman, spirit soul. We are not actually the body. Awareness of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("I am Brahman") is actual self-realization. According to Vedic culture, one must understand that he is Brahman, not the body. We should not r
emain in ignorance like cats and dogs, thinking, "I am this body, I am American, I am Indian, I am }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  I am Hindu, I am Muslim," and so on. These are
 all bodily designations. When one comes to spiritual understanding, he understands }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\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  "I am Brahman." This is called Brahman realization. It is not that we become Brahman by some practice. Gold is gold, even if it is covered with some dirt
, which can certainly be removed. Similarly, we are all Brahman, spirit soul, but somehow or other we have come in contact with these material elements (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcmir }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4po}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and we have acquired bodily coverings. Consequently we think, "I am this body." This is ignorance, and unless one is enlightened by spiritual knowledge, he remains animalistic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding one's spiritual identity is called }{\cs2873\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 ultimate goal of }{\cs2873\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 en
unciated by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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). }{\cs2873\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  "Abandon all varieties of religion 
and just surrender unto Me." On this earth we have created so many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hindu }{
\cs2873\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  Muslim }{\cs2873\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  Christian }{\cs2873\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  These are all manufactured }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but real }{\cs2873\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 attained when we come to the conclusion that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything. Again, in
 the words of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.19):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all th
at is. Such a great soul is very rare."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant for the propagation of this message. We are not preaching a particular sectarian religious system but a real reli
gion, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma. Dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\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 no one actually 
knows what }{\cs2873\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, and no one can manufacture }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma. Dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the order of the Supreme Being. No one can manufacture state laws; they are given by the government. The sim
plest definition of }{\cs2873\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 that }{\cs2873\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 the order of the Supreme Being. Since the Supreme Being, God, is one, His order must be one. How, then, can there be different }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is not possible. Different }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are created due to ignorance, which causes people to think in terms of Hindu }{\cs2873\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  Muslim }{\cs2873\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  Christian }{\cs2873\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  this }{\cs2873\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 that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhar
ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No. Gold is gold. If a Christian possesses some gold, does it become Christian gold? Gold is gold whether possessed by a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian. According to the o
rder of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\cs2873\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  means surrendering unto that Supreme Be
ing. This is }{\cs2873\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  and everyone should be taught how to surrender unto God.
 God is one; there cannot be two Gods. When there is competition, there is no God. Presently there is a different God on every street, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not that kind of God. He is the Supreme God. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states in }{\cs3545\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.7):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to inform everyone that no one is superior to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. Because many young Americans and Eur
opeans are fortunate and know nothing of any hodgepodge god, they have taken this bona fide K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement seriously. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav
\'e4n svayam}{\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  Bhagav\'e4n, God, means \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have simply presented t
his information, saying, "Here is God. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Because they have taken this seriously, many young Americans and Europeans are advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Consequently many people are surprised to see how Americans and Eu
ropeans have become such great devotees and are dancing in ecstasy. How is it they are so advanced? They have taken the information seriously: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav
\'e4n svayam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Whether one touches fire blindly or knowingly, fire will burn. It is not that because the fire is touched by a child, fire will not burn. These young Westerners 
have touched fire, and consequently it is acting as fire.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4ryop\'e4sanam}{\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  this information (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
) is not concocted, but is accepted by the }{\cs2873\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 disciplic succession. Alth
ough an impersonalist, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya has accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So have R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Vi\'f1\'ebu Sv\'e4m\'e9, Nimb\'e4rka and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His fol
lowers. They all accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme, just as Arjuna himself did. This is the simplest method. There is no need to speculate, "What is God? Where is God?" Why foolishly go on searching? Here is God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We may think that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be seen, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can appear in the form of His energy. Of course, a stone is not God, but a stone is another one of God's energies. Heat and light are not fire, but without fire there cannot be heat or light. In that sense
, heat and light are nondifferent from fire. This material world is like the heat and light of the supreme fire.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eka-de\'e7a-sthitasy\'e4gner\line jyotsn\'e4 vist\'e4ri\'eb\'e9 yath\'e4\line parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7aktis\line tathedam ak
hila\'e0 jagat
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just as a fire is situated in one place, but spreads illumination all around, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Parabrahman, spread
s His energies throughout this universe." (}{\cs3545\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  1.22.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6}{\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 sun is situated in one place, and its light and heat expand throughout the entire solar system. As soon as we perceive light and heat, we can understand that th
e sun is there. Since light and heat can be perceived by everyone, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.8), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the light of the
 sun and the moon." people are saying, "Can you show me God?" while not realizing that they are seeing God daily at every moment. Because people are foolish in this age, they cannot understand that when we perceive the energy of the Lord, we can feel the
 presence of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young devotees in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are presently worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What are the signs of a devotee? The actual sign of a devot
ee is that he is no longer interested in material enjoyment: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti\'f9 pare\'e7\'e4nubhavo viraktir anyatra ca}{\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 11.2.42). The disciples of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness movement do not go to cinemas, restaurants or clubs, and they do not smoke or drink. In European and American countries all these things are available and are very cheap, but these young people are not interested in them. They are simply intereste
d in sitting on the floor and learning about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Why is this? They have actually rejected the material world. When one comes to detest material enjoyment, one can understand that he has advanced spiritually. Spiritual life does 
not mean taking }{\cs2873\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 then smoking or drinking tea. One must actually come to de
test material life. One comes to lose interest in material activities and becomes interested only in the understanding of God, the Supreme Being, and His service. As enjoined in }{\cs3545\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  (5.5.1):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e4n arhate vid-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not w
ork hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for the dogs and hogs that eat stool." The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vid-bhuj\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "stooleaters." Hogs work hard day and night simply eating stool, and because stool contains chemicals, hypophosphates, the hog gets strength, becomes very fat and enjoys sex. In any case, human life is 
meant not for imitating the life of a hog but for }{\cs2873\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  austerity:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapo divya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0\line \'e7uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Rather, my dear boys, one should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such act
ivity, one's heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\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 5.5.1)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the meaning of Vedic civilization. The society of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-d
harma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub composed of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas, vai\'e7yas, \'e7\'fcdras, g\'e5hasthas
, v\'e4naprasthas, brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is meant to elevate people gradually to the perfect stage of understanding God. The whole aim of the different }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is the worship of the Supreme Lord. One can attain this understanding through this social system, which admits of gradations. When one goes to school, he begins with the first grade, then progresses to the second, third and so forth. In this
 way one makes progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When human society accepts }{\cs2873\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  it can gradually come to the understanding of Brahman. By birth, everyone is a }{\cs2873\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  therefore everyone has to be educated. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "twiceborn." One is first born through the womb of a mother, and one's next birth is given by the spiritual master and Vedic knowledge. Vedic knowledge is the mother, and the spiritual master is the father. When one is twi
ce-born (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), he receives a sacred thread from the spiritual master and begins to learn
 about spiritual life. He is then allowed to read the Vedic literatures. In this way one becomes a son of Vedic literature. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phalam}{\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  }{
\cs2873\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 essence of Vedic culture. It is a wish-fulfilling tree, an
d we can take whatever we want from it. Vedic knowledge is perfect, and if we want to come to know it, we must take shelter of a bona fide }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\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, in this age everything is mismanaged. People forget the aim of life, and at such a time the Supreme Lord Himself comes. The Supreme Lord descends out
 of compassion because He is more anxious to have us return home, back to Godhead, than we are to go. Because we are in ignorance, we do not know anything about the kingdom of God. We know nothing about how to get there or how to become happy. We have fo
rgotten all this. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes at intervals or sends His representative, the pure devotee. Sometimes He comes personally, and sometimes He sends His incarnation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapiladeva is an incarnation of the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore it is stated: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub kapilas tattva-sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e4 bhagav\'e4n \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\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 not only "illusion," but also "affection" and "energy." When K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes, all His energies also come. It is not that He is forced to come
. We have to accept a certain type of body because we are forced to do so, but this is not the case with \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Presently I may have a human form, but in the future I cannot demand a human form. We receive bodies in the next life accor
ding to }{\cs2873\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  not will. One cannot demand to be a high-court judge unless one has been ed
ucated for the job. First of all, one must become qualified. If one qualifies himself, one may become a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devat\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a demigod like Indra or Candra, or one can become a dog or a cat. That depends on one's }{\cs2873\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 activities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub netre\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His incarnation come, they do not depend on }{\cs2873\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  for their bodies. The Supreme Lord is above }{\cs2873\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 is fully independent. It is therefore said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The Supreme Lord comes by His own energy, not by the external energy or by force. When the governor visits the prison, he is not forced to do so. He is not to be considered a condemned person; rather, he goes by his own good will just to see
 how things are going on, However, it is understood that when an ordinary person is placed in jail, he is sent there by force because he has been proven a criminal. A criminal may think that he and the governor are one, just as rascals and fools think th
at K\'e5\'f1\'eba is one of them. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avaj\'e4nanti }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A knowledgeable person knows that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Hi
s incarnation descends upon the material world, the Supreme Lord maintains His transcendental position. He is not an ordinary man, nor is He forced into the material world due to }{\cs2873\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 Supreme Lord comes by His own good will. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4n
anta\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rascals cannot understand what K\'e5\'f1\'eba is; therefore they think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a human being. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 7.
3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore not so easy. As stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, out of many thousands one person may become a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a self-realized being. And out of many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub siddhas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one may be able to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is our great fortune that \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, has appeared and 
given us a very easy process by which we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is that process? We need only hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's all. We have therefore opened all these centers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Param\'e4tm\'e4 [Supersoul] in everyone's heart and the benefact
or of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted." (}{\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 1.2.17)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we become purified. Hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba means associating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way we may perfect our lives. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 2: The Transcendental Master and Supreme Yog\'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 CHAPTER TWO \line The Transcende
ntal Master and Supreme Yog\'e9
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 2
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 2
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hy asya var\'f1ma\'eba\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0\line varim\'eba\'f9 sarva-yogin\'e4m\line vi\'e7rutau \'e7ruta-devasya\line bh\'fc
ri t\'e5pyanti me 'sava\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7aunaka continued: There is no one who knows more than the Lord Himself. No one is more worshipable or more mat
ure a yog\'e9 than He. He is therefore the master of the Vedas, and to hear about Him always is the actual pleasure of the senses.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.2}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  it is stated that no one can be equal to or greater than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in the }{\cs2873\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: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yo v
idadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is the supreme living entity and is supplying the necessities of all other living entities. Thus all other living entities, both }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
j\'e9va-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The same concept is confirmed here. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na hy asya var\'f1ma\'eba\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  among living entities, no one can surpass the Supreme Person because no one is richer, more fa
mous, stronger, more beautiful, wiser or more renounced than He. These qualifications make Him the Supreme Godhead, the cause of all causes. }{\cs2873\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  are very proud of performing wonderful feats, but no one can compare to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who is associated with the Supreme Lord is accepted as a first-class }{\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  Devotees may not be as powerful as the Supreme Lord, but by constant association with the Lord they become as good as the Lord Himself. Sometimes the devotees act more p
owerfully than the Lord. Of course, that is the Lord's concession.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also used here is the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub varim\'eba\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meaning the most worshipful of all }{\cs2873\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 hear from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the real pleasure of the senses; therefore he is known as Govinda, for by His words, by His teachings, by His instruction\'97by everything connected with Him\'97He enlivens the senses. Whatever He instructs is 
from the transcendental platform, and His instructions, being absolute, are nondifferent from Him. Hearing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His expansion or plenary expansion like Kapila is very pleasing to the senses. }{\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  can be read or heard many times, but because it gives great pleasure, the more one reads }{\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  the more he wants to read and understand it, and each time he gets new enlightenment. That is th
e nature of the transcendental message. Similarly, we find that transcendental happiness in the }{\cs2873\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 more we hear and chant the glories of the Lord, the more we become happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the previous verse, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Devah\'fcti-putra Kapiladeva has been explained as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhaga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "opulence," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "one who possesses." All the opulences of the creation are present in Bhagav\'e4n. As stated in the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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 ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\cs2873\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  bhagav\'e4n, is the singular, and }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the plural }{\cs2873\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  or living beings. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we are many, but God is one. There is no limit to the }{\cs2873\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  no one can count them. The word }{\cs2873\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 that they are without limit. All these }
{\cs2873\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  living entities, are being maintained by the Supreme One. We cannot conceive how many liv
ing entities are being maintained by the Supreme Lord. All the great elephants, all the small ants, all the 8,400,000 species of life are maintained by Bhagav\'e4n. Why do we worry that He will not maintain us? Those who are devotees of the Lord and have
 taken shelter at His lotus feet, leaving everything aside simply to render service unto Him, will certainly be cared for. In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we have over a hundred centers, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is maintaining them all. None of o
ur devotees are employed for independent incomes, yet they are all being maintained. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba never says, "Do this or that, and I will then maintain you." Rather, He states that not only will He maintain us, but He will also protect us from the results of sin, from sinful }{\cs2873\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  (Bg. 18.66). All of this assurance is there.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kovida\'f9}{\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  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kovida\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "intelligent." An intelligent person should try to attain shelter at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Human life is actually meant for getting in touch with the lotus feet of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. That should be our only business. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates the higher plane
tary systems. There are seven higher planetary systems, and we are in the middle system, in Bh\'fcrloka. Within this one universe, there are fourteen planetary systems, and the living entities are wandering in different bodily forms on different planets.
 According to }{\cs2873\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 living entity sometimes goes up and sometimes goes down. He wande
rs in this way, thinking how he can become materially happy and satisfy his senses. The }{\cs2873\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  say that we should not do this, that we should endeavor to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should not worry about eating and sleeping, for the needs of the body are already arranged. We do not have to work independently to maintain the body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tal labhyate du\'f9khavad anyata\'f9 sukha\'e0\line k\'e4lena sarvatra gabh\'e9ra-ra\'e0has\'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 Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our actual endeavor should be to attain happiness; that is our real struggle for existence. According to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras: tal labhyate du\'f9khavat.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9khavat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates that although we do not want misery, misery comes anyway. We don't have to endeavor separately for misery. No one says, "Let there be a fire
 in my house" or "Let my child die." No one aspires after these things, yet they happen. Everyone is thinking, "May my child live happily" or "May I get so much money." We do not ask or pray for catastrophes, yet they come without invitation. Similarly, 
whatever happiness is there for our enjoyment will also come without our asking for it. The conclusion is that we should not endeavor for so-called happiness or distress, but should try to attain that position whereby we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba and
 get shelter at His lotus feet. This should be the real human endeavor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu who said to R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living entity is wandering up and down, from one planet to another, and he is very fortunate if by the mercy of the spiritual
 master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself he can get the seed of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  19.151) The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is an attempt to make people fortunate. In this age, everyone is unfortunate (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manda-bh\'e4gy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), but now we are trying to reverse the situation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Throughout the world there are problems everywhere. One country has one type of problem, and another country has another. There is strife within governments themsel
ves, and even presidents are fraught with problems. Sometimes we may think we are very fortunate, just as President Nixon was thinking, "I am very fortunate. I have become the president of the United States." Then he soon realized that he was most unfort
unate. Actually this is the situation for everyone. We should not think that the only apprehended culprit is President Nixon and that we are safe. There is a Bengali proverb: Dry cow dung is used for fuel, and it is said that when the dry cow dung is bei
ng burned, the soft cow dung is laughing, saying, "Oh, you are being burned, but I am safe." It does not know that when it dries out, it will be thrown into the fire too. We may laugh because President Nixon is in trouble, and we may think ourselves very
 safe because we have a big bank balance, but actually no one is safe. Eventually everyone will dry up and be thrown in the fire. That is a fact. We may survive for a few years, but we cannot avoid death. In fact, it is said, "As sure as death." And what
 is the result of death? One loses everything\'97all honor, money, position and material life itself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.34), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5tyu\'f9 sarva-hara\'e7 c\'e4ham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  "I am all-devouring death." K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes as death and plunders everything\'97bank balance, skyscrapers, wife, children and whatever. One cannot say, "My dear death, please give me some time to adjust." There is no adjustment; one
 must immediately get out.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolish people are unaware of the miserable conditions of material life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 13.9}{\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 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
\cb1\nosupersub  Real knowledge means knowing that however great one may be, the four principles of material life are present: birth, old age, disease and death. These exist in the highest planetary system (Brahmaloka) and in the lowest (P\'e4t\'e4laloka
).
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 obtai
nable even by wandering from the topmost planet down to the lowest planet. As far as happiness derived from sense enjoyment is concerned, it can be obtained automatically in course of time, just as in course of time we obtain miseries even though we do n
ot desire them." (}{\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 1.5
.18)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Dharmar\'e4ja asked Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira what the most wonderful thing in the world was, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira replied: }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ahany ahani bh\'fct\'e4ni gacchant\'e9ha yam\'e4layam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Every moment people are dying, but those who are
 living are thinking, 'My friend has died, but I shall live forever.' " (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, Vana-parva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  313.116) Soft cow dung thinks the same way. This is typical of conditioned beings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Lord, is not in this position. It is therefore said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
hagav\'e4n \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We come onto this planet to enjoy or suffer life for a few days\'97fifty or a hundred years\'97but Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of God
head, does not come for that purpose (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na m\'e4\'e0 karm\'e4\'ebi }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub limpanti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). It is further stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na hy asya var\'f1ma\'eba\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "No one is greater than Him." No one is greater than Bhagav\'e4n or equal to Him. Everyone is inferior. According to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-ca
rit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  5.142), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekale \'e9\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'e4ra saba bh\'e5tya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is on
ly one master\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All others are subservient, beginning with Lord Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu, Mahe\'e7vara, Indra, Candra and all the demigods (there are thirty-three million demigods) and the middle and lower species. Everyone is }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e5tya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or servant. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba orders, "My dear Mr. So-and-So, now please give up your pla
ce and leave,', one must go. Therefore everyone is a servant. This is the position of Lord Brahm\'e4 and the ant as well. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yas tv indragopam athavendram aho sva-karma}{
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.54}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  From Lord Indra to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indragopa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  an insignificant insect, everyone is reaping the consequences of his }{\cs2873\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  W
e are creating our own }{\cs2873\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  our next body, in this life. In this life we enjoy or suffer
 the results of our past }{\cs2873\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 in the same way we are creating further }{\cs2873\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  for our next body. Actually we should work in such a way that we will not get another material bod
y, How can this be done? We simply have to try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This sounds very simple, but actually understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very difficult. If we become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is easy.
 However, if we try to understand Him by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  we will be frustrated. There are many types of }{\cs2873\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 he who is devoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the topmost }{\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far above all yogic processes. In India there are many }{\cs2873\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 display some magical feats. They can walk on water, make themselves very light or very heavy and so forth. But what is this compared to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's yogic mystic powers? By His potencies, great planets are floating in space. Who can manage to float even a small stone in the air? Sometimes a }{\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  may show a little mystic power by manufacturing some gold, and we are so foolish that we accept him as God. However, we forget that the real }{\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  the Supreme Lord Himself, has created millions of gold mines and is floating them in space. Those who are K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious are not befooled by }{\cs2873\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 claim to be Bhagav\'e4n. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 conscious person wants only to serve the foremost }{\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  Yoge\'e7vara (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub varim\'eba\'f9 sarva-yogin\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Because we are trying to become His devotees, we accept the Supreme Lo
rd, Yoge\'e7vara, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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 
Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is actually very simple. One must first of all realize that the first problem is the conquest of death. Presently we consider death compulsory, but act
ually it is not. One may be put into prison, but actually prison is not compulsory. It is due to one's work that one becomes a criminal and is therefore put in jail. It is not compulsory for everyone to go to jail. As living entities, we have our proper 
place in Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakto 'k\'f1ara ity uktas\line tam \'e4hu\'f9 param\'e4\'e0 gatim\line ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante\line tad dh\'e4ma parama
\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is neve
r annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is. That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and it is the supreme destination. When one goes there, he never comes back. That is My supreme abode." (Bg. 8.20-
21)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything is present in Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. There we can have an eternal, blissful life full of knowledge (}{\cs2873\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 ). It is not compulsory for us to rot in this material world. The easiest way to go to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas is: }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma karma ca me }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Simply try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why does He come? What are His activities? Where does He come from? Why does 
He come in the form of a human being? We only have to try to understand this and study K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He explains Himself in }{\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  What is the difficulty? God personally explains Himself as He is, and if we accept }{\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  as it is, we shall no longer have to transmigrate. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tyaktv\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deha\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  punar janma naiti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We shall no l
onger have to endure birth and death, for we can attain our spiritual bodies (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4n
anda}{\cs2873\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 ) and live happily in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's family. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is providing for
 us here, and He will also provide for us there. So we should know that our happiness is in returning home, back to Godhead, where we can eat, drink and be merry in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's company.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 3: How to Understand the Lord's 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 CHAPTER THREE \line How to Under
stand the Lord's Activities
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 3
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 3
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad yad vidhatte bhagav\'e4n\line svacchand\'e4tm\'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4\line t\'e4ni me \'e7raddadh\'e4nasya\line k\'e9rtany\'e4ny
 anuk\'e9rtaya
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Therefore please precisely describe all the activities and pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is full of 
self-desire and who assumes all these activities by His internal potency.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anuk\'e9rtaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very significant. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anuk\'e9rtaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "to follow the descript
ion"\'97not to create a concocted mental description, but to follow. \'c7aunaka \'c5\'f1i requested S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to describe what he had actually heard from his spiritual master, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, about the transcendental pastimes that 
the Lord manifested by His internal energy. Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, but He can assume any kind of body by His supreme will. That is made possible by His internal energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can understand the pastimes of the Lord by following one or some of the authorized devotional processes.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0
\line sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hearing, chanting and remembering the holy name, form, pastimes, qualities and entourage of the Lord, offering service according 
to the time, place and performer, worshiping the Deity, offering prayers, always considering oneself the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, making friends with Him and dedicating everything unto Him\'97these are the nine processes of devotional service."
 (}{\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  7.5.23)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are nine basic processes of devotional service\'97hearing and chanting about the Supreme Lord, remembering Him, serving His lotus feet, worshiping Him, offeri
ng prayers to the Lord, acting as His servant, becoming His friend, and surrendering everything to Him. The beginning is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  hearing and chanting. One must be very eager to hear and chant. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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, the great souls perpetually worship Me w
ith devotion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to speak or chant about the holy activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but first we have to hear about them. This }{\cs2873\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 recited by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and heard by Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and we 
in turn have to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then chant about Him (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When we speak of Vi\'f1\'ebu, we mean K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that is, Vi\'f1\'ebu is an expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we speak of Vi\'f1\'ebu, we understand that the orig
in of Vi\'f1\'ebu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (10.2), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aham \'e4dir hi dev\'e4n\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the source of the demigods."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most important demigods (}{\cs2873\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 ) are Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva and Vi\'f1\'ebu. In the beginning of the creation there is Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and from Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Brahm\'e4 is born. From Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva is born, and these three gods take cha
rge of the three modes of material nature. Vi\'f1\'ebu takes charge of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the
 mode of goodness), Lord Brahm\'e4 takes charge of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the mode of passion), and
 Lord \'c7iva takes charge of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the mode of ignorance). However, before the cr
eation there was no Brahm\'e4 or \'c7iva. There was only K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aham \'e4dir hi dev\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is the creator of all demigods and all other living entities. After the cosmic manifestation is created, the living entities are placed in it. Therefore in the }{\cs2873\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 in the beginning there was neither Brahm\'e4 nor \'c7iva, but only N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eko n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba \'e4s\'e9t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is also another plenary expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to learn from the scriptures that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of all. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
K\'e5\'f1\'ebas }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhagav\'e4n svayam:}{\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 all the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattvas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and incarnations are but plenary expansions or expansions of the plenary expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are millions and millions of incarnations. They are as plentiful as waves in the ocea
n. There are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akty\'e4ve\'e7a-avat\'e4ras, gu\'eba-avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svayam-avat\'e4ras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and these are all described in }{\cs2873\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 these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or incarnations, are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svacchand\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  free from care and anxiety. If we organize a business, we have many anxieties. The managing director or proprietor of the business particularly has many anxieties. Although he sits in his office without disturbance, he is not very ha
ppy because he is always thinking about how to do this or that, how to manage this affair or that. This is material nature, and therefore it is said that there is always anxiety in the material world. When Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, the father of prahl\'e4da M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja, asked his son, "My dear boy, what is the best thing you have learned from your teachers?" Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja immediately replied, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat s\'e4dhu man
ye 'sura-varya dehin\'e4\'e0 sad\'e4 samudvigna-dhiy\'e4m asad-grah\'e4t}{\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 7.5.5). "I have learned that materialists have accepted the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asad gu\'eba.}{\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 Asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "that which is not." 
We should not remain on this platform, but should go to the platform of }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 tat sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is the Vedic injunction. The material world is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asad-vastu;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it cannot possibly remain. In the material world, everything will ultimately be vanquished. Whatever exists
 in the material world exists only for some time. It is temporary. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\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  "The Supreme Truth is real, wh
ereas the world is false"\'97but Vai\'f1\'ebavas do not use the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (false), be
cause God, the Supreme Brahman, is truth, and nothing false can emanate from the truth. If we prepare an earring from gold, the earring is also gold. We cannot say that the earring is false. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yato im\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni j\'e4yante:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Supreme Absolute Truth is He from whom everything is emanating. If everything is emanating from the Absolu
te Truth, nothing can actually be false. The Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophers accept the world as temporary, but not false, as the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers do.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The world (}{\cs2873\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 ) has emanated from the Supreme; therefore it is not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but it is 
temporary. That is also explained in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (8.19): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The material world comes into existence, remains for some time, and 
is then annihilated. It is not false, for it can be utilized to realize the Supreme Truth. This is Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. The world is temporary, but we must use it for spiritual purposes. If something is used for the ultimate truth, the Absolute Tru
th, it becomes integral with the Absolute Truth. As stated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line }{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.255-56}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mumuk\'f1ubhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to those who aspire for }{\cs2873\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  libe
ration. When one becomes disgusted with material engagement, one wants to destroy everything that has anything to do with the material world. However, the Vai\'f1\'ebava says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pr\'e4pa\'efcikatay\'e4 buddhy\'e4 hari-sambandhi-vastuna\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything has some relationship with the Supreme Person, the Absolute Truth. For instance, a microphone
 is made of metal, but what is metal? It is another form of earth. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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) 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e5t
ir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 comprise My separated material energies." 
All of these are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies, and if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of them, how can they be untrue? They are not. A Vai\'f1\'ebava will never say that metal has no connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is a product of one of His energies, just 
as this material world is a product of the sun. We cannot say that the sunshine is false and that the sun is true. If the sun is true, the sunshine is also true. Similarly, we do not say that the material universe is false. It may be temporary, but it is
 not false. Therefore the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself tell us that since everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everything should be utilized for His purpose.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This creation emanates from Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Lord, who is without anxiety. K\'e5\'f1\'eba very pleasantly associates with His consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4
dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and enjoys playing His flute. If God is anxious, what kind of God is He? Even Lord Brahm\'e4 and other demigods are anxious. Lord Brahm\'e4 is engaged in meditation, Lord Siva dances to annihilate the universe, the goddess K\'e4l\'e9 
is engaged in killing with her sword, and so forth. The demigods have many activities, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always peaceful. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba who engages in killing demons is V\'e4sudeva K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not the original K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The original K
\'e5\'f1\'eba does not go anywhere; He never takes a step away from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The other activities performed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba are performed in the V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Aniruddha or Pradyumna forms. K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands as Sa\'eckar
\'f1a\'eba, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Vi\'f1\'ebu, Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu and K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. God can expand Himself in many, many forms.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam\line \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nava-yauvana\'e0 ca\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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 5.33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the }{\cs2873\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 soul of all. }{\cs2873\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 Brahm\'e4 says that he is not }{\cs2873\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 that Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the }{\cs2873\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  This K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many expansions
 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of everything. He has 
expanded Himself in many forms. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consists of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagavat-tattva-sv\'e4\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the personal expansions. We are also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's forms, but we are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  separated expansions. We are the expansions of the energies. According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{
\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (7.5):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apareyam itas tv any\'e4\'e0\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4m\line j\'e9va-bh\'fct\'e4\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho\line yayeda\'e0
 dh\'e4ryate jagat
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Besides the inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which consists of the living entities who
 are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus there are the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-prak\'e5ti,}{\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 par\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  expansions, who belong to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superior energy. In any case, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svacchand\'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub without anxiety. Even if He is killing a demon, He experiences no anxiety. That is also confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate\line na tat-sama\'e7 c\'e4bhyadhika\'e7 ca d\'e5\'e7yate\line par\'e4sya \'e7akti
r vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate\line sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na-bala-kriy\'e4 ca
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord has nothing to do, for everything is done automatically by His various potencies. No one is seen to be equal to,
 or greater than, Him." (}{\cs3545\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has nothing to do personally. It is His energy that acts. When an important man wants to get something done, he simply tells his secretary,
 who does everything. The important man is quite confident that because he has told his secretary, his desires will be carried out. The secretary is a person, energy (}{\cs2873\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 ). If an ordinary man within this world has many energies in the form of secretaries, then we can hardly imagine the energies possessed by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagad-\'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the controller of the entire universe, and
 thus He is managing the entire universe. Foolish people say that there is no brain behind the universe, but this is due to ignorance. By taking information from the }{\cs2873\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  the scriptures, we can understand who that brain is. According to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, and producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule 
this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." We see His energies working in this material world all the time. There is thunder and rain, and from rain comes the food we enjoy. This process is outlined in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (3.14):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ann\'e4d bhavanti bh\'fct\'e4ni\line parjany\'e4d anna-sambhava\'f9\line yaj\'ef\'e4d bhavati parjanyo\line yaj\'efa\'f9 karma-s
amudbhava\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All living beings subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of }{\cs2873\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], and }{\cs2873\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  is born of prescribed duties." The origin of everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Through }{\cs2873\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, we have to satisfy the Supreme Person, and }{\cs2873\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  can be executed when human society is regulated according to the }{\cs2873\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 system of four social orders (}{\cs2873\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 (}{\cs2873\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 ). There are four }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 four }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\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 }{\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 ). These }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  have their respective duties, and unless human society is divided according to these eight scientific divisions a
nd everyone acts according to his position, there can be no peace in the world.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7ram\'e4c\'e4ravat\'e4\line puru\'f1e\'eba para\'f9 pum\'e4n\line vi\'f1\'ebur \'e4r\'e4dhyate panth\'e4\line n
\'e4nyat tat-to\'f1a-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of 
}{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  There is no other way to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead." (}{\cs3545\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  3.8.9)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ultimate goal of all activity is the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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\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\cb1\nosupersub 7.5.31). Foolish people do not know that their ultimate interest is the satisfaction of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Therefore, when t
here are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmasya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gl\'e4\'ebi\'f9}{\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  discrepancies in }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His incarnation personally comes. It is therefore said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad yad vidhatte bhagav\'e4n.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although He comes, He has no anxiety. He comes by His internal potency, and He does not take help from anyone. He possesses a variety of energies, all of which work correctly and per
fectly (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 j\'ef\'e4n
a-bala-kriy\'e4 ca}{\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 Impersonalists cannot understand how everything is being carried out perfectly because they cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mohita\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti m\'e4m ebhya\'f9 param avyayam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs3545\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 7.14}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'eba-may\'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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surren
dered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." Being covered by the three modes of material nature, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, the Supreme Lord reveals Himself to His devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is our business to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth; then our lives will be successful. It is not that we can succeed by understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba superfici
ally. It is therefore stated here: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4ni me \'e7raddadh\'e4nasya k\'e9rtany\'e4ny anuk\'e9rtaya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anuk\'e9rtaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as we have initially pointed out, means that we shoul
d not manufacture anything. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "to follow." Therefore the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavat-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Bhagav\'e4n, can be understood only by the }{\cs2873\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  system, the system of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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. Bu
t in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost." (}{\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  4.2)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Formerly the kings (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) were great saintly persons. They were not ordinary people engaged in drinking and dancing. They were all }{\cs2873\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  (sages), up to the time of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. They were trained in such a way that they were not ordinary men but were called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naradeva. Naradeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to Bhagav\'e4n in the form of a human being. The king was worshiped because he was a }{\cs2873\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  both a king and a sage. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if the king knows the purpose of l
ife, he can rule well. If he does not, he thinks that eating, sleeping, sex and defense are all in all. In this case, his subjects live like animals. Today no one knows the object of human life; therefore although the foolish people of this age are tryin
g to be happy, their hopes will never be fulfilled. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0 dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  People are trying to be happy in this materi
al world by accepting material objects, but their plans will never be fulfilled. Therefore in world history we see that there have been many leaders who have died working hard. They could not adjust things properly, despite all their hard efforts. There 
were Napoleon, Hitler, Gandhi, Nehru and many others, but they could not ultimately prevail. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The ultimate goal of life is to understand Vi\'f1\'ebu, yet people are going on blindly trying to satisfy their senses. If one blind man tries to lead another, what is the result? If both the leaders and followers are b
lind, they will all fall in a ditch, for they are all bound by their nature.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  hearing and chanting, are the beginning of }{\cs2873\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. Therefore it is said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4ni me \'e7raddadh\'e4nasya k\'e9rtany\'e4ny anuk\'e9rtaya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anuk\'e9rtaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to follow the }{\cs2873\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  system. First of all we must receive the information from authorities; then we can speak the truth. One fi
rst has to learn how to describe the Absolute Truth, Bhagav\'e4n\'97His actions, His mercy and His compassion upon all living beings. The Supreme Lord is more anxious to give us education and enlightenment than we are to receive them. He gives us His lit
erature, His devotees and the }{\cs2873\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  system, but it is up to us to take advantage of
 these. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is intended to give society the proper understanding of the Absolute Truth. We are not presenting a manufactured, bogus philosophy. Why should we unnecessarily waste our time concocting some philosophy? T
here is so much to be learned that has already been given by the supreme authority. All we have to do is take this Vedic literature, try to learn it and distribute it. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's mission.
\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' kara para-upak\'e4ra\line (Cc. }{\cs3545\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.41)
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the duty of everyone, especially one born in the land of Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a, India, to make his life successful by taking ad
vantage of this Vedic literature. Unfortunately, we are simply trying to learn technology, and that is our misfortune. Real education means solving all life's problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental education means learning how to gain relief from the entanglement of material life. This is made possible by learning about the Lord's transcendental
 activities.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 4: Approaching a Bona Fide 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 CHAPTER FOUR \line Approaching a
 Bona Fide Guru
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcta uv\'e4ca\line dvaip\'e4yana-sakhas tv eva\'e0\line maitreyo bhagav\'e4\'e0s tath\'e4\line pr\'e4heda\'e0 vidura\'e0 pr
\'e9ta\line \'e4nv\'e9k\'f1iky\'e4\'e0 pracodita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said: The most powerful sage Maitreya was a friend of Vy\'e4sadeva's. Being encour
aged and pleased by Vidura's inquiry about transcendental knowledge, Maitreya spoke as follows.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.4}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Questions and answers are very satisfactorily dealt with when the inquirer is bona fide and the speaker is also authorized. Here Maitreya is considered a powerful s
age, and therefore he is also described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This word can be used not only for
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead but for anyone who is almost as powerful as the Supreme Lord. Maitreya is addressed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because he was spiritually far advanced. He was a personal friend of Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sadeva, a literary incarnation of the Lord. Maitreya was very pleased with the inquiries of Vidura because they wer
e the inquiries of a bona fide, advanced devotee. Thus Maitreya was encouraged to answer. When there are discourses on transcendental topics between devotees of equal mentality, the questions and answers are very fruitful and encouraging.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the Vedic process for receiving knowledge. One must approach the proper person, the }{\cs2873\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 submissively listen to him expound transcendental knowledge. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental knowledge is not very difficult, but the process must be known. Sometimes a dictating machine or a typewriter may not work, but if we go to a technic
ian who knows the machine, he can immediately repair it. The process must be known. If one goes to a ditchdigger to repair a dictating machine, he cannot help. He may know how to dig ditches, but not repair a machine. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  enjoin that if one wants transcendental knowledge, one must approach the proper person. The wo
rd }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to transcendental knowledge, not material knowledge. A medical
 practitioner may have material knowledge of the body, but he has no knowledge of the spirit soul within. He simply studies the mechanical arrangement of the body, which is a machine (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub yantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) made by nature. The body is actually stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 ) to
 be a machine:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 seate
d as on a machine made of the material energy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those who are attached to this bodily machine, the }{\cs2873\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 is recommended. One who is overly attached to the bodily conception is taught to concentrate the mind by some physical gymnastics. Thus in }{\cs2873\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  one undergoes various physical disciplines, but the real purpose is to understand Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme. The various }
{\cs2873\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  systems are given for the machine of the body, but the process of }{\cs2873\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 transcendental to mechanical arrangements. It is therefore called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  transcendental to material understanding. If one actually wants to understand spiritual life and spi
ritual knowledge, one has to approach a }{\cs2873\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 word }{\cs2873\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 "heavy," heavy with knowledge. And what is that knowledge? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tad-vij\'ef\'e4na.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That heaviness is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1
\'f6h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub attachment to Brahman and to Para-brahman, Bhagav\'e4n. That is the }{\cs2873\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  qualification. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma\'eby upa\'e7am\'e4\'e7rayam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to }{\cs3545\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), 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "In order to understand that trans
cendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master." Similarly, as stated in }{\cs3545\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  (11.3.21):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta\line jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Any person who seriously desires to achieve real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by 
initiation."
\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  inform us that the }{\cs2873\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 who has received knowledge by hearing the 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas. \'c7rotriya\'e0 brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1\'f6ham}{\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  The }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the bona fide }
{\cs2873\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 in the line of hearing from the disciplic succession. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.2), }{\cs2873\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  A bona fide }{\cs2873\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  does not impart some self-styled, concocted knowledge; his knowledge is standard and received from the }{\cs2873\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  system. He is also firmly fixed in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (}{\cs2873\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 ). These are his two qualifications: he must have heard the Vedic knowledge through the disciplic succession, and he must be established in service to the 
Supreme Lord. He does not have to be a very learned scholar, but he must have heard from the proper authority. God gives us the ears to hear, and simply by hearing we may become great preachers. We don't need Ph.D.'s or academic examinations. One may eve
n remain in his position; no changes are necessary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For this purpose there is the }{\cs2873\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  composed of four }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  Unless society is divided into these eight categories, it is simply a
n animal civilization. There must be some systematized, regulated arrangement. For instance, there are different divisions for the body: the head, the arms, the belly and the legs. Without the four corresponding divisions, no society can be conducted ver
y well. There will simply be chaos. The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sth\'e4ne sthit\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean "remaining in t
he }{\cs2873\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 " Even a }{\cs2873\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  can understand what is Brahman, and in that case he becomes a }{\cs2873\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  automatically. It is necessary that one hear attentively. That is all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated that Vidura heard from Maitreya \'c5\'f1i, and that Maitreya \'c5\'f1i was very pleased. Unless one satisfies his }{\cs2873\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 cannot receive proper knowledge. That is quite natural. If one receives his }{\cs2873\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  properly and seats him comfortably, and if the }{\cs2873\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 pleased with one's behavior, the }{\cs2873\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 speak very frankly and freely, and this will be very beneficial to the student. By going to a spiritual master and asking for his instructions and then not following them, one simply wastes his time. 
Nor should one approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit, but should go with the aim of rendering service. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nipat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "to fall down," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "wit
hout reservation." Transcendental knowledge is based on }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'ebip\'e4ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Just surrender unto Me." Just as we surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have to surrender unto
 His representative, the spiritual master. The }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's external represent
ative, and the internal }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself situated in everyone's heart. It is
 not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is simply in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is everywhere; He is even within the atom. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcta
\'f9}{\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
.37). That is the definition of Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul. I am }{\cs2873\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 spiritu
al soul, and you are }{\cs2873\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  We are all situated locally, you within your body and I w
ithin mine, but the Param\'e4tm\'e4 is situated everywhere. That is the difference between }{\cs2873\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  and Param\'e4tm\'e4. Those who are mistaken say that there is no difference between them, but there is a difference. They are one in the sense that both are cognizant and both are living entities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ), but they are different quantitatively. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (13.3):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa\'e0 c\'e4pi m\'e4\'e0 viddhi\line sarva-k\'f1etre\'f1u bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the proprietor of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the body). The individual soul is actually not the proprietor but the occupant. In a house, there is a te
nant and a landlord. The tenant is the occupant, and the landlord is the proprietor. Similarly, the }{\cs2873\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  is simply the occupant of the body; the proprietor is Param\'e4tm\'e4. When the landlord tells the tenant to leave the house, the tenant must do so. Similarly, when the Param\'e4tm\'e4 says that we have to leave the body, we have to do so.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To receive this Vedic knowledge, we must approach the proper }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  qualificati
on is given in every }{\cs2873\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  In }{\cs3545\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  (11.3.21) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta\line jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya uttamam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not accept a }{\cs2873\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  unless one is inquisitive to know the ultimate goal of life. An ordinary man interested in bodily comforts does not need a }{\cs2873\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  Unfortunately, at the present moment, the word }{\cs2873\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  refers to someone who can give bodily medicine. One approaches a Mah\'e4tm\'e4j\'e9 and says, "I am suffering from this disease. Please help me." And the Mah\'e4tm\'e4j\'e9 says, "Yes, I have a }{
\cs2873\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 heal you and give you success. Give me a little money and take it." This is not a r
eal }{\cs2873\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 should approach a }{\cs2873\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 learn about }{\cs2873\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  the Absolute Truth. One should not search out a }{\cs2873\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 cure some material d
isease; rather, one requires a doctor. Similarly, people think that if a person can make him successful in business, that person is a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  do not confirm this either. A }{
\cs2873\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 knows the }{\cs2873\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 Vedic conclusion. The Vedic conclusion is the understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\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  "By all the }{\cs2873\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." (}{\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  15.15)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that we have to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba fully. That is not possible. We have no capacity to understand the unlimited. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam}{\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  5.33). With our limited knowledge we cannot understand the unlimited; indeed, even K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not understand Himself. His attraction is unlimited, and
 to understand why He is so attractive, He became Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and took on the ecstatic emotions of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4
-bh\'e4va-dyuti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). If K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot comprehend the limit of His own attraction and bliss, it is certainly not possible for us with our limited knowledge. If we can simp
ly understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in part, that is our perfection. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma karma ca me }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If we misunderstand K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and take Him to be a human being like us, we become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fools. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is not composed of material elements like ours, and if we think this way, we are mistaken. The material nature belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He is its controller. We are under the control of material nature, and that is the differen
ce.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who has real knowledge knows that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  material nature, is working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction. It is not possible to understand how all this is going on, but we can understand it in summary. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 
ca:}{\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 everything emanates from the Supreme Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This much knowle
dge is sufficient. We can then increase this knowledge to understand just how material nature is working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction. Modern scientists mistakenly think that material nature is working independently and that things evolve by some che
mical process only. However, life does not merely come from life or some chemical evolution. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.8):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me." The same conclusion is also given in }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-\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 
1.1.2
\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 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\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   janma-adi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and de
struction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\cs2873\b\i\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.}}}{
\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s\'fctra,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  wherein it is stated, }{\cs2873\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  "Brahman is He from whom everything emanates." "Everything" includes living entities and inert matter. Both matter and the living entities com
e from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed, the whole world is a combination of matter and spirit, }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and
 the living entity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material energy is inferior, and spiritual energy is superior. Why? Superior energy (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub j\'e9va-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), the living entity, is controlling material nature. Actually he is not controlling, but is trying to utilize it. For instance, human beings are a
dvanced living entities, and they have created modern civilization by utilizing dull, inert matter. This is our superiority. However, we are also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as well as }{\cs2873\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  In this way, we have to understand }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva j\'ef\'e4na.
\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  is a commentary on }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra. Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains that the Supreme is the source of everything, and the nature of that source 
is explained in }{\cs3545\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\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 ): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata
\'e7 c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That source is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cognizant. Matter is not cognizant; therefore the theory of modern science that life comes from matter is incorrect. The identity from whom everything emanates is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cognizant, which means He can understand. The }{\cs3545\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  (}{\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 ) also states, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed Lord Brahm\'e4 in Vedic knowledge. Unless the ultimate source is a living entity, how can He impart knowledge? }{\cs2873\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 compiled by Vy\'e4sadeva, who also compiled the }{\cs2873\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  Generally the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s emphasize the commentary made on the }{\cs2873\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  by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, the }{\cs2873\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  but that is not the original commentary on }{\cs2873\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 original commentary is given by the author himself, Vy\'e4sadeva, in the form of }{\cs2873\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 understand the actual meaning of the }{\cs2873\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  we must refer to the commentary made by the author himself. As stated by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (13.5):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1ibhir bahudh\'e4 g\'e9ta\'e0\line chandobhir vividhai\'f9 p\'e5thak\line brahma-s\'fctra-padai\'e7 caiva\line hetumadbhi
r vini\'e7citai\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in various Vedic writings
\'97especially in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is presented with all reasoning as to cause and e
ffect."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental knowledge is therefore very logical. According to the Vedic system, the }{\cs2873\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 understand }{\cs2873\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  (also called }{\cs2873\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 ) before he 
can be accepted as an }{\cs2873\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  Both the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da-samprad\'e4ya and the Vai
\'f1\'ebava-samprad\'e4ya have explained the }{\cs2873\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  Without understanding }{
\cs2873\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  one cannot understand Brahman. It is said that Vidura understood transc
endental knowledge from Maitreya, and it is stated that Maitreya is a friend of Vy\'e4sadeva's. This means that both Vidura and Maitreya know what Vy\'e4sadeva knows. We have to approach a spiritual master who is in the disciplic succession from Vy\'e4sa
deva. Everyone may claim to be following Vy\'e4sadeva, but one must }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub actually}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  follow him. V
y\'e4sadeva accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Arjuna also accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Para-brahman, the Supreme Person. One may say that because Arjuna was a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, he accepted Him in this way, but thi
s is not the case. Arjuna gave evidence that Vy\'e4sadeva also accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma\line pavitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n\line puru\'f1a\'e0 \'e7\'e4\'e7vata\'e0 divyam\line \'e4
di-devam aja\'e0 vibhum
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4hus tv\'e4m \'e5\'f1aya\'f9 sarve\line devar\'f1ir n\'e4radas tath\'e4\line asito devalo vy\'e4sa\'f9\line svaya\'e0 caiva bra
v\'e9\'f1i me
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, 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. All the great sages such as N\'e4rada, Asita, Devala and Vy\'e4sa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me." (}{\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  10.12-13)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and Vy\'e4sadeva began his commentary on }{\cs2873\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  with the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{
\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  If we are actually interested in understanding, we must approach a representative of Vy
\'e4sadeva like Maitreya. Maitreya is also addressed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  although of course th
e Supreme Bhagav\'e4n is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). B
ut the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also refers to other powerful persons like Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord 
\'c7iva, Vy\'e4sadeva or Maitreya. The actual Bhagav\'e4n is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but these great personalities have attained as much knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as possible. It is not possible to have cent per cent knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Not ev
en N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Himself is capable of that. Yet those who follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions fully are sometimes called Bhagav\'e4n. There are many artificial Bhagav\'e4n's, but a real Bhagav\'e4n is one who knows what K\'e5\'f1\'eba has taught. V
idura was very eager to receive transcendental knowledge, and because of this, Maitreya was very pleased with him. One can please the spiritual master simply by surrendering to him and rendering service, saying, "Sir, I am your most obedient servant. Ple
ase accept me and give me instructions." Although Arjuna was a very intimate friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, before receiving }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he surrendered himself, saying, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Now 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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the proper way to ask for knowledge. One does not approach the spiritual master with a challenging spirit. One should also be inquisitive to understand the 
spiritual science. It is not that one considers himself superior to the }{\cs2873\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 must fir
st find a }{\cs2873\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 whom one can surrender, and if this is not possible, one shouldn't waste
 his time. By surrendering to the proper person, one can very quickly come to understand transcendental knowledge.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 5: Lord Kapila Takes Charge of His Mother, Devah\'fcti
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER FIVE\line Lord Kapila Ta
kes Charge of His Mother, Devah\'fcti
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 5
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 5
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maitreya uv\'e4ca\line pitari prasthite 'ra\'ebya\'e0\line m\'e4tu\'f9 priya-cik\'e9r\'f1ay\'e4\line tasmin bindusare 'v\'e4ts
\'e9d\line bhagav\'e4n kapila\'f9 kila
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Maitreya said: When Kardama left for the forest, Lord Kapila stayed on the strand of the Bindu-sarovara to please 
His mother, Devah\'fcti.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.5}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the absence of the father it is the duty of the grown son to take charge of his mother and serve her to the best of his ability so that she will not feel separat
ion from her husband. It is also the duty of the husband to leave home as soon as there is a grown son to take charge of his wife and family affairs. That is the Vedic system of household life. One should not remain continually implicated in household af
fairs up to the time of death. He must leave. Family affairs and the wife may be taken charge of by a grown son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being a great }{\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  Kardama Muni was not very interested in family life. Nonetheless, he decided to marry, and Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu brought his daughter Devah\'fcti to him to serve as a wife. Kardama Muni was a }{\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  living in a cottage, and Devah\'fcti was a princess, a king's daughter. Not being used to work, she became very skinny
, and Kardama Muni took compassion upon her, thinking, "This girl has come to me, but now she is not in a very comfortable position." Therefore by his yogic powers, Kardama Muni created a large palace with many servants, gardens and other opulences. Not 
only that, but he also created a great spaceship as large as a small city. Modern airlines have prepared a 747, and although these are very big, Kardama Muni, by his yogic powers, was able to create a spaceship wherein there were lakes, palaces and garde
ns. This spaceship could also travel all over the universe. Modern scientists labor very hard to make a small spaceship to go to the moon, but Kardama Muni could create a great spaceship that could travel to all planets. This is possible by yogic powers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different }{\cs2873\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 yogic perfections\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'e4, pr\'e4pti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a
nd so on\'97and whatever }{\cs2873\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  choose to do, they can do. That is the real }{\cs2873\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. It is not that one becomes a }{\cs2873\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  simply by pressing his nose and performing some gymnastics. One must actually attain the yogic }{\cs2873\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  By these }{\cs2873\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  the }{\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  can become very small
 or very large, very heavy or very light. Whatever he wants, he can immediately produce in his hand, and he can travel wherever he desires. Kardama Muni was such a perfected }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub siddhi-yogi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By his wife, Devah\'fcti, he had nine daughters, who were distributed to the praj\'e4patis like Dak\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and many others. The only son 
of Kardama Muni was Kapiladeva, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This Kapiladeva was one of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\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  means "authority," and according to the Vedic }{
\cs2873\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  there are twelve authorities. These are Svayambh\'fc, N\'e4rada, \'c7ambhu, Ku
m\'e4ra, Kapila, Manu, Prahl\'e4da, Janaka, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Bali, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Yamar\'e4ja. Svayambh\'fc is Brahm\'e4, and \'c7ambhu is Lord \'c7iva. These authorities should be followed if we want to approach the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead and understand the purpose of religious life. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4jano }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yena}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  follow the principles set forth by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in }{\cs2873\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 We cannot very easily understand the actual truth of religious systems, but if we follow these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we can understand. Kapila Muni explained the glories of devotional service to His mother, Devah\'fcti. If we follow Him, we may learn the truth o
f devotional service. According to the system of }{\cs2873\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  one who is ov
er fifty years of age must leave home, go to the forest and completely devote his life to spiritual realization. This is the actual }{\cs2873\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  system. It is not a Hindu system, for the word "Hindu" is a name given by the Muslims and does not occur in any Vedic literature. However, the }{\cs2873\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  is mentioned. Civilized human beings should strictly follow the }{\cs2873\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  institution. If one is born a }{\cs2873\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 is trained nicely as a }{\cs2873\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  and then he becomes a }{\cs2873\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  a householder. When he gives up his home, he is called a }{\cs2873\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  and 
after that he may take }{\cs2873\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  Being a }{\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  Kardama Muni strictly followed these principles; therefore as soon as Kapiladeva was grown, Devah\'fcti was placed in His char
ge. Kardama Muni then left home. As stated in this verse: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pitari prasthite 'ra\'ebya\'e0 m\'e4tu\'f9 priya-cik\'e9r\'f1ay\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a woman should never be given freedom. When she is not under the protection of her husband, she must be under the protection of her
 sons. Women cannot properly utilize freedom, and it is better for them to remain dependent. A woman cannot be happy if she is independent. That is a fact. In Western countries we have seen many women very unhappy simply for the sake of independence. Tha
t independence is not recommended by the Vedic civilization or by the }{\cs2873\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  Consequently Devah\'fcti was given to her grown son, Kapiladeva, and Kapiladeva was fully aware that He had to take care of His mother. It is the duty of the father to protect his daughter until she attains puberty and is married to a suitab
le young man. The husband then takes care of the wife. Generally a man should marry at around twenty-five years of age, and a girl should marry no later than sixteen. If this is the case, when the man is fifty years old, his eldest son should be around t
wenty-five, old enough to take charge of the mother. According to this calculation, Kapiladeva was about twenty-five years old and was quite able to take charge of His mother, Devah\'fcti. He knew that because His father left His mother in His charge, He
 should take care of her and always please her. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4tu\'f9 priya-cik\'e9r\'f1ay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kapi
ladeva was not irresponsible, but was always ready to please His mother. Kapiladeva was a }{\cs2873\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  and His mother took lessons from Him. That is the prerogative of the male. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.32):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth\'97women, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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." Women are considered on the same platform with }{\cs2873\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 although a woman may be married to a }{\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  she is not given the sacred thread. It is also said that the }{\cs2873\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  was compiled by Vy\'e4sadeva because the direct Vedic knowledge could not be understood by women, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dvija-bandhus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  those who are born in }{
\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  families but are not qualified }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. Str\'e9-\'e7\'fcdra-dvijabandh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 tray\'e9 na \'e7ruti-gocar\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.4.25). Consequently }{\cs2873\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 called the fifth }{\cs2873\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  The four preceding 
}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S
\'e4ma, Yajur, \'c5g}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The essence of Vedic knowledge, }{\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 given within the }{\cs2873\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  Women are inferior to men, and Vedic civilization is so perfect that men are given full cha
rge of the women. It is therefore said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tu\'f9 priya-cik\'e9r\'f1ay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The son is always re
ady to see that the mother is not unhappy. Kapiladeva was anxious that His mother not feel the absence of His father, and He was ready to take the best care of her and give her knowledge. Because women are supposed to be less intelligent, they should be 
given knowledge, and they should also follow this knowledge. They should follow their father's instructions, their husband's instructions and the instructions of their grown, scholarly sons like Kapiladeva. In this way, their lives can be perfect. In all
 cases, women should always remain dependent.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tasmin bindusare 'v\'e4ts\'e9d bhagav\'e4n kapila\'f9 kila.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is noteworthy th
at in this verse Kapiladeva is referred to as Bhagav\'e4n, which indicates that He possesses all wealth, fame, knowledge, beauty, strength and renunciation. These six opulences are fully represented in K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted
 as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and others
 are accepted as His expansions, or incarnations (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In }{\cs2873\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  R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has analyzed the characteristics of Bhagav\'e4n. The
 first Bhagav\'e4n is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but some of His opulences are also bestowed upon Lord Brahm\'e4. Lord Brahm\'e4 is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a living being like us. If we become spiritually powerful, we can also have the post of Lord Brahm\'e4. Superior to Lord Brahm\'e4 is Lord \'c7iva, and superior to Lord \'c7iva is Vi\'f1
\'ebu, or Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and superior to all is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the analysis of the Vedic }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  Even \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya
, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalist philosopher, accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa bhagav\'e4n svaya\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). All the }{\cs2873\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, Vi\'f1\'ebu Sv\'e4m\'e9, Nimb\'e4rka and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97also accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapiladeva is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He gave instructions to His mother, Devah\'fcti. We must distinguish between the two Kapilas. One Kapila is this
 Bhagav\'e4n Kapila, and the other Kapila is the atheist Kapila. Bhagav\'e4n Kapila is also known as Devah\'fcti-putra Kapila. Both Kapilas expounded S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, but the atheist Kapila expounded it without understanding, perception or reali
zation of God. On the bank of the Bindu-sarovara Lake, Kapiladeva personally expounded S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy to His mother, Devah\'fcti, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally expounded the knowledge of }{\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  to His friend Arjuna. Like Arjuna, Devah\'fcti was aware that she was before her spiritual master, as indicated in the fo
llowing verse. Indeed, Lord Brahm\'e4 had informed her that her son was a powerful incarnation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 6
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 6
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam \'e4s\'e9nam akarm\'e4\'eba\'e0\line tattva-m\'e4rg\'e4gra-dar\'e7anam\line sva-suta\'e0 devah\'fcty \'e4ha\line dh\'e4tu
\'f9 sa\'e0smarat\'e9 vaca\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub When Kapila, who could show her the ultimate goal of the Absolute Truth, was sitting leisurely before her, Devah
\'fcti remembered the words Brahm\'e4 had spoken to her, and she therefore began to question Kapila as follows.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.6}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ultimate goal of the Absolute Truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service. The liberated stage is not final. If we simply understand that we are n
ot the body, that we are spirit soul, our knowledge is insufficient. We must also act as Brahman; then our position will be fixed.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-
bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments nor des
ires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me." (}{\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) }{\cs2873\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 obtainable for a liberated person; it is not for t
he conditioned soul. How is this possible? In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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) K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 We must engage in the nine processes of devotional service, the first of which is hearing (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Then, under the direction of the spiritual master and the }{\cs2873\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  one can immediately become a liberated person. One doesn't have to endeavor separately to become liberated if he immediately engages in devotional service. One must
 have a firm conviction that he is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service and is free from all material contamination. This is imperative. The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva-m\'e4rga-dar\'e7
anam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are elucidated elsewhere in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: brahmeti param\'e4tmeti bhaga
v\'e4n }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7abdyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The Absolute Truth is understood differently according to the position of the student. Some understand the Absolute Truth as impersonal Brahman, some as localized param\'e4tm\'e4, and others as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 and Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are not different. They are simply different aspects of the complete Godhead. Looking at a mountain from a distance, we may see a hazy cloud, and if we c
ome nearer, we may see something green. If we actually climb the mountain, we will find many houses, trees and animals. Our vision is of the same mountain, but due to our different positions we see haze, greenery or variegatedness. In the final stage, th
ere are varieties\'97trees, animals, men, houses, and so on. The Absolute Truth is not without variety. Just as there is material variety, there is spiritual variety. Because the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers are seeing the Absolute Truth from a dist
ance, they think that the Absolute Truth has no variety. They consider variety to be material, but this is a misunderstanding. The Absolute Truth is described as variegated in }{\cs3545\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  (5.29):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all desires, in abodes built with
 spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of desire trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets in the spiritual world, and there are devotees who are all liberated. These devotees are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1ara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means they do not fall down into the material world. They remain in the spiritual world of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6h
as. They are also persons like us, but they are eternal persons, complete with full knowledge and bliss. That is the difference between them and us. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva j\'ef
\'e4na.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Unless we understand the variegatedness of the Absolute Truth, there is a chance that we will fall down. It is not sufficient simply to stick to the indefinite, impers
onal feature of the Absolute Truth:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9\line patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9\line }{\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.2.32}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the impersonalists are not allowed to enter the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, they simply remain in the Brahman effulgence. Thu
s they fall down again into material variety. We have seen many impersonalist }{\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 
first of all give up the world as false (}{\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 ). They consider themselves Brahman (}{\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 ), consider the world false (}{\cs2873\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 }{\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 ), and, having nothing more to do with the material world, finally say, "I have become N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba." Then they come to 
the stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra-n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (poor N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba). They become N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, bu
t for want of anything better to do, for want of variegatedness, they take up material humanitarian activities. Although they consider their wives }{\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), they return. "You have already left. Why do you come back again?" the wives ask. This means that these so-called }{\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  have nothing to do. They undergo severe penances and austerities to reach the platform of impersonal Brahman, but because there is no pleasure ther
e, they again descend to enjoy material variety.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may build a nice spaceship and send it off into space, and the astronauts may go up there and fly in the impersonal sky, but eventually they will become tired an
d pray to God, "Please let us return to land." We have read that the Russian astronauts were simply missing Moscow while they were traveling in space. This impersonal traveling is actually very agitating; similarly, impersonal realization of the Absolute
 Truth cannot be permanent because one wants variety. A falldown is inevitable. When one gentleman read my book }{\cs2873\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  he became very enthusiastic about going to other planets. "Oh, yes," I said, "we can go with this book." "Yes," the gentleman said, "then I shall come back." "Why return? You should remain there." 
"No, no," he said. "I don't want to remain. I just want to go and come back." This is the "enjoying" mentality. Without variety, we cannot enjoy. Variety is the mother of enjoyment, and Brahman realization or Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization does not give us 
steady }{\cs2873\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  bliss. We want }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda. \'c4nandamayo '}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\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  The living entities are Brahman; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Para-brahman. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is enjoying perpetual }{\cs2873\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, being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we also want }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda. \'c4nanda
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be impersonal or void; }{\cs2873\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  entails variety. No one is simply interested in drinking milk and eating sugar, but with milk and sugar we can make a variety of foods\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub per\'e4, barf\'e9, k\'f1\'e9ra, rabr\'e9, dah\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and so on. There are hundreds of preparations. In any case, variety is required for enjoyment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The last word of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is full of variety. Kapiladeva is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva-m\'e4rg\'e4gra-dar\'e7anam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He will explain to His mother what }{\cs2873\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  is, how one can approach the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and how one can actually enjoy }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva j\'ef\'e4na.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This
 is not simply dry speculation. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy includes spiritual variety. People sometimes misunderstand this variety to be material, and they hanker for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub nirvi\'e7e\'f1a, nir\'e4k\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  void. However, our philosophy is not void; it is full of variety and transcendental bliss. This will later be specifically enu
nciated by Lord Kapiladeva.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 6: Devah\'fcti Desires Transcendental 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 CHAPTER SIX\line Devah\'fcti Des
ires Transcendental Knowledge
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 7
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 7
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devah\'fctir uv\'e4ca\line nirvi\'eb\'eb\'e4 nitar\'e4\'e0 bh\'fcmann\line asad-indriya-tar\'f1a\'eb\'e4t\line yena sambh\'e4vya
m\'e4nena\line prapann\'e4ndha\'e0 tama\'f9 prabho
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Devah\'fcti said: I am very sick of the disturbance caused by my material senses, for because of this sense distur
bance, my Lord, I have fallen into the abyss of ignorance
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.7}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here, at the beginning of Devah\'fcti's questionings, the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asad-indriya-tar
\'f1a\'eb\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is significant. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "impermanent," "temporary," }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "senses," and }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tar\'f1a\'eb\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to agitation. Thus }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asad-indriya-tar\'f1a\'eb\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "from being agitated by the temporarily manifest senses of the material body." We are evolving thr
ough different species of material bodily existence\'97sometimes in a human body, sometimes in an animal body\'97and therefore the engagements of our material senses are also changing. Anything which changes is called temporary, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should know that beyond these temporary senses are our permanent senses, which are now covered by t
he material body. The permanent senses, being contaminated by matter, are not acting properly. Devotional service, therefore, involves freeing the senses from this contamination. When the contamination is completely removed and the senses act in the puri
ty of unalloyed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we have then attained }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-indriya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or eterna
l sense activities. Eternal sensory activities are called devotional service, whereas temporary sensory activities are called sense gratification. Unless one becomes tired of material sense gratification, there is no opportunity to hear transcendental me
ssages from a person like Kapila. Devah\'fcti expressed that she was tired. Now that her husband had left home, she wanted to get relief by hearing the instructions of Lord Kapila.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literatures describe this material world as darkness. Actually it is dark, and therefore we require sunlight, moonlight and electricity. If it were not by
 nature dark, why would we require so many arrangements for artificial light? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub edas enjoin th
at we should not remain in darkness: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamasi m\'e4 jyotir gama}{\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  We are instructed to go to the light, and that light is the spiritual world, which is directly lighted by the effulgence, or bodily rays, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated in }{\cs3545\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  (5.40):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the i
mpersonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and millions of universes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Animals have no ability to know that they are in darkness, but human beings can know. Like Devah\'fcti, an intelligent person should become disgusted with the darkn
ess of ignorance. }{\cs2873\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  As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.20), there is neither birth nor death for the soul. The soul is not destroyed when th
e body is annihilated. The soul puts bodies on and takes them off like clothes. This simple knowledge is instructed in the beginning of }{\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  yet there are many big scholars and leaders who still cannot understand that the body is different from the person. This is because they do not study }{\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  in the proper way. Consequently no one is fully aware or convinced that the real person is not the body. T
his is called darkness, and when one is disgusted with this darkness, human life begins.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who has become disgusted with material existence needs the instructions of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru. Tasm\'e4d guru\'e0 prapadyeta jij\'ef\'e4su\'f9 \'e7reya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttamam}{\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  Being the wife of a great }{\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  Devah\'fcti understood her constitutional position; therefore she is placing her problem before her son, Kapiladeva, an incarnation of God. Although Kapiladeva is her son, Devah\'fcti does not hesitate to take instructions from 
Him. She does not say, "Oh, He is my son. What can He tell me? I am His mother, and I shall instruct Him." Instruction has to be taken from one who is in knowledge. It doesn't matter what his position is, whether he is a son, a boy, a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, br\'e4hma\'eba, sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  One should simply learn from one who knows. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's instruction. Although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself was a }
{\cs2873\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 a }{\cs2873\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 took instructions from R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, who was a }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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  but nonetheless, very exalted spiritually. When Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu saw that R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya was hesitant to give instructions, the Lord said, "Why are you hesitating? Although you are a }{\cs2873\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  and are born in a }{\cs2873\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  family, I am prepared to take lessons from you."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kib\'e4 vipr\'e4, kib\'e4 ny\'e4s\'e9, \'e7\'fcdra kene naya\line yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4, sei 'guru' 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 Cc. }{\cs3545\b0\i\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  8.128}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's teaching. Whoever is qualified in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can become a }{\cs2873\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  His family or material identity does not matter. He simply must know the science. When we consult an engineer,
 a doctor or a lawyer, we do not ask whether he is a }{\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  or a }{\cs2873\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 he is qualified, he can help with a particular subject. Similarly, if one knows the science of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, he can be a }{\cs2873\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  Devah\'fcti was taking lessons from her son because He knew the scien
ce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even if gold is in a filthy place, we should take it. It is also stated in the }{\cs2873\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 a girl is highly qualified or beautiful, she can be accepted in marriage even though born in a lower family. Thus it is not birth that is important, but qualification. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu wanted everyone in India to know the scien
ce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is very simple. We need only repeat what K\'e5\'f1\'eba has said or what has been said about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human society cannot be happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer, and we are His servants. The master is enjoying, and the 
servants are helping the master enjoy. We living entities are eternal servants of God, and our duty is to help our master enjoy. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the topmost servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Her business is always to keep K\'e5
\'f1\'eba pleased. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very fond of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 because She renders the best service. Her sixty-four qualifications are mentioned in the Vedic literatures. Unfortunately, in the material world we are busy trying to enjoy our ma
terial senses. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3.42):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indriy\'e4\'ebi par\'e4\'eby \'e4hur\line indriyebhya\'f9 para\'e0 mana\'f9\line manasas tu par\'e4 buddhir\line yo buddhe\'f9 p
aratas tu sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and h
e (the soul) is even higher than the intelligence." The soul is on the spiritual platform. this way we become implicated in the laws of nature. As stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra
s:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'fcna\'e0 pramatta\'f9 kurute vikarma\line yad indriya-pr\'e9taya \'e4p\'e5\'eboti\line na s\'e4dhu manye yata \'e4tmano 'yam
\line asann api kle\'e7ada \'e4sa deha\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he certainly becomes mad after materialistic living and engages in a
ll kinds of sinful activity. He does not know that due to his past misdeeds he has already received a body which, although temporary, is the cause of his misery. Actually the living entity should not have taken on a material body, but he has been awarded
 the material body for sense gratification. Therefore I think it not befitting an intelligent man to involve himself again in the activities of sense gratification by which he perpetually gets material bodies one after another." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\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 5.5.4)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Living entities in this material world are very busy trying to gratify their senses. In the street we see many dogs assembled for sex. This may seem very crude, but
 human beings are engaged in the same business, perhaps in a more elaborate way. We should know that sense gratification is meant for animals, and that sense control is for human beings. By }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  penance, we can purify ourselves and regain our eternal life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually our material senses are not our real senses. They are covered, just as the body is covered by clothes. Our real body is within the material body. }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dehino 'smin yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dehe}{\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  The spiritual body is within the material body. The material body is changing, going through childhood, youth, then old age, and then it vanishes. Althou
gh this is not our real body, we are engaged in sense gratification with it. However, for our own ultimate happiness, we should try to purify our senses. There is no question of destroying the senses or becoming desireless. Desire is a material activity,
 and becoming desireless is not possible. The senses must be purified in order for us to act through them transcendentally. }{\cs2873\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  does not require us to destroy our senses, but to purify them. When the senses are purified, we can serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\cs2873\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 al
l 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. One is freed from all material designations, and, simply by bein
g employed in the service of the Lord, one's senses are purified." (}{\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can serve H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, the master of the senses, through the senses. We are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as the hand is part and parcel of th
e body. Similarly, our senses are also part and parcel of the spiritual body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we purify our senses, we can act in our original constitutional position and serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we forget our position and try to satisfy ourselv
es, we become conditioned materially. When we forget that our duty is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we fall into the material world and become implicated in personal sense gratification. As long as we continue trying to satisfy our own senses, we have to acce
pt another body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that if we want to become tigers, He will give us a tiger body. If we want to become devotees, He will give us the body of a devotee. This life is a preparation for the next, and if we want to enjoy our transcen
dental senses, we have to purify ourselves to return home, back to Godhead. For this purpose, Devah\'fcti is submitting to her son just as a disciple submits to his master.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 8
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 8
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasya tva\'e0 tamaso 'ndhasya\line du\'f1p\'e4rasy\'e4dya p\'e4ragam\line sac-cak\'f1ur janman\'e4m ante\line labdha\'e0 me tvad
-anugrah\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your Lordship is my only means of getting out of this darkest region of ignorance because You are my transcendenta
l eye, which, by Your mercy only, I have attained after many, many births.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.8}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse is very instructive, since it indicates the relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple. The disciple or conditioned soul is put into this
 darkest region of ignorance and therefore is entangled in the material existence of sense gratification. It is very difficult to get out of this entanglement and attain freedom, but if one is fortunate enough to get the association of a spiritual master
 like Kapila Muni or His representative, then by his grace one can be delivered from the mire of ignorance. The spiritual master is therefore worshiped as one who delivers the disciple from the mire of ignorance with the light of the torch of knowledge. 
The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4ragam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very significant. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4ragam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who can take the disciple to the other side. This side is conditioned life; the other side is the life of free
dom. The spiritual master takes the disciple to the other side by opening his eyes with knowledge. We are suffering simply because of ignorance. By the instruction of the spiritual master, the darkness of ignorance is removed, and thus the disciple is en
abled to go to the side of freedom. It is stated in }{\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  that after many, m
any births one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, if, after many, many births, one is able to find a bona fide spiritual master and surrender to such a bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can be taken to the side of l
ight.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The bona fide spiritual master is a true Ved\'e4ntist, for he actually knows Ved\'e4nta and the }{\cs2873\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 understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word }{\cs2873\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," and }{\cs2873\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 "last phase." There are different types of knowledge. We are interested in ordinary knowledge for economic benefit, but that is not actual knowledge. That is the art of livelihood. One may study to be an ele
ctrician and earn his livelihood by repairing electric lines. This kind of knowledge is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ilpa j\'ef\'e4na.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Real knowledge, however, is Vedic knowledge, knowing oneself, what one is and what God is and understanding one's relationship with God, and one's duty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is searching after knowledge is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Knowledge begins with the inquiry }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\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  "what is Brahman?" Knowledge also begins by understanding the threefold miseries of the material world}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97\'e4dhy\'e4tmika, \'e4dhibhautika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dhidaivika.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are suffering from miseries caused by other living entities and acts of nature as well as from miseries arising from the body and m
ind themselves. The soul is aloof from the body and mind, but he suffers due to material contamination. We have no control over these threefold miseries. They are controlled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's maidservant, Goddess Durg\'e4, who is material nature. She i
s not independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, she is so powerful that she can create and maintain. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nature, can be very unkind. Mother Durg\'e4 is often portrayed as chastising demons by piercing them with a trident.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are learned and intelligent look to the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief from the threefold miseries of material existence. Although
 this material world is nothing but darkness, people are very proud of their eyes. They are always saying, "Can you show me God?" The answer to that is: "Have you the eyes to see God?" Why is the emphasis placed on seeing? Certainly, God can be seen, as 
stated in }{\cs3545\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  (5.38), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed by the pulp of l
ove."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we are devotees, lovers of God, the ointment of love will clear our eyes. In order to see God, we have to cleanse our eyes by wiping away the cataracts of materi
al contamination. Although we may be eager to see God, we cannot see Him with these material eyes. Not only can we not see Him, but we cannot understand Him, although His name is there. Understanding God means first of all understanding His name. Therefo
re from the beginning we should chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  God is not d
ifferent from His name. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's person are the same. "Absolute" means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, form, place, dress, pastimes and everything are nondifferent from Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in His name, but because
 we have no love for Him, we cannot see Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a great learned scholar, and he was called a }{\cs2873\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  which indicates that he was a learned }{\cs2873\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  When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 approached \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, he said, "The people in my neighborhood are calling me a }{\cs2873\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  and I am very unhappy because of this." Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu asked, "Why are you dissatisfied?" San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 replied, "I
 am such a poor }{\cs2873\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  that I do not even know the goal of life. I do not even know
 what is beneficial for me. I am simply being carried away by sense gratification." In this way, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 approached \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He did not approach Him to get some gold or some medicine. He went to find out his rea
l self-interest. This is the real purpose for approaching a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devah\'fcti approached Lord Kapiladeva in the same way. She said, "My dear Kapila, You have come as my son, but You are my }{\cs2873\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 You can inform me how I can cross the ocean of nescience, which is the material world." Thus one who feels the ne
ed to cross the dark ocean of nescience, which is material existence, requires a }{\cs2873\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  It 
is not the }{\cs2873\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  task to supply gold and medicine. Now it has become a fashion to keep a 
}{\cs2873\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 if he were a dog or a cat. This is of no use. We must inquire about that portion o
f God's creation which is beyond this darkness. 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  and }{\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  describe another world, beyond this material nature. According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{
\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (15.6):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 wor
ld."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not possible for us to go to that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paravyoma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by material means. It is impossible to penetrate the material universe unless one understands K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One can be enlightened by the mercy of God because K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself comes to give us inf
ormation. If He does not come personally, He sends His devotee, or He leaves behind Him }{\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  However, we are so foolish that we do not take advantage of them. We do not take advantage of His devotee, who hankers to give this knowledge, sacrificing everything. Therefore \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The fallen, conditioned living entity, trapped by the external energy, loiters in the material world, but if by good fortune he m
eets a bona fide representative of the Lord, and if he takes advantage of such a }{\cs2873\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 receives
 the seed of devotional service." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  19.151)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The seed of devotional service is received by a most fortunate person. Those who are cultivating }{\cs2873\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 International Society for Krishna Consciousness are the most fortunate people in the world. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy one can receive the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the seed of devotional service. Unless one is free from the reaction
s of sin, one cannot understand }{\cs2873\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 Bhagav\'e4n. Therefore we must act piously by gi
ving up illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. If we lead a pious life, we can understand God. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is engaged in training people to this end so that their lives will be successful.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya \'e4dyo bhagav\'e4n pu\'e0s\'e4m\line \'e9\'e7varo vai bhav\'e4n kila\line lokasya tamas\'e4ndhasya\line cak\'f1u\'f9 s\'fcry
a ivodita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin and Supreme Lord of all living entities. You have arisen to
 disseminate the rays of the sun in order to dissipate the darkness of the ignorance of the universe.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.9}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapila Muni is accepted as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the origin of all living entities," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
u\'e0s\'e4m \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) of the living entities" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Kapila Muni is the direct expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the sun of spiritual knowledge. The sun dissipates the darkness of the universe, and when the light of the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes down, it at
 once similarly dissipates the darkness of }{\cs2873\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 have our eyes, but without the l
ight of the sun, our eyes are of no value. Similarly, without the light of the Supreme Lord, or without the divine grace of the spiritual master, one cannot see things as they are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse, Devah\'fcti also addresses her son as Bhagav\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n is the Supreme Person. If we could just use a little common sense we could understand 
that an organization requires a leader. Without a leader, we cannot organize anything. Foolish philosophers say that the universe automatically came into being by nature. They say that in the beginning there was a chunk, and this cosmic manifestation cam
e out of that chunk of matter. But where did this chunk come from? The fact is that there must be a brain, a leader, behind anything organized. We have information of this leader from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Supreme Lord is eternal, and we are also eternal. But the Supreme Lord is one, and we are many. The Supreme Lord is very great, and we are very small. He is all-pervading and 
infinite, and we are finite and infinitesimal. Even if we analyze the creation, we will find that not everyone is on the same level. One person is more intelligent or opulent than another. If we analyze things in this way, we will come to the demigods, a
nd among them we will find that the most important demigod is Lord Brahm\'e4. He is the original creature within this universe, yet he is not the most intelligent being. It is said that in the beginning, Brahm\'e4 received knowledge from the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently newspapers are reporting that faith in a personal God is diminishing. This means that people are becoming more and more foolish. This is natural in Kali-yu
ga, for as the age of Kali progresses, bodily strength, memory and mercy diminish. We actually see that the present generation is not as strong as the previous. People also have short memories. We also understand that sometimes people are killed while ot
her people pass by, not caring. Thus mercy is also diminishing. Because everything is diminishing, God consciousness is diminishing also; therefore it is natural to receive news that faith in a personal God is diminishing. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.15), one who does not accept a personal God is described as a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a fool.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the ath
eistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, people today do not even know the meaning of God, so there is no question of surrender. There are also those who are scholarly and well educated, but thei
r knowledge is taken away by }{\cs2873\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. Although they may superficially hold de
grees, they have no real knowledge. They are also }{\cs2873\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 who simply defy God, sayi
ng, "I am God, you are God. Why are you searching for God? There are many Gods loitering in the street. Take care of them." Therefore it is not surprising that newspapers report that faith in a personal God is decreasing. Nonetheless, God is a person. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ya \'e4dyo bhagav\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Brahm\'e4 also worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba by saying, }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He says, "I worship that original person, Govinda." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di-puru\'f1am,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has no one preceding Him; therefore He is called original. It is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born of Vasudeva, but this simply means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted Vasudeva as His father. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
deals with His devotees in different relationships, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasas\'97\'e7\'e4nta, d\'e4sya, sakhya, v\'e4tsalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We all have some relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but presently that is covered. Therefore we have to revive it. Simple appreciation of the Supreme is called }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When one appreciates the Supreme fully, he wishes to render some service, 
and that is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When one becomes more intimate, he becomes a friend of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's, and that is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakhya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When one is more advanced, he wants to render serv
ice to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a father or a mother, and this is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Being a father or 
a mother means serving the son. The Christian conception of God as the Supreme Father is not very perfect because if we conceive of God as a father, our position will be to take things from Him. Everyone wants to take something from the father. One is al
ways saying, "Father, give me this. Father, give me that." However, accepting the Supreme Lord as one's son means rendering service. Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9 got K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her son, and she was always anxious that He not be in danger. Thus she was alwa
ys protecting Him. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba protects the entire universe, but Ya\'e7od\'e4 was giving protection to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. Ya\'e7od\'e4 became mad when she saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba taken away by the T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta
 demon. However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became so heavy that the demon could not fly in the sky, and thus the demon fell to the earth and died. Ya\'e7od\'e4 immediately said, "God has saved my K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" She then began to thank some other God, some }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devat\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  She did not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If sh
e had thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the relationship between mother and son would have been destroyed. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing just like an ordinary child, and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was treating Him as her so
n. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends, the cowherd boys, did not consider Him the Supreme Lord either. The }{\cs2873\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  even used to chastise K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If a devotee can have such a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why should he want to become one with God? It is better to be God's father, God's controller. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-m\'e4rga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the path of devotional service. A devotee does not want to be equal to God or one with God. He simply 
wants to render service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to understand the Absolute Truth, we have to understand the meaning of Bhagav\'e4n. Devah\'fcti was not an ordinary woman. She was the wife of Kardama Muni
, a great }{\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  She had obviously learned something from her husband, for had she not b
een very exalted, how could Bhagav\'e4n Kapiladeva have become her son? Everyone should know what is Bhagav\'e4n and take lessons from Bhagav\'e4n. Lord Kapila is Bhagav\'e4n, and He personally instructed His mother in S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy. By this k
nowledge we can develop or awaken our dormant love for God. Then we can see God when our eyes are anointed with love for Him. Indeed, we can see God everywhere and at all times. We will see God and nothing but God. We will see God not only within our hea
rts. If we go to the ocean, we will see God. If one is a little thoughtful, he will see that the great ocean stays in its place. The ocean has received its orders not to go beyond such and such a limit. Any intelligent man can see God while walking down 
the beach. However, this requires a little intelligence. People who are asses, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has, du\'f1k\'e5t\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot see God, but those who are intelligent can see God everywhere because God is omnipresent. He is within the universe and within our heart, and He is even within the atom. Why are we saying that we cannot see Him? God says,
 "Try to see Me in this way, but if you are too dull, then try to see Me another way."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the easy way? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\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  "I am the taste of water." Is there anyone who has not tasted water? He also says, "I am the light of the sun." Is there anyone who has not seen sunshine? Then why are people saying, "I 
have not seen God"? First of all we have to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub try}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to see God. It is as easy as ABCD. When we
 see God everywhere, we will see the personal God. Then we will understand.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n pu\'e0s\'e4m \'e9\'e7vara\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bhagav\'e4n is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the controller. We are not independent. No one can actually say, "I am independent." We are bo
und tightly by the modes of material nature, and yet we are thinking that we are independent. This is simply foolishness. Therefore it is said that all the people in the material world are blinded by the darkness of ignorance. When people are blind, out 
of their ignorance they say, "There is no God. I cannot see God." Then God comes as K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Kapiladeva and says, "Here I am. See My features. I am a person. I play the flute and enjoy Myself in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Why can't you see Me?" Thus God c
omes, explains Himself and leaves behind His instruction, }{\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  Still, peop
le are so foolish that they claim not to understand God. If we try to see God through the instructions given to Devah\'fcti by Lord Kapila, our lives will be successful.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 10
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 10
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atha me deva sammoham\line ap\'e4kra\'f1\'f6u\'e0 tvam arhasi\line yo 'vagraho 'ha\'e0 mamet\'e9ty\line etasmin yojitas tvay\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Now be pleased, my Lord, to dispel my great delusion. Due to my feeling of false ego, I have been engaged by Your 
m\'e4y\'e4 and have identified myself with the body and consequent bodily relations.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.10}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 the false ego of identifying one's body with one's self and of cl
aiming things possessed in relationship with the body. In }{\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  Fifteenth C
hapter }{\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 , the Lord says, "I am sitting in everyone's heart, and from Me comes everyone's r
emembrance and forgetfulness." Devah\'fcti has stated that false identification of the body with the self and attachment for bodily possessions are also under the direction of the Lord. Does this mean that the Lord discriminates by engaging one in His de
votional service and another in sense gratification? If that were true, it would be an incongruity on the part of the Supreme Lord, but that is not the actual fact. As soon as the living entity forgets his real constitutional position of eternal servitor
ship to the Lord and wants instead to enjoy himself by sense gratification, he is captured by }{\cs2873\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  This capture leads to the consciousness of false identification with the body and attachment for the possessions of the body. These are the activities of }{\cs2873\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 since }{\cs2873\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 also an agent of the Lord, it is indirectly the action of the Lord. The Lord is merciful; if anyone wants to forget Him and enjoy this material world, He gives him full facility, not directly but through the agency o
f His material potency. Therefore, since the material potency is the Lord's energy, indirectly it is the Lord who gives the facility to forget Him. Devah\'fcti therefore said, "My engagement in sense gratification was also due to You. Now kindly get me f
ree from this entanglement."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of the Lord one is allowed to enjoy this material world, but when one is disgusted with material enjoyment and is frustrated, and when one sincerely su
rrenders unto the lotus feet of the Lord, then the Lord is so kind that He frees one from entanglement. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, therefore, in }{\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  "First of all surrender, and then I will take charge of you and free you from all reactions of sinful activities." Sinful activities are those activities performed in forgetfulness o
f our relationship with the Lord. In this material world, activities for material enjoyment that are considered pious are also sinful. For example, one sometimes gives money in charity to a needy person with a view to get back the money four times increa
sed. Giving with the purpose of gaining something is called charity in the mode of passion. Everything done here is done in the modes of material nature, and therefore all activities but service to the Lord are sinful. Because of sinful activities we bec
ome attracted by the illusion of material attachment, and we think, "I am this body." I think of the body as myself and of bodily possessions as "mine." Devah\'fcti requested Lord Kapila to free her from that entanglement of false identification and fals
e possession.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In asking this, Devah\'fcti is accepting her son, Kapila, as her }{\cs2873\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 consequently tells her how to solve all material problems. Material life is nothing but sex attraction. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Pu\'e0sa\'f9 striy\'e4 mithun\'e9-bh\'e4vam etam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.5.8}{\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 . Material life means that men are after women and women are after men. We find this not only in human society but in bird, dog, cat and demigod society. As soon as people join to satisfy
 their sex desire, the attraction becomes greater and greater. An apartment is needed for privacy, and then one has to earn a livelihood and acquire some land. Without children, married life is frustrated, and of course the children have to be educated. 
Thus one becomes entangled in material life by creating so many situations, but at the time of death K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and takes away everything\'97house, land, wife, children, friends, reputation and whatever. Then we have to begin another life. It i
s not that we simply die and finish everything. We are living eternally; the body is finished, but we have to accept another body out of the 8,400,000 forms. In this way, our life is going on, but we are thinking in terms of wife, children, and so forth.
 This is all illusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In any case, we will not be allowed to stay here, and although we are attached to all this, everything will be taken away at death. Whatever post we are occupying
\'97be it president or Lord Brahm\'e4\'97we are occupying temporarily. We may be here five years, ten years, one hundred years or five million years. Whatever, our position is limited. Our position in the material world is not eternal, but }{\cs2873\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 eternal. Why, then, should we be illusioned by the noneternal? By nature we are part and parcel o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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  In order to transcend the darkness of material life and go to the world of light, we need to approach a }{
\cs2873\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  It is for this reason that Devah\'fcti is approaching Lord Kapiladeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the morning, when the sun arises, the darkness of night immediately goes away. Similarly, when God or His incarnation comes, the darkness of material life is dis
sipated. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, came, Arjuna's illusion was dispelled. He was thinking, "Why should I fight with my relatives?" Actually the whole world is going on under this conception of "my" and "mine." There are fig
hts between nations, societies, communities and families. People are thinking, "Why are you interfering with my business?" Then there is a fight. Because of illusion, we do not consider these situations temporary. On a train, people may argue and fight o
ver a seat, but one who knows that he will only be on the train for two or three hours thinks, "Why should I fight? I shall only be here for a short while." One person thinks in this way, and the other person is ready to fight, thinking that his seat is 
permanent. No one will be allowed to stay within this material world; everyone will have to change his body and position, and as long as one remains here, he will have to fight and struggle for existence. This is the way of material life. We may temporar
ily make some compromises, but ultimately the material world is full of misery.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are very much attached to this material world, but according to the Vedic system, renunciation is compulsory, for when one reaches the age of fifty, he renounces
 his family life. Nature gives warning, "You are now past fifty. That's all right. You have fought in this material world. Now stop this business." Children play on the beach and make houses out of sand, but after a while the father comes and says, "Now,
 my dear children, time is up. Stop this business and come home." This is the business of the }{\cs2873\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 to teach his disciples detachment. The world is not our place; our place is Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also comes to remind us of this. The }{\cs2873\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 order, of the Supreme Person is to become His devotee and always think of Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me." (}{\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 9.34)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba opens the door, but we unfortunately do not accept Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, "Because you are My friend, I am revealing to you t
he most confidential }{\cs2873\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 " What is that? "Simply surrender unto Me." This is the }{
\cs2873\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  taught by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's incarnation and Hi
s devotee will teach the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are all after happiness, but we do not know how to enjoy happiness. We want to enjoy our senses, but it is not possible with these covered false senses. The sens
es must be opened, and that is the process of purification. We are thinking of ourselves according to so many false material identifications, but we should take \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's advice: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'ni
tya-d\'e4sa.'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We must come to understand, "I am the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." After all, our senses are employed for the satisfaction of somebody\'97either for ourse
lves or for someone else. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma, krodha, lobha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matsara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub illusion. If we are not serving our own lusty desires (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), we are serving anger (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub krodha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). If I am the master of anger, I can control my anger, and if I am the master of my desires, I can control my desires. In any case, I am a servant, and my service should be transferred t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the perfection of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we are situated in the transcendental position (}{\cs2873\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 ), we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be understood by mental speculation; otherwise He would have said that He could be understood by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  However, He clearly says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'e4n\'e4ti}{\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 "Only by devotional service can I be understood." If we want to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is, we have to accept the process of }{\cs2873\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  It is this }{\cs2873\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  process that Kapiladeva will reveal to Devah\'fcti.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 11
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 11
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta\'e0 tv\'e4 gat\'e4ha\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 \'e7ara\'ebya\'e0\line sva-bh\'e5tya-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-taro\'f9 ku\'f6h\'e4ram\line jij
\'ef\'e4say\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e5te\'f9 p\'fcru\'f1asya\line nam\'e4mi sad-dharma-vid\'e4\'e0 vari\'f1\'f6ham
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Devah\'fcti continued: I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet because You are the only person of whom to take she
lter. You are the ax which can cut the tree of material existence. I therefore offer my obeisances unto You, who are the greatest of all transcendentalists, and I inquire from You as to the relationship between man and woman and between spirit and matter
.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.11}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, as is well known, deals with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a. Puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or anyone who imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an enjoyer, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is nature. In this material world, material nature is being exploited by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the living entities. The intricacies in the material world of the relationship of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  or the enjoyed 
and the enjoyer, give rise to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or material entanglement. Devah\'fcti wanted 
to cut the tree of material entanglement, and she found the suitable weapon in Kapila Muni. The tree of material existence is explained in the Fifteenth Chapter of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-}{\cs2873\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 an }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7vattha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree whose root is upward and whose branches are downward. It is recommended there that one has to cut the root of this material existential tree w
ith the ax of detachment. What is the attachment? The attachment involves }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }
{\cs2873\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 living entities are trying to lord it over material nature. Since the condit
ioned soul takes material nature to be the object of his enjoyment, and he takes the position of the enjoyer, he is therefore called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devah\'fcti questioned Kapila Muni, for she knew that only He could cut her attachment to this material world. The living entities, in the guises of men and women, 
are trying to enjoy the material energy; therefore in one sense everyone is }{\cs2873\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  beca
use }{\cs2873\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  means "enjoyer," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "enjoyed." In this material world both so-called men and women are imitating the real }{\cs2873\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 Supreme Personality of Godhead is actually the enjoyer in the transcendental sense, whereas all others are }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  matter is analyzed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apar\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or inferior nature, whereas beyo
nd this inferior nature there is another, superior nature\'97the living entities. Living entities are also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or enjoyed, but under the spell of }{\cs2873\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 living ent
ities are falsely trying to take the position of enjoyers. That is the cause of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-bandha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or conditional life. Devah\'fcti wanted to get out of conditional life and place herself in full surrender. The Lord is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ara\'ebya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "the only worthy personality to whom one can fully surrender," because He is full of all opulences. If anyone actually wants relief, the best course is to surrender unto the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead. The Lord is also described here as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma-vid\'e4\'e0 vari\'f1\'f6ham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  This indicates that of all transcendental occupations, the best is eternal loving service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\cs2873\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 sometimes translated as "religion," but that is not exactly the meaning. }{\cs2873\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 means "that which one cannot give up," "that which is inseparable from oneself." The warmth of fire is inseparable from fire; therefore warmth is called the }{\cs2873\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 nature, of fire. Similarly, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "eternal occupation." That eternal occupation is engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The purpose of Kapiladeva's S
\'e4\'eckhya philosophy is to propagate pure, uncontaminated devotional service, and therefore He is addressed here as the most important personality among those who know the transcendental occupation of the living entity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As pointed out before, Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is everyone's real shelter (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 \'e7ara\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Everyone is seeking shelter because we are all constitutionally servants. Originally we are servants of God; therefo
re it is our nature to take His shelter. Some seek an occupation or the service of a great man; others seek the service of the government or whatever. In any case, the ultimate shelter is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Being K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's incarnation, Kapiladeva is also a shelter. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has unlimited forms and unlimited incarnations. It is said in }{\cs2873\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 His incarnations are expanding continuously, like waves in the ocean. Indeed, we cannot even count them. In }{\cs2873\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 it is said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advaitam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acyutam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 In India there are many thousands of temples, and within these temples there are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4-vigrahas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Deities. All these K\'e5\'f1\'ebas are nondifferent; they are one. K\'e5\'f1\'eba resides in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha and also in the temple. The K\'e5\'f1\'ebas are not different, although they are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unlimited. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also the witness within everyone's heart, and He is seeing all of our activities. We cannot hide anythin
g from Him, and we receive the results of our }{\cs2873\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  because the witness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
Himself within the heart. How, then, can we avoid Him? Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's permission, we cannot do anything. Why does K\'e5\'f1\'eba give us permission to do something wrong? He does so because we persist. Actually He does not tell us to do anythin
g other than surrender unto Him. We want to do something, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba may sanction it, but we go ahead and do it at our own risk. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not responsible. However, we should know that without the sanction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we cannot do 
anything. That is a fact. Actually we are constitutionally servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even though we may declare ourselves independent, we are not. Rather, we are servants falsely declaring that we are independent. Self-realization is understanding that
 we are dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayi nanda-tanuja 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\'e9-sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant, but somehow or other I have fallen into this
 ocean of nescience. Please pick Me up from this ocean of death and place Me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet." (}{\cs3545\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5) Because we are under illusion, Devah\'fcti says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sva-bh\'e5tya-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-taro\'f9 ku\'f6h\'e4ram.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (15.1-4), material existence is likened unto a banyan tree with its roots upward and its branches below. The roots of this banyan tree are very strong, but they can be cut with an ax (}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku\'f6h\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). By taking shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, we can cut the strong root of mat
erial existence. Because we have given up K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, we have become servants of so many things. We are obliged to serve our parents, wife, children, country and so forth. We are indebted to many people and to the demigods who give heat and
 light. Although we are not paying the bill, we are taking advantage of the sunlight and the sun's heat. If we take advantage of electricity, we have to pay the bill, but we don't pay the sun bill. This means that we are actually indebted to the sun-god,
 Vivasv\'e4n. Similarly, the King of heaven, Indra, is supplying water in the form of rain. Rascals say that all this comes about by nature, but they do not know that nature is controlled. If we don't pay our debts by performing sacrifices, there will ce
rtainly be a scarcity. All of these things are coming from the Supreme Father, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but we are thinking that they are coming from nature, and we are utilizing them without caring whether we pay the bill or not. It is all ri
ght to use our father's property, but at the present moment we are not acting as our Father's sons; we are }{\cs2873\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  sons. We do not care for our Father; however, nature is nonetheless working under His direction. If we do not care for Him, nature will reduce her supply, for nature will not allow demons to flourish. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (16.19):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into va
rious demoniac species of life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demons are always subject to be punished, and great demons like R\'e4va\'eba and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu are personally punished by the Lord. Otherwise, ordinary demons
 are punished by the laws of material nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not need to come to punish the petty demons, but when there are great demons like R\'e4va\'eba, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and Ka\'e0sa, the Lord comes as Lord R\'e4macandra, Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-d
eva or \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to punish them. If we do not want to be punished, we have to follow the rules and regulations (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma}{\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 Dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the laws given by God." 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\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  The laws are given by Bhagav\'e4n and are written in books like }{\cs2873\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  and other Vedic literatures. According to the law, we have to obey the government, and according to }{\cs2873\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  we have to obey K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. We cannot manufacture our laws at home, and we cannot manufactu
re }{\cs2873\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  If one tries, he is simply cheating the public. Such false }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are kicked out of }{\cs3545\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  (1.1.2): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma\'f9 projjhita-.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The real }{\cs2873\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 set forth b
y \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He says: }{\cs2873\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  (}{\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  18.66). All other }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are simply forms of cheating. We must accept the principles of }{\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  which constitute the ABC'S of }{\cs2873\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, we only have to accept the principle of surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but this acceptance comes after many, many births. It is not very easy, for only after
 many births of struggle does one come to his real perfection and surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At this time he understands perfectly that V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is everything. This is the greatest lesson of }{\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  Everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, and whatever we see is but an exhibition of two types of energy. E
veryone knows that the sun has two types of energy\'97heat and light. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has an external energy and an internal energy, and He also has a marginal energy, which is a mixture of the other two. The external energy is this material wo
rld, the internal energy is the spiritual world, and the marginal energy is the living entity. The living entity is marginal because he can remain in the material world or the spiritual world. }{\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  describes two types of living entities, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1
ara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1ara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  those living in the material world and those in the spiritual world. Those who have fallen into the material world are attracted by the tree of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4r
a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the banyan tree of material existence described in }{\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  (fifteenth Chapter).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is essential that we disassociate ourselves from this tree by detachment. Cutting down this tree is very difficult, but it is possible with the weapon of detachm
ent. There is a Bengali proverb that states: "I'll catch the fish, but I will not touch the water." That type of intelligence is required. In America we see many old men on the beach who have retired from their business to waste their time trying to catc
h fish. They are not very cautious, and they touch the water. However, we have to live in this material world in such a way that we do everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba but do not touch the water of the material world. In this way, we will have no attachment
 to things of this material world. We may have many great temples, but we should not be attached to them. It is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake that we construct temples, but we must understand that the temples are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's property. Our mission is to 
teach people that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Only a thief will occupy something belonging to another and claim it to be his.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement preaches that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that everything should be utilized for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's benefit. He
 is the beneficiary of everything, and it is to our benefit that we come to this knowledge. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\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  If one realizes that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one becomes the greatest }{\cs2873\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  Being a }{\cs2873\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  does not mean that one wears a big beard and a particular type of dress. No, this awareness must be there. Whatever we have should be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we have first-c
lass food, we should offer it to Him. If we have nothing, we can offer Him a leaf, a flower, a little water or fruit. This can he collected by anyone anywhere without having to pay money. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.26):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The point is that we should offer something to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is hungry and is asking for food. No, He is feeding every
one, supplying everyone with all the necessities: }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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 ). What, then, is He requesting? He is asking for }{\cs2873\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, because He wants us to love Him. We are suffering in this material world, entangled in the tree of material existence, moving from one branch to another, and because 
of this we are suffering. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want us to suffer, jumping like monkeys from branch to branch. We must come to Him and surrender to Him. When we come to this knowledge, we become perfect in knowledge. When we take shelter at the lotus f
eet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are no longer debtors to anyone. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na ki\'eckaro n\'e4yam \'e5\'eb\'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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.5.41). K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures us, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I'll give you all relief." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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) This is what we actually want. Therefore Devah\'fcti herein takes shelter of Kapi
ladeva and tells Him, "You are the ax capable of making me detached." When our attachment to the material world is severed, we become free. }{\cs2873\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 the means by which we can develop this detachment. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vair\'e4gya-vidy\'e4-nija-bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the science of detachment. This verse was composed by S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya when he understood that Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was a great logician, and he composed a hundred verses to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, wherein he tells the Lord:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya-vidy\'e4-nija-bhakti-yoga-\line \'e7ik\'f1\'e4rtham eka\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1
\'eba-caitanya-\'e7ar\'e9ra-dhari\line k\'e5p\'e4mbudhir yas tam aha\'e0 prapadye
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitan
ya Mah\'e4prabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service, and detachment from whatever does not foster K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet." (}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cc. }{\cs3545\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  6.254)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person advances in }{\cs2873\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 automatically become detached from material attractions. There are many American and European boys and girls in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement who have been born in countries where they can enj
oy a good deal of material affluence, but they consider this material happiness and affluence like garbage in the street. Because they are devotees of V\'e4sudeva, they are no longer attached to these material things. This is the result of }{\cs2873\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  which enables one to be detached from material enjoyment. That detachment is the sign that 
one is advancing in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. Bhakti\'f9 pare\'e7\'e4nubhavo viraktir anyatra 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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\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 11.2.42). That is the test of advancing in }{\cs2873\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 are advanced, we are 
no longer attached to material enjoyment. It is not that we think ourselves great devotees and then go ahead and enjoy material things. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (5.22):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye hi sa\'e0spar\'e7a-j\'e4 bhog\'e4\line du\'f9kha-yonaya eva te\line \'e4dy-antavanta\'f9 kaunteya\line na te\'f1u ramate budh
a\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 Ku
nt\'e9, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them." When one sees something superior, he immediately rejects that which is inferior. Actually we cannot bring all this about by our own endeavor; therefore we 
have to take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He will help. Since our only business is to take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Devah\'fcti says, "I am taking shelter of You so that You can cut my attachment to this material life. Why should You do this? Because
 I am Your eternal servant."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4di karama-phale}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , pa\'f2i 'bhav\'e4r\'ebava-jale, tarib\'e4re n\'e4 dekhi up\'e4ya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If we are thrown into the ocean, there i
s a great struggle, even if we may be very great swimmers. There is no peace in this material world, however expert we may be in dealing with it. There is nothing but struggle. We cannot live here peacefully. It is not possible. Even if we are nonviolent
 and hurt no one, there will be trouble. However, if somehow or other we manage to reach the shore, we will find peace. There is peace even if we are an inch out of the water. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Tava p\'e4da-pa\'eckaja-sthita-dh\'fcl\'e9 sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya}{\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 5). If somehow or other we become one of the particles of dust at K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's lotus feet, we will be liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may be a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian for fifty or sixty years, or at the utmost one hundred, but again we have to take birth and be something else. We are t
hinking in terms of these religious designations, which are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asad-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meaning th
at they may change at any moment. But what is our real }{\cs2873\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  Real }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that which will not change, and this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  necessitates surrendering unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This }{\cs2873\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  will continue eternally. There are many propounders of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but actual
ly the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the best propounder because He knows the reality. It is therefore said of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra
\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's dire
ct disciples, the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, tried to establish }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and we are trying to foll
ow in their footsteps by establishing real }{\cs2873\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  throughout the world with this K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 7: Lord Kapila Begins to Explain Self-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 CHAPTER SEVEN\line Lord Kapila B
egins to Explain Self-realization
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 12
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 12
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maitreya uv\'e4ca\line iti sva-m\'e4tur niravadyam \'e9psita\'e0\line ni\'e7amya pu\'e0s\'e4m apavarga-vardhanam\line dhiy\'e4bh
inandy\'e4tmavat\'e4\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0 gatir\line babh\'e4\'f1a \'e9\'f1at-smita-\'e7obhit\'e4nana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub After hearing of His mother's uncontaminated desire for transcendental realization, the Lord thanked her within Hi
mself for her questions, and thus, His face smiling, He explained the path of the transcendentalists, who are interested in self-realization.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.12}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devah\'fcti has surrendered her confession of material entanglement and her desire to gain release. Her questions to Lord Kapila are very interesting for persons wh
o are actually trying to get liberation from material entanglement and attain perfection. Unless one is interested in understanding his spiritual life, or his constitutional position, and unless he also feels inconvenience in material existence, his huma
n form of life is spoiled. Only a foolish man does not care for the transcendental necessities of life and simply engages like an animal in eating, sleeping, defending and mating. Lord Kapila was very much satisfied by His mother's questions because the 
answers stimulate one's desire for liberation from the conditional life of material existence. Such questions are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga-vardhanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those who are actually spiritually interested are called }{\cs2873\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  or devotees. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sat\'e4\'e0 prasa\'ecg\'e4t. Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "that whi
ch eternally exists," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "that which is not eternal." Unless one is situated o
n the spiritual platform, he is not }{\cs2873\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  he is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat.}{\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 asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stands on a platform which will not exist, but anyone who stands on the spiritual platform will exist eternally. As spirit soul, everyone exists eternally, but the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has accepted the material world as his shelter, and therefore he is full of anxiety. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asad-grah\'e4t,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the desire to enjoy matter, is the cause of the soul's being }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Actually, the spirit soul is not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as
at.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As soon as one is conscious of this fact and takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he becomes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sat. Sat\'e4\'e0 gati\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the path of the eternal, is very interesting to persons who are after liberation, and His Lordship Kapila began to speak about that path
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are }{\cs2873\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  are thus transcendentalists advanced in spiritual life, and when they hear questions from those who want to understand spiritual life, they become very happy. Transcendentalists are not interested in worldly talks. Indeed, worldly ta
lks are very disgusting to them, and they avoid the company of those who talk about nonsensical worldly affairs. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu advised His disciples: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
gr\'e4mya-kath\'e4 n\'e4 \'e7unibe.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gr\'e4mya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to that pertaining to one's village, society or neighborhood. People are interested in talking about }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gr\'e4mya-k
ath\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Newspapers, for instance, are filled with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gr\'e4mya-kath\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no spiritual understanding in them. In the United States there are many newspapers, and simply to publish the }{\cs2873\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  many trees have to be killed. Now there is a paper scarcity. Why are they uselessly killing trees just for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gr\'e4mya-kath\'e4?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They are only interested in making a profit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is, however, another kind of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kath\'e4\'97k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are literatures which may be nicely presented from the literary point of view, but if there is no glorification of the Supreme Lord, they are useless.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are consi
dered by saintly persons to be like unto a 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\nosupersub
Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.10)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Worldly literatures are like places where crows take pleasure. In the bird society, there are crows and swans, and crows are interested in places where filthy thing
s are thrown. However, swans prefer nice clear water with lotus flowers, and it is in such places that they take their pleasure. Similarly, there are men who are like crows and men like swans. That is a natural division. According to an old English prove
rb, Birds of a feather flock together. Crows mix with crows, and swans mix with swans. Since devotees are like swans (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'e0sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), a most advanced devotee is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.}{\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 paramaha\'e0sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are not interested in subjects fit for crows. A person wh
o is interested in inquiring about transcendental subjects, }{\cs2873\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  makes
 a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very glad. Therefore Kapiladeva was very glad to hear that His mother wa
s eager to receive information on how to be delivered from material bondage:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atha me deva sammoham\line ap\'e4kra\'f1\'f6u\'e0 tvam arhasi\line yo 'vagraho 'ha\'e0 mamet\'e9ty\line etasmin yojitas tvay\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now be pleased, my Lord, to dispel my great delusion. Due to my feeling of false ego, I have been engaged by Your }{\cs2873\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 have identified myself with the body and consequent bodily relations." (}{\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  3.25.10)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu advised His disciples never to eat palatable food, never to talk about village topics and never to read ordinary novels, poems and newspapers
. One may ask, "How is it that in the modern age these Europeans and Americans of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement do not take interest in newspapers?" Newspapers are very popular in the West. Each day the papers are published in three or four e
ditions, and they are all selling. However, these American boys and girls who have come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness have stopped reading newspapers. They do not know what is happening from day to day, and it does not matter. All of this is a waste of
 time. It is better that they read literatures like }{\cs2873\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 }{
\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  Why waste one's valuable time?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapiladeva was very glad that His mother was interested only in spiritual advancement. This material world is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and to nullify it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this material world, people are laboring very hard simply to earn some money. This creates a hellish situation, and this is the way of material life. People have become so d
ull that they do not understand the meaning of liberation. They have become just like animals. If an animal is informed that there is such a thing as liberation, how will he understand it? It is not possible. Similarly, at the present moment, human being
s have become exactly like animals. They do not know the meaning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation. 
Yet there was a time when people understood that human life was meant for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The qu
estions are raised by Devah\'fcti, and the answers are given by Kapiladeva. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga-vardhanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  As far as material maintenance is concerned, the }{\cs2873\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  never stre
ss it. Rather, they say that one's maintenance will come automatically. God gives food to animals, birds and aquatics. Why should He not give it to one who is interested in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub apavarga?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Unfortunately people have no faith, and therefore good association is required.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People should not waste their time associating with crows; they should associate with swans. When garbage is thrown out, crows and dogs come to see what is there, b
ut no sane man will go. Those who are interested in trying to get pleasure out of this material world are actually chewing the chewed. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva
\'eb\'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 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 7.5.30). If one picks up a piece of sugarcane which has already been chewed, he is a fool. We must know that the juice has already been taken out of that sugarcan
e. What will one get by chewing it? However, there are animals who are simply interested in chewing the chewed. Material life means chewing the chewed. A father educates his son to earn a livelihood, get married and settle down, but he himself already kn
ows that by doing this he has not become satisfied. Why, then, is he engaging his son in this same business? A real father is one who does not allow his son to chew the chewed. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Pit\'e4 na sa sy\'e4j janan\'e9 na s\'e4 sy\'e4t... na mocayed ya\'f9 samupeta-m\'e5tyum:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one should not become a father or a mother unless one is able to save his
 children from the impending clutches of death. (}{\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  5.5.18) That is the duty of the father 
and mother. How can this be done? A father and mother should educate their son in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then he can be saved. They should educate the son in such a way that there is no }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If we do not go forward to liberation, we promote a civilization of cats and dogs. Eating, sleeping, mating, defending, fearing and dying are
 all experienced by cats and dogs, but human life is meant for another purpose. Of course we have to maintain the body; it is not that we should neglect it. But we should not unnecessarily engage in the maintenance of the body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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-dh\'e9\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line yat t\'e9rtha-
buddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A human being who identifies this body made of three elements as the self, who considers the by-products of the body to be his ki
nsmen, who considers the land of his birth as worshipable, and who goes to a place of pilgrimage simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there, is to be considered like a cow or an ass." (}{\cs2873\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 10.84.13)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the }{\cs2873\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  we can receive education of all kinds. On a mango tree, there are ripened mangoes and green mangoes. The }{\cs2873\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 ripened mango of the desire tree of Vedic knowledge: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 phalam.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If the mango is tasted by the parrot, it becomes doubly tasty. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means parrot, and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 spoke }{\cs2873\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 is therefore more relishable from his lips.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 phala\'e0\line \'e7uka-mukh\'e4d am\'e5ta-drava-sa\'e0yutam\line pibata bh\'e4gavata\'e0 rasam 
\'e4laya\'e0\line muhur aho rasik\'e4 bhuvi bh\'e4vuk\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O expert and thoughtful men, relish }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from the lips of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Therefore this fruit has become even mo
re tasteful, although its nectarean juice was already relishable for all, including liberated souls." (}{\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) It is regrettable that in India, where these literatures are available, people are not interested. They are interested in Marxist literature but not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 this is India's misfortune.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a student hears spiritual subjects attentively, the spiritual master becomes very happy. Kapiladeva was very happy to see His mother eager to understand spirit
ual subject matters. He therefore thanked His mother for her inquiry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally people are interested in things that give immediate pleasure. We want to taste something tasty to the tongue, regardless of whether it is edible or not. H
ogs very readily eat stool, and they do so without discrimination. They have no idea of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  penance. When one engages in spiritual realization, one has to undergo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  However, this has been made very easy by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ceto-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d
arpa\'eba}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -m\'e4rjana\'e0 bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All we have to do i
s spare a little time and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we are not even ready for this much }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more interested in leading us down the path of liberation than we are in going. He has given us a very simple method: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub harer}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We need only chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To perfect this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no hard-and-fast rule. Simply by chanting, we will attain perfection. Being contaminated by Kali-yuga, however, we are unfortunate
 and therefore we have no attraction to the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus when Kapiladeva or His representative sees someone a little interested, he becomes very glad and thanks him. When Kapiladeva saw His mother interested, He thanked her from wit
hin, not openly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapiladeva was very glad, and He began to speak. Kapiladeva was an incarnation of God and was a young boy; therefore His face was very beautiful. When He answered t
his question, He became even more beautiful, and He smiled because He was pleased at His mother's question. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also very beautiful, but when a devotee serves Him and comes to Him, He becomes even more beautiful. When a devotee with all his
 heart and soul serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dresses Him in nice garments and gives Him a flower, K\'e5\'f1\'eba smiles. If you can get K\'e5\'f1\'eba to smile upon you just once, your life's goal is fulfilled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus smiling, Kapiladeva began to enlighten His mother.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 13
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 13
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line yoga \'e4dhy\'e4tmika\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0\line mato ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya me\line atyantopar
atir yatra\line du\'f9khasya ca sukhasya ca
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead answered: That yoga system which relates to the Lord and the individual soul, which is 
meant for the ultimate benefit of the living entity, and which causes detachment from all happiness and distress in the material world, is the highest yoga system.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.13}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world, everyone is striving for some material happiness, but as soon as we get some material happiness, there is also material distress. In the mate
rial world one cannot have unadulterated happiness. Any kind of happiness one has is contaminated by distress also. For example, if we want to drink milk, we have to bother to maintain a cow and keep her fit to supply milk. Drinking milk is very nice; it
 is also pleasure. But for the sake of drinking milk one has to accept so much trouble. The }{\cs2873\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, as here stated by the Lord, is meant to end all material happiness and material distress. The best }{\cs2873\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  as taught in }{\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  by K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, is }{\cs2873\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 also mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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  that one should try to be tolerant and not be disturbed by material happiness or distress. Of course, one may say t
hat he is not disturbed by material happiness, but he does not know that just after one enjoys so-called material happiness, material distress will follow. This is the law of the material world. Lord Kapila states that the }{\cs2873\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 is the science of the spirit. One practices }{\cs2873\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 order to attain perfection on the spiritual platform. There is no question of material happiness or distress. It is transcendental. Lord Kapil
a will eventually explain how it is transcendental, but the preliminary introduction is given here.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attempt in this material world to maximize happiness and minimize distress is called the struggle for existence. Generally }{\cs2873\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 to acquire some material profit. There are eight kinds of yogic perfection (}{\cs2873\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 ): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'e4,
 pr\'e4pti, \'e9\'e7itva, va\'e7itva, mahim\'e4, pr\'e4k\'e4mya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4vas\'e4yit
\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A real }{\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  can become smaller than the smallest, lighter than the lightest and bigger than the biggest. Whatever he wants he can produce immediately in his hand. He can even create a planet. These are some of the }{\cs2873\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  but here it is stated that the supreme }{\cs2873\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 does not aim at material happiness or relief from distresses caused by material inconvenience. Everyone is trying to get out of material distress and g
ain some happiness. In any case, when something is material, there is only so-called happiness and so-called distress. For instance, there may be fireworks going on, and this may be happiness for someone but distress for us. Some people are thinking that
 these fireworks are very enjoyable, and we are thinking that they are very inconvenient. That is the material world. On one side there is happiness, and on the other side there is distress. Both happiness and distress are actually illusions. In summer, 
water is happiness, but in winter it is distress. The water is the same, but at one time it brings happiness and at another time it brings distress. When a son is born, he brings happiness, but when he dies, he brings distress. In either case, the son is
 the same.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is the world of duality, and we cannot understand happiness without distress or distress without happiness. This is therefore called the relativ
e world. Spiritual happiness is above these dualities, and that spiritual happiness is the perfection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga. Yoga \'e4dhy\'e4tmika\'f9. Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the happiness of the soul, and the individual soul can be happy when it is with the Supersoul, the Supreme Soul. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is the Supreme Soul,
 or the supreme living being, and there are many individual souls, individual beings. We are many, but the principal living being is one, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the fire, and we are the sparks from that fire. The sparks are illuminated when they are with 
the original fire, but if the sparks no longer associate with the original fire, they are extinguished. Similarly, our real happiness is in enjoying with the Supreme Being. Happiness is being in His company. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not alone, but is always wit
h His friends, either the }{\cs2873\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  or the cowherd boys, or with His mother and father. We 
never find K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone. He may be with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 or with His devotees. He is like a king or president. When one says that the king or president is coming, it is understood that he is not coming alone. He comes with His secretaries
, ministers and many others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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 "connection," and }{\cs2873\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  means "soul" and sometimes "mind" or "
body." The material body has nothing to do with the Supreme Being because the Supreme Being is completely spiritual. He has no material covering. One who thinks that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Being, has a material covering is himself covered by }{
\cs2873\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 does not say that He comes as an ordinary living being. Rather, H
is advent is totally transcendental. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janma karma ca me }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . We therefore have to learn how K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes His birth, which is not 
ordinary. If it were ordinary, why should we observe the Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 ceremony? His birth is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  divine. Everything about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is divine, and if we think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like us, we immediately become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fools. In the words of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.11):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supreme Being, the original spirit soul. We are simply minute parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we connect with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, we are illuminated just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is illuminated. If we fall down from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our spiritual power and illumination are extinguished. The word }{\cs2873\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 connecting or linking with that original source. }{\cs2873\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 the Sanskrit word meaning "connection," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub viyoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "disconnection."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapiladeva is referred to as Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhagav\'e4n makes no mistakes. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  paro\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9 paro 'vyakt\'e4t a\'eb\'f2a-avyakta sambhavam \line avyaktantas tu ime loka sapta dv\'e9pa ca medini
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\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 Bh\'e4\'f1ya }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of \'c7a\'ebkara)
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4-bh\'e4\'f1ya
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba paro 'vyakt\'e4t
\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 n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beyond, or superior to;}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  avyakt\'e4t}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the unmanifested source of the material creation.
\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 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, is beyond the material creation.}}}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  'vyakt\'e4t:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  even \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya says that "Bhagav\'e4n, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, does not belong to this material world." When we
 speak of Bhagav\'e4n, or when the }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  refer to Bhagav\'e4n, we refer to Him who is above 
material understanding. As stated here, }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  It does not say }{\cs2873\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub vy\'e4sadeva uv\'e4ca}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub kapila
deva uv\'e4ca.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Similarly, in }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sadeva says, }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca. Bhagav\'e4n}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  refers to Hi
m who is above the defects of this material world. Bhagav\'e4n is not subject to the four deficiencies of the living entities. Being imperfect, living entities are illusioned and subject to commit mistakes. They also have the tendency to cheat others. Wh
en one who has no knowledge tries to become a teacher or preacher, he is actually cheating others. Since we ourselves do not possess perfect knowledge, we simply try to teach what \'c7r\'e9 Bhagav\'e4n says. We do not manufacture our own teachings. So-ca
lled scholars and learned men manufacture their own teachings and give their opinions. In the West especially, we find much philosophical speculation and mental gymnastics, but such philosophy can never be perfect. We have to take our ideas from Bhagav
\'e4n; then they will be perfect. We read }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  because it is perfect. There is no mis
take in it; there is no illusion in it; there is no cheating in it. Nor is it delivered by one whose senses are imperfect. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  (7.26):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved\'e4ha\'e0 samat\'e9t\'e4ni\line vartam\'e4n\'e4ni c\'e4rjuna\line bhavi\'f1y\'e4\'ebi ca bh\'fct\'e4ni\line m\'e4\'e0 tu ved
a na ka\'e7cana
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the pr
esent, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God knows everything, but we do not know what is God. That is our position. Our position is not knowing. }{\cs2873\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 18.61}{\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 \'c9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is situated in everyone's heart. }{
\cs2873\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  "I have entered into everyone's heart." (
}{\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) The Supreme Lord refers not only to the hearts of human beings but to those of animals
 and everything else.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stha\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi\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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 5.35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is within the atom as Param\'e4tm\'e4, and therefore He is also within the individual soul. Being within everythi
ng, He knows everything. Since He knows everything, we have to take lessons from Him. If we take what Bhagav\'e4n says as perfect knowledge, we receive perfect knowledge. For receiving this knowledge, there is a disciplic succession (}{\cs2873\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 ), which is described in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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
." This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy is very easy because we do not manufacture ideas. We take the ideas and the words delivered by the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or His incarnation or representative. His representative does not say anyth
ing which K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself does not say. It is very easy to be a representative, but one cannot be a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba if one tries to interpret K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words in a whimsical way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no authority superior to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we stick to this principle, we can become }{\cs2873\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  We don't need to change our position to become a }{\cs2873\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 do is follow in the disciplic succession stemming from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has advised: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4j\'ef\'e4ya guru ha\'ef\'e4 t\'e4ra' ei de\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  7.128). Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu instructed people to learn from Him and then go teach people within their own villages. One may think, "I am 
illiterate and have no education. I was not born in a very high family. How can I become a }{\cs2873\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 " Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that it is not very difficult. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y\'e4re dekha, t\'e4re kaha 'k\'e5\'f1\'eba'-upade\'e7a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Simply speak whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks. Then you become a }{\cs2873\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 " Whoever speaks what K\'e5\'f1\'eba has not spoken is not a }{\cs2873\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 
a rascal. A }{\cs2873\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  only speaks what K\'e5\'f1\'eba has spoken. This is the \'e7\'e4stric inj
unction.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1a\'f6-karma-nipu\'ebo vipro\line mantra-tantra-vi\'e7\'e4rada\'f9\line avai\'f1\'ebavo gurur na sy\'e4d\line vai\'f1\'ebava
\'f9 \'e7va-paco guru\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A scholarly }{\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  expert in all subjects of Vedic knowledge is unfit to become a spiritual master without being a Vai\'f1\'ebava, but a person born in a family of a lower class can become a spiritual master if he is 
a Vai\'f1\'ebava." (}{\cs2873\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 Pur\'e4\'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\cb1\nosupersub People are in darkness, and they have to be enlightened. We have finally come from the animal kingdom to the human form, and now this human form gives us the opport
unity to get out of the cycle of birth and death. The mission of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society is to awaken people to their original consciousness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e9va j
\'e4ga, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  j\'e4ga, gaurac\'e4nda bale.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaurac\'e4nda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to Caitanya Mah\'e4
prabhu, who tells the living entity, "Get up! Get up! How long will you continue to sleep?" }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kota nidr\'e4 y\'e4o m\'e4y\'e4-pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9ra kole.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The same is stated here. It is the prime business of human beings to connect again with the Supreme Soul. The purpose of }{\cs2873\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 to awaken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and connect oneself again with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dhy\'e4tmika-yoga. Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  does not mean showing some mystic magic. The supreme }{\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  is described by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (6.47):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And of all }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many }{\cs2873\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 many different types of }{\cs2873\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  systems, and all of these are d
iscussed in }{\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  There is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga, karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r
\'e4ja-yoga;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  however, the real }{\cs2873\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 is meant for reviving our connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here it is said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga \'e4dhy\'e4tmika\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4m. \'c4dhy\'e4tmika\'f9:
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we are living entities, souls. It is not that we are disconnected from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we have simply forgotten Him. It is not possible to be disconnected, but it is poss
ible to be covered. In the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.25):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya\line yogam\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9\line m\'fc\'f2ho 'ya\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line
loko m\'e4m ajam avyayam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [}{\cs2873\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 so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is }{\cs2873\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 there is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4. Yogam\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means forgetfulness. First of
 all we have to understand what is the soul. At the present moment, people are in such darkness that they do not even understand the soul. Therefore }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{
\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 first of all teaches what the soul is:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 bod
y at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change." The word }{\cs2873\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  means "th
e proprietor of the body." We are thinking, "I am this body," but actually this is not so. We are the proprietors of the body, and that is the real understanding of the self. We do not say, "I am this finger" or "I am this hand." Rather, we say, "This is
 my finger, this is my head, this is my leg, etc." Similarly, the same can be said about the entire body. "This is }{\cs2873\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  body." This means that I am the proprietor of this body. The body has been given by }{\cs2873\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 material energy.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activitie
s that are in actuality carried out by nature." (}{\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  3.27)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entity receives different types of bodies according to }{\cs2873\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 living entity may receive a cat body, another a dog body, and so forth. Why are there so many different bodies? Why not one kind of body? The answer to this is also given in }
{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (13.22):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 gu\'eba-sa\'ecgo 'sya\line sad-asad-yoni janmasu
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is due to his association with the modes of material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the soul within the body associates with the three modes of material nature (goodness, passion and ignorance), he receives different types of bodies. One do
esn't have to aspire for his next body; one need only rest assured that it will be a different body. On the other hand, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not say what kind of body one will be awarded. That depends on qualification. If one associates with the mode of g
oodness, he is elevated to the higher planetary systems. If he associates with the mode of passion, he remains here. And if one associates with the mode of ignorance and darkness, he goes down to lower life forms\'97animals, trees and plants. This is the
 proclamation of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (14.18):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthl
y planets; and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are 8,400,000 species of life, and all of these arise from one's association with the modes of nature (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba\'e0 gu\'eba-sa\'ecgo '}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). And, according 
to the body, one undergoes distress and happiness. One cannot expect a dog to enjoy the same happiness that a king or rich man enjoys. Whether one enjoys this or that happiness or suffers this or that distress, both distress and happiness are due to the 
material body. }{\cs2873\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 transcending the distress or happiness of the material body. If 
we connect ourselves with K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the supreme }{\cs2873\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  we can get rid of mater
ial happiness and distress arising from the body. Reconnecting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to instruct us in this supreme }{\cs2873\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 essence,
 He says, "Just revive your connection with Me, you rascal. Give up all these manufactured }{\cs2873\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  and religions and just surrender unto Me. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instruction, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative, the incarnation or the }{\cs2873\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 the same thing. Although Kapiladeva is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He acts as the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\cs2873\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  If we just accept the principle of surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will become actually transcendental to so-called material happines
s. We should not be captivated by material happiness or aggrieved by material distress. These are causes for bondage. Material happiness is not actual happiness. It is actually distress. We try to be happy by obtaining money, but money is not very easily
 obtained, and we have to undergo a great deal of distress to get it. However, we accept this distress with the hope of getting some false happiness. If we purify our senses, on the other hand, we can come to the spiritual platform. Real happiness lies i
n engaging our senses to satisfy the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way our senses are spiritualized, and this is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dhy\'e4tmika-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  This is the }{
\cs2873\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  that Lord Kapiladeva is herein expounding.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 8: Bhakti-yoga: The Supreme Yoga System
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER EIGHT\line Bhakti-yoga: 
The Supreme Yoga System
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 14
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 14
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam ima\'e0 te pravak\'f1y\'e4mi\line yam avoca\'e0 pur\'e4naghe\line \'e5\'f1\'e9\'eb\'e4\'e0 \'e7rotu-k\'e4m\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line
yogam sarv\'e4\'ecga-naipu\'ebam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O most pious mother, I shall now explain unto you the ancient yoga system, which I explained formerly to the great
 sages. It is serviceable and practical in every way.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.14}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord does not manufacture a new system of }{\cs2873\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  Sometimes it is claimed that someone has become an incarnation of God and is expounding a new theological aspect of the Absolute Truth. But here we find that although Kapila Muni is the Lord Himsel
f and is capable of manufacturing a new doctrine for His mother, He nevertheless says, "I shall just explain the ancient system that I once explained to the great sages because they were also anxious to hear about it." When we have a superexcellent proce
ss already present in Vedic scriptures, there is no need to concoct a new system, to mislead the innocent public. At present it has become a fashion to reject the standard system and present something bogus in the name of a newly invented process of }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The supreme ancient system of }{\cs2873\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  pertains to the soul. Presently, in America especially, }{\cs2873\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 very popular. It appeals to fat ladies who go to the classes to reduce and keep their digestive systems regular. Many people are interested in this kind of gymnastic }{\cs2873\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  but real }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dhy\'e4tmika. \'c4dhy\'e4tmika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to awaken the sou
l to his proper position. The soul is }{\cs2873\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  spirit, and his business is to reconnect 
his lost relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Herein Kapiladeva says that He previously delivered this }{\cs2873\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 to the great }{\cs2873\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  the great sages. This is the process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hearing. One must be v
ery eager to hear, for spiritual life begins with hearing.
\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\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}{\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 1.2.234}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is thus stated in the }{\cs2873\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  that it is not possible to appreciate or understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba with our blunt material senses. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, form, qualities, pastimes, paraphernalia and abode are all part 
and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins with hearing and chanting His name. Then there is His form. Generally, for the neophyte, these items are essential\'97to hear His name and qualities and see and worship His form. 
That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personal instruction:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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, offer obeisances and worship Me." (}{\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 9.34)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in the temple Deity, and even if a child comes to offer his respects, he is counted as a devotee. A small child may 
not know anything, but simply by seeing the Deity, chanting and dancing, he is benefited. Temples are meant to give everyone a chance to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one step at a time.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svalpam apy asya dharmasya\line tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear." (Bg. 2.40) Even if we do a little on the
 path of }{\cs2873\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 goes to our account. For instance, if we deposit only two dollars in a savings
 bank, it is kept in our account, and it will increase with interest. Similarly, if one performs even a little devotional service, it is not lost. One may come and join this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, render some service and after a while fal
l down. However, whatever service has been rendered is to one's permanent credit. That will never be lost. When one begins again, he begins at the point where he has left off. This is the instruction of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (6.41):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uc\'e9n\'e4\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mat\'e4\'e0 gehe\line yoga-bhra\'f1\'f6o 'bhij\'e4yate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The unsuccessful }{\cs2873\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 born into a family of righteous people or into a family of rich aristocracy." Thus if one fails to perfect his }{\cs2873\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 given another chance in the next life. According to a Bengali \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muci haya \'e7uci haya yadi k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhaje\line \'e7uci hay\'e4 muci haya yadi k\'e5\'f1\'eba tyaje
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muci\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lowest (cobbler)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; haya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub becomes}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; \'e7uci\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the highest}{\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 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\cs2873\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 ; yadi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub if}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; bhaje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worships}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; tyaje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gives up.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Even a cobbler or a person born in the familyof a cobbler can be elevated to the position of a }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub if he takes to}{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but if a }{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub abandons }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he is no better than a mere }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub cobbler.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [V\'e5nd\'e4vana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub poem:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uci hay\'e4 muci haya yadi k\'e5\'f1\'eba tyaje\line muci hay\'e4 \'e7uci haya yadi k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhaje
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, even if he is born in a family of a cobbler (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), he becomes greater than a }{\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). However, if one 
is born in a }{\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  family and gives up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he becomes a }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muci,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a cobbler. Thus the door of devotion is open to everyone, whoever he may be. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hi
mself says that regardless of one's position, if one takes shelter of Him, one can approach the supreme destination.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gati\'e0
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth\'97women, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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." (Bg. 9.32) And \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kir\'e4ta-h\'fc\'eb\'e4ndhra-pulinda-pulka\'e7\'e4\line \'e4bh\'e9ra-\'e7umbh\'e4 yavan\'e4\'f9 khas\'e4daya\'f9\line ye 'nye ca
 p\'e4p\'e4 yad-ap\'e4\'e7ray\'e4\'e7ray\'e4\'f9\line \'e7udhyanti tasmai prabhavi\'f1\'ebave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Kir\'e4ta, H\'fc\'eba, \'c4ndhra, Pulinda, Pulka\'e7a, \'c4bh\'e9ra, \'c7umbha, Yavana and the Khasa races and even others who ar
e addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him." (}{\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 2.4.18) K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so complete that it is all-embracing. Everyone has an occupational duty as a }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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  but one does not have to give up his occupational duty to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And if one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness but does not succeed, what has he lost? Even 
if he falls down, there is no loss. On the other hand, if a man perfectly performs his own duties (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ) but is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, what does he gain? There is actually no gain. Kapiladeva explains that once one takes to the path of }{\cs2873\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 never actually falls down. Once begun, }{\cs2873\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  continues, even if one temporarily falls down. One is given another chance by taking birth in a good family, either in a wealthy family, a learned family or a }{\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  family. If one executes his duties as a }{\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  Vi\'f1\'ebu will be very pleased, and if one executes his duties perfectly as a }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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  Vi\'f1\'ebu will a
lso be very pleased. One does not have to change one's position. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (18.46) 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that every man can become perfect by following his qualities of work:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 duty, at
tain perfection." Thus if one executes his duties as a perfect }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya, \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 or whatever, Vi\'f1\'ebu will be pleased. The purpose of work is to please Vi\'f1\'ebu. Unfortunately, people have forgotten this. }{\cs2873\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 Vedic system of society, is therefore very important in that it is meant to give human beings a chance to perfect their lives by pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unfortunately, the }{\cs2873\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  has been lost in this age. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, just to give relief to
 the rotting, conditioned souls of this age of Kali-yuga, has given us the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other w
ay. There is no other way. There is no other way." (}{\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 ) Although
 we may try to revive the perfect }{\cs2873\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, it is not possible in this age. Peop
le are fallen, disturbed and unfortunate:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eb\'e4lp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 sabhya\line kal\'e4v asmin yuge jan\'e4\'f9\line mand\'e4\'f9 sumanda-matayo\line manda-bh\'e4
gy\'e4 hy upadrut\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but 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\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
.1.10) In this age, there will be insufficient rainfall and food, and the government will plunder one's income by heavy taxation. All of these characteristics of Kali-yuga are described in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People will become so disgusted that they will suddenly leave their wife and children and go to the forest. How can the peaceful }{
\cs2873\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  be revived when people are so harassed in this age? It is virtually impos
sible. Therefore the system of }{\cs2873\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 chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  should be adopted. The whole aim of }{\cs2873\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 to satisfy Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yaj\'efai\'f9 sa\'eck\'e9rtana-}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4yai\'f9}{\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  Vi
\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, came Himself as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to teach us the way of }{\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  Presently it has become fashionable to manufacture a new system of religion, but Kapiladeva, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, does not manufacture anything new. This system is not new, but very old (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pur\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says the same in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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\nosupersub  "This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way." Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Kapiladeva are not teaching anything new. Th
ey are simply repeating the same message because, in the course of time, the knowledge has been lost. Arjuna asks, "Why are you telling me? Why not another?" \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba answers, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Because you are My devotee as well as My friend." (}{\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  4.3)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus without being a }{\cs2873\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  a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, one cannot actually understand the science of }{\cs2873\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  Understanding }{\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  means understanding K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. All this information is explained only in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-samprad\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  not in any 
other school. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says at the conclusion of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (18.5
5), }{\cs2873\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  if one actually wants to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and one's relationship with Him, one must take to this process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 as explained by Lord Kapiladeva is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Kapiladeva states here:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tam ima\'e0 te pravak\'f1y\'e4mi\line yam avoca\'e0 pur\'e4naghe
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anaghe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to one without sin. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to p
ast sins, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\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  means "without." Therefore one cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness unl
ess he is free from sin. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 tv anta-gata\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4pam}{\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  one can stick to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness only when one is completely free from all sinful reactions. One may say, "Th
at will take some time. I cannot get free from sinful reactions overnight." However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "No, no. This can be done immediately. Simply surrender unto Me, and I will absolve you from all sin." Thus by simply surrendering unto K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, our spiritual life begins.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to understand that we receive different bodies due to our sinful actions. Now we are given a chance to execute our duty in the human form. }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ante}{\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  We have received this body through the evolutionary processes, and this human form is a great opportunity. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura sings: }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari hari}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  viphale janama go\'ec\'e4inu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have simply wasted my time." Why?
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1ya janama p\'e4iy\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,     r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1
\'eba n\'e4 bhajiy\'e4,\line j\'e4niy\'e4 \'e7uniy\'e4 vi\'f1a kh\'e4inu
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because I have received the human form of life, which is meant for understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, yet I have simply wasted my time
 by not taking advantage of this opportunity. I have done everything but worship R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore I have taken poison knowingly." When one takes poison knowingly, he commits suicide, and not taking advantage of the human form is some
thing like that. If we do not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this life, we are knowingly taking poison. This material life is just like a blazing forest fire. Eating, sleeping, enjoying sex and defending are the main material activities. When we are engage
d simply in these things, our hearts are always burning as if we had taken poison. How can we be cured?
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub golokera prema-dhana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,     hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana,
\line rati n\'e4 janmila kene t\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You have given us the medicine of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari
-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unfortunately, I have no attraction for Your holy names." It is also stated:
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vrajendra-nandana yei}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,     \'e7ac\'e9-suta haila sei,
\line balar\'e4ma haila nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba has now come as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the son of mother \'c7ac\'e9. And Balar\'e4ma has come as Lord N
ity\'e4nanda." What is Their business? They are delivering all kinds of sinful men simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And what is the evidence of this? The evidence is that \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu delivered the sinf
ul Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. At the present moment everyone is like Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i, for everyone is intoxicated and mad after sex. Now, by the grace of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, thousands of Jag\'e4is and M\'e4dh\'e4is are being delivered. It i
s this active medicine, this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 is doing it. It is the perfe
ct }{\cs2873\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. This process is not manufactured, and we have not concocted anything. Our business
 is simply to accept the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as they are. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself characterizes His devotee in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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
 with devotion." (}{\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  9.14)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We do not need to be very learned. Our only requirement is that we receive the blessings of the Lord. The Lord's blessings will enable us to become learned and foll
ow His instructions. We only need to stick to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement on the basis of }{\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  When we are a little further advanced, we can read }{\cs2873\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  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself has opened the way with 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. The entire world is in darkness without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and in this age people are so dull that they do not even know the difference between }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (liberation) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bandha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (bondage). If a human being does not know this difference, he is no better than an animal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presently we are under the sway of the three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the modes of material nature\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba, rajo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Out of these three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas, sattva-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the mode of goodness, is the best. A }{\cs2873\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  characterized by the mode of goodness, is truthful and self-controlled. He controls his mind and senses, and he is very
 tolerant and simple. He has full knowledge, and he knows how to apply knowledge in life. He has full faith in the authority of the }{\cs2873\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  a quality called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4stikyam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Caitanya M
ah\'e4prabhu has explained the difference between }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4stikyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4stikyam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to Vedic understanding, one who does not believe in the }{\cs2873\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 called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4stika.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub veda n\'e4 m\'e4niy\'e4 bauddha haya ta 'n\'e4stika}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  6.168). Lo
rd Buddha defied Vedic authority, but His mission was to stop animal killing. In the }{\cs2873\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 recommendations for animal sacrifice, and therefore to prevent the killing of animals, Lord Buddha rejected the }{\cs2873\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  Such sacrifice is not possible in this age because there is no }{\cs2873\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  qualified to carry it out. Those who are intelligent know that such a sacrifice cannot be successful in this age because no one knows the proper }{\cs2873\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  capable of giving an old animal the body of a new animal. When an animal sacrifice is properly conducted, an old animal is sacrificed, and it emerges from 
the fire in a new body. This is not possible in this age, but what }{\cs2873\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  possible is }{
\cs2873\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 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  This is the }{\cs2873\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  or sacrifice, especially intended for this age. We need only chant 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. By performing this }{\cs2873\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  the res
ults will be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam}{\cs2873\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 the mirror of the mind will be cleansed. When the mirror of the mind is cleansed, one is automatically liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consciousness is the main principle, either for conditional life or for liberated life. We are therefore proposing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which means liberat
ion from the repetition of birth and death. Unfortunately, people are so dull in this age that they have no idea how birth and death can be stopped. They think that birth and death cannot be stopped; even famous scientists admit this. However, in }{
\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  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that we should always keep in mind the fou
r miserable conditions. These are birth, old age, disease and death. When we are able to put an end to these, we are liberated. This simply requires that we clear our consciousness by thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness movement is to keep our minds constantly on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is a person. When He was realized by Arjuna, He was addressed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God is }{\cs2873\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  male, not female. }{\cs2873\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  means "the e
njoyer," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the enjoyed." Everything is enjoyed by the supreme }{
\cs2873\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  It is also stated that we are actually }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  not }{\cs2873\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 human dress is simply }{\cs2873\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 are thinking that we are }{\cs2873\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 enjoyer, but actuall
y we are the enjoyed. A man, thinking of enjoying himself, tries to imitate }{\cs2873\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  but
 actually he is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As a consequence, he is cast into this material world. Because
 the living entity wants to enjoy the material world and is attached to the three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 he receives different types of bodies. One who is in the mode of goodness receives the body of a learned }{\cs2873\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  This is somewhat elevated, for he can gradually understand what is God. In the modes of passion and ignorance, no one can understand God. Also, from the material point of view, if one is situated in the mode of goodness
, he can be elevated to higher planetary systems. Nonetheless, even if one goes to Brahmaloka, the highest planet in the material atmosphere, one is not actually perfectly situated. There is really no benefit because even on Brahmaloka the four miseries 
of material existence are found: birth, old age, disease and death. Lord Brahm\'e4 also dies and takes birth. From Vedic literatures we understand that Lord Brahm\'e4 took birth from the lotus flower generated from the navel of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Thus he had h
is birth, and when Lord Brahm\'e4 dies, the entire material cosmic manifestation will be finished. Just as Lord Brahm\'e4 undergoes birth, old age, disease and death, so also a small ant or insect undergoes the same process. The point is that the living 
entity has to be free from this bondage because he is by nature eternal. According to }{\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  the living entity never actually takes birth, and he never actually dies. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cit:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "For the soul there is never birth nor death." (Bg. 2.20)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the body that is destined to die, whether the body be that of Lord Brahm\'e4 or of a small ant. One should not think that one is liberated because one can liv
e millions and millions of years. The life of Lord Brahm\'e4 covers millions of earth years, yet he is also subjected to birth and death. That is the way of conditional life. We should take advantage of the perfect knowledge given by Vedic literatures, b
y the great }{\cs2873\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  and Bhagav\'e4n Kapiladeva, as well as by Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, in order to attain liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Receiving K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means receiving light. People are exhausted with the materialistic way of life, especially in the West. Now the K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness movement is giving new life to Western society. By nature, we living entities are liberated. There is actually no question of birth, death, old age and disease. Since we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, how can the
re be a question of these things? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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  and being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are also of the same nature. We are equal in quali
ty, although not in quantity. Why, then, should we suffer the pangs of death? Therefore in the previous verse Kapiladeva instructed: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga \'e4dhy\'e4tmika\'f9 pu\'e0s
\'e4\'e0 mato ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The soul is entrapped in the body, and the process of perfect }{\cs2873\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 the process of saving the soul from bodily confinement and the four miseries that plague the body. How can this perfect }{\cs2873\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  be attained? That is explained by Lord Kapila in the next verse: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rata\'e0 v\'e4 pu\'e0si muktaye.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If our consciousness is simply attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will be liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great souls are always chanting about 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. They are also endeavoring with great determination in their devotional service. For instance, in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples the devotees rise early in the morning, at 4:00 A.M., and they immediately bathe
. Then they go to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at 4:30, and after }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they study the Vedic literatures. These are the processes by which we can awaken our dormant love f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97just as a son is part and parcel of his father\'97there is a natural love between us. However, somehow or other the son leaves home and forgets his father. The father, of course, neve
r forgets his son. He thinks, "Oh, my son has left. If he would only come back!" K\'e5\'f1\'eba thinks in this way. We are all sons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more anxious to get us back home, back to Godhead, than we are to go. Therefore K
\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and says, "You rascal! Give up all this nonsensical material engagement. You have manufactured so many religions and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just give them all up and simply surrender unto Me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes Himself and leaves behind His words. His words are also Himself because His words are absolute. Presently we do not see K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, but if we actually advance, we will see Him. When we see the Deity in the temple, we think, "Oh, this is an idol. It is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba." If we think in this way, we have not seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also present in His wo
rds, in }{\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  That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-v\'e4\'eb\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The stage of awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be attained when one is advanced in
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then one can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in the Deity, in }{\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  in the taste of water, in the sunshine, in the moonshine and in all sound. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present everywhere, but one has to acquire knowledge in order to know how to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is also the process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam....}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Deity worship is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arcana
m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  chanting is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vandanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4syam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and spreading this K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally we experience that people are primarily interested in seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but why is the emphasis on seeing? Let us hear about Him. We must come with a
 little faith, and as we hear, that faith will increase. One should come to the temple, listen to talks about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then, after some time, officially take initiation into the service of the Lord. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajana-kriy\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At that time one has to abandon illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. If one is still 
attached to all these habits, he should know that he is not making progress. When one is actually advanced in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajana-kriy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all these }{\cs2873\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) will be fini
shed. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nivartate}{\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  When one appreciates something better, he rejects all kinds of nonsense. Once one gets a taste of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he ca
nnot remain without it. A drunkard cannot remain without a drink, but a devotee is drunk with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The immunization against all material diseases is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. To be immuned to the infection of the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we have to engage in }{\cs2873\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  Once we attain the perfectional stage, we attain ecstatic love of Godhead. In that state we cannot remain without K\'e5\'f1\'eba for a mo
ment. That is called }{\cs2873\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  and that }{\cs2873\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  may increase to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4va.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is not possible for ordinary human beings, but it was possible for the }{\cs2873\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 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Indeed, they could not live without K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the highest stage of liberation.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 9: Purifying the Mind for Self-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 CHAPTER NINE\line Purifying the 
Mind for Self-realization
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 15
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 15
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceta\'f9 khalv asya bandh\'e4ya\line muktaye c\'e4tmano matam\line gu\'ebe\'f1u sakta\'e0 bandh\'e4ya\line rata\'e0 v\'e4 pu\'e0
si muktaye
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The stage in which the consciousness of the living entity is attracted by the three modes of material nature is ca
lled conditional life. But when that same consciousness is attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is situated in the consciousness of liberation.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.15}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a distinction here between K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and }{\cs2873\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  consciousness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gu\'ebe\'f1u,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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  consciousness, involves attachment to the three materia
l modes of nature, under which one works sometimes in goodness and knowledge, sometimes in passion and sometimes in ignorance. These different qualitative activities, with the central attachment for material enjoyment, are the cause of one's conditional 
life. When the same }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceta\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or consciousness, is transferred to the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or when one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he is on the path of liberation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 16
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 16
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0-mam\'e4bhim\'e4notthai\'f9\line k\'e4ma-lobh\'e4dibhir malai\'f9\line v\'e9ta\'e0 yad\'e4 mana\'f9 \'e7uddham\line adu
\'f9kham asukha\'e0 samam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub When one is completely cleansed of the impurities of lust and greed produced from the false identification of the 
body as "I" and bodily possessions as "mine," one's mind becomes purified. In that pure state he transcends the stage of material happiness and distress.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.16}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lobha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the symptoms of material existence. Everyone always desires to possess something. It is said here that desire and greed are the products of false
 identification of oneself with the body. When one becomes free from this contamination, his mind and consciousness also become freed and attain their original state. Mind, consciousness and the living entity exist. Whenever we speak of the living entity
, this includes the mind and consciousness. The difference between conditional life and liberated life occurs when we purify the mind and the consciousness. When they are purified, one becomes transcendental to material happiness and distress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning Lord Kapila has said that perfect }{\cs2873\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  enables one to transcend the platform of material distress and happiness. How this can be done is explained here: one has to purify his mind and consciousness. This can be done by the }{\cs2873\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  system. As explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\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  one's mind and senses should be purified (}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat-paratvena nirmalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). One's senses must be engaged in devotional service of the Lord. Tha
t is the process. The mind must have some engagement. One cannot make the mind vacant. Of course there are some foolish attempts to try to make the mind vacant or void, but that is not possible. The only process that will purify the mind is to engage it 
in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The mind must be engaged. If we engage our mind in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, naturally the consciousness becomes fully purified, and there is no chance that material desire and greed will enter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our mind is our friend, and our mind is our enemy. If it is cleansed, it is a friend, and if it is dirty, we contact material diseases. If we keep ourselves clean, 
pure, we will not be contaminated. According to Vedic civilization, one has to cleanse himself externally three times daily\'97once in the morning, again at noon, and again in the evening. Those who strictly follow the brahminical rules and regulations f
ollow this process. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Conditional life means that the mind is covered with dirty things, and this is our disease. When we are in the lower modes of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  these dirty things are very prominent. One has to raise himself to the mode of }{\cs2873\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  (goodness) by the process of }{\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  and }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One has to hear }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within everyone's heart. The individual soul is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants
 the individual soul to turn to Him. Unfortunately the conditioned soul is attached to material enjoyment, and this is the cause of his bondage to birth, death, old age and disease. He is so foolish that he does not take into consideration that these mis
eries are repeated. He is like an ass that belongs to a washerman who loads him down with heavy clothes. For a few morsels of grass, the ass has to carry heavy loads all day, although not a single piece of clothing belongs to him. This is the way of the 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They may become big multimillionaires, but they are just like asses, working ha
rd day and night. Regardless of how much money they may have, their stomachs can only hold so much. And they require only six feet of space to sleep. Nonetheless, these big }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are thinking themselves very important. They think, "Without me, all the members of my nation will die. Let me work day and night to the point of death."
 People are thinking, "I belong to this family, this nation, this community. I have this duty or that duty," and so on. People do not know that these are all false designations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore enjoins, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya
\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'nitya-d\'e4sa':}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  our actual position is that of eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are mistakenly thinking that we are servants of a family or nation, but this is due to ignorance, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  However, we can attain the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu
\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by following the instructions given in }{\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  Hearing }{\cs2873\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 about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, clears all the dirty things from the mind. Also, if we chant and dance, these dirty things will be wiped away. The mind is the cause of bondage, and the mind is the cause of liberation. When it is dirty, it brings about bonda
ge. In conditional life, we take birth, remain for some time, and enjoy or suffer. But really there is no question of enjoyment. There is only suffering. When we die, we have to give up the body and then take on another body. We immediately enter the wom
b of another mother, stay for nine months or so, and then come out. Then a new chapter of life begins. This is conditioned life, and it goes on again and again and again. In this way we undergo the tribulations of birth, old age, disease and death. The d
ogs and cats cannot understand this process, but we can understand it in human life through the Vedic literatures. If we don't take advantage of these literatures, all our education is for nothing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People actually waste their time talking politics, sociology, anthropology, and so on. They read many literatures that do not glorify the Supreme Lord Hari, and thu
s they waste their time. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is giving everyone a chance to become pious. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9}{\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\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}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is not necessary to give money or bathe in the Ganges. There are many pious activities and many processes recommended in the }{\cs2873\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  for becoming pious. However, in Kali-yuga people have lost all their stamina. They are so sinful that there is no question of becoming pious 
through all these prescribed methods. The only means is hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chanting His names. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us ears to hear and a tongue to speak. We can hear from a realized soul and thus perfect our lives. In this way we are g
iven a chance to purify ourselves. Unless we are purified, we cannot become devotees. Human life is meant for purification. Unfortunately in this age people are not interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they suffer through material existence one life after a
nother after another. In one life they may be very opulent. Then they don't care about the next life. They think, "Let me eat, drink and be merry." This is going on all over the world, but the }{\cs2873\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  say that people are making mistakes in this way. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N
\'fcna\'e0 pramatta\'f9 kurute vikarma\'f9}{\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 5.5.4): people have become mad with sense gratification, and therefore they engage in all sorts of forbidden things. }{
\cs2873\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  means regulated work, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means just the opposite\'97unlawful, forbidden activities. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub akarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that one is not affected by the results of work. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-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 3.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'ef\'e4rth\'e4t karma\'ebo 'nyatra\line loko 'ya\'e0 karma-bandhana\'f9\line tad-artha\'e0 karma kaunteya\line mukta-sa\'ecg
a\'f9 sam\'e4cara
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 o
f Kunt\'e9, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When people are in the modes of passion and ignorance, they perform }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikarma.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They do not care for their future lives, and they are habituated to eating anything and everything, just like hogs. They do not care for the \'e7astric injunctions, and they ar
e totally irresponsible. They are just like street boys who have no education and do not care for anything. Such urchins do whatever they like, for their fathers and mothers do not care for them. Life in ignorance, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is such a careless life. People simply act unlawfully, not considering the results of their actions. They act fo
r sense gratification, and actually they take pleasure in committing sins. In Calcutta I have seen people taking pleasure in cutting the throats of chickens and laughing when the chicken jumps and flaps about. Sometimes in Western countries students are 
taken to slaughterhouses just to see how the cows are butchered. In this age, people take pleasure in committing all kinds of sins. They have no brains to see that this body is temporary and full of suffering. They are completely in the mode of darkness,
 just like the animals they slaughter. There may be many animals in a pasture, and if one takes an animal aside and cuts its throat, the other animals will simply stand, look, and continue eating grass. They do not realize that the next time they may be 
slaughtered. The people in Kali-yuga are in the same situation, but the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to give these rascals a little sense. We are saying, "Don't remain animals. Become human beings." In the words of Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba bhuli' sei j\'e9va an\'e4di-bahirmukha\line ataeva m\'e4y\'e4 t\'e4re deya sa\'e0s\'e4ra-du\'f9kha
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illus
ory energy (}{\cs2873\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 ) gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence. (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  20.117) When one forgets his relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he acts in a very foolish way, and }{
\cs2873\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  gives him one misery after another. It is also stated:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-mugdha j\'e9vera n\'e4hi svata\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba j\'ef\'e4na\line j\'e9vere k\'e5p\'e4ya kail\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba ved
a-pur\'e4\'eba
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The conditioned soul cannot revive his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the }{\cs2873\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 " (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  20.122)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literatures\'97the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta, Upani\'f1ads, R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, Mah
\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and many others\'97should be utilized if we wish to become free from the contamination of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The whole world is revolving due to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lobha. K\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "lusty desire," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lobha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "greed." people cannot have enough sex or money, and because of this, their hearts are filled with contaminations, which ha
ve to be cleansed by hearing, repeating and chanting. Human life is meant to get rid of }{\cs2873\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, but where is the university or college where this science of purification is taught? The only institution is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within the heart, and the contaminations are also ther
e, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba will help us cleanse them. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na\'f1\'f6a-pr\'e4ye\'f1v abhadre\'f1u nitya\'e0 bh\'e4gavata-sevay\'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 Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.18). We must regularly hear }{\cs2873\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 chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba; these are the two processes recommended by Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura was chanting three hundred thousand holy names a day, but we have fixed the number at sixteen rounds. Nonetheless, we are so unfortunate and fallen that we cannot even perform them. We should not waste our time 
reading and talking nonsense, but should engage in the study of }{\cs2873\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
 Our time is very valuable, and we should not waste it. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita has said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 k\'f1a\'eba eko 'pi na labhya\'f9 svar\'eba-ko\'f6ibhi\'f9.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We may live for a hundred years, but not one moment of these hundred years can be returned, not even if we are prepared to pay millions of dollars. We cannot add a moment, no
r can we get a moment back. If time is money, we should just consider how much money we have lost. However, time is even more precious because it cannot be regained. Therefore not a single moment should be lost. Human life should be utilized only for cha
nting and reading Vedic literatures. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is publishing many books so that people can utilize their time properly by reading them and make their lives successful. Not only should we read }{\cs2873\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 we should also serve the person }{\cs2873\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  one whose life is nothing but }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. Nitya\'e0 bh\'e4gavata-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevay\'e4}{\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  By this process we can attain the stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavad-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but first we must get rid of all these }{\cs2873\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. Presently we are wasting our time thinking, "This is my country. This is my nation. This is my body and my family," and so on. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nitya\'e0 bh
\'e4gavata-sevay\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We can vanquish all these false conceptions when we come to the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then we will not be disturbed by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nor b
y }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub lobha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (lust and greed). This is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vasudeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O\'e0 namo bhagavate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v
\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\cs2873\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 Lord Kapiladeva, in the next verse, points out the results that follow the successful completion of this purificatory process.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 17
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 17
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad\'e4 puru\'f1a \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line kevala\'e0 prak\'e5te\'f9 param\line nirantara\'e0 svaya\'e0-jyotir\line a\'ebim\'e4nam 
akha\'eb\'f2itam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub At that time the soul can see himself to be transcendental to material existence and always self-effulgent, never 
fragmented, although very minute in size.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.17}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the state of pure consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one can see himself as a minute particle nondifferent from the Supreme Lord. As stated in }{
\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  the }{\cs2873\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  or the individual soul, is eternally part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Just as the sun's rays are minute particles of the brilliant sun, so a l
iving entity is a minute particle of the Supreme Spirit. The individual soul and the Supreme Lord are not separated as in material differentiation. The individual soul is a particle from the very beginning. One should not think that because the individua
l soul is a particle, it is fragmented from the whole spirit. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy enunciates that the whole spirit exists, but a part of it, which is called the }{\cs2873\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  is entrapped by illusion. This philosophy, however, is unacceptable because spirit cannot be divided like a fragment of matter. That part, the }{\cs2873\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  is eternally a part. As long as the Supreme Spirit exists, His part and parcel also exists. As long
 as the sun exists, the molecules of the sun's rays also exist.
\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 j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  particle is estimated in the Vedic literature to be one ten-thousandth the size of the upper portion of a hair. He is therefore infinitesimal. The Supreme Spirit is infinite, but the living entity, or individual soul, is infinitesimal, altho
ugh he is not different in quality from the Supreme Spirit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two words in this verse are to be particularly noted. One is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirantaram,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "nondifferent" or "of the same quality." The individual soul is also expressed here as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4nam. A\'ebim\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "infinitesimal." The Supreme Spirit is all-pervading, but the very small spirit is the individual soul. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akha\'eb\'f2itam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means not exactly "fragmented" but "constitutionally always infinitesimal." No one can sepa
rate the molecular parts of the sunshine from the sun, but at the same time the molecular part of the sunshine is not as expansive as the sun itself. Similarly, the living entity, by his constitutional position, is qualitatively the same as the Supreme S
pirit, but he is infinitesimal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Self-realization means seeing one's proper identity as the infinitesimal }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v
a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At the present moment, we are seeing the body, but this is not our proper identity. We have no vision of the real person occupying the body. The first lesson we receive fro
m }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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) informs us that the body and the owner of the body are differ
ent. When we can understand that we are not the body, that is the beginning of self-realization, and that is called the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\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 stage. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{
\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  I am not this material body, but spirit soul. And what are the characteristics of the }{
\cs2873\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  the soul? First of all, he is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4nam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very minute, infinitesimal. We are also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  effulgent, like God, but God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all-pervading and infinite. According to the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da theory, we are the same as that }{\cs2873\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  M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s give the example of a pot and the sky. Outside the pot there is sky, and within the pot there is sky. The separation is only due to the wall of the pot. When the po
t is broken, the inside and outside become one. However, this example does not properly apply to the soul, as it is described in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.24):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acchedyo 'yam ad\'e4hyo 'yam\line akledyo '\'e7o\'f1ya eva ca\line nitya\'f9 sarva-gata\'f9 sth\'e4\'ebur\line acalo 'ya\'e0 san
\'e4tana\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchang
eable, immovable and eternally the same." The Soul cannot be cut in pieces or segmented. This means that the soul is eternally, perpetually minute. We are the eternal parts and parcels of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself stat
es in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living entities in the conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts." The word }{\cs2873\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  means "eternal," and the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "particles." God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is very great. No one is equal to Him or greater than Him. It is said that God is great, but we do not actually realize how great God is. H
e is so great that millions of universes are emanating from the pores of His body.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya\line j\'e9vanti loma-vilaj\'e4 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9\line vi\'f1\'ebur
 mah\'e4n sa iha yasya kal\'e4-vi\'e7e\'f1o\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Brahm\'e4s and other lords of the mundane worlds appear from the pores of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu and remain alive for the du
ration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, for Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is a portion of His plenary portion." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Millions of universes emanate from the breathing of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. In the Tenth Chapter of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives Arjuna some indication of His infinite glory, and He concludes His descriptions with the following statement
 (Bg. 10.42):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub athav\'e4 bahunaitena\line ki\'e0 j\'ef\'e4tena tav\'e4rjuna\line vi\'f1\'f6abhy\'e4ham ida\'e0 k\'e5tsnam\line ek\'e4\'e0\'e7en
a sthito jagat
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this enti
re universe."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This universe (}{\cs2873\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 ) is situated on the strength of one part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's yogic powers. In this way we must understand the greatness of God and our own identity as minute particles. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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  that the individual soul is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. If we could somehow divide the tip of 
a hair into ten thousand parts, we might begin to understand how the soul is invisible. Self-realization means knowing our identity as small particles. The small particle of spirit soul is within every one of us, but it is not possible to see with materi
al eyes. There is no instrument existing in the material universe by which one can actually }{\cs2873\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  the soul. Because of our inability to perceive the soul, we say it is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  formless. We cannot even calculate its dimension (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Although we c
annot calculate it, it is there nonetheless. The living entity has full form. There are small microbes and insects we can barely see, but they have an anatomy consisting of many working parts. Within a small insect there is also the spirit soul, and that
 spirit soul also exists within the elephant and other big animals.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we actually realize our identity as Brahman, our life becomes successful. Presently we are identifying with the body, but as long as we do so, we are no better
 than cats and dogs, although we may have a considerable amount of scientific knowledge. Conditioned souls consider the body to be the self, and because of this the }{\cs2873\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  identify themselves as American, Indian, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  man, woman, elephant and so forth. Thinking in these bodily terms, people consider their wives and children to be theirs and the land of their birth to be worshipable. Thinking thus, peo
ple are willing to fight and die for their country. Presently everyone is laboring under this delusion, but in order to understand our spiritual identity, we must find the proper }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Realizing our identity means realizing that we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal parts and parcels, that we are very minute, infinitesimal, and that we have a perpetual 
and eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as a part has its relationship to the whole. At no time can we be as great as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although we are the same qualitatively. No one is equal to God, and no one is greater than Him. If someone cl
aims to be God, he has to prove that no one is equal to him and that no one is greater. If he can do this, he is God. This is a very simple definition. }{\cs3545\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) also verifies this statement: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "controller," and the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "supreme." We small living enti
ties are controllers to a degree. We can control, at times, our family members, wives, children and so forth. Or we can control our office, factory, country or whatever. There are small controllers and larger controllers. If we go to Brahm\'e4, we see th
at he is controlling the entire universe, but he is not the supreme controller. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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  that Brahm\'e4, the greatest living being within this universe, is also meditating in order to learn how to control. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya 
\'e4di-kavaye}{\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 ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First of all, Brahm\'e4 learned to control the universe; then he became qualified as Brahm\'e4. Although he was born Brahm\'e4, he still had to be educated. If he w
as the first living being in the universe, who educated him? K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.2), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aham \'e4dir hi dev\'e4n\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the 
source of the demigods."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The original demigods are Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and \'c7iva. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Vi\'f1\'ebu, but He is the instructor of Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva. Therefore it is
 said that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all the demigods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not foolishly claim that we are as great as the Supreme God. We should understand that we are like sparks of the original fire. The spark is also fire, bu
t if it falls from the original flame, it will go out. One should not think that because he is qualitatively one with God, he is God. the supreme controller. It is very fashionable nowadays to claim to have become N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, God. The M\'e4y\'e4v
\'e4d\'e9s address one another as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and thus everyone supposedly becomes N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. In this way we are overcrowded with N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebas here and there. But how can everyone become N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba? N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is one, a
nd the }{\cs2873\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  warn:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yas tu n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'e0 deva\'e0\line brahma-rudr\'e4di-daivatai\'f9\line samatvenaiva v\'e9k\'f1eta\line sa p\'e4\'f1a\'eb
\'f2\'e9 bhaved dhruvam\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 H.b.v.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  1.117}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whoever thinks Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and the demigods are on the same level is to be immediately considered a rogue as far as spiritua
l understanding is concerned." If one compares N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba to the demigods, he simply reveals his lack of intelligence. It is also fashionable to speak of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra-n
\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  poor N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, claiming that the poor man in the street is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. But what is this nonsense? N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is the exalted Supreme Person
ality of Godhead. Even \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya says: }{\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  N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is beyond this universe. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avyakt\'e4d a\'eb\'f2a-sambhava\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the entire universe is a product of this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  We should not compare N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba to anyone, what to speak of the poor man in the street (}{\cs2873\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 ). This is all foolishness. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is Lak\'f1m\'e9pati, the husband and controller of the goddess of fortune. How, then, can He be }{\cs2873\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  This is all due to misunderstanding. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  warn that if one thinks that the demigods are equal to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, one is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4\'f1a\'eb\'f2\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an atheist. We should not think that because we have become liberated, we have attained the position of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. By severe austerity and penance one may elevate himself to the position of 
Brahman, but this is not the position of Para-brahman. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'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 (}{\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  
10.2.32}{\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 . Although one rises to the platform of Brahman, one again falls down to the material position i
f he neglects to worship the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One may rise to the Brahma effulgence, but because there is no shelter there one will return to the material atmosphere. One may go to Brahmaloka, the highest planet in the material sky, but one'
s position there is temporary. However, in the }{\cs2873\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  the spiritual sky, there are many spirit
ual planets, called Vaiku\'eb\'f6halokas. There are millions of these gigantic planets, and unless we take shelter of one of them, we will fall down again into the material atmosphere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not sufficient to rise to the platform of Brahman. Brahman is }{\cs2873\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  (being), and a partial realization of the Absolute Truth. We are actually after }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda. Sac-ci
d-\'e4nanda: cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "knowledge," and that is also partial. We must add }{\cs2873\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  (bliss) in order to have complete realization. If we simply fly in the sky, we can't have }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4
nanda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have to descend to an airport at some time or another. If we simply rise to the Brahman effulgence, we do not experience }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda. \'c4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is experienced when we enter the spiritual planets, where N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is present. 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8.20). We have to enter the eternal planets and associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhea
d in order to be happy. If we do not attain this position, we will return to the material world. And how can this position be attained? We simply have to try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why does He come? What is His business? What is His form?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to teach people how to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one is fortunate in understanding Him, one's life 
is successful. As long as we have lusty desires and greed, we cannot come to this understanding. The }{\cs2873\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 is the process of purification whereby we can become free from }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lobha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lust and greed, and the influence of the lower }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas, tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ignorance and passion. As soon as we engage in devotional service, we immediately become freed from the influence of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because we are not expert in approaching the Supreme Lord, we have to follow the principles of }{\cs2873
\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 by the }{\cs2873\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  When a boy goes to school, he has to follow the rules and regulations, but after a while he becomes accustomed to them and does not have to be t
aught. In other words, he learns automatically to come to school at a certain time, take his seat and study nicely. Similarly, in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we have certain rules and regulations. We must rise early in the morning for }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4rati,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  chant sixteen rounds of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba daily, and execute all the 
functions of }{\cs2873\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 this way, we become attached to rendering service to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and we become practiced in this science. When we attain this stage, we immediately become self-realized.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 10: Spiritual Attachment and Material Detachment
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER TEN\line Spiritual Attac
hment and Material Detachment
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 18
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 18
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gya-yuktena\line bhakti-yuktena c\'e4tman\'e4\line paripa\'e7yaty ud\'e4s\'e9na\'e0\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 ca h
ataujasam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub In that position of self-realization, by practice of knowledge and renunciation in devotional service, one sees ev
erything in the right perspective; he becomes indifferent to material existence, and the material influence acts less powerfully upon him.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.18}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the contamination of the germs of a particular disease can influence a weaker person, similarly the influence of material nature, or illusory energy, can act on 
the weaker, or conditioned, soul but not on the liberated soul. Self-realization is the position of the liberated state. One understands his constitutional position by knowledge and }{\cs2873\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  renunciation. Without knowledge, one cannot have realization. The realization that one is the infinitesimal part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit 
makes one unattached to material, conditional life. That is the beginning of devotional service. Unless one is liberated from material contamination, one cannot engage in the devotional service of the Lord. In this verse, therefore, it is stated, }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gya-yuktena:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when one is in full knowledge of one's constitutional posit
ion and is in the renounced order of life, detached from material attraction, then, by pure devotional service, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yuktena,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he can engage himself as a loving servant of the Lord. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paripa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that he can see everything in its right perspective. Then the influence of material nature becomes almost nil. This is also confirmed in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4. Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4}{\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 when one is self-realized he becomes happy and free from the influence of material nature, and at that time he is free
d from lamentation and hankering. The Lord states that position as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mad-bhakti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the real beginning of devotional service. Similarly, it is confirmed in the }{\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  that when the senses are purified, they can then be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. One who is attached to material contamination cannot be a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the conditional state, we are influenced by material nature. We have already discussed how we are conditioned by the three modes of material nature\'97ignorance,
 passion and goodness. Goodness is superior to ignorance and passion because from the platform of goodness we can come to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thereby transcend the modes altogether. In this age, people are generally influenced by the lower mode
s, the modes of ignorance and passion. In these modes, we are not able to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is our constitutional position to serve someone, but when we do not serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we serve }{\cs2873\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  In any case, we cannot become master. Who can say that he is a master, that he is not serving anyone? We may serve our family, so
ciety, country, business, automobile or whatever. If one cannot find anything to serve, he goes and buys a cat or dog and serves it. Why is this? It is because service is our nature. We are simply lacking the knowledge of where to direct the service. Ser
vice is meant to be rendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the material world we are serving our lusty desires, not K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we are deriving no pleasure from this. We are also serving in an office or in some employment in order to get some money. In t
his case, we are serving money, not the person. Thus in the material world we serve the senses and money. In any case, service is there. We must serve.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually the only master is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekale \'e9\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
\'e4ra saba bh\'e5tya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Cc. }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.142). All the demigods, human beings, animals, trees and everything else are servants. Self-realization is realizing that one is the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that one's duty is to serve Him. Self-realization is no
t thinking }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\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  "I have become Brahman, Bhagav\'e4n." How can we become Bhagav\'e4n? If we are Bhagav\'e4n, we are actually the supreme powerful one. If this is the case, why are we in a miserable condition? Why are we under the influence of
 }{\cs2873\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  Does Bhagav\'e4n come under the influence of }{\cs2873\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  No. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says specifically in }{\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  that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti, m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is working under His directions. }{\cs2873\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 the maidservant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we are the servants of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 how can we be K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Bhagav\'e4n? When we come to our spiritual senses, we can understand that we are erroneously engaged in }{\cs2873\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  service and that our duty is to engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. That is self-realization. As stated here: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gya-yuktena.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Real understanding is knowing oneself to be the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no one else. Because we are under illusion, we are serving }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma, lobha, moha, m\'e4tsarya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lust and greed\'97without benefit and without pleasure.
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4m\'e4d\'e9n\'e4\'e0 kati na katidh\'e4 p\'e4lit\'e4 durnide\'e7\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "There is no li
mit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires." (}{\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  3.2.35) When w
e come to the understanding that our pleasure lies in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, we have attained }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore in }{\cs3545\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  (1.2.7) it is s
tated:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By rendering devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one immediately acquires cause
less knowledge and detachment from the world." If one engages in the service of V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this knowledge comes, and one becomes a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 one who rea
lizes that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything. He does not defy K\'e5\'f1\'eba or try to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who does so is not a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  a rascal. What is the po
sition and knowledge of a }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 engag
ed in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\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  cannot be manufactured. He is under the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the divine n
ature. There are two kinds of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apar\'e4 prak\'e5t
i. Apar\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the material world, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the spiritual world. As soon as one understands that he is uselessly serving }{\cs2873\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  in the material world in the form of society, friends, country and so forth, one reaches the stage called }{\cs2873\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  knowledge. As soon as one attains this knowledge, he reaches the }{\cs2873\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  stage, Brahman realization, and he becomes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  happy. One may ask, "Why should I serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" We have already explained that being a part means serving the whole. The whole is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the individuals are meant f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's satisfaction. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\cs2873\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 There are many }{\cs2873\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  controllers, but the supreme }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. As soon as one attains this realization, he has attained perfect knowledge, and he renders service in }{\cs2873\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  Foolish people say that }{\cs2873\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 meant for }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'efan\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unintelligent people, but this is not the case. In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that after many births, the }{\cs2873\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  the man in knowledge, surrenders unto Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as we do not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, V\'e4sudeva, we should understand that we are still fools. We may advertise ourselves as very great }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  learned personalities, but we are actually fools. That is the \'e7\'e4stric conclusion.
 If we are actually }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we should surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or activities. Some are pious and some impious, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us to give up both. Arjuna was thinking that it was impious to fight with his relatives, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba was insisting that he fight. How could Arjuna a
ct impiously? He could not, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service is transcendental to pious and impious activity. At midnight, when the }{\cs2873\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  heard the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, they ran to the forest to join Him. According to the }{\cs2873\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 is immoral for young girls to go see a young boy in a forest in the dead of night. But this was not an impious activity because the }{\cs2873\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  did this for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who was so strict that no woman could even come near Him to offe
r respects, actually said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ramy\'e4 k\'e4cid up\'e4san\'e4 vraja-vadh\'fc-varge\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
y\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  kalpit\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "What could be more wonderful than that worship conceived by the }{
\cs2873\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 " Although it actually appeared immoral for the }{\cs2873\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  to dance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu states that their relation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the hig
hest
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub form of worship. This is actually transcendental knowledge. One becomes transcendental to all pious and impious activities when one serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After all
, piety and impiety are within the material modes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service is transcendental to good and bad, pious and impious. }{\cs2873\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  begins when }{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\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  are complete. }{\cs2873\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  is knowledge, and }{\cs2873\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 detachment from matter and engagement of the mind in spirit. Both of these are automatically attained when we engage in devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 19
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 19
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na yujyam\'e4nay\'e4 bhakty\'e4\line bhagavaty akhil\'e4tmani\line sad\'e5\'e7o 'sti \'e7iva\'f9 panth\'e4\line yogin\'e4\'e0 br
ahma-siddhaye
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Perfection in self-realization cannot be attained by any kind of yog\'e9 unless he engages in devotional service t
o the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for that is the only auspicious path.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.19}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That knowledge and renunciation are never perfect unless joined by devotional service is explicitly explained here. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na yujyam\'e4nay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "without being dovetailed." When there is devotional service, the question arises where to offer that servic
e. Devotional service is to be offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul of everything, for that is the only reliable path of self-realization, or Brahman realization. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-siddhaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to understand oneself to be different from matter, to understand oneself to be Brahman. The Vedic words are }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Brahma-siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that one should know that he is not matter; he is pure soul. There are different kinds of }{\cs2873\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 every }{\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  is supposed to have at
tained self-realization, or Brahman realization. It is clearly stated here that unless one is fully engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot easily approach the path of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-siddhi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of the Second Chapter of }{\cs2873\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 is stated that when one engages in the devotional service of V\'e4sudeva, spiritual knowledge and renunciation of the material world are automatically manifest. Thus a devotee doe
s not have to strive separately for renunciation or knowledge. Devotional service itself is so powerful that by one's service, everything is revealed. It is stated here, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'e7iva\'f9 panth\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this is the only auspicious path for self-realization. The path of devotional service is the most confidential means for attaining Brahman realization. 
That perfection in Brahman realization is attained through the auspicious path of devotional service indicates that the so-called Brahman realization, or realization of the }{\cs2873\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  effulgence, is not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-siddhi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Beyond that }{\cs2873\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  there is the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead. In 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  a devotee prays to the Lord to kindly put
 aside the effulgence, }{\cs2873\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  so that the devotee may see within the }{\cs2873\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  the actual eternal form of the Lord. Unless one attains realization of the transcendental fo
rm of the Lord, there is no question of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  necessitates the existence of the r
ecipient of devotional service and the devotee who renders devotional service. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  through devotional service is realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The understanding of the effulgent rays of the body of the Supreme Godhead is not the perfect stage of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Brahman realization. Nor is the realization of the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature of the Supreme Person perfect because Bhagav\'e4n, the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akhil\'e4tm\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is the Supersoul. One who realiz
es the Supreme Personality realizes the other features, namely the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature and the Brahman feature, and that total realization is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-siddhi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated before, the word }{\cs2873\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 "to connect." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-siddhaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "self-realiza
tion," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "I am spirit soul." Actually, realizing oneself to b
e spirit is not sufficient. One has to progress further. One's fever may be cured, but one must also regain his strength and appetite in order to be totally cured. Then one can have a normal, healthy life, free of disease. Similarly, simply realizing tha
t one is spirit soul is not sufficient. One has to engage in spiritual activity, and that spiritual activity is }{\cs2873\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  M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers think that it is sufficient to stop all material activity, and the Buddhist philosophers advocate }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni
rv\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cessation of material life. Neither give more information. Actually we are suffering due to this material combination, and that is a fact. This body is composed o
f earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego. The Buddhists and M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s advocate the annihilation of the components. They say, "Let the earth go to earth, let the water go to water, let the fire go to fire and become zero." 
If we dismantle the house of the material body and become zero, we attain }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba. Nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means the cessation of pleasure and pain. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and Buddhists claim that if we fill an empty pitcher, the water will make some sound as long as the pitcher is not completely filled. When the pitcher is filled, there will 
no longer be any sound. Thus they claim that all the Vedic }{\cs2873\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  and hymns stop when one
 is completely Brahman-realized. In other words, the Buddhists and M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s claim that the material world is false, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and that we should somehow or other make it zero. However, simply realizing Brahman, realizing one's identity as spirit soul, is insufficient. We must realize that Bhagav\'e4n is everywhere:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eko 'py asau racayitu\'e0 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-ko\'f6i\'e0\line yac-chaktir asti jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-cay\'e4 yad-anta\'f9\line a\'eb
\'f2\'e4ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stha\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who, by one of His plenary portions, enters the existence of every universe and every 
atomic particle and thus unlimitedly manifests His infinite energy all over the material creation." (}{\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  5.35)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bhagav\'e4n is not alone. He is not only localized, but is everywhere. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a particular place, He is everywhere. It is not that be
cause K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in one place, He cannot be in others. Since we are conditioned, when we sit in our office we cannot be at home. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like this. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcta\'f9}{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, yet He is }{\cs2873\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 within every atom of this universe. This universe is existing due to the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. There is not only one universe, but there are many millio
ns, and they are all working very nicely because the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is present. We should not think that all these planets are floating in space without any arrangement having been made. There is definitely an arrangement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to be completely free of the material modes, one has to come not only to the platform of }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  but to }{\cs2873\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  also. When we mention }{\cs2873\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  some people say, "I render }{\cs2873\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  to my wife. I love her very much and take care of her. If I do not see her, I become mad." Thus people have }{\cs2873\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  for their family, country, Goddess Durg\'e4, other demigods and so on. However, that kind of }{\cs2873\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  will not do. Therefore it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhaktir bhagavati. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must be rendered unto the Supreme. It is not that one should render }{\cs2873\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 an imitation Bhagav\'e4n. If one says that he is Bhagav\'e4n, we should ask, "Are you present in everyone's heart? Can you tell me what I am thinki
ng now?" If one is Bhagav\'e4n, he must be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akhil\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he must be present in everyone's heart. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in everyone's heart (}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). All this should be scrutinizingly studied. It is not that one should accept this rascal or that rascal as Bhagav\'e4n. Nor should one render }{\cs2873\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  to this demigod or that demigod, to one's family, country, society, wife, cat, dog or whatever. All this is not really }{\cs2873\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  but imitation }{\cs2873\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  It is actually lustful desire. If we can develop }{\cs2873\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  for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our lives will be successful. Actually there is no alternative. As stated in this verse, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad\'e5\'e7o 'sti \'e7iva\'f9 panth\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Para-brahman is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub brahma-siddhaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means understanding our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is all right for one to understand oneself as Brahman (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but what is our relationship with the Para-brahman? There are always two: Brahman and Para-br
ahman, }{\cs2873\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  and Param\'e4tm\'e4, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and Parame\'e7vara, the individual living being and the supreme living being, }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nity\'e4n\'e4m, cetana\'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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  T
here are always two present, and two means a relationship. We should therefore understand our relationship with the Supreme, with Para-brahman. Understanding that relationship is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahma-siddhaye.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are qualitatively one with Para-brahman, but Para-brahman is very great whereas we are very small. Para-brahman is one (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaivalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). There is no alternative and no duplicate. There is no one equal to Him or greater than Him. That is the meaning of 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaivalya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Human life is meant for inquiring about Para-brahman and one's relationship with
 Him. Unfortunately, people are not asking questions about Para-brahman. Everyone is asking about the news and the morning paper, and everyone is concerned with going to the market and purchasing so many goods for cheaper prices. All this is going on in 
human society and in cat and dog society also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This world is full of darkness and ignorance, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is transcendental to this material world. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is n
o darkness but simply light. If we try to find things at night, it becomes very difficult; however, in the daytime, there is no difficulty. The }{\cs2873\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  enjoin that we leave this darkness and come to light. This light is given by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub om aj\'ef\'e4na timir\'e4ndhasya\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\line cak\'f1ur unm\'e9lita\'e0 yena\line tasmai 
\'e7r\'e9-gurave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful ob
eisances 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 It is the }{\cs2873\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 to give light by knowledge. The }{\cs2873\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  has completely assimilated 
the Vedic essence of life. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  knowledge, is received by hearing. It is not experime
ntal. We cannot understand that which is beyond our sense perception by experiment. We cannot understand who our father is by experimental knowledge. One cannot say, "Let me find out who my father is by experiment." Our father was existing before we were
 existing, and it is not possible to understand by experimental knowledge that this or that man is my father. The real authority is the mother; therefore Vedic knowledge has been likened to the mother and the }{\cs2873\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  to the sisters. We should understand from the }{\cs2873\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  what ultimate knowledge really is. The ultimate knowable objective is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and simply by understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can understand everythin
g. We do not have to understand things separately. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within our hearts. He is not far away; rather, He is everywhere. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees that we are attached to Him, He becomes our friend. He is a friend to everyone, but He is especia
lly a friend to His devotees. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.11
):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignoranc
e."
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  is there, it is simply covered with the curtain of ignorance. Light
 is there, and darkness is there, but when we are in darkness we cannot see things as they are. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that as one devotes himself to rendering service, He Himself dispels the darkness of ignorance. If we actually want to become perfect in t
his life, we only need to engage in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagav\'e4n. It is not that Bhagav\'e4n is difficult to find. Bhagav\'e4n is within the heart. }{\cs2873\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  (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 ). That is the real Bhagav\'e4n, within the hearts of all. That Bhagav\'e4n is always active. He instructed Brahm\'e4, the lord of the universe, and Brahm
\'e4, having received K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions, created the entire universe. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will also give instructions to us if we simply take to devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 20
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 20
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasa\'ecgam ajara\'e0 p\'e4\'e7am\line \'e4tmana\'f9 kavayo vidu\'f9\line sa eva s\'e4dhu\'f1u k\'e5to\line mok\'f1a-dv\'e4ram 
ap\'e4v\'e5tam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Every learned man knows very well that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul
. But that same attachment, when applied to self-realized devotees, opens the door of liberation.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.20}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here it is clearly stated that attachment for one thing is the cause of bondage in conditioned life, and the same attachment, when applied to something else, opens 
the door of liberation. Attachment cannot be killed; it has simply to be transferred. Attachment for material things is called material consciousness, and attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His devotee is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Consciousness,
 therefore, is the platform of attachment. It is clearly stated here that when we simply purify the consciousness from material consciousness to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we attain liberation. Despite the statement that one should give up attachment,
 desirelessness is not possible for a living entity. A living entity, by constitution, has the propensity to be attached to something. We see that if someone has no object of attachment, if he has no children, he transfers his attachment to cats and dogs
. This indicates that the propensity for attachment cannot be stopped; rather, it must be utilized for the best purpose. Our attachment for material things perpetuates our conditional state, but the same attachment, when transferred to the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead or His devotee, is the source of liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here it is recommended that attachment should be transferred to the self-realized devotees, the }{\cs2873\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  And who is a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is not just an ordinary man w
ith a saffron robe or long beard. A }{\cs2873\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  is described in }{\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  as one who unflinchingly engages in devotional service. Even though one is found not to be followin
g the strict rules and regulations of devotional service, if one simply has unflinching faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person, he is understood to be a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu. S
\'e4dhur eva sa }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantavya\'f9}{\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  A }{\cs2873\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  is a strict follower of devotional service. It is rec
ommended here that if one at all wants to realize Brahman, or spiritual perfection, his attachment should be transferred to the }{\cs2873\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  or devotee. Lord Caitanya also confirmed this. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lava-m\'e4tra s\'e4dhu-sa\'ecge sarva-siddhi }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub haya}{\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 simply by a moment's association with a }{\cs2873\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  one can attain perfection.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 a synonym of }{\cs2873\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  It is said that service to a }{\cs2873\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  or elevated devotee of the Lord, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dv\'e4ram \'e4hur vimukte\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the royal road of liberation. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahat-sev\'e4\'e0 dv\'e4ram \'e4hur vimuktes tamo-dv\'e4ra\'e0 yo\'f1it
\'e4\'e0 sa\'ecgi-sa\'ecgam}{\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 5.5.2). Rendering service to the materialists has the opposite effect. If anyone offers service to a gross materialist, or a person engaged 
only in sense enjoyment, then by association with such a person the door to hell is opened. The same principle is confirmed here. Attachment to a devotee is attachment to the service of the Lord because if one associates with a }{\cs2873\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  the }{\cs2873\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  will teach one how to become a devotee, a worshiper and a sincere servitor of the Lord. These are the gifts of a }{\cs2873\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  If we want to associate with a }{\cs2873\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  we cannot expect him to give us instructions on how to improve our material condition, but he will instruct us how to cut the knot of the contamination of material attraction and how to elevate our
selves in devotional service. That is the result of associating with a }{\cs2873\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  Kapila Mu
ni first of all instructs that the path of liberation begins with such association.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga', 's\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga'}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's\'e4d
hu-sa\'ecga'\'97sarva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-\'e7\'e4stre kaya\line lava-m\'e4tra s\'e4dhu-sa\'ecge sarva-siddhi haya
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment's association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success." (Cc. 
}{\cs3545\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  22.54)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that man is a social animal, and, according to our association, we can mold our character. Businessmen associate with one another to develop their busine
ss capabilities. There are many different types of association, and association brings about bondage to a particular thing. If one associates with materialistic people, one's bondage to sense gratification tightens. Woman is the symbol of sense gratifica
tion; therefore anything dealing with sense gratification is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo\'f1it-sa\'ecga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thi
s material world is filled with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo\'f1it-sa\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because everyone is interested in sense 
gratification. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.44):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the r
esolute determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place." The word }{\cs2873\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  means "sense gratification." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhogai\'e7varya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Those who are overly attached to opulen
ce and sense gratification cannot understand spiritual life, and they are very slow to take to it. At the present moment people are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very slow. They do not take this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement very seriously because they have been taught by modern civilization simply to enjoy life for sense gratification. In the Western countrie
s, especially, there are many implements for sense gratification. There are even machines for shaving, although formerly an ordinary razor would do. Now, thanks to the machine, one does not even have to move his hand. So this is considered progress. Howe
ver, we learn from the }{\cs2873\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  that human life is not meant for sense enjoyment but for }{
\cs2873\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  That is Vedic civilization. First of all, one must be trained in the }{\cs2873\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 and learn how to deny the senses. A }{\cs2873\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 be trained in }{\cs2873\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  not in enjoyment. Formerly, }{\cs2873\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 have to go from door to door to beg alms for the }{\cs2873\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  and they were tr
ained from the very beginning to address every woman as mother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presently, people are in such a miserable condition that they are saying, "Let us die. Let us die." However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\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  says, "Why should you die?" People want to die in order to put an end to the threefold miseries of materia
l nature, but who is making research on how to stop death? 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  we lea
rn that death is not really natural for us. It is artificially imposed upon us, and we have to become deathless again. That is the perfection of human life, but no one cares about it. We have become so dull that we cannot avoid birth, old age, disease an
d death. We are actually experiencing them because we are not alert. For this reason, when San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 approached Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, he said, "My dear Lord, somehow or other You have dragged me to Your lotus feet. I am now asking You w
hat my actual position is. Why am I forced to suffer the threefold miseries of material life?" No one is interested in inquiring about this matter. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mok\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation, means getting free from the threefold miseries of life as well as birth, old age, disease and death. Sometimes, when people are a little interested, they take to a path that 
is not even approved, or they invent something. But nothing need be invented. By this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process, everyone can be elevated. Everyone can be delivered, regardless of his situation or culture. We have spread this K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness movement throughout the world, and people are becoming happy because of it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.32), anyone can take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba never denies anyone, and similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee never denies anyone. That is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We tell everyone, "
Yes, you are welcome. Take this education and spiritual life and become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Sometimes we are criticized because of this, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically says in }{\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  that even those who are lowborn can take shelter of Him and become elevated for liberation. What, then, to speak of pious people born i
n brahminical families? Unfortunately, in this age people born in rich or brahminical families often don't care for spiritual realization. They misuse their chance and exhaust the results of their pious activities. Society needs first-class }{\cs2873\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  in order to improve. If everyone is a }{\cs2873\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  and debauchee, how can society be peaceful? Therefore in order to organize society, K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends the }{\cs2873\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  There must be ideal }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdr
as.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  However, no one cares about this now.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask, "What is a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is one who serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba and engage
s in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness without reservation. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.30), \'c7
r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly because h
e is properly situated."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business to be very tolerant. When one becomes a devotee, many people become one's enemy, because in this age people are asuric, demoniac. Even one's father may turn into an enemy like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, the father of Prahl\'e4da M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja. Prahl\'e4da was only five years old and was chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but his father was prepared to kill him because he was a devotee. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was saying, "Why are you chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Why are you speaking of 
a separate God? I am God." That is the meaning of asuric, demoniac. Rascals who claim to be God themselves are simply demons. Although Prahl\'e4da's father was insisting that he was God, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja could not accept this. He simply accepte
d his father as an }{\cs2873\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  and consequently there was a quarrel between them. When Hira\'eb
yaka\'e7ipu asked Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "What is the best thing you have learned from your teachers?" Prahl\'e4da replied, "O best of the }{\cs2873\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  as far as I can understand, because we have accepted this material body, we have to accept death. But this is not the object of human life. Human life is meant for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation." Unfortunately, foolish people do not understand this. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5tyu\'f9 sarva-hara\'e7 c\'e4ham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am death, and I will take away everything you possess." (B
g. 10.34) Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was such a powerful demon that even the demigods were afraid of him, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba took everything away in a second. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was looking for security, and he was thinking, "I will not die in this way, and I 
will not die in that way." But he did not think that he would be killed by the Lord in the form of N\'e5si\'e0ha. However intelligent we may be, and however much we may try to cheat K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always more intelligent. When Mother Y
a\'e7od\'e4 tried to bind K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a rope, she found that the rope was always two inches too short. Our intelligence is like that. We want to cheat God and surpass Him, but this is not possible. People think themselves very advanced in knowled
ge, but actually, due to their pride, their knowledge is taken away by }{\cs2873\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 actually takes the knowledge away from atheistic, demoniac people like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Atheists do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's intelligence is always at least two inches greater than anyone else's.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In material life, we simply struggle for existence. We want to exist, and we do not want to die. Nor do we want to undergo the pains of birth, catch diseases or gro
w old. There are so many miseries in material life that we do not want, but they are forced upon us. Unfortunately, we are not intelligent enough to make a solution to all these problems. We should be inquiring like San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 about how to
 put an end to them all. Instead, we are working in such a way that we have to accept another material body. We are experiencing the difficulties arising from this material body, but we are not working in a way to become free. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness movement is giving information on how to become liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are }{\cs2873\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  are always engaged 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. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhajana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we serve a }{\cs2873\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  like Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, who was always engaged in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our path of liberation is opened. However, if we associate wi
th materialistic people, who are simply mad for sense gratification, we take the way of darkness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tamo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -dv\'e4ra\'e0 yo\'f1it\'e4\'e0 sa\'ecgi-sa\'ecgam.}{\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  enjoin that we not remain in darkness but that we go to the light. We have accepted a body, but we will not be allowed to remain in that body permanently. We will have to give it up and 
accept another, and then another and another. What is this business? The material world is in such darkness, and people are taking on one body after another. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore here to give enlightenment and liberation
, and it is offering not only the simplest process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba but also the most sublime philosophy.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 11: The Symptoms of a S\'e4dhu
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER ELEVEN\line The Symptoms
 of a S\'e4dhu
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 21
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 21
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub titik\'f1ava\'f9 k\'e4ru\'ebik\'e4\'f9\line suh\'e5da\'f9 sarva-dehin\'e4m\line aj\'e4ta-\'e7atrava\'f9 \'e7\'e4nt\'e4\'f9\line 
s\'e4dhava\'f9 s\'e4dhu-bh\'fc\'f1a\'eb\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The symptoms of a s\'e4dhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemie
s, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.21}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\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  as described above, is a devotee of the Lord. His concern, therefore, is to enlighten people in devotional service; that is his mercy. He knows that without devotional service, human life is spoiled. A devotee travels all over the country, f
rom door to door, preaching, "Be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Be a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Don't spoil your life in simply fulfilling your animal propensities. Human life is meant for self-realization, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." These are the
 preachings of a }{\cs2873\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  He is not satisfied with his own liberation. He always thinks a
bout others. He is the most compassionate personality toward all fallen souls. One of his qualifications, therefore, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ru\'ebika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  great mercy to the fallen souls. While engaged in preaching work, he has to meet with so many opposing elements, and therefore the }{\cs2873\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  has to be very tolerant. Someone may ill-treat him because the conditioned souls are not prepared to receive the transcendental knowledge of devotional se
rvice. They don't like it; that is their disease. The }{\cs2873\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  has the thankless task of i
mpressing upon them the importance of devotional service. Sometimes devotees are personally attacked with violence. Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura was caned in twenty-two marketplaces, and Lord Caitanya's principal assistant, 
Nity\'e4nanda, was violently attacked by Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. But still they were tolerant because their mission was to deliver fallen souls. A }{\cs2873\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  is merciful because he is the well-wisher of all living entities. He is not only a well-wisher of human society, but a well-wisher of animal society as well. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dehin\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to all living entities who have accepted material bodies. Not only does the human be
ing have a material body, but other living entities as well. The devotee of the Lord is merciful to everyone}{\cs2873\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 cats, dogs, trees, etc. He treats all living entities in such a way that they can ultimately get salvation from this material entanglement. \'c7iv\'e4nanda Sena, one of the disciples of Lord Caitanya, gave liberation to a dog by 
treating the dog transcendentally. There are many instances where a dog got salvation by association with a }{\cs2873\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  because a }{\cs2873\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  engages in the highest philanthropic activ
ities for the benediction of all living entities. Yet although a }{\cs2873\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  is not inimical 
toward anyone, the world is so ungrateful that even a }{\cs2873\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  has many enemies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the difference between an enemy and a friend? It is a difference in behavior. A }{\cs2873\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  behaves with all conditioned souls for their ultimate relief from material entanglement. Therefore, no one can be more friendly than a }{\cs2873\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 relieving a conditioned soul. A }{\cs2873\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  is calm, and he quietly and peacefully follows the principles of scripture. A }{\cs2873\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  is also one who follows the principles of scripture and at the same time is a devotee of the Lord. One who actually follows the principles of
 scripture must be a devotee of God because all the }{\cs2873\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  instruct us to obey the 
orders of the Personality of Godhead. A }{\cs2873\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  therefore, is a follower of the scriptur
al injunctions and a devotee of the Lord. All good characteristics are prominent in a devotee, and he develops all the good qualities of the demigods, whereas a nondevotee, even though academically qualified, has no good qualifications or good characteri
stics according to the standard of transcendental realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are 8,400,000 life forms according to 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  and the }{\cs2873\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 same in all of them. The }{\cs2873\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  can understand this, as }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (5.18) indicates:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 }{\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  a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that a }{\cs2873\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 the same as a dog, but that the }{\cs2873\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 a 
spirit soul, and the dog is also a spirit soul. We are conditioned according to our different bodies, which are given by superior forces. Yamar\'e4ja offers the living entity a body according to his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma. Karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub netre\'eba}{\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  We have already discussed the point that bodies are awarded according to one's qualifications. If we acquire the qualities of a }{\cs2873\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 work as a }{\cs2873\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  we become a }{\cs2873\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 we act as a dog and do the work of a dog, we become a dog. Nor should one think that simply because one is born as a }{\cs2873\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  one is automatically a }{\cs2873\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  There are characteristics mentioned in }{\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  by which one can t
ell to which caste one belongs. \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 has also noted that birth is not everything. One has to acquire the qualities. Whatever body we may have, our position is temporary. We cannot remain in any position indefinitely. We may think th
at at present we are Americans and are very happy, and that's all right. We may chalk out our plans for continued happiness, but nature will not allow us to stay indefinitely. As soon as nature calls, we die and give up our post. Then we have to take the
 post of a dog, a cat, a demigod, a human being or whatever. We are now given a most exalted life form, that of a human being, but if we do not act accordingly, we have to take a lower body. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma\'eb\'e4 daiva-netre\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should therefore be very careful in this human form that our aim is to become devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the path of liberation. Previously, great 
personalities in India used to go to the forest in order to meditate to stop the repetition of birth and death. That is the highest occupation for man, and actually every man is meant for that. Unless we conquer repeated birth and death, we simply waste 
our lives like animals\'97eating, sleeping, defending and mating. People in this age especially cannot distinguish between animal life and human life. They think the difference is that animals sleep in the street and human beings sleep in nice apartments
. However, the }{\cs2873\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  do not define civilization in this way. Whether one sleeps in
 the street or in an apartment, the activity is the same. A dog may eat out of a garbage can, and a human being may eat on a golden plate, but this does not mean that they are engaged in different activities. In either case, both the dog and the man are 
taking food into their bodies. A dog may have sex in the street, and a human being may have sex in a very nice bed in a secluded place, but that does not change the activity. People are thinking that advancement of civilization means improving eating, sl
eeping, mating and defending, but actually these activities have nothing to do with civilization. They simply tighten our bondage to material life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is meant for }{\cs2873\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 for the satisfaction of the Supreme Person. We may perfect our activities, but our success lies in satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba by our talents. Presently we may be attached to material activity, but we should tra
nsfer that attachment to a }{\cs2873\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  Then our lives will be successful. Presently we are a
ttached to money, women, nice houses, country, society, friends, family and so forth. This attachment is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arjana\'e0 p\'e4\'e7u.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "rope." When w
e are bound with a rope, we are helpless, and now we are bound by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the thr
ee modes of material nature. The word }{\cs2873\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  also means "rope." We cannot free ourselves,
 for we are conditioned. We cannot move freely without the sanction of the supreme authority. It is generally said that not a blade of grass moves without God's sanction. Similarly, we cannot do anything without the supervision of a superior authority.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that God has to take personal supervision of this. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7akt
ir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate... na tasya k\'e4rya\'e0 kara\'eba\'e0 ca vidyate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7
vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (6.8), it is thus stated that the Supreme Lord does not have to act personally. He has many agents to perform everything for Him. We are so contr
olled that we are not even free to blink our eyes. We may be moving our hands very freely, but at any moment they can be immediately paralyzed. Presently I am claiming, "This is my hand." But what is this? The hand could be paralyzed immediately. This is
 conditioned life, and how can we improve it? Our business is to become liberated from all this conditioning. How is this possible? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa eva s\'e4dhu\'f1u k\'e5to mok\'f1a
-dv\'e4ram ap\'e4v\'e5tam}{\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  3.25.20). We have to turn our attachment from material things to a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu. 'S\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga', 's\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga'\'97sarva-\'e7\'e4stre }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaya}{\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 this is the advice of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. All }{\cs2873\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  advise us to associate with a }{\cs2873\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  Even C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita, the great politician, recommended: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tyaja durjana-sa\'e0sarga\'e0 bhaja s\'e4dhu-sam\'e4gamam.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One Vai\'f1\'ebava householder asked Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu what the duty of a householder is, and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu immediately replied, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat-sa\'ecga-ty\'e4ga\'97ei vai\'f1\'ebava-\'e4c\'e4ra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Don't associate with nondevotees, but search out a }{\cs2873
\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 " (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  22.54)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the present moment it is very difficult to avoid the company of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as\'e4dhus,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are not }{\cs2873\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  It is very difficult to find a }{\cs2873\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  for association. We have ther
efore started this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to create an association of }{\cs2873\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  so that people may take advantage and become liberated. There is no other purpose for this society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (6.47) that the first-class }{\cs2873\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  is 
one who is always thinking of Him. This process is not very difficult. We should always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but how is this possible? We think of our business, our dog, our family, our lovable object and so many other things. We have to think of som
ething; without thinking, we cannot remain. We simply have to divert our thoughts to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business to teach this, and one can learn this in the association of a }{\cs2873\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  Actually a }{\cs2873\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  will not teach anything else. }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4dau \'e7raddh\'e4 tata\'f9 s\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga\'f9}{\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 Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.4.15). This is the way to make spiritual advancement. One has to associate with a }{\cs2873\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  Often the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'e4dhu's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  task is a thankless one, but he has to be tolerant. Despite all the trouble a }{\cs2873\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  may encounter, he is very merciful upon fallen conditioned souls. He sees that people are suffering due to a lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and because he is al
ways thinking of the welfare of others, he is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suh\'e5t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Other people are always envious, b
ut the }{\cs2873\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  is always thinking how to save others from the clutches of }{\cs2873\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  A }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4
dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is kind not only to human beings but to cats, dogs, trees, plants and insects; he will hesitate even to kill one mosquito. He does not simply think, "I shall just take car
e of my brother." He looks on all living beings as his brothers because K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is the father of all living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because a }{\cs2873\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  lives in this way, he does not create enemies. If there are enemies, they become enemies out of their own character, not out of any provocation on the part of a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  simply teaches, "My dear human being, my dear friend, just surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Enemies arise due to man's envious nature. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita says that there are two envious animals\'97serpents and men. Althoug
h you may be faultless, either may kill you. Of the two, C\'e4\'ebakya pa\'eb\'f2ita says that the envious man is more dangerous because a serpent can be subdued by chanting a }{\cs2873\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 by some herbs, but an envious man cannot be so subdued. In Kali-yuga, practically everyone is envious, but we have to tolerate this.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Envious people create many impediments to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, but we have to tolerate them. There is no alternative. One must be peaceful and
 depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all circumstances. These are the ornaments of a }{\cs2873\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  We 
should find a }{\cs2873\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  and associate with him. Then our path of liberation will be open.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the next verse, Lord Kapila further explains the activities of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 22
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 22
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy ananyena bh\'e4vena\line bhakti\'e0 kurvanti ye d\'e5\'f2h\'e4m\line mat-k\'e5te tyakta-karm\'e4\'ebas\line tyakta-svajana-
b\'e4ndhav\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Such a s\'e4dhu engages in staunch devotional service to the Lord without deviation. For the sake of the Lord he r
enounces all other connections, such as family relationships and friendly acquaintances within the world.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.22}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person in the renounced order of life, a }{\cs2873\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 also called a }{\cs2873\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  beca
use he renounces everything\'97his home, his comfort, his friends, his relatives and his duties to friends and to family. He renounces everything for the sake of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A }{\cs2873\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 generally in the renounced order of life, but his renunciation will be successful only when his energy is employed in the s
ervice of the Lord with great austerity. It is said here, therefore, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti\'e0 kurvanti ye d\'e5\'f2h\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A person who seriously engages in the service of the Lord and is in the renounced order of life is a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is one who has given up all r
esponsibility to society, family and worldly humanitarianism, simply for the service of the Lord. As soon as he takes his birth in the world, a person has many responsibilities and obligations\'97to the public, demigods, great sages, general living being
s, parents, forefathers and many others. When he gives up all these obligations for the service of the Supreme Lord, he is not punished for his renunciation. But if for sense gratification a person renounces these obligations, he is punished by the law o
f nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all the }{\cs2873\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  say that our only obligation is to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If we take to His service, we are no longer obliged to anyone. We are free. How is this possible? By almighty God's power. A man may be condem
ned to death, but if a president or a king excuses him, he is saved. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's final instruction in }{\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  is to surrender everything to Him. We can sacrifice our life, wealth and intelligence, and this is called }{\cs2873\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  Everyone has some intelligence, and everyone uses his intelligence in one way or another. Generally people use their intelligence in trying to gratify their senses, but even an ant can d
o this. We should try to gratify not our senses but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses. Then we become perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to learn this purificatory process from a }{\cs2873\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  Inasmuch as we try to gratify our senses, we become attached to the material world. We may render service to the }{\cs2873\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  or to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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  is the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He will never say, "Serve me," but will say, "Serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Therefore we have to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the }{\cs2873\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  This is confirmed by the Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\cs2873\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  Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ch\'e4diy\'e4 vai\'f1\'ebava-}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sev\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nist\'e4ra p\'e4yeche keb\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We cannot directly approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba; we have to go through the transparent via media, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are after material concessions go to different demigods. They take something from \'c7iva, Durg\'e4, K\'e4l\'e9, Ga\'ebe\'e7a, S\'fcrya and whomever. Howe
ver, it was the goddess P\'e4rvat\'e9 who asked Lord \'c7iva, "What is the best type of worship?" Lord \'c7iva advised, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4dhan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0 vi
\'f1\'ebor \'e4r\'e4dhana\'e0 param}{\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 Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). "My dear P\'e4rvat\'e9, of all kinds of worship, worship of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the best." Then he added: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4t paratara
\'e0 devi tad\'e9y\'e4n\'e4\'e0 samarcanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "And even better than the worship of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the worship of a Vai\'f1\'ebava, a devotee."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual life begins with the association of a devotee, a }{\cs2873\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  One cannot progress an inch without the mercy of a }{\cs2873\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  Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has also indicated this:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nai\'f1\'e4\'e0 matis t\'e4vad urukram\'e4\'ecghri\'e0\line sp\'e5\'e7aty anarth\'e4pagamo yad-artha\'f9\line mah\'e9yas\'e4\'e0
 p\'e4da-rajo-'bhi\'f1eka\'e0\line ni\'f1ki\'efcan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 na v\'e5\'eb\'e9ta y\'e4vat
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Unless they smear upon their bodies the dust of the lotus feet of a Vai\'f1\'ebava completely freed from material contamination, 
persons very much inclined toward materialistic life cannot be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord, who is glorified for His uncommon activities. Only by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord in this way ca
n one be freed from material contamination." (}{\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 7.5.32) Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu asked Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "My dear son Prahl\'e4da, how have you become so advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?" Although Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was a demon, he was nonetheless inq
uisitive. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja replied, "My dear father, O best of the }{\cs2873\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  one can recei
ve K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness only from the instructions of a }{\cs2873\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 cannot attain it simply 
by speculating. Ordinary men do not know that their ultimate destination is to return to Vi\'f1\'ebu." In the material world, people are always hoping for something. They hope against hope, yet their hopes will never be fulfilled. People are trying to be
come happy by adjusting the external energy, but they do not know that happiness cannot be achieved without approaching God. People are thinking, "I must first of all see to my own interest." That's all right, but what is that interest? That they do not 
know. People are thinking that by adjusting the material energy they will be happy, and everyone is trying this individually, collectively or nationally. In any case, it is not possible. People will ultimately be frustrated. Why attempt a process that wi
ll ultimately meet with frustration? It is therefore said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ad\'e4nta-gobhir vi\'e7at\'e4\'e0 tamisra\'e0 puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'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\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 7.5.30). People are being baffled in so many ways because they cannot control their senses. Their only possibility of rescue is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore in this verse it is said: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy ananyena bh\'e4vena bhakti\'e0 kurvanti ye d\'e5\'f2h\'e4m.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja simply thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because of this, he had to undergo a great deal of trouble given by his father. Material nature will no
t give us freedom very easily. If we become strong enough to try to capture the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\cs2873\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 try to keep us under her clutches. However, if one gives up everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake, }{\cs2873\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  can have no effect. The most excellent example of this is the }{\cs2873\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  They gave up everything\'97family, prestige and honor\'97just to follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the highest perfection, but that is not possible for ordinary living entities. We should, however, follow th
e Gosv\'e4m\'e9s in their determination to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was an important minister in the government of Hussain Shah, but he gave up everything to follow \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He adop
ted the life of a mendicant and lived under a different tree every night. One may ask, "After giving up material enjoyment, how can one live?" The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s lived by dipping into the ocean of the transcendental loving affairs between K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
and the }{\cs2873\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  Since that was their asset, they could live very peacefully. We cannot s
imply give up everything. We will become mad if we try to give up everything without having staunch faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yet if we find K\'e5\'f1\'eba's association, we can easily give up our opulent positions\'97our family, business and everything. 
However, that requires }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  association with a }{\cs2873\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 devotee. When we a
ssociate with a devotee, the day will eventually come when we can give up everything and become liberated persons, fit to return home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presently we are attached to material enjoyment, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba even gives us a chance to gratify our senses. He lets us enjoy ourselves to the fullest extent b
ecause we have come to this material world to enjoy sense gratification. However, this is called }{\cs2873\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. It is not really enjoyment, but simply struggle. When one realizes that he is simply struggling life after life, that there is actually no real enjoyment in the material world, one becomes a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That 
realization requires knowledge, and that knowledge can be acquired by association with a }{\cs2873\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 devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Freedom from this struggle with material existence is further explained by Lord Kapila in the next verse.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 23
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 23
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-\'e4\'e7ray\'e4\'f9 kath\'e4 m\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4\'f9\line \'e7\'e5\'ebvanti kathayanti ca\line tapanti vividh\'e4s t\'e4p\'e4
\line nait\'e4n mad-gata-cetasa\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Engaged constantly in chanting and hearing about Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the s\'e4dhus do not suff
er from material miseries because they are always filled with thoughts of My pastimes and activities.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.23}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are multifarious miseries in material existence\'97those pertaining to the body and the mind, those imposed by other living entities and those imposed by natu
ral disturbances. But a }{\cs2873\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  is not disturbed by such miserable conditions because his
 mind is always filled with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and thus he does not like to talk about anything but the activities of the Lord. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ambar\'e9\'f1a did not speak of anything but the pastimes of the Lord. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vac\'e4\'e0si }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaiku\'eb\'f6ha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebane.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He engaged his words only in glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ordinary conditioned souls, being forgetful of the activities of the
 Lord, are always full of anxieties and material tribulations. On the other hand, since the devotees always engage in the topics of the Lord, they are forgetful of the miseries of material existence. Thus they differ from other living entities, who are s
imply suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no one in the world materially engaged who can boldly say, "I am not suffering." I challenge anyone to say this. Everyone in the material world is sufferin
g in some way or another. If not, why are so many drugs being advertised? On the television they are always advertising tranquilizers and pain killers, and in America and in other Western countries they are so advanced that there are dozens of tablets fo
r various pains. Therefore there must be some suffering. Actually, anyone who has a material body has to accept suffering. There are three types of suffering in the material world: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4dhy\'e4tmika, \'e4dhibhautika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dhidaivika. \'c4dhy\'e4tmika}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the body and mind. Today I have a headache or some pain in my back, or my mind is not very quiet. These are sufferings called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4dhy\'e4tmika.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are other forms of suffering called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4dhibhautika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which are sufferings imposed by other living entities. Apart from this, there are sufferings called }{\cs2873\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  over which we have no control whatsoever. These are caused by the demigods or acts of nature, and include famine, pestilen
ce, flood, excessive heat or excessive cold, earthquakes, fire and so on. Nonetheless, we are thinking that we are very happy within this material world, although in addition to these threefold miseries there is also birth, old age, disease and death. So
 where is our happiness? Because we are under the spell of }{\cs2873\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 thinking tha
t our position is very secure. We are thinking, "Let us enjoy life," but what kind of enjoyment is this?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Obviously we have to tolerate suffering. One of the characteristics of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4d
hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is tolerance. Everyone is tolerant to a degree, but a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tolerance and an ordinary man's tolerance are different. This is because a }{\cs2873\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  knows that he is not the body. According to a Bengali Vai\'f1\'ebava song: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deha-sm\'e5ti n\'e4hi y\'e4ra sa\'e0s
\'e4ra-bandhana k\'e4h\'e4\'ec t\'e4ra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we properly understand that we are not the body, although we may suffer, we will not feel the suffering as acutely. For instance, if one thinks, "This is my car,
" and is very attached to it, he suffers more when it is wrecked than a person who thinks, "It can be repaired, or I can leave it." It is a question of mental absorption. Because he is more like an animal, a materialist suffers more. The devotee, on the 
other hand, takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba's advice in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.14):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 appea
rance 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In summer we suffer, and in winter we suffer. In the summer, fire brings suffering, and in the winter the same fire is pleasing. Similarly, in the winter, water is 
suffering, but in the summer it is pleasing. The water and the fire are the same, but sometimes they are pleasing, sometimes they are not. This is due to the touch of the skin. We all have some "skin disease," which is the body, and therefore we are suff
ering. Because we have become such rascals, we are thinking, "I am this body." According to the \'c4yur-vedic system, the body is composed of three material elements: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka
pha-pitta-v\'e4yu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The more we are in the bodily conception, the more we suffer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presently so many "ism's" are being developed according to the bodily conception\'97nationalism, communism, socialism, communalism and so on. In Calcutta during the
 1947 Hindu-Muslim riots, there was more suffering because everyone was thinking, "I am a Hindu" or "I am a Muslim." But, if one is advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he will not fight according to such conceptions, A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pers
on knows that he is neither Hindu nor Muslim but the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because people are being educated to become more body conscious, their sufferings are increasing. If we reduce the bodily conception, suffering will also be reduced. 
Those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, who are always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within their minds and within their hearts, are not suffering as much because they know that whatever they might suffer is due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire. Therefore they we
lcome suffering. For instance, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was leaving, Queen Kunt\'e9 said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when we were in a dangerous situation, You were always present as our friend and adviser. Now we are well situated with our kingdom, and now You
 are leaving for Dv\'e4rak\'e4. This is not good. It is better that we again suffer so that we can always remember You." Thus the devotee sometimes welcomes suffering as an opportunity to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba constantly. When a devotee suffers, he thi
nks, "This is due to my past misdeeds. Actually I should be suffering a great deal, but due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace I am suffering just a little. After all, suffering and enjoyment are in the mind." In this way, a devotee is not greatly affected by suf
fering, and this is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a five-year-old boy, had to undergo a great deal of suffering at the hands of his father, who was torturing him for being a devotee. The
 boy was trampled by elephants, thrown from a mountain, placed in burning oil and thrown into a snake pit, yet he was silent during this whole ordeal. Similarly, Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, a Muhammadan by birth, was a very great devotee and was always ch
anting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That was his only fault. However, the Muslim Kazi called him forth and said, "You are a Muhammadan, born in a great Muhammadan family, yet you are chanting this Hindu Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  What is this?" Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura mildly replied, "My dear sir, there are many Hindus who have become Muhammada
ns. Suppose I have become a Hindu? What is wrong with this?" The Kazi became very angry and ordered Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura to be whipped in twenty-two bazaars. This essentially meant that he was to be beaten to death, but because he was such a great d
evotee he did not actually feel the pain. Although a devotee may sometimes have to suffer, he tolerates the suffering. At the same time, he is very kind to conditioned souls and tries to elevate them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is one of the pr
imary features of a devotee's life. People are always putting a }{\cs2873\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  into difficulties
, but he does not give up his job, which is to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that others may become happy. It was Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja who said: "My Lord, I am not suffering, for I know the art of being happy." How is this? "Simply by hear
ing about You and chanting about You I am happy." This is the business of a devotee\'97hearing and chanting about the Lord. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Now this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is taking place all over the world through the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even in ordinary life it is possible for the mind to be absorbed in such a way that even a surgical operation may not disturb a man. Years ago, when Stalin had to u
ndergo a surgical operation, he refused the use of chloroform. If this is possible even in an ordinary materialistic life, what to speak of spiritual life? One's mind should always be absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's injunction, "Always think of Me." The European and American youths in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement have been accustomed to many bad habits since birth, but now they have given these up. Many people think that it is 
impossible to live without illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. One famous Marquess told one of my Godbrothers, "Please make me a }{\cs2873\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 Godbrother said, "Yes, it is not a very difficult thing. Simply give up these bad habits\'97intoxication, illicit sex, meat-eating and gambling. Then you can become a }{\cs2873
\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 Marquess then said, "Impossible! This is our life." Actually we have seen that
 in Western countries older men cannot give up these habits, and because of this they are suffering, yet many young boys and girls have given them up, and there is no suffering. This is due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is open to everyone. Everyone has heard of the }{\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  We can attain perfection simply by following the instructions given in this book. It is not necessary to abandon our responsibilities. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ambar\'e9\'f1a was a gr
eat emperor administering to his kingdom, yet at the same time he spoke only of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu requested that His devotees only talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we simply talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and hear about Him, the stage will c
ome when we will no longer suffer. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\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  The living entity and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are both }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamaya,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  transcendentally blissful. On that platform, there is no possibility of material suffering. It is not a question of displaying some magical feats. The greatest magic is freedom from 
suffering, and this is the freedom of a devotee. When we feel pleasure from hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and talking about Him, we should know that we are making progress on the path of perfection. At that time, material suffering will not be felt at all
. This is the practical effect of rendering devotional service, which Lord Kapila is pointing out to His mother.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 24
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 24
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta ete s\'e4dhava\'f9 s\'e4dhvi\line sarva-sa\'ecga-vivarjit\'e4\'f9\line sa\'ecgas te\'f1v atha te pr\'e4rthya\'f9\line sa\'ecg
a-do\'f1a-har\'e4 hi te
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O My mother, O virtuous lady, these are the qualities of great devotees who are free from all attachment. You must
 seek attachment to such holy men, for this counteracts the pernicious effects of material attachment.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.24}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapila Muni herein advises His mother, Devah\'fcti, that if she wants to be free from material attachment, she should increase her attachment for the }{\cs2873\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  or devotees who are completely freed from all material attachment. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (15.5) it is stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirm\'e4na-moh\'e4 jita-sa\'ecga-do\'f1\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This refers to one who is completely freed from the puffed up condition of material possessiveness. A pers
on may be materially very rich or respectable, but if he at all wants to transfer himself to the spiritual kingdom, back home, back to Godhead, he has to be freed from material possessiveness because that is a false position.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub moha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  used here means the false understanding that one is rich or poor. In this material world, the conception that one is very rich or very poor\'97or any such consciousness in connection with material existence\'97is false, because this body
 itself is temporary. A pure soul who is prepared to be freed from this material entanglement must first be free from the association of the three modes of nature. Our consciousness at the present moment is polluted because of association with the three 
modes of nature; therefore in }{\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  the same principle is stated. It is advi
sed, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jita-sa\'ecga-do\'f1\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one should be freed from the contaminated association o
f the three modes. Here also, in the }{\cs2873\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 confirmed: a pure
 devotee, who is preparing to transfer himself to the spiritual kingdom, is also freed from the association of the three modes. We have to seek the association of such devotees. For this reason we have begun the International Society for Krishna Consciou
sness. There are many mercantile and scientific associations in human society established to develop a particular type of education or consciousness, but there is no association which helps one to get free from all material association. If anyone wishes 
to become free from this material contamination, he has to seek the association of devotees, wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is exclusively cultured.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because a devotee is freed from all contaminated material association, he is not affected by the miseries of material existence, even though he appears to be in the
 material world. How is it possible? A cat carries her kittens in her mouth, and when she kills a rat, she also carries the booty in her mouth. Thus both are carried in the mouth of the cat, but they are in different conditions. The kitten feels comfort 
in the mouth of the mother, whereas when the rat is carried in the mouth of the cat, the rat feels the blows of death. Similarly, those who are }{\cs2873\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  or devotees engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord, do not feel the contamination of material miseries, whereas those who are not devotees in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness actu
ally feel the miseries of material existence. One should therefore give up the association of materialistic persons and seek the association of those engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By such association one will be benefited by spiritual advancem
ent. By their words and instructions, one will be able to cut off his attachment to material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this Kali-yuga, the present age, the dangerous modes of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
passion and ignorance, are especially prominent. Practically everyone in this age is contaminated by lusty desire, greed and ignorance. It is said in the }{\cs2873\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  that in this age of Kali, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the mode of goodness, is practically nonexistent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Fourteenth Chapter of }{\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  nicely explains how one can free oneself of contamination by the material modes. Now Kapiladeva advises, "Mother, if you want to get rid of the contamination of material nature, you should associate with 
a }{\cs2873\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 " Attachment to the material modes brings about our bondage. If we want to be f
ree from this bondage, we have to transfer our attachment to a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually everyone is attached to something. No one can say that he is free from attachment. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da and Buddhist philosophies tell us to become detach
ed, but this in itself is not possible. A child is attached to playing in so many ways, but gradually his attachments should be transferred to reading and going to school to acquire an education. It is a question not of stopping attachment but of transfe
rring it. If one simply tries to put an end to attachment, he will become mad. Something must be given in the place of attachment. For instance, we tell our disciples to stop eating meat, but how is this meat-eating stopped? In the place of meat, we are 
supplying }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kacaur\'e9s, rasagull\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and many other palatable things. In this way, detachme
nt is possible. First of all, nullify the inferior attachment, and then supply a better attachment. There is no question of forcing a living entity. This must be done gradually. A child may have some attachment, but by the system of replacing attachment,
 his attachment is overturned. Similarly, our consciousness has somehow or other become contaminated. Now it has to be purified. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will automatically arise and awaken.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is our original consciousness, but somehow or other it has become covered by material attachment. The question is how to give up materi
al attachment and become attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The process is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'ecg
a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  association with a }{\cs2873\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  We have many attachments in this material world, but we cannot make these attachments void. We simply have to purify them. Some say that if the eye is diseased, it should be plucked out, but that is not treatment. Treatment is removi
ng the disease. Somehow or other there is a cataract, and if the cataract is removed, one's eyesight will be revived. We have many desires, but we have to divert these desires to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. For instance, we may be very attached to making m
oney; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Yes, go ahead and conduct your business. There is no harm. Simply give Me the results." As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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 p
erform, should be done as an offering unto Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the beginning of }{\cs2873\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  If we conduct business and earn money, we should spend it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is a form of }{\cs2873\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  Another vivid example is Arjuna, who was a fighter. By fighting, he became a devotee. He did not become a devotee by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba but by fighting in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba advised him to fight, but because Arjuna was a Vai\'f1\'ebava, in the beginning he was unwilling. A Vai\'f1\'ebava does not like to kill anything, but if K\'e5\'f1\'eba orders him, he must fight. He does not fight out of his own will, becau
se a Vai\'f1\'ebava's natural instinct is not to do harm to anyone. However, when a Vai\'f1\'ebava knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants a particular thing done, he does not care for his own considerations. In any case, everyone has some particular type of dut
y, an occupation. If we perform our occupation in the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our life will be perfect. This is also the instruction given in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (1.2.13):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ata\'f9 pumbhir dvija-\'e7re\'f1\'f6h\'e4\line var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9\line svanu\'f1\'f6hitasya dharmasya\line 
sa\'e0siddhir hari-to\'f1a\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O best of the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescri
bed for one's own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to please the Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Formerly, the }{\cs2873\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  was prominent, and everyone had a particular duty according to his position in society. Now the occupational duties have expanded, but it doesn't matter whether one is an engineer, a doctor or whatever. Simply try
 to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the results of work. That is }{\cs2873\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  It is not the philosophy 
of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to disengage people from their activities. One should engage in his occupation, but one should never forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises us to always become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, and we should a
lways think that we are acting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, we should work by the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative, not whimsically. If we perform some nonsensical action and think, "I am doing this for K\'e5\'f1\'eba," that will not be ac
cepted. The work must be verified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's acceptance or by the acceptance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative. Arjuna did not fight without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's order; therefore we must receive our orders also. We may say, "I cannot find K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. How can I follow His order?" It is the role of the }{\cs2873\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  to impart K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's orders. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative is the }{\cs2873\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  Kapiladeva advises His 
mother to associate with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhus.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have described the symptoms of a }{\cs2873\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  and we have stated that a }{\cs2873\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  shoul
d be accepted by his characteristics. It is not that we accept anyone who comes along and says, "I am a }{\cs2873\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 " The characteristics of a }{\cs2873\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  have to be present. Similarly
, it is not that anyone is accepted who comes along and says, "I am an incarnation of God." There are characteristics of God given in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras. }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4dhu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
association with a }{\cs2873\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  is very essential in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. People are
 suffering due to contamination by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba.}{\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 s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  teaches one how to remain purely in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by truthfulness, cleanliness, mind control, sense control, simplicity, tolerance, and full faith and knowledge. These are some of the characteristics of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Instead of thinking, "Unless I have a drink, I will go mad," one should think, "Unless I associate with a }{\cs2873\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  I will go mad." When we can think in this way, we will become liberated. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has stated that He wants every village in
 the entire world to be a center for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that people can take advantage of }{\cs2873\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  and in turn become }{\cs2873\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  This is the mission of this K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We simply have to voluntarily undergo some penance in the beginning. It may be a little painful in the beginning to refrain from illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling, but one has to be tolerant. To be cure
d of a disease, we may have to agree to undergo some surgical operation. Although the operation may be very painful, we have to tolerate it. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub titik\'f1ava
\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At the same time, we have to be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ru\'ebik\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that is, we have to take compassion upon fallen souls by going from town to town to enlighten others in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  duty. Those who are preachers are superior to those who go to the Himalayas to meditate. It is good to go to the Himalayas to medi
tate for one's personal benefit, but those who undergo many difficulties in order to preach are superior. They are actually fighting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake, and they are certainly more compassionate. Those }{\cs2873\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  who leave V\'e5nd\'e4vana to go fight in the world, to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, are superior }{\cs2873\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  This is the opinion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (18.68-69):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya ida\'e0 parama\'e0 guhya\'e0\line mad-bhakte\'f1v abhidh\'e4syati\line bhakti\'e0 mayi par\'e4\'e0 k\'e5tv\'e4\line m\'e4m ev
ai\'f1yaty asa\'e0\'e7aya\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na ca tasm\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u\line ka\'e7cin me priya-k\'e5ttama\'f9\line bhavit\'e4 na ca me tasm\'e4d\line anya\'f9 priyatar
o bhuvi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we want to be quickly recognized by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we should become preachers. This is also the message of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. It is not that one 
should remain in India; rather, one should travel all over the world to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The }{\cs2873\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  is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suh\'e5t;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he is the well-wisher of everyone. This do
es not mean that he is a well-wisher for an Indian nationalist or whatever. No, he is a well-wisher even of cats and dogs. A devotee even wishes to benefit cats and dogs by giving them }{\cs2873\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  Once, when devotees from Bengal were going to see Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, a dog began to follow them, and the leader of the party, \'c7iv\'e4nanda 
Sena, was giving }{\cs2873\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 dog. When they had to cross a river, the boatman would 
not take the dog, but \'c7iv\'e4nanda Sena paid him more money and said, "Please take this dog. He is a Vai\'f1\'ebava, for he has joined our company. How can we leave him behind?" Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself actually threw some of His food to the dog
, and in this way the dog attained Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only is a }{\cs2873\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  everyone's well-wisher, but he is not an enemy of anyone. He is also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  peaceful. These are the preliminary characteristics of a }{\cs2873\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  He
 is also attached to no one but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayy ananyena bh\'e4vena.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These are the ex
ternal and internal symptoms of a devotee. A devotee also respects the demigods because he knows their position in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs3545\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  (5.44), the Goddess Durg\'e4 is worshiped as the external energy, or potency, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6i-sthiti-pralaya-s\'e4dhana-\'e7aktir ek\'e4\line ch\'e4yeva yasya bhuvan\'e4ni bibharti durg\'e4\line icch\'e4nur
\'fcpam api yasya ca ce\'f1\'f6ate s\'e4\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The external potency, }{\cs2873\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  who is of the nature of the shadow of the }{\cs2873\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  spiritual, potency, is worshiped by all people as Durg\'e4, the creating, preserving and destroying agency of this mundane world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, in accordance with whose will Durg\'e4 conducts herself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Goddess Durg\'e4 is so powerful that she can create, maintain and annihilate. However, she cannot act independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She is like a shadow of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. A }{\cs2873\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  knows that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nature, is working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction. Similarly, a policeman knows that he is not working independently but under 
government orders. This knowledge is required in order that the policeman, who has some power, will not think that he has become God. No, God is not so cheap. God has multienergies, and one of these energies is Durg\'e4. It is not that she is all and all
, for there are many millions of Durg\'e4s, just as there are many millions of \'c7ivas and millions of universes. Although there are millions of demigods, God is one. It is not that there are a million Gods. Of course, God can expand in millions of form
s, but that is different. A devotee offers respects to the demigods as the assistants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not as the supreme power. One who does not know God as He is considers the demigods to be supreme. Such people are less intellige
nt. A devotee offers respects to the demigods, but he knows that the Supreme Lord is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\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  Actually a }{\cs2873\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 Vai\'f1\'ebava, offers respects to everyone, and he is ready to give up relatives and everything else for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake. A }{\cs2873\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  simply takes pleasure in hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and talking about Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many pastimes enacted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He fights and kills demons, and He performs His pastimes with the }{\cs2873\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  He plays as a cowherd boy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and as King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. There are many books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{
\cs2873\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  and this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has already publishe
d many of them. Apart 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  which is spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can 
read these other books. In this way, one can learn the art of becoming a }{\cs2873\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  Simply 
by hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and speaking about Him, we will be immediately relieved from the suffering of this material condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated in this verse:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta ete s\'e4dhava\'f9 s\'e4dhvi\line sarva-sa\'ecga-vivarjit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These symptoms are visible when one no longer has material attachment. A }{\cs2873\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  does not think himself Hindu, Muslim, Christian, American, Indian or whatever. A }{\cs2873\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  simply thinks, "I am the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has said, "I am not a }{\cs2873\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  or whatever. I am simply the servant of the servant of the servant of 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pady\'e4val\'e9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  74}{\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 ." One need only learn th
is process in order to render the best service to humanity.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 12: Association with the Supreme Lord Through Hearing
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER TWELVE\line Association 
with the Supreme Lord Through Hearing
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 25-26
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXTS 25-26
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat\'e4\'e0 prasa\'ecg\'e4n mama v\'e9rya-sa\'e0vido\line bhavanti h\'e5t-kar\'eba-ras\'e4yan\'e4\'f9 kath\'e4\'f9\line taj jo
\'f1a\'eb\'e4d \'e4\'e7v apavarga-vartmani\line \'e7raddh\'e4 ratir bhaktir anukrami\'f1yati
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 pum\'e4\'ef j\'e4ta-vir\'e4ga aindriy\'e4d\line d\'e5\'f1\'f6a-\'e7rut\'e4n mad-racan\'e4nucintay\'e4\line cittasya y
atto graha\'ebe yoga-yukto\line yati\'f1yate \'e5jubhir yoga-m\'e4rgai\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service b
egin.
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Thus consciously engaged in devotional service in the association of devotees, a person gains distaste for sense g
ratification, both in this world and in the next, by constantly thinking about the activities of the Lord. This process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the easiest process of mystic power; when one is actually situated on that path of devotional servi
ce, he is able to control the mind.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.25}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  / 26}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service is described here. The first point is that one must seek the association of persons 
who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and who engage in devotional service. Without such association one cannot advance. Simply by theoretical knowledge or study one cannot make any appreciable advancement. One must give up the association of materialistic pe
rsons and seek the association of devotees because without such association one cannot understand the activities of the Lord. Generally, people are convinced of the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth. Because they do not associate with devotees, th
ey cannot understand that the Absolute Truth can be a person and have personal activities. This is a very difficult subject matter, and unless one has personal understanding of the Absolute Truth, there is no meaning to devotion. Service or devotion cann
ot be offered to anything impersonal. Service must be offered to a person. Nondevotees cannot appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by reading the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or any other Vedic literature wherein the activities of the Lord are described; they think that these activities are fictional, because spiritual life is not explained 
to them in the proper mood. To understand the personal activities of the Lord, one has to seek the association of devotees, and by such association, when one contemplates and tries to understand the transcendental activities of the Lord, the path to libe
ration is open, and he is freed. One who has firm faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes fixed, and his attraction for association with the Lord and the devotees increases. Association with devotees means association with the Lord. The devot
ee who makes this association develops the consciousness for rendering service to the Lord, and then, being situated in the transcendental position of devotional service, he gradually becomes perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In all scriptures people are encouraged to act in a pious way so that they can enjoy sense gratification not only in this life but also in the next. For example, on
e is promised promotion to the heavenly kingdom of higher planets by pious fruitive activities. But a devotee in the association of devotees prefers to contemplate the activities of the Lord\'97how He has created this universe, how He is maintaining it, 
how the creation dissolves, and how in the spiritual kingdom the Lord's pastimes are enacted. There are full literatures describing these activities, especially }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4, Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\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 sincere devotee who associates with devotees gets the opportunity to hear and contemplate these subjects, and the result is that he feels distaste for so-called happiness in this or that world,
 in heaven or on other planets. The devotees are simply interested in being transferred to the personal association of the Lord; they are no longer attracted to temporary so-called happiness. That is the position of one who is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-yukta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who is fixed in mystic power is not disturbed by the allurement of this world or that world; he is i
nterested in spiritual understanding. This is very easily attained by the easiest process, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. \'c5jubhir yoga-m\'e4rgai\'f9}{\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 Bh\'e4g.}{\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 3.25.26}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A very suitable word used here is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5jubhi\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or "very easy." There are different processes of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4rga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attaining }{\cs2873\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  perfection, but this process, devotional service to the Lord, is the easiest. Not only is it the easiest process, but the result is sublime. Everyone, therefore, should try this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness a
nd reach the highest perfection.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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  means "existence," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "that which does not exist," that which is temporary. The material world is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  therefore the }{\cs2873\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  enjoin: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asato m\'e4 sad gamaya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Do not 
remain within this material world." Those who are interested in materialistic life are also called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  When asked how a Vai\'f1\'ebava behaves, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat-sa\'ecga-ty\'e4ga\'97ei vai\'f1\'ebava-\'e4c\'e4ra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "A devotee first of all avoids the company of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are materially interested." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  22.87) We have esta
blished this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in order to avoid }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat-sa\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  associ
ation with those who are interested in material things. Because we are associating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we do not wish to talk about anything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everyone is interested in this business or that, and we are exclusively interested in our K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness business. Those who are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are very much attached to sense g
ratification, and the culmination of sense gratification is sex.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  recommends that one should not hear }{\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  the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  or any }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub hari-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from anyone who is not a Vai\'f1\'ebava in his actions. That means that we should not hear these Vedic literatures from the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s
, who actually do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How can one not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord and yet dare to speak on }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We will never derive any benefit from listening to the commentaries of such people. }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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  should be heard from the devotees. We can hear }{\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  from M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s for hundreds of years and yet never understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is therefore forbidden for Vai\'f1\'ebavas to hear talks given by M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-kath\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  talks about \'c7r\'e9 Hari, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nectar. If one hears them from the right source, he attains }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta (so 'm\'e5tatv\'e4ya kalpate). M\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "birth and death," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the cessation of birth and death." Spiritual life means putting an end to birth, old age, disease and death. G
etting }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nectar, means getting relief from birth and death, and that is the real a
im of spiritual life. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.16) that spiritua
l life begins when one is pious:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub catur-vidh\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line jan\'e4\'f9 suk\'e5tino 'rjuna\line \'e4rto jij\'ef\'e4sur arth\'e4rth\'e9\line j\'ef\'e4
n\'e9 ca bharatar\'f1abha
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O best among the Bh\'e4ratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me\'97the distressed, the desirer o
f wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we actually want to become pious and develop our devotional life, we have to associate unflinchingly with a }{\cs2873\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  Then we can acquire some taste for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we discuss K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a }{\cs2873\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  the discussion becomes very pleasing, and we develop some taste, which is called }{\cs2873\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  or mellow. }{\cs2873\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  is the enjoyment we derive from drinking something very nice when we are thirsty. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has instructed us to think of Him when drinking water. This is not very difficult. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba also tells us to think of Him when we see sunlight in the morning. Why do we say, "Can you show me God?" God is showing us Himself. Why do we close our eyes to try to see Him? He says, "I am this, and I am that." It is not that suddenly we can 
expect to see God, but we can become qualified to see God through the association of a }{\cs2873\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  Presently many people are interested in receiving degrees from big universities, but education without God consciousness is simply an expansion of }{\cs2873\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  influence. Because knowledge is taken away by illusion, the universities are simply presenting impediments on the path of God consciousness. The living entity is alread
y illusioned when he comes into the material world, and so-called advanced education simply increases his illusion. Trying to become happy in this temporary, material life, the living entity has forgotten that he is the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 Even if one becomes happy in this temporary life, his happiness is an illusion because no one is allowed to stay and enjoy his happiness. These points have to be understood in the association of devotees. A devotee knows everything because he has seen t
he Supreme Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the goal of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta-dar\'e7ana? Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "knowledge," and }{\cs2873\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 "ultim
ate." What is that ultimate knowledge? In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (15.15) \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedyo\line ved\'e4nta-k\'e5d veda-vid eva c\'e4ham
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By all the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 am the knower of the }{\cs2873\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\cb1\nosupersub If we listen to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and understand what and who He is, we can actually understand }{\cs2873\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 we do not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba but advertise ourselves as Ved\'e4ntists, we are just being illusioned. Without understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, one is actually a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a fool. People do not know it, but actually anyone in the
 material world is more or less a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for unless we are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we do not come into the material world. From Brahm\'e4 down to the smallest ant, we are all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of different degrees. In order to become really learned, we have to associate with devotees. Then we can actually relish }{\cs2873\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  When discussed among devotees, }{\cs2873\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  is pleasing to the heart and ear. This requires a little training, and this training is given by the devotees. We sho
uld follow the devotees in their practical daily life, in their routine work and behavior. Cultivation means practice, and the great }{\cs2873\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  have given a routine we can cultivate. For instance, }{\cs2873\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 \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 deals with the cultivation of devotional service, and this book, which we have translated, has been very well received in European and American universities. }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, The Nectar of Devotion,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the actual science of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not sentiment; it is a great science, and we have to learn it scientifically. It is not th
at we have to wait for another life to cultivate devotional service. We can read }{\cs2873\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  live with devotees, rise early in the morning to attend }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4rati,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  study Vedic literature, take }{\cs2873\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 preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 very strong, and to begin devotional service is to declare war ag
ainst }{\cs2873\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  Some of the devotees in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement may f
all down, but whatever is done sincerely is to their permanent credit. This is confirmed in }{\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  If one renders a little devotional service, he does not fall down into the lower species but again attains a human form. There are 8,400,000 species, but the fallen devotee is guaranteed a human life. If one becomes K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious, he is assured of a good birth in the next life. However, if one completes his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this life, he will not take birth again but will go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is what is actually wanted. Why take the chance of 
being born into a rich family or a }{\cs2873\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? Actually, such a birth is quite 
risky because there is really no guarantee. Generally, those who are rich don't care at all for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and those who are born in }{\cs2873\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  families generally become puffed-up, thinking, "I am a }{\cs2873\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 born in a very high family." Thinking this brings about their falldown. It is said that pride precedes a fall. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is by nature very humble.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are the chances one takes when one becomes a human being. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is personally advising us to take up the opportunities offered by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness movement. We should take them and not run the risk of committing spiritual suicide.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the process for understanding the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Person, the Supreme Being. In the Absolute, there are no contradictions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name
, form, activities, paraphernalia and attributes are identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the meaning of absolute. There is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's hands and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's legs are nondifferen
t. In the material world, there is a difference between our left hand and our right hand, between the nose and the ear, but these dualities do not exist in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the meaning of absolute. As stated in }{\cs3545\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  (5.32):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth and substantiality, and is thus full of t
he most dazzling 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." The different
 parts of our bodies serve different purposes, but any limb of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body can serve any purpose. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can eat through His eyes, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba can go somewhere simply by thinking. The Absolute is }{\cs2873\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 duality in the Absolute. Everything is one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our material disease lies in wanting to satisfy our senses. We have stated before that advancement of civilization means advancement of sense gratification, but }{
\cs2873\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  means just the opposite. As long as we are interested in sense gratification, there i
s no question of }{\cs2873\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  We have to reduce our tendency for sense gratification and increa
se our devotional activities. We have also stated that material bondage means accepting one body and creating another. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, through nature, will give us full facility to enjoy our senses. Presently in the Western countries it has become fashio
nable to run around naked. Therefore nature will give these people an opportunity to stand naked like trees for many years. Why are we receiving different bodies? Because we have different tendencies for sense gratification. We actually have to come to d
etest sense gratification before our spiritual life begins. This is made possible through }{\cs2873\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  Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond our vision, He has agreed to be seen by us through the }{\cs2873\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 Deity. We should not think that the Deity is made of stone. Even if it is stone, we should think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has made Himself visible before us like a stone because we cannot see beyond stone. That is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's mercy. Because our eyes and other senses are imperfect, we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba present everywhere in His original spiritual form. Because we are imperfect, we see the difference between things spiritual and material, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, bei
ng absolute, knows no such distinctions. He can become spiritual or material, however He likes, and it does not make any difference to Him. Being almighty and omnipotent, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can change matter into spirit and spirit into matter. Therefore we s
hould not think, as the atheists do, that we are worshiping idols. Even if it is an idol, it is still K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the absolute nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even if we think that the Deity is a stone, or a piece of metal or some wood, He is still
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The understanding of this requires }{\cs2873\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  on our part. If we are a little
 thoughtful and philosophical, and if we are at all inclined toward }{\cs2873\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  we can underst
and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in stone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, nothing is different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say that since everything is
 God, the personality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is finished. But actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and at the same time He is everything. We can understand this by }{\cs2873\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  but not by any other process. When a }{\cs2873\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  sees a tree, he sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As explained in }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\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  8.274):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sth\'e4vara ja\'ecgama dekhe, n\'e4 dekhe t\'e4ra m\'fcrti\line sarvatra haya nija i\'f1\'f6a-deva-sph\'fcrti
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The advanced devotee does not see living entities as moving and not moving. He sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is also stated in the }{
\cs3545\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  (5.38):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because his eyes are always smeared with the ointment of devotion, the devotee always sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nothing else. He sees K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy everywhere. For instance, if you love your child, when you see your child's shoe, you immediately see your child. Or if you see your child's toy, you immediately see your child and hear his voice. Similarly, if w
e have actually developed love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nothing exists but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When our love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually developed, whatever we see, we will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless one is advanced in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prem\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he cannot see or understand. By the blunt material senses, we cannot even understand the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People are always asking, "Why are these people chanting Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" They cannot understand, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba realization begins with the name. The name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are nondifferent, but we cannot realize this intellectually. We have to practice chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to realize it. When we actually advance in devotional service and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  offenselessly, we will realize that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name are nondifferent. Thus }{\cs2873\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  begins with the tongue, for we can utilize the tongue to chant, and to taste }{\cs2873\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  In this way we can become a K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we see the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple, we should think that the Deity is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba has agreed to be seen by us and 
even dressed by us. However, if we think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6-r\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His univ
ersal form, what can we do? How can we dress the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vir\'e4\'f6-r\'fcpa?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His many heads cover
 the sky, and we cannot even conceive of Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can become bigger than the biggest and smaller than the smallest. Therefore this verse states: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 pu
m\'e4\'ef j\'e4ta-vir\'e4ga aindriy\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The more we serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, give Him things to eat and dress Him nicely, the less we become interested in our own bodies. In th
e material world everyone is very busy dressing himself very nicely in order to be sexually attractive, but if we try to dress K\'e5\'f1\'eba nicely, we will forget our own material dress. If we feed K\'e5\'f1\'eba nice food, we will forget to satisfy ou
r own tongue by going to this or that restaurant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was teaching }{\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  and Arjuna was seeing Him face to face, but seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba and reading }{\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  are the same. Some people say that Arjuna was fortunate to have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face and take instructions from Him, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be seen immediately, provided one has the 
eyes to see. There is the example in }{\cs2873\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  of a }{\cs2873\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 South India who was reading }{\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  although he was illiterate. The people in the neighborhood knew that he was illiterate, and they made jokes, asking him, "Well, h
ow is it you are reading }{\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 " One day Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu happened to 
be in a temple nearby, and He could understand that this man was a devotee. He therefore approached him and asked, "My dear }{\cs2873\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  what are you reading?" The }{\cs2873\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, "I am reading }{\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  or, rather, I am trying to read }{\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  I happen to be illiterate, but my }{\cs2873\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  has said that I must read the eighteen chapters of }{\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  daily. I am simply trying to carry out his order, and therefore I am opening and closing the pages." Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu then s
aid, "I see that you are crying sometimes. Why is this?" The }{\cs2873\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, "Yes,
 I am crying because when I take up this book, I see a picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba driving Arjuna's chariot. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He has accepted the position of a servant to His devotee. Therefore when I see this picture, I weep." Lord
 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu then immediately embraced the }{\cs2873\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 said, "You have a
ctually read }{\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 "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that a wealth of education is required. One does not even have to understand the language. The only ingredient needed is }{\cs2873\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. If one becomes a pure }{\cs2873\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  he will forget all material sense enjoyment. Being a }{\cs2873\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  doesn't simply mean wearing }{\cs2873\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 robes. One is not a }{\cs2873\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  if he has a taste for material sense enjoy
ment. A true }{\cs2873\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  wants to satisfy not his senses but the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That
 is the spiritual world. In the spiritual world, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, everyone\'97Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g
op\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the cowherd boys, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, Sud\'e4m\'e4, the land, the water, the trees, the birds\'97all are trying to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the real meaning o
f V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana for Mathur\'e4, everyone in V\'e5nd\'e4vana fell dead out of separation from Him. Similarly, we can always live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, if we are mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This i
s the teaching of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and He illustrated this by His very life. When He was in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, He was always mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba day and night. The last twelve years of His life were passed in madness. Sometimes He threw H
imself into the ocean, and He wandered about like a madman. Of course, this is not possible for ordinary living entities. However, if we become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we will find intelligence behind everything in the creation. If we take a flower and see its constitution, how it is made and how its colors are displayed and how it comes into existence
, we can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created such a beautiful thing so intelligently. We should not consider like rascals that such a thing has come into being automatically. Fools cannot see, but those who are intelligent can s
ee that the hand of the Supreme Lord is in everything within the creation. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\cs2873\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 Actually, nothing comes about automatically. Everything comes about through the intelligence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, through His fine and accurate powers. If we paint a 
picture of a flower, we have to arrange many facets, and still the picture will not be absolutely perfect. Yet the flower created by K\'e5\'f1\'eba has come out perfectly. What rascal can say that there is no brain behind it? K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically 
says that we should not think that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nature, is working automatically. He says, 
"Nature is working under My direction." One simply has to develop the eyes to see how these things are going on. This is possible if we engage the senses in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We first of all must engage the tongue in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and in eating }{\cs2873\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  Nothing else is required. Therefore the K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement is distributing }{\cs2873\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 engaging people in chanting th
e Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 27
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 27
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asevay\'e4ya\'e0 prak\'e5ter gu\'eb\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4nena vair\'e4gya-vij\'e5mbhitena\line yogena mayy arpitay\'e4 ca 
bhakty\'e4\line m\'e4\'e0 pratyag-\'e4tm\'e4nam ih\'e4varundhe
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Thus by not engaging in the service of the modes of material nature but by developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
, knowledge in renunciation, and by practicing yoga, in which the mind is always fixed in devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one achieves My association in this very life, for I am the Supreme Personality, the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.27}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one engages in the nine different processes of }{\cs2873\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 authoritative scriptures, such as hearing (}{\cs2873\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 ), chanting (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), remembering, w
orshiping, praying and offering personal service\'97either in one of them or two or three or all of them\'97he naturally has no opportunity to engage in the service of the three modes of material nature. Unless one has good engagements in spiritual servi
ce, it is not possible to become detached from material service. Those who are not devotees, therefore, are interested in so-called humanitarian or philanthropic work, such as opening a hospital or charitable institution. These are undoubtedly good works
 in the sense that they are pious activities, and the performer may get some opportunities for sense gratification, either in this life or in the next. Devotional service, however, is beyond the boundary of sense gratification. It is a completely spiritu
al activity. When one engages in the spiritual activities of devotional service, he does not engage in sense gratificatory activities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities are performed not blindly but with the perfect understanding of knowledge and renun
ciation. This kind of }{\cs2873\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 which the mind is always fixed upon the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead in devotion, results in liberation in this very life. The person who performs such acts gets in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Caitanya, therefore, approved the process of hearing from realized devotees about the
 pastimes of the Lord. It does not matter to what mundane category the audience belongs. If one meekly and submissively hears about the activities of the Lord from a realized soul, he will be able to conquer the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is unc
onquerable by any other process. Hearing and associating with devotees are the most important functions for self-realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the living entities are serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friends, cowherd boys, }{\cs2873\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  lovers, fathers, mothers and so on. Even the trees, water, flowers, land, calves and cows serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Th
is is also our business, but somehow or other we do not like to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore we have been put into the service of }{\cs2873\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  in the three modes of material nature. When a criminal does not like to obey the laws of the state, he is placed into prison and forced to abide by the laws. Our constitutional position is to rende
r service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His part and parcel, and as soon as we refuse to render Him service, }{\cs2873\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 immediately there to capture us and say, "Serve me." It is not our nature to become master. Even if we become master, we will not be happy, because that is artificial. For instance, if the hand thinks, "Oh, now I have some nice sw
eets. Now I can eat," the hand will ultimately be frustrated. It is the duty and nature of the hand to place the food in the mouth. In this way the hand is nourished; otherwise everything is spoiled. Similarly, we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a
nd our business is to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. From the }{\cs2873\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  we understand that God, who i
s one, has become many. We are the many parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sv\'e4\'e0\'e7as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are His personal expansions, and we are His differential expansions, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7as.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  In any case, all expansions are meant to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is explained in the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.142): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekale \'e9\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'e4ra saba bh\'e5tya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone is the supreme controller, and all
 others are His servants."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is our natural propensity to enjoy ourselves with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated before, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda-maya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and, being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4nanda-maya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Now we are seeking }{\cs2873\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  (bliss) in different atmospheres. Because we have a little independence, we have decided to go to the prison house of material nature and try to serve our senses instead of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now we have to 
learn how to forget to serve this material nature, and that process is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-m\'e4rga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  th
e path of devotional service. When we come to the understanding that we are actually no one's servant but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, we attain self-realization. We must come to this understanding not by sentiment but by real knowledge. After many births and death
s, when one realizes that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\cs2873\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 V\'e4sudeva is all\'97he surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is real knowledge\'97}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  knowledge and detachment from material things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once one engages fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, he comes to the }{\cs2873\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  platform. Presently we are on the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  platform, identifying ourselves with }{\cs2873\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 working according to the modes of material nature. However, when one comes to the realization that he is spirit (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), he will immediately become happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Under the modes of material nature, we are being carried away by the waves of material nature, and we have no control over where we are going. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h
\'e4kura has stated: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4ra va\'e7e}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , y\'e4ccha bhese', kh\'e4ccha h\'e4bu\'f2u
bu, bh\'e4i.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are like straws on the waves of the ocean, and we are fully under the control of the waves. Atheists shudder when they think that there is a next life, because
 their lives are sinful and they fear punishment in the next. There is a Bengali proverb about a person who thought, "I have committed so many sinful acts that Yamar\'e4ja will come and punish me. How can I avoid him?" Thinking about this some time, he d
ecided, "Let me smear my body with stool. Then Yamar\'e4ja will not touch me." However, this is simply foolishness. We are under the control of }{\cs2873\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  material nature, and it is not possible to avoid it. We have become infected by the disease of material nature, and no artificial means will save us. There is no way out other than surre
nder to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He will save us, even though we are very sinful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we turn our attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, to }{\cs2873\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 can force ourselves to give up all }{\cs2873\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. We should get up early in the morning and engage ourselves in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; then gradually we will forget the service of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is so strong that if we engage in it, }{\cs2873\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  service will automatically be negated. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vair\'e4gya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original }{\cs2873\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 original spirit, the original person. Everything has come from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore He is }{\cs2873\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  the oldest. No one is older than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He is always young. That is Bhagav\'e4n. He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4di,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the original source, the cause of all causes. Yet we never see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an old man. He is always fresh and youthful. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a
 great-grandfather at the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, He did not appear any older than a young man of twenty. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always a young boy, and those living entities in the spiritual universe also have spiritual bodies the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. 
In the Sixth Canto of }{\cs2873\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 read that when the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-d
\'fctas came to take Aj\'e4mila, they were four-handed and very beautiful. In the spiritual world, there are four-handed living entities, and they are all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-mukta,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eternally liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, we are now prisoners in this material world, and we presently have material bodies. These bodies are changing. Sometimes they are young and sometimes
 old. However, if we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we will not get another material body after leaving this body. We will go home, back to Godhead, and attain our original, spiritual body, which is the same kind of beautiful body that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, has. We should take this opportunity to become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by following the processes of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam. p\'e4da-sevana\'e0 arcanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We can take one or all of the nine processes of devotional service and make our lives successful. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has prescribed the most important process}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97\'e7rava\'ebam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We need only hear, and that will make our lives successful.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 13: Perfect Knowledge Through 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 CHAPTER THIRTEEN\line Perfect Kn
owledge Through Surrender
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 28
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 28
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devah\'fctir uv\'e4ca\line k\'e4cit tvayy ucit\'e4 bhakti\'f9\line k\'e9d\'e5\'e7\'e9 mama gocar\'e4\line yay\'e4 pada\'e0 te ni
rv\'e4\'ebam\line a\'efjas\'e4nv\'e4\'e7nav\'e4 aham
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub On hearing this statement of the Lord, Devah\'fcti inquired: What kind of devotional service is worth developing a
nd practicing to help me easily and immediately attain the service of Your lotus feet?
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.28}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in }{\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  that no one is barred from rendering service to the Lord. Whether one is a woman or a laborer or a merchant, if he engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord, he is promoted to the highest perfectional 
state and goes back home, back to Godhead. The devotional service most suitable for different types of devotees is determined and fixed by the mercy of the spiritual master. Therefore in order to become free from the miseries of material nature, one shou
ld approach a bona fide spiritual master inquisitively and submissively. When Arjuna submitted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he said, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, now I no longer care to talk to You as a friend because friendly talks will not benefit me now." Generally
 we talk to a friend just to spend time, but when we approach a spiritual master, we should be submissive. Friends approach one another on an equal basis, but this is not the way to approach a spiritual master. Unless one is submissive, one cannot accept
 sublime instructions. Arjuna teaches us submission by giving up his friendly relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He says, "I have now become Your disciple. Please instruct me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can speculate for many births, for many years, and yet not be able to understand the ultimate goal of life. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  all advise that we search out a }{\cs2873\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 word }{\cs2873\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 "heavy" or "weighty." One who has much knowledge is heavy with knowledge. One should consider the bona fide }{\cs2873\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 this way, and one should not think, "I know everything. Who can teach me?" No one can say such a thing, for everyone needs instruction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic system, a child is sent to a }{\cs2873\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  to learn spiritual knowledge from the very beginning. When a child goes to a }{\cs2873\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  he becomes a }{\cs2873\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  and works like a menial servant. He may be the son of a great }{\cs2873\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 great king; it doesn't matter. When one goes to a }{\cs2873\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  he immediately becomes t
he menial servant of the }{\cs2873\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  If the }{\cs2873\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  orders him to perform some lowly service, he is prepared to do it. This is the business of a }{\cs2873\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  Even K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to a }{\cs2873\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  to teach us. There was no need for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to go to a }{\cs2873\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  but He did this simply to set an example. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also accepted a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 was a very learned scholar, and he knew that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was also a great scholar, yet he criticized Caitanya Mah\'e4p
rabhu for chanting and dancing, for Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 felt that a }{\cs2873\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 devote his entire attention to the reading of }{\cs2873\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 therefore
 considered Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu a sentimentalist, not a bona fide }{\cs2873\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  Prak
\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 inquired, "Why aren't you reading }{\cs2873\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  Why 
are you chanting and dancing?" Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhu kahe\'97\'e7una, \'e7r\'e9p\'e4da, ih\'e4ra k\'e4ra\'eba\line guru more m\'fcrkha dekhi 'karila \'e7\'e4sana
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Actually, I am not very learned, and my }{\cs2873\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 stated that I am fool number one. He said that because of this I cannot possibly read }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nt
a-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for }{\cs2873\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 meant for an ordinary person. My }{\cs2873\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  therefore advised me to chant this Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 now I am doing this and getting the results." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  7.71)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the present moment in Kali-yuga, people are not well educated. They are simply engaged in earning money to fill the belly. Ved\'e4nta philosophy is not meant for
 an ordinary person, nor even for an ordinary learned person. It requires great knowledge of Sanskrit and philosophy. Of course Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, knew all things, but at that moment He had assumed the role 
of an ordinary person in order to instruct an illiterate, ignorant society. In this age people are not even interested in reading }{\cs2873\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  People are so badly infected by the influence of }{\cs2873\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 they do not even care to understand that there is life after death or that there are 8,400,000 life forms. Sometimes if people hear that by acting in such a way they will become a tree, a dog, a cat, an insec
t or even a human being, they say that they do not even care to know this. Sometimes they say, "Never mind if I become a dog. What's wrong with that? I will simply forget everything." Many university students in the Western countries speak this way. They
 have become so ignorant that they are described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Previously, in India, the }{
\cs2873\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 interested in understanding Brahman. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\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 
 However, at the present moment everyone is a }{\cs2873\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  and no one is interested in und
erstanding Brahman. People are simply interested in getting more money and going to the cinemas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is meant for understanding our situation, and we should take instructions 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  Arjuna is personally teaching us by accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become his spiritual master and teach him. The lessons given by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not simply meant for Arjuna but for ev
eryone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us in }{\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  that we should search out a }{
\cs2873\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 first }{\cs2873\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 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and whoever represents \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also a }{\cs2873\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  If I am a businessman, and someone goes to canvass for my business and take orders for me, he is my representative. If he simply says that he is
 my representative and yet takes some orders but uses the money for something else, he is not really my representative.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative does not say, "I have become K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Such a person is neither a representative nor a }{\cs2873\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 cheater. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative is one who canvasses for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "G
ive up everything and surrender unto Me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative says, "Give up everything and simply surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is certainly not very difficult to understand. Anyone can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative. Nonethel
ess, for the past two hundred years, many }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  have gone to foreign countries, but no one has spoken about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They have simply presented a h
odgepodge of Indian philosophy. No one has actually presented Vedic culture as it is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should read }{\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  as it is and understand the philosophy as Arjuna understood it. Arjuna was a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. He was sitting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and speaking to Him as a friend speaks to a friend. In the Eleventh Chapter, af
ter having seen the universal form, Arjuna tells K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "I have in the past addressed You as 'O K\'e5\'f1\'eba,' 'O Y\'e4dava,' 'O my friend,' without knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna understood that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba was his friend, He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead and therefore the proper person to be his }{\cs2873\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 therefore told K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the beginning of }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.7), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0
 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are the instructions we get 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  and whoever reads }{\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  has to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the }{\cs2873\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 have to render service to a }{
\cs2873\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 surrender ourselves. It is not that one should accept just any person as a }{
\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; then one can surrender oneself. Surrender means that one will accept whatever the }{\cs2873\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. It is not that one thinks, "I do not care for my }{\cs2873\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  order. Still I am a disciple." That is not actually accepting a }{\cs2873\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 course, it has become a fashion to accept a }{\cs2873\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 this way, but this will not help anyone. As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba became Arjuna's }{\cs2873\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 immediately chastised him. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "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." (}{\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  2.11)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba essentially told Arjuna that he was fool number one for lamenting for those things for which one should not lament. Arjuna was lamenting 
for the body, thinking that it was horrible that his relatives would be killed in war. This was not the proper subject matter for him to be contemplating. The real subject matter for a wise man to contemplate is the salvation of the soul. Therefore \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba first explained the distinction between the body and the soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is also concerned with the soul, and therefore we have used the word "consciousness" because consciousness belongs to the
 soul. Consciousness is the symptom of the soul's presence. Because the soul is in the body, the body feels pleasure and pain. When the soul leaves the body, the body can be hacked to pieces, and yet it will not protest. This is because the consciousness
 is gone. We feel pleasure and pain because consciousness is present, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises us that it is this consciousness that is eternal, not the body. We have to purify our consciousness in order to understand that consciousness is eternal. If 
we can do this, our lives will be successful. At the time of death, our consciousness carries us into another body. There are the mind, the intelligence and the ego, which constitute the subtle body, and there is also the spirit soul, which is even more 
subtle. We know that we possess a mind, although we cannot see it. Nor can we see the intelligence, the ego or the soul. We can only see the gross material body, and when this gross material body ends, we say that everything is finished. In order to unde
rstand these things, we have to approach a }{\cs2873\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 approached \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna in very gentlemanly language that he was not a learned man. In essence, He said, "You are not a }{\cs2873\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  Just try to understand that the real life is the life of the soul." Vedic education means taking care of
 the soul. Presently the soul is encaged, embodied, entangled in material affairs. The soul is suffering, and it is to our benefit to rescue him from these material clutches. This is real education. To receive this education, one has to approach a proper
 }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 there\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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 also there as Kapiladeva, the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba informs us that He is the owner of the body, and He has explained this in many different ways. He has stated that the soul ca
n never be cut to pieces, burned by fire, moistened by water nor withered by the wind. Matter interacts with matter, but the soul does not belong to the material world. This means that the soul is above material action and reaction. In the material world
 even iron and stone can be melted, but the laws of material nature do not apply to the spirit soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To understand these subjects, we should be careful to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative. We should not approach a bogus }{\cs2873\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 is like a blind man trying to lead other blind men. We must go to one who has open eyes, to one who has seen the Abs
olute Truth. The Absolute Truth is there, just as the sun is there for everyone to see. The sun does not hide, but a person can try to hide from the sun by closing his door. One must open the door in order to see the sun. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the
re, God is there, and we have to come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and take the lessons of }{\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  to learn who and what God is. Rascals will not do this, but will simply manufacture some philosophy or other. There is actually no difficulty because K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions are there, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is there. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is so kind that He says, "All right, if you cannot understand Me in this way, just see Me in water. Come on, if you do not understand Me in that way, just see Me in the sunshine." Is this very difficult? There is nothing difficult about it, but we are 
very obstinate. }{\cs2873\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 also very strong, and as soon as we try to accept K\'e5\'f1
\'eba as the Supreme Lord, }{\cs2873\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 whisper in our ear, "No, no. There are many god
s. Why are you accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" However, the }{\cs2873\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  say, }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\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 .}{\cs2873\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 \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\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  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." We should take our lessons from the }{
\cs2873\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  and the }{\cs2873\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  At least in India there are many great }{\cs2873\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, Vi\'f1\'ebu Sv\'e4m\'e9, and even \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya and Guru Nanak. All of these have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead. Why, then, should we reject Him? Why should we accept a competitor? We should not simply engage in mental speculation but should accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba in full consciousness and be happy. This is made possible by the help of the }
{\cs2873\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 Devah\'fcti is further questioning her son, Kapiladeva.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 29
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 29
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo yogo bhagavad-b\'e4\'ebo\line nirv\'e4\'eb\'e4tma\'e0s tvayodita\'f9\line k\'e9d\'e5\'e7a\'f9 kati c\'e4\'ecg\'e4ni\line yata
s tattv\'e4vabodhanam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The mystic yoga system, as you have explained, aims at the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is meant for complet
ely ending material existence. Please let me know the nature of that yoga system. How many ways are there by which one can understand in truth that sublime yoga?
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.29}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of mystic }{\cs2873\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  systems aiming for different phases of the Absolute Truth. The }{\cs2873\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  system aims at the impersonal Brahman effulgence, and the }{\cs2873\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 aims at the localized personal aspect, the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature of the Absolute Truth, whereas }{\cs2873\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 devotional service, which is executed in nine different ways, headed by hearing and chanting, aims at complete realization of the Supreme Lord. There are different methods of self-realization. But here
 Devah\'fcti especially refers to the }{\cs2873\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  system, which has already been primarily
 explained by the Lord. The different processes of the }{\cs2873\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  system are hearing, cha
nting, remembering, offering prayers, worshiping the Lord in the temple, accepting service to Him, carrying out His orders, making friends with Him and ultimately surrendering everything for His service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eb\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very significant in this verse. Unless one accepts the process of devotional service, one cannot end the continuation of material existence. As far as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are concerned, they are interested in }{\cs2873\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  but even if one elevates oneself, after a great performance of austerity, to the Brahman effulgence, there is a chance of falling down again to the material world. Therefore
, }{\cs2873\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  does not actually end material existence. Similarly, regarding the }{
\cs2873\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, which aims at the localized aspect of the Lord, Param\'e4tm\'e4, it ha
s been experienced that many }{\cs2873\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  such as Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra, fall down. But }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  once approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead, never come back to this mater
ial world, as confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Yad gatv\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nivartante: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upon going, one never comes back. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tyaktv\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deha\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  punar janma naiti:}{\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 after giving up this body, he never comes back again to accept a material body. }{\cs2873\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  does not finish the existence of the soul. The soul is ever-existing. Therefore }{\cs2873\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  means to end one's material existence, and to end material existence means to go back home, ba
ck to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes it is asked how the living entity falls down from the spiritual world to the material world. Here is the answer. Unless one is elevated to the Vaiku\'eb
\'f6ha planets and is directly in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is prone to fall down, either from the impersonal Brahman realization or from an ecstatic trance of meditation. Another word in this verse, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavad-b\'e4\'eba\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very significant. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub B\'e4\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "arrow." The }{\cs2873\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  system is just like an arrow aiming up to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The }{\cs2873\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  system never urges one toward the impersonal Brahman effulgence or to the point of Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub b\'e4\'eba\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or arrow, is so sharp and swift that it goes directly to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, penetrating the regions of impersonal Brahman and loca
lized Param\'e4tm\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must understand the Supreme Person, }{\cs2873\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  in truth. Generally people are not interested in knowing about God or their relationship with Him. However, the entire Vedic instruction is for this purpose. First of all we have to know God, then 
we have to know our relationship with God. The next step is acting on the basis of that relationship. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that out of many millions of people, one may be interested in knowing the purpose of life. Human life is meant for this end, and i
f one does not come to this understanding, he is no better than an animal. We not only have to understand God and our relationship with Him but also how to act in that relationship. In this way we can perfect our lives. When one is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one understands himself\'97that is, one understands, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\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  "I am not this body." This i
s Brahman realization, the }{\cs2873\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  platform. When one attains this stage, he becom
es very happy. However, we must progress beyond this and come to the platform of }{\cs2873\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  On that platform, there is variety and }{\cs2873\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  bliss. As stated previously
, we are seeking spiritual variety, and if we do not enter the spiritual world, we will again fall down into the material atmosphere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The varieties of the spiritual world are mentioned in the }{\cs3545\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  (5.29-30):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with s
piritual gems and surrounded by millions of purpose trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune.
\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 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form to be imagined by some artist. He is described in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1am}{
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.30}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He plays a flute, and His eyes are like the petals of a lotus flower. He wears a peacock feather, and His complexion is very beautiful, like a dark cloud. He is so beautiful that He attr
acts many hundreds of thousands of Cupids (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kandarpa-ko\'f6i-kaman\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ). These are descriptions of Govinda found in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world we are simply chewing the chewed, throwing it away, picking it up and then chewing it again. Spiritual variety is not like this. Spiritual var
iety is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vardhanam}{\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  it is constantly increasing. It is even greater than the ocean, because the ocean does not increase. The shores of the ocean are set;
 they have certain limits. However, the ocean of bliss is constantly increasing. The more we enter into that spiritual bliss, the more we become joyful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young people in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  all the time. If this }{\cs2873\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  were material, how long would they chant it? It is not possible to chant a material name for very long because the chanting would become hackneyed and very tiresome. No one could be satisfied simply by chanting Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba unless Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba itself were spiritual. We may chant, "Mr. John, Mr. John, Mr. John," but after an hour we will be fed up. However, the more we become spiritually advanced, the more bliss we will derive from chanting Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can experience }{\cs2873\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  perfectly in the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a servant, a friend, a father, a mother or a conjugal lover. There are five basic }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasas\'97\'e7\'e4nta, d\'e4sya, sakhya, v\'e4tsalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
m\'e4dhurya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this material world, we experience the same }{\cs2873\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  or relationships. We are related to someone as a father, a son, a lover, a beloved, a master, a servant or whatever. These are perverted reflections of the relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba found in
 the spiritual world. Today in the material world I may be relishing my love for my son, but tomorrow my son may be my greatest enemy. There is no eternity in this kind of love. Or, if my son does not become my enemy, he may die. Today I may love some ma
n or woman, but tomorrow we may break up. All of this is due to the defects of the material world. However, in the spiritual world these relationships never break up. They simply increase and increase, and this is called perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very fond of tending }{\cs2873\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  cows, but the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand this. They say, "What is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" Even Lord Brahm\'e4 was bewildered. He said, "How is it that this K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this boy of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, is being worshiped? He is called the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that?" Lord Indra was also bewildered. Therefore if we do not wish to be bewildered we have to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself or His bon
a fide representative.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not ordinary but divine. If we can understand this, we immediately become liberated. We need only understand the pastimes of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba with the }{\cs2873\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 pastimes are not ordinary. In the material world, a
 young man wants to dance with many young girls, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dancing with the }{\cs2873\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  is different. Because people cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when they hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dancing with the }{\cs2873\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  they take this as some kind of concession, and say, "Now let us dance with young girls." In this way they go to hell. Therefore we have to learn from the proper person about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activi
ties. We should not immediately try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dealings with the }{\cs2873\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  for they are very confidential. These dealings are given in the Tenth Canto of }{\cs2873\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 this indicates that we have to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is by first reading the preceding nine cantos. When we have understood these nine cantos, we can go on to the tenth. In this way we can understand that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities are not ordinary but divine, and we can immediately become liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may either hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant His names, worship Him or offer prayers. In any case, we should work under the directions of our spiritual master or 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. For instance, Hanum\'e4n simply carried out Lord R\'e4macandra's orders. Hanum\'e4n apparently had no education, and he was not capable of teaching Ved\'e4nta, but he simply carried out the orders of Lord R\'e4macandra a
nd attained perfection. Arjuna, on the other hand, took K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his most intimate friend. Arjuna was not a Ved\'e4ntist but a fighter, a warrior. He had no time to study Ved\'e4nta because he had to deal with war and politics, but still he was 
the greatest devotee. People may say, "Oh, Arjuna was not a Ved\'e4ntist, nor even a }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  How could K\'e5\'f1\'eba accept him as a devotee?" Nonet
heless, in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.3), K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that Arjuna is His very dear fri
end and devotee: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one becomes a devotee, there is no materi
al impediment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually }{\cs2873\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 be automatic and spontaneous. There should be no motive in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but even if there is a motive, service rendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba is good. Even if one approaches K\'e5\'f1\'eba with some ulterior motive, one i
s considered pious. For instance, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja initially worshiped K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a motive, but after attaining perfection in devotional service, his ulterior motive vanished. When he actually saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he said, "I do not want any
thing from You. I don't want any benediction other than Your service." After hearing about the many transcendental qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if we somehow or other become attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our lives will be successful. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tasm\'e4t ken\'e4py up\'e4yena mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebe nive\'e7ayet:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Somehow or other we ha
ve to attach our minds to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." (}{\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  7.1.32) Then K\'e5\'f1
\'eba will help us and give us intelligence from within, as He indicates in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (10.10):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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." This is act
ual }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yoga. Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means }{\cs2873\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  because one who is highly intelligent decides to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this way, one can perfect his life by engaging in devot
ional service under the directions of the }{\cs2873\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 the spiritual master. Devah\'fcti unde
rstands this and is thus submitting to her son just as Arjuna submitted to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefield.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 30
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 30
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad etan me vij\'e4n\'e9hi\line yath\'e4ha\'e0 manda-dh\'e9r hare\line sukha\'e0 buddhyeya durbodha\'e0\line yo\'f1\'e4 bhavad-a
nugrah\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My dear son, Kapila, after all, I am a woman. It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute Truth because
 my intelligence is not very great. But if You will kindly explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can understand it and thereby feel transcendental happiness.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.30}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary, less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master is kind enough to the disciple, however
 unintelligent he may be, then by the divine grace of the spiritual master everything is revealed. Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura therefore says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasya pra
s\'e4d\'e4d}{\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  by the mercy of the spiritual master, the mercy of the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is revealed. Devah\'fcti requested her great son to be 
merciful toward her because she was a less intelligent woman and also His mother. By the grace of Kapiladeva it was quite possible for her to understand the Absolute Truth, even though the subject matter is very difficult for ordinary persons, especially
 women.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse Devah\'fcti shows us the process for understanding transcendental subject matters. It is not by challenge but by submission. The entire }{\cs2873\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  process is a process of submission. That is also Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's teaching:
\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\'e4d api sun\'e9cena\line taror api sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4\line am\'e4nin\'e4 m\'e4nadena\line k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4
 hari\'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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is interested in advancing in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu advises that one be humbler than the gra
ss and more tolerant than the trees. One should not be very proud of his intelligence but should give all respect to others. In this way, one can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba offenselessly. Although Devah\'fcti was the mother of Kapiladeva, she presented he
rself as a humble woman. It was not that she considered herself superior because she was His mother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to please the spiritual master by service, and the entire }{\cs2873\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  process depends on the attitude of service. The transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not possible to understand with our blunt material senses. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, form, 
qualities and pastimes are all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  divine. Our present material senses have to be purif
ied by engagement in the Lord's service, and our first engagement begins with the tongue. It is with the tongue that we can chant the transcendental names of the Lord. This is not very difficult, and this path is open to everyone\'97even women, }{\cs2873
\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  and }{\cs2873\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  After describing all the faults of Kali-yuga, }{\cs3545\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) states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is one special advantage about this age of Kali-yuga, and that is that people can attain liberation and return home, back t
o Godhead, simply by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 " \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4p
rabhu said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line }{\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\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no other way, no other way at all in Kali-yuga.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should try to avoid the ten offenses in chanting the holy name, but anyone who chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba sincerely is purified. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\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  1). This is th
e easiest process by which the mirror of the mind can be cleansed. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees that someone is sincerely chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will help. He is within everyone, and He can understand whether one is sincere or not. K\'e5\'f1\'eba hel
ps a sincere devotee internally and externally. Internally He helps as param\'e4tm\'e4 by giving intelligence from within. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 tam.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Externally He helps as His representative, the spiritual master. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4de p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja. "By}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one gets a bona fide }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\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 gets K\'e5\'f1\'eba." (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  19.151) Thus the }{\cs2873\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  have given us a very easy way to appreciat
e our transcendental life. That is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devah\'fcti has submissively accepted her son as her }{\cs2873\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  She wants to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba perfectly, by the grace of Kapiladeva. It is very important to receive the causeless mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's 
mercy, we receive a spiritual master, and by the spiritual master's mercy, we receive K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura has greatly stressed the mercy of the }{\cs2873\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 it is an actual fact that if we satisfy the }{\cs2873\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  by our service, he will give us his blessings. This is a very great opportunity, for the }{\cs2873\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 confidential servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs2873\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 claims that he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although he is worshiped as K\'e5\'f1\'eba: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4s
trair uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9 }{\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 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the }{\cs2873\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  describe the }{\cs2873\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 being on an equal basis with K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, for he is the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore he is worshiped as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being the most confidential servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\cs2873\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 dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore if he recommends someone to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts the person. The }{\cs2873\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 confidential servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he canvasses from door to door, saying, "Please become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and surr
ender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba." K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that such a person is very dear to Him. The bona fide }{\cs2873\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  tells people to surrender not unto him but unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus one has to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the via media of the }{\cs2873\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  not directly. This is the process. The }{\cs2873\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  does not accept respect from his disciple for his personal self but conveys this respect to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we cannot receive the mercy of the }{\cs2873\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 is very difficult to approach directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in }{\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  that knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is received through the }{\cs2873\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  the disciplic succession. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4ptam}
{\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  The }{\cs2873\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  offers the same respects to his }{\cs2873\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 his }{\cs2873\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  offers respects to his, and so it goes all
 the way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes down through the }{\cs2873\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  system, and the respect offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is offered up through the }{\cs2873\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  system. One has to learn to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this way. Thus if we want to approach God, we have to take shelter of the }{\cs2873\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 beginning. Devah\'fcti is begging the mercy of Kapiladeva in order to understand the way to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She approaches Him very humbly saying, "My dear Kapi
la, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but I am a woman, and my intelligence is not very sharp. Nonetheless, I want to understand these sublime transcendental subjects from You. It is possible by Your mercy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of approaching and understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead was also discussed between R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. First
, R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya explained the process in terms of }{\cs2873\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  He
 said first of all that human life is meant for approaching Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu through the rules and regulations governing }{\cs2873\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  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied that it is very difficult in this age to execute the rules and regulations of }{\cs2873\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  It is very difficult to be a }{\cs2873\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 this age, and it is practically impossible to revive the old }{\cs2873\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  culture. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore said that this method is not very practical. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has been called by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 "the most munificen
t }{\cs2873\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 " because He distributes love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba free of charge. First of all, 
we cannot even understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore there is no question of loving Him. If we do not understand someone, how can we love him? The love is very far away, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is so kind that He distributes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prem\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to whomever will take it. In His life, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu cried
 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and showed how one should be mad after Him.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes lik
e torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence." (}{\cs3545\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  7)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one should see everything as vacant. This is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's frame of mind, but this is not possible for an ordinary living being
. It was possible for Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and a few devotees, His immediate disciples like the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, who were following in His footsteps. They worshiped K\'e5\'f1\'eba in separation and sought K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he r\'e4dhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-s\'fcno kuta\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9-govardhana-kalpa-p\'e4dapa-tale k\'e4lind\'e9-vane k
uta\'f9\line gho\'f1ant\'e4v iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mah\'e4-vihvalau\line vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9 j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances to the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who were chanting very loudly everywhere in V\'e5nd\'e4vana,
 shouting, 'Queen of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9! O Lalit\'e4! O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja! Where are you all now? Are you just on the hill of Govardhana, or are you under the trees on the bank of the Yamun\'e4? Where are you?' These were
 their moods in executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s never said, "We have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is the recommended process\'97worship in separation. We should awaken our lost K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness in this way and become mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba in our separation from Him. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prem\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and this love was distributed by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. We should not try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by our small knowledge. Since we are imperfect, how can we speculate on K\'e5\'f1\'eba? There are many people
 like }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and theosophists who try to understand the Absolute Truth by specula
tion, but this is not possible.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\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-mahi
mno\line na c\'e4nya eko 'pi cira\'e0 vicinvan
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your person
ality. But those who speculate in order to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study the }{\cs2873\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 many years." (}{\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 10.14.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Even if one speculates for many years, he cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One has to receive the mercy o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the spiritual master, and this is the path recommended by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sth\'e4ne-sthit\'e4\'f9 \'e7ruti-gat\'e4\'f9 tanu-v\'e4
\'ec-manobhi\'f9}{\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  10.14.3). Another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Ajita. No one can conquer K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be conquered by His devotee. One should be submissive and say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am very poor. I have no means to understand You. 
Please be merciful upon me. Please allow me to understand You and surrender." This is wanted. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very merciful, and when He sees that someone has surrendered, He will help from within.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 14: Bhakti as Ultimate 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 CHAPTER FOURTEEN\line Bhakti as 
Ultimate Liberation
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 31
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 31
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maitreya uv\'e4ca\line viditv\'e4rtha\'e0 kapilo m\'e4tur ittham\line j\'e4ta-sneho yatra tanv\'e4bhij\'e4ta\'f9\line tattv\'e4m
n\'e4ya\'e0 yat pravadanti s\'e4\'eckhya\'e0\line prov\'e4ca vai bhakti-vit\'e4na-yogam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Maitreya said: After hearing His mother's statement, Kapila could understand her purpose, and He became 
compassionate toward her because of having been born from her body. He then described the S\'e4\'eckhya system of philosophy, which is a combination of devotional service and mystic realization, as received by disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.31}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The philosophy propounded by the atheist Kapila is an analysis of the material elements and is very much appreciated by Western philosophers. The }{\cs2873\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  explained by Lord Kapiladeva, the son of Devah\'fcti, is practically unknown in the West.
 The }{\cs2873\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  propounded herein is actually }{\cs2873\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  It is stated here that the proper way to receive this knowledge is by disciplic succession, not by philosophical specu
lation. Speculation is an improper way to understand the Absolute Truth. Generally Western philosophers try to understand the Absolute Truth by the ascending process of mental speculation. This is the process of inductive logic. The other process is the 
descending process, and this is the }{\cs2873\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  process. By this method, knowledge descen
ds from a higher source.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  many }{\cs2873\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  systems are explained, but the }{\cs2873\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  system is considered highest of all. Ultimately, all }{\cs2873\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  end in }{\cs2873\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 ultimate conclusion of }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 the Sixth Chapter of }{\cs2873\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  the }{\cs2873\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 of meditation is explained, and Arjuna, who was highly elevated, said that he could not concentrate his mind in this way. If the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6h
a-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system was so difficult five thousand years ago for a person so elevated that he was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend, how is it possible today? Arjuna frankly said that this sy
stem of }{\cs2873\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  was impossible to execute because the mind is as difficult to control as the 
wind.
\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 ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system is basically meant for those who are overly attached to the body; otherwise, the preferred }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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 Arjuna told \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the }{\cs2873\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 was too difficult to execute, the Lord pacified him by saying that the first-class }{\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  is one "who is always thinking of 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  6.47) Arjuna did not know anything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Arjuna requested that K\'e5\'f1\'eba be present on his side in the battle. When Duryodhana approached K\'e5\'f1
\'eba with Arjuna and requested Him to take sides, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "I have eighteen military divisions. These divisions will take one side, and I personally will take another. However, I will not fight in this battle." At first Arjuna thought it wis
e to take the eighteen divisions with their many thousands of elephants and horses, but then he considered that if he simply had K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his side, that would be sufficient. He would not need ordinary soldiers. Duryodhana, on the other hand, dec
ided to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba's soldiers. Thus in order to pacify Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him not to worry, although he could not execute the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The first-class }{\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  is he who always thinks of Me." One should always remember that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within his heart and think of Him. This is the proper system of meditation. If we always chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  we will always remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and immediately the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be awakened 
within our hearts. The process of always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The first-class }{\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  is he who is always conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One can be conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by hearing about Him submissively.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the disciplic succession. There are four }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub samprad\'e4yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  disciplic successions. One comes from Lord Brahm\'e4 (the Brahma-samprad\'e4ya), and another comes from Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune, (the 
\'c7r\'e9-samprad\'e4ya). There are also the Kum\'e4ra-samprad\'e4ya and the Rudra-samprad\'e4ya. At the present moment, the Brahm\'e4 samprad\'e4ya is represented by the Madhva-samprad\'e4ya, and we belong to the Madhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-samprad\'e4ya. Our 
original }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stems from Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya. In that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there was M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, and M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's disciple was \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7vara Pur
\'e9. \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9's disciple was Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Thus we are coming in the disciplic succession from \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and therefore our }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is called the Madhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-samprad\'e4ya. It is not that we have manufactured a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rather, our }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stems from Lord Brahm\'e4. There is also the R\'e4m\'e4nuja-samprad\'e4ya, which comes from the \'c7r\'e9-samprad\'e4ya, and there is the Vi\'f1\'ebu Sv\'e4m\'e9-samprad\'e4ya, which comes from 
the Rudra-samprad\'e4ya. The Nimb\'e4ditya-samprad\'e4ya comes from the Kum\'e4ra-samprad\'e4ya. If we do not belong to any }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  our conclusion is fruitless. It is not that one should think, "I am a big scholar, and I can interpret }{\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  in my own way. All these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are useless." We cannot manufacture our own comments. There are many commentaries made in this way, and they are all useless. They have no effect. We have to accept the philosophy as it was contemplated by Lord Brahm
\'e4, N\'e4rada, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 and \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9. These great }{\cs2873\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 beyond the imperfections of so-called scholars. Mundane scientists and philosophers use the words "perhaps" and "maybe" because they cannot arrive at a proper conclusion. They are simply speculating, and mental speculation cannot
 be perfect.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 at the top of the stairs of all the }{\cs2873\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  The first step is }{\cs2873\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  and then }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhy\'e4na-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but the ultimate is }{\cs2873\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  Everyone is trying to reach the ultimate Absolute Truth, but the other }{\cs2873\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  end in partial understanding. The understanding derived from }{\cs2873\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 complete, and even if partially executed, it has potency. It is also recommended by the great }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva and Kapiladeva. Since the path of perfection is very difficult to unders
tand, the }{\cs2873\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  recommend that we follow the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are thus described in }{\cs3545\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  (6.3.20):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayambh\'fcr n\'e4rada\'f9 \'e7ambhu\'f9\line kum\'e4ra\'f9 kapilo manu\'f9\line prahl\'e4do janako bh\'e9\'f1mo\line balir vai
y\'e4sakir vayam
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another name for Lord Brahm\'e4 is Svayambh\'fc because he was born from a lotus flower emanating from the navel of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. 
Since he was not born of a father and mother, he is therefore called Svayambh\'fc. N\'e4rada Muni is also a }{\cs2873\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  and \'c7ambhu is Lord \'c7iva. Kum\'e4ra refers to the four Kum\'e4ras\'97Sanaka, Sanandana, San\'e4tana and Sanat-kum\'e4ra. There are twelve authorities following the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, or }{\cs2873\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 these include Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, Kapiladeva, Manu, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, Janaka Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, \'c7uka
deva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. If we simply accept one of these }{\cs2873\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  
we will be successful in understanding the Absolute Truth, but if we try to understand the Absolute Truth by logic and argument, we will ultimately be frustrated. One philosopher may be a better logician than another, and one philosophical argument may c
ounteract another, but this process goes on and on. It is simply a useless waste of time. Even if we approach Vedic scriptures, there are difficulties. There are so many scriptures\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Yajur Veda, \'c5g Veda, S\'e4ma Veda, Atharva Veda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  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  the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pur\'e4\'ebas, Brahma-s\'fctra, R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and so forth. Different people read them and arrive at different conclusions. There are also the Bible and the Koran. According to so many different men, there are so many interpretations. One philosopher def
eats another philosopher on the basis of scripture. It is even stated that one cannot become a }{\cs2873\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  a philosopher, unless one propounds a different system of philosophy. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4s\'e4v \'e5\'f1ir }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yasya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mata\'e0 na bhinnam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus the truth of spiritual life is very complicated an
d difficult to understand. The conclusion is that one should follow one of these twelve }{\cs2873\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  in order to be successful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original }{\cs2873\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  and He instruc
ted Lord Brahm\'e4. Lord Brahm\'e4 is also a }{\cs2873\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  Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed ever
yone in }{\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  and thus everyone has learned from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs3545\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\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 ) it is also stated: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives His personal instructions just as Kapiladeva gave
 His personal instructions. There is no contradiction between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's philosophy in }{\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  and Kapiladeva's philosophy. We need only receive the transcendental knowledge through the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the results will be beneficial. Kapiladeva explained this S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy to His mother, and although He had a natural affection for His mother, we should not think that Devah\'fcti was an ordinary wo
man. She was very submissive, and when Kapiladeva saw this, He became very compassionate. He saw that she was eager to know about the Absolute Truth, and He considered that, after all, He had received His body from her. Therefore He concluded that He sho
uld try to give her the ultimate conclusion of philosophical knowledge, which is this S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 32
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 32
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line dev\'e4n\'e4\'e0 gu\'eba-li\'ecg\'e4n\'e4m\line \'e4nu\'e7ravika-karma\'eb\'e4m\line sattva 
evaika-manaso\line v\'e5tti\'f9 sv\'e4bh\'e4vik\'e9 tu y\'e4\line animitt\'e4 bh\'e4gavat\'e9\line bhakti\'f9 siddher gar\'e9yas\'e9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Kapila said: The senses are symbolic representations of the demigods, and their natural inclination is to wor
k under the direction of the Vedic injunctions. As the senses are representatives of the demigods, so the mind is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mind's natural duty is to serve. When that spirit of service is engaged in dev
otion to the Personality of Godhead, without any motive, that is far better than salvation.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.32}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The senses of the living entity are always engaged in some occupation, either in activities prescribed in the Vedic injunctions or in material activities. The natur
al inclination of the senses is to work for something, and the mind is the center of the senses. The mind is actually the leader of the senses; therefore it is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa
ttva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, the leader of all the demigods who are engaged in the activities of this material world\'97in managing the sun, moon, etc.\'97is the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in the Vedic literature that the demigods are different limbs of the universal body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Our senses are also controll
ed by different demigods; our senses are representations of various demigods, and the mind is the representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The senses, led by the mind, act under the influence of the demigods. When the service is ultimately a
imed at the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the senses are in their natural position. The Lord is called H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, for He is actually the proprietor and ultimate master of the senses. The senses and the mind are naturally inclined to work, bu
t when they are materially contaminated, they work for some material benefit or for the service of the demigods, although actually they are meant to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The senses are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a. Indirectly, all the senses are natural
ly inclined to serve the Supreme Lord. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kapiladeva said that in devotional service the senses, without desire for material profit or other selfish motives, are engaged in the service of the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead. That spirit of service is far better than }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  salvation. }{\cs2873
\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  the inclination to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is in a transcendental positio
n far superior to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or liberation. Thus }{\cs2873\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 the stage after liberation. Unless one is liberated, one cannot engage the senses in the service of the Lord. When the senses
 are engaged either in material activities of sense gratification or in the activities of the Vedic injunctions, there is some motive, but when the same senses are engaged in the service of the Lord without ulterior motive, that is called }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub animitt\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is the natural inclination of the mind. The conclusion is that when the mind, undeviated
 either by Vedic injunctions or by material activities, is fully engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is situated far above mere liberation from material entanglement.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 transcendental even to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation. Generally people are concerned with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the beginning, there is }{\cs2873\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  (religion), then }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (economic development), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (sense gratification), then }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (merging into the Supreme One). However, }{\cs2873\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 above all these. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is n
ot very important for a }{\cs2873\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  In the words of Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura: }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti\'f9 svaya\'e0 mukulit\'e4\'efjali sevate 'sm\'e4t. "Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  herself is standing with folded han
ds, waiting to serve the devotee." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  107) This is the exp
erience of Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura, who was a very rich South Indian }{\cs2873\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 
 Due to bad association, Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura became a very staunch prostitute hunter, and he spent all his money on a prostitute named Cint\'e4ma\'ebi. One night, during a terrible rainstorm, Bilvama\'ecgala went to see Cint\'e4ma\'ebi, but the
 prostitute was thinking, "Surely tonight Bilvama\'ecgala will not come. This is a terrible storm." Nonetheless, Bilvama\'ecgala came, despite all difficulties. Somehow he managed to cross the raging river, and when he saw the gates of Cint\'e4ma\'ebi's 
house closed, he somehow managed to jump over them. Despite all the dangers, he reached Cint\'e4ma\'ebi's house, and the prostitute, being very astonished, said, "How is it you have come tonight? Oh, you are so attracted to this skin! If you just had thi
s much attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it would certainly be to your benefit." Bilvama\'ecgala then immediately left the prostitute's house and went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The fact was that in his previous life he had executed devotional service up to }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4va-bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus the prostitute Cint\'e4ma\'ebi actually became his }{\cs2873\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  While in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura wrote a book named }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which has been recommended by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. In that book, Bil
vama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura writes: "If we have devotion fixed on You, My Lord Bhagav\'e4n, then we can easily see Your divine form as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora-m\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a young boy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Kai\'e7ora. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the age before marriage\'97that is, it refers to a boy between the ages of eleven and sixteen. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kai\'e7ora-m\'fcrti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By devotional service, one can see the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kai\'e7ora-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba very easily.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura was going to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he was still attracted to women. One night he stayed at the house of a very rich merchant, and the 
merchant's wife told her husband that Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura was attracted to her. She asked her husband what to do, and the merchant simply said, "Serve him." Finally Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura came to his senses, and he thought, "These eyes a
re my enemies." When the beautiful woman approached him, Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura said, "Mother, please give me the pins out of your hair. I am very mad after the beauty of women. So let me pluck out my eyes." In this way, he blinded himself. Althou
gh he could not see, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana he was supplied milk by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Thus he personally realized K\'e5\'f1\'eba through }{\cs2873\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 wrote of his personal experience. He wrote, "}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not a very important thing. She is always at my service with folded hands, saying, 'My dear sir, what can I do for you?' " Thus a devotee is not very anxious for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because he is already liberated. If a man has a million dollars, why should he hanker after ten rupees?
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub animitt\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without motive. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba can fulfill all of our wishes without difficulty because He is almighty and full of all opulences
. If we want material happiness from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is certainly not difficult for Him to grant it. He can also give us }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation, but it is foolishness to ask anything from K\'e5\'f1\'eba except }{\cs2873\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  \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura used to say that asking God for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or anything else other than }{\cs2873\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 li
ke going to a rich man and asking for ashes. There is another story, about an old woman who was carrying a bundle of dry wood through the forest. Somehow or other the bundle, which was very heavy, fell to the ground. The old woman became very disturbed, 
and thought, "Who will help put this bundle back on my head?" She then began to call on God, saying, "God help me." Suddenly God appeared and said, "What do you want?" She said, "please help me put this bundle back on my head." So this is our foolishness
. When God comes to give us some benediction, we simply ask Him to load us down again with all these material bundles. We ask Him for more material things, for a happy family, for a large amount of money, for a new car or whatever.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches us that we should only beg God for His service life after life. This is the actual meaning of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  When 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, we are actually addressing God and His energy, Har\'e4. Har\'e4 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's internal potency, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 or Lak\'f1m\'e9. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jaya r\'e4dhe!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
daiv\'e9 prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the devotees take shelter of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Thus the Vai\'f1\'ebavas worship R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lak\'f1m\'e9-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and S\'e9t\'e4-R\'e4ma. In the beginning of the Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  we first address the internal energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ha
re. Thus we say, "O R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9! O Hare! O energy of the Lord!" When we address someone in this way, he usually says, "Yes, what do you want?" The answer is, "Please engage me in Your service." This should be our prayer. We should not say, "
O energy of the Lord, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please give me money. Please give me a beautiful wife. Please give me many followers. Please give me some prestigious position. Please give me the presidency." These are all material hankerings, which should be avo
ided. Lord Buddha advocated that we give up all material desires. It is not possible to become desireless, but it is possible to give up material desires. It is the nature of the living entity to desire; it is not possible to be desireless. If one is des
ireless, he is dead. Desirelessness means purifying one's desire, and desire is purified when we only desire the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e7va
re\line bhavat\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I
 only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth." (}{\cs3545\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  4) He 
requests Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service birth after birth. It is not that He is seeking salvation; rather, He simply wants to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba one life after another. The devotees are not anxious to merge into the existence of the Supreme. The Buddhis
t philosophy advocates }{\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  the negation of all material desires. Buddha does not offer 
more than this. \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya gives a little more, saying that we should become desireless in this material world and then enter into the Brahman effulgence. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahma-nirv\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy, however, we should negate material desires and be situated on the Brahman platform, but in addition w
e should engage in the devotional service of the Lord. This is called }{\cs2873\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  M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9
 philosophers cannot understand this, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that this devotional service is on the transcendental platform.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy of the atheist Kapila, which is a material philosophy, is simply the study of the twenty-four elements. However, the real S\'e4\'eckhya
 philosophy, propounded by Kapiladeva, is transcendental to the twenty-four elements and material activity. Thus in this S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, which is actually }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhak
ti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there is no desire for material benefits. On the material platform, a person works for his own personal sense gratification or for some expanded sense gratification. 
One may work for himself, family, wife, children, society, community, nation or humanity at large. This is simply expanded sense gratification. Whether one steals for himself, family, community or whatever, the fact remains that he is a thief. It is said
 that when Alexander the Great arrested a common thief, the thief told Alexander, "What is the difference between us? I am a small plunderer, and you are a great plunderer." Being very sensible, Alexander released him, saying, "Yes, there is no differenc
e." Regardless whether the sense gratification is for oneself, one's family, one's nation or whatever, it is, after all, sense gratification. The quality changes only when we work for the sense gratification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is noteworthy that }{\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  or }{\cs2873\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  never stat
es that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("K\'e5\'f1\'eba says") or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kapiladeva uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("Kapiladeva says"). Rather, it states }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("the Supreme Personality of Godhead says"). This means that the version is perfect. If we receive knowledge from an ordinary man
, there will be many defects. An ordinary person is subject to illusion, and he also has the tendency to cheat. Although an ordinary person may be a very advanced scholar, he does not possess perfect knowledge. Perfection is something totally different f
rom what we find in the material world. Perfection means that there is no mistake, no illusion, no cheating, no imperfection. Therefore it is stated }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for Bhagav\'e4n is all-perfect. We should therefore take knowledge from Bhagav\'e4n or from one who speaks according to the version of Bhagav\'e4n.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is based on this principle. We are not presenting anything that we ourselves could manufacture. Whatever we manufacture is
 sure to be defective or deficient. What is the value of my philosophy? What is the value of my thought? Generally, people say, "In my opinion," thinking that "my opinion" really means something. People do not think, "I am simply a rascal." People value 
their opinion, thinking it something very big. Everyone in this material world has imperfect senses; therefore whatever knowledge has been gathered through the senses is necessarily imperfect. As we have stressed over and over, we have to receive knowled
ge from the disciplic succession. Knowledge has to be received from Bhagav\'e4n, the perfect one. If we simply follow this system, we can become a }{\cs2873\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 the whole world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotee never thinks that he is a great }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the author of }{\cs2873\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  has stated, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pur\'e9\'f1era k\'e9\'f6a haite mu\'efi se laghi\'f1\'f6ha:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am lower than the worms in stool." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.2
05) This is the Vai\'f1\'ebava conception. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is by nature very humble. He never says, "I am the Supreme; I have become God." K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am God. Worship Me." The Vai\'f1\'ebava says, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. Worship K\'e5\'f1
\'eba." It is not difficult to become a }{\cs2873\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  provided that we repeat what K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
says. Whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\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  is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma. Dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is one. It cannot be different. }{\cs2873\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  means abiding by the orders of God. However, if we do not know God or His orders, we can only set about manufacturing some rubbish and fighting among ou
rselves. This is not }{\cs2873\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  but philosophical speculation. All of this speculation and man
ufactured }{\cs2873\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  has been kicked out of }{\cs2873\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  because it is all cheating. }{\cs2873\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 not cheating, for it is related to the Supreme Lord. }{\cs2873\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  can be applied only to Bhagav\'e4n, and if there is no Bhagav\'e4n, there is no }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakt
i.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If Bhagav\'e4n is zero, where is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti? Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the transaction between Bhagav\'e4n and the }{\cs2873\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  Bhagav\'e4n is there, and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are there, and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  address Bhagav\'e4n, feed Bhagav\'e4n, chant Bhagav\'e4n's names, invoke people to hear about Bhagav
\'e4n, publish books about Bhagav\'e4n and worship Bhagav\'e4n, and in this way they are constantly absorbed in Bhagav\'e4n. This is the process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 33
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 33
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jarayaty \'e4\'e7u y\'e4 ko\'e7a\'e0\line nig\'e9r\'ebam analo yath\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Bhakti, devotional service, dissolves the subtle body of the living entity without separate effort, just as fire i
n the stomach digests all that we eat.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.33}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 in a far higher position than }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because a person's endeavor for liberation from the material encagement is automatically realized in devotional service.
 If the digestive power is sufficient, then whatever we eat will be digested by the fire in the stomach. Similarly, a devotee doesn't have to try separately to attain liberation. That very service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the process of l
iberation because to engage in the service of the Lord is to liberate oneself from material entanglement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For a devotee, liberation is no problem at all. Liberation takes place without separate endeavor. }{\cs2873\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  therefore, is far better than }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the impersonalist position. The impersonalists undergo severe penances and austerities to attain }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but the }{\cs2873\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 
 simply by engaging in the }{\cs2873\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  process, especially in chanting 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, immediately develops control over the tongue by chanting, and accepting the remnants of foodstuff offered to the Personality of Godhead. A
s soon as the tongue is controlled, all other senses are controlled automatically. Sense control is the perfection of the }{\cs2873\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  principle, and one's liberation begins immediately as soon as he engages in the service of the Lord. It is confirmed by Kapiladeva that }{\cs2873\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, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gar\'e9yasi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  more glorious than }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in this verse that }{\cs2873\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  dissolves the subtle body. The spirit soul has two coverings\'97subtle and gross. The gross body is composed of earth, water, fire, air and ether. The subtle body is composed of mind, intelligence and ego. Of the 
eight material elements, five are gross and three are subtle. We cannot see the subtle, and the soul is even more subtle. Anyone with eyes can see the body, but not everyone can perceive the soul, the actual person. When we understand that the soul, or t
he person, has left the body, we cry, "Oh, my friend has left." We can perceive that the body is there, but something is obviously missing. Thus one's friend is actually different from the body. At the present moment when we say, "This is my friend," we 
refer to the body, but that is simply the vision of an animal. Animals think, "This is my dog friend, and this is my mother dog." They cannot see beyond the gross body. Similarly, we cannot see the soul, and if we cannot see the minute soul, how can we h
ope to see God with these blunt eyes? We cannot actually see one another. How, then, can we hope to see God? It is stated: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ata\'f9 \'e7ri-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\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 Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Material senses cannot appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, form, qualities and pastimes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our present senses are incapable of seeing God. Generally, at death we can understand that something has gone. We understand that what we were seeing was not actual
ly our friend but a lump of matter. This is knowledge. However, one who understands before death that the body is simply a lump of matter is called a wise man. He sees the soul through the eyes of knowledge. Those who are on the gross platform, who are l
ike animals, can see neither the soul nor Bhagav\'e4n. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the gross fruitive w
orkers, do not understand the distinction between the body and the soul. Out of many millions of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there may be one }{\cs2873\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  one wise man who can understand. The
 }{\cs2873\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  knows that he is not the body, and out of many millions of }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one may be actually liberated. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s think that because they are sp
irit soul, they are one with the Supreme. Being equal in quality does not mean that one is the Supreme Soul. Because the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s think that they have become one with N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, they address one another as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. They say
, "You are N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, I am N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, everyone is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba." From this misconception, the idea of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daridra-n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (poor N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba) arises. The devotees fully engaged in the service of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord do not think in this way. They think, "If I am one with the Supreme, how is it I 
have fallen into this condition?" They know that a drop of seawater is one in quality with the vast ocean, but they also know that a drop of water is never equal to the ocean itself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s worship Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, but they do not actually believe in the form of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. They consider His image to be some i
maginary form to utilize as a means for self-realization. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that the Absolute Truth has no }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  no form, but it is stated: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\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  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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  refers to the supreme form, but the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s do not understand this. There are also many so-called Vai\'f1\'ebavas who worship Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu with an aim of becoming one with the Supreme. They sometimes give the example of
 a drop of water merging into the great ocean itself. This is simply nonsense. The ocean is a combination of countless molecules of water, and it is impossible for one molecule to merge into the totality. The sunshine is a combination of countless trilli
ons of small shining particles, and each particle has its individual identity as an atom. Because we do not have the eyes to see the small atomic divisions, we think that they are one, but actually they are not homogeneous. Similarly, although we are ver
y small particles of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we all have different identities. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.12) \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba never says that He, Arjuna, and all the soldiers shall eventually become one. Rather, He says that everyone will retain his own individuality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who have complete knowledge never think that in the future they will become one with the Supreme. They simply want to remain in their constitutional position 
as part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although we are now covered by the material body, the material body can be easily dissolved by the process of }{\cs2873\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  If we are strong in }{\cs2873\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 actually no longer have a material body but a spiritual one. We are free.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we are baffled, we want to become the husband of goddess Lak\'f1m\'e9. The husband of goddess Lak\'f1m\'e9 is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, God Himself. In this material 
world, we are hankering after Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune, but we are frustrated in our attempts. We think, "Now let me become the husband of Lak\'f1m\'e9." Actually, no one can enjoy Lak\'f1m\'e9 but N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Even exalted demigods lik
e Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva are inferior to Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, but we are so foolish that we are thinking of assuming N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba's position, or making N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba into }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daridra-n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the poor man in the street. The }{\cs2873\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  never equalize N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba with anyone, not even Lord Brahm\'e4 or Lord \'c7iva, what to speak of foolish rascals.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask why N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba has created us, why it is we are part and parcel of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eko }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sy\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Why has N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba become many? He has created us for enjoyment. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\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 Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.1.12)}{\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  He has created us in the same way a gentleman accepts a wife. If one takes on a wife, he
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will beget children. A man takes on the responsibility of maintaining a wife and children because he thinks that through them he will enjoy life. In the material wo
rld we see that during the evening a man tries to enjoy life with his wife, children and friends. Therefore he takes on so many responsibilities. This is supposed to be }{\cs2873\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  bliss, but because it takes place in the material world, the }{\cs2873\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  is converted into something distasteful. However, we can enjoy this }{\cs2873\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  when we are with our Supreme Father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are all children of the Supreme Father, and in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (14.4) K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims all species of life as His children:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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 am the seed-giving father."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Father, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has created us for His enjoyment, not to create distress. Although we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's children, we have given up 
our Supreme Father because we wish to enjoy ourselves independently. Consequently we are suffering. If a rich man's son gives up his home to try to enjoy life independently, he simply suffers. It is to our benefit to return home, back to Godhead, to enjo
y ourselves with our original father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This will give us happiness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full of all opulence. He possesses in totality wealth, strength, beauty, fame, knowledge and renunciation. He possesses everything in unlimited quantity.
 If we return to our original father, we can enjoy ourselves with Him unlimitedly. It is not that we can enjoy ourselves independent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nor can we say that to enjoy ourselves we have to become one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the material worl
d, our father gives us our birth, and we are an entity separate from him. If we are suffering, do we say, "My dear father, I am suffering. Will you please once again make me one with you?" Is this a very good proposal? A father says, "I have begotten you
 separately to enjoy yourself. You remain separate, and I remain separate, and in this way we will enjoy. Now you are asking to become one with me. What is this nonsense?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s want to become one with the Supreme because they are suffering in the material world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created us to enjoy ourselves in 
His company, but due to our desire for independent enjoyment, we are not doing that. Consequently we are suffering in this material world, and because we are suffering we are thinking of becoming one with our father. It is }{\cs2873\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  business to try to build up the living entity, to puff him up, and }{\cs2873\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  last snare is to make the living entity think that he can become one with God. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s think that b
ecoming one with the Supreme is the highest perfection, but this is not perfection because our original constitutional position is to enjoy the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Friends sit together in a room and enjoy one another's company. What enjoyment can 
one have by himself? Variety is the mother of enjoyment, and real enjoyment is being in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's company. Therefore devotees never desire to become one with the Supreme. It is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu who says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mama janmani janman\'e9\'e7vare\line bhavat\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord, I do not want to put an end to the process of birth and death. I am not anxious for }{\cs2873\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  Let Me go ahead and take one birth after another. It doesn't matter. Simply let Me engage in Your service birth after bi
rth." (}{\cs3545\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  }{\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 )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is real }{\cs2873\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  Unless we are fully qualified devotees, we cannot enter into the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. We have to live outside in the }{\cs2873\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  If we desire this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us the opportunity. After all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything. He is }{
\cs2873\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 Param\'e4tm\'e4 also. If we want to become one with the Supreme, we will be allowed 
to live outside the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, in the }{\cs2873\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  However, that position is not ete
rnal. As we have explained before, we cannot live eternally in the }{\cs2873\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  because we want var
iety. Without variety, there is no enjoyment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In all conditions, the pure devotee is liberated. He may engage in some occupation or business, but he is always thinking of how to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in thi
s way he is automatically liberated. It is not that he thinks of becoming one with the Supreme and attaining liberation. Rather, his liberation lies in his personal relationship with the Supreme Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 15: Meditation on the Lord's Transcendental 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 CHAPTER FIFTEEN\line Meditation 
on the Lord's Transcendental Form
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 34
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 34
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naik\'e4tmat\'e4\'e0 me sp\'e5hayanti kecin\line mat-p\'e4da-sev\'e4bhirat\'e4 mad-\'e9h\'e4\'f9\line ye 'nyonyato bh\'e4gavat
\'e4\'f9 prasajya\line sabh\'e4jayante mama pauru\'f1\'e4\'ebi
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub A pure devotee who is attached to the activities of devotional service and who always engages in the service of My
 lotus feet never desires to become one with Me. Such a devotee, who is unflinchingly engaged, always glorifies My pastimes and activities.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.34}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are five kinds of liberation stated in the scriptures. One is to become one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or to forsake one's individuality and mer
ge into the Supreme Spirit. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ek\'e4tmat\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A devotee never accepts this k
ind of liberation. The other four liberations are: to be promoted to the same planet as God (Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha), to associate personally with the Supreme Lord, to achieve the same opulence as the Lord and to attain His same bodily features. A pure devotee,
 as Kapila Muni will explain, does not aspire for any of the liberations. He especially despises the attempt to become one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9 Prabodh\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, said, }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaivalya\'e0 narak\'e4yate}{\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  "The happiness of becoming one with the Supreme Lord, which is the aspiration of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, is considered hellish." That oneness is not for pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many so-called devotees who think that in the conditioned state we may worship the Personality of Godhead but that ultimately there is no personality; the
y say that since the Absolute Truth is impersonal, one can imagine a personal form of the impersonal Absolute Truth for the time being, but as soon as one becomes liberated, the worship stops. That is the theory put forward by M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosoph
y. Actually the impersonalists do not merge into the existence of the Supreme person but into His personal bodily luster, which is called }{\cs2873\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  Although that }{\cs2873\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  is not different from His personal body, that sort of oneness (merging into the bodily luster of the Personality of Godhead) is not accepted by a pure devotee because the devotees engage in greater pleasure than merging into His existence. T
he greatest pleasure is to serve the Lord. Devotees are always thinking about how to serve Him; they are always designing ways and means to serve the Supreme Lord, even in the midst of the greatest material obstacles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s accept the description of the pastimes of the Lord as myths, but actually they are not; they are historical facts. pure devotees accept the na
rrations of the pastimes of the Lord as Absolute Truth. The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mama pauru\'f1\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
(My glorious activities) are significant. Devotees are very much attached to glorifying the activities of the Lord, whereas M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot even think of these activities. According to them, the Absolute Truth is impersonal, but without pers
onal existence, how can there be activity? Because impersonalists take the activities mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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  and other Vedic literatures as fictitious stories, they interpret them most mischievously. They have no idea of the Personality of Godhead. They unnecessarily poke their noses into the s
cripture and interpret it in a deceptive way in order to mislead the innocent public. The activities of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy are very dangerous to the public, and therefore Lord Caitanya warned His disciples never to hear from any M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4
d\'e9 about any scripture. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s will spoil the entire process, and the person hearing them will never be able to come to the path of devotional service to attain the highest perfection. He only may be able to do so after a very long time
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is clearly stated by Kapila Muni that }{\cs2873\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  activities are transcendental to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efcama-puru\'f1\'e4rtha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Generally, people engage in the activities of 
religion, economic development and sense gratification, and ultimately they work with an idea that they are going to become one with the Supreme Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). But }{\cs2873\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 transc
endental to all these activities. The }{\cs2873\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, begins by sta
ting that all kinds of pretentious religiosity is completely eradicated from the }{\cs2873\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  Ritualistic activities for economic development and sense gratification and, after frustration in sense gratification, the desire to become one with the Supreme Lord, are all completely rejected in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  is especially meant for the pure devotees, who always engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in the activities of the Lord, and always glorify these transcendental activities. Pure 
devotees worship the transcendental activities of the Lord in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and Mathur\'e4 as they are narrated in the }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers completely reject them as myths, but actually they are great and worshipable subjects and thus are relishable only for devotees. That is the difference between a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 and a pure devotee a
s they view scripture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually Vedic scripture is }{\cs2873\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 about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{\cs2873\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  is not a subject matter for a debate club. It is meant for the devotees. Nondevotees simply waste their time reading }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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 we have often mentioned that so-called scholars, politicians and philosophers simply give misleading commentaries when they try to interpret }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura used to say that they are like people trying to lick at a bottle of honey that is sealed closed. If one
 does not know how to taste honey, one begins licking at the bottle, but for one to actually taste the honey, the bottle must be opened, and the key to its opening is the devotee. Therefore it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat\'e4\'e0 prasa\'ecg\'e4n mama v\'e9rya-sa\'e0vido\line bhavanti h\'e5t-kar\'eba-ras\'e4yan\'e4\'f9 kath\'e4\'f9\line taj jo
\'f1a\'eb\'e4d \'e4\'e7v apavarga-vartmani\line \'e7raddh\'e4 ratir bhaktir anukrami\'f1yati
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very plea
sing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service begin." (}{\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 3.25.25)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is eternal, and His instructions and followers are also eternal. In }{\cs3545\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.1) K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that millions of years ago He spoke }{\cs2873\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the sun-god. }{\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  was spoken to Arjuna five thousand years ago, and if we read it today we will still find that it is fresh. }{\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  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are never old. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most ancient one, the oldest of all, He always remains like a young boy in His teens. He never appears older th
an twenty. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words are absolute, as well as His form, qualities and activities. They are always fresh and new. If they were not, how could the devotees glorify them day after day with greater enthusiasm? The more one glorifies K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the more enthusiastic one becomes in glorifying, glorifying, glorifying. This is the meaning of spiritual. In the material world, if we repeat something once, twice, thrice or four times, it finally becomes hackneyed and disgusting. However, this 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  can be chanted twenty-four hours daily, and one will st
ill feel fresh and enthusiastic. It is not a material sound like the sounds we hear on the radio. It is a spiritual sound that comes from the spiritual world. Even in the material world we can release a sound from one place, and it can be heard thousands
 of miles away. A spiritual sound can be released from many trillions of miles away, and it can be heard, provided that one has the machine to capture it. That machine is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhagavat-prem\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those who have developed love of Godhead can hear it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna was neither a Ved\'e4ntist nor a }{\cs2873\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  nor was he particularly advanced in spiritual understanding. However, he heard }{\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  because he was a }{\cs2873\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  Atheistic scholars and politicians cannot understand the transcendental vibration. They can only lick at the honey bottle. Fools and rascals eat and drink everything without restriction, thinking that they are doing so in the name of religio
n. There are many so-called }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\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 tell their disciples that they can do anything and still advance spiritually, but this is not possible. One has to become 
a pure }{\cs2873\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  control the mind and senses and discuss the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead among }{\cs2873\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  This may sound very difficult, but one can become a }{\cs2873\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  a saintly person, within a second. If one is eager, one can immediately surrender to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one approaches K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one should say, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have forgotten You. Now I am fully surrendered unto You. You may kill me as You like 
or, if You like, You can give me protection." When Prahl\'e4da was asked by the Supreme Lord what benediction he desired, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja replied, "My dear Lord, why should I ask for some benediction simply because I have suffered for You? You
 are supremely powerful, and whatever I get, I get from You. I was born into a family of demons and was inclined toward material enjoyment. I have seen my powerful father, who was feared even by the demigods, annihilated within a second. Why should I ask
 for anything? Please engage me in the service of Your servant. This is all I want. I do not want anything else." In this way a devotee never asks for anything material from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotees are simply satisfied in glorify
ing the Lord. This is the way of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to please His devotees and destroy the demons. From the very beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth, demons were present. Ka\'e0sa advised his 
constables, "As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is born, tell me. I shall immediately kill Him." He was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, negatively. Similarly, we will find so many so-called religionists whose only purpose is to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 Somehow or other they try to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba out of }{\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  They will co
mment on }{\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  but in their commentaries there will never be mention of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. They will never say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that He should be worshiped. This means that they are }{\cs2873\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, although they may present themselves as big scholars. Somehow or other they try to evade }{\cs2873\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 their entire propaganda is aimed toward this.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 35
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 35
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7yanti te me rucir\'e4\'eby amba santa\'f9\line prasanna-vaktr\'e4ru\'eba-locan\'e4ni\line r\'fcp\'e4\'ebi divy\'e4ni vara-
prad\'e4ni\line s\'e4ka\'e0 v\'e4ca\'e0 sp\'e5ha\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'e0 vadanti
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O My mother, My devotees always see the smiling face of My form, with eyes like the rising morning sun. They like 
to see My various transcendental forms, which are all benevolent, and they also talk favorably with Me.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.35}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and atheists accept the forms of the Deities in the temple of the Lord as idols, but devotees do not worship idols. They directly worship the 
Personality of Godhead in His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the form we can worship in our present condition. Actually in our present state it is not possible to see Go
d in His spiritual form because our material eyes and senses cannot conceive of a spiritual form. We cannot even see the spiritual form of the individual soul. When a man dies we cannot see how the spiritual form leaves the body. That is the defect of ou
r material senses. In order to be seen by our material senses, the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts a favorable form which is called }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  
sometimes called the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation, is not different from Him. Just as the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead accepts various incarnations, He takes on forms made out of matter\'97clay, wood, metal, jewels, etc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many \'e7\'e4stric injunctions which give instructions for carving forms of the Lord. These forms are not material. If God is all-pervading, He is also in
 the material elements. There is no doubt about it. But the atheists think otherwise. Although they preach that everything is God, when they go to the temple and see the form of the Lord, they deny that He is God. According to their own theory, everythin
g is God. Then why is the Deity not God? Actually, they have no conception of God. The devotees' vision, however, is different; their vision is smeared with love of God. As soon as they see the Lord in His different forms, the devotees become saturated w
ith love, for they do not find any difference between the Lord and His form in the temple, as do the atheists. The smiling face of the Deity in the temple is beheld by the devotees as transcendental and spiritual, and the decorations on the body of the L
ord are very much appreciated by the devotees. It is the duty of the spiritual master to teach his devotees how to decorate the Deity in the temple, how to cleanse the temple and how to worship the Deity. There are different procedures, rules and regulat
ions followed in temples of Vi\'f1\'ebu, and devotees go there and see the Deity, the }{\cs2873\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  and spiritually enjoy the form, because all of the Deities are benevolent. The devotees express their minds before the Deity, and in many instances the Deity also gives answers. But one must be a very elevated devotee in order to be able to 
speak with the Supreme Lord. Sometimes the Lord informs the devotee through dreams. These exchanges between the Deity and the devotee are not understandable by atheists, but actually the devotee enjoys them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Clearly, those who have the eyes to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba will see Him. When Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu entered the temple of Jagann\'e4tha, He immediately fainted upon se
eing the Deity. He said, "Oh, here is My Lord! Here is My Lord!" In order to see, one has to become }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and one becomes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by culture. When we develop love of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, we will immediately see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and faint, saying, "Oh, here is my Lord!" However, those with no faith, those who are always trying to deny K\'e5\'f1\'eba, will simply say, "Oh, this is an idol. This is simply a piece of stone."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must be eager to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and talk with Him. He is actually waiting to see whether we are interested in talking with Him. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.10) \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we want to talk to some important man, we must have some qualification. It is not that we can immediately talk to presidents or even to senators just because we 
want to talk to them. Somehow or other we must comply with certain rules and regulations. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ready to talk to us, and for this purpose He has descended in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Deity, in order to be seen. We simply have to qualify ourselves to talk with Him. The nondevotees, M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, who are interested 
in denying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, say that God has no eyes, no legs, no hands, no ears and so on. This is indirectly saying that God is blind and deaf and that He cannot do this or that. In this way, they are indirectly insulting God. This is blasphemy. God doe
s not want to hear such nonsense. Therefore it is said in this verse: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4ka\'e0 v\'e4ca\'e0 sp\'e5ha\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'e0 vadanti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By saying that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is blind, that He has no eyes, no hands, no nothing, we are indirectly saying that K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not exist. This is certainly not a favorable way to talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I
f we want to talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must consult the Vedic literatures. Then we can understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba should be worshiped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs3545\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  (5.29) it is stated: "\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is playing on His flute, and His eyes are as beautiful as the petals of a lotus flower. He wears a peacock feather in His hair, and His form is very beautiful." The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d
\'e9s say, "Just imagine some form of God." But God's form cannot be imagined. God's form is not imaginary but factual. This factual information we receive from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Veda
s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this earth, He exhibited His form and activities. All of these are divine, not material. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vigrah
a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It has nothing to do with anything material. He descends as a favor to His devotees, who are always anxious to see Him. His first business is to give pleasure to His devote
es, and His second business is to kill the demons, who are always giving the devotees trouble. It is the nature of demons to give devotees trouble, just as in the West, Lord Jesus Christ was crucified because he was preaching God consciousness. Similarly
, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu tried to kill his five-year-old boy Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja because his son was talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There were many demons who tried to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, great demons like P\'fctan\'e4, Agh\'e4sura, Bak\'e4su
ra and Ka\'e0sa. Nonetheless, K\'e5\'f1\'eba destroys them all by His omnipotence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually everyone in the material world is more or less an }{\cs2873\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  an atheist. If one preaches, one has to learn to tolerate the }{\cs2873\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  and speak in such a way that they can also become devotees. We should always speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a pleasing way; then we will be benefited. Another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Uttama\'e7loka, which 
indicates that He is worshiped by the best selected words. It is not that we should use any words we choose. There are many prayers in the Vedic scriptures and also in the Bible and Koran. Although the Christians and Muhammadans do not worship the Deity,
 they offer prayers to the Lord, and that is also }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. Arcana\'e0 vandanam.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are nine different processes for worshiping the Lord, and one may accept one or all of them. We should use very selected words and surrender unto K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, but we should not say things which do not please Him. We should not claim that God is formless and that He has no eyes, no head or whatever. Actually it is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no hand but that He can accept our offering. This means that He has no material hand. If He actually has no hand, how can He extend H
is hand millions of miles to accept an offering? Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana is many trillions and trillions of miles away, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can accept whatever we offer. When the }{\cs2873\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 God has no hands, it is meant that He has no material hands. His hands are }{\cs2873\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  If we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities, form, qualities and pastimes in this way, we become fit to return home, back to Godhea
d.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 36
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 36
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tair dar\'e7an\'e9y\'e4vayavair ud\'e4ra-\line vil\'e4sa-h\'e4sek\'f1ita-v\'e4ma-s\'fcktai\'f9\line h\'e5t\'e4tmano h\'e5ta-pr
\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca bhaktir\line anicchato me gatim a\'ebv\'e9\'e0 prayu\'eckte
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Upon seeing the charming forms of the Lord, smiling and attractive, and hearing His very pleasing words, the pure 
devotee almost loses all other consciousness. His senses are freed from all other engagements, and he becomes absorbed in devotional service. Thus in spite of his unwillingness, he attains liberation without separate endeavor.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.36}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three divisions of devotees\'97first-class, second-class and third-class. Even the third-class devotees are liberated souls. It is explained in this verse
 that although they do not have knowledge, simply by seeing the beautiful decoration of the Deity in the temple, they are absorbed in thought of Him and lose all other consciousness. By fixing oneself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, engaging the senses 
in the service of the Lord, one is imperceptibly liberated. This is also confirmed in }{\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  Simply by discharging uncontaminated devotional service as prescribed in the scriptures, one becomes equal to Brahman. In }{\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  it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub kalpate}{\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  This means that the living entity in his original state is Brahma
n because he is part and parcel of the Supreme Brahman. Because of his forgetfulness of his real nature as an eternal servitor of the Lord, he is overwhelmed and captured by }{\cs2873\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  His forgetfulness of his real constitutional position is }{\cs2873\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  Otherwise he is eternally Brahman.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is trained to become conscious of his position, he understands that he is the servitor of the Lord. "Brahman" refers to a state of self-realization. Even t
he third-class devotee\'97who is not advanced in knowledge of the Absolute Truth but who offers obeisances with great devotion, thinks of the Lord, sees the Lord in the temple and brings forth flowers and fruits to offer to the Deity\'97becomes impercept
ibly liberated. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7raddhay\'e4nvit\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with great devotion the devotees offer worshi
pful respects and paraphernalia to the Deity. The Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lak\'f1m\'e9 and N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and R\'e4ma and S\'e9t\'e4, are very attractive to devotees, so much so that when they see the Deity decorated in the temple,
 they become fully absorbed in thinking of the Lord. That is liberation. In other words, it is confirmed herein that even a third-class devotee is in the transcendental position, above those who are striving for liberation by speculation or other methods
. Even great impersonalists like \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and the four Kum\'e4ras were attracted by the beauty of the Deities in the temple, by the decorations and by the aroma of }{\cs2873\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  offered to the Lord, and they became devotees. Even though they were in the liberated state, instead of remaining impersonalists they were attracted by t
he beauty of the Lord and became devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very important. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the activities or pastime
s of the Lord. It is a prescribed duty in temple worship that not only should one visit the temple to see the Deity nicely decorated, but at the same time he should hear the recitation of }{\cs2873\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  or some similar literature, which is regularly recited in the temple. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, in every temple, 
there is recitation of the }{\cs2873\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  Even third-class devotees who have no literary k
nowledge or no time to read }{\cs2873\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  or }{\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  have the opportunity to hear about the pastimes of the Lord. In this way their minds may remain alw
ays absorbed in the thought of the Lord\'97His form, His activities and His transcendental nature. This state of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a liberated stage. Lord Caitanya, therefore, recommended five important processes in the discharge of devotio
nal service: (1) to chant the holy name 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, (2) to associate with devotees and serve them as far as possi
ble, (3) to hear }{\cs3545\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  (4) to see the decorated temple and the Deity
 and, if possible, (5) to live in a place like V\'e5nd\'e4vana or Mathur\'e4. These five items alone can help a devotee achieve the highest perfectional stage. This is confirmed in }{\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  and in this verse of }{\cs2873\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 third-class devotees can also imperceptibly achieve liberation is accepted in all Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as meditation on the }{\cs2873\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  form of the Lord is concerned, we have to look at the Deity beginning with His lotus feet. It is not that we immediately look at His smiling face. We should first try to see the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and when we are practiced in this way, we can look at His thighs, His waist and His chest. Then we can reach His smiling face. In this manner we should meditate on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, and thus we can associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by meditating 
on His smiling face, His flute, His hands, His dress, His consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and the other }{\cs2873\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  surrounding Him. Thus we should practice observing the Supreme Lord, and to this end He has appeared before us as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4-vi
graha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are three kinds of devotee: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9, madhyama-adhik
\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9.}{\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 uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the most advanced; the }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is in the middle stage; and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the neophyte. It is recommended that the neophyte meditate on the Deity daily. He should begin by medi
tating on the lotus feet, and then when he is practiced, he should turn his gaze toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba's smiling face. The neophyte should also read and hear }{\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  and }{\cs2873\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 we simply try to see and don't listen, the results will not be permanent. In some temples there are Deities but no discussion about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People attend for some time, but after a while they lose interest. T
hus there must be two activities. The Deities must be worshiped, and this is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4\'efcar\'e4trik\'e9-vidhi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There must also be }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-vidhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  reading }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. P\'e4\'efcar\'e4trik\'e9-vidhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4g
avata-vidhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  go hand in hand. By participating in these two processes, the neophyte can gradually attain the intermediate stage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master is supposed to be in the most advanced stage, but for preaching purposes he descends to the intermediate stage. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the most advanced devotee, does not discriminate between devotees and nondevotees. He sees ev
eryone but himself as a devotee. The truly advanced devotee sees that he is not a devotee but that everyone else is a devotee. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the neophyte, simply concentrates on the Deity, and that is required in the beginning:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4y\'e4m eva haraye\line p\'fcj\'e4\'e0 ya\'f9 \'e7raddhayehate\line na tad-bhakte\'f1u c\'e4nye\'f1u\line sa bhakta\'f9 pr
\'e4k\'e5ta\'f9 sm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A person who is very faithfully engaged in the worship of the Deity in the temple, but who does not know how to behave toward dev
otees or people in general is called a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5ta-bhakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\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 " (}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11.2.47) According to the prescribed duties mentioned in the scriptures, one must care for the Deity, but wh
en one is a little further advanced, he considers his functions with others. When one attains the }{\cs2873\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, his vision is described thus:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vare tad-adh\'e9ne\'f1u\line b\'e4li\'e7e\'f1u dvi\'f1atsu ca\line prema-maitr\'e9-k\'e5popek\'f1\'e4\line ya\'f9 karoti
 sa madhyama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The }{\cs2873\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 a devotee who worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the highest object of love, makes friends with the Lord's devotees, is merciful to the ignorant and avoids those who are envious by na
ture." (}{\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  11.2.46)
\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 madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not only interested in the Deity, but he can also discern between devotees and nondevotees. He can also understand that this man is innocent and that this man is not. The innocent do not know what is to be done, and they d
o not know anything about God. They are not actually offenders, but there are others who are offenders. The offenders become immediately envious as soon as they hear about God or His devotees.
\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 madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\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  He wants to develop his love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He also wants to see that not a moment is wasted without engagement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He is a
lways careful not to spoil life's valuable time. That is the first qualification of a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have a very short period to live, and we never know when we are going to die. There is no certainty. Foolish people think that they will go on living forever, but that is simply foolishness. Life is transient; therefore the devote
e wants to utilize every moment for the advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\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 madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also has a special taste for chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  He is also very anxious to live in places like V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and Mathur\'e4, places where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived. Of course it is a fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being God, has His residence everywhere. He even resides within ever
y atom. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Nonetheless, He has special places of residence like V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and Mathur\'e4; there
fore a devotee is anxious to live in those places.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Increasing one's love for God is a gradual process, and the first ingredient is faith. Without faith, there is no question of progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss. That faith is created after reading }{\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  carefully and actually underst
anding it as it is. Unless one reads }{\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  there is no question of faith in
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One must have faith in the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, particularly when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Abandon all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and surrender to Me. I will give you all protection." If we study }{\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  as a literary treatise and then throw it away, that is not faith. Faith is explained by K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9 thus:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub '\'e7raddh\'e4'-\'e7abde\'97vi\'e7v\'e4sa kahe sud\'e5\'f2ha ni\'e7caya\line k\'e5\'f1\'ebe bhakti kaile sarva-karma k\'e5ta hay
a
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By rendering transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities. This confident, f
irm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called }{\cs2873\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 " (Cc. }{
\cs3545\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  22.62)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is not only a person but the Supreme Personality of Godhead as well. He also says that there is no one superior to Him. If one believes these words, then one will have faith. Impersonalists read }{
\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  but they do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a person. In the Twelfth Chapt
er of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the impersonalist takes more trouble t
o come to Him. He will come later, but it will take some time. This is because impersonal understanding of the Supreme Absolute Truth is partial understanding. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kle\'e7o 'dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m\line avyakt\'e4sakta-cetas\'e4m\line avyakt\'e4 hi gatir du\'f9kha\'e0\line dehavadbhir av\'e4p
yate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To ma
ke progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied." (}{\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  12.5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have often given the example of impersonal understanding being like the understanding of the sunshine. One may see the sunshine entering through a window into hi
s room, but this does not mean that one knows everything about the sun. Impersonal understanding of the Absolute Truth is like that. The sunshine is impersonal (Brahman), the sun itself is localized (Param\'e4tm\'e4) and the sun-god residing within the s
un is a person (Bhagav\'e4n). Just as one can understand the three aspects of the sun\'97the sunshine, the sun itself and the sun-god\'97one can also understand the three aspects of the Supreme Absolute Truth\'97Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 and Bhagav\'e4n.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Impersonalists maintain that the sun is simply a fiery globe and nothing else, but in }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically states that He spoke }{\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  to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n. Of course we can hardly imagine how the sun-god can be a person. The sun is a great fiery globe, and we think that it is impossible for 
anyone to live there, but this thinking is simply shortsighted. It does not follow that no one can live in fire just because we cannot live there. We cannot live in water, yet there are aquatics living there. We live on this planet, which is basically co
mposed of earth, and our bodies are basically composed of earth in order to live here. Bodies are made in such a way that they can live in their environment. Similarly, the sun-god has a body capable of living in fire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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  being, knowledge and bliss, with form. Imperso
nal understanding is understanding of the }{\cs2873\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  feature. Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba in ful
l is understanding all of His features. The }{\cs2873\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  feature is realized in Bhagav\'e4n. 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays on His flute and is accompanied by His pleasure potency, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's many potencies, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is His pleasure-giving potency. That is }{\cs2873\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  Although K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is full in Himself, He expands Himself when He wants to enjoy. That expansion is His pleasure potency, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. The }{\cs2873\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  are the expansions of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and the various forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are manifest just to taste the mellow of transcendental bliss. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nanda-cinmaya-rasa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus Brahman realization is realization of the }{\cs2873\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  portion, Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization is realization of the }{\cs2873\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  portion, and Bhagav\'e4n realization is the realization of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nan
da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  portion. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that the Absolute Truth is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandamayo 'bhy
\'e4s\'e4t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is always full of transcendental bliss\'97especially in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, His original residence. It is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana that K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays with His cowherd boy friends and dances with the }{\cs2873\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  It is also in V\'e5nd\'e4vana that K\'e5\'f1\'eba steals Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's butter. All His activities 
there are filled with transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can begin to experience this bliss by following the prescribed methods of devotional service. When we see the Deity, we can gradually realize how K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is smiling, playing on His flute and enjoying the company of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Then we also have to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These two processes will increase in such a way that we will automatically become great devotees. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anicchato me gatim a\'ebv\'e9\'e0 prayu\'eckte.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is actually a scientific method. It is 
not imagination. People think that this is idol worship and imagination, but this method is prescribed in all the }{\cs2873\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  for developing God consciousness. It is an actual science.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 parama-guhya\'e0 me\line yad vij\'ef\'e4na-samanvitam\line sa-rahasya\'e0 ta
d-a\'ecga\'e0 ca\line g\'e5h\'e4\'eba gadita\'e0 may\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Personality of Godhead said: Knowledge about Me as described in the scriptures is very confidential, and it has to be realize
d in conjunction with devotional service. The necessary paraphernalia for that process is being explained by Me. You may take it up carefully." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that He has revealed this most confidential knowledge to him because Arjuna is His very dear friend. That confidential knowledge is, }{\cs2873\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 surrender 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  18.66) Brahman realization is certainly confidential, and Param\'e4tm\'e4 realization is still more confidential, but understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba as H
e is, is the most confidential knowledge of all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one's mind and senses are completely absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one is experiencing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not a sentiment but a practical science. One may engage in many activities, but in all cases, one's mind must be fully absorbed in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although a housewife is always busy working around the house, she always takes care that her hair is nicely combed. Regardless of her engagements, she never forgets to arrange her hair in an attractive way. Similarly, a devotee engages in 
many activities, but he never forgets K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental form. This is the meaning of perfection.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 16: The Pure Devotees' Spiritual Opulences
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER SIXTEEN\line The Pure De
votees' Spiritual Opulences
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 37
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 37
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atho vibh\'fcti\'e0 mama m\'e4y\'e4vinas t\'e4m\line ai\'e7varyam a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecgam anuprav\'e5ttam\line \'e7riya\'e0 bh\'e4g
avat\'e9\'e0 v\'e4sp\'e5hayanti bhadr\'e4\'e0\line parasya me te '\'e7nuvate tu loke
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Thus because he is completely absorbed in meditation upon Me, the devotee does not desire even the highest benedic
tion obtainable in the upper planetary systems, including Satyaloka. He does not desire the eight material perfections obtained from mystic yoga, nor does he desire to be elevated to the kingdom of God. Yet even without desiring them, the devotee enjoys,
 even in this life, all the offered benedictions.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.37}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\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 vibh\'fcti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or opulences, offered by }{\cs2873\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  are of many varieties. We experience 
different varieties of material enjoyment even on this planet, but if one is able to promote himself to higher planets like Candraloka, the sun or, still higher, Maharloka, Janaloka and Tapoloka, or even ultimately the highest planet, which is inhabited 
by Brahm\'e4 and is called Satyaloka, one will find immense possibilities for material enjoyment. For example, the duration of life on higher planets is far, far greater than on this planet. It is said that on the moon the duration of life is such that o
ur six months are equal to one day. We cannot even imagine the duration of life on the highest planet. It is stated in }{\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  that Brahm\'e4's twelve hours are inconceivable even to our mathematicians. These are all descriptions of the external energy of the Lord, or }{\cs2873\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  Besides these, there are other opulences which the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo
g\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can achieve by their mystic power. They are also material. A devotee does not aspire for all these material pleasures, although they are available to him simply by wish
ing. By the grace of the Lord, a devotee can achieve wonderful material success simply by willing, but a real devotee does not do so. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has taught that one should not desire material opulence or material reputation, nor should o
ne try to enjoy material beauty; he should only aspire to be absorbed in the devotional service of the Lord, even if he does not get liberation but has to continue the process of birth and death unlimitedly. Actually, however, to one who engages in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, liberation is already guaranteed. Devotees enjoy all the benefits of the higher planets and the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets also. It is especially mentioned here, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavat\'e9\'e0 bhadr\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets everything is eternally peaceful, yet a pure devotee does not even aspire to be promoted there. 
But still he gets that advantage; he enjoys all the facilities of the material and spiritual worlds, even during the present life span.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his }{\cs2873\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  N\'e4rada Muni in the }{\cs2873\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  and Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\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  a pure devotee never wants anything from the Lord. He does not even want liberation, to say nothing of material things. Generally, people want }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in that order. First of all, people want to become religious (}{\cs2873\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 ) in order to attain material opulence (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). People want material o
pulence in order to gratify their senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and when they are frustrated in their 
attempt to gratify their senses, they want liberation (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In this way, }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are going on. However, a devotee is not interested in any of these. In the Christian religion, people pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," but a 
pure }{\cs2873\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  does not even ask for his daily bread. A pure devotee is kept in the hand of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba just like a very precious jewel. When you hold something precious in your hand, you are very careful, and similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba holds the devotee and takes care of him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can just imagine his position if a very rich man says, "Don't worry. I will take care of everything for you." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is the proprieto
r of all opulence. There is no one more opulent than K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore if K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He will take care of His devotee, there is no question of poverty. Most people want material opulence, but they do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
the proprietor of all opulence. That is their misfortune. Although the proprietor of all opulence says, "Just surrender unto Me, and I will take care of you," people do not do it. Instead, they say, "I will take care of my own business. I will maintain m
yself. I will take care of myself, my family, my friends and my country." Arjuna was very intelligent because he simply chose K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas Duryodhana took K\'e5\'f1\'eba's soldiers. It is not possible to conquer K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the devotee
 can capture K\'e5\'f1\'eba with }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is impossible for people to understand the great opulence of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu tells us to abandon speculating about God
. There is a story of a frog in a well being approached by a friend who says, "My dear frog, I have just seen a huge body of water." "What is that water?" the frog asks. "The Atlantic Ocean," the friend replies. "Oh, the Atlantic Ocean! Is it bigger than
 this well? Is it four feet? Ten feet?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our attempt to speculate about God is very much like this. If we want to understand God, we have to try to understand from God Himself. We may have a neighbor who i
s very wealthy, influential, wise, strong and beautiful, and we may speculate about his opulence, but if we make friends with him, we can understand his position by listening to him speak about himself. God cannot be subjected to our imagination. Our ima
gination is limited, and our senses are imperfect. The process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-m\'e4rga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the p
rocess of submission. There is no question of subjecting God to our imagination. We simply have to become very humble and submissive and pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba sincerely, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not possible for me to know You. Kindly explain how it is I 
can know You, and then it will be possible." This is the way Arjuna approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Eleventh Chapter of }{\cs2873\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 We can hardly understand or comprehend the innumerable universes. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jaga
t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to this universe, but there is more than one universe. Although we are seeing only one universe, there are millions of universes, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supporting all
 these millions of universes with a single fragment of Himself. This is also confirmed in many other Vedic literatures:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya\line j\'e9vanti loma-vilaj\'e4 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9\line vi\'f1\'ebur
 mah\'e4n sa iha yasya kal\'e4-vi\'e7e\'f1o\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Brahm\'e4 and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, remain alive as long as the
 duration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, of whose subjective personality Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the portion of a portion." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the information given in }{\cs2873\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  the prayers offered by Lord Brahm\'e4. This }{\cs2873\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  was accepted by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who copied it when He toured South India. Formerly there were no presses to print these literatures, and these important Vedic writings were written by hand. These liter
atures were not very cheap, and only highly qualified }{\cs2873\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 able to keep th
em. They were worshiped in the temple as the }{\cs2873\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  Deity. It is not that they were 
available everywhere. Now, of course, the printing press has changed all this, but nonetheless we should always understand that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub granthas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the scriptures, should be worshiped as God because they are the sound incarnation of God. One should not consider }{\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  or }{\cs2873\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 be ordinary books, and one should take care of them just as carefully as one takes care of the Deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At any rate, when \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu returned from South India with a copy of }{\cs2873\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  He gave it to His disciples and told them that it was a summary of the }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\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 therefore accept }{\cs2873\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 authorized scripture, for it was authorized by the Supreme Person, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Just as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in }{\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  in so many ways that the entire material creation is resting on one of His portions, }{\cs2873\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  explains the same subject. It is stated that from the skin pores of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, all the universes are emanating. In each universe there is a 
Brahm\'e4, a supervisor, who is the supreme creature and manager. These managers live only as long as the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu exhales. When He exhales, all the universes are created, and when He inhales, they all return into His body. In this way so many
 universes and Brahm\'e4s are coming and going. The durations of these breaths, which constitute a life of a Brahm\'e4, are described in }{\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  as many trillions of earth years. One may say that this is all fictitious and imaginary, but unless one believes it, one has no right to touch }{\cs2873\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 Generally people are interested in going to the higher planetary systems in order to become more opulent. This is the process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and people perform }{\cs2873\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  and pious activities in order to be elevated to higher planets. The idea is that one will be able to enjoy himself more, have a longer life span, more op
ulence, more beautiful women, nice gardens and so on. Actually this is the case, but a devotee is not at all interested in these things because he accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (8.16) \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4brahma-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 p
lace."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even if we are promoted to the highest planet, Brahmaloka, the planet where Lord Brahm\'e4 lives, our situation there is still not eternal. So why should a devotee 
be interested in such a place? A devotee is simply interested in the supreme eternal, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Supreme Lord is the supreme leader of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityas,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the eternal living entities. We are all }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eternal, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba guides and plays with us. In the spiritual world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees are friends, and they play together as cowherd boys. They are not interested in Brahmaloka or Candralok
a, for these planets will ultimately be annihilated. There are some living entities that live only a few seconds, or, at most, a night. By the morning, they are all dead. Any life in the material world is comparable to that. Brahm\'e4 may live millions o
f years, but he ultimately has to die. Whether we go to the highest planet or the lowest planet, whether we are in the body of a Brahm\'e4 or a cat, we ultimately have to die. K\'e5\'f1\'eba presents Himself to atheists as death. He appeared in this way 
before Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, who said, "I am God. All the demigods are afraid of me. I am very powerful." K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes before such atheists as death and takes everything away\'97all power, opulence, money\'97everything. The theists worship God whi
le they are living, and their only business in this life is serving God. After death, they render the same service; thus there is no difference between Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha and a temple, for a devotee. In either case, his business is the same. Why, then, shou
ld he aspire to go to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets one attains opulence like K\'e5\'f1\'eba or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. There are five kinds of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation, and one is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4r\'f1\'f6i.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This kind of liberation brings one opulence equal to the Lord. In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, everyone is four-handed like N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and everyone is equally opulent. 
In Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the cowherd boys are equally opulent. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the cowherd boys do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. They look on K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an equal. This is the opulence of their devotional position.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nonetheless, the devotees do not aspire for all this opulence. Their only aspiration is to engage in the service of the Lord. In this way, they get everything. Nor 
are the devotees interested in attaining the mystic }{\cs2873\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  They do not need to be a
ble to create a planet, for they can create Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha by worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple. The temple is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirgu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  transcendental to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the }{\cs2873
\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 is said that the forest is characterized by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  goodness, and the city is characterized by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  passion, because in the city there is a great deal of illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Formerly, when people were aspirin
g for spiritual realization, they left the cities and went to the forests. That was the }{\cs2873\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  stage. The word }{\cs2873\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." Before taking }{\cs2873\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 man would leave his family and go to the forest to begin practicing austerities. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vana\'e0 gato yad dharim \'e4\'e7rayeta}{\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 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 7.5.5}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, superior to living in the forest is living in the temple because the temple is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nirgu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  above all the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  even }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The inhabitants of the templ
e are actually in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Kapiladeva next explains the nature of the special opulences of the devotees.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 38
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 38
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na karhicin mat-par\'e4\'f9 \'e7\'e4nta-r\'fcpe\line na\'eck\'f1yanti no me 'nimi\'f1o le\'f2hi heti\'f9\line ye\'f1\'e4m aha
\'e0 priya \'e4tm\'e4 suta\'e7 ca\line sakh\'e4 guru\'f9 suh\'e5do daivam i\'f1\'f6am
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The Lord continued: My dear mother, devotees who receive such transcendental opulences are never bereft of them; n
either weapons nor the change of time can destroy such opulences. Because the devotees accept Me as their friend, relative, son, preceptor, benefactor and Supreme Deity, they cannot be deprived of their possessions at any time.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.38}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in }{\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  that one may elevate himself to the higher planetary systems, even up to Brahmaloka, by dint of pious activities, but when the effects of such pious activities are finished, one again comes back to this earth to b
egin a new life of activities. Thus even though one is promoted to the higher planetary system for enjoyment and a long duration of life, still that is not a permanent settlement. But as far as the devotees are concerned, their assets\'97the achievement 
of devotional service and the consequent opulence of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, even on this planet\'97are never destroyed. In this verse Kapiladeva addresses His mother as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7
\'e4nta-r\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicating that the opulences of devotees are fixed because devotees are eternally fixed in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha atmosphere, which is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-r\'fcpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because it is in the mode of pure goodness, undisturbed by the modes of passion and igno
rance. Once one is fixed in the devotional service of the Lord, his position of transcendental service cannot be destroyed, and the pleasure and service simply increase unlimitedly. For the devotees engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in the Vaiku
\'eb\'f6ha atmosphere, there is no influence of time. In the material world the influence of time destroys everything, but in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha atmosphere there is no influence of time or of the demigods because there are no demigods in the Vaiku\'eb
\'f6ha planets. Here our activities are controlled by different demigods; even if we move our hand and leg, the action is controlled by the demigods. But in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha atmosphere there is no influence of the demigods or of time; therefore there 
is no question of destruction. When the time element is present, there is the certainty of destruction, but when there is no time element\'97past, present or future\'97then everything is eternal. Therefore this verse uses the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na\'eck\'f1yanti no,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicating that the transcendental opulences will never be destroyed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reason for freedom from destruction is also described. The devotees accept the Supreme Lord as the most dear personality and reciprocate with Him in different r
elationships. They accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a dearmost friend, relative, son, preceptor, well-wisher or Deity. The Lord is eternal; therefore any relationship in which we accept Him is also eternal. It is clearly confirmed herein that
 the relationships cannot be destroyed, and therefore the opulences of those relationships are never destroyed. Every living entity has the propensity to love someone. We can see that if someone has no object of love, he generally directs his love to a p
et animal like a cat or a dog. Thus the eternal propensity for love in all living entities is always searching for a place to reside. From this verse we can learn that we can love the Supreme Personality of Godhead as our dearmost object\'97as a friend, 
as a son, as a preceptor or as a well-wisher\'97and there will be no cheating and no end to such love. We shall eternally enjoy the relationship with the Supreme Lord in different aspects. A special feature of this verse is the acceptance of the Supreme 
Lord as the supreme preceptor. }{\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  is spoken directly by the Supreme Lord,
 and Arjuna accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his }{\cs2873\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 spiritual master. Similarly, we should
 accept only K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the supreme spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we include His confidential devotees; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not alone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba includes His name, His form, His qualities, His a
bode, His associates, etc. For example, a king is always associated with his secretary, his commander, his servant and so much paraphernalia. As soon as we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates as our preceptors, no ill effects can destroy our knowled
ge. In the material world the knowledge we acquire may change because of the influence of time, but nevertheless the conclusions received 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  directly from the speeches of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, can never change. There is no use interpreting }{\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  it is eternal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, should be accepted as one's best friend. He will never cheat. He will always give His friendly advice and protection to the devote
e. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as a son, He will never die. Here we may have a very loving son or child, but the father and mother, or those who are affectionate toward him, always hope, "May my son not die." But K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually never will die.
 Therefore those who accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the Supreme Lord, as their son will never be bereft of their son. In many instances devotees have accepted the Deity as a son. In Bengal there are many such instances, and even after the death of the devotee
, the Deity performs the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e4ddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ceremony for the father. The relationship is never 
destroyed. People are accustomed to worship different forms of demigods, but in }{\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  such a mentality is condemned; therefore one should be intelligent enough to worship only the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His different forms such as Lak\'f1m\'e9-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, S\'e9t\'e4-R\'e4ma and R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Th
us one will never be cheated. By worshiping the demigods, one may elevate himself to the higher planets, but during the dissolution of the material world, the deity and his abode will be destroyed. But one who worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
is promoted to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planet, where there is no time, destruction or annihilation. The conclusion is that time cannot act upon devotees who have accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual life is eternal; it cannot be destroyed. Whatever we have here in the material world is subject to destruction. In this material world we aspire for a nic
e house, good property, children, friends and riches, but ultimately all of these will be destroyed, including ourselves. Nothing here is permanent; therefore everything is called illusory. Actually we do not understand this; we take all this as permanen
t. The fact is, however, that only K\'e5\'f1\'eba is permanent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's material energy is not permanent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s think that in the spiritual world there are no relationships. However, in the }{\cs2873\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 is stated that in the spiritual world there is real life. Life in this material world is simply a shadow of that life. In the Fifteen
th Chapter of }{\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  this material world is likened to a banyan tree with its
 roots above and branches below. This means that it is like a shadow. When we stand beside a reservoir of water, we see the tree reflected upside down. We also have the experience of a mirage in the material world. We think that there is water, but actua
lly there is none. Sometimes sailors at sea think they see land, but actually this is a mirage in the water. This material world is like that. In our lives we think we are enjoying some }{\cs2873\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  some relationship. Our children are calling us father, and we are enjoying our relationship with our wife, but all of these relationships are like sh
adows, although people have no information of this. The true enjoyment derived from these relationships can be attained in the spiritual world with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore comes in person to teach us that we can enjoy the same relationsh
ip with Him. We can enjoy Him as our master, our friend, our son, our father or our lover.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba has become everything, there is no question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an entity or a person. This is a m
aterialistic idea. If we tear up a piece of paper into small pieces and throw it away, the paper no longer has an existence. However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like that.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam\line \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nava-yauvana\'e0 ca
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], who is the original person\'97absolute, infallible, without b
eginning, although expanded into unlimited forms, still the same original, the oldest, and the person always appearing as a fresh youth." (}{\cs3545\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  5.33) K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many millions of expansions, and He is also situated in everyone's heart. He is not only within human beings but within animals, trees, plants, aquatics and so forth
. It is materialistic to think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no individual existence if He has entered into so many millions of hearts. Even though K\'e5\'f1\'eba has distributed Himself in many millions of parts, He is still present in the same strength. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvai\'e7varya-p\'fcr\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is never diminished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is an interesting story of a poor boy who was a student in school. During an annual Father's Day ceremony, the teacher requested the students to give some kin
d of a contribution. Formerly teachers would not earn a salary but would receive whatever the students would bring from their parents' homes or by begging. Generally the }{\cs2873\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 teachers, and they could not charge anything. Thus some students brought the teacher rice, and some students brought other crops. This one student was so 
poor that he could think of nothing to bring; therefore he told his teacher that he would speak to his mother first. After school, the student told his mother, "My dear mother, all my class contribute?" The mother replied, "My dear son, we are so poor th
at we cannot give anything. However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the friend of the poor. If He gives you something, you can promise it to your teacher." "Oh, where is K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" the little boy asked. "Well, I understand that He is in the forest," the mother 
said. Therefore the little boy went to the forest and called for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He then began to cry, and finally K\'e5\'f1\'eba came. When a devotee is very eager to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He comes. "So, what are you asking?
" K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to the little boy. "You are the friend of the poor," the little boy said. "I am very poor, and what can I promise my teacher?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba then told him, "You can tell him that you will supply him some yogurt, some }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dah\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " The little boy was very satisfied with this, and the next day he went to his teacher and said,
 "I will supply you as much yogurt as you need." The teacher felt that this was very nice, and he was pleased with the boy. On the day of the ceremony, the boy again went to the forest and called for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared and gave him a
 quart of yogurt. The little boy took this yogurt to his teacher and said, "This is my contribution, sir." The teacher looked at the quart and said, "What is this? Hundreds of people will be coming, and you have only given this much yogurt?" The teacher 
became so angry that he spilled the yogurt out of the container. When he bent down to pick it up, he saw that the container was again full. He dropped it again, and it was again full. He could then understand that it was spiritual.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One can take everything, and yet the same will remain. In the material world, one minus one equals zero, but in the spiritual 
world, one minus one equals one. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advaya j\'ef\'e4na.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no duality in
 the spiritual world. One plus one equals one, and one minus one equals one. If we love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that love will not be destroyed as love is in the material world. In the material world, a servant serves the master as long as the servant is pleased
 and as long as the master is pleased. The servant is pleased as long as the master pays, and the master is pleased as long as the servant renders good service. However, in the spiritual world, if the servant cannot serve under certain conditions, the ma
ster is still pleased. And if the master does not pay, the servant is also pleased. That is called oneness, absolute. A }{\cs2873\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 have hundreds of disciples, hundreds of servants, but he doesn't have to pay them. They are serving out of spiritual love, and the }{\cs2873\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 teaching without receiving a salary. This is a spiritual relationship. There are no cheaters and cheated in such a relationship. If we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our son
, friend or lover, we will never be cheated. However, we have to give up the false, illusory servant, son, father or lover, for they will surely cheat us. We may love our son with our heart and soul, but that very son may some day be our enemy. We may lo
ve our wife very much, but some day that wife may be such an enemy that she will kill us for her own interests. There are many instances of this in history. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers are afraid of having such relationships because they have bitte
r experience with these relationships in the material world. They therefore want to negate all relationships, and therefore they say no more son, daughter, lover, master or whatever. Being disgusted with these things, they try to make everything void. Ye
t if we have the same relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will never be cheated or disappointed. Our enthusiasm will increase more and more. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba encourages us to accept Him as our son, as our friend and as our master. Then we will b
e happy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 39-40
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXTS 39-40
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 loka\'e0 tathaiv\'e4mum\line \'e4tm\'e4nam ubhay\'e4yinam\line \'e4tm\'e4nam anu ye ceha\line ye r\'e4ya\'f9 pa\'e7avo g
\'e5h\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vis\'e5jya sarv\'e4n any\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca\line m\'e4m eva\'e0 vi\'e7vato-mukham\line bhajanty ananyay\'e4 bhakty\'e4\line t\'e4n m
\'e5tyor atip\'e4raye
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Thus the devotee who worships Me, the all-pervading Lord of the universe, with unflinching devotional service, giv
es up all aspirations for promotion to heavenly planets or happiness in this world with wealth, children, cows, home or anything in relationship with the body. I take him to the other side of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.39-40}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unflinching devotional service, as described in these two verses, means engaging oneself in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or devotional service, accepting the 
Supreme Lord as all in all. Since the Supreme Lord is all-inclusive, if anyone worships Him with unflinching faith, one has automatically achieved all other opulences and performed all other duties. The Lord promises herein that He takes His devotee to t
he other side of birth and death. Lord Caitanya, therefore, recommended that one who aspires to go beyond birth and death should have no material possessions. This means that one should not try to be happy in this world or to be promoted to the heavenly 
world, nor should he strive for material wealth, children, houses or cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How liberation is imperceptibly achieved by a pure devotee and what the symptoms are have been explained. The situation with a conditioned soul is different, howeve
r. If he is in the mode of goodness, he may be preparing for promotion to the higher planets; if he is in the mode of passion, he will remain here in a society where activity is very prominent, and if he is in the mode of ignorance, he may be degraded to
 animal life or a lower grade of human life. But for a devotee there is no concern for this life or the next life because in any life he does not desire material elevation. He prays to the Lord, "My dear Lord, it does not matter where I am born, but let 
me be born, even as an ant, in the house of a devotee." A pure devotee does not pray to the Lord for liberation from this material bondage. Actually, the pure devotee never thinks that he is fit for liberation. Considering his past life and his mischievo
us activities, he thinks that he is fit to be sent to the lowest region of hell. If in this life I am trying to become a devotee, this does not mean that in my many past lives I was one hundred percent pious. That is not possible. A devotee, therefore, i
s always conscious of his real position. Only by his full surrender to the Lord, by the Lord's grace, are his sufferings mitigated. As stated in }{\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  "Surrender unto Me, and I will give you protection from all kinds of sinful reaction." That is His mercy. But this does not mean that one who has surrendered to the lotus feet 
of the Lord has committed no misdeeds in his past life. A devotee always prays, "For my misdeeds, may I be born again and again, but my only prayer is that I may not forget Your service." The devotee has such mental strength, and he prays to the Lord: "M
ay I be born again and again, but let me be born in the home of Your pure devotee so that I may again get a chance to develop my spiritual life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee is not anxious to elevate himself in his next birth. He has already given up that sort of hope. In any life in which one is born, as a householder, o
r even as an animal, he must have some children, some resources or some possessions, but a devotee is not anxious to possess anything. He is satisfied with whatever is obtainable by God's grace. He is not at all attached to improving his social status or
 the education of his children. He is not neglectful\'97he is dutiful\'97but he does not spend too much time on the improvement of temporary household or social life. He fully engages in the service of the Lord, and for other affairs he simply spares as 
much time as absolutely necessary (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4rham upayu\'efjata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Such a pure devotee do
es not care what is going to happen in the next life or in this life; he does not care even for family, children or society. He fully engages in the service of the Lord in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is stated in }{\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  that without the knowledge of the devotee, the Lord arranges for His devotee to be immediately transferred
 to His transcendental abode just after leaving his body. After quitting his body he does not go into the womb of another mother. The ordinary common living entity, after death, is transferred to the womb of another mother, according to his }{\cs2873\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 activities, to take another type of body. But as far as the devotee is concerned, he is at o
nce transferred to the spiritual world in the association of the Lord. That is the Lord's special mercy. Because He is all-powerful, the Lord can do anything and everything. He can excuse all sinful reactions. He can immediately transfer a person to Vaik
u\'eb\'f6haloka. That is the inconceivable power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is favorably disposed to the pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In these verses, Kapiladeva is describing the devotee's acceptance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the most dear to us. If we want to love
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a son, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is prepared to be our son. Arjuna accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his friend, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was his best friend. Everyone can accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba in so many ways. We can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Arjuna did, or as 
Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 did. Similarly, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja simply heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and developed love. The first-class }{\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  takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba as everything\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub priya, suta, sakh\'e4, guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everything. This is real }{\cs2873\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 want a son, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is prepared to be our son. If we want a lover, He is prepared to be our lover. If we want a friend, He is prepared to be our friend. Whatever relationship we want in the material world, we can have with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We all have some lovi
ng propensity, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is prepared to fulfill this propensity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a person like ourselves. We occupy one body, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the owner of all bodies. The body is a machine given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the material wor
ld, a father may give his son a car. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the living entities bodies, 8,400,000 different types of bodies. The living entity gets into the body just as a person gets into a car, and he goes this way and that. We can drive this 
machine called the body for so many years; then it becomes old, and we have to change it for another machine. This is the process of birth and death. We drive one car for a while, and the car is finally broken, or it is smashed. We may have an accident o
r not, but eventually the car has to go to the junk yard. Then we have to get another car.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually our position is that we never take birth and never die, but why have we been put into this position of accepting these machines? This is our real problem. 
What is the cause of this? We want to enjoy this material world with its wealth and possessions. As long as we are after material possessions, we cannot transcend the cycle of birth and death. However, we have to give up all this and take shelter of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and worship Him. Nor can we worship Him whimsically, but as He desires. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I want a glass of water," we must bring Him water. We cannot say, "Milk is better than water. I think I wi
ll bring Him milk." This is not favorable service. Some so-called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  say, "I can wors
hip the Lord in my own way." This is simply imagination. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that Brahman has no }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  no form, and they suggest that we imagine some form. This is not the case with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in His original form, and He is described in Vedic literatures. We have recounted these descriptions before
. If we want to attain a body like Brahm\'e4's, we can get it. If we want a body like a worm in stool, we can get it. Or, if we want a body like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, we can get that also. That is our real body of }{\cs2873\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  We can also get a body like a demigod's and go to the heavenly planets. Or we can remain here in the middle
 planetary system. Our destination is our own choice. We are given full freedom through our activities. By pious activities, we go to the heavenly planets, and by K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities, we go to Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but somehow or other we have forgotten this. In }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\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  20.117) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba bhuli' sei j\'e9va an\'e4di-bahirmukha\line ataeva m\'e4y\'e4 t\'e4re deya sa\'e0s\'e4ra-du\'f9kha
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory 
energy [}{\cs2873\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 ] gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence." Because we have forg
otten K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us all these }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba also comes into this material world in order to remind us of Himself. In this Kali-yuga, peopl
e are forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba more and more. They are not even interested in Him, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is interested because we are His sons. A mad son may no longer be interested in his home, in his father or mother, yet the father never loses interest 
in his son. He is anxious because his boy has left home and is suffering. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's son leaves the spiritual sky and takes up one material body after another and in this way travels from one planet to another in different species of lif
e. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to rescue him.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 17: Taking Shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Controller
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHAPTER SEVENTEEN\line Taking Sh
elter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Controller
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 41
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 41
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4nyatra mad-bhagavata\'f9\line pradh\'e4na-puru\'f1e\'e7var\'e4t\line \'e4tmana\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line bhaya
\'e0 t\'e9vra\'e0 nivartate
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The terrible fear of birth and death can never be forsaken by anyone who resorts to any shelter other than Myself,
 for I am the almighty Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original source of all creation, and also the Supreme Soul of all souls.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.41}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is indicated herein that the cycle of birth and death cannot be stopped unless one is a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord. It is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari\'e0 vin\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naiva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  s\'e5ti
\'e0 taranti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One cannot surpass the cycle of birth and death unless one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The same concept is confirmed herewith: one may take
 to the system of understanding the Absolute Truth by one's own imperfect sensory speculation, or one may try to realize the self by the mystic }{\cs2873\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  process; but whatever one may do, unless he comes to the point of surrendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, no process can give him liberation. One may ask if this means that those who
 are undergoing so much penance and austerity by strictly following the rules and regulations are endeavoring in vain. The answer is given by }{\cs3545\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  (10.2.32): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4nina\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Brahm\'e4 and other demigods prayed to the Lord when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in the womb of Devak\'e9: "My dear lotus-eyed Lord, there are persons who are puffed up with the thought that they have become 
liberated or one with God or have become God, but they are unintelligent." It is stated that their intelligence, whether high or low, is not even purified. With purified intelligence, a living entity cannot think otherwise than to surrender. }{\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  therefore, confirms that purified intelligence arises in a very wise man. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ante}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After many, many births, one who is actually advanced in intelligence surrenders unto the Supreme Lo
rd.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without surrendering, one cannot achieve liberation. The }{\cs2873\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, "Those who are simply puffed up, thinking themselves liberated by some nondevotional process, are not intelligent because they have not yet surrendered unto You. In spite of ex
ecuting all kinds of austerities and penances or even arriving at the brink of Brahman realization, they think that they are in the effulgence of Brahman. But actually, because they have no transcendental activities, they fall down to material activities
." One should not be satisfied simply with knowing that he is Brahman. He must engage himself in the service of the Supreme Brahman; that is }{\cs2873\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  The engagement of Brahman should be the service of Para-brahman. It is said that unless one becomes Brahman, one cannot serve Brahman. The Supreme Brahman is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
and the living entity is also Brahman. Without realizing that he is Brahman, spirit soul, an eternal servitor of the Lord, if one simply thinks that he is Brahman, his realization is only theoretical. He has to realize and at the same time engage himself
 in the devotional service of the Lord; then he can exist in the Brahman status. Otherwise he falls down.
\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 Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that because nondevotees neglect the transcendental loving service of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, their intelligence is not pure, and therefore they fall down. The living entity must have some activity. If he d
oes not engage in the activity of transcendental service, he must fall down to material activity. As soon as one falls down to material activity, there is no rescue from the cycle of birth and death. It is stated here by Lord Kapila, "Without My mercy" (
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4nyatra mad-bhagavata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The Lord is stated here to be Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, indicating that He is full of all opulences and is therefore perfectly competent to deliver one from the cycle of birth and death. He is also called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
pradh\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because He is the Supreme. He is equal to everyone, but to one who surrenders to Him He is especially favorable. It is also confirmed in }{\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  that the Lord is equal to everyone; no one is His enemy and no one is His friend. But to one who
 surrenders unto Him, He is especially inclined. By the grace of the Lord, simply by surrendering unto Him one can get out of this cycle of birth and death. Otherwise, he may go on in many, many lives and may many times attempt other processes for libera
tion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presently we are so dull and foolish that we do not know what is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhayam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e9vram.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The
 word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e9vram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "very terrible," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "very fearsome." We are entangled by a very terrible fear, but we have become so dull due to the spell of }{\cs2873\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 do not care. At the time of death there are many troubles, and we become very fearful
. Sometimes, when a person is dying, he falls into a coma and lies unconscious. We do not know what kind of fearful test this person is undergoing. He may be dreaming so many things, or he may be crying. He cannot express what is going on. Those who are 
very sinful especially die in that way. After death, one has to enter into the womb of another mother. That is also a very fearful stage. One becomes packed in a bag, and this bag is filled with stool and urine, and one has to remain packed in this airti
ght bag for nine months.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a horrible situation, but we have forgotten all about it. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\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  that our real trouble is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma-m\'e5tyu\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub birth and death. When the living entity is packed in the womb, unable to move, he prays to God, "Please relieve me from this horrible condition. If You relieve me, I shall worship 
You." Finally, after nine months, the living entity emerges from the womb, and then he also undergoes so many troubles trying to adjust to the atmosphere of a new planet. As an infant, he cries and cries, and he is totally dependent on his mother's mercy
. Sometimes a mother cannot understand what the child wants. Sometimes an ant may be biting the child, but the mother thinks that the child is hungry. There are bugs, worms, mosquitoes, stool, urine and so many things attacking the new body. These are th
e threefold miseries, yet we think that we have made such progress. We are being attacked moment after moment by one thing after another, yet people close their eyes to birth, old age, disease and death. The atheists want to forget these miseries, and th
erefore they like to think that there is no life after death. They are like ostriches, who stick their head in the ground when an enemy approaches.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the living entity in the womb promises to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when he is delivered from the womb he does not fulfill his promise. As soon as he is born
 and grows up, he begins to acquire a good bank balance, a wife and children and then begins to think that his problems are solved and that he will live very happily. Actually his problems are not solved. He may have some temporary facilities, but the ma
in problem is still there. Every minute, every second, people are dying and going to Yamar\'e4ja. Those who are living are thinking that they will not die. They see that their friends are dying, but somehow or other they think that they are eternal. Yudh
i\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said that this was the most amazing thing in the world. No one thinks that he is going to die, although everyone else is dying.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entity thinks that he is very happy in whatever body he gets. He may get the body of a dog or the body of a cat, but he is happy in his body, and he does
 not want to lose it. This is called illusion. When an ant sees danger, he will run like anything. This is because he values his body and does not want to lose it. Once Lord Indra, the King of the heavenly planets, was cursed by B\'e5haspati to become a 
hog. He was going about on earth enjoying his hog body when finally Lord Brahm\'e4 came and told him, "My dear Indra, you have suffered enough. Now come with me and return to your heavenly kingdom." Indra in the form of a hog said, "Where shall I go?" "T
o the heavens," Lord Brahm\'e4 replied. It was then that Indra said, "No, I have my family and children. How can I go? I am very happy. Let me remain here." In this way, everyone is thinking that he is very happy, although he is in a horrible and fearsom
e condition. However, one who is actually intelligent can understand that he is not actually happy, that he is suffering. It is said that ignorance is bliss, but this is the bliss of a hog. When one actually comes to the understanding that he is not actu
ally happy in the material world, he can begin to relieve his suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no possibility of being liberated from suffering without taking shelter at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. People are thinking that they can relieve suffering
 through abortion, by killing the child within the womb. In this way they are committing one sin after another and becoming more and more entangled. Consequently the aborted living entity will have to enter into the womb of another mother in order to und
ergo the birth that he is destined to take. Then, when he enters the womb of another mother, he may again be killed, and for many years he may not be allowed to see the light of the sun. In this Kali-yuga, people are becoming so sinful that there is no p
ossibility of rescue unless one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The entire human civilization is falling into the illusory fire of }{\cs2873\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 fly into the fire just like moths. When there is a beautiful fire, moths come from a long distance, enter it and go pop, pop, pop. In this way one dies, takes birth and suffers and dies a
gain.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees are so kind and compassionate that they are unhappy to see all the misery of this material world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the father o
f all living entities, and He is very unhappy to see His sons suffer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore comes and canvasses: "Why are you captivated by this false, so-called happiness? Give up all of this and surrender to Me. Come to Me, and I will relieve you. Y
ou will then live happily, eternally and blissfully. You will not have any want, nor will you be troubled by anything." For this reason K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes. Actually He has no other business to carry out here because His agent }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  does everything. Nonetheless, out of compassion K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes in His original form or in an incarn
ation like Kapiladeva. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also sends His representative, who says, "You rascal! Simply take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and be happy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes once in a day of Brahm\'e4, and His incarnations also come, to educate foolish people who think that they are living happily on this earth. Kap
iladeva comes to propound this S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, which is unalloyed devotion to the Lord. Herein Kapiladeva says that one is condemned to death unless he takes shelter of the Lord. There is no other way to be saved. We are all in a very fearful s
ituation, but we do not understand this. Under the spell of }{\cs2873\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 thinking we
 are very happy, but this is not a fact. If we want relief from our dangerous situation, we have to surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and revive our old connection with Him. What is that connection? We are all His eternal servants. We shoul
d not foolishly think that we can become one with God or equal to God. This is all the result of rascaldom. The beginning of knowledge is to understand that we are the eternal sons and servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no difference between a son and 
a servant. The son serves the father, just as the servant serves the master. There is affection between master and servant and son and father. The father also serves the son in so many ways; therefore the relationship is reciprocal. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabh
u has defined our original }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svar\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  our original identity, as that of eternal servant. 
People are artificially thinking, "I am independent. I am no one's servant. I have become God. I have become Bhagav\'e4n. I am this, or I am that."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world, it is not very pleasant to be a servant of anyone. We think that being God's servant is like this because we are materially infected. We are 
thinking that being a servant of God is like being a servant of some man, but in the spiritual world the servant and the served are the same. For instance, the }{\cs2873\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 servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he is accepted as K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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. 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]." (}{\cs3545\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7) This is the verdict of all }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am God, I am Bhagav\'e4n." Rather, the }{\cs2873\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, "I am the most humble servant of the servant of the servant of God." He does not even say that he is the direct servant. Rather, he is the servant one hundred times removed. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9-bhartu\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pada-kamalayor d\'e4sa-d\'e4s\'e4nud\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We should not 
try to become direct servants, for that is not possible. First of all we must become the servant of the servant. The }{\cs2873\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 servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we become his servant, we become an actual bona fide servant. That is our real position. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prays:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayi nanda-tanuja ki\'eckara\'e0\line patita\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vi\'f1ame bhav\'e4mbudhau
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, I am Your eternal servant, but somehow or other I have fallen into this ocean of birth and death."
 }{\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 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\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}{\b0\i0\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 Mah
\'e4prabhu addresses the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very pleased if one addresses Him as the son of Vasudeva, Ya\'e7od\'e4 or Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda. K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes to be named in relation to His
 pure devotees. Therefore He is called Ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana, Nanda-nandana, Vasudeva-nandana, R\'e4dhik\'e4-rama\'eba and so on. Thus Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way. He says that although He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal servan
t, somehow He has fallen into the ocean of birth and death, accepting one body after another, dying and being born again, not only in this planet but throughout the whole universe, in many species of life. This is the situation with conditioned living en
tities, wandering from one life to another and from one planet to another for millions upon millions of years. We do not care about this because we say that we are brave and not afraid. We are very proud in this way, but this is a fool's pride. It is sai
d, Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. In order to save ourselves from this fearful situation, we must take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the verdict of all the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes for this purpose and sends His devotees, who work day and night to propagate this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movemen
t.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 42
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 42
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-bhay\'e4d v\'e4ti v\'e4to 'ya\'e0\line s\'fcryas tapati mad-bhay\'e4t\line var\'f1at\'e9ndro dahaty agnir\line m\'e5tyu\'e7 
carati mad-bhay\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub It is because of My supremacy that the wind blows, out of fear of Me; the sun shines out of fear of Me, and the lo
rd of the clouds, Indra, sends forth showers out of fear of Me. Fire burns out of fear of Me, and death goes about taking its toll out of fear of Me.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.42}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, says in }{\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  that the natural laws are perfect because of His superintendence. No one should think that nature is working automatically, without superintendence. The Vedic literature says
 that the clouds are controlled by the demigod Indra, heat is distributed by the sun-god, the soothing moonlight is distributed by Candra and the air is blowing under the arrangement of the demigod V\'e4yu. But above all these demigods is the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, the chief living entity. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cet
an\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The demigods are also ordinary living entities, but due to their faithfulness\'97their devotional service\'97they have been promoted to such posts. These differe
nt demigods, or directors, such as Candra, Varu\'eba and V\'e4yu, are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhik\'e4ri-devat\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The demigods are departmental heads. The government of the Supreme Lord consists not only of one planet or two or three; there are millions of planets and millions of universes. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has a huge government, and H
e requires assistants. The demigods are considered His bodily limbs. These are described in Vedic literature. The sun-god, moon-god, fire-god and air-god are working under the direction of the Supreme Lord. It is confirmed in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.10), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The natural laws are being conducted under His superintendence. Because He is in the background, e
verything is being performed punctually and regularly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who has taken shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is completely protected from all other influences. He no longer serves or is obliged to anyone else.
 Of course he is not disobedient to anyone, but his full power of thought is absorbed in the service of the Lord. The statements by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kapila, that under His direction the air is blowing, the fire is burning, the sun is g
iving heat, etc., are not sentimental. The impersonalist may say that the }{\cs2873\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  de
votees create and imagine someone as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and assign qualifications to Him; but actually it is neither imagination nor an imposition of artificial power in the name of Godhead. 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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e9\'f1\'e4sm\'e4d v\'e4ta
\'f9 pavate/ bh\'e9\'f1odeti s\'fcrya\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Out of fear of the Supreme Lord, the wind-god and the sun-god are acting." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1\'e4sm\'e4d agni\'e7 candra\'e7 ca/ m\'e5tyur dh\'e4vati pa\'efcama\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Agni, Indra and M\'e5tyu are also acting under His direct
ion." These are the statements of the }{\cs2873\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 If the demigods are subject to fear, what of ordinary living entities? Material life is not very happy because we are always fearful of something. No one can say, "
I am not afraid of anything." Everyone is afraid of something. There is not a bird, beast, human being or living entity alive that is not afraid of something. This is because we are absorbed in the bodily conception, thinking, "I am this body." Since eve
ryone is thinking in this way, everyone fears bodily destruction. When there was an earthquake in Los Angeles, everyone ran out their houses screaming. Everyone was terrified, thinking, "Now death is coming!" This is material nature. There are many event
s in nature that cause fear. There are great cyclones and tornadoes. There is excessive heat and excessive rain. There is flood and famine and war. Yet people are thinking of being happy on this planet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern scientists say that there are no demigods and that there is no God, that all events are being carried out by nature. It is true that nature is working, but n
ature, after all, is nothing but matter. Matter cannot work without being directed by a living being. We cannot say that matter works independently. In the ocean we always see that there are great waves moving. Water is dull matter, but the air is pushin
g these great waves and dashing them onto the earth. Scientists say that nature works in this way and that, but nature is not independent. We receive information from authoritative }{\cs2873\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  that nature is moving under the direction of the demigods. So we cannot say that these processes are automatically taking place. Scientists admit tha
t nature is working in a wonderful way, but, after all, nature is not under their control. The scientists may accept or defy K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but they cannot defy the activities of nature. Everyone is subordinate to nature. Nature, however, is working und
er the direction of God; therefore everyone is subordinate to God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sun, oceans, land, space and everything else in material creation are but manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's external energy. Nothing is independent of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba or His energy. In }{\cs3545\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  (5.44) it is said that material nature is
 so powerful that it can create, maintain and destroy in itself: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e5\'f1\'f6i-sthiti-pralaya-s\'e4dhana-\'e7aktir ek\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  However, material nature is working just like a shadow. If we place our hand before a light, we can see its shadow move on a wall. Similarly, material nature is working due to the touch of spirit soul. It is not possibl
e for an automobile to drive itself. A person, a spirit soul, must be within to push certain buttons. Due to the touch of the spirit soul, the machine is moving. The entire universe is similarly moving due to the touch of God. According to the }{\cs2873
\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  the wind is blowing, the water is moving, the sun is shining and the earth is revolv
ing under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If the directors of the different material elements do not work properly, they are punished by their master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this earth, He saw that Lord Indra, the lord of the heavens and of rain, was somewhat puffed up. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore advised
 His father Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja not to bother worshiping Indra. He told His father, "There is no need to offer sacrifices to Indra. It is better to worship Govardhana Hill, which is the representative of God. The cows receive their grass and grains from
 Govardhana Hill; therefore it is better to worship it." At first, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was not willing to do this, but out of affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he finally agreed. When Indra saw that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was worshiping Govardhana Hill, he be
came very angry and sent vicious clouds to inundate all of V\'e5nd\'e4vana with a flood. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then showed Indra that his power was not even competent to deal with the little finger of His left hand. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted Govardhana Hi
ll with the small finger of His left hand and used it as an umbrella to save all the people of V\'e5nd\'e4vana from Indra's torrents. All of this is related in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus everyone is a servant. No one can actually claim to be master. If we simply take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we do not have to offer sacrifices to various demig
ods. If we water the root of a tree, we do not have to water the branches, twigs, flowers or fruits. If we supply food to the stomach, we do not have to feed the eyes, hands and legs separately. Similarly, if we worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source of ever
ything, no other worship is necessary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Large amounts of wealth are necessary to perform sacrifices. In former ages, tons of food were offered in a fire as a sacrifice, but this is not possible in this ag
e. Therefore }{\cs2873\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 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873
\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 recommended. Anyone can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no need for instrume
nts, although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu introduced the }{\cs2873\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  (drum) and }{\cs2873\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). Otherwise, clapping in itself is sufficient. Anyone can sit down with his fami
ly, clap hands 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 Hare. 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  is very easy to perform. In the evening people go to restaurants and cinemas and waste time and money at clubs and dances. They are not aware of the fearful s
ituation of birth, old age, disease and death. People are carried away by the waves of material nature, and they have submitted to its laws. We should not waste our time in this valuable human form but should begin to solve our problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eventually everything on this earth will be annihilated. At present, three fourths of this earth is covered with water. In the beginning, the entire earth was cover
ed with water, but gradually the water is drying up, and more land is emerging. Since the land has emerged, we have calculated that this is the Asian continent, this is North America, South America, Africa and so on. Eventually there will be no water but
 only land, and this means that there will ultimately be destruction. Since there will be no water, the heat will be scorching, and eventually the earth will be burned to ashes. Then again there will be rainfall, and everything will be mixed up again, an
d again there will be destruction. In this way things come into existence and are dissolved. Similarly, this body comes into existence, takes a nice form, and then is finally finished forever. We will then have to get another body. The body is like a bub
ble. It is present for one moment, then it bursts and is gone forever.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We simply take on one bubble after another, one body after another, and we think that we will become happy in this way because we are so foolish. K\'e5\'f1\'eba com
es as a person like us, but we are such rascals that we think He is simply a man, and this is our misfortune. If we just surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will no longer be subjected to the }{\cs2873\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  of different bodies. Even if we attempt to render some devotional service to Him and fall down, we lose nothing and gain everything. A human lif
e is guaranteed in our next birth. It is therefore to our benefit to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK 18: Devotional Service: The Final 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 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN\line Devotional
 Service: The Final Perfection
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 43
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 43
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gya-yuktena\line bhakti-yogena yogina\'f9\line k\'f1em\'e4ya p\'e4da-m\'fcla\'e0 me\line pravi\'e7anty akuto
-bhayam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The yog\'e9s, equipped with transcendental knowledge and renunciation and engaged in devotional service for their 
eternal benefit, take shelter at My lotus feet, and since I am the Lord, they are thus eligible to enter into the kingdom of Godhead without fear.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.43}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who wants to be liberated from the entanglement of this material world and go back home, back to Godhead, is actually a 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  The words explicitly used here are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yuktena bhakti-yogena.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those }{\cs2873\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  or mystics, who engage in devotional service are first-class }{\cs2873\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  They are described in }{\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  as constantly thinking
 of the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These }{\cs2873\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  are not w
ithout knowledge and renunciation. To become a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to automatically attai
n knowledge and renunciation. That is the consequent result of }{\cs2873\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 the }{
\cs2873\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  First Canto, Second Chapter, it is also confirmed that one who engages in dev
otional service of V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has complete transcendental knowledge and renunciation, and there is no further explanation for these attainments. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ahaitu
k\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub without reason, they come. Even if a person is completely illiterate, the transcendental knowledge of the scriptures is revealed unto him because of his devotion. To 
anyone who has full faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the spiritual master, all the import of the Vedic literatures is revealed. One doesn't have to seek separately; the }{\cs2873\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 engage in devotional service are full in knowledge and renunciation. If there is a lack of knowledge and renunciation, it is to be understood that
 one is not engaged in full devotional service. The conclusion is that one cannot be sure of entrance into the spiritual realm\'97in either the impersonal }{\cs2873\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  effulgence of the Lord or the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets within that Brahman effulgence\'97unless he is surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord. The surrendered souls 
are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akuto-bhaya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They are doubtless and fearless, and their entrance into the spiri
tual kingdom is guaranteed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotional service is most important because there is danger in every step in this material world. At any moment, our life can be finished. We may be walking along 
very nicely, but at some moment we may slip and break our neck; therefore this planet is called Martyaloka, the planet of death, the place where death is a certainty. Regardless of how strong or healthy one may be, one cannot avoid death. One may exercis
e on the beach daily, but one may die at any moment. There is no guarantee. Everyone wants health and security, but actually there is no security. There is simply a struggle for existence. People are struggling for security, but in reality this is all fo
olishness. People are always fearful because they have forgotten or rejected K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have forgotten that we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal servants, His eternal parts and parcels, and that we have a most intimate relationship with Him. In the ma
terial world we are situated in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a nonpermanent situation. When a child has lost his 
father and mother, he is always in a fearful condition. He cries in the street, "Where is my father? Where is my mother?" If we no longer want to be in such a fearful condition, we have to take shelter at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is begging us to come to Him because we are all His sons. He says, "You are rotting here by repeatedly committing sins. You are changing from one body to another, and you are thinking that you are a human being, an American, this or that. The next moment
 you may become a dog or an insect." People are always thinking that they are secure, and this is called }{\cs2873\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge, }{\cs2873\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  means understanding our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A wise man asks, "What is my duty to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" Once we understand our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and our duty to Him, we naturally become reluctant to engage
 in material activities. This is called }{\cs2873\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  detachment from material activities. 
}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  can be awakened by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we cannot understand our situation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba reserves the right of not being exposed to fools and rascals. He is s
imply meant for the devotees. We cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba without becoming devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material life means sex. People work hard all day in order to have a little sex at night. In the material world everyone is suffering from the sharp arrow of Cupid.
 Madana, Cupid, shoots his arrow into men and women to make them mad after one another; however, when one actually sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he sees Madana-mohana, the charmer of Cupid. Then one is no longer pierced by Cupid's arrow. This means that one actua
lly becomes fearless. One can then enter into }{\cs2873\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 renounce this material world
. According to the }{\cs2873\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  there is }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub preyas. \'c7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the ultimate goal. We should act in such a way that ultimately we will become happy. However, if we want immediate happiness and disregard the future, we want }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub preyas. Preyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is for unintelligent people and children. A child enjoys playing all day; he does not want to
 be sent to school to be educated. Education is }{\cs2873\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  the ultimate goal. No one is in
terested in this. The }{\cs2873\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  instruct us to aim for }{\cs2873\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  and not be captivated by }{\cs2873\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  The supreme }{\cs2873\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  is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world we are struggling for existence with the hope that someday in the future we will be happy. Yet we are bewildered. An animal in the desert sees
 a mirage, a shadow of water, and he runs after this shadow again and again. He runs further and further, and in this way, as he crosses the hot sands, he becomes more and more thirsty and he finally dies. Our struggle for existence is like this. We are 
thinking, "Let me go a little further. There will be water eventually. There will eventually be happiness." Yet there is no water in the desert. Those who are unintelligent, who are like animals, seek happiness in the desert of the material world. This f
alse attachment has to be given up by the process of }{\cs2873\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  This must be taken up ve
ry seriously, not artificially. K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all seriousness wants to see whether one has finished all his material desires. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees this, He is very pleased. We are actually busy with }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but when we transcend these, }{\cs2873\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  begins.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we study the history of the world, we see that it is simply a history of struggle. Mankind attempts to relieve its miserable condition, but it simply brings abou
t another miserable condition. As we try to overcome one problem, another problem arises. Our determination to renounce our association with this material world is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mukti. Mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means coming to the spiritual platform. Since we belong to the spiritual atmosphere, it is impossible for us to be happy in the material atmosphere. I
f a land animal is placed in water, he will simply struggle for existence, despite being an expert swimmer. We have come into this material world to gratify our senses, but our attempts will never be successful. If we actually want to attain a state beyo
nd fear, we have to accept this }{\cs2873\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 enunciated by Lord Kapiladeva.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 TLK Vs 44
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TEXT 44
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub et\'e4v\'e4n eva loke 'smin\line pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 ni\'f9\'e7reyasodaya\'f9\line t\'e9vre\'eba bhakti-yogena\line mano mayy arpita
\'e0 sthiram
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Therefore persons whose minds are fixed on the Lord engage in the intensive practice of devotional service. That i
s the only means to attain the final perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25.44}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mano mayy arpitam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which mean "the mind being fixed on Me," are significant. One should fix his mind on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His incarnation. To be fixed steadily in that freedom is the way of liberation. Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja is an example. He fixed his mind on the lotus feet of the Lord, he spoke only on the pastimes of the Lord, he smelled only the flowers and }{\cs2873\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  offered to the Lord, he walked only to the temple of the Lord, he engaged his hands in cleansing the temple, he engaged his tongue in tasting the foodstuff offered to the Lord, and h
e engaged his ears in hearing the great pastimes of the Lord. In this way all his senses were engaged. First of all, the mind should be engaged at the lotus feet of the Lord, very steadily and naturally. Because the mind is the master of the senses, when
 the mind is engaged, all the senses are engaged. That is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means controll
ing the senses. The senses cannot be controlled in the proper sense of the term; they are always agitated. This is true also with a child\'97how long can he be forced to sit down silently? It is not possible. Even Arjuna said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'efcala\'e0 hi mana\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\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  "The mind is always agitated." The best course is to fix the mind on the lotus feet of the Lord. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mano mayy arpita\'e0 sthiram.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one seriously engages in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that is the highest perfectional stage. All K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
scious activities are on the highest perfectional level of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse marks the conclusion of }{\cs2873\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 described by Lord Kapiladeva to His mother. }{\cs2873\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 business of one advanced in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  knowledge
 and renunciation. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya has explained }{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vair\'e4gya-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -nija-bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begins when we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\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." (}{\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)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to renounce all material engagements and accept the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are making one plan after another to be happy in this material world, b
ut this place is certified by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam}{\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  a place of misery. This material world is actually }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for misery, just as a prison house is meant for punishment. Once we attain our constit
utional position of }{\cs2873\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 can enter the kingdom of God, the spiritual world.
 By }{\cs2873\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  we attempt to get out of the gross body, and by }{\cs2873\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  we attempt to get out of the subtle body, but by }{\cs2873\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 can directly transcend both the subtle body (mind, intelligence and ego) and the gross material body. Then we can be sit
uated on the spiritual platform in our original, spiritual body. As long as we are in the subtle and gross bodies, we are suffering under the three modes of material nature. Once we enter into the devotional service of the Lord, we are immediately situat
ed on the platform of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("I am Brahman") is simply theoretical knowledge, but when one actually renders devotional service, one is situated in practical knowledge. Then one is no longer on the material platform but on the
 Brahman platform.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja rendered the best service to his father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, by having him killed by Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva. Superficially it appeared 
that Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not help his father, but this was not the case. In the }{\cs2873\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 is said that if a person, even though a demon, is killed by God, he is immediately liberated. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was thinking, "My father is so sinful and so much opposed to God consciousness that he might not be liberated." A
fter Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha killed Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja told the Lord, "My dear Lord, may I ask one thing from You? My father was a great atheist, and he committed many offenses at Your lotus feet. Now You have killed him. I reques
t that he be excused and be given liberation." Actually Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was already liberated, yet his affectionate son was anxious to know whether he was liberated or not. It is confirmed by the Lord that not only does a Vai\'f1\'ebava's father, but
 everyone for twenty-one generations before a Vai\'f1\'ebava receives liberation. Thus by serving the Lord, one renders the best service to his family, because twenty-one generations are liberated if one becomes a pure Vai\'f1\'ebava.
\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 yog\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  real business is to focus his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the real }{\cs2873\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. There are many gymnastics performed by }{\cs2873\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 all this is reco
mmended for those who are overly concerned with the body. Rendering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours daily is called }{\cs2873\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 that is real }{\cs2873\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  Peop
le are working hard day and night to enjoy some results. A person in }{\cs2873\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  works har
d day and night but offers the results to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is a great difference between a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and an ordinary }{\cs2873\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  Ordinary }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot understand that the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are on the transcendental platform.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we have stated before, there are innumerable forms of God\'97R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Var\'e4ha, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kapiladeva, Balar\'e4ma and so on. Sometimes fool
ish people ask, "You are worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why don't you worship R\'e4ma?" Actually there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma, but everyone has his preference. For instance, Hanum\'e4n was particularly devoted to Lord R\'e4macand
ra. The }{\cs2873\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  are exclusively devoted to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This does not make any re
al difference. The Lord appears in different forms, but in all cases He is the Lord. Once K\'e5\'f1\'eba left the }{\cs2873\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 changed into His four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu form. The }{\cs2873\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  went out searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when they saw the four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu form, they did not offer much respect. They simply wanted to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Vi\'f1\'ebu, but
 every devotee has a particular inclination. In the Vai\'f1\'ebava-samprad\'e4ya, some devotees worship R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and others worship S\'e9t\'e4-R\'e4ma and Lak\'f1m\'e9-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Some also worship Rukmi\'eb\'e9-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
All of these are the same, and all of the devotees are Vai\'f1\'ebavas. Whether one chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Hare R\'e4ma, it is not very important. Worship of the demigods, however, is not recommended. In any case, }{\cs2873\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  begins with hearing\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  After one has heard from the right source and is convinced,
 one will automatically perform }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. K\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means glorification. }{\cs2873\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 preaching, glorifying and speaking about the Lord. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja attained 
perfection simply by listening to }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was listening, and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 wa
s performing }{\cs2873\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  by describing the glories of the Lord. P\'e5thu Mah\'e4r\'e4ja sim
ply worshiped the Lord, and Lak\'f1m\'e9dev\'e9 massaged Vi\'f1\'ebu's lotus feet. Arjuna made friends with the Lord, and Hanum\'e4n carried out the orders of Lord R\'e4macandra. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered everything he had to the Lord in the form of V
\'e4manadeva, and after he had offered all his possessions, he offered his body. There are many examples, but at the present moment, if we simply hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is sufficient. God has given us ears, and we need only go to a realized soul
 and hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from him. This is the process recommended for this age because people are very fallen and are uneducated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommends that we search out a devotee regardless of our position. There is no need to change our position; it is better to remain where we 
are and simply hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to give everybody an opportunity to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within everyone's heart, and as soon as He sees that one is interested in Him, H
e helps. This is the beginning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even if we do not understand this philosophy, we will be purified if we hear what K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. This is the whole process of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-sa\'eck\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One doesn't even have to understand what this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. One only has to hear to be
 purified. Unless one is purified, one cannot understand God. There are many contaminations within the heart, and the people in this age are engaged in many sinful activities\'97illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. The whole world is revo
lving about these things, yet despite this we have to spread this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. There may be many obstacles, but they can all be transcended by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. We only have to be determined in our devotion. The rest will 
follow. This is the essence of Lord Kapila's instructions to His mother.
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\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Garry Gelade \line Professor of Psychology \line Oxford University
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JACKET DESIGNED BY INDRA PRAMADA DASA \line ILLUSTRATION BY JAGAT-KARANA DASI 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TLK Back Flap
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Kapila  \line The Son of Devah\'fcti
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub LONG AGO, in an age we know about only from the epics of ancient India, the great sage Kapila made His appearance on earth\'97from the womb of the saintly Devah\'fc
ti, When her husband left home to seek spiritual perfection in the forest, Devah\'fcti implored her divine son Kapila to lead her to enlightenment  Lord Kapila then showed her the way of S\'e4\'eckhya\'97the analytical pathway to a higher understanding o
f the world, the self, and the ultimate source of everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here the world\'92s most distinguished teacher of Vedic philosophy and religion shows us just how relevant Lord Kapila's ancient teachings are to us today. Through 
the way of  S\'e4\'eckhya, as explained in this book, we learn about the qualities of the spiritual master, the science of meditation, the psychology of consciousness, the symptoms of the self-realized person, the secret of transcendental knowledge, and 
the attainment of supreme liberation.
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 of Queen Kunti}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Teachings of Queen Kunt\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK Front flap
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Front flap
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE TRAGIC and heroic figure of Queen Kunt\'e9 emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. As the wife of King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u and the mother of f
ive illustrious sons (the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas), she was a central figure in a complex political drama that fifty centuries ago culminated in the devastating Kuruk\'f1etra War.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the conclusion of the war, Queen Kunt\'e9 approaches Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He prepares to depart from the scene of battle. Although Kunt\'e9 is Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's aunt (He incarnated as her brother Vasudeva's son), she perfectly understands His exalted and divine identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She knows full well that He descended from His abode in the spiritual world to rid the earth of d
emoniac military forces and reestablish peace and righteousness. Thus the prayers she offers Him on this occasion are not the conventional pious solicitations. Rather, they are philosophical reflections, devotional illuminations, even mystical exultation
s. As such they have been recorded and immortalized 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 , India's gr
eatest philosophical and spiritual classic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Queen Kunt\'e9's prayers\'97the simple and illuminating outpourings of the soul of a great and saintly woman devotee\'97reveal both the deepest transcendental emoti
ons of the heart and the most profound philosophical and theological penetrations of the intellect. Her words have been recited, chanted, and sung by sages and philosophers in India for thousands of years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Queen Kunt\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consists of Kunt\'e9's celebrated prayers as recorded in t
he }{\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  together with illuminating commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bha
ktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\'97Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the most renowned Vedic scholar and religious leader of our time and author of more than seventy volumes of translation and commentary on India
's ancient Vedic literature.\line (continued on back flap) 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9mad Bh\'e4gavatam, cantos 1-10 (50 vols.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4mrta (17 vols.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Instruction 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sr\'e9 I\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets
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2.K8B45   294.5'43   78-20437 \line ISBN 0-89213-102-0
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The tragic and heroic figure of Queen Kunt\'e9 emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. As related in the }{\cs2873\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  India's grand epic poem of 110,000 couplets, Kunt\'e9 was the wife of King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u and the mother of
 five illustrious sons known as the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. As such, she was one of the central figures in a complex political drama that culminated fifty centuries ago in the Kuruk\'f1etra War, a devastating war of ascendancy that changed the course of world
 events. The }{\cs2873\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  describes the prelude to the holocaust as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4\'eb\'f2u became king because his elder brother Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had been born blind, a condition that excluded him from direct succession. Some time af
ter P\'e4\'eb\'f2u ascended to the throne, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra married G\'e4ndh\'e4r\'e9 and fathered one hundred sons. This was the ruling family of the Kaurava dynasty, of whom the eldest was the ambitious and cruel Duryodhana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, P\'e4\'eb\'f2u had taken two wives, M\'e4dr\'e9 and Kunt\'e9. Originally named P\'e5th\'e4, Kunt\'e9 was the daughter of \'c7\'fcrasena, the chief of the
 glorious Yadu dynasty. The }{\cs2873\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  relates that Kunt\'e9 "was gifted with beaut
y and character; she rejoiced in the law [}{\cs2873\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 ] and was great in her vows." She also pos
sessed an unusual benediction. When she was a child, her father \'c7\'fcrasena had given her in adoption to his childless cousin and close friend Kuntibhoja (hence the name "Kunt\'e9"). In her stepfather's house, Kunt\'e9's duty was to look after the wel
fare of guests. One day the powerful sage and mystic Durv\'e4s\'e4 came there and was pleased by Kunt\'e9's selfless service. Foreseeing that she would have difficulty conceiving sons, Durv\'e4s\'e4 gave her the benediction that she could invoke any demi
god and by him obtain progeny.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Kunt\'e9 married P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, he was placed under a curse that prevented him from begetting children. So he renounced the throne and retired with his wives
 to the forest. There Kunt\'e9's special benediction enabled her to conceive (at her husband's request) three glorious sons. First she invoked Dharma, the demigod of religion. After worshiping him and repeating an invocation Durv\'e4s\'e4 had taught her,
 she united with Dharma and, in time, gave birth to a boy. As soon as the child was born, a voice with no visible source said, "This child will be called Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and he will be very virtuous. He will be splendid, determined, renounced, and fam
ous throughout the three worlds."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having been blessed with this virtuous son, P\'e4\'eb\'f2u then asked Kunt\'e9 for a son of great physical strength. Thus Kunt\'e9 invoked V\'e4yu, the demigod of t
he wind, who begot the mighty Bh\'e9ma. Upon Bh\'e9ma's birth the supernatural voice said, "This child will be the foremost of all strong men."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thereafter P\'e4\'eb\'f2u consulted with great sages in the forest and then asked Kunt\'e9 to observe vows of austerity for one full year. At the end of this period
 P\'e4\'eb\'f2u said to Kunt\'e9, "O beautiful one, Indra, the King of heaven, is pleased with you, so invoke him and conceive a son." Kunt\'e9 then invoked Indra, who came to her and begot Arjuna. As soon as the prince was born, the same celestial voice
 boomed through the sky: "O Kunt\'e9, this child will be as strong as K\'e4rtav\'e9rya and \'c7ibi [two powerful kings of Vedic times] and as invincible in battle as Indra himself. He will spread your fame everywhere and acquire many divine weapons." Sub
sequently, P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's junior wife M\'e4dr\'e9 bore two sons named Nakula and Sahadeva. These five sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u (Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, Bh\'e9ma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva) then came to be known as the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, since P\'e4\'eb\'f2u had retired from the throne and gone to the forest, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had temporarily assumed the throne until P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's elde
st son Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira came of age. However, long before that time P\'e4\'eb\'f2u died as a result of the curse, and M\'e4dr\'e9 gave up her life as well by ascending his funeral pyre. That left the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas in the care of Queen Kunt\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's death, the sages living in the forest brought the five young princes and Kunt\'e9 to the Kaurava court at Hastin\'e4pura (near present-day De
lhi). In Hastin\'e4pura, the capital city of the kingdom, the five boys were raised in royal style under the guidance of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and the noble Vidura, P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's half brother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But a smooth transfer of power was not to be. Although Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had at first recognized the primogeniture of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, he later allowed hims
elf to be used by his eldest son, the power-hungry Duryodhana, who wished to ascend the throne in place of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. Driven by uncontrollable jealousy, Duryodhana plotted against the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and with the hesitant approval of the weak 
Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, he inflicted many sufferings upon them. He made several attempts on their lives in Hastin\'e4pura, and then he brought them to a provincial palace and tried to assassinate them by having it set on fire. All the while, the five yo
uthful P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were accompanied by their courageous mother Kunt\'e9, who suffered Duryodhana's atrocities in the company of her beloved sons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miraculously, however, Kunt\'e9 and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas repeatedly escaped death, for they were under the loving protection of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who had incarn
ated to perform His earthly pastimes. Ultimately Duryodhana, a clever politician, cheated the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas out of their kingdom (and their freedom) in a gambling match. As a result of the match, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, wife Draupad\'e9 was abused by 
the Kauravas, and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas themselves were forced to spend thirteen years in exile in the forest\'97to the great sorrow of Kunt\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the thirteen-year exile had ended, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas returned to Hastin\'e4pura to reclaim their kingdom. But Duryodhana bluntly refused to relinquish it. 
Then, after some unsuccessful attempts to quell the hostilities, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira sent K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to secure the return of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava kingdom by peaceful means. But even this effort failed\'97because of Duryodhana's obstinacy\'97and
 both sides prepared for battle. To place Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira on the throne\'97or to oppose him\'97great warriors from all corners of the earth assembled, setting the scene for what would prove to be a devastating world war.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fierce fighting raged for eighteen days on the historic plain of Kuruk\'f1etra (near Hastin\'e4pura), and in the end all but a handful of the many millions of warri
ors were dead. Only Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and a few others survived the massacre. The Kauravas (Duryodhana and his brothers) were devastated. In a desperate gesture of revenge, A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4, one of the surviving Kauravas, mer
cilessly murdered the five sons of Draupad\'e9 while they were sleeping. Queen Kunt\'e9 thus suffered a final blow\'97the loss of her grandchildren.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arrested and dragged to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas' camp like a bound animal, A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 was let free only by the astounding compassion of Draupad\'e9, the slau
ghtered boys' mother and Kunt\'e9's daughter-in-law, who pleaded for his life. But the shameless A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 made one more attempt to kill the last heir of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, their unborn grandson in the womb of Uttar\'e4, by hurling the supr
eme }{\cs2873\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  weapon. When she saw the missile flying straight at her, Uttar\'e4 immed
iately ran to the shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was just about to depart for Dv\'e4rak\'e4, His majestic capital city. K\'e5\'f1\'eba protected the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and their mother Kunt\'e9 from imminent death by stopping the weapon's uncontrolla
ble heat and radiation with His own Sudar\'e7ana disc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having delivered the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas from this last calamity, and seeing that all His plans were fulfilled, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was again preparing to leave. For 
years Duryodhana had tormented Queen Kunt\'e9's family, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba had protected them at every turn\'97and now He was going away. Kunt\'e9 was overwhelmed, and she prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the core of her heart.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 was Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's aunt (He had incarnated as the son of her brother Vasudeva), yet despite this conventional tie with the Lord, she fully understoo
d His exalted and divine identity. She knew full well that He had descended from His abode in the spiritual world to rid the earth of demoniac military powers and reestablish righteousness. Just before the great war, K\'e5\'f1\'eba had revealed all this 
to her son Arjuna in words immortalized in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.7-8):
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant ri
se of irreligion\'97at that time I incarnate Myself. In order to deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had accomplished His purpose of "annihilating the miscreants" by orchestrating the destruction of the unholy Kauravas. Then He installed Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira on the throne to establish the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava reign, and He consoled the slain warriors' relatives. The scene of the Lord's imminent departure provides the setting for Queen Kunt\'e9's exalted prayers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Kunt\'e9 approached the Lord's chariot and began to address Him, her immediate purpose was to persuade Him to remain in Hastin\'e4pura and protect the P\'e4\'eb
\'f2ava government from reprisals:
\par }\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... are You leaving us today, though we are completely dependent on Your mercy and have no one else 
to protect us, now when all kings are at enmity with us? (}{\cs3545\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  }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.8.37}{\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 From this supplication we should not mistakenly conclude that Kunt\'e9's prayers were self-serving. Although her sufferings were far greater than those any ordinary
 person could endure, she does not beg relief. On the contrary, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub she prays to suffer even more,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  for she reasons that her suffering will increase her devotion to the Lord and bring her ultimate liberation:
\par }\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Your Lordship has protected us from the poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannib
als, from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest, and from the battle where great generals fought.... I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You mea
ns that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths. (}{\cs3545\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 1.8.24-25}{\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 Kunt\'e9's words}{\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 the simple and illuminating outpourings of the soul of a great and saintly woman devotee}{\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 reveal both the deepest transcendental emotions of the heart and the most profound philosophical and theological penetrations of the intellect. Her words are words of glorification impelled by a divine love steeped in wisdom:
\par }\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 Lord of Madhu, as the Ganges forever flows to the sea without hindrance, let my attraction be constantly dr
awn unto You without being diverted to anyone else. (}{\cs3545\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 1.8.42}{\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 Kunt\'e9's spontaneous glorification of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and her description of the spiritual path are immortalized in the }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata Pu
r\'e4\'eba}{\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and they have been recited, chanted, and sung by sages and philosophers for thousands of years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As they appear in the First Canto of the }{\cs2873\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  Queen Kunt\'e9's celebrated prayers consist of only twenty-six couplets (verses 18 through 43 of the Eighth Chapter), yet they are considered a philosophical, theological, and literary masterpiece.
 The present book (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Queen Kunt\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) includes those inspired verses and illumin
ating commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, Founder-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and the most renowned Vedic scholar and spiritual leader of our time. In addition to this commentary (originally written in 1962), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Queen Kunt\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contains further explanations that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave more recently in an absorbing series of lecture
s. In those memorable talks, delivered in the spring of 1973 at ISKCON's Western world headquarters in Los Angeles, he analyzed the verses in significantly greater detail and shed even more light upon them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This new Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publication, complete with eleven color prints of exquisite original oil paintings, will be a prized addition to the libraries of 
all those who seek a deeper understanding of life's mysteries. Written by a man of profound devotion and erudition, it will provide every reader with firm guidance along the universal path to genuine wisdom and spiritual enlightenment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97The Publishers
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 1: 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 1. The Original Person
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kunty uv\'e4ca\line namasye puru\'f1a\'e0 tv\'e4dyam\line \'e9\'e7vara\'e0 prak\'e5te\'f9 param\line alak\'f1ya\'e0 sarva-bh\'fc
t\'e4n\'e4m\line antar bahir avasthitam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9 said: O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original pers
onality and are unaffected by the qualities of the material world. You are existing both within and without everything, yet You are invisible to all.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.18
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was quite aware that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Personality of Godhead, although He was playing the part of her nephew. Such an
 enlightened lady could not commit a mistake by offering obeisances unto her nephew. Therefore, she addressed Him as the original }{\cs2873\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  beyond the material cosmos. Although all living entities are also transcendental, they are neither original nor infallible. The living entities are apt to fall down under the clutches of material nature, 
but the Lord is never like that. In the }{\cs2873\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  therefore, He is described as the chief amo
ng all living entities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Then again He is addressed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the controller. The living entities or the demigods like Candra and S\'fcrya are also to some extent }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but none of them is the supreme }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or the ultimate controller. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parame\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the Supe
rsoul. He is both within and without. Although He was present before \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9 as her nephew, He was also within her and everyone else. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (15.15) the Lord says, "I am situated in everyone's heart, and only due to Me one remembers, forgets, and is cognizant, etc. Through all the }{\cs2873\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 because I am the compiler of the }{\cs2873\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 I am the teacher of the }{\cs2873\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 " Queen Kunt\'e9 affirms that the Lord, although both within and without all living beings, is still invisible. The Lord is, so to speak, a puzzle for the common man. Queen Kunt\'e9 e
xperienced personally that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present before her, yet He entered within the womb of Uttar\'e4 to save her embryo from the attack of A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4's }{\cs2873\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  Kunt\'e9 herself was puzzled about whether \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-pervasive or localized. In fact, He is both, but He reserves the right of
 not being exposed to persons who are not surrendered souls. This checking curtain is called the }{\cs2873\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  energy of the Supreme Lord, and it controls the limited vision of the rebellious soul. It is explained as follows.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 2: Beyond the Senses
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 2. Beyond the Senses
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-javanik\'e4cchannam\line aj\'ef\'e4dhok\'f1ajam avyayam\line na lak\'f1yase m\'fc\'f2ha-d\'e5\'e7\'e4\line nato n\'e4
\'f6ya-dharo yath\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Being beyond the range of limited sense perception, You are the eternally irreproachable factor covered by the cur
tain of deluding energy. You are invisible to the foolish observer, exactly as an actor dressed as a player is not recognized.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.19
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba affirms that less intelligent persons mistake Him to be an ordinary man like us, and thus they deride Him. The same is confirmed herein by Queen Kunt\'e9. The less intelligent persons are those w
ho rebel against the authority of the Lord. Such persons are known as }{\cs2873\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  The }{
\cs2873\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  cannot recognize the Lord's authority. When the Lord Himself appears among us, as R
\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Var\'e4ha, or in His original form as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He performs many wonderful acts which are humanly impossible. As we shall find in the Tenth Canto of this great literature, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited His humanly i
mpossible activities even from the days of His lying on the lap of His mother. He killed the P\'fctan\'e4 witch, although she smeared her breast with poison just to kill the Lord. The Lord sucked her breast like a natural baby, and He sucked out her very
 life also. Similarly, He lifted the Govardhana Hill, just as a boy picks up a frog's umbrella, and stood several days continuously just to give protection to the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. These are some of the superhuman activities of the Lord descr
ibed in the authoritative Vedic literatures like the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas, Itih\'e4sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (histories
), and }{\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  He has delivered wonderful instructions in the shape of the }{\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  He has shown marvelous capacities as a hero, as a householder, as a teacher, a
nd as a renouncer. He is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by such authoritative personalities as Vy\'e4sa, Devala, Asita, N\'e4rada, Madhva, \'c7a\'eckara, R\'e4m\'e4nuja, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Vi\'e7van
\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and all other authorities of the line. He Himself has declared as much in many places of the authentic literatures. And yet there is a class of men with demoniac mentality who are always reluctant t
o accept the Lord as the Supreme Absolute Truth. This is partially due to their poor fund of knowledge and partially due to their stubborn obstinacy, which results from various misdeeds in the past and present. Such persons could not recognize Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba even when He was present before them. Another difficulty is that those who depend more on their imperfect senses cannot realize Him as the Supreme Lord. Such persons are like the modern scientist. They want to know everything by their
 experimental knowledge. But it is not possible to know the Supreme Person by imperfect experimental knowledge. He is described herein as }{\cs2873\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  or beyond the range of experimental knowledge. All our senses are imperfect. We claim to observe everything and anything, but we must admit that we can observe things under certain mater
ial conditions only, which are also beyond our control. The Lord is beyond the observation of sense perception. Queen Kunt\'e9 accepts this deficiency of the conditioned soul, especially of the woman class, who are less intelligent. For the less intellig
ent there must be such things as temples, mosques, or churches so that they may begin to recognize the authority of the Lord and hear about Him from authorities in such holy places. For the less intelligent, this beginning of spiritual life is essential,
 and only foolish men decry the establishment of such places of worship, which are required to raise the standard of spiritual attributes for the mass of people. For less intelligent persons, bowing down before the authority of the Lord, as generally don
e in the temples, mosques, or churches, is as beneficial as it is for the advanced devotees to meditate upon Him by active service.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 3: The Most Intelligent Woman
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 3. The Most Intelligent Woman
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 parama-ha\'e0s\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line mun\'e9n\'e4m amal\'e4tman\'e4m\line bhakti-yoga-vidh\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0\line katha\'e0 
pa\'e7yema hi striya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You Yourself descend to propagate the transcendental science of devotional service unto the hearts of the advanced
 transcendentalists and mental speculators, who are purified by being able to discriminate between matter and spirit. How, then, can we women know You perfectly?
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.20
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even the greatest philosophical speculators cannot have access to the region of the Lord. It is said in 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  that the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is beyond the range of the thinking power of the greatest philosoph
er. He is unknowable by great learning or by the greatest brain. He is knowable only by one who has His mercy. Others may go on thinking about Him for years together, yet He is unknowable. This very fact is corroborated by the Queen, who is playing the p
art of an innocent woman. Women in general are unable to speculate like philosophers, but they are blessed by the Lord because they believe at once in the superiority and almightiness of the Lord, and thus they offer obeisances without reservation. The L
ord is so kind that He does not show special favor only to one who is a great philosopher. He knows the sincerity of purpose. For this reason only, women generally assemble in great number in any sort of religious function. In every country and in every 
sect of religion it appears that the women are more interested than the men. This simplicity of acceptance of the Lord's authority is more effective than showy insincere religious fervor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prayed to the Lord very submissively, and this is the symptom of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. The Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, had come to Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 to offer re
spect to her by taking the dust of her feet. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba considered Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 His aunt, He used to touch her feet. But although Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, a great devotee, was in such an exalted position, practically on the level of Ya\'e7od\'e4ma
y\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother, she was so submissive that she prayed, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are meant to be understood by the }{\cs2873\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 advanced transcendentalists, but I am a woman, so how can I see You?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic system, there are four social divisions (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var
\'ebya\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4}{\cs2873\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 ). The highest members of the social order are the }{\cs2873\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 are intelligent, and then come the }{\cs2873\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  (military men and a
dministrators), the }{\cs2873\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  (farmers and businessmen), and finally the }{\cs2873\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 laborers). One's place in this system is determined by one's qualities and work (
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eba-karma}{\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mentions }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub striyo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\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  speaks of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub str\'e9-\'e7\'fcdra-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -bandh\'fcn\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
According to these references women, }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija-bandhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are considered to belong to the same category. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija-bandhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who is born in an exalted }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  family but who has no qualifications of his own. One's social standing, according to the Vedic system, is determined by one's qualifications. This is very practical. Suppose a man is born the son of a high-court judge. 
This does not mean that he himself is also a high-court judge. Yet because one happens to take birth in a }{\cs2873\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, even if he has no qualifications and is rascal number one, he claims to be a }{\cs2873\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 although his qualifications are less than those of a }{\cs2873\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  people accept him as a }{\cs2873\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  This has caused 
the downfall of the Vedic civilization. The }{\cs2873\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 are sometimes very mu
ch against my movement because I train and accept }{\cs2873\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 Europe and America.
 But we do not care about their arguments, nor will any other reasonable man. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CB Antya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.126}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\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
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In every town, city, and village of the world, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will be preached." How is it, then, that
 Europeans and Americans will not become }{\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  In fact, one who comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness has already surpassed br\'e4hma\'ebism. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who takes to }{\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  surpasses the modes of material nature and comes immediately to the transcendental platform [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'fc}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]." Not to speak of becoming a }{
\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  the person who fully engages in }{\cs2873\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  attains the highest transcendental platform.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The stereotyped, crippled idea that only a person born in a }{\cs2873\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 can become a }{\cs2873\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 killed Vedic civilization, but now we are reviving the correct understanding that the attainment of perfection is meant for everyone. In }{\cs3545\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.32) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me\'97though they be lowborn, women, }{\cs2873\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  or }{\cs2873\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 can approach the supreme destination." Thus although women, }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 ordinarily considered to belong to a lower class
, when one becomes a devotee he or she goes beyond such designations. Women, }{\cs2873\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 }{
\cs2873\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 ordinarily regarded as less intelligent, but if one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness one is the most intelligent, as stated in the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba yei bhaje sei ba\'f2a catura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). And Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei r\'fcpe 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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Among all the living entities wandering throughout the universe, one who is very fortunate receives, by the mercy of the spiritua
l master and the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the seed of devotional service." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Cc. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\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 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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement does not consist of wretched, unfortunate men. No. It consists of the most fortunate
. One who has taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to be considered the most fortunate because he has found the way to act so that his life will be perfect. One who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and discharging his duties nicely is the most fortunate a
nd the most perfect. This is humbly stated here by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Kunt\'e9 had the body of a woman, she was a devotee. Therefore she was not like an ordinary unintelligent woman. Rather, she was the most intelligent, for 
she recognized K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Godhead: "He has come to me to offer me respect, materially appearing to be my nephew, but He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Therefore in a previous verse she said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub alak\'f1ya\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m antar bahir }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avasthitam}{\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  "You are not seen by ordinary men, although You are everywhere, inside and outside." In another verse also she said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na lak\'f1yase m\'fc\'f2ha-d\'e5\'e7\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.19}{\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  "Fools and rascals cannot see You." This indicates that Kunt\'e9 saw Him. Unless she were able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is, how could she say, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub na lak\'f1yase m\'fc\'f2ha-d\'e5\'e7\'e4?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  She also said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 param:
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "You are transcendental to this material creation."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now here also, in this verse, Kunt\'e9 continues to express herself with humility. This humility is very good in devotional service. Therefore \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches us, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e5\'eb\'e4d api sun\'e9cena}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  taror api sa
hi\'f1\'ebun\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "One should be more tolerant than the tree and humbler than the grass to make progress in spiritual life." This is necessary because for one who is living in
 this material world there will be so many disturbances, just as if one were traveling on the ocean. One cannot expect a very peaceful situation on the ocean; even a big ship may also be unsteady, and at any moment there may be tumultuous waves. Similarl
y, in this material world we should always expect danger; one cannot expect a very peaceful life within this material world. The }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature, says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad vipad\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.14.58): at every step there is danger. But if one becom
es a devotee, then one can escape (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te}{\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 one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in the beginning there will be many disturbances caused by M\'e4y\'e4, the material energy of illusion. M\'e4y\'e4 wil
l test us to see how firmly we are fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Because she is also an agent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she does not allow anyone the freedom to disturb K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore she tests very rigidly to see whether we have taken to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to disturb K\'e5\'f1\'eba or are actually serious. That is M\'e4y\'e4's business. So in the beginning there will be tests by M\'e4y\'e4, and we shall feel so many disturbances while making progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. But if we follow the rules and regulations and chant regularly as prescribed, then we shall remain steady. If we neglect these principles, M\'e4y\'e4 will capture us immediately. M\'e4y\'e4 is always ready. We are in the ocean, and at any moment we 
may be disturbed. Therefore one who is not disturbed at all is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 therefore says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tath\'e4 paramaha\'e0s\'e4n\'e4m: }{\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 1.8.20}{\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  "You are
 meant to be understood by the }{\cs2873\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 word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "ultimate," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha
\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "swan." So }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the perfect swan." If we give a swan milk mixed with water, the swan will take the milk and leave aside the water. Similarly, this material world is made of two natures\'97the inferior nature and the superior nature. T
he superior nature means spiritual life, and the inferior nature is material life. Thus a person who gives up the material part of this world and takes only the spiritual part is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should know that the activities of the body are due to the soul within the body. That is the real fact. The body is only the outward covering. Similarly, one sh
ould know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the real center of all activities, and one who knows this is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus }{\cs2873\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 for the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one who knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the central fact. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, aha\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvasya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  prabhavo matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate:}{\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 "I am the source of everything; eve
rything emanates from Me." So one who knows, not only theoretically but practically, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes\'97one who is convinced of this\'97is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "You are meant for the }{\cs2873\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  not for the rascals and fools. You are meant for the }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub munis.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mun\'e9n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to those who are thoughtful or to mental speculators, and the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub amal\'e4tman\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who has no dirty things in his heart. The heart of a materialistic person is
 full of dirty things. What are those dirty things? Lust and greed. All materialistic persons are lusty and greedy, and therefore their hearts are understood to be full of dirty things, but }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub amal\'e4tman\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to those who are freed from these two contaminations.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 meant for those whose hearts are cleansed, not for the lusty and
 greedy. Of course, those who are lusty and greedy may try to advance, and gradually they may do so, but once one is situated in }{\cs2873\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  there is no more lust or greed. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Viraktir anyatra ca}{\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 11.2.42). This is the test\'97when one is free from lusty d
esires and greed, then he is situated in }{\cs2873\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 is actually a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 humbly submits, "You are meant for the }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub munis,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are cleansed in heart and are engaged in }{\cs2873\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  But what are we? We are simply women. We are in a lower class. How can we understand You?" Although she understands everything, she still takes the position of an ordinary woman and says, "How can I under
stand You?" This is humility.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 4: Approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the All-pervading Truth
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 4. Approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
he All-pervading Truth
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya\line devak\'e9-nandan\'e4ya ca\line nanda-gopa-kum\'e4r\'e4ya\line govind\'e4ya namo nama
\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Let me therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto the Lord, who has become the son of Vasudeva, the pleasure of
 Devak\'e9, the boy of Nanda and the other cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the enlivener of the cows and the senses.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.21
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord, being thus unapproachable by any material assets, out of unbounded and causeless mercy descends on the earth as He is in order to show His special mercy u
pon His unalloyed devotees and to diminish the upsurges of the demoniac persons. Queen Kunt\'e9 specifically adores the incarnation, or descent, of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba above all other incarnations because in this particular incarnation He is more approac
hable. In the R\'e4ma incarnation He remained a king's son from His very childhood, but in the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although He was the son of a king, He at once left the shelter of His real father and mother (King Vasudeva and Queen Devak\'e9)
 just after His appearance and went to the lap of Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9 to play the part of an ordinary cowherd boy in the blessed Vrajabh\'fcmi, which is very sanctified because of His childhood pastimes. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more merciful tha
n Lord R\'e4ma. He was undoubtedly very kind to Kunt\'e9's brother Vasudeva and the family. Had He not become the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, Queen Kunt\'e9 could not claim Him to be her nephew and thus address K\'e5\'f1\'eba in parental affection. Bu
t Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 are more fortunate because they could relish the Lord's childhood pastimes, which are more attractive than all other pastimes. There is no parallel to His childhood pastimes as exhibited at Vrajabh\'fcmi, which are the replicas o
f His eternal affairs in the original K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, described as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{\cs2873\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  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended Himself at Vrajabh\'fcmi with all His transcendental entourage and paraphernalia. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore confirmed that no one is as fortunate as the res
idents of Vrajabh\'fcmi, and specifically the cowherd girls, who dedicated their everything for the satisfaction of the Lord. His pastimes with Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 and His pastimes with the cowherd men and especially with the cowherd boys and the cows
 have caused Him to be known as Govinda. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Govinda is more inclined to the }{\cs2873\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 the cows, indicating thereby that human prosperity depends more on these two items, namely brahminical culture and cow protection. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never satisfied where these are lacking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of her prayers, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namasye puru\'f1a\'e0 tv
\'e4dyam \'e9\'e7vara\'e0 prak\'e5te\'f9 param: }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.18}{\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  "I offer my obeisances unto the 
person, }{\cs2873\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  who is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 param,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  beyond this material manifestation." Thus in the beginning Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 gave us the understanding that God is the supreme }{
\cs2873\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 Supreme Person. He is not impersonal. He is a person, but He is not a person 
of this material world or this material creation, and He does not have a material body. This is to be understood. The poor fund of knowledge held by the impersonalists cannot accommodate how the Supreme Absolute Truth can be a person, because whenever th
ey think of a person they think of a person of this material world. That is their defect. Why should God be a person of this material world? Therefore in the beginning Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 cleared away this misunderstanding by saying that the Lord is }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 param,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  beyond this material creation. Yet He is a person, and now by the grac
e of Kunt\'e9 we can understand that this Supreme Person, although }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub alak\'f1yam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  invisible,
 has now visibly appeared as K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.21}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is sometimes understood to mean "the all-pervading." The impersonalists have thi
s conception of V\'e4sudeva, and therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 points out, "That Vasudeva, the all-pervading, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is present in everyone's heart. Thus He is all-pervading.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original person, exists in three features: as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the all-pervading Param\'e4tm\'e4 (the Supersoul), and as t
he impersonal Brahman effulgence. Those who are interested in }{\cs2873\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  have no interest
 in the impersonal Brahman effulgence, which is for common men. If one were an inhabitant of the sun, what interest would he have in the sunshine? That would be most insignificant for him. Similarly, those who are advanced in spiritual life are not inter
ested in the impersonal Brahman effulgence. Rather, they are interested in }{\cs2873\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 
Supreme Person, V\'e4sudeva. As stated in }{\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  this realization of the Sup
reme Person takes place after many, many births (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ante}{
\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 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the impersonalists, who are attached to the Brahman effulgence, try to understand the Absolute Truth by dint of their knowledge, but they do not know that their knowledge is imperfect and limited whereas K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, i
s unlimited. We cannot approach the unlimited by our limited knowledge. That is not possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of devotees like Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, we can understand that the all-pervading Absolute Truth, V\'e4sudeva, Param\'e4tm\'e4, is present as K\'e5\'f1\'eba (
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.21}{\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 ). This realization of V\'e4sudeva is not possible for impersonalists very easily. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.19):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and al
l that is. Such a great soul is very rare." The word }{\cs2873\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  means "broadminded." One who ca
nnot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not broad-minded but cripple-minded. If one becomes broad-minded, then by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevonmukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by rendering service. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau}{\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  Realization of V\'e4sudeva is possible by rendering service, beginning with the tongue. The tongue has two functions\'97to vibrate and to t
aste. So if one repeatedly hears and vibrates the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 tastes }{
\cs2873\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, by this very simple method one will realize V
\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal Himself. It is not that by our endeavor alone we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but our endeavor in loving service will make us qualified, and then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal Himself (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svayam eva sphuraty ada\'f9}{\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 very much anxious to take us back home, back to Godhead, but we are stubborn and do not wish to go. Therefore He is always looking for the opportu
nity to take us back home. He is just like an affectionate father. When a son who is a rascal leaves his father and goes loitering in the street, with no food and no shelter, and suffers very much, the father is always anxious to bring the boy back home.
 Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme father, and all the living entities within this material world are exactly like misled children of a wealthy man who have left home to loiter in the street. Therefore the greatest benefit one can bestow upon one'
s fellow human being is to give him K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. No kind of material profit will satisfy the living entity, but if he is given K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he will actually be satisfied. A bewildered boy loitering in the street may be re
minded, "My dear boy, why are you suffering so much? You are the son of a very rich man who has so much property. Why are you loitering in the street?" And if he comes to understand, "Yes, I am the son of this important man. Why shall I loiter in the str
eet?" he may then return home. Therefore the best service is to inform those who have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "You are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are the son of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is full in all opulence. Why are you rotting in this materi
al world?" This is the greatest service. }{\cs2873\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, is very strong, but it is t
he duty of every devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to try to enlighten everyone to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, for example, first said that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person, is within and without, to rascals and fools He is invisibl
e. Therefore she points out, "Here is the Lord\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1
\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.21}{\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 ), but He is very much pleased to become the son of Dev
ak\'e9 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devak\'e9-nandan\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devak\'e9-nandana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is also mentioned in the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes as Devak\'e9-nandana, and His father is Nanda-gopa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes to be related with His devotees who act as father and mother. Although here in this material world we try to make our relationship with the Supreme by accepting
 Him as father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to become the son. He takes pleasure in becoming the son of a devotee. Ordinary men want God as their father, but that is not very pleasing to K\'e5\'f1\'eba because the son always bothers the father: "Give me this, g
ive me this, give me this."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has immense potencies by which He can supply as much as everyone wants. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He supplies food to the elep
hant, and He supplies food to the ant, so why not to the human being? But rascals do not know this. They work like asses day and night to find bread, and if they go to church, there also they pray, "Give me bread." They are concerned only with the bread 
problem.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the living entity is the son of the richest, most opulent person, he has created a bread problem. This is called ignorance. He thinks, "If I do not solve m
y bread problem, if I do not drive my trucks day and night, how can I live?" This is the nonsense of our modern civilization. Where is there a bread problem? K\'e5\'f1\'eba can supply unlimited amounts of bread. There are thousands of elephants in Africa
, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplies food to them. So if He can supply food to the elephants, why not to the human beings? The }{\cs2873\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  therefore says, "Don't waste your time with this bread problem."
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 }{\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 [}{\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  1.5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should not waste our time with solving economic problems. Economic development is nonsense. Of course, this proposal is very revolu
tionary, and people may even hate me for it. "What is Sw\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 saying?" they may ask. But actually it is a fact. This economic development is madness. Suppose one has a rich father and enough food. Suppose one knows, "My father is the richest man
 in the city." Then where is one's economic problem? Actually, that is our position. We have no economic problem. Everything is completely provided. We want water. Just see\'97there are oceans of water. Of course, we want pure water, and although the oce
an has so much water, when water is scarce we shall have to take help from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who will evaporate the water and turn it into clouds, and then when the rain falls down the water will be sweet. Otherwise we cannot drink it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything is under control, and everything\'97water, light, heat, and so on\'97is complete.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4
d\'e4ya\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this p
henomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance." (}
{\cs2873\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  Invocation) K\'e5\'f1\'eba's stock is never exhausted. We must simply become o
bedient to Him, and the supply will be there. Therefore a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person has no economic problem; everything is sufficiently supplied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In Los Angeles the neighbors of our temple are sometimes very envious. "You do not w
ork," they say to our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees. "You have no anxiety. You have four cars. You are eating so nicely. How is that?" Actually, they are right. Somehow or other we are getting everything we need, and we have no problems, for if one s
imply becomes a sincere servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everything is provided. They are envious of us because we do not work but still we have so much. But why don't they come join us? That they will not do. "Come with us," we say. "Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
." "No, no, no. That I cannot do." "All right. Then work with your trucks." By zooming around in their cars and trucks, they have made their own lives dangerous, and they have created danger for others also. At any moment there may be an accident. But th
ey say that this is civilization. Nonsense. This is not civilization. Civilization means calmness, prosperity, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  peace. In peace and prosperity one should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious always.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People work so hard, day and night, simply for a little food, not knowing that their food has already been provided. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avidy\'e4-karma-sa\'e0j\'ef\'e4ny\'e4 t\'e5t\'e9y\'e4 \'e7aktir i\'f1yate}{\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.7.61). This material world is full of ignorance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Therefore our endeavor should be to become free from this ignorance. It is only for this reason that we should work\'97to come out of ignorance. We are
 thinking, "I am this material body. I have to work day and night, and then I shall get my food, and I shall live." This is ignorance. We have lived this life of ignorance in forms other than that of a human being. We have lived in bird life, in beast li
fe, and so on, but now, in this life, we should be peaceful, calm, and quiet, and should simply inquire about the Absolute Truth (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vasya tattva-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4, }{
\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 ). That should be one's occupation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are simply sitting down and inquiring about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is what one should do. This is life. Why should one work day and night like an ass? What kin
d of life is this? No. This is not life. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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 to one who is in
telligent (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kovida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), "Your life should be engaged for this purpose\'97for understanding the
 Absolute Truth." Then how will my economic problem be solved? The answer is that happiness one desires from economic development will come automatically in due course of time. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Tal labhyate du\'f9khavad anyata\'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 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 1.5.18). We are looking for happiness. Are you looking for distress? "No, sir." Then why does distress come upon you? If you are not e
ager for calamities and distress, why do they come upon you? According to our }{\cs2873\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  our l
ife holds some portion of happiness and some portion of distress. Therefore, if distress comes without invitation, happiness will also come without invitation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are already destined to have a certain amount of happiness and a certain amount of distress, and we cannot change that. The change we should make, therefore, is 
to get free from this material condition of life. That should be our only business. According to our }{\cs2873\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 are sometimes taking birth in a higher planetary system as demigods and sometimes taking birth as cats and dogs or as germs in stool. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei r\'fcpe 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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "According to their }{\cs2873\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  all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many m
illions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the mercy of both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master, such a person receives the se
ed of the creeper of devotional service.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  19.151) Only a fortunate living entity gets the opportunity to associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee, and in this way he gets the seed of devotional service, the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\cs2873\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 his life becomes sublime.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, therefore, is pointing our attention toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person, who is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub alak\'f1ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  invisible to all. Who is that invisible person? Here\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba," one may say. "There are so many K\'e5\'f1
\'ebas." Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "I am offering my prayers to V\'e4sudeva, the son of Vasudeva." "There are many V\'e4sudevas." "No. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda-gopa-kum\'e4r\'e4ya: }
{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 1.8.21}{\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  I am praying to the foster son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda." In this way, three 
times she points out, "Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba officially takes birth as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva, but in His childhood He enjoys the company of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4
ja. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastime. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A nanda-l\'e9l\'e4maya-vigrah\'e4ya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba'
s pastimes are all jubilant. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\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 Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.1.12): He is by nature full of bliss. We shall never find K\'e5\'f1\'eba unhappy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is always happy, and whoever associates with Him is also happy. Therefore He is known as Govinda. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "senses." We are looking for sense gratification, and if we associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba we shall enjoy our senses abundantly, just like the }{\cs2873\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 dancing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus there is no scarcity of sense gratification, but this sense gratification in association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not gross se
nse gratification; rather, it is the spiritual sense gratification enjoyed in the spiritual world. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That }{\cs2873\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  or pleasure, is n
ot the third-class }{\cs2873\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  we enjoy with our bodily senses. Such bodily enjoyment is not
 }{\cs2873\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  but illusion. We are thinking, "I am enjoying," but that }{\cs2873\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  is not factual, because we cannot enjoy this material pleasure of the senses for long. Everyone ha
s experience that this material pleasure comes to an end. Spiritual enjoyment, however, does not end; rather, it increases. That is the difference. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nanda-cinmaya-sad
-ujjvala-vigrahasya govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 . Therefore we have to associate with Govinda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here also it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govind\'e4ya namo nama\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I offer my respectful obeisances to Govinda." The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is so sublime that it puts one directly in contact with Govinda. The worship of the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the 
temple is also direct contact with Govinda. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'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\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-g}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub urv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 . The }{\cs2873\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  the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appears by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub alak\'f1ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  invisible, He becomes visible to give us the facility to see Him. It is not that
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is stone, wood, or metal. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because we cannot see anything beyond material elements like wood, stone, and metal, He appears in a form made of these elements. But He is neither wood, metal, nor st
one. When we associate with the Deity, we associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is invisible, He very kindly takes a form that is visible to us. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. Do not think, "Oh, here is a stone K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
" K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is stone also, but He is not the kind of stone that cannot act. Even in the form of stone or metal, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can act as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and one who worships the Deity will perceive that. 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Svayam eva sphuraty ada\'f9}{\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  The Deity, although apparently stone, may speak with a devotee. There are many instances in which this has happened.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am very pleased, therefore, when my disciples nicely dress the Deity, offer the Deity nice foodstuffs, and keep the temple very clean. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-mandira-m\'e4rjan\'e4dau. M\'e4rjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "cleansing." Whether one dresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba or cleanses the
 temple, the spiritual benefit one receives is the same. Don't think, "I am only a cleanser, and he is a dresser." No, the person who is dressing the Deity and the person who is cleansing the temple are the same because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute. Theref
ore, one should engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service in any way, and one's life will be successful. This is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 we can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, V\'e4sudeva, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also indicates that the Lord is understood when one comes to the platform of pure goodness, which is also c
alled }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vasudeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7uddha-sattva. Sattva\'e0 vi\'e7uddha\'e0 vasudeva-\'e7abditam}{\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  4.3.23). To understand the Supreme Lord, we must first come to the platform of }{\cs2873\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  goodness, but goodness here in the material world is sometimes contaminated by the lower qualities ignorance and passion. By hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, one comes to th
e platform of pure goodness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should try to hear and chant about K\'e5\'f1
\'eba always, twenty-four hours a day, and in this way the dirty things will be cleansed from our hearts. It is not that one should only attend a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-sapt\'e4ha
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an official reading of }{\cs2873\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 seven days. That is another form of exploitation. In the }{\cs2873\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  it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6a-pr\'e4yesv abhadre\'f1u nitya\'e0 bh\'e4gavata-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sevay\'e4}{\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  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "daily" or "twenty-four hours a day." One should always read }{\cs2873\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 carry out the order of one's spiritual master. The word }{\cs2873\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  may refer either to the spiritual master or to the book }{\cs2873\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  So one should always serve the person }{\cs2873\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  or the book }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata. Bhagavaty uttama-\'e7loke bhaktir bhavati nai\'f1\'f6hik\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then one will be fixed immovably (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6hik\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, one should realize the benefits of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement by the prescribed spiritual process and try to distribute these benefits t
o other people. To awaken the dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness of others is the greatest welfare activity in the world. We can actually see that devotees who were not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious four or five years ago have been awakened and are now K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Similarly, others can be awakened also. There is no difficulty. The process is the same.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By following in the footsteps of devotees like Kunt\'e9, we shall be able to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's identity. For example, we may ask a person's identity by as
king, "What is your father's name?" So }{\cs2873\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 God with His fa
ther's name, His mother's name, and even His address. We are not impersonalists with a vague idea of God. If one takes advantage of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, one can understand God perfectly and completely.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 5: The Vision of Lotuses
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 5. The Vision of Lotuses
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nama\'f9 pa\'eckaja-n\'e4bh\'e4ya\line nama\'f9 pa\'eckaja-m\'e4line\line nama\'f9 pa\'eckaja-netr\'e4ya\line namas te pa\'eckaj
\'e4\'ecghraye
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My respectful obeisances are unto You, O Lord, whose abdomen is marked with a depression like a lotus flower, who 
are always decorated with garlands of lotus flowers, whose glance is as cool as the lotus, and whose feet are engraved with lotuses.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.22
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are some of the specific symbolical marks on the spiritual body of the Personality of Godhead which distinguishes His body from the bodies of all others. They 
are all special features of the body of the Lord. The Lord may appear as one of us, but He is always distinct by His specific bodily features. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9 claims herself unfit to see the Lord because of her being a woman. This is claimed be
cause women, }{\cs2873\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 laborer class), and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija-bandhus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the wretched descendants of the higher three classes, are unfit by intelligence to understand transce
ndental subject matter concerning the spiritual name, fame, attributes, forms, etc., of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Such persons, although they are unfit to enter into the spiritual affairs of the Lord, can see Him as the }{\cs2873\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  who descends on the material world just to distribute favors to the fallen souls, including the above-
mentioned women, }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija-bandhus.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because such fallen souls cannot see anything beyond matter, the Lord condescends to enter into each and every one of the innu
merable universes as the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, who grows a lotus stem from the lotuslike depression in the center of His transcendental abdomen, and thus Brahm\'e4, the first living being in the universe, is born. Therefore, the Lord is kn
own as the Pa\'eckajan\'e4bhi. The Pa\'eckajan\'e4bhi Lord accepts the }{\cs2873\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  (Hi
s transcendental form) in different elements, namely a form within the mind, a form made of wood, a form made of earth, a form made of metal, a form made of jewels, a form made of paint, a form drawn on sand, etc. All such forms of the Lord are always de
corated with garlands of lotus flowers, and there should be a soothing atmosphere in the temple of worship to attract the burning attention of the nondevotees always engaged in material wranglings. The meditators worship a form within the mind. Therefore
, the Lord is merciful even to the women, }{\cs2873\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  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvija-bandhus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  provided they agree to visit the temple and worship the different forms made for them. Such temple visit
ors are not idolaters, as alleged by some men with a poor fund of knowledge. All the great }{\cs2873\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  established such temples of worship in all places just to favor the less intelligent, and one should not pose himself as transcending the stage of temple worship while one is actually in the category of the }{\cs2873\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  and the women or less. One should begin to see the Lord from His lotus feet, gradually rising to the thigh
s, waist, chest, and face. One should not try to look at the face of the Lord without being accustomed to seeing the lotus feet of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9, because of her being the aunt of the Lord, did not begin to see the Lord from the lotu
s feet because the Lord might feel ashamed, and thus Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, just to save a painful situation for the Lord, began to see the Lord just above His lotus feet, i.e., from the waist of the Lord, gradually rising to the face, and then down to the lot
us feet. In the round, everything there is in order.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one sees a lotus flower, one can immediately remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, if one loves one's child and one sees any of the child's garments, or his shoe
s or a small ship or any of his playthings, one will immediately remember the child: "Oh, these are my child's shoes. These are my child's playthings. This is his garment." This is the nature of love. So if one actually loves God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can
 remember Him always.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not difficult to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 describes K\'e5\'f1\'eba with reference to lotus flowers. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba descri
bes Himself in }{\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  He says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya}{\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 "I am the taste of liquids." So one can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba by tasting water. Even if one is drinking l
iquor, if he thinks, "The taste of this drink is K\'e5\'f1\'eba," he will one day turn out to be a great saintly person. So I can request even drunkards to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, what to speak of others, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu kaunteya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the taste of liquids." Generally in this context "liquid" is taken t
o mean water. But liquor is also liquid; it is only sugar and molasses or some other combination fermented and distilled. Of course, it is bad because it creates intoxication. Although in one sense nothing is bad, liquor is bad because it creates bad eff
ects. In America there are many drunkards. There is no scarcity of them. But I may request even the drunkards, "When drinking wine, kindly remember that the taste of this drink is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just begin in this way, and one day you will become a sain
tly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is available under any circumstances, if we want to catch Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.10):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4m-\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "To those who are constantly devoted and who worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me." If one 
is actually very serious in searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stha\'e0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1
a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi}{\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 Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  5.35). K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present within the universe, within our hearts, and even within the atom. So it is not difficult to find Him, but one must know the process by which to do so. This process is very simple, and by the order of \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu we are distributing this process to everyone, without charge. The process is to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as one chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one will immediately understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, simply by hearing or chanting the verses of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can be purified. Whatever knowledge exists in the world is present in }{\cs2873\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 includes literature, poetry, astronomy, philosophy, religion, and love of Godhead. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-bh\'e4gavata\'e0 pram\'e4\'ebam amalam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one simply reads }{\cs2873\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 gains the topmost education, for if one studies }{\cs2873\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 will be well versed in every subject matter. Even if one does not understand a single word of the }{\cs2873\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  of }{\cs2873\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 vibrations themselves have such power that simply by chanting one will be purified. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean
s "pious," }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "hearing," and }{\cs2873\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  means "chanting." One who chants or hears the verses of }{\cs2873\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  becomes pious automatically. To become pious one generally has to endeavor a great deal, but if one simply hears the ver
ses of }{\cs2873\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  or }{\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  one becomes pious automatically. Therefore it is a rigid principle in every temple of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mo
vement that there must be a daily class for hearing and chanting. Our movement is meant for training spiritual leaders, but without hearing and chanting it is impossible to become a leader. Of course, in the material world it is possible, but not in the 
spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4l\'e9 ha\'ef\'e4 sei b\'e9ja kare \'e4ropa\'eba\line \'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana jale karaye secana\line  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Cc. }{\cs3545\b0\i\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  19.152}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hearing and chanting waters the seed of devotional service, which develops one's original consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So here, in these prayers, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, a great devotee, is giving us an opportunity to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious simply by concentrating our mind on }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eckaja,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the lotus flower. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'ecka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "mud," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "generate." Although the lotus flower is generated from mud, it is a most important flower, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes it very much. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 therefore describes all the parts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
's body with reference to lotus flowers, so that as soon as one sees a lotus flower one will immediately think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's navel is just like a lotus, and from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's navel grew the stem of the lotus upon which Brah
m\'e4, the creator of this universe, was born. This universe includes so many planets, seas, mountains, and cities with motorcars and other paraphernalia, but the entire universe began from that lotus."
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nama\'f9 pa\'eckaja-m\'e4line }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.22}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  From K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes the wonderful lotus flower that contains the seed of the entire universe. But He is not the
 source of only one such flower. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not so poor that He simply produces one lotus flower and then is finished. No. Just as there may be a garland with many flowers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of innumerable universes, which may be compar
ed to a big garland of lotuses. This is God. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\cs3545\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  
5.48). K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited. We are very much concerned with this one planet, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba's creation contains an unlimited number of planets. We cannot count how many planets there are, any more than one can count how many hairs there are o
n one's head. This is the nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's creation. To give another example, on one tree there is an unlimited number of leaves. Similarly, there is an unlimited number of planets, and there are unlimited universes. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s unlimited.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's navel resembles a lotus, He is garlanded with lotuses, and His eyes are also compared to the petals of a lotus (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4lola-candraka-lasad-vanam\'e4lya-va\'e0\'e7\'e9,}{\cs2873\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 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.31}{\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 . So if we simply think of only this one verse, which describes K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body with reference to the lotus, we 
can meditate our whole life on how beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, how wise K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, and how K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifests His creation. This is meditation\'97thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhy\'e4n\'e4vasthita-tad-gatena manas\'e4 pa\'e7yanti 'yam }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogina\'f9}{\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  A }{\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  i
s one who always thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who think of something impersonal are not }{\cs2873\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  Their meditation simply involves undergoing more and more labor (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kle\'e7o 'dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m avyakt\'e4s
akta-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cetas\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and they cannot reach anything substantial. Therefore after meditation t
hey say, "Come on, give me a cigarette. Come on, my throat is now dry. Give me a cigarette." That is not meditation. Meditation means thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
satata\'e0 cintayanto }{\cs2873\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 ) and endeavoring to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness w
ith a firm vow (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yatanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9}{\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 have to be purified. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  para\'e0 dh\'e4ma pavitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pure, we cannot approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba impurely. But if we think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always and meditate upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we shall be purified. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9}{\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\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}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That meditation can be possible by hearing and chanting, and then thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will automati
cally come. That is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 smara\'ebam }{\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 7.5.23}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "remem
bering." If we chant and hear, then remembrance will automatically come, and then we shall engage in worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Then we shall engage in the temple worship (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arcanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and offering prayers (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vandanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). We shall engage ourselves as K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's servants (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4syam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), we shall become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends (}{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakhyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and we shall surrender everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-nivedanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 6: The Master of the Senses
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 6. The Master of the Senses
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a khalena devak\'e9\line ka\'e0sena ruddh\'e4ticira\'e0 \'e7uc\'e4rpit\'e4\line vimocit\'e4ha\'e0 ca
 sah\'e4tmaj\'e4 vibho\line tvayaiva n\'e4thena muhur vipad-ga\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devak\'e9, who was 
long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Ka\'e0sa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.23
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devak\'e9, the mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and sister of King Ka\'e0sa, was put into prison along with her husband, Vasudeva, because the envious King was afraid of be
ing killed by Devak\'e9's eighth son (K\'e5\'f1\'eba). The King killed all the sons of Devak\'e9 who were born before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba escaped the danger of child-slaughter because He was transferred to the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's foster father. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, along with her children, was also saved from a series of dangers. But Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was shown far more favor because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not save the other children of Devak\'e9, whereas He sa
ved the children of Kunt\'e9dev\'e9. This was done because Devak\'e9's husband, Vasudeva, was living, whereas Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was a widow and there was none to help her except K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The conclusion is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba bestows more favor upon 
a devotee who is in greater dangers. Sometimes He puts His pure devotees in such dangers because in that condition of helplessness the devotee becomes more attached to the Lord. The more the attachment is there for the Lord, the more success is there for
 the devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devak\'e9, the devotee who became the mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was not an ordinary woman. After all, who can become the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhea
d? K\'e5\'f1\'eba agrees to become the son only of the most advanced devotee. In their previous lives, Devak\'e9 and her husband underwent severe austerities, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore appeared before them, wanting to give them a benediction, the
y told Him that they wanted a son like God. But where can there be another person equal to God? That is not possible. God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asamordhva}{\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  that is, no one can be equal to or greater than Him. There cannot be any competition. One cannot say, "I am God, you 
are God, he is God, we are all God." No. One who says this is a dog, not God, for God is great, and He has no competitor. No one is equal to Him; everyone is lower. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekal
e}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e9\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba \'e4ra saba bh\'e5tya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the only master is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Go
d, and everyone else is His servant, including even great demigods like Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu, and \'c7iva, not to speak of others. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siva-viri\'efci-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nutam}{\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  In the }{\cs2873
\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  the Vedic scriptures, it is said that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is offered respect even by 
Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4, the topmost demigods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above the human beings there are demigods. As we human beings are above the lower animals, above us there are demigods, the most important of whom are Lord Brahm
\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. Lord Brahm\'e4 is the creator of this universe, Lord \'c7iva is its destroyer, and Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, is its maintainer. For the maintenance of this material world there are three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or modes of material nature\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the mode of goodness), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the mode of passion), and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the mode of ignorance). Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Lord Brahm\'e4, and Lord \'c7iva have each taken charge of one of these modes\'97Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satt
va-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Brahm\'e4 of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and Lord Siva of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yet these three controll
ers are not under the influence of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just as the superintendent of a jail is n
ot a prisoner but the controlling officer, so Lord \'c7iva, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and Lord Brahm\'e4 control these three }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and are not under the control of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But above all others, the supreme controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "senses." We are enjoying our senses, but ultimately the controller of the senses is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Consider my hand, 
for example. I claim, "This is my hand. I can fight you with a good fist." I am very much proud. But I am not the controller; the controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because if He withdraws my hand's power to act, the hand will be paralyzed. Although I claim, 
"It is my hand, and I shall use it," when it is paralyzed I cannot do anything. Therefore, I should understand that although I possess this hand by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am not its controller. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A sane man will think, "If this hand is ultimately controlled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then it is meant for K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is a commonsense understanding. I claim,
 "This is my hand, this is my leg, this is my ear." Even a child will speak this way. If we ask a child, "What is this?" he will say, "It is my hand." But regardless of what we claim, actually it is not our hand; it is given to us. Because I wanted to us
e my hand in so many ways, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given it to me: "All right, take this hand and use it." So it is a gift from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore a sane man always consciously thinks, "Whatever I have in my possession, beginning with this body and
 my senses, is actually not mine. I have been given all these possessions to use, and if everything ultimately belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why not use everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" This is intelligence, and this is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke
 j\'e9va-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and therefore everyone's senses are also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. When we use th
e senses for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, we attain the perfection of life. Therefore, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktir}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ucyate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 by our senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) we serve H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, the real master of the senses, that service is called }{\cs2873\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  This is a very simple definition of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ka-sevanam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub service to the supreme master of the senses, n
ot to the senses themselves. When we use our senses for sense gratification, we are in }{\cs2873\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, but when we use our senses for the gratification of the master of the senses, that service is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world, everyone is generally using his senses for sense gratification. That is }{\cs2873\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 that is the cause of one's bondage. But when one comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, when one becomes purified and understands
 that these senses are actually meant for satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then he is a liberated person (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukta-puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ih\'e4 yasya harer d\'e4sye\line karma\'eb\'e4 manas\'e4 gir\'e4\line nikhil\'e4sv apy avasth\'e4su\line j\'e9van-mukta\'f9 sa u
cyate\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 Brs.}{\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 1.2.187}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A person who acts in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his body, mind, intelligence, and words is a liberated person, even withi
n the material world." One should come to understand, "My senses are meant to serve the master of the senses, H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a." The master of the senses is sitting within everyone's heart. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (15.15) the Lord says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h
\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am seated in everyone's heart." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apoha
na\'e0 ca:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "And from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that if we want to use our senses in a certain way, He will give us the chance to do so. The senses are not ours; they are K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us the opportunity to use them according to our desires. For example, each of us has a tongue, and suppose we want to eat stool. We may say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I want to taste stool," and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will say, "Yes, tak
e this body of a hog and eat stool." The master is present\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He will give us an appropriate body and remind us, "My dear living entity, you wanted to eat stool. Now you have the proper body in which to do so." Similarly, if one wants to 
become a demigod, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give one a chance to do that also. There are 8,400,000 forms of life, and if one wants to engage one's senses in a particular type of body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give one the chance: "Come on. Here is the body you want
. Take it." But eventually one will become exasperated by using one's senses. Ultimately one will become senseless. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parit
yajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Don't act like this. Your senses are meant for serving Me. You are misusing your senses and are therefore being entrapped in different types of bodies. Therefore, to get relief from this tedious business of accepting o
ne body and then giving it up to accept another and again another in continued material existence, just give up this process of sense gratification and surrender unto Me. Then you will be saved." This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the present moment, our senses are contaminated. I am thinking, "I am American, so my senses should be used for the service of my country, my society, my nation.
" Or else I am thinking, "I am Indian, and my senses are Indian senses, and therefore they should be used for India." In ignorance, one does not know that the senses belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Instead, one thinks that one has American senses, Indian sense
s, or African senses. This is called }{\cs2873\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. In material life, the senses ar
e covered by designations such as " American," "Indian," and " African," but when our senses are no longer contaminated by all these designations (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi}{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vinirmuktam}{\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
bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begins.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To think "I am an American. Why shall I take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and worship a Hindu god?" is foolishness. If one thinks, "I am Muhammadan," "I am Chris
tian," or "I am Hindu," one is in illusion. One must purify the senses so that one can understand, "I am a spirit soul, and the supreme spirit soul is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore it is my duty to serve K\'e5\'f1
\'eba." When one thinks in this way, one immediately becomes free. At that time, one is no longer American, Indian, African, this, or that. At that time, one is K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is what is wanted. Therefore Kunt\'e9d
ev\'e9 says, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, You are the master of the senses."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For sense gratification we have fallen into this material condition and are suffering in different varieties of life. Because this is the material world, even K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's mother was put into suffering. Devak\'e9 was so advanced that she became the mother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but still she was put into difficulties by her own brother, Ka\'e0sa. That is the nature of this material world. The living entities in thi
s world are so jealous that if one's personal interest is hampered, one will immediately be ready to give trouble to others, even to one's nearest relatives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  means "jealous." This material world is a world of jealousy and envy. I am envious of you, and you are envious of me. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, however, is meant for one who is no longer jealous or envious. By becoming f
ree from jealousy and envy, one becomes a perfect person. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dharma\'f9 projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramo nirmatsar\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sat\'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 (}{\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 . Those who are jealous and envious are within this material world, and those who are not are in the spiritual world. Therefore, we can test ourselves. If we are jealous or envious of our friends or other associates, we are in th
e material world, and if we are not jealous we are in the spiritual world. There need be no doubt of whether we are spiritually advanced or not. We can test ourselves. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
hakti\'f9 pare\'e7\'e4nubhavo viraktir anyatra ca}{\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 11.2.42). When we eat, we can understand for ourselves whether our hunger is satisfied; we don't have to take a certificate from others. Similarly, we can test for ourselves whether we are in the material 
world or the spiritual world. If we are jealous or envious, we are in the material world, and if we are not we are in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one is not jealous, one can serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba very well, because jealousy and envy begin with being jealous of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, some philosophers 
think, "Why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba be God? I am also God." This is the beginning of material life\'97to be envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba be the enjoyer?" they think. "I shall also be the enjoyer. Why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoy the
 }{\cs2873\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  I shall become K\'e5\'f1\'eba and make a society of }{\cs2873\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 enjoy." This is }{\cs2873\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  No one but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be the enjoyer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore says in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\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 "I am the only enjoyer." If we supply ingredients for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enjoyment, we attain the perfection of life. But if we want to imitate K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thinking, "I shall become God and enjoy like Hi
m," then we are in }{\cs2873\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 natural position is to provide enjoyment for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. In the spiritual world, for example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoys, and the }{\cs2873\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 t
ranscendental cowherd girls, supply the ingredients for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enjoyment. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 a relationship between master and servant. The servant's duty is to s
erve the master, and the master supplies whatever the servant needs.
\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\line }{\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 Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\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 2.2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature informs us that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can supply all the necessities for one's life. There is no scarcity and no economi
c problem. We simply have to try to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then everything will be complete.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires, there may be ample supplies. In America, for example, there is an ample supply of everything needed, although in other countries this is 
not so. For instance, when I went to Switzerland I saw that everything there is imported. The only thing supplied locally is snow. This is all under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's control. If one becomes a devotee, one will be amply supplied with food, and if one does
 not become a devotee one will be covered with snow. Everything is under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's control, so actually there is no scarcity. The only scarcity is a scarcity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, the world is full of dangers. But Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "Because Devak\'e9 is Your devotee, You saved her from the distresses imposed upon her by her env
ious brother." As soon as Devak\'e9's brother heard that his sister's eighth son would kill him, he was immediately ready to kill Devak\'e9. But Devak\'e9's husband pacified him. It is the duty of a husband to protect his wife, and therefore Devak\'e9's 
husband said, "My dear brother-in-law, why are you envious of your sister? After all, your sister will not kill you; it is her son who will kill you. That is the problem. So I shall deliver all the sons to you, and then you may do whatever you like with 
them. Why should you kill this innocent, newly married girl? She is your younger sister, and you should protect her, just as you would protect your daughter. Why should you kill her?" In this way he placated Ka\'e0sa, who believed Vasudeva's word that he
 would bring all the sons so that if Ka\'e0sa wanted he could kill them. Vasudeva thought, "Let me save the present situation. After all, if Ka\'e0sa later gets a nephew, he may forget this envy." But Ka\'e0sa never forgot. Instead, he kept Devak\'e9 and
 Vasudeva in prison for a long time (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aticiram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and killed all their sons. Finally, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba appeared and saved Vasudeva and Devak\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, we must depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, like Devak\'e9 and Kunt\'e9. After Kunt\'e9 became a widow, the envious Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was always planning way
s to kill her sons, the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. "Because by chance I was born blind," he thought, "I could not inherit the throne of the kingdom, and instead it went to my younger brother. Now he is dead, so at least my sons should get the throne." This 
is the materialistic propensity. One thinks, "I shall be happy. My sons will be happy. My community will be happy. My nation will be happy." This is extended selfishness. No one is thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be happy. Rather, 
everyone is thinking in terms of his own happiness: "How shall I be happy? How will my children, my community, my society, and my nation be happy?" Everywhere we shall find this. Everyone is struggling for existence, not thinking of how K\'e5\'f1\'eba wi
ll be happy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very sublime. We should try to understand it from }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  and try to engage our senses fo
r the service of the master of the senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
sevanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Then we shall actually be happy.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 7: Dangerous Encounters
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 7. Dangerous Encounters
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'e4n mah\'e4gne\'f9 puru\'f1\'e4da-dar\'e7an\'e4d\line asat-sabh\'e4y\'e4 vana-v\'e4sa-k\'e5cchrata\'f9\line m\'e5dhe m
\'e5dhe 'neka-mah\'e4rath\'e4strato\line drau\'eby-astrata\'e7 c\'e4sma hare 'bhirak\'f1it\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Your Lordship has protected us from a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals, fr
om the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest, and from the battle where great generals fought. And now You have saved us from the weapon of A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.24
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The list of dangerous encounters is submitted herein. Devak\'e9 was once put into difficulty by her envious brother, otherwise she was well. But Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 and
 her sons were put into one difficulty after another for years and years together. They were put into trouble by Duryodhana and his party due to the kingdom, and each and every time the sons of Kunt\'e9 were saved by the Lord. Once Bh\'e9ma was administe
red poison in a cake, once they were put into the house made of shellac and set afire, and once Draupad\'e9 was dragged out, and attempts were made to insult her by stripping her naked in the vicious assembly of the Kurus. The Lord saved Draupad\'e9 by s
upplying an immeasurable length of cloth, and Duryodhana's party failed to see her naked. Similarly, when they were exiled in the forest, Bh\'e9ma had to fight with the man-eater demon Hi\'f2imba R\'e4k\'f1asa, but the Lord saved him. So it was not finis
hed there. After all these tribulations, there was the great Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, and Arjuna had to meet such great generals as Dro\'eba, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, and Kar\'eba, all powerful fighters. And at last, even when everything was done away with, there w
as the }{\cs2873\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  released by the son of Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya to kill the child within t
he womb of Uttar\'e4, and so the Lord saved the only surviving descendant of the Kurus, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here Kunt\'e9 remembers all the dangers through which she passed before the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas regained their kingdom. In }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\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  "My dear Arjuna, you may declare to the world that My devotee is never vanquished." The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, were great devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but bec
ause people in the material world are interested in material things, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were put into many dangers. Their materialistic uncle Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was always planning to kill them and usurp the kingdom for his own sons. That was his
 policy from the very beginning.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra constructed a house of lac, which was so inflammable that when touched with a match it would immediately burst into fire. Then he told 
his nephews and his sister-in-law, Kunt\'e9, "I've constructed a very nice house, and you should go live there for some time." But Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's brother Vidura informed them of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's policy: "He wants you to go to that hou
se so that you may burn to ashes." When Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's son Duryodhana understood that Vidura had thus informed the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, he was very angry. Such is the nature of politics. Then, although the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas knew, "Our uncle's pl
an is to send us into that house and set it afire," they agreed to go there. After all, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was their guardian, and they did not want to be disobedient to the order of a superior. But they dug a tunnel under that house, and when the h
ouse was set on fire they escaped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another time, when the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were at home, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra gave them poison cakes, but they escaped from being poisoned. Then }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1\'e4da-dar\'e7an\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they met a man-eating demon named Hi\'f2imba R\'e4k\'f1asa, but Bh\'e9ma foug
ht with him and killed him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On another occasion, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were cheated in a game of chess in the royal assembly of the Kurus. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, Dro\'eb
\'e4c\'e4rya, and other elderly persons were present, and somehow or other Draupad\'e9, the wife of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, was placed as a bet. "Now if you lose," the Kurus told the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, "Draupad\'e9 will no longer be your wife." So when th
e P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas lost the game, Kar\'eba and Du\'f9\'e7\'e4sana immediately captured her. "Now you no longer belong to your husbands," they told her. "You are our property. We can deal with you as we like."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Previously, Kar\'eba had been insulted during Draupad\'e9's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In those days a very qualified princess would select her own husband in a ceremony called a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv
aya\'e0vara.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In modern America, of course, any girl may select a husband as she likes, although for a common girl this is actually not very good. But even in those times an un
common, highly qualified girl who knew how to select a good husband was given the chance to do so. Even this, however, was limited by very strict conditions. Draupad\'e9's father, for example, placed a fish on the ceiling, and he stipulated that in order
 to qualify to marry his daughter, a prince had to shoot an arrow and pierce the eye of the fish, without directly seeing the fish but seeing only its reflection in a pot of water on the floor. When these conditions were declared, many princes came to co
mpete, for responding to a challenge is a principle for a }{\cs2873\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  a heroic leader.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the assembly for Draupad\'e9's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kar\'eba was present. Draupad\'e9's real purpose was to accept Arjuna as her husband, but Kar\'eba was there, and she knew that if he competed, Arjuna would not be able to succeed. At that time it was not
 known that Kar\'eba was a }{\cs2873\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  He was born the son of Kunt\'e9 before her marriag
e, but that was a secret. Kar\'eba had been maintained by a carpenter, and therefore he was known as a }{\cs2873\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  a member of the lowest occupational division of society. Draupad\'e9 took advantage of this by saying, "In this assembly, only }{\cs2873\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  may compete. I do not want any carpenter to come here and take part in the competition." In this way, Kar\'eba was excluded.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kar\'eba regarded this as a great insult, and therefore when Draupad\'e9 was lost in the game, he was the first to come forward. He was Duryodhana's great friend, a
nd he said, "Now we want to see the naked beauty of Draupad\'e9." Present at that meeting were elderly persons like Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, and Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, but they did not protest. They did not say, "What is this? You are going t
o strip a lady naked in this assembly?" Because they did not protest, they are described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat-sabh\'e4y\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an assembly of uncultured men. Only an uncultured man wants to see a woman naked, although nowadays that has become fashionable. According to the Vedic culture, a woman is not supposed to be naked before anyone except her husban
d. Therefore, because these men wanted to see Draupad\'e9 naked in that great assembly, they were all rascals. The word }{\cs2873\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  means "gentle," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "rude." Therefore Kunt
\'e9dev\'e9 prays to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "You saved Draupad\'e9 in that assembly of rude men." When the Kurus were taking away Draupad\'e9's sari to see her naked, K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplied more and more cloth for the sari}{\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  and therefore they could not come to the end of it. Finally, with heaps of cloth stacked in the room, they became tir
ed and realized she would never be naked. They could understand, "It is impossible."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At first, Draupad\'e9 had tried to hold on to her sari}{\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  But what could she do? After all, she was a woman, and the Kurus were trying to strip her naked. So she cried and prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Save my honor," but she also tried to save herself by ho
lding on to her sari}{\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  Then she thought, "It is impossible to save my honor in this way," a
nd she let go and simply raised her arms and prayed, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if You like You can save me." Thus the Lord responded to her prayers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, it is not very good to try to save oneself. Rather, one should simply depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if You save me, that is all right. Other
wise, kill me. You may do as You like." As Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4nasa, deha, geha\'97yo kichu mora\line arpilu\'ec tuya pade, nanda-ki\'e7ora\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 M\'e4nasa Deha Geha }{\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord, whatever I have in my possession I surrender unto You. And what do I have? I have this body and mind, I have a little h
ome and my wife and children, but whatever I have, I surrender everything unto You." This is full surrender.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba without reservation, and therefore he is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ki\'efcana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to something one reserves for oneself, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that one does not keep anything for oneself. Of course, although actually one should surrender in this way, in the material world one should not artificially imitate those who are fully surrendered. According to the exampl
e set by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, whatever possessions one has, one should give fifty percent for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and twenty-five percent for one's relatives, who will also expect something, and one should keep twenty-five percent for personal emergencies. 
Before his retirement, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 divided his money in this way, although later, when his brother San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, another great devotee, was arrested, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 spent everything. This is full surrender. Similarly, Draupa
d\'e9 fully surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba without trying to save herself, and then unlimited yards of cloth were supplied, and the Kurus could not see her naked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But then, in the next game of chess, the bet was that if the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas lost the game they would go to the forest for twelve years. Thereafter they were to r
emain incognito for one year, and if detected they would have to live in the forest again for another twelve years. This game also the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas lost, so for twelve years they lived in the forest and for one year incognito. It was while they were
 living incognito that Arjuna won Uttar\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These incidents are all recorded in the book known as the }{\cs2873\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 word }{\cs2873\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" or "greater," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to India. Thus the }{
\cs2873\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  is the history of greater India. Sometimes people regard these accounts as
 stories or mythology, but that is nonsense. The }{\cs2873\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 the }{\cs2873\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  are histories, although they are not chronological. If the history of such a vast period o
f time was recorded chronologically, how many pages would it have to be? Therefore, only the most important incidents are selected and described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by describing how He saved the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e5dhe m\'e5dhe 'neka-mah\'e4rath\'e4strata\'f9 }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.24}{\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\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  On the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra there were great, great fighters called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4rathas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just as military men in modern days are given titles like lieutenant, captain, commander, and commander-in-chief, formerly there were titles like }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka-ratha, ati-ratha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-ratha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\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  means "chariot." So if a warrior could fight against one chariot, he was called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka-ratha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and if he could fight against thousands of chariots he was called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-ratha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All the commanders on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra were }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-rathas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Many of them are mentioned in }{\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  Bh\'e9\'f1
ma, Kar\'eba, and Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya were especially great commanders. They were such powerful fighters that although Arjuna was also a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-ratha,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  before them he was nothing. But by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he was able to kill Kar\'eba, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, and the others and come out victorious. While speaking wit
h \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it also referred to this. "The Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra," he said, "was just like an ocean, and the warriors were like many ferocious aquatic animals. But by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my gran
dfather Arjuna crossed over this ocean very easily."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is very significant. We may have many enemies who may be very powerful fighters, but if we remain under the protection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no one can do us any 
harm. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rakhe k\'e5\'f1\'eba m\'e4re \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi1 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bengali Proverb
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4khe k\'e5\'f1\'eba m\'e4re ke, m\'e4re k\'e5\'f1\'eba r\'e4khe ke.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi1 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4khe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub protect}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; m\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kill}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; ke\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; m\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kill}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; r\'e4khe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub protect}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; ke\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who}{\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  
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub If K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to kill you, no one can save you; and if K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to save you, no one can kill you.}}}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ke}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  m\'e4re k\'e5\'f1\'eba rakhe ke.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  "
He whom K\'e5\'f1\'eba protects, no one can kill, but if K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to kill someone, no one can give him protection." For example, suppose a very rich man is suffering from disease. He may have a first-class physician, medicine, and hospital av
ailable for him, but still he may die. This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired, "This man must die." Therefore, the so-called protective methods we have devised will be useless if K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not desire us to live. The demon R\'e4va\'eba was very 
powerful, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the form of Lord R\'e4macandra desired to kill him, no one could protect him. R\'e4va\'eba was a great devotee of Lord \'c7iva and was praying to Lord \'c7iva, "Please come save me from this danger." But Lord \'c7iva 
did not come. Then P\'e4rvat\'e9, Lord Siva's wife, asked Lord \'c7iva, "What is this? He is such a great devotee and has served you so much, and now he is in danger and is asking your help. Why are you not going to help him?" Then Lord \'c7iva replied, 
"My dear P\'e4rvat\'e9, what shall I do? I cannot give him protection. It is not possible. Why shall I go?" Therefore, if God wants to kill someone, no one can give him protection, and if God wants to protect someone, no one can kill him. }{\cs2873\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Rakhe k\'e5\'f1\'eba m\'e4re ke m\'e4re k\'e5\'f1\'eba rakhe ke.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Kunt\'e9 is remembering how K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved her and her sons one time after another. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'ebam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are so kind to us that You saved us from many great dangers. Without You there was no ho
pe."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the last danger was }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub drau\'eby-astra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the weapon of A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4, the son of Dro\'eba. A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 performed a most abominable act by killing the five sons of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Of course, in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra bot
h sides belonged to the same family, and practically everyone was killed, but the five sons of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas survived. So A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 thought, "If I kill these five sons of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and present their heads to Duryodhana, he w
ill be very much pleased." Therefore, when the five sons were sleeping, he severed their heads, which he then presented to Duryodhana. At that time, Duryodhana was incapacitated. His spine was broken, and he could not move. A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 said, "I h
ave brought the five heads of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, my dear Duryodhana." At first, Duryodhana was very glad, but he knew how to test the heads to see whether they were in fact the heads of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. When he pressed the heads, the heads coll
apsed, and Duryodhana said, "Oh, these are not the heads of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. They must be the heads of their sons." When A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 admitted that this was so, Duryodhana fainted, and when he revived he said, "You have killed all our hopes.
 I had hoped that in our family at least these five sons would survive, but now you have killed them." Thus in lamentation he died.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Subsequently, Arjuna arrested A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 and was going to kill him. In fact, K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered, "Kill him. He is not a }{\cs2873\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 is less than a }{\cs2873\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 then Draupad\'e9 said, "I am suffering because of the death of my sons, and this rascal is the son of our Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja}{\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  Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, who has done so much for us. If A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 dies, then Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya's wife, our m
other }{\cs2873\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 be very much unhappy. So release him and let him go away." Thus Arjuna fr
eed A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4. But then A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4, having been insulted, retaliated by unleashing a }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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  is something like a nuclear weapon. It can 
go to the enemy, wherever he is, and kill him. A\'e7vatth\'e4m\'e4 knew, "The last descendant of the Kuru family is Par\'e9k\'f1it, the son of Abhimanyu. He is in the womb of Uttar\'e4, so let me kill him also, and then the entire dynasty will be finishe
d."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When that weapon was unleashed, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's mother, Uttar\'e4, felt that she was going to have a miscarriage, and therefore she approached K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, saying, "Please save me." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His mystic power, therefore entered the womb of Uttar\'e4 and saved the child. After the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who was still in the womb of his mother, was the last
 remaining descendant of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and in mature time, when he was born, only his grandfathers were still alive. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was the son of Abhimanyu, who was the son of Arjuna and Subhadr\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sister. When
 Abhimanyu was sixteen years old, he went to fight, and seven great commanders joined forces to kill him. Subhadr\'e4 had only one grandchild, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. As soon as he grew up, the entire estate of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas was entrusted 
to him, and all the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas left home and went to the Himalayas. This history is described in the }{\cs2873\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  Many great misfortunes befell the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, but in all circumstances they simply depended on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who always saved them. Queen Kunt\'e9's response to these misfortunes is recorded in the next v
erse.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 8: Let There Be Calamities
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 8. Let There Be Calamities
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vipada\'f9 santu t\'e4\'f9 \'e7a\'e7vat\line tatra tatra jagad-guro\line bhavato dar\'e7ana\'e0 yat sy\'e4d\line apunar bhava-da
r\'e7anam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing
 You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.25
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, the distressed, the needy, the intelligent, and the inquisitive who have performed some pious activities worship or begin to worship the Lord. Others, wh
o are thriving on misdeeds only, regardless of status, cannot approach the Supreme due to being misled by the illusory energy. Therefore, for a pious person, if there is some calamity there is no other alternative than to take shelter of the lotus feet o
f the Lord. Constantly remembering the lotus feet of the Lord means preparing for liberation from birth and death. Therefore, even though there are so-called calamities, they are welcome because they give us an opportunity to remember the Lord, which mea
ns liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, which are accepted as the most suitable boat for crossing the ocean of nescience, can achieve liberation as
 easily as one leaps over the holes made by the hooves of a calf. Such persons are meant to reside in the abode of the Lord, and they have nothing to do with a place where there is danger in every step.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is certified by the Lord in the }{\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  as a dangerous place full of calamities. Less intelligent persons prepare plans to adjust to those calamities, without knowing that the nature of this place is to be full of calamiti
es. They have no information of the abode of the Lord, which is full of bliss and without trace of calamity. The duty of the sane person, therefore, is to be undisturbed by worldly calamities, which are sure to happen in all circumstances. Suffering all 
sorts of unavoidable misfortunes, one should make progress in spiritual realization, because that is the mission of human life. The spirit soul is transcendental to all material calamities; therefore, the so-called calamities are called false. A man may 
see a tiger swallowing him in a dream, and he may cry for this calamity. Actually there is no tiger and there is no suffering; it is simply a case of dreams. In the same way, all calamities of life are said to be dreams. If someone is lucky enough to get
 in contact with the Lord by devotional service, it is all gain. Contact with the Lord by any one of the nine devotional services is always a forward step on the path going back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this very interesting verse, it is described that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipada\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub calamities or dangers\'97are very good if such dangers and calamities remind us 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 tat te 'nukamp\'e4\'e0 susam\'e9k\'f1am\'e4\'ebo\line bhu\'efj\'e4na ev\'e4tma-k\'e5ta\'e0 vip\'e4kam\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  10.14.8}{\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 How does a devotee receive dangers? There must be dangers because this material world is full of dangers. But foolish people who do not know this try to avoid the d
angers. Thus they struggle for existence. Everyone is trying to become happy and avoid danger. This is our material business. Everyone is trying for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tyantika\'e0 suk
ham,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ultimate happiness. A working man thinks, "Let me work very hard now and put money in the bank, so that when I get old I shall enjoy life without working." This is the in
ner intention of everyone. No one wants to work; as soon as one gets some money, he wants to retire from work and become happy. But that is not possible. One cannot become happy in that way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 speaks of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apunar bhava-dar\'e7anam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The prefix }{\cs2873\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  means "not," and }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub punar bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "repetition of birth and death." The real danger is the repetition of birt
h and death. That must be stopped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is full of dangers (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipad\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). For example, if one is on the ocean one may have a very strong ship, but that ship can never be
 safe; because one is at sea, at any time there may be dangers. The Titanic was safe, but on its first voyage it sank, and many important men lost their lives. So danger there must be, because we are in a dangerous position. This material world itself is
 dangerous. Therefore, our business now should be to cross over this sea of danger as soon as possible. As long as we are at sea, we are in a dangerous position, however strong our ship may be. That's a fact. But we should not be disturbed by the sea wav
es; instead, we should just try to cross over the sea and get to the other side. That should be our business.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as we are in this material world, there must be calamities because this is the place of calamity. But even with calamities our business should be to develop
 our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, so that after giving up this body we may go back home, back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, Arjuna said to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Whatever You are saying is all right. I am not this body. I am a soul, and this is also true of
 everyone else. So when the body is annihilated, the soul will continue to exist. But when I see that my son is dying or my grandfather is dying and that I am killing, how can I be solaced simply by knowing that they are not dying, but that only their bo
dies are changing? I am accustomed to thinking of them with affection in terms of the body, and so there must be grief and suffering."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not deny what Arjuna said. "Yes," He replied. "That's a fact. Because you are in the bodily concept of life, there must be suffering. So you must
 tolerate it, that's all. There is no other remedy." As mentioned in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (
2.14), Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, the nonpermanent appearance of heat and cold, happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappe
arance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In America it may sometimes be very chilly in the morning, and that may make taking one's morning bath a little difficult. But does that mean that those who are dev
otees will stop taking their prescribed morning bath? No. Even if it is chilly, they must take this regular bath. The duty must be done, even if there is a little suffering involved. That is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or austerity. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that we must proceed with our business of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness despite all the dangers and calamities of this world. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or voluntary acceptance of the difficulties of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes those who have undertaken strict vows of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will ignite a ring of fire all around themselves, and in the scorching heat of the sun in the hot summer they will sit down in the midst of that fire and meditate. Similarly, in the chilly cold 
of winter they will immerse themselves in water up to the neck and meditate. Such vows are prescribed in strict systems of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu does not give us such a prescription. Instead, He gives us a very nice program: chant, dance, and take }{\cs2873\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 first to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But still we are unwilling. We are so fallen that we cannot accept even this }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although this kind of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very easy to perform and very pleasant (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub su-sukha\'e0 kartum }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), still we are not agreeable. We may even prefer to rot in the street. Some people prefer to drink a
nd have sex and live in the street. So what can be done?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is giving all facilities so that people may come here, chant, dance, live very peacefully, take }{\cs2873\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 be happy, but people will not accept it. That is called misfortune. Caitanya Mah\'e4p
rabhu, portraying the people of this age, therefore said, "I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Lord Caitanya prayed (}{\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  2):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\cs2873\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 transcendental holy name of G
od, has all potencies, Lord Caitanya said. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has unlimited potencies, and similarly in the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba there are unlimited potencies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has thousands and thousands of names, of which the name }{\cs2873\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 chief, and there are no hard and fast rules for chanting. It is not that one must chant at a c
ertain time. No. At any time one may chant. Furthermore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Therefore the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is living in His abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and that His name is different from Him. In the material world, of course, i
n the material conception, a name is different from the fact it represents. But in the absolute world there are no such differences. The name is as potent as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. We have a tongue, and if we use this tongue to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we 
shall immediately come directly in touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because the name }{\cs2873\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 the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not different. We may think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far, far away, but in fact K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within us. He is far away, but at the same time He is the nearest. But even if we think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
far, far away, His name is present. We can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will immediately become available. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is available in this easy way, for which there are no hard and fast rules. We can chant at any time and immediately
 get K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just see the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub et\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k\'e5p\'e4 bhag
avan mam\'e4pi durdaivam \'e9d\'e5\'e7am ih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My dear Lord, You have given me such generous facilities by which to contact You, but I am so unfortun
ate that I have no attachment for these things. I have attachment for so many other things, but I have no attachment for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is my misfortune." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so magnanimous that He is present before us by the transcende
ntal vibration of His name, which has all the potencies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and if we remain in contact with that name we shall get all the benefits of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's benedictions. But still we are not inclined to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }
{\cs2873\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  This is our misfortune.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee, however, is never disturbed by dangers, reverses, or calamities. Rather, he welcomes them. Because he is a surrendered soul, he knows that both dangers a
nd festivals are but different demonstrations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is absolute. In the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature, it is said that religion and irreligion, which are complete opposites, are merely the front portion and the back portion of God. But is there any difference between God's front and God's back? God is absolute, and there
fore a devotee, either in opulence or in danger, is undisturbed, knowing that both of these are K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a devotee is in danger, he thinks, "Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba has appeared before me as danger." In His form of N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, the Lord was dangerous to the demo
n Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, but the same N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva was the supreme friend to the devoted Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. God is never dangerous to the devotee, and the devotee is never afraid of dangers, because he is confident that the danger is but ano
ther feature of God. "Why should I be afraid?" the devotee thinks. "I am surrendered to Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipada\'f9 santu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Let there be calamities." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vipada\'f9 santu t\'e4\'f9 \'e7a\'e7vat:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Let all those calamities happen again and again." Because she knows how to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba at times of danger, she is welcoming danger. "My dear Lord," she says, "I welcome dangers, because when dangers come I can re
member You." When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's father was putting him into dangerous predicaments, Prahl\'e4da was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So if we are put into a dangerous position and that danger gives us an impetus to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, that is welcome: "Oh, I am getting this opportunity to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Why is this welcome? It is welcome because seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba or remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba means advancing in spiritual life so that we will not have to suffer any mo
re of these dangers. }{\cs2873\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  (Bg. 4.9).
 If one becomes advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the result will be that after giving up the body (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) one will not have to take birth again in this material world (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub punar janma naiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is to be desired.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suppose I am very comfortable at the present moment. My body may be comfortable, but there will be death, and then another birth. After giving up my present body, i
f I get the body of a cat or a dog, what is the meaning of my comfortable position? Death is sure, and after death one must surely accept another body. We may not know what kind of body we shall get, but we can know from the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature. The }{\cs2873\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  says that according to our particular mentality, we will get a particular kind of body. Although I may be in a comfortable position, if I keep myself 
in the mentality of a dog, I shall get my next life as a dog. Therefore, what is the value of this comfortable position? I may be in a comfortable position for twenty years, thirty years, fifty years, or at the utmost one hundred years. Yet if, when I gi
ve up this body, my mentality causes me to become a cat, a dog, or a mouse, what is the benefit of this comfortable position? But people do not consider this. They think, especially in the present age, "I am now in a comfortable position. I have enough m
oney and a good estate. I have ample comforts and enough food. When this body is finished, I am not going to take birth again, so as long as I am living, let me enjoy life." This is the modern philosophy of hedonism, but it does not correspond to the fac
ts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9, however, is aware of birth and death, and she is anxious not to repeat this process. This is indicated by the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apunar bhava-dar\'e7anam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one always sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness means always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One's consciousness should be absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought. Therefore the spiritual master gives different varieties of engagements to devotees in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. For example, under the
 direction of the spiritual master the devotees may sell books in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But if the devotees think that the energy invested in selling books should be diverted into selling jewelry, that is not a very good idea. Then they would bec
ome nothing more than jewelers. We should be very much careful not to be diverted from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Even if there is danger or suffering in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we should tolerate it. We should even welcome such danger, and we s
hould pray in appreciation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How should we pray? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tat }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'nukamp\'e4\'e0 susam\'e9k\'f1am\'e4\'eba\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My de
ar Lord, it is Your great mercy that I have been put into this dangerous position." That is the viewpoint of a devotee. He doesn't regard danger as danger. Rather, he thinks, "It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy." What kind of mercy? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhu\'efj\'e4na ev\'e4tma-k\'e5ta\'e0 vip\'e4kam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Because of my past activities, I was meant to suffer very much. Bu
t You are mitigating that suffering and giving me only a little." In other words, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba a devotee may receive only token punishment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In court an important man is sometimes found to be a culprit, and the judge may be able to fine him a hundred thousand dollars and know that the man can pay it. But
 he may tell the man, "You just give one cent." That is also punishment, but it is greatly minimized. Similarly, we have to suffer for our past deeds. That is a fact, and we cannot avoid it. But }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e4\'ebi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bh\'e4j\'e4m}{\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 Brahma-s
a\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.54): the sufferings of those who engage in devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are minimized. For example, one may have been destined to be kille
d, but instead of being killed with a knife, he may instead get some little cut on his finger. In this way, for those who engage in devotional service, the reactions of past activities are minimized. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures His devotees, }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I shall give you protection from the reactio
ns of sinful life." So even if a devotee has a history of very grievous criminal activities behind him, instead of being killed he may only get a little cut on his finger. Why then should a devotee fear danger?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should simply depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, because if we live K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciously under all circumstances, we shall not return to this material
 world (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apunar bhava-dar\'e7anam }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.25}{\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 we repeatedly think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, read of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and somehow or other remain in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we benefit in such a way that we shall 
be saved from taking birth again in the material world. That is true benefit. But if we become a little comfortable because of other, materialistic engagements and we forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba and have to take birth again, then what is our benefit? We should
 be very careful about this. We should act in such a way that our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can under no circumstances be disturbed, even if there is heavy suffering. That is the instruction of Kunt\'e9dev\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before winning the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, all the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were put into many dangers, as already described in the previous verses. They were given poiso
n, they were put into a house of lac that was later set afire, and sometimes they were even confronted with great man-eating demons. They lost their kingdom, they lost their wife, they lost their prestige, and they were exiled to the forest. But througho
ut all those dangers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was there. When the Kauravas were trying to strip Draupad\'e9 naked, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was there supplying cloth to protect her honor. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was always there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, when the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas went to see their grandfather, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, on his deathbed, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva began to cry. "These boys, my grandsons, ar
e all very pious," he said. "Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the oldest of the brothers, is the most pious person. He is even called Dharmar\'e4ja, the king of religion. Bh\'e9ma and Arjuna are both devotees, and they are such powerful heroes that they
 can kill thousands of men. Their wife, Draupad\'e9, is directly the goddess of fortune, and it has been enjoined that wherever she is, there will be no scarcity of food. Thus they all form a wonderful combination, and moreover, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is al
ways with them. But still they are suffering." Thus he began to cry, saying, "I do not know what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement, because such pious devotees are also suffering."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, we should not think, "Because I have become a devotee, there will be no danger or suffering." Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja suffered greatly, and so did oth
er devotees like the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. But we should not be disturbed by such sufferings. We must have firm faith, firm conviction, knowing, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present, and He will give me protection." Don't try to take the
 benefit of any shelter other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Always take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\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 "My dear Arjuna, you may declare to the world that My devote
e is never vanquished." Now, one may ask, why did K\'e5\'f1\'eba advise Arjuna to declare this? Why did He not declare it Himself? The answer is that if K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself made this declaration, it might be suspect, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes v
iolates His own promise. But the promise of a devotee will never be violated. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's concern. "Oh, My devotee has declared this. I must see that his word is kept." This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's position because of His affection for His devot
ee. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "You declare it. If I declare it, people may not believe it, but if you declare it they will believe you because you are a devotee." Even though K\'e5\'f1\'eba may break His own promise, He wants to see that the pr
omises of His devotees are fulfilled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, we must take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and adhere to this consciousness under all circumstances, even in the most dangerous position. We must keep 
our faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, and then there will be no danger.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 9: Decreasing the Fever 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 9. Decreasing the Fever of Illus
ion
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janmai\'e7varya-\'e7ruta-\'e7r\'e9bhir\line edham\'e4na-mada\'f9 pum\'e4n\line naiv\'e4rhaty abhidh\'e4tu\'e0 vai\line tv\'e4m a
ki\'efcana-gocaram
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the
 path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education, and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.26
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being materially advanced means taking birth in an aristocratic family and possessing great wealth, an education, and attractive personal beauty. All materialistic 
men are mad after possessing all these material opulences, and this is known as the advancement of material civilization. But the result is that by possessing all these material assets one becomes artificially puffed up, intoxicated by such temporary pos
sessions. Consequently, such materially puffed up persons are incapable of uttering the holy name of the Lord by addressing Him feelingly, "O Govinda, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba." It is said in the }{\cs2873\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  that by once uttering the holy name of the Lord, the sinner gets rid of a quantity of sins that he is unable to commit. Such is the power of 
uttering the holy name of the Lord. There is not the least exaggeration in this statement. Actually the Lord's holy name has such powerful potency. But there is a quality to such utterances also. It depends on the quality of feeling. A helpless man can f
eelingly utter the holy name of the Lord, whereas a man who utters the same holy name in great material satisfaction cannot be so sincere. A materially puffed up person may utter the holy name of the Lord occasionally, but he is incapable of uttering the
 name in quality. Therefore, the four principles of material advancement, namely }{\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  high parenta
ge, }{\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  good wealth, }{\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  high education, and }{\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  attractive beauty, are, so to speak, disqualifications for progress on the path of spiritual advancement. The material covering of the pure spirit soul is an external feature, as much as fever is an external feature of the unhea
lthy body. The general process is to decrease the degree of the fever and not to aggravate it by maltreatment. Sometimes it is seen that spiritually advanced persons become materially impoverished. This is no discouragement. On the other hand, such impov
erishment is a good sign as much as the falling of temperature is a good sign. The principle of life should be to decrease the degree of material intoxication which leads one to be more and more illusioned about the aim of life. Grossly illusioned person
s are quite unfit for entrance into the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one sense, of course, material opulences are God's grace. To take birth in a very aristocratic family or nation like America, to be very rich, to be advanced in 
knowledge and education, and to be endowed with beauty are gifts of pious activities. A rich man attracts the attention of others, whereas a poor man does not. An educated man attracts attention, but a fool attracts no attention at all. Materially, there
fore, such opulences are very beneficial. But when a person is materially opulent in this way, he becomes intoxicated: "Oh, I am a rich man. I am an educated man. I have money."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who drinks wine will become intoxicated and may think that he is flying in the sky or that he has gone to heaven. These are effects of intoxication. But an into
xicated person does not know that all these dreams are within the limits of time and will therefore come to an end. Because he is unaware that these dreams will not continue, he is said to be in illusion. Similarly, one is intoxicated by thinking, "I am 
very rich, I am very educated and beautiful, and I have taken birth in an aristocratic family in a great nation." That's all right, but how long will these advantages exist? Suppose one is an American and is also rich, beautiful, and advanced in knowledg
e. One may be proud of all this, but how long will this intoxication exist? As soon as the body is finished, it will all be finished, just like the intoxicated dreams of a person who has been drinking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These dreams are on the mental platform, the egoistic platform, and the bodily platform. But I am not the body. The gross body and subtle body are different from my
 actual self. The gross body is made of earth, water, fire, air, and ether, and the subtle body is made of mind, intelligence, and false ego. But the living being is transcendental to these eight elements, which are described in the }{\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  as the inferior energy of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even if one is mentally very advanced, he does not know that he is under the influence of the inferior energy, just as an intoxicated person does not know what cond
ition he is in. Opulence, therefore, places one in a position of intoxication. We are already intoxicated, and modern civilization aims at increasing our intoxication. In truth we should become free from this intoxication, but modern civilization aims at
 increasing it so that we may become more and more intoxicated and go to hell.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says that those who are intoxicated in this way cannot feelingly address the Lord. They cannot feelingly say, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" They have lost their spiritual feeling. They can
not feelingly address the Lord, because they do not have knowledge. "Oh, God is for the poor man," they think. "The poor do not have sufficient food. Let them go to the church and pray, 'O God, give us our daily bread.' But I have enough bread. Why shoul
d I go to church?" This is their opinion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nowadays, therefore, because we are in a time of economic prosperity, no one is interested in going to the churches or temples. "What is this nonsense?" people thin
k. "Why should I go to the church to ask for bread? We shall develop our economic condition, and then there will be a sufficient supply of bread." In Communist countries this mentality is especially prevalent. The Communists make propaganda in the villag
es by asking people to go to church and pray for bread. So the innocent people pray as usual, "O God, give us our daily bread." When the people come out of the church, the Communists ask, "Have you gotten bread?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No, sir," they reply.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All right," the Communists say. "Ask us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the people say, "O Communist friends, give us bread."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Communist friends, of course, have brought a whole truckload of bread, and they say, "Take as much as you like. Now, who is better\'97the Communists or your God
?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the people are not very intelligent, they reply, "Oh, you are better." They don't have the intelligence to inquire, "You rascals, wherefrom have you brought
 this bread? Have you manufactured it in your factory? Can your factory manufacture grains?" Because they are }{\cs2873\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  (people who have very little intelligence), they don't ask these questions. A }{\cs2873\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  however, one who is advanced in intelligence, will immediately inquire, "You rascals, wherefrom have you brought this bread? You cannot manufacture bread. You have simply taken the wheat given by God and transform
ed it, but this does not mean that it has become your property."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply transforming one thing into something else does not make the final product one's own property. For example, if I give a carpenter some wood, some tools, and 
a salary and he makes a very beautiful closet, to whom will the closet belong\'97to the carpenter or to me, the person who has supplied the ingredients? The carpenter cannot say, "Because I have transformed this wood into such a nice closet, it is mine."
 Similarly, we should say to atheistic men like the Communists, "Who is supplying the ingredients for your bread, you rascal? It is all coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, 'The elements of this material creation are all My property.' You have not created the sea, the land, the sky, the fire, or the air. The
se are not your creations. You may mix and transform these material things. You may take earth from the land and water from the sea, mix them and put them in a fire to make bricks, and then you may pile up all these bricks to make a skyscraper and claim 
that the skyscraper is yours. But where did you get the ingredients for the skyscraper, you rascal? You have stolen the property of God, and now you are claiming that it is your property. This is knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, those who are intoxicated cannot understand this. They think, "We have taken this land of America from the Red Indians, and now it is our property." 
They do not know that they are thieves. The }{\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  clearly says that one who 
takes the property of God and claims it as his own is a thief (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stena eva }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'f9}{\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 devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, have their own form of communism. According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious communism, everything belongs to God. Just as the
 Russian and Chinese Communists think that everything belongs to the state, we think that everything belongs to God. This is merely an extension of the same philosophy, and to understand it one simply needs a little intelligence. Why should one think tha
t his state belongs to only a small number of people? In fact this is all the property of God, and every living entity has a right to use this property because every living being is a child of God, who is the supreme father. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (14.4), Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya... aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the seed-giving father of all living entities. In whatever forms they may live, a
ll living entities are My sons."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We living entities are all sons of God, but we have forgotten this, and therefore we are fighting. In a happy family, all the sons know, "Father is supplying food t
o us all. We are brothers, so why should we fight?" Similarly, if we become God conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, the fighting in the world will come to an end. "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am Russian," "I am Chinese"\'97all these nonsensical de
signations will be finished. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is so purifying that as soon as people become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious their political and national fighting will immediately be over, because they will come to their real consciousne
ss and understand that everything belongs to God. The children in a family all have the right to accept privileges from the father. Similarly, if everyone is part and parcel of God, if everyone is a child of God, then everyone has the right to use the pr
operty of the father. That right does not belong only to the human beings; rather, according to }{\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  that right belongs to all living entities, regardless of whether they are in the bodies of human beings, animals, trees, birds, beasts, insects, or whatever. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we do not think, "My brother is good, and I am good, but all others are bad." This is the kind of narrow, crippled consciousness we 
reject. Rather, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we look equally toward all living entities. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (5.18):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 "The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle }{\cs2873\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]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is }{\cs2873\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  one who is learned, sees all living entities to be on an equal level. Therefore, because a Vai\'f1\'ebava, or devotee, is learned, he is compassionate (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hita-k\'e4ri\'ebau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and he can work in such a way as to actu
ally benefit humanity. A Vai\'f1\'ebava feels and actually sees that all living entities are part and parcel of God and that somehow or other they have fallen into contact with this material world and have assumed different types of bodies according to d
ifferent }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are learned (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) do not discriminate. They do not say, "This is an animal, so it should be sent to the slaughterhouse so that a man may eat it." No. Why should the animals be slaughtered? A person who is actually K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious is kind to everyone. Therefore one tenet of our philosophy is "No meat-eating." Of course, people may not accept this. They will say, "Oh, what is this nonsense? Meat is our food. Why should we not eat it?" Because they are intoxicate
d rascals (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub edham\'e4na-mada\'f9 }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.26}{\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 ), they will not hear the real facts. But just consider: if a poor man is lying helpless in the street, can I kill him? Will the state excuse me? I may say, "I have only killed a poor man. There was no need for him
 in society. Why should such a person live?" But will the state excuse me? Will the authorities say, "You have done very nice work"? No. The poor man is also a citizen of the state, and the state cannot allow him to be killed. Now, why not expand this ph
ilosophy? The trees, the birds, and the beasts are also sons of God. If one kills them, one is as guilty as one who kills a poor man on the street. In God's eyes, or even in the vision of a learned man, there is no discrimination between poor and rich, b
lack and white. No. Every living entity is part and parcel of God. And because a Vai\'f1\'ebava sees this, he is the only true benefactor of all living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava tries to elevate all living beings to a platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A Vai\'f1\'ebava does not see, "Here is an Indian, and there is a
n American." Someone once asked me, "Why have you come to America?" But why should I not come? I am a servant of God, and this is the kingdom of God, so why should I not come? To hinder the movements of a devotee is artificial, and one who does so commit
s a sinful act. Just as a policeman may enter a house without trespassing, a servant has the right to go anywhere, because everything belongs to God. We have to see things in this way, as they are. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says that those who are increasing their own intoxication cannot become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. A fully intoxicated person may talk nonsense,
 and he may be told, "My dear brother, you are talking nonsense. Just see. Here is your father, and here is your mother." But because he is intoxicated, he will not understand, nor will he even care to understand. Similarly, if a devotee tries to show a 
materially intoxicated rascal, "Here is God," the rascal will not be able to understand it. Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tv\'e4m aki\'efcana-gocaram }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.26}{
\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicating
 that to be free from the intoxication caused by high birth, opulence, education, and beauty is a good qualification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nonetheless, when one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, these same material assets can be used for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, the Americans who hav
e joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement were materially intoxicated before they became devotees, but now that their intoxication is over, their material assets have become spiritual assets that may be helpful in furthering the service of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. For example, when these American devotees go to India, the Indian people are surprised to see that Americans have become so mad after God. Many Indians strive to imitate the materialistic life of the West, but when they see Americans dancing i
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then they realize that this is what is actually worthy of being followed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything can be used in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one remains intoxicated and does not use one's material assets for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they a
re not very valuable. But if one can use them for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they become extremely valuable. To give an example, zero has no value, but as soon as the digit one is placed before the zero, the zero immediately becomes ten. If there are
 two zeros, they become one hundred, and three zeros become one thousand. Similarly, we are intoxicated by material assets that are actually no better than zero, but as soon as we add K\'e5\'f1\'eba, these tens and hundreds and thousands and millions of 
zeros become extremely valuable. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement therefore offers a great opportunity to the people of the West. They have an overabundance of the zeros of materialistic life, and if they simply add K\'e5\'f1\'eba their life wil
l become sublimely valuable.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 10: The Property of the Impoverished
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 10. The Property of the Impoveri
shed
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo 'ki\'efcana-vitt\'e4ya\line niv\'e5tta-gu\'eba-v\'e5ttaye\line \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4m\'e4ya \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya\line kaivalya-pataye
 nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My obeisances are unto You, who are the property of the materially impoverished. You have nothing to do with the a
ctions and reactions of the material modes of nature. You are self-satisfied, and therefore You are the most gentle and are master of the monists.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.27
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A living being is finished as soon as there is nothing to possess. Therefore a living being cannot be, in the real sense of the term, a renouncer. A living being re
nounces something for gaining something more valuable. A student sacrifices his childish proclivities to gain better education. A servant gives up his job for a better job. Similarly, a devotee renounces the material world not for nothing but for somethi
ng tangible in spiritual value. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and others gave up their worldly pomp and prosperity for the sake of the service of the Lord. They were big 
men in the worldly sense. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were ministers in the government service of Bengal, and \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was the son of a big }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
zamindar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of his time. But they left everything to gain something superior to what they previously possessed. The devotees are generally without material prosperity, but they h
ave a very secret treasure-house in the lotus feet of the Lord. There is a nice story about \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. He had a touchstone with him, and this stone was left in a pile of refuse. A needy man took it, but later on wondered why t
he valuable stone was kept in such a neglected place. He therefore asked San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 for the most valuable thing, and then he was given the holy name of the Lord. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Aki\'efcana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "one who has nothing to give materially." A factual devotee, or }{\cs2873\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  does not give anything material to anyone, because he has already left all material assets. He can, however, deliver the supreme asset, namely the P
ersonality of Godhead, because He is the only property of a factual devotee. The touchstone of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, which was thrown in the rubbish, was not the property of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9, otherwise it would not have been kept in such a place. T
his specific example is given for the neophyte devotees just to convince them that material hankerings and spiritual advancement go ill together. Unless one is able to see everything as spiritual in relation with the Supreme Lord, one must always disting
uish between spirit and matter. A spiritual master like \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, although personally able to see everything as spiritual, set this example for us only because we have no such spiritual vision.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advancement of material vision or material civilization is a great stumbling block for spiritual advancement. Such material advancement entangles the living being i
n the bondage of a material body followed by all sorts of material miseries. Such material advancement is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anartha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or things not wanted. Actually this is so. In the present context of material advancement one uses lipstick at a cost of fifty cents, and there are so many unwanted things which are all products of the material concepti
on of life. By diverting attention to so many unwanted things, human energy is spoiled without achievement of spiritual realization, the prime necessity of human life. The attempt to reach the moon is another example of spoiling energy because even if th
e moon is reached, the problems of life will not be solved. The devotees of the Lord are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because they have practically no material assets. Such material assets are all products of the three modes of material nature. They foil spiritual energy, and thus the less we possess such products of material nature, the more we hav
e a good chance for spiritual progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no direct connection with material activities. All His acts and deeds, which are exhibited even in this material world, are s
piritual and unaffected by the modes of material nature. In the }{\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  the Lo
rd says that all His acts, even His appearance and disappearance in and out of the material world, are transcendental, and one who knows this perfectly shall not take his birth again in this material world, but will go back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material disease is due to hankering after and lording it over material nature. This hankering is due to an interaction of the three modes of nature, and neithe
r the Lord nor the devotees have attachment for such false enjoyment. Therefore, the Lord and the devotees are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niv\'e5tta-gu\'eba-v\'e5tti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The perfect }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub niv\'e5tta-gu\'eba-v\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is the Supreme Lord because He never becomes attracted by the modes of material nature, whereas the living beings have such a tendency. Some of them are entrapped by the illusory attraction of material nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the Lord is the property of the devotees, and the devotees are the property of the Lord reciprocally, the devotees are certainly transcendental to the modes
 of material nature. That is a natural conclusion. Such unalloyed devotees are distinct from the mixed devotees who approach the Lord for mitigation of miseries and poverty or because of inquisitiveness and speculation. The unalloyed devotees and the Lor
d are transcendentally attached to one another. For others, the Lord has nothing to reciprocate, and therefore He is called }{\cs2873\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  self-satisfied. Self-satisfied as He is, He is the master of all monists who seek to merge into the existence of the Lord. Such monists merge within the personal effulgence of the Lord called the }
{\cs2873\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  but the devotees enter into the transcendental pastimes of the Lord, which are
 never to be misunderstood as material.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To be materially impoverished is the first qualification of a devotee. One who does not possess anything in this material world but simply possesses K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "one who has lost all material possessions." As long as we have even the slightest tinge of an idea of becoming happy materially 
in some way or other, we shall have to accept a material body. Nature is so kind that according to the way we want to enjoy this material world, she will give us a suitable body, under the direction of the Lord. Because the Lord is situated in everyone's
 heart, He knows everything. Therefore, knowing that we still want something material, He will give us another material body: "Yes, take it." K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants us to have full experience through which to understand that by material gain we shall never
 be happy. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has full freedom, we too have full freedom, although the quantity of that freedom is quite minute. Although th
e quantity of salt in a drop of seawater is not comparable to the quantity of salt in the ocean, the chemical composition of both the drop and the ocean is the same. Similarly, whatever we have in a minute quantity is present in its fullness in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba (}{\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 ). For example, we have a propensity to steal, to take things that
 belong to others. Why? Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has the same propensity. Unless the propensity to steal is present in the Absolute Truth, how can it be present in us? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as "the butter thief." But K\'e5\'f1\'eba's stealing and our ste
aling are different. Because we are materially contaminated, our stealing is abominable, whereas on the spiritual, absolute platform the same stealing is so nice that it is enjoyable. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 therefore enjoys K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities of st
ealing. This is the difference between material and spiritual.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any activities that are spiritual are all-good, and any activities that are material are all-bad. This is the difference between spiritual and material. The so-call
ed morality and goodness of this material world is all bad, but in the spiritual world even so-called immorality is good. This we must understand. For example, to dance with the wives of others at the dead of night is immoral, at least according to the V
edic civilization. Even today in India, a young woman will never be allowed to go to a young man at the dead of night to dance with him. But we shall find in }{\cs2873\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  that as soon as all the }{\cs2873\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 young cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, heard K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute, they immediately came to dance with Him. Now, according to material conceptions this is immoral, but from the spiritual point of view this 
is in accord with the greatest morality. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu therefore said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Oh, there is no better mode of worship than that which was conceived by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vraja-vadh\'fcs,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the damsels of V\'e5nd\'e4vana." After Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu accepted the renounced order of life, He very strictly avoided association with women. Even in His family life, He never
 played any jokes with women. He was very humorous, but only with men, not with women. Once He spoke some joking words with His wife, Vi\'f1\'ebupriy\'e4. When \'c7ac\'e9m\'e4t\'e4, Lord Caitanya's mother, was searching for something, He jokingly said, "
Maybe your daughter-in-law has taken it." But in His whole life these are the only joking words we find in relation to women. He was very strict. After He accepted }{\cs2873\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, no woman could even come near Him to offer obeisances; rather, they would offer obeisances from a distant place. Nonetheless, Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ramy\'e4 k\'e4cid up\'e4san\'e4 vraja-vadh\'fc-varge\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  kalpit\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "There is no conception of worship better than that which was conceived by the damsels of
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana."}{\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 What was their conception? They wanted to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, at any risk. A
nd this is never immoral.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That which is in relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba can never be immoral. To give another example, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His incarnation as N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva killed H
ira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, the father of Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, while Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja stood nearby without protesting. Now, is this moral? Who would like to see his own father being killed? Who would just stand there and not protest? No one woul
d approve of such behavior and say that it is moral. Nonetheless, this actually happened. Not only that, but Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja even made a garland to place upon the neck of the killer. "My dear Lord Killer," he said, "please take this garland. Y
ou have killed my father, and You are very good." This must be understood spiritually. If one's father is being attacked and one cannot protect him, one must protest and cry for help. But because Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's father was killed by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in the form of Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja prepared a garland for the killer. After his father was killed, Prahl\'e4da said to N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, "My dear Lord, now that my father has been killed, everyone is happy. Now
 please withdraw Your angry mood."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\cs2873\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 saintly person, never approves of killing, not even the killing of an animal, but Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub modeta s\'e4dhur api v\'e5\'e7cika-sarp
a-haty\'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 [}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.9.14}{\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  "Even a saintly person is pleased when a scorpion or a snake is killed." A scorpion or a snake is also a living entity, and a }{\cs2873\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  is never satisfied when he sees another living entity killed, but Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "Even a }{\cs2873\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  is pleased when a snake or a scorpion is killed. My father was just like a snake or a scorpion, and
 therefore now that he has been killed, everyone is happy." Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was a very dangerous demon who gave trouble to devotees, and when such a demon is killed even saintly persons are satisfied, although ordinarily they never want anyone killed
. Therefore, although it may appear that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja acted immorally, in fact they acted in accord with the highest morality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana-vitta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the only solace for one who has lost everything material. In the }{\cs2873\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "If someone wants Me but at the same time wants material prosperity, he is a fool." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that if one wants material prosperity but at the same time wants to 
become a devotee, K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes him a failure in material life. Therefore people are very much afraid of coming to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. "Oh," they think, "my material prosperity will be finished."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, people go to a church or temple to pray to God for material prosperity: "O God, give us our daily bread." But although they are approaching God for mater
ial prosperity\'97"Give me this, give me that"\'97they are also considered pious because they approach God, unlike the atheists, who never approach Him. "Why shall I approach God?" the atheist says. "I shall create my own wealth, and by advancement of sc
ience I shall be happy." One who thinks "For my own prosperity I shall depend on my own strength and my own knowledge" is a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5t\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a most sinful person, but one who thinks "My prosperity depends on the mercy of God" is pious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is a fact that without the sanction of God, nothing can be achieved. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e4va
t tanur ida\'e0 tan\'fcpek\'f1it\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have discovered many methods by which to counteract distress, but when freedom from such distress is not sanctioned by God, thes
e methods will fail. For example, a sick man may have very good medicine and a qualified physician, but if we ask the physician, "Can you guarantee the life of this patient?" the doctor will always say, "No, I cannot do so. I try my best. That's all." An
 intelligent doctor knows, "The ultimate sanction is in the hand of God. I am simply an instrument. If God does not want the patient to live, then all my medicines and all my scientific medical knowledge will fail."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ultimate sanction, therefore, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who are foolish do not know this, and therefore they are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rascals. They do not know that although whatever they are doing may be very good, if it is not ultimately sanctio
ned by God, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will all be a failure. On the other hand, a devotee knows, "With whatever intelligence I have I may try to become happy, but without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sanction I shall never be happy." This is the distinction between a de
votee and a nondevotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As mentioned before, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "One who tries to approach Me to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious but at the same time wants to become materially happy is 
not very intelligent. He is wasting his time." Our main business is to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is the main business of human life. If we waste our time striving for material improvement and forget to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that will be 
a great loss. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4mi\'97vij\'efa, ei m\'fcrkhe 'vi\'f1aya' kena diba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  22.39): "A rascal may ask some material prosperity from Me in exc
hange for discharging devotional service. But why shall I give him material prosperity? Rather, whatever he has I shall take away."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When our material assets are taken away, we become very morose. But that is the test. That was stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
 Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja inquired from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "We are completely dependent on You, but still we are suffering materially so much. Our kingdom has been taken away, our wife has been insulted, and our enemies attempted to burn us in our h
ouse. How can this be so?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasy\'e4ham anug\'e5h\'eb\'e4mi hari\'f1ye tad-dhana\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7anai\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "Yes,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that is My first business. If I especially fa
vor someone, then I take away all his sources of income and place him into great difficulty." In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very dangerous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have actual experience in this connection. I do not wish to narrate this whole story, but it is a fact that I received K\'e5\'f1\'eba's special favor in this way.
 When I was twenty-five years old, my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, my spiritual master, ordered me to go preach. But I thought, "First of all I shall become a rich man, and then I shall use my money to finance the preaching work." I had good opportunities to bec
ome a very rich businessman. An astrologer even told me that I should have become as rich as the wealthiest man in India. There were very good chances. I was the manager of a big chemical factory. I started my own factory, and the business was very succe
ssful. But eventually everything collapsed, and in this way I was forced into the position of carrying out the orders of my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. When all my material assets were taken away, then I approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saying, "You are the only shel
ter." Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana-vitta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the property of the materially impove
rished. When one is bereft of all material opulences, then one turns to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And now I am realizing that I have not lost but gained.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So to lose material opulences for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sake is not a loss. Rather, it is the greatest gain. When one becomes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  having nothing to possess, K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes one's only riches. Expressing this understanding, Narottama d
\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says:
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nanda-suta,     v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sut\'e4-yuta\line karu\'eb\'e4 karaha ei-b\'e4ra\line narottama d\'e4sa kaya,
     n\'e4 \'f6heliha r\'e4\'ecg\'e4-p\'e4ya\line tom\'e4 vine ke \'e4che \'e4m\'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 hari hari! vi
fale }{\b0\i\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but for You I have nothing to claim. I have no possessions. You are my only possession, so please don't neglect me." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This position is very nice. When one does not depend on anything material but simply depends on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one has attained the first-class position of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is addressed as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aki\'efcana-vitta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "When
 one becomes materially impoverished, You are the only wealth." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Namo 'ki\'efcana-vitt\'e4ya niv\'e5tta-gu\'eba-v\'e5ttaye }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.27}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "When one takes You as one's only poss
ession, one immediately becomes free from the activities of the material nature." In other words, by accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, one attains the transcendental position of the Absolute. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4tm\'e4r\'e4m\'e4ya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "At that time, one becomes happy with You. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are happy with Yourself, and one who surrenders to You becom
es happy, as You are." There is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. He is entirely self, entirely spirit. We, on the other hand, have a body that is different from ourselves. I am self, but I possess a material body. B
ut when we actually become dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is completely self-satisfied, we can also be self-satisfied with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kaivalya-pataye nama\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers, the monists, w
ant to become one with the Supreme. The Supreme is self-satisfied, and they also want to be self-satisfied by becoming one with the Supreme. Our philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the same, but instead of becoming one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we d
epend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is actual oneness. If we simply agree to abide by the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and have no disagreement with Him, we are situated in actual oneness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers think, "Why shall I keep my individual, separate existence? I shall merge into the Supreme." But that is not possible. From th
e very beginning, we are separated parts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore says in }{\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  "My dear Arjuna, you should know that you, I, and all the persons assembled on this battlefield were individuals in the past, we are individuals at present, and in the future we shall continue to remain individuals."
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme }{\cs2873\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  the supreme living force, among the innumerable living forces. We living entities (}{\cs2873\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 ) are innumerable (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ); there is no counting how many we are. Similarl
y, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also a living entity, but He is the chief, the supreme living entity. That is the difference. One leader may have many followers. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme living entity, is the supreme leader, and we are subordinate, de
pendent living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That we are dependent is not very difficult to understand. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not supply us food, we shall starve, because independently we cannot produce anyth
ing. }{\cs2873\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is maintaining every
thing, and we are being maintained. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the real predominator, and we should be willing to be predominated. That is our natural constitutional position. If we falsely want to become predominators in this material world, we are in 
illusion. We must give up this illusion and always try to be predominated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then our life will be successful.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 11: The Touch of Superior 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 11. The Touch of Superior Energy
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manye tv\'e4\'e0 k\'e4lam \'e9\'e7\'e4nam\line an\'e4di-nidhana\'e0 vibhum\line sama\'e0 caranta\'e0 sarvatra\line bh\'fct\'e4n
\'e4\'e0 yan mitha\'f9 kali\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My Lord, I consider Your Lordship to be eternal time, the supreme controller, without beginning and end, the all-p
ervasive one. In distributing Your mercy, You are equal to everyone. The dissensions between living beings are due to social intercourse.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.28
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was neither her nephew nor an ordinary family member of her paternal house. She knew perfectly well that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is 
the primeval Lord who lives in everyone's heart as the Supersoul, Param\'e4tm\'e4. Another name of the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature of the Lord is }{\cs2873\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  or eternal time. Eternal time is the witness of all our actions, good and bad, and thus resultant reactions are destined by Him. It is no use saying that we do not know why we are suffer
ing. We may forget the misdeed for which we may suffer at this present moment, but we must remember that Param\'e4tm\'e4 is our constant companion and therefore He knows everything\'97past, present, and future. And because the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature of 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba destines all actions and reactions, He is the supreme controller also. Without His sanction not a blade of grass can move. The living beings are given as much freedom as they deserve, and misuse of that freedom is the cause of sufferi
ng. The devotees of the Lord do not misuse their freedom, and therefore they are the good sons of the Lord. Others, who misuse freedom, are put into miseries destined by the eternal }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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  offers the conditioned souls both happiness and miseries. It is all predestined by eternal time. As we have miseries uncalled for, so we may have happiness also without being asked, for they are all predestined by }{\cs2873\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  No one is therefore either an enemy or friend of the Lord. Everyone is suffering and enjoying t
he result of his own destiny. This destiny is made by the living beings in course of social intercourse. Everyone here wants to lord it over the material nature, and thus everyone creates his own destiny under the supervision of the Supreme Lord. He is a
ll-pervading and therefore He can see everyone's activities. And because the Lord has no beginning or end, He is known also as the eternal time, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4la.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is explained herein by the devoted Kunt\'e9 is exactly confirmed by the Lord Himself in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.29). There the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9\line ye bhajanti tu m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line mayi te te
\'f1u c\'e4py aham
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But one who renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in 
Me, and I am also a friend to him." God cannot be partial. Everyone is God's son, so how can God favor one son above another? That is not possible. But human beings discriminate. We write, "In God we trust," but one who trusts in God must be equally kind
 and merciful toward all living entities. That is God consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I have no enemies, nor have I friends." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na me dve\'f1yo '
sti na priya\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dve\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "enemy." We are envious of our enemies and friendly toward our friends, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute, even when He appears to be inimical toward some demon He is actually a friend. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills a dem
on, the demon's demoniac activities are killed, and he immediately becomes a saint and merges into the supreme impersonal effulgence, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmajyoti.
\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 brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is one of three features of the Absolute Truth.
\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is one, but is perceived in three features, known as Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhagav\'e4n. The original, c
omplete feature of the Absolute Truth is Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His plenary representation is Param\'e4tm\'e4, K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is situated in everyone's heart (}{\cs2873\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 'rjuna }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The third feature of the Absolute Truth is Brahman, the all-pervading impersonal effulgence of the Absolute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is equal to everyone, but one will realize the Absolute according to the way one approaches Him (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prapadyante}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). According to one's capacity for understanding, the Absolute Truth is revealed either as the impersonal Brahman, as the localized Param\'e4tm\'e4, or ultimately as Bhagav\'e4n.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To explain this by an example, we may sometimes see hills from our room, although we may not see them distinctly. In Los Angeles there are many hills, but when we s
ee the hills from a distant place they look like something cloudy. However, if we go further toward a hill, we shall find that there is something distinct\'97a hill. And if we go all the way to the hill itself, we shall find many people working there, ma
ny houses, streets, cars, and so many varied things. Similarly, when one wants to know the Absolute Truth by one's tiny brain and thinks, "I shall conduct research to find the Absolute Truth," one will have a vague, impersonal idea. Then if one goes furt
her and becomes a meditator, one will find that God is situated within one's heart. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhy\'e4n\'e4vasthita-tad-gatena manas\'e4 pa\'e7yanti ya\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogina\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Yog\'e9s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub real }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub see the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu within the heart by meditation. The devotees, howeve
r, meet the Supreme Person face to face, just as we meet face to face and speak face to face. The Supreme Personality of Godhead orders, "Supply Me this," and the devotee directly serves the Lord by supplying what He wants. Thus there are different reali
zations of the Absolute Truth, and although He is equal to everyone it is up to us to understand Him according to our advancement. Therefore Kunt\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama\'e0 cara
nta\'e0 sarvatra: }{\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 Bh\'e4g.}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.28}{\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 distributing Your mercy, You are equal to everyone."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub carantam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "moving." The Lord moves everywhere\'97within and without\'97and we simply have to make our vision clear so that we may see Him. By devotional service, we can purify our senses so that we may perceive the presence of God. Those
 who are less intelligent simply try to find God within, but those who are advanced in intelligence can see the Lord both within and without.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The yogic system of meditation is actually meant for those who are less intelligent. One who practices meditation in }{\cs2873\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  must control the senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indriya}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -sa\'e0yama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ). Our senses are very restless, and by practicing the different }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4sanas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or
 sitting postures, one must control the mind and senses so that one can concentrate upon the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu within the heart. This is the }{\cs2873\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 recommended for those who are too much absorbed in the bodily concept of life. However, because }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta
s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotees, are more advanced, they do not need to undergo a separate process to control their senses; rather, by engaging in devotional service they are already controlling 
their senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, if one is engaged in worshiping the Deity, cleansing the temple, decorating the Deity, cooking for the Deity, and so on, one's senses are already engag
ed in the service of the Absolute Truth, so where is the chance of their being diverted? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktir}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ucyate:}{\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 bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotional service, simply means engaging our senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) in the service of the master of the senses (}{\cs2873\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 ). Now our senses are engaged in sense gratification. I am thinking that because I am this body, I must satisfy my senses. In fact, how
ever, this is a contaminated stage of life. When one comes to the understanding that he is not this body but a spiritual soul, part and parcel of God, he knows that his spiritual senses should be engaged in the service of the supreme spiritual being. Thu
s one attains liberation (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\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 attains liberation when one gives up the false idea that the body is the self and when one resumes his actual position of service to the Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub muktir hitv\'e4nyath\'e4-r\'fcpa\'e0 svar\'fcpe\'eba vyavasthiti\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.10.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When we are conditione
d, we give up our original constitutional position, which is described by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as being that of eternal service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vera svar\'fcpa
 haya\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'nitya-d\'e4sa'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). But as soon as we employ ourselves in the service of the Lord, we are liberated immediately. There is no need to pass through some preliminary process. This very act of engaging one's senses in the service of the Lord
 is evidence that one is liberated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This liberation is open for everyone (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama\'e0 carantam }{\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 Bh\'e4g.}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.28}{\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 }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not say to Arjuna, "Only you may come to Me and become liberated
." No, the Lord is available for everyone. When He says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97"Give up all other duties and surrender unto Me"\'97He 
is speaking not only to Arjuna but to everyone. Arjuna was the original target, but in fact }{\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  was spoken for everyone, for all human beings, and therefore one must take advantage of it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's impartiality is compared to that of the sun. The sun does not consider, "Here is a poor man, here is a low-class man, and here is a hog. I shall no
t distribute my sunshine to them." No, the sun is equal toward all, and one simply has to take advantage of it. The sunshine is available, but if we close our doors and want to keep ourselves in darkness, that is our decision. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s everywhere, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ready to accept us as soon as we surrender. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sama\'e0 carantam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no restriction. People may make a distinction between lower class and higher class, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 
hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya ye 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'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 Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  9.32): "Even though one may supposedly be of a lower class, that doesn't matter. If he surrenders to Me he is also eligible to come back home, back to Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That same K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 as eternal time. Everything takes place within time, but our time calculations of past, present, and future
 are relative. A small insect's measurement of past, present, and future is different from our past, present, and future, and similarly the past, present, and future of Brahm\'e4, the chief creative living being within this universe, are different from o
urs. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no past, present, or future. Therefore He is eternal. We have a past, present, and future because we change from one body to another. The body we have now is dated. At a certain date I was born of my father and mother, and now
 this body will stay for some time. It will grow, it will produce some byproducts, then it will become old and dwindle and then vanish, and then I shall have to accept another body. When the past, present, and future of my present body are finished, I sh
all accept another body, and again my past, present, and future will begin. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no past, present, or future, because He does not change His body. That is the difference between ourselves and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The eternal position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealed in }{\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  There K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to Arjuna, "In the past, millions of years ago, I spoke this philosophy of }{\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  to the sun-god." Arjuna appeared not to believe this. Of course, Arjuna knew everything, but for our education he said to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are contemporaries, and since we were born at practically the same time, how can I believe that You spoke this philosophy so long ago to the sun-god?" Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "My dear Arjuna, you were also present then, but you hav
e forgotten, whereas I have not. That is the difference." Past, present, and future pertain to persons who forget, but for one who does not forget, who lives eternally, there is no past, present, or future.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 therefore addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as eternal (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manye tv\'e4\'e0 k\'e4l
am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). And because He is eternal, He is the full controller (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's extraordinary behavior, Kunt\'e9 could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller. He has no beginning and no end (
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4di-nidhanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and therefore He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Supreme, the greatest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  the smallest, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the greatest. We are part and 
parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is both the smallest and the greatest, whereas we are only the smallest. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vibhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the greatest, must be all-inclusive. If one has a large bag one can hold many things, whereas in a small bag one cannot. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the greatest, He includes everything, even past, present, and future time, and He is all-pervading, present everywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, matter cannot develop. Atheistic scientists say that life comes from matter, but that is nonsense. Matter is one energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a
nd spirit is another. The spirit is superior energy, and matter is inferior energy. The matter develops when the superior energy is present. For example, two or three hundred years ago the land of America was not developed, but because some superior livi
ng entities from Europe came here, America is now very much developed. Therefore the cause of development is the superior energy. In Africa, Australia, and many other places there is still vacant land that is undeveloped. Why is it undeveloped? Because t
he superior energy of advanced living entities has not touched it. As soon as the superior energy touches it, the same land will develop so many factories, houses, cities, roads, cars, and so on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The point of this example is that matter cannot develop by itself. That is not possible. Superior energy must touch it, and then it will be active. To give another 
example, a machine is matter\'97it is inferior energy\'97and therefore unless an operator comes to touch the machine, it will not act. One may have a very costly car, but unless a driver comes, in millions of years it will never go anywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus it is common sense to understand that matter cannot work independently; it cannot work unless the superior energy, the living entity, touches it. So how can we
 conclude that life develops from matter? Rascal scientists may say this, but they do not have sufficient knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the universes have developed because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence, as mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). 
The scientists are now studying atoms, and they are finding that electrons, protons, and other particles act in so many ways. Why are these particles active? Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present there. This is real scientific understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should scientifically understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no past, present, and future. He is eternal time, with no beginning and no end, and He is eq
ual to everyone. We simply have to prepare ourselves to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the purpose of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 12: Bewildering 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 12. Bewildering Pastimes
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na veda ka\'e7cid bhagava\'e0\'e7 cik\'e9r\'f1ita\'e0\line taveham\'e4nasya n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 vi\'f2ambanam\line na yasya ka\'e7
cid dayito 'sti karhicid\line dve\'f1ya\'e7 ca yasmin vi\'f1am\'e4 matir n\'e5\'eb\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and so are misleading. You ha
ve no specific object of favor, nor do You have any object of envy. People only imagine that You are partial.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.29
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord's mercy upon the fallen souls is equally distributed. He has no one as the specific object of hostility. The very conception of the Personality of Godhead 
as a human being is misleading. His pastimes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub appear}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be exactly like a human being's, bu
t actually they are transcendental and without any tinge of material contamination. He is undoubtedly known as partial to His pure devotees, but in fact He is never partial, as much as the sun is never partial to anyone. By utilizing the sunrays, sometim
es even the stones become valuable, whereas a blind man cannot see the sun, although there are enough sunrays before him. Darkness and light are two opposite conceptions, but this does not mean that the sun is partial in distributing its rays. The sunray
s are open to everyone, but the capacities of the receptacles differ. Foolish people think that devotional service is flattering the Lord to get special mercy. Factually the pure devotees who are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord a
re not a mercantile community. A mercantile house renders service to someone in exchange for values. The pure devotee does not render service unto the Lord for such exchange, and therefore the full mercy of the Lord is open for him. Suffering and needy m
en, inquisitive persons, or philosophers make temporary connections with the Lord to serve a particular purpose. When the purpose is served, there is no more relation with the Lord. A suffering man, if he is pious at all, prays to the Lord for his recove
ry. But as soon as the recovery is over, in most cases the suffering man no longer cares to keep any connection with the Lord. The mercy of the Lord is open for him, but he is reluctant to receive it. That is the difference between a pure devotee and a m
ixed devotee. Those who are completely against the service of the Lord are considered to be in abject darkness, those who ask for the Lord's favor only at the time of necessity are partial recipients of the mercy of the Lord, and those who are cent-perce
nt engaged in the service of the Lord are full recipients of the mercy of the Lord. Such partiality in receiving the Lord's mercy is relative to the recipient, and it is not due to the partiality of the all-merciful Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord descends on this material world by His all-merciful energy, He plays like a human being, and therefore it appears that the Lord is partial to His devo
tees only, but that is not a fact. Despite such an apparent manifestation of partiality, His mercy is equally distributed. In the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra all persons who died in the fight before the presence of the Lord got salvation without the nec
essary qualifications, because death before the presence of the Lord purifies the passing soul from the effects of all sins, and therefore the dying man gets a place somewhere in the transcendental abode. Somehow or other if someone puts himself open in 
the sun rays, he is sure to get the requisite benefit both by heat and by ultraviolet rays. Therefore, the conclusion is that the Lord is never partial. It is wrong for the people in general to think of Him as partial.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e5tam\line dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya
\line sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When God incarnates, He has two missions\'97to vanquish the demons and deliver the }{\cs2873\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  the faithful devotees. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "saintly persons," refers to devotees. It has nothing to do with worldly honesty or dishonesty, morality or immorality; it has nothing to do with material activities. Sometim
es we may think that the word }{\cs2873\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  refers to a person who is materially good or moral,
 but actually the word }{\cs2873\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  refers to one who is on the transcendental platform. A }{
\cs2873\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  therefore, is a devotee, because one who engages in devotional service is transcen
dental to material qualities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eb\'e4n}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  samat\'e9tyait\'e4n}{\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, the Lord comes to deliver the devotees (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), b
ut it is clearly stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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) that a devotee transcends the mater
ial qualities (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). A devotee is in a transcendental posit
ion because he is no longer under the control of the three material modes of nature\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. But if a }{\cs2873\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  is already delivered, being on the transcendental platform, then where is the necessity of delivering him? This question may arise. The Lord comes to deliver the devotee, but the devotee is already delive
red. Therefore the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f2ambanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meaning "bewildering," is used in this verse becaus
e this appears contradictory.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The answer to this contradiction is that a }{\cs2873\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 devotee, does not require deliverance, but because he is very much anxious to see the Supreme Lord face to face, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes not to deliver him from the clutches of matter, from which he
 has already been delivered, but to satisfy his inner desire. Just as a devotee wants to satisfy the Lord in all respects, the Lord even more wants to satisfy the devotee. Such are the exchanges of loving affairs. Even in our ordinary dealings, if we lov
e someone we want to satisfy him or her, and he or she also wants to reciprocate. So if the reciprocation of loving affairs exists in this material world, in what an elevated way must it exist in the spiritual world. There is a verse in which the Lord sa
ys, "The }{\cs2873\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  is My heart, and I am also the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  heart." The }{\cs2873\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  is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always thinking of the }{\cs2873\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  His devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The appearance and disappearance of the Lord within this material world are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub cik\'e9r\'f1itam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pastimes. It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastime that He comes. Of course, when the Lord comes He has some work to perform\'97to protect the }{\cs2873\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  and kill those who are against the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but both of these activities are His pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is not envious. The killing of the demons is also a display of His affection. Sometimes we may punish our children by giving them a very strong slap becaus
e of love. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills a demon this killing is not on the platform of material jealousy or envy, but on the platform of affection. Therefore it is mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literatures, that even the demons killed by the Lord attain immediate salvation. P\'fctan\'e4, for example, was a demoniac witch w
ho wanted to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was performing pastimes as a small child, she coated the nipple of her breast with poison and approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba's home to offer the milk of her breast. "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba sucks my nipple," s
he thought, "the child will immediately die." But that was not possible. Who can kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Instead she herself was killed, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba sucked the nipple and also sucked out her life altogether. But what was the result? K\'e5\'f1\'eba to
ok the bright side. "This demoniac woman came to kill Me," He thought, "but somehow or other I have sucked her breast milk, so she is My mother." Thus P\'fctan\'e4 attained the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother in the spiritual world. This is explained
 in the }{\cs2873\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  where Uddhava says to Vidura that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so
 kind, God is so kind, that even the witch who wanted to kill Him with poison was accepted as His mother. "Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is such a kind God," he said, "whom else shall I worship but K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na yasya ka\'e7cid dayita\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dayita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "favor." K
\'e5\'f1\'eba favors no one. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dve\'f1ya\'e7 ca:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and no one is His enemy. We expect some ben
ediction or profit from a friend and harmful activities from an enemy, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so perfect that no one can harm Him nor can anyone give Him anything. So who can be His friend or enemy? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na yasya ka\'e7cid dayito 'sti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He doesn't need anyone's favor. He is complete. I may be a very poor man, and therefore I may expect some fav
or from a friend, but that is because I am imperfect. Because I am not full, because I am deficient in so many ways, I am always needy, and therefore I want to create some friend, and similarly I hate an enemy. But since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme, no
 one can harm K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nor can anyone give K\'e5\'f1\'eba anything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why then are we worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple by offering K\'e5\'f1\'eba so many comforts, dressing Him, decorating Him, and giving Him nice food? We shou
ld try to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not need our offerings of nice garments, flowers, or food, but if we give such offerings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we shall benefit. Thus it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor that He accepts such offerings. If one decorates
 oneself, one's reflection in a mirror will also appear decorated. Similarly, since we are reflections of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if we decorate K\'e5\'f1\'eba we also shall be decorated. In the Bible it is said that man was made in the image of God, and this me
ans that we are reflections of God's image. It is not that we invent or imagine some form of God according to our own form. Those who adhere to the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy of anthropomorphism say, "The Absolute Truth is impersonal, but because we ar
e persons we imagine that the Absolute Truth is also a person." This is a mistake, and in fact just the opposite is true. We have two hands, two legs, and a head because God Himself has these same features. We have personal forms because we are reflectio
ns of God. Furthermore, we should philosophically understand that if the original person benefits, the reflection also benefits. So if we decorate K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we also shall be decorated. If we satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we shall become satisfied. If we 
offer nice food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we shall also eat the same food. Those who live outside the temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may never have imagined such palatable food as the food we are offering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because it is being offe
red to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we also have the opportunity to eat it. So we should try to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all respects, and then we shall be satisfied in all respects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not need our service, but He kindly accepts it. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba asks us to surrender unto Him (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara
\'eba\'e0 vraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), this does not mean that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is lacking servants and that if we surrender He will profit. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can create millions of servants by His mer
e desire. So that is not the point. But if we surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we shall be saved, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I shall free you from all sinful reactions." We are suffering here in this material world without any shelter. We even see many people loitering in the street, w
ith no aim in life. When we go walking by the beach in the early morning, we see many young people sleeping or loitering there, aimless, confused, and not knowing what to do. But if we take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we shall know, "Oh, now I have f
ound shelter." Then there will be no more confusion, no more hopelessness. I receive so many letters daily from people expressing how they have found hope in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore, it is not a fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended here mer
ely to collect some servants. Rather, He descended for our benefit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, however, instead of becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servants, we are becoming servants of so many other things. We are servants of our senses and the sensu
al activities of lust, anger, greed, and illusion. Actually the whole world is serving in this way. But if we engage our senses in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we shall no longer be servants of the senses, but masters of the senses. When we have the st
rength to refuse to allow our senses to be engaged other than in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we shall be saved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "Your appearance in this material world is misleading, bewildering." We think, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba has some mission, some purpose, and theref
ore He has appeared." No, it is for His pastimes that He appears. For example, sometimes a governor goes to inspect a prison. He gets reports from the prison superintendent, so he has no business going there, but still he sometimes goes, thinking, "Let m
e see how they are doing." This may be called a pastime because he is going by his free will. It is not that he has become subject to the laws of the prison. But still a foolish prisoner may think, "Oh, here the governor is also in prison. So we are equa
l. I am also governor." Rascals think like that. "Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has descended as an }{\cs2873\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 " they say, "I am also an }{\cs2873\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 " So here it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na veda ka\'e7cid bhagava\'e0\'e7 cik\'e9r\'f1itam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "No one knows the purpose of Your appearance and dis
appearance." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taveham\'e4nasya n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 vi\'f2ambanam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord's pastimes are bew
ildering. No one can understand their real purpose.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real purpose of the Lord's pastimes is His free will. He thinks, "Let Me go and see." He doesn't need to come to kill the demons. He has so many agents in the m
aterial nature that can kill them. For example, in a moment He can kill thousands of demons merely by a strong wind. Nor does He need to come to give protection to the devotees, for He can do everything simply by His will. But He descends to enjoy pleasu
re pastimes. "Let Me go and see."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba even wants to enjoy the pleasure pastimes of fighting. The fighting spirit is also in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, otherwise wherefrom have we gotten it
? Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the qualities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are present in minute quantity within us. We are samples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Wherefrom do we get the fighting spirit? It is present in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, just 
as a king sometimes engages a wrestler to fight with him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba also engages living entities to engage in fighting. The wrestler is paid to fight with the king. He is not the king's enemy; rather, he gives pleasure to the king by mock fighting. 
But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to fight, who will fight with Him? Not anyone ordinary. If a king wants to practice mock fighting, he will engage some very qualified wrestler. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not fight with anyone ordinary, but rather with s
ome of His great devotees. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to fight, some of His devotees come down to this material world to become His enemies and fight with Him. For example, the Lord descended to kill Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a. Should 
we think that these were ordinary living entities? No, they were the great devotees Jaya and Vijaya, who came to this world because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to fight. In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha world, the spiritual world, there is no possibility of fighting, be
cause everyone there engages in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. With whom will He fight? Therefore He sends some devotee in the garb of an enemy and comes here to this material world to fight with him. At the same time, the Lord teaches us that becoming His en
emy is not very profitable and that it is better to become His friend. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 therefore says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na veda ka\'e7cid bhagava\'e0\'e7 cik\'e9r\'f1itam: "No}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one knows the purpose of Your appearance and disappearance." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taveham\'e4nasya n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 v
i\'f2ambanam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "You are in this world just like an ordinary human being, and this is bewildering."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes appears like an ordinary man, people sometimes cannot believe or understand His activities. They wonder, "How can God become an ord
inary person like us?" But although K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes plays like an ordinary person, in fact He is not ordinary, and whenever necessary He displays the powers of God. When sixteen thousand girls were kidnapped by the demon Bhaum\'e4sura, they pray
ed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the demon's palace, killed the demon, and delivered all the girls. But according to the strict Vedic system, if an unmarried girl leaves her home even for one night, no one will marry her. Theref
ore when K\'e5\'f1\'eba told the girls, "Now you can safely return to your fathers' homes," they replied, "Sir, if we return to the homes of our fathers, what will be our fate? No one will marry us, because this man kidnapped us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Then what do you want?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked. The girls replied, "We want You to become our husband." And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He immediately said yes an
d accepted them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought the girls back home to His capital city, it is not that each of the sixteen thousand wives had to wait sixteen thousand nights to m
eet K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Rather, K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself into sixteen thousand forms, constructed sixteen thousand palaces, and lived in each palace with each wife.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although this is described in }{\cs2873\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  rascals cannot understand this. Instead they criticize K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "He was very lusty," they say. "He married sixteen thousand wives." But even if He is lusty, He is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unlimitedly}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lusty. God is unlimited. Why sixteen thousand? He could marry sixteen million and still not reac
h the limits of His perfection. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We cannot accuse K\'e5\'f1\'eba of being lusty or sensuous. No. There are so many devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba shows favor to all of them. Some ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become their h
usband, some ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become their friend, some ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become their son, and some ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba to become their playmate. In this way, there are millions and trillions of devotees all over the universe, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 has to satisfy them all. He does not need any help from these devotees, but because they want to serve Him in a particular way, the Lord reciprocates. These sixteen thousand devotees wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their husband, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
greed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba may sometimes act like a common man, but as God He expanded Himself into sixteen thousand forms. Once the great sage N\'e4rada went to visit K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and His wives. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba has married sixteen thousand wives," he thought. "Let me see how He is dealing with them." Then he found K\'e5\'f1\'eba living differently in each of the sixteen thousand palaces. In one palace He was talking 
with His wife, in another He was playing with His children, in another He was arranging for the marriage of His sons and daughters, and in this way He was engaged in varied pastimes in all of the sixteen thousand palaces. Similarly, in His childhood K
\'e5\'f1\'eba played just like an ordinary child, but when His mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4, wanted Him to open His mouth so that she could see whether He had eaten dirt, within His mouth He showed her all the universes. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although He plays
 just like an ordinary human being, when there is need He shows His nature as God. To give another example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba acted as the chariot driver of Arjuna, but when Arjuna wanted to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba's universal form, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately sh
owed him a cosmic form with thousands and millions of heads, legs, arms, and weapons. This is 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 completely independent, and He has no friends or enemies, but He plays for the benefit of both His friends and enemies, and when He acts for the b
enefit of either, the result is the same. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absolute nature.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 13: The Vital Force of 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 13. The Vital Force of the Unive
rse
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca vi\'e7v\'e4tmann\line ajasy\'e4kartur \'e4tmana\'f9\line tirya\'ec-n\'e8\'f1i\'f1u y\'e4da\'f9su\line tad atyanta
-vi\'f2ambanam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Of course it is bewildering, O soul of the universe, that You work, though You are inactive, and that You take bir
th, though You are the vital force and the unborn. You Yourself descend among animals, men, sages, and aquatics. Verily, this is bewildering.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.30
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental pastimes of the Lord are not only bewildering but also apparently contradictory. In other words, they are all inconceivable to the limited thinki
ng power of the human being. The Lord is the all-prevailing Supersoul of all existence, and yet He appears in the form of a boar among the animals, in the form of a human being as R\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, etc., in the form of a }{\cs2873\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  like N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and in the form of an aquatic like a fish. Yet it is said that He is unborn, and H
e has nothing to do. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that the Supreme Brahman has nothin
g to do. No one is equal to or greater than Him. He has manifold energies, and everything is performed by Him perfectly by automatic knowledge, strength, and activity. All these statements prove without any question that the Lord's activities, forms, and
 deeds are all inconceivable to our limited thinking power, and because He is inconceivably powerful, everything is possible in Him. Therefore no one can calculate Him exactly; every action of the Lord is bewildering to the common man. He cannot be under
stood by the Vedic knowledge, but He can be easily understood by the pure devotees because they are intimately related with Him. The devotees therefore know that although He appears among the animals, He is not an animal or a man or a }{\cs2873\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  or a fish. He is eternally the Supreme Lord, in all circumstances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4tman,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the vital force of the universe. In everyone's body there is a vital force. That vital force is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the living being, the living entity, the soul. It is because of the presence of that vital force, the soul, that the whole body works. Similarly, there is a supreme vital 
force. That supreme vital force is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, where is the question of His taking birth? In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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) the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'rjuna
\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  especially indicates that the Lord's appearance and activities are spiritual. And elsewhere in the }{\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  it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ajo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\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  means "unborn," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyay\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "not subject to des
truction." This is the nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose transcendental nature is further described by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 in her prayers to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of her prayers, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 said to the Lord, "You are within, and You are without, but still You are invisible." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within ever
yone's heart (}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ti
\'f1\'f6hati}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sannivi\'f1\'f6a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Indeed, He is within everything, even within the atom (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within and He is also without. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed Arjuna His external feature as the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the gigantic cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This external body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There the hills and mountains are described as the bones of the Lord. Similarly, the great oceans have been described as different holes in the Lord's universal body, an
d the planet known as Brahmaloka has been described as the upper portion of His skull. Those who cannot see God have thus been advised to see Him in many ways in terms of the material cosmic manifestation, according to the instructions given in the Vedic
 literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are those who can simply think of God as being great but do not know how great He is. When they think of greatness, they think of very high mountains, the sky
, and other planets. Therefore the Lord has been described in terms of such material manifestations so that while thinking of these different manifestations one can think of the Lord. That is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one thinks, "This mounta
in is the bone of K\'e5\'f1\'eba," or if one thinks of the vast Pacific Ocean as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's navel, one is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Similarly, one may think of the trees and plants as the hairs on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body, one may think of Brah
maloka as the top of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's skull, and one may think of the P\'e4t\'e4laloka planetary system as the soles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's feet. Thus one may think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as greater than the greatest (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahato mah\'e9y\'e4n}{\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 Similarly, one may think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as smaller than the smallest. That is also a kind of greatness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can manufacture this gigantic cosmic manif
estation, and He can also manufacture a small insect. In a book one may sometimes find a small running insect smaller than a period. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's craftsmanship. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub A\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4n mahato mah\'e9y\'e4n}{\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 Ka\'f6ha Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.20): He can create something greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest. Now human beings have manufactured the 747 airplane, which according to their conception is very big. Bu
t can they produce an airplane as small as a flying insect? That is not possible. Actual greatness, however, is not one-sided. One who is actually great can become greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But even the great things men can manufacture in the modern age are still not the greatest things man has created. We have information from the }{\cs2873\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 Kardama Muni, the father of the great sage Kapiladeva, manufactured a huge p
lane that resembled a great city. It included lakes, gardens, streets, and houses, and the whole city was able to fly all over the universe. In that plane, Kardama Muni traveled with his wife and showed her all the planets. He was a great }{\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  and his wife, Devah\'fcti, was the daughter of Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu, a great king. Kardama Muni 
had desired to marry, and Devah\'fcti told her father, "My dear father, I want to marry that sage." Thus Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu brought his daughter to Kardama Muni and said, "Sir, here is my daughter. Please accept her as your wife." She was a king's daugh
ter and was very opulent, but when she joined her austere husband, she had to serve so much that she became lean and thin. In fact, even with insufficient food she was working day and night. Thus Kardama Muni became compassionate. "This woman who has com
e to me is a king's daughter," he thought, "but under my protection she is not receiving any comfort. So I shall give her some comfort." Thus he asked his wife, "What will make you comfortable?" A woman's nature, of course, is that she wants a good house
, good food, fine garments, good children, and a good husband. These are a woman's ambitions. Thus Kardama Muni proved to her that she had received the best husband. By yogic powers he created for her this great airplane and gave her a big house with mai
dservants and all opulences. Kardama Muni was merely a human being, but he could perform such wonderful things by yogic powers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is Yoge\'e7vara, the master of all yogic powers. If we get a little mystic power we become important, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master of a
ll mystic powers. In }{\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  it is said that wherever there is Yoge\'e7vara, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all mystic powers, and wherever there is Arjuna, who is also known as P\'e4rtha or Dhanur-dhara, everything is present.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should always remember that if we can keep ourselves always in company with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we shall attain all perfection. And especially in this age, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba has incarnated as the holy name (}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  17.22). Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 }{\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\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 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You are so kind that You are giving me Your association in the form of Your holy name, and this holy name can be ch
anted in any situation." There are no hard and fast rules for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba anywhere. Children, for example, also chant and dance. It is not at all difficult. While walking, our students take their beads 
with them and chant. Where is the loss? But the gain is very great, for by chanting we associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally. Suppose we were to associate personally with the President. How proud we would feel. "Oh, I am with the President." So should
 we not feel very much proud if we were to associate with the supreme president, who is able to create many millions of presidents like those of this world? This chanting is our opportunity to do so. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub et\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k\'e5p\'e4 bhagavan mam\'e4pi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "My dear Lord, You are so kind to me that You are always
 prepared to give me Your association." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Durdaivam \'e9d\'e5\'e7am ih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "
But I am so unfortunate that I do not take advantage of this opportunity."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is simply requesting people, "Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." There was a cartoon in some newspaper that depicted an old lady 
and her husband sitting face to face. The lady is requesting her husband, "Chant, chant, chant." And the husband is answering, "Can't, can't, can't." So in this same way, we are requesting everyone, "Please chant, chant, chant." But they are replying, "C
an't, can't, can't." This is their misfortune.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still, it is our duty to make all such unfortunate creatures fortunate. That is our mission. Therefore we go into the street and chant. Although they say "Can't," w
e go on chanting. That is our duty. And if somehow or other we place some literature in someone's hand, he becomes fortunate. He would have squandered his hard-earned money in so many nasty, sinful ways, but if he purchases even one book, regardless of t
he price, his money is properly utilized. This is the beginning of his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Because he gives some of his hard-earned money for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, he gets some spiritual profit. He is not losing; rather, he
 is gaining some spiritual profit. Therefore our business is somehow or other to bring everyone to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement so that everyone may spiritually profit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth, not everyone knew that He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although when there was need He proved Himself the Supreme 
Godhead, He generally appeared to be just like an ordinary human being. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, while describing how K\'e5\'f1\'eba played as one of the cowherd boys, points out K\'e5\'f1\'eba's identity. Who is this cowherd boy? \'c7ukadeva
 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ittha\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0 brahma-sukh\'e4nubh\'fcty\'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 [}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.12.11}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The impersonalists meditate upon the impersonal Brahman and thus feel some transcendental bliss, but \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 points out that the source of that transcendental bliss is here\'97
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 the source of everything (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhava\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and therefore the transcendental bliss that the impersonalists try to experience by meditatin
g on the impersonal Brahman in fact comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, "Here is the person who is the source of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-sukha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the transcendental bliss that comes from realization of Brahman."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee is always prepared to render service to the Lord (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sya\'e0 gat
\'e4n\'e4\'e0 para-daivatena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but for those who are under the spell of illusory energy, He is an ordinary boy (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'e7rit\'e4n\'e4\'e0 nara-d\'e4rake\'eba}{\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 Ye yath\'e4 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba deals with different living entities according to their conceptions. For those who regard K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an ordinary human being, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will deal like an ordinary human b
eing, whereas devotees who accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead will enjoy the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Of course, the object of the impersonalist is the }{\cs2873\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  the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of that effulgence. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is every
thing (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti bhagav\'e4n }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7abdyate}{\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 Yet the cowherd boys are able to play with that same K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the exalted Personality of Godhead. How have they become so fortunate that they are able to pla
y with Him?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ittha\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0 brahma-sukh\'e4nubh\'fcty\'e4\line d\'e4sya\'e0 gat\'e4n\'e4\'e0 para-daivatena\line m\'e4y\'e4\'e7rit\'e4
n\'e4\'e0 nara-d\'e4rake\'eba\line s\'e4kam vijahru\'f9 k\'e5ta-pu\'ebya-pu\'efj\'e4\'f9\line }{\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.12.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cowherd boys playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are also not ordinary, for they have attained the highest perfection of being able to
 play with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How did they achieve this position? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5ta-pu\'ebya-pu\'efj\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by many, many lives of pious activities. For many, many lives these boys underwent austerities and penances to achieve the highest perfection of life, and now they have the opportunity to play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally on an eq
ual level. They do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for that is the nature of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana-l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes in the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's identity, the cowherd boys simply love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and their love is unending. This is true of everyone in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. For exa
mple, Ya\'e7od\'e4m\'e4t\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother and father, love K\'e5\'f1\'eba with parental affection. Similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's girlfriends love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the trees lo
ve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the water loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the flowers, the cows, the calves\'97everyone loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the nature of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. So if we simply learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can immediately transform this world into V
\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the only central point\'97how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prem\'e4 pum-arth
o mah\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). People are generally pursuing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma, mok\'f1a }{\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. 4.8.41, \'c4di 1.90}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liber
ation. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu disregarded these four things. "These are not what is to be achieved in life," He said. The real goal of life is love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, human life does not actually begin until there is some conception of religion (}{\cs2873\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 ). But in the present age, Kali-yuga, }{\cs2873\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 practically nil}{\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 there is no religi
on or morality, and there are no pious activities}{\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 and therefore according to Vedic calculation
s the present human civilization does not even consist of human beings. Formerly people would care about morality and immorality, religion and irreligion, but with the progress of Kali-yuga this is all being vanquished, and people can do anything, withou
t caring what it is. }{\cs2873\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, and we can actually see, that in Kal
i-yuga about eighty percent of the people are sinful. Illicit sex life, intoxication, meat-eating, and gambling are the four pillars of sinful life, and therefore we request that one first break these four pillars, so that the roof of sinful life will co
llapse. Then by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can remain established in a transcendental position. It is a very simple method. One cannot realize God if one's life is sinful. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 tv anta-gata\'e0 p\'e4pa\'e0\line jan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 pu\'ebya-karma\'eb\'e4m\line te dvandva-moha-nirmukt\'e4\line 
bhajante m\'e4\'e0 d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated, and who are freed from the duality of delusion e
ngage themselves in My service with determination." (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 7.28)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anta-gatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "finished." One can engage in devotional service if one has finished with his sinful life. Who can finish with sinful life? Those who engage in pious activities. One must have activities, and if one engages in pious activities 
one's sinful activities will naturally vanish. On one side, one should voluntarily try to break the pillars of sinful life, and on another side one must engage himself in pious life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one has no pious engagement, it is not that one can become free from sinful activities simply by theoretical understanding. For example, the American government 
is spending millions of dollars to stop the use of LSD and other such intoxicants, but the government has failed. How is it that simply by passing laws or giving lectures one can make people give up these things? It is not possible. One must give people 
good engagements, and then they will automatically give up the bad ones. For example, we instruct our students, "No intoxication," and they immediately give it up, even though the government has failed to stop them. This is practical.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nivartate}{\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  If someone isn't given good engagement, his bad engagements cannot be stopped. That is not possible. Therefore we have two s
ides\'97prohibition of sinful activities, and engagement in good activities. We don't simply say, "No illicit sex," "No intoxication," and so on. Mere negativity has no meaning; there must be something positive, because everyone wants engagement. That is
 because we are living entities, not dead stones. By meditation the impersonalist philosophers try to become dead stones: "Let me think of something void or impersonal." But how can one artificially make oneself void? The heart and mind are full of activ
ities, so these artificial methods will not help human society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Methods of so-called }{\cs2873\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 are all rascaldom because they provide one no engagement. But in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness there is adequate engagement for everyone. Everyone rises early in the morning to offer worship to the Deities. The dev
otees prepare nice food for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they decorate the temple, make garlands, go out chanting, and sell books. They are fully engaged twenty-four hours a day, and therefore they are able to give up sinful life. If a child has in his hands somethin
g that he is eating but we give him something better, he will throw away the inferior thing and take the better thing. So in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we offer better engagement, better life, better philosophy, better consciousness\'97everything bette
r. Therefore those who engage in devotional service can give up sinful activities and promote themselves to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Activities intended to promote all living entities to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are going on not only in human society but even in animal society also. Because a
ll living entities here are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba but are rotting in this material world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a plan, a big plan to deliver them. Sometimes He comes to this world personally, and sometimes He sends His very confidential devotee
s. Sometimes He leaves instructions like those of }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's in
carnation appears everywhere, and He appears among animals, men, sages, and even aquatics (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tirya\'ec-nar\'e4di\'f1u }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4da\'f9su}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba even appeared as a fish incarnation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth, appearance, and disappearance are all bewildering (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
tad atyanta-vi\'f2ambanam }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.30}{\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 ). We conditioned living entities transmigrate from one
 body to another because we are forced to do so by the laws of nature, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not appear because He is forced. That is the difference. Those who are foolish rascals think, "I have taken my birth in this world, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba has take
n birth here also. Therefore I am also God." They do not know that they will have to take birth again by the force of the laws of nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may have been given the chance to have a very beautiful body in a country where one can live in opulence and receive a good education. But if one misuses all th
is, one will get another body according to one's mentality. For example, at the present moment, despite so many arrangements by the government for good schools and universities, the civilized countries of the world are producing hippies, young people who
 are so frustrated that they even worship hogs. But if one associates with the qualities of the hogs, one will actually become a hog in one's next birth. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prak\'e5te\'f9 
kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e7a\'f9}{\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  Nature will give one a full opportunity: "All right, sir, become a hog." Such are nature's arrangements. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prak
\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nature, has three modes, and if one associates with one type of mode, one will receive his next body accordingly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance and disappearance are meant to put an end to the living entities' transmigration from one body to another, and therefore one should unde
rstand the greatness of the plan behind K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance and disappearance. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes whimsically. He has a great plan, otherwise why should He come here? He is very much eager to take us back home, back to Godhead. T
hat is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's business. Therefore He says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\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." (Bg. 18
.66) All of us are children of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, and since we are unhappy because of taking material bodies for repeated birth, death, old age, and disease, He is more unhappy than we are. Our situation in the material body is not at all comfortable, 
but we are such foolish rascals that we do not care to do anything about this. We are busy trying to arrange for temporary comforts in this life, but we are neglecting the real discomforts of birth, death, old age, and disease. This is our ignorance and 
our foolishness, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to wake us up from this ignorance and take us back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 14: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Wonderful 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 14. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Wonder
ful Activities
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopy \'e4dade tvayi k\'e5t\'e4gasi d\'e4ma t\'e4vad\line y\'e4 te da\'e7\'e4\'e7ru-kalil\'e4\'efjana-sambhram\'e4k\'f1am\line va
ktra\'e0 nin\'e9ya bhaya-bh\'e4vanay\'e4 sthitasya\line s\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 vimohayati bh\'e9r api yad bibheti
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ya\'e7od\'e4 took up a rope to bind You when You committed an offense, and Your perturbed 
eyes overflooded with tears, which washed the mascara from Your eyes. And You were afraid, though fear personified is afraid of You. This sight is bewildering to me.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.31
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is another explanation of the bewilderment created by the pastimes of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is the Supreme in all circumstances, as already explai
ned. Here is a specific example of the Lord's being the Supreme and at the same time a plaything in the presence of His pure devotee. The Lord's pure devotee renders service unto the Lord out of unalloyed love only, and while discharging such devotional 
service the pure devotee forgets the position of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord also accepts the loving service of His devotees more relishably when the service is rendered spontaneously out of pure affection, without anything of reverential admirati
on. Generally the Lord is worshiped by the devotees in a reverential attitude, but the Lord is meticulously pleased when the devotee, out of pure affection and love, considers the Lord to be less important than himself. The Lord's pastimes in the origina
l abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, are exchanged in that spirit. The friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consider Him one of them. They do not consider Him to be of reverential importance. The parents of the Lord (who are all pure devotees) consider Him a child only
. The Lord accepts the chastisements of the parents more cheerfully than the prayers of the Vedic hymns. Similarly, He accepts the reproaches of His fiancees more palatably than the Vedic hymns. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present in this material world
 to manifest His eternal pastimes of the transcendental realm Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana as an attraction for the people in general, He displayed a unique picture of subordination before His foster mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4. The Lord, in His naturally childish pl
ayful activities, used to spoil the stocked butter of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 by breaking the pots and distributing the contents to His friends and playmates, including the celebrated monkeys of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who took advantage of the Lord's munificence. 
Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 saw this, and out of her pure love she wanted to make a show of punishment for her transcendental child. She took a rope and threatened the Lord that she would tie Him up, as is generally done in the ordinary household. Seeing the rop
e in the hands of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, the Lord bowed down His head and began to weep just like a child, and tears rolled down His cheeks, washing off the black ointment smeared about His beautiful eyes. This picture of the Lord is adored by Kunt\'e9dev
\'e9 because she is conscious of the Lord's supreme position. He is feared often by fear personified, yet He is afraid of His mother, who wanted to punish Him just in an ordinary manner. Kunt\'e9 was conscious of the exalted position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, w
hereas Ya\'e7od\'e4 was not. Therefore Ya\'e7od\'e4's position was more exalted than Kunt\'e9's. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 got the Lord as her child, and the Lord made her forget altogether that her child was the Lord Himself. If Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 had been c
onscious of the exalted position of the Lord, she would certainly have hesitated to punish the Lord. But she was made to forget this situation because the Lord wanted to make a complete gesture of childishness before the affectionate Ya\'e7od\'e4. This e
xchange of love between the mother and the son was performed in a natural way, and Kunt\'e9, remembering the scene, was bewildered, and she could do nothing but praise the transcendental filial love. Indirectly Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 is praised for her uniq
ue position of love, for she could control even the all-powerful Lord as her beloved child.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This pastime presents another opulence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97His opulence of beauty. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has six opulences: all wealth, all strength, all influence, all k
nowledge, all renunciation, and all beauty. The nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that He is greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4n m
ahato mah\'e9y\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). We offer obeisances to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with awe and veneration, but no one comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a rope, saying, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You have committe
d an offense, and now I shall bind You." Yet that is the prerogative of the most perfect devotee, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to be approached in that way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's opulence, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 did not dare take the part of Ya\'e7od\'e4, for although Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's aunt, she did n
ot have the privilege to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba the way He was approached by Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9, who was such an advanced devotee that she had the right to chastise the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That was Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9's special prerogative.
 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was simply thinking of how fortunate was Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9 that she could threaten the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is feared even by fear personified (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bh\'e9r api yad bibheti }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.31}{\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 ). Who is not afraid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
No one. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is afraid of Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9. This is the superexcellence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To give another example of such opulence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as Madana-mohana. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Madana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means Cupid. Cupid enchants everyone, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as Madana-mohana because He is so beautiful that He enchants even Cupid. Nonetheless, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is enchanted by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and therefore \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is known as Madana-mohana-mohin\'e9, "the enchanter of the enchanter of Cupid." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the enchanter of Cu
pid, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the enchanter of that enchanter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are very exalted spiritual understandings in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They are not fictional, imaginary, or concocted. They are facts, and every devotee 
can have the privilege to understand and indeed take part in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes if he is actually advanced. We should not think that the privilege given to Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 is not available to us. Everyone can have a similar privilege. If one l
oves K\'e5\'f1\'eba as one's child, then one will have such a privilege, because the mother has the most love for the child. Even in this material world, there is no comparison to a mother's love, for a mother loves her child without any expectation of r
eturn. Of course, although that is generally true, this material world is so polluted that a mother sometimes thinks, "My child will grow up and become a man, and when he earns money, I shall get it." Thus there is still some desire to get something in e
xchange. But while loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba there are no selfish feelings, for that love is unalloyed, free from all material gain (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnyam}{
\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 love K\'e5\'f1\'eba for some material gain. It is not that we should say, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, give us our daily bread, and then I shall love You. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, give me this or that, and then I shall love You." There should be no such mercantile exchanges, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants unalloyed love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 coming with a rope to bind Him, He immediately became very much afraid, thinking, "Oh, Mother is going to bind Me." He b
egan to cry, and the tears washed the mascara from His eyes. Looking at His mother with great respect, He appealed to her with feeling, "Yes, Mother, I have offended you. Kindly excuse Me." Then He immediately bowed His head. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 appreciated 
this scene, for this was another of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's perfections. Although He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He puts Himself under the control of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.7) the Lord says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat ki
\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My dear Arjuna, there is no one superior to Me." Yet that Supreme Personality of Godhead, to whom no one is superior, bows down to Mother Ya\'e7od
\'e4, accepting, "My dear Mother, yes, I am an offender."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had become too much afraid of her, she also became disturbed. She did not actually want K\'e5\'f1\'eba to suffer by
 her punishment. That was not her purpose. But it is a system, still current in India, that when a child creates too much of a disturbance, his mother may bind him up in one place. That is a very common system, so Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 adopted it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This scene is very much appreciated by pure devotees, for it shows how much greatness there is in the Supreme Person, who plays exactly like a perfect child. When K
\'e5\'f1\'eba plays like a child, He plays perfectly, when He plays as the husband of sixteen thousand wives He plays perfectly, when He plays as the lover of the }{\cs2873\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  He plays perfectly, and as the friend of the cowherd boys He also plays perfectly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cowherd boys all depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once they wanted to take fruit from a forest of palm trees, but there was a demon named Gardabh\'e4sura who would not
 allow anyone to enter that forest. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cowherd boyfriends said to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we want to taste that fruit, if You can arrange for it." K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately said yes, and He and Balar\'e4ma went to the fo
rest where that demon was living with other demons, who had all taken the shape of asses. When the ass demons came to kick K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma with their hind legs, Balar\'e4ma caught one of them and threw him into the top of a tree, and the d
emon died. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma killed the other demons the same way. Thus Their cowherd friends were very much obliged to Them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On another occasion, the cowherd boys were surrounded by fire. Not knowing anyone else but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they immediately called for Him, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was r
eady: "Yes." Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately swallowed the whole fire. There were many demons that attacked the boys, and every day the boys would return to their mothers and say, "Mother, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so wonderful," and they would explain what had 
happened that day. And the mothers would say, "Yes, our K\'e5\'f1\'eba is wonderful." They did not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, the Supreme Person. They only knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is wonderful, that's all. And the more they perceived K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's wonderful activities, the more their love increased. "Perhaps He may be a demigod," they thought. When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, talked among his friends, the friends would talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and say, "Oh, Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja, your child K\'e5\'f1\'eba is wonderful." And Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja would respond, "Yes, I see that. Maybe He is some demigod." And even that was not certain\'97"maybe."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana do not care who is God, and who is not. They love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that's all. Those who think of first analyzing K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to determine whether He is God are not first-class devotees. The first-class devotees are those who have spontaneous love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How can we analyze K\'e5\'f1\'eba? He is unlimited, and therefore it is impossible. We have limited percep
tion, and our senses have limited potency, so how can we study K\'e5\'f1\'eba? It is not possible at all. K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals Himself to a certain extent, and that much is sufficient.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not be like the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers, who try to find God by speculative deduction. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Neti neti,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they say. "God is not this, and God is not that." But what God }{\cs2873\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  they do not know. Materialistic scientists also try to find the ultimate cause, but their process is the same: "Not this, not that." As much as they advance
, they will always find "Not this, not that." But what the ultimate cause is, they will never find. That is not possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What to speak of finding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, materialistic scientists cannot properly understand even material objects. They are trying to go to the moon, but actually 
they do not know what it is. If they understand what the moon is, why do they come back here? If they knew perfectly what the moon is, they would have resided there by now. They have been trying for the last twenty years to go there and stay, but they ar
e simply seeing, "Not this, not that. There are no living entities, and there is no possibility of our living here." Thus they can report on what is }{\cs2873\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  on the moon, but do they know what }{\cs2873\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  there? No, they do not know. And this is only one planet or one star.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic literature, the moon is regarded as a star. The scientists say that the stars are all suns, but according to }{\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  the stars are of the same nature as the moon. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.21) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nak\'f1atr\'e4\'eb\'e4m aha\'e0 \'e7a\'e7\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Of stars I am the moon." Thus the moon is just like the many stars. What is the nature of the moon? It is bright be
cause it reflects light from the sun. Therefore although the scientists say that the stars are many suns, we do not agree. According to the Vedic calculation, there are innumerable suns, but in every universe there is only one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What we see in this universe we are seeing imperfectly, and our knowledge is not perfect. We cannot count how many stars or planets there are. We cannot fully under
stand the material things existing all around us, and therefore how can we understand the Supreme Lord who created this universe? That is not possible. Therefore in the }{\cs3545\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  (5.34) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub panth\'e4s tu ko\'f6i-\'e7ata-vatsara-sampragamyo\line v\'e4yor ath\'e4pi manaso muni-pu\'ecgav\'e4n\'e4m\line so 'py asti yat-p
rapada-s\'e9mny avicintya-tattve\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Space is unlimited, and the }{\cs2873\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  suggests: Suppose one travels by spacecraft for millions of years at the velocity of the wind or even the speed of mind. Everyone knows that the mind is so swift that in even one 
ten-thousandth of a second it can take us millions of miles. If we have seen something millions of miles away, the mind can go there immediately. But even if we can travel at that speed on a spacecraft manufactured by }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni-pu\'ecgav\'e4n\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the greatest scientists and most thoughtful men, will that be perfection? No. The }{\cs2873\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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so 'py asti yat-
prapada-s\'e9mny avicintya-tattve:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  still this creation will remain inconceivable to our understanding. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created all these things, so how can we study K\'e5
\'f1\'eba? If we cannot understand the things K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created, how can we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba? It is not possible at all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore the mentality of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the perfect status of mind for devotees. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have no concern with understanding K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Rather, they want to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba unconditionally. It is not that they think, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, and therefore I love Him." In V\'e5nd\'e4vana K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not play as God; He plays there as an ordinary cowherd boy, and alth
ough at times He proves that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotees there do not care to know it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, however, was not an inhabitant of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. She was an inhabitant of Hastin\'e4pura, which is outside V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The devotees outside 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana study how great the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are, but the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana don't care to know how great K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. That is the difference between them. So our concern should be simply to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Th
e more we love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more we shall become perfect. It is not necessary to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how He creates. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains Himself in }{\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  and we should not try to understand much more. We should not bother very much to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is not possible. We should simply increase our 
unalloyed love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 15: Beyond 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 15. Beyond Birth and Death
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kecid \'e4hur aja\'e0 j\'e4ta\'e0\line pu\'ebya-\'e7lokasya k\'e9rtaye\line yado\'f9 priyasy\'e4nvav\'e4ye\line malayasyeva cand
anam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Some say that the Unborn is born for the glorification of pious kings, and others say that He is born to please Ki
ng Yadu, one of Your dearest devotees. You appear in his family as sandalwood appears in the Malaya Hills.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.32
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the Lord's appearance in this material world is bewildering there are different opinions about the birth of the Unborn. In the }{\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  the Lord says that He takes His birth in the material world, although He is the Lord of all creatio
ns and He is unborn. So there cannot be any denial of the birth of the Unborn, because He Himself establishes the truth. But still there are different opinions as to why He takes His birth. That is also declared in the }{\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  He appears by His own internal potency to reestablish the principles of religion and to protect th
e pious and annihilate the impious. That is the mission of the appearance of the Unborn. Still, it is said that the Lord is there to glorify the pious King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba certainly wanted to establish the kingdom of the 
P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas for the good of all in the world. When there is a pious king ruling over the world, the people are happy. When the ruler is impious, the people are unhappy. In the age of Kali in most cases the rulers are impious, and therefore the citi
zens are also continuously unhappy. But in the case of democracy, the impious citizens themselves elect their representative to rule over them, and therefore they cannot blame anyone for their unhappiness. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nala was also celebrated as a gre
at pious king, but he had no connection with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira is meant here to be glorified by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who had also glorified King Yadu by taking birth in his family. He is known as Y\'e4dava, Y
aduv\'e9ra, Yadunandana, etc., although the Lord is always independent of such obligations. He is just like the sandalwood that grows in the Malaya Hills. Trees can grow anywhere and everywhere, yet because the sandalwood trees grow mostly in the area of
 the Malaya Hills, the name sandalwood and the Malaya Hills are interrelated. Therefore, the conclusion is that the Lord is ever unborn like the sun, and yet He appears as the sun rises on the eastern horizon. As the sun is never the sun of the eastern h
orizon, so the Lord is no one's son, but is the father of everything that be.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.6) the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4\line bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya\line sa
mbhav\'e4my \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "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 ori
ginal, transcendental form."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unborn, and we are also unborn, but the difference is that unlike the Lord we have been entangled in a material body. Therefore we cannot keep our
 position as unborn, but have to take birth and transmigrate from one body to another, with no guarantee of what kind of body we shall receive next. Even in this life, we are obliged to accept one body after another. A child gives up his childhood body a
nd accepts the body of a boy, and the boy gives up his boyhood body to accept a youthful body, which he then gives up for an old body. Therefore it is natural to conclude that when one gives up one's old body, one will have to accept another body; again 
one will accept the body of a child.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a natural cycle of this material world. It is similar to changes of season. After spring comes summer, and after summer comes fall and then winter, and then
 spring again. Similarly, after day comes night, and after night comes day. And just as these cyclic changes take place one after another, we change from one body to another, and it is natural to conclude that after leaving the present body we shall rece
ive another body (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pral\'e9yate}{\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 conclusion is very logical, it is supported by the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature, and it is also affirmed by the greatest authority, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Therefore why should we not accept it? If one does not accept this\'97if one thinks t
hat there is no life after death\'97one is foolish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is life after death, and there is also the chance to free oneself from the cycle of repeated birth and death and attain a life of immortality. But because we 
have been accustomed to accepting one body after another since time immemorial, it is difficult for us to think of a life that is eternal. And the life of material existence is so troublesome that one may think that if there is an eternal life, that life
 must be troublesome also. For example, a diseased man who is taking very bitter medicine and who is lying down in bed, eating there and passing stool and urine there, unable to move, may find his life so intolerable that he thinks, "Let me commit suicid
e." Similarly, materialistic life is so miserable that in desperation one sometimes takes to a philosophy of voidism or impersonalism to try to negate his very existence and make everything zero. Actually, however, becoming zero is not possible, nor is i
t necessary. We are in trouble in our material condition, but when we get out of our material condition we can find real life, eternal life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is }{\cs2873\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  beyond birth and death, we are also }{\cs2873\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  How could we be otherwise? If my father is happy and I am the son of my father, why should I be unhappy? I can naturally conclude that I shall enjoy my father's property just as my father is enjoying it. Similarly, God, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, is all-powerful, all-beautiful, all-knowledgeable, and complete in everything, and although I may not be complete, I am part and parcel of God, and therefore I have all the qualities of God to a partial extent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God does not die, so I also shall not die. That is my position. That is explained in }{\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  (2.20): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cit.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Describing the soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the soul is never born (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na j\'e4yate}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and if one is not born how can he die? There is no question of death (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mriyate v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Death is for one who has taken birth, and if one has no birth he can also have no death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, however, we do not know this. We are conducting scientific research, but we do not know that every living entity is a spiritual soul, with no birth a
nd no death. This is our ignorance. The soul is eternal, everlasting, and primeval (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The soul does not die with the annihilation of the body (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). But although the soul does not die, it accepts another body, and this is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhava-roga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the material disease.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme living entity (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), we are exactly like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the difference being that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unlimited, whereas we are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  limited. Qualitatively, we are as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore whatever propensities K\'e5\'f1\'eba has, we have 
also. For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has the propensity to love someone of the opposite sex, and therefore we have this same propensity. The beginning of love is present in the eternal love between R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are also seeking eternal
 love, but because we are conditioned by the material laws, our love is interrupted. But if we can transcend this interruption, we can take part in loving affairs similar to those of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Our aim should therefore b
e to go back home, back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal, we shall there receive an eternal body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kecid \'e4hur aja\'e0 j\'e4tam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the supreme eternal, the supreme unborn, has now taken His birth. But although K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes birth, His birth is not like ours. That we should know. The Lord says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'rjuna
\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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is described in }{\cs2873\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 when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first appeared, He did not take birth from the womb of Devak\'e9; rather, He first appeared in the majestic four-armed form of Vi\'f1\'ebu, and then He became a small child on Dev
ak\'e9's lap. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth is transcendental, whereas our birth takes place by force, by the laws of nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not under the laws of nature; the laws of nature work under Him (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcyate}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  sa-car\'e4caram}{\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 Prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  nature, works under the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we work under the order of nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master of nature, and we are servants of nature. Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kecid \'e4hu\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Someone may }{\cs2873\b0\i\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 the unborn has taken birth." It may appear that He has taken birth just like us, but in fact He has not. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 distinctly says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kecid \'e4hu\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "some foolish persons may say that He has taken birth." K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself also says in }{
\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.11), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Because I have appeared just like a human being, those who are rascal
s think that I am also just like an ordinary human." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanta\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "
They do not know the mystery behind God's taking birth like a human being."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere. The Lord is situated in everyone's heart (}{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). And since H
e is within us and is all-powerful, why should it be difficult for Him to appear before us? When the great devotee Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was engaged in meditation on the four-handed form of Vi\'f1\'ebu, all of a sudden his meditation broke, and he immedi
ately saw before him the same form upon which he had been meditating. Was it very difficult for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to appear in this way? Of course not. Similarly it was not difficult for Him to appear before Devak\'e9 in the same four-handed form. Therefore
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma karma ca me }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam}{\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 "One must understand My transcendental
 birth and activities." Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 has this understanding. She knows that although to some fools K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears to take birth, in fact He is unborn.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But why should K\'e5\'f1\'eba perform the pastime of taking birth? Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 replies, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub pu\'ebya-\'e7lokasya k\'e9rtaye: }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.32}{\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  to glorify those who are very pi
ous and very much advanced in spiritual understanding. K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes as the son of Devak\'e9 to glorify His devotee Devak\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4 to glorify Ya\'e7od\'e4. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in the dynasty
 of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yadu, His great devotee, just to glorify Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yadu. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is still known as Y\'e4dava, the descendant of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yadu. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no obligation to take His birth in a particular family or country,
 but He takes birth to glorify a certain person or a certain family because of their devotion. Therefore His birth is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divyam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  transcendental.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is not obliged to take birth, but we are obliged to do so. That is the distinction between our birth and the birth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If by our }{\cs2873
\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 activities, we are fit to take birth in a good family in human society or demigod society
, we shall do so, but if our activities are low like those of animals, we shall have to take birth in a family of animals. That is the force of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma. Karma\'eb\'e4 daiv
a-netre\'eba jantor dehopapattaye}{\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). We develop a certain type of body according to our }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The human form of life is meant for understanding the Supreme, the Absolute Truth (}{\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 ). But if we do not endeavor for this, if we misuse this opportunity and simply remain like animals, we shall return to an animal 
form of life. Therefore the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to save people from going down to animal life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The appearance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared to the growth of sandalwood trees in the Malaya Hills (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub malayasyeva candanam }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.32}{\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 two Malayas}{\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 the Malaya Hills and the part of the world now known as Malaysia. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub candana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tree, or sandalwood tree, can grow anywhere}{\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 there is no rule that it has to grow in Malaysia or the Malaya Hills\'97but because this sandalwood grows in large quantities in those parts of the world, it i
s known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub malaya-candana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Western countries there is scented water known as eau de
 cologne. It can be manufactured anywhere, but because it was originally manufactured in the city of Cologne, it is known as eau de cologne. Similarly, sandalwood can grow anywhere, but because it was originally very prominent in Malaysia and the Malaya 
Hills, it is known as Malayan sandalwood. Kunt\'e9 offered this prayer five thousand years ago, and this indicates that sandalwood was growing five thousand years ago in Malaysia. Malaysia is not a new name; it was known thousands and thousands of years 
ago to the followers of the Vedic culture. Nowadays, of course, Malaysia is growing rubber trees because there is a good demand for rubber, but formerly Malaysia grew sandalwood on a large scale because there was a great demand for sandalwood, especially
 in India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because India is a tropical country and sandalwood is very cooling people in India use sandalwood pulp as a cosmetic. Even now, during the very warm days of the sum
mer season, those who can afford to do so apply sandalwood pulp to their bodies and feel cool all day. In India it was the system that after bathing and sanctifying the body by applying marks of }{\cs2873\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  one would offer obeisances to the Deity, take some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can
dana-pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the room of the Deity, and apply it as a cosmetic to the body. This was called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pras\'e4dhanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But it is said that in Kali-yuga, the present age, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sn\'e4nam e
va pras\'e4dhanam}{\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  12.2.5): if one can even bathe nicely, that is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dhana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In India ev
en the poorest man will take an early morning bath every day, but when I came to America I saw that even taking one's daily bath may be a difficult thing and is often not the practice. In India we are accustomed to see people bathe thrice in a day, but i
n New York I have seen that one may have to go to a friend's house to bathe because one may not have facilities to do so at home. These are symptoms of Kali-yuga. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sn\'e4
nam eva pras\'e4dhanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Kali-yuga it will be very difficult even to take a bath.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another symptom of Kali-yuga is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4k\'f1ya\'e0 ku\'f6umba-bhara\'ebam}{\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  12.2.6): one wi
ll be famous for his pious activities simply if he can maintain his family. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4k\'f1yam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  meaning "famous for pious activities," comes from }{\cs2873\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  which means "expe
rt." In Kali-yuga one will be considered expert if he can maintain a family consisting of himself, his wife, and one or two children. In India, of course, the traditional family is the joint family, consisting of a man and his wife, their parents and chi
ldren, their in-laws, and so on. But in Kali-yuga it will be difficult to maintain a simple family of oneself, one's wife, and a few children. When I was living in New York, among the people coming to our classes was an old lady who had a grown son. I as
ked her, "Why doesn't your son get married?" She replied, "Yes, he can marry when he can maintain a family." I did not know that maintaining a family was such a difficult job here. But this is described in the }{\cs2873\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 can maintain a family, he will be considered a very glorious man, and if a girl has a husband she will b
e considered very fortunate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not our business to criticize, but the symptoms of Kali-yuga are very severe, and they will grow more severe. The duration of Kali-yuga is 432,000 years, and 
although only 5,000 years of it have passed, already we find so many difficulties, and the more we grow into this Kali-yuga, the more the times will be difficult. The best course, therefore, is to complete our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and return home
, back to Godhead. That will save us. Otherwise, if we come back again for another life in Kali-yuga, we shall find difficult days ahead, and we shall have to suffer more and more.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 16: Returning to Our Natural 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 16. Returning to Our Natural Con
sciousness
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apare vasudevasya\line devaky\'e4\'e0 y\'e4cito 'bhyag\'e4t\line ajas tvam asya k\'f1em\'e4ya\line vadh\'e4ya ca sura-dvi\'f1
\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubte
dly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill those who are envious of the demigods.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.33
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also said that Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, in their previous birth as Sutap\'e4 and P\'e5\'e7ni, underwent a severe type of penance to get the Lord as their son, 
and as a result of such austerities the Lord appeared as their son. It is already declared in the }{\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  that the Lord appears for the welfare of all people in the world and to vanquish the }{\cs2873\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  or the materialistic atheists.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at t
hat time I descend Myself." (Bg. 4.7) The words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmasya gl\'e4ni\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mean "irregularities in rel
igion." When there are irregularities, religion becomes polluted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In human society there must be a proper balance between spirit and matter. We are actually spirit soul, but somehow or other we have been encaged within material bo
dies, and as long as we have these bodies we have to accept the bodily necessities of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, although the soul itself does not need these things. The soul does not need to eat anything; whatever we eat is for the upkeep 
of the body. But a civilization that simply looks after these bodily necessities and does not care for the necessities of the soul is a foolish, unbalanced civilization. Suppose one merely washes one's coat but does not take care of one's body. Or suppos
e one has a bird in a cage but merely takes care of the cage, not the bird within it. This is foolishness. The bird is crying, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka}{\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 ka.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Give me food, give me food." If one only takes car
e of the cage, how can the bird be happy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So why are we unhappy? In the Western countries there is no scarcity of wealth, no scarcity of food, no scarcity of cars, and no scarcity of sex. Everything is avai
lable in full abundance. Then why is there still a section of people who are frustrated and confused, like the hippies? They are not satisfied. Why? Because there is no balance. We are taking care of the necessities of the body, but we have no informatio
n of the soul and its necessities. The soul is the real substance, and the body is only a covering. Therefore neglect of the soul is a form of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmasya gl\'e4ni\'f9,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pollution of duty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\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  means "duty." Although the word }{\cs2873\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 often translated as "religion" 
and religion is generally defined as a kind of faith, }{\cs2873\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 not in fact a kind of fait
h. }{\cs2873\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  means one's actual constitutional duty. It is one's duty to know the needs of th
e soul, but unfortunately we have no information of the soul and are simply busy supplying the necessities for bodily comfort.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bodily comfort, however, is not enough. Suppose a man is very comfortably situated. Does it mean he will not die? Of course not. We speak of a struggle for existenc
e and survival of the fittest, but bodily comforts alone cannot enable anyone to exist or survive permanently. Therefore, taking care of the body only is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmasy
a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gl\'e4\'ebi\'f9}{\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  or pollution of one's duty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One must know the necessities of the body and also the necessities of the soul. The real necessity in life is to supply the comforts of the soul, and the soul canno
t be comforted by material adjustments. Because the soul is a different identity, the soul must be given spiritual food, and that spiritual food is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When one is diseased, he must be given the proper diet and the proper medici
ne. Both are required. If he is simply given medicine but not a proper diet, the treatment will not be very successful. Therefore the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to give both the proper medicine and the proper diet for the soul. The di
et is }{\cs2873\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  food that has first been offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and t
he medicine is the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niv\'e5tta-tar\'f1air upag\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4d\line bhavau\'f1adh\'e4c chrotra-mano-'bhir\'e4m\'e4t\line ka uttama\'e7loka-gu\'eb
\'e4nuv\'e4d\'e4t\line pum\'e4n virajyeta vin\'e4 pa\'e7u-ghn\'e4t\line }{\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\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.1.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said to the great sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, "The discourses on }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\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 you are giving me are not ordinary. These }{\cs2873\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  discourses are relishable for persons who are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niv\'e5tt
a-t\'e5\'f1\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  free from hankering." Everyone in this material world is hankering for enjoyment, but one who is free from this hankering can taste how relishable the }{\cs2873
\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 word }{\cs2873\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  refers to anything in relationship to Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Lord, and the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 also }{\cs2873\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  Thus Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said that the taste of the }{\cs2873\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  c
an be relished by one who is free from hankering to satisfy material desires. And why should this }{\cs2873\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  be tasted? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhavau\'f1adhi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is the medicine for our disease of birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the present moment, we are in a diseased condition. Materialists do not know what is disease and what is health. They do not know anything, but still they are po
sing as great scientists and philosophers. They do not inquire, "I do not want to die. Why is death enforced upon me?" Nor do they have any solution to this problem. But still they call themselves scientists. What kind of scientists are they? Advancement
 in science should bring about knowledge by which misery can be minimized. Otherwise, what is the meaning of science? Scientists may promise that they can help us in the future, but we may ask them, "What are you giving us right now, sir?" A real scienti
st will not say, "Just go on suffering as you are suffering now, and in the future we shall find some chemicals to help you." No. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4tyantika-du\'f9kha-niv\'e5tti\'f9.}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tyantika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "ultimate," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f9kha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "sufferings." The aim of human life sho
uld be to put an end to the ultimate sufferings, but people do not even know what these ultimate sufferings are. These sufferings are pointed out in }{\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  as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma-m\'e5tyu}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub -jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub birth, death, old age, and disease. What have we done to nullify these sufferings? There is no remedy for them in the material world. The ultim
ate way to relinquish all kinds of suffering is stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (8.15), wher
e the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After attaining Me, the great souls, who are }{\cs2873\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  in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the Lord says that one should approach Him and go back to Him, back home, back to Godhead. But unfortunately people have no knowledge of what God is, whether o
ne can go back home to Him or not, and whether or not it is practical. Because they have no knowledge, they are simply like animals. They pray, "O God, give us our daily bread." But now suppose we ask them, "What is God?" Can they explain? No. Then whom 
are they asking? Are they merely praying into the air? If I submit some petition, there must be some person to whom the petition is submitted. But they do not know who that person is or where the petition is to be submitted. They say that God is in the s
ky. But there are also so many birds in the sky. Are they God? People have imperfect knowledge or no knowledge at all. Nonetheless, they pose as scientists, philosophers, writers, and great thinkers, although their ideas are all rubbish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The only truly worthwhile books are those like }{\cs2873\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 }{\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  In the }{\cs3545\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  (1.5.10-11) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are consi
dered 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."
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 '\'eckit
\'e4ni yat\line \'e7\'e5\'ebvanti g\'e4yanti g\'e5\'ebanti s\'e4dhava\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes
, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, 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 imperfectl
y composed, are heard, sung, and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Any literature that has no connection with God is just like a place where crows take enjoyment. Where do crows enjoy? In a filthy place. But white swans take pleasu
re in nice clear waters surrounded by gardens. So even among animals there are natural divisions. The crows will not go to the swans, and the swans will not go to the crows. Similarly, in human society there are men who are like crows and men who are lik
e swans. The swanlike men will come to centers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, where everything is clear, where there is good philosophy, good transcendental food, good education, good intelligence\'97everything good\'97whereas crowlike men will go to c
lubs, parties, naked dance shows, and so many other such things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant for swanlike men, not for men who are like crows. But we can convert the crows into swans. That is our philoso
phy. Those who were crows are now swimming like swans. That is the benefit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is the world where swans have become crows. In the material world the living entity is encaged in a material body, and he tries to gratify his se
nses in one body after another. But the reestablishment of }{\cs2873\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  will gradually turn crow
s into swans. For example, a man may be illiterate and uncultured, but he can be converted into an educated, cultured man by training.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This training is possible in the human form of life. I cannot train a dog to become a devotee. That is difficult. Of course, that also can be done, although I may n
ot be powerful enough to do it. When Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was traveling through the jungles of Jh\'e4rikha\'eb\'f2a the tigers, the snakes, the deer, and all the other animals became devotees. This was possible for Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu because H
e is God Himself and can therefore do anything. But although we cannot do that, we can work in human society. Regardless of how fallen a man is, if he follows the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he can return to his original position. Of cou
rse, there are degrees of understanding, but one's original position is that one is part and parcel of God. Understanding of this position is called Brahman realization, spiritual realization, and it is this realization that K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself comes 
to this world to reestablish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to this world at the request of His devotees Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub vasudevasya devaky\'e4\'e0 y\'e4cito 'bhyag\'e4t }{\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. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.33}{\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 in the
ir former lives Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 were married, they did not have any children. They engaged themselves in severe austerities, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba came before them and asked them what they wanted, they said, "We want a son like You. That is our 
desire." But how is it possible for there to be another God? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, and God is one; He cannot be two. So how could there be another God to become the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9? K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore said, "It is not possible to fin
d another God, so I Myself shall become your son." So some people say that it is because Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their son that He appeared.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually comes to satisfy His devotees like Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, when He comes He performs other activities also. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vadh\'e4ya ca sura-dvi\'f1\'e4m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vadh\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "killing," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sura-dvi\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the demons, who are always envious of the devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to kill these demons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of a demon is Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Because Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was a devotee, his father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, was so envious that he was prepared
 to kill his own son, although the little boy's only fault was that he was chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the nature of demons. Jesus Christ also was killed by the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sura-dvi\'f1\'e4m,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who were envious of him. What was his fault? His only fault was that he was preaching about God. Yet he had so many enemies, who cruelly c
rucified him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to kill such }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sura-dvi\'f1\'e4m.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This killing of the envious, of course, can be done without the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By setting to work the natural forces of war, pestilence, famine, and so
 on, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can kill millions of people. He does not need to come here to kill these rascals, for they can be killed simply by His direction, or nature's law. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S
\'e5\'f1\'f6i-sthiti-pralaya-s\'e4dhana-\'e7aktir ek\'e4}{\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  5.44). Nature has so much power that it can create, maintain, and annihilate everything. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e5\'f1\'f6i}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "creation," }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sthiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "maintenance," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pralaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "destruction." Nature can create, main
tain, and also destroy. This material cosmic manifestation is being maintained by the mercy of nature, by which we are getting sunlight, air, and rain by which to grow our food so that we can eat and grow nicely. But nature is so powerful that at any tim
e it can destroy everything simply by one strong wind. Nature is working under the direction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcyate}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sa-car\'e4caram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ). Therefore, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants demons killed, He can kill millions of them with merely one strong blast of nature's wind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So to kill the demons K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not need to come. When He comes, He does so because He is requested by His devotees like Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, as Kunt
\'e9dev\'e9 indicates by using the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4cita\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meaning "being prayed for." Therefo
re the real cause of His coming is at the request of His devotees, but when He comes He simultaneously shows that He is prepared to kill anyone who is envious of His devotees. Of course, His killing and maintaining are the same because He is absolute. Th
ose who are killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately attain salvation, which generally takes millions of years to get.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So people may say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has come for this purpose or that purpose, but actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes for the benefit of His devotees. He always looks 
after the welfare of the devotees, and so from this instruction of Kunt\'e9 we should understand that we should always be concerned with how to become devotees. Then all good qualities will come upon us.
\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 }{\b0\i0\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 5.18.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one simply develops one's dormant, natural devotion for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one will develop all good qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our devotion for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is natural. Just as a son has natural devotion to his father and mother, we have natural devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When there is d
anger, even materialistic scientists pray to God. Of course, when they are not in danger they defy God, and therefore danger is required in order to teach these rascals that there is God. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e9vera svar\'fcpa haya-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'nitya-d\'e4sa'.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Our natural position is to be dependent on God. Artificially we are trying to banish God, saying, "God is dead," "There is no God," or "I am God." But when we give up this rascaldom, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us all protection.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 17: Lightening the Burden 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 17. Lightening the Burden of the
 World
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4r\'e4vat\'e4ra\'eb\'e4y\'e4nye\line bhuvo n\'e4va ivodadhau\line s\'e9danty\'e4 bh\'fcri-bh\'e4re\'eba\line j\'e4to hy 
\'e4tma-bhuv\'e4rthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Others say that the world, being overburdened like a boat at sea, is much aggrieved, and that Brahm\'e4, who is Yo
ur son, prayed for You, and so You have appeared to diminish the trouble.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.34
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 is directly the son of the Supreme Lord, the supreme father, and was not put into the womb of a mother. Therefore he is known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-bh\'fc.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This Brahm\'e4 is in charge of further creations in the universe, secondarily reflected by t
he potency of the Omnipotent. Within the halo of the universe there is a transcendental planet known as \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, which is the abode of the K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature of the Supreme Lord. Whenever there 
is trouble in the universe that cannot be solved by the administrative demigods, they approach Brahm\'e4j\'e9 for a solution, and if it is not to be solved even by Brahm\'e4j\'e9, then Brahm\'e4j\'e9 consults with and prays to the K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4
y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu for an incarnation and solution to the problems. Such a problem arose when Ka\'e0sa and others were ruling over the earth and the earth became too much overburdened by the misdeeds of the }{\cs2873\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  Brahm\'e4j\'e9, along with other demigods, prayed at the shore of the K\'f1\'e9rodaka Ocean, and they were advised of the desce
nt of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9. So some people say that the Lord appeared because of the prayers of Brahm\'e4j\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 is describing the different statements of different persons about why K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears. Some say that He appeared at the request of Vasudeva a
nd Devak\'e9, and some say He appeared at the request of Brahm\'e4. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4r\'e4vat\'e4ra\'eb\'e4y\'e4nye bhuvo n\'e4va ivodadhau:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Some say that He appeared just to reduce the burden of the world, which was overburdened like a boat at sea." When the world is overburdened, there must be war, pestilence, famine, epidemics, and so on. This is n
ature's law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The earth floats in space among many millions of other planets, all of them bearing huge mountains and oceans. It floats because K\'e5\'f1\'eba enters into it, as s
tated in }{\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e4m }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4vi\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), just as He enters the atom. The earth is ce
rtainly not weightless; rather, it is very heavy. But it floats because the Supreme Spirit is within it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything is lightened by the presence of spirit. One's body will float in water as long as one is alive, but as soon as the spirit soul leaves, the body immediate
ly sinks. As long as a child is alive we can take it along by one hand, but when the child is dead it is heavy. So now we are heavy, but when we are spiritually advanced we will be free from impediments. Now we cannot fly in the air, but the spirit soul 
is so light that when freed from the body it can go within a second to Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka, the spiritual world (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deha\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti}{\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 Why then does the world become overloaded? It becomes overloaded due to the presence of demons, those who are against devotional service. When mother earth feels th
is load to be too heavy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes just to unburden the earth. If a ship is overloaded, its position is very dangerous, for it may sink at any moment. Therefore when mother earth felt too uncomfortable because of being overloaded with demons (
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e9danty\'e4 bh\'fcri-bh\'e4re\'eba }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.34}{\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 ), she approached Brahm\'e4, the chief living being within this universe. When there is a need, the chief personalities in the universe approach Brahm\'e4, who approaches Vi\'f1\'ebu to ask that He reduce 
whatever the burden is. Then Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears as an incarnation, as stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.7):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97
at that time I descend Myself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When there is too much lawlessness and there are too many criminals, the state becomes overburdened and disturbed, and the state administrators are puzzled about wh
at to do. Similarly, when the world is overrun by demons and atheists, they create a burden, and the demigods, the pious administrators of the universe, become perplexed. When the people of a state abide by the laws, administration is easy, but if people
 are criminals they overburden the state administrators. A similar situation sometimes upsets the balance of the cosmic affairs of this material world. Both the demons and the demigods always exist, but when the demoniac power increases, the world is ove
rburdened. It is then that the demigods approach Lord Brahm\'e4 for assistance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 is one of the twelve authorities known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dv\'e4da\'e7a-mah\'e4j
ana}{\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 svayambh\'fcr n\'e4rada\'f9 \'e7ambhu\'f9 kaum\'e4ra\'f9 kapilo manu\'f9/ prahl\'e4do
 janako bh\'e9\'f1mo balir vaiy\'e4sakir vayam,}{\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  6.3.20). We have to follow the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4janas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the 
great authorities, if we want to receive transcendental knowledge. The Vedic injunction is, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if one wants to be in knowledge of everything, one must approach a }{\cs2873\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 bona fide authority, a spiritual master. The original }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba taught Arjuna, He also taught Brahm\'e4, as stated in }{\cs2873\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tene }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye}{\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 }{\cs2873\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 original source of the creation, and this should be the actual subject matter of our research work. What is the original source of creation? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9}{\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 the original source of everything is the source of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma, sthiti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pralaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub creation, maintenance, and dissolution. Our body has taken
 birth at a certain date, it lasts for some years\'97ten years, twenty years, fifty years, or whatever, according to the body\'97and then it will be finished. Where did this body come from, and when it is destroyed where will it go? There are scientific 
laws concerning the conservation of energy. What is the source of that energy? There is a source (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yato }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  im\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni j\'e4yante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and that source is identifie
d in the }{\cs2873\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 That source is not blind. Rascals think that everything has come from nothing. But how can something come out of nothing? There is no proof that such a thing happen
s, but fools claim that it does, and therefore they are blind. What is the nature of the original source from whom everything has come, in whom everything exists, and within whom everything will enter? The }{\cs3545\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  (}{\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 janm\'e4dy asya yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that t
he source of everything is completely conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  means "knowledge," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "specific." We have inadequate knowledg
e of where we have come from and where we shall go after death, and therefore we are not }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  supremely conscious. But the supreme source is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is not a stone 
or a void. How could He be? The creation itself is evidence of the consciousness of the Supreme. Everyone can appreciate the cosmic manifestation and how nicely it is working. The sun and moon rise exactly on time, without deviating even one ten-thousand
th of a second, and the seasons change in the same way, bringing with them fruits and flowers. In this way the entire cosmic manifestation is going on in a very orderly, systematic way. So unless there is some }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub some very clever intelligence who knows everything\'97how could all this have been created? Some people say that
 all this has come from nothing. What is this nonsense? Can such a creation come from nothing? Does this idea show very good reasoning? The }{\cs2873\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 no.
\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 Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tells us that everything comes from the person who is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhij\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ver
y intelligent and experienced, and that original intelligent person transmitted knowledge to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-kavi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  the original created being, Lord Brahm\'e4 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tene }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Brahm\'e4, the original created being, has an original source, and he is in c
ontact with that source. We understand that we get knowledge from another person with whom we are face to face. But when Brahm\'e4 was created he was alone. Therefore, how did he receive knowledge? That is explained in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam: tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5d\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "through the heart." The Supreme Person, Param\'e4tm\'e4, is within the heart of every living being, including Brahm\'e4. Therefore although B
rahm\'e4 was alone, he received knowledge dictated by the Supreme. The word }{\cs2873\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  means "
Vedic knowledge." Thus the Vedic knowledge was given first to Lord Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic knowledge is given to everyone because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within everyone's heart (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sannivi\'f1\'f6a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but one must be qualif
ied to receive that knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba helps us by giving us knowledge both from within as the Supersoul (}{\cs2873\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 ) and from without as the spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 receives knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and distributes that Vedic knowledge, and therefore he is an authority. There are four }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or chains of disciplic succession, through which Vedic knowledge is distributed\'97one from Brahm
\'e4, one from Lak\'f1m\'e9, one from Lord \'c7iva, and one from the four Kum\'e4ras. We have to approach an authoritative representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing in one of these }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub samprad\'e4yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and then we can receive real knowledge. Thus the earth personified approached Brahm\'e4, who prayed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, "The
 world is now overburdened with demons, and therefore I request You to appear." Some say, therefore, that the Lord appeared at the request of Brahm\'e4 that He lighten the burden of the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears, He protects the devotees and kills the demons. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba form has four hands. In two hands He h
olds a disc and club with which to kill the demons, and in the other two hands He holds the conchshell and lotus with which to bless and protect the devotees. The Lord says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\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  Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba bugles with His conchshell, "My devotees will never be vanquished." And with the lotus flower He extends His blessings. The lotus flower, which sometimes also appears
 in the hand of Lak\'f1m\'e9, is a symbol of blessings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now some may say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared for this purpose or that purpose, but the real conclusion is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears for His own pleasure, not bec
ause He is bound by any other cause. We take our birth because we are bound by our }{\cs2873\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  
but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being fully independent, does not come because of someone else's request or because of }{\cs2873\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  Rather, He comes by His own free will (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). We
 are compelled to take birth because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's external, material energy, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not controlled by the }{\cs2873\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 energy, of anyone else, and therefore He does not take birth in such a condition. }{\cs2873\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 illusory energy, is under the control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so how could }{\cs2873\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  control Him? One who thinks that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, like us, is controlled by }{\cs2873\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 described in }{\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  as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a fool (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1
\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam}{\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 the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the original source of the entire cosmic manifestation. Brahm\'e4, or the first living being born just after the c
reation, is the direct son of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, who as Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu first entered the material universe. Without spiritual contact, matter cannot create. Those who are seeking the original cause of the material creation should kno
w that the creation takes place when the spirit soul is present. Matter is activated by the spirit soul; it is not that the soul is created by matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Buddhist theory, the living force}{\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 the living energy we all have}{\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 is created by m
aterial conditions. At the present moment, the entire world is influenced by this Buddhist theory. The actual fact, however, is that matter develops because of the presence of the living force. We can understand this very easily. After a child is born, h
e grows, and his body develops, but if the child is born dead}{\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 if the spirit soul is not presen
t}{\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 the body will not develop. Therefore the spirit is the basis for the development of matter, 
and not vice versa. Why does a dead child not grow? Because the spirit is not present. A tree grows as long as there is life in it. If we sow the small seed of a banyan tree in good soil and favor it with water, it will grow because the spirit soul is pr
esent. But if we were to fry such a seed in fire and then sow it, it would fail to grow because the spirit soul would not be there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matter grows and develops because of the presence of the spirit soul, and this principle has been followed from the very beginning of the creation. At the beginning
 of creation the Supreme Spirit entered the universe, and the first living being, Brahm\'e4, was born on a lotus flower grown from the transcendental abdomen of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Accepting that the lotus on which Brahm\'e4 was born is matter, we should unders
tand that it is also grown from spirit. Therefore spirit is the basis of creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the lotus flower on which Lord Brahm\'e4 is born is grown from the navel of Vi\'f1\'ebu, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is known as Padman\'e4bha. Brahm\'e4 is known as }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-bh\'fc}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because he was begotten directly from the father, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or Vi
\'f1\'ebu, without the contact of mother Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9. Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9 was present near N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, engaged in the service of the Lord, but still, without contact with Lak\'f1m\'e9j\'e9, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba begot Brahm\'e4. That is the omnipo
tency of the Lord. When we want to beget a child, we need the help of a wife because we cannot beget a child alone. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, produced Lord Brahm\'e4 without the help of His wife, Lak\'f1m\'e9, although she was present, becaus
e He is not dependent on anything. One who foolishly considers N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba to be like other living beings should take a lesson from this.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literature forbids one to think that other living beings are on an equal level with N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yas tu n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'e0 deva\'e0\line brahma-rudr\'e4di-daivatai\'f9\line samatvenaiva v\'e9k\'f1eta\line sa p\'e4\'f1a\'eb
\'f2\'e9 bhaved dhruvam\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 H.b.v.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  1.117}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Someone has invented the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra-n\'e4r\'e4y
a\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  trying to show that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba has become poor and that the beggar who comes to my door to beg is also N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. This is not authorized in the Vedic litera
ture. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is the master of Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune, and only fools think that He somehow becomes poverty-stricken. Rascals say that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all the demigods, you, I, and everyone else are all on the same level. This is foolishness. N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asamordhva.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This means that no one can be equal to or greater than Him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, says in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ny\'e4t}{\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  "There is no one superior to Me." Nor is anyone equal to Him. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asama
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that no one is equal to Him, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'fcr}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that no one is greater than Him. This is the position of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is not an ordinary living being. He is the Personality of Godhead Himself, and He has all the potencies of all the senses in all parts of His tran
scendental body. An ordinary living being begets a child by sexual intercourse and has no other means to beget a child than the one designed for him. But N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is all-powerful, and therefore He can beget a child from His navel. Every part of 
His body has full potency, as explained in the }{\cs3545\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  (5.32), }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ecg\'e4ni yasya sakalendriya-v\'e5ttimanti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  For example, I can see with my eyes, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
an also eat with His eyes. Foolish rascals will say, "You are offering food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but what has He eaten? It is still here. He has not eaten anything." Such people do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can eat just by seeing, for He can do anything
 with any part of His transcendental body. When a washerman refused to supply cloth to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Mathur\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His transcendental potency by cutting off the man's head with His hand. How was this possible? It was possi
ble by the Lord's omnipotence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is complete and independent to do anything and everything by His various potencies. This is explained in the beginning of }{\cs2873\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 the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-r\'e4\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that He is self-sufficient, not dependent on anyone. That is the qualification of God. Nowadays there are so many self-proclaimed incarnations of God, but as soon as they have some tootha
che they immediately say, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ooooooh,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  doctor, help me. Save me." If you are God, save yourse
lf. Why go to a doctor? Such people are rascals, and they make it very difficult to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The whole world is now overburdened by such rascals and demons, and therefore the atom bomb is waiting for them by the will of the Su
preme.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 18: Liberation from Ignorance and Suffering
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 18. Liberation from Ignorance an
d Suffering
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhave 'smin kli\'e7yam\'e4n\'e4n\'e4m\line a vidy\'e4-k\'e4ma-karmabhi\'f9\line \'e7rava\'eba-smara\'eb\'e4rh\'e4\'ebi\line kari
\'f1yann iti kecana
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub And yet others say that You appeared to rejuvenate the devotional service of hearing, remembering, worshiping, and
 so on, in order that the conditioned souls suffering from material pangs might take advantage and gain liberation.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.35
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord asserts that He appears in every millennium just to reestablish the way of religion. The way of religion is made by the Supreme Lord. No one can manufacture a new path of religion, as is the fashion for c
ertain ambitious persons. The factual way of religion is to accept the Lord as the supreme authority and thus render service unto Him in spontaneous love. A living being cannot help but render service because he is constitutionally made for that purpose.
 The only function of the living being is to render service to the Lord. The Lord is great, and living beings are subordinate to Him. Therefore, the duty of the living being is just to serve Him only. Unfortunately the illusioned living beings, out of mi
sunderstanding only, become servants of the senses by material desire. This desire is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or nescience. And out of such desire the living being makes different plans for material enjoyment centered about a perverted sex life. He therefore becomes entangled in the chain of birth and death by transmigrating into different bodie
s on different planets under the direction of the Supreme Lord. Unless, therefore, one is beyond the boundary of this nescience, one cannot get free from the threefold miseries of material life. That is the law of nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord, however, out of His causeless mercy, because He is more merciful to the suffering living beings than they can expect, appears before them and renovates th
e principles of devotional service, comprised of hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping, praying, cooperating, and surrendering unto Him. Adoption of all the abovementioned items, or any one of them, can help a conditioned soul get out of th
e tangle of nescience and thus become liberated from all material sufferings created by the living being illusioned by the external energy. This particular type of mercy is bestowed upon the living being by the Lord in the form of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this very important verse the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhave 'smin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean "in this material world." The word }{\cs2873\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  also means "grow," and it refers to that which has taken birth. In the material world there are six kinds of changes. First there is birth, then growth, and then that which has been born and has grown stays for some time, produces some by-pr
oducts, and then dwindles and finally vanishes. These six changes are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-vik\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 The body, for example, takes birth at a certain date, and then it grows and stays for some time. From the body come so many byproducts in the form of sons and daughters, and then the body becomes old and weak, and finally when it is very old it dies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But when the body is finished, I am not finished. When the gross body comes to an end, I am still present within the subtle body of mind, intelligence, and false eg
o, and this subtle body carries me to another gross body. Although everyone has to accept a subtle body, the scientists and medical men cannot see it. I have a mind, and you have a mind, but I cannot see your mind, and you cannot see mine. I have intelli
gence, and you have intelligence, but you cannot see my intelligence, nor can I see yours, because they are very subtle. Similarly, the spirit soul is still more subtle, so what will the materialistic scientists see of it? They cannot see the mind, intel
ligence, or false ego, what to speak of the soul. Therefore they say, "The body is everything, and there is nothing more." Actually, however, that is not a fact.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fact is that the spirit soul is very, very small. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e4l\'e4gra-\'e7ata-bh
\'e4gasya \'e7atadh\'e4 kalpitasya ca}{\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 \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.9). The soul is one ten-thousandth the size of the tip of a hair. Suppose we were to take a hair and divide it into a hundred parts. Could we do it? No. That is not possible. But if we
 could do it and then divide it again into another one hundred parts, each part would be the size of the spirit soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, this is not possible to understand by experimental knowledge, so how can it be learned? One must learn of this from an authority. Our knowledge is so imp
erfect that it cannot deal with such subtle affairs, and because rascals cannot deal with such things, they think that matter is the cause of life. Nonetheless, they have not been able to demonstrate that life comes from matter. Let them take chemicals i
n their laboratory and produce even a small insect with hands, legs, and eyes. Every night we see many of such small insects with legs and eyes with which they approach the light. From such small insects up to Brahm\'e4 there are 8,400,000 different form
s of life, among which we are traveling from body to body, leaving one body and entering another, as stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\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  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pt
i\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Therefore, either we must reject K\'e5\'f1\'eba's word or reject all the so-called scientific theories that life comes from matter. But we are pledged to K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness, and therefore we cannot reject K\'e5\'f1\'eba's word. We accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He says that we have to travel from one body to another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every living entity within this material world is under the influence of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy
\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ignorance. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avidy\'e4-karma-sa\'e0j\'ef\'e4ny\'e4 t\'e5t\'e9y\'e4 \'e7aktir i\'f1yate
.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has many millions of potencies (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva 
\'e7r\'fcyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and they have been summarized into three categories\'97the external potency, the internal potency, and the marginal potency. The marginal potency and the inter
nal potency are of the same spiritual quality, but the third potency, the external potency, is inferior.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-\'e7aktir par\'e4 prokt\'e4\line k\'f1etraj\'ef\'e4khy\'e4 tath\'e4 par\'e4\line avidy\'e4-karma-sa\'e0j\'ef\'e4
ny\'e4\line t\'e5t\'e9y\'e4 \'e7aktir i\'f1yate\line }{\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.7.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this material world, everyone is in ignorance (}{\cs2873\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 ). Even Brahm\'e4 was ignorant until he was given knowledge by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore no one should be proud of his knowledge. Everyone in this material wo
rld is a rascal. A particular living entity desires, "If I can get the opportunity to obtain the post of Brahm\'e4, then I can create a big universe." Thus he receives the body of Brahm\'e4. And the small insect thinks, "If I can create a small hole with
in this room, then I can live very peacefully and eat." Thus Brahm\'e4 desires to create a universe, we desire to create a skyscraper, and an ant desires to create a hole in a room, but the quality of the work is the same. We are all fools, however, beca
use we do not realize that because these things are material they will not last. Because of ignorance we think, "This will be very nice. That will be very nice." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4ma-kar
mabhi\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We create some desire (}{\cs2873\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 ), and then we work accordingly. This results in so many difficulties (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kli\'e7yanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ). To become Brahm\'e4 is not a very easy thing. Brahm\'e4 is such a big post, and it is given to a very qualified living entity who is highly advanced in austerities and penance. But he is also a living entity like us. In America there are m
any citizens, and President Ford is also a citizen, but by dint of his ardent labor and diplomacy he captured the post. Still, he is an ordinary citizen. President Nixon, for example, has now been dragged down and is no longer President. This is because 
he was an ordinary citizen. Similarly, if we like, we may also become Brahm\'e4. Therefore Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9\'f6a-janma hao yath\'e4 tuy\'e4 d\'e4sa\line bahirmukha brahma janme n\'e4hi \'e4\'e7\'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 M\'e4nasa Deha Geha }{\b0\i\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 ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Let me become an insect in a place where Your devotee is present, because if I fall down in the dust of the feet of a devotee my 
life will be successful." Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bahirmukha brahma-janme n\'e4hi \'e4\'e7\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  "I would not want to be a Brahm\'e4 and not be a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we are in ignorance, }{\cs2873\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  at any time we may forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore we must always engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that we shall not forget Him. That is indicated by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 by the words }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba-smara\'eb\'e4rh\'e4\'ebi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "hearing," }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "remembering," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arha\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "worshiping the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." One should always engage oneself in hearing about, remembering, and worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the centers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are opened only for this purpose\'97t
o facilitate chanting, dancing, and worshiping so that we shall not forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4vita\'f9}{\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 if we always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there i
s a chance that we shall remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the end of life (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ante n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-sm\'e5ti\'f9}{\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 Everything takes practice. For example, if one wants to dance on the stage, one has to perform many rehearsals to practice how to dance. Then if one becomes an expe
rt dancer, when one dances on stage one will receive acclaim: "Ah, a very good dancer." But one cannot say, "I shall go immediately to the stage and become a good dancer." That is not possible. One may say, "No, no, no. I shall not attend the rehearsal. 
Just give me the stage, and I shall perform." But the director will not allow this, for one cannot become a good dancer without practice. The real purpose of life is to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba when one's life comes to an end (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ante n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-sm\'e5ti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). If at the time of death one can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one's life is success
ful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world one must suffer from material miseries, but rascals do not care to understand this, for they are absorbed in ignorance. A smuggler may go on 
with his work, even though he knows that he will be arrested and punished. A thief may know that he will be arrested and punished for criminal acts, and he may even have been punished several times, but still he will commit the same crime again (}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m}{\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 [}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.5.30]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Why? Ignorance. He is so much absorbed in ignorance that he does not think, "I am repeatedly stealing and being repe
atedly arrested and sent to jail to be punished. Why am I doing this? The result is not good." A person who is too much sexually inclined may suffer many times from venereal disease and have to undergo treatment, but still he will go to a prostitute agai
n. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avaidha str\'e9-sa\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  illegitimate sex. But even legitimate sex involves so
 many difficulties. After sex, a woman becomes pregnant and has to suffer for ten months, and at the time of delivery there is also sometimes very great danger. And the father, after the child is born, must take care of the child and work hard to provide
 for its education. Therefore the Vedic literature says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahu-du\'f9kha-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4ja\'f9
}{\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  after sex, legitimate or illegitimate, there are so many troubles. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e5pyanti neha k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but one who is an ignorant rascal will not be satisfied. Instead, he w
ill do the same things again and again (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m}{\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 [}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.5.30]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhava-roga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the disease of material existence.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yan maithun\'e4di-g\'e5hamedhi-sukham hi tuccham\line ka\'eb\'f2\'fcyanena karayor iva du\'f9kha-du\'f9kham\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 Bh\'e4g.}{\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 7.9.45}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedic civilization, therefore, small boys are trained to remain }{\cs2873\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, and not involve themselves in the troubles of sex. But if one is unable to remain }{\cs2873\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 is allowed to marry. After being trained in the beginning as a }{\cs2873\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 will not stay for many years in family life, but will very soon become }{\cs2873\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  (retired) and then accept }{\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  the renounced order of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this material world everyone is suffering\'97the birds, the beasts, the trees, the animals, the plants, and even Brahm\'e4 and Indra. Indra is also not safe; he 
is always in anxiety about competitors who may come.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat s\'e4dhu manye 'sura-varya dehin\'e4\'e0\line sad\'e4 samudvigna-dhiy\'e4m asad-grah\'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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.5.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why is everyone in this material world always in anxiety? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Avidy\'e4-k\'e4ma-karmabhi\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because they are rascals. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba stresses, "You rascal, give up all your nonsense and surrender unto Me." This is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's very good mercy. He is the supreme father. Therefore He directly says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
-guhyatamam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "This is the most confidential knowledge." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\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 rascal, give up everything and simply surrender unto Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Kunt\'e9 says, "You have come to teach rascals like this and engage them in hearing, remembering, and worship." This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9: }{\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 7.5.23}{\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  one should hear and chant about Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But as soon as devotees begin to hear and chant about Vi\'f1\'ebu, some 
rascal }{\cs2873\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  will say, "No, hearing or chanting any name will do. Why Vi\'f1\'ebu? W
hy not K\'e4l\'e9?" In Bengal there is a group of people who have invented }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "k\'e4l\'e9-k\'e9rtana,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  chanting the name of the demigoddess K\'e4l\'e9. What is this nonsense? In the Vedic literature there is no such thing as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "k\'e4l\'e9-k\'e9rtana."}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e9rtana means }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hearing and chanting about Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Vedic literature recommends }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub harer}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  n\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  chanting of the hol
y name of Hari, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and no one else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam}{\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  hearing and chanting, was described very nicely by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the Second Canto of }{\cs3545\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  (2.4.15). He said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat-k\'e9rtana\'e0 yad-smara\'eba\'e0 yad-\'e9k\'f1a\'eba\'e0\line yad-vandana\'e0 yat-\'e7rava\'eba\'e0 yad-arha\'ebam\line lok
asya sadyo vidhunoti kalma\'f1a\'e0\line tasmai subhadra-\'e7ravase namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before speaking }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 offered his obeisances to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with this verse. He said, "I offer my obeisances unto Him, for simply hearing of Him is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub subhadra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  auspicious." The entire }{\cs2873\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  is glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is glorification by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. He says that one can be perfectly purified if one either glorifies K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 meditates upon Him, or simply sits before the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and sees Him, thinking, "How nicely dressed is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How nicely dressed is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9." If one has no ability to chant or if one's mind is so disturbed that on
e cannot fix it upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is given this chance: "Here is the Deity. Simply see Him." If one is engaged in the service of the Deity, there is a good chance of always seeing Him, twenty-four hours a day. While cleansing the floor of the temp
le, while dressing the Deity, while bathing the Deity, or while offering Him food, one will always see Him. This is the process of devotional service, but people are such fallen rascals that they do not even go see the Deity. "Oh," they think, "what is t
his Deity worship? It is idol worship." They may worship the statue of Gandhi or someone else, but when asked to come see the worship of the Deity they will say, "No, this is idol worship."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have seen that in Calcutta in Chaurangi Square there is a statue of Sir Asutosa Mukherji. Throughout the year the crows pass stool on his face, and the stool beco
mes caked on. So on one day a year the ordinary sweepers cleanse the statue with their brush in the morning, and in the evening some big men come and garland him with flowers. Then after that evening they go away, and again the next morning the crows com
e to pass stool on his face. So this kind of worship is accepted\'97sweeping the face of Sir Asutosa Mukherji with the municipal brush\'97but if we install the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and worship Him nicely, people will say that this is idol worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So people are embarrassed by being entangled in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ignorance, and the method by which to educate them and rescue them from the clutches of this ignorance is devotional service. As explained by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, one may chant the name of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or meditate upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or if one cannot meditate one may simply sit down and see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even a child can see, "Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9." Even a small child or even an animal can do this 
and benefit, or if one is more intelligent one may offer prayers, and if one is expert and has been trained by a spiritual master one may perform appropriate worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Christians and Muslims are also Vai\'f1\'ebavas, devotees, because they offer prayers to the Lord. "O God," they say, "give us our daily bread." Those who offer thi
s prayer may not know very much and may be at a lower stage, but this is a beginning, because they have approached God. Going to a church or mosque is also pious (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub catur-
vidh\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0 jan\'e4\'f9 suk\'e5tino '}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Therefore those who begin in 
this way will one day become pure Vai\'f1\'ebavas. But the atheistic propaganda that one should not go to a church, temple, or mosque is very dangerous to human society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may not be very advanced, but one should try at least to do something to understand God. A child is sent to school, and although he may simply learn ABCD, if he
 is interested he may one day become a very good scholar. Similarly, one day a pious man may become a pure devotee. Why should one give up religion altogether, become completely secular, and simply open a factory in which to manufacture nuts and bolts an
d work very hard and drink, and eat meat? What kind of civilization is this? It is because of this so-called civilization that people are suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is by ignorance that people think that by opening factories they will be happy. Why should they open factories? There is no need. There is so much land, and one 
can produce one's own food grains and eat sumptuously without any factory. Milk is also available without a factory. The factory cannot produce milk or grains. The present scarcity of food in the world is largely due to such factories. When everyone is w
orking in the city to produce nuts and bolts, who will produce food grains? Simple living and high thinking is the solution to economic problems. Therefore the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in engaging devotees in producing their own food and liv
ing self-sufficiently so that rascals may see how one can live very peacefully, eat the food grains one has grown oneself, drink milk, and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should be very vigorously propagated all over the world. Simply by seeing the Deity or simply by joining in chanting of 
the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  people will derive tremendous benefit. If one performs }{
\cs2873\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, one will be able to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One may think, "I danced 
for two hours and chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is the meaning of this?" This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One may even think, "I foolishly chanted 'K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba' for two hours." But that also is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'eba.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is spreading, people are purchasing our books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because they are curious they say, "What is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
 Let us see the book." Then they immediately see a picture of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if they open the book they will see more. In the book there are many prayers glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So some will hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and others w
ill read, and if they are fortunate enough they will become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and engage in the worship of the Deity. These methods of devotional service\'97hearing, chanting, remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so on\'97are so perfect that as soon as
 one takes to them (either all of them, some of them, or even one of them) one becomes purified. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 prays, "I offer my worship to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for simply by remembering Him, simply by glorifying Him
, or simply by seeing Him, so many benefits follow."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is one of twelve important spiritual authorities, and these are the authorities we must follow (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4jano }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yena}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gata\'f9 sa panth
\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He affirms that by performing these methods of devotional service one will be cleansed of material contamination. When? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sadya\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  immediately, without waiting. This is the great benefit of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 19: Crossing Beyond Illusion's Currents
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 19. Crossing Beyond Illusion's C
urrents
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ebvanti g\'e4yanti g\'e5\'ebanty abh\'e9k\'f1\'eba\'e7a\'f9\line smaranti nandanti tavehita\'e0 jan\'e4\'f9\line ta ev
a pa\'e7yanty acire\'eba t\'e4vaka\'e0\line bhava-prav\'e4hoparama\'e0 pad\'e4mbujam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, those who continuously hear, chant, and repeat Your transcendental activities, or take pleasure 
in others' doing so, certainly see Your lotus feet, which alone can stop the repetition of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.36
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, cannot be seen by our present conditional vision. In order to see Him, one has to change his present vision by developin
g a different condition of life, full of spontaneous love of Godhead. When \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally present on the face of the globe, not everyone could see Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Materialists like R\'e4va\'eba, Hira
\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, Ka\'e0sa, Jar\'e4sandha, and \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la were highly qualified personalities by acquisition of material assets, but they were unable to appreciate the presence of the Lord. Therefore, even though the Lord may be present before our 
eyes, it is not possible to see Him unless we have the necessary vision. This necessary qualification is developed by the process of devotional service only, beginning with hearing about the Lord from the right sources. The }{\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  is one of the popular literatures which are generally heard, chanted, repeated, etc., by the people
 in general, but in spite of such hearing, etc., sometimes it is experienced that the performer of such devotional service does not see the Lord face to face. The reason is that the first item, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very important. If hearing is from the right sources, it acts very quickly. Generally people hear from unauthorized persons. Such un
authorized persons may be very learned by academic qualifications, but because they do not follow the principles of devotional service, hearing from them becomes a sheer waste of time. Sometimes the texts are interpreted fashionably to suit their own pur
poses. Therefore, first one should select a competent and bona fide speaker and then hear from him. When the hearing process is perfect and complete, the other processes become automatically perfect in their own way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different transcendental activities of the Lord, and each and every one of them is competent to bestow the desired result, provided the hearing process is
 perfect. In the }{\cs2873\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 activities of the Lord begin from His dealings with the
 P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. There are many other pastimes of the Lord in connection with His dealings with the }{\cs2873\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  and others. And in the Tenth Canto the sublime dealings with His conjugal associates, the }{\cs2873\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  as well as with His married wives at Dv\'e4rak\'e4 are mentioned. Since the Lord is absolute, there is no difference in the transcendental nature of each and every dealing of the Lord. But sometimes people, in an unauth
orized hearing process, take more interest in hearing about His dealings with the }{\cs2873\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
 Such an inclination indicates the lusty feelings of the hearer, so a bona fide speaker of the dealings of the Lord never indulges in such hearings. One must hear about the Lord from the very beginning, as in the }{\cs2873\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  or any other scriptures, and that will help the hearer attain perfection by progressive development
. One should not, therefore, consider that His dealings with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are less important than His dealings with the }{\cs2873\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  We must always remember that the Lord is always transcendental to all mundane attachment. In all the above-mentioned dealings of the Lord, He is the hero in all circumstances, and hearing about Him or abo
ut His devotees or combatants is conducive to spiritual life. It is said that the }{\cs2873\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  an
d }{\cs2873\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., are all made to revive our lost relation with Him. Hearing of all t
hese scriptures is essential.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the previous verses, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 has explained that those who have come to this material world are working very hard like asses and have such a hard burden t
hat they cannot bear it. Because their lusty desires have created heavy work that puts them always in trouble, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to introduce the system by which one can get relief from this continuously troublesome life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Religion consists of the laws of God. People who do not know this think that religion means faith. But although you may have faith in something and I may have faith
 in something, and although I may believe you and you may or may not believe me, that is not religion. There is even a supposedly religious mission that says, "You can manufacture your own way." }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yata }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mata}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tata patha:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Whatever you think is right, that is right." This is their philosophy. But that is not science. Suppose I am a madman. Is whatever I think all right? How could this be? "Two plus two equals four" is science. If I
 believe that two plus two equals five or three, does it become true? No. So there are laws of God, and when there is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharmasya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gl\'e4\'ebi\'f9}{\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  deviation from these law
s, we suffer. Just as we might suffer by violating the laws of the state, as soon as we violate the laws of God we are subjected to so many tribulations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, how are we to get free from these tribulations? K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to free us from them by giving us }{\cs2873\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 recommends, "Do this," and if we do it we shall get relief. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja mentions that this }{
\cs2873\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  consists of nine items:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 smara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0
\line sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti pu\'e0s\'e4rpit\'e4 vi\'f1\'ebau\line bhakti\'e7 cen nava-lak\'f1a\'eb\'e4\line kriyeta bhagavaty addh\'e4\line tan manye 'd
h\'e9tam uttamam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia, and pastimes of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, rememb
ering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the b
ody, mind, and words)\'97these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired comp
lete knowledge." (}{\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  7.5.23-24)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Hearing" means hearing about someone's activities, form, qualities, entourage, and so on. If I want to hear about someone, he must have some activities. We hear ab
out history, and what is history? It is but the record of the activities of different persons in different ages. As soon as there is a question of hearing, we must ask what subject matter we should hear about. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we should hear about the activities of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, or Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, not about the news in the newspaper. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\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  we should inquire and hear about Brahman, the Supreme. These are the statements of the }{\cs2873\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  In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we also hear and chant, but what is the subject mat
ter? The subject matter is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are not hearing about market reports and the price of this share or that share. No. We are hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And when there is hearing, there must also be speaking or chanting. So we speak and chant about K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). And a
s soon as one becomes expert in hearing and chanting, the next stage is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'ebam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  think
ing or meditation. Whatever we speak or hear we shall later contemplate or meditate upon. First one must begin with }{\cs2873\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  hearing, otherwise how can there be meditation? If one does not know the subject matter of meditation, where is the question of meditation? Therefore there must be hearing and chanting about Lord Vi\'f1
\'ebu (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\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 Actual meditation in }{\cs2873\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  aims at seeing the four-armed Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\cs2873\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  which is the
 form of the Lord within the heart. That is real meditation. Now rascals have manufactured other methods they call meditation, but these are not actually meditation. The senses are very restless, going this way and that way with the mind, but by the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, which regulates one's sitting posture, one's breath, and so
 on, one can control the senses and concentrate the mind on the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu. This concentration is called }{\cs2873\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 it is the real goal of }{\cs2873\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  Thus the }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system aims at coming to the point of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smara\'ebam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or remembering the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next process of devotional service is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arcanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  worship of the Deity, the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\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-mandira-m\'e4rjan\'e4dau}{\cs2873\b0\i\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 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-g}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub urv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\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 )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that one should worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba once a week or once a month. Rather, one should worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-fou
r hours a day (}{\cs2873\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 ). The Deity should have a new dress every day or twice or four times a day
\'97as many times as possible. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most opul
ent enjoyer, and we should supply Him things by which He can enjoy. For instance, if someone gives me new clothing, I say, "Oh, this new clothing is very nice," and this is my enjoyment. Similarly, we should try to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba every day with g
orgeous clothing. The dress for the Deity should be first class, the food offered to Him must be first class, and the place where He is situated in the temple must be first class or even more than first class. Furthermore, the temple should always be as 
clean as glass. Everyone remarks that the temples of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are very clean, and they }{\cs2873\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  be very clean. The more one cleanses the temple, the more one's heart becomes cleansed. This is the process of devotional service. The more we dress K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more satisfied we become. At the present moment we are
 accustomed to seeing and appreciating our own clothing. I think, "What costly clothing I have," and in this way I become satisfied. But when we dress K\'e5\'f1\'eba we shall feel spiritual satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the duty of the spiritual master to engage his disciples always in worshiping the Deity in this way, and it is to such a }{
\cs2873\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, that we offer our obeisances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ebvanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 indicates that our first concern should be to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One must be eager to hear. Why do we pay a college fee and go to college? To hear. By sitting down and hearing from the learned pr
ofessor, we get knowledge. Therefore a devotee always engages in hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For those who are cultivating K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the first business is hearing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And if one has actually heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one's next engagement in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh
akti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will be to chant (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e4yanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The preachers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement go from town to town, village to village. Why? What is their purpose? To preach, to chant, so that people may get the opportunity to hear this philosophy and take i
t seriously (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5\'ebanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abh\'e9k\'f1\'eba\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that these engagements should go on continuously, twenty-four hours a day without stopping. Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu therefore recommends, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari\'f9}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one should engage in chanti
ng twenty-four hours a day. That is the business of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may perform all the methods of devotional service or may accept only one. Simply hearing is enough. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not do anything else but s
it down before \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and hear for the last seven days of his life. If one simply hears, without doing anything else, if one simply sits down in the temple and whenever there is talk of }{\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  one goes on hearing, that will be enough. Even if you do not understand, please hear. The vibration, the }{\cs2873
\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  will help you. Grammatical or scholarly understanding is not very important. One may not kn
ow Sanskrit grammar, but }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apratihat\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unimpedable. Nothing can check the progress of }{\cs2873\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  Therefore one should simply adopt this process of hearing, as recommended by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu accepted the renounced order of life, he was criticized by S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, who had been a schoolfriend of N\'e9
l\'e4mbara Cakravart\'e9, the father-in-law of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's father, Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra. By this relationship, S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was on the level of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's grandfather. Thus he said to Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu, "You are a boy only twenty-four years old, and now You have taken }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa. Sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is very difficult to keep, because for a young man the world has so many attractions. So You should hear }{\cs2873\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 " S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya belonged to the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da school, and this indicates that hearing is important even among the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, who stress the importance of hearing }{
\cs2873\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 Vai\'f1\'ebavas, the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, also hear }{
\cs2873\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  but not from the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, who falsely interpret it and sp
oil the process of hearing. The Vai\'f1\'ebavas actually hear }{\cs2873\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  because
 they do not interpret it. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the Supreme," the Vai\'f1\'ebavas accept it, and that is the proper way of hearing. If one speculatively interprets the }{\cs2873\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  or }{\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  saying, "The word }{\cs2873\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 t
his, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kuruk\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that," one is simply wasting one's time. One should hear this
 literature as it is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu agreed to hear }{\cs2873\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  from S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, He simply went on hearing it for many days but did not ask any questions. Finally S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya said to Him, " My de
ar boy, You are hearing, but You do not ask any questions. Why is this? Is it that You can't understand? What is the reason You are silent?" Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu answered, "Yes, I understand. But I am silent because You are explaining the }{\cs2873\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  in a speculative way. Therefore I am simply listening to the verses of }{\cs2873
\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  but not actually listening to you." Thus He indirectly said, "You are explainin
g the meaning foolishly." Later He said, "The verses of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedanta-sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are just like sunshi
ne, but your explanations are like clouds that cover them."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one needs a lamp to see the sun. Everyone can see it. But if the sun is covered by a cloud, it is very difficult to see. Similarly, the }{\cs2873\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  is like the sun, but the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da interpretations cover the real meaning. The M
\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s never accept the direct meaning. Even big political leaders who are influenced by the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy cover the meaning of the Vedic literature by speculating, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Kuruk\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means this, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma-k\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that." Our policy, therefore, should be to hear the original, as it is. Then it will be effective. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9: }{\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 7.5.23}{\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu should be heard as He is. Then one can meditate upon Vi\'f1\'ebu and remember Him (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarant
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In this way one becomes jubilant (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nandanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nandana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "pleasing," and one come
s in touch with the reservoir of pleasure in this way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore those who are cultivating K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness have to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and deal only in relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. "By this process," Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 tells the Lord, "one will one day come to see You." And when one sees God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what is the effect? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhava-pr
av\'e4hoparamam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prav\'e4ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "current." When there are very forceful currents in the river and some animal is thrown in, it will be washed away. Similarly, we are being washed away by the currents of material nature, which come one after another like 
big waves in the Pacific Ocean. Because we are under the grip of the three modes of material nature (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), we are being washed away. Therefore Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4ra va\'e7e}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yaccha bhese':}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "You are being washed away, carried away, by the currents of material nature." These are the currents of hunger and thirst, of birth, death, and old age, the currents of illusion. We are spirit souls, but because we have been
 put into the material ocean, the currents are carrying us away. However, if we engage twenty-four hours a day in hearing, chanting, and seriously serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the current will stop.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Where will the current stop? Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says to the Lord, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pad\'e4mbujam:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "It will stop at Your lotus feet." One has to learn how to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet and offer a little }{\cs2873\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  and sandalwood pulp at the lotus feet of the Lord, and then this current of material life will stop.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There may be currents in the ocean, but if one gets a good boat, one can cross over these currents very nicely. As mentioned in another verse of }{\cs3545\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  (10.14.58), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4\'e7rit\'e4 ye pada-pallava-plavam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A lotus petal is something like a small boat, and therefore this verse says that if one takes shelter of the petal b
oat of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the great ocean of birth and death becomes as insignificant as the water contained in the hoofprint of a calf. In India during the rainy season the roads become muddy, and when the cows and calves walk they create
 holes in which water collects. But of course one can easily jump over a dozen of such puddles at any time. Similarly, although for others the world of birth and death is like a great ocean, for a devotee it is like such a puddle (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhav\'e4mbudhir vatsa-padam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and he can jump over it very easily. In this way the devotee attains }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para\'e0 padam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the supreme abode. Then what about this material world? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pada\'e0 pada\'e0 yad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipad\'e4m}{\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 this is a place not for devotees but for people who are suffering. Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 suggests, "This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the medicine for your suffering.
 Take it and be happy."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 20: Full 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 20. Full Surrender
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apy adya nas tva\'e0 sva-k\'e5tehita prabho\line jih\'e4sasi svit suh\'e5do 'nuj\'e9vina\'f9\line ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 na c\'e4nyad bh
avata\'f9 pad\'e4mbuj\'e4t\line par\'e4ya\'eba\'e0 r\'e4jasu yojit\'e4\'e0has\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my Lord, You have executed all duties Yourself. Are You leaving us today, though we are completely dependent on 
Your mercy and have no one else to protect us, now when all kings are at enmity with us?
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.37
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are most fortunate because with all good luck they were entirely dependent on the mercy of the Lord. In the material world, to be dependent on
 the mercy of someone else is the utmost sign of misfortune, but in the case of our transcendental relation with the Lord, it is the most fortunate case when we can live completely dependent on Him. The material disease is due to thinking of becoming ind
ependent of everything. But the cruel material nature does not allow us to become independent. The false attempt to become independent of the stringent laws of nature is known as material advancement of experimental knowledge. The whole material world is
 moving on this false attempt at becoming independent of the laws of nature. Beginning from R\'e4va\'eba, who wanted to prepare a direct staircase to the planets of heaven, down to the present age, they are trying to overcome the laws of nature. They are
 trying now to approach distant planetary systems by electronic mechanical power. But the highest goal of human civilization is to work hard under the guidance of the Lord and become completely dependent on Him. The highest achievement of perfect civiliz
ation is to work with valor but at the same time depend completely on the Lord. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were the ideal executors of this standard of civilization. Undoubtedly they were completely dependent on the good will of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 but they were not idle parasites of the Lord. They were all highly qualified both by personal character and by physical activities. Still they always looked for the mercy of the Lord because they knew that every living being is dependent by constitution
al position. The perfection of life is, therefore, to become dependent on the will of the Lord, instead of becoming falsely independent in the material world. Those who try to become falsely independent of the Lord are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4tha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or without any guardian, whereas those who are completely dependent on the will of the Lord are called }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or those having someone to protect them. Therefore we must try to be }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so that we can always be protected from the unfavorable condition of material existence
. By the deluding power of the external, material nature we forget that the material condition of life is the most undesirable perplexity. The }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.19) therefore directs us that after many, many births one fortunate person becomes aware of the fact that V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is all in all and that the best way of le
ading one's life is to surrender unto Him completely. That is the sign of a }{\cs2873\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 
 All the members of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava family were }{\cs2873\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  in household life. Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was the head of these }{\cs2873\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  and Queen Kunt\'e9dev
\'e9 was the mother. The lessons of the }{\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  and all the }{\cs2873\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  specifically the }{\cs2873\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  are therefore inevitably connected with the history of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava }{\cs2873\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  For them, separation from the Lord was just like the separation of a fish from water. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, therefore, fel
t such separation like a thunderbolt, and the whole prayer of the Queen is to try to persuade the Lord to stay with them. After the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, although the inimical kings were killed, their sons and grandsons were still there to deal with t
he P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. It is not only the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas who were put into the condition of enmity; all of us are always in such a condition, and the best way of living is to become completely dependent on the will of the Lord and thereby overcome all 
difficulties of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra ended and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were established in their kingdom, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, before going back home to Dv\'e4rak\'e4, was ta
king leave of His aunt and bidding her farewell. It was at that time that Kunt\'e9 offered this prayer. Now she directly asks, "Is it a fact that after finishing Your duty You are going away and leaving us alone?" This is the devotee' s position. Kunt
\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 na c\'e4nyad bha vata\'f9 pad\'e4mbuj\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "We have no m
eans of protection other than Your lotus feet." This is full surrender.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the process of surrender (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eb\'e4gati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) there are six items. The first is that one should completely depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the next is that one should accept everything favorable for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya sa\'eckalpa\'f9}{\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 \'c4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lana\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhaktir uttam\'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 a symptom of first-class }{\cs2873\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 that one accepts everything favorable for that service. Another item of surrender is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4tik\'fclyasya-vivarjanam,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rejecting everything unfavorable to the procedures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Sometimes the spiritual master says, "Don't do this," forbidding something unfavorable, and he also re
commends that which is favorable: "Do this. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Full surrender, therefore, entails giving up unfavorable things and accepting that which is favorable (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya sa\'eckalpa\'f9 pr\'e4tik\'fclyayasya-vivarjanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Furthermore, one should believe with full faith, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give me protection," and
 one should count oneself as one of the servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These are some of the items of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eb\'e4gati,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  full surrender.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if You think that we are well established now that we have our kingdom back, and if You therefore want to leave u
s, that is not a very good proposal. We are not free yet. Because we have killed so many kings, all their friends and relatives are planning to come fight with us again. So don't think that we are free from all dangers. We are not. And we have no protect
ion other than Your lotus feet. That is our position." Thus she indirectly says to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Do not leave us. Don't think that we are now safe. Without Your protection, we are always unsafe."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This should be the position of a devotee. We should know that we are actually in danger in this material world. }{\cs2873\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, may catch us at any time, as soon as we are a little inattentive, thinking, "Now I have done my duty. Let me take a lit
tle rest." No, there is no rest. We must be always alert.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a verse in which \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyartha-}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4latvam}{\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  a devotee should be very much careful to see whether his time is being spent unnecessarily. He should ask himself, "Am I now engaged in }{\cs2873\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  service or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service?" This is a symptom of an advanced devotee. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4ma-g\'e4ne s
ad\'e4 ruci\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  such a devotee is never tired of chanting, singing, or dancing. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
sad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "always," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "taste." A devotee always has a taste for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Oh, very nice. 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 taste. Of course, this taste takes time to awaken, but when R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was chanting he was thinking, "I have only one tongue and two ears. What can I appreciate of chanting? If I could have millions of tongues and trillions of e
ars, then I could relish something by chanting and hearing." Of course, we should not imitate him, but the devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement must at least be very careful to complete their sixteen rounds, their minimum amount of presc
ribed chanting. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4ma-g\'e4ne sad\'e4 ruci\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we have to increase our taste for singin
g and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Furthermore, we should also increase our inclination to live in a place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e9tis }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vasati-sthale}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In the vision of higher devotees, K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually lives everywhere, but because we are in a lower condition, we should know that for us K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives in the temple. Because we do not see 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere, we should come to the temple to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who kindly appears there, by His mercy, in a manner in which we can see Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a completely spiritual body (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\cs2873\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 ), but we do not 
have the eyes to see what that spiritual body is. We are accustomed to seeing material, gross things (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). We can see stone, metal, wood, and other elements, and because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything, to be visible to our imperfect eyes He appears in a form of these elements. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is stone or that we are worshipi
ng stone. We are worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because we cannot see anything except material elements like stone, K\'e5\'f1\'eba kindly appears in a form carved from stone. Therefore one should be very much inclined to live within the circle of a templ
e environment in which the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moreover, one should always think oneself dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One should always think, "Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba my lif
e is useless, and I am in danger." Therefore, while offering her prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kunt\'e9 says, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are thinking that now we are safe, but I don't think we are safe. We are always in danger. If You think we are safe, who will 
give us protection? We have no protection other than Your lotus feet. We are encircled by so many enemies because the sons of those who have died in the fight are now preparing to fight with us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come to Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 to take the dust of the feet of His superior, His aunt, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 addresses Him as Prabhu, the Lord, 
not as her beloved nephew. She knows, "Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is playing the part of my nephew, my brother's son, He is still the supreme master."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The symptoms of a really K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person are that he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme master, he always thinks himself in danger without K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by taking shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet he always feels safe. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7ya
ti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "You may declare to the world that My devotee is never vanquished." (Bg. 9.31) If one becomes a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of danger. Of course, 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives protection to everyone, for without His protection no one can live even for a single moment. But one should not think, "If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is giving protection to everyone, what is the use of becoming a devotee?" A king gives protecti
on to every one of his citizens, for that is his duty, but he especially protects his own circle of men. This is not unnatural. If one directly engages in the service of the President, when one is in some difficulty he is especially protected. Although t
he President gives protection to all the citizens, those who personally associate with him, giving him service, receive special consideration. That is not actually partiality. That is natural. When a gentleman loves all children but has special love for 
his own children, no one will say, "Oh, why are you loving your own children more than others?" No, that is natural. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\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 "I am equal to everyone." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being God, loves everyone because everyone is part of Him. Nonetheless, He takes sp
ecial care of His devotees. Therefore He says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My devotee will never be vanquished."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba always sees to the comforts of His devotees, and the devotees are always busy seeing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisfied. The devotees dress K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, supply Him food, and always engage in serving Him, and similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba always sees to the happiness of His devotees. This is the intimate relationship between the devotee and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Every living entity has a relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, but when one becomes a devotee the relationship becomes intimate. Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "How can You leave us? We are Your intimate friends. We are simply living by Your care, by Your mercy. Don't think that we 
are safe and that You can therefore leave us. Our life is always under Your mercy, for we have no shelter other than Your lotus feet. Kindly don't leave us." This is Kunt\'e9's prayer. Similarly, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura sings:
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nanda-suta,     v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sut\'e4-yuta\line karu\'eb\'e4 karaha ei-b\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Nanda-suta, You are present with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu. Now I fully surre
nder unto You. Please show me Your mercy." }{\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 hari hari! vifale }{\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one thinks, "I shall protect myself, or my society, community, or state will give me protection. I have so many protectors. Why
 should I care for God? Why shall I go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Those rascals who have no protection can go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." But the fact is that unless K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives one protection one cannot be protected. This is stated in the }{\cs3545\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  (7.9.19): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub b\'e4lasya neha \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 pitarau n\'e5si\'e0ha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, he said, "My d
ear Lord, one should not think that because a child has a father and mother he has full protection." If K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not protect a child, the child could not be protected, even if he were to have thousands of fathers and mothers. Prahl\'e4da also s
ays, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4rtasya c\'e4gadam udanvati majjato nau\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "It is not that a good physician or 
good medicine can protect one from disease." Suppose a rich man is suffering from some disease and he hires a first-class physician and takes first-class medicine. Does it mean that his life is guaranteed? No. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not give him protecti
on, despite good medical treatment and a good supply of medicine he will die. "Similarly," Prahl\'e4da continues, "one may have a good boat, but this does not guarantee that he will not drown in the ocean. If You do not protect him he may drown at any mo
ment." Nature offers so many difficulties, and although scientists may try to invent something to check these difficulties in the struggle for existence, unless K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives one protection one's inventions will be of no use.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 knows this, and therefore although she is the mother of the great warriors Arjuna and Bh\'e9ma, she still thinks, "Although my sons are great warrio
rs, they are not sufficient to give us protection. Nothing can give us protection but Your lotus feet." This verse illustrates the position of a surrendered soul seeking the protection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we remain in this position, knowing that our on
ly protector is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that our only duty is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then our life is successful.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 21: What Is Our Actual Value?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 21. What Is Our Actual Value?
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ke vaya\'e0 n\'e4ma-r\'fcp\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0\line yadubhi\'f9 saha p\'e4\'eb\'f2av\'e4\'f9\line bhavato 'dar\'e7ana\'e0 yarhi\line 
h\'e5\'f1\'e9k\'e4\'eb\'e4m ive\'e7itu\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub As the name and fame of a particular body is finished with the disappearance of the living spirit, similarly, if Y
ou do not look upon us, all our fame and activities, along with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Yadus, will end at once.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.38
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 is quite aware that the existence of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas is due to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are undoubtedly well estab
lished in name and fame and are guided by the great King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, who is morality personified, and the Yadus are undoubtedly great allies, but without the guidance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba all of them are nonentities, as much as the senses of the
 body are useless without the guidance of consciousness. No one should be proud of his prestige, power, and fame without being guided by the favor of the Supreme Lord. The living beings are always dependent, and the ultimate dependable object is the Lord
 Himself. We may, therefore, invent by our advancement of material knowledge all sorts of counteracting material resources, but without being guided by the Lord all such inventions end in fiasco, however strong and stout the reactionary elements may be.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as an important man dies, his name and form become unimportant, even though he may have been a big scientist, politician, or philosopher. As long as we are 
alive our name, form, and activities are glorious, but as soon as the life is gone the body is but a lump of matter. When an important man is alive he may have so many guards, and no one can go before him or touch him, but when the same man is dead and l
ying on the floor, one may kick him in the face, and practically no one will care. After the disappearance of the soul, the body of the important man has no value. And what is that soul? It is the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore it is part and pa
rcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So when the energy is withdrawn}{\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 that is, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not th
ere}{\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 the body becomes unimportant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are not different (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, "In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stat
ed: 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti-\'e7aktimatayor abheda\'f9
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\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 \'e7ruti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  scriptures explain the meaning as follows: 'The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7aktim\'e4n-puru\'f1a}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , the Supreme Energetic Personality, is non-different from His}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub .' 
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Activities display the Lord's }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , yet His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is contro
lled by His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub icch\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , desire, which thereby indicates the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7aktim\'e4n}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , possessor and controller of potency. For example, creation, maintenance and destruction of the
 material cosmos are the activities of the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-\'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , His external potency
. Further, His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-\'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the marginal potency, manifests the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub cit-\'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the internal potency, manifests the spiritual world. Directing His }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub cit-\'e7akti, m\'e4y\'e4-\'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va-\'e7akti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to perform their individual duties, He remains }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirvik\'e4ra}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , aloof, disentangled, and eternally unaffected by such activities."
\par }\pard {\cs2873\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 Jaiva-dharma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Part Two: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7akti-vic\'e4ra}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , A Description of the Potenci
es of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba)}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti-\'e7aktimatayor abheda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The sun, for exampl
e, is energetic, and the sunshine is energy. As long as the sunshine is present the sun is present, and if the sun were not present the sun's energy would also not be there. The energy and the energetic must both exist. Although the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 
philosophers do not accept the energetic but only the impersonal energy, we must accept both the energy and the energetic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the energy works, the energetic remains aloof, just as the sunshine spreads everywhere while the sun itself remains apart. Similarly, there is energy working 
throughout the cosmic manifestation. The cosmic manifestation consists of earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego. These eight material elements are separated material energies (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhinn\'e4 prak\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and we
 can understand that behind these energies there must be an energetic source. For example, we are using electric power, but behind this power are the powerhouse and the engineer. Rascals do not understand this. They simply see the power of this cosmic ma
nifestation, but they do not understand that behind this power is the powermaker, the source of power. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and says, "I am the powermaker. I am behind this power."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself personally comes because we do not have the eyes to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and cannot understand Him. When we contemplate the form of God, we thi
nk that because God created millions and millions of years ago, He must be a very old man. Therefore God personally comes before us so that we can see what He is. This is His kindness. The Lord says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.7):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97
at that time I descend Myself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God comes to this world in person, He leaves behind His instructions like those of }{\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  and He leaves behind His devotees who can explain who God is, but still we are so stubborn that we do not accept God. This is foolishness. In 
}{\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  those who do not accept God are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rascals and fools.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God exists, and God's energy also exists, so if we cannot see God we can at least see His energy. We may not see the electric powerhouse and the engineer within it 
generating power, but we use electricity in so many ways. Therefore we should inquire where this electricity comes from. This is intelligence, and if one inquires in this way he will eventually find the powerhouse itself. Similarly, if one studies furthe
r to find out who is running the powerhouse, one will find a human being. Although the electricity is impersonal and even the powerhouse is impersonal, the man behind everything is a person. Similarly, God is a person. This is a logical conclusion. How c
an He be impersonal? That which is impersonal has no intelligence. We have invented so many very wonderful machines, but the machines are not intelligent. The intelligence belongs to the operator. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcyate}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sa-car\'e4caram:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "You are seeing the energy displayed in the wonderful actions and reactions of this material cosmic manifestation, but don't think t
hat they are working independently. No, I am behind them."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba further says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line na c\'e4ha\'e0 te
\'f1v avasthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." }{\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  9.4}{\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  That which is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unmanifested, also has }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a form. The sky, for example, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unmanifest, but it also has a form\'97the round form of the universe. If we go to the ocean, there also we shall find a form, like that of a big c
ircle. Without form there is nothing; everything has form, even that which is supposedly impersonal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore the idea that everything is zero or impersonal is foolish. Behind the impersonal feature and the so-called voidness is the supreme form\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\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  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means "controller." Nature is not controlling itself; the real controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Icch\'e4nur\'fcpam api yasya ca ce\'f1\'f6ate s\'e4.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The }{\cs3545\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  (5.44) says that Prak\'e5ti, or Durg\'e4\'97the deity of material nature\'97is working under the direction of Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How is she working? Just like a shadow. Below our hand is its shadow, and as our hand moves, the shadow mo
ves. Behind all manifestations there is motion. I have sometimes given the example of the shunting of the big cars in a railway line. The engine gives the motion and pushes one car, which then pushes another and another, and so on. Similarly, who set up 
the motion of the cosmic manifestation? That original motion-giver is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "We P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas have become famous, and people say that we are very important. Why? Because You are our friend." K\'e5\'f1\'eba was 
the friend of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and specifically the friend of Arjuna, and therefore Arjuna was a great and valorous warrior. But Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 knew, "People say, 'Oh, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are such great warriors and heroes,' but what is the value
 of my sons, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas?" Similarly, the Yadu dynasty was famous because K\'e5\'f1\'eba took His birth in that family. But Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ke vayam:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "What are we? What is our value?" }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke vaya\'e0 n\'e4ma-r\'fcp\'e4bhy\'e4m: }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.38}{
\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  "We have our name and form, but without You it is all useless. It has no value."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People do not understand this. They are very proud of having a nice body and a nice name. They think, "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am German," and so on. But 
what is all this? These are simply bogus names and bogus forms with no value.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we subtract K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everything is zero. This is a fact, but people are such rascals that they do not understand this fact. But who can deny it? The Ameri
can body or Indian body may have a good name, but if it has no consciousness, what is its value? No value. Therefore it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagavad-bhakti-h\'e9nasya\line j\'e4ti\'f9 \'e7\'e4stra\'e0 japas tapa\'f9\line apr\'e4\'ebasyaiva dehasya\line ma\'eb\'f2ana
\'e0 loka-ra\'efjanam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For a person devoid of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his birth in a great family or nation, his knowledge of revealed scr
ipture, his performance of austerities and penance, and his chanting of Vedic }{\cs2873\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 all like
 ornaments on a dead body. Such ornaments simply serve the concocted pleasures of the general populace." (}{\cs3545\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  3.11)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We all have consciousness, but what is this consciousness? It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore we simply say "consci
ousness," but really "consciousness" means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, because without K\'e5\'f1\'eba we cannot have consciousness. Without the sun, how can there be sunshine? Therefore we say "sunshine," and not just "shine." Similarly, "consciousness
" means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This requires a little intelligence to understand, but devotees like Kunt\'e9 have this intelligence and understanding. Therefore Kunt\'e9 says, "The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Yadus are so important, but what is actually
 our value?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is bidding farewell, Kunt\'e9 laments, "You will go, and we shall not be able to see You. What then will be the value of our name and fame?" 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhavato 'dar\'e7ana\'e0 yarhi h\'e5\'f1\'e9k\'e4\'eb\'e4m ive\'e7itu\'f9 }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.38}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  She gives the example that without K\'e5\'f1\'eba they would be like the senses without li
fe. In this material world we desire sense enjoyment, but without K\'e5\'f1\'eba or without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness there is no possibility of sense enjoyment. We may have strong arms and legs, but when there is no consciousness\'97when there is no 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97we cannot even utilize them. An intelligent person, therefore, knows that without K\'e5\'f1\'eba his senses have no value, and therefore he becomes a devotee. He rightly concludes that because there is an intimate relation
ship between the senses and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as long as the senses are active it is one's duty to use the senses in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To use an example I have given many times, suppose in an assembly one finds a hundred-dollar note that has fallen from someone's pocket. If one takes that note and 
puts it in one's own pocket, one is a thief because that note does not belong to him. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  false enjoyment. Then again, someone else may think, "Oh, why shall I touch it? It belongs to someone else. Let it remain there. I have nothing to do with it." This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  renunciation. So although the hundred-dollar note is the same, one person is trying to enjoy it while another is trying to give it up. Bu
t both of them\'97the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4g\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are fools.
\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 bhog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  are the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are working very hard to exploit the resourc
es of the material nature, like the scientists, for example, who are doing research to further such exploitation. Their intention, actually, is to steal. On the other hand, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ty\'e4g\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are unable to steal, have a "sour grapes" philosophy: "Oh, these things are useless. There is no need of them." Mostly, of course, people a
re }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhog\'e9s;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that is, they are trying to use everything to enjoy sense gratification. But
 still there are those who are baffled in sense gratification and who therefore say, "No, no, we don't need these things."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Continuing the example, however, when a hundred-dollar note is found, the person who acts most properly is the one who takes it and says, "Someone has lost this not
e. Let me find its owner." Upon returning that note, one renders real service. One who takes the note for himself and one who leaves the note where it is are both useless. Similarly, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ty\'e4g\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are both useless. But the }{\cs2873\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  the devotee, knows th
at everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and should therefore be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is real service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is the body? It is a combination of material elements\'97earth, water, fire, air, and the subtle, psychological elements 
mind, intelligence, and false ego. K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims, "All these eight elements are My separated energy." Then how are the body and mind ours? Although I claim that the body is mine, I do not even know how it is working. A tenant in an apartment may 
pay rent and somehow or other occupy the apartment and enjoy its utilities, although he may not actually know how the heat and tap water are working. Similarly, although we do not know the details of how the body works, we are using this body, which actu
ally belongs not to us but to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the real fact. The body consists of the senses and the mind, and therefore the senses and mind also belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am a spiritual soul, but I have been given the opportunity to utilize a certain type of material body. Because I wanted it, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He has 
given it to me. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ye yath\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one wants the body of a king, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give it; if one follows the pres
cribed method, one will get the body of a king. And if one wants the body of a hog so that one may eat stool, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give one that kind of body also. But now, in the human form of life, one should understand, "Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, so why am I hankering to satisfy this body which is supposedly mine? Rather, now that I have this body, let me serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is intelligence, and this is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktir}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ucyate:}{\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 bhakti}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means to use }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9ka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the senses, in the service of H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of the senses (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvay\'e4 h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7ena h\'e5di sthitasya yath
\'e4 karomi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Because I wanted some sense gratification, forgetting that everything actually belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have been given this body, which is a facility for se
nse gratification. But the senses have no value without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore the natural conclusion is that the senses belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, since I have these senses, why not use them for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's satisfaction? This is }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 22: Beauty in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Presence
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 22. Beauty in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's P
resence
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neya\'e0 \'e7obhi\'f1yate tatra\line yathed\'e4n\'e9\'e0 gad\'e4dhara\line tvat-padair a\'eckit\'e4 bh\'e4ti\line sva-lak\'f1a
\'eba-vilak\'f1ita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Gad\'e4dhara [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], our kingdom is now being marked by the impressions of Your feet, and therefore it
 appears beautiful. But when You leave, it will no longer be so.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.39
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are certain particular marks on the feet of the Lord which distinguish the Lord from others. The marks of a flag, thunderbolt, and instrument to drive an elep
hant, and also an umbrella, lotus, disc, etc., are on the bottom of the Lord's feet. These marks are impressed upon the soft dust of the land where the Lord traverses. The land of Hastin\'e4pura was thus marked while Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the
re with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and the kingdom of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas thus flourished by such auspicious signs. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 points out these distinguished features and is afraid of ill luck in the absence of the Lord.
\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 C}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4\'ebakya-\'e7loka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the instructions of the great moralist \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub N\'e9ti \'c7\'e4stra
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e5thiv\'e9-bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'e0 r\'e4j\'e4\line n\'e4r\'e9n\'e4\'e0 bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'e0 pati\'f9\line \'e7arvar\'e9-bh\'fc\'f1
a\'eba\'e0 candro\line vidy\'e4 sarvasya bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam
\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 p\'e5thiv\'e9-bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ornament of the 
earth;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  r\'e4j\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is the king;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  n\'e4r\'e9\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of women;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ornament;}{\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 \'97is the husband;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  \'e7arvar\'e9-bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ornament of night;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  candro}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is the moon;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  vidy\'e4}{\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  sarvasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of everything;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ornament.
\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 ornament of the earth is the king, and the ornament of a woman is a good husband. The ornament of night is the moon, and knowl
edge is the ornament of everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita, there is this very nice v
erse:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e5thiv\'e9-bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'e0 r\'e4j\'e4\line n\'e4r\'e9n\'e4\'e0 bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'e0 pati\'f9\line \'e7arvar\'e9-bh\'fc
\'f1a\'eba\'e0 candro\line vidy\'e4 sarvasya bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything looks beautiful when one is intimately related with it. The sky, for example, becomes beautiful in relationship with th
e moon. The sky is always present, but on the full-moon night, when the moon and stars shine brilliantly, it looks very nice. Similarly, the state looks very well if there is a good government, with a good king or president. Then everyone is happy, and e
verything goes on well. Also, although girls are naturally beautiful, a girl looks especially beautiful when she has a husband. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidy\'e4 sarvasya bh\'fc\'f1a\'ebam:}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but if a person, however ugly, is a learned scholar, that is his beauty. Similarly, everything will look beautiful when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 thinks, "As long as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with us, everything in our kingdom and our capital, Hastin\'e4pura, is beautiful. But when K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is absent our kingdom will not be beautiful." She says, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are now walking in our kingdom, and the impressions of Your footprints are making everything beautiful. There is sufficient water and fruit, and everything looks beautiful
, but when You leave us it will not look beautiful."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that this applied only when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present and Kunt\'e9 was speaking. Rather, the truth is always the same. Despite the advancement of our civ
ilization, if we cannot bring K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness into the center of everything, our civilization will never become beautiful. Those who have joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement were beautiful before they joined, 
but now that they have become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious they look especially beautiful. Therefore the newspapers often describe the devotees as "bright-faced. Their countrymen remark, How joyful and beautiful these boys and girls have become." At the pres
ent time in America, many of the younger generation are confused and hopeless, and therefore they appear morose and black-faced. Why? Because they are missing the point; they have no aim in life. But the devotees, the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaites, look very beauti
ful because of the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, what was a fact five thousand years ago, during the time of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, is still a fact now. With K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the center, everything bec
omes beautiful, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba can become the center at any time. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always present, and we simply have to invite Him, "My Lord, please come and be in the center." That's all. To give the same example I have given before, zero has no v
alue, but if we bring the number one and place it by the side of zero, the zero becomes ten. So one need not stop whatever one is doing. We never say, "Stop everything material." One simply has to add K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, we have to give up anything which is against K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not that because we do not stop material duties, we should not stop meat
-eating. We must stop it, for this is contrary to advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One cannot commit sinful activities and at the same time advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aham tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Surrender unto Me, and I shall rescue you by giving you liberation from a
ll kinds of sinful reactions."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every one of us, life after life, is knowingly or unknowingly committing sinful activities. I may knowingly kill an animal, and that is certainly sinful, but even i
f I do it unknowingly, it is also sinful. While walking on the street we unknowingly kill so many ants, and in the course of our other ordinary dealings\'97while cooking, while taking water, while using a mortar and pestle to crush spices\'97we kill so m
any living beings. Unless we remain K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we are liable to be punished for all these unknowingly committed sinful acts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If a child unknowingly touches fire, does it mean that the fire will excuse the child and not burn? No. Nature's law is so strict, so stringent, that there is no qu
estion of an excuse. Even in ordinary law, ignorance is no excuse. If we go to court and say, "I did not know that this action was criminal," this plea does not mean that we shall be excused. Similarly, ignorance is no excuse for transgressing nature's l
aws. Therefore, if we actually want to be free from the reactions of sinful life, we must be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, for then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will free us from all sinful reactions. It is therefore recommended, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari\'f9}{\cs2873\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 one should always 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, so that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba will save us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should always keep K\'e5\'f1\'eba within our minds, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the sun. This is the motto of our }{\cs2873\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 \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. }{\cs3545\b0\i\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  22.31)
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like the brilliant sun, and }{\cs2873\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  ignorance, is just like darkness. When the sun is present, there cannot be darkness. So if we keep ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness always, we can
not be influenced by the darkness of ignorance; rather, we shall always walk very freely in the bright sunshine of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 therefore prays that K\'e5\'f1\'eba continue to be present with her and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not leaving the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, just as He never left V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature, it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v
\'e5nd\'e4vana\'e0 parityajya padam na gacchati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba never goes even one step from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is so much attached to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. How is it, then, that
 we see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana and went to Mathur\'e4 and then far away to Hastin\'e4pura and did not return for many years? Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not leave, for all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, after K\'e5\'f1\'eba left, 
were always thinking of Him and crying. The only engagement of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and all the }{\cs2873\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  cows, calves, and cowherd boys was to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and cry, and in this way they felt K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be present, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence can be felt more strongly
 in separation from Him. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's teaching: to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba in separation. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'fcny\'e4yita\'e0 jagat sarva\'e0 govinda-virahe\'eba }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me}{\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  Cai
tanya Mah\'e4prabhu thought, "Everything is vacant without Govinda, without K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Everything was vacant, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we see everything as nothing, but have only K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we shall have attained the highest perfection. Therefore the }{\cs2873\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  are so exalted. Having attained this perfection, they could not forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba even for a si
ngle moment. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the forest with His cows and calves, the minds of the }{\cs2873\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  at home were disturbed. "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is walking barefoot," they thought. "There are so many stones and nails on the path, and they must be pricking K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, which are so soft that we think our breasts hard when
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba puts His lotus feet upon them." Thus they would cry, absorbed in these thoughts. The }{\cs2873\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 so anxious to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba back home in the evening that they would stand on the path, looking to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba returning with His calves and cows. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be absent from a devotee when the devotee is intensely absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought. Here Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 is very much anxious, thinking
 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be absent, but the actual effect of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's physical absence is that He becomes more intensely present within the mind of the devotee. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, by the example of His actual life, taught }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipralambha-sev\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in separation. Tears would come from His eyes
 like torrents of rain, for He would feel everything to be vacant for want of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two stages of meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being personally present with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, personally meeting Him, personally talking with Him, and personally em
bracing Him is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambhoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but there is another way to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97in s
eparation from Him\'97and this is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vipralambha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A devotee can benefit from K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's association in both ways.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we are now in the material world, we do not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly. Nonetheless, we can see Him indirectly. For example, if one sees the Pacific Ocean 
one can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately, if one is advanced in spiritual life. This is called meditation. One may think, "The Pacific Ocean is such a vast mass of water, with many large waves, but although I am standing only a few yards from it, I am
 confident that I am safe, however powerful this ocean may be and however fearful its waves. I am sure that it will not go beyond its limits. How is this happening? By the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba orders, 'My dear Pacific Ocean, you may be
 very big and powerful, but you cannot come beyond this line.'" In this way one can immediately remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, who is so powerful that even the Pacific Ocean abides by His order. In this way one can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, when one sees the sunrise one can immediately remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.8), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fc
ryayo\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the shining of the sun and the moon." If one has learned how to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can see Him in the sunshine. Our scientists have not created the sun, 
and although they may juggle words, it is beyond their ability to know what the sun actually is. But the }{\cs3545\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  (1.1.3) says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra-yonitv\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can know ev
erything through the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature. For example, if one studies the V
edic literature one can know what the sun is, for the sun is described in the }{\cs3545\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  (5.52):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yac-cak\'f1ur e\'f1a savit\'e4 sakala-grah\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0\line r\'e4j\'e4 samasta-sura-m\'fcrtir a\'e7e\'f1a-tej\'e4\'f9\line y
asy\'e4j\'efay\'e4 bhramati sambh\'e5ta-k\'e4la-cakro\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse describes the sun as the eye of all the planets, and if one meditates upon this one can understand that this is a fact,
 for at night, before the sun rises, one cannot see. The sun is also described as the eye of the Lord. The sun is one of His eyes, and the moon is the other. 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  therefore, it is said that only when K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees can we see. The sun is also described as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a-tej\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unlimitedly hot. And what is its function? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasy\'e4j\'efay
\'e4 bhramati sambh\'e5ta-k\'e4la-cakra\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The sun has its orbit. God has ordered the sun, "You just travel within this orbit, and not anywhere else." The scientists say that if
 the sun were to move a little to one side the whole universe would be ablaze, and if it moved to the other side the whole universe would freeze. But by the order of the Supreme it does not move even one ten-thousandth of an inch from where it should be.
 It always rises exactly at the correct time. Why? There must be some discipline, some obedience, some order. The }{\cs2873\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  therefore says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4j\'efay\'e4 bhramati sambh\'e5ta-k\'e4la-cakro govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I worship that original person, by whose order the sun moves in its orbit. It is He who gives direction even to the sun, the ocean, and the moon. Everything takes place under His order."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So where is the difficulty in understanding God? There is no difficulty. If one is actually sane, if one has a brain that is not made of stool, one can understand G
od at every step. The Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu kaunteya\line prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9\line pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u\line \'e7abda\'f9 khe pa
uru\'f1a\'e0 n\'e5\'f1u
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9 [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable }{\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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  I am the sound in ether and ability in man." (}{\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  7.8) Why then do people say, "I have not seen God"? Why don't they see God as God directs them to see Him? Why do they manufacture their own way? One cannot see God by one's own way. That is not possible. If one tries to do so, one will alwa
ys remain blind. At the present moment so-called philosophers and scientists are trying to see God in their own way, but that is not possible. One has to see God by God's way. Then one can see Him. If I want to see the President of the United States, can
 I see him in my own way? If not, then how can I expect to see God in my own way? Is it not rascaldom? I cannot see even an ordinary man in an important position in my own way; I have to make an appointment with his secretary and make the other appropria
te arrangements. But although God is so much greater than ordinary men, rascals support the view that one can see God in one's own way. "As many ways as you invent," they say, "they are all bona fide." This is rascaldom. The world is full of rascals and 
fools, and therefore God consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, has become a vague idea. Otherwise, if one wants to see God, if one wants Him to be always present, as Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 is requesting that He be, one can keep God always within one s he
art.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We simply have to apply our mind and senses in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as done by Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Ambar\'e9\'f1a. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa vai mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravindayor vac\'e4\'e0si vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebane}{\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 9.4.18}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). First we must fix our minds on the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for the mind is the center of all sensory activities. If the mind were absent, in spite of having eyes we could not see
, and in spite of having ears we could not hear. Therefore the mind is considered the eleventh sense. There are ten senses\'97five working senses and five knowledge-acquiring senses, and the center of the senses is the mind. The }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3.42) says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indriy\'e4\'ebi par\'e4\'eby \'e4hur\line indriyebhya\'f9 para\'e0 mana\'f9\line manasas tu par\'e4 buddhir\line yo buddhe\'f9 p
aratas tu sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that although we consider the senses to be very prominent, beyond the senses is something su
perior}{\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 mind}{\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 beyond the mind is the intelligence, and beyond the intelligence is the soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can we appreciate the existence of the soul if we cannot understand even the psychological movements of the mind? Beyond the mind is the intelligence, and by sp
eculation one can at the utmost approach the intellectual platform. But to understand the soul and God, one must go beyond the intellectual platform. It is possible to understand everything, but we must gain understanding through the right channel. There
fore the Vedic injunction is:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is actually serious about understanding supernatural, transcendental subject matters, one must approach a bona fide spiritual m
aster." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 23: Natural Prosperity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 23. Natural Prosperity
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ime jana-pad\'e4\'f9 sv\'e5ddh\'e4\'f9\line supakvau\'f1adhi-v\'e9rudha\'f9\line van\'e4dri-nady-udanvanto\line hy edhante tava 
v\'e9k\'f1itai\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub All these cities and villages are flourishing in all respects because the herbs and grains are in abundance, the t
rees are full of fruits, the rivers are flowing, the hills are full of minerals, and the oceans full of wealth. And this is all due to Your glancing over them.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.40
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human prosperity flourishes by natural gifts and not by gigantic industrial enterprises. The gigantic industrial enterprises are products of a godless civilization,
 and they cause the destruction of the noble aims of human life. The more we go on increasing such troublesome industries to squeeze out the vital energy of the human being, the more there will be unrest and dissatisfaction of the people in general, alth
ough a few only can live lavishly by exploitation. The natural gifts such as grains and vegetables, fruits, rivers, the hills of jewels and minerals, and the seas full of pearls are supplied by the order of the Supreme, and as He desires, material nature
 produces them in abundance or restricts them at times. The natural law is that the human being may take advantage of these godly gifts by nature and satisfactorily flourish on them without being captivated by the exploitative motive of lording it over m
aterial nature. The more we attempt to exploit material nature according to our whims of enjoyment, the more we shall become entrapped by the reaction of such exploitative attempts. If we have sufficient grains, fruits, vegetables, and herbs, then what i
s the necessity of running a slaughterhouse and killing poor animals? A man need not kill an animal if he has sufficient grains and vegetables to eat. The flow of river waters fertilizes the fields, and there is more than what we need. Minerals are produ
ced in the hills, and the jewels in the ocean. If the human civilization has sufficient grains, minerals, jewels, water, milk, etc., then why should we hanker after terrible industrial enterprises at the cost of the labor of some unfortunate men? But all
 these natural gifts are dependent on the mercy of the Lord. What we need, therefore, is to be obedient to the laws of the Lord and achieve the perfection of human life by devotional service. The indications by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 are just to the point. She 
desires that God's mercy be bestowed upon them so that natural prosperity be maintained by His grace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 mentions that the grains are abundant, the trees full of fruits, the rivers flowing nicely, the hills full of minerals, and the oceans full of wealt
h, but she never mentions that industry and slaughterhouses are flourishing, for such things are nonsense that men have developed to create problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we depend on God's creation, there will be no scarcity, but simply }{\cs2873\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  bliss. God's creation provides sufficient grains and grass, and while we eat the grains and fruits, the animals like the cows will eat the grass. The bulls will help us prod
uce grains, and they will take only a little, being satisfied with what we throw away. If we take fruit and throw away the skin, the animal will be satisfied with the skin. In this way, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the center, there can be full cooperation bet
ween the trees, animals, human beings, and all living entities. This is Vedic civilization, a civilization of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prays to the Lord, "This prosperity is due to Your glance." When we sit in the temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba glances over us, and everyth
ing is nice. When sincere souls try to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, K\'e5\'f1\'eba very kindly comes before them in His full opulence and glances upon them, and they become happy and beautiful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, the whole material creation is due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa ai
k\'f1ata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). In the }{\cs2873\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 He glanced over matter, thus agitating it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A woman in touch with a man becomes agitated and becomes pregnant and then gives birth to children. The whole creation follows a similar process. Simply by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's glance, matter becomes agitated and then becomes pregnant and gives birth to the living entities. It is simply by His glance that plants, trees, animals, and all other living beings come forth. How is this possible? None of us can say, "Simpl
y by glancing over my wife, I can make her pregnant." But although this is impossible for us, it is not impossible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\cs3545\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  (5.32) says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ecg\'e4ni yasya sakalendriya-v\'e5ttimanti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  every part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body has all the capabilities of the other parts. With our eyes we can only see, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, merely by seeing, can make others pregnant. There is no need of sex, for
 simply by glancing, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can create pregnancy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\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 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "By My supervision, material nature gives birth to all
 moving and nonmoving beings." The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "eyes," so }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1e\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that all living entities take birth because of the Lord's glance. There are two kinds
 of living entities\'97the moving beings, like insects, animals, and human beings, and the nonmoving beings, like trees and plants. In Sanskrit these two kinds of living entities are called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sth\'e4vara ja\'ecgama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and they both come forth from material nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, what comes from material nature is not the life, but the body. The living entities accept particular types of bodies from material nature, just as a chil
d takes its body from its mother. For ten months the child's body develops from the blood and nutrients of the mother's body, but the child is a living entity, not matter. It is the living entity that has taken shelter in the womb of the mother, who then
 supplies the ingredients for that living entity's body. This is nature's way. The mother may not know how from her body another body has been created, but when the body of the child is fit, the child takes birth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that the living entity takes birth. As stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.20), }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the living entity neither takes birth nor dies. That which does not take birth does not die; death is meant for that which has been created, and that which is not created has no death. The }{\cs2873\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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v
\'e4 kad\'e4cit.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kad\'e4cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "at any time." At no time does the living entity actually take birth. Although we may see that a child is born, actually it is not born. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The living entity is eternal (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7
\'e4\'e7vata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), always existing, and very, very old (}{\cs2873\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 ). }{\cs2873\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub don't think that when the body is destroyed the living entity will be destroyed; no, the living entity will continue to exist.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A scientist friend was asking me, "What is the proof of eternity?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9re}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The soul is not killed when the body is killed." This statement in itself is proof. This type of proof is called }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the proof established by that which is heard through the disciplic succession from the Supre
me. One form of proof is proof by logic (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ny\'e4ya-prasth\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). One can get knowledge by 
logic, arguments, and philosophical research. But another form of proof is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  proof
 established by hearing from authorities. A third form of proof is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  proof establi
shed by statements derived from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti.}{\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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\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  are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti,}{\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  are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\cs2873\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  is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ny\'e4ya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Of these three the }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti-prasth\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the evidence from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is especially important.
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pratyak\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the process of receiving knowledge through direct perception, has
 no value, because our senses are all imperfect. For example, every day we see the sun to be just like a small disc, perhaps twelve inches in diameter, but in fact it is a hundred times larger than the earth. So what is the value of our direct perception
 through our eyes? We have so many senses through which we can experience knowledge}{\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 the eyes, 
the ears, the nose, and so on}{\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 but because these senses are imperfect, whatever knowledge we ge
t by exercising these senses is also imperfect. Because scientists try to understand things by exercising their imperfect senses, their conclusions are always imperfect. Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, a scientist among our disciples, inquired from a fellow scie
ntist who says that life comes from matter, "If I give you the chemicals with which to produce life, will you be able to produce it?" The scientist replied, "That I do not know." This is imperfect knowledge. If you do not know, then your knowledge is imp
erfect. Why then have you become a teacher? That is cheating. Our contention is that to become perfect one must take lessons from the perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is perfect, so we take knowledge from Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9re}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The soul does not die when the body dies." Therefore this understanding that the soul is eternal is perfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ime jana-pad\'e4\'f9 sv\'e5ddh\'e4\'f9 supakvau\'f1adhi-v
\'e9rudha\'f9: }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.40}{\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 grains are abundant, the trees full of fruits, the rivers 
flowing, the hills full of minerals, and the ocean full of wealth." What more should one want? The oyster produces pearls, and formerly people decorated their bodies with pearls, valuable stones, silk, gold, and silver. But where are those things now? No
w, with the advancement of civilization, there are so many beautiful girls who have no ornaments of gold, pearls, or jewels, but only plastic bangles. So what is the use of industry and slaughterhouses?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By God's arrangement one can have enough food grains, enough milk, enough fruits and vegetables, and nice clear river water. But now I have seen, while traveling in
 Europe, that all the rivers there have become nasty. In Germany, in France, and also in Russia and America I have seen that the rivers are nasty. By nature's way the water in the ocean is kept clear like crystal, and the same water is transferred to the
 rivers, but without salt, so that one may take nice water from the river. This is nature's way, and nature's way means K\'e5\'f1\'eba's way. So what is the use of constructing huge waterworks to supply water?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nature has already given us everything. If we want wealth we may collect pearls and become rich; there is no need to become rich by starting some huge factory to pr
oduce auto bodies. By such industrial enterprises we have simply created troubles. Otherwise, we need only depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy, because by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tava v\'e9k\'f1itai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), everything is set right. So if we simply plead for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance, there will be no question of scarcity or need
. Everything will be complete. The idea of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, therefore, is to depend on nature's gifts and the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People say that the population is increasing, and therefore they are checking this by artificial means. Why? The birds and bees are increasing their populations and
 have no contraceptives, but are they in need of food? Do we ever see birds or animals dying for want of food? Perhaps in the city, although not very often. But if we go to the jungle we shall see that all the elephants, lions, tigers, and other animals 
are very stout and strong. Who is supplying them food? Some of them are vegetarians, and some of them are nonvegetarians, but none of them are in want of food.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, by nature's way the tiger, being a nonvegetarian, does not get food every day. After all, who will face a tiger to become its food? Who will say to the t
iger, "Sir, I am a philanthropist and have come to you to give you food, so take my body"? No one. Therefore the tiger has difficulty finding food. And as soon as the tiger is out, there is an animal that follows it and makes a sound like }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "fayo, fayo,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so that the other animals will know, "Now the tiger is out." So by nature's way the tiger 
has difficulty, but still K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplies it food. After about a week, the tiger will get the chance to catch an animal, and because it does not get fresh food daily, it will keep the carcass in some bush and eat a little at a time. Since the tig
er is very powerful, people want to become like a lion or a tiger, but that is not a very good proposition, because if one actually becomes like a tiger one won't get food daily, but will have to search for food with great labor. If one becomes a vegetar
ian, however, one will get food every day. The food for a vegetarian is available everywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now in every city there are slaughterhouses, but does this mean that the slaughterhouses can supply enough so that one can live by eating only meat? No, there will 
not be an adequate supply. Even meat-eaters have to eat grains, fruits, and vegetables along with their slice of meat. Still, for that daily slice of meat they kill so many poor animals. How sinful this is. If people commit such sinful activities, how ca
n they be happy? This killing should not be done, and therefore people are unhappy. But if one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and simply depends on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tava v\'e9k\'f1itai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), K\'e5\'f1\'eba will supply everything, and there will be no question of scarcity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes there appears to be scarcity, and sometimes we find that grains and fruits are produced in such a huge quantity that people cannot finish eating them. So 
this is a question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glance. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes, He can produce a huge quantity of grains, fruits, and vegetables, but if K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires to restrict the supply, what good will meat do? You may eat me, or I may eat you, but 
that will not solve the problem.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For real peace and tranquillity and a sufficient supply of milk, water, and everything else we need, we simply have to depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is what Bhakti
vinoda \'d6h\'e4kura teaches us when he says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4rabi r\'e4khabi-yo icch\'e4 toh\'e4r\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "My dear Lord, I simply surrender unto You and depend on You. Now if You like You may kill me, or else You may give me protection." And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in reply, "Yes. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja:}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simply surrender exclusively unto Me." He does not say, "Yes, depend on Me, and also depend on your sla
ughterhouses and factories." No. He says, "Depend only on Me. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I will rescue you from the results of your sinful activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we have lived so many years without being K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we have lived only a sinful life, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures us that as soon as one surr
enders to Him He immediately squares all accounts and puts an end to all one's sinful activities so that one may begin a new life. When we initiate disciples we therefore tell them, "Now the account is squared. Now don't commit sinful activities any more
."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not think that because the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can nullify sinful activities, one may commit a little sinful activity and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to nullify it. That is the greatest offense (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4mno bal\'e4d}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yasya hi p\'e4p
a-buddhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The members of some religious orders go to church and confess their sins, but then they again commit the same sinful activities. What then is the value of their
 confession? One may confess, "My Lord, out of my ignorance I committed this sin," but one should not plan, "I shall commit sinful activities and then go to church and confess them, and then the sins will be nullified, and I can begin a new chapter of si
nful life." Similarly, one should not knowingly take advantage of the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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  to nullify sinful activities so that one may then begin sinful acts again. We should be very careful. Before taking initiation, one promises to have no illicit sex, no intoxicants, no gambling, and no meat-eating, and this vow o
ne should strictly follow. Then one will be clean. If one keeps oneself clean in this way and always engages in devotional service, his life will be a success, and there will be no scarcity of anything he wants.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 24: Cutting Off Ties of Affection
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 24. Cutting Off Ties of Affectio
n
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atha vi\'e7ve\'e7a vi\'e7v\'e4tman\line vi\'e7va-m\'fcrte svake\'f1u me\line sneha-p\'e4\'e7am ima\'e0 chindhi\line d\'e5\'f2ha
\'e0 p\'e4\'eb\'f2u\'f1u v\'e5\'f1\'ebi\'f1u
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord of the universe, soul of the universe, O personality of the form of the universe, please, therefore, sever 
my tie of affection for my kinsmen, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.41
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee of the Lord is ashamed to ask anything in self-interest from the Lord. But the householders are sometimes obliged to ask favors from the Lord, being 
bound by the tie of family affection. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was conscious of this fact, and therefore she prayed to the Lord to cut off the affectionate tie from her own kinsmen, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2
avas are her own sons, and the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis are the members of her paternal family. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was equally related to both families. Both the families required the Lord's help because both were dependent devotees of the Lord. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt
\'e9dev\'e9 wished \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to remain with her sons, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, but by His doing so her paternal house would be bereft of the benefit. All these partialities troubled the mind of Kunt\'e9, and therefore she desired to cut off 
the affectionate tie.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A pure devotee cuts off the limited ties of affection for his family and widens his activities of devotional service for all forgotten souls. The typical example is
 the band of Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, who followed the path of Lord Caitanya. All of them belonged to the most enlightened and cultured rich families of the higher castes, but for the benefit of the mass of population they left their comfortable homes and bec
ame mendicants. To cut off all family affection means to broaden the field of activities. Without doing this, no one can be qualified as a }{\cs2873\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 king, a public leader, or a devotee of the Lord. The Personality of Godhead, as an ideal king, showed this by example. \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4macandra cut off the tie of affection for His belo
ved wife to manifest the qualities of an ideal king.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such personalities as a }{\cs2873\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 devotee, a king, or a public leader must be very broad-minded in discharging their respective duties. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 was conscious of this fact, and being weak she prayed to be free from such b
ondage of family affection. The Lord is addressed as the Lord of the universe, or the Lord of the universal mind, indicating His all-powerful ability to cut the hard knot of family affection. affinity toward a weak devotee, breaks the family affection by
 force of circumstances arranged by His all-powerful energy. By doing so He causes the devotee to become completely dependent on Him and thus clears the path for his going back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 was the daughter of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi family and the wife and mother of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava family. Generally a woman has affection for both her father's
 family and husband's family, and therefore Kunt\'e9 prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "I am a woman, and women are generally attached to their families, so kindly cut off my attachment so that I may be thoroughly attached to You. Without You, both families are z
ero. I am falsely attached to these families, but my real purpose in life is to be attached to You." This is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti involves becoming free from the attachments of this material world and becoming attached instead to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One cannot become unattached, for one mus
t be attached to something, but in order to become attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or enter into the devotional service of the Lord, one has to become detached from material affection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People ordinarily go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to maintain their attachment to this material world. "O God," they pray, "give us our daily bread." They have attachment to t
his material world, and to live in this material world they pray for supplies of material things so that they can maintain their status quo. This is called material attachment. Although in one sense, of course, it is good that people go to God to secure 
their material position, that is not actually desirable. Rather than worship God to increase one's opulence in the material world, one should become free from material attachment. For }{\cs2873\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  therefore, we should be detached.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our suffering is due to our attachment. Because we are materially attached, we desire so many material things, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us the opportunity
 to enjoy whatever material facilities we want. Of course, one must deserve these facilities. First deserve, then desire. Suppose I want to become king. I must have pious activities behind me so that I can become king.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba can give us whatever we want, even }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  liberation, but }{\cs2873\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 a speci
al consideration because when He gives someone }{\cs2873\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  He becomes purchased by the }{
\cs2873\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  and becomes a tool in the hands of the }{\cs2873\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  even though He is the supreme powerful. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the symbol of the topmost }{\cs2873\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 so powerful that She has purchased K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore Vai\'f1\'ebavas take shelter of the lotus feet 
of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, for if She recommends, "Oh, here is a nice devotee," K\'e5\'f1\'eba must accept him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To become a devotee of the Lord, one must be completely cleansed of all material attachment. This qualification is called }{\cs2873\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  Upon becoming a student of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya wrote one hun
dred verses praising Him. Two of those verses are mentioned in the }{\cs2873\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 one of them is this statement:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya-vidy\'e4-nija-bhakti-yoga-\line \'e7ik\'f1\'e4rtham eka\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9\line \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1
\'eba-caitanya-\'e7ar\'e9ra-dh\'e4r\'e9\line k\'e5p\'e4mbudhir yas tam aha\'e0 prapadye
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitan
ya Mah\'e4prabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service, and detachment from whatever does not foster K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet." }{\b0
\i0\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. }{\cs3545\b0\i\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 6.254}{\b0\i0\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\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya thus offered his prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had now assumed the form of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu just to teach people how to develop knowledge, becom
e detached, and become pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although when Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old He had a lovable, beautiful wife and a devoted, affectionate mother, He gave up e
verything and took }{\cs2873\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. When Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu w
as a }{\cs2873\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  a householder, He was so much honored that merely by the direction of Hi
s finger He was able to enlist thousands of people to join Him in a civil disobedience movement. In Nadia, the city where He lived, His position was very respectable, and physically He was very beautiful. Yet He gave up His young, faithful, beautiful wif
e, His affectionate mother, His position, and everything else. This is called }{\cs2873\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 
 renunciation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If someone who has nothing to possess says, "I have renounced everything," what is the meaning of his renunciation? But if one has something and then renounces it, 
his renunciation is meaningful. So Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's renunciation is unique. No one else could give up such a happy home, such honor, and such affection from mother, wife, friends, and students. Even Advaita Prabhu, although the age of Caitanya Ma
h\'e4prabhu's father, honored Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Yet still \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gave up everything. Why? Just to teach us (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4pani \'e4cari, prabhu j
\'e9vere \'e7ikh\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He personally taught the whole world how one must detach oneself and become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore when R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 resigned
 his post as a government minister and met Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu at Pray\'e4ga, he fell flat before \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and offered obeisances with this prayer:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\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 19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You are most magnanimous," he prayed, "for You are distributing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an easy thing to obtain, because by this love one can purchase K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu distributed this love of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba to anyone and everyone, even to the two drunkards Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has therefore sung:
\par }\pard \s419 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e9na-h\'e9na yata chila    hari-n\'e4me uddh\'e4rila,\line t\'e4'ra s\'e4k\'f1\'e9 jag\'e4i-m\'e4dh\'e4i\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 hari hari! vifale }{\b0\i\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 \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is so magnanimous that He delivered all kinds of sinful men simply by allowing them to chant the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 evidence of this is Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i." At that time, of course, the
re were two Jag\'e4is and M\'e4dh\'e4is, but at the present moment, by the grace of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His process of teaching, so many Jag\'e4is and M\'e4dh\'e4is are being delivered. If Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is pleased, He can give }{\cs2873
\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, to anyone, regardless of that person's qualification. If a pe
rson is giving charity, he can select anyone to take it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without the mercy of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very, very difficult. }{\cs2873\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  (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 ): out of many millions of people, hardly one tries to make his life spiritually successful. People simply work like animals, not knowing how to make a success of human lif
e. One's human life is successful when one understands K\'e5\'f1\'eba; otherwise one remains an animal. Anyone who is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, who does not know who K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, is no better than an animal. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gave this
 concession to the fallen souls of this age: "Simply chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\cs2873\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 be delivered." This is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's special concession (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\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 12.3.51).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, Kunt\'e9 was not an ordinary devotee. She had become one of the relatives of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come to offer her respects. But s
till she said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have become attached to two families, my father's family and my husband's family. Kindly help me become detached from these families." Thus she illustrated that one must become detached from society, friendship, and love
, all of which will otherwise entangle us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as I think, "I belong to this family," "I belong to this nation," "I belong to this religion," "I belong to this color," and so on, there is no possibility 
of becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. As long as one thinks that one is American, Indian, or African, that one belongs to this family or that family, or that one is the father, mother, husband, or wife of this or that person, one is attached to material 
designations. I am spirit soul, and all these attachments belong to the body, but I am not this body. This is the essence of understanding. If I am not this body, then whose father or whose mother am I? The supreme father and mother is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We
 are simply playing the parts of father, mother, sister, or brother, as if on stage. }{\cs2873\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 material nature, is causing us to dance, telling us, "You are a member of this family and a member of this nation." Thus we are dancing like monkeys.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3.27) it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse indicates that because the living entity has associated with a certain quality of nature, nature is making him dance ac
cording to that quality, and thus one is thinking, "I am this" or "I am that." This information provided in }{\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 the basic principle of understanding, and it will give one freedom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most essential education is that which enables one to become free from the bodily concept of life, but unfortunately scientists, philosophers, politicians, and 
other so-called leaders are misleading people so that they become more attached to the body. It is the human life that offers the opportunity to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but these rascals are stopping that opportunity by alluring people to bodily
 designations, and therefore they are the greatest enemies of human civilization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One attains a human body after evolving through 8,400,000 life-forms, from aquatics to plants, and then to trees, insects, birds, beasts, and so on. Now, people do 
not know what is the next step in evolution, but that is explained in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
(9.25). }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As the next step in evolution, one may, if one de
sires, go to a higher planetary system. Although every night people see so many planets and stars, they do not know what these higher planetary systems are. But from the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literature, we can understand that on these higher planetary systems, material comforts are available that are many, many times greater than those on t
his planet. On this planet we may live for at most one hundred years, but on the higher planetary systems one can live for a lifetime we cannot even calculate. For example, the lifetime of Brahm\'e4, who lives on the highest planet, is stated in }{
\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (8.17): }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We cannot calculate even twelve hours of Brahm\'e4 with our mathematical figures, but even Brahm
\'e4 has to die. Even though one may have a long duration of life, no one can live permanently in this material world. Nonetheless, if one prepares oneself one may go to the higher planetary systems, or similarly one may go to the Pit\'e5lokas. There one
 may meet one's forefathers, if they have been eligible to go there. Similarly, if one desires, one may also remain here on earth. Or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4nti}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mad-y\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if one becomes a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can go to Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may go to hell, one may go to heaven, or one may go back home, back to Godhead, as one likes. Therefore an intelligent person should think, "If I have to prepar
e for my next life, why not prepare to go back home, back to Godhead?" One's present body will be finished, and then one will have to accept another body. What kind of body one will accept is stated in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (14.18). }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'dcrdhva\'e0 gacchanti sat
tva-sth\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are in the mode of goodness, avoiding the four principles of sinful life, will live their next life on a higher planetary system. Even if one does n
ot become a pure devotee of the Lord, if one follows the regulative principles for avoiding sinful life one will remain in goodness and get this opportunity. Human life is meant for this purpose. But if we waste our life just living like cats and dogs, e
ating, sleeping, mating, and defending, then we shall lose this opportunity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rascals, however, do not know this. They do not believe that there is a next life. In Russia a professor, Professor Kotovsky, told me, "Sw\'e4m\'e9j\'e9, after this
 body is finished, everything is finished." He is a big professor, yet still he said that. Such men may pose as scientists and philosophers, but actually they have no knowledge, and they simply mislead others. This is our greatest source of grief, and th
erefore I have requested the members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to challenge and defeat these rascals, who are misleading the entire human society. People should not think that the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are mere sentimentalists. On
 the contrary, the devotees are the greatest philosophers and the greatest scientists.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has two engagements: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub giving protection to the }{\cs2873\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  the devotees, 
and killing the demons. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave protection to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and V\'e5\'f1\'ebis because they were devotees, and He also killed demons like Ka\'e0sa, Agh\'e4sura, and Bak\'e4sura. Of the two engagements, His killing of the demons was H
is major occupation. If we examine how much time He devoted to killing and how much time He devoted to protecting, we shall find that He devoted more time to killing. Similarly, those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious should also kill-not by weapons but b
y logic, by reasoning, and by education. If one is a demon, we can use logic and arguments to kill his demoniac propensities and turn him into a devotee, a saintly person. Especially in this present age, Kali-yuga, people are already poverty-stricken, an
d physical killing is too much for them. They should be killed by argument, reasoning, and scientific spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7ve\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord of the universe (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 means "universe," and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "lord" or "controller"). The universal affairs are 
going on so nicely, with the sun rising just on time, the seasons changing, and the seasonal fruits and flowers making their appearance. Thus there is no mismanagement. But how are these things going on so nicely if there is no controller? If we see any 
establishment going on very well, we immediately understand that the manager, director, or controller of the institution is expert. Similarly, if we see the universal affairs going on nicely, we must know that behind them is a good controller. And who is
 that controller? That controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as stated in }{\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  (}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcyate}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sa-car\'e4caram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Therefore Kunt\'e9 addresses Him as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7ve\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the controller of the universe. People are interested only in pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba embracing R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 that depict the deal
ings of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be like those of ordinary boys and girls. They don't understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such obnoxious pictures should be avoided. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller. Let there be a picture showing how K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is controlling the whole universe. That kind of picture is wanted, not these cheap pictures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless the living force is present within the body, the body cannot move or work nicely, and similarly within the universe, the cosmic manifestation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 is present as the living force\'97K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, or Param\'e4tm\'e4. Therefore Kunt\'e9 addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the soul of the universe. Rascals do not know how this world is moving and how this universe is acting, and therefore they should learn from }{\cs2873\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 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 also addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7va-m\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the personality of the form of the universe. When Arjuna wanted to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba's universal form, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately manifested it. This is another of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's opul
ences (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibh\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The original form of the Lord, however, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba with two han
ds, playing on the flute. Because Arjuna was a devotee and wanted to see the universal form, K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed it to him, but that was not His actual form. A person may dress himself as a king, but his real, natural appearance is shown at home. Simil
arly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's real form is seen at home in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and all other forms are expansions of His plenary portions. As stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, a
dvaitam }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acyutam}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam:}{\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 He can expand Himself in millions and millions of forms (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananta-r\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), but He is one (}{\cs2873\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 He is infallible (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). His rea
l form, however, is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvi-bhuja mural\'e9-dhara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the form with two hands holding a flu
te. Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, "You have Your universal form, but the form in which You are standing before me is Your real form."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prays, "Please sever my tie of affection for my kinsmen." We are thinking, "This is my own, that is my own," but this is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub moha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  illusion (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janasya moho 'y
am aha\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mameti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). How does this illusion come into existence? It begins with the natural
 attraction between man and woman. A male seeks a female, and a female seeks a male. This is true not only in human society, but also in bird society, beast society, and so on. This is the beginning of material attachment. When a man finds a woman and th
ey unite, this attachment becomes even more firmly established (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tayor}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mitho h\'e5day
a-granthim \'e4hu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Now, after the attachment increases to some degree, the man and woman look for an apartment in which to live together, and then, of course, the man nee
ds to earn money. When they are well settled, they must have children and also some friends to come and praise them: "Oh, you have such a nice apartment and such nice children." In this way one's attachment increases.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A student's education, therefore, should begin with }{\cs2873\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  which means freedom from sexual attachment. If he can, he should try to avoid all this nonsense. If not, he can marry and then after some time enter }{\cs2873\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. At that time one thinks, "Now that I have enjoyed this attachment so much, let me leave home." T
hen the man travels all over to various places of pilgrimage to become detached, and the wife goes with him as an assistant. After two or three months he again comes home to see that his children are doing nicely and then again goes away. This is the beg
inning of detachment. When the detachment is complete, the man tells his wife, "Now go live with your children, and I shall take }{\cs2873\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." This is final detachment. The whole Vedic way of life is meant for detachment, and therefore Kunt\'e9 prays, "Kindly help detach me from this family attraction." This 
is Kunt\'e9dev\'e9's instruction.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 25: Unalloyed 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 25. Unalloyed Devotion
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tvayi me 'nanya-vi\'f1ay\'e4\line matir madhu-pate 'sak\'e5t\line ratim udvahat\'e4d addh\'e4\line ga\'ecgevaugham udanvati
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O 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.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.42
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perfection of pure devotional service is attained when all attention is diverted toward the transcendental loving service of the Lord. To cut off the tie of all oth
er affections does not mean complete negation of the finer elements, like affection for someone else. This is not possible. A living being, whoever he may be, must have this feeling of affection for others because this is a symptom of life. The symptoms 
of life, such as desire, anger, hankerings, and feelings of attraction, cannot be annihilated. Only the objective has to be changed. Desire cannot be negated, but in devotional service the desire is changed only for the service of the Lord in place of de
sire for sense gratification. The so-called affection for family, society, country, etc., consists of different phases of sense gratification. When this desire is changed for the satisfaction of the Lord, it is called devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  we can see that Arjuna desired not to fight with his brothers and relations just to satisfy his own personal desires. But when he heard the message of the Lord, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he changed his decision and served the Lord. And for his doing so, he became a famous devotee of the Lord, for it is
 declared in all the scriptures that Arjuna attained spiritual perfection by devotional service to the Lord in friendship. The fighting was there, the friendship was there, Arjuna was there, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was there, but Arjuna became a different per
son by devotional service. Therefore, the prayers of Kunt\'e9 also indicate the same categorical changes in activities. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9 wanted to serve the Lord without diversion, and that was her prayer. This unalloyed devotion is the ultimate
 goal of life. Our attention is usually diverted to the service of something which is nongodly or not in the program of the Lord. When the program is changed into the service of the Lord, that is to say when the senses are purified in relation with the s
ervice of the Lord, it is called pure, unalloyed devotional service. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 wanted that perfection and prayed for it from the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Her affection for the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis is not out of the range of devotional service, because the service of the Lord and the service of th
e devotees are identical. Sometimes service to the devotee is more valuable than service to the Lord. But here the affection of Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 for the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis was due to family relation. This tie of affection in terms o
f material relation is the relation of }{\cs2873\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  because the relations of the body or th
e mind are due to the influence of the external energy. Relations of the soul, established in relation with the Supreme Soul, are factual relations. When Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 wanted to cut off the family relation, she meant to cut off the relation of the skin
. The skin relation is the cause of material bondage, but the relation of the soul is the cause of freedom. This relation of the soul to the soul can be established by the via medium of the relation with the Supersoul. Seeing in the darkness is not seein
g. But seeing by the light of the sun means seeing the sun and everything else which was unseen in the darkness. That is the way of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the previous verse of }{\cs2873\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  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 things is not s
ufficient. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy
\'e4}{\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  "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, for variety is the mother of enjoyme
nt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers, impersonalists, want to negate this variety, but what is the result? Because they do not engage in devotional service, they simpl
y undertake the hard labor of austerities and penances without achieving any permanent result. This is explained by a prayer in }{\cs3545\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  (10.2.32):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4ninas\line tvayy asta-bh\'e4v\'e4d avi\'e7uddha-buddhaya\'f9\line \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre
\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9\line patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O lotus-eyed Lord, those who think they are liberated in this life but do not render devotional service to You must be of impure 
intelligence. Although they accept severe austerities and penances and rise to the spiritual position, to impersonal Brahman realization, they fall down again because they neglect to worship Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The human form of life is meant for reestablishing our relationship with God and acting according to that relationship. Even in ordinary dealings, one businessman w
ho intends to do business with another must first establish some relationship with him, and then transactions can take place. Similarly, a husband and wife establish a relationship by marriage, and then they live together. In a similar way, human life is
 meant for reestablishing our relationship with God. The material world means forgetfulness of this relationship. 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 a
ction on the basis of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is no longer the material world but the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 cut 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 unemployed and has no engagement, th
en what is the value of resigning?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 they do want. People are always 
saying, "I don't want this." But what }{\cs2873\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  they want? That they do not know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What one should actually want is explained by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9. She says, "Let my family relationships cease, but let my relationship with You be confirmed." In othe
r 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananya-vi\'f1ay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananya-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  undeviating devotional service. 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. If 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 a
nd at the same time pour water on it. If we do, the fire will not act.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\cs2873\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  renounce this world (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). It is very good to preach renunciation of the world, but side by side we must have attraction for something, otherwise our renunciation will not remain. We see man
y M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\cs2873\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  who say }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan mithy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but after they take }{\cs2873\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  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\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  false, why do they return to take up politics, philanthropy, and sociology? Actually this is boun
d to happen, for we are living entities and are active. If out of frustration we try to become inactive, we shall fail in our attempt. We must engage in activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The supreme activity, the Brahman (spiritual) activity, is devotional service. Unfortunately the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s do not know this. They think that the spiritu
al 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\'97everything is there, but without the material inebrieties. As described in
 }{\cs3545\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  (5.29):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires, in abodes built with s
piritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose trees, and always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of fortune, or }{\cs2873\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the spiritual world there are }{\cs2873\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  trees, which yield whatever type of fruit we desire. In the material world a mango tree cannot supply grapes, nor can a grapevine 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 and everyone is e
ffulgent. In }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 i
n 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 that the light of His jewels helps Him find the butterpot." Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 replied, "Yes, I will take off all His orn
aments." 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 the transcendental body is effulgent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is because of the effulgence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental body that there is light. Whatever light we see is simply borrowed light from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ef
fulgence. As stated in the }{\cs3545\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  (5.40):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the millions and millions of universes there are innumerable planets, and each of them is different from the others by its cos
mic constitution. All of these planets are situated within the spiritual effulgence called the }{\cs2873\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  This }{\cs2873\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 the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom
 I worship."
\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 because of sunshine the planets are
 warm and the seasons change. Because of 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 i
t 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 }{\cs2873\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  we are unable to see within it. One of the }{\cs2873\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  in the }{\cs2873\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  therefore petitions th
e Lord to wind up His effulgence so that He can be seen properly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 personally active. The }{\cs2873
\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, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9 patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9:}{\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 (}{\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  10.2.32}{\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  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 penan
ces and austerities. Thus renunciation in itself will not help us. We may artificially renounce, but again we shall become so-called enjoyers. Such renunciation and enjoyment is like a pendulum that goes this way and that. On one side we become false ren
unciants, and on the other we become false enjoyers. The remedy, however, is here. If we really want to become detached from this material world, we must increase our attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Renunciation alone will not help us. There
fore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prays, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvayi me 'nanya-vi\'f1ay\'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 Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.42}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  She prays that her attraction be constantly drawn unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba without being diverted to anyt
hing else. This is }{\cs2873\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  pure devotional service, for as mentioned by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9, devotional service should be unalloyed (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnya\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam}{\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 material world there are }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s.}{\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 karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are fools who unnecessarily work very hard, and the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are those who, when a little elevated, think, "Why work so hard? So many things are not required. Why accumulate so muc
h money and food and so much false prestige?" The }{\cs2873\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  thinks in this way. The }
{\cs2873\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  however, is beyond the }{\cs2873\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  and the }{\cs2873\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  The }{\cs2873\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  has many desires, and the }
{\cs2873\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  tries to get rid of all desires, but desirelessness can be possible only whe
n we desire to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise it is not possible to get rid of desires. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we should have no desires for }{
\cs2873\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 }{\cs2873\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 be without attachment for material things, but we must have attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way our detachment will be fixed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness favorably (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyena}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This means thinking of how K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be satisf
ied. We must always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just like the }{\cs2873\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness of the }{\cs2873\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  was perfect because they had no desire other than to try to pl
ease K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is perfection. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommends, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ramy\'e4 k\'e4cid up\'e4san\'e4 vraja-vadh\'fc-varge\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  kalpit\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there
 is no better process by which to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead than that method adopted by the }{\cs2873\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 The }{\cs2873\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  had no desire other than to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the }{\cs2873\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  tried to
 satisfy Him, including the elder }{\cs2873\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  Ya\'e7od\'e4 and her friends, and so also did 
the elderly }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gopas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his friends. The boys and girls of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana who were of the same age as K\'e5\'f1\'eba also tried to satisfy Him. Everyone tried to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97even the cows, the flowers, the fruits, and the water of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This is because everything in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is spiritua
l; nothing is material.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should understand the difference between spiritual and material. That which is material has no living symptoms, and that which is spiritual has all living sympto
ms. 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 a living entity, and the devotees in the spiritual world are also living entities, but in th
e human beings who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious the real symptoms of life are absent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 shall 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. There are so many engagements ca
rried 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 elsewhere, but we are actually l
iving in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 developed consciousness and the bu
g 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 remain in the material world or the spiritual w
orld, but if our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is strong, we are not in the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus renunciation by itself, the simple giving up of worldly things, is not sufficient. Renunciation may be a helpful process, but it will 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\'97her husband and her paramour\'97she 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 atta
ched to her paramour, and she will think, "When shall 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 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti\'f9 pare\'e7\'e4nubhavo viraktir anyatra ca,}{\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 11.2.42).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 increase 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 sincerely, then, by His mercy, we
 shall make advancement. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau svayam eva sphurat ada\'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\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 ]}{
\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  God will reveal Himself to us. We cannot see God with our blunt eyes. How then can we see 
Him? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena, santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti}{\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}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  5.38). We have to smear our eyes 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 suddenly disappeared, and his m
editation broke. Upon opening his eyes, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja immediately saw Vi\'f1\'ebu before him. Like Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, we should always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when we attain perfection we shall see K\'e5\'f1\'eba before us. This is the p
rocess. 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 immediately. 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, we cannot expect that just because we engage ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we can 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 shall be able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face. We should not be disappointed. We should simply 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\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  it is stated that even if one is sometimes found to be somewhat misbehaved, he is to be considered saintly if he engages steadily in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sometimes American or European devotees may be criticized bec
ause they make mistakes and fall short of the system for worshiping the Deity as practiced in India, but still, according to }{\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  they must be considered saintly. We must fix our minds upon serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba sincerely and seriously, and then, even if there is some mistake, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will excuse it. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4t ken\'e4py up\'e4yena mana\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebe }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nive\'e7ayet}{
\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 we should first fix our minds upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then the ability to follow the othe
r rules and regulations will automatically follow. In the beginning we should try our best to fix our minds upon the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then everything else will automatically become correct.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Madhupati. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has thousands of names, and the name Madhupati 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 w
ill flow incessantly toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananya-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  una
lloyed devotion. Thus Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prays that her attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba will flow without hindrance.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK 26: Enchantment by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Glories
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub 26. Enchantment by K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's Glories
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sakha v\'e5\'f1\'eby-\'e5\'f1abh\'e4vani-dhrug-\line r\'e4janya-va\'e0\'e7a-dahan\'e4nap
avarga-v\'e9rya\line govinda go-dvija-sur\'e4rti-har\'e4vat\'e4ra\line yoge\'e7var\'e4khila-guro bhagavan namas te
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1775 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li360\ri360\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O friend of Arjuna, O chief among the descendants of V\'e5\'f1\'ebi, You are the destroyer of th
ose political parties which are disturbing elements on this earth. Your prowess never deteriorates. You are the proprietor of the transcendental abode, and You descend to relieve the distresses of the cows, the br\'e4hma\'ebas, and the devotees, You poss
ess all mystic powers, and You are the preceptor of the entire universe. You are the almighty God, and I offer You my respectful obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1810 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb29\sa360\li1080\ri1800\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 1.8.43
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A summary of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is made herein by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9dev\'e9. The almighty Lord has His eternal, transcendental abode
, where He is engaged in keeping }{\cs2873\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  cows. He is served by hundreds and thousands of g
oddesses of fortune. He descends on the material world to reclaim His devotees and to annihilate the disturbing elements in groups of political parties and kings who are supposed to be in charge of administration work. He creates, maintains, and annihila
tes by His unlimited energies, and still He is always full with prowess and does not deteriorate in potency. The cows, the }{\cs2873\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 the devotees of the Lord are all objects of His special attention because they are very important factors for the general welfare of living beings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9 addresses Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sakha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because she knows that although Arjuna, who is also known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is her son and therefore subordinate to her, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more intimately related with Arjuna than 
with her. K\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4 is also a name of Draupad\'e9, and so the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sakha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  also indicates Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's relationship with Draupad\'e9, whom He saved from being insulted when Duryodhana and Kar\'eba attempted to strip her naked. Kunt\'e9 also addresses Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-\'e5\'f1abha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the child of the dynasty of V\'e5\'f1\'ebi. It was because K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the 
V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty that this dynasty became famous, just as Malaysia and the Malaya Hills became famous because of the sandalwood that grows there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 also addresses Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the destroyer of the political parties or royal dynasties that disturb the earth. In every monarchy, the king 
is honored very gorgeously. Why? Since he is a human being and the other citizens are also human beings, why is the king so honored? The answer is that the king, like the spiritual master, is meant to be the representative of God. In the Vedic literature
 it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vij\'e4n\'e9y\'e4n n\'e4vamanyeta karhicit}{\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\cb1\nosupersub 11.17.27): the
 spiritual master should not be regarded as an ordinary human being. Similarly, a king or president is also not treated like an ordinary human being.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Sanskrit language the king is also called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naradeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "God in human form." His duty is like that of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As God is the supreme living being in the universe and is the maintainer of all other living beings, the king is the sup
reme citizen in the state and is responsible for the welfare of all others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as we are all living beings, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is also a living being. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not impersonal. Because we are all individual persons but our knowl
edge and opulence are limited, the impersonalists cannot adjust to the idea that the Supreme, the original, unlimited cause of everything, can also be a person. Because we are limited and God is unlimited, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, or impersonalists, wi
th their poor fund of knowledge, think that God must be impersonal. Making a material comparison, they say that just as the sky, which we think of as unlimited, is impersonal, if God is unlimited He must also be impersonal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But that is not the Vedic instruction. The }{\cs2873\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  instruct that God is a person. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person, and we are also persons, but the difference is that He is to be worshiped whereas we are to be worshipers. The king or president is a person, and
 the citizens are also persons, but the difference is that the president or king is an exalted person who should be offered all respect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, why should so many persons worship one person? Because that one person provides for the others. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God is one, and we are m
any, but He is worshiped because He provides for everyone. It is God who provides food and all the other necessities of life. We need water, and God has nicely arranged for oceans of water, with salt mixed in to preserve it all nicely. Then, because we n
eed drinking water, by God's arrangement the sunshine evaporates the water from the ocean, takes it high in the sky, and then distributes clear, distilled water. Just see how God is providing everything that everyone needs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even in ordinary life the state has a heating department, lighting department, plumbing department, and so on. Why? Because these are amenities we require. But thes
e arrangements are subordinate; the first arrangement is that of God. It is God who originally supplies heat, light, and water. It is God who supplies the rainwater that fills our wells and reservoirs. Therefore the original supplier is God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is an intelligent person who knows that we need heat, light, water, and so on. Without water we cannot produce food. Even those who eat animals cannot do so wit
hout God's arrangement, for the animal also must be provided with grass before one can take it to the slaughterhouse. Thus it is God who is supplying food, but still we are creating rebellion against Him. The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhruk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "rebellious." Those rascals who are going against the law of God are rebellious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The king's duty is to act as the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. Otherwise what right does he have to take so much honor from the citizens? Monarchy was f
ormerly present in every country, but because the kings rebelled against God and violated His laws, because they tried to usurp the power of God and did not act as His representatives, the monarchies of the world have nearly all disappeared. The kings th
ought that their kingdoms were their personal property. "I have so much property, such a big kingdom," they thought. "I am God. I am the lord of all I survey." But that is not actually the fact. That fact is that everything belongs to God (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Therefore the representative of God must be very obedient to God,
 and then his position will be legitimate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Greedy, self-interested kings are like false spiritual masters who proclaim that they themselves are God. Because such false masters are rebellious, they have no po
sition. A spiritual master is supposed to act not as God but as the most confidential servant of God by spreading God consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair ukta\'f9: }{\cs3755\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  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  all the }{\cs2873\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  the Vedic literatures, state that the spi
ritual master is to be honored as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus the idea that the spiritual master is as good as God is not bogus. It is stated in the }{\cs2873\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 therefore those who are advanced in spiritual life accept this spiritual injunction (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Then is the spiritual master as good as God? }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva tasya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the spiritual master is not God, but is the confidential representative of God. The distinction is that between }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevya-bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (he who is worshiped) and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevaka-bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (he who is the worshiper). The spiritual master is God, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the worshipable God whe
reas the spiritual master is the worshiper God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand this. They think, "Because the spiritual master has to be accepted as God and because I have become a spiritual master, 
I have become God." This is rebellious. Those who are given a position by God but who want to usurp His power, which they actually cannot do, are rebellious fools and rascals who require punishment. Therefore Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a vani-dhrug-r\'e4janya-va\'e0\'e7a-dahana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "You descend to kill all these rascals who rebelliously claim Yo
ur position." When various kings or landholders are subordinate to an emperor, they sometimes rebel and refuse to pay taxes. Similarly, there are rebellious persons who deny the supremacy of God and declare themselves God, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's business i
s to kill them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anapavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's prowess is without deterioration. This word is the opposite of the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which refers to the path of material tribulation. According to Sanskrit linguistics, the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa-varga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also refers to the Sanskrit letters }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa, pha, ba, bha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus when the word }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used to refer to the path of material tribulation, its meaning is understood through words beginning with
 these five letters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The letter }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pari\'e7rama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "labor." In this material world, one mus
t work very hard to maintain oneself. In }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3.8) it is said, }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra-y\'e4tr\'e4pi ca te na prasiddhyed akarma\'eba\'f9: "one}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot even maintain one's ow
n body without work." K\'e5\'f1\'eba never advised Arjuna, "I am your friend, and I shall do everything. You just sit down and smoke }{\cs2873\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 " K\'e5\'f1\'eba was doing everything, but still He told Arjuna, "You must fight." Nor did Arjuna say to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "You are my great friend. Better for You to fight and let me sit down and smo
ke }{\cs2873\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 " No, that is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A God conscious person does
 not say, "God, You please do everything for me and let me smoke }{\cs2873\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 " Rather, a G
od conscious person must work for God. But even if one does not work for the sake of God, one must work, for without work one cannot even maintain one's body. This material world, therefore, is meant for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pari\'e7rama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hard labor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even a lion, although king of the beasts, must still look for its own prey in the jungle. It is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na hi suptasya si\'e0hasya pravi\'e7anti mukhe m\'e5g\'e4\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 36
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub udyamena hi sidhyanti k\'e4ry\'e4\'ebi na manorathai\'f9 | \line nahi suptasya si\'e0hasya \line pravi\'e7anti mukhe m\'e5g\'e4
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not;}{\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 even;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  suptasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sleep;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  si\'e0ha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a lion;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  pravi\'e7anti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enter;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  mukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mouth;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  m\'e5g\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub animal (deer).
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (Everyone must work). Even a lion cannot sleep, expecting a deer to enter his mouth.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\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  .. [literal]
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Action and not the will alone, makes the wishes come true\line The deer would not walk into the mouth of a lion asleep.}}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hitopade\'e7a}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A lion cannot think, "Since I am king of the forest, let me sleep, and all the animals will come into my mouth." That is not possible. "No, sir. Although you are a lion, you
 must go search for your food." Thus even the lion, although so powerful, must endeavor with great difficulty to find another animal to eat, and similarly everyone in this material world must work with great difficulty to continue his life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  indicates }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pari\'e7rama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  labor, and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is for }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phena,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "foam." While working very hard a horse foams at the mouth, and similarly human beings must also work hard in this way. Such hard labor, however, is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyartha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  futile, and this is what is indicated by the letter }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fear. Despite working so hard, one is always somewha
t fearful that things will not be done as he desires. The nature of the body is that it involves eating, sleeping, mating, and fearing (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4h\'e4ra-nidr\'e4}{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -bhaya-maithuna\'e0 ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Although one may eat very nicely, one must consider whether one is overeating
, so that he will not fall sick. Thus even eating involves fear. A bird, while eating, looks this way and that way, fearful that some enemy may be coming. And for all living entities, everything finally ends in death, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5tyu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and this is what is indicated by the letter }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ma.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and its component letters }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa, pha, ba, bha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicate hard labor (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pari\'e7ra
ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), foam at the mouth (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), frustration (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vyartha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), fear (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and death (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5tyu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is called }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  the path of material tribulation. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  however, indicates just the oppos
ite\'97the spiritual world, where there is no labor, no foam, no frustration, no fear, and no death. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anapavarga-v\'e9rya,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for He shows the path to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why should one suffer from these five kinds of tribulation? Because one has a material body. As soon as one accepts a material body\'97whether it is that of a presi
dent or a common man, a demigod or a human being, an insect or a Brahm\'e4\'97one must go through these tribulations. This is called material existence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes, therefore, to show one the path to }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  freedom from these tribulations, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba shows this path, we should accept it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says v
ery clearly, "Surrender unto Me. I shall give you }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apavarga.}{\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 Aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I shall give you protection." And K\'e5\'f1\'eba has the po
wer with which to fulfill this guarantee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Govinda because He is the giver of pleasure both to the cows and to the senses. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the }{\cs2873\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  the original person. }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aham \'e4dir hi dev\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Bg. 10.2): He is the origin even of demigods like Brahm\'e4, 
Vi\'f1\'ebu, and \'c7iva. People should not think that Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu, and \'c7iva are the origin of everything. No. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aham \'e4dir hi dev\'e4
n\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the origin even of these demigods." Therefore we repeatedly emphasize that we worship no one but the original person (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi}{\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 When Kunt\'e9 prays, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go-dvija-sur\'e4rti-har\'e4vat\'e4ra }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.8.43}{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  she indicates
 that Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, descends to this world especially to protect the cows, the }{\cs2873\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 the devotees. The demoniac in this world are the greatest enemies of the cows, for they maintain hundreds and thousands of slaughterhouses. Although the innocent cows give milk, the most important food, and although even after death 
the cows give their skin for shoes, people are such rascals that they kill the cows, but still they want to be happy in this world. How sinful they are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why is cow protection so much advocated? Because the cow is the most important animal. There is no injunction that one should not eat the flesh of tigers or other s
uch animals. In the Vedic culture those who are meat-eaters are recommended to eat the flesh of goats, dogs, hogs, or other lower animals, but never the flesh of cows, the most important animals. While living, the cows give important service by giving mi
lk, and even after death they give service by making available their skin, hooves, and horns, which may be used in many ways. Nonetheless, the present human society is so ungrateful that they needlessly kill these innocent cows. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
comes to punish them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped with this prayer:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo brahma\'ebya-dev\'e4ya\line go-br\'e4hma\'eba-hit\'e4ya ca\line jagad-dhit\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\line govind\'e4ya namo
 nama\'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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  1.19.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the }{\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  and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world." For perfect human society there must be protection of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go-dvija\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cows and the }{\cs2873\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  The word }{\cs2873\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  refer
s to the }{\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  or one who knows Brahman (God). When the demoniac give too much trouble t
o the }{\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  and the cows, K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to reestablish religious principles. A
s the Lord says in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.7):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97
at that time I descend Myself." In the present age, Kali-yuga, people are very much sinful and are consequently suffering greatly. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba has incarnated in the form of His name, as found in the }{\cs2873\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\'e4m
a R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Queen Kunt\'e9 prayed to the Lord just to enunciate a fragment of His glories. The Lord, upon hearing her prayers, which were composed in choice words for His glori
fication, responded by smiling, and His smile was as enchanting as His mystic power. The conditioned souls, who are engaged in trying to lord it over the material world, are also enchanted by the Lord's mystic powers, but His devotees are enchanted in a 
different way by the glories of the Lord. Thus all the devotees worship the Lord by chosen words. No amount of chosen words are sufficient to enumerate the Lord's glory, yet He is satisfied by such prayers, just as a father is satisfied even by the broke
n linguistic attempts of a growing child. Thus the Lord smiled and accepted the prayers of Queen Kunt\'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 The Author
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glossary
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 TQK Back flap
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Back flap
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (continued from front flap)\line This new Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publication, complete with eleven color prints of exquisite, original oil paintings, will be a pr
ized addition to the libraries of all those who seek a deeper understanding of life's mysteries. Written by a man of profound devotion and erudition, it will provide every reader with firm guidance along the universal path of genuine wisdom and spiritual
 enlightenment.
\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 philosophical and religious works published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust provide a golden opportunity to Western phil
osophers, scholars, and people in general to drink deep at the celestial fountain of ancient Indian philosophical and spiritual wisdom."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. L. S. Varshneya \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chairman, Department o
f Hindi \line Dean, Faculty of Arts \line Allahabad University \line Allahabad, India
\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 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust editions of famous religious classics of India with new translations and commentaries are an im
portant addition to our expanding knowledge of spiritual India."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. John L. Mish \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chief, Oriental Division 
\line New York Public Library
\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 books of Srila Prabhup\'e4da are to be treasured. No one of whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads these b
ooks with an open mind can fail to be both moved and impressed."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Garry Gelade \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor of Psychology 
\line Oxford University
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JACKET DESIGNED BY INDRA PRAMADA D\'c4SA         ILLUSTRATION BY JAGAT-K\'c4RANA D\'c4S\'c9
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub QUEEN KUNT\'c9, a tragic and heroic figure, emerges from an explosive era in the history of ancient India. She was a central figure in a complex political drama that
 led to a bloody fratricidal war for the Indian throne. Yet through all her sufferings she found an inner wisdom and strength that carried her people through the time of crisis.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Queen Kunt\'e9's teachings are the simple and illuminating outpourings of the soul of a great and saintly woman, revealing the
 deepest transcendental emotions of the heart and the deepest philosophical and theological penetrations of the intellect
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here the world's most distinguished teacher of Vedic culture and philosophy, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu
p\'e4da, presents the TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNT\'c9 with startling clarity and power.
\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 {\*\bkmkstart Renunciation Through Wisdom}{\*
\bkmkend Renunciation Through Wisdom}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Renunciation Through Wisdom
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Printing 1992:50,000
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Introduction
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has become well known for its large body of Vedic literature\'97books 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 that include 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 }{\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 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 These three works by the movement's founder an
d spiritual guide, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, are voluminous commented English translations of Sanskrit and Bengali classics. Remarkably, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote these and many other, smaller works in the span of twe
lve years, from 1966 to 1977, while traveling widely and overseeing the growth of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What many people may not know, however, is that during the years before he came to the West \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote extensively on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess in his native language, Bengali. In 1976, soon after I joined the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, I discovered some of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's early Bengali writings. They were serialized essays that had appeared in a monthly magazine he edited cal
led }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'f2\'e9ya Patrika.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of these lengthy essays, entitled "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4ner kath\'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 ("}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge of the Supreme}{\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 ran in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'f2\'e9ya Patrika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in 19
48 and 1949, soon after India won its independence. I decided that it would make a wonderful booklet for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's growing number of followers in his native Bengal. When I presented \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that newly printed booklet i
n early 1977 in Calcutta, he was extremely pleased. He looked at me with his face shining brilliantly, and with a broad smile he said, "Thank you, thank you very much. Please keep printing my books."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was so encouraged that I soon collected as many of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhupada's Bengali writings from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'f2\'e9ya Patrika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as I could and printed them as booklets under the titles "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhakti Katha}{\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 Science of Devotion}{\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 J\'ef\'e4na Katha}{\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 Topics of Spiritual Science}{\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 Muni-g\'e4nera Mati-bhrama
}{\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 Deluded Thinkers}{\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 Buddhi-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 The Highest Use of Intelligence}{\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 Finally, I compiled all the booklets into a hardbound book called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vairagya Vidy\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which has now been translated in English and titled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Renunciation through Wisdom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My close friend and Godbrother Sarvabh\'e4vana d\'e4sa did the translation, and he has done a very good job. In each of the original Bengali essays \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da's profound spiritual wisdom shines through, and Sarvabh\'e4vana Prabhu has expertly conveyed this wisdom in his translation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote these essays, he was a family man playing the part of an insignificant devotee in the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha, the K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness society founded by his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura. Yet despite the humble position \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was taking at the time, his writings mark him unmistakably as a pure devotee. An
yone with an open mind and a gracious heart will see from his writings that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was a self-realized soul all along.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da strictly followed the teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in his presentation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. Those teachings are summarized in the phrase }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vair\'e4gya-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -nija-bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which means "renunciation through the wisdom that comes from practicing devotional servic
e." This line from a famous verse by \'c7r\'e9la S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, one of Lord Caitanya's intimate disciples, has inspired the title of the present book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Renunciation Through Wisdom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is this wisdom which produces renunciation? It is one of the fruits of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When one experiences the nectar of devotional serv
ice and becomes steeped in the knowledge of the Vedic literature, one naturally becomes averse to sense gratification and attains freedom from material bondage. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke the essence of Vedic wisdom 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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4-m\'e4h
\'e4tmya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "the Glory 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 " says in this poetic 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 the cowherd boy K\'e5\'f1\'eba milked the cow of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [the philosophical essence 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 ] for the sake of the calf Arjuna, and the milk that came forth is the }{\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 . Saintly persons seriously concerned about their spiritual welfare will drink and relish that wondrous nectarean milk.
\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 Renunciation Through Wisdom, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has simplified 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 for our understanding. If we drink this nectar, very soon the brilliant sunshine of transcendental knowledge will dispel the darkness of ignorance caused by our unwanted material desires, and then love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba will dawn in our hear
ts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental knowledge is eternal; it never becomes dated or outmoded but is always relevant, in all times and places. Therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Renunciation Through Wisdom }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub though written forty or more years ago in the context of modern Indian history, can enlighten anyo
ne, in any part of the world. Actually, this wisdom is for everyone, for all time.
\par }\pard \s2085 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Caru Swami\line New York, July 1991
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RTW 1: Knowledge of the Supreme
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\ri0\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 Bhagav\'e4ner-kath\'e4\line }
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Knowledge of the Supreme
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.1: This Material Nature Is Full of Suffering
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\ri0\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub This Material Nature Is Full of
 Suffering
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editor of the daily }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amrita Bazar Patrika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , published from Allahabad, began the editorial the other day on a rather sad note:
\par }\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 nation's week began with memories of '\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360
\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  On 13 April 1919, 1516 people were killed or wounded at Jalhianwallah-Bagh, India, by the British army. This unprovoked attack on a prayer meeting caused outrage and wa
s considered the turning point in Anglo-Indian relations. Indian leaders, including Gandhi, finally realized that the British would not easily give up their dominance of the country. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Jalhianwallah-Bagh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ,' and political serfdom no longer troubles us. But our troubles are far from being at an end. In the dispensation of providence, mankind cannot have
 any rest. If one kind of trouble goes, another quickly follows. India, politically free, is faced with difficulties that are no less serious than the troubles under foreign rule.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, if one consults the accounts ledger of India's serfdom and freedom, and views the contents from a spiritual perspective, the conclusion will be as follows: The
 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, namely Satya, Tret\'e4, Dv\'e4para, and Kali, add up to 4,320,000 years. Ka
li-yuga, which lasts 432,000 years, began from the time of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it's rule, some five thousand years ago. For approximately one thousand of these five thousand years\'97i.e., since the invasion of Mohammad Ghori in A.D. 1050\'97India
 has been experiencing foreign rule. In other words, when we calculate according to scripture, India has exercised absolute sovereignty over the entire planet Earth for a period of 3,888,000 years, till Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it's rule. Hence the mea
ger thousand years of foreign subjugation are not such a lamentable thing. Neither in the past nor at present has India's political serfdom or freedom been the prime concern of India's greatest thinkers and philosophers, who well knew the actual value of
 such things. The kings of India up to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it were able to rule the entire world, and not for a mere couple of centuries but for hundreds of thousands of years. The reason for their rule was not a political one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India's wise men of yore easily realized that the threefold miseries we humans are condemned to suffer can never be mitigated by the political condition controlling
 the country\'97whether foreign rule or freedom from it. At the dawn of modern history, the Armageddon fought in India over a political question lasted only eighteen days. On that historic battlefield the problem of human suffering and its permanent solu
tion was discussed, and this discussion was compiled in the form 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus millennia 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  comprehensively discussed the same topic the editor of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amrita Bazar Patrika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  writes about in a despondent mood: "If one kind of trouble goes, another quickly follows." 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  (7.14) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "This divine energy of mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome." The Sanskrit words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  used here can be translated into modern terms as "nature's law." This natural law is so stringent that it is impossible to overcome it,
 in spite of our prolific articles in the newspapers or our big conferences tabling motions that run into volumes. Our advanced technological and scientific efforts aimed at protecting us from the clutches of nature's law are futile because they are all 
controlled by the very same nature's law, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore trying to utilize mun
dane science to overpower nature's law is like creating a Frankenstein. Efforts to extirpate human suffering through advanced technology and bring about lasting happiness have brought us to the Atomic Age. Western thinkers have become gravely concerned a
bout the extent of destruction an atomic explosion can cause. Some leaders are trying to calm the alarm with platitudes about how atomic energy is to be used solely for peaceful purposes, but this is another form of deception caused by }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or nature's law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is impossible for anyone to surmount the two-pronged attack of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 m\'e4y\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that is, her covering potency and her throwing potency. The more we try to conquer this divine energy, the more powerfully she defeats us by exciting us through the mode of
 passion and punishing us with the threefold miseries, culminating in all-devouring death. This struggle between the divine energy and the evil forces is eternal. Our inability to understand this struggle has led us to lament, "In the dispensation of pro
vidence, mankind cannot have any rest."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Despite repeatedly tasting defeat at the hands of the divine energy, the evil forces cannot understand why "mankind cannot have any rest." Yet 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 Personality of Godhead clearly explains this. At first He sternly warns the 
evil forces with these words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'eba-may\'e9 mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4:}{\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"; and then in the next line He tells them how to overcome this divine energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4\'e0 taranti }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it."
\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 BK}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  1.1]
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.2: The Cause of Suffering
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  The Cause of Suffering
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahi\'f1\'e4sura's father, Rambha, received a boon from the sun-god that his son could never be defeated. By this boon Mahi\'f1\'e4sura ga
ined sovereignty over all. The demigods sought protection from Vi\'f1\'ebu who informed them that only a female could cause his defeat. The Lord appeared in a female form (called Devi) and killed the demon in a fierce battle.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahis\'e4sura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the most powerful demon, who was the personification of the forces of evil, was in fact endowed with int
elligence, education, wealth, the ability to perform severe penances and attract large followings, and so on. His present-day followers, possessing identical qualifications, are no less enterprising and expert in exploiting the divine energy. They carry 
out elaborate scientific research, misspending huge amounts of money, time, energy, intelligence, men, and so on. But instead of bringing peace and joy, what they discover through these researches ends up producing untold misery for humanity. This is a p
erfect example of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 m\'e4y\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  throwing agency in action. All these evil activities brin
g great losses to human society. As a result of this evil, the mundane scientists incur grievous sin, which destroys their real intelligence. And this loss of intelligence turns them away from God and robs them of their chance to surrender to Him. Thus 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  (7.15) the Supreme Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na m\'e4\'e0 du\'f1k\'e5tino mu\'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
\par }\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 miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and w
ho partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me."
\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  (16.7-20) the Supreme Lord has exhaustively described the nature of such atheistic demons:
\par }\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 demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor pro
per behaviour nor truth is found in them. They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust. Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who a
re lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world. The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work,
 attracted by the impermanent.
\par }\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 believe that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Th
us there is no end to their anxiety. Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification. The demoniac person thinks: "So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more accord
ing 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 a
m the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I shall rejoice." In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance. Thus perplexed by 
various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, one becomes too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and falls down into hell.
\par }\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-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes proudly perform sac
rifices in name only without following any rules or regulations. Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in his own body and in the bodies of others, and b
lasphemes against the real religion. 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. Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac
 life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These verses 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  aptly describe the demoniac nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There have always existed two types of men, the devotee and the demon. Long ago there lived a big demon named \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4va\'eba was the king of the demons who opposed the Supreme Lord R\'e4macandra. The history is related in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4mayana
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attributed to the sage Valmiki.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4va\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who disguised himself 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 , a renounced mendic
ant, and tried to steal the wife of the Supreme Lord, R\'e4macandra. She was the goddess of fortune, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9. In this way the demon brought about his own destruction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But now, in modern times, R\'e4va\'eba's dynasty has multiplied into millions. This has given rise to many different opinions, which have made the demons inimical t
oward one another. Thus they are all competing tooth and nail, trying to kidnap the goddess of fortune, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9. Each one is thinking, "I am the most cunning, and so I will enjoy S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 all by myself." But like R\'e4va\'eba, all th
ese demons, along with their entire families, are being destroyed. So many powerful leaders like Hitler have come, but enamoured by the illusion of enjoying and exploiting the Supreme Lord's energy and consort\'97S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9, the goddess of fortun
e\'97all of them have been thwarted and crushed in the past, are being thwarted and crushed in the present, and will be thwarted and crushed in the future. The root cause of the aforementioned lament\'97"In the dispensation of providence, mankind cannot 
have any rest"\'97is this demoniac mentality of exploiting and enjoying the Lord's divine energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demons do not know when or where to renounce, nor do they know when or where to accept or receive. When diagnosing a patient, one has to properly judge this acc
epting and rejecting principle. So, in order to cure the demoniac mentality in human society, which causes the R\'e4va\'eba syndrome of trying to steal S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9, it is essential that the demoniac nature be transformed. For any treatment, two im
portant factors are that the patient be in clean surroundings and that his medicine and food be administered punctually. Similarly, to transform the demoniac mentality, people have to be clean, disciplined, and truthful. This end is not served by advocat
ing the theory of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yata mat, tata path}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that "there are as many ways to salvation as there are o
pinions"\'97for in this way one confuses and deceives the populace. By bringing the clean and the unclean, the disciplined and undisciplined, the truthful and the untruthful onto the same level, one will find it impossible to cure or even treat any patie
nt.
\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 BK}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub  1.2]
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.3: The Godless Demons
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Godless Demons
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The grossly materialistic demons are so completely bereft of spiritual knowledge that although at every moment they perceive the transience of the material body, al
l their activities center on the body. They are unable to understand that the soul within the body is the permanent and essential substance and that the body is mutable and temporary. Becoming first enamoured of then deluded by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vivartav\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the theory of evolution), they conclude that the entire cosmic body also lacks a Soul. Since the fallac
ious theory they apply to their own physical existence leads them to reject any research into the existence of a soul residing within the body, they fail to perceive the presence of the Supersoul within the gigantic body of the cosmic manifestation. They
 falsely conclude that the body is everything, that there is nothing beyond it; similarly, they think that the material creation, which is the universal body, is factually governed only by the laws of nature. Any discussion on this subject is invariably 
put to premature death by their insistence that nature is the be\'97all and end\'97all. The more intelligent among them carry this discussion a little further and postulate that impersonalism is the quintessence of everything. But far beyond this realm o
f manifest and unmanifest material nature is the transcendental and eternal state. The atheists, however, are characteristically unable to believe in its existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, with their perverted minds bereft of far-sightedness, demoniac men perform activities that bring only misery to the people. And as a result of many suc
h unwanted activities, the atom bomb was discovered. The endless plans these demoniac men chalk out can never bode well for humanity. In the past, R\'e4va\'eba attempted to build a stairway to heaven, claiming this was for humanity's benefit. Actually, h
e was trying to cheat the Supreme Lord, R\'e4macandra. But he was unsuccessful. History repeats itself, for now we find that R\'e4va\'eba's descendants are attempting to cheat the Lord in the name of planning to benefit society. The thing to take note of
 is that no demon will compliment other demons' plans. Every demon will declare that since his plan is the most wonderful, all others must vote for him. Then an opponent will say that in actuality }{\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  plan is the best and hence he should rightfully be given all the votes. In this age of votes, the fighting over who is to actually get the votes h
as untimely broken all the stairways to heaven. If one calmly considers the facts, one will easily conclude that all these plans manufactured by the perverted brains of the demons, with their myopic vision, can never bring peace in the world. Of course, 
in one matter all the demons readily agree, and that is to surreptitiously enjoy Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune and eternal consort of the Supreme Lord, without the knowledge of the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every demon is vainly proud, thinking no one is more intelligent and esteemed than himself. Therefore the overpowering desires that urge him on to perform various a
ctivities are, according to him, ultimately beneficial for human society. In the end, of course, it is inevitably revealed that all his aspirations were illusory and unrealistic. Yet despite this revelation, the demons continue to influence the populace 
through manipulations and lies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are no limits to the imagination of these unclean and deluded demons. They pose as self-styled leaders and endlessly worry about the welfare of society. They 
worry, for example, about where to lodge the people who come to purchase in the marketplace. What they actually think about is how to make foolproof arrangements to secure their own long-lasting enjoyment, along with their children's, their grandchildren
's, and their great-grandchildren's enjoyment, up to the final dissolution of the world. But when they experience suffering instead of pleasure, the demons revert to violence against their fellow men to accumulate wealth. Their material desires are insat
iable, and so even billions of dollars cannot appease them. Whoever is expert in illegally amassing huge fortunes becomes the top dog. The demons are full of hate, greed, anger, lust, etc., and they are tireless in their efforts to illicitly amass great 
wealth merely to gratify their sensual urges. On the other hand, their competitors are no less expert in cheating them of their black wealth. How can such ruthless competition aimed at stealing one another's illegally-earned money bring about peace and p
rosperity? Hence the demons can never help the person who laments, "In the dispensation of providence, man cannot have any rest."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon is always ruminating on how to increase their bank balance: "Today the stocks have gone up, and so also have my profits. Tomorrow, if these other commodit
ies become dearer, my bank balance will further increase. And so my future looks bright and prosperous." The demon continues to think, but now on a slightly different subject: "One of my enemies has already been destroyed, and another one is soon to meet
 his end. This puts me in a more secure position. So now that I have become adept at eliminating my enemies, I am God Almighty. Why must one look in search of God? Hundreds of 'Gods' are floating right before your eyes." Such thoughts and actions make th
e demons more and more atheistic, and thus they refuse to hear the transcendental message of God. They proudly declare, "Who is God? Why, I am God! When I can illegally manipulate funds and become so wealthy that I can enjoy everything in this world, the
n I am indeed Almighty God. I am strong and happy and accomplished. Those who are weaklings, without money and means, must respect me as God. What is the use of crying after any other God?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demons are under the impression that no one is more wealthy and popular than themselves. They think that their wealth will somehow be protected by some spirit, 
and in this way they are deluded. Their final destination is hell.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The few religious deeds that the demons perform are merely a show; they are meant only to flatter their false ego and bring them more recognition and respect. They 
perform them only for their own sense enjoyment and are invariably acts of violence. The demons engage in these rituals without following the scriptural injunctions, merely to appease their vainglory.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Strutting with false pride, strength, anger, lust, and so on, the demons become totally absorbed in bodily consciousness, thinking "This is my body. I am Indian, Be
ngali, and so on. He is a Muslim; he is a Hindu; he is a German." In this way they perpetrate acts of violence on others. The Supreme Lord repeatedly puts these most abominable, wretched sinners into the most distressful conditions, constantly punishing 
them with His stringent laws of nature, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Thus taking repeated births as de
mons, these reprobates can never appreciate the transcendental pastimes, names, beauty, and so on, of the Supreme Lord. Gradually cultivating the impersonal knowledge of the Absolute, they are destined to suffer the worst possible life.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.4: The Cause of the Demoniac Mentality
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Cause of the Demoniac Mentality
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are numerous causes of the demoniac mentality, but in this essay we shall broadly delve into only three: lust, anger, and greed. 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  (16.21) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes these three characteristics as destroyers of the self\'97port
als leading to hell.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the sole proprietor and enjoyer of everything. When the living entities forget this fact, they develop an intense desire to en
joy this phenomenal world. But they cannot be fully satisfied by such endeavors, and thus anger develops. Anger causes frustration, as in the story of the unsuccessful fox and the "sour grapes." The living entity is then forced to pretend to be a renounc
er. But at the bottom of such renunciation burns the great flame of greed and the desire for enjoyment. This is only another stage of material desire. Therefore, unless one transcends this stage of acceptance and rejection of physical pleasures and becom
es situated on the platform of the eternal self, one cannot understand the sublime message of the Lord. And without this understanding, one will continue to cultivate the demoniac mentality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The only method by which one can elevate himself form the depths of demoniac depravity to the path of self-realization is to learn the injunctions of the scriptures
 and act accordingly. Chaotic and undisciplined activities contrary to scriptural instructions are actions performed out of lust. It is not possible to eradicate anger and greed through such acts of lust; nor is it possible to experience true happiness a
nd divine elevation. Therefore if we wish to find the path to spiritual upliftment and eternal peace\'97the need for which is expressed in the lament "In the dispensation of providence, mankind cannot have any rest"\'97revealed scriptures are our only gu
ide. Simply by executing the injunctions of the scriptures, we can become free from acts of lust and chaotic living.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present we are living in the thick of \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali-yuga\'97the pr
esent historical age (fourth and last in a prepetually repeating cycle of four progressively degenerate ages)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali-yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The people of this age are mostly short-lived, misguided, unfortunate and always tormented by disease and distress. Therefore it is not easy for them to appreciate the words of the scriptures. The followers of the world's vario
us religions\'97Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, and so on\'97are transgressing the scriptural injunctions of their own faiths to varying degrees and living as they like. Many people, far from following scriptural injunctions, ridicule the sacred 
texts and thus gradually slide down to a demoniac life of unrestricted sense enjoyment. The Supreme Lord and His devotees are very much concerned about the deliverance of these conditioned souls afflicted by the ill influence of Kali-yuga. The devotees, 
or Vai\'f1\'ebavas, are the most compassionate, saintly souls, and thus they ardently desire to deliver the fallen living entities. The Supreme Lord always responds to the desires of these Vai\'f1\'ebavas, and so He answers their prayers for the salvatio
n of these suffering souls of Kali-yuga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing the miserable condition of the living entities in the Kali-yuga, Lord Caitanya, the savior of the fallen souls, has expounded a method for their salvation. T
his method is taken from the scriptures and is applicable to everyone. In previous ages, one could study 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 purify oneself by living according to those instructions. But it is impossible for the present population to properly execute scriptural injunctions, which includes strictly following vows of celibacy. One who is extremely degrad
ed and sinful cannot find the accurate path to realization by studying 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 a waste o
f time even to explain the meaning 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  to such persons, who are devoid of proper up-brin
ging and discipline. Lord Caitanya has indeed showered His mercy upon these Kali-yuga people. So there is no doubt that those who are unable even to receive this mercy from Lord Caitanya are forever bereft of saving grace. As for those fortunate souls wh
o, after realizing the greatness of Lord Caitanya's mercy, have accepted it\'97they have escaped the punishments 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 "the dispensation of providence." But for those who have agreed to come under the influence of the cycle of karmic reactions and are being pummeled about 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 , the Supreme Lord has arranged the process of }{\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 , or fruitive activities with the aim of sacrifice to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The learned sages say that the living entities go through 8,400,000 species of life. There are 900,000 aquatic species; 2,000,000 plants, mountains, and other nonmo
ving species; 1,100,000 insect and worm species; 1,000,000 bird species; 3,000,000 animal species; and 400,000 human species. After passing through all these species, the soul is finally born as a human being in Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a, India. He achieves th
is birth by gradually awakening his consciousness. Many millions of years flash by as the soul goes through each of the above-mentioned species of life. So, even after all this, if the soul, despite being born as a human being in India, continues to be s
ubjugated 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  and goes round in the whirlpool of "the dispensation of providence," then
 there is no limit to his misfortune. \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4j has therefore written,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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' kara para-upak\'e4ra\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 \'c4di}{\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 \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 has take his birth as a human being in the land of India (Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a) should make his life s
uccessful and work for the benefit of all other people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human beings can perfect their lives by following in the footsteps of those great sages of India who have all along shown the proper path. The reason for this is si
mple: Nowhere else can we find an example of the manner in which the sages of India have endeavored to find absolute cessation of }{\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  attack and to become an eternal dust particle of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet. In other countries, especially in the Occident, tremendous progress has been a made in the various fields of material scienc
e\'97but it is all based on the material mind and body, which are creations 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 , the il
lusory potency. It is for this reason that the Westerners lament, "In the dispensation of providence, man cannot have any rest." At present, the Indians have similarly taken to the path of self-destruction by aping the Western ways. The have discarded an
d desecrated their own culture and have become beggars at another's door. They are now flying their flag of independence, but this is also a dispensation 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 . Factually, they cannot gain anything from it. The Occident has never delved into the three stages in the development of the eternal relationship between the infinitesimal soul and t
he infinite Supreme Whole. These stages are, first, the initial contact with the Supreme Lord and the re-awakening of one's relationship with him; second, the execution of the means to achieve one's eternal relationship with Him; and finally, the blossom
ing of that relationship into one of love and total dependence of the soul upon the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Western people have brilliantly developed in mundane matters, they are tossed about in a sea of despair and listlessness. Similarly, the Indians, although 
trying to feel grateful for their mundane development, are experiencing the same listlessness and dissatisfaction. Strangely enough, now the Western thinkers are looking toward India to find peace and calm. We can safely harbor the firm conviction that s
oon the message of peace will reach their ears.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.5: The Formula for Peace
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Formula for Peace
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Kr\'f1\'eba, seeing the distressful condition of the living entities and forseeing their bleak future, spoke the scripture known 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 , which contains unequivocal instructions for mankind. These instructions are like the cooling showe
rs of peace on the blazing forest fire of material existence. Ordinary human activities are quite different from the activities recommended in 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; understa
nding this difference is essential for us. In our times we find many fruitive workers who claim to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but in fact are seen to enjoy the fruits of their labor. What is needed is not this false }{\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  but genuine }{\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 , which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba several times explai
ns 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 Buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "devotion to the Supreme Lord." The Lord 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  (10.10), "To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me." Elsewhere 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  (18.55) the Lord says, "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service." Therefore,
 since }{\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  is the means to attain the Supreme Lord, then }{\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  is nothing other than devotional service. The Supreme Lord is attained through loving devotional service. This fac
t is well known. Hence the Lord is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta-vatsala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "He who is especially inclined t
oward His devotees."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The course of action one chooses through executing }{\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  is the very means for mankind to attain lasting peace. Such a course of action will enable man to find rest "in the dispensation of providence." We can clearly understand the essence of }{\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  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  (Chapter 2.39-40):
\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 Thus far I have declared to you the analytical knowledge of s\'e4\'eckhya philosophy. Now listen to the knowl
edge of yoga whereby one works without fruitive result. O son of P\'e5th\'e4, when you act by such intelligence, you can free yourself from the bondage of works. In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can p
rotect one from the most dangerous type of fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The attainment of peace through the process of}{\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  is for the modern man almost impossible. But peace is easily available through the process of }{\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 , or loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord. And this peace is of the highest nature: it far exceeds the happiness experienced through any other process. Activities that are di
rectly connected to devotional service blossom and develop unhindered by anything external. The amount of devotional activity one performs always remains intact; it is a permanent spiritual gain for the performer, never to be rendered futile. Even a litt
le execution of devotional service is enough to save one from the greatest type of fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of pure devotional service is one. At the same, 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  points out how to execute }{\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  through }{\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 , or analytical study, 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 , or fruitive action. When }{\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  is executed in conjunction with fruitive activity, it is known as }{\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 . Similarly, when it is executed in conjunction with analytical study, then it is called }{\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 . And when }{\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 , or dev
otional service, transcends both }{\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  and }{\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  and becomes completely unalloyed, that devotion is called pure}{\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 loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fruitive activities one performs in this world, whether according to social norms or Vedic standards, give different results. Again, by experiencing the fruits 
of those labors, one creates new sets of activities and their concomitant results, which in turn give rise to newer sets of activities and }{\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  results. All these activities and their results cannot automatically be labeled }{\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 . We can see that the process of performing fruitive actions and experiencing their results is like a mammoth tree sprouting endless branches and twigs. Can the performer of actions who experiences the end
less fruits of that mammoth tree ever enjoy peace and benediction? No. Therefore it is said, "In the dispensation of providence, mankind cannot have any rest." Even in this lifetime, one who performs fruitive work is totally entangled in the cycle 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  as he sits on the tree of material existence. As a result, the soul must enter 8,400,000 spec
ies and suffer the threefold miseries, never finding any rest or peace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet people find it impossible to renounce fruitive activities. Even the so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sann
y\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who make a show of renouncing such activities must still perform many activities, at least to relieve their hunger. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, seei
ng the condition 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  during his time, commented, "One takes on many different 
garbs just to fill one's stomach." And trying to give up all activities is no solution. When \'c7r\'e9 Arjuna, a warrior, wanted to forsake his duty of fighting a war, the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, advised him, "Perform your prescribed duty, for acti
on is better than inaction. A man cannot even maintain his physical body without work." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  3.8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person should never give up his prescribed duty without scriptural authorization, for this will cause chaos in the world. Since it is impossible to maintain the b
ody without activities, it is impossible to totally renounce activities. On the other hand, the tree of material entanglement, which thrives on fruitive activities and their results, can never bring forth any hope for peace. It is for this reason that th
e Supreme Lord has explained how one is to perform activities:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\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 Kunt\'e9, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage. (}{\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 3.9}{\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 It is another kind of "dispensation of providence" when the fruits of actions do not bind one. To perform all activities only as a sacrifice for the satisfaction of
 Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is true freedom from the results of activities, or the real art of }{\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 . 
Through this process of }{\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  one is freed from the shackles of fruitive results and one's i
nherent eternal loving devotion for the Supreme Lord gradually manifests. This type of }{\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 
 is also referred to as desireless actions, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1karmya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or in other words activities perfor
med without expectation of any sense gratification. One who works in this way offers all the results of his actions to the Supreme Lord instead of enjoying them himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of us must try to earn whatever money is required to maintain ourselves and our family. Money buys food, and food maintains our body. Without sufficient food, t
he body becomes weak and useless, and then it cannot generate further means for its sustenance. Which is the cause and which the effect is very difficult to establish. Such is the cycle of fruitive activities. Our material existence birth after birth con
sists of going round the great cycle of fruitive activity. If, by the mercy of the Supreme Lord or His pure representative, a fortunate soul caught in the midst of this turning wheel can understand his distressful condition, he begins to perform activiti
es that will free him from this bondage.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.6: Life's Only Goal
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Life's Only Goal
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our objective is not the temporary peace and happiness available in the material world. As living entities we are eternal, and hence the desire for permanent happin
ess should be our prime motive. Yet we souls change millions of bodies, going up and down the fourteen material planetary systems, chasing after illusory peace and pleasures, expending huge amounts of blood and energy. The permanent peace and happiness w
e demonically run after eludes us constantly; we do not know where real peace and happiness are available. As Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says 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  (7.9.25),
\par }\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 material world, every living entity desires some future happiness, which is exactly like a mirage in 
the desert. Where is water in the desert, or, in other words, where is happiness in this material world?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In search of truth we become deviated and, taking shelter of the boat of the material body and mind, travel aimlessly in the ocean of material existence, with no la
nd in sight. Mercilessly tossed about, we brood, "In the dispensation of providence, man cannot have any rest." If only we knew that our ultimate destination is Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead! Then we could end our suffering. To dis
pel our ignorance about this fact, Lord Kr\'f1\'eb\'e4 has informed us that we must perform all activities as a sacrifice for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's satisfaction. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c5g Veda}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirms this: "Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the Supreme shelter of everything. All the demigods are constantly meditating on Him." Thus we see that the demigods also consider Lord Vi
\'f1\'ebu's lotus feet their supreme destination, and they become liberated simply by performing all activities for His pleasure. One who wants release from the vicious karmic cycle must have Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's lotus feet as his final objective. Otherwis
e, he will have to become demoniac.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The followers 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  way of life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or san\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are now being called Hindu
s. Their forefathers, especially those who belonged to the upper castes}{\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 the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas}{\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 vai\'e7yas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub centered their lives on Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. In every stage of life, especially in the householder stage, people worshiped Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in their hom
es, performing devotional service for His satisfaction. A few very devoted souls continue to do so even today. They collect money only for the Lord's service. The money buys grains and vegetables, which they cook with devotion and then offer to Lord Vi
\'f1\'ebu. Later the devotees honor this }{\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 , the Lord's mercy in the form of food, by ea
ting it. In all these activities Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the enjoyer, and one seeks to please Him. In the past, the times were conducive to such activities, and even now they are practiced in many places. Actually, such devotional service is applicable to ev
eryone, to all places, and to all times.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the goal of everything. Performing all works for His satisfaction is the only way to open up the path of lib
eration from the cycle of fruitive action, or }{\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 . It is recommended that all progressive and b
eneficial activities be executed for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu. Echoing the words of the scriptures, the learned sages proclaim "the attainment of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's lotus feet is the same as becoming liberated." The final step in the
 }{\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  process is to satisfy Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, at which point one's own desires are automati
cally fulfilled. While delineating this point, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if work is not performed for His satisfaction, then all activities are tainted with sin and result in sinful reactions, which created havoc in 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  (3.13), Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds 
of sins because they eat food which is first offered for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Preparing and eating food in the way just mentioned is service to the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu. Sometimes it may appear that some sin is being committed in its exe
cution, but if one takes and honors the remnants of the sacrifice, or offering to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, then one is automatically exonerated from all binding reactions and becomes liberated. Though we may live very carefully, trying to avoid sins and strictl
y follow the path of nonviolence, still our lives are controlled by the cycle of karmic reactions. Hence, unwittingly we are forced to commit many kinds of sin. We commit so many sins in business transactions, common human dealings, daily chores, and esp
ecially political and administrative activities. It is fine to vociferously support nonviolence, but in actual life one is compelled to commit acts of violence. One may succeed in avoiding many kinds of sin, but it is impossible to escape committing the 
five great sins called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efca-s\'fcn\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . While walking on the street we may crush many ants to
 death against our wishes. While cleaning house, we may squash many insects to death. While grinding food grains or lighting a fire, we destroy many tiny lives. In this way, while executing our ordinary, daily chores we are forced to commit violence and 
take many innocent lives. Willingly or unwillingly, we commit sins. Thus, when a religion fabricated by the human brain prompts one to embrace the path of nonviolence for its own sake, it inevitably gives advantage to one and difficulty to another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is impossible to be exempted from the adversities caused by mentally concocted beliefs. According to man-made laws, if one person murders another he is condemned
 to the gallows, but no action is taken against a man for killing animals. Such is not the law of providence. The law of God is such that it punishes the killers of both man and animals; both acts of murder are penalized. The atheists deny the existence 
of God because in this way they think they can commit sins unhindered. But all the revealed, authorized scriptures say that by killing innocent creatures, the householders commit many sins willingly or unwillingly while performing their normal daily acti
vities. To get release from these sins, the householders are enjoined to perform certain sacrifices. Foremost of these is to eat and honor the remnants of food offered to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. As for those selfish householders who cook food only for their ow
n sensual pleasure and not for the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, they have to suffer all the sinful reactions incurred while cooking and eating. This is the law of providence. Therefore, to get rid of these sins, the followers of the Vedic religion dedica
te their household activities to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The leaders of society are therefore advised to perform devotional service for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's satisfaction\'97both for their own benefit and for the benefit of
 those they lead. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to \'c7r\'e9 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  (3.2
1), "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." Because everyone follows their example, the leaders are required to carefully study the proces
s of devotional service to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. This is their duty. Thus for the benefit of human society, there is a great need to construct universities that will impart knowledge of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Alas! The times are such that those who are considered leaders and stalwarts of society are more viciously inimical to God than others. Therefore, what devotional s
ervice for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's satisfaction can they perform? And if they cannot perform devotional service, then how will they gain release from their innumerable sins? If the stalwarts of society are not willing to declare that Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the o
mnipresent Absolute Truth, and that He is all-pervasive due to His being both a person as well as formless, then what can the lesser men, the man on the street, understand about this esoteric subject matter? The Supreme Lord is the sole proprietor of eve
rything. We cannot take the position of the enjoyer and proprietor of this material world. Whatever the Supreme Lord mercifully gives us as His remnants, that alone should we accept. We must never desire another's property. As 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  }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 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 should 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 Only when the leaders of society center all their activities on the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu, will these activities bring good fortune and benediction to the leade
rs themselves, as well as to their followers. But if the leaders avoid performing their activities for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and instead pose as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu themselves\'97taking worship, wealth, and praise from their followers and returning the same to t
hem as remnants\'97then others might become attracted by their pretentious renunciation and thus follow their path to doom. But nothing further will be achieved. Such leaders uselessly excite their ignorant sycophants, inducing them to perform many sinfu
l activities. In this way such selfish leaders bring about their followers' doom simply to increase their own distinction, adoration, and wealth. Unfortunately, the leaders do not know that these miniscule portions of distinction, adoration, and wealth w
ill be burned to ashes with their death. But the sinful methods used to acquire these temporary material advantages will beget results, which will then very subtly mix with their subtle body, namely mind, intelligence, and false ego. And these results wi
ll later become the seeds of further sinful activities, which will entangle the soul in the cycle of karmic reactions birth after birth, forcing him go through many different species of life.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.7: How to Cure the Material Disease
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub How to Cure the Material Disease
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The general populace simply follows the dictates and decisions of the leaders, who are bereft of any spiritual realization. Therefore it is advised that the leaders
 of society should act responsibly. The easy path to prosperity opens up when these leaders intelligently put into practice the precepts of }{\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 . Without first becoming adept at curing one's own disease, why try to treat many patients? This is unreasonable. First a leader has to adopt the principles of }{\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  in his own life; then he has to diagnose the disease of the people; then the medicine is to be prescribed and the proper die
t given. Simply to offer the suffering people a sense-gratificatory cure that titillates their senses\'97this is not going to make them healthy. Rather, this will spread the disease further, and at one stage the doctor himself will be infected and finall
y die from it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Forgetfulness of the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu, is human society's real and original disease. So, if one does not treat this ailment but instead shows insincere and
 shallow concern for the patients, one might give them some momentary relief and pleasure, but ultimately such a course of action cannot cure them permanently. If the patient goes for proper medicine and diet but is instead administered bad medicine and 
diet, then he is certainly in the jaws of death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The remnants of food offered to the Supreme Lord, known as }{\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 the best diet for all patients. And to discuss and hear topics glorifying the Supreme Lord, to see the Lord's Deity form and offer worship to Him, and to completely surrender oneself
 to the Lord\'97these constitute the greatest medicine, the panacea. These activities are the only secure path to prosperity, whereas other activities will wreak disaster. The practices of devotional service to the Lord can never cause harm to society; r
ather, they can only usher in an age of opportunities and benedictions. Those who are opportunists and financial speculators should calmly consider these facts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stalwarts of society like Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi are trying in various ways to usher in an age of peace, but because such endeavors are not inspired or blessed by the
 spiritually evolved saints, they are not turning out successful, nor will they be fruitful in the future. The God of the monists, or M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, cannot eat, see, or hear. Such a concocted, formless God can never bring peace to the world. How 
can a God who has no sensory organs see the miseries of the people or hear their heartfelt prayers? To worship such a formless God in the name of searching for spiritual truth can only produce misfortune in the world, never good fortune. In the M\'e4y
\'e4v\'e4da school of philosophy, discussions on pure knowledge can throw some light on the real nature of the Absolute Truth, but they are unable to fully reveal the esoteric and personal aspects of the Supreme Absolute Being. These dry, empirical discu
ssions fall far short of their objective: a complete understanding of the Absolute Truth. Therefore only if leaders like Mahatma Gandhi strive to realize the Supreme Absolute Person\'97not a formless energy\'97can they truly benefit human society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conditioned human beings are expert at dealing with this material body and mind. These gross materialists, who cannot see beyond materialistic activities, find it i
mpossible to believe that besides our material universe, a spiritual universe exists. Completely identifying with the body, such materialists are like animals, simply eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. They are so captivated by these four animalist
ic propensities that they lose the power to discriminate between sinful and pious activities. They tirelessly endeavor for a little sense gratification, but all their efforts end in futility. Many modern scientists have taken up the role of priests facil
itating such gross activities, which are unbeneficial and fatal. These scientists have made available a variety of products meant simply to titillate the senses, thus creating a deadly competitive mood among the materialists, which has in turn caused an 
obnoxious atmosphere in society. People think they become free and independent through such sensual activities, but factually they become more tightly bound up in chains. The greater their accumulated wealth, the greater their anxiety and depravity. As m
uch as they try to usurp the Supreme Lord's position of being the only enjoyer, that much and more are they drawn into the jaws of a horrible death. And these activities make a Herculean task out of such a simple and basic activity as sustaining the body
, which needs a little nourishment only.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A grade higher than this mean class of gross materialists are those who believe in the transmigration of the soul. These are the fruitive workers who perform pious 
activities such as giving in charity, but their only motive is to ensure that their next life is one of luxury and sense enjoyment. Neither of these grades of fruitive workers realizes that both pious as well as sinful activities cause bondage. These mat
erialists do not know that }{\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 , activity performed without fruitive desire, is the best fo
rm of activity. Therefore they often think that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are as attached to this materi
al world as the gross materialists. The sole motive of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , however, is to instruct
 the members of society for their benefit. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 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  (3.25) "As 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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like others, sages who are in knowledge of the Absolute Truth maintain their bodies, but the difference is that the goal of all their activities is to satisfy Lord 
Vi\'f1\'ebu. Although the general mass of people may wrongly think that the sages' activities are the same as their own, in fact the sages are performing }{\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 , not fruitive activity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Present times have seen the widespread expansion of modern science and technology in our world in a variety of forms, which have entangled society more and more in 
the vicious cycle 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 . Huge factories, universities, hospitals, and so on, are certain to en
tangle society further in the karmic cycle. Bygone ages never witnessed such huge, complex arrangements for gross materialistic activities. Wrong and simply bad association has tightly bound up the innocent populace in mean activities. But the learned ma
n, the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , can show society how to perform all these activities for the satisfaction o
f the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Previously, sages arranged for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's Deity to be worshiped in practically every household, thereby creating the atmosphere for people to become }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Similarly, it is now urgent that similar arrangements be made to worship and serve Lord 
Vi\'f1\'ebu in the huge factories, mercantile firms, hospitals, and so on. This can firmly establish true equality among men under a spiritual banner. Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is not poor; He is the Supreme Lord of Lords. And hence attempts to say that the
 poor people are "N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebas" is foolish. Rather, by widely organizing the worship and service of the Lord, one can greatly benefit everyone, including the poor. The Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests Himself in many forms, but the sages ha
ve chosen three of His multifarious forms to serve and worship as the Deity. They are Lak\'f1m\'e9-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, S\'e9t\'e4-R\'e4ma, and R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These three Deity couples are widely worshiped all over the Indian subcontinent. The
refore, we request the owners of large factories and business firms to establish the worship and service of any of these three Deities in their establishments. The owners can then distribute }{\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 , offered food, to everyone. This practice will repair any disagreements between worker and owner, because both will become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\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 Most factory workers and other laborers cannot maintain a good character and thus slide down to depravities. And if such derelicts increase in population, the world
 has no chance for a prosperous and fortunate future. But if the owners give their laborers and office staff }{\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 , then both the givers and the receivers will gradually become purified and more attracted to the Supreme Lord. The whole society will become elevated, civilized, and united in harmony. On the other hand, by trying to achieve onl
y their selfish interests, the owners create a situation in which any harmony or unity is not only fragile but dangerous. And when the owners fire these degraded laborers in pursuit of their crass self-interest, neither the owners themselves nor the labo
rers are benefited. Soon the workers automatically turn inimical toward their employers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When laborers and bosses perform activities that are not intended to please Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and are in fact troublesome to the Lord, they end up arguing and fighti
ng with each other, thus creating an awful situation in society. The Communists and Socialists are spending money, intelligence, and even lives propagating their "isms"; the Bolsheviks revolted, disrupting the entire land of Russia and promising to fulfi
ll the people's dream of a prosperous household life on a mass scale; the workers' unions are constantly at odds with the employers. All these complicated problems have one simple solution: everyone should perform }{\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 , or work meant to please the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The endeavors human beings have made to establish a close and harmonious relationship with one another have culminated in the United Nations. This organization is b
ased on the concept of the family unit. The gradual expansion of the family unit to a large community, to a village, to a state, to a country, and finally to a continent has given the clue for the formation of the United Nations. The thing to be noted, h
owever, is its center. What is the central attraction? If the process of expansion were reversed, we would end up with the human body as the basic unit. The senses are of prime importance in the body; more important than the senses is the mind, then inte
lligence, and finally the false ego. And more important than the false ego is the real self, a pure spiritual being that is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu. Therefore the conclusion is that the fountainhead of everything is Lord Vi\'f1
\'ebu. For this reason Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja 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 Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore acc
epted as their leader or }{\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  a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand t
hat the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. [}{\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 7.5.31}{\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 Those who lose sight of the center and become attracted to the externals are shallow and misguided. These misguided persons are in a sense blind; hence the world ca
nnot expect them to give any guidance toward enlightenment. However much these blind people may pretend to guide and benefit other blind people, factually they are fully controlled by the will of providence. We should make the effort to understand that t
he cause and source of everything is Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Absolute Truth, and that the fullest manifestation of this Absolute Truth is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source of even Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. 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  (7.7), "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the ultimate source of everything is indeed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. After considerable deliberation, th
e sages in the past concluded that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Being, the origin of all expansions and manifestations of the Supreme Absolute Truth. 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  (1.3.28) declares, "All of the abovementioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the original Personality of Godhead..." Later we will discuss more thoroughly the subject of the expansions of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, but for now let us establish that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the highest aspect of the Supreme. 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  (5.1) confirms this: "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."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus if we can transcend the material body and its physical relationships and become connected with everyone through the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Godhead, 
we can relate on a platform of truth and reality. Then the actual meaning of fraternity and equality will crystalize.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.8: The Living Entities' Real Identity
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Living Entities' Real Identity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A man's relationship with his sister's husband is based on his relationship with his sister. The brother-in-law, prior to his marriage with the sister, was a comple
te stranger to the man. And when their children become the man's nieces and nephews, his relationship with them is also based on his sister. Similar relationships grow up among races and nationalities, centering on the country of birth. Thus we have Indi
ans, Bengalis, Punjabis, Germans, and so on. We also find relationships centering on religious beliefs. Thus there are Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and so on. But however much we might endeavor to adapt to such partial personalities of the self, and howe
ver we try to increase the number of these fractional identities, we will remain infinitesimal and partial. Being part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, if we do not aspire to serve Him, then we forgo our actual identity and fall down into nescience. An ap
propriate parallel is the functioning of the body: If a limb refuses to execute its usual duty, it becomes useless to the body. Similarly, if our activities are not focused on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are rendered impotent and valueless. The eternal con
stitutional position of the self is to serve the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In fact, all our sufferings start from our refusal to act in our original capacity as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal servants. Therefore, the prime duty of all living entities 
is to become re-instated in their original, constitutional position. The first step toward that goal is to perform }{\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 . 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 stated, "The living entity i
s bound around the neck by the chain 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  because he has forgotten that he is eternally 
a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People in general are ignorant and addicted to fruitive activities. Without disturbing their minds, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can benefit them by explaining the truth about man's eternal position as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant. Thus 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  (3.26) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs,
\par }\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 not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action. They should not be en
couraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is very difficult to convince those who adhere to fruitive activities that they should render devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The reason is that most 
fruitive workers are foolish, fallen and impious. Therefore all their activities are whimsical and motivated by evil. Their intelligence and expertise are thus utilized in defiance of the Supreme Lord. They are totally in the grip of the illusory 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 , and so they imagine themselves to be the Supreme Lord Himself, or at least His bigg
est competitor, like the demon \'c7i\'f1up\'e4la. They simply try to enjoy this material world in various ways. In fact, their hopes for enjoying this world are just make\'97believe, or }{\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 this make-believe yearning leaves them hopelessly cheated. Yet they cannot give up the hope to enjoy. And when they realize that fruitive activitie
s are futile and are more or less forced to renounce them, then such renunciation becomes merely another illusory scheme for a greater enjoyment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who hanker after the fruits of their actions undertake many hardships in executing their work, their imagination wanders like an untethered bull, and all the 
while their mind dictates to them that they are the actual enjoyers. Therefore, without disrupting the minds of these foolish, perverted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the intelligent person should engage them in doing what they are expert in and using the fruits in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. Such a course of action will automatically uncover the fruitive workers' 
eternal relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So, to instruct the people for their benefit, the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is free from the reactions of fruitive activities, will lead a life seemingly like that of the fruitive workers, but actually 
he is all along performing }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Had not Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba mercifully instructed the process of }{\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  to His devotee \'c7r\'e9 Arjuna, the ignorant souls would have suffered miserably for all time. These wretched }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have the noose 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  constantly wrapped around their necks and are living from one distress to another, but because the Lord's deluding potency covers their intelligence, they cannot understand any of this. However much they might pretend t
o be the controllers, they are being continuously goaded 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 , who leaves them helpless 
and impotent. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has explained 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  (3.27), "The bewi
ldered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The foolish }{\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  cannot comprehend that because he has forgotten Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and is trying to usurp His position, the Lord's external 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 , has tied a noose around his neck with the rope of the three modes of nature and is making him suffer excruciating pains. Although all of his activities are within the grip of the three 
modes of material nature and orchestrated 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 , still the grossly foolish }{\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  believes that he is the master of his situation. Thus he busies himself with trying to make better 
arrangements for living in the world of duality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs us that the living entities are His separated parts. The duty of the part is to serve the whole. A complete body has different parts a
nd limbs, such as hands, legs, eyes, and ears. The hands and legs work the hardest, but they do not refuse to give food to the stomach, although the stomach does very little. On the other hand, if the hands and legs act contrarily and actually refuse to 
feed the stomach, then an impossible situation is created. There is no question of the hands and legs trying to enjoy in this situation, because the lack of food in the stomach will cause the hands and legs to become weak and useless. The book }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hitopade\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains this point in detail in the story "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Belly and the Senses}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the life air and the soul of the massive body of the entire cosmos. In several places 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 makes this point\'97that He is the origin and cause of everything. Especially notable are 7.7, 
"There is no truth superior to Me," and 9.24, "I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices." Therefore, how can there still be any doubt that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord and that the living beings are His eternal servitors? We have forgotte
n this simple truth, and thus instead of using our mind and senses in the Supreme Lord's service, we ourselves are posing as little Supreme Lords and utilizing our mind and senses to enjoy this material world. 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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nowadays, different societies are shooting up like mushrooms. One such society that has made its presence felt claims to have started a movement for establishing th
e ideal kingdom of Lord R\'e4macandra. But the kingdom of R\'e4ma it is propagating seems to be without Lord R\'e4ma. Lord R\'e4ma's biggest competitor was a demon named R\'e4va\'eba, and present-day descendants of R\'e4va\'eba are also busy trying to ki
ll Lord R\'e4ma. So, where is the question of wanting to usher in the golden age of Lord R\'e4ma? If one is sincere about establishing the ideal kingdom of Lord R\'e4ma, then everything in the world should be engaged in Lord R\'e4ma's service. But the at
tempt to reduce the position and prestige of Lord R\'e4ma is in fact an attempt to establish the tyrannical rule of R\'e4va\'eba, the demon king. And if such a mistake is committed, then Hanum\'e4n, the valiant and invincible servant of Lord R\'e4ma, wil
l have to come and rectify the situation by destroying the entire race of demons. In order to avoid this mistake at the outset, we must follow the path of }{\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  taught by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\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 karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are foolish and ignorant, whereas }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are wise and learned. These wis
e men know that the nature of the material modes and material activities is exactly opposite to that of the soul. For this reason the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  never engage in material activities under the modes of material nature, as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  do, but rather perform}{\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 , which is mea
nt to satisfy Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Such wise men always keep themselves aloof from close association with this phenomenal world, for they aspire to elevate the soul to its original spiritual position. They understand that the soul has come into contact with
 matter only by a freak arrangement. Therefore, although their ears, eyes, and other senses are involved in this phenomenal world, the sages refrain from material activities. 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  (3.28),
\par }\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 in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses and sens
e gratification, knowing well the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive results.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then in Chapter 3.30-31, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the means for achieving such a liberated state,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain
 and free from egoism and lethargy, fight. One who executes his duties according to My injunctions and who follows this teaching faithfully, without envy, becomes free from the bondage of fruitive actions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Identifying the self with the material body and mind, or thinking that the soul is material, or thinking that everything in relation to the body belongs to oneself
\'97such illusions keep a person ignorant and bereft of self-realization. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises us to be situated in knowledge of the self. When we become spiritually aware, we can understand that the "I," the self, is not the body or min
d; we can realize that we are products of the superior, spiritual energy of the Supreme Lord and hence fully spiritual and eternal. With realization of these transcendental truths comes knowledge of the actual nature of the material energy in its pure fo
rm. And when these spiritual realizations gradually mature, one achieves a natural distance from the dualities of material nature. At this stage of spiritual development, the false ego is destroyed, all false identification and titles are removed, and we
 are liberated from the shackles of the illusory, material energy on the strength of our spiritual association with the Transcendence. No longer does }{\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  entangle us in material activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are sufficient scriptural proofs to substantiate that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth. Even scriptures like the Bible or the Koran, declare 
that the Absolute Truth is the all-powerful, all knowing Supreme Person. Throughout the Vedic literature, that Supreme Person is declared to be Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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 , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says that He is the Absolute Truth. Thus simply by associating somehow with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can become illuminated abo
ut the divine Self. When the sun rises in the morning, everything again becomes visible in the sunlight. Similarly, when the sun of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba rises on the horizon of the transcendental spiritual sky of our realization, the darkness of illusion 
is immediately extirpated. Then only does one become purified and radiant with pristine beauty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These facts may sound exaggerated or mythical to a foolish man, but these are not fairy tales for little boys: they are the reality and the truth. Those who have ta
ken shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His devotee can appreciate and fathom this subject matter. The only ones who will not accept this truth are those who are inimical toward Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who want to be the Supreme Lord themselves because of 
a perverted mind. 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  (9.11), "Fools deride Me
 when I descend in the human form." Such men are envious of the Lord. The truth about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His transcendental position can never enter such confused and deluded brains.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 1.9: In Praise of the Supreme Lord's Devotees
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub In Praise of the Supreme Lord's Dev
otees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The pious and saintly Vai\'f1\'ebavas understand the exact meaning 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 . The simple 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  is self-illuminated like the sun. Its knowledge is not hidden under a gloomy shroud of impersonalism. There is actually no room for extracting some alternative meaning and then giving a so-called esoteric dissertation o
n it. The devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone can fully take to heart the instructions 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 , and by acting accordingly they are liberated from the awesome and eternal enslavement of the cycle 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 . Such persons are not restricted to a particular country, race, or society. The Lord's devotees belong to a class of their own\'97they form a spiritual society unhindered by geographical conditions. God is not the monopoly of an
y particular group. Therefore 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 , being universal can be followed by a
nyone and everyone. After all, it is 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  (9.32) that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has uncond
itionally declared,
\par }\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 P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth\'97women, vai\'e7yas [merch
ants], as well as \'e7\'fcdras [workers]\'97can approach the supreme destination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demons misinterpret the words of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba concerning caste and social division, and they act capriciously on that basis. But this cannot blemish Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His words. 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) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly 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 According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human so
ciety were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The four divisions of society\'97namely intellectuals, administrators, merchants, and laborers\'97should be determined not by birth but by merit, just as one become
s a doctor or a judge not by birthright but by merit alone. In this world of the three modes of material nature, social classes have always existed. Therefore a person's birth should never determine his caste or class in society. The four classes were cr
eated according to a person's qualifications.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Doctors are available in every country and society; similarly, the four classes of men are also present in every country and society. A son born to a doctor is not 
necessarily sure to grow up to be a doctor; similarly, the progeny of the four classes of society do not automatically fix their future career according to that of their parents. The scriptures describe in detail the divisions of society, with their inhe
rent characteristics. Therefore we commit a serious mistake when we regard the different classes of men as belonging to particular countries or races. The Indian culture of today is restricted by the hereditary caste system and kept in the custody of nar
row-minded people who are like frogs in a well. If instead India had spread the transcendental 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  in the generous manner befitting a noble }{\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 peace 
and tranquillity in this world would not be in such acutely short supply. By the propagation of brahminical culture, the world would have greatly prospered. Instead, the Vedic culture has been seriously maimed by the imposition of the hereditary caste sy
stem, and this has had grievously adverse effects on the world. The Supreme Lord in His incarnation as Lord Caitanya has opened many avenues to peaceful living by propagating the brahminical culture, which He calls the religion of the soul. Those who are
 fortunate can emulate His life, follow His divine teachings, and perfect their lives.
\par }\pard {\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 system of four spiritual orders and four social orders
 of life, is of two kinds: demoniac and transcendental. They have nothing in common. The divisions of society mentioned in the scriptures are present at all times and in all lands. If one with knowledge of the scriptures scrutinizes the different societi
es, he can easily discern the four classes. Persons possessing brahminical or priestly qualities in varying degrees are seen in practically every society. In modern terms they are called intellectuals. All the other classes are also present. Therefore it
 is an established fact that the four divisions of society, according to merit, are, were, and will be present everywhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who think 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  and the other three castes exist only in Indian society are sadly mistaken. The scriptures have declared that in Kali-yuga 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 , or a menial laborer, a member of the fourth class. Still, India has many persons endowed with high, brahminical characteristics, and without doubt such persons ar
e also seen in every other country. Every country has these four classes of men, determined according merit. As a matter of a fact, even those who are less than }{\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 \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or dog-eaters\'97are eligible to perform devotional service. If 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  b
ecomes an elevated devotee of the Lord, then on the basis of his merit he should be respected by all other classes. There is much scriptural evidence in this regard: The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-b
hakti-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (10.91) states, "A devotee }{\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  achieves the same spiritual success as the devotee }{\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 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  (7.9.10), Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, "A dev
otee }{\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  is many times more elevated than an ordinary ritualistic }{\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 ." Indeed, such a devotee }{\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  can be 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 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 ; this has been shown throughout history by ma
ny spiritual preceptors who were born in a low caste but who initiated persons of higher castes. So, the castes are classified according to merit and activity, but a pure devotee of the Lord is beyond all these classifications. He is transcendental to ev
erything material. How can a person who is elevated beyond all castes, a saint, be adequately worshiped if he is worshiped only 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 one who has taken shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the recipient of all good fortune in all countries and at all times. 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  mentions this in several places.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever part of this world a person belongs to, if he follows the instructions of the Supreme Lord 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 , then he attains the transcendental platform and can become even more elevated than 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 . As 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  (4.24),
\par }\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 person who is fully absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom becaus
e of his full contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse explains how one can attain spiritual knowledge by performing activities that please the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya propounded the impersonal theory, citing phrases like }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 everything is Brahman, spirit." \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's theory has caused great confusion about established sc
riptural conclusions, but this phrase clearly supports the 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 quoted above.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this point it is urgent that we discuss how one can perform devotional service for the Supreme Lord's pleasure. In this regard it is also noteworthy how saintly 
leaders like King Janaka executed }{\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 , or devotional service, by performing sacrifice. The
 aim of all sacrifices should be to please the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Contact with matter is unavoidable in our present conditioned state, because while performing activities to sustain the body and to accomplish other purposes, we 
become intimate with material nature. But if we can spiritualize these activities by performing every one of them as a service to Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth, then these activities become }{\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 , or sacrifice. When the Vedic phrase}{\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 sarva\'e0 khalv ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is interpreted in this way, it is acceptable. In other words, when one invokes the spiri
tual or transcendental or absolute in everything, then matter loses its mundaneness, and then only can one realize the perfect meaning of the phrase }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 khalv ida\'e0 bra
hma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Vai\'f1\'ebavas say that anything connected with the Lord in devotional service is transcendental. In other words, it is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord Himself, M
\'e4dhava. Just as iron in long and constant touch with fire loses the characteristics of iron and becomes fiery, so everything offered in sacrifice to the Absolute, or the Transcendence, becomes absolute, or transcendental.
\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  (14.27) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness." This verse unequivocally declares that Brahman is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily effulgence. 
Since Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of Brahman, devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba establishes the true meaning of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . A sacrifice 
is properly performed only when all the sacrificial ingredients\'97the offerings, the fire, the ghee, and so on\'97become spiritualized, or reach the stage of Brahman, by their contact with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And since the performance of sacrifice culm
inates in the manifestation of real love for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, loving devotional service to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is the very best form of sacrifice. Such a stage can be also described as total absorption in Brahman.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who act in this way become progressively detached from matter and attached to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotional service. Thus they are able to purify the mir
ror of their hearts, extinguish the forest fire of material existence, and become situated in their original, spiritual position. They exist at a level of realization far above the impersonal realization of the Absolute, for they are free from the contam
ination of vainly trying to merge with the Supreme and usurping His Absolute position. They never fall from this stage of consciousness. Fully absorbed in their own transcendental identity, they are the complete masters of their senses. They are the perf
ect persons to rule this universe, if they so desire, and they alone bring good fortune to everyone. The conditioned souls, however, are unable to benefit the world in any way. The purified, rare souls continuously perform }{\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  and are always in a liberated state. 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  (5.7) 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 One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses, is dear to everyone, and
 everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are those who live and act in a manner exactly opposite to that of the pure souls, who are constantly acting in }{\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 . Such fruitive workers have no connection with the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, they cannot cleanse their heart of mat
erial contamination. They are slaves of their sensual urges, spending their time in gratifying their senses according to their whims. Yet they shamelessly say that all their actions are prompted by the Supreme Lord. Being cheaters and atheists, they spea
k like this so that their impious acts may be acceptable, and thus they inflict untold misfortunes and calamities on the world. By contrast, the pure, self-realized souls are constantly absorbed in serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet with their body
, mind, and words. They never associate with atheistic people. These saintly persons know that although the spirit soul is infinitesimal, it is nevertheless endowed with minute free will at all times. The Supreme Lord is absolutely independent and can ex
ercise absolute free will over all; because the spirit soul is qualitatively the same as the Supreme Lord, the Lord does not annul his minute free will.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spirit soul unfortunately misuses this God-given minute free will and falls into the dark well of nescience and illusion. Once the spirit soul takes shelter 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 , the illusory material energy, he develops the material qualities of goodness, passion
, and ignorance. The spirit soul loses his original characteristics and develops a new nature, which is controlled by the three modes of material nature, and this continues until such time as he transcends them. His actions are prompted accordingly. If i
t happened in any other way, then material variegatedness would not be visible in this phenomenal world. So if a person fails to inform himself about the very subtle laws and workings of material nature, and at the same time he argues that all activities
 are sanctioned and inspired by the Supreme Lord, then he is reducing the Supreme Lord's position and making Him out to be partial and unjust. The Lord never favors one and discriminates against another. Factually, He advises everyone to give up all mate
rial activities, which are by nature unstable and temporary. Because of forgetfulness of God, a man becomes an eternal victim of ignorance, which then colours all his actions. 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  (5.14) 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 embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to
 act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore all activities except those performed as a sacrifice to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu are whimsical actions done of one's own volition. They are not performed under th
e Supreme Lord's direction or sanction. Since such activities stem from the material modes of nature, they are automatically under nature's total control. The Supreme Lord is merely an impartial and silent witness to such activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The actions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotee, are always connected with the Absolute Truth. Hence the devotee remains situated on the transcendental platform, far beyond the mundane sphere. In such a realized position, he does not see this material creation as 
separate from the Supreme Lord but as a transformation of His energy. Such perceptions are unhindered by the the material modes of nature. Indeed, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's realization of everything's inherent connection with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is equipoised and transcendental. 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  (5.18) states, "The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle br\'e4hma\'eba, a cow, an elephant, a dog and 
a dog-eater [outcaste] ."
\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  endowed with such learning is primarily in the material mode of goodness. Among the animals, the cow is also in the mode of goodness; elephants, lions, and so on, are situated primarily in the mode of passion; dogs and some humans (such as t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other outcastes) are in the mode of ignorance. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who are always meditating on the Supreme, never see these outer coverings of the soul, but rather th
e pure soul proper. This is true equal vision in relation to the Supreme. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  perc
eive that all elements and objects in this world are materials for the Supreme Lord's worship and that all living entities are eternal servitors of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One attains the purest stage of equal vision when one ceases to take into considerati
on the outer covering of the soul, the body, but rather is established in the soul's innate nature of serving the Lord. In this stage one engages all things in devotional service to the Supreme Lord by using them as ingredients for sacrifice to please Lo
rd Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\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 karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  knows that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only enjoyer and exploiter of all material objects and that He is the only Lord and master of all living entities. Forgetful of this relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entity falls into th
e clutches 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. Under 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 , he tries in vain to act the part of an enjoyer or a renouncer\'97but this is all a mere fantasy. In fact, the real
 affliction of the living entity is the pretense he is the enjoyer or renouncer. All types of good and pious activities\'97like }{\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 cultivation of knowledge, austerity, and renunciation\'97are misapplied labor if they cannot kindle in the heart the flame of loving attraction for topics relating to the Supreme Lord. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
declares 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  (5.29),
\par }\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 sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all plan
ets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Earlier in this book we discussed the need for performing work as sacrifice, and now from this verse the truth that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supreme Pers
on, the enjoyer of all sacrifices, comes out with clarity. It must be understood that the results of sacrifice performed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , as well as the austerities of the knowledge-seekers, are all meant to be enjoyed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone. The object of the }{\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  meditation, the Supersoul within the heart, is actually a partial expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We will discuss this subject matter in detail later i
n this book.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the well-wisher of the followers of all the different disciplines\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, a\'f1\'f6\'e4nga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (meditation), and }{\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 because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the well-wisher of everyone, He sends His close associates to the world to establish proper religious teachings in every millennium. Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme master of all the planets, the original Lord, and the cause of all causes. The only path to peace is the path of gradual elevation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in karma-yoga}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , leading to realization of the Absolute Truth, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are already executing their work for the satisfaction of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not required to separately perform sacrifices, austerities, or meditation
, that are not on the platform of pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Previously we explained that a pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  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 , }{\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 , and 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 . Like a }{\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 , or fruitive
 worker, he is expert in performing sacrifices and executing his duties; like a }{\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 , o
r seeker of knowledge, he is renounced and austere; and like 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 is also detached from 
the fruits of his work and has brought his senses under control. One who is completely detached from all fruitive work and has become attracted to the Supreme Lord and His loving devotional service is simultaneously ornamented with all good qualities. 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  (6.1),
\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 One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of
 life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  knows that the ultimate enjoyer of the fruits of all his activities is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he does not hanker after those fruits and is fully detached from them. He always thinks of doing everything for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such an unat
tached }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  never thinks that action in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is meant for enjoyi
ng sense pleasure or avoiding pain. The }{\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  renounces everything, including activities
 prescribed by the scriptures, in favor of cultivating knowledge of the Absolute. The }{\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  ret
ires from active service and, desiring to see the Supersoul within his heart, spends his days in meditation with half-closed eyes. But he whose work is a sacrifice for the satisfaction of the Supreme makes no endeavors for his physical requirements. Sinc
e he is engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Lord, he is not required to execute the ritualistic activities recommended in the scriptures. Such a detached }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is superior to one who is merely unattached to the fruits of his work. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is automatically accomplished in the knowledge of the Absolute that the }{\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  seeks and the eight mystic perfections that the meditating }{\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  aspires for.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  are in fact devotees of the Supreme Lord. Since they have attained perfection, they do not hanker for profit, adoration, or distinction. In their state of perfection, all knowledge and mystic powers automatically embellish them. With eve
rything desirable available to them, why should they need anything else?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following the eightfold path of Pata\'efjali, the meditative }{\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  gradually elevate themselves, mastering the different stages until they reach }{\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 the state of absorption in the Supersoul. In their desire to reach perfection, they tolerate all sorts of adversities and sufferings and remain fixed on their goal. Ultimately they attain a 
state of consciousness that cannot be compared to anything in this material world. In this state of mystic perfection, no suffering\'97not even death\'97seems formidable. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's comment about such }{\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  has been 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  (6.22),
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 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 greatest difficulty."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his purport to this verse, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says that when one detaches himself from the sensual world and becomes situated in }{\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 , complete absorption in the Absolute Truth, one perceives the pure spiritual self and is rewarded
 with intense bliss. Such 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  never deviates his concentration from the Absolute Truth, the
 object of his meditation. The eight mystic perfections}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'e4, pr\'e4pti, pr\'e4k\'e4mya}{\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\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eight mystic perfections are described by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Uddhava in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim
\'e4 mahim\'e4 m\'fcrter
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laghim\'e4 pr\'e4ptir indriyai\'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\'e4k\'e4mya\'e0 \'e7ruta-d\'e5\'f1\'f6e\'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 \'e7akti-prera\'ebam \'e9\'e7it\'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 gu\'ebe\'f1v asa\'ecgo va\'e7it\'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 yat-k\'e4mas tad avasyati
\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\'e4 me siddhaya\'f9 saumya
\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\'f1\'f6\'e4v autpattik\'e4 mat\'e4\'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 a\'ebim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the perfection of becoming smalle
r than the smallest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97becoming greater than the greatest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub laghim\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97becoming lighter than the lightest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4pti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97acquisition; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indriyai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the senses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e4myam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obtaining or performing whatever one desires; }{\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 \'97things invisible, about which one only hears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1
\'f6e\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and things visible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti-prera\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97manipulating the subpotencies of }{\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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the perfection of controlling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub gu\'ebe\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the modes of material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asa\'ecga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being unobstructed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the
 power to bring others under control; }{\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 \'97whatever; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desire (there may be); }{\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 avasyati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one can obtai
n; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et\'e4\'f9}{\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 me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97My (potencies); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddhaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97mystic perfections; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saumya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O gentle Uddhava; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6au}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eight; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub autpattik\'e4
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97natural and unexcelled; }{\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 \'97understood to be.
\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 Among the eight primary mystic perfections, the three by which one transforms one's own body are }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  becoming smaller than the smallest; }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mahim\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  becoming greater than the greatest; and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub laghim\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub  becoming lighter than the lightest. Through the perfection of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pr\'e4pti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  one acquires whatever 
one desires, and through }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e4mya-siddhi}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  one experiences any enjoyable object, either in this world o
r the next. Through }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e9\'e7it\'e4-siddhi}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  one can manipulate the subpotencies of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and through the controlling potency called }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 
va\'e7it\'e4-siddhi}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  one is unimpeded by the three modes of nature. One who has acquired }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4vas\'e4yi
t\'e4-siddhi}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  can obtain anything from anywhere, to the highest possible limit. My dear gentle Uddhava, these eight mystic perfections are considered to be naturally existing and un
excelled within this world.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.15.4-5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They are: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97becoming smaller than the smallest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97becoming greater than the greatest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laghim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97bec
oming lighter than the lightest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97acquiring whatever one desires; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e4mya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97experiencing any enjoyable object, either in this world or the next; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97manipulating the subpotencies of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub va\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97being unimpede
d by the three modes of material nature; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4vas\'e4yit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97obtaining anything from anywhere, 
to the highest possible limit.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and so on\'97which the }{\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  acquires during his discipline, are by-products of his }{\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 }{\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  the }{\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  regards all these mystic perfections as insignificant. 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 , after mastering a few of these mystic perfections, pretend to have mastered them all, and because of a restless mind they deviate from the goal of permanent }{\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 . On the other hand, for the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the devotee of the Lord, there is no such possibility: his heart and concentration remain fixed on his goal because he always works for the pleasur
e of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is always in }{\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 , the }{\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  ultimate destination. In the Lord's devotional service, the devotee experiences ever-fresh emotions, and his perfections beco
me more mature, the transcendental bliss he relishes is inexplicable and inconceivable to mundane mercenaries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not to speak of }{\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 , even in the lesser discipline of eightfold }{\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 , whatever progress the }{
\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  makes on the path toward the goal 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  does not go in vain, although he may not reach the ultimate goal in one lifetime. In his next life he will continue his progress. By contra
st, when the fruitive worker dies, whatever wealth and education he has acquired, along with the endeavor that went into acquiring them, all become null and void. As for the pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotee, his devotional activities are all beyond the level of mind and body. They are related to the soul and the Supreme Soul, and hence his ac
tivities become the wealth of his pure, eternal soul. Just as the soul is never destroyed with the disintegration of the body, so this wealth of devotional service is never devalued. Thus 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 that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  always works for the benefit and elevation of his soul, and that this endeavor and its results remain permanent spiritual assets in this life and the next. These spiritual assets are never liquidated. 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  (6.40),
\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 Son of P\'e5th\'e4, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction eithe
r in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human beings are divided into two categories: the law-abiders and the law-breakers. Those who care only about satisfying their senses and do not submit to disciplin
e and law are like animals, completely uncontrolled. Whether such an uncontrolled person is cultured or uncultured, educated or uneducated, weak or strong, his actions are always bestial. Their can never benefit anyone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The law-abiding human beings are further divided into three groups: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or fruitive workers, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or knowledge-seekers, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotees. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are divided into two sections: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sak\'e4ma-karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or fruitive workers who want to enjoy the results of their labor, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nai\'f1k\'e4ma-karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who renounce the fruits of action. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sak\'e4ma-karm\'e9s}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are greedy after insignificant, transient happiness. They make progress in their mundane activities and enjoy the heavenly planets in the life hereafter, but all that enjoymen
t is temporary. Therefore the soul's real benefit evades them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To attain true, eternal happiness, which comes only after the dissipation of material bondage, is the real benefit for the soul. Thus any path that does not lead th
e soul to strive for this supreme goal\'97eternal transcendental bliss\'97is considered useless. When eternal bliss is the goal of ritualistic activities (}{\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 ), then they are transformed into }{\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 . Through the practice of }{\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 , the heart is purified of material 
contamination and one gains knowledge of the Absolute. Thereafter one becomes situated in meditation on the Absolute, and finally one attains }{\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 , pure devotional service. In the process 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 , it is recommended that one renounce physical pleasures for a time; so a }{\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  may sometimes be called an ascetic. Yet however much penance a }{\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  may perform,
 ultimately this penance is another form of sensual enjoyment, since that is its ultimate goal. The demons also perform penance to increase their powers, but it is all simply to enjoy their senses. Once the living entity can transcend the stage of hanker
ing after sensual pleasures, he comes easily to the stage of }{\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 , which is in all respects
 good. Only such a person can benefit society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual progress the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  makes in this lifetime remains intact, and he continues in his next life from that point. 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  (6.43), Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba comments, "On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete suc
cess, O son of Kuru." In his next life the unsuccessful }{\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 born in the family of a pi
ous }{\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 wealthy merchant. When we talk of failure 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 , we refer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'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 dhy\'e4na-yog\'e9s}{\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 j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Among the followers of these paths, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is closest to becoming a pure devotee, since he has dedicated his activities to the Supreme Lord's service. Grad
ually, acting in this manner, he becomes a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta-yog\'e9}{\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 yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is in the highest order, and he is fit to instruct all other }{\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 .
\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  (6.47) 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 And of all yog\'e9s, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving serv
ice, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fruitive workers cannot be counted among the }{\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 . The actual }{\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  are the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'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 j\'ef\'e4n
a-yog\'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 a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yog\'e9s}{\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 bhakti-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Factually they are the same, although name
d differently. The yogic process is like a ladder one ascends gradually toward the final goal of the Absolute Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ni\'f1k\'e4ma-karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or renunciation of the fruits of one's labor, is the first step on this ladder. When knowledge and austerity are added to it, it becomes }{\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 , the second step in this ladder. And when meditation on the Supreme is added to }{\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 , the third step is reached, namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Finally, when loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord is practiced along with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga
-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , it is transformed into }{\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 . This entire successive process is }{\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 . For an exact and clear delinea
tion of the subject 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 , all four steps need to be explained separately. Those who desire the
 best for humanity take to the path 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 process for progressing 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  requires, first, determination and strict execution of discipline at each stage. When a person is firmly situat
ed at one stage, he then has to relinquish attachment and adherence to the practices of that stage in order to elevate himself to the next higher stage. Those who cannot reach the top for some reason and get stuck at any one of the four stages acquire th
e designation of that particular stage. Thus there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yog\'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 j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'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 a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga
-yog\'e9s}{\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 bhakta-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs Arjuna that one who renders loving devotional service to Him, the Supreme Lord, is the highest among 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 that Arjuna should thus strive to become such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-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 The successive, step-by-step spiritual path is not the same as step-by-step progress in the material world. In the mundane process the rules of progress are strict 
and cannot be transgressed. If one wants to acquire a doctorate at a university, he has to begin from the elementary school level and gradually work upwards. It is impossible to go directly to the university without prior schooling. In spiritual life, ho
wever, although there are strict regulations, by the Supreme Lord's grace one can bypass many intermediary stages and reach the top, or "doctorate" level. One can attain this divine grace by intimate and constant association with the Supreme Lord. And su
ch intimate association with the Lord comes about through confidential exchanges with a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord. Everyone of us is intimately and eternally related to the Supreme Lord, but due to the bad 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  we have forgotten our relationship with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entities are like sons of the Lord, and as such they are rightful heirs to the great wealth of their rich father. But because of the reactions to sins co
mmitted in previous lives, they are roaming about without a home, suffering acute poverty. That the living entities are suffering is quite clear to all. But they do not know who their wealthy father is or where they can go to reclaim their valuable inher
itance. Without proper knowledge, they are trying in vain to escape from their poverty while aimlessly roaming about like poor beggars. They meet many who promise to help them, but in the end such helpers turn out to be beggars themselves. A few among th
ese strangers seem rich and prosperous, but the directions they give do not lead to the father's house, and so the living entities' poverty knows no end. The wealthy strangers suggest many paths, such as }{\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 j\'ef\'e4na}{\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 dhy\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but the problem of poverty remains unsolved. The livi
ng entities can escape their poverty only by learning and practicing the science of devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the source of all incarnations, explained the science of devotional
 service to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 at Pray\'e4ga (Allahabad). These instructions are the crest jewel of teachings for all humanity. In }{\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  19.
151), the Lord 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 According to their }{\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 , all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down to the lower planetary systems.
 Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the mercy of both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master, such 
a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this seed of devotion is available in the }{\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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Only one who is able to receive this devotional seed can understand the purport 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 . Otherwise, simply repeatedly reading 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 discussing its teachings will not produce any results.
\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 , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself reveals the truth about Himself. When an ordinary mortal writes an autobiography, he receives many accolades, but when the Supreme Lord writes about Himself, we unfortunately do not fully believe in His w
ords. Furthermore, we overlook the cardinal issues in His writings and quibble over lesser subjects, trying to magnify them by giving them concocted connotations and meanings. This practice is stretched to such absurdity that the original meaning is lost
 and the lop-sided conclusions attract only ridicule from readers. 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  Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba unequivocally declares that He is the Supreme Absolute Truth and that it is the duty of everyone to render Him loving devotional service. 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 revealed for the sole purpose of explaining these two principal points. One who understands them is eligible to begin spiritual life as a neophyte devotee. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7raddh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or faith, is the first prerequisite in spiritual life and is described as synonymous with
 neophyte devotion. Thus }{\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 Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  22.62) 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 By rendering transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically performs all subsidiary activ
ities. This confident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RTW 2: The Science of Devotion
\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 Bhakti kath\'e4 \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Science of Devotion
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.1: Everything Is Achieved by Serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Everything Is Achieved by Serving L
ord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While instructing \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 on the science of devotional service, Lord Caitanya discussed in some detail the material world and the living e
ntities. He pointed out that among the 8,400,000 species of life\'97900,000 species of aquatics, 2,000,000 kinds of plants, 1,100,000 varieties of insects, 1,000,000 species of birds, 3,000,000 kinds of beasts, and 400,000 species of humans\'97}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Homo sapiens }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are clearly in the minority. Furthermore, humans are subdivided into three categories, name
ly, the uncivilized, the half-civilized, and the civilized. Also,  many who supposedly belong to the civilized group act without restraint and discipline, only for the purpose of enjoyment. In this way they create chaos for the rest. Their sole intention
 in life being to gratify their senses (their instruments of enjoyment), they always try to keep their senses in fit working condition. They even go to the extent of transplanting monkeys' organs into their bodies once they get too old to enjoy with the 
vigor of youth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such gross sense enjoyers do not understand that the mind is more subtle than the sense organs and superior to them. Superior to the mind is the intelligence, and b
ehind the intelligence is the false ego, which is far superior to the intelligence and which covers the spirit soul. Philosophical inquiry into the existence of the soul will remain a subject beyond the reach of these gross materialists. The gross sense 
enjoyers are actually to be counted among the animals, because man has more serious matters to attend to than just titillating his senses. Hence he is considered the most advanced among all the living entities. And indeed we do find that some men compreh
end the gravity of human life. They carefully reject chaotic living, emulate the exemplary lives of saintly persons, and direct their lives in such a way as to fulfill the purpose of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Followers of various religions\'97such as the Christians, Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists\'97all adhere to the rules of their faith according to the intensity of the
ir belief and the circumstances in their respective countries. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of these persons 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  (}{\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, 
hardly one knows Me in Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since time immemorial, living entities have been going through many lower species of life, gradually rising through the evolutionary process and, due to some good f
ortune, receiving a human birth. In the lower species of life the spirit souls are densely covered by the material modes, and thus carnal appetites dominate their lives. Among the human species, some denounce sensual pleasures and are honored by the worl
d as a saints, }{\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  philosophers, scholars, and so on. They experience mental perceptions fa
r superior to gross sensual experiences, and may reach even subtler levels of fine intellect. But even more subtle than the intellect is the spirit soul. So true spirituality, or the real religion of the living entity, means to be situated in self.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Except for the religion of the self, all paths and religions are pseudo-spiritual exercises consisting only of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending oneself from 
danger. These are the primary activities of the animals. The lower species cannot elevate themselves by executing the religion of the self, or soul. But since human beings are inherently able to practice the religion of the self, some endeavor to reach p
erfection. Only as a human being can one make such inquiries as "Who am I?" and "Why do the threefold miseries always give me trouble?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life alone affords one the chance to attain unending happiness. In this life one should think, "Although I do not want suffering, it nevertheless comes; altho
ugh I do not desire death, it forcibly snatches away my life; although I detest old age, when my youth is finished I will surely begin to age; and although I try to be free from disease and disaster, they never leave me alone." Although he sees all this 
suffering, a fool works hard to make his life comfortable, whereas an intelligent person calmly considers his situation and thinks of the best means to end his distress once and for all. When such thoughts become frequent and sincere, his search leads hi
m to inquire into the Absolute Truth. Such a person takes up the path of self-realization. He may have many duties, but because of his previous pious activities such a wise person will execute these duties and at the same time confront the realities of b
irth, death, old age, and disease.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The lower stratum of those who strive for perfection are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or fruitive workers, who  look to gratify their senses. Above them are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or seekers of knowledge, who restrain the urges of their senses and become situated on the subtle, mental plane. Superior to them are the }{\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 seek mystic perfection. Lord Caitanya has described all these persons as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub restless. Among them, those who are free of all material designations and are rid of the false ego, and who are thus liberated beings si
tuated in the self\'97they alone can understand Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person, in truth. When they become fully conversant with the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, such saintly souls can act as spiritual masters for all humanity, regar
dless of any external designation. Lord Caitanya confirms this in the }{\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\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  8.128):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Whether one is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 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  or a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub regardless of what he is\'97he can become a spiritual master if he knows the science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore we can conclude that neither the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\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 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can fathom the depths o
f the science of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Especially the foolish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are disqu
alified, for they generally consider Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba an ordinary mortal, and this disregard for the Lord leads them to misconstrue the meaning of His words in the }{\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 Humanity, now in the grips of the evil influence of the Age of Kali, has become callous to any spiritual culture. Thus people pass their time in the animalistic act
ivities of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. What to speak of cultivating spiritual knowledge about the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they cannot even spare the time for religious rituals or the pursuit of transcendental knowledge. If one strictly
 follows the scriptural directions for cultivating }{\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 j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one purifies his consciousness enough to understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to a certain degree. The final 
conclusion of }{\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  is that once one attains the state of oneness with the Absolute, then t
he doors of an even higher state, that of devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, open up. Since this state of oneness is practically impossible for the people of Kali-yuga to attain, 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 Himself has taught the science of devotional service to Himself. Then, knowing that the unfortunate human beings of
 this age would misunderstand even  His own words, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba again appeared\'97this time in the form of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, a pure devotee of the Lord\'97to teach the world the essence 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 through His personal example.
\par }\pard {\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 He is the source of everything, but envious and cunning people try to refute this fact. Thus He appeared as Lord Caitanya and taught that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of everything. There is no 
difference between the instructions of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and those of Lord Caitanya. The object of worship is the same. Still, the unfortunate people of this age refuse to accept these teachings. Trying to give them K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is, as 
the well-known expression goes, like "casting pearls before a herd of swine." The human beings afflicted by Kali-yuga are like a herd of swine. The Lord has shown them boundless mercy by widely teaching the science of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, which is rarely attained even by Lord Brahm\'e4. Yet because it has been so easy for them to come by this precious and rare commodity, they have abused the mercy shown them. This is another manifestation of their misfortune. By teaching them the scienc
e of self-realization, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has twice personally tried to save the people of this age from groveling in carnal pleasures, and both times they have converted those divine instructions into a means and an excuse for pursuing sense gratificat
ion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When presented with a colorful glass doll and a diamond, a child will naturally be attracted to the doll and not the priceless jewel. Similarly, the people of Kali-
yuga, endowed as they are with limited intelligence, have rejected the priceless diamond of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and instead chosen the cheap doll of fruitive activity and dry speculation. Just as the child cannot comprehend that the inva
luable diamond can purchase many thousands of cheap glass dolls, so the less intelligent people of Kali-yuga cannot understand that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebe bhakti kaile sarva-karma-k
\'e5ta haya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By rendering transcendental devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who know the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness automatically know of subsidiary subjects like fruitive activity, speculative knowledge, }{\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 charity, penance, austerity, and chanting }{\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 . Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms this in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:
\par }\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 executing devotional service to Me, My devotees easily acquire everything that can be attained by performi
ng penances, fruitive activity, philosophical speculation, renunciation, }{\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  charity, religiosity, and 
other pious acts.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.2: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme Absolute Truth
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme 
Absolute Truth
\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 famous atheist Kapila propagated the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy. He concluded that the material world consists of twenty-fo
ur material elements, namely, earth, water, fire, air, and ether; form, taste, smell, sound, and touch; eyes, tongue, nose, ears, and skin; mouth, hands, legs, anus, and genitals; mind, intelligence, and false ego; and the unmanifested state of the three
 modes of nature (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pradh\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When Kapila was unable to perceive the unmanifested soul after an
alyzing the twenty-four elements, he concluded that God does not exist. Thus the devotee community regards Kapila as an atheist.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Kapila, the son of Devah\'fcti, is a different person altogether from the agnostic Kapila. Lord Kapila is accepted as an empowered incarnation of the Supreme G
odhead. 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 refutes the atheist Kapila's S\'e4\'eckhya
 philosophy and its contention that the unmanifested soul is nonexistent. 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)
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also  establishes that the material ingredients are all under His control and supervision:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e5t
ir a\'f1\'f6adh\'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 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97all together these eight comprise My sep
arated material energies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and what is His original form? Unless one knows about His opulence, potencies, fame, beauty, knowledge, and renunciation, one can never 
enter into the realm of pure devotional service. As stated 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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2.117),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddh\'e4nta baliy\'e4 citte n\'e4 kara alasa\line ih\'e4 ha-ite k\'e5\'f1\'ebe l\'e4ge sud\'e5\'f2ha m\'e4nasa
\par }\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 sincere student should not neglect the discussion of such philosophical conclusions, considering them contr
oversial, for such discussions strengthen the mind. Thus one's mind becomes attached to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is situated in knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and acts accordingly is executing devotional service. In pursuing the process initiated by Kapila man failed to f
athom the same for hundreds and thousands of years. The Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has, in a few words, lifted the shroud of mystery and revealed the truth:
\par }\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-altogether these eight comprise My separated
 material energies. Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which are all living entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe. Of all that is material and all that is sp
iritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. [}{\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 7.4-6}{\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 Those who cannot understand this truth remain far from the science of devotional service, while those who do understand it are strengthened in their devotional life
. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme male. So, when the supreme male is present, automatically material nature, his female counterpart, is there to serve Him. Those who falsely pose as the Supreme Person claim to have 
the material nature at their disposal and conclude that nature is no longer at Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beck and call. Naturally this is absurd, and only fools will make such a claim.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, those philosophical schools which propound that the Supreme Person is subservient to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or nature, are also far from the truth. When one thinks about nature and nothing further, the thought is left incomplete. One has to inquire, "Whose na
ture is it?" Nature has to belong to someone; she cannot exist on her own. Thus what  must be established is the identity of the Supreme Person, or }{\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 \'97the male factor. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 is the same as }{\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  or energy. Through the energy, an intelligent person will seek out the 
possessor of the energy. 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 other Vedic scriptures clearly state that Brahman i
s the Absolute Truth and the possessor and source of multifarious energies. 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  (14.27) this Brahman is said to be the bodily effulgence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebo hi prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). This is confirmed 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  (5.40):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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, whose effulgence is the source of the nondifferentiated Brahman mention
ed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , being differentiated from the infinity of glories of the mundane universe appears
 as the indivisible, infinite, limitless, truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman exists as the all-pervading energy in this phenomenal world. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved
as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have defined Brahman as formless, impersonal, pure, and so on. But the source of Brahman is an eternal personality who has no material form but who has a  transcendental fo
rm full of spiritual potencies and all divine qualities. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the embodiment of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. He possesses all six transcendental opulences to an infinite degree, He performs superexcellent divine pa
stimes, and He alone is to be searched out and known in all the scriptures. The materialistic, fruitive workers make the mistake of thinking that this supreme transcendental personality is mundane, and thus they become degraded into pseudodevotees. And t
he dry speculators, having been repulsed by the material phenomena in their search for knowledge of the Absolute, think that the transcendental form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also repulsive, thus clearly proving that their ascending proces
s of acquiring knowledge is insufficient and inferior. Both these groups are in a pathetic spiritual state. Therefore, to shower His causeless mercy upon them, the Supreme Lord has revealed the truth about Himself and His transcendental potencies 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 above-mentioned eight ingredients make up the material nature, or the Supreme Lord's external potency. These material ingredients\'97earth, water, fire, air, an
d so on\'97are devoid of any free will, and so they are known as the Lord's inferior energy. By contrast, the potency that activates the inferior energy is known as the Lord's superior energy, or spiritual potency. On principle the energy cannot be the e
njoyer; nor can one energy enjoy another energy. Energy is the enjoyed, and the energetic is the enjoyer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entities are a product of the Lord's superior, spiritual energy, and so they are superior to earth, water, fire, and so on, which are always devoid of vo
lition. But that does not mean the living entities are on the same platform as the Supreme Lord, who is the absolute controlling principle. It is easy to discern the superiority of spirit over inert matter. 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  principle is setting into motion and sustaining everything in this material world. And if the }{\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  did not try to lord it over the material nature, then there would be no variegatedness in this phenomenal world. The 
material elements would have remained unchanged if the }{\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  had not been inclined to control 
and enjoy them. Only through the material energies' connection with the conscious living entity can such substances as earth, wood, stone, and iron be orchestrated so as to give rise to huge, opulent buildings, factories, and cities. Matter cannot organi
ze itself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the foregoing one can understand that this massive cosmic creation, with its innumerable planetary systems and heavenly bodies, has come about only through the
 interference of some superior and powerful consciousness. It is beyond doubt that matter is inert, incapable of voluntary action, and that consciousness has activated the twenty-four material ingredients so as to exhibit variegatedness in material natur
e. All this goes to prove the inherent insufficiency and imperfections in material nature. Thus transcendental happiness is possible only in spiritual variegatedness. In 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  (7.5) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms that the }{\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 belong}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 His  superior energy:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apareyam itas tv any\'e4\'e0\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4\'e0\line j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'e0 mah\'e4-b\'e4ho\line yayeda\'e0
 dh\'e4ryate jagat
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which are all living
 entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the spirit soul (}{\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 ) is born of the Lord's superior, spiritual energy, it has little in common with the material energy, just as the aquatics have no affinity for the land and the land beasts are out of place in the water. The apparent close connec
tion between the material energy and the spiritual energy is in fact illusory. The }{\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 bein
g a product of the spiritual energy, try to exploit the material energy, but ultimately such attempts fail, because it is impossible for one energy to always exploit and lord it over another energy. The }{\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  can, however,  eternally serve the Supreme Energetic, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When 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  exploits the material energy in his endeavor to serve the Lord, that activity is transcendental\'97the performance of sacrifice. Any other kin
d of activity amounts to nothing but materialistic, fruitive work.
\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (6.7.61) one reads about the three kinds of energy:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-\'e7akti\'f9 par\'e4 prokt\'e4\line k\'f1etra j\'ef\'e4khy\'e4 tath\'e4 par\'e4\line avidy\'e4-karma-sa\'e0j\'ef\'e4
ny\'e4\line t\'e5t\'e9y\'e4 \'e7aktir i\'f1yate
\par }\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 potency of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is summarized in three categories\'97namely, the spiritual potency, the livin
g entities, and ignorance. The spiritual potency is full of knowledge; the living entities, although belonging to the spiritual potency, are subject to bewilderment; and the third energy, which is full of ignorance, is always visible in fruitive activiti
es.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus all phenomena in this material world are simply interactions of the Supreme Lord's superior, spiritual energy with His inferior, material energy. The material 
energy is known as the }{\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  or field of activity, and the spiritual energy is known as the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the knower of the field of activity. All the different species of living ent
ities, with their varied characteristics, are produced by the interaction of the }{\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  and th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The energetic principle, the controller of both these energies, is the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He must be recognized as the ultimate cause of the creation, maintenance, and annihilation of this cosmic manifestation. As 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 (7.6-7),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin a
nd dissolution. O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The various quotations we hear 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  concerning Brahman\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ev\'e4dvit\'e9ya\'e0 br
ahma: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Brahman is one without a second"; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub neha n\'e4n\'e4sti ki\'efcana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Besides this, nothing exists"; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 and everywhere is 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 "I am by nature Brahman," and so on\'97find their conclusion in the verses from 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  quoted above. The Supreme Lord, endowed with the six transcendental opulences to the absolute degree, is the highest governing principle. Thus no other personality is eq
ual to or greater than He. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms this point by saying "There is no truth superior to Me," and then explaining how He is present everywhere and intimately connected with everything through His all-pervasive energies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material nature is the result of the transformation of the Lord's energies. Both the energies and the energetic are inconceivable, and they are simultaneously o
ne and different. Hence the phrase }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 khalv ida\'e0 brahma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("Everything is Brahman") in f
act declares that everything consists of transformations of the Supreme Lord's material and spiritual energies. The transformation of His energies neither increases nor decreases the Supreme Absolute Truth; hence Brahman is described as changeless. And t
he inferior energy, being only the reflection of Brahman, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nir\'e4k\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , impersonal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu propagated the philosophy of the simultaneous oneness and difference of the Lord and His energies. The highest esoteric truth is th
at Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth and that both the living entities and the material world are His subordinate energies. Those who fail to understand this principle are materialists, while those who do understand it and are trying to r
eestablish their relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are liberated souls, devotees of the Lord. 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  (7.13-14):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tribhir gu\'eba-mayair bh\'e4vair\line ebhi\'f9 sarvam ida\'e0 jagat\line mohita\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line m\'e4m ebhya\'f9 
param avyayam
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'eba-may\'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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me who am above t
he modes and inexhaustible. 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 beyond it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The dualities of like and dislike, good and bad, are all due to the three modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. These modes hold all conditi
oned living entities under their sway. Therefore it is difficult for conditioned souls to understand that the Supreme Lord, being absolutely spiritual, is above the three modes and thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub param avyayam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub absolutely}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inexhaustible. The reason the Lord uses these words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that alt
hough He permeates everything by means of His transcendental energies, He remains eternally unchanged and the complete whole. One should avoid making the mistake of thinking that because Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth, pervades the entire cosmic man
ifestation, therefore He cannot possess a definitive form or personality. The heat radiating from a fire spreads in all directions, yet the fire remains unchanged. Similarly, the sun has been emanating light and heat since time immemorial, yet it has not
 lost any of its potency. And the sun possesses but a minuscule fraction of the Supreme Lord's inexhaustible potency. So what question is there of the Lord's potency being either transformed or decreased? The Lord's energies, like a fire's heat and light
, spread everywhere, yet His energies can never diminish at any time. Thus 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  He describes Himself as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , inexhaustible, the supreme energetic principl
e. 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  describe Him in the following way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\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 is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even
 though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I
nvocation}{\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 Like the Supreme Lord Himself, the process for freeing oneself from the mesmerizing grip of the material energy and coming closer to the Lord is also one without a 
second. As the only way to see the sun is by the help of sunlight, so the only way to see the Supreme Personality, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is by the illumination of sunlike K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Only by surrendering to His lotus feet and rendering Him lov
ing devotional service can one approach Him. Neither fruitive activity through physical strain nor speculative knowledge through mental gymnastics can help one attain the highest perfection of God consciousness. 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  or devotion, can  the Supreme Lord be achieved. Speculative knowledge and mystic }{\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  can at best accord one a partial realization of the Absolute Truth\'97namely, realization of Brahman and Param\'e4tm\'e4 
(the Supersoul), respectively. It is through the singular means 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  that one can perceive f
ace to face the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the embodiment of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. When the rising sun chases away the blackness of night, everything becomes clearly visible. Similarly, when the sun of K\'e5\'f1\'eba rises 
above the horizon of one's consciousness, the stygian gloom 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 the illusory energy, i
s driven away, and the original form of every object comes into distinct focus. Thus full knowledge and realization of the Absolute Truth come exclusively through devotion to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, the path to this perfect realization is fraught with hindrances caused 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 the insurmountable material energy. In this regard one may ask, "If by serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can automatically discharge all subsidiary duties, then why d
oesn't everyone in the world surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and worship Him as the supreme absolute being? Almost everyone in the world more or less agrees that there is only one God, not two or more. Yet when that one and only Supreme Personality, Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba, comes personally to declare this truth, why do people still refuse to surrender to Him? Perhaps it is understandable that those who are illiterate and ignorant cannot accept Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supremacy and therefore do not surrender
 to Him. But there are many erudite scholars, philosophers, and leaders of society who extensively discuss the scriptures yet still do not take shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. Why?" The Lord Himself answers this question in 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 (7.15):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\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 miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and wh
o partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People with demoniac mentalities never surrender to the Supreme Lord. There have always existed two kinds of men: the good, pious men and the impious reprobates. Th
ese two types of people are always present in every country and at every period in history. Pious men obey God's laws and are gradually elevated to perfection. The impious, on the other hand, capriciously flaunt God's laws and try to be independent. The 
racial strife, civil wars, violent revolutions, and world wars so common in the modern age are all caused by the whimsical and selfish nature of impious men.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pious people can live in any country and adhere to the instructions of their scripture, or they can associate with other pious men from another country and exchange
 knowledge and realizations. As a result, these seekers of the Absolute Truth can certainly perceive that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On the other hand, sinful persons have one interest: to satisfy their egoistic cravings. 
They may make a show of being vanguards of religion, but behind this facade they continue their reprehensible activities. They vilify the sanctity of the religion of their birth and go against their own country's interest. Their self-centered lives precl
ude their following even the common etiquette of human behavior, what to speak of dedicating their lives to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotional service. Such demoniac persons are more dangerous than poisonous snakes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, the gross fools and the ignorant fruitive workers do not surrender to the Supreme Lord. Such people never enquire into the Absolute Truth. They never ask
 such questions as "Who is God?" "What is the world?" "Who am I?" "Why am I working like an ass my whole life?" or "What is the result of my endeavors?" The ass slaves his whole life carrying the washerman's burden, just for a handful of grass. Similarly
, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (fruitive workers) toil tirelessly simply to secure a supply of food and other n
ecessities. The ass is a symbol of foolishness, for he works hard only to fill his belly and copulate with a she-ass. So also do the asinine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  toil tirelessly out of affection and attachment, struggling to maintain their homes and, beyond that, the land of their  birth, which they consider worshipable. In the home the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sole source of enjoyment is his wife, who cooks for him and provides pleasure for his misery-ridden sense
s. The shortsighted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  do not want to know of any broader issues concerning themselves or 
their world; they are simply tethered to their home and bodily cares. And those leaders who foster the people's sensual lives are bigger fools and rascals than the ordinary }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kar
m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore they never come in contact 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  or Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub surrender}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means nothing to them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People who do not surrender to the Supreme Lord are called }{\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  "the lowest of men." Such men fritter away their human lives, behaving like animals. In other words, when a person does not use this rare human birth to achieve its actual purpose but wa
stes it in degraded activities, he is called a }{\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 . When a beggar suddenly finds a treas
ure yet continues to live like a beggar, he is surely a miser and a }{\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 . Similarly, when
 someone receives the priceless gift of a human birth yet squanders it by living like an animal\'97simply eating, sleeping, mating, and defending\'97then such a person is a }{\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 . These fools do not realize that after many millions of births in lower species, the soul finally receives the rare human birth. And it is in this birth that the sou
l must sincerely endeavor to elevate himself to the transcendental platform, attain the Absolute Truth, and return to his original home in the spiritual world. If in this human life the soul makes no attempt to alleviate his situation, even after learnin
g how horribly he has suffered in millions of previous lifetimes, then such a person is certainly a miserable miser and}{\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 . But if one tries to utilize his rare human birth for self-realization by becoming elevated to the brahminical class, then his life is successful. }{\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  does not mean }{\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  by birth. 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  is one who surrenders to Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord 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 . A }{\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  cannot do so. Therefore another meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nar\'e4
dhama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is "one who rejects devotional service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another class of men who do not surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the demons, those who are staunchly inimical to Him. Famous and powerful demon kings like R\'e4
va\'eba, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, Jar\'e4sandha, and Ka\'e0sa  acquired many mystic powers through learning and severe austerities. But because they always challenged the various incarnations of the Supreme Lord, such as Lord R\'e4ma, Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva
, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are known as demons. Often the demons do not lack education or intelligence, but because of their fiendish mentality toward the Supreme Lord, their learning and brain capacity come to naught. Their abilit
ies, being fully in the grip of material nature, are ultimately taken from them. The reason for the demons' failure has been stated earlier: If one does not surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is impossible to surmount material nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Torturing the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the preoccupation of the demons, who think that Lord R\'e4ma and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot punish them because They are
 ordinary mortals. Thus the demons conclude that they themselves are as learned and intelligent as Lord R\'e4ma and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The atheistic students of Navadv\'e9pa thought Lord Caitanya was an ordinary human being, and thus to win their respe
ct the Lord accepted the renounced and austere }{\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  order of life. In this way the Lord sh
owed Himself to be the personification of divine magnanimity. The demons invariably confuse matters: they worship humans as gods and call God a human being. 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  (9.11) the Lord fittingly describes such grossly foolish persons: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4
\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form." The demons' learning, intelligence, and titles are like the ge
ms that glitter on a poisonous snake's hood. The presence of a priceless gem on a snake's hood does not decrease his venom. Similarly, a demon's erudition, intelligence, and titles do not make him less of a demon, and thus he is as horrendous as a venomo
us snake.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Decorating a dead body and taking it to the funeral pyre with pomp is certainly nothing but a flagrant display for entertainment only. The public is similarly cheat
ed when accolades and scholarly degrees are piled on a demon who is an arrant competitor of the Supreme Lord. The atheistic, demoniac education imparted to the young in modern universities is simply producing a bunch of demons with titles. Proof of this 
is the recent incident in which Principal Garg of Aligarh University was murdered by some students. The whole state of Uttar Pradesh is shocked and has opened a probe into this vicious act. The governor has called for a conference of the leaders and teac
hers, but in the past all such conferences have met with the same frustrating fate: no solution. We think the present conference will also fail. The only means to eradicate the demoniac mentality in society is to teach the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. Having taken note of all the disaster and corruption wreaked by the demons, it is the moral responsibility of every citizen in the world to learn and teach the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.3: Dr. Ane's comment on the system of education.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Dr. Ane's comment on the system of 
education
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We were pleased to hear Dr. Ane's address at the Calcutta University convocation on January 12, 1957. Dr. Ane is presently the honorable governor of the state of Bi
har. An excerpt from his speech 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 Our youth are being brought up in a tradition of veiled contempt for religion and everything religious. Spiri
tualists and religious devotees are the laughing-stock of the educated youth, and as the general masses are religious-minded and have great respect and reverence for such devotees and spiritualists, they feel generally disgusted with the attitude of the 
educated class and have no regard for them. The educated class has also no affection for the masses, whose way of life is mostly molded by religious ideas. The result is that the educated classes have not been able to produce a sufficient number of serva
nts to work with a real missionary spirit for the amelioration of the suffering of the masses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Ane goes on to say that the existing academic courses in schools and colleges exclude classes on religion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have included this portion of Dr. Ane's speech, taken from a local newspaper, because we want to impress upon the reader the urgent need for introducing religiou
s studies into the universities. Because in the past strong objections were raised against including religious classes in the schools, they have been excluded, and now severe reactions are being seen in today's youth. I think that excluding spiritual stu
dies from education thwarts all chances for the human mind to awaken and blossom. Because of a lack of spiritual education, today's youth are undisciplined. Students who do not pray or meditate in the early morning, and again in the evening, gradually be
come agnostics, and their minds float about aimlessly without purpose. They reject religious ideas and ethics and instead embrace logic and argument as supreme. Often they fall into the vicious grip of some unscrupulous politician. The exclusion of relig
ious courses from the universities is the main reason one does not see nowadays a pure and sublime relationship between student and teacher. Many educators feel the need for religious education today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few months ago (on January 18, 1957) we had the opportunity of meeting Dr. Ane at the Government House in Patna, and we had some discussions. Being a pious man, h
e could appreciate our spiritual topics and offered us full support for our missionary activities which are aimed at eradicating the demoniac mentality on a wide scale. His recent speech gives us hope of improvement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Possessed of perverted intelligence, the demons, rascals, and fools can never surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba never shows them His 
mercy. The most munificent incarnation of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, repudiated the sinner Gop\'e4la C\'e4pala because he was envious of the Lord's devotee. In this regard, the Supreme Lord states His opinion 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 (4.11): }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapady
ante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "All of them\'97as they surrender unto Me\'97I reward accordingly." Thus the Lord arranges for the demons to slide lower and lower in
to degraded species of life and suffer hell for many millions of births. In Chapter 16 (19-20) the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4n aham 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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 yonim \'e4pann\'e4\line m\'fc\'f2h\'e4 janmani janmani\line m\'e4m apr\'e4pyaiva kaunteya\line tato y\'e4nty adh
am\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\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 envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of materia
l existence, into various demoniac species of life. Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet the Supreme Lord's devotees, being more merciful than the Lord Himself, are compassionate toward even the lowest demons like us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord's devotees can save even those whom the Lord Himself rejects. This is their unique character. Therefore the devotees of the Lord arrange various means to s
ave the fallen, reprobate souls from perdition. In fact, they live among these spiritual derelicts to encourage them toward spiritual perfection, using any means at hand\'97even tricks. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h
\'e4kura Prabhup\'e4da wanted to open a students' hostel in London, the logic being that it was necessary to give sugar-coated pills, in the form of a little sense gratification, to those debauched students in order to attract them to join the path of Go
d-realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If they so desire, powerful spiritual masters, or pure devotees of the Lord, can instantly deliver the entire universe and take everyone to the shelter of the Supre
me Lord's lotus feet. \'c7r\'e9la V\'e4sudeva Datta declared to Lord Caitanya that he was prepared to take on all the sinful reactions of every living entity in the universe and suffer eternally in hell if the Lord was willing to liberate all the living 
entities at one time. The pure devotees are so magnanimous that they are always concerned about the spiritual well-being of every soul. The only way to receive the Supreme Lord's mercy is to bathe oneself in the dust of the lotus feet of such unalloyed d
evotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of the Lord understand that it 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 influence}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 has spoiled the people and
 made them demoniac. Thus the inherently noble disposition of the devotees leads them to think only of the demons' benefit, without a tinge of envy. The devotees are therefore known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub patita-p\'e4vana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "the saviors of the fallen." In fact, the devotees are more compassionate than the Supreme Lord Himself. Of course, it is the Supreme Lord's grac
e alone that makes them more compassionate than the Lord. And by the mercy of such devotees, the lowest sinful men and women can attain the lotus feet of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, offending such pure devotees finishes all possibility of salvation. If one offends the Supreme Lord, only His pure devotees can save the offender
, but if one offends the pure devotee, then even the Supreme Lord will not save the offender from doom. For this reason alone, pure devotees never feel offended. When Jesus Christ was being crucified, he did not blame anyone for it. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4
kura was severely lashed in twenty-two marketplaces by the Muslim Kazi's sentries. Still he prayed to the Lord not to punish his tormentors. Lord Nity\'e4nanda was wounded by the two rascals Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i, yet the Lord stood His ground, bleed
ing profusely. He delivered the two notorious brothers and thus brilliantly exemplified the title }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub patita-p\'e4vana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such is the profound compassion of the pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore the reprobates' only means of attaining any piety is through the association of devotees. We are looking forward to that time when the stalwart disciples 
of that illustrious crest jewel of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura Prabhup\'e4da, having received the blessings of their spiritual master, will come together again for the benediction of the whole world
 and, without wasting any more time, preach the message of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 always tried to dissuade his disciple, \'c7r\'e9la Bhakti
siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, from going to Calcutta, which he considered a bastion of Kali-yuga. Yet though some might think \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura disobeyed his }{\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  order, he preached not only in Calcutta but in other capitals of Kali-yuga, such as London, Berlin, Bombay, Madras, and Delhi. He vehe
mently opposed the idea of constructing a temple in some quiet spot and leading a passive and uneventful life in the monastery. He represented perfectly the ideal of utilizing 100 percent of one's energy in God's service for the spiritual upliftment of h
umanity. A certain Gujarati friend offered to build him a temple in Ville Parle, a quiet and remote section of Bombay. He immediately refused. We had the greatest good fortune of seeing him act and preach in this way. And now it is our ill fate that afte
r the passing away of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, the exemplar of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub patita-p\'e4vana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we have returned to our lowly, fallen ways. Is there a glimmer of hope for our deliverance?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the ocean of loving compassion, which had been completely dammed up, Lord Nity\'e4nanda cut a canal of love of Godhead and flooded the entire world. And then s
ome persons called caste Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, claiming to be the Lord's descendants, again dammed up that ocean of mercy with their malpractices of fruitive activities and rituals. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura once more cut open t
he canal of love of Godhead and brought in the flood waters. And now are we, of all persons, trying once more to dam it up like the caste Gosv\'e4m\'e9s? By the influence of the good association of the Lord's devotees, even a fool and rascal like me, pos
sessed of a destructive, demoniac mentality, can accumulate enough piety to become inspired to serve the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By nature children are restless and playful, so in the kindergarten they are given toys and games to interest them in learning. Similarly, a neophyte is trained to 
perform activities in the mood of sacrifice, and he is encouraged to worship the Deities according to the scriptural injunctions. The expert Vai\'f1\'ebava preceptor then gradually draws him toward the platform of pure devotion by narrating the spiritual
ly potent topics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and giving him the remnants of food offered to the Supreme Lord. These two aspects of devotional life act like medicine on the neophyte, who, like the rest of the world, is affected by the material disease
. Devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the living entity's eternal birthright; it is not a new subject fabricated by the human mind. A base fool thinks that devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is merely a mundane psychological state of mind. But in t
ruth devotional service is our eternal spiritual substance\'97"the essential spiritual reality" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4stava-vastu}{\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (1.1.2). Devotion to Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba can be invoked naturally in the purified hearts of devotees. When a disease is cured, the patient feels hungry; similarly, when a neophyte accrues sufficient piety by associating with devotees, he feels attraction for devotional service within 
his  heart.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Four kinds of pious men establish a relationship with the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As the Lord 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  (7:16)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub catur-vidh\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line jan\'e4\'f9 suk\'e5tino 'rjuna\line \'e4rto jij\'ef\'e4sur arth\'e4rth\'e9\line j\'ef\'e4
n\'e9 ca bharatar\'f1abha
\par }\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 among the Bh\'e4ratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me\'97the distr
essed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One obtains another kind of piety by strictly executing his duties under the 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 , a social system containing four spiritual orders and four social orders. Learned sages have long propagated this system. As 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 (3.8.9) states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7ram\'e4c\'e4ravat\'e4\line puru\'f1e\'eba para\'f9 pum\'e4n\line vi\'f1\'ebur \'e4r\'e4dhyate panth\'e4\line n
\'e4nyat tat-to\'f1a-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\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 Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duti
es in the system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\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 \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . There is no other way to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One must be situated in the institution of the four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\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 \'e4\'e7ramas}{\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 br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (the intellectual, priestly class), 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  (kings and administrators), 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  (the mercantile community), 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  (menial workers) are the four social orders, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va
r\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If they live according to the scriptural injunctions pertaining to their particular }{\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  then they can accrue piety. Similarly, if the members of the 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 \'97namely, the }{\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  (celibate students), }{\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  (householders), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (pilgrims), and }{\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  (renunciants)\'97also act in conformity with the scriptural edicts, they too acquire immense piety. But when the ill influence of Kali-yuga corrupts 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, human society is beset by all sorts of degradations. As a result, the living entities ar
e punished by a variety of natural calamities caused by the illusory potency of the Lord. When the citizens abide by the rules of the king, the kingdom runs smoothly and everyone is prosperous and content. But when the demoniac population of thieves, rog
ues, and criminals steadily increases, the kingdom is filled with chaos and terror.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.4: In Search of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub In Search of the Supreme Lord
\par }\pard {\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  religion cannot be practised in an atmosphere of such chaos and vi
olence. The system now being 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  is actually ungodly, demoniac religion in
 disguise. To wear the holy thread and go through the purificatory process within this demoniac system does not result in piety. Discarding all purificatory processes and religious rites, the men of Kali-yuga vie with each other to become the biggest and
 the strongest. A person becomes 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 " just by slipping a holy thread over his head
\'97indeed, such has been predicted in the scriptures\'97but this does not earn him any piety. Lord Caitanya rejected this kind of cheating }{\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. Foreseeing the degraded condition of Kali-yuga, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba hardly discusses }{\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  religion 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 instead stresses the performance of work as sacrifice. Hence it is clearly understood that by the performance of sacrifice for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Person, He becomes satisfied and all ill effects are eradicated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons afflicted by disease or other miseries are known as}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e4rta,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "the distressed." Commonly, a sick person depends on a doctor and medicine to cure his disease. But far-sighted scholars say that suffering of any kind is a result of sinful activities p
erformed in the past. Ordinary people do not understand that sinful reactions result from ignorance. This ignorance exists in manifest (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4rabdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), unmanifest (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apr\'e4rabdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and latent 
(}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'f6ashta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no material means of counteracting these sinful reactions. Administering a pain-killer provides temporary relief but cannot remove the root cause of a dise
ase. Similarly, no materialistic effort aimed at counteracting sinful reactions can provide ultimate relief. One obtains maximum only by surrendering to the Supreme Lord. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
hakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\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 Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] supplies us with numerous proofs of how devotional service to the Lord destroys sinful reactions, and ignorance, the root of all sin. Hence we see that pious men depend solely on the Supreme Lord in moments of distress
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not the prime duty of human beings to try to  relieve their present sufferings. The search in life is for that medicine\'97that panacea\'97which will cure the
 material disease altogether. This disease manifests itself in countless ways, such as birth, old age, disease, and death. The pious person seeks the association of saintly persons and follows the scriptures, and in this way he endeavors for his greatest
 good. The beginning of devotional service is the development of faith in the scriptures and the words of the saints. This faith destroys all unwanted desires in the heart and increases one's surrender to the Supreme Lord's will.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Innocent enquirers are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4su, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "those who are inquisitive." These innocent enquirers are society's hope for the future. Most intelligent and innocent young children are inquisitive: they question their parents about many things and remember the 
answers. When these bright young boys and girls receive proper guidance from parents and teachers who can lucidly answer their queries, they easily understand each point and gradually develop fine brains. From among these intelligent souls, those who are
 especially pious begin to keenly enquire about God and other spiritual topics. Others, who pursue ignoble material knowledge, cannot become successful in life and end up beating the chaff. Those who are inquisitive about the self and the Absolute Truth,
 Brahman, quickly surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees. Such surrender proves their good measure of piety brought over from their previous births. Beginning with fundamental enquiries about Brahman, they swiftly become elevated, understand t
he statement of 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 (14.27) that He is the basis of the im
personal Brahman, and begin to worship Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person with meagre piety, however, can never become a devotee of the Supreme Lord. As the scripture states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-pras\'e4de govinde\line n\'e4ma-brahma\'ebi vai\'f1\'ebave\line svalpa-pu\'ebyavat\'e4\'e0 r\'e4jan\line vi\'e7v\'e4so n
aiva j\'e4yate\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 Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\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 Utkala-kha\'eb\'f2a}{\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 O king! A person with little piety can never develop faith in Lord Govinda, His mercy, His holy name, or His 
pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most householders desire material gain. Nowadays especially, everyone is feeling the pinch of poverty. The ordinary man thirsts for money solely to enjoy his senses
. Once a person falls into the useless company of sense gratifiers, he spends his wealth on fineries, gold, and women. With more wealth, he seeks adoration and distinction, and along with these he gets mansions, cars, and so on. There is only one interes
t in this endeavor, and that is to enjoy the senses. Persons whose only goal in life is to gratify the senses were referred to earlier as the less intelligent fruitive workers, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If any among them happen to have some piety, then this select group will not merely fritter away all their time in titillating their senses, but will sp
end some time worshiping the Supreme Lord. Although these elite }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  do not associate with t
he pure devotees of the Lord, they call themselves spiritualists. Actually, they  harbor the desire to gratify their carnal desires. They fail to comprehend that the Supreme Lord is known as H\'e5s\'e9ke\'e7a, "the supreme master of the senses." Sometime
s a }{\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  (a seeker of knowledge) or a practitioner of mystic }{\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 will also worship the Lord, but they also are merely interested ultimately in sensual pleasures. The only way thes
e adulterated devotees can become pure devotees is if they read \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\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  This book is an authority on the science of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  know how everything is connected to Brahman, the Absolute Truth. They are humble, unassuming, clean, brahminical, and reverent toward 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 they possess many other good qualities. Most often they take to 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 ) and lead a pure and saintly life. Yet frequently these }{\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  develop one major fault: they consider themselves God. They misinterpret the meaning of the Vedic phrase }{\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 am Brahman," and thus they cannot realize pure knowledge of Brahman. They end up deif
ying the process of negation, and that finally leads to absolute monism. In this way, many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  who want to know the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Brahman, get somehow misled by the illusory 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 M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prepares her last fatal trap, liberation, by which she k
eeps the monists stranded in the ocean of material existence. She deludes them into thinking "I am that," "I am He," as if they were in a drunken daze.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If by some chance the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9}{\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  can earn a little piety and then be graced by a pure Vai\'f1\'ebava devotee\'97as the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s of Benares were by Lord Caitanya\'97then they can easily realize that knowledge of the im
personal Brahman or the Supersoul is incomplete. Then they can be enlightened with the transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Many sages in the past, like the great Sanaka \'c5\'f1i, and many self-realized renunciants, like the f
amous \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, got a taste for knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead after practicing their impersonal disciplines. Then they relished indescribable bliss by hearing the Supreme Lord's  transcendental pastimes. 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 (2.1.9), \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parini\'f1\'f6hito 'pi nairgu\'ebya\line uttama-\'e7loka-l\'e9lay\'e4\line g\'e5h\'e9ta-cet\'e4 r\'e4jar\'f1e\line \'e4khy\'e4na
\'e0 yad adh\'e9tav\'e4n
\par }\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 [Par\'e9k\'f1it], I was certainly situated in transcendence, yet I was still attracted by the 
delineation of the pastimes of the Lord, who is described by enlightened verses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the stalwarts in the spiritual line of Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebavas, \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, has given his opinion on the 
four types of pious men who approach the Lord\'97namely, the distressed, those desiring material gain, the inquisitive, and those who knows things as they are. 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 The distressed, those in need of material gain, and the inquisitive\'97these three are neophyte fruitive devo
tees. Their devotion is mixed with fruitive desires. All of them want to fulfill their desires according to their specific qualities. Finally, when they become purified, they desire to reach the divine abode of the Supreme Lord\'97the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha pla
nets. They are not like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  or fruitive workers, who want to attain to the heavenly planets. A
s K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\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 9.25}{\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 y\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  "One who worships Me attains My supreme abode." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
or one who knows things as they are, is the fourth type of pious man, and he is superior to the other three kinds. He attains a higher result because his devotion is mixed with knowledge. Like Sanaka \'c5\'f1i, he attains  the devotional mellow of neutra
lity. Moreover,  because the Lord and His pure devotees shower their causeless mercy upon him, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  devotee can also achieve pure love of Godhead, as in the case of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. When devotion mixed with fruitive desires becomes free from those fruitive desires, it is automatically transformed into devotion mixed with knowledg
e. The result of practising this devotion mixed with knowledge is mentioned above.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes, when devotees belonging to the categories of mixed devotion develop a taste for the devotional mel
low of servitude and practice it, they attain devotion in servitude mixed with awe and reverence. When their devotion becomes more purified, they attain pure devotion in the mellow of servitude, friendship, and so on, and due to their love for the Lord t
hey become His eternal associates. All this is clearly delineated in the }{\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 . Here
 we have discussed only a few points for reference."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.5: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Alone Is the Supreme Godhead; Everyone Else Is His Servant.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Alone Is the Su
preme Godhead; Everyone Else Is His Servant
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally the tendency of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is to veer toward impersonal monistic thought. Their idea of monism is this: having experienced the transience and bitterness of material existence and recognized the futility of fruitive activity, they now realize
 that they are the Self, Brahman, the Absolute Truth. In fact, when realization of the transcendence is perfectly complete, one perceives the personal aspect of the Absolute Truth in the highest spiritual abode. And when the perception of the personal as
pect of the Supreme Godhead deepens, one becomes naturally attracted to the absolute transcendental beauty of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As the Lord 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  (7.19),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e0 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm
\'e4 sudurlabha\'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 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 very rare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who fully understands Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba never experiences any bitterness anywhere in the entire material existence. He thrives on the knowledge of His of eter
nal relationship with the Lord; indeed, he sees everything in the world, and the world itself, in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way he is unlike the impersonalistic salvationists, who regard this world as merely evanescent matter. Such a wise devot
ee realizes that everything is engaged in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, that nothing can exist outside this relationship, independent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, for the devotee this world becomes transformed, surcharged with the existence o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba in everything. The illusory potency recedes into oblivion, and this world takes on the characteristics of the spiritual world, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Such a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not selfish, thinking he alone will enjoy the benefi
ts of surrendering to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. Rather, he tries to attract everyone in the world to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by this effort he becomes known as 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  a magnanimous soul. Such magnanimous souls are truly rare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is seen that many so-called }{\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  without first realizing that this entire world is pervaded with Lord's K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence, want to become the Lord and master themselves and be served in that capacity. In this way they become fully impriso
ned by His illusory potency. They become hounded and bombarded by endless desires, which finally force them to begin worshiping demigods, who are inferior to the Supreme Lord. 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  (7.20),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr
apadyante 'nya-devat\'e4\'f9\line ta\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya\line prak\'e5ty\'e4 niyat\'e4\'f9 svay\'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 Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules a
nd regulations of worship according to their own natures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who are thus constantly tormented by unlimited desires suffer much distress, which spoils their intelligence. That is why K\'e5\'f1\'eba calls them }{\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 "men with lost intelligence." They become polytheists and hasten to worship 
various demigods. Polytheists cannot comprehend that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebe bhakti kaile sarva-karma-k\'e5ta haya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "By worshiping  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically takes care of all other, subsidiary duties." Polytheists think that demigods like the sun-god are equal to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such men of distorted intelligence can never 
take shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. On the other hand, lofty-minded persons with incisive intelligence are convinced that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Being. If somehow they harbor some material desires, they immediately approach Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and pray to Him. 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  (2.3.10) we find this verse:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'e4ma\'f9 sarva-k\'e4mo v\'e4\line mok\'f1a-k\'e4ma ud\'e4ra-dh\'e9\'f9\line t\'e9vre\'eba bhakti-yogena\line yajeta puru\'f1
a\'e0 param
\par }\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 person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire
, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever desire a person may have, to fulfill it he must serve Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with intense and unfaltering devotion. (This
 point was discussed earlier by \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.) If this injunction is followed, then even those who have an aversion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba will eventually decide to surrender to Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Controller and the Supreme Absolute Being, yet He never forces His will upon the infinitesimal living entities. Rather, it is to 
the living entity's own benefit to recognize that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that everyone else is His servitor. The sun-god and other demigods perform their duties according to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's wishes; indee
d, this is why they are called demigods. And since a devotee of the Supreme Lord also follows His wishes, he is also known as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sura, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or demigod. Conversely, those who are oppose the Lord's wishes are known as }{\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods do not possess any independent powers. In fact, they do not wield enough power even to invoke respect for themselves. That is done by the Supreme Lord.
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's partial expansion, the Supersoul, resides in everyone's heart, and it is He who instills within one's heart faith and respect for the various demigods. The extraordinary powers seen in the sun-god and other demigods are in fact the
 Supreme Lord's powers. Once attracted to these extraordinary powers, an intelligent person will gradually be drawn to the source of that power, the Supreme Energetic, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Worship of demigods is indirect,  inferior, and unsystematic wors
hip of the Supreme Lord. Those who are too attached to fulfilling their material desires are naturally more attracted to the energy than to the Energetic, the source of that energy. Hence 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  (7.21-22) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo yo y\'e4\'e0 y\'e4\'e0 tanu\'e0 bhakta\'f9\line \'e7raddhay\'e4rcitum icchati\line tasya tasy\'e4cal\'e4\'e0 \'e7raddh\'e4
\'e0\line t\'e4m eva vidadh\'e4my aham
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa tay\'e4 \'e7raddhay\'e4 yuktas\line tasy\'e4r\'e4dhanam \'e9hate\line labhate ca tata\'f9 k\'e4m\'e4n\line mayaiva vihit\'e4n
 hi tan
\par }\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 in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his faith s
teady so that he can devote himself to some particular deity. Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods' powers are like those of a king's officers. The demigods have no independent powers because they are }{\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  minute living entities. An officer of the king can bestow some favors because of the powers invested in him by the king. Similarly,
 a demigod can shower benefits upon his worshipper because the Supreme Lord has given the demigod some power. If the desire-filled demigod-worshipper becomes a little enlightened about the fact that the demigod he worships is fulfilling his desires by th
e grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then with clear intelligence he will begin worshiping Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Different demigods have different powers. The sun-god has the power to cure diseases; the moon-god imbues plants with taste and nutritional or medicinal potency; Go
ddess Durg\'e4 gives strength and courage; Goddess Sarasvat\'e9 bestows learning; Goddess Lak\'f1m\'e9 grants wealth; Goddess C\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9 offers one the opportunity to consume meat and intoxicants, and Ga\'ebe\'e7a gives success in one's endeavors.
 But all these powers are invested in the demigods by the Supreme Lord, and thus only He, the complete whole,  can bestow every kind of benediction. There is an immeasurable difference between a well and the ocean.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have already touched on the point that everything in the world has been produced by the interaction of the Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (His inferior energy, comprising the "field of action") and His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa-\'e7akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (His superior energy, which is "the knower of the field").  Therefore everything in this world is merely a transformation of Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies. In one sense the energy principle and the energetic principle are nondifferent, just as fire and its burning potency are inseparable and non-different. Unfortunately, the impersonalists, the monistic philosophers, have wreaked 
havoc in the world with their misguided opinions concerning  transformation of the Lord's energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demigods and all other living entities belong to the energy principle, as does the universe itself. No one but the Lord and His plenary expansions are in the catego
ry of the energetic principle. Thus the energy and the energetic are one and different. A person who cannot grasp this subtle principle of simultaneous, inconceivable oneness and difference of the Lord and His energies will surely degenerate into an impe
rsonalist, or M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9. He will be forced from the path of devotion and become silent. The Supreme Lord, the source of all opulence, is the energetic principle. If we consider Him to be impersonal, then we limit His absoluteness. The words "S
upreme Absolute" are applicable to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone. The Lord is the Supreme Absolute Principle, unequalled and unsurpassed. Thus 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 He is "one without a second." The Lord's energies are manifested in various forms, and those who become bewildered by these variegated manifestations end up becoming polytheists. It should be c
lear to all that whatever variegatedness we see in the universe is but a transformation of the Supreme Lord's diverse energies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s reject the theory of transformation of energy and subscribe to the theory of the transformation of Brahman itself. Thus they become fixed 
in their belief that Brahman is impersonal. The Supreme Lord has described the specific situations in which He manifests Himself in His impersonal form. There are many quotes from the scriptures substantiating this point. The Supreme Lord, by manifesting
 both His personal and  impersonal features, has firmly established the principle that the Supreme Absolute Person is inconceivably and simultaneously one with and different from His energies. This philosophical conclusion\'97called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has been explained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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  (7.12): }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matta eveti t
\'e4n viddhi na tv aha\'e0 te\'f1u te mayi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for they, on the contrary, are 
within Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Energetic is the source of all energies. Yet although all energies emanate from Him, He remains aloof from the workings of these energies. From this we 
can conclude that the demigods' extraordinary potencies are an intrinsic part of the Supreme Lord's potencies, but that the demigods are separate from the Lord. Hence the boons granted by demigods benefit the recipient only temporarily. Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba confirms this fact 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  (7.23):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\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 My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have already discussed that if fruitive workers filled with fruitive desires approach the Supreme Lord instead of going to the demigods, then the benedictions th
ey receive from the Supreme Lord will be everlasting. They will automatically rise a step higher in the ladder 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 \'97from fruitive activities to }{\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  or the path of absolut
e knowledge. This means that instead of being elevated to the heavenly planets within this material world, they will attain liberation in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, the Lord's  spiritual abode beyond this material world. The demigod-worshippers go to t
he planets of the demigods, the heavenly planets, which are temporary. Once a person's accrued piety is used up, he has to come back to earth. On the other hand, once the devotees of the Supreme Lord attain to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, His supreme abode in the sp
iritual sky,  they never have to return to this world of mortality.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.6: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Incarnates in Kali Yuga in the Form of His Holy Name
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Incarnates in K
ali Yuga in the Form of His Holy 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 Persons with meagre intelligence worship the demigods for fleeting fortunes. So one may ask, "If by worshiping the Supreme Lo
rd one can have all his desires fulfilled, why doesn't everyone worship Him?" Deva\'e5si N\'e4rada once answered a similar question posed by Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. The sage said,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-pras\'e4de govinde\line n\'e4ma-brahma\'ebi vai\'f1\'ebave\line svalpa-pu\'ebya-vat\'e4\'e0 r\'e4jan\line vi\'e7v\'e4so 
naiva j\'e4yate\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 Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata & }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}{\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 O king, a person with little piety can never develop faith in the Lord Govinda, His mercy, His holy name, or 
His pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has corroborated 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  (7.28):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 tv anta-gata\'e0 p\'e4pa\'e0\line jan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 pu\'ebya-karma\'eb\'e4m\line te dvandva-moha-nirmukt\'e4\line 
bhajante m\'e4\'e0 d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'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 Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradic
ated and who are freed from the duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons with a demoniac mentality are steeped in sin; hence their understanding of the importance of spiritual knowledge is nil. Those who have been able to eradica
te their sins by living according to the dictates of their social and spiritual order, and who have thus acquired sufficient piety, are qualified to practice }{\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  Gradually they progress to }{\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  and finally, in meditation, they realize the transcendental and supreme position of the Lord. Such highly fortunate realized souls can see in their hearts the eternal, transcendental, two-handed form of the Supreme Lord, known a
s \'c7y\'e4masundara,  playing His flute. The description of the Lord in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (5.30) reads,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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, who is adept at playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus pet
als, with head bedecked 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are committing sins like illicit sex, fault-finding, and unjustified violence rarely attain spiritual knowledge or realization. Sinful activities deepen t
he dark gloom of ignorance, while pious activities bring the light of transcendental knowledge into one's life. This knowledge culminates in realization of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, simply performing pious activities does not make one eligible for God-rea
lization. Only when a person performs pious activities and associates with saintly persons does spiritual knowledge dawn on his consciousness. Then, when he transcends the platform of duality\'97especially when he no longer takes part in the controversy 
over the Absolute Truth's monistic or dualistic existence\'97he sees Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in his enlightenment and worships Him with determination as  one without a second, matchless and supreme. In the perfected stage of pious activities, the mode of goo
dness dominates the consciousness, dissipating the darkness of nescience and illusion, which are products of the mode of ignorance. As soon as the mode of passion is fully subdued, spiritual realization illuminates the sky of one's consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The point to consider at this juncture is, does anyone in the present age, Kali-yuga, have the means to properly perform such pious activities as fire sacrifices, g
iving in charity, penances, or austerities? It is universally accepted that the unfortunate people of Kali-yuga are absolutely unable to undertake such extravagances. For this reason Lord Caitanya, the most munificent incarnation of Godhead and the savio
r of the Kali-yuga, has declared the truth of the following }{\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 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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord, ch
anting the holy name of the Lord, chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the age of Kali the only process for attaining perfection is to hear, chant, and remember the holy name of the Supreme Lord. Numerous quotes from the scriptures 
substantiate this. All inauspiciousness is destroyed by chanting the all-auspicious name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  (12.12.55) confirms this:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avism\'e5ti\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravindayo\'f9\line k\'f1i\'eboty abhadr\'e4\'ebi ca \'e7a\'e0 tanoti\line sattvasya \'e7ud
dhi\'e0 param\'e4tma-bhakti\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 ca vij\'ef\'e4na-vir\'e4ga-yuktam
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Remembrance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet destroys everything inauspicious and awards the greatest good
 fortune. It purifies the heart and bestows devotion for the Supreme Soul, along with knowledge enriched with realization and renunciation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, to remain beyond the reach of delusion and duality, one has to always remember and meditate on the beatific form of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has a darkis
h complexion and is playing His flute. One must also remember and chant the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is nondifferent from Him, its nature being eternal, perfect, pure, and independent. 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  (8.6-7) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains the importance of remembering Him always:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4t sarve\'f1u k\'e4le\'f1u\line m\'e4m anusmara yudhya ca\line mayy arpita-mano-buddhir\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasy asa\'e0
\'e7aya\'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 Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail. Therefo
re, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of death, our state of consciousness determines our next birth. Death destroys the body made up of the five gross elements, but the subtle body, consist
ing of mind, intelligence, and false ego, remains. As the air carries the scent of the place it blows over, so the soul carries a person's subtle body of mind, intelligence, and false ego, along with his  state of consciousness, on to his next birth, and
 his body is determined accordingly. When a breeze blows over a garden, it carries the fragrance of flowers with it, but when it blows over a rubbish heap, the breeze is filled with the stench. Similarly, the activities a person performs during his lifet
ime continuously influence his mentality, and at the time of death the cumulative effect of these activities determines his state of consciousness. Thus the subtle body formed during one's lifetime is carried over to one's next birth and manifests as the
 soul's next gross body. Naturally, therefore, the gross body reflects one's state of consciousness. As the  popular saying goes, "The face is the index of the mind." And the mind is the product of the activities of one's present and previous lives. In o
ther words, one's mind, intelligence, and false ego, which are influenced by one's habits in this and previous births, form the matrix that determines the type of body and mentality one will have in the next life. Hence the connection between one's previ
ous, present, and future lives is the mind, intelligence, and false ego.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of the day evoke dreams at night and induce emotions appropriate to those activities. Similarly, the activities performed in one's lifetime flash acr
oss one's mind at the moment of death and determine one's next life. Therefore, if one's present activities are directed toward chanting, hearing, and remembering the Supreme Lord's transcendental name, along with descriptions of His beauty, qualities, p
astimes, associates, and paraphernalia, then one's consciousness at the moment one leaves his body will automatically be attracted to the Lord. Such a spiritual state of consciousness at the moment of death ensures the soul entry into the Supreme Lord's 
eternal abode in his very next birth. To awaken this spiritual consciousness is man's prime goal in life. We therefore find that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, out of compassion for the conditioned souls, instructs Arjuna to fight and at the same time remember Him
. This is called }{\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 Therefore devotees always remember Him in all their activities\'97in
 their endeavors for food and safety and even in the middle of the battlefield while fighting a war. Life being like a battlefield, in which one may die at any time, the devotees remember Him at every moment, and He willingly becomes the charioteer of th
eir chariotlike bodies. The activities of their bodies, minds, and words are thus prompted by the Supreme Lord's will, and at the end, when they leave their gross and subtle bodies, they go directly to the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The prime symptom of pure devotional service is constant chanting, hearing, and remembrance of the holy name. Mixed devotional service, as we have previously discus
sed, is devotional service adulterated by }{\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  (fruitive desire) and }{\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  (attachment to knowledge). Such devotional service is often impeded by the particular situation or associat
ion a person finds himself in. But there is never any impediment to pure devotional service. Perfect realization of the Supreme Lord does not occur until one is firmly situated in unalloyed devotional service. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms 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  (18.55): }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9. }{\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 
in verse 8.14 the Lord mentions the primary characteristic of this pure devotional service:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya-cet\'e4\'f9 satata\'e0\line yo m\'e4\'e0 smarati nitya\'e7a\'f9\line tasy\'e4ha\'e0 sulabha\'f9 p\'e4rtha\line nitya-yukt
asya yogina\'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 For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, because of his constan
t engagement in devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Undeviating concentration on the Supreme Lord is the first sign of pure devotion. In other words, a pure devotee is one who wards off all desires and thoughts not r
elated to unflinching devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Many spiritual stalwarts have commented upon pure devotional service. For example, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the foremost of the great spiritual preceptors in the time of \'c7r\'e9 Ca
itanya Mah\'e4prabhu, wrote 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 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.11}{\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 :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\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 render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorably and without desi
re for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People propitiate demigods to satisfy their material desires. Those neophyte devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who try to appease demigods like the sun-god in order to esc
ape ill health do so because they succumb to serious doubts about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme divinity. In analyzing the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("desires other than those directed toward serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba"), we find that one fosters this type of perverted intelligence when one thinks that the sun-god, who is merely a manifestatio
n of the Supreme Lord's potency, can protect one from ill health but that the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, cannot. Once these mind-clouding doubts disperse, one enters the doors of pure devotional service. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karm\'e9s}{\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 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are also tainted by material desires\'97the desire to enjoy their senses and the desire for liberation, respectively.  Pure devotional service is attained only when these material desires are dissipated a
nd one renders unbroken, favorable devotional service to the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The great sage N\'e4rada has said,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  or devotional service, mean
s 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 Him, there are two side effects-one is freed from all material designations, and, simply by 
being employed in the service of the Lord, one's senses are purified. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\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 various identities a person adopts in relation to his mind and body are all material designations. The pure soul is unencumbered by such mundane designations, f
or the only identity he has is that of a servant and inseparable part of the Supreme Lord. Thus, with the shedding of all false designations, one enters a state of transcendence, and when one is firmly situated in transcendence, one becomes pure. Serving
 the Supreme Lord, the master of all senses, with such purified senses is unalloyed devotional service.
\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  (8.14), the two words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananya-cet\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("without deviation") and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-yukta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("regularly") are very significant. One cannot become undeviating in devotional practice without
 being fixed in undeviating faith. When a person regularly serves the Supreme Lord with this faith, he automatically loses all desires for fruitive activity, speculative knowledge, worship of the demigods, and ritualistic pious activities, and he becomes
 undeviating in his devotional service. The word}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  satatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("always") must be understood to imply t
hat devotional service is independent of time, place, circumstance, adversity, and so on. Everyone, regardless of race, caste, sex, or other material designation, can give up mental speculation, fruitive actions, and }{\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 and take complete shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet without deviation. The word }{\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  means "daily," "regularly," or "constantly." Those who meditate constantly on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet ca
n easily attain Him. As Lord Brahm\'e4 states 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 (5.33),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpam\line \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nava-yauvana\'e0 ca\line vede\'f1u durlab
ham adurlabham \'e4tma-bhaktau\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\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, who is inaccessible to 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  but who is obtainable by pure unalloyed devotion of the soul, who is without a second, who is not subject to decay, is without a beginning, wh
ose form is endless, who is the beginning, and the eternal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yet He is a person possessing the b
eauty of blooming youth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the process of executing religious duties, performing fruitive activities, cultivating empiric knowledge, and practising mystic }{\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  much endeavor, time, and money is spent. One has to accept the sinful reactions along with the pious results of such act
ivities. The only way to nullify these results and reactions is to worship the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus worshiping and serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the only advantageous activities for the entire world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is the embodiment of eternal bliss and is always engaged in transcendental pastimes. The only thing required to worship Him is undeviating devotion
\'97ostentation will not please Him. Devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not produce hate or envy; only the agnostic reprobates are strongly opposed to the Lord's devotional service and His devotees. One derives the greatest bliss in devotiona
l service. Indeed, when one finally obtains the Lord, it is like being drowned in an ocean of unlimited ecstasy. Only the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can taste this ecstasy and be always joyful.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.7: Under Illusion of M\'e4y\'e4 Man has Forgotten Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Under Illusion of M\'e4y\'e4 Man ha
s Forgotten Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\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 karm\'e9s, j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\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 yog\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as well as the common politicians and anyone else who is 
working hard to make a comfortable and peaceful situation in this material world, must clearly realize that the world is transitory and full of misery. However much one may toil to make a permanent settlement in this world, at the end everyone is forced 
to leave. As long as one stays here, one must come to grips with the reality of suffering. Since time immemorial the soul has been coming and going. The Lord's devotees, however, not only live happily in this world, but after they leave here they enter t
he eternal and ever-blissful abode of the Lord. As the Lord 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  (8.15
),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub After attaining Me, the great souls, who are }{\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  in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the above verse, the devotees attain the highest perfection\'97that is, they join the elevated corps of the Lord's eternal associates. The mystic }{\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  eightfold mystic perfection is not the same as the devotee's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or "highest perfection." While mystic }{\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 brings perfections that are material and temporary, devotional service to the Supreme Lord brings absolute perfection, which is transcendental and eternal. Th
e Supreme Lord incessantly manifests His ever-fresh transcendental pastimes within this unlimited material universe, which He has created. These pastimes, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhauma-l\'e9
l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have been going on since time immemorial. The sun remains in one place, yet somewhere on earth people see it rising, while elsewhere people see it setting. This rising 
and setting has been going on since the dawn of creation. Similarly, although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally resides in Goloka, His eternal abode, He manifests His transcendental pastimes at every moment in the countless universes of this cosmic creation.
 As it is a mistake to think the sun rises and sets, it is a gross misconception to think that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was born on such-and-such a day and was slain by someone on such-and-such a day. The Lord's birth and activities are all transcendental and
 miraculous. And those who can comprehend this esoteric truth attain the highest perfection. As the Lord states in the 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  (4.9),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'rjuna
\par }\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires to manifest His earthly pastimes, He appears through His eternal parents, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Devak\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Vasudeva, and is
 later brought up by His foster parents, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Saintly souls who perfect their devotional service by following in the footsteps of the Lord's eternal parents are elevated to the highest position as eternal associat
es of the Supreme Lord. Once having entered into the Lord's eternal transcendental pastimes, these great souls relish superexcellent devotional mellows in ecstatic love of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the innumerable universes, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals His earthly pastimes with His intimate friend and eternal associate Arjuna. The Lord makes this clear in t
wo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verses (4.5-6):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcni me vyat\'e9t\'e4ni\line janm\'e4ni tava c\'e4rjuna\line t\'e4ny aha\'e0 veda sarv\'e4\'ebi\line na tva\'e0 vettha para
ntapa
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo 'pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4\line bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo 'pi san\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya\line sa
mbhav\'e4my \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'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 Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the en
emy! 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 original transcendental form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for those unfortunate souls who do not strive for the supreme goal of entering the eternal pastimes of the Supreme Lord and instead become attracted to the munda
ne practices of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, 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 yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which ultimately elevate one to the heavenly planets\'97such souls must once again take birth in this material world. Although they may reach a 
high status in this cosmic system, they must come down as if on a ferris wheel. K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes this phenomenon 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  (8.16):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4-brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\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 wherein repeated b
irth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The higher planetary systems in this material world are Bh\'fcrloka, Bhuvarloka, Svargaloka, Maharloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, and up to Satyaloka, or Brahmaloka. Whic
hever of these planets one rises to in his next life, one must finally return to earth. What to speak of the next life, even in }{\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  life the high position one attains after considerable hard work\'97such as king, emperor, minister, governor, or president\'97is lost after some time, and one is thrown back to a mean and humble status. Only leade
rs who have experienced this kind of humiliation can know the trepidation that accompanies it. But if at any stage of life the grossly foolish miscreants described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9
t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub decide to render devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they can escape the ferris 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  On this wheel, sometimes one goes to heaven and sometimes to hell, sometimes one is born a king and sometimes a slave, sometimes one becomes 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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}{\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  and
 so it goes on. But once a person enters the spiritual abode of the Supreme Lord, he begins his eternal life in his original, constitutional position.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the influence 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  one who is attached to the material body and mind has to change bodies life after life. In this way the soul roams the fourteen planetary systems within this material universe, sometimes going up and sometimes coming down. These plan
ets are transitory\'97merely theatrical stages upon which the soul enacts his mundane existence. But when the living entity is elevated to spiritual perfection and is situated in his pure, eternal identity, devoid of all mundane designations, he attains 
the natural habitat of the spirit soul, the supramundane realm transcending this material creation and the intermediary zone of the unmanifested Brahman effulgence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material body, made up of material ingredients such as earth, water, fire, and air, is mortal. Similarly, because this material universe is an amalgam of earth,
 water, fire, air, etc., it is also transitory. But the spirit soul (which, incidently, has never been duplicated in the laboratory despite repeated efforts) is imperishable, as is its natural, eternal home\'97the kingdom of God. The process that takes t
he eternal soul to his eternal home is called }{\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  or "the eternal religion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Empirical, atheistic philosophers like Kapila spent innumerable tedious hours researching the material phenomena of this cosmic creation. Yet it remained beyond the
 grasp of their limited intelligence to understand that there exists a realm transcendental and far superior to this manifested material world. Finally, when their probing minds failed to sight land in an ocean of speculation, they concluded that the abs
olute truth is unmanifest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Compared to other species, human beings are certainly endowed with good intelligence, yet unless they are devotees of the Lord, all their thinking is limited within
 mundane boundaries. Therefore it is impossible for the mundane mind to approach the transcendence. But instead of surrendering to the Supreme Lord or His representative, the empirical philosophers try to explain away as "unmanifest" that which is beyond
 their mundane minds. This is known as the logic of the frog in the well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No matter how big a thinker a tiny living entity may be, all his activities are limited by mundane boundaries, just as a frog in the well can never comprehend that 
such a thing as an ocean exists outside his little domain. He refuses to acknowledge that a mass of water infinitely bigger than his tiny puddle can at all be possible. Similarly, we are trapped in the dark well of our body and mind. And although we may 
try hard through }{\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  or empirical speculation to overcome our limitations, no matter how erudite
 we are it is impossible to reach beyond the limitations of our self-made well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, who can bring us news of the great ocean? Is there any record of how long we have been struggling in the water to stay afloat in the well of this material world
, sometimes going up to the higher planets, sometimes coming down? Only the Supreme Lord Himself or His empowered representative can possibly free us from confinement in this dark well. Under their guidance we can come to know of the limitless ocean of t
he spiritual sky. This process\'97hearing from higher authorities\'97is called the deductive, or descending, process of knowledge. It is the only authorized way to learn transcendental knowledge. By this method alone is eternal truth transmitted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And what can we learn by this process? Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the spiritual and material worlds as follows 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  (8.17-20):
\par }\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 human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahm\'e4's one day. And such also 
is the duration of his night. 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. Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and ag
ain the night falls, O P\'e4rtha, and they are helplessly dissolved. 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 annihil
ated, that part remains as it is."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People become awestruck when they learn that the life span on Brahmaloka is many millions of years. One has to undergo severe austerities and renunciation, acceptin
g the }{\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  order of life, in order to reach Brahmaloka. However, we must consider one esse
ntial fact: even Lord Brahm\'e4, the presiding deity of that planet, is not immortal. Those who have researched the Vedic scriptures in depth can calculate the lifetime of Brahm\'e4. Human beings count 365 days in their year, and the cycle of 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  comprises approximately 4,320,000 such years. A thousand cycles of 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  make up one day-time (twelve hours) of Lord Brahm\'e4's life. In this way his month and year can be calculated, a
nd Brahm\'e4 lives for a hundred years of his time. But despite this vast life span\'97311 trillion 40 billion human years\'97Lord Brahm\'e4 is a mortal being, and this universe created by him is also perishable. Thus it is not strange that human beings,
 who are also his creation, should perish. As human beings seem immortal to a tiny insect, so Lord Brahm\'e4 and the demigods seem immortal to us. In fact, however, no material body of any form is ever eternal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the end of Lord Brahm\'e4's day, when night approaches, a partial dissolution inundates the universe up to the Svargaloka, the abode of the demigods. All the liv
ing entities of this world are created at the dawn of Lord Brahm\'e4's day and annihilated at dusk, and this creation and annihilation go on in a continuous cycle.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.8: The Supreme Lord always resides in the eternal Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Supreme Lord always resides in 
the eternal Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material creation is manifested and subsequently destroyed during Lord Brahm\'e4's day and night. But beyond this material world is an eternal existence}{\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 the spiritual sky}{\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 which is untouched by creation and annihilation. That spiritual abode is known as the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. Even when this material creation is destroyed, the Vaiku\'eb\'f6h
a planets remain unscathed and intact. Once anyone enters these planets, he never again suffers the repetition of birth and death, which is inevitable for earthly beings. While the material world is covered and pervaded by the material sky, the spiritual
 planets are suspended in the spiritual sky, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paravyoma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . All the planetary systems within
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paravyoma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are transcendental abodes where the Supreme Lord performs His pastimes eternally.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Earlier we discussed that the Supreme Lord possesses two main energies, the material energy and the spiritual energy. The Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets are a product of t
he spiritual energy of the Lord. The living entities belong to this spiritual energy, but because they can reside in either the spiritual world or the material world, even though they are originally spiritual they are designated as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'f6asth\'e4-\'e7akt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i, or "marginal potency."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets are a manifestation of the Lord's internal potency, while the material world is a manifestation of His external potency. Since the Supre
me Lord is the master of all energies, it is an irrefutable fact that He is in full control of both the spiritual  and material worlds. The perfect analogy is an earthen pot: What is needed to manufacture an earthen pot are clay, a potter's wheel, and a 
potter. The clay is the material, or ingredient cause of the pot, the wheel is the instrumental or efficient cause, and the potter is the prime cause. Similarly, while the material energy is both the ingredient and efficient cause of this cosmic creation
, the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the prime cause. Like a shadow, the material energy works strictly in accordance with the Supreme Lord's dictates. 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 (}{\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\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 nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unm
oving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sad fact is that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals the truth about Himself throughout 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 luckless populace cannot regard Him as the Supreme Lord. In particular, the impersonalistic philosophers, who 
make tall claims of being bastions of religiosity, reduce the Supreme Lord to the level of a mediocre mortal and thereby accrue heavy sins. Such atheistic offenders can never approach the subject of God on their own merit. The Supreme Lord and His surren
dered servitors have in various ways clarified and transmitted the knowledge of the Supreme Absolute, but those who offend the Supreme Lord and His devotees can never comprehend such topics. As \'c7r\'e9 Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says 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  (7.5.30-31),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matir na k\'e5\'f1\'ebe parata\'f9 svato v\'e4\line mitho 'bhipadyeta g\'e5ha-vrat\'e4n\'e4m\line ad\'e4nta-gobhir vi\'e7at\'e4
\'e0 tamisra\'e0\line puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0\line dur\'e4\'e7ay\'e4 ye bahir-artha-m\'e4nina\'f9\line andh\'e4 yath\'e4
ndhair upan\'e9yam\'e4n\'e4s\line te 'p\'e9\'e7a-tantry\'e4m uru-d\'e4mni baddh\'e4\'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 Because of their uncontrolled senses, persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward hellish
 conditions and repeatedly chew that which has already been chewed. Their inclinations toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba are never aroused, either by the instructions of others, by their own efforts, or by a combination of both. Persons who are strongly entrapped by
 the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their leader or }{\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  a s
imilar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. As blind men guided by another blind man miss the right path and fall into a d
itch, materially attached men led by another materially attached man are bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life, suffering the threefold miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also describes this kind of person 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  (9.11):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme do
minion over all that be.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puny human beings can manufacture only insignificant items like pots, pans, and factories. Therefore, when a personality who was born not so long ago in Mathur\'e4 
and who looks like a human being is introduced as the Supreme Controller of the entire cosmic manifestation, the Lord of all lords and possessor of all absolute qualities, then, no matter how clearly one explains these truths, ordinary people cannot abso
rb them, due to their tiny dog's-bent-tail intelligence. Thus they embrace monistic, impersonal philosophy. Denying that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone is God, they insist that they are also "Gods." In this manner they embrace grossly foolish ideas about them
selves and God and try to compete with Him, completely disregarding all etiquette and sound philosophical conclusions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritualists from the West often conclude that such atheistic people are possessed by Satan. In bygone ages many such satanic persons\'97R\'e4va\'eba, Hira\'ebyaka
\'e7ipu, Jar\'e4sandha, Ka\'e0sa\'97challenged the Supreme Lord's authority. In modern times they have steadily multiplied. These demons have dismissed even Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, insulting Him with derogatory name\'97calling as "son of aunt \'c7ac
\'e9."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The point to consider is that no one can really compete with God. The Supreme Lord is unparalleled, second to none. As it is said 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  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekale}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e9\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'e4ra saba bh\'e5tya:}{\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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone is the Supreme Godhead, and all others are His servants." Only those who go through life being kicked about by fat
e, slaving hard to fill their bellies and maintain a roof overhead, can harbor so preposterous a wish as to compete with the omnipotent Supreme Controller. It is ludicrous.  They dare harbor such desires because they are totally ignorant of the supreme, 
transcendental position of the Lord. Yet the Supreme Lord is so compassionate that by various tricks He tries to teach even these fools the facts of His transcendental and supreme position. And the Lord's confidential servitors, accepting many hazards an
d pains, also try every possible means to exorcise Satan from these people, who are possessed by the demon of atheism.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then there are those so-called scholars who claim that they they alone know the scriptures and that all others are illiterate fools. Such "scholars" say that resear
ch of the holy texts clearly reveals that K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is the cause of this material creation and that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, is at best Vi\'f1\'ebu's partial expansion. Thus we see that even 
intelligent men are sometimes bewildered by the illusory 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 , and subscribe to de
moniac ideas. How is it possible for such bewildered souls to accept that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we consult the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\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 sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  scriptures on this topic, we will find many references proving 
that Lord Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the origin of K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, and not vice-versa. For example, 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  (5.47) states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'f9 k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4rnava-jale bhajati sma yoga-\line nidr\'e4m ananta-jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-sa-roma-k\'fcpa\'f9\line \'e4dh\'e4ra-
\'e7aktim avalambya par\'e4\'e0 sva-m\'fcrti\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\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 adore the primeval Lord Govinda who assuming His own great subjective form, who bears the name \'c7e\'f1a, 
replete with the all-accommodating potency, and reposing in the Causal Ocean with the infinity of the worlds in the pores of His hair, enjoys creative sleep [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yoganidr\'e4}{\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 Bible says, "God created man after His own image." According to this statement, man possesses two hands because he has a form similar to God's. But this doesn't
 mean that God is a human being because He has two hands. It is a heinous offence to try to diminish the position of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He appeared in a human form. The truth about His divine potency and supreme position should be learned from t
he self-realized spiritual master, the saintly souls, and the revealed scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demonic persons fail to understand the real purpose of human life. Instead, they are always quick to try to diminish the supreme position of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Su
ch atheists may have very high ambitions and may perform great, noble deeds, but because their ambitions and deeds are cut off from a loving relationship to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Godhead, they are all useless. The demon R\'e4va\'eba wanted to 
reach heaven by constructing a stairway, but he failed. And all atheists' ambitions are like that. A zero placed next to the number one gives ten, a second zero makes one hundred, and so on. As long as the number one is there, the value keeps rising as t
he zeroes increase.  But without the number one, any number of zeroes are valueless. Similarly, if a person spends his whole life simply increasing the "zeroes" of material wealth, fame, and learning, without any relationship to the "one"\'97Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'97then his whole life is valueless.  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 }{\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 9.12}{\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 ,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mogh\'e4\'e7\'e4 mogha-karm\'e4\'ebo\line mogha-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4 vicetasa\'f9\line r\'e4k\'f1as\'e9m \'e4sur\'e9\'e0 caiva\line pr
ak\'e5ti\'e0 mohin\'e9\'e0 \'e7rit\'e4\'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 Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demoniac and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their
 hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although a person may call himself a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if he considers K\'e5\'f1\'eba a human being or thinks that He started off as a human being and
 then evolved into God (as is now in vogue, with so many "incarnations" mushrooming), then such a person is not a devotee but an imposter. One often comes across monists and pseudo-devotees posing as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, but eventually they tr
y to usurp K\'e5\'f1\'eba's position. They want to be Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba themselves. Persons with such insidious desires are totally bewildered. If a fruitive worker thinks that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary mortal, he does not attain the goal of h
is fruitive work\'97elevation to the heavenly planets. And if an anthropomorphist happens to be a }{\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  an empirical philosopher, then he also fails to achieve the goal of his pursuit of knowledge\'97liberation from the material modes.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.9: Following in the Footsteps of Self-Realized Saints
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Following in the Footsteps of Self-
Realized Saints
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atheists gradually develop a demoniac nature and live in the world like beggars chasing after name, fame, wealth, and so on. Constantly deluded 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  they live useless lives. On the other hand, those who are truly dedicated to serving the Supreme
 Lord are never attacked by such a demoniac mentality. These great souls do not carry the title "Mah\'e4tm\'e4" as an appendage. Someone who follows the satanic path and always challenges the Supreme Lord may try to fool the people into thinking he is 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  but the characteristics of an actual }{\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  are 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  (9.13):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 P\'e5th\'e4, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine natu
re. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real }{\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  do not distract their minds with sense gratification and material desires, but with single-minded resolve they engage in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. Because they are under the protection of His divine energy, they understand 
that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme cause of all causes. Such persons alone possess all saintly qualities. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees are exceptional personalities, for at all times they are embellished with extraordinary characteristics rarely a
ttained even by the demigods. To usher in the age of peace in this world, the presence such }{\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  is imperative.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently, at a medical convention held in New Delhi, our honorable prime minister made the following observation in his speech:
\par }\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 go in for public health, sanitation, and all kinds of preventive measures rather than wait for people to f
all ill and then treat them. Why not apply that principle in the larger sphere and prevent social diseases that, left untreated, we will have to deal with later in a much more difficult form? So when wise men like you gather together, perhaps you might t
hink of the ills and diseases of humanity as a whole that create so many conflicts and troubles and impede human progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Factually, whatever problems crop up in the world are caused by the mind. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'eb\'f2it
as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have researched the scriptures thoroughly and held many discussions on this topic. If we can follow the example set by the subjects of King Ambar\'e9\'f1a, who under his gu
idance concentrated their minds on the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then the mind can be cured of all ills. Any other process will bring upon us the fate described by Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja 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 (5.18.12): }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto 
mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9 manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9}{\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 ... a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if h
e is adept at the practice of mystic }{\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  or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives,
 he must be driven by his own material speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord's external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The only way to cure this mental disease is to wholeheartedly follow Lord Caitanya's instruction to chant the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This will cleanse the he
art of all impurities. Until this esoteric truth is propagated widely, the world will remain deprived of the panacea that cures all mental diseases. Our honorable prime minister should seriously consider this. If the number of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devot
ees even slightly increases, there will immediately be a resurgence of peace and prosperity in the world. For man to rise to the glorious heights of a demigod, he needs only to revive his latent K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness is the greatest boon to humanity.
\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 mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  possess other wonderful qualities, some of which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes 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  (9.14):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls pe
rpetually worship Me with great devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This text gives some hints of how to become a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
satatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("always") has been used to indicate that the process of purifying one's consciousness does not depend on fruitive activity, empiric knowledge, }{\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  or on time, place, or circumstance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A living entity becomes free from all suffering as soon as he admits that he is an eternal servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such a servant of the Lord need not perfo
rm fruitive activity or cultivate empiric knowledge, nor does he have to undergo any other process of purification. The only essential factor is his intense greed for devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An extreme longing for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only means for attaining Him. Thus intense, unflinching devotional service is another symptom 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 . These }{\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 execute all nine limbs of devotional service, beginning with hearing, chanting, and remembering the name, form, qualities, pastimes, and paraphernalia of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Such devotional service is transcendental to any mundane consideration of time, place, or circumstance. }{\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 are always eager to render loving devotional service to the Lord. They tirelessly dedicate their lives, energy, words, intelligence, body, society\'97everything\'97in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great endeavor the }{\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  undertakes to execute devotional service is more intense than the ordinary man's voluntary acceptance of excessive pains and troubles to maintain his family and home. The struggle for maintaining family and relatives is
 illusion, or }{\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 Hence it is truly distressing. By contrast, the difficulties one accept
s in serving the Supreme Lord are transcendental, and therefore they are a source of sublime bliss. Moreover, a person who serves the Supreme Lord automatically serves his family. But the opposite is not true: serving the family is not equivalent to serv
ing the Lord. All }{\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  agree on this point.  Not only does the person who serves the Su
preme Lord serve his relatives, but he also serves the entire world of moving and nonmoving living beings. Thus service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the prime cause of world peace and harmony.
\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 mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are always ready to render such service to the Lord with great determination. In this regard His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura once made this comment in a lecture:
\par }\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 neophyte Vai\'f1\'ebava devotees' ringing the bell even once during worship of the Deity of the Supreme L
ord is a million times more valuable, spiritually and otherwise, than the charitable fruitive workers building many hospitals, feeding thousands of the poor, or building homes, or even the empirical philosophers' Vedic studies, meditation, austerities, a
nd penances.
\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 mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  have shown the perfect path of charity: devotional service to the Lord. If anyone ignores this path and instead builds hospitals, his effort to help humanity is a mere pretense. Humanity can never reap any permanent advantage from such activ
ities. Indeed, the number of patients only increases along with the number of hospitals. And as for feeding the poor, this will never eradicate poverty, but encourage it. Frankly speaking, we are not against opening hospitals or feeding the poor, or any 
other such humanitarian service. But what we have learned from our beloved spiritual master is that when devotional service to the Lord is neglected,  every other activity is illusory and futile. Without genuine devotional service, even opening hospitals
 and feeding the poor in the name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is futile. Spiritual groups that do not strictly follow in Lord Caitanya's line cannot comprehend this because they do not wish to abide by the instructions 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 . They do not follow Lord Caitanya's injunction to be "more humble than a blade of grass." If they were that hum
ble, they would give up their pride in being the doer of good deeds, the wisest person, the most devoted, and so on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who strive to emulate 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  never fall prey to passivity and regression. Their eagerness and determination to serve the Lord steadily increase. Such followers observe spiritual occasions like \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86
\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 is the appearance festival of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J
anm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f12\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek
\'e4da\'e7\'e9\'97literally the eleventh day. In the lunar month it is the eleventh day of the waxing and waning moon. Vai\'f1\'ebavas abstain from grains on this day.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4
da\'e7\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for the pleasure of the Lord, in the way that 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  and }{\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 have recom
mended. This is devotional service proper. Because 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  are more humble than a blad
e of grass, they worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everything in relation to Him. Atheists, however, exhibit a different mentality altogether: they want to flaunt their abilities and charitable disposition. They may pretend to serve Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, bu
t their aim is "to sit on the Lord's head" once they attain perfection. In other words, they want to usurp His position. Therefore they do not really serve Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nor is He their real object of worship. 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 never associate with these demoniac people. They are fixed in their resolve to serve the Lord, and thus they al
ways remain connected to Him through devotional service.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.10: The Supreme Lord: Lover of His Devotees
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Supreme Lord: Lover of His Devo
tees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Members of the so-called educated class ask, "If one is busy all the time rendering devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how is one to maintain himself and hi
s family?" The so-called educated men think only a fool would be blind to his immediate physical needs and uselessly waste his time in devotional service so he could rise to the platform 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 . In fact, they think that a real }{\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 he who strives to improve his material facilities from good to better. They say that it is because of the economists' poor planning that the world is facing a major crisis in food production.
 Both the economists and their critics should 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  (9.22) and hear wha
t Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has to say on this subject:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form\'97to them I carry what they lac
k and preserve what they have.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is relevant to mention here how in the Western world one atheistic government tried to induce the innocent citizens to embrace atheistic views. The government se
nt their propagandists to proselytize the people in the villages. They asked the innocent villagers, "Why do you all go to church? What do you pray to God for?" The villagers simply answered, "God gives us food." The atheists then led the villagers to th
e church and asked them to pray to God for food. The villagers, of simple faith, began to pray to God. At the end of their prayers, the officials asked them if they had received food or not. Bewildered, the people shook their heads. The atheists then ask
ed the villagers to pray to them for food, which they did. Immediately, with a look of triumph, the atheists brought out baskets of bread. The villagers became happy and thought that the government representatives were more responsive and productive than
 God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Alas! If only a devotee of the Lord had been present there, the villagers' devotion would not have been molested. The neophyte devotees' tender devotion is always s
usceptible to damage. But bread, after all, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub does }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub came from God, and not from the atheists. If tho
se villagers had been more conversant with the scriptures, the atheists would never have been successful in their evil plan. The simple villagers were illiterate, and hence they had no idea that the Supreme Lord alone can give them food. If the earth did
 not produce grain, then the atheists, despite their advanced material science, could never make bread or other foods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many may claim that in the modern age material scientists have helped increase agricultural yield. But we fearlessly proclaim that it is precisely such atheistic vi
ews that have brought the world to the present acute food crisis. If we are not careful, the day will soon come when fruits will be reduced to just skin and seed, cows' udders will dry up, and paddy fields will grow only grass. The scriptures predict tha
t these things will come to pass in the Kali-yuga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reality, the Supreme Lord is always protecting us. The inmates of a prison are being punished by the government, yet the same government feeds them and looks aft
er them. Similarly, sinful, atheistic people, though punished by the Lord's illusory energy (}{\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  personified as Durg\'e4-dev\'e9), are still fed and cared\'97for by the Lord Himself. And if the Supreme Lord feeds and maintains even the worst sinners, reprobates, and helpless souls, then what to speak of those who are eternally surrender
ed to His lotus feet? He is like a king who takes proper care of his subjects, but who especially looks after the needs of his near and dear relatives. Therefore it is not true that a comfortable life can be enjoyed only by those who perform ordinary pio
us activities, but not by the devotees, who are free from fruitive action and empirical knowledge. The devotees do not always suffer, for the Supreme Lord personally takes care of them. The devotees are the Lord's relatives and family members. Just as or
dinary people feel joy and satisfaction when they look after the needs and comforts of their family, the Lord also feels pleasure when he tends to the well-being of His devotees. Thus the Supreme Lord is known as Bhakta-vatsala, "the maintainer of the de
votees." But He is never referred to as Karm\'e9-vatsala, "the maintainer of fruitive workers," or J\'ef\'e4n\'e9-vatsala, "the maintainer of empiric philosophers."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of the Lord fully depend on Him for everything, and so whatever they do to maintain themselves and their family is favorable to devotional surrender. S
uch pure souls are always fixed in devotion, never wasting a moment in activities outside the Lord's service. They are not assailed by materialistic desires, because everything they do is for the Lord's pleasure. Hence they alone are truly peaceful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotee himself arranges for all expenditures incurred in executing devotional service. To an ordinary eye, earning and spending money in this way may look like
 sense enjoyment. But when the devotee is devoid of all material desires, the Supreme Lord feels great satisfaction in fulfilling all his needs. Though the obedient son may never express his wants to his father, the loving father spontaneously tries to m
ake his son happy and derives joy from doing so. Therefore the Lord's devotees never lack anything, even materially, and at the end of this life, after leaving the body, they are situated in eternal bliss. This is the transcendental wealth a devotee inhe
rits. Others\'97the fruitive workers, empiric philosophers, demigod-worshippers, and mystic }{\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 \'97cannot attain eternal bliss.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is equally disposed toward all, He is nonetheless especially concerned about His devotees' well-being. However, one should not conclud
e that the Lord is nepotistic. As He declares 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 (4.11), }{\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  "All of them\'97as they surrender unt
o Me\'97I reward accordingly." Though the devotees are desireless and undemanding, the Lord always sees to their requirements. The devotees are ever-joyful upon receiving such grace from the Lord, and there is no offence or sin in accepting His benedicti
ons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here one may pose a question: "Why do only the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba attain to His transcendental abode? After all, the demigods are simply energies of Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the scriptural conclusion is that the energy and the energetic are nondifferent. Therefore, why can't those who worship the demigods, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energies, attain to the transcendental abode of the Lord?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reply, let us first refer to what Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says on this subject 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  (9.23):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye 'py anya-devat\'e4 bhakt\'e4\line yajanti \'e7raddhay\'e4nvit\'e4\'f9\line te 'pi m\'e4m eva kaunteya\line yajanty avidhi-p
\'fcrvakam
\par }\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 a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunt\'e9, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offere
d without true understanding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People worship demigods to fulfill temporary material desires, and the results they achieve from such worship are equally temporary and material. But if one worship
s the demigods with the knowledge that they are the Supreme Lord's energies, then this worship is accepted as authorized, and gradually such a worshipper becomes a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Godhead. But if one worships the demigods with
 the idea that they are on an equal level with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then such worship is unauthorized, because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, unequalled and unsurpassed. Therefore no demigod can exist independent of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like a king, and the demigods are like his ministers. The minister may sit on a throne and manage state affairs, but he is not independent: his powers come from the king.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By virtue of being the Supreme Absolute Truth, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally full of knowledge and bliss, beyond this material world. In the material world we of
ten compare one person with another in terms of their position and power, and so we can rightly say that in comparison with human beings, the demigods are very highly placed. But there is no comparison between the Supreme Lord and the demigods, who are s
imply living entities belonging to the category as humans. Living entities, or }{\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  belong t
o the Lord's marginal potency, which emanates from His transcendental, internal potency. Therefore anyone who considers the demigods to be independent Supreme Gods is speculating and is totally wrong, because as }{\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  they are invested only with temporary powers and position.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If a highly placed servant in the king's court is mistakenly honored as the king, that does not mean the king becomes the servant and vice versa. Similarly, Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only Supreme Person, and everyone else is His servant. 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  clearly explains the relationship between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the demigods. There are numerous proofs that beings who are in the category of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97supreme personalities on the level of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu\'97are the highest absolute beings. 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  confirms this truth by proclaiming that of all kinds of worship, worship of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the most elevated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India, the Hindus worship many gods\'97the sun-god, the moon-god, and so on. But the rituals of worship always begin with the worship of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and in
 the end everything is offered to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's lotus feet because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 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  a member of the priestly class, must start every ritual of worship by invoking Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu as the Supreme Being; otherwise all his worship and rituals will be rendered useless. This same Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is, in fac
t, a partial expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the ultimate cause of all causes and the original Supreme Lord. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the receiver of all oblations and sacrifices and is the ultimate benefactor of all worship. As 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  (9.24),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nat
ure fall down.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of worshiping the demigods, the reason for placing Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, on the throne as the supreme enjoyer of the ritual or sacr
ifice is that the various demigods also worship Him and offer Him sacrifices. Therefore He is the Lord and master of all sacrifices. The Supreme Lord fulfills the desires of the demigod-worshippers through the agency of the demigods, but because the demi
god-worshippers are ignorant of the Supreme Lord's transcendental position, their unauthorized demigod-worship leads them to confusion and illusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demigod-worshippers often try to rationalize their worship of the demigods by thinking, "I am a devotee of this demigod, so he will certainly shower his grace upon 
me and fulfill all my heart's desires. Hence he is indeed the Supreme Lord." But the authorized scriptures condemn such demigod-worshippers and their worship as unethical and philosophically wrong. Such worshippers cannot understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s the Supreme Lord, the ultimate source of all energies. The demigods are in fact manifestations of the Lord's energies, though to the illusioned demigod worshippers they appear to be the ultimate object of their worship and devotion. Those who persist i
n this misunderstanding will never attain the Absolute Truth. On the other hand, those who worship the demigods strictly according to scriptural injunctions quickly realize that their object of worship is subordinate to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
With this realization, their illusion is destroyed and they take shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.11: Offering a Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit, or a Little Water.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Offering a Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit,
 or a Little Water
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should always keep in mind that it is unnecessary to worship anyone but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Especially in this Age of Kali it is impossible to perform opulent 
sacrifices and worship. Of late, it has become a popular practise to publicly worship demigods with great pomp. Such worship is conducted whimsically, without following the scriptural rules. It is an excuse for people in the mode of ignorance to engage i
n base sense enjoyment and fiendish revelry. No ethics are maintained, no arrangements made for sumptuous public feasting, no authorized }{\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  chanted, no proper offerings made to the deities. These occasions are simply an excuse for wild singing, dancing, and misbehaving. All such worship is unauthorized.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore intelligent people will follow the process of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God and in this way worship Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga who is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself with a golden complexion. Worshiping Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an expensive affair, and worshiping Lord Caitanya is even easier and less expensive than worshiping Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The reason is that the little effort taken to c
ollect a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or some water for the worship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not even required in Lord Caitanya's worship. But in any case, both the Supreme Lords can be worshiped easily in any country, in any condition, by anyone\'97be he f
oolish or wise, sinful or pious, highborn or lowborn, rich or poor. Thus we find Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saying 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 (9.26),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once the Supreme Lord is satisfied, the entire world is automatically satisfied, for by worshiping Him, one worships everyone else. Just as an entire tree\'97branch
es, leaves, and so on\'97receives water once the root of the tree is watered, so when the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped and satisfied, then all the demigods and human beings are worshiped and satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no mention anywhere that worship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has to be conducted with large expenditures and pomp. Nor is there any restriction of time, place, 
or circumstance. Just as everyone has the right to bathe in the Ganges, so everyone has the right to serve Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Flowers, fruit, leaves, and water are available everywhere. Even a pauper can arrange to find these four things with very litt
le effort and at no cost. Thus the process of worshiping Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so simple that anyone from anywhere can participate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unborn, yet He can accept any form imaginable. And because He is the supreme father of every living being, anyone\'97whether a high-born }{
\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 social outcast\'97can offer Him a flower, a fruit, a leaf, and water with love 
and devotion. Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes, will accept this offering, and by such spiritual activity the worshipper becomes eligible to enter His eternal abode. Who could be more foolish than the person who rejects this easy and joy
ful process and, becoming captivated by the mirage of material existence and craving for temporary mundane facilities, takes shelter of demigods? Recent times have witnessed a concerted and noble effort on all fronts to bring about unity, peace, and harm
ony in the world, but these are possible only when people worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and render Him devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such a proposal is neither preposterous nor comic. In fact, if someone is a sincere seeker of the Absolute Truth, then whatever his present situation may be, by reg
ularly offering the Supreme Lord flowers, fruit, leaves, and water with love and devotion, he will readily experience that the Supreme Absolute Truth, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is gradually coming nearer to him. We humbly request all our readers to kindly try
 this excellent method of approaching Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. This method requires no monetary expenditure, physical exertion, philosophical knowledge, or noble birth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The differences between a demigod-worshipper and a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are wide and numerous. In general, persons approach demigods only out of temporary
 material desires, whereas the devotees aim to re-establish their eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Lord. To that end the devotees offer Him worship, gifts, and anything they can collect, together with love and devotion, and the Lord accepts a
ll these with relish. Such devotional offerings are free of any cravings for material benefit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By contrast, the polytheists' offerings, which are laden with selfish motivations for material gain, are never accepted by the Supreme Lord, even if these offerings
 are opulent and elaborate. The demigod-worshippers have no real love or devotion for the particular demigod they worship, yet Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that He fulfills the material desires of the foolish demigod worshippers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba never accepts any offering bereft of love and devotion. A person who is not hungry cannot suddenly develop an appetite, even if he is given dele
ctable food. Similarly, the Lord has no attraction for opulent offerings made without love and devotion. We have already discussed that unauthorized worship of the Supreme Lord stems from the absence of devotion and the presence of material desire. One w
ho is full of devotion aims to satisfy the Supreme Lord's senses, while one who is full of material desire aims to gratify his own senses. Those who carry in their hearts the desire to gratify themselves but make a show of serving the Supreme Lord will n
ever experience the joys of being a real devotee. The scriptures have aptly described them as mercenaries. Devotion's prime objective is the attainment of God. Therefore, one must offer the Lord everything in one's possession, including the results 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 -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga, j\'ef\'e4
na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , mystic }{\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  austerity, meditation, and so on. This perfect process of surrender will lead to the attainment of God. Thus Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba openly proclaims 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  (9.27),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all auster
ities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If a person follows this injunction and with love offers the Lord everything he has\'97wife, house, family, intelligence, learning, business, religiosity, labor, fo
od, water, whatever is required to maintain the body, and even lust, greed, and anger\'97then the Lord accepts these offerings and completely satisfies the offerer. And at the time of death the Lord takes such a surrendered soul to His Supreme abode.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods are empowered to accept only certain types of offerings, whereas Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba can accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-phala,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or fruitive results, of everyone. The Supreme Lord alone is powerful enough to accept conflicting fruitive results and moods of worshi
p. This indicates K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme lordship and absolute position. It is unlikely that all of humanity will be able to understand the science of pure devotional service, yet everyone always has the ability to attain the Lord's lotus feet, even in
 the face of striking odds. Therefore the best course is to offer everything to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the points we have discussed regarding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1k\'e4ma-karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are mentioned in detail in the scriptures. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'eb\'f2itas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  define }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1k\'e4ma-karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as "activities free from the desire for fruitive 
gain or empirical knowledge." Only such transcendental activities can be offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But all activities\'97whether verbal, physical, or mental\'97are transcendental if offered to the Lord with love and devotion. And He duly receives t
hese offerings by His causeless mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, at this juncture we must avoid committing a mistake. Our present discussion does not include the materialistic caste }{\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  offering of oblations or fruitive work to Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Because such offerings are not devoid of lust, there
 is no love or devotion in them. We have earlier established that the main criterion for a proper offering to the Lord is that it be done with love and devotion, for the satisfaction of His senses. Hence we must understand that only those things or servi
ces offered solely for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord are actually accepted by Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Exerting oneself to satisfy one's own hunger is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4ma-karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fruitive activity, but to tirelessly toil to feed the Supreme Lord with delicacies is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1k\'e4ma-karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub transcendental work aimed at pleasing Him. Pleasing the Lord should be the sole purpose of commerce and trade, and also of research, science, charity, austerity, and all other activities.
 Such a practice will inspire one to hear and chant transcendental topics related to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this hearing and chanting are the foremost of the ninefold devotional activities. In Vedic times, all human activities were strongly affiliated 
with devotional service to the Supreme Lord. Today the same eternal principle applies: everything must be utilized in the Lord's service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices. Thus He accepts the fruits of everyone's labor, and by so doing He crowns all His devotees' endeavors 
with glowing success. Such is the transcendental potency possessed by the omnipotent Lord. We must pay careful heed, however, never to allow the desire for self-aggrandizement or sense gratification to surreptitiously slip into our consciousness while we
 are performing devotional service. We should simply follow in the footsteps of the previous spiritual masters. In the Lord's presence, everyone is equal. Therefore, whoever serves the Lord with unwavering single-mindedness is listed among His close asso
ciates. They are truly "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-janas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," Lord Hari's own men. To rubber-stamp as a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a person who does not possess the prerequisite\'97devotional service\'97is a farce and an onerous 
hindrance on the path of devotional surrender.
\par }\pard {\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  (9.29),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line na me dve\'f1yo 'sti na priya\'f9\line ye bhajanti tu m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line mayi te te
\'f1u c\'e4py aham
\par }\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 envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion
 is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One must not misunderstand the meaning of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "equal." It does not mean that the Lord is impersonal and that He will bless any whimsical act, even unruly behaviour. The Lord is absolutely personal, the reservoir of divine sentiments, the suprem
e performer of transcendental pastimes. And He is the well-wishing friend of all living beings. But friendship has different degrees of intimacy. Thus the Lord's equal disposition is not without varieties of personalism. In other words, the Lord reciproc
ates with us according to our intensity of love for Him. 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  (4.11) He says, }{\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 all surrender unto Me, I re
ward them accordingly." He responds to all the different devotional mellows\'97servitorship, fraternity, parental affection, and conjugal love. Similarly, he ignores those who disrespect Him by regarding Him as an ordinary mortal. Conversely, He always s
helters and protects those who accept Him as the Supreme Lord and serve Him with loving devotion, following in the footsteps of past saintly masters.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.12: Give Up all Kinds of Religion and Surrender unto Me."
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Give Up all Kinds of Religion and S
urrender unto Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The so-called progressive modern civilization has produced reprobate human beings, whose sins have been accumulating over many lifetimes. Yet if they surrender to L
ord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even they will have all their sins eradicated forever. The process of devotional service and remembrance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba will gradually dissipate unwanted, base desires from within their hearts. And those hearts, which previous
ly sheltered immoral yearnings will become fully cleansed and auspicious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sinful and the destitute can understand their mistakes and misfortune only by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. Once they begin to repent for their sins and surrende
r to the Lord, they are saved; they become purified and start manifesting saintly characteristics. And if even after a person takes to the devotional process some vestige of immorality remains in his character, that also will soon be eradicated by the Lo
rd's grace. The single-minded devotee who never offends the Supreme Lord or His devotees is to be considered a saintly soul. Even if it seems that such a saint is not yet rid of all sinful propensities, he will never be destroyed, as are the }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a similar situation. This the Supreme Lord Himself has declared.
\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's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  account of the deliverance of Aj\'e4mila conclusively proves this fact. Once undeviating faith in devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba penetrates a person's heart, the process of purification is firmly underway, even though
 his external activities may show residues of sin. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has boldly broadcast 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 (9.31) His promise that His surrendered devotees can never be vanquished: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . That Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba will always protect His devotees is proved in this verse, especially since the Lord, instead of declaring the promise Himself, asks the valiant prince Arjuna to
 do so on His behalf. The Lord may break His own promise, but because He is favorable to His devotees, He will always try to uphold their promises. By breaking His own promise and keeping Bh\'e9\'f1madeva's on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, the Lord h
as proved beyond a doubt that He favors His surrendered devotees .
\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 br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or someone of noble birth endowed with beauty, wealth, and learning may fallaciously conclude that elimination of degraded habits still visible in a devotee can occur only in the case 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  like Aj\'e4mila. Aj\'e4mila was 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  by birth, but on account of sinful activities caused by bad reactions from his past life, he began performing abominable activities. At the end of his life, however, his remembran
ce of the Supreme Lord absolved him of all sins. But deliverance is possible for everyone, not just those of high birth. Even the lowest people, who are naturally given to base activities, can reach the spiritual abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba if they simp
ly surrender at His lotus feet. As 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  (9.32):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te 'pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\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 P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth\'97women, vai\'e7yas [merch
ants], as well as \'e7\'fcdras [workers]\'97can approach the supreme destination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the lowest of human beings can attain the supreme destination by surrendering to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then what to speak of high-born }{\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 follow the path of devotional service to the Supreme Lord are not hounded by caste and colou
r discrimination. Monotheism\'97one religion and one creed\'97is possible only under the shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, and not in any other way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The illusory 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 constantly terrorizes and shackles the people in the present Age of Quarrel, Kali-yuga. Due to forgetting their real identity as spirit souls, they bring disaster to the world. Under such a siege, modern-day thinkers and philo
sophers are desperately trying to bring purity and unity into society. They are conducting in-depth research into this problem. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba long ago gave the solution to our modern problems 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  (9.34):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O people of the world! Please try to translate 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 into action and channel your thoughts toward Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. Serve Him with your mind and body. If you dovetail all your energy in the Lord's service, then not only will y
ou feel intense exhilaration in this lifetime, but you will be immersed in eternal bliss in the spiritual world, perpetually serving Him. The most munificent incarnation of Godhead, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, recently advented in the Age of Kali to pro
pagate this message. By the great fortune of all Bengalis, He appeared in Bengal and blessed the Bengali race. Thus Bengalis can preach His mission and instructions to the entire human race and deliver the people of the planet and themselves. The present
ation of this knowledge in a systematic and scientific manner will bring about universal sublime peace. Yet the shocking fact is that thirteen unauthorized cults have mushroomed into prominence and are fast expanding their illegitimate fold with naive di
sciples. What one fails to comprehend is how the leaders of these cults, who have never accept discipleship and tutelage from any bona fide spiritual master, can suddenly rise to the position of spiritual master themselves. The subject matter that needs 
to be promulgated among the people is not some cheap, sentimental concoction meant to deceive them; it is in fact a deeply profound and esoteric theology. The words of Lord Caitanya can never be disseminated by unscrupulous self-styled "}{\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 fake spiritual sentiments to impress the ignorant mass of people. All saintly persons beware!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our general experience is that impersonalists, given as they are to speculation and sophistry, hesitate to accept Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Godhead. Thus t
hey will always be frustrated in their endeavors to know the Supreme Absolute Truth by dint of their own intelligence. They cannot perceive this shortcoming in themselves, and even if it is pointed out to them by persons who know the science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, they cannot grasp it. Such polluted consciousness is a result of not surrendering to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Lord's name, form, qualities, pastimes, and paraphernalia are all transcendental and extraordinary; hence blunt material se
nses cannot perceive them. The sun becomes visible only by the help of sunlight; similarly, the Supreme Lord reveals Himself only to those engaged in His devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The facilities available to us in our material condition are many. One facility in the mode of goodness is intelligence, which gives us the ability to distinguish s
ubtle elements and to discriminate between matter and spirit, and in this way to avoid coming under illusion. Also in the mode of goodness are tolerance, truthfulness, control of the senses, equanimity, and other such qualities. Added to the list are qua
lities in the mode of passion, such as strong desire, fearlessness, and unwavering determination, as well as qualities in the mode of ignorance, such as fear, madness, and distress over birth, death, old age, and disease. All these facilities are product
s of the Lord's external, material energy. Since }{\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 under the Supreme Lord's control, 
all the above-mentioned qualities also emanate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond the periphery of our sensual experience, and therefore simply cultivating the nobler qualities\'97those in the mode of goodness\'97is not suffic
ient spiritual practice to elevate us to the Lord's lotus feet. The only way to overcome }{\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 to take complete shelter at the Lord's lotus feet. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states 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  (7.14) that those who surrender to Him can easily cross beyond }{\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 Once }{
\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 surmounted, one's endeavor is crowned with the realization that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba i
s the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As Lord Brahm\'e4 says 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  (5.1):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only when one is free from the influences 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  can one perceive the transcendental opulence, power, fame, beauty, knowledge, and renunciation of the Supreme Lord. With this transcendental realization one can fathom the Supreme Lord's own words 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  (10. 8-10):
\par }\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 source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this per
fectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts. 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 conversing about Me. T
o those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 2.13: All Perfections Come from Bhakti-yoga
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub All Perfections Come from Bhakti-yo
ga
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever exists\'97manifest or unmanifest, material or spiritual\'97has one primary source: the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the primeval, supreme controller
, the cause of all causes, the Lord of all lords. As the Supersoul within the heart, He inspires all the activities of a transcendentally situated devotee. Those who possess true knowledge of the Absolute can render service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the 
mood of a servitor, a friend, and so on. Their hearts are always absorbed in thoughts of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they yearn to perceive and relish His eternal, transcendental pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the grace of the Supreme Lord, these unalloyed devotees can unravel the mysteries of His intimate worship. Then, due to their love for the Lord, they find it dif
ficult to maintain their lives without hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord's name, form, qualities, pastimes, associates, and paraphernalia. They seek the association of like-minded devotees, and with them they dive into the ocean of the nectar 
of devotion. Situated in their spiritual identity, they relish spiritual exchanges and hear, discuss, and remember the all-auspicious topics of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes, thus practising the ninefold devotional process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They execute this ninefold devotional service in the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or practice, and feel deep satisfaction in the perfected, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stage. They become saturated with the transcendental spiritual mellows of servitorship, friendship, and so on, from which they derive divine ecstasy. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba grants genuine transcendental understandin
g, }{\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 , to those devotees who experience spiritual satisfaction and divine bliss through 
constant devotional service; gradually their specific devotional attitude increases to the point where they can relish pure love of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the stage 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  or spontaneous devotional service in ecstasy, there is a direct transcendental exchange of mellows between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotee. The Supreme Lord Himself gives His devotee }{\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  or spiritual intelligence, and the devotee, acting with that intelligence, serves the Lord until he gradually approaches t
he Lord's supreme abode. Such a devotee can never be affected by ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists and empiric philosophers consider the unalloyed devotees of the Lord sentimental fools, and thus they deride them. This is a big offense. Such of
fences cause the impersonalists and pseudo-devotees to slowly become demoniac. Having lost good sense and a stable mind, they gradually develop animosity toward the Supreme Lord and find all their life's endeavors reduced to suffering and futility. If on
e of these deluded demoniac impersonalists comes in contact with a pure devotee and by his mercy regains his lost insight, then he can begin to understand that the pure devotees he offended are exchanging spiritual mellows with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and ar
e thus forever free from ignorance and illusion. The impersonalists must understand that the Supreme Lord, acting from within as the Supersoul, removes all ignorance from the devotee's heart. 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  (10.11):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub To show them special mercy, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkn
ess born of ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The dry speculative philosophers may kindly note one  point: By using the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te\'f1
\'e4m, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba openly declares that He is always merciful to His surrendered devotees. The reason that the Lord expands Himself as the Supersoul and enters everyon
e's heart is not to bless the empiric 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  but to bless the devotees from wi
thin. If the Supreme Lord Himself wishes to enlighten the devotees with spiritual knowledge and gradually draw them closer to Him, then what question is there of such devotees ever coming under the spell of nescience? Rather, it is out of nescience only 
that the empiric philosophers try to approach the Supreme Truth on the strength of their own intellect. We know that the Supreme Lord can dissipate the darkness of ignorance with the spiritual effulgence emanating from His body. Can the empiricists do th
e same? One can never lift the gloom of nescience by one's own efforts. Empiricists such as the atheist Kapila, unable to reach enlightenment by their own efforts, feel great relief in trying to explain away the Absolute Truth as unknowable and unmanifes
t. But great suffering befalls these dry speculators attached to the theory of the unmanifest Absolute, as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms  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  (12.5):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kle\'e7o 'dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m\line avyakt\'e4sakta-cetas\'e4m\line avyakt\'e4 hi gatir du\'f9kha\'e0\line dehavadbhir av\'e4p
yate
\par }\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 whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is ver
y troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The austerities a monist performs are painful both during the initial stage of practice (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'e4dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) and when he has supposedly reached perfection. The impersonalists suffer excruciating pains trying to establish the oneness of matter and spirit throug
h speculative theories. Thinking that Brahman is impotent, through sophistry they try to equate the Lord's inferior, material energy with His superior, spiritual energy, thus reaping ridicule from truly learned circles. In attempting to prove that the Ab
solute Truth cannot be the Supreme Personality of Godhead with unlimited energies, they argue that this would mean immutable Brahman is actually mutable. Thus their logic loses all cohesion and they become a laughingstock. In trying to refute the establi
shed theory of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pari\'eb\'e4ma-v\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or the "transformation of energy," they accuse \'c7r\'e9la
 Vy\'e4sadeva of being mistaken when he says that the material universe and the living entities are all transformations of the Lord's energy and are therefore real, not false. Thus in their philosophical discussions the monists reject the main purport an
d essence of all Vedic scriptures and their corollaries and hang on to nonessential injunctions, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat tvam asi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You are that." They like to deliberate on these subpoints, but when confronted with the arguments of a learned Vai\'f1\'ebava, they turn and run from the battlefront.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without understanding that the Supreme Lord is a transcendental personality, the monists make futile and grossly mundane attempts at restraining their senses, medit
ating on the Lord's impersonal aspect as the ultimate and original Absolute Truth. As it is impossible to dam a flooding river, so it is impossible to control the senses by meditating on the impersonal Brahman. As the great sage Sanat Kum\'e4ra says in t
he }{\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  (4.22.39):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat-p\'e4da-pa\'eckaja-pal\'e4\'e7a-vil\'e4sa-bhakty\'e4\line karm\'e4\'e7aya\'e0 grathitam udgrathayanti santa\'f9\line tadvan 
na rikta-matayo yatayo 'pi ruddha-\line sroto-ga\'eb\'e4s tam ara\'eba\'e0 bhaja v\'e4sudevam
\par }\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 are always engaged in the service of the toes of the lotus feet of the Lord, can easily ove
rcome hard-knotted desires for fruitive activities. Because this is very difficult, the nondevotees\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'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 yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'97although trying to stop the waves of sense gratification, cannot do
 so. Therefore you are advised to engage in the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's impersonal aspect is known as Brahman. So when 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  soul, a product of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's superior, spiritual energy, attains }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or liberation by merging with Brahman, it is not at all surprising. The energetic principle always enjoys the prerogative of enfolding within itself His own energy, but that does not des
troy the energy's eternal individuality. The impersonalists, desiring to merge with Brahman and knowing that it is feasible, still experience intense suffering in their effort to reach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahm\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "the bliss of Brahman." The Lord's devotees consider the pleasures of such liberation worse than hell. The impersonalists, in trying to destroy the
 illusion inherent in material forms, do away with even the eternal spiritual forms. That is indeed  very foolish. Treating a patient to cure his disease is one thing, but ending the patient along with the disease is the work of an idiot. Thus we have th
is instruction from the great authority Brahm\'e4 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  (10.14.4):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7reya-s\'e5ti\'e0 bhaktim udasya te vibho\line kli\'e7yanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye\line te\'f1\'e4m asau kle\'e7ala eva 
\'e7i\'f1yate\line n\'e4nyad yath\'e4 sth\'fcla-tu\'f1\'e4vagh\'e4tin\'e4m
\par }\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 Lord, devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If one gives up that path an
d engages in the cultivation of speculative knowledge, he will simply undergo a troublesome process and will not achieve his desired result.  As a person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, one who simply speculates cannot achieve self-rea
lization. His only gain is trouble.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Instead of becoming an impersonalist and inviting misfortune and misery, the devotee surrenders to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and never suffers in this world. When he leav
es his present body, he transcends the material platform and becomes eligible to participate in the Lord's eternal pastimes. As the Supersoul, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enlightens the devotee from within the heart and disperses the gloom of ignorance. The Lord
 gives the devotee the spiritual intelligence to attain Him. The ocean of nescience is very difficult to cross, but when the devotee attempts to cross it, the Lord Himself intervenes to help. Alone the devotee would surely drown, but with the Lord's help
 he easily crosses over. Thus taking shelter of the Lord is the surest way to surmount the ocean of material existence. 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  (12.6-7)
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye tu sarv\'e4\'ebi karm\'e4\'ebi\line mayi sannyasya mat-par\'e4\'f9\line ananyenaiva yogena\line m\'e4\'e0 dhy\'e4yanta up\'e4
sate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4m aha\'e0 samuddhart\'e4\line m\'e5tyu-sa\'e0s\'e4ra-s\'e4gar\'e4t\line bhav\'e4mi na cir\'e4t p\'e4rtha\line mayy 
\'e4ve\'e7ita-cetas\'e4m
\par }\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 one who worships Me, giving up all his activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, enga
ged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, who has fixed his mind upon Me, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, for him I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who repose their unflinching faith in the personal form of the Supreme Lord, offer him their mental and physical activit
ies, along with everything else. With unalloyed, single-minded devotion unencumbered by desires for empirical knowledge, fruitive activity, or severe austerities, they worship and meditate on the eternal, beautiful, two-handed form of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 playing a flute. Such pure devotees, their hearts saturated with love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, quickly and easily transcend the cycle of material existence, for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally helps them. The merciful Lord promises to reciprocate with each on
e according to his degree of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonalists are obsessed with the idea that the Supreme Being is impersonal and that the final goal is to merge into that Brahman existence. Naturally the Lo
rd does not object. If a patient wants to end his disease by ending his life, then who will suffer but him? The more intelligent person will surely want to cure his disease  without ending his life, and to that end he will strive to regain his original h
ealth. Similarly, the soul infected with the material disease should want to return to his pure, original state without annihilating his individual identity. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saves such persons from the jaws of the demoniac conception of trying to bec
ome one with God. It is suicidal for the spirit soul to attempt to lose his inherent individuality. The happiness the impersonalist experiences by disentangling himself from the knots of material existence is automatically available to the Lord's devotee
 as a by-product of devotional service. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba }{\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 One should not engage in fruitive activity or cultivate knowledge by mental speculation. One who is devoted t
o the Supreme Lord, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, can attain all the benefits derived from other processes, such as }{\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  mental speculation, rituals, sacrifices, and charity. That is the specific benediction of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (107), Bilvama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kura states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktis tvayi sthiratar\'e4 bhagav\'e4n yadi sy\'e4d\line daivena na\'f9 phalati divya-ki\'e7ora-m\'fcrti\'f9\line mukti\'f9 sva
ya\'e0 mukulit\'e4\'efjali sevate 's\'e0\'e4n\line dharm\'e4rtha-k\'e4ma-gataya\'f9 samaya-pratik\'f1\'e4\'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 O Lord! If our devotion to You is undeviating, then Your ever-youthful form will spontaneously manifest withi
n our heart. At that time liberation personified will serve us like a maidservant, and religiosity, economic development, and sense gratification [the other three goals of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Veda
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] will humbly await our bidding.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4 vai s\'e4dhana-sam patti\'f9\line puru\'f1\'e4rtha-catu\'f1\'f6aye\line tay\'e4 vin\'e4 tad \'e4pnoti\line naro n\'e4r\'e4
ya\'eb\'e4\'e7raya\'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 Even without the usual requirements for achieving the perfection of life, a person will gain that perfection 
if he is simply a surrendered devotee of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa79\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mok\'f1a-dharme 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 y\'e4 vai s\'e4dhana-sampatti\'f9\line  puru\'f1\'e4rtha-catu\'f1\'f6aye\line tay\'e4 vin\'e4 tad \'e4pnoti\line  naro n\'e4r\'e4
ya\'eb\'e4\'e7raya\'f9. iti.
\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 mok\'f1a-dharme}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97in the Moksa-dharma; }{\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 \'97and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97which; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-sampatti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the result of reli
gious practice; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1\'e4rtha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the goal of life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub catu\'f1\'f6aye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97fourfold; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97by that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vin\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97without; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4pnoti}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97attains; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'97a person; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'e7raya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97who has taken shelter of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97thus.
\par }\pard {\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 This is also confirmed by the following words of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Mok\'f1a-dharma}{\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  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A person who takes shelter of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba attains the four goals of life.
 He does not need to perform any other spiritual activities other than taking shelter of the Lord." \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4-sandarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.22) 
\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 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e9ya}{\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 Mok\'f1a-dharma}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\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 N\'e4radiya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RTW 3: Topics of Spiritual Science
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na-Katha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Topics of Spiritual Science
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 3.1: Extinguishing the Flames of Material Existence
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Extinguishing the Flames of Materia
l Existence
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ko\'f6i-janme brahma-j\'ef\'e4ne yei 'mukti' naya\line ei kahe\'97"n\'e4m\'e4bh\'e4se sei 'mukti' haya"
\par }\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 millions upon millions of births, when one is complete in absolute knowledge, one still may not at
tain liberation, yet this man says that one may attain it simply by the awakening of a glimpse of the holy name.  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\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 Antya-l\'e9l\'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 3.194}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's father and uncle\'97Hira\'ebya Majumdara and Govardhana Majumdara, respectivel
y\'97were big landowners of the ancient village of C\'e4ndapura at Saptagr\'e4ma. One of their employees, 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 birth named Gop\'e4la Cakravart\'e9, locked the great Vai\'f1\'ebava saint \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura in a debate on the scriptures. The }{\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  was a sheer empiricist, and the Vai\'f1\'ebava saint was an absolute authority on the chanting of the holy names of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  asked \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa at what stage of realization liberation is attained. Citing many appropriate verses from 
the scriptures, \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa explained that just as fear of nocturnal creatures like thieves, ghosts, and hobgoblins evaporates at dawn's first light, so all sins and offences are erased and liberation is attained in the clearing stage of chan
ting the holy name, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ma-\'e4bh\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which comes long before pure chanting. Only a liberated,
 highly evolved soul can utter the Lord's name purely and thus achieve the highest realization, untainted love of Godhead. The speculative philosopher }{\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 much addicted to sophism, could not fathom the saint's instructions and so ended up offending him. The foolish }{\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  tried to impose his own interpretations on the excellences of the holy name and concluded that \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura was a mere sentimen
talist. He insolently rebuked the saint in public and tried to ridicule his explanations and character.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Argumentative impersonalists fail to grasp that without first properly understanding the science of the Absolute Truth, one cannot possibly develop firm devotion to
 the Supreme Lord. Hence when a person is seen to be situated on the platform of pure devotional service, it is to be understood that his ignorance has been destroyed. We have discussed this point in some detail in the previous essay, "}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Science of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." The empirical philosophers generally put forward the idea that human life is meant
 for achieving perfect knowledge. To them, knowledge means the ability to discern reality from illusion. By eradicating illusion and establishing that truth and reality are nondifferent from Brahman, they want to merge into the existence of Brahman. This
, then, is their definition of perfect knowledge, which they aspire to attain birth after birth. They declare that the highest stage of knowledge is reached when the knower, the knowledge, and the object of knowledge become one entity, which then finally
 merges into Brahman, attaining liberation. Lord Caitanya has described this state of liberation as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhava-mah\'e4d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4panam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "extinguishing the flames of material existence." He cited many verses from the revealed scriptures proving that a pure devotee easily attains this state of liberation by chanting the holy names of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, the stubborn impersonalists cannot comprehend that the final spiritual destination, beyond even the four Vedic goals (religiosity, economic developme
nt, sense gratification, and liberation) is absolutely pure and transcendental love of Godhead. They mistake the devotees of the Lord for sentimentalists and consider them their philosophical opponents. Besides these out-and-out impersonalists, there is 
a certain group of devotees that has deviated from the path of pure devotion and fallen prey to pretension. These cheaters actually end up following the impersonalists' path of trying to merge with the Supreme Lord. Such materialistic sentimentalists are
 not counted among the devotees of the Lord. Like their impersonalist counterparts, they cannot understand the true position of the Supreme Lord's name, form, qualities, pastimes, associates, or paraphernalia, for they wrongly consider these transcendent
al subjects illusory. They act capriciously and confuse the mass of people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These materialistic sentimentalists reject the spiritual conclusions of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and try and take shelter of impersonalism. Yet they misera
bly lack the scholarship and discipline of the impersonalists. They divorce themselves from the impersonalists' scriptural studies and philosophical discussions, regarding discussions on the scripture as dry speculation and their ignorant, sentimental ou
tbursts as spontaneous devotional fervour.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of these pretenders very closely follow in the impersonalists' footsteps and so may be accepted as a deranged offshoot of the impersonalist line. But they are 
certainly not part of the Vai\'f1\'ebava discipline followed by those in the line of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. These pretenders diligently cultivate and exhibit certain mannerisms of devotees, and so the impersonalists reject them from their fol
d. Thus ostracized by both impersonalists and Vai\'f1\'ebavas, they form a cult of demented sentimentalists. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 declares that such pretenders create an outrage in spiritual society. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Br\'e4hma-yam\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti-sm\'e5ti-pur\'e4\'eb\'e4di-\line pa\'efcar\'e4tra-vidhim vim\'e4\line aik\'e4ntik\'e9 harer bhaktir\line utpatpayaiva k
alpate\line }{\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 Brs.}{\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 1.2.101}{\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 Devotional service of the Lord that ignores the authorized Vedic literatures like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, Pur\'e4\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  N\'e4rada Pa\'ef
car\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To show mercy to such pretenders, impersonalists, empiricists, and fruitive workers, the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has 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  discussed }{\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  or }{\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  through kn
owledge. I therefore embark upon the same subject in this essay.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real knowledge means to discriminate between truth and illusion. }{\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 is the process by which one becomes eternally fixed on the path of transcendental devotional service to the Supreme Lord, who is the source of the Supersoul and Brahman. }{\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 should never be interpreted to mean the ascending process of enquiry, the inductive met
hod, through which one aims only at separating reality from illusion by gradually rejecting the unreal. It is impossible to attain perfect knowledge without serving the Supreme Lord, who is full with all opulences and potencies, whose bodily luster is th
e Brahman effulgence, and whose partial expansion is the Supersoul. 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  Gop\'e4la 
Cakravart\'e9 believed that }{\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 perfect knowledge, is far superior to devotional service
 of the Lord. But as recorded 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 Antya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3.201):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bal\'e4i-purohita t\'e4re karil\'e4 bhartsana\line "gha\'f6a-pa\'f6iy\'e4 m\'fcrkha tumi bhakti k\'e4\'ech\'e4 j\'e4na?"
\par }\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 priest named Balar\'e4ma \'c4c\'e4rya chastised Gop\'e4la Cakravart\'e9. "You are a foolish logician," he
 said. "What do you know about the devotional service of the Lord?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one pretends to be a devotee of the Lord but does not understand the difference between dry speculative knowledge and knowledge of the Supreme Absolute Truth, th
en such a person's devotion borders on impersonalism and is rank with cheap sentimentalism, which is totally against the spiritual teachings of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Therefore }{\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  is not speculation or empirical research; nor is it the sudden emotional outbursts of upstarts pretending to be devotees. By practicing genuin
e }{\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 even an empirical philosopher will develop a taste for hearing purely spiritu
al topics from the scriptures. Eventually he will come to understand the Supreme Lord's transcendental position and potency, and ultimately he will relish the Lord's form, which is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. He will perceive the Lord as the
 embodiment of all transcendental mellows. And if the pretentious nondevotee sentimentalists, who like to imitate the empiricists, practice genuine }{\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  then they too will gain an accurate perspective on the Absolute Truth. They will become firmly established in the understanding that the Supreme Lord's form is spiritual and transcen
dental, and then they will begin to render unflinching devotional service.
\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 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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2.117), \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja advises,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddh\'e4nta baliy\'e4 citte n\'e4 kara alasa\line ih\'e4 ha-ite k\'e5\'f1\'ebe l\'e4ge sud\'e5\'f2ha m\'e4nasa
\par }\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 sincere student should not neglect the discussion of such [scriptural] conclusions, considering them contro
versial, for such discussions strengthen the mind. Thus one's mind becomes attached to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through such discussion and inquiry, we become aware that we are }{\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, upon which our bodies and minds are temporary and illusory impositions. The scriptures refer to 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  a product of the Lord's superior, spiritual energy, as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j
\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or "knower of the field," while they refer to the temporary, material body and mind as the }{\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  or "field." Just as 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  is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in relation to his individual body and mind, so
 the Lord is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in relation to His vast universal form. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
informs us 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  (13.3), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa\'e0 c\'e4pi m\'e4\'e0 viddhi sarva-k\'f1etre\'f1u bh\'e4rata: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower
 in all bodies."
\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 j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and and the Supreme Lord are nondifferent in the sense that both are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "knowers of the field." But when we look at which }{\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  each of them is knowing, 
the difference between 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  and the Supreme Lord is seen to be incalculably wide. The Supr
eme Lord is infinite, while 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  is infinitesimal. As consciousness, 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  pervades his body and mind, which he has acquired due 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  or fruitive activities. Similarly, the Supreme Lord pervades the entire creation\'97His universal body\'97with His consciousness
. Though 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  permeates his body as impersonal consciousness, he is always a person. Simil
arly, although in His impersonal, all-pervasive feature the Supreme Lord saturates the cosmic manifestation with His consciousness, in His personal feature He remains eternally in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana performing pastimes. This point is substantiated by
 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  (5.37): }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub goloka eva nivasaty akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcto. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although residing always in His abode called Goloka, the Lord is the all-pervading Brahman and the localized Param
\'e4tm\'e4 as well." 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  the Lord Himself explains the functions of th
e field and the knower of the field, and He says that He is present throughout the creation as the knower.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The dry speculators describe the field and its knower according to their own lopsided logic. They say that the body is like a container and that Brahman enters this
 container like the all-pervasive sky. Once this container is broken\'97that is, at the time of liberation\'97the }{\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  merges back into Brahman, symbolized by the sky. There are many loopholes in this argument. First of all, 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  is spiritual energy, while the sky is matter. It is wrong to compare a spiritual subject to a material object. This is a typical example of how the impersonal speculators waste their time trying to equate
 spiritual substance with mundane things. Such empirical exercises can never be termed }{\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 the path of perfect knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 impersonalists, the infinitesimal }{
\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  merges into the infinite Brahman at the time of liberation. But such merging does not affec
t the infinite in any way. Unfortunately, the impersonalists are oblivious of the tremendous damage such liberation causes to the infinitesimal living entity.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 3.2: Devotion Resides in Perfect Knowledge of the Supreme
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Devotion Resides in Perfect Knowled
ge of the Supreme
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the infinitesimal soul merges his individuality, or inherent personality, with the infinite being, then that individuality is rendered worthless. Those who want 
to commit spiritual suicide by sacrificing their individuality are a breed by themselves. Such self-destroyers are known as pure monists. On the other hand, those who desire to maintain their individuality are dualists, or personalists.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once 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  manifests his original transcendental nature, he is easily liberated from material conditioning, yet even in such an elevated state he does not lose his individual identity as a spirit soul. In fact, in that pure state he engages in the eter
nal service of the Supreme Lord and relishes the immortal nectar of sublime bliss.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For eons, all over the world, research on the subject of }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been going o
n. In India the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The six philosophical schools and their proponents are: S\'e4\'eckhya\'97Kapila (atheistic); Pata
\'efjali yoga\'97Pata\'efjali; Ny\'e4ya\'97Gautama; Vai\'e7e\'f1ika\'97Ka\'eb\'e4da; M\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4\'97Jaimini; Ved\'e4nta\'97Vy\'e4sadeva.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub six philosophical schools}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have extensively discussed this topic, but this discussion has merely been an exercise in logic and sophistry that has led to many differing opinions among the sages. Hence non
e of these schools has truly practiced }{\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 , the path of perfect knowledge. Only when
 discussion of }{\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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is applied in the Lord's service does the exercise become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n
a-yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of }{\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 has been delineated 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 philosophical essenc
e 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 Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, accepts the authority 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 considers the philosophical presentation proper. Up till the present day, every spir
itual line, even in the impersonalist school, has based its philosophical authority on 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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the natural and faultless commentary on t
he }{\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 . This is Lord Caitanya's opinion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Learned circles consider a disciplic line bereft of a commentary on 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  to be unauthorized and useless. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's }{\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  commentary, entitled }{\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  is the main commentary of the impersonal, monistic school. Among the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, besides \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya's commentary, \'c7r\'e9la Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda-bh\'e4\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the main commentary in the line of Lord Caitanya, known as the M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-sampr
ad\'e4ya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are keen to engage in deep discussions on the esoteric conclusions of the scriptures should certainly delve into the philosophy 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 . The point to be emphasized is that a well-versed }{\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  philosopher is not a philosopher in the line of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya but is actually a Vai\'f1\'ebava spiritual preceptor, a l
iberated soul.
\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  and the sages, the five gross elements are earth, water, fire, air, and ether. Material nature is produced from a combination of false ego (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), the ingredients of the material energy (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahat-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and the cause of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahat-tattva }{\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 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). There are five knowledge-gathering senses and five working senses. The mind is the internal sense, the six
th knowledge-gathering sense. Form, taste, smell, touch, and sound are the five sense objects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have already enumerated these material ingredients in our description of the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy of the atheist Kapila. The }{\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 or "field," is the combination of the twenty-four ingredients mentioned above. When these twenty-four ingredients i
nteract the result is the transformation of material nature, which gives rise to the gross material body composed of five gross elements (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efca-mah\'e4bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), as a result of material desires, hate, enjoyment, lamentation, and so on. The shadow of consciousness in the form of mind and will are transformations of that field.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What will soon be discussed is that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is completely different from the }{\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 and 
its transformations}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 to properly understand the knowledge concerning the }{\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  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one must first cultivate at least twenty good qualities 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  (13.8-12):
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanl
iness, steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification, absence of false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest, and evenmindedness amid ple
asant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me, resorting to solitary places, detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth\'97all these I thu
s declare to be knowledge, and what is contrary to these is ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons bereft of these qualities are not eligible to discuss spiritual topics. The false logicians mistake the above-mentioned qualities, which are meant to lead t
he conditioned soul to liberation, for mundane qualities acquired as a result of transformations of the mind, such as lust, anger, and hate. But factually, the above-mentioned qualities represent spiritual knowledge. Even if one accepts the false logicia
ns' argument that the qualities Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enumerates 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  as prerequisites
 for absolute knowledge are mental transformations, still we cannot agree that these transformations are equivalent to such qualities as lust, greed, anger, and illusion, which result from gross ignorance. One kind of mental transformation drags the soul
 down to depravity, whereas the other redeems the soul from doom. Both disease and medicine are products of material nature, yet one pushes a man toward the jaws of death, while the other saves him from destruction. So one must avoid becoming the laughin
g-stock of society by accepting the foolish theory of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yata mata, tata path}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97"All ways lead to t
he Truth"\'97and on this basis professing that the medicine and the disease are one and the same.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is one quality among the twenty qualities K\'e5\'f1\'eba lists that is especially noteworthy, and that is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mayi c\'e4nanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhic\'e4ri\'eb\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Constant and unalloyed devotion to Me [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]." The other qualities are required t
o cleanse the consciousness. Once the mirror of the mind is purified and the blazing fire of material existence extinguished, constant and unalloyed devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins to appear on the horizon of the heart. The great saintly spiritual
 master \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has sung, "When will my mind become purified and detached from matter? Oh, when in that purified state will I be able to see the transcendental realm of V\'e5nd\'e4vana?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is interesting to note that once constant and unalloyed devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba blossoms in the heart of a person, the other nineteen qualities automatic
ally manifest in him. As mentioned 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  (5.18.12), }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4 sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'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 the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest i
n the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V\'e4sudeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By patiently collecting ten, twenty, thirty rupees daily, one will someday have a million rupees. But if one comes upon a million rupees all at once, one does not h
ave to endeavor separately to collect ten, twenty, or thirty rupees and waste valuable time. Similarly, when one develops unalloyed devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the other above-mentioned qualities automatically adorn that person without extra eff
ort. On the other hand, one who leaves aside unalloyed devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and tries to cultivate the other nineteen qualities separately may temporarily receive wealth and honor, but he will become unqualified for achieving the highest goal.
 In the same verse 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  mentioned above (5.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0
\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.18.12}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 .12), Prahl
\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4 manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'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 On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good quali
ties. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic }{\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  or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family
 and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the lord's external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is futile to make an external show of good qualities like humility and nonviolence while disrespecting the Lord's lotus feet and denouncing the process of devoti
onal service. Such so-called good qualities may be of some material value, but ultimately they are useless and temporary. In fact, the nineteen other qualities combine to make a throne from which unalloyed devotion may rule. These qualities are various l
imbs of the Absolute Truth, and everything outside this absolute knowledge is nescience.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By cultivating these limbs of knowledge, one attains self-realization. In other words, one is elevated from mundane knowledge of the }{\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  to spiritual knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etr
a-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . We have previously established that the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  implies both the living entity and the Supreme Brahman. Sometimes material nature, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is referred to as Brahman, the reason being that Brahman is the cause of the material nature. In one sense a cause and its effect are identical. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate source of
 Brahman. The Lord impregnates Brahman in the form of the material nature with the seed of Brahman known as 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 . 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  (14.3),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mama yonir mahad brahma\line tasmin garbha\'e0 dadh\'e4my aham\line sambhava\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line tato bhavati bh
\'e4rata
\par }\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 total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnat
e, making possible the births of all living beings, O scion of Bharata.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse explains the famous saying }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\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 Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meaning "Everything is Brahman." In other words, the Supreme Brahman, Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, is identical with both 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  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in that they are all Brahman. Thus in one sense the Vai\'f1\'ebavas are pure monists. Previously we deliberated upon another 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  (}{\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\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 nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unm
oving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.
\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  verse under discussion (14.3) gives a clearer understanding of the other verse (}{\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 \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 3.3: The Mind Is Purified of Its Attachment to Matter
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Mind Is Purified of Its Attachm
ent to Matter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To shed more light on the meaning of the Upani\'f1adic aphorism }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 cite a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (1.22.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\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 ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eka-de\'e7a-sthitasy\'e4gner\line jyotsn\'e4 vist\'e4rin\'e9 yath\'e4\line parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7aktis\line tathedam akhil
a\'e0 jagat
\par }\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 fire radiates light all around although remaining in one spot. Similarly, the Supreme Brahman radiates ener
gy everywhere, which is manifested as this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In their philosophical discussions the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s deny the existence of the Supreme Lord's multifarious energies. Such sub-standard debates are indeed on
 the kindergarten level. According to \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s have a poor fund of knowledge and are thus prevented from understanding that the Supreme Brahman is full with six opulences. To sav
e these poor M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists from philosophical impoverishment, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has mercifully instructed them 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  (7.19),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the saying goes, "A tethered cow goes as far as the rope." Similarly, one who uses the inductive method to search for ultimate knowledge will fail. His attempt i
s futile because one cannot know the supramundane with a mundane mind. Complete comprehension of the Absolute Truth is impossible with an unholy, demoniac mind. When one is possessed of a demoniac mentality that tries to reduce the supremely omnipotent P
ersonality of Godhead to impersonal Brahman, all so-called philosophical debates will fail to discover the realm of absolute knowledge or the truth about the nondual substance. Vai\'f1\'ebavas alone are eligible to cultivate such knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, not all impersonalists are demoniac. As soon as an impersonalist realizes that the Absolute Truth is a person endowed with all transcendental qualities, 
he immediately begins to serve Him. This is 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 (1.7.10) 
which states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4m\'e4\'e7 ca munayo\line nirgranth\'e4 apy urukrame\line kurvanty ahaituk\'e9\'e0 bhaktim\line ittham-bh\'fcto-gu
\'ebo hari\'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 different varieties of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm
\'e4r\'e4mas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [those who take pleasure in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , or spirit self], especially those established on the path of self-realization, though freed from all kinds of material bondage, desire to render unalloyed devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead. This means that
 the Lord possesses transcendental qualities and therefore can attract everyone, including liberated souls.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is rare to find that great soul who is attracted by the Lord's transcendental qualities and thus surrenders to Him. The only person who can surrender to the Supr
eme Lord is one who does not attempt to rob Him of His personality but who views the material nature as a transformation of His multifarious energies. Thus the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s can never be called }{\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  or "great souls." Only when they realize that the nondual Absolute Truth is none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ful
l with six opulences, can they be called }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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  have explained the aphorism }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in this manner: The philosophical school known as Vi\'e7i\'f1\'f6\'e4dvaita propounds the id
ea that the Supreme Lord eternally exists with His two principal potencies: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cit-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or 
spiritual potency, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acit-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or material potency. Though the Lord is one nondual ent
ity, He exists dynamically, manifesting His multifarious energies under the main headings of the }{\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  potencies, which He absolutely controls. Although He is the source of unlim
ited potencies, He eternally exists in His transcendental, personal form. This form manifests in three aspects, namely, as He sees Himself, as a loving devotee sees Him, and as He is seen by His competitors and enemies. The \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebava disci
plic succession, headed by \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, cites the same text we have cited above to explain the situation of the Lord and His energies:
\par }\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 fire radiates light all around although remaining in one spot. Similarly, the Supreme Brahman radiates ener
gy everywhere, which is manifested as this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the entire creation is proof of the existence of the Lord. One who is in complete knowledge understands that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of G
odhead, who exists eternally as the source and controller of all energies. 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  ful
ly realize this knowledge, and having taken shelter of the Lord's transcendental energy (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cit-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ), they eternally render loving devotional service to Him. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms 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  (9.13-14):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 P\'e5th\'e4, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine natu
re. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible. Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetuall
y worship Me with devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mental speculators and logicians, as well as the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s\'97who are neophytes depending on the empirical, inductive process\'97should properly und
erstand the position of the pure devotees of the Lord, who have realized the Absolute truth. 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 (4.23) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives this explanation of the activities of the devotees:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gata-sa\'ecgasya muktasya\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4vasthita-cetasa\'f9\line yaj\'ef\'e4y\'e4carata\'f9 karma\line samagra\'e0 pravil
\'e9yate
\par }\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 work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendent
al knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of performed as sacrifices are all devotional service. The Sanskrit word }{\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," but it can also mean Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself. To perform one's activities as transcendental devotional service is possible only for th
ose advanced souls who are fully situated in the Absolute Truth. Again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes His devotees 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  (7.17):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 nitya-yukta\line eka-bhaktir vi\'e7i\'f1yate\line priyo hi j\'ef\'e4nino 'tyartham\line aha\'e0 sa
 ca mama priya\'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 Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best.
 For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If an impersonalist philosopher, due to some piety, engages in devotional service to the Supreme Lord, then only does he become dear to the Lord. But as long as the
 impersonalists try to rob the Supreme Lord of His divine potencies, they can never be dear to Him, nor can they be called }{\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  They will continue to be counted among the demoniac atheists deluded by the Lord's illusory potency. These atheists are not wise men: they are simply ordinary mortals who are offenders against the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wherever the word }{\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  appears in the Vedic literature, it should be understood to mean }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambandha-j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  knowledge of the relationship between the Lord and His energies. It does not refer to the impersonalist concept of the Supreme. After a person understands }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samb
andha-j\'ef\'e4na, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he comes to the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhidheya-j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  knowledge of how to act in his relationship with the Supreme Lord. This is devotional service, practiced by liberated souls. The mature stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhidheya-j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  leads one to love of Godhead, the ultimate goal of all living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the general opinion that among modern-day spiritualists who have tried to know the Supreme through their own puny efforts, \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has attained so
me degree of realization. The reason for his success, it is claimed, is that the object of his search was not material knowledge. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s attempt to know the oneness of everything, but their search takes them only up to realization of t
he impersonal, nondual Brahman. They do not know that becoming free from disease is not perfection, that after the diseased material condition comes the healthy state of spiritual existence, wherein a liberated soul is still an individual with personalit
y. This fact is incomprehensible to them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo rose beyond this limited sphere of thinking and talked about "supramental consciousness" in such books as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Life Divine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . We consider this book a hazy attempt to present the Supreme Lord's transcendental potencies. He accepted that the Supreme 
Lord is endowed with transcendental potency, and therefore we have some appreciation for him, but we feel that many persons cannot understand \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo's explanation of transcendence in his books. Although he uses fairly simple English, the rea
der remains puzzled. Those who are unacquainted with such Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophies as Vi\'e7i\'f1\'f6\'e4dvaita, \'c7uddh\'e4dvaita, Dvait\'e4dvaita, and finally Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot understand \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo. And those who are learned only in impersonal philosophy, who are searching for the nondual Bra
hman, have even less access to \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo's works.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Much of \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo's stream of thinking has been borrowed from Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Light on Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and in an essay entitled "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Goal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," we find the following passages:
\par }\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 order to get dynamic realization, it is not enough to rescue the Puru\'f1a from the subjugation of Prak
\'e5ti. One must transfer the allegiance of the Puru\'f1a from the lower Prak\'e5ti, with its play of ignorant forces, to the supreme Divine \'c7akti\'97the Mother.
\par }\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 mistake to identify the Mother with the lower Prak\'e5ti and its mechanism of forces. Prak\'e5ti here
 is a mechanism only, which has been formed for the evolution of ignorance. As the ignorant mental, vital, or physical being is not itself the Divine, although it comes from the Divine, so the mechanism of Prak\'e5ti is not the Divine Mother. No doubt so
mething of her is there in and behind this mechanism, maintaining it for the evolutionary purpose, but she in herself is not the \'c7akti of Avidya but the Divine consciousness, the Power, Light, and Para-prak\'e5ti, to whom we turn for release and divin
e fulfillment...
\par }\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 the supermind could not give us a greater and more complete truth than any of the lower planes, it would n
ot be worthwhile trying to reach it. Each plane has its own truth. Some of these truths are no longer needed as we rise to higher planes. For example, desire and ego are truths of the mental, vital, and physical plane, as a man on that plane without ego 
or desire would be a mere automaton. As we rise higher, ego and desire appear no longer as truths: they are falsehoods disfiguring the true person and the true will. The struggle between the powers of light and the powers of darkness is a truth here, but
 it becomes less and less of a truth as one rises higher, and in the supermind it has no truth at all. Other truths remain, but change their character, importance, and place in the whole. The contrast between the Personal and the Impersonal is a truth of
 the overmind; there is no separate truth of them in the supermind: they are inseparably one. But one who has not mastered the lower planes cannot reach the supramental truth. The incompetent pride of man's mind makes a sharp distinction and wants to cal
l all else untruth and leap at once to the highest truth,  whatever it may be. But that is an ambitious and arrogant error. One has to climb the stairs and rest ones feet firmly on each step in order to reach the summit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one is serious about the real meaning of life, then simple endeavoring to escape the crippling clutches 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 not the only undertaking. The ultimate goal is to liberate ourselves from the enthrallment of the illusory energy and become wholly subs
ervient to the transcendental, spiritual energy.
\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 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  20.108-09, 111, 117-8, 120, and 122), Lord Caitanya gives some 
illuminating advice to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'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 It is the living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he is th
e marginal energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba naturally has three energetic transformations, and these are known as the spiritual poten
cy, the living entity potency, and the illusory potency... Forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy (}{\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 ) gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence. In the material condition, the living entity is sometimes raised to higher planetary syst
ems and material prosperity and sometimes drowned in a hellish situation. His state is exactly that of a criminal whom a king punishes by submerging him in water and then raising him again from the water.... If the conditioned soul becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 conscious by the mercy of saintly persons who voluntarily preach scriptural injunctions and help him to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, the conditioned soul is liberated from the clutches 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  who gives him up. The conditioned soul cannot revive his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 3.4: Constitutionally, the J\'e9va is an Eternal Servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Constitutionally, the J\'e9va is an
 Eternal Servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The profound esoteric conclusions Lord Caitanya revealed in a few aphorisms of instruction to \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 are only partially discussed in al
l the works of \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo. In language full of complex syntax and obscure terms, \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo tries to express the knowledge that is easily available through the practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub vaidhi-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotional service rendered according to regulations given by the authorized spiritual master and the scriptures. Because of his high-flown lite
rary style, and for other technical reasons, \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo's writings are not easily understood by the ordinary reading public, and so his literature is, in a sense, ineffectual.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya discusses in detail the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eternal constitutional position as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant, and how 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  is put into illusion, or }{\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 he tries to be the s
upreme enjoyer. Lord Caitanya further explains that when 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  forgets his eternal position
 as a servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he becomes eternally conditioned and illusioned. Thus }{\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  inflicts the miseries of material life upon 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 . If a person artificially tr
ies to be something he is not, then he can expect only misery. In this regard we recall a short story we read as a child in school that tells of a crow who tried to become a peacock. The creator and master of this universe is its rightful owner as well. 
Thus He is the sole enjoyer of everything. But if one among the creator's many servants tries to usurp His position and play the role of the Lord and enjoyer, how can he expect anything but suffering?
\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  (10.87.30), one of the four Kum\'e4ras, Sanandana, recites to an assembly of sages in Janaloka the prayers 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  previously recited to the Supreme Lord. One of the prayers is as follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aparimit\'e4 dhruv\'e4s tanu-bh\'e5to yadi sarva-gat\'e4s\line tarhi na \'e7\'e4syateti niyamo dhruva netarath\'e4\line ajani ca
 yan-maya\'e0 tad avimucya niyant\'e5 bhavet\line samam anuj\'e4nat\'e4\'e0 yad amata\'e0 mata-du\'f1\'f6atay\'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 If the countless living entities were all-pervading and possessed forms that never changed, You could not pos
sibly be their absolute ruler, O immutable one. But since they are Your localized expansions and their forms are subject to change, You do control them. Indeed, that which supplies the ingredients for the generation of something is necessarily its contro
ller because a product never exists apart from its ingredient cause. It is simply illusion for someone to think that he knows the Supreme Lord, who is equally present in each of His expansions, since whatever knowledge one gains by material means must be
 imperfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The last word in knowledge is certainly not self-realization or Brahman realization. There is more to realize\'97namely, that 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  is the eternal servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This realization is the awakening of supramental consciousness, and the
 activities 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  performs in such consciousness are the beginning of his eternal life. When 
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  performs all his activities under the direction of the Lord's internal, spiritual ene
rgy, he enjoys eternal transcendental bliss, which is a billion times greater than the happiness of Brahman realization. The difference in transcendental joy between the two is like the difference between the vast ocean and the water collected in a calf'
s hoofprint. When \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo wrote of "the Divine Mother," he was likely referring to this internal, spiritual energy, the predominating Deity of eternal transcendental bliss. He also pointed out that the activities of the inferior, material ene
rgy should not be mistaken for those of this spiritual potency. Once the famous impersonalist and monist }{\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  Ramana Maharshi of Madras was asked by a foreign disciple, "What is the difference between God and man?" His cryptic reply was "God plus desire equals man, and man minus desire equals God." We say that man can never be free of d
esire. In his eternal conditioned existence 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  is full of the desire to enjoy matter, wh
ile in his eternal liberated state he is full of the desire to render devotional service to the Lord. Thus 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  can never become God. It is sheer insanity to equate man with God, or vice versa. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9's unnatural desire to deny the inherent characteristics of his conscious self is the very same desire that keeps him from
 attaining liberation. Hence the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s' false and arrogant claim of liberation is merely a demonstration of their perverted intelligence.
\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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  desire can never be nullified. While conditioned, 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  is a repository of unlimited material desires, summarized as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub catur-varga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the fo
ur goals of human life enunciated in the Vedic literature}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (religiosity, economic development, sen
se gratification, and liberation). However, in the liberated state produced by acting under the direction of the Lord's internal, spiritual energy, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  true, spiritual desires become manifest. \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has discussed this subject (though not in detail), and for this we appreciate him more than Ramana Maharshi. Ramana Maharshi 
has more or less tried to completely choke the life out of desire. This forcible elimination of desire is spiritual suicide. There is no credit in finishing off the patient without curing his disease; the doctor is qualified when he can cure the disease 
and save the patient. Those who pursue the four Vedic goals mentioned above, even up to impersonal liberation, find themselves imprisoned by their senses and enslaved by their desires. On the other hand, one who can teach people how to engage their daily
 activities in the service of the Supreme Lord is the real benefactor of humanity.
\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  (9.4) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4 tatam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line jagad avyakta-m\'fcrtin\'e4\line mat-sth\'e4ni sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line na c\'e4ha\'e0 te
\'f1v avasthita\'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 By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in Them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In His unmanifested impersonal form Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba pervades this entire universe, which is a transformation of His external energy. Therefore all living entiti
es in the material creation rest on His energies. Energy cannot exist by itself, without an energetic source. Thus the material  energy and the Supreme Energetic, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are in principle one, though the Energetic is far removed from the wor
kings of His energy. 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  being marginal, is moved by desire to serve either the manifest
ation of the Lord's external energy\'97this physical world\'97or the Lord Himself in spiritual world, which is an expansion of His superior, internal potency. In other words, in every situation 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  maintains his constitutional position as a servant. Thus he cannot relieve the suffering he undergoes as a servant of this material nature by 
artificially giving up his desire to serve. Inherently a servant, 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  can never forsake h
is desire to serve. But if he so desires, he can quit his bad service for a good one. He should abandon his service of the four Vedic goals, including impersonal liberation\'97which will altogether throttle the life out of his desire to serve\'97and care
fully try to manifest his original spiritual desire to serve the Lord. \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has discussed this same point in the passage quoted above:
\par }\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 the supermind could not give us a greater and more complete truth than any of the lower planes, it would n
ot be worthwhile trying to reach it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If a human being tries to exist without ego, desire, feelings, dislikes, and so on, he will be converted into inert matter. This is not spiritual elevation. When a 
person gradually progresses from materialistic perception to spiritual perception, he can clearly understand how trivial are his mundane desires, feelings, dislikes, and so on which were so long contaminated by ignorance. As this ignorance dissipates, mu
ndane desires become insignificant. Desires remain, but they are no longer mundane. They become transcendental. In that state, one perceives Brahman, the Supersoul, and the Supreme Lord as one. Such higher perceptions are possible only when one's mind an
d senses are transcendental, a stage impossible to reach in one leap. Those who try the impossible are irrational and overambitious. Everyone has to proceed gradually, placing each step securely before taking the next one. In this way one will ultimately
 reach the goal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his essay entitled "}{\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 ," \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo does not recommend destroying desire but rather changing its character. It is a perennial truth that 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  is by nature an eternal servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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  has no other identity, whether he is conditioned or liberated. His position is similar to that of a citizen of a country: he is always subject to the government laws, whether he is in or out of jail. When he is inside t
he jail, all his activities are painful, but as a free citizen he feels content in everything he does. It is merely a matter of changing his character.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, even when 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  refuses to serve the Supreme Energetic, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and instead serves His illusory energy, }{\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 remains a servant of the Lord. But in that condition he is ignorant of the bliss of devotional service to the Lord. Only when 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  casts away his mundane characteristics  can he experience transcendental joy in devotional service. Still, in no situation does 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  ever give up his inherent nature as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal servant, for he emanates from the Lord's marginal 
potency.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 3.5: The Means to Liberation
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Means to Liberation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nowhere do the Vedic scriptures say that one has to annihilate desire in order to comprehend the Upani\'f1adic statement }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But there are many statements recommending that the character of desire should be transformed. It is because of the force of desire that all activities in the world are carried o
ut, 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  (10.4-11) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba discusses the multifarious ways 
in which desire influences these activities:
\par }\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 calmnes
s, pleasure and pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy are created by Me alone.
\par }\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 seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and the Manus [progenitors of mankind] are b
orn out of My mind, and all creatures in these planets descend from 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 He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is 
no 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 I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this per
fectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts. 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 conversing about Me. T
o those who are constantly devoted to serving 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who understand that the multifarious human desires are a reflection of the Supreme Brahman's desires are careful not to discard them but to use them in the Lo
rd's service. Long ago, the seven great sages and the Manus all used their God-given desires in the Lord's service, and anyone today who emulates the example of these illustrious ancestors will never see desire as mundane or as an impediment to spiritual
 progress. If  Ramana Mah\'e4r\'f1i advises us to negate desire, then we must conclude that he misunderstands the Vedic statement }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ida\'e0 brahma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Those who have real
ized that all desires and feelings are Brahman by nature, and who thus engage them in the Supreme Lord's service, should be considered perfected souls. They are totally free from nescience. The desires of these self-realized, elevated, blissful devotees 
become purified to such an extent that not an iota of ignorance can influence their consciousness, for the Lord Himself destroys the nescience in their hearts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are hard pressed to understand that there is a wide gulf of difference between their individual efforts to nullify nescience and the Supr
eme Lord's mercifully enlightening His devotees. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are always eager to deny the Supreme Energetic His potencies. They are no better than demons like R\'e4va\'eba, who tried to usurp the Lord's potency, and Ka\'e0sa, who tried to k
ill Him outright. This sort of behavior is expected of demons. Aspiring for evil powers, they abandon devotional service to the Lord and take to sinful activities. In this way they forfeit all knowledge.  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba aptly describes them 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  (7.15) as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "those whose knowledge is stolen by illusion." Many, many philosophers, scholars, and so-called invincible heroes have tried to make the 
Supreme Lord impotent, formless, and impersonal, but in the end they always suffered terribly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus 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  (10.14.4) we find this statement by Lord Brahm\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7reya\'f9-s\'e5ti\'e0 bhaktim udasya te vibho\line kli\'e7yanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye\line te\'f1\'e4m asau kle\'e7ala eva
 \'e7i\'f1yate\line n\'e4nyad yath\'e4 sth\'fcla-tu\'f1\'e4vagh\'e4tin\'e4m
\par }\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 Lord, devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If someone gives up that pat
h and engages in the cultivation of speculative knowledge, he will simply undergo a troublesome process and will not achieve his desired result. As a person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, one who simply speculates cannot achieve self-
realization. His only gain is trouble.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Where can one see qualities such as intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt, joy, sorrow, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, c
harity, fame, and infamy? These qualities are indicative of consciousness, so they are present wherever consciousness is present. The Supreme Lord has declared that these qualities are His, that they have sprung from Him. And 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\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 states, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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\cb1\nosupersub  "Among 
all the eternal, conscious living entities, there is one supreme conscious being who supplies all others with their necessities." Therefore, to deny that these qualities are inherent in all conscious beings, and in this way to equate both the minute livi
ng entities and the Supreme Soul with dead matter, results in complete confusion and certainly demonstrates a severe lack of insight. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are confused as to whether refuting the existence of consciousness or accepting it will give t
hem contentment. The conscious beings always control inert matter. A simple example proves this point: we see how a puny conscious being like a crow defecates fearlessly on the head of a stone statue of some hero, thus demonstrating the conquest of dynam
ic spirit over dead matter. Only those with stonelike intelligence will try to make the supreme conscious being into an unfeeling, formless object. Such an attempt is utter foolishness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has accomplished something commendable by presenting today's learned circles with a "new" concept: instead of trying to deny the inherent qualit
ies of consciousness, one should transform one's mundane consciousness into supramental consciousness by engaging in service of the Supreme Lord under the direction of His divine potency. Of course, those who prefer to emulate the modern philosophers rat
her than the realized souls of bygone ages will find \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo's presentation novel. But those who follow in the footsteps of pure, loving devotees of the Lord linked to an authorized disciplic succession know that \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo's words e
cho the annals of age\'97old wisdom. Indeed, they sound close to the essence of 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 The Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana excavated this extraordinary esoteric 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  and described the workings of the internal potency of the Lord. Before the advent of Lord Caitanya, subjects of this nature had never been discussed in such 
detail by any spiritual authority. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in his play }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava }{\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}{\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  glorifies Lord Caitanya's unique contribution to mankind:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anarpita-car\'e9\'e0 cir\'e4t karu\'ebay\'e4vat\'e9r\'eba\'f9 kalau\line samarpayitum unnatojjvala-ras\'e4\'e0 sva-bhakti-\'e7r
\'e9yam\line hari\'f9 pura\'f6a-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sand\'e9pita\'f9\line sad\'e4 h\'e5daya-kandare sphuratu va\'f9 \'e7ac\'e9-nandana\'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 May that Lord who is known as the son of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 be transcendentally situated in t
he innermost core of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has descended in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most elevated mellow of devotional service, the mellow of
 conjugal love. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In an essay entitled "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Surrender and Opening}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo 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 whole principle of this }{\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  is to give oneself entirely to the Divine alone and to nobody and nothing else, and to bring down to ourselves, by union with the Divine Mother, all transcendent light, power, brea
dth, place, purity, truth, consciousness, and Ananda of the Supramental Divine.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4 is the personification of absolute love for the Divine, total and integral in all parts of Her be
ing, from the highest spiritual to the physical, bringing the absolute self-going and total consecration of all being and calling down into the body and the most material nature the supreme Ananda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although there are disparities in conclusions in the above statements, still on his own \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has pointed in the right direction. It is impossible to 
comprehend the conjugal mellow, which is the most elevated and brilliant of spiritual mellows, without the mood of surrender. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are totally bereft of this attitude of surrender; hence when they try to understand the nondual concep
t on their own, they end up becoming impersonalists. Let us read what \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has to say about these M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s:
\par }\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 seek after the impersonal is the way of those who want to withdraw from life. Usually such impersonalists 
try by their own effort and not by opening themselves to the superior power, or by the way of surrender, for the impersonal is not something that guides or helps but something to be attained, and it leaves each man to attain it according to the way and c
apacity of his nature. On the other hand, by opening and surrendering to the Mother, one can realize the Impersonal and every other aspect of truth also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are never successful in their efforts to attain liberation on their own merit. The only way to conquer illusion and achieve liberation is 
to surrender to the Supreme Lord, who is complete with six absolute opulences. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly states 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  (7.14), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4n taranti te: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "Those who surrender unto Me can easily cross beyond it [the modes of material nature]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first step in learning the process of surrendering to the Lord is to surrender to the pure devotee of the Lord. 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  20.120 and 122), we find this statement:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu-\'e7\'e4stra-k\'e5p\'e4ya yadi k\'e5\'f1\'ebonmukha haya\line sei j\'e9va nistare, m\'e4y\'e4 t\'e4h\'e4re ch\'e4\'f2ay
a\line m\'e4y\'e4-mugdha j\'e9vera n\'e4hi svata\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-j\'ef\'e4na\line j\'e9vere k\'e5p\'e4ya kail\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba veda-pur\'e4\'eba
\par }\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 the conditioned soul becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by the mercy of saintly persons who voluntarily prea
ch scriptural injunctions, he is liberated from the clutches of M\'e4y\'e4, who gives him up. The conditioned soul cannot revive his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba compiled the Vedic litera
ture and its supplements, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\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 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  and }{\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  deal with the subject of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the Lord's own wo
rds 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  (15.15), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedyo: }{\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  I am to be known."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RTW 4: The Deluded Thinkers
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\ri0\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 Muni-ga\'ebera Matibram \line
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Deluded Thinkers
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 4.1: The Fundamental Question Evades the Erudite Scholar.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Fundamental Question Evades the
 Erudite Scholar
\par }\pard {\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\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in the very first verse of the first chapter, the highest truth has been propounded in these words:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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-kav
aye muhyanti yat s\'fcraya\'f9\line tejo-v\'e4ri-m\'e5d\'e4\'e0 yath\'e4 vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'm\'e5\'f1\'e4\line }{\cs2873\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 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}{\cs2873\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 I meditate upon Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all 
causes of the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic k
nowledge unto the heart of Brahm\'e4j\'e9, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Hi
m do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abo
de, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After defining the Absolute Truth and expanding upon it in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and vast corollary literatures, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva still felt discontented. His spiritual master, Devar\'f1i N\'e4rada, finding his disciple so dejected, inspired him to 
go inwards, into in deep meditation. In that state he perceived the highest Absolute Truth, who is free from the slightest illusion. The verse quoted above reflects \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva's spiritual perception. N\'e4rada instructed his disciple to rev
eal the nature of the Supreme Lord's transcendental name, form, qualities, pastimes, paraphernalia, and associates. The result of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva's efforts 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  }{\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 \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva went to Badarik\'e4\'e7rama, and in the nearby place called \'c7amy\'e4pr\'e4sa, went into }{\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 saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also saw }{\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 divine potency of the Lord that deludes the conditioned souls. In this realized consciousness \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva described the Absolute Truth
, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as fully independent and transcendental. This implies that there is no one superior to Him or equal to Him. In the material world Lord Brahm\'e4 is accepted as the highest personality among the living entities. But e
ven Lord Brahm\'e4, who is described here as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-kavi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the original intelligent being, is 
subservient to the fully independent Supreme Lord. Indeed, it was the Supreme Lord who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto Lord Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What to speak of the ordinary mortals, even great sages and powerful demigods become totally bewildered in their efforts to know the Supreme Lord. The purport of th
e word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9mahi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97"I meditate upon"\'97is that only those who have perfected the chanting of t
he G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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  can understand the supremely independent Lord. Who is eligible to chant t
he G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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 ? Those who are controlled by the modes of ignorance and passion can never
 chant the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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  what to speak of attaining perfection in chanting it. Only those
 who possess 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  and are situated in the mode of goodness are eligi
ble to chant the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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 . Gradually, by constant chanting, they come to realize Para
brahman (the Supreme Brahman), or the Absolute Truth. Only then can they perceive the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His transcendental name, form, qualities, pastimes, and paraphernalia, as well as the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets and the Lord of
 the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. And when one develops a taste for engaging properly in the Lord's transcendental service and realizes the  sublime mellows of devotion, one can see Lord V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mundane philosophers who try to attain the Supreme through the ascending process of knowledge can never achieve their goal. The only result of such an attempt, whic
h naturally confuses them, is that they become rooted to the misunderstanding that man is God and vice versa, thus clearing their way to hell. A few among them may have a moment's glimpse of transcendence, but end up concluding everything backwards. They
 fall prey to the erroneous impersonal principle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To refute this impersonal conception of the Absolute, the previously quoted 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 unequivocally states that the Absolute Truth is a person. This transcendental personality is so powerful that He could impart 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 even to Lord Brahm\'e4, who then went on to create the material universe. Lord Brahm\'e4 did
 not receive this extraordinary Vedic knowledge after creation but before he began the work of creation. The knowledge that existed before the mundane nature came into being is transcendental and is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0vit}{\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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  delves into the subjects of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sandhin\'e9, sa\'e0vit,}{\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 hl\'e4din\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Lord's potencies of existence, knowledge, and pleasure. All t
ogether, these are known as the Lord's internal potency, or spiritual potency. 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 discusses the subject of the Lord's internal potency. This superior potency is quite different form the Lord's inferior, external potency, which is qualified by the three material modes. An example of the Lord's superior, spiritual p
otency is the }{\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 . One who can understand that the }{\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  are a product of the Lord's internal potency, not His external potency, can immediately grasp the difference between these two
 potencies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delusion is the perverted image of reality and is the hallmark 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  the Lord's external energy. This delusion is totally absent in His internal, spiritual potency. 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  is a product of the Lord's superior, transcendental energy, but he becomes deluded into identifying his body as his self. Once this ignorance is dissipated, he can imme
diately understand the actual nature of the body. Illusion is possible on the mundane plane but never in the spiritual energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The variety visible in material nature is due to the influence of the Lord's spiritual energy. In other words, material nature is but a perverted reflection of spir
itual energy. For example, sunlight is ever-existing, but when sunlight is reflected on water, there comes into being a new source of light that must accept the cycle of creation, maintenance, and annihilation. The original sun, of course, is not bound b
y such changes. This practical analogy helps us understand that the spiritual nature is transcendental to creation, maintenance, and annihilation, whereas the perverted reflection of the spiritual energy\'97the material nature\'97is bound by these three 
conditions. The material nature is illusory: sometimes it is there, and at other times it is not. When this illusory, temporary existence of "there and not there" is totally removed and in its place are manifested the name, form, qualities, associates, p
araphernalia, and abode of the Lord, one is on the platform of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satya\'e0 param, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Absolute Trut
h, who is described here as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirasta-kuhakam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "forever free from the illusory representation of th
e material 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 j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  has been referred to as the Lord's marginal potency. 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  is unpredictable: s
ometimes he is under the material energy's control, and at other times under the spiritual energy's shelter. But the supreme, infallible Lord never comes under the sway of any of His energies: He forever remains the absolute autocrat, the master of all e
nergies, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V\'e4sudeva. All energies emanate from Him, and thus He is the supreme energetic principle. When the two words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-r\'e4\'f6}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("independent") and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  ("supreme") are used to describe an entity, then He must be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the eternal cause of all causes. That the Supreme Lord never comes under 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 confirmed elsewhere 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 (1.11.38):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etad \'e9\'e7anam \'e9\'e7asya\line prak\'e5ti-stho 'pi tad-gu\'ebai\'f9\line na yujyate sad\'e4tma-sthair\line yath\'e4 buddhis
 tad-\'e4\'e7ray\'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 This is the divinity of the Personality of Godhead: He is not affected by the qualities of material nature, e
ven though He is in contact with them. Similarly, the devotees who have taken shelter of the Lord do not become influenced by the material qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the Supreme Lord's special prerogative to descend to this material world and remain unaffected by it and detached from it. And like Him, His pure devotees als
o remain unattracted by the glare of the phenomenal world. As the Supreme Lord is eternal, liberated, and pure, so are His devotees, whatever situation they may be in. This can easily be understood through a simple example: technological advancement has 
added things like cinemas to the material attractions nature already has to offer, and yet, strangely, these illusory enticements have failed to attract genuine saints and hermits even to this day. And although we do see that some so-called modern saints
 and mendicants are addicted to cannabis and tobacco, even they are repulsed by many other modern sensual distractions. If the illusory material world holds little or no attraction for the Lord's devotees, how much less must the Lord Himself be attracted
 to it! Therefore, although out of ignorance one might claim that mere mortals are God, that does not change the reality\'97that man is always man and God is always God, and never otherwise.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once one of the }{\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  of our }{\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  met Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, who is a spiri
tualist of sorts and an erudite scholar. Dr. Radhakrishnan is the vice-president of India as I write this essay. On meeting him, our }{\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  received from him a copy of 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 a gift. Dr. Radhakrishnan had translated this }{\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  into English and written
 a commentary on it, and it sold well in the market for ten rupees in those days [1954].
\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 brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  read the book and came to us a little dissatisfied, though the book itself was deeply esoteric. The reason for his dissatisfaction was that Dr. Radhakrishnan's writing lacked spiritual insight: in many places he had mishandled and misint
erpreted the text, and thus he had made his book unacceptable to spiritualists in the line of pure devotion. This is a perfect example of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam's }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub statement (}{\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 
) that "by Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub muhyanti yat s\'fcraya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ). When the Lord so easily bewilders Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, Lord Indra, and other great universal controllers, it is not at all surprising that Dr. Radhakrishnan is placed into illusion.
\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 brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  was especially shocked and hurt by Dr. Radhakrishnan's misinterpretation of Text 34 of Chapter 9, which appears in his book on page 254. He came to us very depressed, wanting to discuss this passage. The following words were found in the
 book:
\par }\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 the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom we have to give ourselves up utterly but the Unborn, Beginningl
ess, Eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have not the slightest intention of confronting a world-famous philosopher like Dr. Radhakrishnan with arguments, yet on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  repeated request we have to scrutinize the text and point out the discrepancies. We have great respect for 
Dr. Radhakrishnan, not only because he is the vice-president of our country but also because of his scholarship and his position as an erudite master of Hindu philosophy. Furthermore, he is faithful to the brahminical tradition he hails from and is a fol
lower of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da school. Going by the oft-quoted dictum that it is better to have a learned enemy than a foolish friend, I feel encouraged in this matter. An intelligent opponent will present reasonable rebuttals, but an ignorant friend may
 bring about disaster with his floundering. Therefore we feel no compunction about strongly arguing against the points Dr. Radhakrishnan makes in 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  commentary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A well-known Bengali saying goes, "After reading the whole }{\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 you want to know whose father S\'e9t\'e4 is?" This question is ludicrous, since S\'e9t\'e4 is Lord R\'e4ma's wife, and thus such a query will naturally invite quips and laughter. We f
ind the same absurdity in Dr. Radhakrishnan's English commentary 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 . He writes tha
t we do not have to surrender to the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba but to "the Unborn, Beginningless, Eternal" within K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This implies that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His "inner self" are two separate identities. According to Dr. Radhakrishnan, since th
ere is a difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body and His soul, we must surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's soul and not His body. This new discovery in the field of religious philosophy reminds us of 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 " of the R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba referred to above. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sole purpose in 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  is to convince us to surrender to His lotus feet. Yet right at the outset Dr. Radhakrishnan is unwilling t
o accept this point. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the central instruction 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 
 (18.66):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. 
Do not fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke these words to Arjuna so that he would surrender to Him. The Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in this }{\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  text means "surrender." On page 62 of his "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Introductory Essay}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
, Dr. Radhakrishnan has also discussed the idea of surrender in some detail. He writes,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Prapatti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [surrender] has the follo
wing accessories\'97good will to all (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya sa\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ); (ii) absence of ill will
 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4tik\'fclyasya varjanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ); (iii) faith that the Lord will protect (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub rak\'f1i\'f1yat\'e9ti vi\'e7v\'e4sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ); (iv) resort to Him as savior (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e5tve varanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ); (v) a sense of utter helplessness (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4rpa\'ebyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ); (vi) complete surrender (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-nik\'f1epa\'f9}{\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 These six limbs of surrender should be followed in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Vi\'f1\'ebu, because this instruction on the process of surrender appears in a Vai
\'f1\'ebava scripture. Dr. Radhakrishnan has translated the first limb (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya sa\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ) as "good will to all." Question: Is it possible to surrender to everyone? Surrender should be directed toward the Supreme Lord alone. Dr. Radhakrishnan's proposal is impractical, and indeed impossible. Long before Dr. Radhakrishnan wrot
e his commentary, many realized spiritual preceptors, including the famous Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, explained that the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya}{\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\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mean that one should ren
der transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, favorably. No genuine scholar would be willing to disregard all other spiritual authorities and accept Dr. Radhakrishnan's version.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Dr. Radhakrishnan uses the words "faith in the Lord," he definitely refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By what logic does he say "Lord" but mean the
 impersonal Brahman? Arjuna certainly means the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba when he 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 . 2.7), }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now I am Your disciple, and a 
soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." With these words he addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba at 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 . At this stage 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  the impersonal Brahman 
is still to be discussed. When the subject of the impersonal Brahman is finally raised, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba unequivocally declares that He is the source of the impersonal Brahman. Sound logic says that one cannot surrender to something impersonal and for
mless. Those who are overly attached to the impersonal Brahman will find surrendering to this formless concept very painful and, indeed,  impossible, and if they persist along this path they will end up surrendering to their wife, family, and relatives.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 4.2: Transcendental Devotional Service Reveals the Real Form of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Transcendental Devotional Service R
eveals the Real Form of the Lord
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We learn 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  that, 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  which makes the living entity f
all down from spiritual practice, certain obnoxious atheists try hard to create a smokescreen of philosophical jargon around the Supreme Lord to keep Him hidden from the general populace. The result of this effort is also 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  (12.3.43):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalau na r\'e4jan jagat\'e4\'e0 para\'e0 guru\'e0\line tri-loka-n\'e4th\'e4nata-p\'e4da-pa\'eckajam\line pr\'e4ye\'eba marty\'e4
 bhagavantam acyuta\'e0\line yak\'f1yanti p\'e4\'f1a\'eb\'f2a-vibhinna-cetasa\'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 O King! In the  Age of Kali people's intelligence will be diverted by atheism, and they will almost never off
er sacrifice to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme spiritual master of the universe. Although the great personalities who control the three worlds all bow down to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, the petty and miserable human being
s of this age will not do so.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A good example of such philosophical jargon meant to bewilder the public is Dr. Radhakrishnan's translating }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya sa\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as "good will to all" instead of  "surrendering to the Supreme Lord," its proper meaning. Such an interpret
ation is what we can expect from a mundane scholar.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first word in devotional service is surrender. The only meaning of surrender is to accept that one is a servant of God. Even great scholars and philosophers lik
e Dr. Radhakrishnan will have to perform heaps of austerities and penances before they will yield to the process of surrender. This is the conclusion 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 . Dr. Radhakrishnan's explanation of the six limbs of surrender is superficial. Originally defined in a Vai\'f1\'ebava text, these six limbs of surrender pertain to Lord Vi\'f1
\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4nuk\'fclya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "loving devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba." The }{
\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  states, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyena}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lana\'e0 bhaktir uttam\'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 "One should render transcendental loving service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorably. That is called pure devotional service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone in the world is rendering service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in one way or another. Some are doing it favorably, and others antagonistically. Those who are ser
ving unfavorably are inimical atheists, the foolish nondevotees, while those who do it with pleasure are truly intelligent. In other words, the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are very intelligent, while the mundane scholars are in the same category as the no
ndevotee atheists led by the demons Ka\'e0sa and Jar\'e4sandha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The main instruction 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 to take complete shelter of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yet this cardinal conclusion, which emanated from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own lotus lips, is reversed by Dr. Radhakrishnan when he writes that one should surrender
 not to the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba but to the "Unborn, Beginningless, Eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba." It is an exercise in futility to take up 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  for discussion only in order to ostentatiously display one's erudition, and thus to foolishly misinterpret the text so much that one concludes that the speaker 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, is a mere mortal. This use of Vedic knowledge to pronounce that Go
d does not exist is a clear example of serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba unfavorably.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How does Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describe sholars like Dr. Radhakrishnan, who have an atheistic understanding 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 ? 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  (7.15) we find this statement:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\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 miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and wh
o partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Enemies of the Lord like Ka\'e0sa and Jar\'e4sandha always meditated on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but unfavorably. Similar to these demons are the atheistic scholars who alwa
ys challenge and misrepresent the real 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 . Though they think ab
out the Lord, they do so with enmity because their intelligence has been covered 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 . K
a\'e0sa and Jar\'e4sandha were also erudite scholars, but because they were obsessed with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in enmity, they were demons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We understand from Lord Caitanya's teachings and exemplary actions that it is our duty to follow the instructions 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  favorably. During Lord Caitanya's tour of South India, when He entered the premises of the \'c7r\'e9 Ra\'ecgan\'e4t
ha temple, He came upon a simple }{\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  engrossed in reading 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 was overjoyed to see how attentively 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 reading, and how tears were streaming down his cheeks. Other }{\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  sitting nearby knew that he was illiterate, and so they wondered how he could possibly read 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya easily solved this problem. He said that even an uneducated person can understand transcendental words if he is a fully surrendered soul. But without 
that mood of surrender, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  remains incomprehensible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya 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  in tears, He asked him what part 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  moved him t
o cry. With proper Vai\'f1\'ebava humility, 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  answered,
\par }\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 merely pretending to read the }{\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  in truth I am illiterate. But my }{\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  instructed me to regularly read the entire }{\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 though I am unlette
red. Not wanting to disobey my }{\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  I try to execute my duty, and so I make a show of reading the }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord then asked him why he was crying. 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,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Whenever I sit down to read the }{\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  the form of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as P\'e4rtha-s\'e4rathi [Arjuna's chariot driver] appears in my heart. And as soon as I see this form I immediately remember how the Lor
d is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub bhakta-vatsala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [especially kind to His devotees]. This thought makes me cry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are always eager to merge with the nondual Supreme Brahman and become God. But their small brains cannot understand how the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead can become the charioteer of His devotee and carry out his orders. In truth the Supreme Lord and the }{\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  are eternally related, and because of this relationship many wonderful things are possible. But the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s cannot understand this truth, and many who have tried to make them understand have failed miserab
ly. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\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) we find this statement:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the import
s of Vedic knowledge are automatically revealed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon seeing the devotion of the South Indian }{\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 he read 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 Caitanya
 embraced him and then told him that he had perfected the reading 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 . What fool wo
uld deny that Lord Caitanya's approval is far superior to millions of university doctorates? This accolade from the Lord proves 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  cannot be studied with material intelligence. The knowledge 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  must be received through the chain of }{\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  or 
spiritual masters, coming down in  disciplic succession. That is the only method; otherwise 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  is an exercise in futility. The scriptural conclusion is that since the Supreme Lord is transcendental, His words are also transcendental, and hence the esoteric subject matter 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 can be received only through a disciplic succession that is equally transcendental. As 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  states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atah \'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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, qualities, and pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually situated 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 This is confirmed 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  (5.38):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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, who is \'c7y\'e4masundara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself with innumerable inco
nceivable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, the scriptural conclusion is that mundane philosophers like Dr. Radhakrishnan are  not qualified to delve into spiritual subjects. The devotees of the Lo
rd alone are eligible to understand Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; no one else is qualified. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself 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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattvata\'f9}{\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 "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scholars like Dr. Radhakrishnan should understand that within Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is only Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nothing else. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body and
 soul are the same. 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  conclusion is that the nondual truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the 
absolute Supreme Being. But Dr. Radhakrishnan has somehow discovered another, second being within K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This discovery then converts Dr. Radhakrishnan into a believer in dualism! The manifestation of the Absolute Truth who resiedes in every }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  heart is ludicly described 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 . 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 (10.8), Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains who the being residing in every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  heart is:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this per
fectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And later 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  (15.15) He says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1to\line matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca\line vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham e
va vedyo\line ved\'e4nta-k\'e5d veda-vid eva c\'e4ham
\par }\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 seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all 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  am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Ved\'e4nta, and I am the knower 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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The wise men with perfect knowledge\'97i.e., those who have purified their materialistic intelligence and are thus situated in spiritual knowledge\'97can understand
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the source of everything. Unless the intellect is purified and spiritualized, even the most erudite philosopher and the greatest mystic }{\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  will become perplexed in trying to understand Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As the Lord 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  (}{\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 ), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yatat\'e4m api siddh\'e4n\'e4\'e0 ka\'e7cin m\'e4\'e0 vetti tattvata\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Of thos
e who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord's name, form, qualities, pastimes, associates, and paraphernalia are all of the same spiritual nature. In fact, anything in relation to Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is nondifferent from Him. As 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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 'b
hinnatv\'e4n n\'e4ma-n\'e4mino\'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 The holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benediction, for it is
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Since K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with }{\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 . K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are identical.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only  saintly souls can perceive the truth of these statements; those whose intelligence has been corrupted by M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy cannot understand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In general, the monists cannot grasp the intricate philosophy of nondualism. So Dr. Radhakrishnan has spun out of his imagination a theory by which he tries to esta
blish dualism in nondualism. When Dr. Radhakrishnan writes that we must surrender to "the Unborn, Beginningless, Eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba," he implies that it is the impersonal Brahman within K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is speaking about surrende
r. Once it is established that the impersonal Brahman can speak, then He must also possess the instrument of speech, namely the tongue. Thus we see that Dr. Radhakrishnan's whole concept of impersonalism is immediately undermined. There is sufficient evi
dence in the scriptures to conclude that one who talks can also walk. And a being capable of speaking and walking must indeed be endowed with all the senses. Then He must also be able to perform other activities, such as eating and sleeping. So how can D
r. Radhakrishnan claim that his beginningless, eternal object is impersonal?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In his "Introductory Essay," on page 62, Dr. Radhakrishnan 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 When we are emptied of our self [?], God takes possession of us. The obstacles to this God-possession are our
 own virtues, pride, knowledge, our subtle demands, and our unconscious assumptions and prejudices.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From his own arguments we can safely surmise that Dr. Radhakrishnan, due to his carelessness and previous upbringing, is seeing a difference between Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's body and His soul. He is still not free from false ego, that is, "emptied of self." Therefore his "virtues, pride, knowledge, subtle demands, and unconscious assumptions and prejudices" are all preventing him from understanding the transcendental
 truth. He must have been brought up in an atmosphere of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da thought; for this reason he was unable to grasp the truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, the founder and propagator of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy, proved that the material world was an illusion\'97}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and so he diligently pursued the path of austerity and renunciation, and he stressed it in his 
teachings. He did not waste valuable time trying to lord it over this illusory material world. But if he were to see the present condition of the philosophy he propounded, perhaps he would be ashamed. We have no doubt that Dr. Radhakrishnan was influence
d by him; this is evident from his writings. Yet in his "Introductory Essay," page 25, he writes, "The emphasis 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 on the Supreme as the personal God who creates the perceptible world by His Nature (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He resides within the heart of every being; He is the enjoyer and Lord of sacrifices. He stirs our heart to devotion and grants our prayers. He is the source and retainer of values. He enters into personal relat
ions with us in worship and prayer."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After writing this and thus accepting the real purport 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 how can Dr. Radhakrishnan later state that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body and soul are different? Such an idea must be a result of his materialistic education. What a strange monism he propou
nds, in which the Absolute Truth, the nondual Supreme Being, is supposedly separate from His inner existence! Can Dr. Radhakrishnan explain these obvious flaws in his philosophy? When the Supreme Lord Himself is present in everyone's heart as the omnisci
ent Supersoul, then who else can sit in }{\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  heart? 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 Himself speaks about His transcendental qualities, making statements that Dr. Radhakrishnan, armed with
 his material erudition, has made but a feeble attempt to contradict. Through such foolishness Dr. Radhakrishnan has made a show of spreading education, but in fact he has preached untruth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4 (the Supersoul), and Bhagav\'e4n (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)\'97all three are the same nondual Supreme Absolute. It would be riduc
ulous to say that Dr. Radhakrishnan is ignorant of this subject, yet we fail to see the logic in his claim that when the Supreme Lord incarnates He comes under the sway 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 . The Lord unequivocally states 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  that when He appears, He does so in His original transcendental form. Hence there can be no difference between Him and His body. The Lord further states that His appearance, activities, and so on are all transcend
ental, beyond the realm of matter. He is eternal, supremely pure, the original Supreme Personality and Supreme Brahman. We all agree that 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  is covered 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  but if the Sup
reme Brahman, or Parabrahman, is also covered 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  then 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  superior to Parabrahman?
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 4.3: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme Controller Godhead.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme 
Controller Godhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since Dr. Radhakrishnan implies that the impersonal Brahman alone possesses such transcendental qualities as being inexhaustible, imperishable, and unborn, we must 
turn 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  for a proper reply. In truth, all the divine expansions of the nondual Sup
reme Being are endowed with these same superexcellent qualities. As Arjuna declares 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  (11.18),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tvam ak\'f1ara\'e0 parama\'e0 veditavya\'e0\line tvam asya vi\'e7vasya para\'e0 nidh\'e4nam\line tvam avyaya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vat
a-dharma-gopt\'e4\line san\'e4tanas tva\'e0 puru\'f1o mato me
\par }\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 are the supreme primal objective; You are the best in all the universes; You are inexhaustible, and You a
re the oldest; You are the maintainer of religion, the eternal Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should understand that those passages 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 describe Parabrahman as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1ara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   
("indestructible") are references to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Controller Godhead. Not once is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba equated with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1ara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the conditioned }{\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 . Not only big p
hilosophers like Dr. Radhakrishnan, but even mighty demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord Indra are in the category of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1ara. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord maintains the entire cosmic manifestation merely by His separated energy. Just as fire, though situated in one place, spreads its light and heat in all directions, so the unborn Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whi
le maintaining His full personality, eternality, and imperishability, expands Himself into countless Vi\'f1\'ebu forms,  }{\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  and internal and external potencies. Expanding Himself in this way never diminishes or in any way affects His status as the Absolute Whole. As the}{\cs2873\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  Invocation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub declares, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate:
\par }\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 is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even
 though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is the eternal Supreme Person, and therefore His name, form, qualities, pastimes, and so on are all eternal. The Sanskrit word }{\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  means "enjoyer." An enjoyer can never be a formless, impersonal, impotent being. Certainly Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is without material qualities, yet He is the enjoyer and possessor of all spiritual qualities.
\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 , Arjuna glorifies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1ara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Parabrahman, and }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-deva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (the original Personality of Godhead). Dr. Radhakrishnan writes that the term }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1ara, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "inexhaustible," is synonymous with the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avyaya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "without deterioration." Therefore why does he conclude that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His body are different? This we fail to understand. On
 page 275, Dr. Radhakrishnan admits that Arjuna says Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Parabrahman, Bhagav\'e4n, the Absolute Truth. In the same book and on the same page he writes something quite incoherent and fictitious and attributes it to Arjuna: "Arjuna state
s that the Supreme [\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba] is both Brahman and \'c9\'e7vara, Absolute and God." If Dr. Radhakrishnan possesses such a sketchy and incorrect perception 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  that he thinks Bhagav\'e4n is different from Brahman then how can he claim to have read 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 argues that Bhagav\'e4n and Supersoul K\'e5\'f1\'eba are products 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 , while Brahman is not! \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has severely criticized such speculative philosophy. 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  he writes, "Not knowing that Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhagav\'e4n are all features of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, foolish scholars speculate in various ways."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We accept both Arjuna and \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as greater authorities than Dr. Radhakrishnan. Arjuna directly heard 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 President of India, Dr. Rajendraprasad, has accepted }{\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 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as an authentic and authoritative scripture. Those who try 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  by receiving it from one in the disciplic succession coming down from Arjuna can actually understand its esoteric knowledge; others fail miserably. It is imperative that one at
tentively hear what 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 authorized scriptures have to say about the
 impersonal Brahman. The scriptures amply prove that the impersonal Brahman is the Supreme Lord's bodily effulgence, just as sunshine is the brilliant emanation from the sun. Furthermore, as the sun's rays are dependent on and subservient to the sun, so 
the impersonal }{\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  effulgence, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily luster, is dependent on and s
ubservient to the Lord. 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  (14.27) He says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmano hi prati\'f1\'f6\'e4ham\line am\'e5tasy\'e4vyayasya ca\line \'e7\'e4\'e7vatasya ca dharmasya\line sukhasyaik\'e4ntikasy
a ca
\par }\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 am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and
 which is immortal, imperishable and eternal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord's statements 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  concerning the impersonal Brahman are unequivocal, yet Dr. Radhakrishnan seems unsatisfied with them. He grudgingly translates Text 27 of the Fourteenth Chapter, "For I am the abode of Brahman, the Immortal and the Impe
rishable, of eternal law and of absolute bliss." Since Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the basis of the impersonal, formless Brahman, He is certainly far superior it. The mosquito net is inside the house, not the other way around; the ink-pot is on the table, not
 vice versa. Even a small boy can grasp this. Then why does Dr. Radhakrishnan hesitate to accept this truth? There are countless proofs in the scripture of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme absolute personality, but Dr. Radhakrishnan is like an owl in the da
ylight of truths. He tries to cover the sun of truth by creating a dark cloud of word jugglery. Thus instead of truth and knowledge, confusion is paraded before the world. We strongly condemn this sort of activity. Whether directly or indirectly, Dr. Rad
hakrishnan has tried to circumvent the truth\'97that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the basis of Brahman\'97and in the process he has been defeated. If Dr. Radhakrishnan really accepts Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the absolute God, then what inspired him to see anothe
r being within K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to write, "It is not the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom we have to give ourselves up..."?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The truth is that only those who have been blessed by the Lord can fathom the spiritual science dealing with God. Dr. Radhakrishnan's book irrefutably proves this. 
The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers are big offenders to the Supreme Lord, and therefore He never manifests Himself to them. As the Lord Himself declares 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  (7.25), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya yoga-m\'e4y\'e4 sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9 mu\'f2ha\'f9: }{
\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 I am covered by my internal potency..." All previous spiritual authorities have condemned the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d
\'e9s, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has directly censured them, calling them the greatest offenders against the Supreme Lord. He said that if a person simply hears philosophy from a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9, his spiritual life is 
in jeopardy. As quoted in the }{\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 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  17.129-132 and 134-135)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord speaks about the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s 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 \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied, 'M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists are great offenders unto Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore they simply utter the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub brahman}{\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 \'e4tm\'e4,}{\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 caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . The holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not manifest in their mouths because they are offenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is identical with His holy name. The Lord's holy name, His form, and H
is personality are all one and the same. There is no difference between them. Since all of them are absolute, they are transcendentally blissful. There is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body and Himself or between His name and Himself. As far as 
the conditioned soul is concerned, everything is different. One's name is different from the body, from one's original form and so on. The holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His body, and His pastimes cannot be understood by blunt material senses. They are man
ifest independently. The holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His transcendental qualities and pastimes, as well as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are all equal. They are all spiritual and full of bliss.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s try to imitate \'c7r\'e9p\'e4d \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. Pretending to be orthodox, they reject the truth that 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  is part and parcel of Parabrahman, the Supreme Lord. They also deny the fact that it is only the part and parce
l aspect of Parabrahman (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 ) and not Parabrahman Himself who falls 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 . And worst of all, they deny that Parabrahman is none other than the Supreme Personality
 of Godhead. According to their lop-sided argument, when 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  attains }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (liberation) he merges into the impersonal Brahman and loses his individual identity. By this logic, when the 
Supreme Lord, the Parabrahman, incarnates in this material world or appears in the Deity form, He becomes an ordinary }{\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  Thus the foolish M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s draw a distinction between the Lord and His form, and in this way they commit great offences against Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, by knocking a wedge between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His form, Dr. Radhakrishnan has demonstrated his lack of intelligence; indeed, }{\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 robbed him of intelligence, and according to Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu he is the worst offender. 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 describes such offenders as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because they ascribe human frailties and faults to the Supreme Lord. Today the world has become a hell because of an excess o
f atheists, and this is due only to the preaching of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy by enemies of the Supreme Lord. Lord Caitanya's mission is to save the }{\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  from the clutches of these offenders. Those who are unconcerned about this mission commit offences against Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s try hard to look like spiritualists, but in fact they are gross materialists. They may be able to confuse and mesmerize the public with wo
rd jugglery, but in truth their so-called renunciation is as false as the monkeys', for they have become mere beggars looking for distinction, adoration, position, and wealth. They are busy only with worldly progress; forgotten are the spiritual message 
and spiritual goals and ideals. 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  (1.1.2) has defined such showbottl
e religion as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaitava-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "cheating religion." Those who are attracted to such cheating relig
ious groups are themselves deceitful. Their show of spirituality is abominable; they have no desire for either liberation or devotion and surrender. They are addicted to speculation and can never understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s pretend to perform }{\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 hold discourses on 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  
for personal name and fame, they may sing and talk about Brahman, Caitanya, and Param\'e4tm\'e4, but they cannot utter Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name. Although the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 
bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("the Supreme Personality of Godhead said") appear throughout 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 M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are prepared to say everything else except the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is a well known scriptural truth that the words Brahman and Para
m\'e4tm\'e4 refer ultimately to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the principle name of the Supreme Absolute Person. But even when the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s chant such names of God as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, or Hari, they do so not with the
 understanding and faith that these names are God's principal names and that they are nondifferent from the Supreme Lord, but rather with the idea that chanting them is a temporary means of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or spiritual practice. They also do not admit that such chanting of the holy name is an offence. Of course, their biggest offence is to distinguish
 between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His form. Thus 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 (9.11)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 Himself condemns these offenders:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme do
minion over all that be.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let us study how Dr. Radhakrishnan has translated this verse, which appears on page 242 of his book: "The deluded despise Me clad in human body, not knowing My high
er nature as Lord of all existences." In other words, when the person who is "Lord of all existences" is "clad in human body," those who see from a materialistic perspective take Him for an ordinary mortal, while those who see from a spiritual perspectiv
e understand that He is the Supreme Being, the cause of all causes. So if it is the deluded who despise Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then is it not time for Dr. Radhakrishnan himself to admit that he is guilty of this crime? Let him realize how he has abused the
 "Lord of all existences," equating Him with a mere mortal. When we see how such big scholars are inimical toward Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can conclude, following 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 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 their intel
ligence has been stolen by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the previous spiritual authorities have accepted Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya has a
ccepted this truth. Yet Dr. Radhakrishnan is so deluded that he considers Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba an ordinary }{\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 or perhaps an extraordinary one}{\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 There is no one who possesses more knowledge than Lord Caitanya. The knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is logical and scientific, must be received fr
om Lord Caitanya. Has Dr. Radhakrishnan anywhere discussed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the basis of the precepts of \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who is in the direct spiritual line of Lord Caitanya? We request Dr. Radhakrishnan to study the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'f6-sandarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. He was especially empowered by his spiritual maste
rs to direct his writings toward the scholars and philosophers and make them understand this esoteric knowledge. Another philosopher of his stature is yet to be born; in fact, no one in the future will be able to surpass him in erudition. We hope that si
nce Dr. Radhakrishnan is a philosopher, he will not reject \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9's precepts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the writings of Dr. Radhakrishnan one can easily prove how he is perplexed in trying to fathom the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He tries to present
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an extraordinary human being and a historical figure of India, 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  makes such a task impossible. In his "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Introductory Essay}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " (page 30) he write
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 In the }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is identified with the Supreme Lord, the unity that lies  behind the manifold universes, the changeless truth behind all appearances, transcendent over all and immanent in all
. He is the manifested Lord, making it easy for mortals to know, for those who seek the Imperishable Brahman reach Him no doubt but after great toil. He is called Param\'e4tm\'e4n.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub How can we identify a historical individual with the Supreme God? The representation of an individual as iden
tical with the universal Self is familiar to Hindu thought. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  we are informed that the
 fully awakened soul, which apprehends the true relation to the Absolute, sees that it is essentially one with the latter and declares itself to be so.
\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  j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  becoming "essentially one" with the Lord is not the last word in spiritual life. Of course, \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya propagated this idea so that atheists could at least come to this level of realization. But beyond this is 
the realm of the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead. Having entered the sphere of transcendence, if one does not perceive the supreme transcendental personality, one's spiritual practice remains incomplete due to contaminated intelligence, and one h
as to return to the realm of materialism. Though claiming that the world is an illusion\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagan mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97such an unsuccessful transcendentalist then becomes entangled in political, social, and altruistic affairs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Radhakrishnan has never directly perceived the supreme transcendental personality, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is right in front
 of him, he cannot see Him, and thus out of delusion he calls Him a historical person. Genuine Indian religious philosophy teaches that there are both oneness with God and difference from Him. This concept of simultaneous oneness and difference has been 
termed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7i\'f1\'f6\'e4dvaita, dvait\'e4dvaita, \'e7uddh\'e4dvaita,}{\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 acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If this esoteric concept were false, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not be worshiped throughou
t India, practically in every home. He is worshiped not as a historical figure but as the Supreme Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's position as the Supreme Godhead is firmly established by the authoritative text }{\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 is the natural commentary on and essence 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 G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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 . Many scholarly M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s far more erudite than Dr. Radhakrishnan have tried to shake the faith of the general populace, but since time immemorial K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples have mushroomed by the
 millions\'97a slap in the face for the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and atheists, who claim the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary mortal. In the future also, more K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples will be built to frustrate the agnostics and nonbelievers. All Vi\'f1\'eb
u temples are authorized by the scriptures 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 . It hardly seems likely that, just f
or the sake of Dr. Radhakrishnan, the entire Indian population is going to strike a compromise with M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indian history is filled with accounts of many brilliant heroes who lit up the heavens with their fame. Why have the many sages and philosophers left aside these br
illiant suns and chosen only \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4ma, and Their expansions to worship as the Supreme Godhead? The spiritual preceptors who have delved into the scriptures to make an unbiased study of this phenomenon are scholars far m
ore advanced than Dr. Radhakrishnan. Yet it is quite understandable that an ordinary mortal like Dr. Radhakrishnan is illusioned about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, since even the residents of the heavenly planets are illusioned about Him. As 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 (1.1.1), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub muhyanti yat s\'fcraya\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion." The earth planet is way down in the seventh position among the fou
rteen planets in this cosmic system, so its residents are endowed only with meagre potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among the countries of this meagre planet earth, Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a, or India, is the best because since the dawn of creation Indian sages have exhibited the most 
exceptional skill in pursuing the esoteric spiritual science. In days of yore, these sages could communicate with the higher planetary systems. But today India is in such a bad condition that we are not willing to follow the instructions of previous sage
s. We are willing to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a historical figure, but by devious means we try distort His instructions with confusing philosophical jargon. This is proof of India's undesirable state. India now has become eager to do away with the real G
od and replace Him with many fake Gods. This is the greatest misfortune for India.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 4.4: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is strange but true that political leaders can never understand that the Absolute Truth cannot be impersonal or formless but must be the Supreme Personality of G
odhead. The scriptures are filled with passages that describe incarnations such as the gigantic form of Lord Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu lying on the Causal Ocean, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Still the demented political leaders
 cannot comprehend the truth. But if out of His mercy Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba wishes to bless such atheists, then their rocklike hearts will soften and they will see the two-handed form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing His flute in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who try to understand Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba without receiving His mercy, like Dr. Radhakrishnan, will certainly be deluded even if they are scholar\'97philosoph
ers like him. 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  says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is easily manifest to the devotee
s but is beyond the reach of Vedic scholars. \'c7r\'e9la S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya has proved this point by participating in a pastime of Lord Caitanya's in which the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya exhibited his Vedic learning. In recent times, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2itas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  such as \'c7r\'e9 Bankim Chattopadhyaya and Dr. Bhandarkar became equally deluded tr
ying to approach this subject.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who really wants to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba must follow the path He prescribes 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 y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattv
ata\'f9.}{\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." Except for devotional service, there is no way to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the form of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, He gave the same instruction about attaining K\'e5\'f1\'eba through devotional service, so it is certain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be approached only in this manner. Following in the di
sciplic line of Lord Caitanya, the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have written extensive literature with detailed explanations of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These confidential revelations are yet to be properly broadcast in the world. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s
' esoteric logic and profound analytical philosophy have not yet caught the attention of modern thinkers, and the burden of guilt for this discrepancy must indeed fall on us. The Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha mission was founded to propagate the words of \'c7r
\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The gigantic universal form that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibited to Arjuna is certainly not the quintessence of the Lord's divine mood. In fact, the two-handed human 
form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing the flute is the superexcellent manifestation of the Lord. But one must not make the mistake of thinking that because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears as a human, He }{\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  human. His form is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss, unlike an ordinary mortal's. He is not even an extraordinary  human being. The human form may be
 a facsimile of the Supreme Lord's transcendental form, but that does not make God a man, or vice versa. The Bible and other scriptures state that man was made according to the form of God, but that does not imply that God is a man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is substantial proof 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 that those who thoroughly grasp the truth about God will, upon leaving the material body, enter the spiritual realm and be with God. Only those who realize God as the eternal Supreme Personality can become immortal
. This realization is the human being's prerogative alone, and one who attains it reaches the highest perfection. Once achieving perfection, 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  never returns to this temporary world of birth, death, old age, and disease. Only those who discipline their lives so as to attain this objective fulfill the purpose of their human birth; others pl
unge into oblivion.
\par }\pard {\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  induces one to make plans so that this temporary life of birth, death, old 
age, and disease can be permanent. The greatest delusion is to plan a life of nonstop bliss in this material world. Which is the better plan: the one that leads to birth in lower animal species like hogs and dogs, or the one that transports 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  back to Godhead? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  spiritual existence in the abode of the Lord consists of service to Him in different mellows, such as servitude, friendship, parenthood, and conjugal lov
e. Both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu mercifully enacted pastimes to attract 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 s and to teach them the meaning of the following words in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\line }{\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 . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18.66}{\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 Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. 
Do not fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who could be more deprived than those conditioned souls who do not try to understand this truth? In the words of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, "One w
ho has not tried to realize his relationship with the Lord has wasted his life; such a person is a miscreant and is worse than an animal."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wthout proper understanding, Dr. Radhakrishnan has given his opinion about the descent of the Lord's incarnation. He writes, "An }{\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  is a descent of God into man and not an ascent of a man into God." What he means by "descent of God into man" is tha
t the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or incarnations, possess physical bodies made up of the five gross elements. O
f course, it remains to be clarified what he means by "not an ascent of man into God." Nowadays it is very much in vogue to designate a man as God. And it is not just a few who are said to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub avataras: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub many philosophers go as far as to say that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub every}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  human being is God. For the present we do not wish to delve into this subject.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We would like to inform Dr. Radhakrishnan, however, that when the Supreme Lord empowers 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  with His divine potency so that 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 can carry out some specific work, then that }{\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  is known as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akty\'e4ve\'e7a avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But this is not the only type of incar
nation. The scriptures describe innumerable incarnations of the Supreme Lord, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svaya\'e0-r\'fcpa,}{\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 svaya\'e0-prak\'e4\'e7a,}{\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 \'e4ve\'e7a, vil\'e4sa, pr\'e4bhava,}{\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 vaibhava, yuga-avat\'e4ra, puru\'f1a-ava
t\'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 gu\'eba-avat\'e4ra,}{\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 manvantara-avat\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If we calculate the duration of one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manvantara-av\'e4tara's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  life, it comes to an incredible number of years\'97more than three hundred million. And ther
e are other incarnations who live longer. The scriptures give details of the Lord's authorized incarnations\'97the purposes for their appearance, their forms, the places of appearance, their pastimes, etc. There is no room for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vox populi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  whimsically choosing an ordinary mortal as an incarnation. And if despite the scriptural injunctions some pe
ople still accept a human being as an incarnation, it is easy to surmise the extent of their scriptural knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The goddess of learning, Sarasvat\'e9, inspired Dr. Radhakrishnan to say "Man cannot become God." We would like to clarify this statement by saying "Even after bec
oming liberated, a man cannot become God." A liberated person can become a pure devotee of God, but he cannot become God or merge into God and lose his identity. There are innumerable instances in which a liberated soul, failing to become God, also refus
ed to become God's devotee. The only option then open to him is aptly 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 (10.2.32):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4ninas\line tvayy asta-bh\'e4v\'e4d avi\'e7uddha-buddhaya\'f9\line \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre
\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9\line patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'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 O lotus-eyed Lord, although nondevotees who accept severe austerities and penances to achieve the highest pos
ition may think themselves liberated, their intelligence is impure. They fall down from their position of imagined superiority because they have no regard for Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Attracted by material nature's external glare, such "liberated" souls have to come down to this earth and become wrapped up in some sociopolitical or altruistic wor
k.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides the eternally conditioned }{\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 s, there are others, who are eternally liberated (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-mukta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
 They never come to this material world. Among the eternally conditioned }{\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  (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-baddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) are those who make a big show of gaining liberation from this world. An analogy the M\'e4y\'e4
v\'e4d\'e9s often repeat is "All rivers flow into the ocean." This means that all }{\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 s merge 
into Brahman. But the truth that escapes them is that many large aquatics are permanent residents of the ocean and are never attracted to go and live in the river. The eternally liberated souls need not strive for liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Radhakrishnan has used the expression "self-conscious man." We do not object to this term if it indicates a state of consciousness of the self in which a person
 realizes he is an eternal servant of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya came to teach this truth. Once 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  realizes he is an eternal servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he ends his life of misery. He becomes liberated by that realization. And later he understands that liberation personified is standing nearby, waiting to serve him and all oth
er eternal servitors of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The authorized scriptures have declared that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supreme Lord and the source of all incarnations. 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 (7.7), He says in His own words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "O conqueror of wealth, there is no Truth superior to Me." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba came personally to teach that the highest Absolute
 Truth is not an impotent material concept. He is the full manifestation of absolute spiritual potencies. Those who cannot grasp this profound truth are fools spinning out endless speculations. That person who, although one, desires  to expand and thus b
ecomes many\'97can such a person be a human being or a formless impersonal entity? When this person decides to expand Himself manyfold, is He doing so in order to destroy Himself? If the Lord were to lose His own identity by expanding Himself into many, 
that would mean destruction of Himself. Has the Supreme Lord committed such a foolish blunder? Or has the blunder been committed by those who misinterpret the Vedic statements and say that God expanded Himself into many entities and lost His identity? Th
e Supreme Lord can do as He pleases: He can expand Himself as countless incarnations or as multifarious separated energies. And even after expanding Himself in this way, He remains complete and fully Himself, as He is. If this were not so, then how could
 He be the complete Absolute Whole?
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 4.5: Captivated by M\'e4y\'e4, the J\'e9va Has Forgotten Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Captivated by M\'e4y\'e4, the J\'e9
va Has Forgotten Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself into countless Vi\'f1\'ebu forms as His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4\'e0
\'e7a-vaibhava,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and He manifests Himself by His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a-prak\'e4\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as countless billions 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 . All the Vi\'f1\'ebu expansions are in the category of the Supreme Lord, but the }{\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  are not: they are the Lord's marginal potency. This marginal potency, comprising the eternal }{\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 is a manifestation of the Lord's superior, spiritual energy, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . 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  is that 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  is, was, and always will be eternally a manifestation of the Lord's spiritual energy; he will never enter the category
 of the Supreme Lord or the Vi\'f1\'ebu forms. This separated energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vibhinn\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\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 j\'e9va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is an infinitesimal part of the Supreme Lord, much like the
 minute sparks of a large conflagration.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fraction can never become the whole or equal to the whole. Thus the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s' claim that the fraction }{\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 become the whole is mischievous, even nefarious. This is the Vedic verdict. After overcoming his conditioned state, the fractional }{\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  enters the spiritual sky and participates in the Supreme Lord's transcendental, eternally blis
sful pastimes. 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  permanently engages in the Lord's service in one of the many spiritual
 mellows and enjoys divine ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scriptures have clearly indicated that the ecstasy of devotional service to the Supreme Lord is far superior to the bliss of impersonal liberation, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4nanda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Indeed, the happiness of merging into the Lord's existence (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) is like a puddle of water in a calf's hoofprint compared with the ocean of bliss derived from devotional ser
vice. The devotee never prays for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4yujya-mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for it is an impossible proposition. By }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
s\'e4yujya-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the impersonalists mean relinquishing one's identity, or individuality. This is nothing less than spiritual suicide. In this regard, I reproduce Dr. Radhakris
hnan's comment on the Bible:
\par }\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 doctrine of the Incarnation agitated the Christian world a great deal. Arioes maintained that the Son is 
not the equal of the Father but created by Him. The view that they are not distinct but only different aspects of one Being is the theory of Sabellius. The former emphasized the distinctness of the Father and the Son and the latter their oneness. The vie
w that finally prevailed was that the Father and the Son were equal and of the same substance; they were, however, distinct persons. ("Introductory Essay," p. 35).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These words vaguely describe the philosophy of "simultaneously one and different"; therefore we acknowledge it. Jesus, the son of God, is 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 , a separated part of the Supreme Godhead. But 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 is also spiritual, and hence Jesus is qualitatively the same as the Supreme Lord. But the son can never be equal to the Father in all respects; tha
t is to say, 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  is never on the same platform as the Supreme Lord. Also, all the }{\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  are separate individuals. And just as each }{\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  is a unique personality, so God is also a unique personality, but the difference is that He is absolute. By describing the Lord as imperson
al and formless, one loses sight of His perfect wholeness. We find 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  (5.39
) boldly declaring the Lord's Supreme Personality:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4m\'e4di-m\'fcrti\'f1u kal\'e4-niyamena ti\'f1\'f6han\line n\'e4n\'e4vat\'e4ram akarod bhuvane\'f1u kintu\line k\'e5\'f1\'eb
a\'f9 svaya\'e0 samabhavat parama\'f9 pum\'e4n yo\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\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, who manifested Himself personally as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the different }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  in the world in the forms of R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, V\'e4mana, etc., as His subjective portion
s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All these incarnations of the Supreme Lord are full-fledged divinities. They are not influenced by anyone's whims; they do not become impersonal or formless upon so
meone saying so. They are eternally present. When They deem it necessary, They appear in their original transcendental forms, and then They disappear, just as the sun rises and sets. After Their appearance They perform manifest pastimes, and after Their 
disappearance They continue with Their unmanifest pastimes. According to the above-mentioned }{\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  text, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supreme Personality and all the incarnations are His partial expansions. But the Lord's incarnations are never in the category of the }{\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 . \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva has also expounded this truth 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 (1.3.28): }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ete c\'e4\'e0\'e7a-kal\'e4\'f9 pu\'e0sa\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bh
agav\'e4n svayam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the o
riginal Personality of Godhead." In other words, not only do the incarnations appear, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source of all incarnations, also appears, both as Himself and as an incarnation. These esoteric subjects are understood by the Lord's devot
ees, not by others, even though they may be erudite sholars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, when Dr. Radhakrishnan writes that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary mortal, or at best an extraordinary one, he is certainly confused. Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the highest Absolute Truth, unsurpassable and perfectly divine. It is impossible to think of Him as impersonal and formless. He is indeed the transcendental, primeval Lord, the embodiment of eternity, absolute
 knowledge, and bliss. 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 (10.12), Arjuna substantiates this truth about 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absolute, supreme divinity. How is Dr. Radhakrishnan to appreciate Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental qualities and personality, since even the demigods fail to comprehend them? The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-deva, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meaning "the original, primeval Lord," indicates that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of all the Vi\'f1\'ebu expansions.
 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prayers 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  glorify K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, yet Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate source of even this Vi\'f1\'ebu expansion. Indeed, 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  expressly declares that K\'e4ra\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is merely a 
partial expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the Absolute Truth Dr. Radhakrishnan accepts as eternal and beginningless is, in fact, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but somehow this escapes him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead is accepted not only by Arjuna but by illustrious saints and sages like Vy\'e4sadeva, N\'e4r
ada, Devala, and Asita. All the previous spiritual preceptors, as well as present-day saints and countless millions of ordinary people, unanimously accept Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Godhead, but a famous }{\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  like Dr. Radhakrishnan hesitates to accept Him as God! Why? \'c7r\'e9la Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya aptly explains in his }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stotra-ratna }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [12]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tv\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e9la-r\'fcpa-caritai\'f9 parama-prak\'e5\'f1\'f6ai\'f9\line sattvena s\'e4ttvikatay\'e4 prabalai\'e7 ca \'e7
\'e4strai\'f9\line prakhy\'e4ta-daiva-param\'e4rtha-vid\'e4\'e0 matai\'e7 ca\line naiv\'e4sura-prak\'e5taya\'f9 prabhavanti boddhum
\par }\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, those influenced by demoniac principles cannot realize You, although You are clearly the Supreme b
y dint of Your exalted activities, forms, character, and uncommon power, which are confirmed by all the revealed scriptures in the quality of goodness and the celebrated transcendentalists in the divine nature.
\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  (Chapter 4), Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks about the importance of receiving the transcendental knowledge 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  in the proper disciplic succession. In this way one can avoid making the mistakes described above, which even powerful sages are prone to make. Yet there are those who still try to study 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  on their own and draw their own concocted conclusions, rejecting the authority and conclusions of
 the spiritual disciplic succession. We certainly commiserate with them, but at the same time it is hard not to laugh at them. From the Chapter 4 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  we learn that after an interval of several million years, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba re-established the spiritual link with the disciplic succession right in the middle of the Battlef
ield of Kuruk\'f1etra, explaining to Arjuna unequivocally and in detail the science of right action, knowledge, and devotional service. 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 not a novel rendition of a new philosophy. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, 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 eternally present as His instructions propounding the absolute, undifferentiated truth. The Supreme Lor
d is eternal, perennially young, and so are His immortal words: they are ever-fresh. Mundane scholars can always discover novel meanings 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 in this way they may certainly exhibit their mundane erudition\'97but this is all just the play of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4
y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The real essence 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  cannot be transmitted through such persons. The transcendental knowledge 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 available only through the transparent medium of the authorized disciplic succession. The devotees and saints are solely concerned with receiving the Lord's message 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  as it is, while the mundane scholars fond of word jugglery look for secondary meanings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To educate those who are enamored by empirical arguments and who do not receive transcendental knowledge through any bona fide disciplic succession\'97and who are t
hus going astray\'97we have compiled the essential knowledge 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 a nuts
hell:
\par }\pard {\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 Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personalit
y of Godhead, the cause of all causes. The definition of God is given in this aphorism 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  "By Him and from Him is manifest this universe, and He controls its creation, sustenance, and annihilation." He is the mainstay of both this unlimited variegated cosmic manifestation and the immeasurable spiritual sky, the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has. 
He is the eternally existing, transcendental Supreme Being with a spiritual form. The impersonal Brahman is but His bodily effulgence; He is the nondual Truth. The Supersoul (Param\'e4tm\'e4) is His plenary expansion who resides in everyone's heart and p
ervades the entire creation as well.
\par }\pard {\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 The }{\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  the living entities, are Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's minute parts. Although 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  is qualitatively nondifferent from the Lord, he is quantitatively different from Him, since the Lord is infinite and }{\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  is infinitesimal. 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  is situated in the Lord's marginal potency, which, inconceivably, is  simultaneously one with and different from the Lord.
\par }\pard {\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 The }{\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 the marginal energy of the Lord, have the ability to reside eternally either in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or in this material world. 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  falls down to material nescience because of countless sinful activities, and in these alien surroundings he goes up and down, t
raveling through all the planetary systems, from Lord Brahm\'e4's planet down to P\'e4t\'e4laloka. In the material world 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 experiences birth, disease, old age, and death and is forced to accept three types of suffering, namely: those miseries stemming from his own mind and body, those inflicted by other living entities, and those hurle
d at him by the demigods.
\par }\pard {\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 conditioned living entities are encaged in this many-faceted prison-house calle
d the material world. The nature of this world is creation, sustenance, and destruction. During creation and sustenance this material nature is in a manifest state, and with destruction it again becomes unmanifest. Thus this mundane, illusory realm is th
e Lord's inferior energy because it is sometimes manifest and at other times unmanifest.
\par }\pard {\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 Beyond this manifest and unmanifest external energy of the Lord exists another real
m, which is transcendental and spiritually variegated. This is the unlimited spiritual sky, known as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, which is everlasting. This realm is always manifest; it is never unmanifest. Thus it is not subject to creation and annihilation.
\par }\pard {\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  Those conditioned souls who identify with this illusory material nature and are pro
ud of it, and who do not care to know about the Supreme Lord, are subjugated by the Lord's illusory potency, who is known variously as Mah\'e4 K\'e4l\'e9, C\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9, and Durg\'e4, and who pierces them with her trident of the threefold miseries. T
hese demoniac }{\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  are forced into slavery by the illusory potency\'97K\'e4l\'e9, or Mah\'e4m
\'e4y\'e4. 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 the essence of all the Vedic scriptures, was compile
d for the deliverance of the conditioned souls. 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  carefully, 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  takes shelter of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet and attains liberation from the merry-go-round of
 repeated suffering in the material world.
\par }\pard {\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  The conditioned }{\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  suffers from the material disease\'97the miseries of birth, death, old age and disease. When this suffering becomes unbearable, he looks for help. Those wh
o are less intelligent embrace the path of impersonal liberation and undertake severe austerities to achieve their goal. More elevated than these salvationists are the devotees of the Lord, who realize that their eternal nature is to be His servants. The
y do not try to extinguish this nature but rather practice and preach the eternal process of devotion so they can enter the Lord's eternal spiritual abode. All living entities have a right to practice this eternal process of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\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 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
ahat-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the material nature, manifests itself in twenty-four ingredients: 1) the unmanifest principle, 2) false ego, 3) intelligence, 4) mind, 5) ether, 6) air, 7) fire, 
8) water, 9) earth, 10) sound, 11) touch, 12) form, 13) taste, 14) smell, 15) ears, 16) skin, 17) eyes, 18) tongue, 19) nose, 20) mouth, 21) hands, 22) feet, 23) anus, 24) genitals.
\par }\pard {\b\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  The undifferentiated Absolute Truth, the original Supreme Personality, Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, incarnates in this material world once in every day of Lord Brahm\'e4\'97that is once every 8,640,000,000 solar years\'97to shower His mercy upon both His surrendered devotees and the atheistic nondevotees. He protects His devotees a
nd slays the atheistic demons, thus giving the latter troublesome release, so to speak, in impersonal liberation. 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 other hand, teaches liberation through devotional service to the Supreme Lord. The only way to obtain this devotional service is to take full shelter of the spiritual authority, 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 is coming in the line of a proper disciplic succession. Those who toil without worshiping the spiritual maste
r will find that all their endeavors are futile.
\par }\pard {\b\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  Those foolish souls who refuse to take shelter of 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 are truly shelterless. Without the guidance 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  these rascals consider themselves knowledgeable, and on the basis of this misconception they make the mistake of worshiping God as a man and a mere morta
l as God.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in six opulences and is not the propert
y of any particular sect, group, or country. He is available to everyone. He is the deliverer of all and the Supreme Father of all. He appears in this material world to liberate every living entity, and His message, 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 therefore applicable to every land and to all people. It is meant to be preached everywhere. Therefore
 those fortunate souls who are spreading the message of the Lord are most dear to Him.
\par }\pard {\b\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  Foolish, demoniac rascals in the grip of the Lord's illusory energy loudly brag ab
out their materialistic plans. 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  alone can penetrate their hard shell of ig
norance and awaken them to the truth.
\par }\pard {\b\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  With concerted, strong preaching, the devotees of the Lord must inform such foolis
h men that their so-called plans will surely be undermined because the platform they have chosen to build their dream houses on is factually a mirage\'97a movie only. Reality is elsewhere. The information needed to transport one to that realm of reality 
and truth is available in the magazine called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore, the real symptom of a true civilization is that its citizens are inspir
ed by }{\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 take up the process of devotion and go back to Godhead, where they will 
eternally reside in their actual home. Only in this way can they end all futile labor.
\par }\pard {\b\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  Just as the most sinful wretch lives in a ghostly body after death and moves about
 in the ether, having been denied a gross body, so the impersonalist, although rising to the point of liberation in the transcendental position, falls back down to the material world because of not having developed the mood of loving service to the Supre
me Lord. Therefore the severe austerities and penances the impersonalist performs are not equivalent to the eternal religion of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b\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  When monists are so attached to the formless, impersonal aspect of the Lord that t
hey distinguish between Him and His transcendental body, their consciousness becomes contaminated by this blasphemy, and thus they are deprived of a place in the Lord's eternal abode. But if by some good fortune they come in touch with a pure devotee and
 hear from him with faith about the Lord's transcendental name, qualities, pastimes, and so on, then they will certainly be cleansed of their contamination and become inspired and attracted by the Lord's glorious character, and finally they will surrende
r to Him fully. Thus 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 such an instructive text that for those who want 
to enter into the eternal pastimes of the Supreme Lord, its unequivocal message teaches the first stages of surrender, and this surrender is absolutely essential for reaching the ultimate destination. It is to be understood that the pure devotees have su
ccessfully passed this test of surrender according to the tenets 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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 RTW 5: The Highest Use of Intelligence
\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 Buddhi-yoga \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Highest Use of Intelligence
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 RTW 5.1: The Highest Use of Intelligence
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub The Highest Use of Intelligence
\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  (10.2.32) states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4ninas\line tvayy asta-bh\'e4v\'e4d avi\'e7uddha-buddhaya\'f9\line \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre
\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9\line patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'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 O lotus-eyed Lord, although nondevotees who accept severe austerities and penances to achieve the highest pos
ition may think themselves liberated, their intelligence is impure. They fall down from their position of imagined superiority because they have no regard for Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the yogic process a surrendered servant of the Supreme Lord practices is altogether different form Pata\'efjali's eightfold }{\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, beginning with sense control, yogic postures, and breath control. These practices are, in a sense, meant to incre
ase physical prowess for better sense enjoyment. The devotee, on the other hand, follows the best }{\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 of God-realization, which is 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 . His activ
ities are not selfishly motivated, aimed at realizing his own cherished dreams, but are directed toward fulfilling the will of God on earth. 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  is known as }{\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  wherein lies th
e entire world's good fortune.
\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  (6.46-47) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yog\'e9\line j\'ef\'e4nibhyo 'pi mato 'dhika\'f9\line karmibhya\'e7 c\'e4dhiko yog\'e9\line tasm\'e4d yog\'e9
 bhav\'e4rjuna
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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\'e4-v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line sa me y
ukta-tamo mata\'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 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  is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist, and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances be 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 . And of all yog\'e9s, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yog
a and is the highest of all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotee is placed in the highest position because his sole intention is to establish the will of the Supreme Lord in the world. Once everything in the world is 
conducted according to the Lord's desire, then all activities will become spiritual and the Lord's presence will be felt everywhere and in everything. For the devotee, therefore, the purpose 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  is not to attain such mean and miserly goals as liberation or sense enjoyment, but to reestablish his loving relationship of devotional service to the
 Lord and to spread this truth throughout the world. He knows that without being on the platform of Brahman, one cannot render the Lord pure devotional service, the highest stage of transcendence. Yet he also knows that Brahman realization is a concomita
nt of the highest stage of devotional surrender. Therefore, if through devotional service he can help create an atmosphere of spirituality that will pervade the earth and make everything blissful, then why should he strive for the meager, selfish joys of
 liberation?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya declared that the constitutional position of every living entity is to be an eternal servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore every }{\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  is inherently a liberated being. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  present conditioned state is an illusion caused by his forgetting Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 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 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  is His separated part. The conditioned soul is enchained by the mind, senses, and so on, which are agents 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  the illusory energy. 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  is now in captivity as a result of his previous sinful activities, but why should he remain so eternally? His imprisonment can be easily ended simply by the Lord's mercy. And if the Lord's mercy is not available, then on his 
own 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  can never free himself. Conceited persons who think they can obtain liberation wi
thout the Lord's mercy, simply by performing strict penances and austerities, are totally mistaken; they fail. Still, although receiving the Lord's mercy is the prime cause for attaining liberation, the Lord does not participate directly in the affairs o
f the conditioned soul. As the Lord 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 (5.14)}{\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 referring both to 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 and Himself,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na kart\'e5va\'e0 na karm\'e4\'ebi\line lokasya s\'e5jati prabhu\'f9\line na karma-phala-sa\'e0yoga\'e0\line svabh\'e4vas tu pra
vartate
\par }\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 embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to
 act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the above statement is true, it is under the Lord's guardianship that 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  souls in the conditioned state experience the dualities of heat and cold, pleasure and pain, and so on, according to their activities. Since this is all indirectly cont
rolled by the Lord, it is futile to complain about it. One should simply pray for His mercy, and all dualities will be eradicated. Therefore the Lord's devotees are never perturbed by dualities. The pious and intelligent person thinks that the sufferings
 inflicted upon him due to his previous sinful activities are only slight because of the Lord's mercy, and that by His mercy all suffering can be relieved in moment. As Lord Brahm\'e4 states 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  (10.14.8),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat te 'nukamp\'e4\'e0 su-sam\'e9k\'f1am\'e4\'ebo\line bhu\'efj\'e4na ev\'e4tma-k\'e5ta\'e0 vip\'e4kam\line h\'e5d-v\'e4g-vapurb
hir vidadhan namas te\line j\'e9veta yo mukti-pade sa d\'e4ya-bh\'e4k
\par }\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 Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patientl
y suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words, and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within their hearts, the broad-minded, pure devotees of the Lord are informed of the Lord's orders and of the workings of the material nature.  They are also aware 
that the fully independent Supreme Lord, who is eternally engaged in transcendental activities, chooses a particular land in which to unfold His earthly pastimes, and that this designated country is Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a, or India. Therefore all Indians sh
ould execute the Supreme Lord's commands. As \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says in his }{\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 \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  9.41),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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' kara para-upak\'e4ra
\par }\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 has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India [Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a] should make his life 
successful and work for the benefit of all other people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is indeed true that Indians are especially able to benefit others world-wide. But if the Indians do not meet this responsibility and instead get enticed and bed
azzled by the illusory energy as it is manifest in the West in such variegated forms, then they will become known as misers and end their lives in disgrace. The sun is not visible at night because of the rotation of the earth, yet the sun is very much pr
esent in the sky, and the entire solar system is working under its influence. Similarly, the light of India's knowledge, contained in the sublime philosophy 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 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 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 G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and their corollaries, is certainly available, but by divine will it is temporarily beyond our view due to the influence of ignorance and passion. Of course, by the Lord's will and by the mercy of His pure devotee, this knowledg
e will again spread everywhere. Lord Caitanya has made this prediction;
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\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 more 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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub My holy name will be propagated in every town and village of this globe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This prediction will very easily come true, for a pure devotee of the Lord can inundate the world with the tidal waves of love of Godhead, the religion preached by 
Lord Caitanya. Everything is possible if the Lord desires. And thus if the Lord desires, everyone can develop a loving mood of surrender to Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indians must fearlessly preach the glories of the Lord far and wide. One who surrenders to the Supreme Lord, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, can easily face all dangers in the e
ffort to propagate His message. As said 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 (6.17.28),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-para\'f9 sarve\line na kuta\'e7cana bibhyati\line svarg\'e4pavarga-narake\'f1v\line api tuly\'e4rtha-dar\'e7in
a\'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 Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, n
ever fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation, and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When knowledge of the Absolute Truth, which is on the platform of pure goodness, is suppressed by the rampant influence of ignorance and passion, the sages and self
-realized souls withdraw to a solitary place of worship and concentrate solely on  elevating themselves spiritually. They also greatly benefit the few disciples who stay with them and serve them. But if the Lord desires, then these sages 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  come forward to benefit the world through missionary activities. For the ultimate good of the world
, saintly kings like Janaka, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and K\'e4rtav\'e9rya take up the burden of managing world affairs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the pastimes of the Supreme Lord in the spiritual world are eternal. His earthly pastimes are similarly transcendental and eternal. As 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  states, "Even at this very moment Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga is enacting His eternal, transcendental 
pastimes, but only the most fortunate souls can see them." When the sun sets, it goes out of our sight, but it continues to shine somewhere on this globe. Similarly, when the Lord winds up His earthly pastimes, He continues to manifest them in one or mor
e of the uncountable millions of planets in the universe. As Lord Brahm\'e4 declares 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  (5.39):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4m\'e4di-m\'fcrti\'f1u kal\'e4-niyamena ti\'f1\'f6han\line n\'e4n\'e4vat\'e4ram akarod bhuvane\'f1u kintu\line k\'e5\'f1\'eb
a\'f9 svaya\'e0 samabhavat parama\'f9 pum\'e4n yo\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\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, who manifested Himself personally as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the different }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  in the world in the forms of R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, V\'e4mana, etc., as His subjective portio
ns.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cycle of 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 millenniums\'97namely, Satya, Tret\'e4, Dv\'e4para, and Kali\'97goes around a thousand times in one day of Lord Brahm\'e4. 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  (8.17) confirms this: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9}{\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." According to the Vedic calculation, one day of Brahm\'e4 sees the coming and going of fourteen Manus.
 Therefore, each Manu lives for seventy-one cycles of the four millenniums. At present we are in the period of Vaivasvata Manu, in the twenty-eighth cycle of the four millenniums, and it is the Kali-yuga. This Kali-yuga is very special, however, because 
Lord Caitanya appears in this age in His original form and propagates the esoteric science of pure love of Godhead. All this we learn from the scriptures. We have great expectations that this science of pure love of Godhead will  be propagated world-wide
 in the immediate future.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the Satya-yuga the mode of goodness is in abundance. Or one can say that when the quality of goodness increases in a person to the extent that he becomes sit
uated in his original constitutional identity as a servant of the Lord, thus making his human life a complete success, at that time he enjoys the bliss and tranquillity of the Satya-yuga. The three modes\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance\'97are always 
present in this material nature. According to the predominance of a particular mode, the }{\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  ch
ange from Satya to Tret\'e4 to Dv\'e4para to Kali. 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 s in Kali-yuga are predominantly in
 the mode of ignorance, and with with the increase of this mode the threefold material miseries expand unlimitedly. Thus people today are afflicted by a short life-span, ill luck, warped intelligence, lethargy, disease, and many other sufferings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still, there is no reason to despise this age, for the most munificent incarnation of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, has appeared in Kali-yuga to shower His kindness upon 
the afflicted souls. The extent of the Supreme Lord's mercy is decidedly more generous in this age than in any other. In his play entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava }{\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}{\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 \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has described Lord Caitanya in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anarpita-car\'e9\'e0 cir\'e4t karu\'ebay\'e4vat\'e9r\'eba\'f9 kalau\line samarpayitum unnatojjvala-ras\'e4\'e0 sva-bhakti-\'e7ri
yam\line hari\'f9 pura\'f6a-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sand\'e9pita\'f9\line sad\'e4 h\'e5daya-kandare sphuratu va\'f9 \'e7ac\'e9-nandana
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub May that Lord who is known as the son of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 be transcendentally situated in t
he innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has descended in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant spiritual knowledge of the mello
w taste of His service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The present Kali-yuga is therefore very auspicious, for in this age one can attain the treasure of  devotional service to the Lord that He Himself propagated. Our h
ope rests fully with the Lord's surrendered devotees, who are endowed with perfect knowledge of how to disseminate this transcendental science. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, after describing the evil aspects of Kali-yuga, sums up this subject to
ward the very end 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  (12.3.51-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 52}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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
\par }\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 king, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simpl
y by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  one can become free from material bondage and be pr
omoted to the transcendental kingdom. Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Vi\'f1\'ebu, in Tret\'e4-yuga by performing sacrifices, and Dv\'e4para-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can be obtained in the Kali-yuga simply by chan
ting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\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 hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  used in these verses, which means "singing or chanting the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba," could very well apply 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 song sung by God Himself. The promulgation 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  knowledge on a world-wide scale will establish a foundation upon which the edifice of the science of love of God will be constructed. This edifice will be the repository of the sublime treasure of devotio
nal service as taught by Lord Caitanya in Kali-yuga, and it will serve as a shining monument to the transcendental endeavors of the Lord's pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present only a small portion of the knowledge contained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, Ved\'e4nta-s
\'fctra,}{\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 Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is available to the general populace. What is noteworthy, however, is that the essence of all Vedic knowledge is available in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9topani\'f1ad,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  popularly 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 . Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba milked the cow 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 and Arjuna drank the mi
lk thus obtained\'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 . If Arjuna found time to hear 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 the middle of a battlefield at Kuruksetra, then what urgent business is stopping us from hear
ing 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 ? When knowledge 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  spreads, then everyone will easily be able to attain the platform 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 as the pure devotees of the Lord become successful in their efforts to use their spiritual intelligence in the Lord's service, then the science of love o
f God taught by Lord Caitanya, the most magnanimous incarnation of Godhead, will be distributed everywhere. Judging from all the symptoms, the time is now ripe. Indians should now take shelter of their saintly preceptors, the pure devotees, and unitedly 
propagate the glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba via the medium 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 this 
way the world will become prosperous and perfect. The present age has seen interest in spiritual matters markedly increase. }{\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 societies have mushroomed expressly to transmit the knowledge 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 , but how this will be accomplished is still a question. We are confident that Lord Caitanya's teachings on the process of loving devotional service will easily harmonize all conflicting concepts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most effective method for directing humanity toward a positive and favorable consciousness is available in India. Any person, under any circumstances, can reach
 an elevated state of consciousness by properly hearing 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 then, by con
stantly chanting the name of God, he can win God over. The present state of world affairs is full of foreboding, strife, and struggle. These are the effects of Kali-yuga. But our faith in the eternal nature of }{\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  prompts us to believe that anyone can attain devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by hearing and chanting His name and thereby
 awakening his inherent dormant love for Him. We have full faith in the words of \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 quoted above from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that simply by chanting the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can reach His eternal kingdom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore all signs point toward auspicious changes in the global consciousness. But these changes must be initiated from within every individual's heart; they are 
impossible to accomplish through political lobbying or social adjustments. The devotional feelings that reach out from within the hearts of men find their culmination in the pure devotees' spiritual perfection. 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 describes this spiritual perfection 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  or }{\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 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. At a certain sta
ge, all the systems 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  become obsolete and have to be discarded\'97except for }{\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 . The Lord says (}{\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 2.39-40) that a little progress on this path gives immense results:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e\'f1\'e4 te 'bhihit\'e4 s\'e4\'eckhye\line buddhir yoge tv im\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e5\'ebu\line buddhy\'e4 yukto yay\'e4 p\'e4rtha
\line karma-bandha\'e0 prah\'e4syasi
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neh\'e4bhikrama-n\'e4\'e7o 'sti\line pratyav\'e4yo na vidyate\line sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya\line tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t
\par }\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 far I have declared to you the analytical knowledge of s\'e4\'eckhya philosophy. Now listen to the knowl
edge of yoga whereby one works without fruitive result. O son of P\'e5th\'e4, when you act by such intelligence, you can free yourself from the bondage of works. In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can p
rotect one from the most dangerous type of fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  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  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, which brings about direct perception of the Supreme Lord. When the devotee meets the Lord face to face, liberation takes the form o
f a woman and is at his beck and call, eager to serve him, and she is accompanied by personified material opulence, sense pleasure, and religiosity, all of whom wait upon the devotee like servants. The pure devotees of the Lord are all embodiments of per
fection 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  thus the four Vedic goals are truly at their beck and call. And beyond these fou
r goals is the supreme destination: superconsciousness, or God consciousness. This is the fifth and paramount Vedic goal. One who has reached the state of unalloyed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is  an extremely rare personality\'97one in a million devote
es, according Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such an elevated state of consciousness is the last word 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 . None of the other }{\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  processes, su
ch as }{\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 or}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  r\'e4ja-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can bring one to this platform. }{\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  lies far above these }{\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  practices, whi
ch are mostly physical disciplines. }{\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  however, is a spiritual discipline for self-real
ization. This realization is a full perception of the nondual Absolute Truth, whereby one sees everything resting in the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Lord in everything. 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 (7.7):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4ny\'e4t\line ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line s\'fctre ma\'ebi-g
a\'eb\'e4 iva
\par }\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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This means that every living entity, from demons to demigods to human beings to lower creatures, is fully dependent on the Supreme Lord. One who perceives the Absol
ute Truth in this way can wholeheartedly surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The vision of a pure devotee is described by Lord 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  (15.19-20):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti guhyatama\'e0 \'e7\'e4stram\line idam ukta\'e0 may\'e4nagha\line etad buddhv\'e4 buddhim\'e4n sy\'e4t\line k\'e5ta-k\'e5tya
\'e7 ca bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the knower o
f everything, and he therefore engages himself in full devotional service, O son of Bharata. This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is disclosed now by Me. Whoever understands this will become wise, and his ende
avors will know perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a person surrenders fully to the Lord's lotus feet, he sees the Lord's from everywhere, not this world of moving and nonmoving matter. Such surrender has six l
imbs:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyasya sa\'eckalpa\'f9\line pr\'e4tik\'fclyasya varjanam\line rak\'f1i\'f1yat\'e9ti vi\'e7v\'e4so\line gopt\'e5tve va
ra\'eba\'e0 tath\'e4\line \'e4tma-nik\'f1epa-k\'e4rpa\'ebye\line \'f1a\'f2-vidh\'e4 \'e7ara\'eb\'e4gati\'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 The six divisions of surrender are the acceptance of those things favorable to devotional service, the reject
ion of unfavorable things, the conviction that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give protection, the acceptance of the Lord as one's guardian or master, full surrender, and humility. }{\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 H.b.v.}{\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 11.676}{
\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 The relationship between the Supreme Lord and His surrendered devotee is very intimate. Everything about the devotee is known to the Lord. The devotee has no separa
te interest that would involve him in speculative knowledge, fruitive activities, sense pleasures, lamentation, meditation, and so on. He simply engages full-time in serving the Supreme Lord. His consciousness becomes purified of all contamination, and t
he fire of conditioned life is put out. Duality and illusion is eradicated from his heart, his devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes single-minded, and He throws himself at the Lord's lotus feet, feeling like a sold-out animal. At this stage the Suprem
e Lord Himself imparts all spiritual knowledge, or }{\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  to the devotee so that he can att
ain Him:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4m\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\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 \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 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. (}{\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 10.10-11}{\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 the devotee adopts such a mood of surrender and complete dependence, everything easily happens by the Lord's desire. Even if the process of surrender somehow r
emains incomplete, the devotee achieves the ends attainable through other yogic practices. As the Lord says, "A little advancement on this path protects one from the most dangerous type of fear." In other words, the Supreme Lord personally intervenes and
 arranges for His surrendered devotee's success in spiritual life. Is there any doubt that once the Lord's divine energy is active, all our artificial endeavors are most insignificant and futile? The Lord's inconceivable potency that descends to bless us
 with spiritual perfection shows the magnitude and glory of His potencies. Certainly there are other methods for spiritual advancement, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ja-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by which one can become equipoised, or difficult }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  exercises, severe austerities, and renunciation, and these practices are very powerful. But when the Lord's divine potency acts, they all seem extremely ineffectual compared to the process of surrender, w
hich invokes that potency. All these other methods, though very potent, are human endeavors. So how can they compare with the Supreme Lord's divine potency? With this divine potency the Lord blesses particular persons in particular circumstances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first limb of surrender is to accept that which helps us invoke the Lord's mercy. This means to completely depend on the Lord's will. Such surrender is free fro
m any conditions. It is untinged by the desire for sense pleasure, liberation, or mystic perfections. The devotee, unlike others, is never in anxiety. His only concern is to execute the will of the Lord. In this connection, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva 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 If a surrendered soul tries to arrange for food and shelter but does not succeed, or if, once having these th
ings, he loses them, then despite such reverses he remains unperturbed and simply remembers the Supreme Lord, Hari.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is true that when one prays sincerely at the Lord's lotus feet, the Lord generally fulfills one's wishes. But those who have completely surrendered to the Lord, 
throwing themselves at the His lotus feet, do not pray to the Him for anything material. Yet the Lord automatically provides for all their needs. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures us 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 (9.22):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form\'97to them I carry what they lac
k and preserve what they have.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The single-minded devotees are surrendered souls. They can perceive how the Lord's potencies are working. They feel no anxiety if sometimes the Lord's mercy does no
t manifest, even after long pleading and prayers, for they have unflinching conviction that the Lord will protect them under all circumstances. The mood of the present age is not spiritually conducive, and hence it is difficult to develop a high degree o
f faith in the Lord. Still, it is certain that faith in the Lord never goes in vain. In the beginning we may be somewhat hesitant to accept this fact, but in time we come to understand that the Supreme Lord is always protecting us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At times, when doubts and restlessness assail us, we must remain fixed in our resolve. The best remedy for doubts is to seek the association of saintly persons. Sai
ntly souls who are learned in the conclusions of the revealed scriptures and have realized the Supreme Lord can dissipate our doubts and calm our restless mind with unequivocal instructions and exemplary actions. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious topics, whi
ch are both very potent and nectarean to the ears and heart, are heard and discussed in the association of saints, then faith in  the Supreme Lord gradually increases, along with attraction and devotion to Him. Faith inspires initial surrender, and later
, by the powerful influence of saintly association, one's faith deepens and becomes steady. Once faith becomes steady, all mental agitations and doubts clear up due to constant worship of the Lord. One then practices }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (chanting meditation) of a very esoteric and elevated nature, and this leads one to the stage of love of Godhead. To a
ttain this state, saintly association is imperative; there is no substitute. Therefore it is said:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga', 's\'e4dhu-sa\'ecga'}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's\'e4d
hu-sa\'ecga'\'97sarva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-\'e7\'e4stre kaya\line lava-m\'e4tra s\'e4dhu-sa\'ecge sarva-siddhi haya
\par }\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 verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment's association with a pure devotee, one can at
tain all success. (Cc. }{\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 
22.54}{\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 And how the Lord feels about }{\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  is revealed by the Lord Himself 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 (9.4.68):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhavo h\'e5daya\'e0 mahya\'e0\line s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 h\'e5daya\'e0 tv aham\line mad-anyat te na j\'e4nanti\line n\'e4ha
\'e0 tebhyo man\'e4g api
\par }\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 pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My 
devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anyone else but them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord always resides in the heart of His pure devotees, and so they have the potency to purify the places of pilgrimage, which become heavily laden with the sins
 deposited there by all the pilgrims. These are some of the glories of the Lord's pure, surrendered devotees.
\par }\pard {\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 (18.58), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mac-citta\'f9 sarva-durg\'e4\'ebi mat-pras\'e4d\'e4t tari\'f1yasi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace." Therefore fruitive activity, the search for empirical knowledge, and mystic }{\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  all culminate in surrender to the Supreme Lord. As 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  (18.66):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Abandon all varieties of religion and surrender unto Me. I will deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not
 fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Supreme Lord has agreed to personally take responsibility for our protection, what is there to fear? When He who is omnipotent and the maintainer of the en
tire cosmic creation is willing to take charge of our life, then what objection can we have to surrendering to Him? If I am guaranteed the protection of the Supreme Personality, who creates, maintains, and destroys this limitless cosmic manifestation sim
ply by His will, then what is left for me to desire? If we try in the proper way to realize the Supreme Lord's potencies, He will certainly reveal them to us as they are. How much can we accomplish with our puny physical and mental abilities? Real succes
s 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  comes only by fully surrendering to His lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, since it is not possible to attain such a mood of complete surrender in a moment, we should also not expect the Lord's mercy to manifest before us instanta
neously. Although the Lord, and sometimes even His devotees, perform miracles, still we must not expect such extraordinary things to happen to us. Of course, it is certain that the degree of mercy the Lord bestows upon us is much greater than our degree 
of surrender to Him. Another danger is this: If we were to receive all His mercy at once, we would become corrupt and fallen, like 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 attain mystic perfection. Better that we continue to perform our duties in a regulated way, with patience and enthusiasm; then undoubtedly we will receive the Lord's full mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both 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 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describe the conditioned soul with the same analo
gy: On the tree-like human body reside two similar birds. One is the Supreme Soul, the Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature of the Supreme Lord, and the other is 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  soul. One bird, 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 
is enjoying the fruits of material existence, while the other remains aloof, replete with all His transcendental potencies. 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  soul must surrender to the Supreme Soul and relish the fruits given to him by the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord says that His external potency\'97Mah\'e4-m\'e4y\'e4, or K\'e4l\'e9\'97serves Him in the form of the internal, spiritual potency. 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 must allow this spiritual potency to influence him freely, without interference from the false ego, which ma
kes the him}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub think he is the doer. Thus surrendering to the Lord is the method prescribed to reach
 the highest stages of devotional service.
\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 \'c7vet\'e4\'f1vatara Upani\'e7ad}{\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 par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'fcyate}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\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 Lord's potencies are multifarious." These potencies act in different capacities at diff
erent levels: On the platform of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'eb\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  empirical knowledge, they manifest in a particular 
way, different from any other. On the spiritual, transcendental platform, these potencies produce variegated spiritual manifestations. These potencies can be known if one attains perfection in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. On the platform of material nat
ure, the senses are superior to the body as a whole, mind is superior to the senses, the intelligence is superior to the mind, and the soul  is subtler and better than the intelligence. On the spiritual platform, when the pure soul is situated in his ori
ginal spiritual identity, he renders devotional service to the absolute embodiment of sweet transcendence, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This devotional service is imbued with the partial expansion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord's pleasure-giving potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Great thinkers and philosophers like \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo describe this stage as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij
\'eb\'e4n\'e4nanda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "the pure bliss of realized knowledge." Jesus Christ called it "the kingdom of heaven." By contrast, when one tries to enjoy mundane pleasures on the mater
ial plane, spiritual bliss becomes smothered and lies dormant, in a slumbering state. Perfection 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  therefore, is marked by the awakening of spiritual bliss. And when one is strongly drawn to this blissful state, one attains to the transcendental abode of the Supreme Lord. Iron in constant touch with fire develops the properties of fire. S
imilarly, when 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  in the material nature rises to the state of spiritual bliss by means 
of devotional service, his spiritual consciousness awakens and he becomes oblivious of this phenomenal world. 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  (12.8-9) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us how to increase the influence of His spiritual energy upon us:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy eva mana \'e4dhatsva\line mayi buddhi\'e0 nive\'e7aya\line nivasi\'f1yasi mayy eva\line ata \'fcrdhva\'e0 na sa\'e0\'e7aya
\'f9
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atha citta\'e0 sam\'e4dh\'e4tu\'e0\line na \'e7akno\'f1i mayi sthiram\line abhy\'e4sa-yogena tato\line m\'e4m icch\'e4ptu\'e0 dh
ana\'efjaya
\par }\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 fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus 
you will live in Me always, without a doubt. My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub bha
kti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . In this way you will develop a desire to attain Me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person fixes his mind on the eternal, exquisite form of \'c7y\'e4masundara, the blackish, beautiful Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all distress and anguish are vanquis
hed. In the initial stages, the attempt to fix the mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba may be unsuccessful, but with regulated practice (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhy\'e4sa-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) it becomes possible. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abhy\'e4sa-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means sin
cere engagement in the ninefold 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  beginning with hearing and chanting the holy n
ame, pastimes, and so on, of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Proper execution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abhy\'e4sa-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  culminates 
in the awakening of divine consciousness, or superconsciousness. This is true success.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The modern sage \'c7r\'e9 Aurobindo has explained that in the third stage 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, the }{\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  
sees God everywhere. In the process of }{\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  or the cultivation of empirical knowledg
e, when  the }{\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  attains impersonal Brahman realization he sees Brahman as all-pervasive and 
inactive. This realization is bereft of any understanding of the Lord's name, form, qualities, pastimes, or paraphernalia. But if these transcendental topics arrest our attention, one very soon begins following the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the path enunciated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,
 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 . A transformation of vision takes place as one advances on this path. The rare soul who perfects this process can see the Supreme Lord in everything and everything in relation to the Supreme Lord. Quotes from various scriptures subst
antiate this point: 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 v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sudurlabha\'f9}{\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 "[The surrendered devotee knows] Me to be the cause of all causes and a
ll that is. Such a great soul is very rare." And 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  state, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khalv}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
da\'e0 brahma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 permeated by Brahman." A person attains the highest stage of this r
ealization when he sees this cosmic creation as a transformation and manifestation of the Supreme Lord's divine energies. \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada instructed \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva with the following words:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 hi vi\'e7va\'e0 bhagav\'e4n ivetaro\line yato jagat-sth\'e4na-nirodha-sambhav\'e4\'f9\line tad dhi svaya\'e0 veda bhav
\'e4\'e0s tath\'e4pi te\line pr\'e4de\'e7a-m\'e4tra\'e0 bhavata\'f9 pradar\'e7itam
\par }\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 Supreme Personality of Godhead is Himself this cosmos, and still He is aloof from it. From Him only has t
his cosmic manifestation emanated, in Him it rests, and unto Him it enters after annihilation. Your good self knows all about this. I have given only a synopsis. }{\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. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.20}{\cs2873\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 In this stage of realization, the eternal truth is no longer covered by the illusory, mundane pall of impersonal omnipresence, and what shines forth is the absolute
 spiritual personality. The fullest manifestation of that spiritual personality is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the transcendental form of eternity, knowledge, and bliss, who is beyond the manifested and unmanifested material cosmos. 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.1}{
\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 explains:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause o
f all causes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The impersonal Brahman is the transcendental bodily effulgence of the Supreme Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
ac-cid-\'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form, and the illusory and transitory material nature is a transformation of His separated energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the }{\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  Supreme Personality is a permanent resident of His own eternal abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He manifests Himself in His all-pervasive universal form and is present throughout this cosmic creation by means of His partial expans
ion, the Supersoul. 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  (5.37 and 5.43)states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goloka-n\'e4mni nija-dh\'e4mni tale ca tasya\line dev\'e9-mahe\'e7a-hari-dh\'e4masu te\'f1u te\'f1u\line te te prabh\'e4va-nicay
\'e4 vihit\'e4\'e7 ca yena\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\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, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with R\'e4dh\'e4, resembling His own
 spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes [sakh\'e9s], embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiri
tual rasa.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Lowest of all is located Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma [mundane world], next above it is Mahe\'e7a-dh\'e4ma [abode of Mahe
\'e7a]; above Mahe\'e7a-dh\'e4ma is placed Hari-dh\'e4ma [abode of Hari] and above them all is located K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own realm named Goloka. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who has allotted their respective authorities to the rulers of those graded
 realms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Govinda is the Supreme Personality, unsurpassable, the topmost being, the unlimited Godhead. He is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He attracts everyone by His 
extraordinary transcendental pastimes. It is therefore unanimously accepted that all His other names and expansions are partial. 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  declares, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ete c\'e4\'e0\'e7a-kal\'e4\'f9 pu\'e0sa\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 these incarnations 
of Godhead are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original, beginningless, and supreme Personality of Godhead, and this material universe is simply part of His unlimited en
ergy. We may now reject this material world as illusory, but one day, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious vision, we will see its intimate connection with the Lord. In this stage of spiritual vision we will see material things as objects of neither exploitatio
n nor rejection. Such transcendental vision is attained by the process of }{\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  or }{\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 will then clearly see the truth of the following verse from 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  (5.51):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agnir mah\'e9 gaganam ambu marud di\'e7a\'e7 ca\line k\'e4las tath\'e4tma-manas\'e9ti jagat-tray\'e4\'ebi\line yasm\'e4d bhavant
i vibhavanti vi\'e7anti ya\'e0 ca\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\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 three worlds are composed of the nine elements, viz., fire, earth, ether, water, air, direction, time, so
ul, and mind. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom they originate, in whom they exist and into whom they enter at the time of the universal cataclysm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once one is fixed in transcendental realization, all distress, lamentation, illusion, fear, and so on, are immediately eradicated. The soul is assailed by these mis
eries as long as he harbors the delusion that something exists outside of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore when one is situated in transcendence, one feels happiness even in this world. The mundane conception of life is a product of the three modes of material 
nature, which affect the mind and senses. But when one's vision is transformed through }{\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  one sees everything as having a direct link with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The material elements, such as fire, water, ether, and mind, along with the directions, the soul, and time\'97everything material and spiritual, personal and impersonal\'97all 
reflect K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Being. When one reaches this state of realization, the dualities and illusion of sin and piety, happiness and distress, are dissolved by the ecstatic harmony of transcendence. In one }{\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  there is a statement that once a person experiences the happiness derived from Brahman realization, he no longer h
as anything to fear. A verse 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 (7) conveys a similar mood:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasmin sarv\'e4\'ebi bh\'fct\'e4ny\line \'e4tmaiv\'e4bh\'fcd vij\'e4nata\'f9\line tatra ko moha\'f9 ka\'f9 \'e7oka\line ekatvam 
anupa\'e7yata\'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 One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true kno
wer of things. What, then, can be illusion or anxiety for Him?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Self-realization leads to the understanding that everything is situated in the Supreme Lord. At that time there is no more illusion or lamentation, and everything i
s wonderfully harmonized. One sees the whole material universe as a manifestation of unity in diversity. On this platform everything is full of happiness, knowledge, and eternity. This is the platform of Brahman realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this realized state, we perceive Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba's presence not only in all living beings but also in all nonliving things. When the darkness of ignorance
 cloaking our consciousness is dissipated by the merciful light of knowledge emanating from the spiritual master, we gain spiritual vision and can see that every object is directly linked with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are various stages of elevation 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 goes through, which are like different shells (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ko\'f1as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ) covering him}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 are}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 coverings of food (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anna-maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), life air (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eba-maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), mind (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mano-maya,}{\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 j\'ef\'e4na-maya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and transcendental knowledge (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4na-maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). When the final shell is penetrated, the soul attains pure consciousness, enters the state of complete bliss (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda-maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and experiences }{\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  as u
niversal. First the soul has covered consciousness, then he reaches the stage of budding consciousness, then blossoming consciousness, and finally fully blossomed consciousness. And all the while he experiences a gradual expansion of bliss\'97but only in
 relation to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotional service. At the final stage, flowers, fruits, plants, trees, clay\'97all objects and elements\'97become spiritualized by being used in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. In other words, nothing is seen to b
e separate from the Lord. As 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 (}{\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 ) explains, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva
\'e0:}{\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 "Everything animate or inanimate that is within this universe is controlled and own
ed by the Lord."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To see God everywhere and in every living entity is not the final word in self-realization; one needs to see Him in all events, in every activity, in every thought 
influencing everyone's life, including one's own. Two things are indispensable for acquiring such a vision: first we must offer the results of all our activities to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and second, every action we perform must be done exclusively as devo
tional service to Him. We must constantly meditate on the fact that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only enjoyer and proprietor of every action. As the Lord 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  (9.24, 27),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nat
ure fall down. 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Considering everything material, some people make a show of renunciation and reject even those things that can be used in the Lord's service. This is futile. All ob
jects in the material world are meant not for our enjoyment or gratification but for the Lord's service. This is the mood of one in transcendental consciousness, or superconsciousness. And all activities performed in this consciousness constitute true re
nunciation, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yukta-vair\'e4gya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as opposed to false renuniciation, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phalgu}{\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 By instruc
ting Arjuna}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 act in this way, the Supreme Lord has ordered us  to do so as well. It is our duty
 to execute His instruction. Whatever the result may be, we must be convinced that all such activities are all-auspicious. As the Lord 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  (9.28):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ubh\'e4\'f1ubha-phalair eva\'e0\line mok\'f1yase karma-bandhanai\'f9\line sanny\'e4sa-yoga-yukt\'e4tm\'e4\line vimukto m\'e4
m upai\'f1yasi
\par }\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 way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciatio
n you will be liberated and come to Me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real perfection 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 comes when we forget our personal demands and determine what service the Lord wants from us. Personal interest must be sacrificed, along with our conceptions of good and bad, right and wrong, necessary and unnecessary, ans so on. We m
ust emulate that great warrior Arjuna and try to find out what service the Supreme Lord wants from us. Such K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities alone will lead us to the full consummation of all our duties, and the results will be all-auspicious. This de
gree of fixed faith is indispensable to progress. 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  (}{\cs3545\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), \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja defines this faith:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub '\'e7raddh\'e4'-\'e7abde\'97vi\'e7v\'e4sa kahe sud\'e5dha ni\'e7caya\line k\'e5\'f1\'ebe bhakti kaile sarva-karma k\'e5ta haya
\par }\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 rendering transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one automatically performs all subsidiary activ
ities. This confident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4}{\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 need to accept one fact: The energy of the omnipotent Supreme Lord, which carries out the work of creation, maintenance, and annihilation, is in no respect infer
ior to our puny potency. Therefore God does not have to consult anyone about His or our difficulties or advantages. The question is, What is our duty? 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  (4.16-17) the Lord says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki\'e0 karma kim akarmeti\line kavayo 'py atra mohit\'e4\'f9\line tat te karma pravak\'f1y\'e4mi\line yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 mok
\'f1yase '\'e7ubh\'e4t 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 karma\'ebo hy api boddhavya\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 boddhavya\'e0 ca vikarma\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 akarma\'eba\'e7 ca boddhavya\'e0
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gahan\'e4 karma\'ebo gati\'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 Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I shall explain t
o you what action is, knowing which you shall be liberated from all sins. The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden action is, and what inaction is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The confidential truth about what constitutes good action is almost impenetrable. Some hold that good action consists of executing one's social  responsibilities. T
his is what common men generally understand by good action. But a few verses after the ones quoted above, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses the phrase }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to describe good action, and the word }{\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 points to Brahman. Therefore some say work done on the platform of Brahman is good action. Others say that good action includes works beneficial for the self, the society, the nation, and humanity at large. When a person acts with such lofty 
intentions, he is surely known as a good man. Indeed, his actions are certainly noble compared with those of persons with warped mentalities. This kind of action is not }{\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  however}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bec
ause such philanthropic works can at best replace one set of people's mundane desires with a new set, but they can never completely root out these unwanted desires from within the heart. Philanthropic activities cannot prepare us for unalloyed devotional
 service, which is uncontaminated by empirical knowledge and fruitive action.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Individual material cravings are less harmful to the world than mass movements for sense gratification. If the material desires of an individual are unfulfilled, he
 certainly becomes depressed, but when the mass of people remain dissatisfied, the distress is much greater and gives rise to social conflict. In any case, mundane yearnings bring suffering, both individual or collective. Even if a person starts out not 
intending enjoy the fruits of his actions, once those fruits come he is forced to enjoy them because he thinks of himself as the doer, influenced as he is by the three modes nature\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. These fruits are not without the bit
ter seeds of anxiety, entanglement, frustration, and disruption. Therefore, neither the execution of social responsibilities nor philanthropic work is ultimately good action. Devotional service to the Supreme Lord, which is beyond the three modes, must b
e accepted as the only good action.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The noble Arjuna thoroughly analyzed what was good and bad, what was his duty and not his duty, and decided not to take up arms to fight. Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
understanding that Arjuna was motivated by self-gratificatory social sentiments and sheer selfish interests, gave him two kinds of instructions: The first dealt with the process by which the conditioned }{\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  attains liberation; the second taught Arjuna how the liberated soul can surrender to the Lord and render pure devotional service. Authorize
d 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 contain the transcendental teachings of the Lord Himself or
 of self-realized personalities. These scriptures are free from the four human frailties, that is, illusion, mistakes, limited senses, and the cheating propensity. Thus the scriptural injunctions have always remained pristine, despite childish attempts b
y imperfect men to distort them. Such scriptural instructions not only teach self-control and the elevation of consciousness, but they also help rid us of false ego, bring us to the stage of goodness, and offer us ultimate liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uncorrupted by any kind of discrepancy or mistake, 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  out as the most ancient religious texts in the world. Every human being has a right to follow their edicts, along with the instructions contained in other books of Vedic literature. The Vedic liter
ature consists of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti }{\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  and }{\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 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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 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 Pura\'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 Itih\'e4sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like 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 R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eb
a, }{\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 Pa\'efcar\'e4tras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and finally 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 }{\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 natural commentary on 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 offers solid education on how to conduct life perfectly. In recent ages the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  texts have become prominent and influenced human thought and action. All these scriptures fully support 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 of four social and four religious orders. But what is today being labeled }{\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 an atheistic concept totally unsupported by the scriptures. Real }{\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 based not on birth but on people's qualities and activities. One cannot reach the goal of the scriptures by prac
ticing today's demoniac caste system. Only the introduction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daiv\'e9-var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the 
transcendental }{\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, will serve the purpose of the scriptures. This will mo
ve humanity toward liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not at all difficult to compromise the real purport of the magnificent scriptural edicts by selfish motivations and a cheating mentality. When this happens, p
eople aspire for show-bottle religiosity, material gain, sense enjoyment, and impersonal liberation. On the other hand, sincere observance of the scriptural injunctions leads to all-round success in life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not enough to take only the first steps toward liberation. We must strive to reach the final goal within this very life-time. To achieve this end, it is imper
ative that we approach a spiritual master well-versed 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 take instruction from him 
on how to follow the scriptural rules. These rules are meant for the conditioned souls, not the liberated souls who are fully surrendered to the Lord's lotus feet; they have transcended the rules and regulations of the scriptures and can be called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub self-realized pure devotees.
\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  (3.27) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 to be t
he doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Success in any activity depends on five essential factors: the place, the doer, the tools or senses, the endeavor, and finally the sanction of the Supreme Lord. Of 
these, the Supreme Lord's blessing is the most important. This sanction is enacted through the Supreme Lord's favorable supervision of His material energy, for it is by the Lord's will that material nature acts. Material nature acts according to one's co
nsciousness: when the living entity is under the influence of the three modes of nature, his actions are conducted by the Lord's external energy, the material nature. But when he is in transcendental consciousness, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uddha-sattva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub state, his actions are conducted by the Lord's internal, spiritual potency. The living entity can choose to h
ave his activities conducted by either the Lord's external energy or His internal energy. This is the extent 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\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  minute independence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The moment the spirit soul surrenders completely at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord and prays to Him for engagement in His loving devotional service, the soul is
 freed from the bondage of fruitive reactions. In this stage he proves the truth of the scriptural injunction }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub "In his original spiritual identity, the spirit soul is an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This position gives the soul immense bliss. It is wrong to equate the position of an ete
rnal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with that of a slave 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  the illusory potency of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. In other words, the feelings of power and pleasure gained by lording it over matter are insignificant compared to the ecstacy one feels in the Lord's service. Even the eight kinds of mystic perfections are puny compared with the bliss of being
 an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And surrender is the only means to attain this state; no artificial method can be applied. The awakening of pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is the perfection of the living entity, is obtained only by surren
dering to the Lord, the propensity for which is eternally inherent in 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 . Hence Lord Cai
tanya says 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  22.107):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally established in the hearts of living entities. It is not something t
o be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, the living entity naturally awakens.
\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\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 ) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living ent
ities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is present in everyone's heart by His inconceivable spiritual potency. He also directs the movements 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 s by means of His material energy, consisting of the three modes of nature. After placing 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 s in a material body, the Lord controls their wanderings. The intelligence of those }{\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 s who surrender to the Lord is fixed in devotional service, and so they are never again attracted to mundane activities. Transcending 
the three modes, they dispassionately observe all activities within the realm of the three modes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the early stages of devotional service one may be apprehensive because of reactions to sins and pious deeds. All this is due to previous habits. But if one fully
 surrenders to the Supreme Lord, the Lord Himself burns to ashes all reactions to pious and impious deeds. As 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 (2.7.42):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 sa e\'f1a bhagav\'e4n dayayed ananta\'f9\line sarv\'e4tman\'e4\'e7rita-pado yadi nirvyal\'e9kam\line te dustar
\'e4m atitaranti ca deva-m\'e4y\'e4\'e0\line nai\'f1\'e4\'e0 mam\'e4ham iti dh\'e9\'f9 \'e7va-\'e7\'e5g\'e4la-bhak\'f1ye
\par }\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 anyone who is specifically favored by the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, due to unalloyed surr
ender unto the service of the Lord, can overcome the insurmountable ocean of illusion and can understand the Lord. But those who are attached to this body, which is meant to be eaten at the end by dogs and jackals, cannot do so.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba encourages all living entities with these words 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 (9.31), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9hi na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati:}{\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 "O son of Kunt\'e9, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes." Here the Lord clearly intends to relieve all
 our fears. One can understand the Supreme Lord as He is only by His mercy, which can elevate one from a second-class devotee to a first-class, pure devotee. As said 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 10.14.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\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-mahi
mno\line na c\'e4nya eko 'pi cira\'e0 vicinvan
\par }\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, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the grea
tness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study 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  for many years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the fully surrendered pure devotee, not only is he himself transcendentally situated, but he sees this material nature as untainted by the three material modes.
 He then employs the material }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the qualities of ignorance, passion, and goodness\'97in
 the Lord's service. For example, he uses his anger to chastise the enemies of the Lord's devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes the following statement 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 (14.26):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya 
kalpate
\par }\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 engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends th
e 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 Such a pure devotee sees the material quality of goodness as the Lord's bodily effulgence. For him the quality of ignorance is transformed into peacefulness and equ
animity. And he uses lust, a product of the mode of passion, to love and serve the supremely beautiful Lord. He meditates on how to serve the Supreme Lord, and then with enthusiasm and patience he performs all kinds devotional service. In the devotional 
mellow of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or neutrality, such devotional enthusiasm may be absent, but because such 
a mood of devotion attracts the Lord's love, it is fully spiritual.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is another thought for meditation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is unlimited, and any service rendered Him is also unlimited because the Lord's unlimited
 energy is the dynamic force behind such service. When this supernatural energy is reposed in us, all our thoughts and feelings, our physical body, our mind, our knowledge, and so on, are energized by it. Every endeavor then simply merges into this flow 
of energy, and we become like a lotus growing from the mud\'97in the world but uncontaminted by it. This is how the nondual principle comes alive: our mind, heart, consciousness, and activities become nondifferent from the Supreme Lord, the Absolute Trut
h. We consider ourselves the Lord's property, surrendered at His lotus feet, His unalloyed, eternal slaves. Rejecting all mental speculation and mundane desire, with a serene mind we experience incessant spiritual bliss in rendering Him loving service. 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  (3.30) the Lord describes the process of surrender in this way:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayi sarv\'e4\'ebi karm\'e4\'ebi\line sannyasy\'e4dhy\'e4tma-cetas\'e4\line nir\'e4\'e7\'e9r nirmamo bh\'fctv\'e4\line yudhyasva
 vigata-jvara\'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 Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain
 and free from egoism and lethargy, fight.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To achieve such a state of surrender, one has to be free from selfish desires, unaffected by dualities, and devoid of all false prestige. Dualities are born of fals
e ego, the worst enemy of surrender. One who transcends false ego, and with it the effects of duality, is very easily freed from material desires, and then he vanquishes hate, greed, anger, fear, and so on. In the stage of full surrender to the Lord, eve
n negative qualities like mundane desire and envy, along with dualities like hunger and thirst, heat and cold, joy and sorrow, loss and gain, sin and piety, and honor and dishonor, are converted into spiritual energy by being brought into contact with th
e Supreme Lord. Saintly, blissful personalities who are devoid of undesirable characteristics like lust and envy are found especially in India. One can conquer duality, illusion, and so on only by spiritual elevation to the state of directly perceiving t
he Supreme Lord and seeing everything in relation to Him. The only method of achieving this state of consciousness 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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the devotee of the Lord, this kind of vision develops easily. Conversely, the empirical philosophers, fruitive workers, and gross materialists cannot possibly a
ttain this stage. The devotees are inspired by Him to develop spiritual perception, and thus the dualities fade into inconsequence. Such a state is the ultimate result of their devotional surrender and love for the Lord. 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  (18.54) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the neophyte stage of such divine consciousness:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living entity becomes bound up by the ropes of ignorance, duality, and illusion as soon as he sees this material world through the coloured crystal known as "me
 and mine." To nullify such false ego and contaminated consciousness, one must follow the process of }{\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 which is uncontaminated by the three modes of nature (ignorance, passion, and goodness). Otherwise superconsciousness is unattainable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The state of pure goodness is marked by pure knowledge of the Absolute. But when this knowledge is pervertedly reflected in the material world, it becomes mundane a
nd empirical, and 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  is thrown into the whirlpool of dualities, which condition him. The
 mode of passion increases attachment, sense gratification, and material desires, and 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 
 becomes entangled in fruitive activities. The mode of ignorance induces illusion, covering 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\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  intelligence; then he slides down to the lowest consciousness, spending time only 
in sleeping and laziness. And the material mode of goodness also turns 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  away from the 
Absolute Truth and makes him conditioned. With an increase of the mode of passion, goodness and ignorance both decrease. When the mode of goodness increases, passion and ignorance decline. In this way the material modes wax and wane in varying degrees. T
he mode of goodness promotes mundane knowledge and elevated material consciousness, the mode of passion produces untiring energy for work and insatiable desire for results, and the mode of ignorance drags 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  down to nescience, laziness, sleep, and delusion. 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  in goodness moves up to more elevated consciousness, one in passion remains suspended in the mediocre state, and one in ignorance descends to the depths of depravity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, it is a hazardous path of elevation that depends on personal characteristics within the jurisdiction of the three modes of nature. Without transcending t
hese three material modes, a person will find himself securely in their clutches, and thus deluded, he will think that all his activities are divinely inspired. He will then broadcast this false concept, considering himself an advanced devotee and everyo
ne else inferior. Impressed with his own knowledge, he will try to see God by dint of this knowledge instead of acting in such a way that God will want to see him. Intoxicated by false ego, he will see his activities, which are motivated by passion, as d
ivine. Those who are proud of their knowledge do not surrender to the Lord; instead, they try to attain the Supreme Lord's mercy by the inductive method and thus exhibit an obnoxious mentality. One should constantly remember the Lord and pray to Him for 
mercy. The Lord, situated in the devotee's heart, responds to such a prayer and illumines his heart with knowledge, which dissipates the darkness of ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya has taught:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5n\'e4d api sun\'e9cena\line taror api sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4\line am\'e4nin\'e4 m\'e4na-dena\line k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 h
ari\'f9\line }{\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\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\i\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 ]
\par }\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 chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw i
n 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Often people do not understand the transcendental message of this verse. Although they are forced to act by the influence of the three modes, they make an artificia
l show of humility, pretending to be weak, lowly, and penniless beggars. This sort of cheating mood is most undesirable. Realizing the truth of the Vedic statement }{\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 am Brahman") is one meaning of humility. The essence of this teaching is to
 understand that matter and spirit are diametrically opposed. When we are inspired by devotional service to the Lord, our original identity begins to manifest in us and ultimately brings us to God-realization. The devotees work hard to induce people from
 the materialistic masses to take up devotional service, all the while trying to not disturb their minds. Such spiritual efforts are never to be confused with the mundane endeavors of fruitive workers, empirical philosophers, or outright sense gratifiers
. As the Supreme Lord 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 (3.24)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , uts\'e9deyur ime lok\'e4\'f9 na kury\'e4\'e0 karma ced aham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "If I should cease to work, then all these worlds would be put to ruination."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are not enthusiastic to execute the Supreme Lord's transcendental orders will automatically be forced by the mode of passion to perform useless action, wh
ich is really the state of inactivity. Arjuna asked Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba about the symptoms and behavior of one who has transcended the material modes. The following verses 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  (14.26-27) summarize the Lord's response to this question:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo 'vyabhic\'e4rena\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4ya kal
pate
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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 \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 engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends th
e modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman. And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal, imperishable and eternal.
\par }\pard {\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  can be divided into three stages: 1) to take the first step toward complet
e surrender by accepting things favorable to the execution of devotional service; 2) to serve the Supreme Lord after realizing one's true nature; 3) to become situated on the elevated stage, in which one sees the Supreme Lord in everything and everything
 in the Supreme Lord. In this way, initial faith increases and leads to full surrender to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a person resolves to accept only those things conducive to devotional service, the Lord's internal potency helps him reach goal. Our sole duty is to constantly
 remember the Lord and pray for His sanction in everything. The instructions we receive from a spiritual master firmly situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness help us properly engage in the devotional processes of hearing, chanting, and constant remembr
ance of the Lord. If we are inspired by our remembrance of the Lord and by His will, then we will never be misdirected. We will not be intimidated by the horrible hallucinations of this illusory material energy. By following the spiritual master's orders
 with single-minded determination, we will remain undeterred in executing the Lord's service and will make quick progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mood of surrender during the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaidhi-bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (devotional service under strict rules and regulations) is different from that in the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nuga-bhakti }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spontaneous devotional service). In the spontaneous stage, the mood of surrender is the natural expression of the self. When the process of surrender is followed step by step, one pa
tiently executes the Lord's orders and gradually becomes enthusiastic. Such a devotee follows the regulative principles of hearing, chanting, remembering, and so on, and emulates previous saintly preceptors. In the association of devotees he becomes more
 and more proficient in rendering devotional service. Gradually his service becomes easier. Thus constant remembrance of  the Lord comes simply by developing enthusiasm and patience in devotional activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One deviates from the path 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  because of forgetfulness. In devotional service there is no such apprehension, because the Supreme Lord always protects the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Even if the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  falls down, he can regain his former position by receiving strength from the Lord. Because of his remembrance of the Lord, all obstacles on his path are cleared away. Therefore the process of surrender leads to real perfection 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  it is the easiest path to follow and is also the most direct.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We learn from the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanat Suj\'e4t\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that four things are required in attaining perfection 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  practice: 1) the scriptures; 2) enthusiasm; 3) a bona fide spiritual master; 4) sufficient time. The scriptures recommend the path of surrender described in this book. Enthusiasm means to constantly remember the Lord and to pray for His merc
y. The spiritual master in the heart of the surrendered devotee is the Supreme Lord Himself. He manifests as the beloved initiating spiritual master and the instructing spiritual masters. It is the Supreme Lord who, acting as the spiritual master in the 
heart, enlightens us with }{\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  or divine consciousness. And this consciousness helps us u
nderstand the Supreme Lord as He is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sages say that when we surrender to the Lord, we will clearly see how the He personally makes arrangements for us, even in small matters. Then we will easily se
e how with His omnipotent supreme intelligence He is assisting us out of love. So it is unnecessary to waste time in further speculation. We have to vanquish illusion, develop equanimity and spontaneity, and 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 . Then a supremely powerful force will gradually transform our material existence into spiritual existence. All our
 misconceptions, accumulated over millions of lifetimes, will be rectified in a short time. Hence we need not become anxious because of a lack of time. The eightfold }{\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\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yama, niyama, \'e4sana, pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and so on\'97gives quick results, and one feels that he is doing something substantial. However, although such efforts may certainly make one materially proficient, they are nevertheless simply human endeavors. Th
ey are totally distinct from the activities carried out by the Lord's potency. The Supreme Lord's energy often works in subtle ways, but where it ultimately takes us is inconceivable to the human mind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mundane processes for elevation are, after all, initiated by intelligent human brains. They are like man-made canals: useful for easy transportation from one pl
ace to another, but otherwise of limited utility. Human efforts are imperfect, and therefore they keep us in the material world. As the Lord 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  (8.16),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4-brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'eb\line punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\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 wherein repeated b
irth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The energy of the Lord is like a fathomless ocean that remains undisturbed in all circumstances. It is shoreless, without beginning or end; therefore the process wh
ich directly manifests from this energy is omnipotent and can transport one to any heights or levels. The necessities for ocean travel are a ship, a navigator, a rudder, and a favorable wind. One must clearly understand that this human body is the most s
uitable ship to take us across the ocean of nescience, the spiritual master is the best navigator, the scriptures are the rudder, and the Lord's mercy is the perfect wind. If we do not take advantage of this excellent arrangement and cross over the mater
ial ocean of nescience, then we are our own worst enemy. We must always fix our attention on the favorable wind of the Lord's mercy, which incarnates as the spiritual master. Therefore one must approach a spiritual master, take shelter of his lotus feet,
 and learn from him the science of devotional service. This is what 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  enjoin\'97}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet}{\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 saintly, pure devotees, 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 the scriptures all represent the same Absolute Truth. The pure devotees are in fact 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  because they never swerve from the spiritual principles enunciated in the scriptures: they see only through the lens of the scriptures. Spiritual practices are impossible to execute without the authority of these 
three ruling principles\'97the saintly devotees, 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 the scriptures. One must vehementl
y denounce the Western mentality of defying spiritual tradition and the scriptures. Such a mentality reveres mundane philosophies based on speculation and concocted logic, considering these practices signs of superior intelligence. The only weapon the pr
oponents of such philosophies have is mundane argument, but often they exhibit a lack of mastery even of this art. Recent trends show that without probing deeply into a subject, these Westerners uselessly debate direct and indirect meanings }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ad infinitum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Each of these sophists surely realizes that he must one day accept defeat in the hands of a gr
eater sophist, for there is always someone more intelligent. Therefore the process of debate leads nowhere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a wide gulf between superficial dabbling in philosophy to impress people with a few stock phrases, and a sincere search for knowledge of the Absolute. Thro
ugh the speculative process it is impossible to fathom the inconceivable topics concerning the Absolute Truth, for they can be understood only through the science of devotion. As \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 writes 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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.5.93}{
\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  quoting from the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acinty\'e4\'f9 khalu ye bh\'e4v\'e4\line na t\'e4\'e0s tarke\'eba yojayet\line prak\'e5tibhya\'f9 para\'e0 yac ca\line tad acint
yasya lak\'f1a\'ebam
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Anything transcendental to material nature is inconceivable and thus cannot be grasped through mundane argume
nts. Therefore one should not try to understand transcendental subjects in this way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Without the mercy of the Supreme Lord, such esoteric subjects are incomprehensible, even if one spends many years researching them. Beyond the sensual realm lie ind
irect, subtle perceptions, which need to be properly understood. But they can be understood properly only if one sees their relationship to the inconceivable, transcendental Absolute Truth. Without seeing this connection, one will find all discussion of 
these subtle perceptions to be like beating the chaff for grain\'97a mere exercise in futility that brings only frustration and distress. Such empty sophistry may show off some mundane erudition, but it cannot help one make spiritual progress. In fact, t
hese dry empirical debates often create big hurdles. So it is better to avoid them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is strongly recommended that one simply follow in the footsteps of spiritual stalwarts who act according to the scriptural injunctions and the spiritual guidelin
es given by saintly souls and guru. One should not raise too many doubts and questions. As the Lord 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 (4.34), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him." This process, which strictly follows 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  will bring us to a realization of the inconceivable truth. Once we are on this path, many realizations dawn on us, and it is imperative that we pursue them 
in order to progress further. The faint illumination of knowledge that appears at first is certain to lead to full enlightenment, but we have to be patient. We must carefully avoid letting pride enter our hearts because of some initial perceptions of the
 inconceivable Absolute; rather, we must eagerly 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  or the pure devotee, and ask 
how to proceed. We must reject the narrow and bigoted idea that there is nothing more to know. The most important point is to always fully depend on the mercy of the supreme spiritual master residing in the heart.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In recent times we have heard two words being loudly voiced: M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da (impersonalist) and Advaita-v\'e4da (monist). I deem it proper to write a few words a
bout them. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya was 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 propagated the impe
rsonalist philosophy. But if he were to hear the pathetic version of his theory being espoused today, complete with nonbrahminical Western logic and mundane concepts, he would surely be struck dumb. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya taught and ex
hibited ideal brahminical behaviour. He propounded irrefutable arguments that destroyed materialistic views. Furthermore, his erudition, realization, and renunciation were of an extremely high caliber. Yet when his so-called followers dilute and mutilate
 his philosophy, we are moved simultaneously to tears and laughter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through logic and sophistry one can never understand how the Supreme Lord created this unlimited cosmos, but the demoniac atheists will never tire of using these me
thods. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes their mentality 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 16.8}{\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 asatyam aprati\'f1
\'f6ha\'e0 te. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control." In fact, the very brain that thinks these childish though
ts is also a most insignificant creation of the Supreme Lord. Hence to expect that such pea-brains can grasp the mysteries behind the Supreme Lord's extraordinary plans is to hope for the impossible. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya assessed the
 prevailing trends of his time and concluded that the monistic view, or the impersonal philosophy, was best suited for his contemporaries. But that was not his final conclusion. He went on to say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaja govinda\'e0 m\'fc\'f2ha-mate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O fools, simply worship Govinda." From his use of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaja, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "worship," we understand him to mean that one should worship Lord Govinda's name, form, qualities, pastimes, and do on. The state of transcende
nce discussed here is far beyond impersonal realization, the ultimate goal of the monists. Indeed, those who worship Govinda enter into \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana in \'c7r\'e9 Mathur\'e4, the highest spiritual realm, where \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 
and K\'e5\'f1\'eba enact Their quintessential pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is one, yet He has }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (fully potent) expansions and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaibhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (partially potent
) expansions. The Supreme Lord is endowed with at least six unlimited opulences\'97absolute wealth, power, beauty, knowledge, fame, and renunciation. With His countless mouths \'c7r\'e9 Ananta \'c7e\'f1a is unable to fully describe these opulences.  Ther
efore the Lord is also said to be indescribable, all-pervading, and unmanifest. 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  
describe the Supreme Lord as  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asamordhva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 without a second." We have already established this truth. Similarly, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself 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  (Chapter 10) that He is the A\'e7vattha tree, fire, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, Arjuna, and so on. These facts have also been firmly substantiated. To perfectly comprehend the absolute pas
times of the absolute Supreme Godhead is impossible through any of the "isms," such as empiricism, impersonalism, or sophism. Only by the Lord's mercy can one fathom the Supreme Godhead. That same Supreme Personality benignly reveals the truth about Hims
elf 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 . This text is the essence of all the Vedic scriptures and is the s
ynthesis of all conflicting "isms." Lord Caitanya is the unchallenged spiritual stalwart who propagated the process of surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the conclusion of all 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 '}{\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
 teachings. Those who follow in His footsteps are the 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  and devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the Supreme Lord's pastimes are eternal. Those who doubt this are impersonalists. When one tries to gauge the omnipotent Supreme Godhead with a limited measurin
g principle, one is drawn to the impersonal concept. One must carefully avoid this all-devouring philosophy. When \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada Muni saw how Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had expanded Himself in His original form and was dancing with many }{\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  simultaneously, he realized that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of 
everything. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always being served and worshiped by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n\'e9, yet He expands Himself unlimitedly. Just as a candle can light other candles yet remain unchanged, so the Supreme Lord, though "one without a 
second," can expand Himself in unlimited forms, and also as the omnipresent, all-pervading, universal soul. This is direct proof of the Supreme Lord's absolute divinity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is different from all, yet the same as all. This is His inconceivable potency of  being simultaneously one with and different from everything. One has to h
ear this philosophy from a pure devotee of the Lord; otherwise it is impossible to understand whether the Absolute Truth is a Person or an impersonal substance. If the Supreme is omnipotent, He should be simultaneously personal and impersonal. One who re
jects either of these aspects of the Lord tries to limit the absoluteness of the Supreme. Such logic is described as "the logic of half a hen," by which a fool wishes to profit from the egg-laying half of the hen without having to feed the front half. Th
ose who have been blessed by the spiritual master and the Supreme Lord can easily see through this foolish concept and abstain from futile, time-wasting debates. The process of surrender gradually reveals the wonderful glories of the Supreme Lord. Puny h
uman attempts to comprehend such topics will merely end in confusion. The Supreme Lord manifests Himself to the devotee in proportion to the devotee's service attitude and surrender. Arguments and debates are totally inadequate means for understanding th
e Supreme Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The objective of life is not simply a subject of debate or speculation. The ultimate aim of life is to realize that supreme object, the Personality of Godhead. }{
\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  or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, means to become absorbed in serving the Supreme Lord 
and His name, qualities, form, pastimes, etc. In other words, it means becoming an instrument for His satisfaction. We have to become infused with His spiritual potency; thus strengthened, we then have to make the propagation of His transcendental glorie
s our prime duty in life. By means of such potent missionary activities, innumerable }{\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 s can
 experience endless spiritual joy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Neither spiritual retreats, churches, mosques, temples, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dry empirical philosophy, nor imitation devotees can save humanity from the jaws of death. They are inadequate for purifying the consciousness because what they offer as spiri
tual succor is limited by their sectarian vision, a set of do's and don'ts, and a rigid approach that simply further entangle humanity in the material energy. What is needed are exemplary spiritual actions and the espousal of the genuine path of self-rea
lization, but these have not been properly instituted. Just as Bhagir\'e4tha brought down the Ga\'ecg\'e4 and liberated his forefathers, similarly, we must bring a deluge of love of Godhead that can extricate the conditioned souls from the clutches of gr
oss materialism. At least for some time, we must create Satya-yuga, the age of reason and piety. We can easily accomplish this Herculean task simply by reintroducing 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 of the congregational chanting of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name and thus flooding the world with }{\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 . All living entities\'97the human beings, who are afflicted by Kali-yuga, as well as sub-human beings\'97must be d
rowned in the floodwaters of }{\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 .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By studying 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 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 Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one may find processes for purifying the consciousness and elevating oneself to the transcendental platform. But for the condit
ioned souls of Kali-yuga, such means are beyond reach. Lord Caitanya alone can liberate the conditioned souls of this age. In His younger days Lord Caitanya was known as Nim\'e4i Pa\'eb\'f2ita because He was an erudite scholar. Indeed, He became famous a
s a master of logic. Yet for the sake of the }{\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  afflicted by the Kali-yuga, He presented Hi
mself as illiterate. Such pastimes are possible only for the Supreme Lord. When the famous M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\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  Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 met Lord Caitanya in Benares, he spoke as follows to the Lord: "I see You are 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  yet You are in the company of sentimentalists, and like them You are dancing and singing. The real business of }{\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  is to study 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 meditate on Brahman. But You have rejected these duties and are acting like a sentimentalist. I am impressed with Your effulgent form, which resembles that of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Himself, but why do You act below
 your status?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\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  study 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  simply to gain liberation. Lord Caitanya did n
ot advent merely to teach such an insignificant goal. He propagated the congregational chanting of the holy name and the scientific method of devotional service. His main aim was to establish the authorized religious principle for this age}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and thereby}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub liberate all living entities. His reply to Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 was very simple, as if coming from an ordinary mortal. The Lord 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 Respected Swamij\'e9, please listen to the reason why I act as I do. My }{\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  saw that I was ignorant, and so he instructed Me as follows: 'You are foolish and have no proper understanding of Ved\'e4nta phil
osophy. So simply chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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  which is the essence of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . This }{\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  will deliver You from the entanglement of material existence and award You the shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. In the Age of Kali there is no religious principle except chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name.
 It has been ascertained from all the scriptures that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name is the essence of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub .' He then made Me learn a verse, which I will repeat to you for your consideration:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\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"\line }{\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\i\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 ]
\par }\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 one wants to make spiritual progress in this Age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no alternativ
e, there is no alternative to 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 By chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, one cleanses all the dust from the mirror of one's consciousness. The blazing fire of material existence is then extinguishe
d. This fire is especially severe in the present materialistic civilization, which is full of conflict, the hallmark of Kali-yuga. But extinguishing the fire of material existence is far from the final result of chanting. Indeed, it is only a preliminary
 consequence. Gradually, the knowledge that love of Godhead is the absolute necessity of life becomes clearer, the dark veil of ignorance is lifted, and one gets a glimpse of absolute knowledge. As the devotee realizes this transcendental knowledge, he f
eels ever-increasing spiritual ecstasy overwhelming his heart. This spiritual joy expands at every moment. Let the all-auspicious chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba be ever victorious!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who seek the smaller values of life and thus take up }{\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  for selfish motives are not very noble, and even if they achieve success, they still remain inferior. But those who 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  for the benefit of others are truly worthy, for even if they personally do not attain perfection, they are very elevated souls. Devotees of the Lord practice 
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 called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bud
dhi-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 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  is meant to bless all humanity, as well as bring the practitioner to the perfection of life. 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  (1.5.17) aptly describes the great value of such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 sva-dharma\'e0 cara\'eb\'e4mbuja\'e0 harer\line bhajann apakvo 'tha patet tato yadi\line yatra kva v\'e4bhadram abh
\'fcd amu\'f1ya ki\'e0\line ko v\'e4rtha \'e4pto 'bhajat\'e4\'e0 sva-dharmata\'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 One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes f
all down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything.
\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 {\*\bkmkstart Mukunda-mala-stotra}{\*\bkmkend 
Mukunda-mala-stotra}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Translations and purports # 1\'976, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Di
vine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of the many hundreds of poetic Sanskrit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stotras\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub songs of glorification offered to the Supreme Lord, His devotees, and the holy places of His pastimes\'97King Kula\'e7ekhara's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is one of the most perennially famous. Some say that its author conceived it as a garland (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of verses offered for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure. It has long been dear to Vai\'f1\'ebavas of all schools, and our own spiritual mast
er, \'c7r\'e9la A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, frequently enjoyed citing certain favorite stanzas from it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Kula\'e7ekhara was part of the \'c7r\'e9-samprad\'e4ya, the Vai\'f1\'ebava school founded by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu's divine consort, 
\'c7r\'e9. This school's most prominent representative, R\'e4m\'e4nuja \'c4c\'e4rya (eleventh century), built on the work of his predecessors N\'e4tha Muni and Y\'e4muna \'c4c\'e4rya and established the systematic philosophy of \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebavism
. But these }{\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  came in an already old tradition, that of the ecstatic mystic poets called \'c4
lv\'e4rs. The twelve \'c4lv\'e4rs appeared at various times in South India, in the area roughly corresponding to present-day Tamil Nadu. According to the tradition of the \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebavas, the earliest \'c4lv\'e4rs lived more than five thousand 
years ago, at the start of the present age, Kali-yuga, while the most recent lived in the first millennium A.D.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'c4lv\'e4rs' Tamil poetry was collected in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tiruv
\'e4ymoli,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  revered by \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebavas as their own vernacular }{\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  On the strength of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tiruv\'e4ymoli's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  devotional a
uthority, the \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebavas claim to follow Ubhaya-ved\'e4nta, the dual Ved\'e4nta philosophy founded on both Sanskrit and Tamil scripture. Some \'c4lv\'e4rs were atypical renunciants: the third, \'c4\'eb\'f2\'e4l, was a woman, and three were
 involved in governing. Among these was the tenth \'c4lv\'e4r, Kula\'e7ekhara Perum\'e4l, who was a ruling king in the Cera dynasty of Malain\'e4\'f2u, in what is now Kerala. Modern scholars say he may have lived during the ninth century A.D.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A traditional history of King Kula\'e7ekhara states that once, as he slept in his palace quarters, he had a brilliant and distinct vis
ion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Upon awaking he fell into a devotional trance and failed to notice dawn breaking. The royal musicians and ministers came as usual to his door to wake him, but after waiting some time without hearing him respond, they reluctant
ly took the liberty of entering his room. The king came out of his trance and described his vision to them, and from that day on he no longer took much interest in ruling. He delegated most of his responsibilities to his ministers and dedicated himself t
o rendering devotional service to the Lord. After some years he abdicated the throne and went to \'c7r\'e9 Ra\'ecgam, where he remained in the association of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity of Ra\'ecgan\'e4tha and His many exalted devotees. At \'c7r\'e9 Ra\'ecg
am Kula\'e7ekhara is said to have composed his two great works: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Sanskri
t; and 105 Tamil hymns, which were later incorporated into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tiruv\'e4ymoli}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  under the title }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perum\'e4l-tirumoli.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the other \'c4lv\'e4rs do in their mystic expressions, in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Perum\'e4l-tirumoli}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  King Kula\'e7ekhara emulates the roles of some of Lord R\'e4macandra's and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's intimate devotees: King Da\'e7aratha; two of the L
ord's mothers, Kau\'e7aly\'e4 and Devak\'e9; and some of the young cowherd women of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. But Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Kula\'e7ekhara expresses no pride in realizing such confidential devotional moods. On the contrary, with deep humility he repeatedly b
egs simply to be allowed to take his next births as a bird, fish, or flower in the place where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enacts His pastimes, and in this way to enjoy the association of His devotees.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  although composed in elegant Sanskrit, is a simple expression of King Kula\'e7ekhara's devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and his eagerness to share his good fortune with everyone else. Being thus a very public work,
 it does not delve into intimate personal revelations or abstruse philosophical conundrums. Like most other works of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stotra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  genre, it aims less at presenting a plot than at vividly and honestly expressing the true feelings of a lover of God. With this much we the readers should be completely satisfied, because it is a rare opportunity for us when a de
votee of King Kula\'e7ekhara's stature opens his heart so freely\'97and in a way just appropriate for us, with all our imperfections, to appreciate.
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub About the Present Edition
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl260\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Using a Sanskrit edition published by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura in 1895, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began translating the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the late 1950's. But after completing six verses with commentary, he suspend
ed it to work 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  He never resumed it. Yet he clearly intended that the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  be published, since he included it in the list of his other English books at the beginni
ng of each of the three volumes of 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  First Canto.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1989, the Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness requested Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
to complete the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's earliest disciples, Satsvar
\'fcpa Goswami had distinguished himself over the years as one of his most learned and literary followers. He had served as 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  magazine\'97the Society's monthly journal\'97for most of the twenty-three years it had been published in the West, and had written many books already, most notably a six-volume biography of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Goswami accepted the assignment and enlisted the help of Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust'
s Sanskrit editor, to translate the remaining forty-seven verses. Then he carefully prepared the purports, often quoting from \'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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 ot
her works. The result is a book that we trust will be informative and enlivening to devotees, scholars, and laymen alike.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97The Publishers
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM mantra 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 [BTG 52]}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 1
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-vallabheti vara-deti day\'e4-pareti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakta-priyeti bhava-lu\'eb\'f6hana-kovideti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4theti n\'e4ga-\'e7ayaneti jagan-niv\'e4sety
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4l\'e4pina\'e0 prati-dina\'e0 kuru m\'e4\'e0 mukunda
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 \'97O beloved of Lak\'f1m\'e9 (the Su
preme Lord's consort); }{\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 vara-da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O bestower 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\'e4-para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O causelessly merciful one; }{\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 \'97O You who are very dear to Your 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 \'97
thus; }{\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 \'97the repetition 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 \'97in plundering; }{\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 \'97O You who are expert; }{\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 \'97O 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 \'97O You who sleep on the serpen
t bed (of Ananta \'c7e\'f1a); }{\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 \'97O resort 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\'e4pinam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97reciter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prati-dinam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97every day; }{\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 make; }{\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; }{\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.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 let me become a constant reciter of Your names, addressing You as \'c7r\'e9-vallabha ["He who is very dear 
to Lak\'f1m\'e9"], Varada ["the bestower of benedictions"], Day\'e4para ["He who is causelessly merciful"], Bhakta-priya ["He who is very dear to His devotees"], Bhava-lu\'eb\'f6hana-kovida ["He who is expert at plundering the status quo of repeated birt
h and death"], N\'e4tha ["the Supreme Lord"], Jagan-niv\'e4sa ["the resort of the cosmos"], and N\'e4ga-\'e7ayana ["the Lord who lies down on the serpent bed"].
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 itself 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 way to attain perfecti
on.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Persons who are infected with the disease of material attachment and who suffer from the pangs of repeated birth and death cannot reli
sh such recitation of the Lord's glories, just as a person suffering from jaundice cannot relish the taste of sugar candy. By nature sugar candy is as sweet as anything, but to a patient suffering from jaundice it tastes as bitter as anything. Still, sug
ar candy is the best medicine for 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 that tasted bitter to him regains its n
atural sweetness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the same way, glorification of the transcendental name, fame, attributes, pastimes, and entourage of the Personality of Godhead tas
tes bitter to those who are suffering from the infection of material consciousness, but it is very sweet to those who have recovered from this infection.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All mundane philosophers, religionists, and people in general, who are constantly suffering from the threefold miseries of material ex
istence, can get freedom from all such troubles simply by chanting and glorifying the holy name, fame, and pastimes of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is all spirit, and therefore His name, fame, and pastimes are nondifferent from
 Him. All of them are identical. In other words, 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 associate with the Lord personally,
 and by such constant personal touch with the all-spiritual Lord, one will become spiritually self-realized. This process of self-realization is very suitable for the fallen souls of this age, when life is short and when people are slow in understanding 
the importance of spiritual realization, prone to be misled by false association and false spiritual masters, unfortunate in every respect, and continuously disturbed by innumerable material problems.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Kula\'e7ekhara, an ideal pure devotee of the Lord, shows us by his own realization how to offer prayers to the Lord. Since he is 
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-jana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an authority in the line of devotional service, it is our prime duty to follow in his foo
tsteps in order to achieve the highest devotional platform.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He first addresses the Lord as \'c7r\'e9-vallabha, "He who is very dear to Lak\'f1m\'e9." The Lord is the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad, and His consort, Lak\'f1m\'e9, is a 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 conceive Him to be. Although He is not of the material world, He is much more than 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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Kula\'e7ekhara next addresses the Lord as Varada, "the bestower of benedictions," because it is He alone who can deliver to us th
e actual substance\'97spiritual bliss. When we detach ourselves from His association, we are always in the midst of want and scarcity, but as soon as we get in touch with Him, our gradual endowment with all bliss begins. The first installment of this bli
ss is the clearance of the layer of dust that has accumulated in our hearts due to millions of years of material association. As soon as the dust of materialism is brushed aside, the clear mirror of the heart reflects the presence of the Lord. And as soo
n as we see Him we are automatically freed from all kinds of aspirations and frustrations. In that liberated state, everything is blissful in relation with the Lord, and one has no desires to fulfill and nothing to lament over. Thus, following the benedi
ction, full spiritual bliss comes upon us, ushering in full knowledge, full life, and full satisfaction with our whole existence.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Kula\'e7ekhara next addresses the Lord as Day\'e4para, "He who is causelessly merciful," because there is no one but the Lord who
 can be a causelessly merciful friend to us. He is therefore also called D\'e9na-bandhu, "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 m
an is full in every respect; even a man possessing the greatest riches is himself needy if he is devoid of a relationship with the Lord. Everything is zero without the Lord, who is the digit that transforms zero into ten, two zeros into one hundred, thre
e zeros into one thousand, and so on. Thus a "zero man" cannot become happy without the association of the Lord, the supreme "1."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The supreme "1" always wants to make our zero efforts valuable by His association, just as a loving father always wants an unhappy son
 to be in a prosperous position. A rebellious son, however, stubbornly refuses the cooperation of the loving father and thus suffers all sorts of miseries. The Lord, therefore, sends His bona fide representatives to all parts of the material creation, an
d sometimes He even comes Himself to reclaim 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 re
lationships in the material world are but perverted reflections of these original relationships. In the mundane world we experience only the shadow of the reality, which exists in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The all-merciful Lord is always mindful of our difficulties in the mundane world, and He is more eager to get us to return home, back 
to Godhead, than we are eager to go. He is by nature merciful toward us, despite our rebellious attitude. Even in our rebellious condition we get all our necessities from Him, such as food, air, light, water, warmth, and coolness. Yet because we have det
ached ourselves from Him, we simply mismanage this paternal property. The leaders of society, despite all their materialistic plans, are misleaders, for they have no plan to revive our lost relationship with the Lord. His bona fide devotees, however, try
 their utmost to broadcast the message of our transcendental relationship with Him. In this way the devotees work to remind the fallen souls of their actual position and to bring them back home, back to Godhead. Such stainless servants of Godhead are ver
y dear 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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is therefore next addressed as Bhakta-priya, meaning "He who is very dear to His devotees" or "He who is very affectionate to
 His devotees." In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (9.29) the Lord very nicely describes His sublime and t
ranscendental affection for His devotees. There the Lord declares that although He is undoubtedly equally kind to all living beings\'97because all of them are part and parcel of Him and are His spiritual sons\'97those who are especially attached to Him b
y love and affection, who regard nothing dearer than Him, are particularly dear to Him.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An example of such a pure devotee is Lord Jesus Christ, who 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, when \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa was told to give up chanting the holy name of God, he refused to do so, with
 the result that he was flogged in twenty-two marketplaces. And Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja persisted in disagreeing with his father, the great atheist Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, and thus voluntarily accepted the cruelties his father inflicted upon him. These a
re some examples of renowned devotees of the Lord, and we should simply try to understand how dear such devotees are to Him.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord has emphatically declared that no one can vanquish His devotee under any circumstances. A good example is Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja. When the great mystic }{\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  Durv\'e4s\'e4 deliberately attempted to take the life of Ambar
\'e9\'f1a, the Lord suitably punished Durv\'e4s\'e4, even though he 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 could appr
oach all the demigods and even the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes, even at the risk of having to cross many stumbling blocks, a devotee relinquishes all family connections and homely comfort
s for the Lord's service. Can the Lord forget all these sacrifices of His bona fide devotee? No, not even for a moment, for the relationship between the Lord and His devotee is reciprocal, as He clearly says in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (9.29): "But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A devotee is never as eager to see the Lord as he is to render service to Him. Yet the Lord does appear before His devotee, for He is 
just like an affectionate father, who is more eager to see his son than the son is to see him. There is no contradiction in such a quantitative difference in affection. Such a disparity exists in the original reality\'97between the Lord and His devotees
\'97and is reflected here not only in the relations between parents and children in human society but even in the animal kingdom. Parental affection is exhibited even among lower animals because originally such affection in its fullness exists in God, th
e original father of all species of living beings. When a man kills an animal, 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 punish
ed by the government through police action.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 ignoranc
e. A father is always anxious to impart knowledge and experience to his son, but the son can choose whether to accept such instructions. A submissive devotee becomes automatically enlightened in all the intricacies of knowledge because the Lord, from wit
hin, dissipates his ignorance with the self-illumined lamp of wisdom. If the Lord Himself instructs the devotee, how can he remain foolish like the mundane wranglers?
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A father is naturally inclined to act for the good of his son, and when the father chastises his son, that chastisement is also mixed 
with affection. Similarly, all the living entities who have lost their place in paradise due to disobedience to the Supreme Father are put into the hands of the material energy to undergo a prison life of the threefold miseries. Yet the Supreme Father do
es not forget His 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 with Him 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 \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For His devotees, the Lord personally descends to this world to give them relief and save them from the insane acts of miscreants. It 
is foolish to try to impose the limits of an ordinary living being upon the unlimited potency of Godhead and obstinately maintain that the Supreme Lord cannot descend. To mitigate His devotees' material pangs, He descends as He is, yet He is not infected
 by material qualities.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as a person agrees to surrender unto the Lord, the Lord takes complete charge of him. Satisfied with the activities of such a 
devotee, He gives him instruction from within, and thus the devotee becomes pure and advances on the path back to Godhead. The Lord is expert at 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 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 continue in the lo
ving service of the Lord, even at the risk of taking birth again.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 pure devotion and wants to simultaneously enjoy sense gratification and discharge de
votional service, the all-merciful Lord very tactfully corrects the bewildered devotee by exhibiting before him the real nature of this material world. In the material world all relationships are actually mercenary but are covered by an illusory curtain 
of so-called love and affection. The so-called wives and husbands, parents and children, and masters and servants are all concerned with reciprocal material profit. As soon as the shroud of illusion is removed, the dead body of material so-called love an
d affection is at once manifest to the naked eye.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord expertly removes the shroud of illusion for the neophyte devotee by depriving him of his material assets, and thus the devote
e finds himself alone in the midst of his so-called relatives. In this helpless condition he experiences 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 poverty-stricken devotee more perfectly fixes his faith in the Lord, and the Lord then delivers him from the fate of frustration.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The entire cosmic creation is the Lord's expert arrangement for the delusion of the living beings who try to be false enjoyers. The li
ving being's constitutional position is to be a servant of the Lord, but in the transcendental relationship the servant and the Lord are in one sense identical, for the Lord also serves the servant. The typical example is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's becom
ing the charioteer of His eternal servant Arjuna. Illusioned mundaners cannot understand the transcendental and reciprocal relationship between the Lord and His devotees, and therefore they want to lord it over material nature or cynically merge with the
 Absolute. Thus a living being forgets his constitutional position and wants to become either a lord or a mendicant, but such illusions are arrangements of M\'e4y\'e4, the Lord's illusory potency. A false life either as a lord or a mendicant meets with f
rustration until the living being comes to his senses and surrenders to the Lord as His eternal servant. Then the Lord liberates him and saves him from repeated birth and death. Thus the Lord is also addressed here as Bhava-lu\'eb\'f6hana-kovida, "He who
 is expert at plundering the status quo of repeated birth and death." A sensible man understands his position as the eternal servant of the Lord and molds his life accordingly.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is also addressed as N\'e4tha, the real Lord. One can attain the perfection of life only by serving the real Lord. The entire
 material atmosphere is surcharged with the false lordship of the living beings. The illusioned beings are all struggling for false lordship, and thus no one wants to serve. Everyone wants to be the lord, even though such lordship is conditional and temp
orary. A hardworking man thinks himself the lord of his family and estate, but actually he is a servant of desire and the employee of anger. Such service of the senses is neither pensionable nor terminable, for desire and anger are masters who are never 
to be satisfied. 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 recognize the Lord as the 
beneficiary of all activities, the ruler of the universe, and the friend of all entities. 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 \s1207 \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 Lo
rd and is then able to give birth to all organic and inorganic matter. Ananta-\'e7ayana sleeps on the bed of \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga, who has a form like a serpent but is identical with the Lord. Because He sleeps on a serpent bed, the Lord is also known as N
\'e4ga-\'e7ayana. By His spiritual energy \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga sustains all the planetary globes upon His invisible hoods. \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga is popularly known as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, or "that which keeps balance by the law of magnetism." In the scientifi
c world this feature of the Lord is referred to as the law of gravitation, but factually this law, which keeps all the planets floating in space, is one of the energies of the Lord. All the universes are born with the exhalation of the Lord as He lies on
 \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga, and all of them are annihilated with His inhalation. Due to these functions of creation, maintenance, and annihilation, the Lord is celebrated by the name Jagan-niv\'e4sa, indicating that He is the supreme resort of all the universes
.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 c
onstantly chant any name of the Lord and thereby constantly associate with Him. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting His names. At any time and any stage of life one can freely chant them, but we are so unfortunate that we are too misled even to
 adopt this simple process. This is the way of M\'e4y\'e4, the Lord's misleading energy. However, one can avoid her ways simply by always remembering the lotus feet of the Lord. King Kula\'e7ekhara prays for this facility from Mukunda, the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM mantra 2
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\cb1\nosupersub [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 2]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1
\nosupersub TEXT 2
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jayatu jayatu devo devak\'e9-nandano}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  '}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jayatu jayatu k\'e5\'f1\'ebo v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-va\'e0\'e7a-prad\'e9pa\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jayatu jayatu megha-\'e7y\'e4mala\'f9 komal\'e4\'ecgo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jayatu jayatu p\'e5thv\'e9-bh\'e4ra-n\'e4\'e7o mukunda\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jayatu jayatu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all glories, all glories; }{\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 \'97to the Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
devak\'e9-nandana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97son of Devak\'e9; }{\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 jayatu jayatu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all glories, all glories; }{\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 \'97to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebi
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of V\'e5\'f1\'ebi (Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's forefather); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the dynasty; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prad\'e9pa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the beacon light; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jayatu jayatu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all glories, all glories; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub megha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a new cloud; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4mala\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who is blackish; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub komala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very soft; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose body; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jayatu jayatu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all glories, all glories; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5thv\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the 
earth's; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the burden; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub n\'e4\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the destroyer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukunda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to this Personality of Godhead known as the son of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Devak\'e9 dev\'e9! All glories to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the brilliant light of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty! All glories to the Personality of Godhead, the hue of whose soft body resembles the blackish color of a new cloud! All glories to Lord Mukunda, who removes the burdens of the earth!
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The theme of this verse is that the Supreme Truth is the Supreme Person. That the Lord's bodily texture and color are described indicat
es that He is a person, for the impersonal Brahman cannot have a body that is as soft as anything or whose hue is visualized. The Personality of Godhead appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 because for a very long time they performed severe aust
erities to have the Supreme Lord as their son. Satisfied by their penance and determination, the Lord agreed to become their son.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the description of the Lord's birth 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 learn that the Lord appeared before Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, with four hands. But when they prayed to Him to conceal His divinity, the Lord 
became a small baby with two hands. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.9) the Lord promises that one wh
o simply understands the mysteries of His transcendental birth and deeds will be liberated from the clutches of M\'e4y\'e4 and go back to Godhead. Therefore there is a gulf of difference between the birth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that of an ordinary child.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may ask, Since the Supreme Lord is the original father of all living entities, how could a lady known as Devak\'e9 give birth to H
im as her son? The answer is that Devak\'e9 no more gave birth to the Lord than the eastern horizon gives birth to the sun. The sun rises on the eastern horizon and sets below the western horizon, but actually the sun neither rises nor sets. The sun is a
lways in its fixed position in the sky, but the earth is revolving, and due to the different positions of the revolving earth, the sun appears to be rising or setting. In the same way, the Lord always exists, but for His pastimes as a human being He seem
s to take birth like an ordinary child.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In His impersonal feature (Brahman) the Supreme Lord is everywhere, inside and outside: as the Supersoul (Param\'e4tm\'e4) He is insid
e everything, from the gigantic universal form down to the atoms and electrons; and as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Bhagav\'e4n) He sustains everything with His energies. (We have already described this feature of the Lord in the purport to the pr
evious verse, in connection with the name Jagan-niv\'e4sa.) Therefore in each of His three features\'97Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, and Bhagav\'e4n\'97the Lord is present everywhere in the material world. Yet He remains aloof, busy with His transcendental p
astimes in His supreme abode.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those with a poor fund of knowledge cannot accept the idea that the Lord appears in person on the face of the earth. Because they are 
not conversant with the intricacies of the Lord's transcendental position, whenever such people hear about the appearance of the Lord, they take Him to be either a superhuman being born with a material body or a historical personality worshiped as God un
der the influence of anthropomorphism or zoomorphism. But the Lord is not the plaything of such fools. He is what He is and does not agree to be a subject of their speculations, which perpetually lead them to conclude that His impersonal feature is supre
me. The supreme feature of the Absolute Truth is personal\'97the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The impersonal Brahman is His effulgence, like the light diffused by a powerful fire. The fire burns in one place but diffuses its warmth and light all round
, thus exhibiting its different energies. Similarly, by means of His variegated energies the Supreme Lord expands Himself in many ways.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Persons with a poor fund of knowledge are captivated by one part of His energy and therefore fail to penetrate into the original sourc
e of the energy. Whatever astounding energies we see manifest in this world, including atomic and nuclear energies, are all part and parcel of His material, or external, energy. Superior to this material energy, however, is the Lord's marginal energy, ex
hibited as the living being. Besides these energies, the Supreme Lord has another energy, which is known as the internal energy. The marginal energy can take shelter of either the internal energy or the external energy, but factually it belongs to the Lo
rd's internal energy. The living beings are therefore infinitesimal samples of the Supreme Lord. Qualitatively the living being and the Supreme Lord are equal, but quantitatively they are different, for the Lord is unlimitedly potent whereas the living e
ntities, being infinitesimal by nature, have limited potency.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the Lord is full with all energies and is thus self-sufficient, He enjoys transcendental pleasure by subordinating Himself to
 His unalloyed devotees. Some great devotees of the Lord cannot surpass the boundary of awe and veneration. But other devotees are in such an intense compact of love with the Lord that they forget His exalted position and regard themselves as His equals 
or even His superiors. These eternal associates of the Lord relate with Him in the higher statuses of friendship, parenthood, and consorthood. Devotees in a transcendental parental relationship with the Lord think of Him as their dependent child. They fo
rget His exalted position and think that unless they properly feed Him He will fall victim to undernourishment and His health will deteriorate. Devotees in a conjugal relationship with the Lord rebuke Him to correct His behavior, and the Lord enjoys thos
e rebukes more than the prayers 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  Ordinary devotees bound up by the formalities of Vedic rite
s cannot enter deep into such confidential loving service to the Lord, and thus their realization remains imperfect. Sometimes they even fall victim to the calamity of impersonalism.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 are confidential devotees of the Lord in the mood of parental love. Even greater than them are Nanda and Ya\'e7
od\'e4, His foster parents in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The Lord takes great pleasure in being addressed as Devak\'e9-nandana ("the son of Devak\'e9"), Nanda-nandana ("the son of Nanda"), Ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana ("the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4"), Da\'e7arath\'e9 ("the son
 of King Da\'e7aratha"), Janak\'e9-n\'e4tha ("the husband of Janak\'e9"), and so on. The pleasure one gives the Lord by addressing Him by such names is many, many times greater than the pleasure He enjoys when He is addressed as the Supreme Father, the G
reatest of the Great, Parame\'e7vara, or anything of that nature, which indicate volumes of awe and veneration. Therefore the names King Kula\'e7ekhara uses to glorify the Lord in this verse indicate his intimate transcendental relationship with the Lord
.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As explained above, all the names of the Lord are as powerful as the Lord Himself, but one can experience different transcendental mel
lows by chanting His different transcendental names. For example, 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) states tha
t there are one thousand principal names of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Personality of Godhead. But if a person utters the name R\'e4ma only once, he gets the result of chanting one thousand names of Vi\'f1\'ebu. And if somebody once chants the name K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, he achieves the results obtained by chanting the name R\'e4ma three times. In other words, uttering the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba once is equal to uttering three thousand other names of Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore King Kula\'e7ekhara, knowing how pleased the Lord is to be addressed by a name indicating His transcendental relationships w
ith His intimate devotees, and knowing also the potency of the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has chosen to glorify the Lord by addressing Him as Devak\'e9-nandana and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The king also addresses Him as V\'e5\'f1\'ebi-va\'e0\'e7a-prad\'e9pa ("the brill
iant light in the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty") because millions of generations of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty became sanctified by the Lord's appearance within it. 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  state that a family in which a pure devotee is born is sanctified for one hundred generations of ancestors and descendants. 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  also state that every place within a radius of one hundred miles from where a devotee is born becomes sanctified. If a devotee can sanc
tify the place and family of his birth so extraordinarily, then what to speak of how completely the Lord can sanctify the place and family in which He chooses to take His birth.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord's birth on the face of the earth is certainly very mysterious, and therefore it is difficult for ordinary men to believe in H
is birth. How can the all-powerful Lord take birth, seemingly like an ordinary man? The matter is explained in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.6), where the Lord says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ajo '}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9
\'e7varo}{\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 pi san\line prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya sambhav\'e4my \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still ap
pear in every millennium in My original transcendental form." From 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  we learn that the Lor
d takes birth not only in the family of human beings but also in the families of demigods, aquatics, animals, and so on. One may argue that an ordinary living being is eternal and unborn like the Lord and also takes birth in different species of life, an
d so there is no difference between the Lord and an ordinary living being. The difference is, however, that while an ordinary living being changes his body when he transmigrates from one species of life to another, the Lord never changes His body: He app
ears in His original body, without any change. Also, while there is a vast difference between the ordinary living entity and his body, there is no difference between the Lord and His body because He is pure spirit. In other words, there is no distinction
 between His body and His soul.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 avyay\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the above verse 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  clearly ind
icates that the Lord's body is not made of material elements. He is all spirit. Birth and death apply only to the material body. The body of the ordinary living being is made of material elements and is therefore subject to birth and death. But the Lord'
s body, being all spiritual and thus eternal, neither takes birth nor dies. Nor can the Lord be forced to take birth in some particular family due to His past deeds, as an ordinary living being is.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is the supreme controller of the material elements, and being endless and beginningless, He exists in all times\'97past, pres
ent, and future. And because He is absolute, He has nothing to do with vice and virtue. In other words, for Him "vices" and "virtues" are one and the same; otherwise the Lord would not be the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the Lord appears by His internal potency, His incarnations in different species of life are not the creation of the external pot
ency, M\'e4y\'e4. Therefore those who think that the Supreme Lord appears in different forms by accepting a body made of material elements are wrong; their vision is imperfect because they do not understand how the Lord's internal potency works. 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  inquire, Where does the Supreme Lord stand? And the reply is immediately given: He stands on His inte
rnal potency. So the conclusion is that although the Lord may seem to assume a material body when He takes birth, like an ordinary being, in fact He does not, for there is no difference between Him and His body. Thus He remains the Absolute Truth in all 
His appearances in different species of life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, the living being and the Supreme Lord appear in this material world under different circumstances. One can easily unde
rstand these different circumstances if one understands how the Lord's different potencies work. As explained before, the Lord has three kinds of potency, namely, internal, marginal, and external. We have wide experience of the external, or material, pot
ency, but we generally fail to inquire about the actions and reactions of the other two potencies. A simple example will help us understand how the Lord's potencies work. Consider three identities: God, a man, and a doll. The doll consists of material en
ergy, the man is a combination of material and spiritual energy, and God consists wholly of spiritual energy. The doll is all matter, internally and externally. Man is externally matter but internally spirit. And God is all spirit, both internally and ex
ternally. As the doll is all matter, so God is all spirit. But the man is half spirit and half matter.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the body of God and the body of a living being are differently constituted. Because the Lord's body is pure spirit, it never dete
riorates, and therefore He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyay\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His body is absolute, beginningless, unborn, and et
ernal, while the material body of the living being is relative and therefore temporary\'97it undergoes birth and death. The living being himself, of course, is eternal, and if He so desires he can realize his eternality by merging into the body of the Ab
solute Truth or being reinstated in his constitutional position as an eternal servant of the Lord. If he does not do so, then his eternality is still maintained, but he remains ignorant of it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is that the Personality of Godhead appears in His original body, without any change, and this is made possible by His i
nconceivable potency. We should always remember that nothing is impossible for the omnipotent Lord. If He so desires, He can transform material energy into spiritual energy. Indeed, if he so desires He can bring the entire spiritual nature within the mat
erial nature, without the spiritual nature being affected by the material modes in any way.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord's different potencies remain tightly under His control. In fact, the Lord actually has only one potency\'97namely, the intern
al potency\'97which He employs for different purposes. The situation is similar to how one uses electricity. The same electricity can be used for both heating and cooling. Such contradictory results are due to the expert handling of a technician. In the 
same way, by His supreme will the Lord employs His one internal potency to accomplish many different purposes. That is the information we get from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rutis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.8): }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present verse of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states that the color of the Lord's body is blackish, like that of a new cloud. Also, His body is very soft. Softness of the body is a sign of a great personality. 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 s state that the following bodily features indicate a great personality: a reddish luster in seven place
s\'97the eyes, the palms, the soles, the palate, the lips, the tongue, and the nails; broadness in three places\'97the waist, the forehead, and the chest; shortness in three places\'97the neck, the thighs, and the genitals; deepness in three places\'97th
e voice, the intelligence, and the navel; highness in five places\'97the nose, the arms, the ears, the forehead, and the thighs; and fineness in five places\'97the skin, the hair on the head, the bodily hair, the teeth, and the fingertips. All these feat
ures are present in the body of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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  confirms that the color the Lord's body is blackish, like that of a new cloud. But this blackish color is so beautiful that it surpasses the beauty of millions of Cupids. So this blackish color does not corre
spond to any blackish color in the material world.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such descriptions of the Lord's body are not imaginary; rather, they are the statements of those who have seen the Lord with their sup
ernatural vision. This supernatural vision is bestowed upon devotees like Brahm\'e4 and upon those who follow the footsteps of pure devotees like him. But upstarts and unbelievers cannot have any access to this transcendental vision, for they lack the re
quired submission to the will of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM mantra 3
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\cb1\nosupersub [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 3]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1
\nosupersub TEXT 3
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mukunda m\'fcrdhn\'e4 pra\'ebipatya y\'e4ce
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhavantam ek\'e4ntam iyantam artham
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 avism\'e5tis tvac-cara\'eb\'e4ravinde
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhave bhave me 'stu bhavat-pras\'e4d\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 fu
ture births I will, by Your Lordship's mercy, always remember and never forget Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 BTG #63}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The world in which we live is a miserable place. It is, so to speak, a prison house for the spirit soul. Just as a prisoner cannot move
 or enjoy life fully, so the living entities who have been conditioned by the laws of material nature cannot experience their actual ever-joyful nature. They cannot have any freedom, because they must suffer four principal miseries\'97birth, old age, dis
ease, and death. The laws of material nature impose this punishment upon the living entities who have forgotten the Lord and who are busy making plans for lasting happiness in this desert of distress.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the mercy of the Lord, the pure devotee knows all this very well. Indeed, his whole philosophy of life is based on this understandi
ng. Advancement of knowledge means to understand the naked truth of this world and to not be deluded by the temporary beauty of this phantasmagoria.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material nature is not at all beautiful, for it is an "imitation peacock." The real peacock is a different thing, and one must hav
e the sense to understand this. Those who are mad after capturing and enjoying the imitation peacock, as well as those who have a pessimistic view of the imitation peacock but lack any positive information of the real peacock\'97both are illusioned by th
e modes of material nature. Those who are after the imitation peacock are the fruitive workers, and those who simply condemn the imitation peacock but are ignorant of the real peacock are the empiric philosophers. Disgusted with the mirage of happiness i
n the material desert, they seek to merge into voidness.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But a pure devotee does not belong to either of these two bewildered classes. Neither aspiring to enjoy the imitation peacock nor cond
emning it out of disgust, he seeks the real peacock. Thus he is unlike either the deluded fruitive worker or the baffled empiricist. He is above these servants of material nature because he prefers to serve the Lord, the master of material nature. He see
ks the substance and does not wish to give it up. The substance is the lotus feet of Mukunda, and King Kula\'e7ekhara, being a most intelligent devotee, prays to gain that substance and not the shadow.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or Mukunda, is not at all afraid of any circumstance that may befall him. Despite all diffic
ulties, therefore, such a pure devotee asks nothing from the Lord on his own account. He is not at all afraid if by chance he has to visit the hellish worlds, nor is he eager to enter the kingdom of heaven. For him both these kingdoms are like castles in
 the air. He is not concerned with either of them, and this is very nicely expressed by King Kula\'e7ekhara in Text 6.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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, a beautiful wife, or any such
 imitation peacocks, for he knows the real value of such things. And if by circumstance he is placed in a situation where he possesses such things, he does not try to artificially get out of it by condemnation.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a great associate of Lord Caitanya's, was a very rich man's son who had a beautiful w
ife and all other opulences. When he first met Lord Caitanya at P\'e4\'ebih\'e4\'f6i, a village about forty miles from Calcutta, Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa asked permission from the Lord to leave his material connections and accompany Him. The Lord refused to
 accept this proposal and instructed Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa that it is useless to leave worldly connections out of sentimentality or artificial renunciation. One must have the real thing at heart. If one finds himself entangled in worldly connections, one
 should behave outwardly like a worldly man but remain inwardly faithful for spiritual realization. That will help one on the progressive march of life. Nobody can cross over the big ocean in a sudden jump. What was possible for Hanum\'e4n by the grace o
f Lord R\'e4ma is not possible for an ordinary man. So to cross the ocean of illusion one should patiently cultivate devotion to the Lord, and in this way one can gradually reach the other side.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 about what is going to happen next in his material situation, he is always alert not t
o forget his ultimate aim. King Kula\'e7ekhara therefore prays that he may not forget the lotus feet of the Lord at any time.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To forget one's relationship with the Lord and thus to remain overwhelmed by material hankerings is the most condemned mode of life. T
his is exactly the nature of animal life. When the living entity is born in a species of lower animals, he completely forgets his relationship with the Lord and therefore remains always busy in the matter of eating, sleeping, fearing, and mating. Modern 
civilization promotes such a life of forgetfulness, with an improved economic condition for eating and so on. Various agents of the external energy make explicit propaganda to try to root out the very seed of divine consciousness. But this is impossible 
to do, because although circumstances may choke up a living being's divine consciousness for the time being, it cannot be killed. In his original identity the living entity is indestructible, and so also are his original spiritual qualities. One can kill
 neither the spirit soul nor his spiritual qualities. To remember the Lord and desire to serve Him are the spiritual qualities of the spirit soul. One can curb down these spiritual qualities by artificial means, but they will be reflected in a perverted 
way on the mirror of material existence. The spiritual quality of serving the Lord out of transcendental affinity will be pervertedly reflected as love for wine, women, and wealth in different forms. The so-called love of material things}{\cs2873\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 even love for one's country, community, religion, or family, which is accepted as a superior qualification f
or civilized human beings\'97is simply a perverted reflection of the love of Godhead dormant in every soul. The position of King Kula\'e7ekhara is therefore the position of a liberated soul, because he does not want to allow his genuine love of God to be
come degraded into so-called love for material things.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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  are very significant here. They mean "birth after birth." Unlike 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  who aspire to merge with the impersonal Absolute and thereby stop the process of repeatedly taking birth, a pure devotee is never afraid of this process. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.9) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that His birth and deeds are all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub divyam,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  transcendental. In the same chapter (4.5) the Lord says that both He and Arjuna had had many, many previous births, but that while the Lord could remember all of them, Arjuna could
 not. For the Lord there is no difference between past, present, and future, but for the living being who has forgotten the Lord there is a difference, on account of his being forgetful of the past and ignorant of the future. But a living entity who alwa
ys remembers the Lord and is thus His constant companion is as transcendentally situated as the Lord Himself. For such a devotee birth and death are one and the same, because he knows that such occurrences are only ephemeral flashes that do not affect hi
s spiritual existence.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may use a crude example to illustrate the difference between a devotee's death and an ordinary man's death. In her mouth the cat ca
ptures both her offspring and her prey, the rat. Such capturings may appear the same, but there is a vast difference between them. While the rat is being carried in the cat's mouth, his sensation is poles apart from that of the cat's offspring. For the r
at the capture is a painful death strike, while for the offspring it is a pleasurable caress.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the death of an ordinary man is vastly different from a devotee's passing away from the active scene of material existence.
 The death of an ordinary man occurs against the background of his past good and evil deeds, which determine his next birth. But for a devotee the case is different. Even if the devotee has failed to perfect his devotional service, he is guaranteed to ta
ke birth in a good family}{\cs2873\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 a family of learned and devoted }{\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 a family of rich }{\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). A person who takes birth in such a family has a good chance to practice devotional service and improve his spiritual condition.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, in this iron age the members of well-to-do families generally misuse their wealth. Instead of improving their spiritual
 condition, they are misled by faulty association and fall victim to sensuality. To be saved from this faulty association, King Kula\'e7ekhara prays fervently to the Lord that he may never forget His lotus feet in any future birth. A devotee who perfects
 his devotional service certainly goes back to Godhead without a doubt, so for him there is no question of birth or death. And, as mentioned above, a devotee who does not achieve complete perfection is guaranteed to take his birth in a learned and well-t
o-do family. But even if a devotee is not given the advantage of good parentage, if he can attain the benediction of always remembering the lotus feet of the Lord, that is greater than any number of material assets. Constant remembrance of the Lord's nam
e, fame, qualities, and so on automatically nullifies the reactions of all vices and invokes the blessings of the Lord. This constant remembrance of the lotus feet of the Lord is possible only when one engages in His active service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee therefore never asks the Lord for wealth, followers, or even a beautiful wife. He simply prays for uninterrupted engage
ment in the Lord's service. That should be the motto of life for all prospective students in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM mantra 4
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\cb1\nosupersub [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 4]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1
\nosupersub TEXT 4
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4ha\'e0 vande tava cara\'ebayor dvandvam advandva-heto\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka\'e0 gurum api hare n\'e4raka\'e0 n\'e4panetum
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ramy\'e4-r\'e4m\'e4-m\'e5du-tanu-lat\'e4 nandane n\'e4pi rantu\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bh\'e4ve bh\'e4ve h\'e5daya-bhavane bh\'e4vayeya\'e0 bhavantam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97pray; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub cara\'ebayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvandvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the pair; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advandva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of release from duality; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub heto\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the reason; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kumbh\'e9p\'e4kam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the planet of boiling oil; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gurum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97most severe; }{\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 \'97either; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4rakam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
hell; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apanetum}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to avoid; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ramy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very beau
tiful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the fair sex; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tanu-lat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of creeperlike bodies; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nandane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the pleasure gardens of heaven; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nor; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rantum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to enjoy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4ve bh\'e4ve}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in various rebirth
s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5daya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of my heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh
avane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the house; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4vayeyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97may I concentrate; }{\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 \'97on You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord Hari, it is not to be saved from the dualities of material existence or the grim tribulations of the Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hell that
 I pray to Your lotus feet. Nor is my purpose to enjoy the soft-skinned beautiful women who reside in the gardens of heaven. I pray to Your lotus feet only so that I may remember You alone in the core of my heart, birth after birth.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf9 \'c4di}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9  6.42p}}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\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: the atheists and the theists. The atheists have no faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, while the
 theists have various degrees of faith in Him.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The atheists are faithless on account of their many misdeeds in their present and past lives. They fall into four categories: (1) the 
gross materialists, (2) the immoral sinners, (3) the number-one fools, and (4) those who are bewildered 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  despite their mundane erudition. No one among these four classes of atheist ever believes in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, what to speak of offering prayers unto His lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The theists, on the other hand, have faith in the Lord and pray to Him with various motives. One attains such a theistic life not by c
hance but as a result of performing many pious acts in both the present life and the past life. Such pious men also belong to four categories: (1) the needy, (2) those who have fallen into difficulty, (3) those who are inquisitive about the transcendenta
l science, and (4) the genuine philosophers. The philosophers and those who are inquisitive are better than those in categories (1) and (2). But a pure devotee is far above these four classes of pious men, for he is in the transcendental position.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The needy pious man prays to God for a better standard of life, and the pious man who has fallen into material difficulty prays in ord
er to get rid of his trouble. But the inquisitive man and the philosopher do not pray to God for amelioration of mundane problems. They pray for the ability to know Him as He is, and they try to reach Him through science and logic. Such pious men are gen
erally known as theosophists.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Needy pious men pray to God to improve their economic condition because all they know is sense gratification, while those in difficult
y ask Him to free them from a hellish life of tribulations. Such ignorant people do not know the value of human life. This life is meant to prepare one to return to the absolute world, the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee is neither a needy man, a man fallen into difficulty, nor an empiric philosopher who tries to approach the Divinity on 
the strength his own imperfect knowledge. A pure devotee receives knowledge of the Divinity from the right source\'97the disciplic succession of realized souls who have followed strictly the disciplinary method of devotional service under the guidance of
 bona fide spiritual masters. It is not possible to know the transcendental nature of the Divinity by dint of one's imperfect sense perception, but the Divinity reveals Himself to a pure devotee in proportion to the transcendental service rendered unto H
im.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Kula\'e7ekhara is a pure devotee, and as such he is not eager to improve himself by the standards of the empiric philosophers, di
stressed men, or fruitive workers of this world. Pious acts may lead a mundane creature toward the path of spiritual realization, but practical activity in the domain of devotional service to the Lord need not wait for the reactions of pious acts. A pure
 devotee does not think in terms of his personal gain or loss because he is fully surrendered to the Lord. He is concerned only with the service of the Lord and always engages in that service, and for this reason his heart is the Lord's home. The Lord be
ing absolute, there is no difference between Him and His service. A pure devotee's heart is always filled with ideas about executing the Lord's service, which is bestowed upon the pure devotee through the transparent medium of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master in the authoritative line of disciplic succession is the "son of God," or in other words the Lord's bona fide rep
resentative. The proof that he is bona fide is his invincible faith in God, which protects him from the calamity of impersonalism. An impersonalist cannot be a bona fide spiritual master, for such a spiritual master's only purpose in life must be to rend
er service to the Lord. He preaches the message of Godhead as the Lord's appointed agent and has nothing to do with sense gratification or the mundane wrangling of the impersonalists. No one can render devotional service to an impersonal entity because s
uch service implies a reciprocal personal relationship between the servant and the master. In the impersonal school the so-called devotee is supposed to merge with the Lord and lose his separate existence.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pure devotees like King Kula\'e7ekhara are particularly careful to avoid a process that will end in their becoming one with the existe
nce of the Lord, a state known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advandva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nonduality. This is simply spiritual suicide. Out of the five
 kinds of salvation, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advandva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the most abominable for a devotee. A pure devotee denounces such oneness
 with the Lord as worse than going to hell.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As His separated expansions, the living beings are part and parcel of the Lord. The Lord expands Himself into plenary parts and separa
ted parts to enjoy transcendental pastimes, and if a living being refuses to engage in these transcendental blissful pastimes, he is at liberty to merge into the Absolute. This is something like a son's committing suicide instead of living with his fathe
r according to the rules the father sets down. By committing suicide, the son thus sacrifices the happiness he could have enjoyed by engaging in a filial loving relationship with his father and enjoying his father's estate. A pure devotee persistently av
oids such a criminal policy, and King Kula\'e7ekhara is guiding us to avoid this pitfall.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The king also says that the reason he is praying to the Lord is not to be saved from the Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hell. Laborers in gigantic i
ron and steel mills suffer tribulations similar to those in the Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hell. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kumbh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "p
ot," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "boiling." So if a person were put into a pot of oil and the pot were set to boili
ng, he would have some idea of the suffering in Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hell.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are innumerable hellish engagements in the modern so-called civilization, and by the grace of the Lord's illusory energy people 
think these hellish engagements are a great fortune. Modern industrial factories fully equipped with up-to-date machines are so many Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hells, and the organizers of these enterprises regard them as indispensable for the advancement of econo
mic welfare. The mass of laborers exploited by the organizers directly experience the "welfare" conditions in these factories, but what the organizers do not know is that 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  they will in due time become laborers in similar Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hells.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intelligent persons certainly want to be saved from such Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hells, and they pray to God for this benediction. But a pure
 devotee does not pray in this way. A pure devotee of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba looks equally upon the happiness enjoyed in heaven, the transcendental bliss of becoming one with the Lord, and the tribulations experienced in the Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hell. He is not c
oncerned with any of them because he is always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. By the grace of the Lord, even in the Kumbh\'e9p\'e4ka hell a pure devotee can adjust the situation and turn it into Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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  and all other revealed scriptures say that the Lord accompanies every living being in His localized aspect of Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul. Therefore even a living being destined to reside in the Kumbh\'e9p
\'e4ka hell is accompanied by his eternal companion, the Lord. But by His inconceivable power the Lord remains aloof from these hellish circumstances, just as the sky remains separate from the air although seemingly mixed with it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the pure devotee of the Lord does not live anywhere in this material world, although He appears to live among mundane creat
ures. Actually, the devotee lives in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. In this way the Supreme Lord bestows upon His pure devotee the inconceivable power that allows him to stay aloof from all mundane circumstances and reside eternally in the spiritual world. The devotee
 does not want this power consciously or unconsciously, but the Lord is careful about His devotee, just as a mother is always careful about her little child, who is completely dependent on her care.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee like King Kula\'e7ekhara refuses to associate with beautiful soft-skinned women. There are different grades of women on
 different planets in the universe. Even on the earth there are different types of women who are enjoyed by different types of men. But on higher planets there are women many, many millions of times more beautiful than the women on this planet, and there
 are also many pleasure abodes where they can be enjoyed. The best of all of these is the Nandana Gardens on Svargaloka. In the Nandana Gardens\'97a "Garden of Eden"\'97those who are qualified can enjoy varieties of beautiful women called Apsar\'e4s. The
 demigods generally enjoy the company of the Apsar\'e4s in the same way that the great Mogul kings and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nawabs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  enjoyed their harems. But these kings and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nawabs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are like straw before the demigods of Svarg
aloka, which lies in the third stratum of the universe.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The inner tendency to enjoy is in the core of every living being's heart. But in the diseased state of material existence the living b
eing misuses that tendency. The more he increases this diseased, conditioned state, the longer he extends his period of material existence. 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  advise, therefore, that a living entity should accept only those sense\'97enjoyable objects necessary for the upkeep of the material body and reject those that are just for sense gratification. In this
 way he will reduce the tendency for sense enjoyment. This restraint cannot be imposed by force; it must be voluntary.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such restraint automatically develops in the course of one's executing devotional service. Thus one who is already engaged in devotion
al service need not restrain his senses artificially. A pure devotee like King Kula\'e7ekhara, therefore, neither desires sense enjoyment nor exerts himself to restrain his senses; rather, he tries only to engage himself in the transcendental loving serv
ice of the Lord, without any stop.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM mantra 5
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\cb1\nosupersub [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 5]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1
\nosupersub TEXT 5
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4sth\'e4 dharme na vasu-nicaye naiva k\'e4mopabhoge
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yad bh\'e4vya\'e0 tad bhavatu bhagavan p\'fcrva-karm\'e4nur\'fcpam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 etat pr\'e4rthya\'e0 mama bahu mata\'e0 janma-janm\'e4ntare 'pi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tvat-p\'e4d\'e4mbhoruha-yuga-gat\'e4 ni\'e7cal\'e4 bhaktir astu
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sth\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97special regard; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharme}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for religiosity; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vasu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of wealth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nicaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the accumulation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nor even; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma-upabhoge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for sense enjoyment; }{\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 \'97whatever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4vyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97inevitable; }{\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 bhavatu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97let it happen; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97previous; }{\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 \'97my deeds; }{\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 \'97according to; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4rthyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to be requested; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahu matam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97most desirable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma-janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97birth after birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub antare}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97during; }{\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; }{\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 p\'e4da-ambhoruha}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the pair
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97resting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'e7cal
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unflinching; }{\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
\'97devotion; }{\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.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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! I have no attachment for religiosity, or for accumulating wealth, or for enjoying sense gratification. Let these come as th
ey inevitably must, in accordance with my past deeds. But I do pray for this most cherished boon: birth after birth, let me render unflinching devotional service unto Your two lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human beings advance toward God consciousness when they go beyond the gross materialistic life of eating, sleeping, fearing, and mating
 and begin to develop moral and ethical principles. These principles develop further into religious consciousness, leading to an imaginary conception of God without any practical realization of the truth. These stages of God consciousness are called reli
giosity, which promises material prosperity of various degrees.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who develop this conception of religiosity perform sacrifices, give in charity, and undergo different types of austerity and pe
nance, all with a view toward being rewarded with material prosperity. The ultimate goal of such so-called religious people is sense gratification of various kinds. For sense gratification, material prosperity is necessary, and therefore they perform rel
igious rituals with a view toward the resultant material name, fame, and gain.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But genuine religion is different. In Sanskrit such genuine religion is called }{\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  which means "the essential quality of the living being." 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 this essential quality is to render eternal service, and the proper object of this service is the Supreme Truth, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Personality of Godhead. 
This eternal, transcendental service of the Lord is misdirected under material conditions and takes the shape of (1) the aforementioned religiosity, (2) economic development, (3) sense gratification, and (4) salvation, or the attempt to negate all materi
al variegatedness out of frustration.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Genuine religion, however, does not culminate in either economic development, sense gratification, or salvation. The perfection of rel
igion is to attain complete satisfaction of the spirit soul, and this is accomplished by rendering devotional service to the Lord, who is beyond the perception of the material senses. When the living being directs his eternal service attitude toward the 
eternal Supreme Being, such service can never be hampered by any sort of material hindrance. Such transcendental service is above even salvation, and therefore it certainly does not aim at any kind of material reward in the shape of name, fame, or gain.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who engages in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Being automatically attains detachment from material name, fame, a
nd gain, which are aspired for only by those who do not understand that this name, fame, and gain are merely shadows of the real thing. Material name, fame, and gain are only perverted reflections of the substance\'97the name, fame, and opulences of the 
Lord. Therefore the pure devotee of Lord V\'e4sudeva, enlightened by the transcendental service attitude, has no attraction for such false things as religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, or salvation, the last snare of M\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of performing real religion is to attain attachment for hearing and chanting the messages of the kingdom of God. Materiali
stic people are attached to ordinary newspapers on account of their lack of spiritual consciousness. Real religion develops this spiritual consciousness and also attachment for the messages of God, without which all labor in the performance of religious 
rites is only a waste of energy.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore one should not practice religion with the aim of improving one's economic welfare, nor should one use one's wealth for sense
 gratification, nor should the frustration of one's plans for sense gratification lead one to aspire for salvation, or liberation from material conditions. Instead of indulging in sense gratification of different grades with the fruits of one's labor, on
e should work just to maintain the body and soul together, with the aim of inquiring into the ultimate aims and objects of life. In other words, one should inquire into the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is realized in three phases, namely, the impersonal Brahman, the localized Param\'e4tm\'e4, and the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead. A person who attains the highest stage of spiritual realization\'97realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97automatically prays as King Kula\'e7ekhara does here.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only one who renders devotional service to the Lord can attain this stage of indifference to the false and temporary assets of materia
l nature. Such devotional service is not a mental concoction of depraved persons but is an actual process of God realization characterized by full cognizance and detachment and based on the Vedic literature. So-called devotional practices that have no re
ference to the rules and regulations set down in such books of Vedic literature as the }{\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  the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sm\'e5ti,}{\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 Pa\'efcar\'e4tras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not 
bona fide. The self-realized souls advise us to reject such pseudodevotional practices, which simply create a disturbance on the path of spiritual realization. Only by sincerely engaging in the service of the Lord according to the injunctions of scriptur
e can one gradually become a qualified devotee of the Lord, and it does not matter whether it takes many repetitions of birth and death, life after life.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 MM mantra 6
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf9\cb1\nosupersub [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 6]}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1
\nosupersub TEXT 6
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 TEXT
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 divi v\'e4 bhuvi v\'e4 mam\'e4stu v\'e4so
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narake v\'e4 narak\'e4ntaka prak\'e4mam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 avadh\'e9rita-\'e7\'e4rad\'e4ravindau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cara\'ebau te mara\'ebe 'pi cintay\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the abode of the demigods; }{\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; }{\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 \'97on the earth, the home of human beings; }{\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 \'97
or; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mama}{\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 \'97may be; }{\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; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narake}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in hell; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub naraka-antaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O killer o
f the demon Naraka; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e4mam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97however You desire; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avadh\'e9rita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which have defied; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the fall season; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aravindau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the lotus flowers; }{
\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 two feet; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mara\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the ti
me of death; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cinta
y\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may I remember.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord, killer of the demon Naraka! Let me reside either in the realm of the demigods, in the world of human beings, or in hell, as Yo
u please. I pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the \'c7arat season.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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, a pure devotee of the Lord has nothing to do with mundane religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, or 
salvation, nor is he concerned whether his standard of material existence is the highest or the lowest. To him, heaven and hell are of equal value. He is not afraid of going to hell for the service of the Lord, nor is he glad to live in heaven without th
e service of the Lord. In any circumstance his consciousness is fixed on the Lord's lotus feet, whose beauty defies the most beautiful lotus flower of the mundane world.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The defiance is due to the transcendental position of the Lord's form, name, qualities, pastimes, and so on. 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  declare that although the Lord has no hands He can accept anything we offer Him with devotion, although He 
has no feet He can travel anywhere, and although He has no mundane eyes He can see anywhere and
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everywhere without hindrance. 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 each of His senses as omnipotent. The mundane eye can see but not hear, but His eyes can see, hear, eat, generate offspring, and so on. 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  say that He impregnates material nature with the seeds of living beings simply by casting His glance at her. He does 
not need any other kind of intercourse with mother nature to beget the living beings in her womb and become their father.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore any relationship the Lord has with His many devotees\'97whether fatherhood, sonhood, or any other\'97is not at all material.
 The Lord is pure spirit, and only when the living being is in his pure spiritual state can he have all sorts of relationships with Him. Philosophers with a poor fund of knowledge cannot conceive of these positive spiritual relationships between the Lord
 and the all-spiritual living beings, and thus they simply think in terms of negating material relationships. In this way such philosophers naturally adopt the concept of impersonalism.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By contrast, a pure devotee like King Kula\'e7ekhara has complete knowledge of both matter and spirit. He does not say that everything
 material is false, yet he has nothing to do with anything material, from heaven down to hell. He fully understands 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  that from the lowest planets up to Brahmaloka, the highest planet in the universe, there is no spiritual bliss, which the living beings hanker for. Therefore the pure devotee, being in full knowledge o
f spiritual life, simultaneously rejects material relationships and cultivates his spiritual relationship with the Lord. In other words, the spiritual knowledge a devotee possesses not only allows him to reject material existence, but it also provides hi
m with an understanding of the reality of positive, eternal spiritual existence. This is the understanding King Kula\'e7ekhara expresses in this prayer.
\par }\pard 
\s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 \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 {\*\bkmkstart 
Narada-bhakti-sutra}{\*\bkmkend Narada-bhakti-sutra}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Translations and purports # 1 - 8, }{\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 \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NBS Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Introduction
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1967, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da translated and wrote purports for thirteen of the eighty-four aphoris
ms (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da called them "codes") of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In 1989, at their an
nual meeting, the Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) suggested that I complete the book}{\b0\i\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 was pleased to accept the assignment, especially because of my involvement with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's initial writing of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N
\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was part of the small group of seekers who joined \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in the latter part of 1966 at his storefront temple at 2
6 Second Avenue, in New York City. At one point we began passing around a Gita Press edition of N\'e4rada's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philosophy of Love}{\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 N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some of us were attracted to the nectar and simplicit
y of the aphorisms. In those days it wasn't unusual for us naive followers to pick up all sorts of translations of Sanskrit Indian books. We tended to think that anything Hindu was salutary and within K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It wasn't long before 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da made it clear to us that we had to discriminate. Many books, we learned, were the works of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, a brand of atheists in the guise of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv
\'e4m\'e9s, gurus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and scholars. It was hard to break our attachments to some of these books, but we always did so once \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained that a particular book 
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  was not bona fide.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But when I showed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bh
akti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and told him I liked it, he encouraged me and said he might translate it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In our edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was a beautiful color illustration of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They looked young, about eight years old, and stood gracefully by the edge of the Yamun\'e4 River wi
th a cow behind Them. I took the illustration to a photography shop and had a dozen color copies made. With \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's approval, I gave a photo to each of his initiated disciples. It became like an ISKCON membership photo and was used by
 devotees on their personal altars.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da left our New York home early in 1967 and went to San Francisco, I wrote him to ask if he would translat
e the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's reply, dated February 10, 1967:
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, please send me immediately one copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Sutra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (with original Sanskrit text). I shall immediately begin the commentary.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N
\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  went quickly. He sent tapes of his dictation in the mail, and I transcribed them along with the tapes he sent for his major work, }{\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  From the beginning it was understood that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was a kind of "extra" for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. But it had its own charm, and Prabhup\'e4da approached it in his own inimitable
 way. I was surprised, on receiving the translation for the first aphorism, to see how \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da translated 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  The edition he was using translated }{\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 "devotion" or "Divine 
Love." But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da translated }{\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 "devotional service." Even by this one phrase h
e indicated 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  was active and personal. He would not tolerate any hint 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  was a state of impersonal "Love."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was significant that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began his first purport with a reference 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 foremost scripture for teaching }{\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 N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 or any other treatise on devotion to God, should be supported by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direct 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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By their nature, }{\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  require explanation. As Lord Caitanya explained while
 discussing 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 aphorisms have a direct meaning, but their brevity allows deviou
s commentators to distort the meaning through misinterpretation. How safe we were when reading the Bhaktivedanta purports to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and how dangerous it is to read these aphorisms when interpreted by those who lack pure devotion to the Supreme Person!
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As with his other works, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's purports to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were completely in line with the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param-par\'e4,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or disciplic succession, and at the same time full of his own realizations.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One particular statement that attracted me was his reference to enthusiasm 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  Commenting on S\'fctra 5, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da compared enthusiasm to a powerful engine that has to be used properly. He wrote, "If one, however,
 becomes disappointed in his enthusiasm for serving the Supreme Lord, that disappointment must also be rejected." As a neophyte devotee, I was well aware of the danger of depression, which we sometimes refer to in ISKCON as being "fried." But just as a s
erious practitioner restrains his tongue and other senses, so one should not indulge in too much depression or disappointment. It was comforting to hear this from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and to gain conviction that it }{\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  within our control\'97we are not helpless before unlimited waves of depression.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One simply has to follow the rules and regulations patiently "so that the day will come when he will achieve, all of a sudden, all the
 perfection of devotional service."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have to admit that I acquired a personal attachment for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as I happily watched its progress. I noticed that some of the same material \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was putting into }{
\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  also appeared in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but I didn't think anything was wrong in that. Yet at some point \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began to think that perhaps }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was a bit redundant, at least while he was also working on }{\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  I might have suspected this when he wrote in his purport to S\'fctra 12, "There are many authoritative boo
ks of spiritual knowledge, but all of them are more or less supplements 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  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  Even the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a summary 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  Therefore the be
ginning of devotional service is to hear these two important transcendental books of knowledge."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, in March of 1967, while \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was still residing in San Francisco, he wrote me this letter:
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my blessings. I have seen the typed copies of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Narada Bhakti Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as well as }{\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  Both of them are nicely made. I think let us finish first }{\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  and then we may take again }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada Bhakti Sutras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The subject matter discussed with }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada Sutras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is already there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Teachings of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have sent you matter for the second part of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and please go on sending me a copy of your typewritten matter. I shall be glad to hear from you.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And so \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's work on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bha
kti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stopped, and it was never resumed. It was a personal choice by the author, who wanted to concentrate on }{\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  But we should not see it as a rejection of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s
\'fctra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da intended to "take again }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada Bhakti Sutras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " And so more than twenty years later we are taking up the work again, on the authority of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Whatever we have written to complete the work we have done as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da's student, using his commentated translations 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 }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\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 Caitanya-cari
t\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and his summary studies of the }{\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  (}{\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 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  Tenth Canto (}{\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 ).
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a particular charm to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in its brevity, universality, and emphasis on total surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The aphorisms are strong and can be easily remembered and confidently quoted in devotional d
iscussions and preaching. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da refers to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  several times
 in his writings, as in this statement 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  (p. 53-4): "In the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that one who is very serious about developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has 
his desire to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba fulfilled very soon by the grace of the Lord."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The major importance of the present publication is that another of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's literary works is now available in book
 form for his growing reading audience. The GBC's request to Gopipar\'e4\'ebadhana Prabhu and me to complete the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is their mercy upon us. We pray that we have not deviated from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's intentions and that this edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bh
akti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will bring pleasure and enlightenment to the hearts of everyone who reads it.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa
\par }\pard 
\s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 NBS: The Value of Devotion
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Chapter 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 Value of Devotion
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 1
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 1
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @TaAtaAe Bai\'b7M( vyaAKyaAsyaAma:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ath\'e4to bhakti\'e0 vy\'e4khy\'e4sy\'e4ma\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97now; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4khy\'e4sy\'e4ma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97we shall try to 
explain.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, I will try to explain the process of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 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 the Lord says that a self-realized person is always in the transcendental state known as }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i\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 is characterized by joyfulness. When one is se
lf-realized he becomes joyful. In other words, he is free from the material contamination of lamentation and hankering. As long as we are in material existence, we lament for the losses in our life and hanker for that which we do not have. A self-realize
d person is joyful because he is free from material lamentation and hankering.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A self-realized person also sees all living entities equally. For him, there is no distinction between the higher and lower species of
 life. It is also stated that a learned man does not distinguish between a wise }{\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 
because he sees the soul within the body, not the external bodily features. Such a perfected, self-realized person becomes 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  or devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 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. That is clearly stated in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abh
ij\'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." There are different processes of understanding the Absolute Truth, but if
 a person 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  Th
ere are other mystic processes, such as }{\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 dhy\'e4na-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but it is not possible to understand the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, except through His devotional servi
ce. This is confirmed in the Fourth Chapter of the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.3), where we learn that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba 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 Arjuna simply because he was the Lord's devotee and frien
d. 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  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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explained it to Arjuna because he was a great devotee. As far as spiritual life is concerned, becoming a devote
e of the Lord is the highest perfection.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 the illusory energy of material nature. There are innumerable living entities within the m
aterial nature, and only some of them are human beings. According to the 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 life in the water, 2,000,000 species of plants, 1,100,000 species of insects and reptiles, 1,000,000 species of birds, 3,000,000 species of beasts, and only
 400,000 species of human beings. So the humans are the least numerous species of all.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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: those that can move and those that are stationary, such as trees. But there are
 also many further divisions. Some species fly in the air, some live in the water, and some live on the ground. Among the living entities who live on the ground, only 400,000 are human species, and out of these 400,000 human species, many are uncivilized
 or unclean; they are not up to the standard of proper civilization. From the historical point of view, the \'c4ryans are the most civilized section of human beings, and among the \'c4ryans, the Indians are especially highly cultured. And among the India
ns, 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 expert in knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic culture is respected all over the world, and there are people everywhere eager to understand it. The highest perfectional s
tage of understanding Vedic culture 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  in the Fifteenth Chapter (15
.15), where 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). F
ortunate are those who are attracted to the Vedic cultural life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 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  Different people claim to follow 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  but in fact for the most part 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 rules and regulations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved
as.}{\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 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 among this small, exclusive number, most are addicted to the processes described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas' karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  section, by which one can elevate oneself to the perfectional stage of economic development.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The strict 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  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  perform various sac
rifices for worship of different demigods in order to achieve particular material results. Out of many millions of such worshipers, some may 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 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i\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 self-realization. Only after self-realization is attained does the stage of understanding devotional service 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 actually self-realized. One who 
is in the bodily concept of existence cannot understand the process of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  begins, "Now, therefore, I shall try to explain the process of devotional service." The word "therefore" indicates that this process of devotional service is for the self-realized 
soul, one who is already liberated. Similarly, 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  begins }{\cs2873\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\fs28\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 brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to inquiry into the Supreme Absolute Truth, and it is recommended for those who
 have been elevated from the lower stage of addiction to 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  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  to the position of interest in the }{\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  portion}{\b0\i\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 when a person is perfectly situated in the realization that he is not the body but a spirit soul can he begin 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  or devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 2
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 2
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s$aA tvaismana, par"ma\'91aema\'e8&paA
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 s\'e4 tv asmin parama-prema-r\'fcp\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97it; }{\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 \'97and; }{\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 \'97for Him (the Supreme Lord); }{\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 \'97highest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pure love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcp\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having as its form.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Devotional service manifests as the most elevated, pure love for God.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 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 attaining the highest stage of self-realization, one becomes situated in devotional service to the Lord. The pe
rfection of devotional service is to attain love of God. Love of God involves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee, and the process of devotional service. Self-realization, the }{\cs2873\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 the beginning of spiritual life; it is not the perfectional stage. If a person understands that he is not his body and that he has nothin
g to do with this material world, he becomes free from material entanglement. But that realization is not the perfectional stage. The perfectional stage begins with activity in the self-realized position, and that activity is based on the understanding t
hat a living entity is eternally the subordinate servitor of the Supreme Lord. Otherwise, there is no meaning to 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 }{\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, then he has not grasped the perfection of life. As the }{
\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (10.2.32) states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye 'nye 'ravind\'e4k\'f1a vimukta-m\'e4ninas\line tvayy asta-bh\'e4v\'e4d avi\'e7uddha-buddhaya\'f9\line \'e4ruhya k\'e5cchre
\'eba para\'e0 pada\'e0 tata\'f9\line patanty adho 'n\'e4d\'e5ta-yu\'f1mad-a\'ecghraya\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Persons who are falsely puffed up, thinking they have become liberated simply by understanding their constitutional position as Br
ahman, or spirit soul, are factually still contaminated. Their intelligence is impure because they have no understanding of the Personality of Godhead, and ultimately they fall down from their puffed-up position.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the }{\cs3545\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  (1.2.11) there are three levels of transcendentalists: the self-realized knowers of the impersonal Brahman feature of the Absolute Truth; the knowers of the Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized aspect of the
 Supreme}{\b0\i\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 is understood by the process 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  and 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  who are in knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engage in His devotional service. Those who understand simply that the living being 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 the 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  who by meditation see within thei
r hearts the four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu form of the Param\'e4tm\'e4, or Supersoul. But persons who actually associate with the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are the highest among all transcendentalists. In the Sixth Chapter of the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\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) the Lord confirms this:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0 mad-gaten\'e4ntar-\'e4tman\'e4\line \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0 sa me yukta-tamo m
ata\'f9
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And of all yog\'e9s, 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." This is the highest perfectional stage, known as }{\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 God.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\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  (1.4.15-16), \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a great authority in the devotional line, describes the different stages in coming to the point of love of Godhead:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4dau \'e7raddh\'e4 tata\'f9 s\'e4dhu-sa\'ecgo 'tha bhajana-kriy\'e4\line tato 'n\'e4rtha-niv\'e5tti\'f9 sy\'e4t tato ni\'f1
\'f6h\'e4 rucis tata\'f9\line  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4saktis tato bh\'e4vas tata\'f9 prem\'e4bhyuda\'efcati\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 s\'e4dhak\'e4n\'e4m aya\'e0 prem\'eba\'f9 pr\'e4durbh\'e4ve bhavet krama\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first requirement is that one should have sufficient faith that the only process for attaining love of Godhead 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 to the Lord. Throughout 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 teaches that one should give up all other processes of self-realization and fully surrender unto Him. That is faith. One wh
o has full faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\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 ) and surrenders unto Him is eligible for being raised t
o the level 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  which Lord Caitanya taught as the highest perfectional stage of human life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some persons are addicted to materially motivated religion, while 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  love of God, is above all these. This highest 
stage of love is above mundane religiosity, above economic development, above sense gratification, and above even liberation, or salvation. Thus love of God begins with the firm faith that one who engages in full devotional service has attained perfectio
n in all these processes.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage in the process of elevation to love of God is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -sa\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  association with persons already in the highest stage of love of God. One 
who avoids such association and simply engages in mental speculation or so-called meditation cannot be raised to the perfectional platform. But one who associates with pure devotees or an elevated devotional society goes to the next stage\'97}{\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  or acceptance of the regulative principles of worshiping the Supreme Lord. One who associates with
 a pure devotee of the Lord naturally accepts that person as his spiritual master, and when the neophyte devotee accepts a pure devotee as his spiritual master, the duty of the spiritual master is to train the neophyte in the principles of regulated devo
tional service, 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  At this stage the devotee's service is based on his capacity to serve t
he Lord. The expert spiritual master engages his followers in work that will gradually develop their consciousness of service to the Lord. Therefore the preliminary stage of 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 God, is to approach a proper pure devotee, accept him as one's spiritual master, and execute regulated devotional service under his guidance.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anartha-niv\'e5tti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in which all the misgivings of material life are vanquished. A person gradually reaches this stage by regularly performing the primary principles of devotional service under the guidance of 
the spiritual master. There are many bad habits we acquire in the association of material contamination, chief of which are illicit sexual relationships, eating animal food, indulging in intoxication, and gambling. The first thing the expert spiritual ma
ster does when he engages his disciple in regulated devotional service is to instruct him to abstain from these four principles of sinful life.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since God is supremely pure, one cannot rise to the highest perfectional stage of love of God without being purified. In the }{\cs3545
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (10.12), 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:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "You are the purest of the pure." The Lord is the purest, and thus anyone who want
s to serve the Supreme Lord must also be pure. Unless a person is pure, he can neither understand what the Personality of Godhead is nor engage in His service in love, for devotional service, as stated before, begins from the point of self-realization, w
hen all misgivings of materialistic life are vanquished.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 attains 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  firm faith in the Lord. When a person has attained this stage, no one can deviate him from the conception of the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead. No one can persuade him that God is impersonal, without a form, or that any form created by imagination can be accepted as God. Those who espouse these more or less nonsensical conceptions of the Supreme Lord cannot dissuade h
im from firm faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba stresses in many verses that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But despite Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's stressing this point, many so-called scholars and commentators still deny the perso
nal conception of the Lord. One famous scholar wrote 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 on
e does not have to surrender to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba or even accept Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but that one should rather surrender to "the Supreme within K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Such fools do not know what is within and what is without. They com
ment 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  according to their own whims. Such persons cannot be elevated to the high
est 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 in the process of attaining the highest stage of 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  implies that one should accept 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, without any deviation or nonsensical commentary.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a person is fortunate enough to vanquish all misgivings caused by material existence and rise up 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  he can then rise to the stages of }{\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  (taste) and }{\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  (attachment for the Lord). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4sakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the beginning of love of Godhead. By progressing, on
e then advances to the stage of relishing a reciprocal exchange with the Lord in ecstasy (}{\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 ). Ever
y living entity is eternally related to the Supreme Lord, and this relationship may be in any one of many transcendental humors. 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  attachment, a person can understand his relationship with the Supreme Lord. When he understands his position, he begins reciprocating with the Lord. By constant reciprocation with the Lord, the devo
tee is elevated to the highest stage of love of Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 3
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 3
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub @ma\{tasva\'e8&paA ca
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 am\'e5ta-svar\'fcp\'e4 ca
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 \'97immortality; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svar\'fcp\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having as its essence; }{\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\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub This pure love for God is eternal.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a person attains to the perfectional stage of love of Godhead, he becomes liberated even in his present body and realizes his cons
titutional position of immortality. In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.9)}{\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  the Lord says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here the Lord says that any person who simply understands His transcendental activities and His appearance and disappearance in th
is material world becomes liberated, and that after quitting his present body he at once reaches His abode. Therefore it is to be understood that one who has attained the stage of love of God has perfect knowledge, and even if he may fall short of perfec
t knowledge, he has the preliminary perfection of life that a living entity can attain.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To conceive of oneself as being one with the Supreme is the greatest misconception of self-realization, and this misconception prevent
s one from rising to the highest stage of love of God. But a person who understands his subordinate position can attain the highest stage of loving service to the Lord. Although the Lord and the living entities are qualitatively one, the living entities 
are limited, while the Lord is unlimited. This understanding, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e5ta-svar\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  makes one eligi
ble for being eternally situated.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (10.87.30) 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  pray to the Lord
, "O supreme eternal, if the living entities were equal with You and thus all-pervading and all-powerful like You, there would be no possibility of their being controlled by Your 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 accepted as fragmental portions of the Supreme. This is confirmed in }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\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) when the Lord says, }{\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 are My fragmental portions, eternally." As fragmental portions, they are qualitatively one with t
he Supreme, but they are not unlimited.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 because he has realized his constitutional
 position of immortality. Unless one can understand his position as a living entity and an eternal servitor of the Lord, there is no question of immortality. But one who accepts these facts becomes immortal. In other words, those who are under the miscon
ception that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are equal in all respects, both qualitatively and quantitatively, are mistaken, and they are still bound to remain in the material world. They cannot rise to the position of immortality.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upon attaining love of God, a person immediately becomes immortal and no longer has to change his material body. But even if a devotee
 of the Lord has not yet reached the perfectional stage of love of Godhead, his devotional service is considered immortal. Any action in the stage 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 }{\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  will be finished with the change of b
ody, but devotional service, even if not executed perfectly, will continue into the next life, and the living entity will be allowed to make further progress.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The constitutional position of the living entity as a fragment of the Supreme Lord is confirmed 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  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  The }{\cs3545\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\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (5.9) states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4l\'e4gra-\'e7ata-bh\'e4gasya \'e7atadh\'e4 kalpitasya ca\line bh\'e4go j\'e9va\'f9 sa vij\'efeya\'f9 sa c\'e4nanty\'e4ya ka
lpate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If the tip of a hair were divided into one hundred parts, and if one of those parts were again divided into a hundred parts, that
 one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair would be the dimension of the living entity." As already mentioned, this position of the living entity as a fragment of the Supreme Lord is declared in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\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) to be eternal; it cannot be changed. A person who understands his constitutional position as a fragment of the Supre
me Lord and engages himself in devotional service with all seriousness at once becomes immortal.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 4
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 4
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ya\'e9abDvaA paumaAna, is$a\'dc"Ae Bavatyama\{taAe Bavaita ta\{\'e6aAe Bavaita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yal labdhv\'e4 pum\'e4n siddho bhavaty am\'e5to bhavati t\'e5pto bhavati
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labdhv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having gained; }{\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 \'97a person; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfect; }{\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 \'97becomes; }{\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 \'97immortal; }{\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 \'97becomes; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e5pta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97peaceful; }{\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 \'97becomes.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Upon achieving that stage of transcendental devotional service in pure love of God, a person becomes perfect, immortal, and peaceful.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The part-and-parcel living entities are entangled in the conditioned life of material existence. Because of their diverse activities th
ey are wandering all over the universe, transmigrating from one body to another and undergoing various miseries. But when a fortunate living entity somehow comes in contact with a pure devotee of the Lord and engages in devotional service, he enters upon
 the path of perfection. If someone engages in devotional service in all seriousness, the Lord instructs him in two ways\'97through the pure devotee and from within\'97so that he can advance in devotional service. By cultivating such devotional service, 
he becomes perfect.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes this form of complete perfection in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (8.15):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya punar janma du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam\line n\'e4pnuvanti mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9 sa\'e0siddhi\'e0 param\'e4
\'e0 gat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\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 yog\'e9s }
{\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." Both while in the material body and after giving i
t up, a devotee attains the highest perfection in service to the Lord. As long as a devotee is in his material body, his probational activities in devotional service prepare him for being transferred to the Lord's supreme abode. Only those who are one hu
ndred percent engaged in devotional service can achieve this perfection.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In material, conditioned life a person always feels the full miseries caused by the transmigration of the soul from body to body. Befo
re taking birth, he undergoes the miseries of living in the womb of his mother, and when he comes out he lives for a certain period and then again has to die and enter a mother's womb. But one who attains the highest perfection goes back to Godhead after
 leaving his present body. Once there, he doesn't have to come back to this material world and transmigrate from one body to another. That transfer to the spiritual world is the highest perfection of life. In other words, the devotee achieves his constit
utional position of immortality and thus becomes completely peaceful.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Until a person achieves this perfection, he cannot be peaceful. He may artificially think he is one with the Supreme, but actually he 
is not; therefore, he has no peace. Similarly, someone may aspire for one of the eight yogic perfections in 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, such as to become the smallest, to become the heaviest, or to acquire anything he desires, but these achievements are material; they are not perfection. Perfection means to regain one's original spiritual form and engage in
 the loving service of the Lord. The living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and if he performs the duties of the part and parcel, without proudly thinking he is one in all respects with the Supreme Lord, he attains real perfection and beco
mes peaceful.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 5
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 5
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yat\'91aApya na ik(i\'c2a\'e3"AHC$ita na zAAecaita na \'e3e"i\'ed" na r"matae naAets$aAh"I Bavaita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yat pr\'e4pya na ki\'efcid v\'e4\'efchati na \'e7ocati na dve\'f1\'f6i na ramate nots\'e4h\'e9 bhavati
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4pya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having attained; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na ki\'efcit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nothing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4\'efchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hankers for; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na \'e7ocati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97does not lament; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na dv
e\'f1\'f6i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97does not hate; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na ramate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97does not rejoice; }{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub uts\'e4h\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97materially enthusiastic; }{\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 \'97becomes.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub A person engaged in such pure devotional service neither desires anything for sense gratification, nor laments for any loss, nor hates
 anything, nor enjoys anything on his personal account, nor becomes very enthusiastic in material activity.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, there are six impediments to the discharge of devotional service, and also six activiti
es favorable to progress in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first impediment is }{\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 accumulating more wealth than we need. When we give free rein to the senses in an effort to enjoy to the highest degree, we become degraded. A devotee should therefore eat only enough 
to maintain his body and soul together; he should not allow his tongue unrestricted license to eat anything and everything it likes. 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 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  or spiritual masters, h
ave prescribed certain foods for human beings, and one who eats these foods eats in the mode of goodness. These foods include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk products, and sugar\'97and nothing more. A devotee does not eat extravagantly; he simply eats w
hat he offers to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is interested in }{\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  (food o
ffered to the Lord) and not in satisfying his tongue. Therefore he does not desire anything extraordinary to eat.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, a devotee does not wish to accumulate a large bank balance: he simply earns as much as he requires. This is called }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4vad-artha}{\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 yukt\'e4h\'e4ra.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the material world everyone is very active in earning more and more money and in increasing eating and sleeping and gratifying the senses; such is the mission of most people's l
ives. But these activities should be absent from the life of a devotee.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next impediment \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 mentions is }{\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  endeavoring very hard for material things. A devotee should not be very enthusiastic about attaining any material goal. He should not be like persons who e
ngage in fruitive activities, who work very hard day and night to attain material rewards. All such persons have some ambition\'97to become a very big businessman, to become a great industrialist, to become a great poet or philosopher. But they do not kn
ow that even if their ambition is fulfilled, the result is temporary. As soon as the body is finished, all material achievements are also finished. No one takes with him anything he has achieved materially in this world. The only thing he can carry with 
him is his asset of devotional service; that alone is never vanquished.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next impediment to devotional service 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  talking of mundane subject matter. Many people unnecessarily talk of the daily happenings in the newspapers and pass the time without any profit. A devotee, however, does not indulge 
in unnecessary talks of politics or economics. Nor is a devotee very strict in following ritualistic rules and regulations mentioned 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  Becoming enamored of these rituals is the next impediment, called }{\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  Because a devotee fully engages in the supreme service of the Lord, he automatically fulfills all other obligations and doesn't have to execute all the details of Vedic rituals. As the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (11.5.41) says,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devar\'f1i-bh\'fct\'e4pta-n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 pit\'e8\'eb\'e4\'e0\line na ki\'eckaro n\'e4yam \'e5\'eb\'e9 ca r\'e4jan\line sarv
\'e4tman\'e4 ya\'f9 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 \'e7ara\'ebya\'e0\line gato mukunda\'e0 parih\'e5tya kartam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Every human being born in this world is immediately indebted to the demigods, the great sages, ordinary living entities, the fami
ly, society, and so on. But a person who surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Lord and engages fully in His service is no longer indebted to anyone. In other words, he has no obligations to fulfill except executing devotional service."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, a devotee should not be greedy (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laulyam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), nor should he mix with ordinary materialistic men (}{\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 ).
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are six negatives, or "do-nots," for the devotee; therefore one who wants to attain the perfectional stage of love of Godhead re
frains from these things.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, there are six positive items for advancing in devotional service. First, while one should not be enthusiastic to attain mat
erial achievements, one should be very enthusiastic to attain the perfectional stage of devotional service. This enthusiasm is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uts\'e4ha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A living entity cannot stop acting. So when he is forbidden to become enthusiastic about material achievements, he should at once be encouraged to be enthusiastic about spiritual achievements. Enthusiasm is a
 symptom of the living entity; it cannot be stopped. It is just like a powerful engine: if you utilize it properly, it will give immense production. Therefore enthusiasm should be purified. Instead of employing enthusiasm for attaining material goals, on
e should be enthusiastic about achieving the perfectional stage of devotional service. Indeed, enthusing His devotees in devotional service is the purpose for which K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to this material world.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next item favorable for devotional service is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'e7caya
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confidence. When one becomes disappointed in his service to the Supreme Lord, that disappointment must be rejected and replaced with confidence in attaining the ultimate goal, l
ove of Godhead. The devotee should patiently follow the rules and regulations of devotional service so that the day will come when he will achieve, all of a sudden, all the perfection of devotional service. He should not lament for any loss or any revers
e in his advancement in spiritual life. This patience (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhairya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is the third positive item for advancing 
in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, a pure devotee is not envious, hateful, or lazy in the discharge of devotional service. Confident of his advancement, he 
continually performs his prescribed devotional duties. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-tat-karma-pravartana.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The last two items are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'ecga-ty\'e4ga,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  giving up the association of nondevotees, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sato-v\'e5tti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  following in the footsteps 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  These practices greatly h
elp the devotee remain fixed on the path of devotional service and avoid the tendency to enjoy temporary, material things. Thus the activities of a devotee remain always pure and without any contamination of the material world.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 6
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 6
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yaj\'c1aAtvaA ma\'d4aAe Bavaita stabDaAe BavatyaAtmaAr"AmaAe Bavaita
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 matto bhavati stabdho bhavaty \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4mo bhavati
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\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 \'97having known; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub matta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97intoxicated; }{\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 \'97becomes; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stabdha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97stunned (in ecstasy); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava
ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97becomes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-\'e4r\'e4ma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97self-content (because of being engaged in the service of the Lord); }{\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 \'97becomes.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One who understands perfectly the process of devotional service in love of Godhead becomes intoxicated in its discharge. Sometimes he 
becomes stunned in ecstasy and thus enjoys his whole self, being engaged in the service of the Supreme Self.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1.7.10) states,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4m\'e4\'e7 ca munayo nirgranth\'e4 apy urukrame\line kurvanty ahaituk\'e9\'e0 bhakti\'e0 ittha\'e0-bh\'fcta-gu\'eb
o hari\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Although those who are }{\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, are liberated from all material contamination, they are still attracted by the pastimes of the Supreme Lord, and thus they engage themselves in His transcendental service." W
hen Lord Caitanya explained this }{\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 \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana 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  He described sixty-one meanings, and all of them point toward the devotional service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How one becomes intoxicated in devotional service is very nicely described in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (11.2.40):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0-vrata\'f9 sva-priya-n\'e4ma-k\'e9rty\'e4\line j\'e4t\'e4nur\'e4go druta-citta uccai\'f9\line hasaty atho roditi rauti g
\'e4yaty\line unm\'e4da-van n\'e5tyati loka-b\'e4hya\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A person engaged in the devotional service of the Lord in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness automatically becomes carried away by
 ecstasy when he chants and hears the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His heart becomes slackened while chanting the holy name, he becomes almost like a madman, and he does not care for any outward social conventions. Thus sometimes he laughs, sometimes he 
weeps, sometimes he cries out very loudly, sometimes he sings, and sometimes he dances and forgets himself." These are the signs of becoming intoxicated in devotional service. This stage, 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  stage, is possible when the Lord bestows His mercy upon a devotee for his advanced devotional activity. It is the highest perfectional stage
 because one cannot reach it unless one has attained pure love of God.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neither formal religious rituals, economic development, sense gratification, nor liberation can compare with this sweet stage of perfe
ction of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, love of the Supreme Lord. 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  (}{\cs3545\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  7.97) describes this stage of ecstasy and intoxication as being far above the ecstasy of reali
zing oneself as Brahman, or the supreme spirit. Lord Caitanya says that the ecstasy 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  (love of Go
dhead) is so vast that it is like an ocean compared to the drop of pleasure derived from understanding oneself as one with Brahman. In all Vedic literature, the highest perfectional stage is said to be the state of intoxication of devotional service. It 
is not achieved by ordinary persons, the nondevotees.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the stage of perfection, one's heart becomes slackened and one becomes more and more attached to attaining the lotus feet of the Lo
rd. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, 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  in the line of devotional service, has descri
bed this stage as follows: "Although appearing just like a madman, a person in the ecstasy of devotional service is not mad in the material conception of the term; this ecstasy is the manifestation of the pleasure potency of the Supreme Lord." The Lord h
as various potencies, one of which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4hl\'e4din\'e9-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His internal pleasure potency}{
\b0\i\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 one who becomes a little conversant with this potency can taste such ecstasy. The }{\cs3545\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  (1.1.12) states, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4n
anda-mayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "By nature the Lord is always joyful." This joyfulness of the Lord is due to His pleasure potency.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who becomes affected by the pleasure potency of the Supreme Lord manifests various symptoms of ecstasy, such as slackening of the 
heart, laughing, crying, shivering, and dancing. These symptoms are not material. However, exhibiting such ecstatic symptoms just to get credit from the public is not approved by pure devotees. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da sa
ys, "Persons without attainment of the highest perfectional stage of loving service cannot achieve any auspiciousness simply by artificially laughing, crying, or dancing without any spiritual understanding. Artificial movement of the body... must always 
be rejected. One should wait for the natural sequence within devotional service, and at that time, when one cries or dances or sings, it is approved. A person artificially showing symptoms of the pleasure potency creates many disturbances in the ordinary
 way of life."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who attains the perfectional stage of devotional service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master may preach the science
 of devotion as Lord Caitanya did. When Lord Caitanya preached, He danced and showed other symptoms of ecstasy. Once, in Benares, 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  named Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 objected to these activities. He said that since Lord Caitanya had taken }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
nny\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the renounced order of life, He should not act in such an intoxicated way.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord explained that these symptoms of intoxication had automatically arisen when He had 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  and that upon seeing this His spiritual master had ordered Him to preach devotional service all over the
 world. While speaking with Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda, Lord Caitanya quoted an important verse from the }{\cs3545\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  (14.36):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tvat-s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t-kara\'eb\'e4hl\'e4da-vi\'e7uddh\'e4bdhi-sthitasya me\line sukh\'e4ni go\'f1pad\'e4yante br\'e4hm\'e4\'eby a
pi jagad-guro
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Lord, O master of the universe, since I have directly seen You, my transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great oc
ean. Thus I now regard the happiness derived from understanding impersonal Brahman to be like the water contained in a calf's hoofprint."."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way, one who reaches the perfectional stage of devotional service becomes so satisfied that he does not want anything more, an
d thus he always engages in pure devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 7
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 7
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub s$aA na k(AmayamaAnaA inar"AeDa\'e8&patvaAta,
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 s\'e4 na k\'e4mayam\'e4n\'e4 nirodha-r\'fcpatv\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that devotional service in pure love of God; }
{\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4mayam\'e4n\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like ordinary lust; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirodha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97renunciation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpatv\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of having as its form.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub There is no question of lust in the execution of pure devotional service, because in it all material activities are renounced.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In pure devotional service there is no question of sense gratification. Some people mistake the loving affairs between K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd 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) for activities of ordinary sense gratification, but these affairs are not
 lustful because there is no material contamination. As R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states in his }{\cs3545\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  (1.2.285),
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub premaiva gopa-r\'e4m\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 k\'e4ma ity agamat prath\'e4m\line ity uddhav\'e4dayo 'py eta\'e0 v\'e4\'efchanti bhagavat-
priy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Although the dealings 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  with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are wrongly celebrated by many as lust, great sages and saintly persons like Uddhava hanker for such loving affairs with K\'e5\'f1\'eba." \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4s
a Kavir\'e4ja, the author 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  has therefore said,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma, prema,-do\'ech\'e4k\'e4ra vibhinna lak\'f1a\'eba\line lauha \'e4ra hema yaiche svar\'fcpe vilak\'f1a\'eba
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As there is a difference between iron and gold, so there is a difference between material lust and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's loving affair
s 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 " (Cc. }{\cs3545\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  4.164). Although such loving affairs may sometimes resemble material lust, the difference is as follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tmendriya-pr\'e9ti-v\'e4\'efch\'e4-t\'e4re bali 'k\'e4ma'\line k\'e5\'f1\'ebendriya-pr\'e9ti-icch\'e4 dhare 'prema' n\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The desire to satisfy one's own senses is called lust, while the desire to satisfy the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\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 God" (}{\b0\i\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  }{\cs3545\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  4.165).
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalists cannot understand the principle of satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses because they reject the Personality of Godhea
d. Thus they think God has no senses and therefore no sense satisfaction. But the devotees simply want to satisfy the senses of the Supreme Lord, and so they take part in the pure activities of love of Godhead. There is no question of lust in that catego
ry of pure transcendental love.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lust leads to fruitive activity for sense gratification. There are different kinds of duties for the human being, such as political ob
ligations, performance of Vedic rituals, obligations for maintaining the body, and social formalities and conventions, but all such activities are directed toward satisfying one's own senses. 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  however, simply wanted to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses, and thus they completely gave up the conventional path of social restriction, not caring for t
heir relatives or the chastisement of their husbands. They gave up everything for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, showing their strong attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be as spotless as washed white cloth.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that when conjugal affection between a lover and beloved comes to the point of being destroyed and yet is not destroyed, su
ch a relationship is pure love, or }{\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  In the material world it is not possible to find this kind of l
ove, for it exists only between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His intimate devotees, such 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 senti
ment between 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so strong that it could not be destroyed under any circu
mstances. K\'e5\'f1\'eba praises 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 ' pure love in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (10.32.22):
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na p\'e4raye 'ha\'e0 niravadya-sa\'e0yuj\'e4\'e0\line sva-s\'e4dhu-k\'e5tya\'e0 vibudh\'e4yu\'f1\'e4pi va\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4 m\'e4bhajan durjaya-geha-\'e7\'e5\'eckhal\'e4\'f9\line sa\'e0v\'e5\'e7cya tad va\'f9 pratiy\'e4tu s\'e4dhun\'e4
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear }{\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  I am not able to repay My debt for your spotless service, even within a lifetime of Brahm\'e4. Your connection with Me is beyond reproach. You have worshiped Me, cutting off all domestic ties, which are diffi
cult to break. Therefore please let your own glorious deeds be your compensation."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 NBS 8
\par }\pard \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub S\'dcTRA 8
\par }\pard \s613 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f45\fs28\cf6\nosupersub inar"AeDastau laAek(vaed"vyaApaAr"nyaAs$a:
\par }\pard \s1746 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf6 S\'dcTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nirodhas tu loka-veda-vy\'e4p\'e4ra-ny\'e4sa\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirodha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97renunciation; }{\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 \'97moreover; }{\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 social custom; }{\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 \'97and of the revealed scripture;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4p\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the engagements; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97renunciation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Such renunciation in devotional service means to give up all kinds of social customs and religious rituals governed by Vedic injunctio
n.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a verse in the }{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lalita-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (5.2), \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes renunciation in devotional service:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5ddh\'e4 siddhi-vraja-vijayit\'e4 satya-dharm\'e4 sam\'e4dhir\line brahm\'e4nando gurur api camatk\'e4rayaty eva t\'e4vat
\line y\'e4vat prem\'eb\'e4\'e0 madhu-ripu-va\'e7\'e9k\'e4ra-siddhau\'f1adh\'e9n\'e4\'e0\line gandho 'py anta\'f9-kara\'eba-sara\'eb\'e9-p\'e4nthat\'e4\'e0 na pray\'e4ti
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Activities such as mystic trance, becoming one with the Supreme, and the religious principles of brahminism, such as speaking the
 truth and tolerance, have their own respective attractions, but when one becomes captivated by love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all attraction for mystic power, monistic pleasure, and mundane religious principles becomes insig
nificant."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, by discharging pure devotional service one attains the highest stage of love of Godhead and is freed from all other ob
ligations, such as those mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a, j\'ef\'e4na-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a,}{\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-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sections of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ve
das.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who engages in pure devotional service has no desire to improve himself\'97except in the service of the Lord. In such devotional service there cannot be any worship of th
e impersonal or localized features of the Supreme Lord. The devotee simply performs activities that satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus attains pure love for the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only by the combined mercy of the pure devotee\'97the bona fide spiritual master\'97and the Supreme Lord Himself can one attain pure d
evotional service to the Lord. If someone is fortunate enough to find a pure devotee and accept him as his spiritual master, then this spiritual master, out of his causeless mercy, will impart the knowledge of pure devotional service. And it is the Lord,
 out 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  causeless mercy, who sends His most confidential servitor to this world to instruct pure devo
tional service.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the divine grace of the spiritual master, the seed of pure devotional service, which is completely different from the seed of fruit
ive activities and speculative knowledge, is sown in the heart of the devotee. Then, when the devotee satisfies the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this seed of devotional service grows into a plant that gradually reaches up to the spiritual world. 
An ordinary plant requires shelter for growing. Similarly, the devotional plant grows and grows until it takes shelter in the spiritual world, without taking shelter on any planet in the material world. In other words, those who are captivated by pure de
votional service have no desire to elevate themselves to any material planet. The highest planet in the spiritual world is K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka, or Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and there the devotional plant takes shelter.
\par }\pard \s1207 \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 N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  defines pure devotional service as follows:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena nirmalam\line h\'e5\'f1\'e9kena h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucyate
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Devotional service to the Supreme Lord means engagement of all the senses in His service. In such service there are two important
 features: First, one must be purified of all designations, and second, the senses should be engaged only in the service of the Supreme Lord, the master of the senses. That is pure devotional service."
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is now contaminated by various designations in relation to the body. Everyone is thinking, "I belong to such-and-such country
; I belong to a certain society; I belong to a certain family." But when a person comes to the stage of pure devotional service, he knows that he does not belong to anything except the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The symptom of unflinching faith in pure devotional service is that one has overcome the many disruptive desires that impede pure devo
tional service, such as (1) the desire to worship the demigods, (2) the desire to serve someone other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, (3) the desire to work for sense gratification, without understanding one's relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, (4) the desire to cul
tivate impersonal knowledge and thereby forget the Supreme Lord, and (5) the desire to establish oneself as the Supreme, in which endeavor there is no trace of the bliss of devotional service. One should give up all these desires and engage exclusively i
n the loving devotional service of the Lord. Except for the service of the Lord, anything done is in the service of illusion, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should try to get out of illusion and be engaged in the factual service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba utilizes all 
the senses, and when the senses are engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they become purified. There are ten senses\'97five active senses and five knowledge-acquiring senses. The active senses are the power of talking, the hands, the legs, the evacu
ating outlet, and the generating organ. The knowledge-acquiring senses are the eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue, and the sense of touch. The mind, the center of all the senses, is sometimes considered the eleventh sense.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One cannot engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord with these senses in their present materially covered state. Theref
ore one should take up the process of devotional service to purify them. There are sixty-four items of regulative devotional service for purifying the senses, and one should strenuously undergo such regulative service. Then one can enter into the transce
ndental loving service 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 {\*\bkmkstart Gitar Gan}{\*\bkmkend Gitar Gan}{\b
\v\f12\fs48\cf12 G\'e9t\'e4r G\'e4n
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Bengali Poetic Edition of Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4 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 Introduction
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Last year His Master's Voice recording studio in India expressed their willingness to produce a musical presentation of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4r G\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and market it throughout India. We naturally became quite excited about the project. But 
we soon realized that it would not be possible, because the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust did not want to give the copyright to any outside organization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The only way open to us at that time was to produce it ourselves. However, it was a large production and needed a lot of money.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My initial reaction after that was to forget the project. But then it occured to me that it would be a nice gift to offer to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da for his cente
nnial. His Divine Grace was very emphatic about popularizing his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4r G\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , among the Be
ngali speaking people. I realized what an impact this musical rendition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4r G\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wou
ld have on the music-loving Bengalis if it were professionally produced. It will undoubtedly go a long way to turn them on to the message of Bhagavad G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the help of His Masters Voice, we got the best musicians and singers in Calcutta. About a dozen artists worked full time for about 2 months to produce these 6 
tapes. The music director, an eminent sarod player, Mr Srikumar Banerjee, often stayed up until early in the morning writing the musical scores, and then went to the studio to record throughout the day. This naturally shows what a keen interest he took i
n composing the music.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For such a large production, one major problem is that it can become monotonous. Especially when the entire book has been written in the same poetic meter. However,
 Mr. Srikumar Banerjee dealt with that problem very expertly. Perfect application of different ragas with different beats maintained the novelty and excitement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally we offered the tapes to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on 4th February 1995, through a grand celebration in the most prestigious auditorium in Calcutta. The audi
torium was packed with the elite of Calcutta. The first performance was made for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's pleasure. It seems that His Divine Grace liked it. Now it is being offered to the devotees all over the world. If they like it, I will consider o
ur endeavour has been successful.
\par }\pard \s1357 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf25\nosupersub Bhakti Charu Swami\line Ramnavami\line 9 April 1995
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 1
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra
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ar kahata sa\'efjay\line dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra jij\'ef\'e4saye sandigdha h\'e5day
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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 sa\'efjay kahilen:\line r\'e4j\'e4 \'e7una mana diy\'e4\line p\'e4\'eb\'f2aver sainya-sajj\'e4 s\'e4j\'e4na dekhiy\'e4\line r
\'e4j\'e4 duryodhan \'e7\'e9ghra dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya p\'e4\'e7e\line y\'e4iy\'e4 v\'e5tt\'e4nta sab kahila sak\'e4\'e7e
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\line tava \'e7i\'f1ya vuddhim\'e4n drupadera putra\line s\'e4j\'e4ila ei sab kari ekas\'fctra
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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 dekha p\'e4rtha samaveta dh\'e4rta-r\'e4\'f1\'f6raga\'eb\line bh\'e9\'f1ma dro\'eb pramukhata yata yoddh\'e4ga\'eb
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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 t\'e4rpar dekhe p\'e4rtha yoddh\'e5-pit\'e5ga\'eb\line \'e4c\'e4rya m\'e4tul \'e4di pit\'e5sama han\line dekhe putra pautr\'e4di
k yata sakh\'e4jan\line \'e4r saba vahu lok \'e4tm\'e9ya-svajan\line \'e7va\'e7ur\'e4di ku\'f6umv\'e9ya n\'e4hi p\'e4r\'e4p\'e4r\line ubhaya-pak\'f1\'e9ya sainya se hala ap\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4dera dekhila p\'e4rtha saba-i v\'e4ndhava\line k\'ec\'e4pila h\'e5daya t\'e4ra vi\'f1a\'eb\'eba vaibhava\line k\'e5p\'e4te 
k\'ec\'e4piche man ati day\'e4v\'e4n\line vi\'f1a\'eb\'eba haiy\'e4 bale \'e7una bhagav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahaye k\'e5\'f1\'eba er\'e4 ye svajan\line ra\'eb\'e4\'e0gane \'e4siy\'e4che karib\'e4re ra\'eb\line dekhiy\'e4 \'e4m\'e4
r g\'e4tre hayeche rom\'e4\'efca\line mukha-madhye ras n\'e4i e ye mah\'e4va\'efca
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'ec\'e4piche \'e7ar\'e9r mor sahite n\'e4 p\'e4ri\line g\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9v khasiy\'e4 y\'e4y ki kariy\'e4 dhari\line jvaliy\'e4
 u\'f6hiche tvak mah\'e4-t\'e4pa v\'e4\'eb\line haio n\'e4 haio n\'e4 vandhu \'e4r \'e4guy\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asthira hayechi \'e4mi sthir nahe man\line sab bhul haye y\'e4ya ki kari ekhan\line vipar\'e9ta artha dekhi \'e7unaha ke\'e7av
\line e yuddhe k\'e4j n\'e4hi hala pa\'eb\'f2a sab
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kona hita n\'e4hi heth\'e4 svajana-sa\'e0h\'e4re\line yuddhe mor k\'e4j n\'e4i phir\'e4o \'e4m\'e4re\line he k\'e5\'f1\'eba! vij
aya mor n\'e4hi se \'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4\line r\'e4jya \'e4r sukh \'e7\'e4nti saba-i \'e4\'e7a\'eck\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4dera l\'e4giy\'e4 c\'e4hi sukha-bhoga \'e7\'e4nti\line t\'e4r\'e4i eseche heth\'e4 dite se a\'e7\'e4nti
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhana pr\'e4\'eba saba tyaji mariv\'e4r tare\line sab\'e4i eseche heth\'e4 ke j\'e9ye ke mare
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eseche \'e4c\'e4rya p\'fcjya pit\'e4ra sam\'e4n\line sa\'ecge \'e4che p\'e9t\'e4maha \'e4r putraga\'eb
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tula \'e7va\'e7ura pautra kata ye kahiba \line \'e7\'e4l\'e4 \'e4r samvandh\'e9 sab\'e4i mariba
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi mari k\'f1ati n\'e4i er\'e4 yadi mare\line edera marite \'e7akti n\'e4hi dekhib\'e4re
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tribhuvana r\'e4jya yadi p\'e4iba jiniy\'e4\line tath\'e4pi n\'e4 lai t\'e4h\'e4 edera m\'e4riy\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4rta-r\'e4\'f1\'f6raga\'ebe m\'e4ri kiv\'e4 pr\'e9ti habe\line jan\'e4rdana tumi k\'e5\'f1\'eba \'e4pani kahibe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32-35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub edera m\'e4rile m\'e4tra p\'e4pa l\'e4bha habe\line emana vipak\'f1a \'e7atru ke dekheche kabe\line ei dh\'e4rtar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra-
ga\'eb sa-v\'e4ndhava hay\line ucita n\'e4 hay k\'e4rya t\'e4h\'e4dera k\'f1ay\line svajana m\'e4riy\'e4 bala keb\'e4 kabe sukh\'e9\line sukha-le\'e7a n\'e4hi m\'e4tra haba \'e7udhu du\'f9kh\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 36
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yadyapi er\'e4 n\'e4hi dekhe lobh\'e9jana\line kula-k\'f1aya mitra-droha saba alak\'f1a\'eba\line esab p\'e4pera r\'e4\'e7i ke v
ahite p\'e4re\line bujhibe tumi ta sab bujh\'e4ve \'e4m\'e4re\line ucit ki nahe ei p\'e4pe niv\'e5tti \line bujh\'e4 ki ucit nahe sei kuprav\'e5tti\line kulak\'f1aye yei do\'f1 j\'e4na jan\'e4rdan\line ataev ei yuddha kara niv\'e4ra\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 37-38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kula-k\'f1aye kalu\'f1ita san\'e4tana dharma\line dharma-na\'f1\'f6e pr\'e4durbh\'e4ve haibe adharma
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adharmer pr\'e4durbh\'e4ve kula-n\'e4r\'e9ga\'eb\line patit\'e4 haibe sab kara anve\'f1a\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1\'f6\'e4 str\'e9 haile janme var\'eba-sa\'eckar dal\line var\'eba-sa\'eckar hale habe naraker phal\line yei se k\'e4ra\'eb
a hay var\'eba-sa\'eckarera\line kulak\'f1ay kulaghn\'e4ni yei aparer
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 41
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub narake patana hay lupta pi\'eb\'f2a janya\line tariv\'e4r n\'e4hi kona up\'e4y ye anya\line kula dharmer na\'f1\'f6a-k\'e4r\'e9 
var\'eba-sa\'eckar phale\line \'e7 \'e4\'e7vata j\'e4ti dharma uts\'e4dita hale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 narake niyata v\'e4sa se manu\'f1yer hay\line tumi j\'e4na jan\'e4rdan se saba vi\'f1ay\line \'e4mi \'e7uniy\'e4chi t\'e4i s\'e4
dhu-santa mukhe \line naraker pathe cali ke rahibe sukhe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 h\'e4ya h\'e4ya mah\'e4p\'e4p karite udyata\line hayechi \'e4mr\'e4 \'e7udhu haye kalu\'f1ita\line r\'e4jyera lobhete pa\'f2e e 
du\'f1k\'e4rya kari\line svajana hanana ei ucita ki hari?
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 44
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yadi dh\'e4rta-r\'e4\'f1\'f6ra-ga\'eb \'e4m\'e4ke m\'e4riy\'e4\line ei ra\'ebe r\'e4jya lay a\'e7astra bujhiy\'e4\line se bh\'e4
lo mane kari yuddha se apek\'f1\'e4\line vin\'e4-yuddhe sei \'e4mi kariba pratik\'f1\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 45
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekath\'e4 baliy\'e4 p\'e4rtha ni\'e7cala basila \line rathopastha yuddha madhye astra se tyajila\line \'e7okete udvignaman\'e4 a
rjun sadaya\line vi\'f1\'e4d-yoga n\'e4m ei g\'e9t\'e4ra vi\'f1ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 2\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Contents of the G\'e9t\'e4 Summarized
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dekhiy\'e4 arjune k\'e5\'f1\'eba sei a\'e7rujale\line k\'e5p\'e4y \'e4vi\'f1\'f6a haye bh\'e4vita vikale\line k\'e5p\'e4may madh
us\'fcdan kahila t\'e4h\'e4re\line iti-v\'e4kya bandhu-bh\'e4ve ati mi\'f1\'f6a-svare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\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 kahilen:\line kibh\'e4ve arjuna tumi ghor yuddhasthale\line an\'e4ryer \'e7ok\'e4nal prad\'e9pta karile
\line ak\'e9rti asvarga l\'e4bh haibe tom\'e4r\line chi chi bandhu ch\'e4\'f2a ei ayogya \'e4c\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub napu\'e0sak naha p\'e4rtha e ki vyavah\'e4r\line yogya nahe e k\'e4rya bandhu ye \'e4m\'e4r\line h\'e5day-daurvalya ei ni\'f1cay
ai j\'e4nibe\line ch\'e4\'f2a ei, kara yuddha yadi \'e7atr\'fcke m\'e4ribe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line madhus\'fcdan! ki \'e4j\'ef\'e4 kara tumi more\line bh\'e9\'f1ma dro\'eb gurujan t\'e4re m\'e4rib\'e4re?
\line p\'fcj\'e4r yogya ye t\'ec\'e4r\'e4 han nityak\'e4la\line t\'ec\'e4der \'e7ar\'e9re v\'e4\'eb sut\'e9k\'f1\'eba dh\'e4r\'e4la?
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7udhu guru nahe t\'ec\'e4r\'e4,           mah\'e4nubhav hay y\'ec\'e4r\'e4\line haty\'e4 kari t\'ec\'e4der sab\'e4re\line tad
apek\'f1\'e4 bhik\'f1\'e4 bh\'e4la,           k\'e4\'f6iye y\'e4ibe k\'e4l,\line mithy\'e4 yuddha kar\'e4o \'e4m\'e4re\line haty\'e4 ei mah\'e4k\'e4m,            vidhi ye haila v\'e4m,\line ei yuddhe guru haty\'e4 habe\line se bhog rudhira m\'e4kh\'e4,  
       kemane kariba sakh\'e4,\line se yuddha ke kariy\'e4che kabe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bujhite p\'e4ri n\'e4 bh\'e4la,          koth\'e4ya garim\'e4 hala,\line kon k\'e4rya juy\'e4ya \'e4m\'e4y\line kiv\'e4 \'e4mi j
ay kari,           kimb\'e4 \'e4mi nije mari\line dui nouk\'e4 \'e4m\'e4re n\'e4c\'e4y\line y\'e4der m\'e4riy\'e4 ra\'ebe,            b\'ec\'e4ciba se ak\'e4ra\'ebe,\line t\'e4r\'e4 sab \'e4m\'e4r sammukhe\line dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra-putraga\'eb,       
   \'e4r yata bandhu-jan,\line marile se habe mor du\'f9kha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\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\'f1ete d\'fc\'f1\'e9,          mohete hayechi va\'e7\'e9,\line sva svabh\'e4v hala apah\'e5ta\line nija dharma
 ch\'e4\'f2i m\'fc\'f2ha          jij\'ef\'e4si tom\'e4re d\'e5\'f2ha\line k\'e5p\'e4 kari karaha sa\'e0yata\line tumi j\'e4na hita mor,          hayechi mohete bhor,\line bh\'e4la y\'e4te karaha bic\'e4re\line hainu tom\'e4r \'e7i\'f1ya,          dekhuk
 sakal vi\'e7va,\line \'e7ik\'f1\'e4 d\'e4o ei prapannere
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dekhi n\'e4 \'e4mi ye andha,          t\'e4he buddhi ati manda,\line \'e7o-k\'e4nal nibhibe kibh\'e4be\line ye \'e7ok jv\'e4l
\'e4ya more,          indriy\'e4di sab po\'f2e,\line bhava-rog kir\'fcpe ghuc\'e4be\line yadi p\'e4i tribhuvan,          r\'e4jya-lak\'f1m\'e9 sulobhan,\line asapatna r\'e4jyera vik\'e4\'e7a\line devaloke \'e4dhipatya,          tom\'e4ke kahinu satya,
\line n\'e4hi habe e \'e7oka vin\'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'efjay kahilen:\line se-kath\'e4 baliy\'e4 gu\'f2\'e4ke\'e7a parat\'e4p\'e9\line h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7e nivedila yadio prat\'e4
p\'e9\line he govinda! mor dv\'e4r\'e4 yuddha n\'e4hi habe\line yuddha ch\'e4\'f2i sei v\'e9r rahila n\'e9rabe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub snigdha h\'e4si manohar h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7 bale\line he bh\'e4rat! arjunera \'e7uniy\'e4 sakale\line yuddha k\'f1etre sainya-ma
dhye h\'e4siy\'e4 h\'e4siy\'e4\line upade\'e7a karen g\'e9t\'e4 vi\'f1a\'eb\'eba dekhiy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\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 kahilen:\line a\'e7ocya vi\'f1aye \'e7ok kara tumi v\'e9r\line praj\'ef\'e4v\'e4d bh\'e4\'f1yak\'e4r yena 
kona dh\'e9r\line pa\'eb\'f2ita ye jana hay \'e7ok n\'e4hi t\'e4r\line m\'e5ta deha nitya \'e4tm\'e4 se j\'e4ne vic\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tumi \'e4mi yata r\'e4j\'e4 sammukhe tom\'e4r\line er\'e4 sab cira nitya karaha vic\'e4r\line p\'fcrve er\'e4 n\'e4hi chila pare
 n\'e4 th\'e4kibe\line m\'fcrkhera vic\'e4ra ei ni\'e7cayai j\'e4nibe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deha deh\'e9 bhed dui nity\'e4nitya sei\line kaum\'e4r youvan jar\'e4 parivartan yei\line deher svak\'e4rya hay deh\'e9 nitya ra
he\line tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntar-pr\'e4pti pa\'eb\'f2iter\'e4 kahe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e9t u\'f1\'eba sukh du\'f9kha indriya vik\'e4r\line indriyer d\'e4sa y\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4he adhik\'e4r\line se sab anitya vast
u \'e4si cali y\'e4y\line sahi\'f1\'ebut\'e4 m\'e4tra gu\'eb t\'e4h\'e4ra up\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyath\'e4 n\'e4hi dy\'e4ya y\'e4re anitya eisab\line sejan bujhila j\'e4na puru\'f1\'e4rtha vaibhav\line samadu\'f9kha sukha-dh
\'e9r anitya vy\'e4p\'e4re\line amaratva sei p\'e4y jitiy\'e4 sa\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asat \'e7ar\'e9ra ei satt\'e4 n\'e4hi t\'e4r\line nitya-satya j\'e9v haya m\'e5tyu n\'e4hi y\'e4r\line ubhaya vic\'e4r kari kari
la ni\'e7cit\line tattvadar\'e7\'e9 sei kahe yei hay hit
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avin\'e4\'e7\'e9 sei bujha sarvatra vist\'e4r\line y\'e4h\'e4r abh\'e4ve haya deha mah\'e4bh\'e4r\line k\'f1ay-vyay n\'e4hi y
\'e4r ke m\'e4rite p\'e4re\line amarer m\'e4r kiv\'e4 karaha vic\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7e\'f1a haiy\'e4 y\'e4be ei ja\'f2a deha\line nitya \'e4tm\'e4 j\'e4na bh\'e4la n\'e4 maribe keha\line vin\'e4\'e7\'e9 
prameya nahe \'e4tm\'e4 bh\'e4la mate\line satya bujhi d\'e5\'f2ha-vrata hao ta' yuddhete
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye jana bujheche \'e4tm\'e4 mare yete p\'e4re\line athav\'e4 ye jana bujhe \'e4tm\'e4 anye m\'e4re\line ubhayei bhram\'e4tmak ki
chu n\'e4hi bujhe\line mare n\'e4 m\'e4re n\'e4 \'e4tm\'e4 j\'e4na yuddha yujhe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janama mara\'eba n\'e4i,          haya n\'e4i, habe n\'e4i\line hayechila t\'e4h\'e4 nahe \'e4tm\'e4\line aja nitya \'e7\'e4\'e7
vata,          pur\'e4tana nitya satya,\line \'e7ar\'e9rer n\'e4\'e7 nahe m\'e5tyu
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye jeneche \'e4tm\'e4 nitya aja avin\'e4\'e7\'e9\line avyay ajar \'e4tm\'e4 sarva div\'e4ni\'e7i\line se kena m\'e4ribe anye m
\'fcrkhera matan\line se j\'e4ne ni\'e7cita \'e4tm\'e4 mare n\'e4 kakhana
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pur\'e4tana vastra yath\'e4,          bha\'ecgura \'e7ar\'e9ra tath\'e4\line ek ch\'e4\'f2i anya vastra par\line pur\'e4tana vas
tra ch\'e4\'f2e,          nav\'e9na basana pare\line nav\'e9na \'e7ar\'e9ra sei dhare\line j\'e9r\'eba \'e7ar\'e9r ch\'e4\'f2i,          nav\'e9na \'e7ar\'e9ra dhari\line deh\'e9navya haya punarv\'e4ra\line deha deh\'e9 ei bhed,          t\'e4h\'e4te v
\'e4 kiv\'e4 khed\line ch\'e4\'f2a du\'f9kha yuddha karib\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub astr\'e4gh\'e4te n\'e4hi k\'e4\'f6e cinmaya \'e7ar\'e9r\line agni n\'e4 jv\'e4l\'e4ya t\'e4h\'e4 \'e7una vij\'efa v\'e9r\line ja
l dv\'e4r\'e4 n\'e4hi bhije v\'e4yu n\'e4 \'e7uk\'e4y\line gh\'e4t pratigh\'e4t sab ja\'f2ete juy\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acchedya je \'e4tm\'e4 hay akledya a\'e7o\'f1ya\line cid\'e4nanda \'e4tm\'e4 nahe ja\'f2era se po\'f1ya\line sarvatra \'e4tm\'e4
ra gati sthir san\'e4tan\line acala a\'f6ala \'e4tm\'e4 nitya se n\'fctan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4\'f6\'e4 jv\'e4l\'e4 bhij\'e4 \'e7uk\'e4 ja\'f2era lak\'f1a\'eb\line ja\'f2er dv\'e4r\'e4 vyakta nahe avyakta kakhan\line m
an dv\'e4r\'e4 cintya hay ja\'f2era lak\'f1a\'eb\line \'e4tm\'e4 ja\'f2a vastu nahe acintya kathan\line ja\'f2era vik\'e4ra hay \'e4tm\'e4 avik\'e4r\line ja\'f2a \'e4tm\'e4 bibhinnat\'e4 \'e7una b\'e4r b\'e4r\line yath\'e4-yatha \'e4tma-tattva karaha vic
\'e4r\line vic\'e4ra karile citte p\'e4be camatk\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vic\'e4ra karibe yabe \'e7ok n\'e4hi rabe\line \'e4tm\'e4ra nityatva j\'e4ni nity\'e4nanda p\'e4be\line yadi t\'e4i m\'e4na tumi
 dehai sarvasva\line paricaya n\'e4hi kichu \'e4tm\'e4ra nijasva\line nitya janma nitya m\'e5tyu deha m\'e4tra hay\line tabuo tom\'e4ra du\'f9kha n\'e4hi tabu t\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja\'f2a deha upajaya aniv\'e4rya k\'f1ay\line k\'f1ay haye ja\'f2a dravya puna\'f9 upajay\line ja\'f2a dravya r\'fcpa ch\'e4di a
nya r\'fcpa hay\line n\'fctana r\'fcpera janya anya r\'fcpa kay\line ei ja\'f2a vij\'efa yadi karaye vic\'e4r\line tath\'e4pi \'e7okera kath\'e4 nahe tiladh\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja\'f2era r\'fcp\'e4di n\'e4hi pareo th\'e4ke n\'e4\line madhye m\'e4tra r\'fcpa gu\'eba sakali bh\'e4van\'e4\line ataeva nir
\'e4k\'e4ra yadi nir\'e4k\'e4r\line t\'e4h\'e4te tom\'e4ra du\'f9kha kisera \'e4b\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7carya \'e4tm\'e4r kath\'e4,          n\'e4 bujhaye yath\'e4 tath\'e4\line \'e4\'e7carya t\'e4h\'e4r dekh\'e4-\'e7un\'e4
\line \'e4\'e7carya kehav\'e4 bale,         \'e4\'e7carya kehav\'e4 chale\line \'e4\'e7carya t\'e4h\'e4r adhy\'e4pan\'e4\line \'e4\'e7carya haiy\'e4 \'e7une,          tath\'e4pi v\'e4 n\'e4hi m\'e4ne\line \'e4\'e7carya ye \'e4\'e7caryera kath\'e4\line 
\'e4\'e7carya haiy\'e4 rahe,          \'e4\'e7carya bujhite nahe\line \'e4\'e7carya ati durlabhat\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddh\'e4nta \'e4tm\'e4ra kath\'e4\'82 \'e7una he bh\'e4rat\line ved\'e4nta \'e4m\'e4ra kath\'e4 \'e7una sei-mata\line deh\'e9 n
itya mare n\'e4hi sakala deher\line deher vin\'e4\'e7a t\'e4i nahe ta' \'e7oker
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nija dharma dekhi puna\'f9 n\'e4 hao vikal\line k\'f1atriyera yuddha kar\'e4 dharma ye sakal
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4y\'e4se p\'e4iy\'e4cha svarga-dv\'e4r khol\'e4\line se yuddha k\'e4ryete n\'e4hi kara abahel\'e4\line bh\'e4gyav\'e4n v
\'e9r sei hena yuddha p\'e4y\line yuddha kari yaj\'efa-phal k\'f1atriya labhay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva tumi p\'e4rtha yadi yuddha ch\'e4\'f2a\line svadharma svak\'e9rti sab ekatre ug\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4ra ak\'e9rti lok ni\'e7cayai g\'e4hibe\line v\'ec\'e4ciy\'e4 mara\'eba taba vigho\'f1ita habe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4rath y\'e4r\'e4 sab nind\'e4 ye karibe\line bhay peye ch\'e4\'f2e ra\'eb t\'e4r\'e4 ye balibe\line y\'e4h\'e4der ga\'ebya
-m\'e4nya tumi ye ekhan\line sakaler cak\'f1e cho\'f6a haibe takhan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kata g\'e4l\'e4g\'e4li dibe akathya kathan\line bh\'e4bi dekha taba hita ki habe takhan\line nija nind\'e4 \'e7uni tumi n\'e9rab
a rahibe\line bala p\'e4rtha sei nind\'e4 kemane sahibe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 36
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mare yadi svarga p\'e4o seo bh\'e4la kath\'e4\line b\'ec\'e4ciy\'e4 p\'e4ibe bhog nahe se anyath\'e4\line b\'ec\'e4c\'e4 mar\'e4
 dui bh\'e4la yuddhete ni\'e7cay\line hena yuddha ch\'e4da tumi \'e4\'e7carya vi\'f1ay\line he kaunteya u\'f6ha tumi n\'e4hi kara hel\'e4\line yuddha karib\'e4re ni\'e7caya kara ei bel\'e4
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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 sukha-du\'f9kha samakar h\'e4ni l\'e4bha saba\line jay\'e4-jay n\'e4hi bhay kartavya baliba\line yuddhera l\'e4giy\'e4 tumi \'e7
udhu yuddha kara\line n\'e4hi t\'e4te p\'e4p bhay ei satya ba\'f2a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nera vic\'e4re sab balinu tom\'e4ke\line ebe \'e7una buddhi-yoge j\'ef\'e4n parip\'e4ka\line j\'efan\'e9ra yogyat\'e4 y
adi parip\'e4k hay\line bhakti dv\'e4r\'e4 buddhi-yog tabe se bujhay\line bhakti-yukta karma haya karma-yoga n\'e4m\line y\'e4h\'e4r s\'e4dhane karma bandhana vir\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ay vyay n\'e4hi n\'e4\'e7 se k\'e4rya s\'e4dhane\line y\'e4h\'e4 p\'e4ra kare y\'e4o sa\'efcay e dhane\line svalpa m\'e4tra
 haya yadi se dharma s\'e4dhan\line mah\'e4-bhay hate rak\'f1\'e4 p\'e4ibe takhan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyavas\'e4y\'e4tmik\'e4 buddhi he kuru-nandana\line ek-m\'e4tra haya t\'e4h\'e4 bahu n\'e4 kakhana\line ananta ap\'e4r se a-vyav
as\'e4y\'e9 hay\line bahu \'e7\'e4kh\'e4 bist\'e4rita ke kare nir\'ebay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 41
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'f1pera s\'e4jane y\'e4h\'e4 i\'f1\'f6a mi\'f1\'f6a kath\'e4\line karm\'e9ra h\'e5day t\'e4h\'e4 kare prafullit\'e4\line sei 
veda b\'e4d\'e9 sab bhoger k\'e4ra\'eb\line yath\'e4-sarva sei kath\'e4 karaye vara\'eb
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrkha sei bhogab\'e4d\'e9 \'e4p\'e4ta madhur\line datta-citta haye y\'e4ya \'e4sale phatur\line k\'e4m\'e4tman\'e4 loka sab 
svarga bhog c\'e4y\line karma-phal bhoga-lips\'e4 \'e4r n\'e4 bujhay\line \'e4\'f2ambare bhule y\'e4ya bhogai\'e7varya c\'e4y\line buddhi-yog ek lak\'f1ya t\'e4h\'e4 n\'e4 m\'e4nay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 42-43
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhogai\'e7varye \'e4sakta ye p\'e4galera mata\line nijeke h\'e4riy\'e4 base \'e4\'e7\'e4 \'e7ata \'e7ata\line t\'e4r\'e4 n\'e4hi
 bujhe vyavas\'e4y\'e4tmik\'e4 buddhi\line \'e4sakti t\'e4der \'e7udhu bhukti mukti siddhi
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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 trigu\'ebera madhye ved sattva rajastama\line t\'e4h\'e4ra upare u\'f6ha tabe se uttama\line takhani dvandva bh\'e4v ghucibe tom
\'e4r\line nitya \'e7uddha sattva bh\'e4v habe \'e4vi\'f1k\'e4r\line \'e4tmav\'e4na hay sad\'e4 niryoga nik\'f1em\line ye dhane se dhan\'e9 t\'e4h\'e4 bhagavad prem
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 45
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei preme bh\'e4sam\'e4n sarva l\'e4bha p\'e4y\line k\'fcpa jala nad\'e9 jal yath\'e4 yath\'e4 hay\line ek k\'fcpe hay ek k\'e4r
yera s\'e4dhan\line nad\'e9ra jalete hay ekatre bh\'e4jan\line vedera t\'e4tparya sei ek lak\'f1ya hay\line br\'e4hma\'eba ye hay sei samasta bujhay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 nija adhik\'e4r m\'e4tra karma kare y\'e4o\line karma-phal n\'e4hi c\'e4o \'e4sakti ghuc\'e4o\line karma-phal hetu sad\'e4 n\'e4
 haibe tumi\line anuk\'fcla karma yei sei karma bh\'fcmi
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 47
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 haye kara karma \'e4sakti rahita\line \'e4sakti rahita karma bhagav\'e4ne pr\'e9ta\line dhana\'efjaya! sa\'ecga tyaji ka
rma kare y\'e4o \line siddhi v\'e4 asiddhi sama vai\'f1amya ghuc\'e4o\line ei sama bh\'e4v hay yogo siddhi n\'e4m\line sei siddhi-l\'e4bhe p\'fcr\'eba sarva manask\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 48
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yoga dv\'e4r\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2\'e4 karma avar\'e4di\line k\'e4m k\'e5\'f1\'eba karm\'e4rpa\'ebe n\'e4 hao vi\'f1\'e4d\'e9
\line anuk\'f1a\'eb sei buddhe \'e7ara\'eb\'e4gati y\'e4r \line k\'e5pa\'eber phal hetu icch\'e4 nahe t\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 49
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yog dv\'e4r\'e4 karma suk\'e5ti ye phal\line du\'f1k\'e5ti v\'e4 phale y\'e4h\'e4 karaye nirmal\line ataev tumi sei yoge 
yuddha kara \line karmera kou\'e7al ei buddhi-yog dhara
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 50
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man\'e9\'f1\'e9 yei se karma buddhi yog dv\'e4r\'e4\line ty\'e4gete samartha hay karma phal s\'e4r\'e4\line janma-bandha vinirmu
kta sei karma-yog\'e9\line an\'e4may pada pr\'e4pta haya sei ty\'e4g\'e9
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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 yakhana tom\'e4ra man buddhi yog dv\'e4r\'e4\line mohar\'fcpa kardam\'e4kta haye y\'e4be p\'e4r\'e4\line takhana nirved sab haye
 y\'e4be k\'e4m\line \'e7rutira \'e7rotavya taba n\'e4hi rabe dh\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 52
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rutira g\'e5h\'e9ta j\'ef\'e4n yakhana ni\'e7cal\'e4\line karma j\'ef\'e4n yoga \'e4di takhani saphal\'e4\line sam\'e4dhi ta
khana hay karma yoge sthiti\line sthita-praj\'efa t\'e4r n\'e4ma yog\'e4r\'fc\'f2ha gati
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 53
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line ki lak\'f1a\'eb sthita-praj\'efa kiv\'e4 t\'e4\'ecr bh\'e4\'f1\'e4\line he ke\'e7av! kaha more sam\'e4dhisth
a \'e4\'e7\'e4\line sthita-dh\'e9 ki bale ki\'e0b\'e4 u\'f6h\'e4-bas\'e4 kare\line ki bh\'e4be gaman kare kahata bist\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 54
\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 kahilen:\line nijera indriya sukhe yata k\'e4m \'e4che\line baddha j\'e9va mano-dharme dh\'e4ya p\'e4che p
\'e4che\line se sab k\'e4man\'e4 tyaji \'e4tma-bhagav\'e4ne\line sambandha j\'e4niy\'e4 krame hay \'e4guy\'e4ne\line takhana j\'e4nibe tu\'f1\'f6a sthita-praj\'efa sukh\'e9\line e ch\'e4\'f2\'e4 \'e4r ye lok sakalei du\'f9kh\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 55
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9khe anudvigna-man\'e4 sukhe n\'e4hi sp\'e5h\'e4\line nija seb\'e4 k\'e4rye y\'ec\'e4r ekam\'e4tra \'e9h\'e4\line v\'e9tar
\'e4g \'e7oka bhay krodh n\'e4hi y\'ec\'e4r\line se jana sthita-dh\'e9 muni vidita sab\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 56
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deha sm\'e5ti n\'e4hi y\'ec\'e4r \'e7ubh\'e4\'e7ubha kib\'e4 t\'e4\'ecr\line sarvatra anabhi sneha lok vyavah\'e4r\line abhinand
a dve\'f1 n\'e4i sarva hite rata\line t\'ec\'e4h\'e4r j\'e4nio praj\'ef\'e4 sthir prati\'f1\'f6hita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 57
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go-d\'e4sa indriya sukhe vicalita sad\'e4\line gosv\'e4m\'e9 hayeche dh\'e9r \'e4tm\'e4te sarvad\'e4\line t\'e4i se indriya saba
 k\'fcrma a\'ecga mata\line indriya bhog\'e4rtha sad\'e4 vi\'f1aye virata\line ataeva j\'e4ni t\'ec\'e4ra praj\'ef\'e4 prati\'f1\'f6hita\line se jana up\'e4dhi mukta gosv\'e4m\'e9 vidita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 58
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya kariy\'e4 hay vi\'f1aya-niv\'e5tti\line t\'e4h\'e4 nahe sthita-praj\'ef\'e4 sv\'e4bh\'e4vik v\'e5tti\line param\'e4n
anda j\'e4ni yeb\'e4 ja\'f2\'e4nanda ch\'e4\'f2e\line sthita-praj\'efa sei v\'e9r vi\'f1aya vih\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 59
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4ra samparka n\'e4i vair\'e4gyer yatan\line pa\'eb\'f2ita haleo t\'e4r prasabhita man\line pram\'e4th\'e9 indriya t\'e4
ke vi\'f1ayete phele\line \'e7u\'f1ka vair\'e4g\'e9r l\'e4ge \'e4guna kap\'e4le
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 60
\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-sev\'e4 yukta hay indriya sa\'e0yata\line indriya ye ba\'e7 hay praj\'ef\'e4 prati\'f1\'f6hita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 61
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7u\'f1ka vair\'e4gya ye \'e4r vi\'f1ayete dhy\'e4n\line krame krame sa\'ecga sei hay \'e4guy\'e4n\line sa\'ecga krame k\'e4m 
haya k\'e4me krodha hay\line krodhe sammohan pare vibhrama b\'e4\'f2aya\line sm\'e5ti bhra\'f1\'f6a hale pare buddhi-n\'e4\'e7a hay\line vair\'e4g\'e9r sarva-n\'e4\'e7 sei se pary\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 62-63
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva r\'e4g dve\'f1 n\'e4hi y\'ec\'e4r ati\line mukta yev\'e4 haiy\'e4che vi\'f1ayera gati\line citta pras\'e4de se hay k\'e5
\'f1\'eb\'e4rpita man\line vi\'f1aye th\'e4kiy\'e4 tini j\'e9vanmukta han
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 64
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4nanda sukh yei pras\'e4da t\'e4r n\'e4m\line y\'e4h\'e4ra pr\'e4ptite du\'f9kha hay antardh\'e4n\line se pras\'e4de pra
ti\'f1\'f6hita ye hay ni\'e7cita\line \'e4tmani\'f1\'f6h\'e4 buddhi t\'e4r jagate vidita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 65
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vera svar\'fcpa hay \'e4nandete mati\line buddhiyoga vin\'e4 t\'e4ra koth\'e4y v\'e4 gati\line ataeva se bh\'e4van\'e4 n
\'e4hi y\'e4r sthiti\line koth\'e4 \'e7\'e4nti t\'e4r bala sukhera pragati
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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 indriya c\'e4lita kari manodharme sthiti\line v\'e4yura madhyete yath\'e4 nouk\'e4ra pragati\line se nouk\'e4 yemana sad\'e4 
\'f6alamala kare\line ayukta vyaktira praj\'ef\'e4 seir\'fcpa hare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 67
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva mah\'e4v\'e4ho \'e7una man diy\'e4\line nig\'e5h\'e9ta man y\'ec\'e4ra \'e4m\'e4re s\'ecapiy\'e4\line t\'ec\'e4h\'e4ra in
driya va\'e7 more samarpita\line t\'ec\'e4h\'e4ra-i praj\'ef\'e4 haya p\'fcr\'eba prati\'f1\'f6hita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 68
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e9 vi\'f1aye ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 kare se pracur\line sarvad\'e4 j\'e4grata sei sad\'e4 bharapur\line sa\'e0yam\'e9ra sei c
e\'f1\'f6\'e4 ni\'e7\'e4ra sam\'e4n\line sa\'e0yam\'e9 j\'e4grata th\'e4ke \'e4tma-vi\'f1ay\'e4n\line vi\'f1ay\'e9ra sei \'e4tm\'e4 r\'e4trira sam\'e4n\line ubhayera k\'e4rya haya bahu vyavadh\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 69
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samudre nad\'e9r jala yemana prave\'e7\line vicalita nahe sei sad\'e4 nirvi\'e7e\'f1\line seibh\'e4be mane y\'e4r k\'e4mera c
\'e4lan\'e4\line se \'e7\'e4nti p\'e4ibe phal \'e7\'e4ntira s\'e4dhan\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 70
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma ch\'e4\'f2i saba yeb\'e4 nisp\'e5ha dh\'e9m\'e4n\line sarvatra bhrama\'eba kare n\'e4radiya g\'e4n\line mamat\'e4-vih
\'e9na \'e4r aha\'eck\'e4ra n\'e4i\line t\'e4r \'e7\'e4nti vini\'e7cita sei ta' gosani
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 71
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei se sm\'e5tir n\'e4m br\'e4hm\'e9-sthiti hay\line y\'ec\'e4r pr\'e4pti hay t\'e4\'ecr mohana koth\'e4ya\line sei sthiti yadi 
haya mara\'ebera k\'e4le\line brahma-sthiti bh\'e4va nahe k\'e4lera kabale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 72
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 3\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Karma-yoga
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line yadi buddhi-yoga \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha ohe jan\'e4rdan\line ghor yuddhe niyojita kara ki k\'e4ra\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dvyarthak kath\'e4y buddhi mohit ye hay\line ni\'e7cit y\'e4 hay kaha \'e7reya upajay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\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 kahilen:\line dvibidha loker ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 balechi tom\'e4re\line s\'e4\'e0khya \'e4r j\'ef\'e4na-yog yo
gya adhik\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vihita karmer ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 n\'e4 kari \'e4rambha\line nai\'f1karma j\'ef\'e4n ye carc\'e4 hay eka dambha\line vihita karmer t
y\'e4ge citta\'e7uddhi nay\line keval sanny\'e4se k\'e4rya siddhi n\'e4hi hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1a\'ebek samay m\'e4tra n\'e4 kariy\'e4 karma\line th\'e4kite p\'e4re n\'e4 keha sv\'e4bh\'e4vik dharma\line prak\'e5tir gu
\'eb yath\'e4 sab\'e4r nirvandha\line sei k\'e4rya kare y\'e4te karamer vandha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karmendriya rodh kari manete smara\'eba\line ih\'e4 n\'e4hi citta\'e7uddhi nai\'f1karma k\'e4ra\'eb\line ataev sei vyakti vim
\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4 hay\line indriy\'e4rtha mithy\'e4c\'e4r\'e9 \'e7\'e4strete kahay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu yadi nijendriya sa\'e0yata niyame\line karmer \'e4rambha kare yath\'e4 yath\'e4 krame\line v\'e4tul n\'e4 hay marka\'f6 va
ir\'e4gya kari\line antarni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 hale hay sah\'e4y \'e7r\'e9-hari\line sei hay karma-yog karmendriya dv\'e4r\'e4\line \'e4sakti-rahit karma vi\'e7e\'f1 prak\'e4r\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niyamita karma bh\'e4la sei akarma apek\'f1\'e4\line anadhik\'e4r\'e9ra karma ty\'e4ga, para-mukh\'e4pek\'f1\'e4\line \'e7ar\'e9
r nirv\'e4ha y\'e4r nahe karma vin\'e4\line karma-ty\'e4g t\'e4r pak\'f1e hay vi\'f2amban\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efe\'e7var bhagav\'e4ner santo\'f1 l\'e4giy\'e4\line niyamita karma kara \'e4sakti tyajiy\'e4\line \'e4r yata karma hay ban
dhera k\'e4ra\'eba\line ataeva sei k\'e4rya kara niv\'e4ra\'eba\line bhagavada santo\'f1\'e4rtha karmera prasa\'ecga \line yata kichu \'e4cara\'eba saba mukta sa\'ebga
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub praj\'e4pati s\'e5\'f1\'f6i kari yaj\'efera s\'e4dhana\line upade\'e7 karechila \'e7une praj\'e4ga\'eba\line yaj\'efera s\'e4dha
na kari sukh\'e9 hao sabe\line yaj\'efa-dv\'e4r\'e4 bhog p\'e4be indriya vaibhave
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhik\'e4r\'e9 devaga\'eb yaj\'efera prabh\'e4ve\line yaj\'efa anu\'f1\'f6h\'e4n dekhi sabe pr\'e9ta habe\line paraspara pr\'e9t
i-bh\'e4v hale samp\'e4dana\line bhogera s\'e4magr\'e9 \'e7reya nahe ana\'f6ana
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efete santu\'f1\'f6a haye abh\'e9\'f1\'f6a ye bhoga\line devat\'e4r\'e4 dy\'e4ya sab pracura prayoga\line sei datta anna y
\'e4h\'e4 devat\'e4r\'e4 dy\'e4ya\line t\'ec\'e4h\'e4der n\'e4 diy\'e4 kh\'e4ya cor sei hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efera s\'e4dhana kari anna yev\'e4 kh\'e4y\line muktira pathete cale p\'e4p n\'e4hi hay\line \'e4r yeb\'e4 anna p\'e4k nija
 sv\'e4rthe kare\line p\'e4per bojh\'e4 krame b\'e4\'f2e du\'f9kha-bhog tare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anna kheye j\'e9v b\'e4\'ecce anna ye j\'e9vana\line sei anna utp\'e4dane v\'e5\'f1\'f6i ye k\'e4ra\'eba\line sei v\'e5\'f1\'f6i
 hay yadi yaj\'efa k\'e4rye hay\line sei yaj\'efa s\'e4dhya hay karmera k\'e4ra\'eba
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma y\'e4h\'e4 veda-v\'e4\'eb\'e9 nahe mano-dharma\line veda-v\'e4\'eb\'e9 bhagavadukti ak\'f1arera k\'e4ra\'eba\line ataeva k
arma hay \'e9\'e7vara-s\'e4dhan\'e4\line sarva-gata brahma-nitya yaj\'efete sth\'e4pan\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei se brahmera cakra \'e4che pravartita\line se cakre ye n\'e4hi hay vi\'f1e\'e7a vartita\line p\'e4pera j\'e9vana t\'e4r ati b
haya\'eckara\line indriya pr\'e9taye kare p\'e4pa paraspara
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r ye bujhiy\'e4che \'e4tma-tattva-s\'e4r\line k\'e4rya karma kichu n\'e4i karib\'e4r t\'e4r\line p\'fcr\'eba-j\'ef\'e4ne bha
gav\'e4ne bhakti kare yei\line \'e4tma-t\'e5pta \'e4tma-j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 tu\'f1\'f6a \'e4tm\'e4tei
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arth\'e4nartha vic\'e4r\'e4di \'e4tma-t\'e5pta nahe\line kartavy\'e4-kartavya y\'e4h\'e4 veda-\'e7\'e4stra kahe\line se nahe k
\'e4h\'e4ra \'e5\'eb\'e9 nij\'e4rtha s\'e4dhane\line sarvasva hayeche p\'fcr\'eba \'e7ara\'ebya \'e7ara\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev an\'e4sakta haye k\'e4rya kara\line yukta vair\'e4gya sei t\'e4te hao d\'e5\'f2ha\line an\'e4sakta k\'e4rya kare parama pa
dete\line yogya hay krame krame se pada labhite
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janak\'e4di mah\'e4jan karma s\'e4dhya kari\line siddhi-l\'e4bh karechila \'e4pani \'e4cari\line tumi-o ser\'fcp kara loka-\'e7i
k\'f1\'e4 l\'e4gi\line l\'e4bh n\'e4i kichum\'e4tra marka\'f6a vair\'e4g\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha vyakti y\'e4h\'e4 kare lokera \'e4dar\'e7a\line itara janat\'e4 y\'e4h\'e4 kare hay har\'f1a\line \'e7re\'f1
\'f6ha vyakti y\'e4h\'e4 kichu pr\'e4m\'e4\'ebya sv\'e9k\'e4re\line t\'e4h\'e4i sv\'e9k\'e4rya hay prati ghare ghare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra kartavya n\'e4i tribhuvana m\'e4jhe\line p\'e4rtha tumi j\'e4na kev\'e4 samatulya \'e4che\line pr\'e4ptavya baliy
\'e4 kichu koth\'e4 n\'e4hi mor\line tath\'e4pi dekhaha \'e4mi kartavye vibhor
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi yadi karma tyaji atandrita haye\line mama vartma sabe anugamana karaye
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub phal ei habe sab\'e4i ucchanna y\'e4be\line \'e4m\'e4ra dar\'e7ita path dekh\'e4ra abh\'e4be\line vidhi \'e4r kichu n\'e4hi rabe
 dhar\'e4tale\line vina\'f1\'f6a haibe ei praj\'e4r\'e4 sakale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidv\'e4ner ye kartavya avidv\'e4n sama\line v\'e4hyata \'e4sakta haye karma sam\'e4gama\line antare \'e4sakti n\'e4i lokera sa
\'e0graha\line vidv\'e4ner hay sei karmete \'e4graha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-bhed n\'e4hi kari m\'fc\'f2ha karm\'e9der\line aj\'ef\'e4n\'e9 ye hay t\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4i herpher\line t\'e4i se s\'e4j\'e4
te habe sarva karma m\'e4jhe\line \'e4pani \'e4cari sab avidy\'e4ra s\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidv\'e4na m\'fcrkhete hay ei m\'e4tra bhed\line prak\'e5tir va\'e7 ek anya se bicched\line prak\'e5tir gu\'ebe va\'e7 k\'e4rya 
kari y\'e4y\line aha\'e0k\'e4re matta haye nije kart\'e4 hay\line \'e4pan\'e4r paricaya prak\'e5tira m\'e4ne\line dehe \'e4tma-buddhi kare asatyera dhy\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattvavit ye vidv\'e4n bujhe gu\'eba-karma\line gu\'eb dv\'e4r\'e4 k\'e4rya hay j\'e4ne s\'e4r-marma\line ataev gu\'eba-k\'e4rya
 n\'e4 kare sajjan\line prak\'e5tir gu\'eba-k\'e4rya \'e4sakta n\'e4 han
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba-karme \'e4sakti se gu\'ebete sa\'e0m\'fc\'f2ha\line pr\'e4k\'e5ta nijeke m\'e4ne sei k\'e4rye d\'e5\'f2ha\line bhava-rog
\'e9 m\'fc\'f2ha jane n\'e4 kari ba\'efcan\line karmera yojan\'e4 hate krame j\'ef\'e4n val
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev tumi p\'e4rtha ch\'e4\'f2a abhim\'e4n\line tom\'e4r samasta \'e7akti kara more d\'e4n\line karma-phal \'e4m\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2
a nirmama haiy\'e4\line yuddha kara \'e4\'e7\'e4 tyaji m\'fc\'f2hat\'e4 tyajiy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra emata k\'e4rya anu\'f1\'f6h\'e4n kari\line sarva karma kare \'e7\'fcdhu bhajite \'e7r\'e9-hari\line \'e7raddh\'e4v
\'e4n mor bhakta as\'fcy\'e4-bih\'e9n\line karma-phal mukta hay bhaktite bil\'e9n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti-sad\'e5\'e7a ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 kare gu\'ebav\'e4n\line prak\'e5tir va\'e7e sarva k\'e4rya anu\'f1\'f6h\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vahuk\'e4l hate y\'e4r\'e4 prak\'e5tir va\'e7\line nigraha karite n\'e4re haiy\'e4 viva\'e7
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev indriy\'e4rthe r\'e4g dve\'f1 ch\'e4\'f2i\line vi\'f1ayete r\'e4g dve\'f1 kichu n\'e4hi kari\line t\'e4h\'e4r va\'e7ete ni
je kabhu n\'e4 rahib\'e4\line an\'e4sakta vi\'f1ayete m\'e4dhavera sev\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nija dharma \'e7reya j\'e4na para-dharm\'e4pek\'f1\'e4\line bhagavad sev\'e4 l\'e4gi karma-yoga \'e7ik\'f1\'e4\line svadharme ni
dhan bh\'e4la nahe paradharma\line bh\'e4la kari bujha tumi ei g\'fc\'f2ha marma
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line he v\'e4r\'f1\'ebeya kaha tumi bujh\'e4iy\'e4 more\line ki l\'e4gi hayeche j\'e9va yukta p\'e4pa ghore\line 
anicch\'e4-sattveo hay p\'e4pe niyojita\line ava\'e7a haiy\'e4 kare p\'e4pa se garhita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 36
\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 kahilen:\line k\'e4m \'e4r krodh hay rajogu\'eb dv\'e4r\'e4\line abhibh\'fcta baddha-j\'e9v tri-jagate s
\'e4r\'e4\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9-j\'e9v ei dui mah\'e4 \'e7atru j\'e4ne\line kare t\'e4i gu\'eb\'e4t\'e9ta k\'e4rya s\'e4vadh\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 37
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tri-jagate k\'e4m m\'e4tra sarva \'e4vara\'eb\line \'e4gunete dh\'fcm yath\'e4 dh\'fcsara dar\'e7an\line athav\'e4 jar\'e4yu yat
h\'e4 garbha \'e4vara\'eb\line alp\'e4dhik ei sab k\'e4mera k\'e4ra\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei nitya vair\'e9 kare j\'ef\'e4na \'e4vara\'eb\line j\'e9v t\'e4he vaddha hay nahe s\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb\line k\'e4m hay du\'f1p
\'fcra\'eb agnira sam\'e4n\line ataev k\'e4m l\'e4gi hao s\'e4vadh\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei k\'e4m adhi\'f1\'f6hita indriy\'e4di mane\line vuddhite vasiy\'e4 \'e4\'ecke nikhila bhuvane\line vaddha j\'e9v se k\'e4ra
\'eb deha abhim\'e4n\'e9\line sv\'e4tantryer vyavah\'e4r n\'e4hi j\'e4ne j\'ef\'e4n\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev he bh\'e4rat! prathamete k\'e4m\line niyantrita kari hao samp\'fcr\'eba ni\'f1k\'e4m\line bhaktira dh\'e4ra\'eba sei k\'e4
ma jaya janya\line se j\'ef\'e4n vij\'efan-n\'e4\'e7\'e9, n\'e4hi patha anya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 41
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub baddha-j\'e9v ja\'f2a-buddhi indriya pradh\'e4n\line indriy\'e4dhipati man karmera bidh\'e4n\line man hate para-buddhi t\'e4rpar
 \'e4tm\'e4\line ataev kara sev\'e4 sei param\'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 apr\'e4k\'e5ta buddhi dv\'e4r\'e4 kara d\'e4sya t\'e4r\line ghucibe sakal moha k\'e4ma vyavah\'e4r\line sei se up\'e4y ek \'e7at
ru jinib\'e4r\line k\'e4mar\'fcpa dur\'e4sada keha n\'e4hi \'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 4\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Transcendental Knowledge
\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 kahilen:\line p\'fcrve \'e4mi balechil\'e4m, s\'fcryake pratham\line ei se ni\'f1k\'e4m karm ap\'fcrva kat
han\line s\'fcrya balechila pare manuke svaputre\line ik\'f1v\'e4ku \'e7unila pare parampar\'e4 s\'fctre
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei parampar\'e4 dv\'e4r r\'e4jar\'f1iga\'eb\line eke eke \'e7une saba g\'e9t\'e4ra vacan\line k\'e4lakrame parampar\'e4 hayeche
 vina\'f1\'f6a\line parampar\'e4 vin\'e4 j\'e4na saba artha bhra\'f1\'f6a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva kahi puna\'f9 sei pur\'e4tan\line punarv\'e4ra parampar\'e4 karite sth\'e4pan\line bhakti vin\'e4 ke bujhibe g\'e9t\'e4ra
 rahasya\line tumi mor priya sakh\'e4 karaha vimu\'f1ya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line tumi ta' nav\'e9na sakh\'e4 sedina janmile\line ko\'f6i ko\'f6i var\'f1a p\'fcrve s\'fcrya janma nile\line e
 kath\'e4 ki kare bujhi p\'fcrva eta dine\line upade\'e7 pur\'e4tan tumi balechile
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\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 kahilen:\line he arjun bahu janma tom\'e4ra \'e4m\'e4r\line hayeche p\'fcrvak\'e4le se saba ap\'e4r\line b
huli n\'e4i \'e4mi sei tumi bhule gecha\line \'e4mi bibhu tumi j\'e9v ei bh\'e4ve \'e4cha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakaler niy\'e4mak ajanm\'e4 haiy\'e4\line avyay\'e4tm\'e4 param\'e4tm\'e4 bhuvana bhariy\'e4\line tath\'e4pi sva-\'e7akti s\'e4
the janma lai \'e4mi\line sei bhagavatt\'e4 mor bh\'e4la bujha tumi
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\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 dharma-gl\'e4ni haila sa\'e0s\'e4re\line he bh\'e4rat! vi\'e7va-bh\'e4r laghu karib\'e4re\line adharmer abhyutth
\'e4n dharma-gl\'e4ni hale\line \'e4tm\'e4ra s\'e5jan kari dekhaye sakale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhuder paritra\'eb as\'e4dhur vin\'e4\'e7\line ye kare adharma t\'e4r kari sarva-n\'e4\'e7\line \'e4r dharma sthiti artha k
arite s\'e4dhan\line yuge yuge \'e4si \'e4mi m\'e4nase vacan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra ye janma-karma se ati mah\'e4n\line ye bujhila sei kath\'e4 seo bh\'e4gyav\'e4n\line se ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 deha ei nah
e punarjanma\line mama dh\'e4me phiri \'e4se ch\'e4\'f2e ja\'f2a dharma
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch\'e4\'f2i r\'e4g bhay krodh trividha as\'e4r\line manmaya madbhakti s\'e4dhya kariy\'e4 vic\'e4r\line vahu bhakta j\'ef\'e4n
\'e9 sab tapasy\'e4r dv\'e4re\line vidhauta haiy\'e4 p\'e4p peyeche \'e4m\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yebh\'e4ve ye bhaje more \'e4mi sei bh\'e4ve\line yath\'e4-yogya phal di-i \'e4pana prabh\'e4ve\line \'e4m\'e4kei sarva mate c
\'e4he sarva \'f6h\'e0\'e4i\line \'e4gupichu m\'e4tra hay pathe bhed n\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'ebd\'e9 siddhi l\'e4gi vahu dev-dev\'e9\line iha-lok hay sab bahu sevya sev\'e9\line \'e7\'e9ghra yei karma-phal e 
manu\'f1ya-loke\line anitya se phal bhu\'efje du\'f9khe \'e4r \'e7oke
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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 c\'e4ri var\'eba s\'e5\'f1\'f6i mora gu\'eba karma bh\'e4ge\line y\'e4r y\'e4h\'e4 gu\'eb hay kahiba se \'e4ge\line tath\'e4pi s
e nahi \'e4mi guna karma m\'e4jhe\line yadyapi niyant\'e4 \'e4mi sakalera k\'e4je
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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 \'e4mi karma-phale lipta nahi kona k\'e4le\line sp\'e5h\'e4 kabhu n\'e4i mor kona karma-phale\line \'e4m\'e4ra karmera kath\'e4 
bujhe bh\'e4la mate\line bandhana ghucila t\'e4r karmera phalete
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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 ei g\'fc\'f2ha tattva-kath\'e4 p\'fcrve ye bujhila\line an\'e4y\'e4se t\'e4r\'e4 sab sa\'e0s\'e4ra tarila\line tumi p\'fcrva mah
\'e4jane yath\'e4 anus\'e4r\line yath\'e4vat siddhi-l\'e4bh haibe vistar
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kiv\'e4 karma akarma v\'e4 karite vic\'e4r\line ba\'f2a ba\'f2a muni \'e5\'f1i hay camatk\'e4r\line t\'e4i se baliba \'e4mi kiv
\'e4 karma hay\line j\'e4nile se tattva-kath\'e4 a\'e7ubhera k\'f1ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma ye bujhite tumi akarma bujhibe\line vikarma bujhite tath\'e4 bh\'e4ve buddha habe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub durgama karmera gati nig\'fc\'f2ha se tattva\line ye bujhila se bujhila t\'e4h\'e4ra mahattva\line karmete akarma dekhe akarme y
e karma\line ye buddhim\'e4n manu\'f1ya se bujheche marma
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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 sakala sam\'e4rambhe y\'e4r sa\'e0kalpa varjan\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gnite dagdha karma p\'e4\'eb\'f2itye graha\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyakta karmaphal\'e4sa\'ecga \'e4\'e7raya vih\'e9n\line nitya t\'e5pta nity\'e4nanda nija karme l\'e9na\line se prav\'e5tta nija
 karme kichu n\'e4hi kare\line an\'e4sakta karmaphal sacchanda vihare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-phale sp\'e5h\'e4-h\'e9n datta citta \'e4tm\'e4\line sarva parigraha tyakta yukta se sarvath\'e4\line \'e7ar\'e9ra nirv
\'e4ha m\'e4tra karma yei kare\line kariy\'e4o sarva karma sarva p\'e4pa hare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4-l\'e4bh tath\'e4 tu\'f1\'f6a sarva dvandva mukta\line nirmatsar samacitta nija karme yukta\line siddh\'e4siddha samad
\'e5\'f1\'f6i n\'e4hita vidve\'f1\line kariy\'e4o sarva karma karma-phala \'e7e\'f1
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asa\'ecga niyukta j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 citte k\'f1obh n\'e4i\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4vasthita sei sarvad\'e4 sab \'f6h\'ec\'e4i\line sei se
 y\'e4j\'efika sad\'e4 \'e4cara\'ebe dak\'f1a\line t\'e4r karma pravil\'e9ta ek\'e4nta samak\'f1a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-maya karma t\'e4r brahmete arpa\'eb\line brahma habi brahma agni hot\'e4 brahma-phal\line t\'e4h\'e4ra se brahma-gati ni
\'e7cita nir\'ebaya\line brahma karma sam\'e4dhistha sarvatra vijay
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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 daiva yaj\'efa kare pare seo yog\'e9 hay\line brahma-j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 seo yog\'e9 hom\'e4di nilay\line nai\'f1\'f6hika brahmac\'e4
r\'e9r yaj\'efa indriya sa\'e0yam\line \'e7rot\'e4di m\'e4nasa tapa agnite arpa\'eb
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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 r\'fcpa rasa \'e7abda spar\'e7a vi\'f1aye sa\'e0yam\line yaj\'ef\'e4huti sei haya indriya haban
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvendriya karma pr\'e4\'eb sa\'e0yam agnite\line yatna\'e7\'e9l yata yog\'e9 habana karite\line \'e4tma-sa\'e0yam\'e4di yog j
\'ef\'e4na d\'e9pite\line p\'e5thak p\'e5thak yog\'e9 hay yukta se yogete
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dravya-yaj\'efa tapo-yaj\'efa yoga-yaj\'efa yata\line sv\'e4dhy\'e4ya yog\'e9ra j\'ef\'e4n \'e7a\'e0sita se vrata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4p\'e4n yogakriy\'e4 ap\'e4ne haban\line pr\'e4\'eb\'e4p\'e4n gatiruddha pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4m\'e9 han\line \'e4h
\'e4r\'e4di kharva kari niyata \'e4h\'e4r\line pr\'e4\'ebke pr\'e4\'ebete dyaya homera \'e4k\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei sab tattvavit k\'f1\'e9\'eb p\'e4pa hay\line krame krame p\'e4pah\'e9n brahma se pr\'e4pay\line yaj\'efa ni\'f1\'f6ha bhoj
\'e9 t\'e4r\'e4 ni\'f1p\'e4pa j\'e9van\line yogya vyakti hay l\'e4bhe brahma san\'e4tan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30: All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reactions, and, having tasted the nectar of
 the results of sacrifices, they advance toward the supreme eternal atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ihaloke yaj\'efa vin\'e4 kona sukh n\'e4i\line paralok vin\'e4 yaj\'efe kemane se p\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he puru\'f1ottama! ata\'f9 yaj\'efai ye dharma\line \'e4r sab y\'e4h\'e4 kichu sakala vikarma\line ved\'e4di \'e7\'e4strete tath
\'e4 bahu yaj\'efa hay\line kata \'e7\'e4kh\'e4 pra\'e7\'e4kh\'e4di ke kare nir\'ebay\line se sab yaj\'ef\'e4di j\'e4na saba karmaj\'e4n\line muktipatha sei j\'e4na yaj\'efa se sarv\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu \'e7reya j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efa dravya yaj\'ef\'e4pek\'f1\'e4\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9ra n\'e4hika \'e4r karmaja apek\'f1\'e4
\line sarva karma \'e7e\'f1 hay j\'ef\'e4ne sam\'e4pan\line karma-\'e7uddha citte hay j\'ef\'e4nera s\'e4dhan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva se vij\'ef\'e4n ye j\'e4nib\'e4re c\'e4y\line upayukta gurupada karaye \'e4\'e7ray\line pra\'ebip\'e4t paripra\'e7na sev
\'e4ra sahit\line guru-sth\'e4ne j\'e4ni lao \'e4pan\'e4r hit
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se sab j\'ef\'e4nera kath\'e4 bujhite p\'e4rile\line moha \'e4r habe n\'e4hi h\'e4rile jitile\line takhana se \'e4tm\'e4-d\'e5ka
 dekhe brahma-sama\line samp\'fcr\'eba dar\'e7ana sei samparka se sama
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4p\'e9 hate p\'e4p\'e9 yadi haye th\'e4ka tumi\line tath\'e4pi j\'ef\'e4nera pote taribe \'e4pani
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 36
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pravala agnite yath\'e4 k\'e4\'f1\'f6ha bhasmas\'e4t\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4gni jvalile p\'e4pa sakala nip\'e4t\line ataev j\'ef\'e4
natulya n\'e4hi se pavitra\line t\'e4h\'e4 nahe ja\'f2a j\'ef\'e4n l\'e4bh yatra-tatra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 37
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog-siddha sei j\'ef\'e4n cinmaya nirmal\line se j\'ef\'e4n labhile habe \'e4nande vihval
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sraddh\'e4v\'e4n yei hay labhe sei j\'ef\'e4n\line sa\'e0yata indriya y\'e4r tatpara se han\line se j\'ef\'e4n labhile \'e7\'e4n
ti acir\'e4t p\'e4ya\line sa\'e0s\'e4rera yata kle\'e7 sab mi\'f6e y\'e4y
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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 sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tm\'e4 aj\'efa y\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4he \'e7raddh\'e4 n\'e4i\line vin\'e4\'e7a ni\'e7caya t\'e4r kahinu ni\'e7caya-i
\line se sab lokera n\'e4i iha-parak\'e4l\line sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e9 \'e4tm\'e4 se du\'f9kh\'e9 se sa\'e0s\'e4ra-j\'e4l
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva yoga dv\'e4r\'e4 sandeha vih\'e9na\line j\'ef\'e4na-l\'e4bha dv\'e4r\'e4 haya sa\'e0\'e7ay vil\'e9na\line \'e4tmav\'e4n j
\'efanav\'e4n karma hate mukta\line he dhana\'efjay! tumi sei hao nityamukta
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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 aj\'ef\'e4na-samb\'fcta moha j\'ef\'e4na asi dv\'e4r\'e4\line h\'e5daye udaya sab haiy\'e4che y\'e4r\line ei sab chinna kari j
\'e4giy\'e4 u\'f6hibe\line he bh\'e4rat! yogoti\'f1\'f6ha hao e sa\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 5\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Karma-yoga-Action in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line he k\'e5\'f1\'eba b\'e4rek karma ty\'e4ga ye kathan\line punar\'e4y karma-yog kaha vivara\'eb\line t\'e4r ma
dhye yev\'e4 ni\'e7cita j\'e4nib\'e4\line sa\'e0\'e7aya-bih\'e9n kari \'e4m\'e4re kahib\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\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 kahilen:\line sanny\'e4sa \'e4r karma-yog dui \'e7reya hay\line sakala ved\'e4di \'e7\'e4stre t\'e4i se ka
haya\line t\'e4r madhye karma-yog sanny\'e4sa apek\'f1\'e4\line kriy\'e4tmak jana-madhye n\'e4 kara upek\'f1\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4g-dve\'f1a vivarjita yev\'e4 karma-yog\'e9\line an\'e4sakta vi\'f1ayete nahe ta' se bhog\'e9\line nirdvanda se mah\'e4v\'e4
ho du\'f9kha bandha nahe\line tom\'e4re kahinu \'e4mi kariy\'e4 ni\'e7cay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yog karma-yog yev\'e4 p\'e5thak bale\line pa\'eb\'f2ita se nahe kabhu b\'e4lakera chale\line ubhaya k\'e4ryera mad
hye ye kona se ek\line ubhayer phal pr\'e4pti haibe samyak
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yog s\'e4dhya kari ye pada se p\'e4y\line yog-siddha hale l\'e4bh t\'e4h\'e4 upajay\line ataeva s\'e4\'eckhya kimv
\'e4 yog ek bal\line buddhim\'e4n sei hay ye bujhe ek phal
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa kariy\'e4 yadi nahe karma yog\'e9\line mah\'e4-v\'e4ho ki baliba v\'e5th\'e4 sei ty\'e4g\'e9\line yog-yukta muni yev
\'e4 brahmapada p\'e4y\line acir\'e4t sei k\'e4rya siddhi yoge hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog-yukta vi\'e7uddh\'e4tm\'e4 jita \'f1a\'f2a gu\'eb\line jitendriya hay sei atyanta prav\'e9\'eb\line sarva-bh\'fct l\'e4gi ye
v\'e4 karma-yog s\'e4dhe\line vi\'f1ayer madhye th\'e4ke vi\'f1aye n\'e4 b\'e4dhe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se yog\'e9 cintaye sad\'e4 haye tattvavit\line sarva k\'e4rya kari kintu kari n\'e4 ki\'efcit\line dekhi \'e7uni spar\'e7a kari 
ni\'f9\'e7v\'e4se pra\'e7v\'e4se\line svapane gamane kimv\'e4 bhojane vil\'e4se\line pral\'e4pan kari kimv\'e4 bhoge v\'e4 se ty\'e4ge\line unm\'e9lan nim\'e9lan kimv\'e4 nidr\'e4 y\'e4ya j\'e4ge\line ja\'f2a-k\'e4rye ja\'f2endriya satata se j\'e4ne\line
nija k\'e4rya \'e4tma-tattva sarvad\'e4 se dhy\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 8-9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'ebi nivi\'f1\'f6a k\'e4rya ni\'f9sa\'ecga ye kare\line vi\'f1aya prabh\'e4ve sei t\'e4h\'e4te n\'e4 \'f2are\line ataeva 
p\'e4p-pu\'ebye n\'e4hi t\'e4re lepe\line sei padma-patra jale j\'e4ni v\'e4 sa\'e0k\'f1epe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ya mana v\'e4kye se ye yogera s\'e4dhana\line man buddhi indriy\'e4di ekatre bandhana\line yog\'e4rthe ye k\'e4rya hay vair
\'e4gya se yukta\line sakala samaye j\'ef\'e4n yog\'e9 nitya-yukta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-phal tyaji yukta vair\'e4gya s\'e4dhana\line nai\'f1\'f6hik\'e9 \'e7\'e4nti se, nahe sa\'e0s\'e4ra bandhana\line phalgu va
ir\'e4gya ye k\'e4m k\'e4r\'e9 phal\line phal-k\'e4rye nivandhana t\'e4i se durval
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4hye sarva-k\'e4rya kare antare sanny\'e4s\line sarva-k\'e4rye su\'f1\'f6hu kari sukhete niv\'e4s\line nava-dv\'e4r yukta de
ha th\'e4ki sei pure\line nije kichu n\'e4hi kare n\'e4 kar\'e4y pare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4di karma-phale bhav\'e4r\'ebava jvale\line \'e4che pa\'f2e v\'e4 n\'e4 hay t\'ec\'e4h\'e4ra s\'e5jan\line karma-phal yev
\'e4 yog y\'e4h\'e4 kare bhog\line svabh\'e4va se k\'e4rya hay n\'e4m bhava-rog
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7varer datta nahe sei p\'e4pa pu\'ebya\line p\'e4p pu\'ebya y\'e4h\'e4 kichu nija icch\'e4 janya\line aj\'ef\'e4na-janita
 sei bhog icch\'e4 kare\line p\'e4\'e7e th\'e4ki m\'e4y\'e4 t\'e4re j\'e4pa\'f6iy\'e4 dhare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev j\'ef\'e4n upajile m\'e4y\'e4 n\'e4\'e7\line \'e4tm\'e4ra svar\'fcpa tath\'e4 svata\'f9-i prak\'e4\'e7\line s\'fcryera pra
k\'e4\'e7e yath\'e4 andhak\'e4r y\'e4y\line j\'ef\'e4nera prak\'e4se tath\'e4 aj\'ef\'e4ner k\'f1ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei j\'ef\'e4na anuk\'fcle buddhi ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 y\'e4r\line \'e4tma-j\'ef\'e4n par\'e4ya\'eb sa\'e0s\'e4ra uddh\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samadar\'e7\'e9 hay se j\'ef\'e4nera prabh\'e4ve\line vidy\'e4-vinay-sampanna br\'e4hma\'ebe v\'e4 gabe\line hast\'e9 v\'e4 kuku
r v\'e4 se n\'e9ca ca\'eb\'f2\'e4l\line samadar\'e7\'e9 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 dekhe sab\'e4i sam\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vanmukta sei j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 s\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb nay\line sei s\'e4myasthita mane sa\'e0s\'e4ra ye k\'f1aya\line samat\'e4 nir
de\'e7a brahma t\'e4he brahma-sthiti\line brahma-j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 yei t\'e4r sei haya r\'e9ti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub priya vastu pr\'e4pya hale u\'f6he n\'e4 n\'e4ciy\'e4\line apriya pr\'e4ptite kabhu mare n\'e4 k\'e4\'ecdiy\'e4\line sthir buddh
i brahma-vid asa\'e0-m\'fc\'f2ha mati\line brahmete niyata v\'e4s n\'e4m brahma-sthiti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4hya-spar\'e7a sukha y\'e4h\'e4 n\'e4i ye \'e4sakti\line \'e4tm\'e4nande sev\'e4nand\'e9 \'e4tm\'e4te vindati\line sei brahm
a-yog yukta \'e4tm\'e4 p\'e4y\line ak\'f1ara sukhete magna sarvad\'e4 se ray
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spar\'e7a sukhe ye \'e4nanda t\'e4h\'e4 du\'f9khamaya\line bhog nahe bhog\'e9 sei j\'e4niha ni\'e7cay\line sei sukhe \'e4di ante
 \'e7udhu du\'f9kha hay\line buddhim\'e4n vyakti yei n\'e4 t\'e4te ramay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra ch\'e4\'f2ite p\'fcrve ye abhy\'e4sa kare\line t\'e4h\'e4ra sulabha sei anye k\'ec\'e4di mare\line \'f1a\'f2aveg ja
y kari gosv\'e4m\'e9 ye hay\line sukh\'e9 sei nara-n\'e4r\'e9 kare dig-vijay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4hirer sukh ch\'e4\'f2i yev\'e4 antarmukh\line antare rama\'eb kare antarjyoti-r\'fcp\line brahma-bh\'fcta hay sei brahmate 
nirv\'e4\'eb\line bahirang\'e4 m\'e4y\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2e p\'e4y bhagav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1p\'e4pa haiy\'e4 \'e5\'f1\'e9 brahmete nirv\'e4\'eb\line sarva-bh\'fcta hite rata chinna dvidh\'e4-j\'ef\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4m krodha vinirmukta yata citta dh\'e9r\line \'e4tma-tattva j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 yati at\'e9va gamb\'e9r\line sadasad vic\'e4ra ka
ri brahmete nirv\'e4\'eb\line prak\'e5ti at\'e9ta t\'e4r brahme avasth\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e ch\'e4\'f2\'e4 a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga yog t\'e4h\'e4 bali \'e7una\line abhy\'e4sa y\'e4h\'e4r hay at\'e9va trigu\'eba\line \'e7av
da spar\'e7a r\'fcpa ras \'e4r y\'e4h\'e4 gandha\line bahirb\'e4hya kari r\'e4khi n\'e4 r\'e4khi samvandha\line cak\'f1u sei bhrumadhye r\'e4khiy\'e4 ni\'e7cal\line pr\'e4\'eb\'e4p\'e4n v\'e4yu dhari n\'e4s\'e4 abhyantar\line n\'e4sik\'e4r agrabh\'e4g ke
vala dar\'e7an\line uttama prakriy\'e4 sei yogera s\'e4dhan\line indriya sa\'e0yam sei yog prakara\'eb\line man buddhi dv\'e4r\'e4 muni mok\'f1a par\'e4ya\'eb\line se bh\'e4ve ye v\'e9t icch\'e4 bhay \'e4r krodh\line yukta hay se puru\'f1 sa\'e0yata niro
dh
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 27-28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoge\'e7vara \'e4mi hai \'e4mi sei lak\'f1ya\line se kath\'e4 ye bujhe bh\'e4la sei yog\'e9 dak\'f1a\line sakala yaj\'efa tapasy
\'e4r \'e4mi bhokt\'e4 hai\line samasta loker sv\'e4m\'e9 keha nahe sei\line samasta j\'e9ver bandhu \'e4mi ekm\'e4tra\line jagater \'e7\'e4nti hay j\'e4nile sarvatra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 6\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Dhy\'e4na-yoga
\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 kahilen:\line an\'e4\'e7rita karma-phal sei mukhya hay\line t\'e4h\'e4 vin\'e4 sanny\'e4s\'e9 ki yog\'e9 k
ichu nay\line karma-ty\'e4g nahe mukhya karma-phal ty\'e4g\line daihik ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 se ty\'e4g nahe ta' samyak\line t\'e4i se sanny\'e4s\'e9 yog\'e9 sam\'e4n ye kram\line karma-phal ty\'e4g vin\'e4 dui sei bhram
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is 
in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as\'e0nyasta sa\'eckalpa vin\'e4 nahe yog\'e9\line v\'e4hye m\'e4tra kriy\'e4h\'e9n antare se bhog\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sab yog hay siddha karma se k\'e4ra\'eb\line \'e4ruruk\'f1a muni sei \'e7una vivara\'eb\line yogete \'e4r\'fc\'f2ha sei \'e7amat
\'e4 k\'e4ra\'eb\line s\'e4dhaker krama panth\'e4 yog\'e4nusara\'eb
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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 indriy\'e4rtha yad\'e4 karma \'e4carita nay\line sarva sa\'eckalpa-\'e7\'fcnya sanny\'e4s\'e9 se hay\line yog\'e4r\'fc\'f2ha se 
avasth\'e4 \'e7\'e4strera nir\'ebay\line se avasth\'e4 mukta path karaha \'e4\'e7ray
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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 an\'e4sakta vi\'f1ayete yath\'e4 karma d\'e5\'f2ha\line sa\'e0s\'e4ra se k\'fcp hate nija \'e4tm\'e4 k\'e4\'f2a\line \'e4tm\'e4k
e uddh\'e4r kar\'e4 \'e4tm\'e4ra ucit\line \'e4tm\'e4ke n\'e4hi kabhu kara abas\'e4d\line \'e4tm\'e4i \'e4tm\'e4r bandhu \'e4tm\'e4i se ripu\line \'e4tm\'e4ra \'e7atru ye hay hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu
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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 ye jan jinila nija man \'e4tmajita\line se man ye bandhu t\'e4h\'e4 \'e7\'e4strete kathita\line ajita ye man sei man nija \'e7at
ru\line apak\'e4r\'e9 hay sad\'e4 viruddha vipak\'f1a
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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 pra\'e7\'e4nta ye man sei sarvad\'e4i jita\line \'e4tmajita man param\'e4tm\'e4 sam\'e4hita\line gr\'e9\'f1ma \'e7\'e9t yata du
\'f9kha m\'e4n apam\'e4n\line jita man y\'e4r t\'e4r sakali sam\'e4n
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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 nija t\'e5pta sei man j\'ef\'e4n vij\'ef\'e4nete\line k\'fc\'f6astha vijitendriya nijera k\'e4ryete\line sama lo\'f1\'f6ra svar
\'eba y\'e4r yukta hay yog\'e9\line sakala avasth\'e4te ye sarvad\'e4i ty\'e4g\'e9
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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 suh\'e5d mitra ni\'f1pak\'f1a bandhu kimb\'e4 ari\line sakaler prati yini sama bhuddhi kari\line madhyastha kimb\'e4 s\'e4dhu ye
 p\'e4p\'e9yas\'e9 hay\line sakaler prati s\'e4mya \'e7re\'f1\'f6hat\'e4 pr\'e4pay
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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 ye yog\'e9 satata th\'e4ki ek\'e4k\'e9 nirjane\line nir\'e4\'e7\'e9 aparigraha cittera yatane\line sam\'e4dhistha haye th\'e4ke 
adhika samay\line vair\'e4g\'e9 t\'e4h\'e4r man va\'e7\'e9bh\'fcta hay
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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 pavitra sth\'e4nete basi nij\'e4san upare\line cel\'e4jin vastra \'e4san\'e4di paropare\line ati ucce n\'e4hi base ati n\'e9ce n
ahe\line sthir man haye ev\'e4 yog\'e4bhy\'e4se rahe\line ek\'e4grata\'f9 man kari yata cittendriya\line yog\'e4bhy\'e4s kare muni vi\'e7uddha h\'e5day
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 11-12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deha \'e7ir gr\'e9v\'e4 tin sam\'e4na kariy\'e4\line acala avasth\'e4 dh\'e9r bh\'e4vete basiy\'e4\line n\'e4sik\'e4r agra-bh
\'e4g satata dekhiy\'e4\line anya yata d\'e5\'e7ya-vastu kichu n\'e4 dekhiy\'e4\line pra\'e7\'e4nt\'e4tm\'e4 bhay n\'e4i brahmac\'e4r\'e9 vrata\line sa\'e0yamita man yev\'e4 \'e4m\'e4tei rata
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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 se bh\'e4ve ye yoga s\'e4dhe niyata m\'e4nas\line sad\'e4tma sei yog\'e9 am\'e5ta para\'e7\line nirv\'e4\'eb parama \'e7\'e4nti 
hay adhik\'e4r\'e9\line phire y\'e4y mama dh\'e4me yath\'e4 l\'e9l\'e4hari
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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 ati-bhoj\'e9 an\'e4h\'e4r\'e9 yoge siddha nay\line ati-nidr\'e4 ati-j\'e4g\'e9 \'e7una dhana\'efjay
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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 yukta-bhoj\'e9 vih\'e4ra se yukta karma ce\'f1\'f6\'e4\line yukta nidr\'e4 yukta j\'e4gi yoga par\'e4s\'e5\'f1t\'e4
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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 yat\'e4tm\'e4 viniyata citta \'e4tma-tu\'f1\'f6a\line nisp\'e5ha ye sarvak\'e4me sei yoga-pu\'f1\'f6a
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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 yath\'e4 d\'e9p vin\'e4 v\'e4yu sthir bh\'e4ve th\'e4ke\line uttama upam\'e4 sei yog\'e9ra ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4ke
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9ra se \'e4tma-sthir yoga s\'e4dhanete\line yog\'e4tmana t\'e4r n\'e4m yog abhy\'e4sete\line vi\'f1ay bhoger uparati yog
\'e9ra pram\'e4\'eb\line niruddha se yog-sev\'e4 siddhira nidh\'e4n\line \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4m yad\'e4 tu\'f1\'f6a \'e4tm\'e4r dar\'e7ane\line siddha sei yog\'e9 hay yogera s\'e4dhane \line satya ye sukh t\'e4h\'e4 indriyat\'e9ta\line yev sei n\'e4hi j\'e4ne 
asthira tattvata\'f9\line ye sukh haile l\'e4bh sarva-l\'e4bh hay\line anya sab yata l\'e4bh kichu k\'e4mya nay\line y\'e4h\'e4te haile sthita guru du\'f9khe ati\line asthira n\'e4 hay th\'e4ke a\'f6ala vicyuti\line yog s\'e4dhi se avasth\'e4 yadi labhya
 hay\line a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga yoger siddhi t\'e4h\'e4re kahay
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v\'e4r\'e4 n\'e4 haye ki\'efcit\line man dv\'e4r\'e4 indriyake kariy\'e4 vijit
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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 krame krame upar\'e4m vi\'f1aya bhogete\line \'e4tmasthita man kari vir\'e4ma cint\'e4te
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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 asthira ca\'efcal man yath\'e4 yath\'e4 dh\'e4y\line ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 kari sei man va\'e7ete r\'e4khay\line \'e4tm\'e4ra va\'e7ete
 man sad\'e4i r\'e4khibe\line ca\'efcal svabh\'e4va t\'e4r \'e7odhana karibe
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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 pra\'e7\'e4nta haile man sukh uttam yog\'e9r\line \'e7\'e4nta hay rajogu\'eb ni\'f1p\'e4p \'e7ar\'e9r\line ni\'f1p\'e4pa haile s
ei sattva gu\'ebe sthita\line brahma-bh\'fcta n\'e4m t\'e4r \'e7uddha sam\'e4hita
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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 vidhauta samasta p\'e4p yog\'e9 akalma\'f1a\line sukhe brahma sa\'e0spar\'e7a se krama\'e7a krama\'e7a\line brahma sukhe magna h
ay se yog\'e9 takhana\line pr\'e4k\'e5ta gu\'eb\'e4di tyaji brahma anubhava\line brahma spar\'e7a kiv\'e4 hay kemane t\'e4 j\'e4ni\line sarva-bh\'fcta brahme dar\'e7an sarva brahma j\'e4ni
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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 sarvatra sam\'e4n d\'e5\'f1\'f6i yog-yukta \'e4tm\'e4\line sam\'e4dhistha sei yog\'e9 dekhe param\'e4tm\'e4
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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 se dekhe \'e4m\'e4re sab st\'e4vara ja\'ecgame\line anya d\'e5\'f1\'f6i n\'e4hi t\'e4r nirgu\'eba sa\'ecgame\line se hay \'e4m
\'e4r prem\'e9 \'e4mi hai t\'e4r\line n\'e9rasa \'e7ukn\'e4 tarka nahe vyavah\'e4r
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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 sarva-bh\'fcta-sthita dekhe sarvatra \'e4m\'e4re\line bhajane \'e4sthita haye sevaye se more\line se yog\'e9 nikhila bhave sarva
tra th\'e4kiy\'e4\line \'e4m\'e4te vasaye nitya \'e4m\'e4re bhajiy\'e4
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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 vasudh\'e4 ku\'f6umba t\'e4r keha nahe par\line pr\'e4k\'e5ta vic\'e4ra n\'e4i svpar apar\line nija sukha nija du\'f9kha anyete 
vyavah\'e4r\line sei se sam\'e4nadar\'e7\'e9 sarvatra prac\'e4r
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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 arjun kahilen:\line \'e4pani ye yoga v\'e4rta kahilen \'e4m\'e4re\line he madhus\'fcdan! t\'e4h\'e4 n\'e4 sambhave more\line mor
 mana ca\'efcala se asthira se mati\line ataeva bujhi \'e4mi asambhava gati
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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 he k\'e5\'f1\'eba j\'e4na n\'e4 kiv\'e4 pram\'e4th\'e9 manere\line ati balav\'e4na sei saba pa\'eb\'f2a kare\line t\'e4h\'e4ra n
igraha m\'e4ni ati sudu\'f1kara\line v\'e4yu rodha yath\'e4 hay atyanta prakhara
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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 \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n kahilen:\line asa\'e0\'e7aya sei kath\'e4 tumi y\'e4 kahile\line atyanta ka\'f6hina sei manera ca\'efcale
\line kintu yadi kare ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 \'e7unaha kaunteya\line vair\'e4gya s\'e4dhane tabe hay k\'e4rya \'e7reya
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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 asa\'e0yata mana y\'e4r yog se du\'f1kar\line sei se \'e4m\'e4ra mat bujaha bistar\line \'e4tma-va\'e7i ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 kari ye k
are up\'e4y\line t\'e4h\'e4ra se k\'e4rya siddhi j\'e4naha ni\'e7cay
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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 arjun kahilen:\line ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 kariy\'e4o yadi siddha n\'e4hi hay\line he k\'e5\'f1\'eba! bala t\'e4r ki \'e4che up\'e4y
\line s\'e4dhyamata ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 kari vicalita hay\line apr\'e4pya se yoga-siddhi t\'e4h\'e4ra ni\'e7cay
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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 ubhaya bhra\'f1\'f6a chinn\'e4bhra mato sarvan\'e4\'e7\line vim\'fc\'f2ha brahmera pathe kiv\'e4 t\'e4r \'e4\'e7\line mah\'e4v
\'e4ho! e sa\'e0\'e7aya karaha chedan\line ghuc\'e4o \'e4pani sei manera vedan
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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 tumi k\'e5\'f1\'eba se svaya\'e0 sab kichu j\'e4na\line tumi vin\'e4 chett\'e4 kiv\'e4 \'e4che \'e4r \'e4na
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\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 kahilen:\line he p\'e4rtha! \'e7unaha tumi se r\'fcp t\'e4h\'e4r\line ek-janme nahe siddha vipatti ap\'e4r
\line t\'e4h\'e4r-o n\'e4hi n\'e4s iha v\'e4 amutra\line kaly\'e4\'eba k\'e4rya ye sei vijaya sarvatra
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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 yadiv\'e4 haila bhra\'f1\'f6a yogera s\'e4dhane\line tath\'e4pi se p\'e4y sei y\'e4h\'e4 pu\'ebyav\'e4ne\line uttama br\'e4hma
\'eba dhan\'e9 va\'ebikera ghare\line yogabhra\'f1\'f6a janma lay vidhira vic\'e4re
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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 athav\'e4 yog\'e9ra kule t\'e4r janma hay\line durlabha se saba janma kiv\'e4 t\'e4r bhay\line se sab durlabha janma yadi keha p
\'e4y\line t\'e4rpar sa\'ecga do\'f1e yadi n\'e4 bhramay
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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 buddhira sa\'e0yoge p\'fcrva dehe ye s\'e4dhila\line he kurunandana j\'e4na sei ni\'e7cay-i bujhila\line tabe buddhim\'e4n kare 
pu\'ebah yoger s\'e4dhan\line d\'e5\'f2ha ce\'f1\'f6a kari yog\'e9 puna\'f9 siddha han
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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 sv\'e4bh\'e4vik bh\'e4ve sei icch\'e4ra udyam\line \'e4k\'e5\'f1\'f6a haiy\'e4 kare se k\'e4rye udyam\line jij\'ef\'e4su yadi v
\'e4 hay yogera vi\'f1ay\line tath\'e4pi se karmak\'e4\'eb\'f2a at\'e9ta taray
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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 yatna-m\'e4tra kari yog\'e9 k\'e4rya siddhi kare\line janma-janm\'e4ntare siddha bhav\'e4r\'ebava tare
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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 tapasv\'e9 se yata \'e4che,         saba-nimna yog\'e9 k\'e4che,\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 nahe t\'e4r samatulya\line karm\'e9ra ki ka
th\'e4 \'e4r,          koth\'e4y tulan\'e4 t\'e4r,\line he arjun! yog\'e9 hao yogya
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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 yata yog\'e9 prak\'e4ra se \'e7\'e4strete nir\'ebay\line t\'e4r madhye mad-gata-pr\'e4\'eb yev\'e4 keha hay\line sab\'e4ra se 
\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha yog\'e9 j\'e4niha ni\'e7cay\line \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n yadi sei \'e4m\'e4re bhajay
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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 bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 7\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Knowledge of the Absolute
\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 kahilen:\line \'e4m\'e4te \'e4sakta haye yogera s\'e4dhan\line tom\'e4re kahinu p\'e4rtha sab etak\'f1a
\'eb\line se yog \'e4\'e7ray kari samagra ye \'e4mi\line asa\'e0\'e7ay bujhibe ye aniv\'e4rya tumi\line \'e7una p\'e4rtha sei kath\'e4 tom\'e4ke ye kahi\line bhakti-yog \'e7uddha sattva y\'e4te tu\'f1\'f6a rahi
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of P\'e5th\'e4, how by practising yoga in full consciousness of Me, 
with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4r vi\'f1aye ye hay j\'ef\'e4n-vij\'ef\'e4n\line se vi\'f1aye a\'e7e\'f1ata \'e7una diy\'e4 man\line j\'e4nile se tattva
-j\'ef\'e4n j\'ef\'e4tavya vi\'f1ay\line sahaje-i sab tattva sam\'e4dh\'e4n hay
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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 sahasra manu\'f1ya madhye kona ekjan\line siddhi-l\'e4bh karib\'e4re karaye yatan\line yatna\'e7\'e9l sei k\'e4ry kona ekjan
\line siddhil\'e4bh karib\'e4re upayukta han\line t\'e4r madhye keha keha \'e4m\'e4ke tattvata\line bujhite samartha han vivekava\'e7ata
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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 bh\'fcmi jal agni v\'e4yu buddhi ye \'e4k\'e4\'e7\line \'e4r aha\'eck\'e4r man buddhira prak\'e4\'e7\line ei sab a\'f1\'f6a prk
\'e4rera hay ye prak\'e5ti\line bhinn\'e4 sei \'e4m\'e4 hate b\'e4hira bibh\'fcti
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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 anutk\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4 t\'e4r\'e4 saha utk\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4 t\'e4 hate\line prak\'e5ti \'e4r ek ye \'e4chaye \'e4m\'e4te\line j
\'e9v-bh\'fct\'e4 se prak\'e5ti \'e7una mah\'e4b\'e4ho\line j\'e9v dv\'e4ra dh\'e4rya ja\'f2\'e4 j\'e4na aharaha
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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 ei dui prak\'e5ti se n\'e4m par\'e4par\'e4\line sarva-bh\'fcta yoni t\'e4r\'e4 j\'e4na parampar\'e4\line yehetu prak\'e5ti dui 
\'e4m\'e4 hate hay\line jagatera utpatti lay \'e4mi se ni\'e7caya
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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 \'e4m\'e4pek\'f1\'e4 paratattva \'e7una dhana\'efjay\line par\'e4tpar ye tattva anya keha nay\line \'e4m\'e4te samasta jagat 
\'e4che prati\'f1\'f6hita\line s\'fctre yena g\'ec\'e4\'f6h\'e4 th\'e4ke ma\'ebiga\'eb yata
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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 jalera ye sarasat\'e4 \'e4mi se kounteya\line candra-s\'fcrya prabh\'e4 yei \'e4m\'e4 hate j\'efeya\line sarva-vede ye pra\'ebab
 hay mukhya tattva\line \'e4k\'e4sera \'e7avda sei \'e4mi hai satya
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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 p\'e5thiv\'e9ra pu\'ebya gandha s\'fcryera prabh\'e4v\line j\'e9vana sarva-bh\'fcter tapasv\'e9ra t\'e4p
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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 utpattira v\'e9j-r\'fcp sab\'e4ra se \'e4mi\line san\'e4tana tattva p\'e4rtha sakalera sv\'e4m\'e9\line buddhi-m\'e4n yev\'e4 ha
y t\'e4r buddhi \'e4mi\line tejasv\'e9ra teja hay y\'e4h\'e4 antary\'e4m\'e9
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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 valav\'e4n yata \'e4che t\'e4r val \'e4mi\line k\'e4m-r\'e4ga vivarjita yata agrag\'e4m\'e9\line dharma aviruddha k\'e4ma he bha
ratar\'f1abha\line se saba bujhaha tumi \'e4m\'e4ra baibhava
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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 ye sab s\'e4ttvika bh\'e4v rajasa tamasa\line \'e4m\'e4 hate hay sab \'e4mi nahi va\'e7
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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 ei tin gu\'eb dv\'e4r\'e4mohita jagata\line n\'e4 bujhite p\'e4re more parama \'e7\'e4\'e7vata
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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 ataev gu\'ebamay\'e9 \'e4m\'e4ra ye m\'e4y\'e4\line bahira\'ecg\'e4 \'e7akti sei ati duratyay\'e4\line se m\'e4y\'e4ra h\'e4t ha
te yadi mukti c\'e4y\line \'e4m\'e4ra cara\'ebe sei prapatti karaya
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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 kintu y\'e4r\'e4 dur\'e4c\'e4r nar\'e4dham m\'fc\'f2ha,\line sarvad\'e4i gu\'eba-k\'e4rye ati-m\'e4tr\'e4 d\'e5\'f2ha\line m\'e4
y\'e4ra dv\'e4r\'e4te j\'e4r\'e4 apah\'e5ta j\'ef\'e4n\line prapatti kare n\'e4 t\'e4r\'e4 yata asur\'e4n
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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 suk\'e5ti kareche y\'e4r\'e4 sei c\'e4rijan\line \'e4rta arth\'e4rthi jij\'ef\'e4su kimb\'e4 j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 han\line prapatti sa
hita t\'e4r\'e4 karaye bhajan\line asur\'e4di m\'e4y\'e4-yuddhe h\'e4r\'e4y j\'e9van
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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 ei c\'e4rijana madhye j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 se vi\'e7i\'f1\'f6a\line priya hay j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 mor ati se vali\'f1\'f6ha
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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 ukta c\'e4rijan bhakta sakale ud\'e4r\line \'e7uddha bhakti pr\'e4pta han krama\'e7a vist\'e4r\line t\'e4r madhye j\'ef\'e4n\'e9
 bhakta ati se \'e4tm\'e9ya\line se k\'e4ra\'ebe uttam gati hay vara\'eb\'e9ya
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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 krame krame j\'ef\'e4n\'e9jan bahu janma pare\line \'e4m\'e4ra cara\'ebe \'e7uddha prapatti se kare\line v\'e4sudevamaya tad\'e4
 jagat dar\'e7an\line durlabha mah\'e4tm\'e4 sei \'e7\'e4strera var\'eban
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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 ye paryanta k\'e4man\'e4r dv\'e4r\'e4 th\'e4ke va\'e7\'e9bh\'fcta\line prapatti \'e4m\'e4te tad\'e4-nahe ta sambh\'fcta\line sei
 k\'e4m dv\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4r\'e4 h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n hay\line \'e4m\'e4ke ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 anya devat\'e4 p\'fcjay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi antary\'e4m\'e9 t\'e4r th\'e4kiy\'e4 antare\line sei sei devap\'fcj\'e4 kar\'e4i satvare\line sei sei \'e7raddh\'e4 di-i 
kariy\'e4 acal\line ataev anya dev karaye p\'fcjan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se takhan \'e7raddh\'e4yukta dev \'e4r\'e4dhan\line kariy\'e4 se phal p\'e4y \'e4m\'e4ra k\'e4ra\'eb\line kintu sei sei phal ani
tya sakal\line svalpa medh\'e4 c\'e4he t\'e4i s\'e4dhana viphal
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4r\'e4 devaloke j\'e4y anitya se dh\'e4m\line mor bhakta mor dh\'e4me nitya p\'fcr\'eba k\'e4m\line svalpa-buddhi y\'e4r hay
 se bale nir\'e4k\'e4r\line j\'e4ne n\'e4 t\'e4h\'e4r\'e4 cid vigraha \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvottama \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha hay \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7ar\'e9r\line avyaya saccid\'e4nanda y\'e4h\'e4 j\'e4ne sab dh\'e9r\line \'e4mi s
\'fcrya sama nitya san\'e4tana dh\'e4m\line sab\'e4ra nika\'f6e nahi d\'e5\'e7ya \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uparokta m\'fc\'f2ha lok n\'e4hi dekhe more\line \'e4mi ye avyaya \'e4tm\'e4 ajara amare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4nanda r\'fcp nitya avasthiti\line se k\'e4ra\'ebe he arjun trik\'e4la vidhiti\line vartam\'e4n bhavi\'f1yat atha
v\'e4 at\'e9t\line samasta k\'e4ler gati \'e4m\'e4te vidit\line kintu m\'fc\'f2ha lok y\'e4r\'e4 n\'e4hi j\'e4ne more\line \'e9\'e7vara parama k\'e5\'f1\'eba vidita sa\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub durbh\'e4g\'e4 ye lok sei dvandve-te mohita\line icch\'e4 dve\'f1 dv\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4r\'e4 sa\'e0s\'e4re c\'e4lita\line ataev he b
h\'e4rat t\'e4r\'e4 janma k\'e4le\line p\'fcrv\'e4p\'fcrva sa\'e0sk\'e4rera sarvad\'e4 kavale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1p\'e4pa hayeche y\'e4r\'e4 pu\'ebya karma dv\'e4r\'e4\line dvandva moha hate mukta hayeche y\'e4h\'e4r\'e4\line t\'e4r\'e4
 hay d\'e5\'f2ha-vrata bhajane \'e4m\'e4r\line nirbhay t\'e4h\'e4r\'e4 sab jinite sa\'e0s\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ke \'e4\'e7ray kari ye jana sa\'e0s\'e4re\line jar\'e4 mara\'eb mok\'f1er m\'e4rga sad\'e4 yatna kare\line se yog\'e9 j
\'e4ne tattva brahma param\'e4tm\'e4\line kimb\'e4 karmagati y\'e4ha j\'e4ne se dharm\'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhibh\'fcta adhidaiva kimb\'e4 adhi-yaj\'efa\line sei sab tattvaj\'ef\'e4ne y\'e4r\'e4 haya vij\'efa\line t\'e4h\'e4r\'e4o pray
\'e4\'eba samaye bujhe more\line param\'e4tm\'e4r s\'e4lokya l\'e4bh sei kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 8\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Attaining the Supreme
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line brahma kimb\'e4 adhy\'e4tma ki karma puru\'f1ottama\line adhibh\'fcta adhidaiva kaha t\'e4ra krama
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1: Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this m
aterial manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhiyaj\'efa kiv\'e4 sei he madhus\'fcdan\line kibh\'e4ve tom\'e4ke p\'e4y pray\'e4\'eba yakhan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\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 kahilen:\line ak\'f1ay vin\'e4\'e7 n\'e4i ataev brahma\line \'e4mi bhagav\'e4n sejanya parama-brahma\line 
param\'e4tm\'e4 \'e4r ye bhagav\'e4n\line sei ye parama-tattva sei brahma-j\'ef\'e4n\line karma se k\'e4ra\'eb ja\'f2a \'e7ar\'e9ra visarga\line bh\'fctombhava y\'e4r n\'e4m \'e7una t\'e4r varga
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pad\'e4rtha ye adhibh\'fcta k\'f1ara bh\'e4va n\'e4m\line vir\'e4\'f6a puru\'f1a sei adhidaiva n\'e4m\line antary\'e4m\'e9 \'e4m
i sei adhiyaj\'efa n\'e4m\line yata deh\'e9 \'e4che t\'e4r h\'e5de mor dh\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev antak\'e4le \'e4m\'e4re smariy\'e4\line yeb\'e4 cali y\'e4y ei \'e7ar\'e9ra ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4\line se p\'e4y \'e4m\'e4ra bh
\'e4v amara se hay\line ni\'e7caya-i kahinu ei n\'e4hita sa\'e0\'e7ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yei smara\'eba kare j\'e9va anta k\'e4le\line ye-bh\'e4ve se ty\'e4je nija ja\'f2a kalevare\line sei sei bh\'e4va yukta tatta
 l\'e4bha kare\line he kounteya! th\'e4ki sad\'e4 sei bh\'e4va ghare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva tumi sad\'e4 \'e4m\'e4ke smaribe\line k\'e4yamana buddhi sab \'e4m\'e4ke arpibe\line sebh\'e4be th\'e4kile more p\'e4ibe 
ni\'e7cay\line \'e4m\'e4te arpita man yadi asa\'e0\'e7ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka\'f6hina nahe ta' ei abhy\'e4sa karile\line manke anyatra sad\'e4 n\'e4hi yete dile\line he p\'e4rtha se-bh\'e4ve cinti parama
 puru\'f1e\line ni\'e7caya-i p\'e4ibe tumi deha ava\'e7e\'f1e
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama puru\'f1a dhy\'e4n         \'e7unaha t\'e4h\'e4ra j\'ef\'e4n,\line sarvaj\'efa tini se san\'e4tana\line niyant\'e4 se ati
 s\'fck\'f1ma,         vidh\'e4t\'e4 se antar\'e9k\'f1a,\line agocara ja\'f2a buddhi mana\line ye jan smara\'eba kare,          nitya sei puru\'f1ere\line \'e4dityera ny\'e4y svaprak\'e4\'e7a\line prak\'e5tir parap\'e4re,         ye j\'e4ne se vidh\'e4t
\'e4re\line svar\'e4\'f6 tini cid vil\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acal manete yev\'e4,         pray\'e4\'eba-k\'e4lete kiv\'e4,\line bhakti-yukta haye yoga-vale\line bhrur madhye r\'e4khi pr\'e4
\'eb,          yadi hay se smara\'eb\line divya puru\'f1a t\'e4h\'e4re mile
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda-j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 ye ak\'f1ar,          l\'e4bhe hay tatpar\line y\'e4h\'e4te pravi\'f1\'f6a hay yatiga\'eb\line v\'e9tar\'e4g
 brahmac\'e4r\'e9,         sad\'e4 \'e4cara\'eba kari,\line se tathya bali \'e7una vivara\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samasta indriya dv\'e4r,         ruddha hayeche y\'e4r, \line vi\'f1ayete an\'e4sakti n\'e4m\line manke nirodh kari,         h
\'e5dayete sthir kari,\line yei jan hayeche ni\'f1k\'e4m\line pr\'e4\'ebke bhrur m\'e4jhe,         yogya sei yog\'e9-s\'e4je,\line samartha yog dh\'e4ra\'ebe sei
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0k\'e4ra ak\'f1ara brahma,         ucc\'e4ra\'ebe yei brahma,\line \'e4m\'e4ke smara\'eba kare yei\line se y\'e4y \'e7ar\'e9
ra ch\'e4\'f2i,         vaiku\'eb\'f6ha vih\'e4r\'e9 hari,\line sam\'e4n lokete hay v\'e4s\line sei se param\'e4 gati,         \'e7r\'e9hari cara\'ebe rati, \line dhanya t\'e4r param\'e4rtha \'e4\'e7
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yog\'e9 ananya citta,         \'e4m\'e4ke smaraye nitya, \line d\'e5\'f2hat\'e4r saha avir\'e4m\line t\'e4h\'e4ra sulabha 
\'e4mi,         he p\'e4rtha j\'e4naha tumi,\line nitya yoge t\'e4h\'e4ra vi\'e7r\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ke l\'e4bh kare se mah\'e4tm\'e4 hay\line nahe t\'e4r punarjanma yeth\'e4 du\'f9kh\'e4lay\line a\'e7\'e4\'e7vata sa\'e0
s\'e4rete nahe t\'e4ra sthiti\line param\'e4 gatite t\'e4r siddha avasthiti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caturda\'e7a bhuvanete yata lok hay\line brahmalok paryanta se nitya keha nay\line se sab lokete sth\'e4n gaman\'e4-gaman\line s
akala lokete \'e4che janama-mara\'eb\line bhaktira \'e4\'e7ray yev\'e4 \'e4m\'e4ke ye p\'e4y\line kevala t\'e4h\'e4ra m\'e4tra punarjanma nay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1er sahasra ye caturyug y\'e4y\line brahm\'e4ra se ekadin kariy\'e4 ga\'ebay\line seir\'fcp ekar\'e4tri brahm\'e4ra ga
\'ebana\line r\'e4tri-dina brahm\'e4ra ye karaha manana
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei r\'e4tri abas\'e4ne avyakta haite\line vyakta hay e trilok brahm\'e4ra dinete\line \'e4b\'e4ra se r\'e4tri-k\'e4le haibe pra
lay\line avyakta haite janma avyakte mil\'e4y
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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 car\'e4cara y\'e4h\'e4 kichu sei udbhav pralay\line puna\'f9 puna\'f9 janma \'e4r puna\'f9 puna\'f9 k\'f1ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4ra upare yei bh\'e4vera nir\'ebay\line san\'e4tan sei dh\'e4m ak\'f1aya avyay\line sakala s\'e5\'f1\'f6ira n\'e4\'f1 e
 jagate hay\line san\'e4tana dh\'e4m nahe haibe pralay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei se avyakta n\'e4m 'ak\'f1ara' t\'e4h\'e4r\line j\'e9vera se gati n\'e4m param\'e4 y\'e4h\'e4r\line se gati haile l\'e4bh n
\'e4 \'e4se phiriy\'e4\line \'e4m\'e4ra se nitya dh\'e4m sa\'e0s\'e4ra jiniy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama-puru\'f1a sei nitya dh\'e4me v\'e4s\line he p\'e4rtha! ananya bhakti t\'e4h\'e4ra pray\'e4sa\line t\'ec\'e4h\'e4r-i antar
ete hay samasta jagata\line antary\'e4m\'e9 se puru\'f1a sarvatra vist\'e5ta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye k\'e4lete an\'e4v\'e5tti yog\'e9ra sambhav\line balitechi \'e7una t\'e4h\'e4 bharata \'e5\'f1abh
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmavit puru\'f1a ye jyoti \'e7ubhadine \line uttar\'e4ya\'eba k\'e4lete karile pray\'e4\'ebe\line brahma-l\'e4bh haya t\'e4r 
an\'e4v\'e5tti gati\line karm\'e9ra j\'ef\'e4n\'e9ra sei s\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eba mati
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4r\'e4 i\'f1\'f6\'e4p\'fcrti karme r\'e4tri k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1e\line dh\'fcm v\'e4 dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4yana candra jyoti lak
\'f1e\line m\'e4rga sei \'e4\'e7rayete punar\'e4gaman\line karma-yog\'e9 n\'e4hi kare brahma-nir\'fcpa\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev dui m\'e4rga \'e7ukla k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4m\line \'e7\'e4\'e7vata ye dui path hai vartam\'e4n\line \'e7ukla-m\'e4rge y\'e4
r gati t\'e4r an\'e4v\'e5tti\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-m\'e4rge y\'e4r gati se \'e4v\'e5tti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu p\'e4rtha bhakta mor dui m\'e4rga j\'e4ni\line mohapr\'e4pta n\'e4hi hay bhakti-yog m\'e4ni\line ataev he arjun! more nity
a smara\line bhakti-yog-yukta hao kabhu n\'e4 p\'e4sara
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved\'e4di \'e7\'e4strete y\'e4h\'e4,         yaj\'efa tapa d\'e4n t\'e4h\'e4, \line pu\'ebya-phal y\'e4h\'e4 se pradi\'f1\'f6a
\line se yog ye avalambe,          p\'e4y t\'e4h\'e4 avilambe,\line samyaka bujhiy\'e4 nija i\'f1\'f6a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 9\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Most Confidential Knowledge
\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 kahilen:\line ev\'e4ra he arjun \'e7una as\'fcy\'e4 rahita\line ei ek guhyatama kahi tava hita\line ih\'e4
 hay j\'ef\'e4n \'e4r vij\'ef\'e4na-sammata\line j\'e4nile se mukta hay sarb a\'e7ubhata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most
 confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4j-vidy\'e4 ei j\'ef\'e4n r\'e4j guhya kahe\line pavitra uttam t\'e4h\'e4 s\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb nahe\line y\'e4h\'e4ra s\'e4dhan
e hay pratyak\'f1\'e4nubhav\line susukha se dharma hay avyay baibhav
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\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 se \'e7raddh\'e4 n\'e4i ohe parantap\line ei dharma vij\'ef\'e4nete v\'e5th\'e4 japatap\line se \'e4m\'e4ke n\'e4hi
 p\'e4y j\'e4niha ni\'e7cay\line m\'e5tyu sa\'e0s\'e4rera pathe nirantar ray
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta ye nirvi\'e7e\'f1 \'e4m\'e4r-i r\'fcp\line jagata vy\'e4piy\'e4 th\'e4ki anirdi\'f1\'f6a r\'fcp\line \'e4m\'e4te jagat s
ab n\'e4 \'e4mi t\'e4h\'e4te\line pari\'eb\'e4m hay t\'e4h\'e4 \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7aktite
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7aktite th\'e4ke bhinna \'e4m\'e4 hate\line yogai\'e7varya sei mor bujha bh\'e4la mate\line bhart\'e4 sakala bh
\'fcter nahi se bh\'fctastha\line bh\'fcta-bh\'e5t n\'e4m mor bh\'fct\'e4di ta\'f6astha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4\'e7a \'e4r ye v\'e4yu ser\'fcpa tulan\'e4\line \'e4k\'e4\'e7a p\'e5thaka hate v\'e4yura c\'e4lan\'e4\line \'e4k\'e4
\'e7a sarvatra vy\'e4pta v\'e4yu yath\'e4 th\'e4ke\line tath\'e4 sarvabh\'fcta sthita th\'e4ke ye \'e4m\'e4te
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5tir lay hale vi\'e7r\'e4ma \'e4m\'e4te\line kalp\'e4rambhe hay s\'e5\'f1\'f6i puna\'f9 \'e4m\'e4 hate\line pralayer pare
 th\'e4ki \'e4mi ye \'e9\'e7var\line s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4-\'f1\'e5\'f1ta y\'e4h\'e4 kichu \'e4m\'e4ra ki\'eckar
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra prak\'e5ti dv\'e4r\'e4 s\'e5ji puna\'f9 puna\'f9\line prak\'e5tira va\'e7e hay yata bh\'fcta gr\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu dhana\'efjay tumi bujhibe ni\'e7cay\line prak\'e5tira k\'e4rye kabhu \'e4mi lipta nay\line ud\'e4s\'e9n \'e4mi sei prak
\'e5tira k\'e4rye\line \'e4sakti nahe ta' mor prak\'e5ti vidh\'e4rye
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i\'ecgita-m\'e4tra se mor ja\'f2\'e4-k\'e4rya kare\line car\'e4car yata kichu prasabe sab\'e4re\line jagat parivartana hay sei s
e k\'e4ra\'eb\line puna\'f9 puna\'f9 hay yata janama mara\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra manu\'f1y\'e4k\'e4r vigraha dekhiy\'e4\line m\'fc\'f2ha lok n\'e4hi bujhe avaj\'ef\'e4 kariy\'e4\line \'e4mi mahe
\'e7vara ei jagata sa\'e0s\'e4re\line \'e4m\'e4ra parama bh\'e4v ke bujhite p\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ke avaj\'ef\'e4 t\'e4i vyartha sab \'e4\'e7\'e4\line biphala karama t\'e4r j\'ef\'e4nera jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4\line y\'e4h
\'e4ra \'e4sur\'e9 bh\'e4v r\'e4k\'f1asa svabh\'e4v\line ch\'e4\'f2e more m\'e4ne \'e7udhu prak\'e5ti baibhav\line prak\'e5ti mohin\'e9 m\'fcrti t\'e4re j\'e4ri m\'e4re\line m\'e4y\'e4may m\'fcrti bale t\'e4h\'e4r\'e4 \'e4m\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu yev\'e4 mah\'e4tm\'e4 se \'e4r\'e4dhya-prak\'e5ti\line \'e4\'e7raya laiy\'e4 kare bhajana sa\'ecgati\line ananya manete ka
re vi\'e7uddha bhajan\line samasta bh\'fctera \'e4di \'e4m\'e4ke takhan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lak\'f1a\'eba se mah\'e4tm\'e4r hay vilak\'f1a\'eb\line mahim\'e4 \'e4m\'e4r kare satata k\'e9rtan\line \'e4m\'e4ra mahim\'e4 ja
nya sarva karme rata\line sakala vi\'f1aye yata hao d\'e5\'f2ha-vrata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktira y\'e4jana \'e4r pra\'eb\'e4ma vij\'efapti\line nitya-sev\'e4 up\'e4san\'e4 \'e4m\'e4kei pr\'e4pti\line y\'e4r\'e4 \'e7u
ddha bhakta nahe kintu more bhaje\line j\'ef\'e4n yaj\'efa kari t\'e4r\'e4 tin-bh\'e4ve maje\line aha\'e0graha up\'e4san ekatva se n\'e4m\line p\'e5thakatve up\'e4san\'e4 prat\'e9kop\'e4san\line vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa up\'e4san\'e4 anirdi\'f1\'f6a-r\'fcp\line 
nir\'e4k\'e4r-bh\'e4v kimb\'e4 bh\'e4ve bahu-r\'fcp
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi-i sei sm\'e4rta-yaj\'efe \'e7routa vai\'e7yadev\line \'e4mi-i se svadh\'e4 mantra ou\'f1adha vibhed\line \'e4mi-i se agni
 homa gh\'e5t\'e4di s\'e4magr\'e9\line \'e4mi pit\'e4 \'e4mi m\'e4t\'e4 athav\'e4 vidh\'e4t\'e5
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi pit\'e4maha vedya pavitra o\'e0k\'e4r\line \'e4mi \'e5k \'e4mi s\'e4m yaju ki\'e0b\'e4 \'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi gati \'e4mi bhart\'e4 more s\'e4k\'f1\'e9 kara\line \'e4mi se \'e7ara\'ebya-dh\'e4m prabhava pralaya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi se utpatti sthiti v\'e9ja avyay\line \'e4mi v\'e5\'f1\'f6i \'e4mi megh \'e4mi m\'e5tyumay\line \'e4mi se am\'e5ta tattva 
\'e7una he arjun\line sadasad y\'e4h\'e4 kichu \'e4mi vi\'e7var\'fcp
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a veda tray,         s\'e4dhane ye p\'fcr\'eba hay,\line soma-ras p\'e4ne p\'e4pa k\'f1ay\line yaj\'efa mor u
p\'e4san\'e4,         yev\'e4 kare se s\'e4dhan\'e4,\line svarga-sukh pr\'e4rthan\'e4 se kare\line pu\'ebyera phalete sei,         surendra lokete y\'e4y,\line divya-sukh bhog seth\'e4 kare\line vi\'e7\'e4la se svarga-sukh,         bhule y\'e4y ja\'f2a d
u\'f9kha,\line krame krame t\'e4ra pu\'ebya hare\line tray\'e9 dharma karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a         payo-mukha vi\'f1a-bh\'e4\'eb\'f2a\line am\'e5ta bh\'e4viy\'e4 yev\'e4 kh\'e4y\line gat\'e4gati k\'e4ma-l\'e4bh,         janme janme mah\'e4t\'e4p,\line t
\'e4r janma adha\'f9p\'e4te y\'e4y
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\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu ye ananya-bh\'e4ve more cint\'e4 kare\line ek\'e4nta haiy\'e4 \'e7udhu \'e4m\'e4ke ye smare\line sei nitya-yukta bhakta 
\'e4m\'e4ra se priya\line ye sukha c\'e4haye sei hay mor deya\line \'e4mi t\'e4r yogak\'f1em bahi lai y\'e4i\line \'e4m\'e4 vin\'e4 anya t\'e4r kona cint\'e4 n\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itara devat\'e4 yev\'e4 p\'fcje \'e7raddh\'e4 kari\line \'e7eo \'e4m\'e4ke p\'fcje vidhi dharma ch\'e4\'f2i
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva yaj\'efe\'e7vara \'e4mi prabhu \'e4ra bhokt\'e4\line se kath\'e4 bujhe n\'e4 y\'e4r\'e4 nahe tattva-vett\'e4\line ataev ta
ttva-j\'ef\'e4n haite vicyuta\line prat\'e9kop\'e4san\'e4 sei t\'e4ttvika vism\'e5ta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itara devat\'e4 y\'e4j\'e9 y\'e4y devaloke\line pit\'e5lok up\'e4sak y\'e4y pit\'e5loke\line bh\'fct-pret up\'e4sak bh\'fctaloke
 y\'e4y\line \'e4m\'e4ke bhajana kare \'e4m\'e4kei p\'e4y\line \'e4m\'e4ra p\'fcjana hay sakale sambhav\line daridra hale-o nahe apek\'f1\'e4 vaibhav
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra pu\'f1pa phal jal bhakta more dyay\line bhaktira k\'e4ra\'eba sei graha\'eb\'e9ya hay\line yatna kari mor bhakta y\'e4h
\'e4 kichu dyay\line santu\'f1\'f6a haiy\'e4 lai bhaktira prabh\'e4y\line nirapek\'f1a bhakta tumi e mora ni\'e7caya\line tom\'e4ra ye k\'e4ryakram saba bhakti haya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev kara y\'e4h\'e4 bhog yaj\'efa tap\line arpa\'eba karaha tumi \'e4m\'e4ke sesab
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ubh\'e4\'e7ubha phal y\'e4h\'e4 hay t\'e4h\'e4 dv\'e4r\'e4\line t\'e4h\'e4ra bandhana hate mukt tumi s\'e4r\'e4\line sei se 
sanny\'e4sa-yog karite yuy\'e4y\line y\'e4h\'e4ra phalete lok more pr\'e4pta haya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi ta' sakala bh\'fcte dekhi samabh\'e4v\line nahe keha priya mor dve\'f1ya v\'e4 prabh\'e4v\line kintu sei bhaje more bhakt
i-yukta hai\line se \'e4m\'e4te \'e4mi t\'e4te \'e4sakta ye rai
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya ye bhakta yadi kabhu dur\'e4c\'e4r\line bhajana karaye more ekani\'f1\'f6hat\'e4r\line se s\'e4dhu mantavya hay samyag vy
avasita\line do\'f1a t\'e4r kichu nay se ye d\'e5\'f2ha-vrata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ati-\'e7\'e9ghra y\'e4be sei bh\'e4va dur\'e4c\'e4r\line dharma-bh\'e4v habe t\'e4r bhaktite \'e4m\'e4r\line he kaunteya! pratij
\'ef\'e4 e \'e7unaha \'e4m\'e4r\line \'e4m\'e4ra ye bhakta hay n\'e4\'e7 n\'e4hi t\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ke \'e4\'e7ray kari yev\'e4 p\'e4p-yoni\line mlecch\'e4di yavan kimb\'e4 be\'e7y\'e4 madhye ga\'ebi\line kimb\'e4 vai
\'e7ya \'e7\'fcdra yadi \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4\'e7ray\line p\'e4ibe vaiku\'eb\'f6ha gati j\'e4niha ni\'e7cay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4\'f9ma\'eba k\'f1atriya y\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4dera ki kath\'e4\line pu\'ebyav\'e4na hay t\'e4r\'e4 j\'e4nibe sarvath\'e4\line at
aev e anitya sa\'e0s\'e4re \'e4siy\'e4\line bhajana karaha mor ni\'e7cinte basiy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manman\'e4 madbhakta mor bhajana p\'fcjan\line \'e4m\'e4ke pra\'eb\'e4m tumi kara sarvak\'f1a\'eb\line matpara haye tumi nija k
\'e4rya kara\line ava\'e7ya p\'e4ibe more j\'e4na ih\'e4 kara
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 10\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Opulence of the Absolute
\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 kahilen:\line \'e4b\'e4ra bali ye \'e7una parama vacana\line tom\'e4ra ma\'ecgala hetu kahi vivara\'eba
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Listen again, O mighty-armed Arjuna. Because you are My dear friend, for your benefi
t I shall speak to you further, giving knowledge that is better than what I have already explained.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra prabh\'e4va yei keha n\'e4hi j\'e4ne\line suraga\'eb \'e5\'f1iga\'eb kata jane jane\line sakaler \'e4di \'e4mi dev 
\'e5\'f1i yata\line bhaviy\'e4 cintiy\'e4 t\'e4r\'e4 ki bujhibe kata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye more an\'e4di j\'e4ne loka mahe\'e7vara\line saccida \'e4nanda \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha avyaya ajara\line marta-loke asa\'e0m\'fc\'f2
ha yei vyakti hay\line ei m\'e4tra j\'e4ni t\'e4r sarva p\'e4pa k\'f1ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fck\'f1m\'e4rtha nir\'ebaya yogya buddhi y\'e4h\'e4 hay\line \'e4tma ye an\'e4tma t\'e4h\'e4 j\'ef\'e4nera vi\'f1ay\line saty
a, dama, \'e7ama, k\'f1am\'e4, sukha, du\'f9kha, bhay\line abhaya, bhab\'e4bhaba \'e4r ahi\'e0s\'e4 y\'e4 hay\line samat\'e4di-tu\'f1\'f6i-ya\'e7a a-ya\'e7a v\'e4 d\'e4na\line sakala bh\'fctera bh\'e4v y\'e4h\'e4 kichu \'e4na\line \'e4mi t\'e4r s\'e5\'f1
\'f6i-kart\'e4 p\'e5thaka p\'e5thak\line buddhim\'e4n yev\'e4 hay bujhaye nichak
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 4-5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mar\'e9cy\'e4di sapta-\'e5\'f1i c\'e4ri sanak\'e4di\line caturda\'e7 manu p\'fcrva hira\'ebya-garbh\'e4di\line t\'e4dera e praj
\'e4 sab yata loke \'e4che\line \'e4m\'e4 hate janma sab m\'e4nas\'e4di p\'e4che
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra svar\'fcpa-j\'ef\'e4n \'e7akti va bibh\'fcti\line samasta kriy\'e4di yog \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha se bhakati\line ei sab tat
tva y\'e4r\'e4 ni\'e7cita j\'e4nila\line bhakti-yog s\'e4dhib\'e4re yogya se haila
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5t\'e4pr\'e4k\'e5t sab \'e4m\'e4 hate hay\line buddhim\'e4n vyakti j\'e4ni \'e4m\'e4ke bhajay\line \'e4m\'e4r ye bh
\'e4v t\'e4h\'e4 bhaktira lak\'f1a\'eb\line apa\'eb\'f2it n\'e4hi j\'e4ne j\'e4ne pa\'eb\'f2itaga\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4r ananya-bhakta maccitta mat-pr\'e4\'eb\line paraspara bujhe pa\'f2e \'e4nande magan\line \'e4m\'e4ra se-kath\'e4 nitya
 baliy\'e4 \'e7uniy\'e4\line to\'f1a\'eb rama\'eb kare bhaktite majiy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei nitya-yukta y\'e4r\'e4 bhajane ku\'e7al\line pr\'e9tira sahit t\'e4r\'e4 dhare bhakti-bal\line \'e4mi di-i bhakti-yog t\'e4d
era antare\line \'e4m\'e4ra parama dh\'e4m t\'e4r\'e4 l\'e4bh kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei se ananya-bhakta nahe ta aj\'ef\'e4n\'e9\line \'e4mi t\'e4r h\'e5dayete j\'ef\'e4n-dv\'e9p \'e4ni\line andhak\'e4ra tamon
\'e4\'e7a kari se a\'e7ani\line j\'ef\'e4na-dv\'e9p jv\'e4l\'e4iy\'e4 kari t\'e4re j\'ef\'e4n\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line parama brahma parama dh\'e4ma pavitra param\line tumi k\'e5\'f1\'eba hao nitya ei mora j\'ef\'e4n\line \'e7
\'e4\'e7vata puru\'f1 tumi aja, \'e4di bibhu\line apr\'e4k\'e5ta deha taba sakalera prabhu\line devar\'f1i n\'e4rada \'e4r jata \'e5\'f1i \'e4che\line asita-devala vy\'e4s sei g\'e4hiy\'e4che\line tom\'e4ra ei \'e7r\'e9-m\'fcrti ohe bhagav\'e4n\line n
\'e4 j\'e4ne devat\'e4 kimb\'e4 y\'e4r\'e4 d\'e4nav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 12-13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he ke\'e7ava tom\'e4ra e g\'e9ta v\'e4\'eb\'e9 yata\line sarva satya m\'e4ni \'e4mi se veda-sammata\line tom\'e4ra mahim\'e4 tum
i j\'e4na bh\'e4la mate\line ananta p\'e4re n\'e4 g\'e4hite ananta jihv\'e4te
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he puru\'f1ottama, tumi j\'e4na tom\'e4ra tom\'e4ke\line bh\'fcta-bh\'e4vana bh\'fcte\'e7a deva-deva jagat-pate\line tom\'e4ra b
ibh\'fcti yog divya se a\'e7e\'f1\line yadi k\'e5p\'e4 kari bala bist\'e4ri vi\'e7e\'f1
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye ye bih\'fcti bale bhuvana caturda\'e7\line vy\'e4piy\'e4 rayecha tumi sarvatra se ya\'e7\line kibh\'e4ve kariy\'e4 cint\'e4 t
om\'e4ra mahim\'e4\line he yog\'e9 tom\'e4ke j\'e4ni t\'e4h\'e4 se kahib\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kibh\'e4ve bujhiva \'e4mi tom\'e4ra se baibhav\line k\'e5p\'e4 kari tumi more kaha se bh\'e4v
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he jan\'e4rdan tom\'e4ra yoga v\'e4 bibh\'fcti\line bist\'e4ra \'e7unite mana hayeche se ati\line puna\'f9 puna\'f9 bala yadi ta
bu t\'e5pta nay\line am\'e5ta tom\'e4ra kath\'e4 m\'e5tattva n\'e4 k\'f1ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\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 kahilen:\line he arjun bali \'e7una bibh\'fcti \'e4m\'e4r\line y\'e4h\'e4ra n\'e4hika anta ananta ap\'e4r
\line pradh\'e4nata bali kichu \'e7una man diy\'e4\line kuru-\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha nija sre\'f1\'f6ha bujha se \'e7uniy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fcta \'e4\'e7raya se \'e4mi gu\'f2\'e4ke\'e7\line \'e4mi \'e4di \'e4mi madhya \'e4mi se-i \'e7e\'f1
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aditya-ga\'ebera vi\'f1\'ebu jyoti\'f1e se s\'fcrya\line mar\'e9ci marut-ga\'ebe \'e7a\'e7\'e9 t\'e4r\'e4carya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved-madhye s\'e4m-ved devga\'ebe indra\line indriya-ga\'ebera man cetan\'e4r kendra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rudradera madhye \'e7iv yak\'f1era kuver\line p\'e4vaka se vasu-madhye parvate sumer
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purohita-ga\'eba madhye hai b\'e5ha\'f1pati\line sen\'e4n\'e9ra madhye skanda s\'e4gara jaleti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahar\'e7i-ga\'ebera madhye bh\'e5gu \'e4mi hai\line o\'e0k\'e4ra pra\'ebava \'e4mi ek\'e4k\'f1ara sei\line yaj\'efa yata hay t
\'e4ra madhye \'e4mi jap\line acalete him\'e4laya sth\'e4vara ye sab
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva v\'e5k\'f1a madhye hai a\'e7vattha vi\'e7\'e4l\line devar\'f1ira madhye n\'e4m n\'e4rada \'e4m\'e4r\line gandharvera citra
-rath siddhera kapil\line muni-ga\'ecer madhye se sarvata ja\'f6il
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7vadera madhye hai uccai\'f9\'e7rav\'e4 n\'e4m\line samudra manthane se hay mor dh\'e4m\line gajendra-ga\'ebera madhye air
\'e4vata hai\line samr\'e4\'f6a-ga\'ebera madhye manu\'f1yete sei
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub astrera madhyete vajra dhenu k\'e4madhenu\line utpattira kandarpa hai k\'e4mtanu\line sarpa-ga\'eber madhyete \'e4mi se v\'e4suk
i\line ananta se n\'e4ga-ga\'ebe varu\'eba y\'e4dasi\line pit\'e5deva madhye \'e4mi hai se aryam\'e4\line yamaraja \'e4mi sei madhyete sa\'e0yam\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 28-29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daityadera prahl\'e4da se bhaktira pip\'e4s\'e9\line va\'e7\'e9dera madhye \'e4mi k\'e4l mah\'e4-va\'e7\'e9\line m\'e5gadera mad
hye si\'e0ha \'e4mi haye th\'e4ki\line pak\'f1\'e9dera madhye \'e4mi garu\'f2a se pak\'f1e
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vegav\'e4na madhye \'e4m\'e9 hai se pavan\line \'e7astradh\'e4r\'e9 madhye se \'e4mi para\'e7ur\'e4m\line jalacara madhye \'e4mi
 hayechi makar\line jahnav\'e9 \'e4m\'e4ra n\'e4m madhye nad\'e9var
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata s\'e5\'f1\'f6a vastu t\'e4r \'e4di madhya anta\line he arjun dekha mor ai\'e7varya ananta\line yata vidy\'e4 hay t\'e4r mad
hye \'e4tma-j\'ef\'e4n\line \'e4mi se siddh\'e4nta madhye yata b\'e4d\'e9ga\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1arera madhye \'e4mi 'a'-k\'e4ra se hai\line sam\'e4sera dvandva \'e4mi kintu dvandva nai\line sra\'f1\'f6\'e4-ga\'ebe \'e4
mi brahma dhva\'e0se mah\'e4k\'e4la\line rudra n\'e4ma dhari \'e4mi sa\'e0h\'e4ri vi\'e7\'e4la
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hara\'ebera madhye \'e4mi m\'e5tyu sarva-hara\line bhavi\'f1ya ye haya \'e4mi udbhava \'e4kara\line n\'e4r\'e9der madhye \'e4mi 
\'e7r\'e9 v\'e4\'eb\'e9 sm\'e5ti\line k\'e9rti, medh\'e4, k\'f1am\'e4 m\'fcrti athav\'e4 se dh\'e5ti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4m ved madhye \'e4mi b\'e5hata se s\'e4m\line chanda yata t\'e4r madhye g\'e4yatr\'e9 se n\'e4m\line m\'e4s-ga\'ebe \'e4mi h
ai se agrah\'e4ya\'eb\line vasanta n\'e4ma mora madhye \'e5tuga\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub va\'efcan\'e4r madhye \'e4mi hai dy\'fcta kr\'e9\'f2a\line tejasv\'e9-ga\'ebera madhye \'e4mi tejav\'e9r\'e4\line udyamera madhy
e hai \'e4mi se vijay\line t\'e4ra madhye \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha \'e4mi hai vyavas\'e4ya\line balav\'e4n madhye \'e4mi haye th\'e4ki bal\line \'e4m\'e4ra bibh\'fcti ei bujhaha sakal
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 36
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebider madhye \'e4mi v\'e4sudev hai\line p\'e4\'eb\'f2aver madhye \'e4mi j\'e4na dhana\'efjay\line munidera madhye vy
\'e4sa kavi \'e7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya\line sakalera madhye \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha \'e4mi sei \'e4rya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 37
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4sana-kart\'e4ra sei \'e4mi hai da\'eb\'f2a\line ny\'e4y\'e4dh\'e9\'e7ga\'eba madhye \'e4mi se ny\'e4yya\line gupta ye vi
\'f1aya haya t\'e4ra madhye mouna\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e9-der \'e4mi j\'ef\'e4n \'e4r sab gau\'eba
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7arva-bh\'fcta prav\'e4ha v\'e9ja \'e4mi se arjun\line \'e4mi vin\'e4 car\'e4car sakala agu\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra bibh\'fcti divya n\'e4hi t\'e4r anta\line sa\'e0k\'f1epe balinu sab \'e7una he tapanta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yekh\'e4ne bibh\'fcti satt\'e4 ai\'e7vary\'e4di bal\line se saba \'e4m\'e4ra k\'e5p\'e4 j\'e4nibe sakal\line \'e4m\'e4ra tej\'e4
\'e0sa dv\'e4r\'e4 hay se sambhav\line sekh\'e4ne \'e4m\'e4ra satt\'e4 kara anubhava
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 41
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhika ki bali arjun sa\'e0k\'f1epe \'e7una\line \'e4mi se pravi\'f1\'f6a hai sarva\'e7akti gu\'eba\line jagate sarvatra th\'e4k
i \'e4m\'e4ra ek\'e4\'e0\'e7e\line satyavat ja\'f2a m\'e4y\'e4 t\'e4i se prak\'e4\'e7e
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 11\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Universal Form
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line anugraha kari more \'e7un\'e4ile y\'e4h\'e4\line moha na\'f1\'f6a haiy\'e4che \'e7uni tattva t\'e4h\'e4\line
sei se adhy\'e4tma tattva ati guhyatama\line bigata sandeha hala yata chila mama
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dui tattva \'e7unil\'e4m kamala patr\'e4k\'f1a\line s\'e5\'f1\'f6i, sthiti, lay \'e4r nitya tattva\line ei s\'e5\'f1\'f6i madhye
 yath\'e4 tumi he parame\'e7var\line nija r\'fcpa praka\'f6iy\'e4 prak\'e4\'e7a bistar
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1ottama se yadi dekh\'e4o \'e4m\'e4ke\line icch\'e4 mor dekhib\'e4r yadi \'e7akti th\'e4ke
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev tumi yadi yogya mane kara\line dekhib\'e4re vi\'e7var\'fcp tom\'e4ra bistara\line yoge\'e7vara t\'e4h\'e4 t\'fcmi dekh\'e4
o \'e4m\'e4re\line nivedan ei mor kahinu tom\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\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 kahilen:\line he p\'e4rtha \'e4m\'e4ra r\'fcp sahasra se \'e7ata\line ei dekha n\'e4n\'e4-vidha divya bh
\'e4la mata\line aneka \'e4k\'e5ti var\'eba karaha pratyak\'f1a\line sakala \'e4m\'e4ra sei hay yogai\'e7v\'e4rya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adity\'e4di vasu rudra a\'e7vin\'e9 maruta\line ad\'e5\'f1\'f6a ap\'fcrba sab \'e4\'e7carya bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub car\'e4cara vi\'e7var\'fcpa \'e4m\'e4ra bhitar\line dekha \'e4j ekasth\'e4ne sab par\'e4par\line gu\'f2\'e4ke\'e7 \'e4mi k\'e5
\'f1\'eba par\'e4tpara tattva\line dekha tumi bh\'e4la kari \'e4m\'e4ra mahattva
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tumi \'e7uddha bhakta mor nahe pr\'e4k\'e5ta dar\'e7an\line ataev divya cak\'f1u kari tom\'e4re arpa\'eb\line divya cak\'f1u sop
\'e4dhik kintu sth\'fcla nahe\line aparok\'f1a anubh\'fcti sakale se kahe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'efjay kahilen:\line ata\'f9par \'e7una r\'e4j\'e4 yoge\'e7vara hari\line p\'e4rthake ai\'e7varya-r\'fcp dekh\'e4la \'e7r\'e9
-hari
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aneka nayana vajra adbhuta dar\'e7ana\line aneka se astra \'e4r divya \'e4vara\'eba\line divya m\'e4l\'e4 gandha \'e4r candana l
epana\line sab-i\'e4\'e7carya r\'fcp vi\'e7vera s\'e5jana
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 10-11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yadi s\'fcrya dine u\'f6he sahasra sahasra\line ekatre kira\'eba bujha ananta ajasra\line t\'e4h\'e4 hale kichu t\'e4r a\'e0\'e7
a anum\'e4n\line anyath\'e4 se divya tej naheta pram\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun dekhila tabe k\'e5\'f1\'ebera \'e7ar\'e9re\line ekatre se abasth\'e4n ananta vi\'e7ver\line ek ek se bibhakta yath\'e4-sth
\'e4n\line sei tej jyoti madhye bidhira bidh\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhana\'efjay h\'e5\'f1\'f6ar\'e4m dekhiy\'e4 vismita\line \'e7iras\'e4 pra\'eb\'e4m kare k\'e5ta\'efjalipu\'f6e\line kahite l
\'e4gila sei sambhrama-sahita\line devat\'e4r k\'e4che yath\'e4 y\'e4ce nija hita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line he dev \'e7ar\'e9re taba,          dekhitechi ye vaibhava,\line nahe v\'e4kya manera gocara\line sakala bh
\'fctera sa\'e0gda,         se ek vi\'e7\'e4l ra\'ecga,\line ekatrita saba car\'e4cara\line brahma ye kamal\'e4sana         sakala uraga-ga\'eba\line antary\'e4m\'e9-bhagav\'e4na \'e9\'e7a\line yata \'e5\'f1i-ga\'eb hay,          keha seth\'e4 b\'e4k\'e9
 nay,\line divi dev yata jagad\'e9\'e7a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aneka v\'e4hu udar,         aneka nayana vaktra,\line dekhitechi ananta se r\'fcpa\line \'e4di anta n\'e4hi t\'e4r,         vi
\'e7ve\'e7vara ye ap\'e4r,\line adbh\'fcta ye dekhi vi\'e7var\'fcpa
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kir\'e9\'f6a ye cakra gad\'e4,         r\'e4\'e7i r\'e4\'e7i tejaprada,\line d\'e9ptam\'e4n dekhitechi saba\line dekhite dur\'fc
ha sei,         prad\'e9pta ujjvala yei,\line d\'e9pta agni s\'fcrya dyuti sama
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tumi ye ak\'f1ara tattva,         bujhib\'e4r yogya tathya,\line e vi\'e7vera parama \'e4\'e7raya\line san\'e4tana dharmarak\'f1
a,         san\'e4tana puru\'f1\'e4khya,\line tumi hao ananta avyaya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tava \'e4di anta n\'e4i,          madhyera ki kath\'e4 t\'e4i,\line tumi hao se ananta v\'e9rya\line tom\'e4ra v\'e4hu mah\'e4n,
         candra-s\'fcrya netrav\'e4n,\line tom\'e4ra hut\'e4\'e7a d\'e9pta vaktra\line nija teja r\'e4\'e7i dv\'e4r\'e4,         tapta kara vi\'e7va s\'e4r\'e4,\line vy\'e4pta tom\'e4ra sarvatra teja\line p\'e5thiv\'e9 v\'e4 antar\'e9k\'f1e,          v
\'e4hire bhitare madhye,\line yata dig-digantera de\'e7a\line dekhiy\'e4 tom\'e4r r\'fcp,         mah\'e4na ye vi\'e7var\'fcp,\line y\'e4h\'e4 hay adbhuta dar\'e7ana\line hayeche dekhiy\'e4 bh\'e9ta,         tribhuvane ye vyathita,\line sab loka \'e7una 
mah\'e4tmana
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ai ye yata deva-ga\'eb,         laiteche ye \'e7ara\'eb,\line keha v\'e4 hayeche bh\'e9ta mane\line stav kare jo\'f2 h\'e4te,   
      mahar\'f1ira se santati,\line svasti-v\'e4d sakale b\'e4kh\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rudra \'e4r ye \'e4ditya,         vasu \'e4r yata s\'e4dhya,\line a\'e7vin\'e9 kum\'e4ra vi\'e7vadeva\line maruta v\'e4 pit\'e5l
ok,         gandharva v\'e4 siddhalok,\line dekhite \'e4siy\'e4che se saba
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4ra mah\'e4na r\'fcpa,         bahu netra bahu mukha,\line bahu p\'e4da \'fcru mah\'e4v\'e4ho\line bahu udara danta,      
   kar\'e4la n\'e4hika anta,\line dekhiy\'e4 manete bhay\'e4baha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4\'e7e \'f6hekeche m\'e4th\'e4,         jhule yena agni-m\'e4kh\'e4,\line vahu var\'eba hayeche vist\'e4ra\line vy\'e4pt
\'e4nana d\'e9pta netra,         jhalasiy\'e4 se sarvatra,\line dhairyacyuti kareche \'e4m\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kar\'e4la d\'ec\'e4tera p\'e4\'f6i,          mukhe tava \'e4\'f6is\'e4\'f6i,\line k\'e4l\'e4nala jveleche yemana\line dika-bhram
a saba karma,         bujhi n\'e4 \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7arma,\line rak\'f1\'e4 kara ohe bhagav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e5tar\'e4s\'f6ra putra yata,         t\'e4r\'e4 saba avirata,\line sa\'ecge laye yata dik-p\'e4l\line bh\'e9\'f1ma dro\'eba 
\'e4r kar\'eba,         \'e4m\'e4dera yata sainya,\line pi\'f1\'f6a tava dantete kar\'e4l\line sab\'e4i prave\'e7a kare,         bhay\'e4naka danta stare,\line c\'fcr\'eba haye th\'e4ke se l\'e4giy\'e4\line bh\'e4vi se dekhiy\'e4 mane,         nad\'e9 sr
ota dh\'e4vam\'e4ne,\line gela bujhi samudre mi\'e7iy\'e4\line yata nara lokav\'e9r,          jvale gela hala sthir,\line tom\'e4ra mukhera ye gahvare\line yemana pata\'ecga jvale,         agnite prave\'e7a k\'e4le,\line dhva\'e0sa hay nijera vegete\line
tumi'ta karicha gr\'e4s,         yata loka itih\'e4s,\line jvalita tom\'e4ra ei mukhe\line se tejete bh\'e4sam\'e4n,         jagatera n\'e4hi tr\'e4\'eb,\line he vi\'f1\'ebu sab\'e4i mare du\'f9khe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 26-27
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4 kari bala more,         kev\'e4 tumi ugra-ghore\line pra\'ebami pras\'e4da tumi prabhu\line ki k\'e4ra\'eba e adbhuta
,         dhariy\'e4cha vi\'e7var\'fcpa,\line dekhi n\'e4i bujhi n\'e4i kabhu\line kiv\'e4 se prav\'e5tti taba,         jij\'ef\'e4si tom\'e4re saba\line icch\'e4 haya j\'e4nib\'e4r tare\line yadi k\'e5p\'e4 taba hay,         vivara\'eba se ni\'e7cay,
\line k\'e5p\'e4 kari kaha prabhu more
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\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 kahilen:\line mah\'e4k\'e4l \'e4mi sei,         prav\'e5ddha icch\'e4y hai,\line yata lok gr\'e4s karib
\'e4re\line prav\'e5tta hayechi \'e4mi,         \'e4mi sei antary\'e4m\'e9,\line loka-k\'f1ay antare antare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev y\'e4ra heth\'e4,         yuddha l\'e4gi samavet\'e4,\line tumi vin\'e4 sakale maribe\line yata yoddh\'e4 \'e4siy\'e4che, 
        sammukhe d\'ec\'e4\'f2\'e4iy\'e4che,\line keha n\'e4hi j\'e9vita se rabe\line ataev kara yuddha,         ya\'e7a-l\'e4bh habe \'e7uddha,\line \'e7atru jini sukhe r\'e4jya kara\line \'e4mi sei prathamete,         m\'e4riy\'e4 rekhechi ete\line nim
ittam\'e4tra se tumi yuddha kara
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dro\'eb \'e4r bh\'e9\'f1ma kar\'eba,         jayadratha tath\'e4 anya,\line yata yoddh\'e4 v\'e9r \'e4siy\'e4che\line mariy\'e4c
he j\'e4na t\'e4ra,         \'e4m\'e4ra icch\'e4ra dv\'e4r\'e4\line kiv\'e4 du\'f9kha karib\'e4ra \'e4che
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'efjay kahilen:\line arjun \'e7uniy\'e4 t\'e4h\'e4,         k\'e5t\'e4\'efjalipu\'f6e ih\'e4,\line kampita \'e7ar\'e9r puna
\'f9 puna\'f9\line namask\'e4r kare bh\'fcme, bhaya-bh\'e9ta sasambhrame,\line ye kahila bali t\'e4h\'e4 \'e7una
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line taba k\'e9rti h\'e5\'f1ike\'e7a,         \'e7uniy\'e4che ye a\'e7e\'f1a,\line jagatera yev\'e4 yeth\'e4 \'e4
che\line \'e4nandita haye t\'e4r\'e4,         anugata hay y\'e4r\'e4,\line p\'e4gala haiy\'e4 dh\'e4ya p\'e4che\line r\'e4k\'f1as\'e4di bhaye bh\'e9ta,         yadi c\'e4he nija hita,\line pal\'e4ya se dig-digantare\line y\'e4r\'e4 haya siddhajana,      
   sad\'e4 pra\'ebamita mana,\line yukta hay se k\'e4rya t\'e4dere
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35-36
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kena n\'e4 he mah\'e4tmana,         n\'e4hi labe se \'e7ara\'eba,\line tumi hao sarva gar\'e9yas\'e9\line brahm\'e4ra \'e4di kar
t\'e4,         tumi hao t\'e4r bhart\'e4,\line taba k\'e9rti ati mah\'e9yas\'e9\line he ananta deva \'e9\'e7a,         tumi hao jagad\'e9\'e7a,\line sadasad pare ye ak\'f1ara\line tumi hao sei tattva,         ke bujhibe se mahattva,\line naha tumi bhouti
ka v\'e4 ja\'f2a
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 37
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tumi \'e4di deva hao         sakalera s\'e4dhya nao\line pur\'e4\'eba puru\'f1a sab\'e4 hate\line jagatera y\'e4h\'e4 kichu     
    sambhava hayeche pichu\line sthira ei jagata tom\'e4te\line tumi j\'e4na sab prabhu         san\'e4tana tumi bibhu\line tumi hao parama nidh\'e4na\line e vi\'e7va tom\'e4ra dv\'e4r\'e4         vy\'e4pta hayeche s\'e4r\'e4\line ananta se tom\'e4ra bid
h\'e4na
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4yu yama bahni candra         sakalera tumi kendra\line varu\'eba ye tumi hao saba\line tumi hao praj\'e4pati         prapit
\'e4maha se ati\line y\'e4h\'e4 hay tom\'e4ra baibhava\line sahasra se namask\'e4r          kari prabhu b\'e4r b\'e4r\line tom\'e4ra cara\'ebe \'e4mi dhari\line puna\'f9 puna\'f9 namask\'e4r         bh\'fcya bh\'fcya b\'e4r b\'e4r\line k\'e5p\'e4 d\'e5
\'f1\'f6i kara he \'e7r\'e9-hari
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sammukhe pa\'e7c\'e4te taba         sarvato pra\'eb\'e4me raba\line namask\'e4ra taba p\'e4dapadme\line antary\'e4m\'e9 urukrama
         tumi vin\'e4 saba bhrama\line prak\'e4\'e7ita tumi nija chande
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4niy\'e4 tom\'e4ke sakh\'e4         pragalabha karechi v\'e5th\'e4\line he k\'e5\'f1\'eba he y\'e4dav kata balechi\line n
\'e4 j\'e4ni ei mahim\'e4          \'e4\'e7carya se n\'e4hi s\'e9m\'e4\line s\'e4m\'e4nyata tom\'e4ke bhebechi\line parih\'e4s kari sakh\'e4          asatk\'e4ra yath\'e4-tath\'e4\line se pram\'e4da y\'e4 kichu balechi\line vih\'e4ra \'e7ayy\'e4 \'e4sane
          parok\'f1a b\'e4 s\'e4mne\line k\'f1ama apar\'e4dh y\'e4 karechi
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 41-42
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata loka car\'e4car         tumi p\'e9ta se sab\'e4r\line tumi pujya guru se pradh\'e4na\line sam\'e4na adhik taba         anya
 keha asambhaba\line apratima tom\'e4ra prabh\'e4ba
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 da\'eb\'f2avata namask\'e4r         kari \'e4mi b\'e4r b\'e4r\line he \'e9\'e7a, he p\'fcjya jagate sab\'e4r\line k\'e5p\'e4 tab
a bhik\'f1\'e4 c\'e4i         anyath\'e4 se gati n\'e4i\line pit\'e4 putre yath\'e4 vyavah\'e4ra\line athav\'e4 sakh\'e4r s\'e4the         priya \'e4r ye priy\'e4te\line do\'f1 k\'f1am\'e4 hay se sarvad\'e4\line he deve\'e7a jagann\'e4th         se sam
\'e5ddha mor s\'e4th\line tu\'f1\'f6a hao tath\'e4 he bh\'fcr\'e9d\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 44
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 45
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caturbhuja ye svar\'fcp         dekhib\'e4re ye icchuk\line sa\'eckha cakra gad\'e4 padma-dh\'e4r\'e9\line ye vi\'f1\'ebu svar
\'fcp hate         vi\'e7var\'fcpa e vi\'e7vete\line hao se sahasra v\'e4hudh\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n kahilen:\line tom\'e4ra prasanna l\'e4gi         he arjun \'e4mi yog\'e9\line ei ja\'f2a vi\'e7var\'fcpa d
ekha\line \'e4m\'e4ra yoga prabh\'e4ve         t\'e4h\'e4 sei sasambhave\line asambhav n\'e4hi y\'e4r lekha\line sei tejomaya vapu         n\'e4 dekhila keha kabhu\line tom\'e4ra sei prathama dar\'e7an\line veda yaj\'efa kimb\'e4 d\'e4n         ati pa
\'f6u adhyayan\line asamartha sesaba var\'eban\line kimb\'e4 ugra tapobal         kriya-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a ye sakal\line s\'e4dhya n\'e4i er\'fcpa dar\'e7ane\line he kuru prav\'e9r \'e7una         n\'e4 dekhibe tumi bhinna\line \'e4m\'e4ra ye r\'fcpa tribhuv
ane
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 47
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 48
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub diba n\'e4 tom\'e4ke vyath\'e4         bibhrama hayeche yath\'e4\line dekhi mor ei ghora r\'fcp\line ch\'e4\'f2a bhaya pr\'e9ta 
hao         puna\'f9 \'e7\'e4nti pr\'e4pta hao\line dekha mor ye nitya svar\'fcp
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 49
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'efjay kahilen:\line se kath\'e4 baliy\'e4 hari         arjunke lak\'f1ya kari\line v\'e4sudev bhagav\'e4n puna\'f9\line nija
 caturbhuja r\'fcp         dekh\'e4icha apar\'fcp\line p\'fcr\'eba brahma apr\'e4k\'e5ta gu\'eba\line t\'e4rpar nityar\'fcp         \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'ebera yei r\'fcp\line dvibhuja m\'fcrati \'e4virbh\'e4va\line punarv\'e4ra hala souma         svar
\'fcper ye m\'e4h\'e4tmya\line \'e4\'e7v\'e4sane phirila svabh\'e4va
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 50
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line dekhiy\'e4 tom\'e4r ei manu\'f1ya svar\'fcp\line he jan\'e4rdan peyechi phiri mor r\'fcp\line sa\'e0v\'e5tta
 hayechi \'e4mi sacet\'e4 prak\'e5ti\line idan\'e9\'e0 se citta sthira sv\'e4bh\'e4bika gati
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 51
\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 kahilen:\line \'e4m\'e4ra dvibhuja r\'fcp durlabha dar\'e7an\line tumi y\'e4 hericha \'e4j haye ekman\line
brahm\'e4 \'e7iv \'e4di dev se \'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4 kare\line \'e7uddha bhakta hay y\'e4r\'e4 bujhib\'e4re p\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 52
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 jap tap kimb\'e4 d\'e4n pu\'ebya\line p\'fcj\'e4-p\'e4\'f6h yata kichu dharma-patha anya\line kona\'f6\'e4i 
nahe yogya e r\'fcpa dekhite\line yadyapi se avat\'e9r\'eba \'e4mi p\'e5thiv\'e9te
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 53
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya-bhakti ye hay ekm\'e4tra k\'e4m\line he arjun dekhib\'e4re yogya mor dh\'e4m\line sei se bujhite p\'e4re tattve dekhib
\'e4re\line nitya l\'e9l\'e4te mor se prave\'e7 kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 54
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra santo\'f1a l\'e4gi kara saba karma\line nitya yukta mor bhakta se parama dharma\line t\'e4r kona \'e7atru n\'e4i sar
va-bh\'fcta m\'e4jhe\line sei mor \'e7uddha bhakta th\'e4ke mor k\'e4che
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 55
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 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 Chapter 12\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Devotional Service
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line ye \'e7\'fcddha bhakta ye k\'e5\'f1\'eba tom\'e4te satata\line ananya bhaktira dv\'e4r\'e4 haye th\'e4ke yuk
ta\line \'e4r ye avyaktav\'e4d\'e9 avyakta ak\'f1are\line ni\'f1k\'e4ma karam kari sad\'e4 cint\'e4 kare\line t\'e4r madhye kev\'e4 uttam yogavit haya\line j\'e4nib\'e4r icch\'e4 mor karaha ni\'e7cay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\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 kahilen:\line \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7var\'fcpa ei y\'e4ra mana sad\'e4\line \'e4vi\'f1\'f6a haiy\'e4 th\'e4ke up
\'e4san\'e4 h\'e5d\'e4\line \'e7raddh\'e4r sahit kare pr\'e4\'eba bhaktimay\line uttama yog\'e9ra \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha kahinu ni\'e7cay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1ara avyakta-sakta nirdi\'f1\'f6a-bh\'e4v\line indriya sa\'e0yam kari hitai\'f1\'e9 svabh\'e4v\line sarva-vy\'e4p\'e9 acint
ya ye k\'fc\'f6astha acal\line dhruva nirvi\'e7e\'f1 sattve th\'e4kiy\'e4 a\'f6al\line samabuddhi haye sab kare up\'e4san\'e4\line se \'e4m\'e4ke pr\'e4pta hay kariy\'e4 s\'e4dhan\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 3-4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kintu ei-m\'e4tra bhed j\'e4na ubhayera madhye\line bhakta p\'e4y ati \'e7ighra \'e4r ka\'f1\'f6e siddhe\line avyakta \'e4sakta 
sei vahu kle\'e7 t\'e4r\line avyakta ye gati du\'f9kha deh\'e9ra ap\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye \'e4m\'e4r sambandhete sab karma kare\line \'e4m\'e4ra svar\'fcpa ei nitya dhy\'e4na kare\line j\'e9vana ye more s\'ecapi 
\'e4m\'e4te \'e4sakta\line ananya ye bh\'e4v bhakti t\'e4he anurakta\line se bhaktake m\'e5tyu-r\'fcp e sa\'e0s\'e4ra hate\line uddh\'e4r kariba \'e7\'e9ghra j\'e4na bh\'e4la mate
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 6-7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev tumi ei dvibhuja svar\'fcpe\line eman buddhi sthira kara bhagavat svar\'fcpe\line \'e4m\'e4ra e nityar\'fcpe nitya-yukta h
ale\line ava\'e7ya p\'e4ibe prem sarva-\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha phale\line \'fcrdhva-gati sei j\'e4na n\'e4 kara sa\'e0\'e7ay\line sarvocca phal t\'e4h\'e4 kahinu ni\'e7cay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yadi se sahaj bh\'e4ve hao asamartha\line abhy\'e4sa yogete kara l\'e4bh param\'e4rtha\line vidhi-m\'e4rge r\'e4g-m\'e4rge yev
\'e4 more c\'e4y\line acir\'e4t se abhy\'e4se loka more p\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhy\'e4seo asamartha yadi tumi hao\line \'e4m\'e4ra l\'e4giy\'e4 karme sad\'e4yukta rao\line \'e4m\'e4ra santo\'f1a janya yev
\'e4 k\'e4rya hay\line j\'e4nio sesab more pr\'e4ptira up\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4teo yadi taba \'e7aktira abh\'e4v\line bhakti-yog \'e4\'e7rayete viruddha svabh\'e4v\line tabe se vaidika karma tyaji 
karmaphal\line ava\'e7ya s\'e4dhive tumi yatnete prabal
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoge asamartha yev\'e4 abhy\'e4s-ibh\'e4la\line t\'e4h\'e4te ye asamartha j\'ef\'e4nete suphala\line t\'e4h\'e4teo asamar
tha \'e4tma-cint\'e4 \'e7reya\line t\'e4h\'e4teo asamartha karma-yoga \'e7reya\line k\'e4mya karme sukh n\'e4i ty\'e4g-iuttam\line ty\'e4g-i\'e7\'e4ntira m\'fcl t\'e4te n\'e4hi bhram
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra ye bhakta sarva-gu\'ebera \'e4dh\'e4r\line sakalera mitra hay hi\'e0s\'e4 n\'e4hi t\'e4r\line bhakta nahe hi\'e0s
\'e4r p\'e4tra bhakta se karu\'eb\line j\'e9vera durda\'e7\'e4 heri sad\'e4 du\'f9kh\'e9 man\line dehe \'e4tma-buddhi bhram bhaktera se n\'e4i\line nirmamoniraha\'eck\'e4ra du\'f9khera b\'e4l\'e4i\line sarvata santu\'f1\'f6a yog\'e9 se d\'e5\'f2ha ni\'e7
cay\line yatna\'e7\'e9l nija k\'e4rye \'e4m\'e4te vilay\line t\'e4r k\'e4rya man pr\'e4\'eb \'e4m\'e4te niyukta\line \'e4m\'e4ra se priya bhakta sarbad\'e4i mukta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 13-14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4r dv\'e4r\'e4 kona lok du\'f9kha n\'e4hi p\'e4y\line k\'e4h\'e4keo mane pr\'e4\'ebe du\'f9kha n\'e4hi dy\'e4y\line har\'f1
\'e4mar\'f1a-bhayodveg e-sabe se mukta\line ataev mora bhakta ati priya-yukta
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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 lok vyavah\'e4re bhakta sad\'e4 nirapek\'f1a\line ud\'e4s\'e9n gata-vyatha \'e7uci \'e4r dak\'f1a\line \'e7uci hay mor bhakta br
ahma se svabh\'e4ve\line j\'e4ti buddhi n\'e4hi kara bhakta se vai\'f1\'ebave
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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 ja\'f2a k\'e4rye ha\'e5\'f1a du\'f9kha ye janera n\'e4i\line tyajiy\'e4che ye \'e4k\'e4\'eckh\'e4 cint\'e4 y\'e4r n\'e4i\line 
\'e7ubh\'e4-\'e7ubha parity\'e4g\'e9 yev\'e4 bhaktim\'e4n\line \'e4m\'e4ra se priya bhakta t\'e4h\'e4ke samm\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7atru mitra apam\'e4n ki\'e0b\'e4 nija m\'e4n\line ja\'f2amukta mor bhakta m\'e4naye sam\'e4n\line \'e7\'e9t, gr\'e9\'f1ma, s
ukh, du\'f9kha ek yev\'e4 m\'e4ne\line sa\'ecgamukta sei bhakta sthita \'e4tma-j\'ef\'e4ne\line tulya nind\'e4 stuti \'e4r santu\'f1\'f6a gambh\'e9r\line niketana t\'e4r n\'e4i mati t\'e4r sthir\line sei mor priya bhakta sei bhaktim\'e4n\line bhaktera la
k\'f1a\'eba yata karinu vy\'e4khy\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 18-19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei s\'fcddha bhakti yev\'e4 karibe s\'e4dhan\'e4\line am\'e5ta se dharma j\'e4na ja\'f2a vilak\'f1a\'eb\'e4\line t\'e4h\'e4te ye
 \'e7raddh\'e4-yukta anuk\'fcla pr\'e4\'eb\line atyanta se priya bhakta \'e4m\'e4ra sam\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 13
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chapter 13\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line prak\'e5tir \'e4r puru\'f1a k\'f1etra ye ksetraj\'efa\line j\'e4nib\'e4r icch\'e4 mor \'e4mi nahi vij\'efa
\line seir\'fcp j\'ef\'e4n \'e4r vij\'ef\'e4na ki hay\line ke\'e7ava \'e4m\'e4ke kaha kariy\'e4 ni\'e7cay
\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 kahilen:\line he kaunteya! e \'e7ar\'e9ra k\'f1etra n\'e4m t\'e4r\line ih\'e4ra ye j\'ef\'e4t\'e4 sei k
\'f1etraj\'efa vic\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 1-2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mio k\'f1etraj\'efa bujha sakala \'e7ar\'e9re\line he bh\'e4rata, antary\'e4m\'e9 kahe se \'e4m\'e4re\line sei k\'f1etra 
\'e4r k\'f1etraj\'efer yev\'e4 j\'ef\'e4n\line \'e4m\'e4ra vic\'e4re hay sei \'e7uddha j\'ef\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei k\'f1etra \'e4r k\'f1etraj\'efera vic\'e4r\line ki t\'e4r svar\'fcp kimb\'e4 ki t\'e4r vic\'e4r\line ki t\'e4r prabh\'e4va k
imb\'e4 koth\'e4 hate hay\line \'e7una tumi kahi \'e4mi kariy\'e4 ni\'e7cay
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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 d\'e4r\'e7anik \'e5\'f1i kata kareche vic\'e4r\line sm\'e5ti chande kata vale n\'e4hi t\'e4r p\'e4r\line kintu ved\'e4nta v\'e4k
ye yuktira sahita\line ye vic\'e4r kariy\'e4che l\'e4gi lokahita\line sei se vic\'e4r j\'e4na susiddh\'e4nta mat\line sakalera graha\'eb\'e9ya ch\'e4\'f2i anya path
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1iti, ap, tej, v\'e4yu, vyom mah\'e4bh\'fcta\line aha\'eck\'e4r, buddhi \'e4r man avyakta sambh\'fcta\line cak\'f1u, kar\'eb
a, n\'e4sik\'e4, jihv\'e4, tvak y\'e4h\'e4 j\'e4ni\line p\'e4yu, p\'e4d, pe\'f6, li\'ecga \'e4r y\'e4h\'e4 p\'e4\'ebi\line sei da\'e7 v\'e4hya-\'e4r man se antare\line ek\'e4da\'e7 indriya se \'e7\'e4strera vic\'e4re\line r\'fcp, ras, gandha, \'e7avda, s
par\'e7a ye vi\'f1ay\line cavvi\'e7a se tattva bujha k\'f1etra paricay\line ih\'e4dera ye vic\'e4r kare vi\'e7le\'f1a\'ebe\line k\'f1etra-tattva sei vij\'efa bh\'e4la-r\'fcpa j\'e4ne\line icch\'e4, dve\'f1, sukh, du\'f9kha \'e4r ye sa\'ecgh\'e4t\line sth
\'fcl deha parim\'e4\'eb pa\'efca mah\'e4-bh\'fcta\line cetan\'e4 \'e7akti ye hay j\'e9vera \'e4dh\'e4r\line t\'e4r sa\'ecge dh\'e5ti j\'e4na k\'f1etrera vik\'e4r\line ataev ei sab ekatre se k\'f1etra\line sth\'fcla s\'fck\'f1ma ja\'f2a vidy\'e4 sei ye s
arvatra
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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 am\'e4nitva, ad\'e4mbhitva, ahi\'e0s\'e4 ye k\'f1\'e4nti\line saralat\'e4, guru-sev\'e4, \'e7ouca, dhairya, \'e7\'e4nti\line 
\'e4\'f6m\'e4ra nigraha y\'e4h\'e4 indriya vi\'f1aye\line vair\'e4gya niraha\'e0k\'e4r sakala \'e4\'e7aye\line janma, m\'e5tyu, jar\'e4, vy\'e4dhi du\'f9khera dar\'e7an\line an\'e4sakti str\'e9 putrete g\'e5hera pr\'e4\'ebga\'eb\line ud\'e4s\'e9n pariv
\'e4re sukhete du\'f9khete\line nitya samacitta i\'f1\'f6a ani\'f1\'f6a madhyete\line \'e4m\'e4te ananya-bhakti avyabhic\'e4ri\'eb\'e9\line nirjana sth\'e4nete v\'e4s gr\'e4mya niv\'e4ra\'eb\'e9\line adhy\'e4tma j\'ef\'e4nera kare nityatva sv\'e9k\'e4r
\line tattva-j\'ef\'e4n l\'e4gi kare dar\'e7ana vic\'e4r\line sei se j\'ef\'e4nera carc\'e4 vik\'e4re n\'e4\'e7\line aj\'ef\'e4natamera n\'e4m anyath\'e4 prak\'e4\'e7
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 8-12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nera j\'ef\'e4tavya y\'e4h\'e4 t\'e4h\'e4 bali \'e7una\line j\'e4nile se tattva habe am\'e5tera p\'e4n\line sei brahma-
tattva-j\'ef\'e4n \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4\'e7rita\line an\'e4di se sat \'e4r asat at\'e9ta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-sth\'e4ne hasta-pada nahe nir\'e4k\'e4r\line sarva-sth\'e4ne cak\'f1u \'e7ir kata mukh t\'e4r\line sarvatra \'e7rava\'eba 
sarva \'e4vara\'eba sth\'e4n\line tini ch\'e4\'f2\'e4 tribhuvane n\'e4hi kichu \'e4na
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'ec\'e4h\'e4 hate indriy\'e4di hayeche prak\'e4\'e7\line ja\'f2endriya n\'e4hi t\'e4r sarva-gu\'eb\'e4bh\'e4s\line an\'e4sakta
 sarva-bh\'fct tini se nirgu\'eb\line sakala gu\'ebera bhokt\'e4 tini cirantan
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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 sakala bh\'fctera tini antare v\'e4hire\line t\'ec\'e4h\'e4 hate hay sab cara v\'e4 acar\line ati s\'fck\'f1ma tattva t\'e4i avi
j\'efeya\line yugapat bahu d\'fcre nika\'f6eteo hay
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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 avibhakta hai-y\'e4o vibhaktera mata\line akha\'eb\'f2a sama\'f1\'f6i tini vya\'f1\'f6i-r\'fcpe sthita\line sarva-bh\'fcta bhart
\'e4 tini saba janmad\'e4t\'e4\line tini-i sab\'e4r puna\'f9 sa\'e0h\'e4rera kart\'e4
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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 samasta jyotira tini parama \'e4dh\'e4r\line cinmaya t\'ec\'e4h\'e4r jyoti ja\'f2a para \'e4r\line j\'ef\'e4namaya r\'fcpa t\'e4
\'ecr j\'ef\'e4nagamya j\'efeya\line sakalera h\'e5di-m\'e4jhe tini adhi\'f1\'f6heya
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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 ei kahinu tattva k\'f1etra j\'ef\'e4n j\'efeya\line vij\'ef\'e4na t\'e4h\'e4ra n\'e4m pa\'eb\'f2itera priya\line e vij\'ef\'e4n 
bujhiy\'e4 se mor bhakta hay\line tattva \'e7uddhi j\'ef\'e4na hay bhaktira \'e4\'e7ray
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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 prak\'e5ta puru\'f1a hay an\'e4di se siddha\line an\'e4di k\'e4la hate ubhaya sa\'e0v\'e5ddha\line vik\'e4r\'e4di gu\'eba yata p
r\'e4k\'e5ta sambhava\line pr\'e4k\'e5ta puru\'f1a yei t\'e4r anubhava
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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 k\'e4rya v\'e4 k\'e4ra\'eba hay prak\'e5tira d\'e4n\line bhogera k\'e4ra\'eba sei puru\'f1ei han
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5ta haiy\'e4 j\'e9v bhu\'efje sei gu\'eb\line prak\'e5tira gu\'eba sab prak\'e5tira d\'e4n\line pr\'e4k\'e5ta gu\'eber
a sa\'ecga ucca-n\'e9ca yoni\line sadasad janma hay anya n\'e4hi ga\'ebi
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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 se j\'e9vera baddha r\'fcpe param\'e4tm\'e4 sa\'ecge\line upade\'f1\'f6\'e4 anumant\'e4 han tini ra\'ecge\line mahe\'e7vara tini
 bhokt\'e4 puru\'f1e parama\line j\'e9vera uddh\'e4ra l\'e4gi tini sa\'ecge han
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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 sei se j\'ef\'e4nera dv\'e4r\'e4 puru\'f1a prak\'e5ti\line puru\'f1era ye pr\'e4k\'e5ta gu\'ebera sv\'e9k\'e5ti\line ye bujhila 
vartam\'e4n haiy\'e4 sarvath\'e4\line punarjanma n\'e4hi t\'e4r nahe se anyath\'e4
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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 bhakta-ga\'eb cid\'e4\'e7raye sad\'e4 dhy\'e4ne rata\line prema-cak\'f1e param\'e4tm\'e4ke dar\'f1ana satata\line s\'e4\'e0khya-
yog\'e9 j\'ef\'e4na dv\'e4r\'e4 \'e4locan\'e4 kare\line karma-yog\'e9 bhagav\'e4ne karm\'e4rpa\'eba kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anya s\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb lok bujhe n\'e4 se kichu\line \'e7rava\'eb\'e4ntar up\'e4san\'e4 t\'e4r\'e4 kare kichu\line t\'e4r\'e4o t
variy\'e4 y\'e4y e sa\'e0s\'e4r hate\line yadi \'e7ruti-par\'e4ya\'eba s\'e4dhura sa\'ecgete
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sth\'e4vara ja\'ecgama yata janmeche janm\'e4be\line k\'f1etra k\'f1etraj\'efera sa\'e0yoga prabh\'e4ve
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se saba bh\'fctete samasthita bhagav\'e4n\line dar\'f1ana karite p\'e4re kona bh\'e4gyav\'e4n\line bhagav\'e4n avina\'e7yat vast
u t\'e4h\'e4ra bhitare\line vina\'e7yat dharma tini sv\'e9k\'e4ra n\'e4 kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakaler madhye sama thakena \'e9\'e7var\line dekhite samartha hay yei tatpar\line ye \'e4tm\'e4ke adha\'f9p\'e4t kabhu n\'e4hi k
are\line kupathag\'e4m\'e9 se du\'f1\'f6a mana dv\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti-pradatta deha indriy\'e4di dv\'e4r\'e4\line prak\'e5ti-i s\'e4dhe karma j\'e9vera se s\'e4r\'e4\line kintu \'e4tma-ta
ttva j\'e9v kichu n\'e4hi kare\line j\'ec\'e4h\'e4ra dar\'e7ana sei se dekhite p\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4k\'e5tik vaicitrye yev\'e4 ekatva dar\'e7ane\line sarva-bh\'fctera p\'e5thak bh\'e4v samartha se mane\line s\'e5\'f1\'f6i 
sthiti vist\'e4r sei yev\'e4 j\'e4ne\line samartha se jan d\'e5\'f1\'f6i brahma samp\'e4dane
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 j\'e9v nitya parama avyay\line nirgu\'eba an\'e4di tattva nirlipta se ray
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yemana sarvagata vyom,          suk\'f1ma tattva anupam,\line sarvatra sambhav vicara\'eb\line tath\'e4pi se lipta nahe,        
  nijera svatantra rahe,\line sei-r\'fcp \'e4tma vicara\'eb\line sarvatra vy\'e4piy\'e4 dehe,          k\'fc\'f6astha p\'e5thaka rahe,\line mah\'e4bh\'fcte nahe se milan\line tath\'e4 brahma-bh\'fcta j\'e9v,          \'e4tma-tattva haye \'e7iv,\line deha
-dharme lipta n\'e4hi han
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surya yath\'e4 prak\'e4\'e7aye akhila jagat\line ek de\'e7e ek\'e4 th\'e4ki samr\'e4\'f6a mahat\line he bh\'e4rat sei-r\'fcp k
\'f1etr\'e9 prak\'e4\'e7ay\line ek\'e4 eksth\'e4ne th\'e4ki k\'f1etra deha-may
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra \'e4r k\'f1etraj\'efer tattva-j\'ef\'e4n cak\'f1e\line dekhib\'e4r \'e7akti hay se y\'e4h\'e4r pak\'f1e\line ek k\'f1e
traj\'efa se j\'e9v anya param\'e4tm\'e4\line ubhayer k\'f1etre v\'e4s k\'f1etra vi\'e7e\'f1\'e4tm\'e4\line t\'e4r mok\'f1a ja\'f2a-ni\'f1\'f6ha prav\'e5tti haite\line sukhe v\'e4s para-vyome ja\'f2a deha ante
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 14
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chapter 14\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Three Modes of Material Nature
\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 kahilen:\line \'e4b\'e4ra parama j\'ef\'e4na baliba tom\'e4re\line j\'ef\'e4na-carc\'e4 yata \'e4che uttam
a sab\'e4re\line ye j\'ef\'e4nete muni j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 haiy\'e4 sarvata\line p\'fcrva itih\'e4s chila siddhi p\'e4ra\'ecgata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei j\'ef\'e4na l\'e4bha kari nirgu\'eba j\'ef\'e4nete\line avasthita hay loka nirgu\'eba \'e4m\'e4te\line t\'e4h\'e4r n\'e4 hay 
janma puna\'f9 s\'e5\'f1\'f6ira samay\line kimb\'e4 du\'f9kha n\'e4i t\'e4r yakhana pralay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagater m\'e4t\'e5-yoni ja\'f2\'e4 mahat-tattva\line sei brahme garbh\'e4dh\'e4n kari se mahattva\line he bh\'e4rat t\'e4i janme
 sarva-bh\'fcta yata\line jagater bh\'fcta s\'e5\'f1\'f6i hay sei mata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev sarva-yoni yata m\'fcrti dhare\line he kounteya j\'e4na t\'e4h\'e4 \'e4m\'e4ra \'e4dh\'e4re\line brahma mahat-tattva hay s
ab\'e4ra janan\'e9\line \'e4mi v\'e9ja-prada pit\'e4 jagata sara\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva, raj, tama gu\'eb prak\'e5ti-sambhava\line trigu\'ebete vaddha j\'e9v haye y\'e4y saba\line ei deha se vandhana nigu\'f2h
a \'e4k\'e4r\line j\'e9va avyaya se vaddha ye prak\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4r madhye sattva-gu\'eb nirmala \'e4dh\'e4 \line p\'e4pa-\'e7unya prak\'e4\'e7aka tattva se \'e4tm\'e4r\line j\'ef\'e4na-car
c\'e4 kari sattve bandhana t\'e4h\'e4r\line sei \'e7uddha sa\'ecga m\'e4ne \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha camatk\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eb t\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4-may \'e7udhu bhog c\'e4y\line \'e4j\'e9van karma kari kare h\'e4y h\'e4y\line karma kare yata p
\'e4re baddha t\'e4he hay\line asambhava karma ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 sukhe du\'f9khe ray
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo se aj\'ef\'e4na-r\'fcpa nig\'fc\'f2ha bandhan\line p\'e5am\'e4da \'e4lasya nidr\'e4 t\'e4h\'e4ra mohan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba sukhe b\'ec\'e4dhe rajo-gu\'eba k\'e4je\line tamo-gu\'eba pram\'e4dete bandhane vir\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba par\'e4jaye sattvera pr\'e4dh\'e4nya\line sattva-tama par\'e4jaye raja hay ga\'ebya\line raj sattva par\'e4jaye tam
era pr\'e4dh\'e4nya\line sei se pary\'e4ya hay gu\'ebera s\'e4m\'e4\'ebya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nera prabh\'e4ve yad\'e4 \'e7ar\'e9re prak\'e4\'e7\line sakal indriya-dv\'e4re sattva-gu\'ebera vik\'e4\'e7
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lok-p\'fcj\'e4 prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4di karmera \'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4\line rajo-gu\'ebe v\'e5ddhi hay n\'e4hi any\'e4pek\'f1\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aprak\'e4\'e7 aprav\'e5tti moha tamor lak\'f1a\'eb\line vividha gu\'ebera k\'e4rya he kuru-nandan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5ddha ye sattva-gu\'ebe dehera pralay\line ni\'f1p\'e4pa uttama lok t\'e4\'ecr pr\'e4pti hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5tta se rajo-gu\'ebe dehera nirv\'e4\'eb\line karm\'e9ra sa\'ecgete hay t\'e4r anu\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\line prav\'e5ddha ye tam
o-gu\'ebe \'e7ar\'e9ra ch\'e4\'f2ay\line m\'fc\'f2ha pa\'e7u-yoni madhye t\'e4r janma hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suk\'e5ta s\'e4ttvika karma phala se nirmal\line r\'e4jasika karme hay du\'f9khai praval\line t\'e4masika karma yata hay acetan
\line aj\'ef\'e4nat\'e4 phal sei pa\'e7ute ga\'eban
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva-gu\'ebe j\'ef\'e4na-l\'e4bha rajo-gu\'ebe lobh\line tamo-gu\'ebe moha l\'e4bh pram\'e4da vik\'f1obh
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satyalok\'e4vadhi lok y\'e4y sattva-gu\'ebe\line rajo-gu\'eb dv\'e4r\'e4 naraloke avasth\'e4n\line tamo-gu\'ebe adha\'f9p\'e4t n
arake gaman\line vividha gu\'ebera sei phal nir\'fcpa\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eb bhinna anya kart\'e4 n\'e4hi tribhuvane\line s\'fck\'f1ma dar\'e7ana y\'e4r gu\'eba nir\'fcpa\'ebe\line gu\'eb\'e4t\'e9ta
 mor bhakti \'e4m\'e4ra se bh\'e4v\line svar\'fcpete \'e7uddha j\'e9v pr\'e4pta se svabh\'e4v
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eb\'e4t\'e9ta hate deh\'e9 gu\'ebadeha ch\'e4\'f2e\line janma-m\'e5tyu jar\'e4-du\'f9kha b\'ec\'e4dhe n\'e4 t\'ec\'e4h\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line ki lak\'f1a\'eb kaha prabho gun\'e4t\'e9ta hale\line \'e4cara\'eb kiv\'e4 hay trigu\'eba jitile
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\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 kahilen:\line prak\'e4\'e7a pravrtti \'e4r mohana ye tin\line gu\'ebera prabh\'e4v sei hay bhinna bhin
\line t\'e4h\'e4te ye dve\'f1\'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2ila j\'e9vane\line gu\'eb\'e4t\'e9t hay sei bujha tribhuvane\line gu\'eba-k\'e4rye ud\'e4s\'e9n mato ye \'e4s\'e9n\line bicalita nahe t\'e4he prav\'e5ddha prav\'e9\'eb\line an\'e4sakta gu\'eba
 k\'e4rye yev\'e4 hay dh\'e9r\line sama du\'f9kha sukha svastha\'f9 lo\'f1\'f6ra svar\'eba sthir\line tulya priy\'e4-priya t\'e4r tulya nind\'e4stuti\line tulya m\'e4n apam\'e4n \'e7atru mitra ati\line bhog ty\'e4g\'e4dite nahe se \'e4sakta\line gu\'eb
\'e4t\'e9t hay sei nirgu\'ebete yukta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 22-25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trigu\'eber atikrame ye k\'e4rya karay\line sei se \'e4m\'e4ra bhakti j\'e4naha ni\'e7cay\line ye avyabhic\'e4r\'e9 bhakti \'e4m
\'e4te karay\line ja\'f2a gu\'eb atikrame brahma-bh\'fcta hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmera prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4 \'e4mi am\'e5ta \'e7\'e4\'e7vata\line \'e4nanda ye san\'e4tana \'e4m\'e4te nihita\line \'e4m\'e4r 
\'e4\'e7raye sei sakala sulabha\line ataev-mor bhakti hay sudurlabha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 15
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chapter 15\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Yoga of the Supreme Person
\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 kahilen:\line vedav\'e4\'eb\'e9 karmak\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9 sa\'e0s\'e4ra \'e4\'e7raye\line n\'e4n\'e4 yoni pr
\'e4pta hay kabhu mukta nay\line sa\'e0s\'e4ra ye v\'e5k\'f1a sei a\'e7vattha avyay\line \'fcrdhvam\'fcla adha\'f9-\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 n\'e4hi t\'e4r k\'f1ay\line pu\'f1pita vedera chanda se brahmera patra\line mohita se veda-v\'e4kya jagata sarvatra
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e5k\'f1era se \'e7\'e4kh\'e4li \'fcrdhva adha\'f9-gati\line gu\'ebera va\'e7ete y\'e4r yath\'e4 vidhi-mati\line se v\'e5k\'f1
era \'e7\'e4kh\'e4 yata vi\'f1ayera bhog\line nija karma anus\'e4re yata bhava-rog\line baddha-j\'e9va ghure sei v\'e5k\'f1a \'f2\'e4le \'f2\'e4le\line manu\'f1ya-loka se bhu\'efje nija karmaphale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1udra-buddhi manu\'f1ya se s\'e9m\'e4 n\'e4hi p\'e4y\line ananta \'e4k\'e4\'e7e t\'e4r \'e4di anta nay\line kiv\'e4 r\'fcpa 
se v\'e5k\'f1era t\'e4h\'e4 n\'e4hi bujhe\line ananta k\'e4lera madhye j\'e9v yuddha yujhe\line se a\'e7vattha v\'e5k\'f1a hay sud\'e5\'f2ha ye m\'fcl\line se m\'fcl k\'e4\'f6ite hay \'e7ata \'e7ata bhul\line an\'e4sakti ek astra se m\'fcl k\'e4\'f6ite
\line sei se ye d\'e5\'f2ha astra sa\'e0s\'e4ra jinite\line k\'e4\'f6iy\'e4 se v\'e5k\'f1a-m\'fcl satyera sandh\'e4n\line bh\'e4gya-krame y\'e4r hay t\'e4te avasth\'e4n\line se y\'e4y vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loke phire n\'e4hi \'e4se\line e v\'e5k\'f1era m\'fcl 
yath\'e4 se puru\'f1a p\'e4\'e7e\line se \'e4di puru\'f1e adya kara ye prapatti\line janm\'e4di se y\'e4h\'e4 hate prak\'e5ti prav\'e5tti
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 3-4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirabhim\'e4n nirmoha sa\'ecgado\'f1e mukta\line nity\'e4nitya buddhi y\'e4r k\'e4man\'e4 niv\'e5tta\line sukha du\'f9kha dvandv
a mukta ja\'f2a m\'fc\'f2ha nay\line vidhij\'efa puru\'f1a p\'e4y se pada avyay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se \'e4k\'e4\'e7e jyotirmaye s\'fcrya v\'e4 \'e7a\'e7\'e4\'ecka\line \'e4va\'e7yak n\'e4hi tath\'e4 kimb\'e4 se p\'e4vaka\line s
ekh\'e4ne prave\'e7 hale phire n\'e4hi \'e4se\line nitya-k\'e4l mor dh\'e4me se jana niv\'e4se
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata j\'e9v mor a\'e0\'e7a nahe se apar\line san\'e4tan t\'e4r satt\'e4 j\'e9valoke ghor\line ekh\'e4ne se man \'e4r indriya-van
dhane\line kar\'f1a\'eba karaye kata prak\'e5tir sth\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e4r b\'e4r kata deha se ye pr\'e4pta hay\line ek deha ch\'e4\'f2e \'e4r anye prave\'e7ay\line v\'e4yu gandha yath\'e4 y\'e4y 
sth\'e4n sth\'e4n\'e4ntare\line karma-phal s\'fck\'f1ma sei deha deh\'e4ntare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9rera anus\'e4r \'e7rava\'eba dar\'e7an\line spar\'e7ana, rasana \'e4r ghr\'e4\'eb v\'e4 manan\line se \'e7ar\'e9re j
\'e9va kare vi\'f1ay sevan\line baddha-j\'e9va kare sei sa\'e0s\'e4ra bhrama\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2haloka n\'e4 vic\'e4re ki bh\'e4ve ki hay\line utkr\'e4nti sthiti bhog k\'e4r v\'e4 koth\'e4y\line y\'e4r j\'ef\'e4na-c
ak\'f1u \'e4che gurura k\'e5p\'e4y\line bh\'e4gyav\'e4n sei jan dekhiv\'e4re p\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kata yog\'e9 vaij\'ef\'e4nik ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 vahu kare\line \'e4tmaj\'ef\'e4n abh\'e4vete v\'e5th\'e4 ghuri mare\line kintu yev
\'e4 \'e4tmaj\'ef\'e4n\'e9 \'e4tm\'e4vasthita\line dekhite samartha hay \'e7uddha avahita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei ye s\'fcryera tej akhila jagate\line candrera kira\'eba kimb\'e4 \'e4che bh\'e4la-mate\line \'e4m\'e4ra prabh\'e4va sei \'e4b
h\'e4sa se hay\line \'e4mi y\'e4ke \'e4lo di-i se \'e4lo p\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei ye p\'e5thiv\'e9 yath\'e4 v\'e4yu-madhye bh\'e4se\line \'e4m\'e4ra se \'e7akti dhare savete prave\'e7e\line \'e4mi se ou\'f1a
dhi yata po\'f1a\'eba karite\line candra-r\'fcpe ra\'e7mi-d\'e4n kari se t\'e4h\'e4te
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi vai\'e7v\'e4nara hai deham\'e4tra vasi\line pr\'e4\'eb\'e4p\'e4n v\'e4yuyoge bhak\'f1ya dravya ka\'f1i
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sab\'e4ra h\'e5daye \'e4mi,          sannivi\'f1\'f6a antary\'e4m\'e9,\line \'e4m\'e4 hate sm\'e5ti j\'ef\'e4n man\line \'e4mi s
e j\'e4g\'e4i k\'e4re,         \'e4mi se bhul\'e4i t\'e4re, \line \'e4m\'e4 hate hay apohan\line yata veda p\'e5thiv\'e9te,         \'e4m\'e4ra se tall\'e4sete,\line \'e4mi hai saba vedavedya\line \'e4mi se ved\'e4nta-vit,         \'e4mi ye ved\'e4nta-k
\'e5t,\line ved\'e4ntera kath\'e4 \'e7una adya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaddha mukta puru\'f1a se hay dvi-prak\'e4r\line dui n\'e4me paricita se k\'f1ara ak\'f1ar\line vaddha j\'e9v yata hay t\'e4r k
\'f1ara n\'e4m\line ak\'f1ara k\'fc\'f6astha j\'e9v nitya mukta-dh\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4 hate ye uttam puru\'f1a pradh\'e4n\line \'e9\'e7vara se param\'e4tm\'e4 th\'e4ke sarvasth\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ara v\'e4 ak\'f1ara hate \'e4mi se uttam\line ataev gho\'f1ita n\'e4m puru\'f1ottam
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye more bujhila \'e7re\'f1\'f6ha se puru\'f1ottama\line sakala sandeha ch\'e4\'f2i haila uttama\line se j\'e4nila sarva veda nir
mala h\'e5day\line he bh\'e4rat! sarvabh\'e4ve se more bhajay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei se \'e7\'e4strera g\'fc\'f2ha marma kath\'e4 \'e7una\line tumi se ni\'f1p\'e4pa hao \'e7uddha tava man\line ih\'e4 ye bujhila
 bh\'e4gye hala buddhim\'e4n\line he bh\'e4rat! k\'e5ta-k\'e5tya se hala mah\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 16
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chapter 16\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Divine and Demoniac Natures
\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 kahilen:\line abhaya sattva sa\'e0siddhi j\'ef\'e4ne avasth\'e4n\line d\'e4n dam yaj\'efa \'e4r sv\'e4dhy
\'e4y tap\'e4n\line saralat\'e4 satya \'e4r ahi\'e0s\'e4 akrodh\line ty\'e4g \'e7\'e4nti day\'e4 \'e4r paranind\'e4 rodh\line alolupat\'e4 m\'e5dut\'e4 tej acapal\line k\'f1am\'e4, dh\'e5ti, \'e7ouca, v\'e4 hr\'e9 adroha sakal\line abhim\'e4n \'e7\'fcnya
t\'e4 se ch\'e4vvi\'e7a ye gu\'eb\line sampad se hay t\'e4r y\'e4r daiv\'e9te janam
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 1-3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dambha, darpa, abhim\'e4n, krodh, ni\'f1\'f6hurat\'e4\line sampada \'e4sur\'e9 hay yath\'e4 aj\'ef\'e4nat\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 sampada ye t\'e4r muktira k\'e4ra\'eb\line \'e4sur\'e9 sampada hay sa\'e0s\'e4ra vandhan\line tom\'e4ra cint\'e4ra kath
\'e4 n\'e4hi he p\'e4\'eb\'f2ava\line daiv\'e9 sampade tom\'e4r hayechhe janam
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he bh\'e4rat, e jagate dui bh\'fct s\'e5\'f1\'f6i\line ek daiv\'e9 dvit\'e9ya se \'e4sur\'e9 v\'e4 d\'e5\'f1\'f6i\line daiv\'e9 
y\'e4r\'e4 t\'e4r kath\'e4 anek hayeche\line \'e7una ebe kath\'e4 y\'e4r\'e4 asura janmeche
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5tti niv\'e5tti y\'e4h\'e4 asura n\'e4 j\'e4ne\line \'e7ouc\'e4c\'e4r satya mithy\'e4 n\'e4hi t\'e4r\'e4 m\'e4ne
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asura ye lok t\'e4r\'e4 n\'e4 m\'e4ne \'e9\'e7var\line jagater vidh\'e4t\'e4 yini asv\'e9k\'e4ra t\'e4r\line s\'e5\'f1\'f6ira k
\'e4ra\'eb sei an\'e9\'e7varav\'e4d\'e9\line ja\'f2a k\'e4rya-k\'e4ra\'eba se k\'e4muka viv\'e4d\'e9
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei k\'f1udra d\'e5\'f1\'f6i laye asurera ga\'eb\line \'e4tma-tattva-j\'ef\'e4nah\'e9n alpa-buddhi han\line ugra-karme uts\'e4ha 
t\'e4r jagata ahita\line k\'f1aya-k\'e4rye pa\'f6u t\'e4r\'e4 hay prabh\'e4vita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1p\'fcra \'e4\'e7raya k\'e4ma dambha mad\'e4nvita\line mohagrasta asadagr\'e4ha a\'e7uci-vrata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apareya cint\'e4 t\'e4r yatadina b\'e4\'ecce\line k\'e4ma-m\'e4tra upabhog h\'e5dayete \'e4che\line \'e7ata \'e7ata \'e4\'e7\'e4
-p\'e4\'e7 \'e7udhu k\'e4m krodha\line k\'e4ma-bhoga l\'e4gi artha anya se virodha\line any\'e4ya se kare nitya sa\'efcayete\line citta t\'e4r nitya viddha asata k\'e4ryete
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 11-12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adya ei artha-l\'e4bh mano-ratha siddhi\line punarb\'e4r bhavi\'f1yate habe artha v\'e5ddhi\line se \'e7atru marila anya ni\'e7c
aya m\'e4riba\line \'e4mi se \'e9\'e7vara dhan\'e9 se k\'e4rya s\'e4dhiva\line \'e4mi bhog\'e9 siddha \'e4r balab\'e4na sukh\'e9\line mama sama keha nahe \'e4r saba du\'f9kh\'e9\line \'e4mi abhijanav\'e4n \'e4mi dhana-\'e4dhya\line \'e4m\'e4ra sam\'e4na 
habe k\'e4r kiv\'e4 s\'e4dhya\line \'e4mi se kariba yaj\'efa \'e4mi d\'e4n diba\line str\'e9-sa\'ecga kariy\'e4 \'e4mi \'e4nanda p\'e4iba\line aj\'ef\'e4na mohita haye kata kath\'e4 bale\line mohaj\'e4la sam\'e4v\'e5ta k\'e4lera kavale\line \'e4salete k
\'e4m\'e4sakta narakera y\'e4tr\'e9\line a\'e7uci narake b\'e4s naraka vidh\'e4t\'e5
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 13-16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma sambh\'e4vita m\'e4n dhanete anamra\line mad\'e4nvita asura se sarvad\'e4 vinamra\line n\'e4ma-m\'e4tra yaj\'efa kare 
\'e7\'e4stre vidhi n\'e4i\line dambha-m\'e4tra \'e4che s\'e4r kevala ba\'f2\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0k\'e4r, vala, darpa, k\'e4m, krodh\'e4\'e7ray\line \'e4m\'e4ra samparke dehe dve\'f1 se karay\line as\'fcy\'e4r va\'e7e c
int\'e4 svapara apare\line s\'e4dhura gu\'ebete do\'f1 kimb\'e4 nind\'e4 kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei se vidve\'f1\'e9 kr\'fcr nar\'e4dhama ga\'ebe\line nitya se k\'f1epa\'eba kari sa\'e0s\'e4ra gahane
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asura yonite hay janama mara\'eb\line ajasra a\'e7ubha t\'e4r j\'e9vana y\'e4pan\line asurera ghare m\'fc\'f2ha janame janame
\line \'e4m\'e4ke bhuliy\'e4 du\'f9kh\'e9 marame marame\line krame krame p\'e4ya sei adham\'e4 ye gati\line ak\'f1ama \'e4m\'e4ke pete yehetu kumati
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei k\'e4ma, krodh, lobh, narakera dv\'e4r\line tyaja t\'e4h\'e4 nay tin s\'e4dhu vyavah\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei tine mukta y\'e4r\'e4 \'e7una he kaunteya\line tamogu\'ebera dv\'e4r sei ati\'e7ay heya\line tabe se \'e4cari dharma nija 
\'e7reyaskar\line par\'e4gata l\'e4bh kare mama bhakti par
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra vidhi parity\'e4ge k\'e4ma \'e4cara\'eb\line siddhipr\'e4pti nahe t\'e4he sukha gatipar
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva \'e7\'e4stra-vidhi k\'e4ryera pram\'e4\'eb\line j\'e4ni \'e7\'e4stra-vidhi kara k\'e4rya sam\'e4dh\'e4na
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 17
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chapter 17\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub The Divisions of Faith
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line \'e7\'e4stra-vidhi n\'e4hi j\'e4ne kintu \'e7raddh\'e4nvita\line yajana karaye y\'e4r\'e4 kiv\'e4 t\'e4r hit
a\line kiv\'e4 ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 t\'e4r k\'e5\'f1\'eba sattva, rajotam\line vist\'e4ra kaha'ta sei \'e7uni icch\'e4 mama
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\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 kahilen:\line svabh\'e4vaja tin ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 \'e7raddh\'e4 se deh\'e9ra\line s\'e4ttvik\'e9, r\'e4jas
\'e9 \'e4r t\'e4mas\'e9 gabh\'e9ra\line vivara\'eb kahi t\'e4r \'e7una diy\'e4 man\line y\'e4r yeb\'e4 \'e7raddh\'e4 hay gu\'ebera k\'e4ra\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nija sattv\'e4 anur\'fcp\'e4 \'e7raddh\'e4 se bh\'e4rata\line \'e7raddh\'e4may puru\'f1a ye \'e7raddh\'e4 ye temata
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4ttvik\'e9 ye \'e7raddh\'e4 sei p\'fcje devat\'e4re\line r\'e4jas\'e9 ye \'e7raddh\'e4 p\'fcje yak\'f1a r\'e4k\'f1asere\line
t\'e4mas\'e9 ye \'e7raddh\'e4 t\'e4he bh\'fct pret p\'fcje \line y\'e4r sei \'e7raddh\'e4 hay sei tath\'e4 bhaje
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra-bidhi ty\'e4g kari ye tapasy\'e4 kare\line dambha darpa k\'e4m r\'e4g yukta aha\'eck\'e4re\line v\'e5th\'e4 upav
\'e4sa kare kle\'e7 sahiv\'e4re\line \'e7ar\'e9rete bh\'fctga\'ebe m\'fcrkha kar\'e7iv\'e4re\line \'e4m\'e4keo antary\'e4m\'e9 \'e7ar\'e9ra bhitare\line \'e4surik j\'e4na sei t\'e4r vyavah\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 5-6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4h\'e4ra-o trividha se yath\'e4yatha priya\line s\'e4ttvik\'e9, r\'e4jas\'e9 \'e4r t\'e4mas\'e9 ye heya\line yaj\'efa, jap, t
ap, d\'e4n se-o se trividha\line y\'e4r yev\'e4 bhed gu\'eb bhinna vahuvidha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4yu sattva val\'e4rogya sukha pr\'e9ti b\'e4\'f2e\line rasya snigdha sthir h\'e5dya s\'e4ttvika \'e4h\'e4re\line ka\'f6u amla
 lava\'eb\'e4kta ati u\'f1\'eba yei\line jv\'e4l\'e4 po\'f2\'e4 \'e4may\'e9 r\'e4jasika sei \line v\'e4s\'e9 \'e7aitya gataras pac\'e4 v\'e4 durgandha\line ucchi\'f1\'f6a amedhya yei kh\'e4dya tamas\'e4ndha
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8-10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aphal\'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e9 ye yaj\'efa vidhi-mata hay\line kartavya ye mane kare s\'e4ttvik\'e9 se kay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcle abhisandhi y\'e4r \'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4 phalete\line r\'e4jasik yaj\'efa hay dambhera sahite
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidhi annah\'e9na n\'e4i mantra v\'e4 dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4\line \'e7raddh\'e4-h\'e9n yaj\'efa sei tamas\'e4 \'e4cchann\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dev dvija guru pr\'e4j\'efa ye saba p\'fcjan\line \'e7ouca saralat\'e4 brahmacaryera p\'e4lan\line sei sab siddha hay \'e7ar\'e9
ra tapasy\'e4\line anudveg-kara v\'e4kya ki\'e0b\'e4 priya po\'f1ya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4dhy\'e4ya abhy\'e4s yata ved ucc\'e4ra\'eb\line v\'e4\'ecmaya tapasy\'e4 se \'e7\'e4strera vacan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cittera prasannat\'e4 ye \'e4r saralat\'e4\line \'e4tma-nigrah\'e4di mouna bh\'e4va prava\'ebat\'e4\line sei saba m\'e4nasika ta
pa n\'e4me khy\'e4ta\line uparokta saba tapa trigu\'eba prakhy\'e4ta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trividha tapasy\'e4 yadi par\'e4-\'e7raddh\'e4-yukta\line phal\'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4 yadi nahe s\'e4ttvik\'e9 se ukta
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e4bh p\'fcj\'e4 samm\'e4nera janya dambhera sahit\line ye tapasy\'e4 s\'e4dhe loka t\'e4h\'e4 r\'e4jasik\line se tapasy\'e4ra
 ye phal t\'e4h\'e4 ani\'e7cit\line antavat t\'e4ra phal haya \'e7\'e4strete vidita
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha-buddhi y\'e4r\'e4 tape \'e4tma-p\'e9\'f2\'e4 dey\line aparera vin\'e4\'e7\'e4rtha ye tapasy\'e4 karay\line t\'e4mas
\'e9 se saba yata tapasy\'e4 vahula\line al\'e9ka t\'e4h\'e4ra n\'e4m nahe \'e7\'e4stra anuk\'fcl
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kartavya j\'e4niy\'e4 yei d\'e4nakriy hay\line de\'e7ak\'e4l p\'e4tra bujhi d\'e4tavya karay\line anupak\'e4r\'e9ke d\'e4n se s
\'e4ttvika hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratyupak\'e4rera janya phal\'e4nusandh\'e4n\line kimb\'e4 d\'e4n kari hay anut\'e4pav\'e4n\line r\'e4jasik d\'e4n sei \'e7\'e4s
trera vic\'e4r\line t\'e4masika d\'e4n y\'e4h\'e4 \'e7una ei v\'e4r\line ade\'e7ak\'e4le ye d\'e4n ap\'e4trete hay\line asatk\'e4r avakt\'e4 yei t\'e4masika kay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa d\'e4n tapasy\'e4di y\'e4h\'e4 \'e7\'e4strera nir\'ebay\line o\'e0 tat sat se udde\'e7ye anya kichu naya\line se udde
\'e7ye p\'fcrva-k\'e4le br\'e4hman\'e4diga\'eb\line yaj\'efa d\'e4n tapa \'e4di karila p\'e4lan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 23
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sejanya br\'e4hma\'ebaga\'eb 'om' ucc\'e4ra\'ebe\line yaj\'ef\'e4di vidh\'e4n kare brahma \'e4cara\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 24
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva yaj\'efa d\'e4n tapasy\'e4ra phal\line any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1 nahe bhaktira k\'e4ra\'eb\line mok\'f1\'e4-k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e9 
sejanya yaj\'efa d\'e4na kare\line sei se yaj\'ef\'e4di phal vidita sa\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat se \'e7avdera artha brahma brahma-par\line se udde\'e7ye yata karma saba brahma-par\line yaj\'efa d\'e4n tap k\'e4rya se udd
e\'e7ye kare\line loukika vaidika karma brahma n\'e4m dhare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 26-27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se \'e7raddh\'e4 vin\'e4 y\'e4h\'e4 karmak\'e5ta hay\line asat karma t\'e4r n\'e4m \'e7\'e4strete nir\'ebay\line asat karma \'e7
uddha nahe iha parak\'e4le\line \'e7\'e4stra-vidhi parity\'e4ge sei phal phale
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 GG: Chapter 18
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chapter 18\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15\nosupersub Conclusion\'97The Perfection of Renunciation
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line sanny\'e4ser tattva kiv\'e4 icch\'e4 se \'e7unite\line h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7 kaha t\'e4i more bujh\'e4ite\line
ke\'e7i nis\'fcdan kaha ty\'e4gera mahim\'e4\line \'e7unite \'e4nanda hay n\'e4hi pars\'e9m\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 1
\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 kahilen:\line k\'e4m\'e4karma parity\'e4g sanny\'e4s se hay\line sarva karma phala-ty\'e4g ty\'e4g paricay
\line vicak\'f1a\'eb kari yata karila nir\'ebay\line sei se sanny\'e4sa \'e4r ty\'e4g n\'e4ma hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man\'e9\'f1\'e9ga\'eb sarva karma ty\'e4g kare\line yaj\'efa d\'e4n tapa-kriy\'e4 nahe, kahaye apare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 3
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4r madhye ye siddh\'e4nta kahi t\'e4h\'e4 \'e7una\line trividha se ty\'e4g hay bharata-sattama
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'fcpata yaj\'efa-d\'e4n kabhu ty\'e4jya nay\line sakala samaye t\'e4h\'e4 k\'e4rya yogya hay\line baddha j\'e9v \'e4che yat
a t\'e4dera kartavya\line man\'e9\'f1\'e9 p\'e4vana sei yaj\'efa d\'e4na k\'e4rya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 5
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se k\'e4ryer anu\'f1\'f6h\'e4n phala-sa\'ebga ty\'e4g\line kartavyera anurodhe \'e7udhu t\'e4he r\'e4g
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 6
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirdi\'f1\'f6a karmera ty\'e4g nahe se vidh\'e4n\line mohete se ty\'e4g hay t\'e4masika j\'ef\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 7
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9kha hay t\'e4r janya karma-ty\'e4ga kare\line kimb\'e4 karma-ty\'e4g kare k\'e4ya-kle\'e7a \'f2are\line r\'e4jasika ty\'e4
g sei phal n\'e4hi p\'e4y\line sei ye kahinu yata \'e7\'e4strera nir\'ebay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 8
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kartavya j\'e4niy\'e4 yev\'e4 sarva karma kare\line phala-ty\'e4g karib\'e4re s\'e4ttvika n\'e4m dhare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karytavera anurodhe aku\'e7ala-o kare\line \'e4sakti n\'e4hi se ku\'e7al karmera tare\line medh\'e4v\'e9 ye ty\'e4g\'e9 sattva s
am\'e4vi\'f1\'f6a hay\line chinna t\'e4r haye y\'e4y sakala sa\'e0\'e7ay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 10
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehadh\'e4r\'e9 j\'e9va karma-ty\'e4g n\'e4hi kare\line karma-phala ty\'e4g kari ty\'e4g\'e9 n\'e4ma dhare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 11
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ani\'f1\'f6a i\'f1\'f6a v\'e4 mi\'e7ra karmaphala hay\line kintu sanny\'e4s\'e9ra sei kichu bhog nay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efca se k\'e4ra\'eba hay sakala k\'e4ryera\line mah\'e4v\'e4ho \'e7una sei kahi se tom\'e4re\line ved\'e4nta siddh\'e4nta se
i \'e7\'e4strera nir\'ebay\line bh\'e4la-manda y\'e4h\'e4 kichu sei se pary\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 13
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4na kart\'e4 \'e4r kara\'eba p\'e5thak\line vividha se ce\'f1\'f6\'e4 daiva e pa\'ecca-\'e7\'e9r\'f1ak
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 14
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra vacan man karma tat dv\'e4r\'e4\line ny\'e4yya v\'e4 a-ny\'e4yya yata karma s\'e4r\'e4\line sab\'e4ra k\'e4ra\'eba 
hay sei pa\'efca vidha\line sakala k\'e4ryera hay sei se hetava
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 15
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrkha y\'e4r\'e4 kart\'e4 s\'e4je nija man ga\'f2\'e4\line n\'e4 bujhiy\'e4 k\'e4ra\'eba se \'e7udhu kart\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 16
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataev ye n\'e4 haya aha\'eck\'e4re matta\line buddhi y\'e4r aha\'e0-bh\'e4ve n\'e4hi hay lipta\line kartavyera anurodhe yadi vi
\'e7va m\'e4re\line k\'e4h\'e4ke-o m\'e4re n\'e4 se kimb\'e4 karma kare
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 17
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karmera prera\'eb\'e4 hay j\'ef\'e4n, j\'efeya, j\'ef\'e4t\'e4\line karmera sa\'e0graha se kara\'eb karma-kart\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 18
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n \'e4r kart\'e4 hay trividha gu\'eb bhede\line kahiba se trividha bhed tom\'e4ke sa\'e0k\'f1epe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 19
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ek j\'e9v \'e4tm\'e4 n\'e4n\'e4 karmaphal bhede\line manu\'f1y\'e4di sarva-dehe se vartam\'e4n k\'f1ede\line avyaya se j\'e9v ha
y ek-tattva j\'ef\'e4n\line bibhinnate ek dekhe sei s\'e4ttvik j\'ef\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 20
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibhinna j\'e9vera sei p\'e5thakatva dekhe\line r\'e4jasik t\'e4r j\'ef\'e4n n\'e4n\'e4bh\'e4ve th\'e4ke
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 21
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehake sarvasva bujhi ye j\'ef\'e4n udbhav\line a-tattvaj\'efa alpa-buddhi t\'e4masika sab
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 22
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4g dve\'f1 sa\'ecga vin\'e4 ye niyata karma\line se j\'e4nibe sab s\'e4ttvikera dharma
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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 phalera k\'e4man\'e4 karma aha\'eck\'e4r saha\line ka\'f1\'f6as\'e4dhya yata r\'e4jasa sam\'fcha
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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 n\'e4 bujhiy\'e4 mohava\'e7e anubandha karma\line hi\'e0s\'e4 parat\'e4p \'e4di t\'e4masika dharma
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 25
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukta-sa\'ebga anaha\'ebk\'e4r dh\'e5ti uts\'e4hap\'fcr\'eba\line nirvik\'e4r siddh\'e4siddhi s\'e4ttvika se dhanya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 26
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e4sakta phale lobh hi\'e0suka a\'e7uci\line r\'e4jasik kart\'e4 sei har\'f1a-\'e7oke ruci
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 27
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayukta pr\'e4k\'e5ta stabdha nai\'f1k\'e5ti alas\line d\'e9rghas\'fctr\'e9 vi\'f1\'e4d\'e9 v\'e4 kart\'e4 se t\'e4mas
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 28
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhira ye tin bhed dh\'e5ti \'e4r gu\'eb\line dhana\'efjay a\'e7e\'f1a vic\'e4r t\'e4r \'e7una
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 29
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5tti niv\'e5tti k\'e4rya ak\'e4rya vic\'e4r\line bhay\'e4bhay bandha m\'fcrti sattva-buddhi t\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 30
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharm\'e4dharma k\'e4ry\'e4k\'e4rya ayath\'e4vat j\'e4ne\line r\'e4jasik sei buddhi \'e7\'e4strera pram\'e4\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 31
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmake adharma m\'e4ne adharmake dharma\line vipar\'e9ta se t\'e4masa buddhi \'e4r karma
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 32
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye dh\'e5tir dv\'e4r\'e4 dhare pr\'e4\'ebendriya kriy\'e4\line avyabhic\'e4ri\'eb\'e9 bhakti s\'e4ttvik\'e9 se dhiy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 33
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye dh\'e5tir dv\'e4ra dhare dharma, artha, k\'e4m\line phal\'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e9 r\'e4jasik hay t\'e4r n\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 34
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye dh\'e5ti dv\'e4r\'e4 nahe svapna bhaya ty\'e4g\line t\'e4mas\'e9 se dh\'e5ti durmedh\'e4 \'e4ra mada
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 35
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trividha se sukha \'e7una bh\'e4rata \'e5\'f1abha\line ja\'f2a sukhe maje j\'e9va kintu du\'f9kha saba\line se sukha se uparati 
du\'f9kha anta hay\line sa\'e0s\'e4rera m\'e4y\'e4sukha tabe hay k\'f1ay
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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 agrete vi\'f1era sama pa\'e7c\'e4te am\'e5ta\line ye sukhera paricaya se haya s\'e4ttvika\line se sukhera l\'e4bh hay \'e4tma-pr
am\'e4dete\line \'e4tma-buddhi bh\'e4gyav\'e4n yogya ye t\'e4h\'e4te
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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 indriyer sa\'e0yogete vi\'f1ayera bhog\line am\'e5tera mata ante kintu bhava rog\line pari\'eb\'e4me vi\'f1ayera vi\'f1a hay l
\'e4bh\line r\'e4jasika sei sukh j\'e9vera svabh\'e4v
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 38
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4 agre anuvandhe sukhera mohan\line nidr\'e4lasya pram\'e4dottha t\'e4masika jan
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 39
\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\'f2era madhye yata nara devaloke\line keha nahe mukta sei trigu\'eba triloke
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 40
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba k\'f1atriya vai\'e7ya \'e7\'fcdra parantap\line svabh\'e4va prabh\'e4ve gu\'eb hay karma sab
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 41
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ama dama tapa \'e7ouca k\'f1\'e4nti se \'e4rjava\line j\'ef\'e4n vij\'ef\'e4n \'e4stikya brahma karma-bh\'e4va
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 \'e7ourya teja dh\'e5ti d\'e4k\'f1ya yuddhe n\'e4 p\'e4l\'e4y\line d\'e4n \'e9\'e7a bh\'e4va yata k\'f1atriye yuy\'e4ye
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 k\'e5\'f1i go-rak\'f1\'e4 v\'e4\'ebijya vai\'e7ya karma hay\line \'e7\'fcdra ye svabh\'e4va t\'e4r paricary\'e4 kar\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 44
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ucca n\'e9ca yata karma sabe siddhi hay\line svakarma kariy\'e4 gu\'eba sa\'e0s\'e4ra taray
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 45
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yini vya\'f1\'f6i sama\'f1\'f6i v\'e4 jagata k\'e4ra\'eb\line y\'ec\'e4h\'e4 hate bh\'fctaga\'eber v\'e4san\'e4 j\'e9van\line sv
akarma kariy\'e4 yadi sei prabhu bhaje\line siddhi-l\'e4bha hay t\'e4r sa\'e0s\'e4re n\'e4 maje
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 asamyak anu\'f1\'f6hita nija dharma \'e7reya\line su\'f1\'f6hu \'e4cara\'eba kare paradharme bhaya\line nija svabh\'e4va niyata 
yei karma anu\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\line ni\'f1p\'e4pa haibe t\'e4he \'e7\'e4strera vidh\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 47
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sado\'f1a sahaja karma kabhu nahe \'e4ja\line t\'e4h\'e4tei siddhi l\'e4bh h\'e5di sad\'e4 bhaja\line jagatera saba k\'e4j do
\'f1 vin\'e4 nay\line agrete yath\'e4 kad\'e4 dh\'fcm dekh\'e4 y\'e4y
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 48
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do\'f1\'e4\'e0\'e7a ty\'e4gete yath\'e4 gu\'eb\'e4\'e0\'f1a graha\'eb\line nija satt\'e4 \'e7uddha kari svadharma s\'e4dhan\line
an\'e4sakta buddhi jit \'e4tm\'e4 sp\'e5h\'e4h\'e9n\line nai\'f1karma siddhi se hay sanny\'e4sa prav\'e9\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 49
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddhi-l\'e4bh kari yath\'e4 brahma pr\'e4pti hay\line sa\'e0k\'f1epete kahi \'e7una t\'e4r paricay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 50
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7uddha se buddhi yukta dh\'e5ti niyamita\line \'e7avd\'e4di vi\'f1aya ty\'e4g r\'e4g dve\'f1-jita\line vivikta ye laghubhoj
\'e9 yata v\'e4k man\line dhy\'e4na yoga par\'e4 nitya vair\'e4gya s\'e4dhan\line aha\'eck\'e4r val darpa k\'e4ma parigraha\line krodh \'e4r yata \'e4che asata \'e4graha\line nirmama ye \'e7\'e4nta yei brahma anubhave\line ni\'e7cita samartha hay t\'e4h
\'e4te sambhave
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Texts 51-53
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma anubhav hale prasann\'e4tm hay\line \'e7ok \'e4r \'e4k\'e4\'eck\'f1\'e4 se nirmala ni\'e7cay\line sarva-bh\'fcta sama-bud
dhi t\'e4r paricay\line nirgu\'eba \'e4m\'e4ra bhakti tabe l\'e4bh hay
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 54
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirgu\'eba bhaktite j\'e4ne \'e4m\'e4ra svar\'fcp\line savi\'e7e\'f1 nirvi\'e7e\'f1 tattvata ye r\'fcp\line se tattva-j\'ef\'e4n
a l\'e4bhe prave\'e7e \'e4m\'e4te\line \'e4mi brahma param\'e4tmt\'e4 bhagav\'e4n y\'e4te
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 55
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktite pr\'e4pti se hay bhagavad svar\'fcpa\line prem\'e4p\'fcm\'e4rtha mah\'e4n n\'e4m y\'e4r r\'fcpa\line sei prem\'e4\'e7ra
ye yei sarva karma kare\line \'e4m\'e4ra pras\'e4de para-vyom l\'e4bh tare
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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 se prem\'e4\'e7raye hao maccitta satata\line \'e4m\'e4ra l\'e4giy\'e4 sarva k\'e4rye hao rata\line sei buddhi-yoga n\'e4m \'e4m
\'e4ra \'e4\'e7raya\line y\'e4h\'e4ra prabh\'e4ve k\'e4rya sarva-siddhi haya
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 57
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maccita yei se tare \'e4m\'e4ra pras\'e4de\line sarva-du\'f9kha sa\'e0s\'e4re du\'f9kha v\'e4 vi\'f1\'e4de\line \'e4m\'e4ra se u
pade\'e7 yev\'e4 n\'e4hi m\'e4ne\line aha\'eck\'e4re matta haye vin\'e4\'e7e \'e4pane
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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 svabh\'e4vaja karma taba ava\'e7ya s\'e4dhive\line kaunteya nirvandha sab nija karma-bh\'e4ve\line ataev mohava\'e7e icch\'e4 n
\'e4hi kara\line ava\'e7e karibe sei tumi ata\'f9para
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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 \'e9\'e7vara \'e4che se sarva-bh\'fctera h\'e5daye\line karma karma-phala sab niyantra karaye\line m\'e4y\'e4ra yantrete tini sa
b\'e4re ghur\'e4y\line bhukti v\'e4\'efch\'e4 kare j\'e9v jei yath\'e4 c\'e4y
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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 t\'ec\'e4h\'e4ra cara\'ebe lao sarvato \'e7ara\'eb\line pras\'e4de haibe sarva va\'efchita p\'fcra\'eba\line par\'e4 \'e7\'e4nti
 p\'e4be \'e4r \'e7\'e4\'e7vata ye sth\'e4n\line sarva-l\'e4bh se pras\'e4de du\'f9kha niv\'e4ra\'eb
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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 guhya guhyatara j\'ef\'e4n kahil\'e4m \'e4mi\line bh\'e4la-manda vic\'e4ra ye se karibe tumi\line vic\'e4ra kariy\'e4 tumi y\'e4
h\'e4 icch\'e4 kara\line upade\'e7 \'e4m\'e4ra se nitya tumi smara
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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 tadapek\'f1\'e4 guhyatama \'e4r tumi \'e7una\line atyanta se priya tumi t\'e4i se vacana
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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 manman\'e4 mad-bhakta hao more namask\'e4r\line \'e4m\'e4ke p\'e4ibe tumi pratij\'ef\'e4 \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 65
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva dharma ty\'e4gi lao \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7ara\'eb\line rak\'f1iva tom\'e4ke \'e4mi sad\'e4 sarvak\'f1a\'eb\line kona cint\'e4 n
\'e4 karibe p\'e4p n\'e4hi habe\line \'e4m\'e4ra \'e7ara\'ebe tumi par\'e4 \'e7\'e4nti p\'e4be
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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 abhakta v\'e4 atapaska paricary\'e4 h\'e9na\line \'e4m\'e4ra svar\'fcpe ei y\'e4ra \'e7raddh\'e4 k\'f1\'e9\'eba\line upade\'e7a 
n\'e4 karibe g\'e9t\'e4ra vacan\line uparokta loka sab adhik\'e4r\'e9 nan
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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 \'e4m\'e4ra bhaktake yev\'e4 upade\'e7 kare\line par\'e4bhakti l\'e4bh kari p\'e4ibe \'e4m\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 68
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tadapek\'f1\'e4 naraloke priya n\'e4hi mor\line hay n\'e4i habe n\'e4i \'e4nande bibhor
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 69
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra e upade\'e7 yev\'e4 vic\'e4r karibe\line t\'e4r j\'ef\'e4na-yaj\'efe mor up\'e4san\'e4 habe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 70
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n haye y\'e4r\'e4 \'e7rava\'eba karibe\line pu\'ebyav\'e4n t\'e4r \'e7ubha loka-pr\'e4pti habe
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 71
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhana\'efjay, kaha eve kiv\'e4 \'e7a\'eck\'e4 hala d\'fcr\line ek\'e4grete upade\'e7 \'e7uniy\'e4 pracur\line he p\'e4rtha, kiv
\'e4 tava aj\'ef\'e4na andhak\'e4r\line prana\'f1\'f6a haiy\'e4 gela tava du\'f9kha bh\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 72
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjun kahilen:\line na\'f1\'f6a moha sm\'e5ti l\'e4bha tom\'e4ra pras\'e4de\line acyuta, sandeha gela n\'e4hi se vi\'f1\'e4de
\line sthita \'e4mi nija k\'e4rye tom\'e4ra vacana\line ni\'e7cayai kariba \'e4mi ghucila vandhana
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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 sa\'efjay kahilen:\line sei se \'e7unechi \'e4mi k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4rjuna kath\'e4\line adbhuta sa\'e0v\'e4da romahar\'f1a\'eba sa
rvath\'e4
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 74
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4sera pras\'e4de \'e4mi \'e7unil\'e4m sei\line parama se guhyatama tulan\'e4 ye nei\line ei yog yoge\'e7vara k\'e5\'f1\'eba
 se kahila\line s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t t\'ec\'e4h\'e4r mukhe \'e4mi se \'e7unila
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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 smara\'eba kariy\'e4 r\'e4j\'e4 puna\'f9 puna\'f9 sei\line adbhuta sa\'e0v\'e4da smari h\'e5\'f1\'f6a \'e4mi hai\line ke\'e7ava 
\'e4ra arjun kath\'e4 pu\'ebya g\'e9t\'e4\line muh\'fcrhmuhu \'e7une nitya sarvahite rat\'e4
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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 smara\'eba kariy\'e4 sei adbhuta svar\'fcpa\line puna\'f9 puna\'f9 h\'e5\'f1\'f6a man hay apar\'fcpa
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 77
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 yoge\'e7var k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4rtha dhanurdhar\line tath\'e4 \'e7r\'e9 vijaya bh\'fcti dhruva nirantar\line yei n\'e4m
 sei k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4hi se antara\line \'e7uddha n\'e4m y\'e4r hay sei dhurandhara
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Text 78
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktived\'e4nta kahe \'e7r\'e9-g\'e9t\'e4ra g\'e4n\line \'e7une yadi \'e7uddha bhakta k\'e5\'f1\'ebagata-pr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1461 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus Bhaktived\'e4nta sings the song of \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4, with the hope that hearing this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotees
 will be pleased.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa60\li0\ri0\fi360\tx180\tx360\tx720 
\par \pard 
\s928 \sl240\slmult1\sa86\fi0 \par \pard 
\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 {\*\bkmkstart Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas}{\*
\bkmkend Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Songs of the Vai\'f1\'ebava \'c4c\'e4ryas (1972)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BOOKS by\line His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is\line \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Cantos 1-4 (11 Vols.)\line \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta 
(2 Vols.)\line Teachings of Lord Caitanya\line The Nectar of Devotion\line \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad\line Easy Journey to Other Planets\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
 (2 Vols.)\line Transcendental Teachings of Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\line Transcendental Teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Reservoir of Pleasure\line The Perfection of Yoga\line Beyond Birth and Death\line On the Way to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba\line R\'e4ja-vidy\'e4: The King of Knowledge\line Elevation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\line Lord Caitanya in Five Features\line Back to Godhead Magazine (Founder)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A complete catalogue is available upon request.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness\line 3959 Landmark Street\line Culver City, California 90230
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SVA: Foreword
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\*\bkmkstart SVA: Foreword}{\*\bkmkend SVA: Foreword}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36
\cf0\cb3\nosupersub FOREWARD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was established in New York in the year 1966. After my arrival in the United States in September of 1965, I pers
onally underwent a difficult struggle, and in 1966 I rented a storefront and apartment at 26 Second Avenue. When ISKCON was incorporated, a boy named Chuck Barnett joined me, along with a few others, to form the nucleus for the institution's future devel
opment. At this time I used to 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 underneath a tree in 
Tompkin's Square Park in New York. \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Barnett and another boy, Bruce, were the first to begin dancing in front of me, and others in the audience joined them. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The N
ew York Times }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub published a report of this, with our picture and a headline declaring that I was attracting the younger generation to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later both Chuck and Bruce, along with others, became my initiated disciples, and still later, in 1970, both 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 receiving the names Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 and Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9. Now Brahm\'e4nanda is preaching in Africa, and Acyut
\'e4nanda is preaching in India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I became sick in 1967, I left the United States and returned to India. \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Acyut\'e4nanda could not remain separated from me, and therefore he join
ed me in V\'e5nd\'e4vana when I was staying there. Since then, Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 has worked very hard in India. He has preached extensively in Calcutta and other parts of Bengal, he has learned how to sing in Bengali and play }{\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 like an expert professional, and now he has compiled this book of Bengali songs with English explanati
ons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am greatly pleased to see this collection of songs composed by \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda, Narottama d\'e4sa, and other 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 of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava community }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (samprad\'e4ya). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Songs composed 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 are not ordinary songs. When chanted by pure Vai\'f1\'ebavas who follow the rules and regulations of Vai\'f1\'ebava character, they are actually effective in awakening the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness dorm
ant in every living entity. I have advised Sr\'e9m\'e4n Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 to sing more songs of the Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pad\'e4val\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and record them in books so that my disciples and others in the Western countries may take advantage of this chanting and thus advance in Krs\'eba consciousness more and more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I confer all my blessings upon Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 for his genuine attempt to advance in Krs\'eba consciousness. I hope he will thus advance more and more an
d never be hampered 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 . We should always remember the danger of }{\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  influence and endeavor to save ourselves from her great power. We must therefore always merge in the trans
cendental mellow of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana-rasa, }{\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 k\'e9rtana-rasa }{\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 safest situation within this material world. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\line 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SVA: Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\*\bkmkstart SVA: Introduction}{\*\bkmkend SVA: Introduction}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub INTRODUCTION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was my good fortune to be in the service of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da at \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pur, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, in setting up the groundwork o
f our Society\'92s international center there. That year (1971), there was a terrible flood, but although for many days the water was rising, it was diverted from flooding the Society\'92s property solely due to the embankment created by a road construct
ed by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, our Parama Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. I wrote a letter to His Divine Grace explaining the situation, and I mentioned, \'93The water has not entered our property. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\'92s road has sa
ved us.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, however, wrote back in answer in a different tone: \'93Yes, we are always saved by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\'92s road, so go on glorifying the disciplic succession, and your life will be a great success.\'94 L
ater on, when I suggested writing down the songs of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura and Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura in English translations, His Divine Grace said, \'93Yes, we must push on this mission of Bhaktivinoda.\'94 So here in this book
, which is the first of a series of translations of the complete works of the Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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 line of succession coming after \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, I have also included a short life sketch of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda. In the following volumes, the lives of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, \'c7r\'e9niv
\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya, and other Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\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 will appear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The songs in this book are mostly by \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda and Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. While they may sometimes make awkward English poetry, the trans
lations are accurate renderings of the originals. All these songs have exquisite melodies, and we are hopeful that a record may be cut to accompany the book. It should be noted that these songs and verses are all explanations of pure devotional service a
nd that devotional service to }{\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  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is obtained only by the mercy of the spiritua
l master, which can be obtained by serving his desires perfectly. These songs are not substitutes for the main and prime benediction of the age of Kali, the congregational chanting of }{\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/ 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 which is of the utmost 
importance. They are verses which have expanded from 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  and they are explanations
 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 . Thus, because they are expansions 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 , they are nondifferent from it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The songs of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama D\'e4sa and Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura are nondifferent from 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 But, as stated by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotio
n, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub even if someone does not have initiation into the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\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 ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ha
re 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 sufficient to enable one to attain the highest perfection of spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The verses of these songs are wonderful sources of knowledge for preachers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In each and every line there is so much philosophy that one 
can preach from one line for hours. They are all so pregnant with meaning and they lead to such succinct spiritual conclusions that a preacher need only recall the simple lines of songs like "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhaja Hu\'ec re Mana}{\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\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa-ma\'efjar\'e9-pada}{\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\cb1\nosupersub Ohe}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vai\'f1\'ebava \'d6h\'e4kura," }{\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\'e9 Mana\'f9 \'c7ik\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
," and every point of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will be covered in detail. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is constantly quoting from these lines in his lectures and books, and here also in this book his commentaries are given. Wherever }{\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\nosupersub  has translated a song, I have not given any of my own translations, for his are complete in th
emselves.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the first time that these transcendental vibrations have appeared in the English language, and to introduce them I 
am including herewith a life sketch of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA: A Glimpse into the Life of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIFE OF \'d6H
\'c4KURA BHAKTIVINODA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda led a life of incessant labor and activity for \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He produced such immense goo
d to the world that his work is only to be compared with the unbounded works of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Himself and the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. It was the spiritual attempts and divine writings of this individual that turned the scale and led the intelligent and educ
ated community to believe in the noble precepts and teachings of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we look back one century, we cannot but be astonished to find how degraded was the condition of the Vai\'f1\'ebava faith which had its pure origin in the deep an
d majestic spiritual philosophy of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Even vastly learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2itas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cou
ld not fathom the superexcellent precepts of Lord Caitanya's philosophy, yet due to incredulity born of the ignorance of uncultured men, the Vais\'ebava faith had been degraded and was considered a beggar's excuse for living at the expense of society. It
 was by sheer love for the Godhead that \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda expounded the deep philosophy which had remained concealed in the pages 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 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 Pur\'e4\'ebas, }{\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 Bh\'e4gavatam. 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By his action toward divine service and also by his words, set in simple language to be easily understood by readers in general, he has given this philosophy to the world. It 
is his writings and his divine, unparalleled character that have helped to produce a class of educated and enlightened men who are now proud of their Vai\'f1\'ebava faith and of their acquisition of the spiritual knowledge of the pure and sublime philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on which the stern teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya are based.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Though born in opulent circumstances (on 2nd of September, 1838), \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda, who was given the name Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha Datta, had to meet many diffi
culties in his early life. His childhood was spent at his maternal grandfather's house at Birnagar (Ulagram), from where he came to Calcutta at the age of thirteen, after the death of his father. After he completed his education, he was requested to be p
resent at the time of his paternal grandfather's death. His grandfather, R\'e4javallabha Datta, had been a famous personality of Calcutta and had retired to a lonely place in Orissa to spend his last days as an ascetic. He could predict the future and kn
ew when he would die, since he could commune with supernatural beings. \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda was present at the eventful time when that great soul passed away, and after receiving his grandfather's instructions, he visited all of the major temples a
nd }{\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 of the state of Orissa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura then entered the educational service and introduced English education into the state of Orissa for the first time. He wrote a small book 
about 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 of the state and mentioned an }{\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 which was on his ancestors' property. "I have a small village Chotimangalpur in the country of Orissa of which I am the pr
oprietor," he wrote. "In that village is a religious house which was granted by my predecessors to the holy men as a holding of rent-free land. The head of the institution entirely gave up entertaining such men as chanced to seek shelter on a rainy night
. This came to my notice, and I administered a severe threat that his lands would be cruelly resumed if in the future complaints of inhospitality were brought to my knowledge." Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura later took to the government service and was trans
ferred to Bengal. In one town he gave a historic speech on 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 which a
ttracted the attention of thousands. He made the world know what hidden treasures pervade every page 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 which should be read by all persons having a philosophical turn of mind. He was transferred some years later to a town called Champaran. In this town there was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub brahma-daitya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub living in a great banyan tree, and he was being worshiped by many degraded people. (A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-daitya is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a type of ghost.) One day the father of a famous girl scholar came to Bhaktivinoda for alms, and Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura at once employ
ed him in reading 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 under the shade of the banyan tree which was the abode of the
 ghost. After one month, 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 was completed, and then and there the tree crashed to 
the ground, and the ghost was gone for good. Everyone was thankful for this act except the few dishonest persons who were worshiping the ghost.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda's next move was to Pur\'e9. The government commissioner was much pleased to get him in his division, and he asked him to watch the affairs of the templ
e of Jagann\'e4tha on behalf of the government. It was through Bhaktivinoda's exertions that many malpractices were checked and the time for the offering of foods before the Deity was regulated to its extreme punctuality. \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda was e
specially entrusted to quell the rise against the government of one Bi\'f1iki\'f1e\'eba, who declared himself to be an incarnation of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. During the course of his investigation, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda found him to be a hoax and a cul
prit and charged him with transgressing government injunctions. After his trial the fellow was sentenced to imprisonment for a year and a half, but he died shortly after in jail. This man was really possessed of unnatural powers, but as they were the out
come of nonspiritual practices, he had to submit to the \'d6h\'e4kura when the latter wanted him to do so. Bi\'f1iki\'f1e\'eba was held in dread by the common people, and everyone warned \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda not to admonish him, even for the sake of 
justice, in view of the serious consequences that the }{\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 would inflict. But although the 
\'d6h\'e4kura was not a man of ostentation and did not allow people to know his true qualities and spiritual strength, he easily cut down the demoniac power of the impostor. With the fall of Bi\'f1iki\'f1e\'eba there rose an impostor Balar\'e4ma at anoth
er village, and there were also other so-called incarnations of God, but their plans were similarly frustrated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During his stay at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda devoted much of his time to the discussion of spiritual works and prepared notes on the }{\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 which were published with the commentaries of Baladeva Vidy\'e4bhu\'f1a\'eba. He al
so composed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kaly\'e4\'eba-kalpataru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (from which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vibh\'e4var\'e9 \'c7e\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one selection, appears in this book). This may very truly be termed an immortal work, and it stands on the same l
evel as the divine writings of Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. In 1857 he left Pur\'e9 on government service and started a well-known spiritual journal called the }{\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 ("The Satisfaction of Pure Devotees"). He also published the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which revealed to the world the underlying philosophy explaining the spiritual existence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This book opened the eyes of educated people t
o teach them their true relationship with God. It also attracted the admiration of many German scholars, for although the public regarded K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a poetic creation of erotic nature, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda revealed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Parabrahma
n, the Supreme Transcendental Person, the Absolute Being, on the basis of Vedic evidence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the close of his stay at the village of Narail, he visited V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There he had to encounter a band of dacoits known as Kanjharas. These powerful bandit
s spread all over the roads surrounding the holy place and used to attack innocent pilgrims. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura brought this news to the government and after many months of struggle extirpated the bandits from V\'e5nd\'e4vana forever. From this t
ime on, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda preached extensively in large gatherings, explaining all of the precepts 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 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.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While staying at Barasat, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda met the famous Bengali writer Ba\'eckimacandra. This novelist and playwright had just finished writing a book o
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and knowing \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda to be an authority on topics of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he gave the manuscript to Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura to see. It was full of mundane Western-stylized speculations and ideas, but after four days of dis
cussion, Bhaktivinoda had the whole text revised by Ba\'eckimacandra to accommodate the pure supramundane precepts of Lord Caitanya. During his last year at Barasat, Bhaktivinoda was requested by a noted high court judge to publish an authoritative editi
on of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with the commentaries of \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Ca
kravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura as well as his own (Bhaktivinoda's) translation. The preface, written by Ba\'eckimacandra, expressed his gratitude to the \'d6h\'e4kura for his endeavor, and when it was published, the copies were soon exhausted. Then \'d6h\'e4k
ura Bhaktivinoda published a unique work entitled }{\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 Caitanya-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta (The Nectarean Teachings of Lord Caitanya)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which dealt with Lord Caitanya's theistic philosophy
 and the philosophies of the Western speculators. This book defeats every other philosophy point for point and establishes the philosophy of Lord Caitanya as supreme. In 1885 he started a society named }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7va-Vai\'f1\'ebava-Sabh\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for the propagation of pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub hari-bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many eminent citizens of Calcutta joined the society, and several committees were organized with assigned duties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda Th\'e4kura was so anxious to see the land of 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-n\'e4gar, twenty-five miles from Navadv\'e9pa, M\'e4y\'e4pur. Once stationed at a place near Na
vadv\'e9pa, he did not let a single free moment pass without visiting the land of Navadv\'e9pa. He at once made inquiries about the exact whereabouts of the different places of Lord Caitanya's pastimes. He soon discovered that the then city of Navadv\'e9
pa was only a town of 100 years' standing, so he was curious to locate the actual birthplace of Lord Caitanya. He was convinced that the town of Navadv\'e9pa was not the authentic location, and he at once commenced a vigorous inquiry to find the truth of
 the matter, but he could not easily escape from the people who tried to make him believe that the birthplace of Caitanya was at that town. Then, after careful inquiry, he was told that the site was lost under the shifting course of the Ganges. Not satis
fied with 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). Aft
er great difficulties, he came to know of a place which was being adored by many realized souls as the true birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and which was then in the possession of the Muhammadans. Local inquiry and corroborative evidence f
rom ancient maps of the latter part of the 18th century which showed the name "\'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pur" at last helped him to discover the real site of the birthplace. The discovery led to the publishing of a valuable work called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma-m\'e4h\'e4tmya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Chapter Five of this book has appeared in ISKCON's Bengali }{\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The year 1887 was the most eventful year in the history of the Vai\'f1\'ebava world, and Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was the prime mover of the events. It was in thi
s year that he discovered the actual place of Lord Caitanya's birth, which was given up for lost. Thousands of visitors were present at a function held at the spot. Just after retirement from government service, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda himself, in a s
pirit of perfect humility and with a view to giving a firm standing to the discovery, went from door to door to raise funds for a temple. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amrita Bazar Patrika }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub newspaper, on 6th of December, 1894, the following article appeared: "B\'e4bu Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha Datta, the distinguished Deputy Magistrate who has just retired from the service, is on
e of the most active members. Indeed, B\'e4bu Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha Datta has been deputed by his committee to raise subscriptions in Calcutta and elsewhere and is determined to go from house to house if necessary and beg a rupee from each Hindu gentleman fo
r the noble purpose. If B\'e4bu Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha Datta sticks to his resolution of going around with a bag in hand, we hope that no Hindu gentleman whose house may be honored by the presence of such a devout }{\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 B\'e4bu Ked\'e4ran\'e4tha will send him away without contributing his mite, however humble it may be, to the Gaura-Vi\'f1\'ebupriy
\'e4 Temple fund." Truly, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda honored the houses of many persons for the fulfillment of the noble object he had undertaken. He went to persons to whom he would not have gone for any purpose but for this mission of Lord Caitanya, an
d his efforts were not fruitless, since the sum collected contributed to the construction of a building on the holy site of Lord Caitanya's appearance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The work of preaching the holy name was also in full swing, and it spread fast into the distant corners of the globe. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gaur\'e4\'ecga-smara\'eba-ma\'ecgala-stotra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with a preface in English containing the life and precepts of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya, came out
 from Bhaktivinoda's pen soon after the discovery of Lord Caitanya's birthplace and found its place in all the learned institutions of both hemispheres.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The more the names of Lord Caitanya and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were preached, the merrier was \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda. He thereafter made annotations of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahm\'e4-sa\'e0hit\'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\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kar\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and gave to the world his immortal and precious works }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Harin\'e4ma-cint\'e4ma\'ebi }{\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 Bhajana-rahasya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He also edited, with commentary, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-bh\'e4gavat\'e4rka-mar\'e9ci-m\'e4l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which contains all the most prominent }{\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 
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 pertaining to the Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy. His pen never tire
d, and it produced many other Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophical works. He would begin his writings very late at night, after completing his government work, and stay up until one or two o'clock in the morning composing songs and literatures. Most of his works
 appeared in the }{\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  magazine (which will be translated shortly). He was equa
lly engaged in writing and in preaching the holy name in many districts of Bengal. His personal appearances at villages had marvelous effects on the people. To maintain the center at Nadia he built a house at \'c7r\'e9 Godruma-dv\'e9pa which is called 
\'c7r\'e9 Sv\'e4nanda-Sukhada-Ku\'efja. Here in this abode the preaching of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub continue
d in full swing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was at the beginning of the 20th Century that he chose to live at Pur\'e9 and build a house on the beachfront there. Many honest souls sought his blessings and r
eadily obtained them when he retired to the fourth order of life by 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  from \'c7r
\'e9 Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 in 1908. Though he was leading the life of a renounced soul, he could not avoid the men of all description who constantly visited him. All of them received oceans of spiritual training, instructions and blessing
s. In 1910 he shut himself up and remained in a perfect state 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 or full concentratio
n on the eternal pastimes of the Lord. In 1914 he passed on to the blissful realm of Goloka on the day which is observed as the disappearance day of \'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara. Here we quote a stanza written about 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 of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura which \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda wrote sometime in 1871 to explain what influence a Vai\'f1\'ebav
a carries in this world even after his departure:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\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 liv
e, and living try\line To spread the holy name around!
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda predicted, "Soon there will appear a personality who will preach the holy name of Hari all over the world
." It is clearly understood that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is that personality. I offer my prostrated obeisances first unto all the devotees that have surrendered unto his divine lotus feet and next unto the devotees who wil
l in the future take shelter of his lotus feet, and I then offer my humble obeisances unto his lotus feet again and again. May he bless this first translation attempt so that it may be accepted by the Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and may he engage me i
n the service of the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord Caitanya, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s982 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub August 20, 1972\line Disappearance Day of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\line R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara Temple\line Seva Ku
\'efj, V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s982 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 
\par \pard \s982 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION
\par }\pard \s982 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\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 pictures omitted}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \trowd\trgaph0\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Gra
ce\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta\line Swami Prabhup\'e4da\'97the\line Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of \line ISKCON and greatest exponent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the western world.\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\line Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'97the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and foremost scholar and devotee in the recent age.\cell
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa\line B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'97the\line spiritual master of Srila Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 and intimate student of \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda.\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9l}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda\'97the\line pioneer of the program to benedict the entire world with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s982 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 
\par \pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 Guru Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 \'c7R\'c9 GURU PRA\'cb\'c4MA }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub (obeisances)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 o\'e0 aj\'ef\'e4na-timir\'e4ndhasya j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cak\'f1ur unm\'e9lita\'e0 yena tasmai \'e7r\'e9-gurave nama\'f9
\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 \'97address; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aj\'ef\'e4na}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub timira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by}{\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 the darkness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andhasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of one who was blinded; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-a\'efjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by}{\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 the ointment of knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by a surgical instrument; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cak\'f1u\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unm\'e9litam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub opened; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by whom; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub unto him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gurave\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignoranc
e, with the torchlight of knowledge." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Gautam\'e9ya Tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ] [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-caitanya-mano 'bh\'e9\'f1\'f6a\'e0 sth\'e4pita\'e0 yena bh\'fc-tale
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 svaya\'e0 r\'fcpa\'f9 kad\'e4 mahya\'e0 dad\'e4ti sva-pad\'e4ntikam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-caitanya}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Caitanya; }{\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 \'97mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9\'f1\'f6am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and desire (mission); }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sth\'e4pitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub established; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yena\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by whom; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fc-tale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the 
surface of the globe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub himself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'fcpa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kad\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dad\'e4ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will give; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his own; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub antikam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub proximity to.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "When will \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill 
the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?" }{\cs3778\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, }{\cs3778\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub Prema Bhakti-candrik\'e4}{\cs3778\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub , Mangal\'e4cara\'eba 2]}{\cs3778\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: Ma\'ecgal\'e4cara\'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 MA\'ccGAL\'c4CARA\'cbA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande 'ha\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-yuta-pada-kamala\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-gurun vai\'f1\'ebav\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpa\'e0 s\'e4graj\'e4ta\'e0 saha-ga\'eba-raghun\'e4th\'e4nvita\'e0 ta\'e0 sa j\'e9vam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 s\'e4dvaita\'e0 s\'e4vadh\'fcta\'e0 parijana-sahita\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-deva\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-p\'e4d\'e4n saha-ga\'eba-lalit\'e4-\'e7r\'e9-vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4nvit\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97offer obeisances; }{\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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; \'e7r\'e9-guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-yuta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub auspicio
us; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-kamalam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gur\'fcn\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the spiritual masters; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebav\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto all the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-agraj\'e4tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with his elder brother (San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saha-ga
\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with associates; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raghun\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anvitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub accompanied by; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-j\'e9vam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-advaitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub along}{\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 with Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub sa-avadh\'fctam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along}{\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 with Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parijana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and other associates; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-devam\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-p\'e4d\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saha-ga\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along}{\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 with associates; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lalit\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Lalit\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anvit\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
accompanied by; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 "I am offering my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of \'c7
r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 along with his elder brother San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, as well as Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa, and Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a and \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord
 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and Lord Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, along with Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, Gad\'e4dhara, \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, and other associates. I offer my respectful obeisances to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n\'e9 and \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba along with Their associates \'c7r\'e9 Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4." 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i\f0\fs24\cf6 [}{\b\i\f0\fs24\cf6 purport]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Pra\'ebati
\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 \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA PRA\'cb
ATI
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nama o\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fc-tale
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min iti n\'e4mine
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\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 \'97address; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto him who is at the feet of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhu-tale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the 
earth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9mate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all-beautiful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhaktivedanta-sv\'e4min\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4mine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is named.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my 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 His lotus feet."
\par }\pard 
\s1429 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namas te s\'e4rasvate deva\'e0 gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9-prac\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7\'fcnyav\'e4di-p\'e4\'e7c\'e4tya-de\'e7a-t\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4rasvate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub servant of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the message of Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prac\'e4ri\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are preaching, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirv
i\'e7e\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from}{\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 impersonal
ism; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'fcnya-v\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from}{\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 voidism; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4\'e7c\'e4tya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
western; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub de\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub countries; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
t\'e4ri\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are delivering.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. You are kindly preaching the m
essage of Lord Caitanya-deva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism."
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Pra\'ebati
\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 \'c7R\'c9LA BHAKTISIDDH\'c4NTA SA
RASVAT\'c9 PRA\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nama o\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fc-tale
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktisiddh\'e4nta-sarasvat\'e9ti n\'e4mine
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, who is 
very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having taken shelter at His lotus feet."
\par }\pard 
\s1429 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-v\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-dev\'e9-dayit\'e4ya k\'e5p\'e4bdhaye
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandha-vij\'ef\'e4na-d\'e4yine prabhave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-v\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-dev\'e9-dayit\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97unto \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-dev\'e9-dayita d\'e4sa, the servant of the husband of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-abdhaye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is an ocean of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub of}{\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 the relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 the science; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4yine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is the deliverer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhave\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances to \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-dev\'e9-dayita d\'e4sa [another name of \'c7r\'e9la Bhakti
siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9], who is favored by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard 
\s1429 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4dhuryojjvala-prem\'e4\'f2hya-\'e7r\'e9-r\'fcp\'e4nuga-bhaktida-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-gaura-karu\'eb\'e4-\'e7akti-vigrah\'e4ya namo 'stu te
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97conjugal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ujjvala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glorious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'f2hya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enriched with; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpa-anuga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub following \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-da\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub delivering devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gaura\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karu\'eb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 the mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub energy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vigrah\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the personified; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub let there be
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who delivers devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of R\'e4dh\'e4 an
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba, coming exactly in the line of revelation of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9."
\par }\pard 
\s1429 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namas te gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9-\'e7r\'e9-m\'fcrtaye d\'e9na-t\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcp\'e4nuga-viruddh\'e4pasiddh\'e4nta-dhv\'e4nta-h\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub teachings of Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-m\'fcrtaye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub unto the personified; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 the fallen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ri\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub unto the deliverer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpa-anuga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the principles of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viruddha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub against; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apasiddh
\'e4nta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 unauthorized sta
tements; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhv\'e4nta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the darkness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub h\'e4ri\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you who are removing.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the falle
n souls. You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora Pra\'ebati
\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 \'c7R\'c9LA GAURAKI\'c7ORA PRA
\'cbATI
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo gaura-ki\'e7or\'e4ya s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-vair\'e4gya-m\'fcrtaye
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vipralambha-ras\'e4mbhode p\'e4d\'e4mbuj\'e4ya te nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namah\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-ki\'e7or\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Gauraki\'e7ora; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub exactly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vair\'e4gya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re
nunciation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrtaye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the personified; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vipralambha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 separation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the mellow; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ambhodhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O ocean; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-ambuj\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja [the spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9la 
Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9], who is renunciation personified. He is always merged in a feeling of separation and intense love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda Pra\'ebati
\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 \'c7R\'c9LA BHAKTIVINODA PRA\'cbA
TI
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo bhaktivinod\'e4ya sac-cid-\'e4nanda-n\'e4mine
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaura-\'e7akti-svar\'fcp\'e4ya r\'fcp\'e4nuga-var\'e4ya te
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktivinod\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sat-cit-\'e4nanda-n\'e4mine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub known as Saccid\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub energy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-r\'fcp\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose own nature; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpa-anuga-var\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who i
s the foremost follower of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccid\'e4nanda Bhaktivinoda, who is transcendental energy of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He is a s
trict follower of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, headed by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9la Jagann\'e4tha Pra\'ebati
\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 \'c7R\'c9LA JAGANN\'c4THA PRA\'cb
ATI
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur\'e4virbh\'e4va-bh\'fcmes tva\'e0 nirde\'f1\'f6\'e4 saj-jana-priya\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vai\'f1\'ebava-s\'e4rvabhauma\'f9 \'f1r\'e9-jagann\'e4th\'e4ya te nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4virbh\'e4va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 the appearance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcme\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the place; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nirde\'f1\'f6\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the indicator; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to all respectable persons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priya\'f9\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub respectful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
of}{\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 the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4rv
abhauma\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chief; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-jagann\'e4th\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, who is respected by the entire Vai\'f1\'ebava communit
y and who discovered the place where Lord Caitanya appeared."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 \'c7R\'c9 VAI\'d1\'cbAVA PRA\'cb
\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-tarubhya\'e7 ca k\'e5p\'e4-sindhubhya eva ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 patit\'e4n\'e4\'e0 p\'e4vanebhyo vai\'f1\'ebavebhyo namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-tarubhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who are desire tr
ees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sindhubhya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who
 are oceans; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patit\'e4n\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
of the fallen souls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4vanebhya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are the purifiers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebave-bhya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9 nama
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub repeated obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vai\'f1\'ebava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfil
l the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls." 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 Gaur\'e4\'ecga Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 \'c7R\'c9 GAUR\'c4\'ccGA PRA\'cb
\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mah\'e4}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 -vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are the most magnanimous; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k
\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 love
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prad\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are the bestower; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4mne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are named; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-tvi\'f1e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose color is golden; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , even K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 Pa\'efca-tattva Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 \'c7R\'c9 PA\'cfCA-TATTVA PRA\'cb
\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pa\'efca-tattv\'e4tmaka\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 bhakta-r\'fcpa-svar\'fcpakam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakt\'e4vat\'e4ra\'e0 bhakt\'e4khya\'e0 nam\'e4mi bhakta-\'e7aktikam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'efca-tattva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub five features; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmakam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97consisting of; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebam\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub form as a devotee; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-r\'fcpakam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub personal form}{\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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-avat\'e4ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the form of incarnation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-\'e4khyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub celebrated as a devotee; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nam\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I bow down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-\'e7
aktikam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the giver of the energy of a devotee.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I bow down to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who appears as a devotee [Lord Caitanya Himself], as His personal expansion [\'c7r\'e9 Nity
\'e4nanda], His incarnation [\'c7r\'e9 Advaita], His devotee [\'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa] and His energy [\'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara], and who is the source of all strength for the devotees." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub 1.14}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 \'c7R\'c9 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA-PRA\'cb
\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 he k\'e5\'f1\'eba karu\'eb\'e4-sindho d\'e9na-bandho jagat-pate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gope\'e7a gopik\'e4-k\'e4nta r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e4nta namo 'stu te
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he}{\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  k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karu\'eb\'e4-sindho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O ocean of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the distressed
; }{\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 \'97friend; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 the universe; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pate}{\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 gopa-\'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97master of the cowherdsmen, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopik\'e4-k\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97very dear to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s; r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lover of Radh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub let there be; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto You.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherdsmen 
and the lover of 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 , especially R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Y
ou."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: Sambandh\'e4dhideva Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 SAMBANDHA-ADHIDEVA PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jayat\'e4\'e0 suratau pa\'ecgor mama manda-mater gat\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mat-sarvasva-pad\'e4mbhojau r\'e4dh\'e4-madana-mohanau
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jayat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all glories; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suratau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are engaged in amorous pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa
\'ecgo\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who am lame; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub of myself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manda-mate\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having depraved intelligence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gat\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the shelter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-sva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub be all and end all; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-ambhojau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh
\'e4-madana-mohanau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to}{\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 \'c7
r\'e9 R\'e4dha and Madana-mohana.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Glory to the all-merciful \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and Madana-mohana, who are always engaged in amorous pastimes. They are the only 
shelter of my depraved and crippled self. Their lotus feet are the be-all and end-all of my life."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Sambandh\'e4dhideva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Pra\'eb\'e4ma}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: Abhidhey\'e4dhideva Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\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 ABHIDHEYA-ADHIDEVA-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9vyad-v\'e5nd\'e4ra\'ebya-kalpa-drum\'e4dha\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9mad-ratn\'e4g\'e4ra-si\'e0h\'e4sana-sthau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-\'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7r\'e9la-govinda-devau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4l\'e9bhi\'f9 sevyam\'e4nau smar\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9vyat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shining; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4ra\'ebya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalpa-druma\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the}{\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 desire tree; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub under; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9mat\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub opulent; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ratna\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bedecked with gem
s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; \'e4g\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in}{\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 a mansion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub si\'e0ha-\'e4sana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on a t
hrone; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who are seated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e7r\'e9-\'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\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 R\'e4dh\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9la-govinda-devau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and Govinda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pre\'f1\'f6ha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub most loving}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; \'e4l\'e9bhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by female attendants; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sevyam\'e4nau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
being served; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smar\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I meditate upon.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I meditate on \'c7r\'e9}{\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 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." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Abhidhey\'e4dhideva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Pra\'eb\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: Prayojan\'e4dhideva Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 PRAYOJANA-ADHIDEVA-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9m\'e4n r\'e4sa-ras\'e4rambh\'e9 va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a-ta\'f6a-sthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kar\'f1an ve\'ebu-svanair gop\'e9r gop\'e9n\'e4tha\'f9 \'e7riye 'stu na\'f9
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa-rasa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rambh\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the inaugurator; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a\'97}
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tree; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ta\'f6a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the base; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthita\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub seated; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'f1an\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub attracting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 the flute; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svanai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the sounds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9\'f9
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\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 ; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9-n\'e4tha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Master of the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gop
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 be auspicious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto us.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "May Lord Gop\'e9n\'e4tha confer on us His grace. He inaugurated the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  by attracting the spiritual milkmaids of Vraja with the enchanting tune of His flute, and He is seated at the base of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  tree." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Prayojan\'e4dhideva }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Pra\'eb\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\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 \'c7R\'c9 R\'c4DH\'c4 PRA\'cb\'c4
MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tapta-k\'e4\'efcana-gaur\'e4\'ecgi r\'e4dhe v\'e5nd\'e4vane\'e7vari
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sute dev\'e9 pra\'ebam\'e4mi hari-priye
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97molten; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4\'efcana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like}{\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 gold; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fair complexion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecgi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose body; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana-\'e9\'e7vari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
the Queen of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sute}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O goddess; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebam\'e4mi}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer my respects; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-priye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respects to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana. You are the daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, and You are very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: Pa\'efca-tattva Mah\'e4-mantra
\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 PA\'cfCA-TATTVA MAH\'c4-MANTRA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 (bhaja) \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu nity\'e4nanda
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-advaita gad\'e4dhara \'e7r\'e9v\'e4s\'e4di-gaura-bhakta-v\'e5nda\line }{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 purport}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4-mantra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\f0\fs36\cf1 THE HARE KRSNA MAHA-MANTRA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\line HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\line KRSNA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\line HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA\line HARE R\'c4MA
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA\line HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\cs2539\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [purport}{\cs2539\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1}{\cs2539\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\cs2539\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka (sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka)
\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , who appeared in the latter half of the 17th Century, is a great spiritual master in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious chain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and disciples. He says that one should loudly chant the following eight prayers, with care and attention, during }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma-muh
\'fcrta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the auspicious time an hour and a half before sunrise when devotional practices are especially potent. Anyone who thus chants these eight beautiful prayers glorifying
 the spiritual master will certainly get a chance to render direct service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, after the demise of his body.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 1}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 ) }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya k\'e4ru\'ebya-ghan\'e4ghanatvam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pr\'e4ptasya kaly\'e4\'eba-gu\'eb\'e4r\'ebavasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub material existence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4v\'e4-anala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by}{\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 the forest fire; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e9\'f2ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97afflicted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the people; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to deliver
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ru\'ebya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gh
an\'e4ghana-tvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the quality of a cloud; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4ptasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is the receiver of; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaly\'e4\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub auspicious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 qualities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ar\'ebavasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is an ocean; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub auspi
cious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-aravindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 2}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 2}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 2)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  mah\'e4prabho\'f9 k\'e9rtana-n\'e5tya-g\'e9ta-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4ditra-m\'e4dyan-manaso rasena
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 rom\'e4\'efca-kamp\'e4\'e7ru-tara\'ecga-bh\'e4jo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4prabho\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by}{\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 chanting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5tya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dancing; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e9ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub singing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4ditra\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub playing musical instruments; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dyat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub gladdened; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manasa\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the mellow; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub roma-a\'efca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub standing of the hair; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kampa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub quivering of the body, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7ru-tara\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub torrents of tears; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b
h\'e4ja\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who feels; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-aravindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Chanting the Holy Name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by
 the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  movement of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows of pure 
devotion within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 3}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 3}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 3)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  \'e7r\'e9-vigrah\'e4r\'e4dhana-nitya-n\'e4n\'e4-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra-tan-mandira-m\'e4rjan\'e4dau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yuktasya bhakt\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca niyu\'efjato 'pi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vigraha}{\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 arc\'e4-vigraha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (Deities); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4dhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worshiping; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with}{\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 various; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub clothing and ornament
s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Their; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mandira\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub temple; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4rjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cleaning; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beginning with; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yukt
asya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is engaged; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakt\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub his disciples; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub niyu\'efjata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who engages; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer my obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-aravindam\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He also engag
es his disciples in such worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 4}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 4}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 4)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  catur-vidha-\'e7r\'e9-bhagavat-pras\'e4da-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sv\'e4dv-anna-t\'e5pt\'e4n hari-bhakta-sa\'ecgh\'e4n
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5tvaiva t\'e5pti\'e0 bhajata\'f9 sadaiva
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97four; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kinds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub holy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which have been offered to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e4du\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub palatable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub anna\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by}{\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 foods; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e5pt\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub spiritually satisfied; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-sa\'ecgh\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the association of devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5tv\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having made; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who feels; }{\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 always; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly;}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-aravindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The spiritual master is always offering K\'e5\'f1\'eba four kinds of delicious food [analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, dr
unk, and sucked]. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bhagavat-pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub , he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 5}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 5}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 5)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dhik\'e4-m\'e4dhavayor ap\'e4ra-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4dhurya-l\'e9l\'e4 gu\'eba-r\'fcpa-n\'e4mn\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pratik\'f1a\'eb\'e4sv\'e4dana-lolupasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dhik\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dhav
ayo\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord M\'e4dhava (K\'e5\'f1\'eba); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ap\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unlimited; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conjugal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Their holy names; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pratik\'f1a\'eba\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at every moment; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sv\'e4dana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub relishing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lolupasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who aspires after;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-aravindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lot
us feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited conjugal pastimes of R\'e4dhik\'e4 and M\'e4dhava, and
 Their qualities, names, and forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 6}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 6}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 6)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  niku\'efja-y\'fcno rati-keli-siddhyai
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4 y\'e4libhir yuktir apek\'f1a\'eb\'e9y\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tatr\'e4ti-d\'e4k\'f1y\'e4d ati-vallabhasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niku\'efja-y\'fcna\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rati}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conjugal love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub keli\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddhyai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for the perfection; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4 y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whateve
r; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4libhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop
\'e9s; yukti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arrangements; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apek\'f1a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desirable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that connection; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ati-d\'e4k\'f1y\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub because of being very expert; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ati-va
llabhasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is very dear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-aravindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting 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 who at different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's conjugal loving affairs within the
 groves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 7}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ) s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva tasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-tvena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the quality of Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samasta\'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 \'e7\'e4strai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by scr
iptures; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ukta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acknowledged; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4vyate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub is}{\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 considered; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sadbhi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by 
great saintly persons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kintu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub however; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prabho\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dear friend; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub certainly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of him (the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru); vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-arav
indam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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. 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]."
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 8}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 8}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 8)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dhy\'e4yan stuva\'e0s tasya ya\'e7as tri-sandhya\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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 (the spiritual master); }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4d\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the grace; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavat
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apras\'e4d\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wi
thout the grace; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gat
i\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub means of advancement; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuta\'f9 api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anywhere; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhy\'e4yan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub meditating upon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stuvan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glorifying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of him (the spiritual master); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'e7a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the glory; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-sandhyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub three times a day; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vande}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of my spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eba-aravindam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa216\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 advancement. Therefore, 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 my spiritual master." 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa396\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka (k\'e5\'f1\'ebotk\'e9rtana-g\'e4na-nartana-parau)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SRI-SRI-SAD-GOSVAMY-ASTAKA}{\*\bkmkend SRI-SRI-SAD-GOSVAMY-ASTAKA}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9-\'c7R\'c9-\'d1A\'d2-GOSV\'c4MY-A\'d1\'d6AKA\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 k\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utk\'e9rtana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loud chanting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4na\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub singing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nartana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dancing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are absorbed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-am\'e5ta\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the nectar of love of God; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ambha\'f9-nidh\'e9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like oceans; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh
\'e9ra-adh\'e9ra-jana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the gentle and the ruffians; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priyau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are dear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priya-karau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are all-pleasing;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirmatsarau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are non-envious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub p\'fcjitau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are all-worshipable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-caitanya\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-bharau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who 
are bearing the mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvi\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub bhuva\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4ra\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the burden; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avahant\'e4rakau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who dispel; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vande\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpa
\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub san\'e4tanau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and to \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raghu-yugau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the two Raghu
s : \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e4lakau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and to \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bh
a\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'ebotk\'e9rtana}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 -g\'e4na-nartana-parau prem\'e4m\'e5t\'e4mbho-}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nidh\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dh\'e9r\'e4dh\'e9ra-jana-priyau priyakarau nirmatsarau p\'fcjitau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-caitanya-k\'e5p\'e4-bharau bhuvi bhuvo bh\'e4r\'e4vahant\'e4rakau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lor
d Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [680815IN.MON] [681226PS.LA] [710628LE.SF] [740317SB
.VRN]
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 n\'e4n
\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub various scriptures; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vic\'e4ra\'eba\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in scrutinizingly studying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka-nipu\'ebau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are uniquely expert;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-dharma\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal religious principles; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are the establishers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lok\'e4n\'e4m\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all human beings; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hita-k\'e4rinau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub th
ey who are the performers of beneficial activities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-bhuvane\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub throughout the three worlds; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manyau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are worthy of honor; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eby\'e4karau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are worth taking shelter of; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'96
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-aravinda\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajana-\'e4nandena\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the bliss of worship; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub matta-\'e4likau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are intoxicated with the mood of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau sad-dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pakau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lok\'e4n\'e4\'e0 hita-k\'e4ri\'ebau tri-bhuvane m\'e4nyau \'e7ara\'eby\'e4karau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravinda-bhajan\'e4nandena matt\'e4likau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who 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 honored all over the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of 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 and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-gaur\'e4\'ecga\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the qualities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuvar\'ebana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in narrating; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the process; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of faith; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam\'e5ddhi\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with an abundance
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anvitau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are endowed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub p\'e4pa-utt\'e4pa\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the distress of sinful reactions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nik\'e5ntanau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who remove; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tanu-bh\'e5t\'e4m\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of those sou
ls who are embodied; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub about Lord Govinda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4na-am\'e5tai\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the nectarean songs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda-ambudhi\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ocean of transcendental bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vardhana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub increasing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka-nipu\'ebau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are totally expert; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaivalya-nist\'e4rakau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are the saviors from impersonal liberation...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-gaur\'e4\'ecga-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebana-vidhau \'e7raddh\'e4-sam\'e5ddhy-anvitau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'e4pott\'e4pa-nik\'e5ntanau tanu-bh\'e5t\'e4\'e0 govinda-g\'e4n\'e4m\'e5tai\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhanaika-nipu\'ebau kaivalya-nist\'e4rakau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who are very much enriched in understanding of Lord Caitanya and
 who are thus expert in narrating His transcendental qualities. They can purify all conditioned souls from the reactions of their sinful activities by pouring upon them transcendental songs about Govinda. As such, they are very expert in increasing the l
imits of the ocean of transcendental bliss, and they are the saviors of the living entities from the devouring mouth of liberation.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 tyaktv
\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having given up; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'fcr\'ebam\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub quickly (after being summoned by Lord Caitanya); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a\'96}{\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 ma\'eb\'f2ala-pati-\'e7re\'eb\'e9m\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the aristocracy of upper-class society; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuccha-vat\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as insignificant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having become; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9na-ga\'eba\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the poor people; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7aka
u\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are the protectors; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karu\'ebay\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub out of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaup\'e9na\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loincloths; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kanth\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and tattered quilts; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ritau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who have accepted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9-bh\'e4va\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the mood of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s; rasa-am\'e5ta-abdhi\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ocean of nectar-mellows; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lahar\'e9-kallola\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the ripples and waves; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub magnau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are absorbed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muhu\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always and repeatedly...
\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 
\par \pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tyaktv\'e4 t\'fcr\'ebam a\'e7e\'f1a-ma\'eb\'f2ala-pati-\'e7re\'eb\'e9\'e0 sad\'e4 tucchavat
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bh\'fctv\'e4 d\'e9na-ga\'ebe\'e7akau karu\'ebay\'e4 kaup\'e9na-kanth\'e4\'e7ritau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e9-bh\'e4va-ras\'e4m\'e5t\'e4bdhi-lahar\'e9-kallola-magnau muhur
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who kicked off all association of aristocracy as insignificant. 
In order to deliver the poor conditioned souls, they accepted loincloths, treating themselves as mendicants, but they are always merged in the ecstatic ocean of 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 '}{\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 love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and bathe alwa
ys and repeatedly in the waves of that ocean.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 k\'fcj
at\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cooing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kokila\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of cuc
koos; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ha\'e0sa\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of swans; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
\'e4rasa\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and of cranes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ga\'eba\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub flocks; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4k\'e9r\'ebe\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub crowded; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may\'fcra\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with peacocks; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4kule\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the constantly agitated motion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-ratna\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with various j
ewels; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nibaddha-m\'fcla\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bound around their bases; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f6apa\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the trees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-yukta\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub endowed with splendor; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vane\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the forest of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'ebam\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aha\'f9-ni\'e7am\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub day and night; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhajatau\'96}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are engaged in enthusiastic worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon the living entities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arthadau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who bestow the ultimate goal of 
life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mud\'e4
\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with great delight...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'fcjat-kokila-ha\'e0sa-s\'e4rasa-ga\'eb\'e4k\'e9r\'ebe may\'fcr\'e4-kule
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4n\'e4-ratna-nibaddha-m\'fcla-vi\'f6apa-\'e7r\'e9-yukta-v\'e5nd\'e4vane
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'ebam ahar-ni\'e7a\'e0 prabhajatau j\'e9v\'e4rthadau yau mud\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who were always engaged in worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 in the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where there are beautiful trees full of fruits and flowers which have under their roots all valuable jewels. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s are perfectly competent to bestow upon the living entities the greatest boon o
f the goal of life.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 sa\'ec
khy\'e4-p\'fcrvaka\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in a scheduled measurement; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma-g\'e4na\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub singing the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f6ibhi\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and by bowing down;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la-avas\'e4n\'e9-k\'e5tau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who passed their time in doing such; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidra-\'e4h\'e4ra\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sleeping and eating; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vih\'e4raka
-\'e4di\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub recreation and so forth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vijitau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who have conquered; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atyanta-d\'e9nau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are extremely meek and humble; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'96}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba-sm\'e5te\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in remembrance of the qualities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhurim\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the sweetness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nandena\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by th
e bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sammohitau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are fully enchanted...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'eckhy\'e4-p\'fcrvaka-n\'e4ma-g\'e4na-natibhi\'f9 k\'e4l\'e4vas\'e4n\'e9k\'e5tau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nidr\'e4h\'e4ra-vih\'e4rak\'e4di-vijitau c\'e4tyanta-d\'e9nau ca yau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gu\'eba-sm\'e5ter madhurim\'e4nandena sammohitau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who were engaged in chanting the holy names of the Lord and bowi
ng down in a scheduled measurement. In this way they utilized 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 qualitie
s of the Lord.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 r\'e4d
h\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the lake R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ta\'f6e\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the bank; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalinda-tanay\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the daughter of Mt. Kal
inda (the Yamun\'e4 river); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9re\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the bank; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9-va\'f6e\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the banyan tree called Va\'e0\'e7\'e9-va\'f6a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-unm\'e4da\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ma
dness of love of God; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e7\'e4t\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the force; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a-da\'e7ay\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by limitless ecstatic symptoms; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub grastau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are seized; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pramattau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who
 are madmen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
g\'e4yantau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who sing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kad\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sometimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hare\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba-varam\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the excellent qualities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4va\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in ecstasy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhibh\'fctau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are overwhelmed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mud\'e4
\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with great delight...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a-ta\'f6e kalinda-tanay\'e4-t\'e9re ca va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6e
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 premonm\'e4da-va\'e7\'e4d a\'e7e\'f1a-da\'e7ay\'e4 grastau pramattau sad\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 g\'e4yantau ca kad\'e4 harer gu\'eba-vara\'e0 bh\'e4v\'e4bhibh\'fctau mud\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who were sometimes on the bank of the R\'e4dh\'e4-kunda lake or 
the shores of the Yamun\'e4 and sometimes in Va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a. There they appeared just like madmen in the full ecstasy of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, exhibiting different transcendental symptoms in their bodies, and they were merged in the ecstasy of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 he r
\'e4dhe\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O R\'e4dh\'e4!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vraja-devike\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub O Queen of Vraja!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub lalite\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lalit\'e4 Sakh\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he nanda-s\'fcno\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuta\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub where are you?; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-govardhana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on beautiful Govardhana Hill; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalpa-p\'e4dapa-tale\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the base of the desire-trees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4lind\'e9-vanye\'96}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the forest on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 river; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuta\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub where are you?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gho\'f1antau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are shouting; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarvata\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub everywhere; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vraja-pure\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the realm of 
Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khedai\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by distress; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub mah\'e4-vihvalau\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who are greatly agitated...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 he r\'e4dhe! vraja-devike! ca lalite! he nanda-s\'fcno! kuta\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-govardhana-kalpa-p\'e4dapa-tale k\'e4lind\'e9-vanye kuta\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gho\'f1ant\'e4v iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mah\'e4-vihvalau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana 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, who were chanting very loudly everywhere in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, sho
uting, "Queen of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9! O Lalita! O son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja! Where are you all now? Are you just on the hill of Govardhana, or are you under the trees on the bank of the Yamun\'e4? Where are you?" These were their 
moods in executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 1: \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka (ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjana\'e0)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub LORD CAITANYA'S MISSION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu instructed His disciples to write books on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a task which His followers have continued to carry out down to
 the present day. The elaborations and expositions on the philosophy taught by Lord Caitanya are, in fact, the most voluminous, exacting, and consistent, due to the system of disciplic succession. Although Lord Caitanya was widely renowned as a scholar i
n His youth, He left only eight verses, called, }{\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 . These eight verses cle
arly reveal His mission and precepts. These supremely valuable prayers are translated herein.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI SIKSASTAKA}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI SIKSASTAKA}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c7R\'c9 \'c7IK\'d1\'c4\'d1\'d6AKA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\cs2873\i\f0\fs28\cf0 1}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ) ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjana\'e0 bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'eba\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7reya\'f9-kairava-candrik\'e4-vitara\'eba\'e0 vidy\'e4-vadh\'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\'ebk\'e9rtanam
\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 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 2) n\'e4mn\'e4m ak\'e4ri bahu-dh\'e4 nija-sarva-\'e7aktis
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tatr\'e4rpit\'e4 niyamita\'f9 smara\'ebe na k\'e4la\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 et\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k\'e5p\'e4 bhagavan mam\'e4pi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 durdaivam \'e9d\'e5\'e7am ih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9
\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. 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 nam
es, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\cs2873\i\f0\fs28\cf0 3}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ) t\'e5\'eb\'e4d api sun\'e9cena
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 taror api sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 am\'e4nin\'e4 m\'e4nadena
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 hari\'f9
\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 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 4) na dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundar\'e9\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad-\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mama janmani janman\'e9\'e7vare
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhavat\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\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 beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only
 want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 5) ayi nanda-tanuja ki\'eckara\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 patita\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vi\'f1ame bhav\'e4mbudhau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5pay\'e4 tava p\'e4da-pa\'eckaja-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sthita-dh\'fcl\'e9-sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya
\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 at Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 6) nayana\'e0 galad-a\'e7ru-dh\'e4ray\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vadana\'e0 gadgada-ruddhay\'e4 gir\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pulakair nicita\'e0 vapu\'f9 kad\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tava n\'e4ma-graha\'ebe bhavi\'f1yati
\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 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI SIKSASTAKA 7}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI SIKSASTAKA 7}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 7) yug\'e4yita\'e0 nime\'f1e\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cak\'f1u\'f1\'e4 pr\'e4v\'e5\'f1\'e4yitam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7\'fcny\'e4yita\'e0 jagat sarva\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govinda-virahe\'eba me
\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 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 8) \'e4\'e7li\'f1ya v\'e4 p\'e4da-rat\'e4\'e0 pina\'f1\'f6u m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 adar\'e7an\'e4n marma-hat\'e4\'e0 karotu v\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yath\'e4 tath\'e4 v\'e4 vidadh\'e4tu lampa\'f6o
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mat-pr\'e4\'eba-n\'e4thas tu sa eva n\'e4para\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa36 {\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 by 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 \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa396 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [681228PU.LA] [660525BG.NY]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SVA 2: \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4k
ura
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Aru\'ebodaya-k\'e9rtana (udilo aru\'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 ARU\'cbODAYA-K\'c9RTANA\line }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub udilo aru\'eba p\'fcraba-bh\'e4ge,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dwija-ma\'ebi gor\'e4 amani j\'e4ge,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakata-sam\'fcha loiy\'e4 s\'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 gel\'e4 nagara-br\'e4je
\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\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 udilo
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the rising; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aru\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re
dness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcraba-bh\'e4ge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the eastern horizon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvija-ma\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the jewel of the twice-born }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas; gor\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Gaura; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amani j\'e4ge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub immediate
ly awakens; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakata-sam\'fcha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all the devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loiy\'e4 s\'e4the\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub taking them along; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gel\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub journeyed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nagara-br\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wandering throughout the towns
 and villages.
\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 a tinge of red on the eastern horizon heralded the sunrise, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, immediately awake
ned. Taking His devotees with Him, He went all over the countryside, visiting the towns and villages of Nadia. 
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 udilo aru\'eba}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  p\'fcraba bh\'e4ge,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dvija-ma\'ebi gor\'e4 amani j\'e4ge,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakata-sam\'fcha loiy\'e4 s\'e4the,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gel\'e4 nagara vr\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When the rising sun appeared in the East, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, awakened, and, taking His devotees with Him,
 He went all over the countryside towns and villages.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\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\'e4tha\'e9 t\'e4tha\'e9 b\'e4jalo khol,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghana ghana t\'e4he jh\'e4jera rol,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub preme \'f2hala \'f2hala so\'eb\'e4ra 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 cara\'ebe n\'fcpura b\'e4je
\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\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 \'91t
\'e4tha\'e9 t\'e4tha\'e9'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub making the sound }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4tha\'e9 t\'e4tha\'e9; b\'e4jalo khol\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub drums resounded; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ghana ghana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub played in time; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4he
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9rtana; jh\'e4\'ecjera\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub of the large metal cymbals; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rol\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the tumult; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub preme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in ecstatic love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f2hala \'f2hala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub slightly trembled; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub so\'eb\'e4ra a\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the golden
 form of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon His feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'fcpura b\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ankle bells jingled.
\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 m\'e5da\'ecgas resounded "t\'e4tha\'e9, t\'e4tha\'e9," the cymbals chimed in time, and Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga's footbells jingled
 as His golden form trembled slightly in ecstatic love of God. 
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 't\'e4tha\'e9 t\'e4tha\'e9' b\'e4jalo khol,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ghana ghana t\'e4he jh\'e4jera rol,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 preme \'f2hala \'f2hala so\'eb\'e4ra a\'ecga,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cara\'ebe n\'fcpura b\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub and played the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , and the cymbals chimed in time. Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga's shimmering golden features danced, and His footbells jingled. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\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\'e4dhava y\'e4dava hari,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bolena bolo re vadana bhori',
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub miche nida-ba\'e7e gelo re r\'e4ti,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divasa \'e7ar\'e9ra-s\'e4je
\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\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 mukund
a m\'e4dhava y\'e4dava hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the holy names, \'93Mukunda!\'94 \'93M\'e4dhava!\'94 \'93Y\'e4dava!\'94 and \'93Hari!\'94; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolo re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh sing!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vadana bhori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub filling your mouths; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub miche\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uselessly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nida-va\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub under the control of sleep; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gelo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub have s
pent; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ti\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the nights; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divasa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the days; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra-s\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in decorating your bodies.
\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 Caitanya called out to the townsfolk: "You spend your nights uselessly sleeping and your days decorating your bodies! Now jus
t fill your mouths with the vibration of the holy names}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Mukunda, M\'e4dhava, Y\'e4dava, Hari}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub chanting without offense! 
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mukunda m\'e4dhava y\'e4dava hari,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bolena bolo re vadana bhori',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 miche nida-va\'e7e gelore r\'e4ti,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 divasa \'e7ar\'e9ra-s\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All the devotees chanted the names Mukunda, M\'e4dhava, Y\'e4dava and Hari, their mouths being filled with the vibrations. They would 
announce to the still sleeping people, "You spend your nights uselessly sleeping and your days decorating your bodies!
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub emana durlabha m\'e4nava-deho,
\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\'e4iy\'e4 ki koro bh\'e4va n\'e4 keho,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ebe n\'e4 bhajile ya\'e7od\'e4-suta,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub carame poribe l\'e4je
\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\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 emana
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durlabha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rare; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4nava-deho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub human body; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
\'e4iy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having achieved; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub what are you doing?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava n\'e4 keho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you have not thought about it at all; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ebe\'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 n\'e4 bhajile\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you do not worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'e7od\'e4-suta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t
he darling of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carame\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ultimately; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub po\'f2ibe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you will fall (die); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in shame.
\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 have achieved the rare human body. Don't you care for this gift? If you do not serve the darling of Ya\'e7od\'e4 now, great s
orrow awaits you at death.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 emana durlabha m\'e4nava-deha,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'e4iy\'e4 ki koro bh\'e4va n\'e4 keha,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ebe n\'e4 bhajile ya\'e7od\'e4-suta,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 carame poribe l\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You have achieved such a rare human body, but you do not care for this gift. You remain not serving the darling of Ya\'e7od\'e4 and sl
owly fall through your last moments to death. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub udita tapana hoile asta,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dina gelo boli' hoibe byasta,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tabe keno ebe alasa hoy,
\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\'e4 bhaja h\'e5doya-r\'e4je
\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\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 udita
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arisen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the sun;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoile asta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having set; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dina
 gelo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the day passes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub boli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub saying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoibe byasta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will be lost; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tabe keno\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then why; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ebe\'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 alasa hoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you remain idle; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 bhaja\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you do not worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5doya-r\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lord of the heart.
\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 "Each time the sun rises and sets, a day passes and is lost. Then why do you remain idle and refuse to serve the Lord of the heart
? 
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 udita tapana hoile asta,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dina gelo boli' hoibe byasta,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tabe keno ebe alasa hoy,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4 bhaja h\'e5doya-r\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub With every rising and setting of the sun, a day passes and is lost. Then, why do you remain idle and not serve the Lord of the heart?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Six
\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\'e9vana anitya j\'e4naha s\'e4r,
\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\'e4he n\'e4n\'e4-vidha vipada-bh\'e4r,
\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\'e4m\'e4\'e7raya kori' jatane tumi,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub th\'e4kaha \'e4pana k\'e4je
\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\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\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anitya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is temp
orary; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4naha s\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please understand this essential fact; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-vidha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub various kinds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vipada-bh\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub filled with miseries
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4\'e7raya kori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub taking shelter of the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jatane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carefully; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tumi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub th\'e4kaha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub remain always engaged; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pana k\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in His service as your own eternal occupation.
\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 "Understand this essential fact: life is temporary and full of all kinds of miseries. So take shelter of the holy name as your onl
y business.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vana anitya j\'e4naha s\'e4r,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4he n\'e4n\'e4vidha vipada-bh\'e4r,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4m\'e4\'e7raya kori' yatane tumi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 th\'e4kaha \'e4pana k\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub This temporary life is full of various miseries. Take shelter of the holy name as your only business.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Seven
\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\'e9vera kaly\'e4na-s\'e4dhana-k\'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 jagate \'e4si' e madhura n\'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 avidy\'e4-timira-tapana-r\'fcpe,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5d-gagane bir\'e4je
\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\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
era\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all living entities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaly\'e4\'eba-s\'e4dhana-k\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desiring to bless; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagate asi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the material universe; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhura n\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sweet name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4-timira\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the darkness of ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapana-r\'fcpe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like the sun; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5d-gagane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the sky of the heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vir\'e4je\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shines.
\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 "Desiring to bless all souls, the sweet name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba has descended to the material world and now shines like the sun in 
the sky of the heart, destroying the darkness of ignorance."
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vera kaly\'e4na-s\'e4dhana-k\'e4m,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jagate \'e4si' e madhura n\'e4m,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 avidy\'e4-timira-tapana-r\'fcpe,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 h\'e5dgagane vir\'e4je
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub To penetrate the darkness of ignorance and bless everyone's heart, the holy name has risen like the shining sun.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Eight
\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-n\'e4ma-sudh\'e4 koriy\'e4 p\'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 jur\'e4o bhakativinoda-pr\'e4\'eb,
\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\'e4ma bin\'e4 kichu n\'e4hiko \'e4ro,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub caudda-bhuvana-m\'e4jhe
\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\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 k\'e5
\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma-sudh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pure nectar of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koriy\'e4 p\'e4n\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub drinking; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ju\'f2\'e4o\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus sa
tisfy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakativinoda-pr\'e4\'eb\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the soul of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma vin\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub except for the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kichu n\'e4hiko
 \'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is nothing else; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caudda-bhuvana-m\'e4jhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within the fourteen worlds.
\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 Drink the pure nectar of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus satisfy the soul of Bhaktivinoda. There is nothing but the holy 
name within all the fourteen worlds.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma-sudh\'e4 koriy\'e4 p\'e4n,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jud\'e4o bhakativinoda-pr\'e4\'eb,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4ma vin\'e4 kichu n\'e4hiko \'e4ra,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 caudda-bhuvana-m\'e4jhe
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa266 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Drink the pure nectar of the holy name." There is nothing but the name to be had in the fourteen worlds. It has filled the soul of 
\'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Aru\'ebodaya-k\'e9rtana (part 2) (}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf9 J}{\v\f0\fs20\cf9 \'e9v J\'e4go)
\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 ARU\'cbODAYA-K\'c9RTANA}{\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 (part 2)
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v j\'e4go, j\'e9v j\'e4go, gaurac\'e4nda bole
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kota nidr\'e4 y\'e4o m\'e4y\'e4-pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9ra kole
\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\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
 j\'e4go\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wake up, sleeping souls!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9v j\'e4go\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wake up, sleeping souls!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaurac\'e4nda bole\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga calls; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kota nidr\'e4 y\'e4o\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub how long are you sleeping?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-p\'e9\'e7\'e4c\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the witch M\'e4y\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kole\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the lap.
\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 Gaur\'e4\'ecga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! You have slept so long on the lap of the witch 
M\'e4y\'e4! }}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9v}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  j\'e4go, j\'e9v j\'e4go, gaurac\'e4nda bole
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kota nidr\'e4 y\'e4o m\'e4y\'e4-pi\'e7\'e4c\'e9ra kole
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajibo boliy\'e4 ese sa\'e0s\'e4ra-bhitore
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhuliy\'e4 rohile tumi avidy\'e4ra bhore
\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\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 bhajib
o\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will certainly worship the Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub boliy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ese\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having come; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-bhitore\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub into the material world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuliy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having forgotten; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rohile tumi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you have remained
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4ra bhore\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the darkness of ignorance.
\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 came into this world of birth and death saying 'My Lord, I will certainly worship You,' but you have forgotten this promise a
nd remained in great ignorance.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhajibo boliy\'e4 ese sa\'e0s\'e4ra-bhitore
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sa180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhuliy\'e4 rohile tumi avidy\'e4ra bhore
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4re loite \'e4mi hoinu avat\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4mi vin\'e4 bandhu \'e4ra ke \'e4che tom\'e4ra
\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\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
\'e4re loite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to reclaim you; }{\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 hoinu avat\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub have descended as an incarnation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4mi vin\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub other than Myself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandhu \'e4ra\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub another friend; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke \'e4che\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who i
s?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yours.
\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 have descended just to save you. Except for Me, who is your friend? 
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4re loite \'e4mi hoinu avat\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4mi vin\'e4 bandhu \'e4ra ke \'e4che tom\'e4ra
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enechi au\'f1adhi m\'e4y\'e4 n\'e4\'e7ib\'e4ro l\'e4gi'
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma mah\'e4-mantra lao tumi m\'e4gi'
\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\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 enechi
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have brought; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub au\'f1adhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the medicine; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub illusion of M\'e4y\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4\'e7ib\'e4ro l\'e4gi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for destroying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma mah\'e4-ma
ntra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra;}{\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 lao\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please take it; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tumi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4gi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub begging.
\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 have brought the medicine to eradicate the disease of illusion. Now pray for this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mah\'e4-mantra and take i
t."
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 enechi au\'f1adhi m\'e4y\'e4 n\'e4\'e7ib\'e4ro l\'e4gi'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-n\'e4ma mah\'e4-mantra lao tumi m\'e4gi'
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakativinoda prabhu-cara\'ebe po\'f2iy\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei hari-n\'e4ma-mantra loilo m\'e4giy\'e4
\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\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 bhakat
ivinoda\'97\'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e9la}{\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 Bhaktiv
inoda \'d6h\'e4kura; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhu-cara\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the lotus feet of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub po\'f2iy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub falling down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sei hari-n\'e4ma-mantra
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Hari-n\'e4ma-mantra; loilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub he received; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4giy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after begging.
\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  Bhaktivinoda fell at the lotus feet of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga, and after begging for the holy name, he received that mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakativinoda prabhu-cara\'ebe po\'f2iy\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei hari-n\'e4ma-mantra loilo m\'e4giy\'e4
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How 
long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called M\'e4y\'e4?
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2) You have forgotten the way of devotional service and are lost in the world of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 3) I have descended just to save you; other than Myself you have no friend in this world.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4) I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 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}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 5) \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says: "I fall at the Lord's feet, having taken this }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9  SVA 2: G\'e4y Gor\'e4 Madhur Svare
\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 G\'c4Y GOR\'c4 MADHUR SVARE\line 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e4y gor\'e4 madhur svare
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\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
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hare r\'e4ma hare r\'e4ma r\'e4ma r\'e4ma hare hare\line g\'e4y gor\'e4 madhur svare\cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub refrain:\line Sing the nectarean names of Gaur\'e4\'ecga! O my Lord, please engage me in Your loving service. Sing the nectarean names of Gaur\'e4\'ecga!\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5he th\'e4ko, vane th\'e4ko, sad\'e4 'hari' bole \'f2\'e4ko,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukhe du\'f9khe bhulo n\'e4ko \line vadane hari-n\'e4m koro re\cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Whether you are a householder or a }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , constantly chant, Ha
ri, Hari! Forget about happiness and sorrow and fill your lips with }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4j\'e4le baddha ho'ye \'e4cha miche k\'e4j lo'ye,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekhona cetana peye, \line 'r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhav' n\'e4m bolo re\cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You}{\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 are bound up in the ocean of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and are forced to toil fruitlessly. But as soon as you come to your senses, immediately shout out the names of R\'e4dh\'e4-M
\'e4dhava.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vana hoilo \'e7e\'f1, n\'e4 bhajile h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktivinodopade\'e7, \line ekb\'e4r n\'e4m-rase m\'e4ta re\cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Without serving the Lord of the senses [H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a] you are as good as a dead man. Take the advice of Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura: just }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 
once}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  relish the nectar of the holy name.\cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Purport to }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub G\'e4y Gaura Madhur Svare
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: 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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GOP\'c9N\'c4THA\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 part 1
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, mama nivedana 
\'e7uno
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1ay\'e9 durjana, sad\'e4 k\'e4ma-rata,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kichu n\'e4hi mora gu\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, Lord of 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 , please hear my prayer. I am a materialistic rascal, always full of lust. I have no good qualifications.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, \'e4m\'e4ra bharas\'e4 tumi
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4ra cara\'ebe, loinu \'e7ara\'eba,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4ra ki\'eckora \'e4mi\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O
 Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You are my only resort. As Your eternal servant, I take shelter of Your lotus feet.\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, kemone \'e7odhibe more
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4 j\'e4ni bhakati, karme ja\'f2amati,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub po\'f2echi so\'e0s\'e4ra-ghore\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! How can I uplift myself? I don't know anything regarding devotional service. I am weakminded and have fallen into a pit of illusion.\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, sakali tom\'e4ra m\'e4y\'e4
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4hi mama bolo, j\'ef\'e4na sunirmalo,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4d\'e9na nahe e k\'e4y\'e4\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Everything here is Your illusory energy. I have no power or pure knowledge, and I am bound by a material body.\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop
\'e9n\'e4th, niyata cara\'ebe sth\'e4na
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4ge e p\'e4mara, k\'e4ndiy\'e4 k\'e4ndiy\'e4,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub korohe karu\'eb\'e4 d\'e4na\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O
 Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I desire to remain always at Your lotus feet. Please take this sinner, weeping and weeping, and show me Your mercy.\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4
th, tumi to' sakali p\'e4ro
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub durjane t\'e4rite, tom\'e4ra \'e7akati,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ke \'e4che p\'e4p\'e9ra \'e4ra\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\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?\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4t
h, tumi k\'e5p\'e4 p\'e4r\'e4b\'e4ra
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vera k\'e4ra\'ebe, \'e4siy\'e4 prapa\'efce,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4 koile suvist\'e4ra\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You are the vessel of kindness. You enter into this mundane world and display Your sublime pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls.\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, \'e4mi ki do\'f1e do\'f1\'e9
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asura sakala, p\'e4ilo cara\'eba,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vinoda th\'e4kilo bosi'\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 Your lotus feet.\cell}
\row \pard

\par \pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 part 2
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopin\'e4th, ghuc
\'e4o sa\'e0s\'e4ra-jv\'e4l\'e4
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avidy\'e4-y\'e4tan\'e4, \'e4ro n\'e4hi sohe,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janama-mara\'eba-m\'e4l\'e4\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O
 Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Destroy the miseries of this world! I am strung on a necklace of births and deaths and cannot bear the kicking of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, \'e4mi to' k\'e4mera d\'e4sa
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1aya-v\'e4san\'e4, j\'e4giche h\'e5doye,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ph\'e4ndiche karama ph\'e4\'ecsa\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\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.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopin\'e4th, kabe 
v\'e4 j\'e4gibo \'e4mi
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma-r\'fcpa ari, d\'fcre teyagibo,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5doye sphuribe tumi\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, \'e4m
i to' tom\'e4ra jana
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4re ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4, so\'e0s\'e4ra bhajinu,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhuliy\'e4 \'e4pana-dhana\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O G
op\'e9n\'e4tha! I am Your own. By leaving Your lotus feet, forgetting Your treasures, I have served only }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub .\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopin\'e4th, tumi to' sakali j\'e4na
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4pan\'e4ra jane, da\'eb\'f2iy\'e4 ekhona,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-cara\'ebe deho sth\'e4na\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You know everything. Take me to Your lotus feet and punish Your servant.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, ei ki vic\'e4ra tava
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vimukha dekhiy\'e4, ch\'e4\'f2a nija-jane,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na koro' karu\'eb\'e4-lava\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O 
Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Is it to Your liking to reject me and not show me Your kindness?\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, \'e4mi to' murakha ati
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kise bh\'e4lo hoy, kabhu n\'e4 bujhinu,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4i heno mama gati\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Gop
\'e9n\'e4tha! I am the greatest fool. I don't at all know what is good for me. I cannot understand anything. This is my fate.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, tumi
 to' pa\'eb\'f2ita-boro
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2hera ma\'ecgala, tumi anve\'f1ibe,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e d\'e4se n\'e4 bh\'e4va' paro\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You are the greatest intellect. Not considering that I am Your servant, judge me without bias.\cell}
\row \pard

\par \pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 part 3
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, \'e4
m\'e4ra up\'e4ya n\'e4i
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tumi k\'e5p\'e4 kori' \'e4m\'e4re loile,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4re uddh\'e4ra p\'e4i\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I have no means of benefiting myself. By Your mercy and kindness, please pick me up from this miserable world and take me to You.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, porechi m\'e4y\'e4ra phere
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhana d\'e4ra suta, ghireche \'e4m\'e4re,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4mete rekheche jere\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, mana ye p\'e4gala
 mor
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4 m\'e4ne \'e7\'e4sana, sad\'e4 acetana,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1aye ro yeche ghora\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Go
p\'e9n\'e4tha! I am going mad! Never caring for spiritual practices, I am always unconscious and deeply sunk in the muck of sense gratification.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g
opin\'e4th, h\'e4ra ye menechi \'e4mi
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aneka yatana, hoilo biphala,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ekhona bharas\'e4 tumi\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Gop
\'e9n\'e4tha! I surrender unto You. All my endeavors are a useless waste of time. Now I surrender unto You.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, kemone hoibe gati
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabala indriya, va\'e7\'e9bh\'fcta mana,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2e vi\'f1aya-rati\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! How shall I reach the goal? My mind is overwhelmed by the powerful senses. I cannot shake off attachment to worldly pleasures.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, h\'e5doye bosiy\'e4 mora
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manake \'e7amiy\'e4, loha nija p\'e4ne,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ghucibe vipada ghora\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Gop
\'e9n\'e4tha! Please reside in my heart. Destroy these dangerous obstacles, correct my mind and guide me to Your own true path.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, an
\'e4tha dekhiy\'e4 more
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tumi h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, h\'e5\'f1\'e9ka damiy\'e4,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4r'he sa\'e0s\'e5ti-ghore\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 the senses. Please control my senses and pull me out of this world of dangers.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4th, gol\'e4ya legeche ph\'e4\'ecsa
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-asi dhori', bandhana chediy\'e4,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vinode koroha d\'e4sa\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub B
haktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura prays:
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! My voice is faltering. I must throw off these shackles and catch hold of Your mercy.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa216 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Gop\'e9n\'e4tha!
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Gurudeva (k\'e5p\'e4-bindu diy\'e4)
\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 GURUDEVA K\'c5P\'c4-BINDU DIY\'c4
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\fi-1800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurudev!
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-bindu diy\'e4, koro' ei d\'e4se,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5\'eb\'e4pekh\'e4 ati h\'e9na
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakala-sahane, bolo diy\'e4 koro',
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nija-m\'e4ne sp\'e5h\'e4h\'e9na\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub Gurudeva, give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all help. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakale samm\'e4n, korite \'e7akati,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deho' n\'e4tha! yath\'e4 yatha
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tabe to' g\'e4ibo, hari-n\'e4ma-sukhe,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apar\'e4dha ha'be hata\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offe
r you all respects, for thus I may have the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub kabe heno k\'e5p\'e4, lobhiy\'e4 e jana,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5t\'e4rtha hoibe, n\'e4tha!
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti-buddhi-h\'e9n, \'e4mi ati d\'e9n,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub koro' more \'e4tma-s\'e4tha\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub W
hen will such mercy fall to this one who is weak and devoid of intelligence? Allow me to be with you.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogyat\'e4-vic\'e4re, kichu n\'e4hi p\'e4i,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4ra karu\'eb\'e4-s\'e4ra
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karu\'eb\'e4 n\'e4 hoile, k\'e4ndiy\'e4 k\'e4ndiy\'e4,
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eba n\'e4 r\'e4khibo \'e4ra\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub If you examine me, you will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not merciful unto me, I can only weep, and I will not be able to maintain my life.\cell}
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\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 \par \pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: M\'e4nasa Deha Geha
\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 M\'c4NASA DEHA GEHA\line }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\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\'e4nasa, deho, geho, jo kichu mor
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arpil\'fc tuw\'e4 pade, nanda-ki\'e7or!
\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\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 m\'e4n
asa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub body; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub geho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub family and home; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yo kic
hu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whatever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mor\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is mine
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arpil\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have offered; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuy
\'e4 pade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at Your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanda-ki\'e7or\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O youthful son of Nanda!
\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 Mind, body, and family, whatever may be mine, I have surrendered at Your lotus feet, O youthful son of Nanda!}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4nasa, deho, geho, yo kichu mora
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 arpil\'fc\'ec tuy\'e4 pade, nanda-ki\'e7ora
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My mind, my body, my home, or whatever I have in my possession I surrender unto Your lotus feet, O my dear Lord, son of Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sampade vipade, j\'e9vane-mara\'ebe
\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\'e4y mama gel\'e4, tuw\'e4 o-pada bara\'ebe
\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\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 sampad
e vipade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in good fortune or in bad; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vane-mara\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in life or death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub difficulties; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gel\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub have disappeared; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuy\'e4 o-pada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub those feet of Yours; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vara\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by submissive acceptance.
\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 good fortune or bad, in life or death, all my difficulties have disappeared because I have chosen those lotus feet of Yours as 
my only shelter.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sampade-vipade, j\'e9vane-mara\'ebe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e4ya mama gel\'e4, tuy\'e4 o-pada vara\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub In good or bad fortune, in life or at death, there is no other duty than taking shelter of Your lotus feet. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\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\'e4robi r\'e4khobi-jo icch\'e4 toh\'e4r\'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-d\'e4sa prati tuw\'e4 adhik\'e4r\'e4
\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\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 m\'e4r
obi r\'e4khobi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub slay me or protect me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yo icch\'e4 toh\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as You wish; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your eternal servant; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub toward; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuy\'e4 adhik\'e4ra\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub it is Your prerogative.
\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 Slay me or protect me as You wish, for You are the master}{\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 of}{\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 Your eternal servant.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4robi r\'e4khobi\'97yo icch\'e4 toh\'e4r\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nitya-d\'e4sa-prati tuy\'e4 adhik\'e4r\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now if You like You can kill me, or if You like You can give me protection. Whatever You like You can do. I am Your eternal servitor. 
You have every right to deal with me in any way You please.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janm\'e4obi moe icch\'e4 jadi tor
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta-g\'e5he jani janma hau mor
\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\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 janm
\'e4obi moe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that I be born again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icch\'e4 jadi tor\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub if it is Your will; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-g\'e5he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the home of Your devotee; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jani janma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub take birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hau\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may it be; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mor\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mine.
\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 If it is Your will that I be born again, then may it be in the home of Your devotee.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 janm\'e4obi moy icch\'e4 yadi tor
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakta-g\'e5he jani janma hao mor
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub If I must be reborn, let that birth, by Your desire, be in the home of a devotee. Let that birth be mine. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\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\'e9\'f6a-janma hau jath\'e4 tuw\'e4 d\'e4s
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahir-mukha brahma janme n\'e4hi \'e4\'e7
\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\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 k\'e9
\'f6a-janma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub born as a worm; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub may it be; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub so long as; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tuy\'e4 d\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I remain Your devotee; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahir-mukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub averse to You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-janme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to be born as Lord Brahm\'e4;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4hi \'e4\'e7\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have no desire.
\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 be born again even as a worm, as long as I may remain Your devotee. I have no desire to be born as a Brahm\'e4 averse to Yo
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\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e9\'f6a-janma hao yath\'e4 tuy\'e4 d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bahir-mukha brahma-janme n\'e4hi \'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Even a worm's life I'll live as Your servant, but a nondevotee Brahma's lifetime I'll never accept.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Six
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhukti-mukti-sp\'e5h\'e4 vih\'e9na je bhakta
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub labhaite t\'e4ko sa\'ecga anurakta
\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\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 bhukti
-mukti-sp\'e5h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desire for worldly enjoyment or liberation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vih\'e9na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is completely devoid; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye bhakta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that devotee; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labhaite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to attain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4
\'ecko sa\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub their association; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anurakta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I yearn.
\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 yearn for the company of that devotee who is completely free of all desire for worldly enjoyment or liberation.}}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhukti-mukti-sp\'e5h\'e4 vih\'e9na ye bhakta
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lobhoite t\'e4\'ecko sa\'ecga anurakta
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub If one has no aspiration for enjoyment or liberation, I simply hanker for his association.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Seven
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janaka, janan\'e9, dayita, tanay
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhu, guru, pati-tuh\'fc sarva-moy
\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\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 janaka
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub father; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janan\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mothe
r; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dayita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lover; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tanay\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub son; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub preceptor; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub husband; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuh\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-moy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are everything to me.
\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 Father, mother, lover, son, Lord, preceptor, husband}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are everything to me.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 janaka, janan\'e9, dayita, tanaya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prabhu, guru, pati-tuh\'fc\'ec sarva-moya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Fathers, mothers, daughters, sons\'97all there may be\'97master, preceptor, husband, You are all in all to me.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Eight
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakativinoda kohe, \'e7uno k\'e4na!\line r\'e4dh\'e4-n\'e4tha! tuh\'fc h\'e4m\'e4ra par\'e4\'eba
\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\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 bhakat
ivinoda kohe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda says; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uno k\'e4na!\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O K\'e4na, please hear me!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-n\'e4tha!\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord 
of R\'e4dh\'e4!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuh\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h
\'e4m\'e4ra par\'e4\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are my life and soul.
\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 Bhaktivinoda says, "O K\'e4na, please hear me! O Lord of R\'e4dh\'e4, You are my life and soul!"
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakativinod kohe, \'e7uno k\'e4na!
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4n\'e4tha! tuh\'fc\'ec h\'e4m\'e4ra par\'e4\'eba
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda says: "O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, do hear. Lord of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, You are my life dear." 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Pras\'e4da-sev\'e4ya
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\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub part \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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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 j\'e9ve phele vi\'f1aya-s\'e4gore
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material body; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4l}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97network; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jo\'f2a-indriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material senses; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h
e}{\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 k\'e4l}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97death; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9ve}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the soul; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phele}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97throw; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1aya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of sense en
joyment; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4gore}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ocean; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t\'e4\'92ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub among; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jihv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the tongue; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ati lobhamoy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97most voracious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-durmati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97uncontrollable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4\'92ke}{\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 jet\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to conquer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'f6hina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very difficult; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this world.
\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 Lord, this material body is a place of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths to death. Somehow, we have fallen into t
his ocean 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 pras\'e4
da, just to control the tongue. Now we take this pras\'e4da to our full satisfaction and glorify You Lord-R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba-and in love call for the help of Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\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 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura: }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4val\'e9, Pras\'e4da Sev\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Song 1]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7ar\'e9ra avidy\'e4-j\'e4l, jo\'f2endriya t\'e4he k\'e4l,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9ve phele vi\'f1aya-s\'e4gore
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4r madhye jihv\'e4 ati, lobhamoy sudurmati,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4'ke jet\'e4 ko\'f6hina so\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba bo\'f2a doy\'e4moy, kori b\'e4re jihv\'e4 joy,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 svapras\'e4d-anna dil\'e4 bh\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei ann\'e4m\'e5ta kh\'e4o, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gu\'eba g\'e4o,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 preme \'f2\'e4ko caitanya-nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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 
ocean 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 }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , just to control the tongue. Now we take this }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\'e4nanda. }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [purport]
\par }\pard \s8 \qc\sb180\sa180 {\b\v\f0\fs28 part 2
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ek-dina \'e7\'e4ntipure, prabhu advaitera ghare,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dui prabhu bhojane bosilo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7\'e4k kori' \'e4sv\'e4dana, prabhu bole bhaktaga\'eba,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei \'e7\'e4k k\'e5\'f1\'eba \'e4sv\'e4dilo
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 haeno \'e7\'e4k \'e4sv\'e4dane, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema \'e4ise mane,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei preme koro \'e4sv\'e4dana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ja\'f2a-buddhi pari-hari', pras\'e4da bhojana kori',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'hari hari' bolo sarva jan
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One day at \'c7\'e4ntipura in \'c7r\'e9 Advaita's house, Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda were seated at }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . When Lord Caitanya tasted the green vegetables, He said, "My devotees, this }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7\'e4k}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  is so delicious! Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has definitely tasted it. Such }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
\'e7\'e4k}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  as this, when tasted, will give you a taste of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ." The devotees forgot their materialistic conceptions and took }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub  shouting, "Hari bol! Hari bol! Hari bol!"
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Bol
\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 R\'c4DH\'c4-K\'c5\'d1\'cbA BOL
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 '}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 1)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  (ei) \'e7ikh\'e4 diy\'e4, sab nad\'e9y\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 phirche nece gaur-nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bol bolo re ei \'e7ikh\'e4 diy\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb216\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Chant, chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Everyone chant!\line When Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda came dancing through Na
dia, They gave these teachings: Chant, chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Everyone chant!
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 2)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  (miche) m\'e4y\'e4r bo\'e7e, j\'e4ccho bhese',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kh\'e4ccha h\'e4bu\'f2ubu, bh\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bol bolo re bh\'e4i m\'e4y\'e4r bo\'e7e
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are caught up in a whirlpool of senseless action and are sinking lower and lower. Chant, chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" E
veryone chant!
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 3)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  (j\'e9v) k\'e5\'f1\'eba-d\'e4s, e vi\'e7v\'e4s,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 korle to' \'e4r du\'f9kha n\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bol bolo re j\'e9v k\'e5\'f1\'eba d\'e4s
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub If you just understand that the spirit soul is the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you will never have any more sorrows. Chant,
 chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Everyone chant! 
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 4)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  (k\'e5\'f1\'eba) bolbe yabe, pulak ha 'be,\line jhorbe \'e4\'eckhi, boli t\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bol bolo k\'e5\'f1\'eba bolbe jabe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and your eyes will fill with tears and your body will feel transcendental shivering. Chant, chant "R\'e4
dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Everyone chant!
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 5)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  ('r\'e4dh\'e4) k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bolo, sa\'ecge calo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei-m\'e4tra bhikh\'e4 c\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bol bolo r\'e4dh\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba bolo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Simply chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba" and join with us. Those are the only alms we beg. Chant, chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1
\'eba!" Everyone chant! 
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 6)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  (y\'e4y) sakal vipod, bhaktivinod,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bolen, yakhon o-n\'e4m g\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bol bolo re y\'e4y sakal vipod
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bol bol bolo re sob\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "All dangers will be gone when that Name is chanted," says Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura. Chant, chant "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" 
Everyone chant!
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [purport]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: R\'e4dh\'e4-M\'e4dhava
\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 R\'c4DH\'c4-M\'c4DHAVA\line }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  ku\'efja-bih\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e9-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana braja-jana-ra\'efjana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4muna-t\'e9ra-vana-c\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 jaya
\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all glories to:
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 r\'e4d
h\'e4-m\'e4dhava\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4 and the Lord of sweetness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ku\'efja-bih\'e4r\'e9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He who enjoys loving pastimes in the groves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9-jana-vallabha\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the holder of the great hill named Govardhana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beloved son of mot
her Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vraja-jana-ra\'efjana\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4muna-t\'e9ra-vana-c\'e4r\'e9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who wanders in the forests along the banks of the river Yamun\'e4.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub synonyms]
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-M\'e4dhava have their loving pastimes in the groves }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub (ku\'efja)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Gop\'e9-jana-vallabha means "one who attracts and reciprocates loving pastimes with 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 . Giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name in the pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill. Ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana is the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4 (}
{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "nanda"}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  means son and is also the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also Nanda-nandana).
 Braja-jana-ra\'efjana means the attractive darling of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is always playing in the groves }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (vana)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of the bank }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (t\'e9ra)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of the Yamun\'e4 River. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is al
so known as Y\'e4muna-t\'e9ra-vana-c\'e4r\'e9.
\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is very fond of this song and sings it just before his lec
tures. In Allahabad and Gorakhpur \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da fell into a trance after singing the first two lines, and after some time he came back into external consciousness and said, "Now just chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said 
that this song is "a picture of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Everything is there}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Govardhana, Ya\'e7od\'e4, and all the cowherd boys."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [purport 1, 2]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Siddhi Lalasa (kabe gaura-bane)
\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 SIDDHI L\'c4LAS\'c4\line }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Note}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub These next two songs of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura are written under the heading of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siddhi-l\'e4las\'e4}{\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 L\'e4las\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "to hanker in great expectation," and }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "perfection." Hankering in great expectation to achieve a perfectional stage is called
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siddhi-l\'e4las\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A devotee never has any desire for material enjoyment, heavenly birth, myst
ical powers, liberation or even the four superior stages of liberation such as attaining equal opulence to the Lord, having the same form as Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, always being in the presence of the Lord, or living on the same planet as the Lord in the spiri
tual sky. The hankering of the pure devotee is simply that he will become the servant of the Lord unconditionally. That perfectional stage is the stage to be desired).
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-vane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the forest of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga (Navadv\'e9pa); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su
radhun\'e9-ta\'f6e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the banks of the celestial Ganges; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'91ha r\'e4dhe ha k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bole'\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanting, \'93O R\'e4dh\'e4! O K\'e5\'f1\'eba!\'94; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ndiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub while weeping; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ber\'e4'bo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will wander; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho-sukha ch\'e4\'f2i'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub forgetting all physical comforts; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4 lat\'e4-taru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of various creepers and trees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub under the shade.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe gauravane, suradhun\'e9-ta\'f6e,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'h\'e4 r\'e4dhe h\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba' bole'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4\'ecdiy\'e4 ve\'f2\'e4bo, deha-sukha ch\'e4\'f2i,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4n\'e4 lat\'e4-taru-tale
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 \'e7va-paca-g\'e5hete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the homes of the dog-eaters
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4giy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by begging; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k
h\'e4ibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will take my meals; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub I will drink; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarasvat\'e9-jala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the water of the Sarasvat\'e9 river; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puline puline\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along both the banks of the river; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ga\'f2\'e4-ga\'f2i dibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will roll on the ground; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kori' k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kol\'e4hala\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raising an uproar of "K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba!"}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7vapaca-g\'e5hete, m\'e4giy\'e4 kh\'e4ibo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pibo sarasvat\'e9-jalo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 puline-puline, ga\'f2\'e4ga\'f2i dibo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kori' k\'e5\'f1\'eba kol\'e4hala
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 dh\'e4ma-b\'e4s\'e9 jane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the inhabitants of the h
oly land; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebati koriy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bowing down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4gibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will beg; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4ra le\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a bit of their mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava-cara\'eba-renu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the dust of th
e Vai\'f1\'ebavas' feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4ya m\'e4khi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smearing on my body; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will wear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avadh\'fcta-ve\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the dress of a mendicant.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dh\'e4ma-v\'e4s\'e9-jane, pranati koriy\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4gibo k\'e5p\'e4ra le\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vai\'f1\'ebava-cara\'eba-re\'ebu g\'e4ya m\'e4khi',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dhari' avadh\'fcta-ve\'e7a
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 gau\'f2a-braja-jane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the inhabitants of Navadv\'e9pa 
and those of Vraja-bh\'fcmi; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bheda n\'e4 dekhibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will see no difference; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will be transformed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baraja-b\'e4s\'e9\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub into a resident of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4mera svar\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the true nature of the Lord's abode; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sphuribe nayane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will manifest itself to my e
yes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and I will become; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4ra d\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a maidservant of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gau\'f2a-vraja-vane, bheda n\'e4 dekhibo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hoibo varaja-v\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dh\'e4mera svar\'fcpa, sphuribe nayane,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sa180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hoibo r\'e4dh\'e4ra d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When, oh when, will I chant on the bank of the Ganges in the land of Navadv\'e9pa? O R\'e4dh\'e4, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when will I wander
 among the creepers and trees with tears in my eyes and forget my bodily comforts? 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When will I be satisfied by taking some food from the untouchable men who live here and there and by drinking the water of the Sarasva
ti? When will I roll to and fro on the banks of the river, raising an uproar of "K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When will I bow down to the inhabitants of the holy place of Navadv\'e9pa and obtain a bit of their mercy? When will I wear the dress 
of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and wear the dust of the feet of the Vai\'f1\'ebavas on my body? 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When will I see the inhabitants of Navadv\'e9pa as nondifferent from the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and when shall I become a Vra
jav\'e4s\'e9, too? When will I see the true form of the transcendental realm opening before my eyes, and when will I attain the service of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9? 
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Kabe Ha'be Bolo
\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 KABE HA'BE BOLO\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub (Invocation of the Holy Name)\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 kabe ha'be\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when will it be?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please tell me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se-dina\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that day; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mine; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (\'e4m\'e4r)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apar\'e4dh\'e4 ghuci'
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub offenses ceasing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uddha n\'e4me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub for the pure holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ruci\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub increasing taste; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-bale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the power of divine grace; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ha'be\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will be; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5doye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within my heart;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'efc\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub infused.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 (\'e4m\'e4r) apar\'e4dha ghuci', \'e7uddha n\'e4me ruci,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5p\'e4-bole ha'be h\'e5doye sa\'efc\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When, oh when will that day be mine? When my offenses ceasing, taste for the name increasing, when in my heart will your mercy shine, 
when, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 t\'e5\'eb\'e4dhika h\'e9na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lower than a blade of gra
ss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nije m\'e4ni
'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub considering myself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahi\'f1nut\'e4-gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the quality of forbearance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5doyete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub into my heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ni'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bringing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakale m\'e4nada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub showing respect to all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pani\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub myself
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e4n\'e9 hoye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being freed from false pride; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sv\'e4dibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will taste; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma-rasa-s\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the essence of the nectar of the holy name.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e5\'eb\'e4dhika h\'e9n, kabe nije m\'e4ni',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sahi\'f1\'ebut\'e4-gu\'eba h\'e5doyete \'e4ni'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sakale m\'e4nada, \'e4pani am\'e4n\'e9,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ho'ye \'e4sv\'e4dibo n\'e4ma-rasa-s\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lower than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree. When will my mind attain this quality? Respectful to all, not expecting their 
honour, then shall I taste the name's nectar sublime. When, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 dhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wealth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub following; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kavit\'e4-sundar\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beautiful women, as described in worldly
 poetry; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will say; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
n\'e4 c\'e4hi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I do not want; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho-sukha-kar\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bodily pleasures; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janme janme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub birth after birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4o\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please give; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ohe gaurahari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Gaurahari!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahaituk\'e9 bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unmotivat
ed devotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'ebe tom\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Your lotus feet.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dhana jano \'e4r, kavit\'e4 sundar\'e9,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bolibo n\'e4 c\'e4hi deho sukhakor\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 janme-janme d\'e4o, ohe gaurahari!
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ahaituk\'e9 bhakti cara\'ebe tom\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Great wealth or followers, feminine beauty, I won't care for them or the comforts of my body. Birth after birth give me, Oh Lord Caita
nya, causeless devotion to Your feet divine I when, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 (kabe)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub korite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to do; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma ucc\'e4ra\'eba\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub while articulating the divine name of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pulakita deho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub body thrilled in ecstatic rapture; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gadgada vacana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
words choked with emotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vaivar\'ebya-vepathu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub changing bodily color and ecstatic trembling; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ha'be sa\'ecgha\'f6ana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will occur; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
nirantara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub constantly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub netre\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub from my eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ba'be\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will flow; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7ru-dh\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub streams of tears.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 (kabe) korite \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma ucc\'e4ra\'eba,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pulakito deho gadgada vacana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vaivar\'ebya-vepathu, ha'be sa\'e0gha\'f6ana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nirantara netre va'be a\'e7ru-dh\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When will I utter K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with words choked up and shivering body? When will I be trembling al
l over, lose bodily color, tears pouring from my eyes, When, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub navadv\'e9pe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the land of Navadv\'e9pa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suradhun\'e9-ta\'f6e\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the banks of the celestial Ganges; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-nity\'e4nanda boli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub calling, \'93O Gaura! O Nity\'e4nanda!\'94; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1kapa\'f6e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub innocently; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ciy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dancing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4iy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub singing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub be\'f2\'e4ibo chu\'f6e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will joyfully run about; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4tulera pr\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just like
 a madman; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 vic\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giving up all considerations.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe navadv\'e9pe, suradhun\'e9-ta\'f6e,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaura-nity\'e4nanda boli' ni\'f1kapa\'f6e
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4ciy\'e4 g\'e4iy\'e4, ve\'f2\'e4ibo chu\'f6e,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 b\'e4tulera pr\'e4y ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 vic\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When in Navadv\'e9pa along with Ganges bank, shouting 'Gaura-Nity\'e4nanda' as a surrendered soul, dancing, chanting, running everywhe
re, when will I become half mad of mind? When, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nity\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub more kori' doy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being merciful to me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ch\'e4\'f2\'e4ibe mora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub He will release me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1ayera m\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the illusion of worldliness; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub diy\'e4 more\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having given me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nija-cara
\'ebera ch\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the shade of His own feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4mera h\'e4\'f6ete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub into the marketplace of the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dibe adhik\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub He will allow me to enter.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe nity\'e4nanda, more kori 'doy\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ch\'e4\'f2\'e4ibe mora vi\'f1ayera m\'e4y\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 diy\'e4 more nija-, cara\'ebera ch\'e4y\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4mera h\'e4\'f6ete dibe adhik\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When will Lord Nity\'e4nanda show mercy upon me, when will I reject the world of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ? Bestow unto me the shade of Your lotus feet, let the right to preach the name be mine. When, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 kinibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I shall buy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lu\'f6ibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I shall plunder; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma-rasa\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mellows of the name of Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma-rase\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub by those mellows of the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4ti'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub becoming intoxicated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoibo viva\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I shall become stunned; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rasera ras
ika\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of those great souls who relish those mellows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba para\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by touching the feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koriy\'e4 majibo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will be i
mmersed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rase\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the sweet nectar; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub anib\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub constantly.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kinibo, lu\'f6ibo, hari-n\'e4ma-rasa,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4ma-rase m\'e4ti' hoibo viva\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 rasera rasika-, cara\'eba para\'e7a,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 koriy\'e4 mojibo rase anib\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I will beg, borrow, or steal the nectar of the name. By the name's effect I will feel paralyzed. Oh! Enjoyer of the nectar of the name
, When will I touch your lotus feet till the end of time? When, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9ve doya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub compassion for all fallen souls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoibe udoya\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there will be an awakening; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nija-sukha bhuli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub forgetting my own happiness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sud\'e9na-h\'e5doya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with a meek heart; }{\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 koriy
\'e4 vinoya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by humble entreaty; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e4j\'ef\'e4-tahala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the sacred order of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koribe prac\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub will set out to propagate.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe j\'e9be doy\'e4, hoibe udoya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nija-sukha bhuli' sud\'e9na-h\'e5doya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakativinod, koriy\'e4 vinoya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-\'e4j\'ef\'e4-\'f6ahala koribe prac\'e4r
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe ha'be bolo se-din \'e4m\'e4r
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When kindness to all beings will be appearing, with free heart forget myself comforting, Bhaktivinoda in all humility prays, "Now I wi
ll set out to preach Your order sublime." When, oh when will that day be mine?
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: \'c7uddha-bhakata
\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 \'c7UDDHA-BHAKATA\line }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uddha-bhakata-cara\'eba-re\'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 bhajana-anuk\'fcla
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakata-sev\'e4, parama-siddhi,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prema-latik\'e4ra m\'fcla
\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\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 \'e7ud
dha-bhakata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of pure devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-re\'ebu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dust from the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajana-anuk\'fcla\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is conducive to devotional servic
e; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakata-sev\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub service to the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-siddhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is the supreme perfection; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-latik\'e4ra m\'fcla\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and the root of the creeper of divine love.
\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 dust from the lotus feet of pure devotees gives rise to devotional service, and service to the devotees is itself the supreme 
perfection and the root of the tender creeper of divine love.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7uddha-bhakata-cara\'eba-re\'ebu,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhajana-anuk\'fcla
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakata-sev\'e4, parama-siddhi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prema-lati-k\'e4ra m\'fcla
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 The dust of the lotus feet of pure devotees, enthusiastic devotional service, and service to the pure devotees of the highest order are the roots of the creeper of devotion. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\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\'e4dhava-tithi, bhakti-janan\'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 jetane p\'e4lana kori
\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-basati, basati boli',
\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 \'e4dare bori
\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\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 m\'e4d
hava-tithi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the holy days like Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9 and Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-janan\'e9\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the mother of devotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yatane p\'e4lana kori\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub I observe with great care; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-basati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the transcendental abode of \'c7r\'e9
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vasati boli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I choose as my dwelling place; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama \'e4dare bori\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the greatest of reverence and love.
\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 With great care I observe holy days like Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9 and Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, for they are the mother of devotion. And wit
h the greatest reverence and love I choose as my dwelling place the transcendental abode of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4dhava-tithi, bhakti-janan\'e9,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yatane p\'e4lana kori
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bosati, bosati boli',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parama \'e4dare bori
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The holy days like Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9 and Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 are the mother of devotion for those devotees who respect them. Let the
 holy places of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes be my places of worship, and bless me. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur \'e4m\'e4ra, je-saba sth\'e4ne,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub koralo bhrama\'eba ra\'ecge
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se-saba sth\'e4na, heribo \'e4mi,
\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\'ebayi-bhakata-sa\'ecge
\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\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 gaur 
\'e4m\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my Lord Gaurasundara; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye-saba sth\'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all the places; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koralo bhrama\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub had traveled; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ra\'ecge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se-saba sth\'e4na\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all those places; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub heribo \'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
I will behold; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebayi-bhakata-sa\'ecge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the company of loving devotees.
\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 the company of loving devotees I will visit all those places where my Lord Gaurasundara traveled and performed His pastimes.}}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur \'e4m\'e4ra, ye-saba sth\'e4ne,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 koralo bhrama\'eba ra\'ecge
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se-saba sth\'e4na, heribo \'e4mi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pra\'ebayi-bhakata-sa\'ecge
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub May I always visit all the holy places associated with the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub l
\'e9l\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of Lord Caitanya and His devotees. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\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\'e5da\'ecga-b\'e4dya, \'e7unite mana,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abasara sad\'e4 j\'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 gaura-bihita, k\'e9rtana \'e7uni',
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nande h\'e5doya n\'e4ce
\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\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 m\'e5d
a\'ecga-v\'e4dya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the music of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub drum; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7unite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to hear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an opportunity; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4 y\'e4ce\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always begs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-vihita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub approved by Lord Gauracandra; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9rtana\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the congregational chanting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uni'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hearing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nande\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in ecstasy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5doya n\'e4ce\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my heart dances.
\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 mind always begs to hear the music of the m\'e5da\'ecga, and my heart dances in ecstasy whenever I hear the kind of k\'e9rtana 
established by Lord Gauracandra. }}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e5da\'ecga-v\'e4dya, \'e7unite mana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 avasara sad\'e4 y\'e4ce
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaura-vihita, k\'e9rtana \'e7uni',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nande h\'e5doy n\'e4ce
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When I hear the sound of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  in my heart I always desire to join in }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ; 
and when I hear the bonafide songs describing Lord Caitanya's pastimes, my heart dances in ecstasy.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jugala-m\'fcrti, dekhiy\'e4 mora,
\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-\'e4nanda hoya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da-seb\'e4 korite hoya,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakala prapa\'efca jaya
\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\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 yugala
-m\'fcrti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Deity forms of the divine couple; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dekhiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beholding; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-\'e4nanda hoya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supreme bliss comes about; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da-sev\'e4 kori
te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to honor the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
food remnants; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sakala prapa\'efca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all worldly illusions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I conquer.
\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 feel supreme bliss when I behold the Deity forms of the divine couple, \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and I
 conquer all worldly illusions by honoring the Lord's pras\'e4dam.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jugala-m\'fcrti, dekhiy\'e4 mora,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parama-\'e4nanda hoya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pras\'e4da-sev\'e4, korite hoya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sakala prapa\'efca joya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Whenever I see the transcendental }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vigrahas}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba I am in bliss, for by taking Their Lordships' }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  we can conquer over the material elements.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Six
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub je-dina g\'e5he, bhajana dekhi,
\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\'e5hete goloka bh\'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 cara\'eba-s\'e9dhu, dekhiy\'e4 ga\'ecg\'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 sukha n\'e4 s\'e9m\'e4 p\'e4ya
\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\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 ye-din
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that day; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in m
y house; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajana dekhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub seeing the worship ceremonies; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5hete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within the house; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goloka bh\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana appears; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-s\'e9dhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
the river of nectar emanating from the Lord's lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dekhiy\'e4 ga\'ecg\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub seeing the Ganges riv
er; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my happiness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n
\'e4 s\'e9m\'e4 p\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub knows no bounds.
\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 Every day Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana appears in my home when I see Lord Hari being worshiped there. My joy knows no bounds when I see 
the Ganges, a river of nectar emanating from the Lord's lotus feet.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 je-dina g\'e5he, bhajana dekhi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 g\'e5hete goloka bh\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cara\'eba-s\'e9dhu, dekhiy\'e4 ga\'ecg\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sukha n\'e4 s\'e9m\'e4 p\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One day while performing devotional practices, I saw my house transformed into Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When I take the }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub cara\'eb\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of the Deity, I see the holy Ganges waters that come from the feet of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and my bl
iss knows no bounds. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Seven
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tulas\'e9 dekhi',  jur\'e4ya pr\'e4\'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 m\'e4dhava-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9 j\'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 gaura-priya, \'e7\'e4ka-sevane,
\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\'e9vana s\'e4rthaka m\'e4ni
\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\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 tulas
\'e9 dekhi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub seeing the holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tulas\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tree; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ju\'f2\'e4ya pr\'e4\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub soothes my soul; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dhava-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub she who is pleasing to Lord M\'e4dhava; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
j\'e4ni'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I understand; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-priya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dear to Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4ka-sevane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub honoring the spinach preparation; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub life itself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4rthaka m
\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I consider successful.
\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 sight of the tulas\'e9 plant soothes my soul, for I know she gives pleasure to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I feel that my life has be
en fulfilled when I honor \'e7\'e4k, a green leafy vegetable preparation that is a favorite of Lord Caitanya's. 
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tulas\'e9 dekhi', ju\'f2\'e4ya pr\'e4\'eba,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4dhava-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9 j\'e4ni'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaura-priya, \'e7\'e4ka-sevane,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vana s\'e4rthaka m\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub By seeing the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  tree my heart feels joy, and Lord M\'e4dhava (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) is also satisfied. When I eat the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  favored by Lord Caitanya it is a new life's experience. (Lord Caitanya was very fond of a green vegetable preparation called }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7\'e4k}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , and there is another song in this book that tells of the amazing effects of this type of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .) 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Eight
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakativinoda, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhajane,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anak\'fcla p\'e4ya j\'e4h\'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 prati-dibase, parama-sukhe,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sw\'e9k\'e4ra koroye t\'e4h\'e4
\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\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 bhakat
ivinoda\'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 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhajane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for the worship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuk\'fcla\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub favorable; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4ya y\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whatever is obtained; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prati-divase\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub every day; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-sukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the greatest of joy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e9k\'e4ra koroye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub accepts; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that.
\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 Whatever Bhaktivinoda obtains that furthers devotional service to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba he accepts every day with the greatest 
joy.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakativinoda, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhajane,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 anak\'fcla p\'e4ya y\'e4h\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prati-divase, parama-sukhe,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sv\'e9k\'e4ra koroye t\'e4h\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda concludes by saying: "Whosoever attains the stage of enthusiasm for these devotional practices will be supremely blissful 
wherever he may be."
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa216\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Bhoga-\'e4rati (bhaja bhakata-vatsala)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-BHOGA-\'c4RATI\line }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bhaja\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakata-vatsala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is always very affectionate to His devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gaurahari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gaurahari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this \'c7r\'e9 Gaurahari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sohi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is the same as; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub go\'f1\'f6ha-bih\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He who sports in the pasturelands; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanda-ya\'e7omat\'e9-citta-h\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who has stolen the hearts of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhaja}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  bhakata-vatsala \'e7r\'e9 gaurahari
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9 gaurahari sohi go\'f1\'f6ha-bih\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nanda-ya\'e7omat\'e9-citta-hari
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Worship \'c7r\'e9 Gaurahari, who is always very affectionate to His devotees. Lord Caitanya, who is always having pastimes with many d
evotees, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the same personality who has stolen the heart of Ya\'e7od\'e4-Nanda. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 calls to K\'e5\'f1\'eba:] }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bel\'e4 
ha'lo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub it is very late; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4modara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub O D\'e4modara!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4isa ekhona\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please come now; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhoga-mandire\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hall; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub basi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sitting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karoha bhojana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please take Your lunch.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bel\'e4 ho'lo, d\'e4modara, \'e4isa ekhona
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhoga-mandire bosi' koroha bhojana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 calls K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Come on, the time has come for Your meal. Now come down to the hall."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 nandera nide\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the direction of Nanda Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baise\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sits; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giri-var
a-dh\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the holder of Govardhana Hill; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baladeva-saha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along with \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the cowherd boys; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baise s\'e4ri s\'e4ri\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sit down in rows.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nandera nide\'e7e boise giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 baladeva-saha sakh\'e4 boise s\'e4ri s\'e4ri
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The holder of Govardhana Hill sits down next to \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva and all His friends,
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7ukt\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bitter curry; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4ka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub spinach; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and so forth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4ji\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fried savories; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4lit\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub salad with green leaves of the jute plant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ku\'f1m\'e4\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pumpkin; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f2\'e4li \'f2\'e4ln\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baskets of fruit; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dugdha-tumb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub squash cooked
 with milk; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dadhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thick yogurt; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub moc\'e4-kha\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vegetable preparations made from the flower of the banana tree.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7ukt\'e4-\'e7\'e4k\'e4di bh\'e4ji n\'e4lit\'e4 ku\'f1m\'e4\'eb\'f2a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f2\'e4li \'f2\'e4ln\'e4 dugdhatumb\'e9 dadhi moc\'e4-kha\'eb\'f2a
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub and they are served with a feast of \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub S
ukta\line Bitter-melon stew\line Usually made with several types of vegetables, sukta derives its distinctive flavor from one vegetable in particular: karela, also known as bitter melon or bitter squash. Karela is usually available at oriental groceries.
 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da appreciated its taste and health-giving qualities so much that he would sometimes carry a supply of dried karela with him when he traveled.\line (The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book of Vegetarian Cooking - \'c4dir\'e4ja d\'e4sa, ACK 7
.11: Sukta)
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da liked K\'f1\'e9racor\'e4-gop\'e9n\'e4tha's \'e7ukta, made from n\'e9m leaves, eggplant, bitter melon, potato, sweet potato, and yogur
t.\line (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da-l\'e9l\'e4m\'e5ta SPL 51: Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Fight)
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recipe for Sukta:\line Wok on very low heat with sufficient ghee to fry the vegetables first. Use whatever you like of the below list but kerala (bitter melon)
 is absolutely essential:
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kerala, radish, potato, green banana (plantain), pepper, green tomato, carrots, beets, beans (string beans), mooli.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When little soft add salt\'97spice by pushing aside vegetables and in the middle cooking cumin, anise, green chili, methi, not very dark, continue frying. When finis
hed add water and boil down. Add turmeric. Mash poppy seeds (white) to paste-add-dry fry methi, anise, cumin, chili and grind-add to top after putting off the heat, serve liquid.\line (A Transcendental Diary Volume 1 - Hari \'c7auri d\'e4sa  TD 1-9: \'c7
r\'e9 Dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur)}}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ukt\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a bitter tasting wet vegetable which increases the ap
petite), then nice fried things, then squash and white squash with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f2\'e4la (dahl)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and thick yo
gurt, and vegetables made from the flower of the banana tree.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 mudga-bo\'f2\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fried squares of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paddies; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ro\'f6ik\'e4\'97cap\'e4t\'e9
s}{\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 gh\'e5t\'e4nna\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rice with
 ghee; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7a\'f1kul\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sweetmeats made with milk, sugar and sesamum; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pi\'f1\'f6aka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sweetened rice flour cakes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kh\'e9r\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thick, cooked-down milk; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puli\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
sweet rolls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4yas\'e4nna\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sweet rice in conde}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nsed milk.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mudga-bo\'f2\'e4 m\'e4\'f1a-bo\'f2\'e4 ro\'f6ik\'e4 gh\'e5t\'e4nna
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7a\'f1kul\'e9 pi\'f1\'f6aka kh\'e9r puli p\'e4yas\'e4nna
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Then there are fried squares of mung }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'f2\'e4la}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  paddy and urad }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'f2\'e4la}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  paddies}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  (ba\'f2\'e4)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , capatis and rice with ghee. Then there are sweets, cakes, thick creams, cakes floating in milk, sweet 
rice,
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\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karp\'fcra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub scented with camphor; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta-keli\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub exotic sweet rice; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rambh\'e4\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bananas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kh\'e9ra-s\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub de
licious cheese; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta ras\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nectarean mangos; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amla\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sour preparations; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dv\'e4da\'e7a prak\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of twelve different kinds.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 karp\'fcra am\'e5ta-keli rambh\'e4 kh\'e9ra-s\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 am\'e5ta ras\'e4l\'e4, amla dv\'e4da\'e7a prak\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bananas, cheese and cream boiled together, twelve different kinds of chutneys,
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 luci cini\'97pur\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with sugar; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarpur\'e9\'97pur\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub filled with cream; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4
\'f2\'f2u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chick-pea flour sweetballs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ras\'e4bal\'e9\'97dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paddies boiled in sugared rice; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhojana korena k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K
\'e5\'f1\'eba eats; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ho'ye kut\'fchal\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in great fun.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 luci cini sarpur\'e9 l\'e4\'f2\'f2u ras\'e4bal\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhojana korena k\'e5\'f1\'eba ho'ye kut\'fchol\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pur\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  made with white flour and sugar, thick cream (skin o
f milk) }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub la\'f2\'f2us}{\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 \'f2\'e4
la}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  paddies boiled in sugar rice.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 r\'e4dhik\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by R\'e4dhik\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pakka anna\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cooked grains; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vividha\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub various; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vya\'efjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cooked v
egetables; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama \'e4nande\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in supreme bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba korena bhojana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dhik\'e4ra pakka}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  anna vividha bya\'efjana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parama \'e4nande k\'e5\'f1\'eba korena bhojana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Eating these nice foodstuffs, K\'e5\'f1\'eba feels great joy and ecstasy. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 Herself cooks various kinds of vege
tables.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 chale-bale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by hook or by crook; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2u kh\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eats }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2u}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sweetballs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-madhuma\'ecgala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's funny }{\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 friend Madhuma\'ecgala; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bagala b\'e4j\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub makes a funny sound by slapping his hands under his armpits; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ra deya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub give me more!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-bolo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'93Haribol! Haribol!\'94 }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 9) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 chole-bole l\'e4\'f2\'f2u kh\'e4y \'e7r\'e9-madhu-ma\'ecgalo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bagala b\'e4j\'e4y, \'e4ra deya hari-bolo
\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's }{\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 friend Madhuma\'ecgala is very fond of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub la\'f2\'f2us}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , and when 
he eats them he shouts, "Hari bol! Hari bol!" and makes a funny sound by slapping his sides under his armpits with his hands. 
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 Her }{\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 friends; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub heri'\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beholding; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nayanera ko\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
out of the corners of His eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e5pta ho'ye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being very satisfied; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kh\'e4y k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'e7od\'e4-
bhavane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the house of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 10) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dhik\'e4di ga\'ebe heri' nayanera ko\'ebe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e5pta ho'ye kh\'e4y k\'e5\'f1\'eba ya\'e7od\'e4-bhavane
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and Her }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  friends greatly delight at how K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub  at Yasoda's house. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bhojan\'e4nte\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after lunch; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub piye k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba drinks; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suv\'e4
sita v\'e4ri\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sweet-scented water; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub all His friends; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukha prakh\'e4loy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wash their mouths; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ho'ye s\'e4ri s\'e4ri\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub standing in lines. }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 11) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhojan\'e4nte piye k\'e5\'f1\'eba sub\'e4sita b\'e4ri
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sabe mukha prakh\'e4loy ho'ye s\'e4ri s\'e4ri
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 hasta-mukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub their hands and mouths; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prakh\'e4liy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after washing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jata sa
kh\'e4-ga\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all the cowherd boys; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nande\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in great bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7r\'e4ma kore\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they take rest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baladeva-sane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub along with Lord Balar\'e4ma.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 12) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hasta-mukha prakh\'e4liy\'e4 yata sakh\'e4-ga\'ebe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nande vi\'e7r\'e4ma kore baladeva sane
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jambula ras\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servants named Ja
mbula and Ras\'e4la; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bring; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t\'e4mb\'fcla-mas\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub spiced betel nuts; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4 kheye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chewing that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-candra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the moonlike K
\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub happily; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nidr\'e4 gel\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goes to sleep.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 13) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jambula ras\'e4la \'e4ne t\'e4mb\'fcla mos\'e4l\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4h\'e4 kheye k\'e5\'f1\'eba-candra sukhe nidr\'e4 gel\'e4
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 vi\'e7\'e4l\'e4k\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub His servant named Vi\'e7\'e4l
\'e4k\'f1a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ikhi-puccha-c\'e4mara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a fan of peacock feathers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f2hul\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub waves; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ap\'fcrva \'e7ayy\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on an excellent bedstead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub happily; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub nidr\'e4 j\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub goes to sleep.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 14) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'e7\'e4l\'e4kha, \'e7ikhi-puccha c\'e4mara \'f2hul\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ap\'fcrba \'e7ayy\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba sukhe nidr\'e4 j\'e4ya.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 11-14) After taking sweets, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is served with sweet drinks scented with rose water. Then all the friends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 line up to wash their hands and mouths, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma go to take rest. They take pan with fancy spices and catechu and very happily take Their rest and are fanned with a tail fan by His servant Vi\'e7\'e4l\'e4k\'f1a.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'e7omat\'e9-\'e4j\'ef\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the order of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pe'ye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub receiving; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhani\'f1\'f6h\'e4
-\'e4n\'e9to\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brought by the }{\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 named Dhani\'f1\'f6h\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the foo
d remnants of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhu\'efje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eats; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
ho'ye pr\'e9to\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub being extremely delighted.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e7omat\'e9-\'e4j\'ef\'e4 peye dhani\'f1\'f6h\'e4-\'e4n\'e9to
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da r\'e4dh\'e4 bhu\'efje ho'ye pr\'e9to
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Dhani\'f1\'f6h\'e4 is one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servants, and by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's orders he brings the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  that is left on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's plate, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 eats it. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 lalit\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub headed by Lalit\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakh\'e9-ga\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the assembly of girlfriends; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a
va\'e7e\'f1a p\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub receiving Her remnants; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mane mane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in their heart-of-hearts; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub blissfully; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the qualities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they sing.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 16) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lalit\'e4di sakh\'e9-ga\'eba ava\'e7e\'f1a p\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mane mane sukhe r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gu\'eba g\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lalit\'e4-sakh\'e9 and all the other }{\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  also receive His }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and in their he
arts also sing the glories of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 hari-l\'e9l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the wonderful pastimes of Lord Hari;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekm\'e4tra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one and only; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y
\'e4h\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pramoda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub joy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhog\'e4rati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub Bhoga-\'e4rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub song; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub sings; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f6h\'e4kur bhakativinoda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kur Bhaktivinoda.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 17) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-l\'e9l\'e4 ekm\'e4tra y\'e4h\'e4ra pramoda
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhog\'e4rati g\'e4y \'f6h\'e4kur bhakati-vinoda
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says: "There is no other happiness than that which is found in the pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 Hari."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaja govinda govinda gop\'e4la\line giri-dh\'e4r\'e9 gop\'e9-n\'e4tha nanda-dul\'e4la\line nanda-dul\'e4lal y\'e4y gaur gop\'e4
la\line bhaja bhakata vatsala \'e7r\'e9 gaurahari
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Gaura-\'e4rati (kiba jaya jaya gor\'e4c\'e4nder \'e4ratiko \'e7obh\'e4)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-GAURA-\'c4RATI\line }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all glories, all glories!; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gor\'e4c\'e4nder\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the moonlike Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4ratiko \'e7obh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ceremony; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4hnav\'e9-ta\'f6a-vane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in a grove on the banks of th
e Ganges river; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaga-mana-lobh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub attracting the minds of all living entities in the universe.}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kiba jaya jaya gor\'e4c\'e4nder \'e4rotiko \'e7obh\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e4hnav\'e9-ta\'f6avane jaga-mano-lobh\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories, all glories to the beautiful }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  ceremony of Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya's beautiful form on the bank of the Jahnav\'e9 (Ganges) attracts all the living entities of the universe.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 dakhi\'ebe nit\'e4i-c\'e4nd\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on His right side is the
 moonlike Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4me gad\'e4dhara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on His left is \'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nika\'f6e advaita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nearby stands \'c7r\'e9 Advaita; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9niv\'e4sa chatra-dhara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura is holding an umbrella.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dakhi\'ebe nit\'e4i-c\'e4nd, b\'e4me gad\'e4dhara
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nika\'f6e advaita, \'e7r\'e9-niv\'e4sa chatra-dhara
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub On His right side is Lord Nity\'e4nanda, and on His left side is \'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara. On either side stand Lord \'c7r\'e9 Advaita a
nd \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa who holds an umbrella over Lord Caitanya's head.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bosiy\'e4che\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is sitting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gor\'e4c\'e4nd\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Gaura-candra; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ratna-si\'e0h
\'e4sane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon a jeweled throne; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rati korena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub performing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ceremony; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4-\'e4di deva-ga\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the demigods, headed by Lord Brahm\'e4.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3
) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vasiy\'e4che gor\'e4-c\'e4nd ratna-si\'e0h\'e4sane
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4rati koren brahm\'e4-\'e4di deva-ga\'ebe
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is seated on a golden throne. The }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  ceremony is performed by Lord Brahm\'e4, and all the other demigods are present.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 narahari-\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Narahari S\'e4rak\'e4ra and other as
sociates; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kori' c\'e4mara \'f2hul\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fanning Him with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub c\'e4mara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whisks; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'efjaya-mukunda-v\'e4su-gho\'f1-\'e4di\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the devotees headed by Sa\'efjaya, Mukunda and V\'e4su Gho\'f1a; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are singing.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narahari-\'e4di kori' c\'e4mara dhul\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sa\'efjaya-mukunda-v\'e4sugho\'f1-\'e4di g\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's associates like Narahari and others fan Him with a whisk, and Mukunda and V\'e4su Ghosh are the expert singers that le
ad everyone in }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7a\'eckha b\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conchshells resound; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gha\'eb\'f6\'e4 b\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bells resound; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub b\'e4je karat\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hand-cymbals resound; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhura m\'e5da\'ecga b\'e4je\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sweet clay drums resound; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama ras\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub supremely sweet and relishable to hear.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7a\'eckha b\'e4je, gha\'eb\'f6\'e4 b\'e4je, b\'e4je karat\'e4la
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 madhura m\'e5da\'ecga b\'e4je parama ras\'e4la
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The sounds of the conchshell, cymbals, and sweet }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecg
a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  are very relishable to hear.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bahu-ko\'f6i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub many millions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub candra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of moons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jini'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conquering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vadana ujjvala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the brilliance of Lord 
Caitanya's face; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gala-de\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub around His neck; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vana-m\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the garland of forest flowers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kore jhalamala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shines.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bahu-ko\'f6i candra jini' vadana ujjvala
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gala-de\'e7e vana-m\'e4l\'e4 kore jhalamala
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's face shines like many, many millions of moons, and His garland of forest flowers also shines.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7iva-\'e7uka-n\'e4rada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva, \'c7ukadeva 
Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and N\'e4rada Muni; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub preme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the ecstasy of transcendental love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gada-gada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub their voices are choked; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakativinod
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dekhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beholds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gor\'e4ra sampada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the glory of Lord Caitanya.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7iva-\'e7uka-n\'e4rada preme gada-gada
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakativinoda dekhe gor\'e4ra sampada
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and N\'e4rada Muni are there, and their voices are choked with transcendental loving symptoms.
 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says: "Just see the opulence of Lord Caitanya!"
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [681231PU.LA]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4ma-k\'e9rtana (ya\'e7omat\'e9-nandana)
\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 \'c7R\'c9 N\'c4MA-K\'c9RTANA\line
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very pleased when we call on Him by His Names which are associated with His devotees, qualities and pastimes. This song by Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4
kura is composed of the Names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in different aspects.)
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 1) }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e7omat\'e9}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 -nandana, 2) braja-baro-n\'e4gara,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 3) gokulo-ra\'efjana k\'e4na
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 4) gop\'e9-par\'e4\'eba-dhana, 5) madana-manohara,
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ya\'e7omat\'e9-nandana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the beloved son of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 vraja-vara-n\'e4gara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 most beloved of the inh
abitants of Vraja; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gokula-ra\'efjana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the attractor of the people of Gokula; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4na\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 (an intimate nickname);  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gop\'e9-par\'e4\'eba-dhana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the wea
lth of the lives of the }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gop\'e9s; madana-manohara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 who can attract even the mind of Cupid; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4liya-damana-vidh\'e4na\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the chastiser of the K\'e4liya serpent.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 6) k
\'e4liya-damana-vidh\'e4na
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 7) amala harin\'e4m amiya-vil\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 8) vipina-purandara, 9) nav\'e9na n\'e4gara-bora,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 10) va\'e0\'e7\'e9-vadana \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 amala harin\'e4m\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 these pure holy names; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 amiya vil\'e4s\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 are full of sweet, nectarean pastimes; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 vipina-purandar
a\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He is the monarch of the garden groves; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 nav\'e9na n\'e4gara-bora\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He is the best of youthful lovers; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 va\'e0\'e7\'e9-vadana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He is seen with His flute placed to 
His lips; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 suv\'e4s\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He is an excellent dresser.}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 11) suv\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 12) braja-jana-p\'e4lana, 13) asura-kula-n\'e4\'e7ana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 14) nanda-godhana-r\'e4khaoy\'e4l\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 15) govinda m\'e4dhava, 16) navan\'e9ta-taskara,
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 braja-jana-p\'e4lana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the protector of the inhabitants of Vraja; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 asura-kula-n\'e4\'e7ana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the destroyer of demonic dynasties; }{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2 nanda-godhana-r\'e4khaoy\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the keeper of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's valuable cows; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 govinda\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the giver of pleasure to the cows; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 m\'e4dhava\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the hus
band of the goddess of fortune; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 navan\'e9ta-taskara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the butter thief; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sundara nanda-gop\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the beautiful cowherd son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 17) sundara nan
da-gop\'e4l\'e4
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 18) y\'e4muna-ta\'f6a-cara, 19) gop\'e9-vasana-hara,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 20) r\'e4sa-rasika, 21) k\'e5p\'e4moya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 22) \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-vallabha, 23) v\'e5nd\'e4vana-na\'f6abara,
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 y\'e4muna-ta\'f6a-cara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He wanders along the banks of the river Yamun\'e4; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gop\'e9-vasana-hara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He steals the garments of the }{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2 gop\'e9s; r\'e4sa-rasika\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He delights in the mellows of the }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 r\'e4sa }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 dance; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e5p\'e4moya\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 He is very merciful; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-v
allabha\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the most beloved of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e9; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 v\'e5nd\'e4vana-na\'f6abara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the great dancer of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 bhakativinod-\'e4\'e7raya\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 t
he shelter of Bhaktivinoda.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 24) bhakativinod-\'e4\'e7raya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) The son of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, 2) The greatest of all the inhabitants of Vraja, 3) The attractor of the people of Gokula, 4) The h
eart of 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 , 5) The One Who can even attract the mind of Cupid, 6) The destroyer of the K\'e4liya 
serpent demon, 7) Chanting the Lord's Name is my pastime. 8) He Who plays in the garden groves, 9) The ever new beauty of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 10) He Who is always seen with His flute, 11) He Who lives in beautiful artistic craftsmanship, 12) The protector o
f the inhabitants of Vraja, 13) The destroyer of the descendants of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub asuras}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , 14) He Who keeps and tends 
Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda's cows, 15) Govinda M\'e4dhava, 16) The butter thief, 17) The beautiful cowherd boy of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, 18) He Who on the banks of the Yamun\'e4 19) Stole the garments of 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 , 20) He Who relishes the loving exchange of mellows, 21) He Who is full of mercy, 22) The attractor of R\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e9, 23) The best dancer of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, 24) The shelter of Bhaktivinoda.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Tumi Sarve\'e7vare\'e7vara
\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 TUMI SARVE\'c7VARE\'c7VARA\line }
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) tumi sarve\'e7vare\'e7vara, brajendra-kum\'e4ra!\line tom\'e4ra icch\'e4ya vi\'e7ve s\'e5jana sa\'e0h\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 O youthful prince of Vraja, You are the controller of all controllers. By Your whims the universe is created and destroyed.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) tava icch\'e4mata brahm\'e4 korena s\'e5jana\line tava icch\'e4mata vi\'f1nu korena p\'e4lana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 By Your wish Lord Brahm\'e4 creates, by Your whims Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu maintains,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3) tava icch\'e4mate \'e7iva korena sa\'e0h\'e4ra\line tava icch\'e4mate m\'e4y\'e4 s\'e5je k\'e4r\'e4g\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 by Your wish Lord \'c7iva destroys, and by Your wish }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6  creates the prison of the world.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4) tava icch\'e4mate j\'e9ver janama-mara\'eba\line sam\'e5ddhi-nip\'e4te dukha sukha-sa\'ecgha\'f6ana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub By Your wish the living entities are born and are killed.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5) miche m\'e4y\'e4-baddha j\'e9va \'e4\'e7\'e4-p\'e4\'e7e phire'\line tava icch\'e4 vin\'e4 kichu korite n\'e4 p\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 They develop and they are degraded in different stages of happiness and pain all by Your sanction. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6) tumi to' r\'e4khaka \'e4r p\'e4laka \'e4m\'e4ra\line tom\'e4ra cara\'eba vin\'e4 \'e4\'e7\'e4 n\'e4hi \'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 You are my protector and maintainer. I have no other wish but to attain Your feet.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7) nija-bolo-ce\'f1\'f6\'e4-prati bharas\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4\line tom\'e4ra icch\'e4ya \'e4chi nirbhara koriy\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 By my own endeavor I have no hope. I am completely dependent, on Your desires.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8) bhakativinoda ati d\'e9na aki\'efcana\line tom\'e4ra icch\'e4ya t\'e4'r j\'e9vana mara\'eba
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 8) \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda says: "I am a very small devotee with only You to depend on. By Your wish I have my life or death."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Ohe! Vai\'f1\'ebava \'d6h\'e4kura
\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 OHE! VAI\'d1\'cbAVA \'d6H\'c4KURA
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ohe!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebaba \'f6h\'e4kura, doy\'e4ra s\'e4gara,
\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 d\'e4se koru\'eb\'e4 kori'
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub diy\'e4 pada-ch\'e4y\'e4, \'e7odho he \'e4m\'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 tom\'e4ra cara\'eba dhori
\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\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 ohe! v
ai\'f1\'ebava \'f6h\'e4kura\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O venerable Vai\'f1\'ebava!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub doy\'e4ra s\'e4gara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O ocean of mercy!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e d\'e4se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to me, your servan
t; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koru\'eb\'e4 kori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub be merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub diy\'e4 pada-ch\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giving the shade of your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7odho he \'e4m\'e4ya\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O purify me!; }{\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 feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhori\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I humbly hold.
\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 venerable Vai\'f1\'ebava, O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I
 hold on to your lotus feet.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ohe! vai\'f1\'ebava \'f6h\'e4kura, doy\'e4ra s\'e4gara,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 e d\'e4se koru\'eb\'e4 kori'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 diy\'e4 pada-ch\'e4y\'e4, \'e7odho he \'e4m\'e4ya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4ra cara\'eba dhori
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O venerable Vai\'f1\'ebava, O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I
 hold on to your lotus feet.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chaya bega domi', chaya do\'f1a \'e7odhi',
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chaya gu\'eba deho' d\'e4se
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chaya sat-sa\'ecga, deho' he \'e4m\'e4re,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub boshechi sa\'ecgera \'e4\'e7e
\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\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 chaya 
vega\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the six urges; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub domi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub controlling; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chaya do\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the six faults; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7odhi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub purifying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chaya gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the six good qualities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho' d\'e4se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please give to your
 servant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chaya sat-sa\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the six kinds of holy association; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho' he \'e4m\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O give me!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bosechi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have sat down here; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecgera\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of having your
 company; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the hope.
\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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teach me to control my \chftn The six passions are those pertaining to words, the mind, anger, the tongue, the stomach and the 
genitals. six passions; rectify my \chftn The six faults are overeating, attachment to material things, inability to follow regulative principles, sense gratification, useless idle talk, and impure habits. six faults, bestow upon me the \chftn The six po
sitive qualities are enthusiasm in practicing devotional service, firm faith in devotional processes, a strong desire to attain {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prema-bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a favorable service attitude, avoidance of non-devotees, and appreciation of the company of devotees. }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub six qualities, and offe
r unto me the six kinds of holy association. my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the \chftn The six methods of association are to go to an assembly of devotees, to invite devotees into one's home, to discuss and hear devotional topics,
 to take the {\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 of devotees and to offer }{\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 to devotees.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub six qualities, and offer
 unto me the six kinds of holy association.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 chaya bega dami', chaya do\'f1a \'e7odhi',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 chaya gu\'eba deho' d\'e4se
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 chaya sat-sa\'ecga, deha' he \'e4m\'e4re
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 boshechi sa\'ecgera \'e4\'e7e
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of h
oly association.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn *The six passions are those pertaining to words, the mind, anger, the tongue, the stomach and the genitals. The six faults are overeating, attachment to material things, inability to follow regulative principles, 
sense gratification, useless idle talk, and impure habits. The six positive qualities are enthusiasm in practicing devotional service, firm faith in devotional processes, a strong desire to attain {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub prema-bhakti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , a favorable service attitude, avoidance of non-devotees, and appreciation of the company of devotees. The six methods of association are to go to an a
ssembly of devotees, to invite devotees into one's home, to discuss and hear devotional topics, to take the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mah\'e4-pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of devotees and to offer }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mah\'e4-pras\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  to devotees.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub *
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ek\'e4k\'e9 \'e4m\'e4ra, n\'e4hi p\'e4ya bala,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtane
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tumi k\'e5p\'e4 kori', \'e7raddh\'e4-bindu diy\'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 deho' k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma-dhane
\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\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 ekak
\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alone; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4hi p\'e4ya bala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub have no strength; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to chant the holy name of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tumi\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4 kori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being mercifu
l; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4-bindu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a particle of faith; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub diy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bestowing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please give; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma-dhane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the great treasure of the holy name of 
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 I do not find the strength to carry on alone the sa\'eck\'e9rtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one 
drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ek\'e4k\'e9 \'e4m\'e4ra, n\'e4hi p\'e4y bolo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 harin\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtane
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tumi k\'e5p\'e4 kori', \'e7raddh\'e4-bindu diy\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 deha' k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4ma-dhane
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I do not find the strength to carry on alone the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sa\'eck
\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\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 se tom\'e4ra, k\'e5\'f1\'eba dite p\'e4ro,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tom\'e4ra \'e7akati \'e4che
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4mi to' k\'e4\'ecgala, 'k\'e5\'f1\'eba' 'k\'e5\'f1\'eba' boli',
\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\'e4i tava p\'e4che p\'e4che
\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\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 k\'e5
\'f1\'eba se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is yours; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba dite p\'e4ro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you are able to give K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4ra \'e7akati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your power; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4che\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is; }{\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 to'\'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 k\'e4\'ecg\'e4la
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am wretched; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'91k\'e5\'f1\'eba' \'91k\'e5\'f1\'eba' boli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub crying K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I run; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava p\'e4che p\'e4che\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub behind 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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is yours; you have the power to give Him to me. I am simply running behind you shouting, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1
\'eba!"}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba se tom\'e4ra, k\'e5\'f1\'eba dite p\'e4ra,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4ra \'e7akati \'e4che
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4mi to' k\'e4\'ecgala, 'k\'e5\'f1\'eba' 'k\'e5\'f1\'eba' boli',
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dh\'e4i tava p\'e4che p\'e4che
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is yours; you have the power to give Him to me. I am simply running behind you shouting, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1
\'eba!" 
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Vibh\'e4var\'e9 \'c7e\'f1a
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 2: Vibhavari Sesa}{\*\bkmkend SVA 2: Vibhavari Sesa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Vibh\'e4var\'e9 \'c7e\'f1a\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 vibh
\'e4var\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the night; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7e\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub has come to an end; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4loka-prave\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the light of dawn is entering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidr\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2i'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giving up your sleep; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uth
o\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arise; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O soul!
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolo hari hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chant the holy names of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukunda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the giver of liberation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mur\'e4ri\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the enemy of the Mura demon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the supreme enjoyer;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the all-attractive one; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hayagr\'e9va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the horse-headed incarnation.
\par }\pard }}{\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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vibh\'e4var\'e9}{\i0\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7e\'f1a, \'e4loka-prove\'e7a,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nidr\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2i' u\'f6ha j\'e9va
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bolo' hari hari, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 1)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mukunda }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 2)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mur\'e4ri,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 3)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4ma }{\i\f0\fs24\cf0\up6 4)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 5)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hayagr\'e9va
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now night is over. The light of dawn is entering. Wake up, sleeping souls! Chant the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is 1) the bestower of
 liberation, 2) the killer of the Mura demon, 3) Lord R\'e4macandra, 4) all-attractive, 5) the horse incarnation whose breathing created 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 ,
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 n\'e5s
i\'e0ha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the half-man, half-lion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4mana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the dwarf }{\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 ; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-madhus\'fcdana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the killer of the Madhu demon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brajendra-nandana\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beloved son of the King of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub who is blackish in complexion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fctan\'e4-gh\'e4tana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the slayer of the P\'fctan\'e4 
witch; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kai\'f6abha-\'e7\'e4tana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the destoyer of the demon Kai\'f6abha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all glories!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4\'e7arathi-r\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord R\'e4ma, the son of King Da\'e7aratha.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 6)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e5si\'e0ha }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 7)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4mana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 8)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-madhus\'fcdana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 9)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brajendra-nandana }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 10)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7y\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 11)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'fctan\'e4-gh\'e4tana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 12)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 koi\'f6abha-\'e7\'e4tana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 13)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya d\'e4\'e7arathi-r\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 6) the half-man, half-lion incarnation, 7) the one who appeared as the dwarf, 8) the killer of the Madhu demon, 9, 10) the blackish pr
ince of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 11, 12) the destroyer of the P\'fctan\'e4 and Kai\'f6abha witches, 13) the son of Da\'e7aratha, 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 ya\'e7
od\'e4 dul\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the darling of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the giver of pleasure to the cows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the protecto
r of the cows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana purandara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the monarch of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9-priya jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beloved of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g
op\'e9s}{\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 r\'e4dhik\'e4-rama\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the lover of R\'e4dhik\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvana-sundara-bara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the most beautiful personality in all the
 worlds.
\par }\pard }}{\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  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 14)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e7od\'e4 dul\'e4la, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 15)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govinda-gop\'e4la,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 16)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5nd\'e4vana purandara
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 17)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e9-priya-jana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 18)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dhik\'e4-rama\'eba,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 19)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhuvana-sundara-bora
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 14) the darling of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, 15) the attractor of the senses, the cows and the land, 16) the cowherd boy of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
, 17) the dearmost beloved of 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 , 18) the consort of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, 19) the most beaut
iful personality in the universe,
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 r\'e4v
a\'eb\'e4ntakara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who brought about the end of the demon R\'e4va\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub makhana-taskara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who stole the older }{\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 butter; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9jana-vastra-h\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who stole the younger }{\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 clothes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brajera r\'e4khala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a cowherd boy of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopa-v\'e5nda-p\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the protector of the
 cowherd boys; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub citta-h\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who steals the hearts of all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ba\'e0\'e7\'e9-dh\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who always holds a flute.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 20)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4va\'eb\'e4ntakora, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 21)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4khana-taskora,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 22)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e9jana-vastrah\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 23)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brajera r\'e4kh\'e4lo, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 24)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gopa-v\'e5nda-p\'e4lo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 25)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cittah\'e4r\'e9 va\'e0\'e7\'e9-dh\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 20) the bringer of the end to R\'e4va\'eba, 21) the butter thief, 22) the thief of the garments of 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 , 23) the tender of the calves of Vraja, 24) the friend of the cowherd boys 25) He who can steal one's mind with His flute play
ing. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 yog
\'e9ndra-vandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worshiped by the best of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\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 \'e7r\'e9-nanda-nandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the delightful son of Nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub braja-jana-bhaya-h\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who removes all the fears of the inhabitants of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nav\'e9na n\'e9rada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is the color of a fresh rain cloud; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcp
a manohara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose form is enchanting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mohana-ba\'e0\'e7\'e9-bih\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who looks very charming wandering about playing His flute.
\par }\pard }}{\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  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 26)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yog\'e9ndra-vandana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 27)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-nanda-nandana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 28)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brajajana-bhayah\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 29)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nav\'e9na n\'e9rada, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 30)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcpa manohara,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 31)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mohana-va\'e0\'e7\'e9-vih\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  26) the Lord and master of mystical perfections, 27) the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, 28) He who removes all fear of the inhabitants 
of Vraja, 29) He who is the color of a new monsoon cloud, 30) He whose form is all enchanting, 31) the enchanting flutist,
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 ya\'e7
od\'e4-nandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the delightful son of Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'e0sa-nis\'fcdana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the killer of King Ka\'e0sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niku\'efja-r\'e4sa-vil\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub who sports the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dance amongst the garden groves; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kadamba-k\'e4nana r\'e4sa-par\'e4ya\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is fond of engaging in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dance underneath the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kadamba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub trees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4-vipina-niv\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who resides in the forest of V\'e5nd
\'e4 Dev\'e9.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 32)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 33)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ka\'e0sa-nis\'fcdana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 34)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 niku\'efja-r\'e4sa-vil\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 35)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kadamba-k\'e4nana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 36)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4sa-par\'e4ya\'eba,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 37)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5nda-vipina-niv\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 32) the son of Ya\'e7od\'e4, 33) the killer of Ka\'e0sa, 34) He who enjoys the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  in the groves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 35) and plays in the grove where the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub kadamba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  flowers grow, 36) who is controlled by loving mellows, 37) who lives in the groves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana,
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 \'e4na
nda-vardhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who increases the ecstasy of His devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-niketana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the reservoir of all love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phula-\'e7ara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub flowered 
arrows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yojaka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who uses; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k
\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the transcendental Cupid; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e4\'ecgana-ga\'eba citta-vinodana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pleasure of the cowherd girls' hearts; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samasta-gu\'eba-ga\'eba-dh\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the abode of all wonderful qualities.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 38)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nanda-vardhana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 39)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prema-niketana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 40)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 phula-\'e7ara-yojaka k\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 41)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e4\'ecga-n\'e4ga\'eba, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 42)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 citta-vinodana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 43)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 samasta-gu\'ebaga\'eba-dh\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 38) who is always increasing in ecstasy, 39) the reservoir of love, 40) who is decorated with flowers, 41) who jokes with the cowherd 
boys, 42) who is the pleasure of our consciousness, 43) the abode of all qualities,
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 y\'e4m
una-j\'e9vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the life of the River Yamun\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub keli-par\'e4ya\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is always absorbed in amorous pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4nasa-candra-cakora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub who is the moon of the }{\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 minds, which are like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakora }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub birds (that subsist only upon moonlight); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma-sudh\'e4-ras
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the nectarean mellows of these holy names; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4o\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please sing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba ya\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the glories of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4kho vacana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please obey this advice; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana mora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my dear mind!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 44)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4muna-j\'e9vana, }{\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 45)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 keli-par\'e4ya\'eba,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs22\cf0\up6 46)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4nasa-candra-cakora
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4ma-sudh\'e4rasa, g\'e4o k\'e5\'f1\'eba-ya\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4kho vacana mana mora
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 44) the life of the Yamun\'e4, 45) who is always playful, 46) and is the moonlight of our mind, which is like the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub cakora}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  bird that exists upon moonlight. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Chant these pure vibrations of the Lord's glories. Take these words of mine (\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura) and keep them wit
h you always.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [purport]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 2: Vidy\'e4ra vil\'e4se
\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 VIDY\'c4RA VIL\'c4SE\line }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 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 great 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 tom\'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.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vidy\'e4ra vil\'e4se, k\'e4\'f6\'e4inu k\'e4la,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parama s\'e4hase \'e4mi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4ra cara\'eba, n\'e4 bhajinu kabhu,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ekhona \'e7ara\'eba tumi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 po\'f2ite 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.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pa\'f2ite pa\'f2ite, bharas\'e4 b\'e4\'f2ilo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'ef\'e4ne gati habe m\'e4ni'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se \'e4\'e7\'e4 viphala, se j\'ef\'e4na durbalo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se j\'ef\'e4na aj\'ef\'e4na j\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Reading on and on, never finding satiation, I felt that knowledge would be the highest goal. That hope was false and fruitless\'97
that knowledge was ignorance.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 ja\'f2a-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 anity
a 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.}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ja\'f2avidy\'e4 yata, m\'e4y\'e4ra vaibhava,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4ra bhajane b\'e4dh\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 moha janamiy\'e4, anitya so\'e0s\'e4re,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vake koroye g\'e4dh\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Materialistic studies are the glare of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  only, for they are an obstacle to spiritual progress. The infatuated person is trapped in the nonpermanent world and falsely trying to enjoy it, and such studies make him as foolish as a
n ass. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 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 on 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\'e4ge bh\'e4lo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pleases me.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei g\'e4dh\'e4 ho'ye, so\'e0s\'e4rera bojh\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bahinu aneka k\'e4lo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e4rdhakye ekhona, \'e7aktira abh\'e4ve,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kichu n\'e4hi l\'e4ge bh\'e4lo
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When they stretch out over }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub a }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub long period of 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 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 j\'e9vana 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.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vana y\'e4tan\'e4, hoilo ekhona,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se vidy\'e4 avidy\'e4 bhelo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 avidy\'e4ra jv\'e4l\'e4, gha\'f6ilo vi\'f1ama,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se vidy\'e4 hoilo \'e7elo
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now at the end of life I realize that all my academic study is ignorance. Realization of this fact is burning like a piercing dart
.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 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 t
his 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.}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4ra cara\'eba, vin\'e4 kichu dhana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 so\'e0s\'e4re n\'e4 \'e4che \'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakativinod, ja\'f2avidy\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2i,'
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tuy\'e4 pada kore s\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'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 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SVA 3: Songs of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Songs of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d
\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Ei-b\'e4ra karu\'eb\'e4 
\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 EI-B\'c4RA KARU\'cb\'c4\line }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 ei-b\'e4ro\'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 karu\'eb\'e4 koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please be merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava gos
\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Vai\'f1\'ebava Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patita-p\'e4vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who can purify the fallen souls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4 bine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub except for you; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub keho n\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is no one.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei-b\'e4ro koru\'eb\'e4 koro vai\'f1\'ebava gos\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 patita-p\'e4vana tom\'e4 vine keho n\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O Vai\'f1\'ebava Gosv\'e4m\'e9, please be merciful to me this one time. You are the savior of the fallen; without you there is no
 one. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 j\'e4h\'e4ra nika\'f6e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by whose mere audience; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gele\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub approaching; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4pa\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all sins; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dure j\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub go far 
away; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub emona doy\'e4la prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub such a merciful personality; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub keb\'e4 koth\'e4 p\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub where can anyone find?}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4h\'e4ra nika\'f6e gele p\'e4po d\'fcre y\'e4y
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 emana day\'e4la prabhu keb\'e4 koth\'e4 p\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Just by being in your presence, sins go far away. Where can anyone find such kindness? 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 ga\'ecg\'e4ra para\'e7a hoile\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub touching the waters of
 the sacred Ganges; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7c\'e4te p\'e4van\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one becomes purified later; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7ane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just by the sight of you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pavitra koro\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you immediately purify; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub th
is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4ra gu\'eb\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is your quality.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ga\'ecgara para\'e7a hoile pa\'e7c\'e4te p\'e4van
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dar\'e7ane pavitra koro-ei tom\'e4ra gu\'eb
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Merely by the touch of the waters of the sacred Ganges one becomes liberated, even if he is the lowest of mankind; but just by see
ing you, the same effect is achieved. Such is your quality.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 hari-sth\'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apar\'e4dhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub committing an offense; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4re hari-n
\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the holy name delivers them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4 sth\'e4ne apar\'e4dhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but if one commits an offense to you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4hi paritr\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97there is no means of deliverance.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-sth\'e4ne apar\'e4dhe t\'e4re harin\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4-sth\'e4ne apar\'e4dhe n\'e4hi paritr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub If one commits an offense at the feet of Lord Hari, he can be forgiven if he chants the holy name. But if one offends you, there i
s no salvation for him.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 tom\'e4ra h\'e5doye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in your heart; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4\'97always; govinda-vi\'e7r\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the resting place of Lord Govinda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda kohena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Govinda says; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mora vai\'f1\'ebava par\'e4\'eb
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'93The Vai\'f1\'ebavas are My heart.\'94}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-sth\'e4ne apar\'e4dhe t\'e4re harin\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4-sth\'e4ne apar\'e4dhe n\'e4hi paritr\'e4\'eb
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub In your heart Lord Govinda is always resting. \'c7r\'e9 Govinda Himself says, "I am the living force of My devotees."
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 prati-janme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in every birth I may take; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kori \'e4\'e7\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I desire; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'ebera
 dh\'fcli\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the dust of your holy feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narottame\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Narottama d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koro doy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please be kind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pan\'e4ra boli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and consider to be your own property.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prati-janme kari \'e4\'e7\'e4 cara\'ebera dh\'fcli
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narottame koro doy\'e4 \'e4pn\'e4ra boli'
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I hope that in every birth I will obtain the dust of your lotus feet. \'c7r\'e9 Narottama prays, "Please, O Vai\'f1\'ebava Gosv
\'e4m\'e9, be kind unto me."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Hari Hari! vifale
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart Hari Hari! vifale}{\*\bkmkend Hari Hari! vifale}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HARI HARI! VIPHALE\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari hari! bifale janama go\'ec\'e4inu
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manu\'f1ya-janama p\'e4iy\'e4, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4 bhajiy\'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 j\'e4niy\'e4 \'e7uniy\'e4 bi\'f1a kh\'e4inu
\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\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 hari h
ari!\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Hari!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub biphale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uselessly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janama go\'ec\'e4inu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have spent my life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manu\'f1ya-janama p\'e4iy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having obtained a human birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 bhajiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub having not worshiped; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4niy\'e4 \'e7uniy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub even after knowing and hearing about it; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1a kh\'e4inu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have drunk poison.
\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 O Lord Hari, I have wasted my life. Although I have taken this rare human birth, I have not served R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and
 thus I have knowingly drunk poison.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  hari! vifale janama go\'ec\'e4inu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 manu\'f1ya-janama p\'e4iy\'e4, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4 bhajiy\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e4niy\'e4 \'e7uniy\'e4 vi\'f1a kh\'e4inu
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub golokera prema-dhana, hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rati n\'e4 janmilo kene t\'e4y
\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\'e0s\'e4ra-bi\'f1\'e4nale, dib\'e4-ni\'e7i hiy\'e4 jwale,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jur\'e4ite n\'e4 koinu up\'e4y
\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\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 goloke
ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-dhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the treasure of divine love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the congregational cha
nting of Lord Hari's holy names; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my attraction; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 janmilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub never came about; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kene\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub why?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-vi\'f1\'e4nale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the fire of the poison of worldliness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub div\'e4-ni\'e7i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub day and night; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hiy\'e4 jvale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my heart burns; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ju\'f2\'e4ite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to relieve it; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 koinu up\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have not taken the means.
\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 The treasure of divine love in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana has descended as the congregational chanting of Lord Hari\'92s holy names. Why d
id my attraction for that chanting never come about? Day and night my heart burns in the fire of the poison of worldliness, and I have not accepted the means for relieving it.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 golokero prema-dhana, hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 rati n\'e4 janmilo kene t\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 so\'e0s\'e4ra-bi\'f1\'e4nale, dib\'e4ni\'e7i hiy\'e4 jvale,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ju\'f2\'e4ite n\'e4 kainu up\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brajendra-nandana jei, \'e7ac\'e9-suta hoilo sei,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub balar\'e4ma hoilo nit\'e4i
\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\'e9na-h\'e9na jata chilo, hari-n\'e4me uddh\'e4rilo,
\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\'e4ra \'e7\'e4k\'f1\'e9 jag\'e4i m\'e4dh\'e4i
\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\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 brajen
dra-nandana yei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of the King of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ac\'e9-suta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the son of \'e7ac\'e9 (Lord Caitanya); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub became; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
balar\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub became; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9na-h\'e9na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who were lowly and wretched; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata chilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all those souls who were; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-n\'e4me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the h
oly name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uddh\'e4rilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub were delivered; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t\'e4ra \'e7\'e4k\'f1\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the evidence of that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jag\'e4i m\'e4dh\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the two sinners named Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i.
\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 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of \'c7ac\'e9, and Balar\'e4ma became Nit\'e4i. The holy name delive
red all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i are evidence of this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3rd line}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sometimes quoted as}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : p\'e4p\'e9-t\'e4p\'e9 jata chilo hari-n\'e4me uddh\'e4rilo}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vrajendra-nandana yei, \'e7ac\'e9-suta hoilo 'sei,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 balar\'e4ma hoilo nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9na-h\'e9na yata chilo, hari-n\'e4me uddh\'e4rilo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4'ra \'e7\'e4k\'f1\'e9 jag\'e4i-m\'e4dh\'e4i
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nanda-suta, v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sut\'e4-juta,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub koru\'eb\'e4 karoho ei-b\'e4ro
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub narottama-d\'e4sa koy, n\'e4 \'f6heliho r\'e4\'ecg\'e4 p\'e4y,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tom\'e4 bine ke \'e4che \'e4m\'e4ra
\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\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 h\'e4 
h\'e4 prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alas! alas! O dear Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanda-suta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O son of Nanda!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sut\'e4 yuta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub accompanied by the daug
hter of V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koru\'eb\'e4 karoho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please be merciful to me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei-b\'e4ro\'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 narottama-d\'e4sa koy\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa says; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 \'f6heliho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub please do not push me away; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ra\'ecga p\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from Your reddish lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4 bine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub except for You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke \'e4che
 \'e4m\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is my beloved?
\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 O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, son of Nanda, accompanied by the daughter of V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, please be merciful to me now. Narottama D\'e4s
a says, \'93O Lord, please do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet, for who is my beloved except for You?\'94}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nanda-suta, v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-sut\'e4-yuta,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 karu\'eb\'e4 koroho ei-b\'e4ro
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narottama-d\'e4sa koy, n\'e4 \'f6heliho r\'e4\'ecg\'e4 p\'e4y,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4 vine ke \'e4che \'e4m\'e4ra
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord Hari, my life I've simply spoiled. Although I've taken this rare human birth, like a miser, I've not served my Lord. I've no
 love for You, R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so quite purposefully I've drunk poison. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub From Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana comes the chant of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97such spiritual sounds vibrate only from the planets of God. 
How unlucky that I've no taste for nectar such as this, no love for transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All matter is on blazing fire, and it is always burning my heart. Though ablaze, I've no desire to escape. Though my mind and body
 burn, I remain bound, trying to enjoy this holocaust. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, son of Mother \'c7ac\'e9, formerly son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, has now appeared with Lord Nity\'e4nanda, formerly 
Balar\'e4ma. They come chanting the holy names}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Hari, R\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's names, They extricate all kinds of fallen, sinful entities from the blaze of this dark age of iron. Even
 two drunkards, Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i, are delivered, purified by Their songs. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, now You are before me with R\'e4dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e9, daughter of King V\'e5\'f1a
bh\'e4nu. O Lord! Please cast your glance of mercy upon me. I Narottama d\'e4sa, now plead to You, Lord. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now I surrender to You fully. Please don't kick Narottama d\'e4sa away, for he has no shelter but Your lotus feet. Glance merciful
ly, O Lord, glance mercifully on Narottama dasa, who is pleading at Your feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [681113LE.LA,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub 681226PU.LA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  690910PU.HAM]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Hari he day\'e4la
\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 HARI HE DAY\'c4LA\line }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 hari he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Hari!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub doy\'e4l mor\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my merciful Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-n\'e4t
h\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all glories to You, the Lord of R\'e4dh\'e4!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4ro b\'e4ro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub again and again (I have pleaded with You); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei-b\'e4ro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but
 this time; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please take me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nija s\'e4th\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as Your own.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari he day\'e4lo mora jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-n\'e4tha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 b\'e4ro b\'e4ro ei-b\'e4ro laho nija-s\'e4tha
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O \'c7r\'e9 Hari! O Lord of R\'e4dha! Be kind unto me again and again. Please, this time, take me to Your lotus feet. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bahu yoni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub through many wombs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhrami'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after wandering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loinu \'e7ara\'eb\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have taken
 refuge in You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nija-gu\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by Your divine power; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4 koro'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub be merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhama-t\'e4ra\'eb\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and deliver this wretched soul.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bahu yoni bhrami' n\'e4tha! loinu \'e7ara\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nija-gu\'ebe k\'e5p\'e4 koro' adhama-t\'e4ra\'eba
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Through many wombs have I traveled before surrendering to You. Please pick me up}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I, who am unqualified. 
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jagata-k\'e4ra\'eba tumi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You are the cause of the un
iverse; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagata-j\'e9van\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and the life of the universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4r n\'e4hi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub no one has anything; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he r\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eb\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub O lover of R\'e4dh\'e4!}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jagata-k\'e4ra\'eba tumi jagata-j\'e9vana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2\'e4 kara nahi he r\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the cause and divine force of the universe, and there is no other controller than You. O Supreme Lord, O bliss of R\'e4dha
,
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bhuvana-ma\'ecgala tumi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You bring about auspiciousne
ss for the world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvaner pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and You are the master of all the worlds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tumi upekhile\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub if I neglect You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4tha\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki hoibe gati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub what will
 be my fate?}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhubana-ma\'ecgala tumi bhuvanera pati
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tumi upekhile n\'e4tha ki hoibe gati
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the only source of good fortune in this world, and You are its master. Please instruct me as to my true goal and resting p
lace.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 bh\'e4viy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub after having considered it; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dekhinu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have seen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei jagata-m
\'e4jh\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within this world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4 bin\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub except for You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub keho n\'e4hi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is no one; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e d\'e4se uddh\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who can deliver this fallen servant.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bh\'e4viy\'e4 dekhinu ei jagata m\'e4jh\'e4re
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4 vin\'e4 keho n\'e4hi e d\'e4se uddh\'e4re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I have seen and considered this whole world, and without You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is nothing that can save me. 
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: L\'e4las\'e4-may\'e9 ('gaur\'e4\'ecga' bolite habe)
\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 L\'c4LAS\'c4MAY\'c9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf1\nosupersub [from Pr\'e4rthan\'e4]\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'gaur\'e4\'ecga' bolite habe pulaka-\'e7ar\'e9ra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'hari hari' bolite nayane ba' be n\'e9ra
\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\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 \'91ga
ur\'e4\'ecga' bolite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub while chanting the holy name of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\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 it be?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pulaka-\'e7ar\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shivering bodi
ly limbs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'91hari hari' bolite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub while chanting the holy name of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nayane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from my eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ba'be n\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tears will fall.
\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 When will that opportune moment come to me when there will be shivering of the body as soon as I chant Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga's name? And
 after the shivering, while chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, when will there be tears pouring down from my eyes?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L\'e4las\'e4-may\'e9 Pr\'e4rthan\'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\nosupersub (from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pr\'e4rthan\'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 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'gaur\'e4\'ecga' bolite}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  ha'be pulaka \'e7ar\'e9ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 'hari hari' bolite nayane ba' be n\'e9ra
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
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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\'e0s\'e4ra-b\'e4san\'e4 mora kabe tuccha ha'be
\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\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 \'e4ra
 kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i-cander koru\'eb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the compassion of the moonlike Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoibe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will be shown to me; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-vasan\'e4 mora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my worldly desires; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuccha ha'be\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will become very insignificant.
\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 And when will Nity\'e4nanda bestow His causeless mercy upon me so that my desire for material enjoyment will become very insignifi
cant? When will that time come?}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4ra kabe nit\'e4i-c\'e4\'ecdera koru\'eb\'e4 hoibe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 so\'e0s\'e4ra-v\'e4san\'e4 mora kabe tuccha ha'be
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
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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 vi\'f1aya ch\'e4riy\'e4 kabe \'e7uddha ha 'be mana
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kabe h\'e4ma herabo \'e7r\'e9-b\'e5nd\'e4bana
\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\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 vi\'f1
aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giving up sense gratification; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uddha ha'be\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will become completely purified; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e4ma herabo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I will behold; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-b\'e5nd\'e4bana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the transcendental realm of \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\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 my mind is completely purified, being freed from material anxieties and desires, then I shall be able to understand V\'e5nd
\'e4vana and the conjugal love of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then my spiritual life will be successful.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 3}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'f1aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 kabe \'e7uddha ha 'be mana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe h\'e4ma herabo \'e7r\'e9-v\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\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\'fcpa-raghun\'e4tha-pade hoibe \'e4kuti
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kabe h\'e4ma bujhabo se jugala-p\'e9riti
\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\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 r\'fcp
a-raghun\'e4tha-pade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for the feet of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoi
be \'e4kuti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will be eager; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub when?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e4ma bujhabo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will understand; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jugala-p\'e9riti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the conjugal loving affairs of the divine couple.
\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 shall I be very much eager to study the books left by the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s? One has to learn of the conjugal loving affairs
 of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the teachings of these Six Gosvam\'e9s.
\par }\pard }}{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcpa-raghun\'e4tha-pade hoibe \'e4kuti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kabe h\'e4ma bujhabo se yugala-p\'e9riti
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'fcpa-raghun\'e4tha-pade rahu mora \'e4\'e7a\line pr\'e4rthan\'e4 koroye sad\'e4 narottama-d\'e4sa
\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\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 r\'fcp
a-raghun\'e4tha-pade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the feet of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rahu
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may it remain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mora \'e4\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub my hope; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4rthan\'e4 koroye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub making prayers; }{\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 always; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narottama-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is this Narottama d\'e4sa.
\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 Narottama D\'e4sa always longs to remain at the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa and Raghun\'e4tha D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9s.
\par }\pard }}{\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\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcpa-raghun\'e4tha-pade rahu mora \'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pr\'e4rthan\'e4 koroye sad\'e4 narottamo-d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 681229PU.LA}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Purport to L\'e4las\'e4-may\'e9 Pr\'e4rthan\'e4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 3: Purport to Lalasamayi Prarthana}{\*\bkmkend SVA 3: Purport to Lalasamayi Prarthana}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Purport}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\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 This song was sung by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, a great devotee and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ry
a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava-samprad\'e4ya, the disciplic succession coming down from Lord Caitanya. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has written many songs which are 
recognized as authority by all Vai\'f1\'ebavas. He has sung these songs in simple Bengali language, but the purport\'97the deep meaning of his songs\'97is very significant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this song he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'gaur\'e4\'ecga' bolite ha'be pulaka \'e7ar\'e9ra. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One has attained the perfection of chanting when as soon as he chants the name of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga, who initiated 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, at once there is shivering in his body. This is not to be imitated, but Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura is asking, "When will that o
pportune moment come to us when there will be shivering of the body as soon as we chant Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga's name?" And after the shivering: '}{\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  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari' bolite nayane ba 'be n\'e9ra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "whi
le chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there will}{\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 be tears in the eyes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4ra kabe nit\'e4i-c\'e4\'ecdera koru\'eb\'e4 hoibe. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are all asking about the mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda. Nity\'e4nanda is supposed to be the original spiritual master, so we have to approach Gaur\'e4\'ecga, Lord Caitanya, through the m
ercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda. What is the symptom of a person who has achieved the causeless mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda? Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says that the symptom of one who has actually received the causeless mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda is th
at he has no more material desire. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4ra kabe nit\'e4i-c\'e4ndera koru\'eb\'e4 hoibe so\'e0s\'e4ra-v\'e4san\'e4 mora kabe tuccha ha'be. So\'e0s\'e4ra-v\'e4san\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means desire for material enjoyment, and Narottama d\'e4sa wonders when it will become very insignificant. Of course, as long as we have bodies we have to accept so many material things, 
but not in the spirit of enjoyment, but only to keep body and soul together.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa says further, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'fcpa-raghun\'e4tha-pade hoibe \'e4kuti: }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When shall I be very much eager to study the books left by the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s?" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4kuti }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means eagerness. Because R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is the father of devotional service, he has written a book called }{\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 in which there are nice directions on devotional service. These topics are also dealt with 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 and other books, and we have given the summary of those directions in our book, }{\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 One has to learn of the conjugal loving affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the teaching
s of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura directs us not to try to understand the conjugal love of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba by our own endeavor. We should try to understand this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yugala-p\'e9riti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conjugal love, under the direction of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as the mind is too much absorbed in the materialistic thought, one cannot enter into the kingdom of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
But Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 kabe \'e7uddha habe mana kabe h\'e4ma herabo \'e7r\'e9-v\'e5nd\'e4bana: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When the mind is completely purified, being freed from material anxieties and desires, then I shall be able to understand V\'e5nd\'e4vana and the conjugal love of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then 
my spiritual life will be successful."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [purport 1, 2, 3]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: N\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana (hari haraye nama\'f9 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 HARI HARAYE NAMA\'d9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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
\fs24\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari haraye nama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba y\'e4dav\'e4ya nama\'f9\line y\'e4dav\'e4ya m\'e4dhav\'e4ya ke\'e7av\'e4ya nama\'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\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 hari h
araye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba y\'e4dav\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba known as Y\'e4dava (the best
 of the Yadu dynasty); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4dav\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Y\'e4dava; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dhav\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto M\'e4dhava, the husband of the goddess of fortune; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7av\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub unto Ke\'e7ava, He of fine hair; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 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 O Lord Hari, O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I offer my obeisances to You, who are known as Hari, Y\'e4dava, M\'e4dhava, and Ke\'e7ava.}}}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 (hari)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 haraye nama\'f9,}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  k\'e5\'f1\'eba y\'e4dav\'e4ya nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4dav\'e4ya m\'e4dhav\'e4ya ke\'e7av\'e4ya nama\'f9\line }{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 \'c4di }{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 17.122}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e4la govinda r\'e4ma \'e7r\'e9-madhus\'fcdana\line giridh\'e4r\'e9 gop\'e9n\'e4tha madana-mohana
\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\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 gop
\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub He appears as a cowherd boy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pleaser of the cows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the reservoir of pleasure; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-madhus\'fcdana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the magnificent killer of the demon named Madhu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giridh\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lifter of Govardhana Hill; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9n\'e4tha\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lord of the cowherd damsels; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madana-mohana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub the enchanter of Cupid.
\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 Gop\'e4la, Govinda, R\'e4ma, \'c7r\'e9 Madhus\'fcdana, Giridh\'e4r\'e9 Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, and Madana-mohana!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 2}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 2}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e4la govinda r\'e4ma \'e7r\'e9-madhus\'fcdan
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 giri-dh\'e4r\'e9 gop\'e9-n\'e4tha madana-mohan
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-caitanya-nity\'e4nanda \'e7r\'e9-advaita-s\'e9t\'e4\line hari guru vai\'f1\'ebaba bh\'e4gavata g\'e9t\'e4
\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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-caitanya-nity\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanting the names of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-adva
ita-s\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Advaita \'e4c\'e4rya and his wife S\'e9t\'e4 \'d6h\'e4kur\'e4\'eb\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the spi
ritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all the assembled devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam; g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Bhagavad-G\'e9t\'e4. 
\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 glories to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda! All glories to \'c7r\'e9 Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya and His consort, \'c7r\'e9 S
\'e9t\'e4 \'d6h\'e4kur\'e4\'eb\'e9. All glories to Lord Hari, to the spiritual master, the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, and \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 3}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 3}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-caitanya nity\'e4nanda \'e7r\'e9-advaita s\'e9t\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari, guru, vai\'f1\'ebava, bh\'e4gavata, g\'e9t\'e4
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpa san\'e4tana bha\'f6\'f6a-raghun\'e4tha\line \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va gop\'e4la-bha\'f6\'f6a d\'e4sa-raghun\'e4tha
\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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-r\'fcpa san\'e4tana bha\'f6\'f6a-raghun\'e4th \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va gop\'e4la-bha\'f6\'f6a d\'e4sa-raghun\'e4th\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanting the names of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s : \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcp
a, San\'e4tana, Raghun\'e4th Bha\'f6\'f6a, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a, and Raghun\'e4th d\'e4sa.
\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 glories to \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 J
\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 4}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 4}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpa, {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 4}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 4}\'e7r\'e9-san\'e4tana, bha\'f6\'f6a-raghun\'e4th
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va gop\'e4la-bha\'f6\'f6a d\'e4sa-raghun\'e4th
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ei chay gos\'e4ir kori cara\'eba vandan\line j\'e4h\'e4 hoite bighna-n\'e4\'e7 abh\'e9\'f1\'f6a-p\'fcra\'eb
\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\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 ei cha
y gos\'e4ir\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kori\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba vandan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances unto their feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4 hoite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by which; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vighna-n\'e4\'e7\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obstacles to devotion are destroyed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9\'f1\'f6a-p\'fcra\'eb\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all spiritual desires are fulfilled.
\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 obeisances to the feet of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Bowing to them destroys all obstacles to devotional service and ful
fills all spiritual desires.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 5}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 5}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei chay gos\'e4i kori cara\'eba-}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vandan
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4h\'e4 hoite vighnan\'e4\'e7 abh\'e9\'f1\'f6a-p\'fcra\'eb
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Six
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ei chay gos\'e4i j\'e4r-mui t\'e4r d\'e4s\line t\'e4-sab\'e4ra pada-re\'ebu mora pa\'efca-gr\'e4s
\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\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 ei cha
y gos\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whoever is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mui\'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\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub their; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub servant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4-sab\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all of them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-re\'ebu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the dust of the feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'efca-gr\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub five kinds of foodstuffs.
\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 am the servant of that person who is a servant of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. The dust of their lotus feet is my five kinds of foo
ds.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 6}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 6}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei chay gos\'e4i y\'e4r, mui t\'e4ro d\'e4s
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4\'ec'sab\'e4ra pada-re\'ebu mora pa\'efca-gr\'e4s
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Seven
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4dera cara\'eba-sebi-bhakta-sane b\'e4s\line janame janame hoy ei abhil\'e4\'f1
\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\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 t\'e4
\'ecdera cara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sevi bhakta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub those devotees who serve; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sane v\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub living along
 with; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janame janame\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub birth after birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei abhil\'e4\'e7\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this is my desire. 
\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 my desire: that birth after birth I may live with those devotees who serve the lotus feet of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 7}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 7}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4dera cara\'eba sevi bhakta-sane v\'e4s
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 janame janame hoy ei abhil\'e4\'f1
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Eight
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ei chay gos\'e4i jabe braje koil\'e4 b\'e4s\line r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-nitya-l\'e9l\'e4 koril\'e4 prak\'e4\'e7
\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\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 ei cha
y gos\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub when; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vraje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub koil\'e4 v\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lived; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-nitya-l\'e9l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the eternal pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koril\'e4 prak\'e4\'e7\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they revealed. 
\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 these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s lived in Vraja they revealed the lost holy places and explained the eternal pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 
and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 8}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 8}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei chay gos\'e4i yabe braje koil\'e4 v\'e4s
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-nitya-l\'e9l\'e4 koril\'e4 prok\'e4\'e7
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Nine
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nande bolo hari bhaja b\'e5nd\'e4ban\line \'e7r\'e9-guru-vai\'f1\'ebaba-pade maj\'e4iy\'e4 man
\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\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 \'e4na
nde\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just 
chant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the names of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhaja\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4ban\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the transcendental realm of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-guru vai\'f1\'ebava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the
 spiritual master and the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maj\'e4iy\'e4 man\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub absorbing your mind in meditation.
\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 Just shout the names of Lord Hari in great ecstasy and worship the transcendental realm of V\'e5nd\'e4vana while absorbing your mi
nd in meditation upon the divine feet of the spiritual master and the Vai\'f1\'ebavas.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Nama-sankirtana 9}{\*\bkmkend Nama-sankirtana 9}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nande bolo hari, bhaja v\'e5nd\'e4van
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-guru-vai\'f1\'ebava-pade maj\'e4iy\'e4 man
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Ten
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-guru-vai\'f1\'ebaba-pada-padma kori \'e4\'e7\line narottama d\'e4sa kohe n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-guru-vai\'f1\'ebava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of \'c7r\'e9 Guru and the Vai\'f1\'ebavas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-padma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kori \'e4\'e7\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I am desi
ring; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the glorification of the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kohe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sings; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narottama d\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the author, Narottama d\'e4s \'d6h\'e4kura.
\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 Desiring to serve the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 Guru and the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, Narottama D\'e4sa sings this sa\'eck\'e9rtana of the h
oly names of Lord Hari.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 10] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-guru-vai\'f1\'ebava-p\'e4d-padma kori \'e4\'e7
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana kohe narottama d\'e4s
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Purport to N\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 3: Purport to Nama-sankirtana}{\*\bkmkend SVA 3: Purport to Nama-sankirtana}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Purport}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bha
ktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This song of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura is very famous among devotees in Bengal and Orissa. When Lord Caitanya returned from Gay\'e4, where He was 
initiated by \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, He was completely transformed into a God-intoxicated personality whom His students of grammar had never known before. Instead of teaching ordinary grammar studies, Lord Caitanya explained every sentence in suc
h a way that every Sanskrit word and every letter was understood to indicate K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This form of grammar was later on developed by \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in a book called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hari-n\'e4m\'e4m\'e5ta-vy\'e4kara\'eba, The Grammar of the Nectar and Name of \'c7r\'e9 Hari.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But Lord Caitanya's stude
nts thought that their teacher had become mad, and they rubbed His head with Vi\'f1\'ebu oil, an oil that cools the brain. Finally they asked Him, "You say that everything means K\'e5\'f1\'eba and we should ultimately always be chanting the names of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just how should we do this?" Then Lord Caitanya began to sing the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and clap His hands, and He began His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement. The names He sang are the first two lines of this song, and Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura and others have placed these names in the beginning of their writings to immorta
lize these events in the memory of everyone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura chants the names of Lord Caitanya, Nity\'e4nanda, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita and S\'e9t\'e4 (Lord Advaita's consort). Since Lord Hari, the sp
iritual master, and 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are all on the transcendental platform, they are given the same respect. Then \'c7r\'e9la Narottama D\'e4sa chants the names of the six
 Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. "I offer my obeisances at their feet," he sings, "which destroy sufferings accumulated over many long years. I am the servant of these six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, and the dust of their lotus feet is my five kinds of foodstuffs. To serve their lo
tus feet and keep the association of devotees is my only business, birth after birth." When the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were staying at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they revealed the eternal transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Befor
e Lord Caitanya the exact location of the places of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes were not known, and therefore Lord Caitanya instructed the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s to uncover the holy places and construct temples. The temple of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 D\'e4modara
 is situated near the location of 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, and \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and th
e other Gosv\'e4m\'e9s used to gather there and discuss the topics of their literatures, which scientifically explained the super-excellent pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By revelation of the places of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's pastimes, by excavation and by authoritative books, they revealed the pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, "In great ecstasy shout the name of Hari and serve the real transcendental mas
ter and devotees." He concludes by saying, "With all hopes in the lotus feet of 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  and the h
oly Vai\'f1\'ebavas, Narottama D\'e4sa sings 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  of Lord Hari}{\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 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\'e4m
a R\'e4ma Hare Hare."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Sakh\'e9-v\'e5nde Vij\'efapti (r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba pr\'e4\'eba mora)
\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 SAKH\'c9V\'c5NDE VIJ\'cfAPTI\line
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {
\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dha and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 pr\'e4\'eba mora\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 are my life and soul; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 yugala-ki
\'e7ora\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the youthful couple; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 j\'e9vane mara\'ebe\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 in life or in death; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gati\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 refuge; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e4ra n\'e4hi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 no other; }{\i\f0\fs28
\cf2 mora\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 my.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 1)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba pr\'e4\'eba mora, yugala-ki\'e7ora
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9vane mara\'ebe gati, \'e4ra n\'e4hi mora\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 O Radha-Krsna, R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba! R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my living force! O youthful couple, in life or death
 I have nothing more than You.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4lind\'e9ra k\'fcle\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 on the bank of the Yamun\'e4; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 keli-kadambera vana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 in a forest of }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 kadamba }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 
trees; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ratana-ved\'e9ra upara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 upon a throne made of brilliant jewels; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 bos\'e4bo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 I will seat; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 du'jana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the divine couple.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 2)}{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2  k\'e4lind\'e9ra k\'fcle keli,-kadambera vana
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ratana-ved\'e9ra uparo, bos\'e4bo dujana\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 On the banks of the Yamun\'e4 in a grove of flowering }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 kadamba}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6  trees, I will prepare a gold
en throne and seat You there.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e7y\'e4ma-gaur\'e9-a\'ecge\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 on Their dark and fair forms; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 dibo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 I will anoint; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 c\'fcy\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 cond
ensed perfume; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 candanera gandha\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 scented sandalwood paste; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 c\'e4mara\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 with a }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 c\'e4mara }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 whisk; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 dhul\'e4bo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 I will
 fan Them; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 kabe heri\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 when will I behold?; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 mukha-candra\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Their moonlike faces.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 3)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  \'e7y\'e4ma-gaur\'e9 a\'ecge dibo, candanera gandha
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 c\'e4mara \'f2hul\'e4bo kabe, heribo mukha-candra\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 I will anoint Your dark and fair forms with sandalwood pulp scented with }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 aguru}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 . I
 will fan You with a peacock tail fan and see Your two moonlike faces.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 g\'e4thiy\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 after stringing together; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 m\'e4lat\'e9r m\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 garlands of jasmine flowers; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 dibo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28
\cf2 I will place them; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 doh\'e4ra gale\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 around both Their necks; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 adhare\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 to Their lotus mouths; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 tuliy\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 lifting; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 dibo\'97}{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2 I will offer; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 karp\'fcra-t\'e4mb\'fcle\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 betel nuts scented with camphor.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 4)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  g\'e4nthiy\'e4 m\'e4lat\'e9ra m\'e4l\'e4, dibo doh\'e4ra gale
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 adhare tuliy\'e4 dibo, karp\'fcra-t\'e4mb\'fcle\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 I will string garlands of }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 m\'e4lat\'e9}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6  flowers and place them around Your Lordships
' necks, and for Your lotus lips I will offer betel leaves scented with camphor.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 lalit\'e4 vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-\'e4di\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 headed by Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 yata sakh\'e9-v\'e5nda\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 of all the }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sakh
\'e9s}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e4j\'ef\'e4ya\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 on the orders; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koribo sev\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 I will serve; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 cara\'eb\'e4ravinda\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the lotus feet of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 5)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  lalit\'e4 vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-\'e4di, yata sakh\'e9v\'e5nda
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4j\'ef\'e4ya karibo sev\'e4, cara\'eb\'e4ravinda\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 By the side of Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 I will stand, ready to fulfill any order of service at their lotus feet
.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-prabhur\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Prabhu; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 d\'e4ser anud\'e4sa\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the servant of the serva
nt; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sev\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 this service to the divine couple; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 abhil\'e4\'f1a kore\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 longs for; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 narottama-d\'e4sa\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 this Narottama d\'e4sa.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 6)}{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2  \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-prabhura, d\'e4sera anud\'e4sa
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sev\'e4 abhil\'e4\'f1a kore, narottama-d\'e4sa\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 Narottama d\'e4sa, the servant of the servant of the servant of Lord Caitanya, says: "Allow me to engage in these pastimes
 of devotional service."\cell}
\row \pard

\par \pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Sap\'e4r\'f1ada-gaura-viraha-vil\'e4pa (je \'e4nilo prema-dhana)
\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 SAP\'c4R\'d1ADA-GAURA-VIRAHA-VIL
\'c4PA\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ye anilo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 he who brought; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 prema-dhana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the treasure of divine love; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koru\'eb\'e4 pracur\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 who was 
filled with compassion and mercy; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 heno prabhu\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 such a personality; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koth\'e4 gel\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where has he gone?; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e4c\'e4rya-\'f6h\'e4kur\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'c7r\'e9niv
\'e4sa \'e4c\'e4rya.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 1)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  ye \'e4nilo prema-dhana karu\'eb\'e4 pracur
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 heno prabhu koth\'e4 gel\'e4 \'e4c\'e4rya \'f6h\'e4kur\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 That personality who delivered the treasure of }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 prema-bhakti}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 , who was so inte
nse with compassion\'97where is such a personality to be found as \'c7r\'e9 \'c4c\'e4rya \'d6h\'e4kura (\'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya)?\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where is; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 mora\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 my; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 svar\'fcp r\'fcpa\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where is; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 san\'e4tan\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where is; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 d\'e4sa raghun\'e4tha patita-p\'e4van
\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the savior of the fallen.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 2)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  k\'e4h\'e4 mora svar\'fcpa-r\'fcpa k\'e4h\'e4 son\'e4tan
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4h\'e4 d\'e4sa-raghun\'e4tha patita-p\'e4van\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 Where are the saviors of the fallen souls? Where is my Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, and where are R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and S
an\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9? Where is Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa to be found? \cell}
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\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where is; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 mora\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 my; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 bha\'f6\'f6a yuga\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the two Bha\'f6\'f6as (Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6
\'f6a and Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9); }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where is; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 kavir\'e4j\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 eka-k\'e4le\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 all at once; }{
\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koth\'e4 gel\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where have they gone?; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gor\'e4 na\'f6a-r\'e4j\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga, the great dancer.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 3)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  k\'e4h\'e4 mora bha\'f6\'f6a-yuga k\'e4h
\'e4 kavir\'e4j
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 eka-k\'e4le koth\'e4 gel\'e4 gaur\'e4 na\'f6a-r\'e4j\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 Where are my Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a and Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9s? Where am I to find \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja now? All at once they have gone to join Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga, the great dancer.\cell}
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\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 p\'e4\'f1\'e4\'ebe\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 against the rock; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ku\'f6ibo m\'e4th\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 I will pound my head; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 anale pa\'e7ibo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28
\cf2 I will enter the fire; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gaur\'e4\'ecga\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 gu\'ebera nidhi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the reservoir of all wonderful qualities; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koth\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 where?; }{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2 gele p\'e4bo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 may I go in order to find.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 4)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  p\'e4\'f1\'e4\'ebe ku\'f6ibo m\'e4th\'e4, anale pa\'e7ibo
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur\'e4\'ecga gu\'ebera nidhi koth\'e4 gele p\'e4bo\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 To reach such a perfect personality as Lord Caitanya, I can only break my head against the stone in the anguish of s
eparation.\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 se-saba\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 all these; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sa\'ecg\'e9ra sa\'ecge\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the association of all these devotees of the Lord; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ye\'97}{\i\f0\fs28
\cf2 with whom; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koilo vil\'e4s\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga performed His pastimes; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 se-sa\'ecga\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 their association; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 n\'e4 p\'e4iy\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 being unable to obt
ain; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 k\'e4nde narottama d\'e4s\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Narottama d\'e4sa simply weeps.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 5)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  se saba sa\'ecg\'e9ra sa\'ecge ye koilo vil\'e4s
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se sa\'ecga n\'e4 p\'e4iy\'e4 k\'e4nde narottamo d\'e4s\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 They have all gone off together in their own }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 l\'e9l\'e4}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6  (pastimes). Narotta
ma d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says: "Unable to obtain their association, I must simply weep."\cell}
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\par \pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: S\'e4vara\'eba-gaura-mahim\'e4 (gaur\'e4\'ecgera du\'f6i pada)
\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 S\'c4VARA\'cbA-GAURA-MAHIM\'c4
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera du\'f6i pada, j\'e4r dhana sampada,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se j\'e4ne bhakati-rasa-s\'e4r
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera madhura-l\'e9l\'e4, j\'e4r kar\'ebe prave\'e7il\'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 h\'e5doya nirmala bhelo t\'e4r
\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\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 gaur
\'e4\'ecgera\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub du\'f6i pada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the two lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhana sampada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wealth and treasure; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se jane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that person; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakati-rasa-s\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (they understa
nd) the essence of devotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhura-l\'e9l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the sweet pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4r kar\'ebe
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in whose ear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prave\'e7ila\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub has entered; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5doya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirmala bhelo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97becomes purified; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his.
\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 has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya as his only asset knows the true essence of devotional service. The he
art of anyone who gives submissive aural reception to the pleasing and sweet pastimes of Lord Caitanya immediately becomes cleansed of all material contamination.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1]}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur\'e4\'ecgera du\'f6i pada}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 , y\'e4ra dhana-sampada,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se j\'e4ne bhakati-rasa-s\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur\'e4\'ecgera madhura-l\'e9l\'e4, y\'e4ra kar\'ebe prave\'e7il\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 h\'e5doy nirmala bhelo t\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub je gaur\'e4\'ecgera n\'e4ma loy, t\'e4ra hoy premodoy,
\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\'e4re mui j\'e4i bolih\'e4ri
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecga-gu\'ebete jhure, nitya-l\'e9l\'e4 t\'e4re sphure,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se jana bhakati-adhik\'e4r\'e9
\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\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 je\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lo
rd Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma loy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chants the holy name; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub it is affected; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub premodoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the awakening of divine love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mui\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I (say); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4i bolihari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bravo, very nice!; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecga-gu\'ebete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub appreciating the qualities of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jhure\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (if someone) cries; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya-l\'e9l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then the Lord's eternal pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub unto him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sphure\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are manifest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub se jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that person; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakati-adhik\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is qualified to perform devotional service.
\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 simply chants the name of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya will immediately develop love of Godhead. I offer him all c
ongratulations by saying \'93Bravo!\'94 If anyone feels ecstasy and cries by simply hearing the transcendental qualities of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, he at once understands the eternal loving affairs between R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye gaur\'e4\'ecgera n\'e4ma loya, t\'e4ra hoy premodoya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4re mu\'efi y\'e4i balih\'e4ri
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur\'e4\'ecga-gu\'ebete jhure, nitya-l\'e9l\'e4 t\'e4re sphure,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se jana bhakati-adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera sa\'ecgi-ga\'ebe, nitya-siddha kori' m\'e4ne,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se j\'e4y brajendra-suta-p\'e4\'e7
\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-gau\'f2a-ma\'eb\'f2ala-bh\'fcmi, jeb\'e4 j\'e4ne cint\'e4ma\'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 t\'e4ra hoy braja-bh\'fcme b\'e4s
\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\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 gaur
\'e4\'ecgera\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecgi-ga\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the associates; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya-siddha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternally liberated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kori' m\'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub considers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se j\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that person goes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brajendra-suta-p\'e4\'e7\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub to the company of the son of the king of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gau\'f2a-ma\'eb\'f2ala-bh\'fcmi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
the holy land of Navadv\'e9pa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jeb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whoever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub understands; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that it's made of transcendental touchstones; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra hoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his is; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub braja-bh\'fcme b\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub residence in the holy land of Vraja.
\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 has understood that the associates of Lord Caitanya are eternally liberated souls immediately becomes eligible to enter
 into the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, in his next birth. If anyone understands that there is no difference between Gau\'f2a-ma\'eb\'f2ala, the place in West Bengal wherein Lord Caitanya had His pastimes, a
nd the transcendental abode of \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma, then he actually lives in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard }}{\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  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaur\'e4\'ecgera sa\'ecgi-ga\'ebe}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 , nitya-siddha kori m\'e4ne,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se y\'e4ya vrajendra-suta-p\'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-gau\'f2a-ma\'eb\'f2ala-bh\'fcmi, yeb\'e4 j\'e4ne cint\'e4ma\'ebi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4ra hoy vrajabh\'fcme v\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaura-prema-ras\'e4r\'ebave, \'e7e tara\'ecge jeb\'e4 \'f2ube,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava-antara\'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 g\'e5he b\'e4 vanete th\'e4ke, 'h\'e4 gaur\'e4\'ecga' bo'le \'f2\'e4ke,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub narottama m\'e4ge t\'e4ra sa\'ecga
\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\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 gaura-
prema\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of love for Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ras\'e4r\'ebave\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the ecstatic mellow-ocean; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se tara\'ecge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in those waves; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jeb\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whoever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f2ube\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dives; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that person; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava-antara\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (becomes) one of the confidential associates of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4
dh\'e4 and M\'e4dhava; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at home; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub v\'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 vanete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub in the forest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub th\'e4ke\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub living; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'91h\'e4 gaur\'e4\'ecga' bo'le\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanting \'93O Gaur\'e4\'ecga!\'94; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f2\'e4ke\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shouting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narottama m\'e4ge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub N
arottama begs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra sa\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his company.
\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 takes pleasure in sporting within the waves of the ocean of Lord Caitanya\'92s distribution of love of God immediately 
becomes a confidential devotee of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-M\'e4dhava. It doesn\'92t matter whether such a devotee is in the renounced order of life or whether he is a householder. If he is actually taking part in Lord Caitanya\'92s sa\'eck\'e9rta
na activities and actually understanding what it is, then such a person is always liberated. Narottama D\'e4sa aspires for his association.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gaura-prema-ras\'e4r\'ebave, \'e7e tara\'ecge yeb\'e4 \'f2ube,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava-antara\'ecga
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 g\'e5he v\'e4 vanete th\'e4ke, 'h\'e4 gaur\'e4\'ecga' bole \'f2\'e4ke,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narottama m\'e4ge t\'e4ra sa\'ecga
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Purport to S\'e4vara\'eba-gaura-mahim\'e4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 3: Purport to Savarana-sri-gaura-mahima}{\*\bkmkend SVA
 3: Purport to Savarana-sri-gaura-mahima}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Purport \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\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\cb1\nosupersub This is a song by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura in praise of the glories of Lord Caitanya. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Gaur\'e4\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to Lord Caitanya, who has a fair complexion. One who has a fair complexion is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaura}{\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 since Lord Caitanya was very fair, just like molten gold, He w
as also named Gaurasundara. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera du\'f6i pada, y\'e4ra dhana-sampada, se j\'e4ne bhakati-rasa-s\'e4ra.}{\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 Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service. Dev
otional service is very difficult. It cannot be understood by any ordinary man. As 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 out of many thousands of persons who are trying to achieve the perfection of human life, only some actually become perfect and realize the self. And out of many thousands of such self-realized persons, only one can understand 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how can one engage himself in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Therefore, the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an ordinary thing. But, fortunately, if one follows in the footsteps of Lord Cai
tanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (gaur\'e4\'ecgera du\'f6i pada) }{\b0\i0\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub following the path shown by Lord Caitanya\'97the process of simply chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97he can very easily understand what devotional serv
ice is. Therefore, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura prays that one take shelter of Lord Caitanya and follow in His footsteps, for then one can understand the essence of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's pastimes are very pleasing because the basic principles of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's movement are chanting, dancing, and eating 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 He made His headquarters in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 and would dance, chant, and then imm
ediately call for }{\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 be distributed to the devotees. They were so pleased that every d
ay hundreds of men would come to chant and dance with Lord Caitanya. The temple proprietor, the King of Orissa, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra, had an open order to the workers in the temple to supply as much }{\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 Lord Caitanya's devotees as they wanted. Therefore, His pastimes are very pleasant: chant, dance, and 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 If one is captivated by the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, simply by chanting and dancing 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 the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed. The heart of anyone who takes to this
 movement of chanting, dancing, and eating 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 will surely be cleansed of a
ll dirty material contamination. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says very rightly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera madhura-l\'e9l\'e4, y\'e4ra kar\'ebe prave\'e7il\'e4, h\'e5doy nirmala bhel
o t\'e4ra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if one wants to cleanse his heart, he must take to the movement of Lord Caitanya, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is so nice that one who simply takes the holy name of Gaurasundara, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, will immediately develop love of God. Generally
, devotees first chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu nity\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for the preliminar
y process of cleansing the heart is to invoke the mercy of Lord Caitanya, Lord Nity\'e4nanda, and Their associates. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L\'e9l\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "pastimes." Without associates there cannot be pastimes, so Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is always accompanied by associates\'97Nity\'e4nanda, Advaita, Gad\'e4dhara, \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, and many other devotees. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "his," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hoy }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "it is effected," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub premodoy }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub refers to development of love of God. Simply by chanting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu nity\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one immediately develops love of God. To such a person Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, "Bravo!" to encourage him in chanting Lord Caitanya's name and dancing: just as we clap and say, "Bravo!" similarly he says, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4i bolih\'e4ri: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Very nice. Excellent!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecga-gu\'ebete jhure, nitya-l\'e9l\'e4 t\'e4re sphure:}{\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 one appreciates the me
rciful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and feels ecstasy and sometimes cries, this process will immediately help him to understand the pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nitya-l\'e9l\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The loving affairs between R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not a temporary thing. Here in this material world we can see loving affairs between bo
ys and girls, but that is temporary. That is simply for a few months, a few years, or maybe a little more. But then all that so-called love will go to hell. They are not permanent affairs. But if one really wants permanent love affairs, he must enter int
o the pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Simply by appreciating Lord Caitanya's movement one can immediately enter into or understand R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal pastimes. One who can understand the transcendental eternal pastimes of R\'e4d
h\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba reaches the highest perfectional stage of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next line is, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gaur\'e4\'ecgera sa\'ecgi-ga\'ebe. Sa\'ecgi-ga\'ebe }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "associates." Lord Caitanya is always associated: He is not alone. We never see a picture of Lord Caitanya alone. At least there must be Lord Nity\'e4nanda or Gad\'e4dhara Pa\'eb
\'f2ita. Actually, wherever Lord Caitanya was present, many thousands of devotees would assemble. Such devotees, especially those who were His nearest intimate associates, were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
nitya-siddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the devotional line there are three kinds of perfect devotees. One is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'e4dhana-siddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This refers to a person who has very rigidly performed the regulative prescriptions and thereby reached the perfectional stage. Reaching the perfectional sta
ge by executing the regulative principles is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-siddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another devotee w
ho is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-siddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He may not have executed the regulative principles very rigidly, 
but by his service mood he is specifically blessed by the spiritual master or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is immediately promoted to the perfectional stage. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-si
ddha. Nitya-siddha }{\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 who was never contaminated by the material nature. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhana-siddhas }{\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 k\'e5p\'e4-siddhas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were supposed to have once been in the contamination of material nature, but 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddhas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub never came into contact with the material nature. All the associates of Caitanya Ma
h\'e4prabhu are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddhas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or eternally perfect. Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu is Balar\'e4ma, the imm
ediate expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; Advaita Prabhu is Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. He is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-tattva. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Gad\'e4dhara Prabhu is an expansion of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa is an incarnation of N\'e4rada. They are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or eternally perfect. They were never imperfect. They were never in contact with material contamination. We should understand that as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, is transcen
dental, similarly, His personal associates are also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya-siddha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or eternally transcendental. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Se y\'e4ya vrajendra-suta-p\'e4\'e7a. Vrajendra-suta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Simply by accepting that
 the associates of Lord Caitanya are eternally free, one can immediately be promoted to the transcendental abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-gau\'f2a-ma\'eb\'f2ala-bh\'fcmi.}{\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\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means West Bengal. Lord Caitanya appeared in West Bengal, Navadv\'e9pa, and He especially flooded that part of the country wit
h 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. That part of the country has special significance, for it is non
-different from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It is as good as V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and living in Navadv\'e9pa are the same. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7
r\'e9-gau\'f2a-ma\'eb\'f2ala-bh\'fcmi, yeb\'e4 j\'e4ne cint\'e4ma\'ebi. Cint\'e4ma\'ebi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means the transcendental abode. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e4ra hoy vrajabh\'fcme v\'e4sa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one simply understands that this land of Navadv\'e9pa is not different from V\'e5nd\'e4vana, then he actually li
ves in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. One should not think that he is living in Bengal or any material country; the places where Lord Caitanya had His pastimes are as good as V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's distribution of this love of God is compared with an ocean }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (rasa-ar
\'ebava). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What kind of ocean? Not this salty ocean that one cannot taste. The water of this ocean is so nice that if one drinks even one drop, he will like it more and more. I
t is not ordinary ocean water, of which one cannot taste even a drop. Therefore it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ras\'e4r\'ebava. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub In that ocean there are different waves; an ocean does not stand still, for it is not impersonal or void. And as the ocean is always dancing with waves, similarly the ocean of transcendental love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as introduced by Lord Ca
itanya has constant waves, constant sound. One has to dive deep into that ocean. If one knows the secret and says, "Let me dive deep into the ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya," he immediately becomes one of the conf
idential devotees of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura concludes this song by saying, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5he v\'e4 vanete th\'e4ke, 'h\'e4 gaur\'e4\'ecga' bole \'f2\'e4ke.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It 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 necessary that one become a mendicant or give up his family life and society. One can remain wherever he finds it suitable, whether as a householder, 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 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 or as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9. V\'e4naprasthas }{\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\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are supposed to live 
outside of the city. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vanete }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means forest. Formerly, those who were in spiritual consciousness use
d to live in the forest to become free of the turmoil of city life. But that is not possible now. In this age, no one can go into the forest. That requires practice, and no one is practiced to that line. Therefore generally one is recommended to live wit
h his friends, wife and children; that doesn't matter. But he must take to the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as introduced by Lord Caitanya. It is not difficult. The real thing is that one has to accept the movement of Lord Caitanya: chanting, 
dancing and 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 Even if one is in family life, there is no difficul
ty. He can just sit down, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dance nicely, and then 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 Everyone can do this. Those who have renounced this world, }{\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 also can 
do it; there is no difficulty. Therefore Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says that it doesn't matter whether one is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9, g\'e5hastha, }{\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 sanny\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He says, "If you have 
taken to these principles of life, I desire your company, because you are a devotee of Lord Caitanya." In this way, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura finishes the song.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [purport 2]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: \'c7r\'e9 Guru-vandan\'e4 (\'e7r\'e9-guru-cara\'eba-padma)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-GURU-CARA\'cbA-PADMA
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-guru-cara\'eba-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bando mui s\'e4vadh\'e4na mate
\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\'e4h\'e4ra pras\'e4de bh\'e4i, e bhava toriy\'e4 j\'e4i,
\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-pr\'e4pti hoy j\'e4h\'e4 ha'te
\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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-guru-cara\'eba-padma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet of our spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kevala bhakati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pure devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sadma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the abod
e; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vando mui\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I bow down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
\'e4vadh\'e4na mate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with great care and attention; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4ra pras\'e4de\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by whose mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my dear brothers!; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e bhava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this material existence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
toriy\'e4 y\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub crossing over; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pr\'e4pti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obtaining K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4 haite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by which. 
\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 lotus feet of our spiritual master are the abode of pure devotional service. I bow down to his lotus feet with great \chftn {
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The following translation is recited every morning in English-speaking ISKCON centers throughout the world. The translation in the main body of the VedaBase is more literal
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1) The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet wit
h great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2) My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the 
perfection that fulfills all desires.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 3) He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after birth. From him ecstatic }{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub prema }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub emanates; by him ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4) Our spiritual master is the ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord and master of the devotees. O master! Be merciful 
unto us. Give us the shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub care and attention}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . My dear brothers! It is through the grace of our spiritual master
 that we can cross over this material existence and attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Sri Guru-vandana 1}{\*\bkmkend Sri Guru-vandana 1}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-guru-cara\'eba-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bando mui s\'e4vadh\'e4na mate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4h\'e4ra pras\'e4de bh\'e4i, e bhava toriy\'e4 y\'e4i,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pr\'e4pti hoy y\'e4h\'e4 hoite
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with g
reat awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-mukha-padma-v\'e4kya, cittete koriy\'e4 aikya,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4r n\'e4 koriho mane \'e4\'e7\'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 \'e7r\'e9-guru-cara\'ebe rati, ei se uttama-gati,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub je pras\'e4de p\'fcre sarva \'e4\'e7\'e4
\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\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 guru-m
ukha-padma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the lotus mouth of the spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4kya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the words; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cittete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with your heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koriy\'e4 aikya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub making one; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anything else; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub do not; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koriho mane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub consider in the mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e4\'e7\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desires; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-guru-cara\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the lotus feet of the spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub attachment; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttama-gati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ultimate goal; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye pras\'e4de\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by which mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcre
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fulfills; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva \'e4\'e7\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub all 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 Make the teachings emanating from the lotus mouth of our spiritual master one with your heart, and do not desire anything else. At
tachment to his lotus feet is the best way to make spiritual advancement. His mercy fulfills all desires for spiritual perfection.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Sri Guru-vandana 2}{\*\bkmkend Sri Guru-vandana 2}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 guru-mukha-padma-v\'e4kya, cittete koriy\'e4 aikya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4r n\'e4 koriho mane \'e4\'e7\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-guru-cara\'ebe rati, ei sei uttama-gati,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye pras\'e4de p\'fcre sarva \'e4\'e7\'e4
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the per
fection that fulfills all desires.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cakhu-d\'e4n dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divya-j\'ef\'e4n h\'e5de prok\'e4\'e7ito
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prema-bhakti j\'e4h\'e4 hoite, avidy\'e4 vin\'e4\'e7a j\'e4te,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vede g\'e4y j\'e4h\'e4ra carito
\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\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 cakhu-
d\'e4n\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the gift of transcendental vision; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dilo yei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who has given; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janme janme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub birth after birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhu sei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub he is my lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divya-j\'ef\'e4n\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divine knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5de\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in 
the heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prok\'e4\'e7ito\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is revealed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prema-bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loving devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4 hoite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by which; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7a y\'e4te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is destroyed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vede\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the Vedic scriptures; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
is sung; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4ra carito\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose character.
\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 who has given us the gift of transcendental vision is our lord, birth after birth. It is by his mercy that divine knowledge is 
revealed within our hearts, bestowing pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and destroying ignorance. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.\line }}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Sri Guru-vandana 3}{\*\bkmkend Sri Guru-vandana 3}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cakhud\'e4na dilo yei, janme janme prabhu sei,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dibya-j\'ef\'e4n h\'e5de prok\'e4\'e7ito
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 prema-bhakti y\'e4h\'e4 hoite, avidy\'e4 vin\'e4\'e7a y\'e4te,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vede g\'e4y y\'e4h\'e4ra carito
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub He opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my Lord birth after birth. From him ecstatic }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub prema}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  emanates; by him ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-guru karu\'eb\'e4-sindhu, adhama jan\'e4ra bandhu,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lokan\'e4th lokera j\'e9vana
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu koro doy\'e4, deho more pada-ch\'e4y\'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 ebe ja\'e7a ghu\'f1uk tribhuvana
\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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-guru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O spiritual master!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karu\'eb\'e4-sindhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O ocean of mercy!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhama jan\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the fallen souls; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the friend; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lokan\'e4th\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lokan\'e4tha!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lokera j\'e9vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the life of all people; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alas! alas!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O master!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koro doy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please be merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deho more\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub give to me; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-ch\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the shade of your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ebe\'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 ya\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub fame; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ghu\'f1uk\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may it be proclaimed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-bhuvana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub throughout the three worlds.
\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 spiritual master, O ocean of mercy and friend of the fallen! O universal teacher and life of all people! Alas, alas, O master, p
lease be merciful unto us and give us the shade of your lotus feet. May your glories now be proclaimed throughout the three worlds.}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\*\bkmkstart Sri Guru-vandana 4}{\*\bkmkend Sri Guru-vandana 4}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-guru karu\'eb\'e4-sindhu, adhama jan\'e4ra bandhu,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lokan\'e4th lokera j\'e9vana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu koro doy\'e4, deho more pada-ch\'e4y\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ebe ya\'e7a ghu\'f1uk tribhuvana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Our spiritual master is the ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor, and the lord and master of the devotees. O master! Be merciful unt
o me. Give me the shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: \'c7r\'e9-K\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu
\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 \'c7R\'c9 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CAITANYA
 PRABHU\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu doy\'e4 koro more\line tom\'e4 bin\'e4 ke doy\'e4lu jagat-sa\'e0s\'e4re
\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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub doy\'e4 koro\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please show mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub more\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to me
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4 vin\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub other than You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ke doy\'e4lu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is merciful?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-sa\'e0s\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in this material world.
\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 Lord Caitanya, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu day\'e4 koro more
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tom\'e4 vin\'e4 ke day\'e4lu jagat sa\'e0s\'e4re
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub patita-p\'e4vana-hetu tava avat\'e4ra\line mo sama patita prabhu n\'e4 p\'e4ibe \'e4ra
\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\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 patita
-p\'e4vana-hetu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for the purpose of delivering the fallen souls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava avat\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your incarnation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mo-sama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like me; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fallen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhu\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 p\'e4ibe \'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a
nother cannot be found.
\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 incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned, fallen souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul t
han me. Therefore, my claim is first.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 patita-p\'e4vana-hetu tava avat\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mo-samo patita prabhu n\'e4 p\'e4ibe \'e4ra
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nity\'e4nanda, prem\'e4nanda sukh\'e9\line k\'e5p\'e4balokana koro \'e4mi boro du\'f9kh\'e9
\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\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 h\'e4 
h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alas! alas!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabhu nity\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Nity\'e4nanda!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prem\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the bliss of divine love; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukh\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You are delighted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4balokana
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glance of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
lease cast; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4mi bo\'f2o du\'f9kh\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I am very sad.
\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 Lord Nity\'e4nanda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to You becau
se I am most unhappy. If You kindly put Your glance over me, then I may also become happy.
\par }\pard }}{\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  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nity\'e4nanda prem\'e4nanda-sukh\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5p\'e4balokana koro \'e4mi boro du\'f9kh\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub doy\'e4 koro s\'e9t\'e4-pati adwaita gos\'e4i\line tava k\'e5p\'e4-bale p\'e4i caitanya-nit\'e4i
\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\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 doy
\'e4 koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please show mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e9t\'e4-pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O husband of S\'e9t\'e4 \'d6h\'e4kur\'e4\'eb\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advaita gos\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Advaita 
\'e4c\'e4rya!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava k\'e5p\'e4-bale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the power of your mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I can attain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caitanya-nit\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda.
\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 Advaita Prabhu, husband of S\'e9t\'e4, You are so kind. Please be merciful to me. If You are kind to me, naturally Lord Ca
itanya and Nity\'e4nanda will also be kind to me.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 doy\'e4 koro s\'e9t\'e4-pati advaita gos\'e4i
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tava k\'e5p\'e4bole p\'e4i caitanya-nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 swar\'fcp, san\'e4tana, r\'fcpa, raghun\'e4tha\line bha\'f6\'f6a-juga, \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va h\'e4 prabhu lokan\'e4tha
\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\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 h\'e4 
h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alas! alas!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub swar\'fcp\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub O Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara Gosv\'e4m\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub san\'e4tana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9!; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r
aghun\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bha\'f6\'f6a-juga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O two Bha\'f6\'f6as!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O \'c7r
\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alas!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub prabhu lokan\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my spiritual master, Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9!
\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 Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, personal secretary of Lord Caitanya, O Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s; \'c7r\'e9 Rupa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 San
\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Sr\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9! O Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9, my beloved spiritua
l master! Narottama D\'e4sa also prays for your mercy.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 h\'e4 h\'e4 svar\'fcpa, san\'e4tana, r\'fcpa, raghun\'e4th
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bha\'f6\'f6a-yuga, \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va, h\'e4 prabhu lokan\'e4th
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Six
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub doy\'e4 koro \'e7r\'e9-\'e4c\'e4rya prabhu \'e7r\'e9niv\'e4sa\line r\'e4macandra-sa\'ecga m\'e4ge narottama-d\'e4sa
\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\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 doy
\'e4 koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please show mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e4c\'e4rya prabhu \'e7r\'e9niv\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'e4c\'e4rya!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4macandra-sa\'ecga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the association of R\'e4macandra Kavir\'e4ja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4ge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub begs; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narottama-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this Narottama d\'e4sa.
\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 \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya, successor to the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s! Please be merciful to me. Narottama D\'e4sa always desires
 the company of R\'e4macandra Cakravart\'e9.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 day\'e4 koro \'e7r\'e9-\'e4c\'e4rya prabhu \'e7r\'e9niv\'e4s
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4macandra-sa\'ecga m\'e4ge narottamo d\'e4s
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 680717PU.MON}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Purport to \'c7r\'e9-K\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 3: Purport to Savarana-sri-gaura-pada-padm}{\*\bkmkend SVA
 3: Purport to Savarana-sri-gaura-pada-padm}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Purport\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab
hup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a song composed by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. He prays to Lord Caitanya, "My dear Lord, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful tha
n Your Lordship within these three worlds?"}{\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 Actually, this is a fact. Not only Narottama d\'e4sa 
\'d6h\'e4kura, but R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also prayed to Lord Caitanya in this way. At the time of the first meeting of Lord Caitanya and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\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 at Pray\'e4g (Allahabad), \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "My dear Lord, You}{\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 the most munificent of all incarnations because You are distributing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was personally present He simply asked us to surre
nder, but He did not distribute Himself so easily. He made conditions}{\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 "First of all you surren
der." But this incarnation, Lord Caitanya, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, makes no such condition. He simply distributes: "Take love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Therefore Lord Caitanya is approved as the most munificent incarnation. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4
kura says, "Please be merciful to me. You are so magnanimous because You have seen the fallen souls of this age, and You are very much compassionate to them, but You should know also that I am the most fallen. No one is more greatly fallen than me." }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Patita-p\'e4vana-hetu tava avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned, fallen
 souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore, my claim is first." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then he prays to Lord Nity\'e4nanda. He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu nity\'e4nanda prem
\'e4nanda-sukh\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord Nity\'e4nanda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to You because I am most unhappy. If
 You kindly put Your glance over me, I may also become happy." Then he prays to Advaita Prabhu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Day\'e4 koro s\'e9t\'e4-pati advaita gos\'e4i. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advaita Prabhu's wife's name was S\'e9t\'e4. Therefore He is sometimes addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e9t\'e4-pati.}{\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 Thus Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura prays, "My dear Advaita Prabhu, husband of S\'e9t\'e4, You are so kind. Please be
 kind to me. If You are kind to me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda will also be kind to me." Actually, Advaita Prabhu invited Lord Caitanya to come down. When Advaita Prabhu saw that the fallen souls were all engaged simply in sense gratificat
ory processes, not understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he felt very much compassionate toward the fallen souls, and he also felt himself}{\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 incapable of claiming them all. He therefore prayed to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Please come Yourself. Without Your personal presence it is not possible to deliver these fallen souls." Thus by His invitation L
ord Caitanya appeared. Naturally, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura prays to Advaita Prabhu, "If You will be kind to me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda also will be kind to me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then he prays to the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e4 h\'e4 svar\'fcpa, san\'e4tana, r\'fcpa, rag
hun\'e4tha. Svar\'fcpa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, the personal secretary of Lord Caitanya. He was always with Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and immediately arranged for whate
ver He wanted. Two personal attendants, Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara and Govinda, were always constantly with Lord Caitanya. Therefore Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura also prays to Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara and then to the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, the next disciples o
f Lord Caitanya}{\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 \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana, \'c7r\'e9 Bha\'f6\'f6a Raghun\'e4tha
, \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. These six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were directly instructed by Lord Caitanya to spread this movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Narott
ama d\'e4sa Th\'e4kura also prays for their mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, the next }{\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 was \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya. Actually, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura was in the disciplic succession after \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya and was almost his contemporary, and his personal friend
 was R\'e4macandra Cakravart\'e9. Therefore he prays, "I always desire the company of R\'e4macandra." He desires a devotee's company. The whole process is that we should always pray for the mercy of the superior }{\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 and keep company with pure devotees. Then it will be easier for us to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and receive
 the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the sum and substance of this song sung by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [purport 2]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: \'c7r\'e9-Nity\'e4nanda-Ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 (nit\'e4i-pada-kamala)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-NITY\'c4NANDA-NI\'d1
\'d6H\'c4\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada-kamala, ko\'f6i-candra-su\'e7\'e9tala
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub je ch\'e4y\'e4y jagata jur\'e4y
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub heno nit\'e4i bine bh\'e4i, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4ite n\'e4i
\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\'f2ha kori' dharo nit\'e4ir p\'e4y
\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\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 nit
\'e4i-pada-kamala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f6i-candra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ten million moons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su\'e7\'e9tala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub very soothing; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye ch\'e4y\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by which moonbeams; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jagata ju\'f2\'e4y\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the universe is relieved; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub heno nit\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub such a Nit\'e4i; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub without; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O brothers!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4ite n\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub it is not possible to attain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5dha kori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub becoming fixed up; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hold onto; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4ir p\'e4y
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the feet of Nit\'e4i.
\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 lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda are a shelter where one will get the soothing moonlight not only of one but of millions of mo
ons. If the world wants to have real peace, it should take shelter of Lord Nity\'e4nanda. Unless one takes shelter under the shade of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda, it will be very difficult for him to approach R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one a
ctually wants to enter into the dancing party of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he must firmly catch hold of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nit\'e4i}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 -pada-kamala, ko\'f6i-candra-su\'e7\'e9tala,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 je ch\'e4y\'e4ya jagat ju\'f2\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hena nit\'e4i vine bh\'e4i, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4ite n\'e4i,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e5\'f2ha kori dharo nit\'e4i p\'e4y
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se sambandha n\'e4hi j\'e4'r, b\'e5th\'e4 janma gelo t\'e4'r
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sei pa\'e7u boro dur\'e4c\'e4r
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i n\'e4 bolilo mukhe, majilo sa\'e0s\'e4ra-sukhe
\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\'e4-kule ki koribe t\'e4r
\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\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 se sam
bandha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a connection with him (Nity\'e4nanda); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4hi y\'e4'r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whoever does not have; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e5th\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub useless; }{\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 life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gelo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub passes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4'r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sei pa\'e7u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that animal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bo\'f2o dur
\'e4c\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is very sinful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the name of Nit\'e4i; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 bolilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not uttering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with the mouth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub majilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub absorbed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-sukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in so-called worldly happin
ess; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy\'e4-kule\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub education and high birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki koribe t\'e4r\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub how can it protect 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 Anyone who has not established his relationship with Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu is understood to have spoiled his valuable human birth. 
Such a human being is actually an uncontrollable animal. Because he never uttered the holy name of Nity\'e4nanda, he has become merged into so-called material happiness. What can his useless education and family tradition do to help him?
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se sambandha n\'e4hi y\'e4ra, b\'e5th\'e4 janma gelo t\'e4ra,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei pa\'e7u ba\'f2o dur\'e4c\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nit\'e4i n\'e4 bolilo mukhe, majilo so\'e0s\'e4ra-sukhe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vidy\'e4-kule ki koribe t\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\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\'eck\'e4re matta hoiy\'e4, nit\'e4i-pada p\'e4sariy\'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 asatyere satya kori m\'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 nit\'e4iyer koru\'eb\'e4 habe, braje r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4be
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharo nit\'e4i-cara\'eba du'kh\'e4ni
\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\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 aha
\'eck\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in false ego; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub matta hoiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub becoming maddened; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada p\'e4sariy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub forgetting the feet of Lord Nity
\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asatyere\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub falsehood; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub satya kori m\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub considers to be truth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4iyer koru\'eb\'e4 habe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub if Nit\'e4i is merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub braje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in Vraja
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba pabe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one attains R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please grasp; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i-cara\'eba du'kh\'e4ni
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pair of Nit\'e4i's feet.
\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 Being maddened after false prestige and identification with the body, one is thinking, \'93Oh, what is Nity\'e4nanda? What can He 
do for me? I don\'92t care.\'94 The result is that he is accepting something false to be truth. If you actually want to approach the association of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you must first achieve the mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda. When He is merciful to
ward you, then you will be able to approach R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore you should firmly grasp the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard }}{\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   
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 aha\'eck\'e4re matta hoi\'ec\'e4, nit\'e4i-pada p\'e4sariy\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 asatyere satya kori m\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nit\'e4ira koru\'eb\'e4 habe, braje r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4be,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dharo nit\'e4i-cara\'eba du'kh\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
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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 nit\'e4iyer cara\'eba satya, t\'e4h\'e4ra sevaka nitya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada sad\'e4 koro \'e4\'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 narottama boro dukh\'e9, nit\'e4i more koro sukh\'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 r\'e4kho r\'e4\'ecg\'e4-cara\'ebera p\'e4\'e7a
\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\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 nit
\'e4iyer cara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Nit\'e4i's feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are true; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4ra sevaka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his servants; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are eternally liberated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the feet of Nit\'e4i; }{\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 perpe
tually; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koro \'e4\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please hope; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub narottama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this Narottama d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bo\'f2o dukh\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is very unhappy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Nity\'e4nanda!; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub more koro sukh\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please make me happy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4kho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please keep me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4\'ecg\'e4-cara\'ebera p\'e4\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub close by Your reddish feet.
\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 lotus feet of Nity\'e4nanda are not illusion: they are a fact. One who engages in the transcendental loving service of Nity
\'e4nanda is also transcendental. Always try to catch the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda. This Narottama D\'e4sa is very unhappy. Therefore I am praying to Lord Nity\'e4nanda to make me happy. My dear Lord, please keep me close to Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nit\'e4i-cara\'eba satya, t\'e4h\'e4ra sevaka nitya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nit\'e4i-pada sad\'e4 koro \'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narottama ba\'f2o dukh\'e9, nit\'e4i more koro sukh\'e9,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4kha r\'e4\'ecg\'e4-cara\'ebera p\'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 681221PU.LA}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: Purport to \'c7r\'e9-Nity\'e4nanda-Ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 3: Purport to Manah-siksa}{\*\bkmkend SVA 3: Purport to Manah-siksa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Purport}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedan
ta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\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 nit
\'e4i-pada, }{\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 on
e 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 material 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 everyone 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 fire of material pangs, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura advises, "Please tak
e shelter of Lord Nity\'e4nanda."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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
\cb1\nosupersub hena nit\'e4i vine bh\'e4i: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unless one takes shelter under the shade of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4ite n\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it will be 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se sambandha n\'e4hi. Sambandha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "connection" or "contact." Anyone who has not contacted a relationship with Nity\'e4nanda is understood to have spoiled his human birth. In another song also Narottama d\'e4sa says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari hari viphale janama go\'ec\'e4inu: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5th\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "useless." }{\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 means "life." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e4ra }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "his," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambandha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\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\cb1\nosupersub Sei p
a\'e7u bo\'f2o dur\'e4c\'e4ra. Sei }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "that," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'e7u }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "animal," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dur\'e4c\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 in the animal propensities of sense gratification. Narottama d\'e4sa says that ordinary animals can be t
amed, but when a human being is animalistic, having 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 a
ctivity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his higher 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 commits 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 demon
iac cannot be tamed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What are they doing? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nit\'e4i n\'e4 bolilo mukhe. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Majilo so\'e0s
\'e4ra-sukhe. Majilo }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "becomes absorbed." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They become absorbed in so-called material enjoyment. They don't care who Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda are, and therefore they go deep down into material existen
ce. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vidy\'e4-kule ki koribe t\'e4ra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if one has no connection with Nity\'e4nanda, 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\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or his so-called academic education, and 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kule, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub birth in a high family or great nation, will not protect him. Regardless of whether one 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why are these human animals acting in this way? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'eck\'e4re matta hoi\'ef\'e4, nit
\'e4i-pada p\'e4sariy\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub Asatyere satya kori m\'e4ni: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub such forgetful persons accept the illusory energy as factual. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asatyere }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means that which has no existence but is a temporary illusion only. Persons who have no contact with Nity\'e4nan
da accept this illusory body as factual.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura then says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4ira karu\'eb\'e4 habe, braje r\'e4dh
\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4be: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If you actually want to approach the association of R\'e4dha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you must achieve the mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda first. When He is m
erciful 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\cb1\nosupersub Dharo nit\'e4i-cara\'eba du'kh\'e4ni. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa advises that one firmly catch the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then again he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i-cara\'eba satya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not misunderstand and think that as he has caught hold 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 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\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub or illusion. Therefore Narottama d\'e4sa confirms, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i-cara\'eba satya: T}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he 
lotus feet of Nity\'e4nanda are not illusion; they are a fact. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e4h\'e4ra sevaka nitya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 consciousness, he immediately achieves his transcendental position on the sp
iritual platform, which is eternal and blissful. Therefore he advises, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada sad\'e4 koro \'e4\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub always try to catch the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narottama ba\'f2o dukh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, 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}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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\cb1
\nosupersub Nit\'e4i more koro sukh\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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\cb1
\nosupersub R\'e4kha r\'e4\'ecg\'e4-cara\'ebera p\'e4\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Please keep me in a corner of Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [purport 2, 3, BTG]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Ma\'efjar\'e9 Pada
\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 \'c7R\'c9-R\'dcPA-MA\'cfJAR\'c9-P
ADA\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpa-ma\'efjar\'e9-pada\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the feet of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Ma\'efjar\'e9; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 mora sampada\'97}{\i
\f0\fs28\cf2 are my real wealth; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mor bhajana-p\'fcjana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the object of my service and worship; }}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 1)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  \'e7r\'e9-r\'fcpa-ma\'efjar\'e9-pada, sei mora sampada,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei mor bhajana-p\'fcjana\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 The lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Ma\'efjar\'e9 are my treasure, my devotional service, and my object of worship.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1
\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mora pr\'e4\'eba-dhana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the treasure of my heart; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mora \'e4bhara\'eba\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are my ornaments; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei m
or j\'e9vanera j\'e9vana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 and they are the life of my life.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 2)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  sei mora pr\'e4\'eba-dhana, sei mor \'e4bhara\'eba,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei mor j\'e9vanera j\'e9vana\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 They give my life meaning, and they are the life of my life.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1
\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mora rasa-nidhi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the reservoirs of all transcendental mellows for me; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mora v\'e4\'efch\'e4-siddhi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the fulf
illment of all my desires.; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mor vedera dharama\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the conclusion of the religion of the Vedas for me; }}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 3)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  sei mora rasa-nidhi, sei mora v\'e4\'efch\'e4-siddhi,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei mor vedera dharama\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 They are the perfection of }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 rasa}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 , and they are perfection worthy of attainment. They are the very law of the 
Vedic scriptures for me.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei vrata\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the goal of all my vows; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei tapa\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 and austerities; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mora mantra-japa\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 and
 the chanting of my personal }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 mantra}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 sei mor dharama-karama\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 they are the purpose of all my religious activities.}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 4)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  sei vrata, sei tapa\'f9, sei mora
 mantra-japa,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sei mor dharama-karama\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 They are the meaning of all my fasts and penances and my silent utterings of my }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 mantras}{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 . They are the basis 
of religion and activities.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 anuk\'fcla habe\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 will become favorable to devotion; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 vidhi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 all my activities; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 se-pade\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 by the pow
er of those feet; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 hoibe siddhi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 spiritual perfection will be achieved; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 nirakhibo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 I will be able to actually see; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 e dui nayane\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 with these two eye
s; }}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 5)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  anuk\'fcla ha'be vidhi, se pade hoibe siddhi,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nirakhibo e-dui nayane\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 By the purifying process of favorable devotional service one will attain perfection and with these two eyes be able to see.\cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1
\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 se r\'fcpa-m\'e4dhur\'e9-r\'e4\'e7i\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the waves of sweet beauty flowing from \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Ma\'efjar\'e9's feet; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 pr\'e4\'eba-kuvalaya\'97}{\i\f0\fs28
\cf2 upon the lotus of my heart; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 \'e7a\'e7\'e9\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 shining like the brilliant moon; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 praphullita habe\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 will blossom; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ni\'e7i-dine\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 both night and day.
}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 6)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  se r\'fcpa-m\'e4dhur\'e9-r\'e4\'e7i, pr\'e4\'eba-kuvalaya \'e7a\'e7i,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 praphullita habe ni\'e7i-dine\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 His transcendental form is shining like moonlight in my heart, and my heart therefore shines and reciprocates. In other words, the ordinary
 moon lights up the night, and its shine illuminates other objects; but the moon of the effulgence of the form of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Ma\'efjar\'e9 shines into the heart and makes the heart also shine back to the spiritual sky. This moon shines not only in
 the nighttime, but day and night. \cell}
\row \trowd \cellx720\cellx1440\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 tuy\'e4 adar\'e7ana-ahi\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the snake of separation from you; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 garale\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 by the venom; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 j\'e4ralo\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 has w
asted away; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 deh\'e9\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 my body; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 ciro-dina\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 perpetually; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 t\'e4pita j\'e9vana\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 my life is afflicted with a great fever; }}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 7)}{\i\f0
\fs28\cf2  tuy\'e4 adar\'e7ana ahi, garale j\'e4rala deh\'e9,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 cirodin t\'e4pita j\'e9vana\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 Your absence from my vision is like a dose of strong poison, and I will suffer till the end of my life.\cell}
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\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\f0\fs28\cf9 SYNONYMS
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf2 h\'e4 h\'e4 r\'fcpa\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 alas! alas! O R\'fcpa Ma\'efjar\'e9!; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 koro doy\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 please be merciful; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 deho more\'97}{\i\f0
\fs28\cf2 give to me; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 pada-ch\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 the shade of your lotus feet; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 narottama\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 Narottama d\'e4sa; }{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 loilo \'e7ara\'eba\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2 has taken refuge.}}{\i\f0
\fs28\cf2 8)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf2  h\'e4 h\'e4 r\'fcpa koro doy\'e4, deho more pada-ch\'e4y\'e4,
\par }\pard\intbl {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 narottama loilo \'e7ara\'eba\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 }{\b\i\f0\fs28\cf6 Narottama d\'e4sa Thakura says: "Please give me your mercy and the shade of your lotus feet."\cell}
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\par \pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 3: 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\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana ramyasth\'e4na, divya ci\'ect\'e4ma\'ebi-dh\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratana-mandira manohara
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4v\'e5ta k\'e4lind\'e9-n\'e9re, r\'e4jaha\'e0sa keli kore,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4he \'e7obhe kanaka-kamala
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4ra madhye hema-p\'e9\'f6ha, a\'f1\'f6a-dale ve\'f1\'f6ita
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6a-dale pradh\'e4n\'e4 n\'e4yik\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4ra madhye ratn\'e4sane, bosi \'e4chen dui-jane
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4ma-sa\'ecge sundar\'e9 r\'e4dhik\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'fcpa-l\'e4ba\'ebyar\'e4\'e7i, amiya pa\'f2iche khasi
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4sya-parih\'e4sa-sambh\'e4\'f1a\'ebe
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub narottama-d\'e4sa koya, nitya-l\'e9l\'e4 sukha-moya
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4i sphuruka mora mane
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 v\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana;}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ramya-sth\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beautiful abode;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  d
ivya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub transcendental; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-dh\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub full of gems; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ratana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jewelled; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mandira\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub temples;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  manohara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enchanting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ab\'e5ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounded; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4lind\'e9-n\'e9re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the waters of Yamun\'e4;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  r\'e4ja-ha
\'e0sa keli kare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the swans are sporting; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4he \'e7obhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that water;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  kanaka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub golden; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kamala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lotus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4\'92ra madhye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the middle of that lotus;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  hema-p\'e9\'f6ha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g
olden altar;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  a\'f1\'f6a-dale be\'f1\'f6ita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounded by eight petals; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6a-dale}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eight petals;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  pradh\'e4n\'e4 n\'e4yik\'e4
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub principal sakh\'e9s; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4\'92ra madhye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the midst of them;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ratn\'e4sane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on a golden throne;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ba\'92si \'e4chen\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are seated;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  dui-jane\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub both of Them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4ma-sa\'ecge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub along with \'c7y\'e4masundara;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sundar\'e9 r\'e4dhik\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub beautiful \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub o-r\'fcpa-l\'e4ba\'ebya-r\'e4\'e7i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beauty and sweetness;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  amiya pariche khasi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shower of nectar; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e4sya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smiling; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parih\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub teasing; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambh\'e4\'f1a\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conversing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nar
ottama-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  kaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub says;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nitya-l\'e9l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal pastimes;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sukha-maya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub full of bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sphur\'fcka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manifest;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  mora mane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in my heart.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub synonyms]
\par }\pard {\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  is a transcendental beautiful place. It is in the spiritual sky, wher
e everything is made of touchstone, which fulfills all desires. All the temples there are bedecked with costly jewels. In that far distant place is the River }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yamun\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which is full of lotus flowers. In the midst of that throng of lotus flowers there is a golden boat, appearing like another big lotus flower, with eight petals, who are none but the
 eight chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\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  who always surround }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the surrounding petals there is a golden throne where th
e two transcendental lovers, namely }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are seated, but of all of them the governing Deity is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\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 \'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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'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 . There is no comparison to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'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 's beauty and the luster of Her transcendental body. The so-called beauty of the moon has fallen on the ground in the pres
ence of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'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 's beauty. In that assembly of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and Their principal associates 
there is a flood of laughing and joking as they address one another. Narottama 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 says that
 the eternal pastimes of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'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 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from day to day are full of transcendental pleasure. Let us all remember them now and then and thus become happy even in this material world
.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 SVA 4: Songs by other \'c4c\'e4ryas
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub Songs by other \'c4c\'e4ryas
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Holy Places Of }{\v\f0\fs20\cf9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana (jaya r\'e4dhe, jaya k\'e5\'f1\'eba, jaya v\'e5nd\'e4van)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 HOLY PLACES OF V\'c5ND\'c4VA
NA\line by }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebadasa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  Kavir}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1
\nosupersub \'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ja Gosv}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub m}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya r\'e4dhe jaya k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all glories to 
\'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya v\'e5nd\'e4vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the transcendental
 realm of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-govinda gop\'e9n\'e4tha madana-mohana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the three presid
ing Deities of V\'e5nd\'e4vana : Govinda, Gop\'e9n\'e4tha and Madana-mohana.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dhe jaya k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  jaya v\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-govinda, gop\'e9n\'e4tha, madana-mohana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and to the transcendental realm of V\'e5nd\'e4vana! All glories to the three presid
ing Deities of V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Govinda, Gop\'e9n\'e4tha and Madana-mohana.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7y\'e4ma-ku\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the personal lake
 of \'e7y\'e4ma; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the personal lake of R\'e4dh\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giri-govardhan\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to Govardhana Hill; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e4lind\'e9 yamun\'e4 jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the Yamun\'e4 river, known as K\'e4lind\'e9, the daughter of the Kalinda mountain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya mah\'e4vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the great forest of Mah\'e4vana, the place of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's childhood pastimes.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7yama-kun\'f2a, r\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, giri-govardhan
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4lind\'e9 yamun\'e4 jaya, jaya mah\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to \'c7y\'e4ma-ku\'eb\'f2a and R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, which are beautiful garden pools belonging to R\'e4dh\'e4 and 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are the places of the pinnacle of Their }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . Glories to Govardhana Hill and to t
he Yamun\'e4, or K\'e4lind\'e9, and to the great forest. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 ke\'e7\'e9-gh\'e4\'f6a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to Ke\'e7\'e9-gh\'e4
\'f6a, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed the horse demon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9-va\'f6a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the Va\'e0\'e7
\'e9-va\'f6a tree, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba sits and calls the }{\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 with His flute; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dv\'e4da\'e7a-k\'e4nana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the twelve forests of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub where; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saba\'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 l\'e9l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub performed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-nanda-nandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ke\'e7\'e9-gh\'e4\'f6a, va\'e0\'e7i-va\'f6a, dv\'e4da\'e7a-k\'e4nana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4h\'e4 saba l\'e9l\'e4 koilo, \'e7r\'e9-nanda-nandana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glories to Ke\'e7\'e9-gh\'e4\'f6a, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed the horse demon, and to the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub va\'e0\'e7\'e9-vata}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  tree, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to sit and call 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  with His flute. Glories to the twelve groves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. These places set the background for the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja to play His pastimes.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7r\'e9-nanda-ya\'e7od\'e4 jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's divine mother and father, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya gopa-ga\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the assembl
y of cowherd boys; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4di jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the cowherd boy leaders headed by \'c7r\'e9d
\'e4m\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya dhenu-vatsa-ga\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the herds of cows and calves.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-nanda-ya\'e7od\'e4 jaya, jaya gopa-ga\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4di jaya, jaya dhenu-vatsa-ga\'eba
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glories to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's divine mother and father, Nanda-Ya\'e7od\'e4, and to the cowherd men. Glories to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's frie
nds the cowherd boys headed by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4. All glories to the cows and calves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to R\'e4dh\'e4's fat
her; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya k\'e9rtid\'e4-sundar\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to R\'e4dh\'e4's beautiful mother; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the elderly Paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9, the personality of Yogam\'e4y\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya \'e4bh\'e9ra-n\'e4gar\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the cowherd women of Vraja.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, jaya k\'e9rtid\'e4-sundar\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya paur\'ebam\'e4s\'e9, jaya \'e4bh\'e9ra-n\'e4gar\'e9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4's mother and father, K\'e9rtid\'e4 and V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu, and to Her grandmother, who is the personali
ty of Yogam\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya jaya gop\'e9\'e7vara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the presence of
 Lord \'c7iva as Gop\'e9\'e7vara Mah\'e4deva; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana-m\'e4jha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the midst of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jaya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sakh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories, all glories to the cowherd boyfriend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ba\'f6u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Madhuma\'ecgala; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dvija-r\'e4ja\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the monarch of the twice-born }{\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 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya gop\'e9\'e7vara v\'e5nd\'e4vana-m\'e4jha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sakh\'e4 ba\'f6u dvijar\'e4ja
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to the Lord of 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  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub brahma\'eba }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub friends Sud\'e4m\'e4 and Madhuma\'ecgala.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya r\'e4ma-gh\'e4\'f6a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the landing on t
he Yamun\'e4 river where Balar\'e4ma sported the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97dance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya rohi\'eb\'e9-nandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the son of Rohi\'eb\'e9 (Balar\'e4ma); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jaya jaya v\'e5nd\'e4vana-v\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories, all glories to the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'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 jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the people.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4ma-gh\'e4ta, jaya rohi\'eb\'e9-nandana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya v\'e5nd\'e4vana-v\'e4s\'e9 yata jana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glories to R\'e4ma-gh\'e4\'f6a. Glories to the son of Rohi\'eb\'e9 (Balar\'e4ma), and glories to all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya dvija-patn\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the wives of the Vedi
c }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas; jaya n\'e4gakany\'e4-ga\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the wives of the K\'e4liya serpent; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in devotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4r
\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of whom; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4ilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h
ad attained; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda-cara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet of Govinda.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya dvija-patn\'e9, jaya n\'e4gakany\'e4-ga\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhaktite y\'e4h\'e4r\'e4 p\'e4ilo govinda-cara\'eba
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to the N\'e4gapatn\'e9s. All glories to the wives of the Vedic }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub brahma\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  who left their husbands and surrendered at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, and were bestowed with pure }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bhakti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4sa-ma\'eb\'f2ala jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the 
circular arena of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7y\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to R\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7y\'e4ma; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4}{\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 sarva-manorama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which captures the minds of all.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 9) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-rasa-ma\'eb\'f2ala jaya, jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7y\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya rasa-l\'e9l\'e4 sarva-manorama
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glories to the arena of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  dance and R\'e4dh\'e4 and \'c7y\'e4ma. Glories to the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  which captures the minds of all.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 jaya jayojjvala-rasa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glories to the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ujjvala-rasa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the conjugal mellow; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-r
asa-s\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the quintessence of all ecstatic mellows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parak\'e9y\'e4-bh\'e4ve\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the mood of paramourship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brajete prac\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is manifest only in the realm of Vraja.}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 10) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jayojjvala-rasa sarva-rasa-s\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parak\'e9y\'e4-bh\'e4ve y\'e4h\'e4, brajete prac\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All glories to the ever-shining mellow of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub parak\'e9y\'e4-
bh\'e4va}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , the supreme platform of the unalloyed "lawless love" of 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 .
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7r\'e9-j\'e4hnav\'e4-p\'e4da-padma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet
 of Lord Nity\'e4nanda's }{\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 \'c7r\'e9 J\'e4hnav\'e4-dev\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koriy\'e4 smara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub remembering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub very fallen and lowly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kohe n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sings the names of the Lord.}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 11)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  \'e7r\'e9-j\'e4hnav\'e4-p\'e4da-padma koriy\'e4 smara\'eba
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9na k\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa kohe n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub With memory of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda's }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 
\'e7akti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9 J\'e4hnav\'e4-dev\'e9 (Yogam\'e4y\'e4), K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa, who describes himself here as very fallen and lowly, sings the names of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: Jaya R\'e4dh\'e4-Govinda
\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 JAYA R\'c4DH\'c4-GOVINDA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-govinda r\'e4dh\'e4-govinda r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcpa-gosv\'e4m\'e9r pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and Govinda, the treasure of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-madanamohana r\'e4dh\'e4-madanamohana r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 san\'e4taner pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and Madana-mohana, the treasure of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-d\'e4modara r\'e4dh\'e4-d\'e4modara r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 j\'e9va-gosv\'e4m\'e9r pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and D\'e4modara, the treasure of J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba r\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gop\'e4la-bha\'f6\'f6er pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba, the treasure of Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-gokul\'e4nanda r\'e4dh\'e4-gokul\'e4nanda r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lokan\'e4ther pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4-vinoda, the treasure of Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-gop\'e9n\'e4tha r\'e4dh\'e4-gop\'e9n\'e4tha r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 madhupa\'eb\'f2iter pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, the treasure of Ma\'f2hu Pa\'eb\'f2ita's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7y\'e4masundara r\'e4dh\'e4-\'e7y\'e4masundara r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7y\'e4m\'e4nander pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub  All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and \'c7y\'e4masundara, the treasure of \'c7y\'e4m\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-giridh\'e4r\'e9 r\'e4dh\'e4-giridh\'e4r\'e9 r\'e4dhe\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\i0\f0\fs28\cf0 (repeat)}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  *}}}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 *
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e4sa-gosv\'e4m\'e9r pr\'e4\'eba-dhana he
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub  All glories to R\'e4dh\'e4 and Giridh\'e4r\'e9, the treasure of Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's heart!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION]
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub These are the names of the famous seven temples of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  who founded them. \'c7r\'e9 Lokan\'e4tha, \'c7r\'e9 Ma\'f2hupa\'eb\'f2ita and \'c7y\'e4m\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9 were associates of \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa 
\'c4c\'e4rya, and their history is in a book called the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhakti-r\'e4tnakara}{\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 Pr\'e4\'eba-dhana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  means "the lord of one's life." The Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4-Govinda, Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, etc., are the Lords of Their }{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ' lives. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  were all perfectly realized souls, and as such their vision of the Deity was not obstructed by any material conception. Thus they could hear the Deity spe
aking to them and see the Deity's pastimes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modara\'f1\'f6aka (nam\'e4m\'e9\'e7vara\'e0 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-r\'fcpa\'e0)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 D\'c4MODAR\'c4\'d1\'d6
AKA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This eight }{\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  prayer is sung morning and evening during the month of D\'e4modara.
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nam\'e4m\'e9\'e7vara\'e0 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-r\'fcpa\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lasat-ku\'eb\'f2ala\'e0 gokule bhr\'e4jam\'e4nam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ya\'e7od\'e4-bhiyol\'fckhal\'e4d dh\'e4vam\'e4na\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 par\'e4m\'e5\'f1\'f6am atyantato drutya gopy\'e4
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 nam
\'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I bow down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7varam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub to the supreme controller; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-cit-\'e4nanda-r\'fcpam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose form is composed of eternity, 
knowledge, and bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lasat-ku\'eb\'f2alam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose earrings play and swing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gokule bhr\'e4jam\'e4nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is splendrously manifest in Gokula; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ya\'e7od\'e4-bhiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in fear of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ul\'fckal\'e4t-dh\'e4vam\'e4nam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who gets down from the wooden rice-grinding mortar and runs away; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-\'e4m\'e5\'f1\'f6am\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catching Him by the back; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
very much; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatam drutya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chasing after Him quickly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by 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 (\'c7r\'e9 Ya\'e7od\'e4).
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) 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
 stole the butter 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  kept hanging from the rafters of their storerooms and who the
n quickly jumped up and ran in retreat in fear of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 but was ultimately caught}{\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 to that Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modara, I offer my humble obeisances.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 rudanta\'e0 muhur netra-yugma\'e0 m\'e5jantam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kar\'e4mbhoja-yugmena s\'e4ta\'ecka-netram
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 muhu\'f9 \'e7v\'e4sa-kampa-trirekh\'e4\'ecka-ka\'eb\'f6ha-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sthita-graiva d\'e4modara\'e0 bhakti-baddham
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 rudant
am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub crying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muhu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agai
n and again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub netra-yugmam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub His two eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub m\'e5jantam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rubbing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kara-ambhoja-yugmena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with His two lotus-like hands; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-\'e4ta\'ecka-netram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with very fearful 
eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muhu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub again and again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7v\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub quick breathing and sighing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kampa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub trembling; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-rekha-a\'ecka-ka\'eb\'f6ha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub neck marked with three l
ines (just like a conchshell); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub situated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub graiva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pearl necklaces and other neck-ornaments; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4ma-udaram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto He with a rope around His belly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-baddham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub who is bound by devotion.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) 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, a
nd as 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 it\'e9d\'e5k sva-l\'e9l\'e4bhir \'e4nanda-ku\'eb\'f2e
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sva-gho\'f1a\'e0 nimajjantam \'e4khy\'e4payantam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tad\'e9ye\'f1ita-j\'efe\'f1u bhaktair jitatva\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 puna\'f9 prematas ta\'e0 \'e7at\'e4v\'e5tti vande
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 3) Those superexcellent pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's babyhood drowned the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy. To the devot
ees 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vara\'e0 deva mok\'f1a\'e0 na mok\'f1\'e4vadhi\'e0 v\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 na canya\'e0 v\'e5\'ebe 'ha\'e0 vare\'f1\'e4d ap\'e9ha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ida\'e0 te vapur n\'e4tha gop\'e4la-b\'e4la\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sad\'e4 me manasy \'e4vir\'e4st\'e4\'e0 kim anyai\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 varam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub boons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord!; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mok\'f1am\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub liberation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mok\'f1\'e4-avadhim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the 
highest pinnacle of liberation (the realm of \'c7r\'e9 Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha-loka); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'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 na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca-anyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or anything else; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'ebe aham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I pra
y for; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vara-\'e9\'e7\'e4t\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from You Who can bestow any boon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\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 here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vapu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub divine bodily form; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e4la-b\'e4lam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a young cowherd boy; }{\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 always; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me manasi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in my
 heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4vir\'e4st\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may it be manifest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim anyai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub what is the use of other things (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mok\'f1\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and so forth.)
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) 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. M
y only 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ida\'e0 te mukh\'e4mbhojam atyanta-n\'e9lair
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5ta\'e0 kuntalai\'f9 snigdha-raktai\'e7 ca gopy\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 muhu\'e7 cumbita\'e0 bimba-rakt\'e4-dhara\'e0 me
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 manasy \'e4vir\'e4st\'e4m ala\'e0 lak\'f1a-l\'e4bhai\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 idam
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukha-ambhojam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lotus-like face; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avy
akta-n\'e9lai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by very dark blue; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub surrounded; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuntalai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by curling locks of hair; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub snigdha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub soft and glossy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raktai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by reddish-tinted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by 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 (\'c7r\'e9 Ya\'e7od\'e4); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muhu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
again and again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cumbitam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kissed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bimba-rakta-adharam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with lips red as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bimba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fruit; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manasi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4vir\'e4st\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may it be manifest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub useless (there is no need for me
); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1a-l\'e4bhai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by millions of attainments of other boons.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) O Lord, the cheeks of Your blackish lotus face, which is encircled by locks of curling hair, have become reddened like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bimba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fruit due to Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's kisses. 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo deva d\'e4modar\'e4nanta vi\'f1\'ebo
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pras\'e9da prabho du\'f9kha-j\'e4l\'e4bdhi-magnam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5p\'e4-d\'e5\'f1\'f6i-v\'e5\'f1\'f6y\'e4tid\'e9na\'e0 bat\'e4nu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 g\'e5h\'e4\'ebe\'e7a m\'e4m aj\'efam edhy ak\'f1i-d\'e5\'e7ya\'f9
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 nama
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I bow down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O 
divine Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4modara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord whose belly is bound with a rope!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O limitless Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O all-pervading Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e9da\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub be pl
eased; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O my Master!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
du\'f9kha-j\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a network of material miseries; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abdhi-magnam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub immersed in the ocean; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4-d\'e5\'f1\'f6i-v\'e5\'f1\'f6y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub by the rain of merciful glances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ti-d\'e9nam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub very fallen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alas!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anug\'e5h\'e4\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please accept; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O supremely in
dependent Lord!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
aj\'efam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ignorant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub edhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
please come; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1i-d\'e5\'e7ya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub perceptible to my eyes.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6) 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 merc
y on me; uplift me and protect me with Your nectarean vision.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kuver\'e4tmajau baddha-m\'fcrtyaiva yadvat
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tvay\'e4 mocitau bhakti-bh\'e4jau k\'e5tau ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tath\'e4 prema-bhakti\'e0 svak\'e4\'e0 me prayaccha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 na mok\'f1e graho me 'sti d\'e4modareha
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 kuvera
-\'e4tmajau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the two sons of Kuvera (named Nalak\'fcvara and Ma\'ebigr\'e9va); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baddha-m\'fcrty\'e4-eva
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by He whose divine form was bound with ropes to the grinding mortar; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat-vat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub since they were like that (cursed by N\'e4rada to take birth as twin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arjuna }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub trees); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvay\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mocitau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub they who were liberated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti-bh\'e4jau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the recipients of devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5tau\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub You made them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-bhaktim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loving devotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svak\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your own; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prayaccha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please give; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na mok\'f1e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub not for liberation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub graha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub enthusiasm; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4modara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord D\'e4modara!; }{\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 this.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) 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
\'ebigr\'e9va, and Nalakuvera, 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 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namas te 'stu d\'e4mne sphurad-d\'e9pti-dh\'e4mne
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tvad\'e9yodar\'e4y\'e4tha vi\'e7vasya dh\'e4mne
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo r\'e4dhik\'e4yai tvad\'e9ya-priy\'e4yai
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo 'nanta-l\'e9l\'e4ya dev\'e4ya tubhyam
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 nama
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Y
ou; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may there be; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4
mne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the rope around Your waist; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sphurat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub splendrous; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9pti-dh\'e4mne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the effulgent abode; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvad\'e9ya-udar\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Your belly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the enti
re universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4mne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the shelter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dhik\'e4yai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto R\'e4dhik\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvad\'e9ya priy\'e4yai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Your Beloved; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub obeisances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta-l\'e9l
\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Your limitless sportive pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dev\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Your transcendental nature; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tubhyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto You.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8) 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 of
fer 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 \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9 Guru-parampar\'e4 (k\'e5\'f1\'eba hoite catur-mukha)
\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 \'c7R\'c9 GURU-PARAMPAR\'c4
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\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 hoite catur-mukha, hoy k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sevonmukha,
\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\'e4 hoite n\'e4radera mati
\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\'e4rada hoite vy\'e4sa, madhwa kohe vy\'e4sa-d\'e4sa,
\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\'ebapraj\'efa padman\'e4bha gati
\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\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 k\'e5
\'f1\'eba hoite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catur-mukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the four-headed Brahm\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoy k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sevonmukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub became fixed in devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4 hoite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from Brahm\'e4; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4radera mati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Devar\'f1i N\'e4rada's understanding (of this divine science was obtained); }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4rada hoite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from N\'e4rada; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4s
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sadeva became a disciple; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kohe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub calls him
self; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4sa-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a servant of Vy\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebapraj\'efa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Pur\'ebapraj\'efa T\'e9rtha (Madhva); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padman\'e4bha gati\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and sole refuge of
 Padman\'e4bha T\'e9rtha.
\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 the beginning of creation, four-headed Brahm\'e4 received the science of devotional service from the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Brahm\'e4 taught this divine science to Devar\'f1i N\'e4rada, and N\'e4rada imparted it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, who is also known P\'fcr\'ebapraj\'efa T\'e9rtha, calls himself a servant
 of Vy\'e4sa and is the guru and sole refuge of Padman\'e4bha T\'e9rtha.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba hoite catur-mukha, hoy k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sevonmukha,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 brahm\'e4 hoite n\'e4radera mati
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e4rada hoite vy\'e4sa, madhva kohe vy\'e4sa d\'e4sa,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'fcr\'eba-praj\'efa padman\'e4bha gati
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\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\'e5hari m\'e4dhava-ba\'e0\'e7e, ak\'f1obhya paramaha\'e0se,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1ya boli' a\'ecg\'e9k\'e4ra kore
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ak\'f1obhyera \'e7i\'f1ya jaya-t\'e9rtha n\'e4me paricaya,
\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\'e4ra d\'e4sye j\'ef\'e4nasindhu tore
\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\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 n\'e5h
ari m\'e4dhava-va\'e0\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub two other principal disciples of Madhva, N\'e5hari T\'e9rtha and M\'e4dhava T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ak\'f1obhya paramaha\'e0se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Ak\'f1obhya T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1ya boli'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was called a dis
ciple of M\'e4dhava T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecg\'e9kara kore\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub accepting him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1obhyera \'e7i\'f1ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the principal disciple of Ak\'f1obhya T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya-t\'e9rtha n\'e4me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the name of Jayat\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paricaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was known; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra d\'e4sye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in Jayat
\'e9rtha's service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nasindhu tore\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his disciple J\'ef\'e4nasindhu was meant for.
\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 two other principal disciples of Madhva are N\'e5hari T\'e9rtha and M\'e4dhava T\'e9rtha. M\'e4dhava T\'e9rtha accepted the gr
eat paramaha\'e0sa Ak\'f1obhya T\'e9rtha as a disciple. The principal disciple of Ak\'f1obhya T\'e9rtha was known as Jayat\'e9rtha, serving whom was J\'ef\'e4nasindhu\'92s only purpose in life.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 n\'e5hari-m\'e4dhava-va\'e0\'e7e, ak\'f1obhya-paramaha\'e0se,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7i\'f1ya boli' a\'ecg\'e9k\'e4ra kore
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ak\'f1obhyera \'e7i\'f1ya joy\'97t\'e9rtha n\'e4me paricoy,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4ra d\'e4sye j\'ef\'e4nasindhu tore
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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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 t\'e4h\'e4 hoite day\'e4nidhi, t\'e4ra d\'e4sa vidy\'e4nidhi,
\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\'e4jendra hoilo t\'e4h\'e4 ha'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 t\'e4h\'e4ra ki\'eckora jaya-dharma n\'e4me paricaya,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parampar\'e4 j\'e4no bh\'e4lo mate
\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\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 t\'e4h
\'e4 hoite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from J\'ef\'e4nasindhu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub day\'e4nidhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Day\'e4nidhi received the science of devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the s
ervant of Day\'e4nidhi; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy\'e4nidhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was Vidy\'e4nidhi (Vidy\'e4dhir\'e4ja T\'e9rtha); }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4jendra hoilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub R\'e4jendra T\'e9rtha became; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4 ha'te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a disciple of Vidy\'e4dhiraja T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4ra ki\'eckora\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub R\'e4jendra T\'e9rtha's servant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya-dharma n\'e4me\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the name of Jayadharma or Vijayadhvaja T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paricaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was known; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parampar\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this disciplic succession; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jano bh\'e4lo mate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you should properly understand.
\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 J\'ef\'e4nasindhu taught the science of devotional service to Day\'e4nidhi, whose servant was Vidy\'e4nidhi. Vidy\'e4nidhi in turn
 imparted this knowledge to R\'e4jendra T\'e9rtha, and he accepted Jayadharma as his servant. In this way you should properly understand this disciplic succession.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4h\'e4 hoite doy\'e4nidhi, t\'e4ra d\'e4sa vidy\'e4nidhi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4jendra hoilo t\'e4h\'e4 ho'te
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4h\'e4ra ki\'eckora joy\'97dharma n\'e4me paricoy,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parampar\'e4 j\'e4no bh\'e4lo mate
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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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 jayadharma-d\'e4sye khy\'e4ti, \'e7r\'e9 puru\'f1ottama-jati,
\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\'e4 ha'te brahma\'ebya-t\'e9rtha s\'fcri
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha t\'e4ra d\'e4sa, lak\'f1m\'e9pati vy\'e4sa-d\'e4sa,
\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\'e4h\'e4 ha'te m\'e4dhavendra pur\'e9
\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\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 jayadh
arma-d\'e4sye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the service of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub Vijayadhvaja T\'e9rtha (Jayadharma); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khy\'e4ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub known as; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 puru\'f1ottama-yati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Puru\'f1ottama T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4 ha'te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the principal disciple of Puru\'f1ottama T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya-t\'e9rtha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was Su
brahma\'ebya T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fcri\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the great saint; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha (Vy\'e4sa R\'e4ya); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Subrahma\'ebya's servant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub Lak\'f1m\'e9pati T\'e9rtha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4sa-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha's servant; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4 ha'te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose disciple was; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m
\'e4dhavendra pur\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\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 sanny\'e4s\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 Puru\'f1ottama T\'e9rtha received the knowledge of devotional service from Jayadharma. The prin
cipal disciple of Puru\'f1ottama T\'e9rtha was the saintly Subrahma\'ebya T\'e9rtha, whose servant was the great Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha. Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha\'92s servant was Lak\'f1m\'e9pati T\'e9rtha, and his disciple was M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9.}
}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 4]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jayadharma-d\'e4sye khy\'e4ti, \'e7r\'e9 puru\'f1ottama-yati,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4 ho'te brahma\'ebya-t\'e9rtha s\'fcri
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha t\'e4ra d\'e4sa, lak\'f1m\'e9pati vy\'e4sad\'e4sa,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4h\'e4 ho'te m\'e4dhavendra pur\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf9\nosupersub Text Five
\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\'e4dhavendra pur\'e9-bara, \'e7i\'f1ya-bara \'e7r\'e9-\'e9\'e7wara,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nity\'e4nanda, \'e7r\'e9-adwaita vibhu
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7wara-pur\'e9ke dhanya, korilen \'e7r\'e9-caitanya,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagad-guru gaura mah\'e4prabhu
\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\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 m\'e4d
havendra pur\'e9-vara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the eminent M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1ya-vara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the chief disciple; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e9\'e7vara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was 
\'e9\'e7vara Pur\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nity\'e4nanda \'e7r\'e9-advaita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and also \'c7r\'e9 Nity\'e4nanda and Advaita 
\'e4c\'e4rya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the renowned incarnations of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara-pur\'e9ke dhanya korilen\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who made \'e9\'e7vara Pur\'e9 greatly fortunate (by acting as his disciple); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-caitanya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagad-guru\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the spiritual preceptor of all the worlds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura mah\'e4prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Gaur\'e4\'ecga Mah\'e4prabhu.
\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 The chief disciple of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, and two of his other disciples were the renowned incarnations o
f Godhead \'c7r\'e9 Nity\'e4nanda and Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the spiritual preceptor of all the worlds, made \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9 greatly fortunate by accepting him as his spiritual master.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4dhavendra pur\'e9-boro, \'e7i\'f1ya-boro \'e7r\'e9-\'e9\'e7varo,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nity\'e4nanda, \'e7r\'e9-advaita vibhu
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e9\'e7vara-pur\'e9ke dhanya, korilena \'e7r\'e9-caitanya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jagad-guru gaura-mah\'e4prabhu
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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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 mah\'e4prabhu \'e7r\'e9-caitanya, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba nahe anya,
\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\'fcp\'e4nuga janera j\'e9vana
\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\'e7wambhara priya\'eckara, \'e7r\'e9-swar\'fcpa d\'e4modara,
\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-gosw\'e4m\'e9 r\'fcpa-san\'e4tana
\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\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 mah
\'e4prabhu \'e7r\'e9-caitanya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4he any
a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is nondifferent from \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcp\'e4nuga janera\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of those Vai\'f1\'ebavas who follow \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the very life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vambhara priya\'eckara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the gi
vers of great happiness to Vi\'e7vambhara (\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-swar\'fcpa d\'e4modara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9 Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-gosw\'e4m\'e9 r\'fcpa-san\'e4tana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R\'fc
pa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\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 \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is none other than \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba and is the very life of those V
ai\'f1\'ebavas who follow in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'c7r\'e9 Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara Gosv\'e4m\'e9, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gave great happiness to Vi\'e7vambhara [Lord Caitanya].
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mah\'e4prabhu \'e7r\'e9-caitanya, r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba nahe anya,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcp\'e4nuga-janera j\'e9vana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'e7vambhara-priya\'eckoro, \'e7r\'e9-svar\'fcpa-d\'e4modaro,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9 gosv\'e4m\'e9 r\'fcpa son\'e4tan
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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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 r\'fcpa-priya mah\'e4jana, j\'e9va, raghun\'e4tha hana,
\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\'e4ra priya kavi k\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa
\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\'ebad\'e4sa-priya-bara, narottama sev\'e4-para,
\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\'e4ra pada vi\'e7wan\'e4tha-\'e4\'e7a
\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\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 r\'fcp
a-priya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub very dear to R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the great souls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va raghun\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and R
aghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub became; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra priya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's beloved student; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kavi k\'e5
\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa-priya-bara
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub narottama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was Narottama d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sev\'e4-para\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always engaged in the service 
of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa's intimate friend); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4ra pada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for whose feet (Narottama's); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7v
an\'e4tha-\'e4\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the only aspiration of Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.
\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 souls J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Raghun\'e4tha D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 became very dear to R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Raghun
\'e4tha D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s beloved student was K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who was an intimate friend of Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s single disciple was Narottama D\'e4sa; he always engaged in 
the service of his guru and was also very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja. To serve the lotus feet of Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura was the only desire of Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'fcpa-priya mah\'e4jana, j\'e9va-raghun\'e4tha hana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4ra priya kavi k\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa-priya-boro, narottama sev\'e4-para,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4ra pada vi\'e7van\'e4tha-\'e4\'e7a
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf9\nosupersub Text Eight
\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\'e7wan\'e4tha-bhakta-s\'e4tha, baladeva jagann\'e4tha,
\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\'e4ra priya \'e7r\'e9-bhaktivinoda
\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-bh\'e4gavata-bara, \'e7r\'e9-gauraki\'e7ora-bara,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari-bhajanete j\'e4'ra moda
\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\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 vi\'e7
van\'e4tha-bhakta-s\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9, along with the assembled devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub baladeva
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagann\'e4tha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub then Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra priya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his dear
 student; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhaktivinoda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata-bara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the topmost among great devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sr\'e9-gauraki\'e7ora-bara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the eminent \'c7r\'e9 Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h
ari-bhajanete\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in unalloyed worship of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4'ra moda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose sole joy was found.
\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 Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura was the instructing spiritual master of Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba. Jagann\'e4
tha D\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 was a very prominent \'e4c\'e4rya after \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba and was the beloved instructing spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura\'92s intimate friend and 
associate was the eminent mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata \'c7r\'e9 Gauraki\'e7ora D\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, whose sole joy was found in hari-bhajana.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'e7van\'e4tha-bhakta-s\'e4th, baladev jagann\'e4th,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4ra priya \'e7r\'e9-bhaktivinoda
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mah\'e4bh\'e4gavata-boro, \'e7r\'e9-gauraki\'e7ora-boro,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-bhajanete y\'e4ra moda
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 \'e7r\'e9-var\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-vara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beloved dev
otee of \'c7r\'e9 Var\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9 (\'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4, daughter of King V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sad\'e4 sevya-sev\'e4-par\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub always engaged in the service of his worshipable spiritual master; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4h\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub his; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dayita-d\'e4sa-n\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of he named \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-dayita d
\'e4sa (the initiated name of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ra pradh\'e4n prac\'e4rako\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his fo
remost disciple-preacher; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhaktived\'e4nta n\'e4mo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub named \'c7r\'e9la A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta S
w\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e5thiv\'e9te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the whole world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the message of Lord Caitanya; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhitare}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within;}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 9]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-v\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-bor\'e4, sad\'e4 sevya-sev\'e4 par\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4h\'e4ra doyita-d\'e4sa-n\'e4m
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4ra pradh\'e4n prac\'e4rako, \'e7r\'e9-bhaktived\'e4nta n\'e4mako,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 p\'e5thiv\'e9te gaura-v\'e4n\'e9 bhitore
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn It is my desire to honour the remnants ({\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ucchi\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) \'96 their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and their instructions \'96 from the lotus mouths of all these personal associates of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard 
\s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 \par \pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10]
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ei saba hari-jana, gaur\'e4\'ecgera nija-jana,\line t\'e4' der ucchi\'f1\'f6e mor k\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
\par \pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enlightened the four-faced Brahm\'e4 with the devotional science, which Brahm\'e4 then passed on to N\'e4rada Muni.
 In the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , Second Canto, Ninth Chapter, the history of how Lord Brahm\'e4 received
 initiation directly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is explained. Brahm\'e4 found himself in the midst of darkness. He tried to explore the dark universe by traveling down the stem of the lotus planet of his birth, but, being only a }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  with limited senses, intellect, and power, he failed to find more than darkness. Brahm\'e4 then heard the syllables }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ta}{\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 pa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  from outside the covering of the universe, and following this instruction, he performed }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub tapasya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , or penance, by which the spiritual realm was revealed to him. The four seed verses of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  were transmitted by the Lord Himself to Brahm\'e4. The conclusion is that Brahm\'e4 could not understand anything by his own attempt; only by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's revelation could Brahm\'e4 get absolute knowledge. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 took to the disciplic succession naturally. He initiated N\'e4rada Muni, who in turn initiated Vy\'e4sadeva, the compil
er of all Vedic literatures. It is recorded in the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , First Canto, Fifth Chapter, that Vy\'e4sa
deva compiled 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  in four divisions and then wrote the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\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 Upani\'f1ads}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , and revealed the conclusion of knowledge in the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub . Yet as he meditated he did not feel satisfied, and N\'e4rada Muni explained to him that this was because he had not described the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , forms, qualities, etc., of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then Vy\'e4sadeva expanded the four seed verses of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  into 18,000 verses, and then initiated Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya. Vy\'e4sadeva is still living in the Himalayas at Badarik\'e4\'e7rama, and, therefore, there is no gap of time between V
y\'e4sa and Madhva; they are contemporaries, just as we are contemporaries of Vy\'e4sa, who is presently in this world. The }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  coming from Madhva are Padman\'e4bha, N\'e5hari, M\'e4dhava, Ak\'f1obhya, Jayat\'e9rtha, J\'ef\'e4nasindhu, Day\'e4nidhi, Vidy\'e4nidhi, R\'e4jendra, Jayadharma, Puru\'f1ottama, Brahma\'ebya-t\'e9rtha, Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha, La
k\'f1m\'e9pati, and M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9. (Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1ana, the great }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  who wro
te the commentary on }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  after hearing it directly from the Deity Govindaj\'e9, has confirm
ed M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's connection with the Madhva-samprad\'e4ya.) 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 had several disciples who were highly transcendental personalities. Lord Nity\'e4nanda, the incarnation of Lord
 Balar\'e4ma, and \'c7r\'e9 Advaita, the incarnation of Maha-Vi\'f1\'ebu, accepted initiation from him. However, \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9 possessed a very high standard of devotion and would even clean the toilet place for his spiritual master. Thu
s \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9 was given the seat of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . He in turn initiated Lord Caitanya, Who is none 
other than R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and Who is the living force of the followers of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Lord Caitanya is succeeded by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 along with Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, then Raghun\'e4tha d
\'e4sa and J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, and Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura. Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 was the spiritual master of Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba and Jagan
n\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9. Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa's most beloved disciple is \'c7r\'e9la Sac-cid-\'e4nanda Bhaktivinoda, who empowered \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, an }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\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 mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  (great devotee of the highest order), to initiate \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, who is also spiritually named \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4r\'f1abh\'e4nav\'e9-dayita d\'e4sa. I have added one more line to thi
s song: "His foremost disciple-preacher is Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who has spread the message of Lord Caitanya throughout the entire world."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9-R\'e4dhik\'e4-Stava\'f9 (r\'e4dhe jaya jaya m\'e4dhava-dayite)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-R\'c4DHIK\'c4-STAVA\'d9
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub by {\*\bkmkstart SVA 4: Sri Sri Gaura-Nityanander Daya}{\*\bkmkend SVA 4: Sri Sri Gaura-Nityanander Daya}\'c7r\'e9la }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf1\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 r\'e4d
he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O R\'e4dh\'e4!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub all glories unto You! all glories unto You!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4dhava-dayite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O beloved of M\'e4dhava!; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gokula\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Gokula; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub taru\'eb
\'e9-ma\'eb\'f2ala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by all the young girls; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O You who are glorified!
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dhe jaya jaya m\'e4dhava-dayite
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 gokula-taru\'eb\'e9-ma\'eb\'f2ala-mahite
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 d\'e4modara-rati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord D\'e4modara's love and attachm
ent; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vardhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to increase; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v
e\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O You who dress Yourself in such a way!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-ni\'f1kuta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the pleasure grove of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4-vipina\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of V
\'e5nd\'e4 Dev\'e9's forest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Queen!
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e4modara-rati-vardhana-ve\'e7e
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari-ni\'f1kuta-v\'e5nd\'e4-vipine\'e7e
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\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 v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu-udadhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the ocean of King V
\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nava-\'e7a\'e7i-lekhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O goddess of the newly-arisen moon!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lalit\'e4-sakhi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O friend of Lalit\'e4!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub due to Your wonderful qualities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ramita-vi\'e7\'e4khe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O You who give intimate pleasure to Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4!
\par }\pard }}{\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  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nudadhi-nava-\'e7a\'e7i-lekhe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 lalit\'e4-sakh\'e9 gu\'eba-ramita-vi\'e7\'e4khe
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\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 karu
\'eb\'e4m kuru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please be merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mayi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub to me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karu\'eb\'e4-bharite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O You who are filled with compassion!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sanaka-san\'e4tana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by the great sages Sanaka and San\'e4tana; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub var\'ebita carite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O You whose divine characteristics are described!
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 karu\'eb\'e4\'e0 kuru mayi karu\'eb\'e4-bharite
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sanaka-san\'e4tana-var\'ebita-carite
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glories, glories to \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the beloved of M\'e4dhava and most worshipable of the cowherd girls of Gokula 
Ma\'eb\'f2ala! 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Decorated by the dress of Lord D\'e4modara's increasing ecstasy, You are the lady of the house of Lord Hari and the groves of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub From the ocean of V\'e5\'f1abh\'e4nu has arisen a new moon which is overwhelming the qualities of Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Goddess, Your qualities are described by Sanaka and San\'e4tana \'c5\'f1is and by San\'e4tana }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . Please bestow Your mercy upon me.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [purport]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7rita Kamala
\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 \'c7RITA KAMALA\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who rests; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kamal\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the goddess of fortune; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuca-ma\'eb\'f2ala
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon the globe-like breasts; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-ku\'eb\'f2ala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub decorated with earrings; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wearing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lalita-vana-m\'e4l\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a charming garland of for
est flowers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all glories to You!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jayadeva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Jayadeva (who defeats all the demigods)!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Hari!
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7rita-kamal\'e4kuca-ma\'eb\'f2ala (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dh\'e5ta-ku\'eb\'f2ala (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kalita-lalita-vanam\'e4l\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glories, glories to Lord Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is bedecked with jeweled earrings and a garland of forest flowe
rs and whose feet are marked with a lotus!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dinama\'ebi-ma\'eb\'f2ala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as the orb of the sun; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ma\'eb\'f2ana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose ornaments are as splendid; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava-kha\'eb\'f2ana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord who breaks the cycle of repeated birth and death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub muni-jana-m\'e4nasa-ha\'e0sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O swan in the lake of the sages' hearts!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dinama\'ebi-ma\'eb\'f2ala-ma\'eb\'f2ana (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhava-kha\'eb\'f2ana (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 munijana-m\'e4nasa-ha\'e0sa
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Lord's face shines like the whorl of the sun. He removes the miseries of His devotees and is the resting place of the minds of the
 swanlike sages. Glories! Glories to Lord \'c7r\'e9 Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4liya-vi\'f1adhara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the poisonous K\'e4liya serpe
nt; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ga\'efjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who defeated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
(he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jana-ra\'efjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub O delight of the people!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yadu-kula-nalina\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus flower of the Yadu dynasty; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dina-\'e9\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O sun who causes them to bloom!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e4liya-vi\'f1adhara-ga\'efjana (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jana-ra\'efjana (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yadu-kula-nalina-dine\'e7a
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Supreme Personality of Godhead who destroyed the demoniac K\'e4liya serpent! O Lord, You are the beloved of all living entities and 
the sun in the galaxy of the Yadu dynasty. Glories! Glories to Lord \'c7r\'e9 Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhu-mura-naraka-vin\'e4\'e7ana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O killer of the dem
ons Madhu, Mura, and Naraka!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub garu\'f2a-\'e4sana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord who sits on Garuda!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sura-kula-keli-nid\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord who enjoys pastimes 
among the dynasties of demigods!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 madhu-mura-naraka-vin\'e4\'e7ana (he)\line garu\'f2\'e4sana (e)\line sura-kula-keli-nid\'e4na\line jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord, destroyer of the demons Madhu, Mura and Naraka! Seated on Garu\'f2a, You are the source of joy for the demigods. All glories t
o Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amala-kamala-dala-locana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord whose eyes are like 
immaculate lotus petals!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhava-mocana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O liberator from the cycle of repeated birth and death!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tribhuvana-bhuvana-nidh\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O tr
easure of the three worlds!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 amala-kamala-dala-locana (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhava-mocana (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tribhuvana-bhuvana-nidh\'e4na
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord, Your clear eyes are like lotus petals, and You destroy the bondage of the material world. You are the maintainer of the three 
worlds. Glories to Lord Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janaka-sut\'e4-k\'e5ta-bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord who h
as become the ornament of S\'e9t\'e4 Dev\'e9, the daughter of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Janaka!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jita-d\'fc\'f1a\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord who is victorious over all wicked demons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samara-\'e7amita-da\'e7a-ka\'eb\'f6ha\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord who defeated the ten-headed R\'e4va\'eba in battle!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 janaka-sut\'e4-k\'e5ta-bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jita-d\'fc\'f1a\'eba (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 samara-\'e7amita-da\'e7aka\'eb\'f6ha
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord, as the gem of the sons of Janaka, You were victorious over all the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf6\nosupersub asuras}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , and You smashed the greatest }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub asura}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , the ten-headed R\'e4va\'eba. Glories to Lord Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhinava-jaladhara-sundara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord as handsome as a f
resh raincloud!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d
h\'e5ta-mandara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O lifter of Govardhana Hill!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-mukha-candra-cakora\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakora }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bird who drinks the moonlight of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's face!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 abhinava-jaladhara-sundara (he)\line dh\'e5ta-mandara (e)\line \'e7r\'e9-mukhacandra-cakora\line jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Supreme Personality of Godhead who held the Govardhana Hill! Your complexion is like a fresh monsoon cloud, and Sri R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9 is like a }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub cakora}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  bird who is nourished by drinking the light of Your moonlike face. Glories! Glori
es to Lord Sri Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava cara\'ebam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub before Your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebata vayam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub we are bowing down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (h
e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti bh\'e4vaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t
hus thinking of us; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
kuru ku\'e7alam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please grant auspiciousness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebate\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to us who bow down before You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tava cara\'eba\'e0 pra\'ebata vayam (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 iti bh\'e4vaya (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kuru ku\'e7ala\'e0 pra\'ebate\'f1u
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O Lord, I offer my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet. Please bless me by Your limitless mercy. Glories! Glories to Lord Sri Hari!
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-jayadeva-kave\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the poet Jayadeva; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (he)\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kurute mudam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which gives trans
cendental happiness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (e)\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ma\'ecgalam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub auspicious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ujjvala-g\'e9tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brilliantly effulgent song; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jayadeva hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9) 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-jayadeva-kaver ida\'e0 (he)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kurute mudam (e)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ma\'ecgalam ujjvala-g\'e9ta\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 jaya jaya deva hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The poet \'c7r\'e9 Jayadeva offers this song of devotion and shining good fortune to Thee. All glories! All glories to Lord \'c7r\'e9 
Hari!
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9-\'c7r\'e9-Gaura-Nity\'e4nandera Day\'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 \'c7R\'c9-\'c7R\'c9-GAURA-NITY
\'c4NANDERA DAY\'c4\line by Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\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 koru\'eba, pah\'fc dui jana
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nit\'e4i gauracandra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saba avat\'e4ra-s\'e4ra \'e7iroma\'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 kevala \'e4nanda-kanda
\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\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 parama
 koru\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supremely merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pah\'fc dui jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the two Lords; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nit\'e4i gauracandra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Nity\'e4nanda and Lord Gauracandra; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saba avat\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of all incarnations; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub s\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub They are the essence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7iroma\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and the crest jewels; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kevala \'e4nanda-kanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub exclusive fountains o
f bliss.
\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 Nit\'e4i and Lord Gauracandra are very merciful. They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these
 incarnations is that They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 parama karu\'eba}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 , pahu\'ec dui jana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nit\'e4i-gauracandra
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 saba avat\'e4ra\'97}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 , }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 s\'e4ra \'e7iroma\'ebi,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kevala-\'e4nanda-kanda
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajo bhajo bh\'e4i, caitanya nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sud\'e5\'f2ha bi\'e7w\'e4sa kori
\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\'f1aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4, se rase majiy\'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 mukhe bolo hari hari
\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\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 bhajo 
bhajo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just worship, just }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worship; bh\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O brothers!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caitanya nit\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sud\'e5\'f2ha vi\'e7v\'e4sa kori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with firm faith; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vi\'f1aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giving up sense gratification; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se rase\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in that mellow of worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub majiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub absorbing;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukhe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with your mouth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bolo
 hari hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chant Hari! Hari!
\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 brothers, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda with firm conviction and faith. If one wants to 
be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by this process, one has to give up his engagement in sense gratification. Become absorbed in worshiping Lord Caitanya and Nityananda and simply chant \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Hari Hari!\'94 without any material motive.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhaja bhaja bh\'e4i, caitanya-nit\'e4i,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sud\'e5\'f2ha vi\'e7v\'e4sa kori
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vi\'f1aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4 se rase majiy\'e4,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mukhe bolo hari hari
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dekho ore bh\'e4i, tri-bhuvane n\'e4i,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub emona doy\'e4la d\'e4t\'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 pa\'e7u p\'e4kh\'e9 jhure, p\'e4\'f1\'e4\'eba vidare,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uni' j\'e4\'ecra gu\'eba-g\'e4th\'e4
\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\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 dekho
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just see; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ore bh\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O
 dear brothers!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri-bhuvane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub within the three worlds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is none; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub emona\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub such as these; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub doy\'e4la d\'e4t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub charitable givers of mercy; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub even the animals; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pakh
\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and the birds; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jhure\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub weep; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4\'f1\'e4\'eba vidare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stones melt; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7uni'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon hearing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba-g\'e4th\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub glorification of Their qualiti
es.
\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 brothers, just try to examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nity\'e4nanda. Thei
r merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3] 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dekha ore bh\'e4i, tri-bhuvane n\'e4i,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 emona day\'e4la d\'e4t\'e4
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pa\'e7u-p\'e4kh\'e9 jhure, p\'e4\'f1\'e4\'eba vidare
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7uni y\'e4ra gu\'eba-g\'e4th\'e4
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\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\fs24
\cf9\nosupersub Text Four
\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\'e0s\'e4re majiy\'e4, rohili poriy\'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 se pade nahilo \'e4\'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 \'e4pana karama, bhu\'efj\'e4ye \'e7amana,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kahoye locana-d\'e4sa
\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\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 sa\'e0
s\'e4re majiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub entrapped in the materialistic sense gratification process; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rohili po\'f2iy\'e4\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub falling and remaining; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se pade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub for Their lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nahilo \'e4\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you have no aspiration; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pana karama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your own bad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma; bhu\'efjaye
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you are being punished (lit. \'91enjoying'); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7amana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by Yamar\'e4ja, lord of death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kahoye locana-d\'e4sa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus says Loc
ana d\'e4sa.
\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 But I, Locana D\'e4sa, regret that I am entrapped by sense gratification. I have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya
 and Lord Nity\'e4nanda, and therefore Yamar\'e4ja, the superintendent of death, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement.
\par }\pard }}{\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 \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 so\'e0s\'e4re majiy\'e4, rohili pa\'f2iy\'e4, 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 se pade nahilo \'e4\'e7a 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4pana koroma, bhu\'efj\'e4ye \'e7amana, 
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kohoye locana-d\'e4sa
\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 Purport\line }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf1 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 is a song by Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pahu\'ec}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "Lord," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dui jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "two." Locana 
d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura declares that the two Lords Nit\'e4i-Gauracandra\'96Lord Nit\'e4i and Lord Caitanya\'96are very merciful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (parama karu\'eba). Saba avat\'e4ra\'96, s\'e4ra-
\'e7iroma\'ebi. Avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "incarnation," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "all." They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that prosecuting Their way of self-realization is simply joyful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (kevala-\'e4nanda-kanda),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for They introduced chanting and dancing. There are many incarnations like Lord R\'e4ma and even K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, who 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 \'96which requires knowledge and understanding. But Lord Cai
tanya and Nity\'e4nanda introduced a process that is simply joyful\'96which is simply to chant and dance. Therefore, Locana d\'e4sa requests everyone: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaja bhaja bh\'e4i, cait
anya-nit\'e4i.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "My dear brother, I request that you just worship Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda with firm conviction and faith." Don't think that this chanting and dancing wi
ll not lead to the desired goal. It will. It is the assurance of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu that one will get all perfection by this process. Therefore one must chant with firm faith and conviction (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4sa kori}{\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 But what is the process? The process is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'f1aya ch\'e4\'f2iy\'e4, se rase majiy\'e4.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If one wants to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by this process, one has to give up his engagement in sense gratification. That is the only restriction. If one gives up sense gra
tification, it is sure that he will reach the desired goal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukhe bolo hari hari:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one simply has 
to chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hari Hari,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without any motive of sense gratification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dekha ore bh\'e4i, tri-bhuvane n\'e4i.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, "My dear bro
ther, you just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nity\'e4nanda because Their merciful qualities are so great that They make even birds and beasts cry, not to speak of human beings." Actually, when Lo
rd Caitanya passed through the forest known as Jharikha\'eb\'f2a, the tigers, elephants, snakes, deer, and all other animals joined Him in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is so nice that anyone can join. Even the animals can join, not to speak of human 
beings. Of course, it is not possible for ordinary men to induce animals to chant, but if Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu could inspire animals to chant, at least we can encourage human beings to adopt this path of 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  chanting. It is so nice that even the most stonehearted man will be melted. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4\'f1\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "stone." It is so nice that even stone will melt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura regrets that he is entrapped by sense gratification. He addresses himself, "My dear mind, you are entrapped in this sense gratifica
tion process, and you have no attraction for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since you have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda, what can I say? I can simply think of my misfortune. Yamar\'e4ja, the superintendent of de
ath, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by Lord Caitanya's 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 [purport 2, 3, 4]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9 Tulas\'e9-k\'e9rtana (namo nama\'f9 tulas\'e9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-preyasi)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-TULAS\'c9-K\'c9RTANA
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (refr
ain) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bowing again and again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tulas\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Tulas\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-preyas\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O beloved of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub repeated obei
sances; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sev\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the service of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4bo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will obtain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhil\'e4\'f1\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub I am desirous.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9 tulas\'e9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-preyasi namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sev\'e4 p\'e4vo ei abil\'e4\'f1\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 ye\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whoever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eba loy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub takes shelter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub his; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4\'efch\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desires; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba hoy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are fulfilled; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5p\'e4 kori'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub being merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you make; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana-v\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a resident of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ye tom\'e4ra \'e7ara\'eba loy, tara v\'e4\'efch\'e4 p\'fcr\'eba hoy
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5p\'e4 kori' koro t\'e4re v\'e5nd\'e4vana-v\'e4si
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 mora
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhil\'e4\'f1\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub desire; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vil\'e4s ku
\'efje\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the pleasure-groves; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dio\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub please give; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4s\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a residence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nayane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with my eyes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub heribo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I will behold; }{\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 always; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yugala-r\'fcpa-r\'e4\'e7\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the waves of the Divine Couple's beauty.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mora ei abhil\'e4\'f1a, vil\'e4sa ku\'efje dio v\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nayana heribo sad\'e4 yugala-r\'fcpa-r\'e4\'e7i
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 ei niv
edana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this request; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub please keep; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakh\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of one of the cowherd damsels; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anugata koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub make me a follower; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sev\'e4-adhik\'e4ra\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the privilege of devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub diye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub bestowing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub koro\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please make; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nija d\'e4s\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your own maidservant.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ei nivedana dhara, sakh\'e9ra anugata koro
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sev\'e4-adhik\'e4ra diye koro n\'e9ja d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 d\'e9n
a k\'e5\'f1\'eba-d\'e4se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the fallen and lowly servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (named K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
koy\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prays; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just like; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mora hoy\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is mine; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-govinda-preme\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub in the ecstatic love for \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and Govinda; }{\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 always; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yena\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just like; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4si\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub swimming.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 d\'e9na k\'e5\'f1\'eba-d\'e4se koy, ei yena mora hoy
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dh\'e4-govinda-preme sad\'e4 yena bh\'e4si
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Tulas\'e9, beloved of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I bow before you again and again. The only desire left in me is to serve R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. O dweller of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the wishes of all those who seek your favor are fulfilled. Bestow your kindness upon me. I wish you to live in my small garden and remain green forever. O storehouse of beauty, I am your follower and }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub sakh\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . Pray that by making me your maidservant, as a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this body will be His}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub not mine. Bless me, that in this body may dwell only love for R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9 Tulas\'e9 Pra\'eb\'e4ma (v\'e5nd\'e4yai tulas\'e9-devyai)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-TULAS\'c9-PRA\'cb\'c4MA
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5nd\'e4yai tulas\'e9-devyai priy\'e4yai ke\'e7avasya ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakti-prade dev\'e9 satyavatyai namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4yai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto V\'e5nd\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tulas\'e9-devyai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Tulas\'e9-dev\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priy
\'e4yai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is dear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7avasya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub to Lord Ke\'e7ava; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who bestows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O}{\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 goddess; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya-vatyai\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Satyavat\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9 nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub repeated obei
sances.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my repeated obeisances unto V\'e5nd\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Tulas\'e9-dev\'e9, who is very dear to Lord Ke\'e7ava. 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O goddess, you bestow devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you possess the highest truth."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: Tulas\'e9 Prayer (y\'e4ni k\'e4ni ca p\'e4p\'e4ni)
\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 TULAS\'c9 PRAYER
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4ni k\'e4ni ca p\'e4p\'e4ni brahma-haty\'e4dik\'e4ni ca
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 t\'e4ni t\'e4ni pra\'eba\'e7yanti pradak\'f1i\'eba\'f9 pade pade
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4ni k\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whatever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4p\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sins; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-hatya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub killing of a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba; \'e4dik\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and so on; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ca\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub also; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4ni t\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub all of them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'eba\'e7yanti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are destroyed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pradak\'f1i\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub circumambulating; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pade pade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub step by step.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Those who circumambulate \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Tulas\'e9-dev\'e9 step by step destroy whatever sins they have committed, even the killing 
of 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 ."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9 Tulas\'e9 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf9 \'c4}{\v\f0\fs20\cf9 rati (v\'e5nd\'e4yai tulas\'e9-devyai)
\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 \'c7R\'c9-TULAS\'c9-\'c4RATI\line
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub by Candra\'e7ekhara \'c4c\'e4rya
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 namo n
ama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tulasi mah\'e4r\'e4\'ebi\'97O}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  Tulas\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5nde\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub O V\'e5nd\'e4!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4r\'e4\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O grand Queen!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo r
e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my obeisances unto you!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub my obeisances unto you!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub meiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O mother!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo n\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eb\'e9, wife of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9 tulasi mah\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 v\'e5nde mah\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo re namo re meiy\'e4 namo n\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebi
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 y\'e4
\'ecko dara\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whoever sees you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'e7e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or touches you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agha-n\'e4\'e7a-i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all sins are destroyed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahim\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your glories; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub veda-pur\'e4\'ebe\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in 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 and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\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 v\'e4kh\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are described. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offe
r my obeisances to you again and again;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4\'ecko dara\'e7e, para\'e7e agha-n\'e4\'e7ai
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mahim\'e4 veda-pur\'e4\'ebe v\'e4kh\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 y\'e4
\'ecko\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub leav
es; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ma\'efjar\'e9 komala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and soft }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ma\'efjar\'e9s; \'e7r\'e9-pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the husband of Lak\'f1m\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub car
a\'eba-kamale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lapa\'f6\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are entwined; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 y\'e4\'ecko patra, ma\'efjar\'e9 komala
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-pati-cara\'eba-kamale lapa\'f6\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 dh\'fc
pa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub incense; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e9pa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a gh
ee lamp; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub naivedya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub edibles; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4rati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cerem
ony; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phulan\'e4 kiye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub offering to you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub varakh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you shower; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub varakh\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your rain of mercy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again
;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dh\'fcpa, d\'e9pa, naivedya, \'e4roti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 phulan\'e4 kiye varakh\'e4 varakh\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 dhanya
 tulasi meiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O blessed mother Tulas\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcra\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you successfully completed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapa kiye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub performing austerities; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e7\'e4lagr\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of \'c7r\'e9 \'e7\'e4lagr\'e4ma-\'e7\'e9l\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-p\'e4\'f6ar\'e4\'eb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and have thus become the chief consort and queen. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dhanya tulasi meiy\'e4, pur\'e4\'eba tapa kiye
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7r\'e9-\'e7\'e4lagr\'e4ma-mah\'e4-p\'e4\'f6ar\'e4\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 ch\'e4
pp\'e4nna bhoga\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the fifty-six varieties of cooked food; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chatri\'e7a bya\'efjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or the thirty-six different curries; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vin\'e4 tulas\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tulas\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub leaves; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka n\'e4hi m\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub does not care for even one of them. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances 
to you again and again;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ch\'e4p\'e4nna bhoga, chatri\'e7a bya\'efjana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vin\'e4 tulas\'e9 prabhu eka n\'e4hi m\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 \'e7iv
a-\'e7uka-n\'e4rada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Devar\'f1i N\'e4rada; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aur\'97and; brahm
\'e4diko\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub demigods headed by Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f2h rata phirata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub are circumambulating you; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-muni j\'ef\'e4n\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and
 all the wise }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub munis}{\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 namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7iva-\'e7uka-n\'e4rada, \'e4ur brahm\'e4diko
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'f2h\'fcrata phirata mah\'e4muni j\'ef\'e4n\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 candra
\'e7ekhara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this Candra\'e7ekhara; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub meiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O mother!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ter\'e4 ya\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub your glories; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4owe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thus sings; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakati-d\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the gift of pure devotion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dijiye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please bestow up
on me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4r\'e4\'ebi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Mah\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub namo nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances to you again and again;
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8]
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 candra-sekhara meiy\'e4, ter\'e4 ya\'e7o g\'e4oye
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhakati-d\'e4na d\'e9jiye mah\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb216\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Worshipable Tulas\'e9 Dev\'e9, O V\'e5nd\'e4 Dev\'e9, obeisances unto thee again and again. All praises, O mother of }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bhakti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . O N\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebi [energy of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba], my humble obeisances to thee again and again. Simply by to
uching or by even seeing \'c7r\'e9 Tulas\'e9-dev\'e9, all sins are destroyed. My obeisances to thee again and again, whose magnificence is described in 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  and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . Your }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  is performed with offerings of incense and lamps, flowers and praises. My obeisances to thee again and again. You have 
performed long austerities and have become the offering to the Lord's }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'e7\'e4lagr\'e4ma}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  expansion. My obei
sances to thee again and again. The Lord does not care for a single one of fifty-six offerings or thirty-six curries offered without a }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  leaf. Lord \'c7iva, \'c7ukadeva, N\'e4rada Muni, Brahm\'e4 and all others are paying their respects unto thee. Candra\'e7ekhara (the author), who is singing your glories, prays, "Please bestow }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub prema-bhakti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  unto me. My humble obeisances unto thee again and again."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: \'c7r\'e9 N\'e5si\'e0ha Pra\'eb\'e4ma (namas te narasi\'e0h\'e4ya)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SVA 4: Sri Nrsimha Pranama}{\*\bkmkend SVA 4: Sri Nrsimha Pranama}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e5si\'e0ha Pra\'eb\'e4ma
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 namas te nara-si\'e0h\'e4ya prahl\'e4d\'e4hl\'e4da-d\'e4yine
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipor vak\'f1a\'f9-\'e7il\'e4-\'f6a\'ecka-nakh\'e4laye
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ito n\'e5si\'e0ha\'f9 parato n\'e5si\'e0ho yato yato y\'e4mi tato n\'e5si\'e0ha\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bahir n\'e5si\'e0ho h\'e5daye n\'e5si\'e0ho n\'e5si\'e0ham \'e4di\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 prapadye\line }{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 N\'e5si\'e0ha Pur\'e4\'eba}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\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; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara-si\'e0h\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto Lord Narasi\'e0ha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prahl\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to}{\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 Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4hl
\'e4da}{\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  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pleasure; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4yine\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the giver; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hira\'ebyaka
\'e7ipo\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vak\'f1a\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7il\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on}{\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 the stone-like; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f6a\'ecka\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chisels; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nakha-\'e4laye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub whose nails; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97here; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5si\'e0ha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5si\'e0ha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  yata\'f9 yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wherever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I go; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5si\'e0ha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha; }{\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 externally; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5si\'e0ha\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5daye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub internally; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5si\'e0ha
\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5si\'e0ham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the origin; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ara\'ebam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to}{\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 the shelter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapadye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I surrender.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my obeisances to Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, who is always giving bliss to His devotees like Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and 
chiseling at the hearts of demons like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. The devotee always sees Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha everywhere. Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha is within and without. Therefore let us all take shelter of Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha."
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [purport]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: Prayer to Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha (tava kara-kamala-vare nakham)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart PRAYER TO NRSIMHA-tava kara}{\*\bkmkend PRAYER TO NRSIMHA-tava kara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAYER TO LORD N\'c5SI\'c0HA \line FROM }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DA\'c7\'c4VAT\'c4RA\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1
\nosupersub by Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-\'e7\'e5\'ecga\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dalita-hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu-tanu-bh\'e5\'ecgam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ke\'e7ava dh\'e5ta-nara-hari-r\'fcpa jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare
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\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hands; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kamala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lotus-like; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vare\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on the beautiful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nakham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nails; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhuta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wonderful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e5
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ripped apart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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the universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Hari.
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , 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, I offer my humble obeisances." }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Da\'e7\'e4vat\'e4ra-stotra }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: Sri Dasavatara-stotra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\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 Dasavatara-stotra\line (from
 Gita-govinda)\line by Jayadeva Gosvami
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\*\bkmkstart Sri Dasavatara-stotra 1}{\*\bkmkend Sri Dasavatara-stotra 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240
\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vedam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the Vedas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vihita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub done; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vahitra-caritram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acting as a boat; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhedam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub easily; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-m\'e9na-\'e7ar\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You who have accepted the form of a giant fish; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all glories to You!
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-\'e9\'e7a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord of the universe!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub hare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Hari!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pralaya-payodhi}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 -jale dhrtavan asi vedam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vihita-vahitra-caritram akhedam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-mina-sarira jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a fish! All glories to You! You easily acted as a boat
 in the form of a giant fish just to give protection to 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 become immersed in the turbule
nt sea of devastation.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 k\'f1i
ti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the great Mandara Mountain; }{\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 here; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vipulatare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gigantic; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ti\'f1\'f6hati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rests; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava p\'e5\'f1\'f6he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upon Your back; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara\'ebi-dhara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub holding up the world; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki\'eba-cakra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a large circular scar; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub gari\'f1\'f6he\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the heaviest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-k\'fcrma-\'e7ar\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have
 accepted the form of a tortoise; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0  ksitir iha vipulatare tisthati tava prsthe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dharani-dharana-kina-cakra-garisthe
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-kurma-sarira jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a tortoise! All glories to You! In this incarnation as
 a divine tortoise the great Mandara Mountain rests upon Your gigantic back as a pivot for churning the ocean of milk. From holding up the huge mountain a large scar like depression is put in Your back, which has become most glorious.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 vasati
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sits; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7ana-\'e7ikhare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub upon the tip of Your tusk; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara\'eb\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the earth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lagn\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sits fixed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7a\'e7ini\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the moon; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kala\'ecka-kala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a faint spot; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just like; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nimagn\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which had become 
immersed (in the Garbhodaka Ocean); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-\'e7\'fckara-r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of a boar; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\b\i\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vasati dasana-sikhare dharani tava lagna
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sasini kalanka-kaleva nimagna
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-sukara-rupa jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a boar! All glories to You! The earth, which had becom
e immersed in the Garbhodaka Ocean at the bottom of the universe, sits fixed upon the tip of Your tusk like a spot upon the moon.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 tava
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kara-kamala-vare\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
upon the beautiful lotus hands; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nakham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the nails; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhuta-\'e7\'e5\'ecgam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wonderfully sharp tips; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dalita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ripped apart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu-tanu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the body
 of the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e5\'ecgam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the wasp; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-narahari-r\'fc
pa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of half-man, half-lion (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub man, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lion); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 tava}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-srngam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhrngam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one c
an easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasplike demon Hiranyakasipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 chalay
asi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You deceive; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vikrama\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub by Your massive steps; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub balim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub King Bali; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhuta-v\'e4mana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O wonderful dwarf!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-nakha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the nails of Your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e9ra-janita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
by the (Ganges) water that has emanated; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jana-p\'e4vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You deliver all living beings within this worl
d; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-v\'e4mana-r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of a dwarf }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba; 
jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 chalayasi vikramane balim adbhuta-vamana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pada-nakha-nira-janita-jana-pavana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-vamana-rupa jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a dwarf-}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub brahmana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ! All glories to You! O wonderful dwarf, by Your massive steps You deceive King Bali, and by the Ganges water that has emanated from the nails
 of Your lotus feet, You deliver all living beings within this world. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 k\'f1a
triya-rudhira-maye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the rivers of blood from the bodies of the demoniac }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that You have slain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the earth; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apagata-p\'e4pam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the sins are taken away; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub snapayasi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You cause to bathe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub payasi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the water; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7amita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub people are relieved; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava-t\'e4pam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from the blazing fire of material existence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-bh\'e5gupati-r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, protector of the sages (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e5gu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the sages, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the protector); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ksatriya-rudhira-maye jagad-apagata-papam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 snapayasi payasi samita-bhava-tapam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-bhrgupati-rupa jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Bhrgupati [Parasurama]! All glories to You! At Kuruksh
etra You bathe the earth in the rivers of blood from the bodies of the demoniac }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ksatriyas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  that You slain. T
he sins of the world are washed away by You, and because of You people are relieved from the blazing fire of material existence. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 vitara
si\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You distribute; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dik\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub in all directions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ra\'ebe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the battle (of La\'eck\'e4); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dik-pati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the presiding deities of the ten directions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
kaman\'e9yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which was desired by all of them; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7a-mukha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the ten-headed demon R\'e4va\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mauli-balim\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as a great
 offering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rama\'eb\'e9yam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub delightful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-r\'e4ma-\'e7ar\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of R\'e4macandra; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7)}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vitarasi diksu rane dik-pati-kamaniyam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dasa-mukha-mauli-balim ramaniyam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-rama-sarira jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Ramacandra! All glories to You! In the battle of Lanka
 You destroy the ten-headed demon Ravana and distribute his heads as a delightful offering to the presiding deities of the ten directions, headed by Indra. This action was long desired by all of them, who were much harassed by this monster. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 vahasi
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You wear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vapu\'f1i vi\'e7ade\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub on Your brilliant white body; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vasanam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub garments; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jalada-\'e4bham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the color of a fresh blue rain cloud; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hala-hati
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub due to the striking of Your plowshare; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e9ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who feels great fear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub milita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub happened; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yamun\'e4-bham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the personified river Yamun\'e4 appeared; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-haladhara-r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of Lord Balar\'e4ma, the wielder of the plow (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub plow, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the holder); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8)}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vahasi vapusi}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  visade vasanam jaladabham
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hala-hati-bhiti-milita-yamunabham
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-haladhara-rupa jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Balarama, the wielder of the plow! All glories to You!
 On Your brilliant white body You wear garments the color of a fresh blue rain cloud. These garments are colored like the beautiful dark hue of the River Yamuna, who feels great fear due to the striking of Your plowshare. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 nindas
i\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You decry; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yaj\'efa-vidhe\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub performed by the rules of Vedic sacrifice; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahaha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub oh!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ruti-j\'e4tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub according to the scriptures; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sadaya-h
\'e5daya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of compassionate heart; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7ita\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub shown; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u-gh\'e4tam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the slaughtering of poor animals; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5t
a-buddha-\'e7ar\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of Lord Buddha; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 nindasi yajna-vidher ahaha sruti-jatam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-buddha-sarira jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Buddha! All glories to You! O Buddha of compassionate 
heart, you decry the slaughtering of poor animals performed according to the rules of Vedic sacrifice. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [purport]
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 mlecch
a-nivaha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the multitude of wicked barbarian men (at the end of the Kali-yuga); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidhane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for annihilating; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalayasi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You carry; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karav\'e4lam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a sword; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'fcm
aketum iva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub appearing like a comet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim api\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indescribably; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'e4lam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub terrifying; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta-kalki-\'e7ar
\'e9ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted the form of Lord Kalki; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi karavalam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 dhumaketum iva kim api karalam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-kalki-sarira jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Kalki! All glories to You! You appear like a comet and
 carry a terrifying sword for bringing about the annihilation of the wicked barbarian men at the end of the Kali-yuga. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 \'e7r
\'e9-jayadeva-kave\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the poet Jayadeva; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this hymn; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uditam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which has arisen; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub which is most exalted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ebu\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub please hear; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha-dam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a bestowe
r of happiness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ubha-dam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a bestower of auspiciousness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava-s\'e4ram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and is the best thing in this dark world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7ava
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord Ke\'e7ava, of fine hair!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who have accepted; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7a-vidha-r\'fcpa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub these ten different forms of incarnation
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ...
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11)}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sri-jayadeva-kaver idam uditam udaram
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 srnu-sukha-dam subha-dam bhava-saram
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kesava dhrta-dasa-vidha-rupa jaya jagadisa hare
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed these ten different forms of incarnation! All glories to You! O re
aders, please hear this hymn of the poet Jayadeva, which is most excellent, an awarder of happiness, a bestower of auspiciousness, and is the best thing in this dark world. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 ved
\'e4n uddharate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rescuing the Vedas; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jaganti vahate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bearing the Mandara Mountain on Your back; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fc-golam udbibhrate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lifti
ng the earth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub daityam d\'e4rayate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tearing apart the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub balim chalayate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tricking the demon king Bali; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k
\'f1atra-k\'f1ayam kurvate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub slaying all of the wicked }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas; paulastyam jayate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub conquering the son of Pulastya [the }{\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 king R\'e4va\'eba]; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub halam kalayate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carrying a plow; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ru\'ebyam \'e4tanvate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub showing compassion; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mlecch\'e4n m\'fcrc
hayate\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub killing the degraded low-class men; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'e7a-\'e4k\'e5ti k\'e5te\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O You who appears in the forms of these ten incarnations!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tubhyam nama\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I offer my obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 vedan uddharate jaganti vahate bhu-golam udbibhrate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 daityam darayate balim chalayate ksatra-ksayam kurvate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 paulastyam jayate halam kalayate karunyam atanvate
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 mlecchan murchayate dasakrti-krte krsnaya tubhyam namah
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord Krsna, I offer my obeisances unto You, who appear in the forms of these ten incarnations. In the form of Matsya You rescue 
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 , and as Kurma You bear the Mandara Mountain on Your back. As Varaha You lift the earth with Your 
tusk, and in the form of Narasimha You tear open the chest of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub daitya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Hiranyakasipu. In the form of Vama
na You trick the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub daitya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  king Bali by asking him for only three steps of land, and then You take away the wh
ole universe from him by expanding Your steps. As Parasurama You slay all of the wicked }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ksatriyas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , and as R
amacandra You conquer the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub raksasa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  king Ravana. In the form of Balarama You carry a plow with which You subd
ue the wicked and draw toward You the River Yamuna. As Lord Buddha You show compassion toward all the living beings suffering in this world, and at the end of the Kali-yuga You appear as Kalki to bewilder the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mlecchas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  [degraded low-class men].
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub purport}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 SVA 4: Bhajahu Re Mana Sri Nanda-nandana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhajahu Re Mana Sri Nanda-nandan
a\line by Govinda dasa Kaviraja
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 bhajah
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub just worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re mana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O
 mind!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-nanda-nandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of the son of Nanda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhaya-cara\'eb\'e4ravinda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the lotus feet which make one fearless; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durlabha m\'e4nava-janama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub this rare human birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-sa\'ecge\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the association of saintly persons; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub taroho\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cross over; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e bhava-sindhu\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this ocean of worldly existence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub O!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhajahu re mana}{\i\f0\fs28\cf0  sri-nanda-nandana-
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 abhaya-caranaravinda re
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 durlabha manava-janama sat-sange
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 taroho e bhava-sindhu re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O mind, just worship the lotus of the son of Nanda, which make one fearless. Having obtained this rare human birth, cross over thi
s ocean of worldly existence through the association of saintly persons. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 \'e7
\'e9ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the cold; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tapa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub the heat; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the wind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bari\'f1a\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the rain; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dina\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the day; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub y\'e4min\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the night; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4gi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I remain sleepless; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub biphale\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uselessly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sevinu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have served; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba durajana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub miserly and wicked men; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub capala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub flickering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha-lava\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a fraction of happiness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4gi'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub for the purpose of; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sita atapa bata barisana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 e dina jamini jagi re
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 biphale sevinu krpana durajana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 capala sukha-laba lagi' re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Both in the day and at night I remain sleepless, suffering the pains of the heat and cold, the wind and the rain. For a fraction o
f flickering happiness I have uselessly served wicked and miserly men. 
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 e\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub wealth; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yauvana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub youthfulness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub putra\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sons; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parijana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub family members
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ithe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in these; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki \'e4che
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub what is it?; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parat\'e9ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub understanding; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub kamala-dala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub on a lotus petal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub like a drop of water; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f6alamala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is tottering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajah\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub you should always worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari-pada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the divine
 feet of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e9ti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the practice; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ithe ki ache paratiti re
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kamala-dala-jala, jivana talamala
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 bhajahu hari-pada niti re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub What assurance of real happiness is there in all of one's wealth, youthfulness, sons, and family members? This life is tottering l
ike a drop of water on a lotus petal; therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Hari.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \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\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 \'e7ra
va\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hearing the glories of Lord Hari; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanting those glories; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub constantly remembering Him; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vandana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub offering prayers to Him; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p
\'e4da-sevana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub serving the Lord's lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4sya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub serving the Supreme Lord as a servant; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcjana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub worshiping Him with flowers and incense and so forth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub sakh\'e9-jana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub serving Him as a friend; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-nivedana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and completely offering the Lord one's very self; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda-d\'e4sa-abhil\'e4\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub (these nine processes of devotion are) the desire and great longing of Govinda d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O!
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4)
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sravana, kirtana, smarana, vandana,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pada-sevana, dasya re
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pujana, sakhi-jana, atma-nivedan
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govinda-dasa-abhilsa re
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub It is the desire and great longing of Govinda dasa to engage himself in the nine processes of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bhakti}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , namely hearing the glories of Lord Hari and chanting those glories, constantly remembering Him and offering prayers to Him, ser
ving the Lord's lotus feet, serving the Supreme Lord as a servant, worshiping Him with flowers and incense and so forth, serving Him as a friend, and completely offering the Lord one's very self.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [purport 1, 2, 3, 4]
\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 The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Cook B
ook
\par }\pard \s409 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub $1.95
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Readers interested in the subject matter of this book are invited by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness t
o correspond with its Secretary.
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub International Society for Krishna Consciousness \line 3959 Landmark Street \line Culver City, California 90230
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1973 the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Fourth Printing, 1973
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub International Standard Book Number: 0-912776-42-4
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-83769
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Printed in the United States of America
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ALL GLORY TO \'c7R\'c9 GURU AND GOUR\'c4\'ccGA
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f4\fs36\cf0\nosupersub The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Cook Book
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RECIPIES FOR THE SATISFACTION\line OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub compiled by\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA DEV\'c9 D\'c4S\'c9 and \'c7AMA DEV\'c9 D\'c4S\'c9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with an introduction by\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'c9RTAN\'c4NANDA }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST
\par }\pard \s409 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York \'95 Los Angeles \'95 London \'95 Bombay
\par }\pard \s409 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Cover illustration:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead, enjoying lunch among His cowherd friends in the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This is an illustration from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC: Dedication
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub DEDICATION
\par }\pard {\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 means mercy, and this Pras\'e4dam Cookbook is dedicated to the fountainhea
d of all mercy, the spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. He is by nature kind to every living entity, but that ocean of mercy becomes fully visible in his devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has not given us some dry, canned philosophy to chew; he has given us the nectar for which we have sought so long: he has taught us how to
 render transcendental loving service to the Lord in all our daily activities. This book illustrates one of them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is usually described as one of singing, dancing and feasting. We have already demonstrated to the world how anyone can s
ing and dance to the holy names of God, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and now, with the publication of this Pras\'e4dam Cookbook, we hope that the whole world will feast in honor of the Supreme Lord. That will make this world like V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the transcenden
tal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, where Kr\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and the monkeys visit every kitchen with thieving intent and bless the devotees with pure love of God.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC: Foreword
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub FOREWORD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Almost six years ago, I published the first article on K\'e5\'f1\'eba cookery, entitled "K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prasadam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Food for the Body, Food for the Soul, and Food for God." Since I had just begun my life as a devotee, the article revealed my intrigue with the i
dea of cooking for God. Perhaps I was still rebelling against my puritan background, in which God had been depicted as a stuffy old man who certainly needed nothing like food. Actually, I still wonder at the idea of His eating\'97but a little differently
. Today I think of how great God must be. On the one hand, He is sustaining all the planetary systems, men, animals and whatever might be, and on the other, He becomes "hungry" for the loving offering of a pure devotee: "If one offers Me with love and de
votion 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 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 9.26) Within th
is simple promise to His friend Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given the rarest gem in all three worlds\'97loving reciprocation with Godhead. Were I not an individual, were God not an individual, and were there not the possibility of loving exchange, what wo
uld be the possibility of Absolute Pleasure? Pleasure cannot exist in a void or vacuum, for it is a product of activity; and the supreme activity is the exchange of love between persons. Everyone hankers for a lover. Then why should we settle for anyone 
less than the Supreme Lover, K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has given us the formula of how to attract K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being God, is not in need of anything. He is }{\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 , or self-contained. But He is also the highest Pleasure Absolute, and for the purpose of p
leasure He expands Himself by His pleasure potency into millions and billions of living beings who are all meant for His enjoyment. In the spiritual world such spiritual sparks of the Lord are eternally enjoying with the Lord, and their existence is call
ed }{\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 \'97eternal}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 knowledge, and blissful. The living beings in this material world are also part of that pleasure potency, but due to forgetfulness of their relationship 
with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are living independently, trying to lord it over the resources of material nature for their own pleasure. Such pleasure is only illusory, but the eternal pleasure resulting from loving communion with K\'e5\'f1\'eba can at once b
e revived by the simple K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious process of dedicating all one's activities to the enjoyment of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This transcendental cookbook is designed to help you transform one of the most important daily chores into a spiritual reservoir of bliss. You may follow it in all 
or in part. The idea is to completely engage you in service to K\'e5\'f1na, and it is promised that if you agree to be thus engaged, you will also enjoy unlimitedly. If you cannot follow all the rules and regulations, follow what you can. At least one ca
n prepare pure vegetarian foods with all care for cleanliness and then offer them simply with love and devotion. Even offering such foods with only the repetition of Hare K\'e5sna, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,
 Hare Rama, R\'e4ma Rama, Hare Hare is sufficient to render the highest benefit. The main point is to begin. Offer something nice to K\'e5\'f1na with love and devotion and see for yourself what happens. That is the miracle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam!
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC: FOREWORD: THE YOGA DIET
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub THE YOGA DIET
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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  that }{\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 not for him who eats too much or for him wh
o eats too little. Rather, one who is actually practicing }{\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  sees the body as a valuable boat w
hich has to be maintained very nicely in order to get across this ocean of material existence which is full of birth, old age, disease and death. Therefore, 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  diet is designed to supply the body with all necessary nutrients, without pandering to the whims of our changing senses. The principle of regulation is strictly adhered to, and the d
aily fare is almost unchanging. This is very important for 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 or celibate studen
t, for if the tongue is agitated for sense enjoyment, all the other senses follow. We do not suggest that you have to follow this diet, but it is included for those who desire to know it. The Sunday feast is an opportunity for everyone to participate in 
the opulence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Again, the principle is regulation, and the particular feast menu included here is chosen for its authentic quality, all of the preparations being great favorites of our beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhak
tivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s581 \sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw60\brsp144\brdrcf4\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw60\brsp144\brdrcf4\shading10000\cfpat10 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub  Morning }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub :}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf17\nosupersub  \line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub raw chick-peas, ginger, fruit, cereal and milk.
\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub Noon }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub :}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub  \line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub dahl, rice, chapatis and curried vegetabIe.\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs36\cf17\nosupersub Bedtime }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub :}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf15
\nosupersub  \tab \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub  milk.\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf17\nosupersub The Sunday Love Feast:\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf17\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub rice and peas, wet cauliflower and potatoes, puris, samosa, halavah, sweet rice, sweet balls, pineapple chutney (sweet and hot), rhubarb chut
ney (salty and hot) and dahi.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC: Introduction
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub INTRODUCTION
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pras\'e4dam:\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Food for the Body,\line Food f
or the Soul,\line and Food for God
\par }\pard \s1357 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf25\nosupersub by Kirtan\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf25\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\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  means food for the body, food for the soul and food for God. More specific
ally, 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 anthropomorphic! 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't this most important and central activity of life 
be dedicated to the Supreme? Why not cook transcendentally?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 o
f 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\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\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 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: "If 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." (Bg. 9.26-27) Of course, He doesn't 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 simple fruits of the earth. The key word is devotion. Twice it is used: "If 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 Godhead accepts them and eats them." 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 gra
in or a fruit, is already His; it is not, and never was, "ours." 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\cb1\nosupersub in devotion}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is why }{\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 "mercy." 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
\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or devotion, is so stressed\'97it is 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  which makes the Supreme Lord "transcendentally hungry." 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's acceptance of ou
r gifts is dependent upon His being "hungry," and only our love and devotion can do that. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da writes: "The 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\cb1\nosupersub love. }{\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 love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is accepted by the Supreme Lord, and He eats...
 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." Devotional service begins with th
e chanting of the Lord's holy names, as 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 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 first great activity of transcendental service, and the next is to prepare and offer food to the Lord. There are a number of reasons 
for doing so. First of all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba commands it: "The 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. All livin
g bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains come from performance of }{\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], and sacrifice is born of man's work." (Bg. 3.13-14) Here, then, the Lord asserts that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everything }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 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\cb1\nosupersub first }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and then eat the remnants for our bodily demands.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, because everything belongs to Him, we have no right to take anything we please, but only what He allots us; and our allotment, 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 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  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 animal slaughter
 is so strong that even if one has only an indirect dealing with animal slaughter, such as selling or transporting meat, he is guilty of murder and must pay a murderer's price. (}{\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 1.7.37}{\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  Therefore, we cannot offer Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba animal flesh, and to do so is an offense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 those things which he likes. T
hat is the meaning of friendship. If one has no regard for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's wishes, how can he claim to be the Lord's 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 th
e above-quoted verses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 furt
her implicated in the wheel of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by sinful reactions. That every action has a reactio
n 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's life, at some point my life will be demanded in return. That is
 nature's law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 what is the difference? The di
fference is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that 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 whic
h 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: "The devotees of the Lord are released from all sins because they eat food which is offered f
irst for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, the devotee's primary concern is not for himself, nor even for liberation, but always for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore suitable 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 metropo
lis, 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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No canned foods\'97please!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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-hygieni
c}{\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 not for ourselves, but for Him. Wash your hands thoroughly as soon as you come into the kitc
hen; wash the food as you prepare it; use nothing that touches the floor or other contaminated areas, such as the sink and garbage pail, unless it can be cleansed. In all preparations, use only fresh things; no leftovers should be mixed in (they should n
ot even be in the kitchen, but rather kept in a specific area of the dining room). Remember, we are cooking for the Supreme, and that which has been offered once should not be offered a second time. And, as good Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees), we refrain fro
m using garlic, onion, mushroom, and from mixing salt with fresh milk (although there is no restriction with any other kind of milk culture).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, and probably hardest for American cooks, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub don't taste the food during preparat
ion\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the food is nicely prepared we offer it back to the Source from which everything emanates. If we remember that His "hunger" is proportional to our }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the offering is sure to be successful. Simply place }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 set it before the Deity o
r picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then prostrate yourself and pray to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to accept your humble offering. Acknowledging that it is through the mercy of the spiritual master and the golden incarnation Lord Caitanya that K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts o
ur offering, the devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement offer food to the Lord with these prayers:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1)}{\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 nama o\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fctale\line \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min iti n\'e4mine
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namas te s\'e4rasvate devam 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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Our respectful obeisances unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. You are kindly preaching the message o
f Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Pra\'ebati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2)}{\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 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 \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other inca
rnation, 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\cf6\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub Madhya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub  19.53}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3)}{\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 namo brahma\'ebya-dev\'e4ya go br\'e4hma\'eba hit\'e4ya ca\line jagadd-hit\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya govind\'e4ya namo nama\'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 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.19.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the well-wisher of the cows and 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 as well as the living entities in general. I offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda, who is the plea
sure reservoir for all the senses. "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After offering the food to the Lord, you may distribute the }{\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 all who are present. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, a great spiritual master in the disciplic succession, has written a nice prayer which you may recite before eating:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra avidy\'e4-j\'e4l, jo\'e5aendriya t\'e4he k\'e4l, j\'e9ve fele vi\'f1aya-s\'e4gore,\line t\'e4r madhye jihv\'e4ti, lob
hamoy sudurmati, th\'e4ke jet\'e4 kathina sa\'e0s\'e4re,
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba bo\'e5a doy\'e4moy, korib\'e4re jihv\'e4 joy, sapras\'e4d anna dilo bh\'e4i,\line sei ann\'e4m\'e5ta p\'e4o, r\'e4d
h\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-gu\'eba g\'e4o, preme \'f2\'e4ko caitanya-nit\'e4i
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O Lord, this material body is a place of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths leading to death. Somehow, we have fallen i
nto this ocean 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 }{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub just to control the tongue. So now we take that }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\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\'e4n
anda. }{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\cb1\nosupersub Pras\'e4da-sev\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 1: Basic Cooking Ingredients
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER I
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BASIC COOKING INGREDIENTS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic scriptures it is stated that the Supreme Lord has provided ample varieties of foodstuffs for all living creatures and that one should take only that wh
ich is allotted to him by the Lord, not more. For humanity the Lord has set aside simple foods such as grains, vegetables, fruit and milk products, and he has requested that we offer Him such pure and nourishing foods. In this way, there are hundreds and
 thousands of palatable dishes that may be prepared and then offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Listed below are some of the ingredients most commonly used in preparing K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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 \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  white flour (unbleached if available)\line  whole mung beans }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub *\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  chick-pea flour, sometimes called besan or gram flour }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub *\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole chick-peas\line  yello
w split peas\line  split, cleaned urad dahl }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub *\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  split, cleaned mung dahl }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub *\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  farina (cream of wheat)\line  powdered milk\line  almonds (raw and shelled)\line  walnuts (raw and shelled)\line  peanuts (raw 
and shelled)\line  sugar\line  white rice flour }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub *
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *Most of these ingredients are readily available from regular grocery stores. The items marked with asterisks would more likely be found at Chinese food stores or I
ndian specialty stores.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 1.1: SPICES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SPICES
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spices determine the taste of a preparation, and they are the jewels of cooking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Foodstuffs are spiced in three different ways.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Massala is prepared by heating ghee in a pan, adding spices, and cooking them until they become fragrant; then the vegetable is added to the ghee and spices. Most o
f the vegetable recipes are cooked in massala. Chaunche is prepared by heating a small amount of ghee in a small pot. Spices are added and cooked until fragrant, and the contents of the pot are added to an already cooked preparation, such as dahl or chut
ney. The third process is to add certain uncooked spices to a preparation. This is usually done in savories such as samosa or kachori filling because they will be deep-fried. Using uncooked spices keeps the taste fresher after the deep-frying. Adding or 
omitting a spice varies the taste quite a bit. Crushed or whole chilis or ground cayenne pepper have no taste; they provide the heat sensation. After preparing certain dishes several times, you will become familiar with the spices and be able to make up 
your own massala or chaunche.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hot and spicy preparations should not be mixed with unspiced preparations. Salt should never be put into milk or butter. Salt may be added to yoghurt, however. Some
 spices are sweet, and some are pungent. For instance, luglu would never be made with asafoetida. In preparing}{\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 it is a good policy to stick to }{\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) a
nd not experiment too much on one's own.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spices that are mentioned here also have a role other than taste. They serve certain functions for maintaining good health. Turmeric is a blood purifier, chili 
peppers aid digestion, asafoetida is an anti-convulsant, ginger controls the intestines, etc. If possible, spices should be bought whole and ground at home in small quantities. The taste of freshly ground spices is incomparable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of the common spices used in }{\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 preparations are listed below:
\par }\pard \trowd\trgaph0\trqc\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ground allspice\cellground coriander\cellasafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g
round cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trgaph0\trqc\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole anise seed\cellwhole cumin seeds\cellground black pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fresh ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trgaph0\trqc\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole caraway seeds\cellground ginger\cellwhole cardamom pods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dried mango powder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trgaph0\trqc\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne\cellground nutmeg\cellcrus
hed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole peppercorn}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trgaph0\trqc\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ground cinnamon\cellrose water\cellwhole cinnamon sticks}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saffron}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trgaph0\trqc\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\cellx2880\pard\intbl
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ground cloves\cell
whole sesame seeds\cellwhole cloves}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ground turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most of these spices are available at supermarkets and spice shops, but some will have to be purc
hased at Indian specialty stores. If there are none in your area, you can probably have these spices shipped to you. Asafoetida and mango powder will have to be purchased from a specialty store, and ginger root may only be available in a Chinese food sto
re.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 1.2: SPECIALLY PREPARED INGREDIENTS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SPECIALLY PREPARED INGREDIENTS
\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 a few basic recipes which are used over and over again in preparing food for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure. Yoghurt, cu
rd, bean sprouts and such rare and costly ingredients as ghee may be simply and inexpensively prepared from the recipes given here. Generally we do not use commercially prepared cheeses, buttermilk or sour cream because many commercial products contain a
 nonvegetarian stabilizer called rennet which is an extremely impure ingredient. Generally, sour cream and yoghurt marked "kosher" or "pareve" do not contain this, but it is always best to check carefully. Even if rennet is not listed on the label, it is
 a good idea to call the dairy company that makes the particular product and ask if rennet has been used. In any case, it is not difficult to make cottage cheese, cream cheese, yoghurt and other such preparations, and this is a good opportunity to render
 service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by cooking for Him with devotion.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 BEAN SPROUTS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup mung beans
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak whole mung beans overnight in a sufficient of amount of water to allow for expansion. Take a large 2 gallon glass jar an
d punch holes in the tin cover. Place beans in the jar and fill the jar with lukewarm water. Turn upside down and allow the water to escape by itself through the holes in the lid. When the beans have been "irrigated," shake out excess water and place the
 jar in a dark warm place. Every four hours, irrigate them in the same way, each time returning them to a warm dark place. Leaving them overnight without irrigation will not harm them if you have tended them regularly all day long. In two or three days t
hey will be nice bean sprouts, like the ones sold in the store, but more flavorful and much cheaper. They can be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for about a week and still retain their freshness.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 COCONUT MILK
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Coconut milk is prepared by adding }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to 1 cup milk to }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub freshly grated coconut or }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup commercially grated coconut. Then heat to the boiling point and let sit for 20 minutes. Strain milk through cheesecloth to remo
ve coconut pulp.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 COTTAGE CHEESE}{\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3  (Panir)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat 1 pint milk in a saucepan. When it boils, add }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  teacupful of yoghurt w
hich has been made a day or two in advance. Bring to the boiling point again. When solid lumps are formed, strain through a fine cloth. The whey (excess liquid) can be used in soups and breads. Press the cloth bag containing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub panir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with a heavy weight so as to squeeze out all whey.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 CREAM CHEESE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Allow fresh cream to sour at room temperature. This will take about 2 days. Pour the soured cream into a clean cheesecloth ba
g and let the liquid drain. Remove solid cream cheese from the bag.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 CULTURED BUTTERMILK
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  3 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups fresh or skim milk\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub 
/}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup buttermilk
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shake the whole milk and the buttermilk together in a quart jar or milk bottle. Cover the jar or bottle and set it in a warm 
place (perhaps near a hot water heater) overnight or for 10-12 hours. The temperature should be about 80-85}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up12 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  F. When milk has coagulated, shake or stir well and refrigerate.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 CURD}{\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3  (A light natural cheese)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gallon whole milk\line  2 lemons\line  large square muslin (18" x 18")
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bring milk to a boil, being careful not to burn it. Meanwhile, squeeze the juice from the lemons and strain it. When the milk
 boils, add the lemon juice. The milk will curdle. Remove it from the heat and cool it. Then again bring it to a boil. This will nicely separate the curds and the whey. Use the muslin square to line a colander, and pour curds and whey through it. Allow i
t to drain a few minutes, then tie up the curds in the muslin. Hang this bag up to drip, using a good heavy string. Different preparations using curd call for different amounts of dripping time. Curd is the basis of many different delicious preparations.
 It has no substitute.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 GHEE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3 lbs. sweet butter, as fresh as possible
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Used for deep-frying and regular cooking, ghee is the best cooking medium; it has the most delicate flavor and has no substitut
e.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Place the butter in a heavy pot. It is easiest if the liquid fills between }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the pot when the butter has melted. Let the butter melt on a medium flame until it begins to foam up. Take a large spoon and a bowl and skim the foam off into the bowl. Lower the heat and keep c
ooking Gradually the butter will clarify and the solids will keep rising to the top. The solids will begin to be crusty rather than foamy. Be very careful not to burn the ghee. Keep skimming every 10 minutes or so until the ghee is an amber color and no 
more solids rise to the top. (Preparation time is from 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\dn4 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\dn4 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hours). The few impurities which remain at the bottom can be strained by pouring the ghe
e into a container through muslin Ghee can be stored indefinitely without refrigeration. The solids can be used in making bread, biscuits, steamed vegetables and cereals.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 BASIC MASSALA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Heat 1 T. ghee\line  Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 t. whole cumin seed\line 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  Brown cumin seed and 1 }{\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub crushed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub . \line  Cook until brown}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 GRAM MASSALA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 T. cloves, \line  2 T.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cinnamon\line  1 T. ground cor
iander\line  1 T. ginger\line  1 T. nutmeg\line  2 T. ground cumin
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix together all spices.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many different mixtures of spices, and they are all called }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gram massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . You can purchase Indian spices at specialty stores. When you are familiar with the different spices, you can prepare your own.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 KHOYA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil milk fairly quickly in a pan for 1 hour, stirring continuously as it thickens. When cool, the residue is}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  khoya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which becomes stiff and is used in pastry and sweetmeats. 1 pint milk makes about 3 oz.}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  khoya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cooking and stirring process takes patience and time.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 SOUR MILK COTTAGE CHEESE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 qt. raw milk\line  (sour or clabbered whole milk)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat milk over hot water until lukewarm. It should curdle and thicken. Remove it from the heat and stand it in a warm place f
or curd to collect. Pour cheese into cloth-lined strainer. Drain whey. (If milk was very sour, rinse with cold water and drain again). Hang until all whey is drained off. Moisten with cream or sour milk.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 TAMARIND WATER
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lump of tamarind about the size of a walnut\line  5 oz. hot water\line  sugar or molasses for sweet and sour sauce (optional)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak the tamarind in hot water. When the water is cool, squeeze and strain into a cup. This amount is equal in sourness to th
e juice of 2 lemons. To increase sour taste, increase amount of tamarind used. Tamarind can be bought at an Indian specialty store.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub picture caption: K\'e5\'f1\'eba is notorious as a transcendental butter thief because He used to break the butter pots
 of His mother and distribute the contents to His friends and playmates.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one gallon whole fresh milk\line  1 pint prepared yoghurt (plain)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bring milk to a full boil, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Be careful not to burn it. Remove from fire and place i
n refrigerator or sink with cold water to cool. When milk has cooled to a little warmer than normal body temperature, stir yoghurt until very smooth\'97no lumps\'97and add to the milk. Stir and mix thoroughly. The yoghurt tends to stay on the bottom of t
he pot, so carefully stir the bottom. On your stove, pile 4 burner rings one on top of another and make sure they are very steady. Turn on the pilot light to medium, or use the smallest flame in the ring, and place the covered pot of milk and yoghurt on 
the burners. Leave covered and maintain the temperature at approximately 110}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\cb1\up16 O}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (use a cooking thermomet
er), only until the yoghurt thickens. Place the yoghurt in a convenient container in the refrigerator until thoroughly cool. Do not put it in the freezer. When it is cold, it is yoghurt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Take out 1 pint and set it aside for use in starting the next batch. You should make yoghurt about twice a week to be sure the culture doesn't weaken. If one gallon
 is too much, then make }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gallon and use }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pint yoghurt for starter. Yoghurt should be stirred very well before it is offered, and sugar should be added
 to sweeten it. There are many }{\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 recipes requiring yoghurt. Every month or so, or if th
e yoghurt starts turning out thin and watery, you should purchase fresh yoghurt at the store to use for starter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub picture caption: Here a transcendental feast is offered to the Lord in ISKCON's Hawaii temple on the Appearance Day of
 Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 2: Rice
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER 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 RICE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is explained 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  that in order to live a life of peace and happiness and make progress in self-realization, one should live in a very simple and pure manner. One should know that because he is an eternal part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will surely provide whatever he needs for his maintenance and sustenance. Therefore one should be contented with the simple food which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has provided for human society, and he should not take more than that. Knowing th
at everything actually belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the devotee first offers all his food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then he joyfully accepts the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  remnants as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to be accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, food need not be very opulent, but it should be offered to the Lord with love and devotion. In the }{\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  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da relates the story of a poor devotee who had nothing to offer the Lord but
 a few grains of the lowest grade of rice. But because of his sincere devotion, the Lord was so pleased by this offering that he turned the devotee's small hut into a palace and granted him unlimited opulence. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da comments, "What th
e devotee actually offers to the Lord is not needed by the Lord. He is self-sufficient. If the devotee offers something to the Lord, it acts for his own interest because whatever a devotee offers comes back in a quantity a million times greater. One does
 not become a loser by giving to the Lord, but he becomes a gainer by millions of times."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even plain steamed rice will be accepted by the Lord as a very opulent offering if it is offered with love and devotion. Rice is a very simple preparation, but to c
ook it nicely for K\'e5\'f1\'eba requires practice. Each grain should be separate; it should be neither mushy nor hard. To cook plain rice, use two parts water for one part rice, bring it to a boil, cover it, lower the flame, and let it summer for 15-20 
minutes. Rice should first be washed and rinsed several times, until the water becomes clear. The pot should be deep and the cover tight-fitting. Just before removing it from the fire, "flake" the rice gently with a fork.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plain steamed rice and be made fancier by adding some peas in the last five minutes of cooking, and of course plain steamed rice can be offered with curry. Rice als
o combines with vegetables, nuts and curd in a very pleasing way. The most important consideration, however, is not the elaborateness of the preparation but the devotee's sincere desire to please the senses of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.1: COPRA CANA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub COPRA CANA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups extra long grain rice\line  1 qt. thick coconut milk\line  10 whole cardamoms\line  10 whole cloves\line  2 cinnamon stic
ks\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line 
 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\dn6  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  allspice
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fry the spices in ghee for a few minutes. Then fry rice in this mixture for about 3 minutes. Add boiling coconut milk to the 
depth of 2" above the rice. Cover and let simmer. Do not stir this dish. It must be carefully }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub folded }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub with a fork about twice during cooking.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.2: LEMON RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub LEMON RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups rice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6
1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seeds\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line
 4 cups water\line  2 lemons\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  coriander seeds
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, turmeri
c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\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 butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When done, after about 20 minutes, add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of a }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to each cup of rice.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.3: LIME RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub LIME RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups chick-peas\line  2 cups rice\line  1 T. turmeric\line  1 fresh lime\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup fresh lime juice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 T. ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook rice as usual with }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  cups}{\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 chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  for 3 hours and drain. Fry the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub beans}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  cup ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until crisp. Then mix them with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Toss }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices, lime juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into cooked rice. Garnish with thin rounds of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lime}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.4: POTATO RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POTATO RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 cup rice\line  1 cup cubed potatoes\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seeds\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  coriander seeds\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  2 cups water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lemon
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potato chunks}{\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 butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to cover and cook until tender. Add 
the juice of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lemon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for each cup of rice.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.5: PULAO
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PULAO
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups rice\line  10 oz. peas\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups butter\line  4 cups water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gram massala\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cumin seed
\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cayenne\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tumeric
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f88\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rice in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1 cup butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Set }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  aside. Add all other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to rice and cook until done. 
Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\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 butter
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  separately and add when done.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.6: PUSHPANA WITH CASEIN
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PUSHPANA WITH CASEIN
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 cups rice\line  2 or 3 lemons\line  1 qt. fresh milk\line  ghee for frying }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf2\nosupersub massala\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3 T. butter\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  4 cups water\line  1 }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  pinch black pepper\line  pinch cloves\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  a little corn starch for hands
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Casein:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub curd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (see recipe for Curd). Let hang 6-8 hours. Remove from muslin and knead on a smooth surface until curd is smooth and oily. Pinch off bits of curd and roll into little balls. Use corn starch on hands to pr
event sticking. Deep-fry balls in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  using medium-low heat until golden. Stir for even frying. 
Remove and drain.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rice:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice, turmeric, asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook until done. Then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub cheese balls, butter, spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.7: RAINBOW RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RAINBOW RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups rice\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  slivered green peppers\line  2 zucchinis\line  4 cups water\line  ghee\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 tomato\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sweet butter\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gram massala
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Steam }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , adding }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Saute one }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub zucchinis}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and flavor with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In serving 
bowl, place a layer of rice, a layer of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peppers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a layer of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub zucchini}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and one }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomato}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cut into }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chunks}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Sprinkle with }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paprika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and toss to marble the colors. Finish all ingredients in this manner. Top with melted }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sweet butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.8: RED RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RED RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 cups rice\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gram massala\line  }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sweet butter\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 sliced green pepper\line  1 cup stewed tomatoes wa
ter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash rice. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1t. massala}{\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 butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add a sliced }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and saute until tender. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until it begins to color or stick to the pan. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to rise 1" above the rice. Bring to the boiling poi
nt. Simmer until quiet and liquid is absorbed.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.9: RICE WITH PEAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RICE WITH PEAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. cumin seed\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black pepper\line  1 cup white rice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. turmeric\line  1 T. salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. peas\line  1 }{
\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When it browns add }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crushed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub black p
epper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add washed, drained }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub white rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When rice sticks a little to the side of the pan, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add the water and bring to a boil. Cover and lower flame. Wait 15-20 minutes and check to see if rice is done. Do not stir until after rice is cooked. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Casein}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be added to rice about 5 minutes before it is done. A very nice rice dish\'97colorful for feasts and very ta
sty.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.10: RICE WITH PEAS AND PEANUTS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RICE WITH PEAS AND PEANUTS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ghee\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups washed long grain rice\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. crushed chilis\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black pepper\line
 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. peas\line  }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup raw peanuts\line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Put the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a saucepan and heat it on a medium or low flame. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crushed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When they turn black, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub black pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are golden brown. Add washed, drained rice and continue to stir until rice sticks a little to the bottom and sides of the pot. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir a little more and then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bring to a boil on medium-high 
flame, cover and turn heat very low. Cook 15-20 minutes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub covered}{\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 do not stir. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After 15-20 minutes check the rice by sticking a spoon down into it. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do not stir. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If it is still wet, cover and continue cooking. It is done when dry. Fluff a little with a fork.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.11: RICE WITH SPINACH
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RICE WITH SPINACH
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. crushed chilis\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black pepper\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups washed long grain rice
\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups water\line
 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. spinach (fresh)\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup fried peanuts (drained)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Put the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a saucepan and heat it on a medium flame. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crushed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . When they turn black, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub black pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir until rice begins to stick to pan. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Bring to a boil on a high flame, cover and turn heat very low. Cook about 12 minutes. Meanwhile, wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spinach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very carefully and drain. After rice has cooked 12 minutes, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spinach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Do not stir. Cook another 5 minutes and test by sticking fork into ri
ce to see if it is done. Uncover and cook another 2 minutes to dry out rice. Fluff with a fork, distributing spinach throughout. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir lightly again.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.12: SPICY RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SPICY RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Basic Massala\line  2 cups rice\line  4 cups water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  of a cardamom pod\line  pinch of cloves\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  pinch thyme\line  }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  1 T. ghee
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare basic massala}{\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 1 T. ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir until rice is brown. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , bring to a boil, then cover rice and cook until done (about 20 minutes). Add all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir gently.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 2.13: YELLOW RICE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub YELLOW RICE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups white rice\line  4 cups water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}
{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric
\line  sweet butter
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and drain. Measure }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into a pot along with 
the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt, turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir nicely and cover tightly. Cook over a low flame for 20 minutes. Garnish with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sweet butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to taste.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 3: Dahl
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER 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 DAHL
\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  explains that in order to achieve self-realization and God realiza
tion, one should be temperate in his activities of eating, sleeping, working and recreation. "There is no possibility of one's becoming 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 ," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough." (}{\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  6.16)}{\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 not that one
 should artificially try to eat less than one needs, but eating should be regulated for the purpose of spiritual progress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern so-called civilized men are addicted to eating meat, which they accompany with liquor to help aid their digestion. This meat and liquor agitates them, and th
ey cannot control their senses. Thus they become trapped in nature's modes of passion and ignorance and behave more like animals than civilized men.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, one should not eat anything and everything but should eat only food which is offered to the Lord. As 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 , when offered to the Lord one's eatables are sanctified, and by eating sanctified foodstuffs, one's very existence 
becomes purified; by the purification of existence, finer tissues in the memory become sanctified, and when memory is sanctified, one can think of the path of liberation, and all these combined together lead to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the great nec
essity of present-day society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no need for human beings to resort to eating meat, fish or eggs to get protein because there is ample protein available through split peas, nuts, dahl, who
le wheat, etc. The main source of protein in the daily K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness yoga diet is dahl, which is made from different types of dried beans. Most varieties are easily available in Indian specialty stores, the most delicious being split mung 
dahl and split urad dahl. Ordinary split peas or whole mung beans may also be used. Dahl can be a very plain but wholesome soup, or it can be used to make the most delicate and unusual pancakes. It is also used in kachoris, which are the best of all savo
ries and a favorite of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal consort.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chick peas (garbanzo beans) are usually offered in the morning and may be prepared as follows. Soak the chick-peas overnight (}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup is sufficient for a family of four). In the morning, drain them well and sprinkle over them the juice of }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lemon. Add }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t.
 salt, a light sprinkling of black pepper and a pinch of asafoetida. Offered with small pieces of ginger, they are a wonderful source of energy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.1: BASIC SPLIT PEA DAHL
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BASIC SPLIT PEA DAHL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup split peas\line  1 red pepper\line  1 cup variety cut vegetables\line  2 T. ghee\line  5 cups water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seeds
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and place in a saucepan with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water, turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an
d }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bring to a boil. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Reduce treat end simmer until }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a smooth soup (about 1 hour). In a small pan heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 until smoking. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until black. Add the broken }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub red pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until black. Pour contents in a fell swoop into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and cover quickly to avoid splashing.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.2: CHICK-PEAS (Garbanzo Beans)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHICK-PEAS (Garbanzo Beans)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups chick-peas\line  8 cups water\line  1 red pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 
1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup freshly grated coconut\line  juice
 of 1 lemon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  1 T. salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 }{
\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight. Bring }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simmer gently u
ntil tender. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Prepare chaunche as with BASIC SPLIT PEA DAHL. Serve with CUDDY SAUCE.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.3: CHICK-PEAS & PEANUTS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHICK-PEAS & PEANUTS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 cup chick-peas\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups raw peanuts\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  juice from 1 lemon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  ghee for deep frying\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight. Drain very well. Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until golden brown (separately). Combine all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and pour over fried }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix well.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.4: CHICK-PEAS & YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHICK-PEAS & YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub  cups chick-peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2
 cups yoghurt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground red pepper\line  1 T. salt\line  }{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black pepper
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  thoroughly. Soak 8 hours or overnight in 4 to 5 cups }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . When ready to prepare, use same water and bring to a boil. Cover }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and sim
mer until they are tender and can be easily mashed. Test by mashing one between the fingers. Drain off water and mash well; then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt, salt }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix well.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.5: DOSA PANCAKES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub DOSA PANCAKES
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 cup raw white rice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup urad or mung dahl (split)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup yoghurt\line  water\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight. Drain. Blend in an electric
 blender, adding }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with just enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to help blending process. Pour into a bowl and add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix wel
l. The batter should be like any pancake batter. Lightly grease a skillet. Pour batter into nice circles. The bottom is done while the top is still bubbling. Turn over and brown other side. This may be served plain, or best, with tender potatoes fried in
 spices with a little water. It can be served with potatoes and cabbages.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.6: FRIED DAHL
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub FRIED DAHL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups split peas\line  1 crushed red pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gram massala\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seeds\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in water overnight. Drain. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and
 make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry slowly for 20-25 minutes or until tender and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have been absorbed. These are not crispy. Spice now with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gram massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.7: HARD DAHL
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub HARD DAHL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 lb. yellow split peas (or any other dahl)\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  red pepper\line  3 cups ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6
2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ground cloves
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight and drain. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and slowly pour 
in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry slowy until hard Drain off excess ghee. Then add remaining }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir well and serve.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.8: KITRI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub KITRI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup rice\line  1 cup urad or mung dahl or split peas\line  1 T. salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  tumeric\line  2 crushed red peppers\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cau\'ffiflower or cabbage\line  1" piece of fresh ginger\line  2 cu
ps string beans\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  anise seed\line  1 small potato\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cumin\line  5 cups water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very thoroughly. Place in large-sized 
pot with tight cover and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bring to a boil. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in large flowerettes, or cut }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cabbage}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in large pieces. Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub potato}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in 1}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
/}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 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  chunks; remove string
s from }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub string beans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and snap into 2" pieces. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  immediately or after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kitri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been simmering on a medium flame, covered for }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour, for more crisp vegetables. Stir once or twice, but not too often. Frequent stirrin
g makes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kitri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  too mushy. Cook on low-medium flame until it is well cooked and the vegetables 
are very tender. Add butter and stir lightly. Offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.9: MUNG BEAN DAHL
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MUNG BEAN DAHL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup mung beans\line  6 cups water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub finely chopped fresh ginger\line  1 large fresh sliced tomato\line  3 T. ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  red pepper
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub beans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and put into a saucepan with water. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomato, ginger, turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bring to a boil. Turn to a low boil and cook until the beans are s
oft and broken up. Spice as with basic split dahl.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.10: SPLIT PEA BARA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SPLIT PEA BARA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups yellow split peas (green if not available)\line  2 cups yoghurt\line  ghee for frying\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  cups water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\dn6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  1 T. ground coriander\line  2 T. sage\line  1 T. ground cumin\line  1 T. tumeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub allspice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetid
a
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub split peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  well. Soak 2 hours and then drain. Grind in a food grinder into a pan. Place another pan under grinder to catch excess water. Grind a second time. Discard excess water. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to ground }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix until well-blended. Heat ghee in a deep fryer (about }{\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\fs20\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  full).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In another pot make a solution of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972 handfuls of salt to 6 cups of water. Shape grou
nd peas into flat cakes the size of a half dollar. It is helpful to put a little salt water in the palm of the hand while patting the split peas into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Place a layer of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the 
frying basket and deep fry until hard, but not brown. Put the fried }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the salt water solut
ion and soak until they are slightly soft. Remove them and mix the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in with the }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Before offering, place }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  in oven for 10 minutes under low heat. Yoghurt will separate and the nice flavor is increased.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.11: URAD DAHL
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub URAD DAHL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup urad dahl\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sliced tomato\line  6 cups water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \s1700 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub optional chaunche
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  anise seed\line  1 }{
\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  1" piece fresh ginger
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and put }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl, tomato}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into saucepan. Bring to a boil and add all other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook on a high flame for five minutes; then cover and simmer until beans are soft and expanded.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 3.12: URAD DAHL BARA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub URAD DAHL BARA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup urad dahl (split)\line  2 cups yoghurt\line  ghee for deep frying\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup water\line  }{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
allspice\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight. Drain, then grind in a blender, adding a little water (no more than }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 a paste. Beat the paste a little. Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Make a mixture of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97a handful of salt to 3 cups water. Wet your palms with the salt water mixture and pat the paste into little
 cakes no bigger than half dollars. Fry the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras }{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on a medium flame until golden brown. Drain. Soak the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the salt water mixture about five minutes and then remove them and squeeze them so that the water is removed. Beat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  together with salt. Pour the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  over the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are more delicate than split pea }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baras.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 4: Breads
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER 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 BREADS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although it is very good to pray to the Lord to supply our daily bread and in this way acknowledge our dependence on the Lord, to ask the Lord for bread is actually
 unnecessary, since He is already supplying food for all living entities, without our needing to pray for it. Knowing this, pure devotees, not concerned with their own self-interest, prepare to bake bread for the Lord's enjoyment and offer it to Him in l
ove. This is just like the love of a child for his father. A father may have many sons and give them all a weekly allowance of money to spend in their own ways for their pleasure, but if one son uses the money to buy something for his father, the father 
is very much appreciative. Actually the money already belongs to the father, who is not in need of anything from the child, but nevertheless he cannot help being pleased when the son expresses his affection in this way. The son knows: "It is not the mone
y which is wonderful but my father\'97he is wonderful." Similarly, the pure devotee is not very much concerned with making the Lord his order supplier for daily bread, but he wants to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in love and devotion. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The breads described here are very delicious as well as wholesome, and they are easy to prepare with a little practice. None of them are cooked in an oven, although
 regular baked bread (without yeast) is very nice to offer. All the breads described here (except bread sticks) are round and require a little skill in rolling, but it soon becomes easy to do. Chapatis, which are made from whole wheat, are the daily brea
d of the classical Vedic diet. Puris and chapatis are especially exciting to make because they blow up almost to bursting during the cooking. The perfect chapati should have no trace of burns on it, and the perfect puri should be white, with no brown are
as. Both, however, must be fully cooked.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.1: BREAD STICKS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BREAD STICKS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups whole wheat flour\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. sesame seeds or caraway seeds\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
cup white flour\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  ghee for deep-frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix together }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flours, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee solids}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix with hands until flour is the consistency of coarse corn meal. Add enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub warm water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a soft and damp dough (but not wet). Add water gradually to avoid using too much. Knead the dough un
til done for 5 to 10 minutes. Divide it into 12 parts. Roll the bits of dough into long shapes, no longer than 5" long and 1"-1 }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter. Deep fry the bread sticks, several at a time. They should 
be covered as much as possible by the ghee. Deep fry on a medium flame until they are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped. Remove with tongs and drain. Delicious buttered or plain, they are very good for traveling and will keep nicely for 2 to 3 da
ys. They also make elegant rolls.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.2: CHAPATIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHAPATIS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 cup whole wheat flour\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup melted butter\line  warm water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix together }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gradually until dough is soft but not wet and can be kneaded. Knead the dough until fairly soft (about 10 minutes
). Cover and let stand 1 hour. Sprinkle flour on the rolling area and pinch off balls of dough about 1 }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
/}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter. Flatten balls and roll out to about 4-5" in diameter. Heat a skillet (you should have 
one just for this purpose; always keep it clean and free from oil or ghee\'97cast iron is best) and place the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on it. Watch carefully. When bubbles appear, turn }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub quickly and wa
tch for bubbles again. Using tongs, hold the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub over a direct flame from the stove. You can 
rest the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on the burner, but be very quick to turn it. Place the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub down on the first side that it was cooked on in the skillet. Within a few seconds the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will puff up. Quickly turn it over, put on the burner a few seconds, and then remove. Butter both sides with th
e melted butter, using a pastry brush. Cover the }{\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 with a clean cloth to keep in the heat.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.3: CHEPURIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHEPURIS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 cup whole wheat flour (or }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup whole wheat flour water }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup white flour)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  water\line  ghee for deep-frying\line  2 T. ghee solids, ghee or butter
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare dough as for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURIS, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and then fry in the same way. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chepuris }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub are very delicious and tasty because they combine the wholesome taste of }{\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 wit
h the delicacy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.4: CHIPS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHIPS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups white flour\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\dn6  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  baking powder\line  2 T. caraway or sesame seeds\line  scant }{\cs2351\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup cold water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\dn6  }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub T. coarse salt\line  3 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ghee solids\line  ghee for deep-frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix together }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour, seeds, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baking powder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  solids, mixing with hands until flour is corn meal consistency. Slowly add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cold water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , mixing constantly. Knead dough, then roll out to }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " t
hickness. Cut into diamond shapes and deep-fry until golden brown.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.5: COCONUT BREAD
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub COCONUT BREAD
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup whole wheat flour\line  1 cup grated coconut\line  3 T. sugar\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  pinch coriander\line  few drops rose water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cold water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a soft dough. Pa
t into dollar-size patties and fry in ghee until crisp and light brown.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.6: PARATHA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PARATHA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups whole wheat flour\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee or melted butter\line  }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup white flour\line  water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Work }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with fingertips. Add enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a medium-soft consistency. Cover and let stand for one-half hour. Knead for about 10 minutes. Make large balls, 2" in diameter, using }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 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 cup flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub paratha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and roll out about 8" round so it's nice and thick. Spread top with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub melt
ed butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fold in half. Smear with butter and fold into quarters (/\\ shape). Roll out. Place in a medium hot skillet, turning frequently. With each turn, add a spoonful o
f ghee on the surface and rub lightly with the spoon. Press the edges occasionally to insure doneness. Cook until it turns reddish and is crispy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.7: STUFFED PARATHA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub STUFFED PARATHA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare regular }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but before folding, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1 T. grated radish, cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with a sprinkle of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ground coriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . These are very delicious and can be offered in an assortment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.8: PARATHA II
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PARATHA II
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup whole wheat flour\line  water\line  a few tablespoons of butter or ghee
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stir a little, and then press o
r knead lightly again. Make a 2" ball from the dough and then roll out a round }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  about }{
\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 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\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " thick. Place a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a heavy round-bottom pan (or Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Put the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  down on one side into the pan; in a short while it will puff up. Turn it over and cook the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a small amount of butter or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until both sides are a light brown. A few turnings on each side should be sufficient.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.9: STUFFED PARATHA II
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub STUFFED}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PARATHA II
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Roll out }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the same way. On one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  place a few tea
spoonsful of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\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 raw spinach, grated white radish, grated cauliflower, grated carrot, mashed potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , etc.) and sprinkle vegetables with a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gram massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Place another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paratha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on top, and then 
roll them together to seal. Roll very carefully. Cook them the same as regular }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parathas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Offer ho
t.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.10: PURIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PURIS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups white flour \line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ghee or ghee solids\line  little over }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  cup water\line  ghee for deep-frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee solids}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix with hands until flour is cons
istency of coarse corn meal. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a little at a time; keep mixing. Knead dough about 10 to 1
5 minutes. Cover with a dampened cloth and let sit about }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour. For rolling, rub a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on a table top and onto rolling pin. Pinch off bits of dough into balls 1 }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter. Roll into round, flat, thin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It takes a little practice to get them perfectly round.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Place }{\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  in hot ghee. Push it to the bottom and bathe it in ghee. It will rise up and puff up, like a balloon. Turn over quickly; remove with tongs. To drain them nicely, prepare in advance a cardboard box lined w
ith paper toweling. Stand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub up}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\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 long lines to drain. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puris }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are traditionally served plain, but they may be sprinkled with confectioner's sugar or spread with chopped walnuts, raisins and honey. They are delicious served with fruit chutneys or with WET POTATOES AND CAULIFLOWER.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.11: SOPAI PILLAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SOPAI PILLAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 cups white flour\line  2 T. ghee\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper\line  milk\line  3 T. sugar\line  ghee for frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Work }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into sifted dry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with fingertips. Ad
d enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a firm dough. Cover and let dough stand for 30 to 40 minutes. Then roll out
 to a }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " thickness. Cut into diamonds and deep fry in ghee.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 4.12: WHOLE WHEAT DIAMONDS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub WHOLE WHEAT DIAMONDS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups whole wheat flour\line  1 T. coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  water\line  1 cup powdered sug
ar\line  ghee for deep-frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into the wheat flour. Rub in ghee with fingertips. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a stiff dough. Roll out }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " thick and cut into diamonds. Fry in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 5: Vegetables
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER V
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VEGETABLES
\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  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares, "I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to all vegetables." (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da further explains: "It is due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that the moon nourishes all vegetables. Due to the
 moon's influence, the vegetables become delicious. Without the moonshine, the vegetables can neither grow nor taste succulent. Human society is working, living comfortably and enjoying food due to the supply from the Supreme Lord. Otherwise, mankind cou
ld not survive. Everything becomes palatable by the agency of the supreme Lord, through the influence of the moon."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most vegetables in season can be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. From the recipes in this section you will see how you can transform simple vegetables into classic, flav
orful dishes. The potato is called the "king" of vegetables because it can be prepared in many delicious ways. Eggplant and cauliflower, being great favorites, are also an integral part of the Vedic diet, as are okra, string beans and peas. Onions, garli
c and mushrooms are considered unclean vegetables and are therefore never offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Vegetables can be prepared with spices or steamed in a small amount of water with butter added at the end. Fresh lemon squeezed on plain vegetables prepa
red by steaming is very delicious, and the correct amount of salt brings out the wonderful natural flavor of any vegetable. Each recipe calls for fresh vegetables. One should not offer Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba canned vegetables and fruits. However, frozen veg
etables may be used, since they retain their freshness.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.1: BEAN SPROUTS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BEAN SPROUTS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6 cups bean sprouts (fresh)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground ginger\line  2 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  }{\cs2351\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground co
riander
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  except salt. Fry }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2 minutes and then add well-drained bean sprouts. Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bean sprouts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , constantly turning, for 5 to 7 minutes, or until sprouts become translucent and slightly soft. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; fry and mix for 2 minutes more. This is nice as an accompaniment to a green vegetable and TOMATO RICE.*
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.2: CABBAGE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CABBAGE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 medium heads cabbage\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  8 T. ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  tu
rmeric\line  1 T. salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Core }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cabbages}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Chop into tiny pieces. In a large frying pan heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , adding the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir, then add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cabbage}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry on medium flame until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cabbage}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  becomes clear. Add sa
lt. Stir and cook another few minutes. The cabbage should be neither browned nor watery; it should be slightly crisp.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.3: CAULIFLOWER
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CAULIFLOWER
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3 medium cauliflowers, grated or chopped very small\line  7 T. ghee\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on a medium flame. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stirrin
g until vegetable becomes clear and slightly tender. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir a few minutes more, being car
eful not to brown the cauliflower. Do not overcook or the vegetable will become watery. This is very simple, but very delicious and unusual.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.4: CHINESE PEA PODS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHINESE PEA PODS\line (sometimes ca
lled snow peas or sugar peas)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. pea pods\line  2 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetid
a\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  except salt. Fry }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2 minutes and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pea p
ods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . (The stems of the pods should be removed as you would for string beans). Fry the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pods}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5 minutes and then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Fry another 5 minutes until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are just tender. This green vegetable is very deli
cious and delicate. Be very careful not to burn.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.5: CHINESE PEA PODS AND GREEN PEAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHINESE PEA PODS AND GREEN PEAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  lb. pea pods\line  1 lb. green peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup fried peanuts (opt.)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub
/}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup diced pineapple\line  4 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black pepper
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Remove the stems of the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pea pods}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and wash and drain well. Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and add all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  except the salt and coriander. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and fry for 5 minutes stirring constantly, but gently. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry another 5 minutes. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and stir all together. Cover the pan and let the peas gently steam until they are almost tender. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pineapple, peanut
s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; 
stir and cover. When peas are just tender, uncover and cook one minute more.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.6: DRY CAULIFLOWER AND POTATOES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub DRY CAULIFLOWER AND POTATOES
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cauliflower\line  4 potatoes\line  massala\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and cube }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and break into small f
lowerettes. Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vegetables, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cover with water and cook over medium heat covered until dry.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.7: CUCUMBERS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CUCUMBERS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cucumbers\line  1 small piece fresh ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper\line  pulp from 2 lemons or limes
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cucumber}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into tiny pieces. Grind }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub citrus pulp}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Serve cold. V
ery cooling in summer.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.8: EGGPLANT BHARATA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub EGGPLANT BHARATA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 eggplant\line  2 small green chilis, saute'ed\line  small piece fresh ginger\line  2 T. butter\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup shredded coconut\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup golde
n raisins\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with stalk. Remove from water when tender. Peel, remove the stalk, and mash the }{\b\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 . Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pulp, raisins, chilis, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , finely chopped }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ging
er}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Keep frying for 5 minutes. Add shredded }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and remove from fire.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.9: EGGPLANT FAVORITE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub EGGPLANT FAVORITE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 eggplant, cubed\line  massala\line  ghee\line  1 cup chopped green beans\line  2 sliced tomatoes
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pan and make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green beans}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and
 cook until soft in covered pan. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . On a high flame, cook and stir until wetness has e
vaporated.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.10: EGGPLANT PUKI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub EGGPLANT PUKI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 medium eggplant\line  3 T. salt\line  3 T. turmeric\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub
/}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in quarters. (It is best to use an eggplant that doesn't have a long neck. A short, squat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  works best.) After the eggplant is quartered, cut in thick slices. You should have 12 to 14 thick slices. Mix the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  toget
her and place in a flat plate. Heat the ghee in a frying pan. The ghee should cover about }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " of the pan. Dip each slice of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in salt-turmeric mixture (the slices should be thoroughly dry) and rub the mixture on the slice as a coating. Fry the pieces in the pan of ghee on a medium-high flame
, turning as necessary. Hold a small sharp knife over a piece of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant puki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and let it drop. I
f it falls straight through, hitting the bottom of the pan, and the eggplant is as soft as butter, it's ready to offer. If there is excess ghee, strain it through a piece of muslin and pour it on plain rice. The muslin will remove the salt and turmeric.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub picture caption: Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He appeared in this world as a cowherd
 boy to enjoy transcendental pastimes as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his wife Ya\'e7od\'e4 in the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.11: EGGPLANT AND TOMATOES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub EGGPLANT AND TOMATOES
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 eggplant\line  ghee for frying\line  3 cubed tomatoes\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 t. salt\line  1 green pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup golden raisins\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin powder\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and chop the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , then saute in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until ten
der. Drain and set aside. Cube }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until done. Drain and set aside. Put a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pan. Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes, spices, green peppers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raisins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for 5 minutes, then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook an additional 5 minutes, uncovered.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.12: EGGPLANT, TOMATOES AND CHICK-PEAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub EGGPLANT, TOMATOES AND CHICK-PEAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. tomatoes\line  4 medium eggplants\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chick-peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  pinch asafoetida
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight. Boil until tender, drain and set aside. They may be mashed. Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into quarters and cook until they are almost all liquid. As they cook, cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into thin wedges. Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When chilis are brown, stir in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as
afoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry, stirring constantly. When eggplant is soft and coated with sp
ices, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook covered, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender and mixture thickens. This is delicious with rice and lemon.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.13: EGGPLANT AND ZUCCHINI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub EGGPLANT AND ZUCCHINI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 eggplant\line  2 lb. zucchini\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cum
in seed\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  cup ghee solids\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into 1" chunks. Make basic }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spic
es}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir. Cook covered on medium heat, stirring occasionally.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After 20 minutes, lower heat and continue cooking until vegetables are done. Then remove cover and let excess water steam off.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.14: GREEN PEPPERS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub GREEN PEPPERS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
coriander\line  6 chopped green peppers\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chick-pea flour\line  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup grated coconut
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\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 immer }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peppers}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until tender. Drain. Mix in other ingredients and fry for 5 minutes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.15: GREEN VEGETABLES BHAJI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub GREEN VEGETABLES BHAJI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 bunches spinach\line  1 bunch turnip leaves\line  1 bunch white radish leaves\line  2 T. ghee\line  1 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 T. coriander\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  1 small piece ginger
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Remove the hard stems and cut roughly. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 T. ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir well. Cook, uncovered, on low flame until all water is evaporated. Stir again. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.16: KOFTA (for 6)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub KOFTA Balls (for 6)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Balls
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 med. heads cauliflower\line  2 potatoes\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  tumeric\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  about }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chick-pea flour\line  pinch asafoetida\line  ghee for deep frying
\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 Sauce
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 10 tomatoes\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole cumin seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole cor
iander seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground ginger\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  2 bay leaves\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  oregano\line  2 T. ghee
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grate the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  together. Drain excess wate
r. Add all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub chickpea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to hold ingredients together in 1" balls. Deep-fry the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kofta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  balls in medium hot }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Drain on paper towels and set aside.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sauce:}{\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 
dry roast the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Brown }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Chop 3 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add. Simmer 10 minutes on a low heat. Meanwhile, blend 7 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and add to sauce with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bay leaves}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub oregano}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook slowly for }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour to one hour. Tomato sauce can be begun first and balls 
can be fried during the simmering time. When tomato sauce is ready to offer, add the kofta balls. Serve with melted butter and LEMON RICE and CHEPURIS.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.17: OKRA AND COCONUT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub OKRA AND COCONUT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. okra (halved long way)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup coconut\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups yoghurt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  coriander
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat ghee. Add halved }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub okra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry 5 minutes, then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt, turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry until done. Combine }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt, cayenne, coriander }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Toss with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub okra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.18: PEAS AND TOMATOES WITH CASEIN
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PEAS AND TOMATOES WITH CASEIN \line
(serves 4-6)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub curd from }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gallon of milk\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. tomatoes\line  1 lb. peas\line  6 T. ghee\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6
1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 cup whey (save from curd)\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger
\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground coriander\line  ghee for deep frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let curd hang 3-4 hours and reserve 1 cup whey. Make casein balls. Set aside. In a frying pan heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and add all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  except salt. Heat for a minute or two, then add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When the tomatoes cook down a little, add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whey}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lower flame and cook until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are tender. Add the fried }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub casein balls}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and simmer about 15 minutes. This is a very r
ich and tangy vegetable, especially good for festive celebrations.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.19: PEAS AND PEANUTS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PEAS AND PEANUTS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 lb. peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup raw peanuts\line  4 T. ghee\line  pinch asafoetida\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black peppe
r\line  1 T. ground coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  allspice
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a frying pan. Add a pinch of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until light golden brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir lightly. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one at a time and stir until all are
 well mixed. Cook until peas are tender.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.20: POTATOES AND PEPPERS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POTATOES AND PEPPERS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 lb. potatoes, diced\line  1 green pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  basic massala\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make basic }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cover wit
h }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook uncovered until done.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.21: MASHED POTATOES AND CABBAGE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MASHED POTATOES AND CABBAGE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 potatoes\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 large cabbage\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  anise seeds\line  juice of 1 lemon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup brown sugar\line  1 cup yoghurt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  basic massala
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Boil peeled }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\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 turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  water. Mash. Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub basic massala}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry shredded }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cabbage}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with anise. Sprinkle with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add to potatoes. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.22: POTATOES, CAULIFLOWER AND PEAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POTATOES, CAULIFLOWER AND PEAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 potatoes\line  ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 cup 
green peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  1 cauliflower\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin powder
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mash into a paste. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and make 
into patties. Fry in pan until crust is formed. Turn often and add more }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as necessary.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.23: POTATOES, CAULIFLOWER IN YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POTATOES, CAULIFLOWER IN YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 small cauliflower\line  4 potatoes\line  1 T. turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6
1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  ghee\line  1 cup yoghurt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break washed }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into flowerettes. Wash and slice }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
. Deep-fry both in ghee until golden. Drain. Toss into spiced }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.24: DEEP-FRIED POTATOES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub DEEP-FRIED POTATOES \line (serves 6
)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5 lb. potatoes, cut in one inch cubes\line  2 T. ghee\line  ghee\line  1 cup chopped green pepper (opt.)\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  pinch asafoetida\line  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Using frying basket, deep-fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until potatoes ar
e light golden color and are easily pierced with a sharp knife. Do not brown. When they are all done, heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 T. ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a small pot. Add cumin seed and heat until brown. Then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When chilis are brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to potatoes and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  well. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green peppers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.25: POTATOES AND YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POTATOES AND YOGHURT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 lb. potatoes\line  2 cups yoghurt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line
 1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cumin
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in half. Boil in a pot with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When 
done, drain, mash and add spices. Add yoghurt and mix well.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.26: SPINACH IN COCONUT MILK
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SPINACH IN COCONUT MILK
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup dried grated coconut\line  1 cup milk\line  2 lb. spinach\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lemon juice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  pepper
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Combine }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a saucepan. When it boils, remove f
rom heat and discard pulp. Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spinach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and drain well. Chop. Combine }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spinach, lemon juice, pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut 
milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a saucepan. Cook covered over low heat for 20 minutes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.27: SPINACH, EGGPLANT AND CHICK-PEAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SPINACH, EGGPLANT AND CHICK-PEAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub massala\line  2 bunches spinach\line  5 large tomatoes\line  1 eggplant\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chick-peas\line  
1 T. turmeric\line  1 T. salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup melted butter
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight. Drain and set aside. Stew }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
n simmering water until soft. Drain off excess water and mash. Set aside. Wash and chop }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spinach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a
nd }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
assala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant, tomatoes, chick-peas, spinach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook over medium heat until done. Add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.28: STRING BEANS (serves 4-6)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub STRING BEANS }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (serves 4-6)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 lb. string beans\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee solids\line  juice of 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
lemons (strained)\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper\line  1 T. ground coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup fried peanuts (op
tional)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\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 ash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub string beans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  well. Break off both ends and remove strings. Put them in a saucepan and put one inch of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the bottom of the pan. Place on medium flame. When water begins to boil, cover and lower flame slightly. Steam }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub string beans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until they are tender. Check frequently to see that water does not evaporate. Add a litt
le more }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  if necessary. When string beans are done, drain them. Keep the water, as it is very
 nutritious and flavorful, to use in rice or dahl. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee solids}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When they melt, add }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix very well.
 Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.29: STRING BEANS AND EGGPLANT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub STRING BEANS AND EGGPLANT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 eggplant, chopped\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. string beans\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  
1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  chili, crushed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\dn6  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup water\line  massala
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub string beans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in water until soft. Drain and set aside. Put }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  in a pan and make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add chopped }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cover and cook, stirring occa
sionally until the eggplant is soft as butter. Mix in the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub string beans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook five minutes uncover
ed.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.30: SWEET POTATOES (serves 6)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEET POTATOES }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (serves 6)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. sweet potatoes (or yams)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cumin\line  1 cup 
grated coconut\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  stick butter (2 oz.)\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground black pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  allspice
\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\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 ut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yams}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in halves or quarters if large. Boil until soft. Peel and mash. Toast }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter, coconut, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to yams. Mix well.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.31: TOMATOES AND PLANTAINS (serves 6)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub TOMATOES AND PLANTAINS }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (serves 6)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8 plantains, peeled and cut in 1 inch chunks\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  ghee for deep frying\line  8 large tomatoes\line  1 T. amchur (mango powder)\line  6 T. ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ground coriander
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\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 ut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in quarters or eighths. Boil }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub plantains}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in water until they are bright yellow and slightly tender. Test by piercing with a sharp knife. Drain plantains. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for deep frying and deep fry plantains until they are golden brown. Remove. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Heat 6 Tablespoon ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When cumin browns, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crushed chili peppers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When chilis are brown, a
dd }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook until soft and semi-liquid. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub plantains, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and keep cooking until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form a nice sau
ce and plantains are tender. Cover and cook on a low flame, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking or burning.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.32: UPMA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub UPMA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups farina (cream of wheat)\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups diced string beans, peas and cabbage\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin powder\line  1 broken chili\line  2 cups water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub
/}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Put }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub farina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into a dry skillet and stir briskly and continuously over medium flame until browned. When nicely browned, remove from fire and pour into a bowl. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetable}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Let cook for a few minutes. Then add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 cups water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Let it come to a boil and cook until the vegetable is done. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 t. salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub farina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stirring as you put it in. It will soak up water quickly and is done in no time. It has the consistency of dry }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub halavah
.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.33: UPMA II
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub UPMA II }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (serves 4)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup peas\line  1 cup farina (cream of wheat)\line  2 med. green peppers (cut in sm
all pieces)\line  strained juice of lemon\line  1 small cauliflower or cabbage (cut in small pieces)\line  2 T. butter\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  pinch asafoetida
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Put the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a deep pot and heat it well. Add the chopped }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cabbage}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until it becomes clear and slightly soft. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and saute about 5 minutes, stirring continuously. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water, peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and bring to a fast boil; then turn the heat slightly down and cook several minutes until vegetables are tender. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub farina}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by pouring it slowly with one hand and stirring with the other to avoid lumps. (The farina should be dry roasted beforehand.) Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir very firmly until }{\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 is perfectly blended and not mush
y\'97about 5 minutes. This is very tasty and easy to prepare.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.34: WET CAULIFLOWER
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub WET CAULIFLOWER
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 med. cauliflowers\line  7 T. ghee\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. salt\line  2 T. butter or ghee solids\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  water to cover
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in flowerettes. In large frying pan heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a
nd add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crushed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When chilis brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stir, and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Saute }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5 or 10 minutes and add enou
gh }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to cook the cauliflower. Cover and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook covered, stirring occasionally until tender. Add butter. The juice is delicious poured over plain rice.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub picture caption: When K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cowherd friends came to beg food from some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who were performing Vedic rituals, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refused them, but the wives of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub out of spontaneous affection, immediately went out into the forest to offer a nice feast to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother Balarama.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.35: WET CAULIFLOWER AND POTATOES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub WET CAULIFLOWER AND POTATOES }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (serves 6-8)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3 lb. potatoes, cut in 1 inch cubes\line  1 T. turmeric\line  3 T. ghee\line  2 small-med. cauliflowers, cut in small flowerette
s\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  1 T. salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup yoghurt\line  pinch asafoetida
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Deep fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in deep fryer until tender, but
 still white. Keep putting fried vegetables in a separate large pot until all vegetables are done. In a separate pot, make }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (asafoetida, cumin seed, chilis and ghee). Fill the pot with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  sufficient to cover the vegetables. Bring to a boil on a high flame, then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt, turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add vegetables, bring to a boil and turn off flame.
\par }\pard \s1108 \sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa0\li360\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw22\brsp42\brdrcf11\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp0\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw22\brsp42\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw22\brsp42\brdrcf11 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22
\cf0\nosupersub Note:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  Split pea }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0
\nosupersub may be added to this vegetable preparation. The fried }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub should be first soaked in salt wa
ter, then added to the cooked vegetables to soak up the juice. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub baras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub do not have to soak in yoghurt f
or this preparation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 5.36: ZUCCHINI AND PEPPERS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub ZUCCHINI AND PEPPERS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 lb. zucchini\line  2 green peppers\line  massala\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fry washed and sliced }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub zucchini}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peppers}{\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 massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 6: Savories
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER VI
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SAVORIES
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The preparation of savories shows the sophistication of }{\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  cooking. The great spiritual masters in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness recommend that one should not be attached to material sense enjoyment, but one should accept everything enjoyable whi
ch is in relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, eating is necessary, and we want some palatable dishes to satisfy our sense of taste. Therefore, for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba rather than for the satisfaction of the tongue, some palatable d
ishes may be prepared and offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is renunciation. Let the palatable dishes be prepared! However, unless they are offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba one should not eat them. This vow of rejecting anything which is not offered to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is actually renunciation, but it is not dry and artificial renunciation, for by such K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious renunciation one is fully able to satisfy the demands of the senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For an impersonalist, the Lord, or the Absolute, being impersonal, cannot eat. Therefore an impersonalist artificially tries to avoid good eatables. But a devotee, 
knowing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer and that He eats all that is offered to Him in devotion, offers good eatables to the Lord and then enjoys the }{\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  remnants. The devotee takes }{\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  in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, whereas the nondevotee rejects it as material. The impersonalist, therefore, cannot enjoy life due to his artificial renunciation, whereas the devotee enjoys full bliss in relationship with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.1: CHUDY NOODLES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHUDY NOODLES
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup chick-pea flour\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric
\line  ghee for deep frying\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix together }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour, spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and a few tablespoons }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hot water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to ma
ke a firm dough. This should not be like a batter, but it should be wet enough to squeeze through a ricer. Knead the dough for 5 minutes, and meanwhile heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deep pot}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When the g
hee is almost smoking, place a nice amount of dough in the ricer, and squeeze it through into the ghee. In a minute the noodles will be done; they will have a brown color. Do not fry too long because they keep cooking when removed from the ghee. These ar
e very crunchy and spicy and delicious. They are very nice with puffed rice, fried peanuts and golden raisins, all combined, or they can be mixed with hard dahl.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.2: MUNG BEAN KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MUNG BEAN KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups white flour\line  1 cup chick-pea flour\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  2 cups chudy noodles\line  tamarind sauce\line  gram massala\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  1 cup yoghurt\line  peanut oil for deep frying\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup mung beans\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 medium potatoes
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make a soft dough with sufficient }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  using the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub white flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Do
 not put any butter or ghee in the dough. Mix the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flour with the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and dry roast the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a 
pan until nicely browned. Mix the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a soft dough. Prepare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chudy}{\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 noodles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  using enough flour to
 yield 2 cups. If possible, use a ricer with small holes to make long, thin noodles. Set aside.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, with the white flour dough, make a ball about one inch in diameter. Push your finger into the ball to make a depression 
about }{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 8 }{
\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inch }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deep. Make a ball from the chick-pea flour dough a bit bigger than a pea. Place the ch
ick-pea ball inside the depression in the white flour dough, and then pinch the white dough together, completely enclosing the chick-pea ball. Again roll the ball lightly in your hands so that it is evenly round. Now, very carefully roll a nice-sized }{
\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  from the ball. (Be very careful that nothing is stuck on the rolling pin or on the rolling sur
face to break the }{\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 .)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat the peanut oil (oil is used for this preparation so that the }{\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  will be very hard and crisp rather than tender) and fry the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry until they puff up. Then continue to fry until the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are very hard and crispy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before you begin the frying process, boil the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
otatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , peel them, and dice them in 1 inch cubes. Boil the mung beans until they are soft, but not mushy or broken. Set both aside. Prepare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamarind}{\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 sauce}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 T. salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Set aside. Begin frying the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When they are all done, in the center break a hole about 2" in diameter in the crispy, puf
fed-up }{\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 and drop a few pieces of boiled }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potato}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  inside. On top of the potatoes, put some }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mung beans}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , then a big spoonful of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , on top of the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  put some }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chudy noodles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and then sprinkle }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gram massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Finally, put a generous amount of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamarind sauce}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  on top of all the layers. Prepare all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachoris }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in this way, and offer. This prep
aration is described as being so delicious that it appears that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachoris }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are from the upper plane
tary systems.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.3: PAKORA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PAKORA
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub batter:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup chick-pea flour\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cumin seed\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric
\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground coriander\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  each\'97allspice & cinnamon\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 
3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  baking powder\line  little less than 1 cup water\line  ghee for deep frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sift }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flour. Add all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baking powder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix with hands until blended. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a little at a time to avoid lumps. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for deep frying.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plain pakora:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pour a small amount (about 1 T.) into hot }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It will puff up and become similar to a ball. Turn over and brown. Tap with a spoon\'97if it sounds hollow it's done. Remove with a skimmer and drain on paper toweling. Fry se
veral at a time.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub filled pakora:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Filling: thin-sliced }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eggplant}{\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 wedges}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub strips}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , small }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower flowerettes,
 green pepper strips, asparagus tips, parsley sprigs, thin rounds of zucchini or cucumber, carrot rounds or strips}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Pieces should be no bigger than 2" long and they should be 
thin. Dip vegetables into batter and deep fry until golden. Remove and drain. The little fried batter drips can be removed and saved for salad or peas and peanuts.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.4: POPPERS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POPPERS
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Poppers are not prepared, but they are bought at Indian specialty stores. They are round, incredibly thin and crisp crackers.
 They come in a variety of brands and spice mixtures. The two best brands are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ambi's }{\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 Bedekar's. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The three main flavors are: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub red chili}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (hot), }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub black pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (tasty but not hot), and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub plain}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 The poppers should not be offered uncooked. They are fried in this way: heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a large frying pan. It isn't necessary to fill the pan; }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  full is plenty. When }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very hot, place a }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub popper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the pan. In a matter of seconds it will expand sideways and become light in color. Immediately remove with tongs and stand sideways in a pot lined with p
aper toweling. Drain very well. These fry very quickly, so don't allow the popper to curl up. These are very delicious and delicate and go very well with rice and peas, or potato preparations. Before offering them, be sure that they are placed so as not 
to absorb any juices and become soggy. The poppers are prepared from different flours made from beans.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.5: POTATO KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub POTATO KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Filling 1:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 medium potatoes\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole cumin seeds\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  1" piece ginger root, cut in small pieces\line  pinch asafoetida\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  each of c
innamon, cloves & nutmeg\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground coriander\line  5 T. ghee
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Filling 11:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All ingredients the same but omit the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , add }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\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 of one medium }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cut in tiny pieces.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dough:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups white flour\line  ghee for frying\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  c
up whole wheat flour\line  water\line  ghee solids or butter
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare dough as for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soft but not wet. Knead well, cover with dampened cloth and set aside. Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in large chunks and boil until cooked but not very soft. Drain, peel and set aside.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Filling I: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry until ginger browns, then remove }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Brown and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Brown }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  except salt. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  thoroughly and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , mashing slightly as they cook, and then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry five minutes more and then mash thoroughly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Filling II: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ginger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When brown, remove and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
When cumin seed is brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Brown and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until it is as soft as butter.
 Mash, then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry as for 1, mashing and adding spices. Mix thoroughly and mash well w
hen done.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To stuff: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pinch off 1" balls of dough and roll o
ut to 2}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " circles. Place 1 t. or more of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub filling}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  on one side and fold in half, making a half-circle shape. Using a tiny bit of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
 seal very well. Fry in medium hot }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until done. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kachoris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fry about the same as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samosa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Test by noting the golden brown color and a hollow sound when tapped.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.6: PUFFED RICE (for 4-6)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PUFFED RICE }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (for 4-6)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8 cups puffed rice\line  1 cucumber peeled, cut in very thin slices\line  salt\line  black pepper\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until melted. Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cucumber}{\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 salted water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for ten minutes. Then drain very well. When the butter is cool, pour over puffed rice and mix i
n well. Sprinkle }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix in with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dry cucumbers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If it is too dry, add a little more melted butter.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.7: R\'c4DH\'c4BALLABHA KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub R\'c4DH\'c4BALLABHA KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ghee for deep frying\line  cayenne pepper\line  1 cup of cleaned, split urad dahl\line  asafoetida\line  2 cups white flour\line  salt\line  2 T. freshly ground anise seed\line  butter or ghee solids
\par }\pard \s982 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub urad dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thoroughly. Soak in water overnight. Drain, leaving a tiny bit of water. In a blender, grind urad dahl until it is a smooth paste, adding a little more water if necessary. The paste should be very thick. Set aside. Ad
d }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anise seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to paste. Using }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wh
ite flour, butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ghee solids}{\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 water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , make a soft dough, like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puri }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dough. (Not wet.) Let the dough sit for one hour under a dampened cloth. Meanwhile prepare three very small bowls in the following manner:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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  Put in a mixture of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 T. water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  t. asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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  Put plain }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the second.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\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 Put }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cayenne pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the third.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pinch off balls of dough one inch in diameter. Roll them out into circles of 2 }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub " in diameter. Pinch off a ball of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachor\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  paste about one inch in diameter; dip i
nto each of bowls in succession, and place in the center of the circle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachor\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dough. Gathe
r up the dough around the paste as you would gather a paper bag. Make sure all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub urad dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is c
overed, and seal the top edge very well using a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Flatten the sealed }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachor\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with a rolling pin, and then roll gently as you would 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  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\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 Be very careful not to break the surfaces. If necessary, pat them out by hand. Deep-fry the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachor\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in fairly hot ghee as you would a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pur
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stand up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachoris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  on paper toweling to drain. Before offering them, refry very quickly, but do not brown.
\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 preparation is one of \'c7r\'e9mati R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9's favorites and is always prepared for Her appearance day. 
There is nothing in the material world to compare with the flavor of R\'e4dh\'e4ballabha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kachoris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
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\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.8: SAMOSA-30 flaky, delicious samosas
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SAMOSA\'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub 30 flaky, delicious samosas
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Filling:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 small cauliflower\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. cumin seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. salt\line  1 }{
\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  allspice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ground cumin seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ground coriander
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dough:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups white flour\line  little over }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup warm water\line  4 T. ghee solids or ghee\line  ghee for
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in tiny pieces. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When they brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cauliflower}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on medium flame until cauliflower is tender but not browned. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peas}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until peas are tender. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook until vegetable is very soft and can be mash
ed easily and then continue until the paste is quite dry and a little dark in color.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dough:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee solids}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into the white flour. Mix together wi
th hands until it is the consistency of coarse corn meal. Slowly add warm }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix very well an
d then knead until dough is completely soft\'97about 10 minutes. Pinch off balls about an inch in diameter. Roll out in circles 3 }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -4" in diameter. Cut in half. Place half circles across the left hand wit
h rounded edge towards fingers. On straight edge put a thin line of water with finger. Pull top corner down, twisting over slightly until you have a cone. Press firmly on the seam to seal. Fill }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the 
cone with filling and then seal the top edge, first moistening the two sides with a little water. Pinch, twist and fold the sealed edge in successive folds to form a fluted top. Each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub samosa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should have 10-12 little pressed-down folds. The final objective is to have a uniform triangular or fanshaped }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samosa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . They must be well sealed so that they will not break open during the deep frying. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for deep-frying. Fry }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub samosas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  till golden and flaky. Test for doneness by tapping lightly with tongs or spoon. If it sounds hollow, it is done. This is the most delicious pastry ever made.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 6.9: URAD DAHL KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub URAD DAHL KACHORIS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  cup urad dahl\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups white flour or 1 cup white flour and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup wheat flour\line  5-6 T. ghee solids or butter\line  water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\dn6  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoet
ida\line  ghee for deep-frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub urad dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for 5-6 hours. Drain, and crush the beans. Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 T. ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  in a frying pan, and fry the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub urad dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt, cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asafoetida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry for 10 minutes, then add a little more }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  to make the filling smoother. Prepare a very soft dough from the flour and ghee solids or butter. Add a little water and when the dough is well-kneaded, make small balls, }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter, a
nd stuff in the same way as potato }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachoris. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Roll out the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kachoris }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puris, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub using a rolling pin rubbed with ghee, and the rolling surface rubbed with ghee. The }{\b\i0\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  should be carefully rolled so as not to break, and should only be 1}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter. Heat the }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for deep frying. Fry until they puff up, remove from the ghee and drain, and when they cool off, de
ep fry in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a second time. If you like you can wait until a few minutes before offering to re-
fry. These are very similar to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4ballabha Kachoris.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 7: Chutneys, Raitas & Curries
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER VII
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHUTNEYS, RAITAS & CURRIES
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chutneys and raitas are accompaniments or side dishes served with rice, vegetables, bread and savories. Generally, chutneys are made with fruits and are hot and swe
et. Raitas usually consist of a vegetable prepared with yoghurt and salt; they are similar to salads and are simple to prepare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With a little experience, it is easy to determine which chutney or raita will be most palatable with each offering. For instance, peach chutney is very tasty with c
auliflower pakora, and cucumber raita goes well with steamed rice, plain cuddy and plain pakora. Tomato chutney is excellent with potato kachoris, R\'e4dh\'e4ballabha kachoris, samosas, baras and so on. Raitas and chutneys should also be chosen for their
 colors and arranged very nicely on the offering plate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As it is said, "Variety is the spice of life." The Supreme Personality of Godhead, being the reservoir of all bliss, cannot be impersonal. The idea of impersonal on
eness is monotonous and dull, whereas the unlimited spiritual varieties which are present within K\'e5\'f1\'eba are an eternal source of transcendental pleasure for His devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu has prescribed a very simple program by which anyone can easily make progress in the spiritual life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness even in
 the present age of quarrel and hypocrisy. It is simply to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's philosophy and activities from authorized scriptures like }{\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 }{\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 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  and dance in ecstasy, and, when one feels t
ired after chanting and dancing, to rest and enjoy sumptuous K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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 . When Lor
d Caitanya was propagating 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 in the holy city of Jagann\'e4tha Pur
\'e9, there were standing orders to the managers of the Jagann\'e4tha temple that Lord Caitanya's devotees should have as much }{\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  as they wanted. Every evening there would be chanting and dancing with thousands of devotees, and then there would be profuse distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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 . Therefore 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 Lord Caitanya is simply transcendentally pleasing, and every living entity can take part in it and relish the essence of all bliss.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 7.1: CHUTNEYS
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHUTNEYS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 Apple Chutney
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5 lbs. apples\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  2 T. crushed
 chilis\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cloves\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  6 cups sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash, core and peel }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Measure }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Steam }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apples}{\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 water}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until done. Remove lid and cook off excess water. In a deep skillet heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add all other }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  immediately. Stir; add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub apples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and let cook on a high heat, cooking away excess liquid. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until mixture becomes jam-like. Remove from heat. Serve cold to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 AVOCADO CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3 avocados}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a pulp. Spice with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon, chili powder, ginger, honey}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 BANANA CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 12 bananas\line  1" piece tamarind\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cumin\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  ground red pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamarind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  overnight in a small amount of water. Push through a strainer into a large bowl and add all other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mash, mix and serve cold.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 BANANA SAMBAL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  4 bananas\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  juice of 2 limes
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sprinkle }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bananas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar, lime juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nutmeg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Saute in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until light brown. Serve as a side dish.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 FIG AND DATE CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lbs. figs\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{
\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. dates\line  1 T. turmer
ic\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar\line  2 T. cumin seeds\line  6 T. ghee\line  5 crushed chili peppers\line  water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grind or chop }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dates}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub figs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very fine. Put }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pan. Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fruit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to cover and boil for one hour. When cooked, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When mixture resembles a hot jam, remove from fire and cool. This can also be made with figs or dates alone.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 qts. green tomatoes\line  2 T. turmeric\line  1 cup green pepper, chopped\line  1 cup golden raisins\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chop }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into quarters. Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub green pepper}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook on a 
medium heat. Then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub raisins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Do not overcook.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 LEMON PICKLE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 lb. fresh lemons, cleaned properly and dried very well\line  2 oz. gram massala\line  sugar (optional)\line  2 oz. salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare a jar large enough to hold the lemons. Wash it thoroughly and then dry it until there is no moisture left. With your 
hands and the knife perfectly dry, quarter the lemons, without cutting all the way through. Put a few teaspoonsful of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala, sugar,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\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 mixture}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the bottom of the jar, and also put the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spice mixtur
e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  inside the cut of the lemons. Place 2 layers of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemons}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the jar, and then a layer of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt and spice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mixture, 
alternating in this way until all the lemons are in the jar. Place a square of clean cloth on top of the jar, and then put a tight-fitting cover on. It will be ready in 3 months. After one week check and see if mold has formed on any of the lemons; if it
 has, remove the lemon with the mold and place the remaining lemons in the sun. Cover the lemons in the jar with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  completely. After a day in the sun, covered by }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , they will be all right. Re-cover the jar with a new cloth and seal tightly. When ready, small pieces may be offered with rice, vegetables and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub preparations.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 PINEAPPLE CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 fresh pineapples, chopped small\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  cloves\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter, melted\line  1 T. nutmeg\line  cumin seed\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  red pepper\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  coriander
\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups brown suga
r\line  1 cup golden}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  raisins
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chop two fresh }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pineapples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into small pieces. Melt }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , addin
g }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub re
d pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook until brown. Toss in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pineapple}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook until pineapple reaches liquid consistency. Add remaining }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Bring to a boil, then simmer for two hours, stirring occasionally until liquid cooks down to a mush.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PLUM CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 qts. plums\line  3 cardamom pods\line  1 grated coconut\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups milk\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  coriander\line  2 cups sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pit }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub plums}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cut into chunks. Put into a deep pan over medium heat. Add remaining }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook to a chunky puree. Cool and serve cold.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 RAISIN CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. raisins\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seeds\line  2 chili peppers\line  sugar\line  ghee\line  water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raisins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stir, and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cover and cook on high heat. When water is evaporated, add enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make jam-like consistency. Serve cold.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 RHUBARB CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3 lbs. fresh rhubarb\line  water\line  1 T. salt\line  1 T. turmeric\line  basic massala
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trim }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rhubarb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cut into cubes. Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rhubarb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stir, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt, t
urmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir. Cover with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until water is evaporated. Serve cold.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 ROSE PETAL PRESERVES
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 3 cups fresh rose petals\line  2 cups water\line  8 cups sugar\line  1 T. lemon juice
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rose petals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in cold water. Drain, place in a pot and cover with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 cups cold water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; bring to a boil. Strain liquid into a second pot, setting aside petals for later use. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to liquid and boil into a thick syrup. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Return }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub petals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the syrup and cook for 20 minutes on a low flame. Pour into jars, seal tightly, but do not 
store in the refrigerator. Offer with PURIS or use in HALF MOONS.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 TOMATO CHUTNEY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 lbs. tomatoes\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  salt\line  2 T. ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chilis\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  coriander
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in eighths. Cook covered until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are liq
uid. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c
oriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  while cooking. In a small pot heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When it browns, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crushed chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to cooked tomatoes
.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 7.2: RAITAS
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RAITAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 CUCUMBER RAITA I
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 large cucumber\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  salt\line  2 cups yoghurt\line  pinch of cayenne\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
cumin powder
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Peel and thinly slice }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cucumber}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Gently toss. Chill.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 CUCUMBER RAITA II
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 5 cucumbers\line  1 T. salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  black pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups yoghurt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut off an inch slice from each end of the cucurnbers. On each end make ten tiny cuts in each direction. This is done by flip
ping the knife quickly. The cuts should be no more than }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " deep. Fit the cut ends back on to the cucumber and rub together vigorously. Do one end at a time. This process will completely remove the bittern
ess from the cucumber. Peel }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cucumbers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cut in half lengthwise, and cut each half into quarters. T
hen slice strips crosswise. Mix the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  together and add to }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cucumber bits}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Very tangy and refreshing.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 POTATO RAITA I
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 lb. potatoes\line  2 cups yoghurt\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gram massala\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , peel and dice into 1" cubes. Beat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
and add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Sprinkle with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gram massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 POTATO RAITA II
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. potatoes\line  2 cups yoghurt\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed, crushed, dry roasted\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{
\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  cayenne (optional)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prepare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as in Raita 1, but blend the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  if you like.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub picture caption: When K\'e5\'f1\'eba ate lunch with His friends in the forest, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared like the whorl
 of a lotus flower, and the boys surrounding Him appeared to be its different petals. These transcendental activities of the Lord are described by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 7.3: CURRIES
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CURRIES
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 CUDDY (serves 6-8)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup yoghurt\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chick-pea flour\line  4 cups water\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. salt\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  3 T. ghee\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cumin seed\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  chili peppers
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  together in a deep pot. Add
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tu
rmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and boil until cuddy foams up to the top of the pot. Remove from the heat. In a small pot heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When they brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chili peppers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add
 to the cuddy. The sauce can be served plain over white rice or, best of all, it can have plain PAKORAS added to it and be served over rice. Very quick and delicious.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 MIXED VEGETABLE CURRY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup green peas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  asafoetida\line  1 cup diced carrots\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole cumin seed\line  1 cup diced potatoes\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line
 2 cups fresh string beans cut in 1" pieces\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  4 T. ghee\line  2 whole chilis 
or }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  crushed chili
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Put all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pot with barely enough }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer gently until vegetables are barely tender. Set aside aft
er draining. In a large skillet heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Brown the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until they begin to smoke. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chilis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , t
hen, after a few seconds add spices. Add vegetables and fry until dry.
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 POTATO CURRY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6 medium potatoes\line  3 T. ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole cumin seed\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  tur
meric\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  salt\line  2 cups water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground coriander\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup yoghurt\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1
 small cucumber, peeled and chopped (optional)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chop }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  fairly small. Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seeds}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2 to 3 minutes and then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stirring constantly for 10 minutes, then add the }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simmer slowly for }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coriander}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook another 1
0 minutes. Sprinkle with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cucumber}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  after it is on the serving dish. This is very nice to serve wit
h plain steamed rice and CHEPURIS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3 POTATO AND TOMATO CURRY
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6 potatoes\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  whole cumin seed\line  3 tomatoes\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  sal
t\line  3 T. ghee\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cayenne pepper\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  turmeric\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup yoghurt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chop }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tomatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and keep separate. Heat }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cumin seeds}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Fry until brown, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turmeric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cayenne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2 to 3 minutes. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vegetables}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry on high flame for 5 minutes. Stir const
antly. Barely cover vegetables with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and simmer about 20 minutes to }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook 5 minutes more. Offer with plain steamed 
rice.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 8: Sweets & Milk Sweets
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER VIII
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SWEETS & MILK SWEETS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is important that one should not only offer nice palatable food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then accept the remnants of such an offering as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy or }
{\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 , but one should also distribute such }{\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 others. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Even if one does not accept all the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, 
if he simply eats K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\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  he can gradually become fully qualified to become a 
devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way even the most ignorant people\'97or even an ignorant animal\'97can get the benefit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Sivananda Sen, a devotee of Lord Caitanya, once gave a little }{\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 a dog; thus the dog later met Lord Caitanya Himself and attained liberation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, after a lecture, a disciple asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da what happens if a devotee gives someone a little morsel of }{\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 , such as the "simply wonderfuls" described later in this section. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, "Then that is wonderfu
l. Simply wonderful! He has not tasted such a wonderful sweet in his life. Therefore, you give him a simply wonderful, and because he is eating that wonderful sweet, one day he will come to your temple and become wonderful. Therefore it is simply wonderf
ul. So go on distributing these simply wonderfuls." He thought for a moment, and then said, "Your philosophy is simply wonderful, the }{\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 simply wonderful, you are simply wonderful, and your K\'e5\'f1\'eba is simply wonderful. The whole process is simply wonderful." The devotees responded, "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is simply wonderful!"
 It is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "It is only by the mercy of the spiritual master that one can receive the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.1: BRAHMIN SPAGHETTI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BRAHMIN SPAGHETTI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 lb. rice flour\line  water\line  sugar\line  ghee
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to make a stiff dough. Let dough sta
nd long enough to sour (usually one day). Then squeeze dough through a potato ricer into smoking hot }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Deep fry until golden brown and drain off excess }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Soak in sweet nectar made of
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4 cups sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2
 cups water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.2: BURFI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BURFI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar\line  1 cup whole milk\line  3 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups powdered milk
\line  1 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix together. Add the }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stir and bring to a boil on medium flame. Lower flame and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a little at a time. Keep stirring and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . When all powdered milk is added, stir to get out all lumps. Use an electric beater if you have one. Lightly }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a rectangular or square cookie sheet. Pour }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub burfi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mixture onto 
the sheet and refrigerate. When it is cold and hard, remove it from sheet and cut into small diamonds. Place the diamonds on a plate. You can sprinkle finely chopped pistachios on top. For an added nice touch, mash a ripe banana and add it during the coo
king.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.3: COCONUT BURFI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub COCONUT BURFI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup ground fresh coconut\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar\line  6 cups milk\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground nutmeg\line  ground seeds from 6 cardamoms
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grind the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with a special coconut grinder, or you can use a food grinder. Put the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pot, or deep frying pan, and cook for about 10 
minutes, being careful not to let it burn. Then add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook it down for }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour or 45 minutes, until it is fairly thick. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nutmeg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and roll into balls, or pour it onto a flat sheet and cut squares
 or diamonds when it is cool.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.4: CELESTIAL BANANAS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CELESTIAL BANANAS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8 bananas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. homemade cream cheese\line  2 T. butter\line  4 T. brown sugar\line  cinnamon 
to taste\line  1 cup yoghurt\line  ghee for frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Halve the peeled }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bananas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lengthwise and brown lightly in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bu
tter a pie plate and place 8 halves on the bottom. After creaming the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cream cheese}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cinnamon}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , spread half of the mixture on the 8 halves. Place remaining }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bananas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on top and spread with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cheese mixture}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Place }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on top. Bake at 375 [F] degrees for 20 minutes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.5: PERA (Makes 6 pera)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PERA }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (Makes 6 pera)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 10 oz. milk\line  4 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub powdered milk\line  4 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  granulated sugar\line  2
 black cardamoms ground coarsely (green if black not available)\line  6 grated pistachios
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Put }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a small wok and place on a high flame. Prepare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khoya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (see basic preparations chapter). Let the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khoya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dry for a few minutes; then add the 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix well. Thoroughly mix in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix again. Form balls by rolling between the palms. Do not make smooth round balls\'97make rough ones. Place }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pera}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the palm of the left hand; with thumb of the right, pick up }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub grated pistachios}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and press into the middle of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pera, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub making a depressi
on. Do not offer the same day, but keep aside a day or two to harden. The cracks in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pera }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub incr
ease the wonderful flavor.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.6: COCONUT SWEET BALLS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub COCONUT SWEET BALLS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 finely shredded coconut\line  3 cups sugar\line  pat of butter\line  pepper\line  pinch of ground camphor\line  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3 cups sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry in a heavy pan until the mix
ture thickens and sticks together. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter, camphor, salt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cool slightly and shape into balls.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.7: HALF MOONS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub HALF MOONS
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puri dough made from one cup of flour
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for orange filling:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the juice of 4 oranges\line  2-3 T. corn starch\line  sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub orange juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pan, and when it cooks down a bit, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub corn starch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . When the orange filling is thickened to a jelly, add twice as much sugar to the filling. Cook 5 minutes. Cool.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for banana filling:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 mashed bananas\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup dates, walnuts, or coconut
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Add twice as much }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the mashed }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bananas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix well.
\par }\pard \s1700 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for strawberry filling:
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one pint box fresh strawberries (or any berry)\line  3 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  corn starch\line  sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub strawberries}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on a medium flame. When they are liquid, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub corn starch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and cook until they thicken. Add twice as much }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the filling. Cook 5 minutes,
 and then cool. ROSE PETAL JAM also makes a very nice filling.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make 10-12 balls one inch in diameter. Roll them out to 4 inch diameter and very thin. Add approximately a teaspoon of filling
 (not too much or the pastry will break open during cooking) and then fold circle in half, pressing ends tightly together; moisten with water if necessary. With the tines of a fork, press all around the sealed ends on both sides.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On one side prick with fork to let steam escape while baking. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour in a preheated 400 degree oven. Check every 10 minutes to see the progress. When one side is golden, turn all the half-moons over very gently, and bake another 10-15 minutes. When both sides are golden, remove from oven 
and sprinkle with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub confectioner's sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is nice to offer these warm.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.8: JALLEBI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub JALLEBI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 cups white flour\line  2 T. baking powder\line  2 cups sugar\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  rose water\line  pinch saffron\line  ghee for frying (deep)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup yoghurt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sift }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub baking powder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  together. Dissolve }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saffron}{\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 2 t. warm water
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Beat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  unt
il smooth. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saffron}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub water, yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to make a thick batter of the flour. Leave for 1 hour. Make a thick syrup with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cups water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Boil until thi
ck and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rose water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Keep sugar water warm. Heat the ghee in a frying pan and put some batter i
n a forcing bag. Pipe round swirls of batter into the ghee and fry on both sides until crisp. Drain the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jallebis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub and put them in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for about 3 minutes. Remove and put on serving plate.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.9: JEEBE GAJA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub JEEBE GAJA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup flour\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  baking powder\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup water\line  ghee for deep frying\line  1 T. ghee
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make a soft dough from }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour, baking powder, wa
ter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Make
 16 balls. Roll thin and oblong. Prick with fork. Deep fry in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Soak in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  solution.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.10: LADDU
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub LADDU
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup unsalted butter\line  2 cups sifted chick-pea flour\line  2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  cups dry shredded coconut\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}
{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chopped walnuts or almonds (unsalted)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in frying pan. Slowly add sifted }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flou
r. Stir continually until }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is roasted and turns a bit darker. Add }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir a bit longer, then add sifted }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub confectioner's sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gradually and mix in thoroughly, crushing lumps with a spoon. Remove from heat and cool until it can be handled comfortably. Squeeze i
nto round balls about 1" in diameter. A }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0
\cb1\dn6 4}{\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 t. cinnamon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nutmeg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be added for variation.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.11: LUGLU
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub LUGLU
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups chick-pea flour\line  ghee for frying\line  water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ginger\line  dash cloves\line  2 cups sugar\line  1 cup water\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chopped nuts (walnuts, almonds or pistachios)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup golden raisins\line  }{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chopped dates or figs
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make thin batter of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Drop, shaking from
 a colander over hot }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so small pearls of batter are fried until golden color. These form litt
le crispy balls. Make a thick syrup of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook down until it begins to crystallize on sides of pan. Slightly cool. Add drained }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pearls, nuts}{\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 fruits}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cover evenly in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar syrup}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix well. Cool until yo
u can form into balls. Make walnut-sized balls. When cool they will stick together.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.12: MALPOURI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MALPOURI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup powdered sugar\line  1 cup white flour\line  water\line  ghee for frying\line  3 cups yoghurt (plain)\line  1 cup strawber
ries (opt.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make fairly thick batter from }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and enough }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot ghee. Remove when golden brown. Drain. Cover with }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub strawberries}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Serve immediately.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.13: MANGO CREAM
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MANGO CREAM
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 -5 ripe but firm mangoes\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup powdered sugar\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups whip
ped cream
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mangoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cut up into small pieces, but do not peel. Simmer in a small amount of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for 25 minutes or until tender. Press through a very fine sieve. Cool the pulp, fold into the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whipped cream}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and gradually blend all
 together. Place into cups and chill.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.14: MYSORE PAK
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MYSORE PAK
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup chick-pea flour\line  2 cups butter\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar\line  5 oz. water\line  chopped raw pi
stachio nuts
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sift }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and boil about five minutes until sticky. Melt }{\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\fs20\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chick-pea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  flour, fry on medium flame and stir constantly. After 10 minutes, add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 and keep stirring. Put remainder of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into a small pot and bring to a simmer. Pour dribbles
 of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
chick-pea}{\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 flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an
d continue stirring. Fry 10 minutes more and then pour onto a flat greased pan to harden. It hardens quickly, so cut into nice diamond shapes as soon as it is a little cool.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.15: NAKALDANA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub NAKALDANA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 cups sugar\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups raw peanuts\line  1 cup water\line  ghee for frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until sticky. Test with fingers, taki
ng a small bit off stirring spoon. It will feel a little hard. Then roll together in a small, slightly, hard ball. Remove }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar solution}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from heat. Fry some }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\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 ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  slowly for about 15 minutes until done. Then put them in a large flat pan. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar solution}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  spoon by spoon and stir into }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pean
uts.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Peanuts turn whitish and are like candy-coated peanuts.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.16: COCONUT NAKALDANA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub COCONUT NAKALDANA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups coconut or 1 grated fresh coconut\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  T. ghee\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
cup water\line  1 cup sugar
\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 a frying pan heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and fry over a m
edium flame stirring constantly until coconut turns a light golden brown. Remove from heat. In a small heavy pot, mix together }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Keep boiling until a thick syrup is formed. T
est by putting a drop of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub syrup}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in cold water\'97it should form a semi-hard ball. Pour the syrup o
ver the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
stir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very rapidly. The sugar will crystallize and you will have a dusty, sandy, sweet coconut.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.17: PEANUTS AND RAISINS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub PEANUTS AND RAISINS
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grind }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peanuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which have been cooked in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as usual. Also g
rind }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raisins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (an equal amount). Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar syrup}{\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 (2 sugar/1 water)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook all together until thick and can be rolled. Roll into nice balls. Raw cashews or almonds may be substituted.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.18: SIMPLY WONDERFULS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SIMPLY WONDERFULS }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (a great favorite) (Makes 3 dozen)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups powdered milk\line  1 cup unsalted butter\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups confectioner's
 sugar\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup chopped unsalted nuts, or coconut or raisins
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a saucepan. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub confectioner's sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir until it becomes a creamy consistency. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gr
adually and mix continually. Try squeezing a small amount into a 1" ball. If it is too wet, add a little more }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If it is too dry, add a little more }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub melted butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Roll into balls 
1" in diameter.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.19: SWEET POTATO BALLS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEET POTATO BALLS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 med. sweet potatoes\line  2 cups sugar\line  a little flour\line  1 cup water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  nutmeg\line  ghee for frying
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and peel }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Boil in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until tender. Mash, add }
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Knead. Make a syrup of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and let boil for 5 minutes. Pinch off olive-sized balls and fry in medium 
hot }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until brown and firm. Remove and drain. Soak in hot syrup. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Variation:}{\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 Roll dough into}{\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 cylinders and proceed as above.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.20: SWEET POTATO CRISP
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEET POTATO CRISP
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 12 sweet potatoes\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
cup flour\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup brown sugar\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
ground black pepper\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup heavy cream\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup finely ground nuts
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potatoes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Peel and slice }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " thick. Spread on buttered large, shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub butter, flour}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all other }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ingredients}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Broil until bubbly and caramelized.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.21: WATERMELON SHERBERT
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub WATERMELON SHERBERT
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6 cups pitted watermelon pulp\line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar\line  juice of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
lemon\line  2 cups whipping cream
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mash }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub watermelon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  well and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lemon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  juice and }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Pour into a large bowl and place in freezer. Let it thaw about }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour before offering. Pour cream over }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sherbert}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and let it be nicely abs
orbed. Very cooling and refreshing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba on hot days.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.22: ALMOND HALAVAH
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub ALMOND HALAVAH
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 8 oz. almonds, blanched\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar\line  1 cup water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  
cup butter\line  2 T. flour
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pound or blend }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub almonds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a powder. Melt }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix in }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub almonds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook well. Make a thick }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar-water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  syrup, adding it to the almond mixture. Stir and cook until it thickens and leaves the sides of the pan. Pour into buttered dish and cut into squares when cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.23: CARROT HALAVAH
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CARROT HALAVAH
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  2 bunches of carrots\line  1 cup sweet butter\line  3-4 cups sugar\line  crushed seeds of 5 cardamom pods
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and grate }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub carrots}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Put }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in frying pan and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub carrots}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook slowly until soft (takes about 4
0 minutes). When soft, add remaining }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook for 10-15 minutes until thick, jamlike consistency is obtained. Sprinkle with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.24: FARINA HALAVAH
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub FARINA HALAVAH
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup farina\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup butter\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups water\line  1 cup sugar
\line  handful golden raisins
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and bring to a boil. Melt }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a pan. Toss in grain and raisins, stirring constantly at a low heat for 20-25 minutes until golden
 in color. Then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub grain}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by single spoonfuls to }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which should be simmering. When all grain is added, keep on fire for 2 or 3 minutes, stirring continuously. Remove and serve hot.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.25: BANANA HALAVAH (Kela Halavah)
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BANANA HALAVAH\line (Kela Halavah)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 6 bananas (ripe)\line  4 T. butter\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups water\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  rose water\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cardamom seeds (peeled)\line  2 T. blanched almonds\line  saffron
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt butter in a heavy skillet. Peel and cut }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ba
nanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into 1" pieces. Fry in }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5-7 minutes on medium heat. Stir often and mash after they have fried for 5 minutes. Add }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simmer with care on low heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir the sugar into the remaining }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 1 cup water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add to the bananas. Boil gently 15 minutes. Stir often to prevent scorching, and also to thicken mixture. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rose water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , remove, and pour into a shallow dish. Bruise the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub cardamom seeds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and sprinkle on }{\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 . Sliver the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub almonds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and sprinkle enough }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saffron}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to color the }{\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  golden. Offer hot or cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.26: CARAMEL
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CARAMEL
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 can sweetened condensed milk
\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 a deep pot, bring enough }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to boil as will completely cover the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can of condensed milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When the water is at a rolling boil, place the unopened }{\b\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  i
n the water. Boil constantly for 2 to 2 }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hours. Remove the can from the water and refrigerate. When the can is cold it can be opened and the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub caramel}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  offered to the Deities. Any chopped }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unsalted nuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be added.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.27: CARROTS IN MILK
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CARROTS IN MILK }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (Gajja Kheer)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. carrots\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  lb. ground almonds\line  5 cups rich milk\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground cardamom seeds\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  pinch of saffron t
hreads
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash and grate the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub carrots}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  finely. Bring the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil and 
add the grated carrots. Cook until the carrots are soft and the mixture has thickened (35-40 min.). Stir occasionally with wooden spoon. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar, almonds, cardamom}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saffron}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When sugar i
s completely dissolved and mixed in, remove from fire. It may be offered warm or cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.28: CHANDRA MURTI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub CHANDRA MURTI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  1 qt. milk\line  3 cups sugar\line  1 cup water
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make PANIR (curd). Make sweet nectar very thick. Roll balls smaller than marbles and cook in nectar until crunchy.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.29: FIRNI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub FIRNI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 oz. rice flour\line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups rich milk\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line 
 1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  rosewater or ground cardamon seeds from 2 cardamoms\line  10 chopped blanched almonds\line  10 
shelled, chopped pistachio nuts, unsalted
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix the rice flour in a little cold }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to avoid lum
ping during cooking. Bring the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil, then remove it from the heat and mix in the }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flour mixture}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook over low heat until thick, then add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and cook until a little thicker. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rose water
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and p
our it into a bowl. Sprinkle the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  over top. Refrigerate and offer cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.30: HASPIA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub HASPIA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups fresh milk\line  2 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cornstarch\line  4 cups grated coconut\line  2 T. sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heat }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until scalding. Pour over }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub coconut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and let steep
 for }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour. Pour through cloth and squeeze all possible liquid from coconut into a bowl of liquid. Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cornstarch}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with liquid. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Heat 
again to just under boiling point. Stir constantly until smooth. Pour into a shallow pan. Let set until firm. Slice in 2" squares. Serve cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.31: KHEER
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub KHEER }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb3\nosupersub (Serves 4-6)
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup long grain white rice\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup water\line  2 cups half milk and half cream\line  1 cup milk\line  almost }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar
\line  10 whole cardamom pods
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\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 water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for 4-5 hours. When ready to prepare, 
bring }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crea
m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil. Be very careful not to burn. (For this preparation a wooden spoon is necessary.) While milk is boiling, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom pods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Bring to a boil again and then lower heat. Stir cons
tantly after about 15 minutes of cooking. It will thicken and rice will dissolve into milk. The color will be pale peach. At this point, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix until it melts into pudding. Put the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kheer }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in refrigerator and chill. Remove }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  before it becomes cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.32: KHOYA BOATS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub KHOYA BOATS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups rich milk\line  3 rounded handfuls sugar\line  shelled unsalted pistachio nuts
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  over high flame with wooden spoon. Stir vigorously so that it doesn't stick. Remove from heat when milk dries up and becomes one slightly hardened lump. Continue stirring until sizzling stops. It takes ab
out 25 minutes to prepare one pint of milk in this way. (One pint of milk produces about 3 oz. of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khoya). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Then add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and mix well. Take small lumps of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub khoya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and press in your palm, closing your hand. With the thumb of the other hand, make a depression in the center. Press a }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pistachio nut}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  into depression. The finished shape and size is like a small boat.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.33: KULFI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub KULFI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 qts. rich milk or 2 gts. regular milk with half pt. of cream\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar
\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  rosewater\line  1 cup frozen raspberries, blackberries or strawberries, thawed
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until it is the consistency of thick cream, stirring almost constantly with wooden spoon, (about 25 min.). When milk is like thick cream or thin yoghurt, add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar, rose water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub berries}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix well and place in freezer. Remove from freezer ten minutes before offering.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.34: RASAGULLA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RASAGULLA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub curd from }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gal. of milk\line  3 cups water\line  2 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub curd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hang 4-5 hours. Remove from muslin and knead on smooth surface until curd is smooth and oily. Pinch off bits of curd and roll into balls about }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter. B
ring }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suga
r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil and then simmer. Remove }{\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\fs20\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of this }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sugar syrup}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and put it in another pot off the heat. Place several balls in the simmering syrup and cook about 20 minutes until they are slightly cracked and swolle
n. Remove carefully with slotted spoon and place in cooled syrup. Continue until all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagulla }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ar
e done. Serve cool. These are very subtle and delicate sweets.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.35: BENGALI RASAGULLA
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BENGALI RASAGULLA
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub curd from 1 gallon of milk\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 8}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup farina\line  1 small pkg. rock candy (white)\line  sweet nectar
 (1 part sugar}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 parts water)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knead the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub curd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub farina}{\b0\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 farina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will prevent the curd from falling apart. Roll balls of curd 1" in diameter. In the same way that cardamoms are 
inserted in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasaballi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub insert a piece of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rock candy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  about }{\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\fs20
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " long in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub rasagulla. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Reshape the ball firmly, to prevent falling apart. Prepare the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sweet necta
r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and bring to a boil. Add the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagullas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and cook on a fairly rapid simmer for about 20 minutes. If you cook them in batches, then remove some }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sweet nectar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to soak the cooked ones in. As you cook the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagullas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the rock candy will melt from the heat and cause the sweet juice to rush into the ball to fill up the empty space, thus causing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagulla }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to rise up. After all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagullas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
re cooked, soak them in the sweet juice 5 hours before offering.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.36: RASABALLI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub RASABALLI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub curd\line  seeds from cardamom pods\line  sugar water in the following proportion: 3 sugar to 4 water (use a    suffcient mixtur
e of water both to boil and then to soak)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knead the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub curd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  until creamy, and then roll rasaballis into balls of one inch diameter. With the small finger, make a depression in the balls }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the thickness of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasaballi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Put in one seed from a }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pod and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t. sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Pinch together and re-roll the ba
ll. When all are filled and rolled in this way, put them in simmering }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and simmer on m
edium heat for }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hour. The balls should be stirred and the sugar water should be almost boiling. These may be done in batches like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub rasagulla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , with some sugar-water taken out for soaking. After boiling, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasaballis
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be left to soak in the sugar water for 3 days, and stirred once or twice a day.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.37: SANDESH
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SANDESH
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub curd from }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gallon of milk\line  1 }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  rose water (opt.)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub 1/}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cups sugar (not more than 1 part sugar to 4 parts curd)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub curd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  hang 4-5 hours. Remove curd from muslin and knead on a smooth surface until curd is smooth and oily. Mix }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub curd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rosewater}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  together in a small pot and place on a very low heat. Be very careful not to burn it. Stir constantly until c
urd begins to pull away from the pan and is not so sticky. Remove and knead again. Roll into balls.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.38: SOMETHING ELSE
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SOMETHING ELSE
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 cup rice\line  4 cups milk\line  2 T. butter\line  1 cup sugar\line  grated lemon rind\line  nuts\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cinnamon\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dash nutmeg
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soak }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\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 2 cups milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for 2 hours. Add other }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 cups milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Cook on low heat in thick pot until rice is tender. Set aside to cool. Preheat oven to 350 
[F]. Butter a 2 quart casserole. Work butter with sugar. Add to rice with }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rind, spices, nuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , etc
. Pour into casserole. Bake for 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold, plain or with chilled whipped cream.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.39: SWEETBALLS
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEETBALLS
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub fresh ghee for deep frying\line  2 cups water\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup whole milk\line  2 cups sugar\line  4 cup
s powdered milk
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sweet nectar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by mixing }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  until it is clear. In a mixing bowl put }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub whole milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub powdered milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a little at a time. Beat with a fork until all milk is added and you have a stiff dough. Rub a little }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  onto a smooth surfaced table and on your hands. Knead the dough for a few minutes, quickly, and then pinch off bits and roll into balls }{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " in diameter. Make the 
balls very quickly because the dough tends to dry up. (It will be easiest if you do this in 2 or 3 batches by dividing the milk measurements in half or thirds.) Heat the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ghee}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a large frying pan that keeps its heat well\'97cast iron is very good for this preparation. Deep fry the sweetballs very slowly on low heat until they are golden brown. Keep
 stirring gently. They will swell up during the cooking. When they are done, remove them with a slotted spoon and place them in the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sweet nectar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Soak them for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1-2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  days, stirring gently 3 or 4
 times a day. This is the devotees' most favorite sweet.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.40: SWEET RICE I
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEET RICE I
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 4 cups fresh milk\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup rice\line  pinch camphor\line  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 3}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  pinch of black pepper
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\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 milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stirring constantly until the mixture 
is thick like pudding. This will take about 1 hour. Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and two grains of }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub camphor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and a pinch of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub black p
epper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.41: SWEET RICE II
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEET RICE II
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups rice\line  4 cups milk\line  2 bananas, ripe or }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  fresh chopped pineapple\line  2 cups whipped 
cream\line  sugar to taste (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as usual. Let stand to cool for 3-4 hours. Then add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whipped cream}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , finely }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chopped bananas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pineapple}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir well and serve cold.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 8.42: SWEET RICE III
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub SWEET RICE III
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6  1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  cup white or Basmati rice\line  1 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 
2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 2}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  gallon milk\line  15 whole cardamom pods (opt)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cook all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with 1 cup of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for about 20 minutes until s
oft. Then add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom pods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Gradually, over a period of 2 hours, add the remaining amount of
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. The }{\b\i0\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  should be thin, and the consistency like fresh cream: the color should be whitish. Before you remove the }{\b\i0\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  from the fire, add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suga
r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and stir until the sugar is completely absorbed. If }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cardamom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is used, remove them before the sweet rice cools. Place the }{\b\i0\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  in the refrigerator and offer when very cold. If you have the time, you can }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cook the sweet rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all day, adding more and more milk. Do not cook the sweet rice in an aluminum pot.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC 9: Beverages
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPTER IX
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BEVERAGES
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many nice beverages to offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, including fruit and vegetable juices of all varieties, and in the summer, combinations of different fruit 
juices can be frozen. The most simple beverage, however, which is available everywhere in the world, is water. 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 requests that water be offered to Him in love, and elsewhere 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 declares, "I am the taste in water." Water is universally appreciated for its pure taste, and that taste is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Without water we cannot live, and so a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious 
devotee glorifies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for kindly supplying water to quench man's thirst.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Milk, praised both by modern nutritionists and the eternal }{\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 the "miracle food," is the single most important item in the Vedic diet, for it contains all the vitamins necessary to sustain the human body in good health. Even more importantly, the protei
ns, fats and vitamins found in milk are perfectly balanced for the development of the finer tissues of the brain, and thus milk is the perfect food for one who is seeking advancement in spiritual life. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement, the cow eats ordina
ry grass and transforms it into a delicious drink which is rich in all the food values necessary for good health and spiritual progress. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth He displayed His childhood pastimes as a cowherd boy, and He is worshiped 
for His childhood activities as a naughty butter thief. Thus He emphasized in many ways the importance of cows and milk products for human society. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also celebrated as "Govinda" because He appeared as the reservoir of pleasure for t
he cows as well as all living beings. Devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore acknowledge the kindness of the Lord by offering Him milk, and they feel great satisfaction in drinking milk }{\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 thinking about the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 9.1: MILK
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MILK
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 qt. milk (for 4 people)\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  -}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 
1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bring }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil three times (as it foams up, turn down, then turn flame up, then down, and then up). Add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simmer milk about 3 minutes, and stir sugar in well using a wooden spoon. A }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whole cardamom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a drop of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rosewater}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be placed in 
the milk and cardamom removed when milk is done. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honey}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be substituted for sugar, using about 
}{\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\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup per quart. Milk can be offered with a ripe }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub banana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or some }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub figs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub dates}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Milk should be poured from one cup to another. This cools the milk and also makes it more flavorful.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 9.2: BANANA NECTAR
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub BANANA NECTAR
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 1 qt. milk\line  1 large ripe banana\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\dn6 3}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  cup sugar\line  2 T. butter\line  1 whole cardamom\line  
pinch cinnamon\line  pinch nutmeg\line  pinch ground coriander
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bring the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil, and crush the }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub banana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with your hands. Add the crushed }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub banana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Let the milk boil three times and turn flame down to a simmer. Add the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub butter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and allow it to melt. Cool by pouring the milk back and forth from one cup to another.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 9.3: MASSALA MILK
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub MASSALA MILK
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 2 cups milk\line  2 T. sugar\line  10-12 ground pistachios (peeled)\line  6 ground almonds (blanched)\line  pinch crumbled saffr
on\line  crushed seeds of two cardamom pods\line  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\up6 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2\nosupersub /}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf2
\dn6 4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2351\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  ground nutmeg
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bring }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub milk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to a boil three times and then lower heat and add all }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spices, nuts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Stir and cook for five minutes.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 9.4: DAHI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub DAHI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub equal parts yoghurt and fruit juice\line  sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fruit juice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in this proportion\'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /3 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cup sugar to 2 cups dahi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . T
his is a wonderful chilled drink during the summertime for Their Lordships }{\b0\i0\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  R
\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 HKC 9.5: LASSI
\par }\pard \s425 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp43\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat3 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb3\nosupersub LASSI
\par }\pard \s1288 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp144\brdrcf0\shading10000\cfpat5 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  3 parts yoghurt to 1 part water\line  dry roasted cumin seed or sugar\line  black pepper\line  salt
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . For each }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4 cups}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  add }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 2}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t. salt, }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1
\dn6 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t. black pepper}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 1 t. roasted cumin seed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Mix well. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lassi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can also be prepared by mixing }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoghurt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and adding }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub /}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\dn6 3}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cup sugar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for each }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 cups lassi.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is another deliciou
s summer beverage.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba prasadam is but one aspect of the most authorized, scientific and joyful movement of spiritual culture 
in the world\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dancing in ecstacy, eating K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and reading books of transcendental knowledge such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f48\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , one can easily revive his dormant loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus attain the perfection of life in eternity, knowledge, and bliss. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sw
ami Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, has given us many important books and established temples all over the world to help us understand this science. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the greatest bened
iction for all living beings. It is yours for the taking.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs24\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, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 HKC: Invitation
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\par }\pard \s1198 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\ri1080 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On behalf of our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, we invite you to partake o
f a sumptuous feast of K\'e5\'f1\'eba prasadam every Sunday at any of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples listed on the opposite page. The Sunday festival and love feast usually begins around four p.m. Please come and enjoy a whole feast of transcendental fo
od 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.
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